Exeter Times, 1912-9-26, Page 6[THE 11111TE LADY;
OR, WHAT THE E THRUSH SAID.
CHAPTER XI..
I went back to London; went back
more lonely, more sorrowful, more silent,
but less bitter than when I left it; went
back to spend some weary weeks of days
in the vain search for work. and of nigh.s
in the vainer search for friendship, .
By night • and by day the result was
the same. London did not want me; Lon-
don was sublimely indifferent to my ex-
istence; London rated me at a value be-
low the broken cab hook. for he eould
be sold in the knackers yard.
In ninety eases out of a hundred when
I asked for work. I was snubbed or in -
Milted; in every case I was refused. A
countryman, adischarged soldiers a lab-
orer with a crippled arm. London need-
ed no such ohattela; London, waa On'
ducted on strict business lines; London's
warfare waa of the commercial kind,
wherein there is no quarter given and.
none to care for the wounded,
S accepted the conditions calmly, and
took the snubs and sneers without a
frown. Life was not so precious to me
that I need care to keep it, If I eould
get work, so! If not—sol There was the
river.
Phe lonelinesswas the worst, and the
long nights, The long nights when I
wandered about the great city looking
wistfully for a crumb of human sympa-
thy, and finding acne; During my first
short stay in Loudon this alienage embit-
tered me. I was wiser now, and knew
that the coldness and the caution of
those I met were often but the armor
without which they were not safe in the
streets of the Christian capital. Indeed,
I wore this mail myself, and kept my
visor down, For, though I knew that
there were kind hearts behind rude and
stern fronts, I had also learned that one
may smile and be a villain and it was
only at intervals, when the sense of lone-
liness became uuendurable, when the
thirst for human intercourse under which
I suffered in the midst of the great Ism
man sea was past bearing, that I forced
my company upon some constable or
shoeblack, some prowling tramp or coater
in his cups.
It was from a recontre of the latter
kind, a rambling conversation with a
boozy hawker in an Bast End tavern, that
I got the clue which led me out of the
dreary Babylonian labyrinth at last.
We had been comparing notes, and I
had told my companion that I was out
of work, when he said, in a thick voice,
and with many winks and mysterious
grimaces. that if his tongue were loosen.
ed by another pot of porter, he, Sam
Sanders, might be able to "put me on
& mark."
I paid for the drink, and was informed
that :! pal of Mr. Sam Sanders' was about
leaving his employment, and that by ap-
plying before the post was advertised I
should be sure to "cop," if so be I wasn't
too stiff in the matter of 'brass and
line -tie."
The post in question was that of a
messenger at the shirt factory of Solo-
mon Brothers, in Sborediteh. I secured
the address, and called before nine on
the following morning.
The "factory" of Solomon Brothers con-
sisted of the second and third floors of a
dingy dwelling -house in a back street. On
the second floor a small bedroom had been
converted into an office, anc& a large bed-
room into a warehouse. The third floor;
a big attic, served as a workroom.
In the office I found a huge; pasty -faced,
black -bearded, bloated Jew, perched upon
a high stool, writing. He was in his shirt
sleeves. His shirt had not recently come
from the laundry. His skin suggested the
absence of a lavatory from the pre-
mises. and he had evidently mislaid his
hair -brush.
"It' is work you want; or wages?" he
asked me, when I stated my business.
said I wanted both.
"Alt," he croaked, 'we don't want any-
body,
nybody, really. I've jest sacked one lazy
loafer, because I'd no work for him, No,
you won't do. It's only a nlace • for a
boy." and he turned to his desk.
I said, "Thank you," and walked to the
door.
"You see," he resumed, sliding round
on his stool, "we have to be very parti-
kular. People's such rogues. Besides,
we've had forty-seven applications al-
ready; and we don't want anyone. But
you can leave your name."
I said I would, and began to write it
down.
"Ah, hal" said he, ""you're a scholar.
They're all rogues. We want a worker
here."
I remarked calmly, that I was a work-
er. He eyed me suspiciously.
"Well," he said, we don't want any-
body; and if we did there's lots out of
collar that's known to us."
