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The Brussels Post, 1921-12-8, Page 7"OUR MR. ARNOX..D" Mr, John Halton, representing Bram• chert & Laite, 't nlitod, .of London, found two letters waiting for him !n the comnnerelet-reom of the George Hotel, Midstene, One was from this firm Peel rho other from itie wife. He opened the latter first, and learned that the baby bed cut her first toolh, and Hutt the bright little woman In the BrAton flet hoped that business was .geed. The letter from his firm aeknow- iedged two cheques and a email order, and then was a postscript in the t managing handwriting o f he ma g g director. "We trust you will endeavor to open an account with Norris Brothers, This firm are the largest buyers in Mel - stone, but we have not done businese with them for years, On your last journey you reported that you celled twine and were unable to see their buyer, Mr. Arnold. We trust yen will be more fortunate tiestime, •'The matt we need is a man wbo'oen• open new amcbunts," There was a'troubleti expresiiion up- on Ilalton's freckled, good-humdred face as he placed the letter in his pocket. He tanked' at Its' watch, It was half=past five, late to "hake a can and he had a very tiring day; but, leaving his bag In the commercial - room, he picked up the small leather case containing his Catalogues and price lists, and set off for Norris', the big wholesale and retail ironmonger$. in Bridge Street. It was Thursday evening, and It bad been a rotten week, One of those weeks] when everything goes wrong— big orders lust gone to a rivet; men away on a holiday, gone to Londdn for the day. "Been in and went out a moment ago!", A veteran might Have accepted the situation philosophically, but John Balton was not a veteran. He had only been"on the road" three months; he was still an his trial. And his old job to the London ware- house had been filled. It was a dis- comforting thought that if he ceased to represent Messer. Branshaw Sc; Lane in the Southern Counties he would cease to be in the employ of ide firm with whom lie had started as an elute -boy nearly twenty years, ago. And he had not asked for the job; it bad been thrust upon him. He had done a little travelling hi the suburbs, and then had been chosen to succeed a rather crotchety old man, who bad kept his vow to die in Harness, but had kept together barely half his connec- tion. Halton had hated leaving his wife and child from Monday morning until Friday night, and bad dlicovered that a traveller's life is not a bed of roses, though until tbis last week he had thought he was doing fairly well en his lob. Now, coming on top of an almost blank week, the managing -director's postscript disturbed hint. There seem- ed an ominous note in it—a hint that he was not rising to expectation. IM passed Messrs. Norris Brothers' big shop in Bridge Street, and turned dowi a little side street to the ware- house and office entrance. An office -boy left hes task of copy - Ing letters to take his card into an in- ner office, and a clerk returned with 11. "You want to see Mr. Arnold?" he said. "But he's just Left for the day" "Would you mind placing my card on his desks and telling him I'll call In the morning?" said Halton.. "Oh, very went" replied the clerk listlessly; and Halton returned to the hotel. He had, not much expected to see the buyer at such a Iate hour; but, at all events; he would report to his firm that he had tried :and that was all he could report that day—a day ottrying without result, And after bis tea he wrote a letter to his firm, and went out to post it. 11 started to rate and anyway he felt too tired to go for his usual walk; so the went backto the George Hotel, politely refusing to make up a four at sole, and, witch a couple of hours be - tore he could very well go to bed, he .entered the billiard -room. Two men were playing, and a man sat on a settee watching them. .One of the players he recognized as the landlord of the hotel. The other play- er, who had Just made a break of thirty as lie entered, was a rather portly little than, with a abort grey beard and a somewhat aggressive manner. But he could. certainly play billiards, and just after Halton enter- ed he brought off a flue losing hazard and ran out an easy winner, Tba landlord excused himself play- ing laying again, as the man who had been watching wantedto see him on busi- ness, and the two Tee. went out, leav- ing the victorious player and Halton alone, "Care tora gager?" asked the victor carelessly, "I'll give you what poufs you like.". When John Halton had merited the lad emetically ceased to play bit- Bards. When ho lutd gone "on the road" he had decided. never to play, not -ori account of the expense --his games would cost him little --but for fear that ft would lead to late hours bend an trnfltftern Col: tverk to Ube we t- • Ihg. This man, however, was far aboi'o the average player, au opponent atter his own lto.u't, and a game would take him out of file gioouh;' chain of thought itfto which, ha had fallen,' "I'll play yen with pleasure, sir, 1 theeid Bay ee are : pretty evenly mateliedt" Itealipl" :The bearded manic eye- brows