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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1913-12-11, Page 6SUCTION DREDGE TO NKEP PANAMA_ CANAL FREE OF Fain% SLIDES. Rubbers and Over-Siockinns in One. rev to at WI 41111 take off. In S eeil —Wok mell—Weer lsolL All Nue ter Womph p.3401211001. Any them and protect yourself sad family treat wlutor Gentles Csatelltisite Fluthor0o. • Limited, mete FROM MERU CLO [MAD NEWS BY MAH. ABOUT JOILN MILL AND 111,S PEOPLE. Occurrences In the Land That Reigns Supreme in the Cono merrial World. The Pest Office makes 210,00n a • year en issued postal orders that are not cashed. LiYerpool, with e9 people to the acre, is tk, mast thickly populated 'city in- England. . Ten persons are on an average run over and killed in the streets of London every week. - The longest. word of usual occur- rences in the English language is "incomprethensibilities." .The Royal Navy lees 2.5 per - 1,000 men drowned yearly, while the merchant service; loses 10 per 1,000. No fewer than 14,000 claims for old -age pensions have been rejected , by the London Pensions Committee. A memorial drinking -fountain is to be erectecrin Ballahouston Park to the memory of the late Lady - —Primrose. •God has so made the British Em- pire that it cannot be destroyed ex- cept by ourselves.—Mr. Norman Angell. : Since 1900 the production of beef in the United ingdom has been de- creasing, and is now about 33,000,- 000 standards barrels annually. Threadneedle Street, in London, is supposed to have gained its name from the Three Needles used as the sign of the Needlemakers' Com- pany. It is calculated that in large ocean steamers like the Campania More than 3,000 articles of glass and china are broken on every voy- age.. . *During last year the tramways of it Great Britain earried over 3,127.- 17 -- 000,000 passengers, or about seven- ty times the estimated population -1---eagethe country. It is much harder, says the Bishop of Ca•rlisle, for a rieh man to to be goad than it is for a. peer ..., man to be good. Some of our rich- est men at'e amongst the very worst of men. The new trains that are now run- ning . .. on the Great Western Railway between Paddington and Windsor , - are claimed to be fireproof. The . • carriaees are built of steel, the only e. . wood being the footboard, and this ' . has been specially treated to make it non -inflammable. The flooring ie '' of ashestes. eea...------ • ea --;e________. WIFE WON. Husband Finally Coneineed. Some people are wise enough to -bey new foods and beverages and then generous enough to give oth- ,.„ ers the benefit of their experience. A wife writes ; , "No slave in chains, it seemed te s me, was more helpless than I, a coffee captive. Yet there were in- ) numerable wernines—waking from a treublect sleep with a feeling of suf- focation, at, times dizzy and out of ""itatle, attacks of palpitation of the eaet that frightened me. (Tea, is just as injurious as coffee because it contains caffeine, the same drug found in coffee.) .......____`16.t, last my nervous system was so disarranged that my physician ordered 'no more coffee.' I capi- tulated, "Determined to give Postum a fair trial. I prepared it according to dieections on the pkg., obtaining e - -- ark brown liquid with a rich ppy flavour similar to ooffee. xi cream end sugar were added, as not only good but delicious, oting its beneficial effects in epc) the rest of the family adopted •-eitall except my husband, who . would not admit that coffee hurt r him. .Several weeks elapsed during 'i which I drank Posture two or three times a day, when, to my surprian, my husband said: 'I have decided -eu drink Poetum. Your improve- ent it so a.pparent—you have such color—that I propose to give it where credit is due.' And we aro coffee -slaves no a att. . aireo given by Canadian Postum ., Winder, Ont. Read "The a to Wellville," in 'pkget. jam now comes in two forme oiler Poethineanuet be boiled. ;offline Nettie) is a soluble paw- :, AeteaaPoonful dissolves quick - of hot water and, with ,14..fytior, Makea delicious *Inatantly. Grocers tell use. One of a Fleet of Dredges With a Useful Duty to Pal -form. Suction Dredge No, 85, one of the fleet of dredges which is to keep the canal free from any possible deposit of earth on the bottom, left there by slides, passing out of Pedro Miguel Locks. This is the first heavy vessel to pass out of thee lecke since the linking of the two oceans by the blowing out, October 10, of the Gamboa Dike. Thousands of spectators gathered on the