The Brussels Post, 1913-3-6, Page 7f
—
OUR LETTER FROM TORO1T01
MOST IMPORTANT SUBJECTS BEING
DISCUSSED IN THE CITY.
A Heavy Opera—What New GoVernmonf
House WIII Cost—Population of the
City—Tax Reform and TomPoranoo,
Toronto /um had the privilege of wit.
nessiug "lierodiatle ” the grand opera
which Areithlshop '13ruehee1 ordered the
contpany not to produco in Montreal.
Some of Otago who new the opera here
Were almost thelined to wieli that the
Archblehop hn1 wade his etliet fueled°
Toronto, end were inclined to regard His
Greet-. as more than ever a pnblio bone -
factor, Not Mutt objection rould be taken
to "Hermliad(1" on the ground of tinnier -
elite. Scone' oV performanees are Reel) in
Toronto and Montreal every yeer that
nthst give infinitely more °lifeline to pure
minds thee would this modern Preneh
onnthosition Wised on the old tale of Ilrbfe
day. Nor In it offoneiVo in trnmoonteeoto,
all hes been sante other stage reprodue-
tiong of ecenee based on the game atory.
There is no head of the Baptlet on 0plat-
ter or any of that boldness. The behead-
ing Is supposed to tnke place behind the
nano, fie accomplishment being an•
nounced by the headsman at top speed
running arronn the roar of the stage. TVs
weapon wag supposed to bo bloodstained,
but I will swear that no one saw an?
bloodstains.
A Tremendous Opora.
But the fact le thnt "fferodiado" is one
of those tremendously strong owns with
the most pondermie tyhe of music, and
not a single melody from start to entail,
The miisical critics till agree that the
performance was one of the most orfeet
and tho opera 0110 of the greateat that
Toronto hes over seen. Tint I am not a
musical orate. To me it wan late -meting
t° "0 and bear —MVP; but I would have
to be paid to go to it n. second tinie. And
I tenet eonfees, too, to an exceedingly de-
veloped weakness far grand opera of a
certain type. "Trovatore" and "Aida," fer
example, induce raptures even when sung
th Italian, of whieli 1 do not understand
a word.
In the plot of "Tferodinde" Massenet, the
composer, hes discarded the hieterical
version ef the Rimy. He makes Herod,
king of the Jews, fall in love with Salome
thrononneed Sall-o-rne. with the went cm
the first syllable), while ehe in turn loves
John the Deptiet. It 19 Herodiam the
queen who demande the head of John,
because he had affrented her in pnblic.
At first Bernd declines to behead john,
benause of the offence to the people, hut
legions to do no when be finds all his
efforts to eubdue Salome fall, because she
loves John. Salem then kills herself with
a dimmer. And retribution onmes to Her-
odias when she finds that Salome in really
her long loat child whom she had deserted
Eta an Infant for Herod.
It is probable that Archbishop Beuchesre
objections were based on inefilente of the
performance, sueh as a representation of
the beet, and the carrying of palm leaves
Ono of the most striking things In the
performance was the contrast of the
austere inflexible John the Baptist, elad in
a single skin, revealing his naked limbs,
with the luxurious costa/nes and habits
of the court.
The New Government House.
It is oftleially announced that it is ex.
peeted the new Government Mane in
Chorley Park will be ready for °coupe.
Mon early in 1914. The following state.
mat of expendituree upon it to date has
been made.
Site ...... . 3146,880 50
Laying out grounds 76,452 33
Already spent on Howie 195.227 85
Total ..................8418,550 68 •
It is expeoted that upwards of another
3100,000 will be required to complete the
ediAce so that the total east will be some.
thing over one.half a million dollars.
Meanwhile the Lieutenant Governor is re-
siding in the Beardmore residence at the
corner of College and St. George Ste.,
where all the state functions are being
held. As to who is to be Rir John 0113 -
son's successor at the expiration of his
term this year'there le still no hint.
