The Brussels Post, 1906-8-2, Page 6NOTES AND COMMENTS
The Intended visit of a British fleet,
to Cronstadt has been countermanded,
owing to the fact that at this entice!
conjuncture It might be construed as
a token of sympathy with the SL
Petersburg Government's opposition to
reform. To avert such misconception
of his purpose, Sir Edward Grey has
wisely decided to postpone the visit to
a more convenient season. The sober
second thought of intelligent Bus-.
signs, however, may be trusted to give!
the right interpretation (o the overture!
g P
of good will. There Is no doubt that
MISTAKES OF JUSTICE
INNOCENT PEOPLE WiiO ARE SENT
TO PRISON.
Sono Years Ago a Man \Vas flanged in
Edinburgh on Circumstantial
Evidence.
to look up the account In the ledger, it
flashed across hint Ina moment that rho
111011 before him was the "duubla" Li
the prisoner who had been sentenced
for forgery.
11 al once, therefore occurred to him
that there must be something wrong
end he immediately signalled to the
commissionaire. who pinned the suspect
down while the pulite were being sent
tor. The man was arrested on the spot
and at his trial it vas proved that he,
and not Iia convicted solicitor, had forg-
ed the Aust cheque fur $4,500, and that
ho was await endeavoring to still fur -
FOR GERMANY'S SAFETY
Alai DEPENDENCE ON IMPORTS, DE•
MANOS POWi01 AT SEA.
Success of Iler Polity Dependent on
Force, \Ylilch Site Must be Able
to Apply.
scores, and some- sl the time of An [:des lomat( resident in Gazelle
an
ny
Almost every year liter "raise the wind' to c„nlribules Iia 1 'all resident
Gazello an
times hundreds, of 11111000(11 nu'(1 and another $7,500. Without 1(11111, how interesting exl,osillon of the Grruhau
wunlen are sentenced to vuriuus 1111118 et•or, had not lha oerk noticed some- tve1t01iUk by a Government 0111011111 fl11
of imprisonment, but after serving a thing rather suspicious about. the slgme- Ines' slandlhg, who is a pronlin (
few muntlto, emd, b1 some eases, eters, tura or the second cheque which causal urn hi thi You-Ge•mnulu propugurldu
of imprisonment are quietly released him In more closely scrutinize the hear` and en 111deut supporter of the Kinser'5
when proof of their lnnucencu cunlcs to (?1 lbe wrongfully-conwteletl 8111101101' nuwul suhentr. lie oars:
the British people heartily approve the 11a11d. For these errors til justice, huw-
fundamental aim of the Russian nu- ewer, lin,: e tt ilio Have been wrongfully
tional assembly. They and their imprisoned rarely receive compensation
e resent Parliament at any kind; neither is at apology ((hate
spokesincn 111 the p ` with I to Vicat, while lite public selduut'Tit
if ever,
occupy a very different posilion Ileac of lite uu (11l',say$ 1.und00 Tit-Ibi
regard to despotism on lire one hand But a 0111011 through the official Blur -
and the struggle for self-government on boots affords etlighleuing, though with -
the other, from that taken by their
forefathers in the last decade of the
eighteenth century. Even it the Rus-
, elan revolutionists had committed the
atrocities of which French Jacobins
were guilty, it is inconceivable that Bri-
tish Liberals should now repeat the
blunder made by Edmund Burke, and
urge or permit the employment of Bri-
tain's fleets and armies to crush a
people determined to be free and to
follow England's example by creating
representative Institutions.
,When Russian reformers come to
think over the matter they will recog-
nize that Sir Ewerd Grey could have
bad no motive in arranging for a. visit
of a British fleet to Cronstadt but the�
wish to bring about' cordial relations
with their nation considered as a
whole. They will call to mind the fact
that for the moment at all events
Nicholas II. is both their de jure and
their de facto sovereign, and that con-
sequently it is impossible for a foreign
Government to make a friendly over-
ture to the Russian people as a whole,
except through the medium of its os-
tensible ruler. They cannot doubt that
a similar proof of good will would be
tendered, if not emphasized, were a
political transformation, already Im-
minent, to bo effected before the visit
a' somewhat depressing, proof that the
number of iuuare;lt persous annually
convicted 10 by no means inconsiderable:.
