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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1913-10-16, Page 6In Waterman's Ideals it Is a notable fact that gold pens can be had to suit every hand and character of writing. The more particular the writer the greater the oatisfaction In suiting him, Back of the wonderful range of paints in Waterman's Ideals, how- ever, are other essential features which have made for fountain pen success: the famous spoon feed, the ink -tight chamber, friction cap, Ideal Clip, practical shapes, pure Para rubber, the 'sizes, types, etc. Avoid eubatitutes, 800blrt as 'Teems,. • Sold by the Best Local Dealers L. E. Waterman Company, Limited, Montreal DECLARES FISH HAVE SENSE SO SAYS ONE OF OUR LEAI]N- ED SCIENTISTS. Catfish Is Cited, and There Are Other Examples of Ilse of Judgtnent. "People who labor under the im- pression that fish have only sense enough to stay under water and gulp down the tempting bait thrown "them are sadly off on their calcula- tions," remarks tae of our learned men. rere are fish which are possess- ed o a great deal of geed horse sense, as the saying is, and some fish have wonderful judgment. Take. for instance, our common old catfish and study him for awhile. They are bullheaded, but they have sufficient sense to build a nest far their eggs and carefully watch their young wilen they are hatched out. If you will go out at any time dur- ing the month of August in this latitude, yon will see in the streams and big ponds big catfish of the common sort, each one accompanied by a swarm of small fry, in each case the old one is male, and he is engaged in taking care of his young while the mother fish floats around and takes things easy, not having the care of her offspring to inter- fere with her pleasure. The male catfish is more thoughtful of his frau than are a great many men. Should an intruder eome near the little catfishes there will be trouble, for the daddy fish is always ready to do battle for them. Male Takes Care of Young. "How did we find out ,that the male fish do the caring for the young? Easy enough. We simply put a pair of catfish—male and fe- male—in an aquarium and watched results. At spawning time eggs were laid, and one of the fish kept constant watch over them. When the eggs hatched and the little fish began to frisk about the same old fish looked after them, not permit- ting the mate to come near them, and this continued until the little fellows grew large enough to take care of themselves. We then took the fish which had so carefully guarder and eared for the young and dissected it, and the result was that it proved to be the male fish. "This fact we have found to be true in the habits• of other fish. The catfish, when in their native ponds and brooks, always find a quiet place in the water near the bank to lay their eggs, building a nest in the sand and covering with a, thick spawn. The male fish will hover around the nest and force fresh water through the mass by rapid vibrations of its fins. This continues for a week or ten days not longer—when the eggs hatch and the father fish at once assumes his duties as caretaker of the young fish. "In the sea a species of catfish is found which take the eggs in his mouth as soon as they are laid by the female, and there he will keep them until they hatch. After this they are looked after by the mother fish, the daddy fish feeling that he has finished his part of raising the family. Ho does the frolicking while the mother fish cares for the young, but he is always present to take part in fighting off fish whioh would destroy the young. A Solid Mass of Fish. "A fish very much resembling our common sunfish raises its young in the same manner as the sea cat- fish. Sometimes their jaws fairly bulge out with the. eggs. These fish are called cichilids, and are plenti- ful in Palestine and in Texas. They are so plentiful in the Sea of Gali- lee that the miraculous -catch at the time when Saint Peter fished there might be repeated at any day now. It is the habit of these fish to move on top of the water in almost a solid mass, covering at times many square yards and &making a noise like that of pouring rain. "The common sunfish also takes care of its eggs as do other species of its family which are peculiar to North America, such as the black bass and crappie. In the early spring a pair of these fish will cone near the shore and carefully clear away a circular spot a foot or two in diaaneter, removing all the weeds and stones, and in this clearing the female lays her eggs, This done, thermale immediately tales charge, hovering over the nest and driving away all intruders, This he con- tinues until the babies are hatched and able to hustle for their own living, when he is at liberty to roam around until the mother fish is ready for him again to go on duty as caretaker of another hatching of eggs. A Peculiar Fish. "The