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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExter Times, 1910-07-28, Page 2The Diamond Crescent Or, A MODERN ROMANCE. PART I1I. ('11APTE1t I. When I came down before dinner, I found Ralph and Charles talking earnestly by the hall fire, Ralph's hand on his brother's shoulder. "You see, wo are no farther for- ward than wo were," he was say- ing. "We shall have Marston back to- morrow," said Charles, as the gong began to sound. "Wo cannot take ati,v step till then, especially if we don't want to put our foot in it. I have been racking any brains all the afternoon without the vestige of a result. We must just hold our hands for the moment." Dinner was announced, and wo 'awaited patiently for a few minutes, end impatiently for a good many more, until Evelyn hurried down, sl.ologizing for being late, and with a message from Lady Mary that we were not, to wait for her, as she was dining upstairs in her room --a practice to which she seauied rather addicted. I'skild where is Aurelia?" asked Ralph. "She is not corning down to din- ner either," said Evelyn. "She hes a bad headache again, and is lying down. She asked me to tell you that she wishes particularly to see you this evening. as she is go - Lag away to-roerrow•, and if she is wt 11 enough she will come down to morning -room at nine; indeed, she said she would come down, any- how." After Ralph's natural anxiety re- specting his lady -love had been re- lieved, and he had been repeatedly assured that nothing much was amiss, we went into dinner, and a e'ere lugubrious repast I never re- member being present at. Tho meals of the day might have been classified thus: Breakfast, dismal; luncheon, dismaller, (or more dis- mal); dinner, dismallest (or most dismal). There really was no con- versation. Event I, who, without going very tlee.p'(which 1 consider is not in good taste). have some- th:ng to say on almost every sub- ject -seven 1 felt myself nonplussed for the time being. Each of us in turn got out a few constrained wordy, and then relapsed into sil- ence. Evelyn ate nothing. and her hand trembled so much when she poured out a glass of water that she spilt mane on the cloth. 1 saw Charles vans watching her furtively, and I be anis more and more certain that Aurelia was right. and that Evelyn knew ba,rricthitig about the mystery of tie night before. 1 roust and t:ould speak to her that very ev- ening. . IHittt rly cold," said Ralph, when at last we had reached the desert stage. "It is snowing still, and the wind is getting up." to truth. the wind war moaning reen•l the house like au uneasy -•Th:rt sound in the wind always means snow•," ,a:.l 1 ha a I.•<, eyi- det:tly for the sal. • r }nag some- thing. "It is e:a.t' I:... 1 should think. \'es" aft• r a i an when et:other silence -seised Imminent -- "there goes the eight o .:s. k train. I'. must be quite a qua. ter of an hour late, th•'ugh. for it h,• struck eight some time. 1 can hear it dis- tinctly. The station is three miles awns, and you never hear the train urless the wind is in the cast." "Come, Charles, not three miles --two and a half," put in Ralph. "Well, two and a half from here down to the station, but certainly t1 dee tram the station tip here, '• replier) Charles. And se silence was laboriously ato►ded by diligent small talk until returned to the drawing -room, r ankfnl that there at least. wo se a 1 •,•,k and be silent I• s. \\, all did wish it, appirentl; I .• n was sitting by a latae 4;1011 a •• ' rine in, with a 1.•4ok before her. i er t Ibow• on the table. shading her face with a slen- dt r. delicate hand. She remained motionless. her eyes fixed upon the page, but I noticed after seine time that she had not turned it ever. Charles may have read his news- paper. but if he 41W1, it, was with tale eye upon Evelyn all the time. Between watching them both I did not. as may be itnagined, make Muth progress myself. How was I tt manage to speak to Evelyn alai e. anti without Charles's know- lec!ge 1 At last Ralph. who had gene in- to tho morning room. opened the drawing room, and put his heed in. • Aurelia has not come clown yet, and it is a quester past sine. i ish you would run up, Evelyn, anti sec if she it Senior,." "She u sure to coin'," replied _a° samomenissweeme l '.