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i s hard dead hospital died at toronto general of appendicitis a despatch from toronto says for almost a week air hardy has iain between life and death follow ing upon an operation for appendi citis performed early sunday morn ing of jast week- ho had been per fectly conscious during the greater part of the time and has borne his sufferings with the greatest fortitude and cheerfulness there had been several rallies in his condition and in the early part of last week there was even a faint hope of recovery but this was quickly overcast on thursday mr 1 lardy sank rapidly and was uuconscious for some time bclore the end which came at 1008 the cause of death was given as paralysis of the heart following up on the operation mr hardy was born december 14 1s37 called to the bar lsgs created queens counsel 1876 first returned to parliament in april 1873 enter ed the mowat government as pro vincial secretary and registrar murch 1877 became commissioner of crown lands in january 18s9 became premier of on tario july jog retired october 18 1899 der on one occasion ho held 43 briefs civil and criminal ut one as size- during the years from 1873 when he was elected to the legisla ture after a keen contest against sir j j hawkins to 1877 when he en tered the government mr hardy continued his practice but after that he seldom appeared in court it can hardly be doubted judging from the phenomenal success as a counsel which he had achieved while yet un der forty that had he remained at the bar ho would not only have so- cured a greater financial return for his labor than he did as a minister but ho would have ranked with blake osier and mccarthy as a leader of the bar on october 18 1899 mr hardy was forced by illhealth to retire from the premiership which he had held since the retirement of sir oli ver mowat in july 1896 mr har dy left public life a poor man and accepted the office of clerk of the process and surrogate registrar in osgoode hall markets of the woeld i i ml l prices of cattle 010333 grata 2 7 in the loading markets toronto juno 18 wheat- wheat market continues quiet the feeling irregular sales reported of no 3 white and winter at c6c middle and wi the th are red low from the kings band the late mr hardy the hardy family the hardy family according to the traditions preserved were orig inally vest country scots who fol lowed the blue and silver banner of the covenanters during the kil ling times they found a refuge from persecution like many others in the north of ireland where there was a strong scotch colony almost a century later captain john hardy left the irish home of the family and settled in the colony of pennsylvania just beforo iho outbreak of the re volutionary war he was a loyal ist and when the fortune of war went against the crown he deter mined to remove to cannda with him came alexander hardy grand father of the txpreinier then a boy for a century therefore mr har dys ancestors have been residents of ontario on his mothers side his ancestry also is of loyalist stock his maternal greatgreatgrand father was thomas sturgis who in 1802 came from pennsylvania and settled near mount pleasant when brant was still a wilderness peopled chiefly by the indians of the six na tions tho hardys who came in the first wave of settlement after tho close of the war received a grant of land from tho government near qucenston heights and their home was an hospital on the historic day of brocks death mr russell hardy father of the expremier was born in brant county in 1812 his father having removed there shortly after the battle of qucenston- russell hnrdy was a merchant and storekeeper at mount pleasant and thero in 1837 on december 14 tho day when sir allan mncnabs col umn marched through tho village to attack the force of rebels gathered at scotland his son arthur was born thero was a large family and tho store although commodious scarcely afforded room enough for the- upbringing of six girls and four boys a farmers son tho store was exchanged for a farm and the future premier got his early training there ho went to school at mount pleasant with boys ilk george bryco afterwards princi pal of manitoba college and one of canadas great presbyterian divines then ho passed through rockwood academy and began the study of law in the office of his uncle ii a nar- dy of brant ford and later in to ronto with tho firm of the late chief justice harrison of which mr thomas nodgins it c the present mnstcrinordlnury was also at the time a member it is interesting to note that mr hodgins was subse quently for several years mr har- dys desk mate in the legislature mr hardy passed as a solicitor in 1861 his first taste of political work was on tho committees