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THE CALEDONIAN paints with loving touch the characters of patriots and rulers admired and reverenced by all nationalities. It tells of the achievements of successful men in all parts of the world. It gives invaluable information about the British Empire and Colonies and takes up and discusses questions of local interest. Its historical researches are made with care. All lovers of Scottish literature will find a fund of information in THE CALEDONIAN. Distinguished clergymen and noted writers on both sides of the Atlantic contribute articles of great value. It gives a reflex of the religious and moral as well as the intellectual and social life of the Scottish and American people at home and abroad. It at once occupies a field of its own, and

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Why I Prefer the Horse to the Automobile.

BY NEWTON BENNINGTON.

When it comes to a discussion concerning the relative merits of the horse. and the automobile I array myself invariably upon the side of the horse. Pressed for a reason for my preference I might almost rely upon the feminine but expressive "'cause," for, frankly, it seems to me to be about as necessary to defend one's preference for a horse, as to explain why a dollar excels a dime.

I have heard men say that they were attracted to the automobile by its marvelously intricate mechanism. They said that it gave them pleasure to study and master its workings. Well, I would like to say to these enthusiasts that a thoroughbred horse-or, for that matter, any kind of a horse-needs more attentive study and offers more interesting problems than any combination of four wheels and a hoot that was ever put together. Why, when you have admitted that an automobile never grows tired, you have virtually exhausted the list of its alleged advantages! The machine will balk, run away, or become as unmanageable as any horse alive! The automobile has its uses and evident advantages in business and the world of work, but when it comes to pleasure I can never be persuaded that the automobile equals the horse.

Those who have ever ridden a really good horse-a horse that turns at the pressure of the knee, trots, canters or gallops at a touch, and halts at a wordknow that no mere machine can ever supplant the horse in the estimation of man. Even in the quieter amusement of driving a horse beats an automobile. I would

rather hold the lines over a good trotting horse, and feel that he understood every touch of mine, than control the lever of a chugging road engine.

Ever since man was given mastery over the beasts he has liked to control animals, to bend them to his will, to make them minister to his pleasure, or his business. The man who rides or drives a horse-if he is a lover of a horse, and not a mere automatonfeels that the animal understands him and interprets his thought into action. Can a machine-an automobile-do that?

It seems to me that this present fad for automobile driving and stoking is but an outcrop of the gratification of a boyish instinct, Nearly every boy has had an ambition to be a locomotive engineer, a gripman or a motorman. Those whose health has prevented them from earning a living and gaining disillusionment by the exercise of this wish have, later on, been able to satisfy this craving of their boyhood by running an automobile.

Well, dodging obstructions at a mile a minute may be a highly interesting amusement, but when I want to ride fast I prefer five cents' worth of trolley rather than fifteen hundred dollars' worth of auto-shake. When, on the other hand, I seek recreation, I prefer to find it through the medium of a good horse.

AUSTRALIAN MEMORIAL TO

BURNS.

F. W. Pomeroy, the well-known sculptor, has been commissioned by the Scottish Associations of New South Wales to execute a bronze statue of Robert Burns for erection in the Sydney Domain on a site to be given by the State Government.

Eruption of the World's Greatest Geyser.

The Auckland (New Zealand) Weekly News, of September 3d, gives an account of a fatal eruption of the geyser Waimangu, New Zealand.

"Waimangu, which is said to be the world's greatest geyser, was on Sunday last the scene of a startling and shocking catastrophe, in which four lives were lost. The huge geyser is situated about fourteen miles from Rotorua, and forms one of the greatest attractions of Auckland's thermal regions. Large numbers of tourists visit Waimangu for the purpose of witnessing the geyser in eruption, and on Sunday last, August 31st, a coach party proceeded from Rotorua on a visit to Waimangu. Four of the party, apparently with a desire to obtain photographs of the crater, approached too near the treacherous geyser. Suddenly there was an appalling eruption; three shots, following each other in rapid succession, and hurling boiling mud and water over the promontory on which the little party was standing. The four were instantly swept off their feet by the force of the water, and precipitated into the seething cauldron forming the overflow of the geyser below, and carried along in the boiling water for a long distance."

An eye witness describes the eruption as follows:

"About half-past twelve a shot went up to a height of 400 feet or thereabouts. After crossing to the far side and inspecting the display from numerous positions we came back, passed over the bridge, and stood on a slight projection looking over the edge of the geyser. We were rewarded by seeing the outburst from the geyser reach a height of 800

feet. Other shots went higher still. It was a stupendous spectacle. Unhappily, tragedy followed close on the heels of the sublime. About three o'clock I noticed a party of ladies and gentlemen, who had arrived at Waimangu about half-past two or a quarter to three. This party took up a position some forty or fifty yards in front of where I was standing. They had cameras with them, and were evidently bent on getting snapshots of Waimangu in action. At twenty minutes past three the geyser sent up a huge column of boiling mud and scalding water that spread out over a wide area.

"For perhaps rather more than a minute the entire scene was enveloped in darkness, made all the more terrifying by reverberations, as thunder, and a vibration that filled the atmosphere and caused the ground under our feet to tremble. I called out to my sister to run for her life, and I fled after her. Fortunately, we had a clear path in front of us, and we got away just in time, a huge fragment of rock falling within a yard of us. The eruption lasted for about two minutes. When it was over the spectators looked anxiously around to see if all were safe. The guide shouted out: 'Are all safe, there?' I replied that there had been six persons on the slope toward the inside of the creek a few moments before and now I could only see two. Previous to the eruption I had heard the guide call out to these people that they were in a dangerous place, and tell them to move away. Their disappearance caused the utmost consternation. They had apparently attempted to reach the path, but without success, the boiling

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THE ERUPTION OF THE WAIMANGU GEYSER, NEW ZEALAND.

The greatest geyser in the world.

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