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Exeter Times, 1899-2-23, Page 34,4 , T11,4 'EXETER TIME$ N"e4c1;;:e'4'neat''' e 're.tal . R e . , Ala vo to' 44! • ove an are**. ir A STORY OF SLAVERY DAYS. By, MARY J. efOLMES. thee 1470' Maseneettee.afeeethereaszteeeenar,hchcortatattzveseeateothdothansaahhhealaaetm., . ".tealt-,,,Wenereeeteteetteeaattalina-aneetteetat1P. %nen, eannonTet. he'lza,:h.P7'eea l`'` Not till them had Isaac observed the the sick boy turned hie white face to tall figure standing near, but at the the wall, sobbing out ehoking sobs sound of the Well -remembered voice which seemed to ovine from the loweet • he looked quielely im, and putting gen- depths of his heart, tly from him the head of his comrade, Cries tor home and mother were not speang to his feet with e scream of uncommon in that prison -house, but • joy, and threw biniself into the open tnere was something so piteous in his arms of Tom, who held and eoothed child -like wail that other officers than him, while be sobbed out his delight. Tom bent over the poor lad., trying to ''Oh, Captain Carleton!" he cried, his comfort him by telling of an exchange body quivering with emotion, "I am 50 WIdCh, it was hoped would ere long be glad I I thought you had—I didn't effected, and lay painting happy pie- know.—Oh, why haven't you come be- tures of the glad rejoieing which r. fore, I'm so sick, so eick and tired, that would greet the returning captives. ai 1 almost want to die! Will we ever For an instant the great tears, drop - be exchanged; have they forgotten us pang so fast from t Isaac's lids, were at Washington? Shall we never go staid in their course: and a -sraile of • home again"hope shone on his pallid face, but quick - These were the questions which more ly paseed away as he suggested, than one poor captive had asked, and "Yes, but who knows if I wifl be on which none could anawer. Tom, bow- the list ?" , ever, did the best' he ,could, and hush- No one could tell Idea that. All would ing Isaac as he woutd have hushed and not go, they knew, and they could only quieted a grieving child, he spoke to wait patiently, each hoping he Would • him many a word of comfort, promis- be the favored one. At last there ing to care for him as for a younger came a day, never to be forgotten by brother, and speaking of various ways the inmates Of that tobacco house, a in which is forlorn condition should day on which was read the names of be bettered, now that he was an inmate those who were to be released and pf the same prison. It was a blissful breathe again the air of freedom. Oh, • interview, and. its good effects were how anxiously the sick boy listened as Been in the brightness of Isaac's face, one after another was called. "Captain and the cheerful smile which played Thomas Carleton" was among the num- around hie mouth, even after Tom had ber, and a deep flush stole to the gone to his quarters betow. young man's face as uncertainty was Softer than downy pillow seemed the thus made sure. Ile was going home, hardebare floor that night, as with his and like waves upon the beach, the arm throwa round his invalid frtend, throbs of joy beat around his heart, Isaac lay dreaming of the frost -tipped making him glad as a little child when trees at home, and the brown nuts returning to its mother after a long ripening on the hill, where he, per- separation. haps, might pick them yet, for Tom But -oh, who shall tell Isaac's emo- had given some encouragement that an tions as name after name was called, exchange would ere long be effected, and none that sounded like his. Would and ate, each believed, Ms own name they never reach it, never say Isaac wouid be upon the list, so Isaac hoped Seems? Could it be he was not his would, and in slumber's fitful fence, there? Larger and thicker grew the he was at home again, and saw his ma- drops of sweat, quivering about his ther come softly in to tuck the -bed- mouth, and standing upon his forehead. clothes round him, or see if he were Whiter, more death -like grew his face; sleeping, just as she used to do. How heavier, sadder, more mournful the still he lay to make her think he was eyes, fixed so wistfully upon the caller asleep! How real seemed the vision, of that roll, growing less so fast. There how life -like the kiss pressed upon his could not be many more, and the head lips, and the tear -drop that came with dropped upon the heaving bosom, with ill In a corner of the room there a discouraged, disheartened feeling, were groans and imprecations, and just as the last was read, not his, not with a nervous start the dreamer woke ',teat &rants. He was not theee, and to find it all a horrid delusion. That with a moan, which smote painfully on stifling., fetid. atrnoephere, had in it no Tom's ear, the disappointed, boy turn - odor of Rockland's' healthful breezes, ed away, and wept bitterly, while his and the star, shining on him through pale lips moved feebly with the Pray - the iron bars, though familiar to him, er for help he essayed to make. To was not the same which he used to be left alone, with no kind Captain watch from the window, beneath the Carleton to soothe the weary hours, to eaves, facing to the north. No home be returned, most likely, to the noisy no mother, no soft feathery pillow for floor above, to die some night when his head, or blanket for his body—no- nobody knew or cared, --it was terrible thing but the feverish hand still 'apt' —and Widow -Simms would have shriek - on his forehead, and. 