HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1899-11-30, Page 7OUR RIT OF "THE THIN RED LINE."
They have gone with a people's hopes
and prayers.
Qat over the eastern brine,
re strike forthe might of Britain's
" right,
Our bit of "the thin red line."
Whey have gone by danger of flood and
field,
As their brave sires went of yore,
Es fight and. bleed for the world'a.
great need,
As Britons have bled before -
'Co slay or be slain for the .loved old
flag,
In the cause of the just and. true;
We stand for the right of common
earth,
And the heaven's open blue.
And over our loyal land to -night,
Where the stars of our freedom shine,
From all true hearts the prayer goes
up,
For our bit of "the thin red line,"
They have gone to #fight the freeaananni
fight,
For our far-off kith and kin;
bothers of our own blood and breed,
In the fight where the right musty
SVll1.
'1 'or the saoZed cause of freedom's
IONS,
Te win the glad release
Of those who tread 'math tyrannies
dread,
And, widens the gates of peep,..
And shame on the soul. on British soil,
Where the stars of freedom shine,
Who will not pray ins his heart to-
night
For our bit of "the thin red line."
Ws send therm forth from our "true
north,"
For sacred bond and sigh,
That well, or ill, to the great brave
end,
We are Britons from brine to brine.
And whenever the Liori'a banters are
out,
And danger threatens his lair,
18e the world ou. this side, he on that,
Candiaua hearts are there.
And stand or fall, though we go to
the wall,
Canadian hearts are true,
l~Iot only to etand for our own birth
land,
But to die for the empire, too.
GUARDING SECRETS.
Wow Groat $ritain's Cabinet Ministers
Conduct Their Business.
The meetings of the Cabinet are
attracting more attention at present.
than they have done at any time since
the tempestuous Gladstone days, says
the London Daily Mail.
Every time the Cabinet assembles,
Downing street and Whitehall are
thronged with ardent politicians, anx-
ious to greet the Ministers with en-
couraging cheers when they arrive,
and to send them off with shouts of
congratulation when they depart.
The devotion of the people who
stand for hours on the curbstone is the
more significant, inasmuch as not one
of them can possibly learn anything
new about the situation until he
rr, The Cab-
inetsit does not proclaihis m its decisions
from the the closet corporation tionin the widis, in e
world.
Its deliberations are secret, no rec-
ord is kept of its resolutions, and
they are never reported to anybody.
No secretary is present at the meet-
ings. Nobody may enter the room
except a member of the Cabinet. The
junior Ministers receives important
messages at the door, and proceedings
are suspended until the door is closed
again. It is even considered a breach
ot .Ministerial..001 de/see to keep a
private record of what has passed in
the Cabinet, lest the notes should pass
into unauthorized hands..
There are people who try to infer
Cabinet decisionss from the alien awl
expressions of the Ministers as they
leave. They argue peace from Bal -
f'our's smile, or war from Chamber-
lain's frown. They might as well
examine the doorstep or iuterrogate
the porter. Ministers are like the
rest of Intense kind. They don't talk
business in the midst of a crowd,
Probably they don't even think of it,
Mr. Balfour strolls across from Down -
lug street, with his hands in his pock-
ets, looking as if the problem is one
to be faced at 2.00 Awad not at lee20.
When he comes away, still with his
hands in his pockets, Ise has aplpaxent-
ly forgotten all about it.
Nor can much be gathered from Mr.
Chamberlain. Now that he bas acor-
ridor from the Colonial Oillce to 'tho
Cabinet room he is not ofteu seen by
the crowd. As to Lord Salisbury, he
would be a bold man who would infer
anything from the Cecil expression.
There is still a ebanco for the in-
genious person who wants to infer the
Cabinet's decision from signs and
portents. It is remote, and would
require a Sherlock Holmes.
Here it is. "According to modern
usage," says the encyclopaedia, "only
one kind of public document is signed
by all the members of the Cabinet as
Privy Cotmoillors, and that is the or-
der for general reprisals, which con-
stitutes a declaration of war. Suck
an order was issued against Russia in
1854, and was signed by all the
members of Lord Aberdeen's Cabinet."
