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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1913-8-21, Page 6THE WORLD IN REVIEW Naturally F. P. Ontetiue, the railway ex- pert who was not long ago placed 'AIDE INGENIOUS CHINESE charge of the lino, and who is paid 820,000 INGENIOUS U 2 Year to run it on a buetness beets, doee not always see eye to eye with the road's attatontere, who have, however, always the It t� '� t sat r G o appeal et •. g dtrt t the government, a privilege whielt they aro not slow to HAVE .i,. HIGHLY eV1.TI'S'ATED take advantage of, Sir John M. Gibson, whose form of office Financial Outlook Better, SENSE OF 111!1i.ltl']. as Lieutenant -Governor of Ontario aspired Mt Sent9mb92 22, will. it is reported, bot The other day an advertisement for two aslced to continuo in the office for another , unskilled laborers in Toronto produced 150 year. Appointed. Crtgtually by itis pont.; able bodied men applying for work. The lord friends, hie continuance la cnlee will incident inepiroa epecmiat10n as to what. be a tribute alike to his qualiftcatione Por; the condition of the latter market will be the post and to the nonpartisan attitude ; in the dull Beason next waiter. Reports, adopted toward the position at Toronto • too, from some of the more pronouncedly and Ottawa. (boom centore of the west are not any too By a yenr from September it is expected l good. to Pigeons, the new Government Renee fu Chorlev At the same time, during the past month Parkwill be completed, Sir John himself i there has been a distinct improvement in will not likely be privileged to oeenny 1t. i sentiment as to the enanetal outlook, He will be, se Moses of old, permitted only. Mazy well informed commercial exports ,t0 see ft from afar. As 1+, who the Joshua i now look for no serious ettects to follow of 1944 willbe. only Rumor yet speak0.c the money stringency and expect that the And Rumor, no ever. hue many tongues.I eoutttry'e remarkable ttovtk t,ment wilt One report is that the position has 29.1 runtimes without abatement. There is, ready been offered to Hon. Frank Coch•, however, little pneelbility of the stoney retie, now ltinieter of Railways at Ottawa, ; tightness letting up for the uext few but Mr. Cochrane loves the freedom ; months, of outdoors and the mental etimulue of l What Is a Lobbyist? busluees too fondly to consent to a round: but nevertheless they are by no of gold braid, satin breeches and ooruer• , Revelations by Mulhall. self-oonfessetl,; t , stone laying. He is said to chafeeven at lobbyist, have .came as; co:nothing or • 't i means lacking in purely emotional the social 2anetloua his position now ro-, shock to American political rftrlea--wh:rh quires him to attend. non. A. 1:. 1{emp'e are not oaeity elioeknd-and have 9400105101 platters of great attrectivenesa. name has also been mentioned, but he is an animated diseusaien e0 to the whole f As early as the eleventh century to bare political ambitions, and business -or prefe;eimi-of lobbving. The would regard a Lieutenant -Governorship! word lobby is cue of those which, leunch•i one of their great poets sang-: as a aide -tracking. Ar. G. tterliug Ryer. ; ed in purity and innocence, has coma1. eon, a former member of the Leglelaturo,; through time and usage to bare a sinieterj , has also been mentioned. And another I meaning. And yet. asks some one, what let ` open the bridge the livelong day shadowy rumor, at probably euro spec ill wrong a eo with cause g1Alobbsloet, says our oldJf 1 Stand and watch the goldfish snail, has itthat SirJames Whitney9 jar,vto friend, L'nclo Joe" Canton, former streak -sl play." miaow acre t• rho er of the 1T. S. Home of Representatives, A mBeekd In the Pr. J. Hail a.blion.Still in one of those flashes of cynical shrewd- ano h Beek or Hon, W. J, Hantta. self nest) with which he so aptlyhi another rumor mentions the Berk Gubernatorial is oS s sib Tho domestication of the goldfish, as a possibility for Guberuutorlal eased a lobbyist is a person who is ore u. the first s ecies of which reached House. eased to the particular legislation you p One thing Is certain, that either future are seeking ,to advance; anyone who le: England only in 1691, and of the incumbents of the position will need to aiding you is a public spirited citizen:' I wonderful paradise fish as well,is be, like Sir Sohn Gibson, Hien of wealth. For himself, Uncle Joe" deme not want p or else the present indemnity of s10,p00 a soar will need to be Increased materially, The new Rosedale twittery.) will eat 110 a good