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AERONAUTS OF LONG AGO
MORE ACCIDENTS IN THOSE
DAYS TIIAN IN THESE.
Eaperintcnls Made by D`omiuicuu
hinnies—Studies in Air
11avigat'ion.
The Middle Ages, just because so
fu1L.o£ childlike wonderment, often
esayed a "conquest of the air." Al-
bert the Great an•d Friar "aeon in
no few places hacl something to say
onail'
s mg in the air which looks
for all the world like prophecy.
In the sixteenth century we read
of an Italian who came to Scotland
with the purpose of making a flight
from Stirling castle to France,
with the aid of wings. His inglori-
ous failure, which ..cost him hist
legs, furnished the.Scotch post Dun-
bar with a theme fvr one of his tnost
sardonic satires. In le25 Fleyden,
a stately German professor from
Tubingen, published a lecture on
aerial flight which inspired an am-
bitious monk with the desire to re-
duce the theory to practice; and he
too broke both his legs. And so of
many others.
Albert of' Saxony, an Augustinian
monk, in his commentaries on Aris-
totle maintained, says the Rev. M.
T, Schwertner in the Dominican
Year Book, that since fire is lighter
than air it would be possible to be
carried upward if a sufficient quan-
tit--. of this ethereal substance could'
be
ENCLOSED IN A GLOBE.
And Francis Mendoza, a Portuguese
Jesuit, in 1628'embraced this theory
as did' also his German confrere,
Caspar Schutt; both, however, ad-
ded seine original observations of
their own which are not without
worth, at least for the history of
science. But it was only in 1670 that
the first real scientific approach to a
solution of the problem was given
to the world in the "Prodromo dell'
Arte Maestro," of the Jesuit leran-
cis Lana, which was` puhliehed at
Brescia,
The principles here outlined are
both original, and sound, though
their application is impracticable.
Lana suggested that four copper
globes of the lightest 'possible
weight and thickness be constructed
from which all air should be dis-
placed. These balls should mea-
sure twenty-five fent in diameter
and one -two -hundred -and -twenty-
fifth of an inch in thickness, and
thus their ascensional force would
be twelve thousand pounds. This
would amply suffice to lift the four
balls in the air, and with them •a
boat and sails, which latter would
serve as propellers.
Of course it was soon pointed out
that no globe of the desired size
and thickness could be constructed
sufficiently strong to support the
,rwoight, nor yet to sustain the en-
ormous pressure of the globes from
--within anti the atmospheric pres-
sure from without. And so the
theory was rejected. It is only in
our day that Lana has received the
Sill meed of praise to which he is
entitled for his sound principles
and
STARTLING ORIGINALITY.
No other written discussion 011
:aeronautics worth mentioning fol-
lowed upon that of Lana until 1783,
when Joseph Galion published an
anonymous brochure of eighty-sev-
en pages on this subject at Avignon.
By some curious fate Galion' has
been set clown as a Jesuit by so
sharp a bibliographer as Charles
Sommcrvogel, the 'continuer of the
De Backer brothers' history of the
writers of the Society of Jesus.
Galien was born in 1699 at St.
Paulien, in southern France, He
entered the'Dominfcan Order at Le
Puy, not far from his home, and
studied philosophy and theology at
Avignon with oath ;emcees that ns
early as 1720 we find him professor
of the fernier in the convent of
Bordeaux. For two,yoars he taught'
the same subject in the University
of Avignon, and later on was pro-
fessor of theology tor four years in
the satin place,
He published some learned works
so
philosophical subjects, and also
t brochure on oletitriciby which de-
serves i:o be studied se this day es
1110 of the fest and ablest discus-
sions o£ the (mention, In 1736 he
rnmlished .anonytnousiy it work on.
mtateors. hailstorms and aerial na-
vigation, which; work he hunsclf
:fleece? an "almrsement physique et
Quite seriously. by his eolreemporar-
les, so much 80 that two years lat-
er he re" -edited this work over his
own name, under the caption "The
Art :of Sailing in the Air."
