Exeter Advocate, 1901-12-12, Page 7IJ
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I'eoplo think ran no end, of e, john-
ny, but I'm net. I, once did a really
clever thing, I admit that she made
1330 ; but some fellows neer do a
clever thing at ail. Islobouy aioald
make them. ,
To begin with myself, i'me. Lord
Charles Manson, ,and I'm pretty well
oh. The goveinor Lied.my 'money up
till I was twenty-five. Wlien a fellow
e' gets as old as that he begins to
grow sensible, if he's ever going, to
be. Hawke and Solomon thought I
Wasn't.
'Bhey may linve .had softie grounds
for their - suspicion. When 1-11eY
Showed me the draft prospectus �f
"The Royal 'Iceland Gold Mimeg
Company, -Limited,'I don't mind
owning the,t I thought it wee a
really good thing. The prospectus
said it was, and print looks so con-
vincing. There were a lot of figures,
showing how' much ice you melted,
bow much gold you got, whoa it
ieeet„, and what was, profit -,-.50 per
cent. 1 thiek the profit was, 1t. look-
ed such a nice company that'. I
thought I'd like to Ileac a cut in
Sicid. suppose tile
shares will all be snapped up ? 'Pon
my Word,
.dear fellow/' etrid liaWke, "If
ycrti ,would like
."Of course I should," I said.
"Then leave it to me.",
"We'll see You through,", said
Solomon. "How many "shares do you
want ?" '
"Well," 1 said, "I couldn't draw
mOre *than L10,000 without letting
"old ,Vance know, and he'd be euro to
go to rny'mother, and make a fuss."
Vance is our solicitor. Sp 1 can't
have more then 10,000.'', They were
,C,1 apiece
"My dear boy," said Solly, "you
shall have them.. In a month they'll
be up to .£2. and Vice you can sell
Afterwards they altered the pros-
pectus' a bit, and put me in as chair-
man. I didn't see the use ; but they
explained it was on account of my
being a lord, and well known as a
cricketer.
"I can't make speeches," / pointed
out,' "or rlo much of the manage-
ment.", z '
"Not at all," Hawke promised,
"Solly and I are the managing -di-
, re, tors.. Of courso, we shall be glud
of yotir advice at all times."
11 hat shall 1 do first, 'then ?" 1
eSked., chairrnan (night to have
vo ICE) in the concern ,
"Oh—er--certainly,'' said Hawke.
"Come round the ornces with us this
aftet•noon, and see the staff. Perhaps
- you can suggest some improve -
?lents "
\-\ie went to 'the offices accordingly.
-"When we entered the clerks' roona.
,flawke .said "This is Lord Charles
.`'M. an sio n ,- our ch airman '' They. all
stood, up. It made me feel (-emcee]
awkward. 1-Towever. I professed to
be very interested in the work, and
asked them all what they .010. They
seemed. to do everything so well that,
I couldn't for the li.fe of me see any-
thing to improve.
Then we went into another room,
where there was a very nice young
lady in a very neat blouse. She had
• one of, thoee pretty Irish faces—half
jenocent, half saucy—and she made
a dainty little bow.
'This is Aliss Reilly, our type-
writer.,:' they said.
• "Pray 'don't let me dieture you," I
said. "It's -eine ---a very fine clay." it
was a beastly day, as a matter of
fact.
•' "It is liner than 'it was," she -as-
ented.
"Er—how do you like typewrit-
ing ?
"It is my living, rny lord. I've
hardly thought whether I like it or
not "
"Miss Reilly does her. work admire
. • ,
ably.'' Hawke -informed me.
'Then," -1' said, "1 hope she's well
,
Certainly," said Hawkee---"ceee
tainly !" ;
-'''What—er—salary. does Miss Reilly
get ?" demanded. .
Ilmph I" '• said , Hawke.. ''I
I-fe looked at Solomon.
''Well," said `Solomon, "for the
moment-," '
"Do you mind my asking you, Miss
Reilly ?" „ • '
"Certainly not, my -lord. Twenty -
live shillipgs ,a week,"
"Really," I said firmly, "this
seems a matter in which Some int-
,
pt-ovement' might be made."
ak'Of course," said Hawke—"of
cout•se. I'd no idea that was so
little."
"Shall 'we say 80s ?" Solomon
,asked rae.
