The Brussels Post, 1908-8-27, Page 6NOTES AND COMMENTS
Sir James Crichton-Browne,
whose platform includes a plank in
favor of good square meals, is
strongly indorsed by the Medical
Journal. That paper says it has
always demurred to the dogma
which would screw a man's con-
sumption of good and toothsome
food down to the minimum requir-
ed to 'maintain his physical offici-
enoy as measured by calories and
such like abstract standards, Such
teaching, it declares, is repugnant
to all but the stingy, and it indulg-
es in this bit of sarcasm :
"It has recently become very
common for men to remark, gener-
ally over a generous repast, that
undoubtedly we all eat too much.
For the most part such a statement
ie purely academic, we suppose, for
we have never observed, that the be-
lief was strong enough in the
preacher's breast to lead him to
any striking curtailment of his own
indulgence."
The element of time enters into
the judgment upon this important
question, and our opinion is that
The Journal is not as careful as :t
might be in the choice of words.
The time when the generous liver
has doubts about his generous re-
past is not while he is at the table,
but after he has retired therefrom.
It is then that the philosophy of
moderation presses upon him and
that he derives ideas from his dis-
comfort which vanish before the
next meal. But however that may
be, the disputes of the authorities
are. a boon to us all. We have au-
thority for bolting and authority
for thirty chews to the bite; au-
thority for a diet of breakfast
foods and authority for fried fresh
pork; an absolute prohibition of
meat, the exclusion of certain
kinds only; praise for vegetarians
and their classification as cranks.
By a wise selection of his experts
the ingenious layman can get an in-
dorsement for any food that pleas-
es him and any quantity, and ul-
timately the question resolves it-
self into one of individual judg-
ment. And perhaps it was bound
to do so, whether opinions were
banded down or not, for men find
out what disagrees with them with-
out going to doctors; they are apt
to know themselves when they are
suffering from overeating, to have
a keener realization . of the fact
than the constituted authorities.
TICE MOST DECORATED MAN.
Could Not Tell Off -Band How Many
Orders Ile May Wear.
Sir Robert Hart, the Inspector -
General of the Chinese Customs,
enjoys the distinction of being the
most extensively decorated English-
man alive—excepting, of course,
members of the Royal Family.
It is probable that even be him-
self could not tell off -hand precise-
ly how many orders, stars, crosses,
ribbons, and so on, he is entitled
to wear.
His Chinese insigne alone, how-
ever, number no fewer than nine-
teen, and include such coveted Or-
ders as the Imperial Peacock Fea-
ther, the Mandarin's Red Button of
the First Class, Knight of the Dou-
ble Dragon, and Brevet of the Or-
der of Pu Cheng Su.
He is also a Commander of the
Belgian Order of Leopold; a Che-
valier of the Order of Wasa, Swe-
den -Norway • a Knight of the Grand
Cross of the Order of Francis
Joseph of Austria; a Grancl. Officer
of the French Legion of Honor;
Grand Officer of the Order of the
Crown of Italy; Comma'iider of the
Order of Pius IX., Rome; Knight
Grand Cross of the Portuguese
Order of Christ; Knight Grand
Cross of the Norwegian Order of
the Polar Star; Knight Grand
Cross of the Order of Orange Nas-
sau, Holland; and a holder of the
Prussian Order of the Crown, First
Class.
Finally, as though this were not
enough, the Chinese Emperor has
ennobled his ancestors for three
generations back; and has further
appointed him, by Letters Patent,
Junior Guardian of the Heir Appar-
ent to the Throne.
This, it may be explained, is the
roundabout Chinese way of confer
ring the rank and dignities of a
prince.
FRENCH MARRIAGES
INCREASE.
Marriages in France last year
numbered 314,903, a figure not at-
tained since 1872.4, when many of
the marriages delayed by the Fran
co -Prussian War tools place, This
sudden growth in the number is
explained by. the Figaro as due to
8 law passed early last year relax-
ing the stringency of the legal for-
malities required before a marri-
age certificate could bo issued add
consequently lenseninf the cost.
QUESTION
OF RELIGION
Nothing of Faith in Unthinking Routines, Even
in the Name of Religion.
"What shall it profit a maul"
Mark, viii., 36.
