The Wingham Advance, 1907-08-29, Page 3WHAT IS GOING ON AT HOME.
Reports of Many Interesting Happenings Acros
tile Water.
(London Daily Mail.)
On the carpeted steps at Buckingham
Pekoe xecently little Brame George of
Wales waa observed making use of home
ly apparatus for the performance of an
athletic exercise waich be normally the
sport of strong men.
Hie Royal Itighnees firmly held and
vigorously swung a carriage -block, that
a block of wood wide handle attathed.
whose eustoraary office is to be placed
by footmeu against the wheels of car-
riages to keep them eteady while peat-
engers enter or alight.
A. watchful attendant viewing Prince
Georgea strenuoue activity with alarm,
ventured on We remonstranee, "Plated
Wait until you go to Scotland if you wish
to practise throwing the hammer, or you
will be smashing the window."
Reluctantly the young athlete laid
down his "heanmer" and retired, but the
nomination of the discovery was such
that he presently reappeared,, and the
humble carriage -block, again elevated to
the dignity of a royal plaything, ,evae
enthusiastically swung.
OTTER FIGHTS A. MAN.
Fierce Encounter in a Westmoreland
River.
A fight between a man and an otter
took place on Wednesday morning on the
River Eden at Kirkby btephen, in West.
anoreland.
Otters have infested the river at Kirk-
by Stephen for seine days past, and un-
successful attempte have been made to
a unearth them, by means of dogs. On
'Tuesday night Mr. Tom Barker set a.rat.
trap on the brink of thct river, and se-
cured it to a tree by a chain.
On Wednesday on going to the place
in a beat he found a fine dog otter fast
by two claws in the trap.
Mr. Barker then loosed the chain from
the tree, and the otter, thus partly
liberated, actually pulled the boat from
+ono side of the stream to the other in its
:frantic) attempt to escape. Hauling the
otter to the surface of the water, Mr.
Barker endeavored to despatch it with
his stiok, but the otter seized and almost
ibit the stick through, and gnawed the
+edge of the boat, trying to reach its
opponent.
The man then drove the animal be-
:neath the surface, and, fastening the
chain to the boat, pulled up and down
the river until the otter was drowned.
DAY OF TAXIMOS.
'Their Number to be Trebled Next Year
in London.
'.While the fate of tho motor -omnibus
lie in the balance, the future of the tax -
'Imo in London seems already assured.
'The New Year will see the number of
these vehicles trebled.
-According to the last official return
the state of the ranks was:
Motor hackney carriaes 374
Horse cabs ..............10,402
!Since these figures were presented to
the House of Commons in Junes two oom-
manias have been formed.
The cabs, of which about 7.00 are on
order, will be ready in the course of a
few months. They will be four -cylinder
cars, of 12-11.p. and 10-h.p. Oat style,
built after the four -wheeled fashion, will
provide for the •first time a luggage rail
on the roof.
SEVEN CHILDREN SAVED.
:Heroic Woman's Rescues From
Drowning.
Seven children were saved feore de -own -
:Mg by the heroism and presence of mind
.of Mrs. McNally, of Sligo.
Mts. McNally and a friend went with
itlaeir children on Sunday to bathe in
.aligo Bay. They -noticed that the tido
twos coming in very quickly, and they re-
atturned to the shore.
soon es they reached le they saw
seven children standing on a small island
quarter of a mile away, which IS sub-
merged at high water. The children had
beeu caught by the tido and completely
cut off.
Although unable to swim, Mrs. McNal-
ly at once rushed into the water to en-
deavor to rescue them. Several times she
was almost overcome by the strength of
stare tide, and her task was made more
,difficialt by the slimy mud on which sho
;had to walk. At length she reached the
!island. She took the two smallest child-
ren in her arms, and bidding the others
,oling tightly to her, began to struggle
.landwards.
The tido bad already rendered it im-
,poseible for her to return the way ram
.had wine, but by making a long circuit
,ttha brave woman reacted the shore safe -
illy .with all tho cluldreze
I s A NEW BISHOP.
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Manx:Man Appoluted to Islo of
Man.
The Rev. T. W. Drury, Principal of
Ridley Hall, Cambridge, has accepted tho
Bishoprie of Soder and Ian.
The appointment is aceeptable to both
the Manx people and the clergy. Princi-
pal Drury is a Manxman, and went to
school at Xing William College, Isle of
Man, and afterwards won his degreee alt
Cambridge.
Ha 4,611 be the second Minx 'bishop, hie
'Manx padmiesser being IlOolwer, of the
'thirteenth century. The income of the
Ibisliopric MOW averages about ,Z1,500.
NOVEL BREACH ITIT.
!Prerolee to Wed While Wife Stlll
Lived.
A decision has been given by Lord
reoleridge, itt tbe King's Bench Division
an regard to the interesting questioh as
to whether a promise of marriage given
thy a married Mall could be binding whit
the woman knew he was a married man.
no action which gave Aim to this
point wee: tried at the last Lincoln Alle
ghee, where the jury gave their 'verdict,
and tho leet °nation itvolved had now
to be decideebefore judgment eculd be
entered.
Idles Florence Wilsom the plaiittiff,
ought to recoerer damages for broach of
promise of matriage front Mr. Sidney 13.
-Carnleye a /solicitor, of Alford, Lincoln-
ehire. Tbe promitto was made while the
defehdent had *wife living,ftna the ac -
ilea woe brought after the wifedeath.
