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I [AIL RIGHTS RES GD.) OUR LADIES' COLUMN. I BY ONE OF THEMSELVES. RETUnX OF THTC c;rAj;I>«—THK norsKiTor.D P.l.'It.ADE. STAI-N'r-'D K H AKi. — FIXE M EX. SIK IIKDVKUS r.ru.Ei:.—For;: MONTHS IX r.EI.EA<;ruKD I.ADYSMITH.—A KIXDLY LKTTEK.—Sl.OCO TO A HOSPITAL.—WOMKX AS SAXITAl.'Y IXSPKCTO"S (JOOD TlfAIXIXi;.— FACTORIES AXD WOlJKSiif I I'.S.— THE POST OFFICE FOlt WOMKX.—THE VllM l'EIS OF WOMKX — IXTEIIESTIXi; FACTS.—WOMEN AS ADVO- CATES.—CAXADIAX WOMEX AS BAK lilSTEKS.— HECEPTIOX OF A LADY lXTO A Cts.NVENT.- j KEXUXCIATiOX OF THE WOULD. I The Household Brigada has returned. The Hors-2 Guards have come home again. I saw rheni march slowly past a house in Regent's Park (whore I went purposely to look upon tnem) to their barracks in Albany-st. My own impression of the appearance of these splendid fflhws one h:<] beon a< c.vst ,m. d to see in gorgeous uniforms, mounted upon prancing chargers, was tleprrs ing. Tii.'y walked past in their stained and faded khaki tunics ana dingy lieimets, with heavy trait and melancholy aspect— not at all like the sma:tapper nwn who :>r as a rule, to be seen showing their magnifi- ent figure? and uniforms about tile ncigiibourhood of the Albany-st. Barracks. A.; an enthusiastic hr,us m:1.id observed, with tiit, tears upon her cheeks, whilst sue waved her damp handkerchief to the passing troops from the balcony The poor boys are just thinking of the ones they have left behind them in South Africa." And I daresay she was right. Those whe went to Windsor may have appeared more cheerful, but these I saw icoked tin J, weary and .sad, in spite of their bronzed facs. Almost simultaneously with the entry of the Guards into London Sir Redver.s Buller was making his first public appearance sin:'e his return te England, as chairman of a gathering called teg ther at Queen's Hall to s'd the London Throat and Eai Hospital. The occasion was a lecture by Mr. W. T Maud, special artist to the Graphic." The huge hall was filled to overflowing. When Sir ReJYrs. Lady Audrey, and Miss BuJ!rr appeared npon the platfnn: the v:?st b))ilding rang ?th pro- longed cheers. Th? title of the iecture \v?s Fom months in beleaguered Ladj-.smith," and was illus- trated by numerous phonographs and sketches. Mr. Charles Wyndham was expected to have taken part in the proceedings, but instead of his appearance on the platform a lotter was read from him excusing liimself on th" plea of a special malliwe he was un- able to postpone, but he enclosed a cheque for 25 guineas, whu-h he wrote would be much more prac- tically tis-eful to the hospital than any words of his could he. The result of th's successful entertain- ment (probably chiefly due to the fact that Sir Ri'dvers Buller, the hero of Ladjxmiih, was to lie gazed upon in the flesh) was £1,000 clear profit to the hospital. Now is the time for educated women de-iring lucrative employment, to train as sanitary inspectors of various kinds. The Industrial Law Comiiiitt," fee! that the public should know the need for the appointment of additional women sanitary inspectors. Doubtless the nnw Borough Councils will soon ba looking for trained, educated, capable women in- ■s;>ectors. The excellent work already done by women in tills capacity under the Factory and Work- shops Act is being emphasised by all the vari u-t medical officers of health in whose districts women have proved themselves so eminently suitable 2nd capab.e of inspecting and supervising workshops and other places where women are employed. The' training classes for the Sanitary- Inspector Examina- tion Bcxtrd recommence soon after Christmas, at 53, B:rners-st., th" rooms of tho National Health Society. The X.H.S. has been eminently success- ful in -.ra,lnln- ,ladle_- for these examinations, and most of the women inspectors in London alrea dy in full swing have been diplomees of the National Ilealih Society. So many positions ara now open- ing cut to women of general education and special training, and e-pecially is this the < ase as sanitary in. spectors. health niisii-oners and lecturers, and teaehers under the various County Councils, vestries, School Boards, etc. For full particulars application I should be made to the secretary, 53, Berners-st., London, I have taken some notes from an excellent article on the employment of women in the Post Office, by \[:. Lewin Ilill. c. It. who was formerly Senior Assistant Secretary in the General Post Office. He says that at the present time the Postmaster-General has more women in his employ than any other single employer of female labour. It is certainly a splendid service for educated women. Out of a total staff of about 167.0,10. 20 per cent. are women. I only wish that the women were paid as well as the men. Of course, men have the rougher outdoor work. night work, the despatching of mails, etc.. to do, which is harder and requires greater physical strength. The opinion of many in the Service is that women are less willing than men to undertake responsibility, but the advantages to the Department in the em- ployment of women is that as a rule they take a grc-'ter interest in the performance of their work, that they are quite free from insubordination. almost entirely so from inebriety, and that acts of dis- honesty are rare amongst the women employed—all of which are interesting facts. I conclude that, tuken as a whole, women are more conscientious than men. I hope to be able to give you some more fact-, with regard to the employment of women next week. Tn Paris, women have within the last few days achieved a triumph: the long-delayed permission to ple:id in the Law Courts has. been parsed by a m-ii(-,r:tN. of 172 votes against 34, in spite of the vident cpposilion of Mon. Gongou, who cit d England and English disabilities in defence of his views. But ever since Mdlle. Poquelin commenced her siicewsful career at the Belgian bar, French- women have been agitating for similar privileges. In Canada the call of ladies to the bar led to a promulgation of what might be called sumptuary laws. It was laid down that women barristers should be restricted to wearing black dresses beneath their black gowns of office, and linen collars and cuff- a most sensible decree, which places women on a proper official footing with their male co l- leagues, :ind obviates the possibility of