deal more than $10,000 a year, The Death of James Conmee. FOR ANOTHER'S SAKE "You were rather late last night, clear," said Mary gently to ]ler sis- --- ter as they eat at breakfast in the lodgings they shared together. pli''edWeMwent to It music -hall," re- ay, "And who is 'we' -you and Mr, Danvers?" Dicky Danvers 1" echoed May. "Rather not I I chucked him long ago, It wa.s •a brand. -new boy this time -picked him up in the Tube. He knocked my notebook out of my hand by accident, and then—" "My dear!" exclaimed Mary. "You simplymust not do such things! You've ve no idea what:- what hat=what peeple will think!" "Who's pretending to be a musty old prude 1" taunted May, good, llttmoredly. "And it won't wash, Mary, old dear. You've got a boy yourself, now own up," Mary flushed slightly, "Mr. Wilton is scarcely what ap- pears to be your idles of es `boy,' " she replied. "Mr. Wilton!" laughed May. "And I suppose he calls you Miss Monist Anyhow, why not bring him to tea on Sunday, and let me have a look at him 7 I don't mind playing gooseberry for once." "I will ask him if you like," re- plied Mary. "But I do wish, dear, that you would try to be a little less flippant." As a. fact, Mary was more wor- ried about May than she eared to admit, even to herself. Ever since their mother had died -when May was little mote than a baby -Mary had been the protector as well as the companion of her younger sis- ter. She wee May's senior by five years. And when money troubles pressed, Mary had left their native village to earn her living in Lon- don. ondon. Later, May had insisted on doing the same. That was nearly three years ago. May had become accustomed to'city life. May was pretty, and was al- ways sure -of plenty of attention from the type of man wham she characterized as "bays." She was pure and innocent, but she was in- cautious, and inclined to be "slangy," ri only May could meet the right main and settle -down I Jack Wilton one on the Sunday. Mary introduced him with just a touch of shyness. He was the only admirer she had ever had. The af- ternoon was a great success. May played and sang while Mary sat in quiet contentment, glad that her sweetheart and sister got on well together. "I think your boy is a dear," said May, when he had left, "I think your sister is charms ing," said Jack Wilton, when next he met Mary. One day he suggested an after- noon on the river. "Perhaps your sister would come, tool" he said. "I am sure she would," replied Mary. And May came, Mary was by nature quiet, but May was vivacious. It was May who did most of the tallcing. It was she who "drew out" Jack Wilton. And they laughed and joked toge- ther, while Mary lounged in the bows, happy ,because her sweet- heart was enjoying himself. • In' the weeks that followed she had less cause to be anxious about May. The girl seemed to have sob- ered somewhat. She saw less and Jess of her "boys." Mary vaguely wondered why. It was not long before she knew Work was sleek at her office one evening, and she came home early. Unsuspectingly, she entered the sitting -room, and found May sitting very close to Jack. In a second she seemed to live again her life of the last few months. She understood the rea- son for the change in May -under- stood that her prayer had been an- swered that May should meet the right man. "I -I am sorry I interrupted," she said, blushing, "But, oh, I am so glad!" "Glad1" • The exclamation burst, from both of them. "Did you think.I didn't see it coming,?" she we1110 on firmly, "Why, I knew it 1111610 dray on the river I And I felt so proud, Jack, to think that our friendship should be the indirect means of bringing this happiness into your life: And now, I suppose we can ,announce your engagement to our friends?" "Yes-er-yea, of course," re- plied Jack Wilton unsteadily, "I declare 1 am quite a match maker 1" said h1a1'y. There was a catch in her voice as She spoke, They thought she was laughing. But she wasn't, -Len - dolt Answers. Domesticated Cold Fish and Para- dise Fish, and A ttaeh Whistles We are wont to speak of the Chi- nese as a sober, practical and pro- saic people and to view them throughout in that, light. Immense- ly rational they aro, secular and worldly minded, bestowing their efforts on useful temporal affairs; The death after a long illness of Jamee Comm.. of Thunder Bay district, removes fromthe public life of Canada a remark- able figure. For many years he was prom- inent in the Ontario Legislature, but about the time the fortunes of the Liberal party were waning in that body. he was re. moved to a Dew sphere of activity in Ot tawa. For any lack of advantages in early life, Sir. Conmee amply made up by an unusual shrewdness and remarkable force of character. He was a born fighter. In later years no antagonist lightly en. tered with him in any battle of wits. The most contentious piece of Iegislation with which he was connected was that to which his name has been given as the Conmee Act. For many years it has been k v1gorouely attacked as giving undue privi- 6' leges to franchise -holding electric corpor- ations, but Mr. Conmee always as vigor- ously affirmed that it was a meritorious enactment, greatly in the public interest. 