HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1912-03-21, Page 3;4h 214h, 1912
ralr Atm Ra S Aii* Well ta2fhe '
th't WI, the Watt 80 Whore
' ,Retl,Cif Iitlitg Wati la' .,
I. Dane. .
, alit the French ,Revolution women
'x1 led tilre' bands of neasan (.5. wh°
70SO , apt1i4t Om arietoorats.At
Troyes''ihllar 'slight Wan seea
.eharinstl'illia Champagne Hats 'Mitch
:.edgvii'leed law ., Atibe DePartaent 'of
rthc
•At •the heed 'a the detachment
valelt one distriet sent to ' join the
'Iron. .6attaliOn" marched a splendid-
1(k1ng young woman, wearing a
W,,hitc--knitted cap, Ivan the Revolu-
• tionary red rthboa twined around it. '
;Her efarting-point forty mace from,
Tarikas, this gisa tramped every " step
the distance betweert dawa and• ,
'dank, She Was cheered by the crowds
Viten
$he arrived In Troyes,• ,
at Was a girl, too, who headed the
-skreld .no -rent strike, in New •York,
three yeare ago.
Nearly ail the big tenements In
the Bowery, the most crowded *sec-
eattlett of .darkest New York, are let to
atagents, who -sub -let them in rooms or
'small flats to the poor. The rents
.are &safe'. • A man will have to pay
• eveenty-ttee dollars a mortaafor three
emall rooms on a fifth floor.
It will be remembered that at the
•:Mut of 1007 Eastern America euffered
art:teethe worst times whiele had been
' Itnbwa in the States tor very many
;Years. and the result was that evic-
Ilona or non-payment of rent became
more and more frequent.
.A REDUCTION IN RENTS
• t/t. was Ceollie Arkin, a nineteen -
year -old girl, who devised the ,pb.ut
a campaign, aud.bancied together no
-fewer than thirty thousaucl families,
who all Yawed to Oay no more rent
• nulese ;t general reduction of twenty
per etnit, was granted. Each family
• Pledged itself to shelter as many an
eimeible of the OVIOtod 0110s. ,
The struggle was a long and bitter
,one. Hundreds of faattliee were turn -
'ed oria but in the end Ceeille Arkin
• won a vaitory; for the agents corn -
premised, and a goaoral reduction of
. 'len ear cent. was the (mutation on
which, the strike was settled.
'The last Omelet rising In Spain
was beaded by a woman. This was In
1901, and the insurrection broke out
td Berge, In the turbulent. province'
of Cabalonia. The identity of the
.lady Ites never leaked out, She was
tali, beautifully deesseti, arid rode
magnificently.
aai It was rnmoured at the time that
ehe was Donna Biattea, Duchess of
Bremaza, and wilay et Don Alfonso,
Mealier of Don Carlos. But this sur -
mime was proved to be false, and to
this day her 1(10021 17 15 a mystery,
•• There bee alivityta been ri. deal of
ealruggliaa along the western end of
the boundary lino between the United
•:$tatep end Mexico. '
TIM most notorious of all thes
ae
arugglers was a ilifexicart woman
Arnown as Lelia, Queen a the Smug-
giers. She was quito young, and ex-
tremely good-looking, and bY her ex-
' danorclittary talents rose to be head
"ot a blind or most daring. sumgglers.
, A QUEEN BETRAYED
For uearly four years she reigned
altercate, and then one. day, as her
,...._ _ ,iong train of "burros". .(donkeys),
,...,...,osering contraband goods, was creas-
ing . the Rio Graude, she was Bar-
er/8ml by a sudden shower of rifle-
• hullete. She had • been betrayed, and
At Wrong force of Mexican "Iterates"
had been ambushed among the rocks.
One of he arms was broken by a
„bullet, but with splendid courage she
• leathered her men and rode straight
eftthe troops.
A soldiea seized hor bridle. She
•,aut him clown, and for some mlnetes
.a furious tight raged. Then numbers
'Prevailed, and she and her surviving
..companions were pulled down. She
died In hospital a few days later.
• There is, no part of the world and
no race which does not produce its
fighting women. Quite lately our
Orown Colony of Soethera Nigeria ,
has been plagued by a lady of colour
known as the "Onitt."
, Among her tribe she is reckoned
oEficially as a man, and cannot leave
a husband.
After causing endless trouble to
the authorities sbe made peace, and
,ahen coolly densanded a seat npon
the legislative •Couacil. So tar this
Bas not been granted, but it is pos-
sible we May heartmore of this coal-
' 'black Suffragette.
1
PERSIAA IYEDOINfiS
Tying the matrimonial knot Is a
tory prolonged and serious affair in
Persia. In feet, a wedding may ex-
• tend for a week. On the last day of
the wedding the bride, who has been
areated as a sort of outcast, is con-
ducted by a near relative to a room,
where she undergoes further and
*re elaborate decoration.
• She then returns to the guest -room,
.and her dowry le laid beaore her I11
trays. the dowry often comprises
iamh queer things as cheap end high-
• lyecoloured oleograplm, gently wises,
•birdeagee, and many useful house-
hold articlee. • Having kiesed the
lmarthetone of her home, she is then
given bread, salt, and, a piece of gold,
and thus equipped and cloeely veiled
she is hoisted on to a gaily -adorned
donkey and, accornpanied by a circus-
aike proeession of friends. goes to her
future home, where her husband
.awaits her.
