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The Brussels Post, 1907-4-11, Page 6s r C,JRRINT TORICS. The, son of a wealthy New Yorker, thawing been scolded by his collierbe- •oause ho read so much and `vas careless .about his personal appearance, hanged ;himself after wrilbig the following note, which, he :pinned up in his room: "I love you all truly, but it seems we must Part. There was a burden; there is none now."' Of course, the morbid youth read this sluff 18 seem story arid Improved in practice to tut it in p tie fll;st occiasr'o n p Imitation of the hero or heroine of per- nloious fiction. The outcome of his silly. life shouts that the mother WES right in her protest against his reeding, though probably it would have been moro ef- fective had It been made at en earlier Period and wilts old fashioned parental firmness. There was a WHO when par- ents dictated the kind of books their children should read. In prose days child suicides were unknown. If chil- dren subsequently read morbid stuff it was at: anagewhen they wore immune from IL BLIND MAN'S $250,000 FEE LOST SIGHT WHEN A 730V, OUT BE- CAME A moron. Won tVon Degrees, Was a Fellow o1 Learned Soeielies, and Was Distinguished in Many Wogs• Ar, James Gale, who has just died nt London, England, in his ?itlt yent', was probably lite most wonderful blind num who ever lived. The vl.tinr of a terrible physical affliction in Lie e,tr'.t' youth, he triumphed over it by Mtge of rapid and character and won for hbnself the title tri the Blind Inventor, by which he wus luiown all over England. ills many degrees included those of doctor of philosophy and master of arts. He was a fellow of the Rept' Geological Society and the Chemistry Society. fie mode- many scientific dis. coveries. lies inventions covered a wide range, from rapid-fire breech -loading rifles to electrical alarm clocks, As u doctor he once saved a millionaire's lite and received the biggest fee ever record- er; in the annals of n edicine-$250,000. He did a score of things, any one of which might have won distinction for a Another boy recently entered the house roan possessed of all his faculties, I•lis without wiping his feet. His mother's, greatest achievements were those WIIICIt P would seem to demand gond eyesight sense of neatnesswas outraged and sic' 1 above everything. The man himself was reprimttndod the boy, as was her duty.a greater marvel far than any of the Thereupon the sensitive creature took things he did. carbolic acid and got rid of his "bur- His death was unexpected. He was den." A Third boy was so humiliated I a sturdy, vigorous man on whom the tburden of old age rested so lightly that because his father asked him in the pre-' he carried himself as sirsight as a pine settee of a young girl, the object of his tree. Quite recently I ca lled upon him vealy affection, to go upon an errand, to obialn from is own. lips some an - count of his wonderful andInspiring life story, writes a correspondent. At his request I sent the report of the in- terview to him for revision for he was e. great stickier for accuracy. Shortly: before his death was announced I re- ceived the manuscript with 50111e cor- reolions and additions which be had dictated to his amanuensis. To the world at large, therefore, it may be regarded as PIIS LAST MESSAGE. Unit he went out to the barn and hanged himself. A boy and girl hardly yet in their teens, In despair over the long time they must waft before they could be married, agreed to asphyxiate them- selves and succeeded. Numerous other instances of this kind which heve oc- curred during the present year might Le cited. A. slight from a playmate, a rebuke at home, a reprimand from a teacher, jealousy of a companion's suc- cess, pique aver a fancied insult, and disappointment aver love affairs are suf- ficient causes now -a -days for juvenile suicide. Dr. Gale lived in a •modest sour -story mansion in Adelaiele Road, iiampstead. The place is called Gelesmead, and cn the door was a large brass plate, with the Legend, Dr. Gale, Consulting Elec- trician. On calling on the doctor, i was shown into a large back room, the table of which was covered by electrteal This class of suicides is rapidly in- and scientific apparatus. In a few min - creasing, which seems to show that our utes, there was a quick step outside the high civilization is promoting delicacy = door, and Dr. Gale came into the room. • oe nervous •organization and emotional He walked ever, shook hands without any feeling about, and then taped me sensibility.It maybe that as the social in an in uirin way. Isis action was q t g , e seemed . ,. • so natural, his light blue eyes see , o • complex x human wants rrdcr�lotvsm teco pe multiply so fast that they eannob be se expressive and clear, that no sign spieled, and rather than live unsatisfied, gave any indica>lillj aof the tact that he yeas hopeless y 1 have made it a principle all my. life," he said, alter I had explained my errand, "never to allow any one to as- sist me. From the very earliest days —I lost my sight at fifteen and am now over 70-1 have done everything that was possible alone. "My boyhood was spent in the town rt Tavistock, Devonshire, and I attend- ed the local school there before I be- came blind. For some years, I had no- ticed that something was wrong with my sight, but I was so sensitive about this defect, that for a long lime I man- aged to conceal from my parents and teachers the nature of my trouble. I remember scheming to be placed at a certain position in the line in the class se That I could reel off from memory portions of my lessons. I oould not see the print, everything was n blur to me; and I memorized word, for word, pages el various mailer, reciting it perfectly vhen called upon to do so, as though reading from the book. Even in our games, such es leap -frog, i used to have to place white handkerchiefs on the backs of my playmates so as to see where to jump. "I concealed my trouble for a 0011- sld4rablo time from my parents, and then the faintly doctor was called in. 1 doubt if my sight could have been preserved even with the most sldlful at- tention, but whatever chance there was of it he destroyed by persons prefer death. This Is a view taken by one authority discussing this subject. But this applies only to adults Children, although they are much older at the same age than children used to be, have not yet reached that period when mere material desires ungratified can induce suicide. It is more likely that the larger number of these, both boys and girls, have grown sensitive and morbid and more or less mentally unsound for lack of discipline, paternal restraint, and morai example In the home. In the absence of these it is na- tural the child should be more or less elemental and become a criminal or a suicide. It can hardly be doubted that wholesome correctives reasonably ad• ministered in the home and a closer scrutiny et what boys and girls are reading and doing. would put an end to juvenile suicide, which was unknown in an older and more disciplinary day. TRADES FOR SOLDIERS. A Scheme to Fit Them for Return to Civil Lite. The new scheme of training soldiers during Ilieh' services with the colors in order to fit Mem for return to civil life has now been embodied In a etrcu- 1ar nddt'essed by the British \1'ar (Mice to the various military commands. The c,rcaliu' directs the attention of the gen- eral dicers commanding to the neces- sity of arousing the interest of the men in heir future prospects, and to take stops to secure technical tustructien for them In lite most suitable trades and occupations, report '1 In the rep t u question the follow- ing "traders" were considered as gener- ally suitable: Sho thand end typewrit- ing, correspondence and benkleecping, carpereerhlg, shoeing and bluctcsmfhs work, plate-lnying and trenching, rail- way signalling, saddlery, slaughtering sheep and cattle, telegraphy, electrical wiring, farm work and ploughing, driv- ing and care of horses and harness, minoring and driving motor vehicles. It Is suggested that committees of nfllcers be appointed to (alto the mat- ter in hand, tend that pr'ference in the training sh,,e id be given to the men who are in the last two years of color service. A suggestive paragraph adds` "The training should not be. confined to men wio have borne gond detractors, hitt, on th0 contrary, it should be made known gnerrally that the course .s Open (as far es possible) to nil men, whatever character they have borne;' As to the rest ot the teeltrnieal instruc- tion, it is added that, while the (lover's - mere may mance surae contribution lo - welds the initial outlay, it is the inlets „ „ tion that Iho men themselves 5111111 tear a portion of the expenses. Smiler ex- perimenls have been made at more than zone naval station. 