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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1912-07-11, Page 2tiVe. ileataieetie esefeeif eeleeilies at's. THE UNWIRED WISH s Tale of a Nagle Ring. ' A ploughman paused in his work ono clay to,rest. As he sat on the handle of his plough he fell a -think- ing. The world had not been going well with himof late, and he could not help feeling down -hearted. Just then he saw an old woman looking at him over the hedge. "Good morning!" she said. "If you are wise you will take my ad- vice." "And what is your advice 2" he asked. "Leave your plough and walk straight on for two days. At the end of that time you will find your- self in the middle of a forest, and in front of you there will be a tree towering high ahoy() the others. Cut it d.own, and your fortune will be • made." With -these words the old woman hobbled doWn the road, leaving the ploughman wondering. - He unharnessed his horses, drove them home, and said "good-bye to his wife; and then, taking his axe, started out. - • At the end of two days he came to the tree, and set to work to cut it down. As it crashed to the ground -a nest containing two eggs fell ftom its topmost branches. The shell of the eggs was smashed, and out of one came a young eagle, while from the other rolled a small gold ring. The eagle rapidly' became larger and. larger, till it was of full size, then flapping its wings, it flew up. "I thank you, honestman, for giving me my freedom," he called out. —"In token of my gratitude take the ring—it is a wishing-ring— if you wish anything as you turn it round on your finger your wish will be fulfilled. But remember this—the ring contains but one wish, so think well before you use The man put th'e ring on his fin- ger, and set out on his homeward • journey. Night was coming on when he catered a town. Almost the first person he saw was a gold- smith standing at the door of his shop. So he went up to him and asked him what the ring was worth. The goldsmith looked at it care- fully, and handed it bath to the man with a smile.. "It is of very. little value," he said. • The ploughman laughed, "Ah, Mr. Goldsmith," he ' said, "you have made a mistake this time. My ring is worth more than all you have in your shop; it's a wishing -ring, and will give me any- thing I care to wish for." • The goldsmith felt annoyed, and ,asIcecl to Inc it again. "Well, my good man," he said, "never mind about the ring. I daresay you are a long way from home, and in want of some supper and a bed for the night. Come in and spend the night in my house." The man gladly accepted the of- fer, and was soon sound asleep. In the middle of the night the gold- smith took the ring from his finger and put another just like it in its place without disturbing him in the least. Next morning the countryman went on his way, all unconscious of the trick that had been played on hint. When he, had gone the 'gold- smith closed the shutters of the shop and bolted the door; then, turning the ring on his finger, he said, "I wish for a hundred thou- sand sovereigns." Scarcely had the sound of his voice died away than there fell about him a shower of hard, bright golden sovereigns. They struck him on the head, on the shoulders, on the arms. They covered the floor. Presently the floor gave way beneath the weight, and the gold- smith and his gold fell into the cel- lar beneath. Next morning when the goldsmith did not open his shop as usual the neighbors forced open the door and found him buried beneath the pile. Meanwhile the countryman reach- ed his home and told his wife of the ring. "Now, good wife," said he, "here is the ring; our good fortune is made, Of course we must consider the matter well; than, when -we have made up our minds as to what is best lye can express some very big wish as I turn the ring on my finger." "Suppose," said the woman, "we were te wish for a nice farm; the land we have now is so small as to be almost useless." "Yes," said the husband; "but, on the other handif we work hard and spend little for a year or two we might be a,ble to buy as much as we want. Then we could get some- thing else with the wish -ring." So it was agreed. For a year the man and his wife worked hard. Harvest came, and the crops were splendid. At the end of the year they were able to buy a nice farm, and still had some money left. "There," said the man, "we have the land, and we still have our . "Well," said his wife, "we could do very well with a horse and a cow." "They are not worth wishing for," aaid he; "we can get them as we got the land." So they went on working steadily and spending wisely for another yettr. At the end of that time they bought both a hors e and a eew. Husband and wife were greatly pleased with their geed fortune, for, said •they, "We have got the things we wanted, and we still have our As thee went on everything pros- pered with the worthy couple. They ' worked hard, and were happy. In- deed, the