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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1913-5-1, Page 6PP' • • 11: stile I :10 Soup problems solved. Clark does the worry. So fled the mrk— and assures satisfac- Hoe. order a. assortment. 'CHATEAU BRAND e; _MIPS Seed C On the Cob or Shelled. Imp. Learning, or White Cap Y. Dent $1.35 per buehel, Longfellow $1.60; Compton's 01.60. Freight paid in Ontario on 10 bushels or more. Bags free. Write for catalogue. GEO, KEITH & SONS, Toronto, Seed merchants dam 1066. -.""eigemeet See Open Top Tub Room to Work *go:1h' ii4VI4' See How the Wringer is ttachecl 000,• ,.oOshe- ,r tenher os eti 89 DAY'S 91019011 & SONS, ST, 9100Y'S 0t. THE TICHBLE BEERRLNG. 2,950,090;000 Pickled in Europe in a Tiear. The humble herring, being one of the most common fish, does not get nearly so much attention as it would otherwise, and people have very little idea of its importance. Some idea, of the number of her- rings that are yearly caught and eaten in Europe may be gathered from the fact that in 1912 there were 3,623,807 barrels of herrings pick- led in Europe alone. To this enor- mous total Great Britain. contri- buted 2,360,355 barrels, or more than four times the number contri- buted by any other country. On an average it is reckoned that eight hundred herrings are pickled in each barrel, so that, the number of herrings cured during a year in Europe reaches the enormous rough total of 2,900,000,000. About three parts of an entire yettes catch of herrings are put into pickle, though this does not include those which a•re tinned, kippered, bloatered, or treated in divers other ways. In spite of the enormous propor- tions of herring that are pickled in Great Britain, the sale in that country is comparatively small, the chief markets being in Russia and Germany. Everybody From kid To Grandad Likes P ISt To . sties Thin, crisp bits of white Indian Corn, cooked to perfection and toasted to a delicate brown without the touch of human hand. You get them in the sealed package. Ready to Eat A. dish of Post Toasties for breakfast and lunch, with thick cream or rich fruit juice, is a dish that ep- icures might chortle over. NoUrishittg, edonoMicalo dellelpUno "mOre4sh.” Canadian Post= Cereal Cd„ Ltd. Whedticia, Ontario, CHINA'S VAST TERRITORIES STORIES OF CONGESTION OPEN TO QUESTION. The Chinese Newspapers Express Fears That Aggressors Will Step In. It has been generally assumed that China, is so densely populated that millions of its people are un- able to find a livelihoed on land, and are compelled to live on house- boats on the rivers, and some au- thorities, in. considering China's present problems, have regarded the possesion of her vast territories beyond the Great Wall as being ab- solutely necessary in order to pro- vide for her surplus population. In- quiries, however, have been made by those in a position to make them, and the results uf .these have done much to disprove the gener- ally accepted theory that China is over -populated. Far instance, Sir Alexander Heise, while acting as commercial attache to the British legation, wrote in his report on the foreign trade of China in 1906: "Having visited 15 of the 18 pro- vinces of China proper, as well as the three .Manchurian provinces, and seen how scantily many of them are populated, I doubt very much whether the whole of China., Man- churia, and the new dominion con- tain a population at all approach- ing the usually accepted 400,000,- 000." Figures Exaggerated. Mr, Rockhill, who travelled very extensively in China, estimated that China proper had nob a larger pop- ulation than 200,000,000. A Chinese newspaper, in. referring to the fron- tier troubles at present existing, stated that "The root of all those trouble g is that we have done noth- ing to populate the vast territories along our borders. A fair land, vast, undefended and unpopulated is sure to attract the attention of aggressors." Allusion is made in the article to ill -digested schemes which have re- cently been put forward with a view to encouraging eolonization in those frontier regions of the south-west and the north-west, now that the military necessity for so doing has been forced upon public attention, and it has been proposed that dis- banded soldiers should be settled there, so that they might serve the double purpose of developing the land and checking any aggression that might be threatened. Colonization:*Difficult. But as the rich have not shown any inclination to leave their com- fortable homes to sojourn in this remote land, and as the poor have not the means to enable them to leave their homes and develop this land, it would seem as if China had very little use for these outlying territories at the .present •time, at least for this purpose. Unless good inducements are offered to remain in this remote land, an k plan of attempting to eolanize these terri- tories with disbanded