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FOLK TALES LEGENDS OF LONG AGO PERSIST IN SOUTH. thy Peons Still Cherish the Mysterious Folklore of the Aztecs and Their Spanish Conquerors Mexico City Has Seen History of the Most Varied Type--Stories Lost In Antiquity. wee Of all the relatively larger cities the American hemisphere, the eapital of Mexico is by far the oldest. ' Its beginning was long before Colum. us sailed on his memorable voyage 'discovery, when it was the seat 'the Aztec empire. Civilization of flourished there longs before first hardy pioneers settled along northern Atlantic coast, It has been a city of many vicissi- Rudes. It has been held by Indian d Spaniard, by viceroy, by repub- , By revolutionist, and by north-! ern invader. Many of its streets are | of the greatest antiquity, Many of 4ts traditions are 80 old that no man hows whether they originated in days of Montezumas or of the Conquistadores, {As is inevitable, the City of Mexico Bas its own peculiar folk lore, its Iilsterions legends. There are old that have been handed down m generation to generation by of mouth and are still told by nurses to the children as #hey were told centuries ago. A relic of Aztec folk lore is the @ of the Wailing Woman. Once, # long time ago, the stéry runs, there 'Was a very bad woman in the City of Mexico. She gave birth to many ®hildren, but childian bored her, and, as fast as one came upon the earth, she drowned it. Finally her gonscignce began troubling her. It 4s supposed that her punishment was es through eternity looking for 'children, : ' £ Frequently since then, it is said, Swatchmen have seen a woman in "white, with a white mantilla over her thead, roaming through the streets at night. hose who bave inquired ber business have received an an- Swering inquiry as to where her " 'children can be found. The greatest am une always overtakes those 'who question her. Most of them are en dead or become insane. latter fate is sald to have over- faken a gifted young army officer, Who once tried te flirt with the Wain Woman. It is sald her lamenta- tions are stiil heard at night, some- es. One story with a foundation in is the legend of Don Juan Manuel. As the tale survives in the folk lore Don Juan was an amiable ough gentleman, except that he a bad habit of wandering out hts and murdering people. His tom was to approach somebody the street, ask him the time, and, hen be replied, telling him he was 'lucky because he knew the hour of / bis death, stabbed him to the heart. went on until one night Don Juan killed his dearly beloved nep- [hew, whom he had not recognized. «Stricken with remorse Don Juan Tonfessed to his priest, who for pen- iE ordererd him to go alone at mignigh to a certain church, before (wHich was a gallows, and to tell his wosary under the gallows. Three nights he attempted to fulfill the sommand, but was driven back by the groans of the persons he had murdered. After begging in vain for a lighter penance he finally geached his goal under the gallows. 'And then angels from heaven came sown and hanged him. LAs a Hatin of history there was Such a person in Mexico in 1641 and he was a dishonest collector of | revenues. [He was jailed, and, to se- wure his liberty, his wife was com- to suffer incredible humilia- ons at the hands of a judge. Don uan broke prison, went to his home, found the judge there, and stabbed him to death. Later he was mysteriously lynched one night be- fore the church, and from this grew the legend that the angels had pun- ished him for his sins. A striking story of ghostly re- venge is the legend of Don Juan de Nava, priest and guardian of his orphan niece, a beautiful girl. A Portuguese nobleman, Don Duarte de Sarraza, fell in love with her, and she reciprocated the attachment, but the priest rejected Don Duarte be- cause he was known as a gambler. One night the priest came upon Don Duarte talking to his niece through window. Duarte struck the old with his dagger, which was im- bedded in his skull, killing him. He threw the body, dagger and all, into a diteh. Just one year later Don Duarte was found dead at the site of the crime. Kneeling over him, one f its bony hands gripping bis body throat, was a skeleton in garments, with a dagger in its skull. J creepy is the story of Lecuona. This good priest, to the home of a friend, on the street by a woman, him a dying man wished a confession. Yielding