Criticisms of the looation and design of
the new house are still being heard. Not
utheit In being said in public, pdssibly on
account of a disposition to wait to see
what the finished struelure Is 15110. Then
eriticism may -all blow over, or there may
be a considerable outburet.
Toronto's "Ellg Eyes."
Some months ago Mr. W. F. Maclean of
the Toronto World, in one of hie char.
acteristie phrases, advised the people of
Toronto to get "big eyes," Like many of
Mr. Maclean's original shafts the phrase
stuck. This ie no doubt due to the fact
that with his journalistic, genius he gra-
phically degoribed an attitude of mind
universally recognized. Everyone is now
getting "big eyes." and W. 17. Maclean,
in hie delightful little skite on the front
page of his paper, does not hesitate to
make record of the various converts to
the "big eyes" protession. One of the
latest to be recorded muter hie list is the
Telegram newspaper, which' the World had
previously dubbed aa the chief exponent
of the days of "wee York." The reason
the Telegram got into the list of converts
is that it published the other day an ea.
Minato of population, and figured that
there wae little doubt that Toronto will
have a million people by the year 1923,
that is 10 years from now. It publiabed
two tables, the first shroviug the growth
of the oity since 1837, this being as fol-
lows:—
Toronto's Population.
1857 ... 46,608
1857 . ..... ,
009
1877 .. 70,867
1807 126,169
1897 ... , 183,172
1907 .......... 272 600
It next published an esthnate of papule:
tion for the future, the estimate being
ooniplied by applying the last percentage
of growth to the future. This figured out
an followe:—
Tor.onttes Population.
1918 ..........................711,009
1923 .......... ..... ......1,109,697
1928 ........ 1,324,918
1933 ........ 1,682,021
1938 .... 1,889,016
1943 2,255,584
1948 ...,.... ...... 2,693,286
The Telegram then went on to deeoribe
the territorial expansion that would need
to take place in order that the city might
keep 110.00 with its growth in population.
This, of course, was the part that pleased
Mn. Maelean, as he has sonie 1,200 fumes
of sulthrhan property which, If Termite
keeps on growing, will come within the
city limit* Termite now has an area of
18,983 acres, that, is 446 acres to every 10,-
000 of population.
Tax Reform Controirersy.
Tax Reform and Temperance legielation
continue to be the two biggest subjente in
BroVincial polities. 11 is envious that 14 is
the former rather than the latter that
should have caused uoticeable dissension
in party ranks. The outsider might have
fruPPoged that the Temperance Question,
being so lergely a my:polled matter of
consoionce, would have been the first to
have produced a oloacenge.
With reference to the attacks of the
Ottawa Citizen and some others of the
more earnest advocates of Tax Beene)
it 10 difficult, to Judge asyet whit Will
be the effect. AM
pparently the em: haft
gone toe far th be healed. Ono story ln
explenatioa ef the vehemence al tho.
tack is that it nude some Insolretion In
tho old disSalMfaction 01110118 00)1110030.
tto Interests yttb Pm Whitney (levorn-
inoni's llYdro Dleettio volley% 'rho Ottawa
Citizen lo one of the string o1, 3)611009
owned by 061*Southern family HMA
A.
thil.' who have interests ht the etareet
POW& �o,s one of the largest private
benied aerWee 60nipttillee 111 Lhe 1,00V11100.
thOin) ho 11100 neouttlated with Oro
flogortemloommkslottspowinstar
IT SATISFIES MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE
Worth your while to test it
9S
Sustains and Cheers.
Soiltharns, however, do nob question their
sincerity on the taxation question, Mean-
while, Sir Jamee has turned upon the Tax
Beformere with a characterietie broad-
side. Hu has told them that their theory
is but the Sorialiette Doetrine of lIenry
George and nothing more, and that le It
is put into effect the next logioal steps
will be the abolition of the home, of mar.
riage, und of religion.
DAMAGES MORE TIIAN WAIL
Annual Loss by Plant Diseases and
Insects: $2,000,00'0,000.
