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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times, 1887-3-31, Page 3RIFT AND 8 OR, LOVE AND VENGEANCE AMONG THE SMUGGLERS. Y, TRH MOST FASCINATING OCEAN Romettoe SINGE TRH DAYS, ON CGO.PHR AND MARYATT. CHAPTER XXXIV.--Tere Jewees TRH LOCHER. "No, no 1' IDolan gasped; "it cannot be ! They are here; they are all here still ! Who was Ou watch ?—who was it? They could not have left unebserved, Who was on watch, by the ravine ?—who? who ?" "1 was," said a man. And who more ?" "Beard, Tom Beard. He isn't the likely man to let anyone pass his watch without a brace of bullets ; or me, either. Nobodkcame my way." " nd who was here—here on the entte deck " " njamin." A , yes 1 Oh, fools 1 fools! To forget that—God, I saw him 1 They killed him 1 I remember all now! I saw the body 1 I turned it over and saw the ghastly, drowned face 1 Why, it is real 1 The danger is real Help 1 We are all lost—lost !" "Why what's in the wind now ?" sa Bowline savagely, advAncing npon Dolan. Ithe crew, too, took up the ory and look threateningly at him. Then Dolan, with a face as pale as dea itself, said, quite gently : " Whet's the matter ?" "You ought to know that," said Bowlin "What did you mean by saying all w lost, eh ?" "Did I say so?" "You know you did, andthat the clange Was not now." "Well, it is ; and all will be lost if yo do not do as I say to you—all will be lost but if you do that all will be saved. I wis now some of you to go down to the cabi and fetch up Captain Mocquet, the Frew captain. You know I destroyed his not of hand for the ransom; reed so I think you ought to have another from him and tak eare of it yourselves, me, brave mates When I meet you in Scotland eve can, dare say, think of some way of getting th inoney for it. "Oh, he's gone, too," said Bowline. "Gone 1" "Ay, Captein Dolan; you may reckon them all up now—Grace, Gerald, Mertin, Joeeph and Captain Mocquet." Dolan licked his lips and shuddered. "Who went into the cabin ?" "I did." "And—and you saw nothing—nothing ?" "Nothing." Dolan made two steeis toward the hatch- way and then he shrank baok ; then he made another step, and, turning toward Bowline, he said: "You are sure?" "Sure of what ?" "You saw nothing ?—you heard no- thing ?" "Not I. I suppose you are thinking of the gh st of the Frenchman's daughter you spoke o .,seeing when you were half out of your min ; but I didn't see her." "Well, well, in a moment ; I will come boa in a moment, my men only I have some papers down below which I should not quite like to ,go away without. That is all; v,e4 that is all. 1 shall only be a moment, and —Bowline !Bowline 1" "Well, what now ?" "1! I call out, will you come down ?" "Ay, ay 1" Thank you, thank you! Did you see if the cabin lamp was alight when you were there?" " VeittIWI—very good 1" Dolan slowly went down the hatch. Nothing but his cupidity could possibly have contended against his superstitious fears and induced him to go down into that cabin, in the little berth leading from which he had been so terrified by the sight of the French captain's daughter, whom he believ- Ned he had without the possibility of doubt, consigned to a watery grave. Rut in a drawer of one of the lockers—a secret drawer that he had with great pains constructed himself—Captain Dolan had secreted a small waives bag, in which wero some ten or a dozen uuset precious stones, which from time to time he had purchased at a cost of about a bundred pounds each, and there placed, as the most portable form in vshieh he could have that amount in mo- ney and which he knew wonld be easily con- verta,ble into cash in any large city. . It Was then, to get possession of this pre - elms deposit, that Dolan made his way id the main cabin of the Rift. It was a great confidence to him that the orew were upon the deck, and that he was so near living beings, even if his eyes should again be terrified by the sight of that spirit, as he had fully believed Marie to be, in the little berth. And although Dolan would not have had one of the crew down in the cabin with him on any account, and although his heart was full of the blackest treachery toward them all, yet he was most attentive to listen to every word that they uttered. who had so terrified him was safe and away, Her young heart was riven at the thought that Gerald could not love Iter as she would fain he should have loved her; but she was safe and otherwise happily far away from Bolan and the Rift. As if t fiend himself had been at his heels there Dolan rushed to the deck of the Rift, and the look of relief upon his face whea he reached it was great. He breathed deeply and freely, and one would have thought that no danger but the imaginary one lie had escaped pressed upon him. et, Then Bowline stepped forward and, amid 1 the