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renieed for '131111apeatat1) ifllugu
system 'of n ova 110 tribe tioe
, 111 ,r."Ye11 there seems to be greal!
oibI1i11 es, particularly le 0100- of
The remarkable InventiOn in ll'af oIil
mailey of Mr. CrIndell 'Matthews,
V ho 1130 be'en detnenstrating.how easiY
It, is to telephone witheut, the use
el' wIrea, Ma Matthews, with the aid
of hie lipparatus, '‘vhielt consists
solely of a small box, contalaing the
ttarY, motor, and transferntar,
atiab '000 eaSilY be carried about and
that enable 'every man, it be wiehes,
,to have hit own telephone -with him,
'hes managed to speak 'clearly and
distinctly • by his system of wireless
<telephony over a distance at six inlets.
Shortly he hopes to, spealo over flatY
mile& and as time goes on and he
Improves his invention, he 11 005 not
vee why the distance should have any
limit,.
The vOice tra.Vels through the air'
rippling waves, and what Mr, Mat-
thewe has achieved is the control or
the direetion of the waves by, Means
of electricity, so that theyare at -
t , racted by tbe reeeivitg machine'
wherever it may be. .
All the City, Listens.
Afeong the People most intereeted,
In this invention are the newspaper
proprietors of Budapest, who some
time ago adopted a unique device
which spreads the 'latest local and
foreiv,a news throughout the oity in
leas than ten minutes alter Coe central
-news off:co has received the In-
Torreation.
The instrument of dispatch is
cafied the "talking newspaper," and
lt Is neleber a public phonograph nor
*a news saect hurriedly distributed.
ft ia a sort of telephonic news service,
and la the only thing or its itind in
the world. 'Working In conneetion
with the associated -newspapers of the
city, .0 central office has been es-
tablished, which is the core of the
auricles system. At the first hint or
lieWS coming in over the telephone
instrinnent to any or all of the news -
ironer effices. the; central telephone
office is called, and whatever ahe news
Is, from far or near, the .bureau is
•Mhlsed of it in full.
The bureau egent then 'rings, kis
tsiaeal calls to his special news tele -
Phone at the same instant every sub-
soriber in Budapest. After a reason-
ably long Interval, long enough to
allow eubscribers to get to their re-
eeivers. the despatch is slowly and
aletinetly read at the central office.
nna eabscribers all over the city stand
liatening to the same voice. Atter
the new is read it is once repeated
for .the benefit of those who may not
Stave clearly understood the first time
or who may have been delayed in
anewering the signal.
On Laziness.
Dr. Charles A. Eaton said in the
:0011 MO of att after-dinner speech In
Cleveland:—
"Laziness is responsible for beo
much of the misery we see about us.
It Is all very well to blame alcohol
for this misery, to blame oppression
end injustiee; but to what heights
might we not. all have climbed but tor
our Laziness?"
tio paused and smiled.
"We are too Mach like the super -
mune -Noy In the drama," he went on,
"who had to enter from the right and
'Say, 'My lord, the carriage waits.'
"'Look here, super,' said the stage -
manager one night, 'I want you to
tome on from the left instead of the
!right after thls, and I want you to
transpose your speech. Make it run
hereefter, "The carriage waits, my
tord."
"The super pressed his hand to his
"'More study! More study!' he
,groaned."
Witli ft Moral
'The Chamber of Commerce of Ito-
cltester, NT, is circulating booklets
to 511010 the community the 1080
-through preventable fires and the
'need of individual fire protection. The
ettereased use of gasonne makes edu-
antion ou its handling very Bluely.
Roca is an illustration front One of
these bootlets: •
"A woman poured a quart of gasos
!line iu the in•arble wash bowl of the
toilet room, and placed a silk waist
in it. She closed the aoor and return -
,ed 111 ten minutes. She rebbcd the
ailk between her banns. This gen-
-erated sufficient electricity to make a
-spark. The gasolineexploded, the
bouee berned, and the woman lost her
ann."
;Arvid Bricks: ci.avni o aidustry
1 The, militate 51 blinding beicke by
era:et...Mg together milk of lime and
ten or twelve times its volume of
ouaree sand is a twentieth century
antuetry, says a Scientist. Be -
;gaming with the production of a
'few thousand bricks in 1101 at MIchl-
-gan City, Ted., 11 1155 developed rapidly
• in the United Sttler., and the proluct
seems to have stood the tests of the
laboratory and actual use.
COST OF AllIKIRCA'S DISCOVERY
Lees Thine $8,000 Wee Expanded by
Columbus on His Great Voyage
to this Continent.