"Are you a friend. at William Bhata
gins? That ne'er-do-well?"
"I should think net, indeed!"
"Then you'll hardly be Interested
'to bear .that. he has Inherited a hun-
dred thousand pomade."
"What? Dear aid Bain"
• Askert "How do Ton, excuse those'
Mother-in-law jolreci of yoUrs to coto,
•. Funitinan 100 b000' refer to
her mother-in-law, and She ;says tbeyi
ape not hall bad enough,' 42
Mow
• 'a' ii;.1441.014'141.4.46AOs
,:ah twee Lan age' Has •
phe difficuitiesof making,00 a font
Of Chinese tYPee PaYe' the Anterlean
Consul at 'Shanghai, althettaii cane
aiderablea are net relativelY, eia great
PUO titeve iMigine; fbattvhalo Kiang
diettonary ; the standard, arra
tneet Oompaelemelae Werk of thst kind
In , the 'attaguage, contains %Mlle '40,-890
,charactere. it ,nae been 20u11 Mat fel'
atlpracticahile purposes a foaa'need'
coatarin about 1,000. Of aCiarae,
a font of ,thie Mae the ansineee printer;
,the cottrse ef setting up a ,boo,k wIll
krecittaerbly eked. that Ile lacks a dozen '
ao unusual eharactere, a ,dilfMultY
isatich he readily meets by boxing
Sthese nieashig Syr:11)01s hand cut 'On '
Monk, Yee by kli1ed ngravers, who,
thanks AO the old ,Wood-alock sastorn
axe to be famed in practically every
brown In Chine'. -Although neaCticallY,
all Chinese newsPaimas, and hooka on
Modern topics, are now printed teem
Movable metal type, books perbalia-
Ing to oldChina, suet' as the Confu-
cian 'claissleA and their commentaries,
rare WU produced by the time-honor-
ed method of printing from wooden
blocks. Among the reasons why the
Chinese peeaerahts books of IbIs nat-
ere printed In the old way ore his
diattu•adly strong conaervaaism, the
peoutiar charm and arettatic softness
uf the pages painted from alooka,
Which the moderh books from naetal
preaees 'do not have, and the fact that
the new style volumes lack, that pe -
bullar odour iimpa.rted la the older
method by the lampblack tattle ink,
with witch they are printed, an odour
which, although extremely di,sagree-
Male to ocoidental nostrils, is hasegar-
ably associated in the Chinese mind
ivith good 'literature. •
TII0b$ERS OLD COATS
Mho' Chinese never waste anYthhig.
A ehopman puts up parcels with half
the paper and string used by Euro-
peans. Servants collet • itua sell
mateh-Ixams and things whach seem,
to us to be useless. In the country
you will see a boy up in a tree beat-
ing down a single leaf ',vete a tick
for fuel. Women, wheri too old for
any ether worit, coneet dry grass for
the same purpose. A man collects Ills'
fowls anti then beats old, damn mots
or matting; cock-rofrohes and other
vermin jump out, atal the •fowls have
a meal that costs nothing. Von give
a cootie an old coat that yen are
ashamed to wear, and he will
probably get t1 to transform
it for thirty or flirty cents into two
pairs of excealent trOutsers for him-
self.
One has only to watch their story-
tellers in the streets te see that the
Chinese aro natural orators. They
are also very clever conjurers. Rich
Chinese are very ;heritable. They
dietribute free rice end tea` inatime
ot exceptional distress ;they subscrIbe
to hospitals' and to asylums for tbe
blind, for the old, for lepers, and for
orphans they even support aseocia-
Bons for supplying tree °Mins to the
„poen
THAT WONDERFUL DOG
One evening at a tavern the topic
was about dogs, "Oh!" said ,Toby, "I
had a dog and was taking a near cot
across some flelds when 0 missed the
animal, and on going back f found
leim staring at a notice -board bearing
the word, 'All dogs found here wit!
be.ehota And come be would Trott'
"Yes, yes, that's good, but what
about aohnsou's retriever? One night
his libuse caught fire, aid was con-
fusion; old Johnson and hie wee Slew
for the children and bundled them
out sharp.
'Was: one was /eat behina, but up
jumped the dog, rueheal In, sand aeon
reappeared with the child, depositing
it on the lawn. All were out now,
but in rushed the dog again. What
he was after no one knew. Presently
the noble animal reappeared, scorch-
ed and Mirnt, with what do you
think?"
"Give i4, up," came trom the listen -
"Why, with the flarapoiley wrapped
up in a damp thwel, gentlemen."
