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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1899-7-13, Page 7The Pilot's Wife. •fiees „1. , " Mind, Dollye you must lae home lay eix-not one Inmate later." "Wouldn't quarter Pest six Lo, aunt ?" , •,. "Well, Dolly, I de believe if you were to get Irelan.d for an estate, yeted be. asking for the Isle of Man, just to make a little potato -garden,. Instead of being thankful to me for sparingyou for 0 whole day, you begin to grumble itecauee I won't let you stay mit part •cif the night as well. But you always were ungrateful, froni the time you were a baby." "But, aunt—" "I won't lesten to another word aboet it, Dolly 1 Beck at aix yeu must be; or, so aure as you stand there tlais blessed, day, 'I never again will let you go to see this grand friend of yours. It's little good you'Ll get froni her company, I'm thinking -a fine lady, set up with book-leaz.nieg." • And Mrs. Lynch, strong in the coneceousness of being herself quite uncontaminated by book -learning, dinsaPpeated through the beck -door, Neving poor Dolly standing in. the middle of the spotless kitchen with a woe -begone face fuel eyes from which the • tears were just ready to fell. "'Tis too bad, uncle," she said, ad- dressing an elderly man in a blue knitted jersey, who was seated on a betel just outside the open door, making a short pipe and reading the newspaper. "A quarter of an, hour won't make much difference, ray girl," lie answer- ed placidly. No difference to aunt," replied Dolly; "bat it makes the difference of an, hour aed a half to me. -Don't you see, uncle, if I have to be back at six, I (must leave Mareheort by the half - past three train; but if I might stay outetill a quarter past, the five train , would do? It's very bard." trlete„• -"It do seem hard," said her uncle • 'in a meditative tone. • 'If you were to speak to aunt—" "Why, then, Doily, haven't you lived long enough with your aunt to know tI3,at once she says a thing she sticks to it? She's a 'right ,goodl woman; in fact, there's few like ber ; but she de make up ie- mind uncommon tight." • Perceiving that her uncle's interven- tion was not to be counted on, and in- deed quite aware that it would be of little use, Dolly abandoned her attempt at coaxing him, and turning her atten- tion to a little looking -glass that hung in a corner of the kitchen, be- gan to readjust her black steaw hat and crimson neck -ribbon. In spite of the plainness of the aforesaid hat, from which her, aunt had just insisted on the removal of a large bunch of pop- pies, the piatuie that met her view was so satisfaetary that Dolly for the mom- ent forgot laer grievance and 'emiled back at the reflection of her own round childish • face.. Presently her uncle, wbo had apparently been revolv- ing the matter in ' his mind, spoke again. 'I tell you what, Dolly; if tile). were to ask Martin Delany to meet you at the. railway station with his car,you might wait till the five train and be here by six all the same." Dolly paused to consider this scheme. l'ale; no, uncle," she said after a mom - ant's hesitation. ."I'd sooner come by the early train than ask Martin De - Lan,' to do anything for me." "There's nti one would do it more wittingly, my lass, if you'd only think e-• so. However, please yourself about thet. I hope you'D have a pleasant day, even if it's not to be a long one.' And the old pilot, putting his pipe, still • alight, into his pocket, took his :way by a steep path out in the cliff to the • beach below. It still vvented some rainutes of the time at tveich Dolly, ought to start in _order to catch a train at the railway • station, some two miles off, and see remained standing at the window, looking out over the suneighted sea and watcliing the tall mast of a ship infult sail sink below the horizon. She wasroused by the recollection thatit was time to be off, and looking up at the cild-fashionea clock which stood in o. corner of the kitchen, she saw that it wanted five minutes to the hour when she should start. . "•Youold latisybodyl" she said half aloud, addressing the clock. "tut for you, aunt would. never know whether came lupine at six or half -past. If I could but stop you, or even- Ohl I wonder could I?" She hesitated a mo - met; then softly opening the back door, peeped cautioasly out. Her aunt was in the little field behind the cot- tage, busily engaged in speeding clothes upon a hawthorn hedge to dry. Closing the door, Dolly mounted a chair in 'front of the old clock, and with • trembling ringers moved back the hands exaetly a quarter of an hour. Then, terrified eet her own audacity; she hastily left; the house a.ed set off at a brisk pace in the direction of the railway station. '1 declare," said Mrs. Lynch as she entered the kitchen a few minutes af- terwards, "it's earlier than rthought. What a hurry Dolly was in to be off, She might have waited a little longer. Not