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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1887-10-13, Page 2LOVE'S
the Anther of " Kann nIASSEV'S V.414E1100," "BEAV4CE'S ANurrroX," "Qt
LOVE Olt Inleseenene " GoLDEN "rhIRAM,"
CHAPTER INe---(COnneenean.) 1 " Rich !'' echoed the girl witli the groat -
i
e boasevept crose a long stream est contempt. "As if I wined for money !
'Tht aof
" Then it is not Mr, Poneenny you, want
ht merino' from an open window, and
to tallabout-- ha him no ether recommen-
datum. W ell, who m the latest victim '
No One. I—we—are awfully in—in
earneet."
" We ?" AlissVerechoyle uttered the word
in a tone of surprise, put her arm about
the young girl's ehoulder, and said, "Go on,
dear—tell me. Whom do you call 's.'e' ?''
"I am afraid "—nervously biting a long
ehining tress a her hair, and hiding her
pink cheek with it—e" it is not what you
authorities ; and you know whet the result
they could eee that Lily was standing on the
terram alone, looking towards the lake.
Take mo in there—to the steps," Hya-
cinth s aid. "All is spoleeu between us that
need be for ever."
"Allis net spoken; there is this to say
till," he replied doggedly, with a savage
look. You snail either prorniseno marry
nee otal will go up to Loudon to-roorroev
and lay the whole case before the proper
•vvould call a good match at all ; but we love
of that will be. I swear, Hyacinth, that I
each otleer very much, and he has enough to
will eithernave you or ruin you. Take your keep me and doesn't want a fortune, he
hoiee now. says," whiepered Lily. '
She sank down again upon the cushioned,
" vh, doesn't ho? They all say so, we
seat. She did not speak, but sat with her know. Come, child—tell me the name of
almeist colourless lips pressed tightly to despair. this hero of yours."
gether in the sullen resignation
" Well, he is a hero—indeed he is," re
-
Finding that she kept silent, he contitun
plied the girl, tears of emotion filling her
ea, after a moment, not heeding the light in blue eyes. "He fought through two cam -
'ken beautiful eyes, which ought to have told
paigus, in Egypt and the Soudan, in the
ilisa that the evild creature before him was
mat yet. tamed, and that from defiance eye _ray.,
mm n'.!in:-s, as a common liorse-soldier--a troop-
ight turn to strategy, and so escape hi— yacinth turned away her head sharply ;
after all— - her Hp was quivering, her proud face con-
vulsed with emotion. The thought of that
morrow, ,as soon as this nonsensical claming other trooper who had also fought, but had
Le over, 'telling him of our engagement and
not come home to be called,a hero, iushed
askiug his consent —a mere -form, of course,
into her mind. For a few minutes she sat
—lid give it to yell to pest or not, as Yell speechless and trembling, while Lily watch -
deem best. But you will send it, Hyacinth
ed her, afraici even to caress her, thinking
—will you not? Listen tome,"
that she was very angry and disappointed.
He lifted the paddles into the boat, and
" Are you very vexed, dear? I—I
tried to seize .her. hands and. kiss them.
couldn't help being fond of him.. You don't
But she wrapped them in the folds of her
know how " good. he is—how much he loves
mantle and burst out, With a loathing and ae—how_ e
Inatred in her voice which were ahnost 1"
" He ? Garret Croft, I suppose? Well,
-fiendish— - Lily T. thought you had. more ambition than
that. You might be a countess, if you were my engagement, as I heard you did lasb
.iDo not touch me, sir—do not ! I will ,
eatiffer anything bnt that ! if there is no
so minded, and yet you fall in love with the night' And give your lover clearly to an-
other way to save myself, and you will not
son ot an Irish landeageot, a man who isnot derstand that when he takes you he takes
you portionless ;" and she turned her white
•ialke payment without forcing me to utter even a landowner himself 1 Why, child,
, meaningless vows to you, (be it so.; but to
what put such folly into your pretty head? face round, hard and defiant, as though the
the degradation of eeceivinie what you please
The man cannot give you a hundred a year would have said, "Ask me no questions. I
shall do as I please."
eno call love 1 will never submit—never !
for your dresses," interrupted Hyacinth,
Bring me your letter to -morrow, and. set me
forcing herself to consider wlsat her sister Lily looked at her silently for a minute;
then, coming to her side and touching her
-asheire now." was telling her, and indeed deeply disap-
go ansevered her merely by a bow of the
pointed at the girl's choice. lig,htly on the arm, she replied—
',head as he turned the boat's stern toward
"Folly? Oh, no, it isn't folly, dear 1" ' Well, Hyacinth; you have been very
the steps. He was the victor—he could
pleaded Lily excitedly. "We are awfully good to all of us, dear, and I have no right
to expect anything, although, from what
afford to wait. sensible—just as if we were not in love at
They lauded and walked along the ter -
all. We discussed everything, His father you have always said, I did expect you to
race together, no other word passing be -
wants him to take some of the agency work, act differently. I know Garret will talte
tween them; and five minutes afterwards
and live in an old, old house all covered me in my plain white gown as willingly as
he saw her waltzing dreamily with Lord
• - with ivy—as old as this, Garret says, but —if I brought him riches • and—and —I hope
Avenmore, as calm, as beautiful, as con -
not so large—close by the Nore—the dear I do hope you will be as happy as I know
I shall be."
the lean passed through the terrible ex -peri.
