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The Brussels Post, 1906-3-8, Page 7rs a., h e h :3' 0 w:.or�+o•:ao a•�•^«•��oQ. 11,4014.149. 0:114, illiCe r p fi •. No roto ever questioned old Jam Brno- Ion's courage or strength of will; no the t0waspeopte were wont lo soy, Itis nerve and hie will were forged( In his own foundry—he was twice a mutt of iron. Rut never was are strength of his char- m:tor r11(00 apparent than when Ile „1)t at his office tublo, facing the striper's deputation, Ile sat there Mono, idly strumming his fingers on the blotting - pad, with as lililo show of convent nn if •ho wore waiting while someone "looked up a train" for him, And yet he knew that (ho mon who stood whispering to gaiter a.l the farther end of the roan were desperate, and represented 3(10 men Mahar wore more desperate still. "Coote, make up your minds," he said, quicUy, after waiting silently for some (ima. "You know the terms. Surely 1 .dopa not tier so long to decide whether to accept oe reject tient?" The Wren looked at. him with gleaming eyes, and one of the youngest of them, a handsome, stalwart fellow who had a certain indescribable ale of refinement about 111111, took a stop forward and nnstve.rod, hotly: "We are not =sider- ing 'item, sir, for they are the same as .drove Um men on strike man weeks ago. 'II we rose against then then, how much more certainly shall we reject theta now, after what we have suffered? Wo expected you would offer some 0011- .cecsion. if we have suffered in nand and body, yoft have suffered in pocket. "1 have no thought of pocket now, Hemstown—none at all, said the iron - founder. "i am fighting you on princi- •ple, 1 could not run the foundry on .your Lerma but 13t a heavy loss." "[t 'as bin shut down at a loss for seven wrecks, so Oarlhe nowt" cried one of the older men, "An' it'll be blown up eat a bigger loss if this goes ooh" Mr. Renton glanced at the speaker with flashing eyes, and a grim smile -crossed his face. "You will not obtain by threats what you cannot secure by arguments," he .said sternly, "Hill didn't mega to threaten, but to worn you, sir," said the young man, Iiemstown, gently. "Tile men are des- perate. We erre here because we are moderates—men who have succeeded in keeping our heads." "Oh, 1 know," returned the irontnes- tar, with a little gesture of impatience. •"You, Hemstown, nee a man of good edu- cation, 511d 1 respect you for your mod- eration, and 1 fully understand how you have dominated the unruly spirits you represent. But whether Lho men are -desperate or not is beside the question, for simply on principle, I say—and now let ora haven final answer—do you .agree or refuse to come back on my tete net" "And are we to return to the Wren and tell them you refuse on prinetpto to con- cede a single point to meet them?" cried the young mat. "And desperate men do desperate deeds. Give us some offer we can carry back to the mon—if only n penny a idyl Some of us have beggar- ed ourselves, spent all the savings of years, to keep the men and their fam- ilies team starvation." "Who has—which of you?" demanded the fronmesler, incredulously. "1 have," answered Iiemstown, evi- dently surrendering reluctantly to lite nccessily of supporting the statement ire had hastily made. "So you have been siding the strikers out of your wages of £3 something a week? Or have you disposed of one of your wonderful inventions?" "11 can serve no useful purpose for us to quarrel, sir," Hometown responded in a low voice.. "I am ambitious; and my ambition is nearer to your heart than you suspect. Because i an ambitious have saved and yet given away all my savings to food 111e families of your men in the hope of keeping back the tide if their violence. i have jeopardized my ambition. Will you, with all your riches, end with your ambitions realized, do nothing?" "'Veli, well," muttered the tronmasl.cr, rising and pushing hack Itis chair. "Discussion leads us nowhere. I take it that, on behalf of the men, you finally refuse my terms?" The young man hesitated. ilo looked penetratingly at his [nester's expression- less face, and strummed his fingers neryousl, on the crown of his hat. "if i were you, sir," he said, in a grave voiko, as the last of the others lett the room, "I should send Miss Bo- hm away from the town for a time." "[1 you were me, sir," retorted the iromnastee, re -seating himself and pick - tug up an unopened letter, "you would rho nothing so flagrantly weak." Hometown went out without replying. Ho was thinking of its own words, and wondering if Mr. Bunton had inferred his secret from them. Ho wa8 wonder- ing 11a same thing three hours later, when ho walked into the lamplight in the drawing -room on the ironfounder's house on the hill behind the town. it was natural enough that the question should have recurred to him as he look- ed into 'Cathleen Benton's face. Tina( young lady, although at home m her own room and accustomed to re- ceiving visitors of different sorts, was visibly embarrassed as sho stood in the glowing light of the lamp and half shy - y extended hot' hand to one