walls of the chamber to watch the monger dredge go through the locks, EXF.CUTIONER OF DIEPPE TIIE FOLLY OF A. YOUNG FRENCH LIEUTENANT. Falling In Love With Headsman's Daughter Cost Him and His Descendants D early. The most trifling incident may affe.ct your own destiny .and the destiny of those who come after you. History is full of stories illus- trating this faot, and none of them Is more remarkable than the story of Charles Sanson de Longval, who sacrificed everything for love. One day, in the year 1662, he was thrown from his horse, and as a direct result of this accident he and seven of his descendants, for a. per- iod of 200 years, were =shunned of men, bearing upon them the word unclean. Charles was the descendant of a once illustrious house. His fore- bears were knights and soldiers un- der the Dukes of Normandy, and had distinguished themselves for valor upon divers fields. They took part in Williaan th,e Conqueror's little basket picnic in England, and might have remained there in opu- lence, but returned to their own country. When the fatal accident happen- ed Charles was a lieutenant in the army, his regiment being stationed at Dieppe. He was about 30 years of age, and handsome and prosper- ous. His life had been full of ad- venture, for he had spent several vears in the wilderness of America. He was of a buoyant spirit -and ex- tremely witty, and, therefore, a great favorite with his 'regiment, and a pet of his commanding officer, the Marquis a Laboissiere. He also seemed the pet of Fortune, and it was agreed by his comrades that he had a future. Then one day he went for a horse- back ride, and, just as he left the town, was thrown to the ground be- cause of A Broken Saddle Girth. Ho was unconscious for a time., and when he recovered his. senses he was being carried into a little dark cottage by a re,an of giant strength, He was placed upon a rude couch and remained there several days before he was able to lease. He was waited upon by the man who had carried him in and his daugh- ter. The man seemed bent beneath some crushing sorrow. His face was haggard and lined and his eyes full of teouble. He was silent most of the .time, but now and then he talked to himself in it wild way, and for hours together he would pace the floor of his little home and moan and soh like a man in agony. The daughter was beautiful, but as sad as her father, She never smiled, and spoke only when an- swering questions, She was so beautiful and so gentle and appar- ently so afflicted, that the young soldier began pitying her, and elid- ed by Loving her paegionately. All this time he didn't know who his host was, and when he asked the girl, ,she only replied, "You will. know soon enough," At last he was able to depart from the houge, and Pilo sombre host escorted him to the gate and said: "We have done for you what we eould,. Never come to thig tot - tam again, if you have any friendly feeling for me. I have seen you gaze admiringly, at my daughter.. Forget that she livee. I would see her in her coffin rather than see her in love." Charles returned to his regiment MI tried te devote all his 'mind in re7;d Beason" for Posturna his duties, but he could not forget the sad girl in the cottage. So he went beck there and had a few words with her; this was followed by other visits, and 113s Love Increased Every Day. People must have seen him going and coming, and they told his rela- tives. A cousin of high e.state hunt- ed him up and said: "You surely know whom the girl is you are visiting?" "I don't know her name," said Charles, "but 1 love her with all my heart." "Come with me," said the cou- sin, and Charles accompanied him te a large public square where two criminals were about to be exe- cuted. "Look at the executioner," said the cousin. Charles looked as directed, and of a sudden felt so weak he had to lean on his cousin's shoulder. His host of the little dark cottage was the executioner of Dieppe. Had the cousin been wise he'd have said no more, but would have let the lesson sink in, But. he felt it his duty to preach a while, and in the course of his words he made some slighting remarks • concerning Marguerite jouanne, the executioner's daugh- ter. Charles's strength came back as promptly as it had deserted him. His sword flashed in the sun. "Defend yourself I" he eried "you are speaking of_ the lady I love I" Then there WaS'.. quite a. duel. Charles was a great swordsma-n, and the cousin was in parlous case, when a friend came to his rescue. Charles wounded both of the, and