HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1901-1-17, Page 7THE POWERSINDEMMTY.
China WoLIid Not Object to Pay Two
Hundred Millions,
A despatch from Pekin says; -There
is considerable talk about the amount
of the indemnity to be demanded by
the allies, and about China's .ability
t
o a 't
r . (While iti '
Pay r . �
s t encase; 10 at
this time to state acouratoly the ani-
ount of drxmages directly traceable to
the Boxer uprising; $000,000,000 is gen-
erally mentioned as the baaia,
Tho national indemnities aro what
wind swell the bill. 'These bilis aro for
the movement of ',reeve. Germany's la
the biggest of all, It can be stated
that her bill will bo from 41500,000
to 410,4300,000. England, according to
a rnan who au'gbt to "know, will come
next cattle a claim of about 012,000,-
000. Franca has not spent £5,000,000.
and Italy only appropriated 30,000,000
ertenos.
Russia's action in withdrawing from
the concert of the powers and reaching
an agreement with Chinn to sign a
treaty at St. Petersburg indicates
that that Government need hardly be
me:laded in the matter of Indemnities:
If .he makes any ;demand at all the
aliment will certainly by asmall Dna,
The elaim of the United States iso$eo
comparatively small, and will hardly
exceed0'0
$G0,O0,UU,
Taking all olaines into ounsideration
and allawmg 41,000,000 mere to cover
e4ery other public expenditure and to
build a palam to..replaoe every Lega-
tion building that woe bit by a ballot
during the siege, a very liberal oa11m.
ate 01 the damages that oouid be aqua
tably easeased. would bo frau £Eenen-
000' to :000,000,000.
Perseus ,who are beat informed as to
China's finances, including air Bobert
Hurt, the Imperial Direotrrr of Mari
Lime Customs, say she trill be able to
raise' this sum an her own credit wine -
out any foreigncontrolof her re-
venues.
Talc:ng r40,001,000as an equitable ad-
justment of the Indemnities, the bill
would require a reduction oe the money
captured by the allies at Tien-Tsin and
Pekin. Tho anlount.of tbis loot is es-
timated as high as £10,000,000.
HELPING THE BRITISH.
wo-n
The Cape Dutch Disapprove of the
Boer Raid,
A despatch from Gape Tlotwn, says;
-Rho mounted infantry from Cape
Town 000upiod Picka;neer's kloof
evlibbout opposition before the .Boer
invaders could reach that place. The'
eycliet corp;' has arrived at Clan Wil-
liam. No Beers' were seen en either
of bheeto distriots,
tithe docks are guarded by blueja
ets'and marines. Convalescent
diens are taking their plaoos in guard-
ing the B'ior Prisoners on shipboard.
On the Picquetberg road, the
Boers occupying Clelvinia and Suth-
erland consist of two columns, one
advancing in the iliroction of Clan'
William, and the ether towards War -
pester, or in tbis direotian. All pas-
ties in front of Wo•roester have been
occupied by seasoned troops, which
are gathering at strategic points.
T,ho tranquil Dutch openly disap-
prove of the reed, many even sending
horses tb the British owing.
STARVING CHINESE.
I'amlue and'niseaae. Are Crowing Wo
Iuitcatt of 'leiter,
A despatch Lo'o'm St. Petersburg
ports that according to news recall,
from Tokio nd the Japanese Legati
the famine, disease and general en
ery in certain parts of the Chin
Province of Pechili are growing worse
instead of better. The Russian n
American officers have been most go
emus, and are still supplying a co
enterable quantify of rice and oth
foodstuffs, to the sufferers, but the
oharity is insufficient.
frhousands of ragged peasants you
into Pekin, demanding food and clot
Ing. They bay beton rendered pra
ticallt- destitute by the severity of th
winter. The 'hospitals are overgrow
ed,•and even private dwellings aro fu
of aka paupers. The Chinese author
times are heartless, and the 7;ngit<c
and German tepees are indifferent t
the suffering they see about the
although it is reported treat larg
sums forwarded by both the Englls
-and Garman courts for charitable pu
poses have been stolen by the natty
ntuelieritles, to %boon they ware en
trul3ted for distribution,
eighty thousand pounds of rice an
A teuuntity of clothes haw° been sent
past haste from Tokio to aid in the
relief work,,
EMPLOYING PRISONERS.
