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Fenelon Falls Gazette, 4 May 1894, p. 6

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.. 3?“; a. n «y'vamh‘ 3 ’~ 6 s ~~were met as they arose. Sunâ€"WW“ p mania. In a contribution Dr. Jackson speaks of a u out successful experience in the treatment of eumonia by cold water. tiring the past winter ('92-’93) I treated twenty-five cases of pneumonia upon prac- tically this one line of procedure .- The results were excellent in every way. The recoveries were prompt and rapid in all the uses but two. of these, one was prolonged, being secondary to la grippe and complies- ted with fibrinous plenrisy, and the other died. The latter was a hospital caseâ€"a poor. miserable woman, who had led a wretched life. The beneficial efi'ects of the treatment were so prompt and apparent, in the face of the greatest prejudice and opposition, that they carried conviction to the most unbelieving. I have seen the ap- plication of ice-cold compresses terminate a case of double pneumonia of the base by crisis in sixty hours. Another patient, a woman of 74 years, with consolidation of right base, recovered in four days. A baby, two years of age, with catarrhal pneumonia, most marked on the left side,was quite convalescent on third day. A laborer, 34 years of age, wrth con- solidation of right base, delirious,and much oppressed for breath required but two days’ attendance. A bride, 22 years of age,awoke a’ ter a particularly fatiguing party in afever- ish and lethargic state. After twenty-four hours there was the characteristic fine crepi- tation and stitchy feeling to the breathing ; temperature, 105 L5" F.,pulse, 130. Ice- cold compresses aborted the lung lesion en- tirely, and produced a critical perspiration in thirty hours, at which time the norm was reached and persisted. In all the cases in my case-ho 11!, from the time the cold wasapplied,rapid improvement ensued. The method was as follows: A large towel was run out of ice water and the thorax envelope in it. A comparative- ly dry towel was laid over it, and a binder of flannel or cotton held all snug. The ice water towel was changed as often as necessary, in order to ease the pain and re~ duce the temperature. When the pain or dyspnu:a. was severe, or the temperature high, the intervals would be short, say five or ten minutes. As the symptoms im- proved, the changes were made only as the 'fowels assumed the heat of the body. The face and limbs were frequently sponged with the ice water, and, when required, a cold compress was put upon the brow. The medication was confined to promoting a critical perspiration. No alcohol was em- ployed, except in the fatal case referred to. The diet was principally of milk, and lib- eral in quantity. Incidental symptoms In none of the cases was there any expectoralion to men- tion. Free perspiration was usually snc- cecded by copious diuresis. As a precau- tionary measure, a wet compress was worn for twenty-four hours after the crisis, and changed when it became dry. In order to obtain the effects to be desired in this treatment, the cold must be freely applied, and with a firm hand, until the effect of a, reduction of temperature and arrest of symptoms occurs. The treatment is grate- ful to the patient. It can be managed without incommcding the sufi‘erer, by the exercise of a little ingenuit . It is prompt in its effects for good, an it is easily ap- plied. HEALTH. Cold Water AppIIc-ations 1n Pneu- I As the experience of twenty years' con- tinued observation, I would most earnestly deprecate the use of opium, antimony, or blisters, and the more modern antipyretics. Under the usual routine treatment of pan- ltices, expectorante and whiskey, I can quite understand Dr. Osler's view as to the non-efficiency of treatment. But with experience of the free use of cold, in the manner herein outlined, and in view of the etiological considerations advanced, I feel that a new and happier era is dawning in the treatment of pneumonia. Music and Longevity. Nothwithstauding I will soon pass my eighty-first birthday, my mind’and body are still in good condition ; which I attribute to the fact that I have a variety of occupa- tions, which induces me to give exercise to different parts of my brain as well as of my body, without overworking and exhausting one par t. I have collected some statistics about men occupied exclusively in one kind of mechanical labor, and found thatthey die before the average of the life of such as have to perform labor which does not require the continuous exercise of the same parts of the body, but who are occupied in labor which allows the exercise of almost all parts; so, for instance, men whose main occupation is the use of the sledge hammer are very short-lived, and several crippled old men have testified to me that they were over- worked in one certain pursuit without variation. It is the same with the mind as it is with the body, and even more so; men occupied year after year with bookeeping, or being cashiers, or teaching one exclusive branch of knowledge, or giving music les- sons to beginners, or clergymen preaching orthodox sermons or praying according to the same system, break down early. Hence broken-down clergyman abound.