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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1899-1-19, Page 6OIVE AND NVAIII A STORY op SLAVERY DA By MARY J. tIOURES. $c"11 CHAPTER XIV,-Contin'ued, ; wife, who, greatly to h Reverently they placed him in the ! law% disgust, was ma aarriage whieh none eared to share PosseSsor of a sot of fur with him, carefully they wrappen ' a part of the new lieuten around him the Stare and Strinea, and WaPea. 7 -Getter ley by for droPPing the heavy ourtains, follow-' a ed through the streets to the cottage taaY O0ni. eaSY go. Ths 'xi the Hollow, whieh be had left so full be wc)rth it Ceta. Tain't 1. if life and hope. .A.round the cottage 0,0,aeS_, ,,.11,„°, say% and t° :here was e gathered multitude next Osii“;Yt et,101e.:•sehrQNSv,°°,eTn.,a' 4.X..a(Tell lay, and tlaougli au the unsheltered tends of those without, the driving rathe widow'sinaight ' l'Inglad I wad't muttered. 00 Ktaa falling, they waited patiently while the Suaday following the tIse prayer was mid, and the funeral an- , furs she pinned around h thenchanted. Then there came a bast - ling moment -people passing beneath:, ShnuLderas the ten Year' the Star Spangled, Banner, and paus- shawl" arid tying round faded tippet of even gre :tag to look at the, dead. There Ware ed. for ehterele, deterrain tabs and tears, and words of fond re- ,stice or speak to the extr eret, and thexa the ooffin-lid was clos- ed, and once more that =raffled beat .:Ifn ehese'• e."reft, as she ' was heard, as with arms reversed the, ' '-` new appeared, This was hardly the Rookla.nd Guards marched up the epirit for the widow to t walk, where leaning upon their guns but hers was a peculia they stood, while strong men earned the grace which would out their late companion, and placed - to make Annie Graham a him in the hearse,- the carriage sent „., ' hardly have kept her fro foe him. There was no relative to b' at the moat trivial ma with him to the gravee-none in whose widow felt, and it .inad veins his blood was flowing', so at.r. jul of herself,. mine c IVIather and. Rose took the lead, fol -i down the first approac lowed by a promiscuous crowd of car- t setting sin, But the 1u riages and pedestrians'the very horses 1 i IY disturbed her, parte° keeping time to the eblemn music, beat- ', were said to have cost 43 me by the drum, and played, by the 1 she had spent on her man in the jammed white hat. eene s A she Slowly through the Ncnrernber ra,..„inL. w."'",i`t-h---h-eoeze.,ayel3rewle.setne Pe -through the Nove.ro.her sleet, '''" :hand, and a pair of Eli through the November red et they Imre socks upon her feet to It him on through the streets which.: the S00.11r WhiCh had fa he so oft had trodden; on past the cot- , before, she walked rap lege he meant to bey tor poor Arnim, . directioe of. St. Luke's. whispering to herself with every note There was an unusual of the tolling bell, " George has gone ' ' doors, a crowd. of eager to Heaven' Onward, still onward, till : pie, and conspicuous 511 str.rets and cottage were left bahiral, Susan, looking so pretty and they came to where the ,marble fitting collar, and hol columns. gleaming through, i e a muff so gracefully that turextel fog, tonl who reopied that si- gan to relent at once, lent yard. ,Tust IT the gate the bearers kind of pride that " .3. paussel, end stood with uncovered heads, as genteet lookin' as t while tbe solemn words were uttered, Then, when it we " Earth to earth. ashes to :Ashes, duet 8"8,'"I, LA °°1he of P.3e1h-s1" te duet 1'. ee-all over, ele' , b-P-t-'-•Ils"131-11eh as 1 131,0 long .1n,tagns,a4,,,z nsneys.tiet-hra.te;,eeehe• Pee' 'shouldn't flatter S ing of the furs; but t 8.p1)n5eertrre5nrehyard. post the t n11 mob,- she got on a week day, _ ,e -,--e,- urnents betokening worldly wealth, I.,,„, was 'glad u P3St the lees inneseeng sennes, wnose “ "ed" see g lettering told of treasure in Reavem (Atteae-'LvVimIlaemake shielearddreadia, ';' ewe. the group of cedar trees ona pine; natur and she's stain pest the gravee of the nameless deed., now, just to show 'em and $0 out upon the higbevey, ROSA ithe street goin' to the Mather staring in alarm es the band emcee t e a quicker, =eerier nairell, ,e whose stirring juldierit notes seemed seat the widow was mi se much like meeleery. She knew it was :on alibasdorsbecanrclaes- ashtehomu the custom, but the music !grated none tlia less harshly, ante eiewmg her veil little tight she could over ler face, she wept silently, ecea- which was troubling c si-n Illy glancine beelrward. to the spot keeping them outsicte i 0E "rashly upturned earth, where Helot- ed Ytlitaatlketahetheserrxitaein,ter ld en's first soldier was buried, - s ' ereve, self-denying George,---evho gave hteen carnetO' C 0 took- suene tthlamt tip , ' ell he lied fax his country, and. died in the furnace at eunse in her I ehalf. ' Frinnew.elts after George's eeatb, An- aural:dad o;er a hu as, lea lase...cottage in tlae Hollow, and luoPron ththee cpihlerisounaf evser went to lie.esseor a time w;th' Mrs. Ivla- ci -thee. Early adesnaned, and thrown up. lilacecte feohurrsge klre eehpena on the rherities -el a scheming aunt, oath who, alter her mareiriee with George, twetetnerenoustuplihisan e adtnd had cast her off entirely, there was Ino lk.1 new ne one to whom she could Leek frightened intruder for help and sympathy save Rose, end feet, and bounding u -1-Idninthe latter insisted that her home stairway, fled through nowee- should he Annie's also, whits Williarrit otortedoont rhiseresoathtterseedstcxi .; pois, too, joined his entreaties with those eivdo of his wife, and urged as one reason his' _ This was his abry, ante*, promise made to George, Annie con- o•nsan Simms, who bid -woree, 0...Ct -eented.