HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1886-1-21, Page 6N EOYPTIAN ROMANCE.
A Story of Love and Wild Adventure, founded upon Startling Revelatirns
in the Career of Arabia Pasha,
.By the `Author of "NINA, THE NIHILIST," "THE RED SPOT," "Tu RUSSIAN SPY,"
ETo , ETo , ETO.
But the buxom dame was too exoited to
, either hear or heed.
"Nellie, follow me at once to change your
dress and look out what we are to take with
us," she said, rising to her feet and sailing
majestioally out of the room, and Mr. Tre-
zarr at once scurried after her to ascertain
if the war minister had sent an officer in com-
mand of the escort suffl.oiently high is rank
as to necessitate his being asked iudoore and
shown a certain degree of civility and polite-
ness
Directly both father and mother had die•
appeared, the young Irish dragoon whisper.
ed hurriedly iu Nellie's ear : "This has
happened opportunely, Come into the gar-
den ; the window is open ; we have but to
raise the Venetians and step out,"
The lovely girl followed him swiftly and
eagerly, The servants, of course, did not
venture to oppose her exit, and a minute
later the lawn was reached, when Frank
turned round, folded her in his arms and
clasped her to his heart, at the same time
exclaiming :
"Oh, m7 darling, if we part now I feel as-
sured not only that we shall never meet
again, but that your future will be a living
grave in that grim pasha's harem. Should
once its wall enclose you he will never per-
mit you to leave them more."
CHAPTER XXI..
"THEY'LL NEED SWIFT STEEDS WHO FOLLOW,'
SAID YOUNG LOCHINV-Ylt,
It was a dinner in name, but hardlya din•
ner iu fact.
Anxiety concerning something, though
they hardly knew what, had caused the. cook
to make many a mistake and the other ser•
vents to follow suit. The wrong sauces and
condiments were brought round in every
case
but oven had they been the right ones
they would have failed in this Instanoe to
stimulate the appetites of those who had eat
around the =festive board.
The evening was very hot, and the dark.
netts which at last began to veil the scene re-
stored no °oolnegs to the parched earth or
the scorching air.
Outside tne open bat Venetian blind -
screened windows all was still as death, save
when now and then a murmur as from an
angry but distant sea, or a wail like that of
a rising wind, was wafted from a neighbor-
ing city, interspersed ocoesionally with in-
distinct rumblings as of heavy baggage or
artillery wagons passing along a rutty road,
and a sound like fireworks being let off and
soaring hissing into the air.
The trio who sat at the table and also the
servants who waited upon them betrayed
symptoms of, at all events, uneasiness when
ever these unfamiliar and unaccountable
noises forced themselves more especially
upon their notice.
Nellie's anxiety extended to another who
was not present, and each morsel that she
attempted to swallow for appearance sake
Laeemed as though it would choke her, so
'hat at last she was fain to drop her knife
.and fork and sink back in her chair.
"Come, Neill ,e there is nothing to be
-frightened at, We are quite safe at all
events. Nothing like having a friend at
court, eh? Why, Nell, you may indirectly
be the mean of saving your parents' lives
.and those of our entire household as well,
:for every living soul at Mount Carmel is
embraced in the war minister's invitation,
land such a thought should make you glad."
"I shall never know what it is to feel
glad any sobbed Nellie. "I have a
presentiment whioh amounts to a conviction
that my future will be darker than death."
An she utters tne words an eager and im-
patient voice was heard without, apparently
insisting on admittance, which was being
feebly denied, but an instant later both
voices ceased and were succeeded by hurri-
ed strides and the musical ring of spurs
along theuncarpeted corridor that was floor-
ed with perfumed chnnam wood,.and then
the room door was opened violently and
Fr.tnk D,nelly broke into the apartment
with a flushed and excited fade and blood
trickling down his cheek.
"Mr, Trezarr, you would not listen to
my warning this morning, but for the sake
of those you love, I beseech you to give
good heed unto me now. The fanatic Mos-
lem population of` Cairo is up in arms, and
the cantons and dervishes are in every di-
rection urging them to a general massacre
of Europeans. Isolated acts of murder
have already been perpetrated, whilst as-
saults and beatings can be counted by the
score, insults and indignities by the hundred.