The New England conscience in-
sisted, that everything that felt good
must, therefore, be bad, that the
fact that it was a pleasure to do
any particular action was proof
sufficient that that action was dan-
gerous and sinful, that which pleas-
ed the palate must be pernicious to
the health, that which the taste re-
jected must be "good for you."
Holding this view life became a
bundle of contradictions, a perpetie
al warfare between those things
which the Creator seems through
our senses to suggest that we should
do and those which piety prescrib-
ed. The good man was the unna-
tural one who exhausted himself in
fighting against himself.
Religion becomes, under such cir
cumstances, a matter of determin•
ing whether it pays to endure this
present brief period of restrictions,
deprivations, and denials in order
to enjoy an eternity of bliss, whe-
ther it is worth while to endure
purgatory on earth for the sake of
paradise after death.
The question of religion goes a
great deal deeper than whether it
pays to be miserable here in order
to be selfishly blissful in glory; it
goes deeper than considerations of
cold cash or of
COMMERCIAL SUPREMACY;
it is this deep, root question, does
it pay to follow your ideals?
Is it worth while, at any cost, to
persist in the path of being the best
you know? Supposing that obedi•
ence to that heavenly vision that
comes at Ieast once to us all leads
into paths of pain, demands wil-
lingness to suffer and to bear loss,
to remain unknown, to endure what
many will call failure, is it still
worth while?
It is not an evidence of anything
basely utilitarian in the character
of this age that you hear so often
the test question, "What's the
use?" applied to proposed courses
of action or duty. Ultimately all
things must come to this proof of
their right to be, that they have
use, value, or they render service.
One is justified in putting the
same test to every demand of relig.
ions duty. It is certainly a non-
religious act to go on doing things
in the church or is the name of re-
ligion without any thought of their
purpose or value; it may be an ir-
religious act. Many a person is
stunting his religious development
by doing acts of religion without
the religious motive.
If you urge a boy to go to Sun-
day school, and he answers: "0,
what's de use?" would it not be bet-
ter, instead of forcing him into in-
voluntary compliance with your
sense of religious duty, to fairly
face his question and discover if
there is any value, any use, any
sufficient service iu this which you
urge him to do?
We have no moral right to go
through any mechanical round of
performances blindly making these
motions, performing these rites,
MUMBLING THESE WORDS,
simply because our fathers in -the
flesh did these things, or our fathers
in the faith command us to do
them.
Certainly here no clear or worthy
answer can come from the test of
commercial standards. We must
see life all the way around before
we may know whether the high path
pays. Is the whole world the richer
for the life that pays the great price
fez living? Is the gain to the in-
dividual in strength and beauty of
life worth the cost?
Surely we know that all this life
of things depends on the dynamic
of the world of thought, that only
a life inspired by noble ideals can
de even the least piece of work in
a worthy manner. It is the pursuit
of some ideal that gives proficiency)
in every calling; it is the pursuit
of the ideal life that gives power
in the art of living.
It is easy to see how it pays to
dig ditches, or to sell goods. Are
we so blind that we cannot see both
the joy and the profit of the life
that is lived for the supreme aims,
the life that gladly loses the shadow
for the substance, the things that
parish for those that endure, that.
piety is not seeking out the painful
side of life, but it is living for life
itself rather than for its tools or
its meals, that no price yon can
pay is too great for the prize of full
living l
HENRY F. COPE.
THE S. S. LESSON
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
Lesson VIII. Friendship of David
and Jonathan. Golden Text,
Prov. 17. 17.
Verse 30. Then—For connecting
facts read verses 4-30. Il,avid is in-
tentionally absent from the new -
moon feast at the court of Saul
and sends Jonathan to bear his ex-
cuse and to watch the conduct of
the king, and bring him word. He
awaits in a field the return of his
friend who is to signal him by
means of arrows shot in a way
agreed upon. Jonathan offers
David's apology and the scene of
the lesson ensues.
Against Jonathan—Because he
thought Jonathan was not only
shielding David but had made a
conspiracy to set him upon the
throne.
Thou son of a perverse rebellioue
woman—This was a far more sting-
ing insult than any words which
might have been aimed directly at
Jonathan. An affront to one's mo-
ther added intensely to the insult.
Not only so, Saul's omission of
himself in the curse was an insinu-
ation that he disclaimed Jonathan
as a 80n.
