HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1907-6-20, Page 2NOTES AND COIY M NT$
Dr, C. W. Saleohy, a writer en selen-
tilio and ethical uestiuns a disciple cf
q , 1
SpoliCer and popular expellent of the
evolultan theory, lius produced a send -
medical, sentaphticlsophleal book on
,'Worry; the Disease of the Agee' ale
is not particularly successful in juste
tying the subtitle., for worry: has always
exieled and doubtless will continue to
exist unlit the trot[+nnntm, But he ss
:right in sa •in' that the more cornpre:
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a etviliz¢Uonn is the greuh'r the strain
on the Dements system and the disposi-
lion to \\eery, laws el en whether -^1r
not the average morl(t of Ibis age Wee -
des more than did that of nue, 'amities
age, it. is certain that Ito 1\ 01.11.0S tar
too much, and should be grateful to
any author who can teach him to avoid
worry, Many wise men have dent;
with the e ullject, but They have given
us aphorisms, uutsinls, rather thalt spe-
cific directions. 1SDe, Salted:). endeavors'11111
You
e cancreli and helped. (#e 11118 110
difficulty. in showing that worry is
not only a dieense In iteeli, but a pre-
cursor or predisposing euuse of many
bodily and ruenial disorders of even
greater gravity than its awil, Ile de-
votes more than half of his space lo
11:,1 exposition of then any serious con-
eequences of worry. lie lpiles proof cu -
on proof, and the poor, alarmed rced-
e: begins to worry Terribly about worry,
But before taking up the cure ques-
tion Dr. Saleeby considers with ton con-
scientious and superfluous industry the
various causes of worry --domestic, pro-
fessional, political, commercial, religi-
ous and so on. At last, however, the
reader reaches the goal. In the third
part of the work the author gives his
ideas as to the treatment or prevention
of worry. And here he is sound and
admirable. 0f course, no sensible man
expects a single rule or formula for the
oure of all cases of worry. But there
are very few cases which do not yield
to proper treatment. There are physi-
cal cures for worry and mental cures.
Among the former are such things as
rest, sleep, change of scene, exercise
in the open air, recreation and a pro.
per diet. It is remarkable how much
walling, sleep, a visit to a theatre :t-
iering a bright, cheerful play will do
to relieve a sufferer from worry.
Tlie menial cures are connected with
the physical to some extent. Interest
in other and higher things than one's
business or profession, good books,
music and art, the pursuit of some sci-
entific hobby, the cultivation of the
habit of thinking about large, abstract,
cosmetic problems all tend to cure wor-
ry. Sincere religious belief—with or
without dogma—kills the germs of wor-
ry. Wo cannot all be Tapley's, but for
acute and chronic worry there is no ex-
cuse even in this complex and strenu-
ous age.
Have you willed your train to scio
ence? Prof. Goldwin Smith formally
willed his brains to Cornell university.
Some remarkable brains have been
sold. Dates, the music hall memory
celebrity, has disposed of its to a uni-
versity for abut $10,000. He is a man
of little e(lucelion and for many years
worked as a coal miner. But he has a
marvelous memory, especially for dales.
Scientists who devote themselves to the
study of comparative anatomy for the
most part have nothing better lo
sect than than the brains of paupers and lu-
natics. It is obvious that the brain of
a man of intellect offers a far richer
field for observation than the brain of
a human derelict. The brains o[ great
amen vary tar more Ilion do those of
nonentities. Men of encyclopedic mind
have large and heavy brains. Glad-
stone had to wear an enormous hat.
lien whose genies 1; concentrated upon
one line of thought nee of small brain.
Newlon, Byron, and Cromwell belong
to this eines, and each had a small head.
A visitor who was shown the skull of
Cromwell was so disappointed at its
size that the caretaker of the relic en-
deavored to console him by saying that
this was the skull of the illustrious
roundhead when lee was a boy. Prof.
Tymee-Thompson related this anecdote
at n recent lecture, and also remarked
that Newton, when born, was so tiny
that he could be put into a quart mea-
sure.
AHEAD OF THE RAILROAD.
We arc apt to think (hat a great oily,
ccnlnining the comforts and (•regencies
of modernlife, =not exist without
railroads at its gales. Bogota, the capi-
tal of Ihe Republic of Colombia, is an
exception. Having a population of 125,-
(`00, fine residences, excellent schools
and colleges, literary, artistic and mu-
steal societies,clubs, polo, tennis, balls,
dinners, elegant society that knows {he
Parisian fashions, Bogota lies on a pla-
teau which no railroad has yet reached.
