Exeter Advocate, 1906-5-31, Page 3CURRENT TOPICS
The controversy' over the mild reform
of English spelling subsidized by Mr,
'Carnegie has reached the reviews and
the other deliberate .agencies, Alas, it
cannot be said that they have displayed
a spirit of sweet reasonableness, of jus-
tice and open-mindedness, in their
troament of the subject or of the dis-
tinguished and cultured men who have
expressed sympathy with the reform,.
Thus the editor of The Bookman re-
marks that "simplified spelling will not
seriously appeal to any ono but simple-
tons"; that the suggested changes are
"barbaric," and that he must disrespect-
fully decline to adopt the new spelling,
preferring to "spell like a gentleman
rather than like a boor."
gmin
The writer who "muses without me-
thee: monthly in Blackweod's, a con-
servative magazine of old-fashioned
ideas which never wearies of declaring
our time to be out of joint vulgar, loud,
commercial, shallow—charges Mr. Car-
negie with offering thousands "to de-
bauch the spelling of the English
tongue," and tellshim that he "cannot
purchase bad spelling as. he might pur-
chase pig -iron." Tho writer continues'
'Nor is it easy to discern his motive.
Malice might suggest that, tieing—tin-
able
eing un=able to spell himself, he wishes 'to re-
duce all men to his own level. ' ' '
Happily a long purse does not make a
dictator of letters, and not all Mr. Car
negie's monoy bags will persuade the
world to renounce its habit of correct
.spelling. But his folly is to have inter-
fered in what does not concern him."
Let it*not be supposed that heat and
.acrimony and i11 nature are confined in
this debate to opponents of simplified
:spelling. Professor Skeat, addressing
the British Academy, declared the other
.day that the only real obstacle to spell-
ing reform lay in the ignorance of its
•opposers. To defend present forms, he
.continued, was to. exhibit ignorance of
etymology, linguistic history and pho-
netics, and to be totally unaware of such
ignorance, while to object to simplified
fled
'spelling on the ground of "ugliness" is
to write one's self down "a slave of an
idle habit" that leads one to judge by
the eye instead of the ear.
Manifestly human nature is the same
,din magazines and learned societies meet-
.zng annually that it is in the daily press..
If anything, the comments on the simpli=
-fled spelling movement m the latter .have
been in better temper, more humorous
-and more amiable and philosophical,
than those of the gentlemen who have
had weeks to ponder and ruminate upon
The by no means soul -trying question.
Seven weeks without meeting a single
•specimen of the genus homo was the ex-
perience
x!perience of Count and Countess de Les-
slain, who lately have made an adven-
turous journey from China to India via
Thibet. Leaving China proper, they
entered the Gbbi desert, and, after mak-
ing a circuit around Koko Nor, reached
the salt swamps of• Tsaidam. They next
visited the sources of the Yangtse, and
during this trip passed through a region
desolate of inhabitants. For seven weeks
they did not encounter one human be-
ing. In another part of the journey
they traversed a mud plateau nearly
20,000 feet high, and lost all their bag-
gage animals but six during the cross-
ing. They then passed a succession of
lakes until they came to Tang' Nor,
and on reaching the Sanchu river they
followed its valley to a point near Shi-
gats°. They continued their route into
India by Gyantse and the Chumhi val-
ley. The Thibetans were friendly
throughout the journey.
TO WED PORTUGUESE PRINCE.
Patricia of Connaught May Yet be Queen
of Portugal.
London society hears that the engage-
ment of Princess Patricia of Connaught
and the Crown Prince of Portugal is
soon to be announced.
Last year it was an open secret that
the. Crown Prince was smitten with the
charms of...Princess Patricia, Both aro
about the same age, nineteen. Tle re-
sembles his mother and is as popular as
his, father. Queen Amalie of Portugal
never forgets that she was born in Eng-
land,
nQland, and an alliance between her son
and a daughter of the royal house of
England would meet not only with her
ai:proval, but that of the powers of Eng-
land and Portugal.