'They have lied no financial aid iron the Government, 'hut, so htr, have met. with considerable sti0•' ' cess, the cast to Ihe men ranging from 0d. lo is per weer{, except for motoring, • Where the charge. was 4s Oil per week, �> F choice 'of either having a couple of per- sons to read to me, and write for me, or of going to some institution for the blind, 1 decided to employ secretaries to read to Inc; and by this method, and by closely • TiIAINING MY MEMORY;. I seen found that I was able to make oonnsiderable ptogness In my studies, in chose early days, 1 was deeply inter- ested in chemistry, and, before many years, I managed' to waster he subject thirty well, as tar as it then went, in my customary manner, and then gave lllo opinion (privately, of course, to his ;own (100101') that Ilei: patient would die within a few days. 1 was not surprised to learn tint he died suit - Only about a week afterwards, I could not hear, on listening at various points on this man's body, the sounds to which my'et1r was accustomed, and 1 knew that something wus radically wrong. By letting these elia'ges pass through 111y own hands, I runt generally able to tell whether 11 portion of a pa lienls body is healthy or not. Un- 'On n• " n one °erasion I was experimenting healthy tissue has a sort of spongy feel- with eel- wi ht'some gunpowder, Iorder to int to my touch, while !teeHlly tissue deaden its ex l'- we effects, 1 'nixed hes not, le the latter, there is a sort < exp l•- it some !toe sand, To nuy surprise, of riaslici which unhealthy lisaur. not fosse s, l found that the explosive power of the does n 1 sseSs.n4 to me with ver powder was destroyed. In triter years, People have is One 1111111 very wish a to Invent a nun -88- remarkable complaints. Otoc when I wished plosive form of gunpowder, !road,: this who was suffering from plualysfs, the childish exllerierfee the basis of my ex• result of lead poisoning, .and every I eem seam and was seeeessful not only doctor had.given hien up. 1 placed 111111 bn inventing n non -explosive powder; but managed to enlist the substantial interest. of the British, French and other governments. An interesting lest to which any inventten was put In those days was the filling of one of 1110 martelln watch lowers on the Sussex coast—Ludt In repel the expected Nap- oleonic invasion—with Ove tons of gun- powder treated by my method. Not 01117 did the powder not blow the tower up. but when the barrels caught are and fell to pieces, the powder actually put out the flames. By mixing gun - powder with finely po:vderod glass, 11 was rendered harmless for storage llur- o be s s• after which the ]ass could o e, a c 1 g I sided, and the powder restored to Its primitive efficiency. "While speaking of my inventions, 1 might mention that I also designed en ammunition slide gun by means of which 140 shots a minute could be fired from a rifle; a fog shell; a balloon shell and the rudder bell cartridge. I also Invented various electric alarm clocks, with fire and burglar alarms. 1L might be interesting for you to knew that I carried out the first electric ':ght in- stallation at Plymouth for the Horti- cultural Society's Exhibition." to consequence of his inventions, Dr. Gale had recognition not only from Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort but also from Napoleon [Ii. of France, the linen Czar of Russia and he rulers of many other countries, besides having degrees conferred on hum by MANY LEARNED BODIES. It was not cf 'these things, however, that he cared to talk when interviewed by our correspondent. "As an example of what a blind man can do," he said, "I may tell you that, with a one -legged man as my partner 1 once played a game of bowls, or skit- tles, against two men possessed of their sight—and what is more, we woe It. attended a noiher-occ Sion I lend d Ona s shoot- ing match, and someone asked me to try a shot. I brought down my bird, to the wonder of everyone present. I may tell you between ourselves," saki the blind inventor in a stage whisper, "that the shot was purely accidental. On being asked to attempt to repeat the performance, I thought it best to dedfno. Another time, I remember riding one night with a party along a dark country moor. The driver lost his way; and I maintained that he should have taken a certain turning, which we had passed .onto distance behind. Everyone scoffed at the idea of 1110, a totally blind man, being able to know the way. But, though the sight was gone, my hearing had become so acute- ly trained that I could tell from the sound of the horses' Hoofs that they were not on the right tack. Judging solely by the sound, I got out and led the homes back, pulling them on the right toad. By close observation, 1 was able, after becoming blind, to cul- ltvale my remaining faculties; and Ly doing most htngs for myself and al- lowing none to help me when it could be avoided, I managed to acquire an independence which not all blind peu- ple attain." Ile first became interested In etec- trielty through meeting with a famous medical electrician who tried to re- store his sight. After a few years under this practitioner's tuition, Dr. Cale mastered the subject of