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HIRSUH‘S Ulllllm NATURE. THE MAGIC CHANGE VIROUGHT IN IT BY HIS SON‘S DEATH. 011cc :1 Ilacd-listcil Hum-y llzikcr. Elc fins Turned in a Twinkling: Into the “on Open-handed I’hil: nhroplfiâ€"ui.~ Sym- pathy Will: a rim-injuâ€".tiicx-slolcs. Neither history nor fiction presents any counterpart of the remarkable char- acter of Baron Hirsch, whose sudden death surprised all Europe. He heldthe record as a philanthropistâ€"if an expresâ€" sion more applicable to his wellâ€"known hobby of racing may be applied to his charitable performancesâ€"and at the same time no man was more cordially hated for his alleged cruelty and un- scrupulousness in financial dealings. A. man who has given away in charities! no less than $15,000,000 in a single year. and yet who is accused of vendictive, re- lentless proceedings, which have ruin- ed his more generous rivals, is a per- sonality which commands the world's at- tention and furnishes a fascinating sub- ject to the student of human nature. The fact which above all others dis- tinguished him among the rich men of this and all other ages is that he was almost the only possessor of an immense self-acquired fortune who deliberately undertook to distribute the bulk of his wealth among the needy while he yet lived. 'Baron Hirsch I left property amounting. according to the most reli- able estimates, to about $105,000,000. \Vhen about eight years ago, he became a distributor instead of an accumulator of wealth, he was probably worth $150.- 000,000. He himself said that if he liv- ed long enough he would die a pauper. the alolition of the Lords. or some oth- er equally simple political boon. After marvelling at. the absence of troops or police. we drew tip to listen to one of the SOsialist orators who was address- ing the crowd in a really able manner. After listening for some time Hirsch turned to me and said: “I agree with every word that man has said. I will talk to him." And so he did. and an cx:ellent thing it was to see the. Notâ€" Have and the Have colloquing over the wrongs of the people.” " Baron Hirsch was personally almost an ascetic. He used to say with pride, that he could live on 52.50 a (hay. Al- though “upon the indulgent-es of the idle rich he was bitterly satirical." he maintained a striking style of hospital- ity. I-le ltad numerous rcsidencesamong which may be mentioned Bath House. Picadiily, London; a leauliful mansion in the Champs Elysees. Paris; a resid- ence at Budapesl'h and anoi her at. Eich- horn, ncar Brunn. At his estate in Hungary he has been visited by the [Prince of wales, the Duke of Orleans. lthe Duke of linen-shire, Lord Randolph Churchill. an many others of the Eng- from aristoc- displayed at. which. however ravy held aloof. Some forms of the Baron’s generosity were rather cmlarrassing. He was fond lof those gal harings, the Austrian PLAYING CARDS with the ladies he met. at. country houses, and losing money to them; not. a few sixpenccs, but: ten, twenty, fifty rounds at a sitting. At. first sight. there ‘may not seem anything very embar- rassing in this. But the fact is that. the Baron would take. pains to lose. and it was a common thing for onlookers to say that such and such a lady with whom he was playing bezique, or whatâ€" eyer the game might he, would be “Cher that evening by fifty pounds or so. Fairly won, no lady would object perhaps. But the Baron would carefulâ€" llystop,or play badly,just so as to leave 'his opponent the victor: and then what. he really enjoyed was pulling out. afew bank notes and passing them over. Not a very vicious taste in a multi-million- lish no‘ility. Fabulous hospitality was‘ r5 . fl tr" JAE hOUDuiun JUST BEYOND. On the. threshold baby stands, Holding out her little hands To the. great world just. beyond, Just beyond the open door. Ah, that. door! It shuts her in From the pleasures she would win. And within her baby hclirt (less, and delicacy and softness of ma- terial. Think how tender his flesh is, and do all that is possible. to prevent irritation or undue pressure upon any lpart of the body. Colored flannel is no warmer than white. and not half las nice, so let all his flannels be white. I have found one shirt with sleeves, a sleeveless skirt, cut. princess ' ‘ , . . shape measuring llll"iV incch from s:~;,â€" ‘u.d er ' ‘ “ " “ Tth :fxilebdz'?glhgéfitgpznh avid? the neck to thc bu tom of the item. a A11(lS-tepf0r£fi to we in pride ' \\'hlf.