WORLD-WIDE NOTES.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 391, 30 August 1911, Page 7

WORLD-WIDE NOTES.

The "conquest of the nir" is going j dii quite splendidly. Twenty-three ; people who made a trip in the air- i ship "Deutschland" have just given

the air a very signal beating by not getting killed or even mangled by it. No wonder Count Zeppelin is said to

?e more enthusiastic than over over his type of airship. Imagine, an express going off the line and rushing ncadlong l down a steep plrcc, and just catching neatly in romcllvn; Dear the end of its course an 1 all the passengers alighting witho it a bruise. Would not that be a railway Tiumph in its way ? The "Deutschland" came dowjv head first os a lark does near the end of its descent, but ;hanks to some extraordinary skilful accident righted itself slightly near the end and hitched itself in a tree trunk. A conquest indeed !—"Saturday Review,"

So far as can be judged on the present balance of naval power, the issue in the conflict at sea would depend mainly on the tactical training of the fleets and on the strategical skill of the opposing Admiralties. If the margin of numerical superiority should in the future be diminished the need for tactical and strategical superiority would proportionately increase. Here lies in sober truth the centre of gravity of the whole war.— "Morning Post."

Austria is a great Power with a great past, which has recovered from the disasters 0 f forty years ago and is looking forward to a great future. Like Britain,, she is an imperial Power ; like Britain, she rules ovei a bewildering variety of peoples ; like Britain, she holds her empire together by the influence of the Crown. Common work and similarity of method tend to unite the two empires ; and nowhere do their material interests come into conflict.—'"Saturday Review."

Dr. Campanini, acting under instructions from the Itaiian Minister of Agriculture, has concluded a series of experiments which have resulted in a method by which eggs may be preserved, still fresh, nutritious, and palatable, for a whole year. He selected perfectly fresh eggs and covered them with lard, so as tc gffectually stop all the pores. As the obstruction of the pores prevented any evaporation of the water, there was no loss of weight. When properly coated with lard, the eggs were put in baskets or boxes upon a bed of quantities of fine, odourless shavings, and so arranged that there would be no contact between them, and at the end of a year were perfectly fresh.—"Liverpool Post."

When is a lie not a lie ? The question raised in that admirable school of ethics, the Divorce Commission is old enough, but will never lose its interest. The classic difficulty on the subject is as old as Plato, who demanded whether, if a gentleman wanted a sword to commit murder, you might say you did not know where the weapon was, though you had just put it in the cupboard. The general sense of humanity would doubtless affirm that in such a case you are not merely permitted but bound to lie with such ingenuity and vigour as you possess. There must always be cases in which ordinary morality will allow the end to justify the means. '"'To do a great right do a little wrong" is a principle tc which we have to conform, however austere our theory of virtue. It is curious that the best known phase on the merit of untruth, "splendide mendax,' Horace's "lying gloriously," belongs to a woman, the daughter of Danaus, who by lying to her father saved her husband's life.— "Telegraph."

The novel reader of to-day receives a liberal education in life. With Kipling and Mrs. Steele he learn 1 : India better than the traveller ; ho becomes acquainted with coolie aud maharaja, with pariah a nd priest ;he sees the palaces a nd bazaars, and 1 ths English garrison life, and is caught in the mystic spell of Hindoo philosophy ; with Lafcadio Hearn and Pierre Loti he becomes intimate with the Japanese ; with Jack London he suffers the cold of the Klondyke : with Merriman the heat of Africa ; with Joseph Conrad he learns the horrors of typhoon and raging sens ; with Mrs. Humphrey Ward and Mrs. Wharton he visits the aristo.-ratic homes of England and New England and with Conan Doyis and Hornun« he becomes a detective or a burglar, as his fancy pleases.—W. F. Dix.

A tradesman (writes "Lookcr-On") is most anxious to hear of the whereabouts of a schoolboy of cherubic countenance with a considerable bruise on his forehead. The tradesman lives at the back of his place of business, and customers apprise him of their entry as they pass across his threshold by ringing electrically what is known as a "matpit" bell. This bell went, out of order, and an electrician was called to put it right. The boards below had to be removed,, leaving a direct drop into the cellar. A thoughtless work man left the space uncovered for a few moments while, he went, to the rear of the house to do some soldering. He waf ffaprimanded by his employer on the danger of such procedure. The bell, however, was repaired and the mat replaced. In the evening the tradesman's wife, who had descended to the regions below, came running back in hysterics to announce to her husband that there was a ghost or a burglar in the cellar. The trader went down, to rind the aforementioned boy of the, angelic cast of countenance groping! his way to the stairs. He ex-