The Brussels Post, 1907-1-24, Page 2NOTES AND COMMENTS
•The new China is erudite. Posters
Pletearden 411 over Foochow °Intense
the opening of modern schools, wench
aro springing up almost at the rale cl
0170 every week. There is a normel
school with 300 students, a military
. school, a higle school, a reform school,
enemy Intermediate and primary schoole.
4 pollee training school, and a medical
8011091. They are supported by subscrip-
lions from the provincial government,
the literatti and gentry, and by tuition,
It is not uncommon to see a group er
modern school doses encircling the base
of a dusty old Buddhist image in what
was onee a temple, the wane adorned
with picture charts setting forth the
vudimenes of geology, botany, zoology,
anatomy, ,and geography. The temple
yards are converted Into play and drill
grounds for military deal, and gymnas-
lies form an important part of the
techool curriculum. The normal and
high schools are equipped with chemi-
cal, physical, Latham!, and zoological
laboratories, and many of the other
teapots aro more or less supplied with
laboratory 11100111es and Apparatus. All
China is clamoring for western know-
ledge.
Seeds Ulm Sleeping Beauty, can slum -
bet for long years and then reawaken
to life. Lieut. Greely, commander of the
'Lady Franlclin bay expedition, whtch
tattled north in 1881, took out seeds If
various vegetanies. Some of these were
sow01 without success at Fort Conger,
81 deg. 44 min. north. The station was
abandoned in 1883. In 1890, sixteen
years later, the abandoned station was
discovered by Lieut. Peary. Among
other (tangs he found a packet, of rad-
ish seed in an. open box in. the attic
of the fort. These seeds had been ex-
posed for sixteen years to o. winter
temperature of 60 deg. to 70 deg. F.
below zero. The seeds were sent home
and remained until the spring 01 1905,
when they were sown and 50 per cent.
produced perfectly normal plants, from
twenty-three year old seedes. The ques-
tion is raised as to whether the electri-
cally charged atmosphere, so constant
fo northern regions, has the effect cf
prolonging germinative tree. le has
been observed that the atmospheric
electric currents adds quite 100 per cent.
to the rapidity of plant growth and to
the development of color and strength
of perfumes.
The most interesting part of the dark
continent is Abyssinia. Here the beasts
o1 the field and the flowers of the mea-
dow from the Mediterranean region
meet those of tropical Africa. Here the
snow capped mountains retain a wild
goat; here also is a peculiar and aber-
• rant dog, and in the western lowlands
is a true witcl boar. Severat 01 the ante-
lopes and two or three species of mon-
key are peculiar to Abyssinia, as aro
numerous birds, a few Rsh, two or three
eeptiles, and a great many plants. The
human races are of varied types and
• widely different origins, speaking a 'di-
versity •of languages, some of them as
• yet unclassified. In the extreme south-
• west aro negro types, in the southeast
and south they are handsome Gala -
Hamitic or Somata stock, in the north
• there are Haute and Semite, and traces
of ancient Greek or Egyptian colonies,
and dark skinned Jews whose origin
seems to ante -date the destruction of
• Jerusalem, Abyssinia has a history go-
ing back to a thousand years before the
Cluestean era,
Ari sin:Weal °Mealier is the mica,
industry, dependent upon the electrical
industry and, for all practical purposes,
impregnable. In Its two principal uses
no substitute for it. is known nor is one
in the least likely to be discovered which
can have any marked effect on its pro-
dualun. More especially, the electrical
indush'ies are on the increase, and con-
currently increase the mice. industry.
The percentage of installations which
Use direct current machines is on the
decrease, but it is hardly to be supposed
that the actual number of direct cur.
rent matinee in use can decrease. These
maehtes mime use commutators and
tee commutators must be insulated with
mica. Mica has been and can be ant -
fleetly prepared, but the conditions
whereunder natural mica Is produced
seem to place the artifloial production
beyond the range of reasonable proba-
bility,
OHIO'S NEST IN A CRANE.
Discovery has been made in tho busy
station yard of the Che.shire Lines Rath
way at Norwich, England, ,flutt a tom-
tit has nested and hatched three young
ones in a tiny aperture in the tom of
a big crnns. Every day of the week the
neene Is in use, engines and wagons are.
running round 11 constantly, and eerie
aro loaded ahnostehourly, Yet by look.
ing down the aperture three yellow bine
can he seen and a chirrup heard, and as
lite men move awry the mother flies to
the crane and (eerie' the youngsters.
•
• "Ape you eure yeti letre Me let' Myself
omen' asked the romantic young we -
man. "1,Vol1," replied •the practical
young Mtn, "I don't thine 1 love •you
for anyone else."
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lh [MUM 110111,
,
Than was no owner's name OVOr the
shop, but la place at it appeared Om
'legend, "Ye Olde Curioettie Shope.'
