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CHAPTER V11.1.
xt is t•tia tbet, conunercial life le not
Precisely fitted to develop tile qualities
of the Inert arice mind, and yet ell.
lataudeeetin can boast a rare and Pre-
onere tlebnt in Parisian Soriety, wheel
enjoys throu.gbout laurope tbe tepee
Ultima of beipe the wittieet, wept
agreeable, anti yet meet exacitien
Xt
the world, In truth, bowevete axle can
hardly say that it fatly tallies with
• b'r araes
elotte textile, whicli
is ti this e aere e. destreptieu. i
his cbaraeter, and invests him with .a, ea a, put et tee dey in pt•eparing foe
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certein oeperiority over many tit 'hia the ordeal, and astamed bis ettfteat
fellow -men— That vain old paevetae aen Inset disdainful aire-taat ale of
• faeetie believer in what he esals eonsummate conceit which •partioul-
' aelo s to tile citizens a Great
tee neliecess ef ootameroial pito ity .
Thi e inlief dates from the tiale when
he first started in basiness and 'when
he• signed e great many promissory
totes,and feithfrally paid them. on setti-
ing days. Ile might easily have cou-
tentea himself with that, but M, }elan-
dureau was determined cot to be an
otdinury trader. -When in emose of
time his signature beoame as good as
a, bank -note, be deeided to give
hse
word, the same value as his signature ;
and thereafter com.pelled. hireeelf to
keep hes vderl al promises quite as strict-
ly as he fulfilled his written engage-
ments. He declared that a. men wile
did not consider hilneelf bound to fol-
lies, suce a course steeply because
"there was nothing written down"
was after all only a vulgar scoundrel.
Whoever did business with M. Blantle-
lean: raigbt sleep at ease vben he had
said. "T.hat's agreed." Those wortls
from has lips were indeea equivaaern
e. eontract dratvn up by two note -
ries. Of course this practice 'had. more
Oen °nee resulted to bis perste:tat case
adva.ntage. At limes, after making a
verbal bargain, he bad pereeived that
he would. be a. loser, but far frooe re-
calling his word, he had repeated it,
preferring to make a sacrifice 'rather
thee have lath promise questioned,. If,
this conduct had altogether impover-
ished bite, he would Jet doubt have
been derided. but on the contrery, de.
spite a few blunders. lie steadily grevs
richer and. rieher, and so he was ad-
mired. In Paris and in London, at
Brussels, and at New York, mercbealts
were in the habit of saying, "Blander-
elle% word is worth its weight in gold"
and as a matter of course lie felt very
proad of the circumstance. Hexing
retired from business, he still applied
these principle,s to his private life, and.
they became, as it were, his invariable
rule and guide even in the most ordi-
• nary circumstartoes, SD that, to say the
truth, his "conamercia.1 probity" de-
generatea into monomania. Any rine
who missed. an leppenatment with him
tell greatly in his esteem; but on the
ether hand there was no fear of him
breaking his word. If you. invited him
to dinner, and he accepted, his pres-
ence became a foregone conclusion. It
might have rained., ha.ilea, snowed, or
thundered, and yet he would have
come. He wonld have come indeed had
be been UL hed. he even been dying.
And. he would ha.ve done due honor to
the. repast, have eaten, drank, and
elle, capital "ktta and fork," even
Britain. Although he was not with -
eat certain laward misgivings to ap-
pear befere• a tribunal of French
ladies he outwardly evinced the assur-
ance and eelf-confideuce c,f a man weo
knew his own •velem, and was flint'
aware that if brit a. bair et bis head
were tomehed, nerd Palmerston, then
alive, would not have besita.ted te
equip a. Itundred vessels and spend
teeny millions of money to obtain fit
and proper repeals:time When Hector
had offered to introdace tbe young
Englishman to the Blandureau funny,
his object had been to cement tbetr
frieudelliP at once, so as to allow Si,r
dames no opportunity of escaping him.
Ho had certainly never imagined that
the baronet was likely to achieve any
suocess. Lend yet suede ttroved to
be, the case, ior Sir James Welleale.y ap-
peered to the Bla.ndureau family like
the Being incarnation of noble tradi-
tions, and Madame Blandureau subse-
quently confessed that when he en-
tered her drawing-1'0,0in, igr the first
time, she had felt as impressed as if
ehe, had behead an e.mperor. So Hector
found himself relegated to the back
ground ; in fact, he was fairly eclipsed.
Never bad Blandurean done the
honor of his house with such gracious-
ness and affability. He was all atten-
tion and reepect fox. his new guest,
and. when lie learned that Sir James
wooed inherit, a peera,ge from. one al
his uncles who set in the House of
Lords, he became perfectly obsequious.
