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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1886-1-7, Page 2ti EGYPTIAN OMANCE A Story of Lovo an? l_ld adventure, founder, upon Startl>.a�g �evelatir•ns in theGainer of Arabia, P t �+Y ,bile zi iithon of " TITS; NIHILIST," "Tan , T," "T�I.1,. Eno , ETC , Each blow and its eansequent moan accused to add ti' her furyindeed, and and r art the lovely Circassian endeavored ! to e her leanda as a ahiatd, two Tark- neat" hie girls ep ' !ig forward and seizing her b the wilds ated them behi^-" and held them ' credo th. • ince elle was power - .ens to proteot her any way. Not until the los, sufferer's ahrlleks be - carne, so loud that t o was danger of their piercing beyond tl oonfinea of the harem did the Vaiide K minus desist, Then'elie Taught and drew her slipper on to her foot age n, with the remark : et That will tea, •a thee not to play tricks on thy lord and , atiter's chief wife and the head of th'g here, 1, my white swan of aiZo- beide. And be • are how thouprovokeet me again, for thqugh a Vaiide Khanoum may noir beat a slave`ith anything that is not 'broad and flat and thin, so that the marks may entirely fie out within a few hours,, at the most a can have her well nigh tickled to death, which, of the two punish- ments, Is far worse than that which thou ,hast received." The Ciroaesian made no reply, for she. was gobbing at the eight of her violated loveliness, 'end, indeed, . It was enoug make angels weep, But the other frena of whom were almost as beauti angels, laughed instead as Zobeide w •along with downcast face in their midst, :long yellow hair now almoat shrouding her 'entire form; Another minute and the again noisy and laughing procession passed away from through the opposite door, and the Waa once more clear for the disguised pa retreat, +One might feel inclined to blame him for loot having interposed is the Circassian girl's behalf, but how would he have done so without the danger of betraying his sex, which if diacoverea would by Mohammedan ilaw have made him subject to the penalty, of death, and Elmer, the buffoon as his ,nide`and conductor likewise, indeed in all ;-'probability an entire batch of the lovely harem slaves would have been sent to hard labor in the galleys on the mere suepieion that his surreptitious visit had been to one -or the other of them, for a good excuse weeding a harem and so making room for r. -.rash favorites is often eagerly seized upon wsy Eastern potentates, who now do not iiare to make use of the famous old fashion- ed method of the sack and the bowstring. He had therefore bitten his lips and dug his nails into the palms of his hands in order to restrain bimaelf, and eluting the whole while of the lovely Circassian's punishment the thought had been uppermost fn pis mind that as the Valide Khaaeum of the Khedive's harem persecuting this. poor girl, so would the. Princess Zeenth be able to persecute and torture Nellie Trezarr v hen he had accomplished his terrible -vow d made the former his head wife and the tter hit slave, True, the soul of a harem lady's slipper s not more than the sixteenth part of an nch in thickness, and though a blow there- rom will sting and burn like fire for a few 'mends, it can make no mark even on the matedelicata skin :that..wirl lastforan hour or two ; but the mere ahame and indignity of simile punishment world be felt,and almost sure to kill a highly educated and sensitive European girl ; and then there were other — harem punishments, he had been told, which left no mark whatever on their vic- tims, such as being held under water in the inatha until almost suffocated, or tickled gas the Valide Khanoum had just hinted at) until brought to almost the verge of ins'in- ty ; indeed, he had heard of unfortunate. girls being tickled to death by rivals who. were jealous of their superior favor with their common lord and master, such a Mur- der sometimes taking hours in the perpet- ration, and the victims cries being muffled if not entirely still by 'attffing her mouth full of feathers or the pressing of a cushion thereover. Hia mind, occupied with such painful thoughts and fearful anticipations as these, be. followed Elmer the buffon in silence under • the great cloth of gold ,curtain, on each side of which a gigantic eunuch stood onguard, naked sonneteer in ' hand, ' and one of them on this occasion asked the jester who her companion was. But Elmer was quite ready with a reply, She is a medicine woman an -1 a serum eas," said she, in anawed kind cf whisper, as she suffered the war minster to pass on, and these impost ere being