The fact that King Edward is in
mourning for his father-in-law affords
him a timely and convenient excuse for
not attending the wedding of King Al -
Mose of Spain and Princess Ena, This
excuse he has adopted,' and has thus
sowed htnnrelf from criticism or corn-
ment• by the various religious sects r1
the United Kingdom.
Had he gone, the Church of England
folk, whose spiritual head he is, and
the Non -Conformists, who detest Rome,
would hnve been offended, and, en the
other hand; had not this niepening
period intervened and the (ting had
not attended,' he would have hurt the
susceptibilities of millions of 'itis sub-
jcots who are Roman Catholics.
Mis. 1 in}xr.eleagh . Your husband is
et his olith t good deal, isn'I, he?" Lady
Gadahnut : "Yes; the poor boy hates be-
ing nt norma alone,: you know,"
A corn cloetur nifty Make money,
but he isn't in a position to acquire,
tnuc i glory,
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IMPLICIT FAITH IN GOD
We May Trust Him to Bring Order
Out of Chaos, o Evil
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Snow and vapors; wind and storm,
fulfilling His word.—Psalm extolls 8,.
One of the most remarkable monu-
ments in Westminster Abbey is that to
Sir John Franklin, the discoverer of the
Northwest Passage, who died amid the
terrors of the Arctic regions in 1847.
Through the efforts of Lady Franklin
the last of many expeditions sent out
was successful In disclosing the steps f
her husband's progress h -t the polar re-
gions, ending with the tragic record of
his death. She erected the monument
in the abbey, which deplete a vessel
crushed amid icebergs, and underneath
aro the words : "0 ye frost and cold;
O ye ice and snow, bless ye the Lord;
praise Hutt and magnify Him forever."
Out of the depths of her bereavement,
loneliness and poverty, there still re-
mained boundless and implicit faith in
God;
The first aspect of the wind and tem-
pest, the ice and the snow is one to in-
spire awe, anxiety and dread. We
naturally ask, how can we praise God
for those elements in whose train come
disaster, desolation and death? Amid
all this disorder and ruin the psalmist
tells us that some law is working and
GOD'S WORD IS BEINGeFULFILLED,
even the powers which seem to have
escaped his control' have their uses and
further His designs.
At least one reason for the devasta-
tion is apparent to the close observer :
On a relatively small scale, the storm is
hostile to life, but on a much larger one
it is the great enricher and nourisher
of the soil, which without It would re-
main dry, hard and unproductive. Out
of death comes new life. Out of decay
the grain which sustains and the flow-
ers which beautify.
The storm and the tempest have their
uses also in developing the energies of
men. The strongest characters are not
nurtured in pleasant climates, where
they may obtain food easily from the
earth and the trees, but rather In Older
countries and on stubborn sdif where
one must struggle for very existence..
Need we wonder that Mexico, with all
its mineral wealth, is poor, and that.
Alaska, with its forest, its furs, and its
ice, is rich? It is stern necessity swhich
develops the strength of manhood,
forces the pioneer to build him a home
andat last makes the desert, to "rejoice
and blossom as the rose."
Not only is such a person tboved to
battle against the destructive forces of
nature, but he is also aroused to con-
quer man's inhumanity to man. ¢ very
large share of the world's suffering
comes not from • nature but follows
directly or indirectly from human care-
lessness,
SELFISHNESS AND GREED.
Most of the accidents on railways, on
steamboats, in tunnels and mines are
of this character. God Himself cannot
prevent. such evils without interfering
with man's free will, and hence avith
his education. But every such accident
arouses men's indignation, awakens
their inventive Skill and leads to great
caution, watchfulness and security_
The storm and the tempest have yet
another mission, in calling forth a
blessed tide of sympathy. Poor Ring
Lear, out on the heath with barocl head
and quaking limbs, amid the thunder
and the lightning, the wind and the
rain, is but a type of multitudes of
others who have learned sympathy
through bitter experience and thus,
whether for iudividual misfortune or
public calamity, there are opened many
mountains of tenderness, and generosity
in human souls. Surely we may be
thankful for whatever turns our hearts
in kindness toward our fellow men.