Louis Dopl the vice-president of
the International Inatitute of Agri-
culture at Rome, Italy, in a telling
article 601.111(113 an alarm regarding
the great damage clone annually by
diseaees to plants and the crying
need for concerted action on the
part of the world'e governments to
minimize the evil.
"A permanent war is waged
against humanity," he says, "by, in-
visible beings--anicrobes, inseete,
and parasites—whieh threaten the
a,grieulture of the world and cost
pore than all the oonfliobs between
nations.
Two thousand million dollars is
the Stun Which he estimates is lost
annually to the commerce of the
world in this wa.y.
"Moreover," continues M. Dop,
"so far from decreasing, the an-
nual loss to agriculture is growing
yearly, and, unless taken in hand
promptly, menaces with ruin those
countries which, like Franee, de-
pend maenly on agriculture for
prosperity.'
Going into details, M. Dop points
out that according to Liso caloula-
-Eons of the authorities the losses
suffered in France by the phyllox-
era have already exceeded $2,000,-
000, while a. third of the wine -grow-
ing population of the country has
been forced to emigrate.
At the present time in France
alone the damage not only to the
vines but to cereals, potat,ees, pas-
turage, fruit and forest trees
caused by diseases, as well as by
noxious animals, may be eseimated
at over $200,000,000.
He also quotes calculations,
showing that in the United Staten,
G-ermany, Australia., eta, the an-
nual loss of crops due to epidemios
represents the sum of a thousand
Iranian.
Marshalling other figeires in sup-
port of his assertion, M. pop
states that he is conviffee,d that the
"cost of living" question is otiosely
connected with that of plant die --
eases, This terrific annual loss to
agriculture he insists, could be
largely eliminated, provided that
measures be adopted by all the
world's governments.
He expects important results
from the international commission
on plant diseases, which will be
convoked by the French Govern-
ment tut Rome in April, and which
will prepare a report for the gen-
eral meeting of the Inberntutional
Institute of Agriculture in tho fol-
lowing month with a view to estab-
lish an international organization
to fight: plant diseases, supporbed
by all the governments.
Now Rates Apple Sauce.
Frank Ifinee, of - Rockford,
England, ate a barrel of applee
in ten days. It Wag a regu-
lation barrel. Blase eacom-
plished the feat for a bet. His
wager netted him £10, and he was
17 lbs. heavier when he had finish-
ed. Re has now a dislike fer ap-
ples which he eennot express in
words. He figures it will be ninety
years at least before he asks any-
one to "please peas the apple-
sauce," Hinse wall visiting the
warehouse of a friend when he re-
marked sorne apples on display
looked ao good he believed he could
eat a barrel oe them. His friend
wagered :610 that Rinse couldn't
eat a barrelful in ten days. Scorei
called art, the store daily to see how
Hines was getting along, and many
side wagers were made.
A diplomat, knows when it is
policy to know noehing.
renlinogoon...MSZAlligualsoyal
016-
WU"
Elter
23
Bit/Ingo
10
Cents.
Makes tho Clothes as
Whits as Snow
Try It • •
The Zolin01n•ItIchavd080 Co
1,18111ed, hiofitroal, 080,
IUNATICS DISPLAY CUNNING
SOYfE ARE SO CRAZY AS TO BE
VERY SANE.
illSlifie Seulptor Created a Master-
piece After World Had For-
gotten
What chenee has the rational men.
when there are 80 many clever lima -
the in the world? Reading ell that
the alienists have to etey regarding
the kinship of manias to insanity is
almost: enough, to convince ue that
the sound and well-balanocel brain
is a misfortune, If one's ambition
rises -to great heights, it mu.st be
disconcerting, to tory the least, to be
infermed that, very few of the great-
est figures in history were wholly
sane. Alexander, julius Caesar,
Napoleon, Wellington, Frederick
the Great—not one of these has es-
ea,ped the charge, by modern author-
ities ou mental diseases of having
shown symptoms of madness. By-
ron, Shelley, Stott, Lantb, -Carlyle,
Schopenhatter, De Mueset, in face,
dozens of lieeerery geniuses have
001110 under the .saane charge, to say
nothing of Swift., De Mampassant
and. a few others who became mad
beyond a doubt.