any yielding to prevailing or passing fashions. Not that women pleading as barristers would be likely to emphasise their speeches with the aid of feathers and flounces, but it is as well there should be no option. Wigs nre not compulsory on women, but they may not wear hats or bonnets in court. A Catholic friend of mine gave me a g-nphic I cfescr:p ion of the ceremonial she had just witnessed at the r- cr-pti'-n of a ycung lady, well known in London Society, into the Convent of a strict order. The Nuns of ?vfount Curmel and their vows are very j s trict. Th" wher-e thn reception took p!ace is famous far and wide fcr the exquisite music and s nging to be heard there. On the occasion of the renunciation of the world bv this fair young girl it was 'avi-hly decorated with lowers, and at the given hour the future nun cut-red the chapel attired as a bride in flowing white drapery with orange blcsson-s in her hair, leaning on her father's arm. In her unoccupied hand she carried a lighted taper. Priests in gorgeously embroidered vestments cern- duet d the service, and finally formed into a. pro- ci'-sion, headed by the bishop in mitre and cope, and fI'I.O\J by the novice still leaning on her father. Out of the chapel to the doors of the adjoining Con. vent tho procession wended its way. These were oprnà in response to the bishop's knock, and all the nuns with their faces closely veiled were seen wailincr ~n :he thre lr o d t3 receive th"> nrvic?. Then tIp doors were closed with bolts and bars, and the proccssi"n returned to the fhapel. Presently behind the deub' grille that separated the Convent from; the chapel, a (iiiii form r. s discernible holding a 'I?! t'd Mp°r. -The Bishop approached and asked: "What d;) you require of me?*' Answer: "That ynu ree-iio me into the' Communion of the nuns of M unt Carmel." Question "Do you come of your own free Arswer: Yes, and for the sake I of the Lord Jesus Christ." Then the noviet- dis- appeared to have her fair hair cut off and to acsumo the religious habit in which she was aft-rwards s"en bidding her friends fartwell from biliind ihe vis'tors' grille, w here only relatives are sometimes permitted ¡ .1 1 t-) visit those who have thus voluntarily cut tliem- selvfs off from the world. Th"re is something strangely. impressive in the surviva l of the life of the cloister In our busy, feverish, restless century—something startling in the solemn renunciation of citizenship and persona- lity in tha mid-t of our London life, with the cries of "newspaper boys and the sound of carriage wheels almost within hearing distance. One feels that the frame for the picture should be an old Spanish town in tin ni7ddle ages. The earnestness and reality of the whole service is mo-st impressive—almost over- I whe'ming in its solemnity. Lo-idort, Thur.-day PENELOPE. I
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Little Edith had the habit of eating out the soft part of her bread and tucking the crust under the edge of her nlate. Her mother had frequently re- proved EditTi for this reprehensible practice, but it appeared to have no lasting effect. The other evening Editli was detected at her old trick. Said ner mother: "Edith, how oftPTI have I told you about leaving your crusts? There may come a. day when you'll be glad to got them." "Yes, mamma," replied Edith, with a demure, whimsical countenance that's what I'm saving 'ein for." Lady: Why are you wandering around tho country. I should like to know, instead of stayinj at home and taking care of your family?" Tramp: You s. mum, my wife had a very good servant- girl-a regular jewel, mum. Lady: "That doesn't seem possible." Tramp: There never was but one perfect trirl, and my wife had her. mum." Lady "Mercy. What a lucky woman." Tramp: "Tes, mum. so my wife often said. But you see, mum, the girl didn't like me." Lady: "She didn" Train;): "No, mum. She said my wife would have to discharge her or me. so she discharged me.* Lady: "O!" I see. Here's some money." A minister in Glasgow was annoyed by people Talking and giggling. lie paused, looked at the di,titrlwrg. and said. Some years since, as I was preaching, a young man who sat before me was constantly laughing, talking .and making I oneouth grimaces. I paused and administered a severe rebuke. After the close of the services, gKiitlemau said to me, Sir you made a great mistake; that young- man was an idiot.' Since then I have always been afraid to reprove those *ho misliehave them;elves in churches lest I should repeat that mi-take and reprove another idiot." During the rest of the service there was good order. A norlTi-oountrr former was complaining that hk turnip ci-op had become an entire failure, on account of the fl v which attacks them. You hould try the doJ(> I did one vea". It acted splenliilx- said his ir. Wliit was it?" he asked. '• Well, when my land was readv, I run the seed- drill over it, but did not sow the seed. The dies came m swarms, expecting to have a good time; but wh"n no tumips came up, some of the flies had I died of ttarvation, and the others went away dis- I gustcd. Some da.ys after I drilled' again, but I drilled the seed this time; and, as a result, I had a splendid crop of turnioa. The flier were too old to come a second time."
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SOCIETY XOTES A D PERSONAL PAUS. e — [From '• TKL'TH."] The prr-scnl S sslon, owing to its brevity, \Vn ony all'^x\i an oppjrtuniiy for touching the fringe of the va.ious 1.-M1..3 on which the i^overtnneiit deserves attat v. it will merely be an aifair d outpr.stj. ThE real battie will c.mimencc when Parliament meets i i, t year. fir Howard Vincent, I see, has, announced that he Ins taken the Aquarjuni for e. night in order to entertain a Midd.esex regiment on its return. Will ii;,uor be prohibited at the Aquarium on that lLgItt VYili it be prohibited in music-halls on the tccasions that the returning warnors are invited to them by their intelligent ni,iiagers. Lord Roberts is sure to pas through the ordeal of many public dinners given to do him honour on his return. Let him refuse to appear ait any of them except on the understanding tint u illc and mineral wat.rs will be the sole beverages. T:i:s would nave a far ge?a.ter inUta nee Ulan goody- goody advice, or lragr.es of wrrthy people who are never likely to tr- at a soldier to a drink. T'i- same ruie might hold gcod tt ali dinners given either tc privr.es or to genera.s. Sir Redvers Buller, f,-Ir iiistince, at the Devonian dinner should, as well as t:1 g: e ts, ave been put en a min ra!