The Brussels Post, 1910-12-29, Page 3QUEEN OF SEVEN SEAS
invitSIi .' "EUROPA" TO
SURPASS THEM ALI1h
the New Planting Palace Will Be
000 Feet Long and. Can
Carry 5,000.
With five decks above her main
fleck an a series of belooniee
stretching across the front of her
snperstruoture like the pillared
facade of a . temple, the world's
largest stile, the Europa, the keel
of which has been laid at Stettin,
Qermany, d'raws all eyes of those
who gaze seaward in. anticipation.
Scarcely had the world becozno
accustomed to the Mauretania as
the synonym for the largest and le -
est in marine architecture than the
Olympic and Titanic were laid
down, No sooner was the Olympic
shoved into deep water than the
owners of the Mauretania publish-
ed the plans of even a longer ship.
AHEAD OF THE CUNARDERS.
Now. the Hamburg -American line
comes forward evith.the figures of
their "super -leviathan." The cora-
, parison of the three vessels is as
follows
Ton
Vessel. Length. nage.
Mauretania .. ....790 feet.82,500
Olympic , .860 feet. 48,000
Europa :. ... ...,.900.1eet. 50,000
•
The floating island of steel will
.lave a displacement of 70,000 tons,
making her inreality•a floating sky-
scraper. Her tonnage is 50,000
tons, and her beam is 96 feet. She
will have nine decks above the wa-
ter line. The steel and wood and
brass and woven fabric would fill a
train of freight cars 44 miles in
length, , and the builders have or-
dered front the forests of Oregon
2,000,000 feet of fir for her decks
alone. This lumber has been "kiln-
.aing" near Portland, Only clear,'
vertically grained wood has been
accepted.
HEIGHT OF LUXURY.
The combined capacity of the
largest three hotels in New York is
3,235 guests, while the Europa will
carry 4,250 passengers. The crew,'
which includes the usual retinue of
the passenger steamship, will num-
int about 800, so that the Europa
can accommodate about 5,000. i
With so much space available
features are possible•thathave ne-
ver before been introduced. Tiiero
will be a choice of dining rooms, a
Ritz-Carlton restaurant,. grill, tea
room, tea garden, rathskeller;
palm gardens, convertible in win-
ter into sun parlors; women's sal-
tine in different decorative periods;
and national styles, "universal"
;telephones, the biggest gymnasium
yet, running track of tan bark,
trainer rubbers, squashcourt,
swimming pool, Turkish and Rome
an baths.
SYSTEM OF VENTILATION.
A distinguishing feature pf the
new steamship will be its system of
ventilation. The 'familiar ventil•a-
tors Which project above the decks
of steamships of the present day
will not be seen on the Eur-
opa. Air, brought to a proper
temperature, will be forced to the
various compartments by pumps. It.
`ls.expected that this method,ot
only will' augment comfort of pas-
sengers, but will solve the problem
of providing pure air fol' men in
the engine rooms and stoke holds.
Owing to the, great height of the
masts to be setup on board the
—.Europa', it is believed that the pow-
erful wireless instruments which
will be installed will have 'a wider
radius than usual. The Hamburg -
American line has requested wire-
less constructors to endeavor' to
install a plant which will make ib
possible for the steamship to be in
,communication with at least one
shorn at any moment of its passage
between the continents. She will
:be ready by 1912.
him" atone other eugagvutient, the
breaking Of which Would lie ancon-
venient to diem.
Bus theugl the Queen is -and
one who has known her far twenty
'years has never seen herunoccu>
pied—ohs is intimately acquainted
with and takes part in all that
relates to the management of the
household. Every seryant is known
to her,,. and their .comfort is as
much a matter of concern to their
royal mistress as that of • any one
else,' In ?act no detail of life
wearies the Queen, hence the rea-
$on that her sympathies are wide
and all her days full' of work.
6;000,000 IN GERMANY.
The Increase is About 4,500,000 in
- five Years.
JAPANESE WOMEN WORK
now WOJU( AS COAL i1M'P-
iBS AT b7A,GFA.SA1fI,
Commereinl Advantages Due to
Wives Who Leave Men to
Higher Pursuits,
" The women of Japan are making
the country what it is, A noted
Japanese financier in talking of
this condition,, said:. "The women
of Japan have the love of country
Germany is in the throes of its
quinquennial census, When it is
over the Fatherland expects to
wake up and find itself the posses-
sor of 65,000,000 of souls, or a gain
af,4,500,000.since 1905.
