The Brussels Post, 1906-4-12, Page 6•••••••••••••••,..
' A PRIESTLY SWINDLER
EDWARD DONION 'WAS A EING IN
IIIS CLASS.
satie. Friends ,Betended MI the 'Way
• From Far Australia tO
Milwaukee.
Edward nankin, "bishop of Santa
Croce and Antioch" and holder of see -
dal other selaconferred ecclesiastical
titles, is dead in London. He was one of
the most picturesque smell swindlees 10
1110 world.
For fifteen years he ranged the world
.froro Australia te Milwaukee, obtaining
. money and gelling credit upon his pre-
tentions of ecelesiastical position and
great pic-ly. Ile swindled till brandies
of the Catholic Chetah impartially, p00-
ing at various titues as a priest of the
Roman Catholics, the Greek Calliolice.
Me Old Catholics and the Church of
England.
Ile worked monasteries by the dozen,
arid his changes of Mali were swine'
and more dazeling than those of the
Vicar of Bray. Yet so pious were his
ways mul so great was Ills learning in
WOULD EXPERIMENT,
"Eating a large portion of roast pork,
sausage and sauerkraut at this lime re
meet ? won't Mal upset. your stomach 1
"Can't tell you that till loonorrow."
graft there lasted longer than nava. it
was more limn a year before a seendal
'broke ant and iho arelibishop maladroit
him and cast Mai enel.
tie moved on to Clevelend. There he
founded an independent Calholie Church
curved shed covers two lines of troli,. y
traca. As you watch a train of Ore
cars rattles into view, the Motorman
(tinging hie gong incessantly as he ap-
eronelms. Behind the motor halt a
11011.011. hopper -shaped ears holding three
le four toile apiece. The ears come to
a stop under the ore bins, men operate
levers which open We bottoms al the
bine, and soon the cars were londed
with the ore Whielt we had just seen'
troeght in from the ronst yards. The
Intle trnin MONTS 411110. S10110 beneath
n coke .b1n, Foregoes a load •from there,
aria nil (reign to pick a env or two of
while quartz rock. Then off in the scale
hotoze, where elleh Car is weighed in
turn, 'When lhe Mental is given feem
the weigh -Melee gee the peeper weight
ce ore, reek end men have been Mewl-
ed, the bell chums romin and away the
hall\ 'tattles around the curve to the
Menem
WIl FOI.LOW.
On either side the cur \ ing walls of
the trolley way we melee hieleants and
el- of flee hose. Warnings in Benet
and did mill, 131a there was amine. and English, to lemma of the trolley
scandal. He Was arrested, eeeaned wire. which. indeed, is only a few feet
convietion and sailed for 111A110. ThI4. 0110Ve oue head, ore freely sentlered
was in 1003, .0110111. Mere pireees a num with a num
Rome was his hoodoo. He had lel 10 elld Fen' "Thal. chap," your gulde tells
noire than stinted his Old game of an "drag nothina all day hut clean
-----,.........0,1 whet hes the cleaning
Arigitean convert when he was caught i of whieewe to do with illo Tootoiturgy?
theology that there remained hundrede and did another term in jail. 'ellen, onci
of neople in England who believed until !morning, there appeared a noto in ihe .3.:3111 ere tempted to nett. leal ere inferin-
last Year that he was a perseeuted and' London papers, saying that kt Int M etl that if a place is allowed to lone dirty
nor Renediet, 010111 neuifeal-, b"-18-1`10-1-)e-oei I men are likely to bream:, careless In
Santa Croce, in Antioch. had been an- their attendance on the furnares. and
pointed vicar-apnetolic of the Old Calh- a furnace is as critical about attendance
as a sorb -1y dame. lien, nre two mon
was made public. Al that time he was , 0110 Church in Southern Switzerland by willi ladders who do nothing year in
false pretenses, but numaged to crawl There is no such Idshopric in the Oto attend to broken glass. 'Chest, things
.., tend year out tart paint the building and
arrested for obtaining money under the Patriarch of Antioch."
out Catholic Chureth, and there is no such nit' look trivial to you, hut you will
office as vicar -general of Southern melee 111111 the Hoer ts kept. as clean 10
THROUGH HOLES IN TIIE LAW. Switzerland. This. however, was his 11 10 possible to keep It. And you will
Just who Donkin was no one knows. 'notice to England that he was coming notice too mat the men seem to lake a
It is said that he was born in England back. certnin pride in keeping up the appose-
d' good family. . He appeared first in But first he bobbed up In Switzerland ance of things, all of which means good
to asume his new °Mee. There Ile work, and good work pays.
swindled the widow with whom he Rut here are the Menaces. There is
boarded to such an extent that she had iittle to be seen wept two belch stacks,
to go through bankruptcy. Ile stopped 1 Rama 114 feet long and 8 thick, on
in Paris, where he conducted a series of , either side or 0111e11 han doors hang
small swindling operations before. he I down to the floor. Al one end a peep.
arrived in England as the hole ndmils a view of the interior. A
BISHOP OF SANTA CROCE. few feet down 1 lam the Door on which
oe are standing we see a dull bleck
Finally, he landed in Oxford, on his mass. from widen lambent flames. blue,
purple, and violet, rise and flicker.
