HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1908-02-06, Page 7The Monroe Doctrine.
Professor Leacock sugeets filet Can -
arta ought to forego its geogrophical
advantages (its remoteness from sin
and its proximity to American republi-
eanisiur is his mode of expressing the
idea), and the advantage which may
be derived from the Monroe doctrine, and
should become. • imperialistie—"aye,,,for
the very danger of it."
For the same reason, I suppose, the
United Kingdom should throw off, as
far as possible, its island eecurity; and
build tunnels and bridges (it can be)
to connect it with the continent—"aYei
for the very danger of ie," With what
envy ought John Bull to regard the
geographical situation cif Germany—.
"for the very danger of it,"
"Sheltered by the Monroe Doctrinal"
By one-half of the Monroe Doctrine the
united States has declared that Ameri-
can territory, in both its continents,
shall be exempt from annexation by
foreign powers. European and Asiatic
nations may quarrel and grab as they
please in other parts of the wor d but
these continents shall develop 'undis-
turbed, so far as possible, by aineele
rivalries. Were is eot for this Monroe
Doctrine, the old-world struggles for
the balance of power, for markets, for
mere territorial expension, would long
ere this have brought Europeae nations
fee° to face -in America, is in Africa and
other parts of the world.
It is a doetrine, extremely beneficial.
to Canada, one in sepport of which
Canada, might to be ready ot auy time
with . her whole strength oto *id the
United States. lf Germany were to try
to get a foothold in Maine, or Japan
to endeavor to establish itself in Cali-
fornia, then Canada, I should saeh
should for her own safety, to the extent
of her while power, uphold the Monroe
Doctrine.
And why, in considering our interna-
tional arrangements should we ignore
the faeb that were we assailed by Euro-
pean or Asiatic, we should have an ally
close at hand.? If therois anything dero-
gatory in concurrence of interests; or
anything shameful in mutual help in
support of them?
. Every .month some British. publicist
discusses the European situation, argues
as to the likelihood of support lee an-
tagonism, and proposes foreign policy
based upon the known or assumed atti-
tude of other powers. .England hes
not thought it reprehensible to enter
into a treaty with Japan with a view
to tho defence of their common inter-
ests in the East, or to arrange with
France and Spain to maintain the
present situation in the Mediterranean.
Discussing Canada's future, why must
we omit international intereets and con-
siderations? We know that our territory
is safe from European and Asiatic. ag-
gression,. partly because of ourselves
and partly because of the declared.
policy of the 'United States. To keep
Ressia out of India, .the United King-
dom aoes not disdain help from Japan,
why should we he humiliated if, for
its own interests (not for mire) the
United States should. refuse to permit
Germany to oceupy Nova Scotia? We
should do. the same for the United
States were .Maine attacked—not "for.
the danger of it," but for the safety of
it. The professor 'will never persuade
Canada to spend much time' ia looking
for dangers.
. ,. e a . .11.08 • path it int the uext
eeoh, of hfeGill, . . .
Read the /mete., Ooneuit history, Pet- fint, Slie pants for breath. She lifts
Mr. Flwart dismissee Mr, Leacock's -ronize the borleeque, Same everywhere. weighte without the use of boas. 01
"Pleasantriesh as mere perscalalities and Dhoble pinoehle for theirse Meld 150 tackle. - She -stamps On the floor. Her
then preeeede to disteues the queetion of with one eye open. One beet, bet, lovely eves weve like fled's, Ms an awesome
Canadian. independenve in theee words; woman, sight, And then?
"Let us consider ladepentlence a lit- Well, how 'bout itl Are they hep? Are S'he takes A Turkish, bath, Wrapped
tle." Proteesor Letteeek says: "Not thus they wise? Hove they become eognizant in the needed. but limited folds. of a
our petit," fer "we could not ehrhive of their axiosoatie oempancy of the sheet she toils and etews and melte. She
a. &ender Why should we aie so soon, froet seat? Nay, little one. Of h very it'atTS- for air, Help,. some one, or she
he does not say, And inasmuelt as hi truth they are not. perishes.. But no, the fire of conquest
the world there ore, ana always have Ryer see a kid with a new .m040 burns in Ito soul, -They eerry her home
leten, very many nations With phipulete Real kid, I nem, Med you and I used on a, shutter but she is undismayed.
tions leei than stx millions of an nitellie to be. With. a watch. Inas first thing Stiek to it, sou, there'a mere still.
Reut sort of people, the re tsou is not he (lees? mat is, teeter' oe hrops it o She massagee, She enilicits the sere
'rev appaeout. Let us think of two pair of times? vitee of Mary, who puncheo ond pounds
Palate; (I) To what extent Ore we al- Easy! Be pries of f tho back with a ' her, wellops and slap% knee& and man-
- ready independeot? lead te) Is it pos- stove lifter geld, gets 'busy, It'e a good iptilates, twists, dislocates and in other
Bible (naives somebody very soon "snates watch. Adjusted to heat, cold and posh ways arouses her from her obmutes-
the poor -donkey") to keep us away from tion. cent desuetude. Yes she does. And that
But not -to stove lifters., Hence there le riot all.
complete independence?
Politioal independenee is it the free. is a disagreement between the Ida, the Sh dace drugs. Niers in 'battles,
dom 01 one etate from subordination lifter wad the• works. Another Christmas powders hi blue and white papers, pel-
to another. Canadian politkal history present put on the blink, Still, yo4 can't lets in boxes, prescriptions in a spoor,
•ie the 'relatfen of our riee front come blame him. He'e boen, of women and Lemon% too. Lots .of ion, akins and .all;
he's gat the rage. Ile wanted to im- even the seeds. No half way liminess.
plete eoliOrdination to almost Foie, prove- that teach. That's the word, Int. Likes lemons, anyhow and they ' spoil
plete illitependenee. Does anyone re-
gret the elevation? move. He cello it fix, her appetite, which helps some.
Did he. He did Bet, He busted it. Then she takeo a cent Round eopper
Dees anyone yearn for the days Why did he bust it? Ainswer: Be- thing with an Indian's head -on it. Goes
when our oilskin were niamtged from came he was not. satisfied to take out and gets on the smote& Pate in the
llowning street? when. our texas were evhat en expett made withoue thinking cent, Glares .at the dial, What do you
imposed by Imperial officials? when be could ibetter it. think?
the net profit of post office facilitiea Now. Here we •have it, Lovely, lovely - Ina aid a loaf past 150. Well, she's
(exeeeding sometimes :h15,000 a year) woman. Is she satisfied to he a. physical losing some, anyhow.
