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A. STORY .OF SLAVERY
By MARY J. HOLMES.
AYS.
CIIA.PTER VIIL,Continned,
The stranger saw the distill
there was between his ` newer
friends, and fooling that dont was
one to. whom he must appeal, he t
ed his glazed eyes upon him, and
" Whose government will answe
all this, yours or the one that
knowledge ?""
"Both, both!" Toni replied ve
eptly; and .the stranger rejoined
"Yes, both have much to answer
—one for not 'yielding a little tp.
and the other for its rash impetuo
Oa, had we a$ a people known each
er ; could' we have guessed what br
kind hearts there were both North
South, we should never have oom
this; but we believed our leaders
.much; trusted too implicitly in the
tastily falsehoods of a lying press;
it has brought us- here. For tuyse
ani willing to die in a good, cause;
of eaurce T think ours is just ; era
es you think of yours; bat who w
one for my poor Nellie left in
Southern home ? What splendid act
Oen repay her for the hushend. the
lase ere yowler run hes set, or w'
e n oonapans;ite nay daughter Maude
4- y boy CherlEe tor theft losel
Tae forth Carolinian peened from
,actin and Tom essayecl to coni:
him.
J.•in�:i:nig over hint, and supporting
dee dais:; bead wli eh dropped lower
lower, ahs lips eh..vexing of Nelly,
Meld and Charlie and of the Tar R
er tv noing past their door, until th
seemed no longer life in that once v
orous frame.
He's dead," Isaac was about to
but the words froze ,on his lips,
in the distance he caught sight of t
other men coming towards them, -o
strong and powerful, the other shg
and girlish -looking. Tom saw them, t
and turning to Isaac, said hurrued
" Run, my boy, and leave. me. Th
will think far more of capturing
officer. than. aprivate. You can esca
as well as not—run, quick:"
But Isaac would share Capt. Cart
ton's fate, whatever that might be, a
with a deep flush on his. boyish fa
he drew nearer to his companion a
stood gazing defiantly at the Reb
as they canna up .
"We have nothing to hope, T
whispered, " but we'11 sell oursel-v
dearly as possible," and bracing himse
against the tree, he prepared to
battle, refusing at once the bullyin
Rebel's command,
" Surrender or elle."
"Never 1" was the firm response, an
while Isaac engaged hand to hand wit
the smaller of the two, Tom parrie
skillfully each thrust of his antag
jet, who accused him of having murda
ed the North Carolina officer ly
near.
Both Tom and. Isaac had thought the
stanger dead, but at this accusatio
the white lips quivered, and whispere
faintly, "No; no, they were kind t
me, the ,officer and the boy."
For an instant the Rebel's uplifte
hand was stayed, and it is difficult t
say what the result might have bee
had not another voice called throng
the leafy woods, "No quarter to th
Yankee !"
Tom's cheeks blanched to an unna
lural whiteness, as with parted lips
and flashing eyes he watched the ne
hastening to the rescue, th
handsome, graceful stranger, whose ap-
peai ancc, riveted Isaac's attention a
once, causing him to gaze spell -noun
upon the face of the advancing foe,
if it were one he had seen befc How
handsome that young man w r. with
his saucy, laughing eyes of black, his
soft, silken curls of hair, and that air
of self-assurance, which bespoke a dar-
ing, reckless spirit. Isaac could not re-
move his eyes from the young Rebel,
and his late antagonist met with no
resistance, as he passed his arms around
him and bald him prisoner at last. Isaac
did not even think of himself ; his
thoughts were alt upon the stranger,
at whom poor Tom sat gazing, half be-
wildered, and trying once to stretch
his arms toward him, while the lips as-
sayed to speak. But the words he
would have uttered died away as a sud-
den faintness stole over him, when he
saw that he was recognized. There was
a violent start—a fading out of the
bright color on the Rebel's cheek, and
Isaac, still watching bine, heard him
exclaim, " No, no, not him, leave him
alone," while at the same time he at-
tempted to free Tom from the firm
grasp the enemy now had upon him.
With an oath the soldier shook him
off, then rudely Trade his half -senseless
victim rise and follow as a prisoner of
war. And Tom, unmindful of the pain,
arose without a wird, and leaning
heav;ly upon his captor, hobbled on,
caring little now, it would seem,, what
fate was in reserve for him. He seem-
ed benumbed and only an occasional
groan, which Isaac fancied was wrung
out by pain, told that he was conscious
of anything.