•lyu, without raising her eyes. "She said she must seo you." Ralph disappeared ag on, and the hooks and papers wero studied anew with unswerving devotion. At t.'c end of another ten minutes, however, the impatient lover reap- peared. "It is half -past nine," lie said in an injured tone. ''l)o pray run up, Evelyn. I don't think she can bo coming at all. 1 ant afraid she is worse." Evelyn laid down her book and left the room. Ralph sauntered back into the morning -room, where we heard him beguiling his sulitudo with a few chords on the piano. Presently Evelyn returned. Sho was pato even to the lips, and her voice faltered as she said: "She has not gone to bed, for there is a light in her room; but she, would not answer when I kneckesd, and the dour is locked." "All of which circumstances aro not sufficient to make you as white as a ghost," said Charles. "I think even if Aurelia has a headache, you would bear the occurrence with for- titude. My dear child, you do not net so well off the stage as on it. There is something on your mind. People don't upset water at din- ner, and refuse all food except pel- lets of pinched bread, for nothing. What is it t" Evelyn sank into a chair, and covered her face with her treutb- will you have the goodness to come ling hands. with mei" And he led the way into "Yes, I thought so," said Charles the hall. kneolisg down by her, and gently We could hear Ralph in the next withdrawing her hands. "Conic, room, humming over an old Irish Evelyn, what is DI" melody, with an improvised accent - "I dare not say." And she turn- paniment. cd away her face and tried to tits- "Now show mo her room!" said engage her hands, but Charles held Charles, "and be quick about it." them firmly. Evelyn looked at him astonished, "Is it about what happened last and then loci the way upstairs, along night 't" he asked, in a tone that the picture -gallery to another wing wan kind, but that evidently intend- of the house. She stepped at last ed to have an answer. before a door at the end of a pas - "Yes." I ige, dimly lighted by a lamp at ''And do yea know that I am the further end. There was it light; 1.terUring bought and sold ei© brothers were discussing their hl susp,ected'" under the door, and a bright chit k except Treacle. Best Prices g'yen turn careers. Prince Edward was "You, Charles 1 Never :" she inthe keyhole, but though we list fur Whalebonebeast).explaining that he was to boa sol- cricti, starting up. cued intently we could hear nothing Ifclstone, 1y35. By J. \W. Ninnis. dier in due course, while Prince Al - "Yes, 1. Suspected by toy awn stirring, within. bort declared that he meant to father. So if you know anything, "Knock again," said Charles to AN OPINION OF WOMEN. Evelyn --which I secyou do—it isst"k to the navy. Evelyn. "Louder'" as her hand Jeremiah Nute, Dealer in Cod "What aro you going to be, Hen - yens duty to tell us, and to help failed her. us in every way you can." There was no answer. As we He had let go her hands now, and listened the light within disappear - had risen. cu "I don't know anything for cer- "Bring that lamp from the end tain," she said, "but but we "'on ,.f the passage," said Charles to scall. Aurelia knows, and she is Evelyn. and she brought it. going to tell Ralph." I "Hold it there:" he raid; "and "Miss Grant :" I exclaimed. "She t, u, Middleton, stand aside.,' knew nothing at tea time. She was lie took a few steps backward, asking me about it. ' at u then flung himself against tl.e "It is since then," continued (leer with his whole force. It crack - Evelyn. "I went up to her route c'1 and groaned, but resittt(1. before dinner to ask her for a fan ( "The lock is old. It is hound to that I hed lent her. She was pack- g. ," he said, panting a little. ing some of her things, and thou "Really. Charles," 1 reno,nstrat- floor was strewn with packing pa- ed --"a lady's private apartment: per and parcels. She gave me my ' Miss Derrick, I wonder you allow GIVEN UP BY HIS PHYSICIAN "FRUIT-A-TIVES", THE FAMOUS FRUIT MEDICINE, SAVED HIS LIFE. JAMES DINGWALL, Ems. Williamstown, (nt., July s7th, tco8. "I suffered all my lite front Chronic Constipation anal no doctor, or remedy, I ever tried helped me. "Fruit-a-tives" promptly cured me. Also, last spring I had a bad attack of ISI,AAI)Eit and K1l)NHY TROUSI,I: and the doctor gave Inc up hut "!Bruit-a-tives" saved uty life. I ata now over eighty years of age and I strongly recommend "Pruit-a-tives" for Constipation and Kidne • Trouble". (Signed) JAI+tES DINCIPALL. 