lifted, slightly. "I don't often. pley in. this :betel, but elleix X 40 I sic' pest to give points. however, if you 0.an do without then: es meek tlhe flet- ter," As 3laiton selected a cue from the rack be decided 'that tiffs man mist he tine oraek player et Ate teterl, who rattler resented, anyone claiming to be able to meet him on level terms. Even out of praotfce aahe was, Halton telt eure that, web anything like luck, be would be able to more than hold his owuI, They made it a couple of uuudred up, For the !list hundred the bearded wean, who had evidently took the game very sorlousle,, and seareelY spoke a.. word, scorer] nearly Wee as Last as he did. Thee Halton made a Mutt/ass break of forty-six and drew level. Two men had dropped in lust be, fore he completed It and they were loud Ih their applause. The bearded man was leaking grim. "You play a very good game, sir," be said. "You've, got your eye in now, and I shall be a proud man 11 I succeed in !heating you," Halton .had .got his eye 1n, and the balls were running well for him., He had made twenty-two, and had the red over the top pocket. As he leant over the table to take the shot, he heard one of the men ask his companion 1f he knew who the players were. "Don't know the bbg-break mer- chant," came the halt -whispered reply, "but he was in the oommereial-room for tea. The "bearded chap tit the buyer for Norris', the big ironmongers here, Man in the paint trade pointed him out to me last time I was here. They say he's a good player, but a poor loser." And Halton miscued, and left the balls beautifully for his opponent, "Hard luck; sir!" said the talkative trav'eiler sympathetically. And 1t was lord leek. John Halton bad been delighted over thatforty-six break, It would' have been fine to tell the misfile when -he got home bow he had beaten a cocky little chap, and got to within twenty of his record break, despite playing on a strange table and being out of practice. Ile had set his heart on winning the game. But if he wan he would certainly not open an account with Mr. Arnold, the buyer for Norris Brothers, when he called upon him -the next waning. The biliiard-room was tilling up. New of a great game in progress had Teen conveyed by the waiter who had brought drinks for the, two spectat- ors The bearded man scored, twenty- five off the fine opening he had given him. And John Halton went to the table to pisY to lose. He hated it—hated it not only be- oapse he was so' keen on winning, but en the principle of the thing. A game was a grime, play it; but, also busi- nese was business. At the back of his mind was the little flat In Brixton, a I woman and a tiny mortal who bad just cut her first tooth; they :depend ed upon him. His business was to open new ac- counts. The fact of having played billiards with the elusive Mr. Arnatd should be of value when be called to see him In the morning. To "open" with Norris Brothers would wipe out the stigma of an almost blank week, Halton made a pretty fifteen. His breakdown on a sine round -the -table cannon elected murmurs of sympathy. It would never da to go all to pieces suddenly: The bearded man was fretting and fuming. He had told the landlord be- fore that the spot ball was not run- ning true. Would that gentleman with the cigar get a little farther away from the table? Smoke made it so dif- ficult for him to see. Halton cleverly missed two good op- portunities, and placed the balls each time for his opponent; then, with twenty wanted to win, he scored eighteen, and could almost see Mr. Arnold's hair standing on end. Ile wanted Mr, Arnold to remember him in the morning. "One hundred and ninety-two—one hundred and ninety-eight," called the marker, who had appeared upon the scene. Halton had left the balls In suds a position that he was confident his op- ponent would easily run out. But the bearded man was obviously nervous. The rooxn was tense with excitement. He went in with the red, brought the red down over the middle pocket, and went In again. He wanted two for game, and had an easy eannee •en. But he missed ie "One hundred and ninety-eight all," came the voice of the marker. "Confound the man!" thought Hat- ten. He was making things difficult for him, The balls were rather awk- wardly placed; so Halton, anxious hot to score, but at least to have the'satis- faction of letting the bearded man see that he kuew as much about the game as be did, played tor a brilliant round - the -table cannot He played to miss by three or four indite, but miscalculated the amount of side necessary. "Game!" called the marker as the balls clicked; and, amid great tee tense, the bearded man put on his coat and 'paid the marker. "Thank you, sir!" ho said shortly to Halton, "A very good game indeed, I regret 1 cannot ask you to let the have my revenge, as I must be get- ting off." And Halton, forcing a etniid in reply to the congratulations et excited spec' tators, refused to play again, put on his light coat thud, filled with disnitte, were ter a sthort walk ere hes went to bed, ,Alia about tort o'clock the'1idP. wiis-mmand the Worst t tD 4D e i14 s a t office of Messrs. Norris