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11113 LAST VOYAGE OF MARTD VALLLANCE
A .StiA STORY OF TOeDAY,
HY jOIIN ARTHUR HARRY'
' Author of "Steve etrowirs leuxtylp," "Ie the Seale Deep," etc.
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nee, never seeming easy unless I was
with bine"
"Was be a young man r 1 asked,
with a, sort a empty feeling some-
wbere inside nee,
poor deer, he was not," ans.
wered she. smiling. "Old enough to
be my grandfather, and quite gray4
But," she added, perleaps an seeing how
my faee lightened., "I was very fend
of him, and. of the captain too—who
leaves a wife aled child, at Point de
Gana."
After dinner, finding that the brig
steered a bit wild without any canvas
aft, I set the mizzen—a mere rag with
its close reef, but quite enough. Then
whilst the Major took the wheel, I
slung a peer of binoculars eeross iny
shomIders and wept on to the main -
royal yard in ardor to get a good look
round.
I have said, I think, that the Hebe
was lofty—over-sperred, indeed. in ne•Y
opinion—and from the elevation I had
attained she seemed a mere toy of a
veeset underneath me. To set the miz-
zen I had been obliged to remove the
a\ening, and thin had a clear view of
her decks, looking solitary enough; for
Helen had gone below', and the only
persaa visible as the old. Major, mak-
• It was very nevkward heving no, door
in front cif the deck-hmeee. as every-
thing had tot be brought aft by the
narrow alley -way between it and the
lealwarks. , So, while the fine weath-
er lasted, w -e deeided to take our recede
ander tile awning. Thus we break.
fastecl with mach talk of our position,
• not at all uneheerful. I was pleased to
find that there were two sextants on
board.; aLso that the Major, with, some
foresight, had kept the ehronometer
going. After the meal I sUagested
that we should clew up the foresail,
and the Major aeseieting, we had. a
• half -boar's heavy pulling, after which
I went aloft and in Florae sort man-
aged to stow it—a regalar hardeweatii-
stow—frapping a lump of oaleves to
the yard evberever I could get a hold.
It was a, big sail, awl took me a long
time to handle, even in smelt a fashion.
But1 teenaged it at last. And when
f came down. although pretty well
knocked up, it was in •much better
hnmour with the brig under a couple
of topsails and fore -topmost staysail;
and. for after oaneras J. could set the
mizzen, close reefed.
'Miss Forteecue was at work in the
cabin, and. the Major sat a the galley
door peeling sweet potatoes, making
things look a bit homelike, although ing a very different picture to ins
the white shirt, solar -topes. yellow daughter, as he stood bolt upright like
boots, and diamonds put a toil& a in- a sentry on duty, one eye on the corn.-
. congruity into the scene that made me pass, the other on the weather -leach
nearly laugh outright. of the main -topsail. As, presently, I
an old campaigner. Mr. Val-
swept the sea -line, some low, black ob-
lance," aid he as I approached, "and
ject jumped into the field of the glass.
s
For a time I worked away at it, but
I've seen some ups and dawos in the
• without avail. It might be a capsized.
world. Bue t can assure you, sir, that
I don't think I ever felt so glad as I
boat, or a buoy, or a lump of wreck-
didele_ age—more likely the last—for anything
when you appeared under the
I r
tees stern and came to the rescue. Let could aake of it. It was
me tell you.. sir, that it was a plucky broad on the weather bow; and
thing in you to board the brig, as you hailing the deok, I motioned the Ma-
jor to keep, the brig off a. few points
Ma -
did, with a wounded man-eater at large
on her decks; and if I haven't, Mr. luntil she pointed straight for the thing.
Vallance," he went on, ranch to ray i Then, making sure there was nothing
diseomnosaret, "thanked you as I ought else in sight, I descended and told the
to have done, I sincerely apologise !Major, who became quite excited and
and in and m9
dation called his daughter. But we had not
ray own
ter's name do so nowand ris-
risen it from the deck yet. Indeed°
,"
ing., he made me a most genteel bow, from the smallness of the object. I diel
whilst all the pctato-parings went out I not expe.ct we should until close upon
al Ids apron, greatly to Nazi's delight. I it. Helen a,nd I went on to the fore-
'
Returninthe Major's salutation to the castle head., there to get a better view;
best al my abelety, we shook an a
and all at once sthe oried: "I see it;
it's a, bit of a ship!" But, using the'
and I felt that last night I had done
the old man an injustice in thinking rojeuasiasr , the rae.
ething looked strangely fa -
him either selfish or unfeeling.
