Exeter Advocate, 1908-03-12, Page 6CURRENT TOPICS.
Kaid MacLean, otherwise icn.,wn as
Bir Harry Maclean, the British sub
Sect who 13 commander of the body-
guard of the Sultan, Abonl Aziz, ha,
trecevered his liberty after a detention
el seven months in the muuntaius 411
Morocco•). The conditions of mister dic-
tated by the bandit RaLsuli t-) the Bril-
Lsh (luvernment having been oompliei
twilit, the prisoner was persenally Goa -
ducted by his captor to the British I.e
gE tion at Tangier and is new in safety.
The Incident recalls tete Mihite Ages,
When kidnapping was en honorablo cal-
ling and hokd.ng to ransom was a pro
Gkt'b1e busines,
This is not the first time that Rai•
Suit has made money by reverting 10
I nodiarwal ways. Some four years ago
lite captured the correspondent of the
London Times on the outskirts of Tan-
gier and did not give hint up till he
eecurrsl in exchange the release from
{prison of some of his adherents. Not
long afterward he seized en American
and a llritish subject, and this time not
Only got from the Sultan Abdul Aziz
a ransom of some fifty tbousand dol-
lars but also an nppointtnent to bo Gov-
ernor of a district where his interests
lay. (laving been dismissed from thls
post tib tut a year ago, he forthwith re
vetted to brigandage, and all atternpte
Ir coerce him failed, although ono of
the towns controlled by him was occu-
pied and a number of his followers and
bonne women o1 his harem were cap-
tured.
in June of last year, believing that
more could be accomplished by diplo-
macy than by force, the Sultan sent
Sir Harry MacLean to negotiate with
the bandit, but after one interview the
envoy venturei to go to another with
out adequate safeguards and on July
1 was made prisoner. Tho efforts to
Secure his release were tong Tuttle, -ow-
ing to the preposterous terms imposed
by the Megan!. 11 ,isuli ultttnately de
cI,ncd to treat wflh the Sultan Abdul
Aziz and insisted upon entering into
direct negotiations with the British
Government. Even after an agreement
had been reached with Sir Gerard Low-
ther, the British Minister at Tangier, a
hitch occurred, because the authority of
'Atxiul Aziz had become so weakened at
Fez that it was impossible to secure
the Moorish prisoners detained there
%rho were to be exchanged for Sir Harry
MacLean. Atter Mulai Hasid, however,
had been proclaimed et Fez, the prix•
oners were given up and reached,Tan'
gier tato in January.
Thus the last obstacle to the eomen•
tion of lite agreement for ransom dis-
appeared. and on February 0 Ralsuti
himself brought Kaid MacLean to the
British Legation. Tho terms upon
which tho release was procured were
cabled at the time. Not only did the
bandit re'eivo from the British Govern.
rnent 3100,000 and tho release of fifty.
six Moorish prisoners, together with
the slave women who were token after
the destruction of a house of his, but
he became himself, together with twen-
ty-eight of his relatives, a British pro-
tected subject. Of the money 125,000
was paid in hand, but as a guarantee
of good behavior Iho remainder was to
be .teposittel for throe jeans in the State
Bank, though by way of Interest 8250
Sea3 to be paid to hint monthly.
What heightens the methanol flavor
of tido story is the fact, attested by all
who have conte in contact with him,
that Reisult is as courteous and engag-
ing a person as ever robbed on the high -
Way or cut a throat. The correspon-
dent of the London Times who had
been his captive four years before visited
him on the evening of February 7 and
testa* not only that his manners were
as usual polite and friendly, but that
hie merest were high and he showed
himself capable of considerable humor.
Ile is proud, he says, of being a Brit -
tett protected subject and protests that
he has always had the kettle/it feelings
tot Englishmen. Such sympathy, no
Said. wn:, entirely compaWrle with the
undeniable fact that circumstancee had
Camp"llvl hint to make Englishmen his
meat. Really. ho acid, the capturing of
pc rsons of means and holding them 10
ransom was the only proft'sslon That a
gentleman eould follow in Morocco.