I repeated my thanks, and was goir-
when he came down from his perch, read
my name and address, eyed me over cri-
tically, and began to ask me a stria.- of
questions.
My age, my native place, why I left
it. did I drink, did I smoke, could I find
references, did I know London well, how
long had I been out of work, what was
my previous occupation?
When I told him I had just left the
army, he said, "Oh! had enough of it, I
s'pose?"
No;" I replied, "I was wounded and
discharged."
" hat ' for?"
')1y left arm is injured. ..I am unfit for
service."
"Then you're unfit for work,"
"No. My arm is 'stif, but quite strong.
I :itife active and able." I looked' at him
with a grim smile, and felt tempted to
convince him of this in a practical man-
ner.
He considered, then said, "N—o; you
won't suit. We don't want cripples.''
"Very well," said I, "good morning,"
and again I made for the door.
The Jew stood in the centre of the
room frowning thoughtfully, "Wait a
bit," be said. "If I should think fit to
give you a chance, I s'pose, as you're a
cripple, you'd take a nominal wage?"
"I will take what I can live on," said
I,
The Jew laughed. "Well, that's cool,"
he answered. " Do you think you're likely
to get any more? Tuve you a. pension?"
"I have sixpence a day for a year I
replied.
that's better. Then you'll really
not want much wages, only for pocket
money, as you don't dunk."
I don't want much wages," I said,
'but if T work I must live."
The Jew screwed up his face craftily
nd' tapped his nose with his finger,.
"Look here," he said, "call it a shilling
a day, and 1.'11 give you a start.'
""I'11 come for half-a-crown,said I.
"Half-a-crown! furan alive, do you think
we want a manager?"
I turned to go.
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hands together. "I'll meet you half -way.
Oall it one•and-three."
"What are the boors?" I asked.
"Ilowrs? Ob, no reg'lar. hours. Just be
about when wanted—making yourself use-
ful. It's light work. One -and -three a
day and sixpence pension's eleven shillings
a week. You ought to save money.
Then it's a bragaini?
"Well." he said, "just name your low-
est figure."
"I have named it."
"Do you always titan( out for a price
like this?" •
I always say what I mean."
"Then you're a fool, and you won't do.
Get out. Go to the devil. Beggars aren't
eboosers yet. Be off,
I went away without answering, and
had got to the corner of the street, when
a slatternly, miler5ble girl overtook me,
and said, kr. 6olemon wants you,"
I went back, and after an hour's hag-
gling was engaged at twelve shillings a
week; to go at six in the morning, and.
stay as long as I was wanted.
There's one comfort," I thought, as I
came away from my new employer, "I
need not stop - if I' don't like the place,.
and I can always give the brute a hiding
if he needs it."
On the following Monday I began work.
As Mr. Solomon said, there were "no reg -
lar hours"; but eighteen a day were
about the average, as I seldom got clear
of the business before midnight. The du-
ties also were vaguely defined, and in-
cluded such tasks as packing boxes, ',reve-
ille
oading carts, counting shirts and handker-
chiefs, running errands, addressing let-
ters, cleaning the office, and lying to the
hands and the customers.
Indeed, the work was sohard and so
disagreeable that I should not have en-
dured it beyond the end of the first week
but for two very different considerations.
In the first place, I had taken lodgings.
at the house of a poor widow, a laundress,
with seven small children, a big rent, and
a bed -ridden mother, and the money I
paid this poor creature was so sorely
needed that I had not the heart to with-
draw it. as I must if I left my work.
In the second plane, Mr. Solomon Solo-
mon was auoh an utter scoundrel that I
could not leave without kicking him, and
was obliged to wait for an opportunity.
The opportunity came, but not until I
had been a silent spectator of my em-
ployer's knavery and blackguardisnt for
ten horrible. weeks.
The place was a slave -hole. The girls
who worked on the premises were kept
continually under the Iash; the lash of
the Jewish robber's cowardly', brutal
tongue. They were .insulted, taunted,
bullied, and brow -beaten without mercy;
cheated out of their hard-earned wages;
forced by the sheer pressure of starva-
tion to accept terms and endure infamies
which it made my blood. boil to think
about. Yet their condition was less mis-
erable than that of the outside hands.
