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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1886-3-11, Page 8AN EGYPTIAN ROMANCE. Story of Love and Mid Adventure, founded. upon Startling Revela- tions in tho Career of &alai l'ashm By the Anther ree i" NINAa. THE NIHILIST," " IRE RED SPOT," "TiB RUSSIAN Spy," Eq., ETO. CHAPTER XXXV. "1 would not think of allowing M. Co- hen to leave hie sick wife, and as for Pat, name, DisdUrsED AS AN EGYrriAN, DE. aims PERILOUS thoegh a ane fellow to help one out of a r ON A MISSION. serape, I should feel far less sure of getting It did got take long to bring the beauti- into oue tyhilat by myself. I assure you, ful girl bride book to commons:tem, and my darling, that everything is quiet out - when she recovered from her swoon elle Bide now." found herself 'yin on a couch in the " 111 tell yon what would make you pretty sitting -room and her husband bend- doubly safe, monsieur," mild the landlord of fondly over her. Hotel &Orient. " A slight wash of tine. ing She first of all listened nervously and tare of iodine over your face and bands, timidly for eortuds of riot and tumult from and a red terbouoti on your head, That without, but the fickle crowd had already dark blue flannel jaoket and trousers are dispersed in quest of other excitement and wonderf ally like an Egyptian officer's un- Gensations instead of beseiging the hotel in dram uniform, and the tarbouch would order to get at her. render it undetectable, whilet tee iodine "Is Pat safe also ?" was her next in- would Main your skin to the esaet tint. quiry, and when her husband had answered I've some retneinino that I had to paint tbe questioe in the affirmative she next re- a swelling with said I'll lay it on with a marked ; canters hatr brush and make a first-rate "You ems, Frank, my presentiments job of it." were far from idle ones, for we are not yet The landlord's offer having been accept. out of Egypt and terrible perils still stir. ed, Frank Donelly's face, throat and hands round us on all sides" were quickly rendered As dark AB a real , " Nommen, deer. There have been Egyptian's, and as the natural color of his riots and uprisings of the mob even in dull, oyes and hair very well correeponded, nothing but a red tarbouoh was wanted to preemie London, and in Parie, well-dressed e a pe le have often been in worse danger in complete hidisguise, nd this Mousier the streetthen they are in those f Bouccear was also able to supply hlm with. s o m Alexandria to -day. Here oomes the land- " Now, Nellie, don't you think that I a lord to ask how you do. I will inquire of quito safe ?" exclaimed her husband, him what he thinks of our chances of get- Yes, replied his wife, "1 think you look muoh more Egyptian than English, ting away immediately." I'll try not to be frightened whilst you are It was almost the first question that he away. Nevertheless, do not be gone long." put to the burly host after ae had told him "You may depend on that, my love. how much better his wife was; but Mon Well, farewell for the time, gentlemen, and deur Boecteur shoots his head end made thank you very much." answier that he feared getting eut of Alex- He sold this because he wieheci to pm. anclria for the present was quate out of the hie adieux to his bride in private, and both question, because even threq, days ago the the Frenchman and the Jew took the hint different European commis had joined in and departed. strangly recommending all their fellow countrymen who could leave the pls.oe to rat' :Neolrliivie :riesa,idanPar:sneki,f you then,can"nyootusmomuset. do so without a moment's unnecessary loss b f how purchase clotehog suffi dent for the voy- age of time, and the majority had acted upon and have it already peck.ed against my that advice so prooaptly that there had been a regular atampecle, delicate ladies return, for I shall smuggle you aboard this French steamm aa soon as ever she lies and children being only too glad to be alongside the quay. Procure a yashmaek, taken as deck passengers even in each dirty elec., if you can, so as to look as much like craft as steam colliers rather than be left a native woman as possible. I dare say one behind." or other of the hotel servants has one as a This wes very discouraging, but Nellie curiosity, and would part with it for an ade epoke up bravely and said: gnaw constderation, but if one isn't to be "But we also are quite ready to go as got procure as thick a veil as possible and deck pamengers en board colliers." Aye, madam," rejoined the host, with he ready for a flitting the inetane that you " --- see me return, whieh I have no doubt will a shrug of his Mama -leo, "but the centime bounder an hour, so now goodbye, darling, are net ready for you. They steam away as fast athey load, and thousands of for a very little while, It will be our last e frightened people are ecanally living in the parting. Their last