a common class of visitants to harems, the eunuch merely ob- served that she had almost the walk of a pian, and looked another way, for he had :heard that medicine women and sorceresses often;possessed the evil eve, and he had no desire that the blfting influences of such an optic should fall upon him.' A few minutes later, therefore, Arabi Pasha was let out through the little, low - arched, oddly painted door that, was em- blazoned allover with texts from the El Koran, and having handsomely remunerat- ed the buffon, he lost no time in hastening through the erange grove and rejoining Toulba Pasha, otherwise " Hie Brain "-• " You have been long gone. May the spent time have been worth the outlay,' Such wan Toulba's greeting and Arabi's reeponse took the form of e °The time has been well spent, for what- - ever I do I shall do under the eanction and autiklbrity of His afajeaty, the Sultan, the supreme ruler of Islam "X d SPGT," "Tait RussuN SPr," ou m't mean to tell me you have slipped the, leash from off the bloodhounde' neoka ?" a °` he e woke ,them up, and if you [eaten yo will hear their distant growl inga." " You d U, You ahould have let such sleepy' "g dogslfe, If you have been mixing. £tire with their food they will next bite human flesh to cool their teeth. They have been pulling hard at their chains for a week past, and if you bare. cast them off, Toulba, we shall have a European massacre before twenty-four hours are over," " In the tame of Allah and the prop - bet, why riot, since it is no more than the Feringheee deserve? " Because we snouts give their divers nationalities good excuses for avenging them, and their vengeance might take the shape of dividing Egypt as lawful spoil, No, no; let us get back the million acres that England and France have already filched for what they are pleased to term the ,arediturs of the state, let us resoue Egypt to the Egyptians and frighten h to these European jackals from the land, so githat they shall no longer fatten on the Sir's' ful as bread which they take from its people, ailed and to effect all this the fewer drops of their blood that we shed the better, her Toulba," " Inahallah, be It as you wish. What is it that we ahould first do ? view "I must at once to the war office, where I vad may expect animmodiate invasion of consuls, Tad ad some to cajole and some to threaten. The joint control, you may depend upon it, is at an end with Gambetta soverthrow, so France will attempt to humbug and England to bul- ly and Germany Austria and Russia will aim chiefly at widening the breech between them whilst estranging both nations still farther from us, 1 shall have to play with all these petty diplomats as with chessmen on a board and ti e more violently that rogues can be made to quarrel between them- selves the bettor for the honest man whom they all want to rob. You will thus perceive Toulha, that my time will be fully occupied." Good, your excellency, and now you'll for be kind enough to set me my work." " You will require quiet to the city. Let the people know I am free and laboring hard in their service, tell them that they must be patient for a little while or that they will ruin all my fine projects by their over zeal ; also that on no account must Ferringhee blood be shed, because thereby we shall draw all the Feertnghee nations down upon us to avenge their brethren, and that they Rill cast us into worse bondage than ever. Take these written instructions to. Ali Bey Fehmy Kasr-en-Nil barracks. { Here out came pocketbook and pencil They are to instruct him to have the streets patrolled 'day and night so that any out- break of the populace may be checked in the bud; " He had better serve out' no ball cart- ridges to his negroes, nor allow them their bayonets either,. for the blood of the Soudan is hot, and were but one Egyptian life to be taken for a• European's in your name, I would not guarantee your present popular• ity continuing for a single hour. You know the fickle humor of the mob." CHAPTER XVIII, EN wIIICB TIIi9 }TELL BROTIr BEGINS TO BOIL AND LIFT nun CAULDRON LID. For a minute or more after Arabi had spoken the two paellas continued to regard each other in silence; The news was eJmoet to good for Tonlba to readily believe it, He did believe it however, for he knew his confederate to bo the very mirror of truth, "Itis well," said Tonlba, "and it makes me almost sorry that 1,'ve done what I have." What in the name of Allah and the prophet may that be ?" "Applied the match to the powder magazine before there was perhaps any pressing occasion, but I thought after you had left me this morning