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His avoriteieco , •
OR
A SECRET REVEALED.
CHAPTER XLVII.
"Ten minutes more, and it will be
over," said Sir Basil to himself—he
way in the drawing-r•ooun alone,
waiting fur Sir Arthur Laud the
lathes.
The roost was brilliantly lighted.
and he sow there for the first time
a magnificent picture that Sir Ar-
thur had purchased that year at the
Royal Academy. It Was called
"Oenone." it was terribly, tragical-
ly beautiful.
"'l'hero lies a vale in Ida, lowlier
'Phan all the va;leys of Ionian hills."
Ilittler came the beautiful-browed
Oenorte, she whom Paris hail wor-
shipped so wildly, then deserted for
gulden-huired Aphrodite — Oeuone,
whose despairing cry will ring
through all ages—
"Oh mother Ida, many-fountained
Ida.
Dear mother Ida, hearken ere '1 (hel—
1 ata tho daughter of a river -god.
fear ate, for I will speak, and build
up all
My sorrow with my song."
The beautiful fare. with its restless
paaeion of misery, was turned to the
fair Valley where the cicala slept;
"the. purple flowers droop, the golden
bee is lily-cradle(l." On her face was
alt the pathos of her words—
"My eyes are full of tears, my heart
of love,
My heart is breaking, and my eyes
are dint,
And I ani all as weary of my life."
The despair shown in her face, in
the clasp of her folded hands, in the
droop of the beautiful head, was
grand in its tragedy. (}enone was
leaning against a rock; the wind
seemed to stir the white folds of her
robe and the dark unbound masses
of her hair. No one who saw the
eyes in the picture could ever forget
them—they were so dark and lus-
trous. so full of burning passion and
despair.
Sir Vasil was engrossed in it. Ile
did not hear Sir Arthur enter the
room, for he was in the land which
human souls never reach. Sir Ar-
thur laid his hand upon the young
baronet's shoulder.
"You are absorbed in my new pur-
chase." he said. "Was there ever
anything finer than the tragic sor-
row and desolation of that face?
That long flowing black hair so beau-
tifully painted that one can almost.
see the wind stirring it. I value
that picture most highly."
"I have never seen such sorrow in
any human face." said Sir Itasil.
llefore he had finished the words
the door opened, and he knew thnt
he was in the presence of both sisters.
Never did elan utter a more vehe-
ment, passionate prayer for strength
and calmness than he. One terrible'
moment passed. Ile heard the rustle
of soft silken robes as they crossed
the ronu,. Theft, with n desperate
effort. he raised Itis head, and looked
at them—first at her whom he hnd
loved and lost, her sweet face white
as the leaf of n lily. her golden hair
shining like an nnroolo round her
head—the woman to whoa) hissheart
flew, at whose feet he would have
laid his life, the only woman who
had ever stirred his soul with the
fire and fever and ecstasy of passion-
ate love. Tall slender nail graceful,
her dark rich dress trailing. her rich
laces "fulling in a fairy shower."
she seemed to float toward him. Her
eves did not meet his; and no gleam
of recognition came into tho sweet
colorless ince. 1te looked from her
to the radiant girl by her side. "in
whose dark eves was the light of the
setting sun," her face bright with
beauty and tote, her color vivid ands
exquisite as that of a wild rose. her
every movement replete with grace
and harmony. They differed as (10es
a tali white lily from a queenly red
rose; yet there was something of n
resemblance—they were alike in grace
and subtle elegnnee of figure. and in
the queenly carriage of t he head.
Leah led Nettie by the hand. She
brought her to where ()mono, in her
eternal sorrow. bewailed a faithless
lover, where the sxquisito tragic face
looked oat in its unchanging (lespair.
Leah had never appenrcd nor telt So
hnppv as when she 111 Id Ilet tie's
white hand in that of her lover. Site
did not notice that one was cold
es death and the other borne(' like
fire. She did notice that. when she,
with happy eyes and smiling lips,
went through 1110 ceremony of intro-
duction, those two shrnnk from each
other ns though the cold and dark-
ness of a grave lay between them.
