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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1897-12-16, Page 9PRECIOUS PEARL R IX. --Continued. the note with a con- e, no faint glimmering time to her -no suspicion, rds touched her. She sp for thinking of them. them ceer and over again Her husband and herself ell London laughed- ean? Surely ie had to Rothe. She sprang y of horror on her lips, Her Dear Eteaven it urely nothing to do with hina 1 t beat wildly, her brain blood ran like fire through ee. then froze lilee lee. Her e one man she bad loved ve of her life -could tbe re - et A horrible fear hi -b made her heart stand grew cold eel trembled; eTiething wrong or how ger dare to write sucti S&itflG one before the sun shone through the windows -she rose at once then she saw the firet beams. She had but one thoughemieeer mind, and that was to. ghaea/topy of the Times Agiiiel7e.-18-:, as soon as possible. nee cam* emelt With the daylight, 'Why need, she have suffered surb pain end, fright? .A1.1 would be well; her ehmeleand. stood apart, from other men. Sim knew by the purity and. stainless , honer of his life that there was no. need. to fear him. Yet why did her heart beet feet, why did every nerve thrill, why was her :ace so, white, why did the breath come in thick, hot gasps from her lips, what vas this metal sense of foreboding? Her maid looked surprised on finding her beautiful young rnietress up and armed. "Rose," said. Lady Villiers, "I am go- ing out. I want a cab -I will not tate the carriage -order a nab, and dress yourself to go with me." In a few minutes' time Lady Villiers tend her maid were on their way to the eity. Her pill -pone was not so easily aeeomplished as she thaa imagined - there were many delays -she hail to place to another; but' Id 'a her copy of the Times for lifirs- lith of April, five years be - She looked at the paper as she eld it folded in her hands -what did • it contain? "I have found. what I wanted, Rom" she seine to her maid; "we will hurry 'near home." She would. net open the folded sheets; whatever they contained, she must be done when she read them. Ia another half hour she and her maid were at home. It was nearly soon then, and Sir Roche, after leaving . L little, mete for his wife, had, gone out -he would return to luncheon at two. Audrey read the note. "How dearly les loves me!' was the thought that reseed through her mini •es she went once more to the solitude cif her Own room. She controlled her impatienc.e while Rose took off the plain walking dress and. brought her her pretty dressing- - wa. --Tho-maed. brushed out the long, bright hair, and left it lying like a glittering veil on her mistress' should- ers; then. she drew the easy chair near to the open window, and left Lady Vil- liers to rest, little dreaming how im- patiently she wished her gone. The door closed, and she was alone at last, with the newspaper in ber hands. She saw the case at once ; it was second on the list. "VILLIERS v. DIGHTON." "The last hearing of this celebratea case took place to -day. Sir Roche Vil- liers was examined. Witnesses proved that Elodie, Lady Villiers, left Lon- don, on the evening of .Fehruery 21 with the co-respondent, Captain Arch- er Dighton. There was no defense. The divorce was granted. Captain Archer Dighton was condemned to pay i've thousand pounds damages and Lower down in the ste•me column was paragraph whieh ran. as follows: "ROMANCE IN HIGH LIFE." ur renders will be sur - Ise -a to hear that Sir Roche Villiers hes succeeded in obtaining a divorce from his wife. The unfortunate lady whose game has lately become so no- torious was young, beautiful and. had been one of the leaclers of fashion. Cap- tain Areher Dighton has been condemn - ad to pay five thousand pouads dam- ages. This unhappy affair has created a, great sensation in London. Sir Rookie Villiers had. not long succeeded totem barony of King's Wynne and. the Rowan estates. When will dawn a brighter day for the manners and morels of Old England?" As she read the words it seemed. to ber that all the life was dying slow- ly from her. • Sbe felt the light depart from. her eyes, the strength from her • ibcabs; the paper fell from her trembl- ing hands onto the floor; she sank beck with a 19w cry as from the lips of a dying woman. She lay quite motionless and silent, the sun shining on, her fate, the winds breathing over n, while she was unconscious of every- thing. How long she rem,a,ined so she never , w. ,When she recovered conscious - wee by tem, like leee sharp cuts of ss."dtialeeth eenee-e-aMe., back to her the trivial events welch at the time they had happened heel seemed nothing. Was what she had read the cause of the Letsome avoiding Ilea, of Lady, More - ton's spealcing of some of her neighbors as religious people, of her never hav- ing been to