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The Brussels Post, 1919-7-31, Page 7'o eofeelt Do Y©u Tell Your Wife? NO rh ierette Between Married L i:llLpp "Always tell your husband what you feel sure he will find out, anyway," HMO 11 clever womanv>f•t11e-world to a newly -married mend, "It's a good , plan to have the just telling df whet - ever luny be told 111)3)111 You and Your .arta ire," And no doubt the advice, though :yn!cal, is very sound, But It dons not to far enough, 'elle lady would have even wiser if she had connse110(1 her friend always to tell her husband everything he ought to know, whether ne would bo able to discover it or not. Confidence between elan and wife Is very essential to wedded happiness, But confidence is one thlug and con- fidences are anther. it is neither necessary nor wise for a married couple to share every thought and every feeling. A wise and delicate re- serve is more conducive to sympathy anis affection than a blunt frankness which reveals everything without stop- ping to think of its effect on the hearer, There are certain tlinga which it is well to forget. For example, it serves no good purpoee for ca married couple to drug all their old love -affairs into the light for' inspections. They belong 1,, the past, old are best buried with it They hive, or should have, no ef- fect on either the present or the fu- overs—That's the Only Way to hates. Wm and that le all that really mat- ters. But If Dither lute some secret of the past that may conte to life to epo11 their happiness, by all means let it be exhumed, frankly examined and ex- plained, and then decently burled. When once the two 3011(u•a10 ltfo- paths are merged Into one there should be no concenenent of anything that can possibly affect their mutual un- clorsttu1d111g or happiness, And, as c011fic1ene0 begets conlfieeuee, each will vie with the/ether in "placing 111s or her cards on the table," "Why did you not tell your wife?" a Metropolitan police magistrate re- cently 1,311031 a prisoner In the clock, who had been brought to crime by debt. "If you, and scores of men like you, only had the courage and candor to tell your wives tato truth about your financial situation before affairs be- ,caRo absolutely desperate, you would never got into this position," But, of course, there are matters which even the most confiding of hus- bands must not tell his wife -such as secrets affecting others entrusted to !nim in his business or p)'ofessional character. These should bo kept in- violate; nor would his wife wish it otherwise. For the rest, their Motto should bo "trust me all in all"; for in that way alone lumpiness lips. B Elnllid. L+a'(.1 UA.f FINDS DIlY" riD MINES IES .P:CKING UP FORTUNES IN WILDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. Romantic Stories Told of Conte of the World's Historic Diamonds—Gem Worth Many Millions, There is scarcely a page of the his- teey of the diamond induetry that is not full of romance, as strange as any you will fill in books of fiction. Take, for example, the story of the finding of the famous Excelsior dia- mond, stone of the finest wator, more than five times as large as the 1 o11 -t- 1 g Boor itself before that historic genu Was re -cut. The contract of a syndicate of Lon- don diamond Borth:.Ots at ,Tagersfon- tein, in the Orange Free State, was about to expire, It had, in fact, cone to its very last hoar. when one of the K1(111r boys turned up with a stroke of his pick an enormous stole nearly six and la half ounces in weight, 113'0 and a half inches long, and two and a quarter inches wide. Regardless of the War Overhead. Seizing the stone„ the native ran with it blot -foot to headquarters, and 1(•x33 rewarded for his good fortune by a present of five hundred (dollars and a horse and cart in exchange for a dia- mond which, in its rough state, was valued at flvre million dollars, A new weeks later another magnifi- cent stone, more than three ounces in weight, and two rand n Half inches across it Major axis, leas found in the ito !leers Aline by a native boy, who stole it. Hie illicit ownership, how- ever, was brief, for within three hours it was recovered by a detective, - 1Vhile war and famine were rioting over the Kimberley Mine, nineteen years ago, 111e Isalddrs