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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1901-1-3, Page 7l .4 THE MYSTERIOUS CRIME ON VIE S.S. NEPTUNE UNE CHAPTER XXVI, Meanwhile, gtlito unaware of th troubles in wbiob Vassalla wee in- volved,, Carmela was enjoying herself very Muth et Boifffeld, Sbe was in Muth better spir'ita than she had been previous,. as her eonveraatien with Flat- ter and ot-ter.and Reneld had relieved ]ter mind of a great weight, and she had come to the conclusion that her sister was oat guilty, in which ease she would not have to marry her cousin, Every- one stopping at Bonfield, was inex- eellent spirits, and so Carmote felt tbe lnfluenoe of merry company, and was an gay and joyous as anyone pre - gent, a It being Bell's birthday, they decid- ed to celebrate it with a pionlo at Medmenham Abbey, and were al] down at Hurley look, embarking in the boats. Pat was especially exuberant, tis he haddiscovered, beyond all doubt, that (kiss Lester was in love with him, and he wee only waiting for a good' opportunity to propose. A mer- rier party wag never on the river than th young people from Hurley. Led what a delightful morning It suss onthe river in this glowing July sveather. They had no servants with. them, aa Sir Mark preferred full free- dom for ones, and the young men rowed the 'boats quickly up, passing: other .gay parties on the Way. Up the placid stream they went,past Lady Place, with its quaint old roof and mellow -tinted walls, under the arched -wooden bridgethat springs over the Theresa; up through the still waters with the broad green meadows on saoh side, filled with quint cattle, until the gables of the Ferry Hotel at Medmenham came in sight, and here they went on shore, They found the lawn crowded with young men in flannels,, and young ladies in boating costumes ; went to the ruins of the old Abbey, with all its memories of the Hell -fire Club, and the orgies they held therein. It is` said that .the present Abbey is a pinchbeck affair, and the only genuine ruins of the old Abbey are to be found in tiie solitary pillar whioh stands at the back, near the haystacks; but surely the great building, with its ruined tower, over- grown with ivy, quaint windows, scribbled all over with names, and its low -roofed door, with the famous mot. to, "Fay toe quo voudrais," are gen- uine enough. After they had explored the Abbey, all the party strolled away inland to see' the lions of the locality. An old- fashioned street It is that leads through the village of Medmenham, with the flint -built houses on either side, overgrown with ivy, and (ascan imagine, a cavalier, atter the defeat of unlucky Charles Stuart, spurring swiftly down the lonely road, in his wild flight for safety. Then the church, with the square Norman tower around which the rooks. are always wheeling and cawing, cast- ing its mighty shadow over the green grass, beneath which the quiet dead sleep soundly, as they have done for so many hundred years. Opposite the ohurab stands the "Dog and Badger," a very old hostel, with mellow-Linted roots and numerous gables, and with - w, low-ceilinged rooms with great beams overhead, and queer, twisted staircases, and unexpeotod cupboards all over the house. At( the bank, high up on the hill, and commanding a magnificent view. of the Thames Valley, stands the stern -looking, old farm -house, said to have been mentioned in the Domesday Book, and where Charles II. and pret- ty, witty Nell Gwynne are reported to have stayed for a night. Then, far- ther on, the quint little village of 13ambledon, through whilst) It is said Charles L rode with a brilliant train of gallant cavaliers, on his way to " meet his rebellious subjects, The whole nsighboi'bood Is full of antiquities and traditions', whioh lend a peeullai charm to the place. When ''they grew weary of sight- seeing, the wbolo party went amen again to the river, and getting into the boats, rowed ep lite stream tor a considerable distance, and ultimate!, decided to hold their picnicsjust be.. low Ilambleilon Lock, with tbe pleas- ant murmur of the Weir in MIM" taro. Such a scene of oonfuslon, getting