This is rather a difficult thing to
ascertain, but some deductions have
been made and eeme eonclustons ar-
rived at, Profestor Regosays that
the cost of the first fleet of, Columbus
was 1,140,000 maraveals., The value
of a maravedi was aboet 0 of a Celli
in modern money. The contribution,
therefore, that woe made by Queen
Isabella ,was aboet $7296.00, without
Laking Into consideratIou the higher
purchasing power and morsey in
these days. The city of Pales. Spain,
also had to furnish out of its own
means two small Ships mannea for
12 months. The cost to tne State,
therefore, of the journey Of discovery
Was not more than $7,500,00, about
the price of a modern first.class auto-.
mobile. Of this sum the admiral re-
ceived the sum of $320, the captains
$182 each, the pilots $128 each, and
a physician $38.50. The sailors' re-
ceived for the necessaries of life each
mouth about $245• Not a very ex-
pensive trip considering the value of
the discovery'.
Making Bad Worse
A clergyman was severely repri-
nutuding a man for regularly going
to sleep every Sunday afternoon when
he (Lite clergyrnan) preached.
"Well, sir," said the man, "I don't
think 115 your sermon sends mo to
sleep. If you notice, I'm asleep be-
fore you start to .preach. The face is,
sir, I haeo been in the habit of taking
a nap at about that hour of the day
for years, and now I can't get out of
it." •
'Xis a very bad liable" remarked
the clergyman, though somewhat
mollified at the thought that Iris
preening wasn't the cause of the
man's somnolence; "and, apart from
its being very improper behaviour in
church I -should think It must in-
terfere with your Sundae' 'night's
rest."
"No, sir, it doesn't — thanks to
you," replied the man.
"Thanks to me! What do you
mean?" inquired the astonished cler-
Umtata
"Why, sir, my son is learning short-
hand, so, for practice, he always takes
down your sermon, and when I am
in bed he begins to read It to me. and
I drops off to sleep in no time!"
The clergyman's feelings citn better
be imagined than described.
.Ctirk /Slime for a Novel Purpose
'carts plugs are utilized in a cotton
gin roller. Tho roller has a nernber
e radlel recesses, and the plugs of
cork are fitted in the recesses and
project beyond the surface of the
Teller, The cork plugs are described
ley , a writer as constituting the
' ,operatIon friction surfeee of the roll-
eur, and the ootestruction is inexpensive
sto manufacture and is otherwise ad-
vantagcoes, since -the cork plugs- being
'fitted eo the recesses, may be readily
reencwed When worn or damaged.
Weston: "Did you congra.tulate
"ilerensou on his marriage?"
Preston: "I couldnet — I don't
tattow his wife'?
Weston: "Then you might aave
vashed her Isappinees."
'Preston: "I couldn't do that.
Be Rind to the Eyes
When we go to an art gallery and
think we axe tiredfrom so much
walking we are mentally tired, end,
our eyes are tired from being kept
in a strained position. The greatest
danger to the adult eye comes from
overstraining and overtaxing' and
continu•ed use of the eyes without
change of position or focus.
Our eyes ere always working, and
how often does it otecur to us to give
them Test? We may be merely think-
ing, and our thoughta are miles away
but in the meantime our eyes are
wandering and uaconsciously taking
in the scenes around. The eyes should
be closed occasionally for rest. When
tired and worn out, close the eyes a4
few moments, and eee how 'rested you
will feel.
Racehorse for Fifty Cents
One has often heard of horses
being sold for what is termed a "mere
song" and afterwards turning out
useful (says a writer in "Horse and
Hound"), but It is certain that no
animal to win a nate ever changed
hands for so little as Sugar Loaf.
She was acteally sortie weeks shies
sold to Mr. Arthur Evans for 48 cents,
but after She daughter of Wolf's Ging
had easily won the Monument Plate
at Greatararmouth (England) recent-
ly, Mr. Evans bought her in for $750.
The filly was virtually a gift to Mr.
Evans, and the two "bob!' paid was
more or less a joke, but there It
standee as anoeher record for 0 bow -
priced racer!
The Grotesque Penguin
Of all the foreign birds to be seen
In zoological collections, it is the pen-
guins that gain the most popularity
with the least etterapt to do so; they
do not affably converse with the
public like parrots, or snake grotesque
grimaces like pelicans; indeed, they
stuaiouely ignore the visitors, wheat
they attract by their inimitably quaint
caricature Of humanity. No birds de-
part more in form frpm the usual
bird -type, and there Is something
about thett which irresistibly sug-
gests an over -fed 11,ttle boy in au over-
coat with the sleeves very .much too
bight for him, as they toddle about
with their stiff wings hangiug down,
or solemnly meditate a three-inch
Jump.