were plac:i1ly continuing their quest of diamonds 600 feet below the thundering guns. One day, so the story is told, 'ane of these moles h1 human form" came upon an irreguar pebble, whiell shone like a moon in water on a crisp October night, Quickly reporting his find to the overseer, the Kaffir was credited with a gem of unusual size and remarkable purity, When the diamond was placed on the scales, it was found to weigh 221 carats, or more than either of those historic gems, the "Regent" and the "Orloff," Sold For One Franca Still more romantic are the storiep of some of the world's historic dia- monds, The "Florentine," or "Grand Duke," for example, a stone of 139 carats, valued at $300,000, was picked up by the roadside after the battle of Granson in 1475. Its finder, thinking it was a worthless piece of glass, prompt- ly flung it away; but ou second thought picked it up again, and was glad to part with it for a franc (about 20 cents) to a priest, who, in turn, v, is delighted to dispose of it at profit of a hundred .per Cent„ one two -millionth part el. its value, The "Regent," which le treasured in Parts, and is the queen of all the Frau;ch national gems, was pic1(0(1 up la 1701 at the Parteal Writes on the Ksstla, by a slave who, concealing it in a ]tole Cut for its reception in his thigh, escaped with it to the coast, 1Tore he sold it to an Mgt -loll skipper, who, instead of paying the small sun) demanded, treacherously 1(111ed the slave. In later years the "Regent" was purchased by Thomas Pitt, grand- father of the first Earl of Chatham, who, after having it out—n process Which reduced its weight from 416 to 130% carats --50111 it for $075,000 to Ise l5ttc of d'Orloens, Regent of Erne° hiring the nlhlm'ity of Lolls X'V. 1'110 "Orloff," a magnificent stone 0f 193 citrate, and the Wet adornment bf the sceptre of Russia, Was for cent. H 1 r thrice one of the eyes of an idol in a temple in Mysore, until a French sol- dier stole it. After many vicissitudes ) and changes of hands it was ur- ya 1 chased at Amsterdam by Prince Orloff for his splendid Mistress, Catharine the Great of Russia. Valued at Many Millions. Still more romantic is the story of the Il•agculza diamond, a stone of 1,650 carats, and "as large as a goose's egg," which, fur more than a century, has been the proudest possession of the Portuguese Crown, This amazing ,stone, which lir. Streeter, tho great authority on genes, has valued at 0290,- 000,000, was picked up by three Ilrazil- ilat outlaws in the half -dried bed of the Abafte river, int the province of Minas Geraes. The outlaws took the stone to the nearest village priest, who obtained access for them to the Governor, into whose possession it was given. The diamond, the largest and finest hither- to found, was despatched to Libson, with the result that the three outlaws received the royal pardon and a rich, reward, while the padre to whose friendly offices they owed their good 1301'tnile was given high preferment in the Church. SKELETONS ON THE SCREEN. Fliers For .The Teaching of Medical Students. The advantages of the cinema in the teaching Of the human anatomy were shown at the summer meeting of the members of the Anatomical Society of Groat Britain and Ireland, held at the Royal College of Surgeons, London, Professor Keith presided, Major Distin llladcliek, formerly a ,student of St, Thomas' Ilospital, who is the originator of the idea, exhibi- ted a film showing a human skeleton being gradually dismembered from head to feet, and then reconstructed again. Attention was called to the various bones by an ingeniously e0n- trived moving pointer. It is claimed that by means of these 111111 lessons medical students eau obtain an ele- mentary knowledge of anatomy which will be of great assistance to them whet) they begin the more serious part of their medical education. Professor G, Elliott Smith said that it would be of the utmost importance to the medical student it iilm5 could bo produced illustrating the move- ments of each joint of tine body and the movements produced by different groups of muscles. Films of that kind would be of enormous value in the teaching of such anatomy as students needed in their clinical work, Professor Wright (London Hospital) said that the cinema would be