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>1~ ~'h Wfra}f o tieearth ha"e beome'. thie olj f -a confliit W hiâ. is eyeanlY increau in luVie- lae, .The, loverâ of natire wiah Preerf>the waterfalls iu theîr or.iginal. coiditioh as far as Pos- Jible fur aIl tÃŽt»ee, wRite thie engin- 4ers and Lig'lssVial promotera seek Vo i«ploit thessa as sources of cheap ~Pù%wr for'electro-techuical purpos- ex. Thie aocomnpliihment cf this ob- Jýton a large scalo neces:iarily inI- volves tho total destruction or ser- ous injury tu the w&terfaiis, re- «4arded as pictureeque additions Voo thie landucapes. % Il. in only within recesat Ncar.s that waterfails have been çonBid- ered !rom the commerSial point. uf View, but since it hae been reco)g- nizc.c that th4 energy o! fioin t4e colotitte kno* VM eu lâïhat thie VictoriW FaIlls,'wh inces ,le have been eauily reïchod ,bbrthé" <?osff l e Zanibesi iummedateëy in front of thie principal fail, viii ,cet- taibly brI ngas a$ ch mey nto, t c. ountry by&ac iflg tourit &S by ptcoducing lectiical po*er. Ther<a in no'other waterfall in the venld whioh às at &Il compar- able in greatness with the Zambe- si, Iguassu or thie Niagara. Abia, noViwithst.anding its colossal1 moun- tain ranges, is comparativeiy poor in large waterfalle, which are found mot abvîndantly in Africa and North Ajnenica. The largest Afrn- can stresýTis eepecîaiiy are inter- tupted by many fails of congider- able height. The Congo hae sever- ai high fails which, owmng to the great volumne o! thie river, about Mixteen times t.hat o! the Nile, iay be counted amvng the most imnport- ant iources o! wnter power on1 carth. THE STANLEY FALLS, water in vcry maaav cases furnashes in thRe middle reach -o! the river, -a cheap and almost inexhauBtible oteenscer'tal,! Îùb.stitute for coal, whirà si ycarly attllegi !14fe n beconaiîag mure costly and more midth o! nearly 4,0(W feet, anîd O!- las-gel), -oiieurnd, thie great water- fer an cxceedingly riciî source o! talls, which as imapedimenta to in- pouwer which probahiy ilîl soon be ternani naviga-tion hare hithertu exploiteil. Stili mort important is been worFe than worthiess fromOi th Re total Wattsr pomer which thie viewpoint 'O! social eccOsim%- liave C ngo develops in the non-navi- sudeni bcm bet t value gable section exVending f rom its Tre a vlue. ae diestr u moutb Vo Stanley Pool. licre thie The ailng ate drvesticturriver, confined in a channel oniy a bines of clectrica] po)wer iti' few hundred yards wide, and W'ith jaruducmîmg eiectric ligRit Sud iP'- a depth o! water o! nearly 3W0 feet, -or , which i many cases are jrv flows with a velocity o!f-48 feet a mitv o'or hndrde ad it.eeond, su thst st every puint o! thusvarids (f miles. Thiemaur Xovi thie trcana 25,000 tu 30,00X) cubic thie waterfalîs w tiR-h je noN% beng nieters, or about a million cubie waged by the trîends o! nature and fect of water, are Rurled alung wi th the prumoters o! ma-dustry is likel)Y irreslistible force, a-hile thirty-two son tu increase greatiy in bitter- rapide and wat-er falls lowe'r thie nos, f(,,rinany level o! the atrearn by ti20 feet in a -, iELEI3RATEI) FA-LLS. streteRi o! 170 miles. have already heesi destroyed or TelwrNei g~ osse Lave at ieast atiffered aestîietic in a seriels of rap ide, the celebrated j ury frona thie establieRiment o! pow- cataracts o! thie N ils, but no vater- er istatuons. taîl in tRie strict senate o! tRie word. The fanions talle o! tt eRbuyîce at Truc waterfalis occur on thie upper Rchafîhiausen are at present tRie Nule, tRie most beautiful o! tiien at 8ubjeet