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Exeter Times, 1903-7-2, Page 6etag•eeeeeellavOkeaStallhaftelea 44 404444e4 lel 4 et4 o4414444 444444 AT TIbE POS OR; THE W.ATERILA,N'S SONS. CHAP. VII.'.-(Cant' d),. "A'hf" exclaimed Miss Tippet, still reading, "yes; 'get him a sit- uation in your brother's 'office' (oh, certainly, Ili be sure to get that); the seems smart, I might almost say 3mlrtt—' (ahem! Yes, well—)." "Boy," said Miss Tippet, turning suddenly to Willie, "your name is William. Wanders, I believe'?" "Yes, nt"a'am. "Well, William, Mr. Auberly, my relative, asks me to get you into zny brother's--mty brother's, what's Is name—office. Of course I shall be happy to try. I am always ex- tremely happy to do anything for yes, I suppose, of course, you can write, and, what d'ye call it—count Bayou can do arithmetic?" "'Yes, ma'am.," replied :Willie. . "And you taxi spell—eh? 1 hope you can spell Edward, a—I mean Thomas --is it, or William?" lines Tippet looked at Willie so earnestly and put this question in tones so solemn that he was much impressed, and felt as if all his earthly hopes hung on his reply, sp 'he admitted that he could spell. "Good," continued Miss Tippet. "You are, I suppose, in rather poor eircumstanees. Is your father poor?" "He's dead, ma`am; was drowm- ed." - "Oh! shocking, that's very sad. Was your mother drowned too?" "No, mne,'arn, she's alive aucl well •—at least she's well for her, but she a.n't over strong. That's why I want to get work, that I may help her; and she wants me to be a clerk in a office, but I'd rather be a fire- man. an. You couldn't make me a fire- man, could you, ma'am?" At this point Willie caught Miss Ward gazing intently at him over the top of her slate, so he threw her into violent confusion by wink- ing at her. "No, boy, I can't make you a fireman. Strange wish'—wiry d'you want to be one?" "'Cause it's sitch jolly fun," re- plied Willie, with real enthusiasm, "reg'lar bangin' crashin' sort 0' wore, as good as fightin' any day! An' my brother' Frank's a fireman. Sitch a• one, too, you've no notion; six fat four he is, an' as strong as— oh! why, ma'am, he could take you up in one hand, ma'am, an' twirl you round his head like an old hat! He was at the fire in Beverly Square last night." This, speech. was delivered with 'suet.vchenxence, contained so many objectionable sentiments, and involv- ed such a dreadful supposition in re- gard to the treatment of Miss Tip- pet's person, that the- worthy lady was shocked beyond all expression. The concluding sentence, however, diverted her thoughts. "Ah! was he indeed at that sad tea, and did he help to put it out?" "Stare, an' he did more than that," exclaimed Matty, regarding the boy with sudden interest. "If that was yer brother that saved Miss Loo he's a ra'al meg—" "Saved Loo!" cried Miss Tippet; "was it your brother that saved Loo?" "Yes, ma'am, it was." ".'Bless hinm; he is a noble fellow, and I have great pleasure in taking you by the hand for his sake." Miss Tippet suited the action to the word, and seized Willie's hand, which she squeezed warmly, 11,atty iYterryon, with tears in her eyes, em- braced him, and said that she only "wished that she had the chance of tiro/bracing his brother too. Then they all said he must stay to lunch, as it was about lunch time, and Miss Tippet added that he deserved to have been born in a higher pos- ition in life—at least his brother did —which was the same thing, for ho was a true what's -Is -name, who ought to be crowned with thingusny- gigs. Thorns, who had latterly been locking at Willie with deepening re- spect, iniinnediately crowned him with laurels on the slate, and then. Matty rushed away for the luach- tray,--rejoicing in the fire, that bad sent her back so soon to the old l'Y ' W I 1 W lis:6$xde.eE�if•6ix mristress whom she never wanted to leave; that had offered scope for the display of etch heroism, and had brolug;ht about altogether such an agreeable state of unwonted excita- tion. Just as the party a ere on the point of sitting down to luncheon, the street -'cool; knocker was applied to the door with an extremely firm touch. "Miss Deeinas!" exclaimed Miss Tippet, "Ohl I'm so glad. Rush, NI/atty..' Matty rushed, and immediately there was a sound on the wooden passage of a gentleman with heavy boots. A moment later, and Matty ushered in a very tall, broad-l.ou1- derad, strapping lady; if we may venture to use that expression in reference to one of the fair sex, Miss Deemas was a sort of human eagle. She had an eagle eye, and aquiline nose, an oegle flounce, and an eagle heart. Going up to Miss Tippet; she put a hand on each