HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1914-04-17, Page 5LIFE AMONO THE . CAIIIBILS
PIlI.Sd' 'i,«t)r6:Y CO 1)ITIC? S;IN
NEW DERR'1)F.te.
To- Have Rifled at 11-1 et Iii C aelde
ered a Gretehdlonoi Ainottes
that Nattiees.
•
If you take down fi••clu your lioctle-
shelves a.,map of A.iiatrtelia yc a will
see alt -your right hand, slightly to'
the north of 11 re esentinent, a curie
as spatter -work of duts,,,inany o£
thein: bearing names, ays London
Answers.
Noete, picture: to yourself your
present-day life and surre,undings'
for at moment, withe its• motors,
cinemas, newspapere, society, law,
end order—all that go to snake tap
civilization. • Then change over your
thoughts, and in your hind clothe
one of these dots on the map with
endless, inhospitable jungle.
Remember that this jungle diel-
ters_glen---,savages, it is true--roarn-
ing the forest, with big, curly wigs
and waving plumes;• and with bows
and acro» •s as their ouly weapons.
.Remember, too, that they are liter-
ally` and actually cannibals.
Does. it not seem amazing that
these two extremes can exist to-
day; in this year of grace 1914, and
within a few weeks' journey of one
another 4 .
Resumer Two Flags.
Airship Shed at Barrow int Which
ii?gid Dirigible will Be $e .)1 W 14'l'liIEY1, ; ()1' LONDON.
Cl Dodgem ol'Crooks Who Make Pearls
4111.d Dili nioufb their. SptM Mall y.
There is no more daring robber-
than the man who makes jewels his
specialty, as the recant theft 'of .a
pearl necklace, of which the sepia;
p:'ice wasfired at £150,000, while
in tta.nsit between Paris and Lear.
don gees to prey°. In than case ak
package, despatched by registered
post, eont•ainingthe peas'ls, arii.red
in
London on July ),0th last.; -with
only soars neatly arranged ;pieces
of 1 ren:1i sugar semi acme ea.V,`dust
RIGID TYPE OF
DIRIGIBLE IS NOT FAVORED BY 'BRITAIN'S AIR EXPERTS
First Lord of the Navy Rt. Zion.
Mr. 'Churchill in the course of his
speech in the British House of Com-
mons on the *navy supplementary
estimates made the following state-
ment regarding the progress of the
air service : "A considerable new
programme of airship construction
has ,been approved, coritracts for
which have been already made. and
are being and will be executed as
fast as possible. I,Ve considered it
essential not merely to obtain air -
The dots on the map represent hips by purchase from abroad, but
that group of islands known as the to interest British constructors in
le ew Hebrides, and only one gen- the•m ma ufactlu . th es b•
i M Cl rtI
this country the art eis, well 'as..0* has been signed with Meeesrs. Arm --
article. A contract has been rna>e e strong, for three mange semi-rigid
with Messrs. Vickers foe one large. airships of an Italian design, which
and three smaller non -rigid diele affords great promise, called the
gible airships. The rigid, which`is '.Hurlanini.' The first of these will
approximately. a Zeppelin of the he constructed, abroad and the
latest type—I mean it is • on the other will be made by Messrs. Arm-
same linea add of the:same ,deneitia strong in this country. LarYge sheds
tion as the last type . of. Zeppelin'"=•= have had to be constructed by both
is being built in England, and • a fr,mis at a heavy capital outlay, and
considerable portion of the three a .portion cif ethis charge is, of
nen-rigids are being ecriiseructterl Course, refleeted'in the, priee s f the
here also.. A second large 'Astra" ships. We arse building, -two addi-
Turres' airship of the non -rigid type tional . airship sheds, one • in the
has Beit ordereel in 1?ranre ,and. ~rill Medway near Chatham, and the
z manufacture, u. bringing to e o y be delivered, and a. contract taller in ;orfcrlk:" worth of diamonds were stolen front
oration ago there was a ni Rise pop-
u ation numberingno fewer than —' ^_ _ .- _
in it lass galloon,
:•Che i1 of na•+tst have extz u,ted the r'i`bs .biggest nzazIopaly ixs
pearls aftn� thicr• paiee ra�xltFalz an:, world Ls Rias TrhLrh ro41 ay
them had Teem Peee<l in Paris. and eem--mr Field, zee
1)Pf4.ire delivered to Mr. Alex British exports of enal during
4layer-, the' owner, at, Hattan Gar p'a'st year in�ere.na:ed prgpeaelor;e
cit: n. more than did production, •
Probable Hatton Garden has been Lord •Itoseberv, who has xagai,
the scene of rake jewel robberies
than " any other thoroughfare in
London. On one occasion a 'travel-
ler in the employ of a large dia-
mond firm drove in e four -•wheeled
cab to a house in the Garden. When
entering the building he left within
the vo}ziele two large black hand-
bags contaieing jewellery.
