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Exeter Advocate, 1901-9-12, Page 3sees —.reser , ereseseee 44 ••• 440 04. ••0 ••••41•••••1 0.* ••• ••10••••••••1•••••• 0 0 4 • • ,* • • .• • * '0 * • • ,0 • .04 • NO 1 's Wife. • 444 1.0 4'0.4 **OA •••••••••••• ••• ••• 14 4.0 +4( ••• ••• ••• ••• • • • • • • • • • • • • * • • • • • • • * * No. 17 sat in his cell, wh4e and deseaiOng. He had ,endured two years of ,prison life uncomplainingly, cheered by the knowledge that he W5 innocent of the crime With which he had been charged—and cheered also by the visits of his eweet-faced wife,Elsie, who eame re- gularly 'to the gaol as often as the cast-iron regulations, of the estab- lishment would, permit. But of late Elsie's visits had ceased, and to -day the convict knew the reason for their eessatiOn. She was ill --very Ill—and the letter faom her Sister eahich lay in his hands told him that the doctors feared the worst. This is how the note ran :— Dear Artimr,—I have some rather 6ad tidings to give you, but we must both, be heave and hope for the best, Poor Elsie is dangerously ill, and though all that we could possi- bly do has been done, the medical man holds out small hope of her ul- timate recovery. Ile states that she is suffering from no particular ill- ness, but simply frOlik a general de- bility, brought abeUt by feetting over your abseece. If only you could come to her, it would prob- ably be the means of saving her life; but alas! that •is impossible. She is in God's handS, as we all are. I ana praying to him to spare to us the life that we both love—it is for you to pray also. -Good-bye, and 1. God bless you. May he give us strength to bear the blow that seems sonear. , Your loving sister-in-law—KATE, Arthur Desparde was no coward — no weakling. The humiliation and suffering of penal servitude les had borne like a man, but those few simple words bowed his head ao earth and brought the salt tears to his eyes. To feel that his absence was causing. Elsie's decline—to feel that one short hour of liberty would in all probability be the means of preserving her, and to know at the same time that the prison walls stood between him and her—to feel and know all this would have mad- dened any man. The feeliag and the knowledge maddened Arthur Des- parde now. "I will go to her," he muttered hoarsely, 'come what may ! Let them retake me afterwards—let them serve me as they will—but go to her I must, and . . . I will," A file lay at his feet. He had found it tbe day previous whilst la- boring. in the yard, and he had se- creted it in his clothing, believing that some day he might require its aid. Climbing the narrow wall of his cell, he discovered that the small window thereof was guarded merely by two iron bars of medium thick- ness. Without an instant's hesita- tion he proceeded to file these bars, hoping with ardent hope that no warder might intervene to abruptly terminate his labors. Fortune favored him, and the work was completed without interruption. Two minutes later he was sliding down a pipe which led from the cell to the courtyard, and to scale the Joy:, wall of the yard was but the work of an instant. Then with a muttered prayer for the protection of Heaven on his journey he set out for the house where his wife lay be- tween life and death. * * * * "Arthur Is it possible it can be you? How ever have you contrived to come here ?" It was Elsis's 'Aster who spoke; and she stood, fully dressed, in the doorway, scanning the escaped con- vict's features with amazement. ° • "Yes. It is I, and you shall hear afterwards,how I managed to make good my flight. . . But tell me, first of .s.11—how is she ?" There is little change. At times ,„she is,...unconscious, and during such 'p'eriods she mentions your name in- cessantly. When she is conscious she talks of youhte 'flea saying that. tliC One desire left to 1:er is to sec You at her side ,againd,' ' 'Thank Heaven,',' said the convict .in a. low tone; ,'`thank-Heavero she is still alive. I am not too late." Then he explained to the wonder- ing girl how he had contrived to escape from ga,ol, adding also that there was every chance of his being retaken in the morning. "But let them come," he said sullenly-; "when once I have held my darling in my arms again, and Cheered her sickness, 1 care little what happens. 