German population .experts are
deeply impressed by the announce-
ment that the . United States has
over 93,000,000 inhabitares, the
American rate of increase being 1,-
700,000 a year in the last ten years,`
or exactly double the rate at which
Germany is growing.
The census of Germany is taken
by means of a series of intricate
blanks which every householder in
theeountry is obliged' to fill out,
Millions ef ° otherwise- inter agent
Germans have spent the week in
wrestling with the mysterious cen-
sus forms. f
These are some of the search-
ing questions which the Kaiser's
perplexed subjects had to answer:
If you do not know the exact
date of your birth, how many full
years old ere you?
What is your main occupation in
life?
Were your babies nursed on their
mother's breast, or by wet nurses,
or from the bottle.?
Are you subject to epileptic fits?
How many of your house windows
book out on the street?
What was your mother tongue—
German, Dutch, Frisian, Danish,
Wall,onian, Polish, Masurian,, Cas-
subian, Wendish,. �'zech, or Lithun-
ian
What are ,the names of the vari-
ous rooms in .your dwelling?
What is the religion of your ser-
vants
How many bathrooms have you?
Do you cook with gas or other
fuel? "
What rent • do you pay?
German economistg cherish ambi-
tious hopes for the future of Ger-
many's population_ ' Os e authority,
Dr. Wilhelm . =Hubhe-Sohleiden,'
says that there will bo 150,000,000
Germans in 1980.
so deeply imbedded in their
hearts that they are willing to take
the places of our men while the tat-
ter study and fit.theenaelves for bet-
ter things.
"The men of this countryare go-
ing in for the professions, for more
complicated labor. They are study-
ing electrical engineering, ship
building; they are becoming chem-
ists, -doctors, dentists, mathema-
ticians. ,They are going into the
iron industry, and making it a
gcientiii1J tstndy. Engineering en-
gages their attentien_..-
'The mon of the oouutry .are no
longer satisfied to dump coal and
dig in the mines. They are taking
up higher lines of work. To -day
you, will find our young men study-
ing in the colleges of the 'United
States, England,. Germany and
France. You will find them work-
ing in the shipyards of the United
States. You will find them in the
steel mills: They are preparing
WARNING BY FRENCB' DOCTOR
Savant Says 11loddrn Lite is Too
Comfortable.
A grave; warning is uttered by Dr.
Toulouse of. Paris, France, against
the excessive comfort of modern
life. The popularity of lifts, tram-
cars, omnibuses, tubes, and motor
oars is a serious danger. ' Those
who are not obliged to.do manual
labor are fast depriving themselves
of the necessary corrective.
The middle-class man sleeps in a
room heated by hot air, and be-
conies vulnerable to' the slightest
change of temperature. The upper-
class woman—at her ease in a lux-
urious meter ear -no longer knows
what walking is. In the big shops
there are lifts and moving stairways
to spare her the effort of climbing
from one floor to the next; friends
who have not _a lift are struck :off
hervisiting list.
Even the working classes, se-
duced by the comparative cheap-
ness of fares and the rapidity of
modern means• of communication,
are abandoning the morning and
evening walk between their homes
and their business. The result,
says the doctor, will be a genera-
tion suffering from diseases of the
heart and the lungs.
Then, again, if carefully steriliz-
ed milk preserves the young from
infantile diseases, on the other
hand it leaves them more than ever
vulnerable to the gorms of infec-
tion, Humanity is being spoilt,
and in the -process it is losing its
capacity of resistance.
This applies to character as well
as to physique. Modern man,
watched over and taken care of by
the police, loses the ability to strug_
gle'for himself. Initiative and per-
tonal
or
tonal activity.disaplear as men be-
come satisfied with the routine of
an ofioe, with regular promotion
and security of tenure.
Some of the doctor's suggestions
for redying this state of things aro,
perhaps, worthy of consideration.
He advised Parisians not to make
use of underground street crossings
unless they are old and feeble, but
to face bravely the perils of dodg-
ing the traffic, ati exercise which
presehts endless opportunities for
the display of coolness, courage
and ready decision, •��.
