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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1887-11-17, Page 2ATIIEB; ItETTIE F Iscn79pSIS 01 E,EVIOUS onArrERs. (Attila time tie sttIrY open s the Phoir of nem eboren o nbroser; in the town of lifekletnewayte, Eug., the mieister and memo of the reerntere were duicuseing the range suitable locellty for the scene of e pro. 4eeted.. garden party. Arnong the group were ofi very pretty hut isomewhae faded eesele jeny in bleak, Mrs. Egmont, ear elatighter Ursula, usually °ailed Nuttie, s ght, high spirited yoong girl, Mrs, Eg- ternontati mutt, Headtvorth, a governess, leered her home with them and teak stud - sets as border. At the time in question' seine- midsummer, the !schools were closed. Egremont wee cousidered by her - nits her aunt, anc1 friends to be a. widow, let *shout the fate of her husband there was oetteiderable mystery, in fact, no one in the nowt). knew anything abeut the past life of the little family, They appeared to be la- cliee? and had been recommend by the vicat of $t. Ambrose's. Moltke Harbor wa,sat last chosen as a seit- ablis Plane for the garden Party, This was a tine old place remedy purchased bylthe Kirk - eddy family. While the picnic was in pro- agress, Lady Kirlialdyandater nephew, Mark, Isere engaged in an animated conversation calmut the latter's future prospects which Neve been exceedingly bright but for the teen that his uncle, Mr, Egreinone, whose guilt he hoped to be, had privately married riong before a pretty governess named Edda ao•s4ivorth. About this marriage there had saltwaya been a shroud of mystery but Mark in 1st,* satisfied himself• thet• t ac - tinny had occurred and was cletermin- 'ad to give up his claire to the 'wife or heirs, should there be any, A Mr. amid Mrs. Houghton had been helpful in thee:aging about this clandestine marriage, aged it is to them the. conversation hale turn- ed at the opening of the present number.] CHAPTER III.--(Coerrinetrann 1 England, you are greatly behinclitand iu pet are used to feeeigeters Anut perception of progrese I" IMargaret. Yett have never fethonied Eng, , lath vulgerity." ! I "It would serve you right to send you to t carry the invitation to go round the gardens I and houses," 1 I Do you meau rtt %aut. 1 "Mctt it? Don't yet; see your uncle ad- vancing down the road •there—accosting the clergyman—what's his name—either Towers or Spires—something ecclesiasticat I know. We only waited to reconnoitre and see whether the numbers were u,nmauage- eble." s "And yet he does not want to sit for Micklethwayte?" "So you think no one Call be neighbourly except for electioneering! 0 Mark, I must take you iu hand, "Meantime the host is collecting. I ab. scond. Which is the least show part of the establishment ?" '"Bhe must have been a, kind friend to lite poor girl," said Mark. "On some re - Dort that Lady de Lyonnais was coming down on her, wrathful and terrible, the pur foolish girl let herself be persuaded. to earried off in the yacht, but there Mrs. :Hongliton watched over her like a dragon. She made them put in at somelittle plaoe in Jersey, put in the banns, all. unknown to maynncle, and got them married. Each was trying to outwit the other, while Miss lifeadworth herself was quite innocent and nencensedous, and, I don't know whether to It an excuse for Uncle Alwyn or not, lint to this hour he is not sure whether it 'emslegal marriage, and my father believes it was not, looking on it as a youthful indis- cretion. He put her in lodgings at Dieppe, tander Mrs. Houghton's protection, wbile he metalled home on a peremptory summons eFsreea the General. He found the old. man En =eh a state of body and mind as he tries to persuade me was an excusesfor denying like whole thing, and from that time he re- nts himself as bound hand and foot by tthe General's tyranny. He meant to have leapt the secret, given her an allowance, and mia. over from time to time to see her, but Eke study could get there once before the voy- age. -to the West Indies. The 'whole affair tang, as he said, complicated by his debts, se debts that the estate has never paid The General probably distrusted. him, cur Ite curtailed his allowance, and scarcely e4jeirn out of sight ; and he --he submitted or the sake of his prospects, and thinking Ito ad man much nearer his end than he pined to be. I declare as I listened, it ,arne near to hearing him say he had sold is soul to Satan 1 From the day he had ,soled in the Ninon he has •nitre written, .saver attempted any communication with dm'oman whose life he lead wrecked, ex - one inquiry at Dieppe, and that was thbough Gregorio." ".What 1 the valet?" ' "-res. I believe I seemed surprised at sac& a medium being employed, for Uncle .eastetya explained that the man had got hold if the secret somehow—servants always frreow everything—and being a foreigner he lama likely to be aasle to trace