-en.7eVentlitiate-that as 8000 as about seven o'cLek the . her health yeas suffieiently restored, - she was passing the ch she should do something fax herself. .: m . idaireskt-Imooisktilioogk fombjaectw, 0 eitherastamy astether, or goe-ernes inm. oae nearer she saw, it Amid 11. wild storm of sobs and tears (Afepas,radranivpwehdo, naethint she had read her husband's dying naes- ' sage, growing sick and faint just as ' hi-ehs and thlis disaPPe she , -,--that feeling tiraid he knew she would when first learned of his loss, and why it WOS , turn home that way, b he had never written to her .himself circuitous route pa,st But thie, was naught eornpared to the'. laenittawd hreerpesasthede sttosp horror which - crept round ,her heart un as she read what George had- written 1 th'e"inheeingbsreulidsihdrie 'td c of a- coming time when the lone grave ont of her way just to by the gate would not be' visited as erten as at first, or he who slept there cry,' thought the wido remerabered as teaerfully. er to Susan, and even d "Ole -George, George r she eried, "it hoafl nfurop,hr0wvnikeeha hhaelfr 11 was cruel to tell me so,and sinking Various were the su to her knees, she essayed to breathe a the man, could be, and vow tb,at other love than that she had tered the leme,some borne for George Graham should nev- morning services had er find entrance to her bosom. But t,he knee of talkers an something sealed her lips -the, words door disbended and t she would have uttered were unspoken, tooled places in the and the rash vow- was not made. Mather wa,s there as Still there was an Added drop to her knelt in her handso already brimming cup of sorrow, and for 'Will had on fro a sadder, more loving note in the tone weeks, and Annie was of her voice, when she spoke of her ot an invakid to vent latiebaxid, as if she would iortify he others at the drier sis self against the possibility of his pre - (Lotion coming true. It was a sorry' day wherl she finally left her cottage home, and only' God was witness to the partings; but the dim, swollen eyes and courless cbeeks attested to its bitterness, as, with one great upheav- irlg sob, she crossed the threshold" and entered the carriage where Rose sat waiting for her, while the motherly Widow Simms wrapped around her the pile of shawls which were to shield her from the cold, and bade her god -speed to her now home. Rapidly the carriage drove away, while the vridovv returned to the eot- tage to perform, the last needful office a fastening down the windows and locking up the doom then with a sigh at the changes a few short months lead wrought, she went back to her own long deserted homes. Ancl the busy tide of life rolled on in Rockland just the same as if in the churchyard there eves no new -made grave, holding the buried love of Annie, -who, in Rose 1Vlathee's beautiful home, was surrounded with every possible eomfort ana Inxury, and treated with as rauch consideratiott as if she were a horn princess, instead of the humble woman, 'Who, a few months before, was wholly unknown to the little lady of the Mather Man- sion. CHAPTER X. 3usother had tak,en George' plaee Convert:y*11, and both the,'Wiclow Sinnxis ciiid Stase= Sinnns shed 'tear e a natural pride whee tbCy reerl that John was the favored one, and bore the title of Lieutenent, It more Ilan half Ston - td fee Lie long absence to the young intruder, and. after as tions she had passe witb a. certain wise. ai if she knew somet should not tell! As er came, in, it might li ed that she turned oft teward the door, gla yat th espot where IB a regular attendant, it of sitting. She w day, a fact which no o Rose, and the Widow S of whom only noticed i she knew, was deeply repentant woma,n. " likely," the widow Bose, too, had hexo what kept Harry'e mo that gunday morning IVIematirne the olejec tilde sat drouching wet green, wood, she coaxing into a blaze nervously toward the of the small room her cupy, .itnd again cong self that it was Sun quently not one would to pry into the eeeret • une as carefully as 6V ed. its threatened yo frozen, famished wre the shadow of the chtt wintry storm which h nightfall, had gone xi b1e-down shanty of is Baker called her home 41ight to be there, kent early how's; b driving snow the turned Oa sorn0T, ca glean) ,shining e.ut free t. T X - - ....... .. _ .._...., BEST I THE WORLD .'"i°. i a li, room ,..... — , ti,„,, oe ()seeing the time, there is • i ' .,ir •i. • ., i,,,,,diAg• firstee eel in mac .eoone,,,, suPPlied with the oullent news lee '1Per anc"(44gu'21116s' A l'eg'qAt4511 p, , „ , , N, , 1 tn. end 8,, gy.rn. lia4.1ttna,. M. eeve, . e, a the OfflPers bean neglected be. a paternal admiralty. TheYrr have (ley admirable quarters overlooking the crioleell and ic:oibaii'gr.013,rta,$, in Nvivliobb: age ineluded mess room, anta-roona, 1 eery ana billiaed room. . - COALING: STATIONS. - ROII' tate t • CORNEIsS Old and New icied, Recent LadY .TeauYs" of • The Proposal r,,ailsrayafrO,re bug an- bel‘efeajeeprp-neinataeldaiseSrigi..ee.nt.-ateares tend' the As Duke • Wales is done created, ago. Great out Great ()else of eination - s A Eire gatic'n main portion' ted, Damage • , inAlLulah.dirtin, great unpunetuality: Railway Colon,ee Sirdat, ernor of Dover; in - its .., Dr. lVfauxice. in London, , factors Be devoted their necessities. . ' The nningham Office out .magazine thonsa,nd The , A. J. Ba • of age in .spite was a , . . Excitement English. a. large Londonf „ -- ."'