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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1889-10-10, Page 7r. he Tables CHAPTER 11, — (Daewoo u Quick as thought he enatehed up the will f ound by Mra. Crawford, whioh was lying beide him, thrust tt iuto the envelope, and alliaPed the newly discovered one sanely into Lb pocket. Nexb he leant over and softly plaoed the envelope with its new enclosure back where it had lain. It was but the work of a second or to Mrs OFD.WL0F4 Wat011. fug him the while with bated breath, hell euspecting whet the envelope had contained. Ibe entanambithele sifter standing in the Ohne position ab the fireplace for aome seconds longer, returned to the desk, took up the will, went again to the fireplace and held the envelope and its contents above the now burntemenfire as though about to drop them into the'ffstmee which he imagined he sow. Then heturned hurriedly and glanced to- wercla thejdoor, put his band containing the will behind him, as if veishino to hide it from gaze of Borne one, stood for a minute in that position, and tb.en slowly walked. out of the room, closing the door behind him. Mr. Bennett dented after him and followed him cautiouely up -stairs, He wended him until he saw him go along the corridor and enter his room in satiety ; after that the solicitor retired to the room below. "Mercy on tie I Did ever ony mortal see the like o' that ?" This exclamation burst from the lips of Mrs. Crawford as Mr. Bar- nett rejoined her in the libraey. The good woman had recovered the use of her tongue, and was inclined to laugh at her recent fears. " I really thought it was the dead man himeell continued she, " Eh, bub he was awfu' like him, though 1—What paper was that ye took? Was it the will, and had he got it after a'?" " Yes ; it was the will. Hare it is, safe and sound. He may do what he likes with the one he has gen I will take care this one does not fall into his hands again." "Bub how would he come to get ib, think ye 2" " That is quite rattily understood, Mrs. Cravvford. Mr. Monkton must have had it beside him the night he did, j and it would be lying among the loose papers on the desk. His brother, hunting amongst these papers I,•on his arrival here, had found the will, read Ib, and knowing, that if it were destroyed •or tout out of the way, he himself would be • heir to everything, resolved to repress it. I remember you sail he seemed a lintle con. • fused when you entered the room. You had probably disturbed „him while perusing the will. He has had it in his possession all along. The wonder ie that he has not burnt It before this. Perhaps" he could not make up his mind whether to destroy it or give it up. I can understand now his non -inter. ferenoe with things. He know that the game,was in his own hand.1 "Ib mann has preyed on his mind to a terrible toretent, though. That mann be what cans. him to walls in hie sleep." "N� doubt. He seemed to be acting over again what occurred in this room when he found the will. You saw him look towards the doer, as if he had heard some one com. Ing, ea then pub his hand behind him, apparently to hide the will?" "Ay, he just looked something like that . when I sewthim the fiat dee, standing by the fire.. h et forget what I he seen thie night in ---Ye're sure thet's the right will nOW t "Yes there's no doubt of it this time, It is dated 5bh August, 1881, exaobly four months to a day, later than the other.' Mr. Rernett's supposition as to the manner in whieh Henry Monknon had got possession n the will was quite correct. He had found it on Mr, Monkton's desk amongst the other papers; and after reading it was unable to reale? up his mind whether to destroy it or leave it somewhere where it might be found by Mr. Barnett. Mre. Crawford had dito turbed him in the library before he had had time to read it, hence he hastily folded it up and carried ib with him to his room till he . could perstee it at leisure. "Full fifty times have I reeolved to de. stroy thio will and as often something has held me back The fire is still burning. I will be tormented no longer. I will consign it to the flames.' . Not allowing hionaelf time for reflection, he croded the room quickly to the fireplace, and rending the writing on the envelope to make himself certain that ib was the one containing the will, then thrust both envo1. ope and its onntents into the heart of the fire. With glittering eyes he watched the creeping Mine speedily devour them. For some seconds the whole room was brilliantly illumined, and then came darkness. The incubus was removed; the will was gone for ever! • • Mr. Monkton's funeral was over. Dust had been consigned to dust, to awaib the final resurrection. The next not • in the dramo. was the reading of the dead man's will, an event usually anxiously looked for- ward to by eager pros,peotive legatees. In the drawing -room after the funeral were assembled Mrs. Cravvford, Miss Ashley, Henry Monkton. Sir Andrew JDawson, Mrs. 7rawfortits son Peter, who was a clerk in he