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Home My WebLink AboutExeter Times, 1899-2-2, Page 2a 1 a T HE EXETE TIMES * . . . . ., ..... ove an A STORY ley MARY ,, ..4t,„,Ae„,en..04,..dtevoor.,,......**;,..,:ft..1,214,;;h....,_.‘..,:zit.,:, .....' tw;-*•-•4I4t.s'iw,•••-a-:*-4.-•..*74i.",-oetor^,•sfel.or.,stor*.otyl'Alr'orwr",40r"4"."*0'".. CHAPTBR XVL-Continnee• • ee found him sitting. ehirt from the joined, ;hers," Willimii wrote, "'apparently intuth ' di • , • • ' tons sorbed tn. sageeeable eeflect , a' there was an abstreeted look upon times, is facies and deep. wrinkles upon late ,rehead.. If he had not, beeu pointed for it to me, I should, have known him r his striking resemblance to your tinily. The Carleton featuees eould at he mistaken, particularly theproud ee,.y. erye•about the month, and the .arche A"' while I recogeized tte• of thte eyebrows, • : once , the soft, curling. hair and rilliaut complexion, which you will sra.ember once attraoted me tweed a :•etain little girl, who; is now all the 011 d to thO old bachelor Will. A "But this isn't a love letter, dare- lg. I'm only going to telt you how trey your brother looked sittiug there e Lone iu that nohy naultitude, Wiles- tnguage and manners are, not the most Brined that could. be desired, and how ty heart warnaed tower& the solitary eing, and forgave him at mice for allwhen is errors past. Very haughtily he owed to me when I was introduced, nd then in: silence awaited to hear my hi rrand, the proud curve around. s r e ed me math deepening as he su, v y ath e hauteur which, under ordinary ircurastances, would have annoyed nee xceedingly. As it was, I could almost. meet myselt the prisoner, mad he the reema.n, he seemed so' cool, so collect- d, wale I Was erabarrassecl and un- ertain how to act. ' "'Is .your visit prompted by curios- ty t h • 11 d Rebel °ail o see ow a so -ca e 'ear confinement, or di dyou come on Redness?' he asked, and then all my .mbarrassment was at an end. .the " 'I came,' I said, 'partly at your Uwe's request, and. partly to ascere ain how. nau.ch you are willing to do oward the attainment , of your free- tome th "I do not think he understoode ast. He only caught at the words, your sister,' and grasping my arm, he vhispered hoarsely, 'What of my sis- er? Heye you • seen here Do you mow her, and does she hate me. now?' "I told him I was your husband, and vette. quivering lip, he asked me, 'Is the well, my le -redone little Rose,' vhora I remember as almost a child, tyad mother -has she' cast me off? Oh, .f she only knew how I am punishe d or my sin, she would forgive her way- Yard boy.' . .. _ "Here be broke down in such a, weld storm of sobs and tears, that the in.- nates of the prison gathered in groups . tround him, their looks indicative of .heir surprise at witnessing so mu.ch motion in onewho up- to that mom- eat had. appeared haughtily indifferent to . everything around him. With an waved them tuthoritative gesture he . aft, and then, passing him yotu• note, e, too, walked away, leaving him alone while he read it, but even whereI ittood I could hear the smothered sobs he tried. in stain to suppress. 1 mita- • • • alin.ed to think he is right in, saying that joining the Confederate army was the best lesson he ever learned. I am d from sure he must be greatly change .. the recklees, daring boy, whose explotte you have described so often. He is very anxious to swear allegiance to thein and Stripes, even though he (should be doomed to prison life for five• more weary months, and as I am not 1 mere private now, and have consider- eble influence in Washington, I hope, ere long, to write that he is,free, and ea his way to Rockland, whither he will go first. , Jimmie expresses the utnaost sym- pathy for Tom, and. says he would gladly takehis place, if that could be, for he fears the inmates of those Richmond tobacco houses are not al- ways caredfor, as he has been at Wash- hagton. Poor Tom, I hope he will be among the list of the exchanged, and if so, you may expect soon to welcome both your brothers.' . No wonder Rose wept tears of joy over his letter while her thoughts went after her reeelliouse but rep,ent- ant brother, nor tarried -there, for farther to the South, another weary . captive puled, and every- fibre of her he.art bleed with sympathy for Tom- poor Tom, she altvays called him -and as the days of sickening suspense went by she grew so nervous and so ill that her mother came up from Boston to at- tend her, waile Annie shook off her own feelings of weary langour, and did for Rose the Same offices which Rose had once done for her. "I do so wish you had been my els-a ter," Rose said to her one day, when. she had been kinder than usual. "I know I should be a better woman, and so would all of its." Annie made no reply, except to twine around her fingers the coils of chest- nut hair, lying in such profusion upon the pillows, nor' a few moments Rose lay perfectly Still, with her eyes. fixed upon the paper bordering, as if count- ing the fanciful flowers, but her -were intent upon a fair dile ferent subjeet. Turning to her moth- er, she suddenly coked; "How old. Is 'Jimmie, twenty-three, or twenty-four?" "Twenty-three last May," was the . reply, and, with, rather a troubled exe pression upon her face, Rose continued, "Will is thirteen years oldee than I am," end the. little curly head shook dont tfally, ' - "eVhat are you talking about?" Ivies.When Carl:Mot ttsked, but Rose did not an- *Aver at once, ' There was another interval of sit- mice,. and •then starting quiekly, RoeeFor called out, "Mother, don'tyou termini- , ler that affair of Jimmies ev•er so long ago, when he was 'a boy at school' in New London?" There wee. a little. gal . . 