"Ifetti(• is so shy." said the elder
sister. Icoking with a smile at her
lover. 'she line been ill to -clay;
ihnt makes her quiet. ilettie, look
at the pictule. 1 persuaded Sir Ar-
thur to boy it. 1 think the last
lines r, 'te mssores poen) of 'Oenone'
are the finest et er written, and they
are expressed in her ince—that iteau-
tiful young tare which is never to
smile Again."
"I do not remember them. What
are they?" said Heti le, more to gain
time than anything else.
•' 'A sound
Rings et er in her stare of armed men.
What the' may be i knee. not, but I
knots
'Met, e heresoevor I am by sight and
do v,
All mot 11 and •edr Rowse eerie burning
ere•' "
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nettle turned away with a :.huddcr•
which xhe could not control.
"1 can understand those words,'
j.eah added, rousingly; "a paesio►tal
iditol; must be a burning pain."
'I lie dimtr-bell rang, and the gen
(•1•al offered his arm to Leah.
"We will leave these two to mala
friends." he said. And Basil to sit
owe went to Nettie.
"We shall never be able to bear
it." he thought. "I must retire. or
she,"
I lett Ie laid her hand t ilreidly upon
his nem. He seized it with a vehe-
ment, pnssionnte grasp—his very
heart was on fire—and then as sud-
denly let it go.
How many hours of this torture
would there be to pass, he thought.
The blood ran like fire through his
veins: every nerve and pulse thrilled
with the sense of her presence; yet
be must sit. there as the happy lov-
er of Leah, smile and talk and laugh
unconcernedly.
"What, in (leaven's name, shell I
do with my life," he cried to him-
self, "if I find one (lay so hard to
''
bear"
Bettie was excused from all effort,
and her pule face was accounted for
by the fact that she had been ill.
The dinner passed, and Leah was
dimly conscious of something being
wrong, something she did not under-
stand. She was just a little disap-
pointed that Sir Basil was not
wartier in his manner to Ilettie. lin
spoke to her but seldom, and it was
always with averted eyes. She won-
dered if it were his great love for
her which made him so lndifTerent to
the charts of her sister.
The ordeal was over at last. When
the two girls had left the dining-
rootn. Sir Arthur turned with a
laughing face to his companion.
"It is not of much use for you to
remain here," he said. "Your heart
has gone into the drawing -room, and
you may as well follow it."
"That is true," assented Sir Itasil.'
"I told you," continued the gener-
al. "what a difference it makes to
have two nieces instead of one.
though Ifcttie looks ill. I suspect
her life has been harder than wo
know."
"If ever a man felt inclined to cast,
himself headlong into a fathomless
abyss. 1 am that 1010)," said Sir
Itasil to himself. as he walked along
the hall to the drawing -room. "'there
never won so cruel n fate. Why did
not some good spirit warn me not
to go near Southwood? I feel like a
murderer Allan I think of those two
girls."
Ile found thein standing side by
side before the new picture. nettle
drot look at him; but Leah, with
a glance. invited him to join them.
"I ant fascinated with Ocnoue,j'
she said. "flow well she loved
Paris! leo you think he made the
wisest choice in giving the golden
apple to Aphrudite?"
"Not perhaps the wisest," he re-
plied. "One goddess offered unlimit-
ed power, god like supremacy, rest
in a happy place. and abeolute sov-
ereignty. The second offered hits
calmest wisdom, soundest judgment.
•
On the other side of the room was
the girl he loved, her fair face avert-
ed; near I►ila WAS the despairing face
of Oenone, nearer still the brilliant
taco of le girl who loved hint with
her whoheart. It was like n
scute from a tragedy to hint. Ile �i
he
half wondered if the lights would go
out and a c•urtt in fall. If only the
picture had been away, and the do -
solation of unhappy love out of his
sight, he would have telt loss dis-
t re,'sed .
