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STRANCTER AT THE DOLPHII\T
The voice called again. and the girl
ran quickly Into the house. After the
°losing of the door Thorburn did not
linger. He picked the way carefully
back to the White Road, thinking, as
he went, of the sweet candor of Sue
and a the awful hubbub that would
rage about him when the world knew,
And there was something, too, for Sue
to learn; but he had no misgiving about
that, since he himself would light her
to the knowledge.
At half pest eight o'clock the, follow-
ing morning Dlr. Thorburn's valet 'went
into his master's room: Mr. Thorburn
was asleep. He had slept so soundly
that even the jingling bustle of an arri-
val beaneat/a hie window had not dis-
turbed hie dreams. The amplitude of
the bed. in which he lay was out of all
proportion to the needs of any human
creature. Our ancestors, truly, loved. to
rest and die benea,th heroic: canopies.
The man awoke Mr. Thorburn, He
sat up and stretched himself.
"Draw the blind and open the win -
slow," he said. "Ab, he went on when
this was done; "what a morning, Hyde,
and. what a sun!"
" Yes, my lord."
"Sir, sir 1 I am not my lord here.
Must I tell you so for the hundredth
timer
"I beg your worship's pardon. But
I cannot forget your rank, sir it comes
hard to me."
" You must forget. Hyde. until I tell
YOU to remember. Bring me some
choeolate." The ns.aa hest ated.
"Well," said the other, "he.ve you any-
thing to say?"
Hyde. withdrew a little and paused
again. "Some one has leen tteking for
.you, my 1-, eir
" Who'?" as:kea Mr. Thorburn, with
one leo: out of bed.
" Mr. Luttrell, ir."
The leg went inek agsixi ani Mr.
Therburn's face manifeetea lively an-
noyame. " Danin Nr. Luttrell r" he
cried; "tdl hire I'm dead 1" Hyde
smiled env telly, glanced out of the win-
dow, reeled hie hands together and
brought hie gaze, still vacant, back to
the Iied. "Tell him Pei deal, do you
heir, or likely to die, or seek. Say any-
thing and hiiI him g031 -day."
"Heel never believe it," Hyde said
"He'd laugh at me. You know hie way,
sir."
"And a devilish impertinent way it is.
What right has the fellow to follow me?
11 he won't go, order setae bretikfast for
two and sag ru join him in half an
hour. Mr. Luttrell and I, Hyde, will
have a talk together."
When Mr. Thorburn came down he
found Mr. Luttrell sitting- on th edge
of the table, playing e ith his s‘eord-
hilt. A grey cat watched hen from the
window seat.
"This visit is un.expected," Mr. Thor -
bum said after they had greeted one
another.
" And you would. doubtlees add, un-
warranted, my lord."
" That depeads upon the reason for
" The reason is to beg you to think
twice before it is too late,"
"iIy dear Luttrell, I have thought
fifty time and the way is clear before
"Have you considered your family?"
.1. answer with another question;
bas my family ever considered. me ?."
"If 1 may eiuty so, the Eari of Temple -
_more should ate on higher grounds."
"I be you to remember that here I
am not the Earl of Templemore. I am
plain Philip Thorburn; the title is in
_abeyance."
"1 rejeice to hear it, my lord." 1
" And way, my dear Mr. Luttrell, do
you rejoice?"
"Beca.u.se I gather from it that your
errand. is less serious than I had
imagined."
"Explain please. Our breakfast waits:
before we eat let us understand each
other."
Luttrell slipped from the table and
stood with folded arms against the
wall. The Earl of Templemore re- !
carded him with amused interest:
Come, he said speak out, cousin',
4-esh • "Your lordship is good semi, ee, fee
',Jr -1i, alit:1d incth
at we )'1tt-touch of the
eee. same blood. es..
Tut, Sta•aeleave my lording alone,
3U the the name you knew me by
kte. 1„.. before this unsought Minor put °mask
; on. all my friends. Call me Philip and
eel; -be done with it."
staes: " You may remember, then, that in
those far off days we sometimes
changed our names for safety's sake.
It was then that ladies wore the
masks.
Teraplemore's face darkened: but as
he paced the room it cleared again.
e
You remind me," he said, "of what
One would willingly forget. We raust
all be you.ng once, Luttrell; we must
all play the feel and. truant once, nay,
a score of times, and be none the worse
for it. I do not propose at my time of •
life to set up for u:aoralist. But here
• rigs the true coin. This is not one of
hose. I take my name of Thorburn
(cause she knows me by no other."
" end when she learns the other,
what then?"
a That is what I propose to discover.
remember, Luttrell, that she is a
an, perhaps hardly more than a
. If she loves me the name will
a, no dieference. We people have
&bit of bolding. ourselves too dear.
name is an mordent: it is, I, 1 who e
everything. My name doe,s not
ke lave, my name does not fight, my s
ai aloes not Play the I do
things. As for my family, well, ;
eremy family end will bold by me. '
;ides, I propose to bring new, clean ,
ea alto a somewhat wasted stook
be my debtors. Go back to s
, but at a slower path. I assure
thie is a charming eountry andwill a
any time you like to spend up-
)
1' !the road. Or, better still, stay here
my guest and thee a lesson from my L
"MI
Philip. hone is it that the lady knows
only half your tomer
"Because I met her untler unusual
circumete,nces; !mealy because her
father, like most of the world, is some-
thing of a fool." Luttrell nodded ace
quiescence. Templemore smiled and
went on: "I have a habit, as you know,
of wandering into strange places and
stranger company. There are certain
&octet:we which presume to sympathize
with the bloody-minded villains who
are murdering Frenchmen, and women
too, in the na,me of France. To one of
these societies I had an easy entrance,
of coulee under the name ot Thorburn.