pipe fish take care of their young in a manner that is entirely peculiar. The newly Jaid eggs are taken erre of by the male, he hav- ing a sort of fold on either side of his body. Beneath these flaps he secretes the eggs until the young are hatched and of sufficient size to take care of themselves. While 'n the flap they are fed by the mother upon whom falls the duty of forag- ing around for food. As you know, perhaps, the luscious possum car- ries its young around in the same way. Bat we are talking about the finny tribe. Well, in the group, which includes the ?eahorse, the male has a pouch under its tail, wherein it retains the eggs until the little fish are a few days old, at the end of which time they make their way out and begin life on their own hook. "In the case of all fish which take care of their young, a curious adap- tation of natural law to circum- stances is found. Those which take the greatest pains and care in shel- tering their offspring have the few- est eggs, perhaps less than 100 at a lay, while on the other hand other species of fish which pay not the slightest attention to their young produce hundreds of thousands and even millions of eggs at a single lay. The extreme in the other di- rection is found in the gigantic devil fish of southern waters, which fish will grow to twenty feet in width. The devil fish bears but a single young one at a birth, the mother.retaining it inside her body until it has grown to be four feet broad. The youthful devil fish com- ing into the world ao big is in but little danger of an enemy. There are many kind of fish' whioh bring forth their young alive." When a Job Looks Good. "Brown is bragging about the good job he has now." "Yes, he started yesterday. You see he hasn't been in it long enough to discover the work that goes with it," Hurt That Some. "Brown was in a bad automobile accident at 2 o'clock yesterday morning." "That 20, any damage?" "Only to his reputation." 15,114411.1t w14/vee•'ew1a,ots BY TELEPHONE seeseavaesteivevaeleateeeeeeeleoesieseas Lydia, sat in the library alert to hear the door bell that would an- nounce Dick Fellowes's arrival or the aharp whirr of the telephone that might defer his coming. Something he had whispered last evening had hinted it, this errand, and she was aglow with her honest love for him; and charming in his favorite pale blue gown with a pink rose at her waist. The telephone ball whirred and she heard Biddy's light step as she went through the. hall to answer it. Then she heard the girl's musical Irish voice. "You What --never, Mick Doo- lan; nut if I never married all my days !" and Biddy slammed up the receiver, and Lydia heard her heels clicking towards the kitchen. A little smile crinkled the corners of Lydia's red live. She had heard from Biddy of the importunities of Micky Doolan, who was wild to marry the Ford's pretty maid. Biddy was quite fascinated by Andre, the chauffeur, who flirted outrageouely with her, and so poor Micky, who was elevator starter in a big office building had been rele- gated to the background. But Lydia soon ceased to think of Biddy and her love affairs. It was a pleasanter pastime to dream about her own. But where was Dick Feliowos with his story, now At 10 o'clock Lydia went softly upstairs and aat with an open book before her which she did not read. Her eyes were more often fixed on the bed -room telephone. "That is all over," said Lydia tragically as she snapped out her electric light and crept into bed. That she cried herself to sleep no one knew bub herself. Up in Biddy's ehamber trader the mansard roof another girl was weeping into her pillow. The Gook had told Biddy that Andre was keeping "ateady company" with a French manicurist. "Yes, okl Dicky went on that hunting trip he talked about," bab- ied Willie Blair in Lydia's pretty pink ear the very next evening. ,:Went to -day?" asked Lydia with .a dizzy look in her brown eyes. "Yes, grouchy as a bear, too. Fleming said Dick's girl had given him the mitten—you know he was sweet on little Alma Raymond?" "No, I didn't know it," answered poor Lydia, with a pitiful attempt at a smile. "Yes," went on the gentle gossip amiably. "I put two and two to- gether and the sum I make is that poor old Dick has been put out of the game, and that explains his sudden departure." "How could he leave business at this time?" asked Lydia indiffer- ently. "Prescott is taking his place— isn't this our dance?" When Lydia reached home that night Biddy let her into the house and followed her upstairs to her pretty bedroom. Lydia sank down in a soft chair and extended one little slipnered foot, "0, Biddy, I am so tired," she said with a little catch in her voice. "I'm sorry, Miss Lydia. Shall. I bathe them? I'll have the basin ready in a moment." Presently, Lydia was comfortable in dressing -gown with her pink feet in Biddy's capable hands. Biddy rubbed vigorously while Lydia sat