.Wt \ _,_,-,-=~____. -t - `-‘ l.,-»“»"' ,‘ 1- , ` ' .- ' 1- _ -f 'i -‘1 . ` i ' ..-,. . - - i _ - t ' '>'."'l`-‘1'lt.:e t~ r," A _ / (,'~',»,,,r, ¢|~t , '11-I. » . 4L; ii ' z ` fu ~~~ , - _ _ _ ' - ' - __ , _ _ ...__ ._ NOVEMBER 4,_ ,gn __ _ _ ». t.: .rAt`;1tiiIGHf`_i'-- - » -sas-ti;-ss, ms - - " ouanntau -rt ‘ ' ‘ ' ' ‘ ' " ' " -.. V- ,,, _ _ ,____ _.__ _,,.._ .. .__ (_ - - _- _' ' . ' i i` " s' it \. "‘» 81'. " el ‘ f ft ill v _ " * ' i | ,, , t -tii.,» ”*""T"""“` coop AND 'sith Tsxtis. The Dominion of Canada raised during the year i910 the sum of S60.- it'.ti.i34 is the form of customs duties. and the sum ot.$\5.253.35li in Ju* I--rm of etciss GW twoplemoalize ie ittipnrtmce of this facts We are so \"U¢1l\ 0¢¢.iili0 etfw think of the tarift ini terms of .the welhworn contro- iersy botweengffce trade and protection. and to hear it spoken of as a form tt partlculur privlicgo in favor of thc mauufacttirlnfclnsscs. that we are apt tw iosc out of siiht the larger ot fiscal aspect of the tariff system. Take for iistance. some of the items: in the ycnrlillu the ditty paid up machines anti tnachlnery (ti charge which. by-the wav. came largely out _of thc pockets _of thc uianufacttirers thomsoli-es), amounted to 83.084067. The importing jeivoilcrs paid to the government $447,870. The duty collected on faticy goods nmoiinted to $1077,ii81 lillectrlcal npptiratits contributed a revenue of $909,483. Drugs unc chemicals-contributed $601,313. We see hors the broad contrast that there is between direct and indirect taxation, Indirect ttuiill-1011 il the nemo given to such charges its customs and excise, which are paid in the first plnce. not by the consumer himself ui by the importer-or manufacturer. e Direct taxation includes such charges its property taxes. luconic tiiirca. poli taxes. and so forth. which are levied directly upon the citizen lti rctivfirl to tho property it-iiioh ha actne\ly~owns. Ilan the 'i'arlU iiclps the l’roi'lucini lletontic. . Now, public revenue has got to he raised ln one fttshlon or another. if we do pm rpige li, hy means of the tariff we must fall back tipon direct tttxrt- imi. If Canada ivere to abolish the whole of its tariff systr-tn to-morrow. we ltouhl have to rnlso some sixty or seventy million dollars by some other titin. More tiinn tbiit,--and the fact is not generally' appreciated,-oiir (lotta- tilan provinces. though they ici‘y'no customs duties. in reality drtt.\v it very i~t=avy revenue out of the proceeds of the national tariff system. In our plan '~|' government the Ilnniinion ot Canada distributes to tho different provinces t-itch year i"_°t',v ltirgc sums ivitlcli practically come out of the proceeds of‘-this iidiroct taxation. in the year 1910 ine governinent. paid out -$9,861,388 in his fashion. -_I-1vitientI_v. then. lf the Dominion government had not its tori! ivstein on which to rol_v for this money. the provlnctie would have to raise it an best titer could for thcmselvsii. anti the only way in which this could he tlm_ie_ would bti by linving recourse, to a greater or loss extent, io 'direct uxtitloit of thc citizens. = 1 o ' ' ' . _ The ltltror of lllrect ’l`sxstltin. _ _ e Noiv..nu doubt direct taxntlon is not without its advantages. The Ciiizéli \-~_tio luis to confess to the tax giithsrer exactly what is the value of his prop- "rl.\‘ and then ilu! ti pcrretitnize on it, or who must niaite a sworn statement of his i'oar'e income end ray nn annual tux on that. is at any rate in _a puiiitlon to ssc nt Britt band jiii-t what ati expensive thing government ls. and lic learns to ivairh thc progress of public expenditure with tt vigilant and ntercstctl eye. ` _ ' its I-ncqtiulltlcs. But. perlittns. the tliiilcitlty with the -lirect tax goes even deeper iliilli this. \\'hatevor_may he its _nioritii in theory. it is extremely dldioitit in prac- iitc to itppprtitiii and levy any such charge in tt ,iiist und equitable manner. liirect taxes in tlieory_ ought toffttll on al* forms of property tiliho. _In prac- ice, some kinds of property stiffer mitch more -tlisn others. Property which is visible nnd tzitiplble, ns for instance. ftirm lands and buildings and ll-_ve stnek, etinnot possibly escape. Pi-ogieriy such 'us balances in tits hsrtk or the earnings or professional men matt! y slips through the net thus held out by tht- tat guthcter. nnd, of course. the more one kind of propel-ty escapes, the 1.:oi'c lieaviiy do other of property' cnntribiite. -Direct ‘Taxation ln the-liiilted States. , if one wit-ilitis to ses the tilfiicultles encountered in direct taxation, one las only to turn to the existing situation in the different Status of the Amer- --uu. Union. 