of her shoulders, and stooping down, peeked hor, so to speak, on each cheek, "How are you, rna dear?" said Miss Deeinas, not by any means ten- derly; but much in the tone in which one would. expect to have one's money or one's life clemr,•tnched, "Quite well, dear Jtulia, and so glad to see you. It is so good of you to take mo by surprise this way; just at lunch time too, An- other plate and knife, Matty. This is a little boys --a ;friend — not ex- actly a friend, but a• --aa. thing;umy, you Imow." "No 1 don't know, Emelina, what is the precise `thingumy*' you refer to this time," said the uncomprotn- ising and. neatter-of-fact Miss Dee- mas. "You're so particular,. dear Ju- lia." replied Miss Tippet with a little sigh; "a what's -'is-»—, a pro- tege, you know." "In;deed." said Miss Deemas, re- garding Willie with a severe frown, as if in her estimation all proteges were necessarily villains. "Yes, dear Tulsa, and, would you believe it, that this boy's brothcr- in-laws•---" "Brother, ma'am," interrupted Willie. "Yes, brother, actually saved my darlings life last night, at the --'the thing in 73everly Square." "'What 'darling's' life, and what 'thing' in Beverly Square?" dammed - ed Miss Deeinas. "What! hake you not heard of the fire last night in Beverly Square — nty relative, James Auberly—living there with his family — ail burnt to ashes—and ray sweet Loo too. A' what's-'is-nause was brought, andf a brave firemnan went up it, through! fire and water and smoke. Young Auberly went up before him and fell —heat and suffocation►—and saved her in his arms, and bis name is Frank, and he's this boy's brother- in-law." To this brief summary, given with much excitement, Miss Deemas lis- tened with quiet composure, and then said, with grim•sarcasm, and very slowly— "Let me see; there was a fire in Beveriy Square last night, and James A.uberly, living there with his family, were all burned to ashes Miss Tippet here,interrupted with "No, o, no, but her steel friend im- posing silence, with an eagle look,. continued -- "All burned to ashes, and also your sweet Loo. A. 'what's -Is - name' having been brought, a brave fireman goes up it, and apparently never comes down again (burned to ashes also, I fancy); but young Au- berly, who went up before him, and felt—heat and suffocation being the result—saved some one named 'her' in his arms; his name being Frank (owing n.o doubt to his having been re -baptized, for ever since I knew him he hes been nanx.d 3 roderielc), and he is this boy's brotther-in-law t" By way of putting an extremely fine point on her sarcasm, Miss Dec- rees turned to Willie, with a very condescending air and said— Jim Dumps was father of a lass Wko, by her brightness, led her class. The teacher asked Miss Dumps the question : "How can you best assist digestion?" "Eir eating 'Force.'' When told to nim, This story tickled " SunnyJitn," Tho Iiexdydo.Seree Venal the A4l-C of good health,, redly Blg. and Yaaft y, "Mylittle bey was very tai'k and would not take raw nourishment. I got a prtekeee of'Sioroe' and fed lin;' on it, and atxipicasefl to ao he is t ivies, will now putrani hey nee any bo of hid age, aer he `is, ll$ end bealtnik, Al ed hive e n ig liorce. ""Mite. J. zr'ti;''nxi r incl s,." "Pray, when did you*' sister marry M. Frederica Duberry?" (Willie, with a faee of Meekness, that can only be likened to that of ayerang turtle -dove; re it ec- "Please, ma'am, it isn't emir sis- ter as has married Mr, Auberiy; but a Winders, it's n>mybratlirsr , Frank nl. ' rl , as hopes to marry Miss Talo Auberly, Oh account o' hu,vimt' saved her life, Ween: she comes of age, ma'am." Miss Deemas stood aghast, or ra- ther sat aghast, On receiving this reply, and scanned Willie's face will. one of her most eagle glances; but that small piece of inipiidence wore an expression of weak good -nature,. and winked its eyes with the hu- mility of a subdued plop, while Miss Tippet looked half horrified and half amused; Matty grinned, and 11nuna squeaked through her nose. "):105',' said Miss 1)eenius severe- ly, "your looks belie you." "Yes, ma'am," answered 'Willie, "my mother always said I wasn't half so bad as I looked; and she's aware that I'm absent from home," At this point Willie allowed a gleans of intelligence to shoot across his face, and ho winked to Emma, who thereupon went into private convulsions in hes handkerchief. "Enmelina," said Miss Demos sol- emnly, "let me warn you against that boy. He is a bad specimen of a bad sex. He is a precocious type of that base, donmineering, proud end perfidious creature that calls itself 'lord of creation,' and which, in virtue of its superior physical power, takes up every positions in life worth having" ("except that of wife and mother," meekly simggest- ed Miss Tippet) "worth having" ';repeated the eagle sternly, as if the position of wife anti mother were not worth having), "worth having, and leaves nothing for poor weak - bodied, thougih not week -minded woman to do, except sew and teach brats. Bah! I hate men, and they hate me; I know it, anti I would not have it otherwise, I wish they had never been made. I wish there had been none in the world but women. ''.':hat a blessed world it would have been thou!" Miss Deemas hit tho table with her hand, in a masculine manner, so for- cibly. 