court? A huedred eiretueslances, all confirming what tlia had read, came back to her --the closed •5roores at. Rowan, the song with the ' 'name of Eloche upon it whioh Ler bus - hand Itail destroyed so' Hovels, the • werde lie had eculd te her, when he fleet wooed ber, about the treachery of one whom he bad. trusted, She fell upon. her knees -with a bit- ter cry. •The report meet be true - everything corroborated it. Then she heard Sir Roche's step in the hall. He was singing softly to bieaself the re- frain of some love song. Ile went into the library, and. as he dosed the door the sound of his voice ceased. "I most go to him," she said. to him- self. "I neust ask him about it, I must know tbe truth. • I must go at ones or I shall go mad." She went to the librery and opened the door. Sir Roche was writing. He looked up with a smile as she entered, but the smile disappeared when he saw the unutterable woe in the dark eyes, the trembling lips on which all sound seemed. to die away, He rose and went to her. • "Audrey, my darling," he said, "what is the matter?" She placed the newspaper in his bends. "Read this," she said, "and tell me if it be true'.' low that it startled him., He looked at this newspaper. Ahl there was no need to ask again if it were true or not, no need for wordsHe read the first few linies, and his face grew as white as her own. "Is it true?" she asked. He was silent for a minute, looking with wistful eyes into her own; then he spoke calmly, clearly. "Yes, it is quite true," he answered, "but why need it trouble you?" "Is it true that five years ago you had. a young wife whom you called 'Elodie?'" "It is quite true, my darling, but,-" She held up her hand with a gesture or silence- an iraperiona graceful gesture which he could not resist. He was silent. ".Did you reelly marry her as you m.arried me? Waa it a lawful, legal, honorable raarriage before God. and ?" "It was," he replied. "She was your wife. She loved you, you. loved ber. Your marriage was legal, honorable -you admit all this?" "Yee; but listen, Audrey—" "Let me tpeak first. If lids be true - oh, Heaven, Roche -tell me what am I?" "You are my dear and honored wife," he cried. Nay, that IS impossible. A man can net have two wives, andyou had a wife living when you married. me." "I deny it. 1 had no wife. I was fres to marry as you youreelf." "Who, thee, was Elodie?" she asked; "She was my wife, but the law had fre,ed me from her -the law had freed me, freed her." "What law?" she (inked, slowly. "The law of the land -the law that steps in to save men and women from being driven mad." "It could. not, Raabe," she said, with the calmness of despair. "There is no vow so solemn, as the marriage vow. It is taken beton 'Heaven, and. death only ca11 give relief. No man, no human power can step in and. put asunder those whom God hath joined together." She stopped, for the words died On her lips. Ile looked. at her with infinite pity and kindness. are miAaken, A.udrey," he said. "The human, law does step in and free th se who have been joined by a solemn vow." "It cannot -at least, that is my be- lief. The words of She marriage ser- vice are "until death do us part.' Death has not parted you from Elodie, the woman you married.." She looked up at bira with a strange expression,. "Le she still living, Roch," she asked suddenly. "Yes, she is still living," he replied, slowly. She uttered a law ory of bitter agony. "Oh, Heaven, Rothe," she said, "if that be true, what am I?" "Audrey, you must listen to reason. You are, in tbe eyes of the law, in tbe eyes of all men, my lawful, honored, most beloved wife." "What am I in the eyes of Heaven?" she asked. "The same," he replied. "Nay, that cannot be. It is the same Heaven. you called to witness the feet that you took Elodie as you wife until death should part you. Death has not parted. you; therefore before Heaven, you are riot free, and. she is still your wife." "My dearest Audrey, you must lis- ten to reason," he began. "That is reason," she answered, "the highest, wisest, best." "You have bee.a so quietly and so strictly brought up, Audrey," he said, "you. are hardly qualified to judge." She wrung her hands with a little cry that touched his heart. "My bringing up re.akes but little difference; there is but one rule for right or wrong. No false arguments, no sophistries, can alter my opinion; and, fixed and unalterable, it is this -that no man having a wife living can marry another -that no human power can free you. from an oath taken before God -that no law ca,n either supersede or set aside the law of God." . "But, Audrey-riay, you must lieten, dear -there are exceptieris to all rules. There are cases where the law most wisely and rightly steps in and frees a man from the woman who has dis- honored Jaime; 'erhat may ble The law may In one sense free him -may punish her; but see is his wife uatil death parts them. He ratty seed her away, but he cannot marry another -that would make a mockery of the marriage service. An oath is taken, to be kept, not broken; only death can part them -and Heavea knows best when to send death," "Your views are tinged hy,youe edu- cation. Audrey," he said, sadly. "1 ought to have told. you of thus before oar marriage, but I was a coeard, dared not. Knowing your peculiar training, I was afraid that yea would refuse me. I thought that perheas you would never know -and 1 loved you madly." "You shoal(' not have married me, Roche. Yoehave not made me your wife; you have simply- allowed am to usurp another's place." "I prayed that you might itever know le Audrey. I sent away every aid ser- vant from Rowan except two. I hop - et you would never know it." I 'You ehoula have told inc' she said, sadly, "It would have been so much easter to pert thee than now." "Part!" he cried. "Oh, eurely, my THE I.••••••••••.••••••••••1••••••••.••••••• EXETE4 TIMES darlieg, you cannot mean that? We must not part -we cannot part!" "I am not your wife," Wee said, sim- ply. "1 ca,takica rerawin here." Be drew Rearer 1» leer, "You will drive me mad!" he cried., "If 1 lose you, I shall lose my hope of earth and heaven." "And if I stay I shall lose every hope of heaven," she said. • "defy darling, you cannot mean it. Why should, you be so terribly harci and, cruel to me when I eave done no- thing but love you.?" "You have made a, terrible enistalce," she said faintly. "You have placed one in a false positioe ; yea have made me seem to do willingly that wbich I de- test and abhor. If it break my heart to go, I should go. Knowing what I kaow, I cannot remain another hour under this roof. I an in another wo- man's place; 1 bear another woman's name; I hold the heart of another wo- men's husband. Oh, may heaven par- don mci I did not know 151" "Audrey, you must listen!" he cried. She stood before him, pale, erect, with the look oa her face that a paint- er would give to te martyr. "No," she said, "it is better that I should not listen. I love you very dearly -I might be tempted to believe what you said; and I must not. I will not -my own conscience tells me whet Ls right. I know the sanctity of mar- riage, I know the solemnity of the mar- riage vow -I would rather not listen, Words are specious enough, but they can never make wrong right," "Audrey, listen to the story of my marriage. When you have heard. it, JI will abide by your juclgraent; and Shat will be Le my fonor, I am sure. Sit dove, darling, and listen." He placed her on the little couch, and knelt before her while he told. her his story. CHAPTER S. "You will judge me less harshly when, you have heard. all," he said. "I met Beadle Minefield when I was tl,ven- Syyears old. She was young, very beautiful, gay, anireatod, and full of wit and talent. She was living with her aunt, Lady Danefield, who was an old friend of my mother's -that was how I came to know her. She had. no fortuae, and. from the first moment that Lady Danefield had men us to- gether she bad settled in leer own mind that we were to marry. Elodie was very beautiful, but nothing about her was so strieing as her gaiety - she was a mistress in the at of amus- ing others. That first drew my atten- tion to her. Time flew when I was with her. I do not: want to tire, you, Audrey, with details. The plain truth of the matter is -1 laved, Mottle, while she cared less for me than sbe did for Captain Archer Dighton. She loved Lim best; but he was poor and I was rieh. I have often thought that, left to herself, she would have married Dighton, but Lady Danefield was al- ways impressing upon her what a grand thing it would be to be Lady Villisrs. :The gave her no peace, no rest; added to whirl Elodie herself was amlatious. Dighton at Want time was poor and withoat a 'prospect of ever being any- thing else. Poor child, if she had come to me and said, 'I love Archer Dighton best, but 1 cannot marry him because he has no money,' I should heve re- spected her; I would have done any- thing to help them; but she was not frank -she married me for my money and title, knowing well in ber heart Shat she loved .Dighton best. I had never been jealous of him before mar- riage, and 3. was not likely to be so afterward. We were very happy for a few months; it was a fool's paradise, I grant, but as I did not know it, what did it matter? My wife--" He noticed how Audrey shrank from She words, and he booked at her with a pleading -wistfulness hard to bear. "My wife,"leresumed, "was very much liked. We came to London, and she was soon foremost among the lead- ers of fashion.. eociety spoiled her. Her least,word was considered a prod- igy of wit, her reptietees were repeat- ed, her laugbing, be-autiful face was welcomed everywhere -there was no one more popular in all London. It was then that Captain Dighton succeeded to a, large fortune and came to town. He began to follow my, wife at balls, parties, fetes, in the park, in the Row --everywhere, he was at her side. At first I thought nothing of it. It seemed absurd to be jealous of an old friend of Elodie's. I took no notice of it until I sew' people smile signifiratt- ly when they were together, until I fou.nd out that whoever invited Elodie invited Areher Dighton also. My blood boiled when I saw those significant ,looks and smiles. Still, I was gentle with her, Audrey; she was young and I loved her. At first I triecl to change Ile state of affairs by keeping near her and declining the attentions of Captain Dighton. It was of no avail. They were much cleverer tban 1 at ruses of all kinds. I determined at last to speak to my; wife, to tell her Shat she was on the highroad to dan- ger, that I was annoyed by the com- ments I heard, and that she must be more on her guard with, Areher Digh- ton. "Heaven knows, Audrey, I was gen- tle and •patient enough with her. I coaid not have been kinder, but she was furious. She would not listen. She declared that she w.oald talk to Cap- tain Digbton when and. as, she liked -- that the world might laugh as it would; she did not, care - she would brook no Interference. I call Haven to witness, Audrey, that 1 was.„;kLni and gentle. Things went on fromhad So worse, arta again f was compelled So speak to her. This thee she was more iadignant, and she was foolieli enongh to tell no that she never levee me, bal; had alwayactered for Archer •Dighton. She wate unwise enough to taunt me with the feet. She said many things that woeld have been better left unsaid. After that she openly defied me, She spent more time than ever with Captain Dighton. "Still I did not despair. 1 said to myself that she was so young and easily influenced; 1 would not lose my pate exam. I tried to surround hey -with people from whom she could leare noth- ing but good. And at length 1 evoke to Captain Dighton, He received my remonstrances with the (mot polish of 1 man of the world thanked nee, and took no more !melee of them. After teat one or two of my triende evoke to me about my wife in a menner that alightly startler) me, end I saw that by name means or mealier the scandal meet he ended, at, once, ff. Elodie would not listen 50 x•eason, then 1 meet take her away from London "One right we were engaged to go to is ball at the Duchess of Quorn's -a, grand ball to Whiebt belt tae elite of London had been invited: As we drove to Quorn House I determined to be very patient and gentle with Elo- die. I knew thee so many of her friends and mine would be present that 1 was anxious to avoid further scan- dal. I eissed her and said: "'Elodie, you will be very good and prudent to -night, will you not?' "She looked up at me with a bright gleem of defiance in her eyes. "'I shell do jest as I please, Roche,' She answered. • 'If 1 decide to teak ell night witb Captain DighteM, I shall do so.' "'You, will do n,otbing, that is im- prudent, I hope, Elodie,' I said. "YeY joinn tseo e e .-vaesr yp a tl leeenct a Elodien dfor b ere - certainty tbe loveliest women present in the ballroom. I always enjoyed the aelniiration she exited; but on this ev- ening, she made a greater sensation than ever. Audrey, he would dance with no one, talk with no one but Captain Digeton. 1 heard the Duke o f Crofton a,sk tier to dance with him. She pleaded an engagement, and waltz- ed with Archer Diglatom Even then tried my best,' Heaven' knows, to cover bar imprudence, but she left me with a defiant smile, and went into tialeix. conservatory with the can - "It was the Duchess of Quern who put the finishing stroke to my anxiety. She cattle to me ins bar kind fasbion: "'My dear Sir Roche, Elodie is /young,' she said, 'and, like many of our ;young matrons, very thoughtless; nronici it not be quite; as well to give her a hint that it is not quite pru- dent to linger so long in the censer- eratory? We know, of course, there i.e it would be as wto well for you give her ahniontb.,lame to be attached to her, but "I thanked her gram and went in- to the conservatory. The sight that met my eyes was not a pleasant one My wife was seated amid the ferias and flowers, and Captain Areher Digh- ton was bending over her chair; she `was listening to him with a smile and a, blush. "Eloiliee I said, gently, 'Yete have febtlacieedn.., here so long, you. -will take "She looked up into her, corapemion's "'I promised you 'the next dance, Captain Dighton, slie said, 'and 1 am ready to keep my promisee "She voucheafed neither look nor word to me. I knew that the srandal would be increased if she began le dance with him again. 