there with closed eyes thinking of what Willis Blair had said about Dick Fellowes and Alma Raymond. It couldn't be true, she told her- self, not after what Dick had whis- pered to her the night before last, A muffled sob startled her, and she opened her eyes to see Biddy's hot tears falling on her feet. "Why, Biddy, what is the mat- ter ? Are you in trouble?" asked Lydia sympathetically. Biddy wiped away the tears and lifted the reddened eyes, "Excuse ine, Miss Lydia, I didn't ought to break down before you, but—" her voice quavered into silence, "But what, Biddy?" asked Lydia gently. "Men is deceivers, ma'am," she sobbed. "I am sorry you have found them so," faltered Lydia, startled at this voicing of her own troubled thoughts. "Yes, ma'am." "It isn't Micky Doolan 1" "Partly, ma'am." "And—Andre, Biddy?" Biddy's face went into her hands. Her shoulders shook with her deep sobs. "It's him mostly, Miss Lydia, begging your, pardon for telling you my troubles, and you that tired af- ter your dancing a1.1 night• 'bttt there's nobody but me -cook to te11., and she warned me against hire!" "Tell ane about 1±, Biddy." "There ain't no more to• tell, ma'am. Andre was married this afternoon to a, Frenoh girl who works in a manicure place. He had the impidence to send c-c-oerds to me and e -cook." "Never naked, Biddy. Andre did very wrong to pay attentions to you when he was already engaged, and I know that tinder the , earonns Mantes you will be glad to hear AI LROADI and Telegraphy Courses of the most complete and modern kind taught right at your own home by Shaw's Telegraph and Railroad School, s Gerrard St. East, Toronto, Write for particulars and sample looney, W, H. Shaw, Pres that he gave up leis position this morning, ' "it's some comfort to think I won't see his false face no more," Bobbed Biddy, as she dried Lydia's feet and tucked thein into blue sa- tin slippers. "And how about Micky Doolan, Biddy? Will you be glad to know that Ile has been hired to take An- dre's place here?" Biddy's head was bent over the basin. "'Tis .him that's worse than An- dre!" she burst out with sudden anger. "A telling me to my face that he didn't ask mo to marry him that night when I heard him with my own lips—the spalpeen !" Lydia was startled. "Told you he didn't ask you to marry him?" ehe .asked. "How could you make such a mistake, Biddy?" "'Twas by telephone, ma'am. Several nights ago. I answered it and a voice as plain as ever was Mick Doolan's said, 'That you; Biddy?' `Sure,' says I, an' says he: 'Darlin', 'this is Mick. I've lost me nerve after all and I'rn ask - in' you this way; will ye marry me —you know I love you V Just fast like that, ma'am; and says 1, 'Not children. Thor a i mcnpo if I never married nobody all my the taxa poor parish neat would have clays !'- and he muttered something thilrtih be exemtpt? The celibacy. w1 berme and rung off. one excellent effect in each a country as "Yesterday evening, ib being my Franoo. It should produce some excellent Plays. Might off, he Came around and. ask- milh Production in Canada. ed ane again, and I says to him: If Oanndlan Partnere fail to seattre the 'Mick Doolan, I told yez no last branoH a oP iiho'rs icionduct ii asevarious night and I meant it forever ; and to lack of etrort on the part of govern• the villun tip and swore he never trent nzte to provide them with Y. oration based on ex ort experiment. Ara• called me up by telephone that Fent bulletin, No. 7l- oP the regular aerfea night, and that when he asked mo oP buliotine of the Dominion experimental Parma deals exh nail 1 i eye. And I asked him who was 1.l- lsdalo, director of the farms, hoe made millc produotars a matter of special among asking me so intimate, and be says Por many years and has included, among nasty -like that .he'd like to know, barns,btliroeflingadaiiyo cattlot`and fe ding for hold punch him in the eye. And e Thee trdi%yetaiseshot 02 lmheows. • ho went away .and it'e two days and tion lnvolvea many instars, and TIM THE WORLD IN REVIEW A Complicated Affair. The proposal in Franoo to tax unpro• duction members of the community, that Is to say, celibates and childlcse oouplee, promises, if carried into effect, to be a welcome addition to the revenue of a state oupposod to be straining its re. sou cee, Omagh that is .probably not the basis ou.which It is founded, Dr, ;Jacques Eortnlen, the ste11o1ioal expert, sage that there are to Prance at the present time 1,300,000 celebates, 1,000,000' families with- out children, 2,660,000 families with two children, end 2,400,000 families with only ono child,. 