'i'lio_v receive no subeidyas our provinces do from the customs in-c<~ipts of the Federal govcmment. The state, county, nnd township author- izies draw it very large _proportton. in the case of the tivo ltittei _practically- iii. of their financial support from _thc proceeds of a d_i_r<_ict _tax :lid on all inrms of property. The tnx applies both to reniund per|nn¢;_l_-jit'opc_rty-hind. tenses. buildings. liorses, ciirriiiflee. furniture, stock an_ti'a__tit_‘es. mortgages lends. etc. At. its origination t 'see-inert ctiiin'ent.i_v're:tsonnbic_ 'i'i1e Slater were forbidden to levy import tiud -export-duties, -and to levy-excise dntios would tend to drive out manufacturers to a more favored locality; they there- iore, of necessity. tell back on direct taxes- -And of all such. ti sinirloial. itid on all forms of property alike. seemed to commend itself as the .most uni- form nnd equitable. ln pructicc it has siibwn ltsc_lf to be distressingly ine- quitabie. - - » » - ~ Y ~ - t _ _ The llisirilitttien of the Tait. - This is due in pnrt- to the mniiper of the ttssessmcnt. which l$_.iirade ini fellows: The State authorities oomptite thc titnouot of tho tiirpct tax needed tm- than purposes, and divide it onions the counties in the proportion ot the value of assessed-property in each. To tho sum thus called for each county adds thc amount heeded for. its own use and then distribtttos it in like msn- `ner -among its townships. again according to the proportional value of the hsscsscd property in cttcli. To this sum thc toimt-iliip ttdds ‘what is needed for its own purposes. usually the largest amottnt _of all The total thus reached is uistributml stiiong nil the propert.\' holders of the township accord- ing to their proportion of assessed property; in other words, the totltl of 'lic assessed property is divided by the total tax- ttrbc collected. Intl H ta! -'atc is thus obtained. which is levied on all property. ~‘If. for example, the total of the property was worth $5.0U,0.titit'J..aiitI the totttl tax to be collected .uns $100,000, then the rate taxwotiid bc put at one-Mtictli, or tivo percent i‘tider such it system, then, everythintz turns on 'the asscssinetit. if one county has been assessed for very much less property _than itoctuaily has, ittcii the amount. of the tax assigned to it by the state will bo. ver_v_mttch less than it should be. bitt at the expense of the other cotinties,-for-thc ratesll round will need to bo higher in order to supply tho fined qugntity of money fi-:ked for. Or again let us suppose that in one ofithe to\\'nshlps_ the property its tissesscdfor very much less. tiian lt is worth. "Iihen. the township in which the assessment is too low is given less than its share-of--thc county tax. hut always at the expanse of the other toivnshipti, on account of the _rate being of necessity higher than would hc ner-ded if the assessment were larggr. Finally, within the township itself, prcisely the same thing happens among individuals. ‘ ‘ . The lioncsi .lltiu Siifftirs. _ Anyone wliosc property it-i put nt. too low :L raitiatioti. .or not valued at ::1i. escapes. at the expense or his neighbors: mid. the morfe. the property in general escapes asses-.iiiient and reniains invisible, the higher becomes the ina rate. iichco has arisen what is calleti coiupetitivc under-assessment. 'l‘Iic assessors, moreover. being elective nfliccrs. elected _in inpiit. case; for tt very short tcrtn, :ire pr.-rsoiinlly interested in not making tivo total property of their :iron stand st too high a figure. ' _. _ _ 'Phe upshot has been .that ivlillc t.lic systcni was originally rieviseti as thc nioiit equitable form of universal taxation possible. in its actual operation nothing, could bc more vicious and lnequitahle l'»`oi' it is to no _observed that t in reality _ditiorimirttstes most unfairly between tlifiereiit kinui-i of property llc-tl estate. for cttnmpletlittidspntl builtliugtsi. is mucli Irina easy to conceal than suob_-forms of property as slitircti in bank stotzit, bonds, debentures. etc ln illustration of this it may bc t‘nsutioiie.d'tii.it in thc nssessincnt of property in Brooklyn in 1895, real estate constittttcd over iiinety-clirht per rent oi' thr rpm] -,-"lung, g'0m¢._v0p.r,»; ago (1884), a tax coitiinission in West \'lt-ginifi re pot-tt-ti In -refereitcc to pcriiotisi property. “”i'hiiigs litivc come to auch ti con- tlitioii lit Wt-st. \'i_rginia. that as regartls paying taxes on this class of prop- ¢:~t_v. It is ,almost ns volutitnry. and is consitleved pretty much in the sitmr light, nit donations to the nigltborhourlng _Church or Sunday school." » .i` School fnr l’er_inr\y. Iti addition to this. it premium is put upon tlisliont-at_\‘. since people of t pliable cottaciencc will llntl It easier to* tlodgc thc tisswsiiietit- than those ti' :i inure tincoitiproinlgiiig morality. Evcn .some of the t'\*‘i‘=‘\'f“-N intended tt pi'c\'r\t\t this. tts, for mcttntple, the adoption of it schedule of..propr-rty. mud: tut :intl s\vot§ti` to _bythe owner; and tlie-penalties tic-gal and spiritual) foi 1;ei~jui~y_, etc, sect-mtinte tho-ovll»ratiier than lighten it. ’l`ito ,worst featur- ot itll is' tlitit, whvti underassessntent once sets‘ln, lt. ntoveit f.or-wart! :tt a: tint-olcrtttotl pncc. For _t.lic,lilglier the rstc rlses,_tlie.nioi‘e imperative daetri i_t-clotuo for Ct!