'Mere is Mlle lo indicate the tremendous
activities below. The ore train, which
has preceded us, stands at on@ side of
the furnaee. As you watch a man turns
O valve, elm iron door at the side (t1 the
finance rises slowly, reediting the
cavernous 1111101 of the pit. The men
spring ta oue side of the ore train, and
LIR over a car, out of which the
unfortunate holy man.
lie was exposed in 1005 by Labonchere
ln London Truth, and n part of his life
' Australia in the early Ms and entered
a Benedictine monastery.
' He represented himself there as an
Oxford M. A. and a Roman Catholic.
,
The fathers were deceived by his ap-
e
:
, parent piety and he was taken into the
. monastery as a nOviCa.
i
3. He diti not remain long, although be
i
, seems to have picked up there the
,
.
. foundetions of his priestly knowledge.,
,
which he used afterward. Just why 11011min ends. lie had, however, his 01 -
left the place has never been told: but leged certificate of consecration and his
it is easy to guess. Ile was a man of newspaper clippings. The charity of
believers in the Old Catholic Church,
seme of whom he converted himself,
established him in an oratory. There he
celebrated mass, held regular afternoon
services and 01011 a great reputation for
piety.
rieyond contracting debts on the
strength of his ecclesiastical pesition,
he (lid not show his hand nntil he work-
ed a false draft for 1C200 on a eir.
Fisher. The draft was a forgery, even
to the certifications, which were sup -
very low life and many of his cam-
paigns ended with a scandal.
In 1803 he appeared in England. Here
he made his first change of religion.
He renresenled himself as an Anglican
priest, and got a curacy in the diocese
of Bath and Wells.
But he lend presented forged creden-
tials; and when this was discovered he
was deposed. lie bobbed up again as,a
Roman Catholic at Glastonbury. There
he asked for adnustoon in a French
monastery, representing himself as a Posed to be those of priests tiving in
e young man of fashion who was tired 01 Paris.
the world. At about this time Labouchere started
Things were going well, when it was in on him and published a very Mir
dis that he bed rolled Im levee summary of his recrord, which created
3.-
1
t•
debts in the neighborhood on the a sensation in England. He was rirrest-
strength of his connection
witmonastery. That ended him there. The managed it so cleverly, what wile a
h the led Inc the draft operatiou, log he bad I were tu melt it 'without the quartz we
, would got whet WO call a 'bad slag.'
monas Paid the kills 10 save, the geed trip to Paris and the complication he That is bo say, the rock which is In the
name of the order. bad worked into the deal and his testi-1 ore would melt and form a thick, pasty
i' AT DO\ IDE, NEAR BATH, mony on the stand was so clever that metal, wheal would hold up hind retain
( he WM acquitted.
COKE POURS IN A STREAM,
which, as the enr moves along, is
spread Iran (..nd 10 end or the fulhace.
A ear of 'emote, spread along in the
same way, follows the (Mee.
"What 19 the meaning of this?" you
ask.
Your guide proceeds to enlighten
you. "You see, this ore bus plenty of
iron, but very little rock in II. If we
he tried it on another monastery. That Nevertheless, his name became known
time he 00(I18 an Anglian clergyman all over England as the king of priestly
e: who wanted to enter the Roman Catlin- swindlers. What he had been doing
.
lb c faith, and he presented forged let- between the trial and his death no one
e tees of ordination from the very bishop seems to know.
: of Rath who had deposed him from his
st curacy.
This was discovered before very long,
' but not before he had touched Milan
Catholic clergymen m London during
one of his absences from the monastery,
Next he caught the famous feather lg.
nalius, superior of Llarebony Abbey.
e It was the A.anIe Old game -an English
e• clergyman who had been attracted to
Rome.„.
Father Ignatius was doped for a long
time, but an accident preyed to him
that Donkin had been telling him a
string of lies about his family and pro-
perty. The Catholic papers of England
bulletined him as a fraud and lie left
the country for the time being.
After that he abandoned the church
graft for a time and worked Paris as a
British nobletnan, Ibit a year or two
later a party of wales from Downside
found him in a Benedictine monastery
In TimIle. There he was fairly caught
and did a term in jall for the frauds
•'Willett he had perpetrated in the name
of the monastery.
After his release he tried England
again, very nearly enameled the menks
of a Capuchin (establishment to hike
him be as a converted Anglieart prlest,
rind W05 caught, just 111 time, That lime
the effete received se much publicity
that
1TE STARTED FOB AMEnICA.
. -
The &Mile of his American career
are not definitely known. Ho was in
New York fur a time, but, his work
there at least escaped the notice of the
police, He came to light torein when
he appeared in Chietigo and Milwaukee
and obtained from an unsttepleious
priest of the Old Catholic Church Ids
only real ordination to tha priesthood.