that he'dhave been a bit of use dressed out as she was. Them ghee are a tet•rible trial, to be sure." 1 make out What be wants coming eere eo often," " Itte .eastr to see what he wants," att,id ;the old Man wite a chuckle; "he wants you, Dolly . roe thinking he'll have to go /on Wanting me, thete° said Dolly, con- tinuing to arrange the cups and. Satee ers with a good deal of euperfluous clatter, " a pity you couldn't turn Your mind to him, then; a fine young fel- low like him with a good farm of his own', Tee entrance of its subject out short thi$ diseussing. He really was a good looking young fellow, tall and well built, with an open honest expres- sion of cou.n.tenanee. He greeted Dolly with a mixture of friendliness and shy einbarraesment, receiving decided °old- sboelder in return. Old Lynch and. bie wife, however, fully made up for their niece's want of cordiality, and in a few Minutes all faux were amicably seated at the tea -table. Did you, see your friend. Dolly?" asked. her uncle. "0, yes, uncle; and. she's not a bit changed. You. wouldn't believe how glad elle wae to see me." "Who was that., Miss Dolly?" asked Martin. "Don't you remember Ellen Far- rell ?'' said Dolly, turning to him with more friendliness than she had hither- to stamen. "Her that was pupil -teach- er in the National &hoot here. She went to be nursery governess to some peopie at Marseport, and they took her abroaa with them, and now she's come bome quite a lady. Only think -she's able to speak French! I heard her talking to the Feench maid they brought borne with them, and Ellen's French sounds nicer aomehow than the Frenchwoman's." • "Speaking Vreneh doesn't make a parson a lady, Dolly," said her uncle in a moral tone. "There's sailors down at the port can curse and swear in half -a -dozen different languages, BY -the -by, talking of sailors, we had a visitor to -day while you were out." "A visitor, uncle ?" "Yes, a eallor chap, a foreigner. Italian, I take him to be by his speech. He was a handsome fellow, with big dark eyes and white teeth, and. dressed in bright colors like a girl. He had on a blue shirt, as bright or brighter than Dolly's gown, and a scarlet cap and. gold rings in his ears. He was a civil -spoken chap,. too; that is, as fate as he could speak English at all. He had fallen on the rooks be- low, and cut his hand, and he came here to have it looked. to. The Itlissus always has a soft spot in her heart floe a sailor, because of our boy Tom, that's in foreign parts -so she bound it up for aim, and tied one of my best handkerchiefs around it to make it look smart -and then she made him sit down and eat a bit of dinner with us. He was walking oe to Maeshport, he said. I couldn't make out what ship he belonged to; some foreign, name that I couldn't meth." • "I'm sorry I wasn't here to see said Dolly. "Well, Dolly," said her aunt, "let it be a lesson to you to stay at home in future," "Miss Dolly doesn't often take a holiday.," said Martin. ' "She doesn't often get one, Mr. Delany," said Mas. Lynch, "nor won't, whilo-I knee theacherge of her." Tea over, the two men established themselves, with their pipes on the bench outside the cottage door, while Mrs. Lynch and Dolly put away the tea -things. The latter conttived to seize the opportunity of her aunt's ab- sence from the room to rectify the lit- tle bit a mischief she had accomplish- ed. in the morning, and enable the clock to maintain its hitherto unim- peachable character for veracity. Pre- cisely as the . usual nightly salute boomed out from the Admiral's flag- ship in the bay, the clock gave the first stroke of nine. "Well," said •old Lynch, "that is a wonderful crock, to be sure. There's hardly ever half a minute's difference between it and the gun; and when there' is; I think It's the gun that do be wrong and not the clock." • (To Be Continued.) THE EIGHTel WONDER. anions enlace, Etat Iv rbilip tbe seconie The Escurial, built by Philip IL, of Spain between 1563 and 1584,„ was "the eighth wonder of the world." It -was at once a temple, a palace, a treasury, a tomb and a museum, Tee edifice stand e aboat 3,000 feet above the sea, facing the mountaius, with its back toward Madrid. It is a rectangular parallelogram, 740 feet from north to smite, and 580 from east to west. The building cover 500,000 square feet of land, or nearly 12 acres. The redeeming qualities of the enor- mous structure are size, simplicity and situation. It seems to be a part of the mountain on the slope of which it rises, It still looks gi and, even among mountain buttress:s. Otherwise, it dis- appoints. Its architecture has lit- tle in form or color to commend it. It acks the prestige of antigutiy, and it does not express any religious senti- ment. 