that ate we were risking much for the people, the people Might risk something for us ; so I sent my trusty agents in amongst them, and had Tewfik dared to detain yen a prisoner, in another hour all Cairo would have demand- ed lot at the palace gate., and had ho re - timed td give you Up terrible 'would' have been the vengeance ' that the crowd would have taken on him and his Feria hoe latoritds." g The war minister bit his Hp, for he knew there was much truth in what Tonlba raid. i0 You are right," be remarked after a min- ute,' reflection. "The•- favor of the people must be preserved at all hazards. For this reason, a little rough horseplay with the Ferringheos'`may be allowed and some trif- lingpillage and smashing of windows as well. But these things must not be permitted to go too far, so wherever more than a acore of rioters gather together, they must be diaperaed in a firm but good tempered man- ner by the eoldlery." There, there, where is- the need of cautioning you further ?' Act as you think beet, and I'm sure that you will not go far wrong. We have each our separ- ate and widely different work to perform, and the moment that I set about mine the better." With these words• Arabi waved hie subor- dinate an adieu and rebetook himself to hie carriage, whilst with equal haste Tonlba re= mounted the ''beautiful white Aeab etariion' that had borne him td the palace and lath, ed Calrowarde,at a gallop. ' He found the city in a ferment, The native population were on the buzz, like an angry swarm of bees, Arabajin long white burnouses, Fellaheena in nothing but blue cotton shirt anddrawers, street gamine as naked as' they came into the world, all clamoring for they hardly knew what and ripe for any kind of misohief were mingled up with portly traders wear- ing yellow or red turbans, yaemacked wo- men, ragged camel and donkey driven, un- tidy soldiers in ,dirty linen uniforms and gaunt, wild-eyed dervishes andsantona strip- ped to the waist, with little copper chains around their necks and long white beards flowing over their bronzed hair -matted chests, these latter running hither and thith- er, stirring up the hatred of the mob against the Ferringhee, the unbeliever, the accursed of Allah, the soornere of the pro- phet and soon. - These foul looking hirde of prey were the agents which Tonlba Pasha ',ad employed to raise the populace in favor of his chief, andhe could realize now, as ho listened to their wild and impassioned rhetoric, and beheld them foaming atthe mouth bin rhoi u• tensity of their excitement, how much easier it is to seta stone rolling down a mountain side than it is to stop it when once it has obtained the height of its velocity, The European popu'ation had already taken the alarm at tide eruption of the na- tive element into their own more especial quarters of the vent city, p The magnificent shops, soma of which were equal to that of Paris, London or New York, were already closed whilst the banks and principal hotels wore evidently being prepared for a poseible Beige. Here and there on the pavement lay the glee of shattered windows and of broken lamps, and the chimney pot hats of civilize, tion frequently coursed each other along the dusty streets like gamboling dogs, hats which the desert wind, though it was blow- ing half a gale, had never torn from their ownera' heads, but which the hands of the nation had smitten down,not only through hatred of the owners, but of the, headgear itself, because .,the -stiff brims prevented that bowing of the forehead into the earth which they considered as due five' times a day to the majesty of the Almighty. It would have been well had the infuriat- ed mob confined their attentions to the headdress of the Ferringhee but tinforttin- 'Italy in more than . one instance it hada al, ready been directed agaivat their persons, for here and thergaa knife or other rude weapon + was brandished iu,air that was blood covered, and as Toolbar, Paella urged hie horse along with whatspeed he was"hke, owing to the crowded condition of';thf streets,; he beheld a well known neuter who was trying to slink along, unperceived tc his place'of busineaa; suddenly set upon with loud and bitter oureee, jostled into a side al- ley, and there dispatehedwith a snore at least of stabs, his belly' being finally out open and his bowels dragged forth. It was so ghastly a sight that even the doroe Toulba felt siok`at heart. But another ten • minutes brought' him to the barracks, and half an hour later the black soldiers. f Alt Bey Fehmy's regiment were patroling the etreets and- nattering them to something like order, The hall