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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1906-11-22, Page 2cumiNT TOPIC5 It Lets lookleten egreeil Riot Gerinnny has no inure unignilleent and lenpressivo speetaclo to exhibit to the world than it$ stony officer. Everything ahout him from Ws mustache to hie sword Is sacred, and the oisillan gazes upon him at Ids own peril. When an army cop - (aim complete In all externels, com- mandeered a. detachment of infantry, held up the Koepentok town hall, placed the burgomaster under &rest and ab- sconded with $1,000 of town funds a few weeks ago all Germany laughed, but the joke was not so entirely on the army. Einperor William condescended to offer the burgomaster a public insult which drove the poor man to resign, and then. when a careful investigation hat proved that Bove Was one clefect in Ihe offleer's make-up, namely, that he wore a cap Instead of a helmet, the emperor sent the burgomaster, in his capacity of olDcer of reserves, before a court of hell& to punish him further for Ids stu- pidity. The burgomaster was the solo •scapegoat, and the army rather plumed itself on tho fact, that Its prestige was so great that even crime could be com- mated openly in its named But the German secret, police have peen busy, probably with a joy ell their own, and now`they have proved that the criminal was not an army officer or even a retired army officer, but instead a mere shoemaker, with cdminal ante- cedents; a man, indeed, who had al- ready done twenty-seven years ia prison and who bought his uniform second- hand from a peddler. II the shoemaker had been a noble specimen of physical manhood even yet the disgrace of Ile army might have been forgotten. But here is his picture: Item, one squat nose, Item, two sunken eyes. Item, -e. horny hands. Item, a dirty face. Item, spatulate fingers. Dens broken finger- nails. Rona a Jail -bird's shuffle. And it is this wretched figure of a man that, filled all the requiremerits for an army hero in the eyes of the whole town of Eloepenick, burgomaster and town coun- cilors included. Militarism has thins re- ceived in Germany the mese bitter blow. It has been made universally ridiculous, and the shoemaker, from being a com- mon criminal. bids fair to attain to the proportions of a national hero. Coal bears testimony to a great south- ern continent, which at one time existed, and included South America, South Africa, and Australia. The Brazilian movement to find the extent and value of its coal deposits have developed con- siderable scientific information about the southern hemisphere. The report of the commission, headed by Dr. White, add- ed largely to the paleontology of the world with new species found in Brazil. There were included among the vege- table fossils collected by the commission three distinct genuine and many more new species. The vegetable fossils, as well as a new reptilian fossil, show that the formation of the south of Brazil is identical with that of South Africa, the south of India, and Australia, and is a. further element of proof of the existence during the period termed the penile- carbonifeeous of a vast continent which Suess, who formulated the hypothesis of its existence, called the continent of Gondwana, and which was composed of South America, South Africa, southern India, Australia, und the Antarctic islands. The study of the geology and paleontology of Brazil has been so in- complete hitherto that the present dis- coveries are of rare value. A floalleg fair aherily will embark from Englund foe a twelve 111001118' tour of the world. A small steamer has been chnetored, and is being fitted out AO as to displey the ;implies of Great 13v1inin's leading industries. It is believed by the managers of tho floating exhibition syn- dietile Met there whll be provided a scheme whereby exporting 11011808 may consulidate Interests abroad and give a general fillip to their overseas trade. ft is proposed Mat the steamer will go first to Montreal, The tour will embrace forty of the leading ports of the British empire, China. Japan, and South Amer- ica. Al eacii p011 11111 exhibition will bo opened by a prominent offIcial; the membois of the local chambers of com- merce, the leading traders, and others, will be invited to vielt the steamer, --e. SHIELD YOUll NERVES. A beautiful women gave the foliownig advice 1 0 a girl admirer; "Shield your .nerves and don't lot them boome too sensitive. Make yourself ine life oho- ly If you too a train den't pace Me plalthros wildly, hut lroptire atom the next comes in, alul alt down calmly to watt for it.. Theirs just what roost wo- , men don't do; they sit down, petioles, bid they tap the floor with their feet, alineih and unction their hands, end aro apparently in It fever herd of excitement over the arrival of every (rain that eemes In, oven though they have been