And there one evening I found. old Ful-
ler and his daughter -he nodding with
wine and treason, she alternately
frightened and ashamed. Why, the
foolish fellow took her there I don't
pretend. to guess. I often went to these
meetings, not to agree with the senti-
ments expressed there, but to express
my own sentiments to the jewel set
In that showy and harmless fuatian."
" Did you not consider it your duty,"
asked Luttrell, "to your order and the
kpoossing (4o?h,a, ve these revoluntiona,ries sup-
" Why suppress flies ? They only buzz,
afy duty lay in the directaon of my
pleasure my honest pleasure. That is
un why I aheat. Let me give you this
wing or a little of that rold pasty -
leveret, I think. No? I cannot press
you to remain, because, as you see, my
occupation gives me companionship
enough. My respects to my family
they are reelly too solicitous. When I
return to town you shall bear of me."
Luttrell being tlaus happily dismissed,
the Earl of Templemore spent an hour
in contemplative idleness. But as he
was pleasandy enraged in dwelling
upon the last turn of fortune, all
Churelisee was being made free of the
secret of his name; for the girl who
waited on him had not thought it un-
manearly to listen at the door and. she
fied from that post with the name of
the Earl of Templemore filling her
pretty mouth and silly head. She
blurted it out to every soul she saw,
Lind be neon the truth had reached a'f as-ksullerh Luneb Ln g carried there
by Fuller's head shepherd, who had call-
ei,j, at the Dolphin. fer his morning ale.
Early in the afternoon Templemore
set out to call upon e1utas brother. that
Mr. John Fuller whose voice he had.
heard the night betters. He did
he not no -
tae tadcled deference of the landlord
whe met him in the poroh; he did not
obeerve tbe inquiring heads t hat pop-
' Pea out of doore after he had passed.
As e matter of fact Churebsea was do -
mg Itself honor on his account, for it
Ls -a plaee apt to glory in itself and in
. any meidental eircumetanee that may
be made to serve as a sur to pride.
; ihe great pasture -lands were vivid
1 with spring; the. Whir- Road cut them
• like astray of ribbon oij a green cloth:
, the blue line of the eez glittered beyond
' the high nature: break -water of heavy
• petriges. Templemore descended into
the plain and made his way without a
singie nth:judgment cif the route to the
gate of Fuller's farm. Ile waited there
for a moment hoping to see Sue's face,
or at letst the flutter of her gown. 13ut
he saw nothing and heard only the
bleating, and slir of innumerable sheep.
He lifted the latch, entered and knock-
ed briskly at the. door.
He was again disappointed, for he
, had expected Sue to open to him. A
' red-cheeket country maid, in a blush
of excitement, testerecl. him, svith many
bobbing curtseys, into a parlor on the
; right. There she left him with a final
, bob.
!
Templemore looked. about him with reverence. This was the room which
so often held Sue. Indeed, some of
• her work was stretched upon an em-
broidery frame, and near it was a
. low eltaan-Sue's rhair. He eat down
in it, and felt himself instantly exalted.
The room was heavily furnished with
old mahogany, almost black. Upon a
sideboard shone a few sliver cups and
tankards; above it hung two crossed
, swords. Thewindietelelge was closely
pecked with flowers, which served to
, give sweetness and an intangible air of
purity to the place. The grate was fire-
. less, filled with dry rushes, which
rustled to the tune of the wind M the
ohimney. Templemore had hardly
. completed his survey of the room when
the • door opened and John Fuller
stood before him. He bowed stiffly
the earl sweet him a profound rever-
ecc
ll'ictu do us too mush honor, my lord,"
Fuller said, not moving from where he
stood. He fumbled awkwardly with
his hands, and his color was high and
defiant.
"Hase-rny lord?" said Templemore,
for an instant, but for an instant only,
pricked in his composure.
"Down here we are not ashamed of
our name:gee -
-e
;.....taitteemore smiled and o Sereel bis
snuff-box. "Nor am. I ashamemeeof
mine," he said.
The other took a pinch of snuff, a'
large pinch, lte,sitatingly. lie was
extremely angry, up in arms to defend
his sister, aucl yet doubtful as to the
best method to conduct a quick assault
to victory. "You saw my sister last
night," he said.
f did," Atid Templemore, "and the
sight of her, though it was nearly dark,
gave ligat to my eyes. You should be
proud of your sister, Mr. Fuller, as, in-
deed, you doubtless are."
"I am so proud of her," said the oth-
er, "th-at I will not allow gentlemen
who change thcir names to wander
about ,my premiees at night end play
the gallant to her. If they wish to
come, let it be by day, when they must
deal with me first."
Templemore bit his Hp and ball
turned. away. Then he faced Fuller
smilingly again, and himself took snuff.