• "Thirty-five suggested:
"I will instruct the- cashier at
once," Hawke promised. "You Nvill
..find his lordship always ready to ap-
preciate good work, Miss Reilly." .
she looked 50 pleased, end thank-
ed me eo prettily, that T was serry
hadn't -said a couple o1. pounds'. it
seemed e jolly, ,-sheme that such n
ri;ce.girl should' have to typewrite.
went in once or twice afterwards to
see that she had her rise all right,'
and talked to her, She was an ofri-
,ler's daughter ; but her father wa,
geed, end her mother wns an invalid
o sbe had to work.
said at last, "that your cornpanYiIS
only a paper ono."
"Why," I ejaculated, "the pros-
peetus—" She laughed so tdri-
iy
that laughed, too.
Proepectus 1 Surely you
don't mean that ?" I asked her to
e it, down,
"I Suppose you ueafl there if'
melt geld. ?"
"There 1S'n't may gold There never
will be any gold, The •company is a,
mere device to get the money of fool-
ish people.. Of course, you probably
wen'a. believe me
"No one could help believing you,
I assured her, ''1.3tit I thought
l-fawke and Solomon Were too
arp—' ' '
''They are. Much too sharp."
"Umph 1" 1 didn't know what to
say. Fortunately the man who col-
lects the pence for the chairs made a
diversion. She wanted to pay for
hers, but couldn't Lind her pocket in
time, luckilY.
, . 1
they ve taken a lot o ales, I
demurred.
"They with a few of their friends,
'and you, hold them prgetically an."
Then they'll lose their ononey."
"Scercely, as they paid tneniselves
;for the shares. Shall tell yen what.
,' z, 1
"Pleane. You're awfully geod." '
'"Phey have just given instructions
to brokers to buy largely, knowing
that there is practieally not one to
sell. When they have bought a few
shares high priees,- people will
think that there is a fortune in the
company. They will see Hint its
chairman is 0 gentleman of position,
With a reputation ,ae en honeet Eng-
sportsnmn." bowed not know-
ing what else to do. "So Mewl e.
Solonten.and Co. will gredually dis-
pose of their shares, and you and the
new shareholders will be left with an
utterly worthless concern "
"'I've evidently bern a precious
fool 1 I don't See what T can do
now ' ' ,
'Din't you. I do. When they have
given sufficient orders to buy largzet
sell them your shares." I laugh,
ed
"TJpoll my word. Miss Reilly," I
.1 said, "you are as clever, as you are -
00 !" She said. with`a bluSh.
"'Well," I admitted, "poi haps net
so exceedingly clever as that 0
1 inean that tut she
said. ''Yeta—you really zehouldn't.
my lord."
'Please don't be offended." I 'im-
plored, "because I meant it—both
things " She explatned that inten-
tiro Made my offence. worse. -
We, arranged that she was to 'let
rile know when to tell.my brokers to
sell. We *ere just shaking haiiils for
good-bye, when I had 'On
."I say, Miss Reilly," I said, "if I
get rid ef my shares to Hawke and
Solomon; won't they sell them to
some poor wretches, Who, Can't afford
the loss as wall as I can ?"
"You can't help that," she an-
swered slowly. •'
"fly Jove.. I can 1"
"You promised to do what told
you."
"I'd do almost enything you told
riles -jump into -the water,' Or— "
"Probably you 0011 SWil11," 'She re-
marked sarcastically. •
"Ye -es. Web, into the fire. I can
barn '"
'Don't' be so silly 1, I- beg .your
pardon; my, lord. But really you
bit of a fool," I said regret-.
fully ; "but,•I ,hope, as you said, .an
honorable one."
"1 know ;von can do," .she
said, sudilett.' aniMation. ''As
soon as yidu'Ve sold them your shares
send a notice to the papers that you
have severed your connection with
the eompanY,"
"Itifiss Reilly," 1 said, "You are
splendid 1" • ' " •
:During the .next week I met her
every, day. She -said it Wasn't ne-
cessary to meet ' often, but I in-,
sistecl that was sure to do some-
thing silly if we didn't. Shc. gave
rim a lot of directions, and .1,earrie.d
them .out t.o the letter. If I had
been regular Johnny I couldn't
have dene that, you know.aFinaily
J. sold -all:tile shares- to Hawke° aPO
Solana/OS' through' fuel r loos
brokers- gaining about. 47 000
the transaction. Then, I. se,tit my let-
ter to the Papers. When. ft. appeared
next 'morning ,I laughed till I pearly
cholced myself. .
