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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1903-12-3, Page 21 eay;!Eem t@iaeg m,,,,tq ee;:9yl "oce'iiryipfteceCt,Toommeep ieogeo other. Trevor's young face Was set .,,,,...... m..<,caaca m ,mod • &teen and hard as a stone, By de - STRIM GERTHAN DEATH ©• ©R m- .�, A=0,A► RANSOMED LIFE t'aeozeas s9i1ffiIsoatileves 8 Af9 3 atk"p il6t/i seoecze< coccao (1,rets a strange light VOW behind t his t eyes, steady, intense, the strong clear puepoee showing through, Wickham felt that strength vaguely, and put forth the utmost power of a his will to resist it. It was as if two strung men wrestled—all their taut anal aching from the silent straln. Ono agoniriug mo- uunt, and R'icl:hnut know himself 'foiled In the deadly struggle. He muttered (t fleece curse, but the words died in meaningless babble on his lips. IIo felt his consciousness slipping from him. He tried to turn Itis eyes away; but Trevor's steady gate lurid them merciless'.y. Then his eyelids closed softly, will and 'self-consciousness vanished together, and he lay back in the chair in a deep sleep at the mercy of his mas- ter. "Do you know mo?" Trovor asked, And the sleeping man answered, "I know, you,r tt [atA rdel, "Answer truthfully the questions I shall ask Of you.". "I must," "Who murdered Bessie 13lythe- wood?" There was a long pause, Some remnant of the man's reason and will was still awake, and in fierce revolt against self-betrayal, his lips closed tight in obstinanee silence. "Answer!" said Trevor again, more sternly than before. The unconscious body quivered with the intensity of the struggle, but still no word. Trovor pressed his hand upon his forehead. "Speak!" he cried tho t1ih•d time in tones of concentrated command. Like a cry of pain, the words broke from the sleeper's lips, "I murder- ed Bessie Blythewood." "Ah, I guessed it," Trevor mutter- ed to himself with a deep indrawing of his breath. Then to the sleeper sternly: "How was the murder done?" "It was so simple,"—with the first dreadful words all his hesitation had disappeared. ITe spoke quite freely now, with a kind of ghastly pride in his own clavcrness. "I was with her by appointment in the morning —a full hour before the body was found. Sho was like a sentimental tigress, fawning one moment, raging the next. She showed Inc a letter she had written, threatening to com- mit suicide if I doserted her, and the. revolver with which she meant to do it. 11 was that put the notion into my head, I know she would bo a curse and e. plague to me all my life; I knew she would never have the pluck to kill herself; so I saved her the trouble. I left her letter on the table and her revolver on the Door when I made my escape. A verdict of suicide was a sure thing but for that devil Weevil. His per- juries acme near hanging mc. But you, in your wisdom, proved Inc in- nocent." Even then there was a note of in- solent mockery in his voice. "Had you no pity for the girl that loved you—no remorse for her mtu•- der?" Trevor asked. "None—till there was danger 1 might be hanged for it. When the danger passed 1 was glad that I had got this trouble out of my life cheaply and safely." "Is murder nothing to you?" "Nothing; but hanging is a groat deal," "The man that saved you—Dr. Ar- del—you were grateful to him?" "Not a bit. You saved my life to please yourself. If you had known everything, you would have let me hang." "Why did you try to minder Vivi- an Arte'?" "Why' why because I wanted you out of the way, Lucy Ray loved you, or I believed she diel, and I loved Lucy Ray. Wasn't that rea- son enough? She was tho one wo- manin the world for me. Body and soul I was devoured with love for her. 1 wits not fool enough to let any man's life stand in my way. I tried three times. I don't know how the devil you slipped through each time. Yon have more lives than a cat. The trick with the broken foil was a neat thing, I'm glad it didn't corns off though," "Why glad?" "It doesn't matter to me now a pin's point whether you live or die. Lucy Ray has promised to bo my wife, I have gained my end. I will marry her In a north." "Anel than?" "I will sell out of the army, take my wife to the New World, and live happy over afterwards," Trevor got up and quietly fetched a blotting pad, paper, pens and ink from an adjoining table "Sit up close to the table," he said to Wickham sharply, who obeyed him like a child. FIe (tut the pen between