medical galvanism and electrical therapeutics and decided to adopt the latter as a pro- fession. By studying all known electrical ap- t -Alamos," he said, "it was not long be- fore 1 was able le begin a general prac- tice and to give treatment electrically. I adopted the method of letting all cur- rents of electricity pass through my cevn body. By this means i was able to tell just what sort of current my patients were receiving. By my sensitiveness of leach, I was able, to gauge electrical forces tar better than some prartlltoners in Ihe 881110 line, and 11 was not long lx+tore I had won n reputation among many well-known doctors 55110) used to send me. patients. "By placing mV 'ear over certain pot'- lions of the bodies of patients through whom I are sending IGNORANT TREATMENT. When I was taken to competent oculists n Plymouth my case was hopeless. What agony 1 suffered during the gradu- at eclipse of my sight, no tongue could convey. Once, may God forgive me, I alinost made up my mind to terminale my wretched existence. 'The doctors had been experimenting with my eyes, and, as the result of one particular experiment, I walked back 10 Tavistock from Plymouth enduring hor- rible torments. Indeed, the pain was such that. I more or less lost my senses, and finding myself on n lonely moor, Mr I bad wandered from the roalvey, and coning to a quiet -flowing stream, I lay down close to the bank, The thought came to me that if I rolled over 1 should soon be relieved. of all any tor- ture. Just then i heard a voice hailing me. A friend of my father happened to be passing along in hls gig, turd seeing me lying so close to the bank, and, as he thought, asleep, he stopped and crime 05er to awaken me tomy rather peri- lous situation. He raised me up in a dared condition, and drove me home, little knowing then that in all probe bility he had saved my lite, "When the P1lymoulh oculist pro- 1100110ed my doom, I being thensixteen years of age, for 801110 ntltutes 1 could not speak; Mere was a.great lump in my throat, and n tear in my eye. Ile sought to comfort me by lolling me That 1110 oven eyesight was failing, and that In a few months' time, he, like, rue, would be blind. "'Ah, yes,' 1 send bitterly; but you have seen the world. 1 have not, and r,ever shall.' "I remained thinking for a minute 4 r two, end then, summoning up all Ilse grit i possessed, 1 said: if God wills 11, He knows best. \\'hat must he, will be. And,' 1 added pulling my hand up ten fear that !deleted flown my face, 'God helping me, this is the last tear I shot ever shed far My blindness.' It '7(10 mall who thinks. he has it will of was, h'.s oven Is apt to marry a woman who "dry father did n11 he valid for me. has a won't at her 17vvn, IN THE LAND OF FASHION PAM A PERI0EC'l' el CCA Iron FOR- EIGN BUYERS. Come From All Great Countries Crowd This Great Centre of ideas, and Amorloa, England, and Germany are great industrial centres, but Puns Is the woeld:s market for ideas, 'Twtco a alerts l` SIC it 'll115n Iallll � t"il t' the goat 11 t C are crowded with buyers [corn all parts al the United .Stales and Canada, who are crossing to learn the newest styles in wraps, dresses, huts, and articles tie luxe. In April and October furls be - conies a perfect Meeca foe foreign buy - lit a baht, treated hint electrioatly and :yrs; they conte nal 1,1113' 1 0,) Au1c'ica, iet the water; and, In the course of time: but h'otn Italy, Germany, 13ag1nnd, 811(1 1 managed to get white lead, oozing evens from Japan and hullo, It 15 be - front the snots of Itis fingernails. An- cause women the world over want Paris - other time I treated it woman for mer- cury poisoning. When she would teethe the deride bath, you could see a thin, dark line, which, when rubbed, showed a silver mercurial deposit on the side of the haul. She also had been pro- nounced incurable. "i1 was the same wtlh my millfonaito patent. Sir William Ferguson gave , 1,l us eslabltshmetrls in the tine de I" Neix, we for the sake of nay professional rl.