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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1908-7-30, Page 6NOTES AND CONO NTS Rust still eorrupteth the American cereal crops, . and that to annual damage exceeding $500,000,000. The department of agrioulturo has put on record the amazing statement that the injury to wheat and oats from rust probably exceeds that caused by any other fungus or in- sect pest, and in some localities is greater than that caused by all other enemies combined. The farmer in some season, or other in looking over his fields during early summer cannot help noting that the fresh green appearance of the wheat orop is changing in color from day to day, becoming gradually quite yel- low. On examining closedly one of the withered leaves the observant oultivator can detect orange yellow spots or lines, and with the aid of a low power lens also can see that the epidermal tissue of the leaf has been ruptured by the emission of count- less numbers of orange yellow seeds or spores. The spots and lines upon the leaves multiply rapidly, and when the leaves are shaken by the wind the spores are set free and fall upon the other leaves, and thus the disease is spread. Wherever wheat is grown this destructive pest is known and dreaded. In appearance the disease is the same wherever the crop attacked is grown. Europe, America, Australia, pale yellow dur- ing springtime and summer, deep- ening later in the season to a dark brown or black on the gren leaves not only of the cereal crops, but of many surrounding wild grasses. In the early stages of rust the fungal spores or seeds are oalled "uredo spores," from "nro," to burn, ow- ing to the rusty or burnt appear- ance of the leaves. To say of a man or woman that he or she "would not hurt a fly" is no longer to pay a striking and expres- sive tribute to the gentleness of the eulogized subject. It is merely to confer a very doubtful compliment. In fact, in some quarters the well - meant phrase will henceforth be re- sented as a libel and imputation of inexcusable ignorance. War has been declared on the housefly, war without quarter. The fly has been found out, and now his vices, crimes and outrages are known it must ap- pear strange that he should so long have imposed upon mankind. The fly is a carrier of typhoid, diptheria and other infectious diseases. Epi- demics have bean traced to his per-. nicious habit of bringing disease germs into all sorts and conditions of homes. DROPS OF WISDOM. No one is defeated until he gives up. The short cut to happiness is goodness. Industry is a better friend than talent. A man of sense talks little and listens much. A wise man always pretends to take his wife's advice. It's nobility, not aristocracy, that helps a nation. It is sometimes wiser not to see an insult than to avenge it. It's often the things we don't say which cause the least ree,ret. The man who doesn't want to work is generally the one who has to, Ambition eggs an actor on, but sometimes the audience egg him off. We are all apt to be prejudiced against what we don't understand. Ambition is more successful when unhampered by a tender con- science. "Love makes the world go round" -and sometimes part of it go "broke." Fortunately for their comfort, stupid people seldom realize their own stupidity. SABLE ISLAND HORSES. On Sable Island, off the coast of Nova Scotia, troops of wild horses are to be found. The original stock are believed to have landed from a Spanish wreck early in the sixteenth century, though in the opinion of some their introduction took place at a later period. Twenty-five years ago it was estimated that these hor- ses numbered 800, but at present there are scaree,ly 260 of them left. Sable Island is an accumulation of loose sand, forming a pair of ridges united at the two ends, and enclos- ing a shallow lake. There are tracts of grass in places, as well as pools of fresh water. SOMETHING LEFT, "Hard dringing had lost him his money and his reputation as well." "Not altogether." No,„ "No: he still has his reputation for hard drinking," THE HEAVENLY VISION Nothing Is Impossible to Those who 'Cherish Thls Light and Beed This Call. "1 was nob disobedient to the heavenly vision."—Acts, icxvi, 19. He who has fully followed his ideals may have missed all other prizes in that pursuit, yet be has found happiness and riches that could have become his in no other way. Here is the secret of satisfac- tion, here is high success in any life, that one shall have followed fully his ideals, shall have kept the best steadily before him. Heavenly visions Dome to all. They may not come with the rushing of angels' wings, nor with strange and mysterious signs and appear- ances. Perhaps some of the old time visions of great missions a 1d of great heights of character aro des- cribed in terms of the supernatural only because they seem so much above the plane of the normal, aver- age experience. None is poorer than he who has never known high aspiration, who has never lifted bis eyes to see the glory set before him. After all, the measures cjf any life is the extenb to which such visions of great