There is, however, a short railroad on
,the plateau itself. But to get to it by
Line Most used route one must ournoy
two and a halt days on mulebeck. An-
other way of approach, reducing the
mule ride to seven or eight hours, e-
qufres several days of river navigation.
But the reilroate is coming, although
Ia1e.
SAN FPANGISCO'S SHAME
ASTOUNDING REVELATIONS 0E REIGN
OF CORRUPTION.
Crimes eVeme Protected tor a ir<c4 and
Lrglthnate Induslrles Meeel-
lessly ilteti, -
Sa1 leraneiseo is at this moment an
M11111110 of the foie of a city whore geed
ciliz 1)e were too indifferent to interest
themselves in nunwipal politics. There
have been grafi nod robbery and free
rein to (.1111.10S in „Ilia /into,, but nothing
at all comparable milli San FI'li1 ism„
lies ever 1.0,11 1)4o10 1,110W11 in :\niesett,
110\V ti : I\'1!, BECAME AAlt
lt.
The sloe)' begins with the election of
Srluuilr as 1111yer. There bud been no-
thing to imhe,l( 1115 hives for if pesi-
0011 of trust or responsibility, lie played
first violin in en orchestra, Iles ')ploy.,
moat was evidence that he belonged to
a union. Their.' had n been imaffee for
some u the l s
f i uu 111 , in Iii Mel term [
Mayen, Iu
1i immediate ii 1c, wt
1)f.
S hmilz, the teuutstees sleuck, \Vhel-
ever of 'earl there may have been in
(heir eonlenlion, 111 progress of the
shrike ,was minted by hrulaiilp and vin
lenge, Police were detailed to neco !-
Puny. non-union teamsters, and this
aroused the 11oa1 'theme inlo apposition
t'1 the Mayor. This .u!ti1(e created a
municipal labor party, and just al This
time Abraham Rue!, a lawyer with n
small peaelice among the lowest class of
French and Italian re sidenls, had tried in
vain to break into potil(cs by organizing
a following to gel hint some of the Re-
publican nominations for Ids nominees.
Tli( party ignored 11101 and his follow -
111g, Ile then united will. the labor men
and brought out Schmitz as their candi-
date for Mayor. Selunitz Is u matt of
rather distinguished appearance, tall,
robust, with just enough of the lheatrt-
ca' to make an impression, ltuef knew
Met Schmitz, once elected, would be
putty in his hands.
RUFF MAYOR IN FACT.
Schnitz was elected, and the moment
he took the oath of office Abe Ruef be-
came the Mayor in fact. Ruef had the
brains not only to plot, but to control.
He was counsel for Schmitz, and so far
as the exercise of authority went he was
Schmitz. Nothing was done without
having first been referred to Ruef, and It
was not done then until there had been
an arrangement satisfactory io the law-
yer. San Francisco has always, to a cer-
tain extent, prided itself upon being a
"wide open" city, and it has despised the
eastern cities as being too sedate and
strait-laced. The average citizen has ig-
nored his municipal duties, and has
come to believe that "hose rule was
necessary. But Ruef soon went beyond
all bounds that even easy-going San
Francisco was accustomed to. Ile sys-
tematized graft and the lolls of crime in
a way that made all his predecessors
loot' like schoolboys in the art. M for
himself his gains or takings were usually
under the cover of a "retaining fee," to
get the business through the Council or
to secure immunity from the law. Sa-
loons hadto pay a regular license, of
ecurse, but in addition they had to pay
fees to Rua Even this was not sufficient
1 • secure immunity unless they bought
their whiskey from a certain firm, and
thus Hilbert Brothers blossomed from a
modest, liquor store into a great whole-
sale concern. The sante was true of
cigarettes, candy, glassware and other
supplies, The saloon -keepers might
have to pay three times what they could
gel them for elsewhere, but they thought
it better than being raided by the police.
The inmates of disorderly houses could
consult but one decline the president of
the Police Board. Theatres had to pay
as much as one-third of their earnings
to be allowed to do business. Gambling
houses had also to pay heavily ; those
in Chinatown alone paid 51,000 per
month, of which the police in that pre-
cinct got $100 and passed the 51,500 on.
SINISTER KINDS OF REVENUE.
There was an immense revenue from
the French restaurants,institutions for
which San Francisco Is famous, and a
description of which would he difficult
to make adequately, and yet within the
bounds that propriety suggests. They
are resorts of the most vicious lype, be-
eallae of the apparent reapectabilily of
the ground floor. Of Ihe floors above
little can be said. There was, before the
fire, one restaurant, the higher storeys
of which were reached only by elevator.