out the luncheon—everyone sealed rained in attitudes graceful and other- wise, with the clatter of disltos, thy popping of champagne corks, arid • a perfect Babel of voices. "This is jolly," said Pat, wltli lois mouth fail. '"'Pm fond of Arcadian simplicity." ' Espoolelly when it's accompanied by champagne," cried Babbles, raising bis glass to his lips. Begad you're not slow in finding out what I mean," said Ryan, laugh- ing, and filling his glass. "Imitation's the sincerest Denary,"observed Miss Lester, gayly, trying to cutup y, rather wiry chicken. "1 bo- lieve this fowl was a pedestrian, his legs are 110 tough." ''Try some of the breast," said Sir Mark; "at all events. it hasn't got eight legs, like the birds you get on board ship." " That's true enough," Dried Pat ; "everyone seems to got legs of fowls on board—perhaps they're like Manx mon—got three legs." "Or a bundred, like a centipede," said Bubbles. "Oh, this conversation is frivolous," said Put, raising his glass; "so Pll propose a toast: ' to the health of Miss Trevor, and many happy returns of the day." This was, of course, drank by every- one with aoalomation, and then the male portion of the company sang, "She's a jolly good fellow," rather in- congruously, it must be confessed. "1 wisb Monteith was here," said Pat, when this was done. earnests. seed nothing, but looked much, fox in her secret heart, that is just what she had been wishing, At this moment they heard a wild whoop from the river, and saw a boat? coming quickly up the stream, row- ed by a single man. "Gad," cried Bubbles, who had the sharpest eyes of anyone, "it's Mon- teith himself. Speak of the Devil—" 'Hold your tongue," said Pat, "don't be personal," It was Ronald, looking happy and jolly in his flannels, quite a different being from the gloomy youth of the previous week. He soon brought his light little orateto shore, and sprang onto the greeu turf, to be weloomed. "My dear lad," said Sir Mark, "I am delighted to see you, especially as ;your, arrival is so unexpected." "How did you find us out?" asked Carmela, giving him her hand. "' Oh, easily enough," replied Ron- ald gayly, "I canoe down to Maiden- head, drove over to Bellfield, and Lind- ing it was deserted, learned from the servants where you were so here I am." ''Hurrah for that " cried Pat ;. drink a curse?" "Egad, I'm hot sure. I'll • try, If you've no objection," said Ronald. Whereat, Mr. Ryan grinned, and handed his friend a glass and a bot- tle, all to himself. The luncheon was resumed, and then the party began to break up into lit- tle groups. Pat, of course, going with Miss Lester, while Bell went under the wing of Bubbles, though she see- ratty earatly sighed for the society of Gerald Foster. So, in a short time, Ronakl found himself alone with Carmela, tvhose eyes turned on him, with eager . expectation. Thc Ohase IS Measured by the Cures Spteciflr for Certain Dis of Bright's E9issoase. 1n th s: preetioal age a physician's ability is measured by the anluel aures ho makes, Judged by this high, stend- ard" Dr. Chas( Stands pre-eminent as a giant among physicians. '.rake kid-` mey and liver derangements, for ex - =pie. De. C'hase, by menus of .his .Kidney -Livor Pills, has brought about i some of the moat surprising tures ever offAecteld. 'This is due to the direct and epeoitio aotioe of this 'great bomb treatment ora the liver and kidnoys'.1 ger° i's' the oxpor.Sanao of a highly res l3' Y epeoted resident of Oonsecon, Ont.:— Mr. James Delll'huni:, Consocen, Prince Dewar County, Ont., writes: "For several years I suffered great 411 ei:urea of mind end body trona 4:3rightal disoaee of the kidneys. The 1dsats were semeti. almost: n x nesbo eta Y an<luranoe, and 'oJl'I'ended from my, 'load and batW'een the shoulders dawn 'tete whole' spinal column and seemed l be concentrate across my kidneys. My'� back waa 'newer en't.iroly free from pato. IW1ien X flat up i•n the mere - beg I could Wet straighten myself at lull,. but -would go bent nearly double anent all dory stir Water: Was scantgr' M1 kos—Each (Remedy esbs es -A Re m a rata U I to Clare and at other times profuse, and it gave Inc greet pain to urinnl:e, "1 eeitkl do km work, end though I tried Horny kinds of kidney pills, (oull get no relief. As a last resort T hvas teamed by a friend to ,giro Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver Pille a, trial. I felt a change after the first dose. I used in all about five boxes, •and thee !rave, eutiroly enact' me. I have no pains 'now, end can do as good a drty'e work he I ever coauld. 