‘: slip of the same length, soft woolen stockings thth are long enou :ii to come up over the knees. a band and a diaper all that. was necessary for my babies. if they were. kept. in a conifer- table room. Have at least four Changes of flunnels. seven or eight dresses and I two dozen diapers. For the latter. there is nothing better than squares of soft, cotton flannel. The skirts may have a. small tuck on each side of the open- ing in the back, and two in front exâ€" tending from the neck to the. waist. These can be let out if he outgrows the That great. world she longs to see More and more. Ah! my baby, in your eyes I can see the longing rise. That I in my heart have seen Once before. Only this: To step outside. Join the hurrying human tide Th“t goes mar-hing daily by, Just beyond the door. May you find it. just as grand \\'licii with them you really stand, (kin AS ligofigllgkolelrls' m3 chlld’ In making the flannels. press all the Mm, Vbu never wisfh to be lscams open and cat-stitch them down Jim 2), mm. “him To $09 I on either‘ side. I‘lnlSh the bottom With Null :0 do, iufit'to with l‘rnqing threeâ€"men boom, and work a row “of eyes, . - v b fealhf’llgsllfchlgét‘: With l.\l\'lSted110mlerldi g cryâ€"st ' in w i e or co ors a arounr Jubt bumld the door" it. One or two skirts intended for dress loccasions may have scallops embroider- SOME “'AYS OIJ‘ SERVING EGGS. ‘;d at the 1lofxlver edge, and a design of . . c. z . ' . 'dered above During the spring and summer there itq‘ifiingfi 1.115213: ingdmgllgeves of the 1‘3 a constant demand for eggs many'skirt with narrow crocheted scallops of families always have them on the silk. breakfast table, and they are also 0f Ehe dresses may be any fine. . . ,. . .w itc 00L: (1' 1', ~ . ' a favorite lunch dish. lhe following g (‘ “ml 3 namka “r I‘dwn recipes give directions for cooking them linen, with yokes of various shapes, full in different ways. sleeves, finished at the lower edge with Chopped Eggs.-â€"Boil six eggs hard, set i embroidery or lace to match the yoke. Make the lower part. of the sleeves al- . most as wide as the upper, with a draw- them away to cool, and then take off istring of white wash_snk ribbon run the shells. Rub the yolks through a m. The babies grow so fast that a colander and chop the whites. Set one“!rpss ‘5 "(ten dlscarded' because the , . . s1 1. . , v ' ‘ ' half pint of cream or milk in a double. kettle over the fire. Thicken slightly as he needs long dresses. _ with corn starch and season with salt,| 0m" dress that belOngS to it very pcppa‘, anda pinch of cayenne. If milk, handsome .layette has a yoke made of rows of finishingâ€"braid and Hamburg The cause of the sudden change in. aire; still it is not every lady 'in soci- him, the transformation from a hard let)’ who can take what. is practically a . _ I p r y ‘ present of money, without feeling un- melomble' 3196(1) mom” m‘ker to alcomfori'uble. The worst of it was that SEDSIO‘JS. kind, but cynical Philanthrof" the Baron was such a. bad hand at de- jgt, was the eeption. Everybody knew his little n , A ’ game. DEAlH OF HIS ONLY SON “e shall know more before long. a grief from which he never recovered.« propath about 1he financial “swan”. The father's love for money died with iwhich the Baron gave to the memlers is used. add a piece of butter as large as an egg. Stir the chopped whites in-. H . l to llli‘ cream. toast half slices of bread, sprvad on them a thick layer of the‘ hop inixturc. cud sprinkle thickly with: the pulverized yolks. Serve. hot". Stuffed Eggs~lioil cight eggs hard,l set them away to cool and remove the linsertion alternating. . of embroidery. . with , This was pointâ€" cd in shape. and outlined with a ruffle The skirt was finished a deep hem, hemstitched. An- other has a round yoke of fine Smyrna and Irish point insertion, and the edge finished with a frill of lace. Another. which was intended for Sunday wear. has a square yoke of ideal Honiton em- V broidery in a pretty openwork pattern, the death of his boy. He became known as the "Millionaire Moses” of the op- rpessed Jews of the present day. Be- fore he entered upon his great coloniza- tion scheme for the relief of Russian Jews, Baron Hirsch had offered $500.