The elevator paused at the door of tate
room sought. There were no embarras-
sing meetings in hallways. Patrons
were seen only by the uniformed atten-
dants, and these were bribed not to see
clearly. So much money was made by
these places that they could afford to
pay well for being allowed to exist.
Among Me iniquities permitted by
Schmitz and Ruef was an establishment
Known as the Nymphia. It was an ag-
gregation of rooms enclosed by a wall,
the entrance guarded by a tall iron gale,
end a watchman whose business,'hnbl-
ivally neglected, was to see 111111 nn
miners entered. These rooms were rent-
ed to women, end We rental for retch
was $5. Each apartment was rented
twice daily, and thus produced for the
owners 510 daily. There was a bar-
room attachment where the sales were
sufficient to meet the expenses. ')'here.
Lore, this $10 was clear gain.
THE IARTE-IQUAiiE.
Thus the rule was laid down that
things which wore illegal had to pay
heavily for "protection," while things
that were legitimate were taxed less
heavily, or their necessary business
would not be allowed to pass through
Courted, When Ihe earthquake 0111110
Ruef sate undreamed-of opportunities.
Underground cable lines were broken,.
and the electrical cnmpnnies of all kinds
wanted to 'erect pole lines. Time was
money, and they were ready to pay,
They paid it, of course, to Ruef, not be-
c11ll5e he was inclined to be greedy, but
that he was a lawyer wilts an adminis-
tration pull, Anybody who wanted a
franchise had to see Rug. In countless
other ways the earthquake gave oppor-
tunities to Schmitz and Ruef, and they
look Them eagerly.
RULERS OF SAN FRr,NCISC0,
Schmitz was eloeled tot' three different
terms, flow he came to be elected in
tate ]lest instance has been explained
Al the second election the Detnoernta
and Ilepublleuns .each ran a eaudidele
end Sctuultz slipped In between. In the
third his opponents united on ono Mhen,
and he beat the united forces. 13141 the
lht'd election 0'118 event more important
to Ruef in that it gave him what 115 hod
lgnureI before the Nerd of Sdpervisurs.
1)r as it would he called here, :the. (It)
Gnuncil.
The government of a great Illy was
la tato hands of an insignificant lawyer.
t'. mayor w1(0 recently was e member 0l
an orchestra, and r( board of suieen
011pervisoes 05111) are 111110 deSeelbed . A
baker, paperhanger, wholesale geeccvy
010051111111 imarisdrulllnlcr fu an 01'elies.
Ir11 foreman in a shoe fl elor • salol i-
,! e i 5, i
keeper, printer, /Impeller, saloonkeeper.
pima) finisher, electrieian, dentist, binok
driver, elel k in wail 1' rpm sto e, bleek•
01111111, 00 turned su luuukeeper,
'11)500 si'lecn supervisors bnve 1111(10
401111 confessions, They attaint tial
they receiviel the. money, 011011 gelling
0500 from a prize tgld club, 5311 for do
feeling a cut In the price of gas 11,qu 87
to 71 cents from $4,01111 to 510,000 from
the flnited Railways, 55,11001 front the
Pa..ilte Stiles Telephone Company, end
from 51,5110 to 53,015) Irani Hie iTolne Tot
c ,bone Company, These flee o (mums
1 P 1 f( t
only 0 few 5)
Cttfic MHOS. IlrIef4 11
S11
f
r� ''sl'
a, r canted l0 r t of a to :' U t to '
an 1 t bl 010 1 in
110• six years, and, while S'lunit shar,
is unknown, it is known tint he lived
like a 111155, aid that 110 was able to
give 51011,000 bonds when placed cif bail
THE EX1'OSUIRE.
Finally the graft reached proportions
toe great Inc San Francisco, and to com-
mittee of lulling citizens, bucked by
Rudolph bpleelles, started in. They
had good assistance in Francis J. 1l'ney,
who mus Assistant District Attorney. and
who had earned a reputation in prose-
euling land -grubbers lin Oregon. They
alto secured the services of Detective W.
1. Burns, of the Untied Stales Detective
Service. burns first got. the confidence
of a man who was, to be unmercifully
bled to get something he wanted through
Council. Midden behind a screen, Burns
heard the agreement made, and when
the 5500 in gold was paid over to the
Supervisor for 11Is vote he stepped out
and confronted the bribe -taker. He
wilted and confessed, and in a few dugs
the whole Board 1)11d confessed their
guilt. Then came lluefs dramatic con-
fession, and the general break-up of the
gigantic soheme, the wreck of which Is
being investigated by the coui'ts.