-water regime. 1 Do, not Carlyle, with sardonic humour, some- where propound a scheme for an annual batiue of paupors? In tho Blackburn Workhoive the same r, ut; seems to bo attained by means which are less merciful :o the paupers and more expensive to the ratepayers. <' average number of inmates in this workhon-o is "bout 1,003. Since 1895 there have been altogether 1,041 deaths, of which 252 have oc- our: d during the past 12 months. The rate of mor- fit! I i y among t he naupers :f Blackburn is now, there- fore 252 per 1,000. I takethe « sensational figures from a speecii b" on-e of the Guardians named Riley. He also mc.niioii'>d that upwards of R200 a year is "ent upon drugs, etc., and that "the whole of the medicine is disp-enssd by persons not qualified to d'spense. The present dispensers are probationer nurses, but it is asserted that until a few months ago a considerable quantity of the medicine was m;!J.p up hy a woman who was not even a proba- tioner nurse. It would appear," added Mr. Riiey. that just in proportion to tihe amount of medicine dispensed the number of deaths increased." After hearing these shocking allegations by one of their number, the Blackburn Guardians instructed a committee to con- sider a proposal for the appointment of a resident medical officer at the workhouse. But- the niitter is too serious to be disposed of in this way. It calls fcr an iii d ep-r.( ,-nt I)v the fer an independent investigation by the Local Government I?oard. and if the .statements made by Mr. Riley are found to he correct, the Bumbles re- sponsible for the existence of sikh a state of things ought to be placed upon their trial in a Criminal Court. A report, based apparently upon solid grounds, it current that the Government, or some of the mem- bet's of the Government, are by no means satisfied with what ij going on in Scu:.h Africa. They are of opinion that public opin'or at home-will not tolerate fer long the measures that have been taken, and that will be taken in a more aggravated form, to crush ftiiii'ne resistance of the Boers, which is likelv to "it for a rons dcrablo t:me. The sold ers in South Africa are by no means in favour of them, and only obey wit.h reluctance the orders that tliff receive. The Government are, therefore, seriously considering the policy of negotiation with the Boer leaders. The bloodthirstv shrieks of their Press are not to their taste, and if a declaration of a readiness to negotiate on reasonable terms is not made by the Leader of the House of Commons during the d ebate on the Address, it will only be because the Govern- fficnt dread let t'li.(,N- m;t- fall between two stool-;— on the one hand. their followers in tha House of Commons and their Press denounc- ing thnm for weakness; on the other hand, the Opposition c'niming as a. Party-victory any conoes- sion that may be made to the conquered S:ates. Mr. Chantbcrlain realises that the changes in the Cabinet have to a very great extant bc-"n mad, in order to secure to Lord Salisbury a. majority in it, and to mak" it clear to him that should the'Premier [ reshrn at any time h? will nor be his successor. His position has bepn shaken. The cru-hed worms have turned, and it would not ''urpri?* me if the rf?u't wen' to mak for pMc". F?r from triumphing over the Gnvrrnnicnt if it has the courage of its opinions, thp Opposition will sincerely welcome its einantipx- tion. [From "THE WOULD."] ] The Princ-e- of Wales had an unpleasant experience the other day with his motor car when driving from Castle Rising to the station at Lynn, accompanied by Mr. Henry Chaplin and Lord H, Vane-Tempest, The party were considerably behind time, and were going along as fast as possible in order to catch the tri!I when one of the burners went out, and the i machine cropped. After a few minutes a motor brak. which had conveyed the luggage to the station, was seen returning, and the prince and those with him at once transferred themselves to it, and 1 ultimately caught the train, which had'been detained for them. If there is truth in the reiterated statement that Lord Roberts, immediately before relinquishing he command in Souh Africa, communicated to the War Office his opinion that the sending out of twenty thousand fresh troops was necessary to the effective prosecution of the campaign, it cannot be believed that any of the economic or other con- siderations which were allowed such undue weicht in sid(?rat i ons which were all ital-es of the war will be Pall Mall in the c-arlier stages of the war will be suffered to stand in the way of prompt compliance with the renuest. The impatience with the un- j expected prolongation of the war, which is already beg-inning- to be manifest, would be converted into a storm of wcil-justified indignation if it became evident that the hands of generals in the field were once more being tied by official red-tape, or para- Ivsed by a cheeseparing policy on the part of mili- tary or financial authorities at home. It is well ior everyone concerned, and not at least for the members of the Boer Mission" them- selves. th-T the cold douche administered by tho German Emperor has awakened Mr. Kruger from the pleasant iliu?ibns fostered by hi" French ad- mirers. and has finally convinced him of the hope- 'es sncss of expecting any European intervention on his behalf. Had the Kaiser thought fit to amplify his message, h" might have proceeded to explain that in the category of his arrangements already made" are included such items as an Anglo-German Airree- ment and the resolve of Germany not to imperil the peace of Europe by wanton interference in affairs of another Great Power with which it has no legiti- mate concern. There is reason to hope that Mr. Kruger's tardy recognition of the fact that "all is lost" will lead not only to his own retirement into private life, in Holland or elsewhere, but also to a like acceptance of the inevitable on the part of his recalcitrant countrymen, who are prolonging an in- sensate and ruinous res i stance in the field. I Apart from the unfortunate De Wets Dorp aff-iir of last week, the news of which came with a shock of more than unpleasant surprise, it