sent them away bleeding and writhing. The next day. when he appeared on duty all his old frienda of the regiment met him with averted faces. His fellow officers looked all around and past him, and couldn't see him. Nobody responded to his greetings and people were silent when he asked questions. He un- derstood it -all well enou.gh. His comrades knew that he was in love with the executioner's daughter, And He Was a Pariah. For many clays he endured this ostracism, and he began to realize what suoh a love as his would cost him. Them the commanding officer summoned him to a 'conference. The commanding officer began by telling him how everybody was afflicted and- humiliated by his pre - seat course. "Give u pthis girl, crush clown this insane infatuation," said the marquis, "and you'll have all your friends again. As it is, you are dis- gracing the regiment." Charles drew his sword and broke it over, his knee. "Then I belong to the regiment no longer," answered he. "I'll tear up my commission at <moo." And he did, That night ho went out to the cottage to ask Marguer- ite 'to marry hien and go to the new world, where they might begin a new life. All the visits he had paid were without the knowledge of the father. And now he want to the door en tiptoe, and knocked gently —a knock site understoed. There was no answer, and ,he txtoed listen- ing, He heard a moaning sound that, came from the direction ef an old shed hack in the garden. Ho stole Chore quietly and saw that theta) was it light in the shed. The moaning continued, anon rising to o Fil»ick. He looked in through crack and saw Marguerite strap - pad on a leather ootieli. Her fa - they, his eyes glowing inanely, wag 'subjecting- her to the torture of Lite boot, He held aloft, a ham- mer, ready to drive deeper the wedge whieh was crushing, hoe limb, "Confess that you love him 1" he was saying. Then th-o door flew in as though struck by a thunderbolt, and Charles was in the room. He knocked the old man into a Corner and then tore the engine of torture away from ,th-e girl. The, father, half crazed with Bits Metital Sufferings, had heard that the girl was plan- ning to elope with an offieer. For the sake of her lover the 'girl de- nied everything, and he was trying to force the teuth from her. Then Charles- outlined his plan, but the girl would not leave her father, who was worse than alone in the world. And the father would not consent to her marriage unless' Charles agreed to. adopt the old man's grewsome profession. : ••• Oharles did not hesitate, and un- der such stra.nge conditions he and the girl beeam engaged and were married a few days later. Alas that such devotion as that of Charles should have so poor a reward! His young wife died in lesethan a year, leaving him a: eon destined for his bloody trede. Charles• thus established the San- son family of executioners, whc were the official headsmen of France for two centuries. The last of the line was dismissed from office in 1847, .when he changed his name and disappeared, .and no man knows what become of him, 1 NOTES OF SCIENCE China now has 34 electric light plants and' plans to add to the list. Beeswax and turpentine, mixed into a paste, effectively clean bronze. Holland's production of potato flour is increasing rapidly hem year to year. The German village of Remborn has a linden tree which is said to be more than 1,200 years old, By the addition of magnets and an oxide an extremely elastic glass has been brought out in Franca, X-ray apparatus has been invent- ed for killing the tiny parasites that eab small holes in leaf tobacco. There are 80 plants in the United Kingdom for the conversion of municipalities' garbage into electric power. A complete cooking outfit for campers, folding compactly enough to be carried in a coat pocket, has been invented. An Australian has been granted a United States patent for a pro: cess for transplanting living hair upon bald heads. Iapan's rice crop this year is esti- mated at nearly 263,984,000 bushels, a 12,000,000 -bushel increase over last year. Recently deciphered inscriptions on Egyptian monuments indicate that artesian wells were bored as far bre& as 1400 B. -C. A curious tree of the topic, the rnatapalo, grows only withthe aid of another,tree, which it gradually envelops and kills. The Khedive of Egypt, is an en thusiastic electrician and uses elec- trical appliances wherever possible in his palaces and yachts, Elotor lifetimes carriecrbY cue the newer trans-Atlantio liners ars equipped with wireless apparatus