I back to life ?". and. the soldier started
otion, up as he caught a sound of bending
found twigs near by,
thel
tun -
aid:
r for
CHAPTER IX.
13111last, and
it B� bwas aw=oke. at as n.
't er e
I as- from his hiding place had seen Capt.
Carleton and Isaac disappear -beneath
hens- the trees in the distance.
" They are goners," he'muttered to
for, himself,. " Won't. L that snap dragon of
ore, a widow be mad, though, when she
sity, hears low.they've got Ike. Poore Ike, I'd.
oth- help him if I could, but 'taint no USO
ave, Warfarin' sow," and with this reflec-
and tion, Bill turned his attention toward
e to the stranger, watching him for several
too minutes, first to decide his polities, and
as- second, to calculate his probable
and strength. The soldier was at least a
if head taller than. Bill, who nevertheless i
and far exceeded hire in strength of mus- p
any ale and power of endurance.
*ill "I can manage him," was Bill's con-
nnY, temptuous comment,;, and feeling in his
onY pocket for the strong cord Rose Mather s
zviil bad bound round his paper parcel of a
hot, turnovers and cheese, he prepared to
or spring upon his foe in the rear and
tike hien by surprise. 1
ex- The cracking twigs betrayed him, and !
ort changing his tactics he walked directly
in front of the astonished young man,
the who, with heighted color, haughtily de -
and mended "whet he was doing there,=
of and whether he were a friend or foe.'
What am I doin' here ?" Bill repeat -
ere ed, stioking his cap a little more to one e
ig- side, and half shutting one of his.wick- a
Ft ed gray eyes, " Kinder peekin' round s
sf r to see what I can find. 13e I friend or la
foe? Yon must be green to ask that. I
WYa Don't you re-cog-nlze my regimentals, co
ne made after the cut of Uncle Sam, sited
ht some, to be•sure, but then, I've been r
oo, at a dirty job,—been lickin' jest such
!y, scamps as you. Now, then, corporal, see- ch
en in I answered you civil, what are you
an doin' here ? You won't answer me,
pe hey?" he continued, as the stranger so
deigned him no other reply, ch
than a look of ineffable disdain. Ib
nd " Wall, then if you're so 'fraid
ce, of your tongue, s'posin' we try eras- as
tie, rough and tumble, you know;and ha
els the one that gits beat is t'other's pris-
oner. That's fair, as these dead folks s�
To will witness ;" and Bill's glance for the zi
s first time fell upon the bodies lying near
THE
talent out to Charlestown. Hear 0
1' s'pose, as T take it some of you So
ern dogs ,t nn read. Wall, father d
nx:EITilatTIM
n't that, dap"t weal; hoops,, but every t.i nate
Son
she, steps takes her gown. uta on her
ted heels, you know,"
es- the ,Rebel gr'oanec°� aloud; 'Deere
/Id, R
hot h d, and the tears
rained ever his handsome :face as. he
a d: i* god, of Hilt to give him at least the
ea ambrotype,
woe
a
ncn (`no be Continued) ;
in Stain Prison down there to Marl
vas no. tender ppoint upon which his
captcr 'ot'atd be t;ouc e
town, and then We moved to Rookla
the old woman, Hal- and me, H
lying p there where the
test of the fight took place,
I"nr here tormeitin' you by tenni' y
my olearaoter, I've been to the wo
house twice, -,-f have, I swap, -o
for nettin' drunk, and onee for some -
Chia' else' a good deal wus, How
you, feel :now?" and Bill leered wicked
do ROYALTY IN THE SADDLE.
y a. tate young man, who seemed bent
on keepingsilen s.
Only thexpression of his face told
the extreme contempt he felt for bis
companion, and how it did wound
to the quick one of • his nature to ba
held a prisoner by such as William
Baker, But there was no help for it i
he must, submit to be taken to Wash-
ington by the despised Bil and. then,
-oh, how his heart Bank within him as
he thought, when. then ?' Was there
no metbod of esoa e? Couldn't he got'
away, or bettera Ei
Bill to. let h yet, couldn't t ha- not
ins go ? Strange he had not
thought of this before. Yankees Were
proeer'bcally avaricious, and almost.
every mai had his price. He could try,
at all events, and, unbending his dig-
nity, he inquired what Bill would.ask
`a let him go?
"What'll I ask?" repeated Bill, ac -
ng both' feet instead of one upon his
risoner. "I dun know, Le'ss dicker
a spell and see. What'll yougive,
r and.
i here do you keep your traps?"
In my pockets," the unsuspecting
oldier answered; " ' P h
"there's my watch
incl eh -tin, worth over three hundred.
