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Watchmaker and Jeweller. Next the Daly House. {\i’flififâ€"leG HOUSE, MRS. H. SILVER. LADIES FURNISHING HOUSE. Will fir )I'SCIS ’1 Hm'.) M I2.\' m» 'ea(:. In .:""~'('.\. ”WSVCF}. H “ate Under- wx, jg" .~.(:c.~:. Pihbons Of all will“: in Hrcss ‘Hks in town, ‘scts. ix'cmcmhcr the Ladies f ladies as, “1 give the bcst nnd \\ hcn \uu su; our prices. \pril, torycimr .115},>cction. in. Add! sâ€"V LLI'WQ ,‘ i ‘H. Hot TORONTO. Jf Mug-k 0r uncut i: on have SHOW i H03 aired 5 0f 1n -. “ ‘Dinna. tell me I’m an ill-gittit man,’ Dita said, dejectedly, ‘for I’m no. ’A thing’s agin me. . . . On the hill, mar- ket day, I satin the quarry for an hour and nae-thing happened. Syne I taks a dander through the wood, and no suner am I cat 0’ sichb than a. ga’en about. bodyflings hirpggl’ owe; £110 quafry. . . _ Sax “ 7Let this be a warnin’ to you,’ said Hag- gart, ‘thab them that’s greedy for a.’ thing getmaethingi‘. _. Dite started, but Tammas let f111 a hint which kept him shutlling and w. chringhack and for“ .1rd miserably. Ho $110111 1 veiy likelv drop. into adventure, he said, “fo1 the screaming s that s“ ine calls to my mind an extraordinar’ meeLing I had \1"6 a coach- fu o pirates.” But a fresh squeal from the pig started Dire off again. He turned back, ran on, turned back again, ran on again, and at last, hm mg reached a certainn turn, took a wrong direction for the “killin’.” It seems the distracted youth had learned on the way ofa wonderful pair of crutches that somebody had got latelv, so he started on the wav to see those. But only a few steps, when he turned again toward 'Tnowhead’ s At last, when he appeared avain at the top of the ladder, he had seen and heard noth- ingâ€"neither pig- killing, crutches, nor ad- venture. “ ‘Dagont !’ he cried when he found every- thing‘wms _o_ve_r. “ ‘Wha’s killin’!’ cried men. "Tnow- head's killin’,’ cried Dite, turning Imstilyto the ladder. But Tummas was too 111er to follow. If ’Tnowhcad likes to kill without. telling me beforehand I dinna. gang near him, 7) JI“us’ were sitting on a roof when “we” heard the “scroech and skirl of a. pig under the knife.” Some of Barrie’s Characters. If Mr. Barrie had not rashly killed less and Lech) and so mmy others we might still hear from them. There are thosec so lost to propriety of “unities” as to wish that Mr. lmrrie would resurrect them! No- body he. can ever invent will be so interest. ing again. Tammas Haggart 0 joy! is still on earth. He 15 the gem of purest ray serene in the whole collection, and deserves a. place beside Sum \\ eller and the Clock- maker. Here' is a. good sample of Barrie s at) 1e - Dite Deuehars Was a 'lhinms lad, who was cursed with :1 “feckless indecision.” He missed everything in the world, because he stood at the cross 10nd, wondering which one to take, and wahhling down first one and then the other a. little way, then wabbl- in back. Tammas Hpgqart, our beloved yend, the “sarkesticist, ” and some others Mrs. Kipling is too much a home pro- duct to he lightly treated. The years when she and her brother, \Volcott Balestier, were with their grandparents are spoken of with pleasure, and thelattcr’s name is never mentioned save with affection- ate pride. mingled with tender regret for the youth who in the few years granted to him achieved so much. .v uuvvvw‘l-VV u- «ring that new fangleil sleigh (exactly liKe an immense baby carriage) back and forth £10111 town a. dozen tunes :1 dav would kill a mule . to sax not 11' mg of a horse. \Ir. l\ipling much of n norker? \Vell, yes he is. Digs zmav a good twelve hours out of eve1y tuentvfo111a11d his books are bright and no mistake. Heard 3 had lost heaxily 111 bank failures. If he has it wont worrv himâ€"- nothing does. And 11 hen You come r1ght down to the point he isn’t reall} so very disagreeable. In fact there are a few in ividuals men in lirattlelmm who, knowintr him well, dare to assert that he is more than agree eable, that he is fascinating in eonvmsatiou, charming in manner and as a friend most ohliging. lint this is considemd to have a. treasonable flavor. th In the matter of a, dwelling Mr. Kipling is not. carrying out, the ideas of the “in- terested." Why should he build three miles from town, on a. side hill, taking a. year to blast out stone enough to make any kind of a. cellar, and Spoiling the meadow below ‘3 There may he a. good View, but it’s the windiest, spot for miles round. And, as for water ! \Vell, it; may run uphill