1 hat he fancied, arid you took• him • whit' home for Om. ,of t would come Of it; when you found she was pocir .and nobody?" Glancing quickly at •Annie. who, wasforth-I attentively - ext.] mining , • the.. hem. -stitch of 'the , fine linen pillow -ease, Mrs. , . Carleten. s(td .reprovingly: , . "1100 shotthl not parade our fatnill niatterS before strangers, nay datigh- . "Oh Annie is no stranger," Rose an- ' ' ewe/aid, latighingly, "She's one of our folks now bedides sha is not enothith ' ' ' ' • - e Interested. is tho love affair' of a, eeventeen year old boy ever to• repeat . ' e e „ 4 . - Fi'e r , . - e a ne414$011 . . • .. . ; i4 OF SLAVERY ,OAYS. % I J. OM-NIES. '2i... • . erf '3X.R• "Love affairi" Mo. Carleton re- . alittle soornfully. "Not vere love about it, I imagine. she was slopping wiele her aunt at the Pe- . .. . quot Haase, and Jemmies saw ber a few paesing himself oft by another name than his own. If he had eared this child he . would never aave done that." . . • • seems to hey, a penoheht . for assuraing nam '' Rose rejoined play- -es, * 1 "He milled lamseilf John Brown, a•L Wash' t li'l to this little mg 011, NV 1 a - Pequot gtel he was, let mo see, what we .._ _ (.7 't ut think,mother?" s eta an Yo ' Rose was bent on, talking about jime Mice and his Pequot girl; and knowing that she could not stop her, Mrs. Carle- ton replied; °Riche el L thing like i ee, or some , , that." "Oh, yes, 'Dicke I. remember now; and her name was, -what was it, moth- er? It makes my head ache so trying to recall it."must ever veforgotten,"ould "1± I knew,'I' Mrs, Carleton said, and alter trying in vain to think, Rose dismissed the name but not the subject. * , How angry Jimmie was," she con- d "when you brouglit h•n bme, tame , and how awfully he swore. It makes Y ou shu der, don t i an a e urne Y d 't?" d h t d t A •had shivered either with o nine, who. . r .. cold or horror at Jemmte s pro anity. e . d b but 1 most Hi, was a•ba boy once,coming know. he's better now.. Maybe, mother,. this was a real. nice girl and if you'd tet Jimmie, alone. he might have be -1 tt • h d t her, and. she have come a ale e 0 r , been his wife by this time. Then he would not have joined the Rebel army. Don't you think you and Tom were a little too severe on Jimmie some- times?». epeehees soe, was the faint response, as Mrs. Carleton looked out upon the wintry landscape, seeing there visions of a handsome, boyish, tearful face, flushed with anger and entreaty as its owner begged. of hen not. to take him back to Boston, whieli he hated, but leave him where he was, saying thatI the little girl at the Pequot House had already done him more good than all the sermons h a f the pul- preac e from pits of the, B StateCapital. Bay• But she had disregarded Jimmie's wishes, and from that time forward f reckless- he had pursued a course o ness ending at last in prison. With a al -regretfu Mrs.Carleton h f 1 sigh M .1 thought of all this, and. in her heart she blamed herself for some of her boy's disobedience. But it could not now be helped, and with another sigh, she turned toward Rose, still speculate • mg as to what the result might have been, had Jimmie been suffered to fol. low u his first and so far as she p .s , knew, only fancy. • . '. 'Meat do you suppose would have happened if Jimmie had: staid in New London, and this seheming •aunt,whom mother fearee far more than the Pee quote had staid there too?" she asked of Annie, forgetting that the particule ars of the affair had not been repeat- ed.the But it did not matter, for Annie, an- swered all the same. She was sittingey now with her back to Mrs. Carleton , while, so far as Rose was concerned! her 'face was in the' shadow. Con-feete Rose cou no see i s ex- sequentlyR could t •t pression, as she replied: ehothie g probably would have come of it. I imagine the Pequot, as you1 call her, was not more than fourteen and you know how easily we forget the fancies of the t age. She was un- doubtely pleasedd with the evident ad- miration of your handsome brother, and watched anxiously it may be, for the evenings when, with? others of his comrades, he came to the botel; but a closer acquaintance would have result- ed in her knowing the deception about the name, and after she would notcome have cared for him, If he really liked her he would not have imposed upon her thus. She's forgotten him ere thie, and is probably a married woman." • "Perhaps so," •Rose replied; "I wish • • d• i. . • I knew. Jeranne Mu L mean. to de- ceive her long. He took the name Dick Lee, partly en sport, wed paetly because he didn't wish his teaeher to know how often. Jim. Cerleton was at the Pequot House, when he thought him somewhere else. After, he be.gan to like her, and saw how pure and good and truthful ehe was, he hated to tell her, but had made up his mind to do so when mother took him away." "Re might have written," haute • said, "and she may have been. silly hi'acter enough to cry over s abrupt and, un- explained departure." "Mother wouldn't let him write, e Rose rejoined, laughingly. "She Watched him 'closely, and. got Torn in- terested too. Poor Jimmie, I wonder'. if that girl ever thinks of bine now?” "She may, but 1 dare say she is glad . your mother took hire home.' She has . outlived all that • fancy," an.d