"I admire your beat," he said. "You
are a very able champion, and Imake
no doubt your hand is as ready as your
word; but you misunderstand rue and I
am anxious to put myseaf in the right
with you. I remember that you are
Miss Fuller's brother, in itself no mean
distiaction, and. it is your pleasure and
your privilege to •defend her. I never
ante upon your ground. last night -my
progress was blocked by a very sub-
tantial wall. My meeting with your
ester was an accident."
"She told rae so."
"And I trust that you believed her.
Take my advice and never doubt a
ady's word. lam your senior by about
ID years, I judge; rey experience may
be of service to you. Arlways believe
_
ntil ths contrary is proved."
"Your lordship is too fine for me. I
ut two and two together, and act on
t. Why did you change your name?"
The manner at the question made
emplemore's blood tingle; but he
heeked the answer that was hot upon
is lips and took a element's thought.
Your question," he said, "hurts me
because it impugns my honor, I hold
my honor very dear. You. are inclined
to. doubt it, and I am bound. to admit'
ou have an appearance. o 'justice on
ouhave an appearance of lustice on
our side; but I beg you to be es just
rae as I vrieh to, be to y on I assure
wilt be your guest to the extent of T
kfest. •Afterwards, • if you still ee
to your purpose and refuse to re-
wil la me I must go alone."
"I shall tertainly efuse."
; They sat in silenee for some time,
sTemplemore without a shadow of tome
beeraesmont, the other watchfully, Y_
itte a chicken or a eat. Luttrell spoke Y
" Since) you are determined to go Y
imeough with this very doubtful affair,
you, on this honor whioa I hope to keep
unstaiued to the end of my life, that
tbe °hanging of my name was nothing.
Yoer sister knew meafirst as Philip
Thorbura: the Earl of Templemore she
had probably never heard of. And. may
now ask hew you came to knew my
title."
"ay father's shepherd brougbt the
news from the Dolphin this morning."
"They have long ears at. the Delphin,"
said Templemore.
" At the Dolphin they know every-
thing," said Fuller simply.
There was a moment's pause. during
which Sue's brother rapped his heavy
boots together. He WWS obviously un-
convinced. "The fellow is almost a
gentleman." theught Templemore.
'There is blood in this family; he means
to fight me." He added aloud: "Now
that we understand each other, Me.
Fuller, will you be good enough to ask
yoer sister to have a word with me?"
"1 understand nothing of the whole
matter, but that I svill have nothing
to do with it. Why your loreship
should choose to pay us attentions
which we neither merit nor desire I
will not persume to question too close-
ly. I have the honor to wish your lord-
ship every good. -morning." And. with
that he opened the door and stood aside
to let his visitor pass.
"Am 1 to count you as an enemy?"
asked. Teraplemore. quite unruffled,
flicking a speck of dust from his sleeve.
your enemy."
"In this matter it is my duty to be
"You mistake your duty. But since
the lady must be consulted first 'lean
your father—"
go no further at present. Perhaps
I act for my father, who is absent."
"He has a candid agent; and nein
not be less candid, Mr. Fuller. T shall
Fee your sister, you may he sure of
that. To tell you how and when I mean
to see her would be unwise. You pro-
claim yourself my enemy, but, believe
me, 1 am not youre, I am sorry that
my title offends. you; I regret that you
doubt my honor; some day you will
think well of both. For the pres-
ent, good -eye."
spring air again. At twenty paces
He bowed himself
from the room tied so out into the clear
from the house he turned. a-nd saw
young Fuller standing at the door.
FliN raised his eyea and caught Sue's
fare &acing between the curtains of
an upper window. Be uncovered and
kiesed his hand to heg. Then, with-
u.pon her brother, he walked rapidly
clat wetting to see the effeet of this
acmes the level green to the Wlete
Road.
Hiving- retitled his in he called for
the landlord, who entered the roma
with shame and awe in his modtled
face. Tenes'emore stood. feeble: him.
As the man turned to close the door he
steeped him
"then "Leave it open." hesabe
we shell know that no oneis list-
ening at the other side. When a gen-
Cereal' gives his name it is the bust -
nese of a host to resreet it, even though
he cremes it to be assumed."
iro
ilh
twerretd,i4tetos tohteheerr
Of course -it always is the. maid.
ee, my lord," stare -
Choose your women with more discre-
tion or if that is impossilee, keep a
te
"
lianecloscli:iptohnemthednulm. 14..„would
"re your grace will overlook it this
once,"
"r eau do nothing elee, eine° there is
no ather decent inn in Cherchsea-ana
after all, your wine is excellent. Let
me have two more bottles to-nieht, and.
see that I am not disturbed till then.
You may go now -wait, in haaf an hour
send nese fad who can carry a message
quickly,"
When the landlord had gone,. Tem-
plemore sat down to pen and ink. Ha
had an idea, and time was short.
When the Led ranee thenote wassealed
and addressed. "Take this to Mr. John
Fuller, at Fuller's Farm," he said, "and
delver it to bim yourself. Bring me an
answer." he had. written: -
Sir, -If you will meet me to -night on
the east side of the east's on the marsh,
1 don't know -what name it has, at nine
okaltack I ;will explain everything clear -
le to you. Aei you, do not wish me to
see your sister, poor thild.1 you are too
hard. upon her, this will' satisfy you
that 1 am honorably anxious to be 3ust
to you. Let me have a word from you
by eny messenger, I shall come un-
anned-Templemore.
