HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1910-8-25, Page 6TRAVEL BY TROOPSHIP
ACCOUNT 0r TRE SOLDIER'S
LIFE AT SEA.
Selma the Great Troopships Carry
imEnglandCron tO Foreignn
Servide.
Between the end o£ September
and the commencement of the fol-
lowing April, which is the period
known to his Majesty's ferns as
the trooping seasou, the hired
transports ply between Southamp-
ton and many ports overseas, carry-
ing thousands of our soldiers to
false their -turns of foreign and Co-
lonial service. To the majority of
them life on a troopship comes as -a
decided novelty, and not by any
means an unpleasant one, says Lon -
slow Answers.
Of course, nobody enjoys the.
pangs of trial -de -mer, but once they
have survived, the days pass plea-
ses tly enough, The only thing
there is to complain about is the
overcrowding. There aro usually.
some fifteen hundred souls aboard,
and the room is deeidedly limited.
.But, although Tommy may
"grouse" a little, it takes more
than a little inconvenience really to
upset him, and it is a happy crowd
that jostlesits neighbors og the
rolling decks.
"REVEILLE."
"Reveille" goes early. We are
out of bed -represented, of course,
by a hammock in time to see the
sun rise. The skirmishing commenc-
es at once. Every hammock must
be rolled and stowed away in the
shortest possible time, and the
sight of a few hundred men rolling
and lashing up their bedding, push-
ing and falling over one another,
laughing and shouting at the top of
their voices in the semi -darkness of
the mess -dock, is one to be remem-
bered.
While we are filling our lungs
with ozone the deck we have just
left is undergoing a transformation.
Mess -tables are fixed in position,
the forms are secured on either side
of thein and long before the citizen
ashore is awake breakfast is being
brought from the galleys.
Meanwhile, the decks have been
swabbed. The merry hose -pipe dis-
tributes its stream impartially over
them, and any luckless wight who
may happen to get in the way ; the
fatigue -party of barefooted swab-
bers swarm gaily along the decks,
anal soon everything is very clean
and remarkably wet
"BURGOb."
The messing on the boats has im-
proved a great deal during the last
few years, and the breakfast is not
to be despised. The inevitable
"burgoo"—otherwise porridge — is
almost sure to form the first course
and is followed by bread, butter,
and brawn, or something equally
appetising. Appetites wax lusty by
the time we are a. few days at sea,
but there is enough to go round.
Breakfast over, we are bundled
unceremoniously on to the upper
decks, while the mess orderlies and
their assistants remove the remains
of the feast, if there are any, and
clean up.
' At about 9 a.m. the only real
general parade of the day is held.
The troops, hi clean attire, and, as
a rule, with bare feet, fall in at the
pests allotted to them, and there is
a muster roll -call, generally fol-
lowed by gymnastics. The latter,
on the uneven deck, fully deserve
the term, and evolutions are per-
formed that are not to be found
laid down in any of the text -books
on the subject. This is particularly
the case if the instructor be gifted
with the priceless gift of humor. To
no a squad of men raise themselves
SITTING IN THE DINNER,
A groan of :anguish ascends from
No. 27 moss, and a howl of delight
from all the other tables on the
steels. A mess orderly has descends
ed with more haste and vigor than
dignity, and is to be soon sitting in
the remains of what was intended
to be a dinner for sixtoeu of his
comrades. However, he is net
x
hurt, and another repast is -
P o
tutted from somewhere, and a fresh
start made. Suddenly, there is a
fearful crash, a wild inrush of water
and inen, and .plates and eatables
are floating across the deck "in con-
fusion. Somebody' has forgotten to
close the ports.
Hammocks are drawn at five in
the evening, and by half -past eight
everybody not on dylty hes turned
in. The decks are visited frequent-
ly during the night by the orderly
officers,and a number of sentries
axe constantly on duty night and
day, in case of fire or any unusual
occurrence, as the orders put it.
Needless to say, smoking between
decks is prohibited, though the rule
is not invariably observed; but it is
short shrift for the Tommy caught
breaking it.
SPORTS ON DECK.
