HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1900-8-2, Page 4TIMYSTERIOUS CRIME
ON THE 5,S. NEPTUNE
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jolting along the ca•owded pavement,
Bpgli b Iadin, lithe and lu'lght-look-
ing in their neat -fitting yaoAting cos-
'toren, aecompanded
byswarf Young
g
gentieneen, who had left their Plebe
and offlon fora breath of the invigor-
Austrnikala, a little startled . as the stag Medlterrancan air', and crowds
CHAPTER f. -he eche, el across hits of, ragged beggars were shrieking for.
a, a sea the. other sisu+ kir aght of suicide flashed
Pratt aid n t
ked ," Ise e „ -s "l9ir, not {tette, replied Ventin, they got. Swell a mass of color, enc
"'Na; ,..leo replied; I never sot eye h• Chau ills "bet when 1 «diversity of unstumos, such a Pora-
rr t, •ot money, and never satisfied with what
mfnd h
as
in. She was a Sloe girl. and 6uesslag is g
est her age by. was in Auetr'at•ia f received a letter fusion of t.ouguee, anti over all the
!1 dare say I' alul travel her ba11Y
)eatding her to believe I Pared for Creel MY first wife saying mho wpuld clear blue airy, with the hot sue blaz-
kill me the fere!, t!me the met," ing down un the tall white houses and
(tee•, "She would Seen' dare -" steel' narrow streets.
" Well, I do m. a nd all over the ; „ Oli, yes site would -she has Arab The "Neptune" 'cast eneber about
metMalted Kingdom. and, while staying; blood in her veins, remember ; and two o'clock in the afternoon and, ao-
wi*h acme frfcmda in the Iitghe bet. I n alt Is mad with rage she would eordiag to the notice posted at Lha top
f meat the woman who mode the bel• when a o£ the saloon stairs, would not leave
ten' man of ma -Sar a tin's, She was Pa knife in me and flim the sun- till nine oeilook at night, so all the
air orphan was Elate Macgregor, IIer ; sequences," ssen are -Che moi in flannels and
father had been a soldier who diad of ; "iltrt aro you sura the letter was et g
r from herr"
!straw halt and the ladies in white
cevnsurnplion °entu•aoted in the treneir „ who also a rulcl it be from r" said dresses with sunshades -went on shore
eN of _Sebaeltopal, during the Crimean - t:, ae'uy themaolves. The great ship
Ventin, shamggrng bis sbuuldere; "it i
Was. Fel' and slender, with quiet' ; was not signed, and the handwriting sieamed majestically into the mull,
blue eyes and hair like Yellow corn -1 was sli htly different frim her usual blue waters of the Grand Harbor, and
IL loved her devotedly -yes, too well style, but then she often tlu•eutened cats! anther under the massive walla
to wromg hes iunoconoe, and would y which ore in towering heights from
to kill me, and I've no doubt puts into
have gone away in silence, but she, the precipitous rooks, and still bore on
with a writing what she often said," woman's keen instinct, saw : i r„
gel{ ms to tall her all, If old so, and the prow crests o o am us
whatdo you think deatre my death, No, my
friend, the of St, John of Jerusalem, On each
{teas- oh, lvT.vrskell'h, y {eller was from line charming Maltese
sire did ?-Ie(t her home and her + and aha,ll carry out her purpose if she side stood the a[ttes of Valetta and The
friends -defied the sneers of Ube world' San „ 3 Burgo with their square, flat -roofed
and the scornful looks of her own sex t houses showing white and clear as they
and became my mistreats. Yes -she saw ' " Is slue In Valetta 1" arose bl serrated masses against the
that hers alone was the hand that 1 „ I don't know ; if she is, and finds vivid, blue sky, and all round the big
can -
could erre* mo in my downward me out -well, I may reach England steamer innumerable louts, with can
course ; so to save me she ruined her•- alive, bait I doubt it ; and after all I opiea erected in the stern to keep off
nil. d lived with her for one happy dent Brink I'd care much ; I'm sink the sun, were darting about impelled
yeer, and always looked back to that . °f life' and if ens could be only ser- by screaming, vociferating boatmen