of her faltteree foremen. And during the mo- ment that he field it her eyes searched his with a queer, nervous intensity. "I can guess why you have come, Mr. Hometown," she said, drawing her breath deeply as she withdrew her hand. Mut It is hopeless' I have no power 10 mem my fatter. Ile is 0. most (enflames - hearted man, but nothing en shako his determination." t know," he replied, gravely, "1 have not come to ask your help, but to advise you t0 leave the town 100 a Mille while, 'i`lio last straw was laid on 1110, 0an,ei's back this afternoon, and -the .men have resolved on violence." ':Sit down, site said, gently. Ho took a chair lust beyond the radius of the lamplight, and she moved elowly to 111e sofa in a . dark melee of the room, Neither realized that the r c was ae0k- • Ing the Ando, or idhey might have gees. ed smeetiting • of cont other's thoughts (00 1 ih(e' own.twll!i(1.;, I a llet' would not lanae," rho Mid hem no sntlsfnrlory argemenls avail- able," he answered, uneasily. "But eon't you think you might beat Mr, 130n1ert al 1116 OW11 game and take hint away for u time. There's trouble ahead, 1 know." "Never mind the strike," site replied, smiting; Neil Inc. about yourself -your anthilions. My fathr speaks most high- ly of your nhilitiee," "1 have a happy knack of getting over difficulties," he responded, somewhat shyly, "1 have recently hat --palpably Ell—upon n cheap process of hardening steel, which some of the cleverest mon have been striving after for years and gems, 'Thal is sheer hick, for there are fortunes in 11; I can Undercut tiha world far ship's plates," "Really?" said Kathleen. "Listen!" she exclaimed, 111 a low voice, raising her hand to enjoin silence. Ile paused, watching her, Slowly an expression of doubt. stole into her fine eyes, while his face became grave. "Soldiers?" she said, inquiringly. "Is t\h'. Benton in the Rause?" he ask- ed, shaking his head in answer to lier question, I scarcely know." etre you on the telephone?" "There's a private wire in connection with the foundry, You think 1t 18 the moa?" she said, rising and approaching hint. "Yes," he replied, jumping up and standing before 1101'. "But it may not bo anything. --just a demonstration, Don't be uneasy." "Thew must not find you here," she cried, laying a hand lightly on his arm end looking anxiously into his resolute fano. 'rimy will think you are, perhaps, betraying them. Hark! They aro snout - Mg."! "Probably they have found the drive - gates closed," he suggested. "Send someone to tell the lodge -man to let Ihont In, Slay I Will you come to there with me?" "I think 1 am afraid," sho murmured; "Lhey seem so violent." "You need not be afraid yet—not you, who have helped to feed their families." "And you—you ntust not gel" "Oh, yes; I'm not afraid of them. ,f they sec you face to [ince, tentless of them, they will remember they ore men." Ile took her gently by the arm and led her to trio door. As they passed info the hall, the door of the roost opposite was flung open and Mr. Benton strode out. "You here, Ilernstown?" he cried. "What does this row mean?" "keep out of sight, 0.4r. Benton, and leave It to us," said the young Ulan, abruptly, opening the front door. "It's a demonstration which may become any- thing else." As he slopped into Lho porch and Kath- leen followed, a pistol -shot rang out. No!" he said, emphatically, pushing her back into the hall. "That makes a difference; this is only a man's job." And 110 stepped from the porch and be- gan to hurry down the winding drive. "Leave them to hint, Kathleen," said her father. "Fie is used to herding those sheep." She stood wavering on the doorstep and looked after Homsiown's disappear- ing figure. Then, suddenly, she darted out and ran after him. In a minute she caught 51111 up; and al the same mo- ment a man cane running up the drive, explaining that the crowd demanded ad- mittance. "Go to the house and slop there," re- plied Hometown. "And I think you had bettor retrn, Miss Benton " "No," she answered, going forward. Her tone was her argument" and Hems - town did not debate the question. They had not gone half -a -dozen yards farther when a loud 5110111 and a great clatter of falling ironwork reached their ears They've brolcen down the gates," whispered Kathleen, seizing the young man's arm. But her voice was drowned by the noise as the crowd ran up the drive. "Slop!" cried Ilemslnwn, as the fore- most men approached. Awed by the suddenness of the cry and the sight of two 50111a17 figures confronting them, the men came to a stand and the fol- lowers fell In sullenly behind. "What do you want?" asked Kathleen, encouraged by the men's obedience to Hometown's voice. "Wo ain't got no quarrel with you, miss," answered a man, stretching out his arms to keep those behind him back. "A few words with the master's wed we want," "But remember this is my home and that your master is my father," retorted Kathleen, "Don't 'aggle with a woman, ye tooll" cried a voice from the thickest of the crowd. "\Vot's 'L'mstown doln' aro, eh?" "You can't get to the house but past us,"' sald