Sports, boxing competitions, and
concerts are the rule on all troop-
ships. The former comprise ob-
stacle raees of a most complicated
description, so far as the obstacles
are concerned. Pillow -fights, in
which the competitors sit astride a
pole lashed above a tank filled with
water, mop -fights, and so on; and
the boxing bouts are always full of
interest. The chaplains, and both
military and ship's officers, take
part in promoting the concerts;
and, of course, the ladies are to the
fore ; while there is always plenty
of talent amongst the troops them-
selves.
From time to time a "trooper" a condition which cannot be en -
returning from India. is fitted as a lured.
hospital -ship. The mess -tables and MEN OF ABILITY PRISONERS.
other paraphernalia are removed The Earl of Minto has convinced
from the decks, and in their plac-
es are fitted up swinging -beds, foe tion is necessary; hence the arrest
the reception of the poor fellows of thirty-seven persons in connec-
who, from one cause and another, tion with a plot at Khulna. What
are being invalided home. It is a
sight to make one think profound- makes the arrests peculiarly signi-
ficant is the fact that the men ar-
ly to see the embarkation taking rested are superior to the former
place. Some can walk on board agitators in ability and come from
a dozen widely scattered centres.
The charge against them is that of
making war against the Emperor.
Now, as always, the assertion is
made that an Indian scare is un-
warranted. H. N. Maitre, editor
of Hitabadi, a -vernacular paper
with a large circulation, has just
arrived in London from Bengal. He
alleges that his country is, on the
Sometimes Blown Into Eternity With whole, contented and that there is
Hie. Own Ammunition. t --ut the slightest danger of a mut-
In certain of the petroleum produc- any. He says that police spies are
ing districts it becomes necessary some- at the bottom of the information
times in opening an ell well—sometimes • which reaches the Government.
when the well has become clogged or
apparently exhausted—to begin or re- 1 "—
m
new the flow by exploding nitroglyc- FROM AFFLUENCE TO PENURY
erin at the bottom of the well. This ;
BENGAL STORM CENTRE
MUTINY IS TJIBEesl'freeED ll�l
BRITISH INDIA.
],'artition of the Pe !Niece Ordered
by Lord Curzon Wet Proved
Unpopelate
Anxiety over the trend of affairs
in India is deepening in London, It
is reflected in the neseipeeers aid
in daily discuss' -ons in official c'ir-
Clea,: Unless eons/Verna intprc've:
soon the public is warned to trek
c'nt for a second mutiny The re.
portedwidespread political ci:il-
spiraoy in Eastern nougat is the
culmination Cf a / ing series of
events of
A LIKE CITAK,1C' ER:
Bengal is the sto'in centre of the
anti-British movement iu mels,
Lord Curzon divided Bengal into
two provinces on the theory that
the population of the old ?ravine))
had increased out of all proportions
to the general increase in India
and that the division was necessary
for efficient government.
This partition was intens.siy nn-.
popular. The babu, or English-
speaking, agitators attacked it ve-
hemently and it became a highly ef-
fective battle cry. Southern and
Western India apparently are
standing aloof from the crusade,
but Bengal controls and the see
tremists there are creating a situa-
tion that is driving Secretary Mor-
ley and his colleagues . to their
wits' end. The babus in Eastern
Bengal, which is the new province,
fine themselves in a political min-
ority compared with the Mohamme-
dans, and they assert that this is
without assistance, some must have
a helping shoulder; but too many
lie prone on their stretchers, and
are likely to remain recumbent un-
til they are carried ashore to the
famous hospital at Netley.
Ir --
t 'THE OIL WELL SHOOTER..
explosive is employed because it 1s ex- Man Who Retired With Fortune T,e-
plodes readily by the dropping of a Comes Organ Grinder.
weight upon it. A man who carries
nitroglycerin from well to well for this Another pathetic instance of a
purpose is known in the oll regions as fall from affluence to penury came
a "shooter." to light at the Westminster (Lem
The shooter has a wagon in which to don, England) Court recency,
carry his explosive. A square box un- when Alfred Richard Lampert of
der the seat is carefully padded, and Grosvenor road, Pimriao, was
when it has been solidly filled with charged with begging and web.
cans of nitroglycerin, which is a mo- causing his eleven -year old (laugh-
bieses-like fluid, be fastens down the ter Eileen to gather alms.
cover and drives slowly away to the For twelve months nr more he
well that he is to shoot. Usually he has gone out with a. street organ,
makes the trip very early in the morn- sn which was a placard statiog that
ing to avoid the customary travel and ho was a professional Tuan who un -
so diminish the chance of danger.
