Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-16

products was only what WAS 70 be expected.
As that Is her great indussy. Her 1000
square feet In the mines Department il
| thickiy set with displays Of nearly all
Known minerals, gold, coal and nickel
leading IN Importance. The survey In the
remote northwest is far from complete.
put II u known that In that prairie region
tnese u coal enough to supply all the def
ciencscs OF timber and run the manufac-
fures and transportation for many thou.
sand years. British Columbia reports her
gold yield to date sss, ,eoo. 600 and msnfally
Insists that the world must look to her for
its future coin material, for she has just
opened her quarts veins and learned how
TO work them profisab!y and by the for
nation knows that she has enough for the
worlds needs for ages. South Africa
comes back at her with . statement that
she has recently discovered and proved
gold reef twenty-thrce miles long, which
contains more q the yellow stuff than was
mined In California and Australia both.
snd that before many years gold will again
be "depreeiated" as compared with silver.
In fact she, South Africa. will take the
contract to MAKE it So But rs kipling
,ays, that's another story.
IL is matter for unceasing wonder that
IN the latitude Of Winnipeg. where the ice
is five feet thick. the valleys Of British
Columbia have the winter climate Of
Tennessee. with roots and fruits, grains
and flowers to correspond. But here arc
specimens Of them to prove ii. She also
has as much good lumber Tin the green"
as all the United States east Of the Missis-
appi. "a fish export to the value Of &, ,5oo,-
100 annually, inexhausfible beds Of coal
and fertile valley land sufficient, 40 abe
chims, to support the population Of Eng
land in comfort. In short, according to
der very genilemanly but somewhat en-
.husiastic agent, II that province were SET
tied like France Is IL would take a respec-
table rank among the second-class powers
If the world. NO other country in the
world. sir. is the equal Of it for hops; it
has just that moist, mild atmosphere Of
he great hop country In southeastern
England. only better. and yet agriculture
Is, as l may say, only started"
IL goes without saying that in the For
sstry building Canada's exhibit Is pccu-
liarly fine. Her white aud red pine have
found their way to all parts Of the world
and her harder woods, which take SO fine
= polish, are almost equally noted. All
stit Nttiu HAS uciIu upWtNtt, VI
Ter far western forests; but it may sur
rise some to learn that the great hard
wood forests Of Ontario and Quebec are
scarcely touched as yet, and that the pro
iuction OF maple sugar is IA great indus
try. In the Transportation building Can
ada excels in sleighs, Of course, and one Of
the curiosities there is beautiful model
Of the sleigh presented by the women Of
Canada as wedding present TO the Duke
# York i4ei Princess May. Other curios.
tiles are ice boats, snow shoes, folding
boats. racing canoes, toboggan outfits and
a dozen other things In the sliding line.
And all this brings me back TO my fa-
rorite "fad''--that the inventions Of men
to overcome climate give far more pleas.
nre than the climate gives pain, and there
fore to really enjoy himself a man Of
wealth should winter In Montreal and
summer In the Bahamas. Then he would
have steady thing and know what to de,
PEND on. Having tried both I'll take my
oath that there is ten times as mach FUN
IN Minneapolis In winter in New Or
leans, for the furs and the sleighs. the hot
drinks and the glorious dinners land how
II man can eat and drink thereD the life
r nd yivaeity and intellectual sparkle in
that zero-and- below air far more than
recompense one for any climatic ineonven-
| nce-that is. II he has plenty Of money.