soldiers is not likely to meet with success. At any rate the reception which this pro- posal has met with indicates that the pressure of population is not so great in China as many folks are inclined to believe. DIPHTHERIA. PREVENTIVE,. Prolonged Immunization A.nnoune- ed by German Doctor. The discovery of a method of pro- longed immunization against diph- theria, consisting of an injection of a mixture of diphthertic toxin and anti -toxin, was .announced recently by Prof. Emil. von Sebring, of the University of Marburg, Germany, tat the Congress of Internal Medi- , eine. Adequate testa of the new method in the clinks of Magdeburg and Marburg had, said the professor, shown that the treatment was harmless and effective. The earlier attempts to immunize by means of Behring's original diphtheria serum were unsuccessful, as the immunity was very brief, Prof. Behring offers to supply clinics with the now prophylactic under proper guarantees of obser- vation and registration. India's Floating Factories. Floating factories have become curt important part of the develop- ment .of the forest resources of In- dia. In certain parts of that cent - try the forests are only accessible through the water courses,and the great expense of erecting land plants for the utilization of the lumber resources makes such a course impracticable. Therefore, sawmills and other manufacturing establishments are built on floating platforms and moved up the ,fitrearne as they are needed. After the lumber is prepared in a saw- mill it can be packed in a way that makes transportation moll more economical than any system of logo ging. Plants for the preparation of tanning extracts have &leo been established in this manner. The plants are built on flat boat, 200 feet long by 67 feet wide, capable earryieg a load of 470 toea. Wasessraesswaserraileedek. CHILDREN IN THE HOME When there are children in the home it reqaires constant atten- tion to keep them tree from the many childhood ailments which come so quickly --some of them proving fatal while others leave the little one cross, restless and weak. To keep little ones well Baby's Own Tablets must be kept in the house, These Tablets regu- late the stomach and bowels, break up colds and fevers; expel worms and make teething easy. The Tablets are sold by medicine deal- ers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr, Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Soule Mediaeval Kitchens. There is a mediaeval kitchen at Westminster Abbey, although little remains by which to identify it aside from the rubble flooring, the but- tery hatch and an adjoining cellar. Hampton Court Palace shows its great kitchen, with vaulted roof and sets of antlers on ita Englishmee of other days fully re- cognize the advantages of a large kitchen. There is extant an order, dated April 19, 1206, wherein Hugh de Nevill is commanded to have the Ring's kitchen at Clarendon roofed with shingles and to cause two new kitchens to be erected, one at Mariberough'and the other at Lud- gershall, in which "to dress" the royal dinners. The Size of the British Empire. "It is 63 times the size of Franee, 52 times that of Germany, 3% times that of the United States of America, thrice the size of Europe, with treble the population of all the Russiaa. It extends over 11,000,000 square miles, occupies one-fifth of the globe, contains one-fifth of the human race, or 350,000,000 people, embraces four continents, 10,009 islands, 500 iproraontories, and 2,000 rivers." The above is a little in- ventory of the British Empire, and the writer who is responsible for it jotted down his figures before the annexation of the South African Republics. If Bad Water Causes Diarrhoea Use Some 'Nerviline' Prompt Relief is Instantly Aesured, and Thousands Use Nervi - line on This Account. , — A Traveler's Experience Related. The experience of Mr. Norman P. Eau: drioks is not an unusual one. Writing from Prince Albert he says: "My buoi- nese calls ine from one Dime to another, and I am frequently up against the bad miter problem of the Canadian North- West. In so many places the water dis- agrees with mo, and I used to be kept very miserable on that account, An old settler told me one day that nothing is so useful to newcomers as Nerviline, and he explained to me how valuable it proved to him under similar circum- stances twenty-five years ago. You would hardly believe how happy and comfor. table ray trips are since I learned of Nerviline. I look upon 'Nerviline' as nie trusty friend, and give it a place of hon- or in my hand bag. In fact, I wouldn't think of. being without it in a country this. It, (+urea any little stomach trouble or digestive disturbances and re. Heves a cramp in ten emends. To euro Neuralgia, Earache, Toothache, or pain in your muscled like Rheumatism, you simply can't beat Nerviline." To Curs little ills before they grow big and to relieve the aches and