TRAINS ON TIGHT ROPES
IIA1R RAISING INVENTION TO REVO-
LUTIONIZE TRAVEL.
How Perfect Safely is Ensured by
Gyroscopes—'Two Hundred Mlles
an Hour.
The train of the future is to be a
monster creation two or three stories
i high travelling along a single rail at
a speed of 000 miles an hour.
Such is the forecast of err. Louis
Brennan, C. 13., the inventor of the
famous Brennan torpedo which the
British Government purchased for over
'5500,000,
He has now invented the gyroscopic
mono -rail railway carriage, which, it
15 claimed, will revolutionize existing
systems of locomotion.
The other day he gave an exhibition
cf this invention before the Royal So-
ciety at London.
SUCCESSFUL TEST.
A special track was constructed round
the lecture room in. Burlington House,
with a single rail composed of ordinary
wire rope. On this track Mr. Brannan's
mono -railway train did everything that
is claimed for it without a single hitch.
Kept in a slate of perfect equilibrium
by two gyroscopes, instruments best
known as children's tops, Iris six -fool
model carriage was actually raised
from the ground to the level of the
track some seven feet overhead upon
a section of wire rope stretched tight
between the uprights.
It was propelled by electricity sup-
plied from accumulators, and such a
severe test of its stability as the plac-
ing of a weight, proportionate to fifteen
tons on a full-sized model, upon the
edge of the truck was performed with
perfect success. The model gave one
slrglit oscillation, then regained its nor-
mal even balance.
200 MILES AN 110111.
At the close of his experiment Mr,
Dentin explained his scheme.
"The 11111 -sized carriage would be at
lonst 25 feet wide and 150 feet long,"
he said, "but there need be no limit of
size, for the tyroscopes will keep any
sized vehicle perfectly steady.
"By using only one rail the abolition
of the jolting and swaying necessitat-
ed by the impossibility of laying two
rails absolutely parallel makes IL pos-
sible to attain a speed of from 150 to
200 miles an hour in perfect safely. It
would be impossible for a train to jump
the metals.
SUITES OF ROOMS.
"For long trans -continental journeys
a train containing a concert hall and
suites of apartments is guile possible.
"The trains, could, in fact, he built,
to two or three- stories, with sleeping
accommodation on one floor, kitchen at
the lop, and living rooms beneath. The
absolute sti biltly of the train Is secured
by lite gyroscopes.
"Trills system of railway construction
wuold prove cheaper than ti.e existing
one, and consequently more money
would be forthcoming for tnclensing
the size of the tunnels to accommodate
Um new trains."
Mr. Brcnnnn's invention, so he said,
has been the result of his line's work.
From his enrliesi days he has dreamed
ce reorganizing what, he calls the pre-
sent barbarous 1100(les of travelling.
Ile holds a high reputation es a prac-
tical man, and the leading man, and the
lending engineers of the day are taking
the keenest interest in the working M
his Intesl invention,
The bolter some people arc the more
violent the reaction,
NIGHT LIFE OF GAY PARIS
11 IS NI,1`I'llleli EXCI'T'ING NOR VERU
• AMUSING,
Seeing Monlountre Cnbareta andthe
Mnrliels--'i'hc Coffee Houses
0ifd Flower Sellers, ,
l'arls goes to bed early, , t
ays a Ger-
man iwwspnp1'r welter who has been
tante
m s ,
q rt study of Ile: 'night rtes For
Ihe- few who 511 up --a 11110(1101 of foolish
du ..
d tr rl, atvl persons and some sight•
seeing strangers—.11lere io 111110: exeile-
menf and still Tess real nintis00leah
From t0 o'clock or s1), when the "gen-
rn1 crowd deserts the cafes for imine
and lied, down to midnight, the streets
Ire dreary and 1111msl deserted. '1'1011)
(here is a brief i'51100,111 of life as the
theatres tire Mined 0111.
At one cafe to which after theatre
,eowds resort soft bolted eggs, rolls aull
ehocellite are a spcaln{ly. The eherelalo
is what a great majority of all the vlsi-
I(ts to all 1110 coils \Valli. The after
theatres ) .
supper i is Ihe cu••+)I
h l Intl ]!1 Paris.
1
1
iter elm orale Is the rade, The Pa•i-
e ul drinko 11 n, hot and ns fast as pos-
01b!,, The women du lint remove their
'wraps 1101 the men. (heir overcoats. 'the
whole proceeding is summary. They
are in a burry to get home. For the
vest anajorlly evo0 of pleasure seekers
the Paris night is all Over al, 2 11,11.