Kathleen, "and remember wo have fed your children." Silent, Ilometown was searching the faces that caught the moonlight, won- dering who was the most dangerous nt the hien, who carried the pistol. "Now lot me say something!" cried Hemstown, with a movement forward. "One of you has a pistol. Throw It away at once! You aro workmen, net muedorors. Who started this movement? Someone with a gang of his own to play at your expense, who knew I was coming up hero this evening to see if anything further could be done. I think I could name him. But you cannot frighten the master—you all know that; and if you change fair means. for foul, you will simply, 811111 down Ute foundry for good and all. As Miss Benton has—" "Shut upl" cried a man. "We've 'ad your gags for weeks." And the crowd bogon to press from behind. And my wages, tool" retorted Hems - town, hotly. "Out o' the way, miss; our quarrel ain't with yowl" exclaimed a short, thick -sot man, stepping towards Kath- leen as if he would thrust her erste", instantly Hometown sprang forward, putting the girl behind him w11,11 one arm, white ire snatched a revolver from his pocket. "Now," he said. geleily. "It's gond for seven of you, Who'll have it first?" 11was a dangerous manoeuvre, as he very well know, but he was hoping to hnllmtdalc the men Individually by in. stilling in them •that distinctly personal fear tthich is the weakness of 111e sh'mnt est. body of undisciplined men. As he held the weapon loosely and ran his nosy eyes 'from {n.ee to face those nearest 111in cringed back and 1001cee nskanrr, al the gleolening turret. "I sha'n'l•hesitate 1e use 11," 110 added, "MI 1110 1011' will 1M110I,i 1110." .',111111161" ericvi someone af.-the sear of "and f 4011111 not g1, without Idris" the 11owrl,' 111, 111 'thein 'in; rhtakesle '1 . oesieole4 yen tosay utak, and 1 "Conte ioewee 1, Wive luetti,.nnct down • him for yourself!" retorted Hometown, scornfully. "Don't ilde your lerolsm at the back therel" liven as he spnlce a stone cut into the flesh of his check, Ile [dapped back, shivering with the sudden polo. "You bruised" screamed (Cathleen, sterling Towards the men with Iter small hands clenched as if site would attack them. "Kathleen, go indoors!" said a stern voice; and the Ironfomhder slopped out Went the shrubbery an to the drive. "Hometown, lake her up to the house and leave these men fn ole." lioinstown brushed the blood from his fano and glanced at the girl, "Father!" 511e cried, with an imperious gesture toward the crowd, which seemed to 'hold its breath In surprise at the old man's sudden appearance, "Tell these mon that unless they nano the wrote!' who threw that stone you'll never open the foundry again." "There Is no need for that," replied her father, promptly; "I have been watching, and I saw who threw 11" Then he turned to the men. "Go home," he said, with impressive quietness. '"rhe foundry will start work on the old toms to -morrow morning to all but Sam Wallace, who threw that stone. But don't think you have intimidated mei" he added, defiantly. "You have not, and i stand by the same principle I have stood by all along. But certain things have occurred since I met your deputation this afternoon." "Thu old terms?" cried Hometown and two or three others. "Yes, to all but Sam Wallace, who is dismissed." "Serve 'im right, loo," shouted a man in the front.111'(1 no business to use stones at a peaceful meelin'.. Three cheers for the master, boys I Three Cheer's for Mr. Benton!" "An"'Emstownl" shouted another. • "I don't want your cheers!" returned the Ironnlnster, angrily, holding up his hands. But his words were lost 1n the shouting. "Three more for the young ladyl" cried the short, thick -set man who had caused Hometown to draw his .revolver. "Come, !Cathleen," said her [other, turning his back on the mon. "And liernslown—I'r'e business with you." "Pother, what does it moan?" she said, eagerly, as the three, leaving the crowd Lo disperse, went towards the house. "Many things," he replied, glancing at licrostown's white face. "Since I met the deputation this afternoon I have re- ceived a request i'Om the Admiralty to tender for armour -plates for immediate delivery, and, es I can rely on the con- tract, I shell start work again to -mor- row." "How can you rely on 1t?" she inquired, dubiously, "Your tender may not be ac- cepted." ll will be. Come into my room, Hometown. Send Telco with some brandy and soda, Katlllcen—our dema- gogue is faint. Sit dawn, Hometown, added Mr. Benton, as he closed the library door. "Now, look hero. I've got to have that hardening process of yours. But I can't—I toll you straight -1 can't pay any such price as you named to me some time back—nothing like 11. I'll be quite open with you; I've seen a side of you I like this evening, and I know I can speak confidentially." At that moment a servant brought m the refreshment ordered. Lot me help you," said Mr. Renton, when the servant had withdrawn. "Say when. Knocked you out a bit, that stone. And 1 cha'n't forget IL. Might have killed my girl. Drink it up." "Thank yott, sir," said llemstown, re- turning the glass to the salver. "1'm all right 110W." Well, look here," resumed the man of iron', pacing about the room restless- ly. "I say I've got to have that process —I've got to have 111 But I can't pay your price for it. At present I'm on the road that leads to Queer Street. But it I can secure this Government conlraol— and 1 can if 1 tender for it on the basis of your process; aye, and make a big profit—I can easily borrow enough funds to carry me through" "I ruin negotiating with the \Veltons of Middlesbrough," Hemstown said, inter- rupting. 