Nor iN TIIEiIt CLASS.
1 suppose your tamely is el the ..offal
$w im'•.
"1 should any so," ensw•'rnd M. rem.
trot. "We're gelling so exclusive That
1 feel fiallerc.l If mother and the girls
let me come to one of their parties!'
rnETf1 \EAll•
f7'.
'•,'.)W," paid the teacher, who hail
Noe giving en elementary talk upon
Arch:lecture, "can any litre bay tell etre
?►het a 'battrsea' t3'•'
' I knew.' 'homed Tommy Gnarl.
*A reins• gnat.'
Batt weather is r"4pon.ahh• for a dol
Of batt humor.
WE MUST NOT DESPAIR
Hope Makes for Qualities of Strength
and Beauty
Rejoicing in hope. -Romans xis. 12.
This is but one lick ill a chain of
tersely put elements that go into the
making of Christian characLer. But
witlwut this ono link, that St. Paul has
hi the very heart of the chain, the
strength of the chain, whatever the
beauty and power of the other lurks,
wilt be a tope et sand.
When the soul has no longer the
power to hope, no matter what the
ttarknees of the passing hour, it has
ksl the divine spark that makes life
worth while. As long as the soul has
!tape it has courage, it has faith, it has
lita-and it will light and struggle and
refuse to know defeat.
Ilope engenders all the quuht:es of
,irength-it Ls the very foundation of
them. It gives joy and sunshine to life,
to work, to every aspiration. We can
rejoice in hope, but without it we can
only wail and mourn. Out of hope
grows pa4ienee end endurance, and
(hese virtues are twins. f'atlenea to
endure; endure because we are patient,
and beth because we havo hope -be-
cause We con look beyoni the moment
and see the flush of sunrise on the dis-
tant horizon.
Hope enables a mean to koop a 000l
head, a dumb tongue, a sweet, temper
under tho most trying circumstances,
because ho can rejoice in hope in the
knowledge that
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER,
that Terhnps the next turn of the wheel
of fortune may lift hint to the coveted
height and if ft doesn't because of his
hope he does not despair, but silently
works and struggles on.
But let the man lose hope, let the di-
vine spark di:' to his bosons and set hint
down amid all that perplexes, annoys,
eondernns and hinders and you snake
el hint a weakling or a madman. But
ell these are insignificant things when
the soul that hopes compares them with
the victories and achievements he ho-
I'eves await hint in the future and he
finds .strength to master the spirit of
resentment, anger and despair.
It was a lope of this kind that ere
nbied St. I'aul to say: "Our light altlic-
ttuns, which are but for a moment,
w•orketh for us a far more exceeding
and eternal weight of glory."
So hope not only works in us the
power to endure present struggles and
hard.thtps, but It gives us the oppor-
tunity to develop the strength through
which we are to overcome In the gird.
Find the strongest and most firmly
r. oted oak of a forest and you will find
one that has best combatted the fury
of a thousand storm,;. Go Lind a mean
who stands high among hs (eltow•e and
sou will find a than who has passed
through some of the heed places of life,
who hes suffered and fought, but be-
oause of hie hope and the vision iC in-
spired hos overcome and eon.
HE REJOICED IN IIOPE.
Ge find the saint, the beautiful poised
Christian character, who breathes with
spirit of the Chriat, who is touched with
sympathy and loves everything that is
weak and helpless, everything that
struggles and suffers, and you will find
a soul that has passed through the fire,
a soul that has met temptation and has
fr ught and fallen and got up and
struggled on tilt with the fighting there
hes o•nne strength and understanding
and the spirit that in tho end has con-
quered, rejoteing in the hope, rejoicing
in the victory seen frons afur.
