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THE BUMBOAT WOMAN.

Mre, Daniell's Memories of Portsmouth,

All followers of Gilbort and Sullivan will be familiar with "Buttercup," whose introductory song is one of the most tuneful numbers in "H. M. 8. Pinafore." The supposed original of this popular operatio oharactor Mrs. Mary Jano Daniell-wae interrod at Portsmouth recently.

Mrs. Danioll was in her 86th year, and in her there passed away one of the last links with square-rigged" Navy the old

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CAN A MONKEY THINK 7

and eailors in want of ships wore Experiments of Berlin Professor. accustomed to rosart.

Service in the Navy was 'not

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The animal in questia was a cross between a Javane and Celobeso macaquo. It was ro- moved from its mother shortly after birth and placed in the Infants' Clinic of Frankfort. It vas kept apart from the human babies, battlefed and tended by a special nurso, and distinguished itrolf almost immediately from other monkeys by sucking its thumb continually, which, Pro- foxsor Pfungst asserts, is a habit

It unknown aniong monkeys. expressed rage by opening its mouth very wide, an interest by dostroying the objects which Plunget does not state the man- aroused its curiosity. Professor ner in which positive plonsuro was manifestod save in increased tho monkey's first railway journey was the occasion of a rapturous turning on and off the electric light and bolls.

Professor Pfunget, of Franke- continuous at that period. Sea-fort, well-known in Germany for men joined for a commission.hla rosearch work in the realme an important report to the Berlin The

Physiological Society on his When it ended they were free to of antinal paychology, has made go where they pleased. famous Hard just outside the

and imitativanoes in monkoye, main gates of Portsmouth Dock latest exporimonts. Ho has made yard is now a comparatively an attempt to dissociate Instinct desorted place, with a row of empty public-houses on one side and so gain a clear idea of how of it and the swirling waters of the average monkey would bo

were no one to copy. the harbour on the other. But able to think for itself, if thoro before continuous service in the Navy came into vogue the Hard teamed with picturesque life. life until Captains in search of crows for From hor early victualling changes deprived their ships walked up and down them of their occupation Mrs. it, calling out for "Bully, boys "to Daniell was one of the bum who wanted prize money

and Hervo under them. host women who plied their come picturesque trado aboard altips Disengage1 seamon folled at the She doors of the public-houses and of the floot Portsmouth. was, in fact, the last survivoc of, made what answers they pleased thom and a familiar personage to the solicitations addressed A popular captain to a goneration of soamon who to

or are picked up crow easily an bavo olthor "gone aloft"

The for the unpopular ono did not. waiting "on the beach

recruiting house could, however, final "pipe down."

In the old days naval rations be relied upon to find men, whilst not appetising. Mainly the stendior sort of man who they consisted of "hard tack" wanted a superior position was (biscuit), "salt horso" (salted hoof able to obtain it there.

In this sense "Mather Wailler" or pork), "Fanny Adams" (tinned most an called by the sailors mothered a great part of the per-activity: because one Fanny Adains com-sonnel of the Navy in her day. mitted a murder about the time Her house was the "Old St. this ration was introduced), rum Vincent" on the Hard, and thera and cocoa. "Soft tack" (household Mrs. Daniell was associated with bread), fresh vegetablos, eggs and her in recruiting work.. such like artiolos had to ho purchased by the men themselves irom the bumboat women, who used to go from ship with boats Daniell served all the famous ladon with all sorts of thingsmen-o-war in her time, and for sale, but chiofly ediblos.had many romakable experiences. Bumboating as a business was She wished a pleasant voyago to probably as old as the Navy itself. King George and the lato Duke and it persisted until quito recont of Claronco aboard the Bacchante times when the issue of bottor whom they sailed from Porte- intro- mouth for a voyage round the official rations and the duction of the present canteen world. She "bumboated" all the system dealt a death-blow at this troopers that conveyed soldiers to India to quell the Mutiny, and dis the same for the "Hungry Six" UNOFFICIAL RECRUITING.

flout in the '70's. When a boiler Nominally the bumboat women explosion occurred in H.M.S. wore itinerant vendors who want Thunderer, commanded by the from ship to ship with their wares. lato Lord Charlos Borosford, in Actually they were much more 1876, Mrs. Danioll was the only than that. The best kuowa

woman aboard the ship, and for amongst thom word privi the help she gave in attending to Logod persons

the injured she was commended in the Navy Dvory captain

to go aboard the and did far moro for the sailor by the Admiralty. She was the than merely providing him with training ship Eurydice before it

Some of them toothsome food.

was lost with all hands off the used to find grows for ships, and

Isle of Wight in 1878, and the last (patty oflicer obtain "ratos"

woman to go aboard the Atalanta positions) for skilled

which disappeared mysteriously Amongst those who thus acted after leaving Bermuda in 1880, as recruiting agents was the late Sha was likewise the only woman Mre. Dantell. She was associat in the Northumberland when an od in this work with the onco

explosion occurred in the magn-

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DAYS OF THE MUTINY,

As a bumboat woman Mrs.

