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The Brussels Post, 1921-8-11, Page 3TWA, THE BRAVE Y Cism A. Brumbaugh 1 M a ve etery of a by -gone time ltharn Europe, Iluutireds, 01. ago, Barbastro and Velenola e two peaceful and rivet otties, uteri ruled over Barbastro—,Skutari old warrior, stern, hard, lover of war and conquest; But . Jetive was Velenota;5 ruler; a handsome, youth, passionately loved by bis People: Brave asa lion, lie still valued peace and cherished the sweet delights 01 prosperity. Making more bitter the age-old rivalry between the cities, there had developed in recent years an hetenee; Personal antipathy between the two =lore. Skutari was resolved to take and destroy Valencia, and thus to bumble the pride of Jativa. Accord- ingly he effected a number, of petty annoyances which resulted in a chal- lenge Prom Jativa and a declaration of war. Skutari knew his own strength, and exulted in the weakness of Jativa. In a few .reales the city of Valencia was reduced to its last resources and Jativa, himself, under a flag of truce, Journeyed to Barhastro on a sad mis- sion concerning surrender. Jativa was courteously welcomed at the palace of Barbastro. Skutari received bin in an arbor of the royal gardens, while his royal daughter, the Princess Vordena herself, presided at a low table and served him with scented cakes, and luscious fruits. Sativa found it hard to keep his mind wholly on his mission. Tba beautiful, gentle princess captivated him, Ills blood ran riot; his pulses throbbed, It seemed as if his ears• beard only the WsWortlty of hiecenaiddtratien, wo beg to s11httlit ter yua consideration the loth/wing, subetitutlan; "WO, King JJltutariantt his council, do ;Alain that en a slay which may futurely bo sot, King Jativa will meet in deadly combat, in the royalarena cf Barbastro, Toro. Grenade, the royal ball, Jativa will appear, laountod on MY . horse of his ownoltoostng, alined only with a sword. "It Jativa succeed in slaying the bull, and if he and his berm e e•1pe injury, an otntnal tinea of brat leilesal and peace between cur satin v,111 be signed. "It Jativa fail to appear at the arena. or2P,: hawing appeared, bo loso .his "1'n glad you've fixed chis thing sorsa, or is Himself injured, his city future, we might find ft bother way will be destroyed, and his people Blainproblems:" or taken away Into oaptietty:" After the reading of the message, wont more and he stool erect, sheath• there was Memo in the council room ed tris sword,1soremoved the tarn and save fora few muttered muses, Final - wilted rasp from bis cloak, lifted It again to .his lips, and •bowed end smiled to Vordena. Tire crowd buret into a tremendous up, boys; but don't Feu think that in than lighting to solve thoea trade ly an old man's voice quavered through, the stillnees. "There is a to hope," he said, "There is no other hope!" cried shout of appiause. Amici a clapping Jativa, springing up, "By the torso of hands and deafening cries of '"Long bear Vordena, andtbythe holy name live the Iiing!" he was bonus from the God, I swear that I will fight, and I arena. Ile had won the hearts of Bar - will win; I will winfor you, my people, anti for my beloved," On the day of the combat, the am- phitheatre seethed with the populace of both cities. On a raised platform at one end, commanding a view ot the whole arena, sat Skutari, and at his side sat the princess Vordena, stale and silent. The gates at the other end of the arena opened and Jativa sprang into view, Cheers and shouts greeted him. "Long live the King! Long live our King Jativa!" He cantered thrice around the arena, and at the third round something soft struck his cheek. He turned back, exquisite melody of her voice, as if and saw a scarlet rose lying in the Those not at work comprise one - his eyes could not leave her perfect sand. At full gallop he rodetoward it, tenth of 1 per cent. of the total popu- face, Skutari, old, world and war stopped, and deftly caught it as he lation. The statistics clearly show weary though he was, saw and com preitended the tumult in the young king's soul. He watched Jativa's glowing eyes, his flushed cbeeks. Vordena, too, was plainly not un- moved. Her father saw her peep ely- ly at Jativa from under her lashes, color. and turn quickly away of their glances met. So the old warrior smiled his world-weary smile, laid his plans, and became ever more sauve and courteous. Billie morning, Jativa should meet Barbastro.3 council of war, and immediately thereafter Ile farther wall. He snorted, pawed the and SA -uteri would arrange the final ground, and then with lowered bead details of Valencia's surrender. Mean- b•e bore down the field upon Jativa. while, Skutari would be engaged in Tho rider did not move, but when, the example and enolate it. It is easy business of state, but the princess ' buil was within a few feet of him, to fall into the legarthic habit of let- Vordena would act in Hs stead. Sky- Jativa touched lightly on, the rein, and, ting one's self be fed and clad be- tari hoped the time would not hang guiding his horse to one side, trotted yond the point of a sturdy, self-res- Iseavy on the young king's hands. carelessly to the other end of the pecting independence, and a whole Ha- in an exquisite dream, J-ttva moved arena, while the bull barely escaped tion cannot become a gypsy caravan with Vordena about the wonderful ani crashing into the stone wall ahead, and take the road forever. It mus gardens whore exotic perfumes ravish- With a roar the beast wheeled and eventually settle down and go to work ed him at every breath. 