for Mr. Kipling, but it has never done so for anybody else. “’hen the article was read at a club meeting a young matron, indiscreetly ad- mitting the fit of the shoe, exclaimed: “\Vhy, he means us !” And they have talked about it, and him, and his family to this day. It is really a blessing that the latter has recently been increased by one to give their remarks greater scope and variety. It is stated on good authority that Baby Kipling's sex was a. disappointment to her doting parents. A girl hadn’t been ex- pected. hadn’t been planned for, hadn’t even been taken into consideration to the extent of having a name selected for her. But here she is, and she is making the best ofit, already reclaiming her family from their slothful morningr habits. People of Bruttleboro are interested in Rudyard Kipling. They have been inter- ested ever since he wrote that little article about the town and incidentally mentioned them, after his first visit there last year. They did not relish the mention, because it intimated rather broadly that they gossip. W'hen the article was read at a. club meeting a young matron, indiscreetly atl- znittiug the fit of the shoe, exclaimed: LK“'I KIPLING, BA REIEREEN UCLA >w0C4. 4Iwmm <<mFF >C4IOmm. The Kiplings and the Natives boro People-Some of Barrie“ 'Work. tersâ€" For we know , 11oz e1c1- ) 1:.101'mw 2111 be :.'u‘ So, fowretting :11! the 101'1'ow ehax c 11:11! Let us fold a.“ as our fur. And put. by our 111012111 12.11.» And through all 1he-1.~mu 11; ; .mrs Just be "1:111 We have erred in that dark hour, We have known, When the tears fell with the shower All aloneâ€"- Were not; shine and shower blem; As the gracious Master muant 2' Let us temper our content. With his own. 0 heart of mine, we shouldn’t Worry so! What we've missed of calm we couldn't Have, you know ! What we've met 01’ stormy pain, And of sorrow‘s driving win, We can better meet again, If it blow. Anna Katherine Green and Not Wofl'y So‘. the Nativesâ€"Bruttle- 1"mm‘n R1103 rKNOWN Charac- M2 Her Nails can be driven into hard woâ€"cd with- out bending if first dipped in lard. Female-stem raphers are to serve the Poiliaments of ‘weden and Norway. The strange; looking man. relapsed into his former silence and nobody had the cheek to try to tell any‘ more stories. “Simple efiough?” replied the strange looking man frankly; “he didn’t have his finger on the trigger, he had it on the trigger guard, and he would have beenfpull- ing on it yet to make the gun go off if luck hatgln’t been against the tough.” oil and bleeding, but not. seriously injured. The hulleL from the tough's pistol had struck the trigger of the Lenderioon’s and discharged It, with fatal result.” The strange looki 1g man had apparently no more to say and his listeners looked at each other questioningly. The drummer coughed suspiciously. “May 1 ask,” he said, “how it happened that the tough’s bullet didn’t take the tender-foot’s ringer off before it: reached the trigger of: his pistol ‘.""’ lmng went; the tough’s gun, and almost, simultaneously followed the report, of Lhe texulcrl’(mn's.. The tough dropped like :1 Shut ox, and the tenderfoot, threw up his right hzmql and howled with pain and fear. We rushed 11]) and found the tough dead, with a. hulleL’Lhmugh his heart, and the LumlerfnoL \x ith his fingers and hand bruis- “Then they were put at ten paces, and a. more abject, scared specimen I never saw than that tenderfoot. He could hardly stand up and his pistol wahbled about as if it were swung to a. string. The tough enjoyed it, more than anybody else, for he felt sure of his victim. After he had watched the shivering wrench a moment, he pulled up his gun, and at, the same time the Leuderfoob pulled his up and tried to aim it. rl‘hen, “That reminds me," he said, “ of some- ‘ thing that happened once in a mining-town ‘ in the Rockies during the good old times when everythingr was new out there. Like every other mushroom municipality, we had among usgamblers and greenics,touqhs and tenderfeet. ()ne of these tenderfeet was the most cowardly fellow, in some ways, I ever saw, and how he had ever come to such a place I Couldn’t understand. He was afraid of everybody, and a boy could bulldoze him, but he was bright- minded, with a fine turn for business, and was honest. A pistol was a. horror to him, and he wouldn’t take a drink of whisky un- der any circumstances, which, by the way, required considerable courage. In his case it did, at least, as it afterward turned out, for one day