'And now, it will be well for you to tell her I am here; but break the news to her as gradually as you can." the cruel truth, and he resolved to let her remain in ignorance of his peril. Perchance she 'believed that he had been released ; he would not undeceive her. All through the long night hus- band and wife went on talking in low, confiding -tones, happy in each other's society -desiring no ether joy - on earth. Through the long night they remained with hands clasped, all-in-all one to the other.' Then morning. came and .Kate entered. She whispered gently to Arthur :— 'The doctor' is here, and he must not see you in your prison dress. Corne away for a few minutes." Kissing his wife, and telling her he would return 500n, tl1Q young man quitted the apartment. The doctor entered, with a cheering "good morning. Well, and how do you fincl yourself to -day, Mrs. Des- parde ?"he asked briskly. "Much, much better, doctor," she replied, g,ratefully; "in fact, I think I shall soon be off your -hands." "Bravo," cried the good-natured physician, as he felt the patient's pulse. "Do you know, my dear ma- dam, I believe that your prediction is about correct, Your pulse has gone up most wonderfully, and al- ready your eyes seem stronger—more healthy. My physic is doing won - ' known as "No 17" st4Qd one° mor TTrIflT fil 1 I akru,l'raY Price, the well known writer upon the threshold of his horina Kate met him at the ne0r—a smile upon, her bonnie f aee. has heard all," elle said, gently ; "and she is nearly well, The goed newe has saved her life. She is asking for you at this moment. Dasparde waited to hear no more. An instant later Elsie's face was pressed close to his own; and hus- band and wife were re-oniteci after their bitter separation. "Cod has been very good to me," she whispered through her sobs, "and has given you back to me." "Yes," said Desparde, .gently—"to remain together till death shall Part And.afterwards," whispered , ; "God willing." 011, "sociology," left 815,000 in ' cash, to be awarded to any ,man who GREAT PRIZES' THAT ARE hoi1d be instrumental in bringing Loolciim roil OWNERS. about the abolition of the Game Laws, which wore Mr., Price's pet bugbear,' $60,000 Reward ter a, Navigable He also left a perfect library of A.irship-,-Sornething f or the manuscripts and information on the Peacemaker. subject, which are at the service of If Dumont, the young Frenchman who has just invented a steerable airship, were a Briton; he weind be entitled to a prize of $60,000, be- sides hie own profits. He would have won the "11-Telten Payne" award arid a committee would now be set- tling up the conditions prior to handing him the money. When ltfetton Payne, the famous amateur aeronaut died, he left a aeg- acy of $60,000 in trust for the first British subject whd should invent Practicable navigable airship. The prize has been tried for unsuccessful- ly by over a dozen men, and a good many thousands spent in the pro- cess. The nearest to success was Captain Green's attempt, which end- ed, however, in the serious accident to the inventor at Exeter, when ders." • ' Butit:. was not. the .physic .that. had wrought this mighty change in the invalid.. It was the 'presence' of a certain figure, clothed in the .hide- ous grey that :Marks, the garb of. 1-Ier. Majesty's prisons. It was the. :presenceof that figure and the sound of his: voice .thatahad changed Elsie Desparde from a dying .Woinan inte one in whom the:will and.theability to live were 110W Predoininant. The doctor took his leave- after a short interval, promising to look in on, the following day. Then Arthur was allowed to return to „the: .sick room., .and once more heatook up his position beside his wile. . Towards. noon Rate entered the apartment,. , trembling violently. Controlling her vaicewith an effort so as not to alarm her sister, she said :— "Arthur,: will you come ontside UP-TO-DATE GRINDSTONES. Made With Ball Bearings Now and With Other Improve- inen.ts. "If," says a dealer in such things, anybody had told our grandfathers that ,the time would come when we. should have ball-bearing grindstones suppose they would have thought lie was crazy; but we have them now and they are not very costly either. "lf the grindstone is one that is worked with a treadle there are ball - bearing's on the crank, where the treadle -rod is connected, as well -as on the shaft on which the grindstone turns. Really, it is a pleasure to see that homely old tool, the grindstone, mounted on ball bearings, and it is a positive delight to see how easily such a grindstone turns. "But the ball bearings are not the only modern improvement in grind- stone equipment. There are nowa- days grindstone frames and ,attach- ments that are patented. The old, old way of turning a grindstone was with a crank, or a single treadle ; but nowadays we have double tread- les, one for each foot, and the frame that eupports the grindstone has up- on one end of it a seat like the seat you see on a mowing machine or anything of that sOrt, this being by no means a device for a lazy man, but a convenientmeans of enabling -the man using, the grindstone to -get at it to the best advantage. 