The Brussels Post, 1914-7-9, Page 6ANNUAL C�tETING ` OF THE .HiGU
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COURT CANADIAN ORDER OF FORE:STEIii
FIVE HUNDRED OIEEEGATES IN ATTENDANCE
The thirty-fifth annual meeting of a:da. It is a matter of greeral
the Canadian Order of koresters knowledge among investors, that
convened, on Tne.<lay afternoon,
June 13, in the Hall of the Knights
of Columbus, in the city of Quebec,
at 2 pen. As usual, delegates are
in att•enclan•ce from all pants: of the
Dominion, the order confining its
business entirely to the Dominion
of Canada. A representation was
present from every province in
Canada, and though this society's
thirty=fifth year will be completed
in N•evember next, while annual
over and above the admittedly gilt.
edged nature of these securities,
the market for the last two years
has been a very advantageous one,
from the investor's point of view;
and the reports indicate that the
order has been in a position to take
full advantage of these desirable
conditions.
Besides the insurance department,
the order operates a sick enc}
funeral benefit department, and
meetings have been held in the pro- the increase in the funds in this
mice, never previously has such regard, during the year 1913,
meeting convened in the city of amounted to $50,746.32 after the
Quebec, The mayor and aldermen avment of 7,271 siek and funeral
of the city welcomed the delegates
in felicitous terms. Mr. Stewart.,
the ;high chief ranger, replying in
an eloquent manner on behalf of
the order,
The following officers were pre-
sent at the opening session; J. A.
Stewart, high chief ranger, Perth
(Ont.); J. A. A. Brodeur, high vice -
chief ranger, Montreal; Alf. F. van-
Souicren, high seeretary, Brant-
ford (One); Herbert Elliott, high
treasurer, Brantford (Ont.); W. G.
Strong, superintendent of organiza-
tion, Brantford (Ont.); W. L. Rob-
erts, high auditor; Brantford
(Ont.); A. Shultis, second high
auditor, Brantford (Ont.); W. M.
Couper, high registrar, Montreal
(Que.); ):l, J. Stevenson, Toronto
(Ont.); 11. T. Kemp, Listowel.
(Ont,); A, R. Galpin, London
(Ont.); F. 11. Davidson, Winnipeg
(Man.), members of the executive
committee.
In addition to the above, A. K.
Berry, district high chief ranger,
Holland (Man.); John Murray, past
district high chief ranger, Hamio•ta
(Man.); D. E. McKinnon, district
high seeretary, Winnipeg (Man.),
were present as representatives of
the District High Court for Mani-
toha.
The annual reports of all the
High Court officers of this order
are, again, very satisfactory. They
demonstrate that the year 1913,
which is the period covered by the
reports referred to, was no excep-
tion to the series of satisfactory re-
ports that have occurred from year
to year in the order's experience.
An interesting feature, in connec-
tion with the business of the order
is, that since its inception in 1879,
it has confined its business entirely
to the Dominion of Canada, and
the excellent result which the chair-
man of the medical board has been
able to report as to the death rate,
which was 6,12 per thousand in
1913, and 5.98 over the society's ex-
perience, is, no doubt, very largely
due to the original decision of the
founders of the crier to operate
only within this Dominion. In all
departments, material betterment
is shown in the financial position of
the order.
In the year, the increase in the
insurance funds amounted to $375,-
011.80. this fund standing at the end
of the year under review, after the
payment of 554 death claims,
amounting to $562,361,19, at $4,-
355,072.07• In this connection, it is
interesting to note that the revenue
accruing from investments, realized
last year $188,416.28, which was a
sufficient income from this source to
look after the 30.34 per cent. of the
death losses.
In further reference to the matter
of investments, it will be of interest
to our readers to know that the
order confines its investments, en-
tirely, to municipal and school de-
bentures of the Dominion of Can
enefit elaiu}s, amounting to $180,-
979.10. Funds in this department
are also invested in the same class
of securities as the insurance fund,
and the amount collected in interest
during 1913 amounted to $14,095.02,
the total amount at credit of this
fund at the end of the year being
$348,213.19.
The general fund of the order,
which is the expense account fund,
it being maintained by a levy of ten
cents per month on each member,
is also in satisfactory shape, leaving
the order in a substantial position
in respect to the prosecution of its
work.
Regarding membership also, sub-
stantial progress is indicated, the
net result of the year's operations
showing a gain for 1913 of 3,019,
making the total membership of the
order on the 31st of December, 1913,
90, 555.
