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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1902-9-25, Page 74+++444441+1+1+14444 4H44+44+4444+1441"4+1 The• Power of Persuasion Or Lady Caraven's Labor of Love. quIsoifHolol4i-14141-1+1.+4-101041 ".3—K.+1,4++++++4.441.4.4.44,4-1 CHAPTER V. May was drawing to aelose, when Lerd Caraven ono oveniog received a letter which appeared to give hina tho keenest delight, He reed it, and then Went with it to hie wife, ' "Hildred, here is good news; but ern too hasty—pereepe you, will not think it good nesvs," "If it pleases you cm much • )3hall," she replied, gently. 'You hey° heard me epeak 01Mr conein, Sir ' Raoul Laureston, the 'hero of 4 hundred fights?' " o,'' replied }Eldred,. "I have never even heard his name, "That seems strange," said the earl. "Not at &in" she replied, quietly. "You forget that yea have never spoken of your family to me at all. do not know the name of a single relative that you have." He looked incredulously at her. "I ant • very' careless," he said; "but 1 did not think that I was .so bad- as that, I will make' amends now by telling you aleciut Sir Raoul Laureston." "Raoul," repeated Hilclred. "Is he —no, he canna be a, Frenchman, Lord Claraven,. if he is a relative of yours." • "No, but the name has puzzled Many People. His mother was a Freneh lady of noble births and one of her ancestors, mined Raoul de Cour- cones, distinguished himself greatly in the French wars; it was her fancy to name her boy after him." Eildred repeated the word "Raoul." . "I like the name, Lord Caraven" she said. slowly. "And 1 like the nrune," he told her. "I do not know any ope in the world whom I like better than Ra- oul. Yet he gives himself great airs with um. Ile is—you will laugh when you hear is nay master— at least used to be in years gone by. But what I wanted to tell you is this—he is coming back to England -- and he has always made his home at raY house; be hes never lived any- where but at Halby House or Ray- ensmere-,--• never—and I hope never Will." She looked at him wonderingly. "I understand, But what has , that to do with me?" He looked somewhat, ceofueed. "After all, you are the mistress -of the house, the chatelaine, and I should not like to ask any one to make their home with us who would be at a11—now let me see how to ex- press myself diplomatically — who 'would be displeasing to you." "Thank you," she said, briefly. "After all, home — whether it be happy or miserable—is always home, and 1 should.not like to make yours really uncomfortable. If you say that Sir Raoul will be in your way at all, I will not ask hint—if you think you will be as happy with him as without him, then I shall be pleased to see him in his old place." "I thank you for your conSidera- troll," she. .replied, with dignity; "but, as nothing could possibly make what you call 'home' more un- happy for me, and the coming of a stranger, who may prove a friend, will be some little comfort, I say unhesitatingly, 'Yes.' " • He looked at her hall sadly. Are you really unhappy — really not happy?" he asked. "If living, where 110 friendly face ever smiles on yne, where no friendly voice ever reaches my ear, where no one cares for me or takes the least interest in me, be happiness, then I must be very happy:" she, said, bit- terly, "lit so bad as that?" hesasked, and there was a shadow -of 'Pain on .his /ace.• . "le is worse," She replied. ' Only a few short weeks since, her heart wmuld have beaten fast with happiness to hear words spoken eo lcindly; now she turned away, and from her heart Ao her lips i•ose the unspoken prayer; "Heaven help me, for I ani beginning to hato himi" . The name of Raoul Laufeston was known throughout the land: he had proved himself to be a hero. It was not merely in Government dispatches and newspaper paragraphs that he was praised; his name was on men's ' lips when they gathered together and talked of Old England's glory and lier gallant sons; when they told how English soldiers fought and died, with the strength of lions; the bravery of heroes, they always men, Coned. the bravo Colonel Ilaoul Laureiton, was not only wealthy—he • was the younger eon of the younger branch of the house of Caraven; he had no great patrimony; his whole fortune amounted to about five thou - seed pounds. )3ut he Was a eoldier, blare and