Brothers, hop- ing devoutly that Mr. Arnold would prove a better sportsman than his manner the previous night had sug- gested. A clerk took in his card. "Come this way, please. Mr. Norris Will see you," he said. And John Halton, greatly puzzled, followed him along a corridor. He had asked to see Mr, Arnold. Why was he being taken to a man who was pre- sumably one of the partners?" The clerk opened a door, and John Halton, hat in one hand add brown leather case in the otber, found -him- self face to face with the man with whom he had played billiards at the George, "Good -morning, Mr Halton!" said the bearded man quite genially. "You asked for our Mr. Arnold; but I learnt your identity from the landlord be- fore I left the hotel last night, and I resolved to remove the name of your firm from our black list" "Black list, sir!" gasped the bewiid- erred Halton. "There are certain travellers who Bove annoyed me—men who won't take 'No' for an answer—menlike your firm's last representative, a self- opinioned old ass, sir. I never see those men again. They are told that Mr, Arnold is the buyer, and they call to see him, but never succeed for the simple reason' that there Is no such. person in our employ!' John Halton gazed at him blankly, "You must keep this secret, Mr. Hal- ton. I have told it to you because 1 have respect for you. I respect any man who can beat me level at.billi- ards. I feel that — But we must get to business. I think I eau make you up a decent order, Aud next time you're coming to Midstone, drop me a line a week or so ahead, and I'll keer the date free in order to try and get my revenge." Half an hour later John Halton de- parted with an order that more than made up for the poor week he bad had; and he had "opened" with Nor- ris Brothers, and was on very good terms with the senior partner, who had promised to put all he could in his way. And it was a very happy, confident man who set off back to the little flat in Brlxton. Testing the Age of Eggs. Fill a tumbler two-thirds full of water and then place in it a newly - laid egg and it will sink to the bot- tom of the glass. The egg is compos- ed largely of water, and therefore is heaviest while it is fresh. The older the egg, the lighter it becomes on tie - collet of the water evaporating from the white of the egg, which causes the empty space at the thick end Of the egg' to become enlarged. Hence, at three weeks of age the egg will lean in the water. When three months old it will stand perfectly straight, with pointed end of the egg barely touching the bottom of the glass. The larger the empty space becomes the "tore the egg will rise in the water, until finally it reaches the surface, He Wanted Variety. Not long ago there occurred a big fire in a Massachusetts town, and the er*wds that gathered were soon re -en - toted by ethers tem near -by places. While running to this flre one man overtook another in the road who was proceeding in the same direction. "Where's the fire?" asked the last- mentioned man, out of breath, "Don't tell me it's the carpet factory! I've seen that twice already" Motor traffic that kill and a girth that "I didn't know was leaded", are in the game; category. It is time that; the motorist awoke to the Ott Ibat he is driving a doxiy weapon and that evei:pt�.;,e ho ignores trafilo regule- tiong he is pointing a loaded gun at a Morning he pi'eOented benefit at the lfellow mortal's head, PRINCESS' CHOICE ENGLAND ENGLAND RING'S ONLY DAUGHTER TO WED VISCOUNT. Interest is Renewed in the Marriages of the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York and Prince Henry. The betrotbal of Princess Mary has been joyously received all over Bng- lead, largely besause she Is marrying an Englishman, says a Laudon des- patch. The action has had the effect of .reassuring themind of the British people on a subject about which much has been spoken and little written— the forthcoming marriages of her brothers, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York and Prince Henry. It has been obvious that the war had completely altered the situation re- garding eligible royal alliances foe the Princes of the blood, and it is now likely and certainly highlydesired that they will go back to the old tradition of the English throne before the royal marriage act was passed. There was a stringent restriction in the Stuart times, but previously there had been many instances of marriages outsidereigning families. Many Plan- tagenets married outside royal strains, and three daughters of Edward who had a high sense of royal dignity, married knights., two of whom were English earls holding titles no higher than that .Princess Mary's future hus- band will bear. Question of Royal Marriage. The eldest daughter of Edward III, married a French knight who was created Earl of Bedford. Under the Stuarts, royal blood marriages were strictly insisted upon, though James, Duke of York, married Ann Hyde, but it was kept a secret. With the Georgesthe passion for restricting marriages to royal families reached its height George. III. and his consort Anne were both fanatics on this subject, and were greatly angered