'that tear on his Ad in anguish could she have seen the cheek, for these were real, and the sick look of despair settling down on her soldier by his side, who gave the kiss darling's face. iin.d tear, was whispering in Ms ear, But though she did not see it, there that the way so tearfully sought was was one who did, and guessing at the found at last, that the gloor,ny, deso- thoughts which prompted it, he walked late prison was like the gates of Para- away to be •alone, and gather dise, and 'death disarmed of aal its ter-, strength for the . sacrifice he must rote- ., t ' •make. Tom Carleton could not de - "If inneanne could only. know ite, he serf: the boy who had clung so faith - said, ftt should -bensei glodna.nd you'll fully to him, and as Leann had once tell her, won"t you, whehyou get Imine staid by him in the Virginia wood,. again? Tell her it wasn't very hard when he naiglat have gone away, so he to die, even in this dingy hole; that new would stay, with Isaac. Still it Heaven and Jesus are as near to me was hard to give hp going home,. for a here on the floor, as if I were lying moment he felt as if he could not. on my own bed at home, with her stand- There was a fierce struggle between mg•by. Tell her I'm glad I fought for duty and inclination,—a mighty com- the Stars and Stripes, but sorry I ran bat between. Tom's selfishness and his away without her consent, for I did. better nature—and then the latter coa- t got out on the wood -shed roof, and quered. He must stay. It would not so came off unseen. She's prayed for be difficult to find some - person me every day and night, and God. has to take his place clandestine - heard her prayers. He sent you here ly, for already • were the unfertu- to lead me in the way,, and after 'I am nate ones seeking to buy chances, gene, hell let you go back again." •and offering every Possible induce - There was a few more whispered ment to any who would accept. A words on either side, and then the ex- young lieunenant about bis age and nausted but happy youth fell away to appearance, and whose wife and child sleep, while Isaac wept with thank- tvere suffering from his ' absence, was fulness that his confinement there the one seleeted by Tom as his sub - had not been all in vain. , stitute and the matter soon arranged Faithful to his promise, Tom, as far The with a forced cheerfulness he did as was possible, alleviated the laid- not feel, Tom went back to Isaac, who ships so long and so meekly borne by was still weeping silently on his couch Isaac, and with his gold, bought many and whispering to an unseen presence, a delicacy for Isaac's end, the poor, "You'll neverneave me, will you? and sick Massachusetts boy, who one night when' I die you'll take me up to Heav- e ere the -physician • had fairly decided a that he was in need of medical carp, Here was a faith, a trust, to which laid his head on Isaac's lap as he was Tom Carleton was a stranger, and wont to do; and with another whisper- wishing himself more like that sick ed message for the mother far away, boy he bent over the cot, and said and another assuranbe of perfect Peace, cheerily, , went where the wicked cease .from "Isaac, are you asleep ?" troubling, and the weary are at In the tone of his voice, there was rest ! something so kind and sympathetic that While he lived there had been anme- Isaac started up, and winding his fee - thing to take Isaac's mind --something ble arms around Tom's neck, sobbed to excite his sympathy, and in minis- out, tering to Henry's wants, he had more •"Forgive ane, Captain Carleton; I'm than half forgotten hi a own, but now that he was gone, and the corner where he had sat or lain was empty. Isaac, too, faded rapidly, and net all Tom's efforts had power to save him from the apathy which came stealing over him so fast. Touched with pity at his forlorn, dejected appearance, his com- rades made him a little bed in the cor- ner where the deed boy had been, and there all the day long he lay, rarely noticing any one except Tom Carleton, who came often to his side. and whose own warm blanket formed, the pillow for his head. From the first floor to -the third there was not one who was not more or less interested in the pale invalid, bearing his pain so patiently, never complaining, never repining, but thanking those about him for any kindness rendered with such childlike touching sweetness, that even the rough jailer regarded him with favor, and paused sometimes; to speak to him a word of encouragement. In