Henceforth he persisted, despite Bal ex-
postulations, in calling the baronet
"my lord;" and in his delight at hav-
ing authentio representetive of the
Eetglish aristocracy at bis table, he
only remembered Hector to congratu-
late him au his connection, and to
thank him. for baring brought this
distinguished foreigner to Ville d'
Avray,
Mademoiselle Aurelie was, if Pos-
sible, yet more delighted. than her
father, and she was quite as unable to
conceal ber impression. Sit James'
meaningless _telance made her blush
like a schoolgirl. arid for the firsttime
in her life she felt embarrassed, and
doubted her own powers. Strange to
relate, she reelly felt. something- like
a slight beating of the heart. • But
then could one dreamer a more grand-
ly, haughty, or of a more perfectly
frigid aristocrat than Sir james? Was
he not the beau ideal of etiquette and
tsoeial solemnity? All young girls,
<embus ere ectuaeienoe en the day When
XETER, TIU
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NOT FIT FOR, FIORTINE
edpeation, the leash that holds be
no conceaved the aboteteatle pate whieb bloodhounds, slipped at, will, and
wae to enable lam te get rid of tae OFTEN SLIPPED TOO SOON.
happy Mortal seleetect to marry Louise "So as I should be the last to deny
d'Ambleaey, ale lied only lietened to
SOIVIETHING ,ABOUT THE WRETCHED
ARMY Oka SPAIN.
tee bravery a the Spanish army ae
his despair, the edviser of matt rests- .
!Wens. But with calm and refleetion Whole, 1 et once assent. "'Yes, Lt
the oeetiment of boner returned, and braveeaes ninety -Pine Per cent, of uni-
formed itemies are brave—what then ?
he reelized hew oalotte was the project
Eitguesee Mutat". voile Says Neither 0M-
o:re ear Privates enderistand the nude -
meats er ever—elven. Peeseleelle lead.
Commentieg epou a Spanish writer's
reflectiots on the war in Cube, ire
winch he had ilempted to show that
want oe cavalry, together with the
superior knowledge of the country
possessed by the rebels, Noes the cause
of the failure of the Spanish troope,
an English military critic, in the
Matted Service Maga,eine, taking ex-
ception to the statements'and the con-
clasiens, cleolarea that the xeal reason
is einaply that the Spanish army, eav-
elry. infantry, artillery, engineera—
ell branches of the service alike—have
had. no echooleng in their trade. Prom
brigade general to private, not a man
eas grasped, the radtments or require -
meets sat war. For the troops, there
is /to drill, no practtice in gunnery,
or swordsmanship. or gymnastics or
any brunch of railitery retinue. Even
physically they are the wretchedest
of beings, wiry enough but undevelop-
ed., since nothing isdone to diet,
STRENGTHEN 'OR IMPROVE THEM.
Bravery and, e smell appetite are not
he had. formed. Quite aorrified, he telr hi h enough to Irvin with
pave, up ell idea. on prone -1.11.111g it, end
yet. he saw no other Means of Salva-
tion, What meta he do/ Wait.
Tit wee all; and se he waited like a
condemned Man whose sentence' is
shortly. to be, earrtea late effeet.
he still returned. to Ville ‘d'Avrtee it
was because he did not wish to initiate
the rupture. He telt convinced thee
he would soon be fasored, with a Polite
kiismieeed; and vortabely he did not
at all evince the solieitade of the suit-
or admitted to pay his court, for at the
most he visited the Blandureaus once
or twice a, week.
After ell, he Ives not wanted. at Ville
d'Avrey. The retired reerehant's etten-
try seat claimed. another visitor—a
most tieeitittous one, who fulfilled with
marvelous exactitude all Efeetor's ne-
glected duties. Like M. Mandureau,
Sir James was a man who knew how
to keep his word. He bad peomised
to
pay trequent visits to Ville d'Avray,
and, in facts he went there 'every day.
Yes, every elay, did this exemplary
andaxieue baronet willingly undergo,
the, ordeal of three and four hours'
conversation witla tbe eetired. coma
miseion merchant, who. was delighted
to find. =oh an attentive listener in
the nephew of an English peer. it is
true that -Sir James lesuelly replied.
in such e manner as to prove that he
had not at all heard or understood
what -was said to hira, but this was
of no consequence to , M. Blandur( au,
who, attributing the iticoberent cher-
acter of. the baronet's answers to his
sea.nty knowledge of French, rattled on
again as fast as ever.
The truth is that while to all ap-
pearance patiently listening for M.
Bland.areau, Sir James was really all
eyes and. attention for afaaemoiseIle
Aurelia. He had. fallen in love with
her at first sight, and now he was
absolutely entranced, enraptured.
Unfortunately, he could not altogeth-
er rid himself of his memory, and
whenever he recollected his engage-
ment with Mademoieelle d'Arul3leeay
he suffered much as Hector had. suf-
fered. on thinking of Mademoiselle
Blunduream. Then it was that con-
soience recalled him. tea sense of honor
and duty. But what is duty conapared
with love? And Sir Santee already
realised that he raust, die it he failed
to, win Aurelian heart and hand.. 'Un-
fortunateey he was poor, and. he knew
that the Blandurea,u family was im-
mensely wealthy. This scorned to him
an insurmountable obstacle, for al-
though, despite his impoverished dr-
ernoitences, he really had the greatest
coetempt for money, would other peo-
ple believe in his disinterestediaees? If
he asked M. Blandureau for Mademoi-
selle :A.u.relie's hand would not the step
be looked upon as an attempt to obtain
money to regila his escutcheon and. re-
store the family mansion? Fortuna-
tely, this distressing idea vanished at
the first glance from the young lady
herself, and. her eyes, it may be men-
tioned, very ofteri met the baronet's,
Despite Sir James' natural timidity
and modesty, none the less real, al-
though coricealed by an apparent air of*
haughtiness, he could not help noticing
in the long run that Mademoiselle
Blandurean by no means avoided him,
As goon RS he reached Ville d'Avray,
she hastened into the drawing -room.
