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The Brussels Post, 1913-11-27, Page 6ITER DUKE ..-Ib was whiepered that Brian Dins - dale, the young lawyer, and Miss June Temple were engaged. It wasn't true, No young lady on the face of the earth ever waited over ten minutes to spread the glad tid- ings, and in this case they hadn't been spread. That Mr. Dinsdale was calling on. Miss Temple and with her mother as chaperon was escorting her to the theatre and other places, was a plain fact, and that their attitude toward each other was all that eould be hoped for, wad whispered with other w.hispera. Then came what they call down south a "norther." The balmy wind suddenly shifts into the north, and those who have been swinging in hammocks and eating icecream hike into the house and build a fire in three stoves. It was a norther that Mr. Dins - dale got. He had been so suooess- ful at law that he owned an auto. He had Miss June and her another out for a spin one day, and the pace aeas,mederate. He was not a young man to take chances with his peek. That day there were two other necks to lie guarded. Therefore, he hadn't in- structed the chauffeur to jumip the machine over creeks and climb rail female The party was floating about on wings of peace when. another auto Dame tearing up. In it was seated a pompous middle-aged man and his driver, The pompous man indi- cated by a wave of his hand that be was going to pass, "Don't you let him," said Miss June to Mr. Dinsdale, "Perhaps he's going for a doc- tor." "He should have telephoned." 'But we are in no hurry." "But he acts as it the road be- longed to him, and I don't like hie style. Tell your man to hit 'er aPat But there's a bad turn ahead, and I 'don't want to race around," "Oh, ' well, let him throw a bar- rel of dust over us," As the road widened the stranger passed them. He smiled a lordly and patronizing smile ae he did it, "Mother," whispered the girl, "I feel humiliated." "But why, dear?" "Because we let that man by. Mr. Dinsdale hasn't much pride or courage. I hope he never comes to the house again." -"Yell see what a bad spot it is," said the lawyer as they reached the turn. "Very bad," replied the mother. "It's as good as the rest of the road," sulkily replied the Baugh - ter. Few doctors have enough confi- 4 dance in themselves to treat them- selvds when ill, and when a lawyer ' has a case of his own to plead he is ahnost sure to bungle it. Here is an example ofit, Mr, Dinsdale realized that Miss June was miffed. But he .soon had reater cauee than that. They were assing slowly through a -village when they caught sight of the other auto at the curb in front of a real estate office, Just then the pompous man came out and the realestate man with him. The latter, as it happened, knew Mrs. Temple in a business way, and he beckoned for her to atop. When he had asked her about a certainpiece of property he call- ed to the pompous man and said to the ladies:. "Mrs. and Misa Temple, permit me to dntroduoe the Duke of Rich - ,mond. He is thinking of buying fives or six fame off me and creating. a large estate here." Both women gashed' for breath, and in the confusion Mr. Dinsdale was overlooked, Mrs. Temple was a woman who Rubbers ana baser-Stocitingls in One. E4dy to pput en dna teka on ',await --Looxsuat-setervtall. All diad for roman end children. buy nom and ptotpet youraalf dad May hoot"data ilbi, a.. CfnadI* 6onteltdeied hsbbcrCo, ttnllod, Monbdut, doted on titles. Here was a title. Almost before she knew eshe had it invited the Duke of Richmond to oall and he had replied, as he was looking full at the daughter, that it would make him the happiest man` in the world. Yes, he thought of buying a large estate in this country and settling down to get married and live out the rest of his days. As the Dinsdale auto went on Mrs. Temple suddenly exelaimed. "Why—why, Mr. Dinsdale was not introduced to theduke1" "Why, mamma!" said the daugh- ter, pretending surprise. "Oh, that's all right," replied the lawyer. "One can run across a duke or a lord any day in the city." "Then you know a number of them?" queried Miss June. "In a way, yes. Several hotels have sent me bills against thein to collect. I have forgotten whether the Duke of Richmond is among them or not." It was a mean remark and it atruok home. That was the lawyer of it. He was befuddling his own ease. There was a cool silence for five minutes following his remark, and then both ladies complained of feeling tired, and the auto was turned about, It was a very formal parting. Three heads bowed stiffily, and af- ter Mr, Dinsdale was a block ahead he trusted himself to say to him- self : "If that young lady