"By heavens!" I exclaimed suddenly,
At six bells, 11 a.m., a gentle breeze
sprang up and sent us through the "if that's not mine and Nazi's old pen,
water at a three -knot rate; and pres- call me a Dutchman! I ought to know
wetly the Major, sending Helen to the it 1"
wheel to relieve me, brought up the And so it proved to be; aaid as it
sextants and, with no little show of came washing and bobbling heavily by,
pride, began to screw the sari down. we went aft again and had a good view.
'Yon take the other one, Mr. Val- It was just as I left it, floating face
lance,' said h,e, "and check me. I'm, upwards; and it took very little imag-
nat a pro:essional, you know," he went ination on my part to stretch ine on
but bit drenched and gasping, and. to feel
ora, squinting through the glasses. "
I don't think I'll be far out.ewe more the comfort of touch that
"
But it was ell I could do to take Nazi's warm flesh gave to my chilled
my eyes off that most i.graceful figure body.
of a helmewoman, swaying her lissome "By gad!" eicolajerned the Major af t -
shape to the working of the spokes er a long stare through his glass, luf-
as if to the manner born, glancing at fing to his course, "fancy a man on
me now and again, with a sort of shy that thing. wallowing about in mid -
smile that seemed to my sanguine ocean with a goat for has crew, and a
it lump of sodden biscuit in the la,zar-
heart already to hold affection in
ette! Why, Vaelance, you must have
as well as friendship.
"Eight bens! Eight bells I" sineul- thought our boat the outcome of a
taneously from each of ns; and. away miracle! What did you do?"
we went below to work out our reckon- "Well, Major," I answered after some
ing. As luck would ha,vs it, and to hesitatirn, "I went down on my knees
the Major's extrerae delight, there was and thanked God for sending her to me,
only about a mile difference between as well a.s 1 could manage it."
us. Our longitude was 66 deg. 5 min. "The very best thing. too, you could
east, latitu.de 29 deg. 10 min. south, aave done," replied the Major heartily,
by -which it will be eeen that the brig's and rather to ray relief. "It's only on
progress since the Major's last observe- some such occasion that we sealers and
tion had been mostly all westing, which soldiers ever think of Him."
was so ranch the better for us. Get- Towards evening the breeze freshen -
ling cut a chart, I found. our position ed a bit, and we held a. council. My
an it, makingus on a west -by -south, opinion was that through the night we
mums, 1500 miles from. Cape Agulhas, should. heave -to, as the mere keeping
and only 120 railes east of the island of any sort of watch was, with our num-
Rodriguez. But there was nothing to bers, out of the questi•on. It would, I
call there for. And these at least, if argued, only entail an amount of fa -
ray memory serves me aright, were tigue. rendering us useless and knock -
the results af my first sights taken on ed up in case we should be called upon
board. the Hebe. suddenly to make &Mee supreme effort.
The wind' was westerly, with a little But the Major was opposed to this
northing in it; and. bracing the yards view completely. "We are three," said
in, we found that the brig would easily he. "Four hours each. Constant look -
lie, her coarse with a. few points to out night and day. H•elen can do her
eteare, and. that, even under such short share as well as any of us. We must
ativa.s, when we managed to get ae keep going,"
I was about to expostulate, when a
east of the log—Helen at the wheel,
holding the glass—she was sailing no glance from. Helen decided me to re -
less than six knots. This was truly. ma.in silent. Resides, was not the Maj -
wonderful ; and I realised that I was or owner and. skipper too? And, any-
= a, clipper, and the fastest one I had. how, what business had a poor devil of
aver been shipmates with. a secona mate, whose clothes even did
"She steers beautifully," said Helen not belong to him, to interfere in the
when I offered to relieve her, "and I matter? But it angered me to think
like being here. Of course the boat of a girl like Helen having to
bothers her a little; and I suppose, if stand at the wheel tmtil she was
it comes on to blow, it must go." ready to drop. However, 1 thou.ght it
"I'm afraid it rause go in any case," wise tolls low and let the Major see
I replied. "But there's no particular how the thing wonid work, especially
hurry; and any minute something may as he said he would take the" first
heave in sight." watch from eight o'clock until twelve;
Opening a. little signal -locker, I took and I had an idea, from the look of the
out from amonget, the flags a small sky. that 'ere then there might bee a.
