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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1908-12-24, Page 2eo. amiegi+o/101/f0f t•10l13014.*, a g#70E110f/3Gt0:4 0 +0+0014cID / hind over her hdad. So Lurriet like, answered •0 ••0 0 ••D 0 UNCLE DICK; Or. The Result of Dlolomaey and Tact. CI out of the house. another— bo, into the night. CHAPTER XV. Wivernsea was asleep. Like its blacksmith, it believed in the theory of early rising. Not a light was to be seen in one of the windows she passed. Not until she came to the end of the Marino Terrace. There • she saw an illuminated window: her beacon. 1 It was but a short distance from her own place ; not ten minutes walk. She seems to have spent as many hours in covering it. Despite tic proverb, time docs not always fly. The house which Masters lodged in was known to her. He had de- scribed the quaintness of its old- fashioned bay window; the only ono in the row. She would have known it as his place without even the beacon light for identification. Ile was a slave of the lump: con- sumed the midnight oil. As she made towards tho light she prayed, almost loud. Prayed for a conquering power—over her pride. That she might bo humble. For the framing of words to move this man when she besought him to come. Soulfully prayed that God would incline his heart to hear her prayer. Three steps—she faltered up them; proximity to her goal rend- ered her invertebrate --brought her to the level of the door. If she put her hand over the rails she could tap at tho window. It would be better so than disturbing the household by knocking. She tapp- ed. Her actions elicited no response! Sho waited, with a hard -beating heart. - Still no reply : dead sil. once! Had he expected this—this visit of hers and resolved to remain obdurate 1 The window blind was not pulled down to its full length. Through the lace edging she could see tho man calmly writing; writing as if thoroughly engrossed in his work. Evidently the thought of his cruel- ty did not trouble him in the least. In desperation, there seemed nothing else to do, she used her fingers again : loudly. blasters looked up; started in astonish- ment. Heard a distinct tapping on tho glass of his window. Ho walked to the window; pulled the cord, attached to a spring roll- er, and in a moment the blind had shot up. Outside all was moon- light brightness. At first ho looked straight away; saw only the sea with the intervening roadway. Then, suddenly, at the side, on the steps, saw a woman with a ghastly white, haggard face looking at him! The Woman He Loved! Start 1 He almost jumped in his amazement 1 Was ho dreaming? WAS it his phantasy 1 Then he came plump to earth ; lost no fur- ther time in surprises; went to the door. The room opened on to the hall; the street door was but a couple of yards al; ay. He had gripped its hamate and opened it in a moment. The woman was there —no phantasy—flesh and blood, clic sing to the rniliags. "My God! %V'hat has happened to bring you at this hour' 1" "Just—a—moment !" The answer given weakly; br'ntlessly. A swerve, and she would have fallen but for an al- most nerveless cutch at the rril- ings—but that he was by her side in a moment, with a strong uphold- ing arm round her wnist. There was unconsciousness of his clasp; things were going round with her. . . . Sho had a feeling of being lifted ; then set down again. Then—then a blankness; consciousness left her. For a brief moment Masters held her in his arms; her whole weight. For a brief moment the bled course( wildly through his veins; surged hrninwarls. A wild, mad impulse seized Trim : to press his lips to hers, helpless, passive as she. Iny therd. With diffrsulty he restrained himself. Laid down his burden r verently ; her angel's face seem- ed eloquent of innocence. Once, surely once on a time, it had spok- en truth. Ah ! What Might Have Peen. She opened her eyes. Found her- self lying on a sofa. Masters standing by bar side, holding brandy. She tried, feebly, to push it away ; hut his now full -of auth- ority voice commando-- "' Drink !" She was const rnined to so do by reason of a hand which went tinder and lifted her head ; another which placed the glass to her lips. . . . Struggling to a sitting position, peesing her hand reross her eyes, w ith a pitiful little drooping nt the corners of her mouth, she said— "I hes your pardon for—for-- Was 1 siljy 1 Did 1---1 felt a little faint." Ile remained watehing her. His own ince had grown almost the col- or of hers. He had touched her, had had her hand in his, had felt the softness of her hair ! 