For the most part the roads are bad, til recently held a good pox tion,
and the wagon jolts along in a way to but that through a series of misfur
make any one but an old shooter de- tunes had been reduesd•to acute
cidedly nervous. If It is dark there poverty, and theref.rre, much
is great danger that a wheel may drop against his will, was compelled to
into a hole with force enough to deto- resort to organ grindi•ig.
nate the explosive. Several wagons When warned against taking his
bearing shooters and their loads have child with him, he was said to hate
been blown up, but no one ever lived replied that to leave her at home
to tell what sort of jar caused the ex- meant a loss of 30s. a week to frim.
on their toes, place their hands on plosion. A solicitor, Mr. Thomas -Ball.
hips, and, after endeavoring to sit, In such a case little is ever found ex- said he had known the defendant
down slowly on their heels, roll i cept the great hole in the ground which personally for twenty-five years. At
solemnly in the direction of the' the explosion has dug, with possibly a a comparatively early eerie(' in
scuppers, is a new experience to the I wheel of the wagon a quarter of s 1 life he and his sister retired with
tyro in mile away in one direction and another
MARITIME GYMNASTICS.
KING REVIEWS ARMADA.
BRITISH FLEET ASSEMBLED
AT TORBAY,
Blue and Bed Scuadrons Realistic
Battle Exercises on a Granit
Seale.
A description of the mighty er-
reside reviewed off Torbay by King
George. is given in The London
Daily Express.
Once more the weather cleared
up for the benefit of the King.
When the morning gun beanies'
from the Dreadnought at 8 o'clock
the spit of flame found lurid reflec-
tion in
eflect'ion•in a douse sea •fog, through
which the royal yacht 'owned like
a shadow.
People ashore murmured disap-
pointment at the pitiful weather.
On Monday wind and rata paused
the abandonment of the royal pee-
gramme. To -day fog and drizzle
promised to bring about a like re-
sult.
But as the morning wore on there
oamo' an improvement.What sail
ors expressively term the "dirt"
that was obscuring the bay began
to thin and roll up. One after an-
other the forms of the warships
stole out, shrinking to their proper,
proportions as they stood forth in
clear-cut shape.
The land stealthily unfolded its
panorama, and presently the sun
gleamed down on the waters.
SIGNALLED BY SEARCHLIGHT
The overnight arrangements had
been that at 4 o'clock in the morn-,
ing the `Blue" force of the late
manoeuvres, commanded by Admir-
al Sir Edmund Poe, and compris-
ing the Atlantic and Mediterran-
ean fleets, should put to sea, and
that six hours later the "Red"
force, commanded by Admiral Sir
William May, and comprising the
Home fleet and cruiser squadrons,
should leave in search of the
"Blue" enemy and bring him to
action,
The whole fleet unmoored ship at
dawn and remained riding to single
anchor, but not a vessel had stir-
red from her berth at gunfire.
As the fog cleared away two or
three cruisers moved out of the
lines and went off, grey and smok-
ing, seawards. Signalling was car-
ried on by searchlights, for bunting
and semaphore were scarcely dis-
tinguishabfe.
At frequent intervals there are
surprise fire alarms. The fire -cell
goes, there is a furious dashing
hither and thither of soldiers and
sailors, and out of apparent chaos
domes perfect order in considerably
less time . than in takes to tell it,
Sentries are at their posts, proper-
ly armed, troops at their quartos's;
the orderlies of the Royal Army Me-
diate Corps are in attendance on
the invalids in the sick bay, and the
officers responsible fox the sat.ty
of the floating town have gone their
rounds, and found all correct—or
otherwise. If otherwise, somebody
is in for a very bad quarter if an
hour.
Unless we happen to be detailed
fes guard, or some similar duty, il,e
rest of the day is our own. There
is dinner -and by no means a bed.
dinner—ab noon, The mess order.
