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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1908-11-5, Page 3NOTES AND CONIMENTS In Great Britain the unemploy- ment question is far more serious and threatening than in this coun- try, With us trade and commerce are steadily reviving, factories aro reopening their doors, and many of the unorai.loyed have savings to draw upon. In England and Scot- land the distress is acute, and no very marked improvement in indus- trial conditions is looked for by the best judges, In London, Glasgow and elsewhere demonstrations of unemployed and unemployable have boon held, and some rioting has al- ready occurred. The demand for work or relief that is made upon the government will be supported by the socialists and by the labor party, Under the unemployed workman act, which provides for the estab- lishment of labor exchanges, the di- rect supply of work on public un- dertakings, farm colonies and so on, the British local government board, presided over by John Burns, ex- pended nearly $1,400,000 last year. The number of applicants in Eng- land and Wales was 90,000, an in- crease over thatof the previous twelvemonth. This year there will doubtless be another increase in. the applications for aid or entploy- nront, and the government is al- ready grappling with the problem. Mr. Burns, a former trade union leader, has little faith in the ordin- ary farm colony, and as for public work he would not undertake it merely to give relief, for it involves large waste of the taxpayers' mon- ey. Contracts for a number of ships have been given out, it ap- pears, somewhat in advance of the time originally planned, but the ships are needed and would have been built in any Baso. It is probable that the govern- ment, as a last resort, will actively promote emigration of adult . and able-bodied workmen. Last year, cut of the fund at his disposal, Mr. Burns `used $250,000 in promoting emigration, and next winter he may find himself constrained to increase the expenditure in that direction. The government has been severely criticized for stimulating adult emi- gration and thus admitting that England is too poor and exhausted to support her native male popula- tion. But, whatever may be thought of the prospects of land, tax ana other reforms, a condition confront' the government, and it must deal with it under existing Iaws and in- stitutions. British emigration means immigration for other coun- tries, and some of them have their own poverty and unemployment troubles. The problem is thus an international one, and sooner or later a conference to consider 't will be summoned. SAID RING WAS UGLY. E,eank Criticism of Spanish Girl at Wayside Inn King Alfonso recently* started from the palace at Madrid, accom- panied only by a marquis and a chauffeur, ie a new motor car which he was anxious to try. Ho did the driving himself, and for the frrab 50 miles all went splendidly, till suddenly, in a lonely part of the road, the car stopped. No amount of work would make the ma- chinery fun. The only habitation in sight was a poor, small wayside inn, to which after sending the chauffeur to the nearest railway station to telegraph for another car, the King and mar- quis bent their steps. In their motoring clothes they were not re- cognized. As the afternoon was dully and the drive had developed his appetite, his Majesty demanded some ham and eggs, which worn served, and which he ate with much relish, conversing and exchanging jokes meanwhile with the landlord and the few peasants who happened n to be there, and whobad naturally not the slightest idea of the King's identity. Enter then on the scene a little 'gia•1 about 12, Don Alfonso called her to his side and inquired what, she had cone for. ".1have come for sonic wine for Ins, father," replied the child, "Tell me," said Don ,Alfonso, "have yon seen the Ring since he has been at his palace here?" "Yes, once," answered the child, "-and although he worea beautiful uniform, upon 10y word he was ug - lee wavy ugly. Now the Queen is as fare as an angel, and so beautiful, but the Ring is really a very ugly Man, and 1 am very' much disap- pointed they I have never yet seen the little prince of the Austrian;" The King was much nanrtted and laughe3 heartily at the child's froth( es, LAOK OF BilOT,� �T RLY LO The Itussinn Doelors are l'nedoeule ed Men. TheBeldshers, on whore tho Rus - elan peasants