has now become only too plainlv evident that the restoration of peace in South Africa is still very much farther off than official ootimism has hitherto allowed the public at home to realise. The doubtless necessary scantiness of the news supplied from the front rentiers it diffi- cult to understand the secret of the sucees; with which De Wet and other gueriila leaders have so long continued to defy the best efforts of the British forces for their suppression, and to move about the countrv with freedom and impunity. But the situa- tion. disappointing and trying to the public patience as it is. at least serves the srood purpose of emphasis- ing- the folly, and worse, of any sort of concession to the well-meaning sentimentalists, and others not so well-meaning, who are protesting in advance the adoption of the stern measures n-ecessary to brine: hostilities to an early close. Such measures, when it is dear that none mUskr win sufHc?. are in reality far more mercifu! than ? feeMe acquiescence in the continuance of a de-;utory warfare. per- haps for year?." such a< is now seriously threatened I in the two quondam Boer Republics.
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About the only cheap thing that gives satisfaction isa.conpitment. Two professional palmists have been fined 40s. and (,C?t, a.: Bath. 44?A(i t Redhill (Surrey), on Tuesday, Percy Turner, a young ticket collector, fell between the platform and a goods train, and was killed. There is to be a solemn service a.t St. Paul's Cathedral on the 19th in memory of the soldiers who have fallen during the year in the war in South Africa. A like service was held in St. Paul's this time last year, after our reverses in Natal. Lady Jeune presided at a meeting heid at Arling- ton Manor, near Newbury, -t which was formed a local branch of the National Poultry Organisation Society. Mr. Edward Brown, secretary of the society, mentioned that the eggs consumed in Eng- land last year would fill upwards of 40,000 railway Trucks, which would reach a distance of 150 miles. Of these oni" one-third were English. At Douglas, on Monday, John Shimmon, manager of Dumbeli's Bank, who was recently sentenced to five years' penal servitude for fraud, was sued by Mr. Peter C. Walker and others, of Liverpool, for £ 50.000. the sum being due under an indenture. Mr. Coole, for the defendant, said he would defend the action. In the Divorce Court, on Tuesday. Percy Wm. Rimington, lieutenant of the Royal Navy residing at Chatham, was graated a decree nisi against his wife, Lilian Rimington, on the ground of adultery with George S. Holgate, naval engineer. The marriage took place in 1892, and in 1899 petitioner found letters in his wife's possession, pointing to intimacy with the co-respondent. When spoken to, respon- dent offered to enter a convent. It was agreed that co-rcspondent should pay £2.5{} damages. The jury returned a verdict accordingly. At York Assizes, on Saturday, Edward Crosbv (38) manager of the North Cliff Scarborough Branch of the York City and County Banking Company, pleaded guilty to a charge of falsification of the books. Archdeacon MacK-arneas and Mr. Tra-vera Humphreys, barrister, prisoner an excellent character, and Justice Gncatfiam, taking this and the fact that Crosby suffered from ill-health into consideration, imposed a sentence of six months' hard labour. The Guardians of Wandsworth and Ciapham Union have decided that infirm and well-conducted men and women over sirty-five years should have a. common sitting-room for each sex, furnished with armeWirs and Diciuras. I fie man' was walktng along carrying a parrot in a cage. "What have you got there?"' asked a friend. Pi. '-t; I'm taking it home tQ my wife. She always nted one." "I hope roull have fr i en d l wa,79 'iiian I did %Vilh one I give my lietter luck than I did wit-h one I gave iny v. if." "What liapp(.ned to it?" "Don't know my wife, do rou?" "No." "Neither did the. parrot. It wanted to talk during the daytime, and couldo^ get a ch n e while my wife was around, so it stayed awake at night to do its talking, and the poor thing died of insomnia before twa weeks."
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MARKETS. MOLD. Red wheat, 9. to 9< 6 ) per hob. barley, 8. 6d to 9s par hob.; oats, 61 to 6, 6 i per hob butter, Is 3d per lo eggs, 8 for a shilling SHREWSBURY. CATTLE. TueLadF.-y.-Stc-ady trade all round with prices slightly lower. Small suppii-s of calves and shepp. Quotati ms Beef, 5-i 1 to 6 i j mutton, 61 to 7d and veal 6ii to 81 per lb. Porket pigs, 9,6 to 10/ and bacons, 8/6 to 9/ per core. Cows with calv-x up to £ 21 10/. Bay up to £ 3 15/per ton.Natiibers rff -red:-652 caule, 49 conswith enives, 577 sheep, 67 catve-, 67 fat, 170 porket, and 399 store pigs. WHITCHURCH. Friday.-Wheat. 4s Od to 4s 2d per 751bs barlen 3s 9d to 4s 31 net 701bs oats, 2s 811 to 3s 3d per 50 lbs; f ggs, 7 to 8 for Is butter, Is to 1* 2.! per lb fowls 3" Od to 4s Od per couple rinckiings, 4s 01 to 4s 6d per coi. pie; potatoes, Is to la per f core; beef, 5d to 9d mutton 6d to 8d lamb 7d to 9d veal, 7d to 9d per lb pork 6,n to 7d per lb.; rabbits 1/8 to 1/10 per couple, apples, jd ver lb. F, L L F. S ill B R B. Tnesday, Quotations.—Wheat (new). 12s 6d to 13s Od per 225 lbs oats (ltew) lis to 12s per 200 lbs malting barley 16* Od to 18- Od per 280 lbs butter. Ih to Is 2d per lb eggs, 7 to 8 for a Is fowls, 3d Od to 4s 6d per couple duck- 4c 01 to 5- 6ri per couplc rabbits, Is 8d to 2a per coo ple apples, 3s to 4s per SO lbs. OSWESTRY. "WEEKLY CATTLE FAIR.—This proved a fairly well Htteiuieu Smit fi; Id on Yv t-dneBdav and the sales were i up to the average. Sheep were, howe\er, nbout a pcor trade, bnt cows and calves sold Wtrii, other "stock l'talimd aboac p? e, on i rate". NI eu3ra Whitfield & on pold 178 c.ttle ..r¡ calve. an3 834:ebeep and pigs; M -esrs g Hill, Wa ride and Owen sold 93 fat cattle vet 16 -ia.-eki Ale-K r, Whi titlri & Batbu aiie. Air I'l-o-i. Whitfieid, jnnr., disposed of large consignments of stock a', their re- Deetive mnrtp. Quotntn-ns:— B-ef rna: e f-cm 6d to 64 nmtton, 7d to M and veai 7d to 8 j per lb p.'rk pigs realised 9/ to 9/6 and bacon pigs 8s 6 1 to 8s 9J per score lbs. MONTHLY HOUSE FAIR -At this fair held in the ilorne Mart on W.