posibil- ities and lofty tasks has entered into the being and dominated the deeds. There is nothing like this to make a man strong to endure, to make him despise the paltry prizes that seem so attractivee to eyes blind to THE GREATER GLORY. This is the food that angels envy, .food that has sustained the soul through long days in the deserts, through weariness, toil, disappoint- ments, fears, forsakings, losses, and loneliness. They are able to des- pise the oross and to endure the shame who have seen the glory set before every worthy life, and lead- ing on every high path of service or of sacrifice. No man or woman ever attained anything without this; nothing is impoaible to those who cherish this light and heed this call. Livingstone, Lincoln, Garibaldi, Florence Nightingale would have failed without the vision. In the re- wards of wage or fame there would be no power to bear them up, on the contrary their daily experienoes were enough to turn them from the chosen path, but for the lofty oon- fidenoe that they were doing the one work for them, but for the inspir- ation of the ideal before them. And this is any man's religion, to follow his ideal, to seek to be the best that day by day he knows, to do the highest duty that any lofty de- sire indicates, to take the path that leads up in love, and service, and purity of living. The religious life is the life that moves up into its higher self, and so ever finds new heights before it. The great question for every man in religion is, not so much whether he will obey the ten commandments, no tso much whether he will bend to the dictate of church or preacher, but whether he will be obedient to THE INNER VISION Of the voice from heaven that speaks in' his own heart and bids him forsake his dull ways of self-con- tent and rise to higher living, to sacrificial service. That vision calls us to paths of pain, that vision, if you but heed and seek to obey, makes tremendous demands of you. It is not the easy, heedless following of an emotional, romantic love for glory; it is the thorny path of the cross, the way of burden bearings; it is so hard as to be heroin. The thing that is eating like a can- cer into our hearts, and robbing us of our power, and stealing our pos- sibilities is our love of ease, our hatred of the things that are hard; we refuse to obey the heavenly vis- ion because to do so would be to endure, hardiness, to forsake our soft and pleasant ways, So seeking ease we lose life. Our days are filled with a dull dis- content, not because we do not pos- sess the things of this life, but bo - cause we have missed its greatest prize, the joy of following growing ideals. There is nothing we need to cherish more, to guard more closely than this, the visions that stir to greatness, the passion for perfec- tion, the hope of high living and serving. HENRY F. COPE. THE S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON. AUG. 2. Lesson V. David Anointed at Bethlehem. 1 Sam. 16. 7. Verse 1. How long wilt thou mourn for Saul—See 1 Sam. 15. 35. Samuel's life had been thrown in with that of Saul by a long line of circumstances through many years. Saul's downfall was a personal grief to him. But he was still God's prophet, and as his agent any indulgence in an individual sorrow would be wrong. He must now take his part in God's selection of Saul's successor. I have rejected him—The sen- tence has been passed, though Saul is still recognized as king. Fill thy horn with oil—Oil press- ed from the olive was one of the staple produots among the He- brews. Its uses were so constant and varied that it may possibly have been commonly carried about on the person, and an ordinary horn was a most convenient recep- tacle. It is probable, however, that the use of specially prepared oil (Exod. 30, 23-25) in the anoint- ing of the kings was already the custom. In that case the oil would be holy oil and the horn a sacred vessel used by Samuel only on cere- monial occasions. Jesse—A descendant of Ruth, the Moabites, and Boaz of Judah (Ruth 4. 17). Bethlehemite—One who lived in Bethlehem. This is one of the ear- liest references to the town endear- ed to all Christians as the birth- place of Jesus. It 1708 situated on a, hill about six miles south of Je- rusalem. It had a fairly import- ant part in Hebrew history and especially since the time of Christ has been a centre of interest. The Crusaders took great care to give it protection. It is still inhabited by Christians. 2. How can I go 7—This is not the only instance of the Joss of courage on the part of one of Je- hovah's servants (compare. Elijah 1 rings 19. 2ff.), but it is hardly becoming to thebrave prophet of 1 Sam. 15. 