her out. daresay heprofited by the knowledge %az keep Alwyn in bondage during the old ratau's lifetime. "I have. no doubt of it, and he expected Ut, play the same game with me. The fellow reminds me, whenever I look at him, of a isot of incarnate familiar demon. When I asked my uncle whether he could guess 'shat ha 1 become of her, he held up his hands with a hideous French grimace. I conid have taken him by the throat." ".Nay, one must pity him. The morals ett George 14.'s set had been handed on to Itien.Ity the General," said Lady Kirkaldy, meaoicing in the genuine indignation of the eseting fice, free from all taint of vice, if essenewhat rigid. "And what /10W r misused me that he could make all teeottre to my father and me, as if that were the important point; but finally he pe i calv- ed that we had no right to stand etill with - *312't Obdeatrouring to discover whether there be si nearer heir, and my father made hiin consent to my making the search, grinning set its Quixotism all the time." " Have you done anything?" "ea. I have been toJersey, seen the nyegister--July 20, 1859—and an old French - !speaking clerk, who perfectly recollectedthe joarty coming from the yacht, and spoke of ker as tres belle. I have also ascertained that there is no doubt of the validity of the mar- ' ninge.,• Then, deeply mistruiting Master 4regorio, I went on to Dieppe, where I en- Itizely failed to find any one who knew or memeinbered anything about them—there is each a shifting population of , English visitors and residents, and. it was so long ago. I elicited from my uncle that she had an aunt, he thought, of the same name as herself ; but my father cannot remember vim recommended her, or anything that can be a clue. Has any one looked over my grand mother's letters ? ' " I think not. My broeher spoke of keeping them till I came to London. That ratght give a ehanee, or the lioughtons might know about her. I think my hus- kaod could get them hunted up. They are Imre to be at some continental resort." " What'a that?' as a sound of singing Vac heard. "Auld Langsyne." The natives are pie- CMicing in the ravine below there. They ,eased to be rigidly excluded, but we can't *hand that; and this is the first experiment of "admitting them on condition that they /butt make themselves obnoxious." ".Which they can't help." "We have yet to see if this is worse that tom Austrian or Italian festival. See, we can leek down from behind this yew tree. /t teeny is a pretty siaht from this dietarkec." "There's the cleric heading his little boys and their dricket, and there axe the tuneful party in the fern on the opposite side. They 'have rather good voices, unless they gain byAistatice.', "And there's a girl botanising by the Aver." • "Sentimentalising over for-gennacenots, mare likely." "My deer Mark, for a spechnen of yourig "1 recoramend the coal cellar-- and, as he went off—" Pool boy, he is a dear good fellow, but how little he knows who to be laughed at 1" CHAPTER IV. A NAUE. "Sivh no more lady, lady sigh no more. Men were deceivers ever, One foot on sea and, one on land— To one thing constant never." -014 Baikal , So you have ventered out again," said Lady Kirkaldy, as nor nephew strolled up! •to her afternoon tee -table under a great! • , • y?ur ledyship is tCOMe to inquire for my melte, being aware of the eircumstancee." "1 nly became aware of thine peter dans" said Lady Kir, alay. "1 was in Terkey at the thne, and no p rticulars wore given to me; but my nephew, Mark Egtee ment, your nieceti old pima, °erne to con - Belt no, having Nat discovered among his uncle's papers evidence of the marriage, of which of course lie had been ignorant." "Then," exolaimed Miss Headworth, holding her hands tightly °leaped, "Shall I really see justice done at last to my poor child ?" "It is young Mark's eaeneet with and his father—" Lady Kirkaldy hesitated for a word, and Miss Heedworth put in : "Bis father 1 Why would he never even acknowledge either Alice's letters or mine? We wrote several times both to him and Lady Adelaide, and never received any reply except one short one, desiring he might not be troubled on such a subject. It was cruel! Alice said it wee net in his writing. She bad done very wrong, and ties faintly might well be offended, but a poor child like her, just eighteen, might have been treated with some pity," My sister was in declining health. ' He was very much engrossed. He left the matter to—to others: said Lady Kirkalky. "Be is very serry now that he acquiesced in what was then thought right. He did not then knew that there had been a mar- riage." "1 should have thought in that ease a clergyman would have been bound to show the more compassion." ' Lady Kirkaldy knew that the cruel sin 'cedar, tree : , , . 