Annie's white fingers„ on one of which in was shinin worked the wedding -r g . . g, . nervously together. • As if bent on. tormenting both her . • audie ors by telking of Jimmie, Rose kept on, wondering how he looked, if she should know him, what he would 'say, how he would act and it he ever ' ' ' • would conit. ,, em so glad you are here, Annie,' she said, " for you do everybod.y .g-ood you come in contact with, and I want t t lk to3" 'will ?" you o a inunie, you Annie only smiled, but her cheeks wit, excl. emen , and was burned ' le 't t I Rosee about asking if her head didn't ache, when a letter was brought. in bearing the Washington•t k pos mar .Eagerly Rose broke it Open, scretteeing with joy as s is read mums: een re- 1 d that 3' ' had b amsedhe bad token the oath of alleg- lance, • and was Naming home to Rock- land. . 0, Heel be bete,* let me see,-Thurs- day, on the three o'clock train, That's to -morrow, Oh, I'm so glad I" and. in her delight the little fatly forgot that. e as wee s e a een p aril t week l'"g' sieh, and. leaping upon the carpet,. danced about the room, kissing altar- i' nately her mother and Annie, ad nAl- ing if they wete ever so. pleased irt their jives, • . "Oh I forgot'"? she. suddettly ex- ( elaimed as she saw the great tears* ,, . %. . , . . , ...,.( om num s eyes amt. gesseee eroPPIng er A , ed of what . she was thinking.. ,,l'Il did , u t k a contr. Ett-• /, 1°4 oTtheaar° .eee 8 mOabncetrYg°11n0°1r1•6rY Wit .1 teau, of poor George, Dem Atntie don't et . cry. and, eh b. bby arms elosed cOaxillgte. round the pew sot/king. Atenttee Meek, " Don't erY" Ywfli' hire 3-4:emle'' 'I /Mew . , . and If Yen dee% I kuow yeti, II like dear Time He's. perfeotly eplendid, arid he ,g,av a his place to George? you know.' • Yee Annie knew bue tt only made her tears .flow aster as she thought of.. Rose,. so fuli of hope, her husband xet. alive, and . be brothers coMinff holho• while she without a, friend on whom siehteeeleeetalode'elheaoonehlVEaasouasl: hitrhseert (ilee(emae- ' , • the roora, she sought her own hteaeeat, chamber, and there atone poureld out 't her grief into the ear of One who a - t • '1(1 • member bad most einee she een 10 . been the recipient of ell her sorrows. . And Anme had far name need of Iiele, than Rose suspected. She eould not ;tee' there an,d meet Siminie Carleton to face after what s e leheard, a°9 . h 11 d tt; . while a return to the lonely co age . • . b1 Widow Sinems's seemed. impose). ..e. . home suggested itself to her mind; but • if the prisoners were excaanged, and Isaac came heme she Might be an in- trud,er here, end besides, what truth- f 1 Idive to Rose for u. reason con she g , , - d d'I. her strange conduct ? It was a sad dit- emma in which Annie found herself so • • th suddenly pl.aced, and more an an hour of solitary • and. prayerful refine tion found her -still uncertain as to the 'course duty .would dictate in the It d e - present emergency. . seemed a- o away, and pedierh that•she should g . . ., ,_ in the evening she joined Rose, who chanced t b 1 4 h t o e a one, s e sugges - - - least during• ed leaving her house/ at Jimmie's stay, and going either to the oottage. in the Hollow or to stay a , Widow' Simms. .. In the °Amost ast • h at , ems m.e . Rose lis- tened to the oronosal and then re- — - plied: e You go away beea.use Jimmie is , I Preposterous 11 'Why, I went li t if nothing you here cm is. eaccoun , . more. Besidesewileere will you go? Wi- . dow Sirams has taken Susan to live with ,` dthat riti her at Johns request, an i e teenty place will not begin to hold three women Nvith hoops I" ' forge e widow oes no wear. "'ou t th a t them," Annie suggested, her heart be ginning to sink, notwithstanding ' her . e manta words. - ..-• " Rreplied; "but Yes I know Rose ' • ' th If ' you are not going ere. you are m the way here with .11'mmie, you'd sure- ly be rnore in the way there with Isaac. Don't you see?' and Rose narked as if this argument were altogether condo.- sive. "1 , e ,, . • • , e • , an go nom°, Annie said, taint- . "- - - • • till the first ly The cottage is Maine i eb • of April." ' Rose colored and hesitated..soraewhat as if a little uneertain how what she had t this subject mi. lat be o say on is g t received; then, resolving to put a bold face upon it, she and.: e ' ht t n told you before, I ought o ave suppose Don't you reraember the day • . headache,than you had the sick. more • an a week ago? Well, while you were t k 1 'd asleep, a man came o now i you .11- • thcottage t'll • let un into . e i spring, s h was obliged to leave where he was a e 1 (I'd could find no other place. i and con . 1 k - not wish to wake you, and as new you would not. care, Isaid yes on my . own responsibility, and sent Bridget down to pack all your thing in the 13 la onlye anted tbe lower chamber, as e v rooms. She put there away real care- full Bridget did, for I've been my- y'Raddedquickly,• self to see,' Rose as I.t she saw e co or mounting oAnnie's • cheeks, and feared she might be m-,, dignant at the liberty. "And is he there?" Annie asked, con- - quering .a I emotion, an epee mg in her na ura. , h t I tone. „ "Yes, he's there," etose answered, You are not angry, are you? He's a nice Man and so is his wife." • ' ' " I am, not angry," Annie replied, " but more sorry than I ban express,connected though, had I been consulted, I should as •ou did," undoubtedly have done y ...e" Oh, Dm so glad, for it has bothered hwondering what You'd say I" me a ‘heP, . - .. Rose