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Home My WebLink AboutThe Fordwich Record, 1901-09-19, Page 8•:siSS.:•...:':..::04SS,St's.X.,X4S4sSii :S. s: NO* 1T 's Wife i•• . , g el ..--- . i• roll4 s es-St s„....- ,--.....s..-- .-----' ssess s-• s--• ss ' - ...? *44 ss, s , se, .,..„.._ g .-"" 's %SS sof". .1.- --- • AFTER''' TA'N IP iet-faced wife ElsM, who came re-fling known as "No 17" stood once more upon the threshold of his home. ICate met him at the door-a smile upon her bonnie I ace. "Elsie 'has heard all," she said, gently ; "and she is nearly well. The good news has saved her life. She is asking for you at this moment. Desparde waited to hear no more. An instant later Elsie's face was pressed dose to his own; and hus-- band and wife were re-united after their bitter separation. "God has been very good to me," she whispered through her sobs, "and He has given you back to me." "Yes," said Desparde, gently--"to remain together till death shall part "s'' ' -And afterwards," whispered El- sic "God willing." HOW TO MAKE A FORTUNE FORTUNE, — GREAT PRIZES THAT ARE LOOKING FOR. OWNERS. so_ $60,000 Reward for a Navigable Airship-Soraetlaing for the e• Peacemaker. .If Dumont, the young Frenchman who has jest invented a steer able airShip, were a Briton, he would be entitled to a prize of $60,000, be- sides his 0 wil profits. He would have won the "Melton Payne" award and a, committee would now be set- up the conditions prior to handing• him the money. When Melton Payne, the famous amateur aeronaut died, he left a leg- acy of $60,000 in trust for the fist British subject who should invent a able navigable airship. The prize has been tried,for unsuccessful- - o . iy oy over a dozen men, and a good many thousands spent in the pro- seas. The nearest to success was ed, however, in the serious accident to the inventor at Exeter, when HE AND HIS MACHINE calla sod. ,, committee of experts is to be chosen to decide on the genuineness of . . any airship; and it is said that, strictly, the machine has to be heav- ier th air, and not floated by ' a gas balloon, and, if that is s Duniont's vessel would be 0 1s, even arse.- There will be a good many tumbles before that $60,000 is won. There is $15 000 a ear for I . ofe. and the reside ' y ' e to your heirs, wait- in r for you, if of mg, you are anything a peacemaker. . That is the Mize of- Scrod by an eminent Swede-Mr. Ed- ,nand Neillssen-to anyone who shall beinstrumental in persuading the Powers to give up war for good and all, and do away with armaments of every' kind. It will take a great or- Mar with very ' strong and original tohemust R g rules; persuade us- she.; Great Britain, France,Germany; Austria,up-,it and Italy to do away with all soldier and sailor. men, except the . BODYGUARDS OF THE COURTS.- Nothing is put in abort the other nations, who would iresumably fol- low suit. . . A. good many men have had a try for this result, the one nearest the mark being a famous London jour- nalist. But they didn't succeed, and it looks as if that $15,000 would look for a claimant for a very long time yet. It is •worth noting that the money which is held in trust is all in British Government bonds. When Mr. Neillssen dies, the money is to remain in trust till somebody Wine it, no matter how long hence. Thibre M a certain $5,000 a year, outside all personal profits, standing ready for the man who finds a gen- eine cure for consumption. This is the gift of the late Silo John Bean, the famous physician and scientist. The Bean award amounts to $175,- 000 in. Government stock He left legacy in trust, to be awarded to any British subject who may tits- cover a cure that is considered gen- uine by a committee of the College of Physicians and the British Medi- cal Council, The interest amounts to $5,000 per annum, and there are always plenty of. starters working at the great problem, and a good ninny HAVE BEEN SPENT in the pursuit. - The cure, according to rules laid down , by the will, must be able to heal seventeen cases out M twenty, all in the "second stage" of the marl- ady. This is about the best be- quest there is, for the great doctor calculated that, out of the 80,000 People that die of consumption every year at .. , in Britain alone, least 68 - WO would be saved. Besides that $175,000, it has been hinted more than once in high places that