if, indeed, she were net aaready there,
waiting for bine; and in addition, more
than ranee, after taking his leave, he
heed noticed a muslin curtain drawn
back as if a pair of adorable dark eyes
were anxieus to follow him. on his
way back to Paris. At first he doubt-
ed the truth, ascribing what he no-
tioeti to his own imagination, or else
setting it down to claa.ec.e; but at lest
one fine day, it so happened that he
remained for five minutes alone with
the fascinating A.uxelie. Perhaps,
that was chance as well, bue it may
base been in some degree prepared on
the young ledy's side. Five minutes
are no doubt but a very brief space
of time', and yet it is astonisbing how
many things may he said. while they
elapse. especially when people don't
waste their time in ward of mouth,
and Sir James and Aurelie, be it doted,
only resorted. to the language of their
eyes. To tell the truth, the magnetic
power of love quite revolutionized the
young baronet's innate ideas of pro-
priety, and. he was guilty of an at
of audacity which he cannot explain
to lemsell even to -day. He dared to
take bold of Mademoiselle Aurelie'
hand and raise it to his lips.
Mademoiselle Auxelie by no meens
withdraw her hand, in fact, it seemed
as il a slight pressure of her fingers
mutely answered Sir James' mute de-
tearation. No donbt he would have
stammered. out some burning phrase,
vvhen, inappropriately, enougli, M.
Blanduresu burst into the room. like
a whirlwind. The retired merchant
did not notice. either his daughter's
blushes or the baronet's confusion. He
held a newspaper in his hand, and
wished his "lordship" to give hinted/1e
explaeations concerning the conduce, of
the English government in the effaie
of the. San Jacinto. After a Memel:1-
(1ms effort, Sir jamee sueeeeded izi
Mastering his emotion. He woula
have.givee anything to get rid of M.
Blentittreau. knew now that he
was really loved, and he wished. to en-
joy his felidity ; but no, he must find
some answer for this pestering old
fetber, Nsthe obstinately kept on re -
"What do you think of the arrest
a the Southern Commiss' loners?"
(To he Centinaed)
at the risk of dying of indigestiora the whether they own it or not, picture to
some night. themaelves in the recesses of their
With Bach a. character it was evi- !hearts some improbable hero whom
dent that 1/. 13Iandureau coati" not
even thank of breaking off the, match
vlilett he and. Hector's father had de-
cided on. By his conversation during
dinner and afterward, Hector, it is
true had not quite pleased him, •but
they are destined never to meet , but
more fortunate than her fellow, -Mee
dens.oiselle BIandureatt had found 'her
hero; and the consequ.ences were sur-
prising. Her haughty glance wax-
ed alraost tender, her voice lose ita
• he might Ilene displesesed him altogetb- imperious tone, her ettiroue and. mean-
er, and yet M. Blandureau would never I ners became unusually modest. She
lievebad the idea of modifying ta-hatlae forgot to play the part of a queen,
considered 8, sacred agreement. Thus I
• and contented herself with acting like
Elector snade a great mistake when he a yteng gilt. Madame Blanaureau
imagined that affairs were progressing was so surprised that she doubted her
favorably in this direction. It was senses, hat the truth is that Aurelie
simply because M. Blandureau had not had, met her tate.
had leisure- for reflection thet he bad Sir jamea, on bis side, soon realized
answered the query, "When shall we that he had conquered the household.
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fix the marriage," n snob an evasive He forgot his assumed. stiffness and
manner. Hector's conversation had frigidity, and 'seeded to allow suspi-
caused him. great deception, and he had cious prudence to keep him eternally
ntrt been able to master his disappoint -
d on the qui vive. He had come to a
went and bad humor. He had
that "first imputee" which we all bave,
and which we all ought to guard
against. But scarcely had Hector left,
then be began to -regret his answer,
which he feared might awaken certain
doubts in the, young men s mind, and are niter all, absolutely requisite. He
lead him to imagine that he, Blandur-
wan indeed espeeially anxious to avoid
eau, wished to temporise, and 15 the being laughed. at on account ot bis bad.
meanwhile find. sorne pretext to get French' But new he sa.tv tha.t no one
rid of hira politely. If it had not been
.. thought of making fun of hbiria, and so
I te- Mr. Blandureau would certainhe, ventured to speak—and, indeed, he
stranger's .hause, and now, after an
latrurn stay, he felt as if he were among
Mends. On starting frota Peels with
He,ctar, be had sworn not to open his
mouth, save to partake of refresbments
or to articulate such monosyllables 'as
ly bane hastened after his chosen son-
in-law, but he did not even knew Rec-
tor's address in Paris, so be returned
Indoors mentally resolving to make a
Lull apology on the. following day.
"This maxxia,ge doesret quite please
Me," he said to himself, "but I must
heeten to have it carried out; for I
have given my word and must keep
it."
°Eta almost said as reach to his daugh-
ter when she candidly told bins that
idle should never love the lusbaed be
had chresen for her.