husband would probably have forgotten all about the ring had not his if constantly sta.W, him to Wish for something. "Let us work while we aro young," her husband would an- swer. "Life is still before us, and who can say how badly we may need our wish some day." So the years passed away. Every season saw the bounds of the farms increase and the granaries grow fuller. All day long the farmer was about in the fields, while his wife looked after the house and the dairy. Sometimes, as they sat alone of an evening, she would remind him of the unused wishing -ring, and would talk of the things she would like to have for the house. But he always replied that there Waa still plenty of time for that. The man and his wife grew old and grey. Then came a day when they both died—and the wishing ring had not been used. It was still on his finger as he had worn it for forty years, One of his sons was going to take it off, but"the eldest said— "Da-not disturb it, there has been some secret in connection with it. Perhaps our mother gave it to him, for I have often seen her look long- ingly at it.' Thus the old man was buried with the ring, which was supposed tobe a wishing -ring, but which, as we know, was not, though it brought the old couple more good fortune and happiness than all the wishing in the world could ever have given them. 4, A DEMORALIZING TREE. The Cocoanut -Palm Does Too Much For NAM • The history of civilization proves that man needs the spur of neces- sity to keep him up to his work. It is not good for him to have life made too easy. That is why Mr. Lowe, the author of "A Naturalist on Desert 'elands," calls the cocoa- nut -palm "a demoralizing tree." It does too much for rnan without re- quiting anything in return. If it needed the constant care that has to be given to some of our delicate fruit -trees, it would be a greater blessing to the human race. The co'Coanut-palra is exactly the thing that some of our "unemploy- ables" are looking ler. You need only summon energy enough to plant a sufficient number of young t,rees'and time does the rest. All that the tree asks of you is to wait patiently for some seven years, un- til it becomes full grown. Then it will produce on the average a hun- dred nuts a year—not all at once, which might be inconvenient, but in four or five harvests at intervals through the year. And this it con- siderately goes on doing for sixty, seventy or eighty years'and you need never lift a finger to help it. The tree, in fact, simply encour- ages you to be rev, and if you have any energy left in you after living in its company for any length of time,the climate in which the palm flourishes will soon take it out of you. With a tree ,like that, the South Sea islanders never had a chance. Why shoulki they either work or worry when a few of these trees will provide them with everything they can possibly require—fiber to make mats; shell to burn as fuel or to use as water -vessels, cups or ladles; leaves to use as thatch for the house, or as mates. screens and baskets? Why should they go afield when they can use the wood of the trunk oe the midrib of the leaf in making the walls of their dwellings; when they can make rope out of the fibrous tissue of the young stens; when they can get oil enough to swim in from the flesh of the nut it- self, and soap from the oil Mixed with the ashes from the burned husks; when they can eat the nut not only in its ripe state, but in its young and unripe state, and in its old and overripe state; and when indeed they can make the tree do almost anything but talk? 4* HOW TO KEEP YQ1. Let Each Day Take Care of Itself, If Possible. Learo not to worry, not to be de- pressed, and you will be surprised how much younger you will look. Contentment will help every one to be better in health, and, there- fore to be better looking. Of course, this is a rule which one finds most difficult to follow, 'Ler few people in this world are without worries and anxieties of some kind. But the thing to remember is that we must not brood over our trou- bles. - Have you ever noticed that those who really have the hard knocks in life, and have the most to bear in the way of physical or mental suf- fering, are often the' most cheerful and the most plucky? It is the unhealthy, morbid brood- ing over petty disappointments, difficulties, or small illnesses, that injures us most. Some people get into the habit of worry, and in so doing spoil the lives of those around them, und weep their own. By constant Worry the power of self-control is lost. The ability to be cheerful courageous and sonic- , , times even interesting, is gradually undermined. Eventually -this af- fecte the health; the appetite is banished, and the . digestion and probably the heart affected. The urthappmess shows in the face, Lines appear between the eyes; the eyes look dull, and the skin un- healthy and probably wrinkled. Worry sucks the vitality from not only the one who gives