Avere remitted to London? evolutionary climax? Does •she pause te And the thin one who wants more
For niOrt? than half our eolortiii lifs admire liereelf as nature's grata super- curves? What does she do? Now doee
' time our trade and commerce and MIMI- lathe? Is she satisfied to be th•o pin- she woo the bovine mood.? Row does
ifaeturers were regulated and thwarted node of pulchritude? No, little one, not she try to grab some pink end white
by Imperial legislation. Does anyone so you could notice it. , tieene to hille more deeply lier bony
propose that our freedom from siteh sub- She will beat the expert Whoever frninwork? How? •
ordination should be surrendered? ' planned and exedded her might have • She diet's. So did. the other one, but
Until. 1840 our tariffs respeeted the been all right, but she hem a few little she diets differently. Regular theory.
traditional right of the British manu- -alternations, ohe wants to •utake before Stops eating what elle likes. Th,at, used
faethrer to exploit the colonial mar- she is willing to kneel: off and call it to make her thin. Eats what she doesn't
kets, Since that date, end. more par- a good jab. See what I mean? She can like. If the other kind didn't work, then
ticularly since 1879, we have had more regulate a wateh with a stove lifter. this will. What •do you think of that?
regerd for the Canadian than the Brit- What seen* to be the particular -trouble Can you beat it? ' •
• ish manufacturer, and bur fiscal lode- with Little Rosebud? Well, one of 'em is She exercises. Sante theory. If she
pendenee is now established and admit- too fat. All out of style. was thin when she didn't She'll get fat
• ted. Is the loss of our former subordin- They're wearing hips much lower this now that she does, Or eoMething like
ation deplored? season, Necks are ranging from semi- A dirmessnuiedi Actin'
Imam to. almost acrowny. plump lines Aml takes Ihylcieh bilthil, &Me the -
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to sendlu their eureeal chequee, mane
of them upon written bargaine, some
of them upon mere underetandinge;
and from 1897 until the present time
there have never been wanting fool-
ish people to deride Canada of her •
meanness.
The proceedinge for the late Nikon
in. conterenee have changed the situ
ation. Australlet, realizing her xnis
take, has given notice of intention t
WEAKNESS OF WOMEN
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-e
- Felt le the. mantel mirror over her *boulder.
"kitty. letat e -here, little tele, Wing% tlite
au about, tuayhow? Whet settry? What 011
earth MO taleine Abut?
"Weiv-mtby, che vetoed between her ewe
"aleiut• m -m -my p-p-p-ipletureawr-wr-
weltIne Inc thet Yen Were 1-1-1001slag at it
She Mar Be Double Pinochle and the One isegT with Y-Y-Yett et all—its the berme tie!
ere , eveitee., t, and you dedelldn t have it
Beti But She Isn't *gloried. nen be pushed her Way AVM hen and
regarded hoe with an eXeretelell ot tette
mid wounded seduces,
One of the niosb iteteble ettielee -Canada's indepeutlence being' virtual. ' continue her rereittancest Cape Col: ph, lovely, lovely even:eel Not you in ' So. Now h ti. e • - 1. tel
appecteh in the earreat ',sem; of subjeeti011 611411 rettlitin to oil eternity? have been foreseen.; but what is some- there ts- eethleg &oast tuteetted. Pm .C4et T144" '14(1 .4 b" " elli•)°°14t48' she • -
hthtteeuss Quarterly," the magazine of Alertly we shell hetet a population larg. diets, No meals feor here. She will eat
Queenhi Viiiversity, 11.'ingston. It is er than thet of the British Isles; shell what surprising is that the Admiral, tnking no- eletnees.
from the pen of Mr. john S. Ewart, K„ we uevertheless eoetinue te ask London . ity itself acknowledged. conversion to- Ail Mods of wowed Dark thin joiona eut:eyrtelkinginoievxeceopiltninfV, Doan movei•
the Canadian idea, Instead et the like Cleopatra. Big blondes, like
ony and Natal, are ceasing payments, tee le fee ey, ant sea .1
Avhiell has appeared of recent years. ly completes the only other tinehtle" ! the New Zealand's arrangement falls - mom, / mean woman in things heppen, Whet (Wee ebe do?.
la refehollee to the future of thimada„ • whether the form and li.ppearante general. Idet me say right now thet She aids. With a heOle on "Ilow to -
with Austrelia'e, Oauld harellY
"My little one." he :said to her in Wet
injured, mooed one, nay Oar, do you reellY
mean to say Oat hoe coula Oleic Zei Pees
able of ettat—me?'
"13-labut, J-Jailm, clear," she eobbetl,
"the picture le on the b-bereau r-r-riget
net -now, nd—"
rot' reple he plat Ms bag on top of the din -
Ing -room table, opeired it and there right
on ton of the Mean ilnen and Iteautlfully
wrtineed about '111. vtbito silk nelfrler Was
V. of Ottawa, le entitled "A Perplexed whether we tear resrrs'eP our Pr°1411. appeols to the• colonies. for contrie TreY. MktatteP; le:between Ulm Nin" f'1.1 NI
loPellatirele and hi a reply to the now e sulesid es? All •atly we thiole we
exere a9„ th writhinge
famoui Weide publiehed in the London crates. Unsuepeeted, Wee Osteear's wife, sprains hereelf. She loans, aoainet the 'est summer thet had angthor print of
Ituow more Gina auybeely ohm about eur buttons (of the conferences of 1897 ar her rei api
on. de L'Eneloa, Peevish, lilse Mrs, So- twistings thot estonot be imagined
and 1902) we have now the complete
acceptance by the adndralty of the
only true and practicable principle,
that eolonial money available for
colonial defence shall bo spent by
the colonies themselves,
Moet of • us 110,Ve felt little hurt at
the jibes of the last ten yews. They
will now probably cease. Canada,
threugh Sir Charles Tupper, broke
up the original Imperial Federation
League (18844893) because of its in-
sistenee upon colonial subscriptions
to the British, navy, Canada bas bad
to stand alone as against the admir-
alty and all the other colonies. She
-has never swerved. Behind Sir Wile
frid Laurier were both politieal par-
ties. In this and various other con-
tests in which the great principle of
colonial Self-government has been
recently attacked, Sir Wilfrid has
grondly guarded Canadian rights.
Defy "efall by Professor Stephen Lea- Every cad kind of woman tai tso
ewe affairs; ahall wo „forever Wendt
proposed legislation to Downing street
approval before making it law? Shell
we eternally pretend. that Downing
street muy veto it at any time with-
in two years of its ettaetutellte' Shall we
eever, never, never rise to the dignity
of neknowletheed nationhood? Shell we
through. all •Stieceetthig ogee he a some.
melee eoloity, or somebody's "Dominion
over the setes"--.4m eometbing, seltordie-
ate? Canada's history the assertion
of hey right to indepeutlenea. She has.
throwu off and repudiated all real in-
terference with lier will. Shell she for-
ever be content to wear the halter, even
though well assured' that no one dare
tough it? She weuld look better, I think,
withottt IL
. 'ale effect of deekired independence
would mean (unless. aome sensible ar-
rangement wore anade aVert it) onto
slight inconvenience or expeese through
the loos of the British Consoler Seryiee;
but that loss would be richly requited
by the loss of the British Diplomatic
Service—from Oswald to .Alverstene, We
sheuid have the same service, of the
British Army and Navy' as heretofore,
namely none. We should. be relieved
frofir contribution to British 'wars,
which in the past have coot us heavily.
ahould gain in self revert, We
should be free from tho -colonial status
which "impairs the mentfil vigor and
narrows the outlook." And we should
realize more clearly tour def =velem, and
take some serious steps tc, improve our
fighting conditions
Our neglect in this respect has been
due to our fancied security. Does not
the British navy defend us? Every w
and then we were made aware that the
British navy did nothing of the is
but our disinclination to spend matey,
soon Bent us back to the British navy
idea. NVere we legally independent, we
should have to face instead. of dodging
it; we should have to formulate our
policy and live up to it; and our policy
might be (who ean tell) that in ex-
change for the use of the British xiavy
now and then, we should agree to some
scheme of mutual defence. I say noth-
ing as td; what we. should do with our
independence. The present point is:
Shall we do as we wish?
