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The Brussels Post, 1909-4-1, Page 701 , 1, NOT13 AND COMMENTS Among the many strange vela- tionships whioh earthquakets hold to various natural phew/Mena; Prof, H., H. Tuner, en, se eo. fteves that there must bo a direct eogneetion between paler move - meet and the strain on '010 OraSt kf hee ter , Vox. many years it has been observed that there are Slight hue irregular ohanges in lati- tude, or, in other wordf3, the axis of our earth does not lways point in the same direction. The pole wanders about in a mean position, sometimes in a path that is nearly circular, while at others it appeere • -to be exceedingly irregular and .even retrogrecle, The world is not spinning truly, but it slightly weblike When the change in direction of its axis is sharp large earthquakes have bean frequent. If a, swiftly moving body, is aompelled to turn a corner that it ehould be subjected to strains which might result in yielding is easily conceivable. Regardedfrom this point of view, the times at whiob strata in seismic, tttrain give way are to some extent governed by erratic movements in the rota- tion of our spbere. For the world taken as a whole our records do not carry us sufficiently far back to say whether earthquakes are in- -creasing or decreasing in number. From observations at the present time we know that every year sixty world shaking earthquakes are re- coedecl. Sudden yieleings take Piave in the process of rocks fold- ing, as, for example, in the build- ing of mountain ranges. The po- pular Wee that this class of earth- quake is on the increase is simply because their origins have been in inhabited places. It is fortunate for humanity that the larger aura - bar of the earthquakes have origins beneath deep oceans or in deserts. Thirty thousand minor earthquakes aro recorded every year. These repeated shakings of the ground have been regarded as a curse to the races but they aro blessings in disguise. Each earth- quake is an announcement that rooky strata are being folded like the bellows of a concertina when it is slowly closed. If this process were not in operation, Prot. Tolle. Milne, F. R. S., deelares that every land surfaee would be covered by the rising tides. This would have occurred ages ago bad there been no buckling crust, Earthquakes tell us that this buckling is still in progress, and, therefore, like rain- bows, indicate that the world is not yet to be destroyed by inunda- tion. ADRIFT TN S4L—OUTII SEAS. Sailor's Trying Experience %Vith Shipwreek and Hunger. A walk of 230 miles, the weather- ing of a cyclone on a bamboo raft and an existence of three weeks on turtle eggs and iguanas are some of the •experiences which recently the lugger Nebraska, which was befell Co.pt.„Willinans, in charge of lost on Green Hill Island, 100 miles or thereabouts from Port Darwin, in the northern territory of Au- stralia, says the London Standard. When the lugger broke up Capt. Williams swam to Green Hill Is- land and then tried to mike the mainland in a dingy which he was able to make seaworthy. He was caught in a squall and after drift- ing for three days was carried into the gull and eventually landed on Field Island, off the mouth al the Alligator River. This island is destitute of water, but some rain fell, and he eked out an existence for twelve days on the smell supplies thus obtained and turtle eggs. Both turtles and al- ligators were numerous. He then re -embarked in the dingy and made his way into the mouth of the West Alligator River, but, could find no fresh water. lie obtained from the hark of .trees sufficient liquid to sustain life until rain fell. Abandoning the dingy he made his way up the east bank of the Wildman River, living on sweet potatoen and iguanas. His matches having been exhaustecl, he carries' firestiolcs with him, He eventually crossed Wildman Biver and came mit on what he thinks was Lake Finites, where he found plenty of ewarep turtles, iguanas and other native food, • On striking tho Adelaide River jungle Williams saw plenty of buf- falo, but his only weapon being a revolver ho clot shoot any. He got down Ito the Adelaide River ewe/whet is known as Lawrie's landing, where he built himself a raft of bamboo and crossed. lin had not long gone south when a cyclone squall mime on aed blew the timber down all