The Brussels Post, 1909-8-5, Page 6NOTES AND COMMENTS
Almost Universally the knewledgc
of how to save entree into the
modern formula for success and the
question of method :reed ways and
!amens to saving la open to discus -
sloe, If '(keeping" every passible
pieceof money coming into one's
possession may lie miserliness, there
must be some phase of saving that
ie reprehensible. It is one of the
concomitants of business that . a
certain element c£ risk is involved.
That business man who refuces to
accept the gage no longer classes
with the inodorn man of business,
Competition for entrance to busi•
/less oppoetanitics is sharp enough
to make risk inevitable in the ven-
ture, .What, then, is possible for
the young man who has just enough
to frighten him? The young man
who through the hard process of
saving succeeds in acquiring money
beyond his years and e.eperience of
life, is more handicapped by it than
benefited. Venturesomeness by ea•
ture belongs to youth. It is the im-
pulse which, exercised and modified
and directed by experience, tends
to develop individuality and char-
acter. In all men it has been re-
marked that possession of wealth
has a tendency to inspire conservat
ism. The rich radical is almost un-
known. If possession in this matter
affects men of already ripened age
and experience, how much more
influence must we expect. of it upon
the young man, precocious beyond
his years'?
Most men grown to maturity and
looking back on their boyhood and
early manhood are agreed that they
"didn't make the most of their op-
portunities." Of course they
didn't, being normal. They took
occasion to learn the lesson of fool-
ishness while young and when in a
business sense it cost the least,
On the other hand observation has
shown scores of young men, obsess-
ed by the desire to save, "make
this most" of their youth, with the
result that they never experienced
that youth which nature intended
and which in the end left them old
and fossils caricatures of men. That
capacity for savi'tg, even for a cer-
tain fixed purpose, is something to
be inculcated in the normal boy by
the slow process of discipline. To
save on the wide, general principle
that some day his savings may be
necessary, is a lesson that the young
man himself finds hard to learn.
That normal young man, strong
and optimistic in his youth, finds It
hard to anticipate a "rainy day."
To the extent that it is forced upon
him, he must sacrifice youth itself.
Can you imagine a neighborhood
of boys, schooled to careful saving
of every penny finding its way to
them, having social relations in the
sense that youth seeks them? It is
impossible. However sociability
may be possible among normal
children without the necessity of a
penny to spend, ib is a dwarfed,
distorted, unreal thing when among
them the principle of miserliness is
the rule. It requires a sound, rip-
ened judgment in a man to decide
when and where and how much to
save, even after the necessity for
saving something has been forced
upon him. For in the last analysis
the whole principle of saving in
modern life is a force measure,
growing out of human selfishness,
"Can I afford this?" is one of the
commonest of all personal inquisi-
tions and at the same time ono of
the hardest of all questions to
answer wisely. "Wasting at the
spigot and saving at the bung" is
one of the old, old similes which
approximates the meat of the whole
question of saving. Each man must
ask himself how much and when and
and where he shall save. But wis-
dom and experience must dictate
the satisfactory answer,
HANGED WITH SILKEN CORD.
Laurence Shirley, fourth son of
Ferrers, who shot his steward and
v,as tried for the offence by his
peers in 'Westminster hall, on April
20, 1760, was the last English peer
to be executed for murder. On the
morning set for his hanging he set
forth on his journey from the Tower
of Tyburn dressed in his best suit
of light clothes, embroidered in sil-
ver, and driven in l,IC own landau
drawn bysix horecs. It is said that
1i. was the first to suffer by the new
thop just 'than introduced in the
place of the barbarous cart -ladder
andthree-cornered gibbet and as
'a ruoncessiou'ea his rank he was
i',aeged witha silk(n cord,
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During the hottest of the Boor
War, a smell detachment of Brit-
ish mounted infantry ' wore sub
rounded by a strong force of Beers,
;t'hicker, and thicker hailed the
Boor bullets, The British force
felt that the end was near; but at
last, towards dawn, there cane a
crash of firing, and the Boers broke
and ran as e compauy of New Zea-
landers charged thorn.
