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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1910-10-27, Page 3IDLENESS AND PiiVERTY 'THEY AffeS RESULTS OF YEARS OF MISRULE IN COREA, s (rho Monotony and Decries' That Char- aeterizo Oorean Towns Aro Outcome of Ocetruption That Dates Away Back Into Middle Ages--Japanote and Their Methods Are Not Wel- come, But Are Inevitable, , Tho 'gelation which teemed or Co; ri vr ,,„ nee ite01 the nA emo tee .41.arrrhi. geme has oleo preserved its peculiar ous- ts:ens unchanged. In the costumes of he People, which seorn Mere suitable for a comic opera. than praotioal use, the primitive constructien of bouses and the national customs Oorea, to- day is practically the Corea of a thousand years ago. • , To -day tbe traveler who crosses from Japan may land at the harbor of Buten, becauee it has been select. ed as the railroad centre of the goune try by the Japanese. The/first im- preseion`uponslanding is the absolute1 lack of any color. Southern Corea is, practically destitute of trees. Its for - wits were chopped down, the story' goea, in order the more easily to do away with the country'e thrmer' scourge, the tiger; more probably the reason, was that the people needed; •wood and with typical improvidence lorgot to plan for the future. The impretsion<if the ceuntry on nearing land is therefore of darkness, the town heel adding only the gleam. ling white 'of sandy, sun -baked streete and costumes equally white in effect if not too closely examined, for the °means, men and women alike, savej those of the epper classes, wear eurie ous white cotton garments consisting of long baggy -trousers and a long coat of simple out that closes with a bow. near the right shoulder. For the mar- ried men the effeot is matte even more ridiculous by it Week hat, narrow of. brim and high of crown, under which' their long hair must be gathered izs a knot The appearance of Corean towns and cities, even of Seoul, the eanital, is monotonous autt depressing once the impression of universal and com- plete poverty, filth and decay has Worn off. For though social distinc- tions are said to be as strict in this country as they are in others they have ne outward expression in the laiode of living, for with the exception of 'court and king the nation lives in mud huts, usually of two rooms, cov- ered with straw roofs and opening in the back on small yards or compounds surroueded by mud walls of varying but formidable height. Sanitation in spite of the efforts of the religious missions and the Japan- ese is practically noteexistbnt; the heating in winter is done in a kang, a stove similar to that of the Oh[. nese, in which the fire is made under- neath the stone floor. It gives no warmth at all or makes the room un - endurably hot, besides being 'very dangerous. The chimney is a hole in the side of the house near the ground. In the compound domestic animals are kept if the family possesses any, and in, one corner sunk into the ground are the kimshi jars. ICimsbi es the universal winter food, a ere- i"erttion of cabbage, tomatoes, onions led peppers tightly packed, cote ered with straw and set aside to fer- ment. The older the mixture and the atronger the odor the greater delicacy it is considered. The street picture increases the im- pression of a hopeless poverty against which the people have ceased to strug-, gle. There is little activity. A few ox drawn carts go slowly lumbering by end occasionally men pass carrying enormous loads on their backs, for in Clothe man is the commonest beatt of Inn den, The majority of the population in various states of drese and undress; aro stretched out in the little spots e of shade, sleeping, laughing or teasing ono motile'. Idleness leads te; scuffles here and there, but as a rule graceful lethargy prevails. , Naked chilchen leas, in the dirty sewer water, which usually runs through a ditch in the middle of the street. Every- where is indescribable filth and a calm acceptance of it. ; , The reason commonly given for the. condition of this pauper kiegdoni is the official corruption,which is of such ancient date that it has almost become honorable. From the king th the lowest man in anthority stealing, or squeezing as it is called in the east, was the common means of exist- ence, openly carried on. If any citi- zen built a house, owned property, or e showed other indication of means he, or one of his relatives was promptly imprisoned and the lumpy was forc- ed to ransom What the official stole from the pea - pie the courtier took from his