Iles parade at the .cook's galley,
and in turn, as the numbers of the
different messes are called out,they
receive the delicaciesapportioned
to them, and convey them • to their
appointed messes—that is to say,
they do their best to do so. To
carry a dish of steaming meat along
a. swaying deck, with both hands
employed, and through a crowd' of
men, is tot easy::,•
in the opposite direction.
The shooter generally takes from
80 to 240 quarts of nitroglycerin In
his wagon. The smaller amount is
quite enough if It should explode to
leave no trace of the driver of the
vehicle.
When the shooter reaches the well
which 1s to be treated long torpedo
tubes aro placed within the casing of
the well, and the nitroglycerin is poured
carefully into them. The welt may be
1,500 feet deep and is seldom less than
a thousand. When one of the tubesis
filled it Is lowered with the utmost
care to the bottom of the well. This
operation is repeated until the shoot-
er is satisfied that the load is heavy
enough to accomplish the purpose.
When alt 1s ready a bar of Iron, known
as a "go -devil," is dropped Into the
well. The instant It leaves his hand
the shooter takes to his heels, seeking
a place o1' safety.
Suddenly the earth trembles; there
is a crash, followed by a snap; a mut-
fled sound arises aid becomes louder
and louder until a column of oil and
Water shoots from 75 to 100 feet Into
the alt, The country for hundreds of
feet around is; filled with, clouds of
spray floating to leeward. When this
subsides the well la in operation and
the shooter melees his fee and drives
away.—l:Tarper's Weekly,
an ample fortune from an excellent
West End butchery business but
the bulk of the fortune the defen-
dant lost in Stock Exoaanre sperm -
latices. Then he took a boarding
house at Brighton, and managed t•r
get rid of the rest.
Friends, who had no idea of his
fall to poverty, were said to be
ready to kelp him, and be was
bound over.
Heels to Match Walk.
"In every theater audience there are
critical persons who are prolific with
suggestions for making the play more
realistic," said a stage manager.
"Some of these hints are worth con-
sidering too, In one play that was.
staged not long ago the biggest bit
was made by a character actress who
bad to wear down -at -the -heel shoes.
On the third day of the New York
tun I received a letter from a shoemak-
er, who called my attention to the fact
that the woman's gait and her shoes
did not match. Her heels were ran
down on the Outside, whereas the walk
she assumed on the stage must inevi-
tably csuse her shoes to run over on
the .inside. That wag a point that
had escaped the notice of everybody
10 the company. Upon looking into
the matter we found plehty of .evi-
dence to upbold our critic, and we a0e
cured a pelr of property shoes with
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A DEFUNT ENGLISHeLIN.
Re ltefusee to Ifand Over a Span-
ish Beauty.
An Englishman and his wife, liv-
ing outside Tangier, aro resisting
is a spirit reminiscent of the days
of chivalry the demands of, the
Spanish and British authorities
that they shall hand over a Span-
ish girl who has taken refuge with
them and refuses to return to her
parents. The episode, states the
Tangier correspondent of The Lon -
(Ice Daily Mail, seems to belong
to the operatic stage rather than
to life in the twentieth century.
The girl is the daughter of the doc-
tor of the Spanish Legation here,
and is considered a great beauty.
Some time ago she made friends
with Mr. and Mrs. Levison, whose
estate is situated outside the town.
Mr. Levison is part-owner of
some mines at Bilbao, and married
a. Spanish marchioness. He was
formerly a well-known gentleman
jockey, and once rode in the Grand
National. At Madrid he had a seri-
ous racing accident, and then came
to Tangier for the sake of his
health. A great friendship sprang
up between the Legation doctor's'
daughter and Mrs. Levison. The
girt eventually went to live with the
Levisons. Her parents did not ap-
prove of this, and tried to remove
their daughter. But when pressure
was brought on her to return home
she tried to commit suicide and
wounded herself slightly. She
was nevertheless taken home, but
a fortnight later she escaped and
went back to Mrs. Levison. The
doctor again tried to recover his
daughter, but Mr. Levison refused
to give her up.