'It is now little more than a skeleton of what it was. Tire living monks who swarmed in its courts are here no longer. The revenues on which they lived have been taken away. The French Soldiers stole and, carried away many of its golden ornaments in 1808. Rs best pictures have been removed to Madrid. Tlae building has suffered from neglect, exposed to hurricanes and winter imovvs. It is now need as a seminary, where about 200 youths receive secular education. IL elleet." cording to the opinion expressed • by the old dock it still wanted four or five minutes of six when Dolly re- appeared. Her aunt greeted her with a sniff of surprise. " So you managed to be home in, good time after all. I hardly thought you would, So mach the better for you, though. Here, take off troth' thinge at once. l'ra ready to alropt from 411 I've had to do this bless- ed. day.' "So you waited for the five train, after all," vvhispered her uncleeas she pined, laden with the tea-tray "You must haye run all the way from the atalion ohild.." "I did eteme very feet," said Dolly, tensing red. "Twits a risk, my las. Supposing now that the train hadireen a bit late. run your 'beet tied you would not have been here in time, However, you're all right, at thinge turned out. Who's that coming up the path t" he added, as he caught sight of a dark figure at a little dietanoe." ,' 'It's Martin Delany again," said Dol- ly in a tone of annoyance. "I can't AN A.DAIIIIAL'S SOUVENIRS' SOLD, Fair gold caskets, Presentee, ;with the freedom of their Lovons, to Admix - VLord Rodney, after hie vietory ever Jae Spanish tleet lry the cities of Lon- don, Edinburgh and Cork and the bor- ough of Ilentingdon, were Oold at auc- tion in London recently. The London easket brought $1,500, Edinburgh cas- kat $1,250, the Cork cosket $600 and the littetingdon one e995. Each con- tained, the diploma conferring the free- dom. THJ EXETER DOIINION IIRLIAXENT, What the Legislators of the Country ere Being et Ottawa. TICKET OE LEA,VE MEN,. Le the Senate the Hon. David -Mille moved the eecond reading 04 tee hill peoviding Oor tl3e etieclitioxial libere- • tiou of priermere He pointed eut that the bill proposed to introduce the Eng - lib eystem ef tieltet of leave and that tha bill wee baeedon the Englisli 'sta- tutes. The liceamee wet% iseuedOselei ject to reporting to the eheriff, bet if the holder was found idling or other- wise misbehaviug himself he would. be sent back to serve out his time, The syetera had been found to work well in England and in the United States where theesysteen lied been introduc- ed, Ile believed, the measure would be advantageous in bringing about the reformation of youthtul offenders. In hie opinion it was .much more likely that one to whom a tieket of leave was granted would reform than if kept in the penitentiary. Old offenders and those who were offender e for the first tirae were thrown together in the pen- itentiary and the opportunities for re - fox= were very few ihdeed. In Eng- land it e.ad been found that the crim- inal classes were those who had least physical life asoi that training had „in- duced improvement as much as moral culture. He believed the bill would be an advantageou.s one. The bill was read a isecond time. THE ALASK,AN BOUNDARY, Senator Marodenald, of British Colum- bia, preposed a resolution expressing approval of the declaration of Policy contained in the speech of) Sir Wilfrid Laurier in which he said commenting on the negotations for the settlement of the Alaitka.n, boundary question, that should it be decided that the Lynn Canal did not belong to Canada the policy of the government would; be to gain access to Yukon by building a way down to what was; indisputably Canadian territory, to Observatory Inlet througt the Classier, Atlin and Yukon districts. The resolution also reaffirms the motion adopted by the Senate last session, to the effect that it is necessary that an all Canadian route from the Pacific coast to Yukon should be opened upi without delay in order to secure for the Dominion as much of the trade of that district as possible. LAID ON THE SHELF. In reply to a question by, Mr. E. F. Clarke, Sir Wilfrid Laurier stated that none of the officials of the Kingston Penitentiary have been recommended for superannuation, but twelve have been retired with gratuities on the ground of physical incapacity. • FARMERS PAY UP. During the discussion in committee upon the bill to further amend the Do- minion lands ace, Mr. Sifton, in reply to Mr. Poster, said that the farmners Of Manitoba and the Northwest have pretty torell paid up their indebtedneas upon ;school lands. • CANNOT BE SPARED. Pol. Prior, Vic -eerie, B. C., quoted a tstateanent in the Victoria "Colonist" from the Vancouver' "World,' to the effectv that the Rev. Geo. R. Maxwell, member for Burrard, is to be appointed postmaster of Vanoouver. He asked whether the statement was well found- ed, and whether Mr. Maxwell was vot- ing with this promise of an appoint- ment, in his pocket. , The Prime Minister was happy to be able to say that Mr. Maxwell had( no coaxenieston in his pocket and so