British merchant ensign, and asked the change. And preseettly, after getting
Major if I might hetet it aa a distress a spare line an& bending it on to the
signal, I had date nothing whatever boat's painter en plea° of the boom -
hitherto on the Plebe without first sheetso as 'to give her a. fair drift, I
consulting him. relieved the Major to go and get his
"Do exactly what you. think proper, tea below. It was already nearly eight
Mr. Valiance," be replied, setting down bells, and he was soon on deck again.
a great round of boiled beef that be "I shall let her go, Valiance," said he,
had brought from the galley. "You're pointing to the boat, "If the wind
our practical man, although, as you see, freshens any mare. We e,an't leave her
you're not going to have the naviga- tailing on to us. It will mean another
tion part of the business all to your- aalf-knot. Besides, it'll make a differ -
self ; and he ehu.ckled, and. stood earn in the steering."
watching as I bent the flag on, union In the eabin I found Helen waiting
down, and hoisted it half -way u.p the tea for me. For the size of the brig
signal -halyards, rave at the end of the it was really a large apartment, run -
mizzen -gaff. cling her full width, but for two state -
"There," said I, "if any ship sights rooms aft, two forward. for the offic-
that, she'll know we want something, ers and. a box of a pantry. Handsome -
even if oar canvas isn't enough to tell ly exinelied and carpeted, welI lit, with
her," plenty of glass and silver -ware on a
"My father thinks navigation is his limed sideboard, it looked especially
strong point," remarked Helen,
a snale, as the Major tramped back to
With MUg and cozy; WAY cool, too, with
the bull's-eye windows along the up -
the galley. "This is nat his first trip per part of the house all ellen. But the
• to sea, you must know, Once heciwri- principal attraction to me, although ne-
eci a share in a Calcutta steam.er, and ling these detail, with a careless glance
made s voyage in her. He took tp was the girl, her hair gathered into a
the coignes then; and when poor Cap- rna.ets of dater, shining coils around the
• tairt Davis and Mr, Skinner, the mate, stnall and shapely head—the first time
were alive. he always used to help them T had had a good view of it without a
with their observations." I:at on—who smiled a welcome to me
"You must have had a very anxious across the arell-spread tea-tabIe.
time with so much eickness on board," "My father," said she, after we had
said. bilked awhile, "thinks it poseible, ap-
" ft was indeed a terribly anxious oarently, that we three ean carry the
• time," replied. Helen. "The eaptain ;Vibe to Capetawa; and although I did
died quietly one night, 'Without any net like to tell him. so, I hardly think
one knoaing it at the moment. Bat t ihilteby, My
leer. Skinner wax delirious for some "Not melees we get a fair wind, and
days, awl kept oonstantly caning fox ne Of about the strength Of this, all
VIE GREAT SEAL OF ENGLAND.
Many people doubtless know that up-
on the accession of a new monarch to
the throne of England a new Seal is
struck, and the old one is out into
four pieces and deposited in the Tower
' of London, In former tiraes the frag-
ments of these great Seals were dis-
tributed among certain poor people of
religious houses. 'When Her Majesty
• Queen Victoria ascended the throne of
England, the late Benjamin Wyon, R.
A., the thief engraver of her Majesty's
Mint, designed the beautiful work of
the present Great Seal of England,. The
details of the design are: obverse, an
equestrian figure of the Queen attend-
ed by a page, her Majesty wearing over
a habit a flowing and sumptuous robe,
and a colour of the Order of the Gar-
ter. In her right hand. she bears the
sceptre, and on her hea,d is placed a
regal tiara. The attendant page, with
his bonnet in his hand, looks up to
the Queen, who is gracefully restrain-
ing the impatient charger, which is
richly decorated with plumes and trap-
pings. The legend, "Victoria Dei Gra-
tia Britanniarum Regina, Pidei Defen-
sor.' is engraved in. Gothic letters, the
spaces between the words being filled
with heraldic roses. The reverse side
of the Seal, shows the Queen, royally
robed and crowned, holding in her 'right
band the sceptre and in her left the
the way there," I replied, laughing;
"and even then, keeping regular watch
and watoh night and day, only our
skeletons would be left by the time we
sighted Agulhas. It sounds feasible en-
ough theoretically, but practically, ev-
en with the small canvas we carry now,
there would be constant callings for
all hands. The brig is heavily sparred,
and even to trian the yards in any sort
of a breeze would take the three of us
all we ocend. do. In fact, watch, and
watch, as we are now, means night and.
day .worlr for ail of us."
"I thought as much," said she, "and
saw you were going to protest. But
when my father has set his mind on
a thing, it is better to let him try
Lt. When he sees that it will not act,
then he will be the first to aoknow-
ledge et."