_¢i,1 .individual to, tindt-_rstate his property. But .»_»tlie more tht property is-1ttid`orstqted,. the .higher--tho rttte rlles._'nnd thus the .worse itil sitiintiu;i,im.ti_i_e woriio ii.ten‘ds to bec_ome._.' _ln some .cares-the _:atc-' bcoomessr ‘iiizli _tliitt tg- tell -'tits literal, truth, and oily the "lull rate tax.. 'W.0it'|d inept umiptq rpin. `Tli'us lit- some of_thc "towns" of Cli_l_cago, priivlous_'to_ tht .»i‘t»rm¢_ot.t.ltc assossottfitt syti_t_cm a,fe\\'_yo_ai‘s_ago, tlie. ritte_'8_tCi0ll l\S'lll8il..`M .'.5|u "hd ,it||¢\.pm» etipt: Now, it must be'romeuitieretl._tiint_>ltils .ineitiisf tio' tue <~o'n`tt-iui|t_ieii. of olgtit pi:r_ cent. of ones ‘ineome.'-but-'~els:iit_,percent. _oi 'mt~'ri enpltg] property. 'iio_-ticttially pay this and cotttlntib lit hitslness ivoulti 'iot. for-ordipqiy tiitterpristiiia .he found possible. .l'ii.c.-rr_»sul.t iii that' hott ‘lie :tsscsso_its~_and the tt_ssoss,ntl»itdopt a._ r0\ill\ 5.Cnie of_tl_PIll?ecinlr_i0fl- 50€_8€i|lll\ ii tic<'tirii:,t;,g',hitiro_.titat llporitaps oiie-Hilti-. or uno-teifitl1'0t’,-thljpro able r_-(uni tigintpog |i¢i._pr.op'erty._conc`oi‘nod.. Meanwhile.'_t|ie__iiicttntii'e i'o‘d`il'~ ionesty rcmsinl, and suvast amount of propertnwebcnpes uutatfed. ' _ lilroet Property .'l‘sx Condemned. Throughout. the entire United States opinion is agreed its to the instil- :iepcy and inlttuitoitsnen of the general property tex. it has been ron-_ -icinnod by s long series of .stats ‘tal commissions hold withiti _Ho last forty years. and ‘by all the highest authorities on the stibisot ot' pu , c finance. "instead of being s tex on personal propcrl-iw' slid the New York commin- sttm ,-5 9| nu, ‘sit puts effect become n tu --upon isnorsiiee and tioiinnty Thu? is to any its imposition is restricted to those who are not informed oi the means ofsvssiou, or. knowing the means, are restricted. by a nice sensi of ho r ssh tin to them" The illinois co tpiqttiun of 1886 spoltt .\ieii..it,tf¢ -‘ _ - of it ss 's so oo for iieriury. promoted -by ltiwf e .\cw iorlt report oi iii il ssysi. _' t pull a emium on perjury, and 's-penalty on -Integrity." 'i'tit~ eoent I tptrisl blitillgtsn in its (lull report (vol.--tit). quotes ls illustrat- ive of general -feslill. the words of-sspscist committee on taxation which re o to the California senate in 1001; "From Maine to Texas and from Figri to Csliforni , then is but one opinion as to the workings of the prou- ent. ptorn. 'nrt rs, -that it' il inoquitable. unfair. ond positively iingtist. Tiisoygtioaliy sl property' is called upon to-best-'s more ot tho public bur on iivexsot ptggsrttosdo its present value. in practice, that end is admittedly not qvgs 's prosolisd. lcsroeiy s trsettontii pert of the property iii any ,_ omittbswosrth is brought tn the tax rolls." D 3 l ° I ` l~'ine.-t Lures matic in i.'otttigt~_~ of -‘ - l'el\t|_nls. . . _ _ I M lion o the crops . ~_ Q.. . of Canada burly I __ _ _ ___ oicr mocliino proeosstis in ~|niitc “mt w admit gf min; ogzrlgyw but sonic of tht best |irodncts_o_f ti_ir This care" hu two ‘ra“_u”___ un tonntry are tiiadc by the iiwptn n nm” lmpornm hem; _"B "hm as __ their homes. Thc Faris shopprirl cm- wndcmed mud for uve "och me bioidsrs in the -otnnlbus_on her wa) mba, me ,we to which _it M Pm in nw to work. The couciergos wife looks brewing of beer. Fo g ' h | in up from the initial she is putting on r Hilde ml". one of the giszt °cfu?:'m_ ah handlterclilof as s_ht_- tells _you that: Ueuts ofaie andlsger. it vi' 1 I' - .' " °°"°" W" 'w°“ ° 'M' °“ the brewing indunrymu Qlilgggaslfgé ontresol. t'\‘o doors down the court. in me put elm",-d_ her ban". to 'Ihc peasant and fisher people :ill the United Stn” prim. to me 5| _ have some sort of indoor ivnrk to fill toy tsrtrt or iaat. 'nits put ti tiuiynhf °“‘ mill" ~"“‘"~ 30 omg 5|- bushel of f0‘.ty_eigh_ 'rho v.~,_,,-5 lti which tliesc cottage ip, 0|, bm-ray emerilig me atm” and industries are directed furnish tin on- barley-ina-lt one of A5 cents Der °*°90dinK|i' interesting study in man- 'itilllwl ttf S4 iioiiuds- After me tat-is “!°m°“" ' wssput ou. our oxportgf ba,.