A NEWSPAPER BLUNDER
A year or tee, ago, Sig Bea (the
wela-known Westmineter parliament
clock) was fitted with new hands. A
repenter M the London orifice of a
Mancileater paper saw hia chance and
wrote: ,"A well-known cbaracter, who
has lived in 1,Vestmlaster alltbie
and is tandalarly knhan to Lon-
doners as "Ben," underwent a eemlaus
operatic,n lade Morning. As Weet-
minster liespital was too full to allow
of aim halting a bed, the 0001011011
was earnied out by two doctors in the
open air, and in the preseace of a
large erowd. Both of Ben's bands
were taken off - succesfully and
rapidly. A new pair will be provided
for ham." The subterlitar in MaTt-
cfrester read through the paragraph,
and added the l'ierisllines: 'Operation
in the Open Air. Big London Otowd
Itratehes Man' Hands 'Patron Off.'
And so at duly appeared in next morn-
ing's paper." .
Entertaining Up To Date
A' now form of ontertalaing.started
by film. Reginald C. Vanderbilt, is
being taken up by Ite*port hostesses:
It de a dinner, and dance. With the
dancing between the courses. Ae soon
as one course in finished the or-
clueetra straltee up, ahd the guests
leave their places and begirt to dattca
The dance finished, another °vibe
'is served. Eating and dan,clutg go on
ie this way until the dinner 'is Kaiak -
ed, By 'the time .coffecae served the
dinner -tall has lasted two hours.
Duel Up To Bate
•' A contest in the air, between viva!
• evisitors 'tor • it glare hand wee the
'feature of ft" 00O-4aY aviation meet
arranged eareat Lima, Oilde, Two of
the aviators, .Taelt Be,eatetea anti Hale
Chambers, had been laying eloge to
.the heart of M106/ Dorothy Dale, of
'raffia, Cato, • alias Dale refueed to
ehoose between them, atal le 0 reeent
heat lin that city made' a hap into
the elorals wIth both. She pranttsed
make her decision, and inliabateti
that, ,$0.1,e 180111,11 accept the One lina
made the htgiteat altitude taeord
during the day,
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:EXPENSIVE, •ALBUM
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,..i.„„,,o(!o,oi• Au . Autogriipk AlbOuL
1408 Saanattlrer 44 WO •
• , Ileimmeed 'Cek3brities' end '
• Their Remarks
Seven YeaN, age Donneilior „Louis,
Barth, of A0Eu4 '111 Hungary, cam- ,
mentied to Collect .autographs, tand't0-.
day ,oan boatit of possessing One of '
the tinestt collections in, the world..
Indeed ',he recently 'refused an 'offer,
of no lees than $200,000 for bye fahunt,
.11111th contains' the. 'names of 853
world-renowned celebrities, whose
st-
tna1as 'have been ' written ak forty,
'three languages., .AlteadY 114110tY-
three 'of them , are '
'llecontlY he Vatted Marlborough
• House ' to obtain the signature of
Queen AlleXandra, and cot Ber Maes-
tht
7
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€
reretqt;iire:\tveleitqty-'hitatrlYrihio"jeriess,Inv4olrutiter
• that the might , examine at leisure '
hia wonderful array of signatures of
Kings, ,Queens, Dmperors, Ministers,
aelelltletS, artists, and writers. Herr,
Barth has gone all over the world to
add to Ills book, and has spent be-
tween $45,000 and $50,000 in travelling
expenses. The .10mpertor Francis Jo-
eeeh, 'who favoured hini •with an au-
tagraph, t'old him he Was the OmlY
person, not a Minister, who had ever
/received .1110 signature.
"I'Wes at Biarritz one year," says
Herr Ilartla "at the some time as
King Edward. I showed lam toy
volume, and, in giving me his sign-
ature, he Geld: You book is an ex-
traordinary treaeure, 42 hag onty one
defect - it is not mine.'"
Herr 13art1) to preparing o history
of how his autographs have been oh -
Antrim]. This book wild 1101* (5411 ln
facsimile every O11tograpi ae pos-
seeses. It le to be issued in an edi-
tion of 100,000 copies, and the pro-
ceede Of its saie wilt be deviated to
International cha,rities.
WONDERFUL GOWNS
Dresses Rich • and Wonderful That
Make Women Gasp and Mon
SA Up and Wonder if D. Ts
Worth the Candle.
One of the moat beautiful costumes,
ever turned out was that worn by
Queen Mary at the Coronation Dur -
bar, and there are no fewer than
5,250,000 stitches in the train, which
Is of Irish point: lace.
The train had been presented as a
gift by the ladies of Belfast to her
Majesty, and was Made by the Pre-
'sendation Sisters or Youghtel. It has
been estimated that It would have
taken over a quarter of a century
for a single lace worker to complete
the train, but sixty workers, working
regularly, finisbed,it in 08,020 hours.
This reminds one that at the Plan-,
tagenet Ball, held at Buckingham
Palace in 1842, tee late Queen Vie -
torte, impersonated (anew Philippa,
in a silken dress mule entirely in
Spitaltelds.
'Phe dreas, which was on view tor
several days at Hanover Square, cost,
in 'materials elone, nearly $1250 while
the gems that decorated tt, exolusive
ot the Royal pearl -necklace, head-
dt•esa, and other jevvele, were valued
at pain $300,000.
The fur that trininted her outer t
robe was mduevez, the skin bf the
Siberian squirrel, the same kind of
fur that Queen Pailippa wore on her
Court coetumes In the days ot 'Meg
ago.