11 went up to her. "'Let inc have the pleasure of talc. bag you back into the ballroom, I said- 'I am quite sure that Captain Dightou -will excuse um when I tell him that 1 have something very importent to say to you.' "He bowed, and left us. In brief, stern words, I told my wife what peo- frialee;vere saying about her. She look- ed up at me, with a white, set "'I told you that I should please myself,' she cried, 'Let me pass.' • "I saw her in. all the insolent splen- dor of her beauty, walk through the conservatory. 1 caught- another glimpse ot her an hour later. She was waltzing with Archer Dighton. 1 was ilower/ess. I could not make a 'scene' in the ballroom. Audrey, that night she fled with him. At what time they left Quorn House no one knew. She sent me a note from; London Bridge Station, but it merely said: "'1 always liked. Dighton best, and new I am with him.' • To be Continued. THREE HEROINES. Heroic Conduct of Enclish II)11111.: ironmen Fr 'twit Vy MI1132111(1 goriety. The report of Lhe Royal Humane So- ciety 15 more than usually interesting this month, says the London Standard. If evidence be wanted. of the strength and courage and hardihood of our young women, here it is -with a. vengeance, old-fashioned folks would add. The sil- ver medal is granted to Miss Fullerton, of Dudhope Terrace, Dundee; of such a heroine every detail is worth note. Miss Fullerton was strolling on the Porfarshire coast, appaternelyn wheel_ she observed a manufacturer in great distress out at sea. We are not told. whether she, threw off any of her clothes, bue since the man was seized with cramp and was drowning, it is to be supposed that she did not. The distance was 300 yards, and the sea "heavy,", but Miss Fullerton swam out, and. "exhorting the manufacturer to preserve his preeenee of mind" -also "holding him up"e-sbe 'conveyed hire safely until a boat picked them up raid- -way. This is something like a "record." "Our fathers -would not have believed it possible for a girl to swini a quarter of a, mile in her clothes through a heavy sea, but this brave young athlete a,ct- tially supported a manufacturer -who run to weight as a rule -in the agony of cra,rap. Miss Joan Harris, of Belfast, also plunged into the sea without undress- ing and rescued a grown girl; further circumstances are not given, hut seem - niers know that it was a feat, anyhow. Miss Louisa Bright, of Reading, too, did not, waste time in preparatens when she saw a selloolboy drowning in the Kennet,. 15 le not many years sinee sveircreing was regarded as a dubious sort of accomplishment for women. • DON'T MOPE. here's NothIng Wears a Han Ottl So Quick. as tnwcflIng engai5 t'arcs. "The woret possible thing for a man to do when cares oppreee him," said Mr. Gratebar, ''is to mope; to sit down and think it over. Tf there is any- thing on earth that will mildew a man I and make him good for nothing, that's ie What he 'wants is aotivity; to keep s moving. If he can't weak, or thinks s he can't, let hien get out end take a walk, and start his circulation, It's amazing what a little fresh air ana exerelee will do for a man Keep e reeving, and the fleet China You know yule"( • find yourself whistling, or humming, a tune, end thee you lough to youreeli n little, and go back and ; go to -work." REMARKABLE DISCOVERY, NICOLA TESLA'S ELECTRICAL CURE FOR SKIN DISEASE. ENviiefssi:i:ets.t.iblet.knawurostollilie:Invostitir:41-1141P17r7 Ule1114 allYe ReaChell 3.1t4 Stalrilitkg Nikola TeS 1s now in the midst of intricate eleenecal experiments which promise most valuable hygienic re- sults as socia as be deolares leim.self ready to put his recently acquired knowledge into practical operation, for the riddiag of the Milian ekin of all extraneous matter, including par - Deltas of every nature, whether they are virulent disease germs or not. These experiments have been con- ducted by Mr. Testa for some time within the secret precincts of his lab- oratory, and all of the matters involv- ed, from the Bret inception to the last experiment, have reeeived raost careful consideration, and a number of times le his published writings lie hes. hinted at wbat he believed. and what he expected to accomplish, but only incidentally, and in a manner that has mede his readers anxious to know just Nvbat it is be expects to do and bow he intends to atcomplish it." Mr. Tesla. was found 111 his labora- tory evith head. and bands full of mat- tera electrical as usual, and when spokan to of the interests his hints and suggestions lef vvhat he was doing bad aroused he besitated for a moment be fore answering. TIlen ,as a foundation, the electri- cian explained that it is a fundamen- tal electrical law, well known, that two tbodies charged with the same leindtof electricity, either ,positive or negetive, repel each other ; that if a body be charged with electricity from a static machine the electricity accu- mulates on its surface. "Now," continued Mr. 