-• Mary . who died f o. a Fro teen in the cause , . .• it is written- -bery thanking patriotic leder in .. :- The -Council . al Society. a resolution witb docked. exhibit ings. Colonel Pays h as the British the temporary to succeed son, .C. • The es.. Highland id' from .1x:weenies. The new. level and scenery. A • sea named lieutenant him cloWn, for extra f twie .° ' • dismissed The -I 1 - ''' s es ee 'lame, n "'" . ' 'rhe swannery ,, , ter, an al tne.iiirde 'eks'th' me c s ,of whi6e' , - LieuteCOlonel • ' • was shot at the perted tater was made, life, was G orclingly. to persevere sult Was days the month mon , an entire The co s S t ' ,me o t f ' lam sum . • and ring runs into . - I ?rcia, of. one eas and . f ' the ° le . . ,,, , 'sWeet, . ;unnecessary ,&ed. ,de-cemp, -I ` • ndigna ful community Pertbehire, meat . be properly cil has proposal, ,. . 'nothing ' place, , . offe,nee thus anent , ; submit , ernment will Peobaloly typhoid.. ,,„ venom ,,, u W"V. A bread 'lilE , llO1 , . , • - . { 1,tie GLOP - Interco Hoppe th and a °P.'', in P e • P' ' firs ens,: 5 t ' for the re at tl Vlite' ' v . eaegt . the . .itl wife teem? ehi, Me his in by t for the ra . • . Treast . eg, 1 1 golf,) his caused , ne ... eo. of Skye the d lam i y i i - ,• me . . to Lot .1 the Ags 1801 n, be -all conntx C.: r corn Major- 1‹. G. . the be o: al mat m , who st and to a ' E , in , ill( '' l' a i • • o or. L svrat , wee ..., • - .! , . a ,15,1 ail .:1V . Le eei. ext• . ' etaff , fax .. 4 . h R11, . . , . busb . . o It ' • e ' a. . . costs of .0 a.rm ' rid The a QueE to Ii5t • tl in Loca a •pe the t To' ag regerd __ .. Cy,' in • ,‘ age, . evil the 1 . the .ne .axi .er F, (S. ITC ' 4°Nva' "a wg'tz' 41 41 1)1:844t o' THE great wild' 0=04 ef joy, suth as Mane lost Mariner' feel% when lee eptes in. the distanee the friend -4, beat. and knew* „ thereke help. et hand. ITAININO It was a desolate, dreary home, but to the wanderer hastening; toward. it: and glanoing so timidly' around as if bblehisitriugenebhayroilntetosf ssennietw teobees.teorevehries The goarse,„ it neemed. a splendid pa1aee. Could- he 'gain thee shelter he was safe. His mother woield shield hire thing from the dreaded offieers he faxicied t k , the eiok, . ew.tleiln.ete44 2:„. ,1,1pt, .v. p_suotil tne old lieh board fence was ,reilehed, where. lean- latter ..hlg agalos't the gate, he stood a roam- ent, and, with his. feverith hand s op ed up the 'grateful snow to coole°./dx bUrnt-ng fereitead. The tallow can- die was burning yet. within the cot- tage, but the fire was raked together on the hearth and the stranger could, and the see the glow of the red embers , broken shovel Iain across the andiron. eir, "I wonder what Oho is doing up 80 late," he whispered, and • 'moving cautionsly up the walk to the manor- tatued window, he started suddenly at t bis view: the novel sight which rae-. -1 . before, when. he lived trk New EnYgettasa, he reme.mberect that one dayfor. wheel 'Playing in the garret he had found in a chest of rubbish, a large, square book, which I•Ial had said was their grandreotiler's Bihle• ' After -'naval ward he . had. seen t start ing against i a broken light of laps to keep out the sew. which sometimes be in np.- on himself 'and Hal, and that was the last • he could remember . oranceining that . Bible or an other belonging to . ..M.s mother, How then was he astime• ished to see it lying on the old:round stand, the dim tallow candle casting a . , the allow leaves fliekering light upon . y . d upon 'the figure of his mother an . d 1 dl his- bending over. them, an ou Y. W perin,g the words she, was reading. It . to was not an enteeelY new business. • . Baker, the reatling_a the BIWA: ,L....- Porte Ontetile of intrepe elltere 4:wit Ms eolet to. Steamships, • , . , Fent% thou:send men ate engage. d te- ,,,,,„,,,,,,,, .vv in making Gihreltar one tee t s 1.• t t' s ' nd depots gfategk. tb: recipitatil-nn: „oaf.awlocl,s1hi`p'% ip.. the' ,_. world. , .It will take two or three yeers yet to, caxey out the eilene for extend- , , nag the ..dooks and other eel:wan-node- , . lions reenired fel' the repairine• of nay- al. veseae and to secure perfeet 'pre, ..dent • k f th , ,Heslemere tection from, outward ettao , for . es yeee quantity eg eat that le always at. that great station, Al . • , ., , t t about the improvements axe 0 cos $15,000,000. - , , . We hear ianost of all noWadaye about th • r t. t' that • • ded for ts coa uag s a loneare nee . - 11 navies They are of couree equa y , , , , eon tee, I-aerobe/et amrine. of the world's oommeree ne carried on steamships, and ehe whole of the Power used by all nations • the defence of oorainerce depends upon the. use of coal, Without. se- clarity of the seas there Gen be nes se- curity of pomenerce, andso there nivat. be ge,egraphical contintiity cif °baling etatiorie aLl. around the world.. This fact .greatly nnpreneee Great Britain, for it - touches her . Very existence. Look at her line of Government coal- . ,. . ing stations along all the great trade routes. . , eAlong the route of The Orient: Gib- ratter, • Malta, Aden,' Bombay, Trin- commune sengeleore, Hong "Kong. along the east Atlantic route; . sierra Leone Asoension, St. Helena, Cape Town, Mauritius, In Australasian and New,. Zealand. ports. Along the West Atlantic route; . Halifax., Que- . . bee, Berraucla, St. Lucie, ,Kingston an Fairland Islands; and in the nertheast p6xiiio, . After that, de- . ,„ t t al the t d et Pc'st s ° co on e eas an , we S th Af • I di coasts of...Canada, , ou rica, n a and AuStralasia.. For a nation whese commerce is, all round the world, lettle more eould be (lane ,to make •geogra, phical unity complete. . ., • , IN TI1VLE OF PEACE . coal can be bought by any naval Ares, and ,the Merchant marine in most . ., „ .., e ., . of the ports of the world ileac not 111 , . - . all of them. Coal is kept (sem eeeen dt t M portsof the.. world out- M° i Y ,a .