Bothers."
'Whew -awl" whistled Bill, his face
ighting up instantly, while hope erep
roe the stranger's heart: cart. A gol
watch worth over three hundred! Let's
see the critter,"
"You forget that my hands are
tied," the stranger suggested.
"So they be but mine ne ain't," and. the
next moment Bill was holding to. his
ar an elegant Parisian watch, and
sking if the stranger were positive
ure it cost more'n tiaras hundred dole"
rs. I •had an old pewter thing, that
gin to mother," he said, "and this
ncern jest comes in pJacy. It's mine
You say,' if I'll let you cut stick' and
un ?"
Yes, sir ; I give you that in ex-
ange for my liberty."
"Wall, now. kind a generous, ain't
d
al But I want' you should fling in
mething to clinch the bargain. A
ap of your cloth is of more valley
an three hundred. What else have
u got, corporal?" and laying the
atch carefully upon the grass,'Bill's
ad, a second time sought the strap-
is pocket, • bringing out an expen-
ve and exquisitely wrought quiz-
n e -glass.
do
them,—upon Charlie's- childish face, se
with the golden curia clustering around je
g it.
n
The sight touched a tender chord in a a
Bill, and forgetting for a moment his an
h new acquaintance, he bent over the ins
drummer bay, murmuring,, be
o Poor child, your folks or'to have if I
been ashamed to let you come to war. suit
rat Now was the Rebel's time. He felt la
ing intuitively that he was no match for an
the thickset, brawny Bill. Safety lay din
alone in flight, and with a sudden -ha
na bound he fled like a dear.
d + "Neff said,', dropped from Bill's lips, one
o and the•nest instant he, too,, was fly- fat
ine through the woods in pursuit of : try
et; the foe.
o;' It proved an unequal rase, and BilI's 10:.
n strong arms ere long closed like a vice my
h ; around the struggling soldier, who re- the
et listed manfully, until resistance was A
1 vain, and then sullenly stood still, while cig
ai Bill fastened his hands behind him, ,
, ? with the cords unwittingly furnished.g on
by Rose Mather 1 -
min
e `Don't squirm so, corporaI," Bill me
unsaid as` he bound the knots securely, you
d e h -. knee upon the heck of the sail -
tit
ng were he had thr- wn upon he
r • face. .i';,:i', -quirm, so like an eel his
! i I'' 'n el one the quicker. I calker- ven
1 t. i you so you can't git away,
an i i.y as well hold on. Got kind- tha
er ea,te hands hal 't you? N
`Tall, nozv, if these ain't the curl-
st spectacles!" he e-xelaimed• "I'll
jos
see how a Reb looks through 'em,"
d adjusting them to his eyes, BLIT
Iked demurely around his prisoner,
d then standing a•t -a little distance
petted him minutely, as if he had
en some • curious monster. "Hanged
can see' in 'em, but.mabbyl they'll
the old woman to hum," he said,
ting the glasses' beside the watch,
d adding: "Watch and spectacles
't enough, corporal. What more
ve you got ? Ain't there a ring on
of your hands ?"
Yet, a costly diamond," was the
nt response, and Bill ere' long was
Jig in vain to push it over his large
nts.
Ir don't fit me, but I guess 'twill
gal, Shan I get one," he said laying
t, too, with the watch and eye -glass.
silver tobacco -box • and handsome
ar-case followed next, the stranger
Hing mentally, as a faint suspic-
of Bill's real intentions crossed his
d. There remained now but one
re article, the dearest of all the
ng Rebel possessed, and the Aer-
ation started from every pore as
felt the rough hand again within
pockets, and knew he could not pre -
t it.
Oh, no, no, no, not that ! Spare me
t. Do not open it, please!" and the
naughty one was changed to one of
' He's lame," Isaac cried, the hot tears
raining over his face, while he begged
of them to atop, or at -least to carry
poor Capt. Carleton, if they must go
on. "T won't run away," he said, im-
ploringly to his own captor, feeling in-
tuitively that his was the kinder na-
ture. "Don't be afraid of me: 111
help you carry him if necessary. Do
have some pity. tie's fainting, see n-
and Isaac almost shrieked as poor Tom!
sunk upon the grass, utterly unable
to move another step. They roust car-;
ry him now or leave him there, and
anxious for the honor a captured of-
ficer of Tom Carleton's evident rank in
Life would confer upon them, the Re-
bels availed thernsetves of Isaac"s prof-
fered aid; and the three, bearing their
heavy burden, moved slowly on until
far beyond the bushes by the stream,
where the other soldier sat upon the
ground, his laughing Meek eyes heavy
with tears, and his heart throbbing with
a keener pain than he had ever'known
before.