the speak•• er's fingers. "Look whet's before you," he said. The eyes slowly unclosed with the vacant look of the somnambulist, "1 see writing untterials—nothing More," "'Phut is enough. I want you to write." "Write what?" "An account of your murder of Bessie lllytliowood as you have ,lust told it to me—an account of your three separate attempts on the -life of Dr. Av'dcl." Without an instant's hesitation, Wickham began writing rapidly and fluently in his own peculiar hand— neat all d clear—while Trevor looked over his shoulder. "Sign!" he said, when the Writing was finished, and Wickham signed With a flourish. Trevor •took the paper, blotted it, folded it, and put it away inthe in- ner breast pocket of his coat, that already bulged a little from a small revolver, for he know he had to deal With a desperate man, and had tak- en his precautions accordingly, Then he turned again to the sleep- ing Mani "Awake uhe said Sharp- ly to har -lyto Wickham, who awoke Witit a start to full, clear consciousness, But •lily Iitetnol'y went back no further than the silent wrestling of CFTwPTRR XV11:1; (Cont.) Trevor waited on the steps till the door closed on them, lie was puz- 010(1 to know why Wickham had been so anxious to wink hone with him, and ile (solved the ou:sle by starting straight back through the woods the • Way they had conte. At a turn al the path, a hundred yards from the point wlwre they had mot, he found the secret of Wickham s anxiety to carry him home again. With lh n fleece throbbing ohbin6 of his heart he recognized Lucy Rayon a lots rustic seat, with down- cast eyes, and sad pale face, so lost in thought that she did not see or hear him. She started t:p with a little frigh- teased cry as he touched her shoul- der; then a faint wan ghost of a smile showed through her tears, a pitiful quivering of her lips, more pitiful than weeping. "What is It, Lucy?" he said; "can I help you? Yon promised always to trust me—as a friend." "And you will be my friend, Har- ry; always my friend." "Always—unless—" "There is no 'unless' now, You must forget all that folly. 1 have put a barrier between us yon can- not hope to cross. I won't (lave your young life wosted, I --L rry, You said you would love me while I was free to love—well, I'm no longer free." With a deadly sinking of his heart Ale knew what was coning. "I have promised Colonel Wickham to be his wife. It was the ouly way out of all this tangled maze. ITe bogged me hard. It was no use that I told him that T had no love to give. Love, he said, would come in time, and if it never came, liking would content him. Half a life's de- votion—never wavering, never falter- ing—he pleaded, had given him some claim. I could sec the.t he was ter- ribly in earnest, and I had not the Heart to refuse him the poor boon ile had set his heart on having." "It cutnat be. You have not counted the cost, Lucy—the long, ; cheerless, loveless life at best—the' bitter enavailing remorse if you find too late your love has been 'given to another." Sho smiled at his earnestness in suclro'curious coot' ast with the smooth boyish face. "My poor Harry, how wise in the • world's ways you have grown! T have counted the cost. 1 am not likely to fall in love again at my time of life, unless the lost Dr. Ardol should revive, and the hope of that has gone. If I cannot be , happy myself, tho next best thing is to make another happy." "But you don't know this )tan,• Lucy. If I were to tell you—" She stopped trim by a look and geslure full of quiet dignity. 'Don't, Harry," she said gently, but firmly. "It's not like you to' speak Boll of the absent. Don't let this folly that wilt pass away tempt you to injustice. Don't spoil our friendship by hasty words for which you will be sorry presently. Re-; member I ant Colonel Wickhtatn's promised wife." "And you will keep that promise at all hazards?" "lfay (cod so help me, I will keep my promise, if he holds me to it, though the whole world slander him,". He tinned from her in anger; but half a dozen yards off he came back hastily with love and 1101)0 rel -kindled in his eyes. "Even yet, Lucy," he said softly, "even yet I will not despair," That was all, and for her there was no moaning in his words, But the courageous confidence in his voice cheered bor. She felt the load on her heart lightened, as the Madan day vaguely lightens while tho rain pours and the clouds lower, when the sun, though hidden, makes his power felt through