A poor Christian woman has bean stoned to
death in the Eaabakiah, with a thousand
ruffians standing by and applauding the
act. 'Tis said that thirty thoueand starving
Egyptians, all too feeble to move, are prop.
ped up naked in thirty thousand 'doorways,
with labels attached to their almost fleshless
bones, and written on each in Arabic :
'The result of Feringhee competition 1 Get
them back the bread that the unbeliever
has stolen from them, and if the bread.can-
not be got, then give them blood to drink,'
and you may depend on it the very gutters
will run blood in another hour, aye, perhaps
in even lees."
The young officer ceased, more apparently
bcosuse he was out of breath than by reason
that he had no further horrors to relate.
Palling out a handkerchief, he began to
wipe the thin trickle of blood' from off his
cheele, the next instant answering
terrified glance with : "A mere pricy, th t
is all ; but the fellow who gave it to me is
past doing any farther mischief, I returned
him more than a Roland for his Oliver, at
all events."
"What is to be done ?" ejaculated Mrs.
Trezarr, for a moment losiog confidence
even in the war minister, and- she looked
anxiously at her husband as she put the
question.
"What yon decide on doing shouli be
done at once," broke in Frank, withoutal-
low.ing Mr. 'i'rezerr time to make reply,
"Your flight should be immediate, and not
by rail, for the station is already crowded
by refugees who can't get away by reason
that there are not half sufficient carriages
to hold them or engines to draw them. They
can't telegraph to Alexandria for more be-
cause the wires have been cut, and it is re-
ported that the Arabs are tearing up the
line near Salyuh as well. So, for heaven's
sake avoid the railway terminus, for I
should not at all wonder if there the massa-
cre wasn't commenced., but rather drive in
your own carriage to Umm Dinar, and there
take boat for Alexandria, for that would be
by far the eafoat plan,"
"Oh, papa, do follow Mr. Donelly's
advice," pleaded Nellie, earnestly,
It was this plea which seemed to recall
Mr. Trezarr's presence of mind.
"I thank you very much for your no
doubt excellent intentions and counsel, Mr,
Homily," he said, coldly. "But the fact
is that neither I nor my
family
have
the
least cause for pprehensioa. His excellen-
cy the war minister has most graciously and
considerately offered us the shelter of his
palace until the public excitement has palm-
ed down, and almost every minute I expect
the arrival of the armed escort which is to
guard us in safety thereto,"
On receiving this information, the young
Mailman turned pale and glanced at Nellie,
who said resolutely:
"I shall not accompany my parents to
the war minister's"
Frank , who by this time had approach -
ea close to the lovely girl's chair, alone
heard the worda (which was fortunate, per-
haps, under the circumstances), for the at-
tention of both Mr, and Mrs, Trezarr had
been suddenly attracted and engrossed. by
the jumble of wheels, the tramping of horses
and the jingling of weapons and accoutre-
ments outside, which united told them that
the premised eaaort had arrived,
"For heaven's sake, Nellie, grant me five
minutes in the garden before we are parted,
for even" a
perhaps , a Id Frank,. purposely
using Much words as should allay any suspi-
clone on Mre, Trezarr a part should she hap.
pen Ulcer what he wan haying.
"Frank, I feel eo, too, but, oh, what is
to be done ?" responded Nellie, piteously.
"Exactly that which we planned to do
some three hours later, with trifling varix•
duns, such as altered circumstances render
necessary. But this is a time for action and
not for explanation, for every moment's
start that we can obtain may be of the at -
moat value to ue, Just outside that little
door in the garden wall is my man, Pat
Monaghan, with two horses as fresh as
daisies and lively with their supper of oats,
You must mount one and I the other, Pat
will follow us in whatever he can beg, bor-
row or steal, and in an hour we shall have
left Cairo and its bloodthirsty population
fax behind us."
"But my parents, Frank? How can I
de ert them at such a time ?"
"Under Arabi Pasha's protection no pos-
sible danger can menace them."
"I believe that. But then this dress,
How can I mount a horse clad thus ?"
And the lovely girl glanced deprecatingly
at the snow white neck, shoulders and arms
that were so liberally revealed by her rich
dinner robe.