generally depend for medical aid, as JJr. H. P. Kennard says in Iia book, "rhe Russian Pea- sant," aro uneducated men, who have perhaps learned to bandage, and know what drugs have a ten- dency to cure and which to kill. "In the Russo-Japanese War," writes Doctor • Kennard, "I came. nceci and shuttoLh tip his bowels of across many of the medical tyros, I compassion from ]urn, how dweleth had namerous conversations with tin love of God in bun V' Do we thorn, and well remember one in par•tion lar. "I asked this unqualified practi- tioner how he arrived at a diagno- sis, at the same time taking earn to assume an interested air, as of duly flattered, and gave mo the fol- lowing instructive answer : "Barin,' said he, 'when men £eel ill they want medicine, and medi- cine you must give. If you refuse medicine, they think you do not know what medicine to give; there- fni•e I always say, "You are really very ill, very 111" Then they know at once that I understand their case, and will take anything I give, "'I have many mixtures that I made myself, and I know by experi- ence now what is their effect on most men. "'If a man is sick, and brings one medicine up, I know that that was Do We Not Often Sin by Neglecting Our Duties Toward Our Needy Fellow Man. Cain, where is Abel, thy brother 1 fort our neighbor in danger and —Gen. iv, 9, want, For "Whose has this world's It was in order that he should goods and seeth his brother have have an opportunity to oonfess his crime and repent of his sin that God asked hint this question. But Cain hardened his heart, and as is tho curse of an evil deed that it must continually brim forth evil, then answers with a he: "I know not ; am I my brother's keeper 1" Are we not Cainites 7 In no other civilized country, perhaps, is homi- cide committed so frequently and purrishecl so inadequately. When a man invoking an unwritten law feels himself justified to ignore every divine or human law and slaughter the object of his passion, when a mob murders a number of law-abiding citizens, only to satis- fy its thirst for blood, then the public does not condemn, the courts do not punish such atroci- ties, must we not admit that the spirit of Cain is ruling over the minds of many in this so-called Christian country of ours? And roust wo nothide our faces in shame for such a LACK OF B1tOTHERL.t' LOVE that makes us so utterly forget the noble example of Him whose blood erieth louder than the blood of Abel, who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; that makes us so unmindful of the word : "He that hateth his brother is a murderer!" But there is another side to this question : The old commandment, "Thou shalt not kill," is not only transgressed in an active, but also in a passive way. The love of God that should keep us from doing harm to his earthly image should also compel us to assist and com- not often sin against this love of God by neglecting our duties to- ward our needy follow men ; do we not often lose sight of the truth that unto him that knoweth to do good and (loath it not, to him it is sin? There are so many cast on our shores who badly need a helping hand and a sympathetic heart. And how many of our own eoun- laymen, bone of our bone, flesh of our flesh, live around us in dire poverty and cry out for help, for lave, for encouragement. Does their cry find AN ECHO IN OUR HEARTS? They have gone out into life full of hope and -expectation, but they have failed, their hopes have been blast- ed, their prospects have fatted away, they have gone down,step by step, sometimes by their own fault, the wrong one, and I give another. and yet they are our brothers and If he is again sick, I have a remedy the great Good Samaritan who has which will make any roan bring up come to save that which was lost, has compassion on them and asks us about them, "Where is Abel, thy brother?" God forbid that in the spirit of Cain we should shirk our duty and say "I know not; am 1 my bro- ther's keeper?" There is no nobler trait than the big heart and the lib- eral hand. May God save our coun- try from Cainism and make us true followers of Him ,vho into a mur- derous world brought a new spirit, the spirit of brotherly love, REV. ERNST A, TAPPERT, New York. THE S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, NOV. 8. Lesson VI. David Grieves for Ab- salom. Golden Text, Prov. 19. 