All that Sherlock Holmes has to
do, therefore, is to lie in wait, and
carefully examine the right hands of
all tho Ministers ns they leave the
Foreign Office. If there aro traces
that the Ministers have been using
pens within the last hour or so—why,
there you are.
When the Cardinals were in con-
clave, the Roman populace used to
stand. outside the building and watoh
the chimney, to learn whether a Pope
had been elected by the smoke from
the burning of the ballot papers.
That was an elementary species of
reasoning by deduction, and the man
who first practised it may or may not
have been chief of the detective f
of Rome. The man who deduces
from Mx. Balfour's fingers ought
be quite sure of a place at Scotl
Yard.
It is said that a journalist o
learnt an important Cabinet decis
by the simple process of asking
Bright as he walked down the st
That would not happen often.
Maiesty's Ministers do not- enconr
public interviews. There is an
derstanding, indeed, that they sh
never grant interviews to journalis
But there are several bridges acr
the Thames. When the Cabinet co:
to a decision of first importance, i
public are not long in ignorance of
During the present crisis ,Mr. Cha
berlain's despatches are made pub
as soon as decency has been observed
by allowing the Transvaal Govern-
ment to receive them first:
When the Cabinet has met some-
body asked when the Prince of Wales
was coming. The crowd laughed.
Yet there was a time when royal per-
sonages went to the Cabinet. King
William and Queen Anne always pre-
sided at weekly Cabinet councils ;
but the Hanoverian princes, having
very little English, generally stayed
away, and since the time of George
II. no monarch has attended the Cab-
inet meetings, and probably none ever
will again.
•
Yea, we send thein forth from our
"true north,"
Bons of the empire's might;
And alien tho heart that will not pray
For our soldier boys to -night.
Tea, traitor the heart that takes our
broad.
And drinks our free sunshine;
That will not throb when the battle
joins,
For our bit of "the thin red. line."
W. Wilfred. Campbell.
Ottawa, Oot. 31.
•
Marvels of the Modern Locomotive.
It all sounds simple in the recital.
The wonder of the thing comes into
view only when ono reflects on the
,*peed and nicety with whioh oumb-
aous•parts are made to do their duty.
The piston and connecting bar of a
modern. locomotive weighs some six
hundred pounds. When the speed is
sixty miles an hour these parts travel
back and forth five times a second.
Ten times a second, at the end of
every stroke, the piston head is at
a est. It must pass from this condition
4o a velocity of 1,800 feet per minute
in one -twelfth of a second. The drive
wheels measure more than a rod at I
every revolution, but when going six -
miles an hour they mast tarn more
three hundred times a minute.
Sixty miles an hour is the merest',
eommon place to the mind of the up-
to-date railroad man, but it means
other things besides .those described
that are wonderful to the outsider. It
deans a steam pressure blow of
twenty tons on each piston head every
tenth of a second. It means that up
to the cab the fireman is throwing in-
to the furnace two-thirds of a ton of
moal every hour ; No. 900 burns coal
faster than two men can mine it. It
means two quarts of oil every hour to
keep her journal boxes •greased and
everything running smoothly. It
means that the engine with its half
dozen cars and load of human freight
its moving through space with twice
she power of a shot from a hundred
ton gun. It means that the engineer
has worked her up to the point where
she oan use every ounce of steam, that
.he, is coaxing her as a jockey urges
his mount in a fierce race, and yet it
means that he is ready at a second's
notice to move the reversing lever and
apply the air brakes that will stop the
,mighty steam avalanche within the
distance that it covers as it sands on
4he ,tracks.—Earl W. Mayo, in the
'November Ainslee's.
,i,
l emember "Majnba. "
"Remember Majuba" was given
•.special significance at the Crystal
Palace on Saturday evening. Several
thousand spectators gathered around
the bandstand in the North Nave,
:'where the baud of the "Queen's
'Own." Cameron Highlanders were
Saying, and when. "Rule Britannia"
Was struck in a selection• of old Eng-
lish. airs,. a scene of indescribable en-
'thusiasm occurred. Frantic cheers
`were given. again and again, and the
:familiar air was re -demanded no less
than six times: ' The association of
'the Cameron Highlanders with the
Aisaster of Majuba Hill was probably
present in the minds of the audience,
Wd a000uuted to some extent for this
Pantie enthusiasm of tele audienoe.—
an Deily Mail.
