poiswno
' NOW
SWITZERLAND'S NEW PRESIDENT
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Or. Giuseppe Motta, who ha* been
vice-president, qf the 8wlss Confedera
tion and head of the financial depart
ment, has been elected president, be
ing the first Italian to head the little
republic. He was born at Alrolo, in
the canton of Tlclno (the Italian-speak
ing canton of the republic) In the year
1871 and studied law at the univer
sities of Frlbourg, Munich and Heidel
berg. In 1895 he started his practice
as a lawyer In his native village and
In the same year he was elected dep
uty of the state council.
In 1899 he became a representa
tive of his canton in the national
council.' As chief of the Catholic
Conservative party of his canton he
Immediately began to play a promt
Inent role in politics, and when. In De
cember, 1911, after the death of one
of the members of the federal council,
he became a candidate for that office,
he also received the undivided support
nt thn roHlon I rrurtv r*t the nan ton nf
?-?? iuv snswasx-sas pun; v?a mo vauiuu V"
Tlcino. The young magistrate assumed from the beginning the responsible
harden of the federal finances.
* The office of president of the, Swiss confederation provides by no means
a lucrative Income, compared with the high salaried government positions
In this country. I'p to two years ago the yearly income of the chief magis
trate of the republic amounted to $3,000 only, and It was then raised to
$4,000, which sum Is now considered a very good salary. In this respect It
must, however, be remembered that the president continues to, live quietly
and without" any official pomp In his private residence. The high position
he occupies as head of the Swiss confederation calls for no expensive social
. obligations. Democratic Switzerland Is a stanch believer In simple and true
democracy.
HUSSEIN, SULTAN OF EGYPT
The new sultan of Egypt, Prince r
Hussein Kamel. la a brother of the Khe
dive Tewflk and an uncle of the de
posed Khedlvp Abbas II. He Is a son
of that magnificent Ismail, so beloved
of the De Lesseps and the money bro
kers, who bankrupted his country to
build the canal for the English to In
herit, with the Idea df making Cairo
another Paris. He was a young man
when bis father was deposed and
forced to leave the country. He went
with him into exile and brought him
back to Cairo for burial In 1895.
Like b+s father and his brother,
Prince Hussein was educated in Paris,
where he came under the fascinating
sway of the Empress Eugenie. Ismail
seated himself upon the khedlval
throne by arranging the "accidental"
death of the other heir, but Hussein
has learned the more "civilised" meth
od of Intrigue. He is an accomplished
Parisian gentleman, whose pronounced
English sympathies can be tolerated
?- ?? "??v-k.o, oi?jv,c mo nnusu nave piacea inemseives in a position to mane
any French Influence In Egypt Innocuous. It can be taken tor granted that
he will be an obedient tool In the hands of the high commissioner for Egypt,
Lieut. Col. Sir Arthur Henry McMahon, who goes to Egypt after having served
as foreign secretary of India for three years.
? Prince Hupseln has undoubtedly been a faithful ally of the British secre
tary. Mr. Milne Cbeetham, whom Lord Kitchener bad to leave In charge
at Cairo when Mr. Asqulth unexpectedly besought him to become secretary
of war. _
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ALL BULLETS MISS HIM .
uid count von Haeseler, the re
tired German Held marshal, la playing
a unique role in this war. Some
twenty years ago military men, both
German and foreign, were accustomed
to look to him as leader of Germany's
armies in the event of a war, as he
had acquired a great reputation as a
strategist. But the -war did not come
in time to give him his great opportu
nity. He had fought through three
wars?against Denmark in X864,
against Austria in 1866, and against
France in 1870, but he was then too
young to attain high rank, and when
the present war broke out he was too
old to command an army.
Though he was approaching his
seventy-ninth year, he went to the
kaiser, it is said, and begged permis
sion to accompany" the troops into
France, pleading humorously that he
had lost a rib there in 1870 which he
-J wanted to And. I
iiaeseier got tne Kaiser s consent
and for weeks he-was following the German armies, astonishing the soldiers
with his utter contempt $f danger. _?