o! licated controvermy. Sev- thie point where Lieas treain issues oral puwcer stations alread,. ,tand f rôm Lake Victoria Nyanza. TRi-s on their batikes and sap their life Ripon fail is only s !ew yards in bln)tJ. The Suiss Governînent, heiglht, but thie volume o! water je lsowte-er, takes care t-o preser'e a so great that it preseiits- a mnagni- auticmontiy large volume ot vater fleent spectacle. tW maintain the character o! thie Conaparatively few persons know faill as aq notable spectacle and an w-hieb is tRie bighest waterfail ini attr-action for touris, writes Dr. E uro pe. TheRio ot voiuminoua o! Iticlirdi Herrîng ini Ceber Land Eunopean vn.tertails, etnictiy ad unad Moer. A stili more bitter strite caii&l, are theRie Uine Falls at riae been engendered in America Schaffhausen, but Vhe Rigbest are by the question of theo preservation theRiejuken Fallis o! thie Maas-EII or destruction o! tRie Fals o! Ni- River, in the Norwegian province &Kara. TRes faimousfille have &1- o! Telemarske. TRie princpal (.11 ready narrowly escaped entire ab- iii8 s feet high and tRie ota eAgRit sorltion in the pipes o! power sa- o! thie two chie! falis vitRi the inter- teiand vcry energetie action on vening rapide amounts to 1,837 (oct, t-ho liart o! lawmakers botb in the whle the average flow o! val-or is United S.ýtateis and C-anada Riau. ht-en 50o cubie met-ors, or 1,760 cubic feet reqiuard to kcep intact froin indus- per second. TRie Rjuken Falls, trial ipvasion and preserve in its with their total energy o! 20,000 origmial bcauty at leaut a remisant horse-power, are aireadjy tisings o! ,of tRi-s great vorader o! the vorld. thie past, for they have been irre- TIere is a popular but e-rroncouq vocably perverted Le judustrial inînaes9ion that the Fallis of Ni- uses. aaaare tRie greatest in thie world, A aimuilar fate threaVens other anîd e%-en t-buse more enuîgiîeied sinali Nora-egian falis, but Norvay personâ who 1mev that the Vie- me tu toria Falle c-f the Zamnbesi River JRJCH IN WATERFALLS in Africus are tu-ice asq brond and miore tliaIl Vwice as li-gb as those tRat iLt cars weil spare a fev. IL, of Niagara almost iravariably asigu Sweden, likowiso, t4ie .Fai1s.iof! to 'Niagara tho e econd rank arnong Trohihatta, tVhs ot o.i.bratc of~ theo èreat wate rfusis of tRie 'carth. aU 8candinavian 'usterfalits, have Eveut this is an error, for Sout.h been almoîit eutirely anaiilstýd a&à America possesses & waterfall which objects cfia-aturai besuty. Nçariy EXCEIiDS NIAGARIA ahi o! their val-en is nuw cnplÃ"yed fur thie producicon of electricity. bath in wîdti and ina lieiglît asnd i11 a.etualiy Vhs second largest a-e r- fait in the world. TRiti lîtIle knuwn waterfaii in limat o! tRie Iguabmu Hiver, tnibutary o! tRie Parana, sud like Niagara. it le situsted at tRie boundary o! tw- States, each o! whieh cwa-n hait o! iL. TRie total atlen power of tRie Iguausiu Full, whida je 213 test high and nesnly two miles wide, is ct>s*- mnated s about 14,000,000 horas- pcwer. This is approximateiy equal te tRis aggregate aten power of al Scandinavia, a-hicR is ricRi in a-at- erfails, or about ten Limes thie in- Lai vater power ut Gerussiy. The toemptation to exploit this great, Inexbaustible, nos-en fnesziîsg streatn au a source o! pover for Wnustniai purpoes rnay Rie easily 'bmagized. At prosent auch exploitation us I-- qusite impossible, as thie IgnUASSU rtali ie toc fan froua tRie beaten êvacks of commerce to make il- pro- itible te s»tabuiobh any eiectrieli woer ýstation, butt il, viii prubab- net b. long before tii... failis ~t1 Retreatened vith-lb. (ate