Besides the ordinary benefits ac-
cruing to the members of the or-
der, from life insurance and sick
and funeral benefits, this society
Provides for special grants in addi-
tional directions; one in respect to
amputations, and a further special
grant over and above sick benefits,
which enables tubercular patients
to have special treatment, for six
months, at any one of a number of
sanitaria, making a specialty of
this disease.
A perusal of the reports ofthe
various officers brings to attention
the large amount of benefits that
have been derived by the member-
ship, as, since 1879, a sum of $9,-
000,000 has been paid in mortuary
and other benefits.
This society would appear to
have been carefully guided since its
inception. Even in spite of recent
stringent monetary conditions, and
other factors that have militated
against the general progress of
fraternal insuranceconcerns, the
year 1913, which might well have
reflected in the reports of the offi-
cers such conditions, on the con-
trary, demonstrate a substantial
and satisfactory progress.
The superintendent of organiza-
tion has been able to report the
institution of forty-four new courts,
scattered over the Dominion gen-
erally. This indicates that the or-
der is alive to the desirability of
establishing its agencies, in locali-
ties both in the older and in the
newer parts of the Dominion, as
the circumstances of the district
give reason to believe such courts
may become permanent and useful
centres for the acquisition of new
bnein es ,
The officers' reports were submit-
ted to the usual committees for
their consideration. A considerable
amount of business, as usual, is de-
manding the attention of the dele-
gates, and the session of the high
court will extend over several days,
probably taking up the attention of
the representative's from the 10th to
19th inst.
A NOTING PICTURE: TRAGEDY.
An Excittug Adventure in British
East Africa.
Mr. Charles Cotter, who has been
in British East Africa taking mov-
ing pictures of wild beasts in their
own haunts, tells how his best cam-
era operator was killed by a charg-
ing.lion. The story illustrates the
chanes that an adventurous photo-
grapher will take for the sake of a
striking film.
For months the party had been
trying, without success, to "run a
film" on a charging lion. At last
their opportunity came. A male
lion had been wounded and trailed
into a patch of thorny scrub. The
beast could be :seen under a' tree a
few yards within the thicket, but
he sines not in such a position that
they could get any effective pie -
tures. "They must provoke the lion
into charging, and that without
wounding, him again.
The cameye, : was set within fifty
yards of .4,11e. thicket, The operator
took his place at,the erank, Mr.
Cotter stied beside him with a load-
ed rifle, and one o£ the blacks aar-
rie.d a similar'weapon readyfor in-
stant use,
eWeiiii, the Masai soldier who ac-
companied the party, went leeward
with his searto provoke the .lion
into breaking cover and ohav'ging
hind, . The :pian was for the feet -
footed Masai :to break track directly
roto these* of the.ea enara with th.e
llin''.after hini, as roe that the :entire
chase could be recorded from the
time tho dram em,eesed , from the
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Who Laughs Last
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"It's a.sbame," said N;>,n, gazing
ruefully into her pail, "to take
home such a mean little lot of ber-
ries!‘'
"After working all day and bring-
ing our lunch !" added Frieda, w'i61i
a wry face.
"And even risking our lives!"
said Portia. She was thinking of
an unexpected blast from the neigh-
boring quarry that had sent some
splinters of rock dangerously near
the berry pickers.
"Every one will say, `I told you
:so!' when we go back." Nan's
sunny face clouded, only to bright-
en almost instantly, while a gleam
of mischief sparkled in her eyes.
"(,iris, let's take, home full pails
and fool 'em all!"
"What do you mean?" chorused
the other two.
"Fill up our pails with moss and
pile the berries on top. That wont
hurt 'em any, Pour thein out into
one of the lunch boxes„fill up each
pail as high as we need to, then
cover the moss with brown paper.”
The other girls quickly agreed.
They earefully packed enough
stones and earth with the moss to
give the pails weight, and ar-
ranged the berries showily on top.
When the girls reached Nan's
home, where Portia was visiting),
they paraded noisily 'through the
front hall and into the kitchen,
where they found Mrs, Ruggles
and her maid. Bell, the maid,
clapped her hands as the girls en-
tered with the brimming pails.
"All them," she cried, "this dry
year!"
"Didn't we clo well?" mild Nan,
a little boastfully.
"Pretty good clay's work, Mrs.
