HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1906-3-22, Page 2\VICKED GSE OF SATIRE
Virtue and Worth Are Maimed By
Cowardly Ridicule.
Whosooever shall say to his brother
"Race" shall be in danger of the Colin -
011; and whosoever shall say "Thoulcol"
shall be in danger of hell tire.—Matt. v.
2`:
Ridicule is an edged tool, satire a
deadly weapon, and scarp may become
an accursed instrument.
These powers of speech may be used
rightly to correct, heal and to save, but
never to hurt, poison or destroy. The
vast press, the multiplied facilities rf
speer1e and the aver -Increasing forms
and methods of art for the
conveyance
lund display of edeas together with tile
thousands of educational institutions
end Me wide ramifications o1 our ntagi-1
cal modern delivery and transportation
systems, have all joined to increase
enormously the power of satire to help
or to harsh. Therefore it should he used
conscientiously, discretly and mercifully.
Otherwise, it is a cowardly, pernicious
and fatal weapon.
Virtue and worth may be moaned fir
slain as easily as vice and meanness and
misfortune. Adversity and misery are
al: too often the pitiable victims of the
unspeakably cruel attacks of the satirist
and the scorner.
What worse calamity could be brought
upon sensitive women or (high-spirited
Wren than to make them feel that they
are
ABSURD 01I CONTEMPTIBLE
or outcast or that they are mentally dis-
ordered, materially ruined or spiritually
lest? Day after day we see the result•(
et this idle, misutrevious fun or vieiouS
mitre in the fortes of terror, hunil1a-
tion, disgrace, loss, grief, Insanity, sui-
cide.
A sensational but unfounded story in
the newspapers worked the professional
ruin of a young hero of one of our wars
—a man of loftiest attainments and
faultless life. The idle, mischevious
whisperings of a ship's company made
to be overheard by a sergeant as he goes
the rounds of the decks at nlglit serve
to drive him insane. Persistent ridicule
on the part of his pernicious comradei
In camp worked the mental wreck of a
fine little bugler whom t knew and lov-
ed. But examples like these are without
number, lamfliar to us all.
Society, trade and politics turn out
victims of this order continually, and
their misfortunes proclaim again that
that "010118 Inhumanity L0 ratan makes
countless thousands mourn." Even one
such victim should sullicfenty admon-
ish us against this to prevalent vice --
Ike wicked use of sabre. We should
avoid it because it is cowardly and cruel
and because it is $0 dertger0us—so very
eaugerous. It Is so often aimed at lite
helpless and unfortunate, whose create
lion or peculartirs they cannot help,
end which should make them rather
objects of compassion.
'These are creatures for whom Christ
died• and whose presence In the world
relieve thm to place, consideration, fel-
lowship and the helpful word and hand.
Lot us follow the maxim.
"LIVE AND LET LIVE."
Let us learn to "enjoy the imperfect In
a life that can never be perfect," and
move earnestly to pursue the golden
rule" and strive after the grace to love
our neighbor as ourself. To think to
put ourselves in his place will serve to
guide us in the way of kindness toward
our fellow being in all situations.
Behold, I show you a terrible picture:
Jesus mocked as a crazy king by brutal
Boman soldiers; a filthy cast -oft robe is
put on Him, to cover the bloody stripes
on His scourged back; a crown of thorns
l: set on 1lis head, a weed is gathem 'd
from the yard and placed In ills hand
and, then with guffaws and insults these
ruffians bow at His feet in mock obeis-
ances and hail Ilim fn derisive terms es
king. Last they smite and cuff the bles-
sed sufferer and command HIim to pro-
phesy—to name the offender. Nut one
brave voice raised in protest, nor one
band raised to defend Him who was doe
most peerless man of his day, the most
superb hero they had ever seen, and
who wss soon to defend them and all the
race with His Ute.
Let that sickening scene of cruel mock -
mg stand before the shamed eyes of all
men as God's rebuke to human ridicule.
C. Q. WRIGHT.
THE S. S. LESSON
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
MARCH 25.
Lesson XII. Temperance Lesson. Gold-
don Text, Prov. 23. 32.
LIISSON WORD STUDIES.
Note.—The text of the Revised Version
is used as a basis for these Word
Studies.
The Book of Proverbs.—The book tf
Proverbs belongs to a class of biblical
writings known aS "Wisdom Literature."