"But living beside the Nore in an old
She paused, but there was no answer.
nempttious of all about her as she was before
Irish river that father used to tell us of."
once of the past hour upon the lake.
house—something like what the Grange Hyacinth stood close to the closed portion
"'How wonderfully successful women are
was before I spent a little money on it, I pf the latticed window, her forehead pressed
in coiacealing their feelings I" he muttered,.
suppose—won't pay for year hats and gowns against the glass, her arm hiding her face.
making his way to the supper -room, being
and gloves, child, no matter what fancies The girl kissed the white neck, and then,
sorely in need of a glass of brandy to brace -
you have about it ; and you could do so after lingering a minute or two longer, left
his nerves after this victory that was so like
much better," said Hyacinth a little sharp- the room, sorely perplexed and sad in spite
i "How could. you manage on seven of her own areat happiness,
,
defeat. "But for every word—ay, for every .y.
, hundred a year. with no maid, no horses, Hyacinth, left alone, stood still for some
scornful look of to•night she !hall kneel,to,
turning your dresses yourself, and getting minutes, not listening to her sister's retreat-
nie and ask my pardon with bitter tears.
Then, having steadied himself with bran -
your boots made by a. country shoemaker ?" ing footsteps, or thinking of her at all, but
der, he went back to the ball -room toapolo-
" I know. wno,t poverty is; I have not for. plunged once more into her own deadly grief.
__,.,rr-ble to a forgotten partner, and. whispered gotten the Grange. But he will not be very Suddenly she raised both her hands and cried
aloud— -
the news of, his engagement through the
poor, and—oh Hyacinth, I shall have him,
room—a. piece of information which, when it
and that is better than all the finery in the "Yes, I have decided; I will go as he
reached Garret Croft, almost struck him
world because we love each other 1"—and went, where none shall know me. I will
dumb with surprise. the girl's^ beautiful face reflected. the love not wed that man; I will not so sin against
that was in her young heart. • myself. And I will not bear the public
CHAPTER X. Hyacinth looked at her sister with envy shame. I stand in a dock, and witness the
inher eyes, but she only sighed deeply and a ,
aaony Of my fatherand mother, the triumph
An open latticed -window, set in a wall of I will go away. I
great thickness, with ivy and climbing roses
"You despise such things, I know," Lily of my enemies 1 Never 1
will -stand over his grave and tell him that I
turned away her head. •
an the outside, and a dainty lace curtainlove him, and ask him to torgive me. Let
continued, after a pause, only seeing that
-Within draped back with a broad band of who will have the money ; whether I live
"I shall write, a letter to yourfather tO7
received ? But you cannot open yonr mouth
to me ou that, you know,' rabid I:Lyn:44th
Wit44Pe;feCiten
CTntWP°8nitliel:
"It Adffrnle—I love Garet;
but you—oh, eaeely on don't love Captain
Haughtoul"
"No, most certainly not, child 1"
"Then, why—why Lily stopped,
tOQ utterly distressed to speak.
" Why do I allow nine to write to my
th
faer 1 Child, do WOneele marry for love
nowadays ?"
"They ought to, or they ought not to
marry at all I cried the girl, speaking from
her heart, " I, though eo 'much younger
than you, can teach you as to that, for I
lenoye what love'true an cl honourable love,
is." nee nnelt down, and, clasping Hya-
cinth aboub the waist, eontinued, "'Dear
sister, you never told me, but I think that
when you received All this money that you
have made us so happy with you have loet
soinetlaing else—sometbing that I couple
with poor Glynn's disa,ppearance or death."
The form the girl clasped in her aims
trembled from head to fa )t. She went on--
"I know you have not forgotten him
and you could not care for this mean -no,
you could not! Do not marry him, darling
—do not! Oh, believe me, it is a sin—a sin,
Hyacinth I" -
The words were spoken with all the
weight that love and inteuee earnestness can
give; but nlyacinth's only reply was to re-
lease herself violently, and, walking over to
the window, she leaned her proud unhappy
face on her arm. -
The young girre happiness; her love, her
willingness to make a "bad match" when
she could so easily have made a goocl one;
filled her elder sister with a paseion of envy,
of wild regret, of vehement longing to live
that one eventful hour of her past again,
that, like this child, she might choose the
"better part." Struggle as she might, she
could net control her feelings.