It has repeatedly occurred that the count has ridden In the firing line of
the infantry while making an attack. The men were advancing only by rushes
and leaning low to the grouhd; but Haeseler would ride calmly forward with
his attendant, the target of French rifles; and at times he was even fired
upon by machine guns and cannon without being hit. In this way a super
stitious tradition has' found foothold among the soldiers as to the old marshal
being supernaturally bulletproof.
YOUTHFUL ADMIRAL DEWEY
On the occasion, of Admiral f"
George Dewey's seventy-seventh birth
day Secretary Daniels and all his aides
and bureau'and division chiefs called
on the veteran sea-fighter to congratu
late. him, and Mr. Daniels remarked
to him:
"1 hope you feel as young as you
look."
"I am young yet," responded Ad
miral Dewey, quickly. "1 do not in
tend to be outdone by my friend and
neighbor, ex-Senator Henry Gassaway
Darls of West Virginia, who Is ninety
two. Davis comes home from work
at five o'clock in the afternoon and I
ask him why he works so late. He
explains that he had a great deal more
to do, but he quit early to give the
boys in the office a rest.
..."Now and then I meet Davis and I
he says. 'Admiral, we must see more I
of each other as the days go on.' I I
say 'Yes,' and then Davis calls at ?
, nine o crocs in me evening, ana
when the servant Cells bfm thaf I have retired for the night, he goes awar
?wearing because I went to bed so early.
"But, Mr. Secretary, I get up every morning at Ave o'clock. 1 doubt It
manyoflhese gentlemen here can Say SS much t am a hqrd worker, but
1 g?, plenty of sleep."
Secretary Daniels recalled the fart that Admiral Deweyt.was appointed
a midshipman at Annapolis by Secretary Dobbin, a North Calrollnlan.
"Yea," answered Admiral Dewey, "and I am proud of li I have been
a Democrat ever since."
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IMTJMTIONAL
SMfSOKE
LESSON
(By E. O.' SELLERS. Acting Director of
Sundky School Course Moody Bible In
stitute. Chicago.)
LESSON FOR JANUARY 24
QIDEON AND THE THREE HUN
DRED.
LESSON TEXT?Judge* 7:1-*. 1?-**.
GOLDEN TEXT-Not by mi*ht. nor by
power, but by my Spirit, aaith Jehovah of
nooU.-Zecb. 4:?. It V.
This was the period of Israel's
tmnsitlon from a nomadic to an ag
ricultural life. The reoord we have
la an alternate aucceaBlon of Idolatry
and aubjugatloh with a return to Je
hovah and to liberty.
I. "Gideon and AM the People," vv.
1-8. Rallying about blm hla clansmen
Gideon chose a position at the spring
of Harod pear Jezreel, hla back to Mt.
Gllboa and the Mldlanltea to the north
next to Mt. Moreh. He thus con
trolled the fords of the Jordan and
could prevent the enemy from return
ing to their bomee In the desert coun
try. Outwardly the great discrepancy
of numbers made the situation look
dubious for Israel, but In reality the
danger was that the army was too
large, since when the victory was
gained they might "vaunt themselves."
Individuals and churches usually
count their strength according to num
bers. (See II Cor. 12:9.) It we desire
God's strength It must be as we our
selves are weak (Isa. 40:29). God is
sometimes limited by having too many
and not enough of the right sort.
When God delivers he leaves no room
for boasting (Eph. 2:8, 9; Rom. 3:27).
God can save as well by the few as
by the many (I Samuel 14:6). and fre
quently uses the weak and despised
things to confound the mighty (1 Cor.