IL i8 a compilation of wise sayings gatle
erect from different sources, and falls
naturally into a number of separate
parts clearly distinguished from each
otIier, and partially marked oft by spe-
cial titles. Thus that portion of The book
included. i11 10. 1 to 22. 111, and which, in
fact, forms the kernel of t11e whole book,
is clearly de eignated as consisting of
the proverbs of Solomon, while the por-
tion inoludod in 22. 17 to 24. 34 is dcsig-
noted "Words of the Wise," Chapters
25-29, however, are introduced by the
words, "Theca also are proverbs of col.
omen, which tate men of Hrzekish lung
of Judah collected," Chapter 30 is en-
titled `Words of Ague." Chapter 31. 1.0
contains exhortations to Lemuel king of
einem; chapter 31. 10-31 contains an
alphabetical poem standing by itself,
with apparently tale connection with
what precedes.
In 1 Kings 4. 32 we are tuld concern-
ing Solomon that "he splice Ihrce thou-
sand proverbs." Many of these have
been preserved to 115, ass we have indi-
nr'xl above, in our canonical book ; f
Proverbs, several subdivisions of which
bear the title "Proverbs of Solomon:'
Our Temperance Lesson for to -day is
taken from a collection of maxims of
warning entitled "Words of the Wise."
Verse 29. Who haul woe? -•The word
translated "woe" In our Bibles in 010
Hebrew is simply an interjection or ex-
clamation of distress. We might trans-
late it sltnply 0. The Hebrew idiom
reeds literally To whom 0? That is, to
whom is there cause for exclaiming 1n
distress?
Who hold sorrow?—Hebrew literally—
to whom alas? the word translated sor-
row being again simply an interjection,
though not the sante interjection as In
the preceding sentence.
Contentions—Qnarrelsamenese such ns
results from indulgence in strong drink,
and which consequently loads to pug-
nacity and therefore else to wounds with-
out cause.
Redness of eyes—The anklet tnea0fng
al the expression anus translated is not
-certain. The word rendered "redness"
may also ile translated dorl,ness, or dark
flashing, Any of these ireuslalious would
mn1<0 good sense, and be in harmrmy
lib the facts, that is, with the ached
affect of excessive indulgence in strong
drini<, though prohably the rendering as
wo have 11 in the English Bible le the
preferable.
30. Seek out -The verb here used is
elseevhera, as in lob 28, 27 and Psa, 139.
1, used of diligent search for wisdom.
Archdeacon Perowne, commenting 011
this Verse in the Cambridge 131120, points
out the touch of .irony in the use of this
*cord In this ,connection.
Mixed wino -•Nut n nli.et u .rr of different
t: i
kinds of Wine, nor yet wine mixed with.
other forms of strong cll'enk-•not mixed
drinks in 1110 Ame'iral senas—but wine
mixed with splees of differeitilekinds to
mate it mere pungent.
31, Gogh down *monthly --Or, 110 0111
Aulhorteed for 0011nnon) Version of the
Bible Mortalities the some phrase,
"2110ra11* itself aright." The re1Qe0ing of
the Revised Version Ls, however, to be
preferred, and is in harmony with the
wording of Sang of Sol. 7. 9, "And thy
mouth like the best wine, that goeth
down smoothly," or, as in the Author-
ized Version, "goeth down sweetly"
(nla'ginal reading, "siraightly':1.
33. Strange things—Marginal render-
ing, as in the Authorized Version,
"Strange women." The thought is that
the imagination of the drunkard is
haunted by strange and sinful visions as
his mouth utterelli perverse things.
3e. As Ile that lieth down in the midst
of the sea—That is, as one utterly fool-
hardy, because of having been robbed
of his powers of reason and judgment
by strong drink.
As he that 1ie111 upon the top of a
mast—'rhe mast and sails of ancient
ships were more simple and clumsy than
those used in tnodern limes; usually but
one large mast supporting a large square
sail fastened to a yard of great lenglh
was 1100d. The drunkard is as foolhardy
as one who would IIe down to sloe ton
the top of such a mast.
35. Shalt thou say The fact that these
words are printed in italics in both the
Authorized and llevized Versions indi-
cates that they are supplied by the trans-
lators and do not occur in the original
Ilebrew. in translating from any one
language 10 another it is often necessary
to thus supply words to give the plainly
intended meaning of the idiom of the
tangling,: from which one is making the
translation. Such supplying of words is
not guesswork, but a necessity.
Not hurt—Or, pained. The settees of
the drunkard are so dulled that he be-
comes unconscious of cold or mislreat-
menl.
Seek it yet again—The antecedent of
the pronoun "it" is left to be, supplied in
thought by the reader. Nine or strong
drink is referred to, and the evil in-
fluence of these so fills the thought of the
writer that ire neglects clearly to indicate
the subject in this sentence.
FROM ERIN'S GREEN 'ISLE
NEWS BY MAIL FROM IRELAND 5
MORES,
nappeninps in rho Emerald Isle of
Interest to Irish-
Canudlans.
William King, 'et Dublin carpenter,
aged 50, died from mimeos received by
slipping on an orange peel.
