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VARIOUS IDEAS OF HADES
BELIEFS OF PEOPLE OF THE
MEDIEVAL AGE.
Rases in the Same Latitudes Had
Similar Visions of Future
Punishment.
From the earliest ages, the ques-
tion of future punishment for the
wicked has absorbed mankind.
Darwin found many races without
any oonception of a good God, but
none without an idea of a punish-
ing devil.
It is to be especially noted, as an
interesting fact, that all rapes in
the same parallels of latitude. no
matter how far they may be sepa-
rated, have similar ideas of a hell
and the punishment inflicted there.
This is no doubt due to the fact
that, as extreme heat and cold are
the most elemental forms of physi-
cal suffering inflicted by nature,
each race invests its particular
place of punishment with a form of
temperature moat painful to it;
thus, in all torrid latitudes, where
the blazing sun makes life well nigh
unbearable, the people invariably
bare a hell of fire; while in the fri-
gid climes of the north all forme of
hell embrace, as a fundamental
torture, an excessive degree of
cold:
The earliest authentie conception
of a place of future punishment is
found in the ancient Egyptian Per-
ni-bru or Book of the Dead, doubt-
less the oldest book in the world.
Herein is described the journey of
the doomed man to perdition,
Snakes, horrid ghosts and nameless
terrors beset his path—and he
found considerably mare of them
when he got there. To these dis-
•eomforte were added blazing suns
of fire and sandy deserts—
Bugbears of the Egyptian.
In the old Assyrian hell the spir-
its of the wicked dead flitted about
in the dimness of the underworld
and ate dust; those who broke
through t'he ranks of the guarding
dragons came back to earth as
blood -sucking, death -dealing vam-
pires.
The penal hell of the Hindc,os is
one of the oldest known. Over it
presided Yama, the subduer, a
monster with huge teeth and hide-
ous, writhing body, the very sight
of whom, to judge from the ancient
drawings, was torture enough. This
hell was filled with suakes, mons-
ters, insects and ether infernal
math/eery. Redhot chareoal figures
largely, with boiling oil as au inci-
dental torture.
Early Buddhism, with its 45,000,-
000 followers, had a hell wherein
the wicked soul was spread prone
upon a bed of blazing embers, with
bedclothes of the same material.
When the soul grew hungry it was
regaled with balls of reclhot iron.
The Puddhists of China and Cey-
lon were content with ilo less than
a multiplicity of hells, six of which
were reserved for the peculiarly
wicked, presumably those sinning
against the holy rites.
In the Zoroastrian religion, the.
doomed souls were condemned to
sit forever in a cold, dark lane,
played over by numberless slimy
Eeurpioils.
Future Punishment,
aA
viewed in the, elasaic ages, was
most vague; neither Greek nor Ro
man, it would seers, load any very
definite ideas on the subject. Of
course, there was Hades—the Otte()
of sightlessness cif darkness, which
was located eotnewhere beneath.
Tartarus was another pion,equal-
ly
tal-
Iy vague•, except as to its locality -
fors
for Hesiod, oldest of, d .Greek poets,
ploeeti'it at "2 ,000,000 persangs
(about two-thirds of a mile) below
the earth. One had to moss a river
to get there. It is (loth nsl,le, by
the way, that all hells except the
Christian, have a fiver in froth, ,of
them. 'fiefs- Tartarus appears to
have been a sort of penitentiary re
served for the punishment of those
who had offended against the moods;
mere Ordinary sinners had lo, place
theft.
The hell of the ancient Hebrews
was somewhat exteusit•e. "The
Land of Egypt,” says (ledaliah, an
altelent wise man of that rase., • 'is
400 square miles—that is. one six-
tieth the size of the earth. The
earth is on•. oixtieth the size of the
Garden of Eden, fled the tlardtie
of Eden but one etiath the size
of gehenna," er hell. The cabalists
held that this extensive tract lay
far to the north, and here lodged
devils and the souls of departed
sinners, with earthquakes and thun-
derstorms. There are five different
varieties of fire in gehenna, accord-
ing to the Talmud, each nicely
adapted to the particular kind of
wickedness affected by the sinner
while on earth. For those who had
led exceptionally evil lives there
were provided
Two Giant Angels,
stationed at the oppoe:.e corners of
gehenna, who perpetually tossed
the souls of the hapless one to and
fro, like the pitcher and catcher in
a baseball game. Fortunately, the
general punishment of gehenna was
not eternal, but merely a tempor-
ary purgatorial process.