The Beithili Empire is lacking in the
moet essential charaetbristice of an
empire—not only is there no centrol
control of its forces, but these is no
agreement among the "sister nations"
as to what is to be done in case of
war. Canada will never put her forces
beyond her own control. If they are
to be used in Imperial wars, it will be
because she so dedees. Canada is to-
day independent (that is, she may do
as she likes) with reference' to British
wars. Does anyone wish it otherwise?
Her obligations must come, if at all, by
agreement—by alliance between sister
nations. Canada's independence (her
right to do as she 'likes) in this respect,
too, must be recognized.
But Professor Leacock would say:
"If this be our policy and plan let us
complete our teaching ta our children.
Let us inscribe it upon the walls of our
schools, let us write it in brass upon
our temples that for the navy wheel
made us and defends ns, we pay not a
single penny, we spare not a solitary
man. Let us add to it, &so, that the
lessen), may bear freit, this 'shelter the-
ory' of Canada now rampant •in met day;
that Canada by some reason of its re-.
moteness from European sin and its
proximity to American republicamsm,
sheltered from that flail of war with
which God tribulates the other,people of
the world, sheltered by the Moneoe Doc-
trine, by President Roosevelt and his
battleships, sheltered I know not how,
but sheltered somehow so that we may
forget the lean, eager patriotism and
sacrifice of a people bred for war, and
ply in peace the little craft of•gain and
greed,"
he'"ot so'Iong ago all commercial trea-
tiea were nuule for us—without even
—and hence—end hence, rioht
are not the thing. So? And what• ory. Never took 'em before. And henee
gmaeultation with us. Now, no treaties
Mod Cenada -nnless she assents to y'°S,Ve's too thin. Rae curves where Am? maseageo. Another theory, Wood
•there 'ought to be straight lime end makes fat. Maesage stirs up blood. The -
them; and Canada oegotiates for tariff straight lines where there ought to ory approves massage. Thera we ore,
eoncessions as she plenees. independ- curveg. Frocks going to be very tight right hack again.
ence in that respect regretted? next year. •Catra't wear tight 'nacre with- Am' takes drugs, Different kind%
Formerly, our Governor ordered out out proper (gyres. It simply isn't done, Meetly oily thinga. Some of 'em ena
our militia, and did with them as he you know, Well, well, who'd ce' thought Ressine to need drugs by this time
thought right, Now the militia are un-
der our own control—although it is' n•ot
always easy to convinee Governors or
Britiali officers who happen to be in
our service of that fact. Ought we to
return to military subordination?
Until 1842 the administration of our
,Government was largely in the hands
Of our Governors and their appointees;
and eince then we have had occasional
title with their Excellencies upon that
point. 'Upon the whole, however, they
have ceased to try to govern us, and
now our own men administer the af-
fairs of our country. le administrative
independenee to be given up?
There survive, no doubt, theorieg of
the subordination of our Parliament to
the Parliament of the Unite -O. Kingdom;
of the subordination of our executive
to Downing street; , of the sup:emu
of the War Office and the Foreign Of-
fice, and so one but our independence is
so wet/ advanced that although, in a
technical sense, we are not a notion,
yet Canada has to -day (thank heaven
and our own efforts) many more of the
tharacterieties of ft nation than of 0,
colony. Are we really sorry far it?
Are We Independent?
If independence meittes tint we are
untrammeled by devotion and control;
that we can do as we like; that our
freedom is so far advanced and so well
recognized that we have only to de-
clare it in order to make it a legal as
well as an actual fact, thea we are to-
day independent. We have already in
that condition survive,d the deeade.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Mr. Chamber-
lain have accustomed us to speak of
Canada as a Dation. In some eespects
we still fall short; hut Profeseor Lea-
eoek is right ire hos refusal to be called
a "Colonial," and he might well join
with Imperialists such as Mr. Balfour
and Lord Milner in lettributing to Can-
ada that imlependenee, that freedom
from subordination, which are the prin.
eharaderisties of nationhood...That
we atilt t,olerate a merely nominal sub-
serviency, seems to he eaffident to
blind the eyes of the professor to the
fact that Canada i$ today mistress of
her own d,estiales and can exercise that
greatest right of intlepondenee—the
the right to do as she pleases.
Our independence then is almost
complete. We have made it so, and
probably no Canadian regrets what we
have done. Professor Leacack at all
events does not. Alrea.dy is our virtual
independence reeognized; already are
we given bite name of a nation; already
we meet in edeferenee with our "sister
natioris" oat a footing of complete
equality ---,arguing and bargaining for
our respective interests. Dem anyone
wish that instead of Imperial Confer-
ences at whieli the Canadian Prime
Miniester should be the chief person-
age, we should return to the time of
GOVernor Sir Francois Bond ileael, Gov-
ernor Lord Afetailfe, or even Governor
Lord Duffeein? Dote arty Canadian
propose to repudiate the language of
the British Prime Minister at tho
recent confereticet
"003 found ounselves, gentleinee,
upon freedom and itedependene,e —that
Is the essence of the Imperial connec-
tion—freedom of action on the yert of
the indivicimal states, freedom in their
relationg With each other, ansh with
the Mother Country."
nettle maw shr tied shr endeince
Lord Elgin mid that he remarried in:
"The prineiple which the Prime Min-
ister laid doevn, that is tO eay the free-
,aelt mid indeperideuee of the different
goveretneete whieli eve parte of the
mhpire."
And Mr. Asquith (Chancellor of the
Exchequer, says:
"'The opeeial feature of the British
empire has been that it lute combined,
teal sueceeded itt eombining in it degree
utiknown •in stey other -combinetion in
history, a loyal end itflettiellate attnela•
keit- merit between the eentre. and the parte
of the empire, end between the various
Parts themselves,. with tomplete pree•
Wed itulepeedebee.”
Shall Subjeetion Itemaie?
Are Catialtlialle ealiamed tide epeciai
feature of the Britieli empire?" Of
all peoples on- •the floe of the onetli, are
they the only Met WItel Upon et-
ernal independenee upon tomebody else?
The Navy and Canada.
-What a curious jumblei Where does
the professor get the idea that the*Brit-
ish navy "made us." Our growth has
been rapid in proportion to the extent
to which we have ousted Downing street,
and then permitted to manage our own
affairs. The navy has had no share in
the making of us. And if the suggestion
intended is that the British navy took
Canada from France, the professor is
very .mnch mista,kon. Our forefathers
who used to live in the American col-
onies had much to do with that. The
British army, too, had some share in it,
but should we still pay tribute to the
British army?