' When he appenred in A•lilwitukee11(1
represented 111110111 US a "Church of
England • missioner, Saint Augustiniee
Priory, London." The 13igh thumb.
clergy of the dioectee leek alm up, and
ele preached in eeverat churches, He le
• „ remembered there as nu effectier,
preacher,
When ataced about les antidelcede he
admitted that he Wag the son of the
Duke of Devon, with the litie Lord
. Courtney. • Ile ell," not like te sperrk ti
it,•he see]; be Wn!,, j1181 It 3)1111i1/10 priest
In high 'cloud' dreier; this temeeern-
feet men with the liable 011(0-1 l( lieramo
tomething of a rage. Ile gethered teeny
of, lee admirers into an neclesiastleal
eirder of his own imilginegon, kneern oe
THE STORY OF NICKEL
FROM THE ROAST YARD TO THE
FURNACE OF THE SMELTER.
Average of a Thousand Tons of Ore a
Day Are Melted Down 385 Days
In the Year.
• IV.
In the lat letter the nichel ore WaS
traced from the Creighton ntine to the
101e01. 3111d5 at Copper Cliff. The only
evidence of life In Iles dismal region 15
furnished by a string or large got viola
1018 alongside of which a great steana
shovel ts at work. At first sight this
looks not unlike sonie prehislorie neon-
eter as it buries ibe nose In the ore lied,
withdraw -3e it again, change: its gigantic
jews as if sentplIng a morsel, grovels
in the mei again, emerges with a 111011118-
10 1 Of four tone or so of ore. which it
depoeits in the waiting car. The ore by
this time is burned to a charred dm
der.
Let us fellow a (rein cif ore from lire, into a. briekained iron tent: 50111( 810
ro111
-
The last Car iS filled. The sitttactib,s from Ilio cornda of the "far-
ust yards and see what becometi of ittecti rot 111 diameter. Icicles 11111v
gives the 81141101- You climb up beshli.]1/aet.'S 0011111 11(0 (!xposol to the chill
Me engineer, by (1401111 permission. The winds that sweep in through lho open
ail 14 tilled 0,1111 i-inplitir smoke. 11 ends of tho 18111dIng.
AMA into your eyes, your nose, your e Wain 1 is all Mat water doing bore?"
throat. your lunge. The engineer tee pet as10
texts that you tum tenderfoM, and that l'oer guide informs you that briek
FALLS
IN REAL DANGER
'Di SAVE THEM PROMPT ACTION
Meer BE TAKEN,
Waterways Commission Presents Ifte-
port - Privileges Already
(1(00. other tiverstene ?,:f water which
s eternally MI Mary to tagara Palls
to be prohibited, except such as nun, lie
required for domestle use or for the see-
viee of lochs In navigation canals. Suil.
able periallies for violation of the Ili'.'.' bo
Le prescribed.
TO 1314 PERMANENT LAW.
"The foregolug prohibition to remain
la force two years, and then to Miocene
the permanent law of the land, 11 In the
memitirrw the Canadian Government.
Granted. shalt have ounelett legislation prohibit-
ing the diversion of water whet Is nia
II Niagara, Falls is to be preserved as tinnily trilmetry to Niagara Palls, in ex.
ulla of file wonders of in" world, 11111110; Cess of 311,000 cultic rect. fate second, get
Mute tuition by the United SlateS al"' including the aneetrits required foe do -
Unlade 15 required, aceording to We nrestie use or for the service of locks In
findings ur the American 1111.1111505 of Me tiarigatt„ „oak,.
International \Vaterways Commission, "It is Resumed, however, Mut all un-
\vhieli has for the meet yeer been study- derstending mem tens subject would le
ing the couditions at the Falls and in the mulled ey treaty,
11 dietary great hems. This report ts new nejed of slut legislation would
smiled by Cleneral 0. II. Ernst, chair- bf to rod n slop to Iltn TON licip tivino,
man, and the other American members tem of the Falls, and ut Ilei same thee
ef the connulesion.
After 0 brief description of the phy-
steal conditions, the repute gives a de-
tailed account of all the corporations
CHAMELE-ON-A-LADY'S PET
liECOME GREATLY AelleeMellED To
THEIR OWNERS,
The Little Carattiees Mange Their Cater
,10 Sli4itulls)tii.evfisss,01
Ilia
'rho clutnieleou promises to be a rave
(ate pet in Loudon year,
One great point in favor of tee 011111110 -
Icon is Itecounziodating baba of tak-
mg 011 11111.1111e 01 the cuter against which
it is placed, alms otur creinielmet wat
match im with gowns oi half a teizen
belga shades, So, theugil fashionable,
it is really quite 411 economical adorn-
1110ts.11111141, however, will depend upon the
weather, for, like Um summer girl, the
idlict Mr least posethle Matey upon 1111 chameleon unly thieves 0111011 the sun is
impeetant Interests now dependent uponj
tete water power, Tee °moat In aright. To 1111110d Merit new would be
' almost, madness, US 1.1 cold snap would
diverltel en the rennedtan side, 30,000
now engaged In the development or eot, ea, )(ran exee wee a „el, to al, rob Mein of Mete beightly colored little
power, with the quantities of \water lowtng to the communes en that side
which they are actually using, amoupts I 118 nu„ 1 101, whin 1110 3' . 1 110 chameleon is malty the Ideal pock-
ninounte which they aro authorized un- "Slut legislatien woold give In Cotentin h1"11, hr. 111,1,d 1,1 hes,w,e1rde. sl,"rh1f4 eYee
luny irai
works under construction, Y el pct. IL has a habit ef sitting en 114
they DAV preparing to use, and the
peeeneu on me lop (1, As tleUtt, To pur-
1)11es; i0nutioett•iss I. at al.:151110,g n111111.111611 telso ontrityl,
filelet per second more than is diverted in
ethantage of diveeling 7.500 011140
(1110 naltual history further, it may be
from the Niagara river, but also those the United States. The Overflew. is
drawing water for power purposes from more apparent then real, siner the pow,
lite Eric (anal and the \Velland canal; ei• generated on the Canadian side will
Ith'10 the Calking° Drainage canal, end al-, 3.1? to large extent transmitted to end
1.0 furnishes a 11$1 Of all franchisee grant -I used In the United Slates. In the neme
Milton of a treaty, however, the point.
