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“W lllllllll ll THE VERY LATE? FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. Interesting Items About Our Own Country. Great Britain. the United States. and All Parts of the Globe. Condensed and Assorbd for Easy Reading. ClAZNLADiA. Mr. \V. Molson Macpherson has been elected President of the Molsons Bank to summed the late Mr. J. II. R. ’Mol- son. Israel Gravelle costs by Recorder Champagne. on Wednesday for swearing on streets. \An Indian boy met death in Jasper Pass by falling from a tree: which overâ€" hun a precipice to the rocks and ice 200 ‘eet Lei-0w. I The Diana sailed from Halifax on Thursday with the expedition sent out to inquire into this: possibilities of the Hudson bay route. Hamilton Sons of Scotland will light a. bonfire on the mountain brow on the night of June 22nd, and will carry the fiery cross in honor of her Majesty's jubilee. The \WinnipegCity Council has made a grant 01‘ $110,000 towards a. fund to be raised for the erection of a wing to the hospital to be known as the Vio- toria lwing. v Joseph Maloney of Grantham Town- ship is in the St. Catharines hospital suffering from a. gunshot wound in- flicted by his father in a quarrel. The father has been arrested. Sir Richard Cartwright is a busy man at present. He is Minister of (Trade and Commerce, Acting Minister of Militia, ‘vActing President of the Council, and Acting Premier. Mir. \V.A..Craig. B.A., a graduate of Queen’s University, and a well-known figure around Kingston, Ont., dropped dead on Friday in a. yard at the rear of the St. Lawrence hotel, in that city. There is a block of business in the Supreme Court, many of the Judges being unable to sit on cases with which Riey were connected before being ap- pomted Judges. John Mille, an assistant engineer at the Ameruoan Rattan Company's fac- tory m Toronto. was fatally scolded and choked on Sunday morning, by allowâ€" ing. in mistake some cold water t ' on hot ashes. o “m On Friday night the Grand Trunk railway department of the Y.M.C.A. of Toronto formally opened their splenâ€" did new building. which has been fit- ted up 'by the G.,‘I‘.R.. General Manager Bays was present. erszElisha M. Fulton, wife of Man- ager Button of the Consumers' Cordâ€" age Company, has entered suit against the Montreal Park and Island Railway Omnpany for $50,000 damages for in- Juriesr The jury in the case of Mrs. Fisher of St. catharmes. who was found drowned in a. cistern a week ago, re- turned a verdict this afternoon of found drowned. The husband was discharg- ed from custody. 'Ilhe list of Julbilee honours to be recommended by the Premier is not yet completed, but it is said the list Will include Lieutenantâ€"Governor Kirk- patrick, Hon. A. S. Hardy and Clhielf Justice Taylor of Winnipeg. er. J. H. R. Maison-“s will was ro- bated at Montreal. and disposes 01f an estate of about $2,000,0t0, divided among relatives and friends. also a numlber of bequests to public institutions.tincluldâ€" ing $100,000 to McGill University. The London City Council passed a by-law providing for the annexation to the city of the Village of London West. people of the village will vote on it. and if it is carried the mun- icipalities W'lll become united on Decemâ€" ber 20 next. A Prcmier Greenway in an interview at Winnipeg expressed his conviction that the Winnipeg & Duiluth Railway could be made_ to paywand that conâ€" siderable American traffic would be di- verted to Canadian territory 'by its construction. Harry Hamilton. a fifteenâ€"year-old son‘ of Ald. Blannlton of Guelph. was presented on Monday with a parchment certificate of the Royal Humane Asso- ciation for bravery in saving the life of a lad named Pater Christie, who went through the ice. 1AA: a meeting of the Hamilton, Ont., branch of_the King’s Daughters on Monday, .it was decided to sever con- nection With the International Associa- tion. whose headquarters are in New York city, and a. new organization callâ€" ed the Canadian Independent Order of King’s Daughters, has been formed. The convict, Gahan, who for ed Hon. R. R. Dobell‘s name on a chick for $150 recently, was sentenced by Judge Chaveau in the Quebec Police Court to ten years in penitentiary. Ga- han_was recently released from peni- tentiary,.'where he was serving a term for Vitriol throwing. GREAT BRITAIN. 1 ~ The new Japanese loan was subscrib- ed several times over in London. Among the jubilee proposals the reâ€" naming of Great Britain has been sugâ€" gested. The two names offered as subâ€" stitutes are \Viselanld and Enwiscolia. Mr. Chamberlain states that Belgium and Germany have protested against British goods entering Canada at a. lower ltariff. ' 1 It is reported that the Dublin alder- men at their coming meeting will elect Mr. John RBdmonid, the Parnellite header, .Lord Mayor of Dublin. The Queen’s abstention from visiting Ireland is said to be the result of the red fusal of Dublin in the sixties to grant a site in Phoenix park for a monument to the late Prince Consort. 