The most terrible ntiseatriage of jus-
tice which has ever come to light's at -
keeled by the case of a Scotsman, one
\\Yli'iaml Shaw, who tu110 male years
ago hanged purely on circumstantial
evidence in Edinburgh for the murder
of his daughter Catherine, with whom
he lived in a house alone,
1t appeal that on a certain evening
In December Shaw's nelghbors were dis-
turbed by rhe sounds of a violent quar-
rel hehveen father and daughter. These
signs of trouble continued until very
late at night when all suddenly became
quiet•. 011 slaking tits daily call the
next morning, however, the milkman
was surprised to get no answer, in spite
of knocking vigorously at the door.
Thinking that something must, be wrong
for Shaw's daughter had invariably an-
swered the door, he therefore aroused
the neighbors., ono of whom effected an
entrance through the dining -room win-
dow.
All was quiet within, but on going up-
stairs he was hurtled to find lee girl
—Shaw's daughter—
LYING DEAD IN BED,
while her father, who was a very heavy
sleeper. was quietly slumbering in the
adjoining room.
The police were at We sent for end
Shaw was arrested o a charge of mur-
dering his daughter. The trial lasted
over a (trek, and eventually, after the
jury had been closeted together for over
six Hours. they found Shaw guilty, and
be was sentenced to death and hanged.
Net a year afterwards. however, the
new tenant of the house ane clay diseov-
of the fleet, and were Russia's Minister 1 Bred in cavity behind the kitchen chim-
for Foreign Affairs and Minister of nee. a letter, written by Shaw's daugh-
elarine members of a cabinet composed ter, in which she stated that, In view , f
of Constitutional Democrats and re-
sponsible for their acts to the elected
the fact that her lover had jilted her,
the had decided to take her own life.
The letter was dated the day before her
spokesmen of the people. It must, in death was discovered.
One, be patent in St. Petersburg that 1 For This truly terrible mistake, the only
I expiation given by the authorities w -as
the presence of a British fleet at Cron-
stadt can mean one thing only, name-
ly, that just as Russia's internal polity
is undergoing phrofound alteration, so
also the time Is ripe for a decisive
change in the direcUon of her outward
expansion and in her international
associations.
For the moment, of course, Russians
are absorbed In solving problems of in-
ternal politics, as the French were from
1789 to 1793. It will be recalled, how-
ever, that no sooner was a truly repre-
sentative government installed in France
than the national Impulse to expansion
received a tremendous impulse, and
only a few years sufficed to acquire that
long coved Rhenish frontier in the
abortive attempt to gaits which the
Bourbons had wasted so much blood
and treasure. Similar consequenres
are likely to follow the moral rehabili-
tation and the material invigoration
caused by Russia's achievement of self-
government, whether the new system
takes the form of a constitutional mon-
'welly or of a republic. We may be
sure that the sagacious statesmen that
will be evolved by the survival of the
fittest will show themselves competent
to turn the relc(ndled ardor of con-
quest into the channel of least resis-
tance, which, in view of the new and
sympathetic attitude of France and
Great Britain, will point straight to
Constantinople.
No Russian autocrat will ever sit on
the throne of the Byzantine Caesars.
It may well be, however, that a Rus-
sian president or a Russian constitu-
tional king will be welcomed to the
city of Constantine by French and
British ironclads. That Is the hope
with which the visit of a Brilfsh fleet
to Cronstadt should fire the hearts of
Russian patriots.
wimld In"
served lir full lout 01 his 'qt i not the instinct of aggression,
sotilen,'''• bat stern necessity which is towing t s
1311L(1,011' tins a ranee ntulous talc 10 become a sea power. More 11uIt
been brought into a court of law than quarter of our people are already 1c(ng
what was at the lime --sante y'earS ago— led on imported cereals. Cilille nuc-
knewrl as
THE "\MERRITT AFFAIR"
One of two twin sisters, so mach alike
that. 11 was contest impossible to tell one
from the other, living together 111 a
small tilt In ,North London, was chitty -
that the innocent main's body was hand-
ed over to his relations for re -interment,
and flags were waved over the new
grave. while many prominent officiate
attended the funeral in token of Shaw's
innocence.
Probably the most extl•anrdinary ease
of mistaken identity and wrongful im-
pr(-onment occurred some ten years
ago, when a man named Stewart was
charged with being en escaped convict.