1 1 ence a been e e y the work o he stern (Inlet distant Puritan what my nephew Mark has been able to pitilessness of her mother, so she "The coast being clear, and . pulsed this over, saying, "'" We are all very anxious to atone, as far as possible, for what is past, but we know little or 'nothing, only gather."• , "Little Matit ! Alice always talked of hdb hifi ft shouts being heard in the ravine— "Like an army deteate The ohoir retreated; And now doth are well In the yellers sett swell," said the aunt. him with great affection. Howpleased she " At least you have survived ; or is this ehe reaction," said the nephew, putting on will be to hear of his remembering her," a languid air. Would you object to telling ms •what "There were smile very nice people yon know of this history!" said Lady Kirk - among them, on .whom the pictures were aldy, "1 am afraid it is 'very painful to by no means thrown away. What would you, but I think we should understand it You say, Mark, if I told you that I strongly clearly. Please ipeak to me as a friend, as suspect that I have seen your lost aunt?' woman to woman." Your ladyship is very kind," said the "Nonsense 1" cried Mark, as emphatically poor old lady. "I have only mentioned the as disrespectfully. "1 am not Joking in the least," said Lady subject once since we came to settle here Kirkaldy, looking up at him. heard , seventeen years ago, but such things one the name of Egremont, and made out thatcannot forget. If you will excuse me, I' it belonged to a very lady -like pretty -look- haVe some dates that will assist my accur- m ng woan in gray and white; she seemed ace t:- to be trying to check and teme a bright girl he hurried away and came back 'in a few of eighteen or so who was in a perfect state momenta, having evidently dried. some tears, of rapture over the Vandykes. I managed perhaps of thankfulness, but she paused as to ask the clergyman who the lady was, and ' it reluctant to begin. he told me she was a Mrs. Egremont, who "I think your neice had no nearer rela- tives with her aunt, a Miss Headworth, who boards girls for ,the High School ; very worthy people, he added." " Headworth?" tion than yourself," said Lady Kirkaldy, anxious to set her off and at ease. ' "Oh no, or she never would have been so treated. She was an orphan. My poor at yes. t;• brother was a curate. He married—as "But if et were, she would have known young 'nen will—on Insufficient mealtshis your name." strength ga,ve way, and he died of diplitheria, "Hardly. The title had not come in when this poor child was' only two years those days; and if she heard of us at all it old. Indeed, two little ones died at the would be as Kern. I ventured further to same time, and the mother married agiveain put a feeler by asking whether he knew and went to Shanghai. She did not l what her husband had been, and he said he long there, poor thing, and little Alice was believed he had been lost at sea, but he, sent home to me. I thought I did my best Mr. Spyers I mean, had only been at Mick- for her by keeping her at a good school. lethwayte three or four years, and ' had I have often wished that I h'ad given up my merely known her as a widow." • situation, and become an assistant there, so • as to have her more under my own eyes; "I suppose it is worth following wiu_p_,: but I fancied it important to receive a sal - saki Mark, rather reluctantly. cti wish up out of which I could save. I am weary - had seen her. I think I should know Miss ing your ladyship, but I can't but dwell on Headworth again, and she would hardly the excuses for my poor child." know me." "Yon see what comes of absconding.," (To DE CONTINUED.) "After all it was best," said Mark. "Supposing her to .be the real woman, which I don't expect, it might have been The Living inhabitants of' Caverns. awkward if she had heard my name! How can we ascertain the history of this person The living inhabitants of caverns, those which make these regions of continuous without committing ourselves?" darkness their abidingplaces, are numerous Lord Kirkaldy, an able man, who had and of the greatest interest to the natural - been for many years a diplomatist, here ist. Of the several hundred species known joined the party, and the whole story was to students, by far the greater. part belong laid before him. Be'was new to Mickleth- to the articulated animals, insects, and wayte, having succeeded a somewhat dire crustaceans, these being the forms which, of teat kinsman, and did not know enough of all animals, are the most vivid in structure the place to be able to fix on any one to ' and best suited for the odd chances of life whom to apply for information; but the re- which the caverns afford. As the reader sult of the consultation was that Lady Kir": well knows, the great problem now before kaldy should go alone to call on Miss Head: science is to deterraine how far the shapes worth, and explain that she was come to of living creatures are determined by the inquire about a young lady of the same name, circumstances of the