Son of Jesse -A Common Orien-
tal way of naming a man by ref-
erence to his father.
Thine own shame ... nakedness—.
According to Saul, Jonathan's
friendship for an aspirant to the
throne not only dishonors him by
setting his aside, but is a treason-
able act against the chances of fam-
ily succession. Such an not would
make his mother ashamed of his
birth.
31. Thou shalt not be established
—The hope of every Israelite was
to see his family line established
in a position of honor; his highest
glory lay in a complete and honor-
able line of descendants who should
carry the family name and tradi-
tions. Saul hoped to bo succeeded
by his son, but this was nob at all
certain. There was no law of pri-
mogeniture in these first days of
the kingdom. It required no revo-
lution to place David on the throne,,
for that office was still in the choice
of the people under the direction of
Jehovah,
Fetch him—Saul assumes that
Jonathan knows David's where-
abouts,
Shall surely die—Lit., "is a son
rf death"—an idiom of great em-
phasis.
'38, Knew --Before he had tried
not to believe it, and had denied
it to David (1 Sam. 20. 2).
Determined ---It is now more limn
a passing whim on the part of Saul,.
34. In fierce anger—All the more
intense because of its generosity.
Not the coarse insults hurled --at
him but the shame done his friend
was the cause of his anger.
Second day of the month — The
first day, or new moon, was the be
ginning of a festival which corre
sponded to the Sabbath festival and
included a reunion of the different
clans and families, and a semire-
ligious meal. This celebration last-
ed two days. David was absent on
the first, but no comment was made
till the second when Saul inquired
of Jonathan as to the reason.
Had done him shame—That is,
David. Saul's spasmodic attempt
on David's life has now bens con-
firmed by a grim determination
publicly announced,
35. At the time appointed Or,
rather. at the place appointed
36. As the lad ran—Jonathan first
shot some arrows and sent his page
to find them; then as he ran shot
one over his head as a signal to
David.
37. Cried after the lad — But
meant the word for Daditl who was
with'n earshot. .
Is not the arrow beyond thee?—
Again meant for David. The three-
fold emphasis of the words may
have been intentional.
38. The arrows—Three signal ar-
rows were agreed upon but the nar-
rator only sees fit to mention one.
40. Go—Since the lad was entire-
ly unsuspecting he could be sent
back alone, and thus an oportun-
ity would be given David and Jon-
athan to talk together.
41. David arose out of a place bo -
ward the South—The old Greek
text is probably the correct one, It
reads: "David arose from beside
the mound." This was the•agrrecl
place of meeting according to 1
Sam, 20. 19, of the same text.
Fell on his face to the ground •-
The courtesy and politeness of the
East is inbred. It is never lei 1
aside. So here David,, notwith-
standing his intimacy with Jona
than. does not fail to salute him as
a subject would his prince,
the custom to kneel bow l ll
the forehead touched the ground.
David did this three times.
They kissed one another—A com-'
mon salutation among men in the
Orient,
And wept—The Hebrews were ac-
customed to give open expression
to their emotions.
42. Jehovah shall he between me
and thee . . , , forever—He was
taken as witness and was thought
of as holding together the two par-
ties to the covenant.
TI•i..bN MA TRIED IT.
Mother (solicitously)—"1 think,
my child, that young man of yours:
is neteh too 'forward, You must sit
on him."
Oa.,;'.1er--"Ob, I often do, main -
and he trams to 'like it."
BRITONS ARE BORROWED,
RULERS IN OTHER COUNTRIES
WHO ARE BRITISH.
Englishmen, Scotsmen and Irish-
men in the Sorviee of Semi -
Civilized Nations,
Everyone has beard of Sir Rob-
ert Hart, Inspector -General of the
Imperial Maritime Customs of
China, who is now returning to
England. He has held that post
for forty-five years, and no one man
has ever had a greater influence on
shaping the destinies of a foreign
nation, says Pearson's Weekly.
About fourteen years after Sir
Robert had taken up his work, there
arrived another young Englishman
to work under him, This was Mr,
McLeavy Brown, After some time
Mr. Brown was seconded for special
service in Korea, and, ever since
has been struggling along 10 the
dual position of Treasurer -General
and Chief Commissioner of Customs
in the Land of the Morning Calm.
