The Brussels Post, 1907-1-17, Page 2NOTES AND COMMtNTS tkeVeselteeNAAW
Great Improvements are said to have
been effected by Prof, Kurn, 01 the
Munich university, in ltis apparatus fur
transmitting photographs over the tele-
, 'graph wires. lie has succeeded in send-
ing photographs and sketches six • r
eeven inches square front Munich lv
huremburg, a dislanoe of 100 miles, •n
from ten to fifteen minutes. Precisely
the seine results, says Prof, Korn, would
be obtained if the photographs were
transmitted by a telegraph tine of tiny
length, The photograph is pineal on
a transparent glass cylinder, wlu,h re-
volves slowly and at the stupe Niue
moves right to left. A ray et light is
thrown on the cylinder by means of an
electric lnrup and lens, and when 'h.,
ray reaches the Interior of Ihe cylinder
it is brighter or darker according to the
coloring of that particular part of pho-
tograph through which It passes. 1e•
side the cylinder Ls seine seleuluua,
which transmits the electrical current
in proportion to the intensity of the
I.gi1L brought to bear on it. '1110 00-
ceivtng apparatus consists of an elec-
Irieal Nernst tamp placed inside a glass
cylinder covered with sensitized peper,
en which is reproduced tate plletograph
in its exact shades, provided that the
cylinders at each end of Um wino re -
video at exactly the sante speed. It is
hoped to snake such improvements to
the apparatus as will enable pictures to
be phalugraplled in two minutes.
Holiday packages not only but big
build ngs are being wrapped up in
paper, in the course of experiments en
protecting iron and sh el structures
against moisture and atmospheric ero-
sion, when coats 1(t various kinds of
plant were found to be ineffective, trials
were made to determine the protective
poor of paper impregnated with para.
fie wax. The Iron was first thoroughly
cteal'ed from rust by means of (vire
brushes, and a coat of stinky paint ap-
plied. l'he paper then was pressed
tightly on to the surface of the trash
paint with the edges made to overlap
somewhat, and coals of paint at once
applied to the surface of the paper. It
was Lund that iron and steel this pro-
tected remained in the same condition
as at first, after constant exposure for
27 menthe to the action of smote,, while
Iho sticky layer of paint on the metal
also was intact, and in some places still
not dry. It also proved that steel treat-
ed In this way could remain in contact
with moist air and sewer gases without
its surface being in any way attacked.
'I'
Old Mother Earth has given birth to
it new child, a new island. The story
comes from the far north that an island
recently appeared in the Bering Sen. IL
evidently has been thrcwn up by a sub-
marine eruption. Advices have been
received from Seward, Alaska, which
Elate that the new 'eland 1s located
not fu' from the island of Boroslow,
which was upheaved in the same man-
ner about a century ago. News of Lhe
formation of this new land reached Se-
ward from Unalaska, carried there by
Gering sea fishermen. Vast quantities
of rock were thrown up with the earth,
thus forming acres of bluff, rugged
headlands, according to the accounts
given by these fishermen. Thai Lits up-
heaval Was due to volcanic dlepiace-
ntere seems evident from what Ihe fish-
ermen say. They assert positively that
the water of 1110 sea was extremely warm
for a wide radius [round the newly cre-
ethe island, and late atmospheric heal
was so fierce that they were unable to
approach near the land,
F
A mushroom grows Mn a night, The
plants 1)t Karroo sprout. bloom, and
die during an April shower. The Ka-
roo is a broad, elevated tract of coun-
try situated in Cape Colony, With an
altitude at from 1,800 to 3,000 feet, slight
rainfall and a send -desert vegetation,
'I'lle shrubs are mostly a dull grayish
green. Pretty little annuals occur un-
der the shelter of larger bushes; flow-
ers and fruit appearing in seedlings
only one or two inches high, and (hese
cotyledons are still fresh and green.
The adaptation !Mete ephemeral plants
exhibit to a dry climate turns on the
short duration of their lives, a singlo
shower being suillciont to enable them to
pass tl*t•ough the whole cycle of their
da'velopment.
FESTIVAL 5'1' , Orr Brui;H"T EYES,
The "Fesltval of Bright Eyes" 1
1, Y n •Iho
city of Telehnu, Chinn, is n Baia lime for
everybody, and thousands of people at.
tette, n lerge number of whom wnrshtp
all the god.; 10 the temple, eke dive in
number, but 1114W0 esprcinlly Ihe 1',,l.
dcss of Bright Eyes. 'faits 18 It small gift
Idol, which is suppneed to have poww'l'
to prevent or cure eye ch,cn ,:s, The
worshippers burn candies aid incense
before the idol and kowtow lu'(nre 11;
paper speclaelos are burnt es offerings.