‘ When the mind is free to rave wherever reason calls it, a better mental health results than in the case when the mind is tramineled by theological dogmas. But,as in the usual course of life, men frequently have monotonous daily duties to per orm. which wear out the mind and the body, it may be a blessing to them when they can indul e in another occupa- tion which is utteryvdilfereut from any daily routine : and such an occu ation is music, which has the double a vantage that it can be enjoyed also b those who have not been musically e neared, but whose tastes run in such a direction as to enjoy good music.â€"[Dr. P. N. Van Der \V'eyde. EXPLORATIONS IN EGYPT. An Ebony status and Remains eta Snp. posed Ila: Found at honour. Prof. Morgan, who has been excavating in Egypt for some time past, has made a fresh and important discovery. A few weeks ago the professor discovered the rc~ mains of asupposed king of Egypt and now, it is announced, his explorations at the foot of the brick pyramid of Dashour have led to discovery 0 the fourth dynastv king. Moms Ra'iouab. In addition the shaver! we found an cbonystntue, some gold plates, 6 '. z The ups-rations will be continued. SHIPBULDING. â€" Description of What Is Bela; none In That line In Celllngvveod. A few years ago nearly all the shipuing owned in Ontario and the Canadian lake rts was built along the line of the Wel- and canal, by the Muiers and Andrews, of Port Dalhonsie; Shickluna, of St. Cathar- ines, or Abbey 8:. Co., of Port Robinson. All this is now changed, and the headquar- ters of the shipbuilding industries for the upper lakes seems centred in Collingwood, on the Georgian bay. The activity in this branch during the present winter and spring is wit‘tout precedent. Every avail- a le man willing to work has found employ ment in the shipyards, right along, yet, notwithstanding, the contractors have found it difficult to secure labor enouch to complete their contracts on time. At this date there are five new vessels being built, three of them on the stocks nearly com. plated, and two ready to set n as soon as room can be made for them. he Calling- wood Dry Dock Company are building one of these for the Buffalo Fish Company. She is 110 feet long, 20 feet beam and 8 feet hold. She will be launched about May 10 next. Mr. Alfred Mirrell has four‘new vessels in hand, one a steam yacht 100 feet long, 14 feet6 inches beam and 6 feet 6 inches hold. She is owned by Mr. Pratt, of Parry Sound. Her cabins will be fitted up in first-class style ; her engines and boilers are being made by the Georgian Bay foundry and machine works. From the same shipyard THREE 1'0\\'ERE‘CL TUGS will be launched in a short time. These tugs are 6’) feet long, 13 feet 6 inches beam and 5 feet 8 inches hold. The Doty iron wurks, of Toronto, built engines and boil- ers for the first two, and the Georgian Bay machine works construct the motive power for the other one. Mr. Mirrell keeps con- stantly employed in his yards some 15 or IS men. The Collingwood Dry Dock Company have now in the dock the City which is 187 feet long, 23 feet beam and 11 feet hold. This vessel has been lengthened some 30 feet this winter and greatly strength ened with steel keelson and steel arches and carlins; her cabins have been made pleasant and roomy. She is now complete and will be ready to leave the dock in a few days. The wrecking tug Charlton is also in the dork, and has had 75 feet added to her this season, besides being strengthened and al- most made new. She now measures 145 feet in length,21 feet beam and 10 feet hold. She lies just astern of the City of Midland. COLLINGWOOD DRY DOCK CO. employ on an average some 115 men, ex~ clusive of machinists, painters, and others. The actual measurements of the Colling. wood dry dock are as follows: Length, 336 feet over all ; width, 80 feet ; depth 13 feet to top of mitre sill. The entrance gate is 50 feet in width in the clear. There are atthis moment six vessels in the dock undergoing extensive repairs, and there is ample room for them all. The Collingwood boat builders have been very busy all win- ter. William Watts &. Sons have turned out some ‘25 large fishing boats. Mr. P. Daugherty has also built a large number, and both builders have contracts yet to complete. These two establishments em- ploy quite a number of hands all the year round. ____....____ Gifts at Baptisms. Gifts to infants on their baptism are of ancient origin. Formerly the sponsors generally offered gilt spoons to the child. These spoons were called apostle spoons, because the figures of the twelve apostles were carved at the top of the handles. Rich sponsors gave the complete set of twelve, while for those who were not so opulent four was considered the proper number, and pbor sponsors would content themselves with offering one ; in the latter case the handle of the spoon generally exhibited the figure of any saint in honor of whom the child received its name. It is in allusion to this custom that, when Cranmer professes himself to be unworthy of being sponsor to the young Princess, Shakespeare makes the ~ King reply : Come, come, my lord,'you'd spare your spoons. The mug, or spoon and fork offering of the present dlty, appears as a very debnsed survival of a. really beautiful christening offering. -â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-.