After break.fast I went round o
the Office zgive anti Solly—
or both, if they liked—a chance to
Punch ,rn'y 'hettd.' They ,hadia't
d so I went in and sat on Miss
Thailly's table, Eilld told her .she must
share the profits ; but she wouldn't.
presently they. ca,rne
"Oh 1" sneered 'Hawke: "17Tere is
oxe, pre,„ey • dear who liaS sold as
M' 1 •1 cl 't sell you worse
one,: you mean, un , et ant e
"That's, enotigh," I said; getting
We shall not reillire Mies Reilly
et. ,
any more, , olornon suavely:,
"now that her dear friend Hie chair-
man has left ,
"Put on your hat, riIiss Reilly," . -
directed ; and she 'obeyed without a
word.
"No trouble" said Ha.wlr.e.' with zin
evil grin, "his lordship will provide
more 'p I e,as ant , o cc upati
knew he'd beat, Inc in argument,
so, kinizrelmtl' hini down I would,
have knocised'Solemon down too, but,
ha bolted. 'So she and weet out
together '
On the quiet, Imuling half -way down
'put nr" arm round het, and told
lier' she'd have to Marry min ,Slae
tried tO push' me away;
,but, o
course, she. couldn't. so she sobbed
on mei z shoulder inStead, not
going, to trill you ell snicl. The,
long and eladrt wes site writ ri
of it 1 't
Ve ' z ---
Yes, she did love inc, since was
SO atm' as to make her tell. °Ithat
'wits iiist tyhy' she wouldn't money
the, .8.tlie would let ine helti lier opt
of my profite,t. perhaps, for, bee
mother'bi sake, 1111 she land found Lai -
()thee, plane, , if l'trie,ant ,what 1 said
i1,1)0zu t throwing the njoney
otherwiSe, '
When got home my Uncle John
who lies the inetins • of the
wn ,With my' /nether, end. told hial
the whWe stoty, 'thought , Unite '
PC an it\efui voW, but there
w,1.'sn'ej
''Yon want someone ,to 'ta, are I
IT,
()n,‘ afternoon I was having stlioll
11 the befoi-e 'alien She
nenTicY)e(1 c,otrie along. .1'd licartl
iter say that she went 1103110 t
gety. was tvt)ridi:ring Nrliel,lier she
W4i 111C1 Object, tc) rny taa,11.zieg with
11e1, 501303) she surlitenlY 0,01)1'Jc:rt.
'''?,Tity' have it fineeevcardi; witlj yeti,'
my lord ?" asalred.
"A s 11.1atly ile yeti T said,
'Volt are Imit()cable gentle
Piet) 2',
''\Vell,'&aid, ''1 hope so."'
"7 rely itrion your tiot
T en -1 going to stty. cen't 1.11 -
ford to lose try 131000
''Yon liiey entirely rely ezpizala zree.''
13 eSsureO hier, liesit,a tell 311 0-
stai'lying titay shoeS.,
''T don't tliiiak 3700 ;tee tervare,''010 1
of you," said ybTrlele JOIM
My mother dropped a feW tears in
lalesik'c3(lia,p, before fihe sPolso.
"Is she a lady, Cherlie she
I assure(' her , that she was rut
angel just dropped down from heav-
en., Then Ilnele John laughed. .
"1 -le might do worse, Frances," he
said. "She's, brought him a dowry
„
al ready,"
. "And he loves her," said my
mother softly.
My mother and I . went round to
Lucy's lodgings that, afternoon.' She
carne forward to greet us With 1111E11 -
ed cheeks and a Plucky little at-
tempt at a smile. My mother kiseed
have come to see my Clever lit-
tle daughter that is to be," she said.
And Lucy jurnped at her, and put lier
head on her shoulder, and ere: y
.Tove, she did cry !
We form a coinpany of our own
now, and if she te monaging direc ,
om chairman. It is a very limited
company- -made up of Mir and ine.---
Lendon A.nswers,
HENER HAS HUMANITY.
Good to Colonials and Has
KITC.
He Is
Syinpatily for the Regulars.
have had a' talk with a, young
New Zealander, who has served for
the past 13 months in South Africa,
and 1 asked 1(31121 what he thought of
Kite la &nett Writes a co rresp O.:eat .
"Weil," said he, "he's a soldier out
and out, but the stories of his
cruelty and hardeheartecinees are • all
Snuff. I -le Wants work done, aPd,
means to Ineve it thine, aied in • 010
own way, too ; but once that's set-
tled he is as g,oed to his men as any
of the generals. -
'Like all the other generals, he
was always very good to as colonials
though, he worked us hard. He true,/
we could stand it., He is imrrionselY
proud of his troops; and his whole
heart is in his worts., in which anyone
Can see he delights. I have talked to
officers whO ,worleed immediately un-
der Irina, and they ail agree that
there is nobody like him for details.
Nothing is left to others if he can
lookzinto it for himself.