The instrument which crushed the out-
side hands was called, by Mr. Solomon,
"the hang," and consisted in the denial
of work up to the threshold of starva-
tion. By this means the unbapnv women
and girls were reduced to a state of ab-
ject dependence on the whims and the
greed of the worst ruffian in all London.
"Ah, my dear," the Jew would say, with
a devilish grin, to some poor girl, "work's
very slack to -day, we're only making to
stock—just to keep you on. But if you'll
look round in a day or two I may be
able to find you a little at a low price;
just to keep the pot 'boiling: '.
The girls uuders:ood the system. Some,
times they would go away and starve out
their period of probation, Sometimes
they would come to the point at once
by asking the terms. Sometimes, but very
rarely, they would weep and beg for
mercy; and get cursed for their pains.
On these latter occasions I often look-
ed up from my work at the great hulking
slave-driver,' and hesitated as to whether
or not I should thrash him without fur-
ther parley; but for a long time I kept
my hands off him, and put out my hatred
at interest, as I had done in the case of
Black Jack.
CHAPTER XXI.
In the sequel I was glad I waited. One
afternoon I had been with a parcel to the
railwaystation, and on returning to the
factory I heard the familiar sound of a
girl's voice pleading with the ogre in his
den.
"Mr. Solomon.. you might give me a
chance. I've been hung up for a week.
Just a few dozens, Mr. Solomon; only a
few, to get a bite of bread."
' I tell you, no. You must wait. Now
cut it—get mitt"
I opened the office door and went in.
The Jew was lounging before the empty
firegrate, with a sneer on, his foul, fat
face and a reeking cigar in his dirty, fat
fingers. Facing him, with her back to me,
was a young girl, thin and poorly clad,
but very clean and tidy. She was crying,
and begging for work.
'Please, Mr, Solomon, just a few dozen.
I wouldn't worry you only for Nan. Idy
little sister, she's almost dyin', poor child,
and not a bit o' bread in the room. Do
give me a chance. I'll take any price;
sir, any price."
"Now, look here," said Solomon, 'just
you get but of this office. Trow dare you
come snivelling here? How dare you?
Eh?"
Mr- Solomon," pleaded the poor girl,
"I can't help cryin'. Do give me a chance,
for God's sake:. If I don't get some money
before night my sister will die. She will.
Oh. do, do give me some work"
The girl steppedforward and lifted up
Tier hands' beseechingly. 'There was a
small cracked mirror over the chimney -
piece, and in it I saw her face.
It was the face of little Carrie Gray,
the girl I had met on London Bridge,
Solomon took a few whiffs at his cigar,
and eyed the girl contemptuously.
You know what I told you," he said;
"if you want work you can have it— on
those terms."
Never," said the girl, vehemently.
"Then go and get it where you can. Go
and get it on the streets," he snarled;
"you've missed your market"
I stepped forward. The Jew looked at
me, and his jaw fell. "What do you
want?" he demanded, edging away.
T laid my hand on Carrie's shoulder.
"Go," I said; "wait for me in the street.
I know you, and I'll help you."
She went out weeping, and without look --
Ms at ;rte.
"Now," said I, turning to the Jew, "I'll
not waste words by telling you what you
are. 'for you know it. Put up your hands."
He retreated, threatening and cursing,
towards his deck, I sprang at him,
knocked all the breath out of his body
with one lunge, struck him several heavy
blows in the face, seized him by the col-
lar, dragged him into the centre of the
floor, and : thrashed him with hie own
walking'stick until my arm was tired,
Then I threw hint into the fender and
left hfm. A crowd of work -girls from the
garret above were on the stairs, and great
was their e delight when they heard that
I had given
"Sheeny Sol".
art in
but
they crept back hastily totheir scats, for
fear of the wrath to come.
In the street I found poor Carrie wait-
ing. T hurried her into an omnibus, and
we got away. I had no fear of Mr • Solo-
mon. He would not be able to start a
hue and cry for sometime.
"Carrie," I said in a low voice, "do you
)snow mo?"