cried, throwing her arms around. Annie's neck. "And now you'll stay • havethat with us for you see you nowhere . ' h ''th ?" d else to go; s a.n t she rao ee an . ar eton, who she appealed to Mrs.C I ahad just in. "Of M G la will rse es. ra ana wi stay,"• 00110 1 oa t 's reply -;for, during was Mrs. ar er h..I t R k the few. days o - er s.ojourn a . oc - land, sh had become greatly interest- e . ... ed in the sweet,young Annie, and at- .. t . '' f't h id ready , fo.resaw . he bene e .s e. wou be to Rose, who needed some such •influ- . t k h i check. en.ce o eep er n was. road- and at first Mrs. Carletona . , , , . daughter's grow•ng intimacy with her .6 the wile of a••mechanic had given. her pride a pang, but a closer .acquaintance had dispelled the foolish prejudice, for -stak- she saw in the, gentle Annie unrai . able marks of education and refine- ment, while she was not •insensible to the charm thrown round the beautiful char- stranger' by the lovely Christian ch which shone so brightly now in . . . C • the dark hour of affliction. Coming h d .1.• ' her hand in nearer to er, an eying ' hb a motherly way upon. her pale Town hair, she said: We all want you, Mrs. Graham, and b ' t h• h I ill ad it as Rose, y an se w ic . w m 'w'as too presuming, bas virtually olos- ed d inst ou I see your own doors aga Y , „ lternative but for von to stay with a° a R'' (1. s she. says, us. . Rose needs you, an a . , yet You may do Jimmie good, while eom, it h v ' e al be hid to meet e 7 ern -e% w h b!'. .greatly the wt. e 0 -.one in w our e was interested, ' ' After this, Annie offered. no furthee rem.onstraxice, though in her heart she • A . hoped Jimmie's residence in Rockland • would not be yery long. Of Tom she had no dread. She rather Wished to see him- than otherwise for lie had been kind' to George, and in faney she had enshrined him as ahniddle-aged, greeish-haired man, stooping. a little, srhaps, an tat a veryturtle h d •th 1 fatherly andupside1 venerable ip his appearence I This.was Tom, -but Jimmie, handsome, saucy- eyed ' eh" - . jan • 'e putting , ens , meow; 1 1.O1 , . angle wornis in Rose's bosom, a nd fr`glit -' the all P eat with a 1 ening e i e ecoi 'mud -turtle, found on New, London an- beach, was a stery filament thing, d . though trustitig much to the .1apse of years and Aimee of name, Annie shrerik tereatiely 1 eotallie dreaded to -1 morrow, which was to bring the -Rebel home. . ' r'' ' To Be Contlaued„ B. EgoApE OF AN AE aNA T _ lit ' - . eine" ly bou. 10 o 's . My „ Q. , „ t 1 , ting- height la soMewhere about 5 teM 4 14(1•11gete8'. anclgt:sft til:ritkes 'Ir4iteittl; eovfetzbethiitlattYa a 4 .. • ' . • well under my .ttempits ' and gresped the lower portions, a my clothing , LLKE, GRIM: DEATH, you eae.e. be sure. Bat I wes afraid ld, th d 1 bad t• K W.1 11 1,0 up ere, an .a, e ' n my 00;44:71,1,A;;;;g"its::;veteleutgaendl...leleZ:le:frit,,t:ertoa,os, sod:Wale 1 recollected the rope Iliad festeaea Remiss the ring of' the pare-- chute. By what I may' be pardoned . . • - • . ,. feat • for thinking a spienoeci athletic • . . . , , .. in mei eir and in such a teriebie post- ' ' ' " . tion, I managed, to get my leg over • , . . this rope and then twist it round It. 1 thus coatrived to get email a grip that even now, a :month later, there areuus ' - • • . marks where the rope cut. into the . - flesh. But that fact. saved me, for 1 e t 1 was /trimly held,' evert it my arras got stiff and . 1 could. not hold on by thera later on. . , YOU s* it WAS all a ease' now • of i . ' how long the balloon would am. ere it was emptied of gas and- came down. toterra firma. I had no idea. how long this might be. - . Some twenty minutes later, during w as time I had been pessing over ' fields and,- gardens, I saw the sun go down, teed th la I got into clouds e again. Hew mane- .miles I had come I ld t tell,b t I knew it ' coil no 11 be very many .The dampness of ' the balleon made it sink' considerably, and its lifting power was diminished. I saw . . . myself passing over a town -I after- war learned that t was on e rac • d 't P t f t t • la ' ht f 1 ' f' h " deed -a a tag' o on y some tve un feet, Many people saw nee, and I now and. then caught a glimpee of hurry - ing .figures - • . . • I drifted on for about four miles gee. bug lower and totem:, until I felt MY'. sets near the earth 1 could have ..,. . screamed in my joy. Rue me troubles j were not yet over, for now, when. t , .- was actually touching the trees as 1 was carried along, My arms. were so benumbed that I could not move them and I' WAS HELPLESS. . I was dragged over two more fields, and then through a filthy canal, and _. _ . . tinatty landed in a ashedge, which th' k . barred my further progress. . That hedge was. a savior to me. It was very prickly, and cut me dreadfdlly, but the balloon. had not enough buoyancy t� drag me through it nor to „lift my• weight above it. 1prostrated• •d d was In min an body, but , ad never consciousnes81 1 b lost ' . " though there was, le deadly cramp all . over my body, from the crippling posh tion and the long exposure. I had net . I. th. to crawl out of the even s reng • , for'h I hedge, but I called out feebly e p,, and soon some gentlemen• came up ane released me from the parachutecords.e So much twisted had the' cotton coedit . • beeome Which fastened the parachute to the balloon that they had to be cut away with knives. I had alighted in the park of 'Steele- ton Hall,ear Pontefract .somehtwen- n- ' ' t .