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The Brussels Post, 1908-3-26, Page 7ALL AN 111 AY p. Enter the Kingdom of Love Who Set Their Fades Steadily Toward It. "Whosoever will Jet Win take of the seater of Life freely;'—Rev„ xxil., 17. The most important conviction that tan Caine to any man is this, that it Is entirely in his own power to determine his destiny, The freedom of the will !s more than an abstraction of phlloso- filty; 11 1s a working fact that has, by its realization, brought man to self.re- attration, to freedom and salvation. The coward and the weakling may seek refuge in heredity and in envtr. •omnent, but none will escape respon- sibility for his own life by blaming his grandfather or his neighbor. 1f en, cumstanees mold you it le because you are pliable; you are the wttiing clay where you should bo the sculptor. No man who waited for whale of cir- eumstance ever found himself wafted to the skins, Character Haver Is a wind- • fall. Ideals and cportunities offer them- selves from without, but we must up and possess them for ourselves. We ,never shall enter the desirable land of 'hat we would be by any other way than deliberately seting out for 11, How many are going through all their days, drifting, availing for some favor. ably tide or heavenly wild to sweil the sails and carry them to any desirable haven. They would be good if they could be good without Inc investment et energy; they would be willing to bo wound up and made lo run in the right way if some one else WOULD DO THE WINDING. Supposing goodness could be confer- red from without, how much good would it do us? Nothing becomes the posses. sion of character except as a result of determination and endeavor on the part of the individual. Beauty of life never is the product of passivity. Chieracler admits of no external compulsions. No power of heaven or earth can force us to be good either against or even without our wills. The only good we have is that we will to have and to be. There is no power that wilts our ill, nor any', outside ourselves, that can take Isom us the power to choose and to erhieve the highest. Any other view et lite finds les source etther in super- sstitton or in sloth. The creature of circumstances is a pitiable ohject, a piece of driftwood where a strong swimmer ought to be, a Graven crying for moray where the courageous rejoicing to find strength and the prize through struggle should be. We ought le make this world so that the weak can develop their wait and find their salvation; but Wo never can wisely make it so that the deliber- ate derelicts all can find fair havens. Life with all it brings of Joy and cure, of weal and woe, is just the call et eternity to man, crying out to the out to set itself free, to gain the high prizes, to will to do and be and overcome. Everything Is deckled by how you face Peer life, whether with complatnings and fear or with rejoicing and resolu- eon for its struggle. In a world where character Is devel- oped by freedom of choice and by ex- ercise of will THE GREATEST CURSE that could come would be to have no need, no trial, no sorrow, no difficul- ties, nor disappointments, to bo free from the strenuous choices. These are the challenges of fate, the ways to prewar, the paths to salvation. What, then, has religion to do with realizing the full life? Docs it not of- fer dlvine aid which, regardless of our wills, can carry ns on to. perfection? If It does, it offers that which is value- less because conferred and therefore only external, a robe of righteousness where we need the righteous life with- in. This Is what religion offers; Ideals, opportunities, sympathies, Inspiration, environment, and nurture for the rea- lization of the best life. Yet all these wait for our wills. The kingdom of love and peace Is thrust on no one. Yes, says one, that may be good gos- pel for the strong; but my will is weak; that Is the way of the mighty; I an - not walk in it. If your will is weal It Is because it Is unused. Your wt 1 Is as strong as you believe it to be. With what strength you have seek the best, endeavor to breathe the air of hea- ven; every high thought will be a tonic; in.alt things will to do the best; your will wet respond to the exercise. will find harmony with higher will, and you wiil find the way of strength. HENRY F. COPE. THE S. S. LESSON 1"C'I931tNA'r1ONAL LESSON, 29. MARCII Lessee XiII. Temperance Lesson. Golden Text, Prov. 23. 