A more skilful diplomatist and a
more honest and straightforward
rnan does not exist, and certainly
there is no administrator alive, not
even Lord Cromer, who has had
,such endless difficulties to fight
against McLeavy Brown is a most
extraordinary linguist. He speaks,
reads, and writes French, German,
Italian and Chinese. The latter
alone is a life -time study for most
men, but Mr, Brown can also un-
derstand the Japanese and Russian
languages as well as the Korean.
TYPICAL PERSEVERANCE.
He has in Seoul a library of over
7,000 volumes, and is known as the
"walking encyclopaedia." His life
bas been one long struggle against
the absurd extravagances of the
Court, and the corruption of tax -
gatherers and ether officials.
Where would Morocco be eeth-
out Harry Maclean ? Probably n ..1 -
existent, a territory partitioned be-
tween two or more European Pow-
ers. Kaid Maclean, as most of us
know, was originally in the 09th
Foot. He entered the Sultan's
army as an instructor, and became
Colonel of His Majesty's body-
guard. For years he has been the
real ruler of Morocco. Nothing
comes amiss to the Said. Some
years ago the Sultan commissioned
him to buy a hansom cab in Eng-
land. Sir Harry bought it, and it
bras duly landed on the coast. Then
came the question of getting -the ve-
hicle to Fez, The distance is 120
miles, and roads there are none.
Sir Harry procured a mule, har-
nessed it up, jumped on the box,
•and drove away across_ the desert.
A page might be filled with his ad-
ventures on the way. Once, for in-
stance, the vehicle stuck fast in a
narrow mountain pass, and the
wheels had to be taken off and cam-
els brought to the rescue. Imagine
a desert camel pulling a shiny,
brand new hansom cab ! Suffice to
say, that Sir Harry got the vehicle
to its destination and at once took
the Sultan for a drive.
Some years ago the Kaid lost one
eye, the right one. He set to work
and made himself a dead shot from
the left shoulder.
COMMANDING OTHER ARMIES.
Comparatively few people have
even heard of Henry Denison. Yet
here is an Anglo-Saxon who has
been for thirty years in the Japan-
ese Foreign Office and who wields
power far greater than that of
many whose names are household
words. Mr. Denison is not an En-
glishman by birth, but a New Eng-
lander. How strong are his sympa-
thies with this country may be
judged by the fact that the first
treaty between Japan and Britain
was drafted entirely under his di-
rection.
About a year ago there died in
Warsaw the celebrated Lieutenant -
General Ivan Goorgevitch Macdon-
ald. General Macdonald, who was
fifty-four yearn oldat the time of
his death, carne of a Scottish fam-
ily, and entered the Russian ser-
vice at an early age. He' was an
expert in fortification, and had a
great reputation as such in the Rus-
sian army. The wonderful defences
of Port Arthur owed much to his
genius. A Russian paper, giving
an account of his career, says that
the deceased general had all the
tireless energy of a Scotsman, his
enterprise, and love of work.
In spite of Napoleon's contemptu-
ous remark about our being a na-
tion of shopkeepers, there has nev-
er .been a time when Britons have
not been found fighting and usual-
ly commanding other people's ar-
mies.
Brazil has not forgotten the
great Loral Cochrane, who freed
their conn. and Ohuli from the
yokes of Pori,, -hal and Spain. When-
ever a Brazilian warship is in our
ports a pilgrimage is made by her
officers to the tomb of the great ad-
miral in Westminster Abbey.
There have been, and ars, a num-
ber of Englishmen in the service of
Turkey. Lieutenant -General Blunt
Paella served through the Crimea
with
THE FOURTE.CNTH FOOT.
The arsenal on the Bosphorus has
three Englishmen in charge, Cap -
Lain B'.'arty Bev, originally an en-
gineer oilier in the Royal Navy, is
now, a post -captain in the Ottoman
service, and Vice Admiral Woods
Paella is another distinguished
British officer who has been for a
long time in the Turkish service,
For nine years two Englishmen
held practically supreme power in
Abyssinia. These were Major Bar-
low and William Houghton. Ar-
riving in the country in 1876, the
former obtained leave- from the
ICing to raise a regiment, and was
soon in command of the army,
Uoughtbn became practically Prime
Munster, and up to 1885, when they
were recalled, these two were in
control of the forces and finances
of the whole country.