As Inc the foolish people who insist on
siiling up they all drift out to Mont-
martre with its traditions,
REAL AND IMAGINARRY,
of revels in which artists and lileir
models tool( pari, supplying their own
entertainment in singing, playing and
declaiming poetry. Whatever may have
happened in the old limes there is no,
thing now that is not e0unnonplace.
All the principal caba'cls 'of Mont-
martre have become mete variety thea-
tres and close op sheep at midnight like
Um other houses. But there are a few
houses which enter to the night prowl-
ers. In some of them late supper is
served to people in eventing clothes while
e gypsy orchestra plays and more or less
geawlne negresses, Egyptian and Swa-
th women perform more or less au-
thentic national dances.
in all these places the doors are locked
and the blinds are drawn. From the
street they seen dead. One has to know
his Paris more or less to get into them.
'rlhero are shady nighthawk guides
who make a specially of steering the
stranger who wants to see the -shady
side of Paris life. This aspect of it
stretches out to perhaps 4 a.m., and then
the cabmen, who make this trade a spe-
cially, reap a harvest taking the belated
to all parts of Paris.
There is a way by which slumming
parties can stretch out the night a couple
of hours more. It is chiefly resorlcd to
by strangers who want to see Paris all
1115 way 'round the clock. \Vhen lite
Montmartre cabarets go to sleep, such
Parties make their way to the markets,
where the next day's tool and drink for
the city is corning in from all pares of
Franco and starting off again for every
quarter of Paris.
This is a bustling, busy scene worth
seeing, it is as moral and thrifty as the
Montmartre ones are loose and wanton.
But it is
NOT WITIIOUT ITS DANGERS.
The murky marketmen and the shrew-
ish women rather resent being stared at
by men in clayhammer coats and \Ye-
men in frills and bubelows. Many a
stovepipe hat is wrecked by contact with
the crate on some jostling porter's
shoulder.
Sometimes an unpleasant egg lends on
an immaculate shirt front, and cabbage
stalks and unsalable portions of fish
arc sanetirnes hurled by the market
women at the finery of the visiting
ladies. However, night visits to the mar-
ket are so common that some of the
little eating houses of use neighborhood
have become famous for their homely
but tasty dishes.
One makes a specialty of shellfish,
another of calves' Peet in jelly, another
of tripe and onions a la mode de Caen.
They also affect eccentric nelnes and
furnish musical entertainments; and the
German observer thought it was worth
the loss of This night's rest to see four
detectives in frock coats and tali hats
wall( into one of these p#aoas and arrest
the singer in the middle of a song and
march him off in handcuffs on a charge
of being' an Apache and mixed up in.
various robbing and knifing affairs.
Besides the coffee houses, the flower
sellers reap a rich harvest from the all-
nIghlers who stray to the markets. They
are all pretty or neat' pretty girls, and
they )have wheedling ways as well as
beautiful displays of fresh blooms of all
sorts.
THE WAY HE PROPOSED.
"Did ,you hear about Flossie being
engaged?" asked the first young thing.
"No. Is it true?"
"Yes; and it's the most romantic thing
you ever heard of. You know Egbert
Tigsmore has been paying attention to
her for •Whore than a year?"
"Yes."
"Well, yesterday morning Fiossie
was helping her mother to clean house,
and she load on an old skirt That she
has heed to give to every cook they
have had for tw'o years. And she had
c0 an old"blouse that had those great
big balloon sleeves, you Know—"
Yes, yes."
"And her hale was all dragging down
into her eyes; and site had been taking
down pictures .and dusting, therm and
,liee .were smears of clh't every way
nrross hoe face; end her hands were In
horrible great big gloves; and she was
wearing an old pair of Carpet slippers,
that belonged to her father. And of
all thingsl"
"Yes, yes. What then?"
"Egbert proposed to her while she
was looking like that."
"Ile did?"
"1:-10 did, and, of course, she accepted
him."
"Well. a lean who is so deeply In
lova that he will propose to a girl when
she leaks that way deserves to be ac-
copled."