world about them, and who had ontebeen governess to the children how far this determination has been brought of her sister, Lady Adelaide Egrernont. about through a process of selection, in a Mark was rather a study to his uncle and natural way, of those varieties which have •sant all the evening. He was as upright" some accidental special fitness for the con- atid honourable as the day, and not only ditions in which they live. Cavern -animals acted on high principle, but had a tender „afford us a capital bit of evidence toward feeling to the beautiful playfellow gttver- i the solution of this problem. The prevail - nese, no doubt enhanced by painful expert- ing close affinity of their forms with those °aces of samessars °lama for their utter i which live in the upper world of sunshine dissimilarity to her. Still it was evidently; and changing seasons shows, beyond a ques- rather fiat to find himself probably 80 near . tion, that they all derived from similar the tangiele goal of his "mantic search; forms which once dwelt in the ordinary and the existence of a first cousin had been ,conditions of animal life. What, then, are startling to him, theugh his ' distaste folk in a country town than to the more to the taking her from second-rate • o'er- I creatures? - was the effects arising from this complete change in the circumstances of these underground throw of his own heirship. At least so he i The facts are perplexing in their variety. manifestly and honestly believed, and ' and by no means well worked out, but the knowing it to be one of those faiths that following points seem to be well established, make themselves facts. the Kirkaldys did; viz. ,. There is a manifest tendency of all not disturb him in it, nor commiserate him gayly colored forms to lose their hues in the for a loss which they thought the best thing caverns and tO become of an even color. poesible for him. ' t This may be explained by the simple ab - Miss fleadworth was accnstorried to re- ' sence of sunshine, and on it no conclusions ceive visitors anent boarders, so when Lady k can be based. The changes of the structim- Kirkaldy's card was brought to her, the al parts are of more importance; these, as first impression was that some sgch arrange-lmight he expected, relate mainly to the or_ ment was to be made. She was sitting; gans of sense. The eyes show an evident in her pretty little drawing -room alone, , tendency in all groups to fade awaY. In for Nuttie and her mother had gone for a walk with Miss Nugent. °tit i the charadteristic cavern -fishes they have en- tirely disappeared, the whole structure The room, opening on the garden, and whith serves for vision being no longer pro - cool with blinds, hacl a certain homely duced. In the cray-fishes we may observe grace about the faded furniture. The draw, a certain gradation. Some species which tugs oa the walls were geed, the work ' abeand in caverns are provided with yes:e quaint and tastetul. There was a grand others have them present, but so imperfect 'vase of foxgloves before the empty grate, that they cannot serve as visual organs; aud some Mamba Niel roma in a glitee on yet others want them altogether. •One the table. The old lady herself --with alert species ,of pseudo -scorpion, as shown by black eyes and a sweet expression—nose professor Ragan, his in the outer world from -her chair in the window to receive her four guest. • eyes, while in the caves it has been found with two eyes., and (Ahem he aflame - Lady Kirkaldy felt reassured as to the re- that?, eyeless condition. Some cattern. finernent of the surroundings, and liked the beet es have the males with eyes, whiter' the gentle but self-possessed tones of the old females are quite without them. As ,s whole lady. She noticed the foxgloves, the cavern -forms exhibit a singular tenden- " Yes," said Miss ECes,dworth, ." they are cy of the visual organs, not only to icae their the fruits of yesterday's eepechtlon. My functions but also to disappear is body - two children, as 1 call them, brought thempar''Atthesarnetirnethcre is an equa , °me in trill/143h, 1 cannot tell Y°u what or even more amneral, development of the pleasure Lord )irkaldy'a hiedlteee gray° antennas and other organs of touch ; these them—and many more." • parts become considerably lengthened, and "1 nn glad," said the lady, while she apparOtly of greater setaiitiaeaess,.aohange said to herself, "now for it," and sat for- which is of mealiest advantage to the butt - ward. "It struck me," she raid, " hear- amusi. r ing your name that you might be related to —to a young lady who lived a good while ago in the family of, my sister, Lady .Ade. Will Ge Take the Hint? table Egremort." • Yonng Husband (who hoe been silent and A etrange look came into Mies Head-, uneasy for an hour or more and eontem- worth's eyes, her lips trembled, she clutch- plated going &twit to his club to spend the ed