'A resolution calling u on the Irish to abstain from talking afrt in the dia- mond Jubilee of Queen ictoria was car- §eitl at Ehf‘eannuatlyfngeting of the Irish 8. iona ague real; Britain, at Manhhesterl held Mr. Stead makes a, very bitter at- tachupon Mr. Chamberlain for with- holding-4 as he asserts, information from the Committee of Enquiry that would have shown an anticipatory knowledge of the Jameson raid. was fined $10 and of Hull, the The son of the Rev. George Brooks, otherwise known :is the "Prince of Begging Letter \Vriters," whose doings were exp-.iseil in the columns of Truth, attempted to horsewhip Mr. Labou- che-re, M.P., the editor. in London. Mr. Chamberlain stated in the lnip‘erâ€" ial House of Commons on Tuesdztylthah the Canadian Government was fully‘ satisfied of the mnnmtency of the firm of Petersen, Tait and Co. to carry out their engagements ior the fast Atlantic service. UNITED STATES. It is said George Goriild Will go to England to live. ' i 'Whirtccaps are “administering jus- tice" in the district of Lamar county, near Birmingham, Ala. i The Ohio Supreme Court has. declared the law unconstitutional which last winter accepted the Torrens system of recording land titles. The Princess Troubetzkoy, formerly Amelia Rives Clhunler, au‘thorpf “.The Quick and the Dead," is a patient in a private sanitariium at Philadelphia. ‘ ' GENERAL. Rumours are currentin Paris of_serâ€" ioua dissensions in the Meline Galinet. President Faure will leave Paris on the 25th of July to visit the Czar in St. Peters'burg. The sea armistice was signed in Athâ€" ens on Saturday by the Turlkish and Greek delegates. The King of Siam.I who is now in Rome. is on his way to England: to at- tend the jubilee ceremonies. The Cape, Legislative Assembly has unanimously adopted a proposal to con- tribute towards the maintenance of the Imperial navy. The Chineseâ€"Belgium railway con- tract was signed May 30. Under its terms the railway from Kaublfiau to Paotinngu is to be completed in 1903. Japan has ordered a battleship 'of eleven thousand tons burden to he built on the Clyde. She will be a duplicate of the British ship Jupiter. It is likely that the Spanish -C.abinet crisis will be arranged by calling Gen- eral Weyler from Cuba and Senor Cas- tillo remaining in office. It is the prevalent opinion in_ Conâ€" stantinoplethat Germanyisplaying a bold game in order to force Rmssw. to openly declare either for or against Turkey. A requiem mass was celebrated on ens for the repose of the souls of foreign volunteers killed during the war With Turkey. The Berlin public were excluded from the great spring parade on the Templeâ€" hof on Tuesday, and in consequence the Emperor was hooted on his way to the parade. The acquittal of Herr von Tausch, the former chief of the Berlin secret politi- cal police, amounts to the defeat of Baron von Bieberstein, the Minister for Foreign (Affairs. The Greeks are greatly encouraged by a rumour that a navy contractor has received an order to provision the Brit- isih fleet of forty men~ofâ€"wa.r to be con- centrated at P‘halerum. The town of Bally hocly. twelve miles from Salisbury, Matabelelanid, is surâ€" rounded by armed natives, and much fear of an uprising in that part of British: Africa: is felt- Herr von Cliausohl, the former. chief of the Berlin secret political police. who has beenon trial for nearly two wee .. charged with prejuzry, high treason, and forgery, was acquitted on Friday. The trouble still continues in the Spanish Cabinet. It is said that the Duke of Mnndao. the Spanish Ambasâ€" sador to Paris, will be recalled to take this place of the Duke of Tetu'na, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Czar and Czarina, attended a re- quiem mass on Sunday at the Imperial church of Peterhof, in memory of the terrible panic in Moscow a year ago, when several thousand persons were crushed to death. Hadja Mibhnlis, as chief of the Cretan insurgents, has issued a proclamation. calling upon the Cuetans to elect aGen- eral Assembly to resume their ordinary everyday relations, and to respect the hives and property of the Mussulmans. The Spanish Premier. Senor Canovas del Castillo. has tendered to the Queen Regent the resignation of the Cabinet owmg to the difficulty the Ministers ex- perience in carrying on the Government ilm view of the Parliamentary situation caused by the refusal of the Lillierals to take part in the deliberations of the Cortes. The resignation was ac- ceplted. WEAR WOOLEN UNDERWEAR. .