bred; Ise Gould never heve been anything else. He was as brave as a lion; he knew not fear. They told wonderful stories of him in the ermy—how, he had Boned lives when his owe life Was In Peril; how he was loved and worshiped by the men under his =emend It wen a good thing to belong to Raoul Lanrestonei regiMent; he never for- got MY man serYing in it; he bad tee interest of each one at beert. Many a youeg officer who, in other hands, would have gone to the bad— would have ended a shameful life by a sbaxneful death—with him became a good and brave aoldier. He had the gift of winning men's hearts; his wordwore few but. eloquent. Like all great men, he was utterly devoid of vanity and egotism; in his soul there was no room for small vices. So, among a world of common- place men, be had nide for himself a name and fame. When the red fiag of war was unfurled, and every home in the land had sent its sons to .maintain the honor of Old Eng- land, Raoul LaureSton's name be- cazne a household word. Mothers whose sons were at the war wept on hearing it; men told what they had read of hint, a,n4 their hearts grew warm as they spelt°. Then came the battle when, at the head of bis regi- ment, he rode "into the jaws of death," sword in hand, his brave face shining with•the light of cour- age. "Follow mei" he cried; and, sword in hand, he closed with the foe, Men told how the rod sunset found Win still there. How many lives he had saved with his valor none could say. There were other - brave men present who declared that Raoul Laureston had made the day their own. He wise knighted for his bravery, and then, as though fortune did not know how to lassieh sufficient favors upon him, he succeeded to a large fortune, left to him by a compara- tive stranger, hie godfather, But the brave soldier never quite recov- ered from a terrible wound he had received in battle. The slightest effort, the lest exertion, brought on an attack of illness that was always dangerous, And across his brow, just over the rights -temple, was a deep, red scar, loft there by the bayonet of a foe. He was sent to France and to Italy. It seemed as though his military career was end- ed. It had been a terrible grief to him to have to give up his profession and live abroad. Be said to his 'doc- "While I have life I shall hope; the health and the strength I have lost may return to me—I may hold a sword again. Heaven is kind." But far the last four years he had been at Nice, and had grown weaker, and a great longing had come over him to see England again. "If I •must die,"s he said, ,"let me die there." And seeing that .the home -sickness was a bar to his recovery, the doc- tors allowed him to return. It was • strange—the journey did him good; he was stronger .when he reached London than he had been for some time. Then he wrote to the only relative he had—Lord Caraven —asking if he should, as usual, make his home with him. He • had not heard of the earl's marriage— Lord Carairen never wrote a letter unless he was compelled to do So — and Sir Raoul had not read the notice of it in the English newspa- pers. Had he known of the mar- riages he would never have dreamed of going to his kinsman's home. He heard it frora one of his bro- ther officers' Nylm hastened to wel- coine'ltim to England,tand was at first incredulous. He had always loved the handsotae, willful boy who looked up to him with 'slice aliec- tiom and it had been a bitter source -of trouble to him to And him inclin- ed to go' the wrong way.111 life. Raoul Latiroston was many years older than the earl, but they had al- es something wonderful. ways been good frien'ds. In his. His worn face flushed with emotion light, frank way he had scoldsd the as. the carriage stopped at Halby House. "When a man has but - a few friends, he knows how to value them," he said to himself. "I know Ulric will be pleased to see me again." (To 13e Continued). A BAD BREAK. "What. is it, dear?" "Why," faltered the bride, may be all , right, 'but this naan'sends 'Massy happy returns of the day' but ho wetild have Writte lied been the case," ss"I AMMO yee," declared M Or Yandeleer, "that I wee Kona at the eerenlerly. Ife Wee Married at felt, George% HanOver Squere." net niepute sena you eaW with your own eyes," +Mid air '"i'hat granted then, Whein has he aterried?' "A KW Raneetrie," wag the brief