"Again," says Dr. Toulouse, by
all mcatis let lifts be constructed,
but label thein: 'Intcnded) for pre-
fereeee, for the use of old ladies
and' the feeble,' Self reaped will
often inquire whether elate tttrr not, do the :teeter,
BUSY 2UlLN MARY.
One Who Has Known leer 20 Years
Has Never Seen Her ItIlc.
In business matters Queen Mary
is clear and expeditious, methodi-
cal and systematic. Her \ mornings
are generally taken up with attend-
ing tothe- voluminous correspon-
dence that arrives by every post.
Her secretary and lady in wait-
1ng submit the' letters and the
,queen gives instructions concern-
,ug"'them. Aceerding .to the North
s -rime:lean Review slue quickly grasps
the Main issue' of a, question and
•coon makes up her mind.
She has never been known to lay
tside: a matter on the ground that
to express an opinion thereon is
irksome or difficult. But, should
say.. letter require further consid-
eration it is held over for. a day,
alien a deoisioic is given and almost
invariably adhered t0,
Everyconsideration' is shown to
those pivileged to serve the Qticon,
and before' signifying her pieasure'
es to the persr'nal attendance of
members of her liteitehold she will
TO MAKE JAPAN GREAT,
fit to take her place Commercially
with other nations."
One need only to visit Japan to
find the truth of this man's state-
ment. --
On hot, sizzling days in summer
and blizzardly days in winter wo-
men work as coal heavers at Nag-
asaki. Early each morning the wo-
men and girls of Kogakura, Shiki-
mi or eukada travel by road or
boat to that city,
Coal is brought from Takishima,
Shijmoscici and Takosake on light=
ers. These are towed alongside the
ships and the day's labor begins.
Another industry of recent years
has been monopolized largely by
women is the fishing trade. The
fisheries form one of the most im-
portant and profitable industries
in the country; the product of dry
fish in one year amounted in value
to $6,1Q6,900, in fish oil, to $3,518,-
430, and table salt, $4,713,415. The
total value of "marine products
amounted to $10,362,705, and the
takes of fish to $28,416,575:
Along the coasts you will see
thousands of men "and women,
mostly women, engaged .in fishing.
From March to May they engage
catching herring. In one year the
value of these fishamounted to
nearly $4,000,000. . Sardines, bon-
ita, tunnies, cod, mackerel and lob-
sters are among the fish caught in
great quantities. The sardine
brings Japan about $3,700,000an-
nually, and the bonito $2,00,t...d.
Out in the boats in the seething
waters women draw the nets.
Along the coast at low tide, with
their children, one may see them
scraping the sand and digging for
crabs and edible sea weed. , An
idea of the:extent of the industry
may, be grasped when the . fishing
boats in use
and America, bringing into the
ecnntry more than $2,QQ0,000.
Plaited straw made by the ea -
men brings an equal ,amount of
money. And leather goods, .includ-
ing 'pooketbepi s purses andeafiail,:'
els, turned out by the dainty hands
of erosion, increase the country's
income by more than half a million;
In the rieo districts of Nippin you
will often find women wading knee,
deep In water. The rice farm is out
up into patches and inundated.
Rice thrives only when, the field is
covered with six inches! or more of
water, Difmoult work this, but
when the soldiers were fighting the
wives and daughters gladly went to
the fields.
Japanese women labor in the tea
fields and.tea houses, and the in-
come exceeding $6,000,000 from this
industry is largelycreditable to
them.
STORY OF BRUTALITY.
Soldier of Foreign Legion Ld`ft to
Die in the Desert.
An extraordinary story is related
by a special correspondeatt of the
Paris Journal in Eastern ll rocco
relative to the death of asoldier
in the Foreign. Legion named Weis-
rook: ,'.
On - the 22ad June the 3rd mount-
ed, company of the 1st Regiment of
the Foreign Legion left Forthussa
for Taourr. In accordance with the
regulations there was one mule for
two men, who walked and rode al-
ternate stages at a pace of about
three miles an hour.
On the third day. of the column's
march, under a torrid sun, a new
recruit named Weisrock-a young
Alsatian, whose father distinguish-
ed himself under the French flag in
1870 -refilled his water bottle dur-
ing a halt. Lieut. Brillat-Savarin,
who commanded the company, gave
orders that water was not to ho
taken from `the wells o •i decree,
doubtless for fear' teat they `sere
poisoned or dangerous to' health.
