The Brussels Post, 1907-8-15, Page 6CATTLE WAR IN IRELAND
.01IASS FARNIS RAPIDLY GOING BACK
TO SMALL FARMS,
.Worof Dish:1'14110os Athenry and
Loughrea-Some Armed
Coldnolo.
A soisool lour in tho omith and wool
snosigthom ilto (minims that tho dayo of
Poe calm. ram:hors too immlorod and
Mai ninon tt motoorabo, U1110 1110 Vast
gilisS !mak will he up and
shared 1.1111011g the 'Mai are l'aIW
thing in tio. hogs and on poor and un-
prodootivo Waling!: \\rib's a DuStia
eorresPoitibmt. (nag.. farm after grass
form loing fin on up. Obeying 1110
•tiontands of tho eopie, Om graziers too
undoptahing, .surrt,nor stances. 1 1 worthy or th,ta that 010
otthor aboroloning .ands cts
against Men M110 Were tried by l'eation-
Niagioirates and acquilloil. This BRii AIN s FAcioRy LIFE
dolorinination loss arEillSed 1110 people.
who doclaro that tho iloveramont will
not get a jury M convict imi000 they
soul the ousos for toial ill 0111side 0.1111-
'10S, W111011 inifirOlnihle, Kings'
county and Sligo ow' itio only co:1111'0o
tho western provimm 11P0o a 1,1.0011
110o stint moo to joil for cottlo raiding.
oral tho proomors tho 11,11,0, ,ose wore
loon oent More from tho County of llos.
Cellaw .11,
In 1110 1110011111110 1110011 and mow pony
ars being Moon fool, Oboe district., Roil
sonl 1,, tho disturiod novae mho entire
s.osoo hoo
aris Oir ronitito,
litoy tinit it had Mom. whereas
a fow opals( ag.i erowils or yuting. 00.13
v..-011141 11,0.0 11,1,0ti to It& itopoL to rbt
tht, moot.01. 11 ts round, 111:11 10111..
tt10,1, „.1 mon woos', mom, eon" on the
'isouiting eon tot\ o ontigratol. und of
niaso I'm aro lo
the ox4tice in the prosioa eirouni-
them. 'rho farmers limo 'dread:: woo
many viotorks and thoy aro confident
Unit they Will lie sipecs111111 all along ino
line, and thitt tho oinoty prairies o
Bed, IMscountion, Sligo., Nictoot aml
woy soot 1.0 poopiod with condorLablo
lormeto in tho iinniediato Moro,.
0043 chango of consolorablo note lots
occurred. Whon Me Into Govoramont
WaS in power a solvion undestolcing was
given that if tiny potato was kismet to
!tato by stress of agitation the Land Com-
mis.oionors would have nothing lo
with. it. Tho peesent Govornment has
oltoted that and is prepared to deal nu-
modiatoly with tho outtle ranchos tint
have been thrown vacua since the anti -
grazing war started. It would Iola the
itmlits police foreo of all (reload sta-
lienoil in throe counties alone to ora -
toot the graziors there, and it is reeog-
nized by Dublin Caollo 11011 it would be
quito impoosible to stop Pie wor by the „
oneurrenOes In tho Land That Reign:
too of the ordinary force tst the disposal
of the Crown. Deno° drivos are of fre- Supreme In the Commorcial
ouent occurrence, and the landlords and
graziers look upon their case as hope-
lestS. Sad believo that if they stand out
against the will of the people worse
evils may bolall them.
molly rot -miters Mid it extromely dint -
coil piok up mon .in what waS llie
1110s1 prolitio recruiting groond in the
kingdom. with the wool!, that tho Irish
regent:Ms aro degenerating, Slew eausoo
account for this- emigration and n \veto.
sowad atili-onlionnota sruozukt that hus
loon waged in koland for five yoars.
litneo expired soldiers lire rim en•
via:raged eame back fo I/1,10 faiodjo,
or districts when theiaterm of service is
up.
,o—
IN MERRY OLD ENGLAND
NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT /0 1IN DULL
AND IIIS PEOPLE.
TI1E WORST DISTRICTS
in the rogion of disturbance aro Athen-
or and Loughrea, whore tho people do
not lose time in talking but set to work
in a spirit of the greatest determination.
Unlike the agilaloro of other parts they
are not coctient to drive tho cattle off
the farms but -have, taken. sitems againot
ths herds and the owners of the stook.
The boycott IA rigewously applied and
within the past few weeks shots have
boon flood through the windows of the
dwellings of mcm who otand out against
the agitation.
A few nights ago a body of cattle
drivers mom into collision with the po-
lice in the dark, the constabulary lying
in ambush to prevent tim drive, At iirst
tho people skirmished agninst the eon-
stabko with stones and inflicted injories
upon swot -al of them. Then fire:arms
. were brought into play and the oon-
stabulary replied. 'rhe police did not
Worn!.
best in London, l'eollirCS all its em-
ployees to be dean shaven.
Novel -reacting, oxcept in the wores of
classic writers, is said to be decreasing
among the Landon public.
Throo lumps, of coal, together weigh•
fog threetons,have been taken from Me
Earl of Elkesmercss collieries, neat'
Monehooter.
Me Robert Wallace, K,C., the chair.
man, said, in opening the Cloriconwell
Saosions, that, compared M twenty
ovals> ago, crime had fallen off twenty.
tivo por cent.
It IS the dictum of a Brightoo town
couneillor, who is oho a member of the
Brighton Eduontion Committee, that
"A girl of twelve should not leave
school till she is sixteen."