of hon george brown in toronto during his student days ho kept up this in terest on his return- to brantford to practise but for a time it seemed ns if the attractions of law woro stronger than those of politics ho entered tho lists against hon e b wood tho leading counsel of tho brnnt district ond beat him in somo famous cases matching with his humor and exact knowledge of the facts tho more ponderous eloquence of his rival triumphs at the bar later ho met hillynrd cameron crooks cameron tho dlaki b b osier thomas moss and others of the most famous pleaders of the on tario bar his reputation in presentation of medals to african veterans at horse guards a despatch from london says london seldom had a finer spectacle than was witnessed on the horse guards parade wednesday morning when king edward presented medals to three thousand soldiers exparti cipants in the south african cam paign the great square was lined with guards drawn from the var ious regiments in the centre of the ground was a purplecovered dais surmounted by an indian tent with silver corner poles in the spaces between the dais and st james park were drawn up three thousand officers and men of tho guards household cav alry and city imperial volunteers all of whom hod served in the cam paign tho admiralty horse guards and other official buildings fronting the parade were all decor ated with flags the lord mayor frank green attended in state and the members of the special i moorish embassy in picturesque costumes were interested spectators promptly at 11 oclock the king in a fieldmarshals uniform tho queen princess victoria and other members of the royal family ar rived and took up places on the dais and tho ceremony began the re cipients of the medals in a long line marched post the king received the decoration from his majesty saluted and passed on r- lord roberts came first followed by lord milnor while behind them carao crowds of generals and lesser officers whose homes have become familiar owing to the war duller ian hamilton and a host of others among the members pf lord roberts south africn staff who received the medal was captain the duke of marlborough the procession as a whole was most incongruous tho officers of the guards lancers hussars and highlanders in dazzling uniforms groups of solemnly garbed men in frock coats doctors who had served at tho front and ifalf a dozen for eign attaches in uniform there were also groups of timeexpired men in civilian clothing policemen and wounded soldiers limping along in hospital clothes tho ceremony lasted nearly three hours the queen standing beside tho king throughout freights and 65c north and west no 2 goose is nominal at 04 to c4jc middle freights and no 1 spring at 69c on midland mani toba hard wheat dull ho 1 white at 99c grinding in transit no quoted at 87c git and no 3 hard at 78c for toronto and west prices of no 1 hard are 87c and of no 2 84c miufecd tho market is firm with out change in prices bran in car lots 1150 to 1250 west shorts s13 to 514 west corn market steady with cana dian yellow offering at 41c west with a sale at 405c mixed quoted at 40c west yellow on track 40c rye the market is dull with prices nominal at 49c middle and 50c cast buckwheat prices nominal with very little offering peas market is firm with few of ferings no- 2 quoted at 68c cast barley market is quiet with prices nominally unchanged no rail lots offering oats the market is quiet with prices unchanged sales of no 2 at 30c high freight for export while 31c is quoted to local millers no 1 quoted at 31c middle freight flour the market is dull millers quote strong bakers at 270 in buyers covers for export and ship pers quote 90 per cent patents at 260 middle freight for shipment in bbls to lower provinces 315 and strong bakers 390 to 4 is quoted manitoba patents 425 oatmeal market unchanged car lots at 365 in bags and at 375 in wood small lots 20c extra dairy markets tragedy of the sea chinese cook murders mate and is then killed by steam a despatch from honolulu via san francisco says details of sensational tragedy at sea wcro brought last sunday by tlio ameri can schooner j a campbell cop- tain a l smith from tort nihkoly with lumber the mate of the vessel adam hubor was mur dered by the chinese cook and the latter sifter terrorizing tho whole crew by holding possession of tho galley for nearly 24 hours during which it was every moment feared he would set fire to th vessel was subjected to a steaming process to bring him out but ho shot himself rather than conio forth nnd be cap tured when tho crew finally enter ed the galley they found tlio china mans body literally cooked by steam no peace negotiations statement by government leader in british house of commons a despatch from