\Vo must not despair; we cannot af-
fc.rd to grow skeptical because tete
Christ does not conte in our own way
and in our day. But He is corning,
Ile Ls here, It the world will only look
of and behold Him. It is only by re-
jotcutg in hope that we will in a mea-
sure attain. s know how disappointed
we are often with our lives, how some-
times we almost despair of ever mak-
ing of them the bbeautifui thing we
would like to see them; but, rejoicing
in hope, in patience, we must endure
tilt the Christ comes, to us. lilt we come
tc the Christ. hope wilt steady our
lives, flit them teeth visions of attain-
ment, with inspirattnn. that will carry
us toward the heights and anchor our
soul to the eternal.
HEV. GUY A. JAMIESON.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERV.\TlON L LESSON, MARCH 15.
Lesson Xi. Jesus [lentis a Man Bora
Blind. Golden Text, John
9. 5.
THE LESSON WOIID STUDIES.
(Based on the text of the Revised
Version.)
A Group of Discourses. -in chapters
7 and 8 of John's Gospel are reoorde t
several separate disoourses of Jesus
spoken by him at Jerusalem during
and just after itis autumnal vLelt to the
capital city to attend tho Feast of Tao-
ern.ac!es. At this point In John's uar-
raUve we trust Insert the synoptic re-
cord covering the later or third period
of the Galilean ministry of Jesus, and
also tete beginning of tho so-called Po -
ratan ministry. The events of these
perio L -u are recorded In Matt. 15. 21-
19. 2; Mark 7. 24-10. 1; Luke 9. 18-
10. 42, and several scattered references
in Matthew. Among the most import-
ant events of this period must be in-
cluded the visit of Jcsuts to Tyre and
Sidon, the healing of the blind man
near 13ethLsaida, the transfiguration, tho
sending forth of the seventy, the par-
able of the good Samaritan end the
visit of Jot is to Martha and Mary at
Bethany. At the close of the dL oourso
or Jesus recorded In John 7. 10-39, the
Jewish officers sent to take him return-
ed elnpLy•hand.sl and made their re.
sort to the Sanhedrin. leaving Jesus
unmolested. Then, after a brief inter-
val, possibly an another day he again
addresses the multitude, lhLs time tes-
tifying of himself as to the source of
truth and life, "the light of tho world."
Again, shortly aflerwarvt, hie theme 'e
spiritual freedom. Everywhere tho
mulUtudos heard hint gladly, though
thin tact only exeeperetet hLs opponents
among the Jewell). officiary the more.
John t+ careful to note in this connec-
tion that. among fleet.' who believed 011
Jtsms at this time were at first a few
CAI of the Jewish hierarchy, but un -
,tor the test which Jesus applies to their
faith, amt which V OS htteleted to
strengthen that faith. the latter proves
Insufle'.i.'nt and breaks dowVn complete-
ty. changing to bitter hated and hos-
tility. In point of chronotegical order,
the events marlrent in our le son pm -
sages follow closely after the visit of
Je.us to Bethany. Thew- are followed
itt tarn by the dlseourse of Jesus 011
the goo,1 shopher.1 Ind the events eon-
nei k 1 with lis presi'noe at the f•,-. st of
dcdicatMn.
Verse, 1. Rhin.) from his birth -a feet
which the man would be liked, to e►n-
nhasize in his appeal to ps.-.4'rs-hy for
aline, s:nee° he venal 11:er1 le looked
u fin as en nnfnrtunato who in all
prebnbility aa: snlf"ring for 111e sins
of les parents or rem iter anee.lors.
e. \\'ht sinnrl, this min. or his par-
ents?-- \ qu; ;tion rofleeting a threefold
Jewish belief: (II that p.hs'sieal suffer-
ine wee ;n most rase% n diprt punith-
went for sins reanimate.): 'et that the
sine .:f parents were e,tleen seeded upon
their children: 3s lhel •wen nn unborn
(hilt might e.nnmtl sin ter ' h eh tune
.1. fertility at birth night Is' the pun-
ishment.