1t seemed to ...m as if the noise of the heating of is heart drowned the ticking of the clock. "Tell me." he inquired, still supporting her, "whnt brings you here an late?" She shook her head. • 1J 0 i0E 0 0 ♦+C O:tea+fail0tlGt130tt•:0i/104-301/!OI♦itsi01/30tIf3/Cil 2+0110+0alCieCi C3.APTER XIV. An upward glance at the clock on the mantel. It was late; with- in an hour of midnight. The ser- ver -As had already gone to bed. Going to their rooms she gently knocked at the door ; called to ono of them by name— "Elkin I" "Yes, ma'am." The reply in a frightened, star- tled voice. The tone betrayed her maid's fear that she was to hear lead news. The text words were is relief— "You know where Kr. Masters eves l" The possibility of a want of know- ledge on the part of the servants never occurred to her. She was not in the least surprised when an affirmative answer was returned to her— "Yes, ma'am." "I want you to get up at once, Ellen—I am sure you will, not mind —and dross yourself quickly. Go to Mr. Masters, give him my com- pliments, and ask him—ask him to come hero—to be kind enough to come here at once." "Yea, ma'am. Certainly." The girl had listened in astonish- ment, but obediently set about the task set her. She was fond of children, was Ellen; was thankful ton, that she had not, as she had feared at first, been called to hear bad news about Miss Gracie. The maid had no thought of grumbling at the late service de- manded of her, although greatly wondering at the message sho was to doth or. The over -wrought, tired woman returned to the sick room and waited. Presently the little lips --for the hundredth ti:ne— shaped the question— "I want Prince Charlie; won't he come and tell me about tho fairy and Jack." The mother's heart was full of thankfulness that sho had sent; that she had humbled herself to do so. She was able to bend over and whisper - "Yos, darling. Mother has sent for him. He will be here directly." Sho was without fear in making the promise; felt so sure he would come. He was a gentleman, be would understand. He would know how urgent must be the need which could de nand his presence at that late hour—indeed, to send for him at all. Or would he think—No! Site stifled it. Waiting, waiting, waiting --weary waiting! At last she heard the maid's returning steps on the path without; ran to the door and open- ed it. The girl spoke reluctantly; what sho had to say made the moth- er turn sick c: heart. "Said, ma'am, it was too late to cemo out to -night. Ho would come round in the morning." The mother's mind failed to grasp it: 'that message. The callous cruelty of it. it seemed too ---too impossible. Had ho nisunder toed --misjudged her 1 Coulel it bo 1 fIad she fallen s.) low in his esti- mation? A crimson flocd over- spread her face. . . . After a pause, clutching at a straw, she inquired— "rvid you Brie him ynurseW 1" "Yes, ma'am. Ile seemed to wonder what you could want with him. Said it would keep, what - over it was, till the morning." "Keep till --the- morning!" Gracie's pleading, her own prom- isee rang in her oars ! Keep Till Tho Morning. The irony of it! Sho staggered aginst the wall, pass- ed her hand across her brow -- loath to believe that the author, fond of children, could behave so —asked again— "Yon are quite sure you saw him yourself 1" "Oh, yes, ma'ami know Mr. Masters quite well by sight." She did Masters. tho blacksmith! `:he lied been to his shop in the High Street, and in response to her ring- ing of his house hell, ho had put his head out of his bedroom window and spoken to her. Not in a very pleasant tone : he was not pleased that his beauty sleep had been broken into. He was an early -to -bed and darty -to rise old men. 11e could see no Parte in turning out at past eleven o'clock at night for any one. Not even ter a sick child or for the finest Indy