"I can't help it, my poor child." 155
answered; "we have enga.ged in an un-
fortunate, speculation, but we must
enbmit to the consequences. Tn keep-
ing one's promises, the great merit is,
to do so, when the result may prove
disadvantageous, and so we'll keep
ours. Blandureau"S -word, you know,
is worth its weight in gold." And as
Mademoiselle Aurelia pouted signifi-
cantly, he added "Don't distress
yourself, my dear. After all T'Ve.
only promised M. Malestrat your hand.
So you. must marry him, But fortun-
ately, 1 have not promised that yon
would love biro., so if your opittion does-
n't cbange after the marriage, why
we, can apply for a eagel separation,
or you can part amicably it he will
agree to it."
This way of looking at anatrimon
made Mademoiselle Aurelia smile, an
she tlia not insist. She knew that no-
thing she coned tell her father would
lie of guy nee, and so she resigned her -
to the idea. of marrying Hector. Ile -
aisles her geiet at baying to do act was
n et so particularly aeute, for no ant
e lse had as yet touched her heart. How -
seer, ehe revolved in her mind a pretty
tittle plan by which she hoped to gain
cm:Origin supremacy on the very trier -
via ef her inarriage. On this oceasiort
Madame 131aedureaa's opiition was not
asked for, and 'ter a very simple rea-
steri—tb,e worthy lady habitually vever
bas any opiniort of her own. And yet
strange ea it may sewn, she had term-
ed something very liee one in refereece
to Hector.
"Dear Yoling Men," ehe thought,
"thank Ilea.veb you woh't have tittle
study my daughter's rbaracter,
Yee'll merry her within t torteight,
and thus aseure My peace in roy Old
Ow. T co•uld bless you a tbelternd
times overt"
Sash was the moral eituation of the
Illaertereau family Whet elector Te -
tux lied to Ville d'Avrey—tbis time fie -
&an panted hy hie new eeletitly ir Santee
Wellesley, 'Thee wee the yatteg Ler-
on the board. of militery mitten, much
lees, let Met calm supplant the sold-
ier's sehooling. Courage we all have,
if we are put to tight, courage under
aspects slightly diteerent but still
eourege; and it is for went of our
eeeming base minutiae of war, the
nearksmanship that hits, the steps that
energy., and. maven., end aavance and
retire; the arts that help to win a bat-
tle,, as seamanship helps to propel: a
vessel, that one of all brave natiens
Is falling swiftly fro,m 0. high estate.
"The lesson of three centurtes ago is
not the lesson of to -day. It is no use
to pose upon, a crumbling pedestal and
scoff a Time, who takes as by tbe fore-
lock, rather than we, hina; with him we
must go, his word we must obey, or by
his rattan vengeance we shall tease
to learn ana prematurely to live."
The people, so fatally conservative
be the colour of tradition do not ap-
preciate that since the devil-mayaoare
ceeepaigns of the Netherlands, war has
been reduced to rule. If there be oce
melon wheat shetr dash, unbacked by
calculation, comes in, they may be
magnificent. A Spaniard is romantic
to the core, a gift not altogether ad -
rarebit% in these days. The very taP
of the drum sets all his martial blood
afire, and in pictu.ring an ancestor
storming a breaoh "with the Spanisk
flag in one hand and ea sword in the
other, he forgets how disraally modern
.
and prosaic the,kum of that unseen
enemy, a rtfie hu.let, sighted, aimed
and. fired five hundred yards away.
The writer adds that be bas talked
with Spaniards of all grades and pro-
vinces, and two qualities alone bane
the.y advanced in favor of tbe Span-
ish soldier --his ability to go without
food for a long time, and his bravery.
A gentleman, speaking to me at table
lifts a' -scrap of salad on his fork and.
saes, "This is why our army is better,
in one respect at least, than yours or
the German. Your men require to be
spoke a• great deaL It is true that be
was scarcely understood, but then be
was listened to witb all tbe greater
attention.
That evening finally destroyed 'Elec-
tor's prestige iti Mademoiselhe Aare -
lie's mind. Whilst pretending to lis-
ten to a long speech which Sir James
delivered in trying to explain to M.
Blarelurean tbe difference between
Whig end Tory—which difference the
ex-oomirdssion merchant never • suc-
eeeded 15 understanding—she mentally
compared the teo yotmg men with
each other—and the comparison did not
at all result in Heetor's favor. How
trivial and. common he, seemed to he!
Ete,was gee, witty, and caustic; when
he spoke be gesticuleted like all men
from the south; he laughed, • and,
worst of al), the others laughed while
liet,ening td hire. What a difference
there was between these two young
fellows. The Englishman so reserved,
and, the Frenchman so expansive. Abl
at first sight one could easily tell that
the former was a peer's nephew, and.
the latter but 11, Bordeaux merchant 1
For, after ell, M. Malatrat was but a
trader, pr at least his father had been
one. Mademoiselle Atireile fel1 very
sad while, she allowed ber thoughts to
follaw this course,
"Ah 1" she rritirmuzed, "must I really
merry the man I hate?"
Such a prospect almost made her
weep, e,ria for the first time in her
We she mentally reproaelme her fath-
er for havbag chosen her s husband,
withoet consulting her, She hed
never felt se truly unhappy before.