50c a box, 6 for f a. So—or trial box, 230 —at dealers or from Fruit -a -rives Limited, Ottawa. come down afterwards at nino o'clock, and that I want to see him particularly ; only don't tell him what it is about, or mention it to anyone else. 1 did not mean any- one to know till he did.' "Site began to cry afresh, and I made her lie down and put a shawl over her, and then left her, as I had still to dress, and I knew that Aunt Mary was not coming down. I was late as it was." "Is that all " said Charles, who had be •n listening intently. "All," replied Evelyn. "We shall soon know the worst now." "Very soon," said Charles. Ralph may conic in hero at any moment. Evelyn and Middleton, FUNNY OLD SIGN BOARDS USED IN l:\(:1..1\11 IN THE OLDEN U.tl"S. 111 rehau►1•a Kept 1'at'i,•ty of Goods 'Phut 11uu1d Drive Nen of To -day Crazy. English sign boards dating ba •l: ninny years ago are curiosities .'11 tee matter of spelling and in is feria of advertising used then. A study of some of ham make% pe..ple of to -day wonder '.low tme 1111111 or one small firm could ••i,ry such a general stock or do ;,o many things as the sign boards indi:ate i. The signs are noteworthy also :as showing how some advertisers taai. - ersesseerese AXLE GREASE Is the turning -point to economy in war and tear of wa;ons. Try a box. Every dealer everywhere. The Imperial Oil Co.,Ltd. Ontario Agents: The Queen City 011 Ce., LN. .1 WW1 AN P1It.t'TE. ('iptured in Indo-China and Brought to France. In the steamer Admiral Polity tl'ero urrived at Marseilles recently with a party of Aunatnite pirates and malefactors a remarkable wo- man, ono of the wives of the re- dcubtable pirate De Than►, who has given the French so much trouble in Indo-China. Co -Ba, as the woman pirate is called, exercised a dominating 111- aped to put their own nuiii's n fluence over the pirate king and his and prominently before the pee- I followers, a power she even pre - plc. served throughout, the voyage, Following are copies of several which the prisoners made in a old signboards in England! specially constructed iron cage built amidships. The other prisoners on receiving their rations immediate- ly handed them to Co -iia for distri- Lemonade and Gingur Beer, bt:tion and she laid down iron re - Cow bels and tripe every hidey geaations for the prisoners' life on Sekoud hand does to make ee tidy, board. Her word was always scru- Crox and Kitties, pans and all pulously respected. And Godly bukes to save ser +fele, Co -Iia, a small hard -faced wo- Man-Traps, gins, and patte s .'i':- man of about thirty, enjoyed the re - wise potation of a witch among the pi - And on Saturday nights Hot Met- rates, and she ferociously hated the ton Pies. white men. When the prisoners --- lnr,ded it was she who marched SUNDAY BAKING DONE IIERE. proudly at their head, taking not tho slightest notice of the crowds who watched the debarkation of the prisoners on their way to the Ile do Re, in the Bay of Biscay. Tl:M1't'Itl•:\(. E IIOTTi?LL. ELLEN TONE scls here, Here lives Jerry Snowed That cleans the road For publicans and Sinners But not for those chapel folk: But only those that, bring sh sir : iv ners, God Save the King. BEWARE. Of Man -Traps and Spring -Guns Take Notice All persons found Trespassing 1n This Orchard Will be Stmt. By order of Patrick Cron WHEEL INN, TRESSILLIAN. lie merry friends Enjoy your Beer But do not swear Or gamble here. HAD GREAT MIXTURE. "It is high treason, is it not, to Bibles, Bellows and Boots, Golly Rakes and Grinding Stones, Tent- sneak disrespectfully of the daugh- rers, Testaments, and Tea Kettles, ter of the Prince of Wales'?" •1 Upon another occasion his elder l'RI\('E 11 EN11Y 111 1101tIsT. Third Son of King George Apt at Repartee. Pri ce Henry, the third son of the King and Queen, is the humor- ist of the family, and 'nary stories art. told around the court respect- ing his brisk humor and apt retorts. At a recent picnic his sister, the I'►incess Mary, was allowed to bake seine cakes for tea, and the boys wero asked their opinions about them. Prince Henry looked at his cake with a whimsical senile and then said:— fan, and was going on putting her things together, talking all the time, when she asked inc to hand her a glove box on the dressing - Goble. As I did so, my eye fell,on a piece of paper lying together with ethers, and I instantly recognized it as the same that had been wrap- pe(1 round the diamond crescent when colonel Middleton first show- ed us the jewels 1 should never this," Charles retreated again, anti then made a fresh and even fiercer on- slaught on the deer. There was a s.,und of splintering wood and of bt rsting screws. and in another moment the door flew open inwards, anti Charles was precipitated head foremost into the room, his even- ir'g pumps flourishing wildly in the ail. In an instant he was on his have noticed it-- for though it was het again, gasping hard, and had rite paper, it looked just like tho seized the lamp out of Evelyn's other pieces atrcwn about if 1 had hand. Before I had time to lernon- liot seen two little angular tears, witch 1 suddenly remembered mak- ing in it myself when General \iirstun asked enc net to pull it to reces, which I snppor. 