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LINK WITH THE CHARIOT

NEW THEORY OF THE RAILWAY GAUGER

¿DESCENDANT":"PROM. ROMANS IDEAS:

thony. What was the origin of the mo yachtsman,dern railway gauge i

hasen-Engineers and historians have

the Nassan for long been unable to explain

satisfactori how the standardi

grossed the officials of and Suffolk counties of since he disappow

of 4ft, 8lin, came to be ad- Penguin in Long Island Sound & opted by English and most week ago, desponed tod

when itinental ra bound body was washed up on the beach of the Marshall Field estate.

con-

ink for nighty busy about live of the clock when I do return from office, but, for iba rost, to amble gently whilst smoking of A cigarillo. Indeed so astonished ho be that he do fall into his own watering pot, which as my wife poor wretch, do any will mayhap do him” no hay but some good. Much think in the Nows shootes of Manchuria and the League, but, as

wrthing,

Hitherto the most generall (M274Porg says to me in the Tram,

pton theory has been What can the. League bring 1 to

Collings bands had been tied be | wheels of waggons. the teenthi pass? For thers be no clear cut

hind his back, his ankles had been and Seventeenth Centu isade, but each do accuso, other

Land

deny as heartily roped, and he had been struck on about 5 feet apart, and that of charges, Later talking at the Club, Sir the head, and probably stinned ba rail ransport was introdu fore being thrown into the water, distanco was slightly mod Harpenden sets forth the matter

Nupur This discovery bears dut the maenable the wheels to fit the rails. and to my mind, vory clear and jor points of the story of his wife, An alternative explanation, bow, right, how that matters are beyond who was found on Thursday morn both Government ae Japan cannoting marooned in a motor-bont in hold her generale, nor China her had been taken in a canos by one of Oyster Bay, where, she said, aho students or riff-rafls. So the matter her husband's assailants

1

Collings' body was found near the spot at which his wife said the Pen guin anchored, when two men boarded the boat, demanding to be taken to the opposite side of the Sound. Their request was refused by Collings, who said that he lacked running lights.

ever, is suggested by recent resear

bourhood of Hadrian's Wall. If ches and excavations in the neigh

this theory is accupted, it would appear that, by a strango coinci dence, the modern railway-carriage is a direct lineal descendant of the Roman chariot, and that chariot tracks made nearly 2,000 years t ago

were ultimately responsible for the railway gauge of to-day,

do come to a deadle, but I trust Almost at the same time their it shall better itself ance, as I amyacht Penguin was found adrift in fully persuaded that neither would the Sound with their daughter Bar

bare fast asleep in the cabin, of their deairings go to war, Yot while both do speak so opinion astre, there remains grave danger, which may God avert. To the Criquette, where our young men and some others do try their skill secking to be chosen for the Colopy's aido. But Lord, what ads aome make and little come of it. And do, tiring of it, to the Races where I find my wife with Sir R." Harpender. And after some talk I make a couple of wagers. Cost-me ten dollars. So I decide that the criquette be the safer sport and so back. But first, talking with Mr. J Heard, he do give mo certain information and seeking about truth of her story, declaring that it The authorities differ as to the and an honest trusty friend of mine, farnishes. no motive for, attack, and careful withal being a Scotsings no attempt was made to plun ed many similar chariot tracks, to whom I give ten dollars and tweiler the vessel or harm the little girl.which in each case have been name And so to the criquette, Collings body when found was found to be dit. Shin, apart. whero Mr. F. Goodwin do play

No Robbery,y Then, according to his wife, the pair attacked him, trussed him, and threw him into the water. They then took her in a cance to Oyster Bay, where they left her with black ele to keep her warm

merry part: And this indeed may identified by a valuable ring which

and notably at the old Homan fost In many places along the Wall-

of Borcovicus, which was present ed to the nation two years ago distinct chariot tracks have been found, and in each case a space of aft Blin, separates the ruts made by the whole Bimilar tracks have been found in many parts of Nor thumberland, and archeologists surmise that the presence of auch

corroborated by the fact, that ex tracks is in itself evidence of Ju man occupation. This theory is. cavations at Pompei havs unearth-

Bails in Chariot Buts.

An authority on Hadrian's Wall, who has spent much time in ex- amination of recent Ends in the neighbourhood, explained how thong tracks, nearly 2,000 years old, may eventually have been adopted a the standard railway gauge, an

bo bad skill, but mighty merry to had not been taken by the assail- watch, and I do reckon that he and anta Ma Le Ride, a chirurgeon, bo worth for One theory which finds some sup ten minutes over an hour of Mr. porters is that Collings, who spent E. Fincher; which, says Mr. Ashby, much time cruising, was regarded stamps me as an ignorant fellows, spy by rum runners, who dele and no judge of the game, and in-gated two men to get rid of him deed this may be so. But after the But, even this theory is discounted game, when drinking à posset in by some inconsistences unless the the Pavilion, I learn to my greatest assailants were maniacsar possible content that my two Although repeatedly questioned wagers do both come home and at by the police, Mrs. Collings stuck

pretty price. So home, mighty to the main points of her story. merry, to find my wife do also win, and so to bed, the ove being not so clondy

