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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1886-2-4, Page 6EGYPTIAN RO MAN �E. tiA Rory of Love and Wild Adventure, founded,upon Startling. Revelatir ns. U in the Career of Arabia Pasha. By Me °,dv 1wr of "NINA, TELE N1ltILIST," "TI;ug. RBD SPOT," "RIISSIAZI SPY," ETQ., ETC,, ETC. In another minute ell three were sur- rounded by men, women and naked child. ren, whilst the modesty of souse of the younger girls caused them to lift their soanty holiday garments to hide their faces, albeit that the ant left them entirely nude; yet. this was their idea of delicacy, and who shall say that it was not quite as proper a one as our own, slnee 'tis the face, and the face only, that can exhibit evil, passions of any description whatever, The women seemed pleased at the dleoov- ery that Nellie worn her hair out straight across her forehead like their own, but the whiteness of her exposed neck, shoulders and bosom caused them apparently the most unbounded astonishment, as also did their plumpness, and they commenced to pat her glossy flesh with their little brown hands until the young English girl began to fear they must lie,00ntemplating the cooking and eating of her, She lost no time, therefore, in bartering a bracelet that glittered on one of her round- ed arms for a crimson silk kuffeeh, or bead- dreee, that was sewn all round the edges with little slyer coins, and the bargain be. Ing struck she first carefully unfolded and examined her acquisition, and finding it per- fectly clean, next deftly draped the exposed portions of her lovely person therewith, making of it a kind of fiohu or ohemisette, CEIAPI'ER XX"V, OUT OP TEIE SHADOW OF:DEATH —TEIE STACK TENTS, The haven of refuge which the fugitives had reached just in time for the saving of their lives was one of those fertile spots' call- ed oasis, or by the native population elwah, and wbich are dotted here and there like islands amidst the oosan of gray and by which they aro surrounded, thou gh seldom more fr:qurntly than twenty-five or thirty miles apart. How they keep perpetually verdant and fresh in the midst of such grid and terrible surroundings is one of the miracles of nature, which oan only be explained in one way,- namely, ay;namely, that it's God's will that they should be so. This elwah which they had Dome into seemed to be about a mile in length and the same in width, and therein the grass was tall and even rank, and studded with brilliant fi ewers, whilst all the trees except the lofty and sombre palms bore ripe and luoious fruit, for there wore pomegranates, figs, olives, apricots and plantains, with of course the date, for in Egypt, wherever you see a dozen trees together, be sure there is a date tree amongst them, This elwah was not flat, but full of little dells and hollows, and the sound of rippling water told the tale that it was not without the invariable 000l and refreshing stream or fountain. All these things were first seen after the great sand olouds had swept by and when the palefaced moon and all the countless ,stars bad come out once more, but long be - :fore then the three exhausted riders had somehow or other not only reached the ,ground, but also sank down upon it. This extreme of lasaltude had been occa- sioned by the poisonous wind that always accompanies a sirocco, and which has at times caused people to faint, and the deli- cate even to drop dead in the very streets of Cairo, where the prudent always keep at home with closed doors and windows when such a wind le blowing towards the oity. As for the horses, they trembled in every limb and looked they knocked up and exhausted, though when they bad crop- ped the long, rich grass for a few minutes they seemed to be much restored thereby. " Do you think we shall be again pursued, now that the storm is over ?" The question was put in accents of the keenest anxiety by Nellie. " I don't think so, darling. My own opinion is, and it amounts to a conviction, that our pursuers must have been overtaken and buried beneath the dust clouds which we, by the mercy of Providence, have escaped." " And how far do you think we are away from Cairo, Frank ?" " Fully nineteen or twenty miles, Per- haps more, and certainly not. less." " Then we are but a hundred from Alex- andria, our destination ?" " I am afraid we are at least a hundred and ten miles still from Alexandria. The exigencies of our flight prevented our rid- ing straight in its direction, lest some canal or short arm of the Nilo might stay our on- ward course, and in effect deliver us over to our pursuer;." " Then there is no longer any chance of our reaching that city before morning?" " I fear not, Nellie. You see our horses are not what they were. That long chase and the hot wind have taken a lot out of them. But Gad has done so much for