of liagata.' Ti undesirable posÃŽi, V lity bas been forese by thie in- ~rsd Sat., ~BsilsudArgeu- 0,a a-hieh have idready bogun ne- Ltiaionss detigeed to proteet the, los, the, Victoria Falls of tise Z.ai- ~i n lulihod.ia h*h Zoit bigh and mors titan a msile' dwIslh- were dis<eedIsy TRle Goverisment jtseif bas ne- cently eistablishcd ber. a pouwer sta- tion witb sa capacity o! 40,000 horse. power. This, n-ow thie larges: mter power station in Europe, wiii soon h. suirl)nisod, hovever, by thie st-l tien at ltjukan in Nor-vsy aud bv s SI langer Station in theioârI o! Sweden, uhsich viii serve for the operation 6! tRi. Lotuden Rail- Thie Porius Fall, aS whÃŽch tiis taît mentoned station vill be placed, is only oee aIl, or M'ther ripid, o! a long sern.: formud by the. Lui-e-E)! near it. source mîîtise lako region o! Laplaad. Theo hargest aBdMouct bea ïtf t o! tises. ails is Use celebr*ted ý'Jar-ý aprang, u-hîch -forms thie aubÃŽe<t of many legencis. The. Porius power statiun i. expected to - neb ou-ý pleLac i-n 1914 sud toe velop #OQU afte rward about 80,M0 born-p#r, yet tise vild iieauty<ai tise ujrt * It~ vii Ris utile aNected5 . s à IuA" «sIuated tRust litttid vaer ýûw4L er ins summersiter âls ouies# et spl ebau .pIsled. la tb* Po1/um Rapaid the r*9 e e lo leeet in844 feet j* t Ie Iarpranj lu J 0*4r ».ilad ar po and tlsap tk " p « a-pr.s.an aof4M fti'a uÃœ4p Verses l-7-1.,Tbe king«s proclama- tion regardiotg the- image. 1. Nebuchadnezzar-No date le given, but thene seerns to e Re ar- rm for assurng that iL vas about the eighteenth year o! his reigu, alter sanie notable victory. An image o! gold-Not necessar- iiy o! solid gold. In al probability it wae simply overlaid vith goid. As no mention is madle o! any par- ticular deity it is likely thie image represented thie king imsel!, tRie being a not uncommon practice cf tRie Assyrian kings. These images vere set up in conquered places, and suitabiy inscribed. It would require an enormnous ainount of gold for a statue ninety feet high and nine feet broad, but it was a matter o! pnide with these mon- arche o!ftRie Pâqt that they had s0 much gold. The plain, or Valley, o! Dura bas been part.iaily ideuti- fied by a huge brick mound, vhich may have formed thie pedestai o! a gigantic image. IV is iocated about six miles belgw Babylon. 12. Thie deaî&ation o! the imnage- Those invit.ed to the soiemn fes;ti- val arc nainedm with minute fulînes by the writer. It is difficuit to give any specific description o! these functionaries. The satraps vere chie! ruiers of a province. The gov- erriors were perbaps the ruiena of rconquereci provinces. The naineà seem tu be a catalogue of Assyria-n, Babylonian, and Persian tities, and in ay represent the th&ee classes, o! civil, nilitary, and legai officers. Among the other rulers o! the prov-- inecs wcre probably included tieý threo Hebrew eidren. Thie stonyl bas nothing to say about Daniel. Ho vas an exceptionally high %ig. nitary (Daniel 2. 49). 4. Peiiples, nations, and langu-i ages-This redundancy o! expres-I sion je common in Daniel and Be-ý velation. Thie crowd present wouldj include net onlyý Babylonions, butý Greeks, Phoenicians, Arabe, Jews, and 4.ssyrians. 5. AIl kinds ohnmuaic-Here agin, w e a aplet6ora o! descriptivel words,, whose meauing iL is veryý hard Vil define. Thre c!thie naines, tRaie for harp, psaltery, and dulci-.' mer, are Ghock worde, euec! thie, evidences cf tRie lats authorsthip., Thie sackbut vas a amail triangu- lar instrument, Raving tour strings. *6. A burning fierv furnace - SucR cruel punishments were alter the Ail kinds o!frnusic--Xote thie leisurely reiteration o$ Lhe variotis instrumente, just, as in verses 2 and 3 thie offacers are twice listed. C-om- pare alea verses 10 sud 15. 