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The Brussels Post, 1921-5-19, Page 7• Forgotten Fortunes in Mystic India* Dr. Volge, a former superiuteadeat •of the Archaeological Survey in India, lute been telling us that the preset'vit- ilou of liuU110 nionumenis In ladle !a largely dependent on public opinieu, It is due to the reverence and the religious aplt'1t Of the people that act much hats escaped destruction, he :says, But rifle Spirit of reverence la responalble for more than the pi.'eeer- vatlon or monumoutss it le resientelblo tom lasses. Great 'treasures have vanished through fidelity and other qualities maintaining the aware or their hidieteplace. It 1s the habit to -day of natives of Tndle to bury gold. Only the year be.; 'fore the war it was authoritatively, stated that nearly • all the gold dug from the earth In South Africa is,, by a freak digging occupation, deposited again beneath the soil of ladle. That Is what we may call a piectmeal opera- tion; but imagine the operation con - 'ducted, linen a wholesale scale! Such things happened during the troublous days of war and conflict end raid which preceded British rule. A. wealthy prince or merchant, fearing armed robbery, wield deposit all pts gold and jewels loot in his house or in a bank, for houses and banks could be pillaged like a bazaar; no,'lie con- cealed his riches in the earth, in caverna to the 1{ills, among the haunts .of tigers and poisonous snakes. The practice was to entrust the secret of the: deposit only to the poor est and lowliest, and that for various reasons. In the first place, there was the holier in native fidelity; then there was the expectation that people so poor would not covet .rich treasure, and would be susPeoted if titer did try to dispose of it; and, JUul11y, them was the ku•awle:dgo that people of emelt humble caste would not be allowed to Converse with people of higher caste to whom the hoarded weallb would' be of worth. In title way the very outcasts of the people became guardians of wealth uutold, .hidden by their flying lords, •wbo, often enough, did not survive the broils and battles to return and re- claim titelr burled property, The late Sir.Maurtce Gerard, who spent nanny 'years in ladle and roves. tlgnted the subject, declared that enormous treuaures aro .buried in Seine of the old Itndlan hill forte, The guardians are dead and the secret is dead with them, Sir Maurice himself knew of places to wbieh treasure 'traditions cling, One fastness In the Comm dhetrlct was. Hutt in which, during the Mu.Ylratta War'far'e trays, the entire population et three villages, hiding with their pas, sessions in a hill save, were betrayed to enemies by the barking of dogs. Refusing to surrender, the refugees were smoked, to death by fires lighted at the entrance to their retreat. No Native dare enter now for fear of the deemio s. which are believed to haunt tliplace, •Several Ifnglish dogs were once sent in to hunt tbrough the enchanted cave. All disappeared, Several days later the smallest of the lot, a terrier, carne out starving. The others had perish- ed, but it Is supposed that this one, falling clown a fissure., had found its way to a jackal's ]come and scratched its way out to liberty. Adult Education. Never in the history of this cern- try has there been, on the part of adults, so great a desiro for general education as at the present time, and this desire manifests itself in a very marked way among industrial work- ers. Of these there are, of course, many who seek technical and utilitar- ian training; 'but there are others who prefer education of the cultural type. In England those workers whose preference is for education in the "humanities" organized themselves some years ago into the Workers' Educational Association and, with the co-operation of the Universities, have conducted evening cla_ases in many varied subjects. In Toronto a similar W.E.A. has been M operation for three years in conjunction with the University of Toronto and seven classes (of which the largest was that in .English literature) bare been car- ried on during the past winter. Last November i W.E.A. was organized in Hamilton under the auspices of the Provincial University and another is in process of organization under the same auspices in Ottawa. So fur as its finances and the size of its staff will permit, the Provincial University is anxious to promote this important and democratic branch of •service, The University of Toronto is the greatest asset the people of Ontario possess, It is reaching out to serve all classes of the cotnmunity who may desire to maize use of the advau'tago it offers. To a Dandelion. Cheerful, jaunty little fellow— With your tousled head of yellow; Down the road you're gaily seen, Dressed In ragged coat of green. Gladsome harbinger of owing— Tour journey starts when bluebirds sing. Nor ends, until against some wall, Ttou crouch and mock the winds of fall. One day you're youthful, glad and gay -- The next we tied you old and gray. Pe;baps, a fairy waves her wand, O'er you, naughty