Ruggles?" asked Portia, innocent-
ly. Mrs. Ruggles nodded pleasant-
ly, and said
"Very good, with berries so
scarce. Just take them into the
pantry and turn them into the big
bowl."
"We can't stop to empty them
now, mother," Nan explained, "for
we're going over with Frieda to ase
what Mrs. Wright says. She hold
us it was a waste of time to. go
berrying this year. Guess she'll
change her mind when she sees
Frieda's pail." Without more ado,
they literally bolted from itihe
house, lest any telltale giggle
should betray them.
When the girls reached Mrs.
Wright's house, that lady looked
up from her work with an expres-
sion of disapproval that speedily
quenched their exuberance.
"Didn't we do well, .Mrs.
Wright?" asked Nan, as she held
up Frieda's pail for inspection.
"That pail full of berries? I
don't believe a word of it. If you
have been so much smarter'n every-
body else this season, I miss any
guess." Her resolute grasp of the
pail, combined with her evident in-
tention of investigating its con-
tents, sent the .girls racing out of a
side door.
"Didn't I tell you so?" said
Frieda, when they were out of
hearing, "I knew you could never
fool mamana like that!"
Whether or nob Mrs. Ruggles had
really been fooled was a matter of
doubt, for when Nan and Portia
came back to supper, their berry
pails still stood on the pantry
shelf.
"Don't you think those berries
ought to be turned out, 13e117"
asked Nan.
"Turn 'em out if you want to,"
retorted Bell, busy with her dishes.
Deaf to the suggestion, the girls re-
treated upstairs.
"Do you suppose they suspect
anything 7" ventured Portia.
"Why should they leave 'em all
in the paile if they do?" said Nan,
"But it's a shame to spoil the ber-
ries, and I believe I'll turn them
out myself if they aren't attended
to before long."
"What, and spoil the joke 7"
"I'm sure I don't want to. Per-
haps they'll see to them to -mor-
row."
But the following morning wore
away, and the berries still stood on
the pantry shelf. Nan and Portia
could stand it no longer.
"Bell," they said, "those berries
ought to be emptied out of the
pails,"
"Empty them: then!"
"Well, we will, if you'll get a
dish." Nan was desperate.
Bell lifted an immense platter
frcxm the shelf,
It'll take quite a dish to hold such
a lot," she said.
"1 guess we. know it t" Nankept
up her bravado, but she did not
dare glance at Portia.
Just then Mrs. Ruggles appeared
at the kitchen doorway, Nan lifted
her pail, and tipped it gently, then
more and more. Instead of ;a show -
or of moss ,and earth, the berries
poured forth in 'a .continuous
stream. Porbia wads having a simi-
lar experience. The girls eyes
grew bigger and bigger, as the last
berries swelled the mighty heap,
and they set down their empty
Pails. Then they met Mrs. Rug-
gles s twinkling eyes, and all ab
once everyone. began to laugh.
"It's no use, mumsy, the joke5 s
on us," ,said Nen,, when the laugh
was over, "but do tell us how you
managed It
"
thicket until he was killed as close
to the camera as they dared to let
him come.
A Masai warrior, armed with his
great spear, has very little feat' of
lions. Adami went forward untl
Mr. Cotter warned him not to go
any closer. The lion refused to
charge, although he growled loucl-
ily and lashed, his sides . with his
tail. From a distance of seventy-
five feet the Masai began to fling
stones, and at East he hit the beast
fairly on the head. It roared and
charged.
Aclami came back fast, but the
lion followed faster. The operator
at his erank ground on as steadily
as if he were taking a tennis match.
He was confident that at the proper
instant a bullet from this friend's
rifle would stop the lion,
Bub the Masai, coming straight
for the camera, kept directly be-
tween the )fon and the rifleman.
ItIr.. Cotter could not fire without
baking a reckless charm with the
life of the black man, Not until the
Masai had passed the camera, did
the opporbtinity for a shot come.
Then the lion was within twenty
feet,
The big, soft -nosed bullet stopped
him, but in falling the struck the
camera, anti carried both machine
tend photographer down, .A. second
bullet through the head put an end
to the lion's struggles.
With hardly a mark on him, the
photogra.plier' too, lay dead, . Itis.
neck was broken either by his Pali
or by a blow from the lion's paw.
The canes, of course, woo smashed
and the film ruined,
"It was.rathes expensive, 13e11
and I seoured the town to find ber-
ries enough, to fill those pails," ad-
mitted Mrs. Ruggles; "but I think
it has paid; Dant you Z"
WONDERECL MAORIS.