WHAT AlteleA CA 14.1CN S
. ---
First People, 'Who, Originally Castile
front tertuice, ,10 Settle in
Nova Scotia.'
111 11:13 Isaac do Rozolly and
Chorulsvy brought tome annilles
from France to Nova Scotia. This
30105 the fere successful iatempt at
colonizatioe in this country.
Tlaeso families were the pro-
genetors of the Acadean race,
bruised Lo the rigors of the severe
coast, climate, but thewere per-
severing and indestrioes, and S0011
reclaimed irom the sea a velar fere. e
valley. French exiles from the -pro-
vince of Acades in France, they multi-
plied -until they seen peopled the
valley from Poet Royal to Pezquse.
They spread also arouna the Bay ot
Funday. In this race, whoee romantic
nature furnishes the theme for Long -
fellow's Evangeline, we find the seat
of •the French war — a war upon
melee lines. The struggles of the
Academie forms the 11105t, strikeug'
period at Neve, Sootian hisfiory.
Sleep Due to Poisoning.
Considerable discussion has arisen
in scientific circles aver the ex-
periments of MM. Legendre and
Pieron in Paris, who have diScoveaed
that the real reason why we go to
eleee is because our .brain leis been
actually poison -ed. Sleep, they de-
clare, is produced through a morbid
change in the' cells of bhe frontal lobe
or the brain. They discoveeecl e dog
that died of insomnia, und lajected
settle of the serum, of its brain Into
another dog, thereby causing it to fall
into a deep sleep from which it eub-
eeeuently awakened in a perfectly
healthy condition. Froui this and
similar eeperimente they assert that
sleep is due to a natural poieon, The
poison of &leen, they contend, is, in
feet, an antidote for the poisons that
'are the by-products or every mental
and physlcal action of our lives, and -
we awake from *Mee when it has
cleanse dour higher nervous centres
Of the poisons that our daily toil has
produced.
EXPERIENCE wurn SMUGGLERS
Officer Captured 100,000 Cigars
The Greatest Man of All
A masa vele) lias m.afte a happy home
for his wife and children, no matter
what he has not clone hi the way of
achieving wealth and 1101303'; if he has
clon0 that, he is a grand suecess, If
he hes not done that, and it is his
own fault, though he be the higheet
in the land, he le a most pithsble
all tem.
We wonder how many 01001In a
mad pursuit of gold, which character-
izes the age,. realize that there is no
fortune which Can be left, to their
families as great as the memory of a
happy home.
Who is Hansardl
'Webster's dictionary says Tiaasard
is an oefieial report Of the proceedinge
of the British parliament, so called
from the name of the publishers, In
Canada also, Hansard Is the official
report of proceedinaa m parliamentary
sessions. When you heard speakers
referring to alansard they had re-
ference to the offielal repert of de-
bates; etc., en the floor of the 110050.
SolinnY (aged Eive)--"marema,
wish I had a little sister,"
Mantrna---"Wity do you wien that,
eater?" 1
.Tehnny---" 'Cause Vra tieed of twa-
in.' the cat?'
In his experiences In getting after
the tobacco -smugglers Donohue, a re-
cently deceased member of the cus-
toms service it New York, had a nein-
bet of narrow escapes from death.
One, whtch was particulalry danger-
ous and was an excellent example of
the man's fearlessuess, occurred In
1882. There was one ship plying be-
tween Cuba and New York which
Donohue suspected. One day it ar-
rived on a regular trip and the de-
tective boarded her. The customs man
kaew every place on a ship where
contraband stuff 'could be hidden, but
after a thorough search, he found
nothing.
But Donohue was sure that there
were 100,000 cigars on that vessel and
he was determined to locate them,
Finally he noticed that although the
firemen were free to go ashore, many
of them were still on the ship, ap-
parently enjoying his disconifiture.
Then Donohue had an idea. He pro-
cured a lantern and a hammer and
mole his way to the boller-room,
tapping each boiler with the hammer.
One sounded differently rrons the rest
and he ordered the circular cover,
about the size of an ordinary can -
hole, removed.
There was Et moment's hesitation,
but the ,order was fulfilled end Dono-
hue went down in the big iron cavern.
There heaped at one side he found the
100,000 cigars. But while he was be-
low some one clapped down the iron
cover and the inspector seas trapped.
He yelled and pounded, but all In
vain. Then his lantern went out.
