HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1906-7-12, Page 6NOTES AND COMMENTS
• 11 will be remembered that immediate-
. le after an attempt was made to hill
King Alfonso X111. of Spain and hie
English bride—an attempt reported to
have been concerted on Britlell soil--• a
nienmber 0f the Mensa of C0111111011s in-
quired whether prompt and effective
Measures would be lekcn to prevent an-
achist conspiracies par assassination
• from being organized in Great Britain.
For' he moment a epelenniuf of the
•Ministry put the quesliun by, but it is
certain to be prrseed, for public feeling
e1) the subject is for the lirst time
strongly arous.ed, new that an English
Priuccss has been the object ui utit,c:k.
Timely and interesting, therefore, is the
averment made the other day by Sir
}toward \'incent, M. P., who speaks
with the authority of expo rimer, that the
plots of anarchist assassins can be, and
bays been, blockers successfully by in-
ternational co-operation.
TERRORS OF THE OCEAN
PLACES WHICH NO HUMAN SHILL
CAN MAKE SAVE.
land was totally wrecked. Those who
t:au:ptain when 0 ship is last there (hat
the '1ongehoremen do not go to the res.
cue In their tuggers imagine the knock
scud to be a sort of beach somewhere
on the Kent const. The knock, as a
fact, lies es miles from the nearest land,
cm farther than Colitis le from Dover,
end when u ship strikes an 1t she has
English Channel Has a Dangerous Race,
no lifeboat or lugger nearer• her Hunt
Margate, nenrly 30 Judea to the south,
and the Muulh of the Tinunes Those 1bnarvl the slrirken vessel find
Rocs 'Menge. 11 a meth-h'ap indeed. Many a drie.
ping ghost may well haunt the Keenan
Of all the thousand perils of the sous knock, for it is a cemetery 01 ships and
there ure suwu hall dez: l'hicli a mene nude by the french Government to the
sailer harks in his Mud with a aku11 k--- Guvurinneut of Great Britain un the sub -
tet croeslenlcs and of whet every yea, of joint ale sures 10 preVeal Arrur-
ch,�L outtemeg.
The French t]u1-erunnent is pariiuul-
erly anxious that Iho Aliens Act passed
by ,11r. Ballow's novcrn1,1014 should bo
applied so as to exclude 011 persons sus-
pected of Antll'e11Istic eylnpathies, and
that an understanding sllouid be 00:1)0
to by which Me police of both countries
should keep in closer touch with one
another.
\Vhen SW Henry Campbell -Banner-
ntai s Government relaxed the Aliens
Act so that political offenders should
not come within its leans, it was stated
WAR ON THE ANARCHISTS
FRENCH GOVERNMENT WAN'1'ti
STRICT ENFORCEMENT (F ACT
The Reds Now Have an Easy 1',.Cntle
1i'heu Luud(ug on British
Soil.
Special representations have been
m18110 1sl;rrrner !tales r•y mnT,e. WIFE HUNTING FESTIVAL
1' alai to souluoI1 olid W :,11e.sllrrpel'+ x11103
these are the places that no hla{ten shill
can reader sate. One of Rho worst 11 ---
leul is the Virgin Axil, in mid-.ltlatt- ea WAS Tun
FOURTH YEARLY MAR -
tic, wlueii hes gathered in more lives
and slips than any other. IMAGE MART.
The chief terror of the Virgin is that
it never shows itself and there is 110 -
thing to tell how near it may 110. As Two Thousand Would-be Benediels
110 1411(1 lies nearer to 1t than many hum
dred calks, there le no escape or head- it IEccarsshres in Search
land to go by. The rock is completely of Brides.
hidden and its head is some eighteen
Sir Howard ' rr a re. feet below lir surface. It is n sort el Twn Mimsnntl bachelors Winn all parts tea section of the French press that
to \ nrd o (n. fit, it may b pinnacle, rearing up from the scan d1 of Rclgium. many from France, and Herbert Gludslone's exemptions would
crIml was fnrlmerly the du•ce-er of but not reneh.ng to the pace of 1ue from Gerrnuny, swept down on the Visite Englund Rha sanctuary of Anar•
criminal investigations in London, and waters, and its principal business is 'o village 1)t Erulssiues-Lulaing to Lind eliIsts compelled to Bee from other coun-
e Cur- tela the keel eight out of any unlucky brides, tries.
ship that passes over it.
