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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1916-5-4, Page 6entrusted. His temperament and judicial, and he is a born gov- ernor of men. If the thumb be longe thick, and heavy at the tip, with the joints pro- costly rel:aticns which used to hold Further investigation resulted in' five minutes of entering the Cotton. tural Strength or Weakness. L between Ontario employers and some the discovery that the green leaves !Exchange, made a round million do%i of these on their pay sheets, No less contain more than twice as much tar.:, and when, a few hours later, he The man with a long, straightand scientist, my aeroplane i. than 17,033 cases were handled in camphor as the twigs—that is, nearly: left the Exchange, he was 84,000,0001 thumb, square at the tip, possesses was considered a marvel. In this ma- E twelve months without recourse to four times as much in proportion as " richer than when he ate his break -'good mental capacity, and cap always chine; m which there was room for 0 any law court or the expense of lav'- the hunk, Dried leaves contain mare fast that morning. (be relied upon to carry out Success_ only one person, I used a 20 -horse- ro fags. The Board dealings with than green leaves. And dead leaves Between Luncheon and Dinner. 'fully any work with which he may be yower motor. My record Right was 118 injured workmen are simple and sof- contain more than twice as much On a p ant is even 12 miles, and -I could carryI Sicient. Within three days of an acci- previous occasion, Mr. Theo- only 1 dent the employer notifies the Board camphor as the trunk. dote Price is said to have made money d d enough gasoline to fly three=quarters PC of the fact Report of an hour." To -day aeroplanes can n carry 30 passengers, can fly more than I an 24 hours without alighting, have as- se c° be apparent, For it means that dos to a report that there was a minent, a tyrannical' and cruel nature tended virtually five miles, and be- Wt return of these forms to post a cheque ' .indicated,ve th at par in ion town. So effluent; and the tree loft standing. year change Mr. J. J. Livermore, who start -1 from an intensely selfish standpoint. el 1,300 miles. "We no longer," says • Sc Edward Morden, a Calgary boy, st week shot a large lynx which ad chased his brother near the eity. Ninety six prominent business men Winnipeg, practically closed their ffices for three days to aid in can - ss for the "hero Fund." According to figures compiled bIt e Saskatchewan Department of Ag - culture, the province "broke" 729,- 8 acres of new ground in 1915. Mrs. Mary Craig' died recently in dmonton at the age of 95 years and months. She formerly lived in To- nto, but came to Edmonton in 98. ' Three civilians, found guilty of rticipating in a recent street riot Winnipeg, were each fined $20 d costs with an option of two onths in prison. Scout Melfort Crawford, of the 9th nnipeg Troop, was presented at. at city with a medal for saving u1 Spitzer frolic drowning in the sinibome 'River. Billie Carylc, a little five-year old Polish boy, was operated on with much difficulty and danger in a Win- nipeg hospital and a safety pin re- moved from his throat. Arrangements are being made for a street railway line from Calgary to the big military camp at the Sarcee reserve, where from 20;000 to 25,000 men will be quartered this spring and summer PERSONAL POINTERS. ONT i ' 10 WORKMEN'S' COMPENSATION ACT OVER 17,000 CASES SETTLED WITHOUT RESORT TO LAW. Experience of the Board After the First Year's fest. The reason for so many of the seri- ous accidents in Ontario factories is strikingly shown by the Workman's Compensation Board records, Twenty-one set screws which might have been easily countersunk for f7.35 caused an accident „burden of $5,619.39. Open gearing on machines wounded 66, killed 4 and crippled 87 wage earners, all within one year. Because workmen did not wear ap propriate footwear, 217 feet were severely burned. Protruding nails,l and brolcen glass and metal caused' 126 injuries. Two automatic locks on elevators would leave saved two lives and a compensation loss of over $6,000. One hundred and fifty pay chequee, t amounting on an