silence of the crew, he said : "Captain Dolan, we don't want to spoil good fellowship or to cast any doubts upon you; but we have come to the conclusion that we should like to see into one of those seine chests of treasure which you have had iT in,your keeping so long." Nothing more natural," said Dolan. id "You have no ebjection ?" "Quite the contrary." ad "Then come on, Cap "Yes, and let there be such a search tail', at once." th through the caverns that there shall be no doubt left that Gerald and Grace are gone. I have been thinking, mates, that after all „). the plan I have sketched out for you will do as all the same; for they can't all of them tell more than one and that one (Gerald) had already told. it: The attack on the cavern r will not take place till the morning." Captain Dolan spoke truly when he said he had been thinking; but the result of his • thoughts was very diferent to what he said h it was to the crew. n What he really thoughtwas, that, although h Gerald, and Grace, and Martin and Joseph e had made their escape froni the caverns, the last thing they would think of doing would e be to betray him and the Rift. . There were many reasons why Dolan 1, thought he might safely come to that con- e elusion. In the first place, be had a very high opinion of the honor of both Martin and Joseph; and he did not think that either of them would betray his comrades, however much they might differ from them in their notions and wishes. It was the hold of human life that he wanted as he descended into the cabin, which he fully believed had been so strange- ly visited by a supernatural being. The lamp was alight. Swinging very gently to and fro with the light wash of the cutter in the deep seaca,ve, it shed a faint gloorn upon the various ob- jects in the cabin. It was a great relief to Dolan to find tle . little sliding door of the berth closed. At the entrance to the cabin he paused for a In ent or two and looked uneasily about the uti t, too, until it became absolutely %8 him, 'He strained his sense of hearing to painful; but all was profoundly still there. A confused murmur from the deck as the crew conversed together and the light wash th of the tide against the sides of the cutter ee were the only noises that he could detect. "It is gone I" he said "it is turely gone 1 pl Perhaps these things can only appear once. ti It is gone—it is surely gone—and that fear te is over." an The locker' was on the other side of the to cabin table and close to the slidingdoor of the berth. It was a sore trial to go to it, an but there was no help for it, With stealthy steps and a blanched facie and drawing his breath iii little short gasps, th Dolan, so full of feats that at some niomeute go he was almost inelined to give up his beg of le; jevvels and niako a, tush upon the deck to m, get out of the atmosphere of the cabin, slow- se, retched the locker. It took him about a minute to get at the secret drawer and then he clutched the bag of jewels. rai His courage was waning a little and he left the drawer open as he hastily moved tin away from the little sliding prtnel that led to the supposed haunted. berth, coy There was nothing to alarm Dolan, 1 lo might have gone, boldly enough to the look e er ; boldly eucnigh he might ban flung aside la i the acme of the little berth. The fait "WI ' Then as regarded Gerald. and Grace, he was not in possession of the facts that they had to go upon, and which were so well cal- culated to mduce a belief in their minds that they were not the children of Dolan. Little did he imagine that Grace had found a father, and that there was a fixed idea in the mind of Gerald that he, too, was some unfortunate who had only got, by accident or crime, into the hands of Dolan. Therefore was it that, by a series of self- delusions, Dolan stillbelievedthat the secret of the cavern in the cliff was quite inviolate, and would be kept so. And, indeed, if the reader reflects upon this portion of the subject, he willfind that, c after all, it is owing to the information that Mrs. Wagner gave that the smuggler's haunt o was really and truly discovered. But Dolan did not suspect her in that re- spect. He thought that, after all, her in- terests were too much identified with his to permit her to betray him. • And likewise, with the vanity and selfish- ness of men of his class, he thought that she must think a great deal too xnuch of him, personally, to play him false. Dolan felt easy in his mind. "1 shall destroy them all 1" he said to himself. "The Spray, or some other vessel bent son their destruction, will await them in the offing at ebb tide and they will sink or be captured ---I care not which; and then there will be a hue and cry and Gerald will be taken, and what with my letter and the testimony of Wright, he must be condemn- ed. Wealth, immense