to ties, he went to a hovel to led him. There he found ted form of a man who Ea ge a as if he had long been dead. man told him that in ancient ' died unghriven and blistering in hell ever special paver, however, "Ff permitted to return to 82%e if he couid find a ould hear his confession. Lecuona thought he had to madman. He heard the | absolu- told his story at the friends they scoffed at saying the hovel had . uninhabited for many years. went to the house the day. They found the door cov- | , with cobwebs as if it had never disturbed. When they finally d it. and went inside they nothing except a fresh haud- The identified i vie i HH 25 ge } time some people feel very thty they quote Gen. Sherman's Being fond of cocktails is a feath- "man's cap. 3 Ey ' the Nebuchadnezzar to cure the malady that for several years threatemed ot obscured bis reason was what mod ern epicures esteem under the name of asparagus. ing as well as otherwise suited tc the alimentary requirements of man There is a belief that upon which man leans as the staff of life originally were developed from - grasses. indulged in as to whether, if meat should beéoine could extract nourishment from. the' sources that suffice for the herbivor- ous creatures which find in grass their favorite diet. be," never had a sword. He only wished for one." legs a horse has. plied; "one at eaeh cormer and two on each side." about war and tell them- |Sugar their emotions have been FORTUNES IN SONGS. The Mocking Bird Made $3,000,600 For Publishers. The death of "Stephen Adams," in 'private life Michael Maybrick, com- poser of such songs as "A Warrior Bold," "Nancy Lee," "The Midshipmite," "The Stas of Bethlehem," "They All Love Jack" and "Thora," reminds one that, unlike many other composers of popular songs, have ugually sold their compositions outright instead of on the royalty basis, he must have made a good tum from his music, world-famous ballad "The Holy City," who It fs true that he sold "A Warrior Bold" for a dollar, a song that pro duced royalties for its lucky purchas- er that ran into four figures, and he also offered 'Nancy Lee" to a pub lisher for $100. This, however, was refused, but after hearing Stephen Adams sing it at St, James Hall the publisher offeréd $500. the composer refused, and the song which the publisher might have had for $100, ultimately cost him several thousands in royalties, This time But it is doubtful if Maybrick re ceived as much for any of his songs as the $200,000 which the universal ly popular Queen of My Heart earned for its composer. drew $50,000 in royalties from The Lost Chord," while "In Old Madrid' rewarded composer and publisher te the tune of $75,000. Jane" is said to have yielded a reve sue of $10,000 a line, and even afte: many years of popularity some old favorite songs are worth a substan tial sum, for not long ago the copy right of "For All Eternity" was solé for $11,000. Sir Arthur Sullivas "My Pretty "For All Eternity" was;refused by several publishers before a well known firm agreed to undertake tc publish ft, poser of Bird," by which the publishers ar¢ said to have realized $3,000,000, re ceived for the song was $35. while all that the com: "Idisten to the Mocking "Alice, Where Art Thou?" was of fered to several publishers for $25 and declined with thanks, while Kathleen Mavourneen' was actually parted with for this absurd sum. Whe can estimate has been rbaped from these tw songs, which won wide popularity and undying fame? be said of Balfe's exquisite '"'Come Into the Garden, Maud," sold by the composer for $500, and of "Cheer Boys, Cheer," sold by Henry. Russel for $15, the golden harvest that And the same might Grass. Scientists long have believed that "grass" which was eaten by Asparagus is appetiz the grains Interesting speculation fs unavailable, man Unrenewable Patent. A lawyer who makes a specialty of patent (cases was once engaged in a case before a country justice. "Who are you anyway ?"' demanded the justice, "Well," replied the lawyer, "I'm an attorney." '"P'raps you are, but I never heard one talk like you do. What kind of a one are you?" "I'm-a patent attorney." The magistrate rubbed his chin in thought. "Well, all I've got to say it," he sald slowly, 'that when the pa- tent expires I don't believe you can ever get it renewed again." How Much He Thought About Her. They were on their way to the theatre, and she. was tremendously happy. She felt that the words she longed to hear would be spoken that night, and the idea made her almost dizzy with delight, "Mr. Sampson," she said softly, "why do you wear that bit of string upon your finger?" "Oh," replied Mr. Sampson, - ing it off, "that was to remind my engagement with you to-night." It wasn't much, bnt it was enough to take away the delightful dizziness. --London Chronicle, Balaam's Sword. 