11 you, knowing the grindstone of ancient times, will picture to your- self a man sitting in a comfortable seat so, placed On the end of the frame that he cosi get square at the face of the stone, which he turns by means of two treadles, one under each foot, the stone itself turning on ball bearings throughout, a grind- stone yet to be sure, but with every working part distinctly modernized, you will get some idea --of the differ- ence between the old grindstone and the new.'' for a moment ? I want to speak to you." 'Arthur Desparde guessed what it was that the white-faced gii•1 had to communicate. life kissed his wife very tenderly and then turned to- wards the door. "They have come for me, have they not? he asked in a whisper, as he followed her out. of the room. "Yes. They are in the parlor. I begged them to behave very quietly, as there was illness in the house." "Good, brave girl. God will re- ward you for your devotion. Now listen to me. Elsie must not know that I have been retaken until she is quite strong enough to bear the news—until, ixi fact, her health is restored. Promise me that she shall not know." "She shall not know." "God bless you, Kate." He wrung her hand, raised it to his lips, and then went downstairs with firm steps. • A warder in uni- form stood in the sitting -room, and another person was beside him. It was the Governor of the gaol, and with swiftly beating heart the convict, w‘ondered why this official had come to the honse., It was not'.usual fpr the, Governor of a prison to accompany his warders. On such a mission the recapture of a runaway convict. "-Gentlemen," he cried, .in low voice, surrender myself ' to you freely. .1 have only one ‘request to make. Let me be taken away quiet- ly so that my wife who des ill up- stairs may not 'know of my depart- ure." The Governor smiled. "No. 17," he said, gently, "it is certainly my duty to have you taken back to the gat)), but at the same time it is my duty also to give you some very pleasant news." There was a pause. Desparde stood rooted to the floor, his eyes On fire. What was coming next ? What was the news that the Govern- or had come to communicate ? "My tidings," continued the latter, ''ore simply these. A man named Charles Morrison died last night in Chilton Gaol. Before he passed a- way he sent for the chaplain and made a confession. lle confessed that the forgery for which you Were condemned was committed by him- self, and, that he alone was guilty. The confession was 'sent by special Messenger to .the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with the result that a telegram reached inc two hours ago authorizing your re- lease as soon as the neCessar','V pa- pers can be .made out: You will re- turn with me to the gaol but not as O prisoner --and I think you may take it from me that befogl'e the week is out you will be a free man." Then very simply and very court- eously the. white - haired a overnor out his hand and DeSparde grasped it with a mighty grip of gratitude, whilSt from his lips there came the choking worti5 Kate nodded, and left the room or: tip -toe. Presently she returned, her eyes swimming with tears. "She knows all, Arthur, and is waiting for you. Pray God that your coming may woo her back to life----" "Amen !" said the convict, husk- ily, as he went slowly up the stairs towards his wife's chamber. , She lay very white and very still, but there came a wenn glow of joy upon her -faded cheek as he entered. She put out her thin hand to-lairn, and a moment later they were clasp- ed in each other's arms. " I knew you would come to me, darling," she Sobbed, "fps I have prayed da3r and night that I might See you once more-`-arld 1 -leaven has heard my prayer. Oh, Arthur, dear, dear Arthur, me has been very hard without, you without your love." "Poor girl. Only too well can I realize what you have felt—knowing what I have endured myself . But, come. Let us talk of other things. • You have been ill, they