par- ticularly useful In large classes, Professor Waterston suggested that with the cinema might be associated the e1)pidiascope, which was, perhaps, more vivid in showing the actual bonds on the screen, it might 1)e pos- sible also to associate the X-rays with the filets. WHAT IS A SAUSAGE? Bread Crumbs and Nuts Ground With Cheese is a Sausage, The mention of the word sausage has been in foregone Limos uncon- sciously Connected with the word "German." Now it will be visualized as being in connection witlf the 5011• thing "Yankee" should Canadians find that what they purchase as pari( sausages are ht reality a conglo sera tion of nuts, bread crumbs and cream cheese, with herbs to taste. This modern "meatless" meat is pur- chased 111 the state of Massachusetts, where it is addend to the state's fanetts baited beans and brown broad. Thu United States Government de. scribes the mixture as: "The sausage which resembles in flavor that made from perk, is made from cottage cheese, bread crumbs and nut moats, and is flavored with herbs. Its food value is nearly equal to that of pork sausage" R KINGS OF THE TURF PAST AND PRESENT BRITISH SOVEREIGNS FROM RICH- ARD I. TO GEORGE V. Have Acted as "Starters" and Even Ridden Winners—Hie Majesty as a Sportsman, 'rho fact that Bing George is ren• ping horses under his own enders Is very welcome to the world of ltpurts- illell. British Sovereigns have, with few exceptions, taken a keen and practical interest in the Turf ever since, and practically before, the long•gone days when Richard of the Llon IIelu't. of- fered "forty pounds of red geld" 18 be re,0031 for yearly at Smithfield, "in summer time, at 1Vhiteuntlde." From -the first Richard to the sixth Edward there were few of our rulers w110 were not proud oftheir steeds, and spared no effort to improve the bred of their racers, importing the finest animals money could buy from Italy, Spain and the Fast. But It was Henry VIII. who first qualified for the title, "King of the Turf," when he took a leading part in establishing a ltigllly plunder race - meeting at Chester, funneled the Royal paddocks at H1'mptun Court. and com- pelled every man who could afford the luxury, to keep a number of "run- ning horses," according to the length of his purse, Charles 11. as a Jockey. With the coming of 111e Stuarts, horse -racing became firmly estab111l1- ed as a great national sport under Royal auspices. James 1, carried his enthusiasm to such an extent that he not only prOmotea race -meetings at Richmond, in Yorkshire, at Croydon,' Newmarket. and L11100111, but 11e tea•' veiled to heel 1111 in State, took the keenest interest in the racing, 111(31 0u more than one 0(731151011 offielated as jt1dgt or starter, - Even the' first Charles, troublous though his reign was, found distrac- tion in the Turf, and was rarely ab- sent from, any race of importance from Epsom to Chester, But the "Merry 3lionarch" eclipsed all his predecessors in his passion for and patronage of a the racecourse. There were very few 1000:lugs which were not graced by his presence; and. In his younger years his. Majesty proved himself a first-rate jockey, Win- ning several plates ill fine style at the welter -weight of 12 stone, He spent large semis in scouring the Continent in search of suitable mares to improve the breed of 13ritish horses and every year transported his Court bodily to Newmarket, where for weeks he varied his "revelling" with indulg- ence In his favorite pastime of pre- siding over and watching the racing, The Other Georges. William III, was so keen on the sport that he not only founded an academy for riding, and gave plates to be r11cee for in all parts of the king- dom, but ran his Own horses at New- market every year from 1(195 to 1702; and it is to Queen Anne that we owe the cradling of Ascot with all its glotlos, Each of our first four Georges, in varying degrees, took the Royal pas- time under his lying; but it was to the fourth at the name that the Turf owed most. For seven seasons the "First Gentleman in Europe" was one of the most successful owners in Eng- land, Itis victories 1110111(1ing the win- ning of the Derby of 1788; and there was sc111001y a meeting frolic Doncast- er to Brighton, at which 11e WaS not the "soul and centre of attraction," And so