Show I IA A VALUED LIFE The death of Gen Sir Richard at the age of 91 is announced It was Ht he lie who vIto inaugurated railroads canals an and great great irrigation irrigation- works corks in India lie He saw that millions mil mil- lions ions of people there pa passed ed their lives on the verge vergo of starvation and with a slight failure o of i crops i thousands and hundreds of thousands died His practical and humane mind nd at once reached the conclusion conclusion con con- elusion that more e food must be raised or more stuff that would buy food and there must be better better better bet bet- ter cheaper and aud swifter transportation for products pro pro- ducts lie Ie went ent e t. t to work and performed performed- a far greater cater work v for India than has hus been performed inE in E Egypt r i Ve e think some sonic miles of railroad have been constructed while the tile irrigation works have enabled the people to bring millions of acres under nuclei cultivation Great Britain is selfish an and grasping but sh i ha Juts has done great work in India while when the projected works in Eg Egypt pt are ure completed the tile valle valley of the tile Nile Kile ile will again be bc one of the worlds world's ls l's She is moreover working away upon her African railroad an and through trains from from Cairo Cubo to the cape will be scheduled in the thc next fifteen fifteen hf- hf teen yeii and practically a continent will be opened for Id her hei young hid men to po possess h he look took those lands by conquest but she bhe is doing work that thal will ill make nuiko her presence a blessing blesin to tu till all |