Exeter Advocate, 1908-05-28, Page 6Mir
VERY sllooEss
It sometimes happens that a funeral
/leftism will contain some such refer-
ence to the deceased as this: "Our bro-
ther was never known in the whole
course of lits life to utter an unkind
Mord concerning any living
This is replete.] by some not only as a
virtue but as the rarest and most beau-
tiful of Christian virtue}.. In Ike man.
tier there are people who consider it
the supremo duly of a good citizen to
keep a shut mouth rind never to make
any shverso comment on publi; mea-
sure) or public men. Their idea of civ -
le morality is the paying of taxes and
serving en Jury without compliant, and
el charitable belief that politicians and
{Alice -holders, one and all, are doing
the best they can for the public weal.
t1!uw, it may safely be admitted that if
a mon is incapable of discr nrnation he
will do more harts by wholesale prate°
than by wbok su;e abuse. Either of
.!baso habits will leave htm without a
tierticlo of Influence, one way or the
other, and reduce him to a political
'cipher. And, of course, no man who
in lids way commits civic suicide should
Ile considered a good citizen.
But, next to voting, the most liens-
veii able duty of a good citizen is talk -
ling. Ile should net talk without ri•flec-
t run. He should not blume everybody.
{tor praise everybody. He should think
it over well and then express himself
freely, fearlessly and vigorously con-
cerning every public rneasurc and every
public nen. Ile is not a good citizen
mik::s, to the hest of his ability, he
does this.
CURRENT TOPICS.
Plerpont:s little poem in which ha
eornparee the ballot to a snowflake and
a popular election to tine avalanche is
equally applicable to a casual expres-
sion of opinion by a private citizen and
the resistless force of public sentiment.
It may sometimes happen that a single
unpremeditated remark rnado by a good
citizen and overheard by a politician
may produce a worldwide effect. But
c(•rta'n it is that when every good man
in the continually utters the sumo com-
mendation or condemnation a greater
Scree is exertd than by any other po-
litical agency whatever. This is the
"higher law," which has been known to
submerge and supersede senates and
constitutions w.thout serious injury to
the state. In a country like this,
eepecially, public sentiment Ls every -
Thing, and pubtic sentiment is only the
oggregltto of what "they say." 1.at every
good citizen, therefore, resolve to have
Lis "say."
In our alert and curious age this news
Which goes abroad concerning the ex-
periments of the Wright brothers with
the aeroplane is not likely to tail of ro-
•ponce from the imagination. Rather,
under the spur of the sen=oUonal jour-
nalist, we oro likely to overestimate its
dmpxu•tance. The pendulum bas swung
fa: feint tho wonderk'ss days which
watched so dully the earlier Iriwnphs
of app):ed science. Now -a- lays we are
disposal to see bo touch rather than
leo little in the ctoudlnnd of the future.
Net the fads credibly reported are re-
ntarkubly encouraging. Ttie flight was
only n mile and a half, but control wa.s
reasonnbty satisfactory, and utter some
durther changes in steering gear n long-
er flight will be trial. The Inynien 's
wholly unequipped to undeu"land Us,
technical progress mule, but what is
even to hint intpHssive Is the fact thnl
Invention is new nclually suec.s•ful in
what may lie ended the bird's mystery.
%len aro flying at last.
No invention springs from the brain
of than ns Minertn from the (rend of
Jove, and the lime whish is to eepxtrate
Vs from prnct.cel 'write navigation
:doubtless eel be longer titan our en-
thusiasm dist:a=cs us lo -day to expect.
t1:xcluding (rem eonsideral:._,n the hent
engines of fler., of Alexandria. rind even
the michanism, of Giovanni della Porta,
teol.ome,n de (:nits. e:n 1 lei )vane'- Branca
in the early port of the seven{ eeth cen-
tury, wo find That Edward Somersel,
martinis n1 Worcester, made a trolly
prarlienl steer pump, n ported in 1663.
And it vv as not till exactly a century
Inter. in 1763. when Jams \Vett invent-
", the healed eyl:nder, the condenser,
end other relabel device's for a hlch pol-
tttis were obtained in 1719. Ibat the
eren'er utility of the ..{roar engine ere
vnu. But it was not her sat)• years,
namely. in ;sr), Ilial the application of
Ib4 stein) engine to ra Iwoys Leconte a
penances moose In the "Ru i ket" of
(decree Stephenson. Rut n renittry of
s settee tsps apt p; al the inventive ve gaeni-
ins with knowledge and facllales cf
'which ih•' s.eveMeenth and eighteenth
eenturies knew nothing. The rule of mi.
prtnentent is t:ow inxrer, and w.) may
with r.'as,n look 1) n prompter deiel.)p•
yh• nt of the env n'. ons of our day than
fans insole.) .n the days of Walt. We
Are sla►rhng . n the Ihreehn'd of an-
e ther epoch. \ken has eon another
great victory ever 11.' elements.