The dealh has occurred al rfamplon
Dill, Middlesex. in her eighty -tend
yoar, Of NIIS.5 Marianne lIonogon, who
sorved through the IsranomProosian war
as ono ol the head nurses.
Asked by Capt. Craig In the Houso
attempt to natio any arrests and °I co:11111ms why flagstaff had boort
hrought tho (lotion to a close by shout- as'elod at the Wor Ofiloo, Air. Haldane
ing to the men that they wore commit- replied that it was to fly a nag on.
hog an Illegal set by firing upon the 'Mr. Haldane is ao awkward man to
otTito2r3 of the Crown. 'rhe crewed got handl".
away in the dark, having portly moo A prisoner in Wilmslow police sta-
coaled in their cattle. drive. Up to the Lon picked the ce11 lock.lsith the snivel
present the constabulary have taken to, ‘5 ,-.11 the end of his boothtee. Ile
notion no:Mist ihoso who were present., 151), walking out of • the police 6tation
although thoy say that they know oes.-, \\Mon he was seea and recaptured.
oral of Ihe men. There is an unprecedented nember of
TUE SAVEATED A111,1 WORKED ANO
FLEECED 11'1' FINES,
Etiolates Aminual Publication on 111e
Daewoo of Employment Tells
a Painful Tale.
Tho 0111111111 1411(.10 pill11011 1100,
i(11111iii.l'siTs'141134,119 1:!t7t1111141isi:-;111''11.111-17-
ollterwoo: tho tomort of the 17111,1 iospoo-
tor of. factooioo ono worotoo.possions.
Pions- 1110011 the sonot painful 11110 11`,.
S,IYS the London Daily Ni:Ws.
Many iiiipiv)Veniellis are 1101.11, hilt. 011
Hie Ita study of lito 31:4 paps
clook000 a torritilo slak, of ollairs--
workers boilig oilseruoutously ground
down by elliployers, 11111.1 their health
unit lives jeopardized 1,y insanitary eon-
ditiono tool unprotedod intwhinory. The
Moo look may openi4 tit random--
tWarly ever), pago unfolds the same
ghost ly roe'
ruAlss it",01..0titigithisoLnieligoif the moot. Painful
contorn womon
(not children. 'rho roport, of 11:0 elliel
laity inspeAor heartronding
doeunient. Of tho child lace wimliers in
Ntiss Sepitre writes :
"'rim tiowiters' complaiitt that Ihe
scloal children aro slavos' is not
unfounded, '9110 hood Witcher of ono
school lokl me that to oarrying out the
sight tests proocriloot tloi education
nontorily She W115 amazed at the dela).
oiglot 110 children. . , . In visit-
ing 0110 hire WOrkS11011 1 55115 surprisod,
when 111 answer to my question whether
a girl of 13 had corlilloale. fov total co: -
emotion, she replitol that hor eyes were
so had that she had been excused from
attending at seliool, The girl sous draw-
ing ltiee."
"ALWAYS TIRED" CIII.L.SREN.
Miss Paterson. reporting on the half-
time .system nod half -lime ochool in
Dundee, pot -yeses this picture:
"Nalion they two in the mills in the
morning they haw no opportunity lo
boor dinner until after ochool closes for
tho (lay. . . Narrow -chested 0111141mm
sat on backless bonehes. . . A nnorow,
stoop Stair 1011. to the school -rooms, and
Move \ono 110 sort of playground, nor
uny lime to 1150 it if Hume bad been
Defoolive eyeolght preventod a
certain pooportion from seeing what was
written on the lauckboaril, NN'e. were
sorry also to find ct elaso of children
ooeupiod in noticing bution-holos."
Miss Martindale drew an equally snit
picture. of the hail -Lime children of the
Irish flux mills :
"Tho head toachor in ono of the half-
time schools renituked um that these
chile -Iron Romeo 0155531S 110010; that
during the remealion period they pre-
ferred oating down in the playground to
running -about. . . . Tho children wore
undoes:toed, roond-shouldorod anct deli-
cate in oppe•oranco."
The chief insprelor reports, however,
that the emptoyment of children as half-
timors is becomiug nior0 ond more' rare,
though. in cortain towns, for extunple,
Bradford, lite number havo inoroused,
chiefly owing to the raising of the age
nt which full -Lime employment, is (11-
lowiol by the local authorities. The large
muulom of childron employod has con -
skit -stably increased during tho last two
yours also in tho weaving trade of
North -cast Laneashiro. Nlany child
A fow night's ago in Ilk'. Howe of , salmon in the Upper Wye this seaoon. workoro, of course, are :wonted at
Cinutims ilto Irish Chit..1 secretary Rowney fifiy-one, averaging 13SO ibs, home. 'ries is what Sir. NicOnglay oaw
complained Mat. the glaziers and lona-loath, were taken by rod and line nog- Bolfast
lords did not take steps to protect their' loss in the vicinity of Bain wcus "In tho poorest. and most onhealIhy of
can dwellings this variety of homework
own proporty. I have been in touch! alone.
wilh ooveral important landlords in thoi midsummer day statioties have shown folrowing hinollcorehiefs) is caroled oh to
disturbed awls cold shotated tots point! po, borough councils that the exodus on iikoneeivoldo extonl, and in some
with Mom. They pretond to see in the from London hays- considerably Melons. streets ono could hardly enter a house
Chief Seerolary's words a hint, that 11)4'3'1 oil. Taking London ns a. whole. [hero without seeing Iwo, three, four or 1110r0
should keep arined parties 011 their pro- aro now more than 50,000 houses childron, varying in ago from stx to
porties und say that the (lie Socrelary twelvo smaro, round a tubio, all
intently buoy trying to cant a. inioorable
petal-rm."