the gloom. Alt through the day and well into the night, Wicktlam's exultation COIi- tinucd unabated, '1')ie exuberatco,of his spirits was exhausting to his lis - tenors. Tie seemed Intoxicated by joy, as by wine. IIn the billiard room at night, he chalTod Ardei continuously, with an !emiertone of scornful triumph in his ;voice and )tanner which nettled Teo - Ivor itlmlost beyond enduraucu. But !Ardel's frauk good humor was slow to take offence. He retorted only shy challenging Wickham to Milliards, litre hundred up; gave hit) two hun- dred and fifty odds; and then ran the game out triumphantly in a (RM.. en breaks, "WO uderfgi! wonderful!" said Wickham in mock admiration; m "shows what a an eau do l l wler he gives his mind—his whole mind— to a thing." Ardcl beamed at the compliment. lle set the red and white balls close together in the centre of the table; made the spot ball shoot round the four cushions, and then cannon so softly it hardly shook tho other two apart, "have a shy, Harry!" he said. "I'11 play with the butt and of the cue, if you like." Idt:t Trevor did not care for billi- ards just then. ITe had another game to play, and Ardci, with a cheery "Good -night, boys; take caro of yourselves," went gaily off to bed. -What a big, blundering baby it is!" Wickham said to Trevor as they were left alone together. He paused for a moment to sip his brandy and soda, and apply a lighted vesta care- fully to ono of Ardel's choicest Ha - vannas, "It is Itat'd to believe that man was once reputed the keenest intellect in Europe. What a wonder- ful transformation from that to a big, muddy-paLod school-boyl 1 used to be horribly afraid of him at one time, I remember, "Afraid of him?" "Yes. UId you never hear the strange story? I suppose not; it happened whon you were a baby. I was on trial for murder, your father defended me, but it was Ardel--the wonderful Ardel of those days --(.hat saved my life. He mesmerized a damned perjured witness and tote ery heart out. used the confession brilliantly in cross-examination, and between them they slipped off the noose that was tightening round my neck. I was veev grateful to Arden and all that sort of thing, of course; but some- how I used always to have a grue- some feeling in the presence of a men who could search your heart like that." 'Rut he may have the power still?" "Not he, It was dependent on his mind, and went with his mind. In these days a kind of red fire used to light up behind his dark eyes when he was in earnest. There's no more mesmerism in them now than in a pair of big glass beads. 1 fancy 1 could mesmerize him if I wanted to." "Yon hove practised mesmerism, then?" asked Trevor•. Tie seemed curiously interested and excited, "Oh! just an amateur. It seemed a thing worth knowing. I can man- age pretty well with a good sub- ject." "T wish you would try your hand on me. Mesmerism has always a fascination for me, but I was never' mesmerized." "I don't mind if I do. Just look' me straight in. the eyes." Wickham wheeled round the great ! leather -Covered chair in which 1(0 DR. A. W. CHASE'S Sit 0 CATARRHCURE ... Lt! is sent direct to the diseased parts by the Improved Blower, Heals the ulcers, stoats the alr passages, stops droppingg,s In the throat and ppermanantly Intel Catarrh and 1lav fever, Blower b:edlaAll Ce,, Torontio and Baal% sat, and the two faced each other squarely under the glow of the elec- tric light. with only a small inlaid table between them. As they sat with their elbows on the tattle, the boy's face and the roan's were not a yard away, and the blue eyes acid the brown stared st.eadlly into each Kidneys L} Liver Affected iids Bac kachte and Pains in the Legmi the COM/Tien Symptoms—Cure Oomep With the Use of r. Chase's kid e -Loeser Pills 1)xposure to clamp, cold weather is troubled With pains in the small of a. frequent cause of kidney disease. the hack and in the side, wasg rad- 8i1:1Ing 3n a draught so as to chill rally losing flesh and growing vveak- •tbe• foot and legs is irequcmtly ennngh tor. Sire got into a very bad state, to bring on congestion 01 tha live'. I SUft t'e t dreadful pains and her ankles Colds Fotle on the lite' and kid- lwvnuld swell up so that 100 rvero neysaswell tl itto is r , afraid of dropsy, \3 o hacl a book of we as i hinge. 