"I was wrong to Jet lint go,' he
Bald aloud. "Three against two would_
solely -have carried the qday, and: that I
done nothin', I guess, b
ut lick niggers earnest supplication, as 13111 drew- forth
and shute your betters. There you
may sten' up now if you want tew."
The young man struggled to his feet,
saying, proudly;
" What do you intend doing next,
"What do I intend. dotter' Bill re -
a small daguerrean case, and placed
his dirty thumb upon the spring.
Something in the stranger's voice
thiug like delicacy of feeling was un-
known to rough Bill, and the next in-
s ant he was feasting hes rude gaze
phed, with imperturable gravity. "I upon the features which the Rebel
intend leadin' you by this string inter youth had gtarded a.lmnst religiously,
camp, and showin' you up for to'pence even from his equals in camp. HOW
a sight. What Wye s'pase I intended beautiful that girlish **face was, with
doin?" its bright laughing eyes, wad soft
The young man made one more des- chestnut curls falling in such profu-
perate struggle to free himself, but the sion around the childish brow, and
twine only cut into his flesh, making upon the smooth, white meek, Even
the matter worse, so he filially sub-^ Bill was awed into silence,evhile a feel -
mated to his fate, and suffered Bill ing of bewilderment crept over him as it
to take him where he listed. Bill was he had seen that face before, and
in no hurry to oat to camp. He. rather; mingled oath this feeling came re, -
enjoyed being alone with his prisoner,' mernbrances of that last day at laome
and leading him to a little tbieket he evhsn fair hands, which, ere he was a
made him sit down, and placing one. soldier, would have scorned' to toucb
of his feec upon him he began to ask such as he, hed. waved him an adieu.
him innumerable questions—what was' "Whew-ew In be whistled at last.
las name, where did be come from,. " Ain't she pretty, though? Your
what company was he in, and eo on,' sweet -heart, I guess," and he leered
to none of which did the stranger, at the stranger, w•ho made him no re -
vouchsafe a reply. ply ; only the lips quivered, and in the
With a haughty look upon his hand-,' dark eyes there was a gathering tools -
some face, he maintained a rigid. ture; hut when Bill askel, "May
ence, while Bill continued: I have this, too, it Pli let you go ?"I the
• "Needn't talk unless you want ton stranger answered, promptly: „.
Speech is 'free with us, you know; but "Never ! I'll die a thousand deaths
seein' you won't tell who you be, may- before I'll part with that 1 Liberty is
be you wouldn't mind hearing my gene- not worth that price. Give me. back
ology. It'll make you feel better, mab- the pieture, and ru go with you wil-•
by, to know my reputation and stand- Iingly whereyer you please. Do give it
in' in society. Corporal, did you aver bank," he added, in an agony of fear,
hear of a Yankee, a real live roodsill as Bin comieued giz'ng at it, and mak.
Yankee, such as Southerri gentlemen ing his remarks.
feel above fight in' with? Wall, I'm that "Cent a feller look at a gal on glass
critter. Whal. do you think of nue, take if he wants to ? I wouldn' hurt the
tee as a hull ?" little oritter if I could as welt as not.
The stranger groaned in disgust, and SO you won't give her to me, nor tell
Bill continued: , me who 'Lis, neither?"
" Them cords- hurt you, I guess. 'Like' "Stranger," sold the Rebel, 'leave
enough PIT ease 'ern. hp a trifle, if you You any feelings of refinement?"
say so. I ain't hord-hearted, if I be "Nary feelin'," and Bill shook his
rough as a nutmeg -grater, Shall I heaa, but did not withdraw his eyes
loosen 'ern ses not to hurt them soft, from Elm Piet:ore. •
baby heads of yourn?" . "Well, then, have you a wife?"
"Thank yotr, sir, I don't mind it in Nary wife. Nobody would have
the least," was the soldier's answer, 13111 Baker.''
though all the while the coarse twine "Nor sister?"
was Wetting cruelly into the tender "Nary sister but a dead one that I'
flesh. never seen"
This Bill suopected, arid muttering to "Not mother ? Ton surely have a
himself ; mot er, and the soldier's voice shook
'Good grit, if he le a Rebel," lte went, with strong emotion.
on: "Considerable top -lofty, ain't you, "You've got itte there," and Bill's
k t e wi their' equals, I'll go have a Mothen and yot ought to heae
ths old gal teke on when As comes
sne or some of the big belga rind finds
Hai dead drunk pn the trundle-bea*
and Me not a great siglit better
boy et eannot now be helped. Ile is theirr
prisoner, arid all that, remains for me
to do is to see that the best of treat-
ment comes to him until he is ,reides-
ect 13u1 what! are tile dead earning
on with Me' history. 1 was born in Mas-
sachusetts, not over a day's ride front
Boeton. Ever been to Boston?"