pains of the whole family got Nerviline to -day. Fam. fly size, 50c.; trial size, 2,5c.; at all Store. keepers and druggiets, or Tho Catarrh - ozone Co„ 13ulfalo, N. Y. Curious Pew This. One of the largest churches in Europe—the Frauenkirche, Dres- den, which contains sitting accom- modation for 6,000 people and standing room for 2,500 more, has an extraordinary pew reserved for the city magnates and their fami- lies. Ib is built in the form of a Greek croes and surmounted .by a spacious dome. The ground floor is partly occupied by benches, all numbered, and three of the arms are fitted up with galleries in seven or eight tiers, the lowermost pro- jecting forward as in the dress cir- cle of a theatre. There are besides many minor openings, like win- dows, the recesses round which bear all the appearance of private boxes, ZA.M.I3UK FOR 'HIE ORILIMF,N. Mrs, J. Quiding, of Ninobte, Man., says, "My little boy 'was suf- fering very badly from. a form of skin disease over his eye. I applied Zam,Buk to the affected part, and in a, very short time the sores were healed," Mrs. F. Miners, of 811 Suffolk St., Guelph; Ont., says : "My little daughter Lorindo, (6), contracted a skin disease. This first broke out like tiny water blisters, afterwards taking the form of dry scabs. These would disappear for a short, time, and then reappear worse than ever. We tried Zare-Buk, and peraever- alum with its use resulted in It cure." All druggists and stores sell Zarn-Buk at 60c. box or post free from Zeit-Ili* Co., Toronto, upon reeeipi of price, OUR LETTER FROM TORONTO INTERESTING BITS OF GOSSIP FROM THE QUEEN OITY. • Sir Henry ',Matt's Glft to the Queen's Own Regiment—The Olty's Food 13011 for a vette-salung water again.. The gift by Sir Henry Follett of a large plot of laud in a populous motion at the oily. to bo used. for drill purposes exelu. sively by the Queen'e Own Regiment, calla attention once more to this worthy Knight, who le lu many mopeds the most spectacular figure in Canadian finance. Sir Henry believee in doing thine In a big way when his enthusinom is aroused. The Queen's Own Roginsent, said to be Canada's crank conm, has alwaye had Sir Ileury'e enthusiasm. He has served in it himself throughout almost hie en- tire life -time and in all ranks from private to colonel. The jaunts ho teak the regiment on are, matters of hietorY, first sending the bug,le band. to England and afterwards arranging the traespor- tation of the entire regunent to take part in the manoeuvree ut Alderehot. His pre- sent gift of drill grounde is estimated in melt valuer at something like $110,000. Sir Henry has some other-enthueistems. He has boon a generous patron of Trinity College and of Grace Hospital, His House on the Hill. But perhaps bis outstanding entbneiasm fe the residence he is building for him - mit on the hill overlooking Toronto, at the head of Spadina and Walmer Roade. No description Can 00111891 an adequate idea of the size and solidity of thio man- sion. It has been under construction for two years. Years previous to that, the lodge and stablee were emoted, stables which in themselves resemble a baronial castle. When complete the residence will un- doubtedly be the most expensive and elaborate to be found in the Dominion of Canada, and will via with those to be found at least anywhere on the Am- erican continent. What the cost will be no one knows, but it will probably be no boos than $1.000,000. The house has become one of the show places of the city, and sightseere are not considered to have completed their rounds until they visitwhat is sometimes earn - 'ugly referred to as "Pellatt's Folly." De- spite these and similar slighting remarks, one cannot but feel an admiration for the conception and execution of the idea. Whore the Money Comes Front Sir Henry Pellatt's career on the ma of Canadian finance has been marked by ups and downs, but chiefly ups, The buoy- ancy of Oanadian business during.the past few years has carried him well forward. While he has not yet been regarded as ono of the moet wealthy men In the coun- try it is known that he hoe acquired a very large fortune, and that a number of hie ventures bare been attended with re. markable success. This is a fact which is not fully appreciated by Canadians, who regard his present venture in the castle building lino as a Diem of erratio extravagance. As an example of hie success, it may be noted that in purohaeing the site of his residence he made a remarkable coup. That was some years ago, when land even as close to the city as the site is was selling, pot at so much a foot, but in Nook by the sore. Sir Henry purchas- ed the entire block from Spadina Avenue west to Bathurst street and frore the face of the hill north to St. Clair Avenue, re- taining what amounts to two or three city squares for the site of his residence, but sub -dividing the rest and selling It under restrintions as a high clew