1 im re- Dr, Chas's in the house, and, read - fell t 8 Incrclieeasee of the most dread.,about Dr. C'hnso'R R1dnoY-T,iccr Sully painful and fatal sort. IIhue aboI*ills, deified to try y tinct), Relief As yet there has never leer die- soon carne with thls treatment. My r -se•cd a preparation equnl to ]1r. wife lifts been entirely cured, and C'hat's Kidney -Liver Villa as a iay8 she sonuld not be without Dr. prompt and ;ihciro1gh cure for do- Chase's TTtdney-llvfr ]'ills for tel i1mm/tents of these great Altering itfuton t.l t 1 re a," orgens.- "1 ala teing Or. Chase's Nerve Pains in the bade, headache, erdn- bond myself . and it is iluildfng mo ary clisiordsls, bili0ieanees, liver c'onl- up wonderfully," pluaut, dleepepyia and t'otst•1'pationlir, ((0 ''8 Kidney -Liver Trills, one swill disa:.armp when Dr. (;hose's 11(111 1r dose, 2or.. a, box, et all dealers, .Iiidve;v-Liver 111118 fora need, jolt T)dmnnsot, Bates & Co.Toronto. tale, Archer ,Waidon, i'u ryville, •'i'o proloet, yon against Imitaltons clatletan Cooney., liar ., tclitra: 'iof'y ll o portrait and eignatux'c of Dr, A. Wife We a peat ills tire' from kidee W, Chase, the famous receipt book ie s �' y p isoasos for satrJ3 1 dears. Sha wall anther, Ore 011 00011 bozo their wine before he dropped off to stre liep, was vaguely troubled to And Trevor '1' 1111 7, standing before hint polo a Ston, "What imonkey 'Cricks have you been playing?" he asked sharply, "1 renetul:or I tried to mesmerize you, Did you by any dance mesmerize oto Instated?" "1 did; and questioned you of your life." The man's face whitened with a sudden fear, "And I told you?" "You laid bare your heart to 010, You told lite of murder three tines attempted and once accomplished." "A pack of lios--aero fraud and trickery. I know how the thing is done as well as you. I was com- pelled to say just what you wanted me to say." "I wanted the truth, and yon told it to 010," "'Suppose T 11!11, my dear young friend,' he broke out in angry do - fiance, "Suppose I did, you damned young devil; what are you going to do about it? Who will believe the outlandish story of a jealous school- boy? Yes—jealous, you silly young fool, I guessed your secret, of course, but 1 knew that Lucy laugh- ed at you. Go to her now, if you dare, and tell her that her intended husband, Colonel Wickham, is a mur- derer,. I defy you even to get thick- witted Ardcl to believe you," Trevor drew the paper from his pocket and held It up 1n his left hand, out of reach of the other's grasp. The electric light glinted from the barrel of a small revolver held in his right hand, "'You sec that?" he said quietly. "Yes, I see that. What is thrt-• a big sheet of paper, scribbled on How does it concern nto'Y" "It is the detailed confessiou of your crimes, written with your own hand, signed with your own name— unmistakably yours," Tho light fell clear on the paper. Instinctively Wickham knew he spoke tho truth. All the bravado died out of him in a moment. He dropped back, huddled up in his chair 111 complete collapse. His voice came. in broken gasps. "Why do you tor- ture mo like this? Wliat do you hope for? What do you want me to do? If there is anything—" Then with a sudden burst of uncontrollable rage as he realized tho trap in which he was caught and crushed. "Oh! you damned, devilish young cubl I wish 1 had put a knife or a bullet through you long ago." The next moment Mae mastered his rage and his voice again .tool( a whining tone, "I hard- ly know what I'm saying, Trevor, but words don't matter, you know. You have me down and can make your own terms. What's the price of your silence—if it has a price?" "1 don't want to hang you," said Trevor slowly—and the abject wretch shivered at the we'd—"if I can help it. I don't want even your death on my conscience." "Don't beat about the bush then. What must I do for my life?" "You said just now you were go- ing to America. You must go— alone," "I`ll start in a week," and ho moved towards the door. "Stop! there's one thing more." "Welt?" facing him doggedly. "A letter to Miss Ray." "You torturing young devil. You. dou't want me to confess myself to Ltcy 1 " "No, T would spare he', not you, that pain, bass will serve, Sft down again at that table and take the pen in your heard, Now write; and Ito wary,—otej "]\rtes R 1 hereby release you from yourengagement. I do so to avoid de- served public disgrace and exposure for myself. (Signed) Edgar Wiclihain," re blotted the note, mechanically folded it in an envelope, and direct- ed it, "Miss Lucy Ray." "Now," ho said to Trevor, "let us swop papers," Trevor' smiled, "I mean