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tive idea of the enormous weight of
the structures.
These two mighty figures sit side
by side on the edge of the Nile valley.
They were erected in honor of an
Egyptian king who lived thirtyfive
hundred odd years ago; and the temple
which he constructed behind them has
now entirely disappeared. They are
right on the edge of the valley, with
the desert mountains in the rear. Ny
way was through green fields. and as
/ looked at them 1 thought of how
they had watched the people sowing
and reaping for more than thirtys,iye
hundred years.
Not far from these monuments are
the ruins of the Temple of Rameses H..
the Pharaoh who oppressed the Egyp-
tans and would not let them go.
Among them / saw the remains of a
statue OF rhat old king, which snow
that they belong to structure atleast
sixty feet high. There is no granite
nearer here than that of the quarries
of assouan. and this mighty statue
must have been cut out there and
brought down the Nile to Thebes, a
distance of 135 miles.
Toting the Obe1is:Ss.
Consider the obelisks which the
Egyptians made at those quarries and
carried down the Nile to Thebes and
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THE JIVTOLDWEALTH OF NOVA SCOTIA

The ways adopted for the dissem-
ination of knowledge are many. How
ever, the most practical way known to
the present day for distributing among
the people knowledge of the world
at large, or any particular country, is
by means of international exhibition.
Through this medium the govern
men. of Nova Scotia is imparting 10
The world knowledge OF her vast UNI
developed mineral resources. OF which
the masses here upon the same CONT
nent are densely ignorant.
1t is common knowledge that there
Is probably no country in the world
with n greater wealth of mineral fuel
than the Dominion of Canada, and
that there are extensive coal measures
IN Nova Scotia but that this province
is rlch in deposits of the precious
metals scarcely lay citizen of the
United States is aware.
Realizing this, and believing the I'M
developed condition OF her mining re-
gions to be due to this fact, Nova
Scotia has recently Installed in the
Palace of Mines and Metallurgy al the
Jamestown Exposition an exhibit cal
culnted to infuse new life into the
production of both the precious and
economic metals OF the country.
Prior to 1850 the Micmac Indians
oiaNos VI w valuable gold deposits, GX-
changing the nuggets and gold dust
with the inhabitants for the usual
trnkcts and notions SO attractive To
Indians, but guarding well the secret
Of the source Of their wealth About
1850 the people became aroused by soy
eral discoveries oil rich gold ana every
farmer and fisherman who could annex
q pick and shovel started in to get
rich, but the discovery was not brouch,
10 the attention of experienced capital
Partly accountable for this was tho
fact that al that period the section
was not so wen provided with railrouc
facilities as at the present time
Primarily responsible, however. TO
the failure OF foreign capital to ente
the field was the fact that Nova Scott,
made no effort TO advertise her grea
discovery OF To interest outside capl
tai, the people being disposed TO kee
the rich resources secret and thus rea
4 ali the benefit themselves. AS "a re
suit of this lack of capital, there WA
likewise "A lack OF skilled engineer,
and many of the known, as well a
unknown, properties have lain prac
tteslly dormant for half century.
certain amount OF American AK
English capital has in recent year
become Interested in some Of the wei
proven dtstfietsy hut there is vast oil
pnrtunitygfr greater and more profit
able development. Being convince
that mutual benefit would result t!ol
VI r a L 70 3.
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Dir. RuDYAHD KIPLING.
,EnslisL Paper Comments ON Confer-
ring OF Degree ON Him.