'After a hard day's Work in the
saddle he will' harry eflt after a
hasty meal, 'and go from bed to bed
incl. -airing into each men's crtee, end
ASKING HOW HE FARES.
PerhaPe, as- you • say" --I had intei--
ruptect him—this is from practical-
ness rather than sentiment or
palliy. He thinks a web 160, well
cared for sOldier is a better fightieg
.inachine than a hungry, discontented
man. But he can be sympathetic,
too.
'While I, was in Pretoria I heard a
story which shows this. His troops
were.somewhere south of. Johannes-
burg, and they had had several days
of marching and skirmishing, and
were .thoroughly `00110 In the
evening Kitchener Went 'mend" with
the guard, and one .of the outposts,
an English regular—quite a boy—
was found eittirk.„0/1 a hillock last
aSleep. The officer cif the guard,
shook him., and the poor chap Start-,
eti up, rubbed his eyes 10 a dazed
way and stared about him, 13111
when he caught sight of Eitchener's
face he waked tip in real earnest.
,But he was too scared even to salute
Ito simply Stared at hiro 1 sdppose
he thought he would lie shot.
• "The ,efficer took down his name
anentunbee, the new rna.n took' his
place, and ,he was ordered to report
himself next, rilOrlliOg. It meet have
been an ugly walk for him behind
Ftitchener as' they zvisitecl the other
ornposts. The next day he reported
himself. • doubtless expecting the
witieste but, when it, was inade clear
that the fellow inedn't,hed six hours',
sleep in the it hours before his for-
bidden nap; rind had only recently
come •out o'f hoanital, Lord Kitchen-
er was finite sympathetic, told him
to be off and -think no more about
it, and ' SU seipiently' sent for s d
severely reprimanded the responsible
officer, and told hint to be,careful in
futur as to thb condition in which
he allowed :troop's to go„on outpost
ditty, or, he would hear of it..'
TOW38 WHO LIVE ON SPORT
IT IS MORE PROFITABLE THAN
MANUFACTORIES.
Doncaeter is the Greatest ethg
• Centre in England—Other
Noted Places.
Four English towns own their
raxecoarsee, bat the one which ,:,4U1
P'iVe points and a beating to all the
other -levee combined is Doncaster -
Tile actual profits from the course
Which go to relieve the rates, aver-
age over $50,000 a year. Ever Since
1703 Doncaster's races, have been
f famous. ehe great St, Leger Stakes
the town owes to the ePertieg Col-
onel St. Leger, who neurided them in
1770. ,I)oncaster has a,ways bcen
devoted to sport. Its corporaaion
at one time actually owned and kept
a pack of hounds.
But the racing capital of England
is undollbtedly Newmarket. There
are ao less than tefi different
courses ' ,the famous heath, .the
longest of which is 4 miles round.
Newniarket ,was, racing in 1005,
' Pc -
fore Epsom was even heard, of.
'there are nener
LLSS 3 113145 30 033 1-1-UNDREB
' A PLAUSIBLE STORY.
Lady-e"Why are , you wandering
around the country I shbuld like to
know, ipetead of Staying at home
and taking care of your family?"
Tramp—''You see, mum, my wife
had a. very good servant girl—a re-
gular jewel, mum." ,
Lady—' 'That doesn't s cent poesi-
Tramp—"There never was' but one
perfect girl, and my wife I had her,
Lady --"Mercy! What lucky woe
man!"
_
111Uni; SO lily Wife
„often said. Ben, eerie see, inure, the
girl didn't like Inc."
Lady—''Sne didn't?"
'Bramp—``No, 111111n! Site Said my
wife would have to disclattrge her or
Int?, she discharged Inc.
ady—"Oh, I see! Here's some
•
money.
NEWLY D
S.1ie was newly, mar.riecl,' and ,'did
riot. leninV a little iibdut either
liolaseke.epirig or shoppieg, ancl She
. .
was giving her ,very first order. It
was a crusher,' 1)tit, the, ci •
clever , and svas, tised all
anis oeclers and couldinterpiet,
them 00(33137.
f31,1';1;:cr, 7,alit,44,110t'ZcOga1110.1,14,1‘1‘Ciietho of P,1,3alri sail.1Y1 ozsesd-
like air.. '
_ °,ties'in. Anything elsee',
'"Ewo tins rtf )20l(dClu000 (13110''
''Yes ru.
'`Anyt,IIITIg 111010; na?''
"A bag of, salt- Be s
resla.
"'17.'estitie that, next?"'
"A 1101100 of. desecrated. .
Til ewrote, glibly, rIe.s ccatrid co ellv.