In what sense does the British navy
defend us? Twice only in the history
of British Ninth America has the Brit-
ish navhs taken any part for us or
against us; and on both oceasions -it
was against us—siding °nee, illegally,
with the French against the Newfound -
lenders, and siding again with the AM-
erica/is against the British Columbia
sealers,
"Defend us!" When and Where? Not
in the time of peace.. And not in any
war that we Were in the slightest de-
gree responsible for.
,We have never had a war, although
we have fought several (including
two in Canada) which the •Ilnited
Kingdom got itself into. We have
had indeed various quarrels with the
'United States but the 13ritish. navy
never helped us in one of them—
Brtiish diplemecy always settled them
for us, and usually by the easy pro-
cess of concession. of our rights.
"We pay not a single penny," for
the British navy! Certainly not.
Why should weP We got no abuse
for failure to subscribe to the British
arm.y. Spending our money upon out
our own war preperatione seems to
escape condemnation, when applied
to land.defenee. Why is it repre•
hensible in eortnection ..with war
ships?
Some forty years ago Australia be.
anXiotis (with much reason)
about naval defence. European pow-
ers wore establishing themselves in
the neighboring islands—might they
not peek to divide up Australia as they
succeeded afterwards irt dividing NeW
Guinan!, Australia, too, poor to pro-
vide for her own defence, in 1887 made
a definite agreement with the United
Xingdone—so much money for so
mane ships, not to 'be reinoved froni tritece of the badge, but in Ititnertrv
Australian waters. That was the emu-
mencoment ef what has been adled
eubscriptions to the British navy. /1
was payment for contraeted defame
mul in no RellSe Of •subseription-411e
Alpe. wee, provided and the money
wee pa .
Atterwards all the other self -goy.
erning coronies, except Canada agreed
THE JEWISH BADGE.
Distinguishing Mark That was Requir-
ed by Eueopean Countries.
To the Jews of to -day it is fairly well:
known that their ancestors in Europe
were forced to put up with a great deal
of humiliation. One of the most insult-
ing methods Wee tO require the wearing
of a bacho,e which would stamp the
wearer as an "infidel Jew.". The wear-
ing of a badge was made a general order
throughout Christendom in the Year
1215, but it must have been required in
isolated. places before diet date,
The most usual form- of • badge was
that of a ring of distinctive Color at-
tached to the upper garment, Any .one
of French Jewish ancestry will kuow
that his 'borbears wore a ring of this
sort, 'varying in size elut in color—now
red, hOW yellow and white, according to
the whims of namicipalitiee unit mon-
eras. It was geeerally worn upon the
breast, and. at dim time 11 was orderea
to be worn likewise UpOn the back, so
that a Jew might be )(frown "fore and
aft." When a ,Tetv wee found without
the badge he was fined, Evidence of the
wearing of this badge its found as late as
1502 hi Eranee. The forefathers of the
Spanish ,Tews carried a yellow and red
badge—the mien on their breasts, the
WoMen on their 'Pinheads, The wearing
of the badge was not so prevalent in
Italy, but the umnieipalitiee elnlost all
reqUired them. The badge was ktown as
the "o" from its simpe, resembling prob-
ably the ring in Vrance. English ,Tews
eltould feel the distinction of hevieg had
peculiar sett of badge forced upoe
their amesters, It Wee firet ie the
form of 0, bittid--firet White Wed then
yelleiV; end later ,Tews were required to
wear Ittedge With the Shape of the Ta-
bles of. the Law. In Germary yellow
badges were worn, but here the hat was
the • Wei means of ideetifieldine, In
Austria and ie Poland there are, few
*Yews wore a hedge 011 their left breast.
It le ittereeting to know thet in (trete
et the preecut day some of the holism: of
-*Tole are marked with. the "o."—Atneri.
eau lIebrew,
Any woman will tell you thet there
are positively melt over :10 who' make
love like anutteure. •
And will the Merry Sunshine over
there in the corner also signify in what
way kind Providence .has been beaten ail
four ways by Darne Fashion?
Too short! Thetis it. Too short. Sim-
ple tremble to have, hut apparently corn -
',Heated, to fix. Eh? Oh, she is, ae she?
Well, if she's too tall and you are too
(abort you'd better shuffle yoarselvee
and make a new draw.
acertsse jest. But, ele wontan 'was born
to be misunderstood. Meth.
But wait a minute.' Let's watch the
fat ono She leis curves. She is billowy,
}ler figure is -complete almost to redline
claw. Her cheeks are roey—like the
Hirst line in a poem. She has an appe-
tite 'and a good temper.
•
Wait a minutes. No, it'll take longer,
Wait a few monthe. Whitt bum
we now before. us, children?
Two women. One fat and other thin.
That's easy. Hold .cm, though,
Fat olleie got wo•rnied look. Bad eto-
mach. Weak heart. Poor circulation. And
liver! Well, het's look at the other.
She's thin, Always woe mid always
will be. Made that .way. thed to be
healthy thin woman. Bid, ale able, not
now no more.
No, childeen, she's a wreck, What is
She? Answer: ,A wreek, allut bee been
tinkering with the work&
•She has leen ragelating a watch with
s.bove lifter. And whisper --
Her clothes don't fit her any better
than they dhl before.
CZAR'S KITCHENS.
to carry out a retorm appearance tied
intervals. In Russia there is always a way
beat it in effect. The palace officials eel -
They Need a Pure Food Law, Says
catalogue, an author named Oregorowitz.
ectod uice leerned old man te make the
a Russian.
luboff is dead, but tbe catalogue Is still
He is dead and the Czar is demi and Doge-
vtriter who signs himeclf S. R. G. has unfini .hed.
contributed to the Revue et Parte same re- h
velations of the nether elite of the court life
taboR
in Ruesia. The Revue says that tile writer
otivssail.a.n wince and belongs to tne suite
Ile begins with a reference to the Claes
attack of typhus fever in 1900 and the won-
der expreseed throughout Europe that a po-
tentate whose life was eo carefully guard-
ed abould sheuld have contracted the
feetion. There would have been no weeder,
he says, it the eecrets of the imperiai kit-
chens were known.
These are managed with inexpressible die -
order and are unsttnitary beyond belief.
Their unhygienic cot:Nieto') is only equaled
by their disbonesty and. extravagance.
The alleged prince writes that General
Tyrto; brother of a fore:ter minieter of Max-
ine. called in his doctor one day. lie was
fearfully in.
"Where have you been dining?" asked
the floater,
"I bad luncheon witle the Czar yesterday,
and I came right home and went to bed, I
was so ill," was the answer,
The doctor treated hint for ptomaine
PoLsoning and pulled hint through,
The Czar's table is financed cn a scale of
enormeus exteavagance, says the New York
Sun. Dach dish provided le put down at tett
Ono day the writer saw a painting with
the imperial stamp of the Hermitage Mu-
seum. on it for sale foe five rubles In a se-
cond -Lend furniture More. He made some
disereet inquires and the guardians of the
museum tied him that it wae very hard to
keep the pictures. Grand dukes and court
officials and ministers bad a habit of bor-
rowing picturee for the decoretion of their
houses for special occasions, and they sel-
dom came back. .
THE RESOURCEFUL HUSBAND
Speedily Avoids- 1-73—eing Caught In a
Lie to His Wife.
Yes, there are some exceedingly resource-
ful married men living in this city; there
certainly are, says the New York Sun.