The detective remained tbere for
several hours until a watchman, hear-
ing the hammering, released him.
III INCH Elna t.'tTTibill TBE
----
Iiing Is Always, when outside Loittion,
eccoropanied by Menthe]. of
the Cabinet.
When the , King goes abratta, or
stays for July length of ame, outside
the capital, he is accompanied by a
Minister in, attendance The positiou
Is supposed to be filled by each mem-
ber of the Cabinet In turn, the period
of duty varying from -a wool( to 0
fortnight, Err even a. month, In actual
'practice only two or three Ministers
are called upon Lo be in attendance
upon the King, and the duratioa of
their visits depends in great meeeure
'upon their personal popnlarity.
The late laing Edward frequeetly
dispensed with, t be service ot a
Minister when he went abroad, and
the old "ceetem of having' a member
of the Cabinet at Windsor. when the
Court went there does not .now pre-
vall.1nel:hese' advanced (1101143 of telee
graphs .and telephones, motor -ears,
and other Methods of rapid inter-
communieation it is not a•atidered
necessary that a responsible Mintseer
of the Crown should leave hie andel
eluties for so lengtty a perioe. .
Conteulsoffy, Dinner.
Tlie • duties se a . Minister in at-
tendance are not arduous, except at
times when the political horizon is
clouded, or when this country is en-
gaged la" WELT.' Wteti things are
normel — that 18 to say, dull — the
Minister has little to do but erlioY
himself, and nowadays every facility
is given for his doing so after his
own particular fashion. Breakfast Is
served in his private sitting -room, if
he so desires IL, or he joins the gentle-
men of . the Court.
Luncheon, too, is a meal at svhieh
the attendance of the Minister is op-
tional, When the King is out shoot-
ing', or fishing — ana scarcely a day
passes but sees him engaged 'in one
or 'other of these eports — lunebeon
is taken, of course, in the open; and
if the Minister happens to be a
sportsman, he is naturalla invited to
10111 the Royal party. '
Tile Minister's presence at dinner
Is, however, insisted upon, and he is
required to be present in the dra,wing-
room afterwards. Queen Victoria
used to go through official documents
with her Ministers twice a day — in
Ole morning and after dinner. King
Edeverd, who was exceedingly rne-
thodMal, devoted the first part of the
morning to. official .business, and un-
less despatches received during the
day were specially urgent .they were
not submitted and discussed until the
following morning. , .
King George is equally methodical.
His Majesty Is an early riser and is
often at work at half -past nine. The
Ring expects all documents to be
ready for him, and business is there -
fare got through very expeditiously,
and no time Is "cut to waste." Unless
any matter of urgency should de-
mand attention business is then dis-
missed for the day, the eeenings being
devoted to amusement and general
conversation.
All official despatches are opened
by the Minister, who masters their
contents and makes Buell notes as
may be neoessary before submitting
them to the King. If His Majesty
approves ot the manner in which it
Is suggested they should be dealt with
replies are dictated to the private se-
cretaries, of whom there are usually
tsvo. In the event of tbe King de-
siring information on any subject it
is the duty of the Minister to obtain
It.
New Life Preserver.
Recent consular reports describe a
new form of life preeerver, which it
is proposed to introduce Into the Ger-
man Navy. It coneists of two swim-
ming cushions bound together by
straps tend arranged to lie upon the
breast and back. The novel feature
of the apparatus is au electric lamp,
which is worn on the forebead. The
lamp burns three or four hours, and
is provided Nall a reflector; which
throws Its light for distance of
several hundred yards at night, The
life preserver can be buckled on la
five seconds.
Woman Again
"I tell you you can't beat my wife
for presence of mind," said the man
at tIle' club, proudly. "Liston to raft.
One -day last week an old gossip of
our neighbourhood called, and I left
her and wifie alone in the parlour.
"An hour later, haying the impres-
sion that our caller had departed, I
bounced into the room with, 'So the
'old cat has gone, eh?' Well, as I
lifted MY eyes, there was the woman
herself in front of me. But my wife
-- bless her was tnere with the
goods.
"'Yee, dear,' she said, calmly, 'I
out it to the cats' home in a basket
first thlug this morning.""
Custom House Officer. -- "Madam,
have you anything dutiable to de-
clare?"
Madam. -- "No, my trunk contains
simply wearing apparel."
Officer (after examination of said
trunk) — "What do you' call these
six bottles of whisky?"
Madam. — "Oh, those are night-.
caps.
"Poor old Proilessor Dreamer went
home the other night, and he knew
there was something he wanted to do,
but he couldn't think what it was."