into it, but fkom all who are near. Learn, therefore, to face life bravely, and above all don't make trouble out of small or imaginary ills. Be optimistic and 'cheerful, and you will keep young in looks and spirits. Mrs. Youngbriale—"My husband is very deternained; he never gives up." Mrs. Klosefist (sadly)--PNei- ther does mine." • PANAMA IS A VERY PARADISE MOSQUITOES AND FLIES HAVE BEEN EXTERMINATED. • Col. Gorges Has Made the Yellow Fever Pest Spot Into a Health Resort. Nothing else impresses the Pena - ma tourist like the absence in that tropical land of mosquitoes and flies. To it at night on the broad verandahs of the Tivoli Hotel with. out even the necesaity of sereens and to pass a whole day long with- out seeing a fly, is an experience which gives the tourist the inn:vas- eien of a heathen in -"a, ojyilined land. "Why don't you do it up in the States?" ask:sr Col. Gergas, who is in charge of this work on the zone. "Why do you have mosquit- oes and flies? Why don't. you drive them out of your homes 'and cities just as we do it down here?" Every one in Panama is astonish- ed that nothing is done about it at home. There it is regarded as one of the really great discoveries of the age. Why should there be apathy in the States? Why should these pests be tolerated when there is so little to do? This puzzles people in Panama. They would no more think of hav- ing their food polluted by flies or their rest broken by mosquitoes than a resident of St. Louis would think of having pigs in the parlor. •These things spell dirt, filth, bad sanitation, The people of Panama do net have <Hit, filth and bad sani- tation. Panama City is a place of some 00,000 inhabitants, representing 76 nationalities. These people live in almost every conceivable manner. There are great boarding houses and tenements, darkness, conges- tion, poverty—but it is ell clean. It is all sanitary. It is a sweet-smell- ing city. It is like a Dutch house- wife's kitchen. Any city in the United States is a dirty city by comparison with Panama City. Any eity in the United States is be- hind that city, which was formerly a. plague spot, in cleanliness and healthfulness. A SPOTLESS TOWN. Yellow fever is a, city disease, It is communicated by a city mosquito. It almost never occura away from • pepubsus piece. He was in Pa- nama City when the Americans took posse,ssion of the Canal Zone, seven yea's, ago'. Foesh from the discov- eries which he and his associates had made in Cuba, Con Gorges cleaned up Pei -Ensile City. He took the filth on of the dark little streets, paved them, every one, and washed them. Then he went into the rods, the empty lots, and sink- hole,s. He cleaned those as well. Panama City came out of that first scrubbing as a dirty garment conies out of the wash. It had the wholesome odor of soapsuds. It was white. It was spotle,ss. It was sanitary, The yellow fever disap- peared. Then the typhoid abdi- cated. Finally even the malaria de- serted Panama City. They, were vanquished. They had been banish- ed forever. Standing on the curb in Panama City, this is what the tourist sees of the work. A bell conies tinkling down the -street, and a cart bearing an oil barrel stops &t the door. "Do you want any oil?" the driver asks. "Yes," says the housewife, pro- ducing her can. The driver draws her a can of oil. It ie free. Wher- ever there is water or even very damp ground the citizens of Pana- ma, pours some of the oil. Now and then the inspector drops in. He looks over the place. Probably he says: "You are not keeping your yard clean," or "Why aren't you put- ting oil in that drain?" That is the alternative in Panes ma City. That is whet makes it the new Spotles,s Town. DISEASE WIPED OTJT. So much for the city. !low for the country around. Looking from the ear window, the traveller occa- sionally sees 'the mosquito hunter. This is amen in khaki who bears on Isis back a Cylindrical tank. In front of him he carries a sprayer, The tank contains the principal weapon with which Col. Gorges ex- terminates mosquitoes. This is a larvicide compesed of carbolic acid, eosin, and caustic soda. While crude oil is exclusively ased'in the city, the larvicide does the bulk of the work without. Mere is a reason for this. The oil is heavy. It uuites with the vegetable matter in the ditche,s and swamps, and they form together a weight which sinks, leaving the mos- quito free to breed on the surface. The larvicide solves the problem. It does not unite with anything in the water, and remains on the sur - Ali: mosquitee,s are, born en- der water, Where the larvicide lies Lt is impossible for the young mos- quitoes to reach the surface. They are born, they tisk° one bicath of the waiting poison, and their eourse is run. "If we ean get rid of them here," says Col, Gorges, "what could they do in the States, where the in - area is small and the breed- ing places a,re few?" There is one thing they, have found out about mosquitoes in Pa- nama