The Brussels Post, 1912-6-27, Page 7TORONTO CORRESPOBEOE
The Deadly Automobile—Congestion of Population
—Premier on a Wheel—The June Brides
Eight automobile„ accident; ou the
streets et - Toronto slew the nrnt of the
reason, resulting 111 the 41ent,ts of eight
children, reveal the serious proportion to
which the traffic problem hoe suddenly
grown. The truth of the matter is, the
people on the streets have not Yet rem'
lined that Toronto Man become a big
city. They are not -taking Buy more pre.
cautions than when it tuns half the aim,
and the trail!; was lees tho strong sunm'than halt as t n0nnrded hie u
heavy. Tho ohildran playon the pave -p
meets, or dash suddenly from one side• the now p(sttiou of Director of Eauota•
walk to the other rogardleas of the fact
that every time they do uo they talkie
their lives in their hands,
It is not the inorenao in automobiles
alone that has caused thenow conditions,
Every typo of vehicular traffic bas in•
Moe, and, no doubt, in Ills quiet eolhtary
ride; he line opportunity tomake merle
mental common -La on Human nature, as
Beta on Toronto streets.
DR, McKAY MAKES GOOD.
That Dr. A. C. McKay, who, a little over
a retie ago, resigned the (llutnaelloreldp
of McMaster University to enter the eity'e
employ as Principal of the Technical High
School, has made good is eviaonoed be
Mon in Toronto.
The ex-Ohaneoller In, of course, one of
the most prominent oductttioniate in the
Province. Many of the text books in
mathematics in nae in the sehn0100 boar
his name, but hie mental activities are
creased enormously. Down town, and by no mpane oonflned to ,his ell bleet•
even on many outlying streets. there fa 1[o has alwo;Yo boon a groat student in a
nOw serious trate, noegestton. It is now variety of clepnrtmental iu Fant ao aloe's
no uncommon sight to see Dight or ton has been kis attention to books that re -
lorries, automobiles end delivery wag.Gently he ova obliged totithe a long
gone lined up waiting to get ammo a trip abroad to reouperato in health. But
et4eet intereeotion. At dozens of busy be hes, in addition, 'Mown a capacity
corners traffic policemen have now been fOr administration that is standing him
installed. 'These officers have nothing to. in good stead in tho city's service.
do but stood at the center of the inter- Born iu Beamaville in 1061. he is another
ex-
ecution and by uplifted hand or Mullion.
Ontario boy who has made abundantly
1 ox-
, .Otho
na
vR
et, His of
flea e l
four m e
the s d in the y
lug gesture say whethergoo Upper
n Port Rope, Uyp
r ffi seeking 0 Ret past the inter. Canada was derived i
of traffic auk R
t and Jamieson Avonuo.
one 04 may move d woyo still. chlq a College College
Ono et the outward wave in which the Collegiate, Toronto. He was appointed
Olty ie beginning to show a similarity to Chancellor Or McMaster In 1905, rad seemed
New York or London. " to' have di0000Or001 his life work -there,
As pot traffic regulations aro woefully 'but the groat practical problems of edu•
inadequate 10 meet the changing condi- Dation in the elementary Reboots of the
done. Tho Police Commiseionoro who have city attracted him. His salary as Prin-
charge of the matter neem. too supine to !city
of the ToahnlOOl School was $5,000
make and enforce proper rotnlations and a year. .The now poeitlon of Director. of
traffi0 continuos to move with an tercel],Ednoation will doubtless early n 0eri01d•
halite that foreshadows many fatalities. erably higher salary. Theduties will be
TORONTO GARDENS DISAPPEARING. many and heavy, bemuse it is not at all
certain that Toronto's system of eduoa-
Apartment houses springing an all over tion is its thorough and efficient as it
the city ale another evidence of iner0ae• might bo.