Boers at St, Helena Ara Building
Roads and Other Works,
A despatoh_from. London says ;- It
its apparently not intended to pond
any prisoners to Great Broad Bot-
tom camp, St. Helena., as the two
rnadieai officers hent out to be ate -
Leaned there have been ordered home,
and the tents and other material have
been brought en. The large wood and
o1- inon buildings erected here remain,
eel- and will net be reiyved. Two hun-
dred more prisoners ore on the way
there with a gutted of 80 Helen of the
Gloucester Regiment,
In addition to the 40 odd prisoners
employed by the Colonial Government
la the coustruotlon of a road round
the cliffs on the sea -face, a number
have been pemployod in the erection
of the new crane. There are some.
skilful workers among them -the
majority are Scandinavians -and in a
few weeks they have successfully co -
Meted, under the directLon of Baron
had been vainly attempted for -many
weeks previously. There remains yet
a small portion of the foundations un-
•
der water to be laid; tvhen thinevork
is completed the rest will be easy.
ENEIYIY WERE DbFBATED
roe
re-
ad
on Highlanders and Royal Irish Kill
is-
ese 25 Boers.
A despatoh from Pretoria, :says:-
nd Under cover of a thiels fog the Boers
attacked the British garrisoas at Pan,
n- Wonin
derfonte, Beli'ast, Wlfdfoniein,
and Dalmanutha ,between midnight
Lrand dawn Tuesday.
At Belfast they managed :to rush
i the British position, but were ultim-
r ately driven out by the Gordon High -
tandem and the Royal Irish Rage,
° ment.
• d0 the other' points named their at.
d- tacks were repulsed.
11 The Boers last heavily. , They left
- from, •twenty to twenty-five dead on
th
'an the field. A num.hur of wounded
a were carried away.
m, 1 The British casualties in these fights
e wore about sixty.
h I 'ro the west of Pretoria Gen. Gor-
r- !don's force had a fight with the Boer's
e south .of the bi.agaliesburg. The
- 'Boers left twenty diad an' the field
• land had a number of others wounded,
d The details a1 these affairs have not
yet been received.
COMMANDEERING HORSES.
There Will be No More Convoys for
Boers to Loot.
A despatch Ifroau Crape 'i.`own says;
-Horn) tied vehicles are being coni-
erandeored Lox the ,use of 'the Colonial
lenience Corps in the districts in
which rner tthal la's hos been proclaim-
ed.
It la uuc1 a'atocd that Gen. Keith -
brier bas decided to evacuate all the
Uawus1 outside the lines of eommuni-
ca'tien, 'Ch es there will be no con -
veins for the Roars to oapturo and
boot, ties idea being to prevent the
htu'ghers from r'opleuishlmg their
snpplires 0,t 'the expense n1 the 13r1, -
86,h terneneen. All districts w,hicb
cannot be adequately protected and
patrolled" will be denuded, while the
Livros of cr•,mintusiomtion will be more
ernlnen,tly guarded.
MOUNTED TROOPS SAIL.
rive Hundped Rrltlsh Reitforeee
mento Leave Gibraltar,
et tlaepattih from •Gibraltar, sayer:-.
drive h' 'netted talon n ted Brilsh infantry
left here tor the Cape on {{`hursday,
They arrived Isom Malta ort'Beard the
tru pship Montages, and wore rillhipped
by the llawal•deit Menlo.
PRISONERS' CLEVER RUSE.
How They Captured Some of Their
Own Captors.'
Ma,stiru, Det.B,-De Wet recently
captured three of our mon, end, hav-
ing dinarinrd them, told them to fol-
low on. They did so until they came
to a sprain where they hid. Shortly
ntftoi•warde a party of Boars came
along, One et the English soldier~
stood up and shouted "Hands up:"
calling to his comrades to Dover the
Boer's whffie lie clisermr.,d them, Tho
Boers, thiukirng themselves outnum-
bered surrendered thole. arms, and
were taken to the Brinell Camp ns
prisoners,
EFFECTS OF WAR.
All the Furniture, Food and Cloth-
ing Were Burned.