Some who have been cured adorn the
Idol With red veilings.
A WISDOM 't'OC,'111.
Cholly—Tho dentist laird um I had 11
large entity Drat needed lilting.
Ethel -1M he recommend any special
aattrso of study?
Coming Into
the Harbor,
t,'W Ait@s' eeieNeWseentt
The cliff; of Robin Hood's Bay shone
ria( in the sunlight; the waves fell gently
upon the 11111, Ila' tide creeping quietly
10 upon the land made , i,
one great bte.
loveliness of the betel( jogged rorlks of
the Scour. 1)hle 12;11,1', 1111'.1 blue."1)3 111(0
red earth, with dere mud these deep slut-
dnws throng by the 02erluu,gng 110[0.
A picture ready Houle far clod who had
eye's to .see, And yet Claude Lauer:ono,
22210 was an arst In los Yop
Isl:ed (lith dLsapptiruvnl at the pgi•-tiiclmrs,0
on the easel trf,re hint.
"Ruined 1" he said. "Who would hate
exuected a spell of weather tate'
e this"
Ills rulnplaiut 201(0 j148111100; venally in
August the bay wile visited by sodden
and frequent starns, The picture on the
easel (vas tine of grey cloud and driving
wend, of galtt':ring 1011111 and breaking
billow. In storm the teeth of the Seam.
showed jagged and ugly—a clanger to a
boat that is making the harbor then,
'1'llerc had been no slnrnt 111 the bay for
a week now, and Lorraine had finished
with the fad of imagination 1120 grey
clouds that shadowed the little cluster of
11uuses, bush I11 deliauce of frovtuence,
it seemed, on the edge of the cliff.
'All as It should not be,' said Claude
Leer:dee, sweeping the scene with a
glance; "anti now that beastly tide to
(tenting i1(, and my foreground will be
gone.'
Ile stretched himself upon the shingle
and blinked at the despised canopy. of
blue above hint; there were other things
that were not as they should be, either.
Lorraine nearly bit the amber of lits
pipe in two as he event over it all in hes
mind once inure. And yet, what was 11
after all? Just a bit of the old story—
two fair women in one man's life.
He saw it all quite plainly—tato poor
barely -furnished studio in Chelsea, with
the unsold pictures on the walls, a win-
ter twilight, a lamp with a red shade
casting a fictitious air of luxury, the
[also glamor of the fame that tarried.
and a woman whose dress had a silken
rustle about 11 making tea at the stove.
Yes, of course, Ether was delightful, and
she had helped him with his work.
That last story of hers was abomin-
ably clever, and it was entirely through
her influence that the illustrations 100 it
had been given to him. He owed her
something more than gratitude, and love
in winter had been real enough.
Another chapter of the old story.
Ethel Ilarnmersley, clever writer that
she was, counted more than thirty years
of life, when she did not blind: Ihe truth,
and her tired, brave eyes had lines about
the corners, and her laugh crime loo
cosily to be real. And Nancy \Varren,
whose father owned half the herring -I
boats in the bay, would not be twenty
until next year, and her cheek had the
bloom 0f the peach on It, and the
witchery of the salt 500 was in her
blood.
Lorraine remembered :tow he had sera
her first; he had been out with the sten
overnight, and Nancy with an old "suu'-
wester" on her head had laughed into
his eyes as she helped with: the boats in
the dawn.
He packed bus easel away deftly.
"After all," he said, "I won't go back
until next month."
'i'lte days are not long at the end of
September; by nine o'clock al. night the
moon hangs steadily over avensoar. A
girl stealing over the wet beach in the
shadow of the land, stood a moment
with her hand above her heart, es if
afraid of the silence and the desolation
of 21 all, And then a whistle sounded
near her, and a man stepped out into
the. light.
"How late you are," said Lorraine, as
h^ hissed her. "I thought you were nut
coming."
I couldn't come before" said Nancy
Warren. "1 bad to get father's supper
ready, an' I wasn't quite sure, you see,
that I wanted to corse very bad."
She stood a little away from him,
There we sornething remote and new
about her, Her fore looked pale in the
moonlight, and stooping to look at her
Lorraine saw that bin eyes were full of
1(1110.