Presently a lad in the enifornh of
a messenger walked up to the cab,
and, remarking to the driver that
his fare would be out in a few min-
utes; entered the house, That was
the last seen of him, and the bags
were neer recovered.
The lad had got safely away with
400 gold bracelets, 500 gold fiche
brooches, and a, few sundrey articles
of other jewellery, the whole having
a market value exceeding £15,000.
FROM MER
01.,0 ESA
NEVI'S BY i, .IL.ABOUT JO
BULL .IT'D ITIS PEOPLE.
I.'Ll .
Occurrences ` in the
A6Fh1� T
Reigns Supreme `ing tits 'Cas
tnereial•• World.
Tlhirteen M, P.'s declilleel to
cepa their £40t) last year.
Tito duty en whisky has,
since 18u2 from 3s, 8d, to lis
In Septomber, 1394, over £20.000
I Mr. Speyer' of Antwerp. He was
(150;000, To -day, since the coming much smacking of the lips; a de n ` , her husband and .her children. ei standing alone, in his office at 70
of the whites, the approximate ten- rout 'f the '.' was elicited ley the THE UNHAPPIEST OF 46 r• the Czar has tt, work late at night Hatton Garden, when he was sod
sus is little more than 00,000. There sight of the cabin, which seemed a she silts in a neighboring race, and clenly overpowered by a handker-
ie a, unique form of government fairy palace to them. 1 dees not think of retiring before he ; chief, soaked in chloroform, being
A`ECD0T}:s OF ROYAL FAMILY has done with state affairs. Pinus pressed over his nostrils. When the
herself, she Melees that in the c.hil_ recovered consciousness he diaeov-
LIFE IN R17SSI:i. dren's •edueation religion shall ma ' eyed that the bags coritainang his
',ersede everything else. , jewels were gone. The thieves left
Mitis Eager related that when the no clue whatever behind sheni.
.Related By i Former 'Teacher of C'zar's four daughter's were sma11 C night in Doeemb r, 1974,
the a%imren of the• they whispered to each other for Lord and Lady Dudley, drove up to
.+one time in the nursery one day ; the Paddington Station, followed by
Czar. t hen three of them seized Grand a cab, conveying two servants who
Mies Margaret Eager, an elders 1ruehrss Marie, pushed her in�ba an had charge of her ladyship':s jewel
g ug ' y armchair' crowded around her and case. The servants alighted from
Engeleh woman, who lived. eight
years in the Czarina's household, made all the noise they could, at- the cab and placid the boa: on the
traetin:.g their father, pavement while they paid the dri-
wltere she taught the children Eng— "TT'1?.at zYr .; time' ..Rena lel r .all ,this ver• •When tlhey returned • to pick
ldvlz, has, taken up her abode r- '1io se about'" the Czar inquired. up the box they found it had vain=
B11dap< st, �1us�tria, Iir . an Intel .shed. Although a reward of £1,000
view recently she revealed interest- Play "Czar and Plotters," was offered for any infermation that
ing incidents in the life of the Russ .�l „ j • would lead to the recovery of the
jewels or part thereof, no trace of
them has since been discovered.
known as the C'ondorninium, half
British and half French, and, curi-
ously enough, this system, as re-
ported in •"The Times," is causing
dissatisfaction in Australia. In-
deed, within the past fortnight it
has been the subject of many ques-
tions in -the House of Commons.
I:)r. Felix Speiser, in his wonder-
ful book. "Two Years With the Na-
tives in the Western Pacific," gives
details of his extended visit to the
New Hebrides and adjoining islands
and describes a tour made frons. is-
land to island.
Here, for example, is Dr. Spei-•
ser's•description of those almost in-
conceivable persons, the modern
Men -eaters;
"The beautiful, .lithe, supple
bodies support a head covered with
long, curly hair, and the faee ie
framed by a long and fairly well -
kept beard. The eyes roll unstead-
ily. The nose is 'only slightly con-
cave, the sides are large and thick,
and their width is increased by a
bamboo or stone cylinder stuck
through the septum,
"The upper lip is generally short,
and rarely covers the mouth, which
is exceptionally large and wide, and
displays a set of teeth of remark=
able strength and perfection. The
whole body is covered with a thick
layer of greasy soot." '
Their )Honored .Plumes.
