HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1913-7-31, Page 3THE WORLD IN REVIEW
Montreal is having a 00rles of sons',
tions in newspaper otroine. The Dally
Witness tehleli for generations hes been it
by -word throughout Eastern Canada has
passed away. In its place comes the Daily
Telegraph. Tho Herald, one of the oldest,
if not the very oldoat daily newspaper in
Canada, lino (Maimed 1ande and changed
Polities. In a month or two there is to
be another now morning paper to be called
the Daily Mail, Only the Star and the
Gazette remain unchanged and unmoved
like rocks in the midst of a surging sea.
But even they turn vitally interested in
the eha.ngee going on around them.
This bald recital of the facts does not
et all indicate the significance of what
amounts to n revolution in eowepaPerdom.
In fact, an yet, no one knows what is the
actual significance. One may only aur.
mise, and of surmises there aro plenty.
10 may be stated that the reason the
Witness Ales Is because it could not be
made to pay. In the hands of the Don -
galls the Witness lute been a power in the
land.,...Politically it has beenclassed as
Liberal and on several oocasioes has boot
understood to vo1ce the opinions of Sir
Wilfred Laurier. But it was never a vie.
10ntly partisan paper and never repro.
sentad anyone but the Dougall family,
The Witness cared much more about mor-
al issues. then it did about purely polit-
ical issues. It hue bean pointed to as an
lfluetratlon of the alleged fact that a
newspaper cannot be strict in its moral
views and at the sante time be made to
Par. But this is hardly a fair deduction
to draw from the example of the Witness.
The Witness' views and policy were ex.
tome. It would accept no liquor or twos-
, Venable medical advertisements and in
title its example Is being followed by many
publications, But It 'would bo diMoult to
discover another secular publication which
refuses to publioh theatrical news and
advertisements, or sporting news and ad-
vertisements. And this was the pollcy.ot
the Witness for many years. This pallor
was based on the belief that amusements
and sponte were often sinful, and if not
notually sinful themselves. were frivolous
in their character and might have a de-
basing effect, to which the publishers of
the Witness were not willing to subject
their readers.
This was the spirit of the Monastery and
not of a modern boniness ostabliehment.
It typified how far out of touch the old
Witness wan with the world in which it
lived. It Ives not, that the Witness lost
en much in actual cash 311 the advertise.
mento it refused as that it failed to find
a oltentolln.
Who Are The Purchasers?
The Dougalls would not sell the name.
Ant the rest of the property has been
transferred to new owners who aro reeve•
anted in the management by Mr. C. Goa
donsulith, who for many years was nsso-
dated with the Bengalis 110 Managing
Editor, and who bee absorbed their ideals.
Mr. Gorflonomltll is as pleasant a gentle.
men no one could wish to meet and should
know the newspaper gale.
The pa10ha00 of the Herald by Mr. D.
Lorne McGibbon, one of the aggre0efve
oapi;nliate which Montreal has produced
in the last dozen years, made it essential
for Liherale to get a monthpieee and 110
doubt hastened the purchase of the Wit-
ness. Who that someone 1s remains a
mystery. Ono surmise is that 'E. A. Robert,
a local capitallet interested in the Street
Railway. has associated himself with Lib-
eral politicians in the venture. Another
guess is that Sir Hugh Graham, proprietor
of the Montreal Star, is now behind the
scenes iu the Telegraph CMce, but this
scarcely seems creditable, although there
are exaalples in England of capitalists
owning and managing neweeePers 011 on.
posito sides of politics. The Montreal Star
has been accepting full page advertise.
monis from the Telegraph, a oiranmetanoe
which may have originated the rumor,
but it would seem 'that thte fact is no
more significant then that the Star is not
unwilling to too the Telegraph find rte
place as the Liberal mouthpiece, partieu.
larly if, in doing so, it injures the Star's
old rival, the Herald, which now threat.
ens t0 rival the Star in Imporialiem and
to be n more active competitor than over.
The Herald has even gene to the length of
buying<y,a weekly paper, The Mirror, to
got Out do competition to Sir Hugh Gra-
ham's Standard. •
Dalry Mall Coming.