"1 say, Nance, what is it?" lit' said.
"Didn't you really wilt to cultic?"
Ile gathered her in ads 41rn18 ; her
beauty had made this summer an exqui-
site tiling to ]tint, and in 0 iew days now
let ought lo go away,
"Doti t you really core, Nancy," he
said, "whets I Ca 00 80 uut•h 3
She was very quiet for a moment, and
then she pushed hint resolutely from her
and stood alone.
"Oh, yes, 310111' 10ve-ntaldn's very
nice," site said, "nn' Jim Ferrers don't
snake love 111(0 this; but I'm not sure that
it ain't hint 1 like brei, after all. You're
a painter chap, a line gentlemen from
London, and rut ncnvl but a fisher lass,
but it's not love for fair weather I'm
w5nlin' all litesane, You see, the bays
quiet enough novo, but there's always lite
storms to comma on. My slip's got to
come Into harbor, too,"
She \Vie, lovely anti dent, Beauty like
hers Wag worth any sncrillce,
"Newey'," said Claude quietly, "I wont'
you to 1)0 ray wife, \\'Ill yet 111011y me,
dear?"
II,
The mnaliing of the Senor, 1110 leaden
sea, flicked here and theme with a while
ridge, told of the routing of the Mattel
It. 11+1.s September, the bench was swept
of all lis summer trickery; gone was the
Inilhing tents, like Jushpi's cont of many
ciders, gone were the happy children
Musing the evasive. Shrimp its the pools
among the vorlts, 1111 silently elolen
away- until nest year. Nutley Waren,
paring the shore, Rested in a dull fashion -
the Thud 1(l the waves as they tell at the
foot of the cliffs 'Turning in her war
she saw the conslgon'dsntnn sweeping
the ledger with his glass, end in a
bound she vv118 al. 1110 lop of Ihe elation -
house steps, standing l,✓ his nide.
"You dnn'i eve any boat oil llh're, do
you, Mr, 1'errers?" she a11md hint.
"Wit° are 3112 expecltn' would be 0:11
the day?" said the old mon. Ile was
Jim Revers' hillier, and Jim went with
11 heavy heart new,
"Nee_..
N on Ihnt is--- " said Nutley, "0[
course, he can coag' Hick by fruit."
"110 would 11 he had a grail of sense
du his head," 2020 1110 gnawer; huI 01101(1
he's uabut a landsman, pule rule, 202' a
notion that the let bundle he's bought is
good enough for eny sea, he'll 110111e 115'
wader. Ay, ay, my lass, he's 0111 there
right enough, and nlebbe he'll get
2211kanm loud tuebbe he wutnla, It's all a
melt? for Providence up theeh.,'
tie replaced the telescope in the stile
hoe -house and crane unit shied with
Matey beside them rail.
'The win,l1 only a capful 11020:' 110
said; "you un' ole, lass, know its it 'all
bt dif1, vent In en hour. if it was 0110 0f
our nem lads (ltce'd rust in clear. Mut
'[n1----- ely loss:' he said, not unkindly,
merely as one elating It fact—life is hard
1 , 1hus,' who go down In the Sea Mt
'ships ---"ono way or another tae's bound
I•: eunle Milne un the tide."
11 was the hulls lie spoke, the girl
lonely 11, The 111Ile cootie that (.laude
i.orrr'ne 1111,1 bought for his own plea -
;owe in foie weather would be nothing
but u mtdehbnx if the rocks caught it M-
iley. Nary 11,'i away shivering, and
met Jin Ferrers coming deco the vil-
lage street,
site slopped involuntarily. Jim was
hig and strung, and the captain of Ihe
herring -heel. her father's right-hand
1111(0. Nancy stood hefure dim, twisting
her fingers lu tete shawl.
"Jim 2"
lie eel not answer her, They had been
lover's once, and someone head stolen her
front hint. Jim lied no word fur Nancy
mlrlw.
"Jim 1 Are you going out with the
boot`: If you ere 1 want—"
"111 the teeth of a gale 121(0 this?"
• 11 had come. Evcu ill this short Bae
Ihe slain luld brnkrn. \\'illi a wil0 cry
of rage the wind swept up the street,
driving the rain bcb,r0 fl, tearing
Native's shawl from her head. She
wrapped it more closely about her, and
cisme nctu•er to Jin, 1f anyone could
help her i1 was .dim Ferrers.
