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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1908-4-30, Page 2fliellbleMtaimktar NOTES ANO COMMENTS It has boon a standing charge against the Chinese that they term <letifd of pa- faohsm; that they did not lave their naLlv,e land enough to be willing Le die to it, or °yell to ;lake le noxious sae - einem for it,s sake. The charge has been well 1oundeci, and yet the Chine.* ought • not, to be reproached too bitterly for the Mack of love for and devotion to China taken as a whole. There are reneonS why it is dtlneult. for the average China. man to grasp the idea of China as an entity. The inhabitants of other pew.. (noes than his own speak dialects he can- tiot well undorstand. lie has never learned to think o[ teem as "fellow citi- zens." But he 56 Plitt chcd to Ills owat Village or city. That Is his Mantra', and for it he ;night be wilting to take up arms. China has often felt the heavy hand of foreigner. Forts have been battered down, pities of plured, and territory seized end held. There itas been'inuch intense teethed of foreigners in China not because of these things, humiliating es they were. They have hated foreigners simply be- cause they were foreigners. Therefore It is a symptom of national life when a boycott of Japanese goods is set 011 foot because the country has been disgraced by the weakness displayed by its govern- ment in yielding to the demands regard- ing the Japanese vessel recently seized by Chinese officials. If the boycott begun al Canton, where the seizure took p)aoe, stall become general throughout a great part of the empire, it will afford evidence of the existence of the patriotic sentiment which it has been asserted was a stranger aft China. There Is another interesting phase of the boycott. The Lbtnese are as road of making money as any people under the Bun. The commercial spirit is highly de- veloped among theta. Yet here are wholesale and remit dealers who by re- fusing to handle Japanese goods hurt their awn trade and profits. Some of them have destroyed the Japanese wares they had in their stores to show their patriotic spirit or that they might not be tempted to sell them. In the course of tine the dealers may be able to gat goods (Wade in other countr".es that will take the place of the Japanese goods they refuse to touch, but in the meanwhile they are malcing pecuniary sacrifices because of an affront put upon China. It is perhaps an indication of the com- tiiercia:l spirit that the originatons of the boycott have figured out in dollars the ism 10 which Japanese trade should bo mulcted becattee of the overbearing eon - teed of the Japanese government. The Monetary value of the humiliation to ?which Celina has been subjected is put at pearly 8200.000,000. When Japanese tnede shall have suffered to teat extent the wound to Chinese honor will be . healed. It remains to he seen whether the originators of the boycott can carry le out in a peaceful manner without lay - 'ng hands on the person or property of a Japanese subject. If they Can they will have given evidence notrnerely of organ- izing ability but of a spirit of nalionel pride and dignity which it has always been assumed Was disgracefully lacking in China. RECORD ELEPHANT SHOT, Abid Rogue That Was Killed by a German Hunter in Ceylon. II. (Deland, tete German big game hun- ter who came into prominence et the recent elephant kraal, has returned to Co- iembo alter a month's shooing In the tiambantoia district, say's the Singapore Tines, He secured a capital bag, inciud- tng tete elephants, two buffaloes, two crocodiles, one leopard, one boar and sore snakes, One of the elephants was a rogue and B tremendous brute the measurement of its fore feet. going Ie show, according to $lowland \\'artl:s standard book on big Same, that tie unlined rues tie seooxid n size for the world's record and con- 8iderably. the biggest shot In Ceylon. The elephant.shot by. Mr. ffieland was pine feet high, end the meesurcnients taken at the Colombo Museum and ecr- tilled there are as follows: Inches. Height, of skull 43 Breadth of skull 20 :Bono iii of trunk 28 Circumference of foot The measurement of the foot was token atter drying and before being stuffed. Mr, HTlelnnd claims that when stufl+d with Fend it will be 58 inches; but laking 11 as 6530 inches it cormee second in the list sef Rowland Ward's records. It was barely light., Mr. !upland says, and owing to the comparative darkness lie had, to go up gttice close to the mantel before shooting, and as 17 was he was net able to get good aim. The first shot, however, was (a(al, but, not instantane- ously so and the elep1tant oharged. Ito (slopped the hrutee progress with a but - ,let on the knee end then he rolled over (lead. SIMPLE, LIFE Alelletrr. A oabineernaker, George elurr, who has died at Grantham, England, at the lege of seventy-eight pears, was em. eyed, by the salve term for thirtysev. e h''earl}. Iia not onl\vorked"in the same but, actually same shop, ,y at the sumo 1lyeneh.