that virtually no one will be- lieve. This is in relation to the die; tame they travel. At the present time this distence is approximately at 200 yard e over open ground. By open ground is meant that which does itot afford opportunities for mosquitoes to fly from bush to bush. Except they are wind -driven, 200 Yards is erx far as they will fly across open ground. There has been no yellow fever on the Canal strip in five years, Ma- laria has practically disappered. The death rate in Pane= is lower than it is in any big American city, 01 <xiorise, the bulk of the popula- tion there is male and in the prime of life, but the climate easily °fleets that advant.age in favor of the Pa- nerna death. With the moaquiteee removed and the flit* gone, life in Panama assumes attraotiorts which one would not imagine possible in a tropical country'. q. GOOD HUNTING: Instances Where Tigers Rave Been Killed With a Club. A wooden club is not a Weapon to recommend for hunting tigers; usually you need, all the firearms than you. can 4,1E0 along. However,. ,a correspondent of The Tenth's Compassion who has .lived in Siam recalls some interesting instances in whieh Master' Stripes fell before at- tacks With a club, Which succeeded through their -mere daring and un- expectedness—and the good luck that attended. them. Although the tiger usually does his hunting at nightl he departs at times from, this habit, especially if he happens ,th be'a Man-eater, In the province of Nana, in the northern part of Siam, a villager and his wife were gathering woad one afternoon in the jungle. Suds denly a tiger leaped on the man, seized him by the ankle threw him over its back, and noistle for the woods. The wife mad with grief a,ncl excitement, followed. After going perhaps two hundred yards,. the tiger stopped, drepped its victim, and began to play with him precise- ly as a cat plays with a mouse. The woman, armed only with a stout bamboo club, stole up behind the beast and smote it on the neck. By great good luck she broke two of the vertebrae, and killed the ani- mal instantly. Then she dragged her senseless husband back to their hut and called the neighbors. The man, although badly mauled, fin- ally recovered. In token of admir- ation for the woman's bravery, the Chao Phya, or governor of the prov- ince, gave her a life pension and a silver medal. A somewhat similar incident once came under my own observation. At a place called Anghin, about forty miles south of Bangkok, a Chinaman and his wife cultivates], a small su- gar -cane plantation. The man had been greatly annoyed by having his cant eaten by his neighbors' buf- falo calves. Coming home one ev- ening just at dark, he saw what he thought was one of the marauders at work on the cane. Stealing Bi- lently un behind it, he struck it a mighty blow with a heavy club. The animal dropped without a sound. The Chinainan told his wife what he had done, and added, "That calf will steal no more of my cane." In the morning he foundothat the "calf" was a full-grown tiger; he had killed it by breaking its neck just as the woman of Nam had done. And John was so =eh impressed with his own narrow escape that he took to his bed, mid was sick for a week. OLDEST UNIVERSITY. El Azhar at Cairo is Also Ito Larg- est in the World. The oldest university in the world is the El AzIole at Cairo-, Egypt. When it was founded no one knows but it was in full aotivity as far back as 975 A.D. It is to -day, as in the pest, by far tho most instructive, momentous, and picturesque, eight in all the East, declares a writer in the Homiletie Review. But not only is it the largest ma- demic institution on earth—its stu- dents reaching the number of fully 10,000 at a time—but it is the chief fountain of the intelleetual energies of Islam. It is the symbol of that universal brotherhood that makes all Islam one. The outstanding note of absolute equality is the chief mark of differ- entiation between East and West. Teachers and Oladento at El Azhar, meeting in their different courts of the vast enclosttre, azeording to their different nationalities, all squat on too marble floors, and iich and poor mingle without the sligthtest mark of rank 'or'of caste. The families of the pa,shrte and of the felliths study, eat and pray to- gether and' when weary throw themselves down and peacefully sleep just where they are in tho open court under the blue sky. It s the fionnedst eogfuaallilty, exafnapleiet is of stilmis- phciby innile life that goes far to account for the marvellous recrudescence of. vitality just now, manifested throughout the Moslem world, to the perplexity of all Christendom. And .the orthodoxy of doctrine is being rapidly broken up, far no longer are tbese hosts of stu- dents, though with the Koran in their hands, taught that the world' is flat Or that the sun moved' round the earth. Self-abnegation of the noblest kind marks the life,of the professots, for them have no fixed sa,laries, but