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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1899-7-6, Page 2THE BE.TBR TIMES :VVVVV '..44."4.4.94;737PWW177"7'7"' rg "r. '41 0.6 ift Love and Wareft411 A sTORIC OF SLAVFIRY DAYS 100 By MARY J. VIOL/VIES. ' 434.----833*3m 1 CHAPTER. XXXIX.—COntinueds With teem and kisses Maude bent neV4- r her beeethen who after that con- tesSioa seeneed so much biighter and more cbeerful, that hope eolnetimes wniapered. to Maude that be evould live. (Annie eves almoet constantly with bine eloW, He felt better and stronger with her, he said, and death was not so territele. So, just as she had soothed, and comforted, and nurs- ed many a poor fellow from Ander- sonville, Annie comforted and narsed Charlie De Vere, until. that dreadful Saturday* ethea the telegraphic wires brought up from the South the ap- palling news that our President was dead, — murdered by the aesassin's hand. "No, no, not that. We did not do that," Charlie cried, with a look of horror in his ;Mae eyes when he heard the dreadful story, and that the Southern leaders were suspceted of eornplicity in the murder. "It would make me a Unionist, if I believed my people capable a that ; but they are not,—it cannot be," Charlie kept eepeaaing to himself, while the great drops of sweat stood upon his white forehead, and his pulse and. heart beat so rapidly,. that Maude 'ammo -fled the attending physician, who shook his head doubtfully at the great change for the worse in his Patient. had hoped at least to keep him till the warm weather, but, I am afreid those bells will be the death of him," he said, as he saw how Char- lie shiveeeel and moaned with ektch sound. of the toiling bells. "Perhaps they would. stop if you were to ask them, and tell them why," Annie suggested to Maude; but Char- lie, who heard it, exclaimed, "No, let them toll on. It is proper they should mourn for him. 'The South would do the same if it was our President who had been murdered." So the bells tolled on, and the pub- lic buildings were draped in mourn- ing, and the windows of Charlie's room were festooned with black, and he watched the sombre drapery as it swayed. in the April wind, and talked of the terrible deed, and the wai which was ended, and the world to which so many thousands had gone during the long four years of strife and. bloodshed. "I shall be there to -morrow," lie they first looaed out upon the watea of New Loadon bay. Tom and Maude were there, too,to- gather with Rose Mather and Will, and. SUSI= Simms and John. A weal -timed invesament iu oil stook,—a luoky turn of the wheela, and Captain John Simms awoke, one morrkirkg, with one hundred thous-, ands dollarsHe did not believe it at fiesta and Susan did not believe it either, ailut when John who. With all his good sense, was a little given to show, or, as his mother expressed it, "to making a fool of himself,' brought her a set of diamonds, hand- somer than Pose Mather's, and bought her a new carriage, and took her to Saratoga, with an .alnglish nurse for Jittie Ike, she began to re- alize that something had happened to her which brought Rose Matherts envied style of living within her mean's. She soon grew tried of Saratoga. She was too much alone in that great, mew& and when she heard that the Carletone were at New London she went there with her diamonds and horses, and, patronized by Rose, who took her at, once under her protectioia, she made a few pleasant acquain- tances, and ever after talked confi- dently of her "summer at the sea- side.' She did not, care to go again, however. "She and John were not exactly like people born to high life:' she said, and so she settled quietly down in her pretty lame, and made, as the Widow Simms said, "quite a decent woman, considerint that, he was one of them Ruggleslest" liONSTERS OF TEE DEEI'. Bill Baker was astir very early one bright, October morning, his face indicating that some important event was pending in which he was to act a part. It was •a &Subic, wedding at St. Luke's, and Maud and Annie were the brides. There was a great crowd to witness the ceremony, and Annie s "boys" whom she had nursed at Annapolis, were the first to offer their congratulations to Mrs. James Carleton, who looked. so fair and pure and lovely, while Maude, whose beauty was of a more brilliant order seemed to sparkle an& flash as she bent her seately bead ip response to the greet- ings given to her. Upon Bill who had.turned hack - said, "and then perhaps I shall know driver, devolved the honor of taking why all this has been done, and if we the bridal party to and from the were so wrong." church, and his horses were covered Maude and Annie, Paul Haverill and with the Federal flag, while conspieu- Tom Carleton watched with him ous in his button -hole was a small one through the