this state of feeling it was not a difficult niatter for Tom to obtain per- mission .for Isaac to be removed from the dirty corner above to hi i own comparatively comfortable cot in the officers' • apartment below. • But this did not effect a cure. Nothing could do that save a sight of home and mo - glad you are going home, but 1 wasn't at first; the had, hard lumps kept rais- ing in my throat as I thong -hi of stay- ing here alone without you. But they're gone aciow. I prayed them all away, and I amglad you are going. I shall miss you dreadfully, but God will not forsake me. And, Captain Carleton, if you ever do,—see—my,—my—" Isaac's voice was .choked with tears, and he could not at first articulate that dear word, but soon recovering, he went on—" see., my mother, y,ou'll tell her about me. Tell her everything ex- oent how I've. suffered. That would do no good--htwould only Make her cry, and when she hears, as she maybe will, that 1 am dead, tell her I wasn't afraid, for the Saviour was with me. I'd rath- er you ehouldn't say good-bye at the last. It would make me feel so bad, only sometime before you go I want to tell you how much I love you for your goodness, and to ask you to be a—at He did not finieh the sentence for Tom knew what he would say, and wiping both sweat and tears from off the worn face, looking, so lovingly at hini, he answered, "I will try to be a better maxi. I never felt. the need ofi t so much till I came hete, and Isaac, I am going to stay till you., too, ther. „Could r see het,,, itath said One aee exchanged. Dicl you think 1 would day, "or even stand again beneath the desert the boy, who, but forme, would trederal . Flag, T. might get better, but A°1,' atAvedie19ennss;.tsePprllysTWsis' 11; tee soft, • hero I shall ettrely die, and do, on Captain Carttoo, yeton het them nd inc home, won't you I don't rerto o blae eyes lighted. up with sadden, eag- er joy ; the lips Lie mbled a,s if they set for inyeeif. where am buried, but there Was e Per°sPtible hhihareeit hreue, break her htart to elindelee, ana then Tom held in arms hear T wet. pat haul the atheeete hhht a fainting, unconscious forth,, The re - o, rough women, and folks wso don't know her inneli, tbinit,S She's creel, and auee,r, but she's been so good to me, and I love her so eanehl Oh, mother mother, Wish elle was her:6 now," and velaion of feeling was too great, and for mins minutes Isaac gave no sign of life, but when- at last he was re- stored. again, he tried 1.o dissuade Tom firm making 'So great a saerifice, bet all in vain; Tom allowed every Phjeo- then, and when the 3rd, of IttiatliarY oanie, and Prieoacre Were releeeed, an- other than Torn Carleton anewered to his rtame, and mare/zed frooa Richmond, in bis steed, Tom bed spent several, months in Richmond, and in the bigher circlee be numbered naanY personal friends wine antil quite recently, were ignorant of the fact that he was a prisoner in their midst. Of these the more loyal to the oew Confederacy ignored him entirely. Others, remembering Ids gen- ial humor, and quiet, gentlemanly man- ner which had won their admiration for the elegant Bostonian and his gen- tle wile, threw prejudiee aside, and re- sPeoting bisn because he had stood firmly by his own State, visited him in his prison while others sent Play- ful meareages that though they denouno- ed him as an intruder upon their rights they owned laina as a friend, and would gladly ameliorate his conaition. To these acqueintance it was soon known how great a sacrifice Tom had made for the sake of a young boy, and the result was a gradual abatement of the surveillanee held over Tora, while nearly privileges hitherto denied- by the strict jail discipline were Accorded to him. Isaac, too, was benefited through hint and more than one fair lady vis- ited the invalid, growing strangely in- terested in the gentle " Yankee boy," and bringing many a delicacy with which to tempt his capricious appetite. But no amount of kindness could win tuna back to health so long as he breathed the atmosphere of, prison walls. To go home was all he 'desired, and day after day the flesh shrivelled from his bones, and the blue veins stood out round and full upon his wast- ed hands until there came a night when the physician told the jailer, whom he met upon the stairs, that "the Yankee boy was dying." There were not many , now in pri- son, and ere long the sad news was known throughout the building, caus- ing the eicitoua ones, to hush their noisy revels, and tread softly across the un- covered floor, lest they should dis- turb the sufferer below. The jailer, too, remembering his own son, afar in Southern Tennessee, wipedee tear from hie rough face, and pdrew nearer to the humble cot where Tom sat watch- ing the panting and seemingly dying boy. There were moments of feverish delirium, when the prison with its sur- rounding horrors faded away and Isaac was at home, bathing his burning brow with the snow covering the Northern hills, or talking to