Disoouraging, isn't it, if you want
to rise very high in the world, to
know that you must compete with
the whirling bruins of a lot of mad-
men—that is, unless you are one of
the queer ones, ecol In this case,
you have a chance of being num-
bered among the immortals some
day if the ,asyluen keepers don'b get
you first.
But whether the alienists who go
about crying crazy at the geniusee
are right or wrong, the supeeinten-
dent of any insane asylum knows
that there is an
Immense Amount a Sanity
going te waste in minds that are
certainly deranged.
And sometimes it does n.ot go to
waste after all. If you have been
in Naples perhaps you remember
Vinoenzo Gernita, the sculptor.
Severe} years, ago., when lie lost his
mind, he had executed some very
fine pleoes of work, and the oritics
regarded him WS a man of great
poesibilities. When insanity crept
into his mind it was called a, mis-
fortune to. Italian art.
The years went by, and before
very long Gemita was forgotten.
But he had not forgotten his art.
Being a harmless sort of lunatic, he
had been allowed -to r.emain in his
home, where ale day long he toiled
in his studio as he had done befeas
his wits went asbray. Nobody paid
much attention to what he did
there.
But at last an artist, who had
known Gemita in bis better days,
came into the atudrio and saw there
a figure that astonished him. It
was a hall-finiehed statue of the
Virgin., and it showed the work of a
master hand.
"I leave toiled on it for years—
ever since the world lost track of
me," said the sculptor. "It will be
my crowning effort, any master-
piece."
And so it turned out to be. When
it was coanplebed nothing tharb he
had ever done could compare with
it. It was one of
The Finest Pieces of Sculpture
that had been done in Italy in
years.
"And yet they eay Geanita is
crazy," -exclaimed the cribies.
Crazy he was, beyond a doubt;
hopelessly so, the alienista .said.
Yet with his reason gone, he had
won the fame that his tational mind
had failed to bring him. When his
statue of the Virgin was exhibited
just after its oomplebion it al-onset:I
the admiration of all the seulptors
and art lovere in the country.
But that, of course; is a very ex-
creta -thecae case. Genitte may lnrk in
the minds oe hundreds of insane pa-
tients with momentary flashes, but
only once in many years is there
ever a man of whom it accomplishes
anything worth while. It is not 80
much the genius as the cunning of
the lunatic that is perpethally sur-
prising and baffling hie keepers.
Perhaps this faetulty IS at its best
when, to accomplish some mad
scheme, he lia8 to delude serangers
into believing that he is a, perfectly
rational being.
At the gate of the royal castle of
Konigeberg n woman appeared one
day and informed the guarde that
she was the Prineess Oharlotte of
Mecklenberg. The Princess Char-
lotte is aunt of Prince Frederick
William, son ,a the late Regent of
Bruneweck, who was living art the
castle.
At the sound of her distinguished
name the gnards saluted. The visi-
tor deolared oho wished to see her
nephew, The eergeamt of the day
WW2 willed, and he iin,mediately
Stepped All Traffic
on the surrounding etreets. Efe
groteed eo inform the prineess that
the prinoe wee, out, and, aecording
to the strict etiquette preseribed
for sueh °oat:Alone, ahe could not
enter until his meant.
But elle was offeted 00 elletir in
float of the guardhouee, and in a
moment bugle.e mid drums wee°
eummoning the entire garriaon to
pay the ueual respeets tv Li. etritemee
of the imperial fmily. rite eel-
diers presented arms befere the
visitor, who set watching with cold
dignity the honors that were being
amended her.