parting 1 Poor fool 1 Little did warehouses and atores along the quay sides - he guess that another was close at hand In order to be able to step aboard the first which would prove the most terrible expern vessel thet wharfs alongside them. These ence that either of them had ever known, fellow countrywomen of yours, in their love But we must not anticipate and misfor- and anxiety for their oaddren, wonld be tunes always come soon enoude ready to fly upou you and tear you to ww_ pieces wore you, as a new arrival, to try to take precedence of themselves and little CHAPTER XXXVI. ones after they had waited so patiently in order to have the first obance," "Well, Monsieur Beeman" said Frank, chee rfully, ". then I think that we will re main with you." " Mensieur has. I am sure, decided whaler, nor let the little madam be afraid, for the threatening aspect of the population has already been reported in Cairo, end a telegram has been received in reply from the war minister to the effect that as order has been perfectly restored tacre be will at once start for Alexandria and do the same here. So the &awes are that he. fore noon, even, we shall be quite quiet again." Monsieur Boucceur," delivered all this as o aort of soothing balsam, but its effect on the shattered nerves of Nelly Donelly was that of a strong irritant. She flushed crimson and then turned deathly pale az she gasped out : "Arabi Pashe miming to Alexandria Then we mast leave it at any and all risks, Frank, and that at once." Before Monsieur Bo acce ar or Frank Donel ly either could make any answer to this speech there came a gentle tap to the half time door, and then the tones of a volce from without : "Pardon, but may the dove bring the olive branch into the ark ?" and without waiting for answer, into the room came a burly, swarthy, black -bearded man habit ed entirely in black, who very noel naore resembled the raven than the dove, Frenk Donelly looked op acd at once recognized Ilim as one of those who had fussed about Nellie in the hall, but rather, or at least so he had thought at the time, for the sake of gazbag at her exposed love- liness than to render her any real service. He was therefore more disposed to resent his intrusion than to thank him for his visit. The next few words that he uttered en- tirely changed hie feelings toward him, however, for without waiting to be gems - tinned he went oa with : "la it not the truth that yon want to leave Egypt at once? Very well, I can help you. I have peasages secured for my- self, wife and servant on board the French steamer Le Comete, weich saint this after- noon for Marseilles but at the last mo- ment my wife is taken ill prematarely, and as the doctor says it would in all probabil- ity kill her to remove her, here we must stop ; wherefore, if you would like to pur- chase our passage tickets, yon can." "1 am infinitely obliged to you," said Frank. "Name the price and I will write yol, out a check for the amonnt Yet how the deuce mull do that without a check -book ?" "At what bank have you an Demount ?" "The Anglo-Egyptian." "Then I have a check book of that bank, and if you like you can fill ene payable to Moses Cohen, or order, for fifty pounds ($250), that being the amount that 1, paid a week ttgo for two ealoon and one eiteerage passage to Marseilles," There being pen and ink on the table, Frank Donelly rapidly filled in and signed a cheek and handed it to Mr. Cohen, Who, as he took it, set& to him "Now,I would advise you to go at once to the Metteilles Steam Navigation Conn perey's offices he the Old Herber, close to the mole, and get the names °heaved in the books and oto the passenger lilt, became they all know me, and were you to simpty go on board and take your placet at the laet moment, the Steam packet people might suspect some fraud and raise some awkward difficulties about taking you, which it would be just as well to avoid -- don't you me ?" Certainty I do, and Will be off at once eharatt be long gone, Noll, so don't be nervoue." "Oh I an' sure you will be torn in pieees by the nob, and that I Shall never See you again. At all events, wean% Me, \ Cohen and PatMonaghan go with you ?" remained ber ourimity got the better ofi and ha order to see more clearly whet was approaohiug she (stood boldly and without any attempt at concealment before the win. dow, as ahe beheld 'litany other European women &ling on the toppoeite side of tho etreet, all of them apperently eta Olariella she was, Their varicosity was soon destined to be satisfied, for now the head of an apinnaoh- ing 111000031011 appoored in view, in the shape of a 'Moon of Egyptian cavalry, clad in a kind of French z mave uniform, with marlet and white turbans with long Mimes, These really dashing looking troopere were followed by a portion of the celebrate ed dromedary corps, strange looking cavalry indeed, (Memel in Oriontel garb, peeping king pennonlees