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1',(:ONM11( A1. ee F' V i 111.R.
R+ t► 't - "What 40 you ea'. I e..rl were
therr anyway?"
7 ghlweed--'The kin•I that nlnke.; n
oleo's wife prefer her own home to a
trip duwntovvll."
IS RMNOBS
This Life Has No Real Short Cuts to
Spiritual Triumph
And King David said to Ornan, nay;
but 1 will buy it of thee, fur the full
twice. -I. Chronicles xxi. 24.
Thu did ono roan Jelin° to take ad-
vantage of what the world would call
a 'bargain." Such refusal. however,
might to little Letkr than Quixotic. One
steeds a good r•ene m when he pereists
in looking things costly to 1t1tu .If.
David evidently thought ho had swli
reason.
Ito had gone up to Ornan's thrash-
ing flour fur the purpose of there erect-
ing on altar at his own expense. the
shame of lies recent crime Wits »i keen
teat ho was willing ho pay any reason-
able price for expiation. Judge then
lin,; surprise to bo offered the property
vselbo•rl cost to hinieef. Whaled chance
(e ec •) :111•Zel
But David knew a thane that we
sometimes forgot. Tho soul's proce:esee
dm never bo cheapened. '1'o shave the
coat et ono altar i; lo cheat olio's self.
Life has no oral sheet cubs to triumph.
God appoints no bargain days on which
the shrewd trader may enrich himself
at Io expense of the Almighty. To
attempt the payment of one's spiritual
debts in the proterty of another, to of-
fer the sacrifices of a contrite heart
without personal drain, is
A SPECIOUS FRAUD.
\Vhat Ls the "spoiling' of a child?
What but tho payment by patents et the
prico which the child ought to pay?
"My child does not know the meaning
o, self<kulal," said a another overt.nd.
Pity such a child! .\liseing Ilio meaning
of self-denial, ho will ruins all the real
prize; of life. I knew a young man who
mado a "hit" al his first public ven-
ture. But that first bit was his last;
he tuts never found the range since.
l:eosy success ruined him. The el.ort. cut
was a blind alley. The serri.\st thong
that ever happened Coleridge was viten
hes trends nds guaran4xx1 him against u
rainy day. II.s mule sickeco1 with the
abeettee of bracing airs. 11ard•h p had
kept is :0111 awake, but ease drugged
hum. Oh, 1ht1 cheats we practice agatisl
ourselves by our eceninnies!
Tho last pluoe for a man to save
money is on his gifts. Let him wear
the odd overcoat arolher season if need
le; let him reduce the length of a bill
nt fare, but let him not shave the cost
of those altars which love builds. The
dearest economies we ever peact:ae are
Ilius, which touch our benefactions. Our
kiss is greater than that of the cau..e
we refire to help. Charity can better
eland my withholding of help than I
can stand withholding it. To let an-
other do my giving is to let him have
my bring. If Ornan builds my altar
for me
IIF. ALSO TAKES MY JOY.
That roan who asks how much he
n►ust give up in order to be a good man
has gotten hold of tete wrong end of
tho nutter. Tho question ruttier is flow
gain ho wants to bo. A dLseiple who
(Inds that ht.: path includes no crosses
may well pause to ask which master he
is following. Life's real altars tome
sent tho shedding of blood.
To te)eat then. David's groat renunci-
ation at Ornates thrashing floor, to hold
bravely to the sacrificial quality of hu-
man life al its bust, to refuse all ig-
noble lightening of loacle, t) blood that
w•• may bless-li spite of all complac-
ent voices to the contrary -this ie one
of the ricin Truths of lite.
GEORGE CLAiRKE PITK.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
1V I F IINA7'IONAL LESSON, M.%Y 31.
Lesson IX. Jesus Risen From the Dead.
Golden Text, Rev. 1. 18.
THE LE"{SON \VOItD STUDIES.
Verse l.7'he first day -of the week -
Following the Jewish Sabbath, and cor-
responding to our Sunday.
Mary Magdalene-Frem wlorn Jesus
had cost out seven demons (Mark 16. 9).
She is nientk nee among other hearten
as ono of those who "ministered 10
Jesus of their subsianee" (Luke 8. 2).
Her dev.,t'en and loyalty to Jesus nre at -
t s'ee1 by the part ab' played in the
scene ut the cross and subsequently.