tell Me very 111.'' "Yes, for I wanted you. Now that you are here I shall soon be well. A terrible' pang shivered through the convic('s soul. I-Iow wag he to tell luer the truth 7 Ilovi was he to • tell her that ),,{2'r' many hours had — N MARRIED BY EWSPAPER. os— Strange Story of Miss Creydt's Wedding in London. In October last Miss Helene Creydt who Was living at Cologne, inserted an advertisemenF t in the rankfurter Zeitung, to the effect that slue was an orphan possessing some means, and desired to correspond with an honorable gentleman with a view to matrimony. Franz Von Berger, alias Dr. Em- manuel Egon Borges, who is an Austrian by birth and an* American citizen, replied to -this in a letter written from an address in Cock- spur street, London. He described himself as a professor of Harvard University, with a salary of 60,000 francs. Correspondence ensued, and on December 23 the lady came to Eng- land and was met at Southampton by Berger, who brought her to Lon- don, and after telling her that she came up to a,11 his expectations, and that he would marry her, placed a ring on her finger and asked her to accompany him 'to a registry oMce. They then went to a private house, where they went through a form of marriage., in the- presence of three 10011; but there was no trace of the marriage In the recerds of Somerset House. Miss Creydt, believi»g, that she had been legally.: married, handed to him some -bank notes and shares to the value of 2150, and he also in- duced her to pawn some of her jewellery. He then persuaded her to write and ask her brother for £50 on account of her interest under her father's will, and when the cheque dame took 'it away and cashed it. On April 1 she received a draft for £ 543, and placed it in her desk This draft Berger is alleged to have stolen, as he cashed it the following day at the Dutch 13ank. , Ite then disappeared, but was trac- ed to New York, and at Bow street, London, where the above facts IVere recounted, was remanded on a charge of stealing the £5413 cheque. "At last—at last—thank God --- thank God I'', • * Three days later there arrived at the gaol an inmortant-looking docu- ment, bearing at the top the magic letters, "V. B.," and beneath those letters it was written that Her Maj - passed he would in all likelihood be eSty had been pleased to grant a teken bacic to prison to be separa.t- tree pardon to Arthur Desparde ecl from lam' once mere ? Ile could front that clay forward. And w 'thin not, bring 1..lu1se1f to eonlide to her a little . space he who had been HE AND I -PIS MACHINE collapsed. A committee of experts is to be chosen to decide on the genuineness of any airship; and it is said that, strictly, the machine has to be heav- ier than air, and not floated by a gas balloon, and, if that is 50, evert Dumont's vessel would be barred. There will be a good many tumbles before that $60,000 is won. There is 815,000 a year for life, and the residue to your heirs, wait- ing for you, if y‘ou are anything of a peacemaker. That is the prize of- fered by an eminent Swede—Mr. Ed - Mond Neillssen—to anyone who,shall b‘e instrumental in persuading the Powers to give up war for good and all, and do away with arniaments of every kind. It will take a great or- ator with very 'strong aml oriodna,1 views to bring this off, and, accord- ing to,rules, he must persuade Rus- sia, Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria, and Italy to do away with all soldier and sailor' 11100, except the BODYGUARDS OF THE COURTS. Nothing is put in about the otlier nations, who would sresumably fol- low suit. A good many men have had a try ifor this result, the one nearest the mark being a famous London jour- nalist. But they didn't succeed, and it looks as if that $15,000 would look for a claimant for a very` long time yet. It is worth noting that the money which is held in trust is all in 13ritish G-overnment bonds. When Mr. Neillssen dies, the money is to remain in trust -till somebody wins it, no matter -how long hence. There is a certain $5,000 a' year, outside all personal profits,- standing ready -for the man who finds a gen- Aline cure for consumption. This is the gift of the late Sir John Dean, the famous physician and scientist. The Bean award amounts to $175,- 000 in Government stock. He left this legacy in trust, to be awarded to any British subject who may dis- cover a cure that is considered gen- uine by a committee of the College of Physicians and the British Medi- cal