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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1898-11-4, Page 22 THE BRUSSEL: P OS T. Nov, 4, 1808 A HAPPY HOUSEHOLD. sy MARGARET LEE, Author of nlvoroo-A Brooklyn Beoholor-.Lorimor end WUo-1114 (Continued.) "What would your father say to a this?" 011, daddy is very sensible. Ile wi think just as 1 do—he always does, am sure of him If you will say 'yes.' Rose, this is a great, an unexpecte temptation 1" Temptation !" "I should say a joy that makes m tremble. Is it right for me to hay such happiness?" "You dear, dear Lar How did you eoncei this idea "Oh, I have been thinkinghard fo days. Do you know Collect fo \'Vhiteunday 1 It is wonderfu Wait, and I'll show it u." She brought him an prayer -boo and left the room, When he return ed ho was lying on t n, lookin gray and nerveless, sat flow and put her bands in He stadie her grave lace for someseconds. "Sweatheart, has y father con vinced you that your unwise? ' Ah, you don't el:oge nderstan my daddy. What dthink It said?" What! Did he c ?"? Larry sat up. ' He says I have goo he root o the matter—that I have right idea of marriage. Larry, h going to at tend to all the detail don't like details. I tbink the es have a nice way of doing thin t by wav- ing a wand. These are daddy's plans W e can go to the churchthe morn- ing about eight o'clock a married Then we can take the train for tawn. Mr. Proctor baptized me; he would have married us, w. Daddy and grandma will coin own with us, and I can stay at tel with them, so as not to inconvenience your mother. And, Larry, a lots of things. Daddy says t everything quietly, but properly. have a new tan -colored suit that I ear." I think I am dazedall this kindness," ' I wish I could mak smile:' "And I have shadow your bright face." "Not yo t you to promise m I do just as I pleasethree days? After thatwish," "You reSpanish pro- verb: 'A no great thing, butfool who doesn't to , you can always do "I did what you had done. I offered 11 him all I had to give." "And he refused, I suppose? Unless 11 you are a fairy with a gold mine at ,1 your disposal." „ "No; 1 only wish I bad, I think fa- d" (her made him some such proposal, but in vain. Larry is not willing to take money from where it might be missed:' a "Pray, what did you give hitt—in your generosity and PLY r' e "Nothing. You know, :f you care for a Person, that is one thing.' Mr. ?„ Powers, you are so kind and true that r L am going to tell you something nice." r "'!'hat would Be a novelty, 1 swear!' 1 "Larry looks a great deal strouger— that is, a little more hopeful. This k is our wedding -day." "What I You are going to marry him at this crisis." n "I have done 11. This morning, in d our own dear little church, we were married. Whatever happens, at least I am his wife." Powers naught her hand. "You. are d a good woman I This is the most joy- s ful news I ever heard. I congratulate yea, nod I thank God for Larry's sake 1" I ]anew you would be glad to hear f it. To -night you will come to see us?" "Yes." They walked for some distance in utter silence. Powers rang Mr. Poun- o8's antique bell and waited until the heavy oaken door was opened for Rosa. ' It was her privilege to be taken to whatever room iVLr. Pounce might ' happen to be in, so she followed the servant to the pretty rosewood cab- a inet. The old man had just found a t treasure in the shape of a cup. He 1 was rubbing it with chamois and hold- i ing it to the light. His eyes lightened as Rose came forward. "Well, l declare! Why, when did t you arrive?" n "Just now." He drew forward a heavy chair with a high, Gothic back, and Rose sat down and took the cup from him, He WAS in an ecstasy over it. "That's an old, old pattern, out of date for centuries!" The sunlight had fallen on her hair, and wh'le she examined the piece he feasted his eyes on the living Me - lure before him. 'It is 50 odd," she said, as he took it and carefully made room for it in the case. "You don't see the beauty?" I "I don't know enough to appreciate 'There's something in that, I'll admit. I've spent a lifetime studying these things, 'Well! And so you are here again? I was thinking about you only a few minutes ago." He looked at her and hesitated. "I suppose you know all about this sad trouble," Rose said, quickly. "I know about all I cage to — yes, It is only one case in thousands. You'll find them all over the country. ,Some men are in such a hurry to 'get there!' Look at me—I'm twenty years older than Everett, and I haven't 'got there' yet. Why couldn't he make haste slowly? This idea of enj0y- ing the blossoms and living off the Ifruit of other men's trees is destroying our whole business System. I tell you, the prospect of making a fortune suddenly by one brilliant stroke in speculation is demoralizing the whole community. Our young men are blinded by the few dazzling suoceeses, and become, se unsettled that they are unfitted for everything. By Jove, you can't find a young man who hasn't a little hole in Wall Street where he drop', his savings! Ever- ett was going in for a big harvest. I had 80me of his paper offered me a few days ago." Is it too late to buy it?" "011,no, .11 he gets back within a day or two he can pull through. He can at least get an extension; but a ei, man with his ability and reputation can always borrow money." "You think he is living'?' "Yes. Ile had no more plea of sui- lice than I have. This world pleases be me. I have no desire to leave it. I ap don't concern myself with what peo- en Pie are calling the 'Unknowable.' I think that the good Lord of the pres- in ent ean take care of the future. I ma have no sympathy with theee loud- of mouthed infidels who pl'opoie to pull a.p away our tried bulwarks and leave sap nothing in their place." ".rather sayst bat these attacks on ale Christianity are perio1ie, and al- dr ways cause a healthy reaction." thr " He is about correct, 1 remember tvben Tom Patine's works were dr tattling us with his fine theories, ole That was a long time ago." Th Bose put her hand on the old man's aft rmi Suppose that 1vIr, Everett does not ed, ogle hack within a day or two?" A "Ah. my child, matters will be in a tee ,ad way. You see, be has borrowed di neck. The rvily from the cdirectorsnk. That only have may hit's the otes, and there is now a rumor of broad that he holds some of their se- doo nettles, 'Iba.t borders on the foolish, see f not ntingelter dishonorable. You now a hank is not twit: led in loon- old tg a man its securities in exchange or his notes. You ca,t't understand he thing, but it looks bad for Ever - it," But. it is not too Into to save every- hing—his credit.—his fortune. If he meld do it, another Han." "Yes if some ane with the money milli come forward, IL's an old tory! J have seen many a house go own just for the lack of a few thou - ands of cloilers judiciously placed aC Larry lof the very to yo open 'ban x he sof Rase his. our plan is a her u o you onsent etot e the 0 I8 s. I fair! � in ¢1(d b early aptize anylao slot the ho onveni I have odo I can wear." with e you ed u. Larry, I wan e something. May for—for two or I will do as you mind me of the voman's advice is the man is a take it: I think, levo as you please:' CHAPTER SIS.. The next afternoon Rose met Pow - era on Madison Avenue. He looked surprised, then delighted, and turned to walk with her, speaking earnestly