- puttlion not to leech the case. Ice had gangrene of the big toe and aneurism of the some leg. 1 -ie was loo olcl a meta t0 operate 011, otherwise Sir \\'ibUani world have taken off his foot. I toots him 011 believing that I might cure him by electricity and maslsage. Belpre very long 1 had got the bad plate {town to the size of a dollar, then down to e pinhead; and then, finally, he was curet, end lived several years afterwards. He was so grateful that he insisted on pay- ing me a fee that was a record breaker. How did 1 feel when I got the $250,- 000 cash? Oh, nothing very remark - said tate doctor, sinning brightly. "•1t did not have a very important ef- fect on my life, save that it enabled me to do a number of things which I could not have done otherwise. I kept on with my work just as usual," Desptt Dr. Gale's affliction, Ile was engaged most of his lite not only in dally medical practice,. but in many business enterprises. Ian. hats and gowns that French goods Itnd their way to every part. NOVELTIES. It is more difficult to learn how these ideas are created and male popular than hove the goods are commercialized. Chorche les Mulles nouveoutes, or "seek the newest novelties," is the aim that 1 t six days to live; and advised governs the modistes and dressmaking i j days d' BRAVE FiGIITER OF BRIGANDS. Ring of Maly Bestows the Cross of Savoy on a Sardinian Carbineer. The King of Italy has just bestowed the Military Cross of Savoy, given only for deeds of courage, upon a sergeant of carnbinieri, Lorenzo Casco, called by hiscomrades Lorenzo the Brave and trailing front• Nuoro in the island of Sardinia. Casco was already a Knight of the Order of the Crown and the pos- sessor of four silver medals for bravery. le awarding hien the cross the King de- termined So make the prosenlation 110118011. Casco got his first medal for life sav- ing, ih0••4hree'others for killing robbers. Ile has numerous fights with Sardinian brigands. In 1800 he was on the track of three outlaws who attempted to leave the island in order to escape capture. Casco learned of their intention and hid In the branches of a tree at the .point where the rescuing boat was to waft for the men. - One of the robbers sighted him and fired several shots at him. The others Place Vendome and Avenue de 'Opera, Many of the leading fashions ere (treat- er'by \f oi•l, iPaquin,min Docet Esher Myer, and Camille \nichnfs but ninny of the smaller houses vie with their competitors in finding something new and,slriking. Many a style in dress or lad which Inas mel with unusual favor has been created by an unknown dress- maker or milliner, copied and made po- pular through some large house. WOMEN ARE ARTISTS. Though the head of the house sug- gests and passes on new ideas, it Is the premiere or lend dressmaker who creates most of the fashions. Many of these women are a'tlsts, natured colorists. They are gold mines of ideas, although they mance use of old paint- ings and engravings that oftentimes suggest valuable ideas. As the head dressmaker- of one large establishment says: "There is nothing absolutely new. AU we can expect to do is to dress old ideas in now forms. We borrow a style here, a silk there, and the trimmings from a third portrait, and then adapt them to meet the taste of our customers. Some things they accept with enthusi- asm while they reject other things flat - KAISER IS A MECHANIC 117111J3NSIVi+ PQ'17111)' ' V0 KS ON ONE 0)1 1115 ESTATES, Prince Christian 1loltentohe Also Carries on ,Business in Several Lines, The German Emperor, as well as sev- 05111 prominent members of the most uxoluslao class of G01'1111111 aiISlocraaYi are active melt of business, who do ,nV of el Irl:, n bels 1 yt1S` OIC 0 ro 1 s imitate to, 1 Their respective 11rms. This interesting ihformnllon is con - United in aft urgent appeal addressed by a young German no. Annan to his fellow tuislocrats 10 enatnripntc themselves from 111e obsolete Idea that it Js 1elleatl their dignity to perticipate til any coln- mercinl oceupalioil. Tho Emperor possesses extensive pot- tery works on his estate et, Cadinen, 1,1 Past Prussia, and conducts them himself 1vi111 great commercial zeal. Exquisite productions of the Impotent factories aro gold in the Berlin branch of the business, which is known .as 111e Hohenzollern stores. The Emperor thus openly trades under his own Mune, and, moreover, frequent- ly seizes suitable opportunities to. can- vass orders. When he notices a likely purchaser of wares from his factories at court or, other festive gatherings, he mics Min whether he cannot place an or- der, and if the answer is in the aI)lrma- • • live Ileo Emperor clews n pencil from Ms pocket and soslbbles 1110 order on his cuff, and does not conceal the pleasure he has in. lulving cloud a 51001 e. of busi- l3'. DISPLEASING STYLE;. In the making of fashions three things are kept in view. The style must Le created first, the getting of material, and making a g fashion popular. The material is an important point. A cer- tain style of dress like the empire or princess calls for special silks, trim- mings, and laces that are not found in the market, and unless he manufactur- ers respond to the idea it falls nat. The fashions created 113• these largo houses aro of two kinds—one -for the public at large, and the ether for their exclusive trade. Weeks a11ea'd the large houses are busy gelling ready for the crowd of buyers who throng their places. These houses expend as ankh effort in displaying their styles es in creating them. It goes without saying that these models must have perfect figures, and that a pertly face is a evalu- able acquisition. 