"For goodness sake regard not such trifles
at a moment like the present. The Egyp-
tian night is so warm that there will be no
fear of your catching cold, and did you re-
enter the house to change your apparel you
would never succeed in leaving it again.
Oh, do not lose the one and only opportunity
that has been afforded us by Providence.
Hark, they are calling to us already,"
It was her father's voice, and speaking in
stern, peremptory tones. That decided her.
She spoke no word, but started across the
lawn, like a timid fawn, in the direction of
the door In the wall.
So great was her speed that her compan-
ion could hardly overtake her.
But when the wan was reached she reel-
ed up against with both hands pressed
again 7t her throbbing heart, owing to her
bract Ilesaness and her excitement.
The dragoon unfastened the door, placed
an arm around her waist, half awang her
out into the roadway, and then said to a fig-
ure that loomed dimly out of the gloom :
"Off with you, Pat, and lift this young
lady into your saddle like lightning."
No stoner said than done. It was a side
saddle, and as Nellie involuntarily kicked
her foot into the stirrup and gathered up the
reins she felt a return of courage and confid-
ence.
"Pat, you have as many lives as a cat and
as many resources as a fox. I've no fear
tor
Neverthei
esu
get a
you., mount as fast
as you can and come after us like r team.
We snail croea the bridge and journey down
on the lett bank of the Nile. The road rune
alongside the river for a lone way, and in
half an hour the moon will it np. Youv'e
got a good revolver in your belt, money in
your packet and brains in your head, and no
more is needed."
"Badad, yer honor, and I'll have a horse
between my legs in five minntea if ye'll only
begetting away with the lady instead of
speechifying," and with these words Pat
Monaghan darted away toward the main en-
trance to Mount Carmel, whilst Frank
wheeled Nellie's steed round in an opposite
direction.
CHAPTER XXII.
THE CAPTIVE OF THE LOTUS LILIES—CHASED
INTO THE DESERT.
"You've told me more than once that
you've followed the hounds in Leicestershire
and held your own in the first flight as well,
Nellie, so I've not the slightest apprel'ension
of how this wild night ride will end," said
Frank Donelly cheerfully, as they cantered
along the Choubrah road. "Alexandria is
from Cairo exactly a hundred and twenty
miles."
"I thought that Port Said was our destina-
tion, to catch the English mail boat ?"
"It was, had we been able to get away by
train, but you see that scheme has been
knocked
the head. The rail is too danger-
ous. I dare not risk it with you, It is so
carter for hostile tie Arabs to rip up a few plates
and so send an entire train to the very
deuce. Still, we may take to it at some
point or other of our journey, if either our-
selves or
r our horses
knock u for
p, we shall
never be very far from it the whole way,"
"Oh, Frank, I dread most having to ride
through Cairo in this dress. See what a
mark I am for stones and micelles of every
description, The fairness of my skin will
point me out as a Cnristian girl at any dia.
ranee. The mob will tear me off my horse
and stone or trample me to death, That is
my horrible dread."
"We are not going through Cairo, Nell,
We shall erors the pontoon bridge and get
Into the desert almoatat once; Tay journey
ing down on the left' bank of the Nile in.
stead
of the right we shall escape a hundred
dangers, not the least being the many scores
of canals that it would puzzle us sorely to
cross on horaoback,"
"But may we not lose our way in the de.
ser t, or get kat in the shifting sands t"
Not between the river and the moun-
tains, Its breadth is too contracted for
that,"
"But In the mountaine, there aro tigere,r
hyenas and wolves in whole packs, Frank,'
''And ire the river there are crocodiles and
hippopotami but the dwellers of the Nilo
will no more molest us than the
the monntain, Man le the only die/cher/Cot
beast
the darl
t we have to fepr, viii eadid we s.
meet few enpngh of hli kind qn the dee
track whioh we are plbout tq follow "
'"VYell, I will try to, keep UP my courage,
Frank,Yon really believe that; my parents
are .quite safe?"
',Under the protection of o
p t e powerful a
friend, how could they be otherwise, dear T'
"Ah,, well, then, it isn't really gruel of me
to desert them, especially to escape from
snob a terrible and revolting doom as threat-
ened nee. And we will be married at Alexa
audria?"