In conjunction with the late Iord
rio and Sir Godfrey Lushinglon repre-
sented Great Britain in the Anti -Anemia
Lying so deep, it is impossible to Budd It, was the fourth yearly marriage
an 11 Mice ee on n, (ten If any rout!, mart as estahtslyd bF the maids of As matters now stand, the most no-
un Conference convolved at home by the silt' h 111 suet: n place, •and 1 any
have Lraussnrs, Belgium, and 'as there are trrlous Anarchist need only say on
Italian Government after the Empress to take their chance. sty ninety-seven vMlle al able youub reaching England that he is emigrating
c' Austria had been assassinated byan Not ton ago it sent the 3,00 -bon yies in (the quaint Mrt place, the sup- to escape the penalties of a political of-
g ply of rtothematrimonial partners fell a sanedeplor- fence, and, according to the Govern -
Italian anarchist in Switzerland. Certain steamer Candia to the imam, only t1vo OIOy short of the demand. All the same
Minds escuping out of dot and she fs the pro eedings here a great success, (31an(s instructions, the British imml-
facts recited by him in an interview 0111 dila of the viCtms. The wiwle sea- Baton placers must give him the be -
with the Paris correspondent of the Lon- {poor round Rile trio of (110 ruelt is Iii- The men began to arrive early in the uellt o[ie doubt
don Times are to 118 entirely new and in lend wills ships' ribs and dead men's morning, 1101 it was towards noon be- An Influential other day said that one of the
g1 eatest difficulties his subordinates have
to cope with is the wont of a systema-
tized method of dealing with crimes of
11110 description. For want of such a
system the threads of an incipient plot
aro lost in four cases out of five.
Ile declared that ht England would
only agree to some method of watching
the Anarchists she already harbors, and
refused to receive others, a great deal
of good would result to every country.
The police of 'every capital would then
look after their own Anarchists Instead
of casting them out to hatch fresh
cr11n0s unhindered in London.
PLOT EASY OF EXECUTION.
The nearness of Paris to Lennn
slakes the execution of a plot tial;
been hatched in London an easy _ p -
ler in the French capital.
The enormous number of travelers
who cross the channel between France
end England every day makes it alnnost
impossible for French officials to exer-
cise the same scrutiny over suspected
persons as they can at frontier points
converging from Paris.
The French Government is also heart-
ily seconding the proposal for an inter-
national anti -Anarchist congress made
by the Italian Goverment, and hs anxi-
ous that is should be held with the least
possible delay.
AN EASY EXCUSE.
e high degree suggestive. Sir Howard
reminded his interlocutor that the
Rome conference had been held for the
purpose of bnducing European nations
and the United Stales of America to
take vigorous and concerted action for
the prevention of anarchist crime. It
Vas soon recognized, he says, that very
Mlle could be accomplished in that di -
Section by diplomatic means. His awn
bones. Vessels 1n11r were all saris and conditions of men.
that they might pass over in safety are One man of seventy-two had travelled
often dropped on to he rock by 1110 send ulr Lhe way from
Luixennburg W find a
of the Virgin ever' and
giv(11eisoin al very 001)101 cavy the wife, to w11om he promised a dowry
swell, when the sea breaks with a dull that would place her beyond went. There
roar over the rock, at hong intervals, were irndesulen, clerks, mechanics,
about once in twenty minutes. Ratners , lahnrers—indeed no branch of
A plague spot which few people bat hole appeared 10 be unrepresented.
sailors Have beard of is the dreaded HOPE ON "LONELY."
Portland race, 111 the English channel.
This is not a shoal or rock; the fury Gay banners of welcome, triumphal
exprrienCe had indicated a more dace.' of the sea itself constitutes the danger, arches with mottoes of encouragement
ens method of procedure. He had come and the much lathed of maelstrom It- for the prospective M istmnds, figures of
P self is tar less perilous. hearts pierced with arrows were to be
le the conclusion that the prevention of The race is caused by what is called seen everywhere; but the local author!.
anarchist crime was exclusively a. mat- an overfall, the result of the powerful le' had not accepted the young ladies'
ter for international supeivlsion and channel tides sweeping over the Shan- proposal to name the main streets,
• quick intercommunication between the den drolesppin theandeseai1bottom,1 and- d a the gale"PlaCe and Place1lde;1a Cotcorde.oTlju-
police forces o! civilized nations. He effect is that of Niagara rapids, multi- At noon the bachelors were formally
proposed, consequently, to the confer— plied a few limes, in the open sea and welcomed at the gates of tie village by
ence that Ole chief officers of police in the track of ships. Vessels have gone the spinster conllliitee. Last y'ear's
the sixteen countries represented at down he1'0 in a single tide during heavy president and several members of the
lveatner, and the last big ship to seller committee aro now nnarrird lie the re-
Rone should be formed into speciai. was the Georgian, a fine American steel salt of the festivities twelve months ago,
committee, deputed to =Wider, within' sailing bark, which foundered with all and others had been elected in their
closed doors and without minutes or! 10141s. place.