'that th© plates and glasses rattled, then she resumed, for site was now on a favorite 'theme, and was delivering a lecture to a select audience. "But, mark you, I'm not going to be put down by men. I mean to fight 'em with their own weapons. I mean to—" She paused suddenly at this point, and, descending from her platform, advised 11Iiss Tippet to dismiss- the boy at once. - Poor Miss Tippet prepared to do so. Sho was completely under the power of Miss Deemas, whom, strange to say, she loved dearly. She really believed that they agreed with each other on most, points, although it was quite evident that they were utterly opposed to each other in everything. Wherein the bond lay no philosopher could discover. Pos- sibly it lay in the fact that they were absolute extremes, and, in vent= furcation of the proverb, had met. Be this as it may, a note was quickly written to her brother, Thomas TippeterEsq., which was de- livered to 'Willie, with orders to take it the following evening to London Bridge, in the neighborhood of which Mr. Tippet dwelt and carried on his business. CHAPTER VIII, In the afternoon of the following day Willie set off to the City in quest of Mr. Thomas Tippet. Flav- ing to pass the Bing Street fire - station, he resolved to look in on his brother. The folding -doors of the engine - house were wide open, and the engine itself, clean and business -like, with its brass -work polished bright, stood ready for instant action. Two of the firemen were conversing •at the open door, while several others could be seen lounging about inside. In one of the former Willie recogniz- ed the strong man who had collared him on a wolf remembered occasion, "Please, sir," said Willie, going up to him, "is Frank Wielders in- side?" "Why, . youngster," said Dale, lay- ing his hand on. Willie's head, "ain't you the boy that pulled our bell for a lark the other night?" "Yes, sir, I am; but you let me off, you know, so I hope you -won't bear me ill -will now." "Thet depends on how you be- have in future," said Dale, with a laugh; "but what d'you want with Frank Wiliders?" "I want to see him. He's my brother." "Oh, indeed! You'll find him in- side." Willie entered the place with feel- ings of interest, for his respect for firemen had increased greatly since he had witnessed their recent doings at the Beverly Square fire. He found his brother writing at the desk that stood in the window, while five or six other comrades were chatting by the fire, and a group in a corner were playing draughts and spinning yarns of their old experienc- es. All assisted in loading the air with tobacco -smoke, "Hallo, Blazes! holy are ye?" said Willie, touching his brother on the shoulder. "That 'you, Willie?" said Frank, without looking up from his work. "Whore away note?" "Come to toll ye there's a fire," saki Willie, with a serious look. "Eh? what d'ye mean?" asked Prank', looking et his brother, as if he half -believed he was in earnest, VI mean what I say --a fire here," said Willie, solemnly •striking his breast with his clinched list, "here in Heart Street, Buzzer Square, ragin' hike fury, and all the ingins float, couldn't put it out, no, . nor oven so much as squeaneh it!" "Then it's of no use our turning out, I suppose?" said Prank, with a, o' the fire brigade, includin' the smile, as he wiped his pen; "what set it alight,. lad?" '"A was doll with flaxen hair and blue oyes,'„' answered Willie; "tl.onn's the thinga as has all along done for Me. Whoa I was a boy I failed 'in love With a noo wax doll every other. day, Not that I evle;i• owned one myself; I only took a squint at 'em in toy -shop winders, and they al- ways heed flaxen hair and blue peep- ers. Now tk.tIveb eo a man, I've bin an' failed in love with a Liv - in' wax doll, an' she's got flaxen. flair an' blue eyes; moreover, she draws," "Draw, boys! what does she draw --corks?" inquired Frank, "No!" replied Willie, with a 'look of supreme contempt; "nothin' so low; she draws faces an' pictures