Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1887-1-13, Page 7•.FT AND SPRAY, OR, LOVE AND VENGEANCE AMONG THE SMUGGLERS, Tug, MOST Ens•oiNA'rixo Ooi Beisedemn Sinor Tun DAB or Comeau Aisle himixarr. CRAFTER, XIX,--Gunor Ileaus $eceer oo lalanieae RF,SCVE. There was universal, activity immediately and Dolan was still fitualdillg by the captan when he heard a voice cry out; " Gerald ! Gerald ! Brother—brother Ger 11/414 1 Oh, speak to me, dear ! Where ar ou ?" that letter which Dolan had affected to pre - Waco, there eould be no doubt but that I their raue ameinet the boy weld have been , quite eu leieat to instile his destruction. ' Gerald was very anxious to eeeepe. , The aaulflater of Geptain Mocquet had become very dear to Win. She escorted so to belong to him, so com- pletely to be his aad dependent upon him since he had upheld her in the sea and saved her from the death that inufit have come over her that he hada feeling on his mind e that henceforth no action of his life would ee be perfect unless she in 801110 way Sh0111(1. 1" be connected with it. And yet he loved ClTa0O. Deerly he loved Graee, but his heart had been taught to look upon her with the love e of a sister, while the feelings that began to be awiekened in his breast for the delicate and affectionate child of the French captain were of e very different neture, • And , yet poor Gerald felt as if he were guilty of some treason against his proper end just affections, ae now Grace held him in her arms end kiesed his lips aud sobbed out her joy at seeing him. Dear Gerald—come now and sit by me —oh 1 no no, yo are so wet, you will go and get dery clothes and then you will come to me. I have so much to say to you. C01110 50011-80 very soon, dear Gerald 1" " I will, char," Gerald did come soon. Ile, too, had much to say ; and his anxiety to say it was so great, that he trembled in every limb, and more them once was on the point of allowing his pent-up feeling the relief of tears. There was a pretty nook in the chalk ! cavern, where hung some rich tapestries that once Dolan had brought home from a wreck, he said. It was indeed from a wreck he had brouglit them, but it was a wreck of his own making ; and in that recess these two young and artless beings sat hand in hand ; and while they heard the wash of the water in the sea -cavern, and occasionally the hoarse sound of some order, they held council together. Standing like ine Image of a roMit, in a little niche of the cavern, that overhung the water, 0.0 whieh eommunicitted to it8 eurfece by some wide steps, end in th other elireetion of the upper cave, where w first iatroducedthee reader to the eecre haunts of the siniegglers was Grace. Eel light dress and"Reattifueheir swayed gently In a puffy kind of willa that circled round the sides of the iagern, and her voioe, lik a strain of music, echoed from roof to rock, and was deflected in e strange (mho from the Wend sea. ' • "Gerald ! Gerold ? Where are you, Ger "Sileoce 1" roared Captain Dolan. "What do you do here I How dare you come hith- er ?" " For Gerald 1" "Away with you 1" "No—no, Gerald—I want Gerald? Who will tell me of him ? Oh, will none of you speak to me ?" "All right, Miss Graee," said one. • "Gerald, do you mean 2 Is lie here ? I do uot see him 1" "Take the girl away 1 This is men's work here 1" cried Dolan. " Take her away, some of you 1" " No—no 1 You have killed him—I know you have. I am sure you have killed him You Dolan you 1" Gince uttered these words in the midst of tears and shrieks; and Dolan then °vied out savagely : , "is that the way to speak tb a father ?" "Father? Father ?" she said. " Oh, no —no—no father 1 I have no father ; Gerald has no father. Oh, no, no; a father is a something so kind, so good, so full of affec- tion and gentleness to his children.; while you—you Dolan—oh, I do not want to be wicked—but you are cruel to us ; and you have killed poor Gerald." There was a sudden splash then in the dark waters of the cabiu, and an oath from Dolan, and a scream from Grace, followed the plunge into the waves of Gerald from the cabin window. • "Stop hiin 1 Fire at him 1" shouted Dolan. " I will 1" "No, you won't," said Martm, as he struck up the arm of Dolan; and as the pistol