11 is a pleasure for pii'e torecommend ud Dr,. Chase`s Kittery -Liver Pills, as they /neve done 50 Muth/ fon ms," 'Mk. J. J. Warclt J,P., Cronsecon, per- of of (Scat he has known Mr. Dellis lout for 'ram as a truthful emu and 0 respected. citieeri, . axed vouohes fee` m the truth .0 a f the 4�1a to above statement. You gannet possibly'obtain a more w bcoefioial trenAmient for the kidneys? and Liam' than .Dr. Chase's kidney{ Liver Pills. It utas stood the teat of tarn& evil We proven beyond :BAWL( its right to the title of "the world's greatest ktdn'1sy !medicine " ttie pill e close, 125 points a boxy ab e11 deniers, or Edmazisan, Bakes & 0o., "Toronto, "Well," elle asked, "ia there as]y- thing new l" ''Yes; I've seen your sister." And the is innocent 1" " Yes, And moreover, bas told as who committed the (rime." Qat'mela was startled, "Does the know wile did it?" "She says so, Your' cousin What, Matte, i" rlsing to hor feet, "Oh, impossible I" "01 course that's what be says, al- so," said Ronald, shrugging his shoals dors "' but your Sister aoeused him, and he has been arrested," "Will they hang him,?" " If they prove Aim guilty, no doubt; but first, they meet prove the case," "I, cannot bellevo it of my cousin, he and .no motive." fare, Versotoyle says ho had—that bo was in love with!ter.' "Yes,. he was, seven year ago," not without a cartels feminine spite, " but that would not have induced him to kill poor Leopold Verschoyle now, Maltose gentlemen don't avenge them- selves in supe a cowardly way." " Well, Vassalla says be can prove hisinnocencs,but there's one thing to be saki, the whole secret of Ver- sohoyle's death 'lies between your sis ter and Vassalla." "How en earth will it all end 1" said Carmela, in a bewildered tone; " but," with a euddeu thought, "if Vassalla is guilty, I am not bound to marry him now." "01 course not," said Ronald, taking one of her hands; "I want you to marry Inc." She snatched her hand away. ".How can you talk so at such a time?" she orled, her fano flushing. "' Because I love you," he replied, " and T want to have the assurance from your lips that you love me." " How can you marry the cousin of a possible criminal?" 'I don't tare a bit about that ; I want to marry you." — " Wait till this affair is ended." "Oh, I don't mind that; Vassalla will be brought to his trial in a few weeks, and then it will be decided one way or anotbar. But Carmela," taking her hand once more, " when it le all over will you marry ma?" She paused a moment, then said, simply : "Yes." Ronald took her in hie arms and kissed her. CHAPTER XXVII. 01 course it is not to be wondered at that the arrest of Vassalla made a great sensation. True, Vassalla was not a very well known man ; but then the strangeness of the ease, whioh was reported with numerous embellish- ments in all the papers, attracted ev- erybody's notice, And then the way the crime had been brought home to him by the divorced wife of the dead man—in fact, it was quite a romanoe. The. curious part of the whole ease was that Vassalla obstinately refused to say anything in his own defence, and hts persistent silence was tak- en as an acknowledgment of his guilt, But the Marchese only smiled grimly when spoken to, and said he could defend himself well enough when the time same, and moreover, would be in a position to punish Mrs. Ver- schoyle. . As for that lady, she was quite the heroine of the hour ---not exactly in a complimentary sense, perhaps—but eve erybody wanted to see a woman with such an exciting history, who had divorced her husband, and then accus- ed her cousin of being his murderer. Plenty of papers wanted to interview her, but she declined to allow (herself to be seen, and generally sat at