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; : SHARKS. HAVE NO. TERRORS' LIFE or THE PEARL FISHER]. IN AUSTRALIA, ~ Diving Makes Peculiar Demands On System of Men En- gaged. dling of even a moderately valnable-pearl in Australian waters aie eee ‘sol ~The ing on his village church, says Chambers’s od urnal Aj ‘The lucky diver is not always for- marketed for £10,000 eBscuRue the sherman only £10; another about igeon’s egg, and on are unable to say wha ‘any Australian _ pearl: Taye bean valdton 700 a fresh stimulus to diving activity whether the finder receives little or The most important pearl ficher- |i and fall of workings would, coke, resemble a weather chart of a variable season. north- west Bene the business is pene ly’ in the hands of white the north east it is nominally rie yy whites, but in realy a colored labor. Broome, of tie north. fees ee rlnary ai is no’ ving rapidly ; but Thursday Talal its centre of the north-east- ern trade, is tendin Orien- tal contentment with small profits. |« At Port Darwin, the most northern point, the work is almost wholly in | of the hands of Asiatics. Originated By Whites. The business was originated by white men, and pearling in Austral- jan waters is not yet 50 years old. A little over 40 years ago a few in- trepid adventurers, finding them- es Strait, examined esi surroundings, and de- 8 u- y taastane and | j, mah men, Loya Japanese at hand, and the white divers proceeded to instruct them in the art: In 2 few years there was for white divers, and the colored man 1 & mono- poly of the work. Legislation in the interest of white divers has en pessoa ars the results are}; etill uncert Auaicgien ea are of many shapes colors, and in the trade have names to dé: stinguish them. Pearls under 10 grains are sold the ounce, above that by the raed Color has a dea » do with sala ‘The white pearls go mostly om an ay Beas ane stleey, Wan he bay lox et per ounce, aad discolored 1 7 shillings and 6, perce ; discolosation “is peculiar ie value $s sometimes enhanced. Whe the eer ion consists of a bee 6 ekg May run yory f seed ant demand among Cueqial ineaiee and apotheoaries, who grind them into a powder and administer it to pa- tients as cura of many: ills. Ingenious Thofts. At one ph at oe the diving dress became general and isupervi- sion the thorough Hutiens it is now—divers were of much ingenious aiahenoty and the founded, ‘when opening the shells; but super: _Nision has ical! anend to that. tl em at Ieisure with their own hands; others stand over & couple of Kanakas who {do the work on board, The idea that v widely “is iperiean taken out pas tours. m bad terms with iH are at “boat i is coming into use in pearling waters, and the master of such a boat is able, if the water be fairly] \ clear, to inspect the sea-bottom while the ayaa is at wo: ig makes Becinss= demands on the mental a ie diver’s oe con- ity. grudge against, or a suspicion of, ” those above becouies a mag- ey be | an uy-| which seems an yiward; bu o Lea on | woul nified in the diver’s imaginatipn, and he signals to be pulled up, re- or ees te Aree there and wever, en reaches the deck the i Sugnsey wrongs van- common, every- On the other become peave- ass and docile # course of div At a depth of 20. feet a diver ae re thinks how slight a mishap may foul the life line, his tend to centre on himself andi At such’ times the featoncsy ‘of his pay appears to, oo as a huge Eris oeer te ae to velve unds ionth, tnarutoaups when he comes to the surface and rests a few minutes all is again serene. Sharks No Terror. Sharks, which are supposed to be terror, give the bai diver little concern; ho is afraid of the sea-eel of North Queensland. A diver is perfectly safe on. the sea-b man-eating sharks a: od then they try to ees him, ut the diver an long knife Bote always win. The diver’s worst enemy in the deep is the giant mollusc. from fiv shell, lies with extended jaws he diver drops ou stone at- to his feet, and if a leg touches the bivalve its jane close on it with a snap, and t mabe angled the dim as he i own stronger than a The Australian pearl coast i more than 20 fathoms. who goes deeper is in peril. at a less depth ho is in imminent danger of contracting what he calls Vgheuntatiog,"? but is in reality in- cipient locomotor ataxia. hen a diver comes up after even