having 200 miles radius. All previous 141.iiribuilding records on the Clyde Were exceeded in the nine months ending with Septerre her, 193 vessels having been hermit. ed. Experiments on the Vhilippins island ef M.inclanao seem to indicate. that the finest (Orel/ties of rubber can be produced there profitably: ssreniceallstSv Oral ihustut ewe READ THE ABEL OR THE PROTECTION OF THE :ION- L SUMER THE INGREDIENTS ARS PLAINLY PRINTED ON -THE LABEL. IT IS THE ONLY WELL-KNOWN MEDIUM- PRICED BAKING POWDER MADE IN CANADA THAT DOES NOT CONTAIN ALUM AND WHICH. HAS ALL THE INGREDIENTS PLAINLY STATED- ON THE LABEL, MAGIC BAKING POWDER CONTAINS NO ALUM ALUM IS SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS SUL- PHATE OF ALUMINA OR SODIC ALUMINIC SULPHATE. THE PUBLIC SHOULD NOT BE MISLED BY THESE TECHNICAL NAMES. I E. W. GILLETT COMPANY LIMITED WINNPEG TORONTO, ONT. IMONTREAL Doings in Europe. Point:are visits Naturalist and Poet. President Potheare, of Fromm returning from Spain, visited Henri Pabro at San, She The aged naturalist sat in his gar. den. The lresident, standing, called beloved and great master, and said: "You have given so passionate abortion to the study of the humblest creatures that in the smallest things you have shown us very great ones, and at every page of your work we fool a sensation of looking into the infinite." nephew Hie thanked- the President roFtabbil•rue .wile so moved that he could not reply. M. Poineare also visited Predate° Mits. tral, the famous poet of Provence, living at the village of Maillane. The oet read an address to the Presidenf. who in re. • plying quoted Lantartine, who fifty years ago acclaimed Mistral as another Border, Bath Mitral and his wife \yap t, and when the President finished Mistral .throw him- self into M. Poincare'e.asine and embraced him. Portuguese Royallet A grim incident of the rising in Ports. gal wee narrated by a French sculptor to a Paris paper, A Peasant's cart filled with straw drow up at the Snanish-Portugueee frontier. The offteiale glanced into it; one, 'to satiety "himself, thrust his sword severaltimes among the bundles. ''Pace on," he said carelessly. An Instant later he uttered an exclamation of horror. Blood was tricifling from the otraw. The driver sprang from the cart and fled, followed by revolver shots from the enstoms officials. Overturning •the °arta the officiate found beneath the straw a dead man. The sword had passed through his heart as he lay hidden. He was a Royeliet leader, trying to smuggle him. calf into Portugal for the rising. You Live Longer In Bulgaria. Official statistice Just issued show that despite her small population Bulgaria posseeeese ley for the greatest number of oentenariane cif all the countries of Europe. Ardong her 4,500000 peopld there are 3 883 persons of at lout 100 years of age. Other countries return the following figures: .Roumania, 1,074 centenarians; filerviae 673; Spain, 410; France, 213; Italy, 197; Dor land, 90; Ruesie.,, 89; Germans', 761 Nor.. way,. 23; Belgium, 6; Denmark, 2, and Switzerland, 0. The longevity of the Bulgarians is sup. posed to be associated with the eating of jaurt," a sort of solidified sour milk or curd, obtained by fermentation. Test for Farm Machinery, M. elemental; the French minister of Agriculture, has decided toinetituts a r monster agricultural .'oompetition lasting tluee years, which is to determine the merits of the various French agrieultural machines run by steam, oil, or other en. ' The competition will take place at the agricultural school at Orignon and will be fudged by a jury of agricultural experts from the French agricultural eocietiets. A detailed report will be drawn up from the point of view of economy, as well as ,re- sults, which is likely to give impetins' to the movement in favor of motor agricul- tural In France. The use of motor machines is especially marked in the neighborhood of Meaux and 1401131301119, where fourteen eactions of the district are 118 g motor machines on the coverative eYatekn. Losing Weight by Science. Mme. Emmy Deetinn, the opera singer, of Berlin, has been reducing her weight by the potato care by means of -which a friend of here lost fifteen pounde in- a month without injury. Their diet le the following Tea or coffee without sugar, ane dry roll and fruit ad lib. in .the morning; for luncheon no • sone, light fish, live large potatoes in their skins, no butter, but ear. dine or anchovies and whatever vege- tables you like, fresh but uncooked fruit and no dessert; at 6 o'clock, fruit