1 Sable Island is British, lying off Sable All marched to the "Grande Place,"
written reports of their discussions and Cane in Nova Scolia very near the where there was an open-air concert.
decisions, what steps could most advan-, track of vessels bound to New York The bands played nothing but nuptial
tageously be taken. His own conviction! from Europe, and the hidden shoals marches and love sotgs. At till
close
that anarchist crime could be minimized, run out for miles. They form a sort of all adjournment was made to the town
If not wholly averted, by international Dele 8 hand stretched nut to piclt ep hall, where the young ladies took their
unwary ships, and one of the chief tan•
police communication and cu-operaliah gems is the enormous drift of the gales, places at tables on which stood bowlsof ink roses with such mottoes as
was adapted, he said, by the committee,' which, sweeping over 3.000 miles, send ,1Hope ons' "Love," "Be trusting," and
and he went on io make an assertion I a sea home on the sands that would "Have faith."
which we imagine, will surprise most break up Ole British navy in an hour
gp ff 11 ran ashore there. Liners, leaders, A vacant chair wits left beside each
readers, who have looked upon the Rome brigs end fishing vessels all en fish to girl, and at a given signal 1113 men with
conference es completely abortive, the the Sable Island net, and few lives can matrimonial Intent made a rush to se-
cure the seats. Then coffee and sweet
cake were served, fnllowed by a bon-
bon tasting of liquorice. When this was
over the lady president made a speech
en "The art of pleasing Inan," which was
which no anarchist outrages of a seri• men's bones are washed up on :lie wildly applauded. Dancing in the open
ons character occurred. +beaches as if a reel graveyard had been tot
eended the programme of the festi-
laid bare by the sea.vitie
It is odd that one of the worst plague Hundreds of letters, many of them
Sir Howard Vincent knew but one spots of the ocean should be a river, very amusing, were received this year
means to rout out anarchist crime, and but a salt -water river, bearing ocean- from intending husbands. A railway
that was by putting an end everywhere going ships. The Hooghly, on which official from Pais anxiously enquired
Calcutta stands, is more dreaded by whether, in the event of not finding the
to the expulsion system by a permanent shipowners than any part of the open girl to hls taste, he could refuse to
international agreement. The ideal aha seas. In windless weather and flat, marry and would be allowed to leave
was, he insisted, to bring about the calm water three great vessels have quietly.
retention by each country of its own been lost here in n day, one of them Some bachelors from Gllly, France,
od
bad characters, to whom it could apply' 00550n for this is the ith most of her dforce s as loci the tides lool. The king and earniained thal ng 360eaymonth, an d
such rigorous measures of control as 1( and the dreaded sand banks that are were anxious to find wives from Beaus -
might deed lit. As things are now Italy always shifting. sines, where lire girls are known for
drives her anarchists into Switzerland, A ship will be met out of the channel their good looks end quiet domestic life.
by the current idi ground on one of Two friends, n butcher and a hair.
1a shouts. Itis as though a giant hind dresser, asked to be rernmmended to
reached up through the water and two nice girls by the president, hut so
grasped her keel, and the chances are, mixed up their qualifications that it
once she has caught the ground, that seemed as If the butcher shaved his
site will be careened right over and animals with antiseptic treatment, and
fnunder just beyond, for the current tic hair -dresser slaughtered his ouster
niers humanely.
esscrtion, namely, that an international ee saved owing to the suet and the Ms -
system of supervision and control was lance from shore.
agreed upon, formulated and actually I rleven vessels aae been wrecked%t-
here In a single day and sometimes a[ -
carried out for eighteen menthe, during ter the scour of an easterly gale dead
where the cantonal system offers ob-
struction to ellicent surveillance. France
hunts her anarchists into Belgium, while
Belgium herself and Germany and Rus-
sia expel all their anarchists to Eng-
land, where hitherto the traditional jea-
lousy with Which Englishmen are ac-
customed to regard any police encroach-
ment upon personal liberty has assured
to foreign enemies of society a place
of refuge where new outrages may be
planned.
trirces her on to her beam ends. This
happened to the great Indian mercfiant
ship James and Mary, after which one
01 the worst shoals in the river is
named. No master mariner would ven-
ture to navigate the llooghly. but gives
up his vessel at the Sand Heads out-
side to one of the corps of pilots, the Chance for Hunters of Big Game in the
most highly trained of (heir kind in 111e Irrawaddy Valley.