25. Verso 1. David numbered the peo- ple -Mustered his men, forming his army into line of battle. Some years seem to have elapsed since David had engaged in actual warfare, so that the sudden emergency which had came upon him necessitated a hasty reorganization of such forces as he could gather on short notice. 2. Sent forth the people—Per- haps better, "Divided the people," that is, into three companies. Joab—The famous leader of David's armies in previous wars and a nephew of the king. Ittai tho Gittite—Seo note in 'Word Studies for November 1, 5. Deal gently for my sake with the young man—Wo note how throughout this eventful day in which the king was sitting, which the gravest interests of the 27. He is a good man, and com- kingdom wore at stake the father's eth with good tidings—David right - love outweighs the monarch's judg by reasons that Joab would not went. All the people heard—The charge concerning Absalom was given to the generals in the presence of the entire army, 7, The forest of Ephraim—An un- known forest or jungle region lo- cated, not in Ephraim proper, but east of the Jordan in some part of the denser forest of Gilead. 8. Tho forest devoured more pee pie—Tho nature of the ground made the escape of the fugitives next to impossible so that more were slain in the pursuit through the forest than had fallen in tate ac- tual battle. Thus Absalom him- self met his fate, 9. His head caught hold of the oak—Perhaps better, "was caught) fast in the oak." that is, as he rode at full spend, perhaps at the same time looking backward at his pur- suers, his heat} was caught in the fork of an overhanging bough of a tree. 11. Ten pieces of silver—Ten she- kels, the value of which at this time is unknown. 12. Not put forth my hand against the kings son.—The reply of this private an the ranks to his com- manding officer indicates the deep reverence with which the common people, at least, regarded the king and the profound respect wh c) they had for his word of command, 1.4, Darts—Hebrew, staves, that, is, short spears, 15, Ton young men . , . slew him —The execution in whit"' Joab him- self took an active part was most brutal, as the details of our Isar, native at this point clearly bring out• 10, field back—Or, "apared,a, 1'7. Raised over him a very great heap of stones•--T1ie customary mark of detestation. Thus was Achan treated In the time of Joshua (compare Josh, 7. 20), Cm there are 18, The - pillar, Which ie in o On the Landon streets ter king's dale - Absalom not having 5,;129 hansoms, 3,408 four•whetled kz f8 t Ins cabs, '2,281 homed omnibuses 1,508 a; can sought to perpetuate ,, .. a r , � iW name by means of this, memorial motor -cabs, and _ 1,046 motor, oinn pillar, Tho dale, or valley, refer.' buses, rod to is mentioned only here and 111 Gen. 14. 17, Its location is un- known. • 19. Ahimaaz the son of Zadok -- Already known to us from the Lon- ger narrative of our last lesson (2 Sam. 15. 27). 20. Thou shalt not be the bearer of tidings this day—Joab refuses to expose the priest's son to the dan- ger involved in bearing tidings which may be unwelcome to the king (compare 2 Sam. 4. 10). 21. The Oushito—Or Ethiopian. Perhaps a black slave whose life Joab is more willing to risk than that of the priest's son. 23. By the way of the plain — Avoiding the more direct but also more difficult route taken by the Ethiopian in order to gain the ad- vantage of traveling the well -beat- en highway which formed the cus- tomary route from the Jordan to Mahanaim. 24. Between the two gates — By extensions outward and inward from the city wall an inner and an outer gate were provided. Be- tween these the king waited for tidings from the field of battle. 26, The watchman called From the tower above the gate below choose so distinguished a messen- ger to bear evil tidings, 29. 