-â€"â€"â€"â€"- A Disagreeable African. ,- Kabba Rega, the African potentate against whom a British expedition has just started from Uganda, has been a scourge to his neighbours and to all Europeans com- ing within his reach for a very long time. A correspondent writing to a London paper gives the following summary of some of his misdeeds :â€"-â€"" He has laid in large stores of firearms and amunition, which the scramble for Africa has brought within easy reach, and his general attitude has made it plain that a struggle, perhaps on a. larger scale than any of its predecessors was only a question of time. For the last twenty years he has been the scourge of vast regions in the neighbourhood of the great lake, and Capt. Lugard,in setting before himself as an indispensable work the breaking of Kabba Regas power only put in practical form the conviction of every traveller who has explored that part of Africa. From the days of Baker and Gordon he has displayed implacable hostility to Europeans and European influence. .â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"_â€"â€"â€". New Uses of Aluminum. The usesofaluminumare becoming more and more varied. Visiting-cards and railway-tick- eta are now made ofit, and there have even been attempts to utilize it for bank-bills and other commercial paper, as sheets of it one‘teuth of a millimeter thick are lighter than many of the thicker varieties of paper. But one of the most inte'esting applications of the metal is that due to George ‘. Marks of New Yorkâ€"tin. manufacture of artificial li'nbs. Surgeons have hitherto hesitated to perform partial amputations of small parts owing to the impossibility of replacing such parts artificially, but this fear is no longer operative. The metal is employed in the form of a very thin sheet having the exact form of the member and serving to support the weight of. the body. This is filled with India-rubbér, which serves by its elasticity to lessen shocks. pâ€"-.â€"â€"â€"-â€"-â€" Professor of Chemistryâ€"" Gentlemen, I hold in my hand a phial of soda. What. chemical shall I combine with it to produce a valuable article of commerce 3" (icodsby (waking np)â€"-" Brandy." of Midland, Y MARKED DECREASE IN CRIME SHOWN ON PRISON RECORDS. The Lowest Number of Prisoners Incarcer. axed During the Past Seventeen Yearsâ€" Tlie lnspeelcrs Report. Ontario Jail Inspector Chamberlain has brought down the twenty-sixth annual re- port- npon the common jails, prisons and re- formatories in the province. '" The system of employment is spreading to the county jails. The Inspector says that the work produces a beneficial effect upon the prisoners,both physically, mentally and morally. It has also had the effect of mak~ ing a marked decrease in the number of healthy tramps who formerly sought an asylum there for the winter. AGED PAC? EI‘tS. “ In some of the jails,” said the Inspector. “ it is a common thing to find old people who have been inmates of the jails for many years as vagrants. This state of things should not exist longer." In the past years 1,665 persons were committed as.vagrants in the province. To the work of temperance organizations Mr. Chamberlain attributes the falling off in the number of drunkards committe to jail. As compared with 1892 there was a decrease of 878 in 1893. GENERAL DECREASE IX CRIME. There has been a general decrease in com- mittals throughout the province, and a careful comparison of the statistics for past years shows a still more favorable state of affairs, resultant, the Inspector thinks, from prison management in the province. The commitments to the common jails for the year unmberel 8,619 as against 9,011 in 1892; 10,423 in 1891; 11,810 in 1890; and 12,531 in 1889. The year 1893 shows the lowest number of committals during the past nineteen ears. Of the total number committed 6,7989 were males, and 1,399 were females. As compared with 1892 this is a decrease of 379 in male prisoners and an excess of 64 in female prisoners. CRIMES CHARGED ARE CLASSIEIED- for murder in the province, and 9 for man“ slaughter, and 71 prisoners Charged with intent to kill. The total number committed for crimes against the person was 651, the lowest number for seventeen years. Crime against property was the cause of attainder in 2,197 cases, and 1,329 of these were thieves of the petty order. House- breakers to the number of 215 came to grief, and 220 trespassers tarried for a while in the jails. Fate in the shape of justice sought and found 62 burglars, 27 incendiar~ late, 29 “fences” and 31 forgers. Crimes against public morals and decency were brought home to 374 dissolute persons. Ofl‘ences against public order and peace were the cause of detention for 4,838 per- sons, of whom 2.652 were drunk and dis- orderly. Contempt of her Majesty’s courts caused the incarceration of 119 people ; 36 debtors found refuge from collectors in the