a, 12 fathoms’ immersion, every crease of his undergarments is found:to be reproduced in’ his skin, owing to pressure of the water. While below, the is reduced in bulk by the weight of the water; but as the lungs and heart are not so well protected as the brain and spina cord, the fesult is undue expansion of their capillary: vessels. ~ Over 2,000: miles “of the Austral- York to Bay divers snatch finds of yalue from time to time in waters ranging from four fathoms to. twen- Tnder the Common- Fes Sa a the inderturing o iaties for ing purposes ceased on Daeaiber » 1913, Under the new regula foe the Government will super- vise the divers’ hours of work, : ping accom- , and their Old hands think igid rules applied to: such an u not work. ‘other «in- dustries allied to the search for pearls, but the pearls are the great ‘ination. cecbat eaters NOT MUCH OF A SWEETMEAT, & Tine of sae 1 That Wasn’t Meant the Table. For nea Sees: while I was in high school and college, says a contributor to one of Se DENY magazines, wholesale grocery wipes ides selling the usual line of g e3, this ie manufactured flavoring ex- tracts a rs com im eS E ne such trip T entered a little coun- try is ‘ocery, and announced my business to the proprietor.’ The man said, “Oh, yes, been looking rae ne buy anything Iw: some stuff ets house ene up T, have s ‘ ce en him we were always will- ing to stand behind anything we sold, and asked to. ee the unsatis- ‘ought out a in eight-ounce f . “That's the ‘first thing 1 ever bought from your house wasn’t up to the mark. But that stuff is no gocd. We were out of pear at the Sten so oat tool y of it hom bu couldn’ Ps do SRE, oo it. We! tried bon hot bread and on wold bread; but not one of us could eat iets mS y “Love Ry Tantern Light. A farmer, refurning home lat» at night, saw’a, Wen moving about the farmyard. he investigated | he found a nei fhbor’s farmhand cartying a Janter ‘What are you ig here? » de- Seed the farmer. rin’, it” Soils a «No, sir,’? replied 4 s-|as he moved off; ‘we can all see you cide 22 S. tertain a lot of thoughts would Teebebly fang dine in jail if] the were to let them a eSeapo. aed 2:3 oat thinks he has a right thugbia, thek s| couch wth ree- Sa nre¢ A by ala But before 1} s Wend t “ought from Mr. It’s no ; i TH: SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, APRIL 5, 1914, P| Fessan I. Christ's Table Talk. Luke 14. 7-24. Golden Text, Luke 4. 11. n to-day’s lesson follow closely upon those of the lesson for March 22. The review lesson which has inter- yened should not be permitted is obscure lose relation epee The account of the heal ane of the dropsical incher ane 1 to 17, 10) devoted t6 the period of the journey of Jes who! of Jesus Be le section is Jerusalem. 1e peculiar to Luke. Verse 7. “A Barshle hs word Usually has several meanings. it illustrate a was a story told to trutl it means a piece of advice hose that were bidden—A' Phari- see had invited Jesus and other guests to dine at his house. The chief seats—According to the Talmud, the sods intended f worthiest, that on tha’ lett the: dbe- ond in honor, and that on the Ea thi Jesus seems, however, to refer to eu position ot the couches. rriage t—This was a fienal anne where the rank of the guests would be considered. 9. Thou shalt begin with shame to guest would have to take s the repeat places would have been filled in the we ce tin order to be roma nad ta fore the company, ub iD allone the: host Regence wheat he ished 36 $ * | honor. 11. For ee that exalteth imself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be ex- | alted—An utterance seyeral times repeated by Jesus. Luke’s narrative the events of | spac —| liant invention PIONEER MIRACLE WORKERS. Men Who Haye Helped Forward Scientific Investigation. many ver informed persons f have ever hea: John W: a Wilkins? He e d during the ‘clos of 1913, pile ae yabnown to the world, which day al r day is ing cao Se eae to the eae of wireless telegraphy. Yet he was the first man in ‘the world to trans- mit telegraphic signals ‘through 2. any of ae world’s fee pen tions ie an 6 dreams of man, he first did his part es the ‘realization of it “dd away.” Then ‘another took up the work, and so on until a master mind he | fused the product of all into a glori. |B ealization. ; ie ientific Se ees makes this United “States cireuit court of ap peals, which recently answered the questio! Who invented the flying machine ? the work of pioneers in air flight is cited and attention directed the fact that—and this is the pivot- Wrights to recognize the ne- Loonstty of ‘using the vertical ee, in connection with the wing-warp: chanism, in order to ae the skidding of ee aeroplane ‘in ery seems, made success ene ears only w encountered This is the ‘histo inventions, Bell, Fulton dhe rebel thant deed atandone devices of their prede: combined them into oie Ae Se inyentions. To the alittle thing to step in as manner from failure to suec a mind succeeds in featiaols doreseeciahs hitherto pre a and in Ee them in some bril- for which the sari master hy eles wireless telephony, without any disparagement of the splendid geni- “ Walker ates age of 86, well general proposition. ingland ih dabngpee'ene When Wilkins 14; Matt. 23. 12. in- vites its own anes ‘vile Neate and modesty are no hindrance to just recognition and preferment. a ie On True Hospitality. to him also that sae bidden him—The previous disco! was addressed to the guests; Jesus now addresses the host, and seems to indicate that there was a selfish motive for his hospitality Call not thy friends, n brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor rch neighbors—The four classes like! be asked ar unde, Seal verb resent and means rather “do not habitually all.”’ Social invitations are not condemned, but hospitality should “ not’ end re, 14. Thou shalt be recompensed— Soon deeds never fail of their ie resurrection of the just—-Pos- sibly a reference to the claaivind ol a double resurrection, first of the ius, and later a general Yr tion Jompare 4 one Thess 4. 16; Rey 5. Jesus’s wor ie Se the. resur- es of the just suggest the king- dom ot » and one guest assumes that he will enjoy its benefits. The parable that follows may be intend- d asa gentle rebuke to his self- complacency, 16. A certain man made a great supper—This nears suggests that many care” Te r s ete to care. the parable in Matt. some respects similat, shes severe than t! - Sent forth his servant at sup Second summons dn 1p 22, which is in but much ered by the Arabs equivalent to foclneetioh of war. The sumimoner Hate represents God’s messen; to his people, especially John the Baptist and Jesus. Read Matt. 11. 28-30. Come; for all things are now ready—Compare with John’s mes- With one consént—The pe oie Bittsa Gt neg Nad’ praviotaly op They a to come, they should selves when the hayé excused them- first’ invitation came. 19. ProycUsed. in the old sense of try ox test, as in our ee ‘the exception proves the ru 20. A years immunity peak “ili: tary or civil sérviee was granted a pee married man. Deut. 24. Being angry—The behayi — guests had been such as to justi- 'y the host’s indigna: Tog, Into the ines and hedge: —This class refers to the heathen or the Gentiles? those from the streets and lanes of the city were \poor és Constrain—This does not we The sage has been so piaunderstana 4 as to be quoted as proof that Jesus |fayored religious persecution. ae Ferd Yeally means “‘earnest uade,’” indicating that among es Gantiies @ more earnest, persistent, kind of Desagine Bs he neces- nee “to welcome. Matt. 8. 8. and 15. na “SHusteate the ese ae timjdity of tha, Gentes who came 24, This verse suggests that some _ the first guests, “who indifferently partake of the supper. eT Politeness is the father of white tierce Si ecco {she has: fai Bes Taske 18.| Was only 18 years old he was ap- pointed oO the Pavers gi telegraphs. So capable was he that a few months later he was superintendent of the lines, setaetr had been extended from Hull to Fleetwood and from Rugby to New- castle. It was at this time that he experi- mented with a telegraphy and succeeded ii nding messages fro 0 “another 120 feet away e that his system ul w al bad. ene a ‘to kno ich but in Hoeion “waves are employed, it did mark the first attempt a’ space telegraphy, and he did de- monstrate that such an achievement, was possi ny men have worked’ on the proposition since. and the Italian has brought it to its pre- efficiency, just as nee nore baaaly, he brought it? ceased his activ aphy shortly after visiting the ges pee in 1851, and turned’ to en- gineering aie yet in that fret. demonmrsliop) as ke sigouls