Weisrock's disobedience was de-
tected, and he was ordered to walk
the next stage instead of riding.
Being new to the service Weisrock
NUMBER 420,000
But it is not•in the coaling and
fishing industries that the women
have made the most notable ad-
vancement in the work of their
country. Rather have they made
the most astonishing invasion in
the field ef manufacture, in the
mills and factories, at the looms,
and in the making of small articles
of merchandise,
With the wheat fields of Manchu-
ria at their disposal and the agri-
cultural facilities of Korea to draw
upon, Japan has determined to
make of her own 'country a manu-
facturing center in the world's
market. •
New silk mills are being con-
structeddaily,' umbrella factories
turn out rain protectors for Eur-
ope, soap factories, tho.shops,nscd
for the manufacture of leather
goods, cotton materials; docks, all
are busy, •"
But while you -will find the men,
often under the direati r1 of fote*
engineers and architects, putting
up buildings, you will end the wo-
men doing the work in the uowly
erected factory, putting together
dainty bits of bric-a-brac, furni-
ture; weaving carpet, shinning silk
and designing toys.
' An .important and profitable in-
dustry monopolized by thewomen
is the manufacture of umbrellas. In
these factories rows upon rows of
women, dressed in 'nosiest kimonos,
WITH' SLEEVES ROLLED UP'
A WOR'T'HY OBGANIZA.TION, 1MOPE QUACK MEDICINES .DON'T T i R/<JH THE BOYS
an s ooiatiort. Which is ern a
Good Work for Canada, E
A As A g
POSt1ItI 9b' TII 11R 1MII�'1'II xT pelts 9 0001) SM'S
The Canadian i orestry Assooia- UDS IN IBItITIS1I BLEGI'1 B003f. 11.'lio li1WOWh`,
titan is the national organization
for the awakening and iu£orming
of public opinion in the effort to
prevent the destruction of our for-
ests and to bring about their high-
est development and utilization
through the 0o -operation of na-
tional, provinoiai and municipal
organizations and private enter-
prises,
The Association endeavors to pro-
mote the greatest produativenesa of
every part pf the Dominion by hav-
ing every acre of land within it
devoted to that for which it is best
adapted. It does not advocate the
retention of forest on one acre the.
eon of which is better fitted for
some other crop. But realizing that
a large part of Canada is suited
only for growing timber (and this
the finest northei.n timber in the
world) the Association urges that
such regions be so handled as to
produce a 'succession of timber
crops for all time to come.
These non-agricultural districts,
if properly developed by forestry
methods, will not only supply tim-
ber for the futuue, but will form
game reserves filled with valuable
animals, birds and fish, and will
be national recreation'grounds to
protect the health and promote -the
comfort and happiness of the peo-
ple.
The Association carries on its
work by means of conventions, pub-
lic meetings, illustrated lectures
and by literature. Its organ is the
Canadian Forestry Journal. Con-
ventions are held in the. various
provinces to discuss matters of
pressing importance which should
be brought to the attention of gov-
ernments and people.
Free illustrated lectures are by
request delivered by the Secretary
under the auspices of Boards of
Trade, Canadian Clubs, Boards of
Education; Farmers' Institutes,
Women's Clubs, Colleges, Schools,
etc. Applications for available
dates should be made to the Secre-
Herbalists and Bonesetters Among
'ribose Who are a Menace
to Public.
Astouiahing statements concern-
ing the multitude of u;iqualified
medical practitioners eau their
treatment of patients are 'contain
ed in a British Blue Book issued
recently embodying the result of
enquiries made by the Local Gov-
ernment Board at the request of
the Lord President of the Council,
Information has been obtained
from 1,600 medical officers of health
in various parts of the United
Kingdom.