inferior end the king helped himself univer- sally. When the people had nothing left the king sold to wealthy nobles the right to coin money, which they made the most of by using any in- ferior metal and by continuing even after the right had expired,. The come try was soon so lull of debased coins that at one port there wore quotations current in 1901 for 01 Government 9101(610 (2) firat-olass counterfeits; (3) 'medium class eounterfeits, and (4) eounterfeits so poor as to be passable only after dark. The result of this system was that all manner of work was discouraged until labor fel into discredit, 'Why armee wealth that would surely be stolen? One class copied the lesson el idleness from its superiors Witie the result that oven the poorest and lowliest eitizen considered labor be- , Death him. The Careens can inake no effective opposition to the Japanese, for povers ty, lack of arms and organization make their efferts useless against the large and well -train Japanese army, eigainat Japanese superiority as a thee and Japanese advantages of expert, mien and training in matters political mad social. Gress Matches, A stlef grater width is groem abetie tiredly in Inela it Mead for tiecks Itt InAlsiteettuttelms in that country, PARRIED OFF BY A LION. thrilling Experience, of a Ranger In the Trantiveel, Two men nt letiat have given tle- counts of their SeneetIons wben they wore (Milled eff by liens -the great eX1 jeerer LIvingstoge ond a emu mulled Wolbuter, a ritisger of geeme preserves In the Transmit. Woleuter's idvn' tur Is ,not secondary In iuterest te Livingstone's ,experience. Efts story, Which WAS attested by the certifiente of the magistrate of the distelee wee subetairtially as follows; He wee riding along a Rafe' path about- on hour after sunset. It had been a long unwell, tied tie bad pushed Op µhead of his couninuiene. His deg harked, at sohiething, and a womeni later Wolbuter SOW a lion crouebing close to him on the right Liana side, The ranger turned his horse sharply, eireumstance that no doubt caused the lion to miss the apring. Wolhuter was unseated, At the same moment he saw enother lion coming from the opposite direction. The horse rushed off, with the first lion in pursuit, and the second lion picked Wolhuter almoet before he touched the groned end gripped intn by the right shoulder in such a position that he woe face up, with his legs and body dragging underneath the beast. The lion trottdd down the path, uttering a loud, growling. purring noise. Wolhuter's sensations were not those of Livingstoue, *who said he was in a state of apathy, with entire absence el pain during the time the lion had him. The game ranger suffered terribly, both mentally and physically, and saw no possible way of escape. e'ee lion took him nearly 200 yards. . Suddenly Wolhuter bethouglit him of Ids sheath knife, which he cerried In his belt behind his right hip. On reach, Mg a large tree with overhanging roots the lion sfopped, whereupon Minter stabbed him twice In'the side mini hin left hand. It was aseerteined after- ward that the fleet stab touched the bottom of the heart and that the sec- ond one slit it down for some distance. The lion Immediately dropped Woe Miter, and again the game ranger struck tem, this time in the threat, severing an artery, . The Ithe_jutnped back end stood Inc. Ing him, growling, Wolhuter seram• bled 1.0 his feot, shouting at the top of his lungs. tie expected the beast to come at biro again, but it did not. In. stead, it turned slowly and. still growl - lug, went a few paces. Soon ils growls turned to moans. These, In turn, ceased, and tlieranger knew that the beast was then dead, Wellniter got np the tree as fast as his Injured arin ' would permit, and hardly was be seated whet' the first lion, which had been after the horse, canie back on the trail of blood. By this time the plucky 'anger was so faint that he tied himself to the tree to prevent himself from falling out. He was found by his companions, who took him to a place of safety. The liewhe had killed was au old male,.aud tbe weapon used was an ordinary sheath knife. -New York Tribune. Peculiarities of Lichens. The lichen Is remarkable for the great age to which it lives, there being good grounds for believing thnt the plants endure for 100 Tears. Their growth is exceedingly slow, almost be- yond belief, indicating that only a lit- tle nourieliment is necessary to keep them alive. In a dry time they bave the power to suspend growth alto- gether, renewing It again at the fall of rain. This peculiarity