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MAKING NON-FLAMMABLE WOOD.
MAKING NON-FLAMMABLE WOOD. The naval battles of the war between China and Japan in 1894, as well as those in the recent Ameri- can-Spanish war, have shown that fire is still a serious factor in naval engagements unless special precautions are taken. Mr. E. Marshall Fox des- cribed in a paper recently how such properties as these are imparted to wood. The timber is placed in tightly closed cylinders and submitted to alternate applications of heat and steam, after which the air is exhausted and a fire-proofing solution—an important ingredient of which is phosphate of ammonia—is admitted. By the help of pressure pumps the liquid is forced into the pores of the wood. After the wood has become thoroughly impregnated, the water of the solution is got rid of by heat, crystals of the dissolved substances being deposited in the pores. When completely dried at an even temperature in currents of dry air the wood is found to successfully resist fire.-Lci.surc Hour. =
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If France and Russia endeavour to cause trouble ¡ in the Persian Gulf, they will find the British Government well prepared. From the latest accounts received from Buehire, it appears that there is a very substantial British naval force in the Gulf, with other ships well within call on the Indian station. THE Braganza uncut diamond, which is -in the possession of the King Df portUga]t is the largest known, but some say it is not a^diamond at all but a topai. It weighs 1680 carats. Recording to tradi- tion, Don John VI. had a hdle twred m it, and some- times wore it round his neck.
JALEBERD'S BUMPS.
[ALL BIGHTS RESERVED.] JALEBERD'S BUMPS. A PHRENOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT.L BY JAMES GREENWOOD. AUTHOR OF u Dick Temple," "Reuben Davidger," Wild Sports of the World," Curiosities of Savage, Life" "Fair Phyllis of Lavender Wharf" "Under a Cloud," A little Jlaf/ajnuflin," "Kemson's 11 Three Rogues," 'Humphrey Dyot," "Silas the Conjuror," etc. CHAPTER XII— (Continued.) The doctor rose from his chair to comfort me. My pood friend!" he began. But I flung away the hand he placed on my arm. My worst enemy I retorted fiercely, confront- ing him, are these more of your devil's tricks? But I will have no more of them. I would a hundred times sooner be the man you found me-a common thief and risking my liberty for food to eat and a bed to lie on—then be tortured as you are torturing me. I can't stand it any longer. Let me go." But I was disappointed as regards the effect of this violent outburst. I reckoned on his exhibiting alarm and imploring me to stay. Whether he suspected me or was for the moment scared out of his weak wits by my threaten- ing manner, I cannot say. But he replied quite calmly: "You will of course, go if you think fit, John I have neither the power nor the inclination to detain J'ou against your will. It is you who will be the oser, not I, if you are so rash as to leave me at this critical time." r "How, critical?" That I decline to explain, but by this time you should know enough of me to take my word for, it. Come, I will make a bargain with you. Remain here forty-eight hours longer, and then if yon are in the same humour as now, I will make you a handsome present and we will shako hands and part good friends." To this I, with a show of reluctance, at length con- sented. But all that day I remained in a wretchedly depressed and ;miserable state of mind, as would be natural with a man whose mental faculties were being so preposterously tampered with. The doctor again remained at home and exerted himself to keep up my spirits, and though he more than once assured me that my symptoms were precisely such as, in accordance with his treatment, he had looked for, and expected, he was unmistakably anxious, not to say alarmed. I was purposely uncivil to Mrs. Deborah. That evening when she brought in the tea I re- marked before the doctor that I hoped the loaf was clean, because I had noticed a grimy thumb mark on the bread at breakfast time. Prim and bright as a new pin, and she fired up at that. If everybody's hands were as clean as hers, she said, there would be far less dirty work guing on in the world. You needn't be offended, I retorted; I shouldn't have mentioned the thumb mark, but it was only yesterday that I was turned against my dinner through discovering a disgusting, long, grey hair on the tablecloth. It was yours, I suppose!" She faced round on me then, but the doctor coughed ahem beseechingly, and white with fury she flounced out of the room. Really, John Bird," said Doctor Flight, "I must request vou to be more civil to my servant. I can make allowance for your present state of irritability, but, bear in mind, she is ignorant of the cause of it, and her invariably good behaviour entitles her to re- spectful treatment." I made some grumbling reply and shortly after- wards strolled into the garden, where at one part I commanded a view of the pantry window. I peeped through, and there on a back shelf stood the plate basket containing the silver that had been in, use for dinner. Mrs. Deborah was not there, but I had no doubt thatlshe was not very far off. I stealthily raised the sash, and slipping into the pantry, stepped a-tiptoe across the floor, and next minute was plundering the basket. I had pocketed the table spoons and was in the act of concealing the fish-slice' under my waistcoat when, with a loud j scream, the housekeeper rushed in and pounced on me. She was a wiry old woman, but I could have broken away from her easily enough. Having a part to play, I pretended to struggle with her while she' shrieked for the doctor. She had me by the neckerr chief with one hand, and we were wrestling for tha.. fish-alice, when, white with affright, he appeared on the scene. Thieves! Robbers I" screamed Mrs. Deborah, panting for breath. So this is your gentleman friend, sir! This is the fellow who insulted my grey hairs. A common thief, I caught him at it, sir. Stealing the plate I knew from the first that he was a low rascal, and capable of anything. Thieves Police!" If you don't let go, you may find I am capable of more than you reckon on," I exclaimed ferociously, and at the same time I guve her a shake that caused her cap to come off. This she retaliated by clawing my face, and squalled louder still for the police, while poor Doctor Flight, in a state of excitement I will, not atteiii pt to describe, tried to separate us. Great heavens This is dreadful. John Bird, Jon should have endeavoured to resist the temptation. >ebora,h! desist, ,I say. Why do you persist in calling out police? You will raise the neighbour- hood, yen foolish woman!" That is what I wish to do, master; the scoundrel will escape else," and she improved her g.rip ion my neckerchief and shouted even louder still. Deborah—Deborah Brown Be quiet, I tqll you. I command you to cease making that infernal din," cried the doctor desperately. You are making a fool of yourself, woman, and bringing on me more trouble ttlari-tlian-- Mrs. Deborah released me and fell back a pace or two, staring at lier master in speechless amazement. Of course this is inexplicable to you, Deborah," the doctor continued in conciliatory tones. I am not blaming you, my dear creature. You did