around him, Ilo narrowly escaped death blit pluckily resumed his 230 mile walk till lie reached Port Darwin. YOUR CREED AND RELIGION Oh.urob. ervice or Prayer Meeting May be the Opposite of a Holy Place. The pith of the just is as a shin- ing light shining more and more with the perfeot day's—Prey, iv. 18, "Either religion is everything to one or it is nothing," so a good 'Many say, but the saying means more than tbey Mean, It would be a pity if the religion of forms or of narrowing philosophy became the whole of a man'world, It would be it fine thing if the high motives of religion permeeted all things in all our worlds, We have become so accustomed to callime certain things and acts sacred while other s we call secu- lar, to drawing glean lines of sep oration between religion and life that it is exceedingly difficult for any of us to constantly make all life mean religion and to make re ligion mean the whole of life. Here are our ereedo and our churches, with their customs 5041 activities; these, we say, are relig• ion. Here are our homes and our occupations; they make life. Tim do we separate the essentially in- separable and confound the tools and products of ehings with the things themselves. The churches are the egenoias of religion, the communal expressioes of the spiritual life of peeples; ties oree,ds are their attempts to state their understanding of religious experienee and to formulate theories of the mysteries of TELE HIGHER LIFE. Church and creed are but tools and expressions of religion; they nee -Wier constitute it uor do they make it. Religion is not a department or section of the life. It is a mitive and method of living, It is ou, life in the consciousness of its highest vale. You can be just as truly religious in makieg money as in saying a mass; you can be just as truly pious in making a pudding as in going to a prayer meeting. It often happens that one's piety is better expressed in daily oom- nemplace living and duties than in special oeclesiastical exercisee A church service or a prayer meting may he the opposiet of a hely piste, while some home, where a mocker ir too absorbed iu the care of the obilelren to think of church, may glow with a diviiie glory, Either God is everywhere or there is no God anywhere for us; either our religion operates through, molds, and determines every aot and all of life or is an etainty, formal, end useless bur- den to us. The religion you eau oonflne to a eorner of your life finds its grave there. You may measure any faith end you may teat your own by its pow- er to vitalize all your life, to per meate and direct every motive, to make itself felt as the oonetant de- terminative force ef your life. Whatever does this for you, that is your creed and your religion. No matter what dreams of liv. ing bliss, what mystic pleasures or exaltation may become yours through your religious devotion, it is all A MOCKERY AND DELUSION unless its power is such that it goes with you on the street, guides your actions and your bearing to- ward your fellows and translates its dreams into deeds. When the religion, or creed, or, organization, sect, or opinion fills all a man's mental horizon Mal heart is chilled, an eclipse of the, soul takes, place. But the religion that is like a -well of water within' refreshes and cheers him continu- ally. He only is religious who is al- ways religious, always facing to- ward things true, seeking the bigh- or and full life for himself and for all, making all his life tell for the hest in all life, and somehow with his wholesome cheer and high faith and idealism, making us believe in goodness, and truth, and love after HENRY F. COPE. FRANCE VERSUS GERMANY IN CASE OF WAR WIOR COVE, TRY WOULD WINO A Rilitary Expert Gives Ris Opin- ion 01 the Position of the • Two Powers/. Things are very -different now from what they were in 18'70. Then the French Government WAS inept and corrupt. "The army," the Emperor was assured, "is reek down to the last button .0,n, the last "tramatter of lact, it wile quite auready. And when it did take the field the French War Moe was able to mobilize at the beginnies only about 300,000 men, against Germany's 640,000. True, in four woeks' time this first inatelmeut of 40,000 was more than doubled, but the same mile, tive disproportion hold 'good, for Gormley lied by then 1,124,000 men