Meanwhile, now buildings, new presses,
new equipment are being rapidly assem-
bled for the morning Daily Mail. With its
publication, the Gazette will, for tbo first
limo, Have oompetitiou. In the active nein.
agement of the Daily Mail will be B. A.
MoNab, for many years Managing Editor
of the Montreal Star, and a sphinx like
gentleman of portentous mien. Also there
will bo M. E, Nicholls, who has had much
experience in Toronto, and later on the
Winnipeg Telegram. He is a half brother
of Hon. W. T. White and is regarded as
one of tho moat promising mon in Gan.
adieu journalism to -day. With two suelt
mon. the Daily Mail will not be under-
manned. There is also a mystery as to
who the proprietors of this paper are.
though it is generally accepted that Rob.
ort Rogers nod associates aro interested.
Sir Hugh. Graham's name is also mon.
'Monad in this connection. The Star and
t he Gazette, .though • on the same side of
politics, have never got on .with one an.
other any too well, and it hue frequently
been rumored that Sir Hugh Graham pro.
posed to attack the Gazette's monopoly of
t he morning paper field,
North Croy's Surprise.
The result of the byelectioa in North
Grey cisme an 0, surprise to the politicians.
It wee generally recognized that the ma.
jority given Hon. A. G. Mackay in the
previous ideation had been abnormal, and
there were few on either side who expect.
ed a majority either way, of more than
100 or 160. -
Tho comment of the party papers on the
result le typical of the general comment.
For example, the Mail and Empire and
the World accept' theverdict as an en.
doreoment of the Government's licence
Colley, 619 contrasted with the Opposi-
t ion's Banish the Bar platform and as a -
refutation of the charges made against
Eon. W. J. Hanna, The Globe, on the
other hand, says that the Government ]lad
to win the seat and had to procure the
means of doing it. ,,t.n0Waring a question
running through many minds, the Globe
affirms; that the 0vo0t willonly make Lib.
oral workers more determined to win at
the General Election and "not a plank will
bo dropped out of their platform, the abol.
1tion of the bar above all."
•
Duke of Connaught Returns.
Thenews that the Duke of Connaught
has accepted an extension of one year of
his term of office as G0vernor•General of
Canada lute been receivedwith satisfac-
tion, Perhaps the most satisfactory fen-
ture of tits• circumstance, Is that it fern -
lobes a refutation of the idea that
Royal Highness found life in: Canada par.
taking of rho nature Of an exile,
The Duke of Coulaugltt's original ap-
pointment 10 October, 1011,was a bold de.
pertain from established praotioo. Navor
before in the long history of tba British
Empire trod a Prince of tho Blood visited
at any of the dominions as the official
and resident vloe. egent of the Bing,
Thera was at that, time Como little unons,
limes felt in some quarters: 'of the Do.
minion, It was 0110000ted that ilio 011•
actio of the court ,night estrange the
mae908 of Canadian democracy. However,
,,111 y('(' 6: Y paired that life fol Balsas
hall has iro?701 ban thasler ,,..win 011100/110
Ring's uncle has been Gov0rnor•Goneral
and that never has its Meta atmeophoro
been more wltil0seme er more natural
There leas been nothing Fussy or obtrn-
sivo 117 the action or to the elleoelles of
the Govornor•Geu tial, and neutrally as a
near relatiee Of 1110 Sovereign he huebeen
more than ordinarily 0areful to observe
the httituda of a o0nstitutional ruler,
Bethune the most uncomfortable nett et
the Duke's sojourn has been the obsequious.
nese of certain sections of the community,
Perhaps (itis will flow disappear.
Wantonness lnoreases,
Some rather remarkable !Olivet of an 1n'
ycrease In intemperance in Canada base re•r
eently bon e0mpiled. In the City of To.
Tonto, for example, in the year 1901 there
wero 3,943 arrests on charges of being
drunk and disorderly, At that time the
city hada population et about 040,000 w
that for every 1,000 persona there wore 17
drunks in the year. In the year 1912,
however, there were no hoe than 16,605
drunks and dlsorderlies. This with a pop.