it was with his Royal broth- ers, from 'jolly, cursing Frederick, Duke of York," one of the most popu- lar sportsmen ever seen on a race- course, who W011 the "Blue Riband" twice, to 1Villitam. IV„ who, though 11e knew more about "sea -horses" than race -horses, was passionately devoted to the Turf to the last. But all previous wearers of the Bri- tish Crown must yield pride of place to Edward VII., W110 from his first modest appearance on a racecourse, in 1871, 13311en lie failed to capture the regi- mental trophy of the 10tH I3ussars, to his last clay, was one of the most en- thusiastic and popular sportsmen the Turf has ever known. It was but fitting that all its chief laurels shoaled fall in limo to the "King of British sportsmen and Emperor of all good fellows.' Forest Protection on Ottawa River. The report 0(1 the Ottawa River Forest Protective Association for the year 1918 sllaWS that protection was afforded an area of 33,000 square miles, at a cost of slightly under $3 per square mile, or loss titan 011e-Ilal1 cent Per acre. Talo total of licensed tim- ber lends within the Association limits Is approximetoly 25,000 square miles, there being over 6,800 squoro miles of unlicensed Crown 10118, in considera- tion of whose Protection the Provincial Government made. the Association a greet of $3;500, The yeas 1918 was favorable Soy forest protection in the district in question, the total 1088 of Umber on Association territory being 278,000 feet of timber scorched, and damage t0 other property valued at $5,140. Tho beneficial results of organise - Men, special training and modern equipment in forest lire protection woel1 are rapidly justifying theiu- eelves. • DOES HONESTY PAY? Financially, the Answer Is "No," Says a Lost Property Expert. When I was on the staff of It well- known theatm all lost property found after the l%rformanees was breugl>1 into my aloe, where 1 kept :n 113- c'ulate deseriptve lIst of every a1•tlele, giving the mime of the finder, time when fom,d. ape part of the theatre In whet found. ou on3. 110:11101011 an old man cone in and told 11133 he had dropped a pure containing $25 In the stifle the prev- ious evening, and wished to knew if I knew anything al,oul. it. I gave Will the money, which had been found that morning byone of the cleaners, at 1. without waiting to say '•Thank you!" he pocketed his money and walked straight out. Another time :1 poor old woman em- ployed 11' a cleaner brought into my roost a gold -chain bag, worth at least £40, and probably considerably more. It contained nearly £20 in totes, some silver, and various odds and ends, Shortly after this U footman arrived to make inquiries. 01n Hoeing the bag he recognized it as the ono which his employer had lost, and, with an air of condescension, offered me the noble sum of 3s. Gd. for the finder. Most people are very mean when it conies to paying towards, bra tthcr0 are a few exceptions. I rte n•mber n lad of twenty coming to claim a pair of kid gloves which he had dropped in the upper circle, and leaving 5s, for the finder. I found that in almost elery else rho people of small 11101(03 were the most generens in the way of rewards. Referring to my 11o1, whi(11 I still have, I see that 10,. was given as a 10(30 1d for to r n utu b , •e Ila 11 ,t worth more titan at gnieta; a sotereige fel' 11 string of inlit"t!on 13(11111); 13,)..1-11 abnui i4; the same for lit 11 111 charm, the wineof which I could not estimate; and 4e. fora pair of sit( stockings in a cheap vanity bag, 0n the other hand tate owner of it diamond and ruby pendant left 5s, for the finder; a diamond clogeeilla11•, found in a box, and worth hundreds of pounds, produced a reward of :L'3; and 2s. 6s1. for a diamond ring in:a velvet - tined box, On one occasion? happened to men- tion before (13(100 of the artistes artistes that 3s, lracl been left •as a r@Ward for one of the cleaners who had found a pearl pendant in the stalls, They were very indignant about this, and declared that the cleaner must have an adequate reward for her honesty. between them they collected ' £10—even the chorus girls subscribing their mite. TREE MEDICINE, Experiments to Restore the Forests of Britain and Europe. Owing to the (lepletea state of our forest land, says an. English