This one a month or so ago had to go to
Chicagn. He was due to be absent about two
weeks. His young wife 'hated him to go.
They've only been married a year you know.
Now, when he goes on bueiness triPa,
he quite often does, this man always makes
Ms wife happy by making a great show of
taking bee picture along with him. Then
w en bee writing to aer from the place he
and each single attic e goes te he writes about the eight of her
"dish, though it may be • photograph on his dresser, thotbes Ms lone-
rouf bflesoo,d ocrouanbotsuta
But when 1ie started for Chicago on this
eg°11.n.e) Yet aetaf etew d°I)titivels fbi giunriihng0Its csetleilrlyb gAii-L
laansnitatrilipninh.ao awnads 8inti nsnuth a dead rush that
For instance, if there are 600 covers set in packing he quite forgot the photograpb
and lobster eatales are on the menu the ace of his wife. Ite had to hustee for the train,
count put In will be for 500 lobsters at four anal Fie for the first time he Overlooked his
rubles apiece, though elm lobster easily little performance.'
&flees for four or five guestas, Or if ducks After he'd gone elm noticed that he'd
rom Route are provided 600 ducks are forgotten the picture. But she mentally ex -
paid for at flee rubles apiece, though mush cused !him for forgetting it.
luck atfords four portiens,
Withal the lobsters are apt to be of
doubtful freshness aud. the ducks do not
Come from Reuen, The champagne which le
erved on these great oceasiods, except per -
tape at the imperial table, Is sure to ma -
tittered° as the choiceat breed in the 'timer -
al cellars, but the real quality is woes() thau
suseicious,
There ie a man in St. Peteraburg who is
famous fa his dinners and his wine. As he
a not wealtlay hie friends wonder how he
oes it. One day the writer aolved tbe mys-
err.
He was sitting In a tate with the (limier -
giver when a servant In totirt delivery eop-
owever—
A day or s•o after her huaband'a arrival
in Chicago ebe reeelved a letter from her
that atnated and shocked lier quite beaond
expression.
fe this letter her busband said, among'
meny other things net at all germane to
the point of hie nerratIve, that he was de -
'eying all kinds of aolate *ad consoltution
f„reorten},tederoneil,elistizaer,eawsoltri.thet,eft, usual, 58 had
Ct course. tee had good reason to be
wanted mei shocked when the read that
leger. And she woe wore° than that, She
was grieved. 're think that he, whom Site
OuTi dewing theft wbole married life—
ned his head in et 4 rear door and beckoned, the whole eettr—so scrupulously truthful, so
Tuhto tphreinedelataltoortrivterth;istign41 Nasittsvofyor hdift4
neigh. telt he should Write her eontething that
tIst'tulialtil°s•utosiceY 10 tell bet that is,
coesclentieusato think that he
ce'arN,lev1-3er iimots*Ilde'ortiTeehlaiting'6 infoyr hgaevne- wr,e7on;v1. tt°Itt.' ee or tout days oftet his arrival
good wive to drink His Majeetyes igelth
ter- In which Ile etarted te tell her abed.
In Chicago he Was writing her -another let-
qTth'3411wgiletn't" Mit ieta rear wielder, where the Joy and delight he Wes extracting from
hey found the servant had a big basket, It the sight of her picture on his bureeu—
ontalited 20 bottles Of the finest Wines, whet a, sudden Wave of mentory Overwhelm-
Wripliccohpectkhge idoitrerur-bglieve4r
leoPttalled, iltrnGdr thgettfsreonnti be didn't have the picture with hire at tali
ed anal stunnea him. He suddenly recalled
hem to bis house by a publie porter, Ho theught it out for a minute. Then
It Waa fer Mere unique ease. A regular he went right eltead end finished the letter
traffic in choice (kneads% theleateg fruit, , to her about how ratteh coneolation, dee
twenty tied cenfectionefe, is eollstautlY go' 110 was finding in the eictuee of her, And
ng ou between the Czar's pantry end the he mailed the letter,
batk doors Of epicures of tbe capital, sense. Mc way wee this:
et WM= are Well able to pny fortheir site- lie Wes welt acquainted personally ne
plies et Market Wee% but Who MEV° lograid" its in it busibeas way, with tbe photegraeher
edahnon'stsathailleetia°1•7 agrseft.taken oat of the so. litatediately, he wired to the photo -
who hell -taken the picture of his wife, And
talace -and aold by kitchen servings end Walt- grapber in New 'York InetiMetieg blin to
ors In the reign of Atexaridet Ms ea- make, Insteeter. e. print of that photograeh
of his witte-wlach the phOtographer, lanerw-
Mg the wife Leo, amid quickly Identify—
and to tire it along by epectal denvery to '
-Chien°.
The photographer In New York fired it.
along to the resoureeful one in Chicago
wile Went out tind bought en elaborate oval
tilt henna for R.
Ile knew that Itis wife would Imagine
when he pot /tome that she bad him and
obit friend, liegoiubota thowiing about
rearch of signet, mune ter 11, befettiful Soma
Mete, emblazoeed with the Mute/eat men Awl
monogralt. In 4 junk elm.. Ile bottglit
for a trifle, and then the defiler sold:
',If you etre for rubbish of that sayet,
can get you lets of
"Do, by all Meats," eeld tiogolubott.
lit e, tow Weeks he had 'accumulated NV -
oral dozen specimens of fine chine and
elmsware, all stolen from Tearskosek. Ono that she would ltave a little -raciness alma
day he risked the 'Clar mine eind eeo hie her and eo on. And he bad that end ot It
eerreetly nroehesitd. She had meant to re-
strain herself, but when he flung ilia Mete
:theta her on entering the flat. she callepsted
front having weepiest and fell to weerilng.
Ile. of COUrse, with wide-eyed gaze of utter
111110(1114.e, aslutl her what on earth could
be Ile matter.
ieweat arks,
The CZEve *se enressed When the emitter
was explained to him. Thee° Was tetelder-
eble clearing out of eervante, and the Pollee
arebbed the old junk dealer. Then Alex -
Maier deleted a Wen preeent further
Ion-irg.
Ile Melered thrtt: a eataloklte of every oe- 1 "05. t -t -o t-ttrat." elle gamed, "t-t-thei
Hein In the edam be Prepared, to thee tho you could then me ee.stors!"
imperial rtoperty code be checked tip at "Story?" said whikin eagely at hints
5
er t salt to lier, "didn't tell
Tt) OU came beck from the couetrY
that photograph made just for earring away
on beanie:as tripe and -that I got this frame
tor a and that I put it in the bottom ef
MY grip as soon as I got It so's I'd bo sure
not to forget RI But to 111111k that You
would Buspect—ea, ha, Int! And is that
what tilled tbe poor little woopsilcumeflep-
s tura when I came la? Bet I certainly
ant bunniathl net% that you'd eucipect
wen," ana he turned und gazed Mit
of the window tedly.
Then the had to square eeraelf, of course.
--sesep—e-
CUBAN CIGAR MAKERS.
