HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1901-10-17, Page 6What Happened
To Jone's.
to which the poor luafl could, enforce
hintself had its °plain ia the fear that,
`!:, he migli t die of f right.
On the morning of September 28th,
1900, Mr. Harding (1,WUk0
start out ef ' no oppressed sleep,
Which had. not overtaken him until
towards daybreak, after hours of los-
sing in eXtretne II:ere-011S agita.tiou.
His .ftice was very pale, and hiS
haggard, unseeing eyes Sent a, roving
glance around the room, that en -
noun tered objects Without seeing
them, and plainly attested the ter-
rors of some recent nightmare,
But, • even after the revival of 001:1,-
selok.1.4icas of exteroal thing's, the pal-
lor of his face :remained the same,
and it wasin a voice eatirely unlike
his own that he muttered: ."I„"Po-clay
must die!"
After a few moments of anguished
torpor he arose. In spite of the dis-
tress written on his countenance,
there was nothing in Mr. Harding'S
aPPearance to indicate the imminent
demise he had cumounced. His pei,•
son \vas sound and robust, and his
step assured, as he crossed the room,
Complete lucidity came to him un-
der the influenee of his cold alitit!-
tions,an(1 lie set, to going over in his
mind, with extreme exactness, the
circumstances which had led to the
utterance: of his sombre phrase..
Forty years before, at a social gaa,
thering of which he 101'1/10 a, part,
the topic of astrology had ariseu. An
old geutlenion, who for a long time
had held the entire company under
the spell of his learned and enthusi-
astic discourse on this subject, had
offered to illustrate liis OW11 powers
of divination, by foretelling the exact
date of his death to anyone who
eared to submit himself fol. the ex-
periment.
Harding was a youth of twenty-
three. In order :to give proof of
courage to the ladies present, he SI•013-
ried forward, and solicited a prophe-
11.
It, was eight IIis
finished, he took a. few turns about
the roomThis action, rocared him
it pleasure in, movenierit, for its own
sake, that he had never beforo
perleaced, A reminiscoaee of early,
romantic reading evoked a coinnali-
son in his mind to .tho awakening of
felon ou the mor11ine,. of his exec:ti-
t/oil. Why WaS 11 that, he, an horieSt
Man, who ltad all his life conformed
to the prineiple5 01 mitaan
shotild be forced to live through such
Moments as these? Fate \vas horri-
bly unjust!
•
Ile desceaded into his garden to
breathe the air. The day had. an-
nouuced itself as waynt. This was
unfortunate. 1 lent is not favorable
to sanguine temperament, often be-
ing the determining cause of apo-
plexy. lie resolved to slant himself
01), after a light midday meal, in 0
cool chamber, for the whole after -
His wakeful night had made , hint
languid, and, conelticlingn after
par-
takjn' of his notiee, that to go about
much would, be injunious, he betook
hithSelf to lis study. There 'he
strove to apply -himself to the perus-
al of the morning, paper. Impossible.
The likes danced before his miSt-.
dimmed oyes,
All sorts of Ingubrions ideascroWd-
ed 10 apon 11101, OUght he not te
lo.orc ovee his will; attend to any
ntlmber Of Such final preparations?
Then the thought that, according to
Popular superstition, such a course
Would simply be to invite disaster,
deterred him.
It was noon. Ha took. his seat at
the table for breakfast, lie could
scarcely bring himself to morc.. than
taste the various disheS that were set
before hint Then lie deepiv -consider-
ed the matter of taking or leaving apparently satiSiied With .their, VOW
his daily cigar. WhY, even a mur- °Dec-Ian:1 ".loCkLin," but, like the
darer is accorded a few little laxtiries paupers of, pechestea Who .Went
011
at his last meall Still; he deelded 'strike few' years ago, as it was
not to smoke.
paSsed the first hetirs of the af- Good Vriclay, they ..reftised. to per-
tennoon in the cool sombreness of his f01111 their allOtted tasks Until .they -
Were. joined by their 'fellow labOrers.
The strike three,. 'years ago at.
