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THERAPION No. 1 THERAPION No. 2 THERAPION No. 3

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· LAATORS 'İRETTENUA, PENNE VE TURLAR, J. Du, La Osa M O., Harnesscak Raw WW&% London, on WAL TROW 10, Zenecan St. Xaw TORK OUT JOK SE PRAT ARAN KAN FRAMING

SEA SUPERSTITIONS. STRANGE CUSTOMS IN FISHING CENTRES.

Weakly.

DESIGNING SHIPS.

numerous

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PRINCE'S COMPASSION. MIDNIGHT VISIT TO BEDSIDE OF

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MUSCULAR TISSUE IN PLANTS.

SIR BUSE'S DISCOVERY, DYING EX-SOLDIER.

Sir Jagadish Bona announced at Gov. There has just come to light, says aernment House, Darjeeling, last month, News of the Work special article, a particulars of one of three important dia characteristic instance of the Prince of coveries he has made lately. Wales's kindliness and compassionate nature.

A COSTLY BUSINESS. A Shipbuildar who was looking over Fisherfolk aro açarly as superstitious the list of tenders for the Siameno motor- ships, published in the Shipbuilding and as sailormen, and many are the strange Shipping Record, writes to that journal

He stated that he has discovered that customs, bere and there about the world, to say that it presents a very interesting

plants possess muscular tissue, and he current by which they seek to avert danger and example of the amount of work perform- ed gratuitously by shiphuilders when an

Shortly before His Royal Highness left showed how, contrary to all propitiate fortune, writes Mr. Bassett enquiry of this character is sent out. England last March, an ex-soldier lay theories, the mimosa plant possesses a Digby, F.R.G.S., in 7.P.'s and Cragell's In this particular case no fewer than 3 dying in a London hospital. He had no highly developed muscular system, which firms sent in prices representing, Frae- friends in the Metropolis, his only visitor contracts when the plant is struck. Sir

the tically very shipbuilding country in world, excepting the United States and being the Rev. T. B. (Tubby" Clayton, Jagadish Bose also demonstrated the MLC, who cape to the hospital daily effern of alcohol on plants, his chart Scottish Ashermen start bound, un the Canadia. The says that on quite a modest Their conversation turned to the war, the showing first depression and then exte

In island of Fladda Chuain' used to wash computation fully 150 persons must have days at "Toe H. at Poperinghe, and to tion, as with human beings. certain round blue stone fixed in the altar been employed on the work, and in round the man's close association with the course of a lecture he declared that pro- of the lochi chapel, to ensure the arrival figures he puts the cost down at £10.000. Prince in the Ypres salient, of which he fessors from all parts of the world have

To this we must add the cesta incidental

was naturally proud. One evening written to him asking to be enrolled as soon of calmer weather and a favourable to the instruction of agents at Bangkok, was obvious that, not only the man's his students, in order to study the new breeze. The Inna fishermen put their probably a series of cable charges and days, but also his hours, were almost methods which have had their birth in

many other items too

a numbered, and Mr. Clayton asked him India. faith in a pillar-shaped neck, considering specify. When all this was den the net whether he had any specist wish. Yes, result was to produce from the Siamese sir, he replied,but it cannot be fuf- that whoever placed his arm on it three (overnment un oficial list showing how filled. It only

were possible for me to see the Prince once again, then times, simultaneously evoking the Trinty each contractor stood. Subsequently the would never go amiss in his steering. The announcement was made that owing to shant dis happy." Western Islanders used to hoist a hilly the state of the Siamese finances it had goat to the st-head, as their boat day been deided not to place the orders, alongside the little jetty to ensure theThis, of course, is only one example of winds they wanted.