us, darling, by guiding us hither, that to my mind. it would be ungracious to doubt that He will deliver us from all peril and con- duct us as safely to Alexandria as he has to this oasis of safety." "I feel that you are right, Prank, and if I could but get a drink of water I should see everything in a more cheerfal and hope- ful light My throat is dry and burning and' feel almost as if I was going to faint." "Bat there is no need for that, dear, for water can't be very far off." Thfe was evident from the fact that they could distinctly hear it bubbling and gurg- ling, All that therefore remained to be done was to discover it. They didnot trouble about securing their horses, knowing well that they would not wander off the fertile oasis on to the dry and arid desert roads, and also that their instincts would soon conduct them to the water unassisted. But at a sign from Captain DenelIy, Pat uphold the lovely girl on one side, whilst her lover rendered her similar support on the other, and in this manner they led her along in the direction of the water, Where it could be was somewhat of a yatery to them, for they could see the en- tire circuit of the oasis and the surrounding sands as well, and yet naught did it present to their gaze but grass and fruit -laden and other trees. But when they had reached the exact centre of the oasis, they arrived at a little dell, and, descending into it and rounding a vast lichencovered rock, they came sudden- ly upon that for which they thirsted, and at the same time upon what they were little prepared for—a couple of black goats, hair tents, a fire burning in a hole and wild lookingpeople seated around it,with their P p pack saddles placed on the ground to re- cline against, their long spears stuck up- right in the earth, rifles, pistols and scimi- tars lying handy to their grasp,and the hideous heada and long necks of camels craning forward out of the darkness. All this composed a scene which was picturesque and Rembrantesque enough, most unwelcome, for in an instant Frank Donelly had recognized the encampment as a Bedouin one—a wild people who live by theft and murder without scruple, when- ever honest means of livelihood fail them. He would have urged an immediate re. the had now., the barking of a dog at this moment betrayed their approach, causing the Bedouins at once to handle their we pone and sing out a hoarse challenge. Aware that to avoid them now would bo a sheer impossibility, Frank Donelly step ped boldly forth in advance of hie cos- panione, saying : " We came in the name of Allah to ask for His free gift to all men, water." " In the name of the prophet, how many of ye are there ?" demanded a venerable' looking old man wild was evidently the patriarch and chief of the tribe, and as hi put the question the younger Bodiiiine stood to their arms. But when at a sign from ''ra.nk''T. at Monaghan mane forward, iup o t ng the tremblingNelliei they laid down their weapon again and in a most tin - pleasantly seggeative manner, Frank thought, This accomplished she seated herself with her two companions amongst their new ao- quaintances, who certainly showed no sav- ageness of disposition in their present be- havior, but instead hospitably pressed the fugitives to partake of their evening meal, which consisted not only of dates and honey and abundance of camel's milk, but also of some savory kabobs that had been cooked over the fire, which the Bedouins, accord- ing to their usual eastern, had lighted in a hole. Frank Donelly whispered to his compan. ions on no account to refuse the proffered hospitality, for not only did he fear that the doing so might give offense, but he also chanced to remember that in the fourth chapter of the El Khoran it is written : " Woe unto him who turneth the edge of the sword against them whom he hath en- tertained, for his name shall be blotted out of the book of life, and the flames of El Swat shall consume him," and he knew the Bedouins to be most devoted Mussulmans: He did not not know, however, that for conscience sake they were given to read the book of their phophet literally, and that whilst they would have refrained from using the edge of the sword because it was for- bidden, they would not feel the slightest scruple about killing with the point. What won their present politeness was the fact that their guests were so well arm- ed, for the Bedouin of the desert (though he is not without courage) likes to rob and slay with as little risk to himself as possible. Meanwhile Nellie sought to win the friend- ship of her own sex by playing with and caressing the children, which she know to be in general the shortest way to at all events a neother'sheart, And truth to say the shapely, naked youngeters wore by no means unkissable, for their skins were of a rich golden brown and particularly soft and glossy. While