The borrowing of a Briton by a
foreign Power sometimes ,leads to
unexpected results. A little more
than a year ago the war department
at Washington sent for Mr. Winter,
the London military tailor, regpest-
ing him to come over and cut and
plan uniforms for officers of the
American army.
Then the fat was in
the fire. "Are
not American tailors good enough
to make uniforms for the American
army?" shrieked the Merchant
Tailors' National Protection Asso-
ciation. "A national. insult l" was
the mildest term applied to Secre-
tary Taft's request.
attempt was made to h
trr stopped at New
ported under the 'Co
Law. However, the
managed to allay the storm. Mr.
Winter went out, did
returned.
GERMANY OUT BO
l
Actually an
ave Mr. Win -
York and de-
ntract Labor
authorities
bus duty, and
BROWING.
Already the American army is
finding the benefit of uniforms
which fit properly and are well
adapted for the work done by their
wearers.
Mention of America calls to mind
the fact that the late admiral of
the fleet of the black republic of
Hayti was a Scotsman. His name
was Killick, and he was a first-class
fighting man. His end was a
plucky one. When -the Germau
warship Panther attacked his flag-
ship, an unprotected steamer of
1,200 tons, Ir: sent his crew ashore,
but himself remained aboard and
perished in the fire caused by the
German shells.
Germany is borrowing British
talent as largely as she is able.
British blacksmiths, engineers, fit-
ters, moulders, painters, polishers
to the number of over a thousand
have been engaged during the past
year in England for work in Ger-
many. Two years ago a number of
chain -makers were lured across to
Hamburg, and their union had the
greatest difficulty in bringing them
back.
All these German -engaged Brit-
ish workmen are guaranteed a
year's work with a minimum wage
of 48. 3d. a day. Also -their pas-
sages are paid. This borrowing by
Germany is fast becoming a seri-
ous matter for ourselves.
1'
ICING EDWARD A. BUSY AIAN.
The Kaiser Spends More Time Than
Ile Does in Dressing.
Even Theodore the much occupied
is a person of leisure compared
with Edward- VII. The London
correspondent of Town and Country
reports the conteAre of a note from
one of the Ki s 'equerries stat-
ing that "his Majesty's engage-
ments do not warrant him in the
disposal of a single hour before
September." And the note was
written early in June. •
According to the correspondent
King Edward puts in more time at
real work than the Emperor of Ger-
many does, for fully a quarter of
the Emperor's time is occupied in
his dressing room. The King sel-
dom changes his clothes more than
three times a day, morning, after-
noon and evening, whereas the Kai-
ser has become a veritable Frego-
li in the manner of donning and dof-
fing his costumes.
The first thing in the manning he
is up in the greenish riding costume
of a German jager. A hard hour's
riding brings him back to his bath -
from which be comes adorned in a
plain morning costume made for
business purposes. An hour or two
in this monotonous garb fully fits
tho Emperor for something more
elaborate, and if there is no recep-
tion on he appears in the undress,
uniform of the Guards.
This carries him until luncheon
time, after which there are some
three hundred uniforms to select
from, and as the Kaiser usually has
two or three functions of some sort
to perform he makes use of his vast
wardrobe regularly and in proper
rotation, It is in the evening that
the Kaiser is less brilliant,
He makes but -a poor show in
evening dress; in fact as a civilian
he is not a success. His frock coats,
according to the discerning editor
of the Tailor and (Jotter, a sartori-
al expert, hang loosely and in a
most undistinguished manner, and
his evening dross waistcoats are
things only .to be worn by German
rentiers and French mayors,
There is only one fortress during
all these years that Ring Edward
has not been able 'to capture, and
that is the' stern determination of
public opinion to resist with all its
night the encroachment of the tall
white hat. Every season Inv years
both as Ring and Prince of Wales
he has attempted to lead the nation
into.the realms of white hatdoin
bat this is the one thing wherein
people will not follow their sover-
eign,
SOME MURDERED RULERS
HOW MANY IIIONARClLS JIAVJ:
BEEN ASSASSINATED.
Twenty -One Rulers of Civilized
Countries Murdered in Just
Over a Century!
No wonder a timid man like the
Czar shuts himself in for:Aiied pa-
laces, and everyone is constantly
quoting Shakespeare's words, "Un-
easy lies the head that wears a
crown."