Lion-el:1y was. not its !minor-
ous side. It appear§ that the tewn
..-ee-eeeeee--*.eeee-esee*.-0-reeses-se'e-ee*eeeeeeees**(Isee...eeeee-ee
s •
DoWil 110 fen (1)011 ('he 11()Qr' Str16'' GREAT BEA "YACHT 1110E the reCtird for a voyage front Cardiff
en, With apoplexy at, the precise mo- .. to llong-Kong eighty-five days.
went whoa the (flock was. sounding' — all' s• •
he soon shook
RACE
the first st,rolce of the midnight that coruiviA_$.1..IA1U\VU111g 011 BIRoCK off ber rivals, never sighting them
broug•lit to a close the .1",),,Stli of Sep- again throughoet the long vo age.,
teniber, 1,900,—Lonclon Ans\verS, NOT THE TaRST. indeed, for niontles together, not a
solital'y sailing ship of any kind ap.-
SOME
. -
Across the OcOan From New *York
to Queenstown Harbor. ran into a belt, 'of cairn, and for nese,-
ly a fortnight it was merely a case
schooner yacht, under C°111 1.14.131C liopeS (11 the crew dolvn com;.iderablY;,
1
Choirs, I,anpers, Cokiviets, and the 141 Id 2)1121 the C'tIio oronet, 'af idle drifting.' This delay sent the
Va.ticaie's G-narcl.
of that vetercin racinfe. skiPPer• °at)" litit when on April llth, she reached
causes of choir ---------------------sarter., was PI -sot QueelistOwno and the first eager
.
1 ,ainst the
numerous, but one that rai'elY fails Jkinerican schooner Dauntless. cpnries revealed' the fact thLt none of
„ .
lo succeekl in bringing about a lock- latter NV11. nn °1(1 Stager, but had other goirmetitors. had yet been
out is the extending ot an invitation proved her mettle in ninny ,t stiff
. ,, . .
. .
by Vie vicier to another clioir to contest rel),,erted, ulree rill"'Ing cheer' l?rohe
Sing In ite Place at any snnacial festis 'Tho race in this instance was from °I"' fr°111 these en beard° For the
v al ; 1011110 in tile ease , 6 f lacliQii. New York to I -I o clie' s Point, at the next few /days P0111 eaP ta ill and. crew
clicell's the saine result can always be entrance of Queensto \vat harbor. On Were .'kePt 111 anxions slisl/ 01150, the
tiessels which started subs;enuently
bnouglit about 1Dy an. edict against klarchn 1 2111 the Iwo yachts sped
fringes, sciers the London Globe. away imon their long ocean voyaee, being accorded time allo,wance, of
Sonietinies,' as in the caSe of a leri- acheer following tliein aS theY flew et30.1,1rs0' 1.-11,1:1/t as, theY 1a1110 1° arrive
niitive i1letliodist Church at Gratis- past the lightship at Sandy lloolc ".,':°;'e "e'r (1aYs 01 grace had ex -
'wick sonic four years nF,..o, to sub- 11110 disupi)eated into the broad roach- l'ae.`" the Muskoka was deelared the
stitute 0 fresh liancl at. the organ in es of the Atlantic. No sooner were winner. The actual time.she took to
is)tlifIleiceie,0.0,1t tthoe c0a11,'(11sienarYtIlle-n'e)lciotiitri(t)loleit'i ises ctallielYjo°tfirritii1111ailsitsa as:11..-Lc1Lelciii- aacril•lolyss ob.f1Aolilaleel'oi; 20 liotirs; lier quibIcest ruli in any
accomplish the voyage was 101 clays,
en masse and join 1.11e congregation ; the swiftest liners to await the arri- single day being 882 Miles,
but the strikers rarely, it miest be val of the yachts at Queenstown. On
conceded, proceed to the lengths of landing they ' liecl to possess their OLP:.z D CUSTOMS IN SWEDEN.
yet another striking choir, who hay- souls in. patience .for a. whole' Week.
ing prepared an etligy of an unpopu- Tho da,vs went by until a fortnight,
'
riaracicr.l 'it ardinid tlie hml elapse(' since the ,j 1,-,..,,-, from New Garments Worn by the C)1d. and
-Iowa, placed it in the ancient stocks Yolk, but as Yet there W115 .1-10 sign young. Differ sliothtly
and afterwards hung it at alti- of either the Coronet or the Daunt -
tuck; similes 10 121101. 01100 affected by less. The cbstumes of the
Dalccarlian
the, one-tinie favorite o1 ,King Aha- At last, late in the evening of the woinen are nniqee, a dark blue wool -
suet -as -Haman. An Australian hang- 28111, Word was flashed from a signal en sIcist, very full and gathered in
man, hearing tInit the executioner of station on the coast that one of the tucks at the waist.; a white blouse, a
France received a salary of :,C800 a yachts was in sight. rill() excitement vest of red or n•reen cloth, beautiful -
year, went on strike, for an all too was intenee, for as yet no one ----------- roidered in coldrs and often
A couple of years rigo seventy-five Prove to be. , red bolt of knitted wool; a' long ap-
to go 011 Strike, not because their in waiting, hurried on board. in a black, wilfto and green;..a kerchief
wages were 1111Satis,ractory, 13111 cm. body and steamed off outsic the hai- folded thiee-coineiw e about the
account 01 0110 of their number being bor, where they lay in wait for the necle and,fastened with a gold or sil-
cchifined to his cell. The strikers. in winner. Shortly after midnight the Ver pin, with many glistening pen -
View of their position, did not go leading yacht hove in sight. It prov- da,nts, and a headdress in the shape
to the length of a "lock-Iciut " bein 'ed to be \the Coronet. of a corimcoria made ,of black felt
She came abreast of the, lighthouse with red trimmings and streainers.