Soon small a crowd had gathered
that a equael of policemen were
mtmmoned to clear the space in
front of the gates. The einem, ia:
charge of the squed eh:motel to let
his eyes wander in the direction oi
the honored vititerr. He gave a
start of almaeonmet.
"That the prineess 1" he cried to
the eergeant of the day. "Why.
thatee an old woman named Bauer,
whit lives behind her son's bake-
shop, She's been crazy for years."
The next moment the woman
upon whom imperial -honors 12114
bee:: bestowed 11091.0 unceremoniono
ly dragged away. But it was little
elm care.c1; it had always been her
ambition to be a princess even for
juat a few minutes • and at last
she had achieved it'. Gladly she
went back to her home behind the
bakeshop to epend the rest of he:
days in going over and over tilos::
moments when the garrison of Om
caAle of Konigsberg had been sum-
moned te present arras before her.
BIRDS FAR OUT '370 SEA.
Rare 0110S ATP Sometimes Caught
By Sailors.
The ship's harbor of the Atlantic
liner Minnetonka hos found a new
and profitable pastime in catching
wandering birds during the voyage
across the Atlantic and selling them
on his arrival in port, All ,s.orts 01
birds come aboard at sea, be de-
clared, and many of the rarer s.peci-
mens find a ready sale.
His ehief assistant is a whistling
brown. linnet, which lures the wan-
derers aboard from its cage in az,
open port. When it whistles the
vagrant -Mere alighe on the ship,
aed presently flutter inside. Then
the port is closed and the strange
birds are quickly made prisoners.
"I have canght hundreds of them,
and I supply the London Zoo regu-
larly," •said the bird catcher to a
representative' of the London Even-
ing Standard. "On a recent home-
ward voyage the linnet lured a
snowbird. It was the first one the
London Zoo had been able to secure
in sixteen years.
"What the biro require when
they first alight on a ship is not
food but water; and it must be
boiled. Gulls follow a .ship all the
way across the Atlantic and back.
American gulls are regular con-
voys as far asethe English Channel,
where they desert us ta fellow a
westward bounder home again.
"The English eulls, which are dif-
ferent, having °black feet, yellow
bellies, and gray -white wings an.d
backs,eon-veer liners over and back
in thsame way. The gulls like
emigrant ehips best, because the
more passengers there are the
greater quantity of scraps is thrown
overboard,
"I do not believe the lams against
espeuring ivild birds apply to the
high seas, beyond the three mile
limit. At any rate ±11 ±8 humanity
to care for them, and give them
drink, food and medicine when they
come aboard exhausted, My birds
have brought me good luole; a,nd
the passengers are fond of watching
bleera.
"I had a eurious experience with
a, homing pigeon once. it was near
Whitsuntide, at which etiason they
hold rakes here. . A eat-rier flew
aboard as we were entering the
Channel, struck the 2110101 and Wag
stunned. I cared for it until I
thought it was strong enough to fly
again, and then turned it loose.
Tho bird, however, came back on
hoard, Again I set it free, and
again it returned, this time settling
down on a ledge at the stern, whore
it rested for a time, and finally left
us as we neared Dover. It must
have been disabled a,nd couldn't
SWIM TO PASTURE.
Reed of Island --0.14tie Cross Chen-
nel Twice a Year.
The island of Bernera, Lewis., in
the Northwestern Hebrides, does
not afford sufficient summer grazing
foe the orofters' cattle. Conse-
quently in the begineing el July
each year they are smut to the main-
land hills for is period of abou.t two
months. In order to get there they
have to evim a sea ch.annel about
half a mile wide.
On a certain day the cattle, num-
bering about seven hundred, are
gtueheasd together on the neashore.
Two or throe of them are tethered
to a rowing beat, a,nd When the re-
:Tirol:187 ate these in the evater they
plunge themselves aud eivim
It occaaionally happene that as
the time draw, n:petouernine
ee the island lmina of le cattl, es-
pecially the older ones, Steal away
n rthe dead onight romthe graz-
ings, travel a distaneoabut taxi
miles to the seaehore, and swim
back tthe '
_
Many is loafer startedeout• with -
splendid prospeets.