tightle the arm of her chair, but then evening)—" What are yet rea,dieg, my cast a puzzled glance at her vieiter. dear." "Iterhaps it you heard of me then," Young Wife (coldly)---" Htggardti said the latter, "it was at Lady Margret "she.'" ' Kerr," • "Interesting I" "'ie," said Miss Efeadworth, then paus- "11 it wasn't more interesting thin a cer- inga eho collected hereelf a,tid said in an tain He I know, I worildn't give b a me - anxious Voice, "Je I tinderstand that ment'a attention." RI A VERMONT 1317811. • Discovery or Ske1etoo SuPnosed 10 ItH1 that or a Canadian. The village of bleed Pond. Vt., is etfl much exercised over the discovery near there of a skeleton of a inan. The deceased I ad, ee a pair of heavy laced boo_te, ewed, tapped with copper nails, a pate of worsted pants, termveste and two coets, are* ebout 'them were found the renmauM of it purse which contained two eevereiges, half sover- eign, a Canadian helf dotter aid a 10c, piece,—the latest date on the coins being 1880 —a plain oval gold ring stamped 18k and. a G. T. R. way check member 514L There was also found a pair of heavy Wool- len gloves, a T. D. pipe, some tobeeco, a beet of Canadian matches, table knife, fork and epoon, but no trace of either hat or cap. The clothing was so completely rotted away that a minute deecription of it cannot be given, not even the color. Appearances indicated that the man had lain down on his right side, right leg drawn up, left leg straight, and head resting against the trunk of a tree. It is alinost impossible to surmise his age, how he came there, or how long he had lain there, as the location is a low; damp place, where the sun does not pene- trate and the flesh had all dropped from the bones. The Selectmen are employing all means to discover who the unfortunate man was, and the looal authorities of the railroad are endeavoring to trace the cheek, in both cases thus far without success. In the hope that the affair may not be forever shrouded in mystery, State and Eastern Townehip papers would confer a great favor by giving publicity to the above. t, All communications on the subject ad, dressed to Mr, J. C. Rawson, First Select- men o Brighton, will be gladly received qn behalt of the town, and the authoritieain tern will be only too pleased to render every aseistance possible to get at the facts a the case., , It has since been aseertained that check 5141 was attached to an ordinary nein road rug with two strars, checked to Port- land, and that it arrived at Island Pond January 17, 1884, , subsequently sent on to Portland, and last August was sold as un- clahned baggage, realizing Meta It is now generally believed that the unfortunate man was intending to go by steamer from Port- land to the old country, that he left the train on its arrival at Island Pond and wandered away to the woods, and becoming exhausted laid down to rest, with the result as above stated. It is possible that his iden- tity may yet be ascertained through the agenceeof the steamboat companies, for if the inan purchased a ticket his name would be entered on the ticket and name end ad- • dress on the company's books, and the fact that the ticket had not been presented, far passage might give the necessaryclee. We hope so. The steamboat companies 'whose ship ratite and from Portland are inaking,an investigation, and the result is anxiously awaited. • LATER.—The authorities of Island 'Pond have discovered through the egeney of the railroad company that the baggage of the unfortunate man, whose skeleton was found in the woods as mentioned leist week ey&s • checked at TOt011Z0 on the 16th cley of January., 1884. No other infoimatima. that might give the slightest clue to his identity has thilisfar been obtained. •el, • , Queer Facts and Happenin' gs A well-known citizen of Reading, Pa., lost his life by tumbling into a kettle of boiling catsup. His name was William Hartung. Montana paid during the present year in bounties for the killing of squirrels, .wolves, prairie dogs, bears, and. coyotes $96,625.10. An Otsego man lost in the woods was aboutying down to die from exhaustion when a rooSter's crow atartled him and Flawed him the way out. Judge George Hooter of Kansas City ordered the minister at his wife's feneral to hurry through the serviees, that he might be in time to attend a sale of city lots. A St. Clair resident had two tintypes taken, and at the foot of each picture, in a reclining position, her head resting on her hand, is a, perfect picture of theyoungtman's dead mother. On the tombstone of Martha Anne Moore, whose grave is in Old Wilner, Ga.', is this curious epitaph: "Boys, don't shoot birds around Martha's grave." The grave is in wild wood where game is plenty-. The town of Saranac is sued by Julian F. Mills for $20,000 for the lost affections of his glib who dismissed him after' he had been arrested for drunkenness. Julian proved he was