'Un:,een charged again. lent again the horse- for a living, even though the availabl musicians played to then. A great man evaded him.' ! means of livelihood may be uncon- roind moon rose and its light bathed The bull changed his tactics: With genial. The most delicate part of the the marble palaces, the gardens, the head still lowered, he began to trot] problem of helping the Old World river., and the sea in a golden haze. around the arena close to the wall. lies in knowing when to let go. But the time for partiag.name at last. Keeping just ahead, and staying al- river., The object -lesson France offers is He stood with her n. a tiny moonlit, ways next to the tval•1, the rider spur-, laudable and reassuring to those who dream-like garden spot holding her red on his horse. Nothing was heo.rdi hold that nations, like individuals hands in his. Her sweet fano was up- turned, bar adoring eyes lacked into Ills. "Farewell," her low voice said. "Farewell. Farewell until to -mor- row, my beloved." But the morrow saw no moonlit Jativa was quicker, surer than the ten pounds of coal. waters and held no golden dreams, bull; but the horse was growing mad The king Skutari's greeting was with fright. The bull charged. There i courteous but cold. The young Salvo,Salvo,was a cloud of dust, a below of rage, I was p:esanted to the council men who and the animal retreated with the bowed, each one, but the eyes of each, blood flowing from a sword -gash in I 11e thought, wore made of steel. his side. "And now,—to business," Skutari He be down upon them again. The said. And to busiuess it was, indeed; horse snorted, and rearing and plung- ing backed into a corner of the wall. His forefeet pawed the air; one of them struck the bull a stinging blow on the nose. With a roar, the bull charged again. There was another cloud of bloody, foam -flecked dust, a hollow of agony, a shout, a scream of pain, the tramping of hoofs, and the sound of heavy bodies falling—then silence, save for a low moaning. The dust -cloud lifted to reveal the splendid war horse lying motionless on the ground, his 'satin coat stained with blood, an open wound in his side from which protruded part of a broken horn. A short distance away writhed the body of the dying bull. His nos- trils still breathed out bloody foam, and n stream of blued still spurted from the sword -gash in his neck. Leering against the wall stood Jain.. Ilis face was white, his eyes burning, his jaw set. Ho breathed in hard, atalek sobs; his clothing was bloody, torn, dust-statned; in his stand he held hie dripping sword. A me- bastro, even the cruel heart of Mao tart, who disregarded the terms of the challenge, granted a treaty of eternal brotherhood to the city of Valencia, and bestowed upon Jativa the hand of the Princess Vordena. France at Work. The figures of unemployment in France aro very much to the credit of that country. It is reported that but 47,666' are out of work, ac1:1 of these 31,429 reside in the Department of the Seine, which includes Paris. In the latter number many foreigners aro included. passed. Turning again, he bewed and that France isnotretaking the havoc smiled to Vordena, lifted the rose to wrought by war jun excuse for apathy his lips, and then fastened it to the and listlessness. While accepting the breast of his cloak. assistance of the other members of Once more the gates swung open, the family of civilized nations, with a and the champion bull, already mad gratitude to which M. Viviani And with the proddings of the keeper and others have given graceful expres- with the sense of the coming fray, gal- sion, France is minded to carry her loped Into the centre of the field. own burden and leave no stone un - There he paused, swinging his head turned, no field untitled, no walls -en- train side to side, and bellowing an- roofed, in the patient effort toward grily until ho caught sight of the rehabilitation. There is no acquies- hcrse and rider, motionless by the cence in a policy of drift and delay, with the ruin and, moral havoc of the war to plead as an alibi. Let sister nations take note of the e except rho rhythmic beat of the horse's i must earn their own living and pay hoofs, and the heavy thud, thud of the as they go, when the acute emergency bull's thundering tread. is past. Suddenly