92. THE LESSON WORD STUDIES. (iiaucd on, the text of oro Revised Version.) �The Book of Proverbs,—The great hnster of Hebrew proverbs was Solo- mon, "son of David, the king of 'semen 01 him we are told that ho uttered ' more Oran three thousand such say- -tugs. the canonical book of Proverbs, however, In the form in which it has come down to us, Is 0t cotnposlte au- thorship;.that 7s, In it are collected the wise sayings of a number of different )persons. This is clearly indicated by the supeescriptons of different groups 'sot versos, as, for instance, chapter 22. 1/ to 24., 22, of which we aro told In the .first Verse of the passage that these • arc the words of the wise, and in chap- ter 30, in which we are given the words i • of Agur, and chapter 31. 1-9, where are I exhortations to Lemuel, klieg Massa, spoken t,. ,spa n by this brother. The acral portion of the book, in which are found the proverbs, properly so balled, constitutes the portion coterie - bated by by Solomon. When and by wllonl those wise sayings from dtff0r- nl sotu•oos were collected and put in- tttefr ;present form we do not know. The verses which constitute the Metter ,our to -clay's lesson are a part of a group of verses belonging to the weeds , elf the wise (comp. 22. 17). ( Verse 29. Who hath woe?—Tine word translated "woe' in otto 131bic5 in the Hebrew is simply an interjootion ar exclamation of distress. Wo might -translate It simply "0." The Hebrew Idiom reads literally "To whom 0?" that is, le whom is there cause for ex- '' claiming in distress? Who hath sorfiow?-1Tebrew, literally, 1 r whom alas?" tiie word translated "narrow" being again simply so inter- jmeilon, though not the same interjec- tion nter ea- tion rl s Int t he preceding din sentence, P se ce �g t Contentions—Qunrrelsomencss 8110h as ' results from indulgence in 'strong drink, r egged which oonsequenty fends to pug - r'. city end therefore also to wounds without cause. Redness of eyes—The actual meaning 0f lite express1n thus translated i net )` c sn L ,, C "certain. The word rendered "tartness° may also be translated "darkness,' or , "dark flashing," Any of (hese transla- te/1s would make good son.se and be in harmony with 1110 facts, that I$, WW1 the actual effect Of exocssivo in- duleence in strong rir4nlc, l.horgh pro- -e"t,abiv the rendering ns we have it in I the English Bible is the. prefel•tlhle, 1 30 Seek out -'The verb bore used is e elsewhere, ns in slob 28. 2r, and Pen. ' 139, 1. used et diligent emelt tm+ wis- es; arm. Airhdencon Permvno, eon'menl- fl Ing on this vtt"se in ift'' tennl1'r1altia' 1 thee patois oat Ibe Cnuell of teeny c , t14 esti of Ilite ear• t in th1s 0001:e0- \ ;h, Mixed wine—Not a mixtiu'e of differ- ent kinds of wine, nor yet wine mixed with other forms of strong drink—trot mixed drinks in the American cense— but wile mixed with spices of different kinds to make' it more pungent. 31. Goelit down smoothly -0r, as our Authorized (or common) Version of the Bible translates the phrase, "nevelt itself aright." The rendering of the Revised Version is, however, to be pre- ferred, grid is In harmony with the wording of Song of Sol. 7. 9, "And thy' mouth like the best wine, that goeth down smoothly," or, as in the Auttor- iced Version, "goeth down sweetly" (marginal reading "straightly'), 33. Strange things-4lerglnal render- ing, as in the Authortzetl Version, "Strange women." The thought is that the imagination of the drunkard is haunted by strange and sinlui visions as his mouth ultereth perverse things. 34. As he that lleth down in the midst of the sea—That is, as one utterly fool- hardy, because of having been roared of Ills powers of season aid judgment -by strong drink. As he that Roth upon the top of a mast—The mast and sails of ancient tships were more simple and clumsy than those used in modern times; usu- all), but one large mast supporting a largo square sail fastened to a yard of great length was used. Tho drunkard is as foolhardy as one who would lie down to sleep on the top of such a mast. 35. Shalt thou say—The foot that 'these words are printed in italics in troth the Authorized and .Revised Ver- lsions Indicates that they are supplied by the translators and do not oceiir 1n the original Hebrew. In translating !from any ono language to another it 1. often necessary to thus supply \words to give the plainly intended meaning of the idiom of the language tem which rine Ls making the translation. Such supplying of words is not guesswor,c. but a necessity. Not hurt—Or, "panned." Tho senses of the drunkard 000 so dulled, that he becomes unconscious of cold or mis- treatment. Scott it yet egaln—Tho