Of the towns reported on, un-
qualified practice is increasing in
eighty-two, in seventy-five it ex-
ists to some ixtent, in fifty-seven
there is a little, while in only thirty
towns is it stated that unqualified
practice does not exist. - Smallpox
treated as a simple akin disease by
a herbalist, diphtheria diagnosed
as mumps and patients not isolat-
ed scarlet fever spread through
being diagnosed as "rose rash,"
and measles treated as consump-
£i in'aiee some of the cases described
in the report.
felthis punishment grievously, for Lary.
his feet were very bad and he That the work of the Association
found it impossible to keep up with is vital to the well-being of the na_
the column. tion is shown by the fact that tenet-
For
ent
For` lagging behind he was or- ers in public life in all parts of Can
dered by a sergeant to marchyet oda have allied themselves with it.
another stage, making three in suc-
cession. Out of pity his comrade
offered to let him ride, :but the of-
fer was overheard, and Weisrock
was told that he must walk. See-
ing' the man's plight, however, a
corporal told hiin to hold to the
tail of his companion's horse. This
act of ;kindness did not meet with
the approval of the Lieutenant,
and, calling Weisrock: a foul name,
he ordeeedf him to walk alone. The
man obeyed, and staggered on for
some distance, but he soon col-
lapsed.
When his absence was'hoticed the
Lieutenant ordered a corporal to
go back and find Weisrock and
take away his rifle, This was done,
and nothing has been seen or heard
of the legionary since. His com-
rades made enquiries, and learned
from other soldiers who had exam-
ined the spot where Weisrock hal
falien that they. had found bonc,;i
to which fragments of flesh were
still clinging..
The Journal correspondent, who
knows the country well, concludes
that the unfortunate legionary was
attacked by hyenas and jackals,
and, in his feeble state, without a
weapon to' defend 'himself,. was an
easy prey.
put together the wire ribs, cover
them with silk and often embroider
the covers with the delicate imag-
ories foe which Japan is noted. The
export of umbrellas has increased
to $691,237, from practically no-
thing in 1885.
Visit rho match factories and you
will find women dipping matches
and enabling the country to export
nearly $5,000,000 worth within ono
3).
EDUCATION IN TURKEY.
But Fifty Per Cent. of the .Popula-
tion Can Read or Write.
AtIt resent onlyfifty per cent. of
the population, under the most.
flattering estimate, can read and
write. About five" per cent. of the
total number of boys, and one per
cent. of, the girls, in the country
attend school. Of these nearly the
half are on the rolls of Western in-
stitutions.
Obligatory public education was
one of the first lawsenacted by the
new. Parliament. Night schools
were opened in largecentres,
where Turkish and other subjects
were taught free of charge. Native
cotitiibutoxs canoe forward and en-
dowed small establishments, a
thing which was never known be-
fore, In Lebanon ono man gave all
his fortune—several thousand dol-
tars—to the building, furnishing
and manning ef a small local school.
In Jerusalem four native young men
—two Christians and two Mohem-'
medans-put their heads together
and the result was that' Poly they
own one of the most popular wheels
in the ,city. The sane things hap -
paned i t Jaffa, Beirut and . other
tenures.
The old mission schools of Eng-
land and America are being severe-
ly put to the test, and mealy
in of these
have had to change their
order to meet with modern require-
ments, People are now beady to
pay for education, From fifty to
seventy-five dollars is the average
cost tper 'capita of board and tin -
(eon at ordinary schools; whereas,
at, colleges, seat as the Syrian
Pveteataxt Collage„ for instanee.
the cost tuns lip to $120 to $140 a
and give it their practical support.
The Association requires members
and means to carry on its work and.
seeks as members all who are in.
sympathy with its aimsand who be-
lieve that " our natural resources
should ba conserved for the future
while being rationally utilized in
the present. The membership fee
is one dollar per year (life -mem-
bership, $10) which entitles the
member to all the privileges of the
Association, including the Canadi-
an Forestry Journal, Annual Fe -
port and all other publications of
the Asso'ciation. Applications for
membership may be sent to Miss M.
Robinson, Treasurer, Canadian
Building, Ottawa, or to James
Lawler, ,Secretary, Canadian Build-
ing, Ottawa, Canada.