on Roche's Point at ten minutes to Long earrings of gold or silver and
one, beating hes opponent by eigh- bracelets bf curious forms are 9011'-
1.0011 11001'S. f01' the Dauntless did not mon.
t•er11 up till (p.45 the following eve- The men wear long 1,11110 frock coats
short a period, which of the two vessels' it might wfltli gold and silver threads; a broad
prisoners in Preeniantle Jail elected The newspaper ince, who had a tug 3'011 of red woollen, with stripes of
against their principles to worl on
cy .of the seer. This date. Septem- drawing -room, putting the query to
ber 28, 1900, had been categOrically himself: What form was the aPe
specified to him as the day on which Peoachillg calamity to lake—crime,
heartily at the time; the. term of fur- it beet a little feverishler-
he was to die- Ho had innighed accident, disease? Ile felt his pulse.
ee ,..tcht race took , place.,
In intense 001111011 of Llanelly undertocik .a. T1 gl Y
thee- existence accorded to him had anxiety lie hastened to swallow a piece of work soleIV for the Lir) se •
been sufficiently reassuring, dose of quinine. This restored it to, of, providing the strikers wit1P1 1 o C°NrINED 11
0 II°ME WATERS'
And in later years, the ende.avor normal regularity.
'lest to create a Position for himself, Towards lour o'clock he was made
then a fortune in his chosen mercan-ento experience 0 lively 5110011. The
tile pursuit, had left him little leis- bell rang. He imagined it to herald
tire in which to consider the predie- the irruptiou of assassins. Incapable
tion; and, in any case, his sixtieth of any attempt at defence or flight,
year seemed so remote, so buried oat' he collapsed back into his chair and
of sight, undee ages of future exist -1 waited. The maid entered to an-
ence! Nevertheless, the date remain- Inotince that his friend, Mr. Smythe,
cd indelibly written on his, brain— was there, inquiring if he would not
Septeniber 2Sth, 1900. come out tor a walk's On no ac -
The years went by. Harding work- count. The whole outSide World was
ed, prospered, amassed wealth. Ey- terrifying to him for its suggestions
erything smiled upon him. Never of perilous possibilities,
once had a halt been called ill his This alarm suggested to Arr. 'Hard-
tem- stokers tliat they eolith -mod to
steady march to fortune. He filially mg the, advisability of arming him-,
came to be a person to be considered, self 'for protection in case of criminal work, the furnace until the conclu-
sion of the strike. It NV a S in Llanelly
to be envied; hut, egotistical by na- assault. But for nothing in the.
titre, he had 00V01.' married; world Nvoldd lie have laid neger on a by the wa,y, that in 1828 700 hands
were thrown out of work ,-owing to
Towards 1884, when the striven-foin 'weapon that day; so he contented
naillion had become an accomplished l himself with v.ivinr, orders that ail thirty 1"s, electing g° 0i1 strj-ke
fact, Harding, decided to realize the
dream of his industrious life, and
purchased in Devonshire a harbour
for his declining-, years, which, by
virtue of its pocket-hendkerchief of
a garden towards the south, was en-
titled to the name of -villa."
Here his incorrigible old bachelor -
Ming, The , Voyage .•oceunied .more with full skirts. faced. With red broad.-
th an sixteen days, no a. verY , strike cloth and edged,,with 'red cord. Hooks
ing r erformance when conipared .te and eyes. are used :iriStead. 'buttons.
the .feat -:ofetlie Henrietta; 111-'66. of Claireh of England parson.. The
In the same .year, 1887, 'the gi7eat and the, cellar.is cut similar to that
Tiihilves.t, is nm 01 the same niaterial
and is also ,edged and 'faced with red.
The knee ,brebehes are .of ,yelloW buck-
skin; ornainented :With red cord and
tasse1s. at the garter, .which holds up
thiek. Woollen stockings. • Bread site
Ver 1.nickles are'worn open the .Shoes.