thus engaged, however, her beauty eeemed to make a great and, under the cir- cumatance', dangerous impression on the Bedouin chief, who after watching her in- tently for a few minutes through the pale blue smoke of. the opium andihempseed that he was smoking; muttered aloud: ' t "By, the ninety-nine names of Allah I would give> two she camels great with foal for her, for she Is moon-faced and as to rely as a heart." Hearing and fully understanding this half mental sellloquy, which was uttered unconsciously by the chief whilst in that half dreamy state which was produced by the vile mixture which he was smoking, Frank Donelly represented that he and his companions were tired and in urgent need of sleep and rest. Then he gave Nellie a hint "not to accept an invitation to sleep with the Bedouin wo- men in one' of the tents, but if it was made to her to say that she preferred the open air along with her 'brother,' for that directly their entertainers were asleep, he hoped they would be able to steal silently away and rebetake themselves to their horses and the desert." CHAPTER XXVI. A TIMELY WARNING AND A SUDDEN FLIGHT, It was as much as Nellie could do to re- sist the importunities of the women of the tribe to share the shelter of one of the black tents with them. The fact wee, these tawny visaged, henna stained and kohel daubed harpies hungered mora after the singe that sparkled on Nellie's taper fingers and dangled from her little pink ears than ` they did for her society ; though perhaps a few of them anticipated with cruel joy the ba 'ging and thumping that they would give her white body with their brown and bony fists in the forcing her to surrender them up, or say that they would slaih at it with their knives if the resistancee a b c mo desperate. It was the old chief ho at last came to our bernine's evidence and declared that she should do what she liked, forhe,in turn feared that what spoil the women got from her they might keep, and furthermore did not care to risk her receiving any injury at their hands, inasmuch that while he intend- ed to kill her male companions, ho was re- solved to put her to eonie more profitable account, and after he had destroyed her memory and blunted her reason, to sell her a9 an imported Circassian to some rich pasha, Unconscious of all the cruel schemes that had been devised concerning hor and her companions in the wily brains of the Be - net Me, Nellie laid herself down between her lover and Pat Monaghan and awaited with patience whatever should Dome next, anticipating no special danger, and brave in the courage of those who guarded; hor. Of course neither of the three felt the slightest desire to slumber, whereas the Bedouins, on the ether hand, went to sleep as fast as ever they'couldwere no hurrytake, for theyhi to the of the Bering/lees, `,hrough knowing that the repose of the fa. tigued, always beoomessounder toward morn- lng, Wherefore' res6lvin Wherefore, g to out the thioate of she two molt about ilii hour before dawn, obey could See no reason why they ahold not take it easy during the ihterim, which heyprooeeded to do with the utmoot non- ihalanoa, 'Pis true, however, that first half a dozon of their number went forth aud found ti. three horaee of the unbelievers, whioh they oaught and picketed with lances and' tri ropes in a little hollow close by, in oompau with their other cattle. This dons;, they also lay down and went to sleep with clear- oonaeianoes. The conduct of the Bedouins somewhat puzzled Frank Donelly. He saw nothing of the appropriation of the horses, only their hosts evidently seeking a real repose, for that it was real, their snores were not long in testifying, and thio action did not seem to go hand in haul with treaohery. At length he felt a aroweinees himself, and began to fear that pretense would aoor end in practice unless he was very careful to keep awake, So he betook himself to countingthe brown limbs of the Bedouins, ma thy lay stretched in every conceivable, aye, aud in- conceivable attitudes as well, upon the ground, and after that he had; a try at the stars, which, each one like a young moon, twinkled from out the indigo hued firma. ment. But this 000upa ;ion soon made him more drowsy than he was before, and it ishard to say what might not have happened had not his attention been suddenly attracted by observing a little boy approaching them with evidentiy the utmost secrecy and cau- tion. The moonlight, shining full upon his plump, golden -brown nakedness, revealed the faot that be was trembing violently, and Frank saw that he was bent upon reaching them by a kind of detour, but for what pur- pose he could not even guess. He therefore lay quite still and continued to watoh the boy's movements, but not for long with any auooeas, for the little fellow passed out of sight, nor did he make the young