like—like—a schoolmaster, and," ad- ded Millie, with a sigh, "she's bin an' drawee' all the spirit out o' this here buizum." . "She must have left a good lot 0' combustible matter behind, however, if there's such a Are raging in it. Who may this pretty lire-raisor be?" "Her name is Emma Ward, ' and she b'longs to a Miss Tippet, to whom she's related somehow, but I don't know where she got her nor who's hor parents. This same bliss Tippet is some sort of a relation o' Mr. Auberly, who sent me to her with a note, .and she has sent me with another note to her brother near,London Bridge, who, I 'spode, will send me with another cote to somebody else, so I'm oo my way down to see. him. I thought. I'd look in to ask after you in passin', and .cheer you on to Booty." A violent fit of somewhat noisy coughing from one of the men at the fireplace attracted Willie's attention at this point in the conversation. "Wert a noisy feller you are, Cor- ney," remarked one of the men. "Faix," retorted Corney, "it's noisy you'd be too, av yo had the cowld in yer chist that I have. Sure, if ye bad bin out fivo times in wan night as I wos on Widsenday last, wid the branch to howld in a smoke as 'ud choke Baxmore hisself (an it's well known he can stand inmost anything), not to spake o" the hose bu'stiu' right betune me two feet." "Come, come, Faddy," said Dale, interrupting; "don't try to choke us, now; you know •very well that ono of the firos was only a cutaway affair; two were chimneys, rind one was a false alarm." "True for ye!" cried Corney, who had a tendency to become irascible in argument, or while defending him- self; "true for ye, Mister Dale, but they was alarms for all that, false or thrue, was they not now? Any- how they alarmed mo out o' ere bed five times in a night as cowld as the polar regiomis, and the last time was a reale case o' two flats burnt out, an' four hours' work in iced wath- er." "There's some of us can sing chor- us to Corney," observed one of the group. "I never saw such weather; and it seems to me that the worse the weather 'the more fires, as if they got 'em lip a purpose to kill us." "Bill ' Moxey!" cried another, "you're always givin' out some tru- ism with a face like Solomon." "'Well, Jack Williams,." retorted 1 Moxey, "it's more than I can say of you, for you never say anything worth listenin' to, and you couldn't look like Solomon if you was to try ever so much. You're too stoopid for that," "I say, lads," cried Frank Wilders, "what d'ye say to send along to the doctor for another bottle o' cough mixture, same as the first?" This proposal was received with a. general laugh. "He'll not send us more o' that tipple, you may depend," said Wil- liams. "No, not av we wos dyin'," said Corney, with a grin. "What was it?" asked Williams. "Didn't you hear about it?" in- quired ltloxey, "Ori, to be sure not; you were in hospital after you got run over by. the Baker Street engine. Tell him about it, • Cornoy. It was you that asked the doctor, wasn't it, for another bottle?" (To be continued.) GR. L W. MAUI GUAM CURE 250. b sent direct to chs daseasetl parts by tho improved Blower. Heals to ukors. clears th'q ars passages, stops droppings hi the throat and permanently cures Catarrh and Hay Fever,. Blower free. Ali dealers, of Dr. A. W. Chaser mediate Co.. Toronto and Buffalo, HE'D OFTEN PELT TETE PATTER. )1c I heard a song last night at the musicale that took me back to my mother's knee. • She—What was it? Illi—•"The Patter of the Shingle," To give Borne idea, of the rate at which the depopulation of France is proceeding, the population of Nor- nvandy aloete fell off 7,00o during the year 19.00, a4(04(9641.01404(04414 0 0e,. • FOR OM ® o. Recipes for the Kitchen. G Hygiene to ygi ne and Other Notes ta 60 for the Housekeeper. a .111o�� ®gym®®��®aft®�o�r+a10 T}IiE .13AI3Y IN SUAIP'117R, Each season has its special dan- gers, Winter, when people • aro huddled together indoors, the sick and the well all breathing ho'use air, is the season of contagious diseases; spring, with its sudden chanes of tenaaaeratrure, is the season of bron- chial and pulmonary affections; sum- mer is the time of intestinal derange moats: For the baby, in whom; the digestive apparatus is so easily up- set, this is a seas= of particular peril, aunt more perish, in the cities at least, during the' months. of July and _august than in any other two months of the year. ,M►uoh of this sacrifice could be avoided were more caro, or rather more intelligent care, paid to the little one's welfare. A. proper diet is most essential. The chikl`— we are speaking now of babies in the fast or second sun1n1or•—,ought, of