'The dickens ,you are(' cried the old man, stopping still. "Well, 1 can't help that. Liston to my terms! You told ma this afternoon you were ambitious, and your ambition came very near my heart. You also asked me to send my girl away into safety. What does that mean? And I was watching you and iter as you faced those brutes down the drive, and I saw it wasn't on your side only. Then take the way sho cried out to mo to retaliate on the thrower of the scone. 1301, hang it, Hometown, my daughter can't marry one of my fore- men, even though he came from good stook on bis mother's side, for I know all about that. 13u1 if you were a part- ner In the firm— Now, look hero, you put down your process and 1'11 put clown the foundry and the necessary capital, and we'll establish the firm of Benton and Hometown, and when Kathleen 's Willing—what?" The young man looked into the old man's eyes bent anxiously on his face, and smiled. Then he laughed a queer litho, nervous laugh. "it's a grand structure; Mr. Benton," he Said rising, "but it must fall to the ground, for the corner -stone won't fit." "You 01000 Kathleen?" Hometown nodded. "Wait hero a minute," said the iron - master sharply; and ho loft the room. Guessing his purpose, i-Ienlstown steeled 'after hint, but the door closed before he reached 11, and he stood irre- solute, hasttaltng to open it, Ifo walked over to the window and stood there a minute, Then he retm'ned to the door, opened it, and glanced into the hall. it was horrible to think the 01(1 man was, perhaps, persuading the girl to sacri- fice herself to his scheme. Ile went to the draw/ng-froom don' and, knocking gently, opened 11, Mr. Benton was coming towards him, smiltng. Kathleen was standing before' lite fireplace, her back turned to the door and her head bent, "Here he is, Kotillcen," said the man of iron. "Go to her, Hometown," he added, with a laugh; as he passed out of the room. "I think you'll find the cornerstone fits all right, tl'you )know." And he shift the door 48 Hemstown moved across the room and Kathleen turned reun1L--London Tit -Bits. "HOUSE-CLEANING A SHIP A11Ot10UGIILY OVERi1AULED AT CND OF EVERY Title. Every Part of the Vessel, From First Cabin to Sheena(', is '"Pouched Up:' "There 1s a general impression held be merry people, said the tread stew- ard of a big Atlantic liner to the writer ru0cntly, "taut just as soon us 0. ship docks and the passengers have passed down the gang -plank the crew retake a Lee -line for their relatives or friends, and have a good time on shore until the return trip begins. 'Phis, I can as- sure you, is fur from being the case, for our hardest task begins almost the hour the vessel casts her anchor, When I toll you that between docking and de - 1 arture a liner hes to be thoroughly overhauled and cleaned from stent to stern, inside and out, and all willin thirty-six hours or less, you will per- haps begin to realize that our job Is not a light one, "On the completion of each trip the hull of the veesel Is entirely repainted, the funnels scraped and brightened with a fresh coat of color, every bit of the machinery overhauled, and even the roasts and rigging 'touched up.' "There Is accommodation In our 105 - sal for close on 3,000 souls, the greater portion, of course, being storage pas- sengers. But the mere cleaning of the first cabin dining saloon, where we can seat nearly 500 guests without any re- lay, is In itself a big task. The carpets have to be taken ftp and beaten, each table has to be re -polished, the floor has to be cleaned until it SIIINES LiKE A MIRROR, every bit of paint and gilding has to be carefully washed, all the chairs inspects ed and ropolished, and a hundred other things done before it can be passed es trendy for the passengers. And a sin) (lar performance has to be gone through with a second dining saloon, the din Ing -rooms, the library, the smoking - morns, eto. Then there aro, perhaps 400 state -rooms which have to be treat ed in the sante way. as well as forty bathrooms. "But, perhaps, the biggest order of the lot is connected with the 'furnishings.' flow would you like to have to sort count, and check over 30,000 pieces o linen? It Lakes time, I can tell you though we get so used to it that the work is performed marvellously quickly As you are probably aware, no linen is ever washed on board, tend any man found laundering even a duster would be dismissed as soon as we reached port. When the linen has been sorted and counted it is placed in sacks, each sack containing from 200 to 250 pieces, and then sent in vans to the laundry. On coming back it has all to be gone over again, carefully re-counted and stored. 