exploded and the bullet struck off a piece of rock from the roof of the cabin, there was a murmur of disapprobation from the crew. Gerald swam toward the steps that led up to where Grace nr. s , standing, and the girl .ran down them, sl ererd'and slimy as they were, and with little; cries of joy welcomed hiin and helped him from the water." "Gerald, dear, you are well—you are not killed 1 Oh, I am so glad to see you, dear Gerald; end he would kill you now—now, e n. Oh, it is so dreadful! That man is our father—he cannot be. We have no ether, Gerald 1" ." Grace clung to the dripping form of Ger- ald with frantic eagerness; and then the boy turned and faced Dolan. "Coward 1" he said. Murderous coward 1" "Aix. You dare?" "Yes, I dare. ou would. have killed m VI e now—you fain we lcl take my life. You are a coward, Dolan, inc you are a villain 1" A suppressed kind of yell came from the orew, and then Dolan spoke aloud. "As regards shooting the boy, I had no such intention! It is for you, my men, whom he would have given em and betrayed to the authorities, to consider how far he merits your good offices. If you choose to take into favor the spy, the tra,itor, the boy who has learned to write that he might be- tray you .11, I am content—have your own way.""There is no occasion,d said one, "to shoot the boy." "The pistol went off by eccident. If Martin had let my arm be, it would not have done so." . "That may be true, mates," said Martin. "And as for shooting the boy," addect Do- lan—and the dark, malignant look came over his face in double terror—" as for shooting the boy, I would not balk myself by doing so for all my share of the plunder and profit of all our cruises. Ob, he is very safe with me." Gerald and Grace had now reached the top of the little slippery steps together and there was some apparent intention on the part of Grace, in the excitement of the mo- ment to say something to Dolan, but Gerald stopped, "NoAdeo,r, no 1 Oh -1 I do not." "I will not say a word, dear Gerald." "That is well. I have so much to tell you, dear." "And you are safe? You are not hurt. Gerald 1 You willenot go again from me?" "No—no 1 But we will soon leave this place, dear. To -night. toenight 1 ''Oh joy—joy 1" "We must to -night, but not alone 1" "Not alone, Gerald ?" No, not alone! Oh board the Rift, dear, there is another one whom you will love—one-Who. will love you so dearly, my dear Grace, This way. Come this way, We will go into the dry °every, dear. This way." " Yes, Genii - but who is the one ? Who will love miitayou say, and go with us ?" • "Oh, Grace, dear, I have such a terrible story to tell 1" "Once for all 1" shouted Captain Dolan, at this moment, from the deck of the Rift— " once for all, 1 wart you, crew of the Rift, that if you let that boy escape from this place, your lives are not worth twenty.four hours' purchase, for he will go at once to • the port admiral and betray all." These weeds produced an evident earn - motion, and die rough voice of the second command was heard issuing en order : i,i " A couple of Men on a eruise in the bay I ou, /Takes, and you, Peter 1" , "Aye, aye 1" "Who hold e welch in the ravine ?" said Dolan. " Andrews." ' "John, or his brother ?" "John," said a voice, "Well, my men, look to it 1 Look to it 1 " Tie all 1 say to you—look to it 1" " Aye—aye I we will do that 1" " But he 18 my son, yeti know ; and I don't ask you to do anything to my own flesh end blood I" rhere was no reply to this. But for tin tummy sensation ort the minds of the men that, after all, there was a something in the Whele transaction in regerd in Gerald and "Grace, dear, 1 ha,ve said to you that there was another." " Yes, Gerald." "'Thom you must love 1" ." You love—the—other ?" "No, yes—that is—no—not as I love you, Grace—not the same—oh 1 no—no 1" "Who is the other, deer Gerald?" " Marie." "Oh 1" "Marie Mocquet. 