8-18--TRie charge aganst'thie tbree Hebrew youth s ad tRour reply. B. Chaldeans-In tRie book of 1it is "aid that thils Ring vausuRi- jeu t ta uddeu outbursts liRe tiai. Ne eould not t4leratevWha" aeod bas. ingratitue ud inaubor"*n- tiou on thie part e!those vhom b. tsa favored. 14. 18 it 0f porpo.. t-1tise iist villing to put tRbeebo con &ntuea upon their sot. Poa &IW ail tloy. b.d not t 4.fy bîm- ne ril! si» t4 Prvîe-7f4en «a rd" 10, Wb stb o * ud w-- ý80 1rea -youver -1o0m, butewhose o oi.,appewed«te uaathed.4. But tRie fourth had au angebi. pftlc.ohs~ i that f meýit by -the, xpreeui., Niechdnzzr ould net have usdtêp!rs.. "801i of <bd" !udin our authoized Vérioni *itb t-ieChristign Meanlng , tW6at. tacRi to it. Besids tRi, laot"Vordý is aotuallyr plural,- "godai."f 28-30-The king'. dozology, ediet of toleration, and promotion of the faithful Jews. 29. Shah b. cut in pieces-Tho violence of this punishment is ini keeping with tthe spirit of Orien- tal butcherieii ouch s were coin- monly pr&ctised by. Assyrian and Persian despots. Theo threat te. transform a bouse into a dunghill, was also common (Ezra 6. il; Dan. 2. 5). 30. Prom oted-That is, assisted them ni ivarious was so80that their course in the province would be a prosperous one. HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE. Uood Work Doue by the Chlldrenla Aid Socleties of Ontario. Some of thiecaues dealt with by the agents of Clildren's Aid Socie- ties Dot only fiu.si h interesting reading, but also ge somo ides, of the spiendid work that is being doue for young people mn ail parts o! our Province. liere are a few ex- tracts: Boy of ten was taken by hie fàther to a number o! saloons, the moThere being dead and no one to look after thie littie felIow properly. Thie fath- er.was charged with drunkness, and arrangements were maade for the boy to board with a respectable faznily at father's expense. A lad frequently charged with stealing was reporied by the par- ente, who asked that some puniàh- ment bc given without arrest or publicity. This wau judicioiisly ad- minstered by thie agent in the form of a 8panking, and thie boy promis- ed to be gooci hereafter. Aer gir ! eventeen, who Was drinking at a hotel with young mon, was taken in charge and sent to a sheltering heme. Moving pictures shows, bar roosus, stations, etc.-, ver. fre- quently visiit&l to preveùt chîldrený loitering around. Three newsboys vere sent home, becauso of their tender age. Quite a, nûmber cf children were reported to Rie absent f rom school, and it. vae found that theo asaessors did not furniah thie elerk of tRie municipiality with a uls of children hetween thie ages of eîgbt and fotsr- teen, as requiredt by law. TruaÙcy work ia doue by -a .policema n hi& spire time. It vas e'onaidertd desirabi, to h*ve thie wowk done by' sovxeon.mo#rparti1arly * terot eu inl ehildën(& __%î*t ii.1dite- required one perscwn's vhole tiine. An"other axee, 'reports, among other things, hsvirg stopped severalý tobaccouns fromsu sellhng cigarettes to you'ng boys. A girl of t'welve vas waiting on tables in a restaurant, mother dead *nad ah. vas living vith an, aai., Bohool attendance -vais insistod, »ecided improv.ments vau r.