alone Is enough to make tbe lichen a vegetable wonder, ns it is a property possessed by no other species of tenet. Another interesting fact about lichens Is that they grow only Where tbe air is free /nen dust and smoke. They may be mild to be a sure Indication of the pu- rity of the•air, as they are never found growing In cities and towns where the atmosehere is impregnated with dust, soot, smoke and other impurities. Tingling Ears. If your ears burn, people say, sonie oue is talltiug about you. This is very old, for Pliny bays, "When our ears do glow and tingle some do talk of us In our absence." Sbakespeare in "Much Ado About Nothing" mnites'Beatrice say to Ur- sula and Hero, who bad been talking of her, "What tire is in mine oars!" Sir Thomas Browue ascribes this conceit to the superstition of guardian angels, who touch the right ear if the talk is favorable and the left if °thee- wiem This Is done to cheer ot• bne ear tingles, some there be That are snarling now at mel The Advice Seeker. "When a men asks tue for advtce," said the good mitered person. "1 al- ways tInd myself getting into a dis- cussion." "Web," replied Mr. Sirius Barker, "most of us ask for advice bedtime we would rather argue than work." - Washington Star. ' Um:waled. 11/r. Itheentmarrie twbo has plunged O spoon Intr., (Reit preparntory to help- ing to the traddium-Wity, Mitry, I feel steno hard, smooth, round things. In the dish. I weeder what they eiM be. Mrs. Deceuttnarrte-Why. they're eggs, jehnt there nre stx, lust as the recipe seys.-Chleago NeWs. Stupid People. Telveler-Lineetet yoU a thee table? SWUM) Agent -We used te have ofie netil the people began to think the troins were supposed to keep to IL- Pliegentio Matter. Happinessle reflective, like the Ilght of heaven,-Irvings Whole Chinese Empire Going In For Various Forme ef Ediscatien, During the lea year or two tlie Chi. nose have taken up wireless lele• fleaPhY with especial earnestness, fitutee a writer who returned Irvin that country not lopg ago after the third visit of six Months' &teatime to the Cideeee empire in the last ten years. Two hundred men are studying it in e school established by the Government espeelally for the purpoee. There ere marlY wireless 'stations at Tibet. fend even the small Chinese river gunboata are equipped with wirelese, The whole ernMre to -day, in short, is a seem of amazing military end educa- tional ectivity. Wherever1 went on the trains I saw military camps, ia which Part of the 5,000,000 aensy which China is mobilizing, is being trained. Sehools aro being opened literally by thousands, 'Dare are railroad school's, telegraph schoole, postoffice schools, oustom house' schools normal echools, laboratories, muscains and libearies. The teachers in these schoole are part. by foreign, but rigidly native, All these schools have recently been estab- lished by the Imperial Government itself to further the national desire for being up to date. The Ohineee, admire the English-speaking racee, and turn their thumbs up as a sign of gratification whenever they see one: of 911T fellow -countrymen. In spite of the fact that the Im- perial Governineet is giving the Chi- neseeevery possible concession in thii way of education, there is eonsider4 able dissatisfaction at being governed under a regency, China's last three monarchs have been babies when the{ first came th the throne. The Chinos: feel that they are passing through 4 critical period of their history, and that they need especially now a full. grown man to govern them. For this reason, what might be called China'a "anti -baby" feeling is very strong. Making Cigarette Paper. Rite paper, with which cigarettes are mode, has nothing to do with rice, but is made from the membranes of the breadfruit tree, or, more cove monly, of fine, new trimmings of flax and hemp. France makes eigar- ette papers for the whole world. tho output of Austria and Italy being insignificant. So light is this paper that 600 of the tiny sheets goes to the ounce.. They are perfectly combustible, and give off the minimum of smoke. Be- fore being rolled with tobacco they are analyzed to prove that they are free from deleterious ingredients and that they contain nothing but the purest paper fiber. Only new material -flax and hemp trimmings -is used, and these are thoroughly purified. Chopped by, machinery into minute particles, they -are well mixed by a revolving fan, and then reducecl almost to dust. This is placed in a solution of lime and soda. • In order that every foreign sub- stance may be eliminated it under- goes a thorough washing process, the water being obtained from artesian wells sunk for the purpose. The pulpis again crushed and* rolled out into paper. This is of a grayish tinge and the pure white of the fire:Shed leaf is obtained by an electric process, which also cleanses it of all possible impurities. Amended it. When Xing George was Prince ot Wales one of his body servants wise once trying to explain to Sir Arthur. Bigagee some incident that had taken pl "Me and the prince" -he began, when Sir Arthur pulled him up. .