"I have the next watch—the middle
cue," I said presently. "That leaves me
eo call you. How shall I manage ?"
"If you will stamp an the deok." she
replied; "my berth is there, you see, ex-
actly under the wheel. I am a sound
sleeper, but I think I sh,a.11 be able to
hear you. If I do not—well, you can't
leave the brig to steer herself, or you
ineght run down and knoek at the door.
It really does seem rather absurd! All
of us ought to sleep on deck within
easy call. But father does not care
about the open air at nights; nor, to
tell the truth, do I. What a crew 1"
and she la.ughed merrily.
"Yes, even were we three tough and
seasoned. sailors," I said, "it would be
as macb or more than we could man-
age to work the Rebe to Capetown.
But now!"
"I loved the sea," said. Helen, "and I
love it still. But I do not think, if we
get safely to any port, that, after this
experienoe, 1 slimed otiere about trust-
ing myself to its tender mercies again.
It has not used me too well. And, as
you know, the voyage was planned es-
pecially for my benefit. Doubbless my
health is as good. as ever now; but at
what a terrible. cost I" and. she shud-
dered as at evil memories, and I saw
tears rise to her eyes,
"It was all the fault of those rascally
Lasears," I remarked after a pause.
You would have done well enough
with white seaanen. Think of the
brutes leaving you to roast alive.
"Yes, it was cruel," she answered.
"Stilleben 'Valiance, my father, though
generally the soal of gentleness with
his own colour, Iike many old Indians
has no patie.noe with the native; and
when the captain and. the mate died"—
"Yes," I said quickly, for I had thor-
oughly imagined, long ere this, the
The least voyage of Martin Valiance
sight: of the Major bossing his "nig-
gers" "But why, I wonder, did they
not put yourself and the Major into
the boat, and themselves stiale to the
brig ?"
"Doubtless they would have done so,"
said Helen; "but, as I heard them say
over and over again, they imagined that
a. ourse Ia,y upon the Hobe, that a fear-
ful plague was stowed away amongst
the coffee, and that we were doomed
to wander about the see anti' all
died."
"A prophecy pretty well fulfilled in,
their close, anyhow," said. I. "And. now
think I will go 031 desk and turn in,
or my watch will be out,"
For a, few minutes I stood. talking to
the Major at the wheel]. The wind was
steady, th,e brig lying her course and
g-oing through the water in good style,
although, as I judged bothered by the
swing of the boat behind her. Getting
the side -lights out, 1 retrimmed them
and put fresh oil in; then going on to
the, forecastle, I lit my pipe, and after
a tong look round, eatri.ed my mattra,ss
from elle quarter -de& and sat down
and smoked, Nan as usual, lying at lay
feet, The night seemed fine enough
tor anytlartin and the barometer, as I,
orb, seated upon a throne beneath a
Inched. Gothic canopy; and on each side
is a figure of Justice and Religion ;
and in the exergue the royal arms and
crown, the whole encircled. by a wreath
or border of oak and roses.
The Seal itself is a silver mould in
two parts, technically called a pair of
dies. When an impression is to be tak-
en or cast, the parts are closed to re-
ceive the melted wax, which is poured
through an opening at the top of the
Seal. As each impression is attached
to a document by a ribbon or slip of
parchment, its ends are put into the
Seal before the wax is poured. in, so
that when the hard impression is tak-
en from the dies the ribbon or parch-
ment is neatly fixed to it. The im-
pression of the Seal is six ine,hes in
d. lame ter and three-fourths of an inch
in thickness. The great Seals of Eng-
land are interesting from their bear-
ing Portraits of the sovereigns, as in
the Seals of Offs, and Ethelwolf, and
that of Edgar with a bust in profile.
After William I. all the kings are on
one sale on horseback, the face turned
to the right, except that of Charles L.
which is turned to the left. Edward
IV. first carries the close orown; Ed. -
ward the Canfsssor and Henry 1. and
Henry 11. are seated with the sword
and dove. Wax was not uniformly used
for Seals, as impressions occur in gold,
silver and lead, also in various oth-
er substanoes. The colours have var-
ied, at different peeiods, but red seems
to have been the most ancient.
Md glanced at it before leaving the
cabin, was, if moving at all, on the rise.
Still, instinct at times, if rarely, is
mere to be depended upon than any
mere metrument, and T felt somehow
that a change was pending—of what
nature I could .not he sure. However
pretty certain that not much harm
could come to us aloft, although a reef
in each topsail would have added to ray
sense of security, I lay down.