jails ; .19 persons boarded at the jails because the crown wanted them as witnesses ; and 36 obstreperous persons .who could not find sureties to keep the peace were kept smash- ing stones and sawing wood. Suou'r TERMS FOR THESE. That popular motto of Toronto’s Police Magistrate, “dollar and costs or thirty days,” cost 1,207 persons, who could not find the dollar, some thirty days in the Don Bastile. This is one year. The cost of their daily rations to the city was 7cents per day each. 0f the 8,619 prisoners arrested and com- mitted to jail pending trial, 5,408 were found guilty and sentenced, of whom 4,404 served short time in the common jails, and those convicted of grave offenses were dis- tributed amongst the other penal institu- tions. remove or sssrsxcn. There was one prisoner sentenced to be hanged ; nine received corporal punishment and imprisonment; 63 are serving terms of over three years in the penitentiary, and 45 got over t\vo years. Unmarried persons to the number of 5,400 got into trouble with the law, and 3,219 married people were at the heck of policemen. And 5,854 of the lot were very ‘ intemperate in their habits, while 1,704 could neither read nor write. While the clock struck twelve, midnight of'September 30th,1893, there were 1,572 persons reposing under Government quilts in the various custodial institutions of the province. And the maintenance of all these county jails, and lock-nps,not including the prisons and reformatcries, cost Ontario just $137,485. There are 56 of them. Five prisoners escaped during the year and were never re-captured. Two got away and were caught, whilst six unfortunatcs died in jail whilst awaiting trial. The greatest number of prisoners regist- ered at Toronto jail in one day during 1893 was 174, and the lowest number was 107. 31 EHCEB RBI-‘0 RMATORY. During the year 196 females were com- mitted to the Mercer, and 61 were sent to the Refuge wing of the Reformatory. The' average number of inmates shows an in. crease over the previous year. All the laundry work for the Central Prison is done at the Reformatory and the inmates "earned considerable revenue from outside sources. BEFOI’JKA'I‘OIH’ FOR BUYS. There were committed to the Penetsngui- shene institution during the year 62 boys, a slight decrease under the previous year. There are 230 boys now in residence. ‘I‘llE CFNTRAI. PRISON. Ins ctor James Noxon is of the opinion that b: can make this institution self- sustaining, and in his introduction be ex- plains that the results of the industrial work as yet are not a fair indication of what should be accomplished. The net cost of maintenance still averages 3-1. 35c for each prisoner per day over and above what they earned in the factories. In the industrial enterprises of the prison there was a deficit of $19,896.14 for the year, which considerably increases the cost of maintenance. A better year is promised for 1894. ' Warden Massie's tables show 630 prison- ers committed during the year. and 303 re. mained in custody at the end of the year. There are nine Endustrial enterprises be- ing carried on in the prison, via, a broom shop, woodenware shop, brickyard, tailor shop, shoe shop, carpenter shop, tiusmith and engineers' shop,south shop and cordage factory. Low Prices. There are changes every day in the price of articles used for the world's food or manufacture. These chan es arise immedi- ately from circumstances 0 temporary sup. ply and demand. The farmers around a city, for instance, bring one day into mar- ket an unusually large amount of eggs or apples. The price of eggs and apples goes lower at once. If only half the expected supply comes-in, the price will rise. The same rule governs a year’s average prices. The wheat farmers have a bad season ; their crop is much smaller than the average. But the same number of people, approximately, need the wheat for‘bread. The supply being less, the price rises. If the crop was larger than usual, the price will fall ;unless, as happened in 1891, the crops in other countries have been very small. In a series of years, still other causes are at work in chan ing prices. If the rent of a farmer’s Ian is high, the price of his wheat, too, must be high in order to give him a profit. If the labor employed to make a piece of goods costs a dollar, the price of the goods must be more than a dollar. But if new and cheap land is thrown open to the farmer, and if newly invented machinery will save half the expense of making a piece of goods, the wheat and the merchandise can be sold for much low- er rises. he tendency, therefore, naturally is to- ward a continuous fall in prices, and the fall has in fact taken place during this nineteenth century, and especially during the last twenty~five years. It is one of the most interesting among such facts that the smallest fall in price during the last quarter-century has been in articles such as butter, cheese and eggs, which are affected less than most com- modities by the opening of new lands and the inven'ion of labor-saving machinery. Yet there are other causes still which work on prices. and which furnish a topic economists. This year’s low price of wheat