1t ie proposed to Ax the "emu. nuisory" family at three children and to tax ever citizen who has reached the ago of forty-five without 'having three children laving, or who reached the age of twenty-one. The tax is to be 8600 per child falling short of the minimum of three. This tax would, it ie maculated, yield about 8100,000000 annuallyto the state, A little addition to Ile tnoomo for whioh the state will bo truly thankful, The Idea of a eomvulsory family may lead to awkward results. Many couples would willingly sacrifice much to have three ohildron, others may have oou• soiontfous scruples. nut in the ease of a family of boo must a third be adopted.] and o50 families are to is betthus re ', gelated by the state would it not be het.; Mr to adopt a sliding scale according to income? Think of the appalling proopeot I for tlto mirlionairo who might find that ho was scheduled to bring up twenty I children or more. Surely if the man with 81,0008vlth 861 000 t,yhave three children the , Taxes are usually year should have thej to oar and themmlan income with the larggethetc famtlyl�Inevit bly loads to the Same con elusion for it Is making children equiva- lent to taxes. Again a married couple might have five ohildron before the age of forty-five and loco four of them. It might be doomed careless but such things have been known to happen. They would find themselves Penalized equally with the couple without o, in. orde to , a oe Y t, tlr milk to marry him he'd look me in the arptlon in panada. Its nutltar, air. I've never seen him since." bets thn author's endeavor to treat of tib0e as fully, clearly and simply 0 nos• Lydia's face was pale and red by Bible NO chat the bulletin may bo oP vuhio turns. Her eyes ,shone like stars. to the general Farming aommunit "Never mind, Biddy, I am euro there is some mistake. You knew Biddy sounds something like my own name—and—perhaps—I was expecting a message myself and I never received it." When she was, alone she obtained connection with a hotel in Mont- real. While she waited for Dick Fellowes's voice her heart beat tumultuously and the color came and went in her cheeks. At last it cavae, a. thin, reedy call. "Mr. Fellowes'I" she asked. "Yes, who is it?" came hack the answer. "Lydia Ford. 0, Dick, did you call me on the telephone on Tues- day evening?" "You should know that I did," came a little sharply, "But I never got your message," she cried, "What?" he .shouted. She repeated the words, and add- ed the information that Biddy had received the message and answered it, under the impression that it was from a pertain Mickey Doolan. "That's all—I just found it out— and I wanted you to know," she. ended. "0, Lydia, darling 1" There 'was nothing sharp about his voice now. "Shall I oome home now?" "If you want to," she cried glad- ly. "I am waiting for you." "Coming now—good-bye, sweet- heartl" --'r' Sic Him, Rover. Though paradoxical this son, It may provoke a snort, To know that when your face is long It shows that you are short. 2e REVIVED. Old -Tine Health, Eating Grape. volume is profusely illustrated, and is Nuts. "I had been sick for 10 years with dyspepsia and a lot of ecmplioa- tions," wrote a Western woman. "An operation was advised, change of climate was suggested, but no ono seemed to know just what was the matter. I was in bed three days in the week and got so thin I weighed only 89 lbs. No food seemed to agree with me. "I told my husband I was going to try mime kind of predigested food to the if I could keep from this feeling of continued hunger. "Grape -Nuts and cream was the food I got and - nothing has seemed to satisfyme like it; I never feel hungry, but have a natural epee tite. Have had no nervous spells since I began this food, and have taken no medicine. "I have gained so much strength that I now do all my housework and feel well and strong. My weight has increased 8 lbs, in 8 weeks and I shall alwaye est, Grape - Nuts as it is far pleasanter than taking medicines" Name given by Canadian Feature Co,, Windsor, Ont, Read "The Road to Well- villa," in pkgs, "'.Chore's a rea- meta" ever read the above letter/ A. new ons "posers from thine,, Ito time, They are genuine, true, aha full human Intermit, new being issued to the experimental farms mailing list. Those not on the list plMawho desire a copy may obtain it on 00' Pertinent to the ppniture,one branch, de partment of agrioulturo, Ottawa, Prison Reform In Canada. It is understod at Ottawa that Hon. Arthur Meighen, the new solicitor -general, 1 ilCanada, undertake a work in which Oar Can- ada bee lagged rather than led in the oast. Some of the provinces have taken 1t up, tut the Dominion ou the whole has been content to follow the old methods in its penitentiaries. The old penology had three aims to punish the criminal for hie crime, to pro. toot society and to strike terror into the hearts of possible malefactors. The new penology recognizes but onareat aim— to reform the criminal. Incidentally, it may punish, protect and deter, but all its energies are directed toward reform. ation. Under the old soheme of things, the criminal remained, practically all his life, a burden upon his fellow men. Tho new b rdenet and to to be ha helpp bear aletyoin stead of ,a curse. It