Belfast tramways having been electri-
fied. line corporation has sold 1,210 tram-
way horses at an average price of d 18
each,
Mr. R. R, Cherry, ICC., has been ap-
polnted Attorney -General for Ireland,
and Mr. teed/nand Burry Solicitor -Gen-
eral for Ireland.
According to the annual report of the
frisk Registrar -General, no fewer than.
182 centenarians died in Ireland last
year, and 711 persons over ninety -flys
years,
The remedy for Ireland, according to
Mr, T. C. Cunningham, the Unionist
candidate fur West Renfrewshire, is to
encourage and tosser her manufacturers,
and lead her people to do a good day's
work.
Dr. Tames B. Armstrong, a well-known
medical man al Castletovn, Berehaven,
and a magistrate for County Cork, was
on Lhe 10th u11, found dead In his house
with his brains blown out and a gun
near.
At a special meeting of the Senate of
the Iloynt University of Ireland, held in
Dublin recently, the Earl of Meath
(Chancellor) presiding, a resolution was
adopted that in view of the disorderly
conduct of students the Government
should give them power to discipline
them.
Belfast's municipal electric tramway
service was inaugurated on the 91.l1 inst.,
by a triumphal procession of six cars, on
which were nem -eters of Parliament and
Representatives of all the local public
bodies. The first car was driven by the
Lord Mayor, coached by a skilled assist-
ant.
On the recommendation of the Earl of
Lucan, K. P., the Lord Chancellor has
been nleased to appoint limey H. Sheen -
Bingham of Armagh, Belmullet, to be a
magistrate for tho County Mayo. The
annointnent Inas caused much pleasure
in the neighborhood, the recipient, who
is a large landowner, being exceedingly
popular amongst all classes and creeds.
A discovery of a sensational character
was made last week on the road leading
from Mullingar to Irisldown, and con-
venient to the Mullingar Workhouse. A
laborer named Sullivan, while working
for a local road contractor, unearthed a
skeleton buried near the surface on the
roadside. An old dagger was lying near
it, The remains are supposed to have •
been lying there for a great number of
years.
Larne Lough was recently the scene
of a terrible disaster, resulting in the
loss, under the most painful circum-
stances, of four lives—Chief Boatsman
O'Leary, of Larne Harbor; Commissioned
Boatman Sweclenl am, of Maghera-
morne; Mr. Alexander Kerr, assistant
Customs officer, Larne Harbor; and
Master Dixon Beggs, son of Mr. William
Stewart Beggs, a well-known Larne
merchant and Urban Councillor. They
had rowed nut to a schooner to inspect
it, and were lost on their return.
NO ANSWER TO TITA'.
The woman of the house had asked
the Kitchen lady to stop down to the
corner store and purchase a bottle of
olive oil.
"And be sure, Norah," she said, "to
get the pure article.'
"Yes, ma'am," responded Norah; "I'll
look et It mesilf an' see that it's puree'
"But you can't tell by looking at it."
'Sure I can tell whetcher it looks
clante '1' not, can't I?"
"Yes, but that wouldn't make it olive
all, I want the real article, and you
have to pay more for )hal:
"Fwhat's the diferenec, 01a'a11)? I
it's olive oil ti's olive oil, isn't it., jist?'
"Norah, don't you know uteri's a
great deal of imilution olive oil in the
niarket?"
"How 0'0 that he, dine, Ma-arkley
Did ye ever sec 111 imitation olive?"
BIIMARKABLE FEAT.
Recently an Indian fakir appeared at
a circus in Berlin, whore he astonished
the audience by lifting a boy with his
ey elide. The boy made himself as small
ea possible, and was put into a net to
which Was secured a string that was pro-
vided on each end with a little cup just
large enough to tit over the eye. The
Midi, pressed these little cups over his
oyes, where they held fast, then threw
his head back and slowly straightened
his body, thus lflling his burden, which
lee then carried about—his arms being
outstretched all the time—and finally
lowered it slowly to the ground again.
How Is it possible for any man to do
this/ The only explanation is that the
cups were toed into the eye -sockets 'o
that they held on the edges of the sock -
els, but it is not likely that rte trick
will be imitated by even those prestegia-
tors who consider themselves very ex-
pert.
IiOW THE ICAISER TRAVELS.
The German state railway is much
tempted to encourage like Emperor to
travel as often as possible, for each jour-
ney he takes is a considerable sum in
the poolcet of the nation. His Majesty
travels in great splendor. As a rule,
there aretwo special trains, one for the
Emperor and one for the Empress.
Those are the properly of 1110 Prussian
stale, but the travelling expenses are
paid for by the Emperor himself. '1'110
court trains ere charged 01 the same rate
es ordinary special tains. Thus, rho
journey from Berlin to Elbing, near the
north-east frontier, cost rather over
$1,500, and the earn fee is charged for
the return journey.