to have both," "Xo shan't have both." "Yes, I think I will, 1 cannot trust you, Wickham. You will read- ily understand that, 'I hold this paper e.s a life assuraucc. I will so arrange that at my death It will he read. with a short, explanatory note by Miss Lucy Ray." "Then I refuse." "And hang?" "But if I give tho letter, what So - amity have I?" "My pledged word; while you keep faith, 1'11 keep it. You mast not see Miss Ray again, You leave hero to- morrow, and leave England within a week. These are my terns to tato or leave," Without a word Wickham handed hint the nota With his hand still ready on tho triggor, Harry Trevor watched hint slink•from the room, and so pass for ever out of his life, (To he Continued.) ITER SELECTION. "Now," said the bridegroom to the bride when they returned from their honeymoon trip, "let us have a dear understanding before we set- tle down to married life. Aro you the preseident or vice-president of this society ?" "I want to bo neither president nor vire-presiilomte" she answered; "I Will be coutert with a subot'dinate position.,s' "What'that ?" "Treasurer," OLDI'T:3T TRADL'` SI.O11IWT'S. The two oldest secret trade pro- cesses now in oxjotenc1 are consider- ed to be the reannfeotitre of Chinese rod, 00 vermilion, and the method o1 inlaying the hardest steel with gold and silver, which eeelns to have been preetieed at Damosctis ages ago, and is ]mown only to the Syrian teniths abet their pupils even to this day. Boss : ";Wily did yeti break off voter erlgageteent With track?" Nell, "i e l brim o -'nos m age—arid sake( t and ho rr Y ON THE FAIINIr i�,v�,,�if�1w l�Ve(�d�,i4y�,,ry�p,,fir�al?V!' '@,i'e"nhf�'`L Z p G G"Ia7+`Bd`ad17'v�,it' IiUC1%1V11JIAT AND WEEDS. • In the warfare against weeds, es- pecially such as are inclined to take possession of rl llcld or part of 11, or es -en 1111 the fence corners, there is practically always a wholesome plant that can be used successfully, Buck- wheat is the Weapon of offence and ,defence. Tliere does not appear to be any plant that can grow on It, in fact, a belated plant of Its oW11 sort cannot make headway against the canopy of first leaves that cover the ground before the large geowtll c0111es on. A correspondent In the Breeder Gazette says: I aen aware that buckwheat does not enter into the list of the aver- age farmer's crops very 11111011 and I have always wondered Why, The notion that it remains in the ground and nixes With other grain 1s held by some, but I have never observed anything of the sort and do not be- lieve it, If used only as an enemy of weeks it would be very valuable. There are many other ways of using cultivated plants to help to eradicate weeds. Throe years ago a farm on which 1 used to do some work had about two square rods of )anti so filled up with weeds, mostly burdocks, that' the spot was a nuis- ance, espoeially as it teaS near the farm buildings. I dug the piece over a little and raised a good crop of potatoes on it, giving the bur- docks no quarter. This year. though it has not been touched since; 1 find the spot fairly free of weeds still, though they aro coming back. 1 believe in getting there first, with something wanted rather than to wait for weeds. The great difficulty with many weeds, like the daisy for Instance, is that they will grow on thin soil that Will not support a good crop without extra care, and yet the main trouble with our farm- ing, as I recall it from my younger days, was from poor seeding, both with grain and the grass that fol- lowed. Wo waited till the enemy Was in possessionandthen dried to drive it out, P EEDING TIHTI DAIRY CALT'. Produce a steady growth without trying to push the calf ahead too rapidly, yet without allowing it to become fat, It ought to be in good condition with a sleeks coat of (lair and with bright eyes. It ought 1:0 be taken from its mother when it is 2 to 3 clays old. The young animal ought to be allowed to draw the first 00 colostrum milk, as this will gfoatly assist in keeping the bevels in perfect working order. When Weaned it should be taught to drink mlilk from a pail. A calf ought not . to drink more than 15 1'hs. milk a day; but the quantity fed depends largely upon the size of the animal. At first it should be fed not less then three times a defy. When It is 2 wks, old the dairyman may commence to partly substitute the whole milk by skinunilk, adding a little at a time. It should take about 2 wks, to change from whole milk to skinunilk, which Mn amount should never exceed 18 lbs, per day. When on full skimncilk ration the calf may be fed only twice a dry. Whole milk as well as skhtlnilk should always be fed at blood tem- perature. Pot' the butter fat taken out of the sldmmilk substitute a jelly made by adding boiling water to a little oil meal. The calf will soon learn to look for it at the bottom of tha pail. As soon as possible the calf ought to be taught to at some ground grain. 