officer aware of his presence again until, a few minutes later, approaching the trio from behind, he squatted down just at their heads and began to gently touch each in turn. It was then that Frank Donelly darted out a hand suddenly and seized the urchin by an arm, for he euspeoted that he had Dome to try to steal something. In his beat Arabin he demanded of him what he wanted. But he was evidently - not exactly under- stood, for the Bedouin, like the gypsey, has a language cf his own, and his children know very little of any other indeed, both ranee, that is to say the Bedouins, and the gypseya, trace their descent from the same one of the twelve sone of Ishmael, and have many words, habits and customs in common. But all this Is neither here nor there, The little fellow in question, and who was a perfect Cupid in bronze, of about nine years of age, wail ,acquainted with one intelligible word, and he whispered it twice though his teeth werebohattering in his head the while and his body all of a tremble. Le eghan losing no time in following hie ex- ample, and a second later, nodding their it adieux to the Bedouin boy, in single file, y And 'as noiselessly as possible, they were makicg their way up and out of the little Mall of the fount+In, Hardly had they gained level ground, however, when the Bedouin oamp seemed to awake to life and notion. Tho first barking dog had been imitated by others, anti now men's gruff voices join- ed in and it was plain from what they said chat the fugitives were already missed. Then all at once there was a report of a gun, followed by a shriek. "They have shot the boy. I know that was his scream," gasped Nellie, " If it was they have done the little chap e kindness by pending him to heaven, where. as had they let him live to be a man hie am cumulated crinaee would in all probability when he came to die have dragged him down to the ether place," said Frank, to comfort her; the truth to tell, he felt very cad about the affair himself. ' *Oh, 'tie terrible." sobbed Nellie. "But be only cried out once, so his pain was short. When they catch us perhaps they will torture us to death, eh, Frank?" "Dour ! Dour ! And as he uttered the words, which mean literally, " Kill 1 Kill 1" but also signify murder or assassination, he sought to make them more impressive by first pointing towards the neighboring camp and then successively drawing a podgy fin- ger across his short sturdy throat and giv- ing it ti succession of digs into the bronzed flesh of his pretty little plump chest, roll- ing his truly magnificent eyes about the while as though simulating agony. However, without all this dumb action he was perfectly understood, and Captain D.n- ally let him know it. A look of satfafaetion thereupon covered hia face, and ho next endeavored to express in pantomimic action thatif they would fol- low him he would show them how to escape, and herein he also made himself under- stood. Frank Donelly resolved to trust to him implicitly, and Nellie, who had heard all, encouraged him in the determination. She, in fact, recognized the youngster as one whom she had more especially fondled end played with during the evening, and doubted not but that it was the notice which she had taken of him which had stir- red up hie gratitude even to the attempted saving of their lives, perhaps at no email risk to himself either, And now all three got up and prepared to follow the little fellow, who at first led them right away from the sleeping Bedouins, but then in a circle around the top of the punchbowl shaped dell, and at last down into it again at quite its opposite extremity. The three fugitives now found themselves all amongst the horses, camels and drome- daries of the tribes and in another minute had recognized their own steeds, picketed with speedy and trail rope in true Bedouin fashion. They instinctively made towards them, but their little guide caught hold of Nellie and Frank, and first shaking his bead next pointed towards a couple of dromedaries, expressing in pantomime that they would go quicker. Capt, Donelly, at all events, knew that to be true enough, but he did not fool that they would, be authorized in appropriating the dromedaries nevertheless, and he was also afraid of getting their little friend into trouble. He expressed his fears on this point in a whisper to Nellie, who at once rejoined : "Oh, let us take him with us. I feel sure that if we leave the dear little fellow behind they will find out he helped us and kill him," It was then Frank's turn to ask the young- ster by signs if he would like to accompany them in their flight, but when he clearly understood what was meant he looked scar- ed and drew back and shook his head vehe- mently, so that Donelly said at once to Nel- lie : "I dare say he has a mother and father, and sinters and brothers as well, so