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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1899-5-11, Page 2ove and Waref, A STORY OF SLAVERY DAYS. WI Ckfi Ey MARY J. HOLMES. •,-meireeereet,-4&...41,. r see eineeneneeereent oifr .400,470, %Or le% q?' CHAPTER XXIX. Of the three captives, Will Mather, jtharaie, and Tor, the latter had auf- fered the least as a prisener of war, A strong Freemason, he had foundloonversetion, aud then darted an anxs- , friends at Columbia, where thance I one glanee tOward the spot where threw in lee way a near relation ee Hate had been standiug a naoment be - tea dead wife and a forer as fore. Btleetty had disappeared, and Thetigis firmly believingllethe SU- ender cover of darkness was running ern cause Joe leaskell frofn the first l and eeiting wad slipping dovvn, the befriended Captitin. Carletorewhom he /steep wet path, which led. to her finally helped to escape, giving himi cabin deer' . money, and so far as he wee nee, I Arrived there, she seized the sleets - directions where to go and whom to ting Tom be tee arra, and exclaimed: ask for aid. Tom's impriseement had t "Wake up, rnam'r, for de dear lord's been of short duration., and thus it sake! De Scelaioners is come, and will was, with vigor unimpaired, and spirits be here in a minutel I'ra mighty unbroken, teat he found himself free 'fraid even Miss Maude can't save on that very night when Will Mather youl" lay sleeping in the cave among the llTom was awake in a moment and mountains of Tennessee. But that I fOlie alive to the danger of Lis condi- "Refuge of Safety" was many, many den, From the house on the keen, he relies away, and Tom's route to the could hear the excited. voices of his land of freedomwas a longer and far , pursuers, and the sound made every 's nee: pulse throb with fear. Will more dangerous one tha.n been. Stiff Tom had. in his favor I "Tell me what to do," he said, and health and strength, together with a Betty replied. knack of passing himself off as a I "Kin you bar smotberin for a spell? Southerner whenever an opportunity , If you kin, git under de ale straW tiok, was presented, and so for a week or and lie right still and flat, and you, more he pioceeded with comparatively Bel, buckle into marsrts place, as it little trouble; but at the end of that 'twas you who've been lyin' here all time dangers and difficulties beset himthe time.", at every •step, while mare than once I Tom did not hesitate a moment, and death or recapture stared him in• the , had just straightened himself under face, either from the close proximity ' the straw bed, and drawn a long of his pursuers, or the perthaaoity of ' breathea.s he felt Harry's body settling the blood -hounds wbich were set upon down above him, when steps were his track. Escape at times seemed heard coming down the path, and a impossible, and Tom's courage and young man's voice asked of Hetty if &Length were beginning to give way, she had any strangers there — "any Yanleses, Tea know; because if you when one night, toward the last ot June, he found himself in a negro cab- have—" the young man paused a mom- ent and. peered. out into the night • to in, and. an occupant of a bed who% covering though impregnated with make sure that no one was listening, Maude De Vere stood leaning upon the piano, leer eyes shining like burning coals, and lier liPs slightly parted as she listened to the THE EXTER TIMES Abort., or too secessionery to seit eer," Tine was lietty's acceunt of the young lady, wiao at that very morneut was listening with a deficost look upon her facie t9 Arthur Tunbridge's re- Monstrature against what he termed ear treeenueble prineiples. "They will get you into trouble yet. The war is not over, as some would have yea think, The North is greatly divided. Be werned of me, Maude, mad do not run such risks as you do by openly evowieg your Union senti- mente, Tlaink mrbat it would be to me if harm should befall you, leftetiele," Arthur spoke very gently now, while dei Slush. mounted. to his beardless cheek, but met with no reflection from Maude De Vere' e face. Only eer eyes Iliedled and grew blacker, if passible, as she listened to him, first with scorn, when he spoke of treenail, and then with pity when he spoke at hinaself, and the pain it woeld. cause him if harm ohould come to her. Maude knew very well the nature of the feelings with which her kinsman, young Arthur Tunbridge, regarded her. At first she had been disposed to laugh at him, and his preference for an Amazon, as she styled herself, but Arteux had proved by actual measure - menthe that in point of height he excell- ed hby half an inoh, while the regis- ter showed that in eoint of age he had the advantage of her by more than four years, thougli Mande seemed. the elder of the two. "Don't be foolish, Arthur, nor en- tertaia fears,or me," see said. "I am not afraid. of Gen. Lee's entire army, nor Grant's either, for that matter. My home at Uncle Faure has been beset alternately by either