3. Neither liI !hie than on nor his
psron•e \\'..r.lt in which leans retie•
e a'.•. :n an enunheli,' WAY tore tete,'
tette ..1 n the gtiesti.tn oaf the .liselptes
(compare Luke 13. 1-6). Tho actual sin-
fnhteas oither of the man himself or hes
parents is, of counae, not denied by
Jesus. Not punishment (justice) merely,
hut son,elhung higher, oven a manifes-
tation of the works of God, is the pur-
pose of this personal affliction. Divinely
permitted in the natural course of
events, human suffering is made to
naso a higher purpose in harmony
with God's plans.
5. When -Or, "why," or, "as long as.'
G. Anointed his oyes with the clay --
Not that Jesus could not have healed
the man without these means, but be -
cameo he willed this to be the channel
of his power. Perhaps also these ma-
terial means were necessary as a pedn-
gcgie measure whereby Jesus entered
in more direct personal contact with
the blind roan, (emphasizing by the
touch of his hand the fact that the cure
ornonnted from his person. The, blind
titan's faith In Jesus as the author of
ht, salvation had its starting point in
the knowledge of this fact.
7. SIloarn-A Hebrew wont meaning
literally "gushing forth." Tho fountain
referred to was one of sweet, abundant
water In the extreme southeastern part
of the city. Like the fountain of the
virgin which it supplles, its water les
marked by an intermittent ebb and
flow, resulting from the peculiar sub-
terranean character of the spring it-
self.
t.solt.
\Vtit oh is by Inferment tion, Sen
The Hebrew name being commonly
rendered int Grook by a word having
this signifeance.
13, 14. Bring to the Pharisees him
that aforeLinto WAS blind -in order that
those also may question the man noire
closely concerning tho manner in which
he received his sight; alt for the pur-
pose of finding an oconslon. it feasible.
to lake legal :tenon against Jesus. 'frits
occasion the Pharisees wore not king
in discovering, since It was the Snit -
teeth on the dry when Jesus made the
clay, ane oponed his eyes.
16. Kcepeth not the Sabbath - Jesus
dict not keep the `ahtsath accenting to
the traditional cusl.sm o1 the Jews
Which sought by man-made rules to
regulate the minuteet details of con-
duct. The rabbinical leaders often in-
ctulged in long ehs.terlat.iens and hair-
epliltnq conlpncrsies Mout the right
end wrong of even necessary actions
an this day.
17. Again -Referring to the previous
inquiries first by the neighbors and
then by the Pharisees (verses 10, 15).
A prophet -And hence Gods repro-
esentativo and mouthpiece.
19. Asked them -They inquired of the
sin's parents concerning three points:
the identity of the mn►t himself. the fact
c:f his being born blind, and the expla•
relent of how he has regained his
sight.
20. 21. On the first two points the
parento answer without hesitation, bet
r the third point they declined to err
',rete an opinion.
We know t►ot--They deny ernphnlicn!-
1: any acquaintance with their sons
lentlerfor. The reason for 11el•s elenlal
i . expleinsd in the next veru'.
2' ile put out of the synegogrue-
Th' greet'.t dt4grn•'.• that could lean
an orthodox Jew; equivalent In modern
e.hrese to heirg expelled from the
ehurch. theugh much more terions In
it • owlet erfeets in a community where
everyone 111 gn.>tt standing belonged to
rine and the sante religious pmfession
hhe rshhes al n haler date .litling,tish.�1
between AO erel degreeR ..f roc tnsmuni.
.'atte0: hu' tenera!1y epeak'ng, such an
evmmmunt•albn meant en exctust)n
from the social end religious privileges
of God's people.
21. (give glory to God -Referring nut
to the glory of the intrac'e which had
been wrought, but to the !enrage to
he paid to (.od by the confusion of the
truth (compere Josltua's command to
I\el►an, Josh. 7. 19).