IteCardie (fat the plaintiff) said
the jury, /mina for lier and awarded lier
4100 damage. Re therefere steltea for
judgment, with costs. There was A
.counter 'claim bv Mr. rgroiev, the de-
fendant. for damages and also for del
leljtenction htreepeet M libelit alletred to
have be�n. written by' the plaintiff, The
jury found. the libels wore written by
her, end awarded the defendant one tar -
thing dentagee.
1VIr. Hugo Young, H. C., submitted
that the plaintiff, who anew defendant
was a married nian, coulti not recover
damages, as it was contrary to public)
policy Mutt a eontraet should be entered
into for marriage upon a wifen death.
Buell a promise was inconeistent with the
affection whielt should exit between
husband and wife.
Lord Coleridge said that whatever las
personal opiniou might he in regard to
this form of action, he sbrank from hold-
ing that such a contract was void as be-
ing against publie volley. lie wealsl give
jadgment for the plaintiff, with costs.
A stay was greeted. pending an ap-
peal.
same and the profeseion of the hart*
Will not be lest to art.
Maybe so. But who camel . These
traiteformatiene which are alwaYe.
Ing through the braina of the alidevay
Wise men cannot scare Mt or alienate our
eentplete devotion to the other sex, In
the first piece, thie amigo is still several
Centeiries (twee'. Itt the next place, when
It cotnes we aro certain that the woMell'e
beards will be becoming. They will wear
them with an air and. make the molly.
coddle e of that far-off day wonder how
their ancestors eould ever have admired
and worshipped beardless women.
Witiskers or no whithers, they'll be
women still—bless 'ern.—•Exchange.
COW TESTING ASSOCIATIONS.
Dominion Department of Agriculture,
Stanch of the Dairy and Cola Store
age Commissioner.
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The interest taleen by the dairy farmers itt the work of the cow testing ea -
sedation organized by tlee branch of the
Dairy and. Cold Storage leettuniesiouer,
Ottawa, is steadily increasing, Evidence
of this is seen in two or three ways. Tee
NEW WARSIIIP DESCRIBED, milk record thecte being tabulated daily
show a larger number of cows whose
The Bellerophon is 700 tons heavier
than the Dreadnought, Her lauoching milk is being weighed and sampled six
weight was 7,000 tons but her displace- thews a month, and better still, there is
J.:lent is to be 18,000 tons, compared with an increase en the yield. rant is to
the Dreadnought's 17,000, say, that the second and. third tests in
Another difference is in the disposition the various localities. Pi
show ar n.tarked
of the main armament. As in the case of improvetnent on the first. This will
the Dreculnought, the Bellerophon will have been noticed in the summaries of the
carry ten 12 -inch guns, mounted in pairs tests published from time to time. The
in armored, barbettes. One of these will Dominion officials are doing valuable
be well forward; two on either side of it, educational work on their rounds, for
bttt a little to the rear. The other two the custom is increasing of farmers damp-
Marbettes will be on the centre line of the1 ping in while the testing is in progress to
/ship astern. 'Whereas the latter turrets ask many questions about the test, the
in the Dreadnought are one immediately work of the associations, improving
behind the other, on the same level, in herds, feeding, churning at home, and in
the case of the Bellerophon the after one fact on every phase of dairy work.
iof these two barbettes is to be raised so 1 The ixnportance of succulent feed is
as to enable the guns to fire astern over well illuatret d by tbo yield of a lierd 1
tt
the other barbette. This will increase the the St. Prosper, Que. Association. On
direct astern fire to eight guns.
. . June 5th the yield of 11 cows was 2813
lbs. of milk; they had been on dry feed
and pastures were backward. At a mod-
erato estimate that bora could easily
have given 1,200 lbs, more milk during
the month, if succulent feed had been
available. What applies here applies to
hundreds of other herds. There would
be an enormous increase in the general
flow of milk and a vast improvement in
our dairy herds if provision were made
for green or soiling crops, ensilage and
succulent feed generally to tide over
backward seasons and dry hot spells.
Have you built et silo yet? There is still
time this season. Feeding ensilage al-
most invariably means making more
money from the same number of cove.
0, F. W.
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BABY'S HOLD ON LIFE.
Baby's Own Tablets cost 25 cents
a box. A box bought now may save your
baby'e life. Summer complaints come
often without warning, and thousands of
little ones die from them every summer.
If children's stonmeh and bowels are
kept in order there is little danger of
these troubles, and that is just what
Baby's Own Tablets do. They are good
for the new born b..by or the well grown
child—and they are absolutely safe. Give
your child an aocasional dose of Tablets
and you will keep it well. If you have
not got a box of Tablets in the lumen
now, send for them at once, and you may
feel that your little ones are safe. Mrs.
Wm. Parrott,Myrtle, Ont., says: "My
little boy suffered greatly from colic and
cried almost continuously. A few doses
of the Tablets cured him, and now I give
the Tablets occasionally to prevent the
trouble returning." Sold by medicine
for repairs than their predecessors in the dealers or by mail at 25 centa a. box
Sieara The Dr. William:en Medicine Co.,
last year of office. Being determined to
be on the safe side, Mr. Robertson had
proposed. an increase on the professional
advisers' recommendation, and up to date
the estimate of £1,888,000 had been over-
spent by £44,000.
In reply to a question, he repeated that
a third Dreadnought would be laid ainvn
unless what happened at The Hague
justified them in stopping it.
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LUCKY MISPRINT.
or resisting the attacks by destroyers
4 -inch guns are to be carried in the place
of the 12 -pounders mounted on the
Dreadnought.
The Bellerophon is 470 feet long, and
'will have engines of 23,000 horse -power,
which will give her a speed of 21 knots.