average to $3,600' are posted daily from the offices of the Board to injured and disabled, workmen, or their widows and chil-i dren• Duriug 1915, a man aged 81. and two children aged 11 were hurt while at wr:rk and received their pay -1 monis under the law, An Illuminating Story, sty, but will be able to Ittaltttain fair standard of comfort; and hol their phlces as self-respecting citizens, CAMPHOR MADE FROM LEAVES; Recent Discoveries Prove of Great, Importance to lndio:try. Camper is a vegetable product. It is procured from a true called the Camphor Laurel, and although it can also be manufactm•edi from chemicals, this "artificial" camphor is produced' on such a small scale as not to be worth considering, The Camphor Lawrie l:: a tree of China, -Japan, Formosa, and Cochin- Chine, and it has also be extensive- ly planted in Java and the West In- dies. Hitherto the method of manufae- ' taring camphor has been as follows: The tree was cut down and the trunk sliced into chip., These chips' aro then placed in water and heated, when the vapor of camphor would rise with the steam which was then condensed In tho ordinary way; from • this camphor oil is obtained, which is extensively used to relieve the pain of rheumatism. But in this stage the Camphor itself k stili crude. In order to refine it the impure grains of camphor are placed with a small proportion of quicklime into a large glass vessel in • quantities of about ten pounds at a time. The Miele is then reheated. At' first the water rises i steam, and this is allowed to esca [e corm of TRAINING MULES FOR THE WORK OF THE ARMY' Tho picture shows Indian troops in Blesopotainlu training machine gun mules to cross streams. The Hath• aro persuading the mule to enter the water. t• - Co_-._,_,_.. by • -- - Dailyin .Ma P FO 1 " mazing moneyenalcing feats as these ALL TRAVEL BY AIR SOON. 'Such matters are mentioned in de at a small aperture. This aperture RUNrS ail in the sands] report of the then closed and the camphor passes l IN Mi, J. D. Rockefeller, whose mil- t h h Workmen's Come t B d 'i f p usa ion oar of , gout roma liquid to a solid and hundred m less than forty. years. Be- , QTS ons ave grown from five to five Ontario. They form one of the most i forms a semi -transparent cake, solid, 1tl1S�ti� illuminating stories to come from Gov-, ing all the impurities behind. ernmeut presses. Not only is an ac In this fo• rm received it may be seen m the chemists' shops and elsewhere, but it 'MILLIONS ARE MADE BY fployees, but the causes of accidents rom On, fivers and disbursed to em-; ;are laid bare sufficiently to prove that powdery crystals for the special con- GAMBLING. most of them can be avoided bY coin- venience of cbemists and others who mon eense and vigilance. In this con- wish to "make it u " nection, one of the most useful steps Now, this Some Instances of s sometimes sent out in the was the co-operation of manufactur, etre have method °J• cutting down the trees have many bi disad- tween 1890 and 1899 his fortune leap- ed from one hunderd to two hundred 1 and fifty millions, an average increase STOCK of over $10,000,000 every year, Early in the following year -1900 —he stated under oath that he owned Wonderful Advance in' Flying Since the War Began. The conquest of the air is the great- est material achievement in the world's history. With such amazing swiftness has the art' of flying ad- vanced during the last decade that in $S1,000,000in Standard Oil stock alone forecasting the near future the im- That stock advanced 400 points be- agrnation must be enlisted. It is not Money -Getting ,.ore the year closed, being then Valu- - say that m a few years the; That Read. Like Fairy led at nearly $900, its par value be- aeroplane will be as commonly used I I • as the -. r ANIMALS ARE j 41!!,T `''� SMART DETECTIVES s FOR EVERY SPORT AND� REC EAflo SOLD "RY ALL goon seem DeAt.en8 WORN BY MIRY m'ariw,t OF T1h9 FAMit�Y rom the � kk] a West NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HER BANKS AND BRAES. What Is Going On in the Highlands and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. Raymond will plant one of the biggest crops in its' history. The Calgary street railway shows a net profit