teaches him first to reepeot himself and then to respect others, and Sat a teaches r de that will work hbrand hien during the remainder of hie life as a Sail bird. The parole systenm,which has been in force in Oanada for some years, has. been a step in the right direction, but there are =MY other stens to take. Mr. Meighenlane a great work before him. KING GEORGE NO LUOULLUS. Pays Little Attention to the high Art of the Chef. king George is a particularly heartbreaking subject for a chef. If he is interested in conversation King George eats whatever is set before him without noticing what it is or how it is cooked, and although the chef is always inventing new dishes if it were not for the Queen and the younger members of the family he would get very discour- aged. The general idea that royalty, like Luoullus of old, feasts every day, is certainly not warranted by the meals eaten by the present King and Queen, especially at Bal- moral, where, following the custom of Queen Victoria, preference is given to Scottish fare, and while the breakfast table is enriched by all the good things appertaining to breakfast and tea in Scotland very few French dishes find their way to the dinner table. HEREDITA1tY THIEVES. Before Starting on Expeditl in In. (ledge in Superstitious Rites. Forty-seven members of a tribe of hereditary professional thieves are on trial at Poona. The tribe, which is known as that of the Bhannpas, are to be found scattered through- out Central India, The Bhampas, before starting on to, marauding expedition, aro in the habit of indulging in some quaintly superstitious rites, A goat is kill- ed, and a few drops of water aro poured into its ears. Should the ears shake it is held to be a good omIf,en, however, the animal should remain motionless, it iseonsidered a ,presage of evil, and the intended robbery is abandoned. Whether the omen be good or evil, however, no Bhanipe over sots out en an expedition • before first visiting the shrine of the founder of the fraternity, whiola is situated at Rue, in the Satart district, THE CLEANLINESS OF SINKS,CLOSETS, BATHS.DRAINS,ETC. IS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO HEALTH. °V GILL,ETT COMPANY LIMITED FASHIONS OF CHINESE CLUBS Members IVesr' Clothing of Greco Cloth With Pink Tails. An entertaining light is throw' by a letter addressed by a Chinese to the editor of a newspaper at Singapore Straits Settlements. Asia, on the desperate efforts of Straitsbern Celestials to vie with one another in gaudiness of attire. The dress regulations of a certain club decree that all must weal - clothing of cloth of •s, bright green color, with tails of pink, and cuffs .of dark blue. Four buttons go down the front and eight up the back. The stockings are to be of white ei1k, with clockwork. A pea- cock's feather is to be worn in the left buttonhole of the green coat. "And the committee are wishful that al] the members agree, .so that the club will be quite tophole, and altogether the Limit. But some of u's are not revolving in wealthiness, and about twenty of us aro un- pleased with each a pretence to compel us to uniformity. Our con- versations are very angry, and the club is now, alas, rent in twain. If, sir, you can ;give us the boneficious- ness of your advice it will be wel- come to express, As a Straitsborn Chinese whp is cherishing noble schemes in his head to copy the finest Western behaviours and so- cialianis, I wish much respectfully to appeal before you for your hon- orable. uotifloation." VODKA CONSUMPTION. Russia Got $349,000,000 Last rear From Sale of Drink. The consumption of vodka, the national Russian spirituous drink, shows what the clergy and ternlper- anee reformers rightly describe as an "alarming" increase. .According to it recent official note published by, the Statistical Depart - meet of the Ministry of,.the Inter- ior, the consumption of vodka dur- ing the month of June last was 8,701,391 vedros (the;vedro is equi- valent to 2.7 gallona), showing an increase of 1,452,162 vedros, as com- pared with June of last year. From Januar,,,. to July 1 of the current year the amount of vodka sold by the Government "monopole" was 45,604,352 vedros, showing an in- crease of. 5,311,900 vedros, as com- pared with the first half of Last year. The revenue ;roan the State vod- ka monopoly auffrces to support the army and navy and leave a fairly handsome surplus. Last year the net revenue from this source was 889 millions of rubles ($84.9,000,- 000), Manager : "Where's Jones ? His holiday was up this morning." Fellow -clerk t . "It was, sir; but he telephoned that he would have to ask for a few days to rest before he could possibly go to work I" Co1ns�;ap tjCi$L is an enemy within the camp. It will undermine the strongest constitution and ruin the most vigorous health. It leads to indigestion, biliousness, Impure blood, bad compilexion, siert headaches, and is one of the