reply, "Raneolne? I do not renleniber the name," Meier Vandaleer laughed. , "Re, YOU have probablY, never heard itsetheurSh there are IOW ,l`o'ting men in the army who could say as mach, Ransom is a leWyer and money -lender." The soldier's face fell. money-lenderl You Gannet be Serious? Caravan mart/ a Money, - lender's daughter! I cannot helieve "It is true, •1 remerelaer the lady'e name—Hildred Ransome. .did not, see her, although I was in the church during the marriage; the crush woe so great I could pot. The bridegrootn's tall head to wered above the crowd; X paw a vision of white and silver, but not the bride's face or figure." "A money -lender's daughter! Is ehe beautiful, Vandaleur?" "I cannot tell you; I have not met her. The only time I heard her dis- cussed was on her wedding day; she was only just eighteen, .and people said she looked very unhappy. ' ''Only eighteen, And when was he married, Vandaleur?" "Last year, Laurestons" "Then she is only nineteen now; that is very young!- Said Sir. Raoul, musingly. am afraid I should be an interloper. •And I should not feel at home. caraven is very fond of nor, I should say. I do not think that I shall go to Halley House." "You have plenty of money," re- turned the major, brusquely; "why not bny a place of your own?" "I would do so—that is, I would have done so long ago, but that I am uncertain about my own life; it has hung upon a thread so long that I have never dreamed of anything for myeelf." ' "I ought to be a iudge," said the naajor; "and I prophesy from your appearance that you will grow bet- ter—not worm" Their conversation was interrupted by the arrival of a note for Sir Ra4tul.ia from Cara:von," he said, as he hastily broke the seal. As he read it, his whole face brightened, a light came into his eyes. "I knew the boy's heart was in the right place," he remarked. "There could not be a kinder letter than that. Ile will not hear of inn remaining here or going elsewhere. I am to go to Holley 'Kmiec at once, where everything is at my service, and his wife joins in begging me to go. The boy is not changed, you see. Hie heart is good." And the major, having some little respect for Sir Raoul, forebore to tell him what rumor said about the handsome earl and his heart. "X shall go," said Sir Raoul, -- "this has quite decided me. You think I am right ,do you note" he added, seeing a strange smile on the major's face. "Certainly. 1 was thinking of the earl, not of you," and long after the two friends had parted, Major Van - dolour looked very grave. "It is like going into a wasps' nest," he said. "Raoul. is a noble, simple -hearted soldier. He will have little patience ‚with the earl — per- haps even less with his wife." No such thought troubled Sir Ra- oul; to him it seemed quite right and just that his kinsman should ex- tend the hand of welcome, that his wife and himself should beg hini to Visit them, that their home should be his. "I may be able to do him some good," said Sir Raoul. "Ulric al- ways listened to me." So he was full of hope as he drove to Ilalby House. "Whet will this young wife be like?" he Wondered, 'A money -len- der's dau.ghter—nothing very noble or brilliant; but Ulric loved her, I suppose. She will be a city de- moiselle. Let us hope, for Inric's sake, that she is pretty and accom- plished," • He Caught himself wondering more than mice what she would be like, and then he laughed at himself for his pains, "I have few relatives," he said, "that the fact of finding a new one handsome boy—now he scolded the Man. He had done his best to ex- ercise 0 wise control over the earl, There were times' When he fancied that he should succoect7there Were othees when he knew that he had failed. It was with positive Incredulity that he heard of the,marriage. -When Major .Vandaleur told hint the news, the brave soldier refused to believe it, •"CareVen would never has° mar- ried Without telling me," he said. "He has not written to me for years, with his present. ad Lost �of Miley Well Years of Keen Suffering From Kidney Disease --Owes Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills. Mr, R, J. ItteDain, Niagara. rolls, Ont,, a man of 110 years, and well known throughout the Niagara, dis- triet, writes: "X believe if it had not been for Dr, Chase's Kidney- • Liver Pills I would be in my grave before this, I was very bad with