night, and just as the made of white silk and presented to beautiful Easter morning broke, and him by a girl whom he called ".Ena,s the sunlight fell upon the Rockland and who blushed every time shebeard hills, the boy who to the last had re- Bid's voice ordering tne crowd tostand. mained true to the Southern cause, back and his herses to "show their lay dead among the people who had oats,' as he drove frora the church been his foes. with the newly -married people. At Maude's request they buried him Their destination was Nashville, by the side of Isaac Simms, and Capt. where, in Maude s . beautiful 'home, Carleton ordered a handsome neonu- Jimmie .and Annie passed a few de- ment, on which the names of both the lightful weeks, and then returned to boys were cut, Isaac Simms, who died !Boston to the old Carleton house on for the North, and Charlie De Vere, t Beacon Street, which had been. fitted who, if need be, would have given his up for their reception. life for the South, each holding en- tirely different political sentiments, but both holding tbe same living faith which made for them an entrance to the world where all is perfect peace, and where we who now see through a glass darkly shall then see face to face, and know yeby these things are TREY TERRIFIED AND ASTONISHED OUR ANCESTORS. $01M1C VeVactous lice Tales or °Wert Thema IYhh A.re Timely at the opening or aye Sea Serpent Seasou-at. eleeatt lane 'Vlach elev. Tbe annual crop of sea serpent stories is now abeut due, and, in fact, rather belated. In the absence of authentic current information the fol- lowing willabe found of muela interest, It Le a recital oa well established facts concerning $ea monsters discov- ered or captured in anoient times. The stories are unquesnanably true. A NOISY ONE, In 1574 when Elizabeth was Queen, a monstrous fish, according to •Iiil- burae and Misted, was stranded on the sands at. a spot somewhere near Broadstairs, which has since borne the name of laislaness. There the mon- ster died next day for 'tae want of water, turodst hideous roars that could be heard over a mile around. This extraordinary denizen of the ocean measured no less than 66 ieet in length, 14 feet in tbicknees from back to belly, which lay uppermost, and the same distance across the tail, while a breadth of 12 feet separated the eyes. Sortie of the ribs were 14 feet long, the tongue was 15 feet, and, whereas one man managed to creep into a nostril, three were able to stand erect in the monster's mouth, which opened 12 feet wide. The liver, when renaoved, made two eartloads, and a six -horse team proved unequal to the effort of drawing one of the eyes A century ago, a bone of this re- markable fish was still preserved at Little Nash, in St. John's parish, but it had become eonsiderably reduced in size, through long exposure to the air. Nearly 200 years later, anther won- derful aquatic animal was caught, and shown about the country by kt fisher- man it had injured. In this instance, the head and tail resembled those of an alligator, and there werintwo large fins which could be used both to swim and fly. These fins, when examined by the naturalist, were too dry to be extended; but they appeared, by the folds, to be shaped sonaewhat like the wings, painters have given to dragons and other fabulous creatures support- ing coats -of -arms. The body was cov- ered with impenetrable scales, the legs had two joints, and the feet resembled donkey's hoofs. Each jaw had five rows of very sharp, white teeth. •THIS ONE FLEW. The denizen of the main measured feet to the tip of the tail, in its dried state, but had been much longer when alive. It w,as caught in a net with mackerel, between Oxford and Southwold, on the Suffolk Coast, and, being dragged ashore, was knocked down with a boat hook On the net being opened, it suddenly sprang up SO. Six months had passed since Charlie De Vere died. Paul Haverill, Will Mather, and Toro. Carleton had been together on a pilgrimage to Paul's old neighborhood, where the people, wiser grown, welcomed back their old friend and neighbor, and strove in various ways to atone for all which had been cruel and harsh in their former deal- ing toward him. The war had left them destitute, so far as negrees and money were concerned; but such as they had they freely offered Paul, en- treating him to stay in their midst and rebuild the homestead, whose blackened. ruins bore testi- mony to what men's pass:ons will lead, them to do when roused and uncon- trolled. But Paul said no ; he could never again live where there was so ,rauch to remind him of the past. A little way out of Nasbville was a beautiful dwelling -house, which, with a few acres of highly cultivated land, was offered for sale. Mend had spoken of the place when. she was in the city, and had. said: "I should like to