â€"â€"â€" llcnsons Why You Should Ibo 50 [1' You [Ride a Bicycle. Now comes forward the cycling phy- sician and tells whneelimen and wheel- womw what to wear and what not to do at this festive season of the year. in order that they may be spared from pneumonia and other ailments that snap off youthful lives. “At this season warning against exposure to chills and other consequent evils cannot: be too frequently reiter- ated,” he says, "more especially as they form a period to life rendered deadlier by far than the most dreaded of cycling accidents. in that it is held far too lightly by the average of thoughtless humanity. Bicycling is one of the most active exercises. 1t brings every mus- cle and organ into play and opens the pores of the body. After a brisk riding and overheating, there is always a strong temptation on the part of the rider to cool off in the fresh air with- out taking any precautions. Even in ordinary riding to descend a. long hill in the brislk draught of one's own mak- ing, while heated by the previous strug- gle uphill is dangerous. "The wisest safeguard against all risks as to wear woollen undergar- ments." 1 . i p NOT A SUCCESS. 'Aluminum helmets have not proved entirely successful in the German at- my, thle saving in weight being more than offset by the metal's storing heat even to blistering the foreheads of the wearers. ' WHAT Vlfll‘ll is SEEN. Friday in the Catholic church in Auth- WONDERFUL CHANGES DURING THE QUEEN’S REIGN. Slxly Tears of Progress and Prosperity »- Scicurc, Educnlion. VVlse chlslallon. Religious Tolerance. Miracles of linen. -‘ “on, Good “111 liclwrcn Nations, All} Have Aihanccil During This Ilcudlcicnt ltclgn. In June 1837, Victoria, who was then a young girl of eighteen, ascended the throne of England, on the death of her uncle William IV.’ ‘ lHer sixty years' reign the longest of any English sov- ereign has covered a period of progress 5 and prosperity unequaled in the annals of history. No other sixty years have seen such strides of science, such marv- elous development in education, such wise legislation for the betterment of humanity, such growth in religious tol- erance, such miracles of invention, such strengthening of the bonds between naâ€" tions, such universal advance toward higher living. And this progress has been attained during the reign of a, womanâ€"the wise and good Queen Vic- toria, writes William George Jordan in Ladies' Home Journal. lWhen Victoria was called to the throne the United Kingdom contain- ed 26,000,000 people. Toâ€"day lit. has over 39,000,000. The “wise men" of the time said the nation would go to pieces. They claimed it could never govern its home and colonial possessions. Under Vic- toria the new territory acquired alone is one-sixth larger than all Europe. To- day Victoria rules over 402,514,000 peoâ€" ple, or twenty-seven per cent. of the population of the globe. Her Empire extends over 11,309,316 square miles, covering twentyâ€"one per cent. of the land of the world. Australia was chiefly important as a penal colony in those days. The great- er part of its territory was then unex- plored. lts total population in 1837 was 345,000. Now it is over 3,300,000. Toâ€" day its trade exceeds that of all Great Britain at the beginning of Victoria's rergn. The city of Melbourne then con- sisted of a church, an inn, three shops, twenty huts and a kangarooâ€"meat mar- ket. It is now Australia's largest city, with 500,000 people. Africa was an almost unknown terâ€" ritory. Maps of the period showed the interior of the country almost absolute- ly unexplored. In South Africa, Cape Colony alone was known. Victoria has seen oneâ€"third of the country rescued from the natives and brought under civilization by Livingstone, Baker, Stan- ley, Speke, Du Chaillu, Johnston and a host of other explorers. Plantations, farms and great cities are now on the. sites of African deserts and forests of sixty years ago. IGNORANCE \VAS GENERAL. Forty per cent. of the ‘men and sixty- five per cent of the women of Great Britain could not write their own names when Victoria became their Queen. The National education system was but three years old; its money grants am- ounted to only $300,000. Emigrants to America came in sail- ing vessels in the early days of the reign. They had to provide their own food, as the ship supplied only water. The trip usually took thirty days; some- times storm and contrary winds extend- ed the trip to two or three months. Sickness, suffering and starvation often resulted from lack of adequate food am- ong the passengers. No Submarine Cableâ€"not even a foot â€"lay in the ocean sixty years ago. Now millions of messages are sent every year, and the waters of the globe are threaded with over 170,000 miles of wire ~sufficient to stretch