Ness Paterson also has oomelhing to
sa,, about the omployment, of children as
label -slicks in thread mills :
"I found about, 40 Milo -girls, 21 of
whom wom hatelintoro, licking and
moisloning lho adhesive labels by
mouth. Tho mond cramitly of labels
moistened in this way by Each girl is
tdout :ifi gross a day. .. The tongues
of most, of them had tho polished tip
choweloristie of labol-lickem, mid the
root of the longue coaled with the
brown gum."
must rat be surpotood in Ihe near fu -
hire if he finds the cattlemen ohooling
Mk the crowdS 11110 Shooting for results.
'rho writer raid a visit to the De
Froyne estato in Roscommon. This pro-
porly of Lord Ile 1Freyne is a mere agri-
cultural shoo and the peasants live in
Um direst poverty on palettes of bog
hind which only produces in. response to
INCESSANT HARD LABOR.
It ts one of Ilia most congestell dis-
lrielo and ono of the poorest in Ireland,
and three years ago the Sheriff was busy
there evicting peroonnts who found it
impoosible to pay their rents. The Gov -
moment has docided la take the majority
of the tonants away from the ostato and
plant 113401 on grass lands In other parts
of Rootountrion, Mit those whoso neigh-
bors they aro to become. doctor* that
they Will not allow this (Ind will drive
them book to FY:network. Thoy sny
!hey want no' land for ihernselvos and
will not uliow strangers lo erono in told
take up any part of it. This asitect of
. ease gives the Estates Commission-
er> some concerti.
It would be almost impoesible to drive
through a more -mournful, deserted and
&pressing region than thoso midland
murales of brown bog and empty
110310 after hour ona passos
along by mulatto -led peat land (moored
with reeds ond grozing land tended with
slones and nettles. The ilia country
ohsochos from horizon to horizon, and
now and again one comes to the Milo
eltilo cabin of the peasont who \\motto
bowl tiny nfloo day on. the little patch
tissignod lo him trying to make ends
moot. Al lho niontont nio Nast hogs ore
(hoary waolos savo for 1.110 bito of fool
Cu: from them by 1110 poosonts, but in
no. near foluro they may he Mo. 11100115
of bringing riches to lloi eounlry.
A proopooling fatly of Gorman ond
Irish ongincors aro al work on the 1109
(1 A111111. 'Choy say that lho solar:110mi
s of powee foon pont hos boon most sioo
cessful. Goratony and Mut Ireland
ofiors water amp() and a promise of
4,19gor mtottwt 111:111 tot,t 1,1100414A tho
industry in Me fallietland. Accordingly
ihoy lay, made linol olsonfoomoots t,,
float a company whioh will 1,4' homily
Minnood in Gnomon' for Die of
tho logo In hull d000n
fits, Not tio-s calcolato thot oildiflon
to too rovemio cheap powor m Lohlo
in tho ado of Mo. by-products will oiolit
con.>iderable wealth,
BEGAilDING TIM GTIAZENG WAII
oho A tiornoy.GetiOrtil 1100 doported from
bl. elision: up to Mt preami, by ()odor -
Inge bills to be pro -sailed at 1110 aSsizes
emploo
At Moakley., Otero is a cook who
has been with one family kr twenty -
ono years. The approcialive family Ita1
gioen her a gold watch and. allowed hoe
es give ti ports( to her Mends, every-
ltdop: being provided. 'rho friends
numbered thirty-seven.
Foreign eggs and poultry are to be
roarkod with Ilm 1101110 of -their country
ond origin if the resolution of a room,
soidativo meting i3O producors and poul-
terers, held ta the Great Eastern Itotel
recently, is waltzed. A 13111 will prob-
ably be introchiced.
„ ostrich 1111111 took plow at Corbar,
13031on. Escaping from its attendant,
the bird hopped over a hedge and made
off amiss the fields. The owner und his
friends mounted their horsto and went
allor it. They got IL cornered sevorol
Moss, led it wus too quick for Mem,
and many hours elapaid before it was
cought.
The landlord look away the [root and
back doors of a house at Lytchott
oter, Dorset, bocause the tenant, a WO -
limn, hod not left on the expiry of no-
tice to quit. Fearing theft, the wo-
1:1011 WaS unoble to go to bed, and scam
of hoo possessions wore spoiled. Sho
has beim awardod 10s. damages against
the landlord.
Ileinforood eetnent nOW 1110 favor-
ite inaterlid with British builders ot
large chimneys, One already completed
eri London to 250 feet 111911, with n baSo
twenty feet &more, and a projected one
al Northfield will be 247 fcel. high and
otgla arid a half feet 10 diamelor, with
a foundotion of eighteen feet square.
the village! of 1111,41:0111-1044,11, in
Lincolnshire, wah o population of 080,
has forty -cite 1o:skein's over oeventy
years of age. All Ilios000ptnagenarinos,
eiologenarinos, mid one oontoomiarian
woro Moiled to a garden Forty, and
tt:Irly came. Their total combinoil
ogos wero 2,279 years.
1,011i1011 11118 yetir faller of visitorS
than 11 hus ovor boon below. Tipsy
tiro largely American, but Mere is also
uni111:11 3111111ber of Gorman and
holies itto 1,110Wir.
ed to their tantool, and it is quilo
poos11,11, to got t, loam (if ally of lho
big hololo in Control Loudon unless ft
to boolcsil for some clay!: loiforollinol, in
vomooloonco of Me erowthol olute
Poo loOolo mons' IlliVellerS Moo had to
lo lodgings lbe Bloomsbury 1091,1011
141111 01101'5 hose gone to 1110 1,4,90 dis.
ond Scotland, 111toncling to return
toter on.
