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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1899-6-1, Page 7vAz****4tett:**Egtsf)awiab)aaalphaaa 14 Love and Wareeee A STORY OF SLAVERY DAYS. 0 wBy MARY J. HOLMES. 71,1*****Eiew*-veliair.-33:33-ara;a1R against my own peePle," lee said, "but CHA.PTER XXXII. Maude De Vero had insisted that Captair, Carleton ehould have her room, inasratiali as he woald be more seeare there,; for, if tbe bouse was sus- pected and searched, a catastrophe Paul }laymen. was coastantly antici- pating, no one Would be likely to Ma vade the sanctity of her apartment. And Torn found it so verY pleasaut om, and quietnand he -like, that he wee alot at all indiernsed, to linger for sev- eral days, particularly after Paul fettled an opportanity for sending to the Federal lines a letter, which would tell the anxious friends in Rookland of ,bs safety. This letter, which• was directed to Mrs. William Mather, had been the direct means of Tom's ascer- taining that his brother-in-law was not pnly alive, but had once shared in the hoepitalities now so freely extended to himself. After learning this, Tom eould not forbear tearing open the en- velope, and addling in a pestscript: "I have just heard that Will was, not many weeks since, a guest in this • very house where 1 am so kindly oared for. God bless the noble man who as saved so many lives, and the beautiful girl, his nieoe. I cannot say • enough in her praise. I do believe she would die for a Unionist any day. Will, it seems, did. not see her, as she was away when he was here; and per- haps it is just as well for you, little Rose, that he did not. There is some- thing in her eye, and voice, and•car- riage, which stirs strange thougats • and feelings in the hearts of us sav- ages, who have so long been deprived. of ladies' society. She is a very queen among women. That posteript was a most unlucky thought. The first part of Tox:a's let- • ter had been so guarded with regard to the people who befriended him, that no harm to them could possibly have • accrued from its falling into hostile hands; but in the postcript he forgot himself, and assumed forms of speech which poiated directly to Paul Haver - 111 and his neice, Maude De Vere. And so the guerrillas, who °aught and half killed the refugee entrusted with the • letter, set themselves at once at work • to fiad the "noble man who had the beautiful niece." It was not a dif- ficult task; and Paul Haverill, who hati been looked upon as so rank a Seces- sionist, was suddenly suspected of treason. • Paul was popular and dangerous; while Maude De Vere, whose principles were well known, was too much be- loved by the rough mountaineers, to allow of harm falling upon her .at once. But the writer of that letter, —the "Yankee Carleton" --should not go unpunished, and. just at sunset one afternoon, Lois, who had been at a neighboring cabin, came hurrying home, with that ashen lath upon her dark face which is the negro's sign of .out. a young man of the compa y, paleness. •tvho seemed to be superior to his aSSO- "Mass'r Paul was suspioioned of elates. harbor& somebody,' she said; and al- " Gone with Lois, hey? Then whose ready the hordes of mountaineers were woolly pate is that ?" responded a prising and entrapping -the Yankee. assembling around. the Cross Roads, drunken bruleawbo, tisiug in bis stir - and. concerting measures for•stua ruPs, Bred a shot toward the garret "Chloe tell me she hear 'em say in they guarded moment had. thrust her head, was perfectly sure 'bout mass'r and °nears had seen her, too, and as this it waen't for Miss Maude, they'd set the house an Lire; and they looks mighty like they's fit to do it The. if they berm Unele Paul I shall snoot somebody." The sun had gone from eaglet for some little time, and the tall mountain shadows were lying thiok and. black across the valley, when up the road several horsemen came galloping, and Paul Haverill's house was ere long sur- rouaded by a band of as rough, savage Woking men as could well be found in the mountains of Tennessee. Calmly and fearlessly Paul Haverill went out to meet 'them, asking why they were there, and why they seemed. so much exoited. Por a moment his old power over deem asserted itself again, and they hesitated to charge him with treason, as taey intended. doing. But, only for a brief space was there a calm: and. then amid oaths and impreoations, and taunting sneers, and three* they told him of the letter, and deriding him as a traitor, demanded the sneaking Yan- kee vele° had, written that letter, and was now in the house. To reason. with such people was useless, and Paul Hav- erill did not try it. Standing upon his doorstep, with his grey hair blow- ing in tbe evening wind, and his hands deep in his pockets, he said. '1 admit your charge in part, There has been a Union soldier in my house —an escaped prisoner from Columbia. I did care for him, and I am neither asnamed nor afraid. to own it. Fear