wealth, and revenge! —I shall enjoy both. What can I look for more? Yes, I think I will get rid of Wag- ner. I don't seem to care about her now. I will make up my mind to get rid of her and I will find. Grace again. When the Rift and its crew are all disposed of I shall have, be- sides, plenty of leisure and then I can find the girl. How beautiful she is! Old 1—no, I am not so very old. She grows day by day more beautiful. I must and will find her. I will claim her as my daughter and this man with whom Wagner was talking will lose the clue by her death—for she shall die 1" these suggestions, and more than one knit gleamed In the dim light "Let me understand you," said Dolan "Docs Bowline mean to say 1hat the weigh of these chestsis Wing to shot and old bal last being in them? Because, if he does, le him step forward and say so like a man." "1 didn't say so," "Then what did you say?" "Come, come, Captain Dolan. The day is going fast, end if we are going to get away from here at the ebb, we shall have enough to do. If yon can show us the money, I will own that I am quite wrong. If you can't—" The knives gleamed again. " vs hy, you will kiedly rnueder me," said Dolan, "Very good, 1 heve had some trouble in being your treasurer and this is my reward. Very good. Well, shipmates, you will have a job to move these chests on board the Rift, but if you put slings on them you will manage it well enough." "Tho money 1 The money I" "How impatient you all are ! There 1" Dolan knelt down by one of the chests and produced a key which he fitted into the lock ; but it would not turn, or he pretended it vtould not. The men got more and more impatient. "Come, come," said Bowline, in a sarcas- tic tone' "we can do without a key, I'll warrantwe will soon open the lid of a chest. We have opened a good many lids of other folks' chests without the key, and I don't think, mates, that we shall find it a very difficult thing to open our own." "Ay, ay 1 That's it 1" " Ah 1 there it is," said Dolan. The lock opened with a snap. There was an eager projection of heads to look into the chest and Dolan opened the lid a little way, crying out as he did so : "Now, mates, honor among smugglers 1" The rays from the lamp that hung in the centre of the cavern glittered upon a confus- ed surface of silver coins of all denomina- tions lying one upon the other. "Oh 1 that is the silver one," said Dolan. "My eye 1" said one of the men. "It's all right," said another. "Is it all the way down ? ' said a third. That makes it so heavy," replied Dolan, "but we will turn it all out and see." "No—no. Oh ! no." "Is Mr. Bowline satisfied?" ." It is there," muttered Bowline. Bang went the lid of the chest down and Dolan locked it on the moment. "We have little time to lose," he said, "but I will look for the keys of the others and you can have them all open before yeu take them on board the Rift." "No—no. We are satisfied! That will do 1 We are content. Three cheers for Captain Dolan 1" My good fellows," said Dolan, "there - 18 a shore -going saying which says: Don't halloo till you get out of the wood,' and I think we may apply it here. No cheers till you get clear off with your booty. If I might advise you, I should say get these treasure chests at once on board the Rift, and then you can place your own guard over them, and I shall feel relieved of a great responsibility." "Aye, ayei That will do." The crew set to work, and these cheats were then taken out of the recess in the liffs, and with a great deal of labor were airly brought alongside the Rift and slung' e n to her deck and placed midships as IlEALTH. Anointing the 1304. The practice of anointing the body with oil is very ancient. It Prevailed not only among the Romans, Greeks and Jews, but throughout Egype and the East. In Egypt, and to POMO extent among the Jew, it is an act of hospitality to anoint the head of each guest, Among the Jews, the copious pouring of oil on the heads of high priests, kings mid prophets was one of the chief ceremonies of induction into office. Among the Greeks and Romans ieunction followed bathing, and in the case of the weakly, preceded it. This prevented the roughness of skin that would naturally result from frequent resort to the bath—and the luxurious among the later Romans resorted to it and bathed several times a day. Much of the oil was highly perfumed. Iro. one small Roman city an en- tire street was lined with upeuent shops. Inunction was also generally employed for medicinal 'Purposes. The passage in James 5 : 14, doubtless simply means, let prayer to God accompany the use of the or - Mary healing remedies, At the present g o ks its influence cannot day there is a tendency to return to inunc• tamlY for some good purpose. Our warm, be resisted, It has beee observed that tion as a remedial