London, Jan. 8, -When the loyal
British were forced in ova cuate
Jaagersfanitei:n to rho Orange Free
State Cihri,etntes eve, beoausu of the
awtivity ori' lite Boers, all the fund
-
time, food, and eiotbinn that could not
be taken a way safely was burned. In
the retiring party were, 8,000 civilians
and: 800 soldiers'. One time:And horses
and 2,500 sheep were token along.
The party tnarohtd for throe days,
anffering many hardships that .coat
some lives. Otto mother who started
with her three children lost two .of
them on the way.
c;
MARKETS OF T'If WORLD
Prlees of Cattle, Qheeee, Geat51, .810
In the Leading,13arkets.
BL Dne,DSTUFFS, ETC.
Toronto, :fan. en --Wheat -- West.
ern markets wore quiet and easy to-
day, and looaliy the market woo iirec-
tically, at a standstill. Quotations arc
as: follows: -tied winter, 00 1-2o; ant;
white, 0
G 12o middle
fr°I
1
ts• sortie,
wheat, L 080• manxtaU, a
No, 1 bard, old
g,a,t,, 07c; No, 2 at 92e; N,o. 1 bard,
North Bay, pee,
dlillfeed--Scarou: and very farm, Ton
tots, at the mill door, sell as follows:..,.
Wan, $18; Hind sheree, at 015, west,
tiern-'tone inlay, No. I American,.
yellow, 40o; INo. 8 yellow, 43e; No, 2:
yellow, 44e. • -
iPeas-Steady. No. 11 sold, middle
freights, at 81 1.2c; and east at 02c.
,1larLey-Quiet. No. 2 east, 410; and
middle. freights, 40o; No. 2 extra,
30 1-2e, Mist; and 38 1-2c, middle
freights.
aye. - Steady, New rye, 47o, west,
and 480, emit.
Buckwheat -Steady, Car lots, west,
are. quoted at 40 l -2e; and east at 50.
1-2o,
Oats -The active demand continues,
Sales aro made readily. No. 1 white,
east, 20c; t4 'l, w111ite, north and west,
27e.
f! iwnir--Steady. Deniers ask $,'.70
too• nstr'anig'ht rollers, in buyers' bags,
middle ireinghts, and export agents
lett $2.00,
Buffalo, Jan. i.5.--,Flour-Dull but
firm, When,tt-Spring, spot prices
unohgugod; No. 1 hard, old, small
Labs, 88 3-8c; No. 1 Nbribern, new,
841-80; do., old, o,id., 828-8o; win-
ner, inpreased offerings; ;rids lower;.
No. 2 red, 780; mixed, 77o; No. I white,
76c naked, on track. Corn -Weak;
No. te yellowy, 42o; No. 8 do., 41 3-4c;
No, r2 oorn, 411-20; No. 8 do., 41 1-4o,
through bulled. OaLs•-QIiet and
canter; No, 2 white, 80 l 4c; No. 8 do.,
30c; No, 2 rained, 28e; No. 3 do., 27
1-4o, .tienaugh billed. Barley -Strong;
fancy is quoted up Ito 67e for Western;
nothing, offered below 62e. Rye -No. 2
on track, 57 1-2o; No. 1, 58o asked in
stere,
Detroit, Jan. _15.--Olosad;-Vp';hee t -
No. 1 white, cash, 81 1-20; No. 2 red,
ogoh and January, 81e; May, 88c.
Duluth, Jan. 15. 1Vheat-No, 1
hard 761-2c; to arrive, 771-2o; May,
801-2c; No, 1 Northern, ossh, 741-2a;
to arrive, 731-20; May, 781-2e; July,
791-20; No, 2 Northern, 041-2 to 70
1-2o; No. 8 spring, 561-4 to 631-4c,
Corn -3G 1-40. Oats -26 to 20 3-4c. -
S4hsnenpolis, Jun. 15. -Wheat
Oash, 75 3-4c; May', 77ci July, 77 8-4 to
77 7-8c; on track, No. 1 hard, 77 3-9e;
No. 1 Northern, 7553 -dc; No. 2 North-
ern, 718-4 to 73 3-4o. Flour and
laranl�l7'nchangod.
DRESSED IIOGS AND PROVI-
SIONS„
Toronto, Jan. 15. -Dressed hogs on
the street ('0 -day were firmer at $8
to 08.25, Oar Lots, on track here,
were very strong. Holders asked
$7.75 for mined Lets, and $7.00 was
bid. One of the loon; houses refuses
iso buy at $7,75, and reports itself as
being out of the market nt preeeut.