1:27, 28), that "no flesh should glory
In his presence" (I Cor. 1:29). These
were two tests -whereby Gideon was
to select his warriors: (1) "Go to,
proclaim . . . whosoever Is fearful
. . . let him return" (v. 3). It Is
not ?well to criticize too severely the
22,000 who returned; even In the Gar
den hot only Peter, but all the disci
ples forsook, the Master and fled. -God
does not choose men because they are
heroes, but to make heroes of tbem
by the power of his might. (2) There
Is yet another sifting. God gives Gid
eon the clue (v. 4), viz., to decide by
their method of drinking. Those who
drank "as a dog lappeth," were those
not to be taken off guard even while
drinking..1 An ox glues his eyes upon
the water and Is oblivious to all else,
not so a dog. God careB more for
quality than for quantity and there
were too many cowards, too many
who thought moat of Belf-comfort, to
allow them to enter this battle. It
was also a strange equipment God
gave this army. All they took was
food and trumpets (v. 8). The all
essential things for the followers of
Christ are the word of God for food
(I Pet. 2:2) and the voice of prayer
for a trumpet (Num. 10:9, 10; II
Chron. 13:14; Rev. 12:11).
II. Gideon's Second Assurance, vv.
9-15. It ni absurd, humanly speak
ing. for 300 men to expect to defeat
135,000. God "strengthened" Gideon
(r. 11). Gideon and Phurah, at God's
command, entered the valley and drew
near the Mldlanlte host. Avoiding the
guard, if any, they drew near enough
to hear a man telling his dream to
"his fellow." The latter Interprets
this as nothing else than the "sword
of Gideon" (v. 14). Gideon worshiped
God and at once returned to arouse
the camp of Israel.
III. The Sword of the . Lord and\of
Gideon, vv. 16-23. In all probability,
these ipen wore their usual weapons
as soldiers and carried food for their
use in pursuing the enemy. However,
for this midnight* attack {hey needed
only three weapons, lamps, pitchers
and trumpets. Each of these have a
spiritual-suggestion for the Christian.
(Sec Matt. 26:4; Ps. 119:105; also II
Cor. 4:6, 7, and Ezek. 33:2, 6; I. Cor.
}4:8.) Gideon's stratagem of dividing
his men into three companies and
then as the pitchers are broken to
blow the trumpet caused a lively panic
among the Mldlanltes. That Gideon
had faith and courage In himself, and
in the. word of Jehovah, is suggested
In his words, "Cook on me and do
likewise," We are to look to the "cap
tain of our salvation" (Heb. 13:2) and
by our lives of obedience prove the
devotion of our life (John 16:14,
14:21). - As already suggested, there
were probably no defeases surround
ing the enemy and in the darkness
Gideon and his men easily approached
the camp. It is easy to Imagine the
scene?the midnight hour, the army
suddenly awakened by a deafening
shout, the blasts of trumpets, the 300
torches flashing forth amid the crash
of earthenware, and all of this in
dense darkness. The Mldlanltes in
the confusion turned their weapons
against each other &nd fled toward
the Jordan and Into the regions be
yond toward the desert. Others fol
lowed by the ten thousand, fleeing to
ward Succoth and Penuel. ? Wo oi
this day have our wars and battles
against the wrongs, the principalities
and powers of evil, which are around
us and within us. Such battles re
oulre the same courage, and skill, and
consecration of ourselves, as did the
wara of those ancients against th?
enemies that threatened the very ex
istence of the people of God. (See
Bph #: 10-18; I Tim. 0:12.) The
trumpets were a call to God and s
type of prayer; the pitchers (earthen
re-seels) a type of our frail bodies in
wh-ch we have the treasure of t.n
gcspel truth (2 Cor. 4:8. 7, Malt
3:1k). Our business Is to blow Ions
and loud the trumpet and hold forth
the light, which Is the Word (Phil
2:10), and being broken ourselvet
(John 12:24, Gal. 1:20 R. V.). expecl
As erery man stood In his appointed
place (v. II), God did the lighting and
brought confusion to the enemy (e
*1).