Tha hat is Of black a, .1 Ow.
.
crown .and .'broad. ,•brini..resembling
those Worn by ',Quakers the .Unitect
S 011.ETTI NG TO DO .
No sooner, however, had the unem-
ployed got to work again than they
struck for an advance in wages and
were once. more unemployed. In the
same town the followine. year, in
orden to complete a large and im-,1 in the fortnight. prize—a very
It was none the lessean ocean race,
the course being 1-01111(1 England
and Scotland. --m"
No fewer than twelve yachts enter-
.
ed for this contest. The start was
made from.„ Scotland on June 14th
and only two boats finished up with -
portant contratt, which appeared substantial one of a thousand guin-
unlikely to be fulfilled on account of , eas—fell to the lot of Sir Richard
the inevitable strike, the proprietors Sutton's racer, the Oenesta, which
of the copper works enlisted a sec- //reached Dover at 5. a. in, on june
tion of the clerical staff to act as 27th. The second yacht to arrive,
furnace men to ketip one furnace go- the Sleuthhound, did not, put in an
ing. So successful were the amcia arpeorance until 11:45 that night.
Ocean racing has from time imme-
morial been a feature among .the
China and Australian clippers. The
most famous racer of her day—or,
indeed, of the f est century --was the
Thermopylae, of Aberdeen. She .was
a full -rigger, heavily sparred 'ship,
with a hull like a big yacht, and re-
nowned for her speed.
On her maiden voyage from Lon-
don to :Melbourne in '68, she simply
ran away from all c.ompetitors. With-
in sixty days after leaving the
because the directors refused to re-
ins outer doors be double -locked and
instate a discharged boy, vvho, it
bolted.. 0011 that not: a. soul be ad -
was admitted by ail except the-juve-
united on any pretence to the 11011Se.
11110 strikers, had , been rightly sent
The hours passed. ..
,,,, em,
— --,-/ ---- Llanelly labor market
ITis evening 113Cai was gone through
seemingly, is the site of a species. of
with likSe the first. lie could not eat. '
At one point the servant breie two .S11-ik0 'volcano warranted to erupt
. .
costly plates. Contrary to his usual a ie mlinmenn notice. ebonies she dropped anchor in the
hood, jealous of its case, and. intolee- custom in. such occurrences, her anas- T 1 - - Australian Tort, a record' which, so
.0ie peaceful Precincts of the Va.ti-
ant of outside intrusion, struck ter did not scold. rfe feared too J1111)
one would • i inagine, would be far as is lcriown, has, never been beat -
the last place in. which a strike en. She accounted for 9,000 miles.
steadfast roots of peace and habits, much the evil consequences of hasty'
Copious hygienic repasts, morning auger. The -last bite choked down,., _
would be organized and -carried out ; in, one week. and her fastest day's
walks, a little gardening, and a lit- Mr. I-Tarding looked at the clock. !nevertheless in the course of rather run was 380 miles. - These figures
tle angling—such was tile wise and I:Ialf-past eight. The fact of the crer two years a brace of strikes would not discredit many a steam -
felicitous intermixture of needs and lateness of the liour bore not the vas only a.vertocl by the tact of the ship even at the present day.
pastimes that he had devised. slightest assurance with it,. The 1 ope. In the first ?.nstance, the A remarkable ocean race took place
Now, it is just this condition of / preceding hours had flown by 1
w.th 120')) 111 of the Pontiff's secla.n chair some, years anap between two Liver -
conveyed ITis HolineSs
happy qttietude that is the one most i a speed that indicated, to Ins des- having - . • some Imo' Ships,' 1,17e Lorton, and another,
favorable to thought, and the re- pair, the brevity- of the few 00111010- distance in his own domain, planted the course being something like 15, -
him on the ground and basely de- 000 miles. Both were bound for San
serted him, leaving., however, their
leader to explaln that the usual Francisco,
and
Christmas boturty of ,E,25 had not A KEEN RIVALRY.
been forthcoming in the year in ques- existed, as to which should be the
tion, and their action—they had not ,first to rea.ch that distant port. Ilea -
,one far and Were still within call-- -\,,y wagers were laid on botli sides,
membrance of the vital foreclosure
that had been predicted to him failed
not too soon obtrude itself upon
Harding, the more persistently as his the extreme heat of the day—Eirose,
mind had xio enforced occupation and turned the peace of the evening
with which to combat it. into dire confusion. The lightning's
In the beginning certainly the good flashes were of savage /vividness, and
gentleman ha.d felt no fear. He even the thunoer roared in um:bathed fury.