'Asia. "if there are small bodies of the minutest weight on that electrically charged surface, and if they are conductors capable of taking electricity, they will also become charged. with the. SAME KIND OF ELECTRICITY Shat the surface has received. What is the result under the law of repel - sten? There is a. force at work be- tween them and the surface, which strongly tends to part the two, and. the particles are thrown off, frequent- ly with great force. In faet, this force can be increased to pressure of any desired magnitude. Just the form of apparatus I ani using, and whieh ac- complishes this thing, I must keep se, eret for a. time yet. "This repulsien under the pressure I have referred, to is inereased the more under the law that governs it, for if a given electrical pressure is doubled the repulsion is increased. fourfold and even more than this, on, amount of another law, because elec- tricity preferably at:cumulates on points, end an extremely small body is practically a point. So the normal accumulation on the surface referred to -say it is of brass -is exceeded by the acoumulation on the small bodies that may be on that surface. "I have found ways of producing all degrees of pressure, even to a degree that approaches more or less to that of lightning; and the repulsion exert- ed. on the small particles -when a body is charged with such ie a tremendous pressure -is so great as to actually tear asunder not only the firmly ad- hering small objects, but the verypar- tieles of the metal on which they rest. Now, for an illustration, if a brass ball ispainted with 'bronze paint - which is conduoting-the whole of the paint is almost thrown away when the pressure is turned. - "But further. You know how firmly bronze paint adheres when it has dried. It requires great force to tear it away, but under the pressure I refer to not only is the bronze torn froncithe brass stbeeeeitiletee hard brass itself is subjected to such rheretztere-that its particles are torn asunder, scattered with great force and thrown away, not only to distances measured by feet, but measured. by miles. Eeep up the Action. and finally the entire solid • braes ball would be carried away, but ages would be required to accomplish this result with the present apparatus, beea,use of the sxnallness of t,he par- ticles. Still, if the pressure was suf- ficiently: great -as in the case of a Ightning stroke -the brass ball could be destroyed in an infinitesimal period of time. "Now we will see what all of this leads up to. I know filial fraTE SCIENTIFIC FACT of the result described is accomplish- ed and we will consider its application to the hurnao body in eases of skin disorders or any clisordes that saaay arise from the skinbeing attacked by disease germs or parasites of any sort. Since small particles on a Lody Can be thrown from it by the means I have told you of, it is think -able or even very probable that a human bode- may in this way rit itself of any extrane- ous partieles that; may be on it, and as the disease germs, if any, would be among these particles, the possibility and practicability of such treatment naturally suggests itself. "T have tried experiments in line with this suggestion and have reached in,ost remarkable and startling results, that impress me as being of great val- ue. They will be continued and their actual value positively aseertaiies be- fore the methodis unqualifiedly re : - commended. By means of my apparatus I beve a ppl e d an el er trice! current from a tete machine so as to agitate the air urrkiUnctina a human subject in a, most extreme and remarkable manner. The startling effect was to make the meson when operated oil in a darecen- room appear to be clouded in a baxe luminoue mist. "The, eleetrieal pressure not only ielently aaitated the air around the ey, hut the 'repel i ng fooe threw of t all particles witle such violeneet that their extreneely rapid motien through the atinospbere mused a frintion that consumer' thane and tor the fraction of a seemed making them luminous so Much so as to cause them to appear Wm myriads of infinitisirnal meteors shooting in all directions an ay from the repelling body, "I have gone far enough with theee experiments to suggest the possibeity of completely eiweloping the eurean body in an actual sheet of flame, with- out injury to either the ekin or glee nerves."' FIVE REMARKABIA TnES. WhIch ltruilg Among the Curfoglfict 0 Flank Ute. The "whistling tree," or amok fis- tula, lei found in Nubia, and the Sou- dan. Tbe Arabs call it "soffar" orpipe, because Of the whietling sound that it produces, and the specif le name of "fist - ale," a word also meaningpipe. or flute, has been given it for the same treason. Insects infest the tree, and deposit their eggs in its shoots. A gall-lilee exerescence, about an inch and, a