only' certain meagee allowances for plain food, with some snaits. ailelperquisites for ecclesiastical ci ONE FAMILY OF 20,000,000. The rapidity -with which rats snui tiply isethe main reason why masi appears to make so little headway in their deetruction. It is crelcu- latedthat a single pair of rats and their progeny, 0 breeding without in- terruption and suffering no losses, would in three years increase to more than 20,000,000. • "Contentment is better than rich- es," said the ready-made philoso- pher. "True," replied Mn, Dustin Stax; "but my observation is that a man whois rich has a better chance of becoming content than a, man who is contented has of be- coming rich." HISTORY OF THE WINDMILL*HOW THE MONARCHS DRESS RECORD OF USE IN ENGLAND WAS TWELFTM CENTURY. Apparatus With Eighteen or More Sails Used to Pump Water. The farm 'windmill, used in the widest sense, means a machine by which the energy; of the wind is ap- plied to ,useful purposes. Wind- mills were certainly in use aed early as the twelfth century, but their ex- act Origin is lost in the oblivion of the past. Their introduction into Europe is generally ascribed to the Saracens, through the Crusaders. Flashing their crimson -crossed ban- ners homeward, through Europe, the knights 43f Richard Coeur de Lion brought many strange customs ahd innovations with them. The earliest written record of windmills in England, dated the twelfth cen- tury, deals with certain disputes in reference to tithes Connected with "windmills." Sines those far -away times windmills have been in con- stant use in Europe, America and other, continents. But modern science has provided us with mole efficient a,nd reliable means of grind- ing corn or driving engines than the somewhat intermittent power of the wind. So in this country, windmills have become OBJECTS OF ORNAMENT ratice-r— than use, says the London Globe, In Holland they are still largely employed in draining the polders and grinding tress. No picture ef the quaint Dutch country—whether actual or imaginary—would be com- plete. without' its windmill. The sturdy mills, with their revolving vanes, form as great a pa,rt of Dutch character as the golden pine and dainty la-ce caps of the women, the baggy trousers and wooden clogs of the men. Windmills are somewhat extensively used in Amer- ica for pumping and driving agri- cultural machinery. It seems strange that the use of such very old-fashioned "machin- ery" should be encouraged in such a very go-ahead country as Amer- ica. But it has been discovered that wind -moved machines are use- ful where fuel is scarce and labor can proceed leisurely, if need be. A windmill is never a powerful or efficient motor, and its work is vari- able. But in. favorable positions a windmill will run, pn an average, eight hours out of 24. Since crusading days there have been many radical changes in the make and shape of windmills. Thc. oldest type was called the post mill, the whole structure being aarried on a post. In order to bring -the sails facing the wind the structure was turned an its base by a long lever. 'THE POST MILL was succeeded by the tower, smock or frock mill, in whith the rnill pro- per was a stationary tower, the sails being attached to a revolving cap, rotating on the top of the tower. In all old types of mill the twin shaft carried four or six arms or whips on which long rectangu- lar sails were stretched, a triangu- lar leading sail being sometimes added. Later the sailwere made of sail cloth spread on a wooden framework, and at times boards were utilized. The American wind- mills of to -day are gigantic, carry- ing 18 or more sails, fixed sellnd a large disc. They consist of narrow boards or filets,arranged radially, each board moving with the wind's impetus. Nowadays these windmills are fitted with automatic feathering and steering machinery, and are largely used in the United States for purnping water. It is interesting to consider that at the beginning of the nineteenth century the whole of England's gricling, sawing, stamping, and the draining of the eitstern counties was performed by wind power. At the beginning of the twentieth cen- tury science has rendered the wind- mill a veritable thing of the past. As far as such work is coneern.ed, they stand idle, the revolution of their giaet sails no longer a thing of use and necessity. B. 0 IS e•-• • tonsE Clallf, V ER Pat—"I've such a joke on the railway." Mike—d'What is it?" Pat ---"I've bought a return ticket and I'm tot cotnin' back." The boy had come in with his clothes torn, hio hair full of dust, and his face bearing' unndotakable marks of a severe eonflict. "Oh, Willie'Willie!" exclaimed his mo- ther, deeply shocked and grieved, "you have disobeyed me again. HOW often have I t,old you not to obey with that wicked Stapleford boy I" "Mamma," said Willie "do I look as if I had been playing with army- bodyl" WHAT IT COSTS KINGS TO "LOOK NICE" ALWAYS. The Czar of Russia Is if Spender— King