As the hell of the torrid coral
tries is hot, so that of the northern
latitudes is cold and damp. The
hell of the old Scandinavians was
a place of ice and darkness,
abounding in venomous reptiles and
wild beasts, especially ravenous
wolves.
Our Anglo-Saxon. f.rrebears, com-
promising between the two, had a
hellewite (whence our English heli),
which consisted of a pit wherein
the unfortunate sinner suffered al-
ternately a roasting heat and a kill-
ing frost—a hard lot, eoinbining'all
the terrors of both the others. Also,
besides the fire and ice, there were
furnished, to convince the sinner of
his evil ways, frigid serpents with
fiery tusks, which gnawed the flesh
from the bones of the .wicked, while
pale adders, bloody eagles and foul
beasts with goring horns of iron
lent variety to the torments,
The descriptions of Bell in the
Koran of the ,1ohammedans do not
leave much of consolation for the
wicked Mussulman, "Flameless
smoke shall envelop them, and
smokeless flame," says one chapter.
Another notifies the evil -doer that
"they shall be dragged into hell by
their forelocks and their feet, and
there shall be cut out for them gar-
ments of fire."
Among barbarians and savages
the devil is generally the chief
deity. As was aptly put to a mis-
sicinary by a Maori chief of New
Zealand. "Wily should we strive by
prayers and sacrifices to please
your God, who, you say, is all
gond? If he is really all good he
will de us no harm. It is the. evil
one who is ever seeking to do us
hurt, and him we must endeavor to
appease. Therefore, we offer sac-
Laiftces to him."
The •Negroes of Gl uiuea
have little belief in a state. of fu-
ture punishment. Some of them
who live 00 the seacoast., however,
believe that the consciously wicked
suffer hereafter a ennlinual state
of drowning. If they are still more
consciously wicked they aro "turn-
ed into white men and go beyond
the sea."
The Formosans believe that the
wicked are east into pits of mire,
bottomless and with devils all the
way down. Strange to say, they
have no fire in them. The old
Itawaiians believed that the xouls
of the departed descended into an
underworld presided aver by two
potentates. Wakes and Milo. The
region tender Wakea's rule was
comfortable and reserved for those
who had led good lives. Here they
spent a careless eternity, feasting
on butterflies and poi, an equiva-
lent of our nuc w cake. k ilea _ tl The
r I t
4
wicked welt to the domain oaf `vl]lir,
where their onl} food was lizards,
and where tbe•;c were ever prevent-
ed from 81cehizlg by the wild and
law les ,games of Milu's subjects,
the /erne. To one who 'knows the
Tiannlca s love for rating acrd sleep -
ng the torture of Afilu's realer is
ap)i11(11t: ,-
In rnc,sti+oo "he islands *+f thio
ciiic, however, heil is not reserved
for the wicked, in"our 'sense. 1. the
THE LATEST FOR it OF ll.ILITARY' rlEE,D 'KITCHEN JN RUSSIA,
Ae Army anti Its Ever -Ready Rot Rations Amid the Snows.