That Jesus Ilya apt•ear'el unto her after
his resurrection (\lark 16. 9) ennnoh have
leen n nu accident .
Enrly-Thal Ls, early in the morning.
though not curly in the Jewish day
which hnd begun at subset on the even-
ing preceding.
2. Contclh-Into the city.
!'hey -An infinite reference to the ene-
mies of Jesus. Mary for one wens (late-
ly not expecting the miracle of the re-
surrcetion.
4. The other disciple outran Peter -
Jchn eels much younger than the sturdy
lender of the apostolic group.
5. Stuping-ThLs was made reoevssary
by the fact that the opening in the ver-
tical wall of the limestone cliff was low
and much smaller Ihntl the dimensions
of the tomb itself.
The linen cloths -In which the body of
Jesus had leen carefully wrapped (coin -
pare John 19. 40).
Yet e {leered he not in -Overcome prob-
ably by a feeling of reverence; or, as
sante hnve suggested. for fear of incur-
ring e. reus : iat pollution.
6. Entered -Welt Impulsive buldnc.-
so character:st c of Paler.
$. Saw and 1 elk feel vxne have snit`
)•eskd That whit John sow ►n tho tomb
convinced hint that Ilio body of Jesus
had not been carried off either by friend
or Inc. and that in this passage t1' au-
thor re;ords the conviction first made
upon his own mind That the Master had
'oven from the deed. Perhaps. however,
thio 15 reading loo inure' lute the narrn-
the at this point. 1Ve: may take the cx-
pr'essein to 111.1111 that John wens now
r.:nvincel lint \Inns %lagdulene's mes-
sage Was not klle talk. but that the Indy
of Jesus had actually len removed from
the tomb by his enemiew. The next
terse, moreover, lends strength to this
interpretation.
9. As yet they knew not the ser:4)-
lute- lied not yet grasped the signill-
c:.nce of what Jesus himself had volt
teem concerning hes death and reser.
1'(clion.
10. Their own lions -7 tint Ls, their
residence in Jct usnlcnl.
11. Mary -Mary Magd:eerie. lei kr is
vaueh'a(• I the first apjxarancet Of the
rc, urn'cted ('{triol.
At the tomb -'1'o which she had re-
turnee' after br:imgeng to the di+ciples
the Message that it was empty.
13. Two angels- Ort.' angel only •s
nientlond by Matthew rat. 1) and Mark
X16. I) est nppcnring tuibo the woman.
This m:ay tai .ibly hate leen the spokes-
man of Ibe Iwo mentemel by Luke and
J••hn.
13. \\ :: II• ne appe'nrs troth
'1 lathe 4)1 tender a.l•
much fight on its
'n .sag
his mother
Ise forming his
:h • entmdenl of
IEe w lh•'
` \ 1,.
met
l!ecnn •-
the ptee
h,tcih
u.i'
ns the sl
dieciples.
,' r.•s.0sl, nonny
1 • '• :: • i o "ll:e Jews"
cru .a • . 1 11 rind his
- !r;•) 1 • • ,'!: mom
I.rolnlly. Ise.. n ua s used
indefinitely. 111• c. " . • •n .•0111'
line taken away r.. I. • 1 ' \ r:•..:oast
leiter entry think., 111:11 p•1.., c t 1111/
have been Ute cnr'tener Vet,' 1'.
15. vireo slakes{ Uprose- \ot "1\'hot
rs•k(w1 thou!" as lire gardener might
have inquired. Note that Mary herself
tiever refers to tho body of Jesus as
such; with her it is only 'the Lord,•' ant'
yet more te.rs'nnl, "my Lord." She has
not yet brought hereat{ to think of him
Ir deed, and to her the lifeless form is
still himself. This stale of mind on her
part Is the point .of contact from whieh
Jesus gently leads her back to a recog-
nition
ecobnition of himself, her living Lord.
The gime-nee--The tomb with others
vas in a garden. just as a evident
cemetery is n garden. spot, carefully
tended and cared for. The gankn it
was the one person whom she might
expect to meet there at that early hour.
16. Mary -flow mucin of lendeniese.
love. gentle reproach, authority, and
comfort ;nay not the Master have put
Into this one word{
She turned herself -Not having waited
kr the gardeners fas site supposed) an-
swer, she had turned again toward the
toast), lost once more In grief. without
having caught the sleeper significnnca-of
the question. "Whom se ekes! thou?" But
at the speaking of her name she turns
again in sadden recognition to him who
t:ad nddrseel her.
Itibboni-lit the Hebrew literally, "\1y
Master," a form of address need by pu-
pils u) speaking to their ten •her.