ed and not perfected.
dialed be considered.
WILL DESTROY FALLS.
CANADIANS AGREED.
The report says: "The total quantity
''rim substance of this report Wt10 sub -
11011'
water taken from the elver by works
now authorized is 00,900 cubic feet per netted to our Canadian colleagues before
second. Of that amount e0,700 cubic feet
le to be 1111(011 011 the Anierican side, and
ihe reinatuder, 34,200 cubic feet on the
Gonadial' side. That is 2.7 per cent. of
the average discharge and 33 pee cent.
to,fgotrhae rlho.ewr NNIV.initi010.0adsisechLoargpeassofmlleiel Nee• owe. tteeeennedehons which ought to le
madc, did not seem insuperable, hut our
Fells wheo these works are completed
n sideration. We have no doubt cif their
vented ota thal, the chameleon never
gees far from home.
ITS FUNNY WAYS.
11 has Iwo little nrins, with almost Ma
Mandingered hands, and. Willi Ile -se it
eliuge foe an indefinite time to anything
00 which 11 is Owed. For instance, if
you put a chamelon on a plant it will
cling to that plant until removed. Or It
11 lfldy 1111.11elit1S 11 to her gown, 11. will
IN TIIE' BRITISH IIOUSE
PAYMENT OF MEMBERS AM -GRANGE
OF HOURS,
An Podeamily in Parliament \Vas Once
Paid by the Coro
efiluendes.
Startling Innovatimis aro Impending.
al Westmineter, where the overwhelm -
mg vete cud1 by the ihmee Coriandis
tit favor uf the payment et a salary ta
bba members beeu followed by a de-
mand for the relative! of the hiass gra-
ing which shuts off the occopaills 01 11(0
hikes' gallevy from the view of all others
In the Lower House, while a movement
Is now in progress which has for Ile ob-
Oat the change of the hours of the ses-
sion from the evening and eight to the
morning and eerly afternoons... 11014'
11,115 Parliament, the parent of 011 Leg-
islatures noiv In existence, Is Ito:Oiled
loth by lestory and by popular senti-
ment with us many associations of the
ecreespondent.
hoary past as the venerable Abbey of
Westminster nearby, wriies a London
All the laws both written and unwrit-
ten, by which Its procedure is 1400(1111'
(111, are relics of olden times, dating in
501110 cases back many Minato:Is of
years. There ntways has been reluc-
tance on the part nut only of Paellament
Ilea but also 01 111> people nt large, le.
introduee any . Innovations, the eugges-
eons of which were regarded 111 much
the same sacreligious light as those van-
dal modern restorations of the grandest
masterpieces of art and architecture of
the middle ages. The new democraey,
a view to uniting n joint reptile under never fan eg and 11 win never run away, tries, is di. pmed I.
the passage of the Joint resolution, well cling passionately to her drcuS• It Will 1:roc:::iovaer,uln England, as In other calm-
•- s 9 o look at metiers
the general mw providing for the cone. le face It may be said that chameleons . tilitarian and matter of fact.
mission. There waft a substantial agree- tilwayS become very much attached to Point of view.
meta in the statement of fads, and such their owner. FORMERLY PAID THEM.
differences as developed with resped to The species most recommended 1$ That the practice or paying salaries Ite
(he me hailing frorn Mor0e00, which is members of the House of Commons for-
nbout live inches long, nod has a fascin-
ating habit of =ging its tail between Ils nicely existed is apparent from an en -
legs and up iis °hest: one et these lit1,3 in Me famous diary of Sernuel Pcpys
which he states "all concluded the
in cellengues desired lime for further 0011'
0115 in full operation. 'rho quantity
11- dem s more sympathetic Weald in carrying nut placed. on its hind legs and provided Lane of parliament. halt, been the leetio
quantity whieh nOw passes over the Ara that part of the instructions contained with penholder as a walking -stick will ing 011 of me old custom of tho places
detain fall, which at the average stage in the resolution with the members (f sit for hours on end without moving. allowing wages Lo those tncil, served
ahout 37,800 cubic feet. That thin
said commission representing the Do-
\vill in general have an injurious effect miniort or Canada, if practicable, ell them in Parlinment, by whIch they chose
COLD KILLS TEEM.