that no harm is at all likely to befal him, The greatest good we can do him is to get away as fast as ever we can 'ere we are espied by any ono and obeetved together," Pat Monaghan had, during this brief oollogny, been releasing the steeds. By rare good fortune, neither their bridles nor saddles had been interfered with. Had they have been removed, there is no knowing: how they would have got over the diffionity. "Now, darling, lose not a moment," field Franir. "Bait I must -somehow reward this dear little 'fellow for what he has done." "Let it only'be with a kiss, then ; for if you give anything that oan be afterward found on him, don't you see how it will im- plicate hint?" Nellie could see it in an instant, "Youare quite right," elle said, hur- riedly, " A kiss only it must be," and Blaspin the pretty bronze Cupid in her arms,she bestowed on biro half a dozen ere "mo let him go. No sooner had elm done SO than a dogbe. gen to growl and then to bark, The Bedouin boy thereupon made them ilii Impatient sign to hasten away. But it was hardly needed for theywere already making ill the hurry bas g y they could. Frank Derrell swan y Nellie u into hor' saddle and laced the reins nher p 1 hands, Then he mounted hie own steed; Pat Mon. "I've never heard of Bedouins torturieg their prisoners, Besides, we aren't their prisoners yet, Nell. Oaoe out of this oasis and on to the desert again and we will head straight for yonder rnountaina, which they say are honey combed with caverns and rook -hewn tombs, and where I hope we'll be able to play a euoceasful game ofhide- and-seek with our pursuers," "But if they should pursue us on their fleet dromedaries ?" "Come, come, Nell; we won't anticipate the worst, but the beat, Here we are; out of the oasis and on to the desert onoo more." "Bedad, an the nagurs are losing no time in taking up the running, yer honor, for here they come, on camels, on dromedaries and on horses as well," broke in Pat, (To BE CONTINUED.) THE WORLD OVER. The consumption per head of spirits in Sootland is fivefold what it is in England, but then the Scotch keep the Sabbath better. Two hundred and two lions have been killed in Algeria during the last twelve years. Also 1,214 panthers, 1,872 hyenas, 27,185 jackals. "Death from exposure" was the verdict recently rendered by a Helena (M. T.) jury on the body of a horse thief who had been hanged by vigilantes. Gounod, the well-knewn, operatic oompos- er, has commenced a new oratorio on the subj act of St. Francis d'Aasiai, the thirteenth century priest who preached to the birds. The mild weather preceding the opening of the year was very conducive to the health and strength of game birds, which are now unusually abundant, at least throughout New England. The farmers in the neighborhood of 'New London are eecited over the supposed dis- covery of petroleum fountains, which, if it prove true, will interest geologists amazing- ly, as that whole region is underlaid with primitive granite 1 - • On the body of the Rev. Mr. Jardine, the ritualistic clergyman of Kansas City, who died from the efiecte of chlorform, was found a email iron chain one-eighth of an inch thick. It was worn around the loins, prob- ably for penance, A dinner in Gantemala concludes with coffee. It is not the fragrant decoction one might expect in a coffee -producing country, however, but a thick extract, handed round in bottles, from which each person takes a', small quantity, diluting with hot water. Violet Wordsworth, a grandaughter of William Wordsworth, the English poet, was married at Ambleside the other -day to a Liverpool solicitor named Jones, who there- upon changed hie commonplace name to the more poetical one of Wordsworth. To the list of funny typographical errors we must add the announcement of the Brooklyn Union that "at Worcester, Mass, a creation society has just been organized, with a list of officers whose names are signi- ficant of wealth and intelligence." The Union meant to say "cremation." The walls of the famous mosque of St. Sophia in Constantinople are said to be sadly in need of restoration. The cubes of mosaic constantly fall out, or, worse, are picked out to bo sold to strangers, and many of the arcades and lesser walls would tumble down had they not been rudely ehored up. At this moment it takes twenty-two police- men in relays to watch Lord Kan/nitre's mansion at K€llarney. Each policeman, by the time all is told, costs nearly £100 a year, so the Government (that is, the taxpayers of Great Britain and Ireland) are at this moment paying £2,000 a year for the pro- tection of Lord Kenmare•s mansion. The sheriff of Forsythe county, Ga., who levied on a circus, and whose inability to manage the animals caused much amusement of the employees, has gotten out of the pre- dicament by disposing of the menagerie at auction sale. An elephant