only your duty, and I commend you for it, but when you accuse poor Bird here of theft Mrs. Deborah, with a gasp, recovered her powers of speech. When I accuse him she exclaimed indignantly. Isn't he a thief ? Is this evidence of the fact ?" and she picked up the fish-slice, all trampled and bent. I may be making a fool of myself, Doctor Flight, and thank you for the compliment-but do you need any stronger proof than this ?" And she made a sudden dart at the side pocket of my loose coat, and brought out four silver table- spoons, and a couple of salt-cellars, and exasperated at sight of those articles, commenced yelling police again. I buttoned my coat and made as though I thought it was high time I made my escape. bLit the doctor stepped between me and the door You will remain here, Bird, if you please. Mrs. Deborah, I am surprised at you. Have I not re- peatedly given you to understand, although I may not have told you in so mnny words, that this person is not exactly accountable for his actions ? I desire that you will make no more fuss about it. Bird, come with me." Deborah suddenly became calm—icily cold, in fact, as she regarded Doctor Flight with undisguised disgust. "You wish no more fuss to be made, sir? Very good. May I be excused the liberty of enquiring is this-this person to be allowed to remain in the house ?" Undoubtedly. Have I not informed you that he i. not responsible for his actions ?" Exactly so, sir I" Mrs. Deborah interrupted him loftily, but I am for mine, thank goodness, and,, that sense of responsibility will not permit me to remain for another hour beneath the same roof with him-" And with a glance of withering scorn for me and a low courtesy for the doctor, she stalked out of the pantry and we heard her going upstairs. Wiping his perspiring brow, and more in sadness than anger, the doctor quitted the pantry and signed for me to follow him. But when we reached the sitting-room, and he be- gan to kindly remonstrate with me, I had not a word to say in defence, my weathercock morality had reered to a more creditable quarter of the compass. I covered my face with my hands, and wept like a child. I had no more idea, I told him sobbingly, when I went into the garden, of committing robbery, than of climbing over the back wall, but chancing to look in at the pantry window, the sight of the silver had a sudden effect on me, and drew me towards it as a magnet draws a needle. "It is on that account, my poor fellow," said Doctor Flight, soothinglyf commiserate with you. I am deeply grieved -especially on account of my good old servant—that it should have happened so. But I cannot blame yon. may go as far as to say that you were helpless in the matter. Then you were not surprised, doctor, that I should act so disgracefully ? Tell me," I added, im- ploringly, is it true, as you told your housekeeper, that I am no longer resppnsible for my actions ? Has the dreadful suspicion, that has'haunted me erw since I began to have such strange pains in nay head, come true ? HaTe your jnysterions «iwriment«, that can be neither seen nor felt, robbed me of mv reason ?" I was on my knees and grasping his hand, as I asked him the question. He was terribly distressed. H's hand trembled in mine,. and sympathetic tears rolled down his cheeks. I swear to you, John Bird," he exclaimed, that although the mental disturbance you are at present suffering, and which is causing us both so much trouble, may be attributed to the grand experiment I am making, to the best of my knowledge and be- lief, all will be presently well with you. We have arrived at a crisis, and you will feel better to-morrow, take my word for it. Despite what has happened, all that I still ask of you, is that you will place yourself entirely in my hands until the expiration of the stipulated forty-eight hours." At that moment, there came a tap at the room door. But it was not Mrs. Deborah. It was all old charwoman she occasionally employed to do the rougher parts of the housework. "Oh, sir you please, sir, as Deborah h&a left me in charge—" Left you in charge! Where is she, then ?" Gone, sir I She told me to tell you that she hain't coming back any more. She couldn't think or such a thing, and the carrier will call for her boxes to- morrow The doctor clasped his temples, and heavfid a deep sigh. Well! itcan't be helped," he ejaculated, dolefully. I would rather have parted with a hundred pounds, but we must manage, somehow, for the present, with- out her. You must do the:best you can, MrfJ. Pincher. I will ring if I require anything." As Doctor Flight had remarked, We had arrived at a crisis I" The enemy was banished from the field. I felt not a little proud of the part I had played in inducing her to quit the house. True, it wa. I Margaret's idea; but ideas don't go for much unless they are cleverly carried out. What remained to be done should be comparatively easy. I made tolerably sure that the doctor would let me alone that night, but, he did not. It was quite an hour later than usual when he slid back thp panel in the door, and by the light of the gas-jet in my room, I could see between the chinks of my eye-lashes that his eyes were preternaturally bright, and his face ashy pale. But he went through his performance, which was a prolonged one, quite coolly, and it was nearly three o'clock when he left me. When it was daylight and breakfast-time, although I felt particularly peckish, and could have done justice to a good rasher, and a couple of rounds of toast—I sent down word by Mrs. Pincher that I felt too ill to rise. This brought the doctor upstairs in a jiffy. What is the matter ? Not so well this morning ?" he asked, anxiously. I don't know what ails me, air" I replied in a faint, feeble voice. I am dying, 1 believe." With an alarmed ejaculation, he hurried to the bedside, and felt my pulse. Oh no, my friend," he exclaimed cheerfully, you are a very long way from dying yet. Where is your pain ?" Here, doctor, here!" and my eyes rolled wildly as I pressed my throbbing brow. The poor fellow looked terribly perplexed. You had best remain in bed to-day, perhaps. It is truly unfortunaté: that Deborah has gone away. She is such an excellent nurse. I will endeavour to find out where she has gone, and if by any means she may be induced No, no; not her," I interrupted him impatiently. My sister Send for my dear sister! She will nurse me." Doctor Flight opened his eyes wide. Do you really mean it, John Bird ? Would you really like your sister here ?" Oh yes, sir. Indeed, mdeed I should, if you have no objection." Not the least, my good fellow. From what you 1 haVe told me of her, she is a most worthy young woman. Let her come, by all means. If you will write her a note, it shall be taken to her immedi- ately." I penned a few lines to Margaret, addressing her as dearest Bessy," telling her that her brother was very ill, and begged her for the sake of her old love for me, to come without delay. CHAPTER XIII., TRBA^IIERY AND BECEIT DO MY BUSINESS COMPLETELY. NOT more than a couple of hours elapsed from the departure of the messenger witli my letter to my sister Bessy," before she stood at my bedside. y Her appearance gave me great relief. Forgetting what an accomplished little schemer she was, I had been worrying myself lest she should arrive in her proper dress, which was of fashionable