in the land. As he wont grumbling back to his had the blacksmith muttered that some of them fine ladies seemed to think it a az a nonner to bo at their beck and call ; summat to be proud of, it was, for a poor man like hissoif. None of their airs for him ---he wasn't having any, this time. Snell was his grumble;! weighted with a plc thorn of adjeo-, tines-unpri'tablc kind. The mother staggered back in her bedroom, to the child's side. White-faced, trembling in every limb, suported herself by the bed rail. Noted the hour : past eleven o'clock. The cruciak time the, doc- tor had spoken of was approach- ing. Gracie was in a quite rational mood. Her brightly burning eyes were fixed on her mother as she entered the room, and she spoke at once, eagerly—as eagerly as the feeble little lips could frame words —stuttering in her eagerness— "Has Pr—Princo Charlie come yet, mammal" Right down in the depths of de- spair sank the mother's heart. She took the child's hot !land in her own ; gently brushed the curls away from the little forehead with the other. As she did so the hot dry- ness of that brow was brought to her notice afresh. It was neces- sary to answer tho child; the re- ply was given gently. Yet the ut- terance of each word was as a stab to her— "Not—not yet, darling." A little whimpering, plaintive voice uprose from amonggst the pillows— "I want him, mamma—won't he come 1" How was she to gratify the Iittlp one's desire: to get Prince Charlie there? The doctor had warned her that at this stage the child's de- mands were to be granted if pos- sible} If possible. She had sent and he had refused to come. The doctor's words rang in her ears. If Possible. Sho thought of the mnn sitting —as she knew he would be—shap- ing with his pen, fictional pathetic pictures, intended to draw tears from the tender-hearted. She thought of the real pathos of this child, perhaps dying, to whom he might bring lifo and hope by his mere immediate presence. And he had returned that message: That It Would Keep. The, child tossed uneasily from side to side. The corners of the arched little mouth went down threateningly. If Possible! Was it possible for her to sink her woman- hood even deeper? To humble herself to beg of him to come? Would he comp even if she did? Then the direction came from the little form tossing restlettsly from side to side; tho weak voice wins; pored— "You said he would come, mam- ma. Won't you fetch him'? He, will come if you fetch him." Would he 1 Was that the possi- bility'? Was the little ono wise in saying that? She remembered that out of the mouths of babes and -- Well, she could try. Tho mother in her was stronger than all eke: prevailed. There was no monal balance used in her decision. No conscious weighing of pros and cons. Thcl duty—if aught prompted be lova is duty—stood clear before her. Something greater thnn her own will impelled her decision. She would go to hint herself. Glancing at the clock again, she saw that the recorded I mo was half -past eleven. She would go to him. Go on her kne's to hien: would not spare herself further to him, for God's sake., to be more merciful than ho bed shown him- self in his message. Entreat him not to put off until to -morrow -- when it might be too late—that which could be done to -night. Self -blame just then she was very full of bitterness for not hav- ing gone to him in the first instance herself. Tortured herself with they thought that it might now be tee late. Wondered if God would for- give her ohe_tinate pride. Sti') be merciful to her : still let her keep her child. She hent over the bed and spoke close into the little ear. Made spasmodic' but tinavniling nttetnpts to control her emotion ; could not bring herself to utter the words more than just audibly. "You'll be quite still, darling, won't you, whilst mother goes to fetch him. The face turned upwards. The mother kissed it passionately, ten- derly, again and again. The wast- ed little arms went around her neck and clung there gratefully. Mother was going to fetch Prince Charlie! From the adjoining room the woman who assisted in the child's nursing came ; posted herself by the bedside. Then the mother - staggering as if unknown gaped before her --left the room. In the hall slipped on the cloak w ieh, phe remembered, he had butt ed. She spent no time in seek' a hat. Swung the hood up fro bis question "'HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY' "'Didn't the girl tell you?" "\That gir) I" he asked in aur- pris "Didn't tho girl tell me what 14' - "About Gracie. I --I sent to you half -an -hour ago. She—they tell me—I think --Oh, my God !