â€"â€"the lowest in modern years, and barely half what it was in lSSOâ€"is yet by no means the lowest in‘history. Five centuries ago, the English record tells us, wheat sold at less than one-third of this year’s price. In that same century prices so curious to us prevailed, as half a penny for beef, twelvepence for a “ fat lamb,” fourpence for a pig, and twopence for a hen. The times when these remarkable prices ruled were not times of distress and suffer- ing. So far as the ruder civilization of the century allowed, they were times of con- tentment and plenty. All the authorities agree that the reason for such low prices was that actual money, for purposes of ex- change, was scare. Hence prices were low. In this century not only has the supply and distribution of coined money vastly in- creased ever those of earlitr centuries, but the use of bank checks has made it possible for the same amount of money to do far more extensive work in trade exchanges. Yet it is curious, even nowadays,to see how unnatural conditions may reproduce, in 8. During the year there were 34 committal / of greatest controversy among political - different scale, the some changes in money 3 ly and prices. he question how far changes in price during resent years have been due to per- manent changes in the money supply, the coinage and the currency of the world’s various nations, is too complicated a subject to discuss here. Many divergent views of the question are entertained, and political economists of high repute have differed widely. Merely to understand the discussion re- quires familiarity with the principles of money and a vast mass of statistics. There is probably no study of so wide interest and importance suggested by the events of the present day. ./‘ â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€".._._â€"__. HALF A MILLION VISITORS Last Year Looked of Niagara Falls From the (funuillan I'm-k. Superintendent Wilson, of the Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park, reports that 543,924 people visited the park in 1893, which is an increase of more than double the number of visitors in the previous year. The receipts at the park from visitors and rentals of privileges for the year amounted to $18,965,8‘2. The expenditure for maintenance for the park amount to $16,116.34. The Niagara Falls Park and River Rail- way Company pays an annual rental of $10,000, and the elevator. refreshment booth, photographic and other privileges that produce the income are held on a lease for ten years at $8,230 a year. Over 150,000 visitors came to the Park over the electric railway, and out of the fares collected therefrom the company paid the rental. The Commissioners of the Park think that the number of visitors will increasb this year, and advise the necessity of pro- viding greater facilitiesfor their convenience and accommodation. They are elated, and express the belief that all charges for inter- est on capital account and maintenance may soon be met from the‘ revenues of the park. â€"~â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"â€"- The Rich Mendicants of France. Mendieancy would appear to be almost as profitable in the outlying suburbs of Paris as in the city itself, where beggars sometimes die leaving substantial legacies behind them for the next of kin. Victor Hayet, aged 49, was sup osed to be one of the most destitute and a msworthy inhabi- tants of Joinville-le-I’ont, where he dwelt in a hovel by night and begged on the roads by day. For the past week he had disappeared from sight, and the police having been communicated with, went to the hut, burst open the door, as there was no answer to their knocks, and found Ha - et dead on the floor inside. His y showed no marks of foul play. and it was clear that the man had died sudden] from heart disease. In a dirt cupboar of his miserable room was loan: a parcel of bank notes amounting in value to £720. The mendicant's dog was heard howling in the cellar. The animal was half mad with hunger, and it choked itself eating a lump of bread thrown to it by the policemen. l Untairo and thehlaritiine Provinces,cullings p...‘ ,GlRDEN srur affirm, EAST BETTER THAN WEST. What n Correspondent or the tendon “times” has to Say About Buster-n (‘an' nanâ€"Ontario and the larltlme Prov‘ lnees. A correspondent writes to the London Times a long and interesting letter about from which are subjoiued. "The. brains and pith and marrow of the Dominica are in the Eastern Provinces; these are the centre of political force, of tho countryi.’ progress, wealth, and culture. of those decisive characteristics which have given Canada its strong individualit , and Will for many years to come, chic y mould its future; the North-west is but it yesterday a offshot and creation of the sturdy life which has been steadily growing up for a long time in the East. It wouldleavea very wrong impression on readers in other parts of the Empire to lay thc emphpsis, in discussing Canada’s affairs, on the W est, to the exclusion of the East. The great possibilities of the prairie country have iiu- pressed the imagination of people ata dir» tance, and have made it during the last few years, rather unduly overshadow the political and older provinces. As far as social power goes these latter still const'g; “ into by far the greater part of Canada‘s ONTARIO TO THE FRONT. Nor must it be thought that the develop. ments of the futurc belong to the West alone. All the eastern provinces still have large unoccupied areas, while their resources are much more varied than those of the some what monotonous West. Eastern‘Cauada a country of seacoast islands, peninsulns, great rivers and lakes; of splendid fisheries; of varied scenery and climatemf coa1,'tiniber iron and gold; precisely that combination of condition and resources‘which history has proved most favorably to human progxess. 0f the provinces, Ontario is by far the greatest and wealthictt: it seems almost} unique in situation and resources for [11‘0' duction and commerce of all kinds. I“! future must be very great indeed, an whatever may be the growth of the W933, Ontario will assuredly remain along tune the centre of political and comincrcm1 energy in the Dominion. At least, if the"0 is any lack of prosperity and influence, will lie in the people themselves, not in their stars. Toronto, its capital, tends to become the literary and intellectual centre of the Do- minion, and almost the rival of Montreal in commercial prestige. HOW IT IS FURTHER EAST. Touching the Maritime Provinces the writer, after naming several deterrent forces in their development, concludes his findin by saying that “the fishing and agriculture industries have been seriously affected by American legislation; in the case of agri- culture chiefly from want of organizing capacity amongthe people to meet new conditions. BUT TIIEY HAD THE BRAINS. One of the most remarkable facts connect- ed with the growth of federated Canada has been the influenceâ€"quite disproportionate to populationâ€"of the public men of the Maritime Provinces in the councils of the Dominion. Ontario owed to Scotland Sir John Macdonald, George Brown, Alexander Mackenzie and Sir Alexander Gait. Mon- treal also has drawn its merchant princes and organizers of industry chiefly from Scotland and England. vinces have bred their own men, and they need not be ashamed of the type. No doubt it was Sir John wMucdonald's mind, with its Imperial turn of thought, which first fully grasped the idea of a United Canada as a part of a United Empire. When the [veteran Premier died, the first and second choice for a successor, after the temporary leadership of Sir John Abbott, was from among Maritime Province men. Surely nowhere in our wide British Empire, or in any other country, have so much tal- ent, effort, and time been spent in trying to squeeze public and rivate prosperity out of politics as in the aritimc Provinces of Canada. The attempt has not succeeded; the Provinces by the sea, though with most varied resources,’ remain comparative- ly cor, while Ontario grows increasingly no 1, and Montreal begins to add up it: long lists of millionaires." AGRICULTURE rm: MAmer’. The correspondent names a great many imen who have come from the Eastern Pro- vinces and rapidly risen to the front in law, religion, education and politics, and says that the business possibilities of these Pro- vinces in the future, given better-directed energy, enterprise, and thought, seem in the highest degree promising. Although manufactures have increased much in the Dominion, agriculture is still, and will be, the mainstay of general pros erity in East- era as well as Western Canada, in Ontario as well as in the Maritime Provinces. He concludes his comparison of Eastern and Western Canada by saying “ I must confess, after much observation of the two sides of Canadian life, that the East would have for me the greater attraction. The nearness of the sea, the varied scenery and range of industry, the easier access to the best educationaladvantages, or to European and American markets and social centres, weigh heavily against what is the suprem‘. advantage of the“? estâ€"facility in the im _ mediate creation of a farm. ' “With quiet but persistent energy and foresight Eastern Canada is uupplenienting its great natural advantages, and laying broadly the basis of commercial expansion. When it is remembered that the Dominion, in addition to her vast expenditure on rail- ways and canals for inland development, is also heavily subsidizin steamshi routes to Japan and China, to t e West miles and to Australia, and that she is entering into engagements to support still more energet- ically a trans-Atlantic service of the first class, and a new Imperial cable s stem across the Pacific. I think a su eieno answer isgiven to M r. Goldwin Smith when he claims that provincialism is still the prevailing note in the public life of the ominion. eâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"-â€"â€"~ Evils of Bicycling. Old Friendâ€"“ You are becoming round- sboulderedâ€"got a regular stoop. You don’t ride a bicycle. do you 2" Man of Familyâ€"" N-o :Lut my boys ride bic ales, and I am paying for them on in- sta meats." The smaller Pro- : i i i l l .. .1, -. .,.. tum w...

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