Certainly oxford has been boom
ing" of late, with vengeance. says
the London Saturday Review. 1t was
some comfort that Mr.. Kipllns had not
been invited to write n new version of
.Thc Absent Minded Beggar' for the
oxford Appeal, but perhaps he would
be called In yet. Anyhow. he had just
been made ID. c. l.. No doubt II was
very popular move to confer an
honorary degree ON Mr.. kipllng. But
IL Is not the business of university
such as oxford to make popular moves
Mr.. kipling's gift has Its tit reward,
/ think, in the applause OF crowd
which Will coon cease to remember
him. IL oxford, wished TO honor
writer of fiction. she should have sc
lected some one working on less
popular. q higher plane of art. Tie
Idols of the narket-place need 10
wreaths from university
Mr.. Meredith is already, believe, n
ID. C. /. OF oxford. But no such honor
has yet befailcn Mr., Henry James
writar as signally ut for 1t as Mr.
Kipiing is unfit In his own line Mr.
Kipling is mastery. But who shall
assert so much in regard to Professor
Herkomer. anothergof the persons hon
oret. at this years Encaenia? He has
been honored for no other reason than
that his name may act as an advertise
ment for Oxford-geniai, hearty, un-
priggisl. go-as-you-please oxford.
whose chancellor Is not really. as
certain rhymer once supposed him, "a
most superior purzon." ] have no posi-
tive objection to the comforting OF
degree on Prince Arthur OF Connaught.
H5 has not. as have Professor Her
komer and Mr.. Kipling, done anything
that a university ought to frown on.
What, indeed. has he done2 Why
should the line have been drawn at
Prince Edward OF York? His name
would have lent additional picturesque
negs and popularity 10 list which,
throughout, was SO obviously complied
with a view to popularity and pic
turesqueness.
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BY a. D. LoUTHAN,
nIissIonary from Virginln,

Medical missionary from virsinin.
CHENGCHOW, CHINA, June 15.-
The writer lives In Chengchow, lit
tile town OF $4,000 Inhabitants. situated
about half way between Hankow and
Picking, on the Pelham Railroad Hear
ing the appeals Of the Famine Com
mittce, we decided to spend several
weeks in the work.
1t may interest your readers to know
how we were prepared for the journey.
We carried all the necessary cooking
utensils a little oil stove. a lantern,
and bedding. We bought some food
supplies on the road
We left home at noon. and reached
the station, where the train stops for
the might, at II. NJ. All of the daily
train is fast through train. BY this
train making the necessary connec-
}tlons over the Siberian Railroad, we
can rcnch London in three weeks.
When one comes to Chinese Inn
he sees the necessity for bringing his
beddingi otherwise we should have to
sleep on the soft side of a plank.
After travelling for a few hours, the
next morning we stopped over at Chi
kung Shan. II little mountain summer
-uuII molJ sotIW palpunu oMl 'lIosal
gov. Some time ago gave you a de-
seription of Kuling. This place, COM.
more beautiful In luling the major
ity of the homes nre built within O.
small valley. and upon tho sides of the
mountain. Little can nc seen unless
one climbs to the top of the hills.
There tho view of clouds and sunshine,
the nultitudinous islands, the great
Yang tse River gllstenins In the sun, is
Indeed beautiful.
Standing upon the PORCH OF one OF
the cottages at Chi Kung shan, We
looked out upon the ravine and noun
tain, From that point the land gradu-
tuny slopes to the bottom or the ia
| vine, three hundred feet deep ina per-
Epcndicular line. Fifteen distinct ridges
larpenred, rising ono above the other,
some sloping gradually TO the bottom
LOT tho ravine, others losing themselves
I In the peaks, three Thousand feet lhigh 2.
Tho mountain is8scantily covered with
pines only few feet high, no large
trees ARE 10 be seen, I'M
We continued Our journey on Mon
lday and reached IzanlSow the same day.
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not reti,rned to e.o,,as off,co ,rd .
which there is no record
This entire PRODUCTION wass obtained
IN sn;tag az i,s,,ft;,;l,,t -, ~
modern maehinerv and slsii,ed enri-
neerlng. Nova Scotia has wittrnut
doubt nro1uced move ,,oJa hmIl;nn tla,
anv minera Iifernns G;strict IN ~
United States of similar araa tal,inf.
into 1considera finn t,,e a rnoupt -, ,nnnas,
expended
Nav, tha+ nc. 10 ho;,,,s ~.
water poucr With ,l,e d . - No. @,s.
segses in sncb an nhund,nce for n1ec-
trical deyelonment ana scientitic min
iciplcs nre beiuo' '.,,ontea with tba IN
AUX of American scnnit,,1 nc in tnc
case of the NIicn,ac nine witch y,., !,
until recently onnratell Win Tie most
primitive anpItances ana ,vlic, Ia !.
now Installed !, fif,v-tnn ,,,.,,i,,e ,,,.,,.
the nossibi1iti"sN ~ ia co,,,,,r, 20 :,
gold nro,I,,ri,t,' csntrn ave ,,,acti@.,,,.,
llimitless
The coaI fields or Nov. Scotio ron
tain one OF ana largest cnJIieries In
tho world. and ono of In q Is, seam !.
OF bituninotis coal forty-two fpct ia
located there.
There are also extensiva aanosits q,
copper ana otber oco,,on,tn ,,,,,cr.,i,,
ETin WAS recently. dfscnver5d ~ I.nlr@
Ramsey about thirty n,i,as rrnn,
IlirIdgeyyater.
Indications point Ia n rapid advance.
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TO HELP THE STARVING CHINESE