e the la ' hl t era in my are.taan that death ie an eternal sleep- who had more conversation than
their woe tber-beaten fronts, which
there was something wrong, and beg -1 You have uv enemies hid withstood so canny rude assaults,
Nano 'that would go so fan as to d ,, f the
f ,, Order
me as a rug 'es
Than my devil of u wife found me well'" will a sneer, " 1 think I'd be clothes. Down the side of the sliip
curt and inestituted proceedings in the inclined for the flop; but come," res- the passengers went in a never -end -
Divorce Court uga ust me, I Jul not ung to his feet, "I've bored you ing stream, and as boat after boat
o njeot as 1 thought 1 would the be enough for ane night, let us go into Wats filled with a laughing crowd and
free to marry Lexie. The cleeree was the smoking -room, and have one pipe sheered off, there was soon quite apro-
promounced, and as soon as I was able before turning 113." cession to the shore. It appeared as
1 married Elsie anal took my passage Ronald assented, a.nd walked slow- if the ship would he quite empty, save
slow-
ly after Ventin, wondering at the for the crew.; but one, at least of the
with liar to Australia -there inland~ strange story he had beard, and at passengers, remained behind. This
ing bo start a nen lUse in a new happ. the strange man who told it to him. was Lionel Ventin, who preferred a
We built castles in the air of a hippy
"Be had a queer life," mused Mon- lazy day on board with a pipe and
telth as they stepped into the smok- novel to the discomfort of exploring
Ing -room. " I wonder if his end will the steep streets and picturesque
be as queer" buildings 0f Valetta.
The dance being over all the ladies "I'm sick of Malta," he said, in reply
had gone below, the electric lights to Ronald's persuasions; "I know every
were out in thesaloon and on deck, hole and corner of that confounded
and only the smoking -roam was light- Valetta, and agree with Byron about
ed up forthe benefit of the night -birds it; besides," with a significant glance,
Here they all came, flushed and ex- "I might meet my wife."
cited with their exercise, and soon all' Against this last argument Ronald
the marble -topped tables were cover- had nothing to urge, sb went down to
ed with glass containing irfferent bev- join his party, which consisted of Mrs,
erag,:s, from whiskey -aid -soda down Pellypop, tail and majestic, in black
to a modest squash, while the at- silk, Kate Lester, and the irrepressi-
mospliere resembled nothing so much hie Pat Ryan. As they moved off,
as a London fog, Ventin had reoov-' Ventin, who was arrayed in a suit of
ered his spirits, and told stories, made 'spotless white, waved his straw hat to
epigrams, and sang songs, until Icon- them,
his hands, and Roland, respeasting his ale amid hardly believe he sew be- "{low sulky that Mr. Ventin is," said
emotion, said nothing. fore him the same man who had told Miss Lester, as they were pulled rapid -
After a few mument of silence, Ven- him such a pitiful story. ; IY towards the shore; "be never speaks
tin resumed in an unsteady voice : F'entin saw h e friend's ayes direct- to anyone."
I landed in Australia, a broken- 051 curiously at him en0e or twice, and "Shows his had taste," replied Mr.
beamed mite-lrsedless of my life, and gue_ eing the moaning of his looks Ryan, "considerin' the pretty girls on
witih no hope of happiness in the fu -
I've
up to him Lo say "Good -night." board"
tore. I want from Australia to New I've put on the cap and bells, you I burs. Pellypop froze him.
Zealandithenee 10 America, and tsar- see he said, cynically ; "broken I "Your remark is flippant," she re-
ellate. all over the new world trying hearts are not in favor with the w•orid' juiced, putting up her glasses.
to drown my bitter thoughts in diasi- and life is Duly a masquerade after l "it's true, for all that," answered
paticn, but without success. 1 went alt„ (Put, bravely; "and yell sae how Lhese-
irr far gambling, drinking, 'sting, I _� foreign chaps will stare at ye to -day,
threw away money on women, kept a CHAPTER Il. Imam.'