1 bac) been absently doing. I mad some sort of excla►narien of surprise. and Au- relia turned retold sharply and ask- ed Inc what was the matter• is i I:%er)1liing from Soup to \uI+ on oil not answer, she left her pacing Rig game 'Trip. i came the table She sawin s:rate on the liberty that he was taking, we were all three in the room. It was '' l'.y' (T ' L' '••,ntinued.) ( 0111 Oit'f IN 'I lit: \GI.1 . Liver Oil and Treacle, Turkey Rhubarb. Tarts and Mustard, Saws, Hammers, Winnowing Ma- chines, Clogs, Wheelbarrows, Fry - leg -pans and other 'Musical II►u- struments. Men they have tnany faults, But women has but two, Nothing's right that they say, Ant: nothing's right they do. 11CLES OF LODGING HOUSE. Fuurpence a night for bed. `Sixpence with supper. No more than three to sleep in one bed. No beer allowed in the kitchen. No smoking when in bed. No clothes to be wasted on Sun- day. No boots to be worn'in bed. No dogs allowed ui'sstairs. No gambling o. ftghifing hero. No extra charge for IVgage. No razor grinders taleen in. Organ grinders to slttp in tho attick. BOOT AND SHOE MAKER. Here lives Tom Cann, who won't refuse To make or mend both boots and shoes. Ili leather's good, his work is just, I1.: profits small, he cannot trust. EXEC'UTIONER'S AD. J. (•alc•raft, hoot and sloe mak- . r. I.xecutioneert= !ler Majesty. WILLLIM WAS WIZARD. ane a moment what I was looking at. I When the Duke of Connaught William Dukes, Ilupolester and had turned as red as fire, and she went bunting big game in East Af- French l'olishir, as just commenced .ac rite white. 'I did not n►uari 1•ea. no unnecessary hardship was in renovating old furniture in!•• t q you to sec that,' she said at last. p' emitted to mar the pleasure of quietly taking up the paper. 'I the outing. Unusually comfortable meant no ono to know until I had to its were taken along spacious sl ew•n it to Ralph. Do you know and lofty—with a good bed, futni- ture and a bath. Even the dishes were not metal, as usual, but crock- ery and glass. Supplies for the lar- d( r were carried on the backs of sixteen leek mules and fifty don- keys. Twenty the sheep were tak- en to supply meat for the party, and deer, wild duck and other game afforded variety. Five cows eccompanying the caravan supplied fresh milk daily. Here is a sample menu: where I found it t' and she looked hard at tae. 1 could only shake my hand. I was too much ashamed of at suspicion I had had to be able to get out a word. 'I am very sot - TY.' continued Amelia, 'but 1 stn afraid it will he my duty to tell Ralph. whatever the consequences may be. 1 have been thinking it over, and I think lie ought to know. 1 am going to show it him to night after dinner,' end she pelt it in her pocket end then began to cry. I dict not know what to say •,r do, I w•ns so frightened et the thouieht of what was enuring; and, as the dressing -bell rang at that moment, I was just leaving the room when she called me back. "'I can't come clown to dinner,' she said. 'I hate Ralph to rice me with red eyes. Tell him I shall Soup—Buffalo tail. Fish -- fried barbel. Entree Mutton cutlets. .1oin1 Roast guinea fowl. Sweet-- Stewed apples. Cheese. Coffee. This is thirsty weather. Even the mercury is filling its glasses Lieber these days. tic w, such as old chairs, sites, .'1'I bare mattresses, or wood mattress- es to be carded on a new principal Bratl remeid and old furniture re.