" Go away 1" she cried, with a tremulous
voice. "Go away, and leave me in peace
You know nothing about me --of what I
have done in the past, or what I am about
to do in the future. No—wait ! You must
not contradict ally one who speaks to you of
pate blue ribbon, revealing the interior oE
low-ceiled square room furnished with, the
Ilighest and airiest of satin -wood. chairs and
tables, the, prettiest of chintz -covered sofas,
the brightest of rugs and emleroiciered Per-
eian mats upon the sombre floor, its sunny
-painted walls gay with water-colour drawings,
and mirrors set in wreaths of Chien. pink
and gilt roses, cent eating strongly with
its low hea-vy ceiling with one great beam
of polished atid carved oak supporting it, its
-black floor, and Re little square window
overlooking the sullen lake outaide—for
there were so many shadows of high walls
and towers' and great branching trees about
-i that only a little strip of Houghtowater
.could sparkle in the sun as other lakes do.
The lady sitting silent, and motionless in
the cushioned window -seat kept her eyes
fixed upon the lake below. A dainty tea -
service stood on a little blue lacquered table
near her; but, 'except that she pnalied it
sway impatiently when the servant who
brought it in had left the room, she took
no more notice of it than she did of
' the clustering tosei about her window,
her sister looked very pale and stern, and
or dieal shall be doing- for his memory only
never guessing that her words were wounding
what he didfor inc 1"
her most cruelly ; " butforgive me, dear ,
Hyacinth—does wealth mole one happy (To BE CONTINUED.)
after all? Ask Yourself.' ,.. •
.
"My wealth -has done a great deal for
you, and for my brothers, and for my
father and mother. Think of the squal-
or and misery that we were all brought
Good Sleepers.
During the lonndays of summer the Run
sian peasants live almost. without sleep,
r 01.1MPRY. Dee Coming Mall.
vent some invormashim, shust so quickly vot 1010,
°REM.MEANS or PnOVenenn Sirirsis ron H9NY X 811111 Wing YaNYCO oup to been der
%HE WINTER,.Vor efeetc?,};nry Timne'eein to "me de brosbeet look eel'
harder
• The following advice es to a oheap mesita To make del, coming mon imbrove upon dot going
of providing a shelter for the winter is giv- redder.
e04 in the . 'as beddher he vas More like me, a Denteher Wain
The season will soon draw nigh, when if en t nnin .
en absfe hin
ees peess mid grown oup to been
yott would avoid roup and its kindred disa dude.
-
eases among your fowl, you must be pre.
pared for their Proper care And Attention. tidn°0tuztc1(11rocext)sitiabIctebtaddoctegetoYalfrl alUr(inlIlecata
Vo1iingtOii to be,
You can net safely crowd your, pets into
confined and limited nnarters ; neither can F..o he oan let der councltry know he schtuovuter vos
You allownhein safelY to roam ,and roost attjaci g?iastotz.,eheap advercinwg dot he (100,1 could deli a
largo, in trees, upon fenees and open shedi
at their oven sweet Wills. nen Innen) lets der dreesal4no undil der fruit dhey
A proper home lutist be provided for their beii
Und dhen dot feller he looks oudt und gets der lion's
share.
Some say 'tvaa beddher dot you teaoh der young
ideas to shoot ;
Vell, I clink dis aboudt'id ; dot advice icl ra8 00 goot!
Dot poy vonce dook hoes brodcr oudt wad dhey blay
Villiam Tell,
Budt Yawcob vas no shooter—he don't do pooty
yell :
Dot arrow don't go droo de core, budt id vent peaty
oear-
Shust near enough to miss id ,und go droo hees
broder's ear,
winter comfort Ilus does not prescribe
that the same must be elaborate and expen-
sive. An expensive poaltry house is hot
necessarily any more comfoetable than
would be one of more moderate pretences.
As far as we have observed the chea,per sort
of houses are generally the more comfortable
Most beginners melee their first mistake
in the matter of buildings—beauty being
preferred to, comfort and utility. What is
wanted is cheapness, combined with dura-
bility, comfort and convenience.
For winter purposes, and to ecoommodate
surplus stock, the cheapest possible style of
house is all sufficient,
A safe and cheap one would be a sort of
"lean to," built against the poultty house
or outbuilding, which could be removed in
the spring, or as soon as the surplus etc,*
has been disposed of, and can be construct-
ed at but little if any expellee, especially to
farmers.
Take any sort of old lumber rails or lopes
mud lean them against the building where
you desire the fowls to roost, and batten
them, closely, and that the in e dor may be
perfectly comfortable, and frost proof, cover
with straw and fodder. „
Such a- retreat can be built by any one
possessed of a pair of good stout arms and
legs, and that too, without the outlay of any
extreme amount of castle capital, and re-
quires bat little if any mechanical ability.
The longer these structures are made, and
He dravels mit bees in efery kind off
vectder,
Und dough he vas a deliverance poy, somedinaes he
dakee header:' '
I don't know ShilBt oxactly vot dat vas—'tis vorse as
Shust like he stnee cyglone und vallr righdt off on
his ear I
I ask von time aboudt id, bucit dot poy he only
gremlin.