"Amd 1114110 110 remember it at all?"
011 yes; after thinking about twe
hours he realised that he had wanted
to go to bed early."
Caesar on landing in Africa happen-
ed to fall upon, his face. To him this
waled have been' an unluclty augury
Cigarette Paper
It is not generally know that French
manufacturers of 'cigarette paper now
practically supply the entire world,
the output of Austria and Italy being
Insignificant. There is probably not
more than one person In a hundred
who Itnows that rice paper, in which
the tobacco Is wrapped, has nothing
to do with rice, but is made from the
membranes of the bread -fruit tree, or,
more commonly, of fine new trim-
mings of flax and hemp. So light is
this paper that five hundred of the
tiny sheets only weigh an ounce.
Too Much Small Shot
The Smart Man -burst into the room.
"Heard the news about Dickenson
getting shot?" he roared, rod with
excitement.
Club members dropped their papers
and sprang suddenly to life.
"No!" they cried. "When?"
"'Bout half -an -hour ago!" gasped
the Smart Man. "I was Macre and
saw it!"
"Where did he get shot?" broke in
another. "Down at the tronmonger's!"
chuckled the Stuart Man, stepping into
the best chair. "He bought two
pounds of it!"
' WHEN LINCOLN- WAS-441K—T,
Booth, Toilet; Advantage of 'Guard's
Temporary Neglect, Beetled
Through Gm Box Entraece end
Accompli_shed 1143 Deed.
Wben Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln and
their peaty sat (101.0II 111 their box al
Ford's Theatre the fateful night ale
Preeident was shot, the guard who
was acting- as suhstitu-te for Col. Mc-
Cook, Wok hie position at tbe rear 00
the box, close to an entrance towline \
into the hex from the drees, circle of
the theatre. His coders were to
setae there, tally tinned, and to per,
mit no unaUthorized person to pass
Into' the box. orders were to
stand there and protect the President
at all hazards. Frotn the spot where
he wet thus stationed, this guard
could not eee the stage or the actors;
but he could hear the words the mit-
ers spoke, meet he became so interest-
ed in them that, incredible as it may
seem., he quietly deserted les blest of
duty, and, walking down the dimly
lighted aisle, deliberately took a Seat
in the lest row of the dress circle.
et Wee while the President was thus
-lb:whitely unprotected through this
guard's aanfteing recklessness—to use
no stronger words—that Booth rush-
ed through the entrance to the box,
eta cleserted by the guard, and TLC-
00111p1isiled 114S foul deed; Realiza-
tion of his part in the assassination
preyed upon the mind of the guard
'het he finally died as a result of
It.
CHINAMAN'S CIIRIOIJS MIST:SEE
In Chine.se etiquette the
rank of the caller is denoted by the
sive of his curd. Thus the visiting -
card of a high mandarin would be
an immenee roll of paper, neatly tied
A gentleman who has travelled in
China brought home a Chinese scr-
vent, and his wife soon after belcl
"reception." John Chineman attend-
ed the door, and received with great
disgust the small paste -boards of the
visitors. Evidently with an opinion
of his own of the low condition ot his
mistress's friends, he pitched the
cards Into a \basket and with scant
covemony showed their owners into
the drawing-roone
But presently Jim gas-inan called
with a bill—a big piece of cream-
coloured paper. The "card" satisfied
John. With deeP reverence he re-
ceived it. With low salaams he ush-
ered the bearer not only into the
drawing -room, but with profound
bowings, to the dismay of the gas-
man and horror of the hostest, right
up to the centre of the room, where
the lady was receiving her distin-
guished guests; and then John, with
another humble reverence, meekly
retired, doubtless supposing that the
owner of the card was a person of
very high distinction.
All He Said.
A Chinaman was called as a
ness in the police court of Los An-
geles in the case of a driver who had
run over a dog. The judge asked
him what time it was when he saw
the man run over the dog.
"Me no sabe," replied the witness.
"I say," repeated the judge, "what
time was it when you saw the mart
run over the dog?"
"Me no sabe," repeated John, smil-
ing blankly.
"We shall have to have an inte.r-
preter," commented his honour, as he
realised that the witness did not mi-
trerstand English; and accordingly
enother Chinaman was hailed into
sourt to act as interpreter. "Ask the
witness," commanded the judge,
"when be saw this man run over the
log."
The interpreter turned to his fel-
ow countryman and said, "We chung
lo, ho me choo hong wow, e -ho me no
show nee, too know so-roo blag gong
tong ylt ben."