1 will tell you all. Oh ! dear Grace, you will be so glad to hear it all, and you will be so kind and so good to her, I am sure you will 1" "Yes, dear 1" Grace rested her head upon the shoulder of Gerald, and then inc low, faint voice she said: "Now, dear ?" "Now, what, Grace, dear—what?" "Tell me all and don't ask me to --to—" " To what, dear ?" "To say anything." "How strange you are, Grace, dear 1" "No—no, Oh, no. I am not—I am not. No—no—no 1" Grace burst into tears and sobbed as if her heart would break. She twined herself round to his breast and claspecl. both her arms about his neck and so clung to him and cried—Oh! so long and bitterly. Gerald was deeply affected. It was long before either of them spoke and then Grace's tears ceased and her sobs came less frequently and she was able to say very quietly : "Now—now, Gerald—now tell me." "Yes, dear." Then Gerald in a voice of deep emotion told her all the particulars of that, to him, terrible cruise in the Raft and how he had, at the risk of his own life, rescued from the sea the young French girl and how she had terrified Dolan and how, even then, she was in the cabin of the Rift lliding ; and how her father, Captain Mocquet, was there prisoner, whom he (Gerald) much feared Dolan meant ill to. And Grace listened to it all and still held Gerald round the neck, and when he ceased to speak and had told all she clasped him close to her and in a voice that was so low you might have sup- posed it to be the first faint twitter of a young bird, she said to him : "My Gerald—my dear Geralde-I will love her; I will—I do. It was a great and gallant thing to do. God bless you, Gerald, ever and ever. God will bless you, Ger- ald ?" "And you, too, my dear Grace. You will not be—that is, you do not feel—" She turned away her head slightly and then she said : no 1" She did not ask him what she 'should not be or what she should not feel, but that gen- tle "no" answered him and he clasped 'her closer to his breast and kissed her tenderly. "Now, dear, he saki, "what shall we do ?—what Can we do? We Mast be so prompt and so energetic. You, dear Grace, who are so clever, will think of what to Escape, dear Gerald; we must escape —semn—so aeon. Each moment is full of danger now. It is you, Gerald, who are clever; you who know the most and will be able to tell me what to do." "Would that I could, dear 1" "Grace!Grace 1" cried a harsh voice at this moment. "That is Mrs. Wagner." "Hush 1" There was the flash of a light and the woman who was in the confidence of Cap- tain Milan and who had endeavored to as- sume e control over Grace appeared before them. aro na coertietteran) The Professor at the Boarding House Table, "1 see," said the professor, biting off three-quarters of hie muffin and dipping the rest in his coffee, " that the newspapers are discussing the miestion Dime Idynag Pay.' What do you think' of it, Mrs. Fogg ?" " Well," replied the landlady, with sarcastic smile lighting dp her Severe feta tures, " I have had nothing but lying front you for the past four weeks, and it don't pay me. 1 think you had better board else. where." Yee," said the peofessor, pouring the eontents of the cream jtig over his oatmeal, " I frequently have." " Frequently have what ?" Asked Mee. Fogn. q -lad better board eIsewheee,'' replied the professor. And the coolness which then arose be- tween 'landlady and tenant was 80 severe that those who eat between them had their Cara frost-bitten. IBLALTH Oatarrh. Catarrhs should receive earefal, coneider- ation, instead of the negleet which they generally .meet with until they have fasten- ed on the part effected so inuell as to excite the attention' and perhaps alarm, of the eufferer, Here, however, we propose to say Ex few words about the causes of chills. A person in good health, with fair play, easily resists cold, 13ut when the health flap a little, and liberties are teleen with. the stomech or the nervous system, n chill is easily taken, and eccorcliogly to the weak spot of the individual asimines the form of a cold, or pneumonia, or, it may, be, jaun- dice. Of all cauees of " cold, Probebly fatigue is one of the most efficient. A jeded man corning home at night from a long days work, a growing youth losieg two -.1aotir's Sleep over evening parties two or three Ulnae a week, a ymeng lady''nosily doing . the season," and young children at this fes. dye season overfed, and with a short allow. once of sleep, are common instances of victims of "cold" Luxury is favorable to ettill taking. Very ' hot rooms, soft chairs, and feather beds (treat° a sensitiveness that Made to