news- paper, anything that will encourage tree growth is (doubly welcomed at the present time. One of the least known. yet success- ful, methods, is that of blasting. It was discovered some years ago by an orchard owner who found the ground too hard to dig a suitable trench for apple trees he wished to plant, He had a number of charges of dynamite' put in the property, and 133113 subse• quenty astounded by the extraordin- ary growth and fruitfulness of the or- chard. This he attributed to the use of dynamite, end rightly so. Wo are now experimenting with dynemito on our own timber lands, and Franco is also adopting the same scheme. Much of the ground in Flan- ders is already prepared, owing to the vast quantity of explosives used. The process of tree -blasting is a simple one. I-Iaving first shattered the subsoil, the' roots of trees planted there are enabled to penetrate to a greater depth than if the ground were ordinarily treated. The explosive, be- sides being a valuable fertilizer, also shatters the tinder -clay, and renters it porous, thereby introducing a better, and a natural, drainage system. Timber owners in New Josey are now experimenting with vast tracts of land. Many trees thus planted have recently been dung out, and their roots and appearance examined, In almost every ease it has been •found they are physically far in advance of the Win-, a'y tree. Tho process is estimated to cost about ten dollars per hundred1 Chasing Criminals Thr igh The Air ti!cdunbtedly one of the probk+ins which Scothtud-3'11)1 will have to cope With hi 1.10 ((':'111' fattu•e will be the permit of erlile file through the eir. Plans for the organization of a cures of ',aerial truckers with 'special soot • - land Yard aero,lroine front which de-' tectives cou1'1 111111(0 1111 immediate .tart in ptl013,11 Of wrongdoers Who 510181(1 to escape the '31st, 1)es of 111)1 law through the air, are aba31'dy b'.. log ccu'ried out, IL only bo sotse time before criteiu- els include private eerapeenee among' their 'equipment, but IL will be a 0.0)1)' purativcly ca:iy !natter for 1110 swells creckenlan and wealthy 1(11r:icrer to arrange for an escape by air, I Whether he will enee1"d depends out the aerial cn'3lluiz:diott of Scotland • Yard and the alertness of the re:4(m5 j and cuattgu,trds. Quick conlmunica. , 'tion between the police and the latter' may result in en eaey capture. As a member of the Criminal In- ventlgatol Department points rut, al- though the air is ',wide the tiyi1ne (rum-; ilial has got to conte d015'11 senu•(v11ure, 131331 by wirele;'( itis 110,3ceiption and that of his nrieh1)10 caul 1111 fiushe(1 over the world in a few labiate:♦, One ()lethal of steppage and 'tete((• tem will 1>e through the -medium of •a series of eometelefeetlla,l instruments along the (meet, linked rap by tele- phoned with e001 ether, and also with '('cps of a rind police. Tho noise of the machine will be clot' e t 1, eiel if it dots 110) bold for impe'tton, las re- ''t1'od by .aerial 1 ,)i1;•ai1(1 rules, it will b !scaled ,,n'' ((perte31, Ulla a strict vratcl3 will be levet et all points. Cnt1ol of t -me ineelliaee is being so oreanized tl: t 3. ,ry .3131110e en- tering 11 itshl, fon inrt int.(, will Have to land for in<pectlon. The watch wilt he su etriet that the possihlity^ of ev,,dleg Lhe curdou of guards will be very slight. Other enn- tries, in aceordunc'> with the sul;ges- tdnns of the 1efiel A'ivieoey commis - stun of the Brinell Peace 0o1'gation, are adopting sin1illar pians for the talo- ned of air 1011131. 'fh.' '_ m:Ices of the hying crir,11n31 eecepim( 3(113110, there- fore,. are not of the rush:: t. WONDERS OF NEW SCIENCE. MISQUOTATIONS. Another British Triumph in Invention Of All Books the Bible is the Most of Searchlight Telephone. Frequently Misquoted. A searchlight telephone, in which eonl•el•se-tinn is trail 5111lttell by a beam of light, hes been exhibited et a ',deal Society coltve't's'azienr• et Darlington blouse. Loudn, L:1gland, Clear and (Bennet no•:: 3 ('s were ' 1 YIt•e 3 1111 the j>1 n;p:1L 1:brary, sem, diet:1!u•e ',rem the 11 a u,0: 141,1 the inventor, Un A. U. !hotline. :'(:113:1 (lett the epperatue 1a11 le ted 03 (1' a clietu :ce of it;; mil c'11 With Fie,- ( Other 00111101111 of nalurnl Relit . 