• Muer took the only heliday of this. ILtO tteenty-s1x years ago, when he event to Skegness, intending to stet' stortnight. He returned the sante day, Ihewevet, saying Thal he ceuld Hat set. ale any Mole oaten. ISYOUN PWTY fl P1NfU I we Take Our Religion NotToo Seriously - g Y But Altogether Too Gloomily. "0, come, let us sing unto tit+' ford"' Psalm zero, 1. These words of the old singer of long ago, tttie call to glad uplifting of voices in song, constitute part of one of the best known and beat loved passages of worship amongst. all congregeliotus in out day. They recall to warty every memory occasions when they have loon fan from empty words when they have Leen laden with happiness, gratitude, and peals° giving, Whoever nag said or sung I.hese words with any freedom of mind has tell the uplift of expressing an exceedingly de- sirable thought. Yet somehow they 0)n- trast strangely with the place it which they usually are sung; they ;,,rut rather M belong to some far upland or sunlit grove, where men ;tight come worship with garlands of flowers. We too often picture the Hebrews as a people wholly innocent of langhler and lightnees of heart and thele religion as pmoulJarly one of gloom. We forget how nnteh of joy there woe in all their 'term- moneai lite, how all their feasts and little days and joyous social °cessions were essentially religious. Piety to them meant not pain, but the highest, noblest form of pleasure. It is easy to sen that much of the bible belongs to the childhood of the race, le P e days when men took lifo leas seri- ously and when they cared less than we da for the scientine explanations thatlie back of phenomena. Life was simpler; THE UNIVERSE WAS SMALLER; their gods were noaner and more easily tmderstood. As we have passed from childhood perhaps it has been unavoid- able that we should lase some of the lrre- sponsibility and simplicity of those days. Sometimes it seems, however, as it the race had lost childhood and passed over ntatthood, es if we have grown prema- turely old. We have forgotten the child's smile. but have not found in the man's heart deep happiness. It is a poor kind of progress we have made, as a race, if we have found in the passing centuries no deeper springs of joy than we imew long ago. It would be better to evolship with the ignorant simplicity and the genuine gayety of those who once danced before their altars than to continue per- fttne(orily to go llutugh the motions of a ntanufncluted and mournful mimievy. If your piety is a painful l(ting to you and a pleusurrless thing to others it 1110101)1y is all pretense after all, 11 we have forsaken aha garlands of Greece and the festivals of Judea, what stead? if the Chrhslianlzalion of the me tons means that the whole world is 10 be uni('orntly clad in somber suits of Sun- day Maples, with countenances to match, it can only be regarded as a doubtful benefit, It Is no ne talking about the blessings of faith unless wo look and act as It we really are blessed. 11 is .no sol believing i1 a cloudless heaven it we peas all these days in 111,0 shadows. '1'tlli "JOY OF THE LORD" is of little use in tide world unless it LS the kind of a joy that a Ulan can see and 006(re te share. We am the people of the stores of Mem/lodge and the laden hooks of •g,utls, but, alas, we walk Lhreugh them with empty hearts, fon- we have not yet learned how lo lite. We are picking up life's lead and despising its gold. Wo are blind to Lite sweetness and light In life, to the wayside Gowers of joy, to iho deep sources of thankfulness. \\'e need t1 lift up our eyes la see (tow good a world this is, how fair its morns, how bright its noons, how glorious Its evening light; we are too much with the little, tangled thane of Orir own tnaking, too little with God's great glowing uni- verse that compels rte uplifted eye. the expanded chest, and the singing heart. \\'e need to Lake our faces from aur ledgers and to look Into other faces, W learn finger faith, and love for man, to rejoice in friendships, to find the thrill of the broad and upward way, to 1t 0 ((me to live and let the making of a He- ine lake cure of itself for awhile: After 011, all our shadows cone from our suicidal selfislmess, and gladness, deep and enduring, is found only In the life of self -giving. There will always be a song in the heart when the hands are busy with love's service. The best way to sing to the Lord Ls to serve our fel- lows. for so our song starts another and scop there is a chorus of heavenly hap- piness. HENRY F. COPE, THE S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MAY 3. Lesson V. Our Heavenly home. Golden Text, Sohn 11. 