of. $391.23 for 1916. An Irish battalion will probably be authorized toberaised in Saskatoon. A miles in he Alberta the other day toden- list. Calgary Council voted 1,500 to the Y.M.C,A., instead of $1,000 as last year. Some farmers in Southern Alberta had 200 acres seeded during the first week in April. The 51st Edmonton Battalion has wised 2,047 men since the authorize - n, Jan. 4, 1915. Saskatoon Fair Board intends to ake a grant this year for school hildren's gardens. George W. Young was committed for trial at Calgary on a charge of editions utterances. The Douglas block in Main street, oosejaw, is being changed into an rmory for the Frontiersmen. Te tax rate for R f 10 ill be 23.8 mills, as compared with ei•s with the Board in forming safety the ods 1sa - do asscciations. Seventeen such bodies vantages. It is, in first place, have been organized and received cumbersome and so expensive, Also, Tales. • i 1118 $100. Thus, in one year, Mr, automobile as now. In the m from the Board's funds over $24,000 lt is extremely wasteful, as it uses' I Rocl;efeller's Fortune had grown at the rapidity of lbs development, and in a ! c to pay the salaries and expenses of up the camphor forests very quickly; To the average man, who toils long rate .of more than $10,000,0(!0 afar more difficult field at that, the Y; hours for a few hundred dollars as the month. aeroplane has fairly run. away from inspectors, but the educative and pre- the tree, of course, is completely de- the automobile, - s This progress is largely the result - M f thewar. few years ago, a fl1 ht' volitive work accomplished outstrips the tad in the process. fruits of a year's labor, stories of; In this phenomenal year, it is said considerably any such sum. These For these reasons scientists have large fortunes made between break. -j twenty-three American millionaires ini;pecte!:S COrieentratB fhAi-- efforts long been busying themselves in at- i fast and luncheon must seem the ver- increased their capital by no less than o A g a upon a particular industry and are lest fairy tales," to be read. with; $300,000,000, half of which is credit across the English Channel was an directl; responsible to the associa- tempts to improve the process of 'smiles of incredulity. And yet aerate td to one of them, Mr. Rockefedder, amazing feat, the aeroplane was the w Regina or 19 tions of employers who have an tm- manufacture. And some starblingth resulted. . mon to o was actually y richer every c e gust of X4.7, the rate in existence last year mediate interest in keeping down rite discoveries haveltd a Atlantic such stories are too tom lwh tali $150,000,000 helpless victim of fickle loll revealed the d year dosedan when ieane. fi average of accidents A careful examinat 1 d provoke even a moments won Ivvhen the e th wind, while the fl Af y p tion of a the camphor oil was to be e L d A 07 y in a wood of the f which was originally drafted by Sir tree trunk, but also in their branches, +land of dollars who think nothing of Williern eleredith, after wide roves Indeed, very nearly twice as much adding a million to their pile fn a tployeon, it is apparent that few em -1 in few pleasant hours of speculation. plovers e ;orating under it would ac - in the proportionunkexists in the twigs as . Recently Mr. Joseph Headley, within cent a return of the vexatious and 1 ight of an hour with tet only one ear's o era fact th t r, says on on nswers. d a passenger aboard made a thriller . to the \ioakmen's Compensation Act found not only th are men by the score in the' for the headlines. The memorable trip Therecross the channel by Miss Tiara of riet Quimby, in 1912, the first Channel : o flight by a woman alone, has nob yet - va An Unerring Index to a Man's Na- been duplicated. . CHARACTER IN THUMBS ess than a decade ago," says th Senor Santos -Dumont the ai I « Brazilian ! aviator 53 pot forms are at The stupendous importance of this at the rate of $100,000 a minute dur- ance sent to the employee and his sur- discovery to the whole camphoric in- ing one frezied quarter -of -an -hour's goon to be filled in. It takes usually dustry throughout the world will at dealing in cotton, at a time of panic only from two to three days after