Perhaps the most exempla() decal;
ever worn by Queen Alexandra Watt
that in which ehe appeared at the
famous ball at Devonshire House In
honour of the late Queen Victoria's
iDamond Jubilee. She took the char-
acter of Marguerite de Valois, corn-
menly called La Rehm Maraca, ber
train being 'carried by the daughter
of air Francis Knotty's.
Her Majesty's costumes is seld to
have cost $1250 to make. It was of
riCh white satin, embroidered in gold
mid sliver, with a high collar from
whieb hung the train - a glorious
affair of cloth-oftgold lined with
silver brocade,
The Dowager Empress of Russia
has always dressed exquistiely, end
in the richest end moat expeastve
materials. She received on the occa-
sion of her silver wedding an ermine
mantle w•hieb cost $00,000, It was
presented to her by the liability of
the proviace of Kherson.
Gold -and -silver dresses are by no
means uncommon. 'the metals, alter
being formed into very fine wire, are
woven Into cloth, and afterwards
made into dresses. The women of
SUIllatra were the first to attire thorn-
selees in this expensive 'material.
Countess Palovolovetsch wore a
firefly dress at a garden -party given
Benares eame years ago, This
entquci gown ,had the appearance of
being conetructed of tongues of blue
flame resting on a bed of light liguld.
The material of the dress its.elf
wile Weil' brocaded silk, 'and attached
to the -gown were exruotly aa fireflies.
These little creatures . glowed until
the 'countess lett the ground, and
doffed the strangest gown ever worn
att a "society gathering In Inclia or
eleewhere.
The Countess de Vitleneuve once
had a drese made from beetle backs,
and wore it on several occasions.
Wlien attired in this strange costume
she Wore a bertatiful searabaeus
beetle on her peck a:Melted to a collar
by' a slender gold chain, which allow-
ed It to i'eani about the lady's chest
and shoulders,
•
A wedding eerentony 'had came to
o clase. 'rile mother stalled •eon,
vulaively, and elte briele ,dabbed her
pretty oyes with handkerchief. 1 011e
.02 the 'bridesmaitle was also affected
10 (5015.
"ashy <lo you weep?" • asited a
groomeniari of •tile britleetetticl;' "It's
not youx • iveddine"
'late girl looked at* tarn ecortifully.
"That's the reason, you stapld," And
elle sighed..
There la many tt man who isn'1
worth what it costs him to live
,What
0011 111.,4,1,g,4igngel.tinkes
uf
•' . .ehlht.
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ne3.tas4c;4oere,,
us/Luridly peaceful, we think that tee
facture Sthihga '''°14°11:Pr 11)012 °4'
rhe petit 'is that China 01114Yellow Peril 15 a cernmercial num.
topmasts eau met dietaries us from 011ie
trade 02 (1)0 Fair' FlaSk.. i1d3v con' wd,
With, oar high ,atiendaed of ocanfoat,
Strikes, rend purest generally,
tiete with the Chinese, combining, as
they ,t1o;'' the. ecthre industry of the
most canlized2peolele With the' passive ,
Iraltienee Of the* North,. Aalleeicau ;na
Man:, Par more 4111011 01' do the
Dlitnege believe' in • the' poWer ,of
•character and'• inte/leet ,' With offs,
rather, than with arniies fltid' navies,
they connuer,,
A Chinese Isitemly ivraysa pe.rsot
af resouree. A young man was' the -
cased of knocking oat his ,fnAllor's
Leath and was in of being itait
to death. A friend visited him and
Whispered in iris .ear, "It's a bad case."
Suddenly seizing the ear betweeit
5(5 19011).
coyet
be
gay: e 01 aanT"skeraeblettl'' the
toung man, rasing his fast.
"I mean," *as the answer, "that
rem are sated; Yen have only to show
the Marks of my teeth and say that
they were made by your rather,"whase
teeth, being shaky, dropped out,"
Business Before Sentiment.
Two small thiags impress foreign -
ars with the 01)1)1 .of the Chinese. One
le the way they carve ivory bells,
one within the other, to the number
of seven or eight; and the other the
Inscription of minute characters in-
side note or crysta stuff -bottles. "
A Chinamaa always appears le be
looking rouna the corners of leis eyes
at you, and to have a meeting that
you cannot get at He gives you tlte
impreselon bl.tat somebody. when he
was born, sat on his nose, and that
he has been lamenting the caleanaty
ever since. And yet, though he peace
lays aside this expression of resigned
wretchedness, the average Chinese Is
hot fat 11 more miserable thaa the
average Britieher.
Speaking of Britisher', we MY say
that they and Chinamen have emelt
in common. Both have a great capa-
city for making and enjoying' money.
Both have business aptitude and in-
tegrity, do their work welt, and ap-
preciate a good dinaute Equally with
Englishmen, Celestials bave common
sease and respect for law, and do not
allow sentiment to Interfere trial
bueiness. The Chinese are the British
of the Far Mist, and the Japanese are
the Preach.
• Fond of Sport.