antecedent of the pronoun "it" is lett 10 be sup- plied in thought by the reader. Wino or strong drink is esteemed to, and the evil influence of these so 011e the thought of the writer that, he neglects clearly indicate 1 to aro IY c rho subject. in this bentcnce. ONE•, SEAM 10011 FIFTEEN YEARS, It has been Sall that the most mo. notonous form ot labor Is gummhlg labels. But (here aro many others which come very neer tt, In the boot and shoe trade, for instance, the work is divided among ns mans, workers as possible. One will (hue nuke a single cul fn Ihe leather, end another give one ttn'n of Lha machine-hnndie, In some msec, a pedr of shoes have passers through fifteen pales of hands before yenehing completion. As a natural re- sult, there 15(0 yr»rkers who week anew veergo on performing ter p f.lmtng the sonar work. hundreds of limes a day. Indeed, in em factory there Is a woman who for teen yenr.s hos sewn eine, env seam ter mnchme steles .10 ermelee ll1 l she -mule no mush tine [meeting and vii d•aming 001tvek as 1.1 the refuel sawlog, THE SCOURGE OF AFRICA SLEEPING SICKNESS BAFFLES THFI SCIENTISTS, No Guro (las (teen Disroveretl—Depopu• Wane Whole VillaOes in the Dark Continent. A remarkable chapter to the rcuurnee of medical 1eseatelt is tieing writ,+n in Ihe opening years of tiro twentieth century, 11 deals stile the light which 15 being waged against stooping sick, miss, that awful ,tfr•iaait scourge, the mystery of which continues, to baffle scientists, and which has just claimed another notable victim. The downright, unoompmmising deadliness of the dip-oase Ls its niost awes.,nle characteristic. The nurner•- ous research expeditions witich naive gorse out to Uganda, under Govern- ment end private auspirsct5, leave got no further than to determine the cause of the trvruble, and to alleviate its rule- orfes. Anything lake a cure leas yet to bt disOnerod, The population of the area prineipully allooleij was 300,000 n. tete short yours ago. Now 11 is 100,090. 'nye hun- dred thousand people have actually died of the disease In this locality atone; At the peesent moment some 20,000 netves of Central Attlee ere in an ad- vanced siege of sleeping sickness. Hope, which Is said to spring elornel In the human breast, has no message for thew. Noe souls. Their doom is sealed. FATAL FLY. Steeping sickness, as its name inch- cates, beans a curious resemblance to steep. It is caused by tate sting of the tsetse fly. The actual bile is not poi- sonous. The fly acts as a go-between, depositing in one nttlmat a trypanoso- me which It has sucked from the blood of another. The trypanosome, or para- site, carries death. Alter infection, the victim becomes extewele excitable. Then he lapses into lethargy, followed by exhaustion. The periods of Lethargy grow lenger and deeper; the interludes of excite. bility shorter and more violent, Various glands of the body begin to swell, and at bast the patient slats Into a stale of coma, or continuous steep. No patient, when he reaches that stage, ever awakes. He sleeps on and on --for six months, a year, or even two years. Finally. "Time takes hint biome, to the soft,, long steep, to the broad. sweet bosom of death." Natives live in objeot terror of the Behaves in the districts u'herv, it 010 - curs, On Lis approach they dismantle their villages -and rush away, But the fated. fly, follows them, and its area of operations is continually being extended. DEAD AND DYING. A traveller who recently returned froth the sleeping sickness country— Dr. A. F. R. \Vrolloslon—reoalis web. honer the devastations of the terrible plague in the regions which he era - versed. The sights, he says, were fear- ful. People lay dead and dying on the roadside, It is the custom to turn stricken natives cut to site; consequent- ly almost every village presented a re- volting spectacle. At a large Belgian post, Uvlra•, the population is dying by thousands, ab- solutely, without any medical atlenliet), In Uganda alone over a quarter of a bnlllion hay succumbed (e. eletiping sickness sine. it broke ,out a few yews ago. in (he worst area .the mortality is 80 per cent. of the population, and it is estimated that in Central Africa over 3,0,70,000 persons have died from the disease during Ihe Dist decade. Medical enquiry was initiated (n 1002, when the Royal Society sent out an ex- pedition for the study of the, malady. Tho cause was soon discovered. Cola onel David Bien traced fa to Ihe tsetse fly. The geographical distribution of the fly corresponded absolutely to that of dee disease. Natives collected the fly In paokets. 