leisured that theIN Is not due. for Mn. ther eialf hour. Thai hall hour of wall - beg mons to them a feighlthl. weer and tear of nerves, end 1110Y 1101101100)1y 'MORS older for it. Try to cultivnte oho - nese, hat 11 got! cannot do that au et ionee you canTeep ,your face COIL" . BISMARCK AND KAISER REVELATIONS IN DIARY oF TEE LATE cuANEELLon. The Man of Blood and Iron Does Not Figure In a Very Amiable Light. The erevelations contiiined in Prince Ilehenhilitt's memoirs continuo to us - Wend the Gorman pti11ie They 1110- nish tho sole look: of conversation in official circlesarol amazement is ex- pressed on ell sides that sueli 11 runes of indiscretion could be publielied witheut the knowledge or cousent of the Em- peror, Itis felt that, the moraines would have lost 11011e of. their iaterist 11101 publica- thin been delayed for 20 yt ate. llic majority Lf the persunagos involved would have beeo dead or retired from publie service, and the episodes, the publication of which has given deep offence at more than one European couel, would here lust their sting. But tile eveols described are so re- cent, and so many of the chiniacters in- volved are 81111 in pub& life, that the publication of tho boot: at this time is, in the language of one Berlin. news- paper, "the sheerest folly." The German newspapers condemn the publication of the memoirs without ex- ception. The Tegeblatto asserts thrit old hatreds are revived, and that fresh troubles will Illowise be engendered. The Voesische Zeitung characterizes it as "the geenteet pollbioab cundril for years." Certainly throughout the third Chancellor's absorbingly interesting memoirs deletes are given and conver- sations are reported bearing on living rulers and statesmen which aro of such a nature tied it is not surprising that they have roused the Emperor's anger, published as they were without his per- mission. Writing under date June 2, 1880, Prince liohenlohe describes the mar- riage of the present Emperor to Prin- cess Victoria. of Schleswig-Holstein. The Crown Princess, he says, com- plained of the unfriendly way in which the eitgagement of Prince William was received by the Prussian Princes and. Princesses. Prince Hohenlohe refers to Prince William (the proent Emperor) in the following words:— "He is a rather boyish, inconsiderate young man, of whom his mother is afraid. Ile also has rows with his father. His wife is said to have a soft- ening effect on him." The Chancellor gives touching details of his interview with the dying Emper- or Frederick, and describes in sImPle language how the Empress, hoping against hope, asked him whether her husband did not lodk better. ' After one interview the Emperor laid his hand on the Prince's shoulder and. smiled so sadly that tho latter almost broke down. BISMARCK'S RUDENESS. On Sept. 22, 1888, Pringe liohenloho was received in audience by the Em- press Augusta Victoria, the wife of William I. "She was," he says, "very broken down and sad, and I ean con- vinced that her cheerfulness was entire- ly assumed all last year. I found her In the depths of woe, and she could hard- ly speak through her tears. We began discussing the Emperor's last days, and then she became animated and spoke of the maliciousness and the diegraceful behavior of certain people, whom she mentioned by name. They were, she declared, trying to darken the memory of the Emperor by saying that he had never been really capable of ruling, and had done nothing, while he had, in feet, worked hard and had taken inde- pendent decisions. "Prince Herbert Bismarck (the Em- press added) had the impudence to tell the Prince of Wales that an Emperor who was unable to carry on a discus- sion was really incapable of ruling. The Prince of Wales said that, it he had not attached iniportanee to the good relations between Great Britain and Germany, he would have thrown Prince •Bismarck out of the room. "A.s to Bismarck pere, she said that be had now ruled 20 years imopposed, and could not bear to encounter a show of will from the monarch. The young Emperor was entirely 10 1118 hands, and no one could know what he wauld do. The Empress declared that Bismarck 'was a 'Oise and unsorupu- leus man, wilt) would not mind plung- ing his fatherland In destruction if his pereonal ambition were satisfied.'" Prince Holt/mettle went atter the audience to the Prince, of Wales, who was then In Potsdam. "The Prince," he says, "spoke guaidedly, but dis- gusted at the rudeness (groblielt) of the Bismarcks both father and son. The Prince cannel, understand the policy of Irritating France." BISMARCK'S FRENCH POLICY. Throughout, the seetion of Ihe me- moirs covering this period, It Is obvious that Prince Holieniuhe disapproved et Blemnrek's policy toward France, es. pecially in the nuttier of compulsory passos in Alsace-Lorraine, cif which Petiole Hohentolie was then The Pvince &Scribes an