kidney disease, mid suffered with \ dreadful pains in 0137 kidneys. Being disappointed in the use of -many me- dicincs, had algesset givee bp hopes of ever getting better, "One morning, alter a night of espeeictlly hard exxfTer1g, a friend Weed tie See mei and aSkcd why I • . did not try -Dr. Chas&s Kidney -Liv- er Pills. I got a box at Once, and took two pills, which was a rather heavy close; one pill is plenty at a dose. I used them regularly for a month, and et the end of that time was a changed man, "It is now about five yeaks since I. began using this pill, and sine° that time X have felt as geed as I did 40 years ago. / aro almost 80 years old, and X Eon free front all disease, except • rheemativin, and this is much better than It used t� be before X used this inedicite, I reconmehci Drs Chase's Kidney -Liver Life to Pills with all my heart to any per- son, ntan or woman. This is my opinion of these valuable pille, and you may use it for the benefit o others." 13r. Chaee's Kidney -Liver Pills are especially appeociated by people o adnanced ago. The kidneys are fre quently the first tiepins of the body to break down, and there few old people but stiffer frolic flis ney disorders, and resulting pain and itches. One pill a dose, 25 cents a box, at all dealers, or Ed maneons Bates es Co, Torontles FOR FARMERS .000itale blo and Profitabt • WOO ter the Onsy TWers of the Sph. won" FOOD FOR PIGS. An 081)010/Iced hograleer says :— There le no kind of eninuil, even dogs,. which es given each filthy. food as Inge. No Metter hOW Vile and rancid it is, everything is thrown to them; and they cat it, too, which geese may talce as a nat10.41 indica- tion that it ie acceptable tit thorn, That I cleat, and I think they only eat it bemuse they are greedy and may be hungry when they accept of anything thet will ell. I know 0» pomp farms and about very inaeY cottages there are casks kept la 0111011 all kinds of refuse al'd 416- Posited for the pigs, Thee° casks raie rarely amities! or cleaned mit. Quantities of stuff are taken from them and more put ip, but the bot- tom le hardly ever reached. In hot weather the matter soon ferments, and when stirred up the smell is diabolical. I once knew a young man who lost his life through this, as he caught typhoid fever, and the doctor said it was generated from the filthy smell, but the authorities take little or no notice of it, and often worry people about things far less objectionable. Why it is not treated as a dangerous nuieance I cannot imagine. PIGS WILL SUCCEED BETTER. with .superiOr eood than inferior stuff. They may not eat more of the former than the latter ; indeed, they do not take so mita, and it does them far more' good, as it re- tains an active appetite and sup- plies a nne condition, 1 Eon all in favor of giving them, sweet, clean food, as I know they will soon prove this is the right thing for them, while stinking, decaying matter is never safe. "'What, then, shall we do with our refuse ?" some may ask. Why, do as you are doing now ; give it to the pigs 1 There is a time when all such stuff is sweet and healthy, and that is the period when it may with advantao be utilized as pig food. If more accumulates than they can consume always get more pigs. There need be no waste. I do not think it is because there is too much that it is put into casks and allowed to decay partially. I know some are actually .of opinion that it is the best way of convert- ing refuse into palatable pig food. Others let it accumulate as a mat- ter of convenience, and not a few do it to save themselves work. Some of the food may be given fresh to tee pigs. At other times it is de- posited in the casks as being handy when wanted, but no such considera- tions and arrangements should be tolerated. All who desire their pigs to remain in perfect health, make satisfactory progress, and yield the finest samples of bacon, must shun "high" food and only use that which is flier° healthy and clean. s UTILIZING BONES. On many farms .there are bones scattered about the paddocks, which should be collected and converted into manure. Of course, there is a market for bones, but when sold in the uncruahed -state their full value is never obtained. It is niore pro- fitable to treat them at home, and spread them on the land that pro- duced them. Where 110 crushing mill is available, there