Within an hoer the boy returned.
panting, with the anssver,written on a.
corner torn from the earl's note; it
consisted of the one word, Yes.
To say that Terapaernore was hope-
ful would be te say too little; he was
confident. He never reokoned with
the poosibility of failure.; he meant to
have Sue at any hazard. If all Church -
see bad stood arrayed against him,
with Mayor and Jurats at their head,
ID would have snapped his fingers at
them all, called to his postillions to ride
on, and have driven down the entire
corporation with the utmost composure.
This he would have clone if Sue were
beside him.; otherwise, he would have
treated. the dignitaries of the ancient
towrt with amused respect.
He dined carefully, as he had done
• the night before, and called in the land -
'lord to craelt the second bettle with
higa as thoegh the creature heel not
siened against him. He was ea the
beat of spirits, fax hie had Sue allways
befoi his eyes; her face danced in the
reflec ion from his glass, her lips
posited 'lathe early blossoms that stood
upon th table, her hands beckoned to
him from Jam corney of the room at
once. He taw himself triurap•hantly
carryieg her* way to town; he imagined
I
the hush th• t svould fall upon any
drawing-roon. to whiee she gave her
I
fresh beauty and young. grace; he
smiled at the talks of her Introduction
c„..
to his family. But most of all he liked
ID see her in her m n surroundinge, a
child of the marehes a ed of the wind,
ot the elm and of the deve
(To Be ('onitintu.e )
BACK TO THE MIDDLE GES.
A singular degree recently Ls ed by
the Bulgarian Ministry of Agric, ature
and Coninaerce calls to mind the( old
sumptuary laws of the middle hes.
By virtue of tire degree all the officiate
and futotionaries of the state, of the
towns and a the communes i.n that
cousatry, and even Deputies when in
session, are compelled to wear boots
and &Sallee made in the country of
stuff or leather also produced in the
country, under penalty of fine or other
punishment. The &eel and, leather
es the piece most bear a certain mark,
which mark must aeso be found. in the
made-wp articles. Where the Bulgarian
official's have ordered clothes and boots
Shey are obliged to retainan invoice
as proof, and when beading new etothes
must Mettify the official in control.
A VEGETARIAN ARGUMENT.
It is estena,ted that twenty-two acres
of land is necessnry to sustain.' one
man on fresh' meat. The isame space
of teed it devoted to -wheat eillture
would feed forty-two people; if tei oats
eigbty-eight; potatoes, Intlien coin toad
rice, 176; and if to the plantain or
Mead -fruit tree over 6.000 people., •
CANINE VIAIL CARRIERS.
••••••••
CANADA DOGS TO COMPETE WITH
REINDEERS OF ALASKA.
New Mall Ennio to the Klondike Expected
to ite hi Operation by Spring—Tartans
:Iirleociiilisie:to
irN;leirilheesreltde.Dogs and
t
Canada not to are .outdone by the
United States inproviding reindeer
service between the coast and the Klon-
dike will establish. a dog mail and
transportation route as soon as the ne-
cessary dogs can be brought together.
Canada has na reindeer team in its ter-
ritory, but within its provinces it ties
SCAUS of the finest herds of circumpolar
dogs, :end It is proposed to utilize, these
as far as possible. The government
will make an aprpoprietion for purchas-
ing neeelyi 100 of the finest dogs that
can be found in the north, and those
selected for the work will be used this
winter, for transporting the in.ails an
freight from the rivers and oo,ast
the mou.ntaio ranges. Last winter in-
ferior mongrel dogs used for transport -
beg freight cost from $100 to e200, and
the charges for carrying this freight
to ties rammtains were 15c, to 20o. per
pou.nd. It is believed that this eharge
can be greatly reduced with the proper
ed
revngaGged in a regularly establish.-
dieNotwithstanding tbef umfavoreble
conaparisen of dogs with, the reindeer
fax transportation work ie the North,
the Canadiangovernment has faith in
these trained creatures fax doing all
the hard, rough torvize required of
them. 'While the, reindeer can live on
the MOSS that grows so abundantly on
the tundras, the treated dogs MS exist
on a dried. salmon a day. They are al-
raoste just
th:srcly as the. reindeer, anti
mak
GOOD lEAT FOR EATING.
It may not be generally known that
there is a great variety of circumpolar
dogs. and that there is all the differ
ewe in the world iu them. Most peo
ple hose- an erreneous idea coneernin
thene and even men of science have ler
yet decided which is the beat breed fa
transportation service. It is to fin
thia out by experiment that the Cana
digs Government has decided pur
ch tee a number of each breed and Les
them in the Klondike 'White is th
dollen ru: color among all these North
ern :lege and they show the wolf' bloo
in there, but some of the best breed
are brown., yellow and dun colored.
lyIncelabrrietc3hlihsii birwovedwnof daongds ititt.eryniciiteet
es much Wolf as dog. Tbey are bluely
and ruu.eh esteemed for draught pur
poses. A team, of five will draw 50
pounds, and in the winter time they
will live on one dried salm.on dry
each. These were the dogs that. wer
used last winter fax transporting
the) mimers' bag;sage to and from the
Klondike. They have always been in
Alaska azta are thoroughly adapted to
the climate and country.