- port.d iu th. case ffs mral femil-, ï«a ehere CWiIdrn b eena bsnt, froua s*booi sn4idy in Appearace and loilsrinoon theastmee. JROOT OF TM ICOeKvz41T. * Uxpiuaalm et This Imoprtant point et, WhMstsare Nav e ft.p d ui Ie. metIu Nem nidsa lu ta Uokewung *tunn-40m. lnterstlns il1u*trattens. (Sy "iniestor") It e1 am O! tht. serie. fi wù suhowuà that "ditribution of risk" ta an imnpers- &Ut princIpiee01tnlv«testa. It ia a v557 simple one, hovee. nvoivlu sno -verx conused Ideas. Ti e a nvOu"'erVrinit pi, to beborne lu mmnd when maklug in- voaltmet. which ta of noe iss imllporiSflO bat It la, however, couslderabiy Jess oh- VIou8 te thse.whose inestment experI. ena. t inflil-.and sien te Maiil who sheuld undertnd its actions thoroughly. l'hin la thse principle of ivestmen in acoordano, witb soUul requiemonta.- Not long ago à financial paper stated, q1uit. correctil, that a higis retuns on au investment shouid ai-ways b. iookod upon vitis suspicion. This, hc'wei'er muat net b. Laissa te mean tisat such a stock as Dominion Bank, wblch paya 12 Ver cent. ver annum le decIdedly past t.he danger mark and ahouid he avoided. 109 course, the person who figures this outinl tht. war quite misses the point. -Tise rate et lncome"' or 'return" on an iu- vestmnent depedaon the rate of dlvi- dend. te b. sure, but Itlàl quit. a dit- t eren t thing altegetiser. For oxample. taise the case of a stock paying 12 Ver cent. The invesior wll have te par ai lasat *2M a @har. for ths stock. But eth. divldend tseftgured on thse par--or face-value of the ehares, whicis ta 0100. Tiseretore th. ratura on 1he $2M0invest- ment Wb *12 per yoar, or 86 on every lnandrcd lnvested-that le. 6 Ver cent. Tht. le what was reteired te la a pré- rious article, when "rate of income- waa giron as one oft1h. elonts-the second in importance-te ho cousldered ln choeing an investment. Now. lu tise case of stocks, as we se aboie, this la a very simple matter te aderstand. When we coasîder bonda. howeer, tisere le conslderablY more la b. ais faenIte acount. Anrons use bas ever boiagbt bonds mal sometlmes wonder why twa differeni Ise- sues of the bonda eft ome particular cii «el ai quit.e différent prices. Tise se- cnrity is exactIr theseaue, tis, rate of laIneresti dentical the nl dfereuce*. probilih 18 la t ou. b ond mar b va> ablein laten je7«» sud the otber ln t* n- t>'. ilaib is laîtt leature -etisa aret thse price. Wiiat iCorne. CosdUsai makse'uais.- suppeaê & a - per out. $1.00e bocd wtt. ten years toermusselle ai IOji-4. tt. ovuer Win recoins $O0 a jear.eus au Wa Ineatusent of 8i.OWO. lu sueS cfreum. stances -a -stok-wb" is hnanas repaid- WOUW Doat tbolu-veston *bout 4 12pur Thse Invasion pais *1,#Imm0fonthe" uauf. -Wlsleiý -las-ton yer", i i M on. t, IOO pliai ihisa loîtS,. hair la i aslieb.Muti hié bond -b"i te sn.thse-si=m ef ?Uh tote . 50bile th»-. Use bond ima- turas& Tttosotor, tise mion eS an' nly $50mf VZs leltuasb itceeu ste 4jst o a*ioucu tote4 p«r ont. on, tise 0n p*Jraeaud. beneort, s -anlà P"'ont Utired M au Will flweIl la Earthiy Paradis-lut Tura on Thie Carrent. In- these days' hen thie metropoli- tan givtàynoy bdesribed as a great electrical laboratory and consurn- ing -station, it should not ho over- looked that thie f arrn iteif is eom- lng in for its share o! tRis univereal source o! pover. *There are many .vays throughi vhich thie fanm that can afford theie use o! thie electric current may have it for, thie trouble o! Installation.