"Reiter than al the world!" cun-
1intrrt Leah. "1 tow weak and
worthless a half love is! 1 would
socner have hate. When Oenone's
los,• was over, her life was ended.No half loge is worth having— is it,
Basil?"
"Heaven knows that it is nut " he
11 said. with n great sigh. Ile saw the
golden Lead move with a gesture o:
- weariness. "How hard it must be
for her to bear this!" he 1 hough(
.and hie mind went back to that one
- hour by the sea, when 11111d hope.
love reel despair had mingled. Ile
tthispered some words that comfort-
ed Leah—slie was so easily made hap-
py by hint—and then he said to her:
"Let its do something to amuse your
sister; she looks quite lonely there."
And Leah, hill of regret for her
moments -try forgetfulness, hastened to
her. 'rho face that ITettie raised to
her sister was ghastly in its pallor.
"You are ill, ilettie!" said Leah.
"Oh, any dear what. is wrong? I c ill
get. n glass of Water for you"—and
she hastened away.
"I cannot bear it, Vasil," said
Mettle, looking at i inn with miser-
able eyes. "I have not strength."
"0)1, my darling, I would give my
life to undo it, to save you from the
consequences of nay fault, my wretch-
ed, miserable fault!"
"What shall we do?" asked the
girl despairingly. "What will be-
come of us? Leah loves you so.
tfelp me to be true to her and true
to myself, Itasil. ilow can I turn
traitress to the sweetest of sisters,
the kindest and the clearest? I (oust
go away; T cannot stay here!"
Wus it fancy? When Leah returned
with the water in her hand, it seem -
cd to her that Sir Itasil suddenly
(lrew back from Nettie. Wrm it
fnncy? And, ne she opened the floor
she thought she heard the words, ut-
tered in a soft, murmuring sigh. "T
cannot bear it!" She must have
been mistaken. She smiled as she
thought what an absurd fancy it.
was.
(To he Continual.!
NO CITANCi; 1•(1t IMITATORS
Success cannot be copied, nor sue-
cessfully imitated. It is an original
force, a creative process. Every man
will be a failure just in proportion
as he gets away from himself and
tries to be somebody else and to
express somebody (•iso instead of
himself. Power comes frau within
or from not: here. Be yourself. Lis-
ten tc the vete° wither,. 'fhere is
room for improvement in every pro -
lessen), in every trade, and in every
business. The world wants men who
con do things in new and better ways.
Don't thin': beenneo your plan or
idea has no precedent or because yo❑
are you',g and inexperh need that you
trill net get a heartn,,. 'the roan
who has am -thing new and valuable
to give to the world will be listened
to and will fie followed. The man
of strung individunlity, who (terve 1
to thin': his own thought and origin-
ate his own method and who is not -
afraid to he ) ' self, not. a copy of
some one else, quietly gets recogni-
tion. Nothing else will attract. the
nth ntien of your employer or the
rest of the world so quicl_ly •.s
originality and unique ways of do-
Ing Gunge, especially if they are of-'
festive.
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"Acting the law Ivo live by without,
four;
And, because right is right, to fol-
low right
W'e 0 wisdotn in the scorn of eons0-
quencc.,,
The third, Malian Aphrodite, beau-
tiful, •
" 't'resh as the foam, new bathed in
I'nphian wells.
offered him love. 'I premise thee.'
elle said, s a 1, 'the fairest and most lov-
ing wife in Coe.. .•.' Love con-
quered."
"How could that be," Kahl Leah,
quickly. "when Paris laved (lemma
first."
Over Sir Itnsil'11 hnndsonln (ern
swept n groat scorching blush. Ah!
how indeed? How call n man under-
stand his own heart, or the great
loye.lery of love?
"i suppose," ho said, "that the
gods of old, like men of all time,
hate been inconstant in lore. So all
poetry and ull mythology say."
"Oh, 13asil, you do not neon it'"
—and the light of Leah's eyes flushed
right into his. "Some erten ore sure-
ly fee heal?"