1 He could talk by the hour and produce ,:. manuscript by the ream, replete with ar. gumente in favor of his contention. Tradition recalls stories, probably ante eryphal, of the experiences oP Conmee, Be a youth, in the American Civil war. Of hie career in Northern Ontario, with which he was identified from the early days, there are also many stories, many doubt. less also apocryphal. others reeting on a basis of truth: It is eaid, for example, that as fate would have it, shortly after Mr. Conmee had been made a Justice of the Peace, there was brought before him on some trivial charge a former personal antagonist, The story goes that the new 3.P., with great enthusiasm, spent days conning the Statutes of Ontario which came tc him with the office, in an effort to discover if a J. P. had power to inflict the sentence of hanging. Labor Party Declining? Critical observers report that the Labor Political Party, which with meteoric swift. nese flashed into the firmament of British politics in the famous election of 1906, is making no progress. It is said, on the contrary, that its influence and power are actually on the wane and that, while there are still some forty members of the House wlto subscribe themselves as members of the Labor Party, the time is within meas- urable distance when the Parliamentary Labor Party will practically disappear. This, if true, •tvi11 be a ehook to those who hoped for the day when Laborites, eon. trolling a majority in the Commons. would actually be responsible for the laws of the land. There is no doubt that so far the In- fluence or legislation of the Labor Party had been disappointing. It is doubtful if, since 1906. there hes been plated on . the Statute Hooka one Mere of legislation which could not, probably would not, have been put there by the Government un- supported altogether by its Labor allies. Not Through Parliament, Besides, there are arising grave doubts in the minde of labor as to whether Par- liamentary endeavor furnishes the line along which it can most easily secure the things It wants, namely, higher wages. shorter hours: and better couditous of labor. It le doubted if, in the great re- cent struggles in the railway and coal and other disputes, the Parliamentary Party has been any strength whatever to the labor cause. Some say it has been an actual weakness. There has been e. die. Version of energy, at least. Parliaments are conservative and are so bound about by forms and procedure and interests that they furnish a moderately slow way of .scouring oertain ]rinds of re. form. This is but. to at that reform meet 00028 from the people, that it results only from the pressure of public opinion. Par• ttettlarly for social reforms such as aro desired by labor it ]las become a question if more substantial pragrese will not be effected by the efforts of the Trades 'Union organizations acting directly in the inter- ests affected than by attempts to control unwieldy Parliaments. Lesson For Suffragists. Similarly some students of the Women's -t Suffrage Movement are convinced that there aremany methods of influence other than the vote which offer much easter re. sults to the Suffragiete. Apart from the abstract claim of equality with males, the only ground for advocating votes for w0 - men is the influence the new voters would have on legielntton. Whether a say itt the selection. of Parliaments is the meat effeotive way of influencing euelt legisla- tion theme to he a question. The exper- ience of .the Labor Movement in thie re- gard will be interesting to the Suffragists. Where Labor Rules. 