"Yes; but Egbert proposed over the
telephone,"
THOSE MODEST CIIINI.SEI
')'Ile following !s n literal translation
of a Chinese ink-ivalctr's advertisement,
and is a fairly good example of the
'puff dlrerl :---
"At the shop Tae-shing (pl'nsperousln
ll)n estreme)--very good Ink, poet elm'I
Ancloant shop, great-gruudfalbee, grand-
father, father, and self, 1101(0 Ibis int(;
line and hard, very bund; picked w•itlt
care, selected with attention. i stilt
very )mod ink, prime cost is very, This
Ink is heavy; so is gold. The lye of the
dragon glitters amt dazzles, so does
this<
int , No one makes 111 :�
to if. OJl1e1
who make int( metre 11 fua' the sake of
accumulating base coin, and cheat,
wbtle I crake it, only for a name, Plen-
ty of A-Ewan-100es (1.e.mtlenlen) know
lay ink—my family never created—)hay
bnve always borne a good 1111110. 1
/:rake int( for the 'Son of Heaven,' and
ell lite neindarins tit the empire. A5
1110 roar of the Inger extends to every
place, so does the fame of the 'dragon's
jewel' (nmeantlg his bak). Como, all A-
Kwnn-lsaes (gentlemen), come to my
sloop and see the sign l.ne-skiing al (lie
side of the door, 11 Is Seaon-shwsy
Street (small water street), outside the
south gale."
Yk
THE END MAN SAYS:
"Say, he ought to keep under covert"
"Who ought?"
"The umbrella thief!"
(They choke each outer.)
Customer—"I wish 1 had ns good a
head of hair as you have. 1 have tried
everything to remedy my baldness, but
with no good results." Bnrher—"Have
you ever tried rubbing your head with
steel?" Customer---"Cerinlnly not. That
seems to me ridiculous." Barber—"Why
ridiculous? My brother is a watchmaker
and Ile tells me as a fact that steel
makes the hair spring!"
I rustled into a restaurant,
To an awful flurry.
"Bring me something quick," I said;
"I care not what—but hurry."
The waiter bowed profoundly
And soon produced a dish.
,/d
"You asked for something quick, sir,
Pray', try some flying fish."
TfiE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA
WILD OI!CIIS MAWS, 1113CIONS, 11(15,
1'F.Llt1ANy, SPOONl1ICrJ14, 11111,
Spurt Where There is Absolalsly No-
lhiug la be f're'ed Except
Snakes.
An apparent stroke of 111 leek on my
arrival al n sheep station o0 the Damon
Diver, in Queensland, nulled cut to lie
1110 very reverse, inasmuch es it leo In
MY -1nking a in,at interesting and
unique trip, bringing me, writes a cor-
respondent (,1111.0 London no, .;cure el
the limed sport l have ever entuyed.
On a beautiful epilog morning 1
started off welt my Io 1 dogs for sole
tennpantons-'1,1uty. a sheepdog, who hod
foe many 1)1011lhs proved herself n faith-
ful friend, mod ',Mich, n tiny little 1 reu-
lut'm 11 us1nre rmigm 111 neede10
and 1 \vabs se 11 leism'cly11droppinirng ,11, 0.11
the: stream. 110111 bunks were ,hn+led l y
lull gttnl leers, Olrirh were Iubsclulely
I I ll I I
alit,. \\ 1111 all talar 1 I t,
\.,,'l shade
•
+I l
.i
e001{11100:1 1111(1 parries
and variety. \\ atoe[owl 0f Ili els,a'ip-
lions were nhuudw!i.• and se tame that
they scarcely seemed cotlseitme of my
inteitelon, 1 daily encomltercd Ilo(1(s of
Ihe beautiful silver gray wood circles
feuding among 15)111in of Reit' Immune
weeds on the banks.
A11001 1) or 10 p.111. 1 would slop for
supper, anti after gelling my camp
ready I usually seta springer" line to
Galata
SOMETHING F011 131111AKFAST.
While knocking lire ['sties out of my
last pipe and gelling ready to lurn in
on the first evening of my trip, the hell
rang violently, and, behold I illy break-
fast, securely hooked—being n nice four -
pound Murray "trout:' 'Caving hung 111
fish on the limb of a tree out of talent's
way, I was soon sleeping soundly. A
pail' of laughing jackesses sitting in the
branches overhead and 1(ioking up an
unearthly noise woke mo et daybreak.
and I soon proceeded to prepare the
breakfast, adopting the aboriginal way
of cooking the trout by simply putting
the lash into hot wood ashes. This is, in
m1)e humble opinion, the best ineihod for
retaining the full and original flamer of
the fish. ,31y two conmmnions assisted
1110 in malting a hearty breakfast, after
which, they left me to enjoy a solitary
smoke, while they started off in chase of
an )guano. I soon recalled them, and
taking our respective places, we started
off once more.