He must have possessed an illimit-
able fund of humor, for this second
edition did not pretend to be -any-
thing else than a mere
FANCIFUL SPECULATION. '
In the preface of this work he gives
us a dissertation on hailstorms
which contains some shrewd obser-
vations. Then he tracts -of his air-
ship. This shoelclbe. a large, cube
shaped vessel, constructed of strong
canvas of double thickness. Wax
and tar was to be plastered over
this and then covered with leather.
The whole ship was to be reinforc-
ed with ropes and riggings thirty
feet long. Its edge was to be 6,,500
fent and each surface about 42,-
250,000 feet in area. Wo must nut
forget that Galien had in mind a
ship large enough 'to transport an
army with acoessdriee and supplies
from Avignon to Africa.
This ship,if i
t was to rise at all,
would have to ascend to the alti-
twee of the hailstorms atmospheric
strata, since, he shrewdly observes,
the air in that belt is bigher than
water. The top of the eolussus
would have to penetrate the strata
above the hail belt, where the :at-
mosphere, as he rightly says, is one
thousand time lighter.
This booklet of -the Avignon pro-
fessor•contains want' shrewd hints.
Galien shows in many places that
he knows whereof he speaks.. But
he must certainly have been joking.
when he suggested the building of
an airship larger than the city of.
Avignon,' Perhaps he was Duly try-
ing to make ridiculous the scienti-
fic'self-suffieiency of his contempor-
aries. That seems to me the best
explanation of the book. He is.
simply poking fun at the men who
think that there .is nothing in na-
ture' which cannot be mastered and
fathomed; and yet he does not
speak as one who disbelieved the
possibility of the aerial. feat. Hence
we need not be surprised that
Joseph and Stephen Montgolfier,.
who invented the balloon a few
years later, borrowed ideas from
Galion, as they did from Priestley's
"Experiments Relating to Differ-
ent Kinds of Air." The Montaol-
fier brothers were neighbors of Gal-
ien's and must have consulted him.
Probably they :learned from -him
not to trust themselves to the
Mighty chariot, for Stephen isever
left .terra firma, just as Galien and
Joseph only made ono ascent.
.In our own day Padre Blanca, a
Spanish Dominican, has discovered
some new things in aeropautics and
has secured patents for at least
two of his inventions.
ELECUTED A YOUNG GIIIL.
Trembling and Sobbing She Was
Carried to "tint Scaffold.
A terribly brutal Beene oceu red
recently atthe Insterberg (Prussia)
prison, where a young girl, on-
viebed of poisoning, was. executed,
Trembling and aobbhrg bitterly,
the unfortunate girl was pract al-
ly carried to the scaffold, whereshe
hacl to listen to the formal reading
of the judgment.. The condemned
girl was seized with a fit of .almost
est
madness when the executioner' as-
sistants tried to induce. her to lay
her head on the block, and hu ing
herself to the ground, she struck
wildly,'at the block with her two
hands, giving rent; at the - same
time, do frigbtful cries. All efforts
to calm her were,.for a long aim,.
futile, bile eventually force prevail-
ed, and she became weaker, -nil
her band; were tied behind her
back and her' head forced ea the
block, The texeelttioner was attired
in frock . coat, silk bat and white
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WHITTLED WISDOM.
Opportunity ,is another name for
actien.
Few of us over get'?rid enough to
know bettor.
It is the. gentle mind that makes
elle gentleman,.
Always try to succeed,. evon if
your plans are laughed a.t,
Your best friend, indeed, is the
one who is never in need.
The gentle girl can hurt moire
than her sister of tho cutting ways.
Every man feels sorry for the vie-
im of some other titan's injustieo.
!there is always room at the top,.
tit few can pay the rent Sueeesa
onera11;3' dein/aids for quarters
gooattetrirllte," But he was taken. there.
TALE OF PLUCK. ANO OARING
J E.lTil" JL •O)l11,12Ala OF .t l4NU
L1Sll UO1'l'lll';NI,bS,
llow She raced and. Shot Two ,Vied
doom Conviets in a Texas.
Town.
"You
"You refused me le chance of re-
forming, You laughed at lite in
'stirs eprisou). Now 191 give you a
run fur your money, sec if I don't,'
Such ens the massage reeei:ved
one day by the Governor of Texas
from 13111 Kelly, known throughout
the country as "Big 33i11"—a des-
porado feared by everybody, the
police especially, as be took the
keenest delight in shooting down
an officer without the slightest cern-
punotion—who bad escaped:. from
the State Penetentiary, and .on
whose head a price of $500 had been
set. Kelly had escaped with twen-
ty other convicts, but oue by one
they were recaptured, until only he
and two companions remained at
large,
"BIG BILL'S" MISTAKE.