No enewor front the strenger, save
heightened Color arid Bill proeeededo
Stings and ionlier�ore aare'lers Poor' name-
Wens.
sla er-
The . recent falls from horseback of
Emperor William of Germany and of
the Duke of Connaught servo to call
g
attention to the feet that whatever
e r
equestrianism there i$ among t'he.
reigning fiamilies of Europe seems to
be restricted to the ladies. d es. All the
sons of Queen Victoria, ride ungrace-
fully, and are indebted btad to a 1=Tessian of
the name of Meyer, of Darmstadt for
their German seat in the'.saddle.
Ring Humbert hasas been. thrown off
horse more often. than any other
royal personage in, Chris
Tata Czarg tendons. Tho
was a bad rider, and it was
some uncomplimentary comment in re-
lation to 'his riding, made by Emperor
WLlliain, and carefully repeated at the.
court of St. Petersburg,which h
origin of no bitterness c was the
Dee end bitterness -between
e two monarchs, The obesityof the
King of Portugal rende •
ward on. hoe. renders hint gaof
$chock. The King of
Sweden and his sons are all indifferent
horsemen, as is also the' present Czar, !
while King George of Greece and his
i J
father, .King9
Christian of Denmark, I
prefer walking to everyother kindf
exercise.. , of
Prince Ferdinand ! o
nand of Bulgaria is un- f
able to remain in the saddle for more ' a
than half an hour at 'at tine 1
Dukee The.
of Orleans, as well as Prince tic- 0
tor Bonaparte„ have recentlydamaged
their pretensions to the Frech throne • t
by their ridiculous 'falls from horse-
back, and King Alexander. of Servia _is
so frightfully short sighted that it is,
impossible for him, to ride any save the e•
most carefully, trained horses.
In fact, the only male royal riders in e
Europe who have really fine. seats in
the saddle and who are, fine riders in b
every sense. of the word, are the old
Emperor of Austria and Ring; Leopold t
of Belgium; the latter owing his clev- b
erness as ,a horseman to the fact that
he
TOUGH ENGINEERING PROBLEMS.
TIteyI[nveto do \Yule aril Australian POW,
Malt 808 Mlle» R,orag,
Ti Coollar'die project proposes• the
delivery of 0,000,000 gallons of water
per day at a point in the Mining re-
ter
of Austrona, e2,8 miles from the
reservoir tit the mountains near the
coast, where it is impounded, To force
water through a pipe line •for this
long distance not onlymust its frig-
tion be overcome, ant it has to be ac-
tually raised a total vertical distance
of 1,330 feet.' further, the district
through which the pipe line passes is, a,
desert whose:' soli is impregnated. With
salts,. which are said tot be so corrosive
to iron that it is deemed safest not to
bury the pipe in theround at all.
g
Another• rea,on for Having' it ex
posed is'that' in a pipe line of such,
great length avoidance of leaks :is
essential. If an ordinary pipe line
leaksa thousandth part -of its flow in
a mite, the loss may be a trifling mat
y
ter•; yet even so small a loss in a pipe
line of this length would amount to
nearly a third of its flow. ;In, the grid
desert through which this pipe line
will . pass it is thought that the soil
might abeorb'small leaks So that they
would not show at all on the surface,
of the ground if .then pipe were buried,
Facility of inspection, therefore, is an-
other important reason for keeping the
pipe above ground instead of bury -
t.
Besides this,the ordinary reasons
or burying wter pipes—to get them
ut of the way and to keep them from
reezing in winter—do not obtain at
11 in the region over which this wipe
ine .will pass; and as the cost of ex
=
matin and back filling a trench 338
g fI g
miles long will be saved by placing
he ,pipe on the surface, the decision
not to bury it seems, on the whole, a -
wise one.
The one great difficulty which is, in:
Dived in keeping the pipe on :the sur
ace is the necessity of providing for
xpansion and contraction. In an
ordinary continuous steel conduit,
uried in the earth in as temperate cli-
mate, the extremes of temperature of
he water passing through it willprob-
a ly not exceed 35 degrees.