|e,. ,h.op_ 'l`ho finest French laces, for ln- tioti-from t.e14.1as't»ustu» to isss to “'""°°- "W made ht hind 1" ‘i‘°'"°*' 7573;] bu|h,|, .in .|391 md ,°_da,. tagcs of peasants in the tnountnins. we an omy. ,xponmg to the enen°t where farming is hard, and in the of147,5tm \,u,he|,_ Au of "mae |3110 rugged fishing villages. Thoro :irc upon,-ug |,"|ey,“.",, for me us, of no designers, as with the machine- tlao American brewer. Praotlciiiiv ‘We `i`H¢i°"i95 ill Ulf illdlltiifiiil V011' nnne at 'all was sent into the -gg-a\,~,`,, -treo - no itupc-rvlsion such as we src for fend piirpoaell -A-s soon -as the Bltiniiitit' ivlth. -Yet the product is ditty made the Americinn price ot' our always kept in harmony -with actual barley _ -pi-ohibitlye.‘ -the-~Amm-|ca'nB trnrkct needs and the highest stand- turned their attention .towai-ds' 'the ares of artistic quality are niiiiti- iniprovement of -their own ‘ pmq,,¢`;_ tained. in such village there is in- Whieh up till 1807 bad. bun gmmi, in. vitrlably sonic.woi~kei'v\‘hoseidt-i"’and ferior to the quality of the Canadign skill fix the standard. Front ti. 'mc crop.-A-rogular crusadsjvn gig.,-(ed tho- little children innlie their first. In any ¢ mm I I i-iitndicreft not onli' pieduitiitintes. ‘gurls .heet`i_. _that to.¢1a,y' .gps mtd¢||,~ ~ or less intuitive sense of what is good es ern tis es grow. _.ss gang ,L par. taste in design. So the tnerclirtnts “ken om 1,, l\..,,n,V_",.o glmmns pm. '9_Jé_i_\B #Ili produced ltt_`Cattatl;i, who tnarkct the products of these emu the ‘,_,qm,.a],m,_` premium for c°f_ ice P. ,)etir.189?_ the total pro- -ottnlc industries liavc no difficulty [ea and comm being ,hmy_nve gum, ess- er cent. Tho possibility' of an ill' Iowu' Ulliliii' ¢h6"fUraot,iqn of. pm; stitches they begin to cultivate tits iii- 1 Olin- and in" Wisconsin under Pmf_ telligsni appreciation of_goot| work. 5 Mitre. So successful have their ot- Even 'tho French peusiiiit ties ti more d“¢U°!1 9! ltttrley in the.Unite Suites in getting goods that fit the denitind. E' - ’- - . S D cont. whilst ecvrrnl policies to cover a ‘reduction in tl_p-_'tea duty have been lliogtls llntieriiritt-rs lllll 'luke All Kinds #ii lllsks. _Spine rcmarkttliie untlerivritiiig business ill l'a1ic,v rielfe have been done by Lloyd's in cotinectlttn with the coronzitlou. Large Insurances have been effected by traders whose interests are bound -up with the cor- onation, and tcti per cont. has been paid to cover a clttiin should the cere- mony not take _place bcforo the sud of tho year. In one or two cases pol- icies 'have been taken out on the joint lives of tho King mid' Queen until the end of tim year, at the rnts of four guiiieas .p.-»t- rent, 'whllstt is "Royal Family" visit litis been sc- ccptod, insuring the lives of the King and the Queen"and iii-~‘v children for Ute same-period. tht- i~"omium in this inatanos being if-it -'une-_ini per cont. A possible t~haii:=-t.- of route 'forthe 00lflft`ation prnrrfsinn has ttiso fntfte within tho s-pot-_iiiiitivo scope. though thdpremlums :ire small. ‘ 'l`o psi' a loss if there is it general elcotitm before ditttjriilll, 1912. twan- t_\'-fivs: iritlneas t-er r-nt in quoted, 'nnd uve set-.ciiiii has in-en -act-cptoti -to covet* thc t""'ineiit of ti clniin should Mr. Lloyd _George become prime min- istaatfqn. or hefoiis December Slnext. This risk has hm-.n_\\'ritteu several titneii.`_'_but the :iinoiiiits involved are ndtliirge. _ ` The next biitiget. luis also been tlte bsshifof speculative business of this nature at l.lu,vd`s. ' ' The last rnte wioteti to pay a loss n the event oi' thc duly Oli H\\8iil` UB' n abolished uns twenty ulneus cr file to i70.2s4.oo0‘in 1909. 'rit = ` `. ' . . . Sine, is _thlm-ore “__ ~a .postilémtig i.itri_v|e st ttitisln tiles In tnntttlii. supply hm-5,11 wtttwut any im|m,.t_ -Tliomus .\lt(_‘:iig. second crtiitsitt- tif “U"?"'- A nroorornuts point is round ""’°"‘°" <`-1r'iSl<"- “'|`h¢ Sw" uf in rito.m¢t.timt-in me nu- tinitod Citrine." -tint at ie-~ out ratio' States exported 6,530.398`buslicls of Htinie. .\litittlt;- triiuz- .‘~iirt.. fit the barley. Surely -n ¢_nu|1‘try_.,¢i,|,,,m B51' Of 74- .\'ciirs. 'i‘.t-- ~f»-_-eaitoti ,who send ti. ccrtainprodnct whether tint. Wie a man oi' sterling f.-hiirzieter. had “fill '01' mnnufacttired sbroadlias an '\’“"’“ 3 i‘cHid_out_ oi' Winnipeg, living ample tiupply for'her_ own necessities, \\.1tl: several uinidr-.ti sisters for about As before remarked the only um, the 20 yt-tirs,afier wliich all took uprhcir American has for our |`-lay ip yo, r--sidotice at. the home. Only one sis- mslting -in thc prepariit tin of tp-,er tor siit-vim:-i him. The family was ori- lt must be rcmctnbero that' the gtnally from Dumfries, Scotland. Mr. bnlted States brewer does not intake MoCaig, in his prim:-, nad consider- l-is product from pitrg malt and hops. nlile reputation as an sxciiittn in- the Generally he will ouly.tig¢.'