residential district, It is dated that, he was able to acquire the land at whet figured out at niteut $3 a foot frontage and that What he sold netted him about $45 a foot front- age. It is now selling much higher than that, some of it perhaps as high as $100 a foot, but in this inetance, at least, Sir Henry was willing to let somebody else get mine of the profit. It is probable that this single land transaction netted him enough to pay the entire cost of hie mansion. Aud this ie not the only real estate deal that Sir Henry has Partici- pated in during the last flee years. A Hydro-Electrlo Opponent. At the time of his absorption by the Maakenzie.Ma,nn interests, Sir Henry held a controlling interest in the stook of the Toronto Electric Light 00, He had always been very optimistic about the future of this eompany, and on mtg. .000510.00 of the stock had bought large blocks of it. Ranier hos it that 'in the transaction by which the Company was sold to the Toronto Street Railway and allied interests, Sir Henry Follett secured a cool million in cash. He was one of -the original prosnotere of the Electric Devel- opment Company, and was exceedingly annoyed bemuse the certainty of tre- mendous profits in this venture was mod!. fiveodi jorby the competition of the Ontario Government with its Hydro-Eleetric It is frequently stated that Sir Henry's laIk of tact had much to do with the an- tagoniein which developed between Sir James Whitney and the Eta:4Mo capital- ists. Another financial transaction 'which 11. instrates Sir Henry's tactics is mid to have occurred in connection with the'stock or a salmon-paoking industry. in British Columbia, known on tho stock exchange as B. 0. Packers. At a period of dull times, shortly after its organization, the stook of this company fell on evil days, Sir Henry did not know anything about salmon peeking himself, but he engaged two experts at a, price of $6,000 to visit British Columbia and go into the peed bilities of the industry. They reported that the Company was all right. Sir Henry immediately began buying the stook,.which was selling around $30 or $40 57 u;' erlev",, 61 'fe'f 5-01,4 ' 4-Ltit.A elererierattleriler 11 share, and before anyone realized what had happened ho had a controlling inter- est in the company. Tito views of hie minute proved well founded, and the stook is now worth several times what Sir Henry paid for It. In this was an- other mint of money for the venturesome capitalist. Sir Henry ie on the boards of a more or more loading financial companies, and has more or lees substantial interests in them all. His hobby le horticulture. His green. houses are the equal of any to be found in Canada. Toronto's Food Bill. Soma person with a taste for figures has been working out how much food Toronto consumes in a year. He has arrived at the result that no lees than 450,000,000 pounds of food -stuffs are required annu- ally to keep the wolf from the, door in Toronto. In this It is figured that ,,o less than 14,257,011 dozen of eggs are inoluded. while the figure may look large, when It is divided up among the approximately half million citizens, it does not look out of the way. It provides for about 900 pounds per person per year, which is at the rate of about only 214 pounds a day, which does not seem exorbitant. It la figured that the value of a year's supply of food for Toronto is no lege than $65,000,000. On the •"Bolled water Waggon." Toronto ba e juet been having another week on the "boiled water waggon," and, ae it turns out, all to no avail. Two years ago, when the intake pipe broke, a large quantity of eand wee drawn into the tunnel tinder the bay. The presence of this sand was demonstrated by the occasional sediment In the water and by a serious amount of damage being caused to machinery. It was suspeeted, also, that it, contained impurities. Finally the Waterworks Department decided that the tunnel would have to be ()leaned, and to this •end shut on the supply coming through it and asked the citizens to get along on the amount of water that could be pumped through two old pipes lying on the bottom of the sewage -polluted bay, and which have beeo, in disuse for a groat many years, One of them ie hided° pipe that on ono ocoaelon rose to the top of the bay, thereby musing the greeted water famine in the eity's history. Though the two pipes have a oapaeity of 35,000.000 gallons of water day, they were found to be insufficient, and before the tunnel could be pumped empty of water, tosay nothing of get- ting the sand cleaned out, half the city was without a slimily of water of any kind. Naturally, there was a great out- burst of indignation. 