speare, and sitting between the two hutnps of their ungainly, long-leg- ged steeds, that wore maiming like dents and ntteriug uncouth cries as they mune along, for dromeativies and mum 8 are alike bepraised au they both are by poets and novelists who know next o nothing about them, are the most quarrelsome, stubborn, cantankerous and vindictive brutes ia cixist• enoe, who have been known to kill a child for tiokling it with a atraw, eine many an- other vengeful non The mounted band paesed directly under her window, now blaring forth the well known "Turklah patrol," And it wet follow- ed by a sumptuous open carriage drawn by six gray horses in which sat or rather re. alined, the Khedive, bowing to right and left ae he paused along, but receiving no re. ply from his diecontented And rebelliout subjects, unless sullen looks and scowls could be accepted as such, so that it wite no wonder Nellie thought that he looked s sad and dejeoted. So fall were her thought e of him (though admiration for the fickle, extravagant and weak-minded princes she had none) that she took no notice of, and, indeed, hardly saw the entire regiment of white uniformed, red tarbouched Egyptian infantry that aloaely followed the Khedive's cerriege'And her attention wee only argein attracted to the street by shrill and vociferout cheering. PEEPA.EATIONS F00 PLIGHT—THREE DANGER - 0)7S RECOGNITIONS. After her husband had depilated the time passed very slowly to Nellie, that Is to say, when once she had made assisted by Marie the French chambermaid, all necessary pre. paragons far flight, and had bought half her wardrobe and box as well, for now that the girl saw the urgency of the cam she of- fered to go out and do whatever shopping was necessiary, Nellie would not allow her to run the risk of leaving the hotel, Se after the little box containing just euffitile at necessaries for the voyage were packed, padded said labeled, the hour -old bride had nothing left to do but to gaze out of the window of the prettily farnished sitting room and watch What was going on in the streets, for though she had entreated Marie to stay with her for company, the live- ly little French maid could not neglect her work any longer, and was compelled to go. Bat the prospect from the window was not an =cheering one to Nellie; indeed, it was exactly the reverse, for the mob had dwin- dled away by degrees until the long, broad and not altogether =stately thoroughfare was almost deserted, and encouraged by thie the shopkeepers had, for the most part, taken doyen their shutters again, and were conducting business as usual, the es.fes, whose name is legion in all parts of Alexan- dria, following their example and the banks In like mainer. All this made her hope her husband was not in peril, more especially as he had dis- guised himself so very like an Egyptian, but even while she was hugging this com• fort to her heart the hoarse boom of a can - eon from the direction of Fort Tebareh brought back all her fears with redoubled force, and she clasped her hends together in terror, "Boom, boom, boom 1" went the cannon, and she was not experienced enough in the sound of artillery to know that such a dull, leonine roar oould never proceed from a shotted,gun. That it was Egyptian ordnance she did not know, however, because the reports came from a landward direction. From this she jumped to the concluelon Mast the massacre of the Christians had commenced, and she pictured them as being blown from the months of cannon just 00 Sepoya were blown during the Indian mutiny. Then, presently, the roar ofartillary 085.8- ed, but only to be succeeded by rattling peals of musketry and a continuous and prolonged cheering that seemed eaoh pas- sing minute to be nearer and nearer, and while Nellie wondered what it could all mean the street without began to fill again, each narrow thoroughfare that opened into it disgorging a living strata of wretched humanity, who presently filled eaoh side of the long Ru de la Colonne Pompee as far as the eye could reach. We have already en more than one occa- sion described an Egyptian orowd, so there ia no need of a repainting of the picture. The only difference was that this one teemed to be more excited than they usual- ly are, end to be eagerly awaiting the early - al of something, while naked (lantana look- ing like revivided mummien or plucked ba - b0000, kept running about and around and two =dim, their long, unkempt beards all of a shake with the incestant wag big of their Mom at they continued to preach to or exhort the multitude, /mighty as to how they should •conduct themselves on tbe occasion. "But what occomion tires it ?" Nellie men- tally asked herself, for elm 06111,deec no sieughtering of Chrtstians going on, eitehich, �n may be imegined, was an it:Montle relief tor her, Ah, that was a blare of a Inane band, too. Well, that was cheering at any rater and es Nellie could