course, to be nursed; but when this is not possible a substitute must be found in cow's milk. This should be absolutely fresh anis Olean, dilut- ed'with barley -water, or otherwise niordifined unador the physician's direc- tion. The Minting -bottle, which Should never have a tube attached, roust be kept imnlm.aoulately clean. It should be boiled and rinsed fl. bi- carbonate of Bede after each using. In addition to the milk, the Baby must have an abundance of cool, pare water to drink. The clothing should bo light an'd loose, allowing free play to all the limbs, and care uh,ould be taken to a add an outer garment whenever a sudden drop in the temperature occurs. A flannel band may Le kept over the abdomen, but it Should be da•amged twice or three times a day. The baby's bath is of the greatest in*portance, After the age of six months the bath may be given at a temperature of about nighty degrees, or in ruidsummer a few degrees low- er. It should be of short duration, and the tender skin should be dried by patting with a soft linen cloth. The mouth should be wiped out several times a day, and always af- ter taking milk, with a pledget, or wad of cotton, dipped in tepid wan ter, or in a solution. of borax or bicarbonate of soda, Finally, advantage, must be taken of the mild temperature to have the baby live an vitt-of-'door life. Of course he must not be exposed to the hot sun in the middle of the day, and should have extra wraps in the early morning and the even- ing. At night the nursery win- dows shohrld be open, so that • the conditions may be as nearly as pos- sible those of out-of-doors, TESTED RECIPES, Green Pea SSoup.-=snen 'the peas, which should be young, put the pods into a stewpan with one quart wa- ter, one teaspoot salt and one of sugar. 13oi1 for one hour, then pulp through a colander or sieve, return to the pot and ardxi one quart more water and also one cation, a few leaves of lettuce chopped very fine, a very little parsley, mint, and the peas. Boil till the vegetables aro tender (about 15 minutes), then sea- son to taste with pepper and salt and a small piece of butter. Banana and Strawberry Filling. — This makes a nice filling for almost any kind of cake, and will some- times help a poor one to "pass mus- ter," Wash one pint strawberries by putting into a sieve or colander anld pouring cold water over them. Peel and mash six large bananas, or eight small ones, put bananas and berries together and mash. fine, add- ing one cup powdered sugar and F cup Anely ground cocoanut or other nut meats. Mix well and spread be- tween layers of cake, but not on top. 'Witten strawberries are not in season, pineapple, either fresh or preserved, may be used. Asparagus .With Onions.—peel en- ough onions to fill a pint measure when cut into pieces. Put them o.vor a fire in a saucepan with en- ough water to cover, and boil for 25 minutes. Pour off water, add a. bunch of asparagus cut into small pieces, cover with fresh boiling wa- ter and cook slowly until both vege- tables are tender. Salt should be added when half cooked. Rub 14 tablespoons whole wheat fletur (white flour will answer) with one heaping teaspoon butter and a littler sweet milk c orsteam. Then add, a little at a timer, 14 cups milk, If any water remains ie the saucepan, drain a off and season the vegetables tp suit the taste, New pour tale dressing over then. and let boil up well. If too thick, add a littlemii k or water. Pews' ,over slices of but- tered toast and serve trot. :Whole Wheat bread is 'best fot this dial, but white bread answers very well, Peas with. onionsmake a delicious dish.. i3EA,R,T 1I[TNG•1?e13, I know a wife who loves her hus- band with all her soul and heart, writes a contributor. Sometimes I believe sha could live and see no ono else forever. Be'is all the world to her. He says he laves her, but now I will tell --you just how he treats !tor, Be and the hired men work all day together, ampler and wit - tor. They talk, toll stories, and laugh so heartily, come to their meals, talk of their work at the ta- ble. When the husband comes in his greeting to his wife is: "Is the meal ready?" After the meals are eaten, out they go to work and talk and laugh. After supper hitsbam".d goes into sitting room and falls asleep, Tho wife works at dishes axed mending until 9 o'clock, :Sus - band goes to bed with not a word spoken to wife. Early in the moxat- ing gets up, lights fires, calls wife to get breakfast, and then goes to town or to work in the woods, If to town,he sees and speaks with perhaps 50 whiner' and girls, all sorts. I3o comes home and talks about what those women said and did. It was all so