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FOOTBALL IN JAPAN.
FOOTBALL IN JAPAN. Amongst the many things that Japan borrowed from China was football, said to have been intro- duced as early as the middle of the seventh century. The Emperor Toba II. was an expert player, and got; up a club at his palace. Considering how averse most Orientals are to hard work and rigorous exercise, it may be supposed that the game was very different from either "Rugger" or "Socker." Nevertheless, the Japanese form seem* to have been popular, and we may trace the lbeginming of professionalism to an Emperor and his Court, of whom it is told that in a time of poverty they earned a little extra money by teaching the art of football.
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THE KING AT CHATSWORTH. His Majesty the King, accompanied by Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria, arrived at Chats- worth on Monday evening from Sandringham, on I their visit to the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire. Tha Royal party reached Rowsley Station at five o'clock, and were met by the Duke. His Majesty having inspected a Volunteer guard of honour, the journey to Chatsworth by road was begun. There was an escort of torch-bearers, and other bearers of torches lined the approaches to the mansion grounds. The gardens were brilliantly illuminated, and the popular welcome was enthusiastic. The King wore a Chesterfield overcoat and a bowler hat, and was looking well. Her Majesty was dressed in a sable travelling-coat and handsome furs. The carriage in which their Majesties drove to Chatsworth with their host was drawn by four horses, with postillion and outriders in blue and silver livery. Apart from the fountains of fire in the grounds, and the 25,000 vari-coloured lamps following the outlines of the house, the house itself was lit up with pyrotechnic coloured lights. The word "Welcome" was traced in coloured lamps, and .upon the lawn was a device which comprised the inkials "E. R." and "A. E. divided by a crown. On their arrival at the house, the King and Queen, with their suite, were received by the Duchess of Devonshire in the marble hall. The Viennese band of Carl Hubert (the private band of Mr. Alfred Rothschild, who has lent its services for this great occasion) played the first few bars of the National Anthem. Up the great marble stair- case, lined with powdered footmen, the host and hostess conducted their guests to the apartments set aside for their visit. These are not the old State apartments, which, in spite of their magnifi- cence and the priceless treasures of art adornir: < £ them, are without modern comforts, but a suite on the west front, furnished much more cosily. It need scarcely be said, however, that the furniture and decorations aru of extreme beauty and richness, Shortly after the arrival of the King and Queen their Majesties proceeded with the Duke aud Duchess to the reception room, where the members of the house party were drawn up in two lines to await their entrance. While the ladies curtsied and the gentlemen bowed low the King and Queen stepped down the chamber bowing and smiling, upon which the gathering broke into little groups, and there was a more informal greeting with familiar friends. The party, in addition to their Majesties' suite, consisted of the Prime Minister, the Earl and Countess Howe, Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest, the Hon. Charlotte Knollvs, Sir Iledworth Williamson, Mr. Leo Trevor, EarJ Percy, Mr. F. Mildmay, M.P., Consuelo Duchess of Manchester, Prince and Princess Henry of Pless, the Earl and Countess of Gosford. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sassoon, Miss Muriel Wilson. Mr. W. II. Grenfell, M.P., and Mrs. Grenfell, Lord Stanley, M.P., and Lady Alice Stanley, the Hon. J. Ward, the Hon. Sidney Greville, the Hon. Mrs. George Keppel, the Earl and Countess of Mar and Kellie, Lady Maud Warrender, Mr, and Mrs. William James, Lord and Lady Elcho. the Portuguese Minister, Count Mensdorff, the Hun. Evun Charteris, and Lord Charles Montagu. Shooting, motoring, and golfing formed the pro- gramme for Tuesday. The morning was misty, which somewhat interfered with the shooting, but, nevertheless, a huge bag was made. A hundred beaters were cut, and, as the mists lifted, the birds were brought down in such numbers that a large game cart was speedily requisitioned. Lunch was served in a specially-erected marquee, and here the sportsmen were joined by Queen Alexandra, Princess Victoria, the Duchess, and other ladii s of the house party. Later in the afternoon the Duchess and Princess Victoria motored round the neighbouring countryside. The King has decided to prolong his visit, and he will leave Chatsworth next Monday instead of cn Saturday as originally intended.
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THE POWER OF THE A ;i.L. Our bodies are our gardens, to which our willa are gardeners so that if we will plant nettles or Pow lettuce. set hyssop, or weed up thyme, supply it with one gender of herbs, or distract it with many, either to have it sterile with idleness or manured with industry-why. the power and corrigible authority of this ims in our own wiUs. —SHAKESPEARE. MAN'S LIKENESS TO MAN. While it is true that no two persons are alike, it is also true that no two are wholly different. The bond of likeness of man to man is greater than the leparatenpss of unlikeness-for man is made in the aiage of God. No one has a right to consider him- jelf entirely incapable of forms of evil to which others have fallen a prey. If he has not yet fallen into them,so much the greater his need of gratitude. But he is like those who have so erred in that he is not out of danger. Neither is there any height of spiritual attainment reached by his fellows of which he ought to consider himself incapable. In liabilities and possibilities men are much alike, even though in the end they have differed in degree. It is n.ore essential for the mutual assistance of each to each that men should think more of that which unites them as one in kind, than of that which separates them as diverse either in kind or in degree. DOMESTIC POLITICS. Home is a woman's empire, and a large one it is. Domestics are as complicated as politics. Our individual happiness is more immediately dependent upon domestics than politics. How many happy children there are in the world who know not the meaning of politics, who cannot grasp even the idea of a political question, but whosa whole comfort is immediately derived from good domestic arrange- y 11 ment, of which they have some idea. And when that arrangement is defective, how speedih-children perceive it—how soon they lose that fear and respect for their parents which form the chief source of domestic order. CO-NNION WORK IS NOBLE. The truest nobility is sometimes found in the most commonplace lives. Someone refers to a fable used by Plato, illustrating this fact. He said tpirits of the other world came back to this world to find a body and a sphere of work. One spirit came and took the body of a ling, and did his work. After a while Ulysses came, and he said: "Why, all the fine bodies are taken, and all the grand work is taken. There is nothing left for me." Someone replied: "All the best one has been left for you." Ulysses said What's that ? And the reply was: "The body of a common man, doing a common work, and for a common reward." WORRY XJ-LS SUCCESS. Perhaps there is nothing else so utterly foolish and unprofitable as a habit of worrying. It saps the nervous energy and robs us of the strength and vitality necessary for the real work of life. It makes existence a burden and weariness, instead of a perpetual joy and blessing, as it should be. Poise and serenity are necessary to the complete develop- ment of