style, and altogether unbecoming a young woman who had to wort very hard for a living, and who, until within the past week or so, had been an inmate of a workhouse infirmary. But I had-done-her injustice. Wide-awake Mar- garet had studied the g et up. She had been in daily and hourly expectation of my sending for her, and now appeared as though her purpose was to sit for sister Bossy's portrait. She wore a plain cotton gown, and a,modest woollen shawl aild cotton gloves; her wavy hair was combed smooth, and her brown straw bonnet was innocent of bow or flower. What she had done to her eyes I don't know, but if she had been crying for an hour they could not have looked more like it. It was evident from the expression on Doctor Flight's face when he brought her into the room that he was very favourably impressed with her. Here is your sister, Bird," he remarked cheer- fully, and I have no doubt that a day or two of her comforting companionship will soon put you all right. You need not be alarmed, Miss Bird," he added, turning to Bessy." Your brother, I assure you, is suffering from nothing more serious than depiession of spirits, and a slight brain disturb- ance that I, of course, know how to treat. He really requires no nursing. You will chat with him and cheer him up, no doubt." I was without my wig, and as I raised my head from the pillow, and with a lubugrious countenance held out my hand to her, she was so overe, m' with grief (or sotde<'Hing'e!se) that before she could em- brace Oitie. &rid kiss me she was compelled to bury her; face in her hand kerchief. "I will leave you to yourselves for a time," said the doctor, and come and see youagain in an hour erso." I, As I need not say, we bad enough to talk about as soon as he was gone. I explained to Margaret all about the attempted plate robbery, and the indig- nant flight of Mrs. Deborah; and for a wonder she expressed purfeit satisfaction with the way I had managed the business. Nothing could be better, so far, Jack-, but we must lose no time. Of course, he will do all he can to persuade the old woman to come back again, and he may succeed. But we need not make al long job of it,; you, of course, know where to lay hands on what we want?" I know," said I, that the best of the plate is kept in a cupboard in the back drawing-room, and that there isa jewel-case in his bedroom. And, beside that, an iron safe in the bedroom wall. But there will be small chance of touching the last two men- tioned." Why ?" Because he is wakeful as a weasel, and never goes to bed without placing hie double-barrelled pistol where he can lay his hand on it in an instant. And I he is a sure marksman." You said he had a pair of pistols." So he has. But only one is kept loaded the ) other, which has nothing in it, is in a case on the Bidelboard. I have handled them, so I know." Well we must' ring the changes,' and that diffi- culty is got over," said Margaret lightly, Where, does he keep his keys?" He carries them about with him always." We had further, conversation on the same interest- ing subject, and were agreed that there was nothing to prevent our making a clean sweep of all we could lay hands on that very night. ¡ It was arranged that "my sister should occupy the bedroom vacated by Mrs. Deborah, and during the evening, while the doctor was at dinner, she took the opportunity to slip in his sleeping apartment and change the pistols. Our bold plan was to surprise him when he had been abed an hour or so, to bind and gag him. He was but a little man, and unable to make much assistance, after which wecould secure the keys and do the ransacking at our leisure. 'Margaret had found in Mrs. Deborah's room a large carpet-bag that would just suit our purpose, and with the booty in our possession, we were to letfve the premises by the back garden gate, and make the best of oiir way, not to Soho, but to another quiet lodging Margaret had already secured. No one could have been kinder, or more con- siderate, than was Doctor Flight all that day. He came and sat with us in the evening, and "Bessy" entertained him with the touching story of the hard things she had endured since the time when, owing to my thoughtlessness and folly, she was compelled to quit domestic service. The doctor was so interested in her, that I do believe he had it in his mind, in the event of Mrs. Deborah declining to return, to offer my sister the situation. I was much more calm and composed than I had been all day, and when the doctor left us to retire to rest be evidently was hopeful for to..morrow. so was I But alas f for the baseness—the ingrained perfidv •ad ingratitude of womankind 1 -I have but little more to tell: < Feeling quite oertain that, under the oircamitAncef,' I should not be troubled that night, after I had par- taken of a parting glass of hot brandy and water with Margaret, I bade her good-night loud enough for the doctor to hear. Then I lay down again until she should by-and-bye creep back to me, and we made ready for business. But as soon as I laid my head on the pillow, an irresistible drowsiness came on-r Il e and I tell asleep. But it was not the wholesome sleep of the weary, but the trance-like insensibility of one who has been deeply drugged. When I at length opened my eyes it was in affright. for there were strange faces about me, and at the bed- side stood a police-otlicer! There was a doctor there-not my doctor—and he felt my pulse. "He is all right now," ho remarked to the police- man you may remove him as soon as you please," Probably it had never happened before that a prisoner placed before a magistrate was so completely in the dark as I was to the particulars of the crime with which he was charged. But I was speedily enlightened. It appeared that the robbery had been committed, exact ly as planned. Pounced on. and bound and gagged, poor Doctor Flight had seen his iron safe plundered, and the jewel case, containing his most precious valuables, emptied. He was in court, wild-looking, shaky, and nervous, and gave evidence. Asked as to who it was that had bound and gagged him, he replied The woman who came to the house as the prisoner's sister and a man." Could you describe that man ? Not with absolute certainty, af during the time be remained in the room his face was partially concealed. But he could swear that he was a tall and well-made man with close-cropped hair and a reddish, droop- ing moustache. I felt sick and giddy, and should have fallen in the dock had I not grasped the rail in front and so saved myself. The man described could be no other than" Gen- tleman Joe!" That villain and Margaret, the treacherous hussy! had arranged it between them. She had dosed my brandy-and-water with laudanum, after which sh« no doubt admitted him into the house; and they had committed the robbery between them, and I was left in the lurch in the way I have already described! I need not go into the details of the prosecution, or relate in detail the pathetic appeal Doctor Flight made to the judge to deal with me mercifully. His lordship expressed his sense of my deservings by sentencing me to seven years' penal servitude. I never afterwards heard of Gentleman Joe or of Margaret Ketch, but since the booty they got clear away with was valued at between two and three thousand pounds, they no doubt went abroad and lived in clover. THE END.