- 000 to the Russian Government for the education of the Jews in that; country. M. Pobiedonostzeff, the Minister of the Interior, received the money. but it was diverted to the purpose of teaching young priests the beauty of orthodoxy and the horrors of the Mosaic law. Hirsch made no complaint, but bided his time. When he had perfected his plans for the colonization scheme, he sent an » agent to Russia for the purpose of ob- taining the Emperor’s consent to the necessary measures. The only creden- tial furnished to this gentleman by the late Baron was a letter to M. Pobiedon- ostzeff, in which the latter was gently reminded of the former transaction.and a hint given that some compensation was due. magical. Pobiedonostzeff sat, down and wrote with his own hand a long. open elt‘ter of recommendation and introduc- tion to every Governor and official in' Russia. The Minister of the Interior telegraphed to all provinces in which the Jews were congregated that every facility was to be given to Baron Hirsch's agent to investigate matters on the spot, the only condition made being . that the report of the Baron should be shown to the Procurator of the Holy Synod before being transmitted to Paris. ‘ The final report was shown to the Em- peror by Count Voronstoff Dashkoff. much against Pooledonostzeff’s will. But Baron Hirsch knew his man, and a]- The effect of this letter was: .of more than one royal house in EurOpe. ‘At one till}? he gave millions of francs ,lo Queen Isabella and her late son to restore the monarchy. He once pour- .ed money into a fund created by the [Comte d0 Paris to upset the republic lganlbling debt of an Orleans prince of £29,010, refused a receipt. for the money 'but said he would like to be a member lo”. the Club of the. Rue Royale. Though ,every Orleans prince was for him. he :was blackballed. In return he purchas- led the house which the club holds on :a lease that was soon to expire. Soon- 'er than go elsewhere those who blackâ€" balled the Baron yielded. _â€"â€"_.â€"â€"_ AMUSING REPLIES. .lnfl‘dufl's in ('oimccflun “11!: (In- ltrillsh l'osl-(Ml‘icm 'l'hen Sir Rowland Hill revolution- ized the British post-office by introduc- -ing cheap postage, one of his devices for facilitating the operation of his scheme was the prepayment of letters and other mailable matter by means of lsmall adhesive paer labels, represent- ing a duty of a penny and twoâ€"pence. Now two billions six hundred and thirty-two millions of bits of paper are stamped, gummed and sent annually to the post-oifices of the United Kingdom. . Mr. Bainevi, a former inspectorâ€"genâ€" l cral of mailcs, tells this anecdote about the indirect usefulness of postageâ€" stamps. It is known that the blank margin of , postage-stamps is useful in many ways. though the letter of introduction had I Once. at a Midland post-office, a little virtually said he had had VALUE FOR HIS MONEY in the extraordinary support given by the Russian court and Ministry to his project. . A close friend of the Baron's writes flllts about his Jewish colonization pro- jec : "His great scheme of Jewish coloniâ€" zation was not a successâ€"a fact he re- cognized during the last few years of his life. M. Blowitz, whose hereditary faith in the Cross is a matter of Eur- opean fame. once carried his anti-Semâ€" itism so far as to hint that the new exodus was nothing but blague. I have had the opportunity of reading some of Hirsch’s letters to his agentl in Russia while the negotiations were being carried on for the administrative release of the poor Jews from the pass- port and prison regulations which pre- vented their emigration. These letters showed the most extraordinary grasp of a most complicated situation, and at the same time revealed a force of char- acter and a tenderness of heart with which the majority of the Newmarket world would not; have