party, and I have held a loaded pistol at the heads of both Federal and Confederate, wben one was for leading away Charlie's favorite horse, and the other for ooa_x- ing oft old Lois to cook the company's ra.tions. leo, I am not afraid, and if necessary I will guide that poor wretch -down in Betty's cabin safely to Tennessee." Arthur's face grew dark at once, and he said; half angrily: "Maude, let that a:nan alone; let -Diem all atone. It is not womanly for you to evince so much interest in such the peculiar odor of the sable -hued. then, in a whisper, he added, 'Keel), People For your sake I'll help this faces around him seemed the very ens, them safe, and remember, Fleetfootone. get away, but that must be the bo.liment of sweetness and eleanlinees knows all the passes.of the mountains to the tired and foot -sore man, who , between here and. Tennessee." nearly all his life had slent in the I A suppressed "thank God 1" might al - finest linen, with lace or silken hang- most have been heard beneath the ings about his bed e" For linen now - straw bed, wielle old Hetty exclaim - there was a ragged quilt, and the bed ed, was festooned with cobwebs, while! "The Lord bless Mars'r Arthur, and from the blackened rafters hung bun - dies of herbs and strings of peppers,' eciroiisueaude, too, I know it is her sM alternated here and there with 1 Ano Ratty was rig -ht, for Tom Carle - the grimy articles of clothing / ton owed his escape from that great which old Betty had washed that day Pelee to Maude De Vere, rather than for her own "boys," and in cone- ±0. Lieutenant Arthur. When the or - queries of the ram had hung in her ! der was given to search the negro cabin to dry. Coarse, heavy shirts ! quarters, Arthur had seen that in Maudes face which constrained him to they were, but Tom, as he watched them drying on the pole, fell to covet- ing the uncouth things, and thought how soft and nice they would feel on his rough flesh. Then he thought of to his ear, "remember the kind treat - home and Rose, and wondered what ment you received frora your enemies, she would say could she look in upon and be merciful. Don't let theme find him in that negro hut with all those him, for there is a Yankee eoldier stalwart boys sitting by while Retty, down in Hetty's cabin. She told me their mother, cooked the corn -cake, to -night. Search her house yourself. and fried the slice of bacon for supper. Throw them off the track. Anything Two sat just where Tom could see them, while the third was near the door, keeping a constant watch on the eircuitou.s path leading from the was dazzlingly so now, as she stood cabin to a large dsvelliug on the before the young officer pleading for kno11,---"learses house," -- where to- Tom Caeleton, and Arthur Tunbridge night a nuraber of young people were was more influenced by her beauty, asserabled in honor ot the return of than by any party feelings. Assu.ming the on and. heir, Lieut. Arthur, who , a fierce, determined manner, he went had been in so many battles, and had back to the pursuers and said, a taste of prison life at the North. "It's perfectly preposterous that one lhoueh bitterly opposed to the Un- of those Unidnists should come here ioni 'ts, /either was truthful almost to for protection, when it is well known a fault, as some of his auditors thought what we are. Still it may be. There's to whom he was recounting the inci- no piece of effrontery they are not cap- able of. I know the well, just as I know every nook and corner of the negro cabins. Stay here, gentlemen, and Wee some refreshment, while I searcb the quarters myself." - Arthur Tunbridge ware a lieuten- ant's uniform. He had been in the army from the first; he had fought in many a battle; had been a. prisoner - for four months, while his father was known to be a staunch secessionist, who was ready to sacrifice all he had for the success of the cause he believ- ed to be so just and righteous. There could be no cheating in such a family as this, and sa, while Maude De Vere wore her most winning smile, and with her own hands served cake and, coffee Lo the soldiers, Lieutenant Arthur went on his tour of investigation, and. brought back word that not a traee of a runaway had he found, notwith- standing that every cabin on the prem- ises had been visite'd. A savage oath wee tbo answer to this report, but semetbing in Maude's eyes kept the soldiers in check and made them toler- ably civil, as they mounted their horses, and with a respectful good- night, rode off in an opposite diree- tion. With a feeling of security after hearing from Hetty of Maude De Vere, Tom came out from his hiding -place and ventured to the open door of the cabin, where he stood looking at the "big house" on the hill, from, which the guests were just departing. He could hear their voices as they said good. night, and fancied he count de - tea: the clear, well-bred. tones of Maude De Vere, in whom he began to feel so deeply interested. He could see the flatter of her white dress as