live there." And Tom had remembered it ; and when he had found it for sale, he suggested to Mr. Haverill that they buy it as a winter ' residence for Maud. And so what little property laaut Haverill had left was invested in Fair Oaks, as the place was call- ed; and Tom gave orders that tbe house should be refurnished and ready for himself and bride as early as the first of November. As far as wee possible, Will and Tom found and generously reward- ed those who had so kindly befriend- ed them in their perilous journey across the mountains. Jut 6 were raiesing -only ; u sore , their graves remained to tell the, story of their wrongs, This trip was made in June, and early in August, the whole Carleton family went to London, where Jim- mie improved so fast that few would have recognized the pals, thin invalid, of kAaiderporkville notoritey In the acktive, red-ehethed, eyed youlag man, who became the life of the Pequot (louse, and for whern the gay belles practiced their med. bewitching coquetries. Rat tbese were all teat on Jimmie Who was seldom many minutes awae from the fair, bine-eyed woman wile the girls had learn.ed, was awidew• and of whom they at first had n (care, Out they thanged their mind when day after daY saw the "halt' some Cartetcm at her side, kindniaa after night found him walking wit' her along the road, Or sitting onlb: rocks attd watching the tide come in just as he had dene yeate ao wbch both were yotin/er than they were now. They lived those days over again, and, in their petfect happitnee thnOst forgot the sorrow and nein which had con* to thern both since Mrs. Carleton, senior, divides her time between her three children, Tom, Jimmie and Rose, but her honae proper is with Annie, in Boston, where there is now a little "Lulu Graham," six months old, and where Rose and Will often go, while each summer Tom Carleton comes up from Fair Oaks with his beautiful Maude, the heroine of the Cumberland. Mountains. The End. MARRYING IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. In Germany the man must be eigh- teen years of age before he can legal- ly marry. In Portugal a boy of fourteen is considered marriageable and a woman of twelve. Ir Greece the man must have seen at least fourteen summers and the wo- man. twelve. In France the man must be eighteen i au great towr oda teY apiat:tn, dai utkgd ander n dthe de by longitudinal ribs plain to the tOuth on the ontsiae, Why the fish was not discovered ds not appear, but We are told that a Man threlst his band and arm into the month up to his shoulder encoun- tering nothing on the way, so the his- torical naturalist concludes that heart, stemach and bowels must have lain in a Yery small canvass near the tail, where flee body Was eXceedingln Small. Two long borus, bard and elastic, and 'without the ring joiut f03050 elecktb, "Oinceatcehr' sil)dle.t"oefedtehdelc bfraCraii 'Natal:1,111e twa sharp -edged protuberances, and baween each eye and the breast ap- peared a cavity, somewhat like the in- side of a human ear, but Whicla did not penetrate to the interior. At oath shoulder was a etrong, mus- cular fin, and hard by, toward the breast, an aperture through whieh oae could thrust hand and term up into the mouth, Between these fins two short paws, proceeding' from the breast, had somewhat the appearanee of the fore placee, and entirely devoid of scales: half of human feet, tae five toes on each of them joined. together, looking like nails, Near the tail were two large fins'one on the back, the oth- er under the belly. The skin was a dark -brown color, spotted darker in places and entirely devoid of antes. and the woman sixteen. In Belgium, the same ages. In Spain the intended husband must have passed his fourteenth year and the woman her twelfth. In Switzerland men from the age of fourteen and women from the age of twelve are allowed to marry. In Austria a -man" and a "woman" are supposed to be capable of conduct- ing a home of their own from the age of fourteen. In Turkey any youth and maiden who can walk properly end can under- stand the necessary religious service are allowed to be united for life. Itt Hungary, for Roman Catholics, the man must he fourteen years old and the, worlian twelve; for Protest- ants, the men Must be eighteen and the woman fifteen. In Russia and Saxony they are a litta more sensible, and a youth Must refraiv from enteting into matrimony till he 'can count eighteen years, and the woman till she can count sixteen. WOE. af all our tasks were easy, And reeks ne'er barred the way Would. ail of us be happy, Here, even for a day If eiducis neer hung above us, .ES all the days were sunny, And if eath toile's pockets Were filled with ready money; ( If none of us were crippled, None deaf, nor dunab nor blind, Would we be truly bappy, Would joy be unconfined? Ab, no! For