The assassination of Ring Alex-
ander and Queen Draga of Servia
occurred in June, 1003. How the
young Ring disgusted his Ministers
and the army and rendered himself
generally unpopular by marrying
Mme. Maschin, bis mother's lady-
in-waiting, is too recent history to
need more than a passing mention
here. It is interesting to note,
however, that most of the army ef-
facers who carried out the plot, and
actually murdered the King and
Queen in the palace, are not only
alive, but still hold prominent mili-
tary appointments, Moreover, they
were paid $00,000 for the deed.
EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA SLAIN,
Three years previous to the :,Se.r-
vie,n tragedy Ring Humbert of Italy
was slain by the anarchist Bresci;
while in 1898 the cruel and utterly
purposeless murder of the beauti-
ful and gracious Empress of Au-
stria took place. The Empress was
passing through Geneva on her re-
turn from Wiesbaden, where she
had been for treatment of a heart
affection, when she was stabbed
with a small file -shaped stiletto;
which pierced her heart, King.
Humbert was shot while entering
hie carriage, and it is an extraor-
dinary fact that he had twice previ-
ously escaped being murdered only
by a hair's-breadth. In Naples in
1878 a man rushed up and tried to
stab His Majesty with a poniard,
but the King escaped with a slight
scratch; while nineteen years later,
as King Humbert was driving to
the Capanelle Racecourse, a work-
man struck at him with a dagger.
Luckily the blow was averted,
Included in the twenty-one rul-
ers already mentioned are eight
Presidents who have been assassin-
ated, and it is a singular fact that
three of these were Presidents of
America ; and they have all been
murdered within the last forty-five
years. First came President Lin-
coln in 1805, Garfield in 1881, and
McKinley twenty years later.
THE MURDER OF LINCOLN
came like a thunderclap to the peo-
ple 'of America, just when they were
rejoicing that the great Confeder-
ate War 'had come to an end. Lin-
coln went to Ford's Theatre in
Washington, and sat with his fam-
ily in a box watching the perform-
ance of "Our American Cousin,"
when J. Wilkes Booth, an actor,
who. with orders had prepared a
plot to assassinate the several heads
of the Government, entered the
box and shot the President through
the brain.
He then stabbed Major Henry
Rathbone with a knife, and crying
out, "The South is avenged!"
rushed across the stage, through
the back door, and escaped by rid-
ing off on a horse which was kept
waiting for him. He was captured
twelve days afterwards, however,
and forthwith .shot.
President Garfield was shot by a
disappointed office -seeker, while
McKinley, it may be remembered,
met his death at the hands of Ozol-
gosz, the anarchist, at the Buffalo
Exposition.
Four of Russia's Czars have been
assassinated, the last being Alex-
ander II. in 1881. Six times did
assassins attempt this monarch's
life. On one occasion he only es-
caped through the barrel of the as-
sassin's pistol bursting, while in
1868, when the dining -hall of the
Winter Pal'ace was wrecked by an
explosion proceeding from the cel-
lars beneath, the Emperor owed
his life to e, breach of
HIS USUAL PUNCTUALITY,
the company nob having sat down
to dinner when the explosion took
place.
His Majesty's "Guardian Angel,`
however, was powerless against the
N'ihilist's bombs of 1881. The Em-
peror was returning to the Winton
Palace after a military review,;
when his carriage was suddenly
shattered by a bomb. Several of
the escort were killed, but strange-
ly enough the Czar himself remain-
ed unhurt. After inquiring about
the wounded, His' Majesty, with
phenomenal coolness, continued his
progress on foot. He had advanced
but a few stepe when another bomb
exploded at his feet, and mangled
his body in the most frightful man-
ner'. He died a few hours later,
Fro m1872 to 187d hour rulers were
assassinated—namoly, Colonel Bal-
te, President of Peru; Moreno,
President of. Ecuador; Gutierrez,.
President of Peru in 1872-3; and the
Sultan .Abdul Aziz. At the time it
was given out that the latter, hav-
ing gone mad, had committed sti-
ckle by cutting the arteries of his
aria; but in June, 1881, various
high officials, including bile Sultan's
brother-in-law, were convicted of,
the murder of the Sultan,
Perhaps the most barbarous as-
sassination en record was that of
the Queen of Korea in 1098, when
a band of hired Japanese assassins.
backed by Korean troops, entered
the palace and hacked the Queen
and two ladies of the Court to piec-
es, afterwards burning the bodies]
with paraffin. --London Tit -Bits,
27EW POJL JAPAN.