"Or aboard some Englieh vessel in the
harbor almost as soon as they arrive,"
They had by this time turned oil into the
road that led unto the bridge, and in about
five minutes they were crossing its resound-
s planks, p the
in lank, to the accompaniment of
hoarse murmur of the Nile, as its rapid cur-
rent swept on towards the distant sea ; the
same current which in past ages has borne^
suceeselyely to conquest the Ethiopian, tho
Assyrian, the Persia o, the Roman and the Sar-
acen, for each in turn wielded the destinies
of Egyyt, and the young dragoon may be
forgiven whilst' these events recurred, to his
mind for wondering if the scarlet uniformed
soldiers of Great Britain were destined to
next tread that historic) soil in the character
of conquerors,
His silence oppressed his companion with
a sense of danger, and she exclaimed :
"Of' what are you thinking, Frank ? Have
any new perils presented themselves to
you ?
"No, darling," and he forthwith told her
of what he had been pondering,
Nellie mails no answer, indeed her horse
required no Little Dare and attention, The
spirited animal seemed disposed to shy and
rear, for the alightly swaying and heaving
planks of the pontoon bridge were not at all
to his liking and the shimmering of the
water and of the stars that were reflected
therein added to hie uneasiness; for a, horse
is at one and the same time the bravest and
most cowardly of animals ; brave when op-
posed to a danger that he fully compre-
hends, cowardly when brought in contact
with anything unusual that he fails to ex•
aotly understand.
r
r
hall
F th or honor, no
h r here
y , t was nothing so:
ert ditlionit about that, at all et all. Therewee
many a nag to select from jilt a few yards
away, so I took my choice of thim all iu the
dark, aa' having made it, I creeps up unob-
served qm all fours, grabs hold of one of the
spalpeen's lege as was in my saddle, pitches
him over on the oft side as though he v, as a
sack ov laden, an" then up I jumps in his
place, confiscates his lance and et coteries
an' makes about a dozen of his companions
run for it."
"You tell me seriously that you made a
dozen of his compsuiona`run away? I say,
draw it mild, Pat."
"Yer honor, it's the gospel truth that l'm
tailing yez, I brandishea my spear and I
oureed them for murthering haythins, an' I
made a dozen ov 'em run like steam ; aye,
by this an' by that, I shouldn't wonder if
they wore running still."
"Come, come, 1 m not going to believe
all that, though I doubt not that y ou got
the horse as you ray."
"What, yer hon 3r don't believe that I
made the Agyptians run ? Elided, thin I
can prove it, for hero they come on to the
bridge like a pack o' hounds in full cry;
and here peeps out the moon as a witness
on my aide to show 'em oltarly to yer hon-
or."
"Oh, you ran first and they raft after you
Now I see what you mean, Pat. Well, we
will make them run in the lame manner,
for they, are trying to run down more ' inn
portant game('than yourself, of that be.'as'sur
ed.,, r
"Nellie, we are pursued," added Frank,
turning;to'his girl companion, "for my
.brave but`blundering follower has contrived
to set the sleuth hounds of the war minis-
ter upon the right scent. Have not the
eliglrtest`•fear that they will overtake us,
however."
"Nor will I have such a fear," respond-
ed Nellie, valorously, and she was the firat
to increase the speed of her horse, sitting,
the fine animal like an Amazon.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
"How stiflingly close it le," exclaimed
Nellie suddenly. "Even the river lends no
coolness to the air, so what will it be when
we get on to the desert sands ? Don't you
feel it, Frank ?"
"No, darling, f >r I can feel nothing bat
bappiness and delight when you are so
near."
The lovely girl's answer to this tender
speech was a cry of either terror or dismay,
and at the same time she caught np the curb
with a sudden jerk that caused her steed to
snort, rise on end and paw the air with his
fore hoofs.
In an instant, however, Frank's hand and
voice had restored him to promise obedience,
though he still trembled, snorted, pricked
his ears eharply forward and gazed nerv-
ously at something in the river.
Nellie's beautiful eyes being riveted with
horror on apparently the same spot, the
young dragoon turned to look in the same
direction, when he beheld ',floating close to
the bridge amidst a tangled maze of snowy
lotus flowers the dead body of a Euro-
pean.