1(1atien of 410,000 mean0:that out of every
1,000 ppereone there 166110 36 drunks; that le,
lent twice as many as 11 years pr06100017,
Biinilar agu'oo aro obtainable from other
Canadian 00ntree.
it is said that one of t1,o roaael10 for
the Moreno is tilt increase in foreign pop.
ulatlon. The Chief Cause would seem to
be the groat inereaeo In prosperity, an
inerease which it is to be feared has not
been accompanied by a cwrreaponding in.
masa in godliness.
Balkan Barbarisms.
The original triumphs of the Balkan
allies over the Ottoman Empire have had
n deplorable and repulsive sequel, They
set forth to anrry freedom to their Ulna
Men and they aro ending up by spreading
dovaotation among peoples already tried
almost beyond endurance, The Balkan
States are falling into a barbarism deeper
and more shameful then was Imposed by
the Turk. The Civilized nations are look-
ing on Without interest beyond the de-
nim that the tnflammablo tondonclee
should not spread to Europe,
Home Rule on the Way.
The passing of the second rending of
the Irish Items Rule Bill in the British
Parliament by a majority of 109, on the
second of the throe necessary journeys of
the measure through the House of Com.
mono, has made a good many people for
tho first time really believe that Homo
Rule it, actually coming. The majority is
above the present normal majority of the
Government, fudicating not merely lack
of dissension but enthusiasm.
Another significant thing happenedwhen
Premier Asquith accepted an invitation to
dine with John Redmond and the mem-
bers of the Irish Parliamentary Party.
Such a thing has cover happened in the
long and acrimonious existence of the
Irish Party in Westminster. The dinner
wee a private one. but 1t is .understood
to have been a lova feast.
It was also significant that on the 10111
of July in Ontario there wero few, if any,
references to the home Rule issue in
Ireland.
Meanwhile, Sir Edward Carson is tour.
Mg England -and Scotland working up en-
thusiasm for tho•oause of Dieter. It seems
to be admitted that when Home Rule- goes
into ofl'oct, ns it now eee00 likely to do
next year, there will be in Belfast a cer-
tain amount of rioting. But this it 10
thought Can bo suppressed. The real die.
turbanco may conte from the farmers of
the surrounding counties. If they make up
their minds to rebel there will be rebellion.
But up to the present there has really
been no absolutely convincing sign of any
such serious outcome.
1'
THE TING'S FAMOTJS CHEF.
His Salary Advanced to Meet Offer
of London Reetauratlt.
King George has had to agree to
pay another $2,500 a year in order
to retain the services of Monsieur
Ceciard, the famous chief chef at
Buckingham Palace. M. Cedard's
salary has been $10,000 a year, but
one of the great London restaur-
ants offered him $12,500 a year,
which the King agreed to pay ra-
ther than lose him. No royal chef
in England ever received such a
large salary as M. Cedard will get
from now on.
M. Cedard has presided over the
royal kitchen for more —than 14
years. His fame as a cook began
to spread when he had charge of
the kitchen at Bute House, the resi-
dence of Bisahoffsaeim, a banker,
where lie had to provide for many
royal dinner parties. He was next
appointed cook to the Duke of Con-
naught, during the latter's tour in
India. On his return from the
East M. Cedard took the place of
the famous cook, Mrs. Chance, who
after years of service with King
George, then the Prince of Wales,
retired. When the latter succeeded
his father as King he ,appointed M.
Cedard as his chief *lief. M. Ce-
dard is very punctilious. He ar-
rives. at the royal palace in his
automobile early every clay, attired
in a silk hat, frock coat' and trous
ors to match. He only speaks to
the other employes of the kitchen
when it is necessary. He looks over.
the royal anon', and if everything-
satisfactory
verythingsatisfactory ho leaves again in his
car. M. Cedard always takes per-
sonal care of the royal banquets:
In addition to his salary the chief
chef of Buckingham Palace un-
doubtedly receives many presents
from tradesmen supplying the royal
kitchens, which will bring up his in-
come to at least $15,000 a year,
Pointed Paragraphs.