City, and Mr. Barnett. Several of the prinoirel servants were also present. Henry nIonkton, in spite of his best. efforts, could tot wholly conceal his agitation. Miss &Ailey appeared calm and composed. She as thinking more of the kind guardain she lad lost than of what he had left bhind im. Mr, Bernett, who had the will in his locket, new rose to speak. "You all know, of course that ib la rstomary for the will of a deceased person be read inamediately after the funeral," e began, fixing his eyes on Henry Monkton, abo quhiled under their keen glance, "Bat afore I say more, I wish to know, suppose- eg the principal will not to be at hand, if I lay be allowed to read from the draft which have here? Draft and principal are precise.' alike in substance." No one spoke for some rieconde. 'No one elesd, had, any interest to speak save ratty Monktom Mies Aehley was no lation to the Amassed, and Mrs. Craw- ra and her an were but distatt donee - ens, • Mr, Barnett was about to reeume, when enry Monkton interrupted him. "What the good of reading from the draft 1" said "We must have the will itself. Where / Why have you nob gob it 1" "These inquiries, Mr. Monkton, you are obelely in a better positon to anewer thah oral Have you no idea where your other'e Will le ?" The queetien was put so &met that Henry trattOn lost hie tempet. "What in you an ?" be did in an angry tone. "How nild I know anything about It? It is not ,ely obeli gain anything by it. You old take care cif that While framing it, >f Ir. Barnett, Without Wang notice of thie ariendo, aimpiy fetid: "Theo you know hing of the Will 'i You have not seen If o ; I have hot soon ib, if that Will y you; and now, kindly proceed, I oee the upthot of all thia is that there will ?" Fumed, nett said, Precluot% no. You are reisteken ; the will 00 13'1' 114" was a meoee that baa been aloog there, to thank you for as restoration., as well and had kept oor track, as eaeier than the jdeep, heavy anew, I followed along, mak. as for its disappearance ; I only gob ib lad night.ing as little noise as 'possible, and found " TREBD BY A WOUNDED 11I0OZE, They Are Sft-VORC cuetomers When whey Gett nineocer ot aDisedvainiage, Oa dining to the footprint(' I found a JO here ail right enough," Mr B ' that he quietly fed at every tree he could lienrV Molikt°11, arlim3d and eelllettmled reaolo ; then 1 came to where he had lain at the Production of the will, vehiele he could down during the storm. I knew from this Only C011atide to be A later orae then that that he could not be a greet distance off, whioh he had burnt, had not a word to say. and I went OD slowly and oautiously. He He was however at a loss to understand the kept the track moat of the time, nue would, lad sentencies uttered by Mr Barnett. "I do not underetand you," he said at leogth. "I have HO connection witht the will what- ever. If it was ever lost, It is evidently found again. Be kind erough to leave me out of the matter altogether ; I know nothing about it." "My friends." said Mr Bennett. "look at this roan. He comes down here, pretending regret for the brother he has lost, and with a lying story on his lips that his brother and he, who for a very long time hod not apoken to each other, had become friend(' again a week to-day—three dayebeforethet brother's death. He gads his brother's will in the lib- rary, reads ib, and seeing that he himself is left almost nothing, and that this' inno went girl here inherits everything, resolves either to destroy or conceal it. In kis policy, he does not Donnie the mastership here; he interferes with nothing, lanowbog Well that he can bide his time; and this for the purpose of deoeivirig those around hira into a belief that he neither expects nor de- sires to gain anything by the death of his brother. He intended, no doubt, to counter. felt surprise when no will we to be found. This will will& I hold be my hand is the one taken from the library by that men. Up till last night at twelve o'olock, it was in kb possession, at whioh time it found its way into my own." Not one of the hearers was half eo rauoh astoniehed at bearing this %molt as was Henry Monkton. Believing that he had • burnt the will vehich he had found, he was amazed at what he heard. But he thought he saw an opening to prove the fabity of some pont at least of the sollolbor's state- ment. "You will all observe," said be, rising and gaining courage, " that this gentleman amuses me first of stealing my brother's will, then, apparently, of restoring it again. This restoration, according to his story. would seem to have taken place last night at midnight. At that time I was in bed and asleep; he, for aught I know, was the same. I did not see him after dinner yes. terday. The whole tale is a base fabrica- tion." "It is true. I have a witness here,— Mrs. Crawfordtwill you kindly tell what we both saw last night? Perhaps you will con. vinoe him." "Deed, I'll soon tell, and no be backward either, said Mrs. Crawford; and she pro. waded. to relate In detail what she had deo: the white figure entering the library; her terror when she saw, as she thought, the apparition of her dead relative; the packet which it carried in its hand; how when a good feeding tree was handy, get cub in the deep snow, but soon gob back again. In any m000siein feet I mede no noise; the signs grew fresher, and it wee not long before I mime to where he had reeked the night before. I fancied I could dent him. So X got down on my Undo and crept along, and. soon had the satisfaction of hearing the breaking of branches ahead of me. 1. had with me my short fowling piece, loaded for a deer, with three buckshot in it, The oharge would have been good for deer at abort range, but not for a moose, unless 1 could hit his neck bone or out his j agular. So I worked myself along on the path as noiseleesly ao poesible, and when within a thick clump of bushes I raised up te take in the situation. 1 had the satisfaction of see- ing the moose within easy gun shot, but not on the beaten path. He was just reaching up his long head and nose to the top of a small tree, on the branches' and twigs of whaele he was feeding. I had my snow (ahem under one arm and the gun in the other. I dropped the elms as quickly as I could and took aim at him but he had either scented or got sight of me, for in a Rash, before I could get my gun up, he made a j amp, and was out of sight in the trees. 1 did not believe he would go far, so I clipped my feet into the toe sbraps of the snowahod, and it was luoky for me thet I did not stop to fasten them on. 1 followed on his traok and in a short time found he had got enough of the deep snow and dust and. had stopped, with his head to me and his long ears projecting forward; he did not turn to run as I advanoed on him, but kept his head bobbing, so that it covered his front neck and breast. As he stood fac- ing me I could hit nothing but his face and forehead, and I waited for him to hold his head up long enough for me to aim under, and as I thought I had him right I let go at him. Be was not more than fifty yards from me, and I could. see in an instant what my buckshot had done for the moose. jest as I fired he must have thrown his bead down again and got the charge in his nose and fem. One shot went through his nose and lodged in the jaw, giving him the tooth. ache; the other two Wiz& him fair in the forehead between the eyes and flattened out on the Wee. My 1 wasnt he mad ? Ib didn t take him tong to take in the situation. He made for me at once, giving nee no time for reflection or to reload; no time to climb a tree or to get behind one. There was nothing between him and me. All I could do was to turn and the figure turned out after all to be run. As I turned I noticed a few rods to Henry Monkton himself, walking in his sleep ; and how Mr. Barnett had anoceeded in substituting the one will for the other. The company heard the relation of the story with. amazement. As for Monkton, he was simply stricken dumb. Every one in the room turned to look at him; he was pale as death. Aware that he occasionally walk- ed in his sleep, he had no doubt of the truth of wnat Mrs. Crawford had just nar- rated, or of the fact that he had been tricked by the solicitor. He did not speak. Foiled by himself, by his own unoonsolons not, he slunk out of the room, and shortly after left the house. An Irish Gentelman. • The seats were all full and one was °cou- pled by a rough -looking Irishman. At one ot the stations a couple of well•bred and In- telligent looking young ladies came in to proonre seats, but seeing no vacant ones were about to go into another oar when Patrick rose hastily and offered them hie seat with evident pleasure. "Bub you will have no seat for yourself," responded one of the ladies with a smile, and with truest politeness hesitating to accept it. h Never ye moind than" said the Hibernian, " yer welcome to it. I'd ride upon the cow- ketcher any Ohne from bete till New York for a smile from suoh ginblemanly ladies," and retreated into the next oar amid the applause of those who witnessed the incident. 'Whew the foregoing hint to mony ladies frill show that a trifle of politeness has often happy effecita—peneral Manager. ---earseetts•—r Too Inquisitive - Ludlow, who is waiting for his sweet- heart to dress, is being entertained by her little sister. "What beautiful curling hair you have," says Ludlow to the little girl; "does it ourl naturally ?" "No," answered the little one, frankly: "Sister Lena does it up in papers for me every night." ' "And dose your sister Lena do her own up in papers too 2" "No she takes them off every night and lays them on the bureau and curls them the next morning." One too Many for the Cop. Policeman (to tramp)—" Well, Pat, you have been three weeks beggin', an' ib's time you were monk!' on." Pat—" Sure, an' I was just spendin' ins Summer vacation here." Policeinan—" You're juit a downright lazy scoundrel, that you are." • Pat—" Faith, an' I would be nethin' to me father if I waen't." • Policeman—An' what was your