flashed through the 120 feet of space that intervened between the wireveuties hiany bars Ceiae glimpsed the hens future of fencle his ex nt was only an humble earnes ss of 3 . WITCH DOCTORS STILL RULE. ith = Hoe Used as a Means of Punishment, P, Amaury Talbot of the Nigerian political service, who has trayeled | © The Magic °lmuch through Afrioa studying the various tribes, says the Ibi ios, na- tives of southern of such a low type that ealled “‘mud-fish,”’ rank among the most ancient of southern Nigerian tribes and load different dialects of a Ap old and primiitve tongue. doctors dominate the life of ine race, protection against farm thefts certain _ spells WJare recited over the long toe ‘ised | ce ion peering up the ground and a icine’” poured over it, after whic it is yen back to its owner -o be hun; ate on the aneaton. does the thief creep over the bound- jis hi fingers clasp pone proud the haft. He is bent down by a power there is no resisting rail himself hoe. for a moment can he pause even He straighten his back, so long le weed remains on ap Pari: a single Yam ‘need: breaking. s | evil-doer Sanus to work for the d intended’ to rob. Only when the owner airives; os should he wish so, can the mi death of ‘a chief and buried with “Until prohibited by the gov- t chiefs were buried in their ome with strange ritual and gac- rifice. A burial chamber was pre- < of the rooms and in this the chief's, body wa’ pls ed. His best loved wife and 7. of most Hoar we his oes entered the room and seate ae ata ible Gente se some feromoma| a but a women withdrew. er | Was sealed up and the Tealosatiete women were left to a lingering death. g & Se nS faith to beliove that very point in| ¢ commenting on the decision of the| i ,| moving res! nel forced guinea will’to hoe and] ¢ ic hoe b is not ae neste ho OLD CUSTOMS DYNG OUT NEW ERA IS PREDICTED FOR TURIGSH WOMEN. Emancipation Favored By Men of i the Better Class Throughout Country. Miss Grace — Ellison, ie known writer on ‘Turkis i spent in the household of Kiamil asha’s daughter at Constanti- nople, where she had an opportun- |? ity, perhaps never hitherto aceord- the inner side. She shared the daily life of her friends, took part in their formal customs and gatherings, vis- ited the Sultan’s harem during the teat of Een, met the most ad- anced women in the country, and sudied the one eee women’s paper a weekly rated, which blishes feminist ee "and is ease read by the middle classes. Speaking of the progress accom- ence they themsslves were hardly ~| conscious of it, and it seemed to her that every day now they made a step forward. It is a time of rapid transition, the beginning of perfect- ly new conditions. e determination arrived at by mense importance, and, although it is probable that few will at first take advantage of the open, ae it be e eS thought’ of degree the women are not yet ready for that—and the courses specially ar- ranged for women on domestic science, hygiene, gynaecology an the position of women will be after the style a our extension lectures. The position of women seems a curious. cee, for a university lec- ture course, but Miss Ellison ex- plained that this would refer to the part women should take in the na- and the eo for re- ns, Old Traditions Die Slowly. Tt is difficult for the Western wo- man to realize what tiny steps con- stitute a, great advance in that. country, where the granting of per- and though Djemil Pasha has done much for their liberation—he open- ed the parks to them, and the aston- ished vonen sie eing allowed to as- end in an stl Sing coals “Wh ae tence cade eae hotel,” said Miss Eelli- ¢|from mosquitoes immunity a Aen ae dis- = ely. tomans recently heard of a ‘ aeroplane—the bonds ff ‘BAT IS FOE OF MOSQUITO. Would bo Cheap and Effective Sanitary Workers. ent now in Pro- peed in vicinity of Sen Anto: sto indicate ‘that. the "bab fashioned as to permit the bats to come and go at will and yet. eee the light as far as possi It ves to be exactly to their king, oa attracted its evident to a shard nat: food supply, attey eae eupiéd it in large numbers. The ann has far exceeded the hopes of the author of the experi- Gent Wideqwiioas have albany lisappeared from ithe neigh: borhood, al anes scourge, now. pra known. the same tne: the nu- merous conveni “bel- fry’’ are certain to make manent