Ing congestion of population. ' Tbo city —
the title, The "bank garden,' E JOE CROP OI' BRIDES.of homes' may not mush longer ;vela little nger deserve ono, which most Toronto house coldera IIAny mon afternoon Sthis month of Juno the
tation is ons of the most inter•
have in the peat demanded, is becoming eating places in town. Incipient llonoY-
hnrdor and Mardon to saynrd A ]dating moomrs are the explanation. Some days
arnhitect the other day declared that thor'o oro ns many as a dozen bridal par-
ties ou the platform at the same time,
many of them leaving by the same train.
They are always very gay and very hap•
p3' and oven the station officials, harden-
ed
and grey in the service, stop,
more lightly and are a little less brusque
under the•infuene0. The dingy station•
with its ottmborsome trundling baggage
trucks,
tho rnalrep summery wedding gowns setting
fttthe
attendants, and fifteen minutes around
five o'clock spent in the vicinity any at.
teruoon is onloyo( by the most unroman-
been barred,clbut old lie Cplmtferm0 00000nral-
most constantly covered with confetti -
be would not again advise eve
do clients to attempt to get garden plots
in Toronto. Ho would simply tell them
to get enough ground to build the house
on, and what little bit of space was left
he would have 000000011 with pavement.
This would make for oloanlinose at least,
But n. trimaran city of paved courtyards'
1s not pleasant to contemplate.
SIR JAMES ON A. WHEEL.
A familiar figure on the streets these
cool June ovoningo is Sir James Whitney,
the Premier OI Ontario. His is not a
wetly equipage with prancing steeds and
footman and coaeliman. nor a luxurious
motor ear. nor is he numbered among
the pedestrians: Ho travels on a bioyele
of doubtful age. Ho is ahvays unncoom-
pealed. And be is never warned for
breaking the speed limit. kis pace never
exceeding six or seven Miles an hour.
While nearly everyone else has (Recited
the bloycle as a pleasure giver. Sir James
remains trite to his friend of bygone
dnys, n trait which, it 1s said, he carries
into his treatment of people ns well. Aud
every eveninm if possible, ho takes n se-
date spin around the well -paved resitle,
Mal streets. If the weather is cool
enough and be can got away front his
office ho takes his ride before dinner.
Most 1)00010 pass him without roceget-
TO RID YARD OF RED ANTS.
Dig a hole three or four inches
from the entrance of the ant bed.
Place a common drinking glass in
the hole, and fill round the glass
with dirt, making the earth level
with the top. Be sure that, the in-
side is clean and dry. The ants will
fall in, and will not be able to get
• otit. When the glass is half fn11 of
ants, pour a few spoonfuls of coal
oil in the glass. This will kill them
immediately, and then they can be
removed. The glass cleaned with a
dry cloth, and ready for the ants
again.
Old Gontlonau—Is that the oldest
inhabitant of this village? Small
Boy—Yes, sir. He's an—an oda-
High Court Canadian Order
of F1ormtcrs.
The thirty-third annual Comven-
tinll of the Canadian Order of For-
esters was called to order by the
Hight Chief Ranger, Mr. J. A. Stew-
art, of Perth, Ont., o, few clays ago,
in the City of Hamilton, Ont., over
500 delegates being present.
The Annual Reportls of the High
Court Officer's were submitted by
the following:—Mr. y• A. Stewart,
High Chief Ranger ; 11tr. Alf. P. van
Someren, Hight Secretary; Mr.
Robert Elliott, High Treasurer;
Dr, U. M. Stanley, Chairman of the
Medical Board; Messrs. W. L, Rob-
erts and J. P. Hoag, High Audi-
tors, and Mr. W. G. Strong, Super-
intendent of Organization,
Other officers :present besides
those just referred to above, are:
Mr. J. A. A. Brodeur, Montreal,
Quo., High Vioe-Chief Ranger ;
Messrs. W. M. Couper, Montreal,
Quo. ; N. J. Stevenson. Toronto; R.
T. Kemp, Listowel, Out. ; A. R.
Galpin, London, Ont.; F. H, David-
son, Winnipeg, Man.; Dict. IL
Chief R. Members of the Executive
. CCommitteeeCommitteeof High Court Mr.