agent. In case the skin moist summers produce a vast development marriee couples who have lived together for is dry and scurfy, the process will fully re- of animal and vegetable growth, which in many yeers, grow strangely like each other store its natural softness. Frequent bathing the fall, matures and ripens, then decays in manY ways—as similar mannerisms, sim. renders the epidermis thin, and thus unduly and forms s fertile soil for germs, those liar langeage, etc. Right here we may exposes the terminal nerves ; inunction would mighty relieve this. though microscopic enemies of suggest why assosiations are of prime im- health. Just when the baeoillus and the portauce. It is almost solely due to the At a well-known Sanitarium, inunction inicrococcus, the bacterium and the other sympathy predominant in man's nature. with olive -oil was tried twenty years ago in great and terrible midgets are getting ram. This fact may explain a ceuse of a thousand case of wasting disease. The results were pant and dangerous, along comes Jack Frost miseries. The toper's ruin and the gambler's so favorable that it has become a favorite and puts a stop to their festivities. They craze were all started by allowing false prescription in various forms of disease, are all frozen up solid, every one, and the sympathies to master them. Pope has beau. though, in most cases, cocoanut -oil is now autumn air, which a little while before, like tifully expressed this idea for us in the preferred to olive -oil, the silver mine in Nevada, had " millions famousli • In an article on this subject in the De- cember "Laws of Life," the writer shows that inunction hits been found to be more satisfactory in its effects when administered by a strong. attendant who is skilled to rub, rapidly and thoroughly, the surface of the body. The oil is more quickly absorbed, and there seems to be some value in the mere rubbing. Thespraotioe seems to be especially suited to cases hi which the stomach and intesti- nal tract are unable to digest fatty food. It has been practised with good results in cases of consumption (tuberculosis), at- tended with great loss of flesh; innutrition, due to inflammation of the digestive tract. From two to six times a week the applica- tion can be made, according to the patient's power of absorption. .1 -- Getting Ready tor Gerins. It is said diet a solution of pilocarpine, two grains to the ounce of water, imeeted into the tooth cavity will cure neuralgia Paused by bad teeth, From an eighth to a quarter of a green seems sufficient to cheek the pain in the course of an hour. NE171tALQIA.---A correspondent of the Lancet says ; A few years ago when in (line, I became acquainted with 'the feat of the natives when suffering with facial neu- ralgia esing oil of peppermint, whieh they lightly Applied to the goat of pain with a camel -hair pencil. Since then, in my own practice, I frequently employ this oil as a local entesthetic, not only in neuralgia but SYniPathY. All existing thing,s---itian plants arid ant - mals --are drawn together by some invisibie force ofsympathy, and essintilate ea,ch other's forms and qualities. Especially is this Milli- enee very prominent in the human race, Its importance ca,n hardly be exaggerated - It may be made the great lever of success or the trap-door of ruin. People are only in- fluenced as we arouse their eyrnpathies with eurselves, or some cause we have in hand. Many examples of this may be seen in our daily lives. The peddler on the street sells 18 W4res y appealing to a strong sympathy „ with our appetites ---the beggar gains hes ahilisntagoonti eN's'ist,h—IT'emhearekdaibtolY; gofootdhreeBsuolsteso'n wretchedness—the moralist convinces us by object by arousing our sympathy for his ilfeelica/ and Surgical ,Tonr-nal says, a plain capturing our sympathies for the right— diet of bread, milk, oatmeal, vegetables, and the poet leads us on by enlisting and fruit, with lean meat or fresh fish is our sympathies for the elevated and beauti- best. Exercise in the open air, The victim ful. These perceptible influences are large - of an acute attack will be righted by 1. ly and directly controlled by the will. But stinence ; 2, porridge and milk ; 3. toast, a the imperceptible influences are often more little meat and flee, and ripe fruit, thus, potent and more generally disregarded. coming to solid food gradually. 