Turning now to the Coolgardie eon -
int, to be laid unprotected on the
urface of the ground and with a dis-
ace between pumping stations . as
real as seventy-five or eighty miles,
is evident that the water confined
om evaporation and exposed in a
eel pipe to the fierce rays of the Aus-
alian sun may reach a very high
mperature in its passage from one
Pia
station to the next, which,the
se of the longest conduits will re-
ire
sire nearly three days. " The Eng-
le engineers estimate the range of
mperature which will occur in •the
pe line at seventy-five degrees, and
e should think this rather an under
timate. It will be seen nt once that
th ouch a range of temperature in-
rnalestrains would be set in the pipe
was taught. by Englishmen, d
s
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
to
• r g
Some women are as flighty as some ee
bank cashiers. fr
A hot temper is apt to warp a man's tr
better judgment.' Le
Hobbies are the most unsatisfactory P•
of all beasts to ride. ca
One never knows how empty some 4.
_ Ins
looking for traps to walk into.
Some people spend a lot of their time to
Marriage may be a failure, but there
Pi
is a -lot of evidence to the contrary. es
' The man who acts contrary to his wi
wife's advice and fails never hears the te
last of it.
Speaking of well-preserved women,
Lot's wife was probably the best of the
assortment. ,
Some men, like eome fences, don't
amount to much until they get a gait
The, woxnan who always tells the 0
truth tells about nine unpleasant ones e
out of a possible ten.
hide might become SO great as to
cellos moveinent and leakage at the
circtunferential joints.
Expansion joints are, therefore, es-
sential to the safety of the pipe and
he English engineers propose that
ueh, joints shall be placed. at intervals
f about 120 feet for the whole length
f the conduit, which would make a
otal of about 15,000 expansion joints in
he length of the tonduit.
The engineering problem presented
hm, and one Whioh we need hardly
a is without precedent, is the design
an expansion joint for a pipe of
in 26 to 31 inches diameter, which
11 provide for a motion reaching
a
A successful physician is one who is
ppreciated by his patients for what t
hey think he did for them. s y
of
THE CZAR'S CHINA. fro
The Czar of Russia probably owns a no
e -eighths of an inch, which shall
other person in the world. He has the per
china belonging to all the Russian rul- rem
ers far back as Catherine the'Great.
It is stored in an immense closet in the no
Winter Palaoe at St Peter b
tam pressure reaching 200 pounds
square inch, which shall be and
ain tight, with little or /10 atten-
n, and which shall be as nearl
esible a permanent part of the pipe
Grey cloth gowns ore very fashion-
able, eotrietitaes made oitly with the
gOay, and tee other cases relieved y
the 'trimming of eonie °entreating
color. A .very grateful goVvti, Out in
prineesse style, is of thelightest shade
of gray; trim.med with bands down the
front of white cloth oh whiell .tare
steelier bands of a deep blue velvet,
The way in. which these bands &repot
on to" quite different from anything
nee
that has as yet 'been worn, The
front of the gown is perfeotly plain, at
velvet arid the sleeves are finished at
the wrist with two bands of the vel -
e'en blue end white, The bat worn
with thie is a pale gray velvet trina-
med with rosettes of velvet, two gray
loAtriett tips, and exaggeratedly large
jet pins stlicsk through the, velventoset-
tes, The muff with this WA% is of
TQ. WED AGAIN T FIS
DAWSON P.>aOPL ,.-. K `D ,
l; WAKED UP AFTER
THE BIG FIRE,
t+oeal 'York tor tlao X'reox>s-7,'h0 lawIless
lolerucut luttri+sseal--]Poverty cant,. Xevec•
Pi'N 'nIll dad t olal 14leidsl,
During the last month or so Daws
lies undergone a metatur i sis . fro
oiho
a oily .of tents to one of cabins pr
orator i
P ry to the coming on of ivinto
says a recent: Dawson letter. Auto
still lingers. 'There have been coni par-
I
ativoly cold dips, but the snow' has
melted and left `u i
s n the mud. again,
Many of "t. e miners have created cab-
ins upthe. creek "a d goneto them,
. s axed. o ,
but are awaiting sleighing to get their
o B 8 � X..
provisions up,
TYPHOID A DPOVERTY.
lY •
on.
rn
e-
s,
Aaiun
But the delay of winter prolongs
the typhoid. There are, T should
say, approximately three hundred
cases in the cit n
y and its environs. The
hospitals ar u
P e full and for the :most
part by pauper patients, Many• people
who came. in last -winter are finding
too late the Serious ••<
s 5 nzn.,take they Save
made by: not providing for possible
contingencies, I thiol, .one woutd lic
safe in saying that two-thirds of the
people hero hare 1Frtle more than
their> cabins' and a geol.) alike. But
all' have big anticip ai.ions of the wash
p
up next summer.