she :stood against a pillar of the piazza, with Arthur at het side, but her back was toward him and he caild only see - her well -shaped •head, which sat so erect and. proudly upon her shoulders. She was very tall, Tom thought, com- paring hex with Mary-, Annie and petite Rose as she walked aceoes the piazza with Arthur, who, from com- parison seeraed the shorter of the two, Profoundly grateful to ber as his pro- bable deliverer', Tam went hack into tlse cabin and began to question Hefty with regare to the young Indy. Who was she, arid where did she live, ane how came ehe so strong a Unioniet? "She's lea's§ Maude De Vere, bred. and born in tee old North State some - wharfs fteer Tar Rene' Annt, Hetty said. "Her- father was killed at first Pall Run, arid then ber mother died, and then she went to live teeth her uncle off toward Tenneseee in de hills. Sbe's got an awful eightert money, and heaps of nigger -en -lane no count crit- ters,—who Pet do notheig from morn tat night, She arid Mise Netfie' Mars'r Tunbridge's gal, was great frieride at sehoolt arid Mies Maude was here when she cited, and has beee here by spelle Oen einee. Young merge, think sire mighty niee, but die ehile dent 'rattly know what Mee Mande do thiek of het' Reekon he's too follow her when she beckoned to hian to c,ome out upon the piazza. "Arthur,' she said, putting her lips to mislead them. Be merciful. Do it, Arthur, for nay sake." Always beautiful, Mande De Vere dents of his prison life. Comfortable - beds decant bead, well -cooked meat, with plenty of pure air and water, he haei received from, the hands of his enemies; and once, when for a few days he was sick, he had been fed with toast and jelly, and tea quite as good as Hetty could make, he said. And while he talked more than one pre- sent thought of the Southern prisons, where so many men were dying from starvation and neglect; and one young girl's eyes flashed angrily,and her nostrils quivered with passion as she burst out with, the exclamation: "That's the story most of our prison- ers tell when they come back to us. Think- you a like report will be carried North, if the poor wretches ever live to get there? I think it a shame to allow such suffering in our midst." This speeeh, which, had ixtit the ring of Unionism, did. not startle the hear- ers as much as might be expected. They were accustomed to Maude De Veren outspoken way, and they knew that when she first came among them she was on the Federal side, and had opposed the secession movement with all the force of her girl nature. As yet no harm had been threatened her, for Maude was one to whom all paid. deference, and her clear arguments touching the right of secession had done much toward keeping alive a feeling of humanity for our prisoners ID the family where for months she had been a guest. Squire Tunbridge—or Judge, as he was frequently caLled—was her near relative, and as his only daughter had died only two years before, and he was very lonely in his great house, he had invited Maude to visit him, and insisted upon her staying as long as possible. At first he had laughed at her Yenkee preferences, but when the deaths at Salisbury and Andersonville increased so fast, he shook his head sadly and protested against the cruel- ty and neglect of the government. "He did. not believe in killing men by inch- es," he said; "better shoot them at once." And still he would not willingly have harbored a runaway on his pre- mises, fax fear of the odium vellich would attach to him if the feet were lteowri. And so, when late that night while Tota lay sleeping in Hetty's cabin, and Etetty, up at the big house, was wait- ing upon the guests and making set - rot signs to Maude Vere, there earsie a baled of Men into the yard in pursuit of an eseaped Yankee, the equire roused at OrICC, saying that no one omelet possibly be hidden on his pi intatirna tieless the blacks had ser- rated him. The negro houses were close by; they eould look for theme 801.VeS. lee had supposed his, servant s loyal, but there Was no felling iri these perilotis tinies; and the old mans face flushed se his Southern blooe tired his Seal for the Southere. dense. In her evening dress of tveite,. With her treacle of glesse Week hair bound like a cornet around her Vogel brow, last ; and remember, it is done for your sake, with the expectation of re- ward. Do you consent to the terms?" Maucle's nostrils, quivered as she drew her tall figure to its full height, and answered back: "I could not prize the love I had to buy. No, Arthur,; I have told you once that you are only my brother, just as Nettie was my sister. Believe nae, ,Arthur, I cannot give you what you ask." She spoke gently, kindly, now, for she pitied the young man whose sincer- ity she did not doubt, but whose love she could not return. He was not her equal, either physically or mentally, and the man who won Maude De Vere must be one to whom she could look up to as a superior. Such an one she would make very happy, but she