theatre; in fact did everything I could , Tunisians, M.rlleese English, Ital- I No woman is too old for flattery,
to ruin myself. Then wearied of the ions! Was there Byer such a motley ,and though Mrs. Pellypop was rigor
reckless life I was leading, I went ceowd es that collected in the prea- i ously virtuous she was also a woman,
back to Australia and tried to settle cipal street of Valetta r Bare -kneed iso she received Pat's compliment very
down, but It was no use. Like Orestes, Highlanders in their picturesque tar- graciously,
pursued by the Furies, I had to fly, tans, elbowed wide -tem sered Mahorne-, "I know all about Valetta," she be
so 1 took my passage on board the dans from Tunis and Fez ; swarthy, San, J--"
" Neptune," and thus, here Yee feud .'The deuce ye do," murmured Pat,
y black-eyed Italians from Naples just -
a ruined eynic at the age of forty led against red -coated Tommy Atkins y° must know some nice things, any-
me
all through a Woman." i as he swaggered along, and the nee- 130tv''
"And what do you intend to do tie face of a priest, looking severely "And," continued she, "will be your
when you reach England r asked � from under his long shovel bat, was i g the slier three looked atone annth-
Ronald, who had been listening with 'seen °lose to the piquant countenance
of a Alattese damsel, blusbing under er In dismay, and, with u strong effort
the deepest interest.
of
"England!" murmured Ventin, j her ugly black silk hood as she trip- I PitI gasaspesl n hisperedut ar Rona.lda to sMiss
dreamily, "perhaps I may never sea'pe1 gaily onward attended by her'
Laster, "she'll be as bad as Murray's
England?" i watchful duenna. Isere and there par-
" What do you mean 1" aeked the ties of tourists same laughing and , guide. -buck."
"Yes, but not so accurate!"
Never mind," said Pat, in a low
i
tone, answering the last r
emark;
on ahysiciai"liar.' lobsy
osbhset'ilnlacmak"eif uptfoo'vre he1romiswtakee
They arrived on the rooky shore of
Mount Sceberras, whereon Valetta
d d 11
future, but it was not to be; for, jest
as the ship was ieaving the Maltase,
devil oumo on board, end then a fear-
ful scene took pleas. 1 cannot des-
eribe to you the terrible way she went
on, and Bisie, being in delicate health,
clung to my arra nearly fainting. Al
bust the climax came fou my former
wife sprang forward and struck Elsie
am the face -the poor' girl fell in a
faint on the deck, and after consid-
erable difficulty that Maltese fiend
was removed by fares from the ship.
We sailed, and 1 thought Elsie would
spun recover., but the iron had enter-.
ed into herr soul, and before we round-
ed the Cape she was buried at sea."
Here Ventin oovercd his face with
OS
((toes' 2, 1$00
indontitable female flay, tbau,gls, Ilio
the eelebratted parrot, alae no doa)q
thcug'ht a lat,
"Capital (Mervin, isn't it," obsereod
p
Mae. teeter as they peueea for breath.
"1 daze say, if the Were training for
a Pireus," retorted Bat, dryly, taking
off Isis straw hat. "I'M like Arethas,
and hill melt into a stream of water
If this goes on. I believe old Petty.
pop will swoiar shortly."
Kate laughed and looked at Mee,
Pellypop who, unassisted, was alimb-
Ing slowly up the endless stairs.
"I don't think you gentlemen aro
very gallant," observes Kate, do-
mueely glancing at Pat and Roland
walking on either side of her, "'or
you'd, offer to help the olsl lady,"
"We prefer to help the young lady,".
they cried in chorus, and Miss Lester
blushed, not ill -pleased at this tribute
to her charms.
Ian reaching the :Strada Reale they
Lound the place already orowdeci with!
thole fellow -passengers, and after
a few reoo+gn1tione and salutations,
Mrs. Pellypop's party wardiarto one of.
the shops, where the ladies bought
lase and the young men cigarettes..
Ronald also purchased some lace
handkerchiefs in order to pay off cer-
tain debts insured by playing pbi1-
llpine after dinner with sundry ladies,
on board, and, judging from the cost
of his forfeits, he must have found
the game somewhat expensive.
To Be Continued.
Trusted 011c
Grateful
red
Admired by Tens of Thousands of
THE AFEIKANDER BOND.
CIO TUUJNTY N CUL
CHANGES IN TEE VIEWS O1 CHINESE
I R ' A TO I'.