Many of the natives of these is-.
lands are employed .upon.. the plan:'
nations of the white risen, hut the
majority live the lives of primitive
beings in the jungle, Where the
chiefs rule with rods of ironfor for tihe=
most;. part. To hate killed a, reran,
no natter in what way, is a great
honor, and gives the right to wear
a special plume, of white and black.
featijers.. .:.,
It is in the recruiting of workers.
for • the pianiiations that . many
abuses arise. Intoxicating liquor
plays a part in this traffie, and,
where fair means fail in the secure
ing of hands, foul methods are in
troduced, and fl grant kidnapping
is by rio means uncommon.
Deseribing one 'worker on the
plantation named Bourbaki, Dr.
Speinser explains that,.before the
native enlisted; he had been the
professional murderer and provider
of human flesh to his chief.
"Ile was one of the few natives," .
writes the doctor, "who openly ad-
mitted his liking for human flesh.
,A year ago, when visiting his vil-
lage, he'had been• in,onstalable be-
cause
e
caatlse he had dome• e. day late for a
eannrib�al feast 1"
On one of • his ekpeditions, the
author ` if this book 'was in com-
pany of a recruiter of labor, arab
e thus describes the actions of
three old mei." whet were coaxed ori
board the boat': • •
"They stared • at everything on
the ship, wide-eyed and open.
naoutlied, They forgot their fears,
however, in delight- over our 'pored
sessions. A saucepan;proved a soy;'
boards and planks of the whip
the �
were . touched and admired, amid
"A mirror was useless to them. at
first; but after a while they learned
to see. They were frightened, and
at last they roared - with laughter,
put out their tongues, and admired
their sooty faces."
And on these islands, only a few
days' sail from Sydney, there are
pygmy races. Volcanoes there are,
and wonderful lagoons, Forest -
covered moeseetains and green pla-
teaux may be seen, and there are
beach: villages whose inhabitants
spend a greater part of- their tune
actually in the sea.
Pigs represent, a kind of concrete
idea of position among most of the
natives. These animals, in feet, are
just as carefully= nursed as children.
:Only male• pigs are esteemed, how-
ever, and are tied all their lives to
a pole under a little roof, whilst the
sows run wild.
"The pigs are carefully
writes Dr. Speiser, "but this, their
only pleasure, is spoilt by constant
and. terrific toothache, caused by
cruel man, Who has a horrible cus-
tom of knocking out the upper eye-
teeth of the male. The lower eye-
teeth, fielding nothing - to rub
against, grow to a surprising size,
fast upward, then down, until they
again reaeh the jaw, grow on and
on, through the cheek, through the
jawb<ide, pushing out ,a few other
teeth en the way. Then they come
out of the jaw again and eurve a
'seeorid,' aoinetimes a third, time, if
the poor. beast lives long enough.
fins and Power—
"These-pegs. with curved tusks are'
tl pride and•.wealth of every na-
tive; they are the highest coin, and
power and influence depend on the
number of :such pigs a rnan owns."
Truly, there is nothing of greater
interest than the world in which we
live, and 'Dr. Speiser's book pre-
cents phase of life. that is deeply
interesting, neeenit because it is •iu
such marked contrast to our own
ekistence, and because it mirrors
human traits • 'tied emotions that
most of us "root not of."
Unnecessary.
"What's that your father is say-
ing I" ••
"He says if you're not out of
here in ten minutes he'll come down
and help you out."
• 'Tell him' it won't be -necessary.
I'm a self-stbarter,"
•—
flow Could Re.
t,The Girl—Do you enjoy music
With meals
The Man—Rather l ,
The Girl—'What do you prefer ---
a waltz'?
The Man No, a chew -step
A,Priex ally Clock.
"Look and sees if the clock is run-
ning, dear;"said grandma, too small
Sadie. ,
No, it's standing still, grand-
ma," reported • ,5ndie, "but it's
wagging its tail."
•
Sian imperial family, which sibs eon- Nese are p azy umg a new game,
al -
skiers s .nmodel, though she called tic expleen.ed Grand Duchess Olga, al-
Crarina the "`unhappiest of wo-
men."
ways the braveslh of the four.
Only university pr„fessors, she
said, are selected as thttore for the
C'zar's children. One who lectured
on history and was addressed a•s,
"his excellency," was lecturing 011•
France one day and inadvertently
referred to the constitution of the.
French republic.