not drunk and was discharg- ed. • When a little girl Mrs. Helen Fralick was stolen from her parents in Chicago. That Was thirty-two years ago, and now mother and daughter have been reunited: Certain soars that she carried when a child and still retains make the identification complete. • No Use for it at His House. Small Boy to Servant—" Is the Doctor in ?" Servant—" No; he's out. DOyou want him right away ?" "Yes. He left a ittle baby at our house last week, and I want him to tum and take it wite away." Limit of En.durance. " Never marry a widower," was the ad- vice Of a young matron to a friend. But you married one. Why.?" "It's bad enough to hear about your hus- band's mother's coolcieg, but to have his first wife's biscuits thrown in yoult face every morning is simply unbearable." Unnecessary Anxiety. "George," she said, and her manner be- trayed anxiety i " what has come over papa of late? • He treats you coldly and evident- ly tries to avoid you." ' "He borrowed $10 of me a couple of weeks ago," explained George. • Some Good Advice. "John," said his wife, "don't yen spend more than you ought for lunches down town ? 1 can't understand how it is that the money slips away lie it doee "No, m' dear. 3 eat (hic) free lunch nearly ev'ry day.” "Well, I with yott would give up free lunches, John. They cost you more than we min afford." 'More Than It Was Worth, Robinson—What was the amount of your doctor's bill, Darnley? ' Huntley—I paid him two hundred dollata, Robinson—Two hundred dollars 1 That's !too Much. . Dumley—He saved my life, yen knew. Robinson—Ye, I know he saved your • life. But two hundred dollars, Darnley! That's too mtioh. ' 4 THE LIMDKIIA CLUB. "Will Moses Juroho Cemeback please step this way 7" asked the Preeident, 08 the meeting opened, • , Brother Comeback, who has been a very quiet but deeply interesMel member of the club for the pest few years, advenced to the desk, arid Brother Gardner continued ; MoEses,,I 1 arn dat you am on, de pint of removin' to Illinoy." " Yes • " You will take your certificate long wid you, an' you will keep your membership wid no jist the tame ; an' anytime you kin raise money 'nuff to take a freight traie an' puni 11P an' nee us you will fled a hostile we'lerese,'s 'Iah—lze much obleoged, sah," re• plied Moses, as he wiped a tear from his eye. !, " An'now I vi,ant to sett a few furder words to you," reeumed the' President after a aoleinn pause. " You em gvvine to cut loose an' sail in de company of strangers, en' der' am a few things you would do well to remember. 't Remember, dat a lawyer will work harder to cl ar a murderer don ho will to coavict a 'thief. • • " Remember dat a naybur who offers you de loan of his hoe am fishin' 'round to secure de lean of your wheelbarrer: "Remember, dat you can't judge of de home happiness of a man an' wife by nein' 'em at a Sunday Auk picnic). " Reinember, dat while de aiverage man will return ,de k'rect change in a business transaokshun, water his milk an' mix beans wid his coffee. "Remember, , dat ell de negatives of de best photo'grp,phs am • retouched, an' de wrinlelee en' freekles workedput. , "Remember, dat sooiety inn made up of good clothes, hungry stomachs, .deoeption, heartaches' andmixed grammar. "Remember, dat people will neber stop to queshun de truf of any rumor or any scandal affectin' your ohmmeter, but it takes years to .satisfy 'em dat your great-grand- fadder wa.sratientirate an' yritte great -grand mudder deleedin gal in a fifteen -cent ballet. You oan now sot down an' close yer eyes au' reflect an' digest, an' de rest of us will pur- ceeeun . dtocarry out de usual programme td de rae, Pickles Smith,sighed heavily as he arose and introduced the following resolution:: "Resolved, Dat we am libin' too tas,' an' dat it am de opinyan of dis club dat re- trenchment an' economy should become de standard mottoes of de kentry." Waydown Beebe opposed the resolution. He had liied all summer on potatoes, cod' fish and bakers' bread; and if that was too fast living he didn't know himself. . Whelehene Howker said he must also op- pose it. He had worn the same suit of clothes for four years, and it had been eigh- teen reeptlis since he had seen a mince pie on bis table. Any further stretch of econ- omy would leave him without, stockings for the vriatet. Samuel Shin didn'bwant to seem captious, and as a rule he always voted in favor of every motion or resolution introduced, but in this wee he must, rebel. He was four months behind in his • rent, needed a hun- dred new things in his house, and was fore= ed to ,make, one paper potter last him • a whole week. ,• , • Several other memlieri spoke in the same vein, and thepresident placed the resolu- tion on the windoWeill, with the remark: "If de kentry can't take keer of herself she must bust. If we had de money' to 'fling on good clothean' order tquail on toast, I 'reckon dat all de .iiiiittoes Aber