credited him. No detail was too small for his attention, and yet at the same time he knew whom ’to trust. Naturally suspicious, his dis- trust was increased by the harpies in high p‘aces by whom he was surrounded; ‘ but when he trusted he gave his whole! confidence. The secret history of his dealings with Russia in connection with the emancipation of the Jews cannot yet; be written. but he had hard words for coreligionists who denounced Russia on paper for persecuting the Hebrews, but nevertheless guaranteed the last Rus- sian loan." , The same intimate friend says of the Baron’s social and political ideas: “Hir- sch was no student. except of men. He never read a book except a French nov- el. In politics he was a Radical, and . in some things an advanced Collectivist. He believed that the key to our Eng- lish character was our extravagance and idleness. He was never tired of inveigh- ing against the BRITISH LAND SYSTEM. and often declared that unless a sys- tem for the subdivision of property were (arried out. promptly and successfully we should have revolutionary times over here. He regarded with amazement the patience and docility of our wage earn- ers in allowing so small a class to al» osrb the majority of the land. On one occasion I accompanied him to one of those vast meetings in Hyde 'Park. where 80,000 or 100,000 people demanded cost him £100.000 he always'l girl came to the counter and asked for some "plaister" form the stamps. "\Vhat do you want it for f" the post- | master asked. "Please, sir, we want it for mending feyther's nose." the girl replied. MLAnthony Trollope, the novelist,was a post~ofticc surveyor, and once being at an Irish postâ€"office on a Sunday wished to inspect the official books. The postmaster suggested that as the day lwus not one on which be transacted {business the inspection be deferred till Monday. I "I’ll sit where I am until the books tare produced,” said the irritated surâ€" veyor. "Then, sir," answered the postmaster, "you'll just sit there till you die." Exit Mr. Trollope. l 4dr. Baines also tells of an Irishman to a postmaster for a , “hen the applicant igave his name, the clerk, not catching i it. asked: I postage- . who applied ' money-order. “How do you spell it ?” “Sure,” answered the Irishman, “and if a fine clerk like you can’t spell it, how d‘ye think a poor man like me can 2” CARRIER PIGEONS. fested in these faithful birds, probably ecause they have been, and are. trust- ed with mes-sages of the greatest imâ€" portance in times of war and peace. It is seldom that the messages are not de- livered, and then not because the pige- on has been unfaithful in its trust, but because some mishap has befallen it. It is reported that. during one of the late great wars in Europe, numbers of these pigeons were employed as messeng- ers with success. Tissue paper in sheets four inches wide and ten inches long is used to write upon, so a considerable amount of correspondence can be carried at a. time. Sometimes this is wrapped around the leg of the pigeon like a band- lage; again, it may be secured with a Ipiece of twine, or it may be folded up ‘ tightly and placed in a little drumâ€"shap- ed pellet and tied to the bird’s leg. Oc- cassionally it may be attached to the wings or tail. but this method has not been followed with best results. \Ve have seen pictures on valentines of white doves carrying huge envelopes secured about the necks with a yard or two of blue ribbon. This is probably respons- ible for the belief that messages are car- ried by pigeons in such a manner, but it is only true in pictures. A great interest has always been maniâ€" . shells. Soak two ounces of. stale bread in tepid water for five minutes, and l. h _ d t H ‘t f. . h . - - , - ., . ,{ men, aving an e_ ge OI. cm on, mm A “rmg H d” m a “MEL Put r’m‘md the neck. wrists and edge of . the ounce of grated cheese in a saucepan, I y0k9_ A yoke composed of hemsutdp with one saltspoonful of salt, oneâ€"half cd tucks. slightly pointed in front and sanspoonml of pepper, a 1m). pinch Ur reaching to the sleeves, is pretty. The l cayenne, a teaspoonrul of lemon juice,; . no}; of‘thu dress was plain. _ “‘0 ounces 