Finding presently that there was ra-
ther too much wind. for comfort rush-
ing out of the foretopmast staysail, I
shifted my quarters on to the maindeck
and took shelter under the lee of the
forecastle. Here I spread my mat-
tress afresh, ancl pulling a rug over my
heed to keep off the moonbeams, I doz-
ed off to sleep, my last waking
thoughts being that the wind had.
tak.en a. shriller note up there in the
rigging, causing the Plebe, hitherto as
upright as a factory chimney, to have
a, slight list, so that before midnight
it was just possible I might find my-
self in the lee -scuppers. But I was too
nearly asleep to go to the trouble of
another shift. And I dreamt—natural-
ly enough perhaps—.that I was once
again on the .pen with Nan, only this
'time bbs water kept pouring in in
such volume that I could plainly hear
it above all the raging of the storm;
and as I lay listening to the noise of
it, and. of Nazi's evenings as she vainly
strove to free herself, I awoke sudden-
ly, be avaidered, to find myself and the
decks a -wash, Nan bleating- on the
spare spars to leeward; the brig flat
a -back and nearly on her beam -ends,
a.nr1 a full gale of wind roaring and
, yelling aloft.
(To Be Continued.) •
MANCHESTER -CANADIAN LINE.
Emelt eientean in Summer and St. seine
lane in Winter.
The prospectus of the new.Man-
oluerteraCen•adean freight line pnoves
that the company is an extremely pow-
erful one. Its capital vvill be $5,000,000,
and it will operate five steamers sail-
ing direct from Montreal in summer
and St. John, N. Bo in winter to Man-
chester by way of the canal. Three of
the ships now in process of construc-
tion for the line have a carrying capac-
ity' of 8,500 ttons; A probable result
of the direot line will be a great in-
crease in oar share of the food supply
a Lancashire, perhaps the most thick-
ly populated. portion of Great Britain
Outside of tlhe metrlopolitasa district.
In estimating the probable increase of
•
trade following upon the establishment
of tbe direct line it must not be sup-
posed haat lelancliester will receive by
the canal route only the supplies that
now go to Liverpool frora the Se. Law-
rence. Up till the present time Man-
ohester and tbe great constuniug popu-
lation of which Manchester is the cen-
tre has had no more interest in the con-
sumption of Canadian wheat and cattle
then of American. Bat with ships
bringing Canadian food staffs up its
beloved ca,nal, while American food
staffs are still landed at Liverpool,
Manchester will eat its fill of Canadian
products, knowing that the canal will
benefit.
• ALCOHOLIC CANDY,
The statement is ma,de that alcoholic,
candy is largely sold ia Manchester
and other Ertglieh towns. It is said to
be imported from Germany, and an
analyst &dares that it contains pro-
lortionetely as reuell alcohol as does
18 THE MAN OF THE HUI
SOMETHING ABOUT THE RIGHT
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN,
career Or nee elenitie Who Siertled tIii
'MAU Wint atet•oposat or aa
American Aellience-e'rem sieniele Ori -
He Um Income One of itint meet
leattions elen er the mune
Everyday people telwaye enjoy the
story of the life of Chamberlain, His
beginning was not along the smooth
path opened foe. Belfoar. His father
wa,s a London shoemaker, who made
mune money off of soles and uppers.
He made good. shoes and the bey eves
designed ta succeed him at the altar
of Crispin. He shoved no unwilling-
ness to do so until fate led hien at 18
to Birmingham and placed him with
a, firm of wood, sorew-makers, In whiela
he was eventually to become the prin-
cipal factor.
He came out of the University Col-
lege School in 186e to make his home
in Birmingham, and in tbe letter of
introduction which he carried with hien
there to friends"was the sentence:
"Please be kind and see as nauele as
you eau of poor Joe„ for he knows
nobody in Birmingham."
Time was nob required, for his mest-
ere to know laira though. Re was teci-
turn, but brutally in earnest. He
went at the business of making screws
just as he has undertaken everything
else in his long career. His first dive
into the -world of trade was in an ef-
fort to make screws cheaper and bet-
ter than anyone else on the market
did. He succeeded, Literaely he reorg-
anized the world's market for wood
screws. Where there had been. out
prices, trade depression, no prolits, he
created. unity, profitable sales, active
demand. He concerned himself with
the minutiae of bis shops studied the
conditions surrounding his men, uncov-
ered coal mines for his own supply, be-
came the owner of the raw material
be needed, entered into partnership
with his employers,
ROSE TO THE IeEAD
of an establiehment employing 2.000
men., and found a wealth producing an
income of $150,000 annually at his dis-
posal.