From one to three pounds OF Hour per
day were given TO each family. accord
ing to the number.
we would ask them certain questions.
as follows: Is there Il man in the
family able to work? Havo you any
grain? How many are In the family!
They would all say that the man was
dead and would deny that they had
any grain or means of support Many
OF tho houses would have small stone
hand mills. Between these stones grain
could frequently be found. When we
found this or saw any chickens about
tho yard, we would give nothing. and
pass on to the next house. The sign
that never deceived was the appear
faces one could see whether they We're
we'll nourished or starving. The peo-
Pile generally were clad In rags. having
sold their clothing for food. Many OF
them We're In the last stages of starvn-
ton, their limbs were greatly swollen,
their eyes were nearly closed, and they
were scarcely able to walk.
dead Upon the street.
The homes were built Of mud, having
dirt floors and no windows. The fur
sniture consisted OF several small
benches, "a mud oven. with a small
iron pot to cook their food, a few
bowls ana as many sets of chop
sticks, A few pieces Of wood. roughly
put together, served as a he'd; often
there would only BIO q pile of straw.
with few rags for covering. It was
no unusual thing to SEQ, numbers. over
como by suffering ana want, lying
dead upon the streets. It was pitiahls
to SOC them In their Tags and filth
and suffering,
We are glad that the people OF tbs
United States did not pass by on the
itther side, but have given nobly to
help those In need, Soon st will not
be necessary for the people to eat the
bark Of trees and such roots and
grasseA as they We're able to gather,
for all through that section the wheat
crop is good This will supply then,
With food for q tine, bu; there Will
5ba great need and suffering during
the next fall and winter
We hope that this affliction may
cad the Chinese to the true God, ana
trust shat they may understand that
1t was Ills spirit that prompted the
|wcrld to help them In their need. M (
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informing the world as to the country's
extensive mineral wealth, the Nova
Scotia government authorized the ex-
hibit which has been made at Vir-
sinia's great worlds fair
As a result this province pos sesses
the distinction of having contributed
the only exhibit made at the exposition
from the Dominion of Canada with
the exception of the beautiful build
Ing erected there by the Grand Trunk
Halfway system.
panied by the curator of the provin-
eial Museum. II Is so valuable that
the director-general of the exposition
has appointed as u special guard three
eX-Confederate soldiers from the Sol
diers Home at richmond, who nave
reported to Captain Carpenter, the
commandment OF the eSposition's con-
stabulatory, and been detailed TO that
duty.
A large number of mineral specl-
have been utilized. In the cshihlt is
mems from the Provincial Museum
an interesting model of the Boston
Richardson Mining Company's mine at
Isaacs Harbor, where extensive and
profitable operations arc being COR
Quoted; and some nicely arranged spac-
imcns of antimony and gold from the
properties of the Dominion Antimony
Company.
That part of the exhibit, however,
which attracts the greatest amount OF
attention is d golden obelisk, fourteen
feet in height representing the record
cd gold production of the province
to September 80, 1905. at the base
iof which is the finest and most vaiua-
lblu collection OF gold nuggets to bo
found at the exposition. The next most
interesting display is that OF fac
Isiinile blocks representing q half-ton
of gold bullion produced BY the Mic
4 mac Gold Mining Company from it's
lmines in Llpsgate district Lunenburg
! county.
Il Among the literature distributed at
? the Nova Scotia booth lis a report Of the
Canadian government, which states that
'TeStensive ana profitable operations have
been carried on by the Miemac Gold
Mining Company, and the vein is pro-
Z lnounced true assure vein and practi-
!, ically ineAhaustible.
The gold area OF Nova Scotia covers
1000 square miles and extends from
I Yarmouth TO the Strait OF Canso THE
) isoFernment reports nearly 100000 .OOO
: worth of gold bullion removed from
: che properties since 1852, and eminent
: authorities agree that like amount
! mas been taken out In that period b,
al tributers and prospectora which was
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The Largest FEEDERS, Prison.