the save as at noon and two potatoes instead of ftve. After keeping this up for eight daYff drop it forthree and then take it up again. .,Giant Aqueduct for Italy. Rapid progress is being made with the - gigantic Apulian aqueduct which will carry the water from tho prings of the River Sele In the province of Avellino right through the Appenninee to the southern end of Italy, distributing it over a territory of nearly 12,000 square miles, with about 2600,000 inhabitants. Tim quantity of water available at the springs ie stated tO, be about 1,000 gallons Per eeoond, or over 103,000,000 gallons eversr twenty-four hours. The cost of the work Is estimated at $25,000,000, The length of the main pipe line will bo 126 miles, in 'ad. dition to which there will be several hun• dyed miles of side lines. Saw Army of Napoleon. The Frankfurter Zeitung, of Berlin, has unearthed at the village of Dormowo, in the district of Meeeritz, Prussian Poland, au old woman who can prove by undeni- able official papers that ,he was 120 year, old on October 16. She is doubtless the only Biting person In Germany who ao, Wally saw Napoleon's army march through on its way to Moscow. Later ohs saw the Russian Gossaoke cross the front. ter chasing the French back.' Hedwig Sterne WHO born at Plesehen, on the Ana sian frontier, on October LS 1704, the daughter of a eniall innkeeper. Iledwig remembers, therefore, the passing of Jerome's right wing of the 'Irene Army. She says the troops behaved very well, Int.t "the beggars wonhin't vet black bread,' and her mother killed geese and chickens for thorn. On the other hand ehe remem. bore with terror the pasetng of Goseacks, Her father fled with all hie cattle into a neighboring forest to escape them, and ter days Hadwig carried food to her father tttora Use of Alooliol In Prance,. The French military of finance has just published some interesting statietioe con. eernIng the production and use of alcohol in Preece, The total production in 1912 was 87,440,420 gallons, es eempared with 63,797,165 gallene in 1911. In snit° of thie enormous produotion, France received from foreign countries 4,91,3,671 gallons of pure alcohol and liquors, on the other VISYVAPIMMIWO:rellal.ae.1 hand, there was a total export trade of 00 381,370 gallons. Wedding DIfts in miniature. A pretty custom hae been introduced at 'went wedding, in Paris Miniature re. Productions of the presents that ere em bet to be shown et. the reception ere placed among the other gifts. Time at a recent reouption there was 8 tiny nietor ear, an Iseettrate model of a villa wli.ei; had been presented to the bride and bride, groom, and a delicate reproduction of a grandn piao. • MAKING A WILL. Rave you made your will ? If not, why not do it now. 11 you delay, in the event of your death your property might not be dis- tributed as you would desire. The advantages of making a will are clearly and briefly explained in a pamphlet recently issued by the Union Trust Company, Limited, Toronto,' who will send it free to anyone on request. Our readers are advised to secure a, copy at once. • AinstercTart7185.—cons—iticring the conversion of the 140;000 ton of combustible street refuse that is gathered every year into fuel bri- quets for boilers. Chinchillas, valuable fur -bearing animals which inhabit high mount- ains in Chili, have been imported into England for breeding experi- ments on a farm. English figures give the world's consamption of cotton in the year ending with August at 20,277,386 running bales, of which 13,760,201 were American, • The granite statue of Ring Ed- ward VII., recently dedicated lit Aberdeen is believed to be the first grinite ,statue of a ruler erected since the days pf the Pharoalis. Dried corn at 20 cents a pound goes much further than canned corn, and is much more wholesome and better in flavor. When beating the white of eggs be sure that there iti no grease on the beater, as it will prevent, the eve feorn frothing. If Water tastes' flab after boiling, pour it from one pitcher to another. This will aerate the water and over- come the flatness. No Gill Is More Universally Acceptable Than 9 GE. See that the celebrated trademark, as shown in illustratibn, is on every, pair .01 gloves you buy. AJ This tract mark assures perfect Style, Fit and Finish. 5.11.1A rrstrottmenansrsonoo • antionanumnawneasoragnaezenomngenannesfamerneensestommel High ClasO 5.1fOor 136n[it that a7e Profit-ShntIng. Series—S100, $500,.