1111 Anetralia and New Zealand they are done things differently, In politics, there, Labor has things its *1211 4007. True, the Labor Government in Australia ]las ,1uet been evicted from power by it 'narrow ma- iority but it is succeeded by a Govern- ment *Moll is said to he scarcely less Radical. Governments do things tie a mat ter of course in Australia that would be regarded as rank 8ocfa11610 hero or to Europe. One may have been surprised to observe. that it was the Labor Government in Ane• tralia which inaugurated compulsory military training and which began the establishment of a navy, for in these parts labor anions ars generally in the fora• front of peace oolobrations. Tho explan• ation is that the Labor Party came into power on the cry of a "white Australia"; they want no immigrants from China or japan or India, To be consistent the Labor .Party 'in power had to provide the meansby which a•"white Australia" could be maintained. Oethpulenry military train. ing'and a nayy'were the Roque). Similarly the party which it oSOOeitlou hadopposed immig�ration and' was indifferent to. Ira. peri}tlisen,.'quickly r000glllzed ih °nice that, development, of the a unary depended on hew settlere and that, the maintenance of the Empire Was necessary at least, for many' years to e0mo to the very exist• encs of ft white Austrolie. nonce the ate. grosslvo immigration nolioy and the Sin. 551'10.1i010 which marked the Asher gime, ' N4 Etention In tight. A.pytalk there war of. 15,general D0321%.fork 810e11on this fail hal pasted away,, !chore. ,10 clow no sign of Par' Lamont being tovpniih ted• any tens before it bee run lis notttrmusp91t Tailsloth giro• time. for 1/011.cies. anti oplut1 ries oaths many flitted navy inaneo arYstalli08•inte deftttite shape. :Down Ib tdrd Eastern Provitteea the In. uncolored" Antiwar has 'again. Ode eloped into tt obneiliir.s;b�l*t polittOh • O T employee ore' a01tiG more pay sad 'rnor- channa and other .ehtip ars are cgmylaitt. in'g of i1Or9as0d freight ehareee, any protection against lobbyists- .H0 thinks anyone who ie smart enough to get elected to Congress ought to be trueted to look after himself. - TE:IIPERANCE IN BRITAIN. President Barlow Tells Medieal Congress of Changed Ways. The very remarkable spread of temperance in the British in every rank ef society was recorded by Sir Thomas Barlow, president of the International Medical Congress, in a speech delivered to several hun- dred doctors of various nationali- ties at a breakfast given recently in their honor by the National Tem- perance League in the Grafton Galleries. Sir Thomas said that a great im- provement in this respect had taken place in the army and the navy, whereh t e young officers were set- ting a good example to their men. There had also been an enormous change among the commercial classes, while the use ef alcoholin hospitals and by medical men gen- erally had 'greatly decreased. The president made an appeal to the doctors present to endeavor to check the consumption of medicat- ed wines, all of which, he said, were mischievous. "+-dr FEATURES OF ESKIMO LIFE. Can Secure 600 Ducks in One Day on North Shore. Concerning certain features of Es- kimo life along the north coast of Alaska, the account written by '1'ilh- Jalmar Stefaneson says: "In the spring and summer, ducks and geese, mime'. ally the former, are an important item of diet. They are pursued in kayaks when moulting and killed with clubs, and large numbers of them are also secured by bolas throwing, for the migration route of the ducks along the coast is so definitely known that a man can stand in one place all day and rely on it that three out of every four flocks will fly within throwing distance. So quickly do the birds come that nowadays a competent man with a shotgun has been known to secure as many as 600 ducks 1n a day. Happiness. No one ever yet found happiness by running after it. It may look enly a little way ahead -in., the new house you are building, in the higher position you are seeking, in the wealth of which you are hoping to secure -but it is in none of them. When you reach the place where you seemed to see it, like a will-o'- the-wisp it will still be dancing a little beyond you, just out of reach. The only way to be happy is to stop trying. Forget whether you are happy or not in trying to add a little to the happiness of those about you. and some day you will find that life has grown very sweet, T STANDING ORDERS. lie --"Private Jones justotocd me a ginger.beet•," She --•-"And did you stand shim one bulk?" • He -"No, of ,course not, A tree British soldier never re -treats!"' Family Pride. ' Prisoner (to jailer) -"Put me in cell 311," - What for 1" "We Its the one father used t0 have." justly .ascribed to the Chinese; and it is remarkable to notice that their attempts in this direction and the amazing results achieved