A 50-1011 gon costo SO0,00(1, and MO
shot Costs $375.
111AINING BY FINES.
Astounding is the tyranny exorcised !Pt YOur seat You walls across the
over poor women workees in the matters 'pageant ground; both before MI after
„f ono, deductions and oilier impost. lho performance you- mingle with the
^
thoy onowd,
le: floe fact that leado was hod, that joins PAS1UNG THE RUSSIAN CUSL'ONIS,
110),1111,11 s1101111.1 011011' 111011 2d. in overy
111,00 where, lauodry work
is pert,,rnil),1111. 1.10 OF LIMON,
Mitig Tracoy throws a Ittokl light on
Tho 0110 &cad in all the homes Sarnia
10 he lila inspection Ina),
Mead 11 olooloining ot disoiplino and e
-toning of teo moral hold tho sopa:Mrs
have 415.11' ale initiates. , . 1 SilppoSo
1115 silent syS11111 certatti advan-
i11144.1,41.1-41.. lilidlt\,\:-.0u,1011ftesi (11110 tela17,,fli,,50,;
gonorally vuotte, but tho orto .11(4111,
4-aw to wine), it had too tocioted for
soot,' years 1110 almosphero was alto -
1.:41 her different anti homeiike. 'rhe
trenio youth (if 111011), 01 (lie n11110.105 IS
Very disloesoing feel ure of many of 1110
homes, and it lo griovialo that ilie sino
of othors should bo henvily visited
upon Masa puOr Children, In wholli ille
51111910 110101111 joys of 1101110 life aro
now dontoil, for nal home tiles can nevor
atlainest in tho ilk of "it honk,"
possibly soosido fospoollon luny opon
lho doors and widon this atmosphero
altogether,
dit ordinary laundries tho porind
oniployintott has loom as (linfoult to
chock ns evert AlashitlerY• ttle solY,
1.4 being largely introducool laundress,
and 0110 noticed by a MAY bospoclor can
iron '3.000 collars an home. IL can ho
worked by two girls, with seats 01,-
100110d to the nowitino. Its cost was
X.100, but it saved inowages over .C2 a
week,
Tho extraordinary di:sot-T[1rd oani-
tary comlilions is still to be noted, and
Miss Vines reports a pottery works
Mato "lho only meal -room Provision
was an unwormed lavatory,"
NIANUFACrUBING SAUSAGES.
Tha most, unfortunote feature of un-
sonitution, however, is lhat it is most
often met with in food manufacture.
There is EllWay5 a good deal of "jungle,"
ist this blue book. Ntention is frequent -
to made of the conditions of sausage
nomufnetuse. ln ono town in Lanca-
shire one nom, ten Or INV'OlVO smock by
fool!, contakod EL sly In whiell pigs were
kept and killed. All tho subsequent
oPerations of situsogeonaking were dir-
tied on 01 010 oarne room. A join fac-
tory vS4ittol hod walls splitsbed shouldeo
high with "slate jam," which tho manu-
facturer suggested had properties enab-
ling it to fulfill the function of linie-
wash. Many jam factories and bake-
houoes were found to be cleaner than
formerly, but in some neighborhoods In
South London "tho practice of hanging
up the family washing in the Niko-
hobsos is itecoming more' apparent, and
in one eine every available opal, VMS
0050red ill 11115 way,"
Leal poisouing eaOes numbered 280,
the highest number sinee 1001, whon 206
were reported. Til0 riso tho earthen-
waro and chino, trade is attributed to
carelesoneos in the oboervonee of special
rules. One of thesaddost etSoole of lead -
poisoning is the dire poverty to which 11,
tykes, and some distrossing instances professionals on. their way to moseow
Offaly Officials and Posters Examine
105001100-.00111110 Paosporls,
The onion] of tho 1 litsalfin cusleano
con only Ito doocrilied as fearful and
womilerful-froln ony point of view, A
scoro of onleials and twioo ns ninny
otioolal porloro, wrileo airrospondeol
of. tho London Evening Sionilard, went
,systomationIty through ova's' Moot' of
higgago, Diego. 00 small, of 'every has.
Siolgor, Three °Bleeds unit Iwo pOrlerS
1110 arcrage composition of tho
small tonne's that proem -tied solounily
el woad 1110 grout 11011 on .1ho (Mar
shei 00 the countor which all our
loggago W110 diSplliseil, With Ila 051Wel•
4111 Or 1111310us iiii5sengers befOr0 11.
"Ilave.you anything?" "No, nothing.'
Thou anothor °Metal puts it nuother
way: "Ilovo you anything new?" Iso
which tho natural reply wits.: "Won.
weat do you think? eVo come :straight
horn London," From overy pm:googol:to
luggago something or 011101' Wila Clin.
Sell at random and Immo tiff in triumph
to lho asoessen's table. So far as could
ho soon ovorything wits ("awfully weigh-
ed told handed Lack to the owner on.
production of passports, Without charge.
led tho cosfainly earned their
PIS, whatever it might be, if tolly hy
Mes exquisite acting of Moir ongraleful
pare>.