london says a j balfour tho government lend er answering a questioner in the house of commons on thursdaysoid there was no foundation for tlio ru mours afloat of peace negotiations with tho boers the boer strength in tho field was estimated to be 17- 000 men mr balfour added that tho gov ernment had no information with which at any rnto in gen eral outlines the public was not already acquainted the war was no longer a contest be tween largo organized bodies tho boer forces were scattered in the orange river colony nnd the trans- butter supplies are good and prices steady with demand for fresh small rolls and tubs pound rolls job at 15c to 17c large rolls 14c to 15c choice tubs 14 to 16c inferior 10 to 12c creamery boxes 18 isic and rolls 19 to 20c eggs receipts are fair and prices unchanged at lie per dozen in large lots and at 13 i to 12c for case lots no 2 chips sa to 9c cheese market quiet full cream september 9 to 10c do new 9c to 9ic pressed h0g and provis ions dressed hogs in limited supply and prices firm at s9 to 8925 for smalt jots hog products firm as follows bacon long clear loose in car lots 10c in case lots 10 to lojc short cut porlc 820 to 2050 heavy mess pork 519 to 1950 shoulder mess 515 smoked meats hams heavy 13j medium 13c light 14c rolls liic to 12c backs 14c to 15c and shoulders lie lard pails lie tubs loc tier ces 10 jc street market toronto juno 18 following is the range of quotations wheat white s 0 70 0 71 wheat red i 70 0 71 wiicat goose 0 04 0 04 wheat spring s fi t t 0 g9 0 70 peas 3 m 0 g6 0 00 barley k x a r 0 42 0 44 ky s k i a svi 0 51 0 00 oats v 0 37 0 37j hay choice per ton 12 00 13 00 hay mixed per ton10 00 11 00 straw per ton a 8 fio 9 00 dressed hogs 9 00 9 25 butter in lb rolls 0 15 0 20 butter creamery h 0 18 0 21 chickens per pair t 0 65 0 90 do spring 1 00 1 25 eggs per doz ft 0 12 0 14 potatoes per bag p 50 0 00 apples choice bbl 4 00 5 00 beef forcquarters a 4 50 g 00 beef hindquarters k 9 00 10 00 beef carcase s k z 7 00 7 50 beef medium r 50 0 50 lamb yearling j 8 00 9 50 spring lambs t 7 3 50 5 00 mutton k k iv r 00 0 50 veal choice 7 50 stockers there is only a light enquiry and prices are not quotably altered from tuesday export ewes- are unchanged at from 3i to 3lc pr lb grainfed yearlings are weaker at from 4 to 4jc per lb barnyards aro worth from 3 to 4c per lb and aro not wanted bucks are worth 2 to 3c per lb spring lambs aro worth from 3- 50 to 4 each calves are unchanged at from si to 58 each good veals aro in steady request no change iu milch cows good ones are wanted tho best price for singers is 7c per lb thick fat and light hogs aro worth cjc per lb hogs to fetch tho top price must be of prime quality and scale not below 100 nor above 200 lbs cattle shippersper cwt 5450 butcher choice do 425 butcher brd to good 350 butcher inferior 275 stockers per cut 300 export bulls per cwt 350 sheep and lambs choice ewes per cwt 350 yearlings grainfed 400 lambs barnyards cwt 375 do spring each 250 bucks per cwt 250 milkers nnd calves each 2000 each 200 hogs choice hogs cwt g50 light hogs per cwt g25 heavy hogs per cwt g25 stags per cwt 000 cows calves 55 25 450 400 325 325 400 375 450 425 400 300 4500 1000 700 g50 g50 200 the very latest from all the world over interesting items about our own country great britain the united states and all parts of the gobe condensed and assorted for easy readirs i r canada ottawa census gives the capital many unclean people hundreds of cases of leprosy ii the united states van i nnd parts of tho capo colony est- j their commandoes were small gen- crn ontario was great and between i orally consisting ot from 100 to 200 j8g5 and 1877 ho defended no juts men tho largest known numbered than sixteen persons accused of mtr- about goo 8 50 buffalo tune 18 flour 25c low er quiet wheat spring dull and lower no 1 northern old 79c do now 75jc in carloads no 1 nor thern new cif 74c winter un changed no 2 red no 1 white nnd mixed 78c on track state wheat held higher corn quiet nnd easy new billing no 2 yellow 45c no 8 do idjc no 2 corn 44c no 3 do 44c oats bull and weak no 2 white 32 c no 3 do 31jc no 2 mixed 30c no 3 do 29jc now billing barley store quoted at 5g to 50c for fair to choice hye bull and weak no 1 on track 58c do in store 57c asked canal freights bull and weak chicago juno 3 s wheat again yielded to favorable crop conditions todny nnd july closed to c low er duly corn closed c under yes terdays final price july oats c ower nnd provisions from a shade lower to 7jc above toledo juno 18 ctovcrsocd cash prime 5050 october 5532 milwaukee wis juno 18 barley no 2 50c sample 40 to 54c live stock markets toronto juno 18 receipts at tho western cattle market this morning were over seventy carloads of hvo stock