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Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12476, 1 March 1909, Page 1

TOPICS. THE MINISTER'S CHARTER. A New York message states that the Rev. W. B. Wallace has induced 11,000 young people of Cleveland (Ohio) for a period of a fortnight to try to be Christians in deed as well as name. They include Methodists, Congregationalists, Baptists, and Presbyterians. The minister drew np a charter which he characterised as the Ten Commandments up to date. Hero they are: — First. — Smile like a burst of. sunshine. . Second. — Shake hands like a man, not a giraffe. Third. — Don't reach tho office ten minutes late with the "blues." Fourth. — Don't quit work *t<m minutes early with a yell. : Fifth. — Let nobody with 50 cents pose as a dollar man. Sixth. — Be honest in speech, business, and pleasure. Seventh.— -Dan't bo a loafer. Eighth. — Don't* take*' up four scats at a time in the tramcar. Ninth. — Learn to exercise charity to all men. ■ ■ ■■ Tenth. — Bo ladies and gentlemen always The movement has been -undertaken in grim earnest, even the local newspapers refraining from cheap witticisms. *:•■-'■ TRAINING SALVATIONISTS! The Salvation Army^ Training College at Clapton has just opened its doors for the 1909 session (says an English exchange.) Upwards of 500 students entered for training, including 66 women cadets, who arc specially devoting themselves to tho rescue, slum and. maternity work under Mrs Booth. Tho training of an Army captain at Clapton extends over ten montns. The young enthusiast is taught, in addition to theological and doctrinal subjects, how to hold a crowd, how to deal with drunken disturbers of his meetings, what to advise perplexed mothers to do in case the baby is taken ill, the best way to scrub a floor and to cook a dinner, how to keep accounts and when to resist an overbearing and unjust police official. : The new students have heen gathered from every corner of the British Isles. They are, for the most part, people in humble circumstances who have had to exercise considerable selfdenial in order to provide the outfit that is to see them through till the end of the year. Several children of prominent officers are included. The Army is finding it increasingly difficult to enlist the services of young men of good position in its service, largely owing to the very great demands, made upon them in the way of discipline, sacrifice, and forfeited ambition, since it is believed that under recent legislation from headquarters they will have. to spend several years in tho lower grades of officialship, whatever their gifts and capabilities. This sets a somewhat severe strain upon their enthusiasm, and as a result the higher spirited among them seek other openings. Probably, however; the present unrest will be rectified in a year or two by the progressive action of international headquarters. ...*•■ THE KAISER'S EXTRAVAGANCE. The "Vossische Zeiturig," in tho course of an article on the sale of five castles' belonging to the . Emperor "William, declares that their .upkeep has been too gro^t for the- Kaiser. for the past-twenty years. The allowance granted to the Emperor in his capacity as King of Prussia from the Prussian exchequer amounts to £780,000 a year, in addition to which his Majesty receives the revenues from eighteen different Crown estates. Apart from this source of income the Emperor draws a large sum from the Crown funds which were established by King Frederick William HI. of Prussia .The ruling King of Prussia receives all the interest of the invested capital, and ! can dispose of the capital itself to tho extent of £450,000, but the remainder must always be invested in safe securities, and must not be spent except in cases of urgent necessity. Altogether, the Emperor's income exceeds £1,000,000 a year. The Emperor's predecessors on the throne were able to make both ends met with this annual income, and the Emperor ttilliam I. saved large sums of money, amounting, it is saul, to £3,000,UUU. Since the present Kaiser ascended the throne, however, the expenditure has been growing all the time, and it is said that there has of late been a considerable annual deficit.. The Kaiser s journeys form one of the principal reasons of excessive expenditure, as they involve very heavy costs. VICTORY FOR SPIRITUALISTS. A victory for spiritualists is reported from-Glatz, in Silesia (Germany), where the Court of Appeal, on Friday, December 11th, acquitted Frau Winter, who was charged with, slandering Herr Sammerck,. the chairman of a parish council, says a London paper. The lady was the medium ot a spiritualistic seance. Herr Sammeck^s son, who was present, was thanked for his attendance by the spirit invoked, supposed to be that ot his deceased sister, and' was besought to bring, his father, who, the spirit said, "had much accursed gold on his conscience," and whoso "hopes of eternal life had almost vanished. Herr Sammerck brought an^ action against the medium, who at the first trial was sentenced to three months imprisonment. In the subsequent trial "the "spirit's" statements were proved correct, for Herr Sammerck cross-examined, admitted that he had made numerous deductions for his own henefit from certain pensions ho was entrusted to ; pay. In Paris .there is a special school for waiters. .. Students^are taught four languages, geography, artistic decoration, and dancing, as well as minor accomplishments. Padre Vincenzo Bertalotto, an octogenarian hermit . living m the mountains near Tunn, has been gagced and bound with cords by two wayfaring unemployed upon whom ho had taken compassion, sharing his simple meals with them. and giving up his own bed while he himself went to sleep beside his ass in a cave adjoining the hermitage. The. ungrateful guests ransacked the place nad carried off money, a jewelled crown, and a gold statue of a. miracle-working Madonna. The hermit's wayside chapel is a famous place of PjlgW*Luckily the venerable recluse was discovered in -time to save his Hie. The authors of the outrage have been arrested, thanks to a curious, incident." The questor of Turin sent detectors to the hermit's abode bearing lialf-a-dozen albums filled with portraits "of the elite, .of the , local thieving community. Padre Vincenzo, besides recognising his assailants, was furthermore amazed at renewing the acquaintance of many familiar faces of pilgrims who had . at various times enjoyed his hospitality.. DONT FORGET THAT ...... Scott's Emulsion IS JUST AS USEFUL FOR SICK- \ NESS IN SUMMEE kfc IN WINTER