brought $1,300, other animals in proportion down to parrots, which went off at $1 each, Monkeys com- manded $2 apiece. It is proposed to erect a new Bourse In Paris. The one which at present exiata is commodious and excellently, situated, ' One of its most peculiar features is the daily gathering in the square around it of men who rant by the hour on together political g topics, holding forth something in the style of street preachers or stump orators,. Crowds celled around them. The people of Atlanta have 'sunk $6,000, in .digl;ing an artesian well 2,000 feet deep No stream having been found that would come to the surface, Prof. White of the State University was called in, and he de- cided that all'Atlanta stood on granite rook —the bedrock of the continent -the only way to get an artesian well, would be to start on the surface and bore up into the atmosphere, A Connecticut valley paper -making' firm sent to the Paris Exposition a blank book weighing 200 pounds, and having 3,000 enormous pages, as a :sort of universal auto- graph album. Orily one-fourth of its pages were filled in Paris, after 'which it served at u local fair, and last year was sent to New Orleans, where it was filled. It has now been returned to Holyoke, Mase; and will be exhibited. It contains 60,000 names, some well known, The boar hunting* which has onlybeen established at Amiable, in France, or' two, years, ettraatea good many sportsmen, both French and English, It is, however, a hard and serious teak for men, homes, "and dogs, i'he alum seldom lasts Zeas than three hours, and often more, The last boar killed weigh - 300 ounds and put Moven hounds p , p on o da flora de combat before he received the death blow from the *meter, ` His head now adores the wall of tho olub at Arcachon, and the tusks are sfii inches lobg and Al sharp as a knifei How Dreams Come True. BY MARION MABYthtS. She slipped R! pieoo of wedding cake Under the phlow upon her bed " I wonder what I sha!l,dream about 1" With a happy sigh to herself she said " 1 wonder it ever a dream canes true?" Ob, busy thoughts, wid you 11y mew-- " bane never did that ever I kaew;" But that's no sign they won't some day' " I hope 'twill be moo," with a pretty pout Aud a little toes of the golden head, Then oho blew the wiutriag candle out,. And said her prayere, and went to hod. " I never shall dream it I lie awake"— Oh, waking dreams, ye aro there, no doubt, But the last though. fades into dreamland's realm -- ".1 wonder—who--.I shall—dream about ?' " What did you dream in the Danny epell Or the wedding oaks ?" a fond voice eaid. . " I—don't remember." Oh red,' rod rose 1 What have you done that you hang your head? Two little hands In a strong, firm hold— " Then may I tell nay dream—to you ?" A whisper, a shy voice half afraid— " Isn't it funny how dreams corns true ?" GARNERED WITTIOISMS. Tape-worms—Dry goads olerke. An ode-oue thing : A poet. Startling figures—Ghosts. The sign of the eeamstreee —A -hem. Seriously, ie the dog -star a Skye•terrler ? Preferred creditors -Those who will not dun, Motto for a dlsaipeted dude : " Soft and low." Uneasy Ilea the head that is nominated for office, In building up your constitution, gentle reader, strict attention should be given to your bile laws. It is easier to make a bow than to tarn over a new leaf. Those who strike for their rights should not got left. How to live cheap—Visit your relatives and acquaintances. Lst'a see ; isn't the fittest plane for Gri- malkin in the hay -meow 1 It's a noticeable fact that the gas compa- nies never complain of light business. Ofieneive partisanship—Coming in late and looking the door on the other fellow. A philosopher says that the best way to avoid getting into debt is to die young. Robert Browning is making arrangements to have his poems translated into English. Appropriate sign for church in need of musicians : Wanted—singers ; in the choir within. Count Sales is a member of the French Legation. He's the cash -boy of the Leg. atlon, we suppose. Jones must have been pretty sea -sick going to Europe when he threw up his en- gagement with his girl. A boy who indulges in cigarette smoking to excess rarely wants anything else in this life. Tobacco is very. satisfying. Oscar Wilde claims that he oan nee angels where other mon see only flesh and blood. A slaughter -house must look like heaven to him, then. WOMEN. Mrs. Talmage, the wIfe of the Brooklyn preacher, lectures every Sunday to a class of 300 women and men, The editors of the Rochester Sunday Sun spent New Year's Eve in goal because the paper said that a lady of that place was e. 