It had evidently been partially stripped
of its clothing before being consigned to the
river, whioh revealed the fact that not only
was the throat out eared, but that the
chest was riddled with knife stabs, and it
was the phosphorescent glow given forth
from the putrefying body that revealed its
presence and that of the flowers amongst
which it floated.
"Nellie, if the sight is so terrible, why
not look another way. I fear that such
victims will be counted by the hundred
this night in yonder city. Hark, I can hear
cries of terror or of anguish from that direc-
tion even now, darling. Let us press on.
There is no time to be lost."
"Oh, Frank, the lotus flowers, the twin
horror of the opal ring," gasped the lovely
girl.
"The lotus flowers? It is their matted
tendrils that uphold the corpse, darling,"
"Yes, yes ; I know, I know ; but I at-
tach a prophetic meaning to the sight. The
link that bound you to that beautiful but
terrible Egyptian woman was a lotus Inver.
That link was broken by you, but the mys-
terious and once deemed sacred flower
avenges both itself audits alighted mistress.
Pray heaven that you have not looked upon
the presentiment of your own doom, Even
that pale, unearthly light that hovers o'er
corpse and flowers seems to me to have a
horrible significance. Oh, Frank, is it too
late to turn back, think Fou?"
"Return? v -r ilat are you thinking of,
Nellie ? Death most assuredly lies behind
us, and at the tory worst it may not lurk
in front. A fig for signs and omens ; I be-
lieve in none' of them. See, Nellie,' darling,
bridge and river lie in our rear and from the
dark blue dome of heaven a thousand bright
stars of hope shine down on the groves of
lime and citron trees that we are about to
enter, causing every green leaf to gleam as
though tipped with liquid fire, whilst' away
in the distance the drooping palms seem to
nod to us from the desert plain and to beckon
us on with a murmured promise of safety"
"Frank, your words cheer me, I feel my-
self again. But, hark 1 no sooner does hope
creep into my heart than despair rushes
after it. We are already pursued."
Donelly checked his horse and listened,
and true enough the wooden bridge that
they had just left behind was reverberating
beneath the galloping hoof -strokes of a
horse.
"It is but a single individual, and if he is
purauing us he rises on a fool's errand. But
I'd much rather say it was another fugitive
like unto ourselves. Anyhow, let us epsed
up our nage, for the being overtaken by a
friend would he more unpalatable to me
than to be caught up by a foe, for it might
not be half so easyto get rid of "
The lovely girl id me him
she was bidden, but
presently drew nein again, exclaiming :
"Ho's gaining on, us, Frank, and he is
singing. Can he 'be your servant, I won.
der ?"
Even Donefly drew up at this and listened
intently in turn to the rapid thud of the
gallopinghorse's hoofs, that were now beat-
ing upon the hard, baked up earth,
"Nolo,; nose, nose, noes—nose, rose, nose,
Howgot you that jolly red nose 1'
came a roar the next instant, and just as
quickly the thundering refrain :
'Cinnamon and ginger, nutmegs, rum and cloves,
'Twae they that gave poor Pat stadia jolly red nose,
end hardly hadthe last words of the old caret-
ra'gning drinking chorus' escaped the sing
er's lips them mounted on a 'goo Arab steed
and flourlahing a long hence above and around
his hca;l es though it had been a shilielah,
appeared Mr. Patrick Monaghan in propria
persona;, and apparently, ;n:tl>,emoatboister-
ous epiritMto boot, e
"Armin, eaptain,' dear, it it must have
beeneti:.'that's''been • philandering
hilanderin g on the
way, for ;,tai not on this bide, of 'Clean Dinar
that I exi eoted;to overtake`yer 'honor, atter
all that I've done since we -halt parted mord
medal."
p
"Tell uit''what yon bavie done, Pat; dot'
that we need remain still to listen, for time
la too precious for that. You found a good
mount in a very short time;'
BRILLIANTS.