141f. And Jehovah said . . . say I am come to saerifi:ce—It was not inconsistent with the laws of truth for Samuel to say that he came to sacrifice, for it was true, and God tells him that on his doing so, he will then show him what else he shall do, It is sometimes agreed that anything short of the whole truth is of necessity deception, but God in his wisdomloade us batt day by day, step by step, and well 11 is for us that we are not called upon to bear the burden of the fu- ture. We are under obligation to belt the exact truth even to our enemies, but we are not under ob- ligation to tell them everything wo know. Samuel's fears were ig- nored, God tells him again to go and that as he obeys he will give him further instructions as to what he shall do. 4. Elders of the city—They were responsible for its welfare. Some of them, at least, sat in the gate as judges, and from here they came to meet him. Trembling—The unusual sight of the old "man of God" indicated an errand of great importance and perhaps of disaster to the city. 5, Sanctify yourselves—By meet- ing the requirements of ceremonial "cleanliness" with such washings and abstinence as the lew demand- ed (Erred. 19. 10, etc.). ' Of course this would be accompanied by an inward preparation of heart for the act of worship. Ancl be sanctified—Samuel him- self superintended the preparation of this'family, thus gaining the op- portunity for a private selection from among the sons. 6. Eliab—Probably the safne bro- ther who is mentioned as Elihu in 1 Ohron.27, 18. Jehovah's anointed—That is, the one who is to be Jehovah's anoin- ted. 7. But Jehovah said—Not by lot, nor in any other external way, but by an inward impression. His countenance—This was no - nothing against him, for David was "goodly to look upon" (verse 12), but it was nob to be allowed to weigh against the fact that Je- hovah had rejected him. Height of his stature—This was one of the determining facts in the people's choice of Saul who in sev- eral external traits clearly was of superior mould for the high office of king. Now Jehovah proposes to use another and higher standard. 8. Then Some called—He was co- operating with Samuel. From this and from verse 10 it appears that Samuel took Jesse into his confi- dence. The brothers, however, did not later accord David the rover- ence and honor which was due the Lord's anointed (1 • Sam. 17. 28), nor did he ever claim it during the years which followed before Saul's death. The true meaning of his anointing, therefore, was probably not realized by either him or 'hie brothers, 11. The youngest --Not old enough to be taken into account. He is keeping the sheep — Al- though this was boy's work and un- cle:- somecircumstances very easy, it was likely at any trine to require courage 'and action tl Sam. 17. 34). 'It was' a splendid training in self- reliance by which !David later .pro- fited, Sibdown—The sacrifice was fol• lowed by a meal, morn,er less re- ligious in character. 12. Ruddy—It is not clear whe- ther this means weather-beaten of having red hair, At any rate, it was deemed a mark of beauty. Withal of a beautiful countenance There is difficulty in the trans- lation of this phrase. By the addi- tion of ono letter in the Hebrew text it would read "a lad of fair oyes ," 13. The Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon David—This was con- sidered as the direct result of the official anointing. It began at once even though the ceremony was in secret, and in contrast to Saul's temporary and intermittent faith- fulness was from that day forward. Pamah—It will be remembered that this city was Samuel's home, 3 THE MULES OF 1HEXICO. Even More lCnotving Than Other !Mules, and Prescient Too. "Everybody knows that all mules are brainy, but the mules of old Mexico have something on other mules for a sort of prescience of their own," said a man who has spent many years in that country. "A Mexican mule will do just so much work and not a bit more. "The riding mule, for instance, is fully aware of the distance, down to a rod, he is supposed and required to traverse in the progress of one travelling day, and all the sharp sticks or goads or i}ynamite on earth won't get him to do a bit more than what he knows to be the correct distance. The Mexicans have a peculiar saying in connec- tion with this characteristic of the Mexican mule. You ask a Mexi- can, for instance, how far it is by rnuletraek to such and such a point. "'Two days' journey if you are not rushed, but three days if you are in a hurry,' the Mexican will reply "His moaning is that if you don't ask any more of your mule than you should ask of him the mule will be able to make the trip in two days. But if you attempt to drive the brute he'll soldier on you, and in consequence the journey will take you three days. "Now for the prescience of which I spoke. I don't know what else to call it. The latest instance I saw of it was when I was riding through the State of Sonora a month or so ago on an old gray mule that knew every turn and twist .of the road I was taking so thoroughly that I let the bridle reins hang and permitted him to go it alone. "Along toward evening a terri- fic thunderstorm came up. The air was heavy with the fumes of sul- phur—something I had heard about but had never experienced before— and the crashes were deafening. The road was rocky and 'bad and there was only an occasional scrub pine alongside. "The old gray mule when the storm reached its height stopped his jog of a sudden and stood in the middle of the road, peacefully enough. He wasn't worried appar- ently, but