home in a quiet, private hotel, off the Strand, where she exulted over the downfall of Vassalla. "He wouldn't merry me," she said to herself, vindictively; " well, we'll sec how be likes being iu prison for murder.' Carmela came up be town and had an interview with her, in which Mrs. Verschoyle, lost her temper, as usual. "He wanted to marry you—he wanted, to marry you," she hissed re- peatedly. " 1 couldn't help that," retorted Car- mela, angrily ; " I certainly did net want to marry him; and would never have become engagea to Oim if it lied not been to save you," " Ha 1 hal to save me from the gal- lows 1 suppose—ball 1 I do not believe it he would have accused me of the Murder of my husband, the Maltese dog ; but he shall die fox it—yes, ho shall die," Are you sure ho committed this -- this °rime?" said Carmela, hesitating- ly: 'Yes, I am sure, Did I not meet him'. coming out of the cabin on that e night ; was the stiletto in the dead rnan' Incest a of s x11 the ora8' ou ave y him years ago ? Am I sure—bah I if he is tusvocont, Iet him prove it." There was klothitug to bo got out f' Mee. Verschoyle, who waa simply ad with stinger, and grew purple in he rhea, , t' ill Carmela thought she ould break' a blood -vowed. "You ought to be grateful to me," alio paid; furiously ; "but ter one you would have married Vassalla, then hat of your Auetraliane lover?" " You' can leave my Australian lover Oat of the question," *laid.' Cariilela, S•d With! great Spirit, I stn Only wafting lot this'uaihappY affalr to be rattled, in order to mart'y hint," " Yoe, do, do," (vied Mee, Versohoyle, " and go with hint to Australia. Pet the "Pepsin between ne, I never wisb to the your rase agate, If it bad not been for you, my hushand would have loved me," " He did lows you,'" said Carmela, "but your temper drove hits away." At this Mrs, Verge/owls burst out Into a storm of Anger ; so, in order to put a atop to the aeene, Carmela loft the room' and went bask to the Langham, where Sir Mark Trevor' waited her, i" 1 don't want to see my sister again," she said, firmly, and she nev- er dict. Of course when the trial oalsee on, the court was crowded will; the most noted people in London, anxious to see the end of tbia strange ease, 1L ended more dramatically than they thought it would. To 'be Continued. RAILWAY RUMBLINGS. Some :Voles er lntarm,t About the Modern. HlAhway, Tho Uganda Railway bas now a length of bver 380 miles. The roll- ing stook includes ninety-two loco- motives and 942 carriages and ears. The private saloon belonging to the Royal train used by the Queen cost £6,000. Tiro curtains are hung upon silver poles, whioh are suspended upon small gilt figures which cost ten guineaa eaoh. The carpet in this. luxuriously -fitted carriage cost 15150 while the door -handles are also said to have cost the aurae sum. During the first three months of the present year the total number of railway servants and other per- sons killed on the various railways of 'the United Kingdom was 314 and the number injured 1,915. For the same period of last year the totals were 289 killes and 1,8;8 injured. Tres - peeping on the line was responsible for the largest n'amber of deaths, the total from this cause bein ; 74. Many people who travel on the Diatriot Relives y, London, are puz- zled to know 'brow the apparatus which indicates the name of the next station works. An inclined block is placed between the sails a short dis- tance from each station, and as the trains pass over this block it engages a catch at the bottom of tha appar- atus fixed to the carriages, thereby. causing it to make ane movement of the indicator. Railway directors, when making an inspection of the line, usually travel in specially construoted car- riages. As a matter of fact, they are carriages and engine combined, and are known as; inspection engines. They are built fax spend, in order that stations along the line may be visit- ed quickly. The inspection engine used by the directors of the London and South -Western Railway fre- quently travels at the rate of eighty miles an hour. General Buller has beon loud in his praises of Mr. David Reinter, general manager of the Natal Government Railways', whose excellent manage- ment of the railroads greatly faefli- tated the movements of the troops at the commencement al the nam- paign. Mr. Hunter ham seen twenty year's' service in Natal, and was formerly with the North British Rail- way Company. 