his mother of all that had transpired since the Alien morning when, followed by her pray- ers and tears, he left before the battle, Then, reason came back again as clear pressed between Tom Carleton's hand pressed between his own he dictated what Tom should say to the mother avhen he went back to her alone, and left her boy behind. , "1 shall never go home. any more," he said, "and I've built such bright castle about it, too,fancying how nice it would seem to lie on mother's soft, warm bed, and watch the sun shining through the windows, or the grass springing by the door. The snow will melt from the garden before long, and the flowers I used to tend come np again, but I shan't be there to see them. I shall be lying here so quiet and so still that I shall not even hear the cannon's roar, or the loud huzzahs when peace is at last declared, and the cruel. war is ended. 'Oh, if all the dead ones could know, it would be smile - thing Worth fighting for, but when the, troops are Marching home, and the bells ring out •a welcome, there'll be many a one missing in the ranks, and almost every graveyard, both North and South, will hold a soldier's grave, but you will not forget us, will you?" and. the sunken eyes ,turned pleading- ly on Tom, "When the bonfires are kindled. at the North, and the glad rejoicings are made, you will think of the poor boys who fougbt and died that you might enjoy such a boli - day?" Tom could only answer by pressing the thin hands he held, and Isaac con- tinued "Tell mother not to fret too much for me. I guess she did love me beat because I was the youngest, but Eli and John will comfort her old age. Tell them, too, how ranch I love them, and. how proud I was of them that day at Bull Run. Theynused to plague me sometimes, and call me a girl baby, but I've forgiven that, for I know they did not mean it. I hope they'll both be spared. It would kill mother to lose us all. Tell her how 1 bless her for the lessons of my childhood, the pray- ers said at her knee before I knew their meaning, the Sunday School she sent ma to, the Bible Stories told in the winter- twilight. Tell her I was not afraid to die, only I wanted her so much, but everybody's been good, There are kind folks here in Richmond, and God will bless them for it. Oh, Captain Carleton, Flea, a poor, ignor- ant boy, and you a proud, rich man, but you will heed ma, won't you, and when I'm gone, you'l/ take my little Testament and read it every day. Read it first for Iaaac's sake, but it won't be long before you'll read it- for its precious truths, and you will cern? to Heaven wbere we -can met again— promise, won't you ?" There was a moment' e silence during -which Tom choked down the tears he could scarcely suppress, so strongly this scene reminded laina of another, when he sat by Mary's side, and heard her dying valve urging him to meet her. roue years the Southern sun had shone upon her grave, and he had made no preParatioa yet, but now he would put it off no longer, and bend- ing eyer Isaac, be replied: "1 profnise; and if you see my dar- ling in the better land, tell her, God helping me, I'll find my way to -Where she has gone." The white lips feebly murmured their thanks, and then suddenly asked " Do you think mother's got the let- ter you sent, and knows how sick am? If so, she's praying for me neev, and Maybe her prayers Will save; I'm net afraid to die, but if 1 ould go home to Rockland, first, •it would not seem so bad. Pray, mother, pray—pray pray hard," and too much exhatieted to talk longer, the half -delirious boy ttnned upon the piliow, ftirniehed by some kind lady', and fell into a heavy eleep, from whieh the physteians said he would never waken. •,(To be continued.) PARTICULARS WANT:ED. IItiogry Iliggins—How would you like to be One of thenwell duclee tins haVe your aleohol bath eveey day ? Weary :Watkins—Inside, er Outside t RUN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR SOME DAY HE WILL RE THE RICH- EST MAN IN THE WORLD. int lie eyelets Take aais office $15 a 'Week na11-11FalloWS MO 100tstelos at Ws rather, and levee a ttillei/ 110^ lialaUS Lite. This is the plain tale of a young maxi who is working in his father's office daily, from nine o'clock in the morning until four o'clook in the afternoon; who associates witli the clerks and does his work as though he were one of them on,a salary of §15 a week; who neither smokes nor drink, whose chief enjoyment is church work, and finds no pleasure in the theatre; and whase favorite eecreation is swimming, skating, or a drive in the park, • And yet this young mane if he liee$, and he is in the best of health now, will some day undoubtedly be the inch - est m,an in the world. 