would lead Arthur a wretched, miserable life, and she knew it, and would save him front heraelf, even though there were mane 'Kindly, tender feelings, in her heart for the young lieutenant. She saw that he was angry with her, and as further conversation was use- less, she left him and repaired to her room, the windows of -which overlook- ed Efetty's cabin. And there until daylight the noble gir, sat watching lest their unwelcome visitors of the previous night, failing to find their victim, should return and fuels- upon another search. liks Maude De Vere said, she had held a loaded pistol at the head of both Federal and Confederate, when her uncle was sick, and the house was beset one week by one of the belligerent parties a.nd the following week by the other. She was afraid of nothing, and Tom Carle- ton, so long as she stood his sentinel, had little to fear from his pursuers. But she could not ward off the fever whiel for many days had been lurking in his veins, and. which was increasing so fast that when the morning came ID was too sick to rise, and. lay moan- ing with the pain in his eyes and com- plaining of -the heat, which, in that dark corner of the close cabin, and on that sultry summer morning, was in- tolerable. "Mighty poorly, with face as red as them flowers in ger ha'r, and the veins el his forehead as big as my leg,", was the word which Iletty brought up to Maude De Vere the next raorning, and half an hour latex- Maude, in her pale buff ca label° wrapper, with her black hair shining like satin, went down to Hefty's cabin, and stood beside Tom Carleton. He was sleeping for a few moments, and the drops of perspiration were standing on his forehead ante about his lips. He was not 'worn and emacia- ted, like the most of the prisoners and refugees whom Maude had seen. His complexion, though bronzed from ex- posure, had not that peculiar, greyish appearance- common to so many of the returned prisoners, while his forehead was very white, a.nd his rich brown hair, damp with the perspiration, elung about it in the soft, round curls so nataral to it. (To Be Continued.) A CAMERA PROGNOSIS. The camera can be used to detect the approach: of any disorder of the skin several days ,before it is visible to the eye. A. Mancee.ster photographer re- cently found thet a picture he had taken of a thild with an apparently smooth skit showed the face to be covered with eruptione. Three days after tne photograph had been taken the child's face broke out with peickly heat Another case is recoderd where a child's portrait showed spots on the face two weeles before an attack of smalt-pox. English physiciane are greatie interested over this new use of the carnera. PAP.ER LACE. Paris aareases wear paper lace, which by night looks as beautiful and delicate as the best of real lace, while it costs bet a trifle, TM) CRITICAL SPIRIT. NeW Drug Clerk—That dootor • ot youre ought to make out better pres- criptions. Custotner—Why, what's tee matter? New Drug Cletk-el had to guess at halt he wrote. DOMINION PARLIAXENT. t-- WhAt the Legislators of the CollntrY are Doing sie, Ottawa. THE I3UDGET. Hon. W. S. Fieleine, in, his budget speech, showed the big ieorease ID the receipts from customs, eeoise and poet-offloe, The inoreaeee 111 ex- penditure bad taken plaee maiuly in sinking fund, immigration, the mount- ed police and militia- There had been a betterment of $538,937, in the Post - °Moe Department, which led to "the panty postage and two -cent domestic ra te. itre, Fielding estimates the revenue for the year ending 'Tune 30, 1899, at e46,632,39a, and the expenditure U2,- 026,028, leaving a surplus in round numbers of $4,000,000. He estinaated the expeaditere on entrain account at $8,- 662,795, peaking an increase in the =- Urinal debt of §1,700,000, Mr. Fielding oommented on the fact that the propo,sar to reduce the rate of interest on savings bank deposits freml 3 to 2 1-2 per cent. had not been carried out. Contrary to expecta- tions the money market stiffeued and it was thought advisable tto keep the rate at 6 per cent. The Government, however, may reduce the rate at any time such actiom is deemed warranted, though the 3 per cent, rate wilt be maintained in the case of small de- poaits, as the Minister said, iu order to encourage thrift. THE CENSUS. left. McInnes moved that an address ID presented. prayieg the. Imperial Gov- ernment to amend the British North America Act, 1887, so as to provide that the next general census of Canada be takett in the year 1900, and that each subsequent census be taken every ten years thereafter. . Sir Wilfrid. Laurier said that to him there was an unanswerable objection to the proposal—that is, that Canada will do well to refrain from lightly amending the provisions of the B. N. A. Act, except in eases where there is not merely a strong, but an over- whelming, oaee. The motion was declared lost. C.P.R. BONDING POWERS. There was a very interested discus- sion before the Railway :Committee in reference to the