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-car *SL -1 .r a V ■»■■ BY G. MANVILLE FENN. I AM sitting before the looking-glass at the end of ray room as I write, not from any vanity, you will readily perceived that as you read on—but so that 1 may try and reflect with my ink tfhe picture that I wish to present to you of a rather sad—I only say rather, for, upon the whole, I am very cheer- f Lil-tti ill pale, careworn-looking woman, with hair that has long been scant and grey —whiter, perhaps, than that of many people at eight-and-forty. > Eight-and-forty What a great age that seems to the young; and yet how few the years, save in one period of my life, have appeared to me At times I can hardly realize that I am decidedly elderly, so busy has been my life, so swiftly has it glided away, thinking so much as I have of other people and their lives as well as of my own. I never knew how it was, but, somehow, those with WhOlIl I came in contact always seemed to look upon uw, because I had had trouble, as one in whom they could confide. never .sought their confidence, but when some weary wayfarer in life's journey has held out a band to me, asking help or advice, it has grown into my pleasure to try and aid or counsel as far as in me lay. And it is strange how relieved some have been, what a quid, solace it has seemed, to pour out into my sympathetic ear the salient passages of their troubled lives. A strangely quiet, uneventful life mine has been, its incidents simple, its troubles many, its pleasllres-I was about to say few, but. that would be false, for its pleasures have been great. They have not been the boisterous joys that fall to the lot of some; but, feeling, as I do most thoroughly now, "I Z7' that the greatest delights, the purest and most unalloyed are those which are unselfish, I can think and believe that my pleasures have'been many. I will, then, tell you my own little history, slight as it is, and vou may, in reading, find tiiat, it is the key-note to the simple chords that I afterwards, strike in passing, and per- haps it will explain why others have come to tell me what they knew. & tell me what they knew. & It is a tale of early sorrow, but you shall hear, and you will bear with me when I tell you that the wound has never healed, and if 1 put my hand above it, the place still throbs, even as it will beat and ache till kindly Nature says to me, "Sleep, poor weary one, and rest." And then peacefully, trustingly, and with a simple hope of forgive- ness, may I sleep that long sleep which they say so flippantly has no end; but which has a waking, as every lesson which we learn in life persists in teaching. You will smile, perhaps, when I tell you that I was once what people call pretty- t hat> this pale, lined face was once plump and rosy, these sad eyes bright, and this grey scant hair golden-brown, long, and floimg. scant hair golden-brown, long, and floimg. But why should I think you would smile? 1)() I not know that you must have seen the gay young plant putting out its tender leaves in spring, growitig green and luxuriant of foliage in summer, ripe and ruddy in autumn, aud grey, bent, and whithered in age ? And .should I be pitied because I have but followed in the wav of Nature ? Surely not. It is not for that I ask your sympathy, but for the blight that fell upon the young plant, and seared and scathed it so that it seemed for months as if it would but it lived, as I have lived to tell you this. Do you know that wondrous feeling which comes in the early year, and that strange sense of keen delight, that elasticity of spirit, when, full of youth and hope, the very tears of joyous sensibility start to the eyes as you wander amidst the trees and flowers in spring 0 I remember how I felt, oh so well, even though it is now thirty years ago, and I was but eighteen. Jack and I were engaged. It was all such a. simple, homely affair. We had known one another for years-the children of neigh- bouring farmers. Jack-I. still call linn lay the simple old pet name of those days—Jack had been away-at a good school, and being bright, and shrewd, and clever, he had won his wav on, taking to engineering instead of his father's farm life and now it had come to this, that he had been staying at home for a month, previous to going out to a good appointment in Melbourne. That month in spring, how it passed! We had met again and again, and in his honest, manly wav lie had asked ine to be his wife. You know, Grace, that I have always loved vou," he said and now I have hopes and prospects, it cannot be wrong to ask you for your promise." We were walking by the river-side as he said this, and how well I can picture it all- the soft gliding water mirroring the trees on the opposite bank, the young green buds just breaking from their cases, and, above all, the soft tender blue of the spring sky—the blue, he had told me, that was like my eyes. "Do you want me to promise, Jack. I said, sirnplv, as I looked up m his face. No darling; I am satisfied, he cried, as his strong arms held me to his broad breast, and that was all. No oaths could have bound iiie tightly to him. I felt that I was his wife vcheri he should come to claim me some day—when ? We Avere late that evening, and entered the house shyly, for there had been so much to talk of and plan.