the tothe leaves could be collected each short cotton crop. On the same 1s everything being viewed tween sunrise and sunset have travel- the employee,which ca � - o and so free from "red tape" have' It will be sufficient simply to wait ed his wonderful career as an office -A short, straight thumb shows ob- M. Santos -Dumont, "fear wind or As till the leaves fall to the ground of , boy, added $500,000 to his bank-bal- stinacy and driving power. If veryl weather. The modern machine can their own accord, and the labor of ance between luncheon and dinner by 'thick and heavy at the tip, a brutish, harvesting is then reduced to the mere selling cotton to alarmed speculators. sweeping up of the dead leaves and , During a recent boom on the New collecting them in carts to be taken to 1 York Stock Exchange, inaugurated by been the workings of the Act during 1915 that requests ,rave been receiv- ed from many employers to be includ- e ed inlhe Act, and those already affect- ed by its operations show a willing inclination to co-operate with the Board and its officers to the fullest extent. The Assessment Collected. duringthe year amounted to 81,539; 402, of which $1,186,221 was distri- beted, or will be, for accidents. A net balance remhins of $396,026, a large portion of which will be remitted to unreasoning disposition will be notic- ed. the camphor factories. ' the unexpected high dividends declar- t ed by the Union Pacific, and the Southern Pacific Railways, many men th SCIENCE FACTS. , to $2.500,000 in a single day's opera,- sp Bullets are called "haricot beans", tions. the front. ,Mr. Harriman is credited with. hay - at a ing won $2,000,000 in a few minutes; di One of the bells in a Paris cathe- ; Messrs. Gates, W. Rockefeller, H. H.1 the employers in lessened rates during drill weighs twenty tons and lbs ac - i Rogers, and Stillman cleared sums the present year. There were 14,750 cessories add another ten tons, he employers contributing to the accident Carbons for lights and electro- ranging up to $2,500,000; and Mn cu fund but not individually liable, and- Abraham White, a well-known broker, r 1,262 employers liable for payment of. chemical purposes are being made nee able, out of the fruits of a few compensation fixed by the Board and from tar by a new Swedish process. 17iours' gambling, to make a birthday m yet not contributing to the accident Adding a few drops of cedar oil tbr gasoline will lessen the odor of ay house ist fund. The latter class includes such g e present to his wife of a holiday brave any gale, and fly through ' a storm of any velocity. It can travel over mountains, forests and seas, The A short thumb, tapering at the tip, atmosphere is its ocean, and its ports enotes an inconstant, changeable na- are everywhere." ore, particularly in matters of the Claude Grahame -White predicts that aTectians.. A man with a tapering in 20 years giant aeroplanes making mb cannot concentrate, is unpunet-; 200 miles an hour will speed from a1, and unable to work, except in New York to London in 15 hours. The arts, ij next step will be around -the -world If the thumb lie close to the hand, 1 t fps by air. While all this is de - cautious, timid, mean nature is in -!.eloping, the local uses of the sero- cated. e , i: plane will increase correspondingly. If the thumb curve outwards at Far-seeing automobile makers will tip, adaptability to people and cit -i soon be turning to the aeroplane, one instances is shown accompanied by' of the largest concerns having already atural politeness, and a tendency to'purchased a trying -out ground for alto compliments. The owner is flying machines. Travel in the future ad -minded, a good conversational_el is to be through the air. , impulsive, generous, and easy- ina, i made fortunes ranging from $500,000 u u th n the Atlantic coast, which had cost so toes. Paris plans bo obtain 300,000 ale Undoubtedly, one of the most valu- trical horse power by damming th able results of the year's experience consists, in the information gained as River Rhone at a point 300 miles fro • to the causes of accidents, and how simply many of theta may be prevent- ed. For instance, set strews to the number of 21 were responsible for an