world. But even they are not infallible
The Bri
Sir Howard Vincent recalled the dee- end Mien ground a ship, and the most tish still;arra need not leaveMention made in 1882 by Sir William • anxious part of a large vessel's voyage ifs battery idle, even If big game in At -
Harcourt when Home Secretary, that In from England to Calcutta is these last Gat has become too sea•ce to be worth
conspire to murder any person within six
miles in the calm water. 11 mems 1110 cost M pursuit. He has only to turn er at the Belem Opera, refuses to touch
six years to train a pilot for this work. his footsteps to the Irrawaddy Valley many, which. she says, is the root of
or without the British dominions is anIn SMUT quite an amplitude of that
1N A VAST DEATH TRAP,
011511 a against the law of Englund, and The worst track anywhere, in European shootiui;,'roic a1 all telt spurts, Mier
that it was 111e bounden duly of Great wales, Int surpassing even t'ortlai'I For eine mesa or other Mr. Stripes
Britain to prevent, as well as punish, race in the molter o1 ships end proper- huts begun 10 colonize that locality un
the perpehwlinn of crimes against pub- ly lost, hs at the very threshold of Eng- quite an extrusive settle, even invading
tic order, whether outside or inside the Inns(. Tho Thames eshun•y, lite mouth 3 ii1ages el night and Inking heavy loll
realm. Sir idowaed finals exp or witch reaches between the North off lief f11h111nit ntS. The natives, much
y expressed rr sr(1 I o'elmtrl, near Mnrgale, (0 01101.11 Ness to 1111rir ('relit, offer ell the resistance
the hope, which now apparently 1s, in Suffollc, hn8 the blackest record for in lice power, but, lvrelahedly 0rnled
shared by a great majority of his mut- wrecks in the whole world. it Is not es Gley a'e, the tnlruder takes 1(tlle
trymen, that in view of the execrable such a daily pert as the roc', but the harm from Iheir flsiiedes, [fere, then,
attempt la murder an English enormous network of Send', filing some 1,, a1 axrelleni npporlunily tot Bila well
( princess Ivndreds of square miles of son, 33.1111 e11,luwrll 11r(ltsh sportsman.
on her wedding day the adoption 0t rote only narrow deop'\vater ohen eels be` Bui.nir, fa morn accessible than the
ennoble preenutilens ageing the. plot- any ole them, pick up more ships than Afrk,nn interior, and also a far plensanl-
iing of anarchist erine under the envie: Gnarl is ahvnvs more daugrinits t)inp cr curl ilrallhfer 00111)117 leo knIek about
of the privilege oI asylum will not be melte on account of its great extent in' Alta who will deny flint tiger
siouting affords mere exciting sport
hundered any longer by a morbid exeg• and the absence of war»Ing (hat it is then potting wild elephants or hip eta•
Il(ere when 110050181 ire the, film. S'unitrn tui? Those wlhn
pursue on ton 11
sand is nearly as had 00 pnyrminL and 10
ele-
will break a tell sh(pr'.a back like a car- (;rest ens. entry time lives in their hands
rot in n gale of wind, just AS it cracked every eel; or wilt), even from 101.
a splendid bark of 1200 tons on die there
heel;
bigaltr t there
l,o1d Send lest year, In 11110 very die- le eiways n prnsibilily 01 a combat at
triol, breaking her in hvo parts rig1)1 lege que'lees,
England from Germany, is the follow- audrlsllips• The strongest fir menta for the infer-
ing. 'Defilmnent of the room by nth of Sn bad is lilts Thames rnnnh tract.
g
"—', in (hr, nrlrnirully (r„cl; rinris lin tmllinn el lin llriligh Nimrod is Ihr. 1Me
111
ciyors is forbidden to the 3505) est. Any male spo18 that
mutly Iho Wi,.nks 1 ,0 1011111: all: it reds wth hint and with
e10 who, notwithstanding. makes guilty ,,.r� 0llnnn'000 Ilett shay enennl he gat in. 1.11 nlnnn In save the lives of hundreds
of such a one will be punished fere• it plans without tnnr'hirl' cosh other
vow* of untnrinnnlesvow*by house arrest. end look like a binek rnesu
1'he vn't deelh-trop of the dish•ic( he ,�_......'...._.._.,
the Ksnlisll tnnr'k, n ,,,awl Ihnl 111,8 e'er, Trnchrr—"lionw many hones have
Minty accounted in pin night lime far you in your body?" Tommy 4"awe inn-
ninny a vessel posed missing --broken died and eight." Tear,(er--Wrong. The
lip, in the :lark hours, vanished and neve human body has only two hundred and
0r heard of. ft was U0 lire 1Can((511 seven.” Tommy -•-But 1 swallowed a
kneel( too„ that the great enter Deutsch. fah bone fila morning,'!
—4--
A PLAGUE OF TIGERS.
COLONY Or CAVE -DWELLERS.
"Back to Nature" Is the Motto of This
Strange Sect.
The strange colonies of hermits who
have taken- up their abode in the neigh-
borhood of Locarno, Ronco and Orsel(-
na, Switzerland, are Increasing in num-
bers.
One group which occupies the wooded
plateau ]shown ns Monte Verita, is 125
strong, and counts in its numbers six
German processors, three military offi-
cers, one of whom 1s married to a coun-
tess, who also belongs to the sect, two
doctors and a priest.