And many a, man with a weak in-
tellect is headstrong.
You can't fail unless you take
chances, and you can't succeed.
Isn't it queer how 'easy it is to
transfornt friends into enemies ?
Don't look up to people; i.t en-
courages -them 4:0 look clown on you.
Any wren who would jilt a girl
deserves to be married by her suc-
cessor.
Don't argue with a critic; ho can
think of mere mean things than you
Can.
If we oot]d look into the future
Iva would probably find it just as
nnSati Sfad7tOr'y.
Almost Fatal Shook.
Hostess—I believe you area musi-
cian, Mr. Brown
Brown (who is dying to give an
exhibition of his powers)- Wcfl—er
-yes, I think 1 can claim to have
a small reputation as a pianist.
Hostess—I am delighted to hear
it. ,pry t1 tatiter is going to play,
and 1 should tl 90 glad if you would
turn the music for her,
,.—.-8'
,A girl always managers to get over
her first love Affair, union she ]lap -
pens toamarry the .fellow, s
Clarence — Miss Sharpen haat
brainy enough for two, by Jove 1
Florence—Then why don't you mar-
ry her, (layette)?
'UNIQUE SCENE IN OI,D ONTARIO NOWADAYS.
The' ox as traction power has almost entirely disappeared barn
old Ontario, although he is extensively used in the Prairie Pro-
vinces, The photo shows a yoke of oxen owned by A. Roswell, of
Little Scotland, Ontario, which is being used for stumping on the
eonitinuation of the Lake Erie and Northern Railway between
Galt and Brantford. Both animals are eight year's of age.
A WATCH WITH STANLEY.
xplorer and Newspaper Correa
pendent in Afri/ea.
When the late Melton Prior, cor-
respondent for the Illustrated Lon-
don News, went on his first cam-
paign to the Ashanti War, one of
the first friends she made on landing
in Africa was the explorer, Henry
M. Shanley. Together they made
the march from Sierra Leone to the
scene of the fighting. On the way
an incident occurred that Prior, in
his "Campaigns of aWar Corres-
pondent," calls "amusing," al-
though, .as he adds, it might easily
have bad a serious ending.
One of Stanley'e native servants
quarreled with one of mine; they
both were arrested and brought to
as with instructions from the pro-
vost marshal that we were to give
them three dozen strokes with the
cane; failing that, they were to be
sent to the camp whipping -post.
From our knowledge of the way a
"cat" can be administered by a
bluejacket, we decided that if we
wanted these boys to continue the
march with us, we had better do
the thrashing ourselves.
Stanley's servant was tied to a
stake, and then before all the cor-
respondents' servants my compan-
ion delivered the three dozen
strokes on the man's bare back.
But when it came my turn, T felt
that I could not do it, and turning
to Stanley, I asked him if he would
carryout the sentence for me.
Stanley undertook the job, and
by accident gave the poor boy five
more cats than he had administered
to his own servant. Upon being re-
leased, the native sprang tip, his
black face distorted with rage, and
declared that his own master should
have thrashed him, and with oaths
and menaces swore he would have
both our lives. He then rushed off
into the forest, and although men
were sent in pursuit, they could
not overtake him.
.Evening came on, and Stanley de-
clared that no doubt the boy would
try to kill as both, and that we had
better take turns sitting tip, revol-
ver in hand. I took the first three
hours, and per shed on the edge of
my bed in mortal funk, keeping as
far away as possible from the sides
of the tent, through which I knew a
long knife could easily be thrust.
The extraordinary noises made by
beasts and birds in the African for-
est quite prevented me from hear-
ing the tread of any one approach-
ing. Both inside the tent and out-
side it .was as black as ink, and it
seemed hours and hours before the
time arrived for me to aware. my
companion. At last it came, and
after much shaking and yelling, 1
succeeded in malting Stanley sit up
and realize the situation.
"A11 right, Prior," said he at
last; "you ]ie down now, and I'll
keep watch,"
But I could not sleep a wink.