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OPPORTUNITY IN SOUTH TO RAISE CATTLE
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Superior Beof Typo. 0
The nation needs more meet to feed
its increasing millions. The United
States in 1906 exported 594,239 head
of cattle. In 1910 oiir exportation had
decreased to 139,432. During the last
six months of 1913 there were im
ported into, this country 20,000,000
pounds of dressed meat, and during
the first eight months of the present
year 100,000,000 pounds were import
ed. The opportunity presented to the
Sputh today to. raise the beef for the
nation that, is now being raised in
other countries Is as great and as pro
ductive of prosperity as tljmt which
the great western states have enjoyed
for many years in producing beef,
' pork, lard, bay, oats, etc., for the
South. ,
What action are you going to take
In the matter? Are you going to con- A
tlnue to allow cattle ticks to stand
between you and the opportunities r(
that will be presented by Its eradica
tion? m
The eradication of this emissary of D
darkness means much to every per
son of whatever vocation. It means )(
freedom from the baneful Influences
of this useless, loathsome, destructive ^
parasite, and from the quarantine re- p
strictlon and humiliation that must t)
continue as long as Its cause, the cat- Q
tie tick, remains. It meins better di
cattle, more profitable cattle and
more cattle. It means a more prosper- ?
ous agriculture, which In turn means ^
better roads, better churches, better ^
scboolhouses and better times for ev- t)
eryone concerned. ?? _
HOW BIRDS ASSIST FARMER
Kllldeer's Stomach Taken In Novem
ber In Texas Contained Over
300 Mosquito Larvae.
A tree swallow's stomach was found
to contain 40 entire chinch bugs and
fragments of many others, besides
many other siiecles of Insects. A bank
swallow in Texas devoured 68 cotton
boll weevils. Thlrty-flve cliff swallows
had taken an average of 18 boll
weevils each. Two stomachs of pine
siskins from Hajrwards, Cat., con
tained 900 black olive scales and 300
plant lice. A klltdeer's stomach taken
In November In Texas contained over
300 mosquito larvae. A flicker's
stomach held 28 white grubs. A night
hawk's stomach collected In Kentucky
contained 34 beetles, the adult form
of white grubs. Another night hawk
from New York bad eaten 24 clover ,
leaf weevils and 375 ants. Still an
other night hawk had eaten 340 grass
hoppers, 52 bugs, three beetles, two ]
wasps and a spider. A boat-tailed
grackle from Texas had eaten at one i
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A Kllldeer. j
meal about one hundred cotton boll (
worms besides a tew other Insects. A
ring-necked pheasant's crop from j
Washington contained 8,000 seeds of
chick-weed and dandelion heads; more
than 72,000 seeds have been taken In ,
Louisiana in 'February. The quail, be- (
tween his cheery calls of "Bob Wbtte,"
Is busy consuming 135 varieties 6f In- .
sects. He will eat on an average 75.- |
000 insects and 6.000,000,000 weed ,
seeds a year. He Is the natural enemy ]
of the boll weevil and the potato bug
and the best friend of man, who is try- 1
lng to destroy him In nearly every ,
state._ If we do not protect the quail ,
It will not be long until bis cheerful
whistle will be heard no more and in
its place we will have the unwelcome
buzz of ^destructive Insects as they
settle on the farmer's crop to devour
It
! TIMELY HINTS OF SHEEPFOLD
?
Successful Sheep Breeder Must Be
Able to Judge Breeding Ewe?
Rather Rangy Ones Beat.
The best breeding ewes are those
.hat are rather rangy, with good feed
ing capacity. This sort of an animal
will prove a better feeder and a better
mother, than the short pudgy type.
In buying ewes for breeding pur
poses, do not pick the best looking
ones In point of flesh. A man must
know how to choose breeding ewes,
just as he should know how to judge
a breeding sow, or any other animal
on the farm, but to too many farmers,
all sheep look alike.
Whenever a ewe is discovered to
have an unsound mouth, she should
be fed at once for the market.
If there'is any profit In grade ewes
It comes from the use oT a pure-bred
ram.
While good breeding has much to do
with a tendency to early breeding and
thrift, the ewes will, as a rule, take
service of the ram at almost any pe
riod of the year. ,
1 Early maturity of the lamb is where
1 the big profit comes in In raising them
1 for market It's another case of the
' early bird catching the worm.