1Vtr:ch is to soy, 'Ibach'r--Tho fact
that glary at this moment used Just this
expression and spoke in Ilebtew throws
a flood of light on Iho whole scene. For
just one moment it is Jesus. her beloved
teacher and friend, whom she has found
ngnln.
17. Touch me not -Jesus had not re-
turned to life to renew the old familiar
fellowship with his disciple..) on earth.
llis nos__ esion woe to inaugurate a new
felke :,hip, a spiritual union, between
himself and ltis disciples, hence this
warning curnmand to Mary. 'rhe verb
hero used implies in the Greek a "ding-
ing to."
%ly brethren-I:mphnsizing the fellow -
Mile and oneness of Christ with hi; dis-
ciples which is 4) centime).
My Father and yeti'. Falmer---:\ like -
nese Willi .t difference. Jesus nowhere
identities the sonship of believers with
h .s uW►i.
�- _-
A certain Judge, while passing
through the scene of an election riot,
hail a large some thrown at his head,
but as he hnpp•encd to be in a sl op ng
posture at the time it passed over him.
"Yen see." said he. nddreeseng his
trends nfierwnnit. "that hail I been
on upright judge 1 might have been
k heed."
Tommy--"Ilni!on, Jimmy, where are
011 go ter to 01 such n hurry?' Jimmy
"lent tie. ung hut:e.' 'Ibmmy--°.' Pine-
Ibtng g d ging on there?" Jinuny-
"\\'rll, re's genie . 1) spank nee." leen-
►l.y (.n surprise)--"1h)t why nre you 0
such a litiriy?' Jimmy-"ikcnuee if I
Moil got horse at once pa will be in,
and hell d a It."
little girl hnd born nllnw•e.I by her
soother to visit the minister's family and
,oily for dinner. After the preaelier had
tial;lies
asking n beeeing the child
said: "'That inn l the way my papa asks
a leleeting.' "And hew 41nqs your papa
,.,k a 111 •.,link:"' inquirer) the rninisler.
"Whys. he just says: 'Good (leavens!
w hat a mea:!'
A terrible erns,' was heard, and the
enund of broken rreckery tdlowesl.The
la ly e:1 the house ring 114' bell in alarm{
and asked the new servant what had
hnpq►en(sl. "1 tripped on the carpet,
mon. and all the tea -things fell." "oh,
dear. e1.-ar! Dal you manage 1•) sate
nreyth:rig?" "Oh. y.',e, ntwn; i kept ix,:,1
of the Tray all rights'
"\ geend listener is usually much
sought after." 'That's ap. henpeck a
wee. is looking for him all the tinier
To Vela dinarend, 11a -e the finger 1*
heel 1t: if Be. grain of the skin 13
ible, the alum is not • dinnrand.
'STEAD DEFENDS GORDON . MAP MAKING IN JUNGLLST LONDON'S
1111)11 1.4)ItP CIIO\IEII'S %T1'.1(:I: ON
7'1111 DEAD GENERAL.
l'uls Blame 01 Khartoum Disaster on
Croner - Controversy Over
New Book.
lord Cromer's book on Egypt criti-
cized General Gordon's edunmistratj\e
capacity, to eonnect.on w•iUt the events
.n the Soudan from autumn, 1883. to
January 26. 1885, wipe) Gurdon and his
faithful follower; wen• killed in Khoo -
Venn. Mr. W. 'l'. Stead in the `Re-
view 01 Reviews," replies to that criti-
cism with a series of charges against
lord Cromer, culminating in the alleg-
ation that he "aspersed the charuchr .•f
a dead hero."
UNWISE TO STAY.
In the book Lord Cromer vritcs:--
"'l'Io truth is, that General Gordon
was so eager 'to smash 11x: Muhde' and
so po•t.sessed Willi the idea that it was
the bounden duly of the Government to
extricate all Ilio garrisons, that he tried
to force the hand of lh ' Government.
and to oblige them to send an expedi-
tion la the Soudan.... Obviously. the►
best thing General Gitr.ton could have
doge, utter communication with Cafe)
was cut off, would have been to teites%
l•: Berber with tete Khar:oun garrison,
and such of the civil populatk,n us
wished to leave the place.
'13u1 he docs not appear to have made
any serious attempt to eta so, b:cuuse
he thought that, it he retreated, there
would le lass probability of the Brit.sh
Government sending an expedition for
th:: relief of the outlying garriwns... .
UNFORTUNATE CHOICE.