Over and over I rolled, until at last
something or somebody stumbled
against the ropes outside, making
the whole tent shake and tremble.
With my hair standing on end, I
felt' that my would-be murderer had
come, and iu a whisper I told Stan-
ley to look out and fire. "The
man's there," I said. The only re-
ply I received was, 1 thought, a
groan of agony, and I felt sure that
Stanley had been the first victim.
Half -made with terror, ,1 jumped
out of bed, and threw myself across
his body. "Stanley, old chap, are
you alive?" 1 cried; and the reply
this time Came in the form of a ter-
rible snol'el He was not dead, but
fast asleep, and the revolver had
fallen to the ground, Fortunately,
we were left in peace the .rest of irhe
night;' otherwise 1 ahead, certainly
not have owed my life to. the great
explorer.
About two days afterward the
would-be murderer was found in a
starving condition, Stanley in-
sisted on imy making an example of
hilt, and so I compelled the boy to
go down on his knees, ',and informed
hili1 that he had. five minutes in
which lo'say his prayers before 1
blew his brains out. Whereupon
the poor little wretch pint. his 'fact
to the ground, and taking my fool
in his hand, Creased it to the top'of
his head a.s a sign that he was sorry,
andl would ever afterward§ be faith-
ful to me. Stanley, seeing this,
said, "It, is all right, Prion'; that
boy will be as good as gold now."
And sure enough, -he proved the
most faithful servant I had out of
eighteen.
THE FORESTS OF CANADA.
Recent Additions to Dominion For-
est Reserves.
The amended Dominion "Forest
Reserves and Parks Aot", which
was finally assented to on June 6th,
1913, added over ten thousand five
hundred square miles to the exist-
ing area of Dominion Forest Re-
serves, making a total of over
thirty-five thousand eight hundred
square miles of reserved forest
land in the Western Provinces 'an -
der Dominion jurisdiction. Of this
reserved area, three thousand,
seven hundred and eighty-two
square miles are found in Alberta,
one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-two square miles in Sas-
katchewan and four thousand one
hundred and eight square miles in
Manitoba. Over two-thirds of the
total area is found in Alberta, ow-
ing to the fact that practically all
the eastern slope of the Rockies has
been set apart as a forest reserve,
not only to perpetuate the stipply
of timber, but to preserve and
equalize the flow of the large
prairie rivers which have their
sources in this reserved area.
Mere figures are of little value
except for purposes of comparison.
In the latest report of the United
States Chief Forester, the area of
National Forests under reservation
is given as two hundred and fifty-
seven thousand, eight hundred and
fifty-five square miles, an area
over seven times as great as that
of the Dominion Forest Reserves.
And this, in spite of the fact that
the area bearing merchantable tim-
ber in the United States is con-
siderably larger than that in Can-
ada, making less pressing the need
of reservation. Moreover, the area
fit only for bearing timber, techni-
cally known as the "absolute forest
soil," is considerably greater in
Canada than the United States,
making justifiable a policy of reser-
vation on an even more extensive
scale than that followed in the
United States.
These western reserves are creat-
ed by the Dominion Government as
cited in the "Act for the mainte-
nance, protection and reproduction
of the timber growing thereon, or
which hereafter may grow thereon,
for the oonservatiow of the minerals
and the protection of the animals,
birds and fish therein, and for the
maintenance of conditions favorable
to a continuous water supply." To
accomplish these ends the reserves
must first be protected from fire,
and under the direction of techni-
cal foresters and supervisors, &c-
lines are being cat or ploughed,
trails are being cut, telephone lines
and lookout stations installed,
"cashes" of tools distributed in
accessible places throughout the re-
serves, and efficient patrols estab-
lished,
Nor is the timber so protected
allowed to die of old age. The for-
esters determine ,at what diameter
in each section the maximum pro-
duction is attained, and when the
trees reach this size, they are grant-
ed free, or, for a nominal sum to
homesteaders who apply to the for-
est officials for cutting permits.