The Chinese are not late con-
servative than the English. They
dread any obange that may eauee
trouble Or disorder, and this is why
they have put up so long with their
wretched government. "Better be a
dog In peace," they say, "than a man
1)1 anarchy." The "dog in peace" has
now risen to war; let us' 'tope that
the splendid em.plae of China witi not
remain in anntaity.
Like the Brills:la alse, tae Chinese
are fond of sport, though their idea
a sport is peculiar. They train quails,
thrushes, antreven fish to, fight, and
they bet on these, and ou almost
every other event.
The Chinese contrivauees, for the
management and capture of beast,
bird, and fish are as ingenious as
they are simple. If, for inetance, a
donkey dieturbs by braying in the
Meth a big stone is tied to hie tail,
and that harniliates him into silence.
When n Chinaman wiebes to catch
wad ducks he mixes an intoxioating
spirit made of rice with corn and
leaves the mixture for the birde. They
tmoome intoxicated, and are taIcea In
theta cups, so to speak. Another waY
is to put a gourd on hie heed and
swim gently among the thicket TheY
are not frightoned, beeause they only
see the gourd end are accastomed to
that, and the artful teen pulls one
duck after another by the legs into a
bag attached to him. Everyone knows
that John Chinaman trains eorneor-
ants to catch fah, not for themselves,
but for him.
Atter cold water, there ie nothing
the Cbinese so much fear as ridicule
EllItl diagrace, or the "loss of face."
A rem,gistrate who was to be .bobeaded
asked that, as a speci•al favour, he
might Wear Ids robes of office in order
to save ete face?
The Chinese axe great at or-
ganizing. The trade guilds which are
establisbed in every town lithe quite
as powerful es our trade. unions. Eve,n
beggars and thieve$ have guilds.
Every morning tie king of the beg-
gars eentis a detachment of his sack-
cloth -clad or nearly uneled subJeots
to oolliect poor -rates in the districts
a,sisgned to them. Owners of pro-
perty pay so meat a year to "the
bonourable guild of thieves" in Oder
not to be robbed.
SHAM BATTLE SHAMS
The military manocuares were in
a muddle. The "Purples" were sup-
poSed to ire invading the territory of
the "Greene," but why they were or
what they` were theY didn't exactly
A large detachment of the 'Purples'
began to cross the river by a wooden
,bridg6 to attack a small detachment
of 'Greens:
"HA!" roared the 'Greens.' "HI!
Yon Mustn't cross here! Can't you
soe the ,notice? This bridge ia sup-
pesed to Ite-clestroyed," '
"Ilan!19 tt?" responded the can-
tairt of the 'purples,' grimly. "Welt,
then, we're supposed to be swimming
acroes."
Crstly 21.'allaJna Ilats
Even in rnodern tintes there have
been uten's bobs Whieh cost far more
than anyth,ing wont, by the ladies.
That, for •itance, preseathd to
General Grant wiban he was in atettaa
cost $1500, and justly giants te be
the finest sotribrero 'ever made. The
admi,rere ea Mr. Steward, a member
of 'Teresa:lent .Littooln's Cabinet, too,
ease alnet fir the Pallitilltt With which
they p450eted hlsn 4(1
OXFO
Sento Queer Words Us4d •by Under..
, ,
graduates Which Itie• ,
'lug le the Prealonfin WItint '
First "Oaes
rfi jargon, or
15 own,, Whieh la Partly' culled frote
the same, kind 'of thing need in the
ptibile, schools ,f' pigiand: Some 02
the expressiona are rather 00001(157'-
I
lag :to the fr(1shman' when,' lie first
fagoes up" to, the, ThaVersitya '
StUrIYa, amstal i12, and,.sPori „ono)
have their peculiar expreaslans.
• The first examina.tion to be passed
is. RespOnslons, called "Steidle." ,.The
examinations are called ,"Seliools"
'because they take place in the Ex-
amination , Schools. After "Smalls"
• Comes the • Divinity' examination,
which ail must pass, The under-
graduate calls it ,"divveril." Inch
conies' Moderations --- called "Mods"
and the final, examinatiOn for the
p.A., degree called "areas." Lectures
.n Preparation for these examinations
ere called "lekkers," If ,at the end
of anY term a student' is not taking
th.Public 'examination he hos a' college
examination, Collections, or "Col -
letters." '
A Mall 0110 is reading Chemistry
a "Stinks" man. If he is at-
„entliug Mathematics lectures he will
ue a "Maths" man. The tutors are
ailed "Pons."
In ilia soCial Ilfe, too, the Oxford
Ilan has his pet expression,s. Break -
a11 ia a favourite meat 'for the ills-
, nay of hospitality, ."Come to 'brek-
aer' with me," a "second year" man
alti say to the "fresher.". The
.ratnee,rvent wha briags up the break- _
ast, makes the bale, oleans out the
:00105, etc., is called a "ecout."
Zreektast, lunch, and tea are taken
n a 01011'8 rooms, dinner is talten in
Hall." The bill for rlinners Is called
battels,"
An average matts. day put into
Oxford Jargon would run something
eke this:-
. Get up and "keep a chapel," ser-
vices being held every morning .and
evening. Aftea "brekkor" go to "Mk-
aers,a In the afternoon go and he
anbbed' or take part in a football
"squash.' lie will. perhaps, take tea
in the college Junior Common Room,
or, familiarly, ".T. C. R." At seven
"Hall," after Which tee will read,
having first, perhaps, "sported bls
oak" or closed his outer door to ke..p
%way intruders.