But in, the. Mackenzie River district
there is :mother variety of dog waled
Athelaciscan,. Thess dogs will also be
tried by the government for sledge pur-
epees. Originally they were rather m9 -
creatures with wavy hair
and ginger -colored, coat; lett they have
been crossed with stouter dogs, and to-
day th,e,y make excellent sledge dogs
for the cold North. The breed is pure-
ly artificial th.e average animal
weighs 75 to 100 pounds.
The doge of Smith's Sound are pro-
bably the most powerful and sagaea-
au-s breed found in the North. They
make excellent hunters always going
in pairs, and they never hesitate to
attack a polar bear or any other large
animal,. They can scent a seal or deer
half a mile away, and when they
pounce upon their prey they
• OUT OUT THE JUGULAR
to
Ias possilblel. When not
rt°11.ectt'stoif the sledge they ago kept i
solitery ooneinement weal tearoughl
broken. Their temper is then so some
ed that they will not be comarantiom
s During a. lull in the coeversation,
15
YS. The Mau Front Illoomdale Arranged To
'Keep Ilanner.
aibLe tol mein or beast, and the driver
IHE WAS MR. ARDEN.
trequently beve to stun them. with
blow on the- nose before they b
Webeatuessed) They drag sledges ace
ross the oatuatry, tow boats up th
rieer ko gummier, aed keep their raest
erg warm at night. Tt is said, that the
can Oiscount the Signet Service Bur
SIWU in
PREDICTING TR WEATHER..
Lor when they begin' to -dig holesi th
snow a storm is sure to brew. The
belong to the husky type, Mixt they liy
chhatle on fish, which they are taugh
to °eta. for themselwee. weite
forty frozen berrings per day consta
tate their diet,
'The Siberiain dogesomewhat resembl
this breed end specnnens of them box
been broaght to this country, where
they quickly adapt themselves to con-
ditions that are not very dissimilar
these of their inatiee land. They als
live an frozen Hebb and fight the grea
Siberian wolves successfully, and incid
=tally cover 100 miles a, day for Metz
masters. Due sometimes the oole is s
e,xtreme In Siberia that they have
go shod and blanketed to keep them
from. freezing.
From these various feral types of the
North it is expected that specimens
can be selected which will prove almost
as servioeable as the reityleer. Cer-
tainly the experiments with the dif-
ferent breeds will reveal same hither-
to unknown sclentiele fact coneerning
the circumpolar dogs which will be of
general value. 113,y- early spring Can-
ada's dogs will probably be pitted
against Uncle Sam's reindeer, and tie n
the queetion of superiority will be set-
tled definitely.
e ed forward and queried of the man bee
a' slices omres: ix of us were holding in the
smokiag car, an oldish men lean -
Y_
town. of
BIloohnIdeaariay,o, e m.ention the
e liv"eYeset, BaLrlo'o"m,idv:,18e2t'he reply. "Yes' 1
Y "Glad to know it," continued the
41, other, "I used. to live there, too, but
✓ my wife hit me a meek with the poker
- one by and I got up and walked off
and. am' jest returialn' after an ab -
e
e senee of ten years. I'm pla,yen' the
Elm% Arden business, you know, and
0 ‘tvhheenoleshweosmeesam inewil.,1, jump a foot high
o
t tones, was your wife?", asked
- my seat -mate, with a tremor in his
o "Hanner Bliss, sir. 1Vtaebe you
know her- tall woreau-squint eyes -
long ohin-peaked nose -voice like a
file."
"Great Scott!" whispered tee man,
"but you don't teal rae thet the Wid-
' der Bliss is your wife. Why, she
thought you dead years ago."
"DIA she marry again?"
"S -she clid, sir. The papers said
you were killed. out West, and after
ainveaarrriinedg mineoujning for a. year she
"Well," chuckled the old man, dry-
ly, "here I am, alive and kicking
and a party healthy Enoch Arden.
So she married you, eh? Does Banner
break out ie sudden fits like she used
to?"
"Say, Man, this is awful!" exclaimed
husban.d No. 2 as the perspiration
gathered. on his face."
"Wall, you needn't git so excited
about it. Enoch Arden didn't git a,
cent wben playel the hero and skip-
ped out, but that's whar' differ
with Enoch. It you and. Harmer are
taktn comfort end you. have 850 Tole
kin. spare, I'll git off oe the next sta-
tion a,nd let you alone, although I'd
kinder like to git squeae fur that crack
on the head couldn't git a, fine
carob through my ha'r fur 'elven weeks
arter I left home."
The man from 13loomdale bright-
en.ed up immedietely and eagerly
counted. out. tea money, as the oth-
er shoved it into hie vest pocket
and sterted for the door he remark -
GREAT FLOODS IN CHINA.
kia were flooded early in September,
Over 10,000 Drowned and 10.1100 Homeless
Around Pekin.