The majority are well-to-do, and some
are wealthy. As these pay well for any-
thing they buy and do not trouble about
malting converts, the inhabitants are on
friendly terms with then:.
They sleep in caves, are vegetarians,
and do not wear ordinary clothing. A
linen hood and a shroud of the same
material are the only garments they
wear. Their feet, legs, arms and neck
are uncovered, and the hair is never
cut, though the men trim heir beards
In a patriarchal way. The women al-
low their tresses io float, in the air.
The motto of all is "Back to nature."
"The height of wisdom and philoso-
phy," they say, "is to underslnndlla-
lure; that alone brings peace and lriap-
piness.'
They rise et dawn and go to sleep
with the selling of the sum; they eat
only fruit and vegetables and drink only
water. In the summer they have daily
sun baths, and in the winter snow
baths.
Some of them have extraordinary
theories, which They carry out with gu'ent
perseverance, One beautiful woman of
30, who was formerly a welt-lalownsing-
greatlon of the old Brinell dislike of 111
restraint on Individual liberty,
---4.
GERMANIC ENGLISH,
On an ashtray which has reached
Sailor—"So you will give your daugh-
ter $25,000;0 l but
1 osmall sum." Rich
Papa s 1 will inherit the
Whole property at my define" Suitor
ffebsenty)--•`About what time will that
all evil. Het theory often lands her in
difficulties, from which she occasionally
extricates herself by singing to her
drbinrs.
Another member only eats vegetahles
that ripen underground. A Ihh'd con.
fines himself str,olly to raw eggs and
pot al nee,
A fourth spends a week among (he
poor villegers, and keeps the doctors
husy by bringing to their notice cases
for which he pays,
All the colony are in the hest of benllh
end enveys appear perfectly happy,
amiable, and polite.
AN1k1ATIID 1'.(ail1ON-PLATES.
IL is rumored and soma firms purpose
sending peefeelly Mineral women to all
the principal resorts this summer, says
the London World. People will discuss
their clothes, and 11 will be the business
of these perambulating fesh'dn-pintes ar
animeted dress -stands to deftly descant
nn clothes with their fellow -guests at the
hotels, They will thus be able to area
in the name of the firm they aro repre-
senting.
Miss Kamera Feend "l'd,111te to take
a photo of your farm hand at work,"
Farmer Brown—"All right.—e( yew skin
spare the time" Miss :Camara Feend—
"Oh, this carnerlt will catch him in just
one -twentieth of a seconds"Fernier
ilrown•—"Yes; but 11(1 lake ye Iwo hours s
14r ketch him woritin', ( o
IN MERRY OLD ENGLAND•
NEWS BY 31,11L ABOUT JOHN BULL
AND i1►S PEOPLE,
Occurrences 1n the Land That 8810118
Supreme In the Commercial
World.
1'let'e. are 2,601 newspapers published
111 the United 1Cineele u.
Dewiais 1s described as the most mus -
feel and in:mautlury emu to Wales,
In 1501 he death -role in this country
wan twenty per 1,000. 11 Is now 10.5,
Street beggars in London aro esti-
mated to make between 111e111 d:312,001.1
a year,
The heir to the lluwnrden estate's, kir.
W. G. C. Gladstone, conies of ago on
July 16.
It has been decided to form a school
ofUniversity 110nitslryof inLeedse,,of1eellen with the
.
The number of vehicles entering and
leaving the City of Loudon dally Is a
million and a quarter,
Mr. Charles Absolom, the oldest
cricketer In , the world, 011/118511 his
eighty-ninth birthday o11 Derby Day.
The average yield of oats per acre in
Great Britain is thirty-nine bushels an
acre; of wheat, about twenty-nine.
In six years cabs in Manchester have
dropped from 750 to 000, in spite of the
city's great increase in population,
Sir Willoughby \Vade, who, up to a
few years ago, 'MS a well-known plty-
sRorne.ietnn at Birmingham, has died at.
Lord Northbrook has been invested
with the ofiico of Lord High Steward of
Winchester, in succession to his father.
Loch Lomond and the streams con-
nected with it have been restocked with
312,000 young salmon, sea trout, and
Reroute
The headland lower al Welton-on-lhe-
Nnzc is being converted into a signal-
ling station for Admiralty purposes.
The Lancashire Asylums Board has
under consideration a proposal for the
erection of villa residences for wealthy
lunatics.
Worthing's glasshouses for growing
grapes, tomatoes, etc., would, if placed
end to end, cover a distance of fifteen
miles.
A well-known Essex inndmark—Ray-
leigh Windmill—Ls about to be torn
down. IL was built in the reign of
George II.
In September a choir of 300 singers
from Leeds and Sheffield will visit Ger.
many, holding concerts at all the prin.
clpal etltes.
L(censied to sell crockery, tobacco,
and other necessities for animals," is the
sign over a general shop in Carshalton,
Surrey.