'Here, sir," said the antique deal- er, displaying a huge sword to a clerical-looking collector, anythi That's "Ever see more interesting than that? laam's sword." "But, my good man, that camnot said the dominie, '"Balaam "Quite right, sir," said the dealer. "This is the one be wished for!*' So It Does. An Irishman was asked how many "Eight," he re- "Don't you think that a foolish an- swer?" he was asked, The Irishman replied with wisdom when he sald, "A fool question de- serves a fool answer.""--London An- swers, Pie Plates. The housekeeper who bakes ples and them puts them In rows on the ton Savurday, will be amvanged. The arrest the ministers." -- Livingston - | Lance THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1914. GERMAN NAVY CRIPLED, Bold Thipg To Do, But Enterprise Was Justified. | New York, Aug. 31.--The Tribune; publishes the following London ea- ble: "$t was a bold thing to go into the Bight oi Heligoland," says the Daily Chronicle, ¢ mmenting on vesterday's naval victory. "But our officers meas | ured the risk and their enterprise was justified. . Many a time did young officers in old wars go close to the enemy's shore and cut off his coastwise shipping. The new race of officers is evidently the equal of the old and we can think of Nel son rejoicing to see the gallantry of old repeated days recorded to-day." The Morning Post's naval expat says : © "The reduction of the German light cruiser force is a serious mat- ter for them. The loss of the Mag deburg in the Baltic was reported on Thursday, and three more were lost yesterday. The number of ~ light cruisers in home waters possessed by Germany _ is said to be twenty-eight available 'ships. Their number is] now reduéed to twemtv-four, a pro- portion utterly msuflicient adequate- ly to work with the destroying flo- tillas and battleship fleet." "In addition she has a number af destroyer flotilla knocked out Sev- enty-seven destrovers are based on Wil- helmshaven, and as no flotilla can re- main at sea in the face of an enemy for more than three days without re- lief, the loss of one destroyer really incapacitates another, and the loss of a flotilla reduces the activity of half another flotilla. 'The German wearing down tactics have now fesulted to Germany's ad- vantage in one British cruiser sunk and to Germany's disadvantage in one mine layer, three cruisers and two destroyers sunk, besides damages to many other vessels." The British admirals mentioned the official despatch have youth on their side. Rear Admiral Beatty, al- though only forty-three, is a seasoned sailor who has seen fighting service in Fgypt and China, and has had an amaxingly. swift rise to' distinction. Under Kitchener he performed wonders on the Nile in getting gunboats over the cataract. He commanded a flo- tilla which bombarded Dongola at Tien I'sin. He was twice wounded while leading 200 bluejackets to the capture of two guns. He became admiral at the early age of thirty-eight, and was knighted this year. He was in com- mand of the British squadron which said a visit to St. Petérshurg just be fore the war broke out. mn ANTWERP IS IMPREGNABLE. 0 Long As Communications by Sea Are Preserved. Antwerp, the capital of the Bel gian province of that name, is on the right bank of the Scheldt, is Bel- | gium's chief centre of commerce and | 1s strongly fortified. Many changes | have been made since 15859, when the | system of Belgian defences was ra- | dically altered by the dismantling of soventeen of the twenty-two for- tresses, which were constructed un- der Wellington's supervision in 1815- | 18. A new ae wall eight | miles in length was constructed and] it still exists, protected by a broad, wet ditch. . The circle is pierced by | nineteen openings or gateways, but! of them seven are not used by the public. Eight detached forts have been add- | ed, and in 1870 other forts were built for the defence of the area to | pe inundated to the north.of Ant-| werp. In 1878, owing to the increas- | ed range of artillery and destructive | power of explosives, an outer line of | ifteen forts and batteries, large and | small, was constructed, irom six to | from the encircling for- | tifications. With these finished, Ant- | werp may be vegarded as one of the] hest fortified positions in Furope, | ind it 18 held by engineers that, so | long as its communications by sea | wre preserved intact, it will be prac { tically impregnable. The population | s abuut 400,000. rim nine miles Carmanville News. { Carmanville, Aug. 29.