C The engines will be on the turbine princi-
ple, the Admirality having been so satis-
fied with the results obtained with the
Dreadnought during tho long series of
trials that similar engines are to be
placed in all three ships of this class
which are now building. Steam will be
provided by water -tube boilers. The
Bellerophon will have four propellers,
two on either side, and she will also be
fitted with twin rudders.
No Naval Cheese -Paring.
Mr. Robertson, Secretary of the Admie
ratty, in the House of Commons, an-
nounced the Admiralty's intention to
build more large cruisers, and explained
that the cost of supplying cooling appli-
ances for the cordite magazines of all
warships would be about £500,000.
The total eum taken for new construc-
tion was £8,100,000, of which £2,800,000
would be devoted to cruiser construction.
The Invincibles cost £1,720,000 each,
three Minotaurs cost £1,400,000, and
four 'Warriors :C1,200,000 each. It was
the policy of the board to build large
armored chuisers. Their object was to
establish a lead, and having made good
their position in that respect they were
free to turn their attention to other
cruiser types. The Boadicea, a first-
class cruiser, of superior coal capacity,
and high speed for foreign stations, would
cost ;£350,000.
Mr. Robertson, in repudiating the
"theesmparing" itemisations, said the
Government were providing more money
Brockville, Ont.
TO MAKE THE FARM HOME ATTRAC-
TIVE.
File wood neatly.
Keep the bank clean and neat.
Keep 'walks and porches swept clean.
Clean up or fill up small, dirty ponds.
Burn as much of the garbage as possible,
See that fences are mended and painted.
Keep the grass around the hanse in good
condition.
Cover the old rain barrel with a piece of
cheese cloth to keep the insects out.
Bake off all the rubbish, pick up the Papers
Love Match That Came From a Misspelt mut dispose of all waste matter.
Name. Keep the house in good condition. See that
the root is mended and the house painted.
A most romantic story has just had put scremes in neatly and sce that the
its sequel in the marriage of Mr. Archi. screen dOOTS have locks that are in order.
bald Douglas, director of educationof .wDoneut ?wisp . gri! besague soorthe eeeivt oomdatzreletalens
Southern Nigeria, and Miss Hawker, soaked animdmetvt° boa 000bed,
dauguter of the Rev. Geo. Hawker, pas. Don't empty dishwater rlieht outside tho
reirtlisdgf'ten I:healeoarkaa a Ill'akiseatesitinV Pi"e'
tor of the Camden Road Baptist Chapel. wkitaaa
Tho wedding was the happy result of a te aura that the fonacreaam%und the chicken
misprint in the spelling of a name in it yard is in good shtupe, so that the chickens
London newspaper. won't get into the flower garden.
A few months ago one of the dough- c Isg barolteleez?b VA ma
fairopkuetn acl!intahealuoildrustitil
tem of the Rev. George Hawker, an ath- pans' and kettles tale it. cover with earth'.
lotto sixteen -year-old tattoo' girl, saw Prune the trees and don't leave the branch -
from her front doorstop a couple of men 439 leruf.
era for a heige for sweep
under. them. Either take them
misusing a lady, who lives next door to rea,a, ° Ug° thein
the paesopage itt Ansom road, Holloway. Do not have too many treea right around
. the house. A farmhouse should be very
The young school girl suceeded in run
ning down one of the lady's assailants, headaty, iwe lInd t is often e rooms rite tho eremite;
ittp and tho roof
With the result that the man, whose ob- and foundation often covered with moss.—
ject was robbery, was captured and re- Mary a. matiech, in Kimball's Dairy rarra.
coived five years' penal servitude.
In its account of the girl's plucky ac- Where Do the Plies Go?
tion ono London daily paper gave the
He is here again—the first house fly
name of the girl as Vera Hawkes, in- r
stead of Vera Hawker. of the season. He came sailing and buz-
Adctressing het as Miliss Vera Hawkes, zing in to -day with as much assurance
Mr. J. .A. Dangles, Direetor-General f
as if his winter vacation had not lasted
o
Education in Southern Nigeria, wrote more than forty-eight hours. Now, where
asking whether sho happened to be the has the house fly been in all of the
lady he knew years ago. peaceful weeks and inonthe since be
blessed your nerves with a °caseation of
A correspondence thus aprang up, and
for months the man thought ho knew the his pestiferous attentions/ He didn't per.
family of the girl he was writing to, andI tell or vanish from the earth, for you
tho young lady herself imagined her rays-; &In easily tell that he is familiar with
terious friend must be acquainted with emery spot that he touches. Ile is full
one or other of her sisters. tgrown and full fledged. He was not pro -
A few weeke back Mr. Dougas came to duced yeetorday. No stranger, could pen
England. He wrote asking if Misa Vora asibly make hinacelf so much at home as
and her father could take tea with him Your holise fly visitor does to -day as he
at the Westminster Palace Hotel. Mr. disports himself with etbereal alacrity
Hawker Could not spare the time, so throughout your vicinlage. "The wind
Mies Vora went under the chaperonage hloweth whore It listeth and thou hear -
of her elder sister, Miss Constance Haw- eat the sound thereof, but thou coast not
tell whence it coeth or whither it go-
ke Mr. Douglas
promptly fell head over eth." So it is with the house fly. We
heels in love with Miss Vent's chaperone, lenmer when he is gone, but nobody has
ever uncovered the mystery of his re.
and. on Friday Miss Constance became
Mrs. JA. Douglan tamt; wo know that he will return, and
.
we know when ho does return, but le it
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given to evert the angels in heaven to
WOMEN WITH WHISKERS?
kneav eviler° he bestows himself betwee,n
,,4esem athruedasaperainodaa1—Kansas
eubsiad.once and his to -
Well, if They Are Inevitable, Let city Times.