hung up wouldn't Stop us. .De resolution will he laid aside and sold by de pound." The Committee on Agriculture announced that ithad finished its labors regarding the Melon crop of 1888, and desired to, submit the following • The total number of melons for the see, - son was 145,852,287. • The total number which found their way mto the hands of colored persons by pur- chase or otherwise was 66000,000. The number of melons which were carried home, put, on'ice and found to be as green as grass when carved for dinner was 3,281,- 157. The report was accepted and the commit- tee discharged, and at the same time a reso- lution by Shindig Watkins, that the club of- fer a reward of $50 to anyone discovering a way to preserve , watermelons the year round, was yoted down by a large majerity. The Librarian reported that he now had on hand over 9,000 volumes, counting in the more ro2itotnlmracs, and he would soon need late 'recommended an appropriation for he pnechase,of a history of the rise and pro- grem ,of science and art among the Witten - tots; and another to provide his department with a frillsized eikeleton and charts on anatomy. Pickles. Smith moved that the appropri- ations be granted, but both were defeated by overwhelming majorities and the Librar- ian was told that a man of any enterprise who hada dozen slaughter .houses handy to pick from would have a complete skeleton wired up within a week. The, President then announced a postal card from Guelph, Canada,. signed. by Joseph Rickaloy and Alex. Corbett, asking if the object of the Lime -Kiln Club was to lend a helping hand to the weary and allevi- • ate the sorrows of the distressed. "Not quite—not 'zackly," remarked the old man. " When anybody in die cold world ,becomes weary an' loses faith in hu- nuennatuio an' longs fur a new deal, a tonic composed of whisky, sassafras bark, barley, sarsaparilla an' ginger am de article to re. jinieline ire system an' create a desiah to lib oe fut. de nex' two hundred y'ate. An' 1 niay saY tight heah dal de same tonic am composed only by ,Mrs. Gardner an' am fur sale at fifty cents per bottle—cash invariably in advance." • "In dietiansin' to your varus hotnes," said the President se the triangle sounded its MACE; of warning, "remember dat 'cieility am de grease which keeps de wheels of so• ciety from stickire fast to de axletrees. An oblegm disposition may keep your washtub an' flatirons floatin' aroun' de nayborhoo(1' 'leben months in de y'ar, but de same reason will beteg in chickeh broth an' aitid words in cam you have a run of bilious fever. Somebody wake up Elder Toots an' let us go keerfullv down stairs." • He Felt Reastured. ' "Hese you seen papa s new dog, Carlo ?" she asked, as they at in the parlor. •he replied, uneasily, "1 have had the pbeasure of meeting the dog." "Isn't he splendid ? He is so affeption- ate ?" "1 notioed that he was Nery demonstra- tive," returned he, aa he moved uneasily it his chair. " He is very playful, too. I never saw a more playful anirnalin my life." " am glad to hear you say thet." "Why ?" • 'Because I was a little bit afraid that When he hit that piece out of inc the other evening he was in eareest. tut if he was only in play of course it's all right, 1cati take fun as well as anybody," THE .1101111a or 'Dara. Two. Young 3telk fluillotJued In rrance for a boultdo lillueder. A double exectition has just taken place at Aix, The" two lads, Esposito, aged 22, I and legatee aged 19, were condemned te death in the beginning. of August 'fomburg- lary and a double murder'and ma Tuesday auffored their sentence, Betledied cynically impenitent, miming the chaplain, who en- deavored to move them to repentance, and showing n spirit of 'hardened wickedness trely revolting in such young men, They eskdd for rum, and drank oft' a large glass , just es they vvere going out to execution, I end then lighted cigars, and smoked them all they walked up to the guillotine, They were attended to the Met by a confraternity called the Blue Penitents but popularly known in Provenceas the Ithines dela, Hort. They are not a religious eonfraternity, althoegh they were originally, having been founded in the sixteenth century by it holy priest, Itletthieu Arnaud, Canon ofSt, 1 Sauveur. He was moved with commis ion 1 for the unfortunate convicts, who, hen they had suffered capital punishment, were left unburiedto be devoured by the vulturea or other birds of prey, ' and entreated some' charitable persons to join in trying, first to prootwe spirttual help for the poor creatures, and then to olatain decent burial for therm The call was answered, and good Christain gentlemen formed an association to visit the condeanned en prison ; they also as4ated them to meet death, aud boeght a grave kr them, where they saw them decently interred. It is odd enough that so purely Catholic and mediteval 'an testitutien as the so-called Moines' de la