My friends, when you stand amid the
tempests of life, trust God; when you
look upon the marvels of nature,,pralse
Him; when you are stirred by the..gran-
deur of His works, show forth His sym-
pathy and His love.
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HOME.
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SOME DAINTY DISHES.
An Excellent •Substitute for Caper
Sauce.—Boil slowly some .parsioy which
has been cut into small pieces. (but not
chopped} . and let. it become a sad ,color.
Drain•"aiid add to the !netted butter with
a teaspoonful of salt and a dessert-
spoonful of vinegar. Boil up and serve.
Bilked Bananas.—Select large ripe
bananas, cut off all the stalks, and set
on a piece of buttered paper in the oven.
Bake slowly till the skins begin to split,
then remove all the skin. Place the fruit
on a dish and garnish with whipped
cream and glace cherries chopped fine.
For a Light, Short Crust.—Take three
ounces of butter, lard, or clarified drip-
ping and rub it into six ounces of flour.
Add a pinch of salt, a teaspoonful of
baking powder and make all into a very
stiff paste with just three tablespoon-
fuls of water. Roll the paste out thinly
and bake in a very hot oven till a deli-
cate brownish color.
Stewed Tripe and Rice --Cut the tripe
into pieces about two inches long and
one inch broad; throw into a pan of
cold water and just let it boil up. Then
drain away the water. Chop up two
onions finely and fry in a slew -pan
with two ounces of dripping till soft.
Next` place the pieces of tripe In the
saucepan, and add a quart of new milk.
Have one ounce and a half of best rice,
wash it thoroughly, add to the tripe.
Season all with pepper, salt, and a
squeeze of lemon juice.; Simmer an
hour before serving.
• Slew of Fish.—Shred finely some cold
boiled cod, free it from bone and skin,
weigh it, and for each half pound add a
teacupful of boiling milk, a piece i f
butter, pepper and salt. Set all in a
saucepan, dredge with flour, bring to the
boil, add a hard-boiled egg chopped
coarsely, and serve at once. For a gar-
nish have sippels of fried bread.
Rhubahb Cheesecakes.—Stew a bundle
of rhubarb till soft, beat well with a
fork, drain all the liquor away, and add
the juice and grated rind of two lemons.
Sweeten to taste, add a little nutmeg and
three well -beaten eggs.. Line a flat dish
with short crust, .,our in the mixture
and bake for three-quarters of an hour
in a moderate oven. Turn out and
serve cold.
Curry PowdenThe addition of a
little
curry powder' is a great improve-
ment to the pea -soup that is made from
dried peas.A teaspoonful of curry
powdershould
d bo fried in a little butter,
and a dessertspoonful.• of flour stirred in-
to it till browned. 'then enough of the
pea -soup stirred into it till it blends and
thickens. Stir all the time this is cook-
ing.
Danish Mould.—Thoroughly wash a
teacupful of pearl tapioca, and pick out
any dark pieces. Set it in a asucepan
and cover with ono pint and a half '1
boilingwater, stir constantly while it
cooks till transparent, 'probably for an
hour; add a good pinch of salt, a tea-
cupful of red currant or rae berry
elly, and four ounces of white sugar.
When all is dissolved pour into a wet
mould, and when cold turn out and
erve with custard.
Spring rhubarb Jam.—Peel one pound
f the finest spring rhubarb, and cut it
into inch lengths; add throe -quarters ' l
a pound of white sugar, and the juice
ncl rind of .one lemon, the rind to be
cut in narrow strips.. Place all in a
reserving pan, and simmer gently till
t e rhubarb is soft; lake it out carefully
vith a wooden or silver spoon, and put
nto jars, then hail the syrup, while
lir'ring, till it jellies, and pour over the
Nit. When cold, do the jars down
vith a bladder or gummed paper,
Peach Bavareis. •-•• Wash canned
cachets to a pulp or use any other fruit,
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strainingitlf it has
seeds: Add a little
e
orange or lemon juice and a little of any
liquor or maraschino if lilted. To eacn
n
pint of the pulp allow a pint and a half
of sold syrup. Add two-thirds package
of granulated gelatine, which has been
melted. Stir on ice until it begins to
thicken ..and then add hall on , pint of
whipped cream. Mould'and when turn-
ed.
urned out garnish with ;loses of whipped
.cream tippsd elyith bits of bright jelly on
bitsof the fruit.