1 saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was—The messen- ger's answer was perhaps prompt- ed by a desire to in a measure pre- pare the king for .the evil tidings which he knew the Cushito would shortly bring, lest the sudden breaking of the bad news concern- ing Absalom should overwhelm the aged king. This, however, (lees not excuse the falsehood of which Ahi- maaz was' guilty and which i•elleets not so much the wickedness of the young man's heart as it does the slight• regard which everybody in his time seems to have had for lit- eral accuracy of statement, It al- so reflects the still dominant hu- man instinct to hide unwelcome truth from those wo levo at any cosi, 32. The enemies of trey lord the king , , . be as that young man is —It was not necessary to speak more plainly. The ]ting fully un- derstood the import of the words, 33, Much moved•—Or, "sore trou- bled," The chamber over the gate — In the tower surmounting the city wall et this point. Following the everts narrated in our lesson passage, Joab, on learning of David's hitter lament over the cleat') of his son, is promp- ted by his soldier's indignation to rebuke his sovereign.for his appar- ent disregard for the best interests of his kingdom Returning to Je- rusalem, Daviel succeeds m estab- lishing his kingdom more firmly than ever, so that at the time of Solomon's succession to the throne (compare Lesson for November 22) the strength and glory of the unit- ed kingdom is almost at its maxi- mum, all the contents of his stomach; and this done, I know that I can start on fresh ground' 'Horrifiecl at the heroic measures thus blandly discovered to me, but preserving the same expression sug- gestive of my thirst for knowledge, 1 asked, 'And suppose he dies;' "Here the learned man drew his coat around hire with one hand, and raised the other hand signifi- cantly above his head, painting to the heavens. "Barin,' he said, with the ut- most gravity, 'God made all men, and the physician and the sick man are equally His creation. Then it it certain.that if He permits my pa- tient to die, that is not my affair ; and it would be wrong of me to blame Him or to be blamed myself by any ono else.' " v SENTENCE SERMONS. Selfishness is the suicide of hap- piness. The divine is not discovered by definition, Virtue is the moral fibre that comes from soul struggle. Thinking bitterly of others strl_ cs a blow at my own heart. Our neighbors are not lifted up be looking up their records. Ho who spreads himself in prayer is not likely to rise in it. People who practise duplicity na- turally label it diplomacy. It's always easier to sing about heaven than to serve earth, Many believe they are sanctified because they feel so self-satisfied. Square dealing means to many making all others fit to their an- gles. Every great public victory has many a private struggle behind it. Disappointment is often only a turn in the road to the highest ap- pointment. It is not much use talking over your fidelity if folks do.not find you friendly. The great life expects to fall of- ten, but it determines never to stay in failure. Seeing the way that others should go is not equivalent to going in the way We see. It is always easy to make diffi- culties in doctrine a hiding place from demands of duty. He has little faith in truth who rushes out with a blanket every time the wind of criticism arises. They who are most discontented with their circumstances are likely to be best satisfied with themselves. When you try to magnify the dic- tionary in your prayers you may be sure you do nut reach the di- vine. No amount of poetic feeling for the human family will make up for lack of practical provision for your own. When we survey any rich t fruita ge in our own lives it is worth while to ask who dug the wells for their refreshing, The man in the church with the roving eyes looking over the bulb- ous nose is pretty sure to be strong c n the doctrines. There's an irony on nature that is almost surd to bring those who proscribe for the race around to taking their own medicine. MEMORIZED. Instructor—Me. Smith, kindly name the bones of tho slru11, Student Smith—Well, sir, I've got them all in my head, butt can't think of their names just now, "I'm gain' to stop bele' kind and helpful to people," said little Johnny, "How is that?" asked his mother. "Well, it's this way. At school to -day I sat' Tommy Jones putting a pin in the master's chair, to just as the master was about to tit down I pulled away the chair. The master sat down on the floor, and when he got up he linked me for pulling away the thair, and then ';Pommy Jones licked mo .for inter- fering, Yes; Xynipin' to stop helpin' people now,r ANCIENT LONGEVITY'. queen Mother of the Last King of Babylon a Centenarian. To those interested in the history of human longevity it is well known that the record upon an old Egyp- tian papyrus contains a sort of la- ment of a veteran Egyptian who had attained the age of 110 years and complains of the discomfort arising from impaired nutrition, loss of vis- ion, and general senility, says