bonding 'powers to be given to the Canadian ,Pacific through the mining districts of -British Conine - lea. Several /members, including Messrs. Robertson, Richardson, and Sproule, sought to secure the restric- tion of the bonding power to the actual cost of conetructien, less the subsidies granted Mr. Clarke, for the company, made a vigorous fight, and was successful. The bill was eventually amended so as to specify- the sections to be bonded, total 192 miles, and the Minister of Railways promised to look after the location of the station. THREE GOVERNMENT BILLS. Sir Henri Joly gives notice of three Government bills. One to amend the Petroleura Inspection Aet is to amend the regulations governing the inspec- tion of oil, as announced by Mr. Field- ing in his budget speech. A bill to amend the General Inspec- tior Act will embody in large mea- sure the suggestions of the recent con- ference at Ottawa between the West- ern grain delegates and the offfoers of the Imbed Revenue Department. A third bill proposes to make some important changes in the Weights and Measures Act. FENIAN RAID MRDALS. ele. J. Rees Robertson will ask if it is proposed to grant the Fenian -raid. medal to these Canadian volunteers who organized in Chicago in May, 1866, and arrived in Toronto on June 4, and volunteered for service in the front. TELEGRAPH LINE. Col. Peen will ask if the representa- tives now in Ottawa of the Northern Commercial Telegraph , Company have communicated to the Government their readiness to commerce forthwith the construction of the telegraph line from Skagimy to Dawson undt3r the charter granted last session, and whether the Government has received any informa- ationerom. the High Commissioner that the company is quite capable of carry- ing out the work. Whether, under the eircumstapees, the Government pro- poses to continue the Work of construc- tion in opposition to the charter grant- ed to the company last session. CANNOT ENTER THE CANAL. eke Manchester Ship Omni, Not large Enough tor Maley New Freighters - The Menebe,ster Ship Canal, is not as yet the brilliant !success it was expeet- ee to be. Ite statistics for 1898 leave note teen. published, but -it is well known that for the e.arly part of the year business was almost at a stand- still. In fact, the canal does not seem fully to meet the esteuirements of mod. - ern commerce. , When the work of carrying out the great project was begun, about fifteen years ego, it was thought that if it were made large enough' to accommo- date vessels of 4,000 tons, drawing 20 feet, it would answer every require- ment of the world's shipping. But many of the freight steamships of to- day are larger, a,nd thle result is that the Manceetster ship canal cannot ac- coramodate e good many veesels, It will be necessary to deepen the canal if if ie proposed to -make it pos- site's fax the huger class of freight steamers to tie up at Manchester. This improvement would coet a greet deal of money oh aecouriC of thle large am- ount of Wasting that would have to ID done between Eat.seltain and Man- eliester. Tbe tonnage entering the ten- et has been increasing slowly of tate. In 1894 it wire 925,859 tons; in 180, 1,358,875 tons; in 1898, 1,828,237 tons; ID 1897, 2,00,815 ton,s. ME CAUGHT HIM. Ethel—Don't you thinkthese photo- geaphs flatter met Mae—Not half so much as those love- ly One8 you had taken' last suMmer. INDIAN FAKIRS. An EyeWituess Describes Two Apparently Itiiirattieoua Fears. India is pee -eminently the land of mystery, and our meet advanced magi - clans have never been able to repro- duce all their marvellous performanoes writes a traveller. One day in the market place of an inland village I saw a curious performance, It was conducted by two meu—one old and emaciated, carrying a native deem; the other young and well fed, lantaeti- oally gowned with an overskirt of -coi- ored handkerchiefs and a multitude of bells, which jangled noisily at his sligetest movement ; long, ragged hair —altogether a hideous figure. The drummer began a weird tom - towing, and the other man an incantae tion. Then he exteeded a "supra"—a bamboo tray used by all natives—on which any one who pleases places a large handful of rice and the same quantity of grebe The two ingredi- ente are thoroughly amalgamated, so that it would in the ordinary way take hours to separate them. Now the fantastic man with his tray begins. He turns around slowly, grad- ually quickening his pace, the drum- mer also keeping time, faster and fast- er, in a gidcly vortex, the tray at times almost out of his hands!yetso cleverly handled that not a grain falls out. It is very trying to watch, but le a couple of minutes both stop sinew.