catarrhs. It is not, after ell, the "cold" that is so much to be feared as the antecedent con- ditions that give the attack 81 chance of doing harm. Some of the worst colds hem- pen to those'who an not leave the house, or even their beds; and those who are most ex- posed to changee of temperature, and who, by good sleep, cold bathing, aed regular habits preserve the tone ef their nervous system and circulation. Probably a good. many chills are contract- ed at night or at the fag end of tile day, when tired people get the equilibrium of their circulation disturbed lay either over- heated sitting -rooms or malerheated bed- rooms and beds. This is especially the case with elderly people, In mull cases, the mischief is not done instantaneously, or in a single night. It ofteu takes plums in- sidiously, extending over days or even weeks. It thus appears that "taking cold" is not by any means a simple result of a lower temperature, but. depends largely on personal conditions and habits affecting especially the nervous and muscular energy of the body.—.LondonLancea This discussion of catarrh and its causes in this high medical authority is a fair sam- ple of medical opinion on, this vexed ques- tion. It would certainly be difficult to avoid a cold on any specific wisdom contain- ed in the article. Colds are superinduced by a superabun- dance of carbon in the circulation. Those persons who are members of the English vegetarian society are scarcely troubled with colds or catarrh. Fruits and grains are as nuich superior to the vegetariau diet as it is to the commonly accepted. one. Good building material, with care as to quantity, and it daily bath with the usual exercise, will relegate these diseases to re- mote parts. We must learn to live, then we shall be exempt from all illness. An Avalanche. "How are they brought into desolation as in a moment "—Pathreir Alpine tourists covet the sight of a de- scending avalanche. High up the slope of the Wengem Alps, faeingtheloftyAneifrere, with its crown of perpetual snow, is a little inn for the purpose of accommodating those who desire to see the mid -summer aval- anches crashing down all before It on the opposite side. The silky, floss -like snowflakes which fall upon this mountain are as harmless as they are beautiful in moderate quantities. But when they fall in such excess of the quantity required for useful. purposes, they orm the basis for dangerous, death -dealing donsequences. I So with our food -supply. If we eat in sufficient moderation of properly selected food, it is capable of being changed iota the ' highest farm of vitalized tissues', allOrding energy for the muscles and mental force for the nerves. But, if the food be taken in too large quantity, it is, not only insuffi- ciently endowed with vitality derived from the vital fluids while sleeping in the stom- ach and the oxygen of the air taken into the lungs, but the vicious' excess clogs up the minute capillaries and loads the blood with impurities which endanger not only the h lth b t th lif of tl Evil 1 to bop ourselves, and, nitiniately, our Very " Teo mueh feed" should be written down as emphatically the course of ill health ; and abstemiousness" the proper remedy. for all the diseases to whieh weak m14,01114. humanity is dram's and inexpensive, though meet efficient remedy, Pure Air at Night, The season of the year is now here in whieh doors and windows are usually clos- ed and the matter of pure ear becomes one of serious importance. During the day, the air of livirearooms is pretty certain to he chenged more or leee by the frequent open- ing of outside dooes. During the night, however, not infrequently edI outside open- ings are tightly closed, and the occupants of sleeping -rooms might almost as well place themselves for the eight or ten sleep- ing home of night in an air -tight box, In the mornieg, pereone who thus deprive themeeleme of life-giving oxygen, the great aecessity of life, woke unrefreshed and dis- pirited, languid, pale and weak, with head. ache, giddiness, no appetite, and many other symptoms of the foul air poisoning to which the system has been subjected. This accounts for a very large part of the colds and other forms of physical wretchednees f which