including 1320 cattle 1100 hogs 300 sheep nnd lambs 100 calves and 15 milch cows there is no change in hogs trhich arc steady at current quotations small stuff is inclined to be a shade weaker especially yearlings choice export cattle is steady at from 4 to 5jc per lb light ship pers aro worth from 4 to 42c per lb thero was a steady demand to day for the best cattle and all of it sold early good to choice butcher cattle sold well at from 4 to 4jc per lb with little more for choice lots for in ferior grades tho enquiry was slow at weakening prices for export bulls feeders and according to scientific investiga tions directed from washington for several months there arc at least 275 cases of leprosy in the united states that number have been re ported but it is thought probablo that the real number is nearer a thousand for various reasons physicians who have cases of this disease in many instances fail or re fuse to report them but thc-num- bcr reported is sufliciently large to i occasion some alarm seventyfour of the known cases arc in new or leans chiefly among the italian pop- i ulation there are twentythree in minnesota mostly among scandi navians in the rural settlements thero are fifteen cases in north da kota and two in south dakota among tho same people so far as has been ascertained there are none in michigan or indiana chicago has five cases new york six boston none the figures now compiling repre sent a great deal of careful work a circular was sent from- washington to every city and country physician every health officer every responsible head of a hospital in the country it colled for volunteer information covering cases of leprosy in the com munity inqucsuon 35rtr name jf jhe leprous person the sex age social condition- place of residence whether town or country and name of attending physician in all 8000 of these letters have gone out- re plies have thus far been received from only 2000 of them there may be several times 275 cases in tho 6000 districts from which thus far no replies have come it is the intention of those who are compiling the figures to make a report to congress including such recommendations as may seem war ranted one recommendation will bo for the erection of two large gov ernment hospitals for lepers one in tho south and tho other in tho north eminent physicians have at different times been before commit tees of congress in the interest of the erection of leper hospitals but nothing came of theso visits the government having no reliable data covering the prevalence of tho di sease- next winter however with full information on the subject it is believed that congress will act promptly it is noteworthy that nearly all the 275 reported victims are foreign ers the scandinavians seem pecul iarly susceptible to the disease they cither had it when they landed america or contracted it soon after landing every one of the cases in tho dnkotns and minnesota is in tho country rather remote even from small towns the disease seems to bo spreading most rapidly in louis iana and for several years there has heen ngitation there in favor of ef fective public supervision nnd con trol of all leprous patients either by the state or by the federal govern ment a substitute for wool artificial wool made from turf fib ers is now employed at busscldorf germany for manufacturing cloth bandages hats rugs and so forth ten years have elapsed since the first attempts to make turf wool nnd it is averred that recent improvements in the processes have resulted in tho production of a soft fibrous material which can be spun as readily as sheeps wool and which besides pos sessing excellent absorbent proper ties is capable of being bleached and colored for use in various textile in dustries population of 58153 an anticonsumption league is be ing formed in hamilton smallpox has again appeared in hull brought from sudbury prohibition is said to bo proving effective in prince edward island thomas watson succeeds thomas deazy as chief of police at victoria b c hamilton city council ix paying 3550 a ton for grato coal this year it was 6fi8 last st john nb is seeking govern ment aid fotr the construction of a dry dock in that city montreal city council has xoted 10000 to entertain the buke and duchess of cornwall and york the duke and duchess of cornwall and york will bo greeted with a nav al pageant while en route up the st lawrence during the past three months 75000 acres of land in winnipeg district have been sold to minnesota dakota and other united stated farmers tho figures at montreal show that 31 motro vessels visited that port up to the 1st of juno this year than dmring that period last year t mr ewart architect of tho public works department at ottawa will leave about the 22nd inst