The doctor complained through
the Spanish Legation, and the Brit-
ish Minister wrote to Mr. Levison
requesting him to send the girl
home. No notice was taken of this
communication. The Spanish Min-
ister went in person to the British
Legation and arranged that a
Spanish official and a police repre-
sentatave should go to the Devi-
sees', accompanied by a represen-
tative of the British Legation, and
take charge of the girl. When the
party arrived at the confines of the
estate Mr. Levison threatened to
open -fire on them if the police en-
tered. Eventually the British of-
ficial was admitted alone to parley
with Mr. Levison. On approaching
the house he noticed Mr. Levison
and the servants standing armed,
and the two ladies were also pro-
vided with revolvers. Mr. Levison
informed the official that if the
police entered to seise the girl he
would fire on them.. The girl ad-
ded that she would shoot herself
rather than be taken away. The
police thereupon returned to the
town, and Mr. Levison is up to now
master of the situation.
BIRM1NGRAM'S BREAD.
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Conditions.
BETWEEN THE LINES.
Then several destroyers came
from Dartmouth, having on board
nearly all the cadets from the Roy-
al Naval College there. Among
them was the Prince of Wales, who
was transhipped with a batch to the
Dreadnought, but shortly after-
wards went in a steam pinnace to
the Royal yacht, at the top of the
gangway steps of which the Queen
was waiting to receive him. The
weather cloths which had been
laced around the Royal yacht's
decks to meet Monday's gale had
riot yet been removed,
On the battleships and cruisers,
bluejackets in No. 1 rig and ma-
rines in scarlet tunics clustered
along the sides in readiness for
some coming event. About half -
past ten Admiral May went along-
side the Royal yacht in his steam
barge, and the King, in the undress
uniform of the admiral of the fleet,
stepped aboard the tiny craft, which
flew the Royal Standard from its
diminutive mast.
The little craft passed across the
head of the great armada and made
leisurely progress between all
the lines.
THE ENSIGN DIPPED.
As she passed each ship in sue -
cession the side was manned and
the ensign lowered to the dip. His
Majesty, who seldom had his hand.
removed from his ?;row in acknow-
ledging the running salutes, fre-
quently interrogated Sir William
May. The weather steadily mended
during this long tour of inspection.
The Atlantic and Mediterranean stilt of the inquiry, says Engineer -
battleships steamed away seawards, ing, is set forth thus:—"1. The
led by Admiral Sir Edmund Poe in work of the baker is, of necessity,
tee Exmouth. Shortly afterwards
the Home fleet, led by the Dread-
nought, steamed eastward in col-
umn of divisions.
Out in the offing a series of tac-
tical evolutions was carried out,
first by squadrons and finally by
the entire fleet collectively,
Battle exercises of a realistic'
SAILORS SORELY TRIED
WERE AT. THE MERCY OF THE
SEA FOR DAYS.
Captain and His Bride of a FeW
Days Went Down, She in His
Arris.
A thrilling tragedy of the sea
was described by twelve survivors
of the crew of the sailing ship,
Swanhilda, who reached Liverpool
recently from South America. The
Sicanhilda, a vessel of 2,000 tons
sailed from. Cardiff, on March 16
Capt. Pyne, who had been married
two days before, was accompanied
THE KING'S WATCH.
A Napoleonic. Gift 'net Embarrassed
Jerome Eionaperto,
Previous to bis eievatiou to the etre..
eroignty Jerome llonaperte bad formed
a friendship with some young authors
at that time In vogue for their wit and
reehless gayety, On the evening after
his eouiination to the crown of West-
phalia be met two of hie jovial come
panions just as he was leavine the
theater, ' '"My dear fellows, said be,
"I am delighted to sed you. I aupposo
you know that I have been created
king of Westphalia?" "Yes, sire, and
Hermit us to be among the first"—
"Ela, what? Yell are ceremonious, me.
thinks. That might pass were I sue
rounded by my court, but at present
away with form and let us bee -off to
supper"
Upon this Jerome took his friends to
one of the best restaurants in the
Palate Royal. The three chatted and
laughed and said and did a thousand
of those foolish things which when un-
premeditated are so delightful. It may
be supposed that the conversation was
not kept up without drinking. Whea
the wine they had drank begau to take
effect, "My good friends," said Jerome,.
"why should we quit each other? 1f
you approve of my proposal you shaill
accompany me.: You, 0.,, shall be my
secretary. As for you, P., who are
fond of books, I appoint you my Libra=
Ilan." The arrangement was accept
ed and ratified over a fresh bottle of
champagne.