She pressed . my arra gently and said
"Yes," and we spoke no more until we
1+'ft the nmntfius. Then I Bald, Now. do
.lust as I tell you. Here is a, cove'eign.
(let a little : wine and some bight foori
take a cab home, let your sister have
something :to support her, wrap her nn
and bring her to Isttngton. I will wait
for yet at the Angel.
Carrie hurried away at once, and I
went US IHlington anr1. "neaged a decent
fnrnisahed room for -lb.. two girls. priming
a week's rent In advents.. I hard atilt
above ten pounds left of tiro money I had
saved in thr.. Crimea, and 1 had a no.
tionth t
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lied a friend for Carrie and Icer sister.
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On the Farm
MAKE BETTER VEAL,
The, high price of mutton during
the last few year has encouraged,
particularly dairymen, to pay more
attention to making good veal, but
there is ar woeful lack of this kind
of meat now ore .the. market.
Most dairymen will not take the
'trouble to fatten calves, but send
them to market just as soon as
they ,are past the age limit, `and
the result is entirely unsatisfactory,
both to the seller and the Gusto=
mere
11411 fatted calves, weighing from:
120 to 150 pounds, always brings.
high prices, no matter what the
condition of the -cattle market may
be. City people eat a great deal
of veal and would consume much
more if they could get what they
want, but the stuff •seen on the
market is for thelmost part stringy,
unfinished and not all satisfactory.
Many calves are sold when a
week old at three to four cents per
pound, whenif fed until they
weighed 25 pounds, would bring
double the money, but dairymen
have not yet learned how to feed
calves in order to make good veal.
The European farmers makegood
money out of the right calves. The
youngster is carefully fed from the
day he is born, being confined in
dark stalls. He is fed liberally on
oatmeal, whole milk at the start
and skim milk later, with some
roots, and when he goes to market
he is about as toothsome a morsel
as can be found anywhere. Eng-
lishmen are very fond of this kind
of meat, and price cuts no figure
with them.
There is no reason why our dairy-
men should not increase their pro-
fits itnaterially by feeding calves;
and it has always been a source of
wonder to us why they so neglect
this part of their business.
The fact is, the public, to a large
extent, is so prejudiced against
veal, having read gruesome tales
about bob veal being too often mar-
keted, that thousands are afraid
to buy veal of any kind. If a bet-
ter system of feeding calves were
adopted; and the business systema-
tized, we would have in a few years
a line of choice meat" that would
sell readily at very high prices..
The first thing that is to l'ie done
would be to amend the laws to pre-
vent the railroads and express com-
panies shipping veal under four
weeks of age. The amount of im-
mature stuff that goes to market
every day ie appalling, and we be-
lieve -that 75 per cent. of it is un-
fit for food. How it gets past the
inspectors is something no man can
find out,
LAMB RAISING.
The farmer who will pay close
attention to his breedingstock and
raise native lambs of uniform size
and breed, feed them intelligently
and market them at the right time
can make more profit from his flock-
than
lockthan from any other farm invest-
ment. As a rule the native laeabs
sent to the markets are so badly
mixed, both as to breed and feed-
ing that they are a torment to the
buyer and of little profit to the own-
er.
This is one of the reasons ..why
the western range lambs find great
favor in the big markets. They are
more uniform in size as they are
fed ill large flocks and go to market
practically in the sante condition.
Only a small portion of the native
lambs that are sold on the eastern
markets can be called' prime, .and
this fact is entirely .the fault of the
farmer.
As a rule, sheep -raising on the
average farm is merely a side issue
and little attention is given to it.
The remedy of the present condi-
tion of the native lamb market lies
entirely with the men who produce
the • lambs. Whenever the farrers
are engaged in the producing of
prime lambs for market at any sea-
son of the year, the business has.
proven highly profitable.
Of course the best markets are
just before Christmas and in the
early spring ; at this period the
prices are always high.
America is becoming a great mut-
ton -eating nation, and if the farm-
ers will, improve their flocks and
their methods of feeding there is
no reason why the native lamb mar-
ket . should not prove more profit-
able than that controlled by the
range; district.
i
MOST FAMOUS CLAN,
The Clan MacDonald is probably
the oldest and most famous of the
Scottish clans, elaimng descent
from Donald, grandson. of Somer-
led of the Isles, in the lath certtlzrq,.