1 . The value of a ewe can be more
1 nearly determined when she weans her
1 lamb. If the youngster Is strong, of
1 good slse, and well fleshed, be sure
' that the mother Is worth keeping.
Feeding Idle Horses.
It is a bad practice to feed idle
1 horses the same as If working. The
common team horses on the farm
1 should be turned out In a dry lot or
1 barnyard to exercise every day. and
when Mie lhssen the grain feed
I Plenty of good' hay. straw, water and
1 exercise will usually keep the horse
' la a thrifty condition.'
PLOW TO ERADICATE INSECTS u
Million* of Dollar* Annually Lo*t to -,j
Farmer* on Account of Peat* In c,
the Vegetable Garden*. jj
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Every farmer 1* annoyed with In- ia
sects, especially In the vegetable gar- jj
den, and millions of dollars are lost B,
annually on account of^them. A
There are several ways to fight r?
these pests when they come, which at
they continue to do; but It would be
much better to prevent their coming
If possible than to have to kill them
when they arrive.
Insect* are unlike other animals In
that they take on several forms. For
Instance, the hard-shelled potato
bugs lay the eggs for the soft bugs or
larvae which when hatched enter on
their eating career, and when this 1*
finished, enter the earth, and come
out the next year a fully-matured bug.
Other Insects are similar. The butter
lies and moths lay their eggs which
hatch Into worms or caterpillars, and
when this stage Is developed spin
their cocoons, which they burst open
the next spring or summer and
emerge a* the mature butterfly or
moth.
Now In the winter when these In
sects are undergoing these stages
they are helpless and when plowed
out are unable to go deeper Into the
earth to protect themselves from the
weather, and thus, perish, writes F. H.
Pease of Richmond, Va.. In Progressive
Farmer. Also during this time of ths
year bird food lp scarce, and they are
eagerly devoured by birds.
I do not advise leaving land bare
sad plowing it in the fall or winter
when a cover crop can be planted;
but land uncovered would be helped
by such plowing and the Insects killed.
Insects multiply enormously. Some
of them pass through all of their gl
different stages In a few days, and as b|
many as a dozen generations are a]
reared In a single summer; so It can p]
be readily seen that everyone killed w
In the fall or winter means many
less the next year. If the vegetable ol
garden has no covering, plow it as 0|
many times as possible. This Will tr
belp kill the Insects and make the soil c]
finer and hold the moisture better. In
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SPADING UP FEEDING PLACES -
Where Chicken# Are Continually Fed ^
Within Small Space Ground' Be- Di
comes,Foul With Droppings. w
ai
On most farms feed for the flock la tt
scattered about on the (round and the al
chickens are continually fed within a pi
email space. 'The surface o( the (round m
soortvbecomes foul with the droppings is
of the flock. True, the sunshine acts w
as a germicide and if the space is at ai
all sloping, the washing of the rain is
helps some, but generally the spot is ol
level and often muddy. The ground bi
quickly becomes contaminated wllh
the continual tramping of the flock 01
and if tfiere be one sick fowl the whole u
flock may soon become Infected. This K
is especially true with small chicks tt
and young turkeys. ai
The spading up of the feeding place
once or twice per week will bring good di
results. It will tend to purify the ?
ground. It will Induce exercise on the
part of the flock, which is always de
strable, and especially is this true
when the flock Is confined in yards "
and green feed, so necessary, is dlffr '?
cult to obtain.
If grain is scattered, as one spadee '
up the ground, much will be burled '*
so deep that the hens will not scratch
It out and It will be thrown up at the "
next spading with green, succulent
blades that are greatly relished-by the 1
flock and will also help along mighty *
well in the way of providing eggs. "
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Balancing the Ration. ~
The higher the prlcea ot feeda used
the greater the necessity for balanc
ing the ration. When a ration con
taining too little of one nutrient la fed
more teed must be glren In order to
supply the needa of the animal. If d
feeds are cheap and the animal la a 0
mature one doing no work, a poorly n
balanced ration may sometimes be the n
cheapest, but with high-priced feeda,
young, growing stock and those doing
work a balanced ration Is the moat
economical as well aa the beat for the
animal.
