HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1919-9-11, Page 2TINY ISLAND KINGDOMS
Scattered abort the shores of the little retreat, covered with meadow
British Islee are a number of Islands, land and charming old elm trees. -an
largo and small, w'itose proprietorsideal place for bathing and sea fishing.
are lsonatc:he of 1l1 they survey, In I Title island hue a hletery that dates
many r speet;> they po>iseee greater from the time of Edward the Conroe.
power over their "subjects" than is sor, from which time it has always
Peeens;o 1I by King Ueurge himself, had a "king" and a small population,
Although owing Mogi: :e to the The present "king" is the son of a
British Cro,vn, yet tarliament bus no brewer who refused to continue be
bowel' to tax Flute of these Wand es- thn.t business. In doing this he sacri-
totes, nor can anyone land 00 their
sherce without Liu' permissi.31 of the
owner.
Sony, of 1heee islands; ere but a few
neves in extent, while one of then is
the largest hand around ''he British
heed more than a million dollars, so it
is said, and has converted the island
into a retreat for drunkards. His ef-
forts have met with considerable suc-
cess, for the isolation and the bracing
sea air have worked wonders.
coast, next. after Ireland. end boast; There are a number of theme diminu-
of quite a large populatioe, rive water surrounded monarchies off
The special priv!lcgee mentioned the coast of Scotland. Ono of then
have been granted in tines past by is the Isle of Bute in the Firth of
some eoeereigu to a favorite to whorl Clyde, which is owned by the Marquis
he wished to give a merit of special of Bute. This kingdom eoatahns al -
favor. Like titles of nubility, these moat fifty square miles and has a
population of 11,000 people. There
are as many as six little lakes in that
monarchy, the largest of which, Loch
Fad, is a quarter of a mile wile and
bout nine times that to length. The
land, which lies in the British Chan- famous old home of the Marquis.
nen. Now Lundy is one of the best
known of the tiny istulid monarchies.
It 1s a delightful little jewel that was
once the haunE >1f pirate, and smug-
gler's, It was at one time centered by
the French pirates and at another time
fell into the hands of Turkish priva-
teers. N., one can dwell or even visit
this bit of the earth's surface without
the consent of the owner. It is ex-
empt from taxation.
Lundy is probably not paradise, but
it is actually the property of the
Heaven family, and a clergyman by
that name is the present owner. He
rules over a kingdom of 1,200 acres
and fewer than a hundred souls,
special privileges were Made in per-
petnt.y and still cling to the terri-
tories.
Those 'or us who have read "West-
ward Hol" will remember Lundy Is- a
The Smallest of the Kingdoms.
Down noar I.and'e End a great rock
rises out of the bay which is known
as St. Michael's Mount. It is an is-
land tied it is not, for at low tide a
rough stone causeway connects it
wit]' the mainland. It ie little more
than a mile in. circumference and is
probably tate tiniest of the island king -
dome. Perched upon the summit of
the reek, which is about one feet high,
is the famous old castle in which the
"icing." Lord St, Le,'an, resides. Clus-
tered at the base, facing the land, is
a tin;:- village composed of a score of
houses where dwell the "subjects."
Just south of the Isle of Man Is a
little island called the "Calf of Maul"
'Phe original owner received from
Queen Elizabeth a grant of this island,
which was declared to be forever free
from taxation. NO one can live there,
or even on its shores, without the con-
• sent or the owner. It is in every sense
al the word- private. The late owner
' was so engrossed in his books and
lived $o retired a life that years would
sometimes (:nape() between his visits
to the neighboring Isle of Man. Only
a smell part of the lance is cultivated,
and the whole ie overrun with rabbits
and rats, both of which are tailless.
This 113110 island kingdom was sold
not long ago for $100.000,
On the eastern cou1.t of England Is
a tiny island called Osea. It is about
a mile and >t half long and three-quar-
ters of ar mil' wide. It is a delightful
Rothesay Castle, dates from the year
e098, Arran Is another of these sea
girt kingdoms in the same firth.
Has a Romantic History.
The ruler of tine little principality
is the Marchioness of Graham, and a
wise ruler she has proven to her 5,000
subjects. Although only nineteen
miles long and ten broad. Arran has
had a romantic h!stoly. Robert the
Bruce is said to have hidden himself
there for some time in a cave end to
have prepared one of his expeditions
to recover the crown on the island.
The ruins of a castle are shown which
was one of the residences of Scot-
land's kings.