2, THE LESSON WORD STUDIES. (Based un the text of the Revised Version.) The \Vey, the Truth, and the Life.— To nightly apprecittic the opening vers- es of ihls wonderful chapter wo must remind ourselves of the peculiar cite cunstances under which the words whioh it contains were spoken. Jesus and the eleven d.lsciples wore still in the upper chamber an which they had partakee of the last Passover meal to- gether, and from which Judas, the be- trayer, had just departed. Thereupon the Master had spoken once ntorewiltt his disciples' of his impending depal lure from them. Then it was that Pelee' declared, in response to an intimation from Jesus, that his disciples would not be able to follow hint this time, "Lord', why cunnot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee," Sad. 13', no doubt, Jesus reminded Peter of Ins r,wn frailty, and at the same time foretold, his threefold denial, T'lle eon. versatlon at this point was such as would be likely to disturb the panto •+f min 1 of the disciples., who begat/ to have gloomy forebodings. concerning what the tnmediale future might have In store for then. Hence Lite speolal appropriateness of the oont[orlhcg words with which Jesus turns lite con- versaiian from the thought of hiss de- pat'turo from then;, to the thought. of their ultimate reunion and lite heaven- ly home which Jesus declared wasin store foe then( with the Father. The entire chapter, together welt the throe following chapters (15.17), belongs 10 the seine group of farewell discourseso! Jesus, Verse 1. Troubled ---The prediction of the impending departure of their Nies- ler from them, together well the .pre- diction of the betrayal of the Master by' a trusted member of their contently, had filled the disciples with sorrow and amazement . Believe in God --A fitting exhortation lo abiding faith 1n Jehovah, in whom they lied e}weys trusted. Believe also in me—Tho apostleshave now been with Jesus sufficiently long end have come to know his divine char- acter and power sufnelenty well to a,arrant faith in hits also, evert in a time of uncertainty and after he shall have left them, 2. My Father's house—The eternal dwelling place of the infinite God, and hence an expression which we are bane ly warranted in interpreting in any lo- cal, heavenly sense. The essential idea le that of tate nearness o[ the heavenly Father to those who ,]taro his love and. favor, and consequently his abiding place. Many mansions ---Not necessarily the tarent Spheres of existtttce or mime' dogreas ofblessedness, but ..referring primarily to the ndogtroey 01 the roam ler alt et. CIirises tollltteers. 'j'.ie. weld. In the original was often fused to dc\sig• granting a fetter revelation rrl,his.g race in 1t the suggestion both of rest and. of progress. 1 would have told you—An, appeal to their faith in his candor and, the truth- fulness of his ,previous teachings. 4. Yo •know the way—Wdrds spoken to test thele uuderstanriing of what Jesus had already taught (item concern- ing himself and his relation to the Fa- ther and to the Minuet race. 5. Thomas saith-Thomas 1106, fvnl what wa know of hitn In the gospel narrative, In the habit of seeking die re:Mlies, and demanding explanations. Iia was thus of a critical turn of mind, and in the present crisis cones not quite see (he relation cf what leo Allister has been saying to the bnme01110 neat, or 1t his fulfillment of the Messianic prom - lees. 3. No one cement unto the Father, but by rue—Jesus continues to speak in spiritual terms, not consenting to be drawn into a discussion of objective details. 7. It ye had known. me—Their rein - don to himself as the revealer of the Father was of supreme ,importance, and unlit they had come to regard him as suet' they could not be said to really know hhn. From henceforth -11k revelation of the Father and his infinite lot'o would now soon be complete, and, thee' un- derstanding of the great purpose of leis life and death would henceforth also bo more nearly perfer. t. 8. Phiitp--ln Join's Gospel mentioned four times, usually in connection with Aro rew. Ile was like Thomas In Ills loneness far insisting on 7110 procticai test of personal experience, 11. Dost thou not know enc, Philip?