is a atranger to old Paul Haverill; as any of you who tries to herrn him will Lind," "Never mind a speecb, Paul", said the leader of the men. "Nobody wants o aurt you, though you deserve hang- ing. peraaps. What we want is the Yankee. Fetch him otu, and let's see how • he'll look dangling in the air." • Yes, fetch him out," yelled a dozen voices in chorus, "Bring out the Yan- kee, we want him. Hallo, piney face, are you a bad egg, too?" they oontin- ued, as Charlie appeared. in the door. "Shall I fire Uncle Paul?" Charlie asked, and his -uncle replied, "By no means, aunless yen would have them on us like wolves. "Friends," and he turned to the mob, which had been increased by some twenty or more, " friends, that man is gone; he is not here; he has left my house. You can you ,e. search it if " "Where's Miss De Vera?" a coarse voice cried. "We know her to be Un- ion. She never triea to cover that as you, hoary old villain, did. She was out and out., Let her come and say the Yankee is gone and we will believe her." "My niece, I regret to say, is not just now. in either. She is gone with '.Lois to take some nicknacks tea sick neighbor."' neighbor."'' That's so, boys. I met her myself as I eame down the mountain," called T114 EXETBB, TIDIES protector in that Wentan's garb, but When with a shake Ana a Itica and a raerrY laugh, be threw ;wide the bon- net, shawl and dress, and etooa before her in his owa proper person, minus the leoots, sbe felt all her courage coming back, and with him beide her could have defied the entire South- ern army. There was weter enough in the spring to weak the black from his face, and Maude lent her own pretty ruffled white apron for a towel, and then, when his •toilet was completed, began to speak of returning. ' " this, boar, anel alone, with the road full of ibbbers ? Never, 1Vieude, never I You must eitber stay bere with me, or I shall go back with yoe," Tom said, and he involuntarily wound his arm around the. waist of the young girl, who trembled Wee a leaf. She did not think of Arthur then, or her promise In him, or something txi Tom's voice and manner as he put his arm about her and *called her Maude, brought to her a feeling suoli as she had never experienced before. Perhaps Tom suspected that he lAr‘ as under- stood, for he held her closer to him, and passing his hand caressingly over her burning cheek, he wnispered: "Dear Maude, I cannot let you in- cur any danger whiola I must not share. You understand me, don't you?' She thought of Arthur then, and the thought cut like a knife through her heart. She must not understand, she must not listen to tvords like these; she must not stay there to hear them, and with a quick gesture she was re- moving Tom's arm from her wait, whei, his wary "Hist I" made her pause anr stand where she was, leaning against him, and heavily, too, as ter- ror overcame • every other feeling - Footsteps were coming near, and com- ing cautiously too, up to the very en- tratwe of the cave, where they stop- ped as some one outside seemed to be listening. It was a moment of terrible sus- pense, and Maude could hear the throbbing of her heart, while Tom strained her so close to him that his chin rested on her hair, and she felt his breath upon her cheek. "Maude—sister Maude," eame reas- suringly in a low whisper, and with a cry Maude burst away from Tom ex- claiming: "Charlie, what brings you. here?" He explained to her why he was there, and that she must stay ell night and with a sbudder as she thought of what might befall her uncle, Maude acquiesced in the decree, feEtling glad that Charlie was with them, a hin- drance and preventive to the utterance of words she must not hear. A hin- drance he vas it is true, but not a total preventive, for by and. by the tired boy's eyes began to droop as drowsiness stole over him, and vehen Tom made him a bed with Lois's dress and shawl, and made him lie down and sleep, he did so at once, after first of- fering • the impromptu couch to Maude. Seen by the dim candle -light, Itlaudeai face was very white, and her eyes shone like burning coals as she watchen .Captain Carleton, and guess- ed. his motive. Had there been no Ar- thui in the way, she would not have shrunk 'here Captain Carleton; but with that haunting naemory the could have shithked aloud when she saw the weary lids droop over Charlie's eyes, and knew by his regular breathing that he was asleep. Tom knew it as soon as she did, but Lor a time he kept silence; then he came elose to her, and. sitting down by her side, said, softly: "Maude, you and I have been very strangely thrown together, and as once said to you, there is a meaning in it, if we will but find it. Shall I try and salve it for you, or do you know e yourself what is in my mind?" She did know, but she could not an- swer. and her face drooped over her brother, whose bead she had pillowed upon her lap. "Perhaps this is not the fitting place for Me to speak," Tom continued ,abut if the morning