lihrt shoulol have survived every revolution, and be still not eery tolerated, but Acognizect by the local authorities. When the new of Tegami's and Espo- sito's approaching execution was made known in Aix, the gentlemen whe belonged to the confraternity assembled in the chapel in the. Rue du Bon Pasteer, and, having been informed by their secretary of the coining tragedy, offered Up prayers' for the condemned; then two antique lamps were lighted and placed before the falter, to burn there until all was over. From the day of the condemnation till the day of the execution prayers were offered up for the condemned,. notcl a mass said once a week for them. At the end of every religious Or- acle° in their intention, the members go in procession to the foot of the altar, reciting hymn and prayer. The Vey and hour of the execution are then "teethed to theta of- ficially by the Attorney -General of Aix. • The Attorney General wrote: "Monsieur le President de la Confrerie des Penitents bleus:—I have the honor to inform you that the capital execution of Esposito and Tegami will take placeteemorrow at 'half past 5 in the morning. • 1 kiaow the services ybur con- fraternity have rendered, and may still ren- der to justice. In inviting yen to assist at this -execution I am therefore onlirconferni- ing to an ancient tradition." The Blue Penitents at once went to their chat, and befoee ene crueifix, surrounded by sex light- ed candles, they recited the prayers for the • agonizing, stopping at the words,, proficiseere, at the prison, accompenied the ° wanted anima Christiana. Next moriiine4sy were to the scaffold, saw their bodies placed 'in the coffins, and followell them to their dis- honored grave. A greet many Free Think- ers, 1 am assured, belong to this confratern- ity. • Mr. Chamberlain on Home Rule. , Mr. Chamberlain made it pint when he referred to the parallel between the relation of Canada to the Empire and what is wanted by the Home Rulers for Ireland, and then took occasion to show that Cenadians are continually clamouring f6r. hose very thin,gs which have been eft" -' of the home authorities, being h tided over 41 e hands l to themselves. If Canadians do this, Why should not Irishmen do it stilLmore ? ' Ind what does that mean but that Home Rule is but another mane for separation. Home Rule may be right or wrong, 'but it is an undoubted fact 'that ate chief' 'advocates have thought ot nothing less and nothing else than complete separation from Britain. Mr. Chamberlain pat it ,in the following erms .— • Be was not sorry for the occasion to make this reference. What a vivid light it threw upon the general question of Ireland 1 Mr. Gladstene had again and again quoted Can- ada as au illustration of how England might maintain Imperial control over mat- • ters of Imperial interest, while allowing en- tire independence in all domestic business. The Globe, in the same article, had said that paneda had reached a stage of development where her choice must prevail over all 'con- siderattons. Thateneant that Canada had the right, and he would not dispute it when- ever her inteeests demanded it, to follow her own interests without reference to the views of the mother country, although the subject of disagreement might be among those expressly withdrawn from her cogni- zance by the institution. Let that be ap- plied to Irelatel. If ever Ireland obtained a practically. independent ' Parliament, a Separation could be at the discretion of that parliament. The Gladstonians might not hitend to bring about & separation, but they were blind to the results which must inevit- ably follow the adoption of their policy. (Cheers) They failed, to see what the ex- ample of Canada clearly showed, that if their policy were adopted. England would have to give ep all control over the Union and hand it Over to Mr. Parnell, or to se successor Who might be less moderate ilt "l'his views and more hostile to the British con- nection than Mr. Parnell. • Letting Well Enough Alone. Wile (to husband)---/ caught BrOget starting the fire this morning with kefosenee John, A -- Ilursband—How much do we owe her? Wife— Four monthe'wages. Hnsband—Well, let her go on with the , kerosene. • Castles in the Craggy Clouds. Her head is full of fancies, That pretty head of Haney's, Of olden.tiine romances She breaths, the vety air. Ade.n her dream there dances A vision that entrances And takes it it a Snare. Mown her dream there prances A ehatio of knivlits with lances, All smitten with the glances 01 Y. The nevem that one grants is That little band of Nancy's, Though in real life the chime° is Ref meat mill have red hair. Superior Advantages. Furnitueo Dealer (to elderly maiden)— And` there is another advantage, ma'am, which the folding bed has over the ordinary kind. Elderly 11/olden—Whitt is that, sir 1 Furniture Dealer—You don't have to look under 15 o see 11 there is a man there.