This keld-kitchen, the invention
of the Russian cavalry captain
Marinitsch, claims to be superior in
various points to the average field -
kitchen. To quote an official pamph-
let: "All Oountries acknowledge
the necessity of providing their
armies with hot 'meals. . . . For
this purpose the corps are supplied
with field -kitchens. Each of these,
intended for the rise of a company,
weighs about 2,500 pounds, includ-
ing the food, and, theoretically. is
drawn by two horses, though, in
reality, three or four horses are
usually wanted. The type of kit-
chen differs but little in the case of
all the armies. , . , There is no pos-
sibility of using such a kitchen on
mountainous, broken ground. That
superfluous stops during the march
may be avoided, the kitchen is of-
ten stored in some depot at the rear
of the army, where it may remain
for months.... A kitchen only on
wheels is nut good because of its
weight. There is a transport-
able field -kitchen, but this, again,
is not good because of its small size
(sufficient for twenty-five men) and
the number of horses and men re-
quired. . . The field -kitchen in-
vented by Captain Marinitsch is
transportable on wheels or by pack -
ponies or pack-mttl•es. With its
wheels, it weighs about 350 pounds.
Three horses serve each kitchen;
one carries the cauldron, while the
kettle and poles are carried by two
others. Under other renditions the
kitchen will be earried by two
horses in the manner shown in the
drawing, while the third horse car-
ries the wheels. The device can also
be carried with ease in other ways,
according to necessity. Each caul-
dron holds 18 quarts, but cauldrons
may be made large enough to take
270 quarts. In the case of dais
larger cauldron, the kitchen is
usually carried by two horses as.
shown, and weighs, without food,
but with wheels, about 480 pounds.
The cauldron can be heated with
any fuel at hand, is adjusted in
from seven to eight minutes, is very
strong, and has very simple mech-
anism. Amongst its virtues are the
facts that it is easily transported in
mountainous districts, over woody
ground, and across the water;
cooking is possible while the kit-
chen is moving, either on its wheels
or carried by horses; it takes but
little room when troops are bivou-
acked; no Special pack -saddles are
required; it can be used by troops
of all kinds.—Illustrated London
Newts.
word that is, the thief, the mur-
derer, the slanderer and the selfish
man. All these finally reach a
state ofhappiness. But a most un-
mistakably eternal hell is provided
for those guilty of the only sin
known to them --timidity and cow-
ardice.
According to the best authorities
the aboriginal Indian of America is
generally without any belief in any
form of future punishment for sin.
The happy hunting grounds aro re-
served for the brave. .As to where
the wicked go they are silent. The
Ojibways, however, believe that the
souls of the wicked follow a wide
path to the west and enter;a long
lodge after crossing a deep and
narrow river on' a huge snake. Here
they are forever haunted by the
ghosts of those things, animate and
inanimate, which they wronged in
life.
The Old Laplanders
believed in a hell of snow and ice.
Laplarxisre, of the very extrema
north, while denying themselves
any future life, believed that the
souls of bears went to a sort of
bear -hell, where they were forever
tortured by packs of ravening
hounds.
The Hottentots are wholly with-
out any belief in a hereafter, but
they make up for this by rendering
their earthly existence miserable
through the continual intervention
of countless mischievous devils.
The Barges believe that the
souls of tine wicked flutter forever
blindly through the jungles of the
earth, knocking their heads against
trees and cliffs, floundering through
swirling rivers and dank, dark
swamps and suffering such other
casualties and hardships as would
naturally beset a sightless flying
creature.
The hall of the New Guinea na-
tive is a wnmanless region wherein
the soul of the utlfortunate wicked
man wanders forever in vain search
of a mate.
An unique idea of the future
state, was that of the ancient Peru-
vians. As doe disembodied soul
winged its way to eternity it en-
countered two rucks, upon one of
which it must • needs .rest, The
choice was determined by the mor-
ality of Lha life in the :flesh. If it
rested upon the lefthand rock it was
instantly translated to Po, or obli-
l
,,
'' n o tts to the N
,vxln, a state it aI go
vane cif the Oriental belief, If,
1 however, through earthly mis-
deeds, the unhappy spirit was
guided to the righthand Pock, it
entered into a purgatorial hell,
where fiends 'grated away the 'flash
from all the bones in succession,
rafter. which the skeleton was re-
elothcd and sent back to earth to
have another try. - There was no
haste abort this grating ceremony;
it took something over 10,000 Sears !