volume of water. to be Weeded is about Niagara Falls in their natural condi- would attend IL, and they could expect
men that understood their business and
upon the falls seems self-evident. The possible efforts for the preservation of
the equivnlent of the entire discharge 1 e„ av account from which now they can-
t nee Superiur over the Sault Ste. Marie. """'" not, and so Parliament has beconle a
The amount thus far actually diverted company of men unable to give account
i8 Int 1 17,800 cubic. feet per second, and for the Interests of the place they serve
Falls. for."
elorenver, Lord C.ampliell, the emin-
has had an appreciable effect upon the
The diet of the chameleon consists of
metraworms and flies. The latter the
chameleon catches for himself In the
summer months by shooting out his com-
paratively immense tongue.
Thor° Is one sad aspect to Me chame-
leon fashion. When the summer has
!Mime and cold weather comes, the
chameleon must die unless sheltered In a
very hot plant. house or sent south fol.
the winter. One well-known marchion-
ess, who became very fond of her
chameleon, last summer sent it to 131skra
during the wtrecte months. Althe pre -
Fent moment is In excellent health, and
will be restored to Its devoted mistress
when spring develops.
BANDIT IN A SHOW.
Terror of Hungarian Peasantry to Tour
tbe World.
ern jurist and Lord Chancellor, in his
WILL AFFECT HORSESHOE FALLS. "Lives of the Lord Chancellors," has
pleced it on record that according to
"To foetal). any accuracy the effects in
laws which stand unrepenled to this day
detail of the lull diversion authorized
wonld require a more complete know- members are entitled to recnver wages
dge of the lied of the river than is now from their constituents for their at -
obtainable. The water taken on We tendance in Parlitunent.
Carindian side below the crest of the LATE HOURS KEPT.
rapids will effete the Horshoc Fall alone By degrees the minus constilueneies,
11 all the water token on the American: with the object of saving money, adop-
sido should affect the American fall!
alone it would practically leave it dry:. led the practice of selecting as their rep -
but it seems probable. that only a part resenlatives 111 Parliament territorial
magnates and rich men willing to serve
ot Ibis diversion will be at the expense
et tbe American fall, Exactly what pore it the House of CainnlonS Without Ie.
tit.al that will be Cannot be stnted with =notation and to bear all the expen-
precision, but from a study of the elm- ses in connection with the representa-
bon and the maintenance of the dignity
nels and reefs so far as they are known,
reasoutible estimate Is that the water or the ofnce.
It was only natural Mal a boterte thus
composed, and receiving no remunera-
tion for its services, should mill its own.
convenience rather than public interest
In the selection of the Mows for the 511-
111145, and thus it came that Mier spend-
ing the arnall hours of the moening In
gambling and carousing, the members
vtere naturally disinclined to rise ere the
afternoon, nod parliament. In lieu et
meeting In the morning, found It Impos-
sible to assemble for business ere 4 cr
e In the afternoon. Another drawback
of the mode of life loci by the 1101.1sh Into
(stators of the seventeenth and eighteen-
th centuries was that, frequently ern-
Larrassed by reason of their losses, at
cards, and no longer in rencipt of the -
stipend which, aceording the law of
the land, should have been paid to them
be their constituencies, they became an.
o6sy prey to the temntations of bribery,
which attained absolutely fantastic pro-.
portions.
Jost Cavanyor, who 25 years ago ems
the terror and the pride of Hungary,
has arranged to tour the world under
Um management of a showman.
His deeds were celebrated in song, and
a whole romantic folklore was built up
around this wild son of the mountains,
who never hurt a woman or a poor
man, but boldly attacked the castles of
the rich rind spent the booty in relief of
the distressed.
Ile was finally caught and condemned
to imprisonment for life. Once in pri-
son he behaved wilb exemplary cor-
rectness, and during the 22 years he
wns in confinement earned Ihe good-
will and even affection of all with whom
he waS brought in contact.
IL was el the request of a bishop at
last that the Einperor gave him a free
pardon, and remitted the rest of his
sentence on Feb. 21. He changed his
convides dress for the same robber cos:
turtle be put off so long ago, and enter-
ed once again into the life of the world.
lent he found he could not live on his
fame without shoeving himself, and de-
ckled on a showman's tour.
AUSTRALIA FIRE SWEPT.
Pupils of School in Flames Saved by
Ilia Teacher.
For the second time in the space of
tWo months vast areas of Australia are
LeIng swept by bush fires. A nue en
acres between the Lachlan and elurrum-
ledge() Rivers, in New South Wales, were
devastated a COW weeks ago, and now
for some days past the Gippsland dis-
trict of Victoria has been ablaze. Many
lives have been lost and hundreds of
homesteads, farm buildings and schools,
logethee with numberless cattle, have
been destroyed. The disaster is unpre-
cedented in Australian history.