While They Work Novels and News.
papers Are Read to Them,
.4 Cuban eigar factory of the best elass
Nisobtyonoolynideaoonss aovsotruyp
ledigPaliame ea kteor 17)7te.
plenty of light and air, a leather covered
chair te sit on anti the privilege of keep.
ing on his hat while he works, but be Is
entertained meanwhile with novels and
newspapers, song and discussion.
The factory reader sits at the rear of
the work room enthroned upon an ele-
vated stand. lie is paid from the private
funds of the eigorma,kers, the cost to
terwhoomen ranging from 10 to 16 cents
This covers the cost of the books,
noyels and newspa,pers, as well as a aid-
ary of $30 which is paid the president of
the Reading Committee to make up for ,
the One he is supposed to lose front his
work while engaged in counting votes or
making the weekly collection.
According to the Cuba Review end Bul.
letin them readers earn from $40 to $00
a week, reading for a period of three or
four hours a day. As a rule, each factory
)10,8 two readers and newspapers are tak-
en up in the morning and books or novels
in the afternoon.
The selection of the book or novel to
be read is an interesting feature. It
takes the character of a political elec-
tion, each man voting for the book he
wants. The presideut of the Reading
Committee coulits the votes and an-
nounces the winning hook, which is forth.
with bought and placed in its turne to
be read,
The cigermaker a very independent
workman. He has no fixed ohurs, but
dm go and come fiS he pleases. If he re-
mains away no more than a reasonable
time he can have his old place back
aeain.
0
Ali work is piece work, but wages arc
aceording to the size and the kind of
eigne he can make. He is allowed to
talk and smoke while working, bat the,
rteariocliilisig keeps the men quiet and luaus -
These elm cannot read or write are
'yet kept informed on public. questions
and arc able to dismiss intelligently pro-
blems of national and municipal inter-
est. They seem to be well posted on
scientific discoveries and other matters.
It is common that the newspapers
have editorials or articles which arouse
the patriotic feelings of the men. Then
the reading is stopped, voices are heard
commenting on the subject,treated and
their knife or chaveta is struck violent-
ly on the flat surface of their working.
table.
This is their mode of •applanding.
Sometimes the national hymn ,and other
popular -airs are entoned, but singing is
reserved for important occasions, such
as the victory of a Cuban in a foreign
country in some itthletic contest, in a
hard game wrung from some of the base.
halt teams which visit Havana each
year.
The excitement, however, only lasts
for a few mit-rotes, work is at once re-
sumed and the only voice heard in the
big room is that of the reader.
The wages earned by the cigarmakers
vary. Some make as much as $50 a
week, while others who are not experts
in making the selected sizes drew a
weekly salary of $10 or $15 a week.
Some cigar operatives need only to
make a small number -of good -cigars a
day to draw big wages,- because the
cigar they make is an .01...pensive one for
which they get 15tari25 cents.
WORLD'S WINE SUPPLY.
A calculation of the wine, production
of the, entire world published, in the Mon-
itory Vinocle, atn ordan of the vine,grow-
ers of France, contains severe( surprises,
eznong which are the normous supremacy
of France and the very unirepertant
Of this quentity, France herself pre-
auces 48,000,000 hectolitres or consider-
ably moee then, one-third. Italy comes
eecoed with 32,500,000 hectolitres ana
Spilt third with 10,000,000.
The foilrth piste° is ()envied by the
Frenth province of Algiete with 0,905,-
h20 hectos, thus makieg the total output
of the French Republic nearly 55,000,000
hectolitres.
Fifth conies Portugal with 3,90,000
hectolitres; sixth, 'Austria, with 3,100,-
100; seventh, Hungary, with 2,805,000;
eighth and Moth, Roumania and Chile,
with 2,500,000, and only in the tenth
place (lees Germany appear with 2450,-
000 hectolitres.
Russia nearly overtook Germany last
vefir, with 2,100,0000. Belgium le twelfth
with 1,900,000,
Countries producieg between olio Ind
two million Irectolleres are Torkey, in -
eluding Cypres, Argentiete the United
statee and Switzerland, Greece, with its
intends supplies 900,000 hectolitres end
Servia 500,00
Atistralia, 18 ceediata with 205,000, as
ire Turas and Brazil. There is 190,000
hectolitres of cope wine predlieed eVery
year; Corelea, yielde 140,000 and lemon-
leirg 120,000 hectolitres, Pere, Uruguay,
Bolivia, and Mexico follow in this order
with Antall quantities.
King Edward's ThrOnes.,
King lildented has More throtne nett any
rebee 1nonareh in Christettdotte He bits
tbree In his hondon palaces, one In the
Howie of Leta, One at Westminster, send, a
sixth ie Itt Windsor Castle. 'Most ancient -ot
thsee thrones is the etre ttt Westminster.
where oath succeeding ruler et Greett 'levi-
tate le croented, The ceronatiott their is a
massive throne of oak, in wilic n0 ow
that seven Edwards have mt. Beneath the
<tit/ la a eandstene block, knerm tie the
etone of Destiny from Scone, Whith was the
entblent of meter of the Scottish kings.
Tbe tbroue in the Iltease of Lords, Upon
Which the king efts when he addresees par-
liament, Is 'of Burrito() teak, carved awl
elided and etudded with cryttnis. It etaade
beneath a great gilt eatery. The throe in
et. Junes' Palate is very largo and linpea-
4ehtrib4re'eldriengtr te°17hriacirdetvwnlibsetethrg
tine peseta,
The west cestly Of Eder/tries theonee, 10W -
ever. la at Windser. It is compoted entire -
1Y Of 'ivory, Maid with precious stones, on-
e-el:Me emeralds, 11 WM preSeltod to Qtteen
Vleteritt by tbe Maltarajali of Travancore.
It is reeler to convert your cash into
exPeriehee than to slyep it haek again.
Bread-1114kini(
Science.
seeeeeeeereomeeeeteeetswweeseesee`ey'ee
(Philadelphia, Iteeeed,)
Bread-making—not oh -e nor a baker'
dozens nor a hundred ot the criep
golden piecee, but .meay theeleenfle daily
of the Jae -sustaining' leaves, freele frau
the =ester teltenti Where electricity ,pro
vides- the heat instead of 'coal, such le
the .record of tpe modern bread feetety
•which tide eity has brought the tam
la en attempt to lift hie tam show Bee our -
face of the *ester. eiselag thet thia wee
he resorted to the expecriene et tbrint-
ing his own lived uwiet that et hie me.ster,
hls eblek4 bolus probably to males a tallow
of. bit ihody. kalline in tble, be withdrew
bie head, only to tee his sweeter 0$841.1 tier -
Byway submerged. Asian be threat Ws Mee
under' water and egret( removed It, until 44
last, appereetly reellsing tbiat tee way
he could save tie mesterei lite vote by re -
meeting uncle: suttee ste-
liberetely remained Under Inter several
lineutete At. the viol et thee iime help Ar-
rived, and Walleck's owner, whe wise gill
in a date ioncenecloueneee hem the ef-
feces ef tani dri»k, was melee from the mar-
s gin ot ehe pend, and atter him Witilaek,
dhoireg 611104, litlAttipietneoteusetdiresa Vevitiagn ogrt tbitise
felthfulness, Rea it may be traded, hle ex-
). tpararo;iyil;c1ryiasahgwaciltiym,bs7:11wolivrelaeo etphiesnodeoerol;
witnessed et a dieteaCe hY 4 gentlentell
before Ms bedreom window. There was no
Ferrante ItIn hilt the inentent otie appear.