wants to make an idiot of herself let her go ahead l" He tried to make himself believe that he didn't care a Dopper for any one of the female sex, but what a sham I He had no sooner reached his office thanhe set about tracing the Duke of Richmond. As Miss June entered the house she turned and mid to her mother, with great positiveness: "I think Mr. Dinadale is the moat disagreeable man Fever met." "I am both surprised and shock- ed," was the reply, "I hope he never calls here again 1" "So do I. -Thomas must be -in- structed to say that we are not at home to him." Hypocritical June Temple i With- in half an hour she was writing Mr. Dinsdale a note to say that she had lefb her handkerchief in the auto, and would he be so kind as to bring it with him when he called again I" Mr. Dinsdale might have called after a few evenings, but the lost handkerohief would not have been with him securely wrapped in tis- sue paper and then in tinfoil out- side. The reason it wouldn't was because it was not to be found in the auto, It had never bean drop-. ped there. It was right before the girl as she wrote the note. The lawyer was thinking of call- ing, however, when he heard that the Duke of Richmond was on the job, so to say. If he wasn't calling every few minutes it was at least every day. His highness was having a heap to say about his title, his oasbles and `his plans for th efuture. Mrs. Tr ple swallowed his words greed- ily, but Miss Temple found that she didn't care much about titles and vast estates and the family jewels of a duchess. She was more concerned about a plain young lawyer. She had eat about to make him sorry, and she was being sorry herself. One day the duke called when Mrs. Temple was alone. He seemed to be glad to find it so, In one way ha was almost a stranger to her, but in another the friendship had progressed so fast that he dared to ask for her daughter's hand, That is, he •wanted permission to win the hand if he could, Of oourse he had brought scores, of testimon- ials with him, and stood ready to submit a barrel or two of them at anytmoment, "I should be proud to be your mother-in-law," was the prompt answer received. "And I should certainly bo proud to call you by that title; As the Duchess of Richmond your sweet daughter -would have the world at her Met, almost." `"How grand 1'1 - "All I ask is a fain ohanao to win her.,, "I will aid yoti all I can," "And there is one more thing, my dear Mrs. Temple, It is a mat- ter I must ask you to hold in the strictest confidence," "You have my word that I will, Duke." "My solicitors in London were to send ire $100,000 a week ago, but a letter just received from themsays it will be a whole fortnight yet be- fore they can comply. Mean- while—" "You need funds 7" said Mrs. Temple, "Ah, what a woman ! If you have $3,000 yon are not going to use for a few days—" "I will gladly give you a cheque for it." An hour later, when Miss June had returned and been told of the loan, she went straight to the tole - phone and said to Mr, Dinadale "Come at onto with your auto ! Never mind what far, but tomo I" Then she telephoned her mother's bank and stopped payment on the oheque, and was at the door when the autodrove up. "Where to 7" asked the lawyer, "Fourth National Bank." "What for 7" "To nab the Duke of Richmond." On the way down two detectives were picked up. The duke had taken a trolley car and got into a block, and had reached the bank only three minutes ahead of the others. He was in line to present his cheque, but made a break to get away when he saw the detectives. "Who is he 7" asked Miss June as Mr. Dinsdale was taking her home. "Dick Turner, the greatest confi- dence man in the country:" "But he has thirteen trunks at the Belmont and occupies a parlor suite," "He has a carpet bag and ocou- pies a room in a cheap lodging - house." "Gracious, but how he has fooled mamma !" "And the real-estate men, and you, and others:" "No; not me, sir." "And why not?" "Because I had a feeling—feel- ing—'' `Well 7" "A feeling that I shouldn't mar- ry any other man but you, Brian 1" And Mrs. Temple was the only one who shed tears and talked of the wickedneea of the world. HOUSES WITHOUT NAILS. Tillage in Alberta Built by Ruth- enians Without Hardware. In Alberta there is a village of houses which have been constructed without nails. As a matter of feet, little or no hardware of any ohanao- ter has entered into their aosistruo- tion. 