- • yeseven mules .from where .I had as- e jeur ey ( . °ended, and th e xi hetataken just over fifty minutes. . . The people at the Hell wefts kindness itself. They ,attended to , my bruises, showed. me hospitalify, and put me tenderly to bed. "i soon 'almost . . right again, except. for some severe cuts on my leg caused by the cords . • , by which I hung half head -downward e • Ii mid-air. during that fearf11- ride n ' 1 shall never forget that fifty .rain- uteseeno, not, if I were t olive to be Ei thousand years .old. .1 feel sure I ' can never be in. a worse predicament, nor can I ever be nearer death than I s then: Only my presenee of .mind . ' especi over that allly in getting" my Leg . me. rope, .. h 11. But you may be • sure that s a never again neglect to look at the cord holdbag, the parachute to the balloon before 1 make an ascent. _ A PUNCTUAL MAN. • . Exeter, whose _A certain Mr. Scott of . business required him to travel con - t• 11 as one of the most famous s an y, w ' the king- characters for punctuality in eA habits' . come- dem... BY his niethodical , bined .with 'unwearied endustry, lee .ec-• , . . :cumulated a large fortune. 'For . a ,e. greatemeny • years the landlord . f 9- every inn in Cornwall or Devon that he- yisited knew „the .exect y hone he would arrive.. A short. time .. , . . , .., . before he . deed, at the advanced. itge h '. o eighty, a gen, Mail W o, was mak- itig a jourpey through .Cronwall put up at a .snaalt inn. at Poet ,Iseac for his dinner. He looked over the bill of fare, and found nothing. to his liking. lie hadhhowever, seen .a. fine duck roasting on the fire.. "I'll have that," said he "You cannot. sire replied the . . . . , , landlord; "it is for Mr. Scott of Exe- 'MT 't ' " ter." "I know . Scot very wele the traveller. He is not in replied. your house." ."Very sorry," said , the landlord; "but six. months ago, when he was last here, he ordered, the duck . ' to be ready for him' this day, exactly at two o'clock." • And, to the amaze- t f the traveller,4r-h eh d • men o a .1, o , ance to look from the vvindow, the old gentle- . . . . • . . was at that moment. entering the, inn ya.rd, about: five minutes before, the • ••the. appointed time. ...---- . . THE SENTIMENTAL BURGLAR. . TWO weeks ago a, entegle.ry vetts com- mated in Chicago. . erhd housebreaket w,ts discovered before he made his . es., • ' • cape, and in the •steuggee which follovve . . ed a little miniature which he •evore was tarn from his vest. It was found upon. the ' floor and- when the pollee me it was iven to them. It wa.s the ea, , g Portrait -painted an gl.ass and framed , - .• , • .., . . . - ,, In. &I little gala carctet-of a ,preLLY young- girt. Hie paliee drew the eon- • . •• ••• . . elusion that it was the burgeteat ewer te e ( . heart, They were rigid. And oecausti a this miniature the man who lost it . , , . , . . ,, , was arrested in St. Luis, his pietute Was Sent to Chicago and was identified as that of the burglar who lost t•he Intletatare• 4RITAIN'S WARRIORS. ,. POST OFFICE REV: -.....a • Ero* th'4' "'a" er The """ ".' t" "'""I'. of oieltermice, The level Military Tournament a 1899 will give •Lonaonetts an opportlena he', of Seeing the . veritabl e heroes 0 f , , . Ofboemo...eodailostteirestlteil:an4 ,,tivchnr6' tutp,'Ili.aieix.re,ri othi.aBlawirhti,thsn,i,pt„httety 11 the regiments and oorps which took Dart; in that- victery will he represented b . . . ,, y men who were' ectenute present r the e oh the days of the battle. , A repreeentative a the London DallY Kea saw Qua E. W, D. Warda 0.B., the honorary . f hi t ii secretary o e ournatnen , e s• ' and be fu. • • h d some interestiug de- . tails of. the great military show which hest grown eo in magnificenee and sue- . , .. .. , • - Cass sinee the lee.gular Army took it in hand - II , uf couree," said Colonel Ward, the combete for officers and men will he ' . . practically the same as in former years, . but, for the pageant, which has. become a recognized feature of the Towne- meat the cenunittee has decided , to • ' show the 'Warriors of Britain', at four . , periods of history -the Wars of the Rose, 1487; the battle of Newbney, . 1643 ; Lucknow, 1856 and Onedurnaten, _ - 1898. . "Th f' t period 1 ted vill show e irs se ec . a . h d f • - - - the aw e ensive ...,a x was worn by soldiery, and how arrow, lanee and sword, were the weapons which deeid- ed all great oonf lets. e Newbu y ' 1' • Th . ' r period eMbedies the clothing and'equip- name; worn by the Royalist cavalry and • - • infantry, . also the varied', untforrns and b f the T • • • on= antlers o e rained Bands of L d • i , . , • - ' ' - he on and C.LOMWe 1 s lionsides. In.the details of . • , . • . ARMS .AND ARMOUR for these periods Dillon the curator of - •• armouries at the Tower end prem. - dent of the Society of Antiquaries, has . given great assistance. . •Lacknow will introduce so far as possible the various uniforms worn during that period, but owing to the dearth of space at our disposal, out of a large number of 'regiments ,which bear the 'honour'-'I,ucknow'-on their h b thoselcorps on]y ave been ' h •have aot been re re - selected. whit , p. se in ,former pageants,or which will represent the four countries - co an , te ant • an Wales. England,S LI dI•1 1 d. ..e. e en 'Omdurman' section will iriclude representatives of every British regi- , which t ' k a • the fi ht and latent, oo pal In e g , so far as is possible, the men will wear th .f , , ant cums,of the corps they served though; of coarse, it may not be e • . ' • .