Another little kingdom is the island
of Rhunl, whose potentate is Sir John
Bullough. Nearly all the island is
deep forest and moorland, and it is
all mountainous. Only 300 acres are
tillable, The subjects of Sir John
number fewer than elghtseore. The
whole island is one vast game pre-
serve, where deer and other game
roam to provide sport for the nobility.
The largest of these island king-
doms is doubtless Lewis Island, one
of the Outer Hebrides group, off the
west coast of Scotland, It covers an
area of nearly 700 square miles and
has 37,000 people. It has several
lochs where splendid fishing is to be
had. Over the moors and forest land
the red deer still roam.
This island has had a stirring his-
tory,_for the people have always been
fighters. Many times have royal
troops been defeated by the islanders.
Many members of the royal family of
England have been entertained at
Stornoway Castle, the residence of the
owner.
The present "ruler" is a Major
Matheson, and he desires to sell his
kingdom. At present the people are
peaceable enough and are principally
engaged in fishing. The girls go all
over Scotland to assist In packing the
famous herring of that country. Next
to fishing cloth weaving engages the
attention of the islanders, who are a
hardy and thrifty people, the majority
of whom speak only Gaelic.
The Sense of Smell,
It. is said that the tenon part of a
melba of music will routine for years
to fill a rem with its odoriferous par-
ticles, and that at the end of that
time It will not bo appreciably dimin-
ished in weight.
A cubic inch of air arising from the
;tante of a Bunsen Nutter has been
estimated to mutate no fewer than
400,000,000 duet particles.
A drop or blood that night be sus-
pended from the point of a needle col -
tains about 1,000,000 red corpuscles.
Yet, although hatter is so marvel-
lously divisible, the olfactory nerves
dare infinitely more sensitive. Much
yet remains to be investigated with
roferenee to these eerves which will
discriminate with such apparently
mitaenlous accuracy.
To Clean Leather Goods..
Do not use gasoline in cleaning
leather upholstery. Plain water with
a little ammonia will remove the dirt
and a brisk rubbing with a clean
woolen or flannel cloth will do the
rest. For still more careful treatment
use a regular dressing.
A Country Scene.
New, down weodhuul v.uys a harry
Marks the ,invent of the day,
As ueress the invent; scurry
('lands with trailing skirts of gray;
And, there is a note of worry
In the robin's morning lay!
See! the squirrel's cheek is pouted
With the ruddy, ripened grain,
And the idea so long scouted,
Now is obviously plain;
For a night or so 'twas hinted
Mr. Frost had made a call;
Now his signature Is printed,
To be read by one and all:
On the leaves of maples turning
To a deep, delclous red; •
On the sturdy sumachs burning,
And the ivy overhetul,
From the thicket comes the whistle
Of the bonny little quail;
And along the air the thistle,
Lightly now begins to sail.
To the cider mill the golden -
Fruited store the wagons draw;
And there is the rapture olden,
Sucking rider through a straw!
Many other baskets heaping
With the -orchard's ruddy store,
Bear the prize for winter keeping
Safe behind the cellar door.
Oldest Canal In the World.
The oldest canal in the world, dat-
ing back nearly 2,500 years, and also
the longest canal, measuring nearly
1,000 miles, is that extending from
Hanchow, south of Shanghai, China,
to Pekin. Most of this canal has been
filled with mud by overflows of the
Yellow River, but the southern por-
tion of it still constitutes a very busy
wuteru•ay. The canal Is now to be re-
built and improved. The project is
too vast to be done at a single opera-
tion, and the funds are not at hand.
At present about $6,000,000 is avail-
able, and this sum will be used for
the improvement of a section about
a hundred miles in length, leaving to
n later date, when funds can be ac-
cumulated tits. reconstruction of other
sections.
Cornfields are appearing rather
Like the Red Men came to raise
Wigwams, as the farmers gather
Tented shocks of golden maize!
As the sunlight tints the tassels
Of the sheaves they homeward
bring,
To no rulers aro they vassals,
But each, reaper is a king!
Round the stackyard pigeons cooing,
Tell of all the garnered store;
When the wintry storm is brewing,
Winds in vain assail the door.
For we know the storm's appearing
Can be reckoned close at hand,
By the lines of wild geese steering
1j, -shaped to a warmer land.
Few bright days there are to follow
Autumn's advent we may learn
By the southward -speeding swallow
From the rule of winter stern!