UNPRECEDENTED HERRING CATCH.
UNPRECEDENTED HERRING CATCH. Official returns of herrings caught and landed at Yarmouth since the North Sea herring season com- menced in August disclose the amazing fact that no fewer than 316,390,800 herrings have been brought into Yarmouth and sold. -The season is not over till Christmas, but in no year previously has there been such a huge catch. One Yarmouth boat has already earned over £ 3000, and so prosperous has the voyage been that even boys will at Christmas have £ 60 to draw as their share of profits.
FIGHTING ON LAKE TANGANYIKA
FIGHTING ON LAKE TANGANYIKA By the latest mail from Nyassaland further par- ticulars of the joint Anglo-Portuguese action against ,a the recalcitrant chiefs to the south-east of Lake Nyassa, has been received, and also a number of reports regarding a hostile movement to the south of Tanganyika, which has necessitated the dispatch of a British force from Zomba under her Majesty's Comsioner. With regard to the former it would appear that the Anglo-Portuguese expeditions have not merely for their object the subjugation of certain hostile Yao chiefs, but, so far as the Portuguese are con- cerned, a definite and vigorous attempt to effectively occupy the Portuguese sphere to the east of Nyassa, which has hitherto proved to be^a dumping ground fof slave raiding chiefs who have been driven from British territory. Thfe British force which was to co-operate with the Portuguese against Mataka and other chiefs in this district was under the command of Captain F. B- Pearce, and consisted of 10 British officers, 135 Sikhs, and a battalion of the British Central Africa Rifles, with machine guns. The Portuguese fgrcp, whose base was on Lake Shirwa, included a. large number of white troops, artillery, cavalry, and: in- fantry, together with 15U0 natixe, Olies. The two forces by arrangement advanced simul- taneously from British and Portuguese territory upon the town of Kwamba. A few days after the start the Portuguese came into touch with the enemy, who were in strong force. On two successive days they engaged the Portuguese, but eventually retired. The Britishcolumn, while marching upon Kwarnba's, was fired upon by the natives, but the latter were driven off, and the town accupied and destroyed by the British two days later. At the end of August the British and, Portuguese troops effected a junction. A fresh disposition of the British troops was then made, half the force being stationei- on the Anglo-Portuguese frontier, the remainder returning to Zomba in readiness for rapid concentration when the advance is renewed,. Ih the middle of September, and apparently in consequence of disquieting news from the North, Mr.1 Alfred Sharpe, the Commissioner, left Zomba, for Karonga's, at the extreme north of Nyassa, reaching that place in 72 hours from headquarters. Some weeks after the Commissioner's departure, a, rumour—at present unconfirmed—was published at fila^jityre, that matters were becoming serious on the Tanganyika plateau, and, that Mr. Sliar-pe was,said .1 "to have met with opposition from the Arabs on his way across the plateau. On September 26,'Captain Pearce telegraphed to the foreign Office asking that an expedition should be despatched against Kazembe, who lives at the extreme north-west of the Chartered Company's terri- tory i about 150 miles from Abercorn, on Lake Tan- extreme north-west of the Chartered Company's terri- tory i about 150 miles from Abercorn, on Lake Tan- ganyika, who was threatening,the qompany's stations, Accordingly a force of 70 native troops and 10 Sikhs, with a Maxim, were despatched under two officers, to meet the Commissioner at Tanganyika. Since then } the Commissioner telegraphed that the dispute was in course of settlement, and that the force then avail- able was sufficient to deal with the matter. A few days ago another telegram was received from the Commissioner announcing that Kazenites town was occupied by the British on October 28, and that the troops were returning to Zomba.
LORD ROSEBERY ON "GUTTER"…
LORD ROSEBERY ON "GUTTER" NEWSPAPERS. Lord Rosebery and Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman were present at the annual dinner of the Edinburgh Merchant Company. Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman replied to the toast of "The Heiise of Commons," and defended the House in a humorous speech from. some of the eriticisnls to which it was often subjec- ted. Lord Rosebery, acknowledging the toast of "The Guests," expressed regret at the importance.! which Mr. Chamberlain, in his speech of Thursday, had seamed to attach to the virulent attacks made by certain foreign journals on the Queen and on British policy. The utterances of these gutter newspapers did not express the real sentiments of the French nation; they did not really touch the Queen or, r subjects. He hoped that on our sifle undiplomatic frankness II would become less freqaent. ?