27. Would so also become his dieei-
pies?--(:autiious at • first and respectful
ward rurt!t and authority of his trues -
loners, the Ivan et lust grew impute
._nt under a cross-exa►ntnation which
revealed the feebleness and indecl'slon
of his questioners. Inferring then
again to his former etatenlent. he asks
What purpose is to be served by going
ante the matter again. adding. ooubt-
less in a tone which betrayed the in-
tended irony of the query. the words
of our question.
29. We know not whence bo is -
Shortly before this they had claimed
ae know all about his parentage and
earlier life, using the fact of such know•-
;'cdge as an argument against his
claim to Messlahship.
:10. 'tercet is tho marvel -The haugh-
ty and passionate abuse stars the man
.t• indignation, and ho Ls not slow to
take advontuge of lite opening afford -
et' by their profession of Ignorance of
the source wl:enoe Jevus Jerked his
miraculous power. His plain but ef-
fective argument, however, tart es but
t. augment their irritation, and brings
upon him the .ewerctst judgment whicn
it was in their power te pronounce.
The excommunication front the syna-
1 gue which his parents had feared is
h'- reward for his straightforwardness
of speech.
34. Cast hem out -Ry torco from their
pre -some, and undoubtedly also by for-
mal procedure from membership in the
?synagogue.
Finding him -These words triply n
searching on the part of Jesus.
39. For judgment -Not the act of
judg ng, but Us result as determined
try the attitude which men lake toward
t :hr•ist. "This manifeetalion of latent
character was ono of the ends, although
not tho supreme or ultimate end, of
his Doming into the world."
They that see not-Thoee who recog-
nize and admit their ignorance, like the
blind man who had inquired of Jesus,
?'And who Is he, Lord, that I may be-
1ieto on him?"
They that sec --Those who deceive
themselves and imagine that theyhave
no further need of light, like iho Phart-
.sees.. who said: "We know . , , and
dost thou leach us?"
41. if yo were bhtetl-in the sense of
being conscious of Ignorance as ?was
the man who hid boon bltnd.
Ye say, \\'e scc'--in spiritual pride
an_I self-deception they were taking the
Olt of their ignorance upon them-
selves. thus smoking Impossible a fur-
ther revelation of 'butler to them.
HUNGRY ENGLISH PUPILS
DISTRESS REVEALED BY THE WORK
OF SCHOOL BOARDS.
Appeal issued in London for Fund to
simply ilreakfasts to Under-
fed Children.
Tho most conspicuous appeal to
charity during Christmas season was
that issued by f)i).e London County
Council asking for subscriptions to n
fund for the purpose of feeding such
et tete children in the schools under its
control as are unable to obtain proper
sustenance, writes a London correspon-
dent. The appeal Ls signed by Lords
Rosebery, Avebury and Rothschild and
Mr. Balfour.
These gentlemen ask for aid mainly
on the ground that it is not expedient
W put into force the education (feed-
ing of children) act. This act is not
compulsory, but permissive, and al.
lows the local educational authority to
levy a tax for this purpose equal to
ane cent on each $4.80 of tete actual
rental value of residential or btslncos
property. Thus the occupant of a
dwelling rented at .£100 would have to
pay additional laxation of 11.01.
The suer raised by this tax can only
he used for the feeding of necessitous
children. and the act provides for full
Inquiry to be trade into the home cir-
cumstances of children provided with
meals and also gives permission to the
authorities to prosecute parents, of the
children fed if it is disooveresl that they
nre able to provide food, but have
failed In do so.
Tho County Council ts.ued a form to
the school manngere asking questions
as follows:
Are there any children in your de•
partment who are unable by reason of
lack of food to take full ndvantage of
the education provided for them?
\\'hat is the estimated number of
children (nocessitous end others) for
whom it is desirable that meals should
le provided at certain periods during
the year?
•1'tse answers ret'eived were sen un•
satisfactory That tho council has ap-
pointed committees to dent with the
matter. 1!p to date 353 commitlies
have been appointed In the schools of
the council and sixty in schools under
the direction of religious bodkss. Those
committees report every week on
TiHE STATE OF Till; CHILDREN.