- taneously, and the man shows to the wondering spectators two little heaps, one of rice and the other grain, at dif- ferent ends of the tray, which in his sickening gyrations he has been able to separate ley some extraordinary manipulation. Later it was my -good fortune to be able to witness one of those remark- able cases ot' voluntarily saspended ariianation of which I had so frequent- ly heard, with a somewhat dubious simile, I am afraid. Bat I ana convinc- ed now. 11 wa's called a-"Toghee" perform- ance and took place before the 11.3.abar- ajah of Dhurbanga, whose guest I had the honor -bo be. The "Joghee" was put by his disci- ples into a trance. He became perfect- ly unconscious and dead to all appear- ances. An English doctor present telt his pulse and found it had ceased, and a looking glass showed not the slight- est moisture of any breath in the budy. The "joghee" was put into a coffin, the lid screwed on and seals were im- pressed on it with the Maharajah's sig- net ring. The box was buried five feet deep, earth thrown in and well stamped. Grain was then sown and trusted sen- tries guarded the place. The grain had sprouted and borne corn when we were invited again, after sixty days, to witness the resur- rection of the body. The grave was opened and the coffin found to be in- tact. The seals were broken, the lid unscrewed, and the "Joghee" was taken out stiff and stalk. His dis- ciplea now began to manipulate the betty and to go through certain rites, very sirailareto mesrae,rism, and by de- grees the dead man opened his eyes, a quiver ran through his body and he sat up erect. RULES FOR FIRES. Sonia sfiggesttous Front a eiew York Fire Chief. The chief of. the New York fire de- partment, Mr. Hugh Bonner, has re- cently given some hints as to what oaght to be done by people to 'Beaten the chances of loss of human life by fire. The advice given by the New York chief is appended: PREVENTION. Shut all doors in your house every night before going to bed. This pre- vents a draught from carrying fire rapidly through the house. Throw away all the extra draperies which now cover the windows. They feed the flames. - Our homes are over-turnished. All ternal polyandry—that is to say, the extra furniture carries the fire conjoint huebands are usually broth- ers. The practice is that if the eldest brother marries his wife is -the joint wife of all the brothers, while if the second brother marries then his wife is common only to the second and young- er brothers, and not to the elder. An exception to this rule, however, is the oxygen to feed it. LAND OF GREAT MYSTERY, TIBET DESCRIBED AS IT NEVER HAS BEEN BEFORE, An Explorer 'Who llas Penetrated to the interior Tells of the Strange liIilrh May iteeeale Baal() Gralled 4)f England anti ltuoista. The mysterions land of Tibet is loom- ing ue bigger and bigger in the publfe eye, not only as the home of the weird and the occult and the "esoteric," but as a possible future beetle ground, diplomatic, or even military whereon Bessie and England may settle their difficulties as soon as the now immin- ent dislentegralion of China heComoo an accomplished fain. That the es- tablishment of an English protectorate over this coantry in lieu of the pre- sent •shadowy Chinete suzerainty would preteent ehe entrance ,of a Ruesian wedge between England's Indian, Bur- mese and Ciainese possessioxis, and thus secure her the paramount position throughout Asia, is obvioes enough. AN EXPLORER'S 1300X, Renee the peculiar interest attach- ing to Major L. A. Wacidell's new book, "Among the Himalayas," wheel ex- tends our knowledge of the 'forbidden land a few leagues further into chaos, and gives us a more familiar insight into its environment:. For 14 years past Major Waddell has hovered on the 'borderland of Tibet, sketching, Photographing, shooting and collecting. He has penetrated further than any other European the fastnesses of the Himalaya Mountains, ana he here re- cords some new research respecting Mount Everest and other peaks alleged to be still bigher. Nevertheless, the most amusing part of his book' is that which deals with the custorea of the natives—Nepalese, Goorkhas and-Lepchas, who abide in the grandest part of the grandest mountains of the world. D NAI,PE BEER. He bells of a native beer brewed by MILLIONS OF BRUSHES. bOotty Wads Proyided for Many Uses—Sotos Made to Order. Fax household use alone there, are merry kinds of brushes, such. as the dust brush, the floor brush, the ortines brush, the tooth brush, the hat bruth, the clothes brush and the hearth brush, but, even vvitif such an assortment to 81,18'gest it, one would ecarcely realize the very great variety ex which erusta- er are made, The catalogue of a big bruesneiking estaelisliment would show, erushes in ten thousand varieties, wad. besides these there are brushes made to order, every day. In a eingle line of paint brushes teere might be a dozen isizes, and each of them made in ten variations an to weight and quality. There are vari- ous kinds of brushes that take theie handles at an angle instead of straight, and various kinds of brushes made with the brush part at an angle in- stead of being straight across, and some with handle and face both at an angle, as might be the case with some of the brushes made for use in scence