Evening journal., 1913-04-28

and he told the bugler to blow his
loudest while the men we're shouting
The trick. by the way. is old as the
hills and il shows that Wolscloy had
read his Homer, for the heroes of the
HAD were doe agathos"( good in
shoutingl.
But Lord Wolseley was possessed
Of a courage worthy OF his brilliant
brain power His body was maulcd
and smashed many times. In Bur-
NAH a gingail bullet tore his thigh in
shrods. In the Crimoa a shell smash-
cd his face and blincd one eye. Yet
no man who ever rode beside him
would have imagined that he had only
half the power and sigh left. Possibly
the only undignifed retreat ever
made by Lord Wolseley occurred in
India in 1868. After a very long and
dusty march in the hot season he
sought the water Of one of the tanks
surrounded with fine groves of trees
the gifts to the traveller in India
by the pious and charitable. While
he was rolling about in luxurious en-
ioyment a yellow snake shook it's
forked tongue close to his face, and
almost paralyzed with terror he
struck out for the side of the bank
as fast as if-to use his own words
he were pursued by a whole ZOO
logical garden full Of hostile and
man devouring beasts and reptiles. 3"
Lord Wolseley confessed to having
more than most men "a loathing
horror and indescribable repugnance
to all sorts of reptiles" which he was
never able to overcome. and late in
life would still "fly even from the
harmless toad
There are curious fears of men who
are accounted fearless. Lord Wolseley
could not face a toad. EVERYBODY knows
that Lord Roberts (not exactly cow
ard is afraid of cats. / suppose we
all have our special fears. Some men
would rather grapplc with mad dog
than take in their hand live spar
row, or any such harmless animal
that squirms.
Lord Wolsely had the rare expert
ence of finding his name promoted
into a slang phrase. When he went
out to finish the Zulu war of 1879. a
popular song heralded the occasion -
Rii 1dinti viii SHOW lltiu the way
From this and the successful issue
sprang the phrase "All Sir Garnet"
new form of "All Serene" meaning
Everything in Order" 1t was quite as
good as o. X"
Winnipeg, wither Lord Wolseley ar
rived forty-odd years ago to suppress
the Red River rebellion of the half
Breeds was at that time little col
lection of huts gathered around the
protecting walls of Fort Garry. When
Col. Wolseley reached Winnipeg he
made the acquaintance of Mr.. Donald
Smith, who was 81 charge of the Hud-
son Bay Company's trading post there.
Mr.. Smith is now the nonagenarian
Lord StrathcDna High Commissioner
for Canada in London, and the holder
of the worlds record as the Oldest
official in harness and still going
strong.
The Duke and Duchess Of Yelling
ton have been staying in Spain on a
visit to La Tore, the beautiful estate
near Granada, i'm the finest section of
the lbcrian Peninsula, which was
presented to the Iron Duke. his great
ancestor i'm 1914 by the grateful
Spanish government. II was a year
later that King Louis XVIII of France
was anxious to present the first Duke
of Wellington with the noble estate Of
Grosbois. but he declined the gift, say
ing that his relations with the French
army had been decidedly different
from those he had with the Spanish
troops Which is quite correct
The Japanese police force has been
instructed by order of the Mikado, to
show more politeness to the public.
and especially to travelling tourists
and strangers. This police force
was the most aristocratic
body of its kind in the whole world.
Its establishment coinoided with the
late Emperor's decree forbidding the
wearing of swords by civilians The
Samurai. with whom the sword always
had been a cherished sign of rank
aud breeding, hit upon the expedient
of joining the police force as a means
of retaining their cherished weapon.
I'm the early days the force has the
reputation of being too fond of cut
ting a prisoner down, instead of TAX
ing him TO court after arresting him
on the street. but all that was
changed quickly by the late Mutso-
nito.
Copyright 1913 by A. d. Jacobson