'l t c•t n he 3) ''d, and, to lke w!l lc. e ure3- (3(33')) '1111411 are d1 tribnt •ri I,reatlea:,t, "ph1tuph•..:r " c' u. -rsati'n can only be "tepee 1" by 1111 Inic1.31-.!tieu of the b. am of light. "'rhe idea ettl.te to m)• in a single eight." ead lir. tllankine, "mei the whole thing w•as worked out in a week," Aiothe• exhibit wltich demonstrated hove science has been 11t11113131 ler c 101- mercial purposes was provided by a ' series of photographs showing how X-rays are used to detect defects in airplane timbe', In one >stt c' I1 iestance ( th0 radiograph 1 wd all of r 1 • 1 a plank of silver spruce showed light and dark patches, When the plank was split open extensive beetle bor- ings were found. No book 1114 nontrlbuted inure to the geeeeal stack of alisonotcaious than the Mille. No book '.x3311 111 such a multitude of foeme. which may account fur uoum '(1 11,•: !'1''1'61:::' Qoraritr;s from 33), wen(mg of the Kiux ,lam,'; Version. but 1t >- not '• i to supply • r' ..eele for 11131-1 p l;,1Xhabit of • see "In the :,dL'^alt t 1,17 ' nra'w'.' 0,•i'.41:3 "iu 11 , •.wc at of th•: f:, . shalt thea eat beeel.'' Why ! "tee Iartiag rf 1110 weee" inetelad 3,1 the —parting of the waw '? I;ot. t of 'uy bone,- 1111.,:t of 331,4) of my 1:rol{''4 iutsl flesh of ,ray 11 '1t' 11111y 1)e du).. to the d(511•e 1,3)' ix❑ i'•:'t parallel. 1::ln. :1n•h the :1lma' (' 3deeetion nee,* held for "'floc fur 1I cit thou ''vle. bet nr, farther in:,t':.rl of "Hitherto -holt thou C',111 But, v.!(y the e.m- e.'al peeferenee for "h,, tt: part,- when we. re expressly 11)1:1 that -Mary lath Ch13ell that good part"' The Vulgate, for whatever 040,41411. say: "the best part optinulnn pa rtes—Oftel cited in the :Middle Ages in proof of the superiority of the contemplative life, as represented by Mary. over the ac - tire lfe symbolized by 1a itla. But apparently no such contrast w'ae 1 foriginally intended. Why, again, '•a multitude of sins," when it is said of clarity that it "shall cover the nuilti- tu310 of sins"? Perhaps there is nu other reason save that the ((mane is an unruly member; such at least the world agrees in calling it, though the Biblical text describes it las "an un- ruly evil," Faulty or bad workmanship are easily discovered, and sense of the photographs revealed cases where serious results would probably have 1 followed had the material been used in the construction of airplanes, in! which the highest perfection is re- quired. .lilt A, Matlock, F,R,S., has devel- oped a new form of cinematograph, which should prove of distinct value in the evolution of the Ilhn industry, At present the pictures are often exhibited at a rate considerably higher than at which the photographs were taken, in order to avoid the flickering due to the intermittent illuminations, eir. ltlatlock's model illuminates the screen continuously, tams allowing the pictures to be 511013311 at any rate de- sired —either slower or faster than the speed at which the events occurred, OLD MOTHER HUBBARD A KING'S DAUGHTER St. Elizabeth of Hungary is sup- posed to have been the original of "Old .Mother Hubbard." She lived in the thirteenth century and was a daughter of a Hungarian Bing. She became the life of Louis, Landgrave of Thuringia, enol gained renown for her benefactions. She transformed' the Royal palace into an refuge for the sick and the poor and built hospitals s and homes for them all Over the land. 1 Fler sympathy for the sufferings of i others was such that she travelled through her domains and personally nursed the afflicted, After the death of her husband she was driven from the pulite° and spent the remainder Of her brief life in wandering the streets, her only refuge being the hovels of the poor people she had served and be- friended. At iter death thousands trees. 1 wept over the pauper's grave. Bits of Knowledge Here and There Apart from) the human species, no land animals can shag, I11001110 tax is paid in the United Kingdom by 3,400,000 persons, Pigeons have been Known to fly 600 miles 111 continuous flight in ten (lours, French brides were married by live thousand Americans on active service. Diamonds worth $100,000 have been obtained in two mouths on it farm in 1110 Orange Free State. 