—I am so—so afraid !— is dying. Sho ask- ed for you again and again. You sent a message you would come to- morrow." .rI1„ His astonished look, the blaze of suddenly aroused auger in his eyes, frightened her. Could ho bo even now deceiving her? His kindness was it falsity? She hurried on with her explanation; in her ent- barrassmont tho words tumbled from her lips. (To bo continued.) FAMOUS DISUES IN LONDON. Inns Which Have Wan Succes't Through One Dish. Formerly every London inn with any pretension ut all had its own special dish, upon whose excellence it prided itself and to partake of which patrons travelled many miles. Eel pies were once the great fea- tures of tho duellist's breakfast served at the old Sluice House, near Finsbury Park. Tho neece- sary quantity of fish was regularly dredged up from the stream which ran under the windows. The pies aro still to bo had, but the eels are obtained from a nearby fish market. Simpson's in the Strand is noted for its fish dinners. The place was once very popular, and even to -day there is a certain following who swear by this repast. For a cer- tain sum the guest eats as much of a variety of fish as he cares to. The Ship and Turtle, in Leadenhall street, is noted for three things— the turtle soup, the turbot and the Madeira. The first named is pre- pared after an old recipe which has been in the possession of the hosts of the house for over a quarter of a century. Only certain parte of the turtle are used and these are stewe.l ar.d seasoned wish a var- iety of herbs and spices, besides lemon and Madeira, making a most delectable dish. Another inn boasts of a special dish in the e':►apc of a saddle of Southdown mutton. This is wheeled up to the table on a mov- able arrangement, in order that each individual may {:elect the par- ticular cut to which lie is partial. The mutton is kept warm by means of water heated by a lamp. "CHOOSING CHRISTMAS • CIGARS." A box of good cigars is always an acceptable present to a smoker. The cigars selected by ladies for presents aro usually chosen on account of something fancy on the box, irrespective of the quality or workmanship of the cigars them- selves. They do not atop to consider that gold lettering on the boxes, silk or plush lining, cost money to the manufacturer and must be taken out of the quality of the tobacco. When they are choosing jewelry and silverware they always look for the Hall mark or Sterling mark on the article itself, the box being the last consideration. Better get a dozer sterling sil► ver spoons in a pasta board box than a dozen plated ones in a plush case. The same principle applies to the selection of cigars. The recipient of the cigars will he much more appreciative if ho is presented with a box of some standard brand. The "Pharaoh" Cigar manufac- tured by .1. Bruce Payne, Ltd., is well known throughout the Domin- ion, and may be obtained in boxes of 50 each in sealed wax -lined pockets, nr in boxes of 25, 50 or 100 each packed in the ordinary way. The dealer who (lees not stock the Pharaoh will tell you that he can sell you something "just as gond," but in the statement he ad- mits that his standard of quality is not fixed by his other lines. If ho says he can sell you some- thing "better" he knows not whereof ho speaks. f SELECTION BY SUPPING. When the parents of a young Ilus- sian decide that a certain young damsel would make him a suitable wife, they keep their own counsel, and one evening call unexpectedly at her home and stay for supper. During the meal they watch her narrowly. If she eats fast, she will work quickly; if she goes neatly and cleanly about her plate, she will be a cleanly, tidy house -wife; if she talks little, sho will be obed- ient and dutiful to her husband; if she prefers rye bread to white, she will be satisfied