In vain did the accused declare haat Ira
was not and never had been a convict,
and that his name was not Stewart, but
Stickler. ,
But the evidence against hint was ton
great: indeed, the governor of the jail
himself swore to his identify. anti the
chain of evidence seemed complete when
it was seen that on his right heed the
prisoner Mid a wren. whi0h had. strange-
ly rneiell, been ane nt the eeenlhedl eon -
distinguishing marks. This extra-
ordinary coincidence derided matters,
and the man was sent. back to prison
third of our raw fodstuffs con
abroad. About 75 per cent. of our for-
rlgn trade le borne o11 111e sea. It our
const were blockaded we should, how-
ever powerful our army, be forced into
submission because millions of our ge-
ed with stealing jewellery to the value pie could be driven to slants linn. 111
of $3,500 11110 a well-known society lady ie not too much to admit that in case
living In Portland P1a'o. a stoppage of the Atlantic export trade
According to 8 policeman on duly at in raw produces from he United Stales
the time, be saw the accused leave the
house by the front door just after 8,30
with a jewel -case under her arm. To
We consternation of the limb of the law,
however the outer sister was summon-
ed, and so extraordinary was the nice-
ness that he, when In the witness -box,
refused to say which Indy he saw, as
he rightly pointed out that "he could
not tell the other front which."
Both the sisters, moreover, vehement-
ly protested their innocence, but eventu-
ally me was conwieted and sentenced
to six mantles' hard labor. After she
had been 111 prison fur three weeks,
however, her sister, Edith Merritt, con-
fessed that she was the culprit; and so
once again did justice err, though, ac-
cording to a well-known barrister, the
likeness between the two sisters was so
uncanny That the mistake—for the evi-
dence was largely circumstantial—was
not altogether surprising.
Still, in spite of the many cases In
which justice has been proved to have
gone orally, it is only on rare owns -
German industries se uld fall to
ground like a house built of cards.
"It is our recognition of the utter de-
pendence of German industry and even
the vitality of the body politic upon the
volume of our Imposts which has revo-
lutionized the German policy and forced
upon us the construction of a great
navy, the second impulse being the
ACQUIREMENT OF COLONIES.
and a desire to expand across the seas
on economic and political lines. if
Germany cannot obtain either by com-
merciel lreay oe political power some
great territory in reserve for the grow-
ing population from which she can sat-
isfy the need of products grown in tem-
perate and tropical zones then she mast
artificially check the population and
lower the standard of living or resume
her former humble place in the concert
of Powers. Can you believe this will
content us Germans of the twentieth
century?
The future is brimful of danger to
CONSUMPTION IN FRANCE
APPALLING DEATH RATE IN THE
CITIES AND TOWNS,
A Proportion of 39 Out of Every Ten
Thousand — Laundry \Porkers
and Bakers Suffer Most.
A report just received at the Depart-
ment of Commerce and Labor (('ou1 Com
sular Clerk Augustus E. Ingrain, sta-
tioned al furls, contains the statement
that 150,000 persons die each year In
France from tuberculosis. 'Phis rep -
reseals 39 deaths out of every 10,00t1
i
ilubilauls. This awning dearth run, it
is reported by Sir. Ingram, has led to
a critical exumhmllull of French vital
statistics, and nwny interesting fuels
have been brought out showing 1(1e
basis on which these statistics have
been established.
Definite information was received
from only 713 clues end towns having
a population of more than 5,000 Inhabi-
tants, making a total of 12,000,000 in-
habitants, among whom rho 1117lalilY
from tuberculosis amounted to 42,000 a
year. 'Phis has served as a calculation
for the rest, of the country, and to it is
added Inc deaths from
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
(approximately 50,000), malting in this
wayerculosis.
a total of 150,000 deaths from tub -
Prof. Albert Robin ens esteblished
from the statistics of 1901, 1909, and
1903 that tuberculoSls increases In en
almost regular proportion to the density
of population. In Paris, for example,
the percentage of deaths from tubercul-
osis is 45.2; in cities if 100,000 to 402,-
000 population, 84.4 per cent.; in dittos
of 20,000 to 30,000 inhabitants, 30.8 per
cent.; in cities of 5,000 to 10,000, 23.4 per
cent., and in cines of 1,000 to 5,000, 20.4
par cent. •
The question of the effect of certain
occupations on this disease has been
carefully investigated in France. it
we found that those trades that bring
persons into contact with dust are es-
pecially dangerous. Enquiries nutting
policemen postal employes, awl inuu
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TREASIUIIES LOS'e '1'O GERMANY
London Dealers Buy One of the Most
Famous Collections.