character and true success. The man who worries is never self-centred, never perfectly balanced, never at his best for every n.oment of mental anxiety takes away vitality and push, and robs him of manhood and power. Worrying indi- cates a lack of confidence in our strength it shewn h.at we are unbalanced, that we do not lay hold of the universal pnergy which leaves no doubt, no uncertainty. The man whc. does not worry, who believes in himself, touches the m-irfs of incite power. Never doubting, never hesitating, h& is constantly reinforced from the God that creates planets and suns. Enough vital energy has been wasted in useless worry to run all the alliairs of the world. HOW TO SUCCEED. The famous inventor Thomas Edison was recently asked by a young man what was the secret of success. Said the great man: "Don't watch the clock deserves a place in the rules of any young vian who is ambitious, and striving for success in any line. Don't be a time-server. Remember that you are working for more than a stipulated sum for t stipulated r.umOer of hours. Keep your employer in your debt by doing a little more or a little better work than is actually required of you, and sooner or later there will come a day of reckoning when you ovill get your pay. FAiTH IN HCMAVnT. Ever judge of men by their professions! For though the bright moment of promising is but a moment and cannot be prolonged, yet, if sincere in its moment's extravagant goodness, why. trust it, and know the man by it, I say—not by his perform- ance—which is half the world's work. Interfere as the world needs must with its accidents and circumstances, the profession was purely the man's own. I judge people by what they might be—not are, nor will be.—BROWNIXQ. FAME. Fame, we may understand, is no sure test ot merit, but only a probability of such: it is au accident, not a property, of a man. Like light, it can give little or nothing, but at most may snew what is given. Often it is but a false glare, dazzling the eyes of the vulgar, lending by casual extrinsic splendour the lightness and manifold glance of the diamond to pebbles of no value. A man is in all cases simply the man, of the same intrinsic worth and weakness, whether his worth and weakness lie hidden in the depths of his owa consciousness, or be betrumpeted and beshouted from t--d to end of the habitable globe. These are plain truths, which Dl) one should lose sight of; though, whether in love or io anger, for praise or for con- demnation, most of us are too apt to forget t:»«m.— CABLYLE. CONFIDENCE IN DARKNESS. Though the mariner sees not the pole-star, yet the needle of the compass which points to it tella him which way he sails. This the heart that is touched with the loadstone of Divine love, tremb- ling with godly fear, and yet still looking God by fixed believing, interprets the fear by the love in the fear, and tel'.s the soul its course is heavenward, towards tiM bavea of rest.* ARcitilL-,uop LSIOHTOK. I -81. un
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WRECKAGE ON THE CORNISH COAST. Fears are expressed in the Lizard district that ah;pping disaster has occurred off the coast. On Saturday the greater portion of the side of a ship -was washed ashore inside the Manacles, on the Rosenython shore; but the rising tide and change of wind carried it out to sea again. A mast which came ashore near Lowlands Point was secured. The wood was free from growth, and where broken was quite fresh. No marks revealed the identity of the vessel to which it had belonged.
ITHE CLONES MURDER. MYSTERY.
THE CLONES MURDER. MYSTERY. The inquest has been resumed at Clones on the body of John Flanagan, which was found in a manure pit at Clones on December 16th last. In connection with Flanagan's death a young man named Joseph Fee has been arrested.—Sergeant Young gave evidence as to assisting to remove the body from the manure pit. He was present at the post-nmrtem subsequently made, and saw a pocket- book found on the body which contained letters, telegrams, and other papers addressed to "John Flanagan, Bourdantian." A sum of 3s. 9^d. was also found in the pockets.—The boots found on the man were identified by Edward Ki-ary, of Tatty- morris, as having been made by him for Flanacan. —Miss Flanagan identified the clothing found on the body as her brother's. She stated that her brother left home on the morning of April 16th last.—No further evidence being forthcoming, the inquest was adjourned. t:> t:>
CHINESE SEAMEN MUTINY.
CHINESE SEAMEN MUTINY. Fifteen Chinese firemen have been brought up at Cardiff Police-court charged with wilful dis- obedience to the command of the chief engineer of the steamship Khalif. The charge was the sequel to police-court proceedings on Saturday, when the captain of the vessel was summoned by the crew, numbering thirty hands, for alleged shortage of provisions. The summons on that occasion was » dismissed, and the crew were removed in a closed vehicle to the vessel, lying at Cardiff docks. They broke out, however, into mutiny, and fifteen were arrested. The vessel left Cardiff on Sunday with another lot of firemen.—Evidence was given that the defendants not only refused to work, but terrorised the other Chinese deck hands and the European members of the crew. The prisoners had hatchets and knives, and threatened to kill the other members of the crew.—Police-sergeant Evans, who, with other policemen, was on board the Khalif on Saturday, said that after what he saw he, as well as the captain and officers, armed themselves with revolvers.—The prisoners were each sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment.
A CAREER OF CRIME.
A CAREER OF CRIME. John Hall, seventy-four, a printer, pleaded guilty at the West Riding Quarter Sessions, at Leeds, to stealing a purse containing 3s. gel. from Hannah Bentley, at Wakefield, and the chairman (Sir Thomas Brooke) read out a remarkable list of con- victions. In 1872, for circulating foreign coin in an improper way in Paris he r<m away without standing his trial, and by default was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. He was afterwards convicted at Manchester, and then at Ghent. Two or three years later, while still in Belgium, he received a sentence of fifteen months' imprison- ment. ThAre were subsequent convictions at Glas- gow, Durham, Stratford (Essex), Norwich, and Antwerp. The chairman added: "You have Iven playing and preying on the public all your life. The sentence of the court is that you be kept in penal servitude for five years."
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A YOUNG TILL-IIOBBER. A schoolboy, named George Barker, son L: a carpenter, was, at Spalding Police-court, brought up in custody charged with a series of till robberies from small sweet shops in the town, £1 9s. Hid. having been obtained from one shop, 2s. 8d. from another, whilst in a third the amount was not known. In each case the till was taken as well as the money. When arrested the boy lnd over 26s. in a glove in one of his pock ts. He at tirst denied the charges, hut when taken to the police-station admitted taking two tills, but said he knew nothing about the third.—The accused's father said that his son had been buying books and going in for competitions, in which he stood a chance of winning a prize, and he was afraid this had influenced him in obtaining money in the way he had done.—The police stated that the lad had been in custody since the previous Saturday, and the magistrate remarked that a little experience of the cell might be beneficial. It was an extraordinary case.—Mr. Barker: I am afraid it is these prize competitions that have influenced him. Accused was asked if he had ever won a prize, and he replied that he had won £20, but he had not got the money.—The lad was remanded to the Petty Sessions.
MURDER OR SUICIDE?