Wil-
liam Walker, Montreal, Que., High
Registrar; Rev. W. J. West, Blue -
vale, Ont., High Chaplain ; Mr. D.
E. McKinnon. Winnipeg, Man,,
District High Secretary for Mania
bobs; Lynan. Lee, Hamilton, Ont.,
H. Ct., Solicitor, and Mr. J. B.
O'Regan, Quebec, Que., Chief,
Agent for the Province of Quebec.
Many matters of interest to the
membership generally were dealt
with in ,these various reports, and
they cover a great- deal of detail,
till of which indicate marked and
steady progress in the affairs of
this ]}rational Fraternal Insurance
Association. The officers of this
Order have been able from year to
year to indicate conclusively, by
their reports, satisfactory progress
in certain directions, but those of
1911 indicate progress in every de-
partment of this Order's opera-
tions. The Canadian Order of For-
esters confine their business entire-
ly to the Dominion of Canada, and
if one may judge by the results
attained, the policy adopted in this
regard, at the inception of the Or-
der, in 1819, would appear to have
been a wise one from a prudential,
as we.Il as a patriotic, point of view.
To deal with a few of the points
brought out by the reports of the
various officers, first might be men-
tioned the fact that during 1911
9,333 new members were initiated
into the Order, a larger number
than has been admitted in any pre-
vious year of the Order's experi-
ence. The not increase in the mem-
bership for the year under review
was 5,022, being 903 in excess of the
previous year's net additions to the
Order. The total membership at
the end of 1911 was 83,126.
In respect to the Insurance Fund,
495 Death Claims were paid during
the year, amounting to $500,570.68.
When it it considered that in 1910
three more Death Claims were paid,
amounting to a slightly larges gross
total than that paid in 1911, such
a favorable showing reflects credit-
ably on the physical selection
made of business taken by the Or-
der. ,After paying this sum, of over
half a million for Death Claims out
of the Insurance Fund tho Order
was able to add the very substan-
tial sum of $330,754.04 to its I11s01'
anon Fund on hand, being a larger
addition to this Fund than that
made in .any previous year. The
'tile
Credit
ilia at
,mount stag
al amount g
of this Fund on the 1st of June,
1912, was $3,740,359.97.
In respect to the Sick and Funer-
al :Benefit Branoh, this department,
also, has shown satisfactory pro-
gress. There was a net i••ncreaee in
membership in this 'department for
the year of 4,120, showing a. total
membership on the 31st of Decem-
ber, 1911, enrolled in this depart-
ment of 53,448. The net amount
added to the funds of this depart-
ment, atter paying 6,638 claims,
amounting to $161,485.95, was $38,-
460.23, the pesiition of this. fund on
the list day of June, 1919, ,allowing a
credit balance of $251,769.36. In-
terest• earned by this Department
on its funds in 1911 .amonntod to
$9,716.16. It will be seen from. tliik
fact that interest earned is becom-
ing an important factor in this de.
pertinent of the Order's work.
The General Fund of the Order is
also in a good position, and on the
1st of June, 1912,, showed a credit
ba•1.ance on' hand of $24,127.28. The
funds o,£ the Order aro all invested
in the best securities precurablo,
being almost entirely in Municipal
,and School Debentures of the Do-
minion of Canada, Tho' average
rate, of interest realized from, the
Investments in 1011 was 4.62 per
cent„ a rate which, taking into eon -
sideration the gilt -edge nature of
the investments, is a very' /Oven-
tageett4 one., and it is interesting to
note that interest earned on the In-
surance Funds of the Order, far
the year 1911, amounted to $149,-
755,60, and .paid 29.9 per Dent, of
the Death Claims on the Order,
This 1s also the lar est return, in
respect to interest, in the Ordei,,
s
experience, and the largest percen-
tage. of Death Claims that it was
able' to nay from this source of in-
come. The important bearing this
revenue has on. the stability of the
e
Order may be illustrated by t
fact .that ten goat's ago the amnunt
realized from interest on invest -
motets wros $38,8f13.34, showing 0111
PROP. RAMSAY WRIGHT RETIRES.