And Indeed, no better description could
hate been apptied, for the lour openers
tho earth mighe well have been ran
sacked to provide the wares displayed
Pottery, pictures, fixation of all nee
and counines, uncouth native weapons
and skins from tentage lands, and
etrange relics from the tombs of Egypt
were jumbled together, lilting the the
tie shop from floor to ceiling. Even
in the window itself the same confusion
was rampant, and the beads of a dusky,
bathetic belle filtered a tray with Lilo
gewgaws which had perhaps graced the
haughtiest of her white sisters a cen-
tury ago. And over all !Ong Dust reign-
ed supreme.
Everything in the place carried the
halloomics of limo end usage; even Use
very atmosphere had a musty flavor.
Stay! Not quite everything; for the pre-
sent custodian of these tokens of be-
gone ages had nothing in keeping with
them. She was a girl of nineteen, evil!)
a charming ovat face, blue eyes, and
hair which the mine—could 11 have con-
trived an entry llu'ough the murky win-
dow—would have transformed to bur-
nished gold. Perched la an ancient
careen chair of black oak, she shone
like °Jewel in a dingy setting. She
was reading, but presently she laid the
book aside and, with a pretty, petulant
ge.sture, exclaimed:—
"Oh, dead 8 do wish something would
happen!"
As If to answer to her desire, the
door -bell immediately tinkled and a
young follow of about twenty4Iva en-
tered. He lead a - good-humored face,
deeply bronzed by exposure, and was
powerfully built. The girt decided that
be was a sailor with some outlandish
curio to dispose of. On seeing her he
made a half000tion to withdraw, but
thought better of 11 and nemoved his
Cap.
"I see you're wanting someone, and
1 thought 1 might sun," he said, awk-
wardly, pointing to a small notice to
the window,
"My father will be here soon, if you
don't mind waiting," she replied.
The stranger thanked her, and then
—possibly to prevent his eyes wandering
too often in her direction—began to ex-
amine the contents of the shop. Now
and then his face showed that he recog-
nized a familiar object, and presently
he picked up a venomous -looking Ma -
top crease and tried the point on his
thumb, only to drop it quickly as he
caught the startled expression in Alio
girl's eyes.
"I beg your pardon, miss," he said,
"but you've got some old acquaintances
01 mine here. The own brother to that
knife nearly tet the life out of me on
one occasion."
ills smile was infectious, and the girl
reassured. was soon listening eagerie
to. Ills tales of the strange countries In
bad vistlecl, for, as she had surmised,
he was a sailor. His name, she learned
camalty, was James Brad.
''But I've had enough of the sea and
want to get a berth ashore," he ex-
plained, adding, "1 find it no clety male
ter, though, for a mail without, friends,
on 1 ant."
The conversation was cut short by the
return of the curiontenier, Michael
Hirst, and. having explained matters lo
him, Miss Amy withdrew and left the
pair together.
Michael Hirst, Ilice most of his class,
dearly loved a bargain, and it (lid not
take him long to realize that in nratti
he had a (thence to secure one. The
man appeared to be strong and willing,
his experience of foreign parts might
be useful,, and, moreover, he accepted
the low vage offered without demur,
Hiret knew that sailors make first-rate
men -et -ell -work, and Braid's certificates
were satisfactory.
Miss Amy received the news with
outward indifference, but, afterwards
took herself severely to lock for a spasm
ot unaecourdible relief. Certainly, the
man had a pleasant, refined vete, and
expressive brown eyes, but he was only
a cononon sailor Ilene the less. Having
come to this conclusion, ti was some-
what disconcerting to find that the mor-
row possessed an unwonted interest
which she did net try to analyze,
So James Brad became porta', eerand-
boy, end general factotum to the curio-
deller, and found the position mere
some than lie had ante/oiled, for hes
master possessed a sour temper and.
having 110 one else, vented It en the
new -comer. At first the letter attribut-
ed it to Ma poorness of trade—for in-
deed customers were few—hul he soon
saw that the old man Lens never se
savage as when he had sold smoothing,
and he at length realized 0101 Hirst had
the craze of the ardent collector, and
that it was a posillve pain to part with
any of Isis treasures.
One afternoon, some wake after
Dead's advent, a short, ceansoneatured
man of about thirty, somewhat loudly
dressed, came into the shop and greeted
the denier with erten' familfarity, This
was Jasper Stoat, proprietor of
"bucket-shopn or outside tanner's ea.
tabliehment, in the City, where his re -
Imitation was not of the best.
"Well, Michael, I see they're slit1 ad-
vertising for the missing heir," he be-
gan, tapping a daily paper which be
was carrying, "Here it is, large as lite
and twice as natural: 'If Themes Den-
by, only sen of the late James Denby,
of 1,11(10 Pelton, will communicate with
Messrs. Flint and Stone, Bier Lane,
ClLy, he will hertr of something to lee
ndvantage.' So they've not •given up
hope yet, ah?"
This old mon growled an Unintelligible
teply strepiciouely !Ike an expletive; the
ietthject was en unpleasant one as his
Visitor welt knew,
"rhe tIme's gating pretty short, ain't
it, Michael?" queried the latter, "HOW
teeth longer have,y011 to wait?"