• The beleagured force rushed out
to help in the rout of the enemies,
and, in the darkness, ran right in
among their rescuers, One of the
latter, mistaking an English soldi-
er for a hoer, was about to brain
him with the butt of his rifle, when
the Fmglishman shoted, "Steady
mil I ain't no blooming Dutch-
man)"
The other staggered back, "It's
Peter's voice!" he cried, in utter
amazement.
"Good heavens, is that you,
Frank f" came the startled reply.
The two men were brothers,
Peter and Frank Hillyer, and they
bad not met or heard of one au -
other since, eight years ereet',er.
Frank had emigrated to New Zea.,,
land.
Few novelists could paint a more
dramatic scene than occurred a few
weeks ago in the police -court at
Market flame, ,in Lincolnshire,
when two old schoolfellows were
suddenly confronted.
One sat upon the bench; the
other stood in the dock, Charged
with begging. Yet, forty years be-
fore, those two had been fellow-
etudonts at De Aston Grammar
School.
LOST AND FOUND!
A story of a strange meeting
which has something of a pathetic
touch comes from Paris. A woman
—Delorme by name—was walking
with her little daughter, when she
recognized a man in the uniform
of a bank messenger, who was com-
hig towards her. It was her bus -
band.
The two had quarreled and part-
ed four years before, and neither
had since seen or heard of the
ether.
She stopped him, and appealed to
him to return to her. He flew into
s. rage; she retorted, and a'violent
quarrel began. Suddenly the man
went as white as a sheet. "I have
lost my portfolio!" he cried. "1
an' ruined!"
Just then the little girl, who had
been left behind, came running up.
"Look what I have found!" slie ex-
claimed, and held up the missing
case, which contained ever forty
thousand francs.
The man, overcome with joy.
snatched up the child and covered
her face with kisses. Then and
there busband and wife were recon-
ciled.
Even more touching is the case of
a London doctor. In the year 1898
he and his young wife quarreled,
and separated. For some years he
made her an allowance; then she
to rote that she was going to Au-
stralia.
BETTER THAN A TONIC.
The doctor received the appoint-
ment of visiting physician to a con-
sumptive sanatorium in a well-
known South -Coast town. One day
last spring, while he was examin-
ing new patients, a woman, with
traces of past beauty, was brought
in. At sight of the doctor she gave
a slight cry, and dropped, fainting.
The dootor recognized her as his
long -lost wife, but said nothing;
and, after restoring her and pre-
scribing for her, sent her back to
her room. Later, however, he visi-
ted her, and, after a long ta11c,
they were reconciled.
A curiously tragic meeting was
that of two Irishmen—William
Connolly and Patrick Cantwell.
The two men met on a "float" on
the Grand Canal, near Tullamore,
and, not having seen one another
for some time, were cordial in their
greetings.
"You see, we know one another
ipretty well," explained Connolly
to a bystander. "We were born
on the sane day, and- haptized in
the same whaler."
A couple of minutes later the
"float" was run into by a barge,
and upset. The two friends were
both drowned, and on the follow-
ing Friday were buried in the same
churchyard.—London Answers.
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A PAIR OF TOASTS.
"They were lined up in front of
the wetgoods counter—the old
bachelor and the benedict.
"Here's to woman," said the
benedict, "tire morning star of our
infancy, the day star of our man -
heed and the evening star of our
old age."
"Here's to our stars," rejoined
the bachelor, "and may they al-
ways be kept ata telescope dis-
tance,"
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A GOOD REASON.
"I shall never marry that man
as long as I live 1„
"Why not?"
"1 havo just learned that he is
going to marry some one else,
I'iOTI,s 011 1N'TIIRBS'T FROM
til ti BANNS A1VJ) BRAES.
{i`Lat is Going Oa in the Righleeds
and Lowlands of Auld
Scotia.
Glasgow at last term showed a
decrease offittings of about 3,000.
The prime minister has agreed to
received the freedom of Glasgow.
There are said to be still several
places in Scotland that are not
roller skating crazy,
A "runaway" fair was held at
Dumfries recently. The attendance
was the largest for years.
Stirling school board has pur-
chased a mail carte to enable a
cripple girl to attend school.