At length the party began to think
of leaving and accordingly called for
the bilL Jerome produced his purse, .
but the king of Westphalia could only.
find 2 louts, which formed but a small'
portion of 200 francs, the amount of
the MIL The new dignitaries by club-
bing their wealth could only muster
about 3 francs.
What was to be done? At 1 o'clock;
by his wife, and the voyage was to in the morning where could resources
be their honeymoon trip. Fair be found? They determined to send
winds carried the ship under fullfor the master of the house and ac -
spread of canvas through the fro, quaint him how matters. stood. He
pies. Then, on the morning of seemed to take the frolic in good part
May 16, the officer in charge notic- and merely requested to' know their
eta breakers ahead. Almost at the names. Having told him, the restou-
moment when he called the Cap- rateur set his customers down as
thin, the vessel struck rock and be- sharpers and threatened .to send for
gar; to fill rapidly. She had gone the commissary of police. This alarm-
ed Jerome, who, seeing that the res-
taurateur.doubted them, banded over
his watch In payment. This watch
hall -been a present from Napoleon, and
on the back was the emperor's cipher
So quickly did the Swanhilda set- in brilliants.
tle down that the port and star- On examining the watch the restau-
board lifeboats were launched aim- rateur concluded that it had been'
uitaneously. But the fernier boat, stolen and took !t tor the commissary.
which contained the Captain and of police. The Inner, recognixing the.
imperial cipher, ran with It to the pre -
his wife, had scarcely touched the
water- when it was capsized by a tett The prefect flew to the minletee
great breaker. of the interior, and he In turn went to
the emperor at St.
The men in the starboard boatCloud Next morn -
were unable to render any help, ing the Iiooiteur scammed en ordi-
acd they saw Captain Pyne, hold- Hance to which Jerome' was ordered to
Westphalia at once and prohibited
ing his bride in his arms, disappear from conferring any appointments till '
beneath the waves. When the Chir- his arrival at his capltaL-T. P.'s Lon-
tecu sailors surviving out oi"a crew don Weekly.
of twenty-five tried to land on the
island they found the sea too rough
and were compelled to put out
again. Their boat was at the mercy
of the sea for some days, and they
lived on a little rain which they col-
lected. One man went mad and
struggle(' to leap oyerboard, and
although he was restrained he died
later from exhaustion.
SIGHTED A LIGHT HOUSE.
When they had almost abandon-
ed hope they, sighted a lighthouse
off the Argentine coast. A wireless
message was sent to the mainland
and they were taken ashore by an
Argentine gun boat.
The gunboat afterwards went to
Staten Island to search for any
me^ who might have swum ashore
wisen the port lifeboat was capsiz-
ed It discovered the bodies of
four men who had died from star-
vation, and a survivor who had
been driven insane by the terror of
his experience was found in a cave.
Eventually the man recovered. He
said that he and his comrades lived
for some on tins of grease and
ato shellfish when no more grass
remained.
Apparently he had lost his rea-
son when he found the body of
Captain Pyne and his bride locked
in one another's arms washed to
and fro by the waves.
ashore on a small island off Staten
Island, which lies near the South
American coast.
VESSEL SETTLED QUICKLY.
The Birmingham (England)
Trades Council recently set about
an inquiry into the condition of
bakehouses in the city, as regards
sanitation and the work and wages
of the bakers employed. The re -
associated with more than ordinary
injury to health. 2. The hours
worked are excessive, often exceed
in;; ninety per week, while the
wages are low. 3. In some bake
h m are rer aired to work
am
and other outhouses. 4, Leveler'.
accommodation in the sweating
character, and on a. scale of gran- dens is of the most primitive kind,
irc]y larking, a bucknt iii st
id the odors of adjacent stables
deur owing to the number of ships
engaged, were gone through.
Seven Dreadnoughts, two : Lord
Nelsons, three Tnvincihles, eight
King Edwards, six Queens, four
Purloins, two Triumphs, and five
Majesties formed the colossal bat-
tle fleet, not to mcntion a whole
seaful of cruisers,
The King followed all the curds -
es with the keenest attention, and
expressed deep satisfaction at' the
smart tactical work whieh he wit-
neased.