11et 1 ie moved away from the pic-
ture; she went to the other end of
1110 room nett loo!: tip a book. lin
looked after her wits► !niggard. wist-
fist eyes.; eters step of hers s (tined
to draw his heart with it: he did not
know that life could hold such tor-
ture.
'.Itasil." said the tnnsiea) mice,
"you do not mean tint! i thought
constnney twee the gift of the gods."
"1 hove rears that inconetan(y is
the pleasure of the gods," he an-
swered. laughing sotnewhnt bitterly.
"1t limy he the s(•o'Iree of .nen."
There waft n 111111111.'4 sitenre, and
then a warns, white hand stole into
his. n dark head drooped 'leer hits.
and n Voice that was sweet as the
cooing of a (love, saie.—
"No platter who is false, you are
title, Itasil. You have truth 111 year
eyes rind on your 1ipe. if all the
world proved false, you would be the
one true men in it." The dark eyes
were full of loon, the brattiest! st! lips
seemed to woo barn. What could he
do? "Yon will ntwnrs he true to
me. Rill you not. Basil? You will
always love mo. my love, better than
all the world beside?
CiIttleerIANiTY iN JAPAN.
'there are now about 300,000 pro-
fessing Christians of all denomina-
tions in Japan, 10,01,0 of whom aro
Protestants, or one in every thou-
sand of g oeulutiun, vel in the Im-
perial Hous! of Representatives they
stand one in fifty-four. The church
rnenlbership in 11)08 tins as follows:
I'rotest(,nt, 53,313; Catholic, 58,086;
tircek Church, 27,:100.
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1'ltl•:\•1:XTJN(, MILK I't:VEIt.
'Phe following from the London
Dairy, writ ten by Mr. John Gilbert,
an experienced English Dairyutau
suggests a method for the proven -
tion of milk fever that he says has
been very effective tcitlt bine
" 'Milk Fever; Its Prevention and
Cure,Scouts to be a continual topic
In all the agricultural papers, and I
notice two dears on the subject in
the April issue of the Dairy. Cures
aro always doubt (ul, though they
may be more easily effected note than
years ago; but prevention unlet be
the better object to have in view.
• In the many articles 1 have read 1
have not come across a really clean
bill of any considerable rcco•d
"1 will introuuce ray plan of pre-
vention
ro-vention by stating that I have milk,
ed about eighty cotes, and ('11140(1
quite 100 a year (us I buy in-
calvers), and for the last twelve
years without one single sign of a
case, though previously I had lost
many. I may say that I had the tip
quite by accident from, in my opin-
ion, without doubt, the very hest
dairy farmer in England. 'I'l:o plan
is too simple for many to believe
in its effectiveness, but I will wager
everyone the odds of two to one
annually that I do not have a single
case. The plan is as follows:
"Every cow coating in twit h her
third calf or over shall her lihcrally
fed on usual keep, according to time
of year; in winter she shall be kept
in a box (loose) when expected to
calve. She shall have one or two
pints best linseed oil a day or so be-
fore calving, and again twelve hours
after calving: bran mash an hour or
so after calving, and bran mash,
with chaff and hay, for two days.
The cow and calf shall lay loose, but
tho cow shall not bo milked for at
least forty-eight hours, after calving.
In the case of a dead or weakly
calf, about a quart may he milked
four times in twenty-four hours,
"And this is the whole secret. '1'o
many it may seem unnatural, but a
heavy milking cow is an unnatural
animal. And is it natural to take
from a cow just calved what the calf
would not. take until a month old?
The strain on the. syateni in replen-
ishing the milk supply is, 1 think
the sole cause of milk fever, to-
gether with the neglected state of
the bowels.
"If anyone will read this plan
through very carefully, and then
make up his mind to try It faith-
fully in every case, and immediately
discharge even the hest ulna in his
employ who disobeys his instructions
In• the slightest degree, I hom:stly be-
lieve the odds of my wager given
above tuns be doubled with safety. I
think it is one of the saddest sights
to Seo a really good, favorite cow
writhing and delirious with this te•r-
rible. malady."
We might add that many others
have been following n similar plane
also with favorable results.