half in diameter, is produced at the base of the shoots, and when: the larvae bave emerged from circular boles' in tee sides of the ehoots, the holes, play- ed apon by the wind, produce a whistling sound equal to that pro- duced by a. sweet -toned flute. The "cow tree" is so called because it yields an alumdent supply of milk. To ()titan the milk, deep lin:Isle= are made in the tree, from whieh the,fluid flows into vessels placed ready' to re- ceive it. This vegetable milk is white, somewhat viscid, and has an 'hgreeable flavor; and an analysis of eit shows that 15 15 very much like tb.e milbi of a cow in ite composition. The cow tree grows on the slope of the mountain °babe bordering on Venezuela. THE "CLOTH TREE" is found at. Ota.heite in the South Sea. The bark is taken off in long strips and put to soak carer night in running water. The scatting softens it, so that the tuner LilIre may be easily separated from the rest of the bark. The fibres are put together in lengths of about eleven or twelve yards, ziald the lengths are placed side by side until they are at least 12 inches in width, and two or three layeas of fibres are put, one upon an- other. Tb p fibres adhere together in one piece, and the material thus formed is beaten upon a smooth piece of wood lentil it lieeontes as thin; as muslin It is then bleached in the, air for a time, wben 15 15 ready to make up into cloth- ing. The "stinging tree" of Queensland, is pleesing to the eye, but dangerous to the tomb. Its effects are Curious; it causes great pain to the person or ani- mal that has the misfortune to get stung by it, but it 'ewes no wound, no mark of any kind. An for months I afte.rward the pert stung is painful in rainy weather, or when, in any way, it gets wet. Frequently, it is neces- sary to shoot horses and dogs that have been stung by the tree, so mad- dening is its effect upon them. The "angry tree" grows in Nevada, Eastern California. and Arizona 'When in the least disturbed, tbis highly sen- sitive tree shows its anger by ruffling an its leaves and emitting 8 disagree- able odor. BRITISH ARMY SURGEONS, Although the pay is liberal and the military rank substantial in the, army mediae.' department of the British ser- vice, it is found difficult to get army doctors, says a.n exchange. At pres- ent the establishment only numbers eight hundred and ten, while, in spite of the lowering of the standard by abolishing the rule that those who have alreadyfailed twice at the en- trance examination shall not be per- mitted to compete again, there has been an insufficient number of candi- dates for the advertised vacancies of the present year. This does not re- fer to the army medical service of India, but to the home service, The whole matter is being very freely discussed in the English pa- pers. WELL -NAMED Papa, said a school boy who had been: badgered by bis schoolraates, they are calling me names. What are they calling you son? ask- ed the solicitous father. Corns, corns, that's what they Call Ansi when papa interviewed the schoolmaster the next morning the ped- agogue was put on hie mettle. They call your son 'Corns' because he's at the foot of the class. And pepa kinked his brilliant son, IN• CONSTANTINOPLE, • The British Ambassador,' said Tow- fik Pasha, wanks to know if eve are e.eady to evacuate the Grecian, prov- aims. • Not .quite, replied the Sultan; but; you meglet tell him that we'd be wil- 'tug to exchange them for the Klon- dike. MONEY FOR SOMEP.ODY. The Belgiaa C,ove.rnment ()flare a priee of 510,000 to any one who will discover a chenaleal that, will take the place of white phospboree in match- inelcinna, AT BOTH ENDS Isn't Mr. Dimply light an his feet for a big man? slm asked of her escort, who regards Mn. Damply as e rival 'Not e particle lighter than he is in bis head. -- PREPARING IN ADVANCE. Thomas, eihomas, *ben yote tell a lie do you ever stop to think of tee dozen other lies yoa may havei to tell to get out at it? ' Course 1 does, eir, an' 1 takes care te tell a lie i a the first place as '11 do Inc the %, holt dozen,• ENet,AR4.$ tknCadt,ta rutte Itnelr 'Elute alit 'With and zettdhurst, -Aclatheion to the Royal arailitaryy AO" edema, Woolwieb, where Baglane, , treins her " sappers " and " guenerne' and the Royal Military College, Sande burst, where the cadets axe trained for the cavalry, ie obtained only through a very severe coral etitive exaneinatioxi heal under (evil service rules, and. the ugeal medical inspection. Whea the struggling student has at length over- come all difficulties, his father must face a yearly bill of £100, unless bus holds or belle, commission in the army. Tbeheonslr fel ttwholsysenalirsil tehveenfut11117ciloguhrsici is sufficient to debar all but scioxie of well-to-do families. This qualifica. Lion of means is wary neceseery, aa the young officer