And there is note of worry
In the robin's morning lay,
As across the heavens scurry
Clouds with trailing skirts of gray,
While down woodland ways a hurry
Marks the advent of the day!
A Psalm Among Flowers.
I love the best the flowers that blos-
som wild,
The gentle spirits of the solemn
woods,
The solaces of meadow solitudes,
That spring to mark where summer
• morns have smiled;
That wear those sweet, old-fashioned
looks that grace
Their Mother Nature's calm, un-
studied face;
River of Ink.
Algeria has a river 1111>3 literally is
filled with ink. being formed by the
union of stream], one of witch Is inn•
preguated with gallic acid, and the
other with iron.
Buy Thrift Stamps for children.
The Parable of the Raindrop
0a a warm summer afternoon four
drops of water lay in the bay. Re.
spending to the blazing rays of the
sun, these drops of Inter evaporated
and aecenllet1heavenward, where they
,helped to form a cloud, and then,
directed by the Invisible hand, this
cloud coursed northward. Ono drop
of water fell in a ,garden and helped
furnish m1111. with 'food. Another drop
of water fell in a field of cotton and
helped to give man clothing. Tho
third drop fel] in a forest and helped
nonrieh a tree, and. so Wiped to pro-
vide man with shelter. I3te the fourth
drop of rain was net destined to fur-
nish man with food, clothing and shed,
ter, but to give him heat, light and
Weer.
So ou and on it went, further north•
ward until it dropped in the form of
snow on n barren mountain peals.
Thera it waited malty months until
the vaiell had gone half 1011)' around
then eaten earn; and ante warm illy 1n
the 5(311'14 Wee le: oue:4e the twee
sage that its long stay in the moun-
tains was at an end. Throwing off its.
winter clothing it again assumed the
form of a raindrop and crept down the
edge of tho vast lee floe. Then it
joined some brothers in a tiny rivulet,
then tumbled into a mountain brook
and soon, in u raging torrent, it sped
ilow11 10' the lake. Thorn its progress
was checked by a dant, but not for
long. For sr>on, racing down tate pelt-
stocic, it clashed itself against the
steel blades of the turbine in the
power house. i>t that brief instant it
fulfilled its destiny, for it helped to
create light, haat and power,
For ages and ages this great cycle
has been goilg on water, mist, clouds,
rain, snow, 1111, water again; up and
down fl'in11 nret.ic to tropic muds and
Iraqi again co,nttleee billions of
miles. Our eorc>f10110rs for thousaand:4
of year.: eiood beside the great urate
tai t t w ee:.1, enable to nee Ca: prico-
114::4 rnr; : v:hielt w5.: nepsl]n 1t; o1C
01 0,1'1' 7, 1 re;,1. for, titr` 3433., 1111.;5-
, .. , ••tt ,'.ty :
That bear the culture of the lingering
dew,
And rise so simply thoughtless of
their worth
They clothe with modesty the glad-
dened earth,
Chastening the very dust they blos-
som through;
Content with all the fair, bright world,
and gay
With every wind that loiters in their
way.
I love to steal away from formal care,
Froin all the pomp and glare of
studied art,
And take these artless darlings to
my heart;
Frail as the dew! and yet, they help
me bear
The burdens that the cold world can-
not know,
Or, knowing, cannot make the lighter
so.
CROSBY'S KID
irnkTwns.rt 9UMPEPE•
e.
UTILIZING WATER POWER.
Conserving Water and Regulating
Flow Is Important Problem
For Canada.
A water conservation worlc of vast
importance is that at present under
construction at Big Eddy, on. the Span-
ish River, Algoma Dletrlct, Ont., for
the International Nickel Co. The Con-
servation dam will raise the level of
the river 100 feet, and will create a
lake with an area of 15 square miles.
Combined with the storage In the up-
per.tbird of the Spanish River water-
shed, it will increase the eminimum
flow to over 1,800 cubic feet perr
second, or almost three times the na-
tural low-water flow, viz., 675 cubic
feet per second. It will also create a
power site where 15,000 h.p. can be
continuously developed.
,The engineer who designed this
work, Mr. Henry Holgate, of Mont-
real, in reporting on the matter to
the Commission of Conservation,
states that:
"When this work is complete, the
waters of the Spanish river above the
township of Hyman will be conserved
to their full extent, and this will bo
one of the most complete systems of
water conservation in Canada.