THE ABSENT-MINDED BEGGAR.
BY RUDYARD KI 'KING.
►HEN you've shouted "Rule Britannia," when you've sung
"God Save the Queen,"
When you've finished killing Kruger with your mouth,
Will you kindly drop a shilling in my little tambourine
'tor a gentleman in Khaki ordered south ?
He's an absent-minded beggar and his weaknesses are great,
But we and Paul must take him as we find him,
He is out on alive service, wiping something off a slate,
And he's left a lot of little things behind him,
CHORUS.
Duke's son—cook's son—son of a hundred kings— °
Fifty thousand horse and foot going to Table Bay.
;z. Each of 'em doing his, country's work (and who's to look after
their things ?)
,Pass the hat for your credit's sake, and pay—pay—pay.
There are girls he married secret, asking no permission to,
For he knew he wouldn't get it if he di&
"There is gas and coals and vittles, and the house rent falling due,
And it's More than likely there's a kid.
There are girls he walked with casual they'll be sorry now he's gone,
Eor an absent-minded beggar they will find him ;
But it ain't the time for sermons, with the winter coming on,
We must help the girl that Tommy's left behind him.
CHORUS.
Cook's aon� �-Duke's son—son of a belted Earl ;
Son of a Lambeth publican -it's all the same to -day 1
Each o£ 'eau doing his country's work (and who's to look after
the girl ?)
Vass the hat for your credit's cake, and pay. .pay ...pay.
There are families by thousands far too proud to beg or speak,
And they'll put their sticks and bedding up the spout ;
And they'll live on half o' nothing, paid 'em punctual once a week,
'Cause the elan that earned the wage is ordered out.
He's an absent-minded beggar, but he heard his country's call,
And his regiment didn't need to send to find Win ;
He
chucked • his job and joined it 1 So the job before us all
Is to help the home that Tommy left behind him.
Duke's job—cook's job—gardener, baronet. groom,
Mews or palace or paper shop—there's someone gone away 1
Each of 'cm doing his country's work (and who's to look after
the,room?)
Pass the hat for your credit's sake, and pay—pay—pay.
Let us manage so as later we can look hint in the face,
And tell him what he'd very much prefer—
That while he saved the Empire his employer saved his place,
And his mates --(that's you and me)—looked out for her.
He's an absent-minded beggar, and he may forget it all;
But we do not want his kiddie to remind. him
That we sent 'em to the workhouse while their daddy hammered Paul,
So we'll help the homes our Tommy's left behind him.
Destroying Insects.,
most effective way to clear a
holes or room of insects of any de-
scription is by burning sulphur. The
first thing to be done is to remove
everything , that will tarnish. The
handles of furniture can be easily
taken off. Every window should be
sealed up and also the keyholes. Shut
the room up : and do not open fox
twenty-four hours and you will be
safe in feeling that all. animal life of
every description is killed.
"The rich,they ride in chaises,
The poor, they wheal lLk. guile&"
GOOD YEAR FOR FARMERS,
Yields in the Eastern Provinces Have seen.
Abundant.
The labors of both farmers and fruit.
growers in the eastern provinces have
been awarded this year with abundant
returns. In 1898 rust affected all the
grain crops very seriously in the Mari-
time Provinces, and the yields were
light. During 1899 the season was
more favorable and the returns have
been bountiful. Some particualrs re-
garding the gratifying results of the
year have been obtained from Dr.
Sanders, Director of the Experimental
Farms who has recently returned from
avisit to the east made in connection
with theexhibits of Agricultural. and
Horticultural products being prepared
for the Paris Exposition. In the Pro-
vince of New Brunswick the crops of
1899 have been very encouraging and
the yields both of hay and grain are
both very satisfactory. Dairying is
also making considerable advance-
ment throughout this province, Fruit
growing is beooming more general,
especially in many parts of the valley
of the St. John River.