( THE FIRE DANGER.,
The fire has been at great w at•ntne to
the people here to `talc more present-
.ai.ive precautions at 60. .tlidir clove
pipes and flues. The' ro ss
o roofs also
are dangerous. It also emphasized
the 'necessity of paying for their fire
apparatus, of having it in good work-
ing order, and of forming an efficient
brigade. Tha warning is being need-
ed. It is a possibility that .the Daw
sonians night lose their food 'Supplies
by fire, and many of them be left
homeless. This would be most unfor-
tunate at this season,. when naviga-
tion is practically closed and: some
five or six weeks, presumably,before
the ice would support a trail all the
way to Bennett.
WHAT THE SOLDIERS ARE'DOING.
Judge Dugas, of Montreal, and the
new postmaster, Mr. Hartman, : of
Aurora, are here. Their presence was
greatly needed and tend to relieve the
great burden borne by the Commis-
sioner in. Chief, Mr. Ogilvie.
The militia did excellent service at
the fire and are of great assistance to
the Mounted Police,. who are short-
handed in patrol and convoy duty,
Col. Steele remarked to me the other
day that if fifty more had. come down
from Dawson their services could be
utilized.
LAWLESS ELEMENT SUPPRESSED.
Amens those attracted , to these
wonderful gold fields is a. large num=
1 her of crooks anci agitators who are
kept in check by the presence of our
soldiery. The good work of the police
here is shown ; for this is one of the
most orderly camps in the world. The
good order is not wholly due to the
inherent goodness of the pdpulation,
though one must admit that the large
proportion of the people is law abid-
ing.
Since the fining of the gamblers and
the demi-monde, these classes of citi-
zens are not so much in evidence of
late. There is quite a number of re-
spectable women in the place now
whose influence will assert itself be- t
fore another year passes. w'
Trait EVOLUTION OR DAWSON, o
Dawson, in every way, is in a tran- le
sition state. Its physical aspect, its `,
social status, and its public spirit is ee-
ch•snging- every month. The influence a
of the church and of the adniinistra- l;
tion are being felt. A cleaner type of b.
entertainment is taking the place al-
ready to some extent of the indecencies of
of the theater and the: dance hails. e,
ONE IN THIRTY PROSPEROTJS. th
The earth i.-, still yielding pgold in Pr
quantity. Of course most of the good en
creeks have been prospected apparent- ti
ly and staked. About ten per cent, of T
the claims, the Commissioner tells me, nn
pay well.. But expanses are so-tre- bo
mendous that one is safe in saying in
that not one out of thirty makes a ar
good. strike. Of course .the shipping, bo
the packing, and the various trades hl
afford avenues for money making.. be
go
201
BIGGEST DINNER ON RECORD.
"!al'ee'rlreaasaud 1 ricstre Dlsposeal or 'roils or
'What' was the biggest ban: set ever
;given,ln London? There are ancieb±
legends of thousands seated before a
single repast, but that was before the
era of chef:;, of daily papers, and of..
wholesale caterers says the. London
Mail.
Probably bl the
biggest est ,
Y gg public) . spread
ever given in this kingdom occurred a
few evenings .ago at Albert Hall. Three:
thousand persons, including I3. ' R H.
the Pr'i T,
ace of Wales, sat down„Lo this.
record feast.
h. '
•, The inquiry Into this subject by a
Daily Mall re rase tative eli mite
P n c d th
fellowin interestingstatistics i
3 n ea
notion with this feast, which was sup-
plied .by the well-known earter•er
S,
Messrs, S iers & Pond. Our inter-
P
viewer was told of the countless
wounded,'i . d and d smembei,e � vanquish-
ed, the result being, however, a glor-
ious
g,
Mous victory: It rends like a page 2.1A
o.
(.Harr or i
t,, i A s�vart .
n h.
"Eight D
nght' hundred, begins the `record, `.