'ilhese houses have been built by Ruthenian immigrants and their architecture is quite novel, Their first attempts at house -building are usually of the kind they had been accustomed to over in Europe, and their buildings are of the typical Ruthenian style—log, pitch -roofed, thatched and wide in the eaves, In many cases these buildings are put ap without it dollar's worth of hardware. Even the door, an af- fair of slender twigs wovea and laced together, swings on home- made hinges and is latched with a wooden dtasp. The flow." is of hewn loge, =nailed, The roof, as the favorite Russian roof always is, is awonderful fabric of poles and cross -woven wheat straw, 10 inches think, packed tight and salad, and laid with such Dare that it will stand the weather for 20 years, FAMILY OF FIVE All Indulged Freely From Infancy. It is a common thing in this country to see whole families growing up with nervous systems weakened by teal, and coffee drink- ing. That is because many parents do not realize that teaand coffee con- tain a drug — caffeine — which causes the trouble, (The same is found in tea.) "There aro five children in my family," writes a Western mother, "all of whom drank ooffee from infancy up to two years ago. "My husband dad T had heart trouble and were advised to quit coffee. We did so and began to use Postum. Wo are doing with- out medicine and ars entieely re- lieved of heart trouble. (Caffeine causes hearb trouble when continually used ae in coffee drinking,) "Our eleven -year-old boy bad a weak digestion from birth, and yet always craved and was given 00f. fee. When we changed to Postum he liked it and we gave him all he wanted. He has been restored to health by Postum and still likes it." Name given by Canadian Postum Co., Windsor, Ont. Write foe the little book, "The Road - to Well- Postum Postum comes in two forms: Regular Postum—must be boiled, Instant Postum is a soluble pow - tier. A.teaspoonful d:iasolWes quick• ly in a cup of hot water and, with Otteeu and sugar, makes a delici- ous beverage Instantly. Grocers tell both :rinds, "There's a, reason" for Postum. The World In Revie iy -S0IUl SCHOOLBOY JIOl1'LlIUS. Interesting Information Given by the Students. SOma amazing ';howlers" are mentimed es given in answer to examination questions in the report jest issued on eecondar'y education in Scotland. "Mammon" was quite ,, 'commonly confounded with "man- na" and also with "mammoth,,,. ehu `"Mormon." "Mohammed" ; Job e WWI Jonah, and "muses" with "mutes." One definition was, "A worshipper of mammon means a bigamist," another that. it "Gleans. an Israelite, since the people of that tribe were fed by mammon in in the wilderness."- Muses, it was stated, were often seen at funerals in the olden days. "Job's A Jo comforter" . b omfontor was dosoribacl DO "a woollen muffler worn round /the throat," as "a thing to give the baby the patience of Job," and as "something very pleasing, for Job was placed inside the whale's belly, and it was very pleasing for him to get cut again," 'There was a ten- dency to represent Isaac as ""the fatted calf" who was to be killed, or to see in the phrase an equiva- lent to other familiar sayings like "the fat in the firs," or "to kill the goose that laid the golden eggs." But the acme of absurdity, it is declared, was surely reached by the candidate who stated that "Vanity Fair was held in the time of Moses, where all the people gathered to- getheto- getherand sold their; goods—`Moses at the fair.' " The paraphrase of Gray's well- known "ode on the death of a fav- orite oat" proved rather subtle, and girls as a rule did it better than boys, In widely separated echools the odd mistake occurred of desoribing the `"hapless nymph" as "a gw-ldfiah with no clothes an." In an essay on flowers the word "na- ture" was sadly abused.—''All na- ture dies in the autumn," or worse still, "'All nature leaves, us when winter coarses.." Of the pairs of characters in poe- try proposed for comparison, Mac- beth and Milton's Satan were first favorites. There was a strong ten- dency to `treat Satan, not as a fall- en angel, but as an erring mortal. "He resembles Macbeth," said one candidate, "because both were mis- led by their wives." "Placed in another walk of life," said a candi- date, "Satan would have been a good man." Some interesting blunders were found in the history papers. George Washington was confused with George Stephenson, Mr. Gladstone with David Livingstone, and Fran- chise with Franco -Scottish. One boy, alter reference to the Boer War, eolesnslly stated that. ""Lord Roberts died last year at a good old age, and was head id the Sal- vation Army." Two noteworthy ..definitions of franchise were given --"Franchise is a kind of oaten imported in bales," and "Franchise was the gold and envier treasure which the Spaniards in days of old got at the Isthmus, of Panama," The event most often misdated was the foun- dation of ,the