when two of the King's brothers married commoners. A sequel to this was the royal mar- riage act, which tightened the restric- tions, which st0l prevail. Owing to the necessity of excluding Boman Catholic princesses the royal field since the war is very barren. It it certain that public opinion would never tolerate the marriage of any Prince with 8 German, and the num- ber of marriageable princesses in Hol- land, Denmark, Sweden and Norway is remarkably small. The imperial family Of Russia has utterly disap- peared and the Greek princesses would not be popular here now. Tire remaining royal families, those of Spain, Italy and Belgium, are Remus Catholics. In these conditions it is inevitable that some at least of the King's sons lutist marry outside royal circles, and there is no doubt that the People would tordlally welcome Ma a selec• Don. It is no secret that the Prince of Wales teeters to take an English girls and undoubtedly the people would ac- claim the selectiota with•such enthusf asm that the itouae of Lords would set aside the maarlage act, It is he- eepte0 here as almost certain that the old superstitions about the blood royal must give way to modern ideas, and the betrothal of Princess Mary is re- garded as the ilrst step in this direc- tion: He Qualified. The.-" Elie; 1' understand ,yell Mild I had a face that would stn; a Meek." He "So 1 did. A>1 weli-regulated clock would pause and hold up its • hands in admiration et the sight of your leeely face," ICEI:,P MUFFLER CLEAN AND NO CUTOUT NEEAEA. some of them will no longer install one except as an '"extra," The average driver, however, does not know that his muffler needs as eareful attention as any other part of the mechanism, and so he neglects it, In these days of noiseless oars it re- quires a great number of very small holes inside the muffler, These 'become clogged with soot or carbon from the exhaust. The deposit collects very i'y rapidly, especially when the grade of oil used be poor or tee much' oil is used It also results when the car- buretor is adjusted to give too rich a mixture, Openings Become Clogged- -When these small openings heoome. clogged the exhaust gases cannot es- cape readily, and naturally the cy"iin der of the engine is not cleaned at the exhaust stroke. Result: It is imposs sible to bring in a full cylinder of new gas en the next intake stroke. There, is not a full charge to explode, and this means a loss of power to the engine. Cases are known where the throttle was opened wide without any increase ih power. Trying to find out what the matter was, the driver opened the "cut out" and this caused the machine e 0 t 1e parts of an automobile most neglected by many owners and drivers is the muffler. As a toy with a dirty faee puts off the cleaning up process just as long as possible, so the motorist with a muffler that needs attention procrastinates and thinks Perhaps he will fix it up to -morrow, And to -Morrow never comes, But to- day is always here with its greater use s li f o a g a ne and various other complications that a dirty muffler Mmes. The muffler is located under the car, and being out of sight is usually out of mind. It is therefore often neglected or misused. And yet it ought not to be. The muffler is placed on the end of the exhaust pipe of the engine se that the driver of an automobile while taking pleasure himself does not wholly deprive others of it. Let us consider the use of the muf- fler. The exhaust valve opens while the burned gas is still under pressure of from twenty-five to thirty pounds per square inch.' If this were exhaust- ed directly into the air the resulting noise would stifle conversation in the car, annoy everybody along the street and quickly get the driver into trouble with the police. The inuffiler prevents all this. It provides a chamber in which these exhaust gases may ex- pand and cool somewhat and at the same time breaks up the pressure by allowing it to leak out slowly through a number of very small holes, instead of letting it loose in one "big noise." The "Cut -Out" Valve. In the early history of the automo- bile mufflers were net used and every- body for blocks around knew when an auto was coming. As the automobiles increased in number this 'became a nuisance and was stopped by law. Then they sought, indeed, had been seeking, a means of stifling the sound. In the early muffler there was trouble because the gas would back up in the cylinder and decrease the power of the motor. It was thought there was no way to decrease the sound without decreasing the power; therefore, the manufacturers devised a valve to "cut out" the muffler on the car whenever extra power was desired. Sometimes the back pressure was so great as .to interfere when driving' through heavy roads or up hills. The "cut out" let the .gas exhaust directly into the air instead of going through the muffler. At the present time nearly every city has a law ,prohibit- ing the use of "cut outs." As a matter of fact, those well post- ed on automobile engines understand to -day that the "cut out" is absolutely unnecessary on a modern car if the muffler is kept in proper