still your coesin, Or the 'uncle of your wife, Would come to town to visit, And eat liainge With bis lenifta and flew over 50 yards. The man who first seized it had several af his fin- gers bitten off, and, the wounds mor- tifying, he died. It then fastened on the artn of the man who afterward ex- hibitect it, and lacerated the limb so badly that thenauseles shrank and the hand and fingers became distorted. The wound would not heal and was thought incurable. By some natura- lists this ferocious creature was cell- o a "sea dragon." In 1759 some fishermen engaged in trawling for tunny, not far from Cette in the South of France, perceived their nets uncommonly laeavy, and, bringing them aboard, found a very strange fish with five large mem- branes in the shape of a c•owl between head and shoulders; hence they named it a "monk." Beneath these mere- branes were aperatures through wh'eh water was drawn in and ejected with great velocity. The rough, rasping skin reserabled that of a sea -dog or hal. This marine wonder measured 22 feet in length and 16 feet round the thickest part of the body. The head alone was 4 feet long, with a snout projecting raore than a foot from the mouth, Which had. the form of A LARGE CRESCENT. The jaws were set with a goodly number of small, sharp teeth, similar to those of a wood -rasp. 'The eyes were little more than an inch in dia- meter. The breadth of the open fins exceeded 5 feet. Beneath them were concealed. the 'ears, surrounded by a flexible beard forming a kind of grat- ing. The body was provided with three swimming fins on each side, sup- plemented by two others on the back for ornament or defence. The weight of this strange capture was estimated to be at ]east 5,000 pounds, judging from the dip of the boat in the water after it was hauled aboard, About a dozen lampreys found sticking to its belly were removed with difficulty, and it is possible that the fish, being overgrown and disordered, was unable to defend itself against their attacks, as against thoee of the fishermen who dragged it into their craft, About the same time another extra- ordinary fl:h was caught near Brietal. It measured fade feet nine inehes long. The mouth, which opened a foot square, presented three rows of small, sharp teeth, set very irregularly at some distance apart. This fish, which had neither tongue, nor narrow gullet, .00ked like a great holleve tube. At the heck of the mouth were two open- ings resembling nosteils, and under these openings, about nine inehes ba low the jaw, could be seen two large knobs, from which several short teeth protruded. A little further down was another knob arnted with similar teeth. Right and left inside the body, a foot from the jaws, were A. CURIOUS CREDENTIAL. Clerk, to patent medicine nun—Here aa'clarious erederktial from, one Of oil, ustomere, Medloine Mart—Read ti Clerk---` Before 1 took your elixir Pt). htea Was a sight. You ought to see 1. tow. Send me another bottle for my mother.4n.latwr EASTERN WASHERWO1VIEN, The, laardest worked, washerwomen in the wOrld are the Koreans. They have to wash about a dozen dresses for their husbands, and inasmuch as every man wears pantaloons or drawers so baggy that they come up to his neck like a elown, they have plenty to do. The washing is usually done in cold water, and, often in running streams. The clothes are pounded with paddles until they shine like a shirt front fresh from a Chinese laundry. The Japanese rip their garments apart for every washing, and they iron their clothes by spreading them on a flat board and leaning this up against the house to dry. The sun takes the wrinkles out of the clothes, and some of them have quite a lustre. The Japanese woman does her washing out of doors. Her wash tub is not more than six inches high and is about as big around as the average dishpan. She sometimes uses Japanese soap, which is full of grease, and works away with her bare feet. The Chinese girls do their washing in much the same way. The washing in Egypt is usually done by the men. The Egyptian washerman stands on the banks of the Nile and slaps the wet clothes, with a noise like the shot of a pistol, on the smooth stones at the edge of the run- ning water, and such. fellah women as wash, pound the dirt out of their clothes in the same way. French women pound the dirt with paddles, often slamming the clothes upon stones, as the Egyptians do. PARLIAXLNT. What the Legislators' of the Cella/II are Doing at Ottawa. ) THE RATLWAY BILL. 1.111e bill to amend the Railway Act was taken up in the Railway Commit- tee, The Minister oaRaiiways explein- ed the purpose of the bill at iength. He said that the firet clause mode pro- vision for a number of requirements that tbe committee had been in the habit of inserting in each railway bill that came before it. They were