Sl'I!FF'1NC FOWLS FOR WEIGHT.
It is not the man who keeps iced
before his birds all the time that
has heavy birds, as birds, like peo-
ple, do not want to see what they
are obliged to eat till the time. And,
again, they soon tire of anything
they are constantly nibbling all the
t inne.
Have stated times to feed and let
the fott'ls get hungry; then, by feed-
ing the right feed in the right tcay,
you can have your birds up to
weight, and are liable to curry away
the blue. Many a would-be winner
loses the prize on account of its
weight in the show -room.
Place not more than live birds in
a coop 4 by 5 feet, with floor cov-
ered six inches %tith straw, and
change this straw three ureses n
week. 'nee will enable tete birds to
clean themselves nicely in this coop.
Have it box. of good grit, a water-
ing dish, and keep these two (lashes
well filled all the time.
Now for the feed. Take equal parts
of
corn, wheat,(
oats and barley.
Iinvo them ground together. Mix
with water or milk, and give the
Iloy Jap—"r'aft's who was Lora birds all they will ent up. In fifteen
Nelson?" minutes take the dish array so they
1►nd .lnp—"Lord Nelson, my son, do not even see it. Then, at neon,
was the Tom) of England." give them another feed. nhd after
111 ANNU AL STRUGGLi':.
" Blue Label " !THEY LASHED THEM THEN
40 cents per pound
LA
CEYLON TEA. A 20111 century luxury. Positively in-
comparable. llo!d only In sealed lead packets. By all
grocers- Steadfastly refuse all substitutes.
fifteen minutes take the dish away.
Follow this for ten days, giving them
meat three tieles a week, if their
combs are small. If too large do
not feed moat or hone, as it will
Reale their combs grow too large.
+'this manner of feeding can be con-
tinued tito weeks if necessary, but
not lunger. If a bird gets oil his
feed the "jig" is up ttith hits, and
it will be better to take hint out of
Ithe pen.
SALTIX(1 THE STOCK.
The salting of cattle requires to
bo attended to with regularity nt all
seasons of the year; or better still,
keep it where they can obtain it at
will. Where this is done the stock
make use of it in small quantities
and thus are kept supplied with the
required amount. When salt is sup-
plied once a month or so large quan-
tities are eagerly consumed which
indicates that the system has been
deprives to a certain extent of a ne-
cessity.
o-cessity.
Salt supplies chlorine to make
hydrochloric acid, a substance neces-
sary to promote digestion. This
acid is essential to the working of
the gastric juice and is in part Ile -
rived from salt. Salt also keeps the
blood in the required degree of fluid-
ity to make the circulation right.
Too large quantities of it consumed
or fed in the feed has the effect of
abttorrnally increasing the circula-
tion and stimulating the energy;
while insufllcient quantities or en-
tire absence of it in the food tends
to make an animal dull and sluggish,
the blood becoming thick and circu-
lation slow.
LIVE STOCK NOTES.
Hens twill not lay neither will poul-
try fatten when covered with vermin.
If success is to be made on poultry
the houses and roosts must be kept
clean. smallest degree. The smooth cloth
also presents a better aspect at all
times, for it will never appear quite
as dirty under exactly the sante con-
ditions as its rough surfaced fellow.
Yet rough finished cloth has the
'call' for popularity, and, singularly
enough, lots of Inert buy it because
they think it wears longer, and base
their belief on its so-called 'protect -
ting nap,' the very thing which
shotenu its life.
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STRANGE EYE DISEASE.
Now Raging in British Central
Africa.
A somewhat remarkable eye disease
is at present prevalent in eeveral
parts of British Central Africa,
northeastern Rhodesia and in Portu-
guese Zanibesin. At. first it was no-
ticeable in cattle, sheep and goats,
and only recently Wall it found to
have attacked the natives says the
London Dully Mail.
I The disease is at present raging
from fort Herald, a British station
on the Zambesi, right on toward
fete, a distance of over two hun-
dred miles, and at this latter place
it is reported to be quite an epidem-
ic.