-due-day, there was a comparative- ly small show of horses eff-ring and these were for the moat part rather poorly classed. There were however, a few eool 'arts" showing and these were making from S30 to JE40 npiece, whilst here and Lhere a few nice cobs and hacks were on the market at prices ranging from iEI8 to 125 apiece. There wa- a trood attendance of dealers. MONTHLY CHEESE A BUTTER FATR -At this fair on Wednesday, there was a fair snow of blltt. r off ring Rnd a large coj-iu'im-m of cHeeo. nearly 220 tubs "f butter, and about 540 chetr e being pitched." i tiere 'V-n a g)o1 at-ndauce of dca.ers. Pi-ioei rule 1 a9 follows :-THb hOlt. r, 9d to 101 per lb cheese, fkims. 22/6 to 30-; half-mealed, 42 6 to 47 6; and fat 57 6 per ewt bacon fetches realiseu 7d to 8d; and hams 91 to 10i per lb White wheat, old, 4s 2d to 4s 4d ditto, new 4s Od to 4s 2d per meas. red wheat, old 4s 2d to 4s 4d ditto, new, 4s 0.1 to 4s 2r pf-r oata, new, 10i 6 1 to 11,. 6d old. 16-i 01 to 188 0.1; malting barley, 16s Od to ]8-i Od per 280 Ibs; grinding barley 13s 0.1 to 13-\ 61; potatoes, Is to Is per 20:bs, butter Is 2d to Is 31 per lb beef 6d to 8,1 mnrton, 7J to 9d veal 61 to 7-i; lamh, Of to 0 1 pork, 61 to 8.i; fowl", 4s 01 to 54 0.1 ducks, 5s Od to 6s Od per couple geese, 7d to 81 per lb; eggs, 7 to 8 for a shilling. LIVERPOOL. CATTLE, Monday.—The number of cattle in market to day was much larger than last week. The demand was slow for all classes, particularly middling qnality, of which the supply largely consisted, at consider- ably lower prices all round. The sheep supplV was less. Trade very slow and prices lower all round. Quotations: -Beef, 6¡-i to 4,n; mutton, 8d to 51,1 per IV. At market :—Cattle, 1.812 sheep, 5 535. Tile Christmas market will be held on the 17h inst. Cons, Taei;day.-Advices from America were better than anticipated, but the advance had been already partially discounted here still, speculative positiona continued on their upward course during early trading. The advance, however, proved short lived, as offerings became more free, and brought about a reaction, a slight decline from last evening at one period being reistered. Prices fluctuated to I a moderate extent, and final ra'es were PrFtcti-al?y unchanged from yesterday, afternoon cables beiug instrumental in keeping the market ste&ay. Holders of wheat on the spot were firm, and there was a fair inquiry at late rates to Ad per cental advance on Friday's figures, the latter being for hard winters. MAIZE.—Spot parcels of American mixed maize were in fair request, and with holders firm prices showed an advauce of t 1 to Ad per cental on last market day's rates. River Plate and European were firm, Odessa being id dearer. FLOUR ruled steady for all descriptions, hut buyers operated only to a moderate extent. BEANS showed ¡ no quotable change from Friday, but few s-les trans- pi-ed. PEAS met a fair demand, and late prices were fully maintained. BARLEY was fairly steacty, though huvers had the advantage in the matter of price. Ovrs quietly steady for foreign growths, but English met an improved demand, and late prices were fnilv supported. OATMEAL dull of sale, though holcers were steady and prices repeated.
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[PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT.] I THE THING IN THE TWO-PAIR- BACK. I BY EDGAR JEPSON. I Author of "The Passion for Romance," "The Keepers of the People," &c., &c. I [COPYRIGHT.] Everyone in the house disliked Kantra Prasad with so;.ner:ini'_r of tne instinctive loathing awakened in the human heart by ugly, noxious, creeping things. An oily young Babu, with beady black eyes peering from under drooping lids, the look of him alone was of a kind to inspire distaste into the most easy- going and his manners, or rather an atmosphere that always surrounded him, that seemed to mova I with him, deepened the distaste to a hatred. Tne fact that he had never allowed her to enter his room sine- he had occupied it, filled our landlady with a thousand fears and suspicions; and she would not have suffered him to stay in the house, had she not spent the six months' rent which he had paid her in advance. Maria, the untidy, hardworked servant, declared with an unaffected shudder that she couldn't "abear" him. I distrusted him profoundly for his furtive air, his slinking movements, and the uneasy, gaol-bird glances he shot at me from his half-closed eyes whenever we met. But Dulcie Lanton, the daughter of the decayed gentleman, who lived also on the second floor, loathed him with the whole- souled loathing of her fourteen years. She called him the "Poison-spider"; and would wait half an hour to avoid the risk of passing him on the stairs, As she and I were great friends, her loathing of him i Strengthened my distrust and dislike. He had-been in the house about a. month when I noticed one day that he was changing—the olive tints in his brown fat-c were growing a repulsive j lighter green—and before I had made up my mind whether the change had been brought about by ] illness or mental trouble, I found myself with a very real grievance against him. I am a light sleeper, and if by any chance I am awakened in the night, I am long falling asleep again four or five nights running I was sudden!y aroused to find myself in an inexplicable midnight fright, and to hear nothing that could have aroused me. But I knew, I knew not how, that the awakening sound had come from tho room above, the two-pair-back, w here Kantra Prasad lodged. And as sure as ever I fell asleep again, some snarling beast came into my dreams The day was cold. I had grown stiff writing, and a sentence baffled me: the right word would not come. I rose mechanically, began walking off the stiffness without thinking why I walked, stopped before the window, and was gazing vacantly out int-> the sleety drizzle," trying to rake the right word from some cranny of my mind, when I became aware that eyes were on me. It is an impression to which I am always sensitive, but this time it affected me with strong uneasiness. My absorption vanished, and I stared with all my intentness at the curtained window of the house opposite. I could see nothing, not even a vague outline that might pass for & head but I could feel that the eyes we re there, very troubling. I drew back into the room out of sight, and watched with a curiosity, ever growing livelier, for a glimpse of the eyes whose gaze could so disquiet me. I had watched it little while, when, at the sound of a hansom r; :ing down the street, the curtains parted, and i. 