RULERS WITH (+GAR
The Polos and ftubial glum et filo Thlr'
tether, Venttter-The Jesuit Fathers urs.
(Mte Hixtel.)tth Bwl Hevattecnth-worIS
06(1ene by U(seleetuaa .Uuoarl 1515(3
tta,ltm,
In the yowl` 1260 the father' and the
brothel' of Mane Palo eelsarned to
Europe norm China afrter a long ataY
in the Orient. They were mer•ahants,
(rat their advice and counsel had been
sougiat ey the Grand ilisan of Tartary
in .his eapitai city of °alpbaluo, Pe-
kin,
13ublai Ishan was a grandson of the
fierce J'en•ghiz Khan' and had elected
tv remain in China as Emperor, while
his brothers, nephews and cousins, di-
vided the vast territory that had been
overruat by the Tartar hordes be-
tween the Caspian Sea andthe Peelfio,.
between the.A:retio Ocean and the
Persian Gull. The "Tartar tribesmen
had conquered people of far `higher
civilization than tbelr' own. The Chi-
nese of those. days , were mestere of
many arts and of much learning. `Tile
problem of Nubiaa Khan was to con-
solidate the huge empire of which he
was master and to 'complete the con-
quest of Southern China. Luka a great
statesman, as he was, he saw the 'im-
partanea of a State religion and be
had many conversations with tire Po-
ke in this regard. He heard what
they had to say of Christianity and
approved it. When they returned to
Europe they were the bearers of a
Letter from the I han to the Pope of
Roma 3n which the Khan begged the
Pope to send to China, under the guid-
auee of the Po).os,
Methods by which 15 Proposed to Erin:
About a pined South Africa.
In view of the frequent references
that have been made in the news from
South Africa to the Afrikander Bond,
and of the influence which it exercises
as an organization in the polities of
the Cape Colony, a brief account of
its programme and constitution will
be of special interest.
The first clause of its program/1m
of principles oontains anatnknowledg-
ment of the guidance of Providence in
the destiny of countries and nations,
and the aim, as given in the second, is,
under the guidance of Providence, to
form a pure nationality and to pre-
pare the way for a united South Af-
rica. The third, fourth and fifth
clauses deal with the methods to be
employed in bringing ibis about. They
relate to agriculture, commerce, in-
dustry, labor, education and language,
and aim at a firm union of the dif-
ferest European nationalities in
South Africa. The rights of num-
bers, of property and of intellect are
acknowledged, and purity of election
politics is prescribed. Paragraph D
in the fifth clause particularly insists
on the right of the South African
colonies to regulate their native ques-
tions themselves, and paragraph E
clearly enunciates the principle that
"foreign intervention with the local
concerns of South Africa is inadmis-
sible, thus squaring paragraph B of
clause III. which raids: "To promote
the self -dependence of South Africa."
In oleos' 0 the Band acknowledges
the existing Governments and its obli-
gations toward them:, but considers
that they also have duties which they
are bound to perform for the common
welfare anal the promotion of the in-
terests of .South Africa. In the sev-
enth and last clause the Afrikander
Bons( announces itself as a self -de-
pendent party ready to co-operate
with all others when It can do so
without violation of principles,
The genexal constitution provides
for the formation of local bonds in the
different States and colonies of South
Africa, and details in ten clauses wiih
sub -sections the manner of organiz-
ing and working til -m.
The Provinoial Constitution for the
Cape Colony deals with all matters of
organization,Sinanoas and representa-
tios, in the Colonial Legislature, in
fourteen articles with sub -sections.
She aim of .Bone! was, in view of the
rapid increase and preponderance of
the waive element in trite population,
Bart situation wipes away, as with a
Sponge the witch result, EV01711lug,
mush be begun anew, poly the mens-
try of past endeavours remains,
SOME SOORES OF PRIESTS
and miss3,onaries and edaoatiod men. It
was the Khan's intention to proclaim
Christianity u State religion and the
priests were to be its expounders.
These pioneers would soon have been
followed by others, and if this plan
had been carried eat, there is little
doubt that Christianity would have
made its way throughout the Empire,
and that China with its 400,000,000 in-
habitants, would to -clay be a Christian
country.
HOW the project failed is well known.