Tho sheriff and his men were hot
on their trail; but "Big Bill" had
vowed vengeance on the Governor
Necrose the latter had refused to
intercede for him' when heevas sen-
tenced to twenty years' penal servi-
tude for holding up" a train. That
is way he tirade his way to the Gov-
ernor's house, intent.: on killing
him, The Governor, however, was
away from borne, and "Big Bill,"
mistaking the house of. the Lieuten-
ant -Governor, Colonel Newman,
which was separated from that of
the Governor only by about fifty
yards of garden; nearly wreaked
his vengeance on little Elsie New-
man, a beautiful child of eight
years of age. y
Indeed, it was only the pluck and
daring of an English governess,
Miss Lucy M. Willard the name is
honored throughout Texas to -day --
which baulked the desperado of his•
revenge and resulted in his death.
But so fearful was the ordeal, that
for six weeks after the event Miss
11'illard wa,s quite delirious. By de-
grees her reason 'returned, and
then the whole thing returned to
her in all its terror. She had been
.with the Newman family -for .several
months when one Sunday, three
weeks after the escape of Belly,
Colonel Newman drove with his
wife and mother some miles out in-
to the dountry to his farm. Most
of the, servants had gone with those
of the Governor into town to
church, leaving Miss. Willard with
her: pupil, Elsie, and two negro
servants—ratan and wife—to look
:after the house.
THE PLUCKY NEGRO.
"1 had taken a book from the
table in the sitting -room," she
seal, when relating -the terrible
happening,. "and was just stepping
through thee window into the veran-
dah to join Elsie, my charge, when
I heard a 'shot flied somewhere be-
hind the house. 'Lock de do'h,
Miss Willard, e quick—robbers !'
shouted Sani, the black.'
"Another shot followed, then a
scream, I grasped the little girl by
the arm, pulled her into the house,
and. slammed the window, hardly
knowing what was dying. Another
shot rang out, end -then Sam ran
from behind the house, loading his
rifle. In my terror 1 ran to- the
next floor with Elsie, and, locking
the door of the library behind me,
shrank into the farthest• corner.
This room was. on 'the left of the
house, and from its window T could
see two men—nue stanching, . the
other kneeling—beside the fence
nearest the barn.
"One of the men was very tall
and thin. • He was without a bat,
wore a blue blouse, and his. Iron -
seri were tucked into Itis boots, The
other, who knelt, was the most hid-
eous looking creature I have ever
seen—red-haired, with a long scar
across his face, over his nose, al-
most from ,ear to ear, leis rine lay
on the top rail of the fence las
though CViming, while the taller man
was reloading, Suddenly, crack
went Sam's gun again, and simul-
taneously the kneeling man fired:
'Then he got up and .laughed—he
had bit our noble defender,
"'Inca came e tramping ou the
veranda, and with a crash a win -
a
Ty, pushed epee Thon ewe an
ejaculation; ']fees down thee') and
wutrh the back dour.',Then ileac
nu ful foateteps thine earer. The
knob of my door turned, but ljad.,
lacked it. Elsie, pour child, Moan-
ed aloud in. her terror, and the inan
outside heard liar,
'Women folk, eh! Well, the
main guy ain't here, so we'll talk
to you, Open the door 1' " I stood
almost frozen stiff. 'Open the
door, dy'e 'hear? Oh, you won't,
ell?' There was a mighty heave,
but the door did not give. I in-
voluntarily raised the pistol in my
right hand, whieb shook very
much, and pointed it toward the
door, Another heave against the
door, and still it did not give; then
there was a stuttered curse, and
with a crash the door flew open and
the tall man almost fell in,
THE coNVIOTS' FATE,
"I thought of the man's fearful
record, and knew that he; would
show us no mercy, Then I pulled
the trigger of the pistol—once,
twice, thrice. Each trine it spoke
and the man fell, almost against
my ,extended arm, so close was he
when I fired,' I was dizzy with my
unnatural effort and' 'grasped the
desk for support, but the ordeal was
not yet over. Two steps at a time
the other ruffian. came rushing up;
and, just as his figure appeared in
the frame of the doorway, I fired
both pistols point-blank at him. He
fell against the wall on the other
side of the hall, then rebounded
and fell on his face acrossthe open
doorway. I turned to look for the
child, but my limbs would not sup-
port me, and although I did not
sfaint, 1 sank to the fluor. Poor
Elsie! She had fainted.