de- signed to protect the public; and had relation especially to the construction and operation of telegraph and tele- phone lines. Another clause incorpor- ated in a general provision the usual regulations respeeting the construc- tion and operation of bridges. A fur- ther provision gave additional protec- tion to railways in the interest of pub- lic safety. It: provided a penalty not exeeeding $50 or two months' irapri- sonment for any injury to aotices or other railway property' The same pen- alty is provided for anyone who enters deem e train with intent fraud,ulent- ly to be carriea without paying fare. A new provision wais one giving the Railway Committee of the Privy Coun- cil authority to require the ereetion of a station at auy paint it deemed pie - per. Mr. Blair argued that experience showed the desirability of this provis- ion, in order that railways might not be allowed to hold up towns by locat- ing stations too far away from them The final clause of the bill gave the Railway Committee power to frame rules to apply to all railways in the ORIGIN OF FA1VIOTJS FASHIONS; It is a singular fact. in the history of fashions that not a few of the more famous of them owe their origin to the endeavor to conceal a personal defect or deformity of some distinguished leader -of "society." • I "Patches" were invented in Eng- land in the reign of Edward VL by a foreign lady, who in this manner in- geniously covered a wen on her neck. BIIBOMC PLAGUE. he Minister of Agrioultuee etated that hla attentoin had been ended to newspaper reports thea the atkulsellla Plague bad reached lienolulne and isa- atruoUoxss had been aiven by Pr, Mon- Iisambert, Pireetor-tienerae of Quaran- tine, to prevent: the landing a anY cases in Canada, • HANDLING THE LATE IWAIL. Mr. Mulock explained, in answer te Mr. Henderson, that the ()Jamie provid- ing for handling lato mail matteran payment of a fee would not interfere with the system now ethemen in.coun- try toevris, by which, after the bags are closed, the citizens hand letters to the mail carrier to be posted on the train. Dominion. This was the result of com- plaints of railway employes. There were many reasonks why there should be uniformity with regard. to operat- ing rules. LTrkifornaity would 'afford ad- ditional protection in the operation of' railways, and would do away with the difficulty of employes of one get- ting empleyment on another. COST OE' THE PLEBISCITE. The Pr:ma Minister stated, in reply to a quetstion by Mr. Foster, that the cost of the prohibition plebiscite up to June 23, 189a, has been al92,541, and about a thoutaand dollars extra will meet all ourtsta.nding liabilities. MONTREAL POSTMASTERSHIP. In reply kto a question by Mr. Quinn, the:Pr-me Minister stated that the va- cant ponanaseersbip of Montreal will not be tilled till the present investiga- tion has been concluded. BRITISH COLUMBIA STATUTES. Lieut. -Col. Prior directed the atten- tion of the government to the font that fourteen statutes passed by the British Columbia Legislature on Feb. 27 haat contain a clause prohibiting the ekmployment of Chinese and Japanese. IIe, desired information as to whether these will be disallowed. The laime Minister replied that the matter was under the consideration of the Depart- ment of Justioe. GENERAL SERVICE MEDALS. In the course of a reply to a ques- tion by Mr. E. F. Clarke, the Minister oe Midden stated that 11,578 applica- time ha -cue been received for the Cana - Full -bottomed wigs were invented by . an ingenious French barber for the ditui general service medal, of which numbar '1,291 have been passed upon, and 161 decisions reserved pending the receipt of additionai infarmation. Inaar hundred and forty-one applica- none have, come In within a few days, and with the exception of these ad hese been ctassified and arranged for ineestigation. The question of how the distribution wikl take p:ace, and sere, ham yet to be decided upon. purposes of concealing an unnatural protuberance on the shoulder of the Dauphin. Charles VII. of France in- troduced long coats to hide his ill - made legs. SilOOS with very long points, fully 2 feet in length, were in- vented by Henry Plantagenet, Duke of Anjou, to conceal a large excre- scence on one of bi feet. When Francie T. was obliged to wear his hair short owing to a weund he received isa the head, short hair at once became the fashion at his court.' As a set-off ta the examples quoted, we may note that, not to conceal but to display her chenille, the beautiful Isabella. of Bavaria introduced the fashion of leaving "'the shoulders and part of the neck uncovered, in order to show the remarkable fairness of her skin. THREE CROSS RIBS, •onaething like the straight bars of a shironey grate,placed an inch apart, Through these bones one eould sae in- WOTJLD ENJOY