interesting to him, but not to the wife. She does not know any of her husband's cus- tomers. He never thinks of taking his wife and children anywhere for pleasure, I call him a cruel era selfish mean. His wife is his superior in every way. Her father was a ministen her brother a doctor and two of her sisters teachers in city schools. She thinks there le only one person on earth and that is her husband, but his treatment of her is breaking her heart. All who know her love her for her kindness to them. It is one of life's tragedies. HOME SANITATION. One of the first things for us to investigate in ordering our house- hold is the condition of the soil about the place. If it is damp and sour and not fit for vegetation, it may not be At in its present condi- tion for human habitation. The liv- ing rooms are just over it and per- haps ane sleeping room. If the fur- nace gets. its cold air supply from out of doors, it takes it from over the soil near the house, worms it and sends it to the rooms to be in- haled loaded with impurities if there be any. Sometimes near the door- way there is a place where dish and wash water have been thrown for a long time. Too often this is near the well, and the bacterial crop of the die-ha/au, wash tub and milk can thrive in this moist soil and per- haps find their way to the well. Im- purities may thus be transmitted by the porosity of the soil, organic matter may add its impurities and ill smelling gases be formed which add to the general disorder. The site should be drained and the soil tilled and sweetened before there can be conditions for health in the home. USEFUL HINTS. Try Dyeing Old Clothes black, by using 'half a pomsnd of logwood dis- solved in cold water first, then put into boiler with 4 gallons of water. Have material perfectly clean and boil from five to ton minutes, Then rinse until the water is clear. Salt, Pepper and Spices measured by the spoonful should be measured level, not rounding; and if you are to use only a half -spoonful, fill the spoon and divide it lengthwise. The tip of the spoon being shallower than the other part, by dividing across the bowl less is used than has been directed. We Have Known that crusts of dry broaid placed in a kettle of boil- ing opions will neutralize the. odor, but it is not generally known that a crust of dry bread put in the wa- ter, in which spinach, boot tops, dandelions, etc., are boiling will not only take away the smell of their cooking, but by absorbing their rank flavor will give an added delicacy to the vegetable when served. The total total number of Jews in the world in 1901 was estimated at 11,- 242,665. e Is in 1 I k turas Einem, Salt Rheum and Totter, Leaving the Shin Smooth, Soft and Natural. Dr. Chase's Ointment. 'As a means of allaying inflammnla- tion, relieving the dreadful itching and healing and curing itching skin, drieta.ses, ulcers and eruptions, we believe that we can prove that Dr. Phase's Oiutmrnit is time most potent preparation that it is possible to ob- tain, So many extreme cases have boon eared, so much intense and continued agony has been. relieved, and stueh a host of people have volunteered their evidence in this regard that we challenge anyone to produce like en- dorsement for any ointment or any preparation which is reconunended for deli. diseases, Or. abuse's Ointment certainly saturate alone, una'pproa ed and uai- riv'ailed as a healer of the skin s�t!d positive qure for itching ekin dis- eases. pram pi'mlvles to oceani?a, fuetri cihfitblaies to ulcers, nada and every fF ren of itching skin disease has been dared by this great oint- ment, ur, a. 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To protect you against imitations, the portrait am>ld sig'xtay titre of Dr, A, "W, phasic, the faani Gus receipt book author, are erg °veva box of !Lie ramedins. 'EXPIRE'S J`! p[�''IDDn'�11N RULERS BIDDEN THE GREAT BOWER; Imam TUE NL. � THRA • .-t - A Ilt. •e oft WhoContra the txs the xi .o Men. Destinies of the British Empire, Sitting quietly in their respective offices in Pall Moll "or Whitehall there are five gentlemen of ahem the mmon in the street hears but little, but they influence a large power over .the destinies of this British E,tnpire and its nr'illions of inhabitants, says London Answers. They aro the Permanent Under- Secretanies for five great State de- partments; and it is on their unob- trusive but invaluable advice that Cabinet -Ministers lean in .anything but the broad, general outlines of policy. They are riot to be confused with the Parliamentary Under-Secre- tary, who is a Party man, anti goes in or out of power with the rise or. fall of his