George Is Always Well Clad. The'expenditure of kings on dress varies conaiderably. The, Ozzie of RUESie, is generally supposed to spend more on his clothes than any other reigning monarch. His Tin - pedal Majesty rarely wears a suit of clothes more ellen three times, end he .pays from $35 to $50 for his ordinary walking and morning suits, says London Answers. The two firms of tailors Who have the' Czar's custom ,do little other liu,siness. The Czar's end= is sup- posed to be worth $10,000 per an- num net profit to 'the tailor who makes his gm:finery clothes, and $15,000 per annum to the tailor who has the making of his Imperial Ma- jesty's uniforms and Court dresses. • $2,500 FOR A NOVERCOAT. For his silk hats the Czar pays $28.25, and $10,50 a pair far rein- deer gloves. His Imoerial Majesty purchases a new overcoat lined with sable every year, which costs him $2,500. One way and another the expenditure of the Czar on dress comes to certainly not less than $35,000 per a;nrium. Ring George, though' admfitedly always well and smartly clad, spends lees than, most monarchs on his clothes. His Majesty pays from $31.50 to $40 for a suit of clothes, and be wears a. suit at least twerity times before it is put out of the Royal wardrobes. The 'Ring pays $10.50 for silk hats and $5.25 for bowlers, and from $10.50 to $21 for shoes and boots. On uniforms the King's expenditure is necessarily large. His uniforms cost his Majes- ty about $10,000. On his ordinary clothes the King spends about $4,000 per annum. He never wears the oame suit of clothes two days in succession. The suits of 'clothes which his Majesty may have worn during the day are given at night to the second valet, by whom they are brushed and ironed the following day, and put back again in the Royal wardrobes' in the evening. The King of Spain spends a pod deal of money on dress. When shooting he wears shirts made of thefinest silk, which cost his Majes- ty about $37 apiece, and he buys about three dozen of them in the year. His Spanish Majesty gets a lot of his clothes made in London, and his custom is very valuable to the tailors who have it. The la.sf time King Alfonso was in England 'he gave an order for two dozen suits of clothes to a tailor, at $63 each. The coats were lined withwhich put from $10 to $20 extra on SPECIALLY FINE SILK, the price of the garment. The King of Spain spends, ono way amd an- other, about $10,000 per annum, not counting uniforms. The Ring of Norway spends less on his attire than any other mon- arch, and a good deal lees than many well-to-do private individuals. He only•keeps about a dozen suits going at the same time, and for some of his shooting and sporting suits does not pay more than $17. Altogether, he does not spend more than $1,250 per ennum on his ordi- nary dress. The German Emperor's expendi- ture on uniforms is said to run to $20,000 per annum. On his ordi- nary clothes the Kaiser's expendi- ture is by no means extravagant. He wears a suit of clothes between twenty and thirty times before it io put out of the Royal wardrobe, ana he seldom pays more than $42 for a 81:1Hit-tie' pays $5 apiece fr his ties. o the year on his ordinary clothes ameunts to about $5,000 per annum. PARIS ADOPTS NOVEL PLAN. As th‘e Familyjrows the Rent Goes Down. The City of Paris, France, is about to build a large number of dwelling houses to be rented to the poor at a rate far lower than that prevailing. These houses are to be reserved for faanilies having at Icaet thtee•chileiren, end it is proposed to grade the rents accorcling• to the number of childeen—the larger the family the lower the rent. The plan now under consideration contains the following schedules, the figures being the annual rent: For' families counting not more than three children : Four rooms, 400 francs ($77.20); throe rx.mins, 333 r1 IanG(56*4.2tr:m1223 flin°14497 iascoZing1oa:th1eo children: r,leour rooms, 800 francs 1(07.90); three rooms, 290 francs 1$65.97); VW() MOMS, 179 francs l$34•55)• For this purpose the city is con- sidering a loan of 200,000,000 francs ($38,800,000), bearing 3.80, Per cent. intere-st, payable 5 arventy-five years from 1015. CHARACTER IN COLLARS. . Aro you aware that your charac- ter is revealed by the shape of the collar you wear 7 For instance, the man of determination, pos,sessing great strength of rnind; amd usually of body, encircles his neck with a low, but stiff, stand-up collax. He is a man whose will -power and good business capacity bring him success in life. But the bull-necked man, who usually prefers a high collar of a similar shape, is often not only, determined, but os' el and unrelent- ing. Then you eon always tell the poet, dreamer, elect the student, who never wear anythieg but "turn - clowns," And the man who rejoices in his 11.themianism walks abroad in a soft flannel collar. FROM MERRY OLD ENGLAND NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JOHN BULL AND HIS PEOPLE. Occurrences ht. The Land That Reigns Supreme in the COM. merciol World. In loradom there are at least 50,-i 000 women witless, earnings do nab exeeed4liCee half -pence an hour. . 