with her lot; if she, does not geed and stare, she may be trusted not to pry into her hus- band's business; and if she pro- ceeds to clear away and wash up after the meal, she will be thrifty andclrcful with his money. ATTRACTIVE. "f le has a pretty sttrcctive fig- 111T. a small fortune l,ft to her r uncle." Ol'TLIVI:n ALL RIVALS SAVE G.I. IN LAO YEARS. !las Posts Scattered Over a Do- main Covering 3,700,000 Squire Miles. The history of the famous $id - son's Bay Company dates (roll 1670, when a license to trade ins furs in Hudson (now Hudson) Bay was granted to a company which in- cluded several men of high rank. The Duke of York, the 1)uke of Al- bemarle and the Earl of Shaftes- bury were among them. Tho capital was £3,420, not a groat amount with which to fight the rival companies and the intre- pid individual agents, chiefly French, whose competition was hard on the now enterprise. But the conquest of Canada helped it a good deal. English traders learn- ed tho ways of the Its lians and their system of the exchange of goods. Toward 1C48 sorra merchants of Montreal combined to explore the fur country and founded that pow- erful Northwest Company, which soon became the centre of the fur trade. In 1798 this new company shipped furs to the value of no laze than £120,000, and the ox;etanto of the Hudson's Bay Con. '.ny was, again threatened. In "Conjuror's House" Stewart Edward White has given us glimp- ses of the picturesquely HIGH-HANDED METHODS of "tho company"- -which nowa- days has but one nte:.ning, tho Hud- Fou's Bay Company. But accord- ing to a writer in Fur News its ear- ly revival was no better. "It shrank from no net, however iniquitous," says the account. "Its agents unposed on their own em- ployees and speculated on the mis- ery of the Indians consequently rea- lizing immense profits in spite of the competition of now Russian and American companies." Tho American Fur Company, for instance, was founded in 1509 with a capital of $1,000,000 and operated west of the Rocky Mountains. The competition of all these rivals put the Hudson's Bay Company into greater danger than it ever bad been. But in 1821 a treaty was made amalgamating the Hudson Bay and Northwest companies under the title the IIudson's Bay Fur Com- pany. At present it has only one rival of importance, the American St. Louis Fur Company. The Hudson's Bay Company has posts scattered over a domain cov- ering 3,700,000 square miles. Its principal estalelishnlents )arc on James Bay ani toward the frontiers of upper Canada, on lakes Athabas- ca, Winnipeg, Ms,thve, and nerr the Columbia, Mackenzie, Saskat- chewan and Assiuiboinc rivers. Fort York, commanding the course of the River Nelson, is the headquarters of the company and contains ITS PRINCIPAL DEPOT. In 1S42 it took a lease of all the Russian establtihenents in North America at an annual rent of £40,- 000, so that it is now working on its own account tho vast tracts of country between the Mississippi and the Pacific Ocean. The following is a list of the quantities of skins and furs de- spatched to Europe by the Hud- son's Bay Company in 1833-34, which will give an exact idea of the extent of its trade: Beavers•.• .... .... .... 1,074 Skins and young beavers .. 62,094 Muskrats .... .... .... .... 094,0:2 Badgers .... .... .... ..... 1,0•-9 Bears .... .... .... .... .. 7,451 Ermines .... .. .... .... .. ,491 Foxes ...... .... .... ...... 9,937 Lynxes .... .... .... ...... 14,255 Sables .... 04,41;0 Polecats .... .... ...... „ 25,100 Otters .... .... .... .... .. 22,303 Raccoons .... .... ...... .. 713 Swans .... .... .... ....... 7,918 Wolves .... .... .... ...... 8,4w1 Wolverines .... .... ... .. 1.571 Such figures ought to bring in n large profit to the Hudson's Bay Company, but unfortunately they have not been maintained, and for the last twenty years have been de- creasing. Until 1839 the company was in a flourishing condition. In that year the number of furs exported was 2,350,000, hut since then the trade has gradually declined and this number is now reduced declined, one-half at least. THE FOLLOWING TABLE, taken from the "Voyage of Capt. Robert Lade," shows on what terms exchanges were formerly made with tho Indians. Beaver skins we re then the currency employed in buy- ing and selling. The Indians paid Beaver For skins. One. gun . .. .. ..... .... Half ground powder .... .. .. Four pounds shot .... ...... One axe .... .... .