political friends. To prove how dependent the Secre- tariesof State may be on the re- spective Under -Secretaries, one has only to recall the story of the Min- ister who, on being made Colonial Secretary, cheerfully exclaimed to the Omfreanney of his day: "Now, then, let's have an atlas, and finrd out where these places are!" This canbo capped by the tale told of Lord Randolph Churchill Wiwen newly made Chancellor of the Etxchequer. A permanent official of his department placed before him a return containing a number of am- ounts with the fractions expressed in decimals. Lord Randolph con- templated it helplessly for a moment, and then murmured:. "I never could make out what•those confounded dots meant!" SIR INEL41I DIGBY, K,C.B., is Mr. Akers -Douglas' right-hand mens at the Home Office, and his duties are many and. various. From the granting of certificates of nature alizatlon to aliens, to the licensing and inspection of inebriates' homes thg4 cover .the pe of wild ranbirdse;avacrd the supervnsioprotction of all prisons and . reformatories. The Homo Office also attends _to such di- verse matters as the reports of Royal Commissions, and the coniniu- tation of death sentences; the man- ufacture and storage.of explosives, and the appointment -of the Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. Mr. Chamberlain has the able as- sistance of Sir Montague P. Om- irianney, K.0.311.G., who was once a soldier, and was employed on spe- cial duty under the War Office and Admiralty. His connection with the Colonies has•lasted since 1874, when he became' Private Secretary to the Earl of Carnarvon, who was then Colonial Secretary;. but he only suc- ceeded to bis present office in 1900. In that year he was on the Royal Commission at the Paris E^allibition.- Sir Montague, in the course of his duties at the Colonial Office, helps to plan the constitution of new Co- lonial Legislatures, and advises on the enactments of existing ones. • At the India Otflhce Lord George - Hamilton relies on Sir•Arthur God- ley, a Brilliant Irishman from Leit- rim, who has been Permanent Under- Secretary to. the department since 1883. Ho has been called to the Bar, and for two years had the dis- tinction of being senior private sec- retary to Mr. Gladstone, who made him an Inland Revenue Commission- er. The career of Sir Thomas Iia. San- derson, Permanent Under-Secretary, at the Foreign. Office, has been a most interesting ono, as he may very well be said to have ItISEN FROM mu RANKS. Flies first entry into the public ser- vice was made when, in 185,9:, he gained in open competition a junior clerkship in the Foreign Office. I31e Inas been private secretary to two of our ablest Foreign Ministers . -- Lords Derby and Granville; and assisted Lord Tenterdcn on the "Al- abama" claims. His decorations form an interesting study. Thos, he was made C.B. le 1880, IC,C,M.G. in 1887, K.C.B. in 1898, and G.C.B. in 1900. Since 1894 he has been Permanent Under-Secretary in the department where Lord Salisbury so long reigned supreme, till he gave placer to Lord Lansdowne. It is not necessary to do more than mention Colonel Sir E. W. D. Ward, who recently, succeeded Sir Ralph Knox as Permanent Undtc-Secretary at the War Office, for his brilliant career in. South Africa is still fresh in men's minds. Each of the five great permanent officials mentioned above has an annaul salary of $10,- 000; and tho general impression is that they well earn it. • ITALY'S KING STOOD 'FAST. King Xictor Emanuel III. of It- aly, in spite of his dimincttive sta- ture, which often makes him the butt of his enemies' jests, is known 'for a man of dauntless courage and iron nerves. A few years ago while holding the rank of colonel in a regiment of ar- tillery, he was entrusted With the testing of a new oannon that the army was' then experimenting . with. Ho proceeded to the trial field ac- conipanied by several officers of rank and the inventor, and, after a short explanatiola: of the relative points of the gun, ceder was given to -aim it at the target, At the first "shot the huge engine of destruction exploded near the breech with a terrible crash, and the panic- stricken •men fled precipitately, Not so Victor Emmanuel, who did not stir an inch, but turning with an amused smile to the frightened alit- cors, reassured them ehaflingly: "No danger now, gentlemen," lie. esti calmly; "you should have fled before the explosion."* Mistress (engaging servant)e-Mier course, you Meet knave that Ia ;r ne folIowers," Matilda .Tones-- "I'xri right glad to hear it ma'am. At your time of life, end a married Woman, too, itli Wottt#'t bo proper, if you didi'"S •