he considered that that was a pretty good place to stand during the continuance of the tre- mendous electrical storm, for it was cut in the open. "For myself, I wanted to get un- der the shelter of a pine tree about a hundred yards ahead of mo. But 'the mule couldn't and wouldn't see that. Ilim'ior the open, and there be stood. "I prodded him with the spurs, but he merely looked around at me in a disgusted sort of way. Then. I dismounted and tried to lead him. Nothing doing. He wouldn't budge. "So at length, giving in to him that he knew more about it than 1 did, I wrapped my poncho about my head and stood at his head, waiting for the storm to pass. hadn't stood by the mule in thab way for more than three minutes before I saw a couple of balls of. red fire playing aronnd the trunk of the pine tree that I'd wanted to get under the shelter of. Then there came a positively deafening crash, and when I could see again there was that pine tree stretched across the road and a good part of it in kindling wood. "I suppose maybe that old gray mule didn't know. I give it to him anyhow that he did." NATURE NOTES. A giant blue arab of Japan meas- ures twelve feet across the nippers. The gray and black Agrippina moth of Brazil is thirteen inches from wing .tip to wing tip. A good gamecock has no white in its plumage, and hence the syr- onym for cowardice—"to show the white feather."' Tho starfish, netted, commits sui- cide. It dissolves into many pieces, which escape through the meshes of the 'net. Then a kind of resurrect- tion takes place, each piece growing into a por'fect starfish,, The peeiophthalmus, or walking fish, inhabits the South Pacife, At low tide it may be seen promenad- ing the lonely white coral beadles on two shimmering yellow -scaled, legs, in search of sand crabs. .ti SUITABLE. She-" Don't you think this coa- tume is very becoming to mel" Ile—" Yes, and the bill will be coming to me, I suppose I" CHILDREN ADOPTED BY nu - AIRY. Hake Themselves Responsible for the .Future of the Youngsters. Tho interest which the Princess of Wales recently exhibited in the wol• faro of little Alice Steele, a former inmate of the Village Home at Ald- ersbone, founded in memory of Her Royal Highness's mother, the late Duehoss of Tock, has been the sub- ject of considerable comment. The Princess not only sent her protege presents from India during the Royal tour, but has now caused the little girl to be removed from the Village Rome and sent to . a good school, and, furthermore, has prom- ised to provide for her future. The role of fairy godmother thus taken up by the Princess of Wales reminds one that the Czarina, the Queen of Holland, and the German Empress have each practically ad- opted several children, and made themselves responsible for the edu- cation and future of the youngsters. Three of the Czarina's "adoptions" are children of officers killed in the war with Japan, while the German Empress, who has caused many homes for poor and destitute women and children to be established throughout the country over which her husband reigns, has. specially adopted an orphan brother and sis- ter whose parents were burnt to death in an hotel fire in Berlin. Possessing no children of her own, the Queen of Holland lavishes a great deal of affection on :two little girls, Pauline and Helena Verbek, the children of one of her husband's aides-de-camp, who, about three years ago, was killed while trying to save the life of a -certain lady of of the Court whose horse had bolted. The. aide-de-camp managed to stop the horse, but received such injuries that he died shortly afterwards. Queen Wilhelmina was so affected by the man's bravery that, hearing that his two children; whose mother had died some time previously, were left ill -provided for, she took them into the Royal Household, and has practically adopted thein as her own, although, of course, they do not enjoy any of those Royal privi- leges whish would fall to a child of her own. The ultimate fate of these Royal proteges is not always a happy one, judging by that of Countess Larisch, who, at an early age, was adopted by the ill-fated Empress Elizabeth of Austria. The Countess was really the Empress's niece, being the daughter of Duke Louis of Bavaria by his morganatic marriage with the actress Henrietta Mendel. The latter received, on the occasion of her marriage, the title of Baroness Wahlersee, and this was also accord- ed to the child which she bore to the Duke, and who was christened Marie. This child was brought up almost entirely by the Empress at the Court of Austria, and ultimately married Count George Larisch. Unfortun- ately, the Countess's extravagance led her into conduct which resulted in her being forced to leave Austria ane] deprived of her rank as Lady of the Palace. Far more fortunate has been the fate of the Austrian Empress's other adopted child, Aglae, Princess of Auersperg, who, born within a few weeks of the Empress's young- est and favorite daughter, the Arch- duchess Valerie, was brought up with the latter at Court. Princess Aglae is now happily married to Count Kinsky, Master of the House and Chamberlain to the Emperor.