1.1nconscious influences in childhood leave The fear of cold weather is one of the an indelible stamp, because the chid's sympa- greatest of modern foes to health. What thetic nature is in its purest state. And does nature bring us the winter for C r even' Prepare for the annual spring cleaning up of house and premises. Now is the time to clean out of the cellar the odds and ends of perishable things which have been accumu- lating during the winter. Apples, potatoes, cabbages, all sorts of fruits and vegetables, which have been stored for winter use in the "dark hole under the house," which constitutes the average cellar, should be gotten out 'before they begin to decay, if they have not al- ready begun to fill the air with the germs and gases of decomposition. Clear away from the backyard the accumulations of in it, becomes the pure and unadulterated elixir of life, and so remains until the ver- nal sun loosens the icy fetters and sets them free again, when fortunately, most of them forget to awaken from their frozen slumber, and nature begins anew the endless alterna- tion of life and death. What a blessed thing is winter 1 Conquering a Bull. The following incident which shows what a powerful agent fearlessness is in conquer- ing a fierce animal. A young man by the name of Wilder was fond of a good horse, and was an expert rider. At one time he called at an inn to stay over night, and re - 'quested that his horse, a young and spirited animal, might be turned out to pasture, in- stead of being fed in the barn. When morning came and he was ready to resume his journey, he informed the landlord that he would go and catch his horse hinaself "Vice is a monster of 20 frightful mien ; .As, to be hated, needs but to be seen : Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We lint endure, then pity, then embrace." A Lawyer Outwitted. .At one of the supreme courts in England, about the year 1820, a boy was brought in as a witness, when the lawyer for the de- fence, supposing he would in all probability loose his case if the boy was allowed to swear, undertook to invalidate his evidence on the ground of his being a mere booby, appealed to the judge, who was inclined to favor the boy's giving evidence, as he seem- ed to be large enough to know something of the nature of an oath; but the lawyer, still persisting, said, "question him, my lord, question him; satisfy the court that he is nothing but a booby." Judge.—" I have no disposition to ques- tion the boy. Question him yourself if you ' e. as it was difficielt for a stranger to approach Lawyer, (to the boy)--" Boy, who made him. The landlord objected, because he had you te a savage bull in the pasture. Boy.—" Moses." Nothing, however, could deter the young Lawyer.—" There now, didn't I tell you man from catching his own horse, Be he was a mere dunce? He can't tell who laughed at the landlord's fears, and said, made hime, "If the bull comes a -near me, I'll give him The judge, still willing to favor the boy, a lesson 't he won't forget." said that his answer showed that he had fastened on his feet a pair of large, hea Before venturing into the pasture, vY' to renaember something about Moses at all he some knowledge of Scripture, as he seemed spurs, which he sometimes wore when rid events. ing horseback. The landlord evatched his The boy looldng up to the jucl e, said, proceedings with considerable anxiety. chips and garbage and rubbish of all sorts The horse and the bull were feeding near question?" " Now, judge, mayeit I ask Mr. Etwyer a which careless "hired help" have allowed . together and Mr 1,Vilder could t t h o gather during the winter months when CHAPTER XXXV. A MIDN/GIIT MURDER IN THE 0A.VBRIf. While these reflections were rapidly pass- ing through the guilty brain of Dolan, the smugglers were anxiously looking for a per- formance of his promise to show them that the large chests in the cavern actually con- tained treasure, in some shape or another. They pressed around Dolan as though they half expected that, by some means or an- other, he would.yet escape them; ared the coolness and easiness with which ke had ac- ceded to the request had not fully rea,ssured them on a point which had been for a long time a subject of 'uneasy speculation to many of them. "Come," said Dolan " since you must see those treasure chests, so be it. You will find I have done well for you." "Ay, ay 1 The treasures 1 Let's see them, captain," was the cry, as Dolan slip- ped into one of the boats alongside the Rift and was rowed to those steps that led through the chalk to the upper cavern. The lamp still burned there, shedding its mysterious light about the litrge, irregular place, and then Dolan went to a recess which vvas closed by a massive door of whieh he had the key, and putting it into the lock, he held his hend upon it, as he turned to e crew, and spoke with ease and assnr- ce " I had these chests made," he said, "in a, trtictilar fashion. I thought that when a me came for a division of our spoil, it =Id be better to have most of it in, gold d silver, even although itinight be weighty carry." "Nobody objects to the weight of gold d take it, mates," Saki Bowline. "Not a bit 1" was the general cry. "So 1 thought," added Dolan, " and erefore