were not prompted by any utilitarian views they had in mind, as neither fish is of any practical advantage. On the contrary, their skillful breed- ing, so eagerly pursued, is due sole- ly, and exclusively to the aesthetic tendency of the Chinese in their art of living and to their highly' culti- vated sense of beauty, which de- lights in the bright coloration of the skin of -these fishes, the graceful form of their bodies and the restless motions of their long Hoeing fins. A Lover of Birds. ' While the almost Darwinian ex- periments to which the Chinese breeders have subjected the gbld- ftell, and their unbounded admira- tion of this little creature in its hundred and one forms and varia- tions, illustrate well the intimate relation of the people to the ele- ment of water, their friendly asso- ciations with the world of birds are not less close and sympathetic. The lover of birds does not permanently confine his pet in its prison cage, but he takes it out with him on his walks, carrying it on a stick, to which one of its feet is fastened by means of a thread long enough to allow it ample freedom of motion. Where the shade of same stately tree bids him welcome, he snakes a halt and ,permits the bird to perch and swing on a supple twig, watch- ing it for hours. One of the most curious expres- sions of emotional life is the appli- cation of whistles to a flock of pi- geons, These whistles, very light, weighing only a few grams, are at- tached to the tails of young pigeons soon after their birth, by means of fine copper wire, so that when the birds fly, the wind blowing through the whistles sets them to vibrating and this produces an open-air con- cert, for the instruments in the same flock are all different. On a serene day in Pekin, where these instruments are manufactured with great cleverness and ingenuity, it is possible to enjoy this aerial mu- sic while sitting in one's room, Description of Whistles. There are two distinct types of whistles-fhose consisting of bam- boo tubes placed side by side and a type based on the principle of tubes attached to a gourd. They ,are lac- quered in yellow, brown, red and black to protect the material from the destructive influences of the at- mosphere, The tube whistles have either two, three or five tubes. In some specimens the five tubes are made of oxhorn, instead of bam- boo. The gourd whistles are fur- nished with a mouthpiece and email apertures to the number of two, three, six, ten and even thirteen, Certain among them have 'besides bamboo tubes, some of the princi- pal mouthpiece, some arranged around it. These varieties are dis- tinguished by different names.' Thus a whistle with ono mouthpiece and ten tubes is called the eleven -eyed one. The explanation which the Chi- nese offer of this quaint custom, is not very :satisfactory. According to them, these whistles are intend- ed to keep the flock together and to protect the pigeons from attacks of birds of prey. There seems, how- ever, little reason to believe that a hungry hawk could be induced by this innocent music to refrain from satisfying his appetite; and this, doubtless savors of an after- thought which Came up long after the introduction of this usage, through the attempt to give a ra- tional and practical interpretatien g, to something that had no rational origin whatever; for it is not the Hostess -"Oh, I hope your dog pigeon that profits from this prate'- won't go into the kitchen; the fish Lice, but merely Hits human ear, For baby's dinner is on the table." which feasts on the wi.ndblowa Caller -"I hope not, indeed, He tunes and derives aesthetic plea- isn't allowed to have fish." sure ft'om this music, g' "Do you know anything about flirting? "No," he replied, sad- ly.' "1 thought I did, but when :[ tried it the girl 'married me." "I don't intend to be married till I am over 23,i0 said the young lady and then elle ludded, "and I don't intend either,' to be aver 23 till I stn nut rrietl. '-en,4 Ln toil i ip L !