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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 10

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; INTERESTING ITEMS BY MAIL. '' "•■'■' ' London, January U. i The twenty-fifth distribution under the profit-sharing scheme ..at . Sir William Hartley's jam works, at Aintree, Liverpool, has, just: taken .place, and ,£4060 has been- divided, making "a total since the beginning of <C 56,870. Sir William announced that'he-: would add to the pension fund, which ho started a year ago with a donation of J3SODO: Though ho. considered that workpeojile-should contribute toisu'eh a' fund, ho.intended to find all the monoy himself, so that no could*arise;■"'.. He would, if possible,-.add to it from year to year.

Congregation on Strike., : The congregation at Emmanuel Church, Preston, are en strike because the patrons of, the living; have refused .to appoint the 6uratc-in-charge, the E«v. W.' ;'J. 'Hull, tts'vicaT, and-have appointed the Rev. H. E.-.W;.Morris, ; chaplain ..at Hehshair Blind Asylum,. Manchester.: On 'Sunday mprning,: instead of the usual large congregation, hardly: 40 pebple.attendea, the service,; and When'the Rev.;;H. G, Barnacle, ■■; of: Grimsarghi entered' the';' pulpit, nearly one ,ba\i of the'congregation rose and'walked out. ':', ;;. ' ;'. '■".-■(.■

Little' Girl's Long .Voyage. \ / vLittle Miss: Margaret Pickering, aged eight, ;is among the passengers' who sailed on,.Saturday., from; Liverpool , by the : Cunard ' liner . Lusitania for , Now York. -:She all .alone -to 'join her" father in Milwaukee., As a precautionary.', measure she.;wears, attached to. a ribbon arranged around her neck, , an,oval brass, disc,: inscribed with-her name,'- and. :'the address 'J -iri' ; .'Milwaukee, .which- is. her objective.* On: board ship she, : .will .be in charge of the■ matron. Prom ■■■ Bury," whence the child, to 'Li v'erpbol'the':distance is. 3s miles,■ and 'the. sea and ocean'passage' represent294o, ■and 1060' miles' separate New'-York from Milwaukee, so that altogether Miss Pick.'ering .will make a journey of over 4000 ■miles.. "'..'i -.'-"■.■.,'. ■ :. : : .■»;'■:,.: ..■::'

Schoolboy Soldiers.;: ■'.; i ; ; '.v^V;■■■. >" ; ;-.'•■' ■ It. is: unifcrstpbd/ according'to : a' statement 'issued by.: the .City/.bf-.london Territp'rial Association,' thatthe : Office' 1 is-about -to '■' issue. a -echeme ■ to.", develop, military-, and . physical-.,training and , to systematise and standardiseV the. training ; of 'boys. ; .Boys of ; all'organisations wilt | L be;inyited.to.train with a view.to quali-' fying. in , certain ■tests; of inarfcmanshiii; 'drill, and''signalling,--and-those who' become, . Will: 'reclive' l 'a'n' 'official badge.; f TJi«fe .will.be throe". grades-Class I,'aged -eighteen to sixteen (years; Class : II, : . aged-sixteen 'to -fourteen ;• arid' Class Illj'.agedrfourteen-' tO-twelve. .: Th'e-.im-'portance ,of this.'scheme- can- hardly- be oyertstimated,' lOnce'dt is;;set/.worliin; it -is, easy to see 'how. it can be made to fit: in with Mr. :Haldano's cadet scheme, : with ~.the> varid.u's: oxisting orßanisa-' Hpns,':-an(l;;final!y',.';with .'the' -Territorial jTorce.-.-.";:■■.,.','■:■;*!■.■; .;.-.--.x.:,•:.!■;.• !.,':'/■,'■ S& ■ '-..

puh-Runn|rigv./;!'; -v. ; -' ■ ! pss'nmingiionormous and prdppsils;'are,: tb/'be , 'advancod for' a ; comprenensivo/.'p.lan''of;;action both at sea and on ;land.:v:vAh'increasea-'naval : force 'in the Persian-:■•Gulf', and Jα. line;of posts jOn the Baluchistan border, are-under consideration'/. Amongst Anglo-Indians all hope of tho;Arms't'Coriference dding-anything nsc:ful _ha , s. i been!:aban(lqned;: : Vast/quantities .flfjifles and ammunition have got through !.to «thij'. border, .tribes. oa: the; North-West frontier,',via : ; 'Afghanistaji/-and> , so prbfit-able-fs-the:tiade'that'iiumbers;of Pathans : 'and- others..aije > being -attracted;from'.lndia .to'the Gulf:and Mekrah'coast'with money •in. .hand?'for -'• speculation;':l Threeyparties' havo, been, stopped; the ! last .lot''coming .from Delhi: had reached '• Karachi,': where : they/.were; turned-, back. .'■■' The "Afghan traders < are ./more; numerous:, than ever, /Mel < 'ate ; uaring Enough ■to run caravans .within:lso;miles :of. Karachi..i'-:No-.infer-, mation has been .obtained,.as to where, the explosive: : :bullet's - recenyy'••■ V: silbpliod-' 1 ' to wbes: have,.come from, beyond the/fact that 'they are' : /pf European irigiS; : -.' : .- : :v'v