— London Tit -Bits. SENTENCE SERMON°. Vindictiveness is the jaundice of memory. • A largo heart does not go with the big head. Conceit of ourselves breeds no confidence in others.. Serving two masters is stealing from one or both. He is not brave who dons not fear to do the base thing. No man knows whether he is brave, until he has to stand alone. The good that shall bo tomor- row is the good we can see to -day. No man is true to the truth of to -day who dons not press beyond. it. A lot of faith in eternal damna- tion has come out of present bad digestion: 'When your religion is nothing but listening it hears nothing from heaven. Tho amount of any man's pos- sessions depends on his powers of apprecion. Faithiatis the power to discount the toil of the night by the prom - iso of the day. Live the ethics ofChristiania and its arguments will take care of themselves. You never will move the world toward heaven by going through the motions of religion. You have no power to holt man- kind until its sins move you to compassion rather than to condem- nation, It is easy shutting our eyes to the brother who is clown when our hungry hands aro going cut tothese who aro up.. Many a man who has always guarded the door of his lips will look small when the door of hie Heart is opened. 13verybody 1118 1 few cod Ira't. — excepting our relatives, - NEVER SLEEP IN LONDON WORR1IR.S OF TIIE NIGHT IN TEE GREATEST CITY, Editors and Printers at Work— Washing of the Streets—The Fish )1/tricots. There is no eight in London—Lon- don slumbers not, nor sleeps, If a definition of night -work were want- ed, I should say it is work that is be- gun and ended anywhere between six in the evening and breakfast time, says a writer in the London Daily Mail. Six is the average hour when the day -workers shut their desks; but it is the time when the policemen on night -duty begin their first four -hours' spell, and when men are settling down in newspaper offices. The sub -editors may catch the 2,45 a.m. to their homes, and their work is but early night work, The print- ing presses are beginning to roar as they go home; and the men connect- ed with the outside of newspaper offices are beginning to gather. Cof- fee -stalls and coffee -shops now open for their benefit. As three o'clock wears on to four, the lower and of Fleet -street becomes as busy as a fair, and soon begins the race to the stations of newspaper -laden carts, vans, and cabs. AS SEA CLEANSES SANDS. By this time the markets are open- ing, and night -work merges imper- ceptibly into day -work. Passing through the streets to see the markets—Billingsgate Smith- field, Leandenhall, Spitafields, the Borough, Covent Garden, the cattle market at Islington, or the hay and straw and hide markets—the wash- ing of the streets strikes one as a sight not only picturesque, border- ing on the romantic. The square mile of the City is entered daily by 1,300,000 human beings, and by more than 100,000 vehicles. Before dawn, water has washed away the wheel and the foot marks, as the sea cleanses the sands, BILLINGSGATE MARKET. It is interesting, too, to go down to the docks to see a fruit -ship being unloaded through the night, in the lurid light of swinging lamps, for the morning's market at Covent Garden, or to watch the unloading of the fish -steamers at the wharf at Billingsgate. To pass through the garish fish -market on to that wharf` as dawn is breaking, and river and air and sky are bathed in the deep- est violet blue, is to see the finest sight which London at night bas to offer. And the weirdest and the most horrible and greatest sound made by any of the thousands of night -workers of London is the yell which opens the first auction at Bil- lingsgate. WERE BOYS TOGETHER. Meeting of Russ- ia- n and Turkis;i Plenipotentaries. In the year 1739 the Russian and Turks, weary of war, commission- ed two plenipotentiaries—on the Russian side Marshal - General Keith, on the side of the Turks the Grand Vizier of the Sultan — to make peace. The two diplomatists met and carried on protracted ne- gotiations through interpreters, says London Tit -Bits. When all was satisfactorily set- tled the plenipotentiaries rose to take formal leave of each other— the Marshal making his bow with his hat in his hand, and the Grand Vizier his salaam with his turban on his head. These ceremonies of leave taking over, the Grand Vizier suddenly straightened himself and to the Marshal's utter amazement, marched up to him, gripped him affectionately by the hand, and in the very broadest Scots cried, "Dinna be surprised, man; 'I'm free the same country as yourself. Weel 1 mind seeing you and your brithor, when boys, passing by to the school at Kirkcaldy. "Why, who—who are you 7" gasp- ed the Marshal, staggering back in his bewilderment. "I am Grand Vizier to the Sultan of Turkey, but—my father wasbell- man o' Kirkcaldy!" 