How maty unkieked kieles .have
you eombagi
gZeilgefl and apologiea do not al-
ter eh-ewe:star:owe
WERE KIN TO TURKS.
Writer States Bulgarians Are 01d.
emt Netion is: Europe.
It is euritats to think that the
original Bulgariane were probably
closely akin to the Turks who to-
day are the bitter foes of Bulgaria.
In all probability they were a Ter.
lar rave. part of the great Hun eon-
federacy, which alinont made an end
ef tho Roman Empire in the middle
of the fifth eentury. After the
break-up of the Minnie Empire
!hey formed part of that of the
ewers, hut in 02e. after their defeat
before Cemetentinople, the power
ef the AVal'a declined .and Kurt, the
Khan of the Bulgarians. became in-
dependent. The Bulgars at that
thee lay on the northweet ehores of
he. Bleck Seas, In 079 Khan Ispi-
eels and part of the tribe oressed
the Danube into ancient Moesia,,
then waste and desolate except for
a. eparse population of Slays.
They were not, however, very
lumen -els, and were steadily ab-
erbed by the Slays among whom
'hey had intruded. After the lapse
of three centuries little erf the Tar-
tar remained in the Bulgarian na-
tion. Today the Bulgarians are
nearly pure Slays with a certain
edmixture of the ancient Thracian
bleed, The name is all that is left
of the race which .came with Ispineh
rtcrose the Danube in 679. leer
hree centuries Bulgaria, remained
an uneasy bed -fellow to the Roman
Fenpire, sometimes in a ,state of vas-
oviage, sometimee independent, of-
ten fiercely hostile.
In 971 Emperor Johannes I. con-
quered the east—the present Bul-
garia proper—and after a struggle
• if thirty years Patel II., "The Bul-
ger Slayer," subjuwated the west.
and with it all the Slav lends to the
head of the Adriatic. Bulgaria re-
mained a Byzantine province until
1186, when it rose in revolt under
three brothers and after many years
02 war regained its independence,
which was assured by the destruc-
tion of the eastern empire in 1204.
Under Johannes Asen II, (1218-41)
it rose to a great height of power,
once more covering most of the in-
terior of Balkania, but after this
great monarch's death the kingdom
steadily declined.
DESTROY GERRS BY RAYS.
French Idea to Purify Water by
Ultra -Violet Light.
Water purifying by ultra -violet
light is a French idea, and in exper-
iments by Professor V. Henri, oe
Paris University, ell herniful mi-
crobes were effectively destroyed in
water clear enough to be penetrated
by the rep:.
A partable equipment is now be-
ing tested by the Austrian army for
giving troops pure drinking water.
The apparatus is mounted on a pair
of two -wheeled trucks, and includes
a ease oontaining a small gasoline
engine, coupled to a rotary pumee
and a dynamo.
A aterilizing tank, when wanted
for use, is removed and set up on a
tripod. The water is peraped from
the pond or other •source of supply,
passed theough a rapid filter if not
clear, anti then delivered to the
tank.
Wires lead the current from the
dynamo to the mereury-vapor lamp,
generating the ultea-violet 329473.
Automatic devices control the a.ppa-
rates, and eut off the current and
stop the pump when no water is be -
Mg used.
Ae infectecl water is the ohief
0£61100 'Of tiltt high mortality in army
operations, a suceeseful apperatue
of this kind must be an important
advance.
Ready
Cooked
Meals
are rapidly growing in popu-
lar favor.
ost
T asties
served either with cream or
good milk, or preserved fruit,
make a most appetizing dish
for breakfast, dinner, or sup-
per,
Thesedclicieue -beaded
flaky bits of white corn have
51 delicate taste rehab ie very
pleasing at this thine of yea,e.
Post Toastles are ecencini-
cal, melee lese work for the
busy housewife and please
everyone at the table.