e .ssS sSSs ASNt ANSuCENl IanVns
At the Federal prison at Lcavcn-
worth. Kan, 086 prisoners are engaged
IN building around and over them the
very prison In which they will he con-
fined. This institution. when complct-
ed. Will be tho largest and best-cquip-
ped Federal prison in the country. 1t
was begun In 1893. and VIII probably
not be finished for several years. 1t
has a frontage of 500 feet. with depth
Of 800 feet in the rear The wall
which surrounds the building and In
closes sixteen and one-half acres will
be thirty-one feet in height The en-
tire reservation includes TAO acres, 100
under cultivation. and an equal amount
In pasturage. the rest being still COW
cred with timber. The prisoners arc
white, colored, Indian and Japanese
Twenty -four are military prisoners.
while the others are Offenders against
the civil law. The majority OF the In
dinns came from Indian Territory. and
their crimes are the result OF too much
bad whiskey. Tile Mexicans are being
punished for smugging-one OF them.
u shoemaker. having sent in several
hundred dollars worth OF Mexican
opals hidden In the Innings OF shoes.
The two Japanese were caught seal
poaching Off st. George Island last
year. One hundred and three are sery-
Ing life sentences. Ono hundred and
thirty-four are TRUSTEES" entitled TO
wear the blue uniform and white num-
bers and allowed more freedom In their
movements IN the prison. Gray is the
regulation uniform of the Federal
prisoner. and stripes are worn only
by refractory men us q punishment
for habitual disobedience to the ruieB.
No women are sent to Leavenworth.-
Mrs. c. r.. Miller in Lcslie's Weekly.
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Nfscan Archaeoogss Digging Up Kings Of Pharaohs Time

covered. one was found Iii the delta
which measured forty-two feet In
height, and there are others ut Abu
siinbcl In Nlibla, about as fnr Zip the
Nile as Chicago Is distant from tho
mouth or the Hudson, which are sixty
SIX feet High. They are sented on
thrones. and arc lcwn from the solid
rocks These statues stand right In
front OF the temple. which liz cut olit
of the rock, and which, by the way,
Is an evidence that Pharaoh WIS not
as hard- hearted as lie liz generally rep
resented. The temple is said to have
been erected by him III honor OF his
favoritc wife. Nefert-Ar and about IL
are statues Of his children, which show
that lie loved his family. Besides. the
Bible says that the Lord hardened
Pharaoh's heart and that this was evils
IDENTIFY the reason why hc would not
let tile 1sraelites go. The fact that HIS
heart needed to be hardened elbows
that IL was soft, and 1T is probable
that the old king was fairly good
fellow, after all.
FRANK. q. CARPENTER.
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River from Hankow to Chlnkiang. then
through the Grand Canal to Chinkiang-
3pu The width of the canal varies
from fifty to one hundred yards.
We went by steamer down the fanstse
There are a few lakes along is course;
these are one-half mile wide. Tho
canal at this season (May 1st) is very
beautiful. The banks are covered with
grass. and in some parts willow trees
can he seen for miles, The depth OF
the water ranges from five to ten,
feet.
~ virElntan'. Good Work.
chinkiang- pu was the chief distribute
ing centre. From here DR.. Woods, from
Charlottesville sent tons Of PROVISIONS
and thousands of dollars to the stricken
people. Virginians should be proud OF
him and his noble wife. For months
their home was the centre from which
hundreds Of men started to the relief
work.
From Chinktang-pu we We're sent TO
q small town, twenty-five miles away.
We walked the most Of the way. but
used the whcelbarrow a part of the
tine These are much like the ,Ameri-
can barrows. Tho barrow man has q
strap running over his shoulders, con-
meeting both Of the handles.
The first town which we visited had
three Thousand men cleaning out an
old canal, They We're paid eight cents
u day, more than they usually received.
They were not willing to follow the,
OF the committee. For,
this reason tho work was closed down,
land we We're sent to another station
Here we assisted another missionary.
our duty was to visit the homes and
laid those who were really In need,
The Chinese leaders gave us very
little assistance in the work., They
tried to deceive the committee in every
possible way. They frequently made
the homes more desolate that the peo-5
pie might receive more help. The
farmers would pring their tenants and
Iplace them for the day in hnts and
novels about their homes and then In.
lVite the committee to come and help
them,n their misery. Work was given
the men. and good wages were paid.
The committee did not Wish that each
family should receive as much as they
could eat. but that they should get
enough to keep theirs alive, giving the
lgreatest help to the Creates Z numbers
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FIGHTING WHITE PLAGUE.
Progress of Organized Assault Upon
Tuberculosis.