The new lifting bridge across the
Union Canal at 1 ountainbridgc,
Edinburgh, was opened recently,
'William Metcalf who composed
the famous hunting song, "John
Peel," isdead in Glasgow, aged 80
years.
Mr. A. Cochran, fishing in Loch
Lomond recently, caught a beauti-
ful fresh run salm,,n weighing 10
pounds,
Paisley folks are pleased with
their chic rulers. On the upkeep
of the roads this year $450 is to be
saved.
Considerable progress has been
made in the construction of the
new waterworks for Port Glasgow
at Hardee:.
Paisley thinks it does fairly well
towards the teaching profession,
when it expends a sum of $162,500
in salaries.
The proposed internal alterations
on the Municipal Buildings at
Glasgow, are estimated to cost from
4000 to L4,200.
The county of Stirling is. for the
year 1909-1910 to receive $68,440 for
local district education funds from
the Government.
A monster demonstration of the
unemployed took place in Glasgow.
The presence of a large body of
police kept things quiet.
Hamilton town council propose
erecting at Low Waters, a public
library, recreation room and public
baths at a cost of $30,000.
Moffat Town Council will employ
the Glenfield Company, Xilmar-
nock, to scrape the six-inch water
main from Grantor' to Howslack.
Not very far from Stirling,
masons are said to be working for
11 cents an hour, and glad to get it,
though 18 cents is the union wage.
A ten -year-old girl in Glasgow
was badly burned by her dress
catching fire while she was sitting
on the fender beside an otherwise
unguarded fire.
Kilmalcolm is housing visitors
from far distant part of the world.
Brazil, Barcelona and Hong Kong
have all sent representatives for
the m000rland "cure:"
A Glasgow man who had the
pluck to place a blackmailing letter
in the hands of the polies had the
comfort of knowing that the clever
writer got twelve months imprison-
ment.
Patrick Town Council have abol-
ished a committee to confer with
Glasgow Corporation as to the
terms in which the two fire brigades
should render each other assistance
in emergencies,
Daniel J3rown, employed at Car-
rongrove Paper Works, when clean-
ing near a dynamo, accidently
touched a live wire and was elec-
trocuted. Death was instantane-
ous. He was 64 years of age.
The governors of the West of
Scotland Agricultural College have
appointed a special committee to
consider as to the application of a
;rant by the Carnegie trustees for
research work.
The death is announced of ex -
Lieut. Robert Sloan, of the Govan
Police Force. He was a native of
£irkoswald, and was connected
with the constabulary from 1861
until he retired on pension seven
years ago.
During the operation in connec-
tion with the refacing of Dumfries
Midsteeple the tower has swayed to-
ward Union street. Its condition
is so serious that the ringing of the
town hall bell has been discon-
tinued.
Someone has started a movement
in Edinburgh for the opening on
Sunday of the public libraries for
the purport of providing accomano-
dation for those who have not
sufficient quiet in their homes for
study and meditation.
A pet dog belonging to the care-
taker of the Normanton Town
Club was the means of saving the
caretaker and his family from be-
ing burned. The dog's harks at
tracted a policeman to the scene and
the family+ was rescued,
Dundee School Board discussed
a motion providing that in future
all teachers engaged by the Board
should bo total abstainers, but on
a division the previous question
was carried. A proposal to abolish
home lessons also negatived.
Lady Jacoby, of Glasgow, has inst.
conveyed the intelligence to the
Kitchen Committee of the House
of Commons, :iu reply to a letter of
condolence, that Sir James Jacoby
has bequeathed £100 as the nucleus
of a fund out of which those who
are attached to the kitchen staff of
the Hew/ of Uonamons may be re-
lieved in necessitous ei un1
stanc s
A. lady cyclist had a narrow escape
e ii' ' tf 1 cl Shecoming
t I� ken 1 o r, was m ng
down from Townbead, and had
reached the oaual bridge as it was
about to be raised to let a boat
Past, The bridge is raised in two
halves, and the lady had cycled
upon .one of tlrc halves when the
ether half was raised. She threw
herself from, the bicycle, which fell.
through the gap into the canal, but
was afterwards recovered. The
cyclist wee unable to proceed for
some time as the result of shock.
