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i. z -_ l UM MERRY 0U] ENGLAND invs BY MAIL ABOUT JOHN ~ Lâ€"x. \BULL AND HIS PEOPLE. Occurrcnccs‘fin The Land That Reigns Supreme in the Com- mercial World. Princess Beatrice was 53 years of age on the 14th ult. Steamship companies in the. Bri- tish Isles own over 8,000'vcssels beâ€" tween them. There are about 1,140,000 paupers in the United Kingdom, exclusive creased from 36,841,000 barrels in 1899 to 33,619,000 barrels in 1911. Mrs. E. C'. Carter, who was lost on the Titanic. was a daughter of Thomas Hughes. the author of “Tom Brown’s School Days.” Lord Glenconncr will preside at the 97th anniversary festival dinner of the Royal Caledonian Asylum, London, on 4th June. > Bath, where it has been decided to erect a pedestal in memory of Jane Austen, was ihe home of the novelist from 1801 to 1805. The loss of life, on the Titanic was greatly due to the fact that she was not equipped according to the Bri- tish Board of Trade requirements. A man charged with window- smashing at. Brentwood told the ‘Courtzâ€"I am pleased I was run in, as I should have done a lot more damage. . , The first lady to fly the English Channel alone. driving her own machine, is Miss Craig, who started from Dover on the 16th ult., and landed safely at Calais. The Royal yacht Alberta is to be broken up this month in Parts- mouth Dockyard. She was tender , to the Victoria and Albert, and was built in 1863 to replace the Fairy. Field-Marshal Sir William Nichâ€" olson left England on the 10th ult. for India, where he will preside over a commission appointed to in- quire into the military policy of that Empire. ‘ * v The cost of cremation is less than that of a burial of the. same class. The. fee for the. actual cremation, including the use of chapel and at- tendance. may be put at from four to five guincas. The late Sir James Charles Inglis, of Sussex, and of London, late of Norwood, Aboyno. .‘\.berdeenshire, general manager of the Great- W'cs- tern Railway Company since 1904, left personal estate worth £124,554. Through the generosity of a few friends the Caledonian Christian Club hasan enabled to secure a commodious building at a most con- venient spot. facing the entrance to Euvston Station. London, and Within sight of those other London gates to S-eotlam â€"â€"St. Pancras and King's Cross. The Welsh Diseslablishment Bill passed its firstg-eading in the House of Commons on the 25th ult. by a| vote of 331 to 253. This Bill pro-I vides that after July let the four Welsh dioceses will cease to form'. part of the. province of Canterbury, and for the appointment of corn- missioncrs to take possession of the church property and distribute it. i Commander Sir ll'illiam Bough-l ey, Bart., died on the 17th ult. at; his residence in Southcudâ€"on-Sea.‘ Sir William. who was born in 1840, i saw active service in the Navy in] New Zealand in 1863. and Abyssiuia m 1867. He was the sixth baronot. sonof third harem-t. and brother of the fourth and fifth. The heir-preâ€" I sumptive_ and second heir are his. younger brothers. I -.____..__>I<. Livi: n: CHINA. Customs and Conditions Are G 'ad- ' nully Changing. The most- arrcsting feature of Chi- nese life, declercs l’rof. E. A. Boss in “The Changing Chinese.” is the' ruthless way in which the available natural resources have been made to minister to man’s lower needs. The earth is utilized as it never has been elsewhere. The iraveller who, in. dismay at the dirt, vermin and stenches of native inns, plans tol camp in the- clcanly open is incredu- lous when he told that. there is no room to pitch a tent. Tet such I is the. case in tun-thirds of China. He will find nv 1‘~:l«'lSl.(i(‘, no com- mons, no wast-o land. no pasturc.-‘ no groves nor orchards, Hui: even a dooryard or a cow-pen. Haunted by the fear of starving, mcn spend themselves recklessly for the sake. of a. wage. Nearly all the lumber used in China is hand- snwed. and the sawycrs are ex- hausted early. Carrying coolies rarely live beyond forty-five or fifty years. The term of a chain- bearer is eight years, of a jinri- kisha-runner, four years: for the! M ____â€".-_.â€".__.._â€"___â€"_______...______â€"__â€"_â€"â€"â€"..