under arms. The result was seen in such over - Whelming disasters as that at Se- dan, when on September 1st, less than six weeks eater the 'declare, - tion 'of war, MacMahon's array of 150,000 men was annihilated and the Emperor taken prisoner; and that at Metz/ a Rev weeks later, when three marshals of France / sixty-six generals, 6,000 officers, and 173,000 men, with 500 pieces, of artillery, were made prisoners of war. IThat was Germany's triumph and France's humiliation; but it was also France'e lesson. She 'keened it thoroughly. She will never be caught napping again. To -day she can put 3,500,000 men into the field, It is true that against these Getinany claims to be able to pit 4,330,000. This, however, is largely a paper estinaZte, and an exaggerated one. In effect, unless all the experts aro deceived, the available armed forc- es of the two stations are numeri- cally about equal. WAITING FOR REVENGE. But only numerically, There is no comparison between the two if ef- ficitenoy is to be taken into account. The German soldier to -day is not the man ha was forty years ago. 'Then he was a patriot, aflame with the zeal that is born of patriotism. There is little of that left in him how. The brutality of his super- iors, continued Through acourse of years, has driven allh ltalall Sort of thing out of him. There will be plenty of German officers and uon-commissioned officers shot 'in the back by their own men if 'war conies, The army, too, is known to be deeply infected with the virus of Socialism. And Socialism in Ger- mazy is a very puwcrful force in- deed, and violently revolutionary. Last year 3,260,000 Socialist vot- ers went to the polls, nearly 25 per 'cent. of the total inumbor of the electors who voted. In other words, one voter in every four is a Socialist. Wo may assume that the same retie holds good in the army—amongst the rank and file, that is to say. 'Well, that makes 1,000,000 Socialists in arms. Will they fight, or -will they not, remains to be seen. They themselves are never tired of declaring that they will not. The French army, on tho other haucl, is intensely patriotic. Its members are burning to avenge the disasters of Metz and Sedan, to ripe out the terrible humiliation in- flicted upon their country on that black day in January, 1871, when the first Germen Emperor was crowned in the Palace of Ver- sailles, and his troops paraded in pomp in their hundreds of thou- sands through the principal streets of Paris. Above all, too, it is anxi- ous to recover Alsace and Lorraine. GERMANY'S ARMY IS RUSTY. THE S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, APRIL 4. Lessen I. Peter and Cornelius. Acts 10: 1-48. Golden Text, Acts 10 35. Introduction. — What indicates that Luke thought the story of Peter and the centurion a very im- portant one? The fulness of detail with which it is given. And while was its irnportancel It was one of the chief steps in the transition of Christianity from a Jewish sect to a, svorlsl-religion. The narrow ex- clusiveness of the Jews, which had fortunately kept their religion pure for so many centuries, was a for• midable barrier to this extension. Christ himself had preached only to Jews. That was necessary, for the turns of his ministry was too brief for a larger field, and the Jews at first would not have listened to a broader gospel. But Christ bade his disciples go into alt the world, and preach the good news to ell mankind. The time had come to break clown the barrier of Jewish exclusiveness and carry out Chriat's larger thought. I. The Vision of Cornelius the Gentile.—Verses 1-8. Who was the Gentile who was to show Peter that a man who was not a, Jew or a Jewish proselyte was fit to boomo u. Christiau1 He was a centurien, corresponding to our captain, the head of a conipany of soldiers num- bering ono hundred when full. This company was part of the cohort called the Italian band, because mede up of Romans born in Italy. 