Mr. William Arnott, a traveler,
who recently returned from 'Tete,
states that he observed hundreds who
were suffering from the disease, and a
Iwas required to draw a load on n
wagon having 1e -inch tires than on
a wagon having three-inch tires. Ex-
perinumts in this matter have Leen
' specially prominent in the work of
the Missouri experiment stutffn and
they indicate the same result from
' the use of (iilferent width tires on
wagons carrying heavy loads.
LONG WEARING FABRICS.
Rough Finish Wears Out Before
tho Smooth Kind.
The man who wants to be econom-
ical in the matter of wearing ap-
parel—not the one who is out to buy
the cheapest goods, but the one who
wants his clothes to preserve their
good appearance and wear for the
longest period of time, will eschew
rough finished fabrics.
Make up two pieces of cloth of
identically the same quality and cost,
one rough and the other smooth fin-
ished, subject them to precisely the
same amount of water and wear, and
tho smooth-finishe:l cloth will bo
found in excellent condition when
that of the rough surface is already
sworn out and fit for the rag bag.
What is the reason for this? Alto-
gether in the finish.
The rough goods must he brushed
oftener and more vigorously than
the smooth, because they catch dust
niore readily, and this is harder to
dislodge. The frequent, severo ap-
plication of the whisk brush soon
wears out the goods, and their life
in consequence is hardly more than
half as long as the smooth -surfaced
article.
The- latter sheds dust and dirt,
particularly lint from towels, table
cloths and napkins, that the other
would retain, and whatever may ad-
here to Cls surface can he removed by
a light dusting that affects the dur-
ability of the goods only in the very
No animals are more dependent on
intelligent care than sheep. First-
class sheep never come by chance;
they are the result of skilled and in-
telligent care, and they give ample
return for that care.
On Sundays and holidays the oats
at noon are reduced to four pounds
wind in the evening the tray to ten
or twelve pounds. the heavy feeding
should come at night after the day's
work is over and when the animal
has time for masticating his food.
Water always before feeding. If we
neater immediately after feeding, the
food pusses Into the intestines be-
fore the juices necessary to digestion
have acted upon it..
Feed a number of different kinds of
small grain to pigeons. %ehe(( they
fly about they pick up seeds and
grain and everything of this kind
that they can find to eat. It is true
that their main support. should Ito
good, sound, dry wheat and cracked
corn. Some Canada peas can Ifo
added to this, and after thnt a very
little hemp 1400(1, sonic Kaffir corn, a
little barley—taut much of this, how-
ever, fee ell grain with husks is bad
for feeding to young pigeons, but
give them any kind of good solid
grain without husks. A little bit of
millet seed and some hulled oats is
good, but do not give much of this.
With this furnish plenty of fresh wa-
ter for drinking, some crushed oyster
elicit, Bunte grit and a little rock
salt.
FARM NO'T'ES.
I'oor tool:( are a curse to the farm-
er, for no foga can do a good job
with poor tools, and the expense of
using them ttlth good men at $ 1.50
to $2 ea day is a waste of time and
put ience.
'lo depend 111)011 the use of pur-
chased fertilizers to the neglect of
such as can be ',retinue,' on the farm
for the production of each ee:u•'s
crops Is a ruinous method, which,
while it may not prove immediately
disnstrous, is sure t0 impoverish suc-
ceeding generations.
This is the season when farm, pas-
tures nn,1 meadows are overrun with administered his crushing defeat to sus there is one which is known as
parties of teen and city people look- the Russian Fleet, but terriLle the prickly pear; it is n rather rat-
ing; for wild berries. This 001111 1 in- though our engines of war are nt pre. tractive looking plant, but els 1(!(nv09t
vosion has become so extension fin sent, they will he ohne>t. insignili- ;are (040re(1 with hair sharp enough
PUNISHMENT OF SOLDIE$9
AND SAILORS.
Seamen Were Liable to 1,000
Lashes Only Forty Years
•
Ago.