NEW YORK'S PET AMBITION.
New York hopes et be, jhe greatest
city in Ute world about the ,year 1902,
A 0ommissione'. with a tests for ca101-
fattens, estimates that in 1920, of the rate
observed in the census periods of recent
years be followed, New York will Itave
9,818,000 inlhabitants, end London only
6,010,000.
OV1:11LOOKRD
Maunna-•-"Now, Tommy,1 left two a -
+ 0
pies on the pantry shalt, and there's only
one there now. What's the explanation
at that?"
Tommy (frankly)—"Oh, mamma, the
pantry's so dark I didn't see the other
Lunacy is daelaredd to be growing in'
Troland, and taxation for eay1nms 131 be,
Wining 100(1131,
,
he Flo in
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11ECIPL S,
Ginger Bread,—One clip of brown $
gar croamed with piece of butter size or
egg; one cup u[ sour milk, with one tea-
spoon of Soda beaten In it; two teaspoons
of g1atind Olga; ,;, cups of flour, pinch
of sail, one egg, added last of alt. 130a1
welt and bake in shallow pans. Wtx in-
gredients as written.
Brown efeal Iliscutts,—One pound of
whealen stout, one lensponu[uI of bak-
ing -powder, a teaspoonful of brown
sugar and n pinch or suit. Mix thorough-
ly into this five ounces of buten; make
into a stiff paste with a litre mills.
Roll out very Min, and buko in rather a
quick oven.
Creamed Chicken Salad, -This is made
of chicken very tnely chopped, mixed
with. while Sauce, and gelatine to cause
it to "sol." A tablespoonful of gelatine
to a pint of chlekeu will be about the
right proportion. Put the chicken into
small moulds to sel. Serve on indivi-
dual plates, with a lettuce leaf under the
mould, and a spoonful of mayonnaise
on the plate,
Sleeved Mutton with Celery,—Take a
piece of the scrng end of mutton, plane
it in a saucepan, cover it wvil'lh warm wa-
ter, and stew gently fon ah hour. Then
add half an onion and one large head
of celery cut in pieces an inch thick.
Let all stew together gently unUl ten-
der, slightly thicken the gravy, season
with pepper and salt. Place the meat
on ahot dish, pour the gravy round,
garnish with chopped parsley, and
serve,
Cocoanut Snow,—Soakhalt a pint ;I
gelatine in a little cold water for an
)hour, then turn on two cups of boiling
water and stir until the gelatine is
thoroughly dissolved. Add two-thirds .1
a cup of white sugar dissolved in the
juice of two oranges, and strain the
mixture into a bowl. Set this u1( a pan
of ice -water or chopped ice, and when
the gelatine begins to thicken add a cup
of shredded cocoanut, beat the mixture.
until it is quite white, then fold in the
stiffly beaten whites of three eggs.
Rinse some small moulds in cold water,
fill them with the "cocoanut snow," and
leave them in a eine place to get lirm.
Serve with whipped cream, or plain.
Kensington Cutlets.—Take two ounces
of nicely boiled rice, mix it with some
onion which has been boiled and
chopped, four ounces of finely _shredded
suet, and one ounce of bread crumbs.
Season with salt, pepper and cayenne,
and it few drops of some hot sauce.
Make into a paste with some warm
stock and spread on a plate, smoothing
the top over with a knife dipped in hot
water. Let the paste slants two hours
to cool, then cut into neat cutlets, dip'
into egg and bread crumbs, and fry a
nice golden brown. Take a ]hot dish,
arrange. on it a narrow mound of pota-
toes about 'the width of tate cuticle, press
the wide end of each cutlet tltto this so
that it will stand nearly upright, pour
a 'thick brown gravy round and serve.
1'110 dish is inexpensive, and only re-
quires a little nicety in preparing it to
bo very dainty.
Doughnuts.—One cup of sugar, ono
cup of sweet milk, three eggs, three level
toasponfuls of baking powder, nutmeg
and salt to taste, flour to make a soft
dough. Stir the sugar and milk together
until the sugar is all dissolved; add the
beaten yolks of the eggs, salt and nut-
meg, then about half the hour, stirring
the mixture perfectly smooth. Now add
two tablespoonfuls of hot lard from your
kettle' on the stove, beating it in quickly
and perfectly before putting in the whites
of tate eggs (whisked stiff) and the bal-
ance of the [Iola', in which the baking
powder has been sifted. Uso only
enough flour to snake a soft dough, just
so you can roll it out, a small portion
at one time. Fry in very hot lard and
take out on brown paper, laying them
separately.. Never pile them 1111 all are
done. When the last ones are out of
the kettle take a basin of fine white su-
gar, begin with the coldest ones and
roll each separately in it. This will make
about fifty good-sized calces. If more
are desired mix alp it 'second batch--
never
atch-never double the recipe, . 01111011 sounds
rather absurd, but yotl can never have
them so nice any other way. No matter
how many yott wish to make, mix only
one batch at a time.