Modern/'.Noyelists; - : : :' -/: ; :- ! !/- !. ,r / : ,- : :: /:?|; v-The:"Saturday Review".has-some severe things.Ato. say • about modern novels,, and few,; will? deny "that its ;is.-called for:—A/large amqunt;'pf. pres'entday story-; writirig.shows/neither insight.npr 'oharacter("..nor knowledge of the-world, nor a ' ileceht'-. technical : equipment ■ for anyV6ort of writing at'all.' Human''lifo certainly cirnnot see itself. rpflected.\in\it,' and would gather, but a/very garbled ( Zyersion of l its own- story from it.'• It shoWs 1 indeed .little but;/a feverish"desire'to fb'e-''topical" at all 'costs, -and;, a hasty, 'attempt(.-by •' its' authors'.to ■ launch .-.their-/.Ventures, -.where■ .ppssjble,". ripon-:,-some-,passing/^vavb'.- v !or; other'., of "public interest:' ; ,' The writers! we have;in taind.'aU. show.'this;fraste, this', frenzied rush , , to' got. level with'.the-pass-' irig;hour, though.it.-be but with a catch--word j -'and ■.'•;■ meanwhile ; the-■-■■■ immutable facts of life which -should* be, their: study remain, unobserved;. Thoy have '"not'-even' ■time «n-scbne'..'The! : stage and.the''studies are perennial subjects' of interest to -outsiders; ■ and; 'are,- therefore' much in favour as back-: grounds;'. it.' asks,., one - would. think,' but little trouble to find 6ut'what these , safe cards.are really,:like—superficially -at all ovents.v't Tet./: we Vfind', , , descriptions /of theatres; where 'the -footlights :'arp on the, iwrong sido '.of;' 'the .-/curtain,'! and '■ .tho: ■prompter,pn?thb c 'wrohg,»'sidebf'the:stage;: and—through 7 the'introduction of-a.wpinan novelist,-,of.,cb;urse-7W,e.repently made the acquaintance/of an" lUndraped model "who nntir^he j topyed:cpuld!n'ot,be/distinguished froin : :a'.: marble' statue '/eyen' by; another ■woman in the/same robni. ,:.,■•: : : ■':■:■'-

60,000; Tons; blsplacement.!;; / ; '; ..v/ v v ;. ■- .-■.Tho'largest, steamer in/the world! will be'launched at Belfast , on-October'2o. The; Olympic, the how White Star liner, will' have triple.VScrews .driven bined-reciprocating and , turbine engines. When' loaded she 1 will displace the enormous ' quantity of ; ! 60,000 tons,! her gross tonnage being about 45,000. ;Tho launching weight will' bo/between'25,000 and 30,000 tons ..dead .weight;,./. The: gross. -toniiago each of the Xusitania and "Mauretaiia is 31,000■■ odd-,.';•'■-■-■■.■ ..'••:"■;■•■■-■ ;/'V'.; ■'-'■.; v !

Ants and -Women., : . : : /;; -..■"•■'::.''."':■;:. ; One of the quaintest lines of '■ argument against the woman's suffrage-movement is ;ronorted. by the' "Evening Standard and ■!Si.-, James's: Gazette": as coniing!from/a lecture delivered by Mr.' Hill toajuvonile': audiencp 'at the .'London ■ institute:—He oxplainod that tho . male ■ ant ..had no niomory, and'without the assistance of,tho female it would-.befinable to find its way, back;.to. the.nest,..That;seemed to.him what would happen to men if-women"got' , their; way;in the world.'-as they were try-, ing to/do. By-and-by," when they had -all the power, a man,,according to the law of coinpen'satiori,. woWd have lost'it,' and his memory would , gradually: go. There would come a timo when,;:if. .women/wished to got rid of;■ their'-..husbands,/they ;'■ would ■take them'out for a walk, and lose them. (A Lady's. YoicO: "No fear'.") ..Mr. Hill wont on .to observe, that ants.undbiibtedly came next/tbVus In' point '-of-.'intelligence," and far.surpassedthe highor apes and;any. other/-form ;of life., , ■ '-;.::, PropKeflSfDeath..::;.'": [>.-?\. f V'-, ;;:;': -.:';':.