0 He is John D. Rockefeller, jr, the only son of his multi -millionaire fath- er, and the probable heir to a fortune so vast that its owner now says he cannot estimate it within $10,000,000 or $1a,0a0,000. Whether this fortune is $2.00,0t0,000, as is estanated, not even Mr. Rockefeller can tell. In his tastes, Lis etrery-day habits, his pleasures and Ms ,beliers young Rockefeller is a moat striking con- trast to the ordinarte son of the mil- lionaire father. In him is proven be- yond all doubt the old saying that "blood. will tell," for hie parents' in- dustry, their religious nature and love of home are as strongly accentuated in him aa in them. TA.STES. Possessed of a fortune which would enable him to gratify any extravagant wish, which would enable him to pay §500,000 a year fpe 'a yacht and think it no waste, to support a racing stable or to buy' a princely- estate, he wants none of them. To his mind it is plea- santer to work daily in his father's office, to live quietly at home, and to devote his time to religion and char- ity. It is not because of lack of oppor- tunity for other things that young John D. Rockefeller, jr., lives as he does. His position is such that he would be welcomed in society should he wish to attend any of the fashionable functions to which so many people de- vote their lives. His name and his money would gain him the entree to house closed against others not so fortunately situated. Yet the young man wants none of these things which are the preroga- tives of his place. landau than spend his time thus he devotes it to the sim- ple enjoyments in whioh he finds his greatest pleasure, teathe quiet even- ings at home,when, he a-nd his father with thetr vielins unite in concerts with the young teen's Sisters, while the mother listens as the sole auditor. Ho= -LIFE: The family home, where a life is led as simple as if in a small country vil- lage, instead of being in the centre of the, millionaires' district in Fifth ave- nue, is at 4 West Fifty-fourth street, New York. . The brown stone Wise,: as big as a good-sized hotel, was built by C. P. Huntingdon, but -was purchased ten years ago by Mr. Rockefeller. Then it was fitted with a huge wine cellar. That was one of the first things chang- ed, for the Rockefellers are bitterly opposed to liquors. They are not only teetotalers, but are ardent advocates of the prohibition movement, and much money made by the Standard Oil Com- pany goes to maintain the prohibition cause throughout the country. In a home like this, Where can be found everything that can addato the pleasures oil the family circle, the heir to the reunions oi the oil magnate spends his time. Like his father he 10 an early riser. He is'up and ready for his day's work by 7 o'clock. Then, if in the mood, comae, a walk or ride in the, park before breakfast. Fre- quently he chooses the 'ride, for he is a fine horseman, and many who do not know his identity envy his skill as he canters along. 'FANCY DISHES ESCHEWED. From this exercise he returns to breakfast with his father, mother and sisters. All are at the table together for all find. their pleasure -fie one an- other'sdcompany. It is a simple meal. The Rockefellers are not given to faney dishes or fancy cooking, Breakfast over, young Rockefeller goes to his work in the offices of the Stan- dard Oii Company. In pleasant weath- er he sometimes walks the four and one-half miles to his work; usually he takes a street car or , the elevate On the days his father is at the of- fice, he sometitnes rides home with hien in hie broughana.. Al other times he realms as he came. ' During the day the young man works as steadily and faithfully as any of his father's employes, and besides puts his heart to bis task, for he is training to manage the vast property which his father has built up. But once away from his desk, the caves of the office are out of his mind, and he looka forward to o pleasant evening at home. The habits of the •family are still affected by the Gas- tonia they observed in the early days in Ohio. They dine at six p'clock almost as simply as they breakfasted. There ere few courses, and it ig seldom that a dinner is more elaborate than to in- clude soup, a roast and dessert. MUSICAL ',EVENINGS, Then comes the evening, much of w/aicb is usually devoted to Music, -All of John D. Rockefeller's etaughters are gcod musicians, and there ere see - oral planes in the hottaes. '.the father and son are both good violinists, though ranklog no boaet ef their skill, arid though only one datighter is at Mime at peesent the three spend neatly enjoyable hours togethet. Bat it is in the church that Hie young Man eleows the despot interest in anything aside from business. He is twenty-seven years old 110W1 but like his father and mother he has been a constant Attendant, at chareti eines a and. Sinee coming to New Y.orie lie has been a meeeber of the flaptiat ehurch in l'osty-sisth street, of which, .Or. l.Paance is the paetor, There WS father for years taught a 13ib1e class and. Mrs. Rockefeller now bee one. Until recerilly, John De ire was a member of his mother's ciliee. Since hie return from eolleg;e if at Brown, he himeelf has had elaarge of a large class of boys, while his sisters fdr ,years had their classes. The family, ie always prompt at