'ace peered stealthily out of them down into it, :th a savage eagernèss-a lean, brown face. set in ink black hair, and alive With wild eyes. It was no face for a commonplace London back-street. "A friend of Ivatitra Pra- sad's." I said to myself, slipping into my chair to go on with my work. I fell to ir again; but I had lo?t my grip on it. The face behind the curtains of the house opposite kept coming into my mind; worse still. I could ,id; worse still. I cou l d feel the eyes from time to time resting on me. I j was g!ad when the early dusk forced me to draw down the blind and bar them out. I closed the shutters a.5 well. Even then I could not write; I kept speculating on the face, and thinking that I s-hculd like no one to be wattinsr for me with so ?t i n-T for me vvitli so 1 sinister an impatience. It was no u-e trying to go on with my writing, it would be bad, and I rose to fill my pipe. I had filled ir, and was folding a spill. when I heard a smothered cry, a patter of footsteps, and a flutter i of skirts down the stairs; the door was jerked open, and Dulcie fell into the room. She fell into tho room, clutched the couch, and sank to her knees on t he floor, her eyes glazed in a colourless face, contorted out of all its prettires5, h-u- open lips grey, her very curls limp and straigh- tening with overmastering fear. I caught her up in my arms, and called on her to tell me what wa.s the matter. She only choked, and shuddered with her face against my shouider. her fingers clutching me with a painful grip, while her whole body i quivered to each heart beat. I set about soothing her. holding her in a tight clasp it seemed the right method. It was at any rate effective, for pre.-ently the choking gasps ended in a burst of tears that relieved her oppression. i "I should have died if you hadn't held me," she sobbed and I was inclined to believe her. What is it, dear": What frightened you?" I said gently. There's something in the Babu's room," she sobbed. "That infernal nigger again! I'll stop this "7 I cried, angrily. "Don't leave me! Oh. don't leave me!" she cried in p. fresh access of terror, a.nd threw her arms round my neck. You'll be quitp safe here. Lock the door as I go out," said I, unclasping them, for I was in a bitter rage that s he should have been so terrified. You sliar.'t You shan't! You shan't!" she cried almost wailed. You'll be killed! The Poison-spider has been away in the country these three days. His room is empty—only—only there's something dreadful in it There was no use in arguing with her, she was unnerved by too severe a shock. I laid her back in tho easy chair, and said. Now, you lie here; J will be back in two minutes." She looked at my set face in piteous helpless appeal g-a "0 a great gasp, bit her little lip, set her repth. stiffened her arms against the side of the ch-d" and rose. "Then i ll go too," she said quietly, and some- thing stronger than fear shone out of her eyes. I took her hand—it wal atremble with the nervous effort—and thinking that to see would most surely banish her fear, led her out of the room. At the first step that creaked upon the dark stair, I heard a mumbling from the empty Two-pair-back, slipped my arm round her waist, and gr.pped her to me. When our steps creaked upon the landing the mumbling ro?e to an angry muttering of a sinister tone inconceivably disquieting. I)h, come away," she said below her breath. It docs worse than this," and she was again quiver- ing with fear. For all reply, I put her behind me. and rattled 1.h. door. But Slur; upon -ltarl. long drawn, ferocious, from no human, no animal throat, and withal of so strong a ncte of potent malignity as to assure me. against all reasoning, that we faced the extreme peril, rang upon the air. I stood helpless while a 11,<111 inignt eo"nt a score, f-lt Dulcie stiffen on the arm I had thrown round her, then staggered down the stairs, half-carrying her. and stood at the bottom in the disorder of unnerving horror, the cold beads trieklir.g down my face, th(- cold chills racing down my spins. Witii an empty hand I struck a match to light the -zi-, I hadn't the sense left me to go into my room. As I struck it. I heard the front door open, and a. blast of cold air blew it out. I struck another in a wild hurry and unreasoning belief that the Thing could not face the light, and lit it. The flare re- lieved our hearts. There came halting footsteps up the stairs, and Kantra Prasad rose into the circle of the light. His face, set in a mask of fear, helpless hopeless fear, showed greenish there was foam cm his brown lips his eyes were the eyes of a sleep-walker, and s?w il?)t i iiii,r but sori,- liorr.ble awaiting hill. We lathing but some horrible f"'3 awaiting him. We shrank back a!, nst the a.i. and he passed us, Willi his arms strained behind him, on dragging feet that moved by no will of his own. At each creak of the stairs came a snarl in a new note of triumphant savagery, a gloating ruthlessness. Hi« st> ps quickening to ttieir summons, he passed across the landing in a stumbling run, and dashed open the I (joor. The room was very dimly lighted: as he went tn a swaying, writhing black shadow veiled him there i came a storm of snarls in the sound of a monstrous I worrying, and then his body shot out of the room, toppled slowly down the stairs, heels over head, Jieels over head, and lay in a huddled heap at our feet. A: the mere human horror Dulcie's fear found voice in screams, and I heard the doors opening below. Of a sudden another head came into the I.giit, and the brown man from the house opposite stood beside us. A glance at the huddled hody. a glance at us, and he sprang up the stairs with a. swift, noiseless spring. The other lodgers, a.nd the land- lady came hurrying up, and in an excited group, noisy with questions, set about raising Kantra Prasad, and soothing Dulcie. In the midst of the uproar the brown man came leaping down, bearing in his arms a burden of the size of a baby. swathed in a silk coverlet, sprang through the group. )wn tne stairs, and vanished. I carried -the fainting child into my room, and with the help of the landlady set about restoring her. Whlen I came out I found two policemen among the group on the landing, looking at Kantra Prasad, and receiving suggestions with an air of imperturbable wisdom. The Babu was quite dead, and into his throat, blue against the brown, two little hands, no bigger than a baby's, had bruised their fatal imprint. His lips, and cheeks, and chin had been bitten about by tiny teeth; but his face was the face of a man relieved of some intolerable burden. The policemen heard my story, and went up to the two-pair-back, their truncheons ready. I fol- lowed behind them. There was no living thing in the room. One of them lit the gas, and it showed I us a large trunk in one corner, a pile of rugs and cushions In another, and some simple cooking utensils on the hearth. In the middle of the room stood a small block of common deal and, a foot away from each corner of it, a little lamp of the kin.