Lon- don Lancet, Recently it was stated in a report from Russia that there was present. ad to the Czar a roan aged 126 years who remembered distinctly serving in the army in the campaign of Borodino in 1812. Another in- stance of very advanced age has been discovered in an ancient re- cord, this time in ]3abylonia, and relates to a member of the gentler sox. M. Pogon, the French consul at 11'lossul, recently published a vol- ume of inscriptions copied by him from various old monuments dur- ing his long residence in Mespota mia, and among these is one in cu- neiform writing giving the honor- able life history of a lady named Soumona Damqa, who was the queen mother of Nabonidus, the last King of Babylon. The inscription is supposed to he written by herself, and it is quite possible that it was dictated by her to a scribe shortly before her de- cease. It assures us that because of her devotion to her favorite deity, Sin, the moon goo}, he "had raised her bead" (above that of common folk) "had accorded her an illustrious name in the nation, had granted her many days (years), which are heart's happiness, he had augment- ed for me so that since the time of Assurbamripal, King of Assur, down to the ninth year of Naboni- dos, King of Babylon, the son issue of my heart, 104 holy years" (she was priestess in the temple) ne gave to me and caused me to live. As for me, my eyes are brilliant, my hands and feet in perfect or- der, my speech clear, and food and drink suit me well." The eulogittm gives a complete ac- count of her career, and we know from another cuneiform chronicle that it was in the ninth year of her royal son's reign that her obsequies took place. This record is well worthy of being placed beside oth- ers of a long and healthy life. DEATH IS PAINLESS. It Comes as Naturally and is as Welcome 218 Sleep. The fear of death, which has been so enormously exploited in dramatic literature, sacred and otherwise, is said to be almost without existence is sickness. Most patients have lost it completely by the time they become seriously 111. Death and sleep are both pain- less, according to Dr. Woods Hut- chinson in the American Magazine,. and cause neither fear nor anxiety by their approach, It is one of the most merciful things in nature that the overwhelming majority of the poisons which destroy life, whether they are those of infectious diseases or those which are elaborated from the body's own waste products, act as narcotics and abolish conscious- ness long before the end comes. While death is not in any sense analogous to sleep, it resembles it to the extent that it is in the vast majority of instances nob only not painful but welcome. Pain racked and fever scorched patients long for death as the wearied toiler longs for sleep. While many of the processes which load to death are painful death itself is painless, natural, like the fading of a flower or the falling of a loaf. Our dear ones drift out on the ebbing tide of life without fear, without pain, without regret, save for those they leave be- hind. When death comes close enough so that we can see the eyes leehind the mask his face becomes at welcome as that of bis "twin brother," sleep. -3— SUGA1t AS A DISINFECTANT Beneficial Results of a Practice Onee Thought Superstitious. In' many parts of Europe it is customary among the people to burn sugar in sick -rooms, a pra,a- tice which is considered by physici- ans as an innocent superstition, neither beneficial nor harmful, Prof, Trilbert of the Pasteur In- stitute at Paris has, however, de- monstrated recently that burning sugar develops forme acetylene hy- drogen, one of the most powerful antiseptic gases known. !five grates of sugar (77.10 grains) were burned under a glass bell holding ten quarts. After the vapor had cooled bacilli of typhus, tuberculosis, chol- era, smallpox, etc., were placed in the bell iu open glass tubes, and witiria half en hour all the microbes wore dead, /1 tho sugar is burned in a closed vessel containing putrefied meat or the contents of rotten eggs the of- fensive oder disappear' at once. The popular faith ill the disinfect- ing qualities of burnt sugar appears therefore to be well founded, Seine married men are diploma - tie enough to hide the fact that 811' In di' river an'. gut they aro henpecked, moistened, INDIA SNAKE VICTIMS. Quite a Decrease in Clic Number of Deaths. According to the "snake" static- tics for 1907 