'Phe waterworke' officials threw up their hands and re. mimed pumping through the tunnel, leav- ing the problem of getting the eand out of it to a more propitioun occasion, 10 that ever arrives. The chief result or the inoldent was to bring a harvest to tho private oompanion which supply spring water, as a good many citizens through long usage have acquired a distaste for Cho boiled and chlorinated variety. Baseball on Again. The opening of the baseball season Linde the fans not any too hopeful. For the first time in history they have boon told by the press correspondent at the front that the team is not in eliape. Perhaps an explanation of thio lies in the feet tbat there has not been competition among the newsmere in fulsome adula- tion of the heroes of the diamend. In- stead of each newspaper sending a 0091' 91559105100511 with the team on its training trip this Year. as in former yeare, only one correspondent, representing all the papere, accompanied the team. On paper the organization does not seem to be as strong as last year. It containe a num- ber of unknown quantities, but under the direction of the popular Manager .Toe Holly may develop into a good fighting machine. Ring George Dislikes "Fits." Tho King has an intense dislike to trying on clothes and rarely or ne- ver does so, Exact models of His Majesty's figure are kept at Buck- ingham Palace in charge of the chief valet, and on those the Ring's clothes are fitted. One of the greatest tests of friend- ship is to listen to 'a hard luck story. "The Family Friend for 40 years." A never failing relief for Croup and Whooping Cough. 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One.of the curious faces regarding people who disappear, is that after they have ceased to exist they are seen at va,riona places all over Eng- land, in many ease.s on the same day, says London An.swees. A cam in point is the recent tra, gic disappearance of Mrs. Nowill. Among the places at which ashe was "seen were 5. Highgate boarding- house, Tonbridga Station, a South - poet hotel, Wigan, and a Strand 'bus The same thing happens in all sensational "wanted" cases, Dur- ing the hunt for Crippili and Peter the Painter, ecores of people were so absolutely convinced that they had found the man wanted that other scores of equally respecta,ble people found themselves in very un- pleasant situations, Aiding the hiemory. Why should this bel Well, psy- chologists explain it rather curi- ously. You sit opposite a man in the train or 'bus, and something about his face reminds you of the photograph you saw in your morn- ing paper. As you stare, you grow more and more certain. But the reason you grow more and more certain is simply th.art, after the firet moment you saw him your rather dim mom- ory of the photograph has begun to take on the outlines of the face be- fore you. In fact, even if you have your newspaper actually before you, you are much more likely to be wrong than right—if you start with the idea that the man before you re- sembles the wanted man. Once you think that, you are really unable to look at the photo- graph fairly. You read something of the man's expression into the face in the n.eneepaper, and so gab more and more certain. Curious as it may seem, nothing is really more untrustworthy than the evidence of the eyes. A Mid- land professor of philosophy has given some interesting proofs of this fact. Unable to Identify. A few months ago he put his.class through &aeries of questions about various parte of the university buildings and other objects which were before their eyes every day, but not one of the students was able to answer eight questions cor.reotly. Criminal lawyers of experience have often declared that evidence identification_has to be very strong indeed before it is to be re- lied on. The reason is the untrust- worthiness ef the oyes. A recent instance was the case of the man arrested at Maidstone in eonnection with the Dundee mur- der, Though several witnesses brought from Scotland identified him, he was released almost at c>x1c.e. People.generally believe they can Must their own eyes if they can trust anything at all, but Another ,s,et of university tests has shown that in the matter of ability to iden- tify, the average man as weak as in his powers of observation. In this case the professor arrang- ed that a masked man should come into the clase-roorn, stare round and go out. On his head he wore a three -cornered hat; in one hsod he ea.rried a hemmer, in the other a walking-stiok; his trousers were a loud check, while round his shoul- ders he siE-oacreabialaciukeyliteng cape. Facts (totto. A couple of days afterwards he asked bia class to write a descrip- tion of the intruder. Noarly half agreed that he had carried a re- volver, a quarter of the class were certain that he had worn a long black sna,ckintoeh, only three noticed the -qtalking-stick, while a curiously large number agreed that the man had, worn al Trilby. hat That is'proof enough that.doscrip- kons of a man seen sometime be- fore are of little value. But in the (Wen more important matter of re- aolesgsn:esults were even reeve hope- gie g fakes, a point on whielia witness's evidence