accident burden of $5,619.89. The 21 set screws might have been counter- sunk for about $7.35, a safety in- vesttnent which would have paid a dividend of 7(35 per cent. and which would have preserved three • lives. Open gearing wounded 66, killed 4, and crippled 37 wage earners. An expense of a few cents in each case • for box covering 'w'ould have been MAJOR AT 19 YEARS. sufficient. The .rearing of goggles bodies as railways and municipal- latter when used for cleanin • e i • o ars lase owner $750,000. c- Made in One Deal. el m Nor are such feats of rapid gold - lace t t Long y g Com- modore Vanderbilt netted five mil- lion dollars h Wall Street. In speculations extending over a few months some enormous fortunes have been realised. By controlling the wheat supply E. P. Hutchinson, he e city. When a door knob is turned a new burglar alarm rings an electric bell and flashes a light in any desired dir- ectton, A portable but very powerful hy- draulic press has been invented for 1, bending large pipes to any desired" curve without injury. 1' 4 IS LA7I Tnteresting Notes About Well Known Men and Women. Prince Henry of Prussia is one of the most skilful fencers in Germany. "Coffees ;biscuits, and a Mile" is breakfast menu of Sir Douglas g. ord Lonsdale is one of many who eve that the war will be o%el. in ust. • the LIVE• Hai If the curve be very marked, and they -- L whole, thumb stands away from the Sits on -a Limb and Waits until Food belt hand, extravagance and want of prin-' Comes to Hint Aug winning by any means a monopoly of ciple in money mattersl Pound n times. ears ago - ton oars y a single shrewd deal in Harlem Railway Stock; and Jay Gould, in one of his many meteoric speculations, once made $4,000,000 clear profit in five minutes in • "ICING GEORGE'S KEYS!" Quaint Ceremony Gone Through in Tower of�Londonn Nightly,. Some few Minutes before eleven o'clock the yeoman warder on duty calls to the main guard for the "escort of. the keys.' The main guard immediately turn out under charge of an officer, and on their approach the sentry challenges, "Who comes there?" The yeoman warder answero, "Keys." The sentry again challenges, -"Whose keys?" and the warder replies, "King George's keys.' • The sentry then calls out, "Advance, Icing George's keys! Guard, turn Dull" The officer of the guard then gives the command, "Guard, present arms!" and the warder advances, and, stand- in front of the guard, holds tip the Ireys in his hand, and culls out, "God h preserve King George!" to which the; guard respond with a volley of 1 t "Amen" The yeoman warder titch procleeds to the Governor's house, and t:heee de- I1 o t'� s t,> the ke s P i, Y tvil be , accompanied by boasting, a desire to' "show off," and vain pride in any able.: hies or. accomplishments which may be possessed, The nature is also highly impulsive, erratic, and careless.' costing altogether $150 might have Youngest Officer of that Rank in saved 38 permanent injuries to eyes the British Army. and 842,846,50 in compensation, t The seriousness of the situation When the war tar with which the Board is called to deal t+ ted, Henry old, af- may be gauged from tha fact that of fevenl .thes.rvice cayears of - may cases its which cornponsation a ed his services and was rejected, was called for, 8,544 .were far , tern- says a London despatch. He persist- nor•aiv disability, 1,084 permanent an ed and the officers stretched ' t tl and a e a porn d admitted him. In school at Haj - 251 oaths, The latter eases are easily disposed of, the law providing for a pension of $20 a month to, the widow and $5 a month for each child leybury, England, he had been amem-i bar of the branch of the officers' raider 16 years of training corps and after a war office) age, but le leo examination he was gazetted a sac - case exceeding 55 Per cent, of the wages of the workman while livin ond lieutenant, and when he was sI If nit invalid husband survives he made captain in lune last he was pro- t•eceivos the same compensatio!r as bably the youngest officer of that the widow, Other dependents are al, rank, ranged for on an equitable basis, At Loos his regiment sa While -the "be!lefitg l.unirer the Act fighting and after the u severs aro