People to the number of 070,000 are
engaged in food dealing and cooking in
tins country, and 140,000 in making or
selling drink.
A white sparrow has been caught• for
the third year in succession in one of 111e
local glove manufactories at Yeovil,
Sornerset.
There is one public -house for every
sixty-eight residents in the City of Lon-
don, states a return just presented to
the London County Council.
The latest return shows hat our canal
companies carry 31% million tons of
goods yearly, or five times as much as
the railways' canals carry,
The Recorder at Betstel says he would
hesitate to order flogging at any time,
as it is the punishment of a slave, and
110 Englishman ought to be subjected to
it.
Prince Arthur of Connaught, it is re-
ported. wi11 write an accannt of his re-
cent tour to Japan end Canada,'fer pri-
vate circulation among the Royal
Family and hls personal friends.
In order to improve their ninricsmon-
ship, Lord Kesteven has invited the
members of the Stamford (Lincs) Rifle
Club to shoot the young rooks on his
estate at Cnsewicl{ Hall.
The use of motor -cycles in the United
Kingdon is largely on the increase
(says the "Motor -Cycle"), but foreigners
are capturing the trade, ns the gest
English machines are practically fall-
et•ae,
The parish of St. George's -in -the -East,
Stepney, has the highest birthrate in
the kingdom. According to the report
of the medical officer of health for the
last fortnight, the rate was 57 per 1,000
annually.
BIG TRiP TO CLEAR HIS NAME.
Man Returns to Britain When Accused
of a Crhne.
A voyage of 3,000 miles to clear his
name from the suspicion of- a crime is
the remarkable feat of a 1111111 nailed
William Flening, of Scarborough, lsng-
lend.
Fleming is an an ex -soldier. Some
time ago he wont to America to seek
Me Iortune, and found what, to a man
in his humble position, was a gond post.
A few weeks ago he received a letter
from his wife, saying he Wes suspected
or breaking Into a house and stealing
3140, Fleming soon made up his mind
what to do. Ile threw up his work, got
n berth on a cattle boat and warted 1115
sway to Liverpool. From that port he
went to :full, and gave himself up to
the police. They would not take the
charge, so he tramped as far as the p0.
ilea aluti0n at Scarborough.
"1 mn innncelt;' he said, "bol 1 went
to be proved innocent, Mime me"
The other day he was brought before
the magistrate and discharged without
it slain on its character. The mnission
fur which he crossed the Atlantic eves
accnmpllshed,
•1'inero is001 element of pelhne to Iho
strange story. Pleming's father, who
was in Now York, was in delicate horde)
and se shocked by the news of the ec-
(msntlon that ho died. Another point
10 that ills sense of honor has been 1115
ruin in a roomy sense. ile is nee
penniless and met of work, But 1i still
looks on Rte cheerfully, and and hopes
to he able to work his way bac([ to
America soon.
"1 have Bleared my character," he
says, "and thane whet I came back
fort(
Tile man who wouldn't tell a lie to
ova his life hes taken up the business
1 an advertising agent.
WORLD'S RICHEST WOMAN
mai iNCOME iN ONLY 3,5000,000 PER
ANNUM.
Fraulein Bertha Krupp, of Essen, Ger-
many, Is to Marry a Penniless
Young Nobleman,
remelt) t) Bertha I(r top, 111+' wie l I'.'.
wealthiest woman, has decided 10 Murry
a penniless young nobleman who or„n-
plrs aft vette:mely i1sigeilleant diplo-
nmfic post es Secretary of Legation u
the 1'Iv„stun Legation to the \'aUcen,
The lucky suitor, Guslevue vel
Bnhlemlieleao, coulee of a bloc-bintehe
nel to,•ralic family tracing its descent
back to the twelfth century, but other-
wise would be regarded as au undesir-
able 1lnrltner fa' the heiress.
liuudleds of suitors have Veen 0011,1! -
dab's for 1'1'auleln Krupp;v hand. They
included prinees, dukes, M111111101 able
noblemen, millionaires, geniuses, and so
forth, but leraulein Krupp refused linen
all, and insisted on chewing a husband
according to the dictates of her bears.
Her mother, relatives, and gua'dinns
were al first opposed to the mulch, but
Frauleln 1C,vpp r'enmined Men, and
finally tad her 0100 way.
35,000,000 PER.
She is tite solo 01')10)' of (he world-
renowned Krupp Works al Essen, which
supply nearly all the armies and navies
on earth with artillery. Her workmen
number 60,000, and with their families
snake over 300.000 people dependent on
her. The entire city of Essen, with a
quarter of a million inhabitants, is her
property. Her income is stated to be
11,000,000 a year.
She is a handsome sell -possessed giel
of hvelly-two, with lovely fair hair and
bright, sparkling eyes. She is a fine
horsewoman, and fond of ell kinds of
outdoor reerealicls, including cycling
anti goling.