eaS170PIevInWis 4thgiolenW01110tigtelt amerZeruye. a. dog
possesses, ties story, sent by Mrs, Gerald
Spencer, is very interesting:—A gentlemen
Met e, Seottise terrier which he took 'with
bitri one eoring to Amine fishing be had in the
North of Scotland, beyond Dingwall. oe
return journey eouth the eentletnan got ollt,
tlelortg POT 111
at some email etetIon, ar the dog ationiehr„
home, wbere his -children got fond of lt, and
11 was cared for and seemed Peppy, but
meverryegaarhtZretlitImiglitaei:
teorrior trotted down else three parte of a mile
from the porter's cottage to the station and
met the mid-day train. Tile people living
Ili?: cY1r*iir4IeTtlx(yi tclei411.grrzgli; beTi 0=1111:
reati every day, At last he was reWerded-
The next spring his master again returned
gentle and passed tbe statIon. Ile save his
little nog, which Setneed into the traM with
hint and they were borne Away tegethee.
EXTREMES IN PLANT LIFE,
..:_
ppolersitoottollewilltibtlettgrtosttto0 iaospotiontweief
diguity of 4 science.
'Alm staff on which humanity bas
leaned from a thee that reaclute into the
emnetelieble support throngh eamtary
h aut istent past is Still reYealing lte
envirpuments .and mechanical appliances
014 show restate more essential to the
aatioe's progress then wirelese messages
or dirigible balloons, The abreact -boa'
of anatomy is a term not usee le vain,
With the milk of human kindness ast the
6piritual aceompamment wholesome ana
appetizing
versal weaker?.
bread is a promoter of uni-
rigureh foll to provide a full estimate
of the proportioos of the modern beke-
61rop which to -day stain's side by side
,vith the country's foremost industries.
the loaf, whiter like a silent meseeneer
o. the early moteung hours finds its
temporary repose on household stoops,
does. not by a tithe convey the procese
which brought it into existence. The
low ana diagy bakeahop is not the
inmate of its being, Lofty 1141,116, with
dr as sweet as nature's own scared
itand to touch the produce from the
moment it starts as flour and evolve6
into the loaf directly to grace the break-
fast table, every accessory for the per -
Action of breadbespeaks the importance
of the newer method. The sanitary law6
that eontrol production and sale of ar-
ticles of food have a complete aaherenee
sit the groat breadmaking establishments
of the present,
Let us move apace with the sack of.
flour as it enters the mammoth bakery.
Jai the topmost floor you see before you
something not soon to be forgotten. A
day% supply? But eon your guide's ex-
planation that these hundreds upon hun-
dreds of sacks of flour are consumed
every 24 hours you would. hardly believe
this to be a- fact. However, there is
much to be Seen, and, being told that
from this loft the flour descends through
eludes into the giant .mixers immedi-
ately below, has ite interese to notice
eow thoroughly the process ot kneading
the dough is conducted until in due time
it ia devosited in the trougha• on another
floor lower down. The weighing of the
dough, preceding the Wane. of the
loaves, neceasitates some hairdling, but
absidete cleanliness prevails both ae re-
gards individuals and eurroundings. The
Immense oven doors swing open to re-
ceive their offering6 and at the proper
time, and with the niicety of mathemat-
ical precision, the doors are again open-
ed turd the bread is done.
The cooling operation consumes some
time. Then, with dozens of teams in
timeless and ready to speed to every sec-
tion of the city, the product of the fae-
tory is brought to stores aud homes. The
finest bread -that any'nation ever boast.
ed stands ta the credit of the Unitea
„states, and Philadelphia in particular.
Publicity is the watchword of the
modern baker who is responsible for
these great setabislunents. Everythng
Ls open to inspection, and nothing suits
those in. charge better than foi deft -
seers to be present daring the .vario.us
etages of making bread, School children,
accompaniea by their teachers, are e6 -
partially invited to pay •the place a, visit,
and there is o, liberal education in what
the •ehild 'with ehe receptive mind can
learn front whet is here seen. More
than one housemother of the future may
glean a lesson to be put to good ac-
e°11:riLthe making of bread on a gigantic
scale, and muter cireunistancea that
make lor the 'most wholesome article,
there is not the least interference with
the one who still sticks. to his trade on
a smaller plan. The mere unpretentious
bekeshops of the day have, besides, felt
the uplifting influeute that the greater
establishments provide by example. As
a result, greater cleanliness than ever
before now chariteterizes the smaller
shops. The workers are equally benefit-
ted with the customers, In air age when
the: community straine every nerve to
make more perfect the health of its cith
zens it is the duty of all to aid, in the
maintaining at the most perfect con-
ditions tending to bring about the best
restilts. 11 is a most curious illustra-
tion of conditi•ons as they exist that even
with the eavent of the „greet factories
for the making of bread the corner bake-
6hop of funnier aspect is multiplying as
rapidly as teefore, it not more so. This
is an in•dication that the function of bilk-
ing ase a household aetivity is perhaps
less prevailing in forme•r years, ana
,baker who has one or tsvo men
bi his employ, need fear no danger to his
trade from the staadpaint of his own
That regulations and discipline of the
most exacting nature are a natural se-
quenee where the welfare of the people
depends on good bread might be expect.
ed. And front roof to cellar such are
the conditions which obtain the great
factory for lireadouaking. With mill-
tary precision the several shifte Ur hien
succeed each other as soldiers' standing
guards over lives. placed under their pro-
tection, A single relinquiehment of
duty necessary to the reaping of highest
eestilts Would. Work ft, damage to lie es.
timoted not hy money Alone,. Science is
now the handmaid of almost every activ-
ity,. and in no sphere is A tieing eue e
.valiant service than where it concerns
food and the peparation of food. Thie
is the point, the sanitary and hygienic.
weds that are so evident in the estate
Helpmate in questioo, whieh supports
thole value to the eitizen•s masee.
The revagea of eonsumption have been
made wonderfully less, through•elee, and
insistence on conditions tht preclude
unsanitary interference. The time is
fortunately past 'Whoa bread unfit fen
any Meetly is- tolerated to make its ap-
peavattee, Health inspectionu Penn.
sylvanio him clone ha dnty fully here
end. constant vigilanee will see to it thee
iniprovements will coetioue, if improve-
nients there are still to be.
Dog StorieS.,
A, epaulet, Writes Dr. H. Lawrence, LOA.
dos, Worming to a geraiernan In the neigh
bothood of Hounslow, had long shrove au
tearciorainery affertion tor his Mester. The
latter became a sentinel dlesomatete. Ile
sepereted (rein his wife and tee bottle WA.
hrOlten tip. The dog, Wallaek, tape° re-
mained faittaul, When his nentee Wee under -
the Influence of liquor Went,* never lee
hi8 aide. His tender solitude beeline a be-
weecl iu the district, One day, as Wallaek's
Master Was returning from s debauch, lu
fell; by scene tteelticnt natter, Into c
ehellete pond by the toadelde, whieh shinier,- •
tie it WO, was yrt etiffieient to istibttern's
rerumbent figure. The drunken meter
floinsiletlege only metre totatere worse. In
vale Waneek, weir what I call etteeream
1110 etteituali, tugged at his master's toiler
Arctic hichens Vegetate Below Frau.,
ing Point,
As we become More iteOnaluted With LIM
resources of nature as they are displayed
in the yegetable kingdom we cannot fen 40
'deeply impressed witih the ear restating
extremes that ere made to illustrate plant
life et Its multifold growths and forms,
says the Philadelphia Record. In the divi-
sion or flow ring elants we see a marvelous.