Many tales of heroic rescues are told.
Al one place in Gippsland the limes
swept up to a school In which were
eighteen children. The buildings Wcr0
quickly in flames, but the teacher hur-
ried his class Into the garden, made
them lie down and covered them with
hlaneets. These Ile saturated with water
hem a lank, passing repeatedly through
the flames to fetch the water, r49 wee
seriously injured, hut succeeded in sav-
ing all the thildeen.
A farmer, finding the fire unexplett
edly upon him, shipped himself lo tbc
waist, and 011111 his wife, his daughters
end a baby, fought his way with a flail
through the burning bush.
Two farmers carried a clelirious com-
rade for several miles through Mimes
nrul smoke. A Mlle girl, trying to pal-
led her baby sister from the hones, had
her own ClitilleS set on fita. She tore
Ilion off, stamped out the sparks, and
wraPPed the clothes nround her 111110
sister. She wns terribly burned, but
saved Um baby's life.
a large percentage of 1110 nickel and will (gene from the two arms about
capper we are trying to get out. thc proportion of one-sixth from the
In order to make this slag thin and American fall and five -sixths from the
Med so that it will not hold up the Horseshoe Fall. Exactly whet form the
metals we have tn add the barren
qtatrtz which comes front the quarry al
Naughton, nine miles may."
After the quartz bas been put in the
brakeniee dump in the ore -four cars
of ore, each carrying 3,000 pounds, of
12,000 in ult, at each charge. Each fur -
nave lakes about 400 tons of ore a day.
With. this ore gm into the furnace
again a lot ef rich metal evhich has al-
ready gene through ()nee. So that the
teed (hely charge for both furnaces Is
ribald 1,000 tons. To melt down this
immense mass the furnaces require
Maria 120 tone of colt(' a day, worth
about 5700 dollars. When you realize ed. it may not, prove disastruus. lees
what e'700 a day for coke alone means cermet bo definitely determined until
you will begin to form some idea of the the worits noW Under construction have
extent of the operations. been completed and put in operation.
Let 11: 00`111 go down to the lower \Viten that happens, if R be found that
floor 811,1 sea what tratomes of an this the falls have not suffered sedum\ darn -
mass Mut has been pointed into the fur- oge, as a 5001110 spectacle, it does not fol.
Dace, Ae we go down we Sea the fur- low that additional Wainr may be divert: -
mere pleterrin, a solid Meek and stone eft with impunity. Additional diversion
Construction would be an experiment OVen more
dangerous than that now being titled,
ADOPT TEN FRET MGM and, in our opinion, should not be per -
On this stand the two furnaces. A milted -
third is approacbing completion, and no STATE GETS NOTHING.
doubt is completed as this uncle ap-
pears. Coriously enough there is no "In return for Me inpeirinent of tlie
sign of beat, except where. at one ,end Palls thus ter authorized, the slate of
of each furnace a streem of molten New York will receive practically no-
metnl tis) 814,1 of a n11111.8 nrin thing for the eit2e100 horse -power author -
pours 101.111 in II (1011Se orange caeciele teed on that side, tind the Queen Vic-
toria Mama Falls Park will receive an
mount rental or 5270,000, or an average
of 05 cents per horse -power for the 418,-
ta. horse -power authorized on Um Cana-
dian side. These figures do not include
the 0,040 horsc.power being developed
by the electrical railway, nor the WV-
er developed by the Hamilton properly
with the water front ihe Carrel,
changes in the two cataracts will lake,
whether they will be made narrower er
lrolcen up into greater number cf
streams, or simply be reduced in volume,
retaining in general thee' present form,
cannot now be foretold, for the -reason
thnt there is no emulate knowledge 41
the forms of and depth of water on the
crests.
LOSS IS IMPOIlTANT.
"If 00,000 cubic feet per second be
diverted the loss will be important,
but if the diversion be limited lo this
'amount or receded as hereafter indicate
the ermidnions 101 11001 to 5:,:,..11 you fold 111111e t1e,111d InWer S11111‘1 1110 110111 that
your handkerchief over your mouth, hold is ruiplired night and day, e135 days i11
emir neer end leeello therrigh the 'hand- the pee.. In Heap fermiees. "Deice alone
eeiejeert en eels you, 115
...0 will 1), ;, 1- W1_411/ 1 111,11 1.1(M.11, just as llin ore does:
tight." Yon item hitt RaViCe• fillti 01111 '3,1 th0 0114118 Id these. furnaces are reelly
that he larewe whet Yet is telking Mont.
A kV/ minutes brheLts you i011 or the
smoho of the 1'0((et73'0r1e to tho -reitle
trate( which lends to the smelter.
'Ile 8/1101101' rebinds en the edge ed' a
hilladri, about ilfty feet above the low-
land. ft is en
IMMENSE \\grill): 1iT.111A011411
700 eel, long, and perbaps 110 feet high.