"The illernnty Lingers"
Sold by GM:ere everywhere
Canadian :Posture Cereal 0o.WA.
Windsor, Ontario,
MIL CLAUDE GI/1111A.M
Wants $5,000,000 From British GOT.
eminent for an Alt Fleet,
Claude Grahame -White, the well-
known tlying man anti manufactur-
er of aeroplanes, hes written a
long article which is publiehed in
several Lyndon and provincial
papers, M which he declares that
the British Governmeut must spend
at least $6,000,000 this year if it
wishes to keep pace with France
and Germany. The money, he says,
is nut only needed for aircraft it-
self, but for the trainiug of pilots,
observers, and mechanics.
Mr. Grahame -White appends
three tables :Mewing .the relative
strength of the air fleets of Eng-
land. France and Germany. The
English table he admits represents
the English fleet at its very best. It
is as follows :
Machines (actually in hand) ap-
proximately, 30.
Machines (at present on order)
approximately, SO or 25.
'Military pilots (at present avail-
able) approximately, 30.
Pilots now undergoing training,
approximately, 20.
In regard tc: the aerial forces of
France, so rapid is progress in that
ceuntry that statistics as to the
condition of her air -fleet cannot be
more than approximate. The table
set forth below should, however,
enable the reader to appreciate the
Claude Grahame -White.
England's foremost aviator.
immense strides that France has
already made and is still making:
Machines (in hand and on order),
more than 500.
Expert military pilots,. quite 800.
Military airmen now in training,
more than 200.
0.1 the 600 machines mentioned,
appreciably more than 300 are
ready for use in war. It will, per-
haps, add to the significance of the
above table if one adds that it is
the avowed aim of France to pos-
sess at the end of 1914 an effective
farce of 1,000 war aeroplanes, com-
plete with all their transport equip-
ment, field repair shops, pilots, ob-
servers'and skilled mechanics.
Mr. Grahame -White continues:
"The grant of a million pounds,
which I suggested above as being
essential for flying, would be quite
inadequate if our Government
could be induced to go whole-heart-
edly into this all-important matter
of lighter than air flying craft. In
erler 0375i0i012 £1,000,000 estimate, in-
deed, I have not provided for any
appreciable expenditure on diri-
gibles, as I consider that the whole
of this amount is necessary for
equipment and organization of tho
heavier than air type of maohines,
both for military and naval uses.
At least double this sum should be
available if we are to provide our-
selves with serviceable dirigibles.
"The sdety and indeed the very
existence of our Empire may, in
the near future, depend upon the
efficiency and strength of our aeri-
al fleet. In time of stress all air-
craft would, of necessity, become
contraband of war, and for this
reason, if none more worthy ean
be found, our home industry must
be fostered at all costs. Manufac-
turers numb be encouraged not only
morally but finarreially ; otherwise
all the talent which undoubtedly
exists in England will be driven to
seek the ready support and encour-
agement offered by other coun-
tries."
Saeed Three Men and Two Women.
Willie had beee forbidelen to try
hie new sketes because his parents
thought the ice Wag not safe. Con-
sequently, wher: he appeared in the
doorway, dripping wet, there was
trouble brewing. "Don't lick me,
ma," said the offender, "beam:tee
I've just eaved three nom and -two
womee froni -drowning,"
"How?" demanded his mother,
"Why," explained Willie, "they
Were last ,goieg on the ite when I
broke throngh.”
FROM DONNIE SCOTLAND
NOTES OF INTEREST ER014 UEE
BANKS AND BRAES.
What is Going on In the Highlands
and Lowlands of Auld
Scotia.
It is proposed to wind up the
Marine Gardene Company, Edin-
burgh.
'Rho average age of those who
died in Gordon laett year ware 08
years.
Kirkaldy Smallpox 'Hoepital
now (slowed, the town being free of
the disease.
The statieties of Perth Savings
Bank show is net inerea:ee on the
Year of E30,510.