'Nest comes the silverware, which also has to be stored and counted, and which may number anything from 15,- 000 to 20,000 pieces. During a trip hun- dreds of spoons and forks mysteriously disappear and are NEVER ACCOUNTED FOR. Passengers, I believe, think it perfectly legitimate to annex a spoon or fork as a souvenir of the trip, and thouglz we sometimes catch thotth in Ole act We 41111401 say anything. But the loss to the company in this way during a year must be tremendous. "'The glassware on a big liner very seldom numbers fewer than 25,000 to 30,000 pieces, while the number of dish- es plates, cups, etc., often reaches 60,- 000. Every bit of this glass and china has to bo washed and polished during the 'house-cleaning,' though they have been kept scrupulously bright during Clue voyage. There is a man in charge el each department—ane for the silver ware, ono for the linen, one for the china, eto., and each of these men is In turn anssverablo to me, bringing me his report and informing me of 111e tole number of pieces that are on bend, so that I can see at a glance what the loss has been during the trip. "Our laundry -bill fora 51111310 110050. cleaning,' you may be interested to learn, rarely falls below 51,250, while 1110 account for soaps, cleaning materi- als, paints, etc., always amounts to a high figure. livery sheet. towel, Table- cloth, eto., which Is found to be frayed or worn IN TI[E SLIGHTEST DEGREE is thrown aside and its place taken I.y a now one, for no 'rags' aro tolerated on a first-class liner. During a trip we use something Illco 300 Tnrkish towels, each as largo as a sheet, and a thousand smaller ones for Cho fleet cabin alone. "In the steerage the cleaning is con• ducted oft somewhat different lines. Everything that might bo damaged by water is Laken out of the 'cabins,' if you can call them cabins, and then the inose is brought into piny. The water pene- trates every nook and cranny, and the whole place is scrubbed from top to bottom. You might suppose that this v'holesalo 'swabbing' would leave (ho steerage somewhat damp, end so 11 does, but by the time sWe oro toady for leaving pmt everything is 0s tiny as n bone. Altaeether 'hausn cleaning' on a liner is n bignn Jab thea you night at first 13ue55, and f sometimes think my- self that it is rather remarkable that we are able to get through So much In SO small space of time." JUST THE REV[;RSII. A kind-hearted and witty clergyman, entering rho house of ono of his elders one morning, found the good old man unmercifully whipping one of This sons, a lad of about fourteen yeses old, and be at once began to intercede for see boy. The deacon defended him by sayin that "Ole youth must bo early traine in the my it ahontd qa, tt is best to make on impression when the wax is' snit," "Yes: said the mine, "1101 that does not hold here, for the wihaelcs were not sat." 1'110 deacon let the boy go, Some people are soproud of their + family skulelon that they ('e(u50 to ]seep it concealed In Lhe closet. GUStnnter-"t,onik here, this bievcle t When c Ulan 50y51ho will, he w111 If boagltt only three weeks ago has ail ire (101). When n woman says she will, gone to pieces." ileakgt l'es, sir. Yon She will If she wants to, remember I. warl'Uflled 11 to go fast." SON IS NOW SON-IN-LAW'PICTURE WORDS HIT RUM huielARKABLI: CASH OF IMPERSON- ATION iN FRANCE. The Deceived Mother Pleaded for pia Wheat Brought to Trial and Dauubler Married 11lrn. There has just conte to light a story In real life which a clave noyelial might weave into rattliug gaud fiction if 1.0 were willing to run the risk of laming the wines jump upon him hard for w far exceeding the limits of reasonable probability. But the facts in the ease ere all a matter of court record and there is no disputing them. Near 1311f0rt lives a much respected old woman, him. Joanroy, who owns a small form, out of which she line con- trived to make a comfortable living de- spite the fact that she lost her husband many years ago and has since had to de most of the (hard work about the place herself. Her only son had been a soldier In the French army. Some seven. years ago she received news that be had died In Aigeria. Great was her surprise when In the spring of last year she re - A WESTERN ROAST i'OR TIie WHS. ., IOW TRAFFIC. Red -Clot 'Temperance Lecture—A Recent Western Tragedy Is the Text. A despatch from Lloydminsler, Sask.. tells a beautiful story of the advantoges of Ibe whiskey tragic, says the Winni- peg Tribune. On New l'ear'a Day two hrothere,. whose homes were about twenty mile6 from Lloydtrtinster drove to the town on business, had "a good time," pourer( whiskey into themselves 111)111 they were reduced to a state of lernporery idiocy— and then, having an Extra stock of the stuff with them, started for Thome. One brother was so drunk that he fen from the sleigh, and the other was so drunk that he was either too stupid, or physically unable, to help the fallen man to