audience which he had with the present Emperor on hls aecossion, et which the gootion of Issuing a proolamatinn to the Alsatians wits discussed. The Prince remarks that the proclaination would be 110 580 unloiis a milder policy 1/118 t0110W1d. and he atlets:—"I minced Mint the Em- peror " " formed no opinion and did not &re to express a view differing from that of the Chancellor." Prince Hoheniolie says 11101 Prinen Bismarce described the liniperee Feed- nrick as a cold and selfish 1111111, without heart, end tnentioned several 1118111110118 in support- cif his View. Thine M- eter -ices, Prince , ifolienlohe confes.see, were nertninly renunikable. AlIngether, 1110 history of Bisrunrcleo relations with Me Emperor Fredericl«thes not show the Iron Chierteellor In a frivoled:tie 1101. Prince leadolin, the present Gertrom Antleisserlor in Paris, fold PrIncii Holientobe that the story etillemarrec's v1811 to 110 Empress Frederielt nt the Illtio al has Tall was cermet, hut he did • not beg her Majesty to spode with the Emperor on his behalf, 'lie only words, when the Empress asked hint If ehe could do anything, were: "I only ask for sympathy.' Prince Radon') further related how he took Bisureck to the Emperor Feedericic just befere the hlonarcies death, At the moment Bismarck ap- pealed to he moved, but when he re- turned afterward to 1118 P01011 Prinee. Radolin remarked: "It has been very affecting," to whieli the Cleiocellor 111. joined: "I cannot follow sentimeniat puliey moo." RUDENESS To EMPRESS. when the Empress Frederiek for Bismarck 01100 1100 111181,1111ds death, the Chaneellur Rent word lhat he had no 11111e, and had to see his mashie, the Emperor. The Empress hadtheinforo, no emelt sntiefaction when Bisninrek Itegged for the audience of her after his fall. The diatda covering the period from 1802 to 1801, c.outains frequent neer- eneee 10 the Emperor's quarrel with Biamarck, and mentinns the incident of the Emperor louring Prince Herbert Pdsmaink at the Otidensfest on Feb. 21, 189e. Writing non day, Prince Bohn - litho says: "The Emperor was with Von Mar - schen to -day and abused Bismarck, lad at the same time eent an aide-de-camp to Frieetrielisruhe with a present of wine, and directed him to express to Prince Bismarck Ws pleasure at the latter's recovery." Prince Holondohe records remarks made to him by 1110 Emperor the day atter the reconciliatiou of Bismarck, Jan. 27, 1894. "Yes, his Majesty is re- ported as lowing said, "now they can erect triumphal arches in Bisinerek's honor in Munich and Vienna, but, I am a hoc's length ahead of him. If the press starts its abuse again, it will put itself and Bismarck in Bic wrong." Prince lialienlohe recorcis at length a highly Interesting conversation 011 Foy Eastern policy which he had with the Emperor Nicholas, at 1301slan, on Sept. 1, 1896, The Czar said his chief lok was Russian policy in the Far East and the completion of the Siberiail Rail- vay. The Japanese were mulcting active military preparations, but they had 110 money, eine although the Chinese war indemnity now supplied them with means, when this was exhausted he did not know how they would find money to extend their armaments. In any ease, they would take years, and by then the. Siberian Railway would be ready to meet any eventuality. The Czar also told Prince Hohenlohe that he had heard that Great Britain had a plan to bring Africa from 1.110 COP 10 Egypt into her possession. That was, however, in his opinion, a long way off. The Prince, in reply, said that the British attached so much im- portance to their supremacy In Africa because they sought relief in South Africa from the fear that they would one day lose lndia. "But who is going to take India from them?" asked the Czar. "We are not sa stupid as to pursue such schemes." BISMABCIOS TO RETALIATE. There is soon lo be a conference of members of the Bismarck family and of the intimate friends of the "Iron Chan- cellor" who survive him, to determine the weighty question whether the pub- lication of Prince von Hohenlehe's derogatory account of the circumstances surrounding Bismarck's resignation as Cliancellor warrants the counter publi- cation of the fourth volume of Bis- marck's memoirs. This manuscript covers the period of Bismarck's relations with the young Kaiser. It lies In an 10011 chest in the vault of the Bank of England, where it was placed lest tho Kaiser seize it. The Bismarck's do not believe in the sin - eerily of the Kaiser's Indignation et the publication of von Hohenlohe's book, which really presents hitn in a favor- able light. ONE WAVE TAKES 35,060 LIVES — And Wiped Out Four Cities in South America. There is one consolation about the two great, earthquakes whin destroyed respectively the two great ernes of San Francisco and Valparaiso, and that Is, that they raised no seismic waves to speak of. This was because the earth