IIINTS FOR VIE HOME.
Stains on table 11000 should bo treated
as iron mould and removed carefully
with salts of lemon,
A young rabbit can always be known,
for its claws aro very sharp and the new
bones can be broken easily:
Before cutting a pork always damp it
slightly, then use a sharp knife, and
there will bo no "agged edges,
To lessen the odor of frying onions set
a small pot of vinegar on the stove
n mauve hi le,
When eilclalit is dull nod shows signs
of wear give 11 a lhht coat or varnish
and 11 will look nearly equal to new,
Sue sour milk In small or large gun -
lilies for cel30 malting, when enrltnnnle
of soda should be substituted fur balding
powder,
Fill pin-nushlons with thoroughly
dried 7offco unds, for 1tt00 *111)10011(8
will 1111+•)' 10gro111)11 thea), anti the nc:odles
and pins do not rust.
Tho pillows used In a pefnnlbulnlor
should be kept for it, ns If a cot pillory
ie used i1 11)1131, If lho 20)' ism)? u1p, !)'-
coma denlp also, 01(111 0111 lhrn bo
fit for the child to use at night 'nnles8
dried, which the nurse may forget 10 do.
Temperance Ginger \\Inc.—four five
quarts of belling water on to 'two 'monde
of loaf sugar and throe-qua'tere of en
o11110e of Tartaric acid. When cold acid
lw0 drachms of eseuee of ginger and
two draclluts of eseene1 of crtpsieunl.
Color .with a little burnt sugar. Slraln
through 01081111 anti bottle.
A )'aper Mouse-trap.--Tlre stick fly-
paper, which is entuntnuly sold during
the 80111001 season, makes an excellent
mouse -leap. A strip of 11 laid to front
of any hole from which mice emerge is
suticient to hold theta fast till they are
captured anal deetrayed. The salve paper
may. be used over and over again.
'teacups even when carefully kept,
sometimes have: dark stains id the bob -
tom caused by the action of the tannin
in the lett. Sall, slightly moistened,
will remove these, but in case of very
fine china 11 sometimes scratches 'IL a
little. Powdered whiting will be found
quite harmless and equally good.
For the 1.atndry.—\Vhen damping
clothes for ironing it is best to use, very
hot water, which penetrates through the
linen more readily than cold. Tull the
clothes tightly dlrcclly they are speller -
led, and peek together in a clothes bas-
ket 1111 required for ironing.
How to Keep Game.—Sprinkle the
game freely with freshly ground c'ffeo
on the day it is shot, and it will bo
found to keep sweet foe some ante.
Sprinkle the coffee well amongst the
feathers, or fur, ins 1110 case may be.
When pacleing game to send away,
sprinkle freely with coffee, allowing two.
teaspoonfuls for each brace of birds.
To remove grass stains on children's
clothing, ley this simple method: Dip
the spot in molasses until thoroughly
soaked, and then wash out in clear,
tepid water. hailing this remedy, chjor-
ide of lin mixed with tepid water, so
that a solution 01 moderato strength is
prepared, may be used, After saturat-
ing with i11is solution, wash at once and
thoroughly in tepid water.
ARMORED MOTORS.
France Experiments With a Death -
dealing Chariot.
Successful experiments have been
made in the streets of Paris with one of
the seven new bullet-proof and shell-
proof motor cars which are being bu i1
for the Prussian Govertuneut.. N.I.
Etienne, the .War Minister, rode in the
crit', Which attained a speed of (enl.,;-
eight miles nn hon' on level ground,
and ascended gradients as sleep as one
in four.
The car weighs three tons, and is "t
30 horse -power. 1t is provided with n
small quick -firing swivel gun, which
can fire 600 shots a minute in any
direction. -
Feanoe also is providing herself wilh
a
complete corps of these armored
motor Cat's. The car carries a folding
steel bridge, which can he quickly
placed across ditches. With the help of
this the car showed that IL could go
across country,
CIIEAP LIVING IN RUSSIA..,.,
,One hears much from returning travel-
lers about the ruinous cost of living in
Russia, "bort," writes a London corres-
pondent, my expol'tence is flat the
tourist can, under normal cirounhstanees,
live, and live well more cheaply in 11uee
sia than In England. During a month
of last summer—befo'e the present out-
break, of course-eI travelled forty -live
hundred miles by river and railway. i
visited Si. Petersburg, Moscow, Nijni
Novgorod, Samara, Kungen (in Siberia)
ane Ekaterinburg., With the exception
of ' a few short distenees, I travotte:I
fir's) class, And i lived at the best hol,els.