Advices from. China give further par-
ticulars of the great inundation. Sixty
Chinese towns in the district about Pe -
driving out 80,000 reople, of whom over
10,000 are e.stimated to have been
drowned. The authorities in Pekin are
directing the relief measures, and the
s people from the towns nearest the me-
lte' have been permitted to live within
the city walla. Here they have no cow-
fearheignaa, against, sgtretehte e frta,
lrLs avrheichneciisteessatrily1
r to provide thent with food. Many citi-
e ZeSS of Pekin have joined the authori-
ties in tbis work. The estates of many
' Pekin nobles, as well as all the crops
- in the flooded district, were de eroyed,
t The rains which caused the floods
e commenced late in July and continued
- until late in August. The Tungehou,
d Tientsin, and other rivers rose very
a rapelly. Some of them overflowed and
wiped out villages along the banks al-
- meet before. the people knew there was
e any danger. The magietrates and peo-
ple in the flooded districts spent sev-
- era.' days preying for dry weather.
0 Later the offieiaas Tientein posted
• proelamation forbidding the slaugh-
ter of cattle and sheep m the hope of
e appeasing the wrath of the get's: and,
stopping the- rain. Foreign Consuls
protested epeeist the meat supply be-
inghhus cut off, asserting that it was
• vielatio.n_clf tretty rights.
FALL PUN.
like a knife with their sharp teeth. Be-
sides being useful as hunting dogs, they
are framed ito drag the sledge Mt wint-
er and carry saddle -bags ID summer.
They carry saddle -hags !weighing- 20
pounds, and trot alongside of theft -
master all day long. They have along
shaggy cont, and in winter a close typo!
grows u.nder this, which makes them
comfortable in 'any kind of cold weath-
er.
These dogs are very similar to .the
Greenland clogs; but the Labrador dogs,
vvhile resembling the Smith's Sound
dogs are smaller and. less powerful.
Nevertheless, there are specimens found
in Labrador that are so strong and vi-
cious that the natives have to suspend
a heavy wooden log by a rope to the
neck, which, dangling between their
legs, impedes their actiorns, and so gives
weaker dogs and men a chimes fax
th.eir lives. But the true "Labrador
dog," has no place among the circum-
polar world animals. ale is found chief-
ly alorug the St. Lawrence River, and
although he belongs to a, comparative-
ly high latitude,, he wilts with a tem-
perature of 60 degrees. Me is really a
combination of setter and spaniel, cross-
ed again; by the Newboundlla,nd.
The best-known dog of the North-
west is the Esquimau "husky" -a fer-
al. type, that is hardly distinguishable
from tb,e wolf. These "huskies" have
been trained, for sledge duties from
time immemorial, and they have been
do,mesticatecl and selected chiefly for
their fitness fax this work. They are
of an exceedingly hardy nature, keen
of eye- vicious of disposition, and swift
of foot. They will travel
EIGHTY M11',ES. A DAY.
with 150 pounds dragging behind them.
La the great Northwest territories the
tiommosi price, paid for them is §50 to
$10'es They vary greatly jai size and
effimeacas a'hay degenerate easily
when allowed to associate with in,Cerior
dogs, and. it is sometimes diffioult to
get pure-bred, well-trained huskiee.
There are so-called huekies south of the
circumpolar world that are very ice,
fe,reorr to those of the cold Northwest.
Further north in the Aret1 region
we find the pure white Esquiraau dogs
the representatkve arctic type off dog.
The, true huskies associate with these,
ana frequently white huskies are found
ID tbte British North-west.
The Karachaeloun dogs are a,mbelig the
roostsagacious of ala these northern
feral types. They are not only pure
bred bat they awe tree:red frotm in.-
fency in; t4se most =raid manner. The
are taken away from the mother
a
t birth, and are coined in a deeP
dark pie for six monah,s. At the end
of teat time they are taken out ahidi
put tof a sledge with other dogs. They
pee shy and ,frightened and try to run
He called, seeking her hand. Bat as
she happened to have her hand in her
pocket at the time. of course ha del not
find it. No man was ever able to find.
a wornan's1 pocket.
ND Unneeessary Display. -"Let nle•
sae, last Saturday was Miss May Tees-
er's birthday, was it not? 'flow did the
day pass alt?" "11 passed off quietly.
It was her fortieth.
He -"Isn't it a disagreeable feature
of golfs losing the bait so often?" She
--"Olt, no that's the only way George
amd I could, get out of hearing of the
caddie fax an instant.
Lady -"But it seems to me you ask
very high wages, when you acknow-
ledge th.ait you haven't had. much exper-
ience," Britiget-"Sure, marm ain't it
harder for me when I don't know how?
Aunt -"Well Charley, now that vaca-
tion lie over, I suppose you'll settle
down to your studies once more?" Char-
ley, a sophomore -"You. bet 1 The can-
didates for tbe 'varsity eleven begin
trebling an Monday."
fDella-"Prof. Monograph is visiting
you. I understand, poesn't ler find the
sights amd sounds of the city odd?"
Amelia -"Not at all. Some berry ped-
dlers passed the house to -day crying
their wares, and the dear old manl ask-
ed me what college they belonged to."
"Good. by, father," said. young Josh
Medders, as he started for the cites
"Good by my son" replied tee old man,
"and don't forget that, whide fortune
is pretty certain to knock at every
man's door, she has never been known
ID meet him at the depot with a gold
brick in her hand."
THE MOUTH.