Around every river bend I encountered
wild ducks, cranes, herons, ibis, peli-
cans, spoonbills, or black swans, all
leisurely intent on their own business,
end seemingly neither interested nor
alarmed at my approach. hero and
thereon 1110 limb of a dead tree jutting
up out of the water might be seen richly -
tinted kingfishers patiently gazing into
the water for passing prey.
A few days later I had the misfortune
to lose one of my companions. Always
on the lookout for something to chase,
n1y little Punch bad discovered a tiger
snake, and started furiously barking al
IL while I was at supper.
KNOWING IIIS DANGER,
I at once tried to call him off, and, pick-
ing up a slick, went forward to kill the
brute. But in a content it nlnde off into
a hollow log, with Punch after it. There
was no egress at the far enol: of the log,
and he was doomed, Back I ran to the
boat to fetch an axe, 011c1, oiler a con-
siderable lime, managed to split open
the log, finding the dog with the snake
coiled around him, both dead,
The nights were simply perfect but for
the mosquitoes and the various bush
noises, which would have proved annoy-
ing, and even alarming, to any one less
accustomed to travelling le the Austra-
lian bush.; but there is absolutely no-
thing to be feared, except the snakes,
and although the stillness of Ihe nights
was broken by the mournful cry of the
curlews, tie. howling of the dlistant
dingo, the croak or the nighthawk, the
chattering of the 'possums, the splashing
of the water rats, or the monotonous cry
of the "mnpuke," I was able to sleep as
soundly as a seafaring man in n gale.
Once or twice I came to rainier close.
quarters with snakes, and envied one in
my boat, for some miles as a slowawoy
passenger before I discovered lis pre-
sence. IL Ihe.n got away unharmed into
the river, having nenriy been the cause
of capsizing, lite boat in 10y efforts to
kill it.
WAITING,
"Do you think you are going to like
your new neighbors?"
"It's a little too early to tell. They
haven't hung out their washing yet."
ICCS FINISH.
There was a young man did indict
Sweet letters his love to delict;
But when she brought suit
To peeve hien a bruit,
And they read them, his face was a
siaat
TLIE END e4AN SAYS:
"Say, what's the most remarkable
sight?"
Give it up!"
"To see a (rouse tly1"
(Swale
An historic kirk tinting has taken
place in Edhnhurgh, where the oongee-
have vacated premises a
gallon, long known as Dr. Guthrie's,
t the Bowhead.
The Church Commissfo.nets allocated the
property as Assembly hall for the legal
Frees.
Emeilne-"Ssira andyi can hardly un-
derstand each other over the telephone.'
Edgar—"Welt, talk one at a jtrnel"
"Landlord, this soup is frightfully
salt. "1 am very sorry, sir, but the cook
i, most careless.'' "Then why don't
you discharge her?" Unfortunately I
eon'l.', "Why not?" "She's my wifeP'
We first hear of skates In England 'n
1191. They were them made of bone,
and staters carried Iron -shod poles.
FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND
1(0'1'1:5 05' iN'1'E11IIfT 1'110111 1118'11
RANK'S AND BRAES,
iVhat is Going On In the Highlands
and Lon11111ds al Auld
Freda.
\V'ick Tuw'1 Ban,1 wont the p11111it. to
help Mem io pal' fol' 1(1e11' new 01u,s,
wlri,'ll 0101 ,113(1.
7"fro master 1,111 518 of Dundi'' hue In-
crea801 the price of bread by a half-
penny pet' four-lanald 10a1,
The 101111 10)1'Ing crelch at (:nsitebay io
11111 tort Was 11,11111 emus, (11001nst 1,1100
/.runs at rho stulu' date lust year.
'1'hc rrn\v l of rnhlgrlulls Ie1 vI)) in.
dee every Friday 1101'essilaies 30 Police-
men
1 110-
m n parading the pletfurni to keep
..v1\117..
1011'. Andrew Carnegie has (10110ed lo
b,' pre4hlonl 111 tau' esl5rn 11 t o
131' ,\(10luu1Utrul S,lc\viely on I1he 1rIegtoundf
mot 110 is a 1.1)rI
1155(1 to absentee [west
-
Rs
Il
Rs lbw ouloome of negotiations with
1110 Ne'wfoundtnud Government. Alex,
Holl, Ilett corm•, Muerte, las 5rvenged
In engage in herring curiug In New -
Councilors'.
Fifty-seven years without urissing a
Sunday at ohneelt is n record whit t is
meibably atmly held by one men in the
north of Scotland, Mx, Stewart Lindsay,
of Kinnienluir.