the man who can stamp out consume- "11 ' Orin wr get a baronetcy at kast if ' not a peerage. For saving 68,000 lives a year he ought to get a dukes dora. . A British prize, open to all the world and "no favors " is the $.25 - ' - favors, "is ' 000 offered by Mr. Henry Scudamore '. the fainons mountaineer, for the as- cent of Mount Everest, the highest , mountain in the worid. Mr. Scuds, more-died two years- ago, but - the $25,000 is still open to be climbed for-balloons barred-by any man of any nation. Everest, which is 29,000 feet high, or nearly as tall as two Mount Blanes piled one on top of the other, has killed seven would-be climbers daring the I st twenty ' * years, anel has baffled many scores more. That expert mountaineer, Mr. Wymper has made the best re- cord, though not necessarily for the $25,000; but the summit has never d . been reach° by mortal man, and et is doubtful if any human being could live for half an hour at such an alti- tude, even if he got there. But every now and then somebody has a try, seldom getting much more than half way up, however. the ascent, if successful, would cost about $1,000, and . •vor .eel either. -absolutely days grindstone frames and attach-— Captain Green's attempt, which end-s Murray Price, the well known writer on "sociology." He left $15,000 in cash, tote awarded to any man who should be instrumental in, bringing about the abolition of the Game Laws, .which were Mr., Price's pet bugbear. He also left a perfect library of manuscripts and information on the subject, which are at the service of anyone who likes to try for the orize and start the litigation. This is the will so strongly fought M the. Pro_ bate Court by Mr. Price's heirs, W110 thought they could find better uses to put the money to; but the will was, upheld, and the ste,,000 is at the disposition of any energetic gen- tleman who can prevail oh British Parliament to quash the Game Laws. But among humanitarian awards- and there are plenty of them-the $25,000 dedicated by Mrs. Vaughan Pritchard is about the best. That sum will be aid over by. the trustees P to any man m woman who invents a ,substitute for the bit M a horse's equipment, and MAKES IT UNIVERSAL in Britain, in place of the rresent variety. Hundreds of people have made "shots" at this prize, but they have not been able to get their ideas tak- en u and it is sold that there is P.moiety, no other way of control- ling a horse. It is a rule that the substitute must not enter the beast's mouth in any way, and must not be spiked or studded. - In parts of Italy the horses wear a sort, of bar are ass their noses fn- stead of a bit; but though a few samples have been seen in Britain, ' the old bit holds its own, and that $25,000 is Bun waiting. MEN WHO HAI — SEE SO MUCH OF LOSES ALL 'S The Croupiers Empl, Carlo Lose All h. Value of C. The croupiers are th, able people In Monte from their wonderful tal arithmetic, which of years of patient may be said to be th the face W the e moneY• They handle thous; M gold, silver and n of their lives. The: down on the green clo and raked to and fro were so much dirt. after a crOupier has at Monte Carlo he la the value M cash. I-1 indifferent to the sig Ms duties o I erfoom . or paying out, with calmness of an unthin Every croupier is'si ly when he lettuce the that he has not staler searching, however, • Mr nobody known to attempt to the smallest coin. have plenty of chance but they never think i "Swell rnobsmen" i to Monte Carlo for tl pose of swindling the and over again trii croupiers. ONLY ONE I. is on record of anyc seeded. A man calls listed the aid of a Cr duced him •to deal or arranged pack at Quarante" table. "Tr te" is played wit} which are shaft mice of the players, a chanting is possible. the substituted pack en to the top of the • the shuffling was over ' The swindler. who in what order the ca pear,placed his Ca and 'managed to win ,, an,,,,,, „duos, or $, diately afterwards he was never seen agai cards were counted at gone it eves of coons there were more than was revealed. comes the extr of the. story. The cri committed the fraud s single penny by it. the forged pack to his friend. H , what he was dou not paid him am nor had he proi5oried The croupi, not, want to share in NO USE FOR TI The Administration only sent the offendie prison for two montl action-done with chi -hood robbed them sum of money. They use punishing him strange te .,y, they again when he came though not at his old The croupiers at Hi eeive a salary of Iron 500, per annum, ai langth of time they Is Administration's se ier has even been kno rise in his salary. I have ' enough • they • more. •When they they often mislay it, are as careless of it But the croupiers n never necurs to them • their money whatever. They are money that the it. Their life is a curls one. They never tm which is .the loveliest quite satisfies them. drunkards amongst t costs -them serer BUR taxes. Their childrc free of charge. the bo come croupiers like t The croupiers have room where they co and play chess. Man their whole lives eitli or at their. work. they are out of dose go home at the quietness of their rarely live to any ye wired sir Dear net cod eve sled order weep SS so sS "X...:•÷SS•Ss•So.S.'1444•SiSsSSS.:sS4 o. 17 sat M his cell, white and poising. He had endured two .r£ of prison life uncomplainingly, by the knowledge that he e innocent of the crime with; ich he had been charged-and eyed.also . by the visits of his arty to the gaol as often as the t-iron regulations M the estab- mient would permit. Hut of late de's visits had ceased, and to-day • conyiet knew . the reason for cessation. She was ill-very -and the letter from her sister ich lay in Ms hands told him it the doctors leafed the worst, is is how the note ran :- Artimr,-I have some rather 1 tidings to give you, but we both be brave and hope for the t. Poor Male is dangerously ill, I though all that we could easel- i do has been done, the medical late recovery. He states that she suffering from no particular ill- is, but simply from a general de- ity, brought about by fretting if your absence. If only .you old come to her, it would prob- ly be the means of saving her life; I, alaS! that is impossible. ,She in Cod's hands, 'as we all are. I . praying to him to spare to us i life that we both love-it is for uto pray also. Good-bye, and d bless you. May he give us 'ength to bear the blow that seems near. Yeur loving sistersin-lawKATE. Lrthur Desparde was no coward - weakling. The humiliation and Bering of penal servitude In had me like a man, but those few nple worts bowed his head So •th and brought the salt tears to i ayes. To feel that his absence ,s causing Elsie's decline--to feel it one short hour of liberty would all probability be the means . of oservieg her, and to know at the see ne time that the prison walls between him and her-to feel d know all this would have mad- led any man. The feeling and the so-sledge maddened Arthur Des- rcle now, 'I will go to her," he muttered me as they will-but go to her most, and . . . I will." his feet. 1 file lay at He had ring in the yard, and he load ses it in his clothing, believing 1. Climbing the narrow wall of scow thermal was guarded merely two iron bars of medium thick- es. Without an instant's hesita- m he proceeded to file these bars, ping with ardent hope that ' no might intervene to abruptly •minate his labors. orturre favored him, and the work is completed without interruption. co Minutes later he was sliding wn a pipe which led from the cell the courtyard, and to scale the w wail of the yard was but the irk of an instant. Then with a uttered prayer for the protection Heaven on his journey he set out the house where his wife lay be- life and death. • • • • • • 'Arthur ! Is it possible it can be u ? HOW ever have you contrived come here?" It was Elsie'r 'Aster who spoke, d she stood, fully dressed, in the orway, scanning the escaped con- 'Yes. It is I, and you shall hear od my flight. . . . But tell me, Mere is little change. At times e is unconscious, .and during such riods she mentions your name in- meetly. When she is conscious • e talks of you to me, saying that e one desire left to her is to see u at her side ageist.'' "Thank Heaven," said the convict • . a low tone ; , "thank Heaven she still alive. I am not too late." Then he explained to the wonder- -- r girl how he had contrived to cape from gaol, adding also that are was every Chance M his being Laken in the morning. "But 1N, em come," he said sullen; y ; then once I have hold my darling thy arms again, and cheered her :knees I care little what happens," ed now, it will be well for you to 11 her I am here; but break the cos to