At Barrhead, a man who had been
formerly in the employ of a travel
ling circus, was charged with loit-
ering with intent to commit a
crime. He made the following
speech :—"If .I cannot get work 1
earl only live by begging or steal-
ing, The Preston magistrate told
me I. was an enemy of society.
Well, if society will not give pre
work, even when I offer to be its
humble servant, I can only be its
enemy, and I am not prepared to
stand its scoffing and become its
footstool, A man who is prepared.
to take up circus work is not lazy
anyway."
BULL FIGHTERS SUFFER.
Spliuish Season Has Been Unusual-
ly Disastrous.
From the commencement of the
current bull -fight season, April 19
last, to the present time, five -bull-
fighters have been killed and one
hundred and eleven seriously in•
jered in Spain.
These unprecedented figures have
aroused heated discussion in many
newspapers, the opinion being ex-
pressed that the admission of young
and inexperienced performers to
the arena is largely to blame for
the frequency of accidents.
It is suggested that this be re-
medied by the establishment of a
school of bull -fighters. Those who
argue thus forget that even the
most celebrated matadors, such as
Bombita, Machaquita and Gaona,
have been among the victims
The scenes in the arena are daily
becoming more ferocious and the
bull -fighters less skillful. It is un •
derstood that the Government will
introduce severe regulations apply-
ing to the bull rings in the work-
men's compensation bill.
There will bo a great public de-
monstration at Barcelona to de-
mand theabolition of bull -fighting,
but such a measure would provoke
serious riots in ether places.
PEW LEFT-HANDED BARBERS.
A. Writer Says I1e Ilan Only 11ct
Two or Three.-
Of course, left-handed persons
are scarce any way, said the man
who carries his habits of observe-
tion even into the barber's chair,
but they are mighty scarce among
barbers; in fact, I have seen but
two or three in my experience.
But you are sure to notice it
when you do find one.- He does
just as efficient work, but it is the
way he does it that attracts your
notice.
The barber, as O. rule, stands at
the right of .the customer while
shaving him, making little trips to
the back and to the left only when
necessary. Naturally, I suppose,
the left-handed barber does just the
opposite; he stands most of the
time at your left.
For that reason you won't find a
left-handed barber in the. middle of
a line of barbers. His chair has to
stand at one end or the other so
that he won't bump into the right-
heeded
ight-heed d one next to him.
Like most left -banded persons,
his right hand is more dexterous
than the left hand of right-handed
persons usually is. He shaves you
with either hand, but prefers the
lett. He strops a razor just as a
right-handed one does, however,
and that is about the only point of
similarity.
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BIRDS' 8LINY BRIIAI{FASTS.
Electric Lights Cheat Quails Fat-
tening for Market.
Inside the new small bird house
at the London Zoo there has just
been completed an arrangement of
incandescent lamps, the object of
the installation being to induce
the tiny feathered inmates to take
breakfast a couple of hours earlier
than they otherwise would do.
It is controlled by a switch out.
side the building, and each morn-
ing at six a keeper turns on the
lights. This, of course, arouses the.
birds, who commence feeding forth-
with, under the impression that
day has dawned.
The same dodge has been used
from time immemorial for fasten-
{ng quails for the London market.
These birds feed only in the early
morning, so, after being caught
they are kept in underground cel-
lars,
ellars, fitted with electric lights,
which aro periodically switched on
and off. Every time the tights are
raised the quails start eating, go-
ing contentedly to roost when they,
are lowered. In this way a bird
can be induced to eat as many as
twenty-four breakfasts in one day,
the meals heing sandwiched in be-
tween es many naps.
DISEASE or YOUNU LIFE
DECAY 01? &'IBI'1'IK ORIGINATES
ON SUJUi'LCL.
It Is Non-existent in Flesh Raters
—Bacteria aro Onrni-
PrCsen t.