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A CORRESPONDHKT of the Spectator quotes a passage from the 44th bookjof Li vy, where the historian rebukes the amateur military critics of his day In every, club good heavens! I may say at every dinner-table, there are gentlemen who lead armies into Macedonia, who know where our camp ought to be pitched, what ports ought to be garrisoned, at what time, and by what pass the enemy's country ought to be entered. where our depots ought to be put, by what routes, be it by sea or land, supplies ought to be conveyed, when we ought to fight, and wbenstrnd on the defensive. No only do they lay down the law. as to what should be done, but if anything is done idiffe- rently from what they prescribe, they arrrign the General as if he were on his triav i THE origin of peat bogs 's touched upon in an American exchange which states that there are 100,000 acres of auch bog in the.province of Ontario It is proposed to convert this peat, now lying idle, into a serviceable fuel only slightly inferior to coal. Peat bogs, occur in low situations or where some obstacle impedes the drainage of the land. The ac- cumulating moisture favours the growth of a low order of plants, such as Sphagnum mosses, which absorb great quantities of water. The moss is a struoture of reservoirs in successive layers, and these are kept fiiled with water even when the upper por- tion of the plant is above the water-level. The plant continually lifts the moisture to the surface of its tufts, thus aiding evaporation* whilst at the same time, by regularly decaying at the roots, it deposits solid matter, which ultimately forms the bog. The processes of plant growth, water evaporation, and root decay, continue until the. bog, is raised above water-level, when the Sphagnum mosses cease to. exist.
AN OVER-CLEVER VILLAIN.
AN OVER-CLEVER VILLAIN. The engine wailed in several keys, and there were responsive wails ahead from a brother engine; the train itself went slower and slower, and finally stopped dead in the darkness. With others Mr. Gibson Hare thrust forth a head to inquire, and he heard the tale that was told to all. A luggage train had derailed, and there would be no arrivals at Welshpool that night save by special horse- ,9ar, There's the village of Henwood two miles off," said the guard, "and excellent accommodation. though not much of it. Ladies and gentlemen that prefer to return to Shrewflbury-" But hearine this, Mr. Gibson Hare took his small [Llise and alighted. "Which way is thi&hotel?" he asked. "I never go back on my tracks; beastlynuisance, though, this is." The man paused to direct, him. He was to follow the line until he came to the Henwood station. Then he would be all right. First come, best served." said Mr. Hare to him- self with a shrug as he strode along. He glanced at, the confused heap of twisted rails and merchandise, guarded by men with lanterns. Two trucks had gone over, hut no lives were lo-t. The company's officials laughed while they waited for an emergency gane. Mr. Hare tarried jnst to light a cigar. Afterwards he hurried, and thought of many things as well as the need of putting his feet upon the right spot at every step. Hia personal affairs were desperate. The aged father from whom he hoped to obtain fresh pecuniary aid would in all likelihood object—might not. indeed, welcome him with fondness, although he had been absent from home these eight years, Rumour nowadatp had such a long tongue. And if the aged father kept his cheoue-book locked up and offered merely paternal advice and censures, in which quarter was Mr. Gibson Hare to obtain the money he craved ? At Henwood station hp wan re-directed with kindly precision. The »neighbourhood had heard of the accident. By good luck. Mr. Roberts, the land- lord of the Henwood Hotel, was with the crowd awaiting events. "My girl Myfanwy will P,-e to you. sir," he called after Mr. Hare. "Tell her I said so." The homely name gave Mr. Hare a pulse of emoticn. He. too, had known a Myfanwy, years ago, in a glen of the Radnor Forest Mountains. She had been gentle and sweet and confiding. If only he on his part had been upright and brave and true! But the picture of impossible retrospects did not cheer Mr. Gibson Hare, and he walked the faster to break it. It was as Mr. Roberts said. Myfanwy saw to Mr. Hare. The girl was interested in his predicament, and blushed when she realised how far her interest had carried her. But first.of all she showed him a bedroom, and also ordered supper for him. There is not. much in the house, indeed there is not," she said, but I have sent out for more things for the other gentlemen. It is so terrible. Think if there had been people killed I am so thankful it was only a luggage train." Then she left him standing in the dainty little sNting-room that was her own. It, was to be devoted to the disestablished travellers; the common rooms were for the common people of the district, who could go home when they pleased. It was now that, without warning, Fate sprang a surprise upon Mr. Hare. He was looking at the photographs on the wall (and yawning while he looked) when he saw a face that made, his jaws stiffen. He stared at it bard then, to disabuse himself, turned it round to see if haply there might be a name on it other than the one he would have to put to it. The words From George to Myfanwy were there. That settled it. Mr. Hare dropped into a chair and thought deeply. The writing was somewhat fresh. It was four years since he (Hare) had seen George Warren, and then he had cursed him for a coward. Not that "coward" was quite the word for the occa- sion. Myfanwy's bright eyes looked in upon him again, smiling yet alert. The others will be coming now," she said. She would have gone'again, but he stopped her. "Excuse me," he asked, but is this man's name Warren?" <. The instant glory on her face told him every- thing. It is Mr. George Warren, of The Westerns, by het-e," she answered. You know him then ?" I—I used to," Hare replied drily, yet with some- thing like pity in his eyes, for it had come to him that this coincidence was worth nursing. In Australia, perhaps ?" Myfanwy continued and it was plain she would have preferred him to be more cordial. Yes, in Australia. Pardon the, but is he anything to you ?" A din of voices was heard outside, some querulous, some jestful. Myfanwy looked Mr. Hare full in the eyes as she replied softly, He will be my husband next month." "Your husband!" Mr. Hare sighed; and then, as Myfanwy breathed quickly, glancing at him as if terror-stricken, and then turning to the door, he added: "I will tell you what I mean by-and-by." The opportunity did not come until the morning at late breakfast. By then all the stranded travellers except Hare had gone on their way. He rose at a disgraceful hour designedly, for he had spent much of the night in thought. Myfanwy herself brotight him his coffee, after her father had made^ inquiries as to his night's rest. 'There was jttst a little anxiety in ner eyes, but her pretty, proud lips seemed to resent the show of it. Mr. Hare saw that the door w^a pushed close, ,then he said, "Read that," as he offered the girl an old number of the Melbourne Argus, indicating a certain paragraph. Aridlie watched with eagerness the changes that now came fast and sadty upon the bright little face before him. Its lips were the first to droop; and at length a pair of tear-flushed eyes were raised towards him. It is an accident that J have tcopy with me, but I remember the circviifJstancQs and kept it because I knew Warren in those days," said Mr. Hare Pof tl The girl quivered and Id, not~»pea*k for a moment or two. She was seeing with! hep imagination that terrible struggle in the bank at. Gfreenlands, and the final blow which enabled the George Warren of the paragraph to escape with his stolen.booty..Could it be her George? y$-6 ijiew (for he had told her) that there hM' b^sH much in his pld rough life of the past ofoich he was heartily ashamed. Also, he had returned 1/ome with money enough ,to buy The Westerns and much else. "I—cannot believe it," she Stammered, never- theless, with ■he^ hand ofr the door handle. Hare shrtigjglefl his shoulders. I am very .sorry for you," he said. Then, shutting the door, Myfdnwy- spoke strongly from the hearte • r-rf No, I will ijot believe it?" she said. And even if he did snch thiio^s onck, he is go different now, and I do not car6 eitEter, for there is ho one in the world Hove so—— She stopped with a sob, and her hands flew to her face. "He did not ki}l the man," said Hare, for I know he recovered. But it would be a five or seven years' penal servitude affair if they found him." "'F;ive:-years'pena.seryitude! Oh, what can I do?