rise, But the funny part Is to come. The brother who had managed to re- tain his seat in the sleigh drove on—and ceived a telegram from her daughter, the other lay where he had fallen in the g 13 snow, and froze solid I who had settled in a nelgbbnring town, which read, "Brother has returned alive and well." She doubted It, yet longed to believe U. That same day there called upon her a man who claimed to he the son she had long mourned as dead.11e tore a striking resemblance to her sol- dier boy, and yet there were differenc- es. She thought he had CHANGED A GREATeDEAL. "flow you have grown," she said, and how much darker you have becotnel Your hair and oyes were quite lightcol- cred. Now you look like a Southern- er.' "That 1s the effect of the African sun, mother," he said, as she (lung her old arms around him. It was a comrade of his, he explained, who had died, and the military authorities, who take no Interest in individual privates, had got the names mixed. He penitently ac- knowledged sknowledged that he had treated her shamefully in not welting to her for so long, but he was going to make amends for that by taking all the hard work el the farm off her hands. He proved as good as his word. He lived et the SLIDE DOWN HILL. farm and managed it, and Mother Jean- roy, happier than she had ever expected Can't a man freeze to death if he wanit I i to—even if he has a family depending o again in t be m this world settled down g • lc r don't t0 the enjoyment of freedom from aero on tum? Besides, all drunkards ds and toil. freeze. They have all sorts of funny Things wont on in this fashion for sev- way's of mating their exits with the as- eral months. ile contrived to see a good sistanee of the Government. Some fall cteai of the daughter and she soon die- and break their necks; some aro run covered that she was much fonder of down by trains, cars and waggons, and her brother than she had been bef0Pe crushed and cut into the runniest shaves; he were away. Everywhere In -lee some blow their brains out in an amusing neighborhood he was accepted as the Ili of despondency; some go permanently missing Joanroy. It was occasionally insane and have a high cid time in the discovered that he had forgotten things asylums before they stumble babbling connected with old friends and acquaint- into their graves ; some murder ances that he ought to have remember- their wives and children, shoot ed, but he attributed such lapses of rue the town, attain a lot of notoriety, memory to the influence of that same get their pictures in the papers—and fnrco African sun which had wrought wind up suddenly at the end of a rope; such 0 some twist into the most comical shapes CHANGE IN HIS COMPLEXION. with rheumatism, and moan their own accompaniment as they hobble to their But (here came a day when the mill- sepulchres; some swell fantastically terry authorities had occasion to inspect with dropsy, and thus give the under - his army certificate. - It bore the none faker the trouble of dumping half of of Mouton°. Thal, he said, was tale them down the sewer before he can get name he had enlisted under, but his the rest of them into their coffins; some 1,0110 was really S. Jeanroy, as old Play practical jokes on their families by Mother Jeanroy and a lot of other folic dropping dead of heart failure, paralysis would testify, if necessary, and he asked and hemorrhage, others merely slide that the true name should be entered on down hill slowly, becoming dirtier each his certificate. The military authorities day, more evil smolling each clay, more were quits willing to substitute a true red -eyed each day, more gross -featured nano for a false one, but, they explained, each day, more b,,.ty-tongued each day, the regulations required them first to until they sink through the saloon to the make an investigation. stable, through the stable to the ditch— That investigation showed that S. alternate between the ditch and the jail Jeanroy had really died in military ser- for a time, and then pollute the earth vice in Algeria and that Moutotle had beneath its surface. teen his messmate and most intimate DRUNKARDS A JOLLY CROWD. friend there. Through thin close cam - Oh, the are a jolly crowd, these y hie dead hip he rind, family a deal abort drunkards, and we must keep up the his dead conu'ndca family clrcumslamo'ls supply. and that, and the resemblance he bore btfton2 Rotl le him. Earl mado it comparatively easy \VProhlohkprohibition would rob us of all when dealing with simple folk, to per- these interesting types. Prohibition senate him. The fraud was unmasked would make us 011 mike—respectable, and 1tlauto(Ie was arrested and pup on clean, healthy, intelligent, alert, bust- tr(nl' we sometimes call individuality—for it was then matters took n still more tubal we call individuality is not intra - (Sough convinced n. Otd Mother ,Teanroy, quenlly but the varied evidences of the though nwrote that Iep to piteous tuns activity of the whiskey trade, net her eon, wrote hl a judge pit she sap- Whiskey is one of the few agencies coats on behalf of she boy"as she