Getting tho paosporto W115 another
boson 10 Itussian onielohlorn. As the
train entered tSe station all clears were
tookcof one j10 One WaS pernatted to
doocend until a gondormo with a couple
of ;satollites had proceeded thiough all
the compartments ond extracted a pass-
port. frotn each person. These were
being dealt with in tt .soporate r00111
whilo we underwent tho ordeol of the
eustoms inspection,
After about an hour a little tioloot
window opened, and WO 0115115d tumul-
tuously nround 11, shouting out olio
names, a trying thing ,for an English-
man to do ln a public place. As bod
luck would have it, quite three-fourths
of the pasoengers were sion-Ttuosinns.
Ball dozen Britishers, the same num-
boo of Frenchmen, ond perhaps a doz-
en Russians; Lilo rest, quite 1101 a hun-
dred, had names W111011 were either
German or 14 wbh, and often both.
Passports were handed out with eX.
PaOrtlillary freedom, and many a man
returned the paper he received with
"Not mine" In vortous lartguagos. For
toe disteibuter was a half literate and
not \vitally sober genclarme, ruby 1105001
rind truculent, whose struggles with
the' 13ftbel 01 nantes-all written one
way and pronounced quite another-
nocessitated the intervention of an of-
ficer, who mode betkr hand of 11, hill
1101 much. Filially the non-Russian
possports wera from hand to hand till
they found the right owner.
- Among the few Russian names called
out woo the magic one of "C•ount Tol-
stoi," and in its recipient I recognized
the gentleman who, half an hour be-
kre, had helped a couple of English
girls coa of trouble with the omotoms.
They were evidently "song and dance"
1 for the first time, and had all their
aro given,
stage wardrobe with them. As most of
TLIE PAGEANT FEVER. was silk, and they could not speak
a word of anything hut English, the
Ail England This Year Going to the customs people- NVC15 disposed to make
Great Outdoor Shows. a haul, under the impression, appar-
ently, 'Mat they had to do with French
You would Mink if you had 800.11 orto smuggling trade goods.
pngeant that you would have had quite Count 'Nista!, happenin,g to notice
,onouglo you would think if you had the dilemma, went to the akl Of lite girls,
that you would have had inore than and a couple oP words to the chief soon
vitough. You would think if you had set them free from all trouble.
teen to both lionises' and Oxford that ,o—
you would oot have the least dosire to
lo Bury SI. Edinu»ds, Not a bit of GONE FOR '1'119 MISSING LINK.
11. The more pageants you SOW the 1110re —
WOirtail Explorer and Scientist Will Go
you'd want oeo. You would catch
She pageant fever, tho fashionablo epi- to Dm Island of Java.
donne which has broken out alt over
England Iles summer nod is still rag -
MI, in spite of the untoward weathee.
There ore lots of others besides tho
leroe mentioned above. There is SI. Ai -
loins and goodness knOWS 110W ninny
411000 Ulm litive been -or are goleg to
be And just think of 111 At lioniseY
Shore were only three performances
announced and a fourth had speedily
141 be avrangeill for; at Oxford there
Mrs, Margaret Selenka is going to the
island of Java to try to find traces of
Ille missing link for which her husband,
the lato Selenica, had made a la-
lotrious search, before las death in
Munich three yoms ago.
lt Is well known in selentilk circles,
that, more than ten years ago, the
Dutch medical man, Eugen Dubois,
found fos,sillzed remains on tho shores
tim Solo river in Trinii, Java, which
-One. six performances and a grand lie named the Pithecantropus .erectus,
eland to hold 5,000 pcople ancl yet on and whicn lie flrfilly believed to be the
11.1141. last day seals were at a premium. missing link beloomen man and 3110.111C0
T° what is it dile' then, this lasahat" A llveTy controversy was waged oveY;
tien of the pageant.? It is not the fact the matter in which learned man took
ief Is being a gorgeous display of dress- opposing sides, Professor Virchow
n magnificent spectacle, full of stir- nmong those who assailed the thoo-
long incidents. is the intimacy of the otos
!whole Ilitng in Spite of iho fact that 'SS
pa/essay &tenon, who NV0S 'eml-
fs carried out on such a oust scale. ro mcdogisi: sided with Dubois. mos,
Solonka had often assisted her huoband
in his resenrches and expeditions to the
Dutch Indies. She knows these parts
of the world nnd its inhabitants wed
and decided some limo ago to proceed
with Mr hunt for the missing link. The
Dutch Goveroment has promised MPS.
Selenka substontial help and aid in
(ivory way. Two sooners and a groat
number of Kuno oro put at her dis-
posal and all governmont employees in
Mo. regency of Mactioln. whom Trinil
IS situated, are instructed lo help the
expedition by nil .100/1n5 W110011 their
pONVC1`. 'The Academy of Scionoe in Bets
lin is interestod in. her work and is deo
fraying part of her expensos. It is
first time in its existonco Mat, tho Royal
Prussian Academy has thus honored a
\\minim with Its approval und substan-
toi1 help.
The wortc of Niargnret 84'10111m is well
leriown nnd opprociatod 10 the scientific
iv...a1(1, When 8010 NV115 in ,Ilooneo with
1101 husband, for the. ;special study of
the development of the anthropoid npe,
Professor Selenka fel) ill and• had to W-
enn home, When tho cooplo arrioad
in India they heord Mat the laborious.
ly collected onibryos of the anthropoid
9pes lind been lost At mint owtng
gr000 enrelesonoss on file port of Ihe
prople. who hod beton ontruslioll with
tho tronsport of lite vtilutiblo collodion.
Nolin»g daunted Moe Selenka left boo
hosIould nod whilo he procoectiol on lito
wny Himont). whew lie had ongago-
monis to fill that Could not he post-
pontol, 0110 volurnod to Um wilderness,
Thew, (Ohm ihrco gtiorfers of a yoinso
bard work olib.-the Only whito women
among the obosIgines-ouweoded it]
9(1,11119 a collection togother in every
way as good as the lost ono.