found gratification in uttering witti- Mr. 17arding at once recognized in
cisms against soothsayers and their this the means chosen by Heaven for
kind. "A lot of swindlers, trying to his destruction- ' -
of the Palatine Guard complained
pull the •wool over honest people's One terrific clap almost sent him I
that, their ranks had been. decimated
mg to him,
shortly before ten o'clock ft V50-
1 Ont. thunderstorm—the aftermath of
riad been talcen order to empha- almost every soul oil loarcl from cap-
.
sizesoblie depth of therir grief. Li the tain to cabin boy baying a, "bit on."
second instance, whici also ended in They were towed out of the MerscY
a satisfactory manner, the members one after the other, the Lorton hav-
ing a few hours' start. When the
tugs cast them off in the lrish Chan -
next morning". Though:she did not
and away they went inion their long
three months' race.
rl'hose on board the Lorton flattered
tum published...which was not, per- themselves that they had shown their
haps, calculated to stag,ger human- rival a clean pair of heels When they
failed to discover any sign of her
Brazilian coast,' and then commenced
show up again on this side of the
eyes," was his -verdict.
into a swoon. Oh, if lac were now to ib •
r ieumatisen and toothache
But after the lapse of eleven years, die of fear! After an hour of inde- Y
brought on by the wet weather,
Harding had completely lost the scribable suffering, the perception which rendered the Va.tican barracks
spirit of mockery that had sustained that quiet had succeeded to tumult
anything but hygienic. The ultimo-.
and diverted him. The progress of a gave him courage to venture to a
fixecl idea in his brain began to as- window and look out. Ti t
le s Orin
sort itself more and more. These de- had passed; stars were twinkling
vils of magicians had been known to peacefully out of a clear sky. The
prophecy correctly, after all! elements had spared him, yet his fear
Impelled by the lunnan propensity was not removed.
to further irritate a throbbing nerve, Eleven o'clock. There was now
lie took to poring oyer books on. 00- only left to lihn a maximum of sixty
cultism, and set going endless con- ininutes. A turbidence began to
versations on mystical topics among seize 111111 that shook his very soul.
lais fri.ends, tool< a morbid jileas- Was ever a human being in such a
tire in accumulating proofs of the situation before? To follow around
late lamentable conviction that was the dial of a clocl; the march- of the
growing upon hina. Yes, yes, it was seconds that were to tell off the sin -
true! Any nunel)er of these. wretched gle remaining 110,111. of his life!
predictions had been known to collie A half-hour ixiore passed unevent-
to exact fulfilment.
At last fear, a sheer unreasoning fully,
terror, took possession of him—a 111r. Harding now came to the con -
panic without i.eprieve that chilled sciousness of a wild iexultation
[tad fettered iiiin in. every act of his ing up within him. Ildiat, if the nex
daily life. (lid. riot fall ill: scarce- half-liour sliotild snare hiin also—if
ly did his ruddy color fade, or his the oracle's 'prediction should 1)1011e
hearty rotundity diminish. Ile 1<ept false! 'Visions of future relic:11,y
11i8 hygienic measures, to swain throug'11 clizzied brain,
the end of so fortifying all his organs What if, after a11 these years of agon-
as to enable thene to resist any affec- ized suspcmse, new era Were really
tion ca,pable of brhiging about the about to open to him!
predicted event. He gttVe wine, Tell 11111111-L0S gone--flf teen, tweaty!
li'ate in its malign i 1.)eing quite. it was now' to the sorel-,\T-trled man
capable of' 5111 [ling at him 11 1012g11 cis though, lie were being born. anew
Otis his favorite sin, 1 -Ie even con- into the world.
stilted 'W110, 0110 and 'all, At litre minutes to midnight this
jironourieed 111111 without a flaw. exaltation had riseit to a higher
The st few nfonthS liefore tile 1,er- 1)12011, rill 2811i of S tember w a 5
>111 lc da.te brought this nleiltal tor- 'V11'23' 111134 at an cad. '1•Ille old. seer
turo to its kocAcrA...._avr,.. isrt, rding liaci been, 1,'f ter all, but a niaker of
feared that he was goieg mad, 13ut, sorrY ieets. 'Air.ellardillg's face wc1,5
instinctively carrying with it a, men- growing flushed, his eyes were glow -
00 of deatli, lie contrived. to keep up etig like live coals. Ire set topaning
501110 seiriblaiice of a (*Int, although violently IA)) and clown the rooin.