not'sufficiently high to invite action, Captatn earolessness, they guctrantet to a rear, -!Pattinson was the savior surviving of otttible extent that those workmen in over •10,000 cstablishmonts of Ontario who are laid aside through the Ordin- ary risks 6'f their employment shall nut begone charges on their Commun- freer,' Until a new Colonel Was ap- pointed he was in charge of the regi- ment, Now he has been gazetted major, He has served udder five commanding officers. • 1888, was able to unload 10,000,000 bushels at the average profit of $1.75 a bushel, thus adding $17,500,000 to his already colossal pile of gold. At a time of frenzied speculation in the Chicago wheat pit, a few years ago, Mr. James Patten made $800,000 pro- fit on a single deal in five million bushel of maize; and -before he emerged from his "corner" his "spoil" had risen to $2,000,000, But few peculators have had each consistent good luck an Mr. J, R. Keene, known to fame as "The King of the Bears," who alter clearing $1.,500,- 000 by his clever handling of Brooklyn Rapid Transit stock, made in rapid sequence the • following sums by mani- pulating other stocks, froth National Cordage to Northern Pacific , $4,000,- (100; $2,000,000; 83,000,000,' and $2,- 500,000. $10,000,000 a M611th. There it, however, one man „whe eat afford to smile even at such a- Laziest of birds, he is. He sleep all day, and instead of flying abou in seach of food, he sits still on limb and literally waits for the in sects to come and feed him, Be' such a sound sleeper that you ca knock him off his perch with a club and he'll net wake up. He ithe islands 'of the Indian Ocean a Austrialia, and he's called the frog mouth, He's about the size o1 the whip poorwill and gets his name from hi wide mouth, which also serves as hi insect trap. Too lazy .to fly for hi food, lik other birds, he crawls alon the limb of a tree, Opening his wit mouth and snapping it shut, catching what flies and gnats come within hi range. t night he's found perched with his mate on the roofs of houses, on ences or stumps. Only after the su1 oes down. does he show any incline.- tion to move about. A11 day he sits eet glued to the limb of a gum tree, ndifferent to rain tropical 500 on ie call of the woods, Not Thirty Cents. Mrs, T,—"How dogs my new spring at look, Tom ?" p S Thomas --"Um! It looks' to ne like wo Weeids' salary," The Queen of Sweden has visited s the German Empress three times since t the outbreak of war. Lord Derby's signature is just now s more in demand among autograph - hunters than that of any ether peer. Me, Patrick McGill, the soldier traordinary intelligence in India when SOME DOGS SHOW REMARKABLE INTELLIGENCE. k'aur-footed "Policemen" -Who Hare Cleverly Aided the Cause of Justice. Many a criminal bas cursed' the fact that lie overlooked the dog belonging , to some unfortunate individual he had attacked, but the Vienna police pos- sessed a collie which was successful in unravelling several mysteries. He tracked the murderers of a boy and a servant -girl, whose whereabouts were unknown, and on another occa- sion he discovered the body of a woman who had been missing for a week• Left in her room for three days, a was released, and then went direct to a river, plunged in, and brought her body ashore. It was a c�log,,, too, that brought some Spanish murderers bo justice. His master was killed in a quarrel, and his body buried, but the dog suc- ceeded in gseaping from the criminals. It went ,tb' his house, and by barking before the eldest son, and; running to the door, succeeded in rousing 'his curiosity. • The son followed the dog to be newly -dug grave, where it began scratching; and the body being discov- ered, the police were informed. After this had' been done, the dog continued barking as before, and was not satis- fied until it was again followed. Then, leading the way to a cafe, it sprang at a man who Iater confessed to the mur- der. Concealed in a Coffin. Sometimes a dog is the unwitting cause of bringing a criminal to jus- tice, Some time ago txtensive poach- ing occurred on one of the American State reservations, but the game war- dens were unable to catch the delin- quents. After an unsuccessful day, a