0t. miner. and a gm of: The mother \\ ill find it caster to dress cream-sauce. Cut the eggs carefully in and undress the baby if his shirt, skirt halves - lengthwise. Rub the yolks arid dress are made to open in the back. through a colander, and add them with I S“ small’ flat buttons on an hls Cloth" the bread to the sauce. Stir until the ing. The shirt-sleeves can ‘be put mixture cleaves from the sides of the thmugn the armhmes Of the Sklrt’ then saucepan. Put on a hot platter a lay- through the dress-sleeves; put there or of cream sauce, fill the whites with garments over his head, draw his arms the force-meat, rounding it up high. and through the Sleeves fasten a few butâ€" heat in a moderate oven. 9 I tons, and baby is dressedâ€"E. C. I Omeletâ€"Beat. six eggs. the yolks andi ‘+â€"â€" l whites separately. Beat the whites to al I for the working of which Honiton lace thread was used. A narrow ruffle of stiff froth, and beat the yolks thoroughâ€" A: IN A 1001de GLASS' 1y, adding to them one small teacupful An ingenious woman has hit’ upon a. of thick, sweet cream. with salt and clever plan for seeing herself and her pepper. Then add the‘beaten whites, _ _ “.th ,, F b stirring together quickly and thor- ne“ 30““ as 1 ers ‘3“ oughly. .Pour the mixture into a fry-‘ She has recently moved into a flat, Dan. “1 WhICh 3- gmd'SlZed Piece which. although spacious and handsome, of butter has been melted. Set the frying pan in a cooler place on the stove and, when the mixture begins to set, take off the pan and place in the oven for a minute or two. \Vhen the omelet rises and is nearly stiff, it is done. and should be doubled dexterous- ly and turned out on a hot platter. Serve immediately before it falls. ' Baked-Eggsâ€"Break eggs upona but- tered platter gently, Without breaking the yolks. Sprinkle over them salt, pep- per, and a dusting of_ fine break crumbs. Set the platter in the oven and bake two or three minutes, or until the whites have stiffened, but not the yolks. does not possess among its furnishings a long mirror or pier glass. One was abâ€" solutely indispensable to the unalloyed happiness and peace of mind of the fair mistress. so she found it necessary to put. her wits to work temporarily. I The result is charming to a. degree. and satisfactory in every way. In .the first place a, looking-glass about three and a half feet long by two anda half feet wide was purchased. set in a plain frame of pine wood about four inches wide. This frame was entirely covered with blue and white cretonne, which .also forms the wall covering in . the pretty bedroom for which the mirror was designed. ‘ The next step was to procure two large, strong hin es and. fasten the mirror to the wal . just as shutters or blinds are put up to windows. The spot chosen for this home-made pier glass is near a window and with wreath of whipped cream slightly swcet- the mirror easily adjusted to any angle ened. gan all the daylight there is upon it Ham 'I‘imla1e.â€"One cup chopped ham on“ can take 1” the (lewd? that go to h )d , Hr f. H If t . t make up the back of ones gown and (c 0”” ven' “"y me)‘ a ‘1 pm the rear of one‘s bodice, to say nothing of cream thickened with flour. Three ofvback hair. cggs. Stir altogether and bake in ov- Then when not in use, the mirror on oneâ€"half hour. Then turn out on _ swings back upon its hinges. where it flat dish and pour a cream sauce ovcr looks like a staid. respectable bit of it. , furniture against the wall. Eggsâ€"Convcnt Fashionâ€"Take twoor vAQOther usefu} CPDtriva'nce in. the three large onions, slice them very thin éi‘iirlléfietgs t}; hailed: 12315:; and fry till 9. nice brown. Have ready toilet chain Every woman nowadays it half dozen hard boiled eggs out in slices, and a cupful of nice soup stock sits before her mirror while arranging with a little flour mixed in it; add the l l ing SIX GOOD RECIPES. l Chestnut Puddingâ€"Cook two quarts of French chestnuts till quite soft; then press them through a sieve. Add two tablespoonfuls of sugar and flavor slightly with vanilla. Surround with coiffeur, and the low toilet table with oval looking glass and toilet chair are eggs to the onions, then pour in the “rd-lunets 0f “fray we“ appomted dres‘ gravy and stir all till the gravy has 5mg room' ’11” advantage 0f the glass fastened to the chair. is that it leaves . both hands free to arrange the hair. The glass can be turned to any angle and in any position; indeed it is almost as useful as a lady’s maid and much less bother. thickened. Serve very hot. Lobster Timbalc.