father, prayV' • Pat—" be father was a policeman?" An English plasterer has been staggered with a fortune a:of £1,400,000, left to him by a clergyman who eungroted and ptosperecl in Sydney. A French woman invented one of the most original methods ef dealing with a refractory ohild evet revealed to the publio. She fast, ened on the hat of her eight-year.old dangle. ter, who had been naughty, a pleads:I in. seabed with the Words, " Illaciemoiaelle is a thief and a liar," and walked her through the meets. It took a policeman to :done the lady from the mobbing of an indignant crowd, nucleon's Bay is the hunting pround of numerous! Atherioau • wlealere and sealers. The vvholea are plentiful and. are easily caught. Nino of thorn fill a three hundred ton schooner. It is in the spring that the seals are eap"etrecl. In order to get there, tome of the Americans Winter at Marble Is- land, an Wend altuated Well, within our die - Wet of Xeowatin. Canadians will nob Nage the Americane a feW Whales or seals. at really, if liehring'n Sea le a olosed aoa how Oh IllicleOnha Bay be open 2 my right a large cedar tree that had turned up by the roots and lay with its top at an angle some ten or fifteen feet up from bhe snow, and was high enough at the roots for one to crawl under. I made for it. It was a race for life, As I put my hands on the tree I realized in one more jump the sharp hoofs of the moose would be on me unless I could get over the tree. I dropped my gun, put both hands on the cedar (there were no limbs near the roots) and turned a sumerset over the tree and came down all rioht on the other side face to the moose. It was &close shave, for one of the snowehoes struck him in the nose as I circled. As 1 wenb over the shoes dropped off, When 1. landed in the snow the crust gave way and let me down nearly to my armpits. Batore I could get my foobing the moose was on the other side of the tree, bub it was too high and too wide for him to get over. He rose on his hind feet and pat his forefeet down on the berk hard enough to shake the dint off from the roots' and his sharp hoofs out through the thicktough bark to the solid wood. He would reach over and try to bite me, and the blood from his wounded nose spurted in my face. The two shot holes in his fore- head did not bleed much, but I think they gave him a headache. He could nob paw the snow front the tree, and I at once began to dig a hole to crawl under if he should get over on my side. Tieis he soon did. Finding he could nob get over or under he took the way around the root. As he went round I went under and faced him on the other side, and I had to do it guiok. When I got my head up he wars on the other side, hie head and neck well over, every hair on his thick, short inane bristling with rage. Finding he could not get at me on that side with his four feet, he turned round tan to, just as you have seen a mule do, and for awhile he made the snow fly in my face, and some of it hit hard. Then when he had trampled the snow down so that he had a good footing, he turned and came at the tree on the foil j tamp. He tried this twice; the second time I thought he would get over, for his fore feet hung over on my side. But I did nob burry. I found I could go under as quiek se he could go over or get round. so I watched him stamp and anerb and kick and milake hie head until a new idea seemed to strike him, He started off for the top of the tree and began to make his way back under the tree, but the limbs were boo think and too large for him to break, and before he had time to do tnuch I was safely out of hie way and could hold on and look at his efforts to get me down, when he started Lor me, I got on top of the log and walked out to where the timber was thick and heavy, and so high up that he could not get at me, and I fixed myself oomfortably until he ohould have hi mad out and go off and leave me, or until my neighbors ehould come up with the dog. As I told you in the start, this moose was the biggest one I had ever seen. Re had ten spike horns that eeemed to be very tender, for I noticed co 1 stood over him that when he tried the shaking promo on me he woold strike with his feet and shoulders and bite with his teeth, but did not tra3e his home. He would eland up on his hind feet and reach up, tekte hold ef a limb and try to pull it down; his eyes rolled so that hothing but the whites could be seen, his lips' turned up, showing his tooth, his mouth filled with foam and blood, and, as I have said before, every hair on his body and mane bristled with anger, 1 tell you he was an animal not to be handled and to be avoided with care, Jae wac not dispoeed to let :no down in a burry, but kept watch of every movement msde. 1 eould see my gun standing up in the snow and my abowshoes wore all right below, but 1 did not date make ez dart for them. When the moose gob tired of his useleas tantrums he would lie down or stand quietly right under me, and when tested get up and try the same motions, How long he kept me up a tree I could