The brothers Polo arrived at Acre in
the year 1260. The Pope was just dead
Eland there was an unusually long in-
terregnum. Only two Dominican
priests could be found to a000mpuny
them (e. Chine and these two were
soon affrighted with the perils of the
journey and turned back. Europe sent
no missionaries, and the Emperor had
recourse to India. Buddhism, which
had been in the field for twelve cen-
turies, took the piece tbat Christian-
ity failed to occupy, and its hold In
Mina. is to -day as strong as ever.
Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism,,
or a ni:ix3Cuse of them, are the doc-
trines by which all Chinese, high and
low, live and die.
Once there the Chxistiarn rergion ob-
tained a strong foothold in China. In
the year 1070 anal( mdesouaries were
sant from (tome to Macao and Goa,
and for a hundred years their infLu-
cuca steadily grew. Daring the reign
of Louis XIV, in France they had en-
ormous power in China. The Chinese
Emperor of that day and his oaunsel-
).ars at ('eking were deeply impressed
by the science and learning of the
Jesuit leaders. Under their dirc°tion.
the great astronomical ;observatory
of 1?eltiu wits built -us rather the ob-
servatory Well they constructed rifle
a revival. of a still older establish-
ment due to the Tartar asteoasomers
of Ulugl) 13eg's school.
ITS BEAUTIFU1, INSTRUMENTS
WV on the 0Lty 051116 to -day.
.the Jesuits found a way to recon-
cile what the cull the Chinese worship,
of anon -tors, it is, in fail, not worship
but simply profound reverence, with
Christie.° doctrines. They were mak-
ing many convents. The highest of-
ficials of the Court, and the Emperor
SOi1QOL GIRL, P11111 B1lIGAD:R.
Vire drill is lacoming quite a pope. -
LINO GHEE.
The' Highest Form of leo lehltnese (Easels
flou'r's Ant,
r
I,xeatuttng is a favrat•it'e amlueement
In China, and the ceremony of Ling
Ghee IS the height of the exeautianer'n
lar feature of the British Oboe' girl's ar't. ;First, the *riming' is hound' 10
life en l;t not only lea ens the dam, a crass, and, las the wretch with billg-
ger in setae of an outbreak of fire,
hurt provides a fust rate form of ex-
ercise In the meantime.
Al a leading eoliege for girls,
W esffielrl. College Hampstead, tone of
the suburbs oe London, the pupUs,w`ho
are moody young women of the strap-
phrg English variety, and well able to
tackle propositions that are usually
cOusidered , beyond the feminine
(strength, have fot•med a regular tiro
b:t•igada, and have hose and fire ap-
paratus, lis the use of which they are
drilled. and trained until they have bo
coma adepts at fighting* fires, and
would no mare think of losing their'
beads in are emergenoy than would a
profe$sion-al fire-fighter. The school
drill ineludee Such feats as descend=
ing from the roof of the school -house
to the lawn, sliding down ropes, low-
ering, each other to the ground, from
dizzy heights by meane of improvised
apparatus, attending and resuscitat-
ing those who are supposed to have
been overcome is fires, using the hose
to the outside of the building, to get
accustomed to the work, arousing the
house, and turning the place out-of-
doors, in the quickest time possible,
and drilling %dth the hand.. pumps and
the buckets, which are planed ready
for use in ease of a small fire that does.
not call for the use of the large.
hese.
'stn Use college of St. Hilda, the fire
brigade is made up of about; forty of
the strongest and. most self -reliant -of
the pupils, and these are sub -divided,
Mee smell squads sander their own
officers. Tt is considered one of the
greatest honors to obtain a place in
the fire brigade, and to beoome on of
freer of. one of the squads makes the
girl selected the envy of an entire col-
lege of discarded applicants. The girls
who belong to the fire brigade have
certain privileges and are released on
occasions froth tedious sobool duties
for the most interesting frolic of fire
drill. They dont waterproof costumes
and revel to their hearts' content in
the exercises of the fire drill. - The di-
rectors of the fire brigade can have
iti in their power to make themselves
and their crops obnoxious to the rest
of the school, for they tear start a fire
alarm at any hour of the day or night
and, as no one knows but that it is
a genuine one, there is no shirking by
anyone at the call to quarters.