a good many complain at this season of the year, and Which is ordinarily ascrib- ed to the change of season. The syetem is tilled with impurities as a roma of defiei. cut oxygenation of the blood, and ao the body becomes in a high degree susceptible to all causes of vital disturbance. The re- ception of a few fever germs is ell -sufficient to taring on mi violent illness, by setting the to the f eveaafeeding material with whieh the tissues are filled as the result of deficient air cleansing. Ventilation of living -rooms is of great importance at all times, but the supply of an ample amount of fresh air to sleeping - rooms is doubly important during the hours of sleep. of Fare for a Consumptive. On -walcireg.—One half pint equal parts hot milk and Vichy, taken at intervals through half an hour. 8 A. at.—Oat meal with abundance of eream, little sugar; rare steak or lamb chops with fat, cream potatoes; soft boiled eggs, cream test; small cap of coffee, two glasses of milk. 9. A. at —Half ounce cod liver oil, or one ounce peptonized cod liver oil and milk.. 10 A. pint raw meat soup; thin slice stale bread. 11-12.—Sleep. 12.30 r. ea.—Some white fish; very little mac; broiled or stewed chicken; eaxxli- fiower; stale bread and plenty of butter; baked apples and cream; milk. 2 P. et —Half ounce cod liver oil, or one ounce paptonized cod liver oil and milk. 4 r. at. Raw scraped beef sandwich. 5.30.6 M.—Rest or sleep. 6 r. M.—Some, thick raeat or fish soup; rare roast beef or mutton.; spinach; slice stale bread with custard pudding, and ice cream. 8 r. et —Half ounce cod liver oil, or one ounce peptonized cod liver oil and milk. 9-10 P. —Pint ice milk; cup meat soup. 1-2 A. M.—Glass milk, if awake. Health Notes. A Maine doctor says bilious fever is a mild yellow fever. The best proinoters of health are, fresh am and sunlight. Bran poultice is said to be an infallible cure for poisou-ivy. A simple remedy for neuralgic headache is the juice of a lemon taken in a cup of black coffee. Changes of dress from thick to thin should always be made in the morning, as then all the vital forces are in full play. It is not always necessary to have teeth extracted when they ache. The nerve may be diseased and the tooth stilt' perfectly sound. "Enough is as good as a feast." Remem- ber that it is better to leave the table a little hungry than to suffer the pangs of indiges- tion after eating heartily. The habit of continual spitting which at- tends the chewing of tobacco and gums, in- duces debility, not only of the salivary glands, but of the system oenerally. us Ca, ! u e e le in curt ; 3113 . becoming an avalanche of destruction to al/ of the possibilities of life. Our health, our A ballet girl is au open muslin mnbrella enjoyments, our power to help our Mende, t 1 with two pink handles. ' CLOVIS COAT. The Size for fearteen years will retioire ;six yarde and, fivemightheof goods men ty- eighths of goods ,feitymielet nichee wide, four Macs wide, threo yatele :Led eve.. ,s li1,11, ,, .4141 .1441,,p n tJii,Y' 3 I Contrasting material twenty fom1 nrF i m width, or one-half yard o goort$ fot tym'glit Moises in 'width, will trim as Illustrated, Paeteeenseien sizes fax from twelve to sixteen yeats. Ptice tiventer,fiv eech.• I at, 1. V er. 0, , I r •••• -1.11 FARM, 9f the benefits of manual training ie the making of Mantle/ labor honorable. In all the pest, even to the 'present, manual labor has been regarded as servile, and therefore degradhag ; and many mi.. yeuth,' wile might have been a useful citizen in. some skilled employment has led a relative- ly worthless life on the outskirts of a profession, or mercantile occupation, for which he had neither taste nor fiancee. Seine horses appear to be born with the kicking propensity hugely developed; others acquire the habit, and do not readily part with it. To prevent mole horses from doinginjury to other ,animatels, or to peesone Passing behind them in the stable, acme guard is required which will act as a pro- tection without injuring the home. The kicking rail is 0 pole of about four inches in diameter, and as long as the wdth of the stall. It is best to have it seating by two ropes, one at etich end, rather than by a single rope atteched to the middle, The