Orange Omelet: —Separate the whites
and yolks of three eggs, beating the
whites to a stili -froth.' Squeeze out the
juice of one orange and peel and cut the
other orange in Minn, removing the
sends. Add two tablespoonfuls of su-
gar and one tablespoonful of the beaten
yolks of the eggs. Molt a tablespoonful
of butter in a deep, bright, round -
bottomed frying pan or a shallow sauce-
pan. Mix the whites lightly into the
yolks and pour into the pan when the
butter is bobbling. Hold the saucepan
over a hot water pan and stir gently for
a few minutes, and then allow it to set,
only lifting the edges oncasionally with
a thin -bladed knife to prevent sticking
to the pan. When cooked through, lay
the slices of orange down the centre,
folding the edges over to the middle,
keeping the foamy part inside and turn
the omelet out on a hot plate. Sprinkle
the top with sugar and with a red hot
poker skewer burn a design of either
dashes crossing each other or a curved
figure eight upon it. The burnt sugar
gives the omelet a 'delicious caramel
flavor and this part of the process is the
prettiest kind of a diversion at a chaf-
ing dish party, as the skewer can oe
brougttt in and the omelet proper rs
easily prepared in the chafing dish.
Little Cornstarch Puddings.—One pint
of milk, three tablespoonfuls of sugar,
the whites of three eggs, two table-
spoonfuls of cornstarch. Beat the eggs
separately, add the cornstarch to the
yolks, stir in a little of the milk, and
put the rest of the milk over Lhe fire
with the sugar. Add the yolks and
cornstarch when it has nearly come to
a boil and stir until ft thickens. Re-
move from the fire, add the beaten
whites and any chopped or strained
fruit, together with a dash of curacoa,
maraschino, or any liqueur or preferred
flavoring. Line small cup moulds with
strips of finely cut cherries, angelica,
citron, or the strips of peel from orange
marmalade and serve on a platter In
bed of whipped cream.
USEFUL RECIPES.
Salt and vinegar will remove verdi-
gris from brass.
Rhubarb should tet scalded before be-
ing cooked.
Neuralgia can sometimes be relieved
by the application of a bag of hot salt,
Rub the hands with celery and wash
in cold water to remove the color of
onions.
Irons rested on a clean fire -brick re-
tain their heat much longer than when
placed on an iron stand.
To keep milk sweet, in summer wea-
ther add a small pinch of carbonate 'f
soda to each pint and stir until dis-
solved,
Before washing new blankets soak
for a time in cold water with a handful
of salt to draw out the sulphur; they are
then easier to wash, and require loss
soap,
Plaster,of paras ornaments may be
cleaned bcovering them with a thick
layer of starch, letting it dry thorough-
ly, then brushing with a stiff brush,
A dark Carpet should .••have the dust
occasionally wiped off with a wet cloth
or sponge. -A few drops of ammonia in
the water will brighten the colors. 4,7
A solution consisting of One part
shellac and two parts naphtha is an ex-
cellent. thing for painting over damp
walls: As soon es dry the wall may be
papered.
Knives flan be given a fine polish if
cleaned with a small piece of old Brus-
sels carpet on which has been sprinkled
hath -brick or emery -powder moistened
with methylated spirits,
To stiffen hair -brushes wash them fit
r
warm soapy water, and rinse in cold
water, Then lay the bristles for twenty-
four hours In a shallow bowl of water
in whiolen ntwodissolvouncesed of powdered alum
have be
To brighten gilt frames put enough
flour of sulphur into a plat of water to
give a golden tint, In this boil four or
ave stall bruised onions, strain, and
when cold paint the frames with tho
mixture, using a soft camel -hair brush.