„ pori • side of Europe, wioiere evsry is a depot; and dealers, of course, are g lad. to hive. buyers of considerable t•L• ' like th Captainsf quenelles • a o steam- ...,..,,... islands, ships come along. At =tate l•k Nossi Be and Comoro in the In- I e • . • ' • . d dian 'Ocean, and Samoa and, the Fiji., _,aali_e,has lelands, in• • the Pacifice. m.erchanta keep: a, good supply of coal oa hand, d .a.. t' ' ily their only customers in. an .pe ,c lea th se tropical' regions art 'passing yes- e . eels.' - At these out-of-the-way platee shi . Ca; Mine.' bay only a sufficient P P ' h cmantity tuearrythem to a partw ere coal is a more gene 11 used comma- re. 3' u . dity, for dealers; where there is little or no competition in the article., Coal „ , is now eold at such low figures that most steanners in the. transatlantic trade usually coal on thie side of ocean for the round trip. It happens, thereforelsouietnnes that when they are eonxing -back to -A.raerica and ' are , til' delayed on the way their sup- gnea Y • . ply runs share, and we heir now and that they hey& been compelled to put into Halifax for coal.' Except in the Pacific supplies of coil are now scattered so widely over •the world that usually a Vessel requires Only a few rs aays' slow sailing or steaming Wreach some .port where it may -replenish its . . , . . , . bunkers. . Otiteide of Europe Coal ,is espeeialle kept for sale to steamers at. eight. preta .on the north coaeleof 'Africa', ;' at thirteen Ports of west Africa; inclad- ing the ,Cape .Verde Islands and .the Caneries; at. fourteen 'ports along' the Gulf of • Meatido' and the Caribbean .Sea • s In - at ewe:eel:Y.-four 'ports of the West In- dies; at" twenty-two Atlantic ports, of . n. . t '•••• sths-• • 'eh Niorth ., America as ni. evil • rm. e . ,, Mexico .. . . "Gulf•of• ,.ae five, Islends •of the. L'ee' ire e.‘ ". e' t ' . ' t ' • • Africa; t an ecea. nine por s of east. . . ,„ ht • • • -t o th Asian at i at eig een ports o s u. , , s x islands of .tlao Indie Ocean; at twentY-. .. . , , the. n, el- e. ,- ,e,pi le sax:Ports 01- .•"4' 4 'es an • ''1" IP' pines,. at fourteen :Poete of the east .... A li • t EV' ' po ts ot Japan, elan coas e, a a e r . .'Sachelin'.'and ,Itarriptchatka ;. at ''ten . port of Australia; - at seven parte' of p_` New Zealand; at nineteen ports on the west of North:America; at -ten ports on the west' of •South America; at. Ilpno- lain ELnd Hilt) in •the north Pacific, and , islands ' the south P s•f• t four in e sou , ace le, . RERs r QR NAVAL ‘01JN ',.. rowel THE BRITISH NAVY. eerafOrte M.* Ir:',i'lst'avett, 4), a.„7.7nie,17.411:1.:Q.:` Qr Euglb414 SIII it 4. E is -0 re tlie Admiralty fere- • -- - lades rer the Nelda, "la 1 T Most neople noVenclays _know $ome_ ahotat,110W English artillerymen are trained, hnt the Making of an Eng- naval gunner, is. a neYsterY. The oPeratiou is by far the more„dif- ficelt. rt is comparatiyelyr easy te sMalt. straight when you have Your gOns mounted. on, the solid eehrth, with a fixed line of sight, but w en .1 la %ending- on a rolling .. deck that is h• through' that fifteen rUs Ing , 0, water thour elle problem „seventy knots an. becomes very different,. and a long and Painataking training becomes impera- , live, says the Londlon Daily Tekegralall• The classes that come under instruc- - • tion may be described roe:OILY-as Of • Boers going through the "long course" to eilialify as gunnerY,lieutellent•e, lien- tenant, sub-lieutenants:of-beers of the reserve and short course . -war- rant 'officers who take a subalterns of Marine artillery taking .• the couree When requalifying and elapses for sea"' men 'deeitous of becoming gunnery in-' . etruetoes, gun eaPtains; seamoni g.,11.mh: nets or trained men. It would be i possible in the brief eqmoe of anewsPa- per 'article to giveanY adequate idea of the extent and varietY . of Cie -being . . imparted 'to officers and men. With . regard to thie former, suffice it to say - - , that they are, when they have passed the long.Couree, not only experts in . . I that pertains to the scsence of gun- al Pe ' nerY, Pure and Simple, and familiar „... . „ . with. ever.y tYPe cif gun and tact -tinting in the setvice, but they are first-class • .; • - ii hydraulic engineers expert meta uren " ' ' gists, trained chemists and fully qual- ified. to take up a professorship of the higher mathene t'es The short course - ' -- 1. ' ' ' d'ff nt only in degree. 18 1 ere • , _ ,.. URD THERE ARE LIICT ' I:Mom:Ps laboratories drill sheds, ammunition , , . . ,. batteries of heavy guns. and of rooms, .sal • • . , e • . . e every caliber quick -firing guns o . , , th 303 )32 'en p to the h • from e , axi • u age . 