To Which the witness replied,
'Wong lin kee, wo hoo, wing thong
lung yrie lee, kin sing, elloy yoke
mey ying lnng ding wale sling suey
way tan ylck ling toy bing coey bow
Ism pc) long po gou hung tnow kim
suong quen lee chow yo ben tong."
Me Interpreter then turned to the
ledge and said, "Him say, 'Two
'clock"
What the Butcher Missed
"Sorry, eir," telephoned dm butcber,
"but we are out of sirloin, Why
don't your wife order you a round?"
"What's that?" expeocled Harker at
Ole other end of the line.
"I say, Why don't your wife order
you a roundee
"Why dont' my wife order mel
around? Man, that is all ahe doeta
from. morning MIMI night! If you
were nearer I'd—" But the &insetted
but her had hung up the receiver.
Heat Goes Upward.
Phe upper part of a room heated
by a furnace is ailways hotter than
the floor. The difference is not
uniform amount, but varies with the,
temperature cestsitle, the colder
weather molding a greater difference
between the floor and ceiiing tem-
perature. Tou may have five, ten or
even twenty degrees difference be-
tween the floor and the ceiling.
Yery Adaptable.
"The automobile Is a great insti-
'anion "
"For Instance?"
"You can, n it as you 51155
01 friend, and crawl under it when al
creditor heaves into sight."
bad he not tran.sCormed it into a ,yin-' - ' The leaden heart easily learns how;
bolical act by exclaiming as he touch- \ to' praise the golden rule. 'in silvery!
ed dhe greund: "I stake possessio•n of tenet. • •
thee, Airioa.
ILLIISTRATION OF PUBLIC OWN-
THU, Uniited States Government iti
Running Department Stores, Ho-
tels' and a Steaneship Line
' in I'ananta.
The IThlied. States government, as
e'verybccly knows, is engaged In
building as a public enterprise, a
eanal acrosa the Isthmus of Papama,.
What the world does not generally
enderstand is that as part of this
operation the 'government is also
running lines of railway, a depart-
mental store, hatels end a steamship
line. At this government „depart-
mental 'store it, is possible to buy al-
most everything, ineludieg ladies' pa-
tent leather ehoes, briar -pipes, teeth -
leg rings for batiee, sugaree almonds
ete. No less, than fifteen hotels are
operated, besides 18 mess hells. Dur-
ing one month these planee served
nearly 1,000,000 naleawlsritaelrl ttooeisigggest
This has led
Otto possibility of the United Itatee
government developing Alasea by
means of railways ()aerated by the
government i ts el f.
I)oes not what has been accom-
plished miggeet something more—the
possibility of solving the trust
problem by means of public owner-
ship? It seems futile to talk of go-
ing back to the ,old days of small In-
dustries and free competition. The
enononly in lerge operations IR some-
thing the public wilt not readily con-
sent to surrender. Neither does it
eeem eltogether easy to solve the
problem by public coetrol of corpora-
tions. Tile only easy way out Would
seem to be going the whole length
and providing for public operation,
something. whieb does not,, In view of
What is being accomplished in Pana-
ma, eppear so very difeicult after all.
WHAT DID IIE MEAN?
!Two Men got into a fiv,ht In front
of the bank to -day," said a local
tradesman at his family tea -table,
"and 1 tell you It looked pretty nasty
for one of them. The bigger one
seized a great stick and brandished
It. I felt that he was going to knock
the other's brains out, and jumped
in between them."
The family had liatened with rapt
attention, and es the head paused In
his narrative, the young heir, whose
respect for his father's bravery Is
immeasurable, proudly remarlEetl:
"Ile couldn't knock any brains' out
of you, could he, father?"
The head of the family gazed long
and earnestly at the heir, as if to
detect evidence of it dawning humor-
ist; but, as the youth continued with
!great innocence to munch his breed
and butter, he gasped and resumed
his tea.
TWO WAR PICTURES.
Reminiscences Written by a Nora
Commissioned Officer Who Sere.
ed During the Napoleonic
Wars.
There has recently been published
a book containing reminiscences
written by a non-commissioned Offi-
cer who served during the Napoonie
wars. In these reminiscences there
is given this description of a seene
utter the British attack on the French
forces in Alexandria: "After tho.
action was over* we were ordered to
go and take all the wounded of both
armies and carry them to the boats
. . . . It was truly a horrible
sight to see. the French and British
'writhing in agonies of death, and
making friendship, who had only a
few minutes before been filled with
rage and hatred at one another—all
their fierce passions stilled, and like
a hushed child, taking one another
In their dying arms."