I have seen, 1 think, as much as it was
possible to see in the limo. My total ex-
penses for time month -amounted to 875
roubles (almost exactly lhiely-Hing
pounds), which works out at the rate of
twenty-six shillings 'per day, Of 11111
sum 11317 5s., or un average of 115, lid.
per day, was spent on railway and Volga
steamer fares -a very moderate average,
considering that the distance travelled
was about one hundred and fifty miles
per day. The remaining £2t 5s. covered
•tile whole• cost of hotei.oxpenses,- living,
tips, cab hires, and sightseeing."
It is the fellow who can't sing who
generally Ilas things offered to him for
a song.
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MICROBE LADEN 'PHONES VERY SAD SOUTH AFRICA
11Ili OLD STYLE RECEIVER MAX 0)0
ABOLISHI'in,
A New Swedish instrument L'uls the Re-
Meer
e'teh'er Over b;peaketes
Ilettd.
Two Inlp0rlant telophouiu develop-
Cma.0etsolnl(1ie1n111all0lly 11:15:11.((11:111'11s1' 1211:1),
2hveontyded th1(e1 SSwwvc('dluennlt
Feely range the universal ttlxdlti 11i •+1
the nth:robe-laden monlhpleve ul the
present-day Ilephan0. The new meets
einem is ingenious and cheap; ono bring
available for enllllnel•eial and pI'ivaln
use, mid tui 01100' for n11111017 110111 op-
oatous and naively work.
NEV' STYLE 11liCF,I\'l 1.
The invention known as the mono -
phone, which 18 fol' commercial 1(8e,
l:us a receiver of a new typo and of ex-
ceptional carrying power, It 1.4 about
eight taches long, with a plain handl,',.
funnel shaped al one 01111. This Mattel,
whether held above or below or at the
brick of the head, or painted upwards
(r downwards, oulleels the spenk('1''s
voles and lram:tlnils his wonio. As the
,tsar trust not apply the funnel close to
his mount the hygienic neve-ranges ire
chvtous.
And as time direct current of air dons
not conte into contact with the ntel,5
brane of the funnel, all disturbing 11-
trtlons 1210. nvnided and per'fect arteet-
latlon is solan'ril.
11 is 1110 invention of Mr. Holmstrom,
the chief engineer of tho Swadtsh TOO.
graphic Otlice, and Is 1010Th liteapt:r
than 511011111' Instruments fn use in this
country.
The utter invention is n Roll telephone
and sound telegraph fur militate, pm,
roses, designed by f.icettenant femme
man, of tiro Swedish Royal Engineers.
By Its aid n body of troops, Mew oe
lent, Ctu1 1<rep irk cnnsllutt (0(1111 watt
Ihr. grnernl ufi 1101 at Ihn [1)130. of 0pera-
lions without delaying Ih0 m1ie11.
OUTFIT FOR SOLDIERS.
111e ltpparnitts Is simple to a drgroe.
it consists of a small brass cylinder,
about nine inches long by three in dia-
meter, containing a dry believe, cod a
il,ealdng receiver, which is slrnppttd In
the chest of the soldier. Fixed to r.is
back are small drums which, although
light, can hold 30e miles of wire, the
base end being, of course, attached 11(
a receiver. Strapped to the ear of the
cavnl'ymttlt is another receiver, which
Is
also connected with the cylinder.
As the trooper gallops along, the wire
unrolls front the drum, and it may either
Le allowed In lie on alto ground oe he
picked ftp by a soldier following, who
fh,cos it on the branches of trees. The
Winder receiver is so sensitive that 1,1 -
though It is placed Some 12 inches
low the mouth of the trooper he need
not bend his head to speak into it; or,
'1 more conveuienl, the instrument (101
be, used as a field sound -telegraph 1131'
enlpioyi19 the Mersa system.
1101 the foot soldier a lighter insh•u-
ntnnt 1.4 provided. The British Govern-
ment have experimented with this in-
strument et Aldershot, and aro nogolla•
ling for a supply for the use of the
army.
Au ndaptatton of this telephone tans
been made for use by reilwny gaugers
lo enable them M'unify the nearest sta-
tion of any oockleut o1 defect on the.
line. •
OFF' THE 11009.
The British Posl-often authorities are
conducting a series of experinieree lo
overcome the hhconvenionen caused by
careless subscribers who, eller using Me
telephone, leave the receiver off the rest.
When some few vent's ago, in8t0-
mine of a cruder type were. used, they
bad a howler" device whteh continued
to melee a 110150 that compelled atten-
tion. The present experiments are with
the object of diseovoring wit *the' a
dinner alarm can be employed with 'he
mere delicate Instruments now in use.