Theo is sout1IWng akin to c0nsternee
hon fu 110(11(1 art oircdes at a piece of
news that hes leaked out, thuugli no•
thing has as yet appeared uboul 11 h1 the
p1888.
elessrs Duveen Drulhets, the London
art dealers, havo within the last few
days bought the entire coleetten of
works of aft formed by the Isle Iler1
Oen(' Lluluuuer, a cullerlion which 18
generally considered to be the finest of
Il, kind in Germany, (Hoer 1lninmter
WINS not only himself a great e0unots-
SCur' in all Ilse varied manifestations et
Renaissance art, but was helped by ilio
01111011 of Dr. \Vllhelm 110ele, 10110 iS
1 a'
considered the genies!, authority e n art
tin rerulaly, and, perhaps, on 1110 entire
Couliueut.
When Herr Uranium died 111 1(;91 Im
left some few t'xceedingly vn1110140
pieces 10 Iia Berlin Museum, though the
bulk of the collection passed into the
possesslnn of his widow. Ile. Bode
cherished the hope that the whole col-
leetton would eventually pass to the
Stab, nr be presented by some wealthy
enthusiast, but apparently nobody felt
inclined to pay the $1,250,000 at which
it was appressed by Ile owner, and for
which 11 has now passed lino the hands
of elessrs. 1)uveen, of London.
Paintings and lculplure in marble,
bronze, terra colla, wood and 'very,
tapestries, and embroideries, furniture
and stained glass, clocks, enamels, il-
luminated manuscripts, fayenee pottery,
medals, and church plate figure in the
catalogue of the collection, which is to
be shipped forthwith to England, and
will probably be placed on exhibition
al the Duvets Galeries.
Among the pictures are a portrait by
Boltleelll, a Madonna by Lippe Lippi,
and paintings by P. Pollajuolo, Polinir,
Mosinert, De Bles, Vasari, Clanach,
Cima da Conegllano, F. 13011, and tunny
by many unknown mestere. But tha
finest section Is Inc sculpture, whet
includes many pieces of inestimable
value. by Antonio Rnssellino. Aline de
Fiesole, Andrea delis liobbla, Luca della
Ruhbia, Antonio Pollajunio, P. Viecher,
Andrea niece, Ginn I3ologna, and others
of equal note.
This is the second Imporinni eollec-
linn in Germany that has 11111lh1 the
dry workers revealed a disastrous con- last few months been sold to foreign
I1 general public hear of the German progress. Stretching over the dtl01 of affairs. Among 257 wnrlonen
ions that the P carefully kept under observation, non -
many wrongs which are annually inflic- whole of northern Asia wo see the great sisling of cnrpentes, joiners, floor -lay -
led of innocent men and women. But Russian Umpire barring the entry of ers, old packers, all living under prac•
In the past two yea's there tins, forth- German goods, the self-sufficient Am- tical) the same conditions, the mor-
, been a considerable falling off erican continent, with unlimited econo- trait from from tuberculosis amounted to
In 111
in the number of errors of justice. Mie possibilities threatening lite Euro -
The official figures of judicial errors,
however, are very striking. in 1808 no
fewer than seventy -flue prisoners were
acquitted after being In prison for four
months, while in the same year over 8
hundred prisoners were freed after two
months' enforced and wrongful deten-
tion in jail. In the previous year thir-
ty-one num and women were released,
evidence proving their innocence having
turned up after they had been in prison
for three menthe.
TO FINISH HIS SENTENCE.
Two years afterwards the police ar-
rested a ratan wino was literally Stew-
art's double 1n every respect, even down
to the wren 011 the right hand. Further
Investigation proved — and afterwards
the man confessed himself—that he was
the convict who had made his escape
from jell by climbing over the prison
wall when tracing his daily exercise in
the courtyard.
Stickler was therefore, of course, et
once released, but tete only consolation
on which ho had to congratulate him-
self was the fact that he had not served
his full term. Strangely eougit. 11 af-
terwards transpired that during Stick-
ler's trial the real escaped convict, dis-
guised as a country farmer with mut
onehop whiskers and corduroy riding
breeches, was actually In court, and
with the exception of his wrongfully -ac-
cused "double," was without a doubt
the most interested spectator of the pro-
eeedings.