• Short! Why, • theme nearly twn
Months yet—det eteetifty,e greened thee
other.
"And if they and hint 111 that Uma
you've got to olear out—glee up sheet.
etoek, money, everything, els?" oontlnu.
ed his tormentor. "You itnow, Michael,
your position amuses Ine—it's as good
as a play. Just consider the faces
Young Denby bolls from home at the
tender age of twelve, and 80017 atter'
wards thoold man comes to London and
settles here, wham he does well.
gives you—an old friend who has been
unfortunate—a job As aseietant, and
when he dies eight years later makes
you lits heir, but 0»(y mottling the
runaway cannot, be found within five
pears. Well, it's nearly thirteen Mime
he was heard of, so you ought, to be
safe. And, anyway, 1 guess you've
feathered your nest a bit meantime,"
"Then you guess wrong," snarled the
dealer. "By the (01,1110 of (lie will every
Penne of Mut goes to Flint and Stone
1[1: the 'lee Yeere are UP, and illOy ounce
me a Wit/Waled allowonce—a. bare lie -
Mg."
&nate whistled concernedly, for title
was news to him, and the old tonne
Leell-known reputation for meannews
supported it. The stock-johber, who
hes) Indeed been fishing for information,
had got more than he (lesival.
"1 think you ought to have told me
that before, Michael," 1m said, assum-
ing an aggrieved tone. "You're pretty
deep in with me, you know—a bigger
omount. than I can afford to 10a, Things
are very quiet In Lhe City just now."
Hirot himself regretted tho disclosure
the moment it was made, Haunted by
the fear that the missing heir might
turn up at. the alevent hour and sep-
arate him from his beloved antiquities,
he had conceived the idea of making
enougtt money by speculation to enable
M purchase the business. Ills ex-
periment had so far proved disastrous,
Smote having reasons 01 his Own ler
obtaining a hold over the dealer, who
now owed hint a large sum of money.
The stock-brokeres anxiety was purely
fictitious, for the debt was part of the
game he was playing, which was to se-
cure old Daty's fortune for himself
with a charming wife throwp in. His
natural conceit made him confident of
success, and ho had no Intention • f
coinmittIng himself until Miss Ansy was
assuredly an •heiress. But the appear-
ance of Braid caused Min some uneasi-
ness, Trilling incldonts—an intercepted
glance, a look of plty In her eyes when
her father was unusually harsh—seem-
ed to indicate an interest In the sailor,
menial as was his position. Smale de-
cided to take precaution. ,
He stayed to tee, and so limed his de-
parture as te leave just before Braid,
who had a humble lodging not Mr away.
Much to his eurprise, the sailor found
the visitor waiting for him.
'1 want a few words with you," Smelt)
began. "You're not pentecularly fond
of the old man, I reckon, unless for the
girl's sake, eh?"
The sailor flushed at the mention ot
Amy, but there was no mistaking the
bitterness with whfch• he abused her
parent, and his companion chuckled In-
wardly.
"I suppose you'd like to marry her,
eh, though she ain't my taste at. all?e
Smola said, with elaborate carelessness.
'1'd gladly risk my life for the chance,'
Braid returned, earnestly.
The other laughed. "No need to go
as far as that," he replied. "It may
mean risking your liberty, but ins worth
1t, fur you'll get a fortune tnto the bar-
gain. And that's where I come in, for
if I put you up to it I want a share of
the plunder—see?"
"That's only fair," sold the sailor,
quietly. "Auy fortune you help me to
you shall share, I promise you."
"Ymere a sensible chap; 1 knew that
the minuio I saw you," was the compli-
mentary rejoinder. "Well, this is how
things stand," and he went on to detail
the story of the missing heir. "Now,"
he concluded, when he had clearly ex-
plained tho situation, "you've got to ee
young Duty. You're about the age,
and he went away too young for anyone
to recognize him now. I've pumped old
Hirst pretty well, and'1 can post you
in the facts the missing man might be
'expected to remember about his home,
Well, what do you say?'
"It Wins a rather mean beak to play,"
said Braid, slowly; "and if the real man
turned up tn. the eleventh hour it would
be awkward for me,"
"les a million to one against that,
after alt these years, end as for the
meanness, I don't see it," argued Smola.
"'All's fair in levee they say, and she'll
get (he money in the end, the only din
threnco being time she takes you with
tl. It's your only chance of getting her;
'my Montle
The sailor allowed himself to be per-
suaded by this reasoning, and after
nettle further conversation they parted,
e being agreed that no clam sinned be
male until Seale gave the word.
Left alone, tho stock -jobber metaphori-
cally patted himself on the bacic.
"Now, I've got a nice rod in pickle
for you, my thee fellow!" he mutteret
"It Amy show any inclination to make
R tool of herself over you, in goes your
elnim. Then I expose you as a fraud,
Which, considering the information I'm
Voing to supply you with, will be easy.