11 was made, to bile monkeys. The monkeys contracted the ditsease and passed into a sleeping slate. The next question was: \\'here dogs the fly get Ihe microbe? That mystery remains unsolved, although theories, of otniese. abound, Dr, Robert Koch, the eminent I>eo. teroiogist, who discovered the bacillus of amsumption, set out to solve this problem. AL 'first he thought he had found a more In 010 compound of ar- senic known as aloxyl. 11 certainly gave relief, but only tiro would show whether the relief was permanent, NO PERMANENT CUBE. Dr. Koch had to admit, a few days ages that although aloxyt drives the parasites away toe a time, they tend to mot•urn, and the d(soose ends fatally. No permanent cure (roar eLoxyl, or any Other remedy, Inas yet poen reported. For more than -two years Dr. Koch has beenworicing in the Vletorie. NY. tuna. Next to estsbt'shtng the remedi- al value o a t alox,yl. his must Inporinnt discovery, is ,that the sleeping sickness fl liens el most, mast solely, on the blood of crocodiles. Pcasibly, Ifterefos'e, the cure may I(e in the extermination of the ere- mite, Dro lOteb is emphntic on this point. et" we can destroy the cr000dlles," he 5015, "[he fiy will dtaappoer" "To carry ('his out Is net difficult, in fact it is nalmpa`nlLvcl,Veasy met- er. If the eggs nee destroyed, we shall ext(ngelsh the species, Crocodiles de- posit their eggs in well•lenowit plates. Every native knows where to find the nests. We fend, ie. every neat teem mete to seventy eggs, end my ephhiort is tient, by the desh'ueIJon of thte.9ts Lha fly beelines fewer and fewer," 5'1't(1. INVESTIGATING. . Here the problem rests for the pre- sent, Atter ,six owes of patient, costly, and dangerous investigation, the 'alat (sales" D,v relates Rs dreadful secret, end emnilnms Co 'wage n cloy thtLing tear wittiest Mankind, But medic:11 cc(enee Is alive to Ile reaponslbtity. French, Tletglan and tiernhun duelers any working et the peablall on Ihe spot with a, feverish ardor; welch docs credit to their huruan• icy. A Commission (mint Mite i,ivarpool limhoel of 'l'noptcal 21tdisone Is working in Central Africa. TILE GROWTH OF LONDON. Hampstead Appears to he lie Mast Healthy 01 Its Suburbs. The volume or statistical abetraels issued by the London County Launch contains all sorts of littera:ing infor- mation on every variety of subject cen- nueted with the metropolls, For the year 1900 Hampstead Is the borough with the smallest number of deaths per thousand of population, 9.4 being the figure, while to maintain 1 d balance the same iorougit stande at the bottom of the list in the blethe•ate with 16,5 per thousand, In the .whole of London in the same year 124,880 children wore born, as compered with 126,620 births In leo preceding year. Stepheny headed the Est with 10,911, or 35.3 per thousand, Deaths for the metropolis in 1906 num. bersd 71,813, an increase of 1,363 on the previous year. In other words, of 1,003 people living 15.2 died In 1900, as compared with a level 15 In 1905. Of course, In point of actual num- bee's the city of London rejoices in the lowest figure for both births and deaths, owing to Its comparatively smelt resi- dent population; but Its rate per thou - send 1s in neither case so low as Ilnrnpslead. On another page we learn that In the 5001113' of London there- are 957 elemen- tary schools which are attended by 890.593 children—representing about one-fifth of the total population of the county. No figures Por the tole! population at Greater London aro given for later than 1901, but in that year the inhale. tants—man, woman and child—num- bered 4,530.439: How greatly the metropolis is grow- ing in, regard to mere bricks and mor- tar may be inferred from 41.n0ther sot of •statlstles which' are reckoned down le Awn of last year. In that month' we are ((Yid there were 120.953 rated houses in London, an W- omen of over 9,000 on the previous year. The full rateable value was close upon 444,000,000, workint4 out et £9 8s. per head, as compared with £8 14s. per head In 1901, GIRL TOLD OF IIER DEATH. Remarkable Story of an Experiment at Versailles, France. Comte Leonce'De Lennie -idle, direc- tor of the flnportant Societie Des Gens de Letters, Paris, France, told the other night of the effort made recently by three French savants to "raise the dead," "It was out at Versailles," said the Comte. "A young girl apparently died from natural causes,'arid the physicians, with the consent of the family, secured the body a few hours after the death. Tho