— The vett "to know" In this verse, as in verse 7 above, Is l0 110 Won in the sense of "lo recognize." '1'110 d(r't'e, pole sena] 0ddrees of Jesus to Philip fndl- caire the surprise and ptrin caused by Philip's question, 11. Or, else, believe neo for the very' works' sake --An appeal to faith on e higher greeted being of 110 avail, Jesus reminds them of the more material find (tangible evidence of heir divinity and his relellon to the. Father, which the miracles of his entire public minis,. try had furnished 112. Verily, verily—The usual formula or Antonin assurance. (WOW' works than these shall he do —Referring to miracles of a tpir(lual nether, such as still occur to -day in. the trenslm'mnal(on of character 'through faith in Christ. though ;probably includ- ing also reference to the entractes. of healing and similar nets performed by the disciples inthe early apostolic. days. 13. Whets/lever ye shall ask in my name—The emend phrase is inseparable from the final, 11 resters to the spirit in which prayer, In order t0 be effective, must be offered, That spire, is the same w'h(oh Jesus exemplified In iris own e prayer life. 10, &netitetr Comforter --Cir, "advo- cate", or, "Helper"; ferule,pneaclote. Who this Comforter and Advocnte is Io be La indicated! in the next seek/nee. 17. The spirt, of truth -Whose refla- tion it is to fndet'prat and maintain, the tenth. 21, lie that inch Inv e.nmmantinenis, anal ice/meth them --Again the seemed cense 1a Inseparable from the nest. Obedience is (lie oft-reileroted condi(lnn of disoiplesllib, W(11-innnrfesl ineeelt unto"ltim eB y tate stations on e journey, thus ltavingand et faller urrdetetal.ding of the truth. 22, Judas ;not Iscariot---1'he 5011 of Jam,!;, smnoisttes nailed 'l'ltadda'tts ttr 1.tibbwtui cotupmt'u Math Ile 3; pia k 3, Ltij. 23. :Make our meek with him— The 1n.urt of the believer thus Incomes tate Father's dwelling place Icoipnrc verse 2 teem). We ntttst not in either verso fume the interpretation of the llgtlrulivo l.-ngung,t employee. 2G. Int env Hence --As toy representative. 27. Not as the world given Wilk tut ulterior meelve of oiliest -mess, 28. The Fatlter le greater then 1 Jw,ul is speaking as their fe:env-man, one who still dwells tyith thein on earth. In ander to thus become one of ahem he had gleam tip Itis peeiliolt of equelil:v with the Fathete 3u. The ptinee of the n'orld,—Saten, netting in 1111 ---Nothing of worldly passion 01' ambition to appeal t. 31, Arise, let us go nonce—Tie dis- course of Janus is not ended, brit is cote Untied cu route to the garden. BIG FAMILY ON $4 A WEEK TALI: OF THRIFT mom A VfLLAGE IN DEVONSHIRE. P.ourlirttn Are Lilting and Maven Sit11 Live Under the Family Root. Annually the repave; of the Beltish Registrar -General draw attention to the decline in LIue birth rate, says Lhtyd:s Weekly. Families wlt0.sa 01)0tl)01' l'u115 Ink two figuret are becombtg more and amore rare. Still, they exist, and a. notable exemplo Ls to bo found in the pretty little Devon:Aare village of ti•Ruxhont, England. Air. and Mrs. William Copp ate the parenl3 of Io fewer than 21 sons and daughters, of whom 14 are living, Slo- ven of these are still gathered under the fancily roof tree, and e. brighter or heat Thier looking band it would be hard to And. The quiet little village of Ifuxltam, some ;tiles front a Mallon, with its Ulalohed cottages and Lts ivy-covered ehoieh, has a peaceful, old-world as- pect, and at Mr. Copp's cottage (writes a Lloyd's a•epl'esentative) I had that ktndty, hospitable welcome which De- von people know tee well how to give. THE NEWEST BABIES. Mrs, Capp smilingly inteoduoed mo to the twins, tete Lwo Latest confers In- to the family circle, a boy and a girl, who wero sleeping side by side. As to Mrs. Copp herself, she looked far too young to be the mother of such a fancily. "That is what everyo•no says," she 'remarked, and the soft Devon accent sounded very pleasantly in Iter speech. "I marrled at 21. My eldest girt—elle is 23-1s a eao.k in a good sorvice at Exeter, but the most of then( are tit home still, 11 altogether, counting dill twits." Like all true sons of Devon. Rites. Ccpp's boys have a natural turn for Lite sea. "Aly eldest boy is In the cavy," said Mrs. Copp; "lie is stationed -at Matta now. No, 1 have none ie. the army; my boys are all for the sea; the little ones aro thinking, of it already, but they'll have to wait and grow a bit first, "I had another boy in the navy, but he was drowned when he was tmly 17 years ale; he was jerked overboard by n trope, and they were not able to pick him up." NO I-1 BLP FROM CHILDREN. None of the children al home ate yet able to earn anything to increase the family Lnoontc, and the problem of low le