CHEMISTS TAKE A HAND,
Prescribing by chemists is stated
to be so common as to, be practic-
allyuniversal throughout the :eoun-
try. While in the main they con -
Tine their attention to the so-called
minor ailments, and advise patientsvice of the headmaster was entered
to consult a doctor in the more dif- for a scholarship at one of our big
ficult cases, the evidence : shows public schools; though failing, he
that a large amount of Prescribing
in what eventually proves to be dis-
ease of a- graver character also
takes place. The treatment of in-
fants' diseases by chemists is ' re -
Creates a Depeessiouis the Blights
est Minds That Produces
• Vulture,
Thrashing boys at school is at:
question oft discussed. No boy be-
lieves in it, nor do many of the par-
ents whose boys receive corporal
punishment. The good effect, of:
beating has for many years been
doubted. The club or the strap will,
never supplant the kindly word and
proper example as an inspiring elect see
went to lead the young idea on,
A writer in the London Standard: .
says on this question:—
That flogging is a part of a boy's'
education and helps him ±0 become
more manly and strenuous in aftett
life is a moot point, and has been
much discussed' from time to timet
with the result that in this genera.
tion it has disappeared to almost
vanishing point in most of our pub-
lic .schools, except for serious of.
fences. As one who is in a positing
to judge, I should say that the ad-
vantages were always
VERY QUESTIONP_,BLE,
whilst the harmfulness is wedeni-
$hle-en many cases,
A case that has come under my.
observation - a light be of service to
others, and will illustrate my point.
A smart and iaterc'it±ng. youngster
of 13 years had done weree-at his
preparatory` school, and on the ad-•
HOUSEKEEPING PROBLEM.
The Countess of Aberdeen's Effort
to Solan it.
A remarkable effort.to solve the
problem of domestic servant dif-
ficulty was; inaugurated at Letch-
worth Garden City, London, . by
the Countess of Aberdeen. To save
much of . the labor of the home a
sehene of co-operative housekeep
ing is being tried. A number of, the
houses have been built at the gar-
den city at a cost of $60,090, which
have common dining, tea, reading,
and 'smoking rooms, together with
kitchen' and garage. Meals are
prepared by a qualified cook and
served in the common dining room..
Each house consists of a living
room with three bedrooms, ahada
room and pantry, with a gas stove,
and the .rents, including rates,
heating,, maintenance of garden,
window cleaning, and the services
of the staff, with use or common
rooms, vary from $200 to $300 per
annum. The directors hope to ex-
tend the scheme and bring it with-
in ream of the working classes.
Matting in shipped to Enrolee year,
was placed in the upper fourth with
boys ranging from 14 to 16' years o iti.•
age. He started his career .with tt
pride and ambition, but within six
weeks had been soundly flogged
garded as havi. 'some bearing on twice, once for inattention in class
.
infant mortality, and the last time for being last lee
for English in his form. I saw this.
Herbalists are severely critized,
"Herbalists may be concerned in
the spread of .epidemics of infec-
tious diseases. During a smallpox.
epidemic an •ointment was exten-
sively sold which, it was asserted,
would cure smallpox. The vendor
was prosecuted for spreading the
disease by this means. Wrong
diagnosis and consequent mistaken
treatment are also responsible for
spreading infectious disease. In
one case smallpox was spread
through treatment as chickenpox.
"Cough mixtures are prescribed
by herbalists indiscriminately for
respiratory' diseases, which may
really be tuberculosis, or chronic plaint; but in this case I have ad
phthisis, and the delay entailed by wised the removal, believing as I
such treatment seriously diminishes do that flogging is not helpful to
the chances of euro."
THE BONESETTER.
Attention is called fes the "irre-
lad on Monday last, and instead of
the bright and merry boy of six
weeks ago I found him crushed and
sullen, without any iuterest in his
surroundings, though eight days
had elapsed since the last opera, -'e
tion. On making enquiries I found
that scarcely a day passed without
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
being administered, and that no
boy went through his course at this
school without it.
I recognize that it is a very ser-
ious'thing to change a boy's school,
especially from any . cause of .come -
•
THE GENUIN]P. ARTICLE.
Some time ago a battalion of the
Grenadier Guards were marching
to church. On their way a halt
teas made for some little time.
As they stood at aiting the word
of command to make a move, a lit-
tle boy rushed ftp to a tall, smart
soldier, and said, innocently:
"Please, mister soIdier, would
you mind waiting here till 1 go and
fetch my little brother Williel He's
got a 25 cent box of soldiers, and
I am sure be would like to sec some
real ones."