'Where was the cohort stationed '1 At Caesarea, on tho Samarian coast, about thirty-three miles north of Joppa, where Peter was. Caesarea was a wealthy and im-• portant city, built by limed the Great, and named after Caesar Augustus. What was the name of this cen- turion'? Cornelius, indicating per- haps that he belonged to the fam- ous Carnelian family (gens or clan), which counted the Scipios and Sella among its members. IL The Vision of Peter tho Sew— Verses 9-16, As the centurion's messengers, having spent a night on the way, were approaching Joppa abort noon the lend day, Peter in his turn was supernatur- ally prepared for the coming event. Whet was this preparation? Ib was a vision, remised, upon tho housetop. The sixth hour (noon) was "a sot, time of devotion with pious Sews," Ho was very hungry, for ho "probably had not yet broken hie fast." HI. How the Visions Brought Thom Together.—Versea 17-20, and Ads 11 He. What had been hap. paning while 'this vision came. to Peter7 Tho messengers from Cor- neliats had made enquiry for Simon's house (tho Grek word im- plies a careful search through the streets), and while Peter was medi- tating on his vision, they were even at the gate, and calling for him. Before word of his visitors, could roach him, the Holy Spirit in some way made Peter conscious of their coining, and bade him go with them. EGGS OF STEEL. Deadly Weapons Carried by Ser - elan Soldiers. Though Servia has told the pow- ers in a series of notes that she does nob want war, she is still very active in getting her army into fighting trim. Her soldiers are to be firmed with bombs, of which five ' classes aro being made — the in- fantry bomb, the artillery. bomb, the cavalry bomb, the largo bomb, aid the "egg-shaped" bomb. Every second infantryman car- ries five bombs of the first type, which explode by fuse and percus- sion, and have an effective ran o of sixty yards. The average weig of each missile is about 24 pounds, The details of the training of the homb-throwers are extremely inter- esting. In the first place, men are supplied with stones of suitable weight, and spend a. considerable time practising with these. Then they are given dummy bombe, with which they go through another se- vere course of practise. Finally tho real article is en- trusted to them, and they are di - recited to hurl them at specially prepared plank targets, the result of each throw being carefully not- ed. The targets stand as high as a men, and the effect of a, single well -judged shot must be seen to be believed. The second typo has been served out to the artillery, and is a pure- ly percussion bomb. There is a parachute attachment which en- sures the vertical descent of the missile. The range is about fifty yards. The third typo is supplied to tho e cavalry, and is so devisee' that it If may be fired from a carbine, With n this bomb very deadly results have o been obtained at a distance of 309 et yards and over. The fourth type is larger than F the others, and is intended for use it in storming entrenchments. Judg- b ing by the feel of it, it must weigh something more than four pounds. ni li It is for things sueh as these that men fight, and to the death. It was of Majeba We in England were thinking when we went to war with Kruger in 1899. But Majuba, was a pinprick compared to what France suffered at the hands of Ger- many in 1870-71. Imagine King Edward a prisoner of war our armies destroyed or captured, our country overrun and dismembered, and the Kaiser crowned in Westminster Abbey, while his legions march in triumph through London after it has suffer - d bombardment, by his artillery. this happened to us, would we ot fight like demons to get "a bit our own back" if ever we got is chancel Of course we would And so will ranee, She has ben preparing for for thirty-seven yeays. Nursing er wrath. Brooding over her re- onge. Perfecting her arrange - sets. Waiting, Watching. Dril- Gsrniany, on the other hand, has allowed herself to become more or less rusty; width, of late years at all events, money that should have been epeet upon a vory necessary army has been diverted to build- ing up an altogether unnecessary navy. This, of .couree, is the Kai- ser's doing. A strong fleet is his pot hobby. The different bombs described aro being steadily manufactured at half a, dozen places in Servia, and a very large number must be alrouly available, Filially there is the fifth type— the egg-shaped bomb. Dynamitein ono form or another is known to be the charge in tbe four regular types, but tho composition of the explosive in the lastencertioted is kept a profs/end soovet, The ef- fect produted by the explosion of ono of these steel eggs is nothing lase than devastating. The result has 'moo to estrange