An average report is that of the week
ended November 9:
No. of No. of
Schools. Children.
&hoots in which chil-
dren are reported to
be necessitous .. „ 153 12.381
Schools front which re-
ports of feeding have
been received lit 6,779
Average number of meals &iipplied
to each eheld . , .. .... .. 3.1
Number of echoolt reporting trtsut-
flrient thiels ... , .... 74
Number of schools al whits Iho
meals provided averaged lees than
three each child per week when
provided al all 13
The last silting of the council fetor,.
the (liras -tines vacation had this report
before it and at the same time s mo-
tion to authorize the expenditure. of
$1,200 in addthen to a sum of 22,100 al-
ready saneliwred for the purpose cf
providing crockery and the other arta
^!es necessary for serving meals. This
motion was defeated by 5t votes to 40.
The first appeal of the council for
funds for this winter was issued
through the press on November 5. The
appeal asked for 172,000, but the sum
realized amounted to only 1553, and
up to tho third week in December it
fell ?short of $9.600.
An example of the fallen of this
means of raising money is given in
Bermondsey, a south London suburb.
At Chaucer School after investigation
419 pupils were found to be in need of
food. A funi was at once opened. 1t
resulted in a sufficient sunt being
raised to feed 148 children; but in three
other schools to the borough, where
the number of necessitous children was
108. 271 and 245, an appeal for help
was in vain.
IN THE BOROUGH OF HACKNEY.
ar. East End district, over 1300 children
are reported as starving and there are
no funds In hand.
The Salvation Army which last year
supplied over 350,000 breakfasts to chil-
dren at a charge of half a cent each.
abandoned this side of their work
among the poor on the passing of the
act. Owing to the distress it has been
compelled to resume the distribution
of (hese meals. it has already opened
dining rooms at Custom House, Bee
ntondsey, Shoreditch, Canning Town,
Sc,uthwark and South Lambeth. These
are all poverty stricken districts.
The army has issued an appeal for
funds to supply the difference in the
cost of these breakfasts and the charges
made. These half cent breakfasts con-
sist of a currant roll weighing six oun-
ces and a mug of cocoa; the average
cost 1.s two cents. The children pro-
vide their own drinking vessels. These
ccnssst of anything that will hold hot
hocoa, ranging from a cup to a sardine
can.
Most of the great provincial towns
have already adopted the act, but Leeds,
which Is receiving considerable dona-
tions from local philanthropists, has
Op to the time of writing been able to
?supply an needed meals. I.iverpool
has refereed to put the sat into force.
Bradford has published the report of
the medical superintendent of tbo
schools, Dr. Crowley, and also gives
the menu of tete breakfast and dinners
supplied by its education committee.
Breakfast consists of porridge with milk
and molasses, followed by bread and
margarine or dripping. Dinners con-
sisted of two oourses, varying from
day to day.
A FEW SAMPLE DINNERS
are given, the cost of which never ex-
ceeded 3); cents and occasionally tell
to 2 cents,
Pen soup, jam rely poly pudding.
Haricot soup with dumplings; Jam
pudding.
Savory batter, gravy and beans; rice
and currants.
Yorkshire cheese pudding, peas and
gravy; buttered rice and sugar.
Vegetarian pie; blanc mango and
jam.
Meat hash, savory balls and rice;
stewed frult.
Scotch barley broth; rhubarb tart.
Shepherds pie; milk pudding and
stewed fruit.
Fish and potato pie, green peas;
blanc mange and Jain.