} used in illuminating gardens. Three of them had burned out, the fourth still flickered. In the trunk was a set of the tools of a gem-cutter. 49 0 The inquest had been a tedious affair, very tiring to poor iJur\e the jury, hopeless of understanding '• e matter,. brought in a verdict of wilful murder a.r.. :i-t some person or persons unknown. I was sit.ing ai my room tired out. when Maria brought up a card inscribed E. Gilbertson." I was sick I nt newspaper men and amateur detectives, and was about to say I would not see him, when I saw that he had written Indian Polioe in the corner of it. I told her to show him up; and there came into the room a .sun-browned man of forty, a man of a languid air, out with very keen eyes lie camo straight to the point, told me he had been sent by the Indian Government in search of a maä -r" '10'1'. ,1"?.. wTio rn.?'it ? t?.e !:?? ??u, and as?ca rie (° h::n what had happened. I repeated ¡j:l"'J (0 feft ¡. I' H h.' t ,I)r\" f the fiftieth time. He heard me without 'a a and w hen I had made an end of it, a?ked ml <I '°W I J' b l]?,ibu' ?rpom. 1 ?d him upstairs t(j -Ow U:¡C: to It al; It was jr.?t as the police had found it ■ tn "•? prc-sion of horrjr was too vivid on thf.wQ? minds for t oem to touch it yet. He I'll?ed arT* wooden block and the lamps with a trd at the b-own walked across the room, and opene'1 trunk; as his eye fell on the gem-cuttpr'. to? ?* frown smoothed out, and there came on to °h:the .ie easy, triumphant expression of a man whh° o 3 1 f 1 h n who the solution of a probiem that has troub]pd h. sees o-thcy "C got it back" he said  Come and tell me," I said led the \ery w:tIy. h.' "av ¡ room, gave him a cigar, and poured him o' 0 my whiskv and soda. "It's only fair that yon "hou?d knovr v,!a' d, "you've had iroubie enough about I;' ho. aid. Prasad fell a victim to the spread of Westr,rn ■ The ?ods of his fath ers were not good eno m" r 1'00" s- him, but he has learned to approci?. I U2:n for Six months ago a small idol of Siva—the tr!'1h now. you knof—which had two great rubies for etroyer, missing from a Benares temple. So w CO) e, Wa priest. When the priests found that he t /JUn? ?"S out of the country, they asked help of ? d g-ó1 n ment, and I was sent to Europe after hi e TOYern. him to Hoiland, and lost all traces afm].. I teed While I was hunting, the brown man arra¡,m ¡nere. had found him, and the goddess Ira, J k the 1\"ay her image. She was angry. It str;i?gled Prasad." He took a sip of his whi,ky and soj? "What' You mean to ..ll me t hat "a¡() Irn a!?s strangled a man Here, in London, or "n(, ¡rna! the nineteenth century! I cried, i1 tll(' "nd Of I don't expect you to beHove it," he ?.j • •. & B ■miie. "But I have seen very riran!" re t [The End.]
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"Tenerope Smith says ?x-'n never 80 near Christmas. "Wity?" "Si? ':0' oa,In cheapeqt lot of presents she has ever in;! "?"? tiie "They ell me you have some money i.f I- eaid Bart l ct-. Yes," replied Tornkii).jl -Vo,J-" replied Tor.jki)), ??' left me ]on as?ro. Lend ti, sha.f-a-s'.1-P,?j lef, me J°.ng- ag-o, Lend us ha,-f,a"E'r";?ll" I First Volunteer (of returning der-ini"I r""i- m *nt) The ?iris are going wi)d ov.r u-"L "Md ¡ ') 'Pond Volunteer <?r'm!y): Ye'; we ar4- r.-?,\ Lawyer: "Then I un derstand you t0 .dr:, ?' ness, that the parties came to high -,vort|s-" -^o, nr>ss, that the partie came to hi.h wrJ"ù.äf:.I\:lt- s:r wot I ?ay is, the ? ord- was 1), .,rl 0, I?iljI?dv: "I want you to understand" I'm no -.pring chiekcn." Old B <arder-. -?'?? T'ii n.) -,I)riiiq ()Id I'? ?t hav to lake your word for ir. I never -V'^ "Whar ?- tho hrmk of war, na?" "T 1,k f °' war? WctI, it is the deling whieh .y, a!! th" thnf between Hr'd?". an 1 "ys oar hf'- ;t Landlady: "How is the turkey, 1 rV ()rn'.?''? I I ,"01:1, you ar? not a ?co) judge." Nvw I,, <j:)?h! :o b". madam I am n the h itii- r i?-'n? She: Yes, mv !:tt!e ?iri is ? ); a)!:?"?'' ) n. 1" .I.7, tHl:n, c:d People say she took her be-uty from m- n (g-l.nrly): can't say that I n tie d vcitr i- Ila- You say the que-tion is not v. r. -)t rr.arry her': "Not if you widi to :? :?' 'lt i • correct, The quf?tion ii wnt-tiier s• he M ct i:irn escape. Pas?or Have yen scnoo-Iy considered th?, TrPa« (1:?tion of )if.?, 3?larv* C rl Parishioner t'¡1 a curtsey) cap of the young men a-ket n. yet. Sir. Madge is crazy ?bnu: her thr"e ? )'dir -:r'or." "IIcw fIZ"" "h\' -ie is afri: one of ihr m, for '1. LI ..4t (t) ar:O¡'Pl any  (if for fear the )tierz nli?,liz gi:¡ pr';II;o. lion f irst. 1)( ':1 f li. t. Effete Man ("ome vear?? h(,nre) "Weil TV-. to pawn n?v clr('- Ult. 1: r:ó'nd: ""0 r?!;?p the wnJ" Kffete Man: "-No. to keep froil wearing it." 1Ir", Puce: Mercy, you let your 2-irl oif everv afternoon!" Mrs. Mace: Yes. ir.dec 1. it la «„~i, a sav:n?' The more =h? is a-my ihe f?.Y..r cli1 I. T'10 Illore ?!lo I she breaks." Stryker' s wife has clo-v -i with their coichman I'm not surprised at that" V, Ly, is il(- so fas. cinating? How did you know him?" "I (,(;,I,t I know Siryker." Fac(,, i cii ilo ol(i who has comp a cropper on the wet asuhaltl 'Old up. sir. o d up you re a bit early this yar—pantomime s,.a.on only ju-t begrun." -Ind^e: "You are charged with a*-=auit and n'ntery. What have you to ,:ay:" Prisoner: Xot a word veronner. It was savin' too much ero: me into thi, scrape," Now, that," said B?'?