chureb. Even when at their eatintx'Y place at Rhinebeck taey usually re- turn to the city for the Sunday ser - nice, and young John Rockefeller is as constant as any of tbein. Ae they enter the church they are usually closely observed by the others in the church, for the richest man in the world is always an object of interest. But the feet; that they are observed seems to be unappreciated by them, and they walk quietly to their pew, where the son sits next to his father at tbe end. , SUNDAY SCHOOL. Church over, they all go to the Sun- day School, where for an hour more tbe, young.millionaire forgets the cares of his. vast fortune to expound the teachings of the Christ who taught of the beauties of poverty. From church the young man goes with his parents and sisters to the home, Usually they walk, though in bad weather a carriage is always in waiting. It is in a life like this that John D. Rockefeller, jr., finds his pleasure. Aside from his horse, his chief out- door pleasure is swimming and skat- ing For the latter a pond has been arranged back of the house, and there, shut off from view from the street, he can enjoy bis exercise. But for a man with present: oppor- tunities like his and a future which seems illimitable in its prospects of wealth there is no more unique life than that led.' by young Rockefele ler. His work is as regularly done as though he depended on a. weekly wage foe his simport and his pleasures are as simple as those of a country lad. A SHEAF OF FACTS, The smallest bird in the world is the gold -crested wren. e Unvaccinated persons are not per- mitted to vote in Norway. From 1883 to 1887, inclusive, 1,030 per- sons were -killed by liglatning. The strongest animals in the world axe those that live on vegetable diet. Many scientists now believe that the atmosphere is not less than 100 miles deep. ' Petroleum drinking is the latest form of Parisian inebriety brought to public notice. The brain of an ant is larger in pro- portion to its size than that of any oth- er known creature. In Paris, when a local shopkeeper ad- vertises to sell at cost, he must keep his word or the Government will com- pel him to tell why. .. Snakes in South Africa fear the sec- retary, bird, and will even crawl away from its shadow. The bird can easily kill a snake twice its size. An European statistician has discov- ered that only 55 per -centof the blondes marry, while 79 per cent. of their brullette sisters engage in mat- rimony. If any foreign substance is svvallow- ect which is sharp—a needle, for in- stance --do not give an emetic, but con- fine the diet to mashed potatoes for two days. , For a very bad burn, melt beeswax, and into it pour sweet oil until it makes a salve, which can be readily apread with a soft brush. Keep every part covered with the salve. • MELODRAMATIC EXECUTION. meneirsame Scene, at an Execution at a Serviau Village. AL a Servian village near Prokuplje, says the Vienna correspondent of the London Daily Mail, a Greek priest, named Ilio Jevrera, was recently mur- dered. His wife and her lover were condemned to death by shooting for the crime. The hour of the execution arrived, and the two criminals were placed be- fore the firing party in full view- of thousands of spectators, who were kept back by troops. The man broke down and howled for mercy, but the woman was cool and cynical, and remark- . ed "How ianaous we are! If I had died a simple priest's wife not ten people would have followed my coffin to the grave." The firing party had raised their rifles Bnd were awaiting the final or- der to shoot, when a messenger on horseback burst through the crowd and handed the commanding officee a sealed letter. The condemned. man and woman em- bra,ced each other and shed tears of joy at their supposed reprieve, but it soon transpired that only the mai:ewes pardoned, while the woman had to undergo the extreme penalty. As her lover wile led away the wo- man clung to him, begging for one more look and one more word from him, but he repulsed her pitilessly, and. went away without even &tieing at her. After this affecting scene tbe death sentenee was carried out. A $275,000 BICYC,LE, The costliest bloycie inIhe world has just been finished at a gun factory in Vienna, It Will cost 500,000 gulclen, which is a little more than ae75,000. The owner is a rich South Afiiean dia- mond king and mine owner, whb evill present the machine to hie wife on her next birthday, It is inlaid -with pen- ionstones and dianionds on every pos- sible part. liVEIORTS AND mgAsuggs, soime, 4u*eaa4ieu*0 or *ingest to the The Weights and measures act and its regulations have been altered in eorne important partioulars, as to tlite stone of whisib the Pilblio Should be informed, ' Auctioneers, seeond-hand dealers and repairers or adjusters of weiglita, Mee - sures or weighing-maehinee are "deal- ers" within the Meaning e 04c act and therefOre cannot have ha their possession any weiglits, measures or weighing machines but such au can be inspected