Some three years ago there occurred
still another extraordinary hnisca'ringe
of justice. A well-known north -country
•'
solicitor was
ehmk edwltl
n forging g
the
name of a linen manmfnc1urer on a
cheque for 54,500. The evidence egninst
him, indeed, ryas overwhelming, for no
fewer 111811 three bank clerks recognized
the accused at once from omeng twelve
other (nen a5 bring the man wino had
presented the forged cheque at the bunk
shortly after it was opened in the morn-
ing.
torn-
tnThe only evidence in the prisoners fa-
vor wee that ha was a cmmperalively
poor men, mid neither slid 81 any time
his Milking amount show n hnlance of
more Milli 11 few hundred peunrls, nor
did his mode of living justify the 11.101
that he was possessed of more Oran
very humble 1enns. However, the evi-
dence
i-dence of the three bank clerks seemed
conclusive, and the occused tva8 sen-
tenced to
A LiT"TI.E MIXED.
"What is the meaning of the word
Ensler1" said John flare at a club.
No one could answer the question,
and flare with a frown went ou :
"Nobody reads 1110 'Bible now. Not
long ago at a dinner, 1 got Into a
Biblical ergumont, When the argument
was over a young lady said:
"'I enjoyed that discussion spine
' dilly, but, you know, 1 always thought
that Sodom and Gomorrah were man
and wife:
"Another young lady commented :
"'0h, well, I. suppose they ought to
have been, If they wore not.'"
A WOMAN'S INVENTION.
How the Wife of an English Manufac-
turer Discovered Blue Paper.
"A woman," said a paper maker, "in-
vented blue paper. 11 was by accident
that she did it, though. Before 1100
time all paper was white.
'She was the wife of William tastes,
one of the leading paper makers of
England In the eighteenth century. In
passing through the paper plant one
day she dropped a big blue bag into a
vat of pulp. Eastes was a stern chap,
and so, since no one had seen the acci-
dent Mrs. Rastas decided to say no-
thing about it.
"Tire paper in the vat, which should
'lave ben white, came out blue. The
workmen were mystified, Eases en-
raged. wihile Mrs. lsattes kept quiet. The
upshot was that the paper was sent Io
London, marked "damages," to be sold
for whatever it would bring.
"The selling agent in London was
shrewd, Ile say that this bine tinted
paper was attractive. He declared it
to be wonderful new invention, and
he sold it off like hot cakes at double
the white paper's price,
"Earles soon received an order for
more of the blue paper—an order that
he and his men wasted several days In
having lto 1111.
"Then
vainA[rsy. tnsles came forward and
told the story of the blue cloth bag.
There was no difficulty otter thaj, in
making the blue paper. This paper's
price remained very high, Eastes having
it monopoly In making it."
VERY GOOD. -
\Vllson--Saw Jackson when 1 was in
Lonsonhurst,
Wont—Indeed. llns he a good posi-
tion there.
Wilson—Its had when I saw him. He
was sitting in the hkmmoek with the
daughter ct the richest man in the vlT
lege,
A BAD SQUALL.
peon market, and finally the confirma-
tion of Chsmberlainism in the self-con-
tained British Empire in taxing all for-
eign the trade and in effective occupation
of ane-flfih of the entire surface of the AMONG LAUNDRY WORKERSglobe. So long as Germany can sell her from tuberculosis reached the total 1 f
industrial products to these Slates from 9e per cent. So deadly is the handling
which she receives such products in the of indiscriminate soiled ]Ines that young
rate she can thrive upon her rivals, but women succumb after an average at
what is to become of her should Russian 15 years, while men last from 18 to 22
and American industry be directed to years.
satisfy the home market entirely, while•!'ine Paris bokee. afew years ago,
0 Brutish Imperial Customs Union shuts formed an organiznliou Inc Rae improvc-
out her exports? meat of 1.110 unsanitary conditions un
aheadis because she Is aver looking der which they have to work. it is as -
ahead shot. Germany is directing her en- serled authoritatively that despite the
orgies to develop her trade in those parts Government inspection of bakeries and
where the greatest increase of trade has
been recently taking place, prlmarlly
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
and such Asian and Ah9ean empires as
are still independent and tine Balkans,
and secondarily in the colonies of those
Powers that have not 811111 us out by
tariffs. All this demands maritime pow-
er, for if we are not strong enough of
sea to keep open the corn trade routes,
or even in certain circumstances to put
pressure upon corn exporting countries,
our national existence (vii be threaten-
ed.