"I crawledto her and tried to
drag her from under the desk, but.
somehow 1 hard absolutely nio
strength, Of .a sudden I heard
shouting and the galloping of
horses. Then came quick orders,
and in another minute the house
was full of men.
"The two robbers were 'Big
Bill' Kelly and one of his confeder-
ates named Mollyson. They had
escaped a posse, which was close at
their heels, and had evidently come
to wreak their vengeance on the
Govai'nor and his family, but had
mistaken the house. The poor
black, Sam, was killed—shot
through the head:. His wife, who
had first seen the men, was also
wounded, but not fatally. I was
brought before a' magistrate, ac-
cording to law, and was charged
with killing the two men, but ac-
quitted within five minutes of the
clock 1"
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION.
How Two Seotehmen Settled the
Abilities of Their Daughters.
Not all examinations in Scotland
are for the civil service.. In his
"Memories Grave and iaay, Mr..
Jolla Kerr reports one held at a
village tavern • to decide a wager,
and, incidentally, to -determine the
relative scholarship of two school
girls. Their respective fathers had
started the discussion over the
table.'
"Oclh, yes,'' . said Norman, "we
must give more education to the
lassies than to the tads."
"Faith, Norman," said Duncan,
"I dare say you're very richt there;
and I'ni sure there's not a man in
all Sutherland can throw a stone a6
me for that. Our Mary is the clev-
erest• lassie in all Sutherland;
there's not a lassie in the Reay
Country_ like her, She's a grand
scholar, our Mary,"
"Your Meryl" said Norman:
"Yes, our Mary." •
"I'll wager you my' Jessie is as
clever a lassie as your Mary-"'
"Your Jessie?"
"Aye, list my Jessie,"
"Done," .says Duncan,•
"Belt who will examine -he las-
sies 2" says Norman, •
"Well," said Duncan, "I think
you- should let me examine them.
You see, I have jist been dewn at
the exansinatidn of Iinlochbenvie
school to -day, and the ministers
was there, and the liaeents Was
there, and the ministers was ask-
ing them questions, and the chil-
dren would be answering them. 11,
was agreed sighb, noble, and I was
Hume, . and as I'll be jist fresh off'
the irons, I think you should let
no examine the teesics,"
" \Tory well, Duncan, ,you'll ex-
nline .them."
The girls meanwhile were Amus-
ing themselves outside. Norman
rang the bell and asked the servant
to sand i,r Jessie. White site ap-
peared Duncan began:
"Jessie, your father slays you're
a gran] scholia, rust .as clever a
lassie as our Mary. Now fist tell
me this, do you knew the meaning.
of a verrub (verb)2"
"No, I do hot, " said Jessie.
"That will do for you. 'Usti go
away and gond in our Mary."
When Mary appeared, Duncan
said, "Now, Mary;' I have been tel-
ling Norman that 'you're the .beet
scholar in Sutherland. list show
him hots clever leen are. , Do ,aou.
know the meaning of a vorrub
(t crb) 7''
Yes," in quite 4 triumphant
tone, "it's a noun."
tluncatn 'kola eiefeantiyr et Nor-
man and says, "There, new:, me
felted, what do you think of thee?