her • as gradually as you Kate nodded, and left the room on i-toe. Presently she returned, • her es swimming with tears. "She knows all, Arthur, and is citing for you. Pray God that ' taming so Sin e--" "Amen !" said the convict, husk- ,, as he went slowly up the stairs wards his wife's chamber- She lay very, white and very still, It, there came a warm' glow of joy ,on her faded 'cheek as he entered. ee put out her tMn hand to him, d a moment later they were clasp- in each other's arms. '' I knew you would come to me, rling," she sobbed, Co"r I have aged day and night that I might a you once more-and Heaven has ard my prayer. Oh, Arthur, dear, ar Arthur, life has been very hard thout you - without your love." "Poor girl. Only too well can I. slim what you have feltknowing it, come. Let us talk of other. in s. You have been ill, they tell ii very ill," "Yes, for I wanted you. Now that u are here I hall soon be welt" A. terrible pang shivered through e convict's soul. How was he to 11 her the truth ? How was he- to 11 her that before many hours had seed he would in all likelihood be ken back to prison to be sePeret- from her, once more ? He could .5 bring himself to confide to , her a holds out small hope of her ul-A sat I have endured myself . . the cruel truth, and he resolved to Peril. Perchance she believed that he had been released ; he Would not undeceive her. All through the long night hue-' band and wife went on talking in low, confiding tones, happy M each other's society, desiring no other joy on earth. Through the long night they remained with hands clasped, all-in-all one to the other. Then morning -came and Kate entered. She whispered gently to Arthur :- -The doctor is here, and he must not see you in your prison dress. Come away for a few minutes." , Kissing his wife, and telling her he would return soon, the young man quitted the apartment. The doctor , entered, with a cheering "good morning. WelL and how do You find yourself to-day, Mrs. Des- Pardo ?" he asked briskly. "Much, much better, doctor," she replied, gratefully; "in fact, I think I shall soon be off your hands." "Bravo," cried the good-natured Physician, as he felt the. patient's Pulse. "Do you know, my dear ma- dam, I believe that your prediction is about correct. Your pulse has gone up most wonderfully, and al- ready your eyes seem stronger-more healthy. My physic is doing won- ders•'' ' DM it was not the physic that had wrought this mighty change in the invalid. It was the presence of a certain figure, clothed in the hide- ous grey that the garb of marks Her Majesty's prisons. It was the Presence of that figure and the sound of his voice that had changed Elsie Desparde from a dying woman into one in whoon the will and the ability to live were now predominant. The doctor took his leave after a short interval, promising to look in ore the following day. Then Arthur was allowed to return to the sick room, and once more lee took up his position beside his wife. Towards noon Kate entered the apartment,' trembling violently. Controlling her voice with an effort see as not to alarm her sister, she said :-- „4. , you Coma nntaide Arthur, will ' for a moment ? I want to speak to you.'' Arth - ur Deeparde guessed what ot wasthatthe1 ' f dgirlto communicate. He kissed his wife wards - the door. "They have come for me, have t 0 , • h y l notedhe asked in a whisper, as he fo followed her out of the room. ''Yes. They are in the parlor. I begged themtobehave ' quietly, . very quie Y',- as there was Illness in the house." ward you for your devotion. Now I' t e Elsi t t k is en the - e itinS no . now that I ve been retaken until she . m quite strong enough to bear the news-until, M fact, her health is restored. Promise me that she shall not know." s She shall not know." "God bless you, Kate." He wrung her hand, raised it to his lips, d then went downstairs • s s wet firm steps. A warder in unis form stood in the sitting-room, and another person was beside him. It was the Governor of the gaol, and with swiftly beating heart the convict wondered , why , this official Ids come to the house. It was not usual for the Governor of a prison to accompany • • • -his warders on such .a salmon as the recapture of a runaway convict. - "Gentlemen," he cried, in a low voice, "I surrender. myself to you freely. I have only one request to • make. Let nee be taken away quoet- ly so that my wife who lies ill up- • stairs maysmot know of my depart- ure." The Governor smiled. ,,sys, s • ••• • . 