tot named a long time to mo— when I noticed the moose in one of his quiet inoode cook his ears forward as if listening, and / thought I heatd the eound of t distant "hello" or the barking of a dog. 1 raised unreell up from my tiresome peroh, and endeared back with all my breath and vim, and my call was anewered beck, and dont I heard the welcome bayleg of my old hunt- ing dog, "Pointer," who had struck the moose trail, and was rapidly coming up.Ala soon as the moose heard the baying of the dog he began to be uneasy, end stetted eff away from, the sound, and before I could get down from the tree he was out of eight. Its did not take me long to got on my snow shoes and reeover my gun, drop in a big load of powder and ram down a ball, and take after the rooted. I knew he would not go far after the dog came up, but I was anxioue to got a shot at him before he came up, so I put my best foot forward, and I noon got a sight of him, the snow being so deep and liedy he could not go feat. The dog followed the trail around the tree, end so gave me time to come up to the, M00110. I did not want to ehoot at his body, and followed be- hind within gunshot or him to turn his head or give me a °hand ab hia nook, awl as he turned out to his direot course to avoid a windfall he turned hi head. end genre me the shot I wanted, right behind hie ear. Tne moue was mine. The dog came running past me jest as I fired, and before my neigh- bors(' name up I hod the moose bled aria the "muffle" out off. "Vieille," whana that'? The hunter's prize, as the tongue of the buffalo is—the soft part of the nose and lips, which, when properly oleaaed, boiled and cooked is as white as snow, and is better than calves' foot j ally. —(Minneapolis Tri. butte. DIED IN A POOR -HOUSE. A Prince who Spent His Fortnne and Then Lived by Dead -Beating. Prince Demetrine Ivanovitsoh von Chiwa died a few days ago in the poor.houee at Hamburg. He was once the petted son of a wealthy family, whose ancestors were undis. paled rulers of the proviuoe whenoe he came. After receiving a military education he founded a home in Paris where, under the second empire, he played an enviable and important role. The Empress Eugenie was among the numerous admired of the hand- some prince, who spent money as layiehly as the emperor himeelf. Buts the dissolute life which he began to lead soon robbed him of kb fortune and reduced him to beggary, At first he was particular as to the ronk of those from whom he borrowed, and chose only men who were his equals in birth. The late King Ludwig of Bavaria was honored of- tener than any other ruler with "letters for loans," whioh invariably began: "Moat serene and mighty cousin." ne flattery was stwoessfui in opening the purse of the demented monarch during manw years. Bat this source of income was at last out off, and Prince von Chiwa was foroed to borrow from his inferiors, giving as aeourity the ex. pectatiera of a large sum of money from the emperor of RatiEla. The truthlessness of such a statement was soon discovered, ann. palling the unfortunate nobleman to resorb to other means to secure a livelihood. About ten yams ago he first appeared in the neighborhood of Hamburg. The white hair, the brilliant eyes, the military bearing, and aristoeratio features still enabled him io impose upon the innocent mistressess of boarding-houses. His imposition ',blame so frequent and his acquatatand with the prison walls so intimate that he was made finally an inmate of the poor -house to escape further perseoution. Where he remained until bls death. Love With Circumspection. 11 And you will never, never be mine ?" gasped Jim Scone of Sollinsville avenue, East Se. Louis, when Sarah Underwood shook her head and told hinr could not be done. "1 am sorry—very sorry," she murmur- ed, " Mb it <linnet—cannot be." "Bub tell me why, my dear ?" "Web?, the fact is, Mr. Seed, I never as- sume suoh responsiblities personally. I leave them with papa, It saves annoyance in the way of breaches of promisee, you knew. Papa is in the next room; I am always glad to abide his decision." Her papa consented, and Jimmy is laying plans for housekeeping. Very Fine Linen. One of the most delicate exhibits of long. skilled handicraft, at the present French ex- hibition, is from the linen looms of Ireland, in the form of damask napkins out of a set of two dozen doilies, made for e. jabilee gift to Qaeen Victoria by a Belfast manufacturer. Thetie doilies are woven from the fitied linen yarn which has ever yet been spun from ii*x fibre. The napkin is exhibited in its unbleached state, and also in its blettohed and finished condition. Upon each is a striokingly faithful delineation of the factory from which it 00M8S. The building is photo. graphed, as it were, in the linen web. One of these damask doilies, about sixteen iniehea rquare, contains three thousand and sixty threads of warp and tour thousand and twelve threads of woof, and these threads, joined together, would extend a. distance of more than two ram et the napkin