call- of degeneracy we have left. Opium is ell him. Ho had, her said, token her controlled' cocaine is banned; gambling nand earls place in her hent. She could is prohibited amongthe poor; bigamy not bear to a again of having to . back isn't popular; lynchig is tbooed why, to her old Etc again without him. scarcely anything remains to give the SHE PREFERRED A BOGUS SON young man diversion from (.110 cares of 1 e no son al all. And her daughter, business, to the advantage of his rivals 1 who had been equally taken t1), fore her, TIIE DANCE OF DEATH. sham brother no ill -will at all. She al- so pleaded for him. Before 1118 matter The dance of death must he kept up. came alp far finni judicial se1Llamen6 I1o11 and the coffers of the country mast she was able to announce that having be filled—the one with tile souls of Can - discovered she was not the prisoners adian manhood, the other wIih the in- sister she had consented to become his hareem of the widows and orphans. tvito, Death, disability and deltase must he Under the circumstances, Moolotte's perpetuated, to the advancement of COttn801 argued, ho Irad really Inflicted the medical science and the "enrictt- n0 Injury on those when he had deceiv. moot" of our country. ed, but had brought happiness to the 04, ye8, we must have whiskey—our t oar. which Ie had colored under.talse statesmen say so—though Cha vast prelouses, Instead of a son, old Mother majority of Canadians hate the Traffic as Jeanroy ivouid gain n son-in-law and her they hate the hell that it packs whit daughter a reel husband in place of a misery, Yes, "vested rights must be bogus brother. The judge proved him- Protected," "a legitimate business must self possessed of both sentiment and not be crushed," and "pie revenue of the common sense. Matrimony he regarded country must be kept up." as smoothing which everybody should In the meantime, out on the Saskat. do his utmost to encourage it France. gllewen prairie, the frozen corpse of a Hr hulnlgen(ly ignored the charge of husband and father lies with foolish, IT WAS A GREAT MICE. Oh, It was a great joke—for the man who froze to death, while in his drunken stupor, had a dependent family await- ing his return Noma—uprorious, Isn't it? —and the brother of (he dead man had to tell these waiting children what had happened to their father Whoop her unl What do we care it the whole confounded population freezes to death, while drunk 1 'l'he revenue must be kept up. People must have n good Ume. How can anyone dare to interfere with the liberty of a free-born British subject? Let 'em Ireezel Let their youngsters starve I Lot their 'wives work in the ilelds, scrub bar -room floors--or—or—do anything to lceep blood in their veins— but men must have whiskey and a good tirnel \\rhy. isn't it every man's privilege to go to hell In his own way? And what are governments for, if not to push the crowd along down the wide and well - greased road? hood, convicting Moueito merely fn' grinning face turned forever to its having illegally worn a mililn0y order Maker—and on the heads of the Govern - bestowed on the dead Jeanroy, and ment and people of Canada, who all passed a lenient Sentence 0f IWO months' made a profit on Um whiskey that pro imprisonment with the benefit of the duced that tragedy, must rest the r0' fleet offenders act. All's well that ends sponsIbilily for that eternal mockery, well, end this ease will end 'as all good stories 01lou111 end, In a wedding. • T00 GOOD A MEMOIW. "Do 1 understand you to say'," per. roasted whole, brought into the room by A MUTUAL SACRIFICE. Mrs. Klubbs (severely) --"I've been ty- ing awake these three hours waiting for you to come home.. ii'. KTuhbs (ruefully)--"Gecl And Pm been slaying away three hours, wait- ing for you to go to sleep. When n man hails in every other \Vey to attract. attention, he sheldd get a pair of 'squeaky shoes. . Fortune kuooks ooen at every man's door, but misforlwne frequently erawla in 1)t the, window, FACTS ABOUT TORONTO BIRTH EVERY 84 MINUTES, A RI$A'TP F.VI,RY TWO II0L11tS, Fires Aroma 3 pally -20 pranks Ate rested Per Day—A Dog for Every 37 Persons. deaths - On an average, Toronto has' a dally birth rale of 10. !'here are nine mar. leages for the same period, and ton If the water pumped for Toronto'a consumption were were simply allotted 10 the population, end not distributed, as 11 is, to house, factory, etc., each one se the 260,000 or so citizens accepting the police census would receive 81 gallons a day. in that event, he might have n little swimming pool of his own. Toronto has three ('fres a day, but tine average damage is small. Drunkenness in Toronto, so far as the police records show, is represented by twenty persons for each day in the year. Including all charges, fifteen transgressors aro punished ey floe or imprisonment, The daily proportion of property reported as lost or stolen rs $400. Of this, about 80 per cent. is re- covered by the pollee. - About one highway robbery a week Ls committed. Assaults on the police are not frequent. Al most, there Is not one a week. in crime, the