2' WHEN YOU 'PHONE. Speak in a low voice. There is no need to put one's mouth close to the redeivor, and then shout. as If speaking from a second -storey win- dow. Shouting only sets up an echo, which' makes it difficult for your audit/co: to catch your message.. Just try whispering instead. A whisper carries well over the wire, and has no echo. Remember, too, that the telephone is a substitute for shouting. Don't think that, just be- cause you are speaking over a tele- phone, yen must be as curt as pos. sible. A few courteous words of greeting should be exchanged be - for the message is spoken. It is a mistake to think that the 'phone is for business only, and brusqueness is bad form. In actttal conversation we have the advantage of facial ex- pression, A. smile may make a cart remark or 0 refusal pleasant. Over the telephone there are only words and tones of voice which can eon - 10y =p ressien, EN GLISH FROM `.SOI{IO. An Englishman Annoyed lili Neighbors by Keeping Geese. Though the Japanese have bor- rowed many things from us they do not seem to have mastered our language as yet, as the following letter shows. It was received by an Englishman who resided in the native quarter of Tolcio, He had annoyed his neighbors by keeping geese, which disturbed the calm of the place, and they accordingly resolved to send a protest to him, This letter• was the result of their labors: "Tokio, Jan, 3rd, 1908. "Mr. John Bexington, "Dear Sir,—We have already twice written of your hateful geeso cry with very unacceptablei unbear- able, uncommon, uncouth, unquiet, and very loud voice. Your hateful geese cry in ugly and stormy man- ner. Therefore, whenever your hateful geese cry, our childs are afraid and trembled with wonder. In that consequence the healthy of our childs is very injured. "At the same time, we are all awakened from very early morning and must heard of the hateful, un- quiet, unlikeful, ugly, loud voice of your uninteresting geese. "Whenever your geese cry un- quietly, we all can think no thought. It is frequent that the thought made is partly trampled down by, your hateful and unquiet voice of your geese. "Since you brought the geese, we all have no case to think thought except�_in the night. "We and our childs are extraor- dinarily injured, both material and abstract. Hill your hateful geese( Hill your geese or carry away them to the distant place, and do to make us not be injured by their hateful and unquiet voice. If you do not satisfy our want, we all shall injure you in return too, Yours faithful- ly, "ALL NEIGHBORS.', A man must indeed bo hard- hearted to ignore such a fervent appeal; yet, sad to state, the geese are still there, though now and again one comes to an untimely and suspicious end, ' J1E MARINER'S COMPASS. Influences That Draw It From Its Allegiance to the Magnetic Pole. Nothing in the na;•igational equipment of a ship has been the subject of more anxious scientific research or receives more jealous care than the mariner's compass, says the Windsor Magazine. The popular notion of the com- pass needle always pointing north and south is—well, more inaccur- ate than even popular notions usu- ally are. Even- under the i-iost favorable conditions there are only certain places upon the surface of the earth where the compass needle does not point north and south, and it is quite safe to say that suoh con- ditions are never found on board of any ship. But we must go further and say that no more unfavorable position could be found for a compass than on board of a modern steamship, which is a complicated mass of steel, all tending to draw the com- pass needle from its allegiance to the magnetic pole of the :earth, warring influences which must needs be counteracted by all sorts of devices which hedge round the instrument by an invisible wall of conflicting currents of magnetism. And as if this were not enough there are now huge dynamos to be reckoned with, producing' electric" currents for all sorts of purposes' on board. In the midst of these mystic currents the poor little com- pass needle, upon which the mar- iner depends for his guide across the trackless deep, hangs suspend - ea like one shrinking saint sur- rounded by legions of devils. _,p FOUND SKELETONS AND GOLD Underground Stronghold Contains Hundreds of Skeletons. Great excitement has been caus- ed at Serra Daire, in southern Portugal, by the. discovery of an underground Moorish stronghold, which is said -to be rich in treasure. The stronghold consists of a very extensive series of underground passages and chambers, including living quarters, stables and store- houses, and it was undoubtedly con. structes at the time that the Moors were being hard pressed by the Portuguese, who held the northern portion of the country. Hundreds of skeletons have boon found, and a great store of ancient weapons, including daggers, swords and scimitars, many of which aro studded with precions stones. Groat stores of gold and silver coins have also been found,- and largo numbers of people aro work- ing feverishly day and night. SOD RED Scott -An optimist 1s a men who doesn't cry over spilt milk, Mott --The pessimist doesn't either, he fools that the spilled milk was more than half water, anyway. Seine men hnvo money to bun be, e8nae they don't Burn. 11. About o, vacetkon the utost enjoyable thing Is the planning Ihereoi.