_,1-;;_ mat; wccds (made frotii barley) som tmgs img _._.__.___,__;. °mDl°¥=i~¢*0\'l>~~srtts.-,t'ioe. 'or in -mot. ' " ‘ ‘ ' “ ' , any cereal. oeutainitip|.x\....isrg»_- por. . ' “WINS 0| well! ohfldltttliiie' starch \`\i=t~ti ii tlhimiintiu lips tptcitt- in .QU me “‘\’°V¢ “r“'°“&5°““l|?~‘5T°Wi1’ pet-itct wtitcli liittt. il tile S_lBl¢B. 0l'l'ihef;b_°j“;|'a.fy_ sh; Canadian 'b\'e`“'cr is ‘tmiuttctiiiy -teroett _ _ _ _ _ _ I) ha' mC\’9fi.“3d -,fl`0Itl~ 66,685.12? hush- . ii--#T tngreane in ti~,,,_c0B¢_ of license is ap. iust enough to reproduce' h,i's ' ` - ‘ " ‘ V ry '-“ ‘° i‘lll'I)i"\’l` lilP|-`|t'|`|\'|-‘\'(‘[<] ‘for shooting iii pt'clcreiiee to hang- ti `lnw giving tzonvlcts this cliclce. - ' _ - "1-\ lfi' "." .T ' ' _ bY_ *U0 l0V9l`llmUl1f 10813811011 lb lwf _"__, “"':_‘:,:_`_` 6421"" llmpmlt cho1ce,~ttnd the jutlgc sentenced him 00/! ‘malt and hops iii the prepare- " ` e ' ‘Y l' 1° _‘H0511 to b,, ham.e,x_ pareittly considered remote. seeing that a policy for thin risk 'can he got atitweniy ti-_ir cent. _ . -By far the lm-gcst amount of spscu- lation litis, howe\'er, been done in connection with the income tax. and s rate as ‘high as fifty guinoos per cent has been charged on a,policy to pay a~ total loss only in the event of no alteration being made in the present charges. Tilt: t‘it0Itft: or lii:.t't‘l`t._ Condemned .tiurdexers Prefer Shoot- Inir lo liiinglng. Why do eoiitleinncd'inurderorii pre- ng? Since the Stetc'ol` Utah posited /irtliiir I’t'ati, ivartlcii oi' the Utah. State prisoti, bus not had one who would go to the gailtiivs. On one oc- casion a murderer refused to mnko ti i 'El ll0SltB|iBlIl"S BET. - 1 ' i-tit-:Neil ttovsititouii iiotsiltirsi _ - . - -- » » _ - - ' - - __ _ _ ~ '__ _ 'fsoattz tit:.it.iiti;.uii.i: txst'ttAa't1r:. -_ .. " ' ’ """" . , ` ` lluii lltt- (treat lilgllsh l‘o|iiit‘iitll Utive n Iieotl 'I`ip. Ln one occasion Lord Roseborflf ivint in it t-ailivay carriage on his way to r. race nieetlng at Ayr. Opposite him sat ti ctinimorciiil trrivtiller, who use rather inclined to be talkative- - Seeing his lovdiihlp iwho.n, of ct-tirso, lin did not know) reading the ill:-cliig Ctiiontlar. he remarked: "Suppose _vou are going to tho Ayr nu-ding?" "li ani going :is far as Ayr," replied l-lu iordship. _ "Pity young swells get fleeced by i.-lnoklcgs. Some noblomen, 1 hear, drop fortiiiies on the Turf." "lndccdl" \"Do it bil niyself sometimes _ about it icnnet' or it pony is my out. Kitt:-\v etiytltitig' gotid for to-dtiy worth my vriiile t-:»ttcliing?' f "I sin not a tlpstt-r." "Beg pardon. Saw you reading the ‘iltitiing t_‘nlentlnr,‘ so thought you might know." "Well," rcplictl his lordshill. "lf I give yott the straight tip will It be of service i.o you?" "Depends if I fancy it." Roneborry's Clievronci foi- the Walter (.‘itp.-'_ i -"Not for Joseph! I never back Lord Roiu=berry"s horses. They say he's it regular chiimpkin." ` "-Indeed! Perhaps tlic_v'i'c right 1-inivever, you asked me. I can only add that I heard Lord Roscberry 'ltili to back his horse." " "Depnd upon it, if it was all right., lic woitld not ict you ovsrlicnr his conversation. Mum would men be his game. Why. t.hct'e‘s it lot in that i'tit'c! I’ll bet' .vou :t pony Lord Rose- l-erry :ioii’t win_it." "Renllyi I :im not zictfustometl to bet in railway carriages with stran- tiers." "Theres m_v fsirtl, Fact is, you :iin't game to be-I " "I think yoti`ll lost-. your tiiotiey, littt as you challenge me ict it lic a ict. You'll sec mc in tho stewards' enclosure at the course. I have no cards with me." “Agrcedi 1t`s tt bet. I bet yoitdtin oven pony against Chevroricl for thc \\-'elter Cup. But. what's your name, young fellow?" "Primrose Sometltnes I'm other- wise addressed." "All right., young Primrose: pay and l'ric_c|vc after the race." The companions, separated nt. the sittion. Chevronel won in tt center, nntl the commcre'ial roceiveti the 132-, °‘Put your ienner or pony on l.ortl~\ himself tell what you term a clitimp- ' _ _ '- 'i"\--' tit A I-‘ew Parts of Which We Are En titled to Fool' Proud. ' c i ‘ t 1-” . ` M333? “IZ if-iii? 3491.335 0?»`0“‘.f.“tf;` _ i t t -t ' ' ' - 2237? ". °.' ’ `”° ’°"” °' *ii* tt- Tlie exports then , Litlt year they wcrew;;'?9A§ti0)'33tl;'0°°` nicrotise of -i'10 per cent. ` ' au 'lhe imports then '. _ ~ l.:ist year they wre “\‘;:1‘p_gg(;',%)g'0°°' iiit'-reuse of 450 -por cent. ' ' an if 'Milli its -interesting to make comparison hetwnpn some of our exit |io_;_ts__the_t1 ant_l now. `° 2 in 01° Hlttuice. 