finds nee in safety, I must be gone, and no one can guess when we may meet again.' Let me tell you, Maude, of my early life, before ever 1 saw or dreamed of you." Surely she miglit hear this, and the bowed head lifted. itself a little, while, Captain Carleton told first of his home in Boston, of beautiful little Rose, and saucy, • dark -eyed Jimmie, and then of the pale, proud Mary, his early manhood's love, who at the last had lostethe pride and hauteur inherit- ed from her race, and had died so gen- tle and lowly, and gone where her has - band one day hoped to meet her. Then there came a pause, and Tom was thinking of a night when poor Jimmie sat by his side before the lonely tent fire, .and talked with him of Annie Graham. Should he tell Maude of that? Yes, he would; and by the even beating of his heart, as he made that resolve and thought of Annie, he knew he had outlived his fancy for one of whom he spoke unhesitatingly, prais- ing he girlish beauty, telling how pure and good she was, and how once a hope. had stirred his heart that he, perhaps, might win her. "Bat I gave her up to Jimmie. An- nie will be my sister, and I know now why it was so appointed. • God. had in store for me a gem as beautiful as Annie Graham, and better adapted to me I mean you, Maude. God intends you ' for ray wife. Do you aecede will- ingly? Have. you any love for the poor Yankee soldier who has been so long dependent upon you?" (To Be Continued,) window from which Lois in an un - gave the Tie to the story that Lois wasgone, the maddened crowd pressed against the house, declaring their in- wust thees, Miss Maude, and they does tention to searcb it and bang any run- swar awful 'bout the Yan.kee. They's away they might find secreted here. It • got halters, and. tar and. feathers, and never occurred to them that the run- • glues." • Lois was out of `breath by. this time, i''and even if she lead not been, she .• would have paused with wonder at the • face of her young mistress. Maude beauty and the remembrance of the • had listened, intently to the first part sweet "Good evening Mark," with • of Lois's story, but felt no emotion save which she had greeted him as he pass - that of scorn- and contempt' for the men ed, he mean his way to Charlie's side assembled at the Cross Roads, and and whispered. vehom "Uncle Paul could manage th "If you know where yoar sister ha's • easily ;" but when it came to the hal- gone and can warn her, do so at once. ter for the Yararee, her face turned Tell ber if she is tolerably safe to stay white as marble, and in that moment there and not return here to-nigbt." of peril, she realized. all that Captain Charlie needed no second bidding, end Carleton was to laer, and knew what stealing frora the rear of the house had been the result of the last week's be was soon speeding up the paean - daily intercourse with one so gifted and tain path in the direction of the cave. so congenial. She knew too that he Meanwhile the search in Paul Haver - was not for her. Arthur Tunbridge ill's house went on. Closets were • stood in the way of that. She would thrown open; beds were torn to pieces; keep her faith with him, but she would cellars were ransaoked„ and old Lois • save Captain Carleton or die. was dragged from the ash -house, where 'Loin"• she Enid, and, there was no she had taken refuge, while, worse tremor in her voice, "bring that dress than all, Tom Carleton's boots were I gave you last Christraas,—the one found in the chamber where he had you think is so long. Your shawl and dressed so hurriedly, and the sight of bonnet, toe, and shoes; bring them to these maddened the excited crowd, • Captain Carleton's room." which, failing of finding their yie- Leis comprehended her mistress at tim, began to clamor for Paul Haver - once, and hurried away to her cabin ill's blood. poi Paul kept them at bay. • after the dress, whose extra length she In the rear of the house was za • had so often „ deplored, saying, "it dark room, to which thee was but one • wasn't for such as her to wear, switeh- entrance, and that a steep narrow in' trains like the grand folks." • stairway. Here Paul Haverill took re- • Meanwhile Maude hadeommunicated rage, a.nd standing at the head of the with her unele, who manifested no stairs, threatened to shoot the first coacern except for his guest, and even man who should attempt to come up. for him he had no fears Provided he They had not yet reached -that state • could reach the cave in safety. To when they counted their lives as noth- - accomplish that was Maude's object, ing and so amid yells and oaths, and • and as the Cross iloads lay in that di- riding up and down the road, and rection a great amount of that and drinking tbe fine grape wines with skill Was necessary. But Maude was •whicb the cellax was stocked, the hours • equal to any emergency, and half an of the short summer night wore on un - hour later therelasued from Paul Hay- Lil just as the dawn was breaking in