'it Was iong since he had had restful '1'0 Jilin ths Tutilds of the, clock
sleep and his digeStion WaS becoming seemed to move—oh, 80 slowly!
Unpaired. 'rad it not been for ntinutes 1(101'e—only (wo)
sniped) constitation, fortified by years cast aside ,all restraint. He
roguner living, lie \votnel 'have seek tore 01)011 his collar and his shirt.
under 'the strain he was enduring'. The haPPilloSs \vas suffecieting tithe
So on. the mern frig of S.epteinber af Ler all the stifiering lid lia,d endured,
nsui, I 000, he 0Woice, to await At on,e minute to MICinight, in a
dee th , '2,11 010 wa811'{-, (II a 10,a h avo- very into elect ti,on of delight, he
11001 in his al,titeide eXPectalloye stanted to o'x'ealte a datiting-stop, in
f,i•le 0111Y 01111111er of cotunege,otisneSs celebration of his deliveranee when--
ity, ran as follows :-11!Tore pay, bet-
ter barracics, the rig -ht of salute and
an easier fi Iting uniform. Failing
these, the noble guard determined equator, she hove in sight off the
not to mutiny, but to go out on a each other. During this pause in the
Military strike. Emil, all thin con- an exciting, neck -to -neck struggle
sidered, tliey had far move reason
for' their action than some of our
native, strikers.,
ADMIRAL RA11TSON'S CAR11.1ER.
Admiral. Rawson, 15110 is ...lying 1111
the command of the ChannEl Squad-
ron. is still young in the sixties, but
he Ines had a long alid romantic ca-
reer at sea. 1Vhile 01 0.114'; Cape an
incident happened 'which explains the
popularity of Sir iTarry ititwson WiLli
his inert, in accordance 151111 custoin
the o Ilicers, should liEtVe called and
signed their rumnes in the visitors'
book on one occasion, and 1111111y 01
t11011l failed to do so, The next day
the admiral issued an, invitation to
dinner to all who liacl not signed the
1)0011, and 1,110 delinquents appeared in
fear and: treml)ling as to \rhat NV 1.1 Id'
It:ippon. What did liappcii was that
Sir itaiTy Rawson gave them an. exes
collent dinuer, told them Some excel-
lent stories and sent them home
again. in excellent spirits. 'Not a
word/ \vas said about the visitors'
Ipoole, but the silence was inore effue-
tive than any words, and .Anniil'ai
naWS011 ,11aS 1101, lla,d COMr lain
S11100.
The following Curimis amiounce-
ment 51011 "211000 recently in . sub-
urban church :—/''This evening the
7,tev. Longwind will preach his
farewell Sermon, arid the choir will
render a tIlanksgiving specially come
poSod for the occasion."
Oerniany has 21 TIniverSities, with
over 200 stUdents each,
which lasted for some thousands of
miles. Down the coast they raced
.side by side, rounded -the Horn in
conipany, and stood op in the Pae,ific
until the wind forsook. them, and left
them becalmed within a mile or so of
eachnotheis During the p 80 in the
contest. the captains exchanged
friendly visits, and even the crews
fraternized at tames. When the
breeze sprang 'up again, the Vessels
"WC1'0 driven asunder once more. But
weekS later, as the Lorton was stand-
ing. in towards San Francisco, she
discovered her opponent making for
the harbor at tlx.i same time. The
1 ormer 'vessel, W011, though by a yery
narrow margin. It 2511S certainly re-
markable that 0 race, of 15,000 miles
lasting somewhat over three months,
5110111d hove ended on -the same day
an d a lin es
AT THE. SAAllil HOUR.
An equally exciting contest was
that which took place, (Mite reeently
between font. lionieWard bound, yes: -
sets, three British. and one C.4ernian,
over A still longer courSe. The race,
hi this instance, SVELS fl'OM Astoria—.
ten degrees north, of San Francisco:—
to Iilngland, diStance of 18,000
mileS. The 'British Vessels, Wpre all
foUr-eneSt b a r es , 01113 901:3 every
one of tlieni, 15111 le German WaS
full-rigged ship belonging to the
North -German filoyd, arid inanned by
eighty-four fellows in trainiug for the
conipany's fleet.
All lour left Astoria. within n. week
of'each other. Wagel'S being freely
laPi upoil the resillt. One of the first
,fo get away \vat.; the 'British ship
Mu.skoka, a rater whicli tilready held
MONEY" THAT PRICIS,
People Who. Have Paid Theft
Pobts Unexpectedly.