Somerled'e name is Norse, "Sumer-.
lidhi," sumtner-slider, that is mari-
ner. He was son of "Gillie-
hrighde," son of r'Gille-ad-am-
rax;," These two names are thor-
oughly Gaelic, eo that ea the whole
ri i e
rrl led may b
"�. regarded asa
e y g
Gael ruling independently over the
Norse 7vorse and Gael of Argyll.
Aire. Brnerled died in
Few people ' have will power
enough bo stop talking when they
have said enough.
EUROPE'S POPULAR •BANKS
NOW 18,000 IN, GERMANY AND
5,500 IN PRA.NCE.
Pounded by German Financier'witb
a View to Assisting
Farmers.
The popular banks ofi Europe
were first instituted about seventy
years ago in Germany. From their
beginning they have been founded
and conducted upon the basis of the
unlimited liability of the sliarehold-
ers. These batiks are now found
practically in all the countries of
Europe, serving especially two
classes of tithe people, the fitrmers
and the wage earners.
The inception of the popular
banks maybe found in the brain of
the well-known German Ananoier
and philanthropist Raiffeisen. Ac-
cording to Moody's Magazine 'he
first conceived this beneficent plan
for the amelioration of the condi-
tions surrounding agricultural peo-
ple, In 1847 he established the firet
caisee rurale, or agricultural bank.
His purpose was .actuated solely
by a desire to help ' the farmer by
placing within. his grasp the facili-
ties with which to help himself, to
improve his equipment and to in-
crease. this acreage and the produc-
tivity of his land and stock.
PLAN QUICKLY GAINS FAVOR.
He neither sought nor obtained
assistance from the government,
but from the first relied upon the
perfect. mutuality of a11, the ele-
ments of the plan. The wisdom
and practicability of Raiffej en's
system can have no better proofs
than -the thousands of societies
which have been founded clueing
these intervening years upon the
identical .plans which she 'conceived
and successfully established in the
beginning.
Contemporaneous with Raiffeisen
another German, Schultze -De-
litssch, established the first popu-
lar bank or eo-operative credit so-
ciety for the benefit of the people
of
tthe'
i onstowns, tradesmen and ineeti-
tu.
He is undoubtedly entitled to
quite as much credit aswe accord
to Raiffeisen, as he extended the
work of the latter by assisting a
different class of the people who
were'quite as much in need of bank-
ing facilites as were those in the
farming districts.
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION.
The following are some of the
articles of association upon which
the success of these beaks has been
estabdidhed : •
The capital of the : society is not
fixed, but varies according to the
number of stockholders.
The capital is divided into shares
of $1 to $5 par value each (i. e.,
franca, lira, marks, etc., as the
ea -se may be.)
The •foundational object of the
society is to procure to its stock-
holders the' credit necessary for
their business to stimulate the ha-
bit of ,saving ,surplus and to provide
a safe and remunerative invest-
ment for such savings.
The shareholders shall be mutual-
ly responsible to the extant of their
respective private 'fortunes for the
liabilities of the society, which lia-
bilities are divided among the
shareholders pro rata.
No person is accepted as a share-
holder unless he is well known ,to
thedirectors, a citizen of the same
locality, and known tee be honest,
sober and eeenomical:
`•PRINCIPLES OF • LOANING.
The shareholders alone are eligi-
ble tee borrow money. from the bank.
Theespeeific purpose for which the
loan is asked must be explained,
and only the necessary amount ac-
tually required is loaned. (This
principle of loaning only to share-
holders insures to a great degree
the security of the loan in that the
borrower will naturally protect his
own investment as a sharehol•der).
The management of the society
rests with the governor, board of
directors, auditors and the general
meetings of the shareholders. These
will all vary in number aocording
to the volume of business. transact-
ed.
In ,Germany there are at present
1.8.000 institutions of this . charac-
ter, of which over 10.000 are country
popular banks. There ape some dif-
ferences in the details of the consti-
tuition and management of these
hanks, depending upon local condi-
tions.
