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Show PECKSNIFF1AN ENGLAND. Hot Army and Na-y In the Interests e4 Peace,, While Others Mean War. A delightful illustration of that insurable in-surable hypocrisy which is one of England's Eng-land's national characteristics and which is most exasperating to foreigners foreign-ers is given in The Daily News. As a government organ The News had to say pleasant things about the prime minister's minis-ter's speech at the Guildhall banquet, and it certainly laid on praise with very large brush, the predominant sentiment sen-timent of its chief editorial being thai Lord Rosebery is a great, self sacrifio ing statesman, and that England is the greatest and most unselfish nation in the world. "The premier did not say one word too muoh about the danger oi those vast European armaments which seem to increase rather than diminisl with years. He might perhaps havt added a word in favor of international disarmament, which was once the dream of romantia missionaries and is now th hope of practical statesmen. It is tru that the British navy has lately beex strengthened and enlarged, but th purely defensive nature of that celebrated cele-brated force is not doubted by the mosl captious of critios. " Thus spoke the great international Pecksniff in all his noble singleness oJ heart and purpose. Other wicked na tions raise vast armies each with bad ulterior designs against his neighbors, but England, although she sedulously increases her fleet, does so solely for the glory of peace and good will among men. The British navy, in fact, is a great engine of peace, guaranteed not to hurt a fly. It may be urged by cynical foreigners that the Erreat -English news paper, amid the general approval of th country, has been insisting that the British fleet was not strong enough ts fight France and Eussia combined ana should be made fit to do so with th least possible delay, and that a proposal propos-al is afoot to create a new political par ty pledged, before everything else, to snake the army and navy alike more effective ef-fective for offense as well as defense. But The Daily News or any other English Eng-lish paper will experience no difficulty In proving that this movement ia eminently emi-nently unselfish and peaceful J The Strength of a Jumping Monse. In proportion to its size, I believe the jumping mouse is the most active and powerful of all vertebrate animals. This tiny creature no larger than a man's thumb is from 2 to 3 inches in length, with a tail about twice as long as the head and body. It is therefore no larger than a house mouse, but it has light fore quarters, strong hind quarters, very long hind legs and it can jump from 8 to 10 feet If a mouse weighing two ounces (average) can jump 10 feet, how far should a 100 pound boy of equal agility be able to jump? Figure it out for yourself, and when you have obtained ob-tained the correct answer, you will properly prop-erly appreciate the hind legs of this wonderful little mita W. T. Horna-day Horna-day in St Nicholas. |