body Was immersed in wenn water, and subjected to atytlimic electrifica- tion. From time W iirilo one of the physicians applied sulphuric acid, while his colleagues made hypnotic passes. Atter three hours' treatment (!le girl opened her eyes. Further sti- mulated she was able to speak. "'When I fell asleep at the hospital, "Faam either side of the sun there said she, 'there was an indefinite per- appeared to issue wings, and the 5011010 rod of oompleto prostratlott, and then appearance gave just the Woo, of the t became conscious of a, growing sen- winged wheels within wheels described satLrt of cold. All my life seemed slow- ly to rrancentrate'about my heart, and all my thought seemed to retire to a distant canner of my bretn. Than my thought left my body altogether. I could Nee myself lying there, while I silt heard the sound of distant music; but through it ,all T had a bodily sen- sation of bitter cold. Suddenly there was a delicate shock. Tho last tie unit- ing me and my body was broken. I witnessed 'a. terrible spectacle. fly body teas the theatre. of a terrific struse gle, nameless monsters fighting tor Its possession." "At this juncture the girl became hysterical, and - savagely attacked the physicians. To quiet her they gave hoc an Injection of meephino. The dose was over;strong, and her heart action' ceased. Efforts to recall her again to We were. Ineffectual. "I was not present during the ex - Pertinent," said the Comte, "but the story, was told me ,by a man in whom 1 have absolute confidence. The, three physicians ane also personally known to me, They are mon of undoubted in- tegrity. The only 'rational explanation is that the girt was not dead, but in a trance. The facts aro as related," THEY WORSHIP THE DEVIL DR. A. i 1.11 r.11. GRIFFITH VLSITI:D A CURIOUS ASIATIC SEG'1', In the Mounlalns of Mesopotamia --- Missionary Saw the ,'tsiuns of Ezcicil, Dr, A, tluhne CU[ffllh, who, with iris wife, has teen o'lnducting a medical mission among the people, of 11eisupo- etude, g ; els a rentarlsa(:e acoiUIt1 or Ins adventures, During two years' ministration he and his wife rano fro touch with 34d towns and villages, received over Ke. out-patients, and portioned, over 0011 oporstlons, The doctor spent a week with the Sheikh of the Yealdis, or devil wor- shippers, who inhabit leo mountains round Mosul, fie soya:—"1'his curious tribe numbers about 20;000, They live among the mountain fastnesses, and owe allegianco (o lea sheikh. Tltey are Yore' h,stilo to the Turks, who are unable to subdue them, owing ea the inacceseibii- tte of their homes, "There Ls a great deal of mystery about their religion, .and they will not admit" that they worship the devil, al- though there is ample evidence to that effect. Their priests aro all clad in white, and carry with them a wand of office surmounted with a brass pea - 000k. 'These are regarded as most sacred, and it is the boast of the Yestdis that none has ever been lost, SERPENTS SACRED. "Al the entrance to their elle( tem- ple is the figure of a serpent. This is looked upon with great veneration, and Ls kept blade by means of charcoal. Each worshipper Mises this serpent be- fore entering the temple. Their relig- ious rites, which include the use of hypnotisnr, are kept very secret, and are only practised between sunset and sunrise, "Sone limo ago the Turks captured their shrine, but were quite unable to make any progress with atosi0m teach- ing, and lately handed 11 back le the Yezidis. The devil w0r'shtppors ere afraid to venture, into 'he, towns, al- though numbers used to come down, to tmroceatmfroenL"nt iho mountains for medical VISION OF EZEKiEL. The doctor describes how he 'saw a phenomenon which was erect -Le -04Y the vision of the prophet Ezekiel, When "by the rivet' of Chahar" Ezetclel "sate the heavens opened end saw visions e1 God." '1'he prophet describes the whirl- wind and the bright colors which ap- peared in the sky, followed by the ap- pearance of wheels working "as if 11 dvei'o a' wheel in the middle of a wheel." Dr. Griffith said; "We had just pitched camp on the banks of the Kllabur, a lrfbetacy of rho Euphrates—Ihe same river es is mentioned by Ezekiel as Shebar—when we witnessed a, wonder- ful display as Ivo were watching the setting sten. During the a?terglots' the sky was lit up by ray's of varied hues, projecting like the spokes of a wheel from the setting sun. WINCED WHEELS. iN ADVANCE. A lady entertaining an important guest, was giving final instructions tc hoe new maid, Just arrived from the country. "Now, Polly," she