—what can I do ?" moaned the girl. Then Hare risked the lOit of esteem with My- fanwy, It rests with me, of course," he said. If I Could have twenty pounds to begin with, I would, at could have twenty pounds to begin with, I would, at any rate, postpone seeing the police about it. Iam i unfortunately hard \ip." j You shall have it," said the girl. I will get it t for you this day, indeed,I will." J I She kept her word, too. Her mother had left her J some money. Also she had jewellery (much given to her by George himself) all of which she would have put into Hare's hands to save her lover. I That evening Hare returned to London rejoicing. He meant to make the of this little gold mine. And it was with this determination that "thrèe days later he wrote to Myfanwy regretting that circnm- stances compelled him to ask for L50. Ere the week was out he had written for another fifty, and in spite of all her courage and faith in George Warren, Myfanwy now showed traces of the worm of care that was gnawing *t her heart. Ere twenty days had sped since the accident, she had sent Hare all the money she had, and she was very, very miserable, because he had not promised definitely to do nothing to injure George. < « It was now, when she ought to have been as happy as most maidens in the preparation (indeed, com- pletion) of her trousseau, that George Warren deter- mined to have it out with her. "Myfanwy," he said to her on the morning after this last remittance, "tell the truth. You would rather not marry me ?" Not marry you t" cried the poor girl. He drew her to him and kissed her, kissed also the tears that ran down her smooth cheeks, and then, when her distress had quieted a little, he asked what it was that had come between them. n Your father notices it as well as It sweetheart," f he said. And you look so ill about it." She rested her head on his shoulder and held hit hand convulsively, but did not answer. Is it my fault or somebody else's ?" he urged atld still she said nothing. What could she say ? I Bytt when he gently put her from him and made M if He would leave the room (be was really only going to consult Mr. Roberts), she felt that the was losing him for ever. "George!" she cried, "please do not leave me. Only"—and she broke down pitifully—"only say you did'nt do it, and I shall not mind anything that has happened." After this the whole story of Mr. Hare's and of Mr. Hare's subsequent correspondence had to came out. George Warren listened intently, not without a strong word or two and a bitter laugh as well, which made Myfanwy look at him imploringly. I feel so much happier now," said the girl when she had done. But I do not," said George. Oh you poor dear little simpleton Yet not half so great a simpleton as myself. I know the man-the unhanged scoundrel-and wish to heaven I had told you of my blackbirding trip with him, just once-only the once. However, let me see I've time to get to Paddington before dark if I startimmediately. Good-bye, sweet- heart, and bless you for you self-sacrifice, though it makes me squirir to think of it." Myfanwy could have sung like a bird for joy when she understood. She would fain have persuaded George to leave Mr. Hare alone, but she let him go when he said that his own character was at stake and that there would be no personal risk in the matter. George Warren hastened to New Scotland Yard from Paddington that evening and promptly in- terested the officers he interviewed. TheGreenfands crime was ancient history by then, but that made the possible capture of the criminal only the more at- tractive. And as it happened, among the clues to hand was one that was very precious—to wit, a sketch of the felon, made by the little daughter of the bank manager when the latter was entertaining as a friend the brute who subsequently aimed at his life-and did it all in the name of George Warren, who was then trading in the South Sea Islands. "That'll do," said George, when he saw this. "It's our man and makes things certain." It only remained to hope that Mr. Hare, or John Mills, as he was known in Melbourne, had not evaded his town address. Nor had he, though it was only in the nick of time that the constables and George Warren caught him. He had decided that the game he was playing was too dangerous to continue, and that he would do better to drop it and be off to Monte Carlo to see if his luck might last. There were no more shadows under the eyes- of Myfanwy Roberts from then onwards, and although much of the money that had been blackmailed from her was recovered, enough had been lost to make her feel that she had more reasonsthan one for rejoicing in the best husband in the world.
THE LATE LIEUTENANT OWEN ',..LEWIS,
THE LATE LIEUTENANT OWEN LEWIS, Lieutenant Francis Owen Lewis, who was killed in action in South Africa on Friday last, was the second son of Mr. Henry Owen Lewis, formerly M.P. for Carlow, and was born in 1869. He was (says the Times) a most promising young officer, and had had a interesting and useful career. Educated at Beau- ont College, he joined. the Militia on leaving school, and in 1890 passed out into the Durham Light Infantry. In 1^94 he was transferred to the Indian Staff Corps. When plague broke out at Poona in 1897 Lieutenant Owen Lewis was placed in charge of the military force detailed to assist in stamping it out. The efforts made to suppress the disease drew down upon several British officials the hatred of natives whose habits were interfered with, and Lieutenant Lewis had a remarkable escape from assassination at a fanatic's hands. He, with Mr. Rand, the Poona Plague Commissioner, and Lieut. Ayerst and his wife, had been at a reception at Government House, Poona. Mr. and Mrs. Ayerst, as they left, took his carriage by mistake, while he followed in theirs. Soon after they had started Mr. Rand was mort- ally wounded, and a native also climbed up behind and blew out Mr. Ayerst's brains. It was clear that the instigators of the crime aimed at the life of Lieutenant Owen Lewis, and only killed the wrong man because there had been a change of carriages. Lieutenant Lewis next became A.D.C. to his brother- in-law, Sir Alfred Moloney, Governor of the Wind- ward Islands. He rendered good service during the hurricane last year at St. Vincent, where he person- ally superintended the distribution of relief. He also acted as special correspondent of the Thaes there, and contributed to the columns of that journal several interesting letters, in addition to others on the plague. He was home on leave this summer and went to the Cape to see his lounger brother, Mr. C. A. Owen Lewis, secretary of the South African League. He visited Johannesburg an):! was one of the last to be turned out, riding in a cattle truck to Lourenco Marques. When war broke out he made urgent application to be allowed to join the British force and, his services being accepted, he was attached'to the Loyal North Lancashire Mounted Infantry, He took part in the battle of Belmont and escaped unhurt, but the next day he was killed in a reconnaissance with an armoured train. He was a famous athlete and celebrated shot, and much liked in the army.