"Conserving water, and regulating
flow on our streams, is one of the
most important subjects we have be-
fore us, and merits the co-operation
and assistance of the Government, as
it should be a cardinal principle in
power development that the full ef-
ficiency of the water in the watershed
be made use of, and this cannot be
done unless carefully considered sys-
tems of storage are provided, so as to
equalize the flow as nearly as pos-
sible throughout all seasons of the
year.
SUDANS SWORD FOR KING.
Son of the Madh! at Impressive Cere-
mony in London.
A gold sword, a legendary weapon
supposed to have been sent down
from Heaven and surrendered only
as a token; of submission, was pre-
sented to the King at Buckingham
Palace recently by Sayed Abdel Rah-
man el Maahi, the son of the late
Mandi (whose troops killed Gordon)
on behalf of a special Sudanese mis-
sion.
In presenting the sword he said:
"The sword of victory, which was be-
queathed to my father, I give as a
sure token of my fealty and submis-
sion to your exalted throne."
Accepting the sword and then re-
turning Vit, the King replied: "As a
proof of your fealty to me, I take the
sward and hand it to you and your
heirs to hold on my behalf in tlee de-
fence ,of my throne and Empire, and
as a proof of my acceptance of the
loyal submission of you and your fol-
lowers,"
Sir Snyecl Ali el Mirghani, a des-
°anclant of the Prophet, who headed
the mission, in a loyal address re-
marked that in the clays of the past
wars only decided the fate of belli-
gerent nations, but this war was to
decide the future of all weals nations,
among which was the Sudan,
The King, replying, said; "The
part played by the Sudan during the
war ander the anile direction of Sir
Reginald Wingate and Sir Lee Stack
bee been very noteworthy, In no
quarter except Darlur, which has not
been directly administered by the
Sudan Government, was there any
disturbance, and the behavior of the
whole population was one of com-
plete loyalty."
The sweet, unspoken language of a
flower
Hath often been for me a kindly
prayer,
And rung low curlews for the long
-day's care,
When doubt might else have knelled
the evening hour;
And ott at nightfall, on the silent
plain,
The flowers have brought 1110 hope
and rest again.
011, 1inlees children of the solitndes—
Heaven Iles among you in reflected
calms!
No art can magnify y01tr perfect
charms!
You Minister to all imploring moods,
All, sure the voice of God is sweetest
heard
Wile's speech of plan haul never add-
ed word!
Salt From the Sea.
Expel burets in Norwuy with a view
to extracting salt from ocean water
by means of electricity have been suc-
cessful and two salt factories will be
started for this purpose in tie near
future, by the name of the De Norske
Saltvertker, One is to be in western
and the ether in northern Norway, as
these districts, on account 01 the
fisheries, are the best home markets,
Each factory is calculated to produce
50,000 t0118 of salt a year for a start,
but they will bo so built that the pro-
dre:tion can be brought up to double
the quantity, if necessary, Besides
the salt different by-products will be
made. The capital for tho two fee -
tortes is calculated at 20,000,000
crowds ($0,360,000), Eacil of them
will rake about 6,500 horse -power for
the normal production, During -the
war it has been difiicult to gel. salt
From abroad and sometimes it bre
been itnpoesible to salt down the fleet,
The new snit wol'ks shouid greatly
improve the a'Ltnu(iou,
The Red Cross Drive
"Cielly, are you cleaning house or
colloeting for a rummage sale?"
"A little of both, 1f you please,
ma'am," Cicily Rolf retorted. "I'm
Red -Cross driving. Have you forgot'
ten it's Red -Cross week? Really, I
hadn't realized how many things I had,
tucked away that I wasn't using at all,
It made me positively ashamed. But
didn't 'I matte a good job of that
swelter?"
"You don't mean that you washed
It!"
"Certainly I washed it. I'd be
ashamed to send a dirty sweater ovor
under the flag,"
"You're queer, Cicily Rolf! As if
they wouldn't be glad to get anything
over there! How long do you think
a white sweater will stay clean?"
"I h tven't,anything to do with that
part," Cicily replied. She always had
thought Ethel's patriotism a shoddy
thing. "All I'll concerned with is my
end of it—my own self-respect and
patriotism."
Ethel shrugged lightly, "I call that
being altogether too particular," she
declared.
Ethel soon took her departure, and
Cicily was glad to see her go. She
went on with her careful mending and
packing, but Ethel tinged her thoughts.