erill's door, two figures clad in female the east, theenerauders put the finish - garments, and whom a casual observer ing touch to tbeir night's debauch by would have•sworn were filadue De Vere setting fire to the house, and then • and her servant Lois. Maude hada starting in a body up the mountain revolver in her poeket, and another in side in the direction of the cave. the basket she cerried so carefully, and which was supposed to contain the cups• • of and u,she was taking a. CHAPTER XXXIII. away coulcl leave been with Maude in Lois's clothes; but the young ma.nwho 'met the two lone women saw the ruse at once, and influenced by Maude's jelly ostara THE BUILDING OF 1 NA111 oo,rotali EXTRAORDINARY PROGRESS EEINQ MADE IN ENGLAND. --,-. Tee Personnel iitas neublee 114 the east Ten yeeeenetny sow 'warships Wm be ran 1110 C01111111118$141111 Teas Year. A new year for the navy opens •to- day, says the Landon Telegraph of a recent date. It will be a remarkable one in every res.peet. The Pereonnei of the fleet will be inereased to 110,- 64D officers and. men—about three times the number wleicla were voted. in the early days of the queea's reign, and nearly twice the ef ten years ago. But the signs of most surprising de- velopment will be in connection with the fleet iteelf. • Owing to the d,elays traceable to the engineering dispute of 1897 and the naval expansion due to the inoreaaes in the sea forces of Rus- sia, France and Germany, a large num- ber of new ships of various types aro omd in their completing stages, anwill in the new naval year be added to the effeetive list of the fleet, In the year that is now closing not a single arni- ored. ship o•t any deseriptien was com- pleted., but ten protected cruisers and twenty-one torpedo • boat destroyers joined, the fleet reserve in readiness for sea service. The new year will have a far different record in new ships—a x.ecord unique in the history of the navy. The fact that a ship is launched is known far and, wide. It is accompardeel by all due ceremony, and attracts thousatads of spectators, • Tbe usual "christening service" is read by a naval chaplain, a chon.--usually of the adjacent dockyard church—relieves its feelings and those of the THOUSANDS or, ONLOOKERS. at one and. the same time; the lady who is the presidine genius of the oc- casioie dashes a bottle of wine against the vessel's bow and severs with a eltisel the retabaing cord, and the new- ly christened ship moves majestioally at a continually increasing pane down the well -greased slip -ways, and at last plunges into the water amid the ringing cheers of the crowd, the 'WELT- ing of hats and handkerchiefs, and the strains of the national anthem. Far different is it when nine or twelve months later the same ship, a more skeleton vvhen launched, • takes. her place in the fleet, complete with aeraor, guns, ammunition and stores. • Then the cornmander-in-chief and his staff mid the captaiaa of the fleet reserve inspect her to see that all is well, and. she passes into the fleet so quietly that .not one in a hundred persons is aware that the navy his been strengthened by a battleship or cruiser, as the case na.ay be. • There will be a half dozen launches • during the new year; but in the same period ao lees than fifty warships of various types will enter unnoticed from the "completing stage" into the fleet reserve, ready to hoist the pen- nant when and where the lords of the admiralty may direct. These ships in - poor seek neighbor, whose house was The cave was dry and cornpaeatively • up :the mounthin path. At her side, • comfortable, and Tom felt as he enter - with the shuffling gait peculiar to ed it almost like going home. Will Ma- , Lois; Tom Carleton walked, hie nicely ther had spent a day axed a night there, blackened face hidden in the deep shak- while better than allt Maude Ile Vere • er which Lois had worn for years, and was with him, her bright eyes shining hie cello° dress floPPing awkwaraly upon hita through the darkness, and about his feet. Leis fortunately was bei' hands touching his as she groped very tall, and so her skirts did good around for the candle het unele had eel:vice for the young man, whoae pow- said was on a shelf in the rock. ars of intitatioh were perfect, and who It was preseutly found, end with the walked and looked exactly like the old eid of the, meta Maude had brought colored woinan watching his progress with her a light was soon attack, its from an upper window, and declaring flickeriag beams lighting up the dark that she would inmost "swar it was recesses of the cavern with a ghastly barmen', •, kind of light, which to Maude seemed At her side stood Charlie, a /nand more terrible than the darkness. She spot, of rod burning on either pale was not afraid, but law nerves Vvere cheek, and him elenclet hands graspieg shaken as only threatened clanger to a revolver, while oteasionallyhis blue Tom Carleton could shake them, aid eyes looked eagerly along the