Jentes did not seem to mitice
the flight of time, and it wsas only
when the clock strtiele midnight that
he at length epeke of retiring. eillairst
conduntirig his guests to tbe gate, M.
Blandtireau made "Lord" Welleeley
promise, that he wattle speedily re-
turn to Ville d'Avra,y, begging hita
Indeed to some as often es possible.
Sir James readily gave his Word, ond
then, when he arid Elector was again
elone together, he exeleauted:
ceett find words to tell you wbet
an impression thet yoents lady bas
Made ma me. I really find her most
eberming end loveable."
Hector Was opening his motith to re-
ply "She is to be my wife," when ai
strange improbable presentiment ap-
propruetey prompted him to told hi
toetege.
THE JOLLY AMBER.
Stedurrahnem, or atgilaneseem, le 0180 a).1
ihe "lost originei isdr Living itnierse
The most interesting ruler in the
wo,r1c1 at present is probably, Abdue-
rah/Pate of Afghanistan.
A alee old-erueted autocrat in Abilue-
ralonan, enpeble of waking up his doe
tor to ask ie it would hurt buS to
east a peppermint lozenge, and also
shutting tie a thief ie an iron cage
to starve to death.
Once a beggar in Kabul asked alms
of tbe
"Bid you ever work for a Heinz ?"
',peeked the`ruler.
"Never, 0 Zhan," tbe rn n replied;
"I aan a beggar,"
"Then," said Abdarrhaman, "we can
doewithout you,' and forthwith direct -
INDIAN MAGIC.
it Is o r ten Beyond the' rower or the 'Wisest
• to Explain
One need not go to the realms of
space, ow time, or figures, to meet with
the incomprehensible. Despite naedern
scierace and ingenuity, this word still
remainis stele only applicable epithet for
some of the achievements of Indian con-
jurers. We can smile at the luminous
appearaame of the beautifulface before
which as the reveletion of Osiris, the
old Egyptians prostrated themselves in
awe—for the marvels of the magic lan-
tern are farailiar to us; the early ex-
istence of gunpowder glees an easy ex-
planation of the oracle's lightning and
thunder; the weird harmony of Mem-
non was naerely the result of an ingen-
ious raechanical contrivance.
Bue sprayed tearvelers, of later date,
whose veraoity is beyond. dispute tell
of much more inexplicable things than
tett edoledly, and oiten oars will last
and. fight
FOR DAYS ON THIS."
"But if our troops require more
fool than the Spanish, our commis-
sariat is proportionately equipped to
meet the additional demand, our pre-
supuestos are proportionately heav-
ier. Our xegiraent ismore liberal, costs
more, and. We can afford to pay more,
otherwise 1 should adruit a value in
the argument.'
It makes one sad, continu.es the Eng-
lish writer, to see the quality of the
expeditions packed oft in heartless
shoals to Cuba,—boys, to look at, who
have never seen or beard a rifle till
this raomont and noware almost ignor-
ant at winch end it fires. And if the
troops are inefficient the officers are
worse. In tbe first place, the mili-
tary profession does not stand high
which is in itse,lf, a, bar to efficiency.
I3y semetbing more than a coincidence
the best officers are these who are
socially thought most of by their coma-
trynaen, as in England, Gerreany and
Austria. In Spain, the army ap-
proaches being held in social contetapt.
which is in no way counterbalanced
by the reitetation, before every (Ali-
c,er's narae. of "Bizarro," and other
fatueuS epithets of the press. The
army and the-churcie in fact, are the
two proleseions no man chooses if lie
has the moneyor the brains to choose
anything else, anda girl who threat-
ens to become an old ntaid, is told in
jest that she will have to marry an
officer, whieh illuetrates dm national
bias. The. Spanish officers cheapen
the,mselves. They are never mite, of
uniform. tvith a. sword tinkling at
tbeir side. They carry a sword. and
spu.r.s about with them everywhere, to
chu.rcb included. Their assumption
transcends belief., yet it is admitted
throughout the Peninsula tnat their
preparations and qualifications
MAMMA
Ilecto•sthad givet anti
1
t
these. One of the best known writers
on occultism aacolliot„ has left an ace
count of certain things he saw during
his official sojourn in India, which, as
the seem to defy explanation, may
fairly be classed among things ineorn-
prebensible. The performer whom he
accidentally met, and who required
some persuasion before he would exhib;
eel tbat the beggar shad be aualeed.
He is, however, suseeptiele to flatte,
y.
and can sometimes be cajoled.
A man whom he hied sentenced to
have his ears cut eief Ler some sindiscre-
tien happened VD be a friend at bis
chief seeretrery, who averted the muti-
lation by offering to perform the task
himself, peevidee it might be done in
the Ameeres pseeentie,
To this he assented, whereupon the
seeretary explained that he. had never
execatted this fosat ef punishment be-
fore, arca would His Highness show hint
hew muola was to be rerneven
The Anteer passed. his bends over
both, ears a the tiremblin•g wretch,
whereupon the secretary reminded ben
31 pessage in the Koran saying that
anything towhee by the representative
of the Almighty beetune sacred, So
the ears were saved.