'conceited, fossilized beauty," aud she had them arrested for libel. Mies Linda R. Richards, late superintend eat of the training school for nurses at the Boston City Hospital, is going . to Tokio for five years to establish and conduct a similar institution there. It will be partly under Government patronage. The Women's Anthropological Society, to which Miss Cleveland, who is a member of it, gave its name, meets every alternate Sat- urday afternoon in Washington, when pa- pers are road treating of the aboriginal races on this continent or cognate subjects. It is said that Queen Victoria once ob. nerved that one of her maids of honor wore soiled gloves, and was told that the lady was poor and could not afford fresh gloves every time she went on duty—at least on £400 a year. Thereupon the Queen added to the lady's stipend with the express understand- ing that the gloves were to be renewed for every occasion of ceremony, Miss Ah Wook, an almond -eyed lady from China, now living in San Francisca, claims that her arrest on a charge of attempting to defraud her creditors, and the publication of that feet in the newspapers, damaged hor reputation for truth and honesty, .and injur- ed her feelings to the extent of $299, which she seeks to recover from the newspapers. Mme. Astie de Valhayre, a skeptical Pari- sian lady who lately attracted attention by scoffing at M. Paatuer and offering herself for inoculation with hydrophobia virus, has had a quarrel with Mine. Eugenie Pierre, anianarchist, and a feminine duel with swords or pletola is talked of in consequence.. Mme. de Valhayre, who is a capital fencer, has had affairs of honor before now. Once she. horse -whipped a journalist' who had refused to fight her. The Human. Voice. Nothing betrays so much as the voice save perhaps the eyes, but they oan be low- ered, and so far th e expressionhidden. In moments of emotion n skill o ski I can' hide the fact of disturbed feeling, though a strong will. and habit of self-control can steady the voice when else it would , big :failing and tremul- ous. Certainvoicea grate on the nerves and set our teeth on edge, and others are just as calming as they are irritating, quieting or like a composing draught. A wood voice, calm in tone and musical in quality, pe one of the essentials for a:physician—the"bed- sid voice, whichiis nothing if it is notsym- pathetio by constitution. Whativcr its original quality may be, the orator's voice bears the unmistakable stamp of art and comes artificiality bo, as such it may be ad- mirable—telling in ,a crowed, impressive in address, but,overwhelming and ohilline at home, partly became it le always conaoious and never self -forgetting, An orator's voice,; with its careful intonation and accur- ate accent, would be as much out of place bcaide a sick bed as a brocaded silk for the kitchen girl. The voice ie much more in ttloative of the state of mind than many peo- ple know or allow. One Sof the first symp• tome of failingbrain power is indiatinot' or confusedtie u ranee ; sic idiot has a clear or or inelodiout voice; ;;the harsh scream of. mania Is proverbial, and no person of prompt and derisive thought was over known to hesitate or stutter, A think, 'loot°, fluffy, voice cTooe not belong to the oelap character of mind which docs tho molt, active Work, and when a keen -witted man drawls and lots his words drip instead of bringing them out in the sharp, nofeive way that might tie be natural to hien, there is a fldw tomew1ior6, HOUSEHOLD. e A01YT"" POR WIVES,, Don't disturb your husband while ho ie loading hie morning or evening paper by asking foolish questions. lie may be. only reading the latest scandal, or divorce suit, but he is just as much interested as though, it: were foreign news er market re- porta. Be patient. and when he comes across anything he thinks you oan compre- hend perhaps he may read it to you, Don't communicate unpleasant news: or ask a favor before. eating. The heart is not. easily touched when the stomach is empty. Don't ever tell a man he is good-looking. Some other woman probably will sometime and in that case he won't know that her opinion concurs with yours. He carries a pocket hand glass, and he will shortly be- come addicted to pejamas. Don't ever tell a man he has pr '> y. legs. Men who have been known to bens u under facial compliments fail completely when they realize their legs are notioeably good. Don't puttthe morning paper at the bot- tom of the pile, and dont have more than a dozen different places for the button -hook. Don't impose upon your husband just because he is good enough °.to assist iyou a little in your housework Don't leave the stove handle on the red-hot stove,and don't ask him to empty the ash -hod. Draw a line on the ash -hod, and don't run hi free horse to death. Don't monoplizo every hook in the closet. Graciously tender him one nail for hia very own—and then, In mercy, hang your "Mother Hubbard," your pelerine, your pla shone.pping-bag and your bonnet some other Don't be inoxplioit in giving direotidns. When you ask him to go up stairs