'eivollaing.rnore, ma, ‘tin?' \lie lit
63(i111O nice horse-i•aclish just in."
"No," she said, "it would be of
no 'use to' us; woe don't keel) a
Then the terocer.sat down and fan-
ned '11 ititself ' te tli patent wash --
boiled, the teinperalure was
nearly freezi,ttg.'
e 1
horses in training at Newmarket,
and hundreds more arrive for the
seven different big pace meetings
which -the town holds. About half
Newinrket's male population Inc
trainers, jockeys, or stablemen, • and
ao zstranger could ever mistake the
place for 'anything' but a racing cen-
tre. Even its very almshouses are
for jockeys, or their widows, and its
hospital beers the name of Bonn,
one of the greatest spiirtsmear • who
ever lived. z
Fifty-five million dollars is the
amount invested M hunting in Eng-
land, and over • twenty-five imlbons
are spent annually. Of this big sum'
I.eicestershire gets about 1$4,250,000
and the imajor part of this money- is
spent M end around Market Hare
borough aud Melton Mowbray. All
through the winter every morning
and °venirr,. train brings into their
stations long rows of horse -boxes'
and dozens of men,in pink. These
C01110 from Rugby, Cheltenham,. Ox-
ford, and even further afield, Mar-
ket I-Tarhorough, celebrated by
Wh\ te Melville, is -the older hunting
centre, but '
„MELTON MOWBRAY .IS NOW
the inoee important. During the last
century it jumped in population from
1,700 to 7,000. Both these towns
owe their popularity with hunting
people to the wide, flat grass -lands a nantity of straw and wood, his
nunaber ef dollars, yearly, by the
Matitifactere and safe eI golf req1.11-
f4ites, and Probably 1131 Mach /.01'e 15
left inthe place by visitors • to ite.
fainous links. ,
NOVEL "9111111Es.
Jilted ,Man Btirreed His Letters o
Guy Fawkes Ra
At the beginning of last, November
0 Yelling Latleftellir0" farmer; who bad,
hen 'engaged for's'onie,tinfe to u Live
erponl ehorigirl, was for sonie reason
er other jilted by the fickle. maid,
This turned his love into' hate; 'and,'
as he could not think' of a more ef-
fective form of revengee he determine
,ed to celebrate Guy Fawkes.Day by
makings a bonfire of the hundreds of
letters she had sent him; Having
Procured an empty pe,trdlerim barrel,
he stood it on end in a field, knock-
edthe top in, and placed the letters
inside. Opened out ,there were more
than enough to fill the, harrel'; and
a straw effigy of his lost love having
been suspended at a good height
above, the lilted 'one' applieda. light
'n the presence of a number of his
fiien,ds. Iminediately the flames shot
00, and 'very, soon pile end efligy
were rechteed to a heap of ashes.
Tiit wib renienthered that five or
slx years egg 0 3(12111(1 American la-
dy- joernal!st created' 0 sensation be,
eozeing as a great -heiress in soave%
of a titled husband, On the publica-
tionof her experiences large SUIT'S .0i
1/10ney were offered totter for the 70-
(000 some of the letters that for-
tene-hzunting 11011)311301111011)3113011'had written
These we're given up without fee or
reward, and others were restored
throue'll die .'intereession of friends I
T3ut there wets 'still 300011) ''33 12i10
,Icfle and the responSibilitti- ef th' •
o
posee,si• 0 welehed heavile on the
111111(1 of the fair American. Finally
hPY cauecd ece inucn concern that
she, could not sleep at night, and.
rather than be troubled further ,with
their custody, she got up from her
bed, gathered -all ,the tender .missives
'together, and made,.
• A`HITGE BONFIRE OF THEM
Then she cottld sleep m peace.
A n amateur, auh
tbor, wo had been
foolish enough to publish a•novel at
his own' eXpenee; 'once indulged in a
/either 'eXemielve bonfire as the re-
sult. Of course 'the 'book would riot
eell, and, growing tired,of giving it
-away, he determined to make a bon -
Are of all the rm./Mining ,copies' on
tee evening' Of • Guy Fawkes Day. rl'o'
the number of some -hundreds he had
them conveyed to a fled adlolning
his garden and there with the odd of
E PEAT
I IMPORTANT INTENTION BY
'4GERMAN'SCIENT'IST,
Artif&qial 'd-,titta„-I!eicil Wj..11..