- "You should say 'the prince aui he observed. The man looked at him for e. moment a.nd then said: "I beg pardon, sir, but I did not kuow you wore there at all. Howe ever, you and me and the prince." * Sir Arthur was compelled to laugh at this and, alter another attenipt to explain to the man how the story. ehould be told, was content to let hint 'tell it in his own fashion.--Pearson's Weekly. Down in Princeton there is a baby four months old who has not yot been christened. It has worried the friendel of the parents, for theyare anxious te know what. the child is to be called, The other day a friend of the father stopped him on the street and said: "Neale?" the baby yet?" "No, not yet," was the answer. "Well, why don't yoti name him?" "What's the use? He's red-headedl isn't he?" "But what difference does that • make?" "All the difference i.n the world, wouldn't do us any good to name,htmi The kids wouldn't call him by it any; how." Curved Bridges of Japan. ..-The °sieved bridges of Japan are ot three kinds-lirst, those known AS spectacle bridges, with an arch in tie centre suggesting a pair of speetachej second,the camel back bridges, whice go III:every high indeed; third, the OT, dinary one arele semicircular bridges. The reason the. Jiteemese to often have, curved bridged is beet -Luso until mod, ern times they could not build them fiat, anti evert to -clay there is no key stone to the Japanese arches. They are not generally familiar with the keystone. A great many of twO classeS of bridges -the camel back and .elet high eurved bridgea-are found in the palace grounds at Pekin, in China. A Tragedy.. "Deoeiver!" she /defied. "I hate you I" ' "Hate me I" gasped her allelic:ed. .""Vehy, it W018 only yesterday you said SO',, loved every bier ale ray head." "Yee, but YHA every hair on yettr shoulder!" elle eetorted AS SIM held up A bit of golden evidence. The Diamood. While the diamone is the berdest substance khown, it is also brittle rind may be fractured by a blow. 'tut 11 1118 pineed hetwcee two hard steel facea in 11, bytiteulie prese and ie slowly aceelerating preesure Applied the bard steel will become indented, THE TAMP ilEPUEI410,. France's Lateet Fortis of Goveimment New Over 40 Yeare Oki, Oe September 4, 1870, Leon Gam. betta, speaking Me' himself cted 'other radical members of the Legielative Assembly, announced the deposition of ethe 13onapartis1. dynesty and the establishment of the republic, This 'wee two clays after the battle of Se- dan, in the I•'rtineo-German war, and the eapture of Ilitheirlalion'e urine and Napoleon ill. The eainpaign entered tuxes so confidently by that potentate thne collapsed and he was a prisoner in the hands of the Germans. 00 tbe evening of the 4th the government of mite:mat defence was eetablished, with Gen. Troehu at the head. While this wae being clone the Emmert% Eugenie, difieuised, fled secretly front Paris and entered Belgium, on her way to 'England, where she has resided ever since. The governmental scheme which was created on September 4 has last- ed 40 years and le stronger to -day than it ever was in the past. In duration it has outlived any other system which France has had since the overthrow of Louis XVI. and the' Bourbons in 1792. The first republic, which began in 1792, lasted, in its' various shapes, until 1804, When it gave way to the erst empire, onder Bonaparte, and that was subverted ht 1814, in the war waged against' Bonaparte by combined Europe. It was succeeded by the restored Bour- bon monarchy wider Louis XVIII. in 1814, which went down in the revolu-' tion of July, in 1830, Charles X, then' being at its head. The Orleanist monarchy of ihe Citizen Ring Louis Phil/Ape, which nvas created in 1830, was submerged in the storm of 1848, and the second republic was started, which gatre place.