nor can they sell them or anew them to go out of their posses- sion until they have been inspected and stamped. The equivalent for a bushel of lime is eighty pounds. The equivalent for a bushel of onions is fifty pounds. Weighing machines used for rail- ways, collinries, cheese factories, elevators, flouring mills, other than grist mills, grain warehouses, public marketsaanct for the weighing of coal are to be inspected every year, also spring scales. - The using with a weighing machine a greater number of weights, than is required by its certified capacity sub- jeete the delinquent to a penalty of ten dollars. For determining the weight equiva- lent of a bushel of certain cereals, lime and coal a smaller measure than a bushel shall not be used. In case a dispute as to the correct- ness of a weight, measure or weighing macleine, if an inspector or assistant inspector is requested to inspect them, the fees for the inspection shall be paid by the person against whom the decision is given. No weighing machine with a "sgoop on" or "scoop off" or similar contriv- ance is to be permitted, and any now in use are to be permanently fixed in compliance with this. Spring scales of a superior quality, and after having been subjected to hydraulic pressure tests by the de- partment at Ottawa, are permitted to be. used. The inspection of a computing scale does not include the conaputing part. Former regulations requiring certain qualities of tin for measures of cap- acity are cancelled. All that is now required is "stout tin plate." The foundations for weigh bridges, hay scales, etc., are to be of stone whenever possible, sufficiently deep not to be affeated by frost. The pits are to be five feet deep and drain- ed. • PRETTY HINDOO WEDDING. , A correspondent of the Scotsman, writing from Bombay, describes a Hindoo wedding at which he was pres- ent, as being highly interesting, not Ionly as a ceremony, but as a spec- tacle. "The branches of the trees in the garden were outlined with little lamps, and a large pond in front of the house was hung round, very high up, with flags, between which wreaths of lamps were suspended. From the balcony of tb.e house I saw the bride- groom arrive, on a led horse, accom- panied by many friends. He was dressed in cloth of gold, and wore a splendid hat, and his richly capari- soned horse tad wreaths of yellow flowersplaced at equal distance across its back, hanging down to the ground, He dismounted at the entrance, where his little bride met him, and threw rice, over his head and her own, as a symbol that she would care for the wants of the household. They went together into the house, where the wedding guests were assembled, and sat down on two red cushions facing each other. A white cloth was held up in fromt of the groom's face, and the bride covered her face with her scaef, whilo a cord of yellow and wall - std was then put round their necks, joining them together. A large piece of muslin was then put round his neck anit held up close to her, and under this they joined hands. On leaving the house a bouquet, on which attar of roses has been poured, was presented to every guest; wreaths of flowers were also hung- round our necks by aux hosts." EXPRESSIVE. It is no wonder there was a general laugh when recently ise a church in a certain seapott town a proud father brought his firstborn to be christened. He was more at home on deck than in his present position, and he ginger- ly held the struggling infantile speci- men of humanity, who kicked and wrig- gled, till, between linen and flounces and baby, the father completely lost his bearings. For a minute there was confusion. The ceremony came to a • step and the, congregation tittered. Then from a pew near by came the I reassuring voice of a good shipmate: • Upend it, Jack, upend 111 Its head's below hatches I" The language was expressive, but it was no wonder the people sinned. ----- LOOKING C1TYWARD. Meetern Magistrate—You are charg- ed, sir, with killing six of our oldest and most respected. citizene. What have you to say? 1 Prisoner—They were all of 'em rieh old pennygrabbers wot was leavin' the best buildin' sites in tewn lie idle, evaitire fee a higher price, Well? Well, yet. Honor, I belong to the village improvement society. / THE LITTLE, DARLINGS. Mrs. Do 'Mover—Sakes alive!, This is the noiseSs, neighborhood I ever got into. just hear those ehildren screech. ' Maid—They re your awn children, retnn. Mrs, De Mover—Are they? How the little darlings ate eejoying serves 1 TWO DISCOURAGING LETTERS. toss—now are you getting along in ' your wooing of IVIiss Goldrox ? , joax—Well, she w.rote me two letters to -day. You don't etay BO. l Yes, they were "n arid . SIC NEW SIIIV CANALS. 