Anarchists '.t'reat Tokio to a Euro-
pean Sensation..
The Japanese, who are learning;
more about the joys of civilization:
every day, have just actluired
something brand crew from Europe,
in the way of Japauned anarchists.
The first demonstration of anar-
chists ever held in the streets of
Tokio was promptly made the oc-
casion for a general fight one day
last month.
Ib seems that Yamaguchi Gizo,
the original Japanese convert to.
the creed, had just been released,
from prison after serving a term
for sedition, that being the inter-
pretation given adarchism by Jap•
anese law, Seventy -odd of Mr.
Gizo's disciples in 'Tokio planned tie
give him a sympathy demonstra-.
tion.
They hired a hall and planned a.
parade. The parade started, head-
ed by blood red banners inscribed
in Japanese ideographs with "Re-
volution," "Death to Rulers," and
kindred sentiments. A Japanese
band, which is in itself an inspira-
tioncession. to anarchy, headed the pro -
Hardly had it proceeded a block
when the busy little Japanese lio •
licemen swarmed from the police
boxes on every hand and started in
to break up the parade. A 'fight.
ensued. The anarchists, being un-
provided with bombs, used the
ready Japanese weapon for close
quarters, the wooden clog, and the
policemen drew their swords. Con-
siderable blood was shed before the
policemen succeeded in gathering in
fifteen of the anarchists, four of'
whom were very active young wo-
men.
The Japanese who viewed the -
fight as spectators seemed to sym-
pathize with the anarchists, even.
though they did not know what an-
archy meant. A policeman in Ja-
pan is no more popular than in any
other land, and the shoshi, or or-
ganized roughs of the Tokio slums•
are always ready to jump the little
defenders of the law, whether un-
der a red flag or the inspiration of
too much rake.
LONDON IN CLOUDS.
Every great city impresses itself
upon the atmosphere, and has a kind.
of aerial double. Smoke, dust,,
rising heat currents and many other
things give a particular character to -
the air over a town like Paris, Lon-
don, or New York, which even pass-
ing storms cannot altogether ob-
literate or drive away. The British
capital is especially famous for its
effects upon the atmosphere. When
one of its great fogs is in full swim
the vast city is lost to sight for its
inhabitants, but viewed from the -
upper air, it would then present the
appearance of a metropolis of va-
pors. Some idea of this spectacle
may be obtained from a photograph
taken over London from a balloon
by the late J. M. Bacon, the aero-•
neut. Knowing what lies beneath
it, that cloud becomes for the
thoughtful onlooker a symbol of con-
gregated activities.
NOT FOR HIM.
A well known officer has a beauti-
ful daughter. A young captain,
with no resources -but his salary,
fell in love with her, and asked the
old gentleman for her hand. The
father at once told him. that he had
hardly enough to keep him in white
gloves and to burnish his brass but -
bons.
:'Well, General, what you say is
trusj but when you married you
were only a lieutenant, with even a
smaller salary than mine. How did
you get along?" asked the captain,
who thought he had made a goes'
defen
But ce. not so. The crafty old sea -
dog thundered forth:
"I lived on my father-in-law for
the first ten years, but I'll be hang-
ed if you are going to do it."
--a5--
ONLY ONE MORE RESOURCE.
Elderly Undo—Spent your entire
patrimony, have youArchibald?
Gone through everything?"
. Scapegrace 11ephew—Yes, uncle;
every thing but the bankruptcy
court,"
NO AMBITION IN THAT DIREO•
TION.
"George," said Mrs. lferguson,
"there's, an item in this paper that
tells yon how to know a mad dog
when you see one.'
'' `Shucks 1" exclaimed Mr. Fergu-
son ; "I've no desire to know any
road dogs."
TOO LATE
Iirs wife -"1f 1 had my life to
live over again I would never
marry.
Jeer Husband—"I'm sorry you
didn't tell me that when I propos.
ed;
'Many an untiinel grave has been
(pled byythe empt inof the wrong
bottle. y w g