from him largo MAMMA of his sub- jeets, The inhabitants of the South German inland states—Sax- pny, J3syris, Babe, Wertemburg -°-ore quite willing:to submit to bo heavily taxed for thP.PPlcsoP of tho Only: Aut theyarp not ab Hag w -pay for a; navy into the bar-, eein, esti' beveeaid AO et the polls For this reason it is by no means certain that South Germany would not rather be a sourer, of weakness to North Germany if war came, in- seeed of a tower of strength, as in 18,70,—Poarso's Woekiy, SENTENCE SERMONS, Self-esteem does not develop self- reliauce. A soft anewer never has 19. sting in it. Professional speetators get West fun, out of life, Courage is aimply the conquest of our fears. Self -depreciation noon eoeses if it be not contradicted, Knokledge is, power only so far as ib is praotised, No man beers his burden better by adding your blame to it. You eau complete a good work, 'but you can never end it. Life is pretty sure to be tragedy to those who take it only as a p]ay. New thought is lilce new coin, the brass seems as good as the 'gold. The greatest wonder in the char - actor of the angels is, that they sn- eerall the seines. The proof of an education lies in a mind so tilled that prejudices 'gain no root. Conscience is simply our sense of moral social responsibility. All men would try to be meek if they were dead sure of the promise tu the meek. The maxi who thinks he is gen- %roes to a fault is often generous only to his own. We often our failings that hold 'our friends, but we do not, need to multiply such anohors. The far off vision cornea half way 'to those who follow it faithfully. Some folks always sing, "0 to be nothing" before they sing, "Hore, Lord, I give myself away," WANT OCEAN SANATORIUM. Proposal to Fit Up Sailing Sbip for Consumptives. Some particulars are given in the British Journal of a proposal to provide an ocean &anal/memn for tubeeoulosis, The suggestion is to fit up a sailing ship of about 2000 tons Inc not more than 50 patients, each' to be provided with a separ- ate large and well-ventileted The deck would be used for what is commonly called the velem- dab treatment.. slim intention of the promoters is that the ship should cruise in the neighborhood of the Clanaries, where itwould have the advantage of the trade winds, and of a very equable cli- mate., while a port would not be far distant in case. of the onset of had weather. It is intended that the ship shall carry an adequate `medical staff. (inc contemporary saya that the working of a scheme of this kind would be watched with sympathetic interest by the medical profession, and that there would be no lack of pat/ants if the terms are not prohibitive. WHAT A WIFE NEEDS. Good Temper and Cheerful Disposi- tion Among the Essentials. She noels a good temper, a cheerful disposition, and a know- ledge of how her husband should he treated. She needs a capability of looking on the bright side .of life and refining to be worried by small things. She needs a secure grasp of such subjects as aro of interest te men, and should not be above studying even polities in order to understand should her husband speak of them. She needs a sym- pathetic nature n order that, should sorrow fall upon them, she may bo able to gist comfort to her husbaed. She needs to understand something of sick nursing. A wile with no notion of what to do in case of illness is but a useless thing. She needs considerable tact and pads enee—the one to enable her to know when to remain silent and 'vice versa, and the other to put up with ben when his temper is ruffled, ALMOST TOO KIND. A traveller, recently returnee from. India, was giving his impres- sions, "What a country it is!" he ex- . claimed. "There everybody keeps dozens of servants. I had four whose whole business was to look after my pipe. One brought it to me, another filled it, a third light- ed it for ine—" "And the fourthl" "The fourth smoked it Inc me. Tobacco never agreed with 100 1" ALL FOR HIM, Hubby—"Yes, de' ar you look ekein that dress; but it cost me e heap of mormye' Wife—"Freddie, dear, what do I care for money, when it is a ques- tion of pleasing you ?" Itub—"But if you like the young Kate, why do you objeet to our daughter marrying him?' Wifo —"Oh, sho'll merry him for all that; but I want to give her a ehanee to say, when they quarrel, that 'Mother didn't