•
Bid early defianoe unto those vices that
are of thine inward family, and, having >;a
root in thy temper, plead a right and pro:
prietory in thee ; raise timely barriers
against those strongholds built upon the
rock of nature, and whioh make this a great
part of 'the militia of thy life ; delude ' ndt'
thyself into iniquities from partioipation or
community, which abate the senses, but are
not oblique to them.
" The best religion," remarks the United
Presbyterian, " is that which has a good
foundation of reason to build upon. No
great work of grace in any man's heart will
be done, if It is not done rationally or ao-
miding to reason ; and no great movement
among a people, no mttter how true the
aim, will finally succeed, unless it has this
at the bottom of it. The attempt to save
men and the world by nnballasted enthusi-
asm will always fail."
Take your duty, and be strong in it, as
God will make you strong. The harder it is,
the atrorger in fact you will be. Under
stand, also, that the great question here is,
net what you will get, but what you will bo -
come. The greatest wealth you oan ever get
will be in yourself. Take your burdens and
troubles and lessee and wrongs, if come they
must and will, as your opportunity, knowing
that God has girded you for greater things
than these,
Whatever strengthens our local attach-
ments is favorable both to individual and
national character. Our home, our birth-
place, our native land -think for' awhile
what the virtues are which arise out of the
feelings connected with these words' and if
you have any intellectual eyes you will then
perceive the connection between topography
and patriotism. Show me a man who Dares
no more for one place than another, and I
will sho iv you in that same person one who
lovas nothing but himself.
For what is our proof of immortality ?
Not the analogies of nature—the resurrection
of nature from a Winter grave—or the
emancipation of the butterfly. Not even to
the testimony of the fact of risen dead ; for
who does not know how shadowy and un-
substantial theae intellectual proofs become
in unapiritual frames of mind ? No ; the life
of the spirit is the evidence. Heaven begun
is the living proof that makes the heaven to
come credible. " Christ in you fa the hope
of glory." It is the eagle eye of fate which
penetrates the grave, and sees far into the
tranquil things of death. He alone can be-
lieve in immortality who feels the resurrec-
tion in him already.
A Bear Incident.
In the summer of 1816 three men living
about three miles above Niagara Falls saw
a bear swimming in the river,-;Thinkingihe •
would be a capitals prize, they rowed to•
wards him in a ;;large subetantial log' Dance.
or " dug out." When they had overtaken
him, he soemed quite obliged for their at-
tention, and, quietly, putting hie paws ion,
the side of the canoe, drew himself into
it, notwithstanding that they vehemently
belaboured him with their paddled,,.' As he
came in on ole side, two red the men went
into the water on tae other side: The third,
who may be called Fisher, could not swim,
and naturally enough felt somewhat ember?.
reseed. Much to his relief, the animal de•
Muddy sat down in the bow of the, canoe
facing him, As the noise of the rapis and
roar of the Falls reminded him that they
were omitously near, Fisher resolved to
take advantage of the truce and pull vigor-
ously for the shore. But, when he began to
paddle, the bear began to groat his' ,objeot•
ions, enforcing them at the same time with
ominous grins., Fisher dentate& for while,
but feeling
t e-
h constant and nsid
a ap-
proach
lou a -
proach to the rapids, he tried again to use
his paddle. Bruin then raised' his note of
disapprobation an octave higher, and made
a motion aft
if he Intended "go
to dad tofor"
him
The men. 0
who had swum ashore shore soon,ho
ever, reappeared, in another canoe, ith a
loaded musket, shot the bear,' and ended 1'
Fisher's terrible suspense. Bruin weighed a
over three hundred pounds. e
FO REI
Cis OTE.
N
s
The Cologne Gazette says there is not
heroaft?r to he a Parliament at Westmin-
ster, but a " Pr,rnellment."
Sir Wilfrid Lawson and most of the tee-
tetallere were defeated at the Eogfish eleo-
tions, On the other hand many brewers
were returned.
The completeness of the work done by
the earlier astronomers is shown by the
foot, recently stated, that out of the 6,000
er more nobuln now known the Hersohels
had discovered 5,000,
The Smithsonian Institution no longer
gives away its publications, but offers them
for sale at about Dost price, The principal
Owe of -sale is Brentano's new publication
stand in the rotunda of the National Mu -
emu.