â€" rest of his life he is an invalid. The children are forced to labor almost in infancy; not one boy in eight can be spared till he has learned to read. ‘ But one. gain China is making. Two years ago the government or~ dcred that no foot-bound girl be re ceived in any of its schools. A few years ago there was a great rising in Kansuh. The rebels closed in on the. capital, slaughtering whomever they met. The terrified countrymen fled for life to its pro- tecting wall-s, but the women, with their poor, bound feet, fell behind, and failing to- arriv-e- before the gates shut, were butchered at the very threshold. While the shriek- ing women beat despairineg upon the «iron-bound doors, the anguished young 3 husbands knelt before the English missionary and begged him to urge the governor to open the gates and let the late-comers in; The mission- ary explained that this would let the cut-throats in, too, and added, “You would have your wives snia11~ footed. Well, this is your punish- ment.” ' ’ Inch by inch the old customs are yielding. Fathers who turned a deaf ear to their daughters’ plea for an education. are relenting, now that they hearvof the fine salaries educated young women are bring- ing to their parents. The college man prefers an educated wife. The lady principal is now frequently called upon by very po- lite young men, who inquire niin~ utely into the scholarship and ac- . . ' ‘fim.\~..__..~v .. has .._.;.: .. ,. $5.5. .._W2MMM complishmcnts of this or that pupil. Can she sing? Does she know Eng- lish? Formerly the girl was called “the daughter of Soâ€"and-so”; now she is “Miss So-and-so.” All the railroads that may be built, tall the mines that may be built, all the mines that may beâ€" fostercd, cannot add half as much to the happiness of the. Chinese- P00“ plc as the cultivation of the greatest of their “undeveloped resources,” their womanhood. ...__._â€"â€"_‘1‘_~____ Little folks, when seriously taught the importance of little things, when they grow up to be big folks, will more fully realize the im- portance of the bigger things. IRON VESSELS LIGHTEST. After many experiments and very interesting tests, exports infrom us that an iron vessel weighs 27 per cent. less than a. vessel of the same size. constructed of wood. This is due, of courc. to the- iuct that the wooden vessel has to be built so much thicker, and contains so much more material that its weight is great-er than a vessel built of iron. The iron ship will carry about 15 per cent. more cargo, with the two vessels loaded ‘to the same depth.~ Iron vessels are much cheaper, more quickly built, and will last much longer; and navigators de- clare less fuel is required to run an iron vessel a given distance, all things being equal . of casuals. ' British beer consumption de- . . .. .. . l l Grape-Nuts Food helps build the brain. Ask some pompous person if Chances are you get a withering sneer and a hiss of denunciation. Then sweetly play with the learned toad. Ask him to tell you the analysis of brain material and the analysis of Grape-Nuts. “Don’t know? Why, I supposad you based your opinions on exact knowledge instead of pushing out a conclusion like you would a sneeze.” “Well, now your tire is punctured, let’s sit ClOWn like good friends and repair it.” p v The) bulky materials of brain are water and albumin, but these things-cannot blend without a little worker known as Phosphate of Potash, defined as a “mineral salt.” One authority, Geohegan, shows in his analysis of brain. 5.33 per cent. total _of mineral salts, over' one-half being Phosphoric Acul and Potash combined, (Phosphate of Potash) 2.91 per cent. Beaunis, another authority, shows Phosphoric Acid and Potash (Phos~ phate of Potash) more than one-half the total mineral salts, being 73.4% per cent. in a total of 101.07. Analysis of Grape=Nuts shows Potassium and Phosphorus (which join and make Phosphate of Potash) is considerable more than oneahalf of the mineral salts in the food. ‘ Dr. Geo. W. Carey, an authority on the constituent elements of the body, says: “The gray matter of the brain is controlled enther by the inorganic cell‘salt, Potassium Phosphate (Phosphate of Potash). This salt unites with