A S A BOT?when I read of Jo
JK nah and the whale?1 never
dreamed that one day 1 waa
to atand at Jonah'a tomb and
?ee Arabs worship hftn as a
tint, writes Frederick 8iauplcb In the
os Angeles Times. .
The famous old prdphet who rode In
te fish Is burled at Moenl, In far-oft
lesopotamla. Mosul Itself, from which
ur word "muslin" came, stands on the
>amlng Tigris opposite old NlBevefa.
nd here Is a sketch of what ^Ife la
ke today In the town where Jonah
sets.
It Is a dirty, crowded town, is Mosul,
1th 60,004 people lammed inside its
ledleval walls. Its narrow, warped
areata are no more than crooked al
?ya that wander aimlessly through
le town?dusty in summer and seas
t mud In winter. So narrow are these
sssages that two loaded donkeys, if
ley chance to meet, cannot pass till
ae donkey has been backed into a
(jorway. -?
Mosul's bouses are Moorish style?
to stories, few windows, an open
lurt Inside and flat roofs with para
Bta?so that the family may sleep on
le roof In summer. The main door to
icb house is a huge affair, studded
itb great bolts and barred at nlgbt
ke the gate to a fortress?suggesting
is old days of Mongol Invasions. t
To accommodate Its Important cara
in trade, Mosul has built up many
iravanserals. or "resthoUiei" With
aoml, my Bagdad boy,T spent my flrst
Ight at Mosul in one of these slngu
?r khans, as the natives Csll them,
be khan is a sort of compound or
ockade of mud walls, without a roof
round the inside of the walls runs a
iw of little cells, to which travelers
-e assigned.
In the middle of the lnclosure is a A
iven la heavy armor, by swimming
>n Inflated goat skins; but I bad no
dea that the practice still survived,
to I wa* aatoniabed on arriTtng at the
1ver bank to aee an old man walk
:almly down to the water's edge, blow
ip a goat skin which had bung over
lis shoulder, wade out Into the river
taint deep and then He down on the
nflated skin and begin to paddle tela
irely across. While I still watched
itm, two women came down, carrying'
kins, already blown up, and followed
he qld man's course across the Tigris;
omehow they seemed to keep the
?obblng skins easily balanced under
heir bodies, and thus supported swam
lowly, without tiring.
Mosul Washerwomen.
And all up and down the river banks
rere hundreds of round-limbed Kurd
?h women washing clothes. There
oust have been half a thousand, all
boutlng, plunging and wringing a mul
Itude of garments. With skirts tucked
itgh above their knees and no sign of
ashmak or veil, they were a noisy,
asy-golng set. dispelling the illusion
bat In the East all women are se
luded or eternally draped from head
o foot.
Long strings of pack donkeys.
Irlven by noisy, swearing Kurdish
auleleers, came down to the river to
Irlnk, and fusillades of locular abuse
assed between these ruffians and the
rasherwomen. Higher qp the river
iank. and all along the waterfront,
an a long row of coffee shops, dance
alls and other resorts. Till late at
light these places are running full
last, the din of tomtoms, native fld
les and the harsh voices of the palnt
d women who dance and sing, making
musement for the men of Mosul They
Ike excitement, these Kurds and
irabs. and crude and amateurish as
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IN A riOSUL Comx House
rest platform, on which are piled the I
ties of freight taken from the pack I
aimals, and around the edge of this I
latform ran: a mud manger, from
hlch the-beasts are fed.
These historic caravanserais form
le of the piost picturesque features
t middle eastern life. No traveler,
om Marco Polo down to date, has
?ossed Mesopotamia without record
ig his impression of the unspeakably
Ithy and noisy "khans."
. - Naomi and Hia Slaters.