•1111 10 1 1 1 Six knives .... .., .... 1 One pound glass beads ..... 1 One laced coat .... .... ...• 8 One coat not laced ......... 5 One laced female dress .. ,.. • One pound tobacco .... .... 1 One box der .. .... .. 1 One comb • one mirror ... 1 But as ears ago beaver shine 1'1 can truthfully say shit I believe that, but for tke use of your Emulsion t would long since have been in my grave. 1 was past work ---could not walk up -hill without coughing very hard." THIS, and much more was written by Mr. G. \V. 11oeer- ton= ('lark's Gap, \V. Va. We would like to send you a full 'ropy of his letter, or )ou fight write him direct. Ills cat was really marvel.;us, but is',n1y one cf the many proofs thy. Scott's Emulsion is the most strengthening and re -vitalizing prcparatir>n iu the v.nrld. 1':t•en in that most stuhh;un of all disease.; (consumption) it does won- ders, and in less serious troubles, such as anemia, Lrunchitis, asthma, catarrh, car los of flesh from any & 4-i se the effect is much quicker. r • 110,, (1,:t isatin „r .,.,,•�..s 1 :1' L,1u]_ 61 euro al H.'va1'ti r.u1 tr, It A1.r, DRUGGISTS 1st us send Yoe MIr. nowerton', !-star some lit.ratur. nn Consumption. Jn.t sand us $ rust Gird and tncat:ou this vapor. SCOTT & BOWNE 128 Welliasto• St.. W. Toronto 1 became so scarce that the currency had to be changed. Bison furs are now the medium of trade. When an Indian presents himself at the fort the agents of the company give him us many pieces of wood as he brings skins, and ho exchanges these pieces of wood for manufac- tured articles on the premises, and as the company fixes the price of the articles it buys and sells it can- not fail to realize large profits. JACK TAR'S UNIFORM. Other Nations Have Copied the 'trills', Dress. FROM ERIN'S GI EN ISLE NEWS iaa 3).111. FROM 11IE. L.tND'E SHORES. Happenings In the Emerald Isla 01 luterest to Irish- men. Mr. Henry Bryne, of Moneymore,. has beeu appointed a magistrate fur Cuunty Derry. �� A gran named John 1St, :son was shot dead in a cattle drive at ltu.- orstown, County Sligo. Gas i,: supplied free to the po- lice barrack tit Newry, Co. Down. at an annual cost of ffi.233. A demand for $10,000 odd, the cost of extra police, has been made on the Westmeath CountyCouncil. Tho late Mr. George Maurice Jevers, of 13allinagarde, County Limerick, loft personal estate worth $ 93,(;'./0. Tom (-'oney an old and respect- ed resident of Dublin road, Nen- ndh, died recently, after a fetr urs' illness. man named John Connolly was ed to death at Ballyconnelly. g miles fry& Clifden, Con- nemara. - - - A potato weighing 3 pounds 10 ounces has been grown on the hinds of Mr. H. H. Hunter, Galvally, Stewaurtatown. Miss Oasaidy, of Dunkineely, County Donegal, his been ap . oint- ed butter inspects;! ty Committee of Agriculture. Dog -fish destroyed over 1.r her- ring nets, each valued at $15 on tl.e coast of Donegal. Some of the fish wore six feet in length. At the age of 100, the death oc- curred of Edmond Cronin. He took r. prominent part in the '67 move- ment. A number of tenants on that por- tion of Lord Listowel's estate ad- joining Abbeyfcale have been pro - c') sed for interest on their pur- chase amounts. The Royal Humane Society havl presented a testimonial to Mr. T. Foristal, Glenterrace, Waterford, for his bravery in gallantly saving a youth from drowning. The burial has just taken place at Aughnaccoy, County Tyrone, of Francis Neill, former, who had reached tho ago of 109. He worked on the farm up to three month ago. An influentially signed mer^ has been forwarded from C. et tho Great Northern pany asking for irnpr' for passengers and '4;0 It was decide meeting to as Ireland to give duction to their to ' count of the bad hary wing tq the wet weather. Trale3 Guardians have dealt the - - manufacturers of Irish slates a very severe blow, by accepting the ten - dor of an English firm to supply a cheap grade of Welsh state for the roofing of laborers' cotf.1 tW . What is known as th .