(net will put your light out with her,
tont gratitude to me ought to do the
rest.'
tour a ween nothing more happened,
nave that Smale had various interviews
.with the senor, for the purpose of tn-
eirueling him in the part he was to
Nov that he was committed to
Its e scheme, Braid showed no mere
Acetones, Old swallowed the false par-
(1,!,ett7ris his supposed childhood with
an cagernese highly amusing to his tu-
"Ile'e a regular cormorant," solilo.
queeed the Inner, after his pupil had re -
netted n lesson. et ought to have been
a journalist, with my imagination."
old nivit.,s IrrItsblllty locrensed Os
the period of his anxiety grew less, end
hts etisislent wee fried almost, beyond
(endurance. 01517 the feet that he teas
'Ohio to See the girl he loved every day,
end occasionally exchange a fotO words
with her, prevented him from giving
1110 employer a plain opinion of his cent
etch
The end ontne unexpectedly, and in n
Wily eater Striate nor his accomplice
lead even Conjeetured, ninth returned
le the shop otte aterneon to find 11,
guarded, and descending, to the paeloe—
which wee 115 the tenement—eves Well -
etched to hear Srrailine VOled, Anil and
thl'Itte
tislenpltlOgs'
( e you think 1 am pot geed
enough for you?" the stock -broker was
eaylnet. "You perhaps prefer et Com-
mon sallOr--"
"Mr, Brad at least behaves like a
gentleman," Interrupted Aniy,
Senate laughed unpleasantly, "Well,
°quid open your eyes about bit if 1
chose," Ise said, "I tell you What it is,
(my girl; you're punts on airs because
YOU expect, to Inherit a fortune. Per-
haps you'll change yout. tune when 1
'bit you that. it depends upon me awhe-
ut, of :here, italic and crop, without a
tl,intent:,u and your feta 111'O turned
o
"I know that my father owes you
money, hut in a 151.1 le while be will pay
you all," replied the girl, confidently,
"Out o' lee fortune, eh?" sneered the
1111)111. "But suppose the missing heir
Huls in an appeartmee—what then?" In
upite of her self-control Amy's face
mew a shade "mien, and Setae was
((peck to notice it,. "eler, that touches
'011," he continued. "Now listen to this.
1 knew where to lind young Denby, who
'Is living in 1,Ontion MAN' an assumed
mune arel hasn'l a suspicion of the luck
lhat's wailing for him. It, rests • with
you wbether he learns of it in time.
Merry ine at once and keep my
moat shut."
13rattl, listening at the door, realized
that twe was being made a tool of—the.
cunning scoundrel wanted both the
money arid the Mel. Ire waited anxi-
ously for her reply, le aeon came, and,
•051 teem mg ette lott moo en teinotn
thing but contempt rang in her clear
voi e.
"You desnicable thIngl" she cried. "Do
yeu imagine that my father or I would
touch one penny of this money if the
rightful owner could bo found? Tell
me where he is, and 1 will carry the
mewl 10 him myself. How dere you
make such an infamous proposal? No
wonder my poor fattier owes you so
much, it this is a specimen of your
honesty."
Infunated by Wove and the slinging
.scern with which he was lashed, Smale
lose all control; the innate brutality a
his nature came out. • "You Impudent
jade!" he screamed, and rushed forward
wit upraised arm.
Ere the cowardly blow could tall, how-
ever, a muscular hand gripped his 'col-
lar and flung him sprawling on the
floor. James Braid, with eyes ablaze
with ange", steed over him.
"You miserable cue' panted the sail.
or. "Clear out of this before 1 break
every bone treyour rascally body;" and
•Stnale, after one look at the grim face
of his whilom pupil, judged it wise to
obey promptly.
When he had gone the girl stammer-
ed her thanks, and then—to her reset
er's utter dismay—nut:Wanly burst into
tears. She had ruined her father, she
Moaned, He was in that brute's pow-
er, and she ought to have temporized,
instead of making Win a bitter enemy,
TIm did his best to comfort her.
"The •fellow was lying," he -assured
her. "He cannot do what, he boasted,
and you have nothing to tear frotn
him."
"I do not fear for myself; 1 know he
will never dare to Insult nteagain," she
saki, with grateful Mance and a little
blush. Braid flushed too; and then, With
an obvious effort, said, awkwardly, "1
eavasMinkinn
g of going away—to so
gain
His eyes were on the floor or he might
have seen that the news drove the color
from her cheeks. 11 was some moments
before she answered, sadly: "I um afraid
you have not been happy hero. but my
father has been greatly worried, and—"
"IL Is not that," interrupted lino '1
have been too happy; that is why."
Most women are natural actresses,
and Miss Amy's look of innocent sur-
prise wouid have deceived a keener eye
than a lover's.
"Yes, I love you," continued Jiro,
bravely, "and as 9 dare not hope Purl
you could over learn to love a com-
mon sailor, 1 must go."