Provisions aro term.
Quatutidns for provisions are as
follows; .'Jaen salted shoulders, 8c; Icing
oleatr bloom, loose, in car lots, 10o;
and in case lets, 10 1-4 to 10 1-2e;
short out pork, $10,5('' to $20; heavy
mess, $17.511, to 318.
Smoked meads -Titins, heavy, 12c,
Medium, 1212 to 13 1-2e; light, 18
1-2c; Light, 13 1-2e; brcoekthst bacon,
18 to 131-2c; picnic hams, 100; roll
bacon, 110; smoked backs, 12o. All
meths out of piiokle lo less then
p01055 quoted fur smoked meats,
Laird -Tierces, IUs; tabs, 10 to 10
1-40; pants, 10 1-4 to 10 1-2e,
Toronto, Jan, 15. -About 40 car-
loads of live stook oaw,e in, and some
nig ilt was sold, though the demand
all round was light, balctors not
wanting to buy mere than possible
in view of soft weather, Both ship.
ening and leut^lier cattle is unchange
ed. Smell stuff is steady, with an
upward tendency.
Bags to tenth the top prise lhust
be of prime quality, and snails not be-
low, 100 nor above 200 Ins,
Mellowing is the range of quota
tions
Cattle,
tihippers, per owt, , , $4.25
Butohcr, choice, do. .. 4.00
Butcher, med. to 'good. , 3,25
Butober, inferior. , . 3,00
Stockers per own, .. 2.75
Export budll3. per cwt.. 8.25
Steep and Lambs,
Sheep, per cwt. . . 2.75
Lambs, per cwt. , 3.75
Backe, Per cwt. . , 2.25
Milkers and Calves.
$8,00
4.25
3,75
8,25
3.10
4.25
3.25
4.021-2
2.75
Delve, earth, . . 20.00 50.00
Calves, each, , 2,00 10.00 '
Hogs,
f'ho(ne hogs, per own, . 0.50
Light Legs, ler owt, , 0.00
Batley horns, par cwt. 0.00
Moos dogs. 4.25
enters, . . , . 0.50•
Maga. . , 2.00
0.76
0.25
0.25
4,50
$.70
2,25
Tho Amur area Maritime Provinere
of uterine -eastern China aro threaten-
ed Webb 1amioe.
SPRAMS A0� 1NE V
ins
Nam Items About Ourselves and
Our Neighbors Something of
Interest From �''. Very Quar-
ter of the Globe.
CIANADA.,
Locomotive building may bepottae en
lndaustry in Nova Scotia.
Vin ea' t i o d
•Cn a art coos ort pros an
.
1 s h 1
,
tenthly s3lops have been closed melee
the now legillutiun.
Tho lose by fire in Hennllton in the
past year eniolnpted to $04,000, the
lowest in many years.
Over 1,800 criminal oases were dis-
peaed of to Winnipeg daring the
year, an 'increase of over 503, compar-
ed witb 1800,
The receipts at the Halifax customs
house during the -year were $1,361,400,
an inat'oase of $153,448 over the pre-
vious year.
It 1s understood that the Dominion
Government has decided to make an
exhibit at the Pan-American Bxposi.-
teen at Bun talc.
Samptas of milk from places in the
Dominion where no system of ramie.
Meal inspection exists, are being ana-
lyzed at Ottawa,
Over 5,800 people•vigited the Patent
Otfioe at Ottawa last year; 18,000 the
fisheries exhibits, and 36,000 the Geo-
logicnl Survey building.
Montreal sugar refiners auticipat-
ing the changes, in the United States,
have reduced their price.% ten cents a
hundred on all grades', except the
oheapest yellows.
Mrs. William Thornton of West Ox-
ford was killed at Woodstock, She was
driving up a hill, when a trolley car
run into the buggy, throwing her out
under• the load of wood.
Notice is given by Mosses. Watson,
Smoke &Smith of Toronto that applica-
tion will be made to Parliament for
authority to construct a railway from
Toronto to Georgian Bay.