All this he did in twenty years, for
was in: 1874 when he first really en-
tered. the political field of the British
Einpire,
Understanding this mueh of the man
it is not difficult to appreciate why,
as a statesman, his utterances are tak-
en to represent the sentiments of 00133.-
mercial England and the foundation of
the throne of England is not to be
found. in war ships, but her commerce.
Mr. Chamberlain was not content,
while a. tradesman to be merely that.
He could not make a public, speech, so
he taught himself oratory. He joined
Birmingham debating societes and
spoke until a freedom of manner came
to hios which was attraotive. He kept
hineself.loaded with facts. Possibly re-
aeizing that his voice and. his person-
ality might always be against him as
a. popular orator he built his strength
ai a speaker upon his knowledge of
the details of nearly every sabject un-
der the sun. YaUr Englishman likes
solea facts more than oratorical flour-
ishes in a. speech. He took to Cham-
berlain's mastery of facts, upheld as
they were by invective, irony, satire
ancl ridicule, with huge delight. lit
time he called Charabetlain "The Peo-
ple's Joseph."
Once a speaker with a reputation
Mr. Chaanberiain launched into the
field of municipal reform. He • found
Birmingham a squalid, dirty, un-
healthy city. He was eleoted mayor ov-
er a.nd over again. He rebuilt the
streets, tore down the rookeries, sew-
ered the bad peaces, fought for muni-
cipal ownership of traraways and
light. What was healthful, wholesome,
best for the people 'of a, city he not
only advocated, but got. He entered on
his first canvass f.or a seat in parliam-
ent in 1871, a rounded man, having the
confidence of those who knew him. .
HE WAS DEFEATED, .
but stood. again and was returned in
1876.
Slime then, his speech has been
steadily upward. He was in Glad -
stone's cabinet in 1880 and became the
author of the bankruptcy act, now the
law of England. He remained with
Gladstone until 1886, when, in a divi-
sion of sentiment with the grand. old
man over home rule,. he resigned and
opposed. him politically forever after.
He was a member of the fishery emu -
Mission sent to the United States in
1888 and secretary of state under Sal-
isbury. He became leader of the liber-
al -unionist party after the retirement
of Lord Hartington. In 1888 he mar-
ried Miss Mary Endicott, daughter of
Grover Cleveland's first seoretary of
war. She is his third wife and he has
a, son by his first wife older than her.
In his early years Mr. Chemberlain
was a sooialist, drifting with that into
'hat is termed radical English politics.
Since 1886 lee has grown more conserva-
tive, shown a. preference for imperial-
ism and unification of all the interests
of the em,pire. The changes in his op-
inions onelquestions of this character
are no more remarkable than those
which took place in the political evolu-
tion of Castelan of Spain. But through
all his career, Mr. Chamberlain has
never failed on oecaaioa to show that
he kept in totieh with the 13ritish pub-
lic and that what he said was not a
mere °Onion of his own. Better than
any living man in Engirend to -day 'he
knows the strength and. the weakness
of his nation A terrible dealer in
blots, be is not the kind a man to bliad
himself to eonditions surrounding Eng-
land, whieh make it absolutely aeciee-
sary that Iter career of "splendid, isola-
tem" should came to an end, Pie me,ant
that when he seed:
"I would. goso far as to say that ter-
rible as'area may be, even war itsel f
would be cheaply purchased if 10 a
great and noble mem the stars and
sttret.e: and the union jack should, wave
together over an Anglo-Sexoo alit -
HE IS BUSINESS ALL OVER.,
and ais speecb meant basiness for
England. A man who deuld, ooraPel
hie adopted town to purchase gas works
with it present capital velem a $11,000,-.
000 and an animal profit of §150,000,
at the same time recluebeg the 00St 02
te the people a. shilling, is dreadful-
ly in scantiest wherever you take him.
He did the same thing with the Birm-
ingham waterworke, now valued at 01,-
000,000, and which have redeced wat-
er rates $80,000 per year for the con-
sumers. He bought the "central
slams" of Birmingham for $000,0110
and constructed Corporation street out
of them. • When the teases there fall,
in some fifty yeags benne Birmingham
will be the richest oivio corporation in
the world. To -day, • thanks to Mr.
Chamberlain, the tax rates of Birminge
ham are less than they were fifty years
ago, and the total charge is rather
more than 20 shillings per head of pop-
ulation or one-fifth oh the chaage of
the local ,administration of Boston.