The Experimental Parr at N'appan
is also doing good work in providing
material to illustrate the products of
Eastern Canada at Paris, A fine col-
lection of fruits hasbeeu made, chiefly
of the early varieties and a good rep-
resentative collection of the agricul-
tural products of the farm has bees
got together. Under the direction of
the Premier of Prince Edward Island,
a very line collection of the cereals
grown on the island is being broaaht
together for the Paris Exposition,. A
number of varieties of apples has also
been collected which will make a
very satisfactory display. Dairying is
making a steady growth and the "oat -
put of the cheese and butter factories
in Prince Edward Island is rapidly in-
creasing. Since the farmers there
have been thrown ou there own re-
sources they have shown how thor-
oughly competent they are to manage
their own dairy business. It is ea-peot-
ed that the output of butter will
reach 23,000 pounds. Farm crops in
Quebec have an tho whole been very
satisfactory, dairying for which this
large province is so well adapted is in
a promising condition and the indus-
try steadily increasing. Dr. Sanders
says that the arrangements made to
provide creditable exhibits of grain
and fruits for Paris from all the east-
ernparts of Canada are well advanced
and will no doubt reflect much credit
on the several provinces engaged in
this useful work and at the same time
do much to convey correct ideas re-
garding the immense agricultural re-
sources of the eastern parts of the
Dominion.
CHORUS.
Cook's home ; Duke's home ; home of a millionaire --
(Fifty thousand horse and foot going to Table Bay)
Each of 'em doing his country's work (and what have you to
spare?)
Pass the hat for your credit's sake, and pay—pay—pay.
lab
AN UP-TO-DATE ELOPEMENT.
This Eastern Townships Lothario Wits De-
termined to wed the Oirl of Isis Choice.
The course of trne love dons not al-
ways run smooth, but in these modern
days the lovers generally gob there
just the same.
Waterloo society is agog over a sen-
sational incident that took place a
couple of days ago. the participants
therein being people moving in the
most prominent circles hero.
A popular young man became en-
gaged to a charming daughter of a.
French-Canadian -professional gentle-
man. As sometimes happens in such
the
nag
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by
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ties
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clergyman's residence, where he
other end of the wedding party was
awaiting her arrival. In the mean-
time the father returned and discover-
ed that the bird had flown so he flew'
after it—and found it. He was lead-
ing it back to the cage when the dis-
appointed bridegroom -elect appeared
on the scene. An encounter in the
open street between the two men fol-
lowed and was witnessed by a number
of the townspeople. The combatants
were finally separated by the young
man's brother, and the parties agreed
to adjourn to the house of the older
man to talk over their differences out
of the sight and hearing of the too
curious onlookers. This was done,
and when the house was reached the
young man asked to be permitted a
few moments' conversation with his
intended in a separate room. This
was granted. The couple moved to
the other room,•whioh overlooked the.
street. At this instant there appear-
ed outside with a horse and buggy.
the prospective mother-in-law and
aunt -in-law of the young lady. Here
was an opportunity whioh the ardent
lover did not hesitate to grasp.. He
lifted the girl into the carriage, jump-
ed in himself, and drove off to the
snl.Itar'l, t+,! nom,
many was performed, and the couple
were on their way to a neighboring
village before the escapade was dis-
covered by the waiting parent of the
now happy bride. There is no record
of what ho said when he found how
ho had been outdone, but it is presum-
ed that, like many another man, in a
similar position has done before him,
he will forgive and forget as speedily
as possible.
SeeeaketeateaSeee
The Intelligence Department.