ANOTISItilat CEN- TURY. Maurice Kohn, the oldest man in Europe, died recently at the age of 1.15. He was born irk 1786, in Frankirc.hen, Hungary, and was formerly a butcher. He remembered the rise and fall of Napoleon 1. perfectly clearly. At the age of 90 he removed from his native village to Vienna. Before dying Kohn said: "At last my time has come. I ara sorry to go. I feel quite young, and could enjoy another century." . BULLET OF GREAT FORCE. A rifle of very email bore, invented by Captain Dauaeteau, of the Frenth army, fires a bullet with such force tbat 11 will penetrate a horse, from head, to tail, at a distance of a. mile and a quarter, POPE REFUSES AN INCOME. The Italian Government, for 27 years, has guaranteed to the Pope an annual income of abotil, $175,000, which he has eteadily refused to accept. , The ar- rears of this annuity amount now to over $20,000,000. Of AY [ROTS BURET It was during the pahniest dears oa the Empire. The overtrue was aver; the Emperor, accompanied by the Empress, radiant in Ler beauty and glittering with jew- els, had just entered the royal box„ In another moment the bell would tinkle and the opera commence. But in an instant the second box to she right of the Panpoi.•or was opened, the curtains were drawn aside and reveal- ed the lovely wife of the Ruesian Am- bassador, Duke Metzerwitch. Every ,eye was fixed with a fascin- ated gaze, upon the woman who had just taken her seat, and was with well bred nonchalance glaneing about the house, for upon her arms, blazing like ' ATTACHMENT OF SALARIES. The House went into committee on Mr. Rittardsons bill proviaing for the entantiment of the salaries of public mason's and employes of the govern- ment. Tne hill enacted that "in future k money and salaries due by the Gov- ernment of Canada to any public offi- cee or other person in the employ of the said govk,keriankent span be liable to be seized by way of aatathraent in each and every of the provinees of Lhe Do- mation of Canada in such proportion as. may be determined by Lhe laws in iaree in such provinces. It is furth- er laid down that a copy of the writ of attachment shall be served on the head et the debtor's department who shall make a sworn declaration to the C011i't oi. s.he 'amount due or to become due to lige employee. The salary shalt then ue seined in the proportion slowed by the provinsial laws and the W:6.011211 Oefltmed by the government. Regulations may be made by the gov- ernor-in-councii for carrying the pro- visions of tbe act into effect, and an amount oa not more than ten per cent. of the mon.thly salary may be deducted to come the exPen.ses and ousts incur- red by the government." The discussion of the measure was -very fall and lasted for more than two hours. Those who supported the pro- posed legislation included Messrs. Richardson, Ball, P. E. I., McMullea, North 'Wellington, and Fortin, Laval, took the groand that the warrant is ample for wiping out the special pri- vilege which now appertains to civil servants of immunity from an liabil- ity te pay their debts. The govern- ment was represented by . Sir Louis Davies, who urged. several objections to the measure. He cad, not believe the legislation would *be constitutional. He wantedto see the evil minimized. The vote was taken and resulted in 26 for and 11 against. DRY DOCES sussanEs. beacons, sparkled the diamonds of which Paris. had heard so much an. which royalty in vain had Ring sought to purchase. A hum of admiration ran through the house. When the curtain fell upon the first act, a servant wearing the Imperial livery, presented himself at the Rus- sian Ambassador's box, rapped only as an Fmperial flunkey could rap, and then entered the box. "Her Majesty had noticed the brace- lets, and was dumb with admiration; would milady be so gracious as to al- low Usa Empress to make a personal examination." In an instant the fair arm was shorn of a bracelet and with a smothered ejaculation of delight, the man wear- ing the Imperial livery bowed himself out of the box. The curtain fell'upon the third act, POINTED, She—I don't believe the cloth is run- ning. He—Oh, yes, it is, She ---Well, not dispute you, but I'm positive that it is nbt going fast- er than a walk this evening. 