Monarchs of Germany, Austria, Spain
have no regard for such an utterance
aa this from Chamberlain:
"1 aan confident; in the capaoity of a
wise government resting upon the re-
presentation of the whole people to do
something to a,dd to the sum of laurna,n
happiness, to smooth the way for mis-
fortune and poverty. We are told that
this country, England, is the pagedise
a the rich. It should be our duty to
seet hm ttihtepdoeg,
sarno, t become the purgat-
ory ol
In his whole life, even in his opposi-
tion to Lome rule, which he more than
any other man defeated. Chamberlain
NEVER V.A.RIED
from support of these sentiments. He
is less of a, senialist to -day than he
once was; less of an imperious radical
so far as the central governanent of
England is concerned, but he is stead-
fastly for the amelioration of the con-
ditions surrounding the middle and
common classes of his nation.
• His reform platform, outlined by him-
self in 1892, proposes shortening the
hours of work for miners, regulations
for the early closing of sliop, arbitra-
tion 10 labor disputes, compensation for
injuries to employes by employers, old
age pensions for deserving poor, restrice
tion and control of pauper immigration,
increased facilities to local authorities
to make town improvements, power to
local a,utleoritie,s to aid. workmen to be. -
came house owners. Ceirtainly in this
he is more than abreast of his tirae,
end by force of his support of such
measures and his persistent insistence
on unity between England and all her
colonies he has even forced. the house
of lords to noi only fear but respect
hem.
A perfect system a unity for imperi-
al England can never comprehend an
alliance with any foreign power of
Europe or Asia. That alliance, if to
be made, must he with the Anglo-Saxon
or Celt, as you choose, of America, and
Mr. ChamIxeriain, in the opinion of dip-
lomats in Washington, has bat fore-
warned the world. that if not to -day
fifty years hence the 'United States and
England. -will be as one in matters of
external policy.
He is supported in his position by the
Dukeeef Fife, by Sir Charles Dike, by
the Duke of Argyll and innumerable
eminent public men of England. Lord
Brassey is for an A,nglo-Sa,xon pact.
Prime Minister Sagasta cif Spain term-
ed the famous speech as reckless. The
Journal des Debate of Paris accuses Mr.
Chamberlain of being the author of a
plat to suddenly attack the French
fleet and destroy it. , The Mann de-
clares war between England and France
is now within immeasurable limits. In
St. Petersburg the speecb was denounc-
ed in unmeasured terms.
With a voice which they say resem-
bles that of it "London oabby," Mr,
Chamberlain bas succeeded in arousing
the world. of diplomacy as it has not
been stirred in years. But then, Mr.
Chamberlain never does anything, they
say in his home, that is not extraordin-
ary and worthy of the closest consid-
eration. If you chance by London way
this season and meet a slenderly built
man wearing a huge monoele a
orchid you well know that it is
berlain the man who was termed
tbe lords when he was first on his
to the commons to take his seat:
"The black man from the ocean
clay pipe in mouth, clothes soiled
dirt."
The lords do not say that now.
FUNNIGRAIVM
3}Ty wife, said Tangle, is a 9:niOd read-
er. • Pity my het, eaid Jangle; my
wife is a mind speaker.
She—When would you consider a man
was harpily married? He—When
he's wedded to his work,
In. the Prison; Warden—A reporter •
events to eee yoa, 'What shall I say /
Cenviot—Tell him I am net at home.
beard 'dr afbotvetnlaethelopement
boeeigL,t
m
Itothinknvoirh
. thein.iataerstand. she has gone
aveI
The Important Thing—Do yoa think
it makes remelt, difference which planet
a, eerson is born under ? Not aebit, so
long as he keeps on tlae earth.
Setthee—I saw a man in a window
making faces to -day. Symple—What
was he doing that for Saucee—For
a eouple of docks. He was a jeweler.
A Marriage Settlement— Tem —Dia
your father-in-law settle anything on
YjciellettellYy—°11Yresina; ihTimia,s111 anBcdPheicisiewl"ladolee.
family I
Police Judge—This is the eighth time
inolkearaea
vyemr you have been brought be-
fore me. Offender—I guess that's right,
but it has always been a differenk
Unole Joan—You don't mean to say '
that Hefty has taken up with that
Garbley fellow. Why, he's a regular
°heap John. Aunt jane—That's what
I Flay, but he'a very dear to llietty.