converted what goods we got te- ther into money, rather than notes, which gilt be burnt or stolen or exposed to ,ny accidents, besides there wee a sort of .urity in the very weight of these chests." " Ay, ay 1" " Try ono This one, now." A couple of the men with great difficulty scd the end of one of the chests. " M,y oyt-; and limbs," said one, " and is a 41,11 niolwy ft and your money, too, my bold and Shipmates, Your money 1" e -.Id j'uit like to see it," said tow- -1, I weighs heavy and so does old lot,1 Phew w4is shout a/Ming the crew at nearly as possible. Bowline took good care to keep out of the the way of Captain Dolan, but the latter would 'La speak to him. in " dear Bowline," he said, "you.110 were only mistaken, that is all. I forgive ePe you." sen " Oh.! bother," said Bowline. "1 don't Pr° want your forgiveness, not to say anything fev more about it." "m "Very well." sta It was perfectly astonishing how amiable tra Dolan locket; and it was only -when he was ,_501 quite alone in one of the recesses of the ' hos cavern that his whole frame was shaken by a suppressed laugh, and he said to him- self: "Twenty pounds' worth of silver makes ow a great show on the top of a chestful of old the chain cable. Ha, ha 1" 1 vict Every preparation was now made by the taug smuggler crew to sail out with the Rift on ' stiff the lirst turn Lof the ebb -tide. There was a not thorough searching and ransacking of the wer caverns, so that nothing of readily conver- I wit tible value should be lett behind, and that sku search convinced even Dolan that- Grace and Gerald had really, for the time, escaped him, • his horse without attracting the attention question you like.' Judge.—" Oh, yes, my lad, ask him any of the bull. The latter animal fed quietly Boy, (to the lawyer)--" Mr. Lawyer, who till he noticed a stranger approaching, when made you te he suddenly turned, and lowering his head Lawyer, (vei7 smart)—Aaron." andbellowing, he made a dash at the young Boy, k,t10 the judee)—" Well, Mr. Judge, e frequently falling snows have hidden ese sanitary sins under a mantle of white. e first thaw exposes these unsightly heaps all their hideousness, and. if they. are t removed, the warm April sun will eclilyset them into an unhealthy ferment, ding out myriads of active and disease - clueing germs, a potent cause of spring ere,. diphtherias, "contagious colds," and alexia." The best remedy for emits is plungaug the spurs deep into the sides of rvation. Furnish them no food, and like! the bull, compelled the frightened creature mps and other vermin, they will patronize to run and gallop madly about. The bull ne other back door where they find a more bellowed loudly, and soon stopped, conquer - cable reception. ed and trembling. Mr. Wilder then dismounted, gently pat - A Word for the Babies. ted the animal's side, and said, Good fel- nfortunately for the coming babies, our low 1 good fellow! You've given me a good n personal reminiscences do not extend to hard ride." first twelve months when we were the The landlord, who had nervously watched Line of the mistaken fondness of an un- the scene, was so much pleased with the ht mother, or the persecutions of a young man's brave exploit that he would -necked generation of nurses. We can take 210 pay for his night's lodging, and ever remember how we used to feel when we after gave himthe freedom of his house when h head lower than heels till our thin e obliged to lie across the maternal lap he chanced that way. .41111.1)04016 11 nearly burst from the pressure of blood we have quite forgotten about the dly sickness at the stomach from being ed and whirled and rocked and jolted omebody's bony knee, It is a very dine llection, indeed, we have about the pin torture which we endured, and for which the only compensation was an extra bottle of milk or a sugar plum when we cried, which only gave us a "wind colic" in ad- dition to our other afflictions. If a baby could only "rise and explain," wouldn't man. we read in the goog Book that Aaron made ed his enemy, aaid caught him in„ such a Mr. Wilder, equal to the emergency, dog - 'd a got in here ?" a „lf, but who'd a tho't the 'tarnal critter young man now had the advantage and manner as to spring astride his back. The could restore orderfor theuproarious laugh - It was with some difficulty the constables ter. toss And then the day drooped, and from the on s ocean cave they could all hear the rising rece wind, as from the southwest a brisk breeze came on, each moment mcreasmg in force, until the wild. roar of the wind, and the hissing of ehe surging sea, almost drowned all other possible noises. (TO BB CONTTS17ED.) Sleeping on a Bed of Adders. Mrs. Ellen Cushing, who, with her hus- band, has been engaged in missionary work in Burmah for many years, in addressing the Foreign Missionary