ropes by which the pole is swung atonic' be passed through and not around it, so, as to always present a smooth surface, and be entirely free from knots then the horse can hammer away at it to his heart's °outwit without injuriug anything or any one. The latest novelty in plows is at .present behig used in Spain. It works the land to a depta of thirty inches, aucl turns a furrow two feet wide. It is drawn hy two sixteen horse power engines. The implement is eon structed on the patent balance plow prin- ciple, but of very strong. proportions. It is a one furrow plow, but fitted with two skifers, the first turning a furrow sixteen inclies wide and fourteen inehes, deep, the second following to a depth of thirty inches, and turning over a furrow twenty-four inches wide, leaving the lead coinpletely loosened to a depth of two feet six inches. Drama by the stearo-engines, the account in a foreign exchange says it is possible with this plow to turn over four acres per day. In cases where it is not necessary to turn up the land to this great depth, but simply to stir up the under -soil, all thetis required is to take offthe last skife, and in its place fix a subsoil tyne, which will gcr to the depth of twenty-four or thirty inches. Guernseys are yearly becoming more pop- ular among butter dairymen and farmers, and their merits make them worthy of at - tendon. The grade Guernsey cows have produced records which are hard to excel, showing that this breed of cattle can trans- mit their sterling qualities to their offspring whether through full bloods or through the so-called native or common cows of the country. One of the best grade cows we ever had WaS the daughter of a son of the imported Guernsey bull, Sir Champion, and of a good native cow. Soon after her sec- ond calf, in June, on grass uldne, she made a weekly record of sixteen and three-quar- ter pounds of butter, which was excellent in flavor and rich in color. This was without any forcing whatever in the way of feeding, showing that, bad she been pushed with suitable food m addition to the grass sup- ply, we might have considerably =nand the record. We had other fi.ne heifers from this Guernsey bull, but did not have their capacity tested, being fully satisfied with the total performances of the herd under ordinary good management. A good many people drink disease and death by having out -houses too near the well. The "Annals of Hygiene" gives some timely advice on the subject, which we quote :—Let us remember that a well will drain an area, with a diameter equal to twice its depth. Therefore, a well twelve feet deepwill drain an area the diameter i of which s twenty-four feet, that is to say, that it will drain the surrounding soil for twelve feet in every direction. Obviously, then, the privy should be more than the depth of the well away from it, and more than this again, if it is proposed to place it on a higher level, which, however, should never be done. The well should be lined inside thoroughly with mortar, so hat percolation cannot occur between the drev- ices of the bricks, and it should be well cov- ered so that the surface drainage cannot get into it, for you want to drink water that has come into the well from the bottom, after it has beeu purified by filteration through the earth. Thus, then, these are the precautions to be observed in locating and building your well in the country. How about the city? Well water in the city should never be used ; the sources of contamination are too numerous and too hidden to be avoided. Superstition. In all ages man has found phenomena he could not understand. In ancient times all minds were cloudecl by fear and supersti- tion. Every unexplained fact had a divine significance. The more ignorant man was, the greater his demand for interpreters. The consummate knaves appreciated this, and the result was that the lower classes were duped and held in mental bondage. An eclipse might be a harbinger of death, or a dapof thunder the warning voice of the Almighty. Sickness was often under- stood as the action of evil spirits; unusual noises, were made to drive these malicious spirits from the body. In those days a soothsayer was the family physician. His knowledge ,and skill