seems to be the merest figments of gosse.mer,—a fabrio of lightest gauze, a• thing one might blow away with a breath. She Obieoted to Metohor. "What is it that keeps you busy writing so late in your study every night ?" sulked Mrs. Pollywog of her husband, • "I am writing the history of my life," " I suppose you mention me in in" "Oh, yes ; I call you the sunshine of my exliD sitenaIcenr'ea IIY throw so muoh sunshine in. to your daily life ?" "1 refer to you as the Bowline of my ex- istence because you make it hot far me." A rise in the thermometer occurred imme- diately. Where His Right to Hiss Came In. Among the strangers entering the city each alternate couple FOOMS to be lovers!. Quite a group collected on Ring street, evidently from the mama town, but overjoyed at meeting ih such a wonderland as Toronto. When the party broke up there was hand- shaking all around and one great blubber wanted to kiss eaoh of the girls, so great had his affection suddenly become. He sucemeded in performing the act on three freekled gide, planting hie =oohs anywhere from lipe to the baok of the neck, The fourth &met maiden hold back and riaid "Ion mustn't now, Jim." "I say, Jim, you can't kise her now. Nobody damn kid her but inc. WW0 years ago you could a had het, lout now she's mine." "Well, I had her four year� before and I got a right to kiss her," was his rejoinder. Friends parted them and each Groupie moved on in its own direction. Velvet ribbon will be muck used as trhn' ming during the coming eeasOnt „ . PRIZE FIGHTING IN INDIA. How They do tlit Ilis tli!ilenasetili.t-oht 7.A.0 Colonel L. T. 'Pearl, of the h'bibr-eighth Light Infantry, who hae been stationed at Mysore, Beitieh India, for the laet Ova years, gives the following interesting ageonnt of how a boxing tournament ie parried on in India: It is Almoisb needless to date that our life at Mysore proved very dell. I and my fel- lew can'v wore oastieg about for some relief from rhis iaterminebla monotony, having tired of football, orloket and other old- ao urt try sports, when we wove agreeably eurprieed one morning by receiving a polite invitation from the 11,:jabi of the district to attend an athletic exhibition he proposed givlog the next day. At his Highness' palace we were received in a royal manner. After pertaking of a Medal repent we were conducted by him to a large gallery overlooking the arena set aped for the exhibition, After doing us carefully bestowed, he ordered the gamete to eommence. The professional Indian boxers are known as j tties, a name derived from the peculiar contrivances worn by them upon the right hand, Thie consists of a kind of menu mode of buffalo horn with four sharp knobs upon it, resembling exaggerated knuckles. Near the little finger is a fifbh prej eobion of greater prominence and keenness then the Ohara. It ite worn upon the right hand, between the lower j °Juba and the main knuckles, the fingers being passed through a. narrow opening below the raised points, of soffioent eE 3 to receive them when the fist is doubled. If is were placed directly over the knuckles it is very evident that a blow directed with the full force of an athletto arm would, in all probability, crush the akull of the unfor- tunate at whom ib is aimed. Placed in the manner described the wearer is obliged to be very chary in the deliverance of a full -arm blow, as the concussion would be very likely to cause dielocation of the hand. Instead, therefore, of hitting in the usual style in vogue among Englieh and Araerioan pugii- iats, the blows are delivered perpendicularly, and as the knobs are sure to make a deep cut and lay the flesh open to the bone, there is never any question as to who is, en. titled to the claim of find blood, THE GLADIATORS. In a few minutes two of these men step pea into the arena. They were magnificent; specimens of manhood, neither very stout nor very muscular, bub with well -knit, splendidly proportioned frames. Added to this was a natural grace and gentlemanly deportment. Bowing low to the Rajah they took their places in the center of thering endput there - selves in position for the combat Approach- ing each other they hekl up and crossed their left arms, then, quidely stepping book, they made various motions with their hands, or, as we would express ib, "sparred for an opening." They shifted their positions with great activity, watching like hawks tor an opportunity to deliver a blow, never once allowing their attention to be diverted in any manner. Several passes were made with lightninglike rapidity, were neatly purled, and we were greatly puzzled to know which displayed the greatest amount of scienceiso equally were they matched. At length one of them, assuming the offenssive, pressed his antagonist backward a few feet and, quick as flash, delivered a Stun- ning blow on the cheek vehicle laid it open to the bone. Suddenly the wounded athlete duoked, and, grasping his antagonist by the legs, lifted him high in the air. The latter dealt himanother blow, this time upon the