4 NOW SHE JTJHT HATES HIM. Mrs, Tounglove, pouting,— GeOrge you haste Wert treating me just as if I Wete a ebild, Why do you do it Mr. Young1ove-1 don't know, I midst have been thinking of something else. There surely is no reason why I should treat you that way. ATE WITH EINOLERS, Until the reign of Henry VIM, Eng - ascended again on the fourth, the notes of the finale rolled through the house, the curtain fell for the last time, and still, with well bred politeness, the wife of tlie Russian Ambassador wait- ed for the return of her priceless jew- els. The Imperial party rose and de- parted, and yet the bracelet was not returned. Then the Duke, with a ter- rible frown of impatience, rose and drove rapidly to the Tuileries, and de- manded the return of the diamonds. Explanations followed, and the Duke was at last convinced that the Em- press had never sent for the brace- let, and the'man wearing the Imperial livery was one of the daring thieves who infested the capital. He bade his coachman drive to the Prefect of Po- lice, and ere daylight a hundred of the shrewdest officers were searching Par- is for the gems. The Duke, 'filled with anxiety, re.mained at the office for tid- ings, while the Duchess awaited the recovery of her diamonds at home. The great clock had just tolled six, when the bell of the Duke's hotel rang, and an officer of the police was ush- ered into the presence. of the Duchess. "Was the bracelet recovered?" and " Would they imprison the scoundrel for the rest -of his days ?" Wi lb. a grave bow the, officer stated that the thief was taken, and upon his person was found the bracelet. But the fellow stoutly insisted that he was not the thief, and that theebracelet had been in his family many years. Would madame intrust to hire the mate. of the missing bracelet, that the iden- tity might be complete? Madame, the Duchess, without a word, unlocked her casket, and placed in the hands of the trusty officer the second bracelet:. .The officer, with profound bow, left the apartment, and madame retired once more—this time to sleep and to dream of her precious diamonds. When the bell tolled the hour of nine, Lhe Russian ambassador, haggard and disordered, entered his wife's apartment and. threw bimself in despair, into a chair. Madame opened her eyes, and, with a smile of delight, asked for the ,bracelets. "Satan.! we can learn nothing of them." - " What?" shrieked the lady, "have you not recovered it ? 'I'he officer who came for the other bracelet said .the thief had been taken and the brace- let found." The Duke, with an exclamation of. amazement, sprang to his feet, and in a husky voice, besought bis wife to explain. Irk a few words she told hira, And then with a groan, the Duke drop- ped into a seat. "1 see it all," said he; " the reseals have robbed you of the second brace- let. The man to whom you gave it was no officer but a bolder. thief than the first." - And so it proved. 'The braeelets were never returned and the Russian am- bassador recalls the fete day of the fallen Emperor with a long -drawn sigh, IIE 0OUN8ELE1) IJitBANDIti Emu's"' ADVENTURER WHO RULED A NATION OF BLACKS. ittten ItrequOrell to Connive at Awkward Scenes -The South Arricau 4f/culotte Who Wouhtliave hter Witch Dance of • heath, There is now in Loudon on a shore • , laueiness tour, a man *bo has been longer in Africa, than any European of note, who has traveled over more of the continent than any explorer, ex- cept: Stanley, and whoee knowledge of the Dark Continerkt, and its trange, wild, darker heerted people, is second to none, Mit, Sohn Thorbuen has been in, tlae thiek of South African Politica e for over a quarter of a ceatury, and in the past decade directly in totals with those names which have ealled the attention of the civilized world to the Tranevaal. He told his story of tate -to Os London reporter. He was at the time of the recital in the inter-. ior of a large show, of whieh the chief attraction were the natives he had broughc from Swaziland hipaself, SWAZI CHIEF AT TWELVE. " I have beern30 Years in South Af- rica," said he, " and know most things connected ‚with that pert of the world. It was 1 and Captain Finlayson, who measured off the original claims on the famou,s diamond fields at Kim- berley. " To show you how the Transvaal has jumped in value, 1 sold a farm of mine there a. Tew yeezs ago, for £1,500, and only one year after the same two- peXty washold for £38,000, it turn- ing (Jut to be one of the richest gold farms in the Transvaal. This is how -- men get suddenly rich out there. Some have luck, others ill -luck. I had ill - luck just then, but I can't complain. "1 am over here with Mr. Fillis and Captain Rivers just to give a hand with our natives, some of whom I my- self got from the interior of Africa. " Are 'African natives difficult to manege ? My son, who is only 12, is the reeognized Swazi Chief, and obeyed by the oldest of the Swazis witaout demur. There are a large nuriaber of Swazis under my boy's rule, and hehaa no trouble in asserting his authority. Bandini speaks Swazi just as a native does. There he is just or- dering a body of big Swazi to, go into their krael. See how he is instant- ly obeyed! I3andini is his name. KING UMBANDINPS COUNSELOR. "Re is called after King Unabandim, the late King of the Swazis, whose adviser I was for five years. I, with my wife and little family, lived just