* In a month s time Jack was to sail to Melbourne: then he was to work very hard for three years, and come and fetch me to be his wife. That month glided by, and the last day had come. It was, as I told you, spring-time —joyous spring-time, with the hawthorn s snowy blossoms, the apple-trees pink and the pear-trees pearly with their pyramids of flowers. Every meadow I passed was starred with golden buttercups, and from every spray the birds trilled or jerked forth their merry songs of hope and love. I could not feel sad, even though I was going to meet Jack for the last walk before he went away but mingled with the leeluig •of ecstacy there was a strange tearfulness of eye, and my breath would come at times with a sob. He was by the stile, waiting for me-the .-stile down i>y the long mead, half-way be- tween the two farms-and as he took mv hand in his, we neither of us spo^e. but stood gazing away over woodland and meadow, all clad in their Wondrous beauty, iii(I listeiied to the birds. Now it was the soft tender coo of the. stock-dove from the wood, now the jerked-out twittering song of the linnet; then, soft and mellow, from the thick hedge- rows floated towards us the fluty notes of the blackbird, while far on high trilled away the larks singing one against the other to their mates sitting in the tall grass of the golden meads. We could not talk, our hearts were too full, for Jack was to be off at daybreak the next morning. But there was no ne^ words. We loved each other m the simple nature-taught way that has been since the world began, and we knew that every joyous song around that thrilled upon our ears meant love, and even in our sorrow we were Snly three years, darling, Jack whis- pered to me, "and then The fears rose to my eyes as I tried to an- swer him, but I could not speak a word. "And you will let me find a long letter When I get there ? he said, tenderly. "Yes. Jack. I promise," I said, and. then it was time to return, for the hours had glided by, how we could not tell. Jack spent the evening with us at home, and then he left us hurriedly, for our tare- Wells had been said in the wood, and it was one hearty kiss, given and taken before the old people, and then good-bye. But I saw him pass soon after daybreak, and he saw me, and waved his hand, for I hadisat by the window all night, lest I might letTikn go'by, and I asleep. And then time glided on sadly, but plea- santly as well. Mine was a busy life, for soon my father took to his bed, ill-a bed he Over left again, for he gradu&Uy *.Uk "d "^KrW is a li'Tu ti.'ovy i<>r us oolh, for iie ii«id been one of the kiiidest and truest Of xnen but while poor mother pined and waited, I had my hopeful days in view, and from time to time letters from dear Jack, all so frank and honest, and full of trust in the future, that I felt as if I could not repine, even when greater troubles fell upon me. For at the end of two years I was standing by the bed-side where lay poor mother sink- ing fast. She had no particular ailment, but had literally pined and wasted away. The bird had lost its mate of many years, and when at last she kissed me, and said, Good-bye," it seemed to me to be in a quiet rest-seeking spirit, and she spoke like one looking hopefully forward to the- meeting 'with him who had gone before. But she could think of me even then, and almost the last whispered words were- Only eleven months, Grace, and then he will be back to fetch you." Poor mother she would not have passed so peacefully away if she had known that which I withheld-nanwly, the news that had come to me from our lawyer. For, through the failure of the enterprise in which my father's savings had been invested, and which brought us a little income of sixty pounds a yearI was left penniless—so poor, in fact, that the furniture of the cottage m the little tewn, to which we had moved when we left the farm, had to be sold to defray the funeral expenses. It was very hard to bear, and for a month I was terribly depressed; but there was that great hopeful time ever drawing near—the end of three years, when Jack would come to fetch me to be his wife. It was now for the first time that I remem- ber feeling particular about my personal appearance, and I studied-my glass to see if Jack would find me looking careworn and thin, and my glass told me truly—yes. But I had to be up and doing, and before another month was over, through the kind- ness of people whom wo had known, I was placed where I could work contentedly for the bread I must ealll till Jack should come to fetch me away. It was at a large West-end dressmaker's, and it was hard work to get used to the hurry and excitement of the place, where there were twelve girls living in the house, and as many more came every day. There were all kinds of petty pieces of tyranny to submit to at first, and 1 suwose some of the foolish girls were jealous of me and my looks, so much so that I found