'Afghanistan is ,anything but back-
ward, as Asiatic couteries go, 'There is
a modern factory in Kabuli run by
steam and employing 5,500 Workmen,
whicb teens out daily 10,000 Martini-
13,enry ear tridgea and 10,000 Snider car-
teidges, finished and complete; twen-
ty Martini -Henry and twenty Snider
rifles; 50,000 coins; two field guns, very-
ing from 5 -pounders to 12 -pounders;
twelve Maxims, eighteen Gardners,
wi th coneia.ges ana full equipment, per
annum, as well as a large number of
swords and mechanical centeivanees.
Tbe Ameer takes 'great pride in the
faetory awl makes his khans and all
his 'visitors go and see it. One day
IThara Mum, Who tame 4lrar0 a •distonoe,
celled on Sir Salters Fyne and said:
"How do you make guns?"
"It is quite easy," replied. Pyne. "You
make a bole first,:and then wrap sonae
iron extend. its"
vAh," tie said, soeeowfully, "there is
lots of air fax the hole in my country;
only,. no one theee knows how to wrap
the Iron around itt." '
THE BEAM FUMES
it feats which, he continually a xis ,
were the work of other intelligences.
On some sticks fixed upeigthe in flow-
er pots- were plaeted some learves from
a tree, with boles in each suificiently
FORM OF POISON THAT IS ATTRAO
ING ATTENTION.
emelt eotatbs From et in One Wed( In Novt
'fora — 'What It IS and novo D lay b
lateitee,
What is ptomaine poisoning?
Stripped of all teohnieal itioS
maine is the poison res niteag from
eay in food stiletto:lees, It is for
by bacteria, and is seereted with
venous repidity under favorable
cations 01 warpath and moistare.
is very deedly and also very donee
An ordinary article of fend is e
Oath larke in it, and the vial
in great agony. Se <lied Arno
in New York last vveek, An
several others. , -•
The, only way to guard against thin
subtle, enemy of --life is to take the
greatest care to have tat meats
fish flesh and far eeme-ved teem
the first stages of decay. The
great precaution should be to
them thoroughly cooked.
IVIettte, fish and raille seem to
favorite breeding medium' for
manes. It may occur even und
mast carefully regulated cowl
Bu.t its development is greatly
enea by artificial methods of se-
curing and preserving meats and
Deaths from ptomaine poison al
inveriably increase with the adve
spring and summer cede year.
cold. weather lasts the myst
chemical aetion which prodnces
poison in foods is eetaraea.
At the New York Health
merit, Dr. Max Meyer is eaves
ing the ratiture of the poison w
bee
KILLED SEVEN PEOPLE
in a. week. His investigations a
practically in the nature a origin
research, for not half a dozen Men,
the city know a ptoanaixie from a sa
red. ibex.
Ptomaine poison is well named, Th
word in Greek m.eans cadaver, or death
It ie a putrefactive alkaloid, and is
large to make them fall to the level of
the mold. Standing at a considerable
distance the fakir made a gesture with
his hands. A slight breeze seemed to
pervade tbe room, then the leaves
quivered and gradually worked up-
ward on the sticks. jaoolliot placed
hirraself between the flower pots and
the operator, placed the sticks in the
flooring,' and adopted every means he
could imagine to frustrate ally trick-
ery, but nothing he did roadaany dif-
ference to the movement of tbe leaves.
•The more familiar feat of the seem-
ingly supernatural growth of flowers
was utterly eclipsed. by another bast -
mace voucbed for by the sarae narrat-
or. His own servant brought 'him. a
store or so oeseeds, from which be sel-
ected and. marked one. -Taie fakir
plan•ted it in a pot of earth muttered
some words 077R4T it, 811:4 fell iyato a sort
•of trance, which lasted. about thirty
minutes. then awoke, uncovered
the pet and discovered a seedling two
or thi•ee incites Ingle jatollion exam-
ined it and found it tad sprung from
the seed Which he had marked. With
a touch of a. peacook's feather the fakir
deprassed bala,nce of a common
weighing Imachine in daily um in the
houeehold, thbugb in the other was a
weight a twelve stone, and with a
distant motion of his band be made
sthavings of wood. to sink oe rciove in
water. Still more marvelous is the de-
scription of the manner in welch this
veritable eastern eviiard was able to
set at defienee the la,w ot gravity. On
this ()wagon when leaving the room,
le paused. on the threshold, folded his
aerate and by a simple act of volition,
raised hileself from the floor and re-
mained poised in air fear some minute's.
ARS PRACTICALLY NIL.
- A proposal has oven been approved
that the bachelors in arts shall be ad-
mitted, without further examination,
gecond lieutenants. To this
letter rank are marinated hosts ot ser-
geant.s, a. practice ultimately subver-
sive apt discipline it carried, where, to
excess. But eheer want of instruc-
tion, bookwork; backed. up by range -
firing tont tee, military surveytng, map
. . .
drawing % sham fight and so forth, is
the glartrtg and. primary defect, and,
during the Cuban 'rebellion three gen-
erals have taller" 'into trouble, not
frovilaelc eourage, but from lack of
knowledge. Precisely the setae in-,
competence pravalls in the navy. Thus,
in a word., neither officers nor men
pos'sees tbe elements! ot technical war -
fere., and all is left to ,ceurage:
"Spaniards or Italia.ns are given to
imegitte that the. fine frenzy of a des-
perate exploit 18 limited to tbeir
warm-blooded selves. They underrate
ou.r derment capelailities of passion.