warden, accompanied by his dog, passed along a station where a small crowd was waiting for the train. A coffin was lying on the platform, and bhe dog immediately approached it, and.pointed. His master consider- ed this rather unusual, and his suspi- cions were aroused when the man ac- companying the coffin showed signs of confusion. His replies to the questions concerning the identity of the body, and parbiculars of the death, were so unsatisfactory that the coffin was opened, and found to be paced with partridges. One day the Paris police were over- joyed at laying their hands on a noted coiner, for whom they had been hunt- ing, but they were unable to find his address. Fortunately, he had a dog with him when arrested. This was let loose in the streets, and the detectives followed the animal to its home, where a large collection of spurious coin and a complete counterfeiting plant were found. A Woman was murdered at Lyons, and on top of a cupboard crouched a cat, its eyes staring in terror, which' no persuasion could move. Suspicions were directed to certain persons, who were confronted with the cat, which arched its back, spitting and growl- ing. Both turned pale, and one attempt- ed to strike the animal, which fled with a yell of terror. Circumstantial evidence was also strong, arid a con- fession followed conviction, though, without the cat, they might have gone free. Condemned by an Ape. An ape once identified bhe murderer of its master in the same manner. It was the•only witness of the crime, and was being fed when it was enacted. Clues were few, and no one was strongly suspected; but one day a certain man passed the animal, which threw itself against its cage, and showed most intense rage so long as lie was in sight. Suspicions were aroused, the clue was followed up, and -a strong chairs of • circumstantial evidence adduced, the ape being produced in court at the trial, giving evidence by its actions. Three monkeys showed the most ex - poet and writer and former navvy, their master was murdered, because inhabi has composed' part of a new hook in he refused to give up a goat he had the trenches. with him. One seized •bhe goatskin— The British Prime Minister's house- the goat being killed and skinned to hold accounts ale scaled monthly, provide a meal -and tools it away Mr. Balfour's weekly, and Lord Lans- unnoticed, a second remained near the s la grave in which the body of their, master was hastily buried, while the third went into the village, and at- tracted the attention of the headman, Its signs were unmistakable, so he followed it t'o the jungle, where two of them began tearing up the earth. steel himself in the condition of The body being found, all three mou- Spanish' prisonerst and has been Visite if keys then proceeded. to the hat ofthet. ing the chief penal establishments in man who ed done the decd and at - his realms. tacked him booth and nnii.—London The Prince of Wales occupies a Answers. lower military rank then any other 3• Royalty serving in the war, Iris Amphibious h. cl'ilfislr, Royal Highness has repeaterly reins - In Jamie devilfish weighing up to V veld e, wife of the f m t a ors ilei These fish are am hibious• they Yaao gian Socialist orator, A Belgian en- often seen wobbling tering a street ear in I3russels ha e i one thhm•tentacles pp n i,l ke giant optders; in search of patches ed to tread on the toe of a German of sweet potatoes. The natives kill officer, and profusely apologised, The them with clubs In the water th officer s c wises quattel•ly, The Grand Duchess Geor.'ge of Rue- 8sia since the outbreak of war has g knitteci('thirty-five pairs of seeks and le twenty',pairs of mittens for the Bus- s shin Amy. The 'King of Spain has lately inter - Am man -- a seldom thinks how hard he as to work for his nonoy until his tie asks for a little of 10. ed to accept promotion. A good &tory is being told by Mme: 200 pounds fire sometimes caught, andel• eld g , not to be outdone, offered to are caught in 'ars lowered • they let 'the Bel iat g e wsred to then trot- S vacs • first, Noy tom, which the octopus enters, thin9p- aro," replied the latter, "you go first; ing them n good retreat from which I'm at Monte.' ito catch his food.