painting, The samples of beadles displayed in a large brush concere are almost be- wildering in their variety, and it would seem as though anybody using brushes could find among them any- „ thing that he wanted; but there are, nevertheless, fregaently ordered 'specie brushes for inuividual use, of a epucial vveight or length, perhaps, or, with sonao special (hare° teristio; such orders coming in greater number, from craftsmen from foreign couritriea ecauetomed to brushes dialexent teen any of the many varietie,s familiar here. Aud then there are constantly being ordered bruehes of various kinds for particular reetiireentete .bo give , the most advantageous results in special cases. There are many brush- es of one form and another, cylindrical and otherwise, small and large, •neade for various uses in manufacturing es- tablishments, and suoh brushes are of- ten MADE' TO ORDER. Brushes are made not only of brist- les, but also of the hale of various ani - the Lepchas from it raillet seed called mate and of various vegetable fibres; murwa. The fermented grain is put and of other materials, such, for iu,.. stance, as rattan, of which the street ID a jug formed bycutting off a joint sweeper's brush is a familiar example of the giant bamboo., and this jug is and likewise the great bruthes then filled up with hot water. The cylindrical form, such as are used in liquor is imbibed by sipping it up the various kinds of street sweeping thiough a thin reed like a straw. it machines. Of other kinds of brushes 13 d.escribed as tasting like a weak in cylindrical form there are many, whisky toddy or rum punch with a the familiar bottle brush being one. pleasant aciuity, and it is milder than English bee e or ale. It is the wine of the country and is .A.nother is the little pipe -cleaning brush. Larger brushes of this sort are used for cleaning boiler flues, and a food as much as --a drink. The. men, bru,daes of this kind are saftett made to women and children delight to sip it at order, for special uses, and of various ali times Lena morning till niglit. -Sizes of brush and length of handle, Even the priests, or lamas, are so ad- according to the size and length of dieted to this beverage that they sip the pipe through which it is to be it in their temple, and never can , drawn; the brath, it might be, of the travel far without an attendant carry- dimensions of a lamp chimney, or big- ing a store of it. A common sight is. ger, and the handle of stout wire, and. to see a monk goirag his rounds sipping perhap.s twisted, ten, fifteen, eighteen a jug of. this beer as a solace to his feet long -- whatever might be re- peesimistie dogma -that "all life is quired. s misery,' for he- -thee is able to con- A great many brushes of various., . template the wcald With full approval, kinds, and for many ases, are made " RE SIGNIFICANCE OF EGGS.- - With Use brush -part of wire of iron, 'I steel, or brass, the beenthes being made An old Lepchs. woma.n once present- in various ways, but often with the ed the Major with some eggs. He wire, out into suitable lengths, tufted may be embarrassing in Sikhim, for it teethed later that a ptheent of eggs , into the block just as bristles would be. Sorae of the wire used fin suoh le a common way -of proposing mar- ket of eggs by the objeot of one's af- in beushmaking of 4,000 riage, and the acoeptance of purposes is of extremely fine gauge; the bas- there are wires of ,Norwegian leen used fections settles the qttestion. The sister of the present Rajah- or measuring perttaps a foot and a half tees to the inche A coil of such wire, to 5,000 diamer King of Siklum, when she vsiited Dar- aortae with the many strands laid to- tivated by the charms of a certain Eu.- jeeling for the first time, was so cap- gather around, forming a thickness of ropean that she withed to marry him. naaray ldb,eif lifted by one side, hang eggs she bluntly asked him to marry three-quarters of an inch, So wben he wo aceepted her Present' of down limply, as a loop of loosely twist- her, and she was made to understand ed silk rope might do. But when this only with dieficulter that he already wire is' cut into short lengths and had a wife and could not, according to tufted it is, in the brushes, stiffer than European cuetoras, take another. s bristles. would be. Brushes made of The oiler of marriage from -a woman thisort of wire are used by plumbers ill finishing lead joints. Wire brushes She Tibetans who aremostly polyand- is probably not eetra.ordinare among of one sort a.nd another, many cif them ' made to be used by hand and others to rists. In Sikhim, it is usually a fra- be operated by machinery, are used for , various purposes, on stone and Metal. , from one part of a house to another. Portable fire -escapes should be pro- vided on ell upper stories. They would in many cases be useless, how- ever, unless all doors in your house were closed so as to shut the fire in and allow it to smother for lack of If the doors of each apartment, es- pecially