It is estimated that the postal reve-
nue at the Winnipeg post-offiee for
the peat year will exceed by 010,000
the revenue of the preceding twelve
months, when the total was $108,-
320,25.
Mra. W. Munroe and her three
daughters were poisoned by eating
canned pineapples at Winnipeg. They
were found by neighbors seuseleseon
the floor. . They will probably re-
cover.
Mr. John Kennedy, Montreal harbor
engineer, estimates that to run the
steamer Stanley for the purpose of
keeping the ice open at Cape Rogue,
and ns far above as possible, would
oast $1,900 per month.
Gordon McConnell and John Mc-
Nichol, two-Pekisko ranchers, visit-
ed friends last week and partook of
liquor too freely. On the way home
they ware thrown from, their rig and
both died from the effects of the cold
on the plains near Calgary.
Two people in the vicinity of Ham-
ilton have :lived to see three centuries
Mr. Adam Misner of Troy, who was
born on February 20th, 1758, and Mrs.
Goodman, who is believed to have been
born faux years earlier than this.
Both of these aged people bays their
faculties yet and are comparatively
smart.
GREAT 13R1TAIN,
The Duke of York hes been gazettod
a rear admiral.
It is reported that Sir George New -
nes has purchased Madame Patti's
estate in Wales.
The Queen sent New Year's gifts of
meal and coal
to over 900 pear persons
in Windsor, `
Sir John 'rennin, the noted carton -
theist, is to retire from the staff of
numb' after 49 years' service.
It is officially auneenced that Queen
Victoria has deeided to visit Cimiez, jo
the south of France, in Mirth or April.
The foreign banking house of
&bnualz0, Marione & On, has been
adjudtoated a bankrupt et London,
with liabilities on nie0,000,
The late Lord William Doreeford is
said to hats aeaunuulateil 0800,000.
mainly on tixe turf, whtt•li he hequeatb-
es to his son, Crotvlunn he had also
insured his lite for $250,000.
Overtaken by n storm tithing with.
insight of the home of his father,
atter having *tossed the Atlantic to
visit him, P. Collins died of exposure
on the mountain side at Fermoy, Ire-
land. He hod £126 in Itis pocket.
IiNIT10 STATES,
Caledonia, Wis., has nine rases of
smallpox
Philip D, Armour died at Chicago
00 0ttaulay.
The Grand Trunk Railway is arrang-
ing to build more wiiarvee and sheds
at Portland.
A Boer representative at New Fork
suggests that the United States refuse
to sell horses to Great Britain.
Influenza is raging in the Oalgr,
Free S.tato.
Masked and mutated raiders kilted
2,000 sheep for revenge on the range
Of the Tommy- Creek, Montano, at day-
break on Monday.
Noah Rnby, born 1772, Caleb mid.
win, 1790, and DM's. Sarah Allen, 1800,
New Jersey State .residcnta, ore 155
their third century.
ODE IYEO AN AM
The Imperial Light Horse Suffered
Very Severely,,
(i despatob from Preterit, aayet-in
the recent fight between Gen. Bribing -
toren $ ex Fl
mud
nl and a Boer x
force
Hour
Sundfontein, the Im Unlit nerial
suffered severely. Idavingteamed
riothiog by previous experlenees, they
advanced in clam .farryutton up a hill
that had previously been scouted by
the Ileaeare, who x'epertod that they
found no slgxr of the burgher's, The
Boers, however, 'were lying la the
grass, They allowed the Ilnssara to
pass without mpleetatiou, xeserving
their fire until the Imperial Light guard whoa here, and killed LIeut,
Horse were within 50 yards of them, Lang. There were numerous other
Whrnn, the British found they had oesnalties,
ridden into another ambush, they dire- ; Gent. BuLba's commando, reported
nrouteted and kept up a hot fire. to be; 1,500 argue", i5 etaot of the
Seeing that Itis anon were losing Springs.
heavily, the 001001nl ordered them' to
retire. ntebsequently they again ad-
vanced a,cod
in extended n
dot or
tax a r
, nd drove
the Boers from their positions, and
ooptuned a good part or their oan-
vwy. The colonel rode an the front of
his men, and stimulated there by his
extreme Ibreeveryv. 1 Plebe leadenig
squadron sustained several 05sual-
tees.