Grand Duchess Olga, eklert
daughter of the Czar, interrupted
to a.sk
"'What is constitartion `?''`
The professor explatined.
Answer Ranisi] es; Pt eeeesor.
"Hass, Russia i. eoristituti,n '':'
persisted the grand duchess.
The Czarina, who vas present,
gave the iirofessur a warning look.
He recovered from his eeinbarrass-
ment .and athsererecl ;'
"Of eoarse Beene, has a xeistitu-
tion."
"I beg year paa•rdoen, exclaimed
Grand • Deicheee Tatiana; "I 'ant
sure Retests, .haus no canstitntio11.
Papa 'does not approve of such a
thing.',
The Czarina arose front her ehair,
the professor took his leave arsd
never returned.
Royal Family flays Clamey.
`Marie is the. Czar and we are the
conspirators. '
The Czar turned on his heel and
did not re-enter the nursery that
everting.
From the time the C'zarevitch was
born, nearly ten years ago, the
Czarina has net enjoyed a day of
perfect peace, so anxious: is she
about his life. Her daughters are
allowed to ride, go heunting, or
play games in the open air. But
Grand Duke Alexis she never trusts
oimt of her sight.
After the birth • she became ex-
trelriely superstitious. She consults
the cards and all kinds of mysteri-
ous people, cepecially spiiiitualists.
She tells them her dreams and takes
their counsel an questions of home
Iife:
"Is pity' the Czarina witli all my
heart;" Mies Eager said in closing,`,
"She 'hats everything to make her
life happy, a doting hnsband,'1oieel e
childrera . an enviable family life;•
yet 'she is the urehappiest••of -wo-
nmeil," a
To Celebrate Bannockburn.
Great arrangements are being put
forward in Seeoel•,land for the celebra-
Tha Czar and Czarina are never
tion of the sic hundredth anniver-
happy unlPses they' arse with tlfe hr easy of the battle of Bannockburn
children. The Ozarima is a devoted
mother, but deees' not approv<' cer-
tain modern methods in thee educa-
time of the y:oung.. The Czar is a
good pianistt and likes to play clu•ete
with the Czarina,
I'aients and olrildren passtogether.'tihe,. field of the battle, It is suggested
evenings together.' Aker supper all that several acres of land should be
bought mend the 13orestr.,ne on the
field of Bannockburn, to be laid; out
as aa, public park. A national holiday
a, expected to be. proclaimed
throughout Scotland on the ,eanni-
versary of 'the battle, %Vedneeday,
June 24.
this year, and a committee, which
was appointed by associations and
public bodies representative of
Scottish national feeling, has issued
a report. of its proposals. One of
;ihe .intentions of the, committee is to
,erect as permanent memorial on the
play games• until the young folks go
to bead. Then, the Czarina resets to
the Czar, who reclines in an arm-
chair and smokes.
No longer is the ,.C''sarinss the
beauty she was in youth Never-
ceaning anxiety haat made her old
before her time. When Mies Tager'
left the Itt ssiamr cotrrtit tie, years ago
t11 ..0211 inea war's only 39, but picked
years older. The adendtcr flgnrc and
tihe.• erowen of golden hair are all
the charms left tte the sweet Prin-
cess Amir., Theo at her heMe nn lies set
was:e:calied "sunny."
Teaches Children Piety.
The Cza,ri;na, ie tbhe beg, of women,
declared Miss laser: St10 Wove
Ai Awful flight
4'1 am id an awful fix."
"What is the matter 1"
"l went through George's pack.
ale last night to hunt for change,
and I found some letters which I
grave him to poet .:hast week, 'and
new I dare not acold.:abortt the let-
tere for .,fear,. he'll. scald about my
going through his poekete."
ta—
'PRE LAND) OF ST. PAUL.
A Darren 1Faste•—•River Cydnns Rasa
('hanged Its Channel.
Robert Bird, in his int,ereeting lift
of St, Paul, tells us that when Paul
lived in Tarsus the River (:sydnus,
which gushes forth from a deep cleft
in the lnoehntains to the north,
"pawed through fields of rich red
earth for more than twenty miles,
r,epeiving many little streams an its
way -a, the sea..