At a disltin,e it oppeere to be built ( 1
elta1110 01 V/14:10 40.00. .4,, 0611( 1 ep weal.. '11111) At', pgi't WhUt IS 1M10011 US
1
14051,11 th0V,%-t Ihlit it tS 0011StrhitCli ef tie.i i t
wreer e,t furntle,•." Tia: story of
000,11 revered will) 1811e4105 board, As the stip:Ming will 101 eontinlied In the
Ib' [rein lonelier, the building we find Ile\ ' late.*
4...--...
QUITE 1 3.10ee11.
• .
ale. "eel,. teal roe you told her Met
nothing but wafer. 'rho iner plates
10
111111 term the teatime of the 11111,5110-1011114 Invested, in the works (1(101
leireet heir MI 111.11 hi10101511011,or Muter consirnellon, ilt
Leo 1,1 11,41,8,1 1., 11)0,. weeed men in the nulustries dependent upon them,
leinete.: 1101 if we. 14:0 hoo 11.0e !laming to runny 1111111011S Of 51(1111(1. 11
Id 1101 eXpediont 10 attempt the
(.1:11:;end pleret them lame ce' fent' l'1b"bi'v
inejw,g 1(11111. (111 sowo vithdrawal of the righle thus utilizeil,
1,110(11 'the ecirtmerreinl virtue of the walor-pow-
evelt Witer. 1,181 kee.- that Wahlin cit,
ulatitut. Ihen 1:0 1:001, the p18t es 'r "1 Niet.f"r" retie le 0(10' 441(1(1, 1"11
c
freer meithig, rout eo Luild furenee m °`'rel'"r"`i with. s°1 "side wt'sti*
111.014'? elle.T.IONS INVESTED,
"Charters 'have been granted to core
potations whet propose to divert. ad.
(Memel enmities in quantities mit now
limited. The S111118 of money invested,
thy ceminimitiee eleewhere for pork
W111111 moilen motel is confined by
' latrimeeta Mei value is not leo great 13t
le devoted 1,.' 84111111r l'110SeS. The.
(11(1 1.4 v1ib,l annimlly by !awed 000,
00401(08 1,11 11 11,01.110 bentIllit wheel
elm Order Of ihre Iied Cord. •
yew!) Ireer3 ae,e, me ever whieli the train
• This died out, n fa
...otte cm ine up. creme i1o.d:eel. The engine feels
• filde.know why; and al nhuut 11 011 1111l10 v•oy t'lo f.01,11•11.
'met a priest of the 0141 Cnthelic (nal. ne, 1..111.1 sre 117 nuni•
teat ever toe wrel. the Iteamenen tete
erate levers by teems of whieh the hot -
tom appeare te deep out 111 111.1 Oahe
and the load is diecharged into the blue
below. It Mom lee a shod time to um
toad mend hundred lens,
Let 115 140 down 1 1 the 51111 way teel.
ine earn, tile top of the bending. . end
ee14. what next Let0:.: of the ore. From
diele end: of 11)1? 1,s144 Lubld4ng (1. cmered
structure curves 10003' in on immenqe
oval suggesting 0 ioee-brook lilis
Church. Dreildn. prefessed Memel! a
'convert to the. Old Catholics, rind WI-
voIed to Chicago at tbe cimense of hia
new friend, to see Archbishop Initatif,,
bead of tho movement in ihe Invert
States. '
"1 WAS COMPLETELY BLINDED."
oak' the archbishop afterward.
"Lord Courtney" Wan ordained a
priest of the 015 Catbolin Churnh, and
began his infnisirailen 111 Chicago. The
secret 1 1,44 ;tom not to 1,11 her,"
Ilt, "Ths mean thing! I 10111 her nol
to 1.(1 ).‘al I fold her.
Klie "I m011118041 her T wetildn't tell
yipt .111c told Me, SU (bail 1,11 1111' 1 did,
I 111A1Nt't 10(33 1.\\•().
1eee.11033. Mise Sharpuo ims Mahe,
enough for Iwo. bier Jove!
Piorenee. 'then why (lona you marry
000 peevle,
NiusT MA10)", TREATY. -
"11 Me 10114 ma to be preserved, it
meet be by mulled agreement holeveen
11113 two. countries. As it teem ta that di-
rection 'We recommend Mat legislation
ler enrieted weal) 8111111 (gelatin the fol-
lowing In`OVIsiong, 0(1z,
"The Sorretary 11 Veer le he tabor -
173,41 le grant timeline for '11110 divereion
it( 211,5(0 enbio feet per 0(0!,! (11, and 1,0
Detre, 11t11(1 ilia waters naturally hilie-
tery1 Mogan distrilmted as fel-
-Niertera Fells Ilydrerille Power
and NIttinifactliring t1On1tan1y, 9,1400; Ni.
agora Valls Power Co., -(1,8001 Elle mere]
his [(tante, in teltheon to lock sole
Nice, 4001 Cideago (11.01111A km canal, 10, -
THE DISHWASHING GAME.
On Monday, before I go to school,
I wash the dishes-1es mother's rule,
So Beldget can sort the cloets.