unmarried per- sons are in the majority. The ratio, es compared with the married offenders, Is 7 to 4. It dogs were common properly, the in. dlvidual canine would belong to 37 persons. For ,every 400 of the population there's a milk dealer; for every 1,050 a laundry. Mere is an expressman for every 250 patrons, and one peddler for every 464 residents. SOME TALL OFFICERS. The Toronto policeman is 5 feet 11% 8Inches31inches. tall- The top notcher is 6 feet In Division Court litigation, there aro thirteen cases a day, though the sittings are but two a week. Toronto's share of the street railway's proceeds averages 81,111 a day. Despite the house famine from which Toronto is said to have suffered for some time, thq. t v age, vas d on n r:� 1;gI- f son between dwelifigs adI r013U v,mr , Is four persons for each house. There must b0 a good many small families, when ono remembers that the city con- tains its quota of boarding and lodging houses. If the cab and livery drivers of Toron- toon wereduty. to work just one day in the year, there would always be from one to two If the city were equally divided, each cigar retailer would cater to 623 Toron- tonians, but, of course, that would In- clude the fair sex. On second thought, then, the number might be halved. Three a week would cover the acci- dental deaths and fatal cesualities of various kinds. From a mortuary standpoint, the Toronto policeman is better oft than the people in general. Deaths on the force are not one In a hundred, while the gen- eral death rate is one in 72. CUSTOMS BUSINESS. Assuming that the Customs house did business on Sunday, as well as on every other day, the daily receipts would no about 526,000. On a Ilke basis, the post- otioe earnings would be $2.770. The daily clearings of city banks, es given by the Toronto clearing house, are a little less than 63,000,000. The daily issue of building permits is 8, representing an outlay of 528,350. So far as Toronto's assessment Is con- cerned, an individual div(sian would give each and every Toronto citizen, young and old, large and small, an even $750. Toronto covers an area of 17.42 square miles, not including the city land cover- ed by water. The water mains aggre- gate 272,853 miles, with 3,205 hydrants, and the sewers total 240.31. There are ninety miles of street car tracks, rather more than enough to reach from Toronto to Hamilton, and then return. If Toronto's streets were strung along, single file, and a man were to follow the route until the end, he would traverse quite a section of country. In fact, he would go about 360 miles. If the lanes were added, he would have another 85 miles to travel. Of the streets, only 76 miles are unpaved. AFRICAN MILLIONAIRES FEAST. London Entertainment in Which n Pony Played Part of Walter. In fttlfllment of a promise to his friends that on the conclusion of peace between Russia and Japan he would en- tertain them at dinner, Mr. H. Barnette who has only just returned to England, was the host at a remarkable Celebra- Llon at the New Galety Restaurant, Lon- don. He had given Mr. Noble, the manager, absolute freedom to prepare a banquet worthy of the occasion, and although Mr. Nobile had only twenty-four hours' notice, he achieved remarkable results. Mr. Barnette and his thirteen guests— every ono of them millionaire diamond merchants—sat down to a' dinner of a costly and novel character. • A circular table, specially made for the occasion, enolosed a huge tank, in which floated model Japanese warships, over, looked by a miniature Port Arthur. When the guests entered the dining room was in semi -darkness At the moment of their entry beamti tut fireworks blazed out from the war. ships and 'fort, eliciting a round of ap. Meuse from the delighted guests. Then the lights. were turned up, and . the most beautiful decorations facie re- vealed, English and Japanese 'flags and flowers being artistically arranged Over the table And routed the room. The piece de resist -Inert 'vas a - Iamb silted the attorney for the defense who a small black pony, who walked round w ns cross-examining hint, "that you can remember (Manning transactions in- volving a sum less than a dollar, oven after a period of ten er fifteen years have elapsed?" "Yes, sir," saki the witness, "I can remember them even if They didnit amount to a fransactlon at ell. 1, dis- tinctly recall the fact that about fifteen years ego you bled to borrow, 75 ante of me, and y00 didn't got, it," Theaveragegirl world-rutlu'r marry In haste and repent at loisure than to rower terve a chance to repent at ell. the table While each guest selected a portion to his liking. Even the pony enjoyed the proceedings,, and showed groat reluctance le quit the room. At the end of the dinner two ships, carved out of real, ice, over width real fireworks beautifully played, were wheeled 111 011 a - trolley, Among the dishes may be mentionedt \Vhilobait a to Pert Arptw', Coupe a la Mikado: Gobolets dee fruits frappes in Russe, Mr. Bnrnato ltitt15011 was 0510111550(1 and delighted at the novelty and Inti' prcprialeness of ilia eatertainBlbni..