•
,
"My holiday has done me a world
of. good 1 said an Irishman tt I
i.have come back a different man. In
fact I'm quite myself .again 1"
7aek--J'Once. more, Mollie, will
you marry mei" Molly --"For the
twelfth time this hour I tell you I
will not." 3aek (of the navy)--
"Well, twelve hate an houris not
h bad aimed for a little ertift like I
yon,"
OUR IMPERIAL PILGRIMAGE
MEMBER S OF BRITISIIPARLIA-
M EN T :POUR TRE EMPIRE.
Mr. I'iautar Greenwood Tells of
Their Trip Through the Over.
seas Dominions.
"No, no, I was not the originat-
or of the idea. The credit of it be-
longs, I think, to Dr. Barratt, of
South Australia, who was one of
the Colonial delegates at the Cor-
onation, and suggested an inter-
change of visits," writes Mr, Ham-
ar Cree.nwood in London Answers.
Erin to the Fore.
"These numbered fifteen and re-
presented both Houses of Parlia-
ment and every party in the Com-
mons .except the Irish. I begged
Mr. Redmond to send a delegate,
but lie said `Until Home Rule is
law, no Irish member leaves these
shores ! This was disappointing,
bat the Irish leader was adamant
on this point, though wholly sym-
pathetic with the objects of the vis-
it.
"The Rt. Hon. Thomas Lough,
however, the member for Islington,
and a thoroughbred Irishman, kept
Erin well to the front.
"Out' chairman, Lord Emmet,
and Lord Sheffield represented .the
Horse of Lords, while Mr. Wi11
Crooks stood for Labor, and made
himself extremely popular. Sever-
al delegates 'were accompanied by
their wives, and so the party was
a very large one, with a mountain
of luggage.
"We left Liverpool on July 16th,
after having bean municipally
blessed by the Lord Mayor, Our
route was Canada, the Fiji Islands,
New Zealand, Australia, and South
Africa. Mrs. Hamar ` Greenwood
and I, however, came home from
Australia via Colombo, and spent
ten most interesting days in Cey-
lon,
Affection and Loyalty.
"Only at Honolulu were the
party `out from under' the British
flag, and Honolulu was once, and,
in my opinion, ought still, to be
part of the British Empire.
"Everywhere we were received
with the greatest cordiality and
hospitality.
"You ask ma whale is my oat-
standing impression of the tourl
That is not so easy to answer.
Many. things 'impressed ms deeply.
Speaking, however, not only for
myself, but for the party in gon-
Seeleaseeseseesetemee
eral, I should say we were most
struck by the loyalty of the Dosuin-
tons to the Old Country. This feel-
ing, perhaps, was not so pro-
nounced in Canada, where you get
a mixed population, and loyalty
may be said to run in streaks, .but
it was most noticeable in Austral-
asia.
"Indeed, in New Zealand the feel-
ing towards the Old Country is
more than one of loyalty—it
amounts to a, very deep and warm
affection. There, and elsewhere,
anything that is British is best, be
it the British Parliament, a British
battleship, or British machinery.
The House of Commons is often
aimed for partisan purposes, but
I can assure you that everywhere
we went we found it still venerated
as the greatest legislative assembly
in the world,
Their Naval Defence.
"The Fiji Islands, once the home
of cannibalism, are splendidly pa-
triotio. They have offered to pay
between one and two per cent. of
their slender revenue as a contri-
bution towards the Imperial Navy.
Of the members of the Fijian Pro-
tectorate Legislative Council which
passed this unanimous resolution
two were natives.
"The naval question bulks large-
ly in Australasia. Until you have
been there you cannot understand
the reality of the Australasians'
fear of a Chinese or Japanese inva-
sion. At this moment Australiaand
New Zealand are spending about as
much per head on naval defence as
we are at home. There is a strong
feeling that Australasia should have
her own, Navy, in case the entire
British Fleet should become in-
volved in a European naval arma-
geddon, and no leave Australasia
unprotected.
a 'Yes, they have compulsory mili-
tary training for youths through-
out Australasia, and, so falx as I
could judge, it is working very well,
though some friction is inevitable.