they nick-named me "The Beauty." Poor girls! If they had known how little store I sei by my looks, they would have behaved at first as they did later on. The "first thing that won them to me was when Mary Sanders was taken ill with a terrible fever. Madame Grainger was for sending her away at once, on account of her business, and the infection; but the doctor who was called in, a young, impetuous, but very clever man, told her that it would be at her'peril if she did so, for Mary Sanders' life was in danger. So the poor girl was shut up in her bedroom, without a soul to go near her except a hired nurse, and after the first night this woman stayed away. No one dared go near the poor girl then, so I timidly asked leave to nurse her, for I felt no fear of the infection, and it seemed so hard for her to be left there alone. I obtained leave, and went upstairs, stay- ing with her till she recovered; and from that day there was always a kind look for me, and a kiss from every girl in the place. What was more, oddly enough, perhaps because I was so quiet and restrained, first one girl and then another came to make me the confidante of her love-secrets, and ask my advice. t gave it, such as it was, though heartsore myself, for Jack's letters to me had suddenly ceased. We had corresponded so regularly; but it had struck me that his last two letters had been formal and constrained they were full of business matters too, and he had hinted at its being possible that he should not be able to keep time about the three years, in consequence of some contract. I did not think this when I first read these letters, for then I had kissed and cried over them but when no reply came to my last, I re-read them, and the coldness seemed appa- rent. But I waited and waited, and then news came from the country. Jack's father, a widower, had died suddenly; and I said to myself, with throbbing heart, as I longed to be at his side to try and comfort him in his affliction, "Poor Jack, he will come home now." But he did not come, neither did I get any reply to my last two letters. Another month, and the three years would be up; and as I sat over some work one spring morning by the open window, with a bunch of violets that one of the girls had brought me in a glass, the soft breeze that came float- ing over the chimney-pots and sooty roofs, wafted to me the scent of the humble little blossoms and my eyes became full of tears, for in an instant the busy work-room had passed away, and I was down home By the river-side, listening to dear Jack, as he asked me to be his wife. Only a month! only a month! my pulses seemed to beat; and as it happened we were all busy upon a large wedding order, aiad I was stitching away at "the white satin skirt intended for a bride. I tried so hard to bear it, but I could not, the rush of feelings was too great. Another month, and he was to have fetched me to be his wife, and I had not had an answer to my last fond and loving letters. As I said, I tried so hard to bear it, but I could not, and stifling a sob, I hurried out of the work-room to reach my attic, threw my- self upon my knees by the bed, and burying my face in my hands, I sobbed as if my heart woi.i It-I break. For the terrible thought would come now, fight against it as I would-" Jack has grown tired of waiting and married another." I fought so hard with the disloyal thought, but it would come, and I was sobbing pas- sionately, when I felt a soft arm steal round my neck, a tender cheek laid to mine, and I found my poor tear-dewed face drawn down upon the bosom of Mary Sanders, who had stolen out of the work-room, and come up to try and comfort me. Pray, pray, don't fret my darling," she whispered. Madame will be so cross. Tlidse wedding things must be in by to- night, and they want you to help try them on." I don't know how I got through that day and night, but I believe I did such duties as were expected from me mechanically, as if I had been in a dream, and at night I lay wakeful and weary, with aching eyes and heart, thinking of that dreadful idea that was trying to force itself upon me. I waited till the three years had expired, M3 then, with what anguish of heart tJ words could tell, I wrote to Jack again—mf fourth letter-begging him, imploring him to answer me, if but to tell me he was weary of his promise, and wished to be set free; and then, making a superhuman effort over my- self, I waited, waited, month by month, for an answer, though I knew that it must be at least six months before one could come. I had given up expecting one in the interim, and I was too proud to send to his relatives—distant ones, whom I had never seen, and who had probably never heard of me. The thought had taken root now, and grown to a feeling of certainty but I waited for my answer. Three months—six months—nine months gassed away, and hope was dead within my eart. They said I had grown much older and more careworn. Madame said I worked too hard, 'and the sharp business woman became quite motherly in her attentions to roe. It was then I learned for the first time how good and true a woman was she whom I served. Her battle with the world had made her keen and firm in her dealings with her work-girls, for hers was no life of ease. The ladies she had to toiled for were exact- ing and thoughtless to a degree, and constant business worries had made her at times most oldfand strict, but she was always,1 -dy, perle? to .ii"' i wn. »>!ie I tne to havo ahoird.