'These models have their hair dressed and put on (heir ram, Lut Casco dropped Isom the tree gowns with es much case as if they were on the hack of one men with n pistol dressing for a gala night of grand ga opera. mxl st'u led with him, although he re- TIlC RECEPTIONS. ceived several slab wounds, holding on to his prisoner until help arrived. In 1808 Casco's devotion to duty al- most cost 11101 ins life. A troop of the carabinie•i, who act as rural police, were sent to the neighborhood of Loco - 11 to unearth a gang of miscreants who had slaughtered forty head of cattle to pursuance of a vendetta. Casco and a comrade, were doing scout duty on the Mountain Bellavisia when suddenly e. hand of ten men set upon them. They jumped from their horses, hid behind rocks and kept up a long range battle for three-quarters of an hour. When their ammunition was exhaust- ed and they realized that the firing had failed to attract the attention of the troop, it looked black for the besieged. Then Casco liad a bright idea. it occurred to him that the assailants probably knew of the presence of the whole party, so ho determined of a stratagem. So he shouted in stentorian voice: "Forward! Deploy to lite right; ohargeP" 110 nnri his companion broke out into lend eheet'ing 011(1 clattered their aoeou• hematite for all they wen worth. The brigands were seized with a panic, took to their heels andfled. When Casco had told these and other incidents to King Victor Emmanuel af- ter the presentation the King asked him whet were the present conditions in his district. The heave calrahinte'e answer - el That it wag qutetee Ihan it used to be; only one syndic lied been shot late- ly and only five brigands remained tit large. tH Tine mere a men knows et 20, the less he is apt to know at 00. CHARGES OF ELECTRICITY, 1 can hear peculiar sounds passing stack and forth end it Is partially by these 80011(18 that i em able to tell whether a patient is i150lthe or not. I remem- ber, on ono occasion, a man was brought to mo by a well-known d'oelor. I gal- venized him, listened all over his body Wheel 1 bec55n14 blind he gave me the During the season at these establish- ments receptions are held twice a day, The large parrot's are decorated with plants and soft draperies to shove sift the models, who walk up and down. lit and out of swinging doors, wearing the sane happy cxpeessinn as though all rads finery belonged to them. Up and down they go while the buyers and dressmakers scrutinize and lake notes on'polnts that interest them. EXCLUSI\'E MODELS. NOT BOAST fOR GAI.GAAY WILY MIP. R. C. EDWARDS RESIGNED FROM' 711(3 BOARD O1r 'TRADE. Enters a Protest Against (110 Board's Pamphlets and Advertising Literature. Tho following open letter has been addressed by li. C. Edwards, ho ver - settle editor of the Calgary "Eye Open- er," to the secretary of the Calgary 'Board of 'Trade. Feb. 22, '07 r Seclretary Board of Trade, Calgary: Dein Sir, --1 beg to lender my resig- nation as chairman of the Advertising Committee of the Doted of Trade, There is room fur millions of people in Alberta, but they must be allowed to live Mier they get here. 'rho pamphlets and advertising literature setting fortis the advantages of this country (10 not stale that the !armee only gels 50 cents a bushel to No. 1 Meet wheat, and pays $2.75 a hundred for his flour. The pamphlets are care - to conceal Iho feet that Iho settler has to pay $28 a thousand for rough board's wherewith to build a dome. No attention is made of the fact that the potatoes which the Calgary merchant retells for $1.50 n bushel brings to the farmer up the line a beggarly 25 Dents, I am sorry, but f cannot lend myself to tiny organized project which content. plates bringing settlers in under false pretences COST 01? LIVING. INC V. 11055, Prince Christian dfobentohe, a mem- ber of a ntedtntised royal dynasty, pos- sessing equal rank with all -the reigning !muses In Europe, carries on several different businesses on his ancestral es- tate at Oehtingon, \Vurlemberg. One factory makes oatmeal, sold ander the name of itohenlohe oatmeal. Another makes cakes, sold under the name Of lioltenlohe calces. A Ihii'd factory pro- duces corsets, sold ander the name of llohe,lohe comets, and aunt. sought after by south German ladies on account of their princely trade -mark. Prince Egon Fuerslenberg owns large breweries, which supply many south German inns with excellent Fue,slen- berg beer. Prince Guido Donnotsmurclr, 0100 of the wealthiest Silesiatl magnates, conducts a silk factory, he products of which arc sold under the trade -nut i'k of his royal arms. The author of to -clay's appeal begs the German aristocrats to follow these ex- cellent examples and renounce thelr ludicrous dislike of trade. RAILWAYS WITH W1Tf1 1'LEETS. Every Large British ftailroad Company: Owns Steamer and Docks. 