Council. The interest amounts to $5,000 'per annum, and there are always plenty of starters working at the great probleni, and a good many -4- PAYING FOR A PLEASANTRY. It was a prisoner of great activity 01 epeeeh who reeentlfaced the magistrate in the Philadelphia Cen- tral Police Court. "What is your name ?" asked the magi s trate. "Michael 0'11-alloran," was the re- PlY• "What is your occupation?" "Phwat's that ?" "What is your occupation ? What work do you do 7" ". "Oi'm a sailor." The magistrate looked incredulous. "I don't believe you eger saw a ship," he said. "Didn't 01, thin.?" Said the pi -is - oiler. "An' phwat do yez t'ink Oi 001710 over in—a hack ?" The Philadelphia Record says that it went hard with Michael O'Hal- loran after that. an,yone who likes to try for the prize and start the litigation. This is the will so strongly fought in the Pro- bate Curt by Mr. Price's heirs, who thought they could find better uses to put, the money to; but the will ,wits -upheld, and the $15,000 is at the disposition of any energetic gen- tleman who can prevail an British Parliament to quash the Came Laws. , But among humanitarian awards— and there are plenty of them—the $25,000 "dedicated by Mrs..Vaughan Pritchard is about the best. That Sum will be paid over by the trustees to any man or woman who invents a substitute for the bit in a horse's equipment, and MAKES IT 'UNIVERSAL FORTUNES HAVE BEEN SPENT in the pursuit. The cure, according to rules laid down by the will, must be able to heal seventeen cases out of twenty, all in the "second stage" of the mai- adjr. This is about the best be- quest there is, for the great doctor calculated that, out of the 80,000 people that die of consumption every year in 13ritain alone, at least 68,- 000 would be saved. Besides that $175,000, it has been hinted more than once in high places that the man 11110 can stamp out consump- tion will get a baronetcy at least, if not a peerage. For saving 68,000 lives a year he oug,ht;to get a duke- dom. , Out of every 100 pounds of papen maamfa.ctured in the world, only six, pounds is made into books. over 6 Only ane man in 203 is feet in height, . England USCS annually ,33,000 1,ons of hops',. but grows -only 27,000 toes. in Britain, in place of the rresent variety. Hundreds of people have made "shots" at this prize, but they have not been able to get their ideas tak- en up, and it is said that there is absblutely no other way of control- ling a. horse. It is a rule that the substitute must not enter the beast's mouth in any way; and must not be` spiked or studded. In parts of Italy the horses wear a sort of bar across their nose's in- stead of a bit; but though a few samples ,have been seen in Britain, the old bit holds its own, and that $25,000 is still waiting. NO PLACE LIkE THE SLUMS. London Gamins Prefer Town Ex- citement to Rural Peace. The • children of London's slums think there is no place like liOnae, be it ever so squalid and poverty- stri&en, says a recent London paper. -They miss the flaming naphtha lamps, the winkle barrows; the hokey-pokey man, and all the other things that ,have been their life- long conapanions," said Father Stanton, of St. Alban's,. Holborn, when asked how the children of the slums take their summer outings in the country. "Then, too, they are afraid of the dark at night, and are lost in the daytime, in the country," continued the kindly -faced, great-hearted friend of thousands of .street ara.bs and gutter -gamins. "They have all sorts of reasons for preferring; the- city to the coun- try, and some of thein are perfectly inexplicable. One little boy wrote to me after his outing last year and said he didn't like the country be- cause while there a wasp had stung him. "Another youngster took a day at Brighton with me in preference to two weeks in the country, and could give no reason for his choice." .It never entered the modest mind of this favorite of the slum children Why it was. "They like going out in vans best of all," the Father went on, "and then they, eat green fruit and thor- oughly enjoy themselves. "But though they like the hubbub of the city best, and are really glad to get back to it, their brown cheeks and bright eyes tell a merry 'tale when they return. Then You shoulc hear the amusing stories they tell and you NVOUld see how their cramp od, warped, and stunted little minds have been opened out by a glimpse of the green wonderland they know so pitifully little about. Never mind what they say about