-u ."ikl | ud t-,ake change, hke ( balm, it blunted my thoughts and L-iiuwiilg that I was daily growing pale and thin, I still waited. J I knew the girls used to whisper together about ne, and think me strange, but no one knew my secret—not even Madame, who had unore than once sought my couhdence and so twelve months passed awav—four years since Jack had left me. It was not to a day, but nearly to the time when he had parted from me, and it was almost two years since I bad heard from him. I was trying hard to grow patient and con- tented with my lot, for Madame Grainger had gradually taken to me, and trusted me, making me more and more her companion, when one glorious spring morning, as i was coming out of the breakfast-room to go upstairs to work, she called me into her little room, where she sat as a rule and attuuned to her for she had an extensive clientele, and carried on business, in a large .t private mansion in W elbeek Street. "Grace, my dear," she said, taking me in her arms, and kissing me, 0, it worries me to see you look so ill. Now, what do you say to a fortnight in the country r" A fortnight in the country! and at her busiest time, with the L )1,011 season coming on. I thought of that, and then, as I glanco round at the flowers and inhaled their scents, the bright fields near Tern plein ore Grange floated before my dimming eyes, a feeling of suffocation. came upon me, and the room seemed to swing round. I believe that for the first time in my life I should have fainted, so painful were the memories evoked by her words, when a sharp knock and ring at the door echoed through the house, following instantly upon the dull fall of a letter, and the sharp click of the letter- box.. It was like an electric shock to me, and without a word I darted into the hall, pant- ing with excitement, and my hand at my throat to tear away the stifling sensation. But it was a letter. I could see it through the glass in the letter-box, and I seized it with trembling hands, inspired as it were by some. strange power. Jack dear Jack at last! I gasped as I turned it over, and saw it was a strange, blue, official-looking letter, formally directed to me. Even that did not surprise me. It was from Jack, I knew, and I tore open the blue envelope. Yes, I knew it! The inner envelope was covered with. Australian post-marks, and, ignorant as I might be of its contents, I was ignorant as I might be of its contents, I was raising it to my lips to cover it with pas- sionate kisses, when I saw it was open. Then a mist came over my mental vision for a time, but only to clear away as, half I stupefied, I turned the missive over and over, held it straight for a moment; and then, with a sign of misery and despair, I stood mute, and as if turned to stone. Grace, my child! In mercy's name tell me It was Madame, who passed her arm round me, and looked horror-stricken at my white face and lips. The next moment 1 dimly remember she had caught the letter- -his letter—my letter—from my hand, and read it aloud: "Mr. John Braybrook, Markboro, County Melbourne," and then, in her ex- citement, the great official sentence-like brand upon it-" DEAD 1"
DAMAGE TO LONDON-BMDCJG STATION.
Behold a word ot letters three; So little, nothing less can be: Add but one letter to my store— Start not—I'm poorer than before. — One. none. When night", brings on her noontide hour. And stillness holds her magic power, All mortals to my first repair, And bid adieu to toil and care. My next for various ends designed, Yet oft my first you there will find. Within my wholt; you seek repose, Forgetting life and all its woes. -Bed-room. My first gives light, my sccond gives light, and my whole gives light.—Fire-brand. Annette is a lady, she lives but in splendour. Lord Henry has borne her away as his bride; And parasites hasten their homage to render— To flatter her present, and sneer at aside. Annette is the fashion, her taste is appealed to, Affairs second her taste must decide Yet deep is the grief she in secret she must yield to, And bitter the tears of this victim of pride. She grieves for the hours when her William caressed her— For broken vows press on her desolate soul— She mourns for the days when her fond parents blessed her. When her home was my first, and her dress was my whole. —Cot-ton, MY first is a frnit you may every year see; J'vfy second's an idiot, as near as can be: Join these two together and quickly you'll find. They'll make a good dish to please each person's mind. Goosebc).?.Y-f,)Ol. IF a woman were to change her sex. what religion -,voiild she be?-Slie, %voiild I)c a lie, tlien. WHEN early Aurora with radiance appears, Hear my firstch eenfu>lsotant •?