To help me get them quickly done,
inade up a game that's lots of fun,
And he is the way it goes:
The forks are voyagers, and their wives
Al'o the tablespoons and the silver
101111CS;
The teespoons are babies wee;
leach platter, saucer mut. cup's a boat
te which from the dish-pan,port they
nee
They're shipwrecked when out at sea.
The soap-sud breakers tlash fierce and
high, '•
Dut all hands are saved and rubbed en
dry;
The wrecks are towed Into shore;
In closet halt01 fatly safely stay -
T111 sailing date on anothee day,
They bravely embark once more.
And washing dishes in this way
Is nothing hut fun. MIS I always say -
Anil mother agrees with 1110-
91 work's on heed Ws a splendid plan
To do it in the jollied way you etin."
Just try it yomaelf and see.
STARTING IN SMALL WAY.
Dr. Emden -Going to open an office
tterOSS the she
Dreggist -.Yoe Rem rather young tor
a family physician.
Dr, Effske--Yes, I know; but I'm
only going to doctor ehildren itt first.
MEALS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN.
--
Paris Gives One Meal a Day -Salt We -
ter on Streets.
In Paris the city government giver\
('eery school elfild tine full meal a day.
'rhis does not tend to paoperize the
children or to lessen the responsibility
or Me parents, for all those wire can
efford to pity for the mere are expected
to do 50. On the other hand, no jeal-
ousy or contempt can be felt by the
richer children for their •starved COM-
radeA; fur all are supplied WIth the same
metal token, which has to be given Up
in exchange for Mtn meat. 'rho "can-
teno sehotaire." cm the municipal soup
kitchen is culled, is 811 confined to
Paris. In (lie provinces, the ettioupe
seholaire," fls equivalent, line mint up
the (wheel attendance; by tame and
bounds, thire, hoevever, inelead of pay -
Mg for their pild-day meal, all flume
enn possiely do so aro encouraged
to bring to &drool their handful of vege-
Melee end the like and the conliehutions
are an put Into the common soup,
Meng European elites on the Sea-
coast Ime selb wafer for watering the
public Morougbfares, calling it a wnste
to make 1100 Of fresh water. for this 141.11'
P050. They are the meta sidisfied be'
001150 certain nroperties of sea wafer
01118101110 tha neceseity of frequent aeon -
cations. On fhe other hand, salt water -
exerts a very deetructiee influeriet 011
-
11111 paint and vernieh of v11iic1es, 111111
merchante affirm that the salt is found
everywhere end. Mat its delinqueseenee
Is attended with herrrifte 1'eeti1t,9, And
again, salt Writer is destructive to the
pipes and Melanie infinge, and the leek -
age of the pipes kills vegetatiori 113
streets, par10 and gardima.
WEALTHY MEMBERS.
So outrageous had the condition of af-
fairs in teat respect become that the.
House nt length wns compelled in def-
erence to popular clamor to ennet dens -
tic reforms in the matter of corrupt prac-
tices, and the legislation which render -
al a seal in the House of Comm9ns Im-
measurably less preterite() than when.
the Walpolos, for instance, were at the
head of the government. brought into
Parliament a new Class of legislation,
namely, those with professionnl celfinge
end rich merchnnts and meniencturers,
l'a these men, who lind their 000(11 h1131-
11055 Lo attend to during the day time,
the evening sessions of pnrliament were
(lie most convenient, being, indeed, the
mite( time that they could entire to de-
vote to the affairs of the nation without
pay.
Parnell in a Ivey revived the nay sets-
shalirarybYfegoirenint!hilelgellohm°errIlls1111101Vmmdblisithear.
memhers also now receive allowances
TUnT10RTITASUTIY '1'0 PAY.
tram NtvhAetNr
What Parlinment voted the other day
by 10 majority of 288 was tlint salarie1',
should lie paid to Its mutters not hy
the constituencies, but by lee national
treasury, and Wore this vole can ba.
(01110 !my the question of the vesponsi-
1.4111y of the constituencies In the metier
owdl,T,Iisloutt.zeofto111.1100 oclieotewromine!rthlity 11>0 1014111
would, of course, enstly prefer to place
the obligations upon the exchequee la
imposing Mem mem their constiluen-
cies, For not only would any deemed
upon the purses 'or tbe dodoes rendre
thorn 11nnoyanar W11,11 1110 1111101, 1)11 1110
ConS111110/101CS (Mid t101,, it Ihe old time
laws were invoked, be pommelled te pruy
more num the 1nediern1 rale of 5 del -
day. which would, of eourse, he,
entirely inadequate.
A worthy old farmer, wile thorunghly
detested Sexes; end laxgrellimars, was
mice celled on hy a collector 0 emen(0
time for texas he bed paid, hot for'
which he hod mielald fire ree.elpit and,
ns ho 1o111 the story to 11 friend, he ex-
elelmetle-"Woold you believe it, se.,
the fellow began to (Mese met" °Well,"
said les friend, "what dal yen do?"
"Do? Why, 1 remonstrated With Mule'
"And to what, effect'!" "Well, 1 don't
know to what eficot; but the pokAr was
bout!"
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