-- Every- wdy was delighted to see the rain oming Saturday, as it has been so iry the water was getting verv carce and quite a number of wells 'ere dry. Nearly all -the young people of Chippewa attended the pienic at Erinsville on Wednesday of last week, and all report a splen- lid time. Thomas Perrault and liss Mabel Timmons attended Bed- rd picnic on Saturday. Patricia {elly sold his cattle and lambs for : large sum of money to James War- er. Father McDonald has pur- hased a new piano. Visitors: Miss 'oretta Kelly visited friends dn {ingston; Mr. and Mrs. Cragon, Er- nsville, at J. Kelly's. Miss Cicely Kennedy has returned to Kingston: Wiss Rose Eves, Kingston, visiting Miss Kathleen Clair; Michael Breen 'Dent Sunday at George Perrault's; fiss Evelyn Cassidy, Centreville, at 'ames Flynn's; Charles Clair spent 'unday at James Whalen's, Enter- wise; Thomas Perrault spent Wed- resday eveming at Harrowsmith: Miss Susie Donovan, Forest Mills at Mrs. Myles Byrne's. Devil's Lake Notes, Devil's Lake, Aug. 28.---Campers and cottagers 'mie leaving. The Wright bungalow was closed for the season on Saturday. Me. and Mrs. Fwist, 1thaea, N.Y., will close their cottage this week and the Barm Club will be left as sole anglers of the lake. 1. F. Ashe, Now York, while samping here this summer, decided to build. a cottage. He purchased Am- srican Island from George lowis, of Brockville. The bungalow, which is 20 x 30, is now nearing completion. City Baseball League. On Wednesday night, at the Y.M. C.A. building, there will be a meet- ing of the city baseball league, The date oi the game hetween the Vie toring 'and the Athletics, postponed Sapotios and Park Nine will clash for the championship on Saturday next. Cynical. "Marriage is a lottery." "As lot teries are unlawful they cought tc . > i -- To believe that a task is impos tn sible is to make it so, | THE LAND OF OPHIR, tory Now Derelict Where Solo: mon Got His Gold. he coast of southeastern Africa is ot usually regarded to-day as a re- gion of any especial interest. It mainly belongs to the vast undevelop- ed territory of Portuguese East Af- ries» The interior is wild and thinly inhabited, nor, apart from their poli- tical position and their rather trifi- ing commercial importance, are the towns -- Sofala, Mozambique, and their fellows -- especially inviting places, Nevertheless, there is much that is of great, perhaps supreme interest in this more or less derelict territory. it is eertain that it has been in the past of great commercial importance This is by no means an unparalleled phenomenon in history. The decayed town.of Novgorod, in Russia, was ance the emporium of northeast Eu. rope; the awful desert of Mekran in Beluchistan has 'a great trade be frighway. There is ample evidence that the Te | region behind Sofala, part of which is now known as Mashgnaland, was anciently of vast importance owing to its gold mines. It contains a re- markable series of ruins, mostly, as is plain from the evidence afforded by them, those of geld mining cen- ters, One of these deserted settle ments is tolerably well known under the name of "Zimbabwe," but it is only one of many. Concerning the people who built these settlements and exploited the mineral resources of this still aurifer- ous region there has been much con- troversy. So much seems dértain that they were not an artistic race. This at once rules out the Egyptians. The almost entire lack of artistic objects and their very poor character might seem to point to Phoenicians, but since the Cretan discoveries the Phoenicians are being relegated to a lower place in history than they have hitherto occupied, and purely Phoenician enterprise in southeast Africa is highly improbable. The Indications rather peint to Arabia. The commercial importance of Arabia before the Mahommedan era is certain. The Sabaeans of Ye men might very weil have explored the eastern