th the lower part of the house, were closed every night.befere the occupants retired tbers would not ID such a rapid spread of flames. Familiarize yourselt -with the escap- es. Learn the location of exits to roofs of adjoining buildings. Learn theposition of all stairways, particularly the top landing and scut- tle to the roof. IN CASES, OF FIRE. Should you hear a cry of "fire," and columne of smoke fill the rooms, above all keep cool. Keep the clone of rowne shut. . Open windows front the top. Wet a towel, stuff it in the mouth, breathe theough it instead of nose, so as nob to- inhale smoke. Stand at window and get beriefit of outside air, • If room fills with smoke keep close to Cool- and crawl along by the wall to the window. Do not jump unleds the blaze behind is scorching you. Do not even then if the firemen with scalding ladders are coming up the building or are near. Never go to the roof, unless as a last resort and yea know there is es- cape from it to adjoining buildings. In big buildings fire always goes to the top, Do not jump through flame within a building without first covering the herad.with a blanket or heavy clothing aria gauging the distance. Dont get excited; try to reeall the means of exit, and if any Mermen are ID sight, I repeat, don't jump. NIGHT BLINDNESS. Night blindriees is a curious affec- tion of the eye in which the patient sees very well during the day, but be- comes blind SA night approaches, It is inoetly met with in warm ciiina,tes, and itaUelly, gives wax to mild treat - present Queen of Sikhim, who was originally married to the you.nger half brother of the present King, and she is now the joint wife of both. But as the present King rejoices in the title of "The Almighty Necromancer" ID probably pozsesses special privileg- THE TIBETAN SALUTATION. The explorer deecribes how, when he was about to enter the village of La- choong, his party were met outside the village by a party of the inhabitants, led by the head man, vela° presented a scarf and saluted in Tibeta:n style, pres- ing forward his right ear and putting out his tongue in his most polite way. This form of salutation is one of the best illustrations possible of , the kind which Herbert Spencer classes as ex- pressing the self -surrender of the person saluting to the person he sal- utes, but, it has never beexi properly described. There is no scratching of the ear, . as stated by Hue and the writers following him. In addition to the uncovering ancl low bow of pro- stration, awl the abject putting out of the tongue,- the Tibetan presses for- ward his left ear. This is in acco- chime with the Chinese custom of Gut- ting off the left ears of all prisoners taken in war end presenting them to the victorious chief. The presentation of the scarf of white Chinese silk is alt eseential part of Tibetan courtesy. Not only is this necessary in paying formal viens, bot no favor can be asked of a superior without it, a:fa scarfs from the, enve- lopes for all important letters. So ex- tensively, indeed, are these atticles used it Tibet that their importation forms a considerable trade with China. THE 'TAPS ARE RIGHT. Tee. japenese address their -letters the reveree of what we do, writing tire country first, the state or province next, thee the eity, the street and limber, and the Milne last of all. STILL HOPE. Earth-DestroyIng Comets Not to Collide for Some Years. The pi:evening opinion that the earth is in continual danger of being destroyed by a comet behooves an anxious field of journalists to explain that for several thousand years at least there is no danger. So far as our present history can avail there is no record of collision with this rollick- ing class ot sky rockets, although sev- eral comets have approached the carte so elosely as ,to envelope it in a por- tion of the luminous trail known as "tail." That of 186i did So, for on June 30 of that year a 'phosphores- cent auroral glare" was observed, dur- ing the continuance of which the globe was within 3,000,000, to 5,000;0000 mtles of the ccimet's nucleus, whieh was cal- culated to be traveling at the rate of - 10,000,0000 miles each 24 hours. The cornet of 1770 appears to have xna de a nearer approach to the earth than any other, the estiraate being that its head was at one period only,. 2,000,- 000 miles off, while its tail, as- ()beery - ed from London, seemed a great arch extending 36,000,000 miles across the heavens. This close approach, bow - ever, had no appreciable effect upon ethe earth, e-ven th tide e remaining unaffected. CHURCH ravoRcE LAWS. The lower house of the convocation of the Church of England has ease - el a resolution declaring that the law of tee ehurch, does not recognize di- . vorce, and asking the 13ishope to de- vote themselves to securing action of Parliament to the end that the ohuroe shall tot marry divorced persons, MANY A WINX, An Englieh scientist bas talculated that a Innaan opens aid closes his eyes no fewer than 4,000,000 tinlee per yens,