The Intelligence Department of the
British army in South Africa is all
there (says the South African Review
of September 15, which has just arriv-
ed from Cape Town). It will aston-
ish some folks to know that not long
ago a British officer got incarcerated
in the Johannesburg gaol for being
disorderly, and then had to work out
his hard labor sentence in building
the fort. He made good use of his
eyes during the time, and by this
means and otherwise, literally every
stick and stone of that fort is all
known in the castle. At least one
British officer is at the present mo-
ment, working as a navvy in a certain
locality in the Transvaal, and gleam-
ing what information he can. More-
over, literally every yard of the road
between Natal, Johannesburg and Pre-
toria has been accurately mapped out,
and every little natural and artificial
feature recorded. Every farmhouse
and the nationality of its occupants is
known. The location of every drop
of water and every bit of pasture are
known, also the exact amount of sup-
plies ascertained. Exactly the same
work has been done on the western
border, and, as in the Natal case,
mostly by trustworthy colonial men,
who have gone over the ground again
and again, in various guises. As a
result, the British troops will be able
I to find their way about the Transvaal
as if they had never lived anywhere
else.—St. -James Gazette.
Quite Delicate.
Mrs. Gabb (hostess)—Your little
son does not appear to have. mach
appetite.
Mrs. Gadd—No, he is quite deli-
cate.
Mrs. Gabb—Can't you think of any-
thing yoii'i"would like, my little man?
Little Man—No, 'em. You see, ma
made me eat a hull lot before we start-
ed so I shouldn't make a -pig of my-
self.
Nota Single Exception.
Chollie—I'm just boiling! See how
red I am.
" Mollie—Yes; bat all lab,tee$i :telt
Pmt it.
CORUNDUM DEPOSITS.
A Vulaable Mineral. Which is BeflX i .J 4
in Ontario..
Dr. Adams gave an interesting ad-
dress on the corundum mines of On-
tario, a subject which bears great ill-
terest in the present state of Canadian
mines, before the McGill Mining So-
ciety.
Corundum is an article of great use•
in the industrial world, leaving very
high abrasive powers, and being • used
instead of emery as a grinding mater-
ial. Emery is, in fact, but an im-
pare, and consequently much inferior
grade of corundum, the impurities in.
emery being mach softer than the
corundum.
Up to a short time ago, he said,
corundum was very little used, as the
expense of its mining, and its rarity
kept its price toohigh for general
use, But the deposits in Ontario are
of much value, and are so easily
worked that it is hoped that in future
it will be placed on the market at s4
more reasonable price.
Corundum is a compound of alumi-
num., and is of the same material as
the saphire and ruby, and is, in fact,
but a poor member of the same family
as these stones, and lacking their
brilliant colors. It was rainedseveral;
years back, but at present is only alin-
ed in America in one place, in North
Carolina, and here the process is car-
ried on only in a very slipshod way,
and very little is accomplished. This
deposit is found in the .&palaohiast
mountain range which runs through
the eastern townships of Quebec, and
as the rock formation is the same in
that place as in North Carolina, there
is every reason to believe that corun-
dum exists there also, though it has
never yet been discovered.
The Ontario deposits lie north of
Kingston, and cover a large area.
The corundum occurs along with mica
and other substances. It is tamped
up into powder, and separated from
the rest of the rock by washing, its
weight being much greater than that
of the other constituents of the rock.
The deposits have only recently. been
discovered, and are as yet almost un-
developed.
The largo Toronto firm is starting
to develop some of the deposits,
which they have purchased from the
Government. The specimens so far
tested have proven fully rich enough
to be well worth developing, and the
extent of the deposits is probably
quite large, though that has not been
thoroughly investigated yet. There
is no impediment in the development
of these mines at present. They are
easily mined, rich in the mineral, and.
are conveniently situated, so that
transportation will be cheap.
With the discovery of the corundum
deposits in such pure condition, has
arisen the somewhat vague hope that
its more precious relations, the ruby
and the saphire, might also be found
in the same region, and this has led
to considerable investigation. In
some places corundum has been found,
which shows plainly the bell, 'one of
the saphire, but as yet no real a t"e
have been discovered.
Are We Patriotic.
Charles Lewis Shaw, writing of the
machine in the October Canadian
Magazine, closes his article with the
following interesting remarks:
"Exactly," said Jack, "and. is it is
run in that way it is not to be sup-
posed that it runs on wind. A busi-
ness, such as the management of a
't political party, requires capital.
Tho most moral, purest management
in the world would require some, and
that is where the goody-goodies who
subsoribe to it ease their consciences.