* Some uear-by inter-urban electrie line may have its surplus current for sale; Borne atreain close at hând may bave a gra.vity waterfall to develop electricity aufficient for hal! a dozen fartners; or thie gascline esiginin l counectioin with a dynamo is within, comparatively easy reach o! thie prosperous fariner wh.o dis- covers that to keep his boys on tRie fanm-or even to make certain tRiaL hi& hired help will stay with him through thie season-it is up to hum Vo lighten those old drudgeries o! Lwenty years ago. JOY FOR FARMERS WIFE. In the, home of thie fariner, thie firet adaptation of thie eiectnic cur- rent vould ho in displacing thie kerosene lasnp. A motor in thie basement and a purnp and tank on tRie outeside would effeet a eystem of vater-works for thie bouse. In thie daîry thie cream separaVor, churu, waahiug machinery for dairy necessîties van be operated. Laun- dry work-that bugbear cf the farmer's vif e-is simplified and ligbtened to thie hast de>ree. E-ven tRie long-sought "milk;ng Maïch- ine" is to receive an impetus aL thie hauds of Yankee ingenuity, and, if iL ahl 'b. pertected, the. electric current must, drive iL. WVILL BE GENERAL BOON. lu thie cov bains and horse stables thie electric huùlb attacher Vo vires in gaspipe. housings not oul will give -tRio safety ligRit for visiter mornsandauvenings, but already tRie vacuumïelaaer bas macle iLs *ppearagawe, adapted to. the easiost a-" moalt 'brogh 1 curryiug 1n clemn o ~ie-çat". of- cova and ztead of the long- and "aboriouiî process of ico cutin4, from ponds, bo eétectnecurre-nt wifloporaté-tRie i luida ith"auttomatie lppae o thRe Mo5or Whon tuthé, qmw edearc. of4 cold tIs bd Ti pwrMay b. directed to tRio fim vokahons. WÂTU NBAS &CCUPLISNE9 Adepte 111us ! to Any Crctusst- Adopte' Rused! te" yCiheu-- stances la thie Secret of Ris- Acoording to the Census figures, - Scotland is being depopulated, or, at ail events, it is ceaang Vo grow at the rate it should, says the Lo- don Answers. But this depopulation ie no uew thing. And there is another side to tRie question, a sie vhich is fan frm unpieasant; for what is Bnitain's loss je tRie Empie'-s gain. Iu thie making of every British colony tRie Scot bas played a piart, and a book wbich bas been receut- iy pubuished, shows boy muda aur great Dominion beyond thie seae owes to thie pIÙck, energy, and colon ising instinct of Vhs man froin thie North. EARLY HARDSHIPS. There were Scots ini Canada so long ago as 1021, wheu Sir William Alexander secured a charter grat. iug hum the territory, roughly cov« ered now by Nova Seoti! and New - Brunswick. But iL was the exocins folloving tht. rebellion o! 1745 that vasthie strt- ing point in Oanada's history. Then a Greenock merchant, John Pagan, obtained a grant o! land at Pietcu, and ie offered, as au in- ducement to corne te Canada,,,* f ree passage, a farrn lot, - and - year's provisions. "Reowaned au old Duteh bnig, wbich Rie called thie Hector, and lu thie Hectoirlie abipped eut ini JuRy, 1773, his firet coloniats fîc -tRie Higblands, 189 aouls- in l-b. . TRie ground wa8 stili uneleared, but they btruggled thiaugh the-first bard years, and prospered. Thie. Years laten they were joiued by ofi Scots from Prince-Edward lTanad, who Rad emigrated (rom Dumufrios", but had been eaten oft- by lbcusts."' After tbis thie 8eots -stieam *v4 ontnwho:e famnilles arriving., .When the rat har4fship e Over, tRio. eanly, Pioneers wr o tWyis relatives in Sceotlànd to cainme out aud soin- Lhern. Tise-so-called 111gb- land Cléaranees hrotiht otheO*5-nOe foyer th&xs 1,309 arrIvig rini ;f spr ang, up; sou. cest iàn'their- lot with thie fur tradera; others strick Out n-agsttesway f.o un-~ cliearoad-but fertile: P rts. THE 1NEVITffaBLE 8lI! Heaiing ýthie soy M t h L.nonthenar fruit lient ha 'eue b« cent os Use resse . o4camt thélui tbe bond tg repaiSeai j» timoe booS te reaigS. .. 104r4 1~