Union at the emu- versary meeting, told the following incident of life in that wild couritry : "We had been travelling through the country away from any settlement, for several days," she said, " and one afternoon, when it was unadvis- able to proceed further that day, feeling very tired I threw a blanket upon a pile of dead leeves and lay down to have a quiet nap. I had hardly closed my eyes when, NV1 feeling something crawling on me, I looked self a to find with horror that it was a deadly brown adder. The reptile was nearly five feet long, and he was sliding slowly across me. To move or to cry out would have been instant death, so I determined to lie perfectly still and pretend, to be without life. Closing my eyes and holding my breath, I waited until the adder crawled calnead REMARKABLE FACTS. An eminent doctor advises scrawny girls to go to bed at 9 o'clock every night for six months. A yearling calf harnessed to a good-sized hand sled, and trained so that it will obey every command of its driver, is one of the attractions at Sioux City, Ia. A queer fish was recently sent to the South there be a list of grievances and misdemean- Kensington Aquarium. It was a stickle - ors for mothers and nurses to answer for? b amouse.th a Et ni cg°1ki English scientistsvernil cahr e l puzzledike anoldby I3efore you begin to toss a baby up in the so strange a departure. a.ir 9,nd catch it as it comes down, to jog it Railways in India. on your knee till its toothless gums chatter, At Sag Harbor, twelve -year-old Albert The capital invested in the Indian rail - to be kissed, or to subject it to any other of to chuck it under the chin, to pass it round his father and mother, grandfather and Nickerson daily sits down to the table with is estimated at 4161,917,840. Of way system, with its 'connected steamer ser - the hundred ingenious indignities to which gran Teo er an d th dgreat-grandfather and two tvhicisess'uni the Government have spent directly babies are treated, just pause a moment to great-grandmothers. _ _ r . .., £82,255,301. The capital outlay of guaran- think how you would like to be treated in While Captain Cameron, of l'o Fancl was teed companies stands at 471,032,838, and the same way yourself in some such "Jack- walking on a dock the other morning.EMIO t - that of the "assisted" companies at the-Giant-ICiller monster as you used to ing, a ball from some unknown rifleman 43,808,232. Native States—the principal in clreaan about. Give the babies a fair chance and see how a struck Isis pipe, carrying it all away, except little bit between his teeth. this respect being Mysore and Hyclerbad__ Knew His Own Weakness. It is so seldom -that a man is willing to acknowledge any deficiency in his mental make-up that this anecdote from an exchange is positively refreshing: A tourist of the Curragh was strolling round the outskirts of the camp with a party of ladies and gentlemen, when they foetid a man laboriously turning a windlass, which hoisted from a shaft a bucket filled with rock. The only thing remarkable about the man at the windlass was his hat, the crown of which was cut clear off, allowing a hot sun to pour dovvn upon a perfeetly bald head, some waggish friends having recom- mended this arrangement as sure to produce a crop of hair. The gentleman and his party stood watchifig the man toiling. unceasusgly at his heavy labor for several minutes, when the kind-hearted visitor spoke -up with con- cern, and said: "My friend, why don't you cover up your head? This hot sun will affect your brain." "Brain, is it?" cried the man, as he gave the windlass another creaking revelation. "If I had any brains, d'ye think I'd be here pullin' up this bucket 7" good natured they will ,be. Treat them The light from an electric lamp tower at • Davenport, falls full upon a, flower garden about 100 feel away, and during lest Sum- mer the owner observed that lilies which usually bloom only in the da,y opened in the went respect, and you will save your - good many wakeful hours, and a good many self -reproaches wben you become awakened to an appreciation of babies rights and wrongs. Notes. Sir James Clarke's Diarrhcea and Cholera Mean slowler along over my face. His cold, slimy phor body, in touching my face, produced such n three sensation that it was nearly more than I drops to do so mail the reptile had gotten away could do to remain passive, but I managed I like and my husband caane to my assistance, and any c Con some distance, and then I jumped up and r left si screamed just like a woman. The coolies i chloro when they stirred up the leaves on which II " had made my bed adders came squirming I -11,17o out in all directions. It seems that I had soap a ire.