the horse snorted, wheeled, i and sprang into the centre of the field. One pour,' of oil, used in ships' fur - Now it became an open fight for life., nacee, has the same heating effent -as but the terms advanced were so gall- ing that Jativa resented them with angry protest. "These are our terms!" Skutari an- swered brusquely. "If they do not please you—" he shrugged his shoul- ders. Jativa could not accept the condi- tions; the council wouldnot yield. In bitter haste, Jativa sped back to his people. The siege continued. Food was gone and people were dying of hunger In the city of Valencia. Jativa and his council grew desperate. Finally they sent a message to Skutari saying; "Send 'us your terms. We may recon- sider," Skutari smiled when the message came. He would destroy the city and take the Iifo of Jativa. He returned the following answer: "From Skntari, King of Barbastro, respectfully to Jativa and his council: "Whereas, these conditions which wore formerly offered to Jativa wore r' CPsi,I ANq 6QY McUT1CM `CHS NAME 010 some WELL14140W1,1 4R.E.Ex3. 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Oaraela has water Power equal to 20,000,000 horse -power; 90 per cent, is still running to waste. Canada has 300,000,000 acres of agricultural Lands, only one-sixth under crop. la LIMOS Watt Masten PRETENDING Oh, let's pretend we're joyous, and chortle and seem gay, though many things annoy us and bore us day by day; for men with sullen faces are lemons, everywhere; they fill our dwelling places with grief and gloom and care. How often in the morn- ing we rise from restful naps, with balmy smiles adorning our chaste and chipper neaps. The old world seems a daisy, we chirp a cheerful note, and all our woes seem hazy' and dreamlike and remota. We're glad we are existing, we gambol and wo sing, while wetting still and wisting that life's a gladsome thing. And then the grouch approaches, fresh risen from the hay; no thought of glee he broaches, no topic blithe and gay. He doesn't sing or scamper, or raise a joyful sound, and ,he's a dismal damp- er on everyone around; IIe suffers from the willies, he hums no cheer -up tunes; he overlooks the lilies to talk of musty prunes. Ilis fantods are contagious, our gladness dies away; we think the world antrageous, and strike for higher pay. And thus one grouchy duffer can make our joy take wing, and make us sigh and suffer, where we should smile and slug. "m liEG LAR p EW .RS -1 Gene Byrnie- s rf J I� C-UCKO Look to Your Wand It you are anxious to win in a large Bray, you initat get the einem manner. Cultivate the bearlag of eneceee, the appearance of rho successful man. Welk, talk, and act like a sueceasful malt; otberwlse you are conetantly de - !eating your own purpose, If you are a, bad advertisenteut of what you are trying to do, In your speech; your moaners, your coare•e, dieagreeable way, and are eminently called upon to defend yourself, to apologize, to set yourself right, you can sea what a ire' mendnus handicap you are under. Your bearing, your conversation, your conduct, ehould all square with your ambition. All of these things are aids 10 your-suaeese and yo'n carnet afford to Ignore any one of them. We all are covered with tags and eartnarks by which people weigh, es- timate, and judge us, and there is nothing else wlifeh Indicates cur quali- ty more than our walk, our move- mente and our bearing. Our walk, es- pecially, indicates our energy; our ambition ie Fainted in it; our cour- age, our determination, our firmness, or the opposite of those qualities. A shrewd character can measure us up pretty accurately by these ear- marks. If you aro a person of weak decision, if you can't bear to decide things, 11 you went to leave every thing open eo that you can rein:MO ar 11, he eau detect it in your walls, in the firmness or the wealtuoee, the deetsioat or:tlte hesitancy of your step. Those things will tell whether yea area vie - tor, a coziauoror, or a loser, a failure. It ire a groat thing to form a habit of going through the world giving the imprudent to everybody that you are bound to win, bound' to be somebody— to stand for something worth while In the world. It is a great •help to have somebody think of us as bound to win out, Let this idea stand out in every- thing you do, in your conversation, your appearance. Let everything about you make the world eny, "He is a winner; keep your oyes on him. He will get there," If you are a victim of weak decision] if vacillation rune in your blood—if procrastination is your curse, just try the effect of improving your wails. In- stead of going about with slouched shoulders, a shuffling gait, a weak, un - decisive step—throw your shoulders out, draw your chin in, and walk with determination, with vigor in your mind. You will find that your mind will be reflected in your sleep; your mental attitude will he very quickly detected in your walk.