Seven hundred Boers at Lindley
ainbuahed Iwo hundred of rho men,
who formed Lord Rabenls' body
Edmund Moller, a Linooln, 111., bar-
neeamaker, is heir to an estate of
3710,000, through the death of his
father in Australia.
It is umaffieially stated that an ad -
vanes of $2 a ton to 328 has already
been decided upon by the Lig steel
mainvfaetut'ers, to take effeot on
February i.
A new proeess'of pecking and pick-
ling meat wars an important factor
is the awarding to a Ohicugo firm
of the contract from the l;ussien Gev-
erumant.
The output of refined granulated
auger frown rho beet sugar factories
of Miichdgem list year exceeded 24,-
000 tons representing 250,000 ;ons of
beets, for wdtiab the farmers of the
State received 31,000,000,
GENERAL.
Sir Alfred Gasalee, the commander
off the British forces in China, is seri-
oruely ill at Pekin.
The marriage of Queen Wilhelmina
to Duke Henry of Afeckleraburg-
Schw'eel,a has been officially fixed for
February 7,
1. captain and a bank clerk have
beam arrested in Japan, charged with
selling military secrets to the Ger-
man Government.
RESCUED 470 PASSENGERS.
rive Trains Snowbound rue S vera; !),ys
to Ultss/i.
A despatch from Odessa says; -The
pekoe, firemen, and physicians have
rese -Al 470 passengers 100151 five
trains which have been sncwb;:end for
several Jaya after enduring the
greatest sufferings. A force of
4,000 workman 1s clearing the tracks
to Odessa. Four days' mail has been
stalled up.
A STAFF COLLEGE IN INDIA.
Creat Krlfaln Ilan About fleclae 1 to pound
One 'rb,•r.e to Hoer Loral Needs.
The Boer wee impressed the Dritish
Army authorities with the necessity
for largely increasing the number of
students at the home staff college
at Camberley, since the value of the
instruction !.here given ,was proven S
in the field beyond all cavil. Al- si
though in some conspicuous easel men o
have roma to the. front as military in
leaders without the staff oolIege ke
training, they would still have been fa
the better for 1t, and are themselves m
willing to eanfess it. Moreover, th
through ,ut th oinip tion c femme nding ga
calkers have 0xprassed their prefer- la
encs for staff college men. Sh
The increase of the home college • ea
count not advantageously meet all ea
the demands, consequently, the Act- co
ing Commander-in-Ohief in India, Gen. ah
sir Arnim' Palmer, and many corps arc
and elivisien commanders, have rote- dtt
°nnendetl the creation of another eo
staff college, luoating it in India. kin
Much expense is involve.' in the pres- of
ant nea'tltod of sending officers from
India to 1sng1•and to take the course
;It Camberley and then return to
their regiment,; moreover, the eon the
ditions of Warfare in India aro die- tiro
fet'ent in Many respects from those in mit
Purape, and the special training re- iron
quired can only be effectively given Gr
SPENT TAN BARK FOR FUEL
J nrlclta of Tills 1110111,1a1 ere SoWiluded.
for coal in Not caandy,
From Le 13ou,lme, a town in the
north-west of France, comes a letter
to the London Daily Mail from La
Compagnie, Rounaaise de Linoleum,
agents for John Barry Oatlere & Co,,
of Jlrkcakty, saying -that they have
to pay 67.50 francs, 54s. 60., per ton for
Welsh house coal and 05 francs, 52s.,
for Newcastle house coal.
In many parts of Normandy, the
writer adds, "spent bark" or 'tan"is used by peasants as fuel. They get
the tan for ILttle or nothing, and then
by means of a primitive sort of press
they make it into cakes, which very
mulch resemble peat in appearance. It
is then dried in shelves erected on the
walls of the house and garden, and
protected from the rains by little slop-
ing roofs.
'These tan cakes make excellent fuel,
and in Caudebee, a little place be-
tween Rouen and Havre, it is much
used. It seems that thousands of
tons of tan are thrown away annually
which at small oust, might be con-
verted into excellent fuel.
N
THE NEW GRADMOTIIER
With the evolution of the new w
man comes the new grand/methThe grandmother of rho past, swe
patient, unselfish as she was, allot
herself to be relegated to cap, Spee
axles and the ohimney-corner baro
she reached 50. She early develo
wrinkles, gray hair and faded olleek
and was brain-etarvad and hear
hungry, no doubt, becasue she t
looked upon as hopelessly out
date.