the total mortality among human beings caused by snake bite fell from 22,811 in 1906 to 21,919 in 1907. So low a figure bas nut been reached since 1807, says the 'Pintos of India. The decrease is noticeable main- ly in Bengal and Eastern Bengal and Assam, where the figures fell from 8,962 and 2,730 in 1906 to 8,276 and 1,900 respectively in 1907, The SECRET OF LONGER LIFE FRENCH SCIEN'T'IST CONDUCT- IN (1 EXPERI311fNTS, Prolongation of Life to Ago of lifel. thusaleh Not Beyond Bonds of Possibility. Dr. Doyen, the famous scientist, delivered himself of the remark- able phrase, "Preservation of his most important increases occurred life through several centuries de - in Madras and Burma, where the' pends solely un man," at the tenth figures rose front. 1,527 and 1,149 in congress of medicine, just ended at 1900 to 1,977 and 1,348 respectively. Geneva. Interview by the Paris The decrease in Eastern Bengal and Matin, De, Doyen supplemented Assam is attributed to the floods and extended this dictum, affirming having been lower. The Centralas the Matin puts it, that the pro - Provinces figure (996) is the lowest longation of a man's life until be returned in any one of the last Rev- reaches the age attributed to Me en years, thusaleh is not definitely beyond The Lauder -Brunton treatment of the bounds of possibility. snake bite by incision and applica- "My experiments," he said, "are tion of permanganate of potash and merely the corollary of the discov- the distribution of lancets con- eries of Dr, Metchnikoff, the enrin- tinues. It is too early yet to pro- ent bacteriologist of the Pasteur flounce with any certainty as to the Institute. He discovered 'phagoey- result of the experiment, but a lose,' on which my own studies have number of favorable reports have been based. It is to hint we owe the been received. Eight cases are re- knowledge of the inner mechanism ported from the United Provinces of life. Hitherto there had been of the successful use of Dr. Cal- only laboratory experiments. I be- mette's anti-venene. Iii two of ]ieve I have arrived at the stage of these cases the permanganate of practical applieation of the know - potash treatment was also employ- ledge. ed. "In multiplying the white cor- puscles in the blood (the phago- cytes) we increase the coefficient of vital resistance, and can estimate its value. It is a new departure in therapeutics which is apparently coming to the front, OLD VILLAGE LOCKUP. Quaint Structures for Confinement of Rogues. Several villages in the English Midlands possess in more or less ruined state their old parish lock- ups, commonly known as round houses. Breedon, a Leicestershire village, close to the South Derbyshire bor- der, possesses its "lockup," a at the suppression of latent causes quaint stone building 18 feet high at disease. and 8 feet 6 inches diameter inside. "Our life is limited by a great The wools aro fifteen oak, s tdfek, number of deteriorations in our or- The door is of stout oak, studded ganism; among these we should with many large iron nails. consider not only maladies which The lock is very sing and the are apparent, but also latent infec- peyhole isi covered with an iron Lions. If we cause, by the use of plate, which itself has to our 'phagogene' liquids, an increase of lc eked by a spanner before tata door vital resistance, we prolong by that key can be inserted. holes, Venunehed n veryfact the duration of life. The afforded by email punched id lawforthe preservation of the hu- mironeplate, 6 inchesedo,b7, fixed man organism is already formulat- rn the cootie of the door. Thera: is g y no window,ed. What is curious is that it is a At Worthington, the next village! ed. who supplies the basis of to Breedon, the old lockup is a' a new departure in therapeutics seven sided brick building, badly in! scirich will ence of medicine." Ater the whole, need of restoration, an opportunity science Metchnikoff,f questioned on for arctaealmistse which it hoped these statements said ; "I know no- donll nod W missed.. Both atl Bine- thingof the experiments which Dr. don and Worthington these do the five disused prisons are on the Doyen has made, and cannot, there - roadside, adjacent to the pound or fore, Pass judgment on thorn, But pinfold, so that the constable had at the root of the. matter I think a - conveniently side by side the stray- gabands he had charge of. There that certainly in the future we shall