were directed to satisfying, or frightening away, supernatural things, letan then only lived in abject fear and slavery. Instead of gaining a mastery over himself he allowed everything supe- rior and mysterious in nature to rule him. We can scarcely imagine his wretched state. A brilliant lecturer has said: "Fear is the dungeon of the soul. Superstition is the dagger with which hypocrisy as- sassinates the soul." In this progressive age, saperstition although much modified is not yet extinct. There are many simple- minded people to -day who consider en epidemic a 'divine visitation. We hea e often heard sorrowing mothers bravely sey in the simplicity of ignorance: "The Lox giveth and the Lord. taketh ;" ("It is the will of God." Do these misguided' people know that Divine visitations always come to the ignorant and those whe willfully dis- regard sanitary las? Those people who allow filth and putrid matter to accumulate in streets and houses must prepare them- selves for pestilence and the wrath of the supernatural, The mother who does not work in harmony with natural laws) must not speak of Divine punishment, if God does not preserve her offspring. Instead of folloWing the ancient plait and allowing a knavish soothsayer to be our master, it is much better to call upon the immutable forces of nature. We should so utilize the elements, that instead of ruling they may become the servants of our wishes. The laWs of nature are strange indeed. If we disregard them they become most cleettetc- tive tyrante, but if we obey diem, they becobrie our servants. Lord Coliti Campbell has had o, parliamen- tary ettreer, but the Meet noteble incident in it was hie. bringing hie collie dog to the House of COMT110118 with him. ALONE i CENTRAL AFRICA, SZUS TA.r.<0.1.Z TO fr.3.8ND ..4k Rams EXAWITIQN .78 reeeue Ealin Within six yr sevn eweeks on expedition W 11set out 17:0 BeY and Capt. Cased, NV110 exe in Central Africa, where hostile eativee have cut off all means of escape. Ernin Bey has with him a small foree of Egyptien soldiers, all that is left to repreeexit Egypt's power in her emme. torial province of whieh he was Governor. He le a scholarly Ametrian and a courageous explorer. His white emnrade is an Italian traveller, who for eeveeal yeare has devoted himself to exploratioue in the Bahr el Gliazel mxxmd Welle Idelena regions, Egypt has eoutributecl S50,000 to the reeette fund. The total sum needed, emeordieg to the es. titutetes of the noted explorer, Joseph Thom- son, is OVOr $100,000. All the additimial money required has been secured in Eng- land. More than three years had passed since .trustworthy news of Emin Bey had been received, whe,n about seven weeks ago tevo letters dated Jan, 1, 1880, and written by the energetic. Governor himself, rrived itt Europe. They told very briefly the pathe- tie story of his bloody struggles with the /vlielnliatt hordes, and of the abandonment of all his stations along the upper Nile save one, where he gathered all his little world around him determined to sell the livee of his soldiers: as dearly as possible. He told of the battles in whieh many ef his faithful soldiers were etaughtered, and of the ruse by which he finally eecteped with the rem - neat of hie troops to take refage 'Among savage tribes far up the river near the great lakes. There he found further retreat to- ward the south impossible on aceount of the hostility of King :alwangs., whose terrible measecree in Uganda have made him fetn- 011sf Iall has goee well with Emin Bey, he is doubtless still at ox near Wedeli, a little northeast of Albert Nyanza, There he is liviug with his men, suffering greet priva- tions and amid many dangers. My handful of Egyptians," he writes, " ancl my naked negro soldiers lack the necessities of liie. For months at a time each man has subsisted ou a handful of durra meal apieee. We have no clothing. It is true that many mouths ago we began te makemi sort of cloth out of cotton we grew ourselves, but the production is scarcely one hundredth part of the demand. Although apparently aban- doned by our Government and severed from the world, we still try to battle bravely against the blows of adversity. Fax dime years the only news that Emin Bey received from the