bring up so many in health and strength would to most townsfolk ap- pear impossible, But Mrs. Copp speaks Oldie cheerfully and contentedly about it. "I've got a good husband," she said, "and that goes a long tray. Aly hus- band works on the coedst he's been on the roads for 21 years now, and he gels MGs. a week, but itis regular wages. "How do 1 manage on that? Well, sometimes t have wandered holy we do manage. It is a di0icult thing; but there's a great deal in the way you manage. Theca's others I know that have no children and yet don't scent to do as well as we do with our large family. "No; food isn't particularly cheap. Bread is 5;ad. a querLern, and we have -two quarterns every day replier. "But we always coop vegetables for supper; we grow our own; we've got a good oft of garden. I don't know what we should do withotat that, and then when we have a be of meat 1 make the most of it watt a good crust and some onions. "1 go Into Exciter when I can to buy what's wanted; you can buy things cheaper there than in this little place; 'besides, you can °loose what you want Instead of just taking what the trades. men bring. Oh, i often ,soy t could do much ballot' there." "Only the 10111 might be higher?" *35 A YEAR RENT. "We pay £7 a year rent here," said Mr's. Copp, "and that's rather high for the country. But its a good cottage,. it has gr)'L three rooms, this—nand the one next loot'—ts one of. the taw cot. ',ogee here (.hat rent is Mild for. Nearly all tie others belong to the forms, and the men working 011 the farms live in them; the cottage is in their wages.' Then I make and mend everything for ell the children," Continued lairs. [Copp, "including (Ito boys' clothes; was always very good at my needle; and that's a great thing, for clothes run into money, But the loots—well, they do wear them 0111, walking two mdies every day 10 sCihool, •but my htisband he cobbles theta up againand again. and 'falces tltcnt lost wondeertil. "T havo one of my girls, wile is in eervice, home for a fortnight to look .atter things while I've been laid up, r 011011(0 like' to have her always -5f Ne 1Cculd efhrrd t1, "''t TL{F `," N(1 \ .FOR C'0";5rh, Nope 0f tho,Se at Monte i now are earning anything, 'Tito eldest who Is ;just 111141011 11, had rbeu.inatio fever very badly, but he is getting sleongs'r now, though o won't ewe, to quite o !same as he was before; it has made tune leg a Mlle shorter than the outer,' "So that tvitlh a fancily of eleven at home you are Inept pretty busy?" Mss. Copp admitted It was 50, JAIL \v(10 a pleaiunl senile saki site ty05 )tette contented, Ilei cltildrea were vert' goad. "But ordinary days," site added, "it dee% seem as i1 there's no time for any- thing. Certainly there's no time for ges(p, but, perhaps, that's 110 great less, Often (.hb)gs will be going on In the village that eve never heard of; eve just ne time to listen, 111 have to trait a good while before 1 can leave 111'1 tv0r17,' Then a plaintive trail [term One of Pm twine drew Nee. Copple mention, and I went downstairs to tinct _\ir. Cupp ht ills another little youti ,ter in ]cls arms, but lately deposed from the proud position of "lite baby" of the fancily; while Eli, Daisy, Charlie, Meek, 'font, lapel and Sidney-"wo don't like then( called Out of their names," sahl Airs. Copp, so there aro no "tor shorts" et the Capp family—were amusing themselves in the kitchen mid in the garden, while (heir elder sister kept a motherly eye over theta all. 11 was a (appy fancily group and one that Devon (County may well be proud of, SENTENCE SERMONS, Folly congeals faith. Character Ls controlled will. Silence will end almost any quarrel. Faith ands its fullness in friendships. The test of religion is for the weary, not tiro lazy. Things readily believed are not often really believed. A. man's age depends on the ideals he still cherishes. Alen tend Iro approximate to their own expectations. Living for others is as imperative of the higher life, Your 'foes will not fear you as long 0i you fret over then(. Ile who gives le be soon usually has much he wants to hide. Lying usually Is a plan of hiding one blemtstt with 0 bigger one. He who follows duty ever may find danger often, but defeat never. TL le better to give without thinking than to think without giving. When the church is only a place of rest it meter Is a place of refreshing. Ile who does not look 1orwamd with reverence will look back w(llt regret. Faith is the power to weave the music of 'to -morrow from the discords of to- day. There ,always are few friends 'o mom'; the loss of tete mom who made no enemies. Keep the wolf of worry from your door and the rest will take