not ageociate a merry air from the owe. bouffe with either 'Moho:toe, rapine, ineendieriem or murder, all her fears began to Melt away, whilst such few MI yet Nellie was now in a kind of maze, or men- tal lethargy, in which her brain slept though hor eyes were open, Had it not been so ehe would assuredly have guessed who was approaching and re- tired from the window to have escaped the chance of having been seen by him. But her thoughts, still running on the Khedive who was nothieg to, her, she for- got all about the war minister, who was everything or et all events destined to be every thing to her, and his existence was first recalled to her mind by the siglit of his Moe looking directly upward, with his fierbe, eager eyes fixed upon her with a glance of mingled surprise, recognition and triumph, or BO at leaut, the poor girl read it, This and the tempest of sound stunned her, as it were gee caught hold of the ourteln said grasp. ed them firmly to save herself from falling, and thus she stood, riveted to the spot, and as uneble to move therefrom as though her delicate emotes had been gripped between the teeth of steel traps. She knew that she was recognized, She felt that her chances of escape from Egypt were forever at an end. She WAS conscious of a feeling which was rapidly creeping over her that she no longer oared whether she lived or died ; and yet whilst troubled thus in mind, she was aware of a latent admiration, deep down in her heart, for him who was the chosen of the people, and as she thought the predestined liberator of Egypt, even while she condemned the 'worldly guile that had prompted him to interpose a far -stretch- ing regiment between himself and his nomin- al sovereign and master, so that by no pos- sible elaanme could the Khedive lay claim to any of the apPlause that he knew would be lavished on himself. Shestill stood at the window, eornestly praying to herself that Frank might soon return and at once take her away—any- where, so long that it was out of Alexandria, aye, even to the desert again. It never struck her that there could be others from whom she had more to fear than from Arebi Pasha himself. But it was deatined to occur to her before very long, nevectheleas, for when regiment after regiment of Egyptian soldiery had again marched past, they were sneceeded by a continuous roll of earthmen containing, though for along while she remerlted it not, a portion of the harems of the Khedive, of the war minieter and a few ethers of the great pashas who had accompanied him, She was destined to make this discovery in a single Matelot, when she all at Onee saw a hideous hawk face leering at her from the box of a gilded and curtained caleche, and the next instant beheld one of those curtains drawn aside by a tiny but awarthy hand, and another face gazing up at her filled her with a greater degree of terror than the war minister and the laideoue black eunuchs united could have done, for those magnifit cent yet tigerish looking mem had been bent upon her twice already, once while driving with Frankalong the Chonbrah road anu again from behind a latticed box at the Ceiro Opera House, and it was assuredly from the owner of those eyea time the written warn- ing had come which had threatened her, though vsguely enough with so terrible a doom, o reoogilland me 0 the window ail he passed under in his carriage, and so did two °there, Mae beautiful but terrible woman whose life you mimed paid who gave you that opal ring, and the hideous bleat man who weenie to Oe Oxeye with her, "Well, my dear, it don't much matter, for In inarter ot an hour We 011411, be aboard a French ship, and e French ehlp is to all iutente and purpomis Preemie terri tory'l Nelie said net another word, but rush ed iuto the adjoining bedroom, and hurried ly put on the natty little hat and jacket Mitt she had purehaeed front Marie. Then sloe menisci up her pretty fame in the hideous green veil and re-entered the sitting -room just as Pat Monaghan was moving out of it with her box on hie shout. der, A couple or three minutes later they were drivieg uwey from the hotel door, Frank and Nellie insice and Pat Monaghau on the box beside the driver. "And so We are really on our way to A steeraboet bound for Europe, Frank ?' Nellie spoke the words as though he desired to be convinced again of their truth. Tata strange orindaot of hers caused her hustatid to laugh as he rejeined :1 " Yea, Nell, we really are, and what is more she sane within an hour and EIO we shall it down to dinner in all probability out of sight of land," "011, that will be glorious," exolaimed the new made bride. "Atd Arabi Pasha could not tear me out ot the French ship, even under the plea that it was to restore me to my parents, could he? That is what came ae me most apprehension," " Your marriage certifleate proves that YOU 00 longer belong to your parents, but only to your husband, so of