vagabond! His Impression. The native of New York had brought has Ozark cousin to see the sights. To- gether they gazedsto the cloud -swept upper stolies'of skyscrapers, mounted the Statue of Liberty and did the weird curb market, Finally they stood at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Forty-second street, waiting for a change t0 dodge the long processions of automobiles and throngs of pedes- trians, The Ozarkten calmly wat.olled the bustling thousands,' Then he turned to his cousin. "Picnic hr town?" he inquired. Miracles. To -day T saw this Mealy thing— A maple tree a-burgeoning— And, on the lawn so brown and bare, Green grass upspringiug here and there; Tulips, that pushed their fragile heads From stark and barren garden bede; While all ere rambler roses show Frail, tender buds in.embryo. Listen, and heed earth's glad refrain, You, who ere worn with grief and pain Cease for a while your sorrowing! Come out, come out, andmeetthe spring! An Inch of Rain. When it rains "cats and dogs," or "pitchforks," for a length of time, it Is likely that the weather man will an- nounce that the "precipitation was one inch," And just what does that mean? What is an Incl{ of rain? The weather man has instruments for rery accu- rate measurement' Of it, just as he does the snowfall, the sunshine and the direction and velocity of the wind, to say nothing of the rise and fall 01 the temperature. An acre Is composed of 6,272,640 square inches, and if there was an inch of water on it that would amount to 5,270,640 cubic inches. There are 227 cubic inches in a gallon, so that 6,272,040 cubic inches equals 22,000 gallons, and that much water would weigh 220,000 pannds, or 110 tons. It figures out, then, than an inch of rain failing is at the rate of 110 tons per acre, It is a good thing the tonnage is scattered over so much territory. It Might Work. A wife had been confiding to a clergyman some of the sitor'teomings of her husband. "Certainly," agreed the clergyman, "he seems to treat you rather unkind- ly. But you took him for betteror for worse." "Well, it has always been for worse, so far as I can see," replied the wo- man, dabbing at her eyes with a hand- kerchief, "Have you ever tried heaping coals of fire on' his hand?" inquired the clergyman. "No, I haven't" she answered, grate- ful for the new suggestion, "So far I've only tried hot water." Light. Like molten fire the dawn wells up And fills the Mirth as a green jade cup, Then, overflowing in gold dew bright, It showers the earth with quivering light, The cool, dark night now flows away, For earth Is a cup brim filled with day. CANADIAN WHEAT t3OARD Api0lnted by the Goverunre t to consider all questions relative to the handling of wheat, Left to right --Lincoln Ooldlo, Guelph, Ont.; W. G. Staples, Winnipeg; Budge klynclmau, Calgary; J. II. ]Iastem, Regina. • Some Weather Superstitions Three days of frost, then rain, If the wishbone of the goose be dark. blue or black the coning winter will be very cold: Spiders' weaving their wars means a spell of fair weather. When the husk of .the cern grows tight to the ear expect a cold wi:ter; when loose, a mild winter: When leaves•hang to the trees late in the fall there will bo plenty of snow, Heavy coats of fur ou fur bearing animals show that the winter will be 'severe. • Apples falling lu quantities from the tree) is an indication of a mild winter. If corn beaks are thick the winter will be cold; if thin, the winter will be mild.. It the rabbit alis erect it means a mild winter. If swine be restless and grunt lousily there will be much wind. Corns ache previous to ram because the feet await on account of the less, dean atmosphere. You can tell by two what it's going to do; • Rain before seven, shine before eleven. - If Candlemas be fair and bright, Winted will take another flight; If Candlemas Day be dark and drear, Winter is gone for all that year. - Halos around the noon er sun are precursors of wet weather. The number of stars in the Halo, the nuniber of t1ase before rtilu. Tine pale appearauco is probably' Inc to the, upper reeler.; C" the atmos' phare being covered welt n thin veil of cirrus clouds, being forerunners of a storm. The halo indicates rain or snow be- cause it shows the upper atmosphere to contain considerable moisture. A pale moon indicates rain, If full moon risesred leek for wind. Haze arouidd the son or mown indi- cates excessive moisture and rain er 'snow. If there le n thaw between Christ- mas and New Year's a thaw 10 all the winter mouths is to be expected. When snakes remain in elght in the late fall itis a sign of an open win- ter; snakes take to their holes four weeps beftro winter sets in. A green Christmas a. ftpt graveyard. When wasps build their nests close to tite ground it is a sign or a mild Masln'ats show universal. activity in Melding :their nests when "a severe winter is at hand The value of snow covered ground has long been recognized. The snow, as a bad conductor of heat, protects the ground front cooling during the entire time that the temperature