House of Commons; 80100 regarded it as simultaneous with the passing of the Parliament Act 1 It is remarked as extraordi- nary that many children defined Prosbytea'ianisan as governrnent by priests or by bishops. • A Pass KeY. There is en article In the forum by An. na Sarnia Spencer which is full of inetruc• tion for thoee who aro ignorant of the way the world ought to be governed. Mrs. Spencer, besides being a writer, le also a minister and a woman, and the oomblaa- bleu is a etreng one. TIr'e. spenoer, no becomes a woman, writes of the eternal BOX problem, and proposes ae n remedy the perpetual intprieemment of all 1, eietera 'who porslst in erring from t strict path of virtue. Incidentally, informs her renders that it will not 11 crn'prising if we end our health mead with compulsory physical examination of every man, woman and child 'each and every year," Apparently this is to in- clude, everybody, married or unmarried old or young. A health certificate ctatod will be the only hall -mark of real respect- ability. Compulsion in ono form or an- other seems to mark the limit of Mrs, Speooer'o intelligeueo. The result would be a tyranny before which the taloa of the inquisition would pale. But no matter, Um, Spencer would nel0eme that tyranny, if by that means societya It exiote to- day could be changed fr thesoofoty to which she would delight to minister, A medical certificate in the eyes of eomo People seems to bo a pass her to heaven. Canadian Style of Law. In a railway train entering Ottawa the other day, says the Journal, a oonverga- tion was taking place between an Ottawa man end an American. It turned on the Thaw trial. "Of oouree, ho will got fret) eventually," said the American, "and of course lobe of our other bloods will feel more tree to shoot to kill when the spirit moven them. In the United States,' he proceeded "we want more of .your thin. adieu .tyle of law, I come from the State of Washington. Across the border 1e nritleh Columbia, We are grotty much tho sans people on both aides of the line. We have pretty much the same condi. Mons and the same sort of civilization. British Columbia has capital punishment, The State of Wuehingten does not permit the death penalty. And I think, if 1 re• member right, there are a hundred mer• dere in the State of Washington to every murder in British Columbia." Capital and Credit. There is no r'eaeon to complain becauoo British flannelette continue to adviee Claw adieus to modify their borrowing in the London market, when these counsellors show that Canada has obtained from Eng• land this year an unprecedented amount of loans and investments, they do not so much accuse Canadians of extravagance RS oonfess that the supply of British oapi• tal is running short. British money lend• ere have done wall in Canada. espeoiully in their public loans. They could do much better now at current prices of public bonds if they had the money to spare. Also there are good investments offering from other countries. If Osidada will but wait until more British capital shall have accumulated there will be less criticism of Canadian municipal borrowing, Prince Edward Island Car Ferry, A novel feature of the vessel, as regards Canadian ice -breaking rteamehipe, will be the forward screw. This feature was first introduced into the design of the Ermack. With It she was able to plough through twenty feet or more of .packed loo, en- abling vessels to follow an open channel to the sea. When the ice becomes too thick and dense to out through it dirootly, the heavy bow is formed to ride upwards on the lee surface and the layer becomes broken up through the sheer superimposed weight of the vessel and the propelling effort exerted. The results of the expert. once gained in the operation of the Er• mack and other. similar vessels have been incorporated in this new vessel, which will therefore combine all that is modern and of proved excellence In the way of design and fittings for her special work. It le expected to have the oar ferry in opera. tion In the winter of 1914, A Timely warning, Some of the people in Alberta- are at present indulging in high expectations regarding the .development of a profitable oil industry in that Province, It is Sin- aoraly to be hoped that they may not bo dlsappointed. In view of the prospective demand for oil as a fuel the discovery of largo petroleum dopasito in Canada would bo of the utmost commercial value not only to tide country, but, to the Empire at largo, In eonneation with this exploita- tion, however, here aro dangers to be avoided, and IThe Calgary Harald, which 10 published in the centro of the district Which expecte to reap the immediate bond• ate