1Se also rendered in- valuable service during the Zulu and Boer War. M. Beadier, a Franili engineer, has fax some wears past been engaged on a gigantic projeot for. a railway, tun- nel from the South of Spain to the African toast, a distance of about twenty-five and et half miles. Tho Frencu Foreign ,Offiuo have asp to the present declined to seriously con- sider DI. Barber's schema, and he is now on Itis way to Fez with a view to seouring the co-operation of the Sultan of Morocco. M. Berliner eon - siders that the construction of this bunnol would lead to great commer- cial developments in Aforo:oo. n nits Tho tondo 'United Tranilways Com- pany have now nearly completed all their arrangeineuts for placing elec- trically -propelled oars on the whole of their large system. Tho author- ized lance of tale company give them a mileage of just over forty en1 but w,ih the proposed extensions whioh they haps to secure the com- pany will have nearly one hundred route mites in all, more mileage than any other tramway oompauy in the whole of the United kingdom, As many already know, the L,U.'.l',C. have adopted the overhead primaiple. Pbe oars are built le the most modern style, a000mmolating seventy pas - wagers, forty butside and thirty re- side, The interior is fitted v i p with electric lamps and sevoral electric boll -pushes, by which passangorn will be enabled to/ stop the car when they wish to alight. Undoubtedly, in a few years many of the other large tramwaycon ies ol- g pan will£ low the example od the London Unit- ed, and prsort to eleetriaally-driven vehicles in preference to those drawn by horse -power. Deleg good le the only oartainly hap' or py aatton of te man's life. --'Sit Philip to 1 ney, ins CANADIAN CONTINGENTS, tUISTORX Oa! DOR hOLUIERS IN TIM SQUTI AFRICAN WARY t,; uenerai St"itemeut "r the Brllirnnt and Ilerele llerda Orate by Sulolims or lt"u nonolmee--sonteamilr to ice frond sr, lteviewingl the history of the Cana. diari' contingents ie Seutli 'Africa, the Times, I,oudeo, publishes it ad fel. Iowa; The Canadians have always been eager to'help bear the burden of the mother country's military difficulties, In the Crimea, a Canadian contingent joined in the operations, while in the earlier Nile campaign a detaoltment of boatmen was furnished to aid' Lord Wolseley In the navigathm of the cataracts, As seson as It wen evident that a peaceful lean to the South African trouble was impossible, an organiza- tion was set on foot in Canada with the object,ef offering a contingent of volunteers for service in South Africa. Volunteer* tame forward in such num- bers that the raising of Lhe Royal Can- adian Regiment of infantry bsaame a matter of selootlon. The regiment was composed of territorial companies. A'. Company, Manitoba and the North- West; 8Oompany, London, Ontario; C Company, Toronto ; D Company, Ottawa and Kingston; E Company, Montreal; F Company, Quebec; G Company, Fredericton and Prince Ed- ward island ; and 11 Company, Hali- fax. The command was vested in Lieutenant-Colonel W. D. Otter, Can- adian Staff, A'.D.C. to the Governor- General, and the regiment sailed from Quebec in the steamship Sardinian on October 30 last year. SECOND CONTINGENT, .Almost immediately the offer of a second contingent ,was made. This was accepted and consisted of artillery and lst and 2nd (Canadian Mounted hiller (Royal Canadian Dragoons and 2nd ,Battalion 0.M.R,;) about 1,000 man in all. Later Lord Strathcona raised, equipped, and despatobed a corps of special volunteers, 510 strong, known as "Strathcona's Horse." This brought the whole strength• of the Canadian Contingent up to about 3.000 men, The various units arrived in South Africa on the following dates: lst Canadian Contingent, Cape Town, November 20; 2nd Oontingent, Cape Town, March 24; "C," "D" and "E' Batteries Field Ar- tillery, Cape Town, February 18; "0" Battery, Beira, April 23; and Strath oona's Borse, Cape Town, ,April. 