'The moot popular picture in the Royal Academy., is said to be that showing the Coronatiou in West- minster Abbey. A medical officer reported nob long ago that tinned cod dyed to re- semble salmon was being imported into London. The total tonnage of all 'ships in the United Kingdom in 1850 was 9,171,218, as against 21,474,709 in 1890, and 333625,555 in 1910. The Salvation Array is at work in forty-seven different countries, and has fifty-five periodicals printed 50 twenty-one languages. . Mr. Walter Morrison has given the sum of. R10,000 to Oxford Uni- versity towards establishment af ss professorial Pension fund. The fastest railway run in Great Britain is the 441,4 -miles' between Darlington and York—at an aver- • age speed of 61.7 miles per hour. During the coming hop .season in Kent the workers „will use gilts while tying the vines—a custom which has been in disuse some years. William Cashen, the well-known custodian ef Peel Castle, Isle of Man, fell dead in the grounds on the 3rd inst. while escorting some visitors. Mr. Geo. Fellows, for many years senior proprietor of the Isle of Wight Herald, and a well-known public man at Cs wes, died on the 29th ult., aged 89. London has a new Marconi House with offices "more palatial than those generally associated with business eanceras." It covers an area, of over 54,000 feet. The British Government hes ap- pointed Sir Rufus Isaacs, the ;Wor- tley general, as a member of the cabinet. This is the first time that official bas ever been included in the cabinet. . It is proposed to perpetuate the memory of Hannah Ball, the origi- nator of the first Sunday School in England, by placing a memorial tablet in the Parish Church, High Wycombe. The Kilmarnock edition of Burns poems to be offered for sale at Sotheby's, London, is the property of Miss Gilchrist Clark, This lady is aloe the OWlier of other valuable Burns books included in the sale. Bleak House, Broadstairs„ ren- dered famous by ,its association with Chitties Dickens, who wrote several novels there, was sold by Wallrock & Co., in London, on the 7th inst. to a Surrey doctor for just over S.:3000. Through elle death of his father, the Eerl of Yarmouth, one time hus- band of Alice Thaw, sister of Harry, inherits $495,000 in personal pro- perty and considerable real estate. He also becomes Marquis of Hert- ford. Mr. Carnegie reported that his chauffeur, John Hill, bad died at sea. Instead of allowing his body to bo buried at Gee he caused it to be embalmed, and it was carried on to Liverpool in the Celtic and con- veyed to Scotland for interment, Lord Chancellor Loreburn, who resigns from the British Govern- ment bemuse it has been going too fast, 'Wee known as Sir Robert Reid before he occupied the woolsack. Ho is e very able and a very dour man from Kirkcudbrightshire, and when a Moovland Scot has a differ- ence with his friends something is apt to give way. TIIE MEMORY OF SA 6' A GI E S. Remarkable Feats of Presont-day The memory in savage or unaul- tivathd people is often traine,d to a degree very surprising to those civ- ilized men anci women who have grown used to depending on the, written much more than on the re- membered word, The trenomission of whole opies, like, the "Iliad," by word of mouth no louget seems so incredible, when you read of the feats of memovy of whieh present- day Zulus are capable. These people, says Itr Gibson, in "The Story of the Zulus," have no writing, and are accustomed to transmit messages and record. events by memory alone. This they can do beeause their mental impres- sions are made especially- distinct by reason of their acquired or in- herited habit of giving undivided at- tention to the subject in band. Communications between the, British authorities MIC1 the Zulu kings were almost invariably con- ducted by means of verbal messages carried by natives, A eertain 'tan • mat= addreosed bv the,British to ,Cetywayo wan conveyed te bino not upon paper; but in the brain -cells Of the, messengso, whose eo, too son, eighty miles te 'eseeive it from the British 00111111 303015 Although the document contained some foer thousand words, and was aecampartied by much comrnemt on the state 'of things it woe clesilad to remedythe whole was reperited to • Ce tywayo with p r feet 11,00U raey WHY GEMS SHINE IN HARK, What we call darkness is really the absence of all light, and in snch a condition neither precthtts stones nor &nothing else will shine. T3ut, oheuld there be even a little light, then anything that surface; such As Ziamond, reflects that light from it, giving rise to the appearaece of Shining; ancl so one mightbe able to natio a stone or this kind in a very dim lia,ht, which wo might be. inclined to call awls- ness. But there must be a little light, or we ' could not get the re- fleetion.