11th, Lord's Day. Things at home scem in a’turmoil and ‘it is" clear there will soon be an Election. This, it seems, do tend to resolve itself into a strife between those that do put the Nation first, nad those that do put the lower.classes. first. For the one would sco. the

“George Stephenron, the Intlier of the Englishcomotive," he said, was born at Wylam, near Newcastle. Many of these charios tracks were to be found in the neighbourhood; and at Wylam ool *NELSON DAY CELEBRAliery, where he worked, the coal

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trucks ran along light rails which had been placed in the old Roman chariot ruts. It was here that ha built his first locomotive to, ligul these coal trucks; and naturally he adopted the Roman standard on the gauge of his engine,

The observance of "Nelson Day": "In the early days of railways, British nation honoured and solvent, on October 21, by the Hongkong he continued, the Roman or dit, sharing burdens equally, while the branch of the Navy League will shin, gauge was by no means upi other would see it so, if all the this year be confined to the laying versal. The Eastern Counties line burdens were borne by the better of wreaths on the Cenotaph and the was originally built to a sf, gauge, classos, but would see it in hell Wanchai Monument

when the Great Western was con In view of the fact that the structed, Brunel chose a gauge of before they would abate one penny of their gettings, or of their dole. League received such widespread ft. It was not until 1992 that the And mighty strange it accms that support in aid of the Poroidon Die 4ft 8in gauge was finally adopt the Liberal Party do be but aster Fund, it is felt that the hold-ed by all the English railways.

handful, yet their funds a vested in the hands of one man, who will not release them. And this I can- not understand. Working in my An appeal is, however, made for This theory if necepted, clears garden this forenoon I see with the further members, as the Jeague is up once and for all the mystery of. greatest possible. pleasure that now making a apecial, effort icon- Stephenson's choice of the Aft. my first sowing of sweet peas nection with the Sea Cadet Corps, Shin. gauge when he planned the do be some three, taches high which helps boys desirous of joining Liverpool and Manchester. Railway. And it may be this year I shall the Royal Navy or Marchant bavo better fortaing thran last, when the accursed fog did ruin every thing. My Fa Wong indeed do them to be the maddest and most ignorant hulk possible, yet has ho ruised me n most excellent erop of radishes which he do first sow

ing of the usual concert in aid of

Lingue funds can be dispensed with Not Stephenson's Proposal," this year.

OWN WAS

Marine. The annual subscription, which should be forwarded to the on. Treasurer, Mr. W. A Dowley, în only 30,

His son Robert, asked by the Gauge Commissioners whether Georg Stephenson had proposed this gauge for the railway, said: "No, it was not proposed be my father.. It was the brigina) gauge of the ** | railways, about Newcastle on-Tyne, and therefore he adopted that gauge..

in a pot, and then plant out, on strike it appears, but all very which when I speak to Mr. Incertain. Rumours of bombing in This explanation in described by Green, he tells me he has never the North, and much talk in the Mr. E. T. Macdermot in bis His heard of the like in Hong Kong.League. But the position do seem cory of the Great Western Railways But I doubt not the man Herklots to be unchanged, and as difficult as as far from satisfactory is well acquainted with the method, over.

Apanama In the light of modern, research, and I must send him some of my 14th rond to day of a new however, Stephenson's choice ly next crop for his makes.

res of cats bred to kill rata, yet not so irrational as it may hither 12th-This day more news of the tender and mild toward the human to have appeared. Possibly be had. trouble in the North but nothing Taos; but when I tell Croed he says some inkling of the wealth of his very clear though Mr. Shigemitsu that bo do be brooding & race of tery and tradition attached to the do proceed to Nanking and there dogs which will devour aliroffs but primitivs rails at Wylam Calller after call upon the Toreign Office. lick the hands of all members of and in that case hy adopting the At homo a manifesto by Labour the 8.P.C.A. And I perceive that bot shin. gauze he was not obey- that spells Boladevism and for this must be heavily over sold in silver,ing a more whim, but was follows it scoms the TU.O. are to blame. 80 grumpy he becomes. This after ing in the footsteps of the first Which does not surprise me over-noon to Happy Valley to see the and perhaps the greatest-pioneers much, as without discord, they are first practice at Rugby football, and of European transport. minished of their employments or & serappy game it was. Muchin, offices, wile live thereby, dividual good play but I, perceive th. This day I rend with the that the outsides are he sept as greatest possible, interest an ac over in catching of the ball, in count of the Harmsworth Trophy which they were su raughty Inst incident. It appears that Gar Wood Year. So home cad digging in my do admit at frat he tricped Kaye garden where my sweet peas do Don over the Ins too early, but prosper well, and much hope the after rocant his admission and say fog will hold off these many moons. be will never race again if the 16th Hard at work all day and During an unn ally heavy Log. world think he have served Kaye so tired this night, I can searco lift, on a night in September Don a dirty deal. And no Gar the posset of strong waters to steam-trawler Wood retires from racing, But. I my lips, yet am I mucii uplifted do not believe its red in that I shall see a good match

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