abiding place for the bat population, thus assuring freedom nsequent o is At & ves a ases indefini Tt is not ap a cheap system of}, sanitation, but one that promises permanent effectiveness. Its orig- inator commends it for general use in all communities which prefer bats to mosquitos, and suggests to nery- ous folks ithat bats really aren’t very unpleasant creaturés—when one becomes habituated to them. <i CAN MICROBE BE TAMED? Dawn of New FE Preventive Me ae recent triumphs in bacteri- ology lead science to hope that er, some of the y of them ‘pers a prey . oe h ha jo harmiu effect upon the realty secaeniete but it is only very recently that the possibility of breeding them, so as to Jessen or aes their patho- genic properties, has dawned. Pasteur held “that no eee in the form of bacteria was. likely. Koch apprehended the truth and lived long enough to see it demor strat ae ee is now known that there are ae tenis for man. | thy and their | down, and tw ta Ss “there were Wise i & Young Folks 3 SiS bua LITTLE RED WORKERS, j By E- We ie Paul rower ahd digsite ore * by the ral peed a a train to The gates wet from away up the trac! they éould-hear a rattle and rumble that told them something was com- Ae ra short, quick passenger train, | 1| But round’ the o some- | thing that the children had never’ seen before—a little car, just big’ and down, as if they were bowing ! to each other, As the car went by) | the children saw that between the went up on the other, and that that was what made the car go. ‘Tt must be great fun!’ said Paul. But Dorothy thought that in- eS of being fun, it must be hard or “Tt is both work and fun,” said their father, oe the right kind of wor! fun in the world.”” And he told then that the men, see that tliere were no broken rails or loose ties, and that thus they helped to guard against train w ood work,’’ he added, “and hard, but not co hard as that of the little red men who help to Keep the time of the world.” children had never heard of Giese, little red men, and 60, dinner, thelr father told them the ory. A time ago,’’ he said, men who were try- ing to build a factory to make time for all the people. After a great deal of thought and work, they did long ul} it. It was such a little factory that | anyone could carry it round in his pocket; and when he know what time it was, all he had to do was to look in at the factory window. “They made wheels and chains and pulleys for the factory that would work day and night, year in and year out, and never stop or get tired. p there was one place in is factory that they found it hard They wanted two men to i ie a big wheel back and es he changed frem one form into. aa- sto ourse oth naman abercle: bao ace eer “pas igs matte Tis, for dnetance,” become boyine| © Nae ony Nase Nome, imuate ome Z :: men said, ‘Brass is when pas; virulence may sed through a cat, Their be largely or great intensified By, culture. tubercle rganism with salt water or when so cultivated as to ends a lower temperature than proprietor refused to let which they have been ac- A “| oust pa es Fait 1 Sy eae ce es the light. of the latest re- ele iar es oe 88) searches it is eae clear that these when he gave way fe 0c | minuie s may be devel- were ceveral foreign ladies, but al- though I was in Western dress, the | proprietor came to our table and asked us to withdraw—the innova- tion of a visib from a veiled Tur! ish lady was too startling for him oa in their own homes the women are very careful not to shock, thei servants by a too Agee aren of Western custom: “Yes, the women. haye progres ed, but it is almost in spite of them= selves; centuries of harem life have capped tute energy and lulled ons of them into acquiescence sent conditions. Had they aha a more daring sunt they would have gone very m' further int these five years. Men Favor Emancipation. Uathekx niet Tele on the whale te, it so yor their emancipation—not much the men who have visited the eon cense, but the thoughtful, ardent patriots who know only Tarkich life, but realize that the progress of a SeTbe is difficult for ies stem colony i realize ed at will i tine along lines that will destroy their power to poison. Some sear go co far as predict, see n the success of this worl lie: s principal hope of "| finally Sounaeiag disease. ve § FRENCH ARE ODD COUNTERS. Strange