After 28 years continuous work as a
teacher of biology in the University of
Toronto, Prof. Ramsay Wright has de.
livered Itis last lecture. andhas retired
to carry out private resenroh. Ii0 le not
Yet an old man, being only 60,' and hoe
maty years of usefulness ahead of him
yet. While Prof, Ramsay Weight's Immo
has nM been associated with any grunt
discoveries In the Hold of biology to which
be hagdevoted his life be was regarded
as an efficient instructor. His gentleman.
1y presence and rich fall vowels will be
miss0,ry dcin university halls.
LANGUAGE OF 300 WORDS.
The'Torahauirtat•is, a race of cave -
dwellers recently discovered in the
most inaccessible parts of the Sierra
Madre Mountains in Northern
Mexico, have a language limited to
300 words, yet it is said they man-
age to converse freely in it. They
are unable to count beyond 10.
HIS PLEASURE.
Sha—"Which ,part of the show do
you enjoy Inos't'l"
He—"Going out between tho
acts."
"Were you much upset by the
bank failure?" "Yes; I lost my
gernaninm, balance."
1%1AKIIffi Slag IYESTiVIEN
Municipal Debentures May . Sometimes Sow
a Snbstantiai Advance
MAO from this source' of $111,472,20.
.A feature of genera) interest to
the insuring public, indicating as it
does the careful selection of risk's,
i•s the death rate of this Order. For
the year 1911 it was 9.98 per thou-
sand, and in this regard the Order
shows, for their experience of
nearly thirty-three years, the very
low average death rate of 5.24 per
thousand of their membership,
Tice above facts will indicate that
the Canadian Order of Foresters,
during the time of Canada's pros-
perity, has been obtaining their full
share of material progress. It is
gratifying to, note that in this So-
ciety, which has never attempted to
enlarge its scope of operations out-
side the Dominion, such splendid
and encouraging results have been
attained from the conduct of its
business, and at no time in its his-
tory would it appear to have been
in .as strong a position as it is to-
day,
Securities of Towns Contiguous to Large Cities
Usually Show Good Profit When Finally Ala -
sorbed by Larger Neighbor — Several In-
stances of Where this has Happened.
DONE BY HIRED 111AN.
City 11Ian's Experience of Life on
a Farm.
"At 4.30 every morning I roll out
and feed four heads of horses; then
iand
comes the currying the cleanin g
out of the stables. After that light
exercise, I feed about eighty head
of hogs in four different pons. It is
breakfast time when I get the hogs
fed, and I am always ready for it,
too. Breakfast over, I milk three
'sows, pump water for the hogs, feed
two calves and do a few other
chores; then I am ready to begin
my day's work. When the day's
work is done, I take some more
light exorcise similar to that of the
morning. Do you know that a man
gets awfully tired putting in the
time from 4.30 in the morning until
long after sunset in the evening?
But in spite of the hard work I like
to live and work on the farm bet-
ter than in the city. I wouldn't ex-
change places to -day with any city
toiler of my acquaintance who
works only from 8 to 5.
"After the first two months here,
WO began to climb upward toward
our 100. At the end of the third
month we found that we, had $11
over and above our expenses. Out
of my pay for the fourth month we
saved $10. Think of that, and I
couldn't save a cent in the city out
of a monthly salary of $108, Wo
live better out here than we did
in the city, too; but there are the
COWS and chickens that go right on
helping out with their good work
whether I work or not."—Farm and
Fireside.
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and Courteous in your manner, you
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which wins for you the same re-
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pastor, and you will make more
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you dream of, besides a host of
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Maurice West, of Toronto, says:
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since made as high as ten, and have
averaged five dollars daily for the
year. Your goods give perfect sat-
isfaction, utnd I receive
ders in every home."
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IN A HURRY.