Just woman

Hunting for parasites, accord- ing to the professor, is inborn in the animal which has had no cbanco to make the acquaintance of any

on the persons of its human koopers and yet inspects them olosely with that object. The monkey was four years old botore it saw one of its own kind, and then it displayed fear of the newcomer, which dissolved into playful friendlincas.

When the completo story of its life is published in dotail it is belioved that certain clues to tho mystory of instinct will be more or loss definitely established.

zine of that ship.

Soveral of Mrs. Danioll's sons served in the Navy, and her associations with that Service wont hack for well over half a contury, during which period she saw the Navy chango more than it had done in the contury or so preceding. As a young woman she know officers and mon who had sallod with of rominisconcou Nelson, and she possessed a won- derful store covoring our Firet Line of Defen.

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SOME THEATRE ROYAL IMPRESSIONS.

Crime a Question of Environment.

omall sections of the finger simi- lar characteristics could bo repro duvod, but never so far as a com plete impression was concerned. i was not at all probable that Superintondont C. S. Collius, they would ever got two complete who is retiring from Scotland prints which were identical. Yard after dovoting thirty-live i

lie added that it was only dur- years or more to the work con- nacted with the identification of ing the last hundred years that criminals, stated recently that the the science of Angor-prints bad conclusion at which he has arrived made anything in the nature of as the result of all bis experience, rapid strides.

is that crime is largely a question Superintendent Collins follow- of environment. Improve that, heed the work of Sir William! said, do away with slums, and Horschell, who, as a Civil Sor- petty crime, at any rate, would vant in India, got the natives to be reduced considerably.

attach their fingerprints to do- The work was thon cuments. As chief of the Central Fingor carried a little further by Sir Print Bureau, ho has seen a far! Francis Galton, and Supor-

criminals greater number of

inteadont Collins took up the identified than was over possible work whore it was loft by them. before the perfection of the pre- Neither of them had then do-

The effect of this sent system).

idontification has been to give: veloped the system as a means

of identification. longer terms of punishment to old

offenders. Four hundred thous-! Superinterident Collins also in- and printing ink sots of finger vented a system of tolographing, impressions have been taken in by means of a code, fingor-prints the past quarter of a century: to other countries. Ten por cont, have boon those of womon. In children's courts the system is not in force.

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There is a great deal of ro- soarch work still to be done, and! Supt. Collins intonds to devote his spare time to it.

By the finger-print system previous said Supt. Collins rocords against criminals matter whać name they may give aro discovered in a fow minutes. If, as sometimes happone, pri- soners rofuso to have an impres sion taken they are sent to goal, and the warders are instructed to and Juliet Migoot (aged 15 years), do the work. Since the introduc-both bolonging to a village near tion of the system 250,000 iden- Nanoy, woro arrosted at Havro," tifications have boon mado at the from whore they had planned to ombark for Amorica. It is allog- burónu.

THE NAMES DID IT. Romeo Mair (aged 17 years)

od that Romoo, after stealing dis-£500 from his father called at Superintendent Collins counted the theory that the Juliet's home in the middle of finger-print method was used by the night, placed a laddor up to the Chinese thousands of years the girl's room; helped her down, ago, but said in his rosearches he and the couple fled to Paris, had come across instances, whore where they indulged in high| the Japaneeo had used finger-living and spent lavishly on

Juliet bought 41 prints ne a incans of attestation amusements. of documents.

trousseau, and the couple went In reply to a question he said to Havre, where they found the that during the whole of his police awaiting thom. They wore takon back to their native village. caroor he had never come across any completo impressions of Romeo was charged with having finger prints which wore aliko. Itoloped with a minor and Juliet was a certainty that by the finger was charged with complicity in the offence. What's in a name:~ print method they could identify al

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