':surrounded the 3000 guests as ' they
eY
t. their took ie seats a Ia in 't:he o"
r ,fl w rowel
g
chairman's example, at the tallies glit-
g
teein • and loviit with weapons o
6 g � g C 11
defense. One thous.tnd one hun-
dred and twenty pounds of salnionand
}
1,200 lobsters were put betel re t:he
retests to test their mettle and ap-
ion i tea•
TWO WHOLE VALVES
one pig in .cooked and ediblet form
dieapp •as ed toiler the stnbbo:nn attack,
and with, them went eighty large sir-
loins of England's roast`: beef. Tho
necks of 300 tender lambs fell before
the flashing blades, but 224 pounds of
pressed beef made' a very fair strug-
gle, considering one volunteer beef is,..
worth ten' pressed beefs, as the saying
goes:
"01 fifty glistebiing, powdered, hams
little more than the bones were left,
while 450 pullets,; 800 pigeons and 2,
500 quails were cpsnsigned "to the obli
vion of heartys t'ligestion preceded or
accompanied, by"s 450 ox tongues• in
350 POUNDS GRAPES
hat died In teetotal innocence, and
f the wine -press, and 700 pounas of
trawberries just from their. bed,s.of
a,ves • they will never. rest in again.
as found that 200 solid, honest loaves
nd 4,000 ciu3t-plated rolls were among,
hose that were not left, but had gone -
"I do not wish to detract," coutinued
victiin, "from the d.eeds of the din -
n, but it must be remembered that
00 was supplied in seventy-two bot -
es of whiskey and twelve of brandy.
he eparkling champe.gne from, 2,450
art bottles invigoeated them, 600
(ties of hock gave a.ssistance 'early
the combat, SOO bottles of sherry
oueed a glow of martial. a.rdor, 5a0
Wes of claret poured out a life-
ood-colored stream before them, 400 4-
ttles of port prevented them from. '-
log to 'etarboard' by mistake, ,and
doeen of mineral watero kept them
ol and collected. The bases of eng
etc were laid. on 3,00d yards of table-
th, and o3cupied 18,000 -pieces of
00 plated die.lies, '1,000 less -powerful
ina dishes and 1,000 compo and fruit
hes. As arms the enemy were sup -
ed. with 16,COD knives arid 10.0a0
ks, '12,000 spoons and 4,500 serviete,
to prevent any one escaping on
th leg encasings. at was ti great
co
CROWNS WORTH MILLIONS. ta
clo
gl
Immense Value of Some of the Crowns or 2 5
the Rulers or Enrope. '
ch
According to the Court Jeweller, pub- die
fished in Gernaany, the crOwn that ad-
orned Queen Wilhelmina of Holland on fed);
her coronation, and which was once ejee
stolen and regained, is valued at 0600,- clo
000. fig
This is not the only crown that has
ha,d -an adventure, Prince Drago
grandnephew, of Isebelle, former Qtieen
of Spain, visited Am' erica a few' years
ago for the purpose of regabetng the
crown the Queen had disposed of. Much
to his chagrin, he found that it had
„been bought up as a valuable addition
the jewels of the Countess de Castel -
lane, daughter of the late jaf"Gould.
The price paid for it was $125,b00. -
Queen Victoria's crown is set with
2,500 diamonds, 233 pearls and a most
extraordinary ruby. The crown is,
valtted S1,600,060,
The crown of Portugal is said to be
worth n0,200,000.
eriormotes price was paid for the
making. el the Czar of Russia's crown,
which is ornamented with five beauti-
fen, large diamonds and a giant rubae
The crown worn by the Emperor of
Austria Was mado tight hundred years
ago ter Stephan It; King of Hungary,
It weighs fourteen RI:Wilds, has fifty-
three sapphires, fifty tubies, one
smaragd, and thirty-three pearls.
Ail these jewels are trifles eompared
with Some ef the Oriental royal head-
gear. The jubilee jewel of the Sultan
ot 4Itthore, in, A/Wake, for instance!, is
valtted at $14,000,060.
fit.' added our inform nt f*
"and we won a great victory in being
zo signally defeated."
Ile—Why do wornen always carry
their purse in theie hande
She --Oh, don't you know? aVhat
would be the use having e aloe late
ends hang through her purse' so that
Don't you think you are going tO
break up my happiness with a golf
stick! he roared,
Don't you think yote are going I:6
ride over me with your wheel! she
screamed. ,
And the fight went on,
KNEW WHAT NEEDED, t.
[Discerning who leas heard
some remarks by his father. —,, Aneyon
our new nurse?
Nurse e- Yes, dear.
Child-an/ell, then, ant one Or 01086
boys who can only bo managed by
kindness, 80 you heel boaer,gol, 110)11,4)
sponge cake and candy at once.