Tho artictea contributed by "investor" got the return he should divide the .price
are for the sole purp000 of gelding pros' of his bond, $057.30 into $50 plus ask
110000)0 investor% and. If possible, of sew wh[oh shows the rate to be 6,11 nor cont.
tog them from losing 'motley through The slight difference ;hewn is due to the
planing it in 'wild•:at" enterprises, Tha foot that the actual figuring is done lvitll
impartial and reliable ohmmeter of the due allowance made for compound inter.
information may be rolled upon• The est on the $8.64, Which the investor
writer of these articles and the eublisher doesn't got until the bond is .paid.
• of this paper bavo no interests to serve So atter making due allowance for the
le connotation with tbls matter other Oa* amount Doming to the investor at the
those of the reader, present time on account, of yield," his
profit, if he sold now indeed of wait -
In speaking of municipal bonds in this tug for maturity, would bo 7 eclat, or
column some mouths ego it was remarked 470 on each, 11,000 bond,
that they stood n very email chance of But buying bonds in this way is a by-
appronlating'in value. There lave been no•ntoane•0ortain method of making a pro.
005000, hOWOver,. whore n. 701W fair "want'what mafar•Rtghtod Itivee1,010 do
ofpl'ofit has been made by advan000 ht flt. now -a -days 1s ny tO buy the bonds e'4 some
price, no this rulo is .not, invaciablo, Rix such municipality ae East 'Toronto or
or eoven mire ago Tort William 41.2 nor St. Louis du Mile End, A few years age
cent. thirty-year heeds sold at a price to East Toronto debcntureo could be bought
Yield 5 per cont, or about 927:•4. At the to Yield as moth as 5 per cont,, but ein0o
pro0ent time these sane Mons 014 a 6 it has been absorbed be the 0ity of Tc•
per tent beahl would Sall at about 95. But canto the bonds have advanced, anat ae
in the peat live years Tort Willfntu has they aro now direct oiltlgattono of the
growo ,el popnletton and importalae, with City of Toronto, they, aro selling on the
the result. thattripes clobontnree now sell same bathe as city of Toronto bonds. The
,at a price to yield 412 per cent,; that is village of St.. Louis du Milo land had a
par, -So, an happened in tho rase •of an similar experience with the city or Mont.'
.estate I kno.v of, there isa nice Arent, of real. Invoetore wino took advantngn of
7 points in those bolds utter reeking due the obvious tact that Beet Toronto, Went
allowance for Heat proportion of the ad. Toronto, Parkdnle, Ota„ would eventually
vanoe in price, whlen goes to troika top be absorbed by the onvtlate natio quits. e
the "yield or 6 per cent, a sntiofaetory proal
Icier the benefit of those vho have n01 tit, toast, are in a poaition to sell at a
followed We oohtme nloeoly, the yield orroot should' ?toy wish to dispose of their
a 'mud is figured somewhat as renews: bonds, 1 present time ser0rni
A five -Yost, bond hearing interest at ave 'There are at the n 000 11 i0 soverel
per ;ant. wilt ylcld G per cant at 9543. towns. Bt like neoltion rewire
That is, a man buyingsppoh a bond of other Oanacllan nitina• One that final.
11140npal• value ror $957,30 would"r4e01ve people know about io "1/00114 'rorOlttn:'
per 00nt. on his money, 140W the ny' 1vhi0h those who tend Toronto papers
orago man would, figure this way ' I m1101 r0alia0 will be aeon absorbed. AK 0
payed 4957,36 for this bond ami got 450 matter of 'feet, 00 numb is thin o 001'0•
a year inentit0, Now. , A on $95730 le In. genoo
u noh:Rion that tbo vlllsgn. of North
tercet at the rate Of 6.22 per onnt. But Toronto debeltnren aro et the present
She mall who thus figured would Ino Wrong, thine telling et a rate very slightly het.