far cie he was aware there had been no suggestion of his appointment. The Howse would be very sorry to lose his services. THE INSURANCE BILL. The House passed on to considera- tion of the government's insurance bill. On the clause of this measure weice provides a set of securities in which ineuxance companies may in- vest, Mr. Foster expressed the opinion that these were a trifle broader than th.ey should be, and the Minister of Finance stated that he -would have the clause stand ovex, as be was sincerely desirous of meeting the views of the Opposition, and would consider any suggestion which 'Mr. Foster might have to make. The bill accordingly stands over. , SCRIP FOR IIALFBREEDS. A bill to amend the Dominion Lands Aet adduced a discussion in connote- - tion with tee issue of scrip to certain half-breeds in. the lObrt,h-West Terri- tories which is contemplated in this measuxe. The people who will profit thereby are those who have not been settled' with in, connection with the re- linquishing of the aboriginal title to the land, the policy of the 13ritish Gov- ernment being in all cases to take no Land without affording in return sable tompensation. In tbe North-West the claims of both tbe Indians and the lialfbreeds have been dealt with alike. The balfbreeds gained each scrip for 2411 acres of land. About 3,000 half- breeds have yet to be settled with. Heretofore the unforeinete halfbreeds have fallen, ira many oases into tea hen.ds of brokers, who cashed the scrip at exorbitant discounts.' The Minis- ter of tee Interior explained that most af these people are engaged in agrie oultuital pursuits. Tee bill was re- ported. • OTHER GOVERNMENT BILLS. Sifton secured the passage of two bills giving the government power to throw open a number of town sites in the North-West which are no longer needed as slice, and another extend- ing the elese season for buffalo from 1900 to 1902. The Minister of Customs had a bill put through extending the time for correcting eters entries within ten days from entry or arrival. Another clause is inserted at the re- quest of game assoolatioes in _Quebec giving the governor -in -council power to permit the export of deer shot by sportsmen under provincial liceeee. THE USUARY BILL. • The Committee Of Banking and Com. W9,7w TIMES Mitre° of the Senate, 5 couple of weeks ago, threw ott Oetiator Danduranda uauery bal. The Senete referred the re- port Of the committee back for furth- er eozeilderatioe. The result was that at a meeting Of the conoaittee the hill wee adopted, The onle impertent change is that Ole operatione of the hill will be ooze feted' to amoun ts loatied tteder a1,000 On which the iaterest shall not orteeed 20 pr cent per enema. The bill 'wiii tiot apply to the Yukon territory, Mr. Walker, General Monager of the Bank of Commerce, spoke agaiest the bill and eliovved how it would operate againet a farmer tylio, owing to Dad ceope and difficulty in obteining good aeclirite, Wantlei have' tit ly heavy in- tereist to save the foreclosing of his mortgage. Thi,s argument did not ap- pear to have very niuda weight with the committee, but when the question of exempting the Britiala Columbia proepector from tee operations of the bill oame in, it was decided to consider that matter ween tbe bill came before the House,. REDISTRal3TITI01 BILL. A vote was treanchea out the second reading of the iReeistribu.tion Bill, which was 'carried by 77 for to 11 against; majority for Government ea. YUKON CHARGES AGAIN. , The House once 'wain disclusseO the Yukon charges. Mr. Davin moved the adjoernment of the Rouse to 'etall at- tention to the articles in the London Times. He read an article in refer - me to tee Government's refusal to appoint a jadnicial commiseion for the investigation of Sir Ribbert Tupper's charges, and denounced • the Govern- ment; for voting down the motion to appoint the commission. • Sir Wilfrid Laurier declared that the motion to adjourn wee an unwar- ranted abesie of the privileges of the House. Teliere was no !urgency in this matter and the Rouse could adjourn only upon a question of urgenoy. With regard to Mr. Ogilvie's report the Premier declared that if it •wes not' satisfactory • another investigation would be ordered. DANGERS IN INDIGESTION. A .PHYSICIAN GIVES SOME HINTS ON THE SUBJECT. Ese wisdom In $1111111111er Tinte-tliedern Science Saves ttt l an %Ire by Tracing; Genius ar 'encase. The deaths of prominent men, at- tributed to "indigestion" have oc- casioned some surprise, because indi- gestion is thought a trifling ailment, writes Dr. Chas. E. Naanmaok. Tee average thealthe man is so blissfully unconscious of his digestive act that he does not know that diges- tion is a complicated' process, requir- oingtheg orderly working of a number fvital Every step of this complex process affords a chance to go wrong. The teeth, if imperfect or unclean, may form nests for germs which vvill up- set the chemical