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Cain mi I II il i ira 1 1 el mi, 113 t .rt i m lof i t i r n ut pitblio mn .(in ii.iiti i h h ingit iw umbroluu, atiiKi, bur I b , iai, ettmr eeae end npera hi 1 find ' f aoy touodeMlnnd, mvs u ' i aui-b airall It in nt i nut Im liti rut iai thcRO nvkt left il, ei i i wil tt'io- dark, for altltot gli uf I el iter i use of hantoins niv i y iiiida lump tins lurnry Ins not 3 it i extended ti tin) creator proportion of lmii cr to (in y of the full i beoltoti1n Hut It It antonlsblng to find tint a number A really vnlimmo proiorilr hare twen left i ihi during tl.e lost few yoars Tho fot-i.-vlnr la a hat of sum of the prlnrlrwl ucd, with Uw value on which tho ir-wnrdt 1 1 the ill I wrs were based: Abagnfjew 'rr, vaiuid at t,Mn, and another at i-i POO, ii rnso ronuinlng II OOOiu Bank o I UnfHul notcn, a diamond iiocklst, valtio ' 011, a diamond tiara worth CttO, several pn kots of bonds valuedatCU Orjrj, JEl.flOOsnd tlmiO reapeotlvely; silver pinto wolgh-' wolgh-' r ',0(4 ounces, valued ot X2,0; n iai 1 ot bank notes for 1NW, nnd n iiii-roua other Items of thi samo titio, but rather less valuablo Of i ii no all thn articles nnd proportion junt iimcd wero claimed by tho ovvntrs, thn I'nvcre of the cab In wtiKh thy vvoro round revolving neenplnry rewards; but, 1 although It inn not be ld that the sums p ild tboni wero Inadequate, they certainly cannot bo considered exuesalvo Ihu, for thn dlnnioDd ttara, vaiiiod nt 8G0, tho reward re-ward wiia em In cases, however, vvltero bank notes oi oaga of gold nro deposited tlm Bums awarded aro properly based upon ' insldorabl higher sciilo, 4 , - Tho most valuablo deposit was randosomo few j oars ago, when n thoughtless clerk, belonging to n batik situated not a hundred va ds from Hpotlund Yard, left nous and soiurillos amounting to several thousand ' poi.uds in a nab that he discharged at th ?cx.rof tho bink. Wltblii two tnlnu.oa of being paid Ida faro thedrlvcr had dctoslted thorn In the Lost Proporty OClce. It Is n I alco point In etbtuawhotber,na tho cab man i , miew to whom the proporty belonged, ho was Justllled In taking it to tho Lot l'rop-env l'rop-env Uepartmant. Belf lutorest, however, and n literal Interpretation of tho statute on i tho subject outweighed any conscientious soruplos the cab driver may have had on that score, and tho result to him, at nil rents, vvns satisfactory, as ha received a reward culUotently largo to onablo him to start as a small cab proprietor with a couplo of horses and a "hansom" rub. , It may seem n slrango assortlen to raako, but It Is novortbolcss true, that tho ow iters of somo of tho articles found In cabs havo boon by no means anxious to claim them. Indroa, somo of their misfortunes In Ufa bav i been directly traceable to a momentary momenta-ry t irgetfalnes on their part vvhenleav ing mo ot thoso useful vehicles Btowed awt-i'lu ttio pigeon holes of the Metro poll tan t'ollce Department are to be found dec-umr dec-umr ts and letter which, being taken to tho Lost Property Office, garo n timely vir.ilug to the police of somo lntondod frai d or outrage, cleared up a doubtful dov, or possibly led to tho arrest of a mI dlerwhenad long been preying upon t h i. rcdullty of the public If rumor Is to bo l ved, even some pollco offioera them .l s have nottbepleavantostreoollectlous ot unto unfortunate iapsoa of miinorj iv h wero the means ot brlBKingto llgh pa a (loft by them In cab) that wore ol r iiiicndfJ for the ores of their ofUcial supciiora. The Lost P rty Offl o, too, lu en the soon Of wauj ui ui. '. i unn'o i n iter. It would b-. d iTli-ult to do j i u'i to t id feeling of tb young midergraduate wlv -rbilo relaMes onuinunriato n-ui n-ui f the Lost Property Department Mi vai s ,vai lorlr.es th r htbcfuie lu . hai n oub la v. j.-. U I I llafthlsi'i n. I ens '''MOvereilat Ids uovr an eTsctioi, ntu iront, it whom ho litid u.ki.u im t routo to Oxfoi i (I o previous dy, , tot n a somewhat aim r luquliy a'tert I fa, ii unioiUla !mo tlan oueiuutri. ii ' il jai, I- o, has L m ti veeablo to t' . i i tid m 'i ut. i ' tnj Yaid i 'in idund vvlti., lu in. i tb renior fj rtyl it on J in ys In which ti n ni 1 1. rest) we i li no mems ton r i I 1 r sui Ii n tiilincH oa tlieso h n r, the depot .in.- it is not ri-iio . s lit I people can have un v i .lea or tho Im , irn amount of troul.ui UiLoatPropoitj 101 take to rclrlc, .1 1 a tlieiulmbilauti nd il'ors of tho me i pc la lotsis that he' own carelossiiLss ha. brought uimt hcui. It h certainly uot i'io fault of tbli iit'al doiKirtmonttliut no owners can In fun I for neurly half tho art ale denosltoo ii i it. Kvery ;Ubiiolty is hiven by adver lUh f! them tn the dully papers, and noticei of riipertlea found aro sent to oovupioie ol hou . s managera of hotels r ml theaters, In all t a.cs la Wbtou tho driver give tho num bor f tho houso, b' lu, i ti , vvhenovha vviis al-ci. Weekly adv sni n iw sont to the Loav Luggage Dep i tin i i ' the ltuilvvuy Cloaring House In ir;in: not d street, Huston mu-re, of artlvlea fuiilm ibs when tiny iuv o takon up or t ilnut mlr "fare 'ut i allv a7 station. 'iln -o aiUlces are vory isoful nlda to the reeo, i ij n float property, is c i ins are frequently iru le on the rail ay companies forartlclt a vvhleli are sub cquoutly found to lmvo be. u left tn cub. |