She lives with her mother at the Villa
Huguel, the magnifleent palace built by
ler father. It is filled with priceless
treasures withered from the fou' quar-
ters of the earth, but her private apart -
melts consist of two small rooms fur-
nished hl while.
The Kaiser, who was a friend of her
father, has always taken great interest
111 Fraulein Krupp, and it was under the
special protection of his Majesty and of
the Empress that she made her debut 1n
Berlin society.
PRINCE Ole WALES' "ZOO.”
Remarkable Collection of Animals • and
+3 41 •h0•?CkOrxdC,f4;1.•;1:1f+'-')f•
TWO PICTURES,
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Scene 1.
A group of people silting 11011rr slims
npp3+ Ines. 'file (0nalld cnverl.'d wills
A 1i111e buy bemire to leek shell
up ant Cul Mein. The 114111r noticing
lllis, mics out, ';'lu(3 cutin ; Mae: green
apples, 1(alpt.''
Thr eluld pays e1 etuntirn to 11111
L
con ltinted.
:"pup ('111(0(3 Riese, (!real u1•pics, I
1 soy, Thiry Iyif1 0111)1(5 you s(cli, 'filmy
1 tee gre:: and 111,1 1'11 to cid."
"nut, pap11, lie arc' good,
':No, they are, not, and you tenet not
caheal. Now yo11( me or I will
halve(to punish youu."1111
Atter a lime„ observing Iiai the child
still continues In eat Mc fipple. the fa-
ther calls nut, "It you will (510lsl in
eating Ihose apples, Ralph, pick out
thosephut are the ripest. Ikea, bring
Ihaee to nu end lei. Atte see Item."
The child net reeving, the father rises
and goes to him, I111(es an apple out of
his hand and throw: 11• nwny; picks up
another and hands it to the child, say.
ing, "This Is n better one."
('hen, laking out his knife, he peels
several apples and gives Item to the
boy, who accepts and eats Mon without
a weed 01 conmlent from either,
A few minutes later the tither observes
the boy trying to climb 0 tree, and calls
01111
'Stop cllmhing Chet tree; you'll tear
year elnlhes, You OM always 1n some
111111011(01,"
Tho child persists in trying In swam
up the trunk of the tree, which is too
large for 111m to commies. After watch-
ing his futile efforts for a time and
tilling him to desist the (ether at last
Says:
"\Nell, it yet nee going In climb that
free anyway, why delft you take that
box to stead on. here you bring the
box and i'11 give you a boost. There,
now, you are up in 11)5 tree. See if
you can't sit still 011 those lower branch-
es"
The father returns to his conversa-
tion. The boy, instead of sitting still,
climbs everywhere at Rile visit of limbs
end clothes, end in spite nI warnings
and scoilings he conlimies to elimb un-
til he wants to get down when the fa-
ther comes to his aid and sets 111111 on
the ground rather roughly, saying to
his friends, as he dors so, "1 never saw
such a persistent little rssrnl. lie al-
ways menages in some way to get what
he wants." The child (wet -hones Lhe re-
mark and smiles. Iris not hard to fore-
see the result of such t'11h11ng, a pereisl-
enhly disobedient son 111ndc so by the
fulher'8 unwiselom, a1(1 finally, perhaps,
bringing disgrace to himself and sorrow
to the father.
Birds,
The steamship Tactician recently
landed in London the wild animals,
birds and snakes presented to the
Prince of Wales during his tour In In-
dia. It is not a large collection, and
most of the animals are quite young.
They were trapped by the servants of
the many Indian potentates who made
obeisance to the Prince of Wales during
his tour. Here is a list of the best of the
collection :
One elephant (about a year old).
One Indian rhinoceros (about a year
old).
One full-grown female tiger.
Two tiger cubs.
Two leopards.
Two Himalayan bear cubs.
Two Rurrhel sheep.
Two Mar goals.
Two albino barking deer.
Two Nylghaie antelopes.
Two swamp deer.
One Sambur deer.
Five Indtun antelopes.
One Ghoral antelope.
One four•horned antelope.
One musk dee'.
Seven sheep with varying horns.
One Tibetan mastiff.
Two ground thrushes.
Two green -winged doves.
Two purple pheasants.
One Impeyan pheasant.
Two partridges.
Ona viper.
Two Wandcroo monkeys.
One Gibbon monkey,
One wild Sondaic ox.
A RARE SPECIMEN.
With the specimens acquired in Cal-
cutta, sixty -Iwo animals, birds and rep-
tiles were landed safely. Some of the
pheasants died on the voyage from want
of fresh food, probably, end a barking
deer and a musk deer succumbed to the
changes of climate. But one music deer
survived—a lti'110, cowering thing, with
gentle, pathetic eyes. Musk deer are
very costly, they are very difficult to
trnnsplant.