are several me- thods of reducing bones which may be adopted. A simple plan is to pack the bones layer by layer, vith fresh wood ashes, in a barrel, and keep the mixture moistened for some months.. Casks may be kept in constant use for this purpose on O farm, receiving every few days a fresh layer of the bones and ashes. A quicker method is to boil the bones in an iron or copper boiler together with strong caustic lye. The proportion of bones to lye is not exact or invariable. Approxi- mately, five parts by weight of caestic soda ; or seven parts by weight of caustic potash, dissolved in 15 ports by weight of water, will disintegrate about 15 parts by weight of bones by two or three hours' boiling. If the bones be allowed to remain in the caustie liquor, even without boiling, they will in the course of a week or so. beoome disintegrated. Bones may also be reduced by mixing in heaps with quicklime aria loam. A layer of loam 4 in, deep is made, and on this is placed a layer, about 6 in. deep of quicklime. The layers of lomn, bones and lime are repeated in succession until the heap reaches a convenient height, when it is Axi- ally covered with a-thicic layer of earth. Holes are then bored inthe heap from the top, and water pour- ed clown them to slack the lime. Instead of boring holes, round sticks may be pot in during the for- mation of the heap, and withdrawn when it, is finished, The mass will become hot, and remain so for two or three months, after which the belies will be friable, and the whole heap may be mixed up, and is ready for' the ground. DIPPING FOR PARASITES Parasites of all kinds are riot only injurious to the wool of sheep, but to the health of the al/heals as .well, and 'dipping to des -troy them should be resorted to Wherever and whenever they are present at snear- ing time. There is no other way to remove the troublesouse pests except by repeated dieping, and sometimes tt requires a good many to accom- plish the desired end. Ticks will worry the thin, weak sheep more than the strong ones, and they seem to congregate on them le such /am- bers a.9 tO cense their death. Some- times the ticks appear on the, Sheep shortly after dipping,' and the im- peessfon Made that the dipping did not free them feont the pat- asite(1; but this is a mistake. The trouvi ble es that the tickm s se the sheds or stables where the sheep were kept, arid by putting the ani - 111015 - haelS in their initiated eleartere the theta soon covered theta, amide. The livieg quartere of the Sheep Walt Also be treated with the Seim - tion by spreying and nwaehingnd in 1 -hill w4Yv4frlettti8441141 110111 4 futureival. A000g elleeld follow the flint ithent OM days later, and the living guar - tore should also receive a seeond epreyieg. Soinetimes where the 4111,,, aeltes are very numertme a, third dip,pieg and spraying may pay. THE DAIRY VAIDYiElt, The treunie with the overage faze mei' is that he gets along toe %Mike. nut the mart who Ilea to de busts nese with the cow year after yeer ie eoraPellerl to be a easiness elan. Ile hen to study enimel life, be he to read, he comes in 004t4.4t with the /nosiest, he hes to do .busiriese 865 clays in the Year; and that develops a good, strong man. .4.5 you exer- cise your inusele, you develop it. As you exercise your mind, you develop that. We would not advise anY Man, yoeng or old, to go into the dairy busioese, if he wants to have ari easy time, The man who follows the cow has im primrose path to fortune, but be can got two years' work in one and usually he ean get two years' profit in one. PileTo s charcl,;2Ohirtigri.T:Ault and absolute oura for each and every form of itchieft, bleadlngend protruding piles, the manufacturers have guaranteed it. Boo teop timoniala in tho daily7oss and aik your nelsk- bore what they think o it You eau us* 11 and getyour mosoy• book I not wired. Mc a bo, al ail sealers or EDId.IN110/1,BILT40 & Co.,Terente, Dre°ChaSe18 Ointment THE KHARTOUM OF TO -DAY SOUDANESE CAPITAL BEING REBUILT BY BR/TXSTI. A Visitor Meets One of the Guards Who Fought for Gor- don to the Last. .4..few years ago the savagery of Omdurman was a dangerous menace to African civilization, Khartoum had remained a heap of ruins from the fall of Gordon in 1885, when it was razed to the ground, and Om- durman became the Dervish capital. To -day Maartotim presents