MURDER OR SUICIDE? Ap inquest has been opened at the St. Pancras Coroner's Court on the body of Dora Piernick, aged twenty-eight, a Polish Jewess, of Whitfield-street, Tottenham Court-road, who on Wednesday after- noon last week was found with her throat cut. Sarah Piernick, whose evidence was interpreted, said she lived in Upper Rathbone-place, and was a. tailoress. Her nationality was Russian Pole. She had known the deceased woman for twelve years, her maiden name being Dora Zigelmann. About ten years ago she was married to her (the witness s) brother, who was a shoemaker. The marriage took place in Lodz, Russia. She last saw her friend at a quarter to twelve on the Tuesday night, meeting her in Tottenham Court-road. She was quite sober. While in Tottenham Court-road a man spoke to her. Several rings were handed to the witness, who identified them as belonging to her sister-in-law. Julian Bartel, for whom a fresh interpreter had to be brought, said he lived in the same house as the woman. About six o'clock on Wednesday morn- ing he was awakened by the cry of a woman. He also heard a noise as of a body falling, and a sound as of the breaking of a glass or a lamp. He went upssairs and listened at the door of the room for three or four minutes, and then heard a noise as of someone breathing hard. Evidence of the finding of the body having been given, Dr. Samuel Lloyd, police divisional surgeon, gave the results of his e>x;mlIllatJOn. The Coroner: Do you come to the conclusion that the wound was self-inflicted?—The witness: Regarding the wound itself, I am unable to say positively that it was self-inflicted; but my opinion inclines to the view that it was. Dr. Pepper, the analyst, also gave evidence. He said that, without any evidence one way or another he should say the case was one of suicide rather than homicide. Certain parts of the body had been pre-erved, and in his opinion they ought to be subjected to analysis to ascertain if any poison had been taken. The coroner gave directions for this to be done, and the inquest was adjourned.
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AN OFFICE BOYS ONSLAUGHT WITH AN AXE. An extraordinary occurrence took place in Cannon-street, City, on Monday morning. Mr. W. E. Lane, secretary of the Manica Copper Company, was attacked in his office by an office boy named Schutz, aged about sixteen, who used an axe which, ,it is stated, he brought up in a parcel to the office ;that morning. The lad apparently went from the ■ttmall office, where he was employed, to Mr. Lane's room, and dealt him two or three blows about the head and face with the axe, and then escaped. No cries for help were heard by the clerks, and although the chief clerk saw the youth going out hatless there was nothing in his demeanour to cause notice to be taken of him. Presently the sounds of groans were heard, and on the secretary s room being entered Mr. Lane was found lying on the floor bleeding from wounds about the head, and in a semi- conscious condition. For a time nothing could be elicited from him,but eventually he whispered some- thing about "the lad must have been mad. The sudden disappearance of Schutz was then explained, and a blood-stained axe was seen lying in a corner of the room. Meanwhile the police and a doctor had been summoned, and Mr. Lane was conveyed to Guy's Hospital in an unconscious state. There his injuries were dressed, the most serious being a deep incised wound on the left side of the head. During the afternoon Mr. Lane regained conscious- ness. and was able to converse coherently; but neither he nor any member of his staff could suggest any cause for the attack by Schutz. 1\1r. Lane, who is thirty-four years of age, is reported to be progressing iavourablj. A description of Schutz, who is stated to be a German, aged seventeen years, living with relatives in Burdett-road, Bow, has been furnished to the police.
THE CRAB AS A TOURIST.
THE CRAB AS A TOURIST. The Northumberland Sea Fisheries Committee have been engaged in some interesting experiments as regards the habits of crabs. A number of them have been marked, and the recapture of some of the marked crustaceans goes to prove what was previously believed to be the case, namely, that during the winter crabs travel out to sea, to come in again in the spring. Some crabs appear to be great wanderers, for one of twenty-six which was marked at Beadnell on October 25th, 1902, was last year picked up by a fisherman seven miles aoutb of Aberdeen. On Saturday atternnon an Ostend to Dover steamer passed an empty ship's boat and a quantity of wreckage in the Channel. While the members of a ty'w Year's party in Dundee were separating, it was suddenly discovered that one of them had died in his chair. In Kingstown Harbour (Dublin) a porpoise weighing nearly half a ton, which had been injured by the blade of a propeller, has been captured.
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-¥_- THE FISCAL CAMPAIGN. INTENTIONS OF THE OPPOSITION. It. is understood that, at the earliest possible opportunity after the reassembling of Parliament, notice will be handed in by a prominent member of the Opposition for a comprehensive Free-Trade amendment to the Address in reply to the King's Speech. An endeavour will be made so to phrase that amendment as to secure for it the support of Parliamentary members of the Unionist Free Food League. If this be found impracticable, it is expected that two Free-Trade amendments will be moved—one dealing with support directly given by members of the Government to Mr. Chamberlain's proposals, the other having reference mainly to the Retaliation policy advocated by the Prime Minister. They will be only two out of a shoal of amend- ments to the Address upon various subjects, but there is reason to believe that. if those relating to the Fiscal question are technically in order, the Speaker will give them precedence for debate, in view of Tariff Reform having been the chief topic of the recess campaign. The same subject will crop up from time to time in both Houses of Parliament, especially in the form of questions, but experienced Parliamentary hands do not accept the prevalent idea that Fiscal debates will occupy the principal part of the time of the session. The Government do not contemplate bringing forward this year any definite proposals which would raise that issue; indeed, they have in view a consider- able variety of other business, legislative and financial, which must absorb the principal portion of the time and attention of members. LETTERS FROM MR. CHAMBERLAIN. Mr. Chamberlain, in a letter to the Agent-General for Xew South Wales now in Sydney on leave of absence, says the details of any preferential arrange- ment have to be settled, but that cannot be till we are in a position to negotiate. If any colony wishes to remain outside such an arrangement it can, of course, do so. The whole idea of his proposal is based on its tendency to unite the Empire, and, if it does not do that, he had better be beaten. In a letter expressing sympathy with the Unionist candidate in the Ashburton Division, Mr. Chamber- lain says that no industry has suffered so much from unrestricted free imports as agriculture. The adoption of his proposals will not add a penny to the cost of living, while it will ensure a moderate preference on corn, and especially on meat and dairy produce, which will help the farmers and holders of allotments. IN FAVOUR OF INQUIRY. The Duke of Abercorn presided at a meeting of the Londonderry Chamber of Commerce, when, after a full discussion of the Fiscal question, a resolu- tion was adopted favouring inquiry, a resolution commending Mr. Chamberlain's policy being with- drawn. The Duke of Aber< orn, presiding subse- quently at a distribution of certificates under the Londonderry Chamber of Commerce commercial examinations, said he attributed the success which Mr. Chamberlain had achieved in the great work he had undertaken to the fact that he had a business training, nowadays so valuable to a statesman. The Walsall and District Chamber of Commerce, embracing a large proportion of South Staffordshire manufacturers, has concluded a three days' debate on Fiscal policy, and decided by 39 votes to 11 in favour of retaliation, preferential duties and Pro- tection on the lines advocated by Mr. Chamberlain.