They Neve not beertt of the Scotcbmat
st Majuba, who, with hell his face
blown away, gropea for a rifle te have
tree more ehot at the victorious Boers.
Theyecould iiever bting themselves to
assoctate otu• reputedly frigid temper
with the filming heroism of Chard,
and the ola :Btotilans who fell et
Laing's Nek. 'Yea it ardor is braeery,
not only Italy, or Spell!, or Greece, bdt
we bave it, ti.ria every natien exeent,
pessibly the Chinese. What was Nel-
son's feverish delight at Copeeliagen ?
—the love of fi ghtiog elose retiarters
to the inspiring masio oe a hundred -
gun battery, With whet noble ecstacy
did Charles of Sweaett burrow list°
Beside:is vitals With a few calm squad.-
rone -of uoyieeding horeeneet ?
"ft is cowardice et pea/nese. that are
exeeptiors in tee tereby, arid t.be Sive
and. Ba,vagery a onset, Whet they mat -
take for coldness ie edetherners le
the fine reetreiet of preview military
WOMEN OP SUMATRA.
If the waive women of Sunsatra, have
their knees Properly covered the rest
dose not ma.eter. The natives of some
isla.nde off the west of Guinea wear
clothes only when they are going on
a journey. Some Indians of Venezuela
are aslhanied. to wear clothes before
strangers as it, seems indecent to them
to appear unpainted.
BISMARCK'S SINS.
Of tbe teuealgic peals in his face,
ishieb were eo severe teat he sernetinies
lied to prese ,the pointe of his fingers
on his cheek bonee fat aeveral initintes
to etenMe a little relief, Bietnatek was
repotted as Stayleg;
" Tble is quite rietutaL I have Hinned
in my life the meet with my rabeth,111
ers i keg, drinking end telkieg."
PARIS EXPOSITION.
tIneer Notions ;What Have neva Slade
Disown to Olio Cootontkol000rs.
. .
'The Expositio,n of 1900 is already well
under way. 11 will be arranged wite
exquisite Inge, but this will not be
the fault of the eranks.
Some of the queerest, notions that,
ever emanated front cracked brains
bare been Made known to the commie-
sioners. One of these, appropriately
enough, comes from t,he .Cogna.tt district,
with Whose spirit. the senclere would
seem ire have been imbued.
It tells for the erection in Paris of a
colossus bestriding the Seine, as the
C,olossus of Rhodes bestrode the nerrova
entrence bo that ancient harbor. The
interior' a the colossus might be used
to house the leavens who vvial attetid the
Exposition doctors -in nhe legs, chem-
ists in tee stomaels, metanbysieitine in
the bead. dnd so on. A
Another project dendands the erection
of a, Garden of ,Eden on a lo,rge stale,
with! Adam, Eve, the make and the ap-
ple tree all complete. It might be urg-
ed on the ether side that the snake
is always sufficiently in evidenee in
Paris.
In- the serious work on the building,s
there is good ptrogress. Tele eountry
will be well representen and. only the
GerManerprobably4 because a their an-
cient rival,ry witta the Freneh and. their
dieappointrftent at the failure of the
Berlin show are .holding aloof.
formed by baoterie. It appears in al-
most countle,ss forms and varies in
dangerous qua,li.ties according to how
it has been generated. But in the
main itm.ay be said. that all ptomain
result trona micro-organisms. T
ptomaine has leen developed. in. lar
quantities the simple proeees of coo
ing will not in all cases ',deader thi.
food s‘afe to eat, bat in such, eases to
.unpalatable nature usually
so pronounced es to render the .
SHARK CHARMERS.
e---
Cotelatts litat l'orstalO Calf Divers
nave to CstIch
In the Persian quaf the divea's bave a,
curious way of opening tha season. They
depend' iraplieitl3r upon the shank ooze,
juners, Etna will not descend without
their presence. To meet this difficulty
the Government, is obliged, to hire the
tharniers to divert the atterition of tire
sharks from the fleet,. As the season
approacbes vast numbers of natives go.-
tber tteeng the shoe% and ereet huts
and eente end bazaars. .A1 the oppow-
tune inoment--usualla at midnight, so
es to reach the oyster bake at sunrise
—the fleet to the number of 80 or 300
'Owen, putts out to sea. Earl of these
boate carries two divers, a steersman
and a shark caterinelt and is manned.
by eight or. ten towers. Other conjer-
ers•remain &here, tivieting their bod-
ies and rpumbling indentations to div-
ert the sharks. In ease a mon-eeter is
perverse enough to dieregara the therm
and attack a. divot an alairm is givere
teed no other diver will, deseend on
that day. The pewee a the coejutrer
is Iselieved to be hereditary, and ate
efficacy of his Weaned:diens to be Wholly
independent of his religious faith,
1
dist,astiefue. Bacteria may be Lille(
by cooking but, such ptomainne, as ate
ready exist are not necesserilet desi't
ed. Or, on the Otber hind, there 4
be bed results from eating food[
wbich there are no ptama.ines at
time. But the bturteria. may be
wial devdioped that the poison se -
produced after the food ha'
taken into the eyetem. The
prouainent characteristic fibsit
first is a sense of fulnees as if a
son hard over eaten. Teen c,
nausea, vomiting, gripings agony,
pere.piration. A deathly pallor co
over the patient. Fatally be ell
cumbs, fells into a coteetose state a
niay die in an ii.our ex two therearte
Treetment for ptomaine poison eita
be effective if begun in time, end
the poison has not been too virulet
or taken' in too large quantiti s. Eta
t.
ties are the first, thistee to be sedat
istered, followed by trtuek ea the tics
expel the toxin from the system.