Ro gots not 0h0Y hie G per colt., but at ter than the 114st reroute debentures be'
the roil of t nut yours lain bonds are re• fore mentlotletl: 111 the 1600 nt ne001'ah
e
doomed at 100, Ito ntnleca 0 profit In that other places, inMVRtler, tire•n is still n
time 00 4,27 points,_ or 448,70 on his. 51,DOD eluhee of n stood tern, for the (liveable
bond, 41,0)1,000 tht4 by Ave and bo gets an wants knnieliting not only safe, hitt with
addititn t0 his iteeine atntho •.0ud Of Ivo a good 1010,640 and an 0zeelleni ore/meet
Fears equal to' 48.44 a year, no that, to or appreciating in value.
MEN OF WONDERFUL MEMORY
SOMETIMES A. LITTLE PRAC-
TICE WILL IIELP.
A.n ItalIan Priest Could Recite
Poem Either Raeliwa.rd or •
Forpwal'd.
Rabbis have been known who
could repeat the whole of the He-
brew Scriptures word for word. A
French marquis made a handbook
of France from memory, in which ho
described every principal chateau in
the kingdom. Cardinal Mezzofanti,
"that monster of languages " as
Byron called him, could give off-
hand the contents of entire diction-
aries and grammars.
A Roman priest used to amuse
his friends by an extraordinary feat
of memory. Allowing them to de-
signate any line of an Italian poet,
he would begin with that line and
recite a hundred lines, either back-
ward or forward, according to the
wish of his listeners.
Experienced librarians will carry
Y
in theirheadsi
a list of titles s
of
books, with thenamesof the au-
thors and even the proper number
of the books and their places on the
shelves, town extent astonishing to
the ordinary reader. Long practice
givens this accomplishment, but it 1s
of course the sooner attained when
the person. possesses a naturally re-
tentive literary memory.
LIBRARIAN A GENIUS,
This faculty was downright genius
to 'Antony Magliabeechi, librarian
of the Grand Duke Cosmos III. of
Florence, For instance, if a priest
wished tc compose a panegyric on a
,saint and communicated his inten-
tion to Maglia.beoehi, the librarian
would immediately inform him of
any reference to the saint, of the
part of the work wherein it VOA to
be found, and that sometimes to the
number of a hundred writer's.
Magliabecohi could tell not only
who had treated a subject desiglt-
odly, but also those who had touch-
ed upon it incidentally in writing
upon other,. objects. This informa-
tion was given with the greatest ex-
actness, naming the author, the
book, the words and often the very
number of the page at which the
passage occurred.
Magliabeechi visited other librar-
ies and his local memory was such
that he needed but to see and con ssessed by those who are other -
fixa book but once in its place to P o ;
fix everything pertaining to it per- sot's; •mentally deficient, There is
manently in his mind. One day, the on record the case of an imbecile
story runs, the Grand Duke sent
for Magliabecehi to ask whether
there could be -procured for him a
book that was decidedly rare.
"No, your Grace," answered the
librarian, "for there is but one
Dopy in the world, and that is in the
library of the Grand Seignior at
Constantinople. It is the seventh
book on the seconcl shelf on the
right as one enters."
Prescott tells :how Macaulay was
once caught tripping with reference
to a line in "Paradise. Lost." In a
few days he turned up with the
poem in his hand, saying, as ho of-
fered it to the gentleman who had
caught him, "I do not think that
you will catch me again as to the
'Paradise.' " And they did not.
RARE GENERAL MEMORY.
Doctor Addison Alexander of
Princeton Theological Seminary
had a wonderful memory. It was
but only tenacious of words of
facts. For the amusement of young
folks he would sometimes say,
"Now, I am going to talk without
thinking." And he 'would pour
forth period after period of strange
words and incongruous images, har-
monious and even rhythmical its
in sound but wholly destitute of
Sense.
If any one thinks this an easy
feat, let him try to suspend his lea;
son and give free rein to his fancy
in periods which shall be-gramma-
tieally correct and yet without
Ineaning.
Another of his feats was to sub-
mit :himself to examination and tell
off -band where he was and what he
WAS doing on any day in the year
the examiner chose to name.