Debi t 1 eell you the was the elev-
rest lemic in the heat' country''i"
doe. was knocked in. Two men
rams to the ;stairway,- and jest as
the .first started to ascend Elsie
gcreaahed out in terrors 'Papa
Papa 1' There was a hurried. move-
ment; and a shot was fired at the
ceiling. Turning ikeklenlye my
eye caught sight of a liracc of .eav-
airy pistols hanging in thcir hol-
sters over the roll-top desk, I took
them down, as much afraid of the
things, perhaps, as I was of the meu
below. But they seemed to give me
THOSE, AWFUL FOOTSTEPS,
"Elsie was crouched under the
desk between the two sides. r stood
in front of it, and was just begin-
ning to hope that perhaps the men
would not coma up after gall" when
f heard the stairs croak find knew
they were ascending, The library
was the second door on the left of
the staircase, and I heard stealthy.
footsteps approaching from the :tem
of the stake. A moment's stillness,
then the nearest door 'twos saddott e
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.lN UNRECOGNIZED HEROINE
What Would Those Indolent Sisters
Do Without Dorcas?
Ethel—very tall, very slender,
with beautiful blue eyes—sighed
Wearily. She leaned her head
against the back of the most com-
fortable chair in the room, raised
her arms and rested her hands on
her bead, and crossed her pretty
slippered feet on the hassock. There
can bo no doubt she was comfort-
able—very
omfortable—very comfortable.
Ethel liked to be comfortable.
With her agreed Bess, who had the
loveliest brown eyes in the world.
Both liked to be comfortable—and
so did their brother Harold, who is
noted for certain immaculateness
in the details of his apparel.
"A cup of tea would .be refresh-
ing right now," remarked Ethel,
with a note of languor in her tone,
"I haven't been doing a blessed
thing but look over my ribbons and
laces. But just the same, I'm tired
as can lies"
Then Bess, with : the loveliest
brown eyes, nodded approvingly,
and said; •
"Wouldn't it go to the right
spot? ..I'm. sure Dorcas won't mind
brewing a pot—she brews such de-
licious tea."
Would you mind, Dorcas?"
Ethel asked, languidly.
Dorcas, widen is not the true
name of the other girl, but which
becomes her plain and honest little
face, rose, and tossed a pair of
Harold's cuffs she had been re-
pairing on'ethe table,
"No, I don't mind," the replied.
"Wily you have the tea served
here'? And will you have crackers
or cake'?" •
The restful pair quickly made the
unamimous decision .that the ;tea.
should be 'served "here," in the
cozy library—it was much less trou-
ble for them to have a amalI table
jostled up' beside them than to ga-
ther up their skirts, spoil their at-
titude of repose, and take a walk
into the dining -room.
As soon as Dorcas was oiit of the
room, less said, "What should we
do without Dorcas 2"
"Do without Dorcas?" echoed
Ethel, in mimic tragedy tones. "I
shudder to think, Without Dorcas
you and I would Have to wait on
ourselves." •
"Imagine it!" said Bess.
"I can't," Ethel frankly replied.
"Probably we are lazy, you and I,
Somehow, doing things doesn't
seem to trouble Dorcas. She does-
n't mind. It seems perfectly nat-
urai'to her," -
"Well, I'm nob built that way,"
said Bess, laughing lightly, "I've
got to be waited upon. If..I do
things for myself., I'm frazzled out
and don't enjoy them."
`lMe, too!' said Ethel,
Then both comfortably waited
for Dorcas's appearance with . the
tray of refreshments.
Of course the tall, "slim girl and
the other oue .with the lovely brown
eyes had their refreshing tea, and
Dorcas, n smile on.11er plain, hon-
est facie, joined her sisters over the
teacu.
Oneps.wonders if this littlei .'
Ilex -
dent is not typical of what is hap-
pening in many other Households,
where a Dorcas with a "plain, hon-
est face," gives patient service to
her more beautiful sisters and her
exacting brother; a Dorcas who is
snpposecl "not to mind" sort ices
for every member of the family.
Undoubtedly site says site "does-
n't mind" -,-•which is very pleasant
for her sisters and brothers, since
they "mints" very much when there
ig luny service to be dime.
The general opinion of her Idtid
red is that this gentle servitor s -
er eeperialees a sense 01xavel'si ,
never feels faint- with the moeot
of res ending to calls, never' ye
Inc relief in the
turn. • of the lane
that fetches ep at beim "tend
instead of•'"tending upon."
But it i$ true that to the good
true T)et:ras' "nothing at allr
ters" that `savors of work and ca?
That she yearns to be the : pa
horse of the family'?
FROGS ARE :FUNNY '
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fat ttee Tadpoles, nhith '1'111.11at 11110
Frogs if They Get' ibe ('hanee.