SOLICITOR AND TRUST FUNDS.
SOLICITOR AND TRUST FUNDS. A warrant was granted at Preston on Monday for the arrest of Charles Thomas Taylor, senior solicitor, head of the firm of C. T. Taylor and Son, formerly practising at Preston. The warrant alleged against Taylor misappropriation of trust funds. the amount involved, it is stated, exceeding £12,000. Taylor was arrested at Southport in the afternoon, and later on was brought up before the Preston magistrates and remanded for a week. He denied the charge.
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THE CURATE AND THE DOCTOR* A curious case of assault has been heard at Barry, Cardiff, the complainant being the Iter. Lemuel J. James, senior curate at Cadoxton, Barry, aud the defendant Dr. Sixsmith, a local practitioner. Defendant and his wife were late in attending morning service at the complainant's church, and, as they continually talked to each other, Mr. James paused, and, addressing the congregation, said it was a pity that persons should make it a habit of coining iuto church during the service and disturb- ing the congregation by talking. After the service Mrs. Sixsmith followed Mr. James into the veslry and asked him if his remarks applied to her husband and herself. Mr. James replied in the affirmative. Mrs. Sixsmith, it is alleged, became indignant, called complainant "a dirty hound," and the defendant struck him a blow with his fit behind the left ear. The complainant added that when the Litany was read the defendant, instead of repeating the responses, said "Amen" in several places.—Defendant was fined 20s. and costs.
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LIGHT TRAVELLING ATTIRE. Late on Sunday night a lady entered the Kent House Railway Station, at Beckenham, aud asked for a ticket to a station on the line. The booking- clerk noticed that all the clothing she wore was her nightdress and a blanket. He concluded that the woman out of her miiid, and informed the stationmaster. When questioned, she said she had walked from Croydon, and wanted to get to Plaistow. Prom under one arm shc proiuced a casket contain- ing jewellery, and when asked if she had any money she shewed a purse full of gold. A crowd of people had followed her to the station. The station- master detained her until the arrival of a doctor, and subsequently she was taken charge of by the police.
GLOUCESTER DROWNING CASE.
GLOUCESTER DROWNING CASE. At Gloucester a coroner's jury has returned a verdict of wilful murder against Agnes Mould, the wife of a local innkeeper, who is charged with pushing Hubert Boulter, aged six, the son of a gas- worker, into the canal on Christmas Eve. The witnesses who saw a woman on the canal bank on Christmas Eve leading a boy, identified Mrs. Mould as the woman. — William Barnes, the accused woman's brother-in-law, said on Christmas Day Mrs. Mould said to him: "Oh! Bill, I have done something. I have drowned a little boy in the canal, and I shall get hung for it." She repeated the statement, cried bitterly, and added that she would not see the witness again on earth. She did not seem of sound mind, though she realised that she had done something.—It was stated that Mrs. Mould was released from an asylum only ten days before the occurrence.
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COLLISION IN THE THAMES. A collision occurred in the Thames on Monday morning between the L.C.C.^steamers Belvedere and Harrow during a thick fog. The Barrow, going down loaded, collided with the Belvedere, cutting her from the deck within six inches of the water line. It was discovered, a quarter of an hour after the collision, that the look-out man of the Belvedere was missing. Boats were at once lowered, and he was picked up unconscious live minutes afterwards. He had been shot overboard by the shock of the collision. Several of the crew of the Belvedere were thrown out of the bunks and sustained broken toes, wrists, and fingers. The damage done to the Belvedere is estimated at several thousand pounds. The look-out man. who was thrown overboard, lies in a serious condition at the Coburg-road Hospital, ) Royal Albert Docks. It is believed that had the weather been at all rough, the Belvedere would have had a narrow escape of sinking. Both the steamers were sludge vessels of a thousand tons.
AN UNSUSTAINED CHARGE.
AN UNSUSTAINED CHARGE. Ettienne Ondello and Louise Ondello, who were arrested at Broad-court Flats on Friday, charged with feloniously receiving jewellery stolen from Mmo. Fougere, the murdered French actress, at Aix- les-Bains, were brought up at Bow-street Police- court, London, on Monday, on the order of the Home Secretary. Detective-Inspector Sexton informed the magistrate that Scotland Yard had received a communication from the French authorities stating that most of the jewellery stolen from Mme. Fougére had been traced. About 22,000f. worth was still missing, but, as none of the jewellery found in the posses- sion of the prisoners corresponded with the missing property, the authorities wanted them released from custody. Mr. Harry Wilson, who represented the prisoners, said that, according to his instructions, they never knew the deceased woman, and had never had any dealings with her, or any of her jewellery. They knew nothing about the murder, and the whole thing was strange to them. Since the remand receipts had been produced for the articles of jewellery not accounted for at the last hearing. Mr. Fenwick at once ordered the prisoner#' release from custody, and said their property, taken possession of by the police, would be returned to them. Professor Sonstelle, while returning to his house at Veutimiglia, Italy, was shot dead by an elegantly-dressed lady. Bills posted at the Marseilles docks offer a reward for the names of crimps who have illegally shipped sailors on British ships. Both the Queen of Holland and the Queen-Mother have contributed to the funds of the Salvation Army in the Netherlands.
EXECUTION AT LONDONDERRY.
EXECUTION AT LONDONDERRY. At Lond .nderry on Tuesday morning, Joseph Moan, an agricultural labourer, was executed for the murder of Hose Ann M'Cann, at Badeney, near Trillick, Co. Tyrone, in November, 1902. Deceased woman lived with her SOIl, aged twelve, and they were supported by money forwarded by her hushand. who was in America. Moan was three times tried for the crime. The murder was committed with a knife.
BOY MURDERER'S ESCAPE.
BOY MURDERER'S ESCAPE. There is now no doubt that the boy murderer, Ernest Cashel, who escaped from the gaol at Calgary, Canada, a month ago, just before the date fixed for his execution, has got clear away. Three mounted policemen, who should have prevented Cashel's escape from Calgary, have been sentenced to imprisonment, one to two years,and the others to six months each. It is believed that the murderer got over the American border into Montana, and is now in hiding somewhere in the United States.
ACTOR'S PROMPTNESS.
ACTOR'S PROMPTNESS. At the Theatre Royal, Blyth, Northumberland, on Monday night, during the performance of the drama "The Priest of the Temple," by Mr. Charles Marcus's company, some of the overhead stage draperies caught fire. Mr. March, one of the actors, quickly ran across the stage as they were falling and extinguished the flames, the curtain being also immediately lowered. The incident was so sudden that the audience were not wholly aware of what had occurred. When the people learnt, however, that there had been a small Are, they loudly applauded Mr. March, who appeared in the following act with one of his hands bandaged. The play proceeded in the usual manner.