• 114 lesII'd equal to net.. can be dun o i thear owne premises ef wished. William Dukes as nd over 50 yers expurcance i.r the trnade and can show good reference ef requsse.1 Any Indic or gentleman what., as such work dun William Dukes w'll esteem it a grate favor for a it-, it end all work dun at a u►"iI'h•1:•1• charge by William Dukes. BOOT AND—SI-10E 11AKI':It. Within this house a poor !nen dwells, in spite of wind end weather, Il..ots & Shoes he makes k sells. Ills nanao is William Feather. When von hump up egainst sonte- th ng that you can't afford to do and can't afford not nide, what do ycu dol ry 1" he asked. "Oh!" ho rapped .'ut. "I will just stay at home and tell the people all the great things that both of you are doing in case they overlook them." 4, -- STRENUOUS --STRENUOUS JOB. "My poor n an," said the kind housewife as she handed over a cut of pumpkin pie, "why don't you go to work i'" "1 can't. mum," sighed Sandy Pikes. "You see, ale season is o'.er. I was a groom on a merry- g.round." "Groom on a merry-go-round? Gracious: I never heard of such a thing. And what wero your du- ties I" "1 had to shine up de flying hors - CS, mom.," After lots of inen have clone their duty they hang around and wait for people to ap)laud. It's useless to go where c:uty calls unit ss you are going to get busy after you get thele. FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HER BANKS AND BRAES. What is Going On In the Highlands and l.oulands of .tuld Scotia. The Duchess of Sutherland has been touring the western districts of the county on behalf of her Cel- tic Society. (' .t \ \ O'I' 1'.t l' r l \ 1: !1, ('ase of People Sent to Prison for Their Pot t1'1y. The frequent committals to i,ri- sen of persons who are unable to pay forthwith tines imposed upon them—often fur minor offences — have been brought by the Howard Association to the notice of the British Hume Secretary. The asso- ciation lots fel many years contend- ed that to send people to prison be- cause of their poverty is disastrous alike to the individual and the State. The late Home Secretary sent out a recommendation that time should be allowed for payment when the offenders had sett' -.d homes and oc- cul:atiuns. The recommenduiion has, however, proved ineffectual, ants the association asked the Homo Secretory to receive a depu- ta:lio►l ou the subject. I'rutust Gossip, Inverness, has Mr.Churchill at once granted an bceu appointed an extraordinary interview, at which the deputation director of the Highland and Agri- suggests d that nothing less than a cultural Society, law giving to offenders who had set - Last financial year the receipts tied abodes a few weeks' grace be - of Aberdeen Corporation tramways fore they were committed to Orison amounted to t$350,3S0 a decrease w would be effectual. Mr. Churchill ' had with him Mr. Masterman, Cur der -Secretary; Sir Evelyn Ruggles - Brise, K.C.IB., Chairman of the Piisen Commission, ,and Sir Ed- ward Troupe, head of the Statisti- cal Department. Tho whole of these gentlemen heartily approved of the suggested reform, Sir E. Ruggles-Briso great - l'• strengthening the case by pro- ducing a list of men now undergo- ing imprisonment in a London prl- scn who possessed settled abodes, and who declared that they could have paid their fines had a little time been allowed them. It was ids( stated that a Governor of a London prison recently said that at least one-fourth of those daily an - der his charge ought not to bo in prison at all. Mr. Churchill said the system was intolerable, and that he would give instant attention to the mat- ter, for it was evident that the sons of poor people were sent to prison to: small offences that would be condoned in the sons of wealthier pe:ople. He was grateful to the Reward Association for bringing this tnatter before him. MISSING LINK PROBLEM. 31an May Have Orane-Ontang or Gorilla for .tncestor. A man may have a gorilla, a chimpanzee, an orang-outang or a gibbon fur an ancestor, according to Dr. F. Melchers, a German bio- loeist. In an article on the descent of man, published in the Zeitgeist, Melchers presents a- thc•or•, the essence of which is tha mankind is divided into four great race groups, each of which is de- scended from one of four race groups of anthropoid apes. Dr. Melchers ascribes the difficul- t, hitherto met in solving the miss- ing link problem and filling the gap in the later descent of man to the attempt to trace the human races to one parent stock. This, lie says, is clue to the 01(1 Testament story el. a single race surviving and im- pressing itself on modern evolution - $3,340. At Newstead Camp, Melrose, the other day an unknown of well was discovered, lined from top to bot- tom with barrels. Hugh Miller's relatives have had the cottage at Cromarty substanti- ally repaired. A new caretaker bus been appointed. Dornoch has a cathedral, and it is suggested that the town should follow the example of Kirkwall and call itself a city. Dundee Distress Committee Inas received $10,000 from the Govern- ment as a contribution towards cost el relief works for unemployed. Steps have been taken to raise subscriptions for a