Decay of teeth is a disease of
young life, because from the first
moment of eruption the tooth is
exposed to conditions favorable to
its onset, Decay originates on the
surface of the tootle—on the poet
exposed in the oral- cavity. .A
tooth never comes through decayed;
it decays after eruption, The pro-
cess begins in thefissures between
the cusps of the crowns of the teeth,
ou what are called the approximal
surfa es' _ between the teeth, and
round the necks of the teeth just
by the gum-edge—in any spot where
food debris can lodge and remain
undisturbed. This is the first point
to be noted in a study of the causa-
tion of decay of teeth.
NOT IN FLESH FEEDERS.
Decay is practically, non-existent
in. flesh -feeders; Esqurmaux, living
on blubber, and the Gauchos of the.
Argentine plains; living on beef and
drinking ten without sugar, are
free from the disease. On the
other hand, these same Gauchos,
living in cities and feeding lazily
ern soft, starchy, and sugary foods,
sufferseverely—as badly as the peo-
ples of any other civilized commu-
nity-. In fact, the f revalence of de-
cay of teeth varies directly with
the amount of soft, sticky, ,starchy
or sugary food consumed.
This is the 'second point, and it
coincides with the increase of tooth -
decay with the advance of civiliz-
ation-a thing which may be noted
it the study of ancient as well as
modern peoples. But by itself food
debris is harmless—bacteria germs
are the indispensable complement.
ARE OMNIPRESENT.
These bacteria are omnipresent..
They may almost be considered nor-
mal inhabitants of the mouth, In
their presence treat and albumens
undergo an alkaline decomposition
i,e., one of the products of the
activity of the .bacteria growing on
starchy or sugary food is an acid;
and it is an acid which slowly dis-
solves the hard enamel coating of
the teeth and opens a way (den-
tine) beneath. Once the dentine is
reached decay, progress rapidly in
young teeth, since the watery, Or -
genic dentine of itself. offers 11, con-
genial soil for the growt.i of the
destroying bacteria.
STAGNATION OF STARCHES.
The enamel of the tooth is practi-
cally stone or glass to the bacteria:
They cannot feed on it. They must
cling to it, and food must be
brought to them from outside, and
time allowed then to feed on and
decompose this food.
But briefly, dental caries is due
to the stagnation of starches and
sugars in the presence of certain
bacteria.
SITUATION IN NEW ZEALAND.
Mechanics Idle in Face of Strong
Demand for Labor.
A remarkable feature of the un-
employed problem in New Zealand
was brought out at an interview
between the Premier and a depu-
tation who protested against more
people being brought into the coun-
try while many already there were
out of work.
As amatter of fact, it is only
farm hands and domestic servants
whom the Government are direct-
ly helping to go to the Dominion;
but, as Sir Joseph Ward urged, the
!normal increase of population is
wholly inadequate for the develop-
ment of the country, and, with-
out immigration, it would not be
long before Now Zealand .would be
unable to keep its factories going.
Industrial enterprises, above all in
primary production, is already
hampered by the scarcity of good
workers. More are urgently need-
ed, but they must: be competent and
industrious.
It is asserted that, thanks to the
high wages enforced by Arbitration
Court awards and union rules, it
simply does not pay the vast major-
ity of employers to engage inferior
hands, no matter whether the in-
feriority be the result of physical
weakness, lack of training, or mere
laziness, Consequently, while there
i; abundance of work to be done,
employers cannot find hands to do
it at the ruling wage rates,
At the same time there are a num-
ber of unemployed workers who
are for the most part unemployed
solely because they cannot earn the
wages which have to be paid. It.
seems absurb that a strong demand
for labor and a considerahle mea, -
sure of unemployment should ex-
itt in the same place at the same
time. Yeb that is precisely the po-
sition in New. Zealand, The plain
fact seems to be that arbitrarily-
foxed high wages knock out of em-
ployment a large number of men
on the border line of competency,'
oven when there is work in plenty
:to be dote. ---London Daily Tole.
graph,
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Don't forget that your wife enjoys
a little honest praise now and then,
7JUNGARIAN ESTATE OWNERS.