—Suecees Maga- zine. One Called Him a Failure. "IIe never made a dollar.' "Biggest A baby to a Baby preys, kind of a failure." "Never made any 0 Infant Jeeus, meek and mild, mark in the world." From mid the glory and the rays, Folks will talk, you know, and that Look on a little chile. is what they said of their neighbor. He himself thought, at one time in As one child to another may, his life, that he would not be much of He talks without a thought of fear, a success. The farm was old and run Commending to a Child to -day down. .11 that a child holds dear. Then the little chap calve. A new fire lighted the father's eyes. A firmer look came round his mouth. And when the boy slipped a hand into his and they walked over the old place together, father said, "I'll do it for him." And he fought the battle of his life. He built up the soil by the use of fertilizers. He bought the best calves he could find and made the dairy the! And all the people, too. choicest in the neighborhood. He fixed up the barn and the house. He taught! His frienf,s—why all the world's his friend, his boy to live for the best in life, and not for gold. He helped him to This four-year darling, golden- curl - love birds and bees and flowers. When, ed, his hand let go of the boy's hand for; 'Tis long before It has an end, the last time, the young man whisper -1 The bead roll of his world. ed in his father's ear, "Father, I love: you! You have helped me to be a; A child lifts up his little hands man!" I Unto a Child, and it may be Something to build up a farm, butt The test of heaven at gazing stands That tender sight to see. Katharine Tynan. In. Love With the Day. If there 13 anything that delights He makes no friend who never made one it Is to meet a human being wbo a foe. is so in Icvo wit4n. the day that be fair - My life is for itself, and not for a ly exults in mere existence, delights spectaele,—Elverson. Ito be alive. One in love with Truth need never 1 11 we are in love with the day we ask about his reputation. I will get infinitely more out et it than I cannot hear what you say for lis- i if we drag •onreelves through it, and tening to what you are.—Emerson. ] regard our living -getting as a dfs- The barriers are not erected which tagreeable necessity. say to aspiring youth: "Thus far and i Many people seem to find no joy In no farther." , anything. They spend their time fret - If you do not find happiness in your time, whining, complaining, and are I business, you will never know what seen with an expression of disappohlt- happiness is. I meat always on their faces, looking Are you a wheelbarrow goingas if life had not produced what theY around as youare pushed, or are you a self -propeller, a self-starter? You may be whatever you resolve to be. Resolution is omnipotent. There are people who think them- selves big because others point them out as "somebodies." They measure their importance by the amount of at- tention they attract and the flattery they receive. Britain's Bible Towns. When a man is laid to go to Jericho he might ask, "Which?" for there aro at least a dozen in the, world. A Child's Prayer. His father, mother, brother, nurse, His cat, ltis dog, his bird, his toys: Thiugs that make up the universe Of darling girls and boys. All sheep and horses, lambs and cows, He counts them o'er—a motley crew— And children in the neighbor's house a thousand times better to give the world a real man. Success Nuggets. most desired. Such people carry gloom with them and cloud the day for all who come into their presence. Give us the man who is in love with the day, who sees in it a new chance to make good, an opportunity for de- lightful experiences, for glorious ser- vice! Think of the possibilities of a day for doing good, for scattering slrn- shiae, for helping others, for giving the weaker a lift. There is no greater joy or satisfac- tion than that which comes from help - Ing other.+ day by day, as we go through life, giving a lift to those who are down, a bit of encouragement to On large ordanee maps of England, . those who are disheartened, cheering Paradise emeurs five times, and Nene- on those who are lagging behind! The veh, Mount Ararat, Mount Zion, and possibilities of love and service in a aloant Ephrlem three times each. In the county of Bedford there is a Calvary Wood, and in Dorset a Jordan Hill, nut to mention the famous Quaker burial place in Buckinghamshire known as Jordans. Hampshire re. Jokes in a sleepy hollow called Land of Nod, Cambridgeshire Inas a I3oahs Ark, and Worcestershire a Meab's Wash Pot. After that, snc11 conunanriaces as Hebron, Jappa, Bethlehem, Gideon, Ilerod pass almost unnoticed. All the same. ail are to be found in England. single day are beyond all compute: tion! Many a couple "just suited, to each other" often spoil thing'a by getting man cyd. Mouse air climbing ! ffects the tem- per; from 16,000 Sect upwards, climb - ere are opt to get impatient and ir- ritable weld oa'e another. In voluntary gifts to Emma since August, 1914, inl:abibam,te of the Un- ited States have contributed at least 2,000 million dollass. I polys" - KNoa-t His L#61 RAKE! H Cfp1-IEs To 0012 Hayse. 