he refused to drink with the ugliest, most dangerous man we had, and a row ensued. The tough whipped out a pistol and would have killed the fellow, but someone caught his arm and the other man went down on his knees and begged for his life. It was no good, however ; the tough was drunk and was determined to kill him, and to prevent an open murder someone sug- gested that they light it out in the street. and a revolver was put into the hands of the tenderfoot. He didn’t know how to handle the gun at all, and while one man showed him what to do four or five more held the tough. A Mining Town Episode in “‘hich the Bad Man “'as Laid Low. The strange-looking man sat in one cor- ner of the smoker and hadn’t much to say while the drummer, the western real estate man and a Detroit Free Pres; reporter were telling their stories. He roused, however, after an peculiar one by the drum- mcx‘. Anna. Katherine Green was born in Brook- lyn forty-two years ago. She was the daughter of James Green, who was at one time president of the Common Council of New York (.Tity. Much of Mr. (ireeu‘s time was given to the care and education of his daughter. In 1868 Miss Green was married to Charles Hohifs of 13113410, and for many years resided in this vity. She has three daughters aged 7, 9 and H years. BORDER TOUGH AND “a ...... \Vhen urged to write fiction she respond- ed that she could not; but remembering that she had once thought it would be :1 good idea. to interwenve in a story two facts, such as the mistake made by two men overhearing an aeeusative con- versation between two women and both coming to a. wrong conclusion, and in ad- dition have the really guilty one the first on the scene of the erlme, she envolved the wonderful complication known as “The Leavenworth Case.” which will call undue attention to lierseif. She dreads scnsationalism in its usuallv ac- ‘ cepted sense. The marvel is that a. woman of supersensitive nature could ever have conceived writing,r the world-famous “The Leavenworth Case” and “Behind Closed Doors.” If Annie Katherine Green has an am- bition it may he said that her ambition is to write poetry. The desire and the genius of executing her inmost wish seemed natural to her from early childhood. There are women to-day who tell of the little rhymes Anna (lreen made up on her way to School. The first lines of the “Leaven- worth Case” were written when she was eleven years old. All about the name was discarded when the serious labor of after years was taken up. This was not done, however, until she had written the strong poem oi heraldry and love that makes up the volumes called “l‘he Defense of the Bride” and “l‘lisife's Daughter.” ‘1'! [I",V Nll .-\ n nu Kathorhw Grpen Prnlmldy no author of the presa tion 'h 1.\' succwdcd in writing stm' and swmajnml interesn equal 10 Anna x“; [Hm-inn Green. For n. \ whvsu personality the whole of Hi wmlxt ix‘ “men's ed. in ls. nanny-1: “Namel'y, 'mysel’.” “No, Dile,” Haggzu’t said, thoughtfully, “I admit I see no humor in you. You’re a. melancholy case. You had better gang awa.’ to your bed.” And so he goes on reciting his grievances until Tammas was overcome with enm- passion for the poor wretch. “Lad, lad, you are unlucky ; but I didna ken you had brooded on’t like this,” he said. But the climax of absurdity comes when 1 Dim: says to Tammas: “There’s few things _I you didna see humor in, but I think I ken ’ one that, beats you.” : “Namely, yoursel’. Dite ‘3” I month on end I’m as reglar at the mm. as if I ot my liviu’ out o’ the minister, and naet ing wonderfu’ occurs ; but one single Sabbath I taks to my bed, and, behold ! in the aiternoOn the minister swounds awa’ in the pulpit. . . . Did I see Sam’l Robb fall off his horse? Not me, though we was neighbors for a. twalmonth.’ ” nu.- |:I'l‘(31l. bur u. \vmnm in uth H: e Lwhole m Hu- leading ws c,d 1» umuxka'ule huu mmmi with h~r upuszu'unuv a n ml M nrk UH‘M‘X‘ TENDERFOOT. ‘nO presont genera- at :15 sfw pg ie«' ()f plot, those of “Yes; -they didâ€"when they got past,” said he.