17, he said, gently, et es certainly my duty to have you taken back to the gaol, but at the same ., „s ,,, d • time.is "'" uty also sto give you some very pleasant news.'' There was a pause Desparde ' ' . stood rooted to the floor, his eyes on fire.„ What • was coming next ? What was the news that the Govern-He or had come to communicate ? „ My tidings," continued the latter, „ are simply these. A man named Charles Morrison died last night in Chilton. Gaol. Before he passed a- way he sent for the chaplain and made a confession. He confessed that the forg ery for which you were condemned was committed by him- self, and that he alone was guilty. The confession was sent by special . essenger 'to the Secretary of State m ' for the Home Department, with the , result that a telegram reached me two hours ago authorizing your re- soon as the necessary pa- lease as g pars can be made out. You will re- turn with me to the gaol, but not as a. I think you may - prisoner-and take it from Inc that before the . . „ week is out you will be a free man. eously Ire • an very white - haired Governor held 'out his hand and Despard 0 gratitude, whilst from Ms lips there came the choking words :- "At last-at last-thank God - thank God I" • • • • Three days later there arrived at the gaol an important-looking doeu- mat bearing at the top the magic letters, "V. R.," and berfeatli those letters it was written that Her Maj- esty had been pleased to grant a free pardon - to Arthur Desparde from that day forward. And within a little space he who had been ers, arsely, "come what may I Let fraud em retake me afterwards-let them Now rnd It the day previous whilst la-toted at some day he might require its had let her remain in ignorance of his --practicable Tli O .4.-.--. UP-TO-DATE GRINDSTONES. Made With Ball Bearings Now and With Other Improve- merits. "If," says a dealer in such things, "anybody had told our grandfathers that the time would come when we should have ball-bearing grindstones I suppose they would have thought he was crazy; but we have them now arid they are not very costly , "If the grindstone is one that is worked with a treadle there are ball- bearings on the crank, where the treadle-rod is connected, as well as on the shaft on which the grindstone turns. Really, it is a pleasure to see that homely old tool, the grindstone, mounted on ball bearings, and it is a positive delight to see how easily such a grindstone turns. "But the ball bearings are not the only modern improvement in grind- stone equipment.. There are now, merits that are patented. The old, old way of turning a grindstone was with a crank, or a single treadle ; but nowadays we have double tread- les, one for each foot, and the frame that supports the grindstone has on one end of it a seat like the seat you see on a mowing machine or anything of that sort, this being by no means a device for a lazy noon, but a convenient means of enabling the man using the grindstone to get at it to the best advantage. "If you, knowing the grindstone of ancient times, will picture to your- self a man sitting in a comfortable seat so placed on the end of the frame that he can get square at the face of stone, which he turns by means of two treadles, one under each foot, the stone itself turning on ball bearings throughout, a grind- stone yet to be sure, but with every workingpert, distinctly modernized, P -lifer- you will get some flea of the coca between the old grindstone and the new." views to bring this oil, and, accord-cards isis.---- NO PLACE LIKE THE SLUMS. London Gamins Prefer Town Ex- eitement to Rural Peace. Thechildrenf I. o slums thinkthereisplacehome, no like ome, be ever so squalid and poverty- stricken, says a recent London paper, . "They miss the flaming naphtha lamps, the winkle barrows, the hokey-pokey man, and all the other things that have been their life- long companions," said Father Stanton, of St. Alban's, Holborn, when asked how the children of the slums take their summer outings in the country. "Then, too, they are afraid of the dark at night, and are lost in the daytime, in the country," continued the kindly-faced, great-hearted friend of thousands of street arabs and gutter-gamins. "They. have all sorts -of reasons for preferring the city to the colon- try, and some of them are perfectly inexplicable. One little boy • wrote. to me after his outing last year and said he didn't like the country se_ cause while there a weep had stung him. -Another youngster took a day at Brighton with nie in preference to two weeks in the country, used could gi no reason for his choice." It never entered the modest mind of this favorite of the slum children why it wen. 