The war which this country Is wag-
Ing on the white plague grows more
vigorous every year. When the Ma
tional Association for the Study and
Prevention of Tuberculosis began ac-
tive work two years ago there were
only seven definite State societies In
existence.
Since that time eight new State
societies have been organized. and in
eight other States provision for similar
work has been made. The distribution
of these societies is a mattcr OF In
terest. The East and the Middle West
seem to be alive to the seriousness of
the problem. The far Went and the
South are backward,
BY the census OF 1900 there were
thrty-eight cities with 3. population
OF more than 100, 900 each. Fifteen uf
these cities had organizations two
years ago for the prevention Of tnbcr-
cuIosis. During the past two years
eleven cities Nave followed suit and
four others have provided for or
gained work.
The number OF local associations In
smaller communities has more than
doubled during the past year.
I'm casting about for method OF
educating the pnbilc." says the sec
retary Of the association in Outdoor
Life, "no single means hns been dis
covered which has been as effective
as that of the exhibition, which has
played n pre-eminent role during the
Immediate past In our national cruz
SADIE.
ITO Baltimore in this country. be
longs the honor OF this idea. and when
later the national association joined
hands with the New York committee
and formed the national exhibition the
time was ripe for its successful pro-
gress through the States.
"opening in November. 1905, 1t has
been shown uninterruptedly in sixteen
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WAGES IN CANADA.
Government Statintics Covering Elm
p1Oymcnt and Salaries.


p1oyment and Salaries.
Consul General Church Howe. in n
report from Montreal, states that the
total number OF wage enrners. cover
ing all classes Of employees in manu-
featuring establishments. in Canada
for the year 1900 was 344.os5, and the
wages paid amounted to $113.249,35O,
while for the year 1905 wage learners
employed numbered 391,4S7, and the
total wages paid amounted to 1884,
i.490, the details boing.
In five years the number OF em-
ployees Increased by 47,452, the amount
of wages by $51.145, 40. and the aver
age wage per employee by $90.47. EN-
ployees increased In the five years by
IL per cent, total wages by As per
cent. and average wage by 81 per
cent. Tho value product per employee
in the year 1900 was s1.39S, and in 1905
1T was sl,S32. being an increase
OF $434 or 81 per cent For 1890
the average wage per employee was
less than in 1905 by s12s,ss, and the
average product less by SAT-.
The largest number of waEe-earners
are engaged in log products. They
total 5i.954. with wages nggregnting
s2l,02s,919. Other big sources OF en-
ployment are: Boots and shoes, 1870.
wages $4.e44,17l; bread and biscuits,
employees, s.24i; butter and cheese.
5.056: car repairs. S.o57; car works.
1855: clothing, all kinds. $4,000; cot.
tons. 1880; electrical apparatus, 1906.
with wages of s2,4S9,905; electric light
and power 2,i1s. wages s1.46o.41s; fish.
1919: foundry and machine, 1929.
flour mills. 5.61o; furniture making.
Silt; iron and steel products, $3.50:
lumber products, 1896; paper. 1914:
plumbing. 6,s07: printing 1856. with
wages of s5.5i0.Ss5
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HOW to AVON cru.nps.

You often read OF people dying
from cramps while in swimming,
said James d. Rose, of Martin. Tenn.
"People don't die from cramps while
In bathing. The water gets In the
ears, floods the ear-drum and causes
the nerves leading to the brain to be-
come paralyzed. This naturally forces
other vital nerves to cease performing
their duty. and the result Is death. u
people who go in swimming would pW
cotton in their ears tho number of
deaths from cramps would be much
Tenneesseean.
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OF our own cities. AS we'll as In TO-
ronto aud Mexico, and the testimony
liz unanimous as to It's value In tho
local campaigns. The attendance for
the year Inns been 221bs1 with total
attendance since Its formation seven
teen months ago Of 372,000.
Two Years ago there were only fohr
State snnaturlnms In existence. At tho
present time those either already es-
tablished or definitely provided for
number seventeen.