12, WORK OF THE FIRST. The work of the first contingent is perhaps the best known; it is certain- ly the easiest to trace, as the regiment was brigaded with the Gordon High.. lenders, Shropshire and Cornwall Light Infantry under Brigadier-Gen- erse Smith-Dorrien, and formed part of the notvs famous 19th Brigade. On arrival in South Africa it joined Lord Methuen's command, and took part iu the battling before Kimberley against Cronje. One hundred men of the Tor- onto company accompanied Colonel Plloher in his expedition to Douglas and Sunnyside, and it will be remem- tiered that it was to the Canadians that the rebels surrendered. But It was on the banks of the Modeler River that the Canadians, earned their great distinction. They took part in the terrible march from Ramdam in the pursuit of Cronje, and crossed to the north bank of the river in the futile attempt to reduce the Boor Mager by direct at- tack on February 18, It was a heavy day; for Canada. They lost in casual- ties 80 man, and stood only just below the Seaforth Highlanders, Yorkshire Regiment, and Argyll and Sutberlend Bighlanders in the ghastly list which eecords" the tenacity of a particular unit, in fighting of this nature. But those who witnessed the Canadians and Cornwall Light Infantry snatching position after position from under the cry muzzles of magazine rifles speak L the incident with bated breath, 0 CREDITA.BLL TO CANADA, Nor hvas the final act in the Cronje drama lees creditable to Canada. The piatuie at the night of February 20, when "0" and "H" Companies ad- vanced to cover the Royal Engineers in their attempt to throw a parallel almost within a stone's throw of the enemy's trenches, forms one of the most dramatic situations of the war, There is no mere stirring incident re- corded than the digging of this sap loader fire, when the enterprise was discovered, and the retreat of part of the force, only to be received upon the bayonets of theirs friends. Such an en- terprise in war is generally only given to the •oldest, most staunch, and axe -me - bimetal troops, It was given to Can- ada, And then the climax at dawn, the surrender of Cronje wheelie found the h Canadians intro h no within od w thin a few yards of his anter liner After the halt at Bloemfontein the Canadians still in Smith-I/orrien's bri- gade accompanied Genera) Ian Hamil- ton throughout his flank marches from Thabauchu( to Prolene. They were present at alI'flam'.Iton's engagements, and at Israel's Perrot their .gallant oo"mmanila ot, Colonel Otter, was wounded. They marched through the capital with fixed bayonets after the i f finial ecoupation, hire they did not • Ise partin the engagement aL Dia- nn 1310, Smith -Derrieres Ilrigade was relegated to duty oa the line of o lninunioations, and the Canadian: behaved moat gallantly, when thole Irasitfon Was etteeked at Springs. CANADIAN CAVALR,Y', The Mounted flex and Strath• nom's Bol'se termed/ part of .Colonel 11derson's Corps of , 3it'ounted In- rantry. Now that the question of fame razing has been brought into prorni. nonce, 11 It interesting to nettee that the Lirat reprisal of thin kind, after the tide of war had changed, was made in oan:motive with the Canadian Mounted Rifles, At' Leeuwkop, where General Pole - Carew waa operating, with the view er relieving, the pressure on Dewetsdorp, the enemy made use of a farm at the foot of Leauwkop to attack the Cana,. diens. The farm! was flying tbe flag of neutrality at the time, and was therefore destroyed, CANADIAN J3ATTERI:gs, "0'" Battery went to Beira and join- ed the Rhodesian! Field Forth, and en- tered Mafelting with Colonel Plumer's column. The mounted men have fol- lowed General Hutton through the many intricate movements after De - Wet. When Botha, en July 10, closed in, upon Pretoria, the Canadians be- haved with signal gallantry and lost two brave and promising officers in Borden and Birch. On the line of com- munications a detachment under Lieutenant W. M. Inglis gallantly warded off an attack by the com- mando which had failed to reduce the