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with tumeric. and in a sample sold as
beeswax he found s. per cent OF paraffin
wax.
Comment Over Miss Sutton.

honorary secretary of the Divorce Society. |
through whose hands annually pass many |
hundreds of divorce cases. She says
as far as her experience goes disparity Of
age causes far more divorces, not only in |
England. but in other countries, than does |
the youthful, ill-consdered marriage.
This is especially noticeable said Mrs. |
Latham. ''in some Of the north of England
industrial centers, where it is no unusual
thing for elderly men who have made
their pile to marry young girls thirty |
years or more their junior in age.
These marriages, as a rule. bring
forth the inevitable result in a few years
untold misery
lat the same time added Mrs. Latham.
many of what would have been happy
marriages are prevented from taking |
place. simply because OF the waiting.
either for experience or for a more settled |
position on the husbands side. The day
comes when both find that too late has
knocked at their door,.
Meat Market Interesting.
The meat market in England has pos
sibiities in it just now of interest to
Americans. China has suddenly come into
competition with America and the Brit
ish colonies.
The boycott Of British meat which was
threatened by the meat traders in May
because Of the refusal Of cattle breeders
to give warranties of soundness with cat
tie sold seems to have fallen fiat have
made inquiries among those who bring
find that they have any difficulty in SELL
ing their cattle without warranty. Per-
haps the meat traders are awaiting the
effect of the order of the board of agri-
culture with reference to tuberculous
cattle. which comes into force next jan
uary. The order is looked upon as an
excellent thing. and it should serve to
protect both the public and the meat
traders. In the meantime, the meat trade
Is in state Of fernent over the great
drop in the prices Of frozen mutton and
lamb. The average price of the best
New Zealand, which runs higher than
any other. is about IL cents per pound in
the wholesale market. But Of late the
price 1ias fallen to cents Many of the
principal purchasers of meat options have
lost heavily as a result. About million
carcases have been shipped this year in
excess of the ordinary supply, and. it is
this which has brought down prices.
As to the new supplies of frozen hogs
and poultry from China, the first con-
signment of 5000 carcases has set afoot
a flood OF contradictory correspondence as
to the desirability of the Chinese prod
ucts. The high tariff advocates denounce
the new supplies as another disadvantage
of free imports competing with the colo
MES.
Shortage of Officers.
The British army is threatened with a
serious problem in the shortage of off,
GERS
Pressure is being brought to bear upon
the secretary for war to consent to the
appointment of a departmental coynmittee
to inquire into the present scarcity of
candidates for commissions and to de-
eide what steps need to be taken to bring
At the last entrance examination for the
Royal Military College at Sandhurst
fewer candidates presented themselves
than there were vacancies, SO that the
examination was not held. There is now
promise of still fewer candidates coming
forward for the next examination, while
the state of affairs at the Royal Military
Academy at Woolwich, where the Off
GERS for the royal artillery and royal en-
gineers are trained, is almost as bad
There is a general belief that the made
quate pay of junior officers is at the root
of the whole trouble. and sooner or later
this is a problem that will have to be
grappled with. Today there is scarcely a
unit in the whole army that has its full
complement of officers, and in many cases
the shortage is very serious.
Higher Education of Workingmen
An interesting arrangement for the
higher education of worlingmen is in
course of elaboration in London. A joint
committee is in process of formation,
consisting of an equal number of mem
bers representing workingmen's organ-
cations and the University of London,
respectively. The idea is that a number
of classes shall be arranged during the
coming winter on subjects to be selected
by the students themselves. The classes
will be of university standard. and
will be conducted by university teachers.
Similar efforts in other places have
shown that the popular subjects are in
dustrial history and economics, and that
literature has also attractions. One re-
port of an effort at Oxford says that
there was some difficulty with the essays
by workman students on the score of
grammar. spelling and punctuation. The
joint committee there held a meeting to
discuss the matter whereupon a work
man member pointed out that the diff
that they could not read the writing of
the tutors. The fees in London are to
be % cents for twelve lessons. and all
expensive books are to be provided either
by the joint committee or free libraries, |
or from some other source apart from the
students.
The government has accumulated some
highly interesting data, enabling an es-
expenditure which the advent of the
airship will entail apart from the cost of !
construction. The data deal with the
cost of hydrogen. OF petrol and oil for
the working of the engines. of the air.
ship staff, station duties management. |
sinking fund and unforeseen expenses.
dirigible of the size of the Zeppelin, !
with 10000 cubic yards requiring nfia- |
ton. will have to be inflated twice a |
week at cost, calculated on six months !
working in the year, Of $11 $50 per year |
Petrol and oil for the engines of 80 /
horsepower will be IS per hour, OF S1o.- |
800 per year. The airship staff. which |
Will consist of captain at a pay OF |;
5000. two steersmen at $1,2O each, and |
four engineers at $50, will make an adj !
dition of $500. Then $50 is reckoned |
for every descent, or an annual total OF |
$1,000. Management will mean another !
5000, and unforeseen expenses are set |
down at $500. Finally. sinking fund !;
will be necessary, based on the calcula- |
tion that an airship Of the Zeppelin type |
will last about four to five years. and !
that damage, repairs, insurance and pos !!
sible total loss must be taken into con- |
sideration. Payment, therefore, cannot i
be prudently extended for more than two 1
wears, which makes a sinking fund neces- |
cary of $4,000.
Desecrating Cathedrals.
The question Of the desecration OF Eng
lish cathedrals is threatening to give some
trouble. The comp plaints. which are of a |!
grave kind. chiefly come from the high |
church party. Not long ago 1t pro- |
fessed to be shocked at the idea that AL |
fred Austin. the poet laureate. should re-
cite an ode to Shakespeare within the |
walls of Southwark Cathedral. The whole /
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