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If e tadpole anima get to the top
of the water when itis et the time
of life when it is breathing by means
Of its' gills, liktx a fish,, it will 1s t
become it frog. It will thee ntlways
be a tadpole,
lerep a tadpole in cold water and
in the dark or away from the light
and it will be years" getting to be
a frog, Left to the Bourse of na-
ture, says Browning's Magazine,
the tadpole becomes a frog .in from
rix to eight weeks, although it will
have been two years arriving et that
chance to change into the mature
frog,
The tadpole's mouth is so tiny
that it would be difficult to insert
a pinhead into it, yet it has horny
jaws and a sharp biting beak, with
three rows of teeth on the upper
jaw. :A hood grows down and en-
closes the gills on the right side,
leaving them open' like a spout' on
the left side.
Ab this stage of its transforma-
tion the tadpole breathes like a
fish, taking water through the
gills into the mouth and spouting
it out on the left side. Its tail
is what thetadpole feeds on by
absorption of the white corpuscles
of the blood during the moulting
and mouthing epoch in its life,
When it is ready to eat- again the
tail and .the horny beak are gone,
the wide mouth of the mature frog
having taken the place of the lat
ter.
There are forty species of frogs,
only one of which is in. South Am-
erica. Australia has no frogs 1 Of
all those forty species only one :is
edible -the Rana esculenta-and
nowhere is this one more plentiful
than in 'America, although that em-
inent naturalist, St. George Mivart,
declares that the edible frog is un-
known in America.
A frog that is common in France
will mew like a cat if its thigh is
squeezed and emit the odor of gar-
lic. For thisit has to, go through
life bearing the name of Pelobates
fuscus. Most species of frogs will
not take anything in the way of
food that is not a live, moving
thing, or something with the sem-
blance of life, and will starve to
death among a "million creatures if
none obliges the frog by moving.
OCEAN HEMMED 'THEM IN.
Great Sea Held as a Barrier by iii
Children of Israel.
No civilization of the world can
compare . with those that have
sprung up around the harbors of
the Mediterranean. Greece, Italy
and Carthage will always be the
wonders of history. The shore line
of Palestine is fiat, being indented
with only narrow estuaries here
and there.
• Throughout the nistoryof the Old
Testament the Hebrews had little
desire to engage in. 'a commercial
and seafaring life. The sea spreads
out before them for spectacle, for
music, for promise, but hardly tor
use. In the Psalms, the straight
coast Iine serves to illustrate the
irremovable limits which the Al-
mighty has set between sea and
land. In the Prophets, its roar and
foam symbolize the futile rage of
the heathen beating on Jehovah's
purpose for tine children of Israel.
As it was in their literature so it
was in their life—the sea was a bar-
rier, not a highway. Only three
tribes ever touched the sea shore:.
Dan was "remaining in ships" in
Deborah's time but he left therefor
the mare secluded regions of the
Jordan valley. No port is mention-
ed in connection with Asher and
Napthali, the word "haven" being
translated as but a "beach" wash-
eel by the sea. In the building of
the tempie timber was brought not
to the harbor, but to the sea. of Top -
pa.
TA KING NO RISKS,
A lady had in her employ a bache-
lor gardener. Valuing his services,
she imagined that if she could get
him to marry she might make wire
of retaining him in her service.
Meeting him ouc day they indulged
in conversation.
Mistress ---`+Do roil ever think al
getting married, Jolini'
John ---"No, mune, I'm all right
like 3 be."
Mistress---!'llut if you hada wife
she could look after you, Jelin.".
Jolla -"1 can look After nie+sei:f,
titnnl.oe,'.'
elist• s—".taut she would be eons"'
pard', John."
John --"I tell 'E..1 don't want t'
girt married.'"
Mistress -,•Adam was thee great-
est garde:nrr, amid the fcrst1, and be!
had a wifet, you kn,;•w.''
7olin--"Aw, yes, 1 know t art' he
soon lost 'is job, dicin''f 'e t"
FROM BONNIE R�;UANI
AQ'.1"ES` OF INTEREST. 1''11Oel
HER BANKS AND .BB•4115.