�iljfdiAw J.lRll,u L"' iAe i=J ..s. BEST YEAST' IN, THE WORLD. DECLINE THE NUMEROUS' INFERIOR IMITATIONS THAT ARE BEING OFFERED AWARDED HIGHEST HONORS AT ALL EXPOSITIONS E.W. CiLLETT COMPANY LIMITED. W 1NNIPF. C TORONTO ONT. maNTR A L gRowgig- 3,'at..t41141 a SOME CURIOUS Cl1STOMS MONTENEGRIN SURGERY ON THE BATTLE -FIELD. Healing a Duelist's Wound by Pour- ing In a Spirit Called RakiJa. When the Montenegrins took Eur- ope by surprise and plunged into war, leaving their sister states still shiv- ering on the brink, they entered the fray armed with the most modern weapons, writes W. P, Pycraft in the Illustrated London News. One wond- ered at the time whether they had in like manner adopted the latest meth- ods of dealing with their wounded, for until lately, at any rate, they were content to follow the old-time Scrip- tural usage of oil and wine, Herein was displayed more science than they realized. On no account would a na- tive surgeon use water in dressing a wound, but cleanses the injured part with strong wine, or a spirit called raldja; and the people will recount with pride the number of desperate cases which have thus been cured. One in particular is never forgot- ten. This was furnished by two duel- lists, one of whom received a sword cut which slashed through three ribs. This terrible wound was first washed with white wine, a quantity was pour- ed into the body through the "envious rent" and the man was rolled back- wards and forwards; then the work of nursing him back to health began and was successfully accomplished! .Another tells us how he was Shot Through the Lungs in the battle of Vucidol so long ago as 1876 and was taken to the Russian hos- pital, where he got "worse and worse. The doctor finally told him he mus cut another hole in him between .tw ribs, but, he remarks, "as I had tvy holes 111 me already, I thought thi was very stupid, and I knew I shoul die if this were done, so I asked the black sister to tell my people to Come and save me." They came, bringing his wife, who took the poor emaciated sufferer and carried slim as if he had been a baby. "They poured rakija," he tells us, "in at my top wound, and some of it ran out at the other hole," Then the black sister came and put the bandages on. "They poured rak- ija into me very often, and the wound got well and in a year I was strong," He is now a hale old man and remarks that he has drunk rakija ever since, and no wine, for it is firmly believed that whichever you are dressed with, wine or rakija, that you must always drink in. future. In their observances for the dead they are no less singular, and for an account of these we are indebted to the vivid narrative of Miss Edith Dur- ham, who spent some months among these most primitive, but interesting, people. She had the privilege of be- ing present at Something Like_ an Irish Wake op one occasion. In this case there was•only the semblance of a body, the. dead youth having been .killed while fighting with the Russian army in Manchooria, and the news of his fate only reached his native village six months after his death. But he was duly mourned after the custom of his people. On • bier his clothes and weapons were'Iaid, and this done, his relatives and neighbors began their mourning. They met at some distance from the house and came in pieces. sion-Brat the men, then the women. When within a hundred yards of the house they began the death wail, an awful, wailing, rhythmical chant - "Woe, woe to us, Stevo, 0 my brother! Woe, woe to us, my winged brother!" The cry was taken in a quick breath which rapidly became a convulsive sob, and by the time they had reached the house all were 'in a state border- ing on frenzy. The mon then hurled themselves into the room and danced madly in front of the corpse, or what should have been, leaping a yard high, thumping their breasts with their great Lists, and yelling frightfully. With tears streaming they threw them- selves on the dummy corpse, almost fighting to kiss it, Meanwhile, the mother and sisters in the background sang the praises of their dead boy. The mon were allowed five minutes of this ecstacy of grief, then the priest came forward and said; "Brotilersl you have wept enough, make way for others,; They. withdrew,. se111e reeling With exhaustion; then Came the we. mon, elle wed is: obser- van0ee,savefollothat they ilio did not jump. And so, village by village, came the whole tribe to which lie belonged. Some did not even knew, the poor boy s name, and had to be coached in the details before beginning to wall, but they Bobbed as bitterly as any. Going. home the mourners compared notes As To Who Had Cried 'Belt, At the burying, apples, bits of bread, and quantities of rags are thrown into the grave, with fragments' torn from the mourners' clothes. In remote die - trials even today both men and -wo- men tear their faces with their nails, Hutt they may tringle their tears with blood in token of their grief, though the practice has been forbidden and has fallen into disuse hi the larger villages. The Montenegrins, it may be re- marked, belong to the Serbo-Croats, one of the