Cannthels Fifty Yeses Ago, tool
Now They Dave a Vote:
A little more than half a century
ago cannibalistic feasts were held
by the Maori tribe of savages of
New Zealand; today, members of
the race are members of the New
Zealand parliament, and Maori
women, as well as the white women
of New Zealand, exercise the right
to vine,
They are in many respects the
most remarkable savages . with
whom the white man has,, come in
contact, according to a statement
byeiety.
the. National Geographical So -
"When the English first occupied
the islands in the early part of the
nineteenth century ib is estimated
there were about 100,000 Maoris is
New Zealand," says the statement,
"They were divided into tribes,
each having its own unwritten laws
regarding land, cultivation and
other social matters. The tribes
were constantly fighting.
"The English found they had a
genius for war, showing unusual
ability in building, fortifying and
defending stockades, and they ex-
perienced considerable difficulty in
subduing them. The Gavages tilled
the soil with care; as carvers and
decorators they were unrivaled in
the oceanic world and they display-
ed great originality in design and
perfection of the execution of rock
paintings and in carving the orna-
mental figures of their dwellings,
boats and sacred inaloeures.
"The Maoris were also noted for
their tattooing, which was design-
ed to clothe as well as ornament the
body. Whoever refused to under-
go the protracted tortures of ta-
'booing required at every im'port-
an't event, of his life was regarded
as a . person by his own eonssnt
foredoomed to slavery. The men
were actuallyedepilitated in order
to increase the surface for tatoo-
ing, while for tare young women the
operation was limited to the lips,
whence the 'term blue lips applied
to .them by the English.
"There are abort 35,000 Maoris
left. These have retired to the
northern province of New Zealand,
where certain reservations have
been set apart for their exclusive
property. The Maori children at-
tend schools • regularly. 'Such of
then as continue into the higher
branches of learning are said to
be worthy rivals of white students.
Some of the Maoris have become
landed proprietors. They are proud
of their right to vote, and especial-
ly of the fact that their women
were given this privilege et the
same time it was given to the white
women of New Zealand."
SILK MADE FROM WOOD.
Process of Making Yarn From
Spruce Log is Speedy.
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recommend Magic Baking
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and .most healthful baking pow..
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WiNNIPBG -MONTREAL
SUN IS
GROWING
ULU R meutionecl occurred, no instrument
canlcl reveal the change in its dia-
meter in a period of ten centuries.
Thus, according to the mecluini-
cal theory of heat, ,astronomers who
may live in the year 12000 of our
era will be able to know that the
sun's diameter has diminished
about', five miles since the beginning
of telescopic observations.
In 7,000,000 years the sun will
still radiate the same quantity of
heat, but its disc will appear to
man one-fourth of its present size.
From that moment nothing will be
able to check the loss of heat which
it will undergo through radiation.
The average temperature of the
earth will show the effect. In our
northern countries vegetation will
lose a large part of its vitality. The
crops will no longer ripen, and the
people will press toward the equa-
torial region. A few million years
after that all earthly life will be-
come impossible. The sun will be
covered with dark spots, which will
gradually grow larger and larger.
San Will Lose Light.
TIIE TIME IT WILL CEASE TO
GIVE LIGHT.
Humanity's Lease of Life Figured
at About Ten Million
Years.
The sun is a mass of blazing heat
gases 1,300,000 times larger than
the earth. Its temperature varies
between 6,000 and 12,000 degrees.
However vast its heat may be, it
:Pan be no exception to the common
law of matter. Every day it loses
some of its heat and is gradually.
growing colder. A moment will
come inevitably when its radiation
will grow weaker, and after that
will cease altogether. That will
mean death for us in cold and dark-
ness.
There is nothing surprising in
this deduction. Millions of extinct
suns which were once like our lu-
minary are known to exist in the
heavens. Every star is born and
lives to die. The problem is to fix
the date of its extinction.
The astronomer who has threa-
tened up with death in 5,000,000
years has added nothing new to this
subject, which scientists have dis-
cussed with good arguments for
some fifty years.
Source of Bent. -
T1te first question we must ask is,
where did the sun obtain the heat
with which it maintains our life in
a manner so constant? Without
doubt we can observe in the sun
certain variation.. of heat. - Our
winters and sunvmers .are not ex-
actly alike, but,these variations are
comparatively small. They are
subject to a periodic flux, which
brings back nearly the same condi-
tion after a, certain lapse of time.