may hang a man, the r When shown life -like anaska, out of which to select that worn by the man in question, only four out of the ;twenty-four students recogeizAd the correct one, elevenmade mis- tto'ke.s, while four could tlOt make up their minds, but of the eleven, six agreed o0, a ma* which was quite unlike the right one, When a Mao, IS condemned on cir- cumetaritittl evidence, many pope declare that no Man should be banged on eircuanstantial evidence alone. But many criminal ablvo- ogee and at keel., one Atm -ions judge have ,stated that eirtionstantial ovie donee is far themore satiefactory. Facts, thez etty, cannot lie, while sally 6a4 olbe.:11 do'' - No man can hope, 40acquire po- pularity tinletie he is willing to bo bored once in a while, 'SERVICE° . To - B021DINVESTORS. 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A cam in point is the recent tra, gic disappearance of Mrs. Nowill. Among the places at which ashe was "seen were 5. Highgate boarding- house, Tonbridga Station, a South - poet hotel, Wigan, and a Strand 'bus The same thing happens in all sensational "wanted" cases, Dur- ing the hunt for Crippili and Peter the Painter, ecores of people were so absolutely convinced that they had found the man wanted that other scores of equally respecta,ble people found themselves in very un- pleasant situations, Aiding the hiemory. Why should this bel Well, psy- chologists explain it rather curi- ously. You sit opposite a man in the train or 'bus, and something about his face reminds you of the photograph you saw in your morn- ing paper. As you stare, you grow more and more certain. But the reason you grow more and more certain is simply th.art, after the firet moment you saw him your rather dim mom- ory of the photograph has begun to take on the outlines of the face be- fore you. In fact, even if you have your newspaper actually before you, you are much more likely to be wrong than right—if you start with the idea that the man before you re- sembles the wanted man. Once you think that, you are really unable to look at the photo- graph fairly. You read something of the man's expression into the face in the n.eneepaper, and so gab more and more certain. Curious as it may seem, nothing is really more untrustworthy than the evidence of the eyes. A Mid- land professor of philosophy has given some interesting proofs of this fact. Unable to Identify. A few months ago he put his.class through &aeries of questions about various parte of the university buildings and other objects which were before their eyes every day, but not one of the students was able to answer eight questions cor.reotly. Criminal lawyers of experience have often declared that evidence identification_has to be very strong indeed before it is to be re- lied on. The reason is the untrust- worthiness ef the oyes. A recent instance was the case of the man arrested at Maidstone in eonnection with the Dundee mur- der, Though several witnesses brought from Scotland identified him, he was released almost at c>x1c.e. People.generally believe they can Must their own eyes if they can trust anything at all, but Another ,s,et of university tests has shown that in the matter of ability to iden- tify, the average man as weak as in his powers of observation. In this case the professor arrang- ed that a masked man should come into the clase-roorn, stare round and go out. On his head he wore a three -cornered hat; in one hsod he ea.rried a hemmer, in the other a walking-stiok; his trousers were a loud check, while round his shoul- ders he siE-oacreabialaciukeyliteng cape. Facts (totto. A couple of days afterwards he asked bia class to write a descrip- tion of the intruder. Noarly half agreed that he had carried a re- volver, a quarter of the class were certain that he had worn a long black sna,ckintoeh, only three noticed the -qtalking-stick, while a curiously large number agreed that the man had, worn al Trilby. hat That is'proof enough that.doscrip- kons of a man seen sometime be- fore are of little value. But in the (Wen more important matter of re- aolesgsn:esults were even reeve hope- gie g fakes, a point on whielia witness's evidence may hang a man, the r When shown life -like anaska, out of which to select that worn by the man in question, only four out of the ;twenty-four students recogeizAd the correct one, elevenmade mis- tto'ke.s, while four could tlOt make up their minds, but of the eleven, six agreed o0, a ma* which was quite unlike the right one, When a Mao, IS condemned on cir- cumetaritittl evidence, many pope declare that no Man should be banged on eircuanstantial evidence alone. But many criminal ablvo- ogee and at keel., one Atm -ions judge have ,stated that eirtionstantial ovie donee is far themore satiefactory. Facts, thez etty, cannot lie, while sally 6a4 olbe.:11 do'' - No man can hope, 40acquire po- pularity tinletie he is willing to bo bored once in a while,