On the first signal referred to being
given it is the duty of curtain girls
to go through the house alarming the
drowsy ones, taking the utmost• care
that none of the girls or the servants
are overlooked in the search. If a girl
has taken it for granted that the
night alarm is a bogus one for drill,
purposes, these searchers are sure to
find it oat, and compel her to join the
crowd hurrying from the imaginary
danger. While these girls gn through
the house the officers _of Ihe, fire
squads marshal !belt forces, and ar-
range"them quickly around the hose,
or the fire pumps. Orders are given
quietly end quickly and aro promptly
(bayed.
There isms loitering, no excitement,
Everything moves like clockwork, un-
til the girls are dismissed and allow-
ed to return to their domitories again.
lit is really an impressive sight to
see the fire -drill at one of these op -
to -date girls' colleges. !Clic entire
building will be silent its the tomb,
every innate with the captain of the
fire brigade and her assistants wrap-
ped in slumber, when suddenly half a
dozen shrill whistles ring through the
oerridors. 'TLLis is the fire alarm, and
the corridors a few minutes later will
be filled 'with half-dressed figures,
hurrying to their positions at fire
drill. To be awakened in this way is
reverse of pleasant. but the feel-
ingovo p
ing of security that the girls have in
the knowledge that the danger of ar
tire tragedy is reduced to a minimum
more than makes up for the discotn-
fort of the drill,
to unite the white races with the inti- IsLmself, protected them. Whoever will
mate intention of fouling a South read the momuu•s of the time cannot
African nationality, to lead in time fail to conclude that the Jesuits were
by a natural process to the establish- then on the .way to evangelize all
merit of the United States of South China. The example. at the Court and
stands, and admire the massive walls Africa. it was to put 51 etop to the of .1?akin, would have soon been tallow-
Africa.
Ones is b`r. w, A, Chase.and the broad gateway., at which see_, progress of the advanand idea that ed by Lire great provinetal nobleman
era( red -coated sentries were keeping the suppression of the independence of and tonics, It may fairly be said that
guard, Numerous guidon of the two republics Wile determined on China was onc0 mare 10 the way of
Fire!, by his famous Recipe Book, Hearing of 'Dr, Chase's Nerve Food their services, but Mrs. Pellypup, in
and later by his great family remedies, and the woude.rful results it has ac -by the British Goveinmant, Sud the beeomiug a Christian country,
Dr. Chase proved his wonderful skill osmplrshed in others, I obtained a box the purest of English -of which they recita:•thin of the colonies anri States L'1aa success of the Jesutls in China
as a conqueror of disease, A grateful and began using it. ata direoto(. 1 be- did not unden;tand one word, though of South Africa to the condition of raised 01) anemles far them in Rome
now rises to oast him blessed mown colonies is to be brought about.
and to tell of the Incalculable benefits and their enemies obtained an edict
derived from the use of his great pre- vet*our" Valetta at the head of her party of from the Pope declaring that the Loi-
sel•ipt.Ions. Dr. Cha e's Nerve Fund
enation of ancestor wnrs5,ip was a
ECZEMA ON THE HEAD.1 k grievous error. 9'he dissensions of
Mrs. Joseph Queries, Ethel, Huron 1 h " Jrnseniets and Jesuits in France
Co., Ont., writes: -"t waS troubled helped 10 fan the flame of ci.ieeord.
with eczema an the head and Ease for Chinese polities was clisaussed at Port
about 0 years. My head was a mass of Royal ns one maysea in the 'Alemoirs
(scabs, and though I tried the doe- with kidney disease and backache for those interminable steps, ]row many Y
tars'( was all the time getting Chase's
four or, five years and baro u,ted vary oath.•! have 5 they not been of. St. Simon, for instance, The Jesuits
I finally begten to use Dr. Chase's Oin w lay i'°medie5 witlaol 1 oiitaintng r= answerable for since Lord Byron in China were recalled abort 1.720 and
muni,, and to my surprise abtainacl re m51nent benafiis. Sane time agb •7 be, abu ed till's 6o heartily l Both they were replaced by other, mission-
-lief from the first upplicnttwo The„ syn using lit Chasers Kdinoy=Liver
boxes have oared me, and t would not g, g Pat and Ronald cursed under their axles less intelligent; if mare ovine -
begrudge $200 for the benefit I beer, ('dee end found them to be the best dox, Once Metra the Empire of China
medicine I ever used. Their use took breaths, and If Miss !Jester had not
Was lost to Christianity.