- nroud!y. a? h? ('an?h:? storp?d torturing ihf piano, wha? I <?.! a stol,pi,(l tortlli,;Ilg Ln(, pi.?,,io, iviia-, i-311,a "Tl-iaiik heai,on." "e an offer to go to work fora ?i:o?f-t'r house. What would you do if you were in mv sho,-s; After a careful inspection: "I think J would black "em." Miss Pa lisade: "I' m surpri sed yon lih h:m. Wliv. if he had money he would make an ideal husband!" Miss Summit: That's nothing' So would arv man." J Louise: "How is it that 3-011 ard .Tack Hauteur am so coc! to each other bt-V? Y r.i u^e,! to ht such great friends. Ada.: "Why. didn't you know that we are engaged. of "H"r). Fred! What's everybody crowding nn of the ùrowin'room for? Have refr?-hm n'- been annoiiiiec(,1 1*' announced?" Fred: "No; but Aunt Matilda it getting ready to sing." Buyer: Yes, tjle hor^e a nr0C,{ one. fiat I don't like his long head." Captain Racer: "Why his best point. Look at the chances you have of winning by a nose." He -rc-.it men have smoked, my dear." She iwttli :iiaiation): Oil. i: vuo will only give up "moking until you arc great, 1 shill be quite content." I'm very sorrv to hear. Grumpy, that von and your wife had a falling out. How did it happ-~n?" "The horse started before we were ready, ana the seat of the trap trave way." Doctor's Friend: "Have you heard that horrible s'ory about Stiffe being buried alive?" Bolus (hastily): Buried a"lve? Impossible! Why. he was one of my patients." "I think," said the dear girl, "that it is a good "that i' i? a zo,)" rule to think twief, before spr-dtlng." said tho savage bachelor. "I've had a dozen -,iit-r.,J men tell me that same thing." Mr. Shmson Bi-hop, shall I thank the LoH for this bountiful m,'al" Willie Slimson You'd better thallk the Bishop, pop. If he hadu iiei-n 'here we wouldn't have had it." Eastendite (to inspector): Per yer think I'1 a-goin,4 to let that kid go to school an' get cheated? -No, thank yer: we've got one bloomin" forger ia the family, an' that's enough." Ella." said Clara as they were seated on the verandah of their count}- boirdintr-house "1 wen* fishing with Charlie this morning." Phi you: What did you catch?" Charlie." Caller: Nellie, is your mother "Mother is out shopping." Caller: "Wher. ■-til she return. Nellie?" Nellie 'calling b.u-10: M inima, what shall I say now?" Vv ite W've been living here six months neiv, ■und not one of the neighbours has called. Ri- band "Don't worry. I'm going to have a tele- phone put in the house next week." Can I change here for Bristol" said the el I lady to the guard for the fifteenth time on th" journey. "You can if you like, ma'am, bta y.ai't better not if you want to get there." She: I suppose. Cousin Torn, you are engaged now to take me cut fcr an evening ss you ti?ncl to d o He: you used to do.* He:" 1.111 not too IIUUM engaged. Trixi e—too much married E:ltor (testily): I can't see anything 7t manuscript of yours.' Struarsjlinir Author v:e. tiveiy) I presume not but. voti know, some of your readers may be quiie intelligent." She: "They say Ross "Madder is wedJe.l to i.er He: "Is runt Sunset Effect' one of hers'. She: What do you think of it?" lie: "I think her art had better get a divorce." Ikey Please, fardtr. give me a penny far tee cream. I am MI lint I" Fat her: Ikey. nth: or., dat is a v-ai«t of money. I vill tell you a "fine gha-t storv datvill make your b'ood run cold. H .Tane." said a man, lookinc for his -iz ir "I have places where I keep "my thill", :I¡<Ï ""n ? I ought to know all of them." Yes." sh .1. I ought to know where you keep your life hours. Tho (;ood Man: "-hat have you ever done to m->ke the world a brighter place?" gate: "I've dene a good- deal. Organ!1 r.:r-a twenty- metal-polishers' unions durin' last .war." \oun<r man," said the elderly irentienten ;•> t- saucy sinallboy, "gray hairs should h? r.n.pre I. "That ain't what mv sister n>- i,[i die youngster. She says they should be pullca our. liiis is the parlour, eh?" tentativelv remarked tnenouse agent, who was looking over tae hoa-e. Ytz," replied Jones: but I usually call it tin court-room-—I ve got seven daughters, you Ittunv. Husband: "For whom are i-t)u ¡Ill' stockings?' Wife: "For a benevolent -1 Hushmd: "Do you know, you 111i¡.dJt "d;d :1" my address. Perhaps they would send me :1 i'J But can't you learn to love wrong man. She shook her head etently. "J learnt a good many difficult things," she rent but they have always been things that I want-'i to learn." Mistress What is Johnny crying anJ sebhtn? for? Give him what he wants. I must a letter, and I want to be quiet for a short t'ue- Nurse: Please, ma'am, he's crying for his drum and trumpet." She: "Sometimes you appear really manly, and somtimes you are absolutely effeminate. H, Jo you account for it?" He: "I suppose it is here- ditary. Half my ancestors were males an I Ihe other half females." She: "So many men marry for money. wouldn t marry for monev. would you, dearest: He (absently) No. darling, I wouldn't marry you for all the money in the world." And lie marvels now that she didn't speak the last Lime he met her. The great composer, Handel, was an enormous -pater. It is said that a tavern he always ordered dinner for three. Dinner is quite ready, sir. when the company come," said a waiter to him one (lay- Den pring up de dinner," said tho Anglicised German: "I am de gompany!" Mrs. Turtledove: I see hv this medical work that a man requires eight hours' sleep and a woman ten." T. Yes, I've read that somewhere myself. Mrs. T. "Now nice! You can get up every morning and have the fire made and the breakfast ready before it is time for me to get uP; Daughter: You should have turned down tile upper corners of your visiting cards, 111a. when you called on the bride. That means congratulation. But you turned down the lower corners. T''?i means condolence." Matron (with dignity): "Yoijd better wait till you get married before you cr.ticisa your ma." Squire (who had invited a farmer and wife to dinner): Now. Mrs. Williams, here's a nice duck: what will you take?" Mrs. Williams: "Well. III take a leg, a wing, and a bit of the breast, and Bob will take the same." There's been another engagement," said young Mr. Dolley, who had been reading the latest war news. "Oh, dear," sighed Miss Frocks. "I wish I could be in an engagement 1" And in a few minutes she was right in one. Old Friend: "Was that 'Richard III Date you were playing in the north a farce. Touring Manager (indignantly) "No! We couldn t raise any historic costumes; but we all had drew suits, so we wore them.,