"1 do not think that it can be held
that General Gonion made any serious
effort to carry out the main ends of
British and Egy'ptiun pulley in the Sou-
dan. Ile ill -aught more of his pers-mnl
opinions than of the interests of the
Slate... Ile was lett n wide discretion-
ary power, and he use.i it in a manner
opposed to the spirit, if not to the ac-
tual text, of his instructions. how-
ever much Ave may admire his personal
heroism. the facts narrated above are,
:n my opinion, a conclusive proof that
a rnoie unfortunate choice could scarcely
have been made than that of General
Gordon to carry out the pel:••y of eva-
cuating the Soudan. . . Ile was ex-
tremely pugnacius. lie was trot -head-
ed. impulsive, and swayed by his en -in-
tent -v. It is a true saying that he who
w:.uld govern others lintel first le mas-
ter of h m.elL One of the lead ng fea-
tures of Gordon's strange character was
hi., total absence of self-ountrot."
5111. STEADS LNDICTMEN
�\ 1\TI:It1:-.77\G GLIMPSE OF ..�
Sl 111 1.1(►11'y LIFE.
terrible l:ti•rilen,•e, of tl
hearty in %Nest efr(ran
7 r..pieal Forests.
51aj :r F. G. t.u:'g s • . It I:. I- nee
'ley prepare. tee : r •
mop of the re : , , . t
i tits, the t.,'• .L•;, ..
su d to ae 1•, .17: t I - \ 1 . I -, •!: .
•11 \t etc. .11.• 1 .1 n
l're,bab) nu man k:e +.. u r 11 111
West i::.:.st o:
known surveyor .1 t...• lie. l 1 ::
Ile has t•u\c.s.&i t h
lel' white a,stslunls and I
ser;.:e:tld :and .•is nit s \\ :11 u::t ve
k ngi anti chiefs. and it h s w• ' 1. r nes
111 th•es' strange negro k : ;:d :u+ 1..
Lae w tressed many unf'u
u1:d encounter d net n few a.r.eetur.e.
In dem-rile/1g hit ex• ere tees \tij.er
Guggisb rg g. ve :un nte e:t ng gI nip 1
of a sui veyet' :.1 In the g , tit 1.. , ni
(..rests of eV st -5f ion. '' e ..::Ir r)' s
trey rough and 'h el in to hl. In 11.1 'e.
he declared. In the seal retest, welch
cxt-nde 1-r some :toll nn. k' f in east
le vie=.!, and tnrie.s in wi t : f. an 100
miles on the ..nst to Int n e, "11 the
west, the work was exeer;ing'y t yang.
11 is on:y Fr -m' lived gre s north • 1
the line and o e appear:; to feel the ef-
fects
f-
feiis of the un to-ue here L an .n coun-
tries even near r to toe equal -r. Their
is an inten•e earliness abunt the at-
nl•isphcre, welt the result .est
ONES CLOTHES APE NEVER D111•.
In the forest :kelt the surveyors had
literally to cut 111.•.1' way lluough it foot
by fool. 'rli trees rtut up leu height
of slime 180 feel, and from their upper
portions 1 ran:'h off huge umbrellalike
limbs stiet ti ng out horiz,entnlly ter
distances of from Iw'nly 4, fifty feel.
Franc tree to tree st ech roselike creep-
ers as thick as large hawsers. 'Then
comes the undergrowth, at thick as to
be impenetrable to any one urtnt'Ined
with axe and machete. The sun ;5
praetically bleated out. 'This under-
growth consists of an hinds of small
tics. bushes, shrubs, creepers. thorns
end prickly plants, running up to 1
height in some cases of more than sixty
feet.
The whole forest lmrns with insect
life. Snakes, scorpions, centipedes and
aha )sl every creeping thing one could
neem.) aro found in it, while in the
branches of the Trees may be seen par-
rots, green p'.genns and a host of smal-
ler tI'o')ical birds, many of the latter
possessing the most beautiful plumage.
The noise is simply deafening, parte.