"Gees don't learn to love; it—just—
comes," she whlspered, and ran Lo the
door. But Jim got there fast, and—
well, the conversation became quite tm.
luteresting—io others. They, however,
found it suMciently absorbing to render
them oblivious of the fact that Michael
Hirst was standing cipen-mouthed at the
door, until a sneering, harsh voice re-
called them to earth.
"Well, Michael, I congratulate you on
Your future son -In-law," said Smile.
"Quito a touching scene, ain't it?"
"What is the miming of this, you
villain?" roared old ellest. 13raid turned,
his arm round Amy's waist, and a smile
on his lips.
"1 think the meaning is very &lean
Mr, Hirst," he replied. "I love your
daughter, and she has promised to be
rey wife." 'Chen, seeing that his em-
ployer appeared to he on the verge of
is fit, he added; "One moment, slr. 1
should perhaps explain that in wetting
me your child will become, not Mrs,
13s -aid, but Ides, Thomas Danby."
This calm statement felt like a bomb -
811011 on the furious old man, but on
Swale the effect was still mare remark-
able, for, throvving himself Into a choir,
he positively shrieked with laughter.
"Olt, what a gamel" he gasped. "I
thought that was what he was after
when he tried to pump me ebout the
missing man, rind 1 told him all wrong,
Ask trim where ha eves born, someone.
011, deer! this'll be tho death of mo."
"Nevertheless, what I have said Is the
truth," said Braid, quietly.
en*Auotngshi Iwo hboeltdeave7t575" \SVI111110.1)(i'e, wt.'? toll
another burst of nominee.
"1 for ono, ole," said a smart, dapper
11(110 gentleman, who had entered Un-
noticed, anti 'who was none other than
Mr. Flint, the selletior. "Yes, Me.
-Hirst," he continued, turning to the
dealer, "this tee indeed, the young gen.
Montan who has given us so much
trouble, Ho ramo tonne snore menthe
ago, but insisted upon his reappearance
being kept enact, ratline suspected
bis object, and I congratulate him for a
lucity young rascal.'
'his reveinlinn Mid n ludicrous eithel
tin the stock -jobber, who appenren 10
be in a Male of paralyzed atonement,
530 sudden had the transformatten been,
but he gradually recovered soMetently
to retnember tlsst he still possessed a
Weapon in the shape of ItIretee debt, nut
hie fleetwords brought •the lawyer 'down
tilififntlie)ivm,
eDanbes •Ineirmetione to
dettl Wah that matter, she And 1 hope,
Ine your sake that te Witt beer Stela in -
eeetigatlen," he said, sternly. "ft not
slut Mom to eennunher that, yew plot
With the suppoeed James 13raid—with
Whieh I have all along been conversant
—conslitutes a erinilnal offence for
which you may be punished, Good
afternoon,"
Ltvld fear and completely cowed,
the defeated saneness SI11,150 nut without
another Lead, Then Michael Hirst,
who had been utterly howildered ity the
quick turn of events, found his voice at
lust, and said, fearfully
:—
"Mr. Denby, you won't sell the bust -
hese?"
"Ne, sir; it is yours for so long as
you need in buin—he smiled and clew
Amy a tittle closer to hitti—"you must
tette in twn partners. What do you say
te that?"
"What can I say but 'Heaven bless you
both'?" murmured the old man, husk-
ily, sss bo turned aside to conceal an
unusual dimness in his eyes.—London
CURING A BAD HABIT.
flow an Engineer Was Cured of Profane
Sweating.
When'Sle Sandford Fleming, tho noted
engineer, Inspected tho proposed rote of
Lisa Canadian Pacific. Railway In 1983. Ise
WM accompanied by the Rev. George
Munro Grant. The party encountered
the usual hardships of travelling through
a wilderness, but had many interesting
experiences. Ono of these, says Mr.
()ranee blogra,plier, was meeting the
different parties of engloeers stationed
along the way.
The most, picturesque person associa-
ted with this exploration of (he moun-
tains was Major 'Bogeys, the discoverer
and engineer of the passage through the
Sellcirks. negate was an energetic men,
renowned for unconventionality but ex-
ceedingly marine. The engineers who
w000 Nosed on the eastern slope of tho
mountains were in a stale of great ex-
pectancy at the prospect of the hard -
swearing Rogers being host, to a clergy-
mare
lingers at first was under the impres-
sion that Grant, who was addressed as
"Doctor," was a medical rnan. The day
after tho flint meeting was Sunday, and
Fleming proposed that Doctor Grant
should hold divine, service.
The Major look iD sugestion as a
joke, and with great energy drummed
up his men, Doctor Grant preached at
length, and dexterously brought the
subject round to profane swearing:
Avoiding any appearance of aiming al
any ono hearer, he pointed out the use-
lessness of line habit, and incidentally
noted ite gradual disappearance from
the conversation of gentiernen.