«r the plain; Whilst my feeble-toned seoud is drowned to ourears, And behold in confusion the swain! My whole see the brilliant assembly engage, At a ball or gay masquerade: But more frequently now 'tis confined to the stage, Forharlequinorhislovedmaid. -Iloril-pipe. WHEN frost and snow o'erspread the ground And chilly blows the air, :My jirst is felt upon the cheek Of every lovely fair. In earth's cold bosom lies my next- An object most forlorn For often cruelly 'tis used, And trampled on with scorn. Amid the dismal shades of night My whole is bright and gay Though dark and gloomy it appears Exposed to open day. —Glow-worm. Sometimes I aid the lover's cause; Sometimes the soldier in the wars; Sometimes I help the building trade; The painter sometimes seeks my aid; I'm sometimes useful at a tire; A thief sometimes takes me on hire; And sometimes eager schoolboy tries By me to gain a bird's nest prize; -A. ladder. Way is an account-book flfce a sculptor's studio ?— Because it is full of figures. A COAT, merchant at Beyrout declined to give with- out ready money the necessary supply of coals to the Turkish squadron escorting the German Emperor's yacht, which in the present state of the national finances was equivalent to a blank refusal. The Sultan was equal to the emergency. His Majesty made the local trader a Pasha, and gave him a decoration. Mr. Hooley may-puobably think they do these things better in Turkey. EDITII AGNES YOUNG, a barmaid, aged 18, em- ployed at Putney, drowned herself upon being dis- missed for forwardness of demeanour. Her mind seems to have been unsettled by vanity, and in a letter which she left she seems to have fancied, in the words of the cdroner, that every man was in love with her." SINCE the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1897, came into force many complications have arisen in cases concerned with the liability of employers. A number of arbitrations, consolidated for purposes of argument, came before the. Court tIf Appeal as the first appeals under the new Act, and the intricacies involved in the propositions of the appellants led to Ae comparison of the case with a" kind of a Chinese puzzle." Briefly, the question to be decided was whether a ship in dock was a factory." Their lord- ships held an affirmative vievv^ and the shipowners' appeal failed. THE hurried passage of he gold tax by the Trans- vaal Volksrand has caused the govateit surprise and THROUGH a fire which occurred at the worsted mills indignation in Johannesburg. I of Messrs. J. and R. Lister, Keighley, on Sunday, damage was caused which is estimated at from £ 10,000 to £ 12,000. s — b iiAnr. id during the greater receding night throughc of toe Br^ish Isles. The wind rose i*. n. anight, and increased in strength until it became a full gale, which continued until the forenoon. During the day if. moderated in various parts of the country 'but in the English Channel it was on Tuesday night reported to be showing no sign of abatement, but rather a tendency to increase. Everywhere the gale was ac- companied by heavy driving rain, and this long- continued downpour has produced floods in many districts of the country, where swollen risers have overflowed and submerged the adjacent lauds, and in several towns low-lying house: have been flooded. An exceptionally high tide under the influence of the gale has subjected the sea-side towns to exceptionally severe experiences. The centre of this dangerous hurricane was on Tuesday morning over the north-west of Ireland, causing mountainous seas of tremendous force along the coasts of Donegal, Sligo, and Mayo, and it was moving at exceptional velocity across the British Isles in a sjuth-easterly direction. The worst of Monday Inght/s gale was, therefore, felt in Ireland, but as it advanced eastward, Wales during Tuesday morning experienced the full brunt of its fury, and it was very severe at the mouth of the Mersey. The City of Dublin Company's steamer Louth, while coming alongside the landing stage at Liver- pool during the morning, collided with the tug Great Western, which was so seriously damaged that she sank an hour later. The crew were saved. I DAMAGE TO LONDON-BMDCJG STATION. An alarming accident happened at London-bridge (London/ Brighton, and South Coast Railway) Station soon after ten o'clock on Tuesday morning. The span loof which covers the whole of the station is sheeted with plates of rolled glass. The high wind got under a number of the plates and tore them from their positions, and they, of course, fell to the ground. A train had just discharged its load of passengers at the platform near the scene of the accident, and the falling glass caught several persons and inflicted cuts, none of them for- tunately being serious. As quickly as possible barriers were thrown up to keep other passengers from passing under the same portion of the roof, where further falls were expected, and as successive trains ran in and shook the glass considerable ex- citement was caused. A hole was made, in the roof about 6ft. long and 8ft. wide. MAN KHjIUSD AT WA I,WORTH. A middle-aged vestry watchman, named Wilson, was killed shortly before noon on Tuesday at Wal- worth. He had been walking along