to the whole of Central Africa an interest- ing object lesson of peaceful pro- gress. This wonderful place can be now reached in five days from Assouan by the efficient service or- ganized by the Government—the best by which (writes Mr. John Ward in The Monthly. Review) I have ever Who ie Meet 14313100141)10 for the (19- 4154116 now doing duty as governor • Sennaar, Where We arehiteetureil genble Will opt fled roach eeepe. Tnn wrioas STA.MU OAS PA the south corner leacle past the spot where Gordon fell, *300 3)1011(00 DY InscriPtien en a grenite leloolc, His few 11511511-1104 VerdeiPas/li died ed him, 0'(8 one 800(115110110 ei greet strength, Who eurelred, theege tors ribly heciced about. ie 1100' a native officer of bigh rank in our 8014100. ne„is maxi of clistinguieh- ed appeartinee, and much respected. X had the pleaeure of 1)017)5 ieteo- dneed to him. X was teld by the ehaplain Some interesting matters eon/meted with this !Me old eeldier. He wents to be admitted into 1-110 Christian 81401013, an , d has repeated- ly pressed hie claim thus ; "I 11a8'no more 1181101 14 the religion of Prophet, the t rs,lvh:nekme rayelf, at h iearw t of ye faith. Let me join your church for the &eke of my wife and two dough - want to be Christians, I am not afraid for their fate if they have not the frees dom of your religion." But, Mr, Gwynn° told him he dare not take any step in the matter, If he did be would be at once sent back to England. Some day when there may be a publie church the veteran can attend if he pleeses. Meantime • it eeeme it hard ease to be refused, The State and private apartments of the palace are finely proportions ed, simply furnished, but with •a quiet dignity. A. ben. utiful tame leopard keeps guard at the stairs leading to the Sirdarie apartments, but I was more interested in the study of a dignified bird who. keeps eentry-go in the palace garden. He is a distinguished visitor from the Bahr -el -Ghazal. Since his sojourn at the palace he has become quite tame and may ramble all aver the vast garden, but he prefers the society ef the notables, always taking up his station near the terraces and the rosery. His plumage is of a bronze - brown. Ile has a great black bill and pouch, and long elegant legs like a. crane. His eyes are a cord - sea -green. He is said to be a peli- can, bet the natives call him Abu- Markulc—"the father Of shoes"—out of compliment to his remarkable bill, like whalebone or old patent leather. LONDON'S PAWNBROICE11, The British i'Uncle" Advances More Than Things Cost, We imagine that few, if any, of our readers are aware of what "niosk- ing" is, since even so experienced a. magistrate as Mr. Shell was com- pelled tbe other day to confess to travelled, Not only are there excel- entire, ignorance of both the word fent dining and sleeping cars, but at and the practice which it represents. Abu Homed, after a tong run of mo- Mosking is professional pawning, notorious sandy tract, luxurious baths aro unexpectedly supplied. The first section of tee line from Halfa to Abu Hamad runs M a perfectly straight line along the level, path- less desert, the Most weird and arid scene I have ever witnessed.* The sand is of a hot reddish tint, • the sparse reeks the burnt sienna of our color box. Pyramidal peaks rise in the distance on either aide. and after Sunrise won.drous-ndrages ap- pear along the horizon—delusive in- dications of placid pools and leafy groves, where neither water nor growth nor life of any kind -exists. At the time of the British occupas Mon, Khartoum being in ruins, the Government °fetes were established at Omdurman, but they are gradu- ally being removed to the new city as thp permanent buildings are erect- ed. Omdurman WITH ITS MUD Erovras still covers 0115156 area, but much of it is ruinous, and the population lice inquiries is that obtainby pawning these goods for a liv- , is not more than 15,000. In the .riM more than has been paid for them is Malicli's time 400,000 souls were a practice which quite extensively crowded within the camp enclosure. prevails. There is also an added re - The place when taken by the Brit- finement. which increases our re- ish was in an Indescribable state of epect for the intellect though not filth ; it is now intersected by wide for the morals of the mosker. It roads and is under police super- vision. As