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MENTHOLATUM

DRAMATIC TRUNK .MURDER SECRET.

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TO TEST THE

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PRINTERS' ERRORS.

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THE TROOPING SEASON.

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HOME COMMANDS AND OVERSEA GARRISONS.

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FACTORY LIGHTING.

THE JOY RIDER.

Enormous improvements have been A remarkable instance of the dan effected in fastory lighting during the gerou craze of servants for using past thirty years, the betterment be their employers oars in joyriding log due in the main to the enlightened

The

A War office communique states that self interest of the owners, in which exploits, blissfully ignorant of the the following movements of troups beiudced most improvements in in-conequences of driving a motor- tween the United Kingdom and-com-dustrial conditions have originated. vehicle without necessary training, mands and garrisons overseas are Only after certain progressive in was brought to light at the Shanghai' MENTHOLATUM announced:

dividuals have shown the way and Cavalry-0th and 7th Dragoon their example been followed by the Mixed Court when Mr. Atkinson, of Guards and 5th Lancers (one squadron bulk of a trade, it praationble for 61 Avenue Road, prosesated his ear- esch), United Kingdom-to India; the law to step in, and compel the vant for damaging his car to the Soote Greys, Egypt to India: In laggards to make a move. The extent of $200. niskilling (6th) Dragoons (one squad- Home Offics Committee, appointed! ron), United Kingdom to Egypt; luth in 1913 to Inquire into factory

Inspector Aiers told the Court that Hafears (one squadron), India to lighting, came to the conclusion the dolendont had every night receiv- United Kingdom,

in 1915 that the time was then ripe ed instructions from his master to Royal Artillery-10th (H) Battery, for action of this kind, and recom-take a plug out of part of the R.F.A., Iraq to Egypt; 13th Paok mer led that statutory provision mechanism of an electric car. Battery, R.G.A., Egypt to Aden; 16th should be made Pack Battery, R.G.A. Aden to Egypt adequate and suitable lighting in

requiring defendant's own explanation of the Infantry. 2nd Buffs, Aden to

every part of a factory and workshop. affair was that when he went to re- United Kingdom; 2nd Norfolk Regt, Under war conditions it was, however, move the plug some hours before the Iraq., to Aden; 2nd West Yorkshire impossible to make mueli progress, car was found in a damaged condition Regt, India to Iraq; 1st East Yorks and, indeed, owing to the danger he accidentally touched another piece Rogt, United Kingdom to Egypt from air raids, it was found necessary of mechanism. The car then rushed LITTLE THINGS THAT MATTER. 2nd E. Yorke Rogt, Iraq to United in many cases to reduce existing out of the garage, he said, crashing Kingdom; 1st Scottish Borderers, standa:de of lighting. The standard into a wall. He then, it appeared, got Parsons have suffered many things Egypt to Khartoum; 3rd Wor: aimed at by the committee was that the car back into the garage, and at the hands of printers and reporters.cestershire Regt., India to United in the working areas of work-locked the door. The next morning A recent victim is the Archdeacon of Kingdom; 2nd Suseer Regt., Malta to rooms the general illumination at the chauffeur found the car damaged. 2nd Doreetabire floor level should not be less than The complainant said that it was an atmosphere as tense as that of the Stow, who complains of having been Constantinople;

the Regt. Khartoum to Constantinople; Grand Guignol, writes a Paris corre seriously misrepresented in spondent, the Bessarabo trial came to "Chronicle of Convocation." Ho bad 2nd Prince of Wales' Volunteer candle fuot, whilst in foundries the impossible to start the car unless

candle it. Elsewhere than in the a levar. an end. The elder of the two women used a phrase warcing members not Egypt to India; 2nd Essex Regt. and figure should not be less than 0-4 anyone were to get inside and move Foresters, Con actual working atens it was decided Defendant-I went to take the prisoners, Madame Bessarabo, was to speak to the helmsman when 2nd Sherwood found guilty of the murder of her entering the rapids." This was constantinople to India: lat Loyal Regt., that a genean! illumination of 0-1 plug out of the car and by chance busband, and of dispatching his corpse verted into: "Do not speak to the Constantinople to North China: 1st candle it, would, in general, soffice, touched the lever with my arm. The. in a trunk to Nanoy, and was son buntsman while he is hunting the King's Royal Rifles (Cadre), United though in dangerous parts or road car immediately ruched out of the tanced to 20 years' imprisonment rabbita." This is a really first-rate Kingdon to India, 3rd and 4th King's ways or yards the illumination should garage, with hard labour. Her daughter, cass of miscomprehension. It is far Royal Rifles, India to United King be as much as in the working areas of

Magistrate Yui and Mr. Blackber Mile. Paule Jacques, was found not above what has hitherto been the dom; let North Staffordshire Regt, workrooms. It was also recommended arnt the defendant to goal for three that with certain exceptions it should maths. If he proved able to pay guilty of complicity in the crime, and classic error of that kind, by which a

who Tand Corps.-1st and 2nd Armour-be compulsory to keep windows clean, the cost of repairs to the car, the was acquitted. The last bours of the certain eminent statesman,

and the enforcement of this rule bench would consider a reduction in trial wore notable for the emoticuslavowed that he had burnt his boats ed Car Companies, Iraq to India. ples of the daughter's counsel, and for and destroyed his bridges, had the ex

would in many cases no doubt result the sentence. the revelation of the daughter's much quisite joy of seeing in print the statement that he bad burnt bis boots talked-of secret.

and destroyed his breeches.

