NEAR AND FAR

Evening Star, Issue 14187, 12 October 1909, Page 7

NEAR AND FAR

T£* Paris police are etili claiming wonderful eraccesßes by tho uee of dog detec"iSl*? 1 * Paria correspondent of the ' «*ajbaph,' writes: —A new kind of polioa *ald with two dog 6 wae executed at tha Central Markets, with some astonuMzsg results. Tho dogs were taken out for. tho first time, and belong to tho batch that had been in training recently at Charaiton. They helped tho police in ji ™ 6t 0 * twenty-eeTon suspicious or dangerous character*}, including a female burglar, who had a collection of inßtrunwohs used by members of her trade hidden away in her corsage. The dogs also ferreted out a number of pistols, rovelveM, and knives from under the tables, which was quito a rovolation to the policeman. Among tho Apaches captured thcro ?» j *? ¥ a " Nontenant," the famous Manda, loader of the well-known "Band of Sevan," in tho days of Casque d'Or. Who, in fact, first caneed the name of Apache ' to be generally applied to tho ruffians of Park.

»i •onwwhat, novel event took pkico on the Ulaudelanda racecoorso on Thursday evening, saya tho ' Waikato Argus,' when Moffloa Barnard Bros., the inventore of an aeroplane, with the assistance of a motor car, sot out to give the airship a trial, -it was hitched to the car and a start was made but owing to tho soft nature of the ground the motor car could not got up suf--5?. e | lt "P to make the aeropfcuno rise. With a man aboard it just loft the eorth ■ but the pace was not sufficient to accomplish the feat. Anothoi attempt is shortly to bo made if a suitable pieco of road can bo obtained, but owing- to the unwieldhioss of tho machine this is a difficult matter.

Nervousness at examinations and its influence upon candidates and examiners and the final Tesult was referred to bv MiHenry Saint Georgo in the course "of a lecture at Sydney Street frail, Wellington. As examiner for Trinitv College of Music, London, Mr Saint George has had thousands of candidates sitting before him, and hie psychological obsorvotions must neceearily have been extensive Th>* examiners, he eaid, carefully studied this matter, and they tried to look through it to ascertain what were the real capabilities of the candidate sitting for an examination. There eeemed to bo eome terror, but he assured the younger people that examiners were quite harmless folk He advised all who .were sitting for examinations to got thomsolves Toadv woll beforehand, and then for » f PW dnvs before sitting to rest—just plav what pieces they liked, and then thev would come up fresh. If thev pla'ved their test pieces right up to the very momin" of the examination their work could nob be but mechanical. If candidates practised like that—right up to the morning of the examination—'thev were almost certain to fail, for thev'would be terrified and depressed when thev came before the examiner. Ho empha"tically condemned the lust for certificates. The total figures on their cards were the least important—it war* the detads that mattered, for a candidate who had gained sixty marks might be reallv much more capable- than one who had gained ninety. Examinations were simply a means of "getting oneself measured." As for the rendering of. say, a ponata, he might say there were as many correct renderings as there were sincere performers. It was a matter of temperament, and this was well understood bv the older masters.

One of the greatest works performed by Americans in Korea, was the. making of the. Korean-English dictionary. This was done by Dr'J. S. Gale, 'a •i!^ I ™, He began it in 1892, after a four years' residence in the country, and completed it within five years. Prior to that there was no means of intercommunication between theforeigners and the natives except through the Chinese language. A floating hotel is to be established in China. Ihe vessel will have three decks, the lower being arranged for dinin« billiard, smoking, and card rooms. The nnin deck will contain a drawing room and twenty-four bedrooms, each with a fullsized bath and dressing room, whilo the upper deck, or spar deck, has been arranged as a promenade. To a Chinaman thero will bo little novelty in the idea. The greater part of the afternoon's sitting of the City Police Court vesterdav wos taken up in hearing two' further snarges of theft against Answorth itone Perry. The first charge was of breaking and entering the dwelling of James Wright, and stealing therefrom a ?oJd ribbon guard, a gold ring, and a tie she total value of £4 7s 6d, the property )f Henry Kanton. The other charge was if stealing a silver watch, with a metal locket and chain attached, valued at £2 hj 6d. the property of John Lacv. The ■acts were similar in both cases. * Accused !s alleged to have taken the articles from ;ne dwellings in r|iiestion. and then pawned them. Accused, who reserved his Jetence, wn:< committed for trial on each charge.. Mail was fixed at £IOO and two mretie* of £SO each.