- to the second om- pin ±0 1852, under Napoleon III., arid this collapsed at Sedan, when the n5115e01 regime came into being. Thus the third republic has had a longer career than that of any two of its predeceseers since 1792. For several years it was conceded to be only an experiment, which endured' because a majority . of the French people could not unite upon any other form of government. Along , until the ensi of the Presidency iu 1879 of Napoleon Tiles old warrior, MaelvIalion, there was doubt as to whether it would weather the storms* which seemed to be gathering around it. Even as recently as 1889, iii the Boulanger scan the smIvsnst of tls Man. on Horsobeek was uftert very confidently predicted. But it paned through the teptative stage before the death of Presidt•nt Carnet in 1004, and is now a permanency. Just four days after Genes:Ate proclaimed the establishment of the republic the United States cabled its recoguition of the new regime and welcomed 10 at the council board of the nations. Five months later it was recognized by the great powers of Europe. Its alliance with. England and Russia and its ententes with other countries gives France a larger influence in the affairs of the world .than it exerted previously since tho days of Bona- parte's pewee in the first republic a The Careful Sentry. The young private had been posted as sentry on C squadron stables. But, lo, when the sergeant of the guard came round on his visit he was no- where to be seen. The sergeant was about to depart to make inquiries when there tame a rustling noise from' O heap of straw and the sentry stood before him minus his boots and look- ing very sleepy. "Hello!" cried the sergeant. "Here you are, eh? Where were you when I cense round just now?" "Marehin' thettel," was the sentry's reply, given in tones of conscious virtue. 'Marchin' round, were you? Why; you've got yotir boots off!" • "Yes, sergeant; I took 'em off so'e I shouldn't wake the 'ossettl"-Lone don Tit -Bits. ••• DOT A SHORT JUMP BACKWARD, Co Indications Point to a Reversion to Primevel Oonditions? Society is going in for rooted Na- nette cabbage, fruits, and other an- cient food staplea, canapes, euvier and father rich, inodern delicaelee are being taboed, It eeerns, as thspen. dere" have become clistroetful of them. Perhaps We are swerving, pre. paring to turn back. Women are breaking into the our. suits of mete In Paris there are many eabwomen and in some of our cities in the wed policewomen. There are women lawyere, women barbels, bartendere, ferment, phyeicians and. journalists. Women • are smoking cigarettes, and the mon, scene of them, are trying to break themselvee of the habit. On the other hand men are brealc-' ing into the purenits of women, They are becoming' cooks and buttlewash- ers. In Londoji some etethe men do tile ironing, the washing, the darn- ing, and the cooking. Many men are marrying for money and living idle lives. tip in the uir men ore trying to imitate the birds. Down below, in automobilee, they are trying to imi- tate the wind. Ono ,wonders if we are going back to original conditions, PT9/11 the working women aucl the idling men of to -day it is but a short jump back- ward .to the ledians who loitered in the woods while the squaws did all the work, From the women who smoke cigarettes to -day it is but a Short step backward to the women who used to smoke clay pipes. Per - 'haps it won't be long before we are again swinging airily among the trees, from limb to limb, knocking down cocoanuts. WILL NOT HAVE THEM SPOILED. Queen Mary a Spartan When It Comes to Keeping Children's Tastes Simple. Mellen it comes to imbuing her chil- dren with simple tastes, Queen Mary, of England, surely has all other royal mothers "steeped." A certain young' Malan, who is a great favorite with' the royal children, whom she knows through their French governess, re eelved an evidence of the length to whieh the Queen goes in this respect. The young woman in queshemwhen the little Prince- John, a special pet of lwrs, was ill a short time ago, begged to be allowed to send him a Tedily beer, to replace a worn-out one be had been in the habit of taking to bed with him, after the fashion of snany ehildren, royal ansi. therwiso. The Queen consented that the prince should accept the gift and the friend straightway purchased the largest, fat- test and most elaborate Teddy bear possible, which she despatched to the ',alum. Her surprise was great when the beer came back again to her with a Mike note from the Queen saying that she always liked the children to have only the most unpretentious toys, and that as Prince John's last Teddy bear was but a quarter of the size of the present one she considered It would be better to have the same kind. The astonished young women