New Kent-road, and turned into Rodney-road, when a large part of some buildings in course of demolition at the corner of Rodney-road was blown down, and fell upon him. Several people ran to his assistance, but when rescued lie was found to have been hopelessly crushed, and he died soon afterwards. The body was removed to Newington mortuary to await the inquest. Statements are made as to the condition of the ruins, which will doubtless be investigated by the coroner. A LIFEBOAT'S IIAKD DAY'S WOltli. The wind blew with great, force in the Isle of Man, and the seas were the heaviest noted in Douglas Bay for some years. There were occasional rain showers. The cold was intense. Many vessels ran into the harbour for shelter. The steamer Feneila, from Liverpool, arrived at Douglas, having made a good passage of the 80 miles in six hours, but one of her deck shelters was carried away by a heavy At Ramsey, however, the lifeboat was summoned during the afternoon of Tuesday to the schooner Twin Sisters, from Liverpool, which lay off Mang- hold Head, and within an hour Captain liryce and the crew of two were taken off. The life- boat. had just been housed when another schooner. Return, of Greenock, hoisted the distress signal. Her master, Donald Kelso, and four of the crew were rescued. The lifeboat, went, out on a third trip to the schooner Annie Warren from Ply- mouth to Preston.'which had been tossed about for a fortnight between Holyhead, the Mersey, and the Isle of Man, and took off the master, Morris Davis, and the crew of four. The Ramsey lifeboat accordingly saved 13 lives. A schooner which had arrived at Douglas on Sunday and discharged a quantity of dynamite was on Tuesday blown from her anchorage in the outer harbour, and was barely saved from being driven to sea. She was considerably damaged by striking die pier. SEItl'OUS FLOODS IN WALES. The- course of the rivers which flow through the Vale of Ci wyd, a distance of 20 miles, presents the appearance, of a large lake. Farms are entirely sur- rounded by water and roads are impassable. The common at St. Asaph, which adjoins the River Elwy, is almost covered with water. Thousands of acres alongside the railway are sheets of water. In the Bettws-y-coed district communication was stopped, some parts of the line being washed away. The valley of the Dovey, in West Wales, was also seriously flooded. At an early hour on Tuesday morning the River Dovey rose rapidly and, banked up by a heavy tide from Cardigan Bay, soon over- flowed its banks. Hundreds of acres of land were laid under water, and great anxiety was felt on Tuesday night as to the safety of the animals on the lowland pastures. Numbers of sheep, cattle, and ponies were huddled together for safety ou sir.ad isolated patches of land. Efforts were made to reach them on horseback, and in some instances the owners were successful. The Corris Railway, which crosses the River Dovey, and is used for the slate quarry trade of Merionethshire and Montgonieryshire, was blocked to tll trafric. Serious floods occurred along the Teme Vallr-v. doing much damage. The River Usk overflowed and inundated the western part of the town of Brecc« and in Abergavenny houses suffered by the bio win-' away of tiles and chimneys. At Abercarn large tin- i n,- plate works were flooded and work was made impos- sible. In the town of Newport a family had a narrow escape from a chimney, which crashed through the roof of their house. DAMAGE IN SCOTLAND. Helensburgh, on the Clyde, reports that the sea ran higher than for years. The waves broke over the pier and across the sea-front. Several houses became flooded, and the inmates had to seek safety in the upper stories, where they were imprisoned. The gale prevailed with great violence also along the east, coast of Scotland, and the English trains were considerably delayed. From many other stations in Scotland come reports of great damage by the gale and floods. In some places hailstones of large size fell. In Edinburgh the falling chimneys were constant and numerous, r.nd shop windows were blown in. At Irvine the hurricane blew down one side of the I station. Part of Bowling, on the Clyde, is under water, and communication with the harbour is cut off. At Dunoon terrific seas were raging, and the houses near the shore were flooded. A Dutch barque ran ashore on the sandy beach off Metail, on the Firtb. of Forth, but the crew was I saved. The Rhoda, of Portrush, ran on the rocks at Campbelltown, and the lifeboat put out and rescued the crew of five hands. GLASGOW STATION JNJ UKED. The holiday-seekers returning from the Clyde coast towns experienced the full force, of the gale on Tuesday. Late steamers were unable to take the I piers, and as a consequence many passengers were left stranded. A violent gust of wind carried away portions of the Caledonian Railway Station arch at Glasgow, and the glass fell on to the platform. It is reported that some postmen were injured as well as several cab horses. I VESSELS IN DANGER. The Broadstairs lifeboat left at eight, o'clock on Tuesday morning to assist a large four-masted barque which was