"The Tabor Party in Australia
interested Inc very much. It in-
cludes men of all classes—profes-
sional and business men, and even
employers and landlords,
Where -Women Vote.
"Yes, women have the vote in
Australia and New Zealand. Does
it make much difference 4 I think
not. I was told that only a small
percentage of women used it. I
was informed, however, that wo-
men were quick to oppose any poli-
tician who had a 'past,' while in
New Zealand they actively support
the temperance movement.
"To return to impressions, I think
we were all greatly struck by the
vastness of the Dominions, You
Oan get no true idea of distances
from figures and maps,
"'Then there was a . hmost'• impres-
sive
e the p
sive fact of growth in the Empire's
population. Do you know that in
a generation or two there will prob-
ably be moth Bri.tishere in the
'Outer . Empire' than - at - home 1
Surely now is the tirno to streng-
then the. affeetions of the kinsmen
abroad for, their 117.other. Country,
"One lesson of the tour is un-
mistakable --the growing millions of
our overseas-eotiotrymen are de-
termined to remain numbers of the
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Imperial family, but on terms of
equality, and not one hair -breadth
below the equality line. But they
feel that the powers -that -be at
hone are sometimes unaware of the
strength of the Imperial sentiment
outside Great Britain, and are of-
ten eltilly in their attitude towards
the aspirations 'of those away from
home,
Chapter the First.
"Until politicians have a better
knowledge of the Empire there will
always be a lack of sympathy to-
wards, and an inadequate under-
standing of, the point of view• of the
Briton overseas.
"Probably not twenty per cent.
of members of the Imperial Parlia-
ment have ever visited a British
Dominion, with the result that Par-
liament is Imperial in name, but
not in knowledge.
"Therefore, there is a real need
for these Empire pilgrimages, and
I trust that this, the first organized
one, will be followed by others,"
Iligh Cost of Living.
Clerk—Here's a book just out:
"How to See Europe on Two Dol-
lars a Day."
Married Man --Huh 1 What I want
is a book on "How to Exist at
Home on Two Dollars a Day,"
WONDERED WIRY
And Found the Auswcr.
Many pale, sickly persons won-
der for years why they have to suf-
fer so, and eventually discover
that the drug—caffeine—in tea and
coffee is the main cause of the
trouble.
"I was always very fond of cof-
fee and drank it every day. I never
had much flesh and often wondered
why I was always so pale, thin and
weak,
"About five years ago my health
completely broke clown and I was
confined to my bed. My stomach
was in such condition that I could
hardly take sufficient nourishment
to sustain life.
"During this time I was drink-
ing coffee, didn't think T. could do
without it. (Tea is jest as harmful
because it contains caffeine, the
same drug 1ouucl in coffee.)
"After awhile, I came to the con-
clusion that coffee was hurting ole,
and decided to give it up and try
Postuln.. When it was made right
—dark and rich ---I soon became
very fond of it.
"In ono week I began to fr.el bet-
ter, I could eat more and sleep
better. My sick headaches were
less fregnent, and within five
months I looked and felt like a new
being,' headache spells entirely
gone,
"11,y health continued to improv -e
and "today I am well and strong,
weigh 148 lbs, I attribute my pre-
sent health to the lift' -giving [jltali-
ties of Postum,''
Name given by Canadian Postern
Co,, Windsor, Ont:, Read "The
.Road to Wellville," in plcgs,
Posture. now comes in two forms:
Regular Pasbutn—Must be well
boiled.
instant Pestitin—Is a . soinblo
'powder.' " A teaspoonful dissolves
quickly in a cup of ]tot water and,
with eroam and sugar, snakes a de-
licious beverage instaantly. Groc-
ers sell both kinds,
"There's a Beason" for P'osl'xtr1.
The World In ieylew
rhe seam Ideal .rlax,dit
No Mexican ''/.apala, of ta.day d&MorVOS
to be rated with that ltldomiteble ltateull.