Some years ago 1..)efore the preSent
ballkraptcy procedeve 11 115 ill VOgue,
Henry Leetham, a, flour miller in
.IINforkshire, Ihinglitad, by sheer mis-
fortune and force of circumstances,
WaS COMNied C0111p01111(1 With WS
C1'0111101'S, and he paid them as 1110011
as lie could in the pound, He was
then 0.00 to carry on business again
and under no further legal obliga-
tion.to his late creditors.
Pi in business prosPened
and a few years,aftenWards his, 104
creditors had a pleasurable. surprise,
for tney receie*ed the balance of their
0100e/its, together with three per
cent, 'interest for the period beyond
the da.te of the coniposition. It was
the act of an honorable man, end
the nitrite of Henry Leetham became
as good as a bank. As time went on ea—a
the firm Lesrew and prospered until it
was one of the largest private mill-
ing firms in tbe.country.
In the s,00d'sot d days of the press
gang', in ''England, John Adams, a
Hull -resident, ,Wil0 had no syxnpathy
with the system used his house as a
harbon of rcefuge, for .those flying
from the press gang. It was a
quaint old house with- secret d.. ors
aad passages. On several occasions
the Press gang searched. the house,:
but fortunately for the occupier
they never found a fugitive on the
premises, though they. would -have
done had they known the secret,
d,00rs and panels.
On one occasion. 0 young man fled
to the house for refuge, and the
pie,,ss gang failed ..to find him. In
the dea,d of night Adams got him
smuggled away on board' ship. He
lent, him a sum of money ancl with
many expressions's...of gratitude the
young fellow promised to repay it
with interest. Some time after
letter turned up. from. South America
from the fugitive saying that he had
landed safely, and renewing his ex.,
pressions of gratitude and promises
to refund the money as soon as he
0'.0Yuledars rolled' by and the friend of
press-gang fugitives died. Sief
months after this event, a firm of
solicitors in Hull Weve communicats
ed with,from Mobile, Mexico. The.
letter stated that Alfred Saunders,
of - that place, fortherly of Hull, Thad
died and left all of which he was
possessed to john Adams or his
children. The amount Was abouti
twenty thousand dollars which was
duly' distributed to those entitled to
ft. There were ten children a.nd no
doubt the two thousand dollars then
received would be regarded as a collie ,
Small boys are„dressed exactly like
their fathers. A Coat with a long P/ete discharge of the debt of a few '
dollars. 7
ster, jike the fit•st pa,ir of trousers of The British Chancellor of the Ex4
„chequer now and then receives sum(
skirt is the ambition of every young -
American boys,' and he usually at -
of money unexpectedly. Strange as it
tains that honor when he is ten years may seem there are soine'Peeple who
old. The little chaps you see going having dodged the ine°m° tax °I
about in long-tailed coats 011(1 buck- other revenue imposts, beceinci
skin breeches look as if they were easy in their minds, and anonymous- 4re,
dressed for the stage. Little giels in y remit to the °Mince.] lor of the :f
the 'same way imitate their mothers
with skirts reaching to 'their ankles Exchequer sums of money which they -
ought to have paid in the ordinciry
and quaint home-made jewellery of course of taxation. It is a pity the
silver and gold.
hores to have a -brooch with jingling:
Every little girl identity of these people cannot be
revealedn so that their names might/
pendants. The jewellery is of simple be carved in imperishable stone at
pattern the gold or silver being ham-
mered into thin sheets, cut into termed, "Conscience Money".., mid the
Somerset House. These sums are
the ad-,
squares and diamonds and fastened Exchequer is obliged to use
The , costumes 01 vertising columns of the press to ao,
together with rings.
the Dalecarlian knowledge receipt.
women 'differ according to locality. In
some of the parishes 'red is the
prevailing' color and in others green ITE HAD THE MONEY.
and blue. Their hats are shaped and A Western millionaire, who has
trimmed differently also, and in one made a fortune out, of mines, arid
of the 'parishes a sort of "tam o' who is remarkable alike for his
shanter" is worn, with a band fit- liberality and for his ignorance of, --
ting closely aromid the head ancl a his bank account, was asked one day/
broad top. In the Mora. country:141e to contribute to an object of char -
men wear jackets of white felt cut ity. The Canvasser suggested" „ that
square at the corners and fitting one thoUsand dollars would be an
closely to the neck, with white buck- acceptable contribution.
skin knickerbockers and leather ap- ''That:isn't enough," replied tine
i.ons to keep them clean. The ordi- „."1:' will give you live
nary overcoat is made of sheenskin, thousand if 1 ha.ve the money in
with 12110, wool on the inside, like Bry- the 'bank. Wait till I call up and in-,
011 o' Lynn's, held to the waist 'with quire.'' • --
a belt and with long. skirts reaching 1 -Te Stu-rime/led a clerk and told hint
to the heels—a very comfortahle gar- to'lteleplione, to the bank to inquire
cmoeuanitngfor this climate and not nnbe- if he had five thousand dollars 011
deposit, as. he desired to contribute'
„ that sum, if possible, to 0 worthy
object. The clerk returned, and re..