accuracy of the job. Failure to c•bew thoroughly may allele the food to be bolted in lumps, which defy the chemical power of the rest of the apparatus. • Alternate chilling and heating of the stomach, as by ice cream and bot cof- fee. at the same dinner, hampers the stomach. These are but a few of the many faults of the individual. Granted that tee ordinary rules of personal hygiene are followed by a man, is he still safe from violent at- tacke of indigestion ? By no means. ACUTE FOOD POISONING. SuCh unfortunate results freqeuntly follow the eating of food which is or- dinarily harmless. These results may be due to a variety of causes. Certain. plants or animals used as food con- tent injurious substances during their reproductive periods. Plants or ane mats may absorb or feed upon sub- stances•which are poisonous to man. The usual onset is marked by vomit- ing and purging; representing nature's attempt to get rid of the offending ma- terial and, in unchecked eases, these are quickly followed by constitutional symptoms proportionate to the sever- ity of the case. Special varieties of food furnish poi- sons peculiar to themselves. Thus., meet is not safe food for man when the annual furnishing it is infected with tuberculosis, antharax and other diseases. 'Various parasites that in- fest pork and beef set up correspond- ing diseases in man, but these para- sites can be destroyed by thorough cooking. Milk may be the carrier of the in.- feetion in such diseases as typhoid, scarlet fever, and Asiatic cholera. Milk may also transmit tuberculosis from animals to men. But aside from these it may contain germs which will develop poisons at a temperature of 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Cheese and, other milk products, sea as ice cream, custard, cream puffs, may be similarly contaminated. • SOME FISH A.BE POISONOUS at certain seasons of the year. The flesh of other fish may be poisonous on account of the food. upon which they feed. Fish poisoning may be dud to substances' employed sometimes to kill the fish. Poisoning from rye is most preval- ent in countries where _people live largely on rye bread, and especially when the soil is inadequately tulti- vated. The eating of damaged maize may likewise give rise to poison symp- toms. • Tee principal danger of food pois- oning arises from the accidental con- tamination of food with foreign sub- stances, and this is especially true of articles which are uncooked or un- vvaseed, gle•vvelieh are cooled by putting ice into Them. Ali food etuffs which require cooling, blot udie g a water, should be put into clean containers and ice nshould he packed around the toetainers, not letrodneed into• the fooi or liquid. Tee interior Of blotke of ice has been, found to contain harm- ful bacteria, some of which resist a freezing temperature. In the food itself may lurk unsuspect- ed danger. It is probable that fatal cases of indigestion, unassociated with previously existing changes in vital organs, are cases of WHEN PIRADY FLOURISHED THEY WERE TILE GREATEST OERS OF MR SEA. . otoeduitysty mown, Ever la search. Ertety-bnine0 tbe Elest Neter freel Eraillitles, In thee (latex of otvilization wl the greatest Oangee, of naYtgaiang seas ie in the treachon'Y of storms, are apt tojorget that the safety n enjoyed is the peakeful eutcoMe hundreds, of years of moat atroci tattle. , The hair-raising stories of Captain Kidd and other notori pirates are not delirious exagge dons, for ' theirs is a ease in wh truth is stranger than fiotion. It is not long ago that the seas w ruled. by these absolute and heartl despots to whom human life v worthless, and human torture pl The stories of their atrocities are most incredible, and the strong part of it is that many of ' the xn noted pirates were men that had co or toos hen the we 'OW ous oss ra- leh ere Bee vas ay. al - est ost me from good. and prosperous faraili and. who, were worthy of better thin Captain Kidd, for instance, was Englishman who had won considera Praise as ,a brave man, and, in con quenee, was commissioned by Ki Williaran XII., as a private man -of -w to serve the government by capturi some of tee numerous pirates then festing the seas. He was according fitted out with a ship and. fleet eighty raen, and sailed from Plymou in 1696. But in his exploits .gain the pirates he was unsuccessful, a rather than return to his country failure, he suddenly changed hi pia and himself turned pirate. Captain Misson, another famo pirate, was an Englishman, born of ancient fatally and educated ewer ing to his rank; yet ins well train ability Was turned of his own vo tion into this atrocious channel. There is scarcely any accounting the abnormal tastes of these men e cept that when human nature doe start down the hill of viciousne there is no stopping it. Of course, n all of the noted pirates Were men education, many of them came fro the lowest ranks of life ; but wha ever