;t is not suggested that any "howler''
twit he devised In express the indigna-
tion of a suhseribor who finds himself
erroneously and frequently rung op in
the search for a different suhscribcr.
ROW 111 ROBBED A HANK,
Remarkable Career of Ono' of the
Smnrtes( English Clrncksmen.
"Oen of the smartest, oracksien in
England," was the description given by
\4r, Justice Grantham at lite Liverpool
Assizes of Arthur Norton. in sentencing
111111 to ten years' penal servitude for
burglary.
Norton, will aht011310 inn named
Preston, who received a sentence of five
years' penal so'vtude, was caught go-
ing, through the jewellery case of a com-
mercial traveller at the Union Voted,
Liverpool. Both made a desperate ale
tempt to escape, but they were over-
powred and arrested. •
"I retnelnllnr sentencing [einem to ten
years' penal servitude at the Durham
As5lzes for stealing cash and boles t0 the
value of X3,354,' continued the judige.
"After plotting clays, weeks, months
and years, he s10eeeded in robbing a
Sunderland bank by taking a wax im-
pression of the bank safe keys, which he
abstracted from the pockets of a i eOh<
clerk whale the latter was in a Turkish
111th.
"Qn 'another °Conlon, I remember ne
was arrested in Soho, London, and as
the detectives got 11)10 a cat by one door
Norton's accomplice slipped t111'ottgit
(he oilier, d,
nn of marvello
"Ile is, inanddeed,escapea ius
altlUty, •worthy, of a bettor life and a
beret' vocation "
Both Norton and Preston were de•
scribed by the police as being connected
with a ea11g of thieves 1(1 London w1111
whom it was very chntoult to deal.
WHAT SPANISH TITL[lS COST.
Fin has titled
Sp 000000 , i parsons; tial
is to 80y, about one in every tliirlycight
inhabitants. But such titins are hetet as
less than nothing by the original peer -
ago of the country. These a lase are known
g ya
the Grandees, and form an ;ai'isteoracy
entirely or birth, some of them --like our
old tended gentry -having no handles
et all to their names, and yet entirely
refusing 10 mix with even dukes 0f new
creation. To becemo a Spanish baron
$2,000 is 21110010101. A viscounty costs
doable that amount, while to be )'nolo a
cotrt)t a payment of 90,060 ,is necessary,
OUTWARDLY iT (Il I'1"1'ERS, BUT RE.
NINA'1'1I 12 HARD TLUl3y,
The Country Is Over(plrernrd and Dui
People Are Rate) Up by
T. uses.
'1'110 Lon 1011 1)1111,0• 51++11, fel'Inooly 0110
o' the buomo131 of `011111 Africa, Pub'
lislull reciully a runtarkehle erliele by
u spolat commissioner on the condition
1' Sum111 Melee, The wile'. says in
purt:—
Ilnirover iu(Porteut Ihn prohicat of Ibe
endive or tw dnug'el, of lm .1:;ht110 may
hi• it theory the eyes of 111e South Afri-
ca "1 10.1113' are fixed meet 1111 issue of
still greater ho'd at the uunueul.
Soutl Afrtoa 1, dimly coneeious that
it is ilt the had balks of the 1uq+ire. It
h.; lust the c,ndltlenee of the capital of
1111+ word, t1s a'4els ur0 rrgmdrd wi111
Rn8pee tunl, Il f5 n,'ce;vury i0 mala: a
fieslt Marl and (1001' over again its
111111e null its poluntalli1:), The lode
1' cul an easy ono. No part of the em -
['Ire dotmnWS more 111310 slausuuntship
"r mare x1(51111 handling. ltpm!l the
1 obey of 1110 next delude will largely
Iinprn4 1110 ultimata place which Sottih
Afreet shall hold in the I;riti,.11 lands bf
the world. 'rhem is a danger that with
• it her w"nttli she 111031 1'3114111 (I Poor
llelulinu.
1)E1,1188S(ON ON A1.1. HANDS.
'The p0sillen to -clay presents litany
liiature8 whirur'e dtecuttrn tin.- \Pha
ono reluenlhr1l g
r$ Lh.1 In•lt blurt Iulr(I'n pri)m
dieted 10r Rhodesia ten years ago end
the stationary position of the euuntry
to -day, one begins b1 gee ser:.•tllem ( t
the difih'ullies which have to he over-
cnnu%. But 111ere is slit! lhopn, 'There
two other parts of the world w•ilit ❑0
9reah:0 natural advauhtgee than 501111(
Africa w111r11 have yet 11.0(1 nm,le to
support, large populations.