three-Quarters of the distance from the earth to the moon. Seventyâ€"eight Elements are now known to science. Twenty-tour of these have been discovered during Victoria‘s reign. The instrument that madeihese discoveries possible is called the specâ€" troscope. It is so marvelously delicate that it can detect the presence of one lwmhundrcdâ€"mtllionth of a grain of salt. Dickens had published but one book; Bulwer was just becoming popular; no one knew Robert Browning. Darwin’s life-work was not begun; llrei'bert Spencâ€" er was a name unheard of; Tennyson was known 15) but few; Ruskin had written nothing; Alfred Austin, the new Poet Laureate, was b. babe in the cradle. Few authors now living had written a. line when Victoria became Queen. Most of the popular writers of our contemporary literature were un- born sixiy years ago. i GREAT SOCIAL REFORMS , belong to Queen Victoria's reign. The degrading practice of flogging has been abolished in the armies and navies of America and England. Children are no longer permitted to work in the mines of Britain. Press gangs no longer force men into the service of the Queen"s navy. The Red Cross Society, approved by forty-nine nations hits softened the horror of war. The transportation of criminals, with its many evil has been suppressed. Executions are no longer conducted in public. The treatment of criminals has become humane. Factory laws and building acts make life easier for the poor. Trans-Atlantic steamers making reg- ular trips, did not exist in 1837; now there are over ninety. Steamers in those days were wooden affairs with paddle wheels. The iron steamer with the screw had not yet appearedL The accommodations were poori the "mod- ern improvements" that make ocean travel a. delight were undreamed of. The time for a transâ€"Atlantic trip was then about fourteen days. Now it can be made in five days and a quarter. Electricity was in its infancy when Victoria. became Queen. Electric lights. electric power, the telegraph. electric cars, electric bellsâ€"the thousand appli~ cations of electricity to everyâ€"day life belong to the past sixty years. Astronomy has made great advances during Victoria's reign. Powerful teleâ€" scopes have revealed millions of unâ€" known stars in space. Neptune was discovered by two astronomers. work- ing separate and alone. The spectroâ€" scope has shown the metals burning in the sun. \Vheatstone. Leverrier. Kir- ichoff, Secchi, Lockyer and Bunsen are among the world's great men who have helped astronomic progress of the past sixty years. POLITICAL UNITY; and government by the people have made great. progress in Victoria's reign. .She has seen Prussm, Bavaria and over twenty small Slates consolidated into the great German Empire. France has passed through many changes, but, since 1870. has greatly strengthened her republican government. Italy has been a unified kingdom for only twenty-six years. Switzerland's squabbling can- tons were unified into a strong and model republic in 1848. Great Britain has had thirtyâ€"eight Wars in the last sixty years. and in every one she has been victorious. Canals for the passage of great ships were unknown sixty years ago. To- day these modern engineering triumphs have made wondrous shorteuts in trav- el. Six of these great canals of the world, aggregating 240 miles, have cost the tremendous sum of $550,000,000. Medicine and surgery have made wondrous strides since Victoria became Queen. Deaths from amputation have been reduced oneâ€"halfu by Lister’s an- tiseptic. treatment. The smallpox mor- tality has been lessened seventy-five per cent. by the Compulsory Vaccination Aot._ Anaesthetics have made daring surgical operations possible. Many so- called “incurable” diseases have been conquered. The germ theory has work- ed great reform in treating contagious diseases. Irreligion and Infidelity were the ord- er of the day in England sixty years ago. Nine out of every ten working- mcn were professed infidels. Those Who could read at all read the works of Thomas Paine and Robert Taylor, men whose writings were filled with disbeâ€" lief. Not one working-man in a hun- dred ever opened a Bible. The number of church attendants was much less in 1837 than now. Music was practically ignored. Hymn- books Were unknown. Musical educa- tion was without system. The strug- gling Royal Academy of Music was the only British Institute that gave scien- tific teaching. The best music was difficult to secure, and was very ex- lpcnslve. Churches were often without any music. In even the greatest cath- edrals the "scanty musical service rat- tled in the vast edifices like a dried ker- nel too small for its shell." Steel was an expensive metal when Victoria. was crowned. The Bessemer process of making steel by forcing cold