coast of Africa. The dis- tance from Aden to Delagoa Bay is some 2,600 miles less than that from Tyre to the Scillies, and there is real- ly no solid reason against the preb- ability of the accomplishment of such a voyage by Arab seamen; it "was merely a matter of lengthy coasting. The gold fields would furnish an 'ir- resistible argument for systematic settlement. It is indeed possible that the coun- try is the land of Ophir wherefrom Solomon obtained his gold. We know that the treasure ships sailed from: Eziongebir on the Red Sea; we know also that Solomon had relations with the Sabaeans. The voyage was a long one; the ships are said to have come once in three years. This obviously points to a distant country, not to { one comparatively near at hand, such as Somaliland. The geographers of the Roman Empire were perfectly aware of the commercial importance of southeast Africa. Ptolemy names several towns. One he places, of course vaguely, at 16 degrees 25 minutes south, and calls it Prasium. The situation cor- responds approximately with that of Kilimane at the mouth of the Zam- besi. Other trading stations ,are known. Gold, however, is not men- tioned. There is reason to believe that the settlements were then de- serted. All show unmistakable traces of having been destroyed by fire, and presumably some eruption of savag- ery from the interior overthrew them. They were rediscovered about A. D.. 7000 by the people of Mogadoxo, and again became immensely important, but if they did indeed furnish Solo- mon with his treasure their older { glory will probably always outshine that of later days. Weak In French. Miss Ellis, the teacher of French, looked at Bertie in surprise, and said: "Im surprised that your French is so weak, Bertie. Now, think for a moment. 'Chaplean." What is that?" Bertie remained silent, apparently lost in deep thought, but to no pur- pose. "Well," said the teacher impatient- ly, "what does your father throw up when he's merry?" Bertie brightened. "His job, ma'am," he replied. The Clock Was Wrecked. Biway--Use an alarm clock nowa- days? Jigsup--No, never tried one but once. Biway--How was that? Jigsup--Well, you see the first time it went off I didn't exactly know what it was and so I said, "Oh, for heaven's sake, Maria, shut up!" Maria happened to be awake and-- well, that is how it was. Melancholy Milk. "Haven't you any milk that is more cheerful than this?" queried the new boarder as he poured some of the liquid into his coffee. "Why, what do you mean by that?" queried the landlady. "Oh, nothing," rejoined the new boarder, "only this milk seems to have the blues." Getting Off Easy. "Very well," ghe said, "if you are afraid to ask father for me we will consider our e: t at an end." "Thank you," he replied, 'I was afraid you might be disagreeable about it." Didn't Get a Chance. She--What did papa sgy when you asked Rim for my hend? e--Why, he couldn't a word. "He couldn't 3" ay "No. Your mother was there!" A EE ---------------------- Righteous Wrath, A man will lose half a day's work antl all of his temper to attend a de- positors' meeting if he has $4.13 in + suspended bank, ; pL There will ) be few pessimists as soon as learn what is fit to eat and are able fo procure it. Tt is lucky that the skunk fs not as blood thirsty as his war ery. i time of peace prepare for a | | | people of Canada turers of Canada. | There never was a time in the histo Wanted : ~~ A Message From Canadian | Manufacturers ry of Canada when the neeedd so badly a message from the manufac- The factories of Canada's foes are closed to the need of her ! people. The factories of Canada's allies a to desist from shipping Canada wards. | These facts are known to t of them do not know that Canadian man | re forced temporarily he people of Canada, but many I acturers are now | making many of the articles that have been imported from Europe and that many Canadian manufacturers will shortly be manu- facturing to su greatly The newspapers of people of Canada t he things that have been im- y are equipping their factories f 3 in Canada many other articles that have not been eo 'in this country heretofore. There is here an opportunity for the manufacturers of Can- ada to render a real service to the repdering of that service to _ + Let the manufacturers of fCanada use the newspapers at this time moresthan ever to tell the are in a position to supply most of t ported from Europe and that the ly more of those things. e eyes of the peo people of Canada and in the nefit themselves. they ple of Canada are looking toward the manufacturers of Canada, waiting their mess and of ability to serve. service of the manufacturers of Canada to ca to theh Canadian people. 