"She's the kind that would bundle
up two or three shabby evening gowns
and think she had given something,"
she said to herself. "How can people
do it- How can they miss the joy of
giving?"
Clcily's bundle was ready then. She
put the last stout wrupu>1(tg about it
and started out. On the way aIle
stopped at (Roush Joslyn's, •
• "Red-Croesing?" Coes 111 Joslyn lisle -
de.
Cicily nodded, " And everything
mended! she declared fiercely, with
the taste of JIthel's (113.11 still bitter up-
on her tongue. -
"rut so>'' of it;' Conain Joslyn re-
plied. "1 want to show you something;
you will love it."
She lett the room for a moment and
returned with a lox of Ilt(00 flannel
skirts, exquisitely made.
"Isn't that a gift. Three dozen of
them --all real woolen (oriel,
"I should tl>ink It was!" 010113•
agreed. "It's a gift somebody loved to
make, too. Look at that featherstitch-
ing! Who was it, Cousin Lyn? Can
you tell?"
Cousin Lyn ran her fingers lovingly,
over the little skirts, "It was ;ally
March," she said.
"Sally March!"
"Yes. She went without a new
suit. She said that she couldn't bear
to have a now one when thousands
of litho children were suffering for
clothes. 'You know what Sally's poor
little suit is. But If you could have
seen the look in her oyes! I've been
wondering ever since how the rest of
us could be content to miss the joy
of real giving."
Cousin Joslyn was not looking at
010117's new suit or thinking of it, bet
the face under Cicily's new hat begun
to burn.
THE WEDDING OF THE FLEETS.
America to Britain,
Britain, yours is the birthright
Of fog and gale and seal
Never the flowing tide outruns
The reach of your destiny.
Yet from your ocean mother
Likewise came my stock!
Drake and Raleigh within me
Led me to Plymouth Rock!
What if my planet rises
Here iu the West, apart?
Mine is your Celtic vision,
Mine is your Saxon heart!.
Came the hour of your peril!
God, how you -leapt and defied
Hate that poisoned the roadways,
Death that hid in the tide!
Strained my ships at their moorings!
Rose my admiral's cry:
"Send us to fight by our brothers!
Send—or our souls will die!"
What Is Musk?
How many of tate fair sex can ans-
wer this question? Where does the
delightful music perfume conte from,
and of what is it matte? Practically
is
of the world's supply
the whole
exported from a town in Cilina called
Taclilenlu, the gateway of Tibet. '1'itis
musk is secreted h1 the pouch of the
made deer in this region (luring certain
seasons of the year. Those small ant -
mals, about twenty-two inches high
and three feet long, aro almost exter-
minated in order to obtait this pone -
(luting odor, and about 3,000 pounds
was 010 tntal.obtained in one year,
Musk, If exposed to the air, evapor'
aces vary quickly, but a c;nhall"gnauti-
ty will mite a1 large amount of per.
fume,
Farb:nate ie the Marl who acquires
hit: ic1.x;:e.x , fram the experience of clitions deseribod by General Seeley
the cth 5.v .:e 3f, as vital, namely, wide woos with al.
Then were our squadrons wedded!
There in the spume and mist
Crushing the cmmon danger!
Pledging the deathless tryst!
This is our law, 0 Britain—
What we have joined shall bo
Bleat on the face of the waters
Till God shall dry the sea!
Whither our mandates lead us,
Whither our keels may run,
British and Yankee sailors -
A world apart—are one!
Slang In Ancient Egypt,
An ancient use of a modern slang
idiom was mentioned the other day by
T. E. Peet, the lecturer on Egyptology
at Manchester University. Ile said
that the Egyptians always used the
verb "to do" in referring to a visit to
a country, just as a tourist to -day
speaks of "doing" Paris or London.
After this it will not surprise us to
learn that Hannibal considered his ex-
peditious as nothing more than
"stunts," or that the Roman populace
was rather annoyed when Julius Cae-
sar was "done in."
French and the Boy Soldier.
The following story illustrates in
the best possible manner the solici-
tude for his men which is character-
istic of Lord French, During a sur-
prise visit behind the firing line he heated from below by stoves. 1'ago
came upon a boy Territorial who was tables are spread on the door to n
in the act 3.P writing a totter. depth of four to six Melee. and warm
Lord Fr:suh was surprised to see
that ho wits sobbing bitterly ns ho air 5318005 through them, taking away
wrote, and questioned him as to the
cause of his grief.