MOUNTAINEER'S ADVENTURE.
MOUNTAINEER'S ADVENTURE. Mr. Wood, an English mountaineer, who ascended the Wetterhorn last week, went for an excursion on the Schreckhorn on Sunday, accompanied by the guides Bohren and Aimer. During the descent Mr. Wood fell into a deep pool of water covered with snow, and in consequence of the extreme cold his feet became frozen, and the party was obliged to stop at the Grimsel hospice. Mr. Wood was con- veyed to Meiringeu, where he was placed under the care of Dr. Stucki. It was at first feared that it would be necessary to amputate both feet, but according to the latest reports the doctor hopes to save them.
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SUSPICIOUS BANK LOITERERS. Solomon Isaacs, forty-seven, and Alfred Critchell, sixty, who refused any account of themselves, well- dressed ni'.ai, were charged at the London Guildhall Police-court, on Tuesday, with being concerned together with another man not in custody in fre- queut in<r divers banks in the City for the purpose of committing a felony. Detective-sergeant Landy said he was in Old Bi oad-street the previous afternoon, and saw the accused with another man not in custody loitering suspiciously. He followed them until they reached the German Bank, when they separated, and the man not in custody entered and remained there for some minutes. When he came out he walked to Thread- needle-street, where he was joined by the other two, and they all three proceeded toLothbury, and stood outsie.e the London and Westminster Bank. The man not", in custody went in the bank, whilst Critchell stood by the door, and Isaacs kept watch on the opposite side of the road. Witness afterwards folljwed them to the Bank of England and to the London and South Western Bank, Cheapsid<\ where they behaved in a very suspicious manner round the bank door. Witness saw them behave in a similar manner at banks in Holborn and Oxford-street,,following old gentlemen and IadiesWho had received payments. He also described how the three men separately entered the Birkbeck Bank and their conduct inside. Meeting Detectives Windett and Williams, witness arrested Critchell and Isaacs in the Birkbeck Bank The other man got away. When searched Critchell had a note-book upon him containing Scotch £1 notes, memos, and a return ticket from Aberdeen to St. Pancras. Mr. Alderman Burnett remanded the prisoners and declined to accept bail.
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The United States Government Food Test Com- mission, which has been sitting for two months, reports that the use of salicylic acid in food is seriously injurious to health. A Lloyd's telegram from Figueira. states that the saved on board the boat of the Cygnet which was picked up were Major Little, wife, and three children, the mate, and three hands. While serv ig a customer Mr. F. Tideswell, chemist, of Market-street, Fenton, heard his three- year-old boy jcream. Running to the child he found lie had drunk s..me carbolic acid. a bottle of which was standing 01. the counter. The boy died. To promote the knowledge of the "true position and faith of the Catholic Church in and of England," the late Mr. J. W. Cudworth, of Leeds, lias left more than £70,000 to the Pusey Library at Oxford. A fire broke out at the extensive cotton spinning mill belonging to the Newton Moor Spinning Com- pany, Limited, at Ashton-under-Lvne, on Tuesday. The names quickly spread, and ultimately the roof fell in, damage to the extent of several thousand pounds being done. liildesheim (Hanover) Town Council has decided to preserve the ancient appearance of its streets by ordering that all new private buildings must be in the seventeenth century German style. Through the liberality of an anonymous donor, the Scottish National Expedition to the Antarctic regions will be able to continue its researches instead of returning home at an early date.
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NITRO GLYCERINE EXPLOSION. SEVERAL LIVES LOST. A terrible explosion occurred on Tuesday morning at the vrtrrks of the National Explosives Company, near Hayle, Cornwall. The works consist of a number of detached buildings, covering a large area of ground, about two and a-half miles from Hayle. The work carried on there is.the manufacture of nitro-glycerine for blasting, and about 600 hands are employed. The explosion occurred about a quarter to 11 o'clock, and caused the greatest alarm, not only at Havie, but at St. Ivns, which is four miles distant, and as f ir away as Penzance, eight miles distant. The effect at the latter place is described as like that of an earthquake. At Hayle great damage was done to property, and the air was filled with dense clouds of smoke and dust. It was ascertained that the explosion had occurred in the nitro-glycerine mixing department and that four men were killed. The men were working in buildings used for the mixing of the material. Two of these buildings, sixty yards apart, were blown to atoms, and the remains of the men were scattered in all directions. The explosion occurred in one of two huts in the danger area—it is impossible to say in which. In one of these, used f jr washing filtering the nitro-glycerine, three men were employed and in the other, which was the precipitating house, there was one man only. The two buildings were con- nected by a conduit, which consisted of a leaden pipe sheathed in wood, which carried the material from the washing-house to the precipitating tanks. After the explosion, the material of which the houses had been constructed was strewn in frag- ments over an area of 400 yards, and with it were bits of clothing and portions cf the bodies of the four men who had been in the buildings. The shock was severely felt in all the adjoining houses, and large numbers of the employees were flung about, cut, bruised, and otherwise injured and many of them on emerging from their hu1" presented a very disfigured appearance. Most of the injuries, however, were of a superficial character. The names of the killed are: Andrew Curnow, about forty-five, married: William Cliff, twenty, single: William Luzmore, twenty-eight, married, one child Simon Jory, twenty-seven, single. A ffth man, a Swede named Oscar Sjholm, was very severely injured. An extraordinary feature of the disaster is the damage done, at St. Ives. The great cloud of smoke was very plainly seen from the village, and the shock was even more severe than in the town of Hayle itself. Shop fronts and house windows fell into the streets, and the roads were covered with shattered glass, some of it plate-glass three-eighths of an inch thick. One woman who was carrying a baby was thrown off her feet., but not injured. In another place a portion of a house fell away, and an old woman either from fright or shock became unconscious, and remained so for some time. The fine old stained-glass window at the eastern end of the parish church was quite ruined. Windows were also broken at Penzance.
EAST-END SHOOTING TRAGEDY.