broth had, however, already begun to boil and to lift the lid, and every Euro- pean in Cairo felt that ere long it might boil over, and, streaming down on the out- side of the cauldron, put out the fire of their lives' ; for they soon learnt that the war minister was master of the whole situation, and their protector, the Khedive, virtually a prisoner in his own palace ; and though they felt that If they were maaseorod their respective countries would avenge them, auoh a cenviction failed to give entire satin• faction er, indeed, in the majority of in- stances, any satisfaction at all, True, the temporary quietude that was brought about by the patroling of the negro infantry restored some faint degree of con fidonce to their breasts, but even thio was ost again when every. European house, hop, bank and other planes of business and residences were entered by the soldiery o search for acme, an order having gone forth that no European should be allowed to etain any opeofes of life -deetroyirg weapons o his poeaesston, lest be should be tempted o use it against superior numbers and so oust his own destruction. "But how shall we protect our lives and hose of our wives and children if they are Bally. menaced ? " was the question .often tit, but the answer always took some anoh rm as: "We ars appointed to defendyou hat is our busiaees. You have nothing to o with such things." And those who were so addressed could eethat their defenders ha*ed them every it as much as the populace did, and that e unwelcome commands of their officers one induced them to do that for which in eart they were wholly disinclined. So the trusty eteapone, if they could not concealed, were given up, with many d sore mleglvirge, their owners mutely d almost despairingly wondering what ould happen next. 1 a t r t 0 It r p fo T d th al h be an an w Mr. Tre•zerr adopted another method for his awn, and his tamily's safety, for after hating made hie hank as, temporarily secure as po.asible, he took advantage of the soldiery patroling the streets to drive direct to the war office, in order, firstly, to obtain special written permission from the minster to carry whatever weapons he liked and to arm his servants, also eeoondly, to remind him of the offer of military protection, both for his home and bank, which his wife had won from him in the morning, " Military protection for the bank you shall have, my dear, sir," replied Arabi blandly, " but for your private mansion it is now out of the question. . Circumstances have altogether altered cases, and if I wore to grant such a faver unto you, how could I refuse it to others ? Added to which I have tt' present barely enough troops in the city to keep the mob under, for the same always rises to the surface in times of popular commotion. As I am most anxious, however, for the safety of my affianced wife, and of course her parents as well, you had .better, servants and all, remove to my palace, where yon will be quite secure from all harm," This offer of the war minister Mr. Trez- zarr at once accepted. (To 138 CONTINUED.) Caught in a Sierra Storm. About two p.m., as we were looking out for a camping ground, a thunderstorm again bu ist upon ns. We hurried on, searching among the huge boulders (pro- bably "gllofa!' boulders) to find a place of shelter for our provisions and ourselves. At last we found a huge.; boulder, which overhung on one side, leaning against a large tree. The roaring of the coming storm grows louder: and louder, , the 'pat- tering of rain already 'bogies. "Q`nick 1" q;aick 1" In a few seconds the pack wan unsaddled; -and provisions thrown under shelter ; then rolls of blankets quickly thrown after them,; then the horses un- saddled and tied ; then, ab last, we our- selves, though already wet, crowded tin- der. It was an interesting and some- what amusing s;ght-all our provlsions and blanket rolls, and eleven men packed away, actually piled one upon another,, ander, a rock which did nob prc,jact more than two and a half feet. I wish 1 could draw a picture of the scene ; the huge rock with' its - dark. recess ; the living, egsirming mass piled confusedly beneath ; the magnificent forest of grand trees ; the black clouds ; tho constant gleams of lightning, revealing' the scarcely vierble faces ; the peals of thunder, and the fl sods of rain pouring from the rocks on the pro - if cling feet and knees of thos'e'Whoa° lege were inconviently long, or, even on the heads and backs of some who, were lees favored In positron. In about an hour the (storm passed, the men again came out, and we selected camp eneath a huge prostratetree;we