He had ()Wooed with accuracy one
Rattan, point in Rogers character. The
man was passionately determined to
live like a gentleman, and to have his
men regard him as a gentlemen. The
discourse struck home. Then and there
Rogers resolved to abstain. -
Once at least during their stay with
him his guest's pity was excited by his
hereto suppression of his vocabulary at
a trying moment. Something went
wrong with one of the canoes. nogers
opened his motto but, in the nick of
time remembered his resolve, and stood
helpless,
Grant latd his hand on his ann.
"Major, it you've got to gpt, rid of it,
go behind a tree and say it."
Sir William Van Horne was fond of
telling of his first mooting meth Rogers
aloe this affair. After sono talk, Sir
William said:
"What's Lite matter with you, Rogers?
You haven't sworn once."
"Well, Me. \'an Horne, Fleming
brought a parson up here named Grant,
ho made out that it wasn't gentlemanly
to swear, so I stopped."
THE GOLDEN RULB OF THREE.
Three things to be—pure, just and
leanest.
• Three things to govern—temper, ton-
gue and conduct.
Three things to live—courage, affec-
tion and gentleness.
Three things to love—the wise, the
virtuous and the Innocent.
Three things to commend—thrift, in-
dustry and promptness. •
Three things about which to think—
life, death and eternity.
Three things to admire — dignity,
gracefulness and intellectual power.
Three teings to cherish—the true, the
beautiful end the good.
Three things for which to wish—
/malt, friends and contentment.
Three things for mettle to fight—
honoe, home and country.
Three things to attain — goodness of
heart, integrity of purpose and cheerful
ness of disposition.
Three things to give — alma to the
needy, comfort to the sad and apprecia-
tion to the worthy.
Three things to despise—cruelty, arro-
gance and togeatitude.
Three things to desire—the blessing of
God, an approving conscience end the
fellowship of the good.
Three things for which to work — a
trained mind, a skilled hand and a mu"
toted heart.
A COSTLY PUN.
The costliest pun that was ever per-
petrated 'WAS probably that of Sir Win
Item CollIngbourne, for which he paid
with his head in 1484.
litchard 111. was then on the throne,
ane, with his agents RaIcliff, Catesby,
and Lovel, was working his crooked will
upon the English nation, Using as the
bests of his satire ihe wild boar ort
King's shield and the palmier 0580 of the
word Level as a /mute for dogs, Coning.
bourne wrote the following
ntie tint, the CM, and Lovet Me dog
Rule all England Under tho Hog."
The punster WAS RNA, to the block for
Isis ill-jucigedwitlitnis.
FAMILIAR LINIeS.
The bog stood on the Minting deck!,
Ills flecee was while as snow;
110 stuck a fenthee In his hal,
John Anderson, my Jo,
Ye lents and braes o' bonny moon
Across the salute 0' inc
Ceti you forget that night in June—
Nly coulter, 'Us of thoo,
• • We're sculdese when tea sing
o
Theard the lionln his dem
titrair sed 70)05510 ot tongue er pen, I
To set before the tang',
MURDER OF CHILDREN
.SAVAGE CRIMES OV WWII YOUNG
MAN WAS CONVICTED,
EldlePlie Int on allotning of Execution
Saved itis lege — On Trial
Anatol' of 1.110A,,genicini.aholleal criminal
cases wheel periotheally Manny Ger-
tinny Opened the other day at (ends-
alessui11111(giwc:azesrag'st. 1011e1
ptreelatni
for the smolt time for 11111 murder ef
locis.ofas
trh
elithoretij,tulLaorgr
1 Iilhe attemm
pted ute
d
Apart, from the inhuman and onvoll-
ing nature of his crime. Teeselown case
le remarimble from the raet, that a few
minute before ho was to have been led
ht-tiortnhingscoafiTejedt. 11171),d 1 9b0e31,whnotieitvi'esQ185etzlIesiot
evittz an epleptic 111, front 158111,115 11 WRS
Impossible to arouse Mtn fur several
hours, The execution was postponed,
and a medical examination having re-
vealed traces of insanity, Tessnew for
over three years has been inearenreted
bit the lunatic: dpartment of the Baltic
II:esspoonns, fit)iitiltayr..der to give Me authorities
an opportunity to determine his mental
The poisoner presented nn emaciated
vetlippneoeuti.lacneede 1111 14 tteoov,dion7, loandjusthieviCoucuerdi
physical condition, 11 would he neces-
sary to cut short each day's session of
the trial. Dieing his imprisonment the
prisoner survived a dangerous operation
Is, the interior of the ear, and a brilliant
galaxy of medical and sclentific experts
10 assembled at Griefswald to give tes-
timony, Inasmuch as it is belloved lira,
the prisoner committed his crimes in
consequence of deranged moral senses.
TORTURED SHEEP.
Among the charges pending against him
is one of slaughtering a drove of sheep
and mutilating their carcasses in the
sante fashion that he dealt with the hod -
'Ms of Um four children he killed. Tess -
now is further suspected of murdering
a man in Schleswig-Holstein in Infa,
for which orime another man ha.s mean-
time been executed.