hurriedly exchanged the large, ro- bust and costly Teddy for a meet mod- est specimen of the breed. The same treatment is accorded Prindess Mary. Her dolls have alwaye been of a simple kind, and she is re- quired to make their clothes herself, in the intercede 41 stitching' flannel petticoats for the poor, with vhicli task she oceurees much of her time. The Birth of Reform Schools. The first eeform :school for juvenile delinquents was probable the one or. ganized at Metray, near Louvre, }ranee, about the year 1809 by 111. de Tetz, a noted councillor of Parie. M. de Tete found in some wealthy noblemen the nnaneial assistance he needed to ineterialize his idea, area the school was started with the moat beneficent results. The idea was taken hold of in other quaeters ',Jet only of France, but of other continental coun- tries and the eethusiasm created by the work resulted in the grand "con - The Thioving Arabs. "Their whole lives are given up to the breedieg of their flocks and herde and th systematic robbery," Write,e Douglao Caruthers of his experiences tont in northwestern Arabia. "The Bed- noin lives in his for a week at a time or until the fit comes over him, and he calls his companions, and off they go ou a foray to steal camels in order to increase their own herds. The Arab's great idea is to possess e nfie, for that means power. In ether to do this he must steal camels. So, having stolen camels, he purchases 41 rifle. Then come more raids to take more e.amels, this time in order to buy! O wife, Camels are their sole means of exchange." A Fair Proposition, A popular comedian mei playwright viAli praising the immeshes value of seggestions, "It is funnier to suse gest ta thing," he said, ethan to say it out. Playwrights should remember tine. Suggestion --pregnant sugges- tion -is what =keg really funny the little buy's remark to his father. 'Pa,: if you help ,1r,e with my arithmetic lesson to -night I'll tell yott where ma hid your trousers.' " Altogether Wrong. ' eaid the blooining daughter of the household, "I wish you would- n't call young Mr. Softleigh 01 popim: jay,'' "And why not?" ' "Because he isn't a jay, and there doesn't seem to be eny hope of 1114 Bucharest. The population of Bucharest is about 300,000. Tho houses are mostly of one or two stories in the resideatial sec- tion arid built, separately with a great deal of open space. The eite is vary tvidesprend and covers! Ali area a about twenty-five square nines. A F'amout Palece. The palace in the Rue de Lille once owned by lempresa Josephine's eon, Eugene de Beauheruois, Viceroy of Italy, over shut() the battle of Writer - loo has been the home of the Prue - elan representative en the haeks ol the Sothis. ferenee of the reformatory union, the real beginning of our present day work in behalf of juvenile delinquents. The Hours ef the D The ancient Egyptians divided the day and night into twelve hours each, a custom adopted by the Jews and Greeks probably from the Babylon- ians. The clay was first divided into hours in Ronie by L. Papirius Cursor., ' who about B.C. 293 erected a sun dial in 110 tsnspbe of , . the invention of water clocke • (1.58 B.C.) the time was called at Rome by public criers. In England itt early times the measurement of lime was uncertain, One expedient was by wax caadles, three inches burning un hour aud six wax candles burning tweet), Lou r hours, or a day. His Last Breath. The refleetions upon the value of ; beeatle writes a correepondent, etecall an old riddle which asked what it was 1 that no num wiehed to take and no man wished to give up. Tbe anawer was, His leet breath. Charles Lamb had an epicurean desire concerning his mini last breath, hall sd -lin'h at, any rat comes home to mane of us. Macready heard hint express the hope that 1th might draw it in through a pipe and exhale it in a pun. Certalle ly that would be the most preteens breeth reeord.-Landon Clerrinicee • A Rain Trap. In a time of distressine drought, says a writer in The Yorksbee Post, a harassed amateur ogriculturiet step- ped into a elicit) to buy a barometer. 