for your portemonnaie, tell him it is either on the table, or in the further corner of the lef t - hand side of the upper bureau drawer, or in the pooket of your brown drum: in the closet. He will have no trouble ,in finding it—if the pocket. Don't ask him where he has been the mo- ment he enters the house, or where he is going if he etarts out for a walk before breakfast. It nettles him, and men hate to have such pointed questlone sprung upon them. Besides that, we live under a free flag. Don't ask him to walk the floor with the baby half the night. A man who tramps industriously around the billiard table three nights In the week or buys an admission ticket to the opera can't be expected to be on duty at home the other three nights. Have mercy on him and give the man an opportunity to recuperate. Don t waste your breath in useless vitu- peration against his favorite chum. Culti- vate the :chum youreelf—ostensibly—when your husband is not around, and matters will assume a different aspect. Don t put pine in your earl pe or let your arms) ing pins dangle on,ar forehead, They are abominations and feminine imple- ments of warfare that men despise. Don t leave hair in the comb or your neck curls where they will stick to his hair brush. Don't put a long hair in the soap- or in his tooth -brush purposely, Don't gather all his receipts and notes that he has put carefully away on the sit- ting -room table,—and tuck them in the fire the moment his back is turned. Don't mend his hosiery with ,cotton hav- ing knots in it larger than a pea.tf Don't scold him because hes leaves ashes in his pipe. Oae of the privileges of a mar- ried man is to leave an old pipe full ashes in just the a position to empty the contents on the window sill or the mantelpiece the moment it is touched. Don't indulge In flights of temper when your husband suggests how his mother did. If he objects to having eggs boiled in the tea -kettle, and prefers them washed previ- ous to cooking, endeavor to please him by indulging him in hie fancies. In the mean- time bring your sons up as carefully as you can, and when they are married, you your- self will doubtless be held up as an example of virtue ; and revenge is sweet. Don't be too prodigal in the use of 'kind- ling wood. There is no fruit of hia toil that Leman guarde,as jealously aa,'he does his kind- ling wood. He would fain put ;it where thieves break not through and ;steal, So, j let because you have free access to it, don't °urn up enough to last a week in one day. Choice Recipes - JUMBLES. —Halt ecipes.JUMBLES,—Halt a pound of butter, half a pound ofsugar, half a pound of flour, two eggs. Cream butter and sugar together, then add the eggs without having been beat -- en ; stir all well together, then add the dour. Roll out with your hands in round stripe half an inch thick and two inches long, ;and join the two ends together, forming them into singe. Bake in a quiok oven in butter- ed tine, keeping them a good distance apart. They are very nice. CREAM PUFFS FOR DAISY,—The following is very nice; for a family of four I use but half : Stir into a pint of boiling water three onpa of flour and one oup of butter rubbed smooth. When cool stir in :five eggs and bake in email tine, half-filled, about fifteen minutes. Cream : Two ;eggs, one Dnp of sugar, a small cup of flour boiled with a pint of milk until thick. Flavor to the taste. Split the puffs and spregglithe cream between. Will some one please me a good recipe for chicken salads ? To MAKE' YEAST.—Take : thrrta�or four good•sized potatoes, pare and grate them in a coarse grater; have a kettle of boiling. water, pour it on the mush until you have two qi+arts of the potato starch ; then add one tablespoonful of Balt, the same of sugar. Let it cool, then put a cup of good (yeast, or dissolve ono cake of compressed yeast, add, and place it where it will be warm, but not hot. BREAKFAST ROLLS,—Oneuartur of.: dome into which a little salt and two teaspoon- fuls baking powder have been sifted, half a tablespoonful each each of butter, and lard, onepint milk, Rub together the butter, lard, and flour, then add the milk, After thor- oughly;mixing, put the dough on a board, roll, tient about half an inch thick, and out with a floured tumbler. Double each cake, and bake in a hot oven fifteen mintues, Proof-reader to editor-" Is thi" ' little bother ' or',little broth ' an your manu- script 2" Editor, eT' one)—'doesn't (wile has one) It make any difference," A woman fell down hill and broke her nook last week, and there are three big remodels in the neighborhood and noboby now to circulate thein, Little Charley "Pae will you buy;me a drum ?" ,'Fond "Ah, father,-butmy boy, you wilt disturb me very much if I do," ''0 no, :paOtto! pa, I won't Ot except when you aro asleep" se J. tf In m di tl el til at to tt h n h. el ti ei