elderly in the early morn.ng and late
aPcrrnon. Recc,)t for the nnl:vo sheep
Sir. Stand replies to stile and other and cors in Ilio vilingi' clearings there
a;lici;ms by charging Lord Cronies is practically no animal lite in the for-
csls, and ir.)rses cannot live {snare ow•-
wilh: in to the presence of the tsetse 1)
1 Ignoring what lie Ihin►selt laid down & I Y•
as the "first essential and preliminary Al one perp I of the work Major Gug-
oondition of success," the "elementary Clst:erg hod eighly white men and one
lesson" of "trusting cordially" the roan thotisned nnliyes under Gonln,l, and
wiw 13 vested with supreme command; Ili^ immense amount of work required
2. {laving failed to do that which'n organa ng an cxpeditlee •f this size
"most of all was required," t) ring the eon rcadi:y he imagined nil is so-
alarm -bell keel enough "to rouse ilio metnh>nrod that prmieheally no stores of
Brush Government from 1Lv kthergy any kind could be obtained inland. The
expedition wee into twelve par -
1. Having sheen himself incapable divided
of 41 splaying the statesmanship which Iks, each carrying an
"grasps in an instant the true stelae I:IGII'' MONTIIS' SUPPLY OF FOOD
lion of affairs,' and of not realizing and various necessil:cs of life on the
"the favorable moment" until after it
had long passed by. !:earl!; of careers. Everything from a
\Ir. Stead claims that Lord Cromer Ltd to n frying pan. from tinned pleat
us Ilritsh agent 111 Egypt, failed to ren- to the last ounce of peps:er, from a
size the tnrignilude of the disaster until rtafi..ine chest to a pipe of tobacco, had
the rising in the Soudan became gen- le he foreseen, purchased and pocked
era! in November, 11183, and failed up in suitable loads eight months ahead,
hi December 22 to lake effeclivo steps and in addition to this arrangement;
to carry out the policy of abandomnent made for the execution of work, carry -
he had foicod on the Government. nig out of postal services and supply
"I claim that it is proved that Lord of money for the whole period.
Cromer stands cnnvickrd of having de-
lays.' throe weeks after rejecting Ise
Gordon proposal before he made up his
men 1 that it was necessary to send any
one, ale -stem or Christina. to Khartoum
le bring away the gars -sons, and . f not
having even tried to sugge=st the name
of any tinker as an alhet tiative to Gor-
don unl 1 January 11. 1854. and then lie
nominated a pasha who refused to go.
CHOICE OF CORDON.
"\Vixen Lord Grenville pmpo.sed ('x)H-
(011 on 1).cenler 1, and again on Jan-
uary 10, Lord Cromer wouk;J have none
of hien. Only when the moss had pill
in its work did this selesunlr►ent nfll.
c at discover that he would 'rather have
Gordon than anyone else.' If Lord
Crooner hal I:os.es=e.l the re:lson and
f'nag'nnt on of n statesman, eh reby he
could grasp 'in an instant' the True s.l-
uaRon, he would have telegraphed for
Gordon on t)eccmler 2. and 'hero would
have then no oro f for 'gnvcrinu'nt by
newspaper' to intervene. Lord Cromer
is solely responsible for thie total lessor
the six long weeks !whose' December
1 and Janunry 16. during which Ise
ntainla:ne.1 his tet) on the appointment
of Genet al Gordon, whom the afterwards
told ass he regarded as 'the beset matt'
for Ih' pnsl."
('.onion was sent out 0n Jmminry
18. and a week inter node Governor-
General of the So1x:.111.
Mr. Stead next accuses Lord ('Horner
of having p erempt,rily tele 1 the 1 dare surveyor come a at eng tyllh lily IA•ble
policy towards the Modell. w eine wait- on i th•odoiilc. ni ectsurrs the ungtes and
A'l It's organization !ell to ih •lit 1:f
Ile director and one or Iwo nee...MM.,
dur.ng June to Angnst ev, Ey year,
wheel, being the rainy season on the
oiast, were spent by the .staff in Eng-
land, mil the fortnight voyage out in
.S•'ptemler was utilized t.,r drnwing up
ih programme of work and issuing the
ace•.tsnry orders for its execution.
Wbush, ns the greet (,rest
is calleorkd.in woothe t0 bghl cml)'0ytu•'nt. AI
4.45 in th- morning the survey .I was
c41l1041 by hs black boy, and \\bele he
pnr!ox)k of his breakfesi. if be wanted
elle. Ire tent was struck. The head
men Pim looks after 1hei')lack eerie -
(Is. who are sent on In advance with
Ili' provisions-- nil tinned stuff -and if
there es any culling 14) be done Ilial
(ndne f x•so a y . t
say!1y, Inf fifteenvnmen,ounderIle f:n he'idpsrlelan.
none(' with axes and machetes. wile
literally chop their way Through the fir-
e.'t In the direct on It s d sired to snake
the survey. The gcmernl principle of
culling is to cut the undergrowth anal
Hnluller Wee down uarty
slumbl• s arras n 'a. ge ire(,nfit Ilialthe wouldp
lake' to) tong to 1e1l nmol then to change
11x• dit'iClfon of Ili.: bolo wh ch means
{lint line' pith bend; a Iitll•' to the right
or lift as it proceeds, giving it a
MOiIE OR i.E.SS ZIGZAG CILUtAITEit.