Lemon - pudding recipe. Use six
ounces of suet, half a pound of bread -
crumbs, hall a pound of moist sugar,
'silted rind and the juice of two le-
mons, and two eggs. Mix thoroughly,
and boil well in a buttered basin for
three hours,
in making buttonholes, if the material
is " the kind which frays easily :like
voile, for example—first mark the hole,.
and, before cutting, stitch it on the
sewing -machine and cut between the two
rows of stitching. This not only makes
a firm foundation for the embroidery,
but effectually prevents the material
from "frazzling,"
Starch-gloss.—To glaze linen without
the aid of a polishing iron use the fol-
lowing starch -gloss, made with halt a
pound of white starch, one ounce of
borax, two ounces of soap, one table-
spoonful of glycerine, one of turpen-
tine, and one teaspoonful of common
salt. Dissolve the borax and soap in
hot water, then mix all together in
about three pints of warm water. This
preparation will keep for 'months.
THE SUNDAY
Y SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
JUNE 3.
Lesson X. The Centile Woman's Faith.
Golden Text: Matt. 15. 28,
LESSON WORD STUDIES.
Nolo.—The text of the Revised Version
is used as a.: basis fur these Word.
Studies.
Two discourses of Jesus — After the
Miracle of feeding the five thousand
Jesus sent not only the multitude away,
but his disciples also, directing these to
go before hint unto the -tither side of the
lake, that is, back to Capernaum. When
at last he was left all alone he sought
the deeper :seclusion of the mountain=
side to engage in prayer. Meanwhile
night lead
g come and the disciples" til
their little craft on the lake were much
distressed by 'contrary winds and
waves. "And in the fourth avatoh of the
night.,he (Jesus) came unto them, walk-
ing. upon the sea." Their fear and the
Master's words of comfort are recorded
by Matthew, Mark, and John, Matthew
adding the incident of Peter's walking
oh .the water at the command of Jesus
(Matt. 14. 29-31). On the morrow many
of those who . had seen the miracle of
feeding the multitude again. found Jesus
and eagerly followed him. .Jesus, how•
Mier, knowing their hearts better than
they themselves, said unto them, "Verily
I say unto you,•Ye seek me, not beceuse
'ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the
loaves, and were filled. Work not for
the 'meat which perlsheth, but for the
meat which abideth unto eternal life,
which the Son of Man shall give unto
you" (John 6. 26, 27). Then follows in
John's narrative the longer discourse of
Jesus upon the Bread of Life (John 6.
27-05). Soon afterward, though proba-
bly on another occasion and day, cer-
tain of the scribes and Pharisees from
Jerusalem openly criticized the disciples
of Jesus for eating bread with unwashen
hands, thereby furnishing the occasion
for another discourse of earnest warn-
ing, in which Jesus sets forth the neces-
sity of obeying the spirit rather than the
letter of the law (Hiatt. 15. 1-20; Mark 7.
1-23). About this time Jesus left the
vicinity of Capernaum and journeyed
into northern Galilee and farther still
into the coast region in the vicinity of
Tyre and Sidon. Matthew and Merit
both mention this journey into non-
Jewish territory and an incident con-
nected therewith which furnishes the
text for our to -day's lesson.
Verse 24. From thence — Probably
from Capernaum.
Into the borders of—Into contiguous
territory which was under the jurisdic-
tion of these cities.
Tyre and Sidon— Two ancient coast
cities and capitals of Pigmnicia. Of the
two cities Sidon was the older and 'the
farther north. Lacking the advantages
of a good harbor, however, Sidon was
finally surpassed ineimportance and ex-
ternal glory and prosperity by Tyre.
The latter city was built partly on the
mainland and partly on an island, and
lied an excellent harbor. Tyre belonged
to the original territory of Israel (Josh.
19. 29); is mentioned in 2 Sam. 24. 7;
and is denounced and prophesied
against . by Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Eze-
kiel. Alexander the Great accomplished
is destruction and left it a heap of
ruins. Since then Greeks, Romans,
Turks and Crusaders in turn ]lave sought
n rebuild it, but in vain. •The prosper-
ty of Tyre in the time of our Lord was
very great, one of the chief souFaes el
is wealth being the export of the cele-
brated Tyrian dyes. Its population
probably exceeded that of Jerusalem,
lie distance of Tyre from Capernaum
was about fifty miles, and the distance
Pram Tyre to Sidon about twenty miles.