for eng land to visit the royal mint for the purpose of getting some new ideas in connection with the plans for the ottawa branch tho new yates adopted by the post- offico department for the sale of money orders payable either in can ada or tho united states is as follows up to s5 3s 310 go 530 10c j50 15c 75 s5c and s100 floc this change has been made necessary to i compete with the express companies a new scheme to supply montreal with cheap power and pure water is announced by mr james wilder of h a wilder co who says ho is backed up by now york capitalists and who claims the power will be generated by the compressed air pro cess while a civil servant was being paid at an ottawa bank a sheriffs officer came in behind him and grab bed the money as it left the teller and claimed that he seized tho mon ey for debt the case will be argu ed as to whether the money was ever in the civil servants possession or not f great britain f it is reported that the british crops this yoas will bq irregular general booth of the salvation army is coming to america in sep tember and will make a tour of the country by a vote of 159 to 00 tho house of commons voted the sum of 17- 779000 for transports and re mounts a convention of four thousand ton- ant farmers of ulster passed a reso lution in favor of the compulsory sale of land lord jamcs hereford arbiter be tween scotch coal masters and men has decided that wages must be re duced 6d a day english census returns show that tho ago ut marriage is now about two years more than it was in 1876 and tho tendency is still to go higher m t in london tho district railway sanctioned charles t ycrkes plan for the introduction of electricity as the motive power of tho road it was only nfter considerable dis cussion that tho common council at the guild hall london agreed to confer tho freedom of the city on lord milncr of capo town add states in tho english court circulars an nouncement of his majestys recep tion of tho american delegates at windsor a graceful departuro from custom is noticeable in tho omission of tho usual intimation that tin hon our was conferred upon the visitors by tho xoyal reception junited states congregational council at grinnell la declared professor hcrroa guilty of unchristian conduct in deserting his family and ordered bis name stricken from tho roll of the church j pierpont morganj latest move is a combination of tho coal and coke companies along the kanawaha and michigan railway and the ohio cen tral and hocking valley roads governor gage or california lhas offered a reward of 5000 for the ar rest and convicting of the persons im plicated in the lynching of the five men at lookoutmodoc county fri day last insane through reading dime nov els lcroy grove of toledo shot ids sister strangled his brother fired a barn and shot himself then ran in tho barn nnd was burned to death add general william e curtis of tho chicago recordherald finds great prosperity in the southern states the people hav ing shaken off their apathy and tak en up the work of developing the en ormously rich resources of their coun ty i general strike troubles and riots are spread ing in various parts of spain at manila united states govern ment contractors aro on trial for fraud seventy persons wore burned to death in a fire at tehuontcpccmex- ico five fishing boats which went on a fishing cruiso in iceland waters have been missing for two months a bill is in tho firencb chamber of deputies to arrange for better cable competition with english lines three italian warships have gone to prcvesa adriatic sea on account of tho abuse of italian subjects by tho turks a largo and important tract of asphalt has been discovered in the island of salango off tho coast of ecuador tho royal enterpot the largest warehouse in antwerp has been de stroyed by fire causing a loss of 50- 000000 frans 610c00c0 germany holds the european re cord for education 7750000 pu pils attend her 70000 schools on which she spends nearly five millions a year a despatch from st petersburg says tho russian casualty list in china including the storming of pekin shows 31 officers and gs2 men killed or died of wounds the evil op eating alone talk and companionship are es sential to proper digestion lobster fishing is poor off the mag dalen islands but good at anticosti cod fishing is above the average everywhere and mackerel is abun dant at the islands mother and son prominent montreal people and killed shot 1 t f economic value of bibbs it is averred that tho destruction of birds in france has produced dis astrous effects upon agriculture hor ticulture and the grape industry in the department of ifcraultnlone it has been calculated the destruction of birds accustomed to feed upon in sects costs a loss