"10 spite- of the rndlonl Socialist fa-
natics the ultimate success of nur com-
mercial policy is dependent upon force
and this farce we mean to be in n posi-
tion to excreta° whenever our interests of their physical condition, so that the
demand its Our future welfare must de- teacher could separate the unhealthy
more then 30 per cent. Laundry work-
ers, 110w0ver, were found to be the most
seriously affected. In some neighbor -
Sally Smother (al (he piano) --"I'm
afloat I'm afloat!"
Her Father—By Jovel You'd jolly soon
be capsized by such a squall as that.
FIVE YEARS' iMPRiSON\IENT.
Some eighteen months ntierwnrds Ilio
most: amnzing and truly dromen° inet-
dont occurred. One of the oinks, who
had been transferred to another branch
of the banlc at Bradford, was one morn-
ing handed Over the counter a cheque
tor $7,500.
Looking more closely at the sinahnr,
Which represented that of an old elteni,
who had banked with the firm for years,
ft occurred to him that 11 was In some
slight detail just a little bit different 10
the drawer's usual siggnature, and, no
Informing the beam thtit he would have
the modern hygenic apparatus, 440,000
out of 400,000 bakers in Paris, France,
suffer with tuberculoses..
The campaign against tuberculosis in
France hes assumed such national im-
portance that the Academy of Medicine
at Paris bus during the past three
months ben discussing the necessity for
the compulsory declaration of cases of
tuberculosis by the doctors in attend-
ance, but (his hos met with a storm of
opposition, it being contended that there-
by the large army of consumptives would
be deprived of means of support, since
no ono would. then knowingly employ
them.
IL has been suggested that school Mill
dren suffering from this disease should
carry a booklet reporting the ,progress
pond on mm abilty to obtain a firm
hold on addilionol territory or to pre-
vent territory being appropriated by
more powerful countries. IL was on
this basis thnt the need in Morocco, but
In the great settlement, which is to come
Germany can only act as a naval pow-
er.'
in conclusion he affirmed that Ger-
mnny's life enemies were Great Britain
end the Untied States. Russia end Ger-
many. he said. must be in a position to
defy them. in order to do This she must
besides procuring some temperate ent-
entes and a navy to keep the trade
route open, aim at the establishment of
a central European customs union with
the Rhine end the Adriatic under Ger-
man protection.
A man
couse he
4
isn't necessarily athletic be-
jumps at conclusions.
ON THE 11. n.
Conductor --We're due al Mellepott el four (Mech.
Mrs, O'Toole—All Olivet loime cio yez get there?
from the healthy.
PAPER HANDKERCHIEFS
have also been proposed for dislrlbu-
lion, but their use, French physicians
declare, would be undesirable, if not
dangerous, unless the handkerchiefs
were systematically collected and de-
stroyed. The Minister of Education has
recently isued an order that inasmuch
as the permanent, commission for pro-
tection against tuberculosis had learned
that recent investigations had shown
that in certain countries 80 to 80 per
cent. of the cattle were affected with
tuberculosis, all milk consumed in board-
ing schools should be pasteurized, boil-
ed or sterilized.
The Tuberculosis Commission lots
been examining o cuspidor invented
by M. Fournier. IL is of cheap construc-
tion and needs no clearing or touching
by hand. iL consists of a cardboard
cylinder rendered water -proof, contain-
ing some pulverized peat impregnated
with some hygroscopic and antiseptic
substances. This receptacle is provided
with a lid, which rises on pressure of i
small hand lever or foot pedal, and thus
nothing objectionable is in sight, no
dust can come from IL and fies cannot
c1ta
The11. French ,Slate Department of Pub-
lic Charitios, regarding this struggle
°galnsl. tuberculosis as a national n.nd
social duly, is considering the estab-
lishment of special hospitals for tuller-
cilosis patients, both In Paris and
throughout the country, where such pa-
tients can bo properly treated and special
treatment given them.
countries, and at lovers are gelling
seriously alarmed at this exodus of art
treasures that can never again be re-
placed.
CHAMPION BIGAMIST.
Albert Capper Sentenced to Ten Years'
Penal Servitude.