cannot exeect to live Dix his pay, which is (may 5600 a year for some coesiderable time. One witain the pita% the studies and • drills are very similar to those of our institution, but the e0118,1 and. reerea- tive systems differ considerelay. At Woolwich and Sandhurst the mee of different " terats" leave no common in- tercourse, and of late years it has be- coxne intensely bad "form" for one term to interfere with another at all. Bat apt many years aa the perseeu- Lion of the "snookers," we's so great that it filially led to - A REVOLUTION. The unfortuaate snooCers, to show their disepproval of their treatment, went to unerecedentea lengths. Marche lag in a body owe of the aca.lemy to Blackheath, where a fair Was being beta. three miles away, tbey utterly igneeed. the enters of thele Officers. and On be,ng threatened with polies interferenee, declarea tbat they would immediately set free aat entire menag- erie of wild aairaals, evidah was one of the features of tee fear, if a I oat -enema darei to slow his belmet aea,r them. The young dare devils effeetually cowed the loeol Logberrys. \alien the fair etas over the cadets retureed and were all placed in arrest on brea.1 and 'eater, of which ordinance the only notice they took was to seize all the bread they could lay heals on, load. the old "Wa- terloo" cannons with the loaves, and, deliberately tarnthem on the Gov- ernor's house, the windows of which suffered considerable damage. Thus was the haekbone of a most per- nicious eastern of eersecutioet broken, and now all is "quiet. in the "shop," save for the oecasiona! "'lashing" or "ragging" of an objeteloueble man by his fellow termers. " Toshing" is a form of amusement whielt consists of forcibly ineraeralug the victim in a cold. water bath, and is generally confined to winter while "ragging" a man is to continually irritate, annoy, and in- converulen.N) hira by eetty insults, euch as making' " hay " of ale room or con- cealing his aceputreraerita. The distinctive feature of both Wool- wich and Sandhurst i$ the great atten- tion devoted to seorts and athletic:a. Intercollegiate contests ocour annually at football, cricket ansi athletics, and in the respective seasons of the two great national games, matches are 'nada with a large number of other clubs, and the teams always get leave from studies one drills for the day of the match if necessary. If they play DIN ay from home the institution pays their travelEng expenses ,and if they play at home a, good luncheon is always forthcoming for the ocea.sion. In fact, a cadet who is never seen joining in the games is ALWAYS IN DISFAVOR with the authorlties, while an athlete ks proportionately liked. In England the cadet off parade is free to dress himself in cricket flannels and amuse himself as he sees fit, be- ing in noway bound by any strict rules of decorum. This young Englishman is supposed, and with good cause, to have had all the "nonsense" knoeked out of him at his public scliool, and to be fit therefore to associate with his fellow cadets, according to the "school- boy's code of honor." Leave of absence is given to all whose parents consent to the arrangement. every Saturday from 12 noon Lill Sun- day night at 11. Most of the young fellows having friends or relatives in London, it is a fine relaxation after the week's work, to assume "plain clothes " again and forget that there are such things as parade a,ni punish- ment drills. Three months' vacation are given in the year, one at Cbristrons. and two in mid -summer, so that, con- sidering everything, thnseelet's life is kf aniorlYeedbgaell7vhen has het 'ice,11,5h 111oge-racr: some years behind him. PARIS EXPOSITION EXPENSES, The oast of the two palaces in the Champs Elysees wili be at least (100; those in the. Champ de Mars will cost 55,750,000; the two on the Esplan- ade dee Invalides, 51,07)0,000, and those en the Queen something like half a million. The new bridos to be con- structed across the 173ei tie, of which the Pont •d'Alexander Troisieme will i e by far the meet magnificentwill ale, sorb soinething over a di 1 I ion dollars. The :mechanical and elecirieel service cAlni.11 al rilserlalirile'lloaeaari Yw 5b0ep' 0i;)1,0e7 ut•otetibrieitetel $300,000 to the illuminations end light- ing about 4200,000, wb i lo t hs foe n ta in a and the.clecorations of the, gardens will, have devoted e; them no less than 530e,000. .(fetes and e eh i bi t ions will cost: another ntllion doll ers; vhik TIM- osoic0.410.:/e reh;;Illirlyiallrsci "jai 1 ((i) t sif43,1200a,r- sum. This will leave a 'reserve fund of something like 51,2E0,000. ANXIOUS TO PLE ASH. Is there ho balm in Gilead? eried the preaeher. • The deuces -let ha the front pew ;nova', uteaeily anti rubbed his eyes. A II oat of it, at peeirt Iie neuenetear •• • gen t ly , but I cia gire yeee east as gool. •' teverter