The mouth, as the organ through
which we speak, is one which naturally
attracts a great araount of attention,
and marks a face of beauty or the re-
verse. The expression of the mouth
varies very much according to temper-
ament, and. it may be largely modified
by the line of thought and mental oc-
cupation that we fotllow out. It is
easy to distinguish a coarse or sensual
mouth, with its think and, slightly
hanging bower hp; a bad-tempered
mouth, svbich is drawn together and
has fine lines running vertically up
from the upper hp, the rat -trap mouth
with its thin lips pressed. against ea,oh
other; and the supercilious mouth, and
if women would only reflect how much
their mental attitude alters their per-
sonal appearance in this respect, they
would. very possibly develop pleasan-
ter traits of character. Thin lips may
be made &little better shaped, and im-
proved. in colter, if vebitee by gentle
massage with the finger tips, or by nib-
bling at the'm with the teeth. One
should be careful, bowever, in thus
treating them with the teeth, not to
bleak th'e skin. " •
IMPARTIAL.
Tilers's one tbeng 1 admire about the
weather men, after ell.
"What's thee?
, "Be ballast:yet to the rioh the same kind
of weather thee he does 'Ur the poor.
+01••••
SHE WAS GETTING SUSPICIOUS.
Mr. Sprightly -Well, you know, nay
love, even the devil's net as black as
he's painted.
"Mrs. S. -I don't know about that
but I know he's a good deal blacker
than he paints himself. •
ed -
"Enoch Arden is satisfied, string-
er, and lie hopes yoa era Good-bye
to you -good-bye all, aul let Harmer
continue to imagine thee 1 fill au
unknown grave and feel sorry to
think that she can't plant sunflowers
above me."
TICHBORNE CASE.
An Australian t 'mart to Hear Evidenee In
(*yes e I l's Appl ea Ion.
Witbia the next two or three weeks
the Sydney Supreme Court will be occu-
pied witb the ease of the lunatic) Cross -
well, at present, en inmate a the
Glaciesville Hospital for the Insane,
near Sydney, who is alleged to lie the
long missing Sir Roger Charles Dough-
ty Tichborne
The proceedings have been deluyed
several months in consequence of it be-
ing necessary: to obtain from the Rev.
E. Williams in England, an affidavit, to
the. effeot that in. instructing counsel
in. Australia, to obtain Cresswell's re-
lease. he was acting asefriend of the
lease, he was cueing as a friend of the
family, and had no ulterior motive in
seeking thecustody of the lunatic. 'the
affidavit having. arrived in Sydney, he
whole of the evidence upon which the
claim for the release of Cresswell is
based.
WILL BE HEARD IN FULL.
The details will be of a, sensational
charaoter, nsme of the witnesses having
been examined in England and it -is ex-
Pected that the Bella -Osprey mystery
will be fully cleareti up. et is Deserted
that the Bella. ani the Osprey hvere
one and the same vessel, and ;that
Cresswell was a, passenger by it to
Australia. The whole of Cress -
well's movements from the time he
left the ship up to the present day
have been traced, and a large nu.m-
ber of witnesses will give evidence to
the effect that Cresswell frequent-
ly hinted that he enuld claim large
estates if he choose to return to Eng-
land,
For a considerable period he was on
confidential terms with Arthur Orton
or the claimants and 11 is asserted that
the latter obtained what knowledge
he possessed reepeeting the Tichborne
fatally from Cresswell, and. was en-
couraged to prosecute his claim by
reason of Cresswell's lunacy. All the
witnesses are old colonists, mostly
from the neighborhood of Gundagai
and Wagga Wagga, in NSW South
Wales, and
OF UNBLF.MaSFIED CHARACTER.
It is admitted that Cresswell pos-
sesses all the pisysical characteristics
of the missing baronet, has a fair
knowledge of the French • language,
ani some familiarity with military life.
He knows nothbag of what has been
done on his behalf, and evinces no
desire to leave the institution .01
whirl he has so long been an in-
mate. It is feared, however, tbat
should the courts -decide upon his re-
lease, the voyage to Lorulon would
prove fatal to hen, his health being
somewhat delicate..
GLASS UMBBELLAS.
It is rumored that before tong glass
uun.brellas will be in general use- that
ID, umbrellas 'greet -act with the• new
spun gess cloth. These, of course,
will afford n.o protection from the rays
of the sue, but they wilJl possess ono
obviates. advantage, namely, that they
can be held it front, ot tlie face when
meeting th'e wind and rain, and at the
same time the user wilil be able to see
that he sloes not rah into unoffending
individuele or lamp posts.
Noted Swedish Woman.
'Am honored guest of Mel Swedish Ex-
position was Christine Nilsson, note the
Counitess Meek:Ida) While , at Stock-
beain she was a °fester of attraction,
Bind crowds of people assembled to see
her pees) Bat the only time she op-
ened her lips to sin* was in the old
university town of Upsale, where the
students came to offer, the alma a ser-
enade;
tn return for the courtesy Nils-
son sang one of her 'songs.
ROUND 111E WE WOO
WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE FOUR
CORNERS OF me GLOBE.
••=a••••1
Old and New World Events of Interest Citron.,
Wed Briefly—Interesting Happenings oi
Recent Date.
spend his winters there with his obit -
ddb rzu. oFe nc ,°0
ounte.d to only 830,000 at her death.