in difficulties off the North Sands Head, but earlier aid was rendered by a tug-boat. The lifeboat was unable to return to Broadstairs in the face of the strong and increasing gale, and made for Margate, where she arrived shortly before noon. At seven o'clock in the morning a. four-masted ship was seen to be in trouble. Two boatmen, Archibald Hiller and WT. James launched the rowing boat. Wild Rose to take a pilot off to her. The Wild Rose, which has only a length of 18ft, with a 5ft. beam, was unable to reach the ship. The waves broke into the boat, and as the two men lost their bailer they could only keep the water down by using their hats and boots for bailing. Eventually they were picked up by a French fishing boat and brought up near Kingsgate, where they were let. go and washed ashore. TERRIBLE SEAS AT DOVER. An exceedingly heavy sea was running at Dover, and sheets «f water were swept over the parapet of the Admiralty Pier from the west side. The spray rose to a great height. The grandeur of the scene interested the Christmas visitors, and it was watched by a. great number of people. The Prince Albert (Captain Deweylaer), ,trow I Ostend, succeeded in getting into the Harbour at three o'clock in the afternoon, three hours late, but no sooner was she alongside than the hawsers snapped, and owing to the rolling of the vessel the paddle-box dashed violently against the landing- stage, As it was found impossible, to land i-lip pas- sengers, numbering 37, the steamer had to back out and make for the Downs, in order to remain there I until the gale abates. The Paris Tuesday forenoon mails went by way of Folkestone, on the South-Eastern Company's splendid new boat Princess of Wales, but the service from that port was suspended in the afternoon. The hope that steamers would be able to land at the Extension Pier during south-westerly gales was entirely dissipated by Tuesday's experience, for at high tide in the morn- ing the seas swept over'the stonework with violence sufficient to smash in the deck of any vessel lying alongside. Even in a snug corner in the inner har- bour her Majesty's telegraph ship rolled dangerously, and broke several stout hawsers. Several vessels have "passed in a helpless condition, including a schooner with one of her masts and rigging hanging over the sides. The French mail for England was sent from Calais to Boulogne, and shipped aboard the Mary Beatrice, which left for Folkestone at two o'clock on Tuesday. She had a very rough passage, and arrived I at Folkestone about half-past four. While trying to get alongside she ran into the pier and damaged it. The vessel eventually was compelled to put to sea again, and she returned to Boulogne. REPORTS FROII ENGLISH SHIRES. In South Berkshire and North Hampshire the wind blew with terrific force, and there was a deluge of rain for some hours, partially flooding streets and roads, as well as dwelling-houses. The wind blew in fearful gusts, driving before it the torrents of rain in every direction, rendering both foot and vehicular traffic dangerous. Throughout North Herts the gale sprang up during Tuesday night, but. there was not any downfall of I rain until about noon, when the force of the wind 1 had abated somewhat,. During the morning of Tuesday a blizzard of rain and snow swept over Swindon with such violence that for some time vehicular and pedestrian traffic had to be suspended. Portions of Westmoreland were flooded, and trees are uprooted. The river Eden was greatly swollen. Business was also paralysed by the severity of the I weather. Several trees were uprooted in Lord Salisbury's park at Hatfield. 1 J. Two ladies who were walking to the railway station at Harpenden were lifted bodily by the force of the wind and thrown in the gutter. An alarming casualty occurred at South Shields. I A large Liverpool steamer the Lucerna, which was lying moored at the north side of the harbour, parted her moorings owing to the violence of the gale, and was driven athwart the river, suspending general traffic for some time. She afterwards collided with the tug Europe with such force that the tug sank in the South Channel within a few minutts. The Lucerna was fortunately brought up, and after con- siderable difficulty was remoored. The sunken tug is a great danger to navigation.
iSERIOUS LANDSLIP IN i SWITZERLAND.
i SERIOUS LANDSLIP IN SWITZERLAND. A despatch from Airolo states that the Hotel Airolo at that, place and several adjacent houses have been destroyed by a landslip from the Sasso Rosso which occurred on Wednesday morning. There have since been further falls of earth, which, after continuing until lat e this morning, have now ceased, although all' danger is not yet over. Three persons have been killed—Antonio Filipini, sacristan, Josefina Franzini, and a little boy. Jules Forni. Fire broke out in the ¡ ruins of the hotel,and for some time threatened some of the adjacent, houses still standing. The loss is estimated at l,000,000f. A large section of the forest sheltering Airolo was also carried away. The railway station, the Gothard railway, and the telegraph suffered no damage.