tremors woo wholly on land, and did not extend beneath the bed of tho ocean, It, is when this latter eventual- ly happens that these terrible waves aro eroded, causing widespread havoc. For instance it was this kind of ocean avalanie that engulfed Lisbon, with 50,000 of its inhabitants, in 1755; and In 1883 a submarine earthquake started in the Straits of Sunda a so- called "tidal" (seismic) wave, that travel- led twice round the globe, and drowned 25,000 people. In 1801, again, a submarine earthquake threw tip a wall of water seventy fent high, and more than throe hundred miles in length, which overwhelmed the greater portion of the Niphon Is- lands. On -this occasion 81,000 houses worn swept eon, and 10,000 people lost their lives. Worse atilt was 11 1111110 31111110 whin, In 1868, wiped mit of existence in a few minutes the calor of Arequipa, Iquique, Tenn, and Chorine, drowning 25,000 persons and destroying property wont $300,000,M10. The waters of the Pacific first retreated nenely half 5 mile, then rushed thrward with irreeletible Rene, sr that great glees were entitled fer 1010110, and there lefffillgh and dry, for future generations to wonder al. At Port lioynl, Jorrittioa, again, many home's were engulfed feel)/ fathom &lip, with above 3,1510 of their inlinbi- tants; white Mood the enine lime nit enethrtunkeennile wave sn completely de- niolighed Cittenia, in Sicily, that al the town and its 18,000 inhabitants not a trace remained. Cul. mach:Marie fern will keep in wider it the steles ore 9111 Into a jug Of boiling wilier, end then allowed to stand 1111 cold. After lhis nerange the fon with flowers In the ustlal way. 1 FLAGS OF THE REGIMENTS AML.A. 1111AVII DielODS PERF01151ED 'IV SAVE T11101 111110111 cApTEEE. MOB)" of the Colors Droop Front ILe Grey Walls of an English Cathedral. The manlier in whin regimental col- ors have been owed the face of sup- erlative odds is to the everlastiog credit 01 000 officers, and tin famous exploit of Lieutenants Coghill end Melville, who in the 'Zulu War escaped with the niers wrapped remit1 their bodice:, was a no- ahlh ttted 1115 oseuetl twef1 ni00t6 1:)311' A1.,)011X0111110,03w11:11e18110011 1 cap. thin l'etezi and another ofileer of the fitird Regiment saved the colors by woar- Mg them uex1 their skin. In the eagereess to save their prieelees colors from falling 11) 10 the bands id the enemy, the lllbh Reginient, just prior to the surrender a 1 Saratoga- de- liberately burnt them, But on the same occasion feeonel Intl, of the 9th Beek need, displayed more cunning. Knowing that ()More would Ile allowed to ',cello their personal baggage, lie removed lite colors from Me staven nod coneenied them among his shirts and socks. There they remained for four years, and when, In 1781. the English troops were finalty released, the gallant nolonel was Mee In present, the colors intent to George 111., who 111 reooguilion of the 111100005. ful feat, made Colonel Mil his A. D. C. Many remit -lents aro the possessors ef in conneetion with their colors, of whin they aro very prioul. The colors of the South Wales Hardee - ors, for instance, ore crowned by WREATHS OF INIMOBTELLES, which were presented by the late Queen to commemorate !ho regiment's bravery at Isandhlwanto and the 71h Dragoon Guards—forinerly the 7Ih Old, Ligonietoe Black Horse—claim to bo the only regi- ment posseesing the honor of loving been presented with colors on the field of battle. At Dettingen George If., struck hy the valor displayed by the regiment, -and particularly by Cornet Richardson, personally presented the latter with a regimental standard, whtch now hangs in the Cavalry Barracks Id Canterbury. It was al Waterloo 11101 famous Prussian officer, moved to en- thusiasm at the gallant conduct of the old 52nd Regiment, approached and publicly embracea their regimental color. The NO011111111110111011d FUSI11008 and Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiments own a third color, presented far bravery in battle; and honorary third colors, to commemorate their gallantry at Assay°, were presented to the old 19111 Regiment of, Dragoons and 74th and nth Regi- ments. The fact, too, is unique that the new colors, given to the 43r0 Regi- ment in 1874 were consecrated by the Rev. NV. C. Madden—an old officer of the regiment who had been twice wounded IN THE PENINSULAR WAR. The disposal of old regimental colors in these days .suggests no difficulties— the most appropriate cathedral or church usually receiving them for safe custody Bu1 the old colors 01 1110 25th Regiment, widch had been carried in all actions from Fontenoy to Willielmsthal, were, in 1703, after twenty years' service, sol- emnly buried with full military honors. And in view 01 1115 prospective disband- ment of certain regiments it is interest- ing to recall that when, in 1816, the Ind Battalion of the 8th Foot was disband- ed at