-- lice force of Clare is 35n, and-- 1 since the proclamation of the coun- ty on August 27, 1907, there have been 107 men appointed to tho county under the proclamation, and 52 reserve iron. Belfast Corporation are about to consider three schemes which roughly. involve an expenditure of £50'),000, namely, the sewerage purifu ntiol scheme; tho proposal to prevent flooding in the city and the extension of the gas v(orks. DAILY BATA IS INJURIOUS. Moat Cherisbetl Custom Given a Black Eye. In the early days of the British navy it was still the custom to tie the hair in a queue after well greas- ing it, but much annoyance was felt by the men in consequence of tho oil getting on the rough serge of their junipers or blouses. This caused the blue collar of the same material as the juniper to be added,. but without, much success, as the collar looked quite as untidy, so at length the idea of putting the blue drill one over the serge was adopt- ed, the drill collar being a separate appendage, and therefore easily washed and kept clean. Tho lan- yard was worn to represent the ropes and rigging of the ship, and the jack-knife indicated that (to be paradoxical) the bluejackets object in life was death --to his enemy. In those days the neck was ex- posed, hut as time. went on and more thought was given to the wel- fare of. the glen this was found to be injurious to the health, hence the substitute of tho white neck flannel, white being used to give the effect of the uncovered neck. The two rows of white braid at the top of the cuff represent Eng- land and Ireland, the one row at the bottom showing that Scotland had not yet become annexed. The rows of braid bn the collar rcprc- scat the victories of Nelson. At the opening of Lord Nelson's grand career and his first great vic- tory at Aboukir the first row of braid was put- on t}'e collar, ar.d Jack was a prowl a:ut happy man, and he became still prouder and happier when Aboukir was follow- ed by Nelson's greater victory nt Copenhagen, and the se_ond rev was added. P,ut he became the proudest and happiest man. and, alas, also the most sorrowful and grief-stricken, when that great hero and magnificent example of naval courage lost his life in his last vic- tory at Trafnlgar, and so the third rl)w' of braid went on, but there was no more to come after it. for "the last pipe" had sounded for the gal- lant sailer, his last fight fought, Isis last victory won. To signify the moirning which filled the hearts of all English sailors, the black scarf was added. This was the origin of the British tar's uniform, which is both histori- cal and biographical, and dear to the heart of all English people. ('an one wonder that they look with a certain amount of'contempt as well as anger on the nations who are content to copy from them their sailor's suit, and that one often hears them say among themselves: "Where did they get their Nelson l" ALL-HMI/kr-IF)MAN. Marie—"I think Chollie is a de- lightful dancer ; he's so light on his feet!" I.illisn—"When you're hotter ao- quainted with ('hollie you'll discov- er that he's light at both ends," st. abou One of the most cherished tra- ditions of the British race, the "cold tub every morning," is mer- cilessly criticized by 1)r. J. H. Clarke, of London, in .5 Vital Econ- omy ; or How to Conserve Y u Strength." "I once lost a good patient was always ailing, but cute his dai'iv morning tub,"u1s Clarke. "Ile grew stror. •b? b71: on weight d8 . and it ie Ilk S delights to shock hisars telling them how mr r since he had a batt-nd Too much soap.:` aecnrdingtjo 1)r. t, lubricating in- glands of the fiche and supple, anti t the skin mord aen pheric changes. The skin is a se gan. By soaking the cleansing cells absorb s up, and die. ''Ono has only to rub after a bath and they co little rolls. These do not of dirt, as is the papular i of dead skin cells. 1 otter pie that it is quite pe,- . them to wash ther-ir•t'lvcs (tr They remove in much of the pre- tecting surface that they tti'e the dirt a real chance of getting ir:;,o their skins." De. Clarke recommend. r.' 0 sub- stitute for a hath a fohr1. i towel wetted in the centre and pass rapidly all oxer the body. T will "open the pores" stiMeie without entailing any si ick.