Four hundred thousand diamonds
are cut every year insone Amster-
dam factory alone.
ur ant
yard frequently constituting the
sole provision for washing. ii. ]tee-
forms are made exeeeelingly rlifli-
eta, even ter wellelieserttsd run.
players, by the tinsernfitil1il1t erne
petition of the gwratrrs, The
Operative Bakers' Am/elation erre
pose to .seek to be scheduled uncles
the Trade'Beanie Act Ilan other
measures have been thoroughly
tried. The Lord Mayor deprecates
this, belirviiig that the, workers
ear accomplish the object by organ-
isation. Professor Mei-rimed so-
dr;recc the report, and deseribes its
contents ee "it .national scandal.".
Berlin has 41,000.. trees in its Tie]gian girls are taught to iso
streets—more than any other city housework and marketing as part
in the world, of their school lessons.
Beginning at the Foundation.
The progressive people of the parish
were anxious to reconstruct and adorn
the ancient church, and the senior
warden wrote to the bishop about it.
"There are but two things to be done
In St. Gregory's," wrote the bishop in
reply. "Let the sexton keep it clean
and the parson keep it full."—Youth's
Companion.
When Franco Washed In Holland.
In the sixteenth century clothes were
sent from ell parts of France to be
washer? 1n holland, where the water
of the canals was supposed to have
apeolat cleansing properties, The cost
Of transport was about ten times great-
er'le those days than at present.
JUST HAD IT.
i -Te (at •breakfast next morning)0
--They say we are going to have
an early fall this year, my dear.
Sic (frigidly)—Judngi g from the
noise downstairs when you came in
at 2 this morning, should say
you had had a late fatl .1,
I
A woman may be able to do her In dch0o1 the ether day a ymrng Ind
awn housework, but alio always has was asked what he would rather bo
to gel) some other woman to, help when he grew up. "A stockholder," ise
her ,keep a secret, replied.—Argonaut, '
MIND YOUR TEETH.
The Value of Keeping the Mouth and
Gums Perfectly Clean.
A man is known by the teeth he
keeps. The worst thing that can hap-
pen to our teeth Is for them not to
have enough to do. It is the worst'
thing that can hnppen to us also.' Sete
itualized and cultured as we have be-
come, we still fight the battle of life
with our teeth. though we no imager
chew our enemies' ears or throats.
Bone cored, enamel coated and rock
ribbed as the bills, our teeth are .
more absolutely under our coutrol than
almost any other structure of the body:
Neglect them and they decay at once
Give them proper attention and they
will go on repairing themselves tot
forty, fifty, sixty years.
Give children plenty of roughening
food to chew, and they will get the
pearly vigor of the savage tooth wttt
the endurance of the. Caucasian's.
Above all, the food should be of such
a character as to give exercise and
massage to the gums. Part of this can
be given by plenty of coarse food In
addition to real food—not as a substi-
tute for it—and part by intentional and
vigorous friction with the toothbrush,
To brush the gums well is half ths.
value of brushing the teeth.
Keep the mouth and gums strictly
clean, and the teeth will take care of
themselves. There are thirty-three lis•
tinct named and labeled sorts of bacilli
or bugs in our mouths as normal parlor
boarders, but they'll behave with per.
feet propriety unless you give them
carrion to get Brunk on. -Dr. Woods
Hutchinson in Survey.
Bill Lange's Long Hit.
in an article on "Batting" in the
American Magazine Hugh S. Fuller-
ton describes as follows the longest hit
ever recorded:
"Lange, who was of the middle ages
of the genre, made a hit in Ciudnnati
which is regarded by many us the
longest hit ever, made. The ball clear-
ed the center field fence, which wen,
on top of a high embankment, sailed
across Western avenue; went throiigb
the window of a saloon and wile
found behind the bar, The bit trade
a fortune for the saloon, as ?sig crowds
went be see the ball on exhibition,"
Domestic Economy.
"My wife threatened if I didn't get
her a new hat she'd go home to her
mother."
"Why didn't you let herr"
"Her railroad fare would cost more
than the hat."r-Boston Transcript.
Bright Bey,