A womon of stioit onpobllillos is the
rigiit neroon at the hend of a great, ex-
pedition imil romoino to be soon it
11r. Sfax Mookowskl, who nisei wont to
Java offer 1110 missotg Mile, will work
with her, or ID direct opposition to her.
meets in Paris don't seem to."
llono, lit a earilboard box foolory, 111
Similleld, a girl, who worked 4eS, hours
On 0110 (lay, had five hours woelc de-
dorlool frorn•hor wagos for toughing and
forking on live owasions during that
[Imo. A. W0111511 ill Ireland W110 earnoti
Is. 4d. a day Mut 2o, 4(1 deducted for be-
ing a few minutes into in lhe morning,
Pis rmult, being nrrived nt by a com-
bination of 1110 locking -out system and
itio looms oystom being lost, ancl fine
of a quarlor of a: day's wage being im-
posed, ln the pollorieo n, majollieti
pointwoo. who earned lls. per W001i,
55115 sobjoet to the following wookly de-
ductions : Washing of morons and
cap, 3d; stumping firneo number On
3(1 ; coolcing, ; mossroom, 2d ;
lavatories, id oweoping and hot wnlor,
, :id ; is, 2d. ln many muchinists'
tradoo, 011y8 Nliss Putorson, the oystion
of lining 0001115 ontirety to lako tho pIaco
of ony nothing. Tho young worker it:
put on lo piece work almost. at first.
fine gill. who was paid .1Xid for Moro
skirls, Mituagool one of the 18 ports coin-
prisoci In the Moen gorntonlo„ nnel she
was moot 1110 \\Moho 13u1, worse
than this strange "training" systole is
one doseoilool by, Miss Vines tts
"ollowonco syslom
"By this method of paymool, fly work -
oro fito nmotoro eilitio" a pervert.
Inge on tholo erarningo or so much in
11501'y shilling thoy take. For inoloneo,
in nip aorographing. dopashnont of ono
(1,oliery) works, Ihe wornen and the foitio
'allow' to 010 410111 on what Hwy earn
oil follows
"Isl. year, .ict in the Mailing; 2nel yonr,
ild in the, ohilling: 3rd year, and after,
ed. in this ohilling.
"lbe distant in tho ease of appronllimo
11157 porimps he untiorslood, but lim
worlcom ohmild voodoo Moir nominn1
wage. The syslorn made its oppOnr-
atom aloott 70 pow op at a timo when
It was proposed tho masters, owing
porformers, among whom are often
some personal friends; no footlights act
as a barrier between you and 1110 scene
of action. .40 the horse of tho messen-
ger who brings ill tidings dashes pert-
lously close to yott the hond of the
small schoolboy silting next to you
tightens on your arm and he holds nis
bionth in sympathy with the boy from
one of Me schools (minded by Edward
V. who bravely stumbles through his
speed1 of welcome to Queen Elizabeth.
To him Boadicea is no lon9er II none
that is hard to pronounee and harder
Mill to spell, but a splendid queen, a
root woman NV110 can drive her chariot
tual spirited steeds with one
bond, ond is jolly glad when her
1,01,dy uncouth warriors bosh the fat
Roman Faustinus on the bend till 110 is
killtd aocl put his contutious nod fea§t-
ing friends lo flight. The schoolboy is
a -not in the least deceived by the bits of
red Paner Shot two stuck on to St. Ed-
neiritt's white Ionic to simulate the
blood Mal, is supposed to flow from the
vocunds modo by the orrows, but all
too sumo he is •40 impressed by sooing
intudored body of Glowsoster borne
along on a bier that whon you look tor
11:43 figure of the noblo duke in the lido
lenu ho witiopors in your folk, "Ito can't
cm& on ogees he'o Sload,"
Yes, all the onfoonts hove 1110 55010
nobly and intimary, Inn oneh has 11
quality of Its own, llontsoy is the 111611,
dramd1o, Oxford tho mosl kaimed, and
limy Se Edmund's 11)0 finOot us a opee-
tack.
MISUNDISIISTOOD.
Friona "I suppose, Mrs'. Counoup,
your daughlor who ts rihroad undo. -
stands French,"
Nit's. "Yeo, toit. olie 'tootles Mat
Whnt puoztos her is flint the people she
FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND
.1.•••••••••
NOTE$ OF INTEOEFtT FROM 111311
tiNKS AND IIIIAES.
Whot Is Going On In the Mal:lands
and Lowlands 01 Auld
Scotia.
'rho bell of (Iarniinioack fIarl,s11 thurrh
01.1111 siX huncleed yoloo;
Loot liuthvon, who hao just. entoroil
his Sevelialli C011111S of a istoo
which has Loon prominent in seottisli
IttotosS. Ono of ltlo nitioolors Nvt15 1111
110100 111 MO (loath of Rizzi°, and anothor
King James Vf.
al we fatuous CE0Wrie 0011S031'lley tigninst
A shepherd's viol (without whools)
mod os a roolootlico tho primitive toot -
Aldo hamlet of iloisworth filorsol), the
loneliness of whloli is itunoolalized by
Nir Thomao Eaton' in his Wossex to1o,
91.10 Distroded Proother," Tolograins
111'3 despatched front tho coustgocted
station.