â€"Take three pounds of lobster (cooked). Pick meat out of the shell and chop very fine. Add a little thickened cream and heat all to scalding point. Then line a rice ring mold with soft cooked rice and put the; prepared lobster in. Turn all out on a‘ dish and pour over all a white cream sauce. ~ Q Bologna Sausageâ€"Boil bologna from one hour and a half to two hours. Serve with a wall of mashed potatoes and thick brown gravy outside of the po- tatoes. ‘ . Macaroons.â€"â€"Blanch and beat half a pound of sweet almonds in a mortar with a tablespoonful of water, till quite .‘ A $17,000 \VATCH. "While in Geneva some months ago," writes gentleman, “I visited the principal watch works there and as a matter of curiosity asked the manager what was the highest price watch that was made in Geneva. He said that the most expensive watch turned out in Switzerland was worth $700. This watch had a split second hand and struck, the hours if needed. It also had in it a tiny musical box, which it fine, graduallyadding the whites of played three distinct tunes. This Blght eggs. Wmvpt‘d L0 & frOth; then watch. he said, was the finest that could mix in half a pound of loaf sugar, fine- ly powdered. Spread sheets of white paper on your baking tin and over that the proper wafer papers; lay the paste on it, in pieces the size of a walnut,and sift fine sugar over it. Bake in a mod- erately hot oven. BABY’S CLOTHES. Making dainty garments for the lit- tle one is a work that every mother enjoys, and many a hope and aspiration for their future have been woven in with the stitches. The one requisite vof all his belongings is exquisite neat- be made, but that ornaments, diamonds, etc.. could be worked into the case which would run the price up into as many thousands as the purchaser desired. He said there. had been one watch made in his establishment the cases of which had been studded with diamonds and . which had cost $17,000 but as far as the watch itself was concerned it was a $700 watch." »_â€".â€"__. ‘ NEITHER SUITED. Angry Husbandâ€""\Vhat I wanted was a wife. who would be a helpmeet." Angry \Vifeâ€""Huhl \Vhat I wanted was a husband who would supply meat to help.” . ILL MUST BE SOLDIERS. CONSCRIPTION IN EVERY COUNTRY OF EUROPE EXCEPT BRITAIN. The Terrible Sense of Bondage l0 “'llich ilvci-y Elan ls Subjectedâ€"le Noble and the Penman! .Uilu- Hus! Serve in HH‘ [tanksâ€"Tho l’cusant. as Elic Sonic in That Position. Good as Conscription is the. curse of the Old \‘iorld. It is a system that has carâ€" ried ruin and desolation into many a home. and that is responsible not only for the enormous national debt, but also for the appalling burden of taxa- tion beneath which most European naâ€" tions are. staggering; taxation so heavy that. it is forcing thousands upon thouâ€" sands of useful citizens whose remain- ing at home \vculd have constituted a source of strength to their native country to expatriate themselves. Conâ€" scription converts into a mere fallacy .the doctrine of freedom, and, curious- ly enough, it dates from that very French revolution of 179-1, which is gen- erally supposed to have begun an era of liberty, equality, and enlightenment. for the people of the Old \Vorld. Prior to the last decade of the eighteenth century, military service in every part of Europe was voluntary, and armies were raised by means of enlistment. It was the revolutionary Government which preceded the first empire at. Paris that begun the method of com- pulsory military service for every citi- zen, and toâ€"day there is not a single one of the European powers which has not adopted conscription in a more or less drastic form as part and parâ€" cel of its military system. In Germany, France, Spain, Russia. and particularly in Italy, conscription is in vogue, and conscription, too. of the