THE EVILS OF OVERCROWDING.
THE EVILS OF OVERCROWDING. Not less than 900,000 persons (remarks the Leisure Hour) are living in overcrowded tenements in London, and of that vast number about 300,000 are huddled together in single-room tenements. It is no uncommon thing to find from five to eight persons occupying a single room, and careful inquiry appears to have proved that close upon 40,000 unfor- tunate creatures are living five persons in one room. As might be expected, the effect upon the physical and moral welfare of human beings, herded together under such unnatural, unwholesome, and immoral conditions, presents one of the most pathetic and ghastly aspects of this sombre and formidable pro- blem. With remorseless precision the death-rate increases with density of population, and in sucb crowded areas amounts to double that prevailing over the whole of the metropolis. The sacrifice oi infant life attributable to the slums" of London if disgraceful and appalling. Out of every 1000 born, for instance, in St. Saviour's, Southwark, 230 perish and in St. Luke's, across the water, out of every lOOO born 154 die.
BOER TERROR OF THE BALLOON.
BOER TERROR OF THE BALLOON. The Boers evidently have a holy horror of balloons. Mr. Walter Rowan, on whose farm at the foot of the Indumeni, near Dundee, the residents of the township mustered before commencing their weary march to Elands Laagto, proceeded from Ladysmith to a point within two miles from Waschbank, says one of the Natal papers, for the purpose of trying to discover some 300 bead of cattle which were left on the farm, and which he had reason to beliete were being driven to Ladysmith. The ascent of the balloon at Ladysmith prevented him from being captured by the Boers, for as the aerial machine soared in the direction of the clouds, there was the greatest consternation in the Boor camp, every effort being concentrated on the removal of the guns. From Waschbank the balloon had the appearance of a huge globe of fire, and seemed to be proceeding in the direction of the Boer position, and the enemy regarding it as an infernal machine destined to destroy their camp, were naturally perturbed and quite ready to respond to the order for Retreat,"
LAW AGAINST KISSING.
LAW AGAINST KISSING. A telegram from New York says it is reported from Bridgeport, Connecticut, that the law against kissing enacted in the reign of King Charles II. is being revived. It has been found to be among the forgotten laws of the State of Connecticut, which have not been repealed. It prescribes 40 lashes for the man and 30 for the woman, administered on the bareback, catioht- kipaing in public. The law is re- vived because the citizens of Newbaven complain of th the Yale College students publicly kissing girls in the streeta, to the injury of the town morals.
THE SULTAN AND THE SHEIKH…
THE SULTAN AND THE SHEIKH ES-SENUSSI. The Vienna correspondent of the Standard says that a new, and, on the face of it, a plausible version of the rumours about Turkish action in Wadai is given by the Constantinople correspfondent of the Poliiischt Correspondenz. He denies that Turkish troops were sent from Tripoli to Wadai, but main- tains that a special mission was despatched by the Sultan himself, without the concurrence of his Ministers, to the Arab rulers in the Hinterland of Tripoli, and in the territories which, by the Anglo- French Soudan Convention, were to lie within the French sphere of influence. At Yildiz Kiosk it is asserted that the mission was completely successful. It took out costly presents to the Sultan of Wadai and to other Arab rulers, including kalats, or coats of honour, embroidered in gold and pearls, for the Sultan of Wadai, and less costly ones for his chief officers, valuable diamond jewellery for the Sultan's wives, and snitable presents for the minor Moham- medan Rulers, all of whom were to be induced to recognise the Sultan as Khalif, and the community of interests of all the nations of Islam, in view of the greed of Christian Powers. The most important point gained by the Sultan's action was that ho succeeded in gaining over the Sheikh es-Senussi, who in iormer years obstinately refused to recognise the Sultan as Khalif, and on one occasion returned a high Order sent him by the Sultan, expressing him- self on that occasion in contemptuous terms about the Sultan and everybody in Constantinople. Now, under the pressure of a common danger threatening all Mohnmmedan people, the Sheikh has declared he would lend his support to the Sultan's action in the .hinterland of Tripoli, and has actually done so.
t THE PYGMIES IN AFRICA.
THE PYGMIES IN AFRICA. The discovery of the Pygmy race in Africa is graphically described in the Sunday at Home. A writer says Presently the thundering crash of the elephants, as they make their way through the thicket, comes nearer and nearer, until it seems as if the tiny camp must be trampled to the dust by their onward rush. But no. they stop short, being startled by the ruddy glow from the camp lire, and then issuing forth their strange trumpetings, dash off, in an opposite direction. And the little camp is at peace. At last the long-wished for moment arrives and the Pygmies are discovered. Slowly and shyly they creep round the camp, peeping through the foliage and watching every movement of the European as he sits before his tent. He calls to them, and then they come from their hiding-place, and stand hesitatingly before him. What an awe-inspiring scene strange little denizens of Africa's darkest jungle. Short in stature butsturdy and strong, men with bushy beards and hairy chests, each carrying tiny bows and arrows or short throwing spears."