The path thus made for ll:e surveyor
'e merely a narrow tare a few t•'ot in
w d h. As so in as the paths are cut the
Ing for the permission of the English
G•vernment.
'FALSE,' S.V'S STEAD.
"Lord Crorner's wont offence, hew.
ever, is that of aspersing the; charne-
l(); of a dead hero. He arctses Gor-
don of not even having trio I to do his
duly, because. instead of concentrating
h • efforts en evacuation he thought
mainly of the subsidiary portion of his
mslructions and neglected the main is -
hue.
"In plain English. IhL9 is fake. The
rotor of this is to be Mond in Goo
dons telegram of March 10.11, 1844.
Gorden did see that all he could do
was 10 lenve the place. Ile asked Crone
rr'; iermission, which he reflood and
nr.krod him to stay. The foes IA that
(:r3uner stands convr't.si en his own
(r,unt. His guilt Is e,tableshe■1 under
his own
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some i'' I'.e nn' always looking fon
ap excW.' L ruike as excuse,
ktegths of the knee, which are reduce.'
(:3
calculations to a form from which
e map ran I.e made. AL every three to
five miles a "permanent mark," with a
d.st nguishing number 14) act as n bea-
m., is erected, and also t•) preserve the
azimuth reserved there. At every five or
tet: miles angular measurements In tine
traverse Imes are corrected by star ob-
servnl:0ns. which means 11011 the sur-
veyor hes 1n he up till 1 or 2 o'clock in
the morning; finding hos laliltide and
tearing astronomically.
Naturally Mej•,r (;uggisberg met
many native kings and chiefs. He often
had t, consult then to settle beuret pry
disputes. Ile soon discovered that they
Inge ceremony and things had to 1.4'
done In a certain amount of style. The
dusky momle-hi met the white man
under tee greet t•a:aver trees, when the
gQqr et•nnccs were fully eM elaborately
eteelisssevt and with hardly an exe5•ptk.n
smoothly s.:tlkd. The chbefs on thee)
nccrislens were dressA1 In the most pee
luteepie garments and wore heavy gold
Ornery its on %Mfr legs sad ara.s.
F FST
PARK
IU:FIII:'tivll:�'1' 1'1.1('li 1\1 Af►1:- .1
111 Olt 1' OI' l'.1:41110N.
Menet i:uill in 110e I'.u'k in 111' Iti11V
11 ..ere Lords :and Ladle, Make
Merry.
. i...• ;,It 11141 glom a tog of
, u toners take sine 1 -count
I' , vs., a: d squaw. an,lave
. ... x en (1 ,.p;.rectatit,tt of lhete
• -ewe Few pers..r►s walk or driv,' 11
t :n . t e; t as short cuts to vurt.,as
d s....l • n . But with the first waren
h. • t • 1 .- i•r mg lh. se 0110 • de:erted places
.,rr ..u\vtl J wt:li lewdoners big acne
i 11, w h , e -, t: e..' the practical de-
lete seat at )n hitt sir:•-iig'Itne has flume,
te: t: s .: L":+ en cu. Jeep indent.
N\e ea, t •.ung !lower show in
1•.•- i.. ; n bet er worth seeing than
• h, 1 1 w. -rs in England need
y 1tualt en nuragR•nent to grew and
u) 1.1 weather brings out myri-
..41 ei ..a(futlils, memo -see, crocuses
and t :cps.
1 h s )ear the Green Park abounds in
_ 1.1- n :off•:d:is. in St. Jannes's Park
:l n,; isinstitutiJn 11111 the grass
s s erred \t lh whee, purplo and gold
aro 11 cit;. 11.• .' Its h'al'ts has made a
5. 1,':77 tv of . einivises. and Kensington
1' •: k bees united nll these in a 'melt -
e l• rel cur..et.
Hole Pura has its usual display of
blossoms •n w -eh flaunt ng red and yel-
1 w tel s predawn nate, but to the hors
rot , p 1 ve.s of this largest and most 1
feetiin- ba' of f ondon's park; amt:f the
11 .w 't'., 1:n 1 gr• . sy heves is rapidly ris-
ing it "ri fr.:sh1110n1 retreat,' which 13
being lull. en one of the most popular
ani 1 ai.e:lt•d w Ih.s. .\s a matter of
1. t tl sl ry is on.y stir; ea-ing itself and
1. ,s n w eine lea pla•_e is to be on the
very s to of Ili:
FAMOUS "RING" OF BYGONE DA1'S,
where f.'r marnyenernttnns fashionable
ladies and gentlemen came to walk,
drive and regale tliefeedvcs on the
dainl.cs of thele lance.