'191e wild beasts spent the voyage 'o1
the open trading deck, secured in strong
wooden cages, iron -barred. The bal)y
elephant only stands about Eft. high,
and it Ls ton young to have acquired the
dignity of a na1110. But ho should he
very popular at the Zoological Gardens,
whence he Prince's collection has been
talon, for the sailormen taught, him to
"salaam" by lifting his trunk high and
showing a lithe red gullet of a mouth.
—4
WHY WAIT TO 1313 TOLD?
The problem of "making" a living is
not a particularly (Moult one to solve
in these days, To be really successful
in the art of "earning" a living is the
difficult matter. The commercial world
is crowded with people who are paid for
services which they do not perform,
Sento of them succeed in giving their
employer the impression (hut they are
interested it his business.. By obeying
his commands with alacrity they lead
him to imagine That they are serving 1111n
faithfully, whereas, of 1he oonlrary,
they aro constantly schomhig Io so0 how
rts they eon actually pertorm
31111111111°0117.° being 1)8111110(1 ns incompetent,
It makes no difference what sort of
wort( a men is engaged to do, there is
no excuse for him if he does not give
proper attention 10 the last) \vfth which
he is entrusted. If he lets his lime out
for a wage, such brains as he may pos.
secs are supposed to be Included in the
bargain. Although 110 may feel be in
Mile Moro than pert of a mnChine, be
sihouid remember that he is expected to
tbe an
neohantsm,ntelligen, portion of t11at
Scene 11.
As before an orchard and the ground
strewn with apples. A child who be-
gins to pick up the apples and bite them.
Noting this, the tallier says:
"Please bring 110 some of Mose ap-
ples, I leant to see if they are ripe
enough to eat."
The child obeys. The tether examines
the fruit, saying. '"These are all too green
to eat. I wilt see if I can lied you a
good one. Here, this is fairly good. I
will peal it for•you."
After peeling a couple of apples for
the child, the father says, '71151 will
no now. You must eat no More le -flay.
To-lnnerow we will see 1t we can find
some more good ones.
The child, seeing Ihnt the father is not
exercising an nehilrevy power 01 0iela-
lion, but is seeking the child's best in-
terests, yields readily to the command
and seeks other pleasures. He soon
begins to climb a bill apple tree. The
father, who is ever watchful, observes
this and says, "Look et your eon!. John;
see how you have soiled it. IL will nev-
er do to make extra labor tor mamma
in this way."
"But. pupa, 1 want to get rip in the
tree. I won't tear 01y clothes."
"If 1 will help you up in the tree will
you sit quietly o1 ihcse lower trenches,
1 rant let
when you here on your old clothes you
be a good climber. Are you willing lus,(0011 climb to -day. Another day
shall climb. for 1 want you to learn to
t
t: sit up there?"
papa."
The tether helps him t0 his scat and
returns to his friends.
Presently the boy roils out:
"Can't I allmh 013 jnst to time branch -
5.. there? 1 won't tear my clothes."
The father looks up presently, say-
ing, "A bargain's a tweet)), isn't It? I
kept my part of this agreement. if
vnu cn11't keep yours i will conte and
help you dawn. Business loon always
keep a contract."
The boy laughs and sits still for a
while. Then be calls out, "1'11 ready
to cone down. papa."
The father gives his 035(818nee and
the boy thanks him, saying as he runs
away, "111 snake a good business man,
weft 1?"
"lie's such n dear 11111e chap" says
the father, as he rejoins his friends.
"Full of mischief end IDe, but he knows
1 nm his frienrl, and that 1 forbid him
nothing except, I Ihh11c it is far his gond.
\Ve have many jolly lance !mother, he
end 1, and he says well be partners in
business some day and 1 (111)11; we with"
I(AGPICKER'S WEAL'ru,
Had Sold leis Body to Medical School
for an Annuity.
A miser's hoard was brought to light
in a swinge way in Ports the other day.
A ragpiuko' vaned Mace returned drunk
10 an attic be occupied in the Lath)
quarter. There he upset a candle, set
Ilio place on 111'0 and was burned to
death.
While Senrelling among the bundle of
rags with which the ro01)1 was littered
the Mennen and police found levet' 33,000
In hank notes, and also papers welch
Showed that the ragptrke had recthtly
jewelweed en annuity of 91260.
For veers past the man had anted
a livelihood by raglecleing and sheet
bogging. 11e jammed a physical nil•
no'malily, which ho had also turned to
account. For a 3,001,1y pnymenb of 3120
he agree,( thn.t the University 1tedbcai
Pehool should have his hotly otter denhh,
rho dent has proved en nnprofiablo
one far the surgeons, ns all tiat is naw
lett for them are a few blackened hones,