• at en practicable to do this entirely. _ v ' - rate the men will be all, entitled to ' • ' . . the medal they wear. . "Numbers? Well, there will be in the . 420 ' 121 h lid four pageant; . men, horses,- a - • d - • guns. The combine display will be mere elaborate than last time and will - • • e n- 11 took represent a Malay rising et* ic,1881. place it' Perak in • 1875, When .a. de- tachraent of the old 1.0th Foot -now the Lincolnshire Regiment -some na- ta olic and a 'of blue -jackets lye p .% party , - attacked two strong blockades at Pass- e•e Sale This force was beaten back '• ' ' _ 1 b the Malays,butt) with ranch loss y e - e.- y some o - i a reinforced b f the 80th n- • - - Regiment, a Naval Brigade, Royal Are tillery, and: armed police, it returned, end after O. stubborn fight captured ' e. vi. age d d b d th •11 the stocka e, an urne • inrear. ' • . think,o • the whole, tbe next • "I n. e h , tournament will be quite as good as, • a not better than the preceding ones. • t every one •• The committee, and in fee, with the organization, have doneth • best, and iven up a great theirt g , .t of One o making L a sue- cess." . DANGINO IN MIDAIR FROM AN UN- .. MANAOE.A,BLE PARACHUTE. .. . . .. . Saved Almost by a etteacte-le hen the See - . t t theme/0 leathern also 1 itiNletku a . a heath hewn, ate eteelleteo*.min.ePevo,;:i 1, , i !Alt.!" 1,0L'haecl'hobeene.t11 aa.itintir „II:eke:hare: oh u te desoent at het:41110y . in lor s ire, on.. the eve • . ." of Setu •d -.Tune 18 189e writes ening . I, AY, . , , G es A. Wade.• Georg • . The. dee• had been .wet,, and toward night the sky waS quite teadeu, though • , the rain had stopped. So aufarcerable ' • ... was the weather that the . coranuttee - • . were agreeable for eue to postPone t event, but L did not wish to disappoint the peciple. It always crea. tee a bad impression for an aeronaut to put off . .. . an actvertesed ascent, for the average la '11. persist in setting down the ors= ne. whole affair as 'a swiectle. . - . • During the afteenoon, I had, of course• ' een ge mg my balloonfilled and me b . tt• Preparations made, The balloon ts one f ' k d 1r • pacely of o my own ma e, an . es a ea 1 .. 16,000 cable feet of gas. We were lat-,. . er than usual, but; at about halfepast- eight hen all was ready for the as- , ev cent, the site waeevery dull and there was a. strong southwesterly breeze, , Dense pleads hung about, and. I Was rather fr. 'd th vhole affair would be a al ee ehnost ineisible As for 'myself I felt '' ' . • , no tear, foi. when a. men has aclopte . , . . . the profeseion of a paraeth. , . dtist he eau- not. be. stespectee of lacking courage. So all being in readiness, with .tbe • , assistaace of Mr. Sivewright, my bele" er in these matters, I prepared for the casting off of the balloon from the holding ropes, I had myself tied the . - • - • - parachute to the cord,s of the balloon- . • f teyist- netting by special cor.d, made o d . tt threads,and tested before- e co on • . hand, so, that they would break at • A STRAIN OF 109 POUNDS. r• may say that in all ordinary cases these cords will snap as soon as the . , aeronaut throws himself from the balented loon and there is the strain of, his • weight upon them. The parachute is t the not fastened to the performer, but h t'st Passes his arms theough pare° u 1 the ring and holds on by that. N 'n one important thing I made Now, iwith, a mistake on this neveretoebe-forgote - - - ten occasion I generally, before tak- • • .1 a the rope seat under ing my p ace o ' II ' 1 t 1 k t the be • oon, give a as oo a every- • - 't was so late thing. But this time, as 1 A . I did not take . this precaution.. But, . . . . .owing to the high wind, 1 had fasten- ed, a little before starting, a rope • across thg ring of the parachute in t • steady myself. And •to this order o . . I subsequently owed my lifel rem the spectators the Amid cheers f . . balloon was cut loose. and ,rose grace- • fully eiito the air.. i waved my cap he I ascended, and all went well until I had reached a heigght of about 3,000 The height at which I usually the • f th balloon seat make Jump TOM e vete& according to the atmospheric ' • • • •saved On this occasion I saw 1 conditions. ,t NVAS eatering a dense eloud, and so re- • 1 d that 't • t.' t oast myself- so vei woes tree te .deal t off A the spectators were o see any- - the descent thing of , 1 sDrang off on the side opposite to on which the parachute was fas- . • t d I had fallen some ten feet as ene . . , l I couldd t well as cou judge, when my escen. ed to my con- was auite suddenly arrest . e sternation. How I felt in - that sue ' t la ••• h dl • tell you preme .momen .• can • ar v. . .'h 1 broken T would cheerfully . ave. my leg. - • then- feel as I did 'then for a . • few senonds. ' 0. I gave. myself up for lost and ex- . . e . d• hed• in pected every moment. to tie ee . . „ . 1 three-quarters of .a, mite eleees neat. Y .. . . below. wasdanglingftl I f th rone . e para-... chute ring arid the. balloon was rock- ingefrom side to side, What had hap- d I ld t tell • I knew it was pane cote no , something that had . kept the pare- chute fastened to the balloon. Isar- raised that the cord of the parachute had t twisted. • d the network go.around . . oon, an d f the b IL d this was ex- cor 8 0 . ac tly what had happened. Whether it had occurred before I began the as- cent or afterward I cannot say. Dangle fromthe 'balloon, my Lite mg . was not worth . A SECOND'S PURCHASE, , and I knew it. You talk 'about all • ._ eh. that a man has clone en his nte eta hie fore his mind DA: such a mo- - 'be ' did. 