'FRE OREAT CANAL NOW R1JILD1140 ACROSS RUSSIA. —The eropemea 100,nlie it,ctOS$ • Skip taunits as a Largo lalvIdend ll"0904 Athe eanal projeets that are making Ingelt rapid progress is the Rae- eien canal acrose westein Russia, irons the Baltic to the 1.31aelesSett. Work on the eenal began last spring, and fop years will be required to complete It is to be 1,080 miles long, and will extend frent the port of Riga, on the I3aRic, to the mouth ef the Dniiepen River, en the Black Sea. Tbe nem( waterway will be large enough, to per- mit the largest warshipsto pass through. It will have a width at the top of 217 feet and 117 feet at the hot - tom, with a depth of 28 1-2 feet. Start- ing from Riga the route followe the Dwina River to Dunaburg. From this point the canal will be dug to Lepel upon. the Beresina River. It will then follow this stream to the Dnieper, which it will descend to the sea, The route thus utilizes the river courses which are to be canalized, and of the total length of the canal only, 125 miles will be dug. The canal is being so strongly built that vessels may steam through it at a rate or six knots an hour. It will take six days for large vessels to pass through it, ,TRAVELLING- NIGIIT AND DAY. The canal is to be lighted throughout by electricity, and elle total cost is estimated at about §100,000,000. To enlarge the commercial area to be sere ved it is proposed to utilize numerous secondary rivers and thus connect the canal with the important towns of 1VIozyr, Chernigov, jitotair, Poltava, and others. The success of the Manchester ship canal has led Belgium to think of a similar undertaking for the benefit of Brussels. The project is to make Brussels a maritime port, with large dock accommodations and a basin for shipping, cbmprising, about 30,000 acres. The work has not yet begun, but there is no doubt it will be carried out. The canal will be about seventy- five miles long. The Belgians are among the best canal builders of the world, and. a great deal of their in- ternal commerce carried on the twenty-nine canals now in operation. There is no telling when the proposed - Florida ship canal, designed to save some hundreds of miles of travel around. the end. of the peninsula, will be carried out. The projectors of this enterprise, however, have recently, • made progress in the study of avail- able routes forethe canal. The route seleated by the late 'Gen. Stone has been pronounced impra,otica.ble by En- gineer Caffall, who reports that a, tidewater canal is out of the question, and that the only practicable route for a ship canal is on a lock system, beginning at the harbor of St. Augus- tine, going straight to St. John's River, 15 1-2 miles, up that river 10 miles, thence to Orange Lake, 28 1-4 miles, through that lake 9 miles, thence to the Gulf, south of Wacase- assee Bay, the nearest deep water, 45 1-1 miles. The total length of the canal is to be 108 miles. The Panama Canal Company has completed the Boca dock, the Pacific terminus of the canal. It remains to be seen whether vessels will use this dock. The tide fluctuation at Panama amounts to over twenty-five feet, and at the lowest ebb the BOTTOM OF THE SEA is exposed for a mile or more from the shore, Some persons express the opinion that the dock will be a greet success, while others think it will be a complete failure, as, in their opinion, vessels will not venture to tie up there. The French Chamber has had before it for some time a plan to connect the Bay of Biscay with tlae Meditere ranean by a ship canal. The plan is i.o start from Bordeaux, follow the left bank of the Garonne for a con- siderable distance, then cross the river and remain on the right bank 'hs far as Toulouse, where it will again pass to the other side. Tbe canal will finally cross the river a third time and terminate in the Gulf of Lyons near Narbonne. Its length will be 327 nautical miles. One great advantage that is urged in favor of the canal is that it will give northern Prance sea coramilnication with ite southern ports without passing through the Strait of Gibralter. The Suez Canal Is as yet the only great financial suecess among, the ship canals ,,now in operation. Its - total traffic reeeipte for the half year ending nine 30 laat were tea,68G,9a0. The charges iraposea by the canal company are $1.51 per regisLered ton- nage, and ten of the German mail steamers alone contribute annually about $500,000 to the canal company for passage or a sum equal to nearly halt the naail subsidies received from the imperial Government. The Kaiser Wilhelm Canal, between the mouth of the Elbe on the North Sea and Kiel an the Baltic Sea, is Marc than paying its expearaee, and the net ineome of the Manchester is elowlh in- creasing. The Leihmus a Corinth Canal is only a little over three miles long, but it eaves front 100 to 2(11 miles in the tourney to Constantinople and obviates the, necessity of artakitig the clangetoue passege aroand Cape Matapan. It in not yet utilized by shiliPlatt as nitiela as was expected. • RIG TIt VIEWED. This is, after all, the reasonable-- as it is the modest—way to Vie* it: Aren't you efraid that your (laugh. ter will come home trOW college know - jag More the a you do / eball cenaider our namiey hrown aWaY if eqt, 4:100P111.