—Tinct, of opium ; twee of OM. ; and spirits of turpentine ; of each draehms ; oil of peppermint, thirty . Dose one teaspoonful. vulsions may frequently be cut short magic by turning the patiett on his de. The nausea as an after effect of form or ether narcosis may be gener- ontrolled in the sanse manner. client Tooth Posvder.—Sads of castile ncl spirits of camphor, of each an equal laid myself directly on a nest of them." 1 clu,alat puive Temperance Item. Judge—" your drunken fury you drew your pistol and dangerously wounded an un offending man." Cowboy;—" Yes, Sedge, that's about the size of it.' jitdge— 'Whisky has got you into sou - tuts trouble. If it had not boon for whisky you would not now be under arrest." Cowboy--" That's Where you're a little off, Jedge. If had been sober I'd have killed him deader than it door nail instead of only cripplin! him up a, little," ity • thicken with equal. quantities of rizea chalk and charcoal to a thiok Salicylic suet is used in the German army as a remedy f foot -sores, etc., instead of brace the growth Of intelligence as ono of " You must take gneri ke" ITIY wee - the salicylic powder formerly employed, It its most important elements. birdlime! Jack. Recollect that she's been is composed. of two parts of pure salicylic raised kind o' tender like Two acres a, day acid and ninety-eight parts of the best mut- is all ever asked her to plough, and an acre Mrs. James Farle.y,. "MOW lady abott of corn a, day is all she's used to hoeing. ton suet. ° 55 years of ago, residing on Shuter Street, She kin do light work, sich as maid& rade ; apply with the finger or brush. are responsible for an outlay of ,c4,821,379 on lines within their territories. When the construction of railways in India was first mooted, there were some who warned the projectors that caste prejudices would pre - night, a,nd that morning-glones unclosed vent the natives from using them; but it is an astonishing fact that in 1885 Indian rail - fell on thenl. It has frequently been ob- iheir blossoms as soon as the electric lic,ht seng3ers,2who paid for their fares the sum of ways carried no fewer than 80,864,779 pea - served that trees were most exuberant in 46,5 8,1 6. In 1884 the number of passen- light. their foliage on the side nearest the electric ' * r allied at 4070,754, aers was 73,815,119, a,nd their freight was .....____—,..see-asseese—as.....______ Conseienoe. His Birdling, Conscience is not merely a director for moments of action et decision ; it should be "114 ain't ev rybody 1 d trust my little , , a constant guide, urging every man to think gal to," said. old farmer Skinner to the love - rightly as Well as to act rightly, and to h'rn Young granger who had become enam- inerease ored with Miss Sally Skinner and wished to that end to enlighten his mind, his knowledge, strengthen his judgment, ; carry her from the loving care and shelter thus fitting him to pursue the duties and till i of the home 1")".t. "The " little gal," who was five feet the relations of life with ever-increasing excellence. Some people are accustomed and eleven inches tall in her bare feet (as to speak of conscientiousness and intelligence she was itt that moment), hitl her happy, blushing face on the dear, fond old father's as if they were something separate, but when the true kingdom of consciones he- shoulder, and wept happy tears as he said to comes established it will be found to em- the deeply moved lover : Mustard, according to Dr. Richardson, i8 Toronte, committed. suieide the other even- rail fences, and diggimg post holes, and , best applied by soaking a sponge with it, jug by bmiging, huBbud (lied about burning brush, and all that, but ain't used Tie the sponge up in it hertliclherchief and Iv- two months ago, and sho has been very des- to melt:. fuel wieet, and. you musn't ask ply the convex side, mustard. spouge pendent sinod thori. can be remoistened several times for re -PT. A novel edvertieing scheme was intro- to ,ive l't t t ' too tneoh of her. It's hard for her old dad , plication. It has been shown by actual experiment series of prodigious boot tracks worepainted Otters nov , eer go, hese°, and bo happy 1" 44 51111511400 417). 11011 IrIVO dneed by a merchant in Carthage, Ill. A to spli40 t hi 0Orfie70M1 and dig his own Ithat the water which streams down the win- leading from each gide of the seuare to his There will never ceiet anything porton.. clow of a close sleeping -room is so hripregnat- establishment. The eeheme, it is Said, ently noble and excellent in a cletractee ed with the ilexioes exhelatione of the sleep worked to perfection, fov everybody scented A 14 Mei 11111 appointed to en - which is a stranger to the exercise of reso. ; er that one drop is sufficient to poison a, curious enough to foliose the traoks te their quire into 44o Government's claire against lute self-denial. rabbit 4 destination, Colonel Alliyot, of the Nmth Battalion,