of the air and the surface of the snow 3s be- low the freezing point, Garage for Aircraft Opened Near London. The old joke of asking aviators the question "Where is your garage?" has been exploded with the establishment Here' of a bona fide, plainly labelled garage intended for the nae of aerial tourists. I't has been erected by the. De Hevilaurl Aircraft Company at Stageiane,' Edgeware, says a London despatch. Here the owner of a Privae airplane can 'deep iu" with his runabout and have minor repairs made while he waits. The company's- announcement. says: "A staff of highly skilled mechanics under fully qualified ground engineers¢ Petrol and oil supplied. Overhauls, modifications and repairs promptly executed." The business is almost identical with that of the familiar automobile garage. Privae aviators threatened with motor trouble, shortage of gas or loose, controls have only to set down at Stagnate, call a mechanic, pay the fee anb take cif again. Already sev- eral customers have patronized the new garage, including the chauffeur of a private De Haviland belonging to the Hon. Mrs. Wyndham, daughter of Lord Inchcape. Airplanes in which a person can fly anywhere at any time can be hired with pilots, Don's Version, The beginners' teacher in Sunday School had very carefully taught her department to sing in a measured, rhythmic way it refrain that had in it the words "softly come and softly go." When little Don returned, his father asked: "What did you learn to -day?" "We sing -ed," was the reply. "Yes, but what did you sing?" "We singed 'saw flea come and saw a flea go.'" Women rarely suffer from color- blindness. P19 I n Rh. p is 4' Walt Masten •�-;,iii �-'�_ ._ 'r _.�'-•'k.�*� JOY OF LIFE. It's pleasant to be living when springtime has the floor, and nature's kindly giving the best she has in store. The blue blyde and the red ones their lays triumphant sing; I'm sorry for the dead ones who can't enjoy the spring. It's pleasant to be tramp- ing along the dewey weld, at early morning, tamping the beauties manifold. Oh, there are times and seasons when woes my soul exhaust, and I have divers reasons for thinking life a frost; when wintery winds- are shaking the chimney and the door, and rheumatism's making ench passing hour a bore; when autumn rainstorms drizzle as though they'd never quit, I feel that life's a fizzle that ne'er will make a bit. But springtime makes me grateful that I am Isere to see, and any gent is hateful who doesn't prance with me, The people leave their couches to greet the smtiiug merit the kickers and the grouches, the stckly and forlorn; the hungry and the fed ones, they farm a merry ring; I'm sorry for the [lead ones who. can't enjoy the spring. But maybe they are knowing a spring that never dies, where clouds arenever blowing across the spangled skies; aid maybe they are giving some thought t0 us, and say, "We're sorry for the living --their spring mustpass away!" Apple Blossom Time. I would go Home in appy: blossortl time, When all the air is vibrant with the tune- Of bird and bee song, when the river's rune r,t as a' tender and nreic•lis,us. rhyme, Arti when the far hills whish, majes- tic. climb To reach the smiling lteaveuc, al. most eWevn. Beneath the golden gees' cf the noon, When nature is allies to the sublime. The flinty pink and wi.ltc with frag- rance rare 'Would shroud the valley, co the dis- tant slope The shimmering, iridescent tree; would cling; I fain would stay a while, and reeling there, Clore in the heart of that sweet land of hope, Hark to the soft persuasion of the spring! Life in Red Russia. The Soviet Government has declared all sale of food to be illegal, but lack- ing the mechanism foe procuring and distributing supplies it was later eb- liged to reopen the markets, according to an hnpartial American observer who has_ just returned after being ergaged 1n medical work and Ameri• can relief distribution in Russia. The rationing by the Government, however, gives every perscn u chance of getting something, he says, Work- ers are assured of at least one meal a slay consisting of meat and soup. Fac- tories also have a datby bread .ration. The rations have gradually been cut down through the winter from a pound and a half to half a pound. The travel- ler said he thrived cn canary aee.1 and perridge, The Foreign Office, lie add- ed, received au additional spall ration of cheese. There i, n conspicuous clothing shortage and many people are wear- ing clothfn, so frequently mended that nothing but a mass of patches is left, A nineteen -yeas -Old girl Communist organizer has been successful in a movement obliging all theatres and operas to give one performance each week free to children. The movement started two years ago and is being conducted entirely by this girt After each performance the children are permitted to vote on the ability of the actors. The actors, however, find the children appreciative rather than over critical which easas their anxiety over losing their jobs. The workers are forbidden to leave factories without Government