POACHING AT HATFIELD.
POACHING AT HATFIELD. Two men, named John Brencliley and William Harman, were arrested on Wednesday at Watford for taking part in a poaching affray on the Marquis" of Salisbury's estate at Hatfield. It appears that the prisoners, with four other men, are alleged to have been on the estate on Christmas Eve in search of game, and came in contact with the keepers, who tried to detain them. Severe resistance was offered by the men, who escaped across country and were at large until Wednesday, when they were captured and taken to the police-station at Watford. A similar affray took place at Hatfield some nine years ago, whilst a Christmas party was iu progress.
AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS FOR…
AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS FOR ENGLAND. I The foliowing have been definitely selected as members of the team to visit, England next summer: E. Jones, J. Darling, and C. Hill. South Aus- tralia. H. Trumble, J. Worrall, and C. McLeod. Victoria. M. A. Noble, S. E. Gregory, and J. J. Kelly New South Wales. It will be noticed that. so far, the three Colonies of South Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales, have been given three representatives each. Of the nine players now sure of their places only Charles McLeod and Noble are strangers to England. Sydnev Gregory and Hugh Trumble have been here' three times in 1800. 1893, and 1896 Worrall came over with the late Percy MacDonnell's team in 1888 and Darling, J'ones, Kelly, and Clement Hill were never here till the tour of two year? ago. Against Mr. Stoddart's team last winter Noble, quickly establishing his reputation as uiit of the beet, bowlers in the Colonies, took 38 wickets in the eleven-a-side matches at a cost of 22 runs each. Of these 38 wickets 19 fell to him in the hve test matches. IVlcLeod had one day of success against, the Englishmen as a bowler, but he did by far his best work as a batsman, scoring 471 rims in the eleven-aside matches, with an average of 47. Worrall has made great strides as a batsman since his visit to England ten years ago, and is especially successful on wickets damaged by rain. He only played in the last of the test, matches against Mr. Stoddart's team, when he scored 26 and 62, but he played an innings of 83 for Victoria in the second match of the tour, and obtained altogether 250 runs in the eleven-a-side fixtures, with an average of 41. -——————————————————
A PENNY AN HOUR.
A PENNY AN HOUR. At the inquest held on Wednesday on Albert Clars, number taker, of the Gueat Central Railway, whose body was found mutilated on the line on Monday morning, the coroner remarked that 12 hours' work was too long for a miserable shilling per day. He added that the occupation was too dan- I' gerous for a young lad. The inquest was adjourned,
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DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED. The Home Secretary has commuted the death sentence passed on Kate Eilen Shoesmith to seven years' penal servitude. The young woman was a respectable domestic servant, aged 20, with an infant, whom she put out to nurse and endeavoured to support out of her earnings. But being thrown out. of a situation for some weeks and left poor and homeless she took her child, and, in a fit of despera- tion,. threw it into the pond at Levton. The jury which convicted her at the Old Bailey on September 16 of infanticide did so with a strong recommenda- tion to mercy, which Mr. Justice Darling, who pro- nounced the death sentence, said would receive he was certain, sympathetic attention. The Home Secretary respited her at once, and' on Wednesday announced his decision.
KILLED THROUGH ORANGE PEEL.I
KILLED THROUGH ORANGE PEEL. I At Stechford station, on the London and North- Western Railway, on Wednesday, a. ticket collector trod on a piece of orange peel on the platform, and fell in iron,, of an approaching train. He was shock- ingly injured, and died in a few'hours. C, The two piles driven last week by Messrs. Pearson and Co. at the end of the Admiralty Pier have been carried away by the sea, and the large double girder placed there by the contractors has been twisted out seawards about oOdeg. the outer end has drooped down, lifting the inner ballast with it. For two or three hours on Tuesday the London, Chatham, and Dover Company's mail packets, Empress and Lord Warden, lay off the port waiting for orders, aiding with their heads to wind. Even- tually, as it was inadvisable to send the bogts either from Dover or Folkestone. Captain Dixon, the com- pany's marine superintendent, ordered the two boats j to proceed to the^Downs for shelter. The Victoria was I also aent to the same anchorage. j
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