Seldom Loavis Ilis igJ
sl.tt
Is
11cfli:roval Chateau,
I have before me the wages list
belonging to a large estate les Hun -
gar', writes a traveller. It is
Klurte typieal, The dootor heads
it. His ditties are to loots after the
births in the village, and to mend
a broken leg when necessary, He
roeeives 400 kronen a year—about
sixteen pounds in .English money
and has the use of a cottage; but
he else has eight measures of wheat
as par'tsalary, so many measures
ref oats and loads of maize and
straw, so much bay and wurzel for
his cow, and se on in a descending
scale, down to the unskilled labor-
er'e, the women who help at thresh-
ing,' the boys who mind the 'pigs
at living wage of about forty or
'fifty kronen n year --about two
pounds—and se mane sacks of po-
tatoes and maize, it is the mediae-
val system of barter.
The Hungarian gentleman farm-
er is the most contented individual
in the world. In spite or beeau o
of the fact that he kndws absolute-
ly nothing of what is going on
around him. He does, perhaps,
read his newspapers which arrive
daily from Budapest, and has vague
ideas that all Austrians are thieves
and scoundrels, and that therefore
a union with Austria must -be fatal
:te Hungary, as a matte L' o
fact the politicabutl situation of his
country does nob interest him in
the least; it does not affect the
richness of his wheat er the weight
of his maize heads.
A keen sportsman, he is unham-
pered by any game laws, In Hun-
gary no one is allowed to carry a
gun unless he owns so much land,
and the ownerr of land and therefore
of game naturally makes his own
laws for its preservation. •
His chief characteristic is hospi-
taliay,' almost barbaric in its lavish-
ness. His guests, his friends, his
relatives all are welcome as long
as there is room in the house. What
natter to him if ox, sheep or calf
has to be specially slaughtered to
feed the gay multitude who come
to visit him 1 He bias plenty and
to spare.
Of town, and town life, he knows
nothing,Budapest is noisy and
the automobiles are smelly. He
prefers driving his panrnificent
horses in teams or four or five along
the roads where right and left the
rich fields belong to him.
There are at the present moment
any number of high-born Hungari-
an noblemen of ancient lineage and
large estates Who never from years'
end to years' end go beyond the.
boundaries of their estates,
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IIANDITS IMITATED.
But the Fran Who Played 'Traitor
;flet a Speedy Doom.
For some time past the district
of Murcia, Portugal, has been tee
rorized by a band of daring smug-
glers who fill up their spare time as
banditti.
Their chief is the . notoriou:i
Molina, and, notwithstanding the
efforts of the authorities, he always
managed cleverly to evade capture.
Some days ago a merchant named
Ruiz, who had secret dealings with
the baud, in disposing of their.
smuggled goods, volunteered to dis-
close Molina's hiding place, for 1,000
duros (£200). The authorities
agreed, 'anti at night a force of
Civil Guards set out for the moun-
tain retreat of the robbers. Seven
of them were surprised in a cave.
They offered resistance, and two
fell, shot dead. The rest immedi-
ately surrendered,.
The remainder of the band, five
in number, .including the captain,
were on a marauding expedition,
and thus escaped capture.
Later, the dead body of the mer-
chant Ruiz was discovered.in'a field
with a long stiletto •buried in his
breast.Evidently he had met a
traitor's death at the hands of the
escaped banditti,
AN $80,000 MAP.
Great Map of Country of London
Now Nearing Completion.
A great map of the county of.
London, compiled by the County
Council surveyors, is on the eve of
completion. Fifteen years have
been spent upon it. From Stam-
ford Hill on the north to Lower
Streatham on the south, and from
Plumstead on the east to Putney
on the west, it will indicate every
house, shop, rind piece of proper-
ty. -
When finished and laid out, with
its sections in order, the map will
be more than thirty feet wide and
over twenty feet from top to bot-
tom. But for convenience of hand-
ling it will be bounded in books:
When, in 1594, the projeee was
first mooted, it was thought that
a sum of from $68,000 to $70,000
would he suf eienb to pay for the
work. But many minor difficulties
have been met with, and by the
time the map is finished it will have
cost quite $80,000.
NEW DEFINITION,
"A man about town, as near es
1 kin Jigger it out," remarked Unelo
Goshen Hemlock, "is a feller who
wants to loaf around front pillar
to lest, Ain't t sat{shed to take tt
a lace with rho solid citizens everyy
evenin' in the grocery store,"
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,iTt)}V A RULER, or AJtABIA.