authori- zation, and many cities have similar restrictions about a change in a place of dwelling. Moving is perrnitted is Petrograd, where the streets are now partly deserted. Moscow, with 2,600,000 inhabitants, is overcrowded and moving is forbid- den. The streets have been allowed to get Into such bad condition that bicyc- ling in Moscow is almost impossible. Labor continues to be compulsory, and idlers either join the labor ham:se1ne or flee from the country. The peasants cart keep all the land they can till, but their surplus produc- tion is taken by the Government, Con- scription is in force and service in the army is compulsory. The death sen- tence as a punishment for deseertion, reintroduced after the seecnd Polish offensive, is being maintained. The observer finds that a praiseworthy ef- fort is being shade toward the educe - lion and care of children. In the Hat Shop. Fair Customer- -"I'd like to try on that one over there." "I'm sorry, Madam, but that's the lampshade." Rech Armenia. s I Another Last' Cheep e. Nobody who lvno,vs amen a w 710 deceived kite believing that the Bol shovlst usurpation of power at Erivan, . the eepital, represents the will of the people. Splendid bee been the generosity' of Canadians end Americans in the gift of money, food and clothing to this harassed and distracted folk,' But riot a hand has been lifted by any Power to help them dight off the Turlt or, the ,Bolshevist Russian, I They have had to accept, for the time the outward forms of.`aequiss canoe in a seimo they Bate. When they cat gather strength that yoke',. will be thrown cfi' stain. Bolshevist rule at Erivan has nOel thing to say to Civilian Armenia acid the rest of the triangular tract in-! closed by the Black Sea, [he Caspian and the Mediterranean. in every part of the country Americana In the name of the Near East Relief and Canadians in the name of the Armenian Relief fund Asssciation of Canada are trne, to their trust. They refuse to be' driven off- They have compelled ilio Turks and the Russians to recpeot, their property and, above all, their helpless charges. Some day we shall rate at its true value the heroism of thesm men and women. It is so easy at long range to depreciate mistier:ary zeal and write with a cynie tolerance of an alleged partiality or fanaticism. Those who stood to their work and nobly served {,ill be remembered when their dew famers at last are silent he the dust.'. Subsidized Sedition. • If the people of India could eat; inflammatory proclamations, and. if Ghandi, the non -co-operator, gathered' rice to feed the hungry or provided work on the railway embankment, the movement this arch -miscreant heads might bear out the promise it offers; of salvation to the millions, But Ghaudi, bitter enemy of then British Government, by whose toter ante he lives, is raising a fund of $'2,- 600,000 simply to keep up a furious' agitation that it utterly subversive. and destructive. i His followers believe he is a miracle' worker, and they believe that in their! ragged penury they must support him and his firebrand retinue. Every land has men like that, who are a public nuisance. They will not' work—they hate work—and they draw, down huge swims of money for going, about inducing ethers to lay down' their tools and join the huge Disloyal Legion of the malcontents and social, inebriates. Why shouicl deluded font in Ani-' erica or India pay millions to these who take the bread sut of their, mouths for their own enrichment? The Oldest Poilu. Sa.rely the soul of Charles Surugue was played into Valhalla by the drums of France! Surely Napoleon and all' his marshals, all the great captains of France, stood at attention when the; spirit of the "oldest poilu of France" came to the heaven of MI good war-' riors. Surugue died in Paris last week. In his eighty-second year he was -gather -1 ed to his fathers, and the bugles of France sounded taps over a brave car- eer. He had faced the black eagles of Germany in 1870-71. He saw the, Prussian helmets come again in 1014.1 As a volunteer he foughe in the; 'Franco-Prussian War and saw the humiliation of Paris. As a volunteer again heeearue to the French Army in 1915 and saw France take her revenge upon the Prussian. When he died he commanded the burial honors of a lieutenant of sap- pers and he wore upon his ancient breast the ribbons -of the Legion of Honor. Three times was he cited in orders`before the armistice. And lie was seven years past the Psalmist's three score and ten when he joined the French Army at Sauchez in 1916! He was not the sort that carried a field marshal's baton in his knapsack; but France and all that France stands for is well served by such as Charles Surugue. His was the spirit that makes France great upon the battle- field, -el'. Safer. An aeroplane was lrlgh overhead. Harriet and Mary Lee were witching it. llarriet—"I wouldn't like to be up Clint high in an aeroplane." Mary --"I'll hate to be up that ,high without nue:' -v 0 1 t'tLW h VIMR t44 Fi'i,GE.! ft..AL;'00 ThI i0 LE`C'M'I MoTNeR- too fl4 cT! REGLAR FELLERS—,By Gene Byrnes C ee-I "Isle/tee/5 TELL IF My It,cd. is CLE-etk ATee. i Why H 6Y LooKlt-l' ihl r R..