The grandmother of to -day (heli
with the joy of living. The crudeue
of youth and the experiments an
mistakes of early middle -age pas
she experiences to the utmost the fu
Hess and richness of life. She knot
herself as never before. She ha
grasped life's meaning, she has learn
ed by mistakes, and she is euriohe
by experience. She has her clubs
her lectures, musicales and trove
he knows the value, of a soundi phy-
que, and takes lessons in physical
ulturc. Slnta. nos some ono absorin-
g interest outside of home, to
ep from narrowing, whish is the
ult of the severely domestic wo-
an. She would shudder at tine
ought of allowing herself to de -
iterate into a mass of ponderous
t or to become stoop -shouldered.
a has her daily bath or rub -down,
r hairdresser, manicure and mis-
use. She is far more helpful and
mpanionable to her family than if
e allowed herself to be effaced and
meted out of life's pleasures, its
i liar prototype of a few decades
ak, who oft sat alone with the ma
tonous click of her interminable
tiling as the sole necompanimentt
her solitary thoughts,
LONG LIVIID ANIMAL$,
F•abulons ages have been ascribed to
elephant and whale, but it is now
light that they may be capable of
aining ihe age of 400 years. It is
orded that when Alexander the
eat invaded the dominions of Per-
one of the Rajahs of 'Upper India,
took a huge elephant Prone the con.
red Prince, named him Ajax, deli -
ed him to the sun, and let him go,
h the inscription, "Alexander, the
of Jupiter, hath. dedicated Ajax to
sun," faetettcd round his leg. This
Kant, the story goes on to say,
found 350 years later, with the
[nee
• still intact. The average
fur an elloph'nnt is, however, 100
rs. The age of tvinales 1s twee -
"ted by the size and be/Tibor of lay -
of whalebone, which Increase yoar-
nd a period of 300 or 400 years has
indieated thus. Iu the Seychelles
rids tame tartoiees are habitually
, and aro banded down from fate„
o son as Ile,gaoies• Many al these
known to be more then 200 years
to Ceylon thrive le now living in
Government Gardens a tortoise
to be 500 roans old; while an.
r ;historic tortoise was kept as
t by Amelr,0ieleop Land, who octan -
dee it to the ease of a feiend, and
entuaily died in London in the
n of geese Anne.
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er,
et,
wed
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ped
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vas
of
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as
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knee
in India. leer these reasons it has
boon deeided to establish the new
eating° it India, and to make its ctn'-
rieulum oorresptntd to the couclltions
existing,
THE alit'[' -BOA,
Why, Madge, where are all the
tassels on your new chenille boa b
Oh, I stepped 00 sons of them, and
name ua peddels 010050 asggo
Cook -Howell goin' to make mince
pie when we haven't any mince meat
in Om house 0 Mrs. Freedom --Put sem°
sugar in that cold hash,
The Fr'anolr army refused to sand
represcmitativee to the review of Bri-
tish
ri
tish troops in ironer "f the Queen andrni,
Cte Australian Federate
:vie
reports al an outbreak of the
plague at Vladivostoelc nee 0onfieniatl,
There ;nays been nineteen eases, of
tvhiili fifteen Ilsvebecri fatal,
us,
ho
Atte
oat
wit
so
the
elep
was
ins
ago
yea
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been
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othe
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it ev
set
Poor 30$e5urd'e !#palet} Thea;,
Roniamla Fraaltiln was a hearty ea3' ;,.
or In the good old days before the
vending of lightning rode became a
profession, When hletory caught one
or her first glimpses of him, lie ware
eating a. roll in the street. After be
laid the cornerstone of tbo Penusyl•
vanla hospital la the happy reign 01.
George 11, he was a frequent visitor in
the belie of that ldstltatloa, lila 1a•
bore there being arduous, it chanced
that he frequently fell hungry at work,
Efe appeared at the hospital gate
one da
t
Y wI ha blg tin box underis
h
;WM. Disregarding
the gage of the cu.
pions, he matched through the ocr.
riders to the'dislleusary, brushed aside
a few cobwebbed beakers &ere a shalt
and In their place planted the tin box.