COSTLY SPITE
The most expensive act of damage
ever committed 1»* a railway worker
was that of an Italian navvy em-
ployed In the construction of a tun-
nel through °Ire or the mountainIn
the- Bleak Forest. Having a grudge
against his foreman, he succeeded one
night In altering the position of the
stakes watch marked the course of
the work. The excavators were work-
ing upon the tunne.1 in twe sections,
one from the north and one from the
south. Owing to the el -lifting of the
stakes the seetious, Instead of being
dIrected to the same point, were
found to be twentyesix feet apart
when they reached the middle of the
mountain. 'the northern half of the
tuanel had, therefore., to be entirety
reconstructed, at u cost of 5875,000.
KING A FARMER
Ring George Is a menarch who does ,
not scorn to make money by side-
lines. From his model farms at Wind-.
sor, Balmoral, and Sendringhatn he
derives a handsome re yen tree and
*maintains a herd of several Itundrecl
superb cattle, witleh take prizes rut
agricultural shows all over Lae coun-
try. His Majesty is 080 keeping up
the late King lialwarra$ horse -breed -
ng establiehment of Sandringham,
where, In addition to raeeitorses, he
raised hackneys, coaelt-horses car-,
riage-horses, and hunters,
MONEY FROM INVENTIONS
Many of tee seions of Europe's
reigning houses are In receipt of big
sums from inventionfor which they
have been responsible.
The reigning Grand Duke of Olden-
burg, tor example, has invented a
form of propeller whieh most a the
German warships and liners• use. A
colar-stud, which Is Belling in hun-
dreds of thousands, has been invent-
ed by the German Crown Prince. And
one of the moat up-to-date 5080 -
planes Is the Invention or the Orand
Duke of Hesse. •
FORWARD! CANADA
Sir Thomas Lipton at a dinner In
Chicago praised Canada's bigness,
"I once heard," he said, "a Saskat-
chewan fa.rmer talk about the big
farms they have up there.
''We leave some siza,ble ferneS,' he
said, thoughtfully. 'Yes, sir; pretty
sizable, 'I've seen a man on one of
aux big farms Start out in the spring
and plow a straight furrow till fall,
rhen he turned around and harveeted
back.'
"'Wonderful,' saki I.
''On our Saskatchewan farms,' he
went ma 'It's the usual thing to send
..oung married couples out to milk
lie cows. Their children bring home
he milk.'
''Wonderful,' I repeated.
"'Onee,' he said, 'I saw a Saskat-
thewan fanner's family prostrated
oath. grief. 'Me WOITLOTI were weep -
ng, the dogs were barking, the
hildren were squalling, and the tears
etreamed down the emu's face as be
got into his twenty -mule Jame and
drove oft"
"'Where was be gaing?' said 1.
"Ho was going hale way across
the farm to feed the pigs,' eai(1 the
Saidattehewan termer.
2)/(1 he, ,ever get back? I asked.
"'It ain't time for lira yet,' was
the reply.'"
"TINT'LlIHNZ.A"
'h.0;EIgYttlil's,1111AT;;34°AfabeSsn.5reet6)311,6-1,
' It'Then Crumbles:
' A. curious illestraticon .Ot the., airs-
• ceptildlity of metal to ,heat, arid cod'
Is pretided,1)7 the effect *hied& winter
'Intati5le'elsP?tInn ed!ego!Cfrintetit-'
'4111'Inaet ftW1X1Alelst. t'd4es°41'1,ibeti ((3'
"ititafanahatie"' In the Words,
m'eta11.°a'teho.Sa l'e/'Y aefore cold, the
thee to arey; powders The :1,111<0aymptoras or leaden 110011001Y, Ittaa
Of 116trO, 4111,3 1116Itllg Of (19
15 110t a cheiniced;onm. for ,LIte grey
Powder is Mal tin, and the extraordie'
trereals011*')',bfaycai;tshlat4011
00 tgorhi.t
ginally, healthy ednelition. '
• The purer the.'tin NM more sus-
, ceptible it, is to cold, and eitasequently
defr e raa4
altaai'ealrlY00,i and,againiitti
I'aSt, 11
Ina
ease by alloying, it With other rm,.tale.
The (1 15050,1 lo a cense of comdderuble
,Gt.oeinzfe„,3;taanrese at:tel dpiastipspointwthnoten,z,Tii.t)csi%ct,1;:
'minable tat $110Otillells% in tilIcAr <aide
neto
Even tin buitche have been latowte
it,oipescrummabdi: oicu otalri4elallrve.aybe,a;nndroto.nrgdanto-
decay ,aater severe winter.
The rot tie evenAtifeetioue, for cle-
haying tin, in contact with healthy,
luttrous tilt, soon spoils It, and re-
duce.s it to its OWII state,
MOTOLCYCLISTS AMAZING FEAT.