EAST-END SHOOTING TRAGEDY. A shocking tragedy was enactc-d on Tuesday morning, about eleven o'clock, at a lodging-house in Artichoke-lane, St. George 's-in-the-East — a narrow London thoroughfare inhabited mainly by foreigners—which resulted in the death of one woman and serious injury to another. The house, a small one, was occupied by a woman named Martha. Powell, aged about forty years, and her servant, Hulda Poppie, a German woman, fifty years of age, and it appears that a man named John Coleman had taken loJgings in the house. He is stated to be between thirty and forty years old, and latterly has been following no occupation, but at one time he served in the Durham Light Infantry in South Africa. He belonged to Newcastle, and apparently was on a visit to London, and went to stay at the house in question, where he had pre- viously been on Sunday niyht. About eleven o'clock oil Tuesday morning he pro- ceeded to the kitchen to make an inquiry of the two women in reference to a woman of bis acquaintance. They informed him they had no knowledge of her. He then gut angry, and on being told to leave the premises he pro- duced a revolver and discharged it at Martha Powell as she stood in front of the fire. One of the bullets struck her in the neck. and she fell down. He then turned towards Poppie and fired at her twice, a bullet struck her in the head, and she fell unconscious. The neighbours in the house were startled to hear the sound of fire- arms and screams, and were horrified to find the two women lying on the floor bleeding profusely from wounds about the head. Coleman was secured as lie was about to make his escape with the revolver in his hand. Several policemen were summoned, and the injured women were conveyed with all possible speed to the London Hospital. Despite tLc; prompt surgical treatment she there received the unfortunate woman Poppie succumbed to her injury about two hours after her admission. Powell, though seriously injured, is likely to recover. In the meantime Coleman was removed to the police-station, and on Wednesday was brought before the magistrate at the Thames Police-court and remanded.
FRENCH SUBMARINE WRECKED.
FRENCH SUBMARINE WRECKED. The submarine Algerien, which was built by national subscription as the outcome of the Fashoda scare, has been very badly injured by an explosion, says a Cherbourg message. The dock- yard authorities refuse information, but it is known that the vessel has been so damaged that she will have practically to be rebuilt. It has not transpired whether any of the crew were hurt. As far as can be gathered, the disaster arose through a too power- ful rush of air being pumped into the forward com- partment. The bulkheads blew out with a terrific report, and the Algerien, which luckily was only a yard or two from the wharf, had to be towed into a floating dock immediately to prevent her from sinking.
MISSING MANCHESTER MEN.
MISSING MANCHESTER MEN. Two mysterious disappearances have been reported in Manchester. A well-known grocer and provision merchant of Aghton New-road, Clayton, left his place of busi- ness last Monday week to pay a bill, and nothing has been seen or heard of him since. In the second instance a Pendleton man named Albert Lucas has not been seen since November 13th, when he left home in the ordinary way for business.
A VIOLENT AVORKIIOUSE INMATE.
A VIOLENT AVORKIIOUSE INMATE. Margaret Johnson, an inmate of the Manchester Workhouse at Cruuipsall, was charged before the Manchester City Justices with assaulting Margaret King, another inmate, by seizing her by the hair as she was ascending a staircase, dragging her back- wards, and then, while lying on the floor, kicking her on the head. One of the attendants said the prisoner was constantly beating the other inmates, and was so violent that-at times it took four men to hold her. They expected the prisoner would be killing somebody. The bench sent her to gaol lor a month.
ISOLATION OF THE FENS.
ISOLATION OF THE FENS. A remarkable instance shewing the isolation of some parts of the Lincolnshire Fens came before the Spalding Board of Guardians. The Rev. W. M. Benson, vicar of Deeping St. Nicholas, near Spald- ing, called attention to the death of a woman which had taken pace in Deeping Fen. The husband had to go to Market Deeping, a distance of seven miles, in order to get a certificate from the doctor. He then had to go seven miles to the registrar to register the death, and a further five miles to the relieving officer to apply for a coffin, and then had to walk nine miles to get home. The Board of Guardians decided to communicate with the Registrar-General asking for the appointment of an additional registrar for the locality referred to, which is one of the most isolated in the Fens.
BOYS' SECRET SOCIETY.
BOYS' SECRET SOCIETY. Four intelligent-looking schoolboys formed them- selves into "The King Cross-lane Secret Society," a remarkable story about which has been unfolded at the Halifax Police-court. The boys resided in the vicinity of King Cross- lane—a business thoroughfare—and were named Franklin Brook, aged ten; Harry Webster, aged eleven; Barry Wood, aged nine; and Wallace M'Lean, aged eleven. The charge against them was stealing the key of a bakehouse door, but, as Superintendent Raw explained to the magistrates, this was not their only offence. Detective Moss found a bunch of eleven keys hidden in King Cross- lane. Afterwards seven other keys and two screw- drivers were discovered. Brook and M'Lean ad- mitted breaking into a dwelling-house and stealing 6s. The owner, however, refused to prosecute. All the boys admitted breaking open a box behind a chemist's shop and stealing port wine. In this case the owner also refused to prosecute.—The chairman said that if the boys had simply taken one thing the magistrates could have regarded it as a boyish trick. But when they had a bunch of keys stored away, and admitted that they had them to break into houses, it was a serious thing.—On the birch being suggested the boys burst into tears. Eventually the Bench decided to bind them over to come up for judgment in six months. II.-A^s, c.mtainmg uewiy-iaia eggs, are reported from various parts of the country. Edward Jacobs, a septuagenarian, lost his life in a fire in Bartholomew-square, Old-street, E.C., on Saturday morning. After a collision the Eastern Telegraph Company's cable steamer Chiltern was sunk at Plymouth oa Saturday afternoon. 1
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL. On a charge of murdering a man in a fight on Christmas night William Johnson, a labourer, and Henry Evans, a soldier in the 3rd Battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment, have been committed for trial at Smethwick. The Divorce Court has the evil fate to have increased the number of i's cases last year, while the number of hearings in the King's Bench and Appeal Courts have diminished. Bidding farewell to his constituents in the United Boroughs of Cardiff. Sir E. J. Reed, M.P., says that he retires on account of imperfect health. Mr. John Cave, who built up the business of one of the largest boot manufacturing concerns in England, has died at Rushden at the age of eighty- two. To Mr. Cave's enterprise is attributed the rise of Rushden from an agricultural village to an important manufacturing town. There lins just died, in Hawarden Workhouse, Mrs. Turner, who would have been 100 years old next July. Mrs. Gladstone was greatly interested in the old woman, whom she sent to Chester Infirmary to be operated upon for cataract shortly after. :\Ir. Gladstone's operation for the same complaint. The next Consistory at Rome has been postponed until June, and it is aot considered likely that Archbishop Bourne will be amongst the' new cardinals, owing to his comparative youth. Three months' imprisonment for li.