'Ilie'shopritan watt giving a few stereo- typed instruction:, ibout inditeatioes end pressures wlice ihe purebaser impetiently ..",•titerrupted him. - ''Yes, yes, said' he, "that's nil tight, but what 1 want to know is how' do you set it when pee went it to rain?" . Each In His Own Field. Papit--See that spider, my tooy, epinning hie web. Is It net wontlerfet? Do you rafted thee try fie he mey, tie man could epin that web? jelitiny-What of it? See me spi this top? Do you relieve tty aaIse num ho tjaider coeld epin this top? BFoNTENCE SERMONS. Service provessympathy. Hoarding 115 ceasing to Imre.. Self-knowledge cures self-love. Letting truth in Ireely lets it io ,Nts bemire conferred can coefer honor. The religion of the "1," is the blindest of all. . A. plat 'of heaven gives no proprie- tary interest in the, place. Ono of the best ways ft) lose your fears is to find your foes. To fillet yourself up from elf sor- row is to shut yutself up to it. . Fear of discovery ofteu masqbert eedes as the voice of conscience, They who strike out new paths must expect to be accused ef wan- • , A good many imagipe t11030 £.4%4 virtuous when they are only yam - 005. The good in the guise of the had becomes ally to the bad in the guiee of the good. The farther a man is from being real master the more he wants to be a boss. If faces are tickets to heaven it is going to take some saints s, loeg time to arrive. . When your religion is an umbre: la laid up for a rainy day the wee., ther is apt to be deceitful. No man ever got any important place by teaching other people their places. Some never get over the wonder that folks so important as them salves should go to. church. Judged be their prayers, some ace trying hard to take, the Lord in. Have 1003 any right to condemn the vicious when we melee the con- ditions of virtue so hard7 We are all likely te think that kinship to the heavenly father must be established' by likeness to our- selves. The only reason some believe they are saints is that their neighboss wish they lived in another world. The doctrine that .providenee never bothers you as long as you are miserable gives great comfort to many. Some meet who talk a lot about: a , faithless ministry would have to fit !if the preacher told the truth about them. When you hear a man boasting of Isis virtue you ere quite likely to find the fear of the penitentiary driving hirn to it. It is natural to object to the col. lection at every meeting, but you have to remember it has revealed a whole lot about human nature. HEROES OF FAMOUS CBARGE. -- Most of the StUrriTOTS of Light Bri- gade, 'Dependent on Charily: There are believed to be only thirty-two survivors of the rank .and file who took part in the historic charge of the Light Brigade at Ba- laclava, and of these twenty-two are in necessitous circumstances, says the London Daily Telegraph. The oldest is 86 years of age, and but for philanthropic effort he and his companions would have had their last days overshadowed by want. At a moment when the thoughts of the nation have been fixed once more upon -the Crimean campaign by the death of Miss Florence Nightingale, the need for money to aid these old heroes will assuredly not be allowed to exist for a single day. It is thirteen years since Mr. T. H. Roberts es- tablished the Balaclava, Light Bri- gade Survivors' Relief Fund. • At the banquet then held seventy-four men attended, andit was discover- ed that several of them wore spend-' ingtheir last days in workhouses - forgotten and neglected. In the intervening years moro than half these heroes have gone to their rest, and it is a duty which the natien owes tu itself thee none of the survivors shall be again per- mitted to need any ofthe simple coinforts which can Enid a solace to their last days. The work of aiding these veterans, it need hardly be added, has lust a sympathizer and supporter in Miss Nightingale. The money which goes to these , neglected heroes is well spent. They are 8aut weekly peusions by post, anti when at length the "Last Post" sounds each or the uld men receives 0. decent funeral. FA C ti STAR. V A 'RON . • A. Fish Famine Threatens the Pee- • pie of lea mch at lea. Complaints have reached St, Peteesburg from Itatachatka, that the population of that peniesula 115 threatened with famine this win- ter 0 win g to the scarcity, of fish, which is the ethnic diet, of 8,000. JtaIf1011atlCOlm tied. iheie 11,000 sledge dogs. The report tele caused su rp ri so, beceute Kanie h a tka isas always been eeesidered omi or the, eichest countries in the world as re- gards fish, Since twee huivever, Japanese fiehartnen, by blocking the amtuar- ies, have CR light or destroyed mil- lions of fish ne, spawning tittle, when they trievel in inummee sleuths from hes sea up the ere. The Mai\ o 11,41011)1On si ion iismi 1 a1 oil this pro - (tootling, with the rohult that the ICamehalkan strotims are now prrtr. tiredly denuded of 11 , and the pnot people are teeing gametic:et, THE FRINCg or NvALZS. flhs Father Wishes HIM to be 0-004 ebots