raotintalb she felt strangely elone on the vend toad, wbieh as sva WAS quiet and mountain side and in that elleat ear- lenely.ern: evening I I never thought to raise my hand Tom did not seem like mush of a anallY a fireGoad ultar" DOROTHY'S ANSWER. It was evening time in one of the London hospitals, and the nurse on duty was giving the little ones their last meal for the day. • All, save one, were patiently waiting their turn to be served, the one in queetion being a little rosy-cheeked convalescent, who was calling lustily lot her portion. Aren't you just a little impatient, Dorothy? inquired the kindly nurse, with just a tinge of correction in her tone. No, I'm not I retorted Dorothy, promptly, "I'M a little she patient! RESPECTFULLY REFERRED. She—I1 it were necessary, and I were your wife, would you go through fire and water for me? Ilte—Do you think it would be neceee sary She --It might. He—Then I think you had better 1 every yeee wane the nava estimates pitavarraluittiuG 6IANADIAN FRUIT1 eleven and a half miliione eterliag ; are dieoussed, toed will have eost over therefore, a Yeaa hence the British fleet Will represent a11,e00,000 more thea11 doee•to-day, and the nation is getting GOOD VALUE FOR ITS MONEYmearmuilo ri-o,000 or 60,000 workmen in the royal doeleyarde, and in private shipbuilding establislanents, witl be busy with many other new ships. aix new armoreti ships will be commenced, one• each at Portsmouth, Cbataana, Devonport aad Pembroke, and two in private yards, and progress will be made with twenty-one other armored, ships. These ships will bring up the total et armored. ships, completing, ad- vancing or beginning to no less tleao thirty-two. 13e,side,s the fourteen pro- tected cruisers already referred to, three others of the third Glaze, which are included in this year's programme will be laid down at Portsmouth, Chathani arid Devonpori., towards the end ot the year: In addition Lo the thirty-one anproteeted ships wleich will be completed, four sloops an& twelve • torpedg boat destroyers, will make progress, eaud two new sloops will be oommeacedaat Sheerness, giving a total of forty-nine unprotected ships in hand. during the next twelve months. We thus arrive at this surprising fact —there will be ao leas than ninety- eight,warships for the .British • fleet under construetian during the ensuing twelve • months, representing about £35,000,000. At a rough calcalatioa, by the end of the year 1902, the admir- als, captains and. commanders of the royal navy will have intrusted. to their charge battleships, cruisers, sloops and small craft representing £P,0O0,0OO to rnaintairt spick and span lei readiness for the great struggle on the seas to wbioh pessimists urge that this great expenditure tends. Itt is far • more likely that these powerful ships of war will contribute to still further ex- tend. the present reign of peace. May not, indeed, these ninety-eight ships be regarded, by Englishmen at least, as toaeas of peace? elude five first-class battleships, sis- ter vessels of 12,95a tans each, with n speed of 18 knots, and each mounting - the following,arraarnent of guns: Four 12 -inch 46 -ton breechloaders, twelve 6 -knot quick -firers, ten 12 -pounder quick -firers, two 12 -pounder boat guns, six 3-pouader quick -firers, eight 45 - inch Maxim machine guns and. six how- itzers. The pasisng of these five bat- • tleships—the Albion, Sanopus, GLOW, Goliath and. Ooean—into the fleet re- serve will mean an addition to the ar- mored fleet of 51,850 tons, eight heavy guns, and will represent an ex- pencLiture of about £5,000,000. • Not less important is the fact that these battleships will make a drain on the naval depots for 5,750 OFFICERS' AND MEN, when they are placed in commission. These ships form a class to themselves —with the Vengeance, which is build- ing at Barrow, and will be completed next year—and. being similar in speed, gunpowder, protection and every de- tail could act together with great ad- va• enatsasgine.g to what are known as "pro- tected ships," cruisers that have no armor belth, but possess steel decks, and. in the case of the larger ones, ar- mored casements, and conaing towers —the admiralty hopes to add no less than fourteen of this type to warship to the effective list of the navy. These fourteen ships belong to three classes, first, seco,nd and third class cruisers, with a total displacement of 79,840 tons, 155 large guns, besides 242 light quick-firixig and machine guns, and will require crews numbering no less than e,580 officers and men a number equal to the adult male popu- lation of many towns of considerable importance. There is 0118 other broad division in- to which warships are divided—those which are "unprotected:" In this class are taclud.ed the royal yacht; two sloops of 980 tons eaela, the Rosario and Condor—the latter • recalling Lord Charles Beresford's exploits at Alex- andria—four gunboats of 700 tons dis- placement each—the 13rambie, Britom- art, Dwarf Mad Thistle—and twenty - torpedo boat desteoyers. Including the royal yacht, of 4,700 tons, these new shine have a total displacement of 14,200 tons, with 200 light guns, and will require over 2,000 officers to man there Taddition to the fleet daring the new navy year may, thetefore, be summarized thuen Guniz • merit,• Otows. Large. seat 5 Battleships .54,750 5,750 80 160 14Pr°tted ,cruisers. 