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Itt Ohicago Uhiversity, whore they do
hothing the livelong day bue keep a ales°
evateli en the signs- of the times, one of
the profeesors has discoverea that the
WOM0.1t of the future will have a beard.
"Yew girle have mord hair on your
faces than the girls of ten years ago,"
he told a class of co-eds, "and itt a fete
centuries your successors will have not
only down on their cheeks, but long,
flowing beards. The hair will increase
with each generation."
Outdoor otercise and aping the Mane
modems of the meit tare effectilig thle des
plorablo change, the professor explained.
By a. parity of reasoning, it is easy to
see the sex of the mollyeoddle will in the
progression of the centuries beton%
beardless. Turd about Is fair ploy. The
Omura everage of hair will ooritinne the
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BRITISH SAILORS SHOOT BETTER
THAN U. S. TARS,
Assuming That Conditions Are Very
Similar, They Present Their Records
M Comparison With Thom of Amer-
ica—Great Performances of the King
Alfred,
Tbe New York lieralda neval corres-
pondent writes;
The eitatonent from Washington pub-
lielted in the Herald about Masa and
Americau gunnery was the subject of
oeoiniLsherediseus.4tyi.
sktTatiamg the British naval
f
Regret was express-
ed very geuerally about the vague»ees of
the information therein euntaanca and
the miscoaceptions likely to arise there-
fann. A well anown gunnery oftieer, who
has but recently rein:quit-Med his coin-
utand, aald that nothing would be more
intt'isting atid useiulin it y than
to be nabled to comptire gun layers'
!pie:Mace in our own and the Ameriean
'navy, but 1 have heard both Percy Seett
and Commander Sims say fleet under
the prevailing conditions it is not pos-
eitle to do this with any iesult :tea
Iwould to en -tartly fair to Itota sets of
gunners.
Knowing all the eircumatancee on both
oides intimately, gunnery experts are
able to arrive at ecanething like a just
estimate of the relative average shoot-
ing of the fleets, but for that parpeaset
they would probably compare battle
practice, and not gun laying
competitions, nI battle practice
the gunlayer is required ae it
were, to efface himself, and the shoot-
ing is done by control of the officer.
The ranges are quite different in tbe two
practices and the individual naarksmara
shap of the gunlayer is not so much in
favor in bottle pra.etiee as is co-ordin-
ation of effort.
in any case, if there is to be attempt-
ed a comparison between the best shote
or the best shooting of the two novice
there should he similarity of conditions
in respeet to time, range and target
speed of ship, calibre of gun and the
general circumstances of firing.
Surprised at Reticence,
It is a surprise to me to learn that the
United States Navy Department regards
it as bad policy to publish the perform -
mimes of American naval gunners. We are
acteustomed to look upon the naval auth-
orities in America as ahead of ours in
this respect. Certainly they organized
a system of scientific shooting from na-
val guns some them before we started to
do so over here. It was, indeed, yeare be-
fore the British Admiralty beoame en-
thusiastic on the subject, and not until
Sir Percy Scott was made director of
target practice were the results of fir-
ing published in the way tbey are now.
The spirit of bealthy rivalry which
has been engendered by the publication
of results and award of prizes, has been
so obvious by the enormous progress
made that I should think that every
naval department would follow our ex-
amine in this respect.
The Dreadnought's Shooting.
Another offioer, dealing with this phaes
of the subject, expreseed the opinion that
American naval officers of the Atlantic
fleet must be better acquainted with the
firing of British gunners than is appar-
ent from the information given in the ar-
ticle which was shown to him. He oaid:
"I don't know where it was published
that one guu in the British Channel fleet
made nineteen hits in twenty-one shots,
but that is not the record of firing of
the British navy.
"The battleship Dreadnought, of the
home fleet, in a firing recently naade be-
fore the King, created a record. in gun
layers' practice, steaming at a epeed of
twelve knots. Tao range began at 2,500
yards with the target at an angle'was
reduced to 2,400 yards when the target
was on the beam, and iucreased again
to 2,500 yards at the end of the run. The
time was two and a half miautes, in
which period four twelve -inch guns fired
twelve rounds, six from each turret,
scoring eleven hits on the target and
nine bull's-eyes, \vial° the twelfth shot
tore away the rope fastening the canvas
to its framework.
"The size of the target ie sixteen feet
by twenty feet, with a fourteen feet
square bull's-eye paluted on the centre.
The best previous record with the Immo
gun was made by Sir Arthur Wilison's
flagship the Exmouth, of the Channel
„fleet, last year, but as there were na
bulasoyes on the targets then no com-
plete comparison can be drawn.
"The best ship in the British Atlantic
'fleet. with this gun is the Albemarle,
with twelve hits and nine bull's-eyes
out of seventeen rounds, and the best
ship in the Channel the Ocean, with five
, hits and three bull's-eyes out of twelve
irounds, while the best ship in the Medi-
terranean is the Prince of Wale, which
made eight hits and seven bull's-eyes out
of fifteen rounds.
The King Alfred, a cruiser flying the
flag of Sir Arthur More, comina,nder-in-
Chief on the China station, has made re-
cord time with it 9.2-ineh gun, with a
similar target to that mod for the
heavier gun. Her gunnere made nineteen
hits and fifteen btarecoyes out of nine-
teen rounds, fired in two minutes. This
is a wonderful achievement, but it is
very nearly equalled by the Cressy, of
the home fleet, for her gunners, with it
9.2-ineh gun, made thirteen hits and
eleven bull's-eyes out of thirteen rounds
M the same time.
"The Hindustan made thirty-three hita
In thisty-four rounds last year, itt two
minutes, with the same gun, on eimilar
target but with no bull's-eye.