Into a house -Probably the house of
ewis)h friends or acquaintances.
Would have no man know it—Appar-
ntly Jesus was still In quest of a place
1 seclusion in this' journey beyond the
order's of Galilee, where at this time
le was at the height of his popularity.
25. An unclean spirit—Demoniac pos-
easion is often: referred to in the gospel
nrrative as having an unclean spirit.
Mark uses the expression more frequent -
y than either Matthew or Luke. Inca')
otol of twenty-four references he uses
emote thirteen 'times and unclean spirit
eleven tinges. Luke also refers to the
nelean spirit' once, evil spirit twice and
nclean .demon once. Matthew in a to -
al of twelve references uses unclear(
pirit twice and demon ten times. For
note on demoniac possession compare
Word Studies for Febrilttry 18. •
26. A Greek, a Syrophmnicinn--The
"Greek" Greek" here signifies Centile, and
itis describes the woman's religion.
he second name describes the race
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from which slle came, "which was evert
that acolirsed stock once doPzned of
God to total excision, but of which sonic
branches had been spared • by these first
gonerations of Israel that should have
extirpated them root and branch.
Everything, therefore, was against this.
woman, yet she was not hindered by
that everything from drawing nigh and
craving the boon that her soul longed
for."- Trenoh. The woman is called
Syropiieeniclan, to indicate that she was
a Phcenician living in Syria as distin=
guished from Syrians living in Egypt
or elsewhere.
27. The children—The rightful heirs,
hero re rring to the Jews as the Cove-
nant pbople of Jehovah.
The dogs -The word used intheori-
ginal is the diminutive, meaning little
dogs. In harmony with this literal
meaning \Vyclif translated little whelps,
and Tyndale and Creamer both, the
whelps, The word thus does not.desib-
nate the wild dogs which infested and
still infest oriental. towns, but the scall
pet dogs attached to the household.
28. Yea, Lord The woman accepts
the declaration of Christ, but points out
M that very declaration is involved the
granting of her petition.
Crumbs—Probably not crumbs in our
sense of the word, but broken pieces of
bread purposely cast to the dogs during
the course of the meal. "It was the
custom during the meal for the guests
after thrusting their hands into the
common dish, to wipe them: on the soft
white part of the bread which, having
thus used, they threw to the dogs."—
Maclear.
29. For this saying—For the faith
which this saying indicates.
The demon is gone out of thy daugh-
ter—One of the few instances M which
Jesus works a miracle at aodistance.
30. And she went away -Her faith in
the word and power of Jesus was im=t
pileit and she fully expected to find, and
did find, her child well and the demon
gone out.
4
WORLD'S LONGEST WORD.
No One Who Values Itis Jaw Will Try
to Pronounce It.
f'he innkeepers of Berne, Switzerland,
have decided, in order to get higher
profits, to lessen the size of the hocks
cf beer. Their regular .customers have
decided, for their part, to agitate against.
this innovation, and have appointed n
committee of seasoned drinkers to check-
mate 'the innkeepers. They have also
given the committee a title, which, al -
'though it is, only one: word, sums up the
whole matter.
Ik is ,as follows:— "Vierdeziliterabg-
abeagitationskommissionsdelegiertenver-
sammlungspetition."
II, is probable that • had not the size
of the becks been .reduced they would
sever have been.. able ~ to say all this
at once.
A CHRONIC GRUMBLER.
Grumpy at his best is not ,a companion=
able man, but when unusually disturbed
in. his mind, stomach, or liver he is
simply a social terror: He loses all re-
gard for the amenities of life, and is
an animated frost moving through the
'warm currents of society. One of the
men with whom he can get along the
best is Jelly, but there are stages of
hi; depressions when Grumpy would do
his worst to stir up a row with a saint.
Grumpy and Jolly met the other morn-
ing, with this result:-
"How do you do? inquired Jolly,
cheerfully.