Southern Slav groups, in which must be included the Bulgar' fans -a people who, however, are really of Turco -Finnish origin, but their Slavonisation dates back 801110 ten centuries. The present reigning family are Pet- roviehes, and trace their origin baelc to the fifteenth century In the person of one Jerak, who, with his brother Itiach, founded the two greatest houses in. Montenegro -the Jerak- ovlches and the Itiachovisches, A FEW CONUNDRUMS. Mere Are a Few T- hat Will help Puss a Pleasant hour. Why is a dog biting his own tail like a good manager? Because he makes both ends meet. Why is love like a potato 1 Be- cause it springs from the eyes. Why is a ship like a title made woman 7 When she sees a pier she makes for it. What is the best way to make a coat last? Make the trousers and waistcoat first. When does a shilling act like a razor? When a man cuts his heir off with ,one. Why is a shoeblack like an editor? Because he polishes the understand- ing of his patrons. Why is the Isthmus of Panama like u in cuckoo ? Because it is be- tween two seas. What is that which, though black itself, enlightens the world? Ink. If the devil were to lose his tall, where should he go to supply the t deficiency? To a liquor shop, where o bad spiryits are retailed. o What is the keynote to good man- • ners? B natural. d Why is a kiss like gossip? Be- cause 1t groes from mouth to mouth. Why is the root of the tongue like a man out of a job? Because it is down in the mouth. Why are two girls kissing each other an emblem of Christianity? They are doing to each other as they would men should do unto them. What herb is most injurious to a lady's beauty? Thyme. What is the hardest money to get rid off ?. Matrimony, What kind of essence does a young man like when he proposes? Acqui-escence, - Why is a baby like wheat? Be- cause it is first cradled, then thrashed, and finally becomes the flower of the family, Why is wit like a Chinese wo- nian's foot? Because brevity is the sole of it. - - How • can you make a tall man short? Borrow ten dollarsfrom Why is Ireland likely ,to, 'become the richest country in the world? Because its capital is always Dub- lin (doubling). What is it that walks with its head downward? A nail in a shoe. What are the most unsociable things in the. world? Milestones, because you never see two of them together. GAVE BLIND FISH SIGHT. Experiments to Bring Normal Eye- sight Successful. Blind fish are found in dark caves, Such fish have atrophied eyesthat'is, their eyes were ranee normal, but through generations of elisuse they have lost the power of vIsien. P. Kammerer of Vienna took sev- eral specimens of the species Pro- tons - anguinus when young and placed them in a vessel of water in broad daylight. The eyes were al- most covered with a pale and trans- lucent skin which turned ..percepti- bly darker within a few days after' the fish had been taken front the cave. Toprevent a further development of the pigment of the skin, which weeld have been fatal for the tiny 0yee, Doctor Karnmeree temporar- ily subjected' the water containing the fish to red light, By breeding from those fish year after year Doctor Kammerer ob- tained fish that had eyes like those of young salamanders within five years. The eyes wore perfectly nor- mal. Old Aunt (despondently) -Well, s. I shall trot be a nuisance to vele much longer. Nephew (reassuringly) Dont talk like that, aunt; you know you will rrUhfin enini.Hwl-til mrmmmm;t THE YER0 TUI.II' rrn , t�• n-r•r ,n rYI'1 . taL'ut When there is a rift in the lute even the most skilled musician cannot draw from It melodious music, so the heart of Juliana refused to sing with its ac- customed. cheerfulness. Sorrow had broken the heartstrings, making it elute, Only the emelt before she and Heinrich, with e few kind, neighbors, bad followed the hearse bearing tate remains of their little daughter to the last resting place and within that tiny grave was walled all the sunshine, joy and peace of the mother. Hers was a dumb grief -the kind that gnaws and tortures the heart Without bringing relief with tears. Heinrich perceived her silent suf. Tering and longed to comfort her, but there was nothing he could do, Her sorrow -lined d hinr n while he wortweeked ahauntemong his .floweovers, for he was a grower of plants. One warm day while Juliana was busily engaged with her household duties, a stranger paused at the door and requested a drink of water, ' He was a man of singular appearance, for his hair and beard were white as the hawthorn buds and his blue eyes ehone