13 • h b hl d ' nenasia and -tiac reec oa er.s , gy . , every other necessary equipment. e • • • • - two moht, inteeeeting buildings. are tne ammunition room and the gun batteries thee former . being. fitted With model shells of every type used In the. service . • . , . d shells up • to from sniall„ three-poun , . huge 13-inch,.projsectilels, andethe bright •, , yellow shells filled'evith Lyadite, that deadly Compound first cousin to French •• - • Melinite.. , ' In the batteriee the number mad vat' iety- of both.guns and mounting are be- but e, • nagwhich ee . • re h th ' thing that fixes it wIl'ar1ue , • . ; in the visitor's mina -self most firmly ,,. is not the long and eneerl, if 'technical. exposition., of the 'different • types of death -dealing machinery, .but the half- evhispered ten:tat-1e of the•consteous etas val officer who acts as guide,' that the broad, firm, deek-like floor is an ideal place. fot. roller 'skating, ,It is in this place , Wet the.. crew et- her majesty's gunnery ship Excellent,, numbering at present over 1,000 • men all told:, are celled to " generahquarte.rs " eery er- ening, just as if thee' were actually at sea. Indeed, the illusion that the 'Stand is • a ship is ''maintained with great censietency. Every detail of the (loll routine is donducted. as 'on a sea- goinyg ship, and though one may drive " on board' in a .growler -at low Wa- ter -the challenge. of. the watchful 'sentinel at the ", gangway " hat the fr sle ese and vigor of leaguee of ocean • - e- n hail.- - , in its Sone portions of the eraining, such --45 • : t t • t' t as turret. dull and- arge plan iceenaus. . • . - . . the'1 be given •afloat. For this .purpose ,, old third-elass 'battleship ,Hero .and. • - ' ' •'The 'd •d itroy- eight -, or nineegunboats an e . - es are attaolied to' the EXcellent a,s ,-,- ,-, , th ' ' f these, .• tendere. • . In . one .ox o er -0 ..,. , ese, as the particulax , occasion -May •Tegeire - ' •• : i k' t' t a and the .gunners are a ere ou o se a taught- how to pull the lanyard at the roper Moment. ` . - P After a course of three menthe they are examined and those whe pies are. sent back be ,the ship- as trained gun- - The beset are picked out for a fue- ners. ., ,. they h f• thee course and after ey ave in- , • ' . ed s• ished they return to ordinary duty as. seamen gunners. Should any of them . h- ,„,, Ai aptitude they are further 8 (I:. 813eC ' ' -- . trained as . • GUNNERY INSTRUCTORS, While the very best Men go, through a longer conrse and bedoine gunners' 3 mates, •a'most important, position, es they have charge, under the gunner and gunnery lieutenant, of all . the cruets of a ship. Gun captains, as a rule, are chosen from the men who show a mere than thelinary capaci1y for .laY- ing guns at sea. Thsey come, in„:point of efficiency, between the seamen. gun- ners and. the gunner,jr. instructors, and aa a class, are the hest marks- ' ' ' Men' in. the world. • ' , _ There is little idle tittle' spent:nu the Excellent. Every morning at 6.45 is the general reveille. An hour is allowed . . for dressing and cleating up, and then breakfast is served. At 7.30 the men 'sale in , and arennarched off 'to • clean , quarters, and at 9 o'clock the real work of the day begins. The men fall in in drill order, •and are inspected by the ca,ptain.; afterward prayer -A', are reed ey the chaplain .and then of.ficers and Men alike are buey at -gun drill, Mus- leetry or eutlaes drill, .lectures or phy- ''' 1 • - ' . e r3t . theS° Inca exercise, very raec ssa in ilays of tnastlees and riggingless shine, etitl 1145 o' leek when they dismisS ` "I- ' ' a ' • ' • ' 'or (limier, Al; 1 o'clock work eeeorre nneines ancli.goes on until 3.30, wheal . . :1 finishes 'for the day. s i / The edinerally has been very ktne i he IsIecellents a ed the crew' find more ' itiraetiona on board than they"' do . .. iehote, Great blocks of beildiegs, each remind after some, famous admiral, af., ,., , cl ' ' I ti e for the nien, With ei actontanor a e , rue eallor ingenuity (MT hove; im• leaved and made Mere comfortable the 't l ` ' 1 • '1 ti I til e' goe, 'iapi a . (mar ere provic e by i r,. rnment. The Excellent's canteee is , /t1lOr what such an este blishreeni . dal,, e „ ,. . „ e., .. . _le mould he, a nl It a ec.t metals anoti . , . „, „nenee nn ire, !, titni'W WI 'II DP rrie world I3vente ot lerletlye•Interesting Date. , . has bSoonle. theeGuild 'of Hope Eng, ' to construct SelhY toAS1t,athraufror: ' 1• meeil.ng . witb Lord Ch,encelloe f 'the o Rothesay, the holder .of the , in Scotland numbers of applicants Britain apply exemption under Act. 'occurred recently -. blutei' xel'thYr of the building . a,000, . , . .- ... . . ... .. -Etnnege,,Integ pwioatnert . , . , of train service. Kitchener, brother who has been appoint Khartounn'is Well and at• t his suburbe.P;rean Davis, Who was one of .the of the Jews, in that one-third of Statile Arms ComPanY has been asked what facilities it has ' ' - . rifles , at a week. • . . Fast Lord' of the it . , our; was twenty- ,. . before he took. to of ' the fact that famous golfer. . . . has been . roelk-sellers by the • . • syndicate has been • the ' ortation- ox e imp , , , eonie a 'alge '",."."'• . MacPherson., the recently, was ' fter' During the ., , . Skye she, vigorons of the cxofters. . , . said that the Pr Personally . him warmly part played by the present -crisis, Of the Royal of- Engiand; reeenth, • . : tkali after tails would at the society's Ronald B. Lane,' be 1 t (II been se ec. e o troops at A.lexandr rank of Major-General - B.then , - • new Aviemore branch • - - Wa reduces rail y to Perth line is .1,300 feet pasthrough men.' of the cruiser . . Prederick Dixon, on the -head when ordered ,drille rezeived years imprisonment - . from • her Majesty's ,, largest •swannery t :Abbotsbury; t b „.. a :„ o s ury,, t ew,,,' miles -even., • - , . ' , . belongst dconsists of 11 000 .. , tekeeto the- ' 'glistening . e river. one • ' , SloggetsnR. - -h ' h the breast t roug e battle of Om.durecian„ dead in the caeueity on a more detailed it appeared 'just. . , . not yet wholly • t the 'medical in their efforts. a most happy one wound _had elozed, • the gallent officer .. recovery. bearslein of an •officet G • d. coet. over . uer e . • I` t t f dregoo- a mu enan o . ' ` and the sable , . ,. • •• . , proper to an officer a sovereign more. ere , s ou er- 'd d'' h id b ,, . .. . hussar. regno.ent the deess jacket orse H ' A t'll .tee ery appears to' ee the su.nci of 4323.