Caro is take not to allow over-eut-
ting, for it is the forester's aim to
Drop the forest perpetually and at
the same time increase its produc-
ing capacity by proper methods of
management.
Thus, by this policy of forest re-
serveration; instead of denuded
hillsides,; drifting isand and barren
rooks,' and muskegs, these areas
will in time be covered with great
tracts of forest owned by ,the peo-
ple and supplying their wants, not
only now, but tofuture time,
all,
when countries with less foresight
will be in the'• throes of a timber
famine.
What She Served.
"What did sheserve?"
"Three kinds of meat."
"Three kinds of meat? I thought
she was going to have only a light
1uneh."
"That's what it was.. thicken
salad,"
alssaia 101,
'S LYE
The Standard Lge of
Canada. Has mann
Imitations but no equal
CLEANS AND
DISINFECTS
MO %PUS
tlasaalsaalisseaa
AT WG R WITHER T INSECTS
FIGHTING BIG DAMES WITH
TINY FOES.
Locusts Almost Abolished in South
Africa—i11tri toes Have
Slain Millions.
Unknown to many people, the
greatest battle ever fought is now
being waged. The combatants are
man and insect, and when the Con-
flict is over a new chapter in the
world's history will open.
In South Africa hostilities are be-
ing carried on relentlessly. No
sooner is a .swarm of locusts, for in-
stance, found than tidings are flash-
ed to the Department of Agricul-
ture at Pretoria, and., in conse-
quence, the grass ail around the
swarm is sprayed with arsenic,
which ultimately kills the lot. The
Iocust, therefore, is rapidly being
exterminated. `\lien a Peruvian
expert visited South Africa recently
for the purpose of studying the lo -
oust, the only example which could
be shown him was in the museum.
The Mosquito's Bite.
On the West Coast of Africa and
elsewhere a still greater campaign
is taking place against mosquitoes,
the transmitters, it is now definitely
known, of the three most terrible
diseases which afflict humanity—
malaria, elephantiasis, and yellow
fever. If a man is bitten only once
by a mosquito, there may develop
in his blood 250,000,000 of the para-
sites which produce ague or malar-
ia, the disease which has Blain mil-
lions.
As the mosquito breeds in ponds
and puddles, innumerable pools
have been drained dry; and when
this course has not been practica-
ble, the surface of the water has
been regularly covered with oil,
which, by blocking the syphon -
tubes of the pestilential little crea-
tures, has killed millions.
To the same end, a natural enemy
of the mosquito—a little fish popu-
larly known as "'union"—has been
introduced into the waters of many
of the West Indian and the Hawai-
ian Islands. The beneficent work
done by the "million" was first no-
ticed at Barbados, which, owing to
its presence in the ponds and
streams there, enjoyed immunity
from malaria while .adjacent islands
were suffering from the scourge.
Yellow Fever's Victims.
Nowhere have the results of this
conflict between man and insect
been more remarkable than iri the
Panama Canal zone. 'When the
French were engaged on that great
work, one of the most serious ob-
stacles that inpeded them was yel-
low fever. The hospitals were full
of cases, and the mortality was ap-
palling. Eighteen young French
officers arrived together on a steam-
er, and a month later all wore dead
except one; while of a party 01
thirty-six nurses brought over in a
batch, twenty -foto died of fever.
The mosquito, in fact, conquered
the French, who lost 50,000 men in
fighting against it unawares.
By the time the Americans took
up the work, the maleficent power
of that insect had been discovered
by scientists, and, Consequently,
the first thing the new -comers did
was to coanbat it. And so success-
ful were their efforts that the
dreaded "yellow jack" is now rare
in the Panama Canal region.
But little less striking has been
the victory along the coastline of
West Africa. This part of the Afri-
can continent is losing its evil'repu-
tation as the "white man's grave."
Formerly nearly every European
who went there was attacked by
malaria, which either killed or Cor-
manently enfeebled him. Since war
was declared on the mosquito, how-
ever, the West African coastline
Inas become. comparatively healthy.
Terrible Tsetse Ply.