! Tlio/Rey; -Michael. P." -Baxter, founder and. proprietor ; 6f tho ''Christian Herald," hotter /known as "prophet Baxter," has died at'his hqu'se in Highbury, N., at the age 'of ";-76. ■ He was a! olergymnn of the Church-of England who price held a. enracy in Canada. : His.life was.dovbtetl , in the main, to a study of .the prophetic Scriptures, especially !:e books 'of Daniel and the Revelation, from which he deducted -.. all' sorts . of' theories / with / regard to the oncl of the world. and the partition'of Europe. Occasionally he hnd to alter his dates, but .so far none of his predictions, has come. true.. ..His later years were devoted mainly to philan-, thropy in a practical' form,/and ho carried.out njan'y of his, works in such a quiet way that fow 'knew' of them.

Fisherman's Strange. Experience,. Two Strqmnoss fishermen, have'had an exciting oxperience when--.vseonring'■■ a halibut; which : was subsequently found to weighl3st.,:and to measure 6ft. Gin. in length bySftJ Gin./in'breadtH. -.The halibut'made such a ferooious rush at: a cod which-' the., fishermen' ■ had' hookwl that it almost capsized their tiay" ; craft. Oice

aboard about with such"fury that it' broke three plnnks below the water line.' • The fishermen. set sail'for land with all speed, and, baling for dear life, just succeeded in getting.ashore before the.boat filled.:: :•. : ■ ■■',■■■■>■:■'

Practical Instruction to Young Farmers, The report of the Agricultural'lristnic-: tion Committee of, the Somerset Cpiinty; Council for 1909. states'; that, "during" , 'the' past quarter, Mr. Burton had .conducted weekly classes for'young farmers at' three contres' iii the co\inty- with'.entries , as follows:—Tatmtbn ' (second year):r2l;: Bridgwatw "37, Washfbr'd a: total of 83 students. ' The : weekly"'''attendance', was good arid thbiriterest keen..: In addition to a course-" on " the " chemistry Tof .soils,!''manures;' crops/'and' feedirig'.'stuffs, these young , 'men were receiving practical instruction iii land surveying, the mea-' suremerit of-Ticks, etc.,-and- in a sim'plo system of farm book-keeping , adapted" to their needs.'-'-The'"classes ;would tinued; through' - the winter months. Their success was most encouraging, , and j they were likely- to-be productive, of permanent benefit to those;attending; 'The .committee- had resolved ■'■ to increase 'the amount of their grant .'made, to eacli of the threo secondary [ schools in' the county taking a rural sbience course," viz. School,' Blackford; the' Grammar School, Shoptbn -Mallet; and the County School, "Wellington; , ..by.,the'sum of .£2 num. :The cheese school , closed'for'in-' sti'uctiori, in Ghcddax cheese-making , on October. 31,; ibut remained open .for instruction- in Caerphilly cheese-making during the first week in November.: .The number of students who attended: during the past season-was 23; 17.for.instruct tion in Cheddar, and .six.'fpr (instruction in Caerphilly cheese-niakihg. ..The.cheese made at the school;.during .the month of. July,-last- had: been sold for '.£133: Us.' Itinerant,, instruction, in " : cheese-making had been.Eiyen during the past quarter; while-at 'the butter, schpbl, at! Chedzby, three •;.-courses."of 'mstructipn had been completed.. Instruction' in, garderiing,,hadgiven; at'various-centres, and at-thp evening •coritinpation' ;school .'-gardens.: I'here'had also.'been courses, -of- lectures on 'pbultry-keeping'land : .:.;i

.Vicar On. Registry'. According to the' vicar, of fjlgham, 'the l<emale: v Aid .Society. •is -petitioning;; the 'Home becretary, for.' greater' publicity 'to be .given, to the. notification of: banns , of marriage in registry, offices. ■-..The'society declares.that thesei"clandestine 'marriages are the" cause, of much \ fraud and' misery '"■ The. evils/of'Gretna-.Green are .said'to be,. multiplied and,,;intensified ' by .; the secrecy; actaching'to .marriage in registry office's. This ■, way of getting married;! the .vicar: says.iWas'made.Jawful .tovgratify- a' handful .ot people professing. to-hayo ligious "scruples..., It was another, example of ■■that; pernicious,kihd of '.legislation < in Jnrhich. the .promoters had- regard only : to some': apprbxi mate;- resultj •■: being - heedless ;of future. possibilities,-:»ndultimate:con- , sequen6es.i::.young,":women,!.oiighfc'. to:.: be ! prudent;iand-insist/.on' beingsmarried>'in openv-church,!"where., anybody vmight be : prosett ■■ ~:.to -V withes?'•.. tie vi ceremony.■ i -- ; Standard.;pff Empire;".;; <; ;y; ;!.',.■•■.;■ .•..:■:•