About five hundred of the number
are based upon the ;limited liability
of the Shareholders, anti the re-
maining 9.500 follow the plan of
rnlimited liability and moral nm-
tuality among the members, ,Dur-
ing the lest year of 1910 the grass
business of. the German socaetiee
amounted to over 6.000 000,000
marks; equal to 81500,000.000,
NEW IN ENGLAND.
England In t.
theorganization of
popular banks has only recently
been undertaken and their success
is eat] a matter for future develop-
ment, thouixh it may be safely pre
dieted. as there is ample of portun-
ity and se recognized necessity' for
them banking 'facilities in rural dis-
tri ts.. There. th l y are known as
vi}la,ge,credit societies, agrieulturel
credit societies or agricultura,l
bailrs. A
n
Iustria there are. more than
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4,000 popular banks and agricul-
tural credit societies and in Hun-
gary about seven hundred, In Bel-
eaum, there are ever 300 agricultural
or co-operative societies, of whish
290 aro based upon the Itailfeas•en
system.
In Italy there are over 7,000
popular banks and credit societies
under the same system, established
under the personal guidance of Mr.
Wollembor•g; of this number 736 are
purely popular banks. The Italian
popular banks represent a capital
of 95,000,000 francs, surplus 57,Opo,
000 frames, total 152,000,000 frames.
The rate of interest on leans aver-
ages 4 to 6 per cent„ and the rate
paid en deposits is 3 rte 4 per omit,
In France the popular banks are
variously known by the names of
Credit Agricole Mutuel, Caisse
Rurale and Regionale, Caisse Ouv-
riere, etc. They number in the dif-
ferent classes over 5,500 banks and
societies with over 1,800,000 share-
holder's. All these societies enjoy
the control of the French Govern -
meant, as also its financial help.
A HINT.
He—I don't approve of tips.
She—It has been noticed that you
do not even tip your hat.
SHE KNEW.
"What is conscience?" asked the
Sunday school teaeher. This was
followed by dead silence.
"What do we call the thing that
blocks. . us when we do wrong?"
asked the teacher.
"Grandma," promptly replied
the little girl in the class,
NOT TO BD BEATEN.
"Do you think you could eat an-
other piece of cake, Tommy ?"
"1 think I could, auntie, if I stood
on my 'head."
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FARMERS: MILK !
WE are now contracting for fall and winter milk. If you
are producing twoor more cans of milk per day and
have good stables, milkhouse, etc., and a train service
to Toronto before 1 o'clock, write us. WE take all
you produce—furnish sufficient cans, and pay on the
10th of each month.
CITY DAIRY COMPANY, LIMITED, TORONTO, ONT.
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Try„§—test it—see for yourself — that "St. Lawrence
At Granulated" is as choice asugar as mon ey can buy.
Get a too pound bag—or even a 20 pound bag—and compare
"St. Lawrence" with any other high-grade
granulated sugar.
Note the pure white color of ''St. Lawrence"—its
uniform grain—its diamond -like sparkle—its match-
less sweetness. These are the signs of quality.
And Prof. Hersey's analysis is the proof of purity
-"99 99/zoo to z00% of pure cane sugar with no
impurities whatever". Insist on having " ST.
LAWRENCE GRANULATED" at your grocer's.
ST. LAWRENCE SitlGAR REFINERIES LIMITED.,
MONTREAL. 66A
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4ONTDEAL
ttenlaenS
of the o -� ® No 125
Damascus steel Barrels, left
barrel "Choke Bored," octa-
gon breech, engraved locks and
trigger guard, double bolt, pistol grip wal•
nut stock nicely carved.
For sale at your dealer; if he does not
carry these guns, write direst or come and
see them at our Row.
Accept no substitute, the Lion Arras Co.
brand is the ben, at popular, prices.
Catalogue (English
edition) containing the
Hunting f3y-Law,u
free on tet;uest.
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11AVV.SS AND DD -A S.
What is Going on in The Might*
and Lowlands of Auld
" Scotia,
.Dumbarton lamp lighters are.,
mending an increase of wages.