course he could net tear yon from me, my darling," "Now I am satisfied. Now I do not believe that I am one bit afraid, Frank." Poor girl, she might not have expressed herself tio onnfideatly had he but known that the LI e 02 sunach ago, of tho Khediv- el aereglio was wimin bot'a eye .and ear shot, and waitbag but e favorable opportun- ity to pomace down upon and beer her off as an eagle scoopi down upon a dove. He was furthermore resolved to make that opportunity if he did not find It ready made Concealed behind one of the Ionic pillare that assisted to f oem a portico of the hotel door, he heard the route to the harbor given to the driver of the ealeche by the landlord, Monsieur Bonccear, as the one whereon his guests would be least likely to meet with unpleasent hoterruption, and no nooner had he been thus made aware that the ma:stage would be driven through the Grand Square, or Place Mehemet Ali, as it is more generally called, than he resolved that it seould get no further. ers BE CONTINUED') CHAPTER XXXVII. Tem MASSACRE IN THE GREAT SQUARE. When some five =Butes later Frank Dsnelly"emerged into the Rue de la Col- onne Peewee, on his way back to the Ho- tel d'Orient, he found it almost empty, for the Khedive' procession had swept by and the populace, had followed it His caleche (he had endeavored to pro- cure a oloee cab or other carriage, but in vain) had therefore not the slightest difficulty in getting along, and no sooner had it drawn up at the hotel steps than, first ordering it to await his return, he ran indoors and upstairs to Nellie. He found her lying on the sofa with her eyes closed and looking deathly pale. No sooner did he burst into the room, however, than she sprang to her feet and throwing herself into his arms exclaimed : " Oh, take nie away from here. 'I'ake me at omen Frank 1' "That's what I've just oome to do, my love, The carriage waits at the door, and I dare say Path already on his way tip - stairs for your box. It is ready for him 2" "Yea, Frank, there, And 1 have only to put on the bat and jacket that 1, got from Marie." "And the yeetanack that I advised you to procure. One wets to be had I sup - poem 7' "No, Freak, I could not get one, and I would not ailow Mario to risk goleg out. I have, however, very thick veil, and I hope that will do very nearly as well." " I doubt not bat that it will do quite as well, my darling; indeed, I believe that Is would be now quite otitis to traverse the streets with yotir face uncovered, for the Morin Seems to have pessod avenge, hi proof of will& all the shops arid banke have Open- ed agaire," "The storm is at all events not, over for to, Frank, for Arabi Peelle Is in itioxandrie. WINTER WRINKLES. BlIdfitnell Ray Railway 00110r0OtiollA I There is a strong probability that the construction of the railway from Manitoba to the Iludeonhi Bay will be ociiinneeced during the miming mitring aud that the work will be prosecuted with vigor, and without let up until completed, unless when severity ot weather will compel a oessation of work. It is a matter decided that the work of , Always right: Both lawyers, a he shoes for milknaen—Pumps. A plamini mon—A homely physician. "A cold snap"—Tee plumbing business, A poultry exhibition—A woman stoning O hen. re ' 'Jae teleph.one girl thinks that this is a hollow world, The boy with the dirty face seema to "want the earth." A flat failure—Ewing to keep house In one with comfort. to t mem Woman is not muoh of a philosopher, but she is proverbially a clethes observer. When the mercury falls to zero the plumber's bill rises to blood heat. BQBJREBT TOPI013. TiodsolinaY Commissioner Spoons oirilte itailwae, Indians, ete. Commissioner J. Wrigley, of the Hudson Bay company, who is now in the Province, was epokeu to the other day by a reporter with regord to North-West matters. "Are this Winnipsg people desirous that construction win oommitem mein the beim the liudeolt BaY railtritY ehould be /milt?" of Lake Winnipeg and be pushed onward asked the ronorter, ' h ini a northerly direction until tide -water " 011 Pei" rePlimil Mr. Wriultie.y,w4"titthie navigation on the Nelson river is reached. Winnipeg people have great faith a s There may be those who will object to thie the scheme, They think it is • point of commencing construction, and who required to give them easy access to the think that it should commence from the 00e0ll." terminus ba this province and move tly "Do you think the scheme practicable l'• stages northward. That seldshnesa might "Weil, I cannot speak from personal anggeet Buell a eourse there is no doubt, and IsroWleadge. whether wthheolsetrtalettina am ge eaepl tneifor the people of Winnipeg more than those of hogeawar any other place earl produce selfish aro. anY considerable portion of the year or not, remit in its favor. But after all we believe If the Straits are only open for a (alert time wwt the oe P andero° ej 0 a