it, it's the good the outing does them that we are after." A British prize, open' to all the world, and "ao favors," is the $25,- 000 o tiered -by, Mr, Henry Seed amore, the famous mountaineer, for the as- cent of Mount Everest, the, highest mountain in the world. Mr. Seada- more died two years ago, 'but the 825,000 is still open to be climbed for—balloons barred—by any man of any nati on . Everest, which is 29,000 feet high, or nearly as tall as two mount Blanes piled one on top of the other, has killed seven would-be climbers durine-'the' last twenty years, and hasbailled many ecores more. That expert mountaineer, Mr. Wymper has inade' the best re- cord, though not necessarily for the $25,000; but the summit has never been reached by mortal man, an(1 it is doubtful if any human being could live for half an hour at such an alti- tude, even if he got there, But every now and then somebody has a try, seldom getting much more than half way up, however. The ascent, if successful, would cost about $1,000, andlthough there is a cash In'ize for • TAKE A WEEK. A ,a practical submarine boat, it is not such a large orie—$5,000;, but it 48 intended to help an inventor, with- out much money of- his own, to get his invention patented and exploited: 11fr. Graham. Shaw dedicated this prize for all time, ten years ago. The rules are that, the submarine must be able to stay under wa,ter at least two hours Witliont riSing, IntiSt travel seven knots an hour, and be able to carry and discharge turr ed nes. It must also accomodate at least three 171011, nniSt, be indepen- dent of any other vessel, and steam as a motive power is barred, `Die prize is restricted to -British sub- jects. ,There have been three or Sour attempts at a, really sound sub- marine boat, but none,have come off in England; and the boat that wins the prize must not be, in the opin- ion of experts, a copy of any foreign inventi 011. One of the oddeSt awards ever of- fered, and which is likely to stay an offer for a good MANY YEARS Yler, is thc 815,000 offered by the late MEN VIRO HATE MONEY. SEE sq MUCH OF IT THAT LOSES ALL .VALIYE. The Croupiers Employed at Monte Carlo Lose All Sense of the Value of Casla. The croupiers are the most remark- able people in Monte Carlo. Apart from their wonderful powers of nlen- tal arithmetic, which are the result of years of patient t,rautiug, they , may be said to be the only. men on ' itnh)neyefiil.ee of the earth who hate They handle thousands of pounds in gold, silver and notes every day of their lives. They see it flung down on the green cloth by gamblers ancl raked to and fro as though it were so Much dirt. In a few years after a croupier has been eniployecl at Monte Carlo he loses all sense of the Value of cash, Ile is absolutely indifferent to the sight of it. Eo 01101 ms his duties of gathering in, or paying out, with the mechanical calmness of an unthinking machine. Every croupier is searched careful- ly when he leaves the Casino, to see that he has not stolen anything. The searching, however, is a more for- mality, for nobody has ever been known to attempt to carry off even the smalle.st coin. The croupiers have plenty of chances of stealing, but they never think of taking them. "Swell rnobsmen" who have gone ptoo sMe oofiltseWiCnacirllionglotrhothbeanEkx11)110ses opvuerr- and over again tried to bribe the croupiers. ONLY ONE INSTANCE is on record of anyone having suc- ceeded. A fria,n called Arclisson en- listed the aid of a croupier, and in- duced him to deal out a Pireviously- arranged pack at the "Trente-et- Quarante" table. ''Trente-et-Quaran- te" is played with a big pack Of cards which are shuffled in the pres- ence of the players, and therefore no cheating is possible. In this case, the substituted pack was introduced on to the top of the real one after the shuffling was over. The swindler. who of course knew in what order the cards wOuld ap- pear, placed his stakes accordingly, and managed to win no less than 180,000 francs, or $36,000. Immo- diately afterwards he cleared off, and was never seen again. When the cards were counted at the end of the game it was of course found that there were more than usual, and the fraud was revealed. NOT GOING FISHING. A citizen with a fishing rod over .his shoulder was going up the Street yesterday when a stranger called "Ia tI:Ve any luck ? Fifty feet further on a second in- quired Are they biting nowt ? At the next corner it' third stopped him and asked : 1 say, what'll you take for a ton of 'em A fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh had their say,, and the eighth., bore •down upon him with : Look here, old chap, you may laugh at the idea of crossing your bait,butspealiogi.tbrings tome? lqucnekriaedndthIa e nciann Isv)riotyhetlilte. r d. Cer tainly. What do you take me for ? Why, you are going fishing. Who said so? 