"Run along, little 'ten," said the
guardsman, good -natal e: ly, "and
make haste back before the colonel
puts tis back in the box again.
any boy in his work, but is simply
a means of hiding the shortcomings
and failures of the master at the
expense of the pupil. I would
trievable harm" done, by boneset- strongly counsel parents and guar-
ters. "The men who act as bone- diens before sending a ooy to a
setters are drawn largely from the public school to make enquiries as
working -clans population, scuh as to whether it is a so-called flogging
carriers, railway porters and the school as well as to its successes at
like, and in many cases they are il- the public examinations, as my ex.
literate and uneducated. Sono parlance tells me that the two rare•
have learned what knowledge thee ly run together,
possess from ambulance associa-
tions. Those bonesctters who un-
dertako minor surgical cases only
do a relatively small amount of
harm, though instanoes of disas-
trous results
isastrous.results are reported. But
the greater number of bonesetters
undertake more complicated cases.'
Dislocations are treated without
being reduced, and permanent' dis-
ablement sometimes results.
Several instances of .actual harm
caused by taking patent medicines'
are mentioned. One medical officer
reports that on three separate oc-
casions during the last year he has
treated cases of supposed scarlet
fever in which the rash and symp-
toms were found to be due to the
action of certain kidney pills. I±.
is stated that the composition of
all advcrtized remedies should be
stated. '
SYMPATHY,
Laely of the House (hoarsely) .—
'"Murder 1 Thieves 1 Help 1"
Burglar -"Mum, yo's got sun awful
cold.; why don't yeti do suntfiti' fer
it t",
WORLD'S COALING REECORD.
Notable Achievements by Prince
Louis of Battenberg's Flagship.
A remarkable piece of quick work
has just been accomplished at Do-
ver. .Admiral Prince - Louis of
Bettenberg's flagship. H.M.S.
Prince of Wales, of the Atlantic
Fleet has set up a world's record
for fast warship coaling. She has
taken on board at Dover 910 tons
of coal in two hours and thirty-six
minutes. This is an average of,
373.08 tons per hour, and this ;s a
magnificent achievement, secwg
that the battleship coaled from a
c ilior and not a dockyard. H.M.S.
Prince of. Wales carries a Ports•
mouth crew, anti the ship's success
has caused great satisfaction at
Portsmouth.This is. the third time
during her commission that the
ship has set up a world'e. record.
Her own first record ho has twice
beaten. The three records have
been made in about two years, She
tools on beard 320.8 tons per hour
in August, 1908, and 300 tons in
April this year.
qi
C uritshi t is a vosscl with two
0 1 ,
mates and no captain.
Never strike a man when he's
down -for a• loan.
THEY
THEY COUNT.
That there is some slightly anti-
pathetic feeling between Irish and
French residents in Montreal is
well known, but it is seldom—eh/h—
it takes such an acute 'form as was
evidenced by the remark of an'Ie-.
ish laborer who was at work on a
building in that city. Working with
him was a newly -landed immigrant
from the curd sod. This man said
to the old -timer --s Pat, how rainy
payple d'ye rickon there is in Mont-
real?" Pat -pondered awhile and
then he said, 'About 30,000, I sup-
pose." "Thirty thousand, is it?"
said the other, "sure there's more
than 30,000." "Oh, well," replied
Pat, "perhaps there is a few more;
if ye count the Frincll." 1
RAT SKINS VALUABL1
Advertisements have recently ap-
peared in English papers for skins.
of the common beown rat. A :news
value has been found in the rodent
pest, as bookbinders have taken tee
using his skin for covers of fine ed-
itions hitherto bound in high-grade
leathers.' It is reported that a.
trade amounting to $250,000 a year
has developed. in Great Britain,
and that many skins are being ha -
'Ported from Calcutta. The skint
have long been used for purses,
gloves and ,similar smaller articles,
and are proving very usefd for
these. purposes.
It's its difficult to keep a good
roan down as it is easy to turn e.
bad man up..
The kiss of a hypoct'ite reminds
ono of boiled lee.
Did you ever get so mad flea?
you couldn't nee straight?
"Why ere you so reluctant to iit-
feeduee. y me to vont father' t" 4
young lady asked her sweetheart.
"Ave you afraid ho won't like tate?
"On the contrary, my darting,e,'.
was the reply. "Ile will like you stir:
.haul 'that lie traill want to 'ur.ar9t"
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