If it has already permeated the .
gestive :system. and begun to. work ul
on the nervous system: hypodermic ie
jectimas of morphine may be reee '
to. By calling in skilled thesa /
as quickly as possible, a course of
Mating treatment may . be given
cording to the paysical conditiort,
the patient, area the life saved. Bi
e-herever ptomaine hoseenterea t.'"
system in q,utualities f
/311111Sli PENSIONS.
LarSe Suns5 AVM lite Saved 'When the
Present Itetiptents Die.
England is relieved of the payment
$15„00O a year in pensions by the
reeent deaths of Sir Henry Havelock -
Allan and. osf Viscount Combermeret
third in succession to the first Vis-
count, who was six Stapleton Cotton,
and reettived the pension for services in
the Peninsulas war. When the Duke
of Wellington dies a yearly pension
of S90„000 will end,. while $05,000 a
year, will be saved by nhe nation at the
death of the present holders of these
titles: Viscount Ilexclinge, for ser-
vices in Tridiae Baron Seaton, Colitorne,
SALT SUPERSTITION.
Superstitions concerning salt are
widely ocattered over tleeworld. When
the Chineee obeerve tbe last festivel
of the year, literally called round -
fug the yeat," a portion of the cere-
eteny consists in buildieg a bonfire a
pine weed before the encestral tableta
et the Tjpen the Haines silts is
thrOwn and the titaekling which it
teicariione regarded as an Omen def
good leek for the follbeving yeer,
for Waterloo, Baron ieeane and. ViS-
eeunt Gough, for services in India,
Heron Raglan fax Waterloo and the
°llama; and Ballot Napier of IVItigdarla,
fax Abyseinia. Perisions of $5,000 le
the heirs of 'tbe Duke of Scborabeeg,
William CITts General, of e10,000 to
t,he saccessors of Lots' Rodney, and
025,000 to all to whom the title of fferl
Nelson seali descend will continue to
be paid ittdefititely, `When Viscount
Wolseley anit th,e, late ltord Alcester
Sir Frederiek 13, Seymour, received
and. xeceived the penston foe Services in
1885 it was undetstood that the sys-
tem of iong-coritinthing pensions would
lte encled.
Trip; CI -LANCES ABE DESPERAlf
,D
and. the most expett treatment is le
an uncertabi struggle with death,' '
Profersional teen in leew York
the followi.ng to sey of ptomait
Some ere very poisonous; others I
less. There are namberlese lila
in the body. They are absorbed
the oxygen, or expellee by tbe ttet
of the. bowels, liver and lungsIf LI
are not they strike the ner. cen
ol
ca siokness resarts. People 'e ese
day from ptomaine poisonsieds and
reel cause is anknown, .1
Ptornenies are the poison tef dee
pose,d animal tissue. They aftpeare
in substances easily petrified., stieb
clem,s, oysters, fish, mirk, sauestgee
che,e.se. 'What they are is only teal
ly known. One of -the constituent'
musearieus wbich is the same poi '
'feund. in •the toadstool.
The presence of the ptomaine,
meat indicates thee the meat has
gurrto putrify, though 110 Otle., ca11
by iaspeeting such meat beforeh
'whether er not ptomenies axe pees
The meat nee, In fresh toil app
aneee, but still contain ' tome
There, is no 'known 'entidol .foea
incline poisoning. Of cou se
and purgtetives should be'
the poison is saspected, tan
iS all that physicians keow na
Ptootaines ere teallyr (*eel. s
duets Loof athe proceee ,'
tine ate the teraparaee for
which the matter passer It
from the aotivit,y ot beete
dead, inorganic matter.
There are certain 'tittle
that are particularly tt
them is tyrotoxicori, -
creena ; another, raytitoxi
mes.sele. ,
THIII,D READINGS.
The following trills were read a third
time and, passe,d to-niglit:-
31espentiing the Colombia ana
Wat-
ern Railway Company—ear. Beetesk,
To confiein an agreement betiveer. the
St, Stephet and Ittilltown BiLilWay
CoMpany and. the C. P. Mae -
Pherson,
Respec,tieg the teritieli. Colturibia,
Southern littilWast Coirtpany—Mr. Mor-
rison,
Ilespeetirg the Ilemit,lon end take
Etie Power Cattopeely—Mr. MacPher-
son. ,
Pox the relief 01 Robert Aegustue
taldwie Hart, --Me. Lendericiri
p0Ti3tiL DIJEL
A duel heti zecent
Perils between t,ado
Captains a tivio. te
Plied on the field du 'iv
of tt genie. Ifalitee Mose,
which are inocieoead
received severe awe
ttrme and 0111,140e:a
eta eel Olt
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