'They like going out in vans best of all," the Father went on, "and then they eat green fruit and thor- oughly enjoy themselves. "But though they like the hubbub - of the city best, and are really glad to get back to it, their brown cheeks and bright eyes tell a merry tale when they return. Then you should hear the amusing stories they tell, and you would see how their cramp- ed. was • • ped, and stunted little minds have been opened out by a. glimpse of the green wonderland they know g° pitifully little about. Never mind what they say about it, it's the good the outing does them Gist we are after." i cell, he discovered that the small spoils. A's features With amazement.crease ,erwards how-I managed to make ing at of all-how is she?"• n."man NV Ilte- ace had this very tenderly and then turned to-give "Good, brave girl. God will re-FORTUNES • MARRIED BY NEWSPAPER. — Strange Story of Miss Creydt's Wedding in London. In October last Miss Helene Cra teddt Y who was living at Cologne, inser an advertisement M the Frankfurter Zeitung, to the effect that she was an orphan possessing some means, - and desired to correspond with an honorable gentleman with- a view. to matrimony, Franz Von Merger, alias Dr. Em- manual Egon Borges, who is an Austrian by birth and an American citizen, replied in a letter • to this written from an address in Cock- spur street, London. He described himself as a professor of Harvard University, with a salary of 60,000 francs. Correspondence ensued and on December . 23 the lad came' to En yg- land and was met at Southampton by Berger, who brought hero Lon- don, and after telling her that she ' ' camS up to all his expectations, and that he ould rry her placed a is gr mg '• ring on her finger and asked hero accompany him to a registry office. They then-went to a private house, where they went through a fOrm of marriage- in the of three presence men ; but there was no trace of the marrMge M the reCords of Somerset House. ' • Moss Creydt,- believing that she had been legally married,. handed to him some bank notes and shares to the value of £150, and he also in- duced her to pawn some of her jewellery. Ile then persuaded her to write and ask her brother for £50 on account of her interest under her father's will, and when the cheque came took it away and cashed it. • . On Aprol 1 she received a draft for 513, and placed it in her desk This draft Berger is alleged to have stolen, as he cashed it the following day at the Dutch Bank. then disappeared, but was tr acs ed to New York, and at Bow street, London, where the above facts were recounted, was remanded on a charge of stealing the £543 cheque. ---4, • + NOT GOING FISHING. ' A eithen - with a fishing rod over his shoulder was going up the street yesterday when a stranger called out i• ITave any hock ? Fifty feet Mrther on a second in- . a . 'lure ' . Are they: biting now ? At th next . - th' d- t d e corner a or s oppe him and asked i I say, what'll you take for a ton of 'em S A fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh had their say, and the eighth bore down upon him with : Look here, old chap, you may night. laugh at the idea of crossing your bait, but it brings luck and I can prove it. . ' Speaking to me ? queried the man With the rod. Certainly.. 'What do you take. me-for ? Why, you are going fishing. Who said so ? Haven't you got a fishing rod ? Suppose I have ? B I saw you carrying a bar of soap home, would I argue that you were going to do „,_ he family washing ':' But aren't you going fishing ? • No, sir ! This rod is to knock the sparrows' nests out of the eaves of my housa Funriy how many people there ' are ..in this world who axe - in- terested in other folks' business, --s- . THIRTEEN AS 'Ever- sit dovvn there was just thirtei in the shabby u "Once," replied the white spot in his me "Well, you never any bad luck followee "Well-haw-yes. B of the thirteen "Any of them die "Not that I know i of any of them dyim i "Not• enough vi around ?'' queried th snub nose. "Who's talking al There wasn't any vii "I thought you at to a table where thee • persons ? „ what I e was in a id„,,,,or,s 0, moo .. - ' .