and Cumbersome Method Employed. It is usually assumed among ci ed nations that they all Sa ase Be: that they aise ‘the decimal n a general why this ate Heer hea yet Prex have a very péeculiaxy way of count- ing, which seems to haye been de- x some ono obsessed with the idea of the circle, or least 0! a@ segment of the cirele, nstead of eee 100 the basis o! the removal 0 git to the third place, that ind aR press ye gouang at*60, and th wo. quite eS ainoda a the rest of jus, ina Dormal and: ‘Then shan ae healthy manner. hext step is eater they say in this change ; the ladies of the diplo- matic circles have not yet come into| pega n in sda ha aes shomeate ee, ive 5 would instead be Patil ia pe assistance. It was as my low- guest that 2 Turkish woman Hy the rst time entered the French and the English Embassie: Soe the work they did ee the .war does not seem to brought Hien into close touch ety in an- w great was the service they | could render and a safely they could be trusted with a larger ney sure of liberty, ‘shale it was a rev lation, 2 themselves of hitherto un- dev powers. 6 Bie of ‘the ae aid the al of the to de- 10) on their own resources,’ Sac titay Turkish. Mrs. Kawler: ‘And is Henrietta’s parlor oe Ae Mrs. maderby : “Indeed it i my, = ie has one of the est comfortable ortolans I ever -sat up: eae celebrated ld acquired a French ten,”’ and so on. y-three is ‘sixty “thieieen" deventy- nine is, genius who. ‘devi eee French . counting ached thissnumber he seems to have been puzzled aig a mOMENS on. tallic ingenuity he made a MS ld Teap and called eighty Mou ‘twent Thus abt -one becomes twenties- -one,’’? and so on. nine is ‘‘four-twenties-nine.” ‘ure at enties-thirteen,’” Vic- was compelled to head his biographical a i at-Treize’’—that is to “four-tweties thir oe = he ails have shuddered o: ne en- tire area of his. eiubeodsoicne sensi- bilities, Yet he may not. The French, and even good stud. ents of other nationalities who have which a French*) man can listen to without, erHnae his teeth, do not seem to ba jw ed at all by this peouliar tr habit, which, if it wer ed by courtesy to cal cism,”” ae wor ld certainly call: “barbar os aretencee? ‘ds old Hardeash keeping Lent??? _\his pocket, 2’ o | dren’s ear Gree ut you can bet his money strong, and we will try men sot vass, ©The men of brass worked as well * Tas they could, but it was too har for them, and sooner or later they grew tired and wore out, and the wise men ‘had to get some one to take their place. ‘Steel is stronger and harder than brass,’ they said, and so thay tried men of steel; but they found in time that not. are ae could do the work, but had t “And then a’ ae ‘Tittle’ red men. They had always lived all by heoaelvan deep in the ground in 0 |India, and because they belonged had toa very great and rich family, never in their lives done any work. iB Vv now, when they: learned what men needed, they came nae and offered themselves, and said, “Try us. We are stronger than brass and harder thon steel, and diwe Bovey, tire or we “And £0 ‘the wise men took them and tried ‘thei, ans seb them at w ork in the factory. “Te was more than @ hundred years ago that they began to work there, th working sul, - and vee no: tigns of being And dur never Hepes ais ae all those years, 7 ashed ‘the big wheel and “forth, five times a ‘second y never sleep, and they eat noth- le oil; and that they half ap and dow ny ia u little red. backs bob; forth, and back ‘and a thie big Wi Les spins, And the two little red always. together, ys just ‘sa fast, and no Gne-of the little red men ia named Ruby, and — the named Sapphire. If you listen at © the factory door, you ean hear them And beéause. they king, we can always tell what time it And then he took his watch from nnd deh a Ne the: ebil- and “t ney heard Ca busy workers. And whats he open- ed the case, they looked in, and saw. the red backs bobbing up and down. --Youth’s Compa iy a i. Room Savers. — ““These collapsible opera. hats are 2 ee convenience, ens you have no idea show oe room wey saye in a flat.” Not By “Heaest! Why that girl > wouldn't even take an order 1 from me.’ The Demagoxie Described. ‘ “Father,” said a small boy, terrible storm a Home- hore you are’ treated Ee ane Gee 4 gromble the | a al you Seuncane ae maid. iz a | Didn’ t you find her honest?”