immediate armsa jeobdfl ieat li 'ewcourse, rgoaaidnlannar ed evenaadnooptht ienrtgliwtohisli al; be oem4 es aa sasaearats: Lori lt htlee eatiaceha ear a ter awvoeui 1 is hwahr adt- it depends On. It, however, the ocean oould eventually be most benefited by that about be readily reached why that would alter to be pursued. the oomplexion of thinge mat4tie11y, but the The commencement of construction at length of time that the StraiWare open is a the head of Lake Winnipeg is a wite move, matter of dispute." ' because by the construotiOn of lees than half "What kind of a country would the pro. soefothreed,wjahwillolhereadafielriauanlrahear eisauatitt of araenbne. posed road traverse ?" u "The country Is barren and inhospitable. ianngdtoaotame ecnoomepatnhyo ipnraaatviearayi tsehootrtofthetimeeo , It is simply a medium for reaching the sea. There could never lany local traffic)." value of the outlet for commercial pur- "What length would the road be, do you poses, think ?" wiTllhaeonintpheei othouerusetillaisis,atgvi:ouenreNobretchauvietseeit " Well, 1 (multi say, but the distance be. Winnipeg anti Fort York is something tempted pwtaeda waterways, yet, aysdchwillwahnichwhhaisROaroewlyeliebebeenav;3tover six hundred miles." THE INDIANS, prove them to have a value, far beyond "Is there anything in the rumors of a any calculations hitherto made upon them rising amongat the Indians of the ...North - and ere the construction of the whole road VV€5 7'' is completed show what a valutble auxin "There are inany rumors about the•In- lary they really are to railway menu. diens, and in some oases the time Is actually fixed for the rising. I think this is absurd, ties. Lhen the course is a wise one because it I do not believe there is any plan among will hurry the opening of an outlet which if the Indians fora rising, but I think that a only available in eummer time will be of val. rising amongst the red men might take place ue to the whole province; whereas starting at any moment. You can never depend on o - pr construction from Winnipeg or any other the Indians' temper." point lathe province a road would be in lif a rising amongst them did take place, g,rel et re f,apdpn or severaleneuyears,oropwdhaieethi veeon doucyo eln tartnof. would you consider it serious? wio" " Most decidedly so, unless it was crush - any consequence, and would be of no meter- ad out promptly. Any playing with the ial value to anyone until completed =less trouble or red tameism would be dangerous. for the circulation of money which its con- If a rising amonget the Indians took piece, struotion created, Thus looking at the pro- and was allowed to run for any ooneiderable gramme of construction we must say that period unchecked, then the trouble would from every view point it gives evidence ot be far more serious than ever before." wiedom, caution and economy on the part "Have the Hudson Bay company settled of those who arranged it. upwith the Government yet ?" , But as we look at the arrangements for ' The company's bill for transport sem utilizing Lake Winnipeg in connection with vices has been paid. We engaged transport thia Hudson's Bay outlet, we naturally in- for the Government, but received nothing cline to ask : Bat what about the Red Raver further than a commission for our trouble. as a feeder to this northern gateway? In What we got from the Government we paid, almost every oeloulation made of the value to the people we employed. We got tie - of the Hudson's Bay route the grain carry. thing but a commission on the service." ing from Dokota ancl Minnesota has been ‘ have some claims against the counted upon, and indeed the route would etr:veirrmnml mat for losses in the rebellion 1' loose much of its commercial value if it did "Yeo, those claims have been duly pre - not attract a good share of that trade, But sented, and will doubtless be eettled setts - then navigation of any practice' vain° far faotorily." Mr, Wrigley is only a short time a red. mach a treffio roaches no further up the Red them north to the international boundaryconfidence anasadeir°%emcleYwoonf the s River than St. Andrew's Rapids, and from waydent ionft oCtshnea c./.a,a the river needs no small share of improve- flucison By company officitals, who speak of rm rnent to mame it aavigable all the open sea - him in the highest possibleison son for craft large enough to be employed in ir.