• A sthilting ialuatintion or the capa-
city and deraaellty of the motor -vele
is furnished by the record recently set
up by liar. Harry Long, the well-
known Yorkshitre cytaing cliampion,
who haz just completed a journey of
40,000 rallies on a xi -rotor -cycle in ten
months, To accomplish his ride be
went 'round .the whole of the coast-
line of Greet Britain, in addition to
other mileage; anal, carrying no head-
light, he had necessarily to ride only
between dawn and dusla
What makes the trip all alai MOTE
noteworthy is t,he fact that prior to
setting out on his journey, which he
anticipated would occupy . twelve
mantas, Mr, Long had only s Week's
tuition in looking atter his inbunt.
e had only ten punctures during I1,4i
ride, but hat the unpleasant ex-
perience of having to sleep twice in
the 'open and to ride through a tea -
days' downpour of raln whiic itt Scot -
1011.!..„
&Ice, in the North of Scotland, Mr.
Long almoet 041(1 has attempt brought .
to a maiden end. Riding along a road
skirted by a declivity or Several
hundred feet, be experienced a dry
skid, Gad was thrown !Uht off the
saddle. Fortunately 110 fell on a
ledge and was enabled to scramble
back, remount aie maehine, /rad
annalY falten on tee roaa and was
uninjured, and continue his jeurneY.
POLITICAL POLITENESS
An in,cident in the life of Lord
Beacoasflekl afford $ o.pi latistra-
non of the charm whieli the spirit of
ohivalry infuses Into everYdaY
says the author of "Dow to be Happy
Though Civil,"
Gladstone was , attacking le the
nouse of Commons the Administra-
tion of Disraeli, as he ems thentie
bad begun ,senteace, "elle right
110001 '1(1(10 gcatternan and bis satel-
lites," when some interruireine threw
him out; he eantil (0 it 8101,, and seem-
ed on the point of breaking clown.
Dier,aeli leaned OPr011a 1110 table and
repeated the word "satellites," where-
upon his adversary tit once recollected
himself and resumed his invective.
Astd .Gladstone could be equally
urbane. On the sane evening after
Lord Randalph Churchill hail :made a
fiery attack on Mtn, Lord Banded/Al
and his wife were at the same dinner -
party with Gladstone. "The fleet per-
son," says Lady Randolph Churchill,
"I met as 1 went in wee elr. Glad -
atone, who et tame came up and saki:
'I hope Lord Randolph is not toe tired
after Ws magnificent efforts:"
TURN ABOUT
For 'her •he Isati vowed he would go
through the fiery furnace; tar lier
would willingly brave the fury • of
demons; 'for her lie would, In
have done anything. Por these reit-
sous, and also because hie socks want-
ed darning bratty, he had taken the
plunge and married her. Ile ems
worth (a toast $58) a week to his em-
eloyer, but he only got $5.0.0 and the
Dirt week of theer wedded life, full
of resolutione, ot' noble self-sacrifico,
had given her 52, and kept the
twenty cents to pay for taxicabs anti
cigars ancl theatre stippere. '
The next week there was a slump
In seir-seenialve. tie gave her the
twenty eents and kept the golden slan-
ted of ehintag bope fox himself.
"Theopleilus," ahe rem:littera icily,
"witi You kindly inform me how you
ahtua going to manage tor 11 weelt
oe this?"
"Blessed if I know!" he replied. "I
heel n paetty rongh time mysela last
week. It's your turn this."
The Itisk
There's an old yarn abont a tat
01111 51 lean duelist. The fat ono cam-
TYlained (11)1 110 offered e much Mager
mark to bis entagonisaa bullet, where-
upon the 101)7) 111111) proposed chalking
,-mtlinc on 1119 fat one's' body and
no shot outside the 0110114 line woale
be counted. We Were reminded of
thie story by the rollo W1t1,1 (1(81105
7501.1011 all accident insitrence company
has pliteed• in the elevators et' eavelat
°trice builitatigat 'Inas elevator is
Limited to fnarteen *memo. All over
tile( number' ridIng 41.1 this ear do so
et their own rt.k.-
A 1Y4ln41erful Wateli
A Genov,a wateh-making firm has
ji barge t 01113' 0(11
,
letti,tri its nice; nead'fol 50)11011,
A, pearl, 0411011 weight; 'forty-five
grain$ ond has a ammeter ot aboat
half ne inch, coatalas ali the works
It toot on enrdeve or the 200m fifteen
mouths 110,10 Ont the pearl rend
Ill :in the whores. The watch. 0/111011
14 g taranteed to keep good cline and
115 v be worn as a ring ell the finger,
bi. for sale for 55,000, ,
ifve
Stocic
Show
INGS IN TRADE
Nest or, the Menarche, of littrope104)1,8
• •F • D
e y 114/4#4
blitosiloass
,
Monegolat are met above makinx
maneadt, etatt petite -es the'
,eltould be elven fill3f, Pla0O '001011e
reigning Sovereigns for ,shretatt oom-
meaciallem. lie makes aatreng Oatek
ef teal Venting Ilool frienaship af , 20-
1101101111 magnates, not qnly in Ida
owneliat ind other tiountrles is well,
. The ,Itaiser has some >05i' 101'17s
holdings M. the litirnburg-Americen
Steamehip lahm, Ile is eatertiveta
Interested ie the diathondtmine eater -
Palatal Of Geenean West Africa. la
cortnection with the titet forests '0010 -
inked in the Crown domains and
hie private este:tea, be carries on 0:
targe lumber imaiimea. Hie horee-.