According to the records [Mom al, the
Glasgow Obsorvalory, last Juno was leo
coldest 011 ocoord in 8001111nd. For tho
first twonly-ave duys the temperature
was four degrees Isolow lho avorago ;lune
tompeodure In the last forty poles, 111101
1011-1111'181,1YW111‘1‘0011 4111e1195e('C'1111011 011(1110°W0/001:1111 tt'licCI10;151;,1,1els01
recoolod. The rainfall for (he ounall up
Ini 1110 20111 amount:3cl to three and a.
hall Multi's, compared with 2.05 inches
for the covrosponding month during the
post forty years.
It is pointed out Inat enconragIng
feature of Gaelio progress is tho fact
that nearly all the younger members of
1110 old Scottish families 000 10 some ex-
tent studying the language, anci oevoral
of them 1151'0 attained considerable pro-
ficiency. Them is hope, Moreton, Mg
a talented band of writers in G111:110 11111y
arise, people of culture and travel, with
a broad outlook people who have the
imaginative facility, wraors in fact who
givo their best gifts and talents to
the service of their 0141 country,
Mr. George Brand, a nativo of "Auld
fleekie," and a resident of Baltigitle, Is
tho oldest golfer in Great Britain, and
ono of the most picturesque Scots to
boot. IL is almost, ninely-soven years
ago since lie nest, saw the light, of clay
in a little bouso, long since detnolisheci,
which stood neat' hy Bruntsfield Links.
Edinburgh-sthe hub of the golfing uni-
verse that, lime, for Alussmlburgh, and
even St .Anctrews, were thon in the
Infancy of their fame as golfing centres.
A Scottish National Exhibition is to
be hotel in Eilinbuigh next year. IL W110
originally intonded to hold it there this
year in coloboation of the union of Eng-
land and Scotland; lna it. \vas found
necessary to pos113(1110 it. for a year.
Now there is goOd prospoot of it, Moo-
ing out a succoss. Workman are busy
with the 110W road to Soughlon from the
faun line al. Ofurrayftelci, and it is ex -
Noted that the exhibition prospectus
will be ready in Nlny next year. IL is
recommended that oxhibits be grouped
into soetions giving prominonee to
tellingurgh, Ocasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen,
oo any other Scottish city or district,
lollowing up \vith English, Welsh
and ooloniul and continental exhibits.
Tho main buildings cum to inoludo n hall
of indusnies, machinery boll, concert
hall, fine not, prdace, winter garden ond
band-slarol. Something like fouoleen
thottsand pounds will be silent mosie
and entertainments. It is possible that a
moclol gayly city inny be erectod, and
1110 fine art section is 10 bo devoted en-
tirely to cm exhibition of Scottish plc-
tureo and setaphom. There will also bo
an educational section, an artisans' and
a woinan's section.
PERSONAL QUESTIONS.
'Jennie: "A young girl should be very
careful in selecting an oscort. You moor
know when you may find yourself with
a 1'001c -the -boat fool.
Henpeck says it's easier for n. married
man to slop a runaway horse,than his
1A•lie's tongue.
tic:*crt in this land of the free no man
ha.s the right to take unwarranted Libor-
-
Meekly : "'Yes, we're going to move to
Swamphurst." Doctor; "Bin the climate
Moro may disamme with your wife,"
Meekly : "IL wouldn't dare 1"
When El Mall makes up his mind that
he Ion! nover run to catch a env again,
he has tattoo the first, step towards be-
•
coming a philosopher.
"Why do you o—bjed to my marrying
your dmightee?" "Because you can't
snoport her in the style to which she hos
boon aecoistomed all hey life," "Now do
you know I can't? I can start her on
bread-andonilk, scum as you did 1"
"Getillenian of the jury," quertod the
clerk of the comt, "111150 you fully
(mood lo diotigree?" "1,Ve have," am
sWered the foreman. "The lawyers have
bungled tho easo op so Mal. we don't
1010W any more about it than they do 1"
It is. usunley so—pi—moat that I3olgium,
with lior 580 persons to 'the square mile,
15 the mosl, etowded country in Europo.
but 11145 15 not the ease. 1110 ilanso
Towns district of Germany boasts the
amazing populatton of 3,327 personis to
111;h8r(loupas7iremi1110;n—orerI Clive on the hun-
dred nnd 11111eth annivorsor,v of the
Bottle of PlasSeO. A 'special Clive. les -
5011 55115 given in all etc schools. Al
Minket Drayton, the town nearest, Ms
birthplace (Slyelle Halle the business
eolablishinents \_verl. Oceanic(' wit(
flags oriel bunting, The present Lord
Clive lo Me flfleen-yonroolcl son of Loyl
Powts, Lord Lieutennad of ShropShire.
"I hod tho honor to be Slapped by
Quoon Victoria," was Lho boast cif John
Edwards, a Devenport Naval' Yeternn,
who luis diod, aged eighly-eight. Ile
W/15 a cabin -boy on a Warabln When
William IV, was King, olid spilled a
glow of wino ova' the visittng Prins
eeSO Victoria's dress, This was -hod
enottgle hut 11, 'WAS only what he at-,
tompled to 00000 0110 5011111 nwity with
01 010111 W01011 1011.1 111001111,), SP011 1050V100
!bat he was rewarded in the man»er
indicated,
YOUNG Gin EVANGELIST
1 1AS MAGI= TO TOOUSANDE IN;
ENGLAND,
Drool Stony Own TIteio Conversion to,
Efforto of Fronds Bradley
Story.