Mothorwel burgh rates have be
reduced 3 pence on the pound.
Eighteen applications for ne
holdings have been ,sent from th
Peale district.
The increase in pppulation at Fif
since the last census is 48,899, o
22.3 per cent.
The death has occurred in Lei
of Mr, W. Graaham Y•aell, ,1t
treasurer of, the town.
The freedom of Dunbar.
conferred Viscount Hal
e n V so unt.
o
September 24th.
Mr. Andrew Wilson, one of t
old, Port Glasgow shipwrights, h:
died at Oraigie Place.
Greenock Corporation Doane
show a total ,surplus of fully • $75
000 on the past year's working:
Lord Bosebury will visit Glasg
on November 8th for the purpose
presenting the mace to the eorpo
tion.
Mr. J. W. Doyle, Chelsea, .,l•
produced a bust of Burns in broil,
which is to be erectedat c'alashiel
Saturday, September 26th;
been definitely: fixed for Scot
day at the Latin British Exhibit;
leh•epherd's Bush.
Nothing to be done in the w
providing public baths and:
homes at Greenock until aft
November elections.
Mr. George Andrews has res`.
the headmastership of Custcou
Public School, 'Kirktillock, afte
years' public service.
The residents of St. Kilda are
enly community in the kin
that, have escaped the complicat
of the Insurance Act.
Mr. W. Ogden Taylor has b
appointed general manager of
King's Lynn Docks and Rail
Co, out of 60 •applications.
Mr. Donald MacDonald, Tamil
ly known as "Tormore," a, no
agriculturist all over the H'
lands, has died at the age of7
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander
n.ingllam, Main Street, ' Wish
ihllave celebrated their golden w
ding, having scarcely known a d
ness-
Nearly 300 veterans of the B
Watch, including more, than a d
en Crimean veterans; - t
guests at a dinner at inbu
Castle.
A pit sinker named ,with
ldlled and five of his workmates
jured by a large hopper break
at the bottom of Bargany pit ne
DaiUy,
Messrs. Caird and Co., Greeiioc
have received an order to build
steamer of 11,500 tens for the P
insular and Oriental Steam Navi
tion Co.
The foundry and engineers
shop known as Clifton Iron, Fe
dry, Coatbridge, has been
for $5,500. The reopening .of th
works will give plenty of emp
went.
DETECTED BY DICTOGRAP
Ingenious Contrivance Can Be
cealcd Anywhere in a Roo
A little machine called the d
graph is the latest aicl•to the u
date detective. By its help e
single sound, 'whether whisper
shouted, is intensified and pa
on to the receiver- In fact, in
instance sounds transmitted fro'
certain spot where heard by a
teotive oyer e 'mita (IWOnat.
Thee "ingenious little ' Contriv':
can be -concealed anywhere in
room, while the fine but sir
wires which connect it with the.
piece . are quite easy of arra
merit.
In dealing with criminals,
tiny mechanism has reversed
'
old order of things. Taste
keeping a prisoner by himself,
then callinghim tip and frighte
him into oonfeasien, a dictog
is put into the wall of his Cell, NA
is concrete. The man's lcconip
are thenturned in with hint;
friends are also allowed to visi
freely. The inevitable eonsequ
are that at some time or anoth.
will speak of the crime. Thu
invisible machine picks up all
and carries then testae lis ening.
detective. Faced all his u ! ews-
pectingiy.overh•eard admission.; rho
criminal invariably breaks own,
and justice is done.
Besides acting as a mechanical
sleuth -hound, the commercial ktieto-
graph hes been used to catch eleunds
made by wild animals when quite
undiiturbeck and to record t to in-
ternal rumblings of Vesuviu be,
tween eruptions.
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HER TERMS,
,'Can you sell this shawl cheap-
er1"
"No madam. Fifty dollars is
really the lowest possible price."
Well, I'll taloait Bet mike out
two bills, one , at twenty do' fat's to
t band and oiie' at two
shoiv myhusband, ,
frie� s l
hundred to show to my d
The 'man who attempts t t call a'
u''>rnen's bluff, must be loo Ing kr
trouble. 1