their previous station all we alike when once full fledged in the business. DREADED BY :MERCHANTMEN. When at the height of the supr Macy the pirates were so dreaaed tha meachantmen would sail hundreds Leagues out of their way to avoi them. Iznagine, says a writer, a hug merchantman, well armed and full manned, brought to anchor by a rak ish little vessel with the black fla es, gs. au ble se - ng a r ng in- ly of th st nd a es us an ed 11 - or le - or x- 82 ot of na t - re e - of at her mast, mannea by a mere hand- ful of desperadoes; the trading vessel striking her Gators without so much as firing a shot, her crew ,flinging their arms upon the deck, and crying for mercy, while the captain of the pirates -his silken sash stunk full of pistols -stalked over the side and or- dered up the treasure. His orew, meantime, if inclined for sport, devis- ing something humorous in torture for the prisoners. In order to be a successful captain of a pirate creev, a man had to have a nerve of steel, and by way of show- ing his superiority, he now and then indulged a few blood -curdling exer- cises that even stunned his men. For instance, Captain Thatch, known as "Blackbeard," used to invite e few of his crew to drink with him in les cab- in, and during the entertainment he would cook a pair of pistols under ethe table, blow out the lights, and pro- ceed, to show off his skill as a marks- man. Once, a pilot, who found him- self with a shattered knee, in conse- quence, asked him the wherefore of his indulgenoe. "D -n you," returned Thatch, '11.1 didn't .kiii one of yoa now and then, you'd forget who I am 1" THE CAPTAIN SUPREltral. However, the capiabas held their authority by vote of their crews and if they became too officious, they were promptly shot, The most rigid discip- line was enforced on shipboard. In battle the captain's power was abso- lute and he did not fail to shoot any man that refusect to obey him. 13ut, if eyer there was "honor among thieves," it was with the pirates. The booty was divided with serupuleu.s honesty and any man who attempted to defraud a member of the crew was severely punished -the usual form be- ing a slit through the ear or nose. Ile that first espied a sail was pre- sentee with a pair of pistols over and above his hare of the booty taken from the ship. The oaptain always had a double share in the booty, the officers a share and a quarter or hale and. the sailers one share each. Be- sides this the captain had the state cabin and a double share in elec- tions. • According to the rules of the ship, quarrels were settled. on land, arms were always clean and, ready for use, and desertion in battle was punished by deeth. Great fortunes were some- times taken by pirates, and their ships were sometimes found to contain valu- ables to the amount of ammo. FIENDISH CRUELTY. But their fiendish fancies were not satisfied with gold and its equivalente they were not content till they had tortured, dismembered or killed the helpless crew they had. attacked. Their methods were extraordinary • and al- most endless. Plutarch tells of one way the pirates of his period had of doing. After capturing a prisotereif he cried out that he was a Roman, and tend his standing, they would bow, one ecrape arid bog most humble par- dons, and then let a holder down in- to the etio, and tell him to go in peace. If he refused, they pushe,a him into the water. A. species of fellow -feeling seemed to exist among them, though, for then' riele.e of living provided for injured men, Pot inetence, a member of the ctew, crippled in battle, was giVens800 dollars out of the tometion treatorrY, and lesser pensione were given aecerd- ing to the wound, etich as the WAS ot an ear, or better. The old-time Orates /lave all been edhgedx 4v.t lee/ter ones exist in seine Parra of the world, rot the leest of vvaxich are the IVIoros in the souther pate of the PhiliPPine Weeds, They ,live in settlements, and in small bane boo housee• that look like corn eribe or very high etakes-fer taeY are not •on landebut perched in the water, not few from shore. • At present they are confined to a small sectiee Of coun- try, but they (tre semi -savages, the chiefsi of whom do not besitate to cut an ordinary man in two, to test the steel of a swood. PECULIAR OFFICE IN ENGLAND. Lord Watiterisliips fat Clellele Ports an How • ovary Plaice Just 'teemed by Lord omit. bury. Thee Lord 'Wardenship a the Cinque Ports is the peculiar title of a peote. tier office whieli has existed in Eng- land since the days of William the Conqueror, about 175. The place has been more honorary than lucrative in recent years, and is not much sought after. Lord Salisbury has held the office for three years, and bas just resigned it, Ile will be succeeded. by Arthur Baafour. Cinque is French for five, the Latin being quinque. The office relates to five poets of England -Dover, Sand- wich, Hythe, Hastings and Romney - which were