"Small villages, white farms and
dark mud huts were scattered over
tihe..plain of pasture lands and fields,
of grain, hedged vineyards: and fruit
gardens, some protected with walls
of mud and Stone, others by dense
brushy hedgges. Tapering poplar
trees, • dark cypa esses, mulberry,
pomegranate, apple,. cherry, silver
Olive, -grew by the river side, nr
cast their shadows round t:he•hn•use
doors, while tall shrubs marked the
bunks of the river waster -courses,
with branches woven together by
the star -like flowers. of time clematis,
sweet honeysuckle and wild vines,
and thus, although the Gan of a
Jew, Paul lived far away from his
own country amuaig.Greek planners
and enatomes, but under Roman
laws, le what would now be called
an ancient unii ersity city, • in a
fruitful piain between the moun-
tains and the sense' •
This description of the early ear-
roundings of St. Paul, though the
author is indebted in part to his
imagination, is doubtless correct in
its main features, says the Christian
Herald, • 13nt .now what • a dhangee l
During' the hundreds of years of
Terk,fel1 •misrule many • of tthe fee-'
tile field's have become ba,rre.n. The
loaded fruit' trees have keen cut
down.' The C dnus has formed for
itself a new ehantel, and the old
harbor,- which was white with sails
of mnany nations ie. now an tree
heealt1hy morass.
his normal health, has, - returnee
London 'from Leiglhtne-Buzzard,
The Countess of Devon, who
tared upon her 100th year on
`th ult., died at Cheltenham on
12th.
Mr. Peter Johnston Eaton.,
was mayor .of Macclesfield in
Diamond Jubilee year, died on
4th ult. in his 80th year..
The 'bate Sir Wm, Agnew,
Bradbury, Agnew & Co., prop
tors of Punch, and one of tEhe l+;
ing are dealers, left property of
gross value of 21,853,592,
The Royal Geographical S.e
has awarded the Icing's gold m
to I)r. Hanzilbun Rios, of Bois
Mass., for his work of explore,
in South America.
Mr. John L. Wimbush, w
death occurred at Dartmouth,
for some time known as a con
for to the exhibitions of the R
Society of British Artists.
"I have often heard people
they would rather do business
Jews than a,nybody else," safe
Recorder at the Old Bailey,
will drive a hard bargain, but
are honest."
Print.*ess Louise, the. Duches
Argyle, eelebraa,ted her 66th bi
day ree,ently, and ceIebrated,
40th anniversary of her weddin
few days later. Her influenza
practically disappeared.
Miss Fanny Crosby, the b
hymn writer, was 94 years o
the 24th. ult. It is said that she
written 7,000 hymns, the best kn
being : "Jesus,.Keep' Me Near
Cress," and "Safe' in the Arm
Jesus."
Payment for sermons in Wale,.
in many other parts of the Rei
Isles 90 years ago, was often m
in kind. The Rev. Edward Me
of Duffryn, who . died recently.
said to have received a giant
cabbage for his first sermon.
A in.an who was sentenced to
nal servitude for three years at 1.
Lien Sessions, was said to have li
by terrors for thirty years. He
been sentenced to twenty-five yes
frenal servitude altogether; bees:
ten sentences of hard labor.
The recent adva lee dee the B
of England dividend came a
great surprise to London. For • n
years the 4i ielend, has been at
rate of 9 per cent, per annum.,
of tax, but it has now been raid
10 per cent. leer annum, sehjec
the deduction of the income ea:
Damage eetienated. at £111,00
220,000 was Molle by a fire on
14th ult. in the peered ea in h
stall R{,aids Leeds. While work
Were discharging oil from a
an enormous blaaze :altrose from
liquid, and the entire premises •
soon involved in. flames.. '1'
were several loud repo±ts fron,
bursting of barrels of grease.
Sartorial. Regrets:.
Lady Visitor—Oh, Tommy, you
have a. nice new suit!
'Pommy ----Yes, I think the man PA
bought it free' is sorry he sold fat,,
He's always d?a11ing.
Croirtle pf :Englishmen.
The London talkie who, as qu
lay
Lieutenant -.Colonel Menem
letter in the 'Loudon Daily
spoke of young Englishmen of
day as "slouching dummies,'''
not seem to be in .accord with
majority of liis fellow -crafts,
though several agreed that o
to Motor -ear driving young me:
not "hold theinselves" so well.
Bond Street tailor said: "I
sons invariably bigger than i
fat -here for whom I made
twenty years ago, ,Young man
themselves more loosely ; the
rod ideal is ea. thing of the past.
girth of chest and length of limb
greater than they have ever
with F•nglelehineen. There is a s.
falling off in :the ease of Seotsi
Irishmen keep pretty eonsta.nt
The Exeeptlon.
Fleet married man --Is there'.
occasion' when everything
your dinner table is stone -cul
Second married man—No,
everything. We always nnari
have a heated argument.,