said. "In the morn- ing Sake a jug of hot water up to Mr Chumie`glt's room, Be sure not to ton- ed this," No'nt,' Polly answered, Tho n T o t dv thought r g no mote of the mai- ler until the next day, When, at 11004, she re41a90d casually; "Of course, Polly, you carried that hot water up to Mr, Chuinlelgh's room this ntorid ng?" Polly battled, "Why, yeeen. I was .50 tt'ighlened 1 .1 forgot it, I took it up overnight" CATHEDRAL C 1' ( .ATI OF GENOA. in the ancient cathedral of Genon a vaso of intneense value has been pre- served for 000 years, It is out from a single emerald. its prtneipal .diamoler is 12ee inches and its helped 5% inches. It Is kept under sevarat techs, the keys o' which aro in different hands, and '51 Is rarely exhibited to public, Then miry by an melee of Ihe Senate. When ex. 'Whited, it 1,s sutpetrded rountl tine neck of a preset by a Corel, and ne one Is alloyed le tench it but hen, 11 is Olnhn- ed that 015 0930 is erne of Ihe gifts which woe nvntle to Solomon by the Queen of Sheba, by rho prophet, The period of the year was the same as that referred te 10 Ezekiel. Atter the phenomenon Iliad lasted for sone minutes the sun disappeared from the sky, which had the deep violet hue of the eastern heavens. I cannot account, for the phenomenon, but after I had wttnesscd it I roealled that I had some lime previously received a letter from England suggesting That 1 should look out for such a display." Dr, Grtililtll states that the region be- tween the Tigris and the Euphrates only awaits the employment of capital to become ono of untold- wealth. d' TERRORISTS ARE A CURSE. Clergyman Says Severities of Czar's Government arc Justified. The Russian Government finds 511 ardent apologist for its Lroalment of revoluliontsis In the Right Rev. Thee. IS Wilkinson, Anglican Bishop for north and central Europe. Writing from Rt- ga under dulcet February 22, he seye:— `11 is necessary to travel through the three great provinces of Caurlaud, Es- thonla end Livonia and see the over - who -beteg devastation wrought by the rotelutonists to mensurO the full . ex. tent of the trackless havoc end savage cruelly they have practised throughout this unhappy land. That martial lav was absolutely necessary nobody who sees and hears what I see anti hear In this part of Russia can possibly doubt, "ft ft had been Introduced sooner and stringent measures taken earlier mutter and ooutragD ofthe most brutal. Rind 'o abeen prevented d w old Imo pt r rater and an enormous amount of valuable pro. - pelt, saved, Tihe Government's fault has not been over -severity, but too groat leniency and torbeerance. "In those three provinces 1e2 proper- ties have been looted, wrecked or burn- ed. Tile country is a desolate wilder - toss, The owners of these properties were not murdered. They have had le Deo for their lives and hide them- selves in the forests to suffer 01e ter- rible hardships nom exposure to the Russian winter. "Bands headed by Teel flhgs have tnarohecl through the country carry. tag death and deslruotion in every di- rectlon, end all this is by no means at en end, Whatever may have been the destruction of lite in; the French Ilevolut[oe, 1 doubt if the deslruelien of hems and property was es great in Feline as in iitresfa." Lots "1 melt would he pod husbands f 111ey, had better wives, FROM ERIN'S GREEN ISLE NEWS IW MAIL FROM IIIELAND'S SHORES. Happenings in the Emerald Interest to Irish- men. Isle 01 Hundreds of families of laLorers an small farmers are oe the verge t,f std ration in Cvunly Leitrim, In 1601 the population per squaw Milo in Ireland was 106, in 1900 it we 137, and it is still decreasing. fast year ever 11,000 deaths in Ire- land wore attributed 10 consumption, and it is far more ,prevalent there than to the other parts of the United 1C4ig• dam. In. Ireland there has been a marked door'easo in the number of prisoners under sixteen years of age. In 1898 they numbered 549; lest year they fell t:, 135. The ale al "Robin Adair" was stolen by tate Soots from Ireland, On the oilier heard the inefody of "'Tho Wearing or the Oreen" was stolen tram Scotland by iho Irish. A statue of the late Queen Victoria erected by Irish public subscription Leinstol' Lawn, Dublin, at a cost of £7, 300, was unveiled by the Lord Lteuten ant on February t5th. Stopping his carriage while he was driving to a meeting of the Clare Coun- ty Council, some men fired at and se- verely o- verely wounded Mr. Daniel O'Loughlin, of Lisdoonvarna. William Kerr, a prominent contrac for and builder ot