Dr. Crowtey's report states that at using intelligence and thoughtfulness,
the end of the first week the average tve!1•bailt house can be kept as fresh
gain In weight of the children to whom a and breezy as was ever k1re most pre -
these meals were RnpplieJ was 1 pound historic wicker hut,
4 ounces, and at the end of four weeks
the average gain was 1 pound 14 ounces. fresh air and sutslight-two of 'he
About the middle of December the meal necessary rids to heallh-nre free
education committee at Hartlepool In. gifts to all, and Ih'y should not Ir, shut
tstituted en Inquiry into the condition out, even If the first is inclined le chill
of lltechildren in the schools under its ane, and the second to take the color
control. The committee, discovering from furniture and carpets.
that 270 children had conte to school -*
without breakfast, immediately voted
8744 to be expended on feeding these
children.
At Newcastle on Tyne 2,500 children
were reported by the school managers
Vieille, the tenons S!,oniah bandit,
ae having Insai/ficlent food. The edit- has been arrested at nuance Ayres on
cilli committee Ls now spending 17,- the Inquest of the Spanish Government.
a•O.C4Ot 4Ce01►Y11.•GO4>c•'e' 40
HEALTH
LEFT -II eV I )ha)N I:-..
The caus,' of telt-handedness has long
puzzled thinkers and the curious who
are not satisfied with accepting things
as they are, but must know why they
are. Why should ninetyseven out
Peery hundred use the right hand
{,reference for grasping objects, wri
ung, and all the more delicate and in-
tricate of move:nettls, white the remain-
ing three find the left hand to be the
"handy" hand and the right hand the
wrong hand? Why, Indeed, sltould
there he any preference in the matter,
anyway? Why not use ono hand or
the other lndifh•rently?
Ono is able to appreciate the advant-
age of this errangemerrl r.,ntehmeq,
when one sees those who are ambidext-
rous, s•n-called. This name, meaning
right -Minded on both sides, is beetr-
oot, for in most resets they aro really
left-handed on both sides. They are
awkward and often vexed with what one
night call manual indecision, bestial -
mg as t) whit{ Ilene to use, and then
not infrequently using the wrong one,
after all, or perhaps stretching out both
together. If such a person has an ob-
ject in each hand, ono to be kept, and
the other to be put down, Ile will be
as likely to lay down the ono that
should have been kept and retain the
other as to make the proper disposition
et the objects.
This is an argument against forcing
a naturally left-handed child to use the
right (sand, like other persons. If al-
lowed to follow out his natural impulse,
his left hand wel l- cemo skims!, end he
will get along as welt as his right-
handed brother, except that he will be
bothered retro or lees through lite by
the fact that tools and machinery are
made for right -hen -led people.
This is not so much of a handicap
ars It might seem, for the left-handed
person can train his right hand to sub-
ordinate acts, Just as most of us train
the left hand to carry food to the mouth
with a fork, and do other things re-
quiring more or Tess dexterity.
Recently Doctor Gould, an oculist of
Philadelphia, has shown That one is
r;ghthanded because his right cye ss
the better eyo, and that the child there.
fere uses tato right ham by preference
because he secs it better and can guide
its movements. If by chance he is born
with a superior left eye, then Just as na•
Wally hue arses the left hand. By Lho
use of the left hand the brain centre
en the other side, winch guides its
movements, become:; Leller developed
then that governing the right hand,
and any attempt on the part of parents
or teachers to force the dominion of
the right hand will only produce con-
1uston in the brain -a confusion whir{►
will never be wholly overoo,ne. instead
of being skilful and easy with lite left
has,,,; the child will be awkward wilte
t,o'11.-Youlh's Companion,
OPEN YOUR WINDOWS.
"When men lived in houses in roods
they had con=litidlons of oak; when
they lived in houses of oak they had
e..nsCtulions of reeds.' Se say n old
writer to illustrate the neoess: ed ven-
tilation.
The modern tendency in many in-
stances is to live in houses so closely
confined that fresh air, as well es
draughts, cannot enter. Further, at•in•
dews are frequently curtained se heav-
ily that sunlight, which Ls almost as
important as fresh air. cannot enter.
But it is not at all necessary to have
the modern house unhealthy. and, by
FAMOUS BANDIT (: ‘Il(alt'.
once Cnphsred and gnrked :r Town -
The Terror of Spain.