Und say I beddher try Id vonce, dhen maybe I you'd
" tuxublo "
Dot Yawcob says dot ve vas boor: und lia vants to be
richer,
Und dot der coming man must been a „virsi-glass
pase-pall pitcher ,•
He say he must be " slitriking oudt," und try und
" make a hit,"
Und dells ine I vas "off mine pase " vhen I make fun
off it ;
-Vhen I say he seen must baddle hoes canoe "oudt
OB der schwitn,"
Ile say dot von off }Ionian's shells vas goot enough
for him.
Dot Shakesbeer say aboudt der son At's brofligate
mid vild :
" How sharper as a serpenVs thanks vas been der
toothless ehild . '
the thicker they are covered with straw got dot' deedle dwisted ; I mean clot thanldess
or fodder, the more comfortable will - youth.)
be the 'fowls. Jack Frost has but little to He cuts-hees poor oldt lacier more as .0 serpent's
do about such a retreat, and the birds will
Und dhoeonfider,breverl, dells us dot der shild he must
come out all right in the spring with nice obey,
bright red combs and wattles and will have Und dot e'ef. you should shpare der rod you sphoil
him righdt away.
Yell, Yaveobi he vas, pooty goot-1 guess 1 dou'd
gomplain.
rsometimes vish, mineself, dot I vas been a poy
contributed their fair share to the` winter's
supply of eggs.
POULTRY NOTES.
There is a tendency among fotvis, tots )5ilinalpniay mit ese-palland dake headers vhile
among animals, eo breed backwards. ' Iv can. ,
During warm weather lice in the poultry prings hill cam mit kindness, und I risk der coming
1010.
Let neighbor PfeiKer use der shitck, vhile Otto howls
-and dances ;
111 shpoil der rod und shpare der ahild, I dink, und
dake der shances. -
house will breed with amazing rapidity.
The best and most natural floor for a hen-
house is bare earth, if it can be kept dry and
hard.
Fresh bones from the batcher shop, pound-
ed fine, are superior t. the commercial bone
meal.
Poor shelter, bad care and feed, will, in
a few generations, make scrubs of the finest
blood stock.
Fowls seldom tireof miik. They may Eat
too much grain or meat for their health,
but milk in any form is palatable and
healthy. ,
It pays to keep chickens in town. leuild
a small house and yard. Put in a dooen
good fowls and they veill ampler repay you
for the care and feed.
The fceshest eggs are the heaviest, and
whemplaced in a pan of water will sink to
When ortnue beams upon your path with a rad -
..he 'bottom at once. Older eges will sink
partly, while stale eggs will fioat,on top. I And 3 as strangers "the days of
. yoauncsebsolaugrfiane, b
A Canadian fancier says carrier pigeon auld lang Zlis5e,"
intended for exhibitionshouldnot be flown Don't fret if when the scales are turned—for rtll scalts
itlurn, 3rou know—
e- "
after one year old, as it somehow seems to y u , odd though it may seem, to pass you
keep the beak and eye wattle from fully de- bY)jue,st so.
veloping.
A lump of alum in the, drinking water search for pelf,
will greatly assist in purifying it and pre. Soul at laest llis laid in silent state and pomp upon the
venting cholera, though it is not given as a Your heirs,,
is fighting for your gold, shall find no
care. Being Cheap and inexpensive, it time to weep— "
should be used extensively. ,
The Golden Rule -
BY C. er. STA:MIT.
When you see a fellow-mortii goingon the downward.
' track,
And you gently urge him onward, when you could
. have held hitu back,
Don't you be surprised, my ;friend, if.at some not
distant day
You should find the world is helping you in just the
self -same way.
And when, in selfish pride and scorn, a careless
word you throw,
That blots the fair name of another forever here be.
low,
Remember, though the road is long, it will always
give a turn,
And the coals you place for others' feet, your own
may chance to burn.
And when you spend your earthly life in one long
Sunflower seed is liable to heat when
thrashed and placed in a pile. The safest
way of keeping it for fowls is to ciit off the
flower heads when the seed is ripe, and pile
up in—think of our mother, ragged and except that which theye snatch at odd mo- it loosely till thrown to the fowls.
penniless—of ourselves, and the contempt ments,—at meal -time especially. Naturally
S
we were held in—and think of the Grange they acquire a facility in falling asleep any- tharthewho efiehave edfisht
shoiafthfefowls and
tnies,ircaeggs
now 1 Money is not to be despised, Lily," where, and. Mr, Robert Bremner gives a have a fishy taste. We have fed fish freely
said Hyacinth, with a tremulous voice. rather entertaining sketch of their perform- to fowls in the spring, and never noticed a
"No ; but it is not happiness. There are ances id that line, in his e` Excursions iu
bad flavor. Cook the fish before feeding.