11 is seldom realized hove widely the powtr of 13ritisit railways 'extends over the sea as well ns over the land. This state of affairs Is peculiar to this country, says the London Globe, being due to our insulae' position and. the ab- scluto dependence of our population as a whole upon foreign trade for its means of subsistence. hence, We II n,1 nearly every large railway company in the tailed Kingdom owning either clocks, bathers, or a fleet of steamers, and sump of thein all three. However, le view of the terrible disaster that has befallen a railway owned passenger ves- sel, we propose furnishing some mirth calers of our railways HS ship owners, SH as to give on idea of the magnitude cf this brunch of their sea power. Of the millions of travellers who an - neatly piss between this country and other Slates a very largo percentage make the voyage under the flag of 0 ;h'iltsh railway company. There ,11'e thirteen railways evident own fleets, nM The buyers visit 011 the .large estab- lishments before making their selections. Most buyers do not usuailyy buy more than a half dozen gowns from one es- tablishment—this number includes even- ing wraps, reception dresses, and even-. ing gowns. All these houses have models which the public al large never see. For Iho proprietors know that many come to see the new styles, not to buy. And their exclusive trade wants exclusive styles and not what the buyers will carry home. '3g ENOUGH SAID. Let us take the ease of Calgary. Everything is wrapped up carefully 111 a (rust. Freight rules have been re- duced half n dozen tines with the ob- ject of making things easier for the public and reducing the price of goods, Put. She public has derived no benefit. On 111e contrary, prices have been steadily on the Increase. The ordinary oommodiltes of life, as sold by aur local merchants, are higher to -day than MeV were len years ego. There is no com- petition whatever. Everything is sub- ject to mutual errongelnent .nmongst tiro grocers, Ihe landlords, the hotel. mon and others who make their living off Ihe public. Wages aro low and remain low. They ore never raised. Dollar a day joints have blossomed into $2 a day hotels. Rents have gone up 25 per cent., and in some cases, 50 per cent. i know of one house that coal $2,000 to bulid That Is bringing in a $110 a month rent, un- furnished. The landlords, f also no- tice, have waited until Thomas Burns' assessment was completed before rais- ing thele rents. They arc a wise lot of guys. KEEP OUT PEOPLE. What, c10 you suppose, a stranger 1515 in Calgary a L thi etc who a e5 anus6 Alt y asks a clerk in a store how much wages he gets and what he pays for booed and room? Suppose a railroad man decided' to locate hero and Inquires of a $75 -a -month beeteenlun how much he has leftover after paying at rho rale of $2 a clay at a hotel when be is fo Calgary. What will he think? You don't suppose he will he clomp enough to remail, do you? IL is easy to get the people into this neck of the woods by false representa- tions, but I do not propose to he a party to it. There is room in Alberta for millions of people, but, I repeat, they must be allowed to live after they gel here. We have got to get the peo- ple into this country to make it a coun- try, \\'e only Bare 185,000 population according to last census, and it 1105 taken 25 years to get that many. There is a great future ahead for this coun- try, but, by the holy Jumped -Up Horn- by Horse, if the business men of Al. berth wont change their methods then will kill it. Kill it deader than a mad erel. ° WHEAT COUNTRY. Hero in Calgary we pay 10 cents fair a loaf of bread, and the farmer gets 50 cents a bushel for his wheal. Why don't, you put tint in your pamphlets? The prices would be all right if the producer got anything for his stuff, end if wages rose tn' proportion to the increase in cost of living. Five elevnters in Leduc belonging to live different grain firms, end each paying the same price to a cent. Same conditions at the six Welaskhvin ele- vators, and at every other point. Alt under one combine. All combined to sandbag the farmer. 