condition. Muffler manufacturers have been able to produce a design in which there is no back pressure at all. For this rea- son manufacturers discourage the use of the "cut out" on their ears, and TO LEAVE WESTERN :CANADA FOR `EICR 200,000 M ,NNONIT BIG "TREK." Must Travel Through LLS. Under Bond—Encounter Many Difficulties, Arrangements have boon completed for the moat extensive "trek" since the Aryan race left Asia and swarmed over Europe. Two hundred thousand Mennonites i n now jiving g in Western Canada will leave there and take up permanent residence on the groat Bud, thio ranch: in Mexico, located in the state sot Chihuahua and Durango. The first movement will witness alto transfer of 36,000 of the sect, wbo will go early tido, winter to their new land of promise "and the entire niavemont is expected to cover a period of two years. The Mennonites have obtained option on 300,000 acres in Mexico, and have iulreudy purchased 50,000 acres for the first settlers. Odd as it may seem, these 200,000 Mennonites are leaving peaceful Canada far war ravaged Mexico, for, the purpose of avoiding war. The sect for several centuries has had as one. 0f its chief tenets "peace at any price" and church obligations prohibit the members from taking any oath, such as was necessary in else world to accelerate very rapidly, war when Canada and the United In other cases when the engine was Sates spa well, sought to draft them In cranked there would be a few ewplo- their armies. As pacifists the Mon- sions, a sputter and a stop, and the nonites gave the authorities a grave reason was that the muffler was so problem during the war and the Cana - clogged that it was impossible to ex- dian church declared tbe Dominion haust the -gas from these few explo-kgovernment had promised it when its sions; the cylinder remained full of members first located in Canada that burned gas. and, of course, could not; they could worship in their own way take in a further supply. These, of and would not be cancel upon to fight. course, are extreme cases. 1 The Mennonites Say this agreement The writer had the following exper- was violated. Ka cath of any nature ience not long ago: is permitted by the church, even oaths He was riding 0. a car that could, of eiilce or of allegiance, and although hardly make headway against a strong; revolutions have scathed in Mexico wind blowing. 'this meant frequent! for ten years, the chureh leaders be - use of the second -speed gear, which in, lieve their interests are safer there itself causes an undue use of gasoline.! $5,000,000 for Canadian Holdings. He found on experimenting that the; t muffler "cut out" pedal could be mai lin one year J. F. Wiebe of Her - ; place of the accelerator pedal; that; Bert, Saskatchewan, in charge of the is, when the muffler "cut out" was'• advance party, hes been taking bishops open the engine had considerably more of the church and other leaders into power and immediately speeded up.? Mexico, going as far as Mexico City, In fact, he kept the "cut out" open; to arrange the details and to confer most of the way home dna had no with President Obregon and ()Metals more trouble in bucking the head wind.I of state governments. For the first Of course, where the engine is' 50,000 acres of land the Mennonites stopped or there is a decided decrease! have paid $300,000, and they have sold in power the owner will hunt for the; most of their property holdings at Her - trouble, and find it, perhaps, in the bort and in ether nearby towns for muffler, He might not notice heel nearly $6,000,000 - serious cases where, while the ntuffierj ture. The to 1 oilthe ve one0p tuliill travel rfea- is somewhat clogged, it does not de-' thethrough the United totes under bond, crease els power strikingly;sitbut even The Washington government refused in these less serious cases it will often to let them pass through under any be found that the power of the motor] other arrangement. When the land In may be materially increased by hav-1 Mexico was purchased, option obtained ing the muffler cleaned; yet it is sel- dom done, even when the ear is sup- posed to be overhauled completely. Many drivers seem to think the muf- fler can take care of itself. Land of Our Birth. Land of our birth we pledge to thee Our love and toil in the years to be, When we are grown and take our place As men and women with our race, Father in Heav'n, who lovest all, 011, help Thy children when they call, That they may build Pram age to age, An undefiled heritage. Teach us delight in simple things, And mirth that has no bitter springs, Forgiveness free of evil done, And love to all men 'neath the eau. Land of our birth, our faith, our pride, For whose dear sake our fathers died. 0 mther!and, we pledge to thee, Hear, heart and hand thro' the years to be! Teach us to look in all our ends, On Thee for judge and not our friends, That we with Thee may walk un- coseed, By fear or favor of the crowd, Teach us the strength that cannot seely, By deed or thought, to hurt the weak, That under Thee we may possess Man's strength to comfort man's dis- tress. —Rudyard Kipling. A Prospect of Retrospect. When I think how time will pass Until this Now is turned to Then, Like smoke that fades within a glass Seem the curled fancies of my pen. For this year's sturdy discontent Will read as words a boy misspelled, When I have weighed the Much life meant Against the Little that it held. ---Edward Davison, Smuts Was Snubbed. General Smuts told an amusing story a short time ago. "I was at a social gathering with General Botha," the said. "Two !tap- pees came up Putt asked me for my autograph, In a daintily bound book I signed my dame with the proffered pencil. The girl studied me' signature with e. f -ovre, 'Aren't you General T ettha t' she asked, 'No,' .1 replied, '1ee General Smuts: She turned to her friend with a shrthg. 