'If merit e Well, I reckon mine , the balloon rocked much more all . the ' t f h like shot, gas would be ou o her 1 e a and no •earthly power eou d save me from. a fearful. death. Parachute ballooas are constrticted • rapid . to feeiletate thscherge of the gas, elle. their mouths are about twelve feet in diameter. • They have no valves, and are mostly weighed on 'the top .with a weiglit of some twelve phunds. When I sin an the seat my weight balances that d k • the h 11. -- • ht at an keeps e a . eon Ilene' , I cast myself off the balloon 1 • . te I. 1 down iont gra 1.y, and. as the gas esoapes the balloon fails to the ground. • f 1secondsT • la r seine avi u . reroam e ' watching the rocking of the be II oon , I t' 1 ' twould and epeee_a mg ow soon i I, tern over. , My altered position ha.d I C., d 't t till n one side, and the •a,use . t o a o gee had begun gradually to escape. I watched it „coming out of the Mouth tare lila la 'peace Of tbin smoke. The ' e s r a 'lig through another' . mw . Was p sst .. loe of clouds, arid shortly afterward the•ealloon 'passed: into sunshiee, which th ' b 11 experid aud go steed- me( e ts a ..00n . ,,, , , , , id ft. It rose higher,' too, and Jewel- ellieteil that 3- 11",8t be at least aired miles high, From my long eeperienee 1,--this %vas my forty-eight ascent -I I know that 1 was not far ottt: in this ealeule tion. al 0 1 ' if-, 1 h, virtg 1,e,ioina oteoily, ahe„g en to think whet was 11)0 hest ttrinci 1 multi do. T.11.)1 not very steeng ys. ca/I y, eing b. i/. 81 I 1 V .11a Ind .0.,...f WHAT IS ANTICIPATED ID . . , REDKED RATES. ...R., A reemporery amebic expect . a , may east about three Yet mere of other eauthrtette v,,ertzt'is.a.40ftio.t•io,.4..eat.ep.dos. xt,,to,afu.ic.i'ptio:01!") Under. the. domestic teen -omit the Imperial 'peany postage . . exciting ramie attention, ea . tawa /otter. The depth: stuclied the experience of o ' trtes. ' "When. the post was i • .. „ . .. into Great Britain, m 1840 t charge' per domestic letter' w one-quarter Pence, so that 1 tion. was 34 per cent. ellut i • letters increased by 122 1-5 in the first „ year, hut the r( Mined from £2,396,730 in 1830 166. in 1840 a loss of 43 eel . P. 1851, Or twelve years later venue of 1839 was passed, United, States rates prior to • . , aged from 12 to 15 cents' i In that year they were eedin cents per onethalf ounce ,radies of. 300 miles and ten , . one-half ounce outside that the change Was not so dra. had la in Englend the r been • . , . • the revenue was more rape the revenue Was $4,2a7,288. . . $3 489 190 *. 1846 . d in . $1 371 077 th xceeding ' '4 -4 ''," ' els 'e . YORiS the last year ohne old • CANADA'S EXPERIE: • In Canada .. the • great. re rates took place in 1851. age rate prior to that yea manta per • one-half ounce It . , • rate introduced was six cent ' tit half ounce letter, a retitle 66 per cent. The recovery venue in this case was rapi the e was §362,065. • -reveille dropped to $230,629. In 185 .to .$368,166. In four years spondence advanced suffit make up for the .lowering . , On April 1st 1868, Cana( ' - r lett r rates from five he e • _ three cents per one-half ou .._ fell from $1,024,702 oevenue §973,056 in. 1869. In 1871 it le 01,079,768, It took three yea: t ver from the revenue o rem) in rates. , t British lette) • The ra e on duced from twelve and. one • t one-half to stx cen s per o . januar,y ist, 1870. It took a ' t reach the, figures .c yea]. o . , year at the five cent rate. . tion from eive to tlu•ee ce • the•United States he ter in, , The recovery of a took. place in the second yt duc d rate In '1883 anoth( re e e passed reducing the letter cents . three cent to' two cen pc ounoe, and in 1885 the unit . • ed. from one-half ou was raise ounce In 1883 the. revenue • ' • d t 508,69a. In 1887 it had •no OT ed from th,e reduction, but it e the raillioia doll over three F these. statistics it From. p ed thee the post-oftice r att. 'the Dominion will be mon ' three Ureter restored within though a redaction is expec meantime. . • FOOD ADULTERATI The Inland ,Revenue I have issued the. annual 1 _ . adulteration of • food. Durn 879 samples were analyzed, a: 701 were found to pe. ge adulterated, 61 doubtful, 6 compound, 19 not classed Ille sampl gelly. Out of .76 liquor, only one ;was adlui 179 samples of milk 183 we 22 . adulterated,. and 21 dc 2aerated at 1 1 samples of w' adulterated. Of 66 eamples o milk 54 were genuine 3 a * • and 9 dcubtful; of 5 serape prietary medicine.% 4 were, a mad 1 doubtful, none of Online,* of •62 •saeaples of a g • . 3 , . . f 1 tt half were genuine. en iti. i e . , genuine, adulterated an ful; of • 106 wimples of :flout . all were, genuine. . Captain Ernest 'Hubbell, land surveyor, left today west to arrange to place th . bore on the lands set apart north' of Yorkton, in the S district. Thre• are to be te for the immigrants -one sou covering 250 square ' other north of Fort Pelly, c( _ . squire miles • CREDITABLE WOB The new two cent starape • being turned' out by the G Printing . Bureau is a very . , a ' .