care of ihemselvos. Few men are in morel danger as great as those who Proclaim religion so strenuously they reel no Meed to prac- aka it. WHERE LOCUSTS ARE FOOD. Table Luxury in Some Places -How They Are !Made Palatable. Locusts are a table luxury in Palestine and outer places. The Jews fry them in sesame oil. In Arabia Petrea locusts are dried in the sun and ground into a kind of flour for baking. In Central Africa certain tribes make tttent into thick brown soup. In Madagascar they are baked inhttge tars, theft fried in grease and mixed with rice. In Algeria they simply are boded water and salted to taste. The Arabs grind and bake Item as cokes, roast them in hater, of crush thein with Cam - pr's cheese and. dates. But they only re- sort to this fare in times of famine. In scnthern Russia, where locusts still arc eolensively eaten by the serfs,. the in. sects usually are smoked in the first in- stance like fish. when required for consumption the legs and wings are broken off arid the bodies area toiled, roasted, stewed, frtcd or broiled. The flavor of locusts, while strong and disagreeable, becomes mild and readily disguised. when cooked. Some locust soups scarcely nee to be distinguished from beef broth. Friec(in Iheie own oil and slightly salted they acquire a pleasasl nutty flavor. Locust, eating tribes invariably grow Mt when the food is plentiful. Grubs and caterpillars are eaten with avidity by Parisian's, and butterflies are eaten by the nallves of Australia, silktvot'nts in China and harvest Gies by some Afric- ans. A TRIAL BY BREAl) AND CHEESE There were many odd ways in anci- ent tunes of detecting criminals. Our anoeslors had not lived long enough to lose their faith in the gntawings of t ens0i0nm, and Divine interference an earthly justice was superstllously re - weeded as a daily occurrence, sayS Pear. son's Weekly, foetid queerer example of Mitis could c than the ancient triode of trying 4ii'isoaners by bread and cheese. The unfortunate offender was led, with a halter round his neck, to the parish church, and there itt the pre. space of all the people the priest pal ,pteoes of cheese and rye bread in a flatfeet on the altar. 'Chase be blessed and than the supposed criminal had' l0 oat them dry before the congt'rgution. If he managed to swallow them easily he Was acquitted, but It he choked ho was condemned. Naturally enough scores of Innocent tolls were thus done le death. 'F- MUC11, MUCH BETTER. "i'd like to knew," remanded the irate passenger, "why you don't give better sereleo On (hits [1110? Heed 1 am forty minu(es late i.hts morning) " VVe Oro (115151(1 hotter 0011 00," retort- ed the staton-master. "feet tnonlh this train eves alwaya fifty minutes ink," 'ler v T } o ere � 1tipro ulcer unci 10-ieal'tivrw les in the Argentine ffepn(I1. , The ('res, !dent 1tae ti oiolary of $304001), RICHEST NUGGET YET SEVENTY-FIVE POUNDS OI' 501dD ,SiLYI'1R DISCOVERED, [ londikers in Cobalt--Prosprclors Starl- ing for the Montreal River, Tho Cobalt camp has Indent a cosmo- pciilan eines of people. William Brown, a former I3rockaillo boy, and for the last tell years a resident cl the Yukon, ar- ched int (own this week, d before 11111113' hours htt<I run 0x1006 a grnueat many lelondilcets, a few of whom are: J. W. Young, manager of the Cobalt Central e(lceute[e; Jmnildos erti 01t; , J1115t1 tsEt lmeert', il(1a0ti11e00a0t manager of the Cobalt Central, although no'. In the ramp at present, Is also tt (Uondiker; \\'eldy Young, of I laileybt rya .1»11.; 13. Phillips, tot•me,r1J o[ too Argyle 111)10; 'tom Kennedy, of M0tlirenl, au)0 Sem MacKay., of Napanrc, Ont.; also Wilfred Donaldson and his brother, Billy 1. :one Idson,Superinlcndent of Lime City of ('Obalt ;tine; John and George Donald - sen, of the Soo and Li. \V, Cobb, for- merly Superintendent of (ice Bonanza 10 - tall, have alt been in, the Klondike and tato experienced the itordshipe of the curly days In that great gold country'• writes a Cobalt correspondent of the Globe. Mr, Brown, Tom Kennedy end S,im MacKay had a very joyful meeting in the Prospect hotel and recounted their eeperieneaa in Dawson. In discussing the toads in particular, they oouunentecf that the roads in 1110 Cobalt camp are 101'y inadequate compered to the Yukon. A waggon road 80 miles in length was built out of Dawson during 111e hast two years of the boom, end to -day the roads ac In first-class condition and a,lomo- biles ere llticicer on (hese roads than In engem and southern dike. 13y com- parison with otter camps as regards reads and other iniprovemenLt, the CA - bolt camp was commented on by the Klondikers as being sadly neglected. The elate of the