The noble effects of our missions'
On potable occasions Paul Kruger les in recent times are well known to
wears a big Major Ge:10:01,a nail us all. This sreeess has •not Sons
the standartt of
gun to improve immediately, and um her gestates ware eloquent enough -
no W
nough-now restored to foil health arae sent them all away, and marched into
vis an ex- '
cellon remedy, and I can recommend three, like a victorious general Into a
it to all who are wee , nervous, or run conquered oily. Then they began to
down in health."
.
MONEY Millennia.
Mr. D.,vii Male els, 279 Slater St.,
Ottawa, Ont., states: -'I. was troubled
climb Use steep street leading to the
Strada Reale, and under a burning
sun the exercise was not pleasant. Ohl
AUSTRIA'S MURDERERS.
Austria. is the country most lealienl
to murderers•. In 10 years over 800
persons were found guilty of murder,
of whom only 20 were put to death,
OCEAN'S BOTTOM.
Recant. studies of the ocean bottom
wear the emelt line of continents have
shown that rivers of conalderablc size
sometimes anter the sea beneath the
surfaoo.
0001( PAUL'S SCARE,
derivett from this great remedy. Dr.
Cbage'e Ointment is of almost daily
use in the baso, and I would advise
everybody to keep stomp an hand.
WEAK AHO( NERVOUS.
Mrs, 3, M. Bradley, 100 Jane street,
Wawa, states:--."I'"or several years I
have been gradually running down in
hesalth;I. was very nervous and weak,
and Worried greatly °vet my future.
away that kidney backache, and made been very strictly brought up site
me feel better i,n every way, gave me also might have been tempted to nee
refreshing sleep, and made my digos- „ „
a word beginning with D, Mrs,
do sal."
g g
n good,"
imitators of Dr. Chase's Remedies, Fellypop, however, clad in her •bleak
do not date to reproduce ills portrait 1 silk -which must have been awfully!
and signature, which are to be found; hot, but extorted no remark from
on every box of his genuine remedies,( that excellent woman -toiled stead{
At all dealers, or Edmanson, 'Bane:1 upward, and, not a Ward dirt this
and qts., Toreeto. Y p
over his coat, dee:elatted will the • Peat' eleaenrrced by 1
be
Prussian artier of the Red logit of late
• u +Hrt beenslaudy, andespe
. otuliy in . t
the Fourth Claes and a 1?ar u,
t g
numbrts though their progr-106(3 505
e au
lwed45 years vary 33616017 direetad. The. prea-
ung eyebaslls looke upon the sesne In
horror, stile gentleman upon whom de-
volves the printeipal work advanced
with drawn sword. I'oseibly the df-
fence was a light one, or it may be
that the mretch Ilea obtained partial
remteelen, in . whish case he will have
the felleity of being killed in eight
etrokes instead of 24 -or possibly 72. '
At the first stroke the executioner,
nimbly whisks out sale of the eyebrows
so neatly as scarcely to draw blood.
Hey, Presto l off comes the other.
With a Slight herizaatal tlweep be
seethes a shouldetr Olean from the
body, performing se like operation on
the other side at moment later, Then
the baeaate are similarly treated, and
WW1 at, Lunge forward quick as lubri-
cated lighLs1lag the exeoutienes•
plunges his weapon into the vietim'a
lamarjt. After that all that renlainsis
to decapitate the lifeless and maybe
Min quivering body, and the exeou
bion le complete;
This is the lightest form, of Ling
Chee. When, however, full Ling Mee
is performed it is a lengthened busi-
ness, and the various operations of
the executioner are '!watched as keen-
ly by the onlookers so is a greet aotor
in a new part on a first night. EA
rises to the occasion feeling that much
is required of him. When he has re-
moved the breasts as in the first rue,
4tblod he has still a long and expert
carving operation before him till the
moment when he shell dispateb the
wretch ; each forearm, then each up -
Pea' ai•m, thea ss slash from each thigh
followed by dextterous slashes at each
calf, moil finally after the heart has
been pierced, the hands, feet and oth-
er parts all come trader distinct oper-
latimrs.