Ridee end, Ciielteter. The young Peince of Walt% le na- turally. a sporteman, but his father is taking the greatest of palm to make hire a good shot, rider and criekter, knowing well here theee accomplishments apeeeal to the crowd tn this country. Tbe boy, made an excellent impression lately by sending 90 subscription to the popular ground euperintendent of a, Loedon, -ericket club, who, after twenty-five years, wee enjoying te "benent," and he followed this tip by: playing remarkably well in a ortoket match arranged at Balmoral Castle between the Royal Houee- hold and a leeal team. For the first thne the young Prime° has thie- season beea out shooting grouse, end on the first day he acquitted himself well, but in regard to fishing he ie not so • keen or so expert as his brother, -Prince Albert, melte can already "gest a fly" es well as many of his seniors. The next spore to which the Prince of Wales will be initi- ated is hunting, and for this pur- pose two horses are being specially trained at Sandringham. Be will, next month, when the Gourt returns to Windsor, go through a conree of riding and jumping at the Cavalry Barracks under the tuition of a. non-commissioned officer of the • Royal liouee Guards, and some- time after Christmas he will make his first appearance in the hunt- ing field. with a famous pack of hounds in the Windsor District. King George does not,. however, allow the Heir Apparent to think of sport and nothing else. He is etill with his old tutor, Mr. Hcemsell, a, giant of six feet four inches, who .exaets the sternest discipline dur- ing vacations, and the mornings at Balmoral aro spent in study and what may be called "lessons in kingship.' The boy devours history and is keenly interested in it, but he is not proving a great linguist. . His manner is extremely serious in public, and he has the ''shy frown" which he has Mherited from his mo- ther, Queen Mary, who, by the way, is daily adding to her reputation for ding kindly acts in an unostenta- tious manner. This "frown" is no- thing more than a peculiar forma- tion of the eyebrows inherited from the Duke of Tek, Queen Mary's father, who NVLIS in reality one of the jolliest of mankind,- as are his sons, Prince Alexander and Prince Francis of Teck. MICItOSCOPE USED NOW. To Determine the Structure of Dif- ferent Hinds of Wood. Not very long ago timber was se- lected entirely according to its ex- ternal appearance, says the Scien tific American. The diameter and length of the piece, the straightness of grain, sometimes the weight, suf- ficed to determine both its commer- .cial value and its destination. It is very different now -a -days. Wich the increase in consumption and the decrease in the local pro- duction of wood, it has become necessary to transport timber of every variety and of many places of origin. Furthermore, the diver- sified industries of the present day require a corresponding diversity in the wood employed. It is eviden•t that very different qualities are required for an um- brella handle, a barrel stave, a bile e ------ Bard eue, a carriage frame, etc. The hand magnifying' glass, which was first employed, has ceased to suffice for the exact determination of the structure of the wood. The compound microscope is now used for the minute and careful examin- etion of longitudinal and transverse sections of a specimen of timber the commercial value and the proper in- dustrial employment of width •it 18 desired to determine. - a-- CORONATION naos. unprecedented Amount or DecOrat Dons Being PreParett Already the makers of flags, bunt. „ing and street 'decorations o Eng. laud are working overtime in view or the Coronation, though it wilenot take place until next June. "It is quite a conservative esti- mate te say that at least $2,600,000 worth of liege and other etublems • will be shown in elle London streets the clay Ring George is crowned," said the London manager of a large firm of ilag-makers, who supply tho wholesale houses, the other day. `Our mills in Manchester are al- ready working overtime, for tloe. wholesale fume aye piecing theie orders new. Already wo have in store immense quantities of flags of Ira tvio elon bo:: ebrso.0 aid mit end p fur, d are being held at the dis- 150881 "There is every indieation that themosti, popular flag will he tho naval ensign -0 tribete to the "Sni,, hor rni•on jacks are more than hold- ing thoh• own, hut a vast quantity or Colemial tinge has been ordered. teinedian, Anstraliae, NOW Zea, 11511(1, Cnpe Cranny, Toon.tvaat and Naini flap ttto licIng heavily ot, dered."