of the industry, to courageously doing 1 e duty in painting them out. Medical Eflielenay, In England 20 to 30 per cent of appli- cants for physicians' licenses fail to pass the examination. In the United States, says The Newark Star, the rejected are only 10 to 20 per cont. The reason be that in England the graduates of a mediae] school must know something more than his books. He has to give a practical de-. monotration of what he would do in an operating pavilion or sick room. A Citizen and a dew, A[r. Benamin Altman, head of one of Now York's greatest drygoods establish. manta, left fifteen million dollars to the metropolitan . btueeum of Art, consisting in large part of lye magnificent collo- tion, and keying 5/50,000 in cash for their maintenanoo. no provided with the ut-. moot liberality for Mount Sinai Hospital, a Jewish institution, Also for St. Luke's Hospital, the German Hospital, the Eye and Bar Infirmary, for the Lincoln Hos. pita: His charities over all, given in largo measure to Christian institutions, non-eeetarian in management, amount to. the magnificent total of thirty million dellare. It is no wonder that Jews all over the world feel a splendid pride in the name of Altman. His funeral was simple. Hie maurnere were friends truly and sincerely bereaved, lit his life Benjamin Altman wan modest and retiring, a tremendous worker for the general good, hiding hie charities from the public. He began life- in poverty, won vast wealth without, even incurring the enmity of a competitor, or being looked upon as a predatory oapttallet. He woo. generous and much beloved by all whom he employed. He was a great American citizen aa well as a great Jew. Considerate. Wife—What time did you get home last night? Husband--Eleven- thirty. Wife—I sat up until 12. Husband -Yes. I sat on the front steps until you retired, so ae not to disturb you. Rind Words. Speak kindly in the morning; it will lighten all the care of the day, turn sorrow into gladness, make household, professional and all other affairs move along more smoothly, giving peace to the one who thus speaks, and grateful joy to bion who hears. S e.ak kindly at the evening hour, for it may be that before the dawn of another day some tenderly loved one may finish his or her span of life for this world, and then it will be too late to retract an unkind word, or even to ,seek forgiveness for an injury in- flicted upon the heart of a loved friend departed. 7% IN angassexammargargmd`a`is High Class 5 -year Bonds that ere Profit -Sharing. Serbs—$100, $500, 51000 INVIISTM SNT may be withdrawn nap time after ono year, on 00 days notloe. Business at back of these Bonds estab. :tubed se yoara, Send for special (elder and fill particu:ars, NATIONAL SECURITIES CORPORATION, LIMITED CONFEDERATION LIFE 001L01 NO • - TORONTO. CANADA menttamoverfammesen DO DREAMS COME TRUE? Very Frequently They Do—Call It Chance or What You Will. Quite recently a Scotswoman, wife of a railwayman, dreamed that her husband was dead. When he did not return from his work in the morning she sent someone to in- quire for him, and learnt that he had been killed during the night. Wheal John O'Connell was lying ill in an Australian hospital, he dreaaned that he bad found gold at Caniaanbo. Directly he was well enough to leave the hospital he went to the place he had seen in his dreamt, and there, sure enough, ,he discovered gold, One day latot year aai employee in a Welsh colliery company, on ar- riving at the office in the morning, informed the other clerks that dur- ing the i,eavloue night he had dreamed of the death of the chief cashier. Re had hardly finished speaking when the telephone -bell rang, and a snesaagc came through from the chief cashier's wife saying that her husband was seriously ill. One of the clerks :harried to the house, but the cashier was dead when be arrived, Numberless oases of a similar kind might be quoted, Is it all just chaGoo, or is there "something in it," after all? • Shoe -Black Disappearing. Among the disappearing sights in London is the shoeblaok. Hie trade has. been killed, it would seem, by asphalt and nacaclaan streets and the cheap, quick -shining "polish" that every man can use for ,himself. It is. a pity, for he is ono of the few survivors of the old street traders. In the eighteenth century he was indispensa,blo, for, what with un- paved, muddy footpaths and the jostling and splashing of carriages end sedan-chaine, a man could scarcely :walk abroad without re- sponding to the alluring "Shine, sir 7" In those days the shoe - black's equipment consisted of a stool for the patron'a foot, brushes of boar's hair, a jar oontaining a mixture of soot and whale oil— blacking; beiag then unknown—and generally i old wig to give the final polish. 