a great many enquiries which are made. The shermen of the Eastern Baltic and although no doubt when it originat hang up their acts between All Sainta" ed the request was quite bona fide, there Day and St. Martin's Day, fearing that is another class of enquiry which is con. if they fared forth then they would make tinually floating round, and this is the very poor catches all the rest of the year casual and irresponsible testing of the Sheeting on Christmas Day they con market carried out in an apparently sidered n

faveurable omen for luck in the light-hearted fashion by some brokers ensuing season. The Dieppe fishermen who have no prospective client and think used to abstain from putting out to sea that something might come into the, net on All Saints Day, repeating a warning to each other that any infringer of this as a result of their enterprise. All this custom would find his nets full of nothing calls for a considerable amount of work but bones when he pulled them ap. Tincluding. very often, overtime in the drawing offices and also involving the re- Isaices of sailore who had died in the pre- vious year were to be heard on that night / velation of technical details of which some message for him" he said. But the state of "coma. A few hours later he

recipients are rather prone to take au Hartlepool shermen used to drag an

The correspondent unfair advantage. anchor through the streets of the port asks how much longer shipbuilders will on the Brat Monday after the Epiphany, continue to give gratis the bentas of their Prestonpans fishermen made a point of selting out to the Eshing banks on Sun-experience, reminding us that in the day, deeming that the luckiest day of building trades an architect draw a fe the week for embarking on an enterprise. whether the contract is accepted or not. The " meenister

er" bading the practice He says that "the precedent established diminished church attendance, fulminated by the American Hawaiian Company just against it from the pulpit. To avert ili about a year ago, when they asked for

Pitying the poor fellow's loneliness, member him. Mr. Clayton, with char. and knowing that the Prince would acteristic impetuosity, lecided to seek an interview with His Royal Highness, and to ask whether his engagements would permit at a visit to the hospital on the morrow. It was then 11 p., and, as h know, H.R. H. was attrading a certain evening function, whither he proceeded, reaching his destination shortly before midnight, only to find that the Prince had already gone home, Nothing daun tel, he went on to York Hou, where ness was in bed. Then I leave a he was informed that His Royal High

Prince must have heard and recognised his voice, for a few minutes later, elad in his pyjamas and dressing-down. he

"Well, M- came down the stairs. Clayton," be exclaims, what are you

(Continued on pert GoismI I.

doing here at this hour of the_oíght 7 "

Yea: I rem SI, The latter explaized.

replied the Prince, and ber the man, he's so ill, we'd better go at ones. To I must see him. I'm jollystired, but as morrow may be too late. Wait a mo A quarter of an hour later, in the still ment whilst I slip on my clothes.

way to the hospital. Tip-toeing, along hours of the morning, they were on their the ward, so as not to disturb the Bloep ing patients, the Prince went straight to the man's bedside. He took the poor fellow's hand in his own, and remained was too far gone to speak, but be opened with him for some time. The ex-soldier

and gratitude. Then he lapsed into a his eyes and gave a smile of recognition

beckoned to the sister and whispered: Was it a dream?" "No." came the The same after- reply, it was true." noon he passed away, happy in the know- him of his lonely death-bed. ledge that the Prince had been to visit

befalling that, the fishermer-continuing tenders for their, 31,000-tons passenger HAMBURG AMERIKA LINIE

to set sail on Sunday-made stall images of rags, and burned there or their hearths before leaving.

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vessels, is one which might be followed with advantage. The American Hawaiian Company paid in round figures £2,000 to each of the three shipbuilding-com- panies conditional on their having the liberty to embody any design or features submitted by the respective builders.

WHY I AM UNMARRIED.**

Of course. I ought to have replied my steriously that there were "reasons," im plying at the same time that in my girl- our house was hood the doorstep to

CURIOUS SACRIFICES. Cornish Eshermen were averse From faring forth on Candiemas Day. At the Scottish island chapel of St. Malvay up the Fisherfolk actually used to offer sacrifices, at Hallontide, to B wa June

[SY A TRUTHFUL WOMEN.]" they called Shony-though this was

The other day one of my nieces asked behind the minister's back and despite

Every localine: his strong disapproval.