It was t1.nry \'III., that royal proper-
ty grubber, w' o "acquired" the church
Mid, of the 51 nor of Hyde in 1536 and
converted ihc►u into a doer park, where
he ane hs successors could .hunt to
thoir hearts' content. Charles 1. ad-
nut'o d the public to rho park in 1636
and then gave it to iris people as a
'dike for rice, and nlh:elic sports.
Stern old Cromwell seems to hart
hoed to walk about the park, and it
w1.; the► who conceived 1110 idea of en-
closing a great stretrti of gra.ss with
a driveway about it inside iron rail-
ings, as a µrt of recreation ground.
Ater the Reiteration the real popularity
of this grassy lawn was established and
it became a regular res ort fir fashion-
able men and women every afternoon
through the ,prink and summer. Even
the Kang and Queen visited the "Ring,'
as it was called, and sometimes linger-
ed leers to watch the games and sports.
In the very meddle of the enclosure
were nine pools or springs or sparkling
wa'er, where Feople congregated to
drink cooling draught-; and where care-
ful tethers dipped their newly weaned
babies for luck and heel h.
A wooden )rouse was ()reeled In the
11 ng called Prices Lodge, where light
refreshments were Served and which
I'rpys and his aminb' ..Huse often
frequented. He says "nate Jing le see
a fine fent rave three times around (ho
/Ing we r.erred to the lodge to partake
�! chocccakes and tankards of warm
m11k."
IN QUEEN ANNE'S TIME
the gayeties in Ilyde Park flourished
well, May .fay was high festival for tlio
1-,rd.s and ladies of the court. May
poles were set up and dancers stepped
10 the rasp and screech of the fiddle
strings end bows. Upon the new
grown gra: s collations were se recd
beam Price's Lodge. With William and
Mary's reign came a diminution of toy-
s.: prestige for lin' (ling. but the hen
rind (ralic evidently continue.!, as ono
chronicler, 'Toto Browne. describes it
thus in 1700:
'Scores of pliant ladies in ranches,
sum sing ng, serene laughing ones others
{telling one nnother, toy m the Iling
and devour cheesecakes, mnrchcpano
and China 'orange.:,"
Then cele a lime when the Ireope
were encanneel in Ilyde Perk and the
olillers wire masse within ih, fling.
This does net recur 1) hive ds••onrert•
ea 111 the lead Ili.) gallant Indies, ns
they Mill continuo to visa their fiver -
lb, mere nti. 11 ground in the often:onns,
peep into the trees, Joke with their . e-
cupantx and finish up will' "hal d stew
of len and sweet drams of rilili is."
The first King George thought lest
to regulate the gayety of hies court, and
s nee eons' of the slimier clement w. re
shirked at the revelries of the ling re-
s'rlCUons were impo ed 'men tho a tree
visited the park daily. Hued clashes
mild not enter the park gales at all,
Only pepsins of quality were n.hnille•l to
the ring. (:htldron and servants in luv-
cry were Relegated t)
OL' FSll)E. .1111: IItON RAILINGS.
where they hnd tai wait while their au-
gust parents and masters lwk their
welts around the Ping. 11 mover, the
popularity of the r•creatlo►t ground
soon w'a'ned and the genera lade,/
"lutnel Ihoir assent on d.-. wh •re.'
Early :n the 11.1 ev•n'ury Ili r e s I!•dge
w1's pulled down Al 1 Be* iron reeding.
.enclosing ll:e Innis :men ful'owed. Re
fresamenl and nierrymakinelev1 re bons
Ish•'•i and the (ting Iwr'nnl' like any
ether sir, leh of grad in tete park w.th
the, prnrnen 1,1' around it.
In the glom cif the Inter Georgian
period and the early Velment even,
Ilyde Park became the solemn re -vat
of fashion and wealth that it is now.
Hired retie are stili labo.ed and dignity
and reprise {nark the da:Iy propene of
smart victories at Rotten plow and the
nnorn:ng chur'h parade Mitch is to Le
116=n on bright Sundays in the *mon.
That a refreshment place sh ul•I rise
on the old sale of Price's I.n.fgc 1.3 but
filling. and it 1.3 fitting neo, perhaps,
that t'n nml thin bread and butter
r•'io.a•e the marchepar, ( hina
•,rangfels and 4Ilabuhn of byg'ne days.
Bet :t 1.3 doubtful if the stately ledtel
,•f 'o -fay will reale lhemeeelves in the
fling a9 dui the gallant Indies" of peal
yvetr•s. for John Rill end his vete take
their pl.'a.\iree sadly now, and the dig.
nity of a drive in the park SA not likes
t.) ten nierrd by taking los within I�
pre..tncL;.
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