"How do I do what?" growled Grumpy.
"I mean, how are you, of course."
"How am I what? Explain yourself,"
"Oh, you've got one of your fits
Grumpy. How do you feel?"
"I feel satisfied with nothing. I feel
that 99 per cent. of the human race are
[cols, that marriage is a failure, that
our social organization is a huge farce,
and that the man who is willing to live
his life is entitled to an everlasting re-
ward."
"See here, old man, your spleen's out
of• order. The whole scope and extent
of my curiosity was to ascertain the
state of your health."
"Oh, only that? What in creation do
you take me for? I've had forty doc-
tors, and all of them put together can't
answer your question. You want to
know offhand from a. layman what these
forty professional healers have failed to
tell me, though I have paid out enough
to make the whole kit of them comfor-
tably well off. 'You're old enough„ to
know better."
"Good morning," said Jolly, as he
moved away, with as great a show of
anger as he could ever make.
"Nothing of the kind," shouted Grum-
py. "Deuced beastly raw, cold, drizzling
morning. A case of pneumonia in every
breath. You don't seem to understand
your language, Jolly. When `you feel
able to express yourself correctly and
intelligently, come round."
MAN THE BEST SWIMMER,
It is curious that whereas the rabbit
cannot swim at all, the hare is an excel•
lent swimmer, The :common mouse
and the field mousencan only swim a
few yards; they drown in the act cf
swimming. Ynt rats swim splendicili
Lions and tigers swim we11, • altlgouge
only from necessity—to Cross a riv:r
for_ example. The horse can swim for
miles without being exhausted, and
shows a wonderful instinct in choosing
the best available landing -place. Bears
and moles swine well, but bats and
monkeys are helpless in the water. All
reptiles swinh; so do most insects. Hu-
man beings have greater swimming
powers than most of the lower animals.
A pian has been known to swim thirty
miles without a. stop. The only land
animal known to have even approached
this performance is the American bla';k
tear; but the American deer •:o'rco,'n;s;,
SWIMS twelve or fourteen /Mine at a
stretoh.
WHIAT FATHER DOES.
! tothers may talk, work, struggle, to,
make their sons models bywhich
to
shape a new heaven and a new earth
13ut the boy's world is in the man who
is his father,and the boy believes that
Uhatever may be right' on Sundays • r
at prayer time, the things that are really
good, that really count in Fife, are what
father does. Moreover it is what father
does which defines the means with whte,l
the boy shall work, the sphere wher'e' •1
his efforts shall be shaped. In a wo:'i
what father does is the beginning as it is
the end of the boy's achtev,mentet.
PART OF MOTORS IN %AR
AUTOMQROLISTS URGED '1D QRGArr
1ZII IO1lt SERVICE,
Could flush Volunteer Riflemen to thf
Front While the Defence 'Wag '
lasing Organized.
Excepting Rudyard Klplipg, perhaps,
ther isn't an author in Great Brit tin
who takes a greater interest in cniitte,ry
matters than Sir Arthur Conan Dovete,:
rand a probably not even Mr. Kipling
spends as much time in considering no,
Great Britain can hest be defended :u
ease of another war asodoes the burly
doctor, who would a Tittle rather not
be reminded, now -a -days, that he creat -
et'. the redoubtable Sherlock Holmes.
No one, for instance, has taken a
more prominent part than Sir Arthue
in the movement that it now on foot to
increase the :number of effective• fight,
ing men by encouraging rifle shoo:tag
in all parts of :the United Kingdom. I30'
s'de making many speeches, and writ-
mg frequent articles on the, subject ha
recently set a practical example 7,y hnv'
Ing a miniature rifle range built ori•'.tiit
picturesque estate at Hindhead, aril In•
vlting the young men of the neight:or
hood to use it. The result 's tient a
regular rifle club now exists :n the lo-
cality, of„which' the novelist is said ti
ie one of the best marksmen, ant 0115
of the hottest members generrily.
Now Sir Arthur has been struck with
the idea that the motorists' of England
would be able to render an important
service fn case Great Britain were file
varied by
A FOREIGN ENEMY.