12,000 bombs, weighing 553, tons, Were (dropped altogether by the inde- peudent. Force, R,A.F, The British Government is snbafdiz• hug important industries, ecce to the extent of 920 million dollars to year. Live lobsters wore the first titer- ehendise 0(uried by the new air -see vice tetvicet Paris and Brussels, A nolo "baby" aeroplane, of Swedish splice, weighs on1q 700 pounds, and ills a speed (' s0 utiles an holo'. One penny is being paid to Alde- burgh, Engla11cl, school Children for every £even enbba(10 (white) buttes' - flies they catch, 13onny RIgg, n Scottish town of 3,000 population, has received twenty-two decorations and other military honors. During the war Britain sent thirty hospital trains to France, ns well as • nineteen trains for the use of tho American revere. The independent Force, R,A,P„ car - tied out 205 day raids and 373 night , raffle, including 70 of 150 miles and urine of 200 miles. Women strawberry pickers in Derby- shire received seven shillings a day this year ropaec1 with three shill- iu(1s 13011)' yeaors 13(10, Tooting Hall, in tato south-west 0f Loddon, once tiro residence of Daniel Defoe, is unfit row for habitation, ow- ing to its tuulbl0•down state, 11 Btdgian•matle glints tumbler 13311101) cost 2 dents before the war is now 20 cents, At) length -ill tumbler of bettor quality baa risen from 11 cents in 1914 to 1S cents 10 -day. Although birds undid nests. those are. only used for brooding. Thousands) of birds ere stilled by the cold 0ailt winter booaueo they have no real "horning." sense, - AN UNSINKABLE SHIP. It is Reported Has Been Produced In England, For many years, and particularly daring the war, much time has been spent in producing an unsinkable ship, Now 11 vessel bas been designed on the northeast COa5t of Englanal, which, it is claimed, has this attribute. The idea is simple, but very ingen- ious, and consists Of the bridge (1v11ic11 will ho larger than usual) being hol- low and air -tight. Its normal position will be close Clown to the decks, to i which it 1vl11 be attached by an ap- p. ratus which will permit of its beiug raised to a certain sleight above the deck, Should the ship be so damaged that the hull will sink, the bridge will be elevated to the full extent allowed by the deck attachment, and when the hull sinks the bridge not only remains afloat, but will carry tato submerged shell. On the bridge accommodation is provided for talose on board. Ship owners who have examined the design consider the idea justdes thej claims ]!made 111 regard to it, and with `. n view to testing its practicability ar-: rangemeats are being made for the building of a ship in accordance with the plait. I Love All That is Fair. I love all that is fair And lovely to behold, The full-blown rose that on the air Gives love a hundred -fold; Twilight and midnight hours, A stretch of starlit sea. The heavens, with their dreamy showers, Are loveliness to me, The pennoned fields of corn, The sl(tes 0f azurp-gold, The pestling laugh of morn, Are loveliness untold; A dash of blue -bird's wings, A sail upon the sea, The simple song the cricket sings Aro loveliness to 1110. The low -toed creeping breeze, That hrenthes at vesper hour, Sun, glinting on the bending trees, Nearby the ivy tower; The clouds that gently swing O'er nl0urltnin, hall and lea, The silvery phaeton) 1110011 ruing, Are loveliness to me, Aileen Ward. "That whieh lies in the well of your thought will come up in. the bucket 01 your s1)p'01cl1."--Spurgeon, "There may be wisdom in the tttult3- tu(Pe of counsellors, but certainly there is net much meed," --A lefeallder Mac - B. C. SALMON RUN DW LADLES FRASER RIVER SALMON THREAT- ENED WITH EXTINCTION. Rock Slide of 1913 Disastrous to Valli• able Fish industry—Inactivity of U.S. Authorities. Although reports from D111,1811 Col- umbia indicate that the ealmon peach last year was the lerga st ,•n record.. it 115 ( inferred therefrom that alt t net i)) iuferref t fr mn the 5a1m0n industry is still as flourish- ing as ever. The facts are, as report- ed by J, N. Pabcock, :lest. Commis - skitter of I"i.,4h 'ries fur the province, that the lar(1e_paek ns due entirety to the increese from, and the utilization of, the "pinks" and "c13n11)5,•- varie- tiee of the salmon, for' whi'11 there was no s1,10 until the 1c.'l(eye became scarce:. 