THE BIGGEST B.ABY , ALIVE.
ported tha.t the bank advised that
Tlie baby •,.e„ was his first and he he had three hundred and eighty
wanted to weigh it. , . thousand dollars in the bank. '
It's a bumper ! he exclaimed. "Dear me," cried the capitalist,'
Where are ;the scales ? , "as much as that ! Well, make out
The domestic hunted up an old- that check for five thousand dollars.'
fashioned pair that had. come down
from a former generation.
• The baby, wrapped in the fleecy
folds of some light fabric, was sus-
pended from the .hook.
I'll try it ' at eight pounds, he
isiagiudr,o, sliding the beam to that
112 won't- do. Slip" weighs ever so
much more than that.
He slid the, Weight along Several
notches further.
By .George he saic ,She weigh„,
more than ten pounds EleVen—
twelve-ethirteen—fourteen ! is it Fos -
GOOD FOR, SWIM:NIERS.,
'An English naval officer, .---wliose
Ship was stationed off the coast of
Ceylon, recently went off for a day's
shooting alon'g-tlie coast, acco
panied by a native attendant ,
was well acquainted with the cotuk,
Coming to a particularly inviting
river, he resolved to have a bathe,
and ,aslced the native to Show him a
place where there , were 110 alliga-
tors. native took him to a pool
bie 'o
SY
clo:et:tlieSt1ITS
1 -be set the )ab: and scales down rl;lie01110etI°1:(gIiYenj0Yed 1113
and rested 1311111011elf for e moment. (Iiim1eljiec1yIghinlSe11le
a11-
iIlggost
ralit_ ecl his, guide why there were never
11
it
ed, resuming tile Ivelghthg Pr°cess' al711:Ve ca03,11iisgen, j rtohnaelt) tph..e(-) e. Plied 2111lnifteen and /a half—sixteen. 'Ellis Cingalesb, theY p1011137'f raid
thing ,won't weigh 11.01..1 See ! Six-
ot
tem is the last notch., and she jerks 'Alm'''.
it up like a feather. C4o and get a
big , pair of scales at, some neigh -
pounds ! , boys tempted 1211 to go slyinnning,
'Willie, your shirt is dripping. Some
bor's. Sim 'inust weigh over twenty
sinilk 0 11110111110T ran away 11(1111 them so hard
10.1
100181,11651he
ite'sci.ithe'nbilge,ng est 'bUly txtt1110nUt3. ' g()t jilt.° ail 41151(11 p0rSPIra.' -,1
i0 this country ! 'Weighs over
tcle\l'illfit)1°,ucilliCils 1
y011 Iveigh lier 1111 '? in-
.
quircd the young inother.
(I/x.1'1,11e scales 111 the 111 1011011,
11110 figureS on tli()se are only
ounces, she replied, quict,1y.B411)g
tne the baby, John.
.A. SA CIIIP1 C In A C
Clarelice--Clara,, if 7 let yoli buy a
11017 winter coat have to weEtr
nty old one.
yoti clear, sweet lovely,
generous old 1103'
423 unser constrtietioit are sailing
IK-eeclicic---IVitat tall -c- ships.
el' 2120. Gilley is, and Iniw little 1113—
says 1511011 lie st)ealts 1 aliss ICIII isP 14011(1011 iets 1.2 87 iiiclies of 1-ain
—The 1)001 fellow is troubled with lilt and 1,203 only in Win-
,
(1.1) impeohinerit 011 his 1,11011all 1S. ter.
Aipiiooso XI.Ill..of Spain was 15 in
May last, 31,11c1 coiiies 411)(i a 11(1 11
cends .the throne, i)i 11)09. At
present lie is oliligticl to attend a.11
0013111012 Cotinciis•
Tile earliest sitow, of 11ie Ser.t.4011 I 11
killglauWaS 011 Ocr..ober 7111, 111'
1.820. 1P1011i 1 862,to
TI'ebiataty, 1861,, there was 110 siiolV
111 London.
—
Of 177 vessels 1'ecoi11y launched 00
Eng -land, only (1 were 5311 1113 ves-'
sels arid al .1)roseiiii 01113' 29 oidi