+e r Por mare if'alar. inchthc 'h is"1'artglin.g has.hnit gone 0rt hwtwaeli ,CeTitter many and the Allies aver the terms of the "war bill handed to the preeelit German Government beeauee of the sins of Ifajsendoin. There is hardly a single major Iteni . where Berlin loaa met allied demands, It was January 20, 1821, when rue paretion negotiations were Formally begun. Haggling over Terms eontin" tied through Pabruarv. 'On March 3 German eounterpnoposaie were reject od and Berlin given four days to meet the pr'iliininary textus. Four days later French,' English and Belgian troops occupied mote German teem and the'Cierman delegates left Lon- don, On March16 Germany was given a last chance to meet the preliminary requirements by March 23. On the eve of that date Berlin protestet,they could not be meet. On the next day she insisted that these preliminary payments had actually been made: Since that tine Germany has turn. ed and twi :ed; she has twice appealed for respite through Aniericten chan- nels, once nuking mediation and again sending new proposals. An effort wee made to •interest Switzerland in media ation. About mid-April Berlin began filling the international atmosphere with talk of new terns. April 18 the 'total of the metal reserve in the Reich:Lut:k was demarseil' by the Allies, tobe paid over by April 22. On the eve of that day Germany asked the gaud oflrea of the United States in re-opensitsg negotiations and also refused to surrender the Reith: hanit gold. France stood read; to go into the Ruhr May 1, but British uncertainty was in the way. It is still in the way. the British Cabinet having won for Berlin at least twelve days more grace. In so far, the German appeal to Washington has worked. But the patience of Paris has reached the point of exhaustion and French mobilization continues to enforce the latest ultimattun, wrung by France from an unwilling Supreme Council, What the AIlies have managed to collect from the Germans they have baker by force or by pressure. The strong-arm methods used in dealing with the international "dead -beat" hare been the only effective ones, Once more the debtor has been given "another last chance." The niti- metum has the ueuai businesslike look of ultinuatunms, Wa,hingten is hepe- ful. London vacillates, but .Paris in- sisis, Pttris knows that the German will pay when and as he must. She is in the mood to du same collecting, alone and unaided. if it must he done that way, The French hold that this "lag chalice" is at least one chains to malty., Troubled Fiume. Flame. drat city made lately famous bt It 1initnrzio, having tried various ether forms of disorder. has gene Red. A few plain hangings seem indicated in that ancient seaport. I csiug in a recent election, the elem- mur.sts followed goad Red precedent. They set off a few bombs, brake a few heads, smashed the ballet -boxes and l,nrned the registration list of voters. As soca as the followers of T)'Annun- zio and the Italian Nationalist: could rally, a rcunter-revolution was under way, with more rioting and heed- breaking, Aitholeglr Fiume is designated under the terms of tease as a free city, the principal nee so far made of its free- dom is to turn the town into a whirl- pool of propaganda and a battleground for clashing national interests. It is wedged bol ween Italy rind Czecho- slovakia, with Hungary and Austria not far away. All the world of the new Iialltans n:f the north comes dowu to Fiume to pact and geetioulate it its streets.. Fiume is the smoldering spark that lies very close 10 the Balkan powder - bin, It is the strategic polut u1 the trouble -maker, whether hit comes from Italy, the Balkans or the Broken pieces of the old Austrian Umpire. Free city or not, it 1s somebody's job to keep the peace therein, as Fiume is evidently unable to :.cep it Italy of the great Powers signatory to the Treaty is nearest, and interest- ed partly or nor, it would seem to be the Italian's jolt to keep taw and order in that troubled dowu• The 'hanging of something like equal n:unbers of Italy's cw•n extreme Nationalists and (' onunonists wanid matte an excellent beat In;t;g toward quieting thinge down. No War. Time Birds, "When 1 ardor poultry from you agate," mid the man who quarrels with lilt t'adt'.nuert, "I do not want you to send nib ane mere of those aeroplane Chickens:' • "Whet kind do you mean?" "The sort that are all wings and machinery anti n0 meat!" She Must Have. Ralph, aged 5, who had Net leen punished by his mother for bad con- duct, said: "Mammo, you've just got the baddest memory 1 ever' saw," "Why, what makes you think I have a bad memory, Ralph"" she asked. ":Because," was the reply, "you re- member ail the bad things I does.' Montreal Has 768,046 People, alio population of Montreal last year, according to an estimate made by the pity assessors, was '15%045 Peoples of whom 476,803 were French' Canadians, 101,271 lenglieh, 56,173 Irish, 11,724 Scotch, and 94,076 of other natioalalittes,