"'the good old days," a familiar
enough ehruse, has no real Restating,
so far as our sailors and soldiers aro
cc.nccrned. As compared 4cith the
pres(nt, the old (less were tinge of
terrible hur(l•hi1, for those entrust&
4v ith the upkeep of our steed name.
Less than 0 hundred years ago men
were "pressed" into the services, and
whether they 4olunteered to go afloat
or were carried off against their will,
the treatment meted out was not
calculated to inspire men with a
loyal and self-sacrificing devotion,
says EI)glirh p
"s liane good oldpatiner.es" were more
pat tlrulatly bad for those soldiers
and sailors who possessed of a rol-
licking spirit, occasionally held dis-
cipline in scant respect.
A LIFE 1•'Olt A T00TI1,
It will shock many to know that
well within living snetnory sailors
were condemnees to death for assault-
ing superior officers. For the com-
paratively small offence of dislodg-
ing a young officer's front tooth by
a blow with his est, a sailor was
sentenced to be hanged at the yard-
arm of his shill, then stationed at
one of oar dockyard ports, about
fifty years ago. Itut in icu-
lar instance a reprieve cathisntopartat a
late hour, the sentence being reduced
to imprisonment for life.
Court-ntartial sentences are severe
in these days, but they do not com-
pare with "six years' imprisonment
for using insulting language to a
superior' officer," mei "seven years'
imprisonment for attempting to de-
sert his Majesty's service." in the
"good old days" an English admiral
was shot for neglecting to negotiat
ta
the French fleet closely.
ABOLISIIED IN SIXTY-EIGHT,
Not until March, 1868, was flog-
ging abolished in the array, and then
only in times of peace, whilst this
form of punishment is still practised
in the navy. Exactly a hundred years
ago a seaanan of the 'Tribune received
150 lashes with the "cat" for deser-
tion at Spithead, and was deprived r
of a share of the ship's price -money.
A hundred and fifty !ashen, how-
ever, must have been nothing as,
compared with the "trail-tisted" din- Tr
cipllne shown in India about the
same period. A soldier assaulted a
sergeant with a bayonet, and was
ordered to receive 1,000 ktshos, a
sentence which brought a rebuke from
the Commander -In -Chief, who received
"with the greatest surprise and con-
cern, the opinion and sentence, which
his duty to the service will not per-
mit him to approve, and which he
cannot confirm) without directing the
court to reelect their sentence, and
warning them of the dangerous con-
sequences that must result to the
army from such mistaken leniency!
Tho Commander -in -Chief therefore
warns the court., if, they regard the
service, and as they value their hon-
or, not to let a mistaken pride pre-
vent their altering the Sentence."
INADEQUATE SENTENCE.
'the Sentence of another private to
receive 1,:300 lashes for striking the
adjutant of his regiment called forth
the official comment that there was
"nothing to warrant the lenient
awtu'tt of the court."
Perhaps in one respect only do tlio
courtemartia1 of the "good old lays"
correstond with those of the plWsent,
and thnt is in their extraordinary
capriciousness. 'there are innumer-
able instances of this; but the cases
which were tried in the old days --
especially in Indra—afford the most
interesting reading. A private, con-
victed of mutiny—he having fired at
large number were totally blind. One and wounded ,a corporal—was hanged,
of the sights of Tete on a Sunday whilst another private, who charged
morning is the long lines of blind a sergeant with a fixed bayonet, and
people who enter the town to beg, 4rns con: i,,ted of mutiny. suffered 14
each string being led by a little boy days' imprisonment! What a come
or girl. envision this last mentioned sentence
makes with that of the soldier tvho
rcct1ted (300 lushes with the cat -o' -
nine -tells for saying that he did not
consider aIreu
lieutenant's conduct that
of a gentleman! An artilleryman
who expressed the opinion that his
colonel wens ineat'able of drilling a
glrli' school tens ordered 25 lashes.
And yet we sp)cak of the "good old
MONEY FOR SOMEBODY.