There were about 240 entries ab
the amnual ehow a the Scottish
Cat Club held in Glasgow.
Lord Tweedanouth -will rebuild
Hutton Castle Mffl, which was re-
cently destroyed by fire,
Arrangements have been made
for the celebratien of the Living-
stone centenary at Balquhidder ne
March.
A new miniature rifle range for
Dalbearetie Territorials has been
erected and was opened by Provost
McLaurin.
The seamen at Aberdeen will ac-
cept the rate of the Federated
Shipowners, viz., 33s. Dd., en in-
crease of lo. ed. per week.
Alt a New Cumnock reunion the
chairman raid that :one oould not
fire a shot in the village without bit-
ting a poet.
Moffat shows a reoord in the long-
evity of its inhabitants, which is
not excelled by any town of it size
in Scotland.
An anonymous donor has given
$500 to She Town Council of Gala,-
shiels for the purpose of erecting
shelters in the Pringle Park.
During last year 1,007 crimes and
offences were made known to the
Port Glasgow police, an increase of
103 over the previous year.
A destructive fire bloke out two
weeks ago at Enackrivoch farm,
about three miles frora Saltcoaes,
oecupied by Mr. Andrew Picken,
The Parks Committee of Arbro-
ath Town Council have recommend-
ed an inc.reased grant to the town
band of 230 for this year.
Mrs. Mulholland, Coatbridge,
mother of triplets born on New
Year's Day, has received the King's
bounty. The infants. are doing well.
Mrs. Gerrie., Glenlochlan House,
has presented all the old and de -
nerving poor in Kirkpatrick -Dur-
ham with a pound of tea, and su-
gar.
Burglars entered the premises
ocoupied by the Inland Revenue, -
Edinburgh, and took over $160 in
money, and jewellery valued at 560.
The stained glass window placed
in Bo'ness Parish Church in mem-
ory of Mr. David Taylor, postmas-
ter, has been dedieated by the Rev.
Robert Gardner, B.D.
In Edinburgh Sheriff Court, Je-
mima Adams, 18 North Richmond
Street, was sentenced to two
months' imprisonment for neglect-
ing her five children.
The Fraserburgh Harbor Com-
miesioners have decided to store
160,000 tons of rocle material exca-
vated from the new Station. Harbor
basin, now in oouree of c,onstruc-
tion.
The Plan and Works Committee
of Edingurgh Town Council heve
agreed to recommend the Council
to make an offer of 220 for the pic-
tures of Old Edinburgh painted 'ea
the late Mr. Bruce Hume.
.14
WEAPON LOADED WITII NAILS
Slugs and Other Notious Discharg-
ed Front a Blunderbuss.
A very peculiar weapon, but
largely in uee during the seven-
teenth and eighteenth centuries,
was the blunderbuss whose bore,
quite moderate in size at the
breeela steadily widened until at
the muzzle it became a round or
oval bell, of from over an inch to
four inches in diameter.
The smaller sizes, says a writer in
the Notional Magazine, were usual-
ly kept iaa country mansions and
farmhouses for defence, many were ,
'carried by the guards of e mail -
coaches in the ela,ye when highway-
men made travelling mitch more
e•xeitring and perilous than now,
and the larger sizes, loaded with a
mixed cargo of bullete, nails,
slugs and other notione were
-mountedn n ttr
oewii-ole oi4d ehips
to distourage the ettempte 01 tine
welcome "bearele.rs" who alight at-
tempt -to ebtain a free paasage and
provision5 by armed force.
Indeed, many very handsome and
costly 0111011: were made aft,er the
perm:se-ion J01211(- W60
anti were consitlered a not tineuithe
late teetinioniel for a captain of an
armed vessel.. Othera, vary eliort
in the loonal, were for horsemen/a
uee, and largely Parried ±11 North-
ern Africa,
"Auntie, are eeriond thoughts
boot?" "So we are told, my: dear."
"Then why don't, pSeplo have theM
fird