The capital subscribed is in time, in-
fluence and money,. and the stock
books are always open. The machine
with the largest capital runs the best.
The men who subscribe their time are
shrewd, and the men of wealth, con-
tractors and corporation managers
who contribute the influence and
money are not fools. Yes, you are
right, the machine is the mere run-
ning of party politics in a business-
like, practical manner. The men who
subscribe the time, influence and
money, demand a businesslike, practi-
cal dididend—and the papers are full
of the political corruption of the heel-
ers in the back townships.
Bahl Neither of the parties as now
constituted dare attack the machine
at its vital points. It would be sui-
cide. But the old systems are dying,
slowly, to be sure, but dying a na-
tural death before the force of public
opinion. There is a something grow-
ing up in the minds of Canae.ians, as
it did in protest against the patronage
and tyranny of the Family Compact,
that will not ranch. longer tolerate
the destiny of their country being to
any considerable extent controlled by
scheming, unscrupulous, professional
politicians; supported by the wealth
of contractors and corporations and
the ambition of Cabinet Ministers.
As the Family Compact fell to pieces
so shall the machine."
"We seem to be getting along fairly
well," I venture to say, "in spite ot
it."
"We do," answered Jack ; "for, afe
ter all, the members of the Canadian
House of Commons aro patriotic; and,
machine or no machine, on any quos -
tion of direct and unmistakeable na-
tional or international importance
which is too large for the machine to
thresh, they rise to the occasion. Yes,
after all, I am glad I am a Canadian,
and never had reason to be prouder of
that accidental fact than when Sir
Wilfred, Sir Charles, and their fol-
lowers are confronted with_, a treaty
question affecting trade or boundary,
an expression of opinion regarding the
rights of their fellow subjects in other
lands, the closer binding of the mani-
fold ties of the Empire by steam or
electricity, there comes forth from
Grit, Tory and Independent, without
one discordant note, the united, in-
telligent voice of a patriotic people
who love the Motherland, respect
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Intemperance and Poverty.
Between intemperance and poverty
there is a twofold relation. Drink
causes poverty and poverty often
drives a man to drink. It is impos-
sible to even approximate the number
of "poor" people for whose poverty
liquor is responsible; but the number
of paupers (people who are supported
by the taxpayers) produced by drink
can, to a certain extent, be fairly es-
timated. The New Voice recently
sent the following question to the
almshousekeeper in each of the 284
counties of the United States: "In
your opinion what proportion of your
almshouse came there, directly or in-
directly, through the use or abnso'of
intoxicating liquor, either on the part
of themselves or some one else?"
From the 816 replies received, it is
shown that fifty-one per cent of the
inmates of that number of almshouses
became paupers through drink. As
the number of persons wholly, or par-
tially, a public charge upon the na-
tion is estimated to be 3, 000, 000, it
follows, upon this basis, ' that there
are to -day 1,530,000 persons dependent
wholly- or partially upon the taxpay-
ers of our country for the common
necessaries of life. As the Voice per-
tinently comments, there are many
unpreventable causes of poverty and
pauperism, but the most prolific cause
—the saloon — is preventable. Com-
mon sense therefore calls for its abol-
ition.
The Cavalry Horse Not Ret Obsolete.
One of the important facts develop-
ed during the progress of the war in
South Africa is that horses are as use-
ful as ever for war purposes. It watt
thought that the development of arms
of precision would render cavalry
practically useless in modern war. It.
is found, however, that cavalry is
still useful as cavalry, that is, for
charging broken infantry, and that
it is simply invaluable for scouting
purposes and for the rapid. movement
of large bodies of men which may ba
used either on foot or horseback, as
ciroum.stances determined. Instead.
of horses being less used for the pur-
pose of war than formerly they are
more likely to be used to a greater
extent than ever before. This will
have an important bearing on the fu-"
ture prospects of the industry of rais-
ing horses in Canada.
Stabbing Peter to Pay Paul.
The individual who robs Peter to .:
pay Paul usually strikes Paul for ti
*gar lona Wu.