• sce.reet tunic . of reaohes nearly I, ' •I eon ,prevaa s . • , of Auchtert because the, 'Board belie i'ssued Ilititt that r d - g , drained. , The warnele proteeted one member .. ., _ , shoet of cenel " for the moet part , , , „ , „ ..ri oe. ale() et dr. treated hy a Govetnneer ' The ' Council - ., . down , , to the order of Board, and - ,be spate& . . AN HEROIC ENGI.NEER, .......0. Bray ly Rita on. steantat tne Wain otitis e - OVEllt Lire. Or •August 3, 1808, while her ela- jesty's ship Foam Was earrYing out her 'kePtiansteck enenspee (trial aMalta, e I t .th beer: Preesure cylinder burst,' the revo u tieue of the engine at• .the time he- • 350 ' ' t There ' Was ne mg per mine. a.: indicationf the ' d. • o. • e 'ranee. ing whatever, explosion, which, of course, happened .essentint with great seed.dennese, ,Threepfourthe Mr. Tornen at 'once ordered, everY one tie leave the engine -room and ran to " . - • ' 7' ' ' the main tlarotelevalve, WhiGh is at; . tile fore 'end of the gine-roona, and endteavored to shut it off, getting both arms and heads badly scalded in con- sequence; ,He then proceeded to shut off the main stop -valves of boilers in the eteke helds, . .. ' Having ,done this with great Prompt- . itude, and so confining the steam. to - the boilers, „alone., ' he .increa•needmithe °hence of seving- life of any w o ght have been left below. , Mr. To,mani thinking all the men Were not up from the engine -room, . went • down and searched. in . this volume of steam, . which wile at 8.. pressure of 200 pounds to the square inch when. the cylinder burst, but was unable to find anY . one ' He then tried to get on deck, but owing to the excessive vole:m(3'0f. steam, he ,t-veice fell half -way down the lad- der. He eventualLy.dreaehed the d.eck, dproceeded ± t • • in the an at once 0 tern o fire -extinguishers to the . boilers, his hands at the time. being almost bare of Skin.. The valve -Wheel was heated to sunh an extent 'as to be almost un- bearable to hand s in an ordinary con- dition. . - ' ' • ; ' As the. engines were flying round . di tafter' • t there 1 e a. ely the acciden , every danger of the connecting • - , - : .. ,. rod being driven through the bottom., • • . . but it was greatly lessened by the Promptitude and phick 'shown by 1V1r. - - Ton:Lan-in shutting off the main stop- .coal th, risk f th e valves, and so reducing e o ship being sunk or seriously- damaged, and the jive of ell on board being pro.- bably -lost. ' ' - Mr Tornan after having been driv- • ' - en out .of the engine -room and .severe- ly scalded, again went below into the, •engine -room, which' was filled, with . un -steam, to match for any .o•ne wisp. v ' - d only not have been able to escapeean , sucoeedeci he finallyd, getting not , ot the. engine -room aftee two, -attempts. , , , , . Mr: Toneen We.s 'very Much ,sealded on both. arms .and knees by the escape of steam,. ' necessitated his rEel naoval to hospital.. • , :r..reeuetilie-eirp-i;y- : bonght 'with it inereaeed • wet day ; bat iay will never ike theme/age think, of 'the d in the storm on Saturday to ham, - was eamente ae en . recteipt of tile a: high, square a ad blanket her rttnir tne- ,13;28; nagate',..t8oLaarot: .vagant Sasan, as. sure to do, right; kind of eke to ,anerch, E., li),Ature,',Exnd have safficeo n angel, wooed as boiling over , • • tee. '' Ilus • the i leer diettust- reful to keep les of her be- :s had sevens - alarly as they 5.--" more than - aortal body in thought, as, ayer Book in s darned, blue Imp them frem leee the night cuy on in the ' stir about tlite. Ly talking peo- Long them wasEsquiMalt.. . in her neatly ling her little the widow be- -and to -feat • a ihn's wife wile „ ,..e 'e nex-teo-e''' - T.(' 'tees* Ruggles- Sunday,Inane t wasmin man by speak- m first chalice her she'd . tellf it em, if they • ' though I know t's the Ruggles in' out there to the folks in viethodis'' meet-. „ , stakenefor Sus- cht or her furs, throwing what anon ii. mestere' .he eeople and Me doer, while over. It seem.- ben, at about. revious night, as fire kindled t was sefe, had laa form lying teen's gathered, ecoratiems, and. . r in the cellar was a cry be- -terror, and aen the ragged, >prang to his ? - the narrow the open Yes- I had.. time to ansies. - :orroborated by l that when,` at . previousnight, arch, she saw which :she at nan, but as she was the figure O sound. of. her e 'pile of ru.b- ired from view, he did nos re- it took the more her mother -in- ed. .for a nione- - nrcernetanee to Ei. staYing there. >me half ,a mile tell Of her fin- ' we coming lae_ar- smoothing the in hour, .before, •••e.e. muses as to who why he had en-- idler ; and • the commenced ere, , listeners at the .ok their a.ocus- church. ,Rose usual, but she Ma paw . alone, i b.er two whole still too much tia, out. With x' heerd. of the :ing a few tines, 1 into the aisle, r about her, as king which she ine after a,noth- we been observe sn an,d curiouslY ' cing occasional- &rs- Baker,- now vas in the hats- is not there to- le observed sa*e imms, the latter 1 because Annie, nterestecl in the 3he's siek, most thought, while ' ' •n opinion' as to her from church . • Of their' soliot- Wer the fite Lad succeeded in ,2 now looking half Closed door boys lased to oc- ratuleting. her. day,. eed conse- be 'coming there she wes. guard. a Vgress. guard- ling. • The half beh, fleeirig froin rch out into the Lci come up 8Ince; axt to the tem- louse- whiehlVIrs. ' It Was late 4:/r for- Mts. Biakee le through . the veneerer as Light, , a lereneny a the dingy win. Fa's" . for 'natter thenewsesit PlarrY 's' se ath s'aT. 11 1 eet d had hunted up the long neg e e vo nine:which lead' wen her agemd mo gIt i ht. tiler so Much. comfort, g bring consolation to her, she thought, And. so with tearful eyee and .aching heart she had. tried .to read . and un- derstand the d il. e ..saere Pages' Pen° - marked, • s me of them by sainted inoth 's hand,e.and fraug, ht with so n er.A 0 ees f the id- le h ma o e o en nne w en sheY maiaAbe bard,wrinkled, des& was ' not ' , • Be late . creature people knevs as r4. , • t'll dark Baker. The- way of hie was s i .