things it cannot buy—things dearer and the Interior Of Aussie." Some of our nu-
more precioue even than the pleasure of merous sufferers from insomnia may well One of the best, as well as the simplest
benefiting one's family and aiding peonle in read it with envy. Poverty and hard .processes I have tried for domestic use is to
grease the egge thoroughly with lard. ,Every
need—as you do, Hyacinth—things 'belong- manual labor m
have at least soe compen-
ing to our inner hves—that money cannot sa,tions. part should be touched, and to insure this it
•
give us," urged Lily, clasping herhands and What stuck us most in regard to these
giving vent to thoughts which she did not slumbering scenes was the suddenness with
know were in her heart until that .moment which the men fell into repose. Some people
called them forth. are said to be able to command sleep the
Hyacinth etood up, arid with a couute- moment they court its favors; and the
nance which all her efforts could not com• Russian peasant would seem to have the
pose began to vealle up and down her pretty
or of a groupe of young women who were same power, for he is asleep as soon as his
tools are thrown down
:sitting a.nd lounging about the terraen below morning -room.
ben cliscussing the ball of the ought benre.
They and their half -silly, half -spiteful gossip
did not concern Hyacinth. She was think-
ing of the life she had led. for the past five
years, looleing upon it as something done
with for ever, divided from her future by
her husband's nra,ve in the desert.
She sat with her head bowed and her,
nhands lightly clasped, thinking, planning,
resolving, until a quick tap at the door and
Wee 'g 'd dadmission
enceesed.herlrorn her wretchednese.
Of • BtI lf" h d ad, •
" You are right." the said, more as if she
were cernmuning with her own heart than
answering her sister s words. I have spent
any wealth, not simply on myself and dainty
fancies in lace and ornaments, but upon
others—in making others happy. I have
lightened the heavy, burden of poverty in
many -homes ; I have giVen,a 'helping' hand
to many a struggling young man and wo-
men; I have made the declining years of
many smooth and peaceful and I have done
it an so secretly that eveo you w A elinsChley-enan falls asleep standing ley the contrivance ia elevated enough to keep Like rnost of tlm professions in Perna
may be best th dip the eggs into the melted
lard. -
There are two varieties of guineas domes-
ticated, the common or speckled, and ehe
white, the latter not 80 well knowa, beiag
comparatively new. There are several wild
varieties, their native country being North-
ern Africa,. -
A French remedy for diphtheria among
You sowed no crop of love or tears, no love or tears
you reap. ,
That tiny of Ours.
?iv BIMOND.LYONS.
"For what shall we prepare our boy,
Now 10 the cradle dreaming 1"
My wife's fair fee+ with all the joy
Of motherhood waS beaming.
,01 course; I know. Iihpre honor showers
Mon fiercest strive, and longest,
But; etill, think, this child of one
May combat with the 'strongest.
"The lawyers ? Yes, they capture fame,
Andhe would well adorn it.; '
But to defend a man whose naive
Is mentioned but to scorn it.
Is not a task that he would love—
He frowns as though he knew it—
And yet to rise the ratks above
Our boy would have to do it.
" A doctor? Ah, the tender heIrt,
Keen brain, firm hand are needed;
lathe great, gracious healing art
Not many have succeeded.
A doctor's life is fillcd with care,
That heavier growe and greater --
One moment of the vacant hour is given ' Our boy, but six months lying there,
_
to a scanty meal (an onion and a fowls is to mix together turpentine and tar, ,
piece of i ..etay think.of physic later.
rye -bread need. but little, carving) and all ' and burn it in a tight room where the dis-
" God's loyal minister? Ah well,
the rest is bestowed on what, next to drink- I eased fowls are' temporarily, confined. It is • We,,dare not choose his calling ;
bag, seern,s to be their favorite dissipation. ' claimed that the tenacious meMbrane bo- suppeee we wait till he can tell
The positions they.choose for this purpose cornet edenached,.. arid a cure -,i9 'at once, en, 01 hopes around him falling.
And if at la,et we found he had
are eneften most surprieing. Where a piece fected. One wish and we another.
of ,pavement is under repair, in a crowded ' A convenient vessel for the foWls tO drink- His ruig,ht be best, but, there—cu. bcy
sleet, you may see them' sleeping among ' out of is made by sawing off about six incheS Awakes and Wants hie mother I"
. .
the [donee and mud, liable to be run over of the top of a pail keg_and setting axone-
' •
b the :firstewheel - , mon wash basin in it. The rfin of the basin e
Persian AstrolOgers. •
" ' will just lap, over the edge cf the keg, and
, Hyacinth dear, ms.y I come in ? I sent . myse —s e pause I n , his horse'e sheuldee, and leantn his head • . .
41 0 It —
you up soine tea. Did non drink it ? fixed her eyes on her sisters face—" I baVe on thn 00 aniin 1 tlie fowls froin ecratching dirt into th the knowledge f tl d
, not known an hour s real happin s ince ear fdi fear of disturbing him In short, a
et do your head any good ?"
death.