breed ing es ta blishin en 1, 171 Western
Prusairt :allege him in 0 handecane
revertee, He .113 the principal staltea
holder tu the inuaicipal lagerebeer
brewery at Hanover, And he carriew
on an extensive manufactory of pot-
tery on his private estatee at Cadi-
GaftUERTS0 GOLDEN GRA/N
Guetavitts, the present ruler of Up)
Sw&les, is 19 total atestainer. Ona
eontiag to the Bantle, he disposed oe,
hie Into father's extensive breaang
interests. But Oto still retains Maur
Mar prof 1 tabl e Maestri en ts. Ile haa
meney in mills and mines, and he •
seldom aeglects to extol 100 .virtuew
of the Ceara! Motel at Stockholm, ha
which he is by far the,largest eha.re-'
holder.
Ole is a secceseful speculative
builder. In this 1007e When property
In the slum distrlets of the Swedisb
metropolis ie goitre; dirt cheap, along
comes the King, and bays it. And.
soon on the Rites of the dilapidated
buildings rale handeome houses and
thoroughfares which Increase the -
value or the property many I./mei;
over,
Few monarchs have shown them-
selves cleverer managers of a wite's
property then the Ring of Denmark,
113" ehretvd investments lie haa al-
Xearly multiplied its value umny 110105)
In a large ember oi' his enterprises
he is neosciatea with hie RoYalt
brother, Ring George of Greece, who,
possesse$ an immense fortune, which
he owes in a great measure to trader- '
taking certain operations In Americatt
grain about thirty-five years ago,
which the (toeing of Chlessa and other
Southern 1/118811111 seaports to the ex-
port or grant. owing co the war with.
l'urkey, rendered extremely profit-
able.
From the sale or beer, the Prince
Regeut of Bavaria draw:: immense
sunte. In mania ere arim, dirty
taverns 411 which 111< Royal Court
beer lias been sold for the /ast three
nesturies. You never see a waiter
or waitress, Von meet Patent' to
your owit aquae, whetber you bn
!mince or peasturt. 'indeed, Mien the
Kaiser visited efunleb, he and the
Baverieti Princes took their plaree1*8
lthe, and awaited their tern for a.
stone mug, which they theniselvea
/timed oat!
11 EASONA 111,E ItCQ VEST
Tr wee a cold night. The aravNlere
inquired at ale catty bete/ 111 the
town if he weld be lodard for the
night, hia AILS infOril1Vd that it was
full 11p,
"But you must give me 51)1110 sort,
of accommodatlotk," saicl the stranger.
"StitelY you don't want Inc to sleep.
under the starry but chilly skiesg"
"Well," said the proprietor, "Ile:,
best we curt do 18 to make you up a.
bed le the passage. kind curtain it oft
for you." And so It, was arra»ged,
In the dark watehee or the night
the traveller awoke. .A freezing
draught chilled him ;Ind Ole sheet
• which had been hung up es parti-
Men was blown: g , merrily in the
breeze. The truvell,r roee and shout-
ed for the Iruelloed.
"What is It?" queried n voice from
the etairhead
".Pleaase," eatl tee stranger, Unita-
ly, "may I hue, a reaper 01 1118 at,
lock my bedroom ,leor
TOE SILENT
The lapanese, alone of all races,
utter zio sound when engaged in com-
bat. From this national trait springa
the curious regulation which pre-
vents japaneen eegiments from pos-.
S01151115 beside Migles, or drama.
Orders lire given verbally, or by
meaus of siguals with the hand ar
sword. No trumpets sound the charge,
no armee bent the tattoo, end na
bugles truke the troops with their
riegiug
, A FAIII OFFER
It wee a political 'meeting in the,
Mast during the last recess, and the,
el. It, an exceptionally popular memo
we,$ addressing hie constituents. 'Plat
politic:Mu In questa:et rah/Ices in a,
luxu rlan t crop of hair. The audience,
Wat; sympathetic for the most part;
but there was one In511 in the trent
row or 1110 audience who made
numerous intetemptione, lie was a,
coal -heaver, apparently, and brat alit
recently boon heaving (male.
'Dot your tole en I " 11n sheeted
during a most Nanette pasenge in the
candidate's speech, The well-known
catch phre.se seemed particularly ap-
rateable, so a good many or the au-,
dience 14, IlgllOd
But the &LP, was equel le the oc-
casket.
"1 will make bergant 'with that
geretlenum," tie said. "I wtbl get ma
hate cut, 10 he will get his face,
w,asited."
There were no more interruptionsa
terannage " What's the matter
WiI11kln 2"
Willakin: "Matter enough.. You.
know eome time ago I assigned all
my property to my Mae to -- 10 keep,
it out, of tee bands of -- et people,
I owe money, you .lueow?"
i.pho's taken the money ari
gone eff saye she won't 11v w.
1110 because 1 sivinaledtrny crectiters„'