His most wonderful feat was dis-
played at the matrica:lation of a
class in the seminary. ]Forty or
fifty students presented themselves
for admission. Each handed his
credentials to the professors, wlie
examined thein and, of satisfactory,
entered 'tile student's name and ad-
dress in the register.
IDIOTS SOMETIMES GIFTED.
When the students had retired the
"Yes, sir, when we were ambush-
ed, we got out without losing a man
or a horse or a gun nx---"
"A minute," chimed in a small,
still voice,
As
. WONDERFUL.
Little Man—"I have the finest
neighbors in the world."
Big Friend—"How so ?"
Little Man—"Not one of them be-
gins mowing his lawn before 4 a.m."
>I,
EXTERMINATION OF RATS AND
MICE.
If it generally known that
there is no trouble to rid a house,
barn or any building of rats and
mice by the use of Gillett's Lye, it
is doubtful if the article could be
made as fast as it would be used
for this purpose along. The pro»
cess connected with using it 1s.
very simple, the plait being to
sprinkle a ,little of the article in
and around the holes made by these
posts in floors, partitions, etc. In
addition to this It is well to use a
thin piece of board about a foot
square, or ?vein smaller, and make
a .complete circle of the lye on the
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otheras to which one should take
the register home and prepare from
it an alphabetical roll—an irksome
task.
"There is no need to take the re -
Oster home," said Dr. Alexander,
I will make out the roll for you."
Whereupon be took a. sheet of pa-
per and, without referring to the
register, wrote out in alphabetical
order the full names and addresses
of .the students, which he had heard
once only, when they wererecorded.
What makes this still more ivon-
derful is the fact that the entire
mass of names and addresses must
have been present in the doctor's
mind while he was selecting each
one in its alphabetical order.
It is a curious fact that extra-
ordinary memories are frequently
who could not only repeat accurate-
ly a page or more of any book that
had been read to him, even though
it was a book that had been read
days before. In the same institu-
tion for the insane, there was an-
other imbecile who could repeat
backward what had been read to
HOW A THRONE WAS WON,
A Young Hindu Lad Cave a Bold
Reply to a Question,
The Oxlent is still the land of the
strange and romantic. Straight
from every -day modern life in India
Domes a story that might have been
invented by Seheherazado herself
for the entertainment of the sul-
tan. It is an sseemint, in 'T. P,'a
Magazine, of how the present Gaelt-
e'er of Baroda won his throne:
In 1875, after the Maharaja Mel -
liar Rao was deposed, the council
sought a worthier member of the'
family as his successor. Four sons
of the house lived in the city, but
the council felt that they were all
too old and incompetent to become'
efficient rulers,
In a distant village, in a mud hut,
the eouneil found a poverty-stricken
family of the royal rano. In thus
family were three sons, each of
whom was young enough to be
moulded into a capable ruler. "Af-
ter some deliberation, the council
decided that one of these boys
should have the throne, but; left the,
selection to the dowager mahara-
nee,
Accordingly, the t
hree
brothers—
Gopal, Dada and samPatwore
summoned to the city ' of I3aroda.
Shortly after their arrival, they
were admitted to the presence of
the maharanee. Her 'highness ask-
ed each in turn why he had come
to Baroda.
Tho youngest was so awed and
bewildered by the magnificence of
the court that after smiling foolish-
ly for a moment, he burst into a
storm of tears and sobs.
The next in age, who was mere
stolid, did net behave so hysteri-
cally. He answered the query as
any well-behaved Hindu lad of his
age would have done. He had coma
to Baroda, he declared, because his
relatives had brought him there.
But when Gopal was asked the
same question, he airily responded:
"I have come to be the Maharaja
of I3aroda.,"
Tho maharanee and her council -
era with due accord decided that the
youth who gave this bold reply
showed the most promise of becom-
ing an able ruler of his people. He.
as chosen, and there has been no
need to regret the choice.
POOR OLD JACK!
Tho Writer of This Is Nailed Jack,
and He Feels It Beefily.