Rear-Adroira,1 and may soon reappear
spc7dnReaorsebeNarri:leiss,said to have bought
in Lpo :dr aC Charles Beresford is at last a
whieh, when recently sold at auction
the late Count of Aquilla's villa at Pos-
Jean Ingelow's personal estate am-
na.g.ht 776117i !Dip>: a7ultin5's.d sg or. great agtragprenapetvbiry.pe.rao-r,
and -to intend to
4. British pauper, aged 70 years, came
into a small inheritance lately and
treats 1 his friends to a champagne
kauthellrbbnat awietthveinll taborenedodnaylso. itel. It
Queen Natalie, of Servia lost a dia-
mond ring at Biarritz and vowed that
if it was found she would give to the
Little Sisters of the Poor. The rites
worth §2,000, was found and the ex,
Queen is selling it by lottery.
In preparing a cable off Cape Frio
whale WM found entangled in it by
the cable ship Norseman. but it had
not brokera'. The whale must have been
thereLorintobeen rtetwoorbym
threewmerekkes' awl had
Prime Vietor Emmanuel of Naples
sons in Italy to investigate the Roent-
:easel:1,11,y:: be an expert eleetrieiart.
experimente on all its applications to
grapay and Was one of the first per-
ligbt, sound, motive power. end photo-
.
Switzerland's bears erne supposed to
be extinet, bat some cbarnois hunters
in tbe lower Engadine recently shot
larusiltsheacuArelpds.one and retort that an-
other maped them, lies will add to
the excitement of mountain climbing
Sandycombe Lodge. at Twickenham,
where Turner, the painter. live 1 ace
cording to Mr. Ruskin. from Ian to
1827. awl whore he painted many of
sliniele .1,- ie.reicsie oifiotulisee Tilniaenowsu. ten oiflfarevreedbefeanr
conetrueted after Turner's own designs.
Cork now Lo Elegem the remains of
IllesSeil Thad leus McCarthy. meetly
Keine! 1g Pope Len. They were con-
veyed in it golden lox from Ivrea. in
nerthera It aly, where the Bishop died
51,0 years ago tin his return front evils
grimage to Rome and base liee.n de-
posited in Cork Cathedral.
A parliamentary cricket team, con-
sisting of five Weis and fourteen mem-
ber's of the Commons is going to make
a tour of the British colonies.' inelud-
ine Canaalo, and Australia, next Sea-
son. The Attorney -General Sir Ilk/l-
ard Webster, is captain and several
of the yetmger MeillbAre. ef -tbe gee
eminent are included in the team.O
Pintoes in the Transkei are gie ing
th a English trouble and may soon be -
gene as well known to them as the
Akund or Swat. They are rising be-
causetheir cattle d:e after being in-
oeultited for the rinderpest and they
believe them to have been deliber-
ately poisoned. The Transkei is the
southern part of Kaffraria la South
Africa.- and the, Cape rifles are trying
ID put down the revolt.
Land. riots have occurred in the Ro-
man Catupagne, the peaeants at Al -
tuna and Marino, driven by distress,
having mule an attempt to squat on
the land a Prince Colonna and being
driven off by polie and eoldiers. The
great uncultivatel estates of the no-
bles are lookel upon by the peasants
nonvadays as the cause of Italy's dis-
tress. just as the latifundia are said to
have ruined Rome.
England has just discovered that
sweet corn is a delirious vegetable and.
that corn stalks make. good fodder for
cattle. The London Standard lays
down correct principles in recommend-
ing it: "There is no help for you you
must take it up with your fingers and
bite the corn from. the cob; to attempt
to cut it off with a knife spoils it. It
is an American dish, and' Amexi• ans
knee- what is good. We have much
to thank theta for in that eay."
A curious landslip occurred a. few
days ago in the village of Settee in
Canton Schwyz. An inn situated by
the side of a road which runs across
the. steps of a hill was carried, without
sustaining any injury, thirty-five feet
down the hillside, stopping just short
of being preoipitated into the River
Steinen. The road in front of the
house, the. garden, and all the imme-
diate surroundings of the inn are in-
tact. By the house were too large
elms, and. even these have iu no way
suffered.
Amsterdam has prepared a pro-
gramme for tbe celebration of Queen
Wilhelmina's coronation next Septem-
ber. There will be tbree exhibitions,
one of the history of the House of Or-
ange, another of Rembrandt::: works,
and a third of Dutch national ore -
trims, to which every town is invited
to sen'h a brat 'with a ca ew in the lo-
-al clre s The Dutch Union of eing-
ers will sing for three dae-sthere will
ID a hietore al procession. illuminations'
on the river, and concerts of worts by
Dutela composes.
Prime Henry XXVI. of Reuss-Kos-
tritz has been shut up in a Berlin pri-
vate insane asylum under the name
of Graf Plauen, tbe title _given to. his
morgauatie wife. The Puree is forty
years of age and. a Captain in the
German Navy. He hail been buying
land in Hungary recelessly and pay-
ingfor it ia worthless checks. An, ad-
venturer vvith whom he was associated
is sled to have ia his hands letters be-
longing to the Prince whieh compro-
mise persons in high station at the
court of Berlin.
TOO MUCH bALT. .
Many people eat altogether too Batley
salt. Tth,e reatID ia that the skin and
kidneys are excessively taxed to aet
rid. of the, salt, and both are injured
by it: it toople have 'reentry' skins,
and it is believed that many cases of
derangement of the kidneys are due
to the salt Isabit.
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