soon start- ed a fire, and piled log upon log until the flame, leaping upwards, seemed deter- mined to overtop P dm huge e pines around. Ah 1 what a joy in a huge camp -fire I not only its delicious warmth to one wet wish rain in this high, cocl region, but its cheerful light, its joyous crackling and cracking, its frantic dancing and leaping. How the heart' warns, and dances, and brlghtnese; and leaps in concert with the oamp•fiee 1— tDecembor Overland. Stockings did not become fashionable until the time of;,Quoen Eiizebeth. Chriatmaa did not cost Eisenach in those flays,, SHF PAR. Wire Fences. A great deal of disaat:afaction acorns to be fel !towards barbed wire fences. When 1t drata m de its appearance, it was thought by many to be just the thing, considering its cheapness, ease of building, and its aprarent durability. But after watching it from the drat, I conclude that it is very uneatiefac- tory ; and I have conoludedthat unless some other device is got out, I shall still build fences of pine stumps, and hemlock beanie and ehea'tmut:.posts, 1; know of no animal that should be fenced in with barbed' wire fence. Horses and cattle get injured and killed by it quite often, and it pulls the wool from sheep, and in my opinion, it is a bar. barons kind of fenoe that should by all meana'be"abandoned. Pine stumps do not make the most ornamental fence there Is, Ly any means, but it Is durable, and will stop any Jihad" of stock. Boards and chestnut poem also, make a good and durable fence, and it occupies but little -space, looks well, and es yet, I know of nothing more satisfac- tory when the material can be obtained at a fair price. No barbed wire for me. Is Hay Cheap Food? Most dairymen suppose, says the Nation- al Live -Stook Journal, thathey is the cheap - eat food for their cows, and think it a mis- fortune.ro:be short of.hay—which is, in a sense, true, for every one should try to pro- duce all the hay required for his stook—but it is seldom true that the market price of grain is higher than hay, If we consider the relative nutrutive value of hay and grain, or product of grain, we -find that. good mea- dow hay or clover is no cheaper at $13 to $14 per ton than good wheat bran or'middlinga at $20 or $21 per ton, or cornmeal at $22 or $23 per ton, or linseed cake or meal at $32 no $3S per ton. This does not mean that cornmeal, middlings, or oilmeal would be just as appropriate for the complete food of 4 cow as hay. We know that such concen- trated food would be quite dangerous to feed a cow without some coarse fodder, but it mean that the nutriment in these foods will be as cheap to' make up any deficlsny in the ration at those prices as hay at the price mentioned. Therefore, when hay is dear in the dairy districts, instead of buy- ing hay the dairyman should buy grain in some form to help him out. The grain will he cheapest, and his cows come through in much better condition for the milking sea- son than if they had all the good hay they could eat. All a cow requires over twelve •or fifteen pounds of hay ahould be made up In grain food. Twelve pounds of hay and eight pounds of middlings per day will win- ter.a 1,000 -pound cow much better than thirty pounds of bay per day. Bat the ground feed ahoald,be mixed with cut hay, moistened, ao the ground feed will adhere to it, and must be eaten with the hay. and raised .and remaaticated, Fine feed, fed alone, fa not raised and remaeticated, but goes on to the fourth stomach without fur- ther mastication, Why Some Farmers Fail. They will not make compost. They breed to and from scrubs. They do not curry their horses, They have no shelter for stock. They put off greasing the wagon. They are wedded to old methods. They give no attention to details. They have no method or system. They see no good in a new thing. They set their fowls roost in trees. They weigh and measure stingily. They leave their plows in the dela, They hang their harness in the dust, They take no pleasure in their work, They never use paint on the farm. They prop the barn door with a rail. They milk the cows late in' the day. They starve°the calf and milk the cow, Tney think small things not important. They let their gates sag and. fall down.; They do not keep up with improvements. They don't know the best is the cheapest, They do not read the best books and newspapers. They 'think the buyer of a tnoceaeful neighbor's stook at good prices is a fool, and. theseller very " lucky." They sell hay, grain and 'straw off the farm inatead of turning them into meat, cheese and butter, and increasing their sup- ply of manure. ia To which solid~ truths