greeted special privileges in consideration a 'their furnishing a certain quota of ships of war, manned and equipped, for the king's use when demanded. They leive had a system of, maritime courts. The Lord Warden is also Governor of Dover Castle, and, oan have a residence rent free. From time to time the rulers of Great Bri- tain have added other ports to the list, but the original name has been • retained. The juriediction of the Cinque Ports has been confined mainly to the sea- coast in the south of England. Their original purpose being the defence of that part of the Kingdom from at- tack by sea, their prestige has de- parted with the development of the modern navy. The court was of ser- vice in settling suits and disputes, especially among sailors, until the present judicial system was built up. In an official sense the Cinque Ports have been legislated out of existence, though the place of Lord Warden, with some slight emoluments and an i official residence, s istll carried upon the civil rolls. 'Wilmer Castle, neax' Deal, is given up to the use of the Lord. Warden. The castle was occu- pied by the Duke of Wellington -from 1829 to 1852. • PEDALLING OUT ELECTRICITY. Routgen Rays Used ln the Soudan "{VIM the Aid of a Taudent Bleycle. A physician of Belleville, Ont., has received a letter from a relative in England who was in the Soudan cam- paign. The writer gives the follow- ing narration of how surgeons in the Soudan developed an electric cuerent: eAltar the battle of Omdurman we broug,ht back to Abadieh 121 wounded officers and men. Of this number there were 21 cases whice, could; not be dia- gnosed accurately by ordinary surgical raeans. By the help of the Rontgen rays, which were used about sixty times, we found. the bullet or proved its absence in 20 out of tem 21 cases the odd case being so ill with a severe bullet wound in the lung that it was not considered justifiable to examine him at the time. Of course we had no steam engine to generate our electric- ity for us, and the desert heat had dis- solved our specially prepared eandles into their oily constituents. "Neeessity, you know, is the mother of, invention, and we had recourse to a unique method. The pulley of a small dynamo was connected by means- of a leather strap with tbe rear wheel or a specially constructed tandem bioycle. The required velocity for the dynamos was thus obtained and Our procedure *as as follows; Having carefully ad- justed the circuit with the storage bat- tery and also with the voltmeter and aniraetee, a warrant officer took his pc:teflon on the seat of the bicycle and commenced pedalling. When fifteen volts and fourteen amperes were rege isterea the switch close to the the bicycle was opened alose to the hancile of the bicycle was opened and the charging of the battery begun. "As the resistance became greater a sensation as if riding uphill was ex- perienced, and the services of an addi- tional orderly were requisitioned for the' front seat of tbe tandem. This bicycle practice was generally carrierd out in a shade temperature of 110 de- grees F,, so that at the end of half an hour the orderlies were not sorry when the switch was turned, off and the ma chnie brought to a standstill." A. P.ERUGIAN'S DISCOVERY, Prof. Axenfeld, of Perugia, has dis- covered that three fifths ot all men of distinction are first-born children; the crater two fifths are either second or Ultra children, or else the young- est of very large families. Among the first he points out Luther, Dante, ata- peael, Leonardo da Vinci, Confucius, Heine, Sehopenea nor, Goethe, AriostO, atohararaed, Shelley, Erasmus, Milton, Byron, Moliere, Carlyle, Rossite Tal- leyrand, Buffon ; aMeng Ore last 'Loyo- la and Franklin, both thirteenth chil- dren; Scenbert, a fourteclith child. The professor thinks this arises from physiological reasons and a law of nature. • THE OLD MAN'S HINT, Materfaznilias, 11 pati.-What'e the matter ? 'Yeti looked distressed. Paterfamilias -I thought it about time to give that young fellow In the parlor a hint that it was ntaxhig mid- night, so I walked right into the room, and, giving both him and our ditagh- ter a severe look, I deliberately turned out the gat'. Mercy 1 pitinit he get angry 1 " No; he wed, "Thank yoe.." ATTENTION TO DRESS DETAILS, *Attest Patella Footwear lqccdolt ate (Mrs, Tent to a fbaStufteet Aboniti be , rtw°raisatEt4entIrtelolYn Ist4O t111171zilr'all detail of dress that reelly etakeit the welt, gowned won3an, Dna a close obeerver of hfaoewhionstsylei: attane:e seuZielend tthoe, urnotite„, Utiao of dress, For instance, shoeet and stockiegs beve their different eese- lobe two OW three timee year -always twice. -1) weile, of course, it 16 ate surd to say teat a last year's pair of blac>ote4t:t 'j'o8ntini)°ri'sbhioe43' (xlleetrytearinthlYelegsts'gives tan14. ue 118PWInee°16/MatalelkilYal:ianieketwisno:1711lun:a g74, o f moreeA3ala it eutt:Loyele:cae that