1 _ their products. In 1868 1:'?sL:~1;);°$n¢g iii _‘he value of $7,000,000; 254,000,000. _ 1" m°» Our asrlcuiturei _exports in 1368 'l‘he value of the totaifl ld -- Cnnada lest year iv” ;53';;,00t(i',lil?il0s of It: 1868 we had $33,000,000 in 'our twinks. Last year w h (1 _ 000.000. 6 a $925' ln 1868 the arcn of C .d, 337.524 _square miles. Nohnlltiliswgiui 315.6-ill square miles. ' _.V lit-tlttitls I-`t»|lou'stl by Vttrletts (‘0ttlt- irics In (‘ttp that Soothes. In litiizltiiitl, l\`ranct=, nnd Germany ten is tundc in much tlit- stunt- ple. \itin1i~\v:l_\': but in other cotiiitries the tntethod of eiijoying me cup ivhlgh cheers is a more picturesque core. lYi0Il_\’. in Ciiiun. ini' example, at itirge, nrt. istio cup is set in tt brass ur silver' htiltler, and in this cup thc ion is plttccd :ttiti covcred with boiling ii-titer. A little saucer whicli just [its it is plztt-titl inside thc cup to in-,L-D in the stomp nnd flavor of Lite tea. when it is tlraivti it is pourotl front the big cup itito dainty littlesoncs no bi_:I§<~i~ than an eggsliell. The tiietiiod foi- loivcd in .laptiii is almost sitiiilfir 'l`e:t-nitiking in Russia is ti sinple pt'cr:ess, involving merely the that of :i_samo\'at" and a slice or lemon er of limo. In Java tea is served in ln-(intl. fiat t-ups. tttiti fltivord with Iittt.t\iu nr- rnck: .ind in i°‘oi'iuostt it is at.-.-pod \\ili\ ict-I-flo\\'<‘l”S illitl Ono or tivo t;-rtiiigo-floivers. For their tca~driiiltittg tlie L'ru;;t|ay- now iv.t't't0Ns tintivtt 'rr.t. ‘ lowing morning at short iiot_e by aintis ctiiploy sliver tubes, out-li oi' wliicii _t_tit\ss_enger front the stewnrds st.ttid: hits- nt the end n bull-lllte strainer Mr. Primrose (Lord Roseberry) _ ktioivn as ti boniba ot' hombillti. uotticl ieel obliged by i'ilr.1-- lit-,nd-i In Martinlc an ttrottititic ten is used, Ing to his norvent £25, which his-.-intl it _pectiliur liqueur tiitulc by the 'tion of hi, b§,,|»_ _ _ _ ' __ ii¢\_ and rep; iq. "Just to go aroutiti with his utieuc wants the improvement and coa».ust». -“tuck-in his iieckct iiicaiis att that li"-10ll`0f -“ill” Meat nntiirttl rcs:-:ii-t-1-.gi Pllii HHN 0l*\l'l‘ <'0iit|iliim.-ntri nt" _that In ‘tlic first place, is barley suitabit <""\"\¢‘i¢‘r .i'o\t-c:ir~:- to add to tt. .ill if, |,¢ 3 sganwng ,_..,_,r, fm. A (._,,,,_,,._, tlze imptidrlutt retoris In the rlliinese such as ottr,-t? _'Phe-re is no wi-t_~_;i \'0Labtllar,v can be .expressed hy that \'-'hlch t't=qttires eiiéh a carel`t1l`::;ii “T-‘P5"?“l|-l' l"n0C"¢"'3'H|'l’11ll5Cm0hi Of tltofough preparation for. its i't-cop NS Dlgiliil- . ~‘ ` ' _ ' livlt into thc' soil It must b¢‘f-é-,rn “Sotne.Cliiticse who knob thc_\'_lin\'c fully piantctl, tip.-_=i;,mt p|¢i|g||,~|| 3- t' grconlioru tp deal with ire about precise 'ticaittitis of the year and ; their work witii tho`it~ queue iii the great -desi of trouble tttiti care i<»t_=l,l. ret0rt_iiitpudenl state. so that--if nity during' Its_prepar}iif_u~j,- 3|-up-|||_ 'php order is given tlint iltey dtm~’t like ruts it away .behind wheat as a croi "ml" ““5""‘"` °f d0fii,U\0“ iq I'entI.\'-- Hui foi it country with so m"¢], net., -_mr that is it form'of insoiencc that thc tuibt'oito|_i land. Secondly. barleydfnet xopliit.=tlcatod` employer 'sqpslf-ties t'iet_rcquli'e as rlcli a soil as \-,»;'w,,i without ceremony. lie will knock s and de¢,,,|0,-ales '10 A ¢0|`,5|¢|,.,-,,545 Cbiiiamaxi »ou..the head or `iireiik liis. gi-ester extent the imtti.on` whit-n.tt liar-li. ii' necesnri'--.-aui'thlna -iv get is ¢_rown This. in event of otir farm- NS 11112110 Out Of his ll00_ii`0l.""= ' ers increiitilng their harley areas would lead to a rapid exhttustinn, oi ` (Golden .ittltleis for fltttliers. I ourhcst fnrni lands, 'i`ho_se facts :irc ' ‘ fimtili' proven by the invotiisiitiotis J A. but-to shop at Atlantic city is 0;. W’-'d“°'°d °" '"9 ""'|‘“|"‘~‘ "l@1`|iS.ot feriiiz lor sale as ti novelty ‘nnitlete harly and wheat as crops, by ‘pltc made of various materials, from gold lurid! After fifty years oticarcful con- well ltnowti lady .wns reported to *ld°"*'|°" "W f°||0W1H€ F0601' hilt have introdttced the anltlor stvltv bv llktfl nlltlliy rtlftlléd ill. \\'h0fll<_(iUl‘, “varing unc or _Bond Bom w"h'b|;m!'_ ing -titty yaiira of cultivation declined iss and mp q“€,,¢|0,, ~~“-iii. ¢|,,_,,,,k|(,, in "B lV¢l‘i\S¢ .