A men of Antero 11,rocuw, plying lits vo-
cation it a land (41' which t:.iiliaattoit hae
had email outworn, ltulanll has made hiltu-
self the most important and .dlatlllgumh•
ed exemplar of the highest• thnlgs la
br gaudage.
16 alt so remembered that Ralsuu took
pr seeslon of the penton of Mr, Perth -
eerie, an Antert.'an, who had the ones,
limeade taste to reside In Morocco. RoUeult
demanded ransom. President J1,0000Ye b
demanded. "Pe dlcarie alive or Rabaul!
dead" from the Memo:eon governatelt .
Reknit!, got what as domati4Ied,
Ile ]/dnap petl many othara, including
a
London Time eorrespondeut, and made
money 'welly 0110of emelt transaotton. The
Moroccan government could do nothing
with him at all and no other govern.
meat could cunt lel the Moroccan goYera-
mont. •to d0 the tmplseible,
Nnw Ra[sult appears la a new Nile. Iia
has lust declared hlmeelt Sultan of Info.
niece. 'Pbc real Sultan. is a audaidiaed and
pitiful thing, a more tool of the Frond'.
Npanioh muetplets> of his land. Raleull
promises to be a real sultan, a sultan af-
ter the maturer of the fir'at great con•
extreme of Talanl, lie will not coxae to
fight till every frank is expelled from
Morocco or until ovary Moroccan fighting
man is slain by Frank machine gene.
Judging solely front Raisull'e past pper-
fortltances, he means pretty touch ,what
he attys. A bandit sultan moor cams/
notch trouble before his ogee is iin:ully
settled.
The Mines Have Mado Good.
Pko steadying and revivifying influence
of Ontetrio's ninon upon business "durlegR
the past year has been meet marked.
There was much money wasted 110011' wild-
cat pprojoote in the Rainy River and in
the flobalt and Porcupine regions. Marty
who took a fiiet•" in mining stocks have
nothing to remind them of -thou' ventures
except , extrennoly ornate but worthlneo
stack eertiakates.
But out of the Heap of failures there
Juvee emerged. some splendid sucaeeses.
Cobalt's silver mi,ea paid over ton mu -
lion dollars In dividends !ant year.. Po-
cnpiue's gold minor began to show their
peesibllitiea. From both souraee there
will be steady payments . during the Pre.
sent year to thousands of otookholdore
scattered all over the country, The dis-
bursements of mining dividends will con-
done for many yours, and 110W mIRRo a4
y at u11d1800veird or deroloped, will add
greatly to their valuate. Ae an anchor to
windward against ilnanelal storms tho
mimeo of title Province have been a Pru.
moaned success.
Germans Coed Citizens.
The Government's scheme for the estab-
lishment of colonies of Germans hl Oaltl-
toba and Alberta will give rise to no nolo.
glvings. There le en menace" here, but
only eremitic* of the country's good. Nor,
barring restrictions of the 1''atborland,
should there be any great diilculty in te.
during immigration from Germany. Can-
ada hoe already a eetteeoue interming-
ling of Gorman population. 'There Is no
finer elaae Of citizen. Wherever he has
bplanted himself the country has' profited
y that thrift and thoroighures, Mot
enterprise and sterling honesty that are
lie marked characteristics.
The memane for Furs,
Tho fur trade In the fat' north ie still
on very much the same heels as when
Cartier and Champlain fleet traded heads
and knicklntaeke with the wondering
eitlefe at Quebec, says the Argonaut. A
million and a half dollars' worth of mer-
chandlee goes north from Edmonton, Can-
ada, every spring to be exchanged for the
two and half millioue of fur that conte
back in midsummer and autumn. So far
an the fur trade in America io 0oncern-
ed, the traders claim that there ie no
perceptible falling of as , yet; that, in
fact, more fur lo being brought to market
each year.. But. it 'Mesta,Germany, :Tnp-
an And Australia there is a general de-
crease in the simply. In the past twenty
yearn the world's eateh of the twelve.
most important furs has fallen. off Irons
6 per cent. tel 700 par cent., while rho ole.
mend for the more. expensive varieties
has multiplied ertormnuety. The image -
less effort to satisfy thio demand mon havo
but one end, and it le only logical to *s-
pout that even' the great game preserves
of the Comedian North and Alanka will in
time be hpnted. hare.