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Of the envious ideas of hasp
sty held by some of the natives
that wild country lying betwee
England and Damascus two travel-
ers, Capt. Butler and Capt. Ayl-
mer', tell ie the Geographical Ma-
gazine: "We foundbeysul Dm Ra-
shid (a minor ruler of Arabia) sit-
ting in a low morn, the roof of
which was supported by wooden pil-
lars, All reit d the sides of the
roan were -spread -carpets, on whieb '
sat his vizors and .members of its
court, He is a man of 33 years,
with a dark, pointed beard, good,
regular features, but eyes that ere
cold and cruel, and he has a nerve
ous, fidgety manner, and was all
the time arranging his abbe (cloak)
and combing and curling his pious-
tache and beard and admiring him-
self in a small, cheap looking -glass
that hung just behind him. Above
hie head on the wall hung his silver-- ,
mounted walking stick and a sword
the sheath of which was also cover-
ed in silver, He was very richly
dressed.
FLEECED OF EVERYTHING.
"On our arrival at the house
placed at aur disposal we congratu-
lated ourselves on our' good for-
tune in having such a cordial wel-
come, but we were speedily disil-
lusioned. We had not been there
more than five minutes when Fey-
•sub's, head slave, a richly dressed ,
personage, called Debra, came to
tell us that the emir would not take
our camels or our money, as he had
plenty of both. but that he would
like things of European make or of
interest that we happened to have.
This was only too true and, during
our five days' stay there,there was
a continual procession of slaves
and bangers -on from the castle de-
manding things for :the emir and
hi:, viziers and favorites, and de-
manding them in such a way that
it was impossible for us to refuse
At last we had practically nothin
of any value left, having been ileec
cd of watches, revolver, compass-
es, various clothes .and other arti-
cles of our kit.
WELL TREATED BY EMIR.
"Apart from this system of more
or less polite robbery, we were well
treated by the emir . and had our
food sent us from the castle by him.
About three or four times a day
we had a royal command from him.
and used to go up to the castle and
drink many cups of coffee and excel-
lent sweet tea with him and talk
about his ccuntry and Europe. He
was always very genial (in these oc-
casions and I honestly think he con-
eidered he was treating us vary
well in not taking all we had and
turning us adrift to die in the der
sert." i
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LOWEST SUIT ON RECO/Stelae
Decision in Dispute Between 5 .
can Towns After 310.,Tears.- '»w,,
A final statement has just been
made in a. lawsuit eqich has been,
pending in the courts of Mexico for
$40 years.
The dispute arose between the
cal authorities of the towns of Yo
docome and Munn over the question
of the legal boundary line between.
the two villages. Both towns held
titles to the same land, the conflict-
ing grants being made by the Co-
icnial Government, The titles held
by private parties brought suit , ll'
against the other for the land
claimed to be justly due to it.
The suit dragged along for the
first hundred years, one legal step
after another being taken by the
contending towns, Another cen-
tury passed and thee another, and
still the suit was undecided. During ..
all this time the people of the re-
spective tewns were arrayed
against each other in bitter enmity, +
and many have been the armed con-
flicts that have taken place between
the opposing factions.
The father of President Porfirio
Diaz was a native of Yodoeome, and
stood high in the little country eom-
e nnity because of his mental abil-
ity. He took an active interest in
the long -pending suit, and during
his life time mule every edort to
gat a final decision of the case. Ho
was unsuccessful, and the years
dragged. by. President Diaz gave
the matter his personal' attention
not long ago, and the ancient re.
cords relating to, the land grants
and the oonfiieting boundary were
carefully examined.
. The matter was then laid before
the people of the two towns, and
after many conferences a settlement
of the case was reached and the suit
in court was formally dismissed, It
is said tohave held a place upon
the court docket Tenger than any
st{it in the world's history,
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Live and lee live is a good motto,"
but it does not refer to Lite house:
fly,'
,
If• you would kusep vnur [rirn:&.
don't let them permit you iv in-
dorse their notes. '