2 The man who takes himself seri- ously may be considered a joke by others. Wear them— Give them PE JN' GLOVES Fpr Holiday hot iI Atfatrs or tor Seasonable Gilts Seetliat the wellknewlt trade harks as shown hi cute are on every glove you btty and you will thetr be dare of perfect Style, Fit and Finish., Vest dealers •vatpo ter. sell di* ,gsattlna FEllItIAI'S GLOVES. Mtn CLUES OF TIDE CII[MIST THE ANALYST ANl) RIS LADO+. BATOR LABORS. Solve Mysteries Connected With the Death of iltunan Beings. Much as wo are indebted to the police -detective, we owe still more to the soiontific-detective•-•�the ana- lytical chemist. To him in hie labo- ratory, surrounded by flasks and test tubes, tome all manner of things with which mysteries are connected, n oted and din m o s no a es out of Mn he is able to a lve them. For at least six months an old lady visited a certain analyst three or four timesa week, bringing something fresh every time, and at last turning up with a slab of wed- ding -oaks. When she called again the chemist told her he ;had ana- lyzed a portion of it and found it all right—for a wedding -cake, Quito Otherwise. "But what about the other part?" she asked anxiously, "There may be poison in that!" "Perhaps," he returned drily, "I ohaazced 11, anyhow. I arta it I', But dread of the secret art is sometimes well founded. Now and again atoxic is found in a sub- stance' submitted for analysis, and it is an axiom of'cheanists that for every case of homicidal poieoming that is: discovered there are a dozen which go undetected., One day a servant died with every symptom of prussic acid poi- soning. Her employer—a clergy- man—insisted that the cause of death was apoplexy, stating that he had noticed that the girl was not well, and had given her a dose of oil of sweet almonds. Thera was, therefore, a sharp conflict of opin- ion. In the end the "oil of sweet almonds" was handed to an ana- lyst, who found that it was really volatile oil of sweet almonds, cone taining about six per cent. of prus- sic acid 1 A.ecount Rendered. A commonplace case of peisogina nearly had a tragic sequel. One day, a chemist received some tinned Magma which had made several people ill and caused the death of a man. His assistant knew nothing of the circumstances, and thinking that the tongue looked very nice, cut off a piece and arts it. Not lens afterwards he was prostrated, and did not recover for severed clays. When the tongue was placed under the microscope it was found that pant of it was decomposed and aaearIy saturated with iron salts from the tin. Perhaps the most curious cases with which chemists deal are those brought to diem by business men. Here is an instants—one out of many. A customer returned a pair of boots on the ground that they aero stained inside, and that when he put them on his socks were dis- colored. On being called upon far an explanation, the man who evade the boats denied that the boots were stained when they left • his bench. So the question arom t What was the stain 7 A oheanist found that it was blood, and .sug- gested that the customer had prob- ably priolced his hand or foot when he tried on the boots. This was enough for the shopkeeper, who .sent beak the articles with an inti- mation that they must be paid for. Nearly "Touched" Gold. Tho most remarkable cases of this kind, however, are, those in which an analyst is asked to test a wonderful cheunioal discovery. A few years ago, for,instanco, an American came to London with a process of extracting gold from ore, He put, acoordiag to his own etatement, a secret fluid with pow- dered gold ore, treated it under pressure, and then drew off the gold in solution, This sounded well. Accordingly, ,a syndicate was formed to give hue :28,000 for the process, and then unload it cm the British public for ten times aq much. But just as the Alnerio was about to receive the reward his invention v thin it oocuar' ed to a7rC 'Or the speculators that it would be just as well to see that tb,o thing Was really practicable, and conse- gtiontly ear clever visitor was ask- ed to demonstrate it in the pre- sence of a oertain chemtsrb. Then the fun began; The Amer!. cam made much mystery barer bis precious solution; but the ohemiet soon discovered that it iros nothing more than caustic foda, "Yost needn't go any further," he announced, "Caustie soda won't touch iron pyrites, and it won't touch gold I" In their anxiety to get away, the speaulators forgot even to bit{ the chagrined inventor "Goad 'day 1"-- London Answers, A love affair is like 4 well--eas.a to fall into attd difltault to gob oath of.