1 the Only a few years ago, during lime• i lived up north, when a farmer brought in a loud of wheat, there was 11 rush of a dozen competing buyers. haute iseeh wheal bid up to all kinds ( healthy .prices. The mat who offered Iho most got the wheal. Those were the days when there was some 'educe - relent, for the farmer to come into the county and 1111 the soil and rake gratin. FINAL FLING. One fleet gentle fling at Calgary. There are loo many heli and, women 111 this town wedeln for their board. Hundreds, of men are working for $50 told 500 n` month, eking out a baro eo- 181511ee. Wages remain Immovable, standard ltd unchangeable. The 'situ- uiton has become impossible. What is celled Ihe Calgary real es, tole 1100111 1s not it boom at all, but merely. a period of brisk real estate ac-. • ttvily based on the anticipation of a large intlux of neve citizens This sprint and 'summer: , There is no danger of a slump, except, perhaps, in some of those fer-off nddi.tions, if Ca Igay knows enough :to keep the newcomers alter they get here by giving them a, veilbrook. What with one thing end atoiaar, 111y dear Mr. Richal•dsoth, 1 cermet 0loll- scienliously see 1117 vvay 4o assist In Iho advertising movement unto 1W:tent conditions change. Kindly notify the Board of ray resign/Ilion and oblige. Yotn's. failhR1ly, R. C, EllWA! DS, not counting lute craft whit% ply only on intend rivers and lakes, the grand total of these vessels numbers 155, ag- gregate gross tonnage, 157,402. The hst railway company to feline powers for the transpoltnlion of pas- sengers end goods by sea was the Ches- ter 0nr1 Holyhead in 1847. The bill was vehemently opposed by shipping com- panies throughout lite kingdom on the ground that 11 would create undue corn - petition an(1 inierfere with theft' exist- ing rights end That oversee cornmunt- raton 0110 0111111(34 the splice° of legi- timate operation of a railway company. Robert Stephenson checkmated the opposition try forming a separate cam- p0ny, composed of the dirorlo•s ot and Jorge shareholders to the railwny,tvhirh would he reedy 10 tante over the vessels should the hill fell .lo pass. As a re- sult the mostformidable opponents e the project withdrew, the comee n3' got IIs bill, 0101 the service between Holy- head and Kingstown was inaugurated to compete with he mail heats, 00evaily well Ihe opening of the railway on Au- gust 1, 1848, In 1850 lite Chester and Holyhead line, together with its steam- ships, was transferred, to the London and Northwestern Railway, Besides owning heels of passenger end cargo L,oals, our rnihvsy conp1nies have either wholly constructed or large - 1y contributed toward the -expenses ;f making 111e herbal's flit their reception, and many of these reihvay )(ethers are numbered among the Itnesl and best equipped ports In the world, notably, Fishguard, Heyslian, Barrow, Holyhead, Fleetwood, Straln'ger, Pe dcrslon, Neo' - haven, Southampton, Folkestone end. Grimsby. JAPANESE IIOT B0\'i'HS, in Japan ItoL baiihe arelased of a lens- perature of 104deg. irahrcnheti. Imme- diately they leave this the banters plunge into perfeelly cold 'water, A European doctor tvho has spent many years in Tokio declares that, after a bath of this treat lad he subsequent cold douche, he used to fool warm all day in. the coitlosl winter weather, while In s0lnner 1110 bulli had the exactly contrary efteot, and was most cooling and refreshing, GLASS I3ATiIS. Glass balls -tubs ar'e being tnado (11 Germany, and aro sold to have advent. loges ov0s• the metal end enamel, the pr innipal one being, that they are much oheappr. They nro made in a solid piece, and one rnu hr ,turned out complete itt at;out live n lInliOs. "Excuse me," impulsively exclaimed the bold, bad man, "but your certainly have a trial little waist, Miss Veeness" "Yes," replied the young lady, with peculiar emplies's, "here's no getting' around that, air.•lrreschley." MEAN ADVANTAGE. "What is your age, medan?" asked Lite judge of the fate plaintiff In a breach - of -promise case. "Excuse me, your honor," she replied, "but rather. than testify against myself I'll withdraw Ihe suit." if IS SAID TIiAT A (MARRIED MAN IS MORE iIONI'IST THAN A BACHELOR—SOME (REASONS WHY. Y /. tri ✓ ,,:• !sreriuhr Oe i%e,eesiell• 1 he married roan has a high Standard to live up to. P.S.-1 trust you give me frill eyed% for refraining from any anim(ch•esl1ns on tiro beer atrocity—one glass of thin slop, the netted price of which to the hotel men from the brewery is ono cent, costing the public fifteen cents. 1 did not Montfort the, beer, because 11 is ant a necessity of life. The only ospilna,e 11001 1 can see to account for the 110101• men becoming so bolt is that (hero is no bounty on wolves. .8 t. n 4' '