Portsmouth, the colors (which were painted, instead of being embroidered as is' usual) were out into small pieces and distributed amonget the Mors; the poles were then burnt, and the ashes carefully buried In the centre of the bar- rtiellon YalUmd. Tber of occasions in which re- ginieletal colors heve completely disnp- peered is astonishing when ime con- siders the loving care uaually bestowed on theiii custody. At the Battleal Chil- ianwallah tho Queen's Color of the 24111 Regiment disappeared as completely as though the earthhad swallowed ft up. It was conoluSively proved '.1,hat it had not fallen into the hands of the enemy; and a most thorough .searoh, 'stimulat- ed by the Milder Of 0 lug reward. FAILED TO BRING IT TO LIGHT. The third honorary stendard of the 781h lleg111101111 olrendy alluded to, onished as mysteriously; and it was not, till some time following' the disappearance 01 1115 oilers or the 81st Regiment (since dis- banded) that It transpired that somo American pirates, who reaped a gond harvest during the unsettlement caused by the American War of Independence, had stolen them and taken them to Ire- land. The Colors of the 72nd (Manchester) Regiment, which were deposited in Cha- tham College, Manchester, about the year 1782, have since ounpletely disap. peered from view; and a similar fate befell the colors of the 71s1 (llighlana Light infantry) Regiment. On proceed- ing to lho Poninetilar War this regi- ment, lodged its colors In the Tower of London; end on returning to England nearly seven years later could find no trace of them, An inveengntion that ensued ills.closed the fact that when the P1121110 Regent gave a bangtiet anti fete at, Carlton Ileum) to Illin allied Sover- eigns, In 1114, the entora of the 71st Regiment, along with many others,' were Men from tho 'rower for use as donerdions, and were never seen nor wns the fele of b eEn rytel on fmnofrtoer;voarrpdrsl t og 1118 enters of thee separate infantry mgb- 11)00 bo found thole mon, into the sseesion nf pewnlirnlcoteo.o tsio Oncritoutfoiptl10, eolore nt the Hided tonehire. Regiment., whIell hod been car- ried right 1131011911 the Peninsular C.nm- paign, was clietovered some years ago IN A PAWNBROKER'S SIIOP though how It get there 18 a mystery In this 011y, A nutter uncertainly attaches fo et pair f1f old eolors of the. 2011 Bat - lotion Bewley Ileginieot, which new 115)19 irt the parish church at Kende), The tolverlisement of a London prietril- l'n0rtIviiiiltle0 mi (3010)0.1ier lirdicer, in -18ele, Min Oftftiot for side, Leine, prohnbly hielorical Value, ought the 0311001100 of 1.0e0 Areblinid CflIllpbndl, who proeilit- ty 9011)115 al the prIceleS8 miles, • • It was Risi twenty you's niro that the let Batt:dim 01 the Olotivesloyslffin Regiment recoveroil from a York pawn- broker four eoloes which had accom- panied the reelment fit Egypt and 10 111a Peninsula, front 1791 to 1810, An In- grary elicited the feats that nese entre, on being repineed by new ones, became lho property of the colonel of the regi- ment, 1V11.1, 00 hie death 111 1818, lie- (meanie:it them lo his snit. Men)- yews later limy mood Into 1110 possessiun of a 1100V11111 W11080 100001817 Jewels em. we9110.1 lits rooted for the sentimental value of the cetera Ho pnemed there for few shillings.—Londem. PEOPLE WHO DISAPPEAR AS COMPLETELY AS IP THE BARTII IIAD SWALLOWED THEM UP. Sad Fate of Mr. 11. F. Egan — Lanca- shire lerideuroones DIstressino. Experience. On the average,nceoriting to a meat 0113(1(11l report, 2.0e0 pint& disappear ttsnnotoutott?:1t1 ,, ii,e,1;elitist z,ifou g Lie; 11 11 1111:112111 .111,i;g1:i o . ed to swallow them up, All/ 1110S0 1111- 11 119 myeteries occur In a large proper- Lioce,cdodoui:rhitigallisie. holiday eeason, -says Some lime ago Americans were shock- ed at the inexptleatee disappetniance ef the general superintendent of the Great Northern ilailroail, Ms B. F. Egan, a yeung marl of stylizing personality and a genial disposthou, MOO) made hint eensely popular, A speolal car had been voquistionot In lake himself and hi • partynba 11:0 113)11)' itbounlllbnO '11 search of bit, game. Al a certain point , on the road Nir. Egan, with several other sport -mien, loft the train lo steetel their tees, the former ponenlly strol- ling oft by himeelf towards a little clear: Mg in the forint. through MOO Ibis line ran. "Back in a minute, Just gning to take a leek rentrol." ho called to his companions, and alai MIS THE 1.AS'r E1E11 HEARD OF IIIM. When he did not return the rest of the party beetle to grow anxious, and the remainder of the day was spent In seareh oI the missing man. The telegraph wires 11101.0 801 work- ing and fres.t searchers poured in by the score to the scene of Egan's disap- pearance, until at the end of a week 400 sportsmen, scouts, and Indian trackers wore engaged in 'the quest, but ali in vain, a»d to -day the fate of the