Khartoum • is developed seems that it is not professional to the old. place will doubtless be al- be contented with the profit madeout of the pawnbroker. There roust lowed to dwindle away. It is now be another "turn" in the transac- visited mainly for the rides of the tion besides that. The raoskeis Mahdt's tomb, the Khalife's house and the Dervish arsenal. therefore, who is really at the head The first sight of Kbartmun front of his profession, first pawns for 106. that ,for which he has given 56., and the river comes as a charming sur - then sells the ticket to somebody prise after the long journey through else for• 15s., alleging that the a thousand miles of barrenness, for pledge is an unequalled bargain It is embosomecl in trees. The white which is really worth 20s, and palace, a inassive buildings domina- svhich only the avarice and obduracy ates the graceful palms.. It is a of the pawnbroker droe-e him to part finished structure, of great durabil- with it at the ridiculous figure ity and elegance, and gives the int - marked on the ticket. If Montague pression that its builders have come Tigg, could revisit the pale glimpses to stay. No professional architect of the three golden balls he would was emplOyed—it is, in fact, a new fmd he had a good deal to learn style, an invention of the Royal En- gineers. These ingenious officers "e'n'-ate''' - were quartered hereand got the job to do as part of their duty, and I , did their best. The result is charind Mrs. Ilondclipper—"Doctor, what ing and original. But Engineers. do you think is the matter with have to be ubiquitous, like their iilei?ni' thDatoctyonru—r"bIlnanmd iiancnlinnta edinnto to motto, and those who connnenced! were not allowed to finish the build- I'll have to give you something to Mg. The lower storeys are the de- Purify your blood." Mrs. BondeliPe sign of one engineer, the upper, of per (haughtily) --"You are probably another, and /et the whole is *eons:not aware that I belong to a good gruous. It Is said that the officerlo)d Norman family." and there is, perhaps, no more re- markable calling pursued 14 all Lon- don. The ordinary citizen whom stress of circumstances drives to seek assistance from the poor man's banker never expects le get the full value of his pledge, and recognizes that the pawnbroker could not live if he did. But the mosker looks not only for the value of the article, but for a profit on what he paid for it, and the amazing thing is that he gets it. There are, it appears, jew- elers who make a specialty of sup- plying the meeker with the articles he requires, and who get up their goods so carefully as to deceive even the very elect among "uncles," says the London Globe. To such an extent had this gone that one lawyer yesterday described It as a "well-known custom of the trade," and certainly the results must be satisfactory to their clients, for we find that the result of the p0- INIM•131061211361111•1•2190 A LUCKY Uncle Dick—What is the baby so pleated abent ? Nurse—I guees he heard nitres amith Say telt now that he didn't look a bit like any el late relatioess B.AI.TIE It, .11,, ANIIMITSH 427/ XIT,TXD AhID 18,275 Tlf.o • IVA= IN 1901, Deport of the Workings of Bal. ways in reat Aritaill for laet 'rear. #11,0o1one1 Sir Iferbert Jekyll, of the Ilailway Department of the Dritish Doard of Trade; 1(45 Presented a re- port to the Board on the accidents 1117/80do ciuing.optelnleyea '0431(4(1 1-11 ltl,tools,vorl,:rcit170 of the railwaye of the United Xing - first part gives the total nutaber ef cPaeurrer blytineaciecaildntisni11111;edwitcT th.101 r17n01115 c11 troine or the movement? of vehicles was ea/leer/led. Oel. I Jekyll, howeveris careful to point out that under 'the heed of injuriees in the eaee of Peeemigmei all injuries . no matter how slight, are included •,;{,41 while in the ease of Permute of the'? companies, only those accidents I which Prevent the inbired servant • from being employed for five hours on his ordinary work on any of ths three working days next after the accident are required to be repo1'ted4 Accidents to trains, rolling stock.; and Permanent way caused injury to 476 persons; accidents from °they causes, including their own want of caution or misconduct, resulted in the deaths of 185 and injury of 1,669 passengers, From accidents to' trains, rolling stock or perraanenti