3 e-of re-assurance anada are at the Iry their message o> ull oa ATW FPDP PPRP PEPE PROP RP PIPE PREP WAR BULLETINS, The London Time's war cor- respondent, after describing the recent fighting, says: "We have to count ofir losses, take stock of the situation and set our teeth." : PRP BPEPE PRET PR RTP R DTT r ID PDIh bob At Vancouver it is reported that the German cruiser Leip- zig has been captured by the Canadian cruiser Rainbow and a French cruiser. The Paris war office bulletin says the allies' left flank has again been compelled to yield ground to the Germans. At Paris General Lacroix says: "Every step gained by the Germans against the allies in France is a step lost by them against the Ruossians.'" Another German African col- ony has been taken by the Brit- ish. Germans Jost - eight hundred men in the North Sea engage. ment. FEEFP DEPP EEPRPEEP RELI P IIS TEBE E Beh de ed ol ele ok el ed RoR Bb de de de ob hd THE TOWN OF GANANOQUE. | Leed's Women to Organize a Patri- otic League. Gananoque, Aug. 31.--On the heavy rain on Saturday the meet ing called at the town hall for the or- ganization of a branch of the leeds Woman's Patriotic League and Relief Association was adjourned until this afternoon Fhe Gamanoqw = Water Power com- pany has completed the repairs to its dams and camals, and the water will Phe available for the use of the local factories oni Tuesday morning. Iv has already been let in at Marble Rock. I'he local public and high schools will open for the fall term on Tuesday morning, September lst. I'he last of the union services of the congregations of 'St. Andrew's and Grace churches was held yesterday morning and evening in Grace church, with Rev. Melvin Faylor in charge At the morning service Mrs. Frastus Palmer, of New York, who has been spending the season at her summer home, "Dixie sland," near Hay ls land, rendered a solo. "After holding no sessions through the summer months, the Town Coun teil will meet on Tuesday evening. 'George Toner, fish and game over seer' of this section, took up some eighty rods of gill nets near Big Stave Isfund the latter part of the week. Lieut. Frank Mooney, of No. 8 field t battery, has been left behind to lopk i after the reerwiting of another battery in this section and to complete his qualification Kingston Militasy College. Reeve David Darling has leit for a, trip through the western provinces, | Mes. William B. Butler and daugh- ter, Mizs Doris Butler, Garden street, returped, on Saturday, aiter spending the past week with friends in Rock- port, Brockville and Butternut Bay. account of at Chaplain « For The Front. Ottawa, Aug. 31.-- The names of sev- eral of the chaplains who will go with the Camadian army division to the front are anounced. One of the Pres- bytérians will be Rev. A. M. Gordon, | St/ Andrew's church, Ottawa. Rev. R.| H. Steacy, Westboro Anglican f eh a rch, Ottawa, will also go. pis prominent ' Or an. Canon Almond, . Trinity ro Montreal will be included. Canon Sylvester, Mont- Joal. will represent the Roman Catho- | There will be six Salvation Army {oficers. Col. Hughes stated that the CAN'T TALK FOR DAYS. Germans Were On to British "Like Peas From Sack." ® London, Aug. 31.--"They were on us like peas emptied from a This was the phrase used by a Prit ish officer, who arrived at Folkstone from the front, in describbug the ove whelming force of the German attack in. the recent fighting. Further he refused to discuss battle. "We "not sack." the have been pledged," he said, to recount even our experience to our own friends personal until fourteen" days have elapsed." Mr. Elephant--But I can stay unde: water an hour, . Mr. Hippo--I could too, if T had a rubber hose like you breathe through. to Drt-------- Growing old gracefully is an ac complishment we cheerfully post Wholesale Indents promptly esecut- ed at lowest cash prices for all BFit- ish and Continental goods, including Books and Stationery, Boots, Shoes and Leather, Chemicals and Druggists' Sundries, China, Earthenware and Glass- ware. Cycles, Motor Cars and Accessor- ies. 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