want me to marry you, anyway." FINANCIERS OF •JAPAN MITSUI. FAMILY ADE mos. 0 001101g40. They are Factors in Illanufactetrin Exporting, Rifting, Banking, Etc, lI famitti:tyo? you heard of the Mitsui It 18 the richest of all japan, and one of the richest of the world. Whet the Rothsehilds are to Europe and Rockefeller is to the TTniteci States the Mitsuie are to Japan. They may also bo compared with the Aetors and the Vanderbiits0 and their undertakiega include auth as have made the fertilises of Krupp, Marshall Field, Stephen Girard, and John Wenamakor. They are famoue as merchants, miners, manufseeurers, exporters, bankers, and financiers. They have a capital running high into the tens of millions of dollen, and they de a business of hundreds of mil. lions a, year, In some years the foreign trade. of this family is equal tc one-seventh of the whole fore- ign trade of Japan. Its coal mines produce about one-third of all the coal mined in the Empire, and they supply a great part of that used in the ports. of East Asia. Tho littitsuis own great cotton mills and furnish about one-third ef the Japanese, exports of cotton yarn, They have other factories and foundries throughout the Em - Piro, and their trading and bank- ing institutions aro in ALL THE BIG CITIES. This family has also its branch es- tablishments in the loading sea- ports of China, and in Hongkong, Manila, Singapore, and Bombay. 31 has branches in Australia and Java, and also ia San Francisco, York and Lontion, In some years it ships as much as 5,000 bales of raw silk to the United States, and it has a, fleet of good-sized steamers, which carry its merchandise to and from Shang- hai, Hongkong, the Philippines, the Straits Settlements, Burmah and There is no more thriving corporation in the world to -day, nod just at this time, when we are talking of the Japanese as being on the edge of bankruptcy, it is surprising to come into contact with an institution like this. The Mitsui house is a joint asso- ciation, consisting of eleven fami- lies or partners, who have pooled their capital in their joint name under the system of unlimited lia- bility. The bank, for instance, whish has a capital of 5,000,000 yen and asurplus of 11,500,000, inserts a statement in all of its banking advertisements that it is owned by the members of the Mitsui family, and that they as partners assume an unlimited responsibility for all its debts.. As a result the people knowthat all thewealth of the family is back of the bank, and it has the highest credit. Its ele- posite are now about 70,000,000 yen, or ALMOST 335,000,000. The same rule prevails as to all tho obligations ,of the eleven fami- lies. The properties are all held 10 OOMIX102,1, although each family may bave independent property of its own. In the Mitsui establish- ments, however, there is no parti- cular property to Which anyone can enter his absolute claim.. The in- stitutions are managed by the,Mit- eui family council, according to tho rules laid down by one of the heads rI tho family who lived more than 200 years ago. This making the family, and not the individual, the head of an institution is in accord- anee with the social. organization of Japan. Here the individual is sub- servient to the family, and the rightssinem anbderosb.ligations of the family shoulel outweigh those of any of t ARISTOCRATS MAY EMIGRATE Emperor William of Germany is desirous that impecunious aristo- crats who cannot make a living in Germauy should emigrate to Ger- man South-west Africa, and be- -come useful members of that G81. - man colony, Ho has lone Baron de Schmid 312,500 to enable him to settle in German South-west, Africa, and begin life again as a farmer. Heron de Schmid was a land own - 10 Alsace-Lorraine, whose estate was near that of the Kaiser at ITr- and with ivhum his Majesty was very friendly. Tho baron lost his money and was obliged to sell the estate. There was an ole soldier, who said to a friend, "My wife. does look after me well, She even takes off iny boots for me." "When you come homefrom the elub ?'' -the friend asked, "No--ehen I want to go there." The Major (thinking to have tome fun out of Pat'a ancient and $kieny stoed)—"Good morning, Pat!" "Good morning, yer honer !" "Thet'sti fine horse you're (113.' - ' 'It is, yc'r honor," "Draws well, doesn't it 1" "11 cloos, yes honor. Tt draws the et einem of evory ieiot that passes:" FRO,M BONNIE SCOTLAND NOTES OF INTEREST Flt014 IIE RUES AND BRAES, IVItat Is Going en In tho nighluads stud Lowlands of Auld Scotia. Itoller skating has become hoab. lenable ha Dundee. Montrose lunatio asylum, ab Sues nyside is to be extended. Needles school, Edinburgh, is be enlarged at s OA of £850. FranO18 014104, draper, ()amen - gate, Edinburgh, got three years for setting his shop on fire . Bonnington church, whiob is tuated at Bonnington 33rae, was praebicelly destroyed by fire res.