) Ru s n slee s 'never attitude,and onevery Roup may generally be traced to want oi does not Ik on` hiznself as a charlataia ;110
- "Yes Lil and you may come in ;" and mY e a
Hyacinth put aside the thick tressee that Lily made no reply; she was. always a• kind of bed,7 _r s
sitt* Yo taudin on v'the cleanliness, improper ventilation or undue is quite serious as he predicts that the Asy
HOW Xargarnt Drew- flee Line. ,
bung across nee shoulder and looked towards , little afraid of her rich and beautiful sister; nip of clungnearts, or ,perched, on in load of expOsure, and the poultry/nem' who has i)sinfe ; lam the Uniyeree not start on a
id d t thecauses
Did o the astrologer hande
ds ,s which8,,,never.moves an water. , • 1 doevn frone father to son.. 'The nionajem
THE DYING JVGGEKNALTT.
noliee wren to Drag the Car Once Drawn
113,Devoteee,
The announeornent tint the once famous
festival of Juggernaut has so declined in
popularity as to render it necessary for the
priests to lire coolies o drag the car, is a ,
measure of the extent to which the &stem-
tive solvent of Western thought is being aln
plied to Ensterincreed. The ear of the great
ged of Pooree was ouzo of the most ea.crecl of
Braliminie ‘‘prOperties," and the Rathn attra
a festival whieb, in importance, yielded to
that of no .other diety in the Hincloo Ban.
theme, From every part of the'yafet empire
of Hindostan Hocked'to efhare in in
and when the eier of J eggerneut %vas drag.. '
ged OnCe a year from the "Temple in order to
bathe the goas in the cool water of the tank
is mile ana a half distant, the wildeet enthu-
siasm seized the vast multitude of devotees.
Thousands rushed to seize the cables, and so
eager were the volunteer for this luelY ser
vice that the best and greatest ellen of Orisea
struggled with each other to obtain a hold
upon the ropes. To use the language of a
old writer who witnessed the Rath Jattra
in its palmy days, "they'are eo greedy and.
eager to draw it that whosoever, by should-
ering, crowding, shoving, heaving,' thrust-
ing, or in any ineolent way, can but, lay ,a
hand upon the rope, they think' themselves
blessed and happy. And when it, is going
along the city there are many that will offer
themselves as a sacrifice to the idol, and
desperately lie down on the ground that the
°hornet wheels may nun over them, whereny
they are killecleoutreght. Some get broken
arms, some broken lege, so that many aro
destroyed, and. thinle. to merit heaven,'
At even a later dete Martyrs to Jugger-
naut, or Jaggannanh, as he iemore coirectly
termed, were not infrequent. When Francis
Buchanan was in Pooree early in this cen-
tury, he describes the harsh grating of the
gigantic car as it moved along, the obscene
songs of the priests in honor of the god, and
the fierce glances which the fanatica bestow-
ed on the beeneating Englislunen, as a pil-
grim announced himself ready to become a
sacrifice to the idol. No one daring Or caring
to prevent th.nself-immolatione the man
prostrated himself in the road before the
tower an it moved along, lying on his face
with his arms stretched forward. The mul-
titude passed arounnl him leaving the space e
clear, until he was crushed to death by the
wheels of the ponderous atructure. Then a
wild cry of praise was raised, and as the god
was seen to "smile" at the libatMn of spout-
ing blood, the devotees threw cowries and
pieces of money on the body of the victim in
approbation of the holy deed by which he
had won immortality in the "Hindoo Wal-
halla.
It is; therefore, suggestive of a strangere-
volution in Hindoo opinion to hear that not
only are victims lacking, but that, instead
of thousands struggling for the honor of a
place at the drag ropes, laboring men, at so
many annas per'diem, have to be hired to
perform the sacred function. The awe of
the Indian people for "the Lord of the
World" has been declining. For many
years past the fame of the great god of
Orissa has been on the wane, and the tbne
when a human sacrifice was 'cleliberatel
offered up to tbe hideous idol is fast g
beyoud the power of the very °idea of ld.
Indians to recall. Admitting that the num-
ber of devotees this year is smaller, owing to
the loss of kiwi) {pilgrim. ships—and the
prophecy theta third ;will be wrecked be-
fore the year is out—it is undeniable that
Jaggannanh is doomed, and the wealth
which it brought to the priests and the
townspeople of Pooree is likelyto vanish be-
fore many years elapse. Sometimes a poor
decrepit wretch, weary of 1 fe,or drugged by
the priests with Indian hemp Or opium, will
wildly throw himself in front of the wheels,
though he is -usually dragged out by ethe
police who have orders to prevent`nee at-
tempt's sucide. Saddest abasement onall
from the standpoint of Brahminiam, it hap-
.,
pened a few years ago, for the first time in
history, that, to the horror and chagrin of
the priests, the car of Jeggannanh stood
still in the streets of Pooree, while the pil-
grims looked on in -impious apathy. Yet no • .
harm befell them, although a subsequent
famine has been attributed to their sacrilig-
ious careleesness. However, the result has-
been, that, though worshippers etill come
to Pooree, they just as frequently prefer to
save themselves the trouble of hauling the
gods, and, as has happened on the present
occasion, the prieets, afraid .of the idols -
never reaching the tank, have contract-
ed with irreverential coolies perform the
job for a stipulated number of rupees. ,
Mortality there is, of coarse, still. The
peer die for want of food, of disease, and for
lack of proper accommodation.' But there is
no longer any need -for interfering, for the
wrong will soon right itself by Ja.ggannaili
ceasing to "draw." The East, we fear, is •
already grown lax in ita religious Omer-
yancen The pilgrim takes a third-class cir-
cular ticket to the holy places. Infidel ship
owners issue paesages to,Dneddal, and a
tourist contractor escorts the faithful over
the forty iniles between Mecca and the sea.