genial young superintendent remains still unsolved. A few years back Mr. Arthur Win - Manley, High Sheriff of Leicester, Eng. bond, one of the most popular mon in the Midlands, walked down the pier t.t Folkestone to welcome his sister and mother who were coming home from Boulogne. The boat duly came in and the ladies anxiously • scanned the aeo sembled crowd tor their relative. But Mr. Winstaniey 111115 1101 there, and from the moment he stepped upon the pier, full mf pleasurable anticipation, he was never seen again. He had vanish- ed as completely as if the sea had en- gulfed him. A Lancashive bridegroom, overseer '11 a big woollen factory, a few years since had a most DISTRESSING EXPEMENCE. He and his beide went off to spend their honeymoon in Ireland, end soon after the steamer left the quay the latter ex- pressed anxiety as to tho safety of a small hand -bag sho had left in the ladies' cabin. "Don't dare to conle back tu me without it," scud the young hus- band with mock severity, and with a laughing retort the beide departed in search of the missing hand -bag. She was nevee seen again. Half an hour lnier a half -crazed num was inteerogat- hig everyone on hoard as to his wife's whereabouts. Every inn of tho packet was- senrched by lite sympathetic pas- songers 'and crew, but.the girl had (Use armored.. It Is .suppoSed that in pap: sing-im opening in the ,bulwarks .she had slipped and fallen overboard, but that no one heard the splash 'or a scream is one of the most extraordinary feat‘tfilt.renso• outgitah,opsyatelleatafre ono•thoo M. p fin West Waterford', Ireland, also -dis- appeared at sea in a manner almost as mysterioes as the foregoing. Ile tens going on a holiday to England, and went aborted 1110 packet nt Dublin, bound for 1101)' head, in a gay humor, chatting with the captain and oiher officials on board. At Holyhead Mr. Pyno was NOWHEIIE TO 1313 FOUND, the only record of his prosenoo on the boat, his bag, being discoveind later just es lie liad put it down. What be- came of him and why he disappeared will novae be known until the sea yields up its grim secrets. The disappearance of the chief part- ner in a woll-lenown firm of London solicitors many years ago affords food for speoulalione This gentlemen nom an ardent angler, end spent his voca- lion year -after year at a little seaside villnge not far train Lyme Regis. On the occesion of his last, holiday he ar- ranged for a day's fishing, end entity -th Ilia f ;mo rt,hevingproedcine1t iyot It,ofrostioeots.putl,4; from the beach op a sea like a nth' pond. The few watchers aehore sn•w him enchor a mile or ao out, and for several hours loungers speculated idly -upon the sort of leek tho old gentleman wasnelielennvitinligo'ne end half -past inthe Af- ternoon tho little bench wits deserteli for a while, and when, the idlers in- terned to Mize seaward again the hot 1101.13 still visible, but the FIgnee of 1110 flehernlen was not to 'be 8000, A boat- manpresently rowed 021 10 investigate,. end returned lowing the empty boat. Most of Ihe previsions were still intact, and In the bottom lay a few fish, bid, nt iho fleherfnan there W08 110 lence. He WOS never seen again, nor wag the body ever recovered. Tho room in whioh Napoleon 1, died is now a stable. LAWS THAT FILL PRISONS DISTORY OF CRIME IN bledit.AND AND WALES. Connelesioners of Prisons fleecy! Lame Docreasirtkilil. ieAclual c One omen In every 175 in England niel Wales \lend in prison in the year ittaft01;1111ilsiefTeceofl (altLo Is11111do 1ni 09113111111 111 1110 commiseioners of prisons. rho total number of pionee0 son- tvneed tburing etIe'ar:11' 511•150,1)1cl 2485 fwor Liam i:the Preeetl111 'rhnftltneti1s ('11(1(3 111)1)1 1e8c to 1001 shrove 11. 00111110101b10 801108 01 itheittatimie, the total lonelier of pies - timers varying from 11715)11 to 1.60,000, butc1;a11,11111,11kt3a::l no mau7d peeled of rise or fali. Iri 11:i1v1ito:1:tlitil: jumped to It•tierd, end caeli id 1110. 111000 sttecteeilitg years elenved an equally ree untried& Ineresee, providing a seviees problem for students of et:Menet his - they. The 0180 800.•118 al last to have sI 111100 end for the fleet 111110 (00 'IVO years a decrease is recorded. LAW-NIADE CRIMES. The there:leo in the number of pets. one .e In mitieloils years so troubled the Cieniiiiesioilers that they instie Mod n eneeful imalysis ot the flguree at finely diet:meal, dried imalyeis has tenn M tended with a remarkable reeult. Although during the last few yors more Englishmen and Welshmen have gene In .prisen than ever hef000 they W01•0 1101 criminals, In the iodine*: sense of the word. So far BS Relent crime is conotened—lhat is lo say, off 1 acoi In- volving violeeeo, cruelty or gross dee Ilene .ty--Ven 0.00 13 mueh more mood people than WO ever wore a few years ege. It Is in the 'natter of the Imes end regu'ations oetablIshod in tho inter - este of public