• and &ine to that half heathenish wo-• - but 'h ' d t • (11 ro - a e was e eemmee y g p ing on following the little light she .. , ', . . .was ha.o. and each night sound her bend- . ' . I '' ht the. ing over the Bib e ere she song la bl bedstandingth ' ' the dark um e ere in e• , - ..•d that ' corner, just where n stood morn- - , . . - , , ,.. ...„. .Th mg waen he two poen went"- awa5- It was far mote ixonifortableelooking now than then for there was a nice, bl• k t ' 't h'l the t. Warm an e on i , w 1 e e ou er covering ' was clean .and new. • .Rose • Mather had kept laer promise given in the hour of the poor mother's bereave- ment, and ' scattered about the room were numerous articles which once did duty In. the servants' apartments at the Mather mansiosn, But the intend- er did not notice these; he .was too much absorbed with the .stooping fig. are, whispering a Part of the 14th . , . chapter of John, and occasionally 'win-. ing away a 'tear :as she came to some passage more beautiful than.the others. mere were tears', too, in the eyes of the rough man outside, but he forced them back, pressiegeloser to the wit- dow, watched the lope woman ineide,. as, sinking dow-n upon her knees, with a, the flickering candle shining on her wrinkled. face, she. prayed first for her- self and then for him, then boy stand-. ing.. without ' the door, and listening, while his heart beat so loudly that he almost feared .she . would hear and know that he was there. But she paid no heed, and the .teeninlous voice went, on, asking that God would fol e' low and bless, and. care for, the Billy a boy far teener, and bring him back to the mother who had never been to him what she ought. Me name ' Billy bey Lunched a tender chord,- and stretehe ing out hishand toward. her, the man- who bore that name sobbed out, "Oh, inother, .mother, I'm here, I'm here.'" . . - There was a sudden -pause, and turn -There ing her head the startled woman list- • ' - . ., . ., ,. . en.ed.t -., was te the wind moaning rouna her: • lonesome dwelling, or was it poor dead Berry calling to her, as in her superstitious inaagination she. some- . . times believed he -did-Aaen she, was praying fer.Billy, reproaching her that no prayer had ever,been said .for . him,. the lost one?' Again the sobbing cry, and a rustling movement by the door.. .It-tould not be the wind, for that Only shook the loosened'tirabrs or scleam- ed through some gaping erevice, while' this, wlaatever `t might be called: "Mother, mother, come:" , , ` Was it .a warning from the other world, -a summons to follow her first- born? 'Annie Graha,m had said there were go exakessages sent to us, and Annie was always right ; so the fright- eneci weinan listened again until the r,attling 'of the latch, and 'a feeble, timid knock told her there wasmore then the winter Wind or spirits. of the dead elm:at her house that night.' There wes a huma,n being seeking to gain entrance, and. tottering to the door ehe asked who it was, and. what they wanted there. . . "Mother, mother, let me' iiii. I'm your Billy boy, come from the war:" Th -s words were hardly 'uttered ere the door was opened wide,' the .frantic woman. 'dragging rather than leading le the woeneout inan, who, Staggering forvva,rd, fell into her. arms, gobbing piteously, '' "Pin so ' sick and tired. I've been weeks 011 the 'road., hiding. everywhere; for, mother -shut the door tight, so nobody con hear, -.1 ye, run away; 15'6 , had enough of ,war, aria so I left one night. You. keow what they. cte to of deserters. l'hey . hang theta, neck end heels. ' Cli, mother, Mother, dond let them. firidnue will you? I've .done my beat in one 'dreadful battle.. Thee , Inusn't gat, nee now. Will • they" et, e' eAelt 0" and BiilY cast a searching* ' glance around -the room to see that no offieer was there with power to talcs him back, . , TO 33e Continued, .. DEADLY GROWTHS. de-- common Gardenriants That mustbe care- . . tittiY litlikined. . • • . • . The berries of the yew have killed. many,- persons, and .it is pretty- well known nowadays that it is‘f not safe to eat many peach or cherry kernels . : at once. , • Among. the gerden plants common-, ly in vogue which possess a -poisonous . . .. .. nature botanists mentionthe flowers • . - of the jonquil, . white hyacinth and snowdrop, the narcissus being' also par- ticultirlye deadly -so much 'eo, indeed,. that• t ' h s II 'scrap' of one of e.' c ew a'' ' I. f t li ' - h•l. the . the. bathe mayeesu t a a yiwie June of th,e leaves is an emetic. is enough opium in ted poppies , -- -- ' to do mischief, and theautumn. crocus, . th • bl -' he ed causes -ills e . oseoms a.re c w , . . •, , . - ,. , -. dess'. • ' ' - . ' ' - ' ' - '. s their . lobelias, are ell,dangerou,, e if , swallowed oroclueing giddi- Ja ' ' • '.." • " - riess, with pains in , the . head.' " Lady's$1.' .4' noisons in tbe 'same - 1PP , .