'Lend me your 1ndla-rubber, May; she sold:" seas One inch of rein meanie 100 tons of water on every acre. Love's Lantern. Because the road was steep .and long And through a dark and lonely land, and details carried through satisfac- tory with the Mexican authorities this was but the beginning of the Mennon- ites' difficulties in leaving Canada. While Mexican officials held out a welcoming hand, Canadian 0dfciale said that if they left their homes they never would be permitted to return. The United States officials informed God set upon my lips a song the seat it would have to make bond, And put a lantern in my hand, bollowi'ng which the railroads said they would not agree to haul the big Through miles on weary Mies of night party unless Mexico would guarantee That stretch relentless ou my way, to accept them. Trouble arose aver My lantern burns serene and white, passports. Mexico waived the pass - An unexhausted cup of day. port requirements, but net the United States. But after much parleying with Washington, the United States agreed to minimize passport red tape. When prospects looked rosy, Mexico insisted that the Mennonites should exclude sick, disabled and undesirables, and although a peaceful people the Men- nonites ennonites are tenacious and united, and refused to accept this edict, 0 yolden lights and lights like wine, How dim your boasted splendors are, Behold this little lamp of mine, It is more starlike than a star! —Joyce Kilmer. Turk Says He is 146 Years Old. The eternal wrangle aver claims of being the oldest living person has broken out her again with the arrival in Marseilles on the way to Leaden of a Turk named Djoure, who asserts he is 146 year sold, says a Paris des- patch, If this is true lte outdistances the American Indian Kabenehgway- wence (Wrinkled Meat), who was de- clared to hold the Western Bemiss phere record, by twelve Years - Unlike a majority of such. claimants, Djouro produced what purported to be a birth certificate showing that he was born 10.1776 in Bitiis, in the Cansesus, Until he left Constantinople he was still working as a market porter, and on landing in Marseilles he carried his baggage on his shoulders. There has been a slump in the num- ber of French Centenarians shoo 1886, when the Governlndnt investigated tbe claims of 184 such persons shown 1n the census banks. Only sixteen Of these produced baptismal certificates. teething could be learned about forty eight, and the rest were regarded as stretching the facts concerning dates of their births. The oldest man then living in France was declared to be a Spanierd, 14e was living in Tarbes and was 118 years old. 4 - The great steamship "Mauretania," was greatly damaged recently by a fire caused by a carelessly dropped cigarette etub, Similar stubs have destroyed Canadian forests • that would have supplied the Weeden decks and interior fittings for a hundred "Matur- etanias:" Cannot Return to Canada. United States Immigration authori- ties also informed them that if any of their number became dissatisfied or. were ousted by Mexico that they could not either settle there or cross to Caltada, A11 of these obstacles canned' much delay, but the Mennonite bish- ops and their business agents per severer! in their efforts until the ar- rangements are satisfactory to all three governments and the railroads. The Mexican government will trans• port the Mennonites trout the hordes free of charge. The first train wee carry about 1,000 members, who will get buildings under way. The Mexican government has guar- anteed to them religious freedom as well as immuntty from military see vi00, The Mennonites take their name from Menne Sheens, a Holland Catho- lio priest, who in the sixteenth century abandoned des faith, gathered perse- cuted religious groups About him and. reorganized them to push the refer- mations efermations still further. Itis follower* were persecuted and they Went to Mo- ravia, Germany and Switzerland and i Hol4and, where the membership in,. creased, The first Meinnanitee to come to the terited States settled in Penns. sylvania in 1088. The Aniislyobnenuh formerly wore hooks betted ef but_ tone and were called the "3ic,0ire47s," ; Some :of therm oppose Hdnday . se'ee et and revival mebting% Steam trains on the Lrondsn Iiedere ground Mealnt only fifteen trains an hour in either "tlrectionl by electricity as mashy es forty-two trains an hour can be run on e, bnfo.treok line,