WIFE IMPRISONED FOR 20 YEARS.

After four hours of melodrams, in

This case has been going on for Bome time and has been filling solamns of the home papers,

"Jurymen of the Beine" said counsel in his final speech, "with one word you can make this child a martyr. You can send her youth to wither in a prison call in which she will be the only living thing among

the dead,

"In the name of her father, who is no longer here to defend her, I swear to you that this child is innocent The proof-this I bald in the silence of my heart. "Jurymen of the Beise, I deliver her into your bands."

i The president of the court, Judge Gillbert, then addressed the girl pri- soner, and saked her if she had any thing to say in her defence, and Faule Jacques,

invoice broken with sobe, repeated the story which the first told the examining magistrate over a year ago, and afterwards, under constraint from her mother, denied.

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On the morning of July 31. ahe par- rated, eh had been awakened by Boise of firearms, and on attemp ing to open the door of her room she found it locked. Her mother told her through the door that the noise was merely caused by an explosion of the heating apparatus in the bathroom.

Colonel Henry Watterson, editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal was

one of a group of newspaper man who, daring a conversation of that frater- pity, were one afternoon talking of typographical errors. Said be:-

While I've heard of a great many funny typographical freak in my time about the oddest and most humorous transposition of types that ever came

Gibraltar to Constantinople.

REMEMBERED NELSON.

In a letter to The Times Admiral Sir T. B. Jackson recalls the memory of an old seaman who served in the battle of the Nile, in 1798, and as late as 1868 was living at Torpoint. Among the prizes taken at the battle of the Nile was the Franklin, 80. Her name was changed to Canopus, and, after many years' service in the Fleet,

to my observation was that in a New sheaventually became a receiving hulk York paper some years ago.

in decided economies. In 息 second the

in report izaned committees, advised

1920 that

lights of high intrinsic brilliancy JUST SO IN HONGKONG. should be shaded when within less than 100 ft. of the workman, or else placed at such a level that the direct line of sight makes an angle of not. less than 20 deg. with a horizontal plans through the workman's eye. In the case of lights within 6 ft. of the workman this angle, it was advised, should not be less than 30 deg. Other recommendations in the report dealt

"Mr. Justice Horridge says that The time has not yet come wuen it is illegal to walk on the highway be cause it is inconvenient to motorista."

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in Hamoaze. Early in 1888 at old with reflected lights, dangerous The paper used to print it shipman came on board, and when asked ebadows, and flickering. In a third ping news on the same page with the his business replied: "Came to have report just issurd the committre olituarioe. Imagine the glee with a look at her; helped to bring her discuss the question of bow the which its readers found the captions home." His name was Couch. He standard of illumination lemand changed one morning, a long list of bad heen one of the prize crew of the respectable names being set forth Fran.lin. After the peace of 1814 he Passed deserted, lost all c'aim to pension, under the marine head, Through Hell Gate Yesterday," eli and landed in the Workhouse. On Gate is known to everybody as the thero entrance to New York Harbour.

MAKING IT WORSE.

facta being known subscription was, rais.d, and was lodged with a boatman at Torpoint The Admiralty then grant Perhaps the cruellest misprint tuated him a pension in consideration of ever escaped the eagle eye of the proof his Ieing about a hundred years old. reader was that which recently ap pasted ir weekly paper stating that someone rose at a public meating and "proposed the death of the chair

man

This was bad enough as it stood, but it was made much womo

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should vary from trade

to trade. better light being naturally required for "very fine "work than for ordinary" fine" work, but so far neither their Inquiries nor their ex- heperiments have led to any very definite results. Operatives engaged on very fine work seemed equally satisfied with an illumination of 100| candle ft. and with an illumination f He claimed to be 103.. His memacy 5 candle ft., but it was found that of old days was good. He served in complai.te arose if there was too ship which took out a monument to great a contrast between the light on Captain Cook to Tahiti. "Killed by the work and the general intensity of the savages, he was, with spears, illumination. An interesting appendix said Couch. He had a grudge against to the report shows the standards of by the fact that it was immediately Nelson, and it was difficult to get him illumination adopted in certain foreign followed by the words in parentheses. to tell the talo. "Well, it was this countries and in rome States of the "Loud cheere."

[way.. I was quartermaster of the Ameri an Union. For roadways Mr. Herbert Jenkine, he publisher, afternoon watch, and the admiral the lowest fearn adopted in 0-2 recently pointed out

came on desk, and he eaya: Coach. candle It., whilst in most cana 0-5 misprint. He published one of Mr. if ever I see you in that state again candle ft. is considero suficient io the exclaimed to ber mother: Riley's novels. The Way of the on watch you'll have two dezou next balls stairways, toilet rooras, &c.. as "What have you dons?" To which Winepress "This was reviewed by morning, assure as my name's Nelson.' also in work which only involves the her mother replied. "What would critic og "The Way of the Wineglass." And I was as sober as I am now. How handling and sorting of rough You? It was either be or 1." And Mr. Jenkins

could I get drunk? Why the evening material. Where moderate discrimina after that, she told the court, the countered some strange printers grog hadn't been served out."