Jack as a name has been very
badly treated. It seems to be ap-
plied to all sorts and conditions of
things, but very seldom is the allu-
sion a happy one.
Take the term "a jack of all
trades"—there's a slight at the out-
set! "Jack in office" is another.
"Jack -a -dandy" a third. The fig-
ure outside old public clocks that
ell was
strike the b
d to st1 L
WAS made
termed a jack.
Jack -a -napes is . another insult,
and so is jack-in-the-box. Jack
Frost gives no particular offence,
nor does Jack the Giant Killer. The
Jack at cards ono cannot complain
of, nor of the Jack who was so
closely associated with Jill in the
nursery rhyme.
This writer's blood fairly boils,
however, as he probes his mind,
and finds jack -ass, jack -rat, and
jack -fool, who, by the way, now
often changes his name to Tom -fool.
The article that raises heavy
weights is a jack. Then there is the
bootjack, and the jack at bowls.
Jack Horner was the gentleman
who occupied the corner, and jack-
boots everyone knows,
USED UP.
"The hour of 12 has struck!"
hissed the ghost. "I don't blame
it," replied the materialist, "It was
worked to death long ago,"
p
"'What is it," asked the teacher,
"that binds us together and makes
no hotter than we are by nature?"
"Corsets, sir," piped a wise little
professors beast bantering one all- girl of eight.
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EYE -STRAIN.
Not Felt in the Eyes, hut' in the
Organ that is the Weakest.
No human organ, except possi-
bly the heart, is called on for such
hard and continuous activity. Even
the most musical ear is never taxed
beyond the three or four hours of
a Wagnerian opera, and at the
worst is rested by frequent inter-
missions. The brain, even in the
case of professional men, is called
on for only six to eight hours of
work e, day. But we use our eyes in
business all day, and then all even-
ing in our amusements, In point of
fact the heart itself is less severely
taxed.
The eye has, to bo sure, a most
marvellous strength. As long as its
mechanism remains measurably cor-
rect it seldom or never gives out.
And its vitality is supreme. But
when to the strain of near work in
artificial light are added defects in
its own mechanism, even this won-
derful adaptable and hardy servant
gives symptoms of strain. •
The brain is generally our first in.
former. It automatically supplies
ls-
O lens IY1
Liege
thatt
file energy
g
"s
ole to its ceaseless task, such it i
then the closest possible sympathy
with the retina, the sensitive plate
on which all vision is recorded.
The brain declares its exhaustion in
headaches and vertigo. The mas-
terful eye, so to speak, shunts off
its•suffering upon the nearest neigh-
bor, Yet in many cases even the
brain giros no direct symptom. Ib
is the central organ, the highly vi.
tal and complex master of the on. ''
tire system, and is also has a super,
1or way of passing on the kick. Just
how it does this, oculists do not.
profess to know. The rule seems to
he that eye -:strain declares itself
first in the organ which is nearest
and weakest. The stomach, the
liver, the intestines, the kidneys,
the heart or the membranes of nose
and throat may develop symptoms
while the eye and the brain seem
normal.
NINETEEN 'F1'011FIN COLONELS.
Empress, Queens and Prinee4ses
Command ltegintenis.
With the appointment of Princess
August 'Wilhelm, wife of the Kai-
ser's fourth son, to the Colonelcy
of; the Fourteenth :Regiment of
Dragoons; the number of wemen
Colonels to the Gelman army hag
11114011 to nineteen.
The German Empress such the
Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-
Sohworin command two German
regiments 'each. The Kaiser'; four
sisters are chiefs of an infantry
regiment each; each of itis three
daughters-in-law loads a dragoon
regiment, while his only daughter,
Princes/4 Victoria Louise, is second
fe command of a regiment Of llus-
hays,
c`�.t tie. pileous of Ptngland, I#allan
and Sweden, the Duchess of Con-
naught acid the Empress of Rtehhile,
are among the other foreign ladies
commanding Glermait regiment;,