Another pest on which a great on-
slaught is being made is the tsetse
fly. The record of this insect is
little, 1f any, less tt.rrible than that
of the mosquito; far among the dis-
oases it aarrios is sleeping sick-
ness, which has wept away whole
Communities, arid killed mora than
200,000 people in the ,TJganda Pro-
tett0ratte alone. •
As thisarticular fly loves woods,
i
etc,, near water, it is being fought,
in the main, by burning the ground
bush along the margins of fivers
and ponds and round villages and
encampments. But there are other
methods of extermination.
At Principe, for instance, the la-
borers wear on their back a cloth
plastered with a substance which in
attractiveness to insects and in ad-
hesiveness very closely resembles
sticky fly -paper. In fact, every
man i8 an animated "catch'em-
alive-oh," and large numbers of
the flies are thus prevented from
doing further mischief. On one es-
tate no fewer than 133.776—enough
to depopulate a continent—were
caught in eight anonths.
This war will vastly improve the
conditions of life in tropical and
sub -tropical countries,
"LIEUTENANT TONY."
Wiid and Ativentitrons Career of a
French Woman.
Not very long ago an old woman
died in the Hospital of St. Nicolas
du Port. Her name was Antoin-
ette Lix, and she was a veteran of
two wars, and had been an officer
in the French army. At interest-
ing account of her unusual life is
given in Gil Blas.
Antoinette was one of five and -
ren born in Alsace. Her mother
died at her birth. With her four
brothers she learned to ride, to
dress, to think, to work, and to do
everything as if she were a boy.
She became an expert with the foils
and with the rapier.
She studied, too, and her know-
ledge of languages—English, Ger-
man, Polish, besides French, which
was the language then of Alsace—
got her, in 1862, the place of tutor
in a Polish family. She was to
teach three girls to become "little
men" like herself. But early in the
following year the insurrection
broke out, and Antoinette dressed
herself in men's clothes, and rushed
to fight for Poland.
She fought so well that she won
officer's rank in the army of Po-
land ; but a day after she had got
her commission a lancer of the en-
emy ran her through the shoulder,
and she spent the rest of the short
campaign in a hospital, a prisoner.
Later, she fought an epidemic of
Cholera in a small town in the north
of France, and when the war with
Germany broke out she had been
postmistress kr ten months in the
town of Lamarche, in the 'Vosges.
She got six weeks' leave, and in
man's dress enlisted in a company
of Francs-tireurs, or sharpshooters,
at Lamarche.
"Tony" Lix soon became the idol
of her company. The veterans,
from the rough old captain down,
loved the fearless youngster who
was always first in danger, and
whose beardless face sand treble
wise were "so much like a wo-
man's." .,
At Kaon-l'Etape she won the gold
stripe in a fight with German out-
posts.
A few days later came the Battle
of Bourgonec. Tony Lix fought
with the fire of ten men. Every
now and then she would stop fight-
ing to give first aid to the wolinded
and get the wounded out of the
danger zone. But the Battle of
Bourgoneo was the beginning of the
end for the French, and for weeks
Lieutenant Tony and her little eom-
pany, worn out and without one
unwounded man among them,
marched and countermarched, Lieu-
tenant Tony had been wounded by
a bit of shell, but sire refused to go
to the hospital.
They gave the woman who had
fought so well for Fiance a gold
medal. She sold it for the fund that
was raised to pay the indemnity to
Germany, A friend bought the
medal, and returned it to Antoin-
ette. She sold it a second time.
In 1875 her wounds troubled her,
and she had to give up her work as
postmistress. Friends got for her
a government tobacco shop, which
assured her an income fora number
of years. Then she fell ill again,
and the was taken to the Hospital
of St. Nicolas du Pert,
And the day Antoinette Lix died,
Sister Dolphins stood by her bed-
side, holding her sword -hilt so that
the poor withered hand might have
the feel of it once more.
What splendid'2aoilihies aro sinner-
eel for..remaiuing poor:
THE BROKEN
"Lardner, old mail, congratulate
me!" cried Bissett, bursting Pato .
his friend's room like a whirlwind.