• '•- ... ... , - The - le. ie. manner as does licesen ivy. .. u. s nas to be thee:nose harmfuleIeltes of eee -- --- ' . . : -. - „.., ,.• the -valley are also as pasonnue.j.. The leaves. and 'flowers of, tte so .ean-. • .' the der are deadly, and. the bar of The catalpa tree is very mischievous. . e water dropwort, ,when .not . an ,Iower, resembles celery; and is virulent. , , BROKEN ARMS. - , ATMENT OF ' I ' TRE ' INEBR ATFS IN GERMAN. • ' s' ' ' The sixth' paragraph of the new code . h .1/, ' • t . • ti ,n whic will crane in o mere on, . . , . . . 'n 19C0 enacts compulsory. Germany 1 '" d k d ' treatment 'of habitual run ar s, in- lying their being placed under, a volving ' . ' cur-Ltot who will be empovvered. to put , ''• • ' '• t - t the individual anywhere for •reatemen s. discharged from curatorship by. until e., ,re c i ,ti n is the. court. Ile exact a r s :x. 2 13 inebriety, ' „ , . , . . He urno in eeneequerice ot , ' , . . e -em eennot provide for his affairs or brings canot . . 1 - t the a '- himself or his fame y in.° e anger of need or endangers the safety of oth- . • -es first advocated ers." This measure me in 1803 at a meeting at Hanover. ,: - ' ' ''.• ,. „....-....-- . . , ELASTIC VARNISH. ' . • . 1 - tl • ' ' le ' h' le' d Elastic, , ea • ier varms - ve ic oess • • • t break ie.prepared as followe i Colo- no • ` ,PlicalYs 30 pa,rts; thick ' turpentine,. 30 Parts ;'°,...il'°•C' tnrPehUne" 8'`), Parts'; san' dare°, .60 parts ;' shellae, re0- parts Yale cohol, -00 per cent., 000 parte..• After all' is diesolveci, filter the liquid. sand; if black varnish is diesired,. mix `with 16 rts of fine. .1 empblack which is . Pa .. , s - . ' • s. , , - previotiele,' ground sv•ith 'a little idea-, ' hol ff another shade then Week is • - , ., ... , . . , , dneirea use inetead et the laxemblack ' a sufficient quantity, of some .othexecon. . , , .,..,„ . . ,,, , ' h't 1.- or, 8tten- as nerems . or zinc wea e, u. e r0., e a s ,, , n, '' ' ' li ril ' y llo v cr vermilio ' ' QUEER PENS. •, , , , , . , Some- Chinese', and ,Tapaneee artists cam 'still draw pidates svith their fin- , , I ' • t- re held in 'hi b dr mita, an an on ,, • g re- pules The nails., arc'. allowed to grow. . , tis e length 61 several inches, and. e ere dipped. into Vermilion or eley-blus Ink - . le order to do their Work. ,e—• th Them Before the Doctor what to Do WI , , • , - . . who was asked what A physician . . shonld be done •in the case of a. frac-, tare of anearna, says,: , would 'b t t d The best -plan wou e o get . . • some one to bind the limb firmly, but not too tightly to .yenar side. 1 say t* htl f ' b k 1.• b i not too eg .y., or a ro n limeb. s . .. to swell. I am of course, preemie- sure , ., „ ing that :the feacture is a simple one. b But rainy a siinple fracture ecomes , . . . • , , . ,.. coreplicateci by trying to 1310ye the pa- • • tient N'iritliOut fireted,inne ling. up the limp. This happeno through the plere- 'Mg of the .skin by thejagged end of . ''' ' ' ' a bone. " In order to prevent this e, eempor- ' - must he ariplied. This may splintaberYneaileOf any. firm' inaterial that, is -Cline -1 oh as steaerht twigs, a.-eun_ a, an." „sn.mandateni, ' rdhotird, beralc covers 66' 61 s''rat‘lr;` 61' $11'S erS. folded or • e numbei o - n e pe.p . lengthwise . ' ' ' „ Before petting on the splint 11 ' , e A well weld dwith . liandker- 111aa` ."- - - -(' e a . ehief,' one of the undergarments, Et. - . h al Ike One& wisp of. ,ay, or straw, or e , axle then (he spline Must be kept in t.he 1 t • r i te 1-, from the niece, xy- s rips, o. 0.0 Oril o ..., , , . , , ,, ,ttamartno,, t nderelotting, or shirt. ' - - THE GOLF EL,BOW , , • Misteb Ebony-I:low. is yreiale good health dio mantra', Mistah. Week 0 . Mistah Black -I's all hunk-y(16re, 'cep': : y "gait am Mietile Ebony. Is Sue- n ri , ,. ‘.. .,-• • , 0 2.erin' f.tdin de :golf elbow. .11rot' you ixett dein' 1 . , _ , „in, oa,ret, n, I . beat ., . • ; . BETTEI1 THAN LAW`, . H ' 1 ' "eaten -I s' m in a tel. ., °use teone7e ex I Y, a, , . Pie way about a Peery:int east T eari r1 - , 37. I s I h d'• h er'il h r 1 : get rid.(17' ll"e I's° elle- .e ' ji- 'She W°11:1' g°' She IS a Vetfee't 141•Plt ast horrible temper Os> alto has- a 131- ' . ' 1 0 ' he What would , you advise tee to' ( o Great La.wyer, eahnly-Keep the Ind et °eerie can fut. and the wood er , , ' IS 'TnEinii, sucil ' . ye • , wean,. you conemer . , • , e , Vir . ri wit c t atria o o el d. n but not bread puddle . , , ?: 11 FOUR t cumin ings 01 is prose, Pity at light Bridge, osition. lis has s to at- ngland. ince of Duke - 00 years hrough- certifi- w Vao- e Navt, tha the as gut- ten,heut - lust the titid1nd of the d Gov - own in resides tly died f Inane- ropolis. ome to at Bir - he War turning te of a ry, Mr. t years .sad. this fa thee among Vs „that need in French Poetess, eughter agita- pouse& Einister d Rose - or the ex-Pre- icultur- pa.ssed horses owed to y raeet- ., half - ma nd, of la, with tileneral, Render - of. the journey e hour. ore sea nificent Galatea, ruck his knockea fall in sentence nd was service, Brit ish ttle vil- yraouth- Itches- s. When er, they e epa use n dunrgesi e When r _cbTnciel x hi 'it vAbi 051 ,saece, de-t le anina dd made of the the hel- s a sinn- y, plume f ,hussars 'he golci- d poach 14 gain - n officer tints to ionloesly 0111i1/711 n's aicle- in Price. peace- rcler, in , Govern- remptory awn shall n Conn- ainst, the, nag it ae thitt a nocent of hould bo depart: - 1 have to onal Gov- liabitarite 'demi° of