Auatie, why didn't you ever get farily prodiced a peck of malt at this married?" time of the year, to be brewed into ale. Lots were drawn, and an appointed dele- xate waded into the sea with a cup of ale that he threw on the breaking surf, shouting: "Shony, we give you this, hop-aunted by young men all bent on mak ing you will us big catches!"

ing.me their bride. Fisherfolk used to believe armly in the

Instead of which I bluntly told the power of certain specially gifted, i-dis- truth: that as far as I know no man has posed persons to raise storms at sea ever wanted to marry me. At least, if witch named Agnes Sampson was execut-

any of them did entertain that desire be ed Scotland in the Efteenth century never betrayed it. after confessing that at the time His Majesty (James VI.) was in Denmark

it. she took a cat and christened and afterwards bound to each part of that cat the chiefest parts of a dead man and several joints of his body; and that in the night following, the said cut was "con veyed into the midst of the sea, by herself and other witches, sailing in their baskets and so left the said cat right before the town of Leith, in Scotland. This done, there arose such a tempest in the sea as a greater bath not been seen, which tem- pest was the cause of the parishing of a boat or vessel wherein were sundry jewels and rich gifts, which should have been presented to the new Queen of Scotland at Her Majesty's coming to Leith."

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It is interesting to remember that s late as 150 years ago our English Ssher men would not allow whistling in their boats, deeming it to mock and enrage the Devil, who stirred up storms to endanger

them in revenge.

GIANT AIRSHIP SHED. EMPIRE'S LARGEST BUILDING..

The largest building in the British Em- pire, greater than the Crystal Palace, and higher than the Nelson Monument in Trafalgar-square, is to be erected at Karachi, India,

It is the new airship shed, which is to be the terminal decking station for the proposed England to India air service. The contract for its construction has heen placed by the Air Ministry with the Armstrung Construction Company, Ltd., and the steel work for this great struc tage will be made at the company's works at Germiston, Glasgow. The work will be started at once and will give employ ment to a large number of extra men for about eight or nine months.

The shed is to be built about eight miles north-cast of the city of Karachi, near to the existing R.A.F. station at Drigh Road. It is also adjacent to the North-Western railway from Karachi to Delhi, and a special aiding will be cog- structed to serve it.

The site was selected after the visit of Sir Sefton, Brancker, Director of Civil Aviation, Captain P. Fellowes, Director of Airship Development, and representa tives of the Indian Government towards the end of last year. The present, con- tract is tor the construction and erection of a steel shed, but the contract for the mooring mast was placed some time ago with the Cleveland Bridge Engineering Company

The dimensions of the new building are vast, it, will be 850ft. long, with an in. terior height of 170ft, and an interior width of 180ft. Its total external height will be 200ft. It will be almost twice as long as the Crystal Palace, and consider. ably higher and wider. The height of the Nelson Monument is 142ft. The Car dington 'shed, nene Bedford, which has hitherto been the largest building of this type, is 40ft lesa in length and 141, or 15ft, less in height.

So here I am, 30, anmarried, and quite cheerful about it. Certainly, a friend of mine has just married at the age of 64. but I can't see the fan of that--possibly because I am not yet 64.

So I contented myself, after my blunt avowal of the truth, with searching for the reason for that truth. I am not cross- eye or violently bad-tempered, or any. thing of that sort. No. 1

ordinary.

am just

Most of my set al-sthoni are married. Why am I left out. My social life was just the same as thoirs. I have had the same opportunities.

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Yet there must be a reason As my M/S. "Malaya"," tactless nieco had originated the inquiry, M/S."Kina” I felt it right that she should bring it to

MS."Tonking” a satisfactory conclusion. Aisc, I have great faith in the wisdom of the young | M/S. “ Danmark” people of to-day.

She gazed at me meditatively for a while; then announced ber verdict.

"I think, auatic," she said, "that it must be because you only knew very stupid mea!!

I like my niece: But still I wonder.

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