The lad, taken unawares, made at-
tempt to overcome his emotion, and
stammered out some sort of excuses;
but the Field -Marshal was not to be
put off, and, speaking kindly, insisted
upon knowing what was the natter.
How Beavers Fell Trees.
A naturalist, who has given par-
ticular study to the ways of beaversp
asserts that those creatures have an
ingenious method of cutting the trunk
of a tree that they wish to fell.
Instead of attempting to gnaw it
straight through they mance two cute,
one above he other, and they pry out
Pieces between tib cuts. The result
of their operations is a V-shaped notch
resembling that remade by a woodsman
with an axe.
l TAKING THE WATER
OUT OF FOODSTUFFS
We drink only about Milt of the
water we 00(1snl11e. Tite other half le
contained lo, the food we eat.
Our foods are meetly water. Os-
pealally vegelabies and Unita, Rolle
01 W11 1011, 111te the tomato (which is
either a fruit or a vegetable as you
happen r to look at it),` have only a
s111a11 percentage of s0111a.
Experts ore trying to develop dry -
big processes that will greatly reduce
the weight and hulk of food malaria's,
incidentally rendering them tlecay-
proof, and making it pns:eible to snore
them for indefinite periods,
Already ohne 're being dried in
enormous quantities, Likewise eggs,
for bakers' use. Grapes and other
fruits are being "dchydret.ed" on a
vast scale by exposure to the sun,
The exports expect venal success
with meats and fish, when the kayo
milked the problem ort. That old
standby, the dried codfish, illustrates
the possibilities,
With vegetables they have been
wholly successful. Of course, some
kinds are already on the market in
dehydrated farm; but up to now pro
cesses have been more: or less defer
tivo, and the products quite cuauuunly
are not u1) to standard,
'One method employs tunnels, it
which the chopped, sliced, m' other
wise prepared material is plae2ti 0r,
screens or racks, and through which
strong currents of dry, warm air are
forced by stean>-driven taus. .The
racks 1115.), be on trucks, run along
tracks, so as to be introduced at one
end of the tunnel and delivered with
their dried contents at the other,
Another method utilizes lc!llts, suei:
as are used for drying hops anti al/
Pies, These are square ehntuhers with
sloping roofs and perforntod floors,
the moisture, whirl le concluctecl out
thorough a ventilator in the roof,
From time to time the material is
stirred or turned over with a shovel.
A third re -nettled operates on the
'Menton principle, The material is
Mend on shelves in rlosee chambers
to which warm air is supplied. But
Thereupon the lad produced a letter the air is at considerably below the
from a younger brother in England normal atmospheric pressure, so that
telling of the death of their mother, the moisture is sucked out at the
vegetables, or whatever the material
may be. An objection to this process
is that it is liable to break dawn cel-
lular structure.
Int the kilns, on the other hand,
there may be lack of uniformity of
Product; and in the tunnels there is
a danger of overheating and scorch-
ing. The experts have succeeded in
working out the problem thornukhly,
and before long publication will be
made of the results they have obtain-
ed, describing in detail processes that
will befound thoroughly safe and sat-
isfactory.
These processes, employing relative-
kins, F.S.S., F.12.5,9„ has been the out- by low temperatures, subject the food -
standing authority on Canadim1 events products to a very gradual loss of
and progress. He is the compiler of water, but with no loss of color or
flavor, and without alteration of cell -
structure. The materials, on being
soaked in preparation for use, swell
to normal size and, when cooked, are
indistinguishable from fresh articles.
following elle receipt of an unofficial
report that her son had been ]tilled at
the front. The family, it appeared,
were in humble circumstances.
Lord French sent the Territorial
home on three weeks' leave. IIe gave
him, moreover, a substantial sum to
help to pay the funeral expenses, and
he dismissed him with the words,
"Bless you, my boy. Your mother, at
any rate, died with the satisfaction of
knowing that her son did his duty."
Canada's Official War Story.
For seventeen years J. Castell Hop -
the Canadian Annual Review. Pre-
mier Borden says "no Canadian writer
could be better fitted to record the
wonderful war achievements of Can-
adians at home and abroad." He is
the author of "Canada at War," the
official Canadian record which has bad
a tremendous sale in the Dominion.