crown of the head, but, nothing daunted, he threw his man, and as he arose struck him a terrific blow in the face, which tumbled him over in a heap. Like a cat he recov- ered his feet and closed with the other. Then followed a shower of blows which so disfigured the pugilists that their faces were hardly recognizable Not relishing such a gory spectacle, we re• crusted the Rej eh to compel them to desieb. Whis he did reluctantly, seemingly surprised to think that we should so soon tire of an ex- hibition which he doubtless considered the very aome of manly sport. Calling the boxers to him he tossed them a handful of corals, aoctompsnying the gift with a few words of moneneudation for their pluck and skill. They bowed low and murmured words of thanks to the effect that for such recompense they would willingly fight every day of their lives. FIGHTING WITH STAVES, A young Hindoonow appeared armed with a weapon somewhat resembling a quarter. staff, about six feet long and two inches thick, upon each end of which was a wooden ball inclosed in a quilted cotton bag. Im- mediately following him came three others of his race bearing staves three feet in length and about an inch and a ball in thickness. At a signal from our host the play began. The three quickly attacked the newcomer, who defended himself from the blows they aimed at him with surprising agility and adroitness+. So rapid were his movements that his front was always presented to each of kis antsgonists, and eo dexterously did he handle his weapon, whtoh waa held at the center of the shaft, that every attempt to strike him proved futile, For several me- mento he acted on the defensive, and thus managed to tire out the attacking parties. Observing this, he made a sudden spring at one of them, and striking him full in the face with the end end of hia staff, felled him like an ox. With a quick, backward move. ment he dashed the other end of the steff at the head of one of his enemies wno had come up behind, and gave him a blow on the tem- ple that leveled him to the earth as though etruok with a cameo ball. Toe remaining one, imagining he had now an excellent chance to disable the wielder of the sing, made a wicked lunge at him, which landed bu his ribs and almost took away his breath, Recovering in an instant, the latter bounded toward his antagonist, all the while owing. bog his weapon with tremendous velocity. The wily fellow succeeded in evading it by duckiim and dodging, but at last he midal. Quieted. his chances. Raising his head, he received 'the covered end of the staff on hie forehead, and, staggering about for a second or two, fell prone on his back, completely beaten. enviotor redived the usual hod of ap- probation from the Rajah, and smilingly retired with those whom he had vanquish. ed. • Thue ended a do' e sports, and atm par- taking of a light luncheon, we bade our host good.by and returned to our oantbnment. iSpurgeon's $ermene, Spurgeon, the emitnuat Beptiet preaoher, never niakes any preparation for a sermon. It is his habit to chobee soiree text oe Satttr. day evening to ins need on the morrow, Thirty ininutes, and no longer, he devotes to looking up referent:we. On thee refer- eneee he jotri down O. fete' notes,' and with nothing else at hand he steps into his pulpit on Sunday friorning 'without manueoript or thought of hie tett other then that given it during the hail luntA attidy of the' Previoue eVenitig, The Palace of Vi'oods. Not the most ehowy, but eertalulY ono of the meet iotereating, features of the present exhibition at Pew 4' the rate's de Bois eb Pore,—palace ef woods and foreets, • —a large bonding with spawn' salons, galleries, and balconies, built entirely ef wood, in undressed logs, etieks and fagots„ yet none the less very teetotally conetrucred, mot not without coeteideroble architectural beauty. The wells and cellinge are panelled with various eticke of the wood, ahow- ing different colored harks,—birch, beech, elm, pine, poplar, for exempla, producin& pretty artistic effecto. Every kind of tree and shrub which growa in France, or in any of her oolonies, is here conepicuously represented. If a parent, or teacher, detared to give hie ohildren a few. days of most effective and pleasant infterne- Hon in trees and woods, bore is the ideal plane, for the entire structure appears to have been arranged 1 or the especial purpose' of givhog boons in tree botany. The columns, beams and poets are each of a tingle log; and in every ORSO the common name of the tree, together with ite botanical name and the age of the speolmen, are given on a tag attached to 34. Moreover, there are !specimen!' of the leaf, the flower, the odd, cone, or nut, deity accedible for examination; and example!' of all the known parasites, insects and borers whioh infest and live upon it. The different sizes to which the tree ab - tains, at different ages, are illustrated by specimen drake and logs. The forma of the branches and twigs are shown by numerous examples. Next follow the uses to which the