131,11 11, oatment (1011 very little o!1 and corn meal make good feed for tho dairy calf. Always remember you arra feuding for growth alone and not fat, therefore supply fattening feeds in limited quantities. Never feed more than the calf will clean up readily, boor roughage, give some good clover hay and bright corn stover. In calf feeding cleanliness is of a5 greet importance as in all other dairy operations, ITORS11 SENSE. Keep him rough shod in icy wea- ther. Keep the stall clean and neatly bedded. Never get directly behind a led hose. Never tin a horse when hot and sweaty, in a 'daft. Shredded corn fodder is excellent feed for horses that aro idle or do - lag light work, but it must bo dry and free from mold. The lenses of e, horse's cyo are so shaped as to greatly mtignify objects at which he looks, Then don't beat him if he "boogers" a little, The muscle of a horse mod for heavy work become used to heavy strain, but arc not accustomed to quick motion, Remember this when tempted to drive fast, Close up the cracks, as drafts cause stillness of muscles and much grain is needed to keep in good work trim and provide warmth. Boards and nails, or paper and shingles, are cheaper than feed. Sole loather nailed on under the Shoo will protect 1,110 frog from sharp points of fro'ren ground and prevent snowballs forming in the hollow hoof, besides giving confidence and sure-footedness to the animal. It is easily put on and easily rcnnoved after the ley weather has passed. JOBBING T10TIND ABOUT, Don't ,quarr'oI with the Weather, Vor farming—brains and. muscle. A job to save time Is poor econo- my. Natere's eyesore—the "anyhow" fanner. Don't think "any old Way" is all right --it isn't, Its a poor frail favior who6 Hasn't sumo to sell and. some to give lrwltp+r If your neighbor has better crops titan you, watch Mini closely unci 1/4i(1 U' how a does] q L h d ail, Being able to lake advantage of surrounding conditions is el. t not to be despised in a fcu'mer's id•, Oom't get it a stew If a whole job don't got done in a clay. Learn to begin where you loft. off anti delve to a finish. One need not be a graduate of a college in order 10 be a successful farmer; at the same Hutu an educa- tion is no detriment. The elan who lets Zile 11va stock find shelter on the 500('11) side of a wire fence ought to try sleeping without covers when the temperature is at zero. Sand on tho trades will 11011) you up hill—but you'll have to furnish it yourself. Tho neighbors wilt grease the tracks for you wheel ,you're go- ing down hill—and kicks to help you along in the be realm Tt's the man who attends to inc oints whether a mechanic r p , nc a a farmer, and the 1)innwho knows how. to get ready always (ho08 the job, whether it's soldering an aid tin or moving a meeting house, }TINTS A13OUT BTlaXING. A poor milker will spoil almost any cow, In the mere process of milking, a great difference is made in the yield of a dairy cow. Tho 01)111ty to bring a cow to her Inl'gest yield varies with mincers, Owing to the fact tient. a large proportion of a cow's milk is secreted during the process of milking, it must naturally follow that unless o cow is in a quiet, contented state of mind and satistiel with the milker, the usual secretion of new supplies will not Lake place. It is gm:orally owing to fills cause that COWS often "mold up the milk," as it is 1erlu0(1- phis octane t be obviated so long as tine cow is in a restless stole of mind and dissatisfi- ed with her miller, 1L should be the aim of the milker to gain he• good will by feeding those things she is most fond of. 10 mates a great difference in the milking qualities of a cow as to who her milker is, and how the milking is performed. TRUE BRITISH SEA DOG, Lord Beresford Adds Another Laurel to His flame, - The collision between the Prince George and the Ilunrtibal, off the (oast 0f Spain, took place at ten o'cleelc at )iglu, white the fleets weie manoeuvring, with all lights out. un- der war conditI0.