.inothe',Insulation of Ocean ih,
Cables,:
Gernianescientist has,recently de-
vised a method' of nianufactering
tilicial'gu tatetapere,lia, from Peat, and
if it , turns Out, to be 3511013itat ,is chaintede
It will simplify, one of the 'greatest
ProhlemS in electricity, the
11150111-
tion of ocean 'cables Says a Berlin'
letter.' 'Thus far guuta-Percha is the; •
only aubStance, -which has been fettild.'
to furnish perfect pro tract, wp 1011 11.
Wiie against the chemical Maurine°
of salt water; and the prodnet 113 not
didy limited, but it is controlled by
an English fitin'of' cable inanufactur-
ere, who 05511010 forests in the East
Indies frora Which the gutta perchs,
is obtained. ,Experinithits to 001(10.
stn.stititte have been .going on ,for
t,h,
years rougliouthet world, but
j!,
thus .far nothing ,has been mitil'ely,
succeSsini. The price of getta,pereha'
has been considerably ItY•
the demands ofthe manufactu'rere Ofiz,
golf balls, which, 1 am told, has al..'
most doubled the cost of cable,
aeture, and if this, Gernean eat -
Or is able. to make an especially
msulator Ont., of „peat he will metre et,
very important z contribution the,
wo. ld's economy, . for peat ce if be,
found in almost every countinz ori;`'
the globein cplantities .alinost nee,'
There are 3,000,00 „,,,
itt Ireland,. 2;800,000 in
'and, even mole in, Germany, , Reselit'
,Norwa,y, Sweden, Finland,' 013001'
COUNTRIES OF EUROPE.
wrncl1 sure one therm •
t
S'Peafiing Of hunting, Trowl)riclge itie,eld'.;xYroa Lv°,1.kwas0n'iydPevosureieenndYu
geieldinabiite
it could ever hope to experience.
According to an old newspaper, a
curious bonfire was made in a West
of England parish nearly one
tired e ears ago. It Wa's composed
of an ellOrnadtis pile of dry gorse and
hushes and as many fagots, or bun-
dles of wood, as the years that had
elopsed s nce the discovery of the
had a Hunt last year, in which al-
mcist the whole town took part. The
Dulre of Beaufort's pack found four
iniles outside the town, and the fox
ran straight into Ashton Street.,
with' the hounds hard at 'his heels.
ITundrecls of people melted out on
foot and followed. The fox bolted
into a cottage at the far, side of the
, ,
town, and there was caught and
ailled. '
Por fifty weelcs out of the fifty-
.
two "Henley sleeps peacefully. Dur-
ing . the other two' she is as wide
awake as any town in England, and
inane/ of her people gather in a har-
vest which lasts them all the rest
of the tear. During Henley Regatta
the population of the place
,..511/ELLS prtom ITS NORMAL
4,913 to something over 30.000, and
(luring the big three days it is rec-
koned that 3250,000 is spent in the
place. The less -known I-Ienley Town
Regatta, which collies on later 01 the'
season is also a big event, and
brines all the Reputation for miles
I esicles large crowds ,from Reading.
Henley has lived on its regattas>
ever since 1839.
\\*atm. -sports- ,are also' the breath
of life to two other English towns.
Cowes has been the headquarters of
the Royal Yacht Squadron since
1515, ancl the old Henry VIII. fort
lehich forms their clubhouse, has
ino)e wealthy members than any
other club in the world. -Two mil-
lion fliie„hfindreel -thousand dollars is
yearly expended at Cowes on yacht--
• rtamworth, on the Norfolk Broads,
diridis its attention between Sishing
and yachting- But fishing is what
its people love best. Recently the
,town has been up- in arms against
an attempt on the part of the Eigh
Sheriff of Norfolk to exclude the
people from several of the Broads
•
famous Gunpowder Pith. All the in-
habitante of the ria.rish contributed
towords the bonfire, preparations for
which were in progress for several
weeks before the anniversary came
round. Needless to say, they . all
li ewise assembled to see the huge
pile set alight, the fire being declar-
ed to be ,the larg,est and grandest
that had been seen in the neighbor-
hood within the memory of the olde
est inliab,itant. The fagots had all
1.ec- obtained from a large wood a
quarter of a mile distant from the
scene of the fiee
'EMPEROR'S SOLICITUDE.
When 'Li Hung Chang Was 111
Twelve Years Ago.
An issue of the Pekin Gazette in
1882311' contained an onicial statement
sayinii. that Li Elung Chang 'had
caught a severe 'cold which affected
the inuselps of Ms, face arid produced
great thirst and redness of the ee es.