What is Going On in the ltigliltintls ,..
sued Lowlands of ,lul;l
Seethe
Some good catches of 'f sh are be-
ing land'ad at Purtpatr•iek,
l,t is computed that seventy pea
pie will leave 13eith district dais
spring for other shores,
Dumbarton Scheel Board will er-
ect, a new academy at Braehead ate
a cost of nearly $150,000,
Old age pensioners in the high-
land district of Perthshire number
440, of whom 18 are paupers.
Paisley School Board have got n
warrant to erect their proposed
school for defective children.
A proposal is ou foot tc forms an
Old Boys' Club in Glasgow in con-
nection with Dollar Academy,
A model yacht and power haat
club has bean started at Troon, and
already thirty members have jolli-
ed,
Greenock folk are agitating for
a graving dock. Lord Inverelyde
is now taking an active interest in
it,
About 9,000 persons left Green.
oek in nine special trains the other
day to see a football match in Glas-
gow,
The early morning mail bags be-
tween Stirling and Alloa are to be
conveyed by motor instead of in a
gig.
Sir Hugh Shaw Stewart hes re-
fused to allow Kelly street, Green-
ock, to be opened up to its full
width as desired,
Miss Jane Porter, retired, for-
merly principal baker in Gatehouse,
has died at St. Mary's at the age of
82 years.
A stone Gist or tomb' containing
human remains has been found on.
the estate of .Abbey, St. Bethink,
in Bterwickshire. '
Extensive alterations are pre -
posed to be made in the Renfrew
municipal buildings, and three
architects are to be asked to submit
plans.
Stranraer Town Council are to
expend over, $2,500 in layingdown
a new pipe to increase the supply
of water from the filters to the
town.
In 1910 there were 2,793 houses in
Rothesay, but it is computed that at
the next census it will be found
that the number has increased to
4,000.
In the henorin' of ex -Provost
Calder at Kirkintilloch it was men-
tioned that he was the last repre-
sentative of the handloom weavers
who were once a power in the
town.
A total of 367 householders in
Hamilton appealed against the
burgh assessments for the current
year, as compared with 337 last
year. In 327 instances, the parties
were relieved,
Robert 'Knox, the Border athlete,
who died at Jedburgh recently,
achieved a recordin the running
hop, step and leap at Leith Links
in the seventies, covering a dis-
tance of 48 feet. '
Much has been done to restore
the ancient Abbey of Paisley, :but
much remains to be done, and at
a service- on the 19th ult. it was
announced tha a further sum of
$250,000 is required.
Aged 95, John Park, a veteran
Border blacksmith, with a remark-
able career, died on the 3rd inst.
at Spital. He worked until his 91st •
year at Spittal Spade Works, being
63 years with the firm.
One oe the sections of the Glaa-
gow Exhibition which will attract
more directly the citizens of Glas-
gow will be the old Glasgow houses
which are rapidly taking shape wi-
der .the hands of skilful workmen.
During the -sheeting- season, Lord
Morton, shooting over Conaglen,
in Arclgour, bagged 900 pheasants,
and, excepting a few for the house,
ha distributed them all among the
tenants and crofters on the estate,
Till; I'OPIJIt_ll1 GOSSIP..
Scandal Monger is Detested but
Gossip Usually Liked.
Many people confuseDesi with
seaside], but the two things aro
uite different, says the Getlewo-
man, The scandal monger is us-
ually detested, while the gossip is
often universally popular. In fact
the popularity which it brings is
one of the strongest incentives to
gossip. A really accomplished gos-
sip is as social acquisition, Thou-
sands of people who do not gossip
themselves like to listen to it.
It
saves them the trouble of talkieg.
g
The gossip is generally 'good 'seam -
eta The scandal monger seldom is.
After. all, what is more interesting
than human nature? That is the
stock in trade of the gossip, as it is
of the novelist and dramatist.
It was a rear
hug lesson in 'a
school. Presently the word "hake
loan" cropped up, and ht, youttgsttsr
inquired the meaning of it. "'Wall,'r
said the teacher, "an heirloom is
iomethin g • handed down from om fa-
ther to son:" "Lutntny," said .thio
k'crlcarlin,
d:"' "that`s the funnies, n.
t name
for a Bair of trousers 1 ever