-s. eighty ixli'es, north of leo'rol, The vessels were performing mtoenreat known as "lurniug'fn succcalon" w11011 the ITau.iled stt tick the Prince George on ti:t part sic'e just below the wa- ter -Bee, abaft the ventre of the ship, It was impossible to avert the col- lision, and the order w'as givenin both ships, as the two groat hulls touched, to tato up collision sta- tions and get out the collision mats. TI'c 1Ws:di lira was excellent. It was Fenn at once that the re- sults of the 1,-bI tion hall been sen- ores to the Prime George. Her stein sank nun•kudly in tho water, and for some minutes it was feared that she might go altogether. At this mo- ment Admit al Lord Chilies 11e:0. - ford, who commands the fleet, left his own flagship, the Majestic, and went h beard the injured Matte - ship ship to shale het' lute, lie a: slimed 001,1ro1 of her, and under his direction, while lie romaht- 0d on booed, the difficult uttd dalger- ons operation of netti,gating Isar into Ferrol was un10rtalcon. While the }latadhal, so far as could be lean, termed 11ninjtireci, the 7'r ice e George «'05 dangerously clam - aged. lien thin steel plating, half an inch thick, is sheathed at the point inhere the Iratinihal struck her by cruor inches of leak, but the groat prow of the 1lamdbal /chore through this as tltongh it had been paper, and toren longe hole In the skin or tho hip, admitting floods of water to the after-tiu'!'edo flat. The gun room and froth water tank were leeced, end the curve of the heavy armour decic was forced downwards two feet Leto! a the impact of the rain. The side WES also 1.001011 dent- ed and strained. After groat (mei lions •the holo in the ship's side was covered with col- lision mate, and with the FI'ogue alougside, working salvage puanps, the Prince George made Iter way in- to Ferro), • I'cttvily- clown by the stern. She soured at three o'clock the following 511crnoon. —4 - BYE STRAIN AND COLDS. Does 'Use of Glasses Cause Our Commonest Malady !' Dr, George 10I, Gould has, in the British eledieal Journal, put for- ward a somewhat novel theory as to the cruise t f colds. ITo suggests eye -glasses ! 1 -Te instances the case el o, num, strong .and 1 ealthy, who had two pairs of spectacles to correct his short sight; a strong pale for use in the theatre, or when (hiaulg, Olt',, and a weaker pair for ordinary daily use. Tiffs family notified that tvhon- over he wore the stronger pair he iuinlectiately "caught nio l cold,' accom- panied ccon- > n .c by horrseuoss, a cold tvl drh at once disappenrocl when the weaker is -' a lenses wore used. For the post tau yeas the cold hes local produced in this Wily, and even if his Weaker glasses get maladjusted or crooked, the cold p1'onrply appears for a short time, Dr, Gould admits that meh rases of the inter -relation of nasal end ocular disease may be 10,10. One 10110 Is careful to avoid tho subtle demon of prejudice, ho says, will not rush into dogmatism about the 'natter, either that colds or rheumatic affec- tions Hey or may not depend upon eye.etrain; but thole are nullti(udos of more seemingly absurd facts than that wolf attested by pllystology and patl•ology, NcellNever kick. a 1110)1 for' coning r a y donkey unless you are cn doers to prove the truth of his agsseriiin, INGENIOUS LAW BREAKERS ALIT CLS FL+' ]? 0 0 LE ARl3e NOT T I 7., ALLOWED TO POSSa ', $ Must Not Carry a 'Knife in Bavar- ia—No Swordstieks 111 Turkey. No sailor in areal Britain fa: Per - milted to carry 1t shol111 knife. The penally is one day's hay. I{1cently the Bavarian authorities passed a similar edict, on account of the ln- (ren8lug number of stabbing affrays, Tito police were ordered to search. any, person s'uspec'ted of 011013ing a ktnlfe, and to c'onl!sento Lite wonpon; Thls law has llacl a curious result. A Bavarian laboring Haul was recently brought up for stabbing another mail Tl,e only weapon found upon him was a stall ease of carved wood about live 1ich05 long, Whon opened, all. that appeared wore three smell in- strument s used in farriery, necessary, 0 Y, of course, and not liable to cotulsca,- tion. None of them could have in- flicted the alleged injury, It was quite by chance that a :Spring was touched, and there appeared a long, thin, keen blade, which had boon most ingeniously concealed in tho It has since been discovered that a large number of these harmless -look- ing little casae had been constructed and sold, eimrply for the purpose