â€"N. Y. Sun. ‘ “Theiv must have looked pretty.” thgikippqr’s siglgr-inflaw. The skipper ordered the man at the helm to lufi‘ her up. Sheets rattled and sails trembled, and the last two water columns hissedpast w1thin 100 feet of the ship’s stern, whicn rose and fell in the swell of the skirts of the spouts. The ship had a close call when within about .700 miles of Sandy 11001:. There was s: rattling northwester blowing and the sky was oVercast. Suddenly there came a. gleam of light in the northwest, and the wind shifted to the southwest, blowing a gale. Then arose six giant columns of Water over the port how, that reeled swift- ly in procession, toward the ship. Capt. Murphy had never seen SO many water- sponts at once, and never any larger. He estimated that they were :20 feet in diameter in the middle, and it wouldn’t do to be hit by one of them. Three whirled past the big ship’s bow. It looked for a. moment as if one of the other three would break a.- board. The ship passed between the third and fourth of the sea. dervishes. How to avoid collision with the other two wasa. problem fora. steady brain and nerve to. master. 1 struggle Capt. Murphy declared that he had never before seen such waves and felt the whlp of such gzmles as the Shenandoah en- countered after she had left; Liverpool with 1300 tons of salt, ballast. in her hold. Not a man was hurt. in the fifty-three days’ .Six of Them Came Tunlbltng After the Big Ship Shenandoah. After the roughest voyage her merry Yankee skipper ever made from Liverpool, the Shenandoah, four-master, and biggest womlcn sailing ship afloat bar one, got into port, ship-shape and Bristol fashion, with- out the parting of a rope yarn. The She- nandoah was fifty-three days out, and Capt. Murphy says that, it, looked for the first several weeks of her tempestuous trip that she was going to be out half a. year. She was backing and filling off the English coast for three weeks. One day she sailed almost; athwart, the wind, making many tacks, covering 140 miles. and got; only tsvm miles nearer the American coast. She made a course to the southward, getting down near the Azores. Can the reader to.“ me what the placer. were Tâ€"American Agriculturist. __- vvv â€"..v lax/\uuuvl. vaAk‘bl- “1' ut 3011 haven L told me a word about 3' ougplgms,” said the old man. “YGu‘re mistaken,” said the younger, “I have told you the names of nearly 50 places I shall visit. “Beg your purdou, Uncle ; if you were as skillful a hatter as you was in your prime, you would be mad enough to make us smart. But white hairs make a holy head, so good-bye : we take the bay route, and you see the steamer yonder.” “When the ClOt'k strikes three, Rivers and luyou know Frank Hiversâ€"expecL to take the boat forâ€"for fun, as much as any- thing. Didn’t know he was going ‘3 There he is now. Isn’t. he as florid a man as ever you saw '3 Draws the cork from the bottle too often, I reckon. There are many, too, that. do the sameâ€"«eh. Uncle Amos ‘1 A good hath wouldn‘t hurt him, (0-day. Hello {i\'ers, are we going to let this old Adam ask us all we know '3 \Vhen I’m an older man I'll answer some of his questions, and give him a new guinea, and if he doesn’t get mad, rid him of some of his prying habits.” The old man glared. “See here, if you’re philosophical, ask another question; now we’re by ourselves, where can a poor devil slake his thurst bet.- ter than with a glass of ale; we can step in here and get it. Just see that newmarket Elizabeth Barker has on, across the street! I called her a lizard, point blank, when I first saw it on her. Every cape Elizabeth has is becoming. but that thingâ€" " “That isn‘t tellin’ where you‘re bound for.” “When the clerk strikes three, Rivers and l--you know Frank Riversâ€"expect to take the boat forâ€"for fun, as much as any- thing. Didn’t know he was going ‘3 There he is nnw Ten’r he an Any-Ll 0: mn“ an A..-» . 1 ‘~‘Al we. 1 SIMPLE SCIENTIFIC smp’ems . - F Telescopic and )[icroscopic--Tu Preserve Tools From I: ust--Microbes--Other Things. The amount of water that passes into ; the manure heap which is exposed to the rains and the amount of matter that is car- ] ried away by being dissolved out, during 3 the winter and early spring is very great. i Hundreds of loads of manure are hauled to i the fields that is not worth the labor of g hauling, simply because it was not proper- g 1y cared for. “Now, where’d yer say yer was goin":” resumed the old man, as the two started down street. um“, Hams. “Hereupon his daughter ap. i Salted almonds are best and quickest pre- pearcd at the door, “'i'vh a pan 0f fl'eSh ’ pared by frying them in olive oil. Have a. doughnuts. , l saucepan of good 051 heated very hot; “1 VOW,” said George, “that‘s the m0“ .3 blanch the almonds. put them in a frying tempting looking pan a. maid ever carried. E basket, and immerse in the hot oil. Ten I heard ”in Pike SP”k ofAdelaide’s dough- 7 seconds will do them a. beautiful brown; HMS, SO