The prisoner's first known crime WM
the murder of two little 7-year.old
whoa girls on their way home through
the woods, near Osnabruck, In Septem-
ber, 1898. After offering oranges to the
thildren, Tessnow dragged them far In-
to tho forest and murdered them to the
most horrifying manner, afterward des -
(seeding the bodies.
His second aline occurred in euly,
1901, upon tho Island of Rugen, where
he attacked two little boys who wore
bowling hoops through the woods just
after having ld t. their parents. Tess -
now mutilated the bodies of the boys,
who were aged 8 and 0, just as he had
'done those of the two girls three years
before. The murderer carricelaLovasycietbio
heart of ono of the victims. Th
title precision with which the bodies
'had been dissected indicated that the
(murderer had used a razor and was
skilful in wielding it.
PRISONER'S STATEMENT.
The prisoner's opening statement was
confined to telling the story of his life.
1i1s parents separated early in Mar
married life on account of the father's
tirunkenness. After religious co/aliena-
tion and a carpenter's apprenticeship,
Tessnow wandered about the country,
working at many trades in various
places, including 13erlin. While in
Dresden he claimed to have bit
upon an invention for a stemless en-
gine, but later 110 destroyed the model,
Shortly after leaving Dresden he was
sentenced to a yearn imprisonment foe
a petty theft, and on the expiration of
his term went, to Osnabruck, where the
'first murder was committed. Ile was
arrested, but, was SOW released, be-
cause the evidence was tound not to be
conclusive until the subsegitent, murder
Rugen, time years later.
Meantime, ho had assaulted and at-
tempted to murdet. a domestic servant
at Mecklenburg, but Ite MS not, prose -
nuked beer/use the girl could hot supply
an accurate description of her assail-
ant. Not until after the Bugen murder
wlithehatdrittititt aisekeedxphecerte.d
did she recognize Tessnow the mart
to last many
days. There will be more than 100 wit-
nesses, and the court has sworn in two
emergency juries, The parents of Tess.
now's four victims aro present. They
Wept bitterly when he entered the court,
and thole anguish threatened to trovolce
a violent demonstration against the
sullen prisoner, for whom a special dock
had been constructed, consisting of a
elute into which he is locked.
0'
PERHAPS—PERHAPS NOTI
Married in Jannery's chilling time;
Widowed you'll be before your prime;
!started In Itebr'ys sleety weather,
Life you'll treed In tune together;
Married when March winds shrill end
roar,
Your home will lie on a foreign shore;
Married 'neat Aprthe changeful skies,
Amnerlrlievieduev.rielrelapievl ohs boa
ettr°Ninyyn-lblcilieeisn;e Mt,
Strangees around your board will ell;
Marled in queen -rose month of June,
Lite will be one long honeymoon;
Marilee as nines Mower -banks blaze,
PAtteinswert rrenteelee in niter clays;
Maenad InAnnan heel and drowse,
Lover encl friend In you' chosen spouse;
Married in gold September's glow,
Smooth end serene your lite will flow;
Married Mien leaves in October thin,
Toil and hardship fee you begin;
Nlarriod in veils of le emitter mien
Forleme yam. wedillng-rIng ea. kissed;
Niarrled in deter of December cheer,
Love's Sine shines brighler from yes'
3007.
to TATle OF AVOITAN (1011(117(1 CHIEF.
them (Ise Anoint of the pare 8,000 Met
above 55071 level Abilurralimen weld
tingeing; from this he suripended en iron
,eage, end in the enge he placed the vein
tsr chief—Where he left him,
•Atte -"Whet melte, you think smile.
tote .mentte het; Iml‘pelled 10 yonr.
brotheren Ile—"W(11, lig hasn't Wenten
(01 any uggtey lately." •
FLOWERS USED AS FOOD
fiLOSSOMS WIIICII ARE EATEN AT
TDB DIIP,SIWY DAY,
Imported Articles or Diet for Ota Peolaa
of Many Parts at the
World.
The lotus eaters ef ma, they tell us,
were net flowrr. eaters al all, Whet
they did eut wes the fruit of a prickly
:shrub, the Melte tree. This fruit, is
Mill eaten by the natives nsslis'so iss parts of
Egypt, and apparently without any re -
marker& effect, 1311t a native wino is
made from the juice. But If we muse
Moe up ihe Lotophagi as flowee eat-
ers, More ere, says the London Globe,
yet a number of blossoms whicIs tun
really cairn et Me present day,
There Is, for example; Me globe aril -
choice, the thistle wine t, according to
Alfred de Mussel, has "lett the OAS's jaw
lo be flooded with sauce in the Bishop's
silver dish." For it is the unopened
flowers of this plant, which appear OU
our tables as a vegetable. 11 they are
left nn the plant they (men out into
handsome purple blossoms. And then
them is the caulthowee, which Dr.
Johnson Is said to have called the "fin-
est flower In the garden." This is truly
a !twee that is eaten, for the snowy
vegetables served at out. (able are Um
unexpended flowers of
A VARIETY OF CABBAGE.