most frequent causes of appendicitis. To neglect kis slow suicide. Dr. Morse's Indian Root ills positively Cute. Constipation. They are entirely vegetable in composition and do, not sicken, wclken or gripe. Preserve your health by tarring Dr. Morse's R t sin Root Pills ARE WE 1,11'INt ti3 HELY f The Majority of People OHO Mote Are Too .Fat and Flabby. It is believed by many people that, because of the advent* of medical thine() bus lengthened the ixpectatlon of life on the whole, we :ore booming healthier and more vigorous as a race. It is true that the percentage of infant mortality, large as it is, is nothing to what it used to be. We have done some- thing there. A baby of one year has now the expectation of five more years of life than had the in- fant born in the first half of last century. A child of six has three years more, the man of five -end - twenty has one year more than he had nearly half a century ago. But these swine tables on whioh we pin our faith and congratulate our- selves show that this is only part of the story. The expectation of a man et 35 is actually shorter than it was half a century ago, and the same is the care with a man of 45, of 60, and of 00. We are slowly teaching mothers how to caro for, feed and clothe their infants, the mortality tables show that progress is being made in this, direction, but sa far we have done very little toward teaching men and women to care for them - Selves% Many people put on fieah instead of making sinew and muscle, be- cause exercise has been neglected, and more food taken than is'neces- sary. There is also another class of people who are poorly developed and prone to suffer from nerve and digestive troubles of various kinds. These as a rule do not overeat, but they are careless about taking meals a•egularly, and they aro apt to eat the wrong sort of food sim- ply because they have never trou- illed to learn what is required to keep their particular body in good working ordr. Women in particu- lar are often careless about their meals, with the result that they he- come run down, nervous, irritable, and unable to cope with the work they have to do. Instead of starting our boys and girls in life with a sound knowledge of the principles of hygiene, we pre, fer to leave them to find out by ex- perience what will keep their bod- ies in health. Many never do find it out, and muddle along as best they can, falling seriously ill et in- tervals and being patched up by the doctor. Some pay for their ignorance with their lives at com- paratively early age. There is no need to be fuasy and full of fads— there are health fade as well as others—but every one ought to know the advantages of sensible and moderato diet, regulated peri- ods of exercise and rest, bodily cleanliness, and the 'observanco of a few simple precautions which will keep the body fit and allow the mind to do its work without hin- drance. .al. A FIRE IN IRKUTSK. How the Element Is Fought in Far. Away Siberia. They fight fires in a peculiar way in Siberia. First you find the fire. The city is plotted into districts, each with its engine -house and watch -tower. On the watch -tower, by day and night, stands a guard who scans the housetops for a sign of :smoke. When the fire has got enough headway for him to sea the smoke, he gives the alarm, and the engines dash out. The spectator is amused, not fie much at the dash as seethe engines. They are primi- tive, and the use of them is more so. We went to a •fire one Sunday afternoon in Irkutsk, continues Mr. Richardson L. Wright in his book, "Through Siberia," It was close to our hotel, so that eve had an ex cellent view. First came a troika team, that dragged a, hook-and- ledder Carriage. On the carriage clung the firemen, howling Cos- sacks -with brass helmets jammed dowu over their ears, who carried in one band—how the symbolism would have stirred the heart of Maeterlinck 1 --flaming torches. Be- hind the hook and ladder was the hose -cart, enol then Came a hand - engine of the type cur ,grandfathers used to drag to fires. After that, for two blocks, 'trailed a queue of water -filled hogsheads on wheels. The cavalcade passed us in a cloud of dust, aoeompairied by the yells of the torch -bearing firemen. When the supply of water ran out, the. carts dashed down to the river, and were replenished. This crude high-pressure servicse gave rise once to a rather humorous incident that the Irlcutsltians tell with great glee. During a fire sev- eral years age a string of• water. wagons went down to the ,river, were filled, and came rtunblhli; back; When they reached Clic fire, the water was gone. The onthusi stale captain of hogsheads had no•' greeted toput back the plugs' in the barrels, tied had spilled his .supply for several ,blocks along the Main street. Evidently. Teacher --What is Si vaotitlm 1 Bitty.--m"C knew, 'beadier. I have it inmy head, but I.ean't just think - ofll-. re