here {-3095- Thank SO“- No, I i take them out, dust with salt and set any won‘t take any tea. nor coffee nor cocoa nor in a cool place. anything,r to drink but a. dipper er water. - . M This doughnut, from sucha hand, gives me 1 ”mm“ “"4““ ”"Mhed- new courage and new zeal, and if my tune ! Cum), April 1 1,â€"Osman Digna, the isn’t changed in twenty-four hours, my i Dex-Vial: leader, has made another raid in courage is too loose to stay at, the stickingr Upper Egvpt, He directed his invaszon to- . t! - - ‘ V“ ‘ ‘ -,, , j ',._. DOHIC.” ‘ ...,._.:I 'I ..l-._.. ...... ..._A - ___A. ,7“ 1 A, 1 ~ “1 vow," said (:ieorge, “that‘s the most, tempting looking pan a. maid ever carried. I heard Bill Pike speak ofAdelaiile‘s dough- nuts, so here goes. Thank ~vou. No, I won’t take any tea. nor cofl'ee nor cocoa. nor anythingr to drink but; a. dipper er water. “Don’t care if I do,” replied the old man, using, whereupon his daughter ap~§ pearcd at the door, wi'. h a pan Dof flesh ‘ doughnuts. uoy; you'd ougnter been in the war-â€"” “Yes, I s’pose anybody who Was in the war saw more trouble than I know anyâ€" thing about, but, I’m gettin’ fidgety, r. :d I shall be doublm’ on my own tracks prettv soon, to get away from my friends. (' nne down to Miller's market; (Jon ought to have some good turkeys.” “See here, Uncle, let me serve yer in some other way. Come down town with me aud *ake home a turkey as a parting gifL. I can’t; have yerpeekin’ at) all my things “.See here, Uncle, let me serve yer in The Bicyde for Women, some other way. Come down town with mt;- .’ Mrs. Mary Sargent Hopkins, an expert and rake home a turkey as a. parting gift. , cyclist, is delivering a series of lectures to I can’t have yer-peekin’ at all my things =young women’s classes threughout New like that.” ; York and New England, showing that all “You don’t know what trouble is, my ; the advantages of the bicycle for men apply boy; you’d oughter been in the warnâ€"3’ ; to its use for women. She maintains, after “Yes, I s’pose anybody who was in the. ~ sufficient investigation and trial, that the war saw more trouble than I know anyâ€" f bicycle is superior to every other kind of thing about, but I’m gettin’ fidgety, and l 3 exercise in vogue for women, and that its shall be doublm’ on my own tracks prettv 5 use is better for the various ills incident to soon, to get away from my friends. ('nne 9 them than the prescriptions of the most down to Miller‘s market; (Jon ought to have I 'iwu} pl'V‘l‘Eitm-‘i- ,_ _ .V __ ”v w vu.uj um] LUL Luc. “Nobody ’spects you now,” replied Unclh Amos, “where are you goin’, though? 3 know it’s all nght.” “I’d leave my addresses for the nex* three months, on this card, if I didn‘t, thin» ’twould bender me less ter keep still. Yo: might, give the hull thing away, an’ I’\" got Ler escape, fear or no fear. They mzu hold me on ’spicion as ’tis. You know We: enough I didn’t. kill Kenny, but If they think I’m lookin’ for a. new towu to grow up in, they’ll say it. looks bad. There’ll lu. a mob; I leave it to you if there won’t, and it’ll be a chilly day for me.” 1“? I s - "Hullo, that. you? How are ye? Yv: Uncle Amos, cows ail sold, pigs all kiii. and everything fixed so mother Cam gc aiung, and now I’m off.” "Come, now, no fear of trouble is therv George '3” K""‘" seeing,ibuc being accosted, turned to my. A Geographical Puzzle for Young; and Old â€"l"ifty Places Named. As Uncle Amos, a. batter by trade, sat h} his door on a. Monday morning, watching with friendly interest. to see the people pass. he was surprised to see appm a-niv a we . 3 figure of a. young farmerof his acouusmancc. clad in his Sunday best. and carrying satchel anti umbrella. as if going to the train. “\Vell, well, my boy, guess you’re going somewhere, likely, ain’t; ye? (1‘05 yull' chores all done and bid the talks goo bye '3” WATERSPOUTS CHASED HER. The youth made as THE MYSTERIOUS JOURNEY if to pass withou A Rochester microscopist, who has had some experience with mosquitoes, says that that inseet’s bill is an eiuborate contrivance, consisting of two sharp saws and a lance enclosed in a sheath which is also employed as a pump. The sun's are bony and flexible, and the teeth are near the end, which is pointed. “hen the mOSquito has selected his victim, he sings a little song in his ear, and then settles down to work. The lance is the first thing he thrusts into his victim’s flesh, and the opening made by this is en. larged by the saws until it is big enough for the sheath or pump to