$1060 INVESTMENT they he withdrawn any time after nee year, ao 68 days' melee, Imeinest et bask of these Reale °stab. g13i,ori21 yawn, gond for overdid folder and full particears, NATIONAL SECURITIES CORPORATION, LIMITED CONFEDERATION LIVE [WILDING TORONTO, CANADA FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND NOTES OF INMORST FROM HMI BANKS AND BRAES, What Is Being on In the Highlands and Lowlands of Auld Scotia, An Edinburgh anuniaipal commit- tee are considering the beautifying of the waste places of the city. The price of household coal in ellasgow has now been increased morehante from 12 cents to 24 cents per ton. Sixty-eight patients from Hamil- ton, Fernbank, and Blantyre have been admitted to the Victoria Hos- pital this year. it is calculated that aver 90 per cent, of the' school pupils in the parish of Kilsyth have either defec- tive eyes or teeth. 'A handsome granite Celtic eross has been erected at Andrew Lang's grave in Eastern Cemetery, St. Andrews, Mr, Robert Angus, of Ladykirk, has presented a handsome trophy to the County National Reserve for competition. Recently the growing of fax has occupied the attention of a number of landed proprietors in the south of Scotland. The Magistrates of Edinburgh have agreed to recommend' that there should be no increase in the taxicab fares in the city. The centenary of the, birth of Robert Nicoll, the Perthshire poet, is to be celebrated .at a dinner at Bankfooe on Jan. 7th. The death is announced at Gore - bridge of Mr. Robert Stoddart, ono of the best-known public officials in Midlothian. Damage to the extent of hula (tree's of dollars was caused by a fire in the yard of tho Dundee Ship- building & Engineering Company. A six horse -power motorcycle with side car has been piloted to the summit of Ben Nevis by D. Bell, Great Western Road, Glasgow. A strike of moulders employed in the Gothic Foundry, Canielon, Falkirk, belonging to E. R. 45 A. Main, iron founders, has now been settled. At the Bothwell and Uddington gas Works the manufacture of gas the last three years shows tho ab- normal increase of over 50 per cent. The 77th anniversary of the Edin- burgh Total Abstinence Society was celebrated recently, when a conference was held at 50 South Bridges. . • • Tho use of Dr. Bell's s-chool, Ed- inburgh, has been granted to the Cripple and Invalid Children's Aid Society for the purpose of holding. "cripple parlors. ' Largo crowds watched the die- seeting of the carcase of a. wlutle stranded at Arbroath. The mam- mal has been accepted by the direc- tors of the British Museern. There has been a further out- break of typhoid fever in Aberdeen, ."incl there is considerable speenle- tien as to whether the centlition of the water supply is trio cause. - Admiral of the Fleet Sir. Win. May, of Brightrigg, who has come into residence on his Berwickshire estate, is to make considerable tiej- ditions to the mansion and houses. A case of ,antheaX has occurred at Shepherdlande Farm, _Connie Cagle. Tho affected animal was a tWo-year-old bullock, which was killed and ere/netted by the police. Th -e Upper District Committee of Banffshire have recommended tho Comity Road Board to enter into an agreement for the. construction of a new road over Coremaul. - That lightning flashes appear to zigzag is an optical illusion, ae:7, cording to a German scieetisti, who says the effect is produced by the eyes twitching when flashes occur. One of several types of light- houses being tried ie Germany for guiding aviators throws different numbers of flashes into the air, each combination signifying a special' town, Experts have 'estimated that if the forests of the world were seien- tifically operated they_ would ryield the equivalent 6 f 'from 30 to 120 times the present consumption of, wood annually, • "My dwelling is bounded on the north.by a gas works, on the south,. of an in,dia, rubber weeks; on , the,' west by a vinegar facaory, and on the east by esta,b- • behment." '01A nice neighborhood, I must say 1" "Quite so, brit it hae one advantage, 1 con always tell which way the wind blows • without looking at the weather - .The large-heertaci son of Erin wag digging portholes one day.when the hose rambled along to sled top the job. ''How are you making- out, Pat?" asked the boss, "Emile as -silk," anewere.c1 Pat, keeping right on with his work, "as yez will no- tice yersilf,", lilts work looks all right, Pat," jokefully responded the boss, "but do you think you will ever bo able to got all that dirt back in the hole again 1" "No, kir, not ag it is brow, ewe but it'g intIntion to dfg the hole a, little daper."