At first a white spot is observed (
,n
the eyeball, and this in a short spare
of time becomes highly inflamed. Tho
eye then discharges e
g S n while, milky
fluid, and the whole of the eyo Y be-
comes
,o-comes covered with a white tiltn.
This is the critical stage of the ma-
lady, and if the disease is very severe
the eyeball bursts, thus destroying
the etg,11t entirely.
A POW EItF1'i,f, 1IA'rI'LESIIII'.
'I'ho herrors of a naval battle were
obvious to everyone long before 'Pogo
Among the ninny varieties of cac-
the More thickly settled districts
that owners show an increasing ten-
(oncy to trent the perry crop nm pri-
tate property by setting up trespass
signs. They are becoming rather
tired of paying taxes on Intel which
often produces almost nothing but n
quantity of fruit to be gathered by
8(rangers.
Iteports bltnrinl.Iy show the ad-
vantages of 441(10 tors on good roads
both in the 10ss power required than
with narrow tires and in the benefi-
cial effect upon the rend. As to the
effect of the width of the tire where
the dinmoter of the wheel remains
the same the Seattle Post notes a
trinl ehere 40 per cent. more power
fisswwisiswass a ratesltzvt.- L wvs><sor.a.
Dist,ase takes no summer
Vacation.
ff you need flesh and
strength use
Z CCSU.,96 Coitifsion
surnnrer as in winter.
fid for fres •trill•.
Fr OT & 1.4,1% ti :', C►arstrfq.
Toe,c: t, 0.:afb.
sec aid $ t.00 g all drngtjt .a,
cant when compared with the battle- to pierce the handl of ancone who
ships of the future. There trill I o is mo rash as to touch it. The plant
titbI down at Portsmouthshortly theIcamne nriginnlly from America, but
keel -prate of what tooh mise14 to be after it was introducedin some man-
(!te n►)st t!otcerful vessel in rho ser or rto Que(•nslaud
world. She trill be appt•oprintiely Spread an rapidlyotheri1111(1 to much nen exit.
named iLALS. ore idnought and her tent that in some districts it has
turbine engines will give In r n speed
of 21 knots per hour. 'Instead of
carrying only four 12 -inch guns, how-
ever, she will be nrnled with no fewer
than twelve, which means that she
will be capable of in•Ing at an (11-
emy 1,400 shells an hour, and ns
each shell weighs 500 lbs., this
means a discharge of over five tons
of sheik per minute, with n totat
muzzle energy of 1,03',000 foot tons
per minute.
SC1i0f1.14 iN CiiINA.
The Imperial decree regnrding the
npprot'rint ion of temples for schools,
says the `shanghai North China Her-
ald, is being cnrried nut in Anhui.
At Luchoufu, heir very large images,
servants to tho god of literature.
hn'•e loon torn down to make room
for little Chinese boys to study Eng-
lish.
in sewing a s' i butt the 'ditches
closely eget her, hot lightly, Ingo the
cloth, being careful lint 10 pull the
thread tight, as this causes the seam
to draw,
practically destroyed all other vege-
tation. Tho Queensland (1overnnient
Is still offering a reward of .'5.000
to anyone who can devise a method
by which It can be completely eradi-
cat ed.
A HORSE: ON 1111f.
An Englishntnn was drlt•ing on an
outside en!' in Dublin n few days ago.
Noticing the horeo looked worn out,
he remarked to the jersey:
-Well, Pat, that seems a very poor
horse you have."
"Belled, your honor," came the re.
ply, "he's worse than poor; he's the
unluckiest horse Iver twos!"
"Indeed," replied the Englishman.
"Anil may I ask why?"
"Well, now, 1'11 tell your donor,
f'nr the Inst four mornin's ()I've toss-
ed him wlleter he'd halve his break-
fast or Oi'd hnt'e a drink, and, les -
dad, ()'vo won every toinie'"
leis(emer—"We Iter. 11 fa nepprly
half nn hour mint'° f aril. red 'tA•nt
tartlo-soup." 11111t1fer—"Flo r-orrv,
4fr; but you know how slow turtl(•
are, sir."
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