Mee of all nue 1111131 get rid of the de-
pression which hangs 111te ;1 elouhl over
the whole sub -continent. for prolonged
depression breeds lad,: of eontldenee,
and 111,1< of onutdenoo pods in apathy
111111 lethargy. You must turd: beneath
the surface In realize how fat• -reaching
11118 deptew8inn hos been Shitty the ab-
normal 11III WWI' of hankruptrtes at the
(,Fpr. ;especially ❑1110119 British trades-
people), 1001< til. the lung liars of empty
1)1,0.;113 mal shops nl. hurben, glance
over the huge 1181.4 of small debt. *10833
in inluuule.:bttrg (old Prebtria, Mud y011
will begin 10 see low widespread hes
been the stffeefng.
VENI•:El OF PROSPERITY.
Outwardly three 1s still a glitter. The
tetalisat0rs et the rime, ceurs,1 tool the
crowds at lite theatres give 11 „011ee0 t.t
prosperity. But the Bend was always
Ilius• here Move is still something of
the spirit of the gambler, a legacy of the
old days. tut eetwelh the :airtime are
sad rases of privation, of wonting wor-
ry, of the 1101x' dererrml ilial makclh Ilia
heart, sick. 1'o e\',o, i rdrd 111191an11
there soma ample1(1031 fu Snulh :\F
110. Rut llw immigrant will b:' wise
to give this land n wide berth fur some
Unto. South Africa to -day cannot sup-
port ell the people 0131 ltns. 1'1(0 1111-
01tlpinyr-ti stili walk the streets of (:ape
''own and .Tohnnnesburg, 11011 Pretoria
a1,11) reports 0551' 1,0110 indigents,
The truth is, (here have been piled.
upon South Africa burdens Lhnu8L hcav-
irl than she can hent'. Academic dis-
ettesio11 113 10 whether 11117 canhl have
troll avoided( 1s awls; ". The problem
In I s fncr,l 13 how (u mot eel of them.
OVEIGO\'li[iNelleN'f flll? 'lboU13T.E.
1110th Abri+u le sufleriug, mllltat9It other
lbings, Iron oveeguvuruuu'nl. hos
fire (Milt of the earliest British Admin-
lslrulall in the Cape. The fault hes le -
day spread 0507 811 the_ eouniry, .\thcr
all, there are fewer white people In the
whole of British Smith Africa than there
aro in Yo'kshite. The entire native
population is not so vary 11111711 11101'0
n1nnerOltS 111111the people of London.
fe it necessary to have Governors for
11(0 Cape and Naittl, Uinulrnaul-Govcr.
noes for the Trnnsvanl 111111 Ihr. Orango
Rhver Colony. nesiclent Commissioners
and Administrators for other parts, 811
with sepeate establishments anti staffs,
n11 multiplying the departments which
spend inanity, increasing imported ofi1cl-
(Odom? One 'Lieut. -Governor •of Bengal
tiled (before the inn herein) twelve. limes
l:he entire population of British South
Africa!
And South Afrlen, with n11 Its miner -
el width, is not an 1:11da'ndo. is gold
g*eoespreInty rnM
w'chcllmEunrlgrortpe,gcd. What remains
SOME NEEDLED REFORMS.
With some broad scheme of union it
would be possible to reduce the, expen-
ses of administration in all dopatmenls.
it is in this direction that the salvation
of Sodil Africa lies. When lass rev-
enue Is required it wits he possible to
lower the rates on .the runways (to -day
a huge taxing -machine pressing most
hardly on the poorer ahtsses) and gradu-
ally reduce the cost of living.
This is Um problem which South Af-
rica must be helped to solve, 0110
strong roan, a wise autocrat, )eft welt
absolute' pove)' for five yea:8, could re-
construct the country. Will rival Leg-
ifentures and divergent interests, 11, will
take longer. 13u1 Cohinial and import•
nl Governments alike Met have this one
airs. It is worth aha trotlbir Fifteen
years nsa Sir Charles D11130 wrote: "Con-
sidered from the Imperial, from the fu- -
elan, and from the Australian point to
view, as an aid 10 01.11, rno'illma poov-
cr, 110 spot on earth 10 more important
to n he Cp"
Th115o 1tha10'118tmeaOge.U(llly 11110 OfSm1h
Africa to -cloy,
FORGO'')' T111J i NVEj.01"t , -
A friend wrote to Marla Twain asking
iris. opinion 011 a Certain matter and le-
eeived no reply, 1101 waited a row days
and wrote again,
1.148 second letter w118 also ignored,
Then he sentathird Fie
enclosing inf
t
sheet 0f paper andn lova-cent slnnhit.
By rehire mall he received n poslnT
card on which was the following: "Pn'
per anti stamp received. Neaso sed en-
velope,'
Nem Maga a rnan'a feel hy.lhe slip.
pets Ilia WVife makes for him. .