Record for Six-iiich Gun.
"At the shorter range the record, at
present for the 0 -inch gun lies with the
Albion's gunners. This ship, in the At-
lantic fleet,out of 91 rounds fired made
80 hits on the target and 04 bull's-eyes in
one minute. The Prince of Wales, in the
Mediterranean fleet, out of 04 rounds
made 90 hits anct 00 bull's-eyes. The aver-
age !Mintier of shots per gun per Minute
in this ship was over 11.
I have not by me any account of the
light gun practice for this year, but I
fancy that the record of the Virginia,
mentioned in your article, hos been beat-
en Iast year at 800 yard, and firing at a
taraet six feet by eight feett, the gunhers
of the Black Prince made 9.17 hits per
minute with a three -pounder.
The Itiog Alfted's Record.
A gunnery lieutenant of a battleship
remarked about the article that he not.
iced only two calibres of gon were melt-
tioned, six-inch end three -pounders, and
he pointed out that it was unfair to em-
pire one calibre with another. He said:
"The Maryland's record of eleven shots
mod eleven hits in one minnte withe, six-
inoh gun, if wo assume that conditions
Ware hot largely dissimilar, lam been beat -
0i\ by the King Alfred. With one six-inch
in at 0,500 yards on it target 10 by 050
ect, With a fourteen -foot bull'some thir.
UM hits were Made in thirteen rounds
trite out of fourteen rounds, eight td
these hits being bull' -eyes.
This oficer also ineutioneel that the An
rim, with four 9,2 inch guns, made 28
hits mit of 28 rounds in two minutes, and
of the hits eiateth Were on the loal'emye
eye."
The fact that the King decorated Gun-
nery Lieutenant F. C. Maalox, of the
Dreadnought, with the Victorian Order,
and presented medals of the same order
to the gun layers of that eliip wile made
a record of firing the other day will cer-
tainly net as a further etnnulant, and
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this although the progress ithe British navy is alreatly atuoziug.
n gunnery iA
In 1905 the percentage of Mai to
rounds fired went up from 42.80 in the
previous tear to 5048. In 1000 the per-
centage of hits to rounds tired reached.
' 71.12, and this year seventy-five per
cent. of hips having fired, tlie figures
have advanced, again aud the perceutage
/Mande at 81.40. However interesting the
individual firing may he, ir
mi
mutt be re-
membered that it s the general stand-
ard that must tell.
THE BELLEROPHON.
LAIINQH DP ONE OP THE Tang
GREAT WARSHIPS,
Britain Far Ahead of Other Powers in
the Matter of ships ot Tido Claes--
Description of Thia laeweraul War
Vessel.
ra.1,0•••••••
To -day, at Portanamtle, tlse.Bellerenhellt
the second British battled:tip of the, Dread-
nollOt type to be put itito the Water, Will
01" lel4autttnh:dursas2adattalnta9de wein'tiarlaelle"ffiesileliearlaild
to4fhtfiegetere@ale. taifihi?ja:tipibe4 ttalaet3:01,
elle Teem:nue, will be ioelached at Devon-
tporlimet ortatetiZaueot 834e4,134 Yo:Ortoi-
eiette. Thus tide country wia latve atioat
mein aetuctity to co:amt.:aloe, at a time When,
the other Euroeetta Laved powers have doue
little more than decide to copy the design.
Tao actual position, to tar as arawee
emanated, Is thee the coustruotion or eix
veasela of similar type hos been authorized;
fee nenterials for these uhipe have been or-
dc'rOd, but j'ot t ,114.11at"thtentbareraa°4)tabeelavinattr
down, Russia, le merely credited With the In-
tention or beginning a aerogramme to la -
1 mucia ships at the Fame cataramer. In the
WORK FOR CRIPPLES. United Stacie, too, prolate -a in this direc-
- thee is not more advanced thine it hi ill Pure
epe; two einalle.r /Mips have been authorized,
London Industry Restricts Employment end the coatroom for mem constraotion eave
mate reeereur been eigued withnpruitehlini bus vaecoctteifnirineetho
to Maimed Girls Alone.
a like charactealri...9t:o ,24,ettresti'',Iertreasio o h '34
water is oulf
alia .k.ki hay bta.il""e "rd4
multhuriltuSgicoaravoU'tb*unkrrtaulasy,tttlecalaieureefulorsa iaao,thai: reshpea 1*(tpu6tietfiatlaathoatati4 war voo" 'ho
Charity for cripples has been given an
induetrial turn by the development of
the Duchese of Sutherland's Cripples' i
Guild, Limited, London into a rcuinufac-
tuning concern, and in the replacing of
the charitable element by that of sell -
support, life's handicap has lost most of
its terrors for those unfortemates.
A business firm bas come to the con-
clusion that the work it is able to give ;
can be performed quite well by poor
girls who cannot hope to be anything
but it burden under ordinary conditions,
and this has led to what is believed to
be the first scheme established in this
country for employing cripple girls on
The firra in question is known as Plat -
strictly commercial lines.
Mum Substitutes, Limited, and the work '
to which it has set these cripples is the ;
new Bastian Calvert process of enamel-
,
ing copper strips vrith glass for use in I
the manufacture of electric lamps. With-
in is year, it is hoped, there will be work
for 200 inatead of 30.
The scene in the factory is, in some
respects, it sight for tears, because it
focuses a great deal of pain and trouble;
but, as an after effect, the picture in-
spires gladness in its suggestion that
affliction, for these workers at any rate,
is tempered by the knowledge that they
are ot some definite physical value in
the world, after all. Some of the girls
are P.S young as 14, the eldest being Me.