<e-maje$te was the fate of a German editor who remarked that the Kaiser received £2,000 daily for signing some documents. The depredations of increasing packs of wolves in Eastern Slavonia have so worried the authorities that a grand baltue of these animals has been ordered. Apparently anxious to learn all he can of the military "protection" of other countries, Boris Sarafoff, the Macedonian leader, will shortly inspect the Turco-Servian frontier. Because the father of two Hungarian peasants was unsuccessful in a lawsuit against a member of the Diet, they waylaid the legislator and beat him to death. On the arrival at Leeds of a train from Edinburgh a Mrs. Thompson, of Bramley, was found dead in the carriage. She was returning from a visit to Scotland with her son and a daughter-in-law. The Arbroath Town Council have decided to present the freedom of the burgh to Mr. John Morley in recognition of his dedicating his "Life of Gladstone" to the electors of Montrose Burghs. The Admiralty decision to increase the number of men in the Royal dockyards will mean an addition of 246 to the establishment, at Portsmouth Dock- yard. These will be mainly boiler-makers, fitters, and shipwrights. For breaking into the houses of a Spaniard, an Italian, a Frenchman, and a Dutchman, respec- tively, an Italian named Orrste Anselmi was sen- tenced to twelve months' hard labour at Clerken- well Sessions. A widow named Sullivan was crossing the bridge over the Suir at Waterford when she suddenly clambered on to the parapet and threw herself into the river. She died shortly after being taken out. She had gone to consult a solicitor about her husband's will. Count Arthur Moore, ex-M.P. for Tipperarv and Clonmel, died on Tuesday at Mooresfort. A complete mammoth of large size. dug out of an ice-bed in Siberia, has just been received by the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg. The Pope has appointed a new Apostolic Delegate to Mexico, diplomatic relations between that State and the Vatican having been broken off since 1867. The famous Macedonian insurgent chief Geheorghi Popoff, with eleven men, has been captured near Kupvili. The revolutionary movement in Uruguay has interrupted telegraphic communication, and, by order of the Government, no one is allowed to leave the country without a passport. During a fire which destroyed the Mount Royal Club, Montreal, the secretary. Colonel Liardet. was so severely burnt that he died shortly afterwards. Radium has been discovered to exist in the famous springs of Bath. Unfortunately, the quantity is regarded as insufficient to pay for extraction. The new lighthouse at Dungeness, which is to be one of the most powerful on the British coast, is now completed, except the fixing of the lantern. At the Leeds Corn Market on Tuesday an advance of from 6d. to Is. per suck in Hour was reported, this being attributed to the foreign political situation. The Northampton Town Council has invited the Northamptonshire County Council to a conference with a view to establishing a sanatorium for con- sumption. A man aged seventy-three, named Thomas James, who had already spent twenty-six years in prison, was at the Clerkenwell Sessions sentenced to five years' penal servitude for housebreaking. Mrs. Mary E. W. Latimer, the well-known writer, has died in New York. The Austrian warship Kt.iserin Elizabet has left Pola for Australia on a voyage of scientific re- search. Within a mile of Johannesburg building con- tracts to the amount of £2,000,000 are "being carried out. Efforts are being made to collect sufficient funds to build a church in Stockholm to the memory of Emmanuel Swedenborg. Thirty convicts recently escaped from the Nikolsk- Ussuri gaol, in Siberia, by driving a tunnel 180ft. long under the builuing. Switzerland is inaugurating a system of itinerant school teachers, who will visit and spend sometime in the isolated outlying villages. All Austrian officers possessing motor-cars have been ordered by the Minister of War to report themselves for service, bringing their machines. A sealed bottle containing four pints of liquid air was sent from Berlin to Geneva, but on its arrival it was found that three and a half pints had evaporated. At Acomb, near Hexham, the Rev. Thomas ITluTey, believed to be the oldest clergyman in the Church of England, has died in his ninety-seventh year. Alfred Herbert Cheeseman, a gunner on H.M.S. Repulse," has been sentenced to one year's hard labour by a court-martial for striking two superior officers. Carnarvon will be the meeting-place of the second Pan-Celtic Congress, on August 50th, and the Welsh National Eisteddfod will begin at Rhyl on September 4th. So large are the shipments of Welsh coal to the Far East that supplies for home consumption are delayed, and the smoke nuisance is aggravated by the use of soft coal. "I am suspected of murder, and am being chased by special trains," explained a Bangor man, who was found by the police in a demented state at Cemmec. Suffering from depression, a Warwickshire miner named Allen was taken to a nursing home in Gower-r,treet, London, where he jumped through a window and was killed. For performing an act of valour in the Franco- German war—over thirty years ago—the decoration of the Iron Cross has just been bestowed upon Friedrich Hermann, of Trotha (Prussia). Two Russian officers stationed at Kieff have just fought a remarkable duel, each firing six shots from his revolver. Their clothes were riddled with bullets, but neither was hurt. Two thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight births and 1,866 deaths were registered in London last week, both increases on the ten years' average. The deaths in the seventy-six great towns corre- sponded to an annual rate of 20-6 per 1,000. An international service of automobiles will join the Simplon and Gothard Railway until the railway from Locarno to Gravelona, on the eastern shore of Lake Maggiore, is completed. Two young Austrian forgers, employed at the post-office in Vienna, who fled to the Cape after cashing a fraudulent post-office order for £720, have beeu captured and taken back to Vienna. Thirteen snuff-boxes in agate and jasper, orna- mented with gold and precious stones, and formerly the property of Frederick the Great, have been presented by the Kaiser to the Hohenzollern Museum. Defalcations amounting to a total of nearly £11,000 were alleged against James Martin and James Armes. travellers, who at Devon Quarter Sessions received twelve and eighteen mouths' im- prisonment respectively. The purchase by the Government of the hill above Kinghoru Ness Battery, which commands a view ot the entrance of the Firth of Forth and is intended for use as an observation station solely, has now been practically completed. Another Alpine accident near Salzburg is reported, by which two tourists have been severely injured, The Queensland Treasury returns shew a revenue for the past six months of £1,818,000, against £1,847.000 in 1902, and an expenditure of £1,840,600, against £1,864,500. Lord Northcote, the new Governor of the Australian Commonwealth, will open the Federal Parliament on March 2nd. The strike of merchant seamen at Barcelona con- tinues. The crews of the sailing vessels are taking no part in the movement. Hebling, a sergeant in the German Army, has been sentenced to two weeks' detention in barracks at Breslau for beating a recruit. His Majesty's sloop Merlin has left to co-operate with the land forces in Somaliland, and his Majesty's cruiser Perseus and the Indian marine chip Mayo are to follow. The will of the late Hon. Mrs. Charlotte Eliza Petre distributes some £6,000 amongst various Roman Catholic institutions in London. Constance Lady De La Warr is reported to have become a Roman Catholic. Mr. Ronald McNeill has resigned the editorship of the St. James's Gazette, and proposes to contest West Aberdeenshire as a Unionist at the general election.