• tong or cream-in twelve 0 them. I There ,,,,. e. 1 0 .g ' the man with the bar! quired :- • . , "In what way , die proVe unlucky, if I 1 "None of 'em evc button ' out of me, man with the whit, ,rt . , . _ .___ OUSLO.Coe, neaVIng a may woo her back to most Thensimplyd 1,court-was grasped it with a mighty grip of her PAYING FOR A PLEASANTRY. It was a prisoner of great activity of speech who recently faced the magistrate in the Philadelphia Cen- teal Police Court. s What is your name ?" asked the magistrate. o ,, • 'Michael. O'Halloran," was the re- Pig' . - What is your octhpation ?" ,, Phwat's that ?" i, What. is your occupation ? What work do you do ?" •, , "Oe. m a sailor." The magistrate looked incredulous. "1 don't believe you ever saw a shi p .i he said ' '' • 1 "Didn't 0i, thin ?" said the prix- one, "An' phwat do yez t'ink Oi come over in-a hack V The Philadelphia Record says that it went hard with Michael O'Hals loran after that. — TAKE A WEEK. .Although there is a cash prize for a practical subinarins boat, it .is not „ such a large one-$5,000; "t it is intended to help an inventor, with- out. much ononey of his own, to get his invention patented and exploited. Mr. Graham Shaw dedicated this prize for all time, ten years ago. must be able to stay under water at least two hours without rising, must travel seven kn . seven -knots an hoer, and be able to carry and discharge tors edoes. It must, also accomodate at least three men, must be indepen- dent of any other vessel, and Meath as a motive power is barred. The Prize is restricted to British sub- jests. There have been three Or four attempts at a really sound sub- marine boat, but none have come off in England; and the boat that wins the prim must not be, in the opin- ion of experts, a copy of any foreign invention.- One of the oddest awards ever of- fared, and which is. likely to stay an offer Mr a good • • MANY YEARS YET,. is the $15,000 offered by the late • The rules are that the submarine ThatMs - -t- , CRUEL PARENTS. 1 A girl in Italy, aged eighteen, was found in a dark, Underground pigsty, where she had been imprisoned by leer parents for fifteen years. She stands only 3 feet in height, and totally, bereft of speech and rea- son. She can now begin to stand, and efforts are being made to restore reason. — , NOT "BURKE'S PEERAGE." ' ' What's the name of that book that shows the social standing of the aristocratic families ? inquired the seeker after knowledge. 'Brridstreet's,' I proniptly ro- plied the limn who knew. _ Out of every 100 pounds of paper manufactured in the world, only six pounds is made into books. Kangaroo have b jump, a height of 11 best record is 0 feet Only one man in 203 is over 6 feet in height. — The world's record sugar planta- Lion contains 13,000 acres, has 80 miles of railway, and employs 1,500 people. , • -_- There are 17 met more valuable than' ' England uses annually 33,000 tons of hops, but grows only 27,000 tons. E MONEY, IT THAT IT ALOE, yta at Monte Arse of the sh, most remark- Carlo. Apart owers of men- are the result training, they e only men on antis who hate rubs of pounds tes every day see it flung tit by gamblers as though It Ina few years been employed es all sense of e is absolutely ht of it. Ile gathering in, the mechanical king machine. arched careful- Casino, to see anything. The s a mere for. has ever been carry off even The croupiers is of stealing. I taking them. echo have gone e Express per- bank have over ci to bribe the STANCE ne having sues Ardisson ens moiler, and in- it a previously- he "Trento-et- ente-et-Quaran- a big pack of led in the press d therefore no In this case, was introduced real one after of course knew rds would ap- es accordingly, no less than 6,000. Immo- cleared off, and n. When the the end of the e found that usual, and the aordinary part upier who had had not gained ire had substi- simply as a f a- hardly realize g. His friend thing to do It, to »hart his 3 actually did them. bad E MONEY. usly uneventful vel. 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