The Ielest reernit lo 1)10 reolcs of child
preaollem is a Done:islet. girl, who.
eleetrifyitig Yorkshiro, England, just
as Evan Itolools ronsiol Walos,
Fronoes Bralloy Stow ls the name of
lho How ovangelist. Sho tho doughte.r
of a worlcing vonnon, who is id prooent
tho Police Court missionary at Downs -
toe for tho British Woman's Temperance
iNssociations. trito child's 'Atop -hailer 18
/1 lalmeor employed in tilo- town at tho
Groot Northorn Plant \\looks.
lliero can bo 110 queotion about tho
wonderful work Mot this gifted child
is doing, Although she Was only 1.2
yours old last Soplember in ono month
alone she has addrcosed more than 5,001)
poople, nod it is saki that sonnothtng
like 300 men and \\moan aro to -day
sgilicniildien,golitilket4-15111:\MerisetUelnlug.result cr 1101'
WHY SHE PlIE,OCITES.
"Why do you want 10 preach?" she
was askod. Timm was no immediate
response, but the mother supplemooted
the cptesienn welt another.
"What do you think is the geanclest
sigtit you Can SOO 011 earth?" she asked
hoe, and the largo expressism eyes
lighted up with a fire of enthusiasm,
mid tho answer was given. wile breath-
le.os eagerness.
"011, I thInIc it, is to see men and W0,-
151011 converted. That is what I wanted
mother to lot me preach for. And I
shall go on pronohing. I never have
any troubto what to say, the messogo
iseems to bo given, and 1 cleaver it."
CIIILDISIILY AWKWARD.
She is no actor, and whon asked to
stood in tho attitude in which she would
address an audience, sho became soli -
'conscious and almost awjcward. But sho
holds her mother's Bible in a very:
natural way, with the finger between the
lettves of the closed volomo at, the place
whore 1110 1030 11'0111 55111011 5110 is speak-
ing is to be found, Somethnes she vides
tho pose, and tho book is pressed to lho
side, while slight omphasis is seemed
t3 enforce a pateleular sentence by a-
tittio raising of the left hand.
GOSPEL LIGI1T. '
A favorite illustoatinn ol her subject,
when she i.s reminding peopM that tho
Gospel light is always shining, is to say:
"Whoa you go into a train you don't
notice lhat there' is a 119111 in the car-
vInge, lid when you run into the dusk-
noos of II tunnel yott sco it, and feel
glod it is Mere, becous0 tho dareness.
hao 001110,."
Portions tIte secret of the child's sue-
oess, awe from any stiotionaltwal
Moony, is to be found in her molheiso
intense dosire that ono of her children
would ho gifted to help her in her reli-
gious work.
"I usod pray," said Mrs. Storr,
"Mat it might, be."
tho mothor spealcs the Milo cyan-
gelist glancos at her with a look of doop
affection, and it io quit(' clear that sho is,
glad for tier inotheiso solce that her -
preaching has boon so successful.
AN EXTEMPORE SERMON.
Asked to write what Oho 55001(1 say to
an audience, tho Mlle evangelist took o,
shoot of paper and set down a few words
booed on 1100 favorito subject -the story
o( Naaman, lho loper.
We read (the Mlle sermon ran), that
Nannum NW1S man of valor, a. mighty
11150 of wor, bravo and full of callous'.
His name was next, to the king's. Downs
captain Of the armies of tioi king. Tho
Lord had honored him, and had given
him delivornimo to Syria.
13110 thoutte NE101111111 was so 1O11511
honored and obeyed by all, lie WOS
knee, nint oh 1 how this spoilt every-
thing. Naimoli was a leper, and. Ito he
raccloepv,e,i,v11.1eans to go down to the grave:
to be cut off from all frionds on(1 rola-
ttons, to go down to the ground will
nettling to loots forward to, no hopo of
Isor when leprosy first begino it workS
its deadly wny to the vital parts, and
then death alo.no con bring deliverance
to thoT,OsurcLeclop.
LETE EDUCATION.
And so she tells out her meSsage, and
the people undenstancl hor, and dookie
that sho is bid the nonfilipieco of filo
Great P0050000; and accept (no lesson
she is teaching.
Tho mothers life has always been one
of hard \VOA'. P.1\1011 1100/ Mrst Sn100
scrapes and 05505 in ordor Met her
claughles education may be complotod.
Sim generally aceonoponies Lim small
evangelist on her mioSIon work, being
Snown as "Sister Starr,"
Already thiS wonderful Mao girl has
preached in oeveval counties besid0
Yorkshire. Sho has more engagements
lhan she ought to fulfill if her studies
are to he completed.
Mon gossip ju0s01,505519111.0011 no, MO WO -
Men 110. Only 1110 n1011 dOn't 1101d 011
their hands mid sny: "Land salcosl"
The worst thing about WOrk, 10 that
somo men do too much and others not
enough.
lead) yob to play pitch -told -loss I"
shotited an enraged father, flog you
foo an Mow, I will," "MithOrt" M510'0013(
roplied the incorrigiblO, ao baloneed
cent on his thtimb and finger, "111 toss
you to maim it two hours or nailing.'
Customer ; "Com you r000mmend this
as n. good Mood purifier?" Drugged, •
"Niaclani 0110 (1000 01 11100 W01.514 C1100
015 eruplions of Mount Neestioltis 1"
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Manotnelswor (lo chnirmon of com-
mittee of workmon): "Whitt now? Did
I not raiso your wogeo Mot month ? Am
I not paying you moro num onybody
else in Motto?" Chalrmon "Yos, ,
oir, 11114 wind, is the 000 00 lowing moro
roomy willsont more! 1.11110 1.41 oposol it?
WI; Want another slay a weal< oft.'l
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