albumin and by the addition of oxygen creates nerve fluid or the gray matter of the brain. Of course, there is a trace of other salts and other organic matter in nerve fluid, but Potassium Phosphate is the chief factor, “and has the power within itself to attract, by its own law of affinity, all things needed to manufacture the elixir of life.” Further on he says: “The beginning and end of the matter is to supply the lacking principle, and in molecular form, exactly as nature furnishes it in vegetables, fruits and grain. To supply deficienciesâ€"this is the only law of cure.” ‘ ' > Brain is made of Phosphate of Potash as the principal Mineral Saltyadded to albumin and water. v » Grape=Nuts contains that element 'as more than one=half of all its mineral salts. Every day’s use of- braiu wears away ailittle. Suppose your kind of food does not contain Phosphate of Potash. How are you going to rebuild today the worn-out parts of yesterday ? market. and has absolutely no FROM THE EDITOR. Ho Forgot That He Had a Stomach. Talking of food. there is probably no professional man subjected to u greater. more wearing mental strain than the re- sponsible editor of a modern newspaper. To keep his mental faculties constantly in good working order. the editor must keep his physical powers up to the highest rate of efficiency. Nothing: will so quickly upset the whole system as badly selected food and a disordered stomach. It there- fore follows that he should liavc right food, which can be readily assimilated, and which furnishes true brain nourish- meut. "My personal experience in tho. um 01’ Grape-Nuts and Postum." writes a. Phila- delphia editor. "so exactly agrees with your advertised claim as to their merits that any further exposition in that direc- tion would seem to be superfluous. They have benefited me so much, however. dur- ing the five years that I have used them. that I do not feel justified in withholding my testimony. “General 'higli living’ with all that the expression implies an to a generous: table, brought about indigestion. in my case, with restlessness at night. and lassitudn in the morning. accompanied by various pains and distressing sensations during working hours. “The doctor diagnosed the condition as ‘catarrh of the stomach,’ and prescribed various medicines. which did me no good. I finally 'thrcw physics to the dogs.’ grave up tea and coffee and heavy meat dishes. and adopted Grape-Nuts and Postum as the chief articles of my diet. “I can conscientiously say. and I wish ~ to say it with all the emphasis possible to the English language, that they have lion- cfitcd me as medicines never did. and more than any other food that ever came on my table. “ ' "My experience is that the Grape-Nuts food has steadied and strengthened bnth brain and nerves to a most positive dc- ;zrce. How it does it. I cannot say. but I know that after breakfasting on Grape- Nuts food one actually forgets he has a'” stomach, let alone 'stomach trouble.’ It is. in my opinion, the most beneficial as well as the most economical food on the Name given by Postum 00.. Battle Crook. Mlch. :And if you don’t, why shouldn’t nervous prostratiou and brain-fag result, ' Remember, Mind does not work well on abrain that is even partly broken down from lack of nourishment, It is true that other food besides Grapeâ€"Nuts contains varying quantities of Brain food. But in Grape-Nuts there is a certainty. Plain wheat and barley do. M And if the elements demanded by Nature, are eaten, the life forces have the needed material to build from. ' . A healthy brain is important, if one would “do things” in this world. A man who sneers at “.Vliud” sneers at the best and least understood part ofhimself. That part which some folks believe links us to the Infinite. Mind asks for a healthy brain upon which to act, and Nature liasdefincd a way to make a healthv brain and renew it day by day as it is used "up from 'work of the previous day. Nature’s way to rc‘uihl is by the use of food which supplies the things required. “There’s a Reason” for "GrapeéNuts Meide by Canadian Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Pure Food Factories, Windsor, Ontario. Canada vrlval.” -â€" I