- ently, On the 30th ulb. Agnos Robertson. (31) gat an sem torn off by the ma- chieery in Campersiown lute works, Locheo. In Dundee last year the fire bri- grade was called out 180 times, The loss within tho city boundaries by fere was $145,230. Mr. John Torrauco, grain mer- chant, Hamilton, died recently. Ile bad been in business in Hamilton for nearly half a oeutury. St. Leonaed's paper mills, Lass - wade, Midlothian, were destroyed by first, the damage being estimated at from 875,000 to $100,000, Some sensation was caused with- in Calder Ironwones by a workman finding a canister of explosives on 4 limestone hoop within the works. Greed/tools Infirmary report eays time last year 909 were received in the medical and surgical depart- ments, and that 1,147 accidents were treated. In 1889 the late Mr. Alex Twee- die, Glenisla, lost a. pair of field glasses while deer stalking on the Grampians. They have just been found, and practically uninjured. coming wedding of Miss Maud Coves to the Marquis Douro, eld- est son of the Duke of Wellington, and great grandson of "The Iron Duke." Paisley Town Council passed a resolution calling upon Councillor Brown to resign, in view of his re- cent conviction at Ayr for defraud- ing the Glasgow and Southwestern Railway. At Linwood, near Paisley, a blackbird, which is the, possessor of two formed heads, has been seen. It has two bills, and can pick and make use of both, but whether it can pass food through both cannot Paisley is much interested in tho yet be stated. FOUR FISH IN ONE CAST. Two Perch and P103. P50111, Accord- ing to This Angler's Story. It is something after all to be the hero of a seated, even if it sloes not mean much, and perhaps the successful landing of four fish on one cast is not unworthy of being rescued from oblivion, says a writ- er in the Field. It happened with nie here on the Shannon some few years ago in the. last or very nearly tho last of my seasons with the wet fly, and is the more remarkable as I have not fished with four flies on my case half a dozen times in my life. I was fishing from a boat anchored at the bail of the strong broken water of the weir, and rose and hooked what I saw was a trout of about -half a pound. Presently as I was playing him his motions seemed to become most erratic; he wouid pull heavily down and then instantly there would be slack, or a movement down streant would become a movement up with a suddenness quite bewildering, and for a few minutes I could make neither head nor tail of the action that was going on below. At last on the line coniine closer I saw there was a good sized perch on the highest dropper, 'and presently saw a second perch on the lower, while a moment later I was aston- ished to see that my trout was also still on the point with a smaller trout on the dropper next him, None of the fish was large, of course, though the perch next me was quite a pound; but I saw there was scarcely a possible chance to got all four into the boot safely, so hauling up the stone and rope which held me, I quietly started peddling for the shore a hundred yards aft with alternate strokes of the Oat's. Strange to say, 1 reach. et' tho ion, shelving shore without a single fish escaping and slipping out of the beat drew the whole string ashore in triumph. poPuhneelsfl)r fi itittweight, and I had an sh were about two applauding gallery of several young fellows on the bank whom it -look mo all my time to restrain from rushing into the shallow water to scoop out the struggling fish when they saw the extraordinary -catch was trying to drag asbore. HIS CATCH. Irate Squire—'11i ! you, sir 1 You're fishing in my waters. I <10. (11011(1 vlint you've eavight.'' Angler --"All right, guvamr, I've caught a cold and I'm catching the rhoeveaties, and yeuees welcome both of 'em."