This other picture is of the scene
presented by 'Waterloo the morning
after: "When morning came I went
nut to see the field on svlaeh 00 111011)'
btave soldiers had perished. The
scene which met my eyes was horri-
ble in the extreme. The number of
dead was far greater than I had ever
seen on any former battlefield. The
bodies were not scattered over the
temente leit were lying in heaps—
main and horses mixed promiscuously
together. I turned away with disgust
from this heart-movIng spectacle.
. . . . I confess my feelings over-
came me; I wept bitterly, anti wished
O had not been a witness of such a
scene.
Race Dying Out.
There Is at least one native race
that is not dying out. This is the
Maori, of New Zealand. According
to statistics ebtained in the census or
Ma -oris token in last March, theaotal
native population of New Zealand is
said to be 49,350, an Increase for five
Years of 1617. in addition there are
215 Maoris on the Chatham Isla,ncle.
It Is a matter of difficeilty to ase.er-
tain the number of half-east:ea living'
at Mamas, Probably all half-castes,
and a large proportion of the IVIaoris
as well in the Sehth 0.0\1/ live
In European fashion. The health oe
Om natives has been generally good,
There has been a great advance In
the obaervence of sanitary laws, and
the 'Maoris are beginning to realise
that the excessive mortality 111100551
their children has been due' to uti-.
sanitary conditions.
ON "THE CANNY SCOT."
143015oen Not Sentimental, But Deep,
tomande al. Heart, Says
I'Vell..1Eneuh English
D'rlter.
"'I have beon trylag all my Me to
lac? Scotsmen,' said Charles Lamb,
"and ten ouliged to desist. from tho
cxnerim Ilt 111 aeSpair." There are
;alb probably a few people who Se -
(Teta, or openly harbour similar an-
tt ath Co -fjeClaleedeolinniga5, b11101,01011redi8r ITtleillhaea;-
ibtstne :1Vietr:LealelSyl 11' daily,1,0581.'1 a It'1.1ali.tPOOh\ ISlad(r.°1101'3,sa r 11i:TrYs
neuelly the pecelect of leisure arid
luxury, and Is seldom accorded to.
thos.e wbo have had little °peen -We-
lty for the culttvation of the graces
-
and external beauties of life. Yoe
generations the Scots have been held
fast in tie grip of uncomprOmising
It.teesn,liltwIrth Ttle'belonPeciveelt:rlYtitco'l!esthoef eb0letiank-
but beautiful moorland; the "SaW-
bath 000171" which so long reignotr
over the Lowlands, comblned with
ate ,"aleitic gloom" permeating even"
'distant shieling" in the Iligleande,.
has not been conducive to the dea
velopmene of a marit of gaiety anee
charm. But what they have lost io.
one* way they have gaMecl in another.
Tt is thie very scbooling in "strait
and narrow" ways weich has given:
the nation the. grIL and dogged deter-
minatiou it pow posaesses.
latIMOTIR NORTIC OF THE TWEllnie
A sense of humor is not 110W de-
nied Scotsmen by the Sassentteb, "it
Scotsman. and therefore quick to sea
the bunter of things," was the recent
comment of so cosmopolitan 0 critic.
as Mrs. ennie Besent What would
Syaney Smith say if he could have
beard it?
Meanness IR another charge which
S081130 to have been withdrawn in re-
eent years. It probably arose in the -
first instance from Otto Scot's neces-
sity for economy. Brought up in country where money was unusually
scaece, IL was difficulty for him to,
deaelop suddenly an open:handed
gonerosity, This fostered habit of
aeoeniny, bronght about by &ream).-
-3 lances, must be carefully distitt-
guishea from the merely mean desire
to hoard Great g,enerosity of heart
is often found in the roost economi-
Ini.otwhinilteretttruecinertit5linnec000lmdpsanel:
saflce
charge evhich has someaes.
most outrageous extrava-
times been levelled against the. ,Scote.
is a lack of romance, but their his-
tory Is an ample refutation of this.
oharge th eS else tedioneapnlyisronmoatitteleentiai
"As It Was in the Beglunieg."
When William Peugelly web a sati-
n* boy, Weather-bound on the coast
Dr Devonshire,- he had his earliest
eeological experience, and Mr. S.
Baring -Gould says he WaS wont to re-
late It as Is printed below:
I received my first lesson In geol-
ogy at Lyme Regis very soon after
I had entered my teens. A laborer,
whom I was observing, accidentally
aroke a small stone of blue has and
Sans disclosed a fine ammonite—the
iirst fossil I had ever seen or heard
30.
"What's that?" I exclaimed.