most severe and stringent charac- ter. From the very moment that a young fellow attains manhood. unless he happened to be the only son and support of a widow. he becomes liable to compulsory military servtce. The latter extends over a number of years. the leverage term being three years with colours, and four years with the reserve, which entails an ANNUAL MILITARY TRAINING of some one or two months. There are no exemptions, and in France, as well as in Germany and Italy, those who are declared by the medical authorities to be enrolled in line regiments. are now utilized for service in the hospital. com- missariat and paymaster's department. stringent are the laws of conscrip- tion that even the young theological students studying for the Church are taken from their cells, their massâ€" books and their heads. to do their turn of military service. No excuse is acceptâ€" ed save in the case of the widows' sons. and any young man who leaves his native country for the purpose of avmd- ing these three years of military slavery is placed upon the police record as a deserter, and liable to be imprisoned as such the very moment that he returns to his native land. In spite of the heavy legal penalty prescribed by the laws of the various countries of Europe for those young men who expatriate themselves for the purpose of avoiding conscription. the number of these so-called deserters inâ€" increases each year. V There are. few men except those eager for military glory who relish the idea‘of givmg up the finest three years of their entire lief to the Service of the State. a, ser- vice which is little better than slavery, since it derives a man of every ves- tige of liberty, renders him subject to all kinds of petty tyranny. and tends to unfit him for every other cccupa- tion. European soldiers, at any rate those on the Continent, are treated with a considerable A MOUNT OF BRUTALITY by their officers. and whenit IS taken into consideration that military service in France and Italy entails service in tropical climates, such as those of \Vestern Africa and Cochin- China in the case of the French,_and Abyssinia in the case of the Italians, it will be readily understOod why they are so eager at all cost._ to avoid con- scription, even at the risk of disgrace and imprisonment. At the present mo- ment thousands upon thousands of Italians are flocking to the Western hemisphere solely for the purpose. of avoiding compulsory military servrce. It is not so much the dread of the serâ€" vice itself that causes them to take to flight, but the horror at the idea. of their being sent to. Abyssmia, whence so many of their comrades have returned mutilated and tortured by the fierce natives in the most hid- eous fashion. Of course. compulsory service possessescertain advantages, among others that of imparting not only elementary instruction, but also notions of order, morality. and of dis- cipline to a class of people who would otherwise pass through life Without any knowledge of these qualities. It._more- over, tends'to knock the conceit out: of a man. and to render him demo- cratic, since. once in the ranks as a. simple soldier, the peasant is‘every. bit as good, and subjected to identi- cally the same treatment as the noble- man. It brings classes of seeiety into a contact eventually useful which would otherwise never have known‘ one another. But there its benefits may be said to end. and they scarcely. constitute a compensation for the hor- rible sense of bondage to which each citizen of the 01d V orld feels himself subjected by the laws of conscription. DOG. NOT MAN. \VAS BLIND. In a well-known street in _London a; beggar was often seen ploddmg about with a small dog. The dog was held by a piece of chain and had round his neck a placard with "Pity the Blind" in large red letters. Mr. Tâ€". passmg one day, dropped a sixpence into the man's out- stretched hand. Halloo! he cried as he was turning away, was thatahalfâ€"sov- ereign I gave you? No, sirâ€"no. answered the only Sixpence. 80. said Mr. Tâ€". you are not blind, then. after all? ‘ Bless you. sir. no! he replied. You see, the placard refers to the dog. He’s blindâ€"not me! beggar;