-- A FAMOUS FENIAN DEAD. O carryiug trade an Lake Winnipeg. With- out therm improvements Winnipeg, Emer- son and the towns south of our province can- One oe sae six nommets mosesiea an not take advantage of a waterway, and would American Whaler. have to transport all freight by rail to the mouth of the river or at least to Selkirk. Michael Harrington, the eldest of the Fe - Under such circumstances the nucleon's Bay nian prisoners who were rescued from New line from the head of Lake Winnipeg to South Wane by the Americau whaler, Cote - Fort Nekton would be of very value to the "ape, in 1876, died recently of pneumonia, ward Whelan in San Franoisoo. The fifty - southern portion ofManitoba, and would of- at tbe residence of his brother-in-law, Ed- fer no temptation to grain shippers south of the line. The haul to the lake port would " T els requires head work," as the bar- ber said when prepering for a she,mpoo. The lining of a C alcago man's coffin was made to metob the color of his whiskers. In three. or fOuTiiiiinthis--y--iii7Will-wisti you had bottled up some of this weather, et: Solomon was the first king that issued an order for the heir to be parted in the mid- dle. tene-hetiere. wen The 'edict adorn their bonnets with sky. larks, but plain larks are good enough for the men. The original lapidary was presumably- a man without guilt—at all events, Me cast the firet stone. "I am collecting the back rents," said the woman as she began to repair he: hus- band's trousers. "1 will appear in print to -morrow," said the young ledy as she put the last Mitch in hor calico frock. • Florida, lost her oranges but saved her al- ligators, so there are still some attractions for the tourists. For the first time on record the man with O remedy for frozen feet finds a welcome in the Southern States. The mem who wants an °film is numer- ously present ; but the effice that wants a man is numerously vacant, Bothering a rioh ma,n by boasting of a set of malachite studs he just bought, a fop acked him if he did not admire them. "0, yes," replied the man of wealth, "very much indeed; I've got a mantlepieoe like them at home," Teachee—" What is the difference be. tween the body and the soul ?" Johnny (varantly)--" The body is mortal and ma terial ; the soul—" Teacher (impatiently) —" Yes; and the soul ?" Johnny -7." The soul ie immortal and immaterial' Teacher to a boy whose father keeps a corner grooery--" Johnny, if your father has one hundred eggs and twenty of them are bad, how many does he lose ?" Johnny —" He don't lose ony of them. Ho sells the bad ones to a restaurant keeper to make omelettes of," Said a young man, the other evening: Is it etiquette, in writing to a young mar- ried woman whom you have known well, to call her 'my darling little pet?'" My dear sir, it is not a question of etiquette, but of athletics, It depends how far you can dim tame her husband in a /nil°. My gracious 1 You don't mean to say that you have another baby up at your house 7' exclaimed a lady, when informed by the happy father of the event. " Yes ; got fourteen now." "Well, I don't know but it's all right. Thirteen is an 'unlucky number, isn't 18 2' Lord Wolseley'a refusal to pay fres to the Herald's College for hie new title, and to Uleter King of Arms and his officials for the ineignia of Si. l'atriok, oalla up a story of how a (similar exhibtion if inclepehdence was dealt with by George IV. A certain Keight ot Wincleor received the order of St. Michael and Se George and after the investiture bill for the usual fees was tent to him, which he swore nothing would induce him to pay. There was tio precedent for ouch a case to s, memorandum was eent to Sir William Knighton at Wiediair, in order that the King's pleasure might be Minn. The docu ment we returned With the follotaing domernent by the King himself : "Stop the d—a feilow'e pay until the Maim e cleared." have to be made by the C. P. R,, and so far as freight from all aeuth of fifteen miles Mile side of the Internet/ma' boundary line is condensed. we would not wader the present state ef affeirs be allowed to build a com- peting line of rail. Thus the whole Uaited States freight by the Hudson's Bay route could be easily choked off by the managers of the 0, P. R. There is no use in trying to hide the fict that until there is independent communica- tion between Manitoba, Minnesota and Dak- ota, the nuppiernentery trade for a Hod - son's Bay railway Mem the two latter will not make the owners of moll a road wealthy. Tho cheapest and beet link of communica- tion is by the Red River with its obstruo tions removed. A matter of a querter of a minima of dollars would do that en the Man- itoba side, and the efforts being put forth at Washitigtort by our neighbors in Minnesota. and Dakota shows that they will not fall short in inaproving the channel of the river within their territory. Surely private en- terprise could take hold of a matter so small as this work in Manitoba, and we might reasonably expect that the Dominion Gov ernment would contribute liberally tower& the same.