Next morning early Naomi and I left
is peathouse that had sheltered us.
id started out afoot to do Mosul. Na
mi bunted up his Telkafl relatives,
hom he had not seen for many years,
id of course the master then became
le servant's guest, for a few hours
I least. We ate preserved sweets,
Istachlo nuts,, manna, nougat, and
iany such delicacies for which Mosul
noted; we drank sweetened rose
ater and smoked countless cigarettes,
id I gave away to these curious, pry
ig, but polite people all the secrets
r my family for three generations
ick. ?
From -the main bazaar I wandered
i through the town, followed by the
sual crowd of rtiriyua Arabs and
urds, and thdi?*tWKll?ea on toy walk
>ward the river. And here I beheld
n odd spectacle.
1 had read that In early Assyrian
ays warriors used to cross the Tigris,
Reverted Name Now I moui.
There was a time when It waa not
te German but the Scottish stranger
i our midst who found it desirable
> Anglicize his surname. One of
lese strangers was Lord Bute's but
it, Macall. He was thinking of set
ng up a tavern in London, but was
'arned that owing to the unpopular
jr of the Scotch, his own name wouid
ifallibly spell ruin to It. "Very
ran." he said, "I will call it Al
utck's." And so what was to become
ne of the most famous of social tn
titutlons recleved Its name ?London
:hronlcle.
Deep Study of Animal Life.
For the purpose ~af--j5tfrctfaatng ani
>ala for the Brooklyn soologlcal gar ,
en the Inatltute of Arta and Sciences
f that elty has/embarked in the
loving picture bualneaa. Dr. Hay
lond L. Dltmara, who haa for mauy
eara been connected with the Bronx
arden, haa made a remarkably in
ereatlng set of.Alms depicting the
ally life and conduct of various ant
aals, reptiles and insects, and these
their methodi seem to os. they hare
never seen anything better and hence
are pleased.
Over Odd Bridge to Jonah'J Tomb.
A unique bridge spans the Tigris at.
Mosul tor which a parallel cannot
be found anywhere In the world. It
is built partly of masonry, partly of
wood, and for some distance Is of the
pontoon type. First comes a 100-foot
?tretcb of masonry pier, then, a bridge
at boats 400 feet long and crossing the
main channel; then comes another
stone pier of 150 feet, leading to an
300-foot stretch of brick arches, fol
lowed at last by another stone pier
nearly ZOO feet long. It seems as- if
the.builders changed their minds aev*
eral times before finishing the odd
structure.
It It across this bridge that one
goes to explore Nineveh, where Botta
and Layard made their sensational
dlscc/verles 69 years ago. The whole
dry, brown plain about Mosul is a
vast forest of ancient mounds, thick
with signs of long-forgotten* Inhabi
tants.. >
Nlnevah Is not even a memory with
the wild, Ignorant tribes who roam the
desert of old Assyria. At one edge of
Its ruins stands the little village of
Neb! Yunus," and the reputed tomb
of Jonah. The Identity of Jonan
seems alone preserved?and he was
one of the least In his day.
At night I walked back to MosuL
are to be devoted to augmenting the
collections of animals at the Brook
lyn too. Three yeara hare been de
voted to the making of these pic
tures, and because of his knowledge
?f (he animals and tbelr habits Doctor
Dltmars has been enabled to get some
wonderful results. Many long-accepted
theories of animal life are exploded
by these, pictures and many new facts
established.
New Torpedo Shell.
It In actus! warfare all that la
claimed for it Is realized an Invention
Just submitted to the French admiral
ty will bare an Important effect on
modern naval warfare. It takes the
form ot a projectile atmllar In many
respects both to a torpedo and a shell.
When fired from either a torpedo tube
01* a 12-inch gun It skims the surface
of the water like a Bat pebble and has
a range of nearly ten miles. Contain
ing a charge sufficient to destroy a
dreadnanght. It can be fired by a par
ticularly simple method. The military
value of the Invention, however, yet
remains to be established.