"I am very much attached." helped her mother to staff the body into a trunk, and herself aigued the he writes to the word 'queasy,' and consignment order to the cloak room on two occasions in yachting atories at Nancy where it was afterwards referred to an unw lling yachteman ay discovered:-.

having a queasy stomach.' Ench time the comp' has rendered it greasy stomach, which has produc- ed a reproachful editorial query.”

DAUGHTER'S CONFESSION. Later in the morning ber door was unlocked, and she saw the corpsa of her stepfather, M. Weiesman Bes sarabo, lying on the floor.

It was then the mother's turn to speak. Madame Bessarabo rote in the bor, a withard-woman, with a face lined and rugged by the bitter expe rience of the last few months,

.. Her speech was rapid, broken with emotion, and almost incoherent-the ramblings of a demented woman.

She attempted first to convince the court that the body of the man in the trunk was not that of her husband, whom she said she bad loved,

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Her speech was in substance noble and moving, in spite of her bysteria, her vanity, and the ravings of ber born pride.

errors.

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In printing, the omission of a cingle letter of type may nake a vast differ ence to the meaning of a sentence. It is said that the whole edition of an old English primer, through the omia- sion of the letter "c," was printed as follows:-

When the last trumpet soundeth,

We shall not all die,

But we shall all be banged

In the twinkling of an eye.

TO-NIGHT AT DINNER,

The elderly lady who was looking through the shop of a dealer in kock knacke picked up a small handbag..

Are you sure," the inquired, "that this is a real crocodile kin?" "Absolutely certain, madam," re-

"I shot that: plied the dealer. crocodile myself.”

"It looks rather coiled," observed his customer.

* Naturally madam," explained the salesman. That is where it struck the ground whes it tumbled off the tree,"

Mr. W. L Courtney has put it où "I hope, Jennie, that you have "Acquit my daughter," he cried to reverd that, though he has written given the matter serious considers the jury over and over again, my thousands of reviewe, once and only tion asid a lady to a servant girl daughter, who is timid and overcoma ono, has a proof reader let him dow, who had "given notice" because she with fear. As for mysell, Who He had written something about as to be married that "day two

committed the fatal woman's rights," but unfortunately weeks."

bave

blunder of growing old, I leave it came out in the proof as "woman's "Oh, I have, ma'am,” was the car myself in your bands." And tights," and it wasnt corrected. uest reply "I've been to two fortune pointing to her daughter, sobbing and Humour is not often found in ob tellers, and a clairvoyant, and looked shrinking at the back of the dock, ituary notices, but a printer in nnins ago book, and dreamed on a look she cried pitifullyMy shild is American paper did his best in that of bis hair, and been to one of thore frightened. She is afraid for her direction. The editor, commenting asternulogers, and to a merjum, and mother, but her mother is not afraid, o. the death on Ismented lady, they all say to go ahead, ma'am. I I am invocrat. She has confessed wrote; "It is feared that her husband ain't one to marry reckless-like, but I shall not confess, because I have will not be able to bear her demise," ma'am."

not killed. People have talked to me but the "comp" improved the occa of the scaffold, and I have suffera,sion by stating: "It is feared that But I suffered only because my her husband will not be able to wear daughter bowed her head My own her chemiss."--Pall Mall. head is not bowed.”

Madama Besparatio (it was told by

persons who were near her at the end

of the triall rewarded the Court for

tion of detail is required the figures run from 1 to 2 candle ft. whilst on illumination of 5 candle ft. is consider- ed sufficient in watchmaking, engrav- ing, drafting and in sewing dark material. It should be added that the foregoing arc miimum figures, and in American "good practice" the

values stated are much exceeded.--- Angineering,

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The Eyrie Peak Hotel

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Taimoahan Lion Book Devil's Feak

One of the passengers of the Can- adian Pacific liner "Montcalm," from

Liverpool for Canada on July 14 was Capt. R. D. Thomas, commodore of the Hongkong. Canton and Macao

A marriage has been arranged, Steamship Co., of Hongkong. Capt.

and will take placet Bingapore in Thomas has ben" on the coast of October, between Wilfrid R. M. China for 30 years, and for 27 years Fowler, only son of the late Wilfrid has been in command of vessels of the

pitiful sffair. There were dramatic. Fowler LC.S., and of Mrs. Fowler, company named. Capt. Thomas dar

and Doris Mand Aitken, younger ing the warrendated great durvice tor is sentence with a wide, flashing scenes at the end of the trial. Five daughter of the late W.R.T. Aitken the British Government in connection mile, the fret smile she bas jurymen eigned an appeal for pardon and Mrs. Aitken, of 16, Cromwell with the organisation of Chinese Lat stown in all this strange and

of the woman.

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