Included in the book is a sketch- of
Capt. the Rev. John Reuison; the lat.
ter was chaplain of the 4th Infantry
Brigade, and has recently returned to
his church In Iiamilton. He marched
with the boys from Amiens, through
Arras to Cambrai, Valenciennes and
Mons toward the Rhine. Inspired by
intimate contactlwith the victorious
Canadians, he has written the Epic of
100 glorious days. Its title is "A
Story 01 Five Cities"—with a sixth
chapter, "The Invisible City."
Thoke who have been looking for-
ward to reading 111 comprehensive
form the full story of the thrilling part
played by Canada in the war will wet-
come the publication oe this record of
Heroism and accomplishment,
Britain is the corner -stone on which
our civilization Must rest,—Gen.
Botha.
The Airplane as a C ommercial Carrier
Unquestionably we, who have passed
through the stone, bronze, iron and
steel ages and are now passlug
through 1110 age of steam and gasoline
are entering upon a new age—the age
of air," said an official olt the Aero
Club of America,
Tho Canadian Pacific Railway has
applied to the Canadian Government
for a charter permitting it to operate
an air service. Regarding this now
ventue, Grant Hall, vivo -president of
tho road, says:
At present aerial transport: Is a dis-
tinctly expensive matter, but the pro-
gress being made both in airplanes
and dirigibles is so rapid that it is
quite In order for a company 00011 as
the Canadian Pacific to be ready to
enter the field so soon as air trans•
portatton cones within the range of
practical policies,
Although there aro areas in Canada
which will for a long time present dif-
ficulties, there aro other aroas which
conform to the roquiroments of the
exports, Take, for instance, the
western p113111es, which offoi the eon.
most complete absence of mist and
fog, It is there whore air traveling
might be profitable.
Three are, however, many costly
features about an air service which
w111 militate against any hope of vary
low rates, particularly the necessity
of suitable landing spaces at frequent
Intervals in case of engine trouble,
So that anyone who is under the im-
pression that air transportation in the
near future will reduce either rail or
steamship rates is likely to be disap-
pointed. In a word, the future of com-
mercial air transportation is hound up
in the question of cost.
At present the fastest transeontl'
Dental train in the world the new
"trans -Canada" express of the Cana-
dian Pacific, goes front Montreal to
Van0onvol', a distance of 2,885 miles,
in ninety-three hours thirty minutes,
A special courier airplane the otilor
day averaged 189 nines ail hour be-
tween London and Paris. Taking aeon
tied( this speed for an average flight
an airplane could ounce tie dieteneo
between Montreal and Vancouver in
about thirty hours, The pnssibllflic.l
for caasi-to-coaast travel are 111>p.lrent
to every business man.
Uses For a Cow's Horn.
A cow's horn is susceptible of be-
ing transformed into many objects of
beauty when properly manipulated,
First, the core is taken out of it and
sent to the glue fa.ctoly, after which
the horn is sawed into pieces. Ti>oso
are boiled in oll, which makes tate nue
terial so soft that it can be rolled out
into a sheet, like putty,
The sheet thus prepared is stamped,
colored, and put through a variety of
processes until it comes out in the
shape of a most exquisite comb or
other object in elaborately carved
"tortoisoshelV'
Cups and otilor vessels, so thin as
to be translucent, and most elegant
and ornamental, are made from cows'
horns. Likewiso cane and umbrella
heads, and handles for knives, forks
enol spoons,
Where Pigeons Flock,
The pigeons of London are one of
the sights to which the attention of
visitors is always drawn, St. Paul's
churchyard is a great place of gath•
ering, and here the birds mock down
for the more lavish midday meal
spread out for their benefit, now that
rations are less vigorously controlled.
They feed but of the Bands of their
benefactors, perch on their shoulders,
and flap and glitter in tho sunshine
as they fly up and clown, Pigeons
seem to belong to certain places,
Admiralty Arch is another favorite i'e.
sort, but all over the city the birds
have small colonies, and crowds of
faithful friends. In Venice and in
Florence the pigeons are as much (r
part of the picture as the greatest
buildings, a finishing touch„d's it were,
With which nobody can dispense.
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Spiders Walk Straights
Spiders have se many legs that it
aloes not seen to matter which way
they walk, but Meet of them really
0 at 1'f
d Walk, straight lrt whoa in i direc-
tion
ahead (3.e d
tion of their 000. it It is necessary
they will tante a quick solo step, and
001110 of them can jump, but they can
get over the ground pretty fast just by
walking straight ahead, and that is
what most of them do.
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