WILD ANIMALS GOING CHEAP.
WILD ANIMALS GOING CHEAP. The Paris correspondent of the Chronicle is in- formed that the famous Pezon menagerie of wild animals has been put up at auction at Montmartre. A chimpanzee, which had long passed muster as an orang-outang, was sold for about 30s., and a white bear for little more. A couple of hycenas went for six guineas, and a python, with hot-box complete, for a live-ponnd note. A lion, however, it is flattering to our national pride to know, fetched £ 20.
THE YILENE^S OF CHINESE ROADS.
THE YILENE^S OF CHINESE ROADS. Lord Charles Beresford's latest China story illus- trates the vileness of the roads in the Celestial King- dom. Complaining on the snbject on one occasion to an American gentleman resident in China, Lord Charles says he received the reply, Yes, a mule was drowned the other day in the road outside my house."
SOLDIERS WHO 'HELP MISSIONARIES.
SOLDIERS WHO 'HELP MISSION- ARIES. We were recently told that there were 4000 total ibstainers in the forces now engaged in South Africa. A nnrll !wr of the soldiers are also members of the -,Lrers Union, an organisation of helpers of the Church Missionary Society. Several "Gleaners," for instancy are in, the King's Royal Rifles, the regiment which so distinguished itself at Glencoe, and 0: lrs are in tiie 1st Gloucester, one of the regiments in the Nicholson's Nek disaster. A good party of members of the Union belong to the Royal IVnraickshires, and were to the front at the battle of tiae, Atbara. last year.
LAWYERS AND THE WAR.
LAWYERS AND THE WAR. Several well-known legal names have been (says the Law Journal) prominent in recent news from the Cape. Captain Davey, who belongs to-the garrison at Ladysmith, and was erroneously reported to be a prisoner in the hands of the Boers, is a son of Lord Davey Captain Romer is a son of Lord Justice Romer; Major Lindlev is a nephew of the Master of the Rolls, and Colonel Kekewich, who is in command at Kimberley, is a nephew of Mr. Justice Kekewich. This is not the only manner in which the legnl pro- fession is closely associated with the war. Three of the leading figures in South Africa are members of the English Bar. Sir Alfred Milner and President Steyn are members of the Inner Temple, while Mr. Schreiner belongs to the Middle Temple.
HOW THE KHALIFA DIED.
HOW THE KHALIFA DIED. The officers who have arrived at Cairo from the Soudan state that when the Khalifa left Gedir he went northward to El Gedid. The Sirdar then ordered Colonel Sir F. Wingate to try to cut off the Khalifa. Colonel Wingate thereupon went in pursuit with 3700 men. officered by Colonel Lewis, Lieut.-Cplonel Mahon. Lieut.-Colonel Hickman, and Major Wilkin- son. The force had six Maxims and a battery of artillery. When Colonel Wingate overtook the enemy the Khalifa tried hard to outflank him on the left, but as be failed to do so, and Colonel Wingate's fire was too hot, the dervishes began to retire. The Khalifa, perceiving that it was impossible to get away, told his Emirs to stay with him and die. He then spread a sheepskin on the ground and sat down upon it, the Emirs being grouped on his right and left hand. Shortly afterwards the Khalifa was killed, being shot through the head, heart, arm, and legs. His Emirs were subsequently found lying dead beside him and his bodyguard, all of whom were also killed, in front of him. Yunes, formerly Emir of Dongola, who was found near the Khalifa unharmed, told the tale of his leader's death. Colonel Wingate's force swept right over the Khalifa and his Emirs. Afterwards, on being in- formed that the Khalifa was dead, Colonel Wingate returned and recovered his body. The dervish leader was a man of middle height, strong, stout, and of a light brown complexion, with a long grey beard. Sir Francis Wingate highly praises the pluck and endurance displayed by the Egyptian force during the difficult pursuit which preceded the victory, and t also the valuable aid rendered him by all his officers.
THE CAUSE OF NIGHT-BLINDNESS.
THE CAUSE OF NIGHT-BLINDNESS. Night-blindness, called also nyctalopia, or heme- ralaopia, is (the Hospital observes) a functional dis- order of the visual acuity, causing great incon- venience, and often producing a state of mental panic in the unfortunate person who is suddenly affected by it. An individual still retaining his normal acuity of vision in the daylight sud- denly notices that his sight has failed when twilight comes on. It is caused by exposure of the eyes to very bright light, such as a tropical sun reflected off the dazzling sur- face of the tropical ocean. Soldiers affected have been campaigning or on long marches exposed to the glare of the sunshine, and liable to find rations run short, and to be bereft of their usual and necessary amount of sleep, so that their vitality becomes lowered. This also accounts for the cases recorded accompanying attacks of scurvy.
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ONE of the most remarkable weddings ever known took place recently at the home of George W. de Weese, the blind secretary of the Blind People's Association. Cleveland. The groom was W. M. Moore, aged 33. He is blind. The bride was Miss Lizzie Brown. She is blind. The knot was tied by Justice of the Peace Dwight Palmer. He is blind. The best man was William Vandewyst. He is blind. Fifty guests were invited. All were blind. An orchestra composed of blind men played the wedding march. After the ceremony a literary and musical programme was carried out by blind people. MIt, OSMOND TKAKLE had a curious experience whilst playing "Hamlet at Durban, Natal, the other night. Suddenly, during Hamlet's nunnery scene with Ophelia, the electric lights in the theatre went out, and it and the whole town were in darkness. Quick as thought, Mr. Leonard Rayne, who woo playing Polonius, seized a candle, and, coming down in front, assured the audience that they had nothing to fear, and that he hoped the light would be pre- sently restored. As a matter of fact, it was not until the end of the play that the light which had so sud- denly gone out was as suddenly switched ad again. Candles, consequently, had to be restored to for foot- lights—which quite intensified the" fuoereal18m of the graveyard scene.
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