44m4 e3p l tp,i b\s / 1pRY Tt.1i s a MOST WONDERFUL DOCKS IN THE WORLD A FOREST OF FUNNELS. AT OLD LONDON. Merchandise froom Every Cor- ner of the Earth Pours Con - stonily to these Immense Warehouses. Holiday. vlsttors to London 111 search of an interesting day's outing might do worse then make a tour chile Lou- don dcclss, which are the most marvel- lous In the world, says a London news- paper, Tbenoceesnry permits can be obtained from. the Port of Loudon Authority. Itiastward from the Tower Bridge strotches for miles a land of tar spreading docks, with dense forests of masts and funnels, a italeidoscope of many -colored flags, and gigantic warehouses packed with merchandise • worth. millions of dollars. There are eight of these docks to serve the Port of London. The Royal Victoria and Albert Dock is so large that every ena0, woman and child in England could lied standing room in it. The Tilbury Docks have an area larger than Hyde Park and the St. James's and Green Parks combined. $100,000,000 Worth of Stock. To provide the site of St. Katharine's Docks no fewer than L250 houses, which accommodated over 11,000 people, were swept away. Within eighteen months of the first atone being laid in May, 1327, a Rus- sian trader was entering the docks with forty Greenwich pensioners aboard, all of wham had served under Nelson at Trafalgar. The docks cost about $10,000,000 for every one of their twenty-three acrea. Twenty-three years before the first vowel entered St. Katharine's Docks, the London Docks, built by John Ren- nie, had been opened, with their thirty - live acres of water and nearly 13,000 ft. of quay and jetty frontage—water- room for over 300 vessels, warehouses for 220,000 tans of goods, and vaults in which 30,000 pipes of spirits and wine could be stored. One wine -vault covered seven acres. One of tho warehouses is five acme in extent, and holds, when full, 24,000 hogsheads, equal to 30,000 tots of mer- chandise. The Commercial Dcclts, cf 380 acres, at Rotherhithe, include the be- ginning of Canute's trench, cut nine centuries ago, and into which the river was diverted r:, en t'r_ tine atone bridge was built acmes the shames. The East India Leeks, of sixty-eight acres, were opened in 180.;; and Pitt himself laid the fret scone of the West India Decks, opened in 1802. Of the West India Docks we read: "The warehouses will contain 180,000 toms of merchandise, and there have been at one time, on the quays and in the sheds, vaults, enc warent uses, Colonial produce worth $1,000,000,000, To these docks merchand_se is ]sour- ing constantly from every corner of the earth—from grain and timber and frozen meat to silks and feathers, rare spices, and marine shells. Mountains of Silk. In one yon will see Oriental carpets spread out in riotous luxuriance; an- tique rugs; prayer -mats and carpets from Persia; carpets ef cotton and Jude from Japan; exquisite silk floor - coverings from India: and gorgeous carpets from Turkey. Hardly less fascinating aro the floors where silks are stored, Moun- tains of raw silk from India, China, and Japan; Tussore silks from India, and Shantung from Coma; bandanna silk handkerchiefs, in tens c1 thous- ands; and Cashmere shawls ef mare venous beauty and workmanship. In another warehouse u_a stored the rieh and costly worse or the East—a far -spreading, many -hued array et china; manuscripts from Persia; carved screens and pictures from Ar- nieuia; inlaid cabinets and writing. desks from Japan; and vases and bowls of beaten brass from Egypt. Farther on we find scores of large rooms packed with furs; mounds of drugs and spices; Turkey rhubarb, musk in pods; ainbereeee, worth more than gold; vanilla beans; and so on. And in a neighboring etcrobeueo is an entire floor crowded with burns and tusks of animals, the huntsman's spoil of the earth from Siberia to Ramp Af. rica: while deep below erre atmos at vaults, with nearly fierce „riles of truek•liuos, in which wtun<• c.afilcient to intoxicate a nation, are -stored. Anchoring Shifting Sands. An experiment will be mule by the Ontario Provincial Forester to tet whether the shifting sand dunes ot prince Edward county can be anchor- ed by the planting of belts of trees is the sand areas. These sand banks, wader the influence of winds from lake Ontario, have boon moving inland, covering up fertile lands and tousi r - Ing them useless. Tree planting has stopped shiftingsands in France and other countries, and en the prairie belts of trees keep light soils from dr1Etlug, It is expected the plan will prove equally sueeessfui in this On- tatlo county, one of the meet fertile in the whole proviueet 131,00t1 teens oro now suggested as u streams of finding eat whether people are sngtttged in word( emlit�ble to 111012 health wadi teehptu'rensent.