"What might tine be?" queried bis
friend Dr, Rush.
"Tills," said Ben Franklin, "Is Poor
Iticltatd's bread box, Help yourself."
The box was filled with penny cakes,
When the annoy ran out, I3en Frank-
lin bought more cakes, That was 160
years ago.
Since Franklin's time, now hospital
buildings have crowded the old out
of existence and the hospital bas
grown to be one of the most noted In
the world. Yet an old tin box, much
battered and dented, stands on a shell
in the drug room, and It contains cakes
and ginger snaps. Whenever therest.
dent physicians or nurses visit the
room they go to the box, take out a
cake and eat. When the cakes are
goue, the hospital steward °barges the
box afresh.
Easy if Yon Rave To,
Many stories of President Lincoln
might be classified as fiction, although
a few of them are. So it is not unnatu-
ral, that this little anecdote, which is
niter than most, should appear In Mr.
Irving Bacheller's novel, "Eben Hol-
den,"
"My son," he said, taking my hand
in bis, "why didn't you run?"
"Didn't date," I answered. "I knew
it was more dangerous to ren away
than to go forward."
"Reminds me of a story," said he,
smiling. "Years ago there was a bully
in Sangamon county, Ills, that had the
reputation of running faster and fight-
ing harder than any other man there.
Everybody thought be was a terrible
fighter. He'd always get a man on the
run; then he'd catcb up and give bin a
licking. One day be tackled a lame
man. The Lame man licked him in a
minute.
"Why didn't ye run?' somebody
asked the victor.
"'Didn't thirst,' said be. 'Run once
when he tackled 01e, an I've been latae
ever since.
"'How did ye manage to lick him?'
asked the other. •
"'Wan),' said be, 7 bed to, an I done
it easy.'
"That's the way it goes," said the inn
mortal president. "Ye do it easy if ye
hare to."
An Aocomplialied pools,
The family had advertised for a cook.
The family lived in a west end man-
sion- Tbrougbout the house there were
rich articles of furnitnre and brie -a -
brae which had been picked up from
time to time in the family's wander.
Ings through Europe and other sections
of the globe. Now, it so happens a
very wise person applied for a place as
queen of the culinary department in
this elegant household.
"What is your name?" asked the faun
ily.
"Evangcllne, thank you," came in re.
ply from the dusky applicant.
"Evangeline, then, tell me, are you a
good Cook?"
"It's just lute this: You see, I can do
$10 cooking, $15 cooking, $20 cooking,
but" -
There was undue emphasis on the.
"but," and Evangeline glanced admir-
ingly about the house. Evangeline
knew bee tittle book well.
-"it seems to me," she went on finite
ly, "you folks wouldn't be satisfied
with any other than my 325 kind."
The family was quite taken aback,
but managed to recover itself in time
to say 11 might strive to get along as a
starter with about $17,35 cooking for a
few months, at any rate.
A Witty Waltman.
Sotne friends of Archblahop Wbately,
after dining with him, asked him to
show them a speeinen of Irish wit,
Taking a stroll In the street, he tuquir.
ed of a crossing sweeper which of the
two the devil would take if be was
obliged to secure one of them.
"Pl'ase, yep riverence, ask Father
Mttlony yonder."
"No; 1 want your opinion."
"Oeb, yer rbverence, I'ie sorry to say
he'd take Hier"
"And why so, Terence?"
"Och, bccgnse de's sero of ye0 riven
euee at anytime;"
Why IXe Preferred to Stay.
Landlord --you will oblige me by pay,
inn your rent, now three mouths oven
due. Unless you cin one, you must
more. Or is the rent bigher than you
eau afford? In that, ease we might
perhaps -
Tenant --No, l think ('d nether stay
right along at the present rate then
bo obliged to face the alternative of
pay or mavo.-Exchange.
Rapid Trough Rotorua.
"1 wouldn't be guilty of doing a favor
for a roan and then in a day or two
asking bin 10 do one for me,"
"No, nor 1. I'd ask him right stralgitl
off, before his rratitude got a chance
to
cool.".
.n
One day of sickness will do more to
convince a young man that bisulother
is his best friend than 17 volumes of
proverbs,
The romantic' vision 0f the first half
off a men's iife is the most real survey
of earth he will ever mains,