"Elsie Wilton has accepted me, acid
we're going 10 be married in the
spring.'
"Jove!" -exclaimed Lardner. Be
turned his auk to hisfriend, os=
tensibly to find a' cigarette.
"You aren't very enthusiastic,r, a
complained Bissett, good hum,ared-
ly.
"Oh—ah—yes 1 I congratulate
you, of eourse," he said, controllirlg
his voice with an effort. "Fact is,
it's a bit of a surprise; itit'll take
a bit of getting used to. You're
such a wild chap, you know. Never
thought of you—marrying."
"Well, so long," said Bissett, a.
few minutes later. "I'm going
round to tell the others."
In the doorway ,he paused.
"You look a bit off color, old
boy," he said. "You're as white
as a sheet. Take my advice and
have a stiff 'h, -and -s.' and then,
tumble into bed."
A brandy -and -soda for a broken
heart! That was just Bissett all
over. But then, he did not know -
that Lardner was suffering. And
Lardner resolved that he never
should know.
He met her by chance a few days
before the wedding. He tried to
avoid her, but she stopped him. •
"Dick, I haven't seen you for
ages. If you have nothing better
to do, take meth tea somewhere. I
am not meeting Jack till five.
"I hope," she said, 618 they sat
together in the tea-shop, "that you
haven't been keeping out of the
way just because I am engaged."'
Then, reading a look of doubt on
his face, she continued, brightly:
"Why, you silly old boy, Jack
knows you and I are awfully good
pals, and have been for years.. We
were talking about you only yes-
terday, and I told him that I al-
ways thought of you as my big bro-
ther."
Jack and Elsie had not been mar-
ried a couple of years before Lard-
ner realized thatsomething was
wrong. Anyone could have seen M.
Bissett did not even trouble to ad-
dress iris wife with ordinary cour-
tesy in the presence of comparative,
strangers.
One evening Lardner found her
alone, and in tears. She made no
attempt at ooneoalment, but sobbed
out the story of her ill-fated mar-
riage.
I—S thought I loved him," she
muttered. "He was kind to me
once. But now I krrow it was mere
infatuation. It—it was someone
else I really loved."
She looked at him, and each un-
derstood.
"Dick, did you—did you love ma
before—before 1 was married?"
"Yes," he answered simply; and
before she could reply he added:
"And now that you know we must
never meet again." And he caught
up his hat and hurried away,
For a year he neither saw nor..
heard of her. Then, one evening,
when he was coming home £rom.the
efaee, he found her waiting in his
rooms.
"Jack is going to die," ahs said.
simply.
"Going to die?" he echoed, the
blood surging in his ears. "Is
there is there no hope?"
"No real hope," she murmured.
"It's consumption—galloping. The
doctor says his only chance is to go
to South Africa. We should have
to raise at ]east three hundred
pounds for that—which is the same
as saying that he will be cleadl in six
months."
For an instant Lardner wavered,
but only for an instant. Then,
without a word, ho went to his
desk.
"1 have—saved—a good deal-
during the last few years," he said
tonelessly, as he opened his cheque-
book.
"Dick 1" she Dried hoarsely.
"Dick! What are you doing? Don't
yon " She checked hensclf,
"1 .tum writing a cheque for 8300
payable to your husband," he re-
plied firmly. "He can pay me back
when—when he has recovered."
He placed it in an envelope and
handed it to her. Then ho led her
to the door.—London Answers.
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Next to electricity, the greatest
forte in the world is flattery.
Norwegian girls cannot wed art-
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018110y in housekeeping,
The English drink 600,000 pounds
of tea aclay.
Some people never achieve any.
thing except old age.
athletes , can,' seldom get life in-
suranco--their' hearts are usually
strained.
Practice makes perfect nuisances:
Lead ,pencils originated in 1604.
Evell the square peg in the round
hole May aceonlplish something by
pegging away,
One-seventh of Xreland is bog,
The nearer home the point of taV
joke conies, bbs harder ,t is to see
it.:
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theose between twill 06'1118,