The climate of the earth has nob
changed within historic tithes, Be-
fore long we shall experience ex-
ceptionally severe winters and tor-
rid summers. What colossal source
of power keeps up the sun in this
manner? With what . mysterious
substances is this enormous fur-
nace fed?
The physicists, Mayer end Helm-
holtz, have given the best answers
to this 'question. The sun was ori-
ginally much larger than it is at
present. In obedience to the laws
of attraction, gaseous masses con-
tract and become smaller. The
laws of physics teach us that under
these conditions.0 gas may recover
the heat which radiation causes it
to lose and whioh is distributed in
surrounding space. Calculations-
show that a oontraction of 25 inches
a year in the diameter of the sun.
would cause its heat to remain Con-
stant for thousands of years. The
sun has a diameter of. 926,954 mules.
Even supposing the diminution
Silk dresses are now being niacle
from wood. There is the cleverly
"mercerized" cotton, for instance;
but machinery and chemicals have
gone a step even • beyond that in
rivaling the art of the silk -spinning
worm. The process of making silk
yarn from a spruce log is a remark-
ably speedy one, and the results es -
banish you when yeu.see the wood
thrown carelessly into a great vat
to appear a few hours later in shin-
ing thread, The wood is first cut
into thin ,sheets, after which it is
put into a tank for chemical treat-
ment. It is chewed and mashed by
the machinery and "digested" by
the strong chemicals until it closely
resembles molasses in eater and
consistency. The solution is then
forced through well -heated tubes,
each with an outlet containing just
as many perforations as there are'
to be filaments in the thread. Sim-
ultaneously it is sprayed with a
chemical which "fixes" the thread,
shrinking and hardening it. But 'to
the wearer of 'silk a garment made
from wood -pulp looks every bit as
good as the product of the silk-
worm.
Cloth made of pine fibre wears
like leather, and is cheaper than
the cheapest cloth. The value of the
material thus spun is that it dyes
extremely well, the colors coming
up admirably, and it is, as a matter
of fact, a good imitation of silk.
Some of the cloth has been shown
to spinners, who would scarcely be-
lieve that. it had been produced
from wood ;pulp.
Elct'en. Million Printed Books.
It is computed that the total num-
ber of printed books in the world is
less•than 11,638,810, sand that
about 9,714,000 of these have been
published subsequently to the year
1800. From 1500 to 1535 the num—
her of books produced annually
averaged only 1,250, It was nob un -
±11 1700 that .bhe ,annual :average
passed 10,000, and it wasnob until
1887 that it reached 1.00,006. From
1000 to 1908, 'however, the annual
output averaged 174,375—exactly
140 times.the average output he.
tween 1500 and 1535.
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In a few. tens of millions of years
after that the sun will have list its
place among the light -giving bodies
of the heavens. It will become a
black anci invisible body, a derelict
of the millions of stars moving
through space, but it will still con-
tinue its course through spies.
From these faots and arguments
we may conclude that humanity
will still exist for 10,000,000 years,
or perhaps 15,000,000 at the utmost.
We must, however, remember that
'accidents may occur to shorten this
life. A healthy man may reason-
ably expect to live to 80, but an
automobile may end his career in
an hour or a day. So it is with our
earth.
If the earth dies in the fulness of
time it will die from cold in, say,
10,000,000 or 15,000,000 years
from now, but there is :a host of
outer dangers that menace human-
ity. In the .ceaseless journey which
the earth makes around thesun et
the rate of 90 1-3 miles. a, second,
may it not sale clay come into .eo1-
lision with the :heart of a colossal
comet? In such a case humanity
may witness a. frightful spectacle,
a dreadful prelude to universal
death. What astronomer can as-
sure us that such a collision will
nob occur within a few years? Bar-
ring such an accident, however, the
end of the earth from cold must be
regarded as fixed.
Use For Talent.
Every roan, every woman, every
child, has some talent, some power,
some opportunity of getting good
incl doing good. Bath day offers
some occasion for using this talent.
As we use it, it gradually increases,
improves, becomes native to• the
character. As we neglect it, it
dwinclles and withers and disap-
pears. This is the stern and be-
nign law by which we live. This
makes character real sad enduring.
THE Ili;Illli!T CZAII.
Lived in te,Htit and Spent His Time
In (loud Deeds for the Poor.