He first obtained twenty days' leave
from hiSz official, duties and subse-
cfuently tiwO extensioris of, a month
each 011 Which occasions tile Emperor
expressed great solicitude' for his
health and urged 11101 to procure the
best medical , aid ayailatale. . The
Gazette continnes :
st 'Prince Chun, 'the Prime Minister,
sent him twenty pills, which had
been specIally prepared in the palace, 2,
avone of which was to be taken every
O7" _where they hc.; been, accustomed tot
for ty years to fish and boat. day,.. beforefoo(1. Externally he aPe
First he put, lap chains across the
channel. I'llese the villagers smash-
ed. Then the owner had recourse to
arinoured houseboat, with artil-
lery in the 1(1111110 of fire -engines, and
this, up to the preseiit, has proved
eljectual for his purpose.
No one NVOUld imagine Torquay to
Lo a resort of sportsmen, or to have
41nything directlY to 00 with 01'ts
Yet Torquay's City Ii'atliers have
•eently purchased nn one/121011S rabbit
warren -2,000 acres in all—and have
taken on <eeveral 113031 es imellers•
T11€)Y c'ont'rfivl
TO i
fJe.N AN, HONEST
plies a lotion to dry his tears and
internally ha t,tikes medicine .to pro-
mote circulation. Li expresses ;him-
self proton/141y grateful for tile many
tokens of synapptlay which lie.,has re-
ceived from the throne and assures
the Emperor that nothing is further
front Ills intention 1313 0.11 to talm his
ease at siach a, moment as the pre-
sent.
'Though he has bee.n on leave so
len', he is daily occui)ied in 11211(1121101
-
1135 business azarl lias 01(011 forgotten
to take his feod until aftei- 1,11.e 50-
12(1 of tile Still. All thi-oiagli
Ile stillness of the night 11113 31,1110
has term -troubled with the thmight
penny, by ,tlecir sporting testes, fer that, sickness /night cause soine
they ere selling rabbits' at 'tlaie rate niiSca'rriage of public business."
of ten thousand a yeat',-, and nankin g rl'he azette added that the Ern-
e profit opt of t,13eni of twelve cents perer. ,had reed this.00(1010 aneort dze-vrit
r . .,
_
al)ieee- ten, after it with his .own hand. ,
, Coursints' provides cbilsiderable pro- ' "`AVeliave carefully perused the
fit, '115 well as good •sP°rt, for ...evcre 'and must again urge. upon the
al towns--espeelittly 'Amesbury, a patient to' be ti1i tilat•ei careful in
sraall place eeveat miles from Selir4.- Iparing 111318011 0111 0(37 d labor
bury. The open 'fixture 011 the big end to ctaiitinue 'a course ,of znedica.1
downs br-inere liundrerls. of men down treatinerit 131 tlie hope that his early
11.0311 London and elsewhere, arid a rest,ora.tion to hcalth rfulT rezint)ve
good'cleal of money is spent in' the t,he earnest solicitude ;v1iic1a lye feel
I -)lace, As for Soutliminster, which in' Ixis behalf.''
is down in a far corner .of FiSSO-Xk
rear 13zurnho,m-on-Crouch, the place
lives fee' e-reyllotincis and coursing- ' said tee teacher of the
meetings are of frequent, occuri-ence cless 1121 ialaysiology, "can eic)u. glee a
on the flat ma.rslilaiarls; near the, fallailiar Ansta1100 of the Power of the
town. 'The Essex Club has its llettd- }lumen sy4(car to dllipt itself t
eueeteee thera. elialetred conditions?" "Yes'In," re-
' z
Games, as a rule', do not 'do much 81)00(100 '1"onitny Ate, annt
towards analrila g a town, 'I'lie 021e0P- 'gained 11 Pundrod l'u'us'"s
tioal which proves the rule is S13,,. less'ii a Yeal•, an' her skin didn't
Andrews the tvoi'ld's golf lieettrrtier- cra00z"0 bit."
ters. Tlie spread of gollto England
during the last, fifteen years' Irti; T I ,f1
. 01, lune(' 03
en St. Andrews, a boeln such rts it pillow." "011, well, ybtir 80
neVer had before, Its erreen eittotte1)31r1 ef ' • ,9" '
inhabitants ruake. ten . tittles sh,e'll (OW 113 130 iny
,
Beat promises to be 0 humble but,'
impart:Int factor hi tlie World's ecbri-'
only, end in cdunt.ries where' there is
'I.na0rgceoaelielituei.s rEaxpPitlilyinleustssu• inwitutgh 110-
quidfuel 01 Gernaany„ Russia, -Swit-
zerland; :Italy, Sweden and elsewhere
have not • been. entirely, ,satisfactory
froui an economical • point of view.,
sWqi
tel'ltni.1 ingtheuse
oI purpuoses litestv°aidevilainntafogil
es being smokeless, always ready, .
rand -a quick 'heater, the price is yet
too high to permit it to &los into
'common use. for manufacturing Pur-
poses. • Coal is Cheaper. ' Even' the
railway betweeni the producers, in'
Southern Itussiti tand tlie Standard', .