'Haven't you got a fishing rod ? Suppose I have 7 11 I saw you carrying a bar of soap home, 'would X argue that you. \core going to do the family washing ? But aren't you going fishing ? No, sir I This rod is to knock the sparrows' nests out of the eaves of rny house. Funny how many people there are in this world who are in- terested 111 other folks' business. ^ Now comes the extraordinary part of the story. The croupier Nvho had committed the fraud had not gained o single penny by it. Be had substi- ,uted the'forged pack simplyeas a fa- dIr to his friend. Be hardly realizs - ed what he was doing. His friend had not paid him anything to 'do it, nor had he proposed' to Share 1115 Spoils. The croupier actually did not want to share in them. He had , NO USE FOR THE MONEY. The Administration of the Casino only sent the offending- croupier to prison for two months, though his action—done with childlike innocence —had robbed them of each a large SUM of money. They knew -it was no use punishing him. heavily., And, strange' to say, they gave him Work again when he came out of prison, though not at his olcl employment. The croupiers a.t 'Monte Carle re- ceive a salary of from $2,500 to $3,- 500 per annum, ,according to the length of time they have been in the Administration's service. No' croup- ier has even been known to ask for a rise in his salary. As long as they have enough they don't care for more. When they receive money they often mislay it, because they - are as careless of it as ganiblers. But the croupiers never gamble. It never occm•s to them to try and in- crease their money by any means whatever. They are so tired of see- ing money that they liteeally hate Their life is .a curiously uneventful one. They never tratrel. Monaco, which is the loveliest'land in Eurorhe 'quite satisfies them. There are no , drunkands amongst them. Their life costs them very little.: They'pay no taxes. Their children are educated free of charge, the boys' generally be- come croupiers iike their fathers. The croupiers have a kind of club room where they can meet to talk and play chess. Many of them spend their whole lives eithet in this rooni or at their work. Tho only time they are out of doors is when they go home at night. Notwithstanding the quietness of their existence, they rarely live to any very great age. CRUEL PARENTS. A girl in Italy, aged eighteen, was found in a dark,:undergroundPigsty, where she had been imprisoned by her patents for fifteen years, She Stands only 3 feet in height, and was totally bereft of speech and rea- son. She „can now begin to stand, and efforts ore being made to restore her reason. NOT "IIIIIRKE'S What's the nArne of that hook that shotes the social standing of the aristocrat,ic families ? inquired the seelcer after knowledge. 'Bradstreet,'s,' 1 proniptly re- plied the, limn who knew, The woeld's record sugar planta- tion .contains 13,000 a.c4•es, has 30 miles of rallavey, and employs 1,500 people. . TI-IIRTEEN AT TABLE. "Ever sitclown at ,table Where there was just thirteen ?" asked the man in the shabby ulster. , "Once," replied the man with the white spot in his moustache. "Well, you never observed that any bad luck followed it, did you ?" "Well—haw—yes. Bad luck for inost of the thirteen.'' "Any of them clic ?" "Not that I know of. Never heard of any of them- dybig." "iSot enough victuals to go around ?" queried the'lliall With the snub nose. "Who's talking about victuals ? There Wasn't any victuals.'' , "I thought You said you sat down to a tablewhere there were thirteen persons ?'' "That's what I said The table waS in a lawyer's °face. It was a Meeting of creditors. There were tWelve of them, I was the other There was 0 long pa,use and then the man NVitli the baggy trousers in- quired "fir what way did the meeting prove unlucky, if I" may ask.?" "None of ever 'got a brass baton out of rne,'' allSWercd the man with 1,110 white spot 011 WS n),OUS ta,C11C, heaving a deep sigh. sseingaroo have been known to junto 0 height of 11 f11e5. A deers beet record is 0 • feet, 6 'riches. There are 17 ndetals Which aro More va1ua616'. than. gold