of more than 2- 000000 gallons of wine every year some birds consume about goo in sects each daily and a single insect- eating species monsieur levat esti mates may lw tho means of saving 3200 grains of wheat and 1150 grapes per day great damage has been done by hall lightning and cloudbuxau m various pars of germany an annapolis cadet caught hazing a junior was dismissed kansas city police board refuses to close saloons on sunday tho pore marquette railroad will instal tho wireless telegraph system onlhcjv ferry boat linos john stevenson for threatening a fellowemployo who would not strike must stand trial at now york the great portland gold mine at victor col is reported to have been sold to londoners for 21000- 000 mrs louisa canfield of chicago while riding a bicycle with her baby before her dropped dead from hearl failure president and trustees of monmouth college resigned their places to end two years fght concorning the man agement xt barbour a columbus ohio bap tist minister styled modorn evening dress ns indelicate- and censured punch servers of swelldom mrs botha wife of tho fapous boor general has arrived in eng land presumably to try nnd secure terms of peace acceptable to the boers sir john blundcll maple conser vative charges that british officers who purchased horses on tho con tinent or tho south african cam paign had a plan whereby they made largo personal profits tho gov ernment has promised nn enquiry tho coldest june weather for a period of 20 years ha been recorded at baker city oregon a despatch from montreal says a terrible tragedy was enacted at the residence of mrs a m rcdpath at 1005 sherbrooko street on thursday evening about six ouwck revolver shots were heard proceeding from mrs redpaths room and when the servants rushed in they found mrs redpath and her young sou clifford rcdpath in a pool of blood on the floor with a smoking revolver be tween them mrs redpath died al most immediately and young red- path was removed in an unconscious condition to the royal victoria hos pital where he died at 12 oclock the affair is shrouded in consider able mystery and it is not yet known whether mrs redpath shot her son or the son tho mother or whether tho boy was shot in at tempting to prevent his mother from committing suicide mrs redpath who was a woman 45 years of age belonged to one of the oldest and most fashionable fam ilies in montreal she was tho wid ow of john j redpath a sou of tho founder of tho redpath buildings of mcgill university and sho lived with her two sons in a fashionable house on sherbrooko street mrs redpath had been subject for somo years to attacks of nervous- nnd melancholia and it is presumed that during one of theso spells this evening she attempted to tako her own life and that her son was shot while attempting to prevent her com mitting tho deed the family is re ticent about tho affair tho mys tery may bo cleared up at tho in quest although since both victims aro dead the circumstances attend ing the tragedy may ever remain un- revcaled clifford redpath tho son was a bright young fellow of 21 years and had just graduated in law in mcgill university smallpox at la prairie his increased so as to be a serious menace a despatch from montreal says smallpox 1ms broken out in tlio vil lage of inpralrio on the st law- renco near montreal and lias in creased to such an extent that it is a severe menaco to the surrounding municipalities cases havo alrcody appeared in st constnnco nnd st rhlllipe which can bo traced direct ly to this source the municipality has been lax in adopting tho neces sary measures of precaution nnd r neaudry one of tho provincial inspectors is now in charge canadas waterways mr schrolber convinced that thero is a 14 foot channel a despatch from ottawa says nfr schrolber deputy minister of itnilwnyfl nfter his recent careful in spection of the st lawrence canals works said ho was satisfied that a idfoot navigation existed through out tho system messrs j t davis of montreal and kogbr miller of jngersoll have been awarded the contract for tho breakwater at parry sound their contract price is in tho vicinity of 200000 at a time liko the present when the marrying age of the average wan of the middle classes is being moro and more postponed the physical ills of bachelordom como increasing ly under the notice of tho medical man it is not good for man or woman to live alone indeed it has been well snjd that for solitude to be successful a man must bo either angel or devil this refers pcr- lwps mainly to tho moral aspects of isolation and with theso wo have now no concern thero aro certain physical ills however which are not the least among tho disadvantages ot loneli ness of these thero is many a clerk in london many a young barrister