of EVADING TIE''11 LAW. The police arta now, of corse, 0)1 the look -out for them; and all such are confiscated on sight. The in- ventor, too, hos got into consider able trouble ns a. result of his itiis- placed ingonity, This is by 110 )leans the first or the only invention which has got Re inventor or purchaser Into hot wa- ter. Daring a recent ran Ike of wom- en factory operatives in a Milanese factory, a policeman was terribly in- jured by stabs from hat pins. It has since Colne to light that the hat pins used as weapons by these Amazons were regular stilettoes, specially ntatufncture(t for the purpose of de- feand ofl'eThe ters of rho hawnce now havenee. orders 10 ofliinmuedialely apprehend anyone fointd in possess1010 of one of these deadly weapons. In Turkey the posseesl011 of a sweed-stick, a thin stet) rapier con- cealed inside a walking -cane, is taken as absolute evidence that the posses - Per is an intending nseuassin, and the owner is lucky if he escapes teat- sportatlon, or tit least a lengthy tent of imprisonment. His too 10v0n1tv0 genius got a Boer prison' of 5001' into serious trouble at the camp on the. Cape peninsula in October two years ago. lio was missing when the roll way culled, and was eventually Chem! hidden in a hole under the flooring of his hut. In his pockets wore dis- covered plans of an nbenluteTy DTADOIJCAL INVENTION. It was designed for the wrectting of trains by dynamite. This contin- gency was usually guarded against during the South Mikan 1100 by sending a pilot engine in front of evo'y train. But the infernul in- genuity of the prisoner's design lay in the fact that it: Made the erre of the pilot engine a necessary mut of the machinery for effecting the es:- plesion. The patting of the 1.1101 rneely set tho tn0c•hitt ey, just as • coelring a Digger sets -a gun ready for firing, 'I'l+e exianeion came when the trait .itself touched the spot. 50010 ru Oma is machine axe liable to coitiscatien 158 lawbreakors, Espezally has tl,1-1 been the case in Loddon, 10110,0 the polite }nave re- cent ly started a regular crusade ropiest certain na1hin05 of this !duel 'the chief of 1110 autonnalic oiniors i:; the fortune-telling one, but those so often 1 001 in public -houses, such as 1 he at! lonmtic racecouPee and 81e0 t- ie R' range have beer, in some erases, l:old to irf,lilge the Gambling Act, nod many of them 11110y be t:cnn with a slip floated across their face, "Clos- ed by order of the Police." in Berlin, under to (apeman Sun- day Rest Statute, all atitoanatle machines are required to stop ldiv- ery of goods during rectum prohibit- ed hours on Sunday, and during these petiocls each beats a notice, "Closed for Reasons of Sabbath Rest.,, A Dutch inventor recently- con- structed an automatic uuad111 c hav- ing the appearance of nn OLD DOCTOR Wl'1'IT A 1310 W1G. 13y placing a coin i11 the slot, var- ious remedies for common aihnoHs may be obtafc.ed. A number of talose wore sot up but, at the nppla.- calJnn of the Dutch I'liatmacoutical Soricty, 5.0(0 promptly cOnllseated by the police, bera0se they Wore not licensed to sell drugs, and. hod not complied with the lequislljons of the Dispenret's' Act. Tho number of purely criminal do- 1'iMe devised either for stealing lir swindling is eldlccs, Paris is the head -quarto's of those law breaking inventions. One of the latest, is a long polo with a Fort of bout -hook at the end, The pole folds up into the compose of a listing -rod, .lt is lewd fee stealing birds in cages )tonging at upper windows, Late last year, two roan named (trap° and Cha•din W01.0 seen Cary- ing poles of this 1(lnd, and arrestbcl. They denied their guilt. A g'onleinlo pulled open Chardin's coat, ❑.nd out (1010 11, 1100011 cantlieS, l.lmlels, and ouches, Att Oxtt'aord.iria•t lly ingenious stvtn- dle, auto of Parisian otig'in, is per- petrated 11y means of a machine known as the "trite'." Two men Wait about mill they 'ten a hares un- ni.tmll'.eil by the side of the street. Then they tithe up end worry tha animal, Ono 8uddanl,v 111tol's a sharp cry, and shows 1 ho crowd hie a'tl, apparently bac?ty bitten by iho ho'5c. The marks of the teeth aro plain. The 0111101' of the horse cones up. (phrcale Of pl'oseeullon axe made, Of con•ltt, he pays dam= ogre rather than be teacet.c1, 'Pilo lna'its are, ase a Matter of fact, not mane by the nt111nn1 'bet by tho biting ire,eltilro carried by the 0tirord man. Il oleDtitVi6Oft0 , keep, biellaa• pure.