79,340 5.580 155 240 31 Unprotected ships • . 19,2.00 • 2,000 ... 200 LACK OF CARE, LACK OF SKILL • AND LACK Of HONESTY. orioles canattems nevearied by lora. noberleou nerore the agriet1tura1 Cola mitten Prof. Itobertson told the Agricul- Intel Committee at Ottawa on Tues- day morning that the Canadian apple trade in Great Britain is not in it good way, owing to lack of care, lack of skill and lack of honesty in pack- ing the fruit and. to damage sustained by the fruit in it carriage attrose the Atlantic. Representations have been made to steamship agents for proper ventilation of holds in which apples were carried, but up to the present few ships have been so equipped. In proof of the deception practised in Packing, Prof. Robertson read a letter from ex -Mayor Warne of Yarmouth, N.S., where the salvaged cargo of the Castilian was sold. Mr. Warne ex - expressed diegast at the way in which the bareels were packed, with windfalls in the centre, He sent on two samples of top rows aad fillings, which Prof. Robertson showed the committee. The latter wad a miserable specimen, not one-sixth the size oi the apple which was used. at the Iwo ends of the bar- rel. Prof. R,obertson stated that he had considerable evidence of the WOMEN -WAGE EARNERS. There are 1,143 women clergymen. Lawyers who are not men are 208. Female detectives are 279 in num- ber. Upholstering is e. trade women are learning. Women writ -severs are employed with success. Peeking trunks is a St. Louis wo- man's industry. A jersey City woman m.akes. her liv- ing by pabating signs. Consulting fashion experts is a St. Louis woman's occupation. About 300 girls are employed in the harness trade in New York. journalists number 888, with 2,725 authors and literary 'persons. In a New 'England factory women are employed as piano makers. •*••••••• 50 145,500 11,330 a35 600 These neW ships represeut only it portion of the national insurance pte- tni•ums which parliataent sets asidE3 Only two women have been discover- ed who are. veterinary surgeons. In New York a blacksmith's shop is managed by three young women. Women ;are employed by several Western railroads to tend switches. In Astoria, L. 1, many of the largest het -houses are ma.naged by women. Of chemists, assayers and. metallur- gists there are two-soore lacking one. In New Orleans one of the finest orchestras is composed entirely of wo- romi 0,B DISHONESTY, which was going to injure the Can- adian apple trade if it was not stopped. Several members suggested that in- spectors should. be placed at the dif- ferent ports in order to prevent badly packed, or dishonest shipm.euts, but Prof. Robertson pointed. out that this was a clifficult question to settle. if the fruit -growers would only realize the injury they were doing themselves they would. give up the practice. Mr. Grindley, the special agent of the department in Britain, pointed out how the Nova Scotia. and California apples had made a place for themselves by Writing love letters at so much a Letter is one way of earning a liveli- hood. Ntateen viomen brave the dangers of wilds and forest as trappers and guides. A. French Canadian ,girl is making her bread by cobbling shoes in Lewis- ton, Me. In Texas a woman has the contract for carrying the mail from Kiffe • to Seirnal Hall. A conservatory and rose garden in Elmira, N. Y., is owned and managed by a woman. One of the largest flower import- ing establishments in New York is managed by a woman. At the Young Women's Clexistian As- sociation, Philadelphia, two young wo- men are in charge of the elevators. ID Boston are two large advertising agencies, the members of both firnas • being -wonaen and al! their employees wOzMen, ' Buffalo has, a woman contractor who is also a quarry owner; she is the only female member of the Building Ex - Exchange. • The woman manager of a California insurance company is credited with the largest salary paid to any woman—$10,- 000 a year. Georgia has a woman mail carrier; she travels a forty -mile route tri- weekly. This young woman also man- ages a farm. All the salted almonds sold by one of New York's largest groceries are pre-, pared by a. woman, who has a profit - table business. A fact foundry—or an agency for supplying facts upon any subject at a short notice—is the industry of two Chicago women. An entire block of houses in New York was papered by a young woinaa who takes the contract for such or- ders from builders. • Female teachers and professors num- ber one-quarter of a million, exclus- ive of teachers of music, who are 34,- 519 strang, and 