rising perhaps but not yet far enough risen many a business man or journalist who will say that one of tho most trying features of his unmarried life is to have to cat alone and a premature dyspepsia is the only thing that ever takes him to his medical man there are somo few happily disposed individuals who car dino alone and not cat too fast nor too much nor too little with tho majority it is different tho average man puts his novel or his paper before him and thinks that ho will lengthen out the meal with due deliberation by reading a little with und moro between tho courses ito will just employ his mind enough to help and too little to interfere with digestion in fact he will provide that gentle mental accompaniment which with happier people conversation gives to a meal this is your solitarys excellent idea in reality he becomes engross ed in what ho is reading till sudden ly finding his chop cold ho demolish es it in a few mouthfuls or else ho finds that he is hungry and paying no attention to the book which ho flings aside he rushes through ids food as fast as possible to plunge into his armchair and literature af terward in cither case tin lonely man must digest at a disadvantage for due and easy nutrition food should be slowly taken and the mind should not be intensely exercised dur ing the process every one knows that violent bodily exercise is bad just after a meal and mental exer tion is equally so wise people do not even argue dur ing or just after dinner and observa tion of afterdinner speeches will convince any one that most speakers neither endure themselves nor ex cite in their hearers any severe in tellectual effort in fact the experience of count less generations from the red in dian of the woods to the whitc-shirt- ed diners of a moderaparty has per petuated the lesson that a man should not eat alone nor think much at this time but should talk and bo talked to while he feeds most peo ple do not think much when they talk and talking is a natural ac- compailroent of eating and drinking how does it fare with the many solitary women of today no bet ter we know than with the men but differently alono or not a man may generally be trusted at any rate to take food enough wc sup pose of course that ho can get it with woman it is different sho is more emotional more imaginative and less inclined to realize tho gross necessities of existence therefore the woman doomed to dino alone as often as not does not dino at nll tion has not sufficient practice a man gets it because his functions practise it too often in the wrong way worst of all perhaps is the case of tho solitary cook in the my riads of small flats ii london there are thousands of women doing for their solitary masters or mistresses these women who i main occupa tion is to prepare food for others find it impossible to enjoy or even to take food themselves as con fectioners arc said w give their ap prentices a freo run of tht stock of tho shop for tho fiist few days knowing that it will effectually cure appetite afierwards so tho women who aro a ways occupied with buying- p and prepar food grow unable to uso it for themselves these people suffer froia dyspepsia which is cured if somebdly else manages their ki chen for n week allowing them to tako moils without picparing them it ieeds no moralist to declare tho evils of varincss man and wo man is a gregarious animal physi cally and intellectually wo improve with companionship certainly it is not good to eat and to drink alone it is a sad fact of our big cities that they hold hundreds of men and wo- mou who in tho day aro too busy and at night too lonely to feed with profit much less with any pleasure mtonpimss fkom the stars is it possible for any living crea ture to pass from ono planet to an other scientists now say that it is not only possible i but that minute living creatures have actually reach ed this world from other worlds hun dreds of millions of miles away every year hundreds of tons of mat ter called starnlust aro attracted to the earth tho stardust consists of small meteoric fragments which have been hurling through space un til they havo been drawn toward our planet like ironfilings toward a magnet many years ngo it was suggested that the lowest form of life bacteria might have been brought in this way but it wns thought that tho intense cold of space would have made ij impos sible experiments with liquid air however havo shown that tho lower forms of life are able to survive tho in tony est cold temperature of 300 degrees below zero docs not kill them after exposure to such cold they be gin to multiply ngntn tin soon as placed in favorable conditions 3705 tons of gold nro dug yearly from english mines and produco 1353 ounces of gold valued at 5035