There is a curious legend, widely
believed in Russia, that Czar Alex-
ander I. net only came, to hate lir
royal state, but actually entered
into a suece-rsful conspiracy to make
another Ibis ruler of that great enr-
pi during his own life:
Alexander became Czar not many
years before Napolelin's famous
Russian campaign that culminated
ha the terrible retrctut from Mos-
cow;. The Ma:alii•ue of Russia, seal
disastrous ee the French, but the
city of Moscow was burned, and
many towns and villages destroyed.
After the defeat of Napoleon, Alex-
ander was disturbed by wars or
the threat of war with more than
one of the neighboring nations, and
harassed by the difficulty of recon-
ciling his naturally kindly incl lib-
eral views with the policy of eepres-
cion aucl reaction that his advisers
; rnesed upon him.
At Ineb, completely worn out with
the labor of adhninitration, the
petty squabbles of his court, the
disorders of his empire, end family
troubles, the Czar left St. Peters=
burg on a sort of vacation. If we
may believe what marry Russians do
believe, Alexander decided that he
had had too mesh of soeptres and
thrones, and too little of quiet and
peace. So Iso had it officially pro-
claimed than the Czar was dead,
and the body of a peasent, who hacl
died about that time of fever, was
sent from the town of Taganrog to
the capital, and buried with imper-
ial honors.
According to the story, Alexander
wandered back and forth over the
country until he came to the city
of Tomsk in Siberia, at that time a
rude little village. Here he built
himself a hut, said lived the life of a
hermit. He worshiped in a monas-
tery not far from the hut, cooked
his own food, and attended to his
own anodesb wants.
The hermit, who was called Fo-
mich, was a kind and goad man.
He spent himself in goocl deeds for
the poor and the 'afflicted. He
nursed a cholera. patient who had
been deserted by his relatives and
friends; and in any ease of sickness
his services could be had for the
asking. Thus the hermit passed his
old age; and so beautiful were
those years that when be came to
his deathbed many craved the ho-
nor of watching beside his cot. Af-
ter his death looney was raised by
public subscription to erect a mon-
ument to his memory,
Some years after the death of the
hermit, one of the men who taro
concerned in the substitution of
the body of the fever -stricken pea-
sant made confession. Gradually
there .came to light many, things
that bend to prove the truth of the
story this man toll.
To -day, if you should take the
long journey over the trans -Siber-
ian railway, and should break your
journey at Tomsk, you. would see
many interesting things. For
Tomsk is the centre of a great min-
ing region, and the seat of a uni-
versity and a great•insti:tua of tech-
nology. Bat not the .least interest-
ing eight is the little wooden hut,
where the last years of the hermit
were passed. All over the walls are
'wreaths of bright., artificial flowers,
given by the families of those whom.
he befriended in trouble cr poverty
or sickness er death. On the walls
there are portraits of Czar Alexan-
der I. taken in his young manhood,
in bis middle life, and just before
it was believed that he had died.
There is also a portrait of, the her-
mit; and it• is said that the rese l-
blanee is so great that the visitor
can hardly doubt that the are
portraits of the esonas man.
In the monastery chureleverd,
surrounded by the graves of the
poor, is a plain ,little bride tomb.
Hero lies the body .of the hermit,
Fomtoh, and here the country folic
still come to pray before the lamps
that burn there night and day.
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Blind of J'apen Well (';fired For.
From very ancient tinier the blind
folk of Japan have ree,eiv it much
attention, though they were never
made the wards of the nal ern to the
extent that obtained in the wait un-
der later Christian influence. The
fact that blindness entitlx1 a man
to be raised to special rank may be
taken as evidence of t'cis care, it
is recorded that about the year 8','1
A.D.; when the Emperor peke
paid a visit to a certain plaza he
was received by a company of hli.'ad
men, Whose coiid.tien much ;roved
the •compassioar of hie mt jests . Not
long After this the cmperee gave or-
ders that a r'ow of tenements, s'ic.uli
be constructed in Kyoto, where the
homeless blind might find shelter
anci the blind were th,.ic'fee h
reeked as a separate class, entitled
to special privilege.a-Japan Mesa -
eine.
Sympathy,
That Man has the wvidest i:afiu^nee
who has the deepest .sympathy, for
men open their hearts to Spans,thy
as flowers open to the sun. five,
Emerson :-•••-" ".Cis good to give ai
stranger a of 1, or a ivight 5'-
fng, 155. better to be bociaitabl.,
to his good meaning anci them, it,
and give eoiusge to -8 companion,
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