The glass -coated copper strips are de -
:signed to form the conducting wires for
electric lamps itt place of platinum (the
price of which touched $39 per ounce
last year), and it is antidipated that the
tremendous saving in cost, which bas no
retarding influence in the way of dura-
tion, Will insure for the new system a
great future.
It is essential, of course, that tho girls
shall have the use of their eyes and
bands, but Manager Saunders hopes to
be able to einploy two, eaeh of whom
has a paralyzed arm, in other branches
of the business. Ono brisk little maid,
who was engaged a month ago, failed
to appear. It was found that her father
had died just before, and. that her simple
mourning dress had had to be pawned.
The Ragged School Union came to the
reecue. Four shillings redeemed the re-
quisite attire, and the eripple was able
to set to work.
Every one of these cripples is sure of
being fed. They start duty at 8 o'clock,
at half -past 10 they are provided with
lunch --cocoa, bread and butter, some-
times with marmalade and jam. In their
dinner hour they go across to the res-
taurant of the Alexandra Trust, near-
by, where one of those excellent meals
for which the Trust is famous awaits
them. They take tea in the factory, and
at 7 o'clock the day's work is over. .A.11
this is provided for by the firm. In ad- •
dition, each girls receives from 72 cents
to $1.20 a week; when they are cotapee
tent workers they may expect to receive
' $3.60 and meal allowance, and th partici-
; pato in a bonus system.
The sole employment of cripple labor
, has been rendered possible by the co-
operation of the Ragged School Union
' and the Shaftesbury Society, Which is
bearing the expenses of a matron to se-
lect the cripples and "mother" them for
the first few months of their industrial
experience.
The Lord Mayor, who has been ap-
pointed godfather to all London's "Tiny
Time," declared the factory open.
The Smiths Move In.
"You kid," said tittle Willy Jonas, "you
git right off our walk,
And just take care of what you do and
how you act and talk;
Around this block a kid like you is bet-
ter seen than heard,"
And the little boy who'd just moved. in
he never said a word.
"I s'pose that where you was before you
thought you was a lot,
And just as good as other kids—and
better—like as not;
But let me tell you, right here now,
that you ain't such a bird."
And the little boy who'd just moved in
he never said a word.
understand," said Willy Jones,'
"don't git too fresh with us.
A kid that tries to run this town—like
you—he starts a fuen
And he gets licked, and then, you bet,
he's sorry that Ite stirred."
And the little boy who'd just moved in
he never said a word.
No, he didn't speak. But he sort of
ducked his head down and after a hasty
feint came in one-two and crost right
to jaw and left to body, advancing on
clotted line as per diagram. After that
ho loosed a eockdoinger of a right hook
and chased that Jones boy clean up the
alley and into his own back yard. I
tell you simply there's no such thing ate
judging by appearatteese—From Puck.
• s*
The "Strength" of Flour.
Millers and bakers know that largo
differences exist among various sorts of
wheat flour with regard to baking value,
or strength, but it appellee that only re-
eently have eomplete chemical tests been
inade to determine why a given quantity
of flour of (me brand will produce a loaf
nearly one -thirst larger than the saine
quantity of another brand. Aetording to
experbneeits by the Department of Agri-
culture, at Cambriclge, England, the vol.
ume of it loaf of breai depends in the
firat iestatte epee the relative amount
of sugar in the dongh, The addition of
sugar always inereases the sire of tho
loaf, or, as the baker says, makes the
flour stronger. There are other differ-
enees riffeetimr such things as textute
find color of bread, the 'chemical basis of
which are yet under examination.
A sermon is sometimes baKea upon it
text and sometimes upon a preteXt.
esa
- ,
tat ship, cannot be regarded as otherwise
Vann satiseactory.
The Bellerophon, like the Temeraire and
Superb, which is building at Elsweek„ is
to be at the diaplacement of 12,600 tons or
700 tons more thee the Dreadnought, the
traditional tonnage being, It is understood,
distributed partly in weight -,f hull ane
partly in armament. In general design, how-
ever, these vessels follow timely that of the
Dreadnought, although the experience gain-
ed in the trials of the latter vessel has been
utilized both for improvement in methods
of coastruction and in several important
featuroal which have not yet beea mate
public. As in the case of ther shim et
novel design, particularly wheel provided with
a new type of engine, a considerable &tiar-
once of
as to ho form of screw ple!pe ler i 00y :he eeers
t
opinion prevails among
give the best retinas. :dr VeL Liam Whi1.s,
at the conference of Civil ;engineers recant -1.Y,
referred to this matter, renalnding these pres-
eat that the turbineldrIven propeller eras in
ts, infancy, and that some allowance, there-
fore, should be made for the eemparathrely
email experience with turbine -driven screwe.