air through liquid iron, invented by one of her subjects, caused the price to fall at once from $300 to $30 a ton. The inventor netted $5,000,000 in royalties. In forty years his invention saved the World the inconceivable sum of one thousand million dollars! LIGHT AND AIR were taxed when Victoria became Eng- land's Queen. (The tax on windows brought in £1,000,000 a year to the treasury. Poor people blocked up witn- dows to escape payment. It was com- mon practice to paint rows of windows on the solid wall of a house. This was done, so that hasty passersâ€"by, mistak- ing semblance for reality, might not accuse the inmates of being poor. Thirteen crimes were punishable with death when Victoria took up her duties as sovereign. The number of capital crimes was later reduced to nine in England. Now there are but twoâ€"high treason and willful murder. The death penalty has practically been abolished in Bavaria, Denmark, Belgium, Prussia and Sweden, and in some of the States lil] this country. Railways were just beginning in those days. The world's mileage was only 1,600 miles; now it is over 420,000. [In 1837 twenty miles an hour was considâ€" ered good time; now we have regular trains making over fifty miles an hour. Cars were then lighted with candles and heated with cheap stoves. There were no double tracks, no telegraph stations, no baggage checks, no print- ed railway tickets, no modern sleeping- cars, no vestibule cars, no library cars, no airâ€"brakes, no safe coupling appar- atus, no diningâ€"cars, no smoking-cars. No telegram of congratulation greet- ed the young Queen at her coronation, for telegraphy was unknown. T'oâ€"day London receives news of a fire in India in less time than the news could have been sent from one end of the "Strand" to the other, sixty years ago. The thrones of Europe have changed many times. Victoria has been con- temporary to twenty-eight Kings, six Emperors, four Czars, three Queens, thirteen Presidents. ten Princes, five INVENTIVE SCI ENCE has made marvelous progress in every department during Victoria's years as Queen. Cantilever bridges have surprised the world. Travel has been Wonderfully quidkened by street cars, cabs, trolleys, cable cars. elevated roads and other triumphs of invention. In 1837 there were no typewriters, no passenger elevators, no modern bicy- cles, no soda-water fountains, no horse- lesa carriages, no chemical fire-exting- uishers, no ironclads, no perfecting, printing presses. Fully chronicling the inventive progress of the last six de- cades would make it seem as if nothing had been done of real consequence to man's comfort before 1837. Slavery existed throughout the world sixty years ago. In the second year of V'uctoria's reign emancipation was com- plete in England. Ten years later France and South American republics freed their slaves. Russia and the Un- ited States followed in 1803. Then Brazil declared its slaves free in 1871, Portugal in 1878, and Cuba in 1886. Toâ€" day slavery has been abolished throughâ€" out all parts of the civilized world ex- cept in portions of Africa. No snap-shots were taken of the cor- onation, ceremonies. Photogra hywas then unknown. In the past six y years sixty it has joined hands with all the scien_ces.| It has revealed to the astronomer stars invisible through the most powerful telescopes. It has shown the marvelous anatomy of microscopic forms of life. It has popularized the great paintings of the world, advanced literature and the enemy Sultans and many petty rulers of small- feet. With somlers using 81‘ States Of Europe 331d ASl‘a- nothing of this sort. ls likely to occur 9 education in endless ways, and made ;soenes in contemporary life permanent ‘for posterity. GAS WAS UNILEARD 01? ior rather it was heard of, but there .was strong prejudice against it. Candles chre used in the churches in the early Victorian days. Two candles, stuck in tin candle-holders, were allotted to each )w. By judicious snuffing they were coaxed to burn during the service,while a diffused odor of smoking wicks pre- vaded the sanctuary. Eleven dail papers satisfied all {Engâ€" land when ictoria was crowned, and these were in London. Their aggregate circulation was 10,000. one-quarter of which was held by the “'l‘i.mes."L0*nâ€" don had fifty Weeklies and 'J‘iirteerl monthlies to supply its million and a half of citizens and practically all oth- er parts of the kingdom. The daily pa- pers were as heavy as dumb-bells. There Were no illustrated weeklies, no hum- orous papers, no war correspondents, no interviewing. There were very few ad- vertisements, and each had to pay an almostprohibitive tax. All great modern tunnels of the world have been built during Victoria's reign. The Roman, Mont Cenis, St. Goâ€" Lhard, and Arlberg