206 in prtviding meals at an average
ccst of throe cents a child,
ONE-PIECE DRF.SS.
The prediction of things tailor-made
was largely instrumental in bringing
about a marked favor for the ono -piece
dress, in which a►npio scope is allowed
for individual effects, especially in the
way of combining simplicity of outline
with elabetrntion of detail. Ilene, also,
!ho overskirt finds opportunity for ex.
pression. A charming model of Ameri-
can design shows n fitted princess with
Leo sale seams left open, anti the o.lges
rinis1,od separately to disclose what ap-
pears to be a skirl of conlrosling materi-
al, but which in reality is nothing morn
titan a penal inserted and attached to
the princess • three or four inches fmrn
the edge. Another deeign Ls in some-
thing
omathing of the same effect. except That In-
stead of Itre aide simulated panel it is
to the front and back. and, !hough
closed at tho waistline. gradually parts
again. the two siege of the top portion
branching off to the shoulders, leaving
visible a material Tike that inserted in
the skirl.
Mittens ere telling items in connm-
b on with this style of dress. Large
and small they figure censpictutusle
end almo.et invsrinbty. In the extreme
tailor -matin cloth or silk•coveod but -
b ns are used, fir the new ivory ones,
C4 lero•l or tinted to match the suit, but
ie nevelt:es Then: aro rnyrleds .,t beau-
tiful designs In nmetel and enamel, wood,
embntsdrry-cv,vered, agates. and preci•
0114 stones. Ono of the preltieet of these
f; a plain emokei pearl. with a tiny
star cul .n 11* centre, and a rhinestone
st the central point.
"Naw i know Just what a winter p+r.
t.te lt,' said Laura, happily, as they
budged levee home. -Youth's Cum-
paeloe.
There Is eager interest in the ultimate
fate of the most p cluresgne of mode.n
Spanianl.., who has °mile led the cn•
per: of politician, philnethropisl ant
highwayman for many years past.
ila 'olilce" was a cavern near the
old town of (Estella. hero he came to
live in early youth. afhr his employer,
a farmer, had d smi ed him, and af-
ter he ha.l burnai down the farme:'s
(Muse In revenge. Wershippel by the
populace for hl+ generosity, the bei-
iand was quick to see and lean his 1 o•
I11:cn1 opportunities, Municipal and
parliamentary candidates whom he fay-
ored were certain of sUCCosR. ranee
dates and Aral party leaders. there.
fore. sought audience of hint In his
cave. Ile soon controlled rnuntelpal
politics. and was r,nsequently free
from emlarransing nl'ent ons on the
pert et the local police.
If s w f•'. her Iw,a beautiful dough•
tern nn 1 three sena lived in a splendid
hone at C, r,1ovn, •'njtying a1!he bet -
toles of wealth. inelu.ling n lrrlege
and pair, end ranting high 05 motel•
ars and art conn aseurq. A fine pie -
lure gallery nn.l I:brary were ineh,dM
in their haus•'. Letters ers and money ar-
rived for the brigand :; wile once a
month by rnnun'ed messenger.
Among F.I Viv 1(c; a greatest ",u: eeee.
es' was the rete ng of the town of Cu.
(thal!a. which w•1.4 int nhlsze nt mid
i taht by hit men. while he (looled
operation; from a hilltop. This brought
a punitive expedition against him. 11e
wits captured and imprison{, but van-
t'hel mysteriously from ,tris Dele kn•
other feat was the rohhtng of a party
of ten merchants of a iotnl slim of 1W,-
(001. !pea then fivo bouts after the
theft polhe vtailed the CAM'S, forty
milia from the scene o1 the robbery,
and found \'ivilin In a drunken sloes
With rrlavt of Itorsnt he had revered
freely nibs in four hears. aril "stet).
hahol what Wa,l theme* to be en Int-
peceeten mote.