-- Winnipeg Commercial. THE AGE 01' INVENTION' inoculation of rabbits with thci bacillus of tubercular consumption is proposed as a method of exterminating them in Aus- tralia, Crockery coffins are proposed by a Phila- delphia inventor. His idea is to glaze them, thus making a tight and imperishable recep- tacle, the object being to protect under- ground water currents from pollution. Mineral wool is aaid to be coming into use in the oonatruotion of buildings on ac- count of its etrength, lightness, and resist- ance to the conduction of heat, It has also the advantage of being fireproof.. The manufacture of aloohol from wood has increased rapidly within a few yeara, and it is amid to be used 'sagely for patent bitters, ginger eetracta, and otner alcoholic compounds, whose strong flavor makete It unneeessaty to wee a better quality of spir. its. Wood alcohol is a dangeroue prodect, and sometimes gives rime to seriotis disturb- ances of the brain and nervous system. A St. Louis doctor is credited with hav- ing out off the tails of two lizards and unit- ed the aninaalsby eewing the stumps to- gether, them reeking a moss:ilea of Siamese twins. The object of the experiment was to ascertain if blood could be transfused by tide -method ; and one writer maintains that if, for example, a weak and bloodless invalid were attached in this manner to a strong and healthy animal, the moult znuet be fay, orable to the invalid, Dr, Roussel of Paris is said to have met with encouraging enemas in slush an experimeht. Will S. Hays, the song writer, mettle hie debut on the mlnetrel stage in Louisville the other rtiebt to a crowded home. He personated Old Ike, the negro character he has made heinous through the river oolumani of the Courier-Tommal. Hays has not yet eigued with the ishow, but it is thought he The Duke of Edinburgh he been rent to the Mediterranean kr playing the flute. If ho played the actiordion he would have been sent to nalifax, four yeers of Harrington's life were full of romantic Interest, He was, born in Cork. While a young man he elited in her Ma- jesty's sixty-first regimeit 'jest in time to serve in the &may rebellion and Indian 'mu- tiny. He fonght in THIRTEEN ENGAGEMENTS, Wee wounded, and returned to England, where he continued his military service un- til he lacked but one year of the thee to re- tire on a pension. That was in 1866, when the mine of Fenianism was about to be fired In Ireland. Herrington deserted hie regi- ment and baetened to Ireland to join the up. rising, but was arrested at Dubiin and was brought before a court martial, charged with detertion and high treason. Ho was sen- tenced to be shot. But the penalty was com- muted to penal servitude for life and he was transported with a number of others to the imitated island at New South Wales. But In 1875 the Clan-na-Gal society in Now York PLANNED THEIR RESCUE, and a whaling Maim was fitted out for the purpose. John J. Brealln, meanwhile, under the midge of All American millionaire went to Australia and managed to com- municate with the prisoners. The vessel set out, none of the crew knowing her desti- nation, except the captain, and in April 1876 the ship having arrived out the six (meets:Om began their perilous march of twenty miles to the sea. Of °course their prison garb betrayed them before they had driven many miles, and the alarm was given at the quarters, but they hurried on and finally reached the vessel. But this was hardly under sail before the Britiah corvette Georgietta WAS discovered in charm. As it neared the -whaler the captain hesitated, as he doubted his escape into the high Fleas, but when the firat mate, William Smith, an American from Mmeachusetts, learned of the state of affairs he urged all hands to preas on. The Gemming Fenians were heavily ARMED A.ND DESPERATE „ to the last degree. The sailors sided with the Iriahmen, and Smith's advice was fol. lowed. The Araerioan flag was run up, and when the corvettem3rhauled them Smith proclaimed the n Vitality of the waters and dared the Englt man to fire on the American flag. They heaitated and then changed the Georgietta's course. The Catalpa, that watt the whaler' name, reach. ed New York safely In Auguat, and the prisoners were free men once more. The British Government tried to extradite them, but failed, The other five rescued ones are still living. Hassett keeps a saloon on Sul- livan otreet, New York, Hogan is in Chico. go, and Wilson, Darrell and Cranston are in Philadelphia. If silence is golden, what a valuable pzig, fortune lockjaw must be. William Gnyten was a brakeman on the Evenaville and Terre Haute Railway. There was a °Abell in which he was badly injur- ed, but remen-ibering that a passenger Maio wag duo soon he managed to extricate him- self from the wrack, and, Mangled and bleed. Ing, Seized a red flag end (staggered up the Meek. Twioo he fell from exhilaration, but plookily got tip and went on and iltigged the train 500 yeirde front the place of dan- ger. Then he fainted away and remained unooriMiome for two days. Whets he recov- ered he was a (nipple for lifo, Ito sent the dieritoide bill to the railroad dempany and payment waa eefused. Then he sued for $10,000, and a jury has just awarded him $5,083 damages after four yearst of litiga- don,