Boningspruit post ander Colonel Bul- lock, During Sir 0. Warren's operations against the rebels in Griqua and the Canadian• batteries confirmed the high opinion, in which' the troops from the Dominion were now held. Througbout the campaign the Cana- dians, whether gunners, troopers or infantrymen, have proved themselves brave and trustworthy soldiers. While in the face of the enemy they have never lacked any of those qualities which have marked the contingents from other colonies, one misses in them the impatient recklessness of the Australian and the uncertain temper of .the African -bred, oalonial, Canada may well be proud of their behaviour, alike in f]eld and camp. SAVED BY AN EYEGLASS. Ilulr as Tseeglislu,"u, {.Iraealenaly Fe. c,tl,rti rile Ana;"ttt 1rCett. Thera has just arrived in London from the Gold Coast Mr. Walter L, Bennett, a gentleman who bad an experience during the Ashanti rising which recalls Mr. Rider Haggard's story of "King Solomon's Mines" and the magic eyeglass of Captain Good. Mr. Bennett is a land surveyor by profession, and in May of this year was at Bibianiha, a place on the boun- dary, between Sefwi and Ashanti, two and a half days to the west .of Ku- masi. The only white man near him was a young mining prospector at Akro- kerri, a mining camp. • These two Englishmen, far apart and yet feeling themselves to be neigh- bours, learned of the Ashanti rising by the wholesale desertion' of their black men. The mining prespeetor went to Eheahin for protection. It was pro- mised him by; the chief of the village, who gave him a bountiful meal of chicken. When dinner was over the villagers rushed in and battered the Englishman into unconsciousness. Then they out off his head. Mr. Bennett heard this terrible story as he was about Le move. Be was powerless for reprisals and expectant of a similar fate. Oa the advice of au educated na- tive, he went to the head village of the chief of the Dunkoto,. and made a dash Lor the chief's lout. Ha was well received and fed, and promised protection. But so was the other Englishman at Ehcalhin. While the situation was still ari- 1 tical, Mr, i3xnaafi, who is inseparable from his eyeglass even on the Gold Coast, put in his eye to think matters over, 'Tbe "glass eye" highly amused. a shiny little black boy, one of the ohief's sons. Be roared with laughter. Mr. Bennett grinued at him, and let the monocle drop, The effect was groat. The Dun - koros made a circle round the Eng- lishman, greatly mystified by and de- lighted, with his extra eye. "I had to do some monkey -tricks with that eyeglass," says Mr. Bonnett, rather shamefacedly, "and I oomploted the canqucst by managing to screw it in the eye of ono of the chief's wives, who, strutted rotted proud of bar dis- L•inotion,+' Mr. Bennett was saved by his eye- glass. It became. a sort of fetish. The chief entertained him as an honored guest, and helped in the search for the assassinated prospector. Mr. Ben- nett was given an °soart, and, after many days of privatiav, arrived safely at the Boast, where ilea gave informa- tion) to the offieials which led toe punitive" expedition to Bhoahin, IT DIFFERENCE. A No, he said. I will "Prot pay you for that quart of milk, My wife thought it was chalk mixture, and gave it to the children for medicine. Then, replied the honest milkman, the bill will be g1.25. I used to be a druggist, and prescription Work costs m6ncy. .' NSNN SCOTLAND, N'rERGSTIiiG IOIIWS FIIQItiI MOH, LANDS OD (LOWLANDS, :s In tae 1'taes or iasbOy flares-,AAnely 9'1110 s Iba;rpen So Waren* tat 911014* or Maw tirolOa'a Sona, The Scottish South Polar expedition, tow organialug le to ,coat £80,009. Watt's Hospital, Edinburgh, la to be sepulnect by the Mown Connell for ere 'anon 01 naw public 'healand munlcl- '4111 41111058. Caledonian BOnae, Grantown-on- 1pey, Morayshire, containing the ,ostoffice and two business premises, vas destroyed by fire, Damage axe - seating to £100,009 is Raid to have been dome, Mr, Robert Latta, lecturer in the !University, 01 St. Andrews, bas been ti+painted to the chair of Moral plate asophy in the University of: Aberdeen, vacant by the resignation