there is ro queetien but that this has bad iefluence on the styles at shoes, The heavy waking boot, fete instance, is no longer despised, bet is, on the contrary, considered necessary. But the same heavy walking boot must be very well cut to meet with uni- versal approbation. This year the toes of the walking boots are of very -ctod size. They are neither peinted eor square, but medium. The boots all eave the outside soles that insure sufficient width. The heels are -leer • Set well back on the shoe, but there is a little more curve under the instep than there was last year. For every -day wear the very light- est weight calf -skin is the best, but some feet are too tender to wear salf- skin, and there is a dull kid that has very much the same effect, bat is in- finitely softer. This is not so watere proof as ealf-skin is supposed to be, but min be made with heavy soles, as • that it will answer the same purpose. During tlae summer shOes are wore almost entirely. These are, made of tee same materials as the boots; but for dress wear there are the patent - leathers or the kid With the patent - leather foxing. The top piece of the new shoe is more pointed where it rests on the shoe than it was last year, but the toe is more pointed also. Not the excessive point of two or three years ago, nor tee ugly round point that the shoemakers tried to introduce last year. ^ VARIETY IN BLACK. For evening wear there are the pat - eat -leather slippers that are ackeoven "edged ruinous, to the feet; the soft kid and the satin, made out quite low on tee foot, with a strap across the instep, and a buckle. Tee kid and satin slippers also come in colors to match the gowns, and are embroidered. or plain, as the case may be. There is a revival of the pretty fashion of the soft red kid. slippers and red silk stockings to wear with the all-blaok gowns, and these slippers are made with quite high heels and a decided curve under the instep, and no trim- ming except a very minute rhinestone buckle. Of course for large feet these would look very badly, and all blaolt is the safest investment. Very charming are the gray Suede slippers with the gray silk stockings, to wear with gray gowns; but this is an expensive fad, as nothing soils quicker than grey Suede. • Bicycle boots are made on the same lines as last year. hither brown or blaok are worn, as preferred. Brown shoes with plaid stoekings are being sold for bicycling and for golf, and the odd part of it is that the men who wear tee heaviest eines wear the thin - est silk stockings, but of course the silk stookiags show off to very great advantage by force of contrast. There has been a rumor for some time that colored stockings were com- ing into fashion again, and that black would be uttexly tabooed. There are certainly some colored stockiegs worn with the white muslin gowns, but only with the slippers, and these stock- ings are all lisle -thread or silk, with ' exquisite patterns ot open-work or with lace let in. In black the same variety of style is seen, and on some the most expensive Lece is put in. Silk and lisle -thread are the most expensive stockings, but there are a great many' in fine cot- . ton that have much the same effect-, and are wonderfully cheap. In tJae plain colors the silk are alto- gether the hest, or tht fine P le -thread and silk. A plain caned cotton stock- ing is not a very satisfactory purchase. Even in the tan cotton, made to wear with the tan shoes, they sorn fade and stretch, and fortunately farhion now allows the wearing of bla.ek stockings with tan shoes. A vezy canspienous fad started a year or two) ago is to be seen this year agaie, namely, the wearing of black stockings with white shoes and white gowns by women who are in mourning. This is, of course, one of those eccentric fashions that- may be mentioned, but are not to be rashly recommended. The gray silk stockings and slippers with the gray gowns are tharming ; the pale yellow- with yellow gowns, elle, or the color of the lining of the muslin gowns matched in stockings and slip- pers are very dainty. But for the women who have not large inoomes, it may be news to know that .a black stocking and black shoe may safely be worn with alraost every gown in tee wardrobe. Even with a light even- ing gowe, a handsome open-work silk stocking and a patent-leateer slip- per N permissible. What is not per- missible is to have too short a shoe or too common it stocking. In other words, it is better to put the expense ea what looks apparently plain, but in reality is the cut and the style. NOT HARD TO FIT. New Girl -Please, mum, while you're clown town, would ye bo so kind as to order tue a pale o' shoes Mrs. De Style-I-er-do not know your size. New Girl -Nor I, mem; but I think if ye get them about the size of youre they'll do, Mrs. De Style, hesitatingly -Do you think you doted wear them New Girl -Oh, yes, muna ; atter nei,ir shoes is wet they shrinks.