The Egyptain dervishes are' becoming ex- '
tremely chary about Making a pavement of ,
their persons ler the Saadeeyell Sheyd to
ride over, andnow that thenndian exchequer ,
is bemoaning the reduced retarns from •
the Jaggannanh trade," andthe coolies' have'
to be hired to drag the car, wa seem- is long
way from the time when Job Charnock, fac-
tor at Fort William, was converted to Hin-
dooism, or when Gen. Stewart engaged a
Brahmin to perform daily worship among
the idea in hie bungalow
and this morning therewas SlIbtre Chane stones v a s te; a e Ihninft ng but Tat Our antr is next to our littchen'where
oinsi re teturnStenselbi a! txoc“dfiatif ottenr oinni ds hi gull; tsc1 aoyne , .
Margaret receive the visits of her ' Mickey,
Lily entered at once, dressed in cream. elder girl s manner and look which Sometimes the post which he takes u g . '
alarmed her, and which, en einte of herself, dangerous. we, have 808E. -that the cauee is obscure and difficult to fincl. will be the 1 or trpate hour. He will give . One, evening I wenndown to t,he pantrn for - -
tn from li to li annenn the nests and is
;till . I:1:re , , .e . . , be carefully looked after, 'and n little tonic '" Saturn is in the, ascendant " he the one tary eieneficleopper On peer Mar§aret. efSli
brimmed hat set on her golden head, looking „ she connected witha rumor thet had been workmen stretched.' on the ridge of some In tuch eases the wants of the fowls should you chapter and ' verse for his reasons. something, and While there was an innolune
white morning -costume, and with a wide -
as sweet eyed fresh as one of the rosee swing- float- ,g P , P a g roo wine they lead been 1 , peering., ancl
hoose.party the night before, and to ,evnich -paseinn along the quays niett may see them. given inththe fotod., with a few ainps of aco. eciaLe itivrenhellemoenntToastietlatKenteet sataptlpiey E.::
t lautdt' es hnofirdtleyd stint emr etoer;ty .
e roan But it a Pens al an Setur ay •
g t S 011 36Abe would have
all night seerns to be good for you. Did han given an Indighant ellen She h rdly pataraa,nleiti:heerseounldltyh:ydeteuPrilo, nbatth:efrlotrrt`lhwe itle 1cuas se of roup, the Poune ;Id says. junction of Mars and Venus. Their stock- loon out/or a new girl, and we consequent-
„ Etow well you are looking 1 Dancing' —when- eanirkingly repeated to' her—the
• h did t m • ' ” The • diseased fowls, separated from the in -trade other than their calenders 18 a ly receivednlickey with more good will than
4 you" have a pleasant time, child ?" asked
Hyacinth, with some appearanee of interest.
" Oh, yes I—I was never so happy in all
nay lifc—nevenln answered. the girl; arid
then, blushing very much, she sat down be-
side her sister and was silent.
"1 wonder you are tot tired of it all.
Thio dancing and tennienolaying and dress-
ing and flirting cannot anwaye please you.
Yon have been out three years, Lil n.ancl
you know the object of being out fa to gain
a good establishment. Do need to re-
mind you ?"—and Hyacinth smiled half
bittern half wearily' Paler than before as she spolee. And I mance him careless of life.
sr Yes, ' agreed. Lily; "1—that ise--" ---------------------------01505110101 ge'
She stopped, hesitattne. " You, Herai?
"And you have had good offers," combine i'Yes 1—read that," Sopened Under Water.
ued the bther, as though suddenly enxious desk betide her took ,911. nnclosedletterfroin5' Been looking a' the Thinahle, Mrs,
MO see the girl settled, , it, and handed. ib
Lily wondered a little at her SiSter'S tone, The girt read it, noting lie -name eprawl It wee, t necessary te get soa. wet
and then, taking off. her large bit need shale- ing half teethes the foot of the pane, tben ieehing at the Thistle, Simpkins. you had
big all her gelden hair about her blushing, looked with an enPreesion of mingied horror an oveteoat and umbrella,'
face,saia-- and heWe del ent nit° her Mater s faces They wa n t of mush ushe. Got a bet
e ...I—event to talk to you about tliet which was deadly pale and calm, and ex- on th' Thief -gide 'n I Wanted t' shee how she
deer." °relined— looked mane weenier."
ment believe it. She tried not to attribate ', eneh to savo :them fkorn
, trig t in e , o . e , e , ey ave no an .
