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being who, during the first year of the war. was the most powerful personality in Russia. If there had been in Germany a court like that of Tsarkos Selo. Häusser might to-day have been sitting in the seats of the nighty instead of in gaol,whither he has been brought rather by defiance of the authority of the Stale than by pretensions to divine attributes. As he is only 42, and his temporary cclipse wil probably serve but to stimulate the zeal of his disciples, he will certainly be heard of again, and in any case his

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manent place in the world's chronicle of Imposture and gredulity.

But it out only wireless that counts, there are scores of new ideas, in the ships of today, every one of consider- the shortest distance, and skeping ex able value in keeping the ships going on pensas down and profits 11. Take

ukr specil- the navigatus, furtuner Years ag the navigater usest tins Butelman's which was the simple process of throwing overboard a buoyant object and counting the seconds the vessel took to pass it; obviously uretho sadly lacking in accuracy, but they oflicer of the watef switches on the electric letter way to do it. To-day the distance reculer and sees the miles ticking off in tentles as the, ship travels through thê water.

luvin't

bard, and when it touch is pulled.

pressed est miles of

If the ancient mariner wanted to know the depth of water under his ship's bottom, Bora in modest circumstances in a little very necessary precaution, he stopped the took a huge piece of leul, throw it Württemberg town, Häasser at the age

bottom, of 25, against the wishes of his parents, it in and measured the length of line attach

thing he was never quite sure emigrated to Loudon, but a year later. The whole operation needed a half moved to Paris Here he married men and occupied anything up to half an Frenchwoman known for her beauty, "who should have brou, the

hour. If it wit

frequently, as it' brought him a dowry of 100,000, and distance and np end of valable time. speedily blossomed out into a prosperous

Nowadays they don't do things like that. erumission ngent, partner in a champague One man only and a fraction of the time is requirest now, Vessels travelling at factory, and owner of botting offices in sixteen knots" can take accurate sound. Switzerland. Already at that time the ings every minute or two a motor driven Berlin police and several Gernian cham glass tube which shows the depth by the

machine

But a heavy Sinker carrying a bere of commerce issued notices warning pressure of water. Pianoforte wire is used manufacturers against the bogus exhibi- and immediately the Sinker touches bottom,

kuown on

the bridg the depth is tions organised by him, which sokl worth-

THE NEW W less diplomas" at high prices,

That

Look where you will in the modern did not, however, prevent him from living steamship on every hand there is advance

ment of ideas labour saving, rapidity of many years of an extravagant footing Inction, and, above all, mifery first, is He had a large, luxuriously furnished flat shown in the scores of new ways there in the most fashionable quarter of "the, of doing early everything. On the city, and was a regular visitor to Trou-bridge one sees clocks which are set to the siren in fog every two minutes; villa and Interlaken during the seasons glass windows which are always clear in there. The war put an end to his profits, spite of driving sheet and main; rapidly and be squandered his accumulated say revolving rays of light showing ings on the seutral soil of Switzerland, movement of the engines; telephones to where he is said also to have run up douts very part of the ship. miniature replicas. to a total of 400,000f. At the end of his

of ry navigational light in the ship: resource, Häuser underwent a proces of

conversion" and became an itinerantente which give the distaver from IN THISSING object in yards; ne a brust of preacher. Attired #11 n monkish hair other things. Down in the engine-tbom robe and sandals, his tall, athletic figure there is no end to the guigets, apart attracted attention wherever he went. A from oil burning turbines, gauges tur long, flowing beard, carefully groomed, showing amount of fuel remaining in the and koks falling about his shouldera emphasised the distinction of his head storage tanks, torsion meters giving the

hurse power going along the some features. But his doctrings soon shafts, and no end of other trial Wonderful brought him into conflict with, the Swiss ideas all striving for one end-speed and police, and after serving i sentence of reliability with a minimain of finger. Upon fourteen days' imprisonment for resisting the bout deck tremendous strides have ven their intervention he was expelled from made. No longer does it re

require half the the country,

ship's company to laboriously hoist a life- buut t only to find hat it requires the other half to swing her outwards and into the water.

Now it is a very different story two men with the greatest case can lift, swing outboard and lower into the water the beaviest boat on board, capable of car- rying forty persons. Going to seu isn't the precarious business it used to be, since brains and enterprise combined togetlier to make. some nach needed alterations

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That was in the spring of 1919, and when Häusser crossed the frontier into Germany he found people's minis prepared by the disillusionments of the wur and the peace for the reception of almost any kind of religion, quackery. In enormous placards be announced that he was the truth. the life, the saviour, and the public of the South German towas flucked to his meeting, though exorbitant prices were charged for admission. He realised that there are circumstances in which nothing succeedy Jike impudence, and instead of flattering his audiences be reviled thera with lofty contempt, calling them dogs, pigs, asses, and vipers. At the same time he assured them that be alune could gave there not only from thair zoological condit tions and the unpleasant consequences of the war, but ab from all the ills to which their eternal souls were heir. But Bavaria was not a favourable spot for religious innovations. The Catholic Church be caine uneasy, and Häusser was given

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A wild hunt by Häusser after his miss- in the apostle of chastity who was going to teaching brido eventually resulted mankind to over ita sexuility. Here, apostle and a number of his disciples being too, he made his inevitable appearance in

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There tomed to tell his creditors that they wardes were reinforced by polies Häusser would receive their money from heaven as soon as they believed in him and his gradually became

normal." and after a time was set at liberty. No sooner had miraculous powers. The further ho velled the more fantastic and profane he recovered his freedom than hy get be professions became.

his work to rally his devoters, and, having At Hamburg he discovered where Fräulein Pobl was hid self. The Hauser, and for which ho

Resistance to demanded the then extravagant price of 1,000 marks. In this publication, in which have beca connected with this exploit, on which he has been rondemned seem to hey called himself "the President of the though a very brief telegram printed in United States of Europe," ho announced that he had secured as literary contri-

one of this morning's Berlin papers does butors Michael Kohlhaas (sixteenth cen

not give a clear idea of their character, tury Brandenburg rebel), John Huss, There has also been talk of a charge of Nietzsche, Robespierre, and "Jesus of stealing the plate of Count Bethmer, who understood to have been reconverted Nazareth"

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