memorial over the grave in Inverallan churchyard of tho late Mr. John C. Curtees, M. A. Councillor Ritchie, Elgin, says that at a recent procession at Bailin he had to go and buy a penny- worth of pins to pin bis rubes to- gether. • Among the entries for the Na- tiunal Bowling Championship of Scotland for single-handed and rink play the only local club repro - meted is Dalbeattie. A pavillion which has been erect- ed in grounds of Leith Infectious Diseases Hospital at East Pilton for the treatment of phthisis was opened the other clay. There died in Edinburgh recent- ly Mr. John Murray, brigade sur- geon. late II. M.Madras Array, aged 75 ; son of the late Mr. John Murray, M. 1)., Kersknowc, ltox- burgshire. --T ELECTRICITY IN MiLLS. In the development of electricity as a motive power for cotton -mills its England. the plan has generally Leen adopted of using a separate motor in every room. In a German mill this system has been pushed even farther, each machine having its own motor, so that no shafting 1s employed. In Lancashire and Yc rkshire many cotton and other Rills have recently adopted electri- cal driving exclusively. Is is ar• theories. claimed that there is a considerable Instead of searching for a single increase in the output of the mills. NOT THE SAME. "I had half the young men in town for rivals when 1 was doing a courtship stunt," said the sad - eyed passenger. ' •.\nd did you land the prize?" gr,eried the hardware drummer. • \Well, 1 never looked at in that 1;:rlat," replied lie of the say eyes, ut I married tee girl." APLEINE A ltaterla5 *It'd the tate as lecoon ct Sae:tl�, n daeeptelrig granulated sugar 1.1 water end s�diot Hapleioe, a delidone ,yrup'a ma5c 554 • endo bel1•1 Ilia ms 'e. Map'efoe grocers. 11 D'•t send �^c far J et. Lottie u.1 recipe book. Crescent tilt:. Co.. Seattle. W„ Canacnan Appreciation Lanham Hotel, London. Gentlemen,-- I wish to express my appreciation of the 39 h.p. Daimler which you have delivered to me. Before ship- ping the car to Canada I made 11 three weeks' trial (IT it, cov- ering some 1,200 voiles. The ear r:tn Perfectly, and i never had the slightest trouble of any kind, and i think it quite lives up to the many claims you make for it. The silence, stnooth- ness of running, and power of a,-(elcratien on hills is really remarkable. My petrol consumption was 10 miles to the gallon, includ- ing a great deal of driving its traffic. The is res show no ap- preciable signs of wear, and 1 think it will prove light on tyres. I am really delighted with the cer. fours sincerely, (Signed) C. A. BOONE, of Toronto, Canada. "The Most Successful Cllr of the year1909" The Daimler Motor Co., (1904) Limited, COVENTRY, ENGLAND. immommemesss ancestral ape type it is necessary le find four, of which the above named are representatives. Basing his argument on a large nurnber of physical peculiarities both of men anti apes, Dr. Melchers classifies men and apes in the following re- lations: From a gorilla typo are descend- ed the race which he calls West ('cngo-Guinea-Sudan - negro, the Bantus and the Zulus. the last two bei g mixed races, and also the fair-haired and red haired north- ern races, including the Finns. From the chimpanzee descend bi.shntcn, Lapps, Barbers, soma Turanian races, Iberians and south- e:•n Europeans. The orang-outang is the ancestor of Tasmanians, Australians, Pepin nes and short headed south Ger- mans, while all the races known as Mongolians, as well as Malays, Polynesians and Siberians, de .end fn ni the gibbon, 1)r. Melchers contends that each of these groups lies differentiating i••ysical peculiarities whie•h e'•rre- - • ne1 exact'y to the physic it time .cities of the ape with which 113 .:.a -Fes it. • PROFIT 1\SCI{.\N('E:. Pruilt insurance 15 a compatretiv - s. new thing in England. It Ids I,!y existed fear three or four •. are and in that time has become '•'•traordinary successful. As the I .: me indicates, it insures the loss of profits after a business has been ...seised by lire or Borne kind of dis- :"ter. It is operated in this man- s The books of the firm epply- i os for the policy are gone over by an accountant, end their average pr. fits for two preceding years as- ' eertained. The firm is then allow- 'etl to take out an insurance based cr' this average profit for three months, six months, or n year. !t i n fire, an earthquake, a turned.), t r tiny catastrophe destroys their husi- i nes.; the insurance con'pary pay them for the time Des hays been insured the profits agtesel upon. 4