10,000 artists and tea- chers of art. " The Chamber of Conimerce, Cincln- nati, has a restaurant run by three Soots women, and they clear about $15,- 000 yearly, althotigh there annual ren- tal is 45,000. Four rcallion women in the United States earn thele own breaa. They have invaded all oeoupations, and one- third of the persons engaged in ptofes- sio.nal services are woreen. A suctessfal sanch owner in Kansas is a wotn.aan There is a saying to the effect that in Kansas there is no in - tercet, ne profession, no track and no deal without a woman in it. , I t •-ea".ta-al ELARD T1M.ES. Ho—To What circumstances do I owe it, Madam, that you recognize me af- ter two years? She — Why, aeon, you are Wearing the setae suit and the same hat that you were wearing two years ago THE DOERS AT PRAYEa. Their Army ou Us ?dopes Igerore Cot action. An Englishman, who accompanied t, aloer army under Gen. Joneert ittI, recent c:ampaign against al'Pefu clan: of tixe lIllalcatetee, in the northc•astez part of Lae rnransveal, gives ealia, in. terestiog details of the Boer utilitery organization and. other matters. ale commando under Gen. Jot:tied wusthe largest weer assembled. in - the Trana; vaal, numbering with tbe native aillea nearly 10,000 men, This foree was iditsvideommed leatnodanfivte. laa,xgheete,fi:es.tchimupa.:1: sloe of a Boer army, the writer says, is not flattering. There ie ne an. aeerancee of order and the men are net uniformed, which ie in striking Con,. trast with the regular armies of other coto dnitsrei jell. e B uist tohnei yaPoppo %net saw/es:an:: Commandos are anade up of burghers araWrt from various distrusts each maa considering himself on an eenal- ity with any other, 'They are only sub- ject to orders from their own distriet eommanciants, who in turn are respon- sible to the General- In tete field all fare alike, the commissariat knowing no distinctions. The only regula.rs aro the State Artillery, drawa front the emus of burghers, and paid about $2 a being of unite= quality and. size, and of one or two varieties, although the so-called. Canadian, apples were of far better quality. But these latter were of so many varieties ancLso badly pack- ed that they were not wanted on the London market and were sent down into the provinces. A model packer was Mr. R. W.Shepherd, of Coin°, who shipped Faceneuse apples to the Prince of Wales and the Army and Navy Stores in boxes with a pasteboard ecrapart- merit for each apple and these arrived in excellent condition. Mr. Grindley spoke strongly on the necessity for pro- per packing and grading, and packing fruit in a cool state. He was glad to know that the steernehip companies were going to provide ventilated corn- partraents for apples. Hon. Mr. Fisher stated that thous- ands of Ontario apples like those shown by Prof. Robertson had been sent to Ragland last year, to the great disgrane of Canada. Mr. Grindley gave much good advice regarding growing, grading and pack- ing. One of tbe priniopal featuees of the Boer laagers in the campaign was taa religious exereases each evening, when the men would assemble under their leaders for prayer, seoneluding with the sin,ging of their battle hymn, "Rust rani ziel, ney God. ie Koning," Ethat my soul, your God is King. Warr with the Boers, is considered , A RELIGIOUS DUTY HON. atnt. FISHER went over some points of interest to shippers and growers. He had for a year past received so many letters that he felt it was nenessary to investigate statements. The committee had tak- en exception last year to the spreading abroad of statements regarding dis- honest packing, but the reports were such that he was satisfied. that the matter must be faced. Hundreds of barrels had. been sent of such a sort that the trade would be ruined if some- thing was not done. The English peo- ple wanted an honest apple, and if they did not get it from Canada this coun- try's trade would be gone. The ques- tion of inspection had been brought to his notice, but there was great diffi- culty in the wa.y. The only way to thoroughly inspect apples was to empty a whole barrel out, and. the fruit could not be repacked without loss. Be- sides, when it was remembered that in a few weeks in autumn over 100,000 barrels were shipped from Montreal, it would. be seen how iro.possible it would be to inspect all the shipments. But something could be done to obtain good conditions on th•e steamer and the • department' would continue its efforts to leave the companies provide properly ventilated holds. This season, if he got the vote he asked for, he woulcl have officers at Montreal, St.'john and Hali- fax to specially look after the shipping and loading of apples. The difficulties in the way of Government inspection were numerous, and he preferred to bring all the facts of the matter before .tbe public. As to the quality and. grad- ing of fruit, the growers • and ship - 'ears had the remedy in their own hands. and enforced by the State only in self- defence. The