Miser offenders guilty of rebellion
ar murder may get off with etrangu-
lation. Cruoitixion takes places, but
the victim is left to die with'arstring
tied tightly around his throat. •
PU'CRii3t'AC•l'ION IS :tars,
Putrefaction its probably not desalt,
but the contrary, -the life that fol-
lows slows or a sort of resurrection,
The laws of conservation, and of con-
version apply to vital as well as to
intaiga tile farces. (Fermentation or
pal refection is a vital process, re°Ip-
roc.atiy generalled by and generating
inconceivable millions of impalpable
cit l aitisrns, which charge the atmos-
phere and are everywhere et work,
+trvrnsmul,ing dead organisms into ele-
mentary living 0110S -and why not
passing on the vital activity into high-
er former
DENMARK'S CROWN,
111 is ono of the pecellatrilies of the
laws of. Denmark that the crown most
be worn by a Christian and a E'red+sr-
eek alternately. The system originat-
ed with Christian 1I„ who reigned
from 1813 to 1023 ; and 5'415 succeed-
ed by b'rederiok I.
SPEAKING TO KINGS.
now Rulers Are Addressed
Bumble Herr/nits,
The simple title Madame -.reduced,
in practice, to Ma'am -is all that
serves, between Queen Vitoria and
her court, to murk the former'n dig-
nity as the ruler of a world-wide Em-
ph'a. Had Britain a king, he would
be no more than Sire, the old French
form of sir, sacred to royalty, the
term Your Majesty is only for ser-
vants and ceremonial occuadons, -
There are few other courts where
this wholesome simplicity prevails.
The Emperor of Gormnv is Maj •sleet,
there is no pronoun in the title even
to his family, except when in alma -
late privacy. The Emperor of Aus-
tria is Em'e Majeslaet, at all times
and under all olrcumstanoes; the King
of Greece is Votre Majeste-trench
being the court language, and the
King of Sweden, is las Majestat.
Theis royal consorts are addressed
with the same formality.
Only at oour'ts of Belgian and Italy
may the sovereign be greeted as Sire
or Madame, though the etiquette of
the Russian court permits it when
the French language is being used.
When Russion is being spoken, Nicho-
las 11. is to Sis courtiers and officials
Czar -employed, like the Prussian Ma-
jestaet, without a pronoun. To the
lips of a Russian peasant, face to face
with his sovereign, the time-honored
Little Father, or Little Mather would
spring, «s would Excellenza, to diose
of an Italian -that melodious south-
ern tongue having no other egniva-
lent for Majesty.
It should be noticed in passing, that
not even their most privileged cour-
tiers may speak to rnouarehs -melees
they are spoken to. '.Chis piece of
etiquette does not week out quite so
stiffly as night be expelled; once BM -
barked on a couversat1car remarks sand
opinions may be offered ;'with a duo
amount of tact. But only the sov-
ereign - can thaw this an,tlrat cour-
tier into his isnmeeliate eirata or oth-
erwise sat the oonversatiohal ball rol-
ling, Also, it the person, when first
spoken to, be not seated, as, for in -
stamen, at diainer, it is his duty to
bow, or, if a lady is the favored one,
to curtsy. An officer in uniform does
not bow, or, for the matter of that,
salute either, instead he straightens
up like the proverbial ramrod. .
e -
fly Thole
CHANCE P011 MAN1JIAOTUR1111iS.
The Bavarian Government has just
sat aside the trite ordinance prevent-
ing t3ta use of automobiles on the
streets, of Munich. This opens up one
of the heat German cities for manu-
facturers of homeless vehicles of. evo'ry
Kort, and wide awake agends ehcmhi be
trrtamptly sent to this field, so promis-
ing beawuse of the large class of weal-
thy residents. Munich is the third
latrgeet oily in the German binipire,
The streets ere wellpaved, bicycles
axe popular and horses bear.
bIYEBROWS AN 1.) INSANlir X,
It is said that irregular eyebrows,
are au indication of insanity.