Belfast,• -died recent ly, aged' 78. Kerr started life as a otter punter at Comber, County Down. He was one of the best known men in Belfast. Joseph Riordan, keeper of the Grand Canal look at'Looson street bridge, Dub- lin, rescued a woman from drowning last week, by swimming to her assist- ance. Riordan is famous as a life- saver. Margaret Walsh, an old women, was killed recently by being knociced down by the horses of the Rathnttnes' lire brigade. The team VMS 04 its way to a fire. The driver was exonerated Item all blame. The Belfast Savings Bank is in a sound condition. There has been a net increase in the general account of £10,962 los; 5d., and in the stook ac- count of £9,759 5s, 6d., staking a tonal increase of £20,722' 1s. ltd. The Royal Geological Society of Dub. lin has received the gift of a. baboon from Cape Colony. The animal has many amusing tricks. Ono thousand Persons visited the grounds ot the so- only during the past week, Stl' Robert Andersen. 1. P., lees been chosen Lord Mayor of Dublin for the present year. The new mayor is head of a largo Belfast drapery house, and direolar of several other mercantile con- cerns. He Ls a Presbyterian and a Con- servative. Although shot through the brain, Augustus Windsor, master of the Ram- ped School of Coombe, Dublin, who killed hiss wife and children and then attempted to commit suicide, was able l0 talk in a rational mariner for some h.ut:s. Operations which have been carried out for some time in County Derry have shown that the county is rich in min- erals. It is announced that an import- ant find of coal has been made quite near the surface in the parish of Aghan- loo, A splendid presentation was made by the company's employes to Mr. Alex- ander Ledlie, of the firm of Robertson, LedlIe & Ferguson, Cork, recently. The oeoasinn was i.he celebration of the ail. vet jubilee of ills association with the firm, T' The. proposal of Ihe oily of Belfast to purchase the Covehill and \VhItewell Tramway at e. price of 8306,000 is be- ing opposed by the labor membens of the council. The proposed prlre is 800,- 000 n mile, and the labor men say 51 1' not worth more than $20.000. The question will be decided by 'referendum vole, At Belfast an Inquest• was held on Robrr4. AIellalley. ten years old, who was found hanging by a belt front the top rail of his bedstead. It was staled that the boy had bean in the habit of imitating performances whioh he had witnessed at theatres, and had evident,. ly met hie dcnth While playing at hang- ing. A verdict of acc'denlal death was returned, THE BOYCOTT IN IEEI,ANO ONJ! OF THE VICTIMS TELLS A AIC, MARKABLE STORY. Subjected to Sys emittic Persecution -, Cattle Driven Oft — houses Burned, d The, extraordinary slate of affairs let lrelund at the-prowltime is ,shown by the stalements made by Mr. Alfred 'e 1'ersse, au Irish landholder, at a re. e cent drawing room heW by the Duch- ess of Albany. Mr,. Posse's statement as ,published hn tUe London ""0buervei'," is es 106, lows:— "I am the most persecuted man in Ireland, I am speaking ptililtoly now at the risk of my Ute, but I am so tired Jf my life taut I may as well be shot es continue to live as f have done re- cently. "Thine years ago [took on a long lease a farm in County Galway, a farm. in and residential property, and put into it most of 111y little fora{une. To: day the league prevents me from farm. ing it, 1 cannot live there in safety. I have to pay a largo rent and heavy, !n taxes. 1 am being ruined. "Before I took possession I was well known and popular In the district, in which 1 have spent most of my life. My fancily has lived there since the year 1600. Not a word of warning was given to me, but as soon as 3 signed the agreement trouble began. 'My laborers told me they had been called before the local branch of the . league and forbidden to work for me; tradesmen were forbidden to sell.le me, and nobody dared buy the produce of my farm. My We was threatened, My place is guarded by the ,police, and while there I am watched by three other policemen, specially detailed to protect the personally. They tallow me every- where the moment I step outside o1 my own door, In a word I am boy.