have been completed within the last twenty-six years. The world has 1142 noteworthy tunnels; ov- er 9118 thousand have been built since 183 . HOME COMIE‘ORTS have increased Wonderfully during Vic- toria’s reign. Before she ascended the throne there was no steam heating. Flint and tinder did duty for matches. Plate glass was a luxury undreamed of. Envelopes had not been invented and postagerstamps had not been introduc- ed. Vulcanized rubber and celluloid had not begun to appear in a hundred dainty forms. Stationary Washâ€"tubs: and even wash-board were unknown. Carpets, furniture and household acces- sories were expensive. Sewmg machi- lines had not yet supplanted the needle. Aniline colors and coal tarpproducta were things of the future. Stemâ€"Wind- ing watches had not appeared; there were no cheap watches 0 any kind. So ill; was with hundreds of the necessities of our present life. Queen Victoria has descendants, over sixty of _ are living. Slhe has had nine children, seven of Whom are liv- ing, and innumerable grandchildren and greatgrandchiildren. Her sons and daughters who are living are: the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Connaught, the Duke of Edinburgh. the exâ€"Empress Frederick, of Germany, the i’iPrincess over seventy whom Christian. the Marchioness of Lorne, and the Princess Beatrice. Among her descendants are Princes. Princesses, two 3. [Dukes Duchesses, one Emperor, Empresses, one Marchioness and Lady. ____â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€" A NEW RIFLE REST. England Bxperlmentlng wlth an Invention The: May Be of Great. Importance. The English army is now experiment- ing with a brand new invention in the way of a rifle rest attached to the ri- fle itself. By the use of this expert SLUIS become perfect and indifferent shots expert. The invention promises to revolutionize the percentage of ac- curacy of aim in the British army. If War should come within a year. the Bri- tish forces, so far as the fire of the b.1â€" fantry is concerned, would be super- ior to all others. . The new idea was conceived by \V. S. Simpson, of Pall Mall. It is a rod of steel nine inches long. fitted within a ball SOCket to the stock of the rifle. When not in use this rest, which weighs only three ounces, is held by a. spring within a. groove along the stack and is not in the least degree an inconvenâ€" ience. The method of shooting with a rifle to which the rest is attached is that one so familiar to all armies. The soldier half kneels, and then. dropping one end of the rod from the stock of the rifle, it rests it as surely and stead- ily as if the barrel of his piece were lying on the apex of a stone wall. There is no danger of sudden and unexpected deflection of bullets. but the use of the rest makes a sharpshooter of ev- ery soldier and has the same resultant effect that follows the fire of a body of . PICKED MARKSMAN. Of course, such a weapon as this would not be particularly useful in close quarters, but when the armies were separatedlby. say. 200 yards the advantage of the gun with a rest would c once become apparent. It has al- ways been the case in moderm warfare that the firing has been of the hit or miss sort. Line alter line of men have fired either too high or too low. so that their bullets went into the air above on- into the ground at their the new rest because excitement Will not make the rest tremble. even though the hands are inclined to waver. A rifle rest of some kind has long been a desideratum, but hitherto nothing of the kind has been invented to iorm a. regular part of the rifle. The difficulty With which the would he inventors labored was how to fit the rest to the weapon. Mr. Simpson has solved the nronlein with the ball socket. So favorable has been the im- pression the rest has created that the committee of the English National Ri- fle Association has decided to have the rifle rest competition at 900 yards range. In Scotland the range is to be 600 yards. .â€"â€"â€"-â€".â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€" CAPITAL AND INVENTION. Capitalist~llihhil What capital to de- velop a patent. ehi? Well, you've come to the wrong place. I haven't any! monley to risk on patients. Business Manâ€"But in this case there The invention. thought to the averagle“ is no risk at all. wonderfully attractive. mind. is absolutely impracticable. won’t work. What? You know it won't work and yet you come to me for capital toâ€"â€"- Calm yourself, my dear sir. You see if we knew at the start that the flung“a won't wor . we Shall Extract no re- sults from it, and need run no risk. \Ve simply form a big company. sell all the shock. pocket the proceeds. and. let “be slo-klxhlllers do “he develdmng. Seeil i r 1 see. You shall have all the capital you want.