within earshot of the royal kraal, all that time conforming as much as eve could to the rules and regulations of that savage King's court. The Ring was very fond of us, and, through the constant intercourse with him andhis 22 wives, and the chiefs and the heads- men of the country, we found it al- most irksome not to follow in line -ail that the Swazis did. However, we tried to set them as much Europeau example as we could, 'and, I don't think our laborewas altogether in vain. "I practically ruled over 9,000 square miles of territory, because the King hardly did anything without asking my advice and abiding by it. The a mul- angae or white man, particularly if he comes from the country of the 'Great White Queen,' is thought a great deal of by the savages of Africa. " But King aimbanclani once did some- thing wAhout letting me know about it till it was all aver. He 'killed of!' the head chief and two others for trea- son. I happened no walk down to the kraal from ray houee—a wooden -built place I erected myself—and found the King sitting with his head men. He was eating. and, as was always his custom invited me to join him. I whis- pered to a chief named Umjebecka, ' Where is Sandhlana ?' He whispered back, of course in Swazi, 'Killed.' SOUTH AFRICAN JaTSTICE. The Minister of Finance has given notice of a resolution deelaring it ex- pedient t,hat the law governing the encouragement Of the construction of dry docks shall be amended so as to pro'videt. for granting subsidies not ex- ceeding two percent pen annum of the cost of dry. clocks fon, twenty years, and not to eicceed; in,,any case $0,000 per annum, The law as it now stands authorizes payinenta up to $10,000 and the amendment will meet the caSe of the St. John drydook scherae pronanted by ex -Mayor Robertson of that city. Xi, is also the intention of the govern- ment to provide that a subsidy up to dab sovereigns, all Well as then. ,100. 410,000 a year may he granted: toward jeete, at with their fingers, to improvement of any existing doek, • SEQUINS FOR. HAIR BOWS. The style of hair ornamentss at the moment is an upright bow made of twisted wire and ribbon, whicak curls and twists about quite ik1 keeping with tile snakelike curves ef the up- to-date skirt a,nd ite weird convolu- tions.- These hair bows are often cov- ered with sequins to match the trim- mings which fashion at present de- mands, Little gauze bows are akp smart, and if only the plain ribbon' is preferred, a diamond or rhinestone buckle at the point of ,intersection lends variety. 'Everything in the pre- sent fashion tends to give height, ana these stiff, upright bows lie1p to carry out thia idea, " The King then told us all about it, that Sandblana, with the two oth- er chiefs, had plotted to kill him and put KopIo, his half-brother an the throne. Unbandini had only Just dis- covered the plot in time. nate won't be missed,' said the Ring, 'and, as for the other two, there was no room for tItem here.' 1 made him promise not to kill women or children, a promise he faithfully kept so far as telling his soldiers was concerned. But women and children were killed. "Ihad been chatting with Sandia. lane only 20 minutes before he Was seized and handed over to Jokilibovo, ' dad Warrior,' for Ira:mediate execu- tifoti." The King gave me at different Limes two silver clips, each weighing 12 ounces, and bearing a suitable in- scription, He died 80 days after't part- ed witiehina. The present King is only a boy, so the country is governed by TIsibati, Queen Regent, an enormous- , ly stout lady, but whose face shows force and intelligence. }lerdress eon - gists mostly of a collection of 'back - skins, while at her side is slung an ivory snuff box, to which she has I ceasant recourse. , 1 FAIR QUEEN'S DEATH OIRCLE. "Swazi royalty grows its nails, both of the hands and of the feet, to an extreme length. Ilsiba.ti has a great regard for the old CU.StOra of off.' I was one day present at an of- ficial interview that Sir Francis da Winton had with her anent this bar- barism, and her excuse was worthy the effort of an honored legal limina*. She said that all her subjects had a fair trial, for whenever it was 0 4. sides -ed adviseble that a Mall Or i,WO should he killed the whOle Was turned .out and made to sit round in a circle, the witch eloctor going round and pointing out those that were to dbele,faailyellet,itchsathetehvittlin1ted to know, aonld " She hoped the representative of the 'Great White Queen,' 11,0111d alloW Iser tO Continue the tuatom for a 11 - tis while longer, as she had some jects on her list who would never be missed,' and the pleading Oroile with which she made the request waa guile fascinAting. A British Tommy Atkins, $4 i within rot hearnig one of the guard, close to whoM wra sta ialehey's a regilar snuffy Charlotte aliVi;