road frons Earlttn to Elk i alk0 is a case in point. Ronde Commis- sioner Kerr of New Liskeard Le said to have estimated the cost of the road to Ed Lake team learlton to have been 8200 per ;tile, and the Government let the contract to a man by the Hunte of Cray et 888 per mile. Set.leve say that but far the energy of Mosses. (11111(11 nncl eo- dcin Lite road would Have been left in very had shape; in fact, it (A claimed these gentlemen put on their own men and cut a rend two miles around the hills, but for which'1 would have been impossible to haul freight by the road laid out by the Government coutractote. TAKE SAMPLES OF ORE. Mining Recorder [lough, of Lader Lake, ons a visitor in the Cobalt, camp this week, and brought with him some very rich specimens of quartz with free gold which he is credited with saying was struck al a depth of 83 feet in the Harris -Maxwell properly. 11 is quite - an unusual titbtg for a alining recorder To booming any new ramp, and while everybody al Cobalt hopes that Larder Lake will yet tualce good, no great de- gree of confidence hos been established in the Larder district, and it has been suggested by many in the camp that the Caovernntent 11114 be s)l'iously consider- fr•g the closing of Lite Larder Lake re- cording office. -Tlie spending of plenty of money In det'elopmeet work during the conning summer will in all probability ea(ablish confidence in the Larder cantm but it is to be hoped that the mistake of a year ago will 1101 be repealed ihe com- ing spring and summer. During last winter prospectors were nothing repine trips to Larder Take, staking claims on snowshoes and bringing down spci'lntens which they represented 1111115 from the claims which they staked, but 11te triter knows of many instances where it was admitted teat ihe samples displayed never 011 011C from [.order at elk ani in many cases the same sets of 'samples were used in connection with lho sole of a great nunlike of different properties. ACTIVI'f.Y ON e10NTRE:\1. RIVEll. Everything pohtls to great activity die- ing the coming summer ui the Montreal River district. Numerous inquiries re- oelved by brokers from day to day from New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and other eastern ci(les go to ht0icale that it real Interest is being lak011 111 lids new croup, and that firnLy of money will be forthcoming for the development of this louse mineralized area, Notwithstanding the deep snow, a considerahleantount of development work has been carried on all winter and quite a. goodly number of DPW and riclh finds have been repot'leci during the winter and the greui01' num- be" of these have been verifier( by re- sponsible parties. Prospectors are be. ginning to leave almost every day for the new belt, and it is calculated (hal. before spring starts there will be more nen at work than wore ever at, work During last summer. Quite a healthy boom has elrcady been created In Lower Lorrain, and some very flattering reports have been made by many practical ruining men who trove 'replied the 01011111. Preparations are be- ing node to continue prospecting during. the spring and summer. The deep snow stands in the way of mach Oros/meting just yet. - SEVENTY-FIVE POUND NUGGET. Manager Cohen of the Kerr, r.elk° Crown Reserve brought in a nugget to town [.hal is coneidcred by many the idchesl louver nugg01 yet brought into lite camp. The nugget weighs about 75 pounds, and is practically solid silver, Manager Cohen slates that ho etas pieces of the same material on the property weighing several hundreds of pounds. A corked of this rieh ore le now ready for ship. meat, end will be sent out at an early dote, Al the Coniag05, n force of 110 Teen is employed, 'this includes the Car. peelers working On a new shaft -house, which Is now well under 1103'. Another ((Tee of men is employed putting in tits fannclnilcn for a gas producer pettier plant in furnish power to the 01111. The urdeegrotnd det'elopmenl week is being (rept ftp with Ihn usual'regularity, Abonf 3.00e' Wee of underground devel0ptneni, s• teric 1111.4 been Bono en 11111 lh;sl 10501 and about 00 beet oft -flap. emend level. WiLL STAnT UP ACIAIN. Development work was suspended at 11:e North Cobalt ;tine on Meech 14th. Peke to that L111111 the mien shaft had been sunk to a depth of 130 feet, with feet of drifting rat and 100 toot of (,rifting west, bestdes a ernsseul 75 feet to the north al, the 75 -foot level. Tho vett in the delfts is from fern' to six Mabee (vide, of calcite unit very rich in sfvl'r, In Ilio north ctswscul ono small vein tuns encountered of rule,.