Heretofore ships have beenpermitted to
pass through the Suez Canal nly in day-
light ; but now war ships and steamers
provided with electric lights of sufficient
power to illuminate the canal 1,200 yards
ahead may go at; night,
December hal been a month of extraordi-
narily favorable weather for fox hunting in
the south of Ireland, and no unpleasant in-
cidents growing out off politics have marred
the sport so dear to the .Irish as well as the
English heart.
The number of words between "ant"
and "batten" in the second part of Dr.
Murray's great English dictionary is 9,135,
The work will embrace twenty-six parts,
on the oaleulation that there are about 240,-
000 words in the language.
Cures of sclattoa are reported as having
taken place in,Parie after a single, applioa•
tion of: Dr. Debove's method of freezing: the
skin above the painful parts with a spray of
chloride of readily. The operation is said
to be applicable also to facial neuralgia.
Dr. Hartwell of Johns Hopkin Univers!.
ty says .that a German soldier can scale a
twenty -foot wall with his arms' and ao-
ooutrementa, or jump an iron•apiked fence
without getting caught, ::Gymnastics are
compulsory in the German schools,
Figaro says that`a Yankee maker of sew-
ing machines tae offered Mme. Patti $1,000
for each appearance, in addition to her
regular salary, if she -will sit' at one of his
sewing machines, instead of. at the spinning
wheel, while singing " King of Thule."
Dr. Heywood Smith, the phyeioian who,
at Mr. Stead's instance, examined Eliza
Armstrong, has had to resign all his ap-
pointments, and the College of Physicians
is understood to be considering what action
it will take in regard to his " unprofession-
al" conduct.
The gambling tables at Monte Carlo are
about to be made the subject of diplomatic
action on the part of an international Comp
mission. The report of'the Commission
states that between the years 1877 and 1885
1,820 people—morn than the whole popula-
tion'ot the "kingdom" of Monaco—have
committed anicide consequent upon losses
at the gambling tables of Monte Carlo.
The officers of the German navy number
9S4, The navy consists of 13 iron -clads, 1
armored vessels (gunboats for coast de
fence), 9 oruiser frigates, 10 cruiser cor
vettes, 5 cruisers, 4 unarmored gunboats,
despatch boats, 10 training ships, 1'survey
ing vessel, 2 transports, 12 vessels for har
bar service, and •10 pilot vessels and fire
ships.
Two French women entered into a con
test to determine which of them could to
the faster. A mutual friend was appointe
umpire, and the sum of 1,000 francs was t
ro to the victor. For three hours they ren
from Eugene Sue's feuilleton, and durin
that time the victor succeeded in pronouns
ing 296,311 words. Her adversary came i
a bad second with 203,560 words.
It appears that Victor Hugo's father was
during the French regime of Joseph Bona
parte in Italy, the General who was th,
military governor of the province of Ave
lino, and, as such, ordered the hanging o
"Fra Dlavolo," as the -brigand Colonel.
Michael Pozzo. was called, This took piaci
in 1806, when Victor Hugo was a little boy,
living with his father in Italy.
Another English physician, Dr. Heald o
Leeds,' was lately accused of indecent as
aault by a young school mistress, who con
salted him in reference to a cough. Th,
presence of hysteria was shown at the trial
and the jury gave a verdict of acquitta
after a ten minutes' consultation. Englial
doctors are beginning to readopt the ono"
prevailing rule of consulting women only it
the presence of a witness,
At a sale of the effects of a' late English
member of Parliament, an old iron chest,
which had remained in a garret beyond
anybody's memory, was sold to a furniture
dealer for $6.25. He found it full of plate
and; family papers, and offered it to the exe-
cutors for $100, They refused, and brought
snit for the return of the contents, The
Judge decided for the exeontore, holding
that they had never intended to sell the
contents.
A very noticeable change has taken place
In the grass growth of the open sheep plains
of Aun" iiia. Ince its eivilizatfkn. The
grass te.ighsally grew in large tussocks some
diatanoa rein, e, hut now has assumed the ap-
pearanot. •:i a eiward, owing to its having
stooled out when fed upon by sheep and
cattle, and from the seed having been
trampled into the ground, where, in the ab-
sence of bush fires, it germinated,
The . Paris correspondent of the Lancet
states that when Dr. Pasteur read his last
report on rabies at the Academy of Scieneo,
his' friend, the late M. Bouley, asked
whether doge rendered insusceptible to hy-
dro hobiab
p y repeated inoculations would
not themselves bo liable to communicate the
disease by biting. M. Pasteur oould give
no immediate reply, but admitted that it
was a subject for serious consideration.