\'|0ld Oli' H given uror become poptiiai-" was ti subject foi f°""l’° nf" 13 YCHTS- bill M191' the' much dis‘cusslon'in nt-it side societi- i1~"'°il "<=m°i“<’<1 H'-viidv. sivlns 1-"-- Thr- /itiantic ctu,-.est soil would ritrittli' sidering hoii- much more it u|lel~,t.tt L., ,,,¢im,,¢|¢¢1_ ,nd R "nk 'b,,“.cl,n of the ttiitural elements of the shit. ;;,,||,m‘g_,~,,¢ nu,,,|“., ,,,,,,m,d the difference in amount o labor tri: -I-M "bm me of mrlm, tb _“_ f""""'°' “¢°°’“""7 '° 9'5"’ ”°';}‘4' itelvol -is as a food for ilvssfteoh For successfully, and tiiiove sit tile ii ,nm |,m-W” |¢ || |,,,p,¢,| ,, ,,Pp,"d|,, ference in the soiling price lietwnvt ' 0|, ¢° rms, tt the gain ted to eat- ll" i"° (*'h"" 5"” “nm V9' t’“g”‘ fini. tlt itlnd receives its natural re- l" 19091 "“"'°F 47-9 °°“"l " urn. Ati cur livestock increase no tot hear comparison its ii crop W tl M" our |,"|ey_ onmm, |, nn, He” _ "Got tiny home?" said the _iuflqc te Rotliamsted.Experimcnt Station. ling-,,to .hard rubber. ‘Some time ago, p _fthe ¢ha,~g0 0| \.,,gmm,)._ lin-.it iii _?~t`i_ti,tt_;_1fi-, in nnsbis in iteglons. -Whatever young Bertip had “Utah has ti Inu' which allows a condemned murderer to choose either hanging or shooting as n. motic of_ dying," said Wartloti l‘-’i'utt. "This work is done by the stieriffs or oitch county. but in the penltentiary yard. So far. we have not had a man who has chosen hanging. Once a murder- ar refused tn inakc :i clioicc, anti the .ludge sentenced hlin to be hanirod. Shooting is the' more humane. lt is painless and lnstantaneoiis. The con- demned niun is lcd to the prison yard. _seated on tt chair. anti, if lic tletiirca, is blindfolded. Five mon urmcd with rifles are then marched to within ten paces of the man. Four of the rifles contain ball cartridges. The llftli has a blank shell. A target is pinned over the heart of the contiotnned msn. all five guttrds ttiko careful aim, r‘~~fl at a signin me volley is nt-du. fri..- ordsal _is over in it few motrciit-_ whereas in lianging the sttrfionso nnd suffering lust for many minutes." THE VME if.\.\"l`S’ l{0.lIl~I. .llissioiis Used luv Loftiers iii llolp 'i‘lit=m (lui. siman who had been brought in on "Sure l liars." “Where ic it?" The man iittinetl ti street and num- ben . ' _ _ - ‘.‘Yottr‘ -;lionmtr," voluntcrertitl p clerk. “ilint ain't ti liousc; it‘u it mip- sioit." ' _ .»‘»‘\\'eil, cnil tltom up. orvwiiy." sold the judge. “wifi _foe if they know tiny- thing aboiit lilm.'f` ' _ ~ They did not itriow nnyililnlg, bitt the missionary snifl be .would come rlght down and ace what could be done. _t i ,"It is :noi nu unusual mise," he mid, “Our mission is 'home' to mtitt.v n msn .whom we never t-vm ppm-ft °( until hs srstsuzrrestsd. If ti .mon who has been ron-in ns ti iiopeio-_in ticreltet can mentionsonic nddiwvxsit which he csn call _home his sentence is tipt to hnbliglitor. lxitti oi’ oittrutits have .henn on the trniup so lung tlmtjt .ig hard’ for thoin to t.lilii_lt of any place they are titttnitttapneush _ti-its .to mu it.-,homo but ithrotyh tin-_. oocusionri iiteeu ln ;hr.t'e they, .etiiemi>ot:.ths_ntin'i- h9i"_tl_ntl brtizenly sing it ‘oti_t. 'Court- rodml -atiteiidiinls -oooimuiiionte with i_i_s,'at_td_ .ns__it' our' 'nd\:leo.fNgturnily`- we FB, I'-Girl; -21611. ‘i¢l,i0l-‘Sli iii ~.nten - are .st_s_n‘go_t-s. Sonic _of them poem p t'i!Q_/._ ocitB.'».but nbiv--'nnd than we asset -i man und has good _qvotopihg into__a usefui citizen " _ ittotrr .HE ‘c.\t>'r.- tzooit. ' vH~‘ ff" ‘ ' ' "" _ _ Young Iloritp Writes it Dotilt in Sissy; t’ --- »-When Commander Penry took George Borup, n graduate of Yale, on his last polar trip, ho added ti live olxo-to his party. Young Borup, only Wwhffihfm' WIN Old." 'Isl tho laughmpgsr of tho crew.-» -Molitbsrs of the expedition say that no night was too dark for Borup fim-mslitis. Since his return to Amerie), Boy-up has written a book ont:itied"‘A ‘Pon- derfoot Wltli Poary." He writes most- ly in slang, hut. his story is perhaps the most init-resting,--'popular y,'ti\st has evcr becn~'written'of tilts erotic to do he did in a spirit of futt. .' 50”- _ -|. proof. in spite of the Dtngli-.y tarifff “illicit CIM °°" K'°‘»" ‘° *im* ~i\`t» semen from tt.si:.iot t` 1:- im. ciisvgiier. iiofioiiti: ima su. Mimi, dim-nl me-lm ,en _,_c;_’,__* - f , , ~ _ \ s _ . _ _. _ _ . ‘_.. , _ _ ~ -- \ _. - , tr- _,_| i_.;-1 _ nctni vgg" " `,;;L.?_"` ‘¥.3¢'ls._"`~3'.t.»t.‘ "Lam" ` a\*ds|A&im` M' i ' ` ]'.¢.¢a'\;\iits..ai.‘lA»H.t\i4.tta.