be inserted. through which the mosquito endeavors to drain our veins. The discoverer of all this states that the irritation the victim feels when the mosquito is bitin comes from the sawing, but this is proba ly not so. Many of us who have been bitten can testify to having felt intensely irritated s before the mosquito has done anything morq than sing. A good plan of preventing tools from rusting is the simple preparation employed by Professor ()lmstead, of Yale College, for the preservation of scientific apparatus, and which he long ago published for the gen- eral good, declining to have it patented. It is made by the slow melting together of six or eight parts of lard to one of resin, stirring till cool. This remains semi-fluid, ready for use, the resin preventing rancid- ity and supplying an air-tight film. Rub- bed on a bright surface ever so thinly it protects and preserves the polish effectual- ly. 211121 it can be wxped off nearly clean, if ever desired, as from a knife blade ; or it may be thinned with coal oil or benzine. Near to the great dome of the telescope house stands a smaller one, underneath which is established a heliostat, and, this being turned to the sinking sun, the direc- tor holdsa white card against the sight- piece, and I perceive a dark spot moving across the upper limb of the solar orb. As he shifts the card this way and that, the faculw on the disc of the luminary come faintly forth, like symmetrical leaf-shaped watermarks on a circle of yellow satin. Tender little shadings and tracings they appear here. but there they are fiery and furious whirlpools of incandescent hydro- genâ€"eddies of intense commotion, incon- ceivably enormous, blazing, seething and rolling in an intolerable glory. According to a memoir presented to the Pails Academy of Sciences by M. J. Thoulet, describing an improved form of bottle for collecting specimens of deep-sea. water, the compressibility of watkr is such that a quart, collected at a depth of five miles, expands as much as an ounce when it reaches the surface and is opened. M. Thouleti thinks that. such bottles should be made of thin copper, allowing ot an expan- sion of 35 parts in 10,000. Dr. Payer, in a French medical publica~ tion, says that the boiling of milk does not destroy microbes. The tubercle bacillus, for instance, is not killed at a lower tem- perature than :30 degreees F., and the temperature of ebullition of mill; rarely, if ever, eXceeds 31:? degrees F. M. Girard, the chief of the Municipal Laboratory, Paris, says that acids are very powerful in destroying microbes, and that citric acid is the most powerful, as 15 grains added to a quart of tainted water will kill all the mi- crobes that may be in it. (1mm, April ] 1,â€"Osmau Digna, the Derwsh leader, has made another raid in Upper Egypt. He directed his invasion to- ward Tokar and Was met and repulsed by the lifryptian cavalry. The cavalry pursued Dignu's forces and killed 1:2 of the Pen . . ‘. :51) 6S. ' 7 1 I Captain Cameron, in the course of an in- ! terview published in Great Thoughts, en ' presses the strongest opinion as to the im- mense development which is awaiting Africa. He says: “It has a bigger future gthan America, Australia or India. It is t ,l the richest of all, but, of course, every- 5 thing depends on management. Take South ,l Africa, for instance- It is very like Aus- ' tralia. Already the natives have begun nibbling at the idea of flocks and herds, but the curse out there is that of political mis- l management and the diversity of aims be- = tween the English, Dutch and Boer colon- f ists and the Englishmen who become Afri- 5 canders. Years ago, I proposed char- , tered companies, but Lord Beacons- 2 field was afraid of the radicals. ' we simply want concessions which will enable us to work the country. The Congo ; State should become a Belgian colory, and the unoccupied lands should became State 9 lands. Ivory and india rubber, fibres, ? gums, every tropical and sub-tropical fruit are there in richest profusion. Indeed, I lconsider that in Africa will be the coffee and tea fields of the future; and there is I really an admirable climate. The Europeans ; could bring up their children well there. I The natives are very teachable. Even the l hitherto wild tribes are already drilled into good police, engineers, riveters, etc. Take ' my Word for it, Africa. is the hope ct the 5 future, and will be the salvation of an over- 3 crowded world." '1 'he Salted Almonds. Land of the Future.