Paris has twenty-two [(mares of an area
f, eleven hectares, while Berlin has fifty
agnaros of an area of forty hectares, The
arks of London aggregate 877 hectares,
gainst Berlin's 417 hectares, whioh, con-
idering the difference in the population of
The Dog Treed the Preacher.
One sunny ,sabbath morning as the Rev.
Joab Powell was preaching to an attentive
congregation in the forks of the Santiam a
tipsy than strayed like a black sheep into
the fold',•' but no one objected,' and things
ran smoothly enough. "Presently a small
dog entered at the open door and trotted
down the aisle until it reached the front of
the pulpit, when it set up a furious barking
at the minleter. The tipsy man,with the
utmost gravity, arcs° and walked steadily
alovin the aisle to where the dog was bark-
ing. Seizing the animal by the ineok, he
held him up before the congregation for a
moment, and then, shaking him furiously,
he broke out with : " Tree a preaoher, will
1r
you,on ill-bred pup ? thistoo y p p waMmuch
for"Joab. He could not restrain his laugh,
ter, and ho took his seat, not being able to
dismiss his congregation -in his usual vigor.
oua style.
the two cities, is decidedly to the advantage
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" So Vanderbilt is dead," said a freight.;.
brakeman, " I saw Billy onoe, and at that;
time I wished I hadn't. It was when was
a brakeman on the Central, One day we
were ehl£tiug care at a :little station near
Syracuse, when a special oar, with a locomo
five attached, woe in and ;atood on the
main track near where we were at work,
Special ears were not very uncommgn, and,
we didn't pay =oh attention to this one,
Pretty soon I wee making a coupling, bet
the link wouldn't fit, I trioti it two or
three times, and the engineer got out of
patience banking up for me so nany tithes,
and 1 began to get mad myself. Then T
gave it. another trial, but still it wouldn't
work ; and then I took that link and gave
it a sling into the creek, and swore into
the bargain. In about ton seconds I heard
some one calling me, and, looking ` up, saw
a plug -hatted, side-wiskered man standing
on the platform of the special car, I knew
him as coon an I set my eyes, • - ;,'un—It
was Billy Vanderbilt.
' °Seo, here, young man,' says hs, 'I've
been watching you. Do you know whose
property you've last been throwing into
the creek ?'
"' Yea, sir,' eaid I, trembling, and ex-
peoting to be bounced the next minute.
"Well, whose was it 7'
"' The Pennsylvania Railroad's, sir,' I
replied..
"' Oh I' said Vanderbilt ; and then he
went into hie oar and shut the door. I
wasn't bounced, either."
The Cure of Drunkenness
Is a task with which the regular practian-
er hal been unable to cope. Nine -tenths
of mankind look upon drunkenness as a
social viae, which a man may overcome' by
force of will. Drunkenness is a bad habit
we all admit, in the moderate drinker.
In the confirmed drunkard it beoomea disease
of the nervous_ system. The medical treat-
ment of this disease oonsista^in the ' em-
ployment of remedies that act directly upon
those portions of the nervous' system' which,
when diseased, cause lunacy, dementia, and
the drinking habit, Remedies must be em-
ployed that will cure the appetite for strong
drink, 'steady the trembling hand, revive
the lagging spirit, balance the mind, etc.
The nervous system of the dram drinker
being all unstrung or shattered," must' be
given a nutriment that will take the placed
the acoustomedliquor,and prevent thephysi-
oal and moral prostration that often follows
a sadden breaking off from the nee of alco-
holic drinks. Those of our readers who are
interested in this subject, should send their
address fol' Labial's Treatise, in book form,
on drunkenness, opium, morphine and
kindred habits, whioh will be mailed free
to any address, when stamp is inclosed fax
postage. Address, M. V. Lubon, 47 Wel-
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