health, safely, or comfort, nod we orr. Actual miimlnals formed 211.0 per cent, of the 101311 001101011000 of 1191 leei that percentage had fallen to 1e.3. Tho remaining 83.7 per cent. wore for miner offences. ThiS analyeis is borne 0111 113 tho re- crirel for the present year, for we find thnt of the loin] . of 195.010 prisoners, nearly 130,000 we're senttneed to terms of less than a fortnight. AVERAGE SENTENCE. With regard to serious crime, that for which sentences of peual servitude 11-01.0 passed, roocuriously even level is shown in the figures foe the past fif- teen years. Taking averages of five years, we find lhat during the entire peeled the average has ranged between two and three parsons in every 100,000 of the pula lion. The average length of sentenees ef .penal servitude passed was 4,67 years for men, and 5,15 years for women. Sentences of death wore passed on I thirty-six men aod two women during the year, and of these sixteen mon were ei lxfaoe. toedm , the reaining sentences be- ing commulted to penal servitude for A SAILOR fel BATTLE. Was a Member of the Crew of the Rus- sian Battleship Borodino. Among the prisoners who went home Limn 3ripart to Russia there returned recently to st. Petersburg, says a writer in the Novoo Vreinya, a young man named Shnon Youslichkin, a. sailor. Of 011 the hundreds who soiled oWay on the battleship Borodino on the voyage 11 Vladivostok which ended wall the de- struction of ' the 110501015 fleet in the Strufts of Tsushima, he is the sole sur- vivor. All tho officers. ell the comrades whom he know, went to the bottoin of the sea with the ruin of the vessel on which they served. Simon Yntinclikin was a moldier of the 'crew of, the fdre casemate on, the port side of the ship, in which wore seventy-five millimeter guns. Ile bow to serve one of, these guns, which were on tho side toward the enemy, In lhe begMiling ef the, bailie, and continued to do so as long as flying was possible. "Okhout four -thirty in the alleenoon," he says, in telling his adventures, we received a severe blow from some un- known source, and a hole wits mole be- low the wider:110e which caused the ship In lurch. We vepaired the holes above the Init not !het below, The At that time. -the 01910111 tins wounded perch gyew stolidity worse." and most of the officetts killed. Thera had been two flees on boned, hut both were extinguished with water from tlie lower dock, which wits swamped, "At dusk the lurch to starboard was about twenty degrees, and there wns wilier 15 the fore casemate. A torpedo nitack before clerk had failed, but idler dark they only on 09010, We fired on them sluggishly from what guns we had left, but they kept coming alleed. Nycl, en kept to our stations. Suddenly the ship rolled upon its side and then Wend completely over, keel in nir. threw myself irdo the prod -hole, but the water swept me baok into the nee. mote and formed a whirlpool. As Ihe caseeinlo filled 1 2.050 10 Wb1 1111(1 110011 iho deok, for air, and odung to n steam- -eine. I thee off my clothles, felt With my feet for 1110 poet -hole, found it, and 511,94000tirlthiotomoltlit.0 ta limo surnoo at tho water there were' eight men eilling 011 1.110 keel—only 019111 of n snip -load, 1 called for help and they threw me the end 01 11 gement, but 15 alive swept ren away, 1 swam to 5 piece of wrockoge,— the mast, of nty own brink—and looking back, 1 discovered 11151 the Borodine and Iny eight shipmates had disappeared 1)(11'11/.c 1101tho(le fo Wni‘C'esi 'onit's lido n eenrch- light flashed .across thesea, then nue- then, then another. I shouted for help. Tho senech:lightSgrew brighter, end ecion time drmanese intipedo-boale bore down upon me, Minting fee 1110 living. 1 wee taken aboard nnel well treated, nil a tow days Inter I eves tenni:ferret' to KOmeeniolo, where 1 W(19 kept a prisdner," MUST KEEP STILL TONGUE Keipaoyois wine MUST NOT TEM OFFICE SLUMS, Governineet Officials arc Pledge'd to Secrecy — Bank (aeries in Sante Position. In an ago when competition Is at Its th re, st it is (1.11 11111 that nutions and individuals shunt(' take onto, peccaution agains1 having their minions prom - deed, 11 1101 endieigered, by 1110 111(11S- 0001.10118 of empleyee. Even frunt thee immemorial suidelitie have been form- ed for the pretection 01 trade secrete, 11,019 them Linteon's fronous maids, soch as the loathers and the Spectacle* metiers, le nuoition only him. Mew -ri- dden different methods have to be adopt - et, and employers can only retil 09011 the honey of their empleyes, olthough ilie 111))'! 13111)) penalty of dismissal Is no light, one, Ali Goverment oflletals theitly undeNtood to regard , Ihe documents that Poss• theogith their hands as 0011. 