with the brightness of a flame. Juliana invited hien within, first glv-• ung him the mug of water, and thea spreading a simple repast on the table invited the man to refresh himself after his fatiguing journey, for he had evidently traveled far. The man thank- ed Juliana and his voice was low and exceedingly sweet. After he had par- taken of the meager fare he addressed the woman with these words: "Sorrow has lately entered your doors and robbed you of a priceless' treasure." You have spoken truly," the poor woman answered, bowing her head. "Joy will again come to your home, for life is mightier than death and must prevail. Do you understand?" Juliana strove to conceal her agita- tion to no avail. "I fear death," she moaned. "Do not speak of it." The stranger took her hand between 111s own and strove to comfort her. "Daughter, your loss is hard to bear and the bitterness of wormwood has entered your heart, but do not allow it to stifle all the natural sweetness and sympathy that once dwelt there. Your duty Iles with the living. There is much work for you to accomplish, and you must strive to overcome this " state of apathy into which you have fallen," Then he drew from the wallet at his side a small brown bulb, and placing it in her hand continued: When I have departed, bury it care. the earth, watch and nurture it caro - fully, for it can teach you the lesson far better than I,".and without further speech he again started on his jour. Hey. Juliana turned the object over and over, examining it closely. It ap- peared dead and uninteresting, but she took it into the garden and covered ft with earth, as the stranger had in- structed. When Heinrich came for the even- ing meal, Juliana did not tell him of the strange visitor, but for the first time since the child's death she -talked of the plants and of their neighbors. He knew, however, that her interest was forced, for the brightness had not returned to her eyes nor' the smile to her lips. During the first warn day of the following spring 'Juliana noticed a strong, green shoot springing from the earth where she had planted the brown object and she tended it with unfailing devotion. Daily she noted the rapid growth of the wwaxen loaves and watered the plant from the Delft pitcher. Juliana wondered at the strange plant that thus forced its re- sistless way through the black soil and tried to imagine the beautiful flowers which were as yet hidden be- neath the earth. Finally, as if to 1'e - ward her patient waiting, the green leaves parted to disclose a tightly wrapped bud pushing itself up through the center. Its 'green outside jacket hid the color of the flower and Juliana spent many hours beside the plant fitting an imaginary flower to its stem. Now, it was pink, somewhat .lite a,': rose, and then it was changed to white, resembling a calla lily, and again she decided that 1t must be red. Her first thought, upon arising, was • Her first thought upon arising, was whether the bud had burst, so hasten- ing to the garden one morning she saw that the green case had parted, dis- closing a stripe of brilliant yellow. "It will open to -morrow," she said, and somehothought.w felt comforted with the to the garden. and there was a cuplike flower of golden yellow. She stooped to kiss it and discovered in its heart a liquid drop that resembled a tear, and from her own eyes like rain -wet violets rolled anothin which fell into the floweie cup. Juliana's heart had softened and she found consolation itt tears. 'When her Sobs had ceased she remembered the stranger and his words,."Lite is mightier than death" - now. realizing their meaning. The lovely flower blossomed from the ap- parently dead bulb, but in all its per- fection it was created with a• tear h1 its heart, Sorrow is spared non*, and at last',lullana understood. a.— The Tree of Life. The banana is, believed by some people to be the forbidden frith which is mentioned in the story of the Garden of Eden, In any case, it is :one of the euriosities' of the vegetable kingdom, being not a tree, a palm, a bust, or shrub .a vegetable, or herb, but a he.rfia- *eons plant with the stature of a time. Although it sometimes at- tains a height of thirty feet, there is no woodsy fibre in any part of the structure, and the hunches grow,,jng on, the dwarf Banana plant aro of- ten heavier than the stalk which supports them. No plant gives such ,e quantity of food to the acre as the banana. It yield's forty-fotir tinros here by weight than the potato, and one hundred and thirty=three timed more than wheat. e