.. w411,1aFeentitiegrmeaatxelitturmet"051 a:Litt/urn:titre is
lei
VarietY in are abendance and at/lama:ter-
isties. But t is in the flowerless plaets
approached epecies of Algae are still found,
often growing In hot epilogs where the
wet% ie at boiling heat. A traveller states
that an the Island af Atnsterdam a pertng
was found, the mud of which, far natter
than boiling water, ga,ve birth to a species
of Ilvetwort.
Light muet be regarded tie an important
element In vegetable groWth. Many of the
mosses end lichens flourish on mks; and
old timber fully exposed to the sun. Oa
the alter hand, there are :species of fungi
whose homes are in dark caves tied mines,
Moisture is an Important requisite in plea
life, but, as diverse examples., we ere aware
of the large number Of aquatic plant% with
siietecthiaoi oroceaennt,ion of sea -weed fathoms deep
wb e some of the 'Wiens ar-e
at ho o on the a e teas. However, every
probe y et some a. age of its growth some
im)f
plant, rem the h g est to the dowost, needs
degree of meleture, either from the at-
mosphere or surrounding elements.
In the germination and reproductiono of
. Plants we find marked illuStroVells Of na-
ture's extreme methods. The Algae class
furnishes species of but a eingle cell. Some
ot the fungi, however, contains millions ot
cells. The cells in a large mushroom, for
instance, weighing four and one half pounds,
have- been found to number 100,600,000,000 -
that in one species of fungus it takes
009. So extremely ceisla_
ed with a coat or cell wall and contains
woeflii:thillestMearee......,thesefu
5n1nnlise i•anbior
01,116024,00t,004,.000zateoh
within its protoplasm water and other ma-
terial.
LBIRDS OF STRA IAN BUSH,
Aut
Sport Where The—re is—Notfiing to Fear
Except Snakes.
An apparent stroke of ill luck my
arrival at e. sheep station on the Barwon
River, in Queensland, turned out to be tho
very revere°, inesmuch as it led to my
taking a most interesting and unique tale,
bringing e, writes a -correspondent te the
London Aleld, eame of the fittest sport I
have ever enjoyed,'
On a beautitul spring morning I started
off with my two dogs tor sole companione
—Lady, a sheepdog, who had for many
months proved herself a. faithful friend, and
Punch, a tiny little creature of obscure
origte and antecedents—aud I was soon
leisurely eropping down the stream. Both,
banks were shaded by tall gum trees, evhich
were absoketely alive with all tends of birds
—screeching cocitathoes and parrota of every
shade end variety. Waterfowl of all des-
criptions were abundant, and so tame that
they scalvely see.med constious of ray in-
trusion. daily encountered flocks of the
beautiful silver gray wood ducks teecling
among certain of tbeir famorite weeds on
the banks.
About 0 or 19 p. m. I would, stop for sup-
per and after getting my camp ready I u4 -
tinily set a "springer" lino to catch some-
thing for breakfast. e.
While knocking hhe ashes out of my last
pipe and getting refuly to turn in on the
first evening of my trip the bell rang vio-
lently, and behold! my breakfaet, securely
hooked—being a nice four pound Murray
'trout.' Having -hung the fish on the limb
of a tree out of harm's way, I was soon
sleeping .soundly. A guar of laughing jack-
asses sitting in the branches overhead and
kicking up an unearthly noise woke me at
daybreak, and I soot,. proceeded to prepare
the breakfast, adopting the aboriginal way
of cooking tbe trout by simply putting the
fish into hot wood ashes. This is, in my
humble opition, tbe best method of retain-
ing the full mid original flavor of the fish.
My two cempanione assisted me in making
a hearty bneakf•ast, after which they left
me to enjoy a eolitery smoke, while they
started off in chase of an iiguano. I soon
recalled them, and taking our respective
places, We startee off onee more.
erherboenend, Ithit,reneepuelnitemernesd,
WAildr"dnuclultee,ve'erryanireisv,
spoonbills, or, blaek swans, leieurely In-
tent on their own business, and seemingly
neither interested nor alanmed at my &p-
ore -wee Here a.nd there on a limb of a
dead tree jutting put of the water might
be seen richly tinted kingfIshes patiently
gazing into the water for paseing prey.
A tew days later I had the misfortune to
lose one of my companions. Always on
the lookout for something to chase my little
eunch had •discovered eiget snake, and
started fuelouely berking at It while I was
at stemer. Knowing his danger I at °nee
tried to Call him off, and -picking tie a stick
went torward to kill the brute. But in a
moment it made off into a hollow log, with
Punch after it There Was no egress at the
'far end of the log and he wee doomed.
Back I ran to the boat to fetth an axe, and,
atter a considerable unit, managed to AMR
open that log, tinding the dog with the snake
coiled around him, toth dead.
The nights were sithely perfect but for the
moseultoes and the various bueh noises.,
which would have proved annoying, atd even
alarrning, to any one lose accustomed to
bevelling in the AuStrallan bush; but there
le absolutely nothing to be. fea.red, except
the snake.% end although the etillneae of
the nighte was broken by the mournful
cry et the curlews, the hoWling ef the dts-
tent dingo, the croak of the nightha-wk, the
ehatteeing of the 'possums, the splashing
ot the water rigs, or the monotonous cry
of the "neepelte," I Wes able to Steen aa
soundly as a searfaring Man in a gate.
Once or twice earn° to rather Mose guar -
tens with snakes, end tarried ono in any heat
for sense risme RS a stOWaWs.y ea,ssenger be -
tore 518Covered ItO Presence. It then got
away unharmed into the river, having nearly
been tile Cense of cepsizing the boat in my
ef•foeM to ' kiEllssieence temOn.
making oil of lem.on. otte man takes
I lemon in his hand. and with three
rapid strokee -with large knife etas
Off nearly rill the peel in three elidee.
rhe central position selikir is left eon-
siste moat Of the pulp with a little
of the peel., top atal bottom. This is sim.
ply pressed for looking. lemon juke. The
elicee piles to ft seeend workmen, who
site ee it low their with an ordiriery
emotion quality bath eponge. With the
other he pressce the eliee of pee egeinet
the memo, presenig the edge of the
peel as nearly flet tie, peesibl. Otte mut
anti. extract about two portede esseeee
per day. 're inenre the telle being
herged with 1110istere, it 48 11%1141 to
alOW the Reliant to stend in wattle for
t short tinie.
• • -t
Wigge-1 am Ante elle will& and pow.
dere, but do pin think She peneils her
eyebeows? Weteg--1 think that's where
she draws the line,