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Two deaf mutes have been married at the Ely registry office. The bride was a daughter of a deaf mute, who, thousrh an octogenarian, is the leading quoit player at Ely. p Owing to the spread of smallpox in the district. I a Wesleyan mission chapel at N.rth ISlytfc (Northumberland) has been converted into a tem- porary hospital. On the way to Galashiels (Scotland) Pol. e- station, whither he was being taken by two time- keepers as a suspected poacher, an unknown man shot himself with a revolver. About £ 150,000 has been left by the late Mr. Seale- Hayne for the establishment of a college of science. art, and agriculture in the neighbourhood of Newton Abbot, for Devonshire. While a Roscrea (Tipperarv) intended bride was waiting in the local church the bridegroom drove to a neighbouring public-house. He afterwards visited the church, but declined to be married and drove off. So bad is the state of some of the Fenland roads that near Lakenheath (Srffolk) it took nineteen horses to pull a threshing-machine and fifteen to draw a portable engine. The horses were up to t-hei,, in mud.
WHY IS A MONKEY A MONKEY ?
WHY IS A MONKEY A MONKEY ? One of the funniest of animals is the monkey, and whenever you look into its little wrinkled face, remember how its name arose. Monkey is due to the.Englir,h way of pronouncing the Old German word "Moneke," which was the name of the Ape's son in a famous old tale. This "Moneke" is a diminutive form of „the Italian "monna," meaning an ape, and also used as a nickname for an old woman; while "mor.na" itself is short for "madonna," i.e. my lady. Orang-outang is a Malay expression, meaning, in plain English, the "wild man of the woods." Lemur is the Latin word for "ghost," and was given to the little animal so called on account of its nocturnal habits. The squirrel carries its name-history about with it in the shape of its bushy tail, which serves to a great extent as a covering when it it down. "Squirrel" is composed of two Greek words meaning shadow and "tail." "Mouse." which goes far back to the old Persian and Sanskrit languages, means the i"Stealing" animal, just as "wolf in its original I form meant the "tearer," and "hare" meant "jumper." The lynx was so called because of its keen. bright eyes, its Latin name being allied to the Greek word ior a lamp.
i jTHE YOUNG DIAL POLISHER.
THE YOUNG DIAL POLISHER. While President of the French Republic, Napoleon III. took a great interest in the arts and mechanics, and paid many visits to the shops in the different departments. While on a tour of inspection, he visited the watch factory of Gilloret et Fils, and his attention was drawn to a bright-looking boy. busy polishing dials. He inquired about him of his attendant. "The little apparatus you see on the side of that wheel "-point ing- to the machine—"is of his own invention. It facilitates his labours greatly. Where before he could only grind thirty or forty dials a day, he can now do the work of two machines. He is a poor boy, dc-pending solely on his little earning* for his livelihood and education, is consiantly at his business, and never 6hirks his duty in any possible way." When leaving the shop. Napoleon slipped a bank- note into the secretary's hand for 'he boy, saying: "See that he has books and send him to night. school." Without telling him the name of his benefactor, the secretary furnished him books to his taste on the arts and manufactures, and drawing materials, and procured him a seat in the night-school. Now a new world was open to the young artisan, and he entered it with spirit and energy. Meanwhile the President did not forget him. On his next visit I is enquiries were answered by the secretary: "Your excellency, he is a genius. Three years more will make him the best workman in the shop. And three years of study and hard work brought great results. Drawings and models an l machinery for facilitating the manufacture of watches came one after another in rapid succession from his haods. The Academy offered a prize for the best watch escapemenv, a medal and one thousand francs. When the time came for the exhibition, our young artisan won the prize over forty competitors. From a pocr boy he became a wealti y manu- facturer, an inventor, a helping friend to the struggling worker, and at one time was acting mayor of his town. He died about thirty years ago. leaving a worthy example of industry and per- severance to his fellow-labourers, who mourned Mm af their best friend and adviser, and the world has a rich inheritance in his skilful inventions.
A DREADFUL CROCODILE.
A DREADFUL CROCODILE. You have heard the saying that "union is strength." and it is a very true one. I once heard a fairy story about a dreadful crocodile which will shew you what I mean. It was the terror of the village, and almost every day it managed to seize some little boy or girl that hap- pened to wander down hy the river. The fathers and mothers talked the matter over, hut they did not know how to get rid of the monster. Well, the King of the Spfders heard of the doings of the crocodile, and he called a meeting of spiders; and they decided to try and kill the crocofiile. One day, when he was asleep, one of tSur. crawled up to him and spun a silken cord round his jaws. Another did the same. and then another and an- other and another, and so on all the hundreds of spiders spun one little web round the crocodile's mouth, At last the monster awoke, and he found he could not open his jaws. He tried in vain, for the work of the spiders had be-en done so well that the men of the village had no difficulty in killing him. You see that by uniting the spiders bound the crocodile. One web, or twenty, or even & hundred. hd^eould have broken, but the united help of all secured the crocodile's downfall. Be united in your home life. Make sure that you are friendf with your brothers, sisters, and companions, for if you are all united in love you will certainly be happy.
DOGS AND PICTURES.
DOGS AND PICTURES. Animals, although they are exceedingly curious, and often become excited over an image in a look- ing-glass, as a rule regard pictures with indifference. One or two incidents, however, have recently been reported which seem to indicate in certain animals, at least, an ability to "make out" a picture. An English painter owned a terrier which had a very bad habit of chasing sheep, and was cured of it by dint of much labour and care. One day the dog's master painted a picture of a flock of sheep, guarded by two dogs, and on being called out of the studio by someone, he left the picture leaning against a wall. On his return he was surprised and delighted, for he regarded the fact as a compliment to his work, to find his terrier barking loudly at the picture, his ears pricked up, his eyes gleaming with fire, and his whole manner indicating excitement. The painter looked upon the incident as the more remarkable from the fact that the figures of the sheep were not painted life-size, but were only about eight or ten inches long. But while the dog's illusion regarding the sheep must have been complete, it was quite remarkable that he did not seem to see the pictures of *he dogs, and paid no attention to them whatever.
THE STORY IN A NUTSHELL.
THE STORY IN A NUTSHELL. The following is A boy's composition about Columbus: Clumbus was a man who could make an egg stand on end without breaking it. The King of Spain said to Clumbus: "Can you discover America ? "Yes," said Clumbus, "if you will give me a ship." So he got a ship and sailed over the sea in the direction where he thought America ought to be found. The sailors quarrelled and said there was no such place. But after many days the pilot came to him and said "Clumbus, I see land." "Then that is America." said Clumbus. When the ship got near, the land was full of black men. Clumbus said: "Is this America?" "Yes, it is," said they. Then the chief said. "I suppose vou are Clumbus?" "Y OUl are right," said he. Then the chief turned to his men and said: There is no hlep for it; we are dis. coverd at last."