11,101111rd, bot In the most, important de- pertnients—the Treasney, Renton, end foine 011icee—the clorke are formally piedged lo seeroes, says London Tit. Bits. There aro scores of men who ‚500111 110 willing to pay $5,000 and 010,0 for ceetain parte:Mats of Ihe Budget a few days before IL is presented to the 11 MSC of COM1110118; W11111.1 1110 value of cleialls of itoportent internallooal treat- iee cannot be adequately expressed In more donors end 'coots. In naval and military effairs the snme considerations (again; while 1110 ques- tion of public conthects is also a temp- tation to the °Initials possessed of mil- e ate knowledge, When it firm secures a great Goveennient centract ITS SHARES ABE BOUND TO RISE. Now, if anyone gets to know the name al tho successful firm before i1 is pub - netted, all lie, need do is to instruct his brokers to buy 119 as neany shares as p‘ssible clod hold them until further orders. When the world has learned titat Messrs. So -and -So have obtained, a big order from the autheritle$ the meted changes, and the speculator is enabled to sell out at a Inege pro& This is only one of many templetions 11101 daily besel the highly -placed offici- als In the service of the country, and it says much for the honor of the Civil Service that It is very seldom the temp- ter is successful. Two important sections of State em- ployes are the workers in dockyards and small mime factories. Everyone before being engaged must promise to keep a still league so for as the work is concerned, 11100911, at the same thee, Um principals tette good care to see that the men ace watched during worlc- ing hours. When a delicate and conli- dentiM piece of work inns to be done it it usually divided up into sections, so 11011101 wtte toonce mon can really understand The manufacture of small arms Is a very delicate mutter, rind that in more senses than one. Hundreds of patterns of new rifles are experimented with every year, for the Governments of Dieppe are still in search of the ideal rifle, and it behoves England to keep pace with their efforts; so details of ex- periments are neVer allowed to leak SEGRET EXPERIMENTS also cenducted by the manufactur- warships. leni- peS UCIrrUlOet:raeSt SWIr0180."ISNi:ti`Sges1101T'is necessary 010 bound not to disoloo to rivals what they have seen. Of course, the Govern- ment, is keenly intdeested in this parti- cular trade, and every facility is afford- otittiollpoesifslyins in question to protect their t Bonk Meeks occupy a somewhat peculi- ar 'position in the public service, for thoy ion Ihe ropositovies of many fain- ily secrets, Here, of course, their sil- ence out et °Men hours is absolutely in- dispensable, 81111 no man is engaged un- til ho has signed an agreement promie- ing not to divillgo particulars of custo- mers' leansactione. Theeseme condi- lions apply to Post Mee officials, especi- ally telegvaphiste, who are often the ,possessors of information whieh would he worth thousands to tin unscrupulous perste). he Viotti dealings with the pub- lic they must, maintain a eltsoreet re- serve. and not even tho police can rth- lain special information tintll they oan produco a permit feom head -quarters. The manufaelure of linnlarinies Is ono of those enticing Industries Met have nthiacted the most eminen1 criminate of tho lnet hundred years, The \veleta mark has been their great difIlculty, and ninny attempts here been ninde to buy over the employes of the 1311111) of England, Billel' ARE INconnurrintx, and, as a cynic might say, too tunny precantione laken to sefeguerel 111e interests of the community. Firms noted for celebrated pro-rlucts— sauces, offilinents, 91115, endso folith.L. are alwnys on their gutted against ping -- thaw, 000 when 800001S noist he en- trusted ilie employee must first telsi oath that 110 will not balmy Mom to rivals. Whenevey pnesible the . recipe is divided tip, nod in this way no single person knows the complete dIreetlyine, This is hy far tho host method, ISO it cannot always he edepted, There IVO certain settees the incipea of which aro valued at thousands of dellnre, so that exlineeilltiney 'pions In prolnel„ lliom ogninet infringement 1110 Ill le justified, A recent law coo brought to light eome very Interesting elinencleristire it the money -lending Onternity. A rileiric, tvhose solar!, Was $12.50 a week, went over In a nen firm, who paid 111111 a salitrY of $20 for his 80001008, 1110 1011011 fneluding n 1131 inf his lath empinyer'e ronitmerallve cusloinere. in short, thie Is the oiled of everynne in the bustriese. There nee 11110(11311e nt eo)2ng num Mout teem who want lo borrow money, and whose conneellons peeve that they will be able,to pny heavy Interest. Any meney-looder will pny .11 lnege oommissiort for the /11111108 Or Mo- ly custoniers, eirmlnyes of level firms nee bellied 3 Iteloy thole 101111) 000, Of course, the loner know hymen mime, too well l() (1511(1 1111101 for poen- isos, lea 011 the nine they' exhinel nothe ,ev:11sooriortcoeywofttitolgnottallerictrrettlirileNNI!otiti,141, !erica!