"If you read your Bible you'd know
What 'tis," said the workman, some-
what scornfully.
"I have read my Bible. But what
has that to do with it?"
"In the 131-ble we're told. there wad
Snce a flood that covered the, whole
world. At that time all the rocks
were mud,, and the different things ,
that were drowned were burled in it,
ahd there's a snake that was buried
:hat way. There are lots of 'em, and
stber things besides, in the rocks and
stones hereabouts."
"A snake! But where'e his head?"
"You must lead' your Bible, ,I tell
'ee, and then you'll find out why 'tis
ieme or the seekes trent got no heads.
We're told there that the seed of the
ivornan shall brUise the serpent's
lead; that's hoW 'tis."
' Why a Chinese Republic?
The statement that the revolution
Is likely to reeult in the formation of
e Chinese Republic has caused a
good deal of surprise in the Western
world. When one thinks of it, how-
ever, this seems the most natural so-
lution of the problem that will be
oresented by a successful revolution.
The Manchu, a foreign dynasty, which
hat held power in China for some
1100 years, is, of course, impossible
iinCC, as a matter or fact, the present
revolution is for the perpose of driv-
eig that dynasty from power. On the
ether! band, the old native dynasty
has been out of business for so long
that it would probably be impossible
to And any legitimate claimant of
' the throne in that (marter. The na-
tural aversion to Japanese tutelage
shuts that country ant of considerae
tion as the source of possible supply
for a king, and of course a European
prince would be altogether out of tho
questioa.
O'Hara once saw an adverdsement
n a street ear reading -a -"Buy your
dove at O'Brien's and save half your
:load." "Begorra," he said, ' "I'll buy
iw,o stoves and save all My coal."
1
Twixt 13101 and Bear.
Lincoln stories are common, an&
the tellers of them are not as accur-
ate, In ascertaining their genuineness:
as they are prolific in producing.
them. The 'following tale may or
"may not be a real Lincoln." It is,
in any event, a good story:
'rwo farm -bands, laucoln used to
say, seem sot upon by a huge, bun
while cresting a rocky field. One
managed to gain a tree, The other
took refuge in a hole In the tree that
proved to have an exit in the rear.
Tho Man who had chosen the hole,
was no sooner in at one end than ha
was out 51 the other. With a bellow,:
the Mei made for him. He turned
anl again shot through tbe hole. I10e.
butt once more bore down 'upon him,
and once more he was in and out of -
his hole.
The strange pursuit kopt up some,
minutes, At rhea it mystified the,
farm-hand up in the tree. Then it
angerea bine
"Hey," be shouted, "yen idiot! why.
don't you stay In the nole?"
The bull was dashing from one end
of tbe bole to the other at great
speed, and the man was bobbing in
end out desperately. He heard, how-
ever, his comrade's shout, and found
time before his next brie disappear-
allee 00 shout back:
"Idiot yourself! There's a bear
in the hole,"
The Tinto of Long Sermons.
Those who like long sermons
ebould have lived in the seventeenth
century, The manner in which the
Rev. John Bowe, Minister of Great
Torrington, in Devonshire, conduct-
ed Divine service 011 a public fast
day Is thus described by a contem-
porary: "Mr, time said that upon,
these occasions he began about nine
In the morning with a prayer for
about a quarter of a hour, in which,
Ise begged a blessing, upon the work
of tbe day, and afterseards read and
expolusded a chapter or psalm, Ur
which he spent three-quarters of an
hour; then prayed for about 00 hour,
preacbed for another hour, and
prayed for about halt an hour. After
thls he retired and took some little
refreshment for 'about a quarter ot
an. hour (the people singing all the
time) and then came Into the pulpit,
and prayed for another hour; and
gave them another sermon of about
an hour's length; and so 'concluded -
the service of 1110 day
From 'Generation to Generation.
Grand fa ther 13111 lugs s m (led covert-
ly when Billings junior wonderea
where Billings third, aged seven, gat
his " trickiness." "If 1 didn't. keep
my eyes open," said Billings junior,
hotly, "Billy would outwit me ,every
time."
"This morning," he continued, "I
promised Mtn a whipping to -night.
When the event came oef jest now,
he .never flinched or yelled. 'Pluck
pure and simple!' geld 'I to myself.
.mighty proud, foe I wasn't sparing
him in the least. But time svaeria ie
at ail," he concluded, in disgust.
"The 'young rascal had on three mare
of trousers."' '
"as I remember it," observea
G ram d father Billings, roll ectively,
'you used to interl a smail geogra-
when a 'gbod soun(1 one' was,
due 10d."
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