outer world had been conveyed to hira in the taunts of his enemies. "W0 have killed Hicks Pasha," the Mahcli's emissaries brouaeht him word, "we have kil- led Gordon at 'Khartoum, and now we are coming to kill you." Emin Bey was loath to believe the terrible news. "I think," he wrote, "it is as likely to be false astrue." Emin Bey's letters and the note to Dr. Schweinfurth which Dr. Junker sent ahead of him from Victoria Nyanza made a pro- found impression in Europe. "It wlil be an eternal shame," wrote Junker, "if Eu- rope does not act at once. The prestige of Europe has perished here. The rope, the rope for IVIwanga and his accomplices 1. De- liverance for Uganda 1 The rescue of Emin Bey and the reconquest of these provinces! It is only in the hope that these great and important ends will be accomplished that I retrace my steps to Europe." Caught in a Blizzard. Mr. Peter Ilaaxnegan, e, farmer residing near Glen Ullin, Dakota, gave a very inter- esting account of a recent experience lee had in a snow storm. "I was out prospect- ing near Cannon Ball River, south of Glen Ullin, and ix -as camped in a sheltered spot for the night. I had agoodsupply ofquilts and blankets, and made my 'bed in the wagon box witli thin boards for a cover, the cover being festenecl down by a rope which went under the box. Being com- fortably fixed I soon fell asleep, the horses being tiecl to the front end of the wagon. The storm came on during the night, the wind being in a direction to blow the snow over the bank directly on to the wagon and horses. I was awakened in the night by the breaking clown of the wagon cover from the weight of snow upon it. Mien I got out the snow was pouring over the bank ou to the wagon and horses at is rate that 'would have covered them completely in an hour's time. The wind blew a gale and the night was as dark as Egypt. Without any light I managed to harness the horses to the wagon, and moved a short distance to a point where the snow did not sift over the bank quite as fast. By this tinie I was wet with the driving snow and somewhat chilled, and the horses were wet, too, and chilled. I took two of my quilts and fastened one on each horse and took two blankets and wrapped them around myself, It was then probably about 2 o'clock in the morning. To keep from freezing I began walking backward and forward till day- break, and as the inorning brought no abatement of the stormI k.eptup the tramp- ing during the entire day and all of the following night and into the second day. In the afternoon of the second day there was a little lull in the storm. During this tinie I had no fire nor anything to eat for myself or horses.. When the lull came I cut some brush from the bank of the creek and succeeded in kindling a fire sufficient to make some coffee and thaw out some of my provisions, and thus I got something to eat. I was enabled to get water for my horses ancl get them feed on the tall grass rowing on the bank of the creek near by. he storm was still too furious to venture out on the prairie and I put in another night in the cooley. The next morninoT started for Glen Ullin, reaching home in two days, stopping over night on the way at a ranch on the Heart River. My horses were in an exhausted and nearly famished condition evhen I reached home. Too Smart for Her. Teacher (to small boy)--" Johnny, if you had eight apples in your desk, and you should give three of them to your mate, how many vvould you haveleft Johnny—" I won't tell you." Teacher*" Do you know ?" Johnny—" Yes'm ; butI ain t gain' to tell you, for ef I did you'd take 'ene away from me an' eat 'em fer yer lunch," Afeti°ll They clo say, asaeerecIeaetn!ing point, in the character of the Xing of Dahomey, that lie is fond of childrert, having three hundi•ed and forty-tevo of hie own. He likes them best fat, and steived with palm oil tend, pep- per, A peominent life insurance mat4in Hart- ford, Conn.,8ay.s,that his experience and the records of life insurance have showe him that young mon of 20 years of age who ab- stain entirely from ail kinds of intoxicating driiiks have a good prospect of living to be 64 years of ago; while the moderate drihk- er, at 20 years of age, can only expeet to live to be 351 years old.