-1' " "` ' "html ` 'rh°l"’ W" '"0' “"5” °' uf” the market initio of her bnrisv rrorl _‘For -inststioe. when Commander ».'l`lie “biigmtm" paid his niotiey, lttolting very ercstfallcii. and was litxnrtl to cjnculntc, "Doiit_~! Who on tnrih would have dreamt that the good-looking, aifable young follow, whom I imagined wus ti cliumpitin, was in fact none other thttii the Earl of Rouoberry. givinx me a Hood honest tip about his own horse. by which I was fool enough to lose £25? Any- \\'8J/; he’s .ti regular trump, und lie's right - l’m the cltittnpkin after nil!" _ Ilngit. ` Dogs were former-iy_indigeiious to tho indigent, hut, since the udvcnt- of '|03' |i¢‘0llB@S. whereby a dog, without tt maid or xi. valet,» is presumed to be guilty until it is proved lnnoceiit or Blivl. they have been gratletl on faintly trees, with their own separate herald- ry as substitutes for children. there- by furnisitinri considerable conso- lntion for rut-1 suicide. Dogs are divided into two great classes ~--~ podlgreetl und vcrdlgreed. ittdigrecd are of two kinds -- mntl 0088 uiirl dogs. Petligreed tire of seieral kinds, cliicf among which are \~.'nt.t;li dogs niiti shi-cgi-dogs. Watch- tlrigi-i :irc so tdlictl because they :ire attaall enough. :intl usually criinky etotizh. to be enrrleti around in the l>i1lcti~ tif v. titcltcs lip' people -who have plenty of time. Sheep-dogs are no t.‘.lioti bcctiuse they ure letl around by shot.-plsli-locking tietiple, T7\0Hi»‘ 0"!" :irc contiidcrctl the liturdsomcst by cuttnotsscttrs which ltck`llic ugliest to other peoplo. Not tirittifyiiig. Sumo mic sent the manuscript of n iiltiiy to a literary friend, with the request that he would criticise it. 'i`bo iv‘i;.-url returned it, with the following ltti ti; "My dear Blank' Your book con- itiins mttcli that is liotli new nnd good; hui wliiit is new is not good, ,md ulzut izi _tiootl is not now." ` ,.\tititrttllii.luui Tttllest Tree. Australia clnlmti to have the thllsgt ii't-t in the world. lt. has long been tliuug‘ht‘ that to California belongs nut. ritntticttoa, mit., white csttrm-_ tilt.. _tires ttrc of __glgautic_ dimensions. Um! de not ,come up to Austrnllo'.~i mtt’i\iyptiis trees." _ The Californians urn noted _not tio 'much for their height r_r~___ier their girth nnd' tlletnetcr._.’l‘he 1. ..t-_st treo in Caiiitirnin yet discover. td wus i'oun_d by actunl mos.surem¢;n¢ f.t\ -be .'\40i’f. high /\itStt‘tiiiu's record gum true erin bent titis by Hott. _ -_-_i__i ._h§ it llccerti In Iloult Pttbllsbiug. `I`lic first (Cniiudinti) eflitiop of 5000 copies ol Dt* St.oplte.n licttcook’s liitnat hook "Nonsense Novels"'ivbich was published on dime lilth, liv l'ttt.iislters Press was completely sold out in the record time of three days, nnd it second edition is almost. sold. John Limo. thc great English piibllsher rodent)-y- -said that. Cpu. diens were thc biggest buyers in the world of new books. _-_.hh __ _Bride (putting on travelling dross): lid I look nervous during the cet-9. lliflllli. Kato?" ' -Psary set liitn to tvorlt Ot. photo- oasphyw Boriip niiide lla work doubly interesting by applying s spirit of hu- ___§1°\i0a_l:>_l;id_t-'e_ _eldest sister): "A' s, it' had said 'Yes.'” “got Vau°r"A'*umd -.- lordshlp will have much plea.=tii‘r~ iiijmotilts and by thc old I<‘i°cticii house- iorwarding as :t tloritttion to the (Toni-} valves is added. iiictcial Travellers’ Orphan /\:s_\Itt.~,i."I ' |]A||iY|Nli IN, _ I i - ARGENTINA How the .irgctiiine llepitbilc is t‘tim- hig to llte__1~'rotit In the Export of lliiiry Prodiicts. The first crtram stipnr' tors or een- trifttgttlri wer:--lmpoi'tc,f*i:iio _~\ri:en- titiu in lfiiltl-l8ill;innd iii tht- lust msn- tlonetl your the first Argentine butter, 3.042 potuitls. wap exported. Frcviotts to that date suited butter in tins und been an ttrtlclc of import. The hut- tot' exported '(|lttlc more than 100 iutis in 1892) was 400 tons in 1895. 1,600 tons iti 1901, 4,000 tons in 1902 .-iid in 1905 more tliiin 8.000 tons It is estinintetl that there are at present, including lnrce :intl sinnll, more tltttn 200' crenmeries using cen- trllugtiis tit ivork in the Artzentine Republic for the mostipsrtiti the pro- iinct-:-i of Buenos Ayres.. Sitiitft Fe. t_‘ortlot>ii. nnd Entre Rees. and S0 arent is the denirtnd for this class of iii:tt~liinct'v that thu importing houses iitifl it tllfllt-iilt to <;y,t>¢‘t\ti~ their orders iiitii suflleioitt expedition. in ilio tit:-tier of tiineliincry it niny he sziid tiiut tlic Argeiitipe dniry fztriiit-rs ure utiii tip to titito. _ One of» the new Argentine indus- |!'it'_:~\. plicnotiictiitl itt the rnpitl :id- vtznce as t.~oniparetl.,witii the pre- iifvizs tif the sumo industry in Aus- lritliti. dvttls with milk. ttnti its DW' tiiict.-t, All. it is true. has lit.-on pro- inrt-tl \»_v the ini-ish liiiitd of utitiirc. the pststtires viirled nnd nbtintifint- -the stocks iiiiiitlplied and reilnetl. the mild elinintti; und indeed cititit»lii." at-iltl_li'tt~ "ll ‘*`|'"' k"°7' the flies nway. Wo have it Iii pots all orc-r Hur pi?_os. 'i`-he _odor is _:ui i:_t_i; _ easniit io I th t it W0" "il ttjitav its I 'ggi me iss! from thi? south. There the butchers ntiti ron- lcttiuncrs BIYIYI ~hu'.-o fn|lilU"'-'W' growing in their tdieplt-iind they 0|" .expose.theiv=.wsrss without uni' fi!" ot flies' ntinoks. ` _ "1t.’n u good idcti. tinc Hti\""F‘ 1' tnlgnaiiettn in my window lw“I>5 quite fly-free." ~