England can boast of a bigamist. who
s Isle present day champion in the
quick lua•ring° line. Albert Capper is
Os name. ile was born In the west. of
Englund. and left an orphan when a
young child. lie was sent to an nr-
phanage, and from there drafted Into
the local workhouse, where he was
taught bootmalcing, But he hungered
for the outside world and soon mode
his escape. Ile enlisted in the army
and joined the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
His lime was up in 1893 and he left the
ahny unmarried, a good looking man
of 25 and with a few pounds in his
pocket. He immediately married a
young Irish girl, a servant in en offi-
cer's house at Aldershot. Ile had spent
all her savings in three mouths and
two weeks of hunger and want salis-
lied his wife. So she ran May with e
mut better oft in this world's goods.
Capper threatened to be revenged
and began revenge on the whole sex.
Before the year was out he had married
another girl. He lived with her for a
year and then disappeared and mar-
ried another woman with a little
money. For a considerable time Cap-
Per lived in Idleness on his third wife's
money, then in tu'n she was deserted
and he married a fourth.
Then each year lie kept on the merry
marriage game un111 lie had elghtl
wives, all living and distributed all
over England. A widow was his down-
fall. She was very religious, had a
snug little home end was good looking.
Capper boarded in her house, joined
the church and also became very re-
ligious. Then the widow married him.
1.1e deserted her in five months. Soon
after she engaged a new cook. This
motherly woman recognized a photo-
graph of Capper on her mistress' man-
tlepiece. It was the latest wedding
group. She sent the photo to her
daughter in London, and the daughter
recognized Capper as the man she
married in London In 1903, The police
by ciroulation-photo systema soon
tracked the arch -bigamist to a town 1n
North Wales and nabbed him on the
eve of his ninth wedding,
When the story got out the deserted
wives promptly turned up end were all
in court when the Lord Chief Justice
sentenced their husband to Len yea's'
penal servitude.
GETTING PRRACTICE.
A man who wee gelling shaved at a
barber's suddenly uttered a ioud. ex-
clamation.
"slang yoll" he cried. "You've cut
my chin twice now. If you can't shave
butter than this, every regular customer
will leave you,"
Due the young barber pushed the
man's head back on the velvet rest, and
laughed.
"011, no," he said, "no fear of 1(10.1,
I'm not allowed to shave regular ewe
tonic's yet, I only shave strangers,"
CORRECT.
The New Waitress i 'Shall I say
'Dinner is served' or 'Dinner is ready,'
»meim T'
ellei ess : "11 that cook doesn't do
any betel, just say 'Dinner 15 spoiled,'
EXPLORERS HAVE TO BEG
133.l'PERIENCI1S 50\111 OF :num 'IAV11
IN RAISING AIONEY.
'Pito Task Is Oftentimes ]larder 'filen
Facing African Fever or
Arctic Cold,
A mall who lcnnws many explorett
wits lathing the other due about llto
illscoureging experiences that loose of
lilem have In trying to rake funds for
their work,
"Al lust," he said, "(arptei n Ranier
has enough money to in out This exitedl-
lieu and Ile has started for the Arctic
on 111e vessel the Canoe inn Government
Im8 placed at his service.
"Tint man bus 113,1111 with his Arcli°
project 0008111011y in his mind for the
last eight years. lie has talked about
1t Incessantly with any man, group of
men or society lint would listen to
Lim. 11e was glad If anybody would
promise to give hien even $5 ns soon
as the necessary sunt was pledged.
"TWO years ago the promised fund
which was to come from hundreds of
sources amounted to $02,000. ine need-
ed at least $13,000 more for a safe
financial basis.
"You can't ask a man with any hope
of success to put his hand into his
pocket for you if you wear a desperate
and lugubrious air. You must assume
jollity and confidence,
THOUGH YOU IIAVE THEM NOT.
"Bernier always laughed and joked
with the men who told him ho was a
crank and a bore. Ile has a vein of
humor that has doubtless helped to add
thousands of dollars to his fund.
"A year ago lust winter he kept a
band of travellers roaring with the tale
of his trials and tribulations, and they
thought it the bast joke of the evening
when he told them with much solemnity
how implicitly 110 relied upon them for
the last few thousands he needed, It
is Bernier's a nfnlling good 1101000 as
well as his enthusiasm and hls complete
confidence in himself and his plans
that has helped him to surmount his
financial difficulties.
"Itis expedition will undoubtedly re-
present an Investment of aL least 8125,-
000,
125;000, counting in the fine ice ship which
the, Canadian Government has donated.
She is now known us the Arctic, was
formerly the Gauss, and was specially
built to carry. the German expedition
to south polite waters.