Clover and capers, too, are famillar
flowers lime HIT eaten. The former a1'0
the immature blossoms of a plant of the
myrtle order, growing in the Moluccas.
it Is a beautiful evergreen tree 30 or 40
Id high, with crimson flowers. The
buds are first light colored, then green
and afterward red. At this stage they
are gathered and dried. The littleround
knob in the centre of the clove is the
unexpended crimson ItIoesotn. The fa-
miliar trimmings for Um boiled leg of
mutton are the unopened flowers of 15
spring bramblelike shrub of the Medi-
terranean region.
This trailing plane has handsome
pinkish white flowers wah long tassels
of stamens. The youngest and tend-
erest buds form the finest capers,
known as nonpariel. As they grow
larger and nearer flowering they become
superfine, capucin and capot capers. It
the thistle may bo thought to have had
a rise when ie left the ass's jaws for tho
silver vegetahlo dish, surely we must
eat) that the chrysanthemum, Japanie
queen of flowers, lois fallen when it
steps down from its throne to save In
self, even with cream sauce, as a salad
on our tables! For such is the use to
which the chreesanthemum flower haa
been put. Chopped very fine and WV -
ed with a sauce met) ot cream, it is a
dainty and acceptable salad.
ANOTHER QUEEN OF FLOWERS,
the lily, contributes in a more solid
form to the menu in atone parts of
Chtne, hire. Bishop tells us how the
dried flowers of certain species of lily
aro largely oaten as a retish with meats,
especially pork, At Chinicieng, on the
Yangtse, these lily flowers account for
enxetiorrleiso.ne-fourteenth of thh
e N,alue of t
pe
Hooker mentions two cases of flower
eating in Ma Himalayas, The Leeches
eat the flower buds of a plant of the
ginger family. And then there is
plant which the natves can Cholcitt, a
sort 01 1111 of the valley, two In fIVO Nee
high, with crowded clusters of bell-
shaped flowers. They have clisenvered
(hal •the young flower. heads, sheathed
in tender green leaves, make an excel,
it'IIALnovtligeerttigoeCe recent IlimaleYan trav-
eller, CM. 'Weddell, tells bow the Lep-
clots rook and cal the flowers 01 15(5101108
of rhododendron. A traveller in Persia,
again, relates thin the Batch's eat the
pollen bearing flowere (51 11 certain tree.
The name of the tree is unfortunately
niuoitAat.nentioned, but travellers who have
tasted the flowers say they nee unpala-
Again, in his journey from Tanking
to India Prince Henri d'Ottleans found
that the Peet matte a preserve of the
thick glutinous calyx of the cotton tree,
or, as it was' there eared, pagoda tree.
Tho mime traveller relates how the Lo-
am use a smell yellow immortells flow-
n. as food. Tinware, leaves and slats
were threwn into (Ise pot and boiled
1111 tender.
A FAVORITE SWEETMEAT
in former days tuns made et the can-
died petals of the sIolot, arid (he terns
dainty is perhaps corning into fano.
again. But the flower of tho Mama
thee of India Is so full a Saga!' that there
la no need to candy 11, and it, Is oaten
either fresh or dried In (he sun. These
fitment are largely eaten by the naives
along Nvilh their rice, etc. They ere
3atitekite ltovhielgrafreaslohal'il(d1"15o bruesLeiPtleltlelialar
flavor inferior figs wheel dry. It has
been reckoned that si Man end his wife
end throe children might he supported
tor three or four miens on the flow-
ers of ono Ninhwe thee In oilier Cana
11 11, the pollen of the flower. that is eat-
en. The pollen 01 eertitin species ef
ITCCI 10 made into tweed, nnd thus eaten
both in Sento nit New Zealand. The
pollen of the sego palm Is also eaten.
A
FriONI WARDI1013151 1(19PA1 (117(113,
The more valiant') the lace blalso the
intioisretinillitnellyveisti,1 Lefffabric
i6rgtoode \te‘,iletiliilsttelveikteen
ti
elegem or lucked organdie it may lc
remade Ito as to sureties Its men. mead
as 55 beloved (5os,e(seion. The plan fol-
lowed is (o asil so eomplele lining er
tucked chiffon, melting it the hill size
Wanted, Mousseline de sol is as pretty
asst cagier to Motto fro. lace or deli-
cate (putty, while for n Wash waist the
lino tucked Swiss does equally well,
The thee then 3$ opened in lengthwrse
places, tattooing the paten In se gen;
end lip and down direction, but opined
-
Mg out toward the ,shoultitee or coven
log any parts Abet teny 'too tight. A
tiny gathered Illlhon val, Ina edge
in inn en to the leen wherever
it has been appliqued down o11 the pato
leen, 18 'ha counr •Aro etiiM nee toe
11111011 worn the design ut the MeV waist
Jo ralli.‘r ncitleti Iss ley replacing them ett.
115017 with lise tuaking‘
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