It must be recalled that for over hall a
century various types of propellers hose heee
tried with reeterceeating engines, and yet
engineers ditfer as to which design is the
best. Tho marine turbine hes been under
trim for scarcely a fifth of that time; it
ohould not, then, he a cauee tor surprise,
much lee e for alarm, 11 the authorities 'Mould
deeire to tey eeveral hinds of screw pro-
pellers in the Dreadnought, hoping that with
the experience thee milaed the most effic-
ient form rear he discovered. Simillarly, a
oonstant edam:tee in the ireprevement ot ord-
Dare* has been maintained, and it is likely
that
it more suitable gun for the anti-ter-
pedo defence armament has been found in
the 4-inc.h, and that as this weapon will
take the place ot the 12 -pounder of the
Dreadnought, some alteration in the disposi-
tion to this battery will follow. The dieposi-
tion of the main menament will not be alter-
ed, but a little difference vvill very likely
be made in regard to the turrent which
titan& on 'the quarter deck—the centre one,
indeed, of them arranged in the middle line
of the thip The guns in this turret are
masked by the alter turret far a right -astern
fire, and in order to remedy this the turret
can be raised until it Ls on the same level
its that which is on the cora:elate. This
change will have the effect of imprenring the
right -astern fire, as well ae giirieg these
tuns a wider arc of Ore on the beam. It is
poseible, also, that part of troe increased Ms -
placement may be tmed for an increase of
defensive armour, but no officlal informa-
tion has been vouchsafed on this point. It
may be assumed, however, that. whatever
difference Is made, nothing will be permitted
to elect the design in a manner prejudical
to the homogeneity. et the fleet la whick it
in intended that the Britiah Dreadnoughts
shall operate together
fifteen million other Volinn that WO*
in heat the 1114MS *ay, though I siM uottf
ewe, either,that any One of then WO*.
Peet all )4rel. Ailit011ii des, so uneellislily
and so devotedly.
"I would give fourteen dollar* and
40
half, or more, if I could stop her; b
she says we are Poor, end the work mei
be done, though I know it would be Ale
the same if we were rich, that UW *ease
of duty would still oppress her, for *We
built that way. Duty site herd on boor.
"A grand thing it would be for all of
us if WO could really know our duty am
could perform it faith:011y to the full,
and yet not let it impose upon us
undue burden*, nor let our sew of duty
harry us.
"There are people now and then to be
met who, well knowing their duty and
performing It faithfully and fully, nor
failing ever to take up, cheerfully other*
burdens when they should, yet know a*
truly what burdens they may in ell fair -
ease and I:inclines decline; well balanced
people thee, who me clearly and are not
in doubt, the few rare people who know
what is right, and who are by that
kaowledge ;ridded, to their own great
help and no loss to that of all with 'whom
they may be associated.
"Would that we were all thin IssiPPHY
constituted."
• -•
PLASTER AND A.COUSTIeS.
In a paper upon this eubject Russ -
beam, the noted. German architect, ca/ls
attention to the fact that incases where
good acoustics are rearrireet immediately
on ex:repletion of the room the choice of
the ceiling wad wail plaster is of some
importance, especially where s. soft tim-
bre (tone color) is desired. Time, in
concert balls for instance, minium of
lime stud seu:d. or cement, lime and mind
are out of place se a plastering, only a
mortar of plaster of Pavia promising
the desired. efffeet. Sand ehould not be
added to the upper layers of thia mor-
tar, and a caxefta Eretodtking of the sur-
face should not be neglected, so tO
avoid all roughness and„irregularities.
Plaster of Paris prepared entirely
without sand has a fa:el:trite acticts; it
is best made of gyps= burnt to width
heat. The strongly elastic, delleate sat -
face of this plastering is partiettiarlar
advantageous for the reflection of the
sound waves and for obtaining It eat
timbre,
With regard. to the tranairiados at
heat and sound such plaster is also of
advantage, but the period. of Alrylag for
it and the masonry underneath nretak be
taken as Weer than for plaster of mix-
tures of lime and sand or lime, teleran%
mad sand. The latter disadvantage., how-
ever, is offset by the faet that patot or
eeverings of veneer !shrift, arall paper,
eta., can be apptasa immediately after
the drying, erbale the Cantles of the
lime, aril especially those- of the cements,
may cause Many to sixth, often Very
valuable fundattinge ate some as title piss-
thr becomes darrap. The tatter seizeura-
/stance may be brought about by the
formation of sweet area where all other
causes of dampness are kept off by
proper arraemements, while the onager-
s:ion. of the alkellea into eszbanattesIn
the interior of roams takes place mead-
ingly bemuse a certain per-
centage of watex, not friscaasiderablis kr
cements, is_resprir.4_ed. in the nwiritem for
the process&
TEE all_EISILI PE/ff.
It Has Moral and Social as Well
ticai Clbjects.
and her hull placed in the water does not, ollalitagThtlicuaue8t..w:foiatm:117tileg, :21;r*aarelatielNil'artill:Pext7talamlattir:zaemivill:54124:5547:aiall
The fact that a ship hem been launched
as experience in imet time hee Mown, al- ly come into notice under the =thee ot 'Vim
ways indicate her speedy complete:la for eer- nem." Vor eoreera yeara netrints an war
vice, But in this connection an interesting the country More teen quieter enasseerertare
comparison raay be drawn from the ease of iii various wars, to ereneete the sattleraL
the Dreadnought, which, 184d down on On- weereere_eoeue trying to mean thee Ude at eaxat
tobor 2, '7asiarchedInwnthaand8gat°nreevtriagfaaatatdaylater, andcomletdlorhrtrinleinunttuiee 0104y 01 tbeeaelle lZtags-
-
e12 months to a day. The Bellerophon was etc, Neetureuel, the various wages that wale
laid down in December 3, 100e, and is to be seeeeleg ear the meg/aeration of the Isiah.
lawached in 7 mouths 24 days from that date. nation gravitated towaset one nnosOnr. famed
She has, therefore, been nearly twice as hong themselves into the neer party, mart elected
on the stacks as the Dreadnought, but the a notional council- The centwel Wet el the
ktas had an additional 1,000 tons built into genre policy, we. Usle-11. a In.= onekbat ma. is
her, the launching weight being 7,000 tons, filoe "thO ilatirstion oi. a. =Ion is to lea
instead of 3,000 in the ease of her predecessor, wrought out by the people and upon the
as long to aake
ceiriaauplete aftiorahalannalsochtakinga3astaidiaad 4i 001
obfaithwatasnatirecebenVitiy cubencredthato.terfaktbaCteen-hus.