way, eight servants ot companies on contractors were • killed, and 3.86 lejured; by accidents from other, causes, including their own want oil caution or misconduct, 508 were killed and 4,087 injured. IN THE CASE OF PERSONS other than passengers or servants8 three were killed and Ave injured frora accidents to trains, rolling stock' and permaneet way, 55 were killedand 26 injured while passing over railways at level croesings 282 were killed and 154 injured while trespassing, 11e committed sui- cide, and 17 were injured by at- tempting to commit suicide; 17 were killed and 122 injured while on business at stations Enid sidings.; while from what are characterized as miscellaneous causes not included lie ' any of the abeve, 24 persons were ' killed and 28 injured. Thus the total number of persons killed was 1,171, and injured 6,740. In ad- dition to the above, the companies reported 106 persons killed and 11,-, 685 injured from accidents that ors:* curred on their premises but were not connected with the movement of railway vehicles. Takingtherefores the number of personal accidents re- ported to the Board of Trade bn the railway companies during the twelve months, there were 1,277t persons killed and 18,875 injured. • The total number of passenger jour- neys, exclusive of journeys by season ticket holders, was 1,172,395,900 for the year 1901, or 80,119,214 more than in the previous year. Calculated on these figuresiliadthe pro- portion of passengers k injured during the year 1901 were 1 in 8,684,114 killed, and 1 M '546,- 571 injured, In 1900 the propor- tions were 3. in 8,461,809 killed, and 1 in 470,848 injured. RAILWAY EMPLOYES. Fourteen railway servants were killed and 571 injured whilst em- ployed in coupling and uncoupling vehicles ; 74 were killed and 1,738 injured whilst employed in various other shunting operations, making a total of 88 killed and 2,809 injured while shunting; 20 were killed and 109 injured by being caught be- tween vehicles; 9 were killed and 64 injured by falling or being caught between trains and platforms, walls etc.; 95 were killed and 117 injured whilst working on the pernament way and sidings; and 164 were killed and 301 injured whilst walking,. crossing, or standing on the line on duty. The total naamber of railway and contractors' servants killed and injured in the course of railway traffic, exclusive of accidents to trains, was 508 killed and 4,087 in - bared. • Of these, 20 of the killed and 29 of the injured were contractors" servants, A. comparative statement is given relating to the nember of railway servants killed and injored whilst employed in shunting opera- tions, including the coupling and un- coupling of vehicles, for the years 1892 to 1901 inclusive, during which period of ten years 1642 milts of additional railway have been open- ed, and the number of railway sees vants employed has been increased: In 1892, the number of killed in coupling arid uncoupling operations only was 19, and iajured 805, as against, 11 and 286 respectiVely in 1808, 23 and 298 in 1894, 36 and 881 in 1895, 18 and 488 -in 1898, 19 and 492 in 1897, 18 and 481 in 1898, 16 and 567 in 1809, 25 and 565 in 1900, and 14 and 571 in 1901TEK NUISTBER KILLE'D in all shunting operations, including coupling and uncoupling vehicles, was in 1892 158, and injured 1,041, as against 125 killed and 1,427 in- jured in. 1898; 136 and 1,519 re- spectively 111 1894; 110 and '1,458 in 1595; 136 and 2,518 in 1896; 97 and 2,400 in 1897. 129 end 2,164 in 1898 ; 116 and 2,357 iu 1809136 and 2.016 in 1900; and 88 and 2,- 809 in 1001. Under the category of accidents to persons other than pas- seugers or servants of railway eoin- Panies, it aPPears that the accidents to persons passing over railwa.ys at level crossings show a decrease on the figuret for the previous year, the numbers being 55 killed and 26 in- jured, as against 68 killed and 85 injured in 1900. The number of trespassers killed was 282, and of those injured 154, as against 288 killed and 154 injured in 1900. • Tho number of suicides wae 144, as against 128 1/1 1900, and 17 persons were injured 'while apparently at— tempting to commit suicide; and of persons not included in the above classifications, most of 0110111 were at the railway premises Oh bats:Mesa, 41 were killed and 150 Wend, as against 50 killed mid 181 %Nevin in 1900.