- c0tted by neighbors, to whom 1 havo given no offence, at the order of the league, which hes no cause of com- pleent whatever against mc. There has never'ebeen an eviction on my farm, and 1 took it on the death of the former occupier. THREAT OF LOSS OF LIMB. "When I endeavored to sell my ten- ant -right in my former home, I retused one offer that did not seem large enough, and put the place up to auc- tion. As soon es f did this threaten- ing notices were posted all over the neighborhood. One man who proposed to bid was told that his life would be in danger if he did so. Eventually I had to accept £500 less than the of - ler I had refused. "This is one of the threatening let- ters sent(0 me: "`Sir,—If you purohe (purchases Woodville, you must at leas suffer the loss of an arm or leg. Bring a coffin with you if you have the pluck to von- Eure.—R.LP.' "As soon es I took possession, in January, 1905, my sixteen laborers told nae that they aero ordered by the league to stop work. Singe that time 1 have had to employ emergency men brought from a distance. "0f the sixteen men who left 1110, clue returned Ole following winter, saying they were on the verge o1 starvation, and asking for wens. I consented to take (hem back, but pointed out the risk we alt should run, They answered, they would have to take their ehaneos. A few nights afterwards three had titer cottages fired into. the other two had their windows smashed with stones. N0 BREAD 011 MEAT TO BUY. "I receive all my supplies by parcel post or by train. The man I send to fetch thea has to be accompanied by an escort of police. The men I send to work in my fields must also be escort - el by armed policemen. "A man bought timber from me last year, but a day or two afterwards wrote declining to accept delivery, Flo had been intimidated. From another man I bought fue). His house was fired into because he had sold to 'lne. When 1 was about to begin mowing, my fields were planted with Iron spikes, hundreds of then, which ,prevented the use of a mewing machine. A grave MS dug, provided with a headstone, and decorated with flowers. I was awakened in the middle of one night by the noise of a great crowd below, They were driving off my cattle. As I opened the door they surged past, sweeping the cattle with them. Though they had three encoun- ters with Ole police, they succeeder) in carrying off eleven out of fifty tread. That crowd was almost under military direction. I heard the regular words of command given. In the first year I sub -let some ,small lots of my land. The holders were thexoupon summoned before the local branch of the league and formally tried, as though by a properly constituted cem't of law. They aero ordered to give up their hotdutgc and apologise, Thewtd d so. The proceedings S e ro re- ported and the letters of apology print- ed in full in the local .papers, 'Three ,policemen have stringent or- ders not to let nnc out of (heir sight, Policemen are stationed et the lodge ems panel around the hoose ail 'Mini, We sit Mune el eight these \\enter ev- enings, my wife and 1, in a large, still. room of that country 1915105, silent and anxious, net knowing: et what moment. a bullet may come crashing ilu'otrgll the Mildew, Se Or they hem • done nothing more. thein fling 9 stone. t keep in my bedroom Iwo tended revel - vers and a tended rifle," A \VOR() FROM .POSIT "'Th snook heroine who swaps hough- illy Win 111' room w0u)dn't know e Inborn Of she saw one.'' k SMUGGLER'S BRAVE DAUGHTER. She Saved Her Father's Life at thePcrit 01 Iter Own. An Italian smuggler, named Predonl, accompanied by his daughter Rose, aged 18, after having cornpteted purchases nt Switzerland of contraband goods, set out l0 cross the Freese Pass (7,290 feet high) into Italy. The two were approaching the stmt - mit of the pass when they were over- taken by a thick nest, in which they r Y Lost their way. They roped themselves together. Suddenly Predoni, who tuns leading, fell over a precipice, jerking his daughter off her feet. 13y moons of her lee axe Rnso step- ped herself from being drugged over the precipice where 1,01' father was dang- ling, ,suspended In ntddadr, Psrdonl could not reach the teree(pl- tous side of the stege to lessen the strain en. the rope, and, as their cries for help rcmnined unanswered for nn hoer he begged his daughter to cut the rope and sieve herself, but Ihie she re- fused to de. Another half hoar passed, drool as the mist elenred Rose saw t1u'eo oiiler smug- giers climbing the mountain, tier cries were heard and the smugglers res- owed Prednni end his brave daughter, who last her senses on botng milled, and teas carried deem the mountain, Some women ere capable of betide ing the things they 105151 le when they know llhty don't believe them, ARISTOL:13A`Plc, Ayosut ns neer as sortie men ever get to being.eeletocrele to to part 1tlrt?`ihair in tiro middle and Siegleot to pay their bills.