Oil 'company bus not brought the
price of petroleum within the Ihnits
ofpractical economy. The c.onsum-
ers- in. Europe have been rejoicing ,
over •fdl0 discovery of unlimited (luau-,
titles of petroleu.rn in. the Balkan.
States, but very .little has bcen done
toward tlie development of the do -
posits,' and there is no .immediate. .
prospect of , COMPetitl0/1 IrOlia that
.quarter. A German syndicate which
lias• its headquarters in Berlin ob-
tained, or:supposed it, had obtained,.
en option upon the Rounizteion earid
Dulearia.n , oil fields, but W11011 the
diasiclodVe.r°cIdliciaoirs, suspected
eicltesde
that it was acting la the interests of
the Standard Gil Company they can-
celled the option and raised the
terms so high that negotiations were
PROMPTLY ABANI)O.NED.
All • this gives additional impoitei
,ame to the del elopmerit of the peat.
industry, and to the invention of
triachinery which proinises to ci,mvert
bogs of -Ireland into property ,
more valuable than the Bulgarian oil
fields and create a revolution in the ,
fuel niarkets of Europe. 'eleehattical
ingenuity has devised a process by'
Width the rn.aisture of raw peat can
Pc expelied in a moment, and the
grass fibres of which it is composed,
pressed into bricks, 'which contain
grea,pr caloric properties than coal,
weod or petroleum. They burn with
a bri.liaut flame, yield an intense
heat, are free frdm, soot, sielphur. and.
'gases- and are entirely. clean. ,.
A- plant for working the peat beds
of Ge,rn.eny has already shown ,its,
ability to turn out 300 tons, of fuel'
a day: at: a, cost' of about '31 a ton,
arzci it is said that, -this compressed
peat will yield the -highest cniality cif
charcoal at a 'cost of less than .35
ion. . For steaming and naval pur-
poses' the ..compressed 'peat is sides,
jeet to a secret, treatinent'whieh 'Pee-
,vents it fro01 absorbing moisturc,
and w h en • S 'treated.•it 0i.01, be trams -
ported long distances ,at, Sea or re-
main exposed to the ° weather in
stacks without iMpairing its caorie
propertieSn At, present in Ireland;
Germany, _Russia, and -the Spandinav-
ian countries peat is dried in the
sun, which is a. lome and tedious pro-
cess, often requiring several' months
In deem) climates, but after treat -
meat by the machinery recently in-
vented it can be bullied the fia1110
day/that it ie
—
CUT OTJT OF THE GROUND.
'The briquettes, or beicks, of peat
and lignite,, sell in Berlin for froze)
32 to' 32./5 per thousand: which is
equivalent to a Lon of the hest coal,
and in 501130 r,espe,,ts they ale much
simerlor, being cleaner to handle, •
kindling readily, ,making little smoke
and quick ,hot fires< The difficulty
hns been to expel, the moisture .of the
peat, 1501 P37 a l?r,o!-.css .11,cciet Y 331-
vented by'r Jengiamer Stauber of this
city, the.turf es -pulverized, the Water
expelled by pressiree, the dust is pas-
ssce6c1 itnilti:<°)Urillzelesi'thhillysePt,tist03'111.1016111ennlale)131."'"il:
ery. The brignettes are not oilly
cheaper than coal; but , very lunch'
ea,sier to handle. It is believed' that
their 1.180 Will seen become gerieral,
not only for donnistic purposes hut
for small lea/llifactories also, and
Ineirse qmintities inay be shipped to
Switteerlanct, Italy- and otlier Golan- ,
tries where the 'Ittel problem iS also
sec:1011s,, In 1.900 the, peOp1.0 i*A Ber-
lin used 1,958,040 tons of coal, on
nice -ease of 158,17e. tons, 1,026,-
766 tons of ' briquettes, en inereivee
(>1'173,817 tons
English coal 'Costs Fi a ton ler the
best qintlity; the native coat froth $5
to $6.50, aecording to qualitY, 3)21(1
tlze briquettes friM'a $2 to $2..7.0
ton..
'The o thing we can recornmeate
eo women for the neenageinent of 11
1131120)) '106.11 Wan' well, enel
trUst to luck.
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