rolling rest, elieuld be given comfoitable quarters phunb-line, a level, a watch, a celestial before he had declared his intentions,. al.
to what she had hearcl, bet the girl's heart They may even be seen fast asleep in the
agitation il deep river below. , • .
int° the and be properly treated. 'Perhaps as semi- sphere, ea al an astrolabe. Every, large, town thotighave.wein sorryt� thinkwe would lose
ble a treatnient as any woold be first of all 'conta nia at least twonstrologera ; and these 1VIargaret. On the evening in question'
Hyacinth's present laneontrollenlo
i to ause thein to inhale the fuines of creeo- erten do not starve, for they can always an- Mickey. was in the kitchen where Margaret
sank en she Watehed her sister's tali ferra sun on the narrow nage Of a loaded barge, I
sweeping restleSsly to and fro in the room , near the. strongest part of the stream ; yeti lin ; then to open the bowels with a goad ford a long dark cloak of fieeet broadcleth, , n'as finishing uP her work. After the rum'
and Something seemed to whisper—, i so sound is their repose that though t dose ot castor oil ; after which keep- the, without which a Peinian astrologer would ble of a gridiron 'falling to the floor had
"11 may be trim." . watch them till their short hone • 1 t ,Yvi°0tli e es and nostrils wizened out witfa chlori- be incomplete. Nor is the astrologer with- subsided I heard the following dialogue i ,
" Of course you must go to the Grange a,t II I ; e ,- nYted soda diiuted in. water, aaid administer eat his uses. Is a provincial governor or- 1 "No, Mickey. No, you cannot,"
, once, and Croft must follow you or write— ' will net sfe.e them ''in.one ihnle ,,or feantre. I Gaon,
1 Tell the -peasant of his danger in tilos exe i 7.D. Itoup Pills according to directions. ' dered to the capital, and reluctant to leave . 1` A h, Ma: rgar et., de, ar, gi' me one hies
d f •t be added to the , his satrapy? What more poeverful reply ' from those sweet lips. .
' that is the "ironer thing to de," said Hya. peeing himself, eemeenteetc, yeah hien eh !A few rope 0 EteOul 0 trnly . .
Cinth at last,. etopping beside a pretty satin- his rastmesee and be will not iincletetand 1 •
i drink. If a fowl ie treated iii this way it canhe mane to„urgent telegtams demanding ' " Mickey," replied Margaret in a stern
will recover from tlteroup if the moo is cur- his preeence in Teheran than that he is wait- voice, " you nmet own the bowl before yeti
Nv°04 eseriimre and seeming to 11 turn evcn you ile dc'eg 11°t kn."' *I"t feat bi ' bite' ' - r '' ' d te f . i f -t t h ti ? The a. tr 1 ger claim the sugar,"
1 nine, But no mec mine ati no sys in o mg or a ca una a o e s o o i
,
" Do yea ? Why, who ie smitten now 2 " Tliat inan—that bad men 1" • • .
Not Lord Aventnore, en little niark Ponsen. " Yee, that neat My dear'. It SeeMS searf pins thoee of black oxidized Jun be able to liold hie head as I haVe endeavor- close the.tr lihOns, attend the cerentony, and 4 She fraud have gteat rowera Ex.„
by ? Poneeaby'a awfully rich." strange, does it tithe ot after off e s I have Ver, set with diamonds, are most stylish, ed to teach him to. at dusk elluminate the baSatars,.by Order. eaetien
treating can eure every Carle of reap, Some hie palm well sr ereesed "—as the gypsies • nee_
will die, do whatever you may." say—fails to find one. Meanwhile, the gov-
Or' ernor a ermaSarY at the cone of the Asylum Deets, Vaseline, nips, cartets, onions,
Pine 0011ditiOn. ncfreatehse • UthileiVeetorsrein sncleonlwienisotveetSr atnilds tnheeedffourl. Useueudlifluenwtielrtheensdeceeanbdbnuegiter.uillenootutparroodaut4
.101 Maid (to nfietress)—.Jarnee, the footman, 'tttneate' governon receivete dreea of :KV strong welleniatunen pliatats of last
night, inn hoe wery Stiff neck. donned' ; the genernor rides ontat a forttin-
at the door, Marie, fii.hait an hour. have eine them) to meet the- roYal gift, alai te put . stage pitther.....“ Really, Mr. Poe, ybu
some shopping to do.. (Turning to. dough- ' '3n in the PrAsencs ratidges should ' come (inct hear my 'daughter Sibg,
teeh__Fer once, my dear, / think ,lames will tho ProVhiat.; and the teWrisPeoPlee who Peo le hang upon every notnn '55,. 5)
isttya,', mutt, as what he caught cold hest This dtein of honor, or kutaat, is pulibelnicelry. strilias‘ssortilsersi pWutluiesndetrhonovseerettl,onsdrryip;ntaint
Mistresee—Teli hien to have the carriage ate hour (the astrologer has no difficulty,
beat ottt the seeds, e.,0 tie in papee bags.
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