"Those who saw Peary working al-
most night and tiny a year and a half
ego to raise funds for his present en-
terprise realized more than eve' before
the uncommon sluff that is in the man.
He had en assured reputation as one of
the greatest of Arctic explorers, and
yet the quest for money tuns about as
hopeful as
HUNTING FOR HEN'S TEETH.
PROTRACTED LAWSUIT.
A long lawsuit has just been decided
In Germany. IL related to the right ex-
ercised from
time immemorial by
cer-
tain
villagers of Lorraine to taut wood
in a certain forest. This.right was dis-
puted by the Department of Woods and
Forests In 1613, and the villages
brought their case before the amts.
A jurisconsull mos appointed to in-
quire into the matter and report. His
report, covered several hundred pages of
manuscript and took him thirty -Ove
years to droit. The tribunal, on the
strength of ills report, decided opine!,
Ole Department; but the Department
appealed, Tho Supreme Court at Loip-
zig bus now, after nearly three cen-
turies, tejeeted the appeal and con-
demned the Department to pay the
costs of 1110 process. These, even on
the German scale, must bo heavy,
AN OUTSIDE OPINIQN,
"It is very difficult to convince the
general meet cof the utility of poser
exploration in spite of the millions of
actual wealth that lite Arctic) has sup-
ulied to the world and the groat gains
-duct polar research hos contributed to
nearly every branch of science. Peary
had to go ahead with his work, invest -
Ing his money as fast as he could raise
it In his oulllL•
It took indomitable courage and
pluck to work all the harder when the
financial prospects were blackest; and
the way clear through his embarrass-
ment really was not, visible to the ex-
plorer 1111 a few clays before • the time
he had calmly announced for his sail-
ing.
Young Mikkelsen, who Is now near -
Ing the threshold of the unknown to the
north of Behring Strait, is a remark-
able example of pluck and unquench-
able enthusiasm. He is still under 30,
but has already had much Arctic ex-
perience.
"Ile supposed that the prominent men
and the scientific society in England
that hod pinned their faith to him had
given him all the money he needed,
when he landed in the United States
last spring and found that the arrange-
ments he had made for getting north
were defeated by the imprisonment of
rho whaling fleet in the icy north of
Alaska. It was positively necessary for
him to buy a ship, and though a
stranger in a strange land, ho ret
aboul mt1
"All who
toraise heardalto iris 111110oney. speech at the
dinner to Nordenskjeld in New Yortc
will remember flow smilingly and with
what significance as
HE TOLD OF.HIS PLANS,
he ended nearly every sentence with
the words, 'That is, 1 shall try to do
this when 1 get money to buy my
shp:
"iMikkelsen had the advantage of a
good reputaton, a praiseworthy plan
and of pluck and enthusiasm that war°
really impressive. Some funds were
sent from abroad, but four-fifths of the
money
he
required was given be him
by Americans. Mikkelsen bought, ihis
ship and wont on his way rejoicing.
"Most explorers would much (011)0r
face fever and savages In Africa or
freeing In the Arctic than nth any
man for a cent. But they have to do
it, and the very qualities that matte
then successful beggars are among the
faders that make 111601 also men of
high achievement in the field of ex-
ploration,"
A Man walked into a grocer's shop
and handed to the assistant a paper
containing some while powder.
"1 say," ho asked, "what do you
think that is? ,lust taste it and tell mo
your opinion"
touched it with his tongue.
The grocer then smelled It, then
"Well, 1 should say Mat was sods."
"That's just what 1 say," was the M.
itmphant reply. "But my wife said (L
was rat poison. 'You might try It again
to snake sure,"
Mr. Shap, the provision clatter,—
who, by the way, IS regarded ns a
smart business man—loolced distinctly
annoyed. Glaring savagely across at
Henry, the new assistant, he snide
sternly : "Como here sir I" henry
came. "That lady who just went IM—
MO, 1 hear her nslc for fresh -laid
eggs?" "Yes, sir," Henry answered.
"And you said we hadn't any." "Y -yes,
sir ; that is quite true." "Prue, you
jugghns, you I 1Ndn't you see mo my
those eggs myself on the enlister len.
lnt011m ago? You untrtilhlul 5001311-
-th•e11 'fake a month's notice lo emit,
ami, mild you, don't Intik to '110 for n
ref rence. We must hate no prevail-
cation 111 this establishment."
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