Dundee has managed to get the pre-
amble of its houudartes extension pro-
posals passel, The territory to be an-
nexed has .2,1100 of a population and Is
values) at £13,000.
During rho quarter ended on elude
31st the births io Scotland were 367 fewer
Men In the previous quarter, end 1,409
fewer than in the corresponding quarter
of lest year.
Capt. James Luing. who Inns been
gazetted 1001)01', is an Edinburgh gentle-
man, who has had a edified carer. Ile
enlisted in the 11111 hussars as a private.
Two Paisley constables are to receive
Roe certificate of donor of the St. An-
drew's Anmbulenee Association, In rc-
eogniliun of their bravery lin rescuing
two children from a burning honer-.
for "elementary education" in Ire-
land the inspectors of schools receive for
their services £48; 91 per annum, while
Scotland receives Only £41,059. Yet in
Scotland the 811)0101\8 in the elementary
schools numbered in 1000.1007, 710,227,
and in Ireland only 470,000.
A cheque for 525 10e. has 115011 sent by
the King to Mr. James Cowie, who for
forty years eves station 'nester at Bel-
ittler. The gift was at expression of ap-
preciation of long and faithful service to
those associated with iho Com'l on the
journey to and from Balmoral,
The Hugh Reid bequest for the rection
in Edinburgh of monuments to \Valleeo
and Bruce, which dots from 1.953, has
not been given effect to. The erection
fund originally amounted 10 £000 and
Die repair fund l0 5150, 'i'heyy 1143W
reach £3 531) and £730 respectively.
The Duke and Ducimess of Albany were
to he in Ediaburglt on the 22nd 1118(,
The Duke, who succeeded his uncle, the
late Duke el Edinmurgh, in 10110, as Ihe
reigning Duke. of Saxe Coburg -Gotha. is
colonel -lin -chief of the Smalorilo High-
landers, and in tint capn,lly ens pay_
Ing a visit to the second battalion of the
regiment, which is now in Edinburgh
Castle,
SAILORS LAUGII AT SUPERSTITION.
Many of the Romances of die Sea Have
Vanished.
Sailors are no longer superstitious.
At any rale, it is dol,cull to final ane
who Inas any vegetal for the old sea lore
about which a thousand and 0110 faacirr-
(ding stories have been lord. \\'bather
Um modern steamship has made sailors
feel a little less fearful and more inde-
pendent of the forces of nature, says a
writer in T.-13„ I am scarcely prepared
to say ; 11(11 110 01d sea captain at
1loiherhithe actually laughed when I
asked hint if he was nfea1d of carrying a
cul on board or sneezing on the left side
of the ship.
"'They are gnod old yarns," he said,
"but not even during my days as an
A.B. and male on a sailing ship did I
ever hour a men object to having a eat
on boardthe ship. \\'e prefer pussy's
company 10a:
01 the rats, who g11a1V-
o,: our logs and mads holes in the grub.
And as for not sneezing on Ihe left side
Of the ship, why"—and here the captain
shook with lnughien as he pictured the
spectacle of men holding a sneeze and
running from one side of the vessel to
tine other, so lint (hey should not arouse
the elements and bring on 11nd wencher --
"1 don't believe;" he said, "one sailor in
n
hundred ever heard of the supersti-
lion.
"What about 'Mother Carey's chick-
ens'? Very nine birds. Harbingers of
bad weather, you say. Landsmen say
we think so, but we don't If that were
53 we should always be 10011111 of bad
weather, for petrels are to bo seen every
day when on a long voyage. \Ve line to
see (hent about the ship when no other
.lite is visible.'!,
Other end disillusions awaited Ills
'I'..13. man when he picked up a copy of
lh) Nautical !singnziue, in which a
welter, talking of lost sea romance, says
that "crossing the lino" is rrmemheree
only on pasenger ships, where its ob-
servance is expected ; while whistling
for a wInd Is gone, for the simple rea-
son that few strips want any whxl nowa-
days, and a whistle won't mend a pro-
peller shaft.
At 0110 11me when England was mas150
and mistress of the seas loo, no Dutch-
man dared to help himself out of a mess
kit before the English and Yankees lout
"had their whack." Now )Cls 111151 come
first served, and the Englishman Is lucky
if he is there at all.
— -ge — _
A minister, during his discourse ono
Sabbath morning, said: "R each 1)11)do
of geese there 1.5 n sermon." The fol-
lowing day one of his (lock discnveeed
the good men pushing n town -mower
about his garden and paused' to say:
"Welt, parson, I'm gild to see you e11 -
gaged In Gutting your sermons short`