we beg to add :— They don't conduct their farm on business principles. They think that .pinching and ecrimping is oonomy. They don't khow' that a cheap implement Is usually a very deer one. They make their homes so cheerless and unattractive that no one about it man work with vim or energy. And lastly they do not take their local paper. Holding the Breath. Deep breathing and holding the breath Is an item of importance. Persons of weak vi- tality find• an uninterrupted succession of deep and -rapid respiration, so distressing that they are discouraged from persevering in the exercise. Let such persona take into the lungs, as much air as they can at a breath and hold 'itas'long as t -eq cau`; •they will find a grateful sense of relief in the whole ab- dominal region. Practice will increase the ability to hold the breath and the capacity of the lungs. After a time the art may be learned'of packing the langs. This is done by taking and holding the long breath and then forcing more air down the trachea by swallows of air. The operation may be de- scribed by that of a fish's mouth in water. To those who have never learned it, it will be surprising to what an extent the lungs may be packed. Caution is at drat needful, but dater practice will warrant large use of the treatment, The whole `thoracic and eb do min l' a cavitfea will receive immediate ben- efit, and 'continuance, with temperance in eating, and good air and right exercise, will bring welcome improvement, Talking the Bland dollar for a model, as. loon -keepers have introduced a drink called the Bland smile. It is 80 per cent. whisky and the rest water. Woman may indeed have a sphere that is boundless, but she strikes an impassable barrier when she comes to a barbed wire fen CANE SLEIGHING A BE LL, A NE XtAH'S SUBFBISF., • Br ANNIB L.• MCL " Chrilttnta' In Canada ! It is a holy day, oalebrated lr many a church by early prayers and sincere dv t o � many e i ns, and in a y a home by making it t..hildren'a day. And hap- py id than feemil hoe it is not all an enjoy- ment of selfishn' a, where the children are taught that "tb; poor you have always with you," and whrs's thoughts turn to the relief of those wheat, circumstances are 'worse than their `own ii In the city, Christmas eve is a mixture of Pain and pleasure to all but the sheltered little ones, who have no bright er past to look back upon. Smiling mammas remember their own lost youth, and the fathers are recalled from buaineee to the fact that they are growitg old, "Why. really,' Christmas has come round again.,," And 'they try on the new alippers` the hands' of love have been secretly' working, and pay. all the bills without a murmur, Then, if the, snow falls thick and white on Christmas eve,, and; the morning 'finds all unsightly objects. covered from sight, tin roofs glittering in the sunlight, and very brightly painted ob- jects standing cut in bold relief, it is a con- sumation that has been wished for,, and the boy who has a pair of new smite -shoes is eager fora tramp, and the girl whose Santa Cana has given her akatee must away tb the rink -"Por we must have an apps to for dinner," they say as a parting sh, ae if that ever could .--i1 in headadiameliouth on Chiiatmas day, aid th—oroleas salute of "Merry :chriatmast falls so easily from our lips cal iven,/to every ,passer-by with whom the : irful athletes have the slight. est ac u mace. '"fvterry Christmas!' We say,itormeartils inthe morning among the d;rar ones we love, and echo it in the evening 9;o any chance friend or neighbor. It fe often careless, even iueinoere, yet we should mise it if the custom were suddenly dropped from our lives, for I doubt not it carries palm to many a weary heart. But if Christmas has it charms with what mingled sensations do we welcome the Naw Year, and how many and varied are the thoughts that fill onr hearts? "A Happy New Year 1" Riob and poor, young and old, deem that hearty wish a right to give to their fellow min and wo- men, and as the yeare go by we feel that "We all are ohanged—God judges for us bee God help us do our duty, and not shrink, And trust In Heaven humbly for the rest,' I wondered how long I had been sltt in a a deep study this New Year's afterno when all was quiet in my little home, a I had too much time to think over t changes that had come into my life. 0 year ago I was Philip Neleon's promla wife, and there was• father and brother to make life bright and happy for me—n father was gone, Alf had lately joined t North-West expedition and left me alo on the little farm with only the old cervi man and his daughter Hannah, grim of v age