tree is pun as timber, or in menufactures, and the grain and fibre of the wood are exhibited, along with the tools best adapted for work- ing it. Preclude from the fibre and the wood pulp, as seen in paper, or vegetable silk, linen, etc., are exhibited% also the exe tracts from the sap, the gums and resins whioh naturally exude from the tree, and the alkaloidwhioh may be prepared from. them, for medical uses. Then follow the gnarls and excrescences which sometimes grow, abnormally, on each species of tree, and moll examples as have been found of petrifactions of the wood. Finally there are given exam;dee of the kind of soil in which the tree flourishes best, and the geological or rook formation upon whirl it is found growing. In a word, the "Palace of Woods," might very aptly be termed a palace for may and. agreeable botanical instruction. • Emperor wad Lancer. Busy men, acoustomed to do business in a brisk, common-sense fashion, find officio1 red tape eo vexatious that it is no wonder they invent stories to make it ridiculous!. The ,French have one of these, which is perhaps as good as any. When Napoleon III. was emperor, so the narrative runs ha sat one day at Longehamps, sleepily review.. ing his army. • Regiment after regiment passed, but nothing seemed to stir the emper- or from his lebhargy. At last, however, as a regiment of dragoons rode by, he suddenly* fixed his attention upon the front rank. "What is that lancer doing there among. the dragoons ?" he asked his chief of staff. The chief of staff looked at the lancer, and galloped away to the division commander, while the emperor sank book into his cus- tomary impassiveness. "The emperor demands to know why that lancer ta among the dragoons?" The general looked shocked; and called out sharply to the Colonel of the regiment: • "Colonel, what have you got that lancer among your men for?" The colonel was dumfounded, and appeal- ed to the commandant of the squadron: "What's that lancer doing here?" "1 don't know, sir," exclaimed the cont. mandant of the squadron; and he called the captain. "Look here, captain, why have you got that rascally lancer in your company 2" The captain pleaded ignoranoe. "I'll ask the lieutenant," he said. By this time the inquiries began to b garnished with oaths and abuse. The lien. tenant, apparently surprised beyond ex - premien at the presence of the lancer, hurled question and imprecation all at once at the head of the orderly sergeant. "What in the world is that lancer here for?' Then the orderly sergeant rode up to the lancer himself, as if he were about to ou him through to his saddle. "You villain What are you doin here among the dragoons ? The emperor after you, You'll be shot at the very least. • "But, sergeant," the earlier sbammere "you know I've permuted, sir i" .Permutation in the army means transfer by authority, from one corps to another. "Permuted, eh ?" said the sergean "Well, that won't help you now." The orderly seryeant went to the lieuten- ant with the report that the man had pa r - muted ; the lieutenant told the captain, an d the captain the commandant of the squadron and the commandant of the equadron tit colonel, and the colonel the general, an the general the chief of staff; and the chi of staff came to the emperor, "Sire," he began, "the lancer has permut "What lancer?" "The lancer whom your majesty noted' among the dragoons." "Oh yea 1 Re's permuted, eh 1" eaid the emperor, sleepily. "Well, he looked like a good man. Let him have a medal 1" The Pope. Will the Pope transporb himself and ths Vatican to England? It is said, on what may be token as reliable authority, that this question, which to a large number of people will oome in the light of a thunderbolt, is really being seriously discussed in influential Rome Catholic circles in London. Hitherto Spain has been the countri. spoken ot as a new plaoe ot residence in the dee of removal from Rome but it in understood that Senor Sagasta is by no means infatuated with the proposal. Hie Holiness is naturally dish:L(31in. ed to leave the mainland of Europe, but if Spain le impossible 11 15 clear that France, and Germany, and Auettia, and 'Russia, are each of them out of the question. And then what is there left but Great Britain ? A number of ladies" in London—our owtt London, not the overgrown London across the water—propod to open a school for the education of young girls in domestio tooto- my, No sUbjeet is so generally negleoted as howiekeeping. Dollate upon dollars are spent upon instruction in mud° and paint. ing and not a cent is devoted to cookery or to home memagmont, Yet bhe youing hidbs as a rule desire 'ultimately to control a houss. haw, end indeed prefer the home to the honours which mut& or painting can oonfer upon them. A new heat motor has lately been intro., &wed which operates withottt valves or exhaust, using, the same air over and over again at tad' ?Atoka, and °booths for a small amount of leakage would tun iticlednitely by the simple appileation of hog and the (sooting medium.