night before the storm- ing of M'Pefu's stronghold, in the Magato Diouttains, a united prayer meeting was held of all the laa.gers un- der the personal leadership of Gen. Joubert, and the scene is described as singularly impressive. The day fol- lowing, the 1Vlakatese position was car- ried witb, only trifling loss, after the kraals had been subjected to a heavy artillery fire; and. the remainder of the campaign was pushed with such vigor that several of tbe chiefs with. theit men, surrendered, and M'Pefu, with about 10,000 followers, took -refuge in lVfashanaland, in Rhodesia, across the Limpopo Rivee. The viotory of the Boers was complete and was a signal trample for Gen. Joubert, the Magato Mountains littering been considered im- pregnable and the strongest natural fastness in South Afrioa. Of Gen. Joubert himself, known among his men as Slim Piet, the writer says he has been uniformly successful, notwithstanding • that his detractors have proved to their own satisfaction, times without number, that he has nei- ther military talents, courage, no backbone. That may be, he says, be- cause of his appearance on the field of battle, which is not impressive, hi# costume during the Magato campaign having been a tweed suit with a tail coat. But neither the General nor his men ears for externaLs, and although their clothes would. harday eXCite z, the envy of a self-respectint tramp, they do exc.ellent work la them. The writer says it is a great mistake to suppose that the Boers hate indivi- dual Englishmen. It is only against the Government that they entertain hatred. Throughout the campaign he describes himself as having been the recipient of nothing but kindness from the General down, and that without any sacrifice of his own opinions. Tile only question on which he had. to be a little circumspect was as to vrhat would happen if war broke out between the two countries. Disaussioxis on this subject were hot and frequent, the, general conclusion being that the con- flict would be the greatest disaster which could befall South Africa. From. what he saw the writer says he could well believe this would be the ease, for while England must eventually win, the obstinate resistance of 60,000 burghers fighting for their hearths and homes, and with a thorough know- ledge of the eountry, would mean that Englatta could only assert her sov- ereignty over the republic after great bloodshed, ancl then would have to face • after -consequences even more serious. THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. • • Your salary, I believe, is $250 a week, said the Geller. It so happened that the star was in a confidential mood, and she replied: Well, one of Mem is. One of them? • Yes. The salary I advertise is e250 a week, but the salary 1 get—well, thates another story. •A CONSCIENTXOUS CLERGYMAN. Stranger—What has become of Ilea. Mt. De Goode? Etesident—Fle made himself so unpop- ular, Preaching against envy, hatred, back-laiting, cheatiag and polite lying; that one congregation after an- other drove him out, and finally • be ha.dw to learn a, trade to make a liv- ing. Not unusual. 'Where is he now? • He's a dowel town shoemaker, and is now able, without straining his con- scienee, to make hie patrons shoes whielt do not pinch. • GOOD ENOUGH, Railway Superiatendent, to carriage inspactor—Aay of the carriages out of orate? Yes. No. 41219 tient for serviee. Well, use it only for eecarsions aft- er this. JILTED LOVERS. Have you ever been jilted? Then you appreciate the feelings that such treatment inflicts, but console your- self that you have not suffered alone from this source. Persona high in the social world have worn the same slip- per. Royalty has had its share of this particularly disagreeable dish. The present Czar or Russia broke off a long engagement with • the Princess Helene, to wed Alix of Hesse, Who aft- erward =tried the Crowe Prince of Italy. The late Duchess of Teck was jilted by the Prince of Orange, who afterward encountered so many Paris scandals. Princess Helene of Bavaria was jilt- ed by the Emperor of Austria-Hun- gary ia favor of her younger sister, who was recently assassinated. The Duke of Orleans jilted many, among whom Marguerite de Chartres is pro- minent. Among other royal personages who were jilted by, their royal lovers ars included the sister of the German Emperor, who was deserted and enub- bed on the eve of her marriage by the late Prince Alex of Battenberg, who married in anothee direction ahnost immediately after he bad refused to become Emperor William's brother -in - hew; Princess Elsa of Warttemberg, re. eently jilted by Pritite Alfred of Saxe - Coburg, and Princess Sophie. of Ba- varia, who subsequently became the Duchose d'Aleneon. COST OF GLORY. War and glory have been costly tillage in Franoe, - Between 1702 and 1815 she sacrificed one half of the 500,000 etalctiers she eent to fight her battles. War ha 8 eoa1 her in tibia den - turn aearly 6,000,000 livete. •