It is said that people are not allowed
when a popular song takes hold. of
there relieve their pent-up feelings
ttireemTaiene in the streets of Berlin.
Great Sm,son ! Row do the people over
Paw, asked. the little boy, didn't 'you
say in Veer speech that you expected,
the map of the world to be changed
soon I think I did, said the orator.
Then what is the use of my stuclyin'
jography ? .
Itt seems like a dream, said he, in
speaking of his courtship. My boy, re-
plied the veteran, when you wake up
after marriage you will find that that
is just exactly what it is—nothing but
°41:1.:aksm--.11' erten is quite struck with
Miss Birdikin. He had. just lighted a
cigar last evening when she hove in
eight. He threw it away and went up
the street. witla her. 1Vioks—And do
you know what she said to him.? She
told him that she appreciated his self-
denial In throwing the cigar away, but
she never could think of marrying a
man who was so devoid of economy.
The Swqet Yaung Thing—I do not be-
lieve in long engagements,. The Sav-
age Bachelor—Neither do I. They are
too much, like the modern style of
enize-fighting, wil,h its violent eUeSS
of talk before the real fighting begins.
Expeotations—That man
Titherson's a regular torpedo -beat.
How do you. make that out? Ever
since he was a boy at school people
have been predioting great thinge
him., but he's never done anything
worth mentioning yet.
Hazen—I like to see a, man stick by
his friends. Now, for instanee, if a
man told you I was an ass, you would
?not join right in with him, would you?
Dilby—No, sir, I'd. rebuk,e him, I'd tell
him that the truth should. not be spok-
en on all occasions.
She, sewing a button on his shirt,—
Sohn, were you very greatly fluster-
ed when you proposed to me? He—
Yes. To tell you the truth, I was so
rattled that night I didn't know what
I was doing. As yet.hboe ihisatseanottosuac-n
BELIEF in trelLUCRY HOURS.
Common as is the superstition t
Friday is the mi3eite unlucky of da
and. thirteen of numbers, tile belief
unlucky hour,s is equally widespr
on the European Continent and
the Ea.st. Garabetta was so fi
convinced that certain hours ot
day are lucky and others unlucky t
he would never commence any imp
ant undertaking or seart on an
portant journey without consultin
famou.s reader of cards as Lo the
picious hour, and President Be
who was prudent •enough to selec
lucky hour fax starting on his rec
journey to Russia, is said to sh
GaniaeLba's superstition. • Presid
Carnot was Jess eiedulems, and
lected an unlucky hour fax start
on the journey to Lyons, where he
assassinated by Caserio. 5.'he stt )er-
Aaiun is so common in Paris that
cards tastefully embellished and con-
taining a list of "hours to be avoided"
a,re extensively sold.
•
A. FATAL MISTAKE,
Yes, reta,dazo., it ie a fatal mistake to
neglect your teeth. Ilost, a great deal
of money tbrottgh an oversight of that
very sort. I had a rich u.nole who pro-
mised rae to be his heir. He went, to sea.
During a sudden storm • he fell over-
board, and a shark at once grabbed
him. My uncle was a. stout roan; the
shark was old. Moreover, tie had 'never
taken cere of his teeth, and they were
wretchedly poor. In short he couldn't
hold on to my anole, who kicked him.
golf loose from the mak-eater and was
914Bktictct huloPwbdYida' ybooullt.
lose' the money,?
N.ty uncle lived long enough to alt,
er hle will. Oh, that neglectful sherle.
The oultside 'walls of many at the
houses in leftexico ate from three to six
foet thiek, to withstand celialegeeke
ehoeke
Y
used than win e cowhide. White calf
10 used for fine and costly work in
book binding, 11 may be fax gift books,
and sometimes for prayer books. White
calf is also used for suspender tips.
More extensively used than either
white cowhide or white callskiii are
the white sheepskins. White sheeee
skin is used also fax suspender tips.
and for covering trusses and other
articles of metal, and fax the trim-
mings of shoes. It is used fent book-
binding, especially for the binding of
medicai books, in while use it is first
eprinkled with a coloring material
which gives it a mottled appearance.
SINGULAR, CUSTOM.
The very singular customs 61 the
President of the House of Lords, who
is called the Ldrd Chancellor, axid some-
times the Xeeper oe the Great Seal,
and the 12 judges, who are peers, sit-
ting on woolsack% is said to lutve
been first establithed 'ellen woolen
cloth was the prinoipal article of Eng-
lish manafarture, and consequently' Lhe
growth and imetoremtint of the raw
wool wore considered objects or the •
highest itriportencea