but soft of heart, to meher old made I only daughter. Friends had few—b then I had my paint and brush, and had not told Philip many times that I lov "art" best, and now I was to make this mistress through life, for I could never ca for any one else now that Philip was gen So all the spare time from my teaching worked with easel and brush. How beautiful is the winter in this Can da of ours, snd when the sunset sparkled the bay, with a radiance no electric lig can imitate,it was a miracle of the New Yea Happy little boys and girls coasted past qu etly, their themes of blue and red noddtn like flags of many colors, and here and the a bright colored blanket costume enlivenin the scene. Then the twilight deepened, an Hannah came Into make .up the fire. "Y aro having" a lonesome New Year's, 'MI Mary," she Bald, "there's some of your echo children waiting outside to take you to th schoolhouse; the miniater'a there and his wi and the trueteoa, and they are having a li Ile surprise party. Put on year cap and g down." Then Minnie Turner, and Joe De isle two of my brightest scholars, came in an we started. I was half way there before I re membered that I had; not had tea. "Oh i doesn't matter," said Minnie, and then atop ped. But we sawbright;lights in the school house,- and were anon among a crowd, al talking at once. The . table was set, an everybody eat do-nexcept the girls.f t school who w.iWed on us, and afterward th minister arose and 1 heard him coe•fueedly as if through a fog. What cid he say could he tie talking of me 2—" I,1 eligh token of my eervioea, a gold watch an chain? " I had so often wished' for one, bu c surd not afford it, Ietaggered to my fee when *he applause subsided, and all I could Pay was : "If silence is golden, dear friends you must accept my gold as I'lo main, an I ani sure you know all I could say. I chal ponder it in my Heart, till that heart ceases to beat.'' Then the trustees had something to say about my faithfulness, and I thought how often I hadbeen discontented, and had emn- forte•'l myself thinking it would not be for long that I should spend my life teaching A, 13, C, and guiding dull ,heads through practise. Had I been faithful in small things? I sat and listened, and made, many New year's promises, while naught", curly -headed Dick Dancy came and sat beside me and put hire mischievous hand in mine, and kept it quite still for two seconds, and then my fa- vorite scholar, Rachel Avery, sang my favor- rte hymn. ' Say, le thy lamp burning, my brother ? I pray shoe look quickly and see, For it 11 were burning. then eurely Some beams would fall bright upon me' Oh, New Year. resolves, traced upon the fair pages of life's book, often in tears, and blotted out again too often in sin or careless forgetfulness. I thought of all I might have done, as that rich contralto voice thrilled through my very soul, and made resolve that I would make amends for my Hatless apathy. Only one thing disturbed my peace et mind, Captain Swayne was there watch- ing my every movement and his glances made me shudder. For heari h brought ht me news of Philip's marriage, when the dread- ful silence came between us, and my lover did not return from hia trip across the sea. And when the good -nights were said, I beg- ged of those who had invited me there, to return with are, but they were overawed by hic imperious manner, and left me to,my fate, and .he walked beside me, though there were others near .me. On'the bay we hear merry skaters, full of fun and morritnent, TJc moonlight shone out clear, and all around the Water edge were twinkling lamps whose light, half hid, half revealed the hap- py eons lee that moved about in gay winter, costume. ',Chore were sleighs, too, here and there, with jingling bells that seemed to keep time to the hearts of the happy omen pants. I had scarcely answered any of his pleasant remarks till we reached the gate w when, almost abruptly, I ' hod him good night. There waif an entre lamp burning, and 1 wondered at Hannah's. extravagance ; but then it was New Year's night and she wished to make my home -coming cheerful, no doubt, Captain S wayne followed mo to the threshold, but I would not ask liens in. "Miss Laoy—Maty," he said, "you must hear me to -night. You know I love you and have wanted you to be my wife." " I can- not," i answered, decisively "I will never marry;"' ' bid the door move 1 T Needed so, yet I had not touched it, " When PJiil• 8; ing on nd he ne ed Alf ow he no ng €e- r'a u I ed my re e. I on ht r.I- g re g d se of e fe 1- d 0 1- t • •1 de e t d t t d ip Nelson alt .hand pushed^ ne2re1iced," Ral oort. stepped. A .whiteg as #13,t htt 'e r t.r �a a dearest," sal reed here tarn has never, told —of My long kept me away, .bilged, but to and es not n with my ow schoolhouse and sec pp came here ly so we us and shut tent Tang: ears.. 0 and' then, was "got CRATE John'' Engle s blind• E'' win• Booth h s ay amlet since,. as n eu ^ his father. The botanist, Asa Gr' ,;th birth. day was cell braced a ahem time ago, has sent an autograph lettOr of thanks to each of the 150 botanfete who contributea'to the memorial vase presented to him. The semi•oentennial of Queen Viotoria,'a accession to,the thronewill occur June 20, 1S87, and it is understood to be the Queen's pleasure that the event shall be celebrated by a general jubilee throughout her domini lona, Reuben R. Thrall, of Rutland, Vt., is probably the oldeat practicing lawyer in the world. ' He reoently celebrated his Stiffish birthday, and has several cases now on the docket. Mr. Thrall is old enough to know better. Rustein Pasha, who is'assigned to Lon- don as Turkish Ambassador, is a Greek Cbrietian. He became famous, as the Geyer. nor id the Lebanon for a Number of years,' keeping the peace till dlaplaeed•by a French intrigue, ,,a.• James H. Beard, the artist and hunrat, isa large gentleman, well-proportioned,t'with iron -gray curls which fall to his shoulders ; • he looks every inch the artist, and possesses a fund of humor which shows itself in all his pictures. Dio Lewis says that wearing large, thick, heavy bolts and blue hand-knit stookinge will improve a woman's complexion. Thole can be no doubt that they would keep the • sun from her face ; but, gracious 1 howl seed` would look ! The Crown Prince of Germany said three years ago that no crowned head had im- pressed him ,so much with a sense of his ability as King Alfonso, He was first greatly etrucx with him when the King was a student at Vienna. Miss Cordtlia S Waterman; who died at Bridgeport, a few days since, was worth $1,- 000,000 in her own`, right. and controlled $5,060,000, made She left no; direct goes to a score or aces. prop-rty to the vas chiefly in Califon heirs and the proPe more of nephews ant; Charles G. Leland writer, is now 62, a He was born inPniladel of his early life was pas he studied, and took an mending a brigade drove Louis Philippe f Gerrit Hendricks, who came here wish was a direct ancestor. dent. 'These four Flo. of April, 1688, signed a test againet slavery, w ieting an E.stern Penns declared : e.Ye Quake like they handle ye a Pasteur a parents and poor. Hia fath ated on the field of of a tanner when, tri to France, and was hard to keep the w thelees, he found superintend the an early age was he was determ men: The boy, digy ; and it is r not always take or from school, ars Breittnann,) th d Jives in London hia, ;hotugh much in Pb.rfa The Priceo "Wo' had," said one . r•f the funniest duels I ever It was a put -up -job, of course, were not loaded with ball, but the duo, did not know that. The stood up like ni• apparently, but' one of them got so nervosa. that he fired before the word was given. That placed him at the mercy of his oppon- ent, who wan a 'poor devil and rather shrewd. As soon as the pistol went off the individual who fired it got .utterly scared. The other stood calm and deteamined and proceeded to take a Leisurely aimi. sh"Dont shoot 1' yelled the victirti "Don't "I believe it , is' t my turn, isn't iip,-?"ha " asked and turned to the secpnds. 'w "Of course it is ; go a cad. Ann be again leisurely covered his an, r "Hold on 1 Hold on ! I'll give you $500' if you won't shoot." " "Tain't enough," "For heaven's sake i' ive you $750," The man with the plat ered,him once more, "How much will you tak "A thousand dollars,". "I'll I,ll ive - tt Put down." g the cursed thing. And he paid his little $1,060. .4116 Never What'e theme of always fretting, At the trials we shall find Ever strewn along our pathway/ Travel on and never mind, Travel onward—working, hoping— Oast no lingering look behind At the trials once encountered- Look ahead and never mind. And if those who might befriend you, Whom the tins of nature bind, Should rehire to de their duty, Look to heaven and never mind. Friendly words aro often spoken When the feelings aro tinkled; Take them tor their real value. Pass thein on and never mind. Fara may threaten, clouds may lower, Enemies may ba bo combined If your trust In God in stoad'eot, 11e*ill help you, never mind. In England there are now upward of 30,- 000 blind persons. The proportion of blind people to ,tho population of all Parepear nations bears very nearly the same ratio -1 to 1,000, sneered and oov-