"I must ask you, Jtm," she said,
":hough I don't (want to a bit. He's out
beyond the buy. Jim, and he 11 not get in
111 somebody doesn't go out to him soon."
"'Tile pretty, whitehanded swell, (Tye
mean 'f" said Jilts, with a harsh laugh.
"Mini as is so mach bol ler than us, sure-
ly he cult manage a bout in a bit of a
breeze like this 3'
It was•a stiff gale. They both knew
it. Nancy shook his nem.
"Ile can't do It—you know he can't."
"Then let him( drown," said Jim.
He turned on his heel, The fisher fell:
of the bay ore not while -handed nor a
soft-spoken lot. Nancy lied to the bench
again and laud ionsed a boll ready for
launching, when lel was again at her
side.
"Go hone, Nance," he said more
gently. "Go home and cry your eyes out
if you've a mind to, Ono of use' come
hone to -night, and if it lsti t him it
won't be nut"
'rhe boat loots up his attention, and at
length he had it clear of the breakers,
and, enc of the other Lads joining him at
the lest moment, they set out with a
strong, steady stroke in the direction of
the fitly brown sail rising and fulling
helplessly in the trough of the waves,
The crowd on the bench gathered.
Naney Shod with the other 110:0112 who
ware ever ready to tell her that Jim head
Bono on a fool's errand and Unit none
of them would conn home. The waves
ruse in fury, hurling themselves against
the wind that carte shrieking from the
east. A doll :tour passed, and then
another.
"An' now 1 hope you're selis(led," said
Jim Ferrer: mother to Nancy, "You've
spilt as good a lad to Ws death as ever
slopped. Jim 1 elm!"
A shout from the men answered lire.
A little brown speck that grew bigger
and bigger came steadily towards them,
and a quarter of an lour later the wen
visited into the water and helped 10
Leech the returning boat,
A hush fell upon the little crowd.
Claude Lorrelne, weak end exhausted
after vain effort, clutched the shoulder
of the mon who had rescued hien.
"Isn't he a good chap, Nancy?" he
said. "Ile has brought me home to you,
dear."
There was a moment of silence, and
then Nancy deliberately look her place
by JLm Ferret's, and slipped her hand
hen his,
"Cm glad you've got in, Afr. Lorraine,"
slue said. "1'n glad it's Jiln tha10
brought yeti, an' I may es well say 11
HOW as later—Mels a Ind of my own sol'(,
11 man If ever there teas one, nn' if he'll
have Hie, it's hie I'm goln' to marry
now."
She hid her face against Jim's wet jer-
sey; the very taste of the salt sea was
dear to her. No one spoke, The crowd
moved up towards the village, and
(.auude Lorraine went with them, There
was a hush in the storm. Jim Ferrers
lifted his sweetheart's face to his and
kissed her,
"Coming into harbor together." he
said, "Nonce, hiss u' aline 1" — London
Answers.
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DEATfi :\STEAD OF SECRET.
Alchemist and 1111 Enmity \'i'e1'e Blown
10 Pieces,
1)1 Capel, n distinguished chemist end
odchetnist, of Paris, France, who has
long been trying to nlanllueluro gold,
brought aloha the death of himself turd
his entire family the outer night, just
when ho believed he -lied solved the
golden riddle,
At: Capel Mud recently hinted to sever-
al people that he had made an impo•-
lent discovery in his experiments at gold
produetlnn, lend he wrote to his brother
saying !hat he believed that he eves un
lhu way toward solving the prnblern.
He called his wife and three children
into
his loborelory et Poumet and showed
them what appeared to be a nugget of
geld.
lie was explaining to Them Ihe process
ho had used, when he. 111ndvertently
Itus1101 a l,asbn containing some gun-
powder Inn near Iho lamp. A termite
explosion f,lluwed, blowing up time en-
tire laboratory and leaving 11 a heap of
ruins.
Ncighbnri riveted In (lie 1'000110, and
wiilm greet, difficulty weer able to recover
lite shattered bodies of the tllr•hmmist,
hfs wife and three eldidren. The wife
was still able to speak, but 5110 died on
her 120y to the hospilel, The alchemist
hos left ni•lruce of his discovery.
1[ you want In rise In your leisinws
you nitul be willing to lir your shone,
nod sometimes at little nerve Bran pent
share, of work, and do 11 well,
TRACKING OF BIG GAME
WONDERFUL isKICJ, DISPLAYED EIY
ORiE,N'1'AL BUNTERS.
Tracing the Movements of n 711)er
(Estimating Its :