° 11.0e 110. Lire silver, The company lin, put In a g4.od supply of coal and other snpplles ready to start up in the course of lite next few weeks, Since the installation cf additional p01101' purrhaset( from the Cleveland Cobalt (nine, development work and scoping are again in peewees on the first level at about 05 feel, a3 ty011 as at L'ta 1t level. ancy iTole:: lust 145-fook a ear of A11,11111,11; Ntons o[ grade ore was 6144)1)00 to the smelter at 11 C. ro MONTREAL RIVER LOOKS 000D. Many Prospectors Aro Already Mating Their Way Back. As the season opens up the Montreal River dbahlct pears It k alt Ito mere tncourag(napg, as avidcnolooed by flu+ prospectors already making their way back to the townships of Smythe, Janes and 'I'ndlope, which were very much alive this time yast year, and again to the uusueveyod in the township of \Vll- Iette, where more new ands have been etude and with recent development, 11av0 proved to be valuable, says a Cobalt despttich. Prabnhly the most important find Ir the last-nnenlloned locality, which ad- joins iho townships of Janes and Bar- ber, is that made on the "Goldie" pro. perly, which consists in all of 100 ems, and - in which aro interested Messrs. West, Jamieson, Neill, Greer and Alcfn- tosh, all of Cobalt, From various re- perte obtained here in the camp this will in all probability be one of the future sl.,ippers in the new district. This property was lateen bold of early lost summer by the present proneoters, and passed inspection on sight in August. Only on one lot so far has any work been done, and this consisted al- most entirely of prospecting, which re - sidled in the discovery of a big vein of nickel and arsenic, and carrying from ail appearances a high percentage of na- tive silver. To date the only farther week done consists of sinking a hew feet on the new Gid. At n depth of tliren test the vein is remarkably well defined, and Is six inches In width. Just below the surface an excellent sample was taken from Ilse find by one of the par- ties and brought into Cobalt to exhibit and for finely:es. It ran fifty -sip cents in nickel and forty-four cents in arsenic, and is also Icing assayed for the silver. t GAMBLER'S FEARS, Superslilions That Alot•e '1'I1e Hardest Hearted. Gamblers have a reverence for odd numbeie and none more 341 that the habitues of Monte Carlo. On entering the famous Casino you are given a ticket at the cloak room for your hat and sleek, The 1(clmt• Is stamped with a nunnber. Should the Ggtnes on 11 be even. the old" gambler returns it with it polite "Alert[, n ''.stent`!" and promptly walks out, not h, return that day. If, however, the num- ler b,, odd, and under 30, the owner of it will probably hasten to the morn and .-linen heavily on the corresponding nem - her on tho long green cloth of the rou- lette luble. The strangest part of it all Ft the fact that the number invariably ceinles rpt Most brides long for fair weather for thea' wedding day because of lite old say- ing: "Blest be the bride the sun shines oh " But the rainy -day bride may con- s le herself with the fact that in some countries lhe bride prays for rain, tak- ing it for an oaten that all her tears are shed before marriage, and that there will le none other. Tile Germans say a new ;oy comes with every raindrop. 'I'hete le also a universal belief that tt is very unlucky for a bride to see her- erlf in a mimeo eller her toilet is com- pleted. 1f she so far forgets herself as to do Ibis and wishes to nppense the fetes, site ntny do so by turning away, thawing a) her glove, and having some tiny ribbon, Gower or jewel Hastened to her gown. JOYS OF SLIMMER. The flies will soon Give us no peace; The butter will Resemble grease. '1'he picnic lunch Will be the rage, Wrapped up in some Newspaper page. We'll sit and linger By 111,e shores And eat ihe hard Boiled egg once more. One spoon for eight, Some maid will pass, With salad in A pickle glass. Smmer's coming, I declare; .1 feel it pulsing In the ate, 1 ,tot's the pleasures It reveal, - Rut, Ohl f dread Those sticky meals. —M-. i:SAR'STHRONE A bili?SENT. The Emperor Nicholas 0f Russio )tea many thrones, Tite three chief ones and (hose at the imperial palace end the Win- Jer pekoe el St. Petersburg and in the Kremlin at Moscow. The lust was a pewent to rte Gear Alexis ii 16G0 fnbm the Shah of Pcreln.- IL is eft lively cove need with thick pintas of gold sot with piec(ous stones and- altrt'nttlilg with plaques of ivory chiseled in high relief. Tee raet iiad data of the prroenfptien are recorded In at hlsarlpiktn on ihe bark of the throne, Justabove are the glis• (ening double Heeded eegles., of Ilttssla,, frith angels 001 either side supnnl'tng the hnperlal oroVJn,, L