• a piece of work. the. fleet fe• Ware, printed in purple, . but ence to a general agreeme nations belonging to Union the issue is now be , . off ' - t d o in rod.; The. s ampe en tirely the product ' of - ti . • . ming manuraeturect. tneae 1 a and embossed on • print . Stench Superintenaent Mal h i e • 11 cc str 'Led f re epeette. y in US. o pose. Both as to stook and nina rcs fayoreho le ship if ea •-• ' -' ' le.sst; quality of stamped. env plied in tiny part of the worl the 2 cent stamped envelop' ,. .1. t •• at $2.20 per bundred, or at offiws at the rate of five fo it is likely they will mane . general use. • • MILITARY- AT DAWSON. . tarty Nen 81attoned There to Maintain • Order hi the city. - detachment of fifty men of the Canadian • • ,, • . military fore.e in the Yukon, says the' Midnight -Sun. OfDawsonelias , b en sent to Dawson City to do guard ., ,. : e . . duly ' The .detochment ie under the commend of . Capt. Buretall and Was , . . ' sent- from Fort Selkirk, the. headquaie - • - .- • a . . tees of t' 't "Ot the militaly con ingen . a. • . • . • . Of the nuraber twenty belong to the , . , . , . • Canadian Artillery, and ehirty toettee infantry. They have with them a maxim gun mountad n h Is which moun e o w ee w f f ' th la d d is capable o . erneg ree un re 'shots 'a minute. The object .of send- -the detachment to Dawson is that or- , . de b • t • d ' 'th streets, r may e main ame on e ."Pelly, , • htf 11, • especially after nig e . !he streng o I, g en re permanent " strength f b, end forms in the Yukon, numbers two hen- • • • t t- drede with headquarters at the, in 1 • barracks at Fort Selkirk. Lae. tal.Y • • - Col. Evans is ,in command and associate ed with him are Mawr Young „Adjut- .- • • ' • , ant . and Quarter -master ; Cap tain GT - ant and Oita rter-master •• Ca.p t ain * • e. • - 4 , Gardner, Captain H. E. Burstall, Gap- Cain G. H. Ogilvie, Captain P. hack -thoughts sr, Captain C. Pearce, Captain •Sennett . ,and Lieut. eteleuc. • me non-pommit- anis aee Paymaster Major Talbot,. Sap- • ply Officer Major Blies and Mehieal , Officer Surgeon Mailer Foster. . The headquarters of the. detachment of the eorce at Dawson are outside the .. e etocketde to th south and have been furnished comfortably for tb.e. officers and men. • The huilaings were erect - rd. by the one f 11 .N • h AV . n o ,, le oi I est. ' - e • . Mounted 1 oboe, under the. eupervision f I. i Starnes. • • o ' nspec or , . .......... 'CONSCIENTIOUS,. • ' ) ) • , • ' d you 11 • • " - your J opi el, rY 0 Y • wo••3s draw pencil from der top lc der bottom . . . ,i,.. ,, , , in ternat tine dose pants ? 'hese, your popper yes an honest. nem. I am sticking exect ly t 0 der truth von I say dose, pants vas marked down I ' , . , , CORIOSITTEe OF OUR OA • . , , • „ There . are sonic curious t our ealenda a No century on Wednesday, Friday or St saine calendare cari be used a • , ty years, °Metier alwaye bet . . same day of the week as jam as July September as Demi , . . , , , Piney, 'March and . ,Noeembe. he .same days, ay, e ti tMJerri begin• • ' ways on different days other and every other mor •• • year, , The first 'awl last di Yeer ere alwaYs the same• 1: do not apply to leap ,vear, • orisou ifi mai,10 . beheeee d and eftee rebruarY 25, • HAD ENOT.IGH. delvored to. skate A poetly lady en ,, .. , Sud.dent on the Serpentine, but she y , 1 Ike' i iron sat down, making a noise , n , safe dropping from a sixth -story Win- doer. ., • 'isms her ' Lance A gentleman ran to . , . ( ( as he hel ed. her to her feet, he aral, , P . - • . remarked: . . , r premium you are eke:tine. for the 1111,0 !kale, , ha, for the last time Pe -Plied the dis- eueied temeae. ----- DBODORIOIIID SMOKERS. ' He -What's the neater with thes . „ e ,, e . g . . • . ei ars? She -Why, dear, they sraelt e ho , , . .0 re rid that I put sonae 0mi:4e-cologne oe. them! SMALL. . ' So ho tteked. 'you to be his wife ? Hoer did he lead net to the question 3 Oh, evith -. el talk. e tmembar f , on thing, he a... .. me if r "dived .hiLti. J ,d '. . * UNIIPC1088Altee4ADARM e , , Mre. Heppeck,-.13y ) the, •way, Rtbry, ,.. . I hrod (meta tifiik tlyie mornint, ad it made etn., tiglyettgash in my Not, I'm , . , . et r I ke• • 1 (t e 80, atm ,o *i• Iforrittiz-I dorilt4rhinit yottenrea leerier, l'a • Nothin short oft,, i•alirct4), s13'pWik*e(. a wro• uld.nt aveg that ei. fee., on y -o1' upt et* IMES. DER THE ed whileh. in the re- epartrueot rate an4 scheme is ys an Ole ment has her coun- troduced he average as six and he reduc• umber of per cent. venue dee to £1,359, - cent. In , the re - In the 1845 aver- er letter. ed to five within a cents per radius. As tic as it ecovery of . In 1845 It dropped, 184e was in three rates. CB uction in The aver - ,r was 18 utter. The s per 008- n of over of the re- d. In 1850 In 1852 it 5 it rose the corm- iently to f rates. La lowered cents to ice. The in 1868 lo d reached s for the reduction s was re - half cents ounce cm only two f the last he reduo- ts per let - steads in e revenue ar of the ✓ act was rate front ✓ one-half of weight nee to one was ly recover - exceeded e ars. is antici- venues of than en - years, lil- ted in the ON. epartmenb eport on g the year d of these nuine, 81 sold as a and 5 sold es of malt erated; of e genuine ubtful ; in rs 4 were condensed dullerated es of wa- de] tera.ted hem were °flee only ✓ 57 were d 4 doubt--' examined Dominion for the e Doukho- for thent an River o reserves th of Fort utiles, the yering 400 d envelope oyerninent creditable hundrediv in (Wer- t • among • he Posta.- ng struck nvelope is is -Bureau,, hroughout ng prete elion hes ✓ the pur- wo tee lopee sue- d, and, as s ere eold the poela *11 cents, into very LEND R. acts about can begin aday. The ery twen- i'ins on the Lary, April ober, Feb - begin o0. ugeel, et - from each th in 1.1i y8' of th hose rul Oen coin, vs before