the Dreadnought, she will still be finished nation, with the etheset et elle etesatana awl
by October, 1008, or well Meld° the two roars, me eolleagens, the convintaan. beams sca-
the nominal time mentioned Ice her comple- ereel that parliamenthry agitation IAF the 1'-
tion, The Temeraire, at Devonport, ill have miring of Irish risme had eroved terms IA.
aim been end. 7 1.11011L)25 end 24 day': On the 'Wag without premise, sod the allegiance at
and
nd this
shanis eheno cols ilaaciudnencheeed. inicrAugavrithst nboext,tai i
been settled—the materials are delivered and Plthagoe"rea-thtLYt thateato=1:etragSlthberaefenleghew7tf.artianfuet'leshltlea"aarred; rilL—tsua Litzdithelalm'ene"aa:
vessels a precisely similar programme has
built in to a prearartged scheme—mad the on the toil of Ireland, by eue onieneia people
two veseele, if nothing untoward occurs, intent on reetoring the life of the 'Irish. DA-
coekl be completed and ready for sea within Um. DO' may pollideallYe hat Klee lialtuiatt-
a month ot each other, as if teeing down and ! calm, industeally, educatimialb, ineellar eall
lauuching.--London Timm. , socially. One important reform the Ettan
sE-----see-e--zirs or play.
— aa75•1311 11 another lateens:al 'work that /wrens
Fein seems to have effected. ear. afacemnas
Mr, Billtops Pursues the Subject for a 1 frarrmlnelandg.mis gedsn
ehadis ler' 01uccesetaurf 'lb` drink .13.
aDuty sits light on some, but," said) thvcvntanThrIalarclgh, theilh'etulditkma'aseraronnehtbe:LRaglisbniaaanbrdslrblualarartsrtatistks.erarettd7:112ksdetermlnedile°46:4
Little, With a Concrete Illustration.
Mr. Billtops, "how hard on othere.; that, in the future. the Irishensirs Onelmil
'
"Now you take Mrs. hilltops, what drink bill Vfill not bear comparbon with tbat
do you think she said to me the other `,'„: EngiAmeribmansan, geraletch";*. °r r'rellbolthEini
day? 'That she was afraid she wonkbal the rising generation, and ennattna them In
have everything cleaned up when she an anti -drink enteeAle, entire:ins to eredlents
died! the drink habit hero. The workers In the
"She don't mean, you kuowe that she 'Mmn°vrentT)fn' Ttar"
e: tsoeavoce I;
wouldn't leave everything clean.; hut I consider its disgraceful to enter a esserte
vehat she meant was that she vras hhmlealbareite-t InReeezreitadinadrinking,dsiot, etaa.Tenrespethatnratte for far
afraid she wouldn't leave everything in
order and all the mending done and all was love of drink eteeir ewer *domed an
that, so that it all could be carried along anti -treating Pledge, a viedge fotleidoing a
leave everything all cleaned up.
easily without her; that ahe wouldn't 1 r.a:Ind hanytheerearrith ormonAhrouvtroat or tent's': coa antacet.try.
"What do you think of that for an ex -1 hentrrtleistr6aeatingthensande of le in Ira=
aggerated, burdensome sense of duty? I Pledged° new agampartrets treatiprovaraniang, Wm:a ittwi: „wilco -era;
about this, but it's no use. She does la
"I tried to reason reith lira. 13ilitops ' .3.1„„ tv.,,,beaeTe,dx,C4111,121mtku Into meremne
her duty is plain; it is to work, week . 03:as neabo:onriamicorru,sh:it gonizimgayindbo3prit: Keigliend
not for herself, Ina for others.
her duty as she sees it, and be, her Heti:reel, ont:lir:caransnito'n"1:tiundlifdrinkthe col:feautryTm°8:tworenytical"
6811e is very lenient with everybody exchequer from hewed...
— 11331Pezial
else, but, she never spares herself. What- I
ever work there is to be done sbe eau- Ahead in Autoen• obiles, Too.
eiders it Imr duty to do, and so she labors'
America now leads the vrorld in the
morning, noon and night, end day after :
day. I have told her that I'd like her to manniaetalae, sale and use of saitoino-
be slack for a time, downright slack; biles. .phio is the declaration of a Preach
that she ought to let things go, aces.- exPert Naha has been keeping it mord of
sionally anyway, and reel; it little; but tho automobile business. Five emus age
she says that would hover do, that if she the United States built only 314 autotno-
once let things go she'd 'never each up. biles of all classes, While at the Mae
Ahd as it is, as I told you, she's afraid time Fenace built 22,'711 machinea, lest
she won't leave everything cleaned up year the prodetion in the 'United States
when she dies! , was 60,000, in .France 55,000, ile Englend
"And so she werks on, never eatisfied 28,000, in Germany 22,000, irt Italy 19,000
unless everything is done just Am and and. Belgium 12.000- in nine Seam in the
always at it; self-aenering always, but countries named there haae been menu -
with that senee of duty always evelerirm
bili, ed' r"esleditndius% tn
5t5h0itM$1Oa,uCreent;-
on her, impelling her always to work, repntng me
work, work. And I suppose there are 000 of anonen.---Savannah, Gao News.
4100044d:400004000000.00000
The effect of malaria lasts a long time.
You catch cold easily or become run.
down because of the after effects of malaria.
StreAgthen yourself with Sic oft..s
Emr,Ation.
It builds new blood and tones up your nervous
system.
ALL DHLWIIISTili 500, Ablb $1,00+,
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