c', cattle any human rogues or be able to prolong human life, To attain that end it will first he nee - are similar old lockups at Smisby nSSaly to determine in all their and Ticknall, two tillages close to ways the causes of old age. These Leicestershire. y` QUEER WEDDIN GEFFIGY. LATENT CAUSE OF DISEASE. "If we succeed in suppressing colds, chest diseases and bronchitis (and in this matter I have attained absolute successes) --and these com-, plaints are often the primal causes of rheumatism—we arrive, logically, ]flock Attention Paid by Bride's. Party to Bridegroom's Relatives. causes are not yet perfectly defined, but the subject is being widely studied. Nothing is yet certain,. and mankind must be content to hope." WORK OF WOMEN DETECTIVES There is a curious custom stili British Railway Officials Bey They prevalent in the Bellary district of Have Proved 'Useful. dingin connection with the wed- ding ceremonies among certain Brahmfamilies. Justin prior to the close of the feasting, a hideous effigy of a male figure, fantastically robed in rags, supposed to represent the bride- groom's father, is carried along the streets in procession, under the shade of a sieve adorned with tas- sels of onions and margosa leaves. So useful has the woman detec- tive proved in British railway po- lice work that several of the great companies contemplate an early in- crease in the number of women em- ployed in this capacity, "The woman railway detective, said a high official of ono of the southern lines, "is a comparatively recent creation, but in this new. Every few yards during the pro- field of feminine work she has al• cession the feet of the effigy have ready shown herself resourceful and to be reverently washed and its clever. Practically every great forehead decorated with a caste railway employs several women fol• marl. by its living spouse, the investigation purposes. '.Choir bridegroom's mother. The bride- names are quite unknown to the groom's other female relatives have ordinary railinity staff, with the ex - several mock attentions paid to caption of a few chief officials. them by the women of the bride's "To all outward appearances the party, detective is an ordinary lady pas- senger. She travels about taking'. DOG FRIEND 01 WOMAN, , her own ticket from pisco to place, — and there is absolutely nothing to place, In Dlanehuria, Dogs are Siren as distinguish her from the hosts of Dowries. other women who use the lino, But Everywhere is the dog the site fs always ori the watch, listen- Everyw g e friend i.ng to stray pieces of conversation of man, bub in Manchuria he is that may point to a ticket fraud up - more strictly the friend of woman.! on the company, and with a ready There the dowry of a young woman eye for any irregularity on the part does not consist of hard cash as in of the uniformed staff. Europe, but m a certain number of '"Sometimes she trayels in a sleek dogs with thick or silken hair.1 wrong class carriage to ascertain, if T}te gi1.1'a status may almost be t•ccoipts for excess pa intro( s are guesser! by her woddnig portion of properly given and sonmt:inres with dogs. if she receive six she as poor, overweight of luggage for the same if a dozen, Iter parents aria in easy l.urpase, circnmstancos, a d if two c dozen 'Ono clay elle travels among first- class passengers; the next, dowdy from a rich family, .Chet' arc caro- and worn, oho journeys inn'a carry - and frilly faised for•thorr ea'Om'y flesh, age full of titled -class season -ticket their skins after death become !holders, on the track of the man coverlets, pelisses, vests for Inur- or bedside carets which who reguarly says season wile - to .•q , p he has not gni; one, In the mat - tor ever wear out. Even to its tai of pay, a goad female detective fur the devotion of the dog is warm will make C2 a week and all ex. and lasting, t r 1 c penses, although the average 1* - slightly less," JANEIINEW, Teacher- Tn this beautiful verse ONLY ONE. AT A TIME, children, the poet says the flowers '`Papa, why didn't you wear a were mostened by the dew, Do pair last night?" any of you know what moistened "A pair of what, child?" means.' A pair of skates." Little Jane —"Plotless, lettso', teacher, What floes the boy ,mean 2" I know, Me an' Tommy Green and "Why, 13i1), the coachmen, told Sissy Pratt 9088,1layin 021 t11' dock- the enok that you heel a lovely skate nn last night, 9935✓;n yell came home,"