of ,Pro- les'so'r Sorley. In Ool:obea• Clyde shipbuilders book- ed 'unusually large orders, in one, month, for 100,000 tons of new vesesia. By far the greater portion of dile. total ie at the orsdit of Port Glasgow, and Greenock shipbuilders, The Queen has ceuferred the honour 01 K.C.B. upon Colonel the Right 1Hon, John Hay Athol Macdonald, 0.' H., commanding the Fourth Volunteer In- fantry Brigade, and Lord Juetioe- Clerk al the Court Session, Edin- bur;gh, Bailie Steel has been sleeted to the office of Lord Provost of Edinburgh by 20 votes, against 19 given for True Lamer Cranston. The new Provost ie a well-known builder, end is the soul 011 a small farmer im Camhushnethan. Lanarkshire. Glasgow proposes promoting a bill to enable it to control and regulate Sunday trading within its bounds. It will seek to maks it unlawful for any person to sell 01' vend any article on Sunday without having a license from the magistrates. T,he lifarquis of Bute was one of the richest man in Great Britain. The Car- diff dank dues wars the principes sources of his revenue, but ha also owned extensive landed estates in the west of Scotland and elsewhere, including those of Falkland, in Fife. 4 public meeting was held in Aber- deen in furtherance of the movement for raising a memorial to the late Sir W. D. Geddes, PrinoipaI of Aberdeen University. A committee was ape pointed to determine the form which the memorial should take, and.to oar- ry out the scheme. The Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College has received a gift of 3•,•` 000 from Mr. T. Graham Young, West Caine; a,s pant of the cost of a new college. Mr Young stipulates that the new college must be built upon the site of the present one, or in olose proximity. Prinoipal Robert Rainy, D. D., who has been appointed the first Modera- tor of the newly formed United Free Church of Sootland, was among the first in 1873 to advocate the union which has now taken place of tbs United Presbyterian and the Free Churches of Scotland. A winter garden, presented to the people of Springburn, Glasgow, by Messrs. Reid, of Hydepark Locomotives Works, was recently opened, andth5 foundation. stone of anew public hall was laid by Lord Provost Chisholm, The garden cost £10,000, and the hall will cost about £12,000. The inventory of the estate of the Barl of Airlte, killed while gallant- ly leading his regiment, the 19th Lancers, into action at Diamond Hill, near Pretoria, on the llth of June last, has been lodged with the sheriff. clerk at Forfar. The amount of the personal estate returned at £94,083. Captain Meiklejohn of the Gordon U ghlenders, son of Professor Meikle. john, St. Andrews, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for distinguished services in the South African cam- paign, ora his carrival in Edinburgh evoked an outburst of enthusiasm on the part of the inhabitants. Mr. Robert Currer, who has beon fee many years the superintendent of the western district et the Caledonian Railway, has intimated that he will retire on 81st January next, Mn, Currer is now 73 years of age, and is in the 68rd year of his service with the Caledonian Railway Company, Tho commence of mails by railway in Scotland poets over £211,000 ayear, of whish nearly £68,000 is paid to the Caledonian Railway, X55,000 to the Highland, £82,000 to the North Bri- tish, £26,000 to the Great North of Scotland, £16,000 to the Glasgow and South -Western, and £6,000 to the Cal- lander and Oban. The estate of the late Mr, George Auldjo Jameson, of Edinburgh,. is valued at 4180,000. Re left to the i Eptscopal Church of Scotland E1001 00, tc the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, £1001 to the Longmore Hospital for Inoue.. abies, Edinburgh, £100; and to the C. A. Society, Edinburgh, certain books of a technical character. The deetao b f Baron Fairfax of Cam- eron makes Lord Lister now the only. peeps of the United Kingdom who can claim to be a member of the edieal profession. His Lordship was for- moray Professor of Surgery in Glas- gow and Edinb"\rgit Universities. It ivas in Glasgow 110, he rap 40 bis fam- ous 'antiseptic treatment lu surgery,,