Like Mr. Kipling Dr. Doyle is an ecsta-
tic' devotee of the motor car—having
been fined once or twice for exceeding
the speed limit—and he has written a
letter to the -London. Times in which he
explains how he believes that the auto.
mobilists of Great Britain could be util-
ized in case a foreign army had Iandsd
ou the coast.
"Supposing,” says Dr. Doyle, "that
such an event had happened. . Every-
thing would,, depend upon swift action
so as to prevent any cavalry that •force'
might possess from pushing on in small •
parties, cutting wires, blowing up
bridges, and 'generally disorganizing, the.
defence."
So S r Arthurnes o
nto
sug-
gest
gest that a thousand English motorist
should pledge themselves on the first
news of such an invasion instantly ie
fill up :their cars with picked riflemen
drawn from their own immediate neigh.
borhood, and to convey them with a
week's food, their rifles and their . am-
munition,' to the danger point. "Food,
-rifles and motor alis," he says, "are,
already to hand, and the only factor
missing is the :ammunition;'2,000 rounds
of which should be given by .the gov-
•ernment to- the keeping of the motorist
who ,signifies' his willingness to serve-
such' ammuhition;-`to be stored in • his
garage in time of peace.
"In this way," says Dr, Doyle, "with-
in a very few hours such a fringe of 'r
regular, self-suporting riflemen would
to formed round the enemy that they
COULD NOT PUSH SWIFTLY ON, '
ur collect supplies without their patrol
being cut off, and an immediate line of
resistance would be formed behind which
the regular defence could be prepared
—all this without putting any tax on the.
railways."
Dr. Doyle adds that, once the motor-
ists of Great Britain had been organiz-
ed in this way, it would be easy to test
their efficacy, and evidently the author
is interested in learning how his idea
appeals to his fellow automobilists, for,
he has asked those who approve of it
ro communicate with the secretary of
the Legion of Frontiersmen, the newly
formed volunteer organization, of which
he is en enthusiastic member.
It must be admitted, too, that Dr.
Doyle is quite in the' literary fashion
with his new plan of defence for Eng-
land, for at no previous time have so
many authors on both sides of the
channel been occupied with anticipa-
tions of a coming great war between
Great Britain and some continental
power—Germany for choice. There is
William leQueux, for instance, -whose
story of the invasion of 1910 is now run- .,
ning in the columns of the London
Mail—not to mention two German nove-
lists, Seestern and Beowulf, who have
i :cently published romances dealing
with a supposed conflict between Great
Britain and the fatherland. But these
writers and one or two others either
made England successful in the coming
war, or else made
THE STRUGGLE INDECISIVE
and this conclusion has been denounced
a- "false, misleading and humiliating
for the German nation," but still anoth.
er Teuton romancer--Moriturus by nom
de guerr,s— who has just published a
work of his own which is called, With
the German Army via Paris to London.
Here we have an attempt to describe.
"the real course of an Anglo -German.
war," and this, according to Moriturus,
is as follows: Germany, first involved
in hostilities against the combined forces
of England and France, inflicts defeats '
so crushing on the French army that
the French Government is obliged to
abandon its alliance with -Britain
and unconditionally, to accept the Ger-
man terms, Germany thereupon corn-•—
pels France to join her in war against
Great Britain, and the united" German
and French navies annihilate two British
fleets in two successive engagetn Its,
thereby enabling the German army to
carry out, a successful invasion of Eng.
land. After the occupationLondon
of I,o i'
n,
tiie Gorman Emperor dictates his own
turns of peace to the humiliated Eng-.
lislr nation. So if Teutons generally
have not been satisfied with the alltleipa
tory wars conducted by Beowulf, Sees -
tern and the rest, they ought to be en-
chanted with that which has been pro.
vided by the triumphant Moriturus,
•
PRInPABED FOR EAf1RGENCiEs.
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pdcller.
"No; 1 don't need no soap," sharply
replied the woman of the house, as site
made a movement to close the door.
"Then how would n book en grnrh
mar do? ti's the very latest- - spot. Iattl;
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