Weight of the Brain and Its Potency.
Another popular fallacy line been ex-
ploded. We have long regarded with envy
and admiration the man with the lofty
brow and maoeivo head as the cinhgdt,
meat of lutellot'tttal greatness. Aseo'dmg
to a brain specialist who delivered 011 ad.
dross before the American Physiuingioal
Soeioty the weight of the brain has no-
thing to do with iia potency, and all pre-
vious theory regarding mental eeuitlment
must go glimmering. The reenit of 1t
all Is that the num with the bighead UM'
110 longer claim mental superiority, and
all that we have been hearing regarding
the brains of greet men seems a 000E o
scientific fairy tale. Your bridemay
weigh a half ton and may be moat intri-
cately marked, end yet,• if the tnviollle
cells haven't the ,oyat erioue duality the
speaker was unable to define. ,yeti Wray
be ne dull 0a same of Me men one 1001
at afternoon tells.
The Starving Albanians,
Ae an aftermath of the Balkan war.
winch ended loamy months 'ago, Comes
the report of a man who hes ;Met return-
ed from a four .hundred mile h't1c through
the wildcat part of the interior 0f AI-
bauia. Accordingto him, thirty thousand
persons nee in danger of starving na the
remit of the Styrian oocupa.tfot of tdlnt
territory and 0110 hundred tbausand p0o-
Pie are homeless.
Phis is in sharp oontrat+b with condi-
tiara in that part of Turkey which fell ht.
to the kande of the Creche, where, 00-
0erding to the latest' iiifornlntlnn, the
eitnation 10 !mproving rapidly and the in-
habitants. are not only recovering front
the eutlerings entailed by the war, but
are. enjoying tranquility never before •re-
nlioed by them.
As a race the Alhaniitns de not rank
high in the smote of civilieatiolo. And to
Ode may be due some of the su0Orlilg
they ale 1010 neder'g0tug. uttt. thee 0001-
bine it themselves sante of the beet quell -
ties of some of tale brained, and strong-
est races of Glint section of Europe. And
with the r'igltt teen of men for loaders,
with a government strong enough to out)•
proms lawleesness of toll kinde, it in not
'unreasonable to espeolo rife ou05urilla they
are now undergoing is but the darkness
before the dawn,
notirbonisnt in :Seethe
What Tionrbeiiem does to 1ta111bo(5la
e100r0y shown in the case of Levis eler-
Stabo of Cloihuallian landed
\ 'erreenp
ltellrbOniem wee so strong that he ati'enta-
ously resisted the mild nttonlple of form..
or President Madero to mitigate this evil
of the laud monopoly in Mexieo. 11e ear.
ried his restatanee to the, extent of giv-
Ing-iuAnefoi ngoinl0110e to 'the movement
•. than resulted In ;Antoine lruortn in polvar•
Ile is now reaping the whirlwind, 1Tig.
tstatee have been conancated, bis son is
n captive held far 1•n.nsnm' 0.04.1 Ile himself
too bevels emcutped with hie life R is the
glory over agnnrofthe pen-revolntienare
French n'ietoo•ats who would not listen
10 the mllcb proposals of nu.1001.
Dark Outlook.
1Ie's
always finding something
new to worry almht,"
"What's his latest?"
"I3e:'s afraid that if. beef grew to
hes doctor 1r
will
l r t pound
adola
prescribe
it three times it clay,"
a
Net an l•wi21'ft,
"la lie a'cod oculist
h
".T. wouldn't trust him ; to treat
the 0}c of n potato."
Ile- ---" There's rine thing 1 will
If n. matt is too lazy to stttnsl up say yen make Quite lis well ns your
at 1
and tell the truth he's apt to lie mi011ra' took! to make it.." 1.1>s--'
about ib. - "What's OW, 1" e ---''Tr mble.,>