711•• ran to the Fn,1,er during 1318 wee "very much the smallest ever known. '1'l,e river may be said to be ti;heel Otlt of sockeye, ye, and ,the run of pini( 0014(1.311, which was 1103 used (10 vinaa to the- war, is fast dis- appearing." The sock.e7.1 emu:minds a higher price than tiny- other Pacifies salmon and it is the salmon that made the Fraser R, ver fr-her. 's famous, The .i 'truetiu£) of the, vehee4(1,, 11„11 is a.'eeeely in 11:11' with ,1 p"r•dicriun :made by .lir. 13t1(!>cnc•k befeee('um- misfAion of (('1!11 ra-atem 11. 7117. A Fateful Rockslide. 111 1113' year lel 3, a bit: roak.'ll'1(i, in- (+bleer to veil ay e0n-.truction work, oe'-u,,:• 1 In lla-llg•rte (alien o:1 the Fearer 1a,eee This slide wee 1103.1,ng hurt of t eelet i1ty t.1 the w,ch'eyr• bat- I::oa 13+11111g industry 111 British (when• h.a. All )till:Alia)• with the ).,edition then' Knew t1,1,1 •, !Mem:pit en known an the ' eire ,ren" 15.11 ,--,5 place every f •al e Vie elms eeetured lu lee:, rat 1 :Tait, in lel 2, the rute- ful y".cr of the bis 111)10. in uneh of thee- 1 ,:n•, the rut of eoekeye was very much ,ager (.1(113 in the inter- venire: t11('r- ve in : yeare, The phe'udueuon of the -big year" is cine t:, the feet that the su,a y:+ tak•.•s 1'0'11• yea's tr, mature. Thos, the fieh of 11'13 were ebench,aat beeauee of the abundant spawning in the year 1.9330. The slide above-mentioned nnfor- tun.ltel) (..carred dnri g a big rot" year. It so narrowed the river that the force of the }eater was nue great for even the sockeye to overcome and they were enable to reach their spawn- ing beds. Although the slide was re- moved before 11)14, it was too late to allow many fish of the 1913 run to as- cend the river. and, in cens0(311enee, 111001 of the sockeye of that year failed to spawn. It was feared, therefore, that the run in 1917 1011111 be seriously re- duced- The fear was only too well- founded. The pack for that year in the Fraser River district was only about one-fifth of that in 1913, and there is little doubt that tho pack for 1921 will be still less. In fact, the phenomenon of the "big rut" has been wiped out and, now, all years are lean years for sockeye. so car as that dis- trict is concerned. Carelessness of U.S. Senate, Another factor enters into the situa- tion, The fishery might be perpetua- ted and in some degree -restored if conservative fishing Were pr:acti50d and if sufficient fish were permitted to pass tip to the spawning grounds. Unite ((nudely, Canada Cannot of her - !elf limit the fishing. as the sockeye, in its (entree from the ocean. 1>a15es through 'waters under the jurisdiction of the state of W,1=!an,lt'm. Canada has repeatedly utauicested her willing- ness to enforce remedial measure,. Following an investigation in 1905, by a joint Commission representiug Canada and the state of Washington. the Dominion offered to suspend all sockeye fishing in the bruiser River district during 1900 apd 1005, condi- tional upon ident.ic tuition by that state. The State Legislature refused to take the desired action. Int 1900, Great I31'itain and the United States concluded a convention providing for the protection, preserva- tion and propagation of the sockeye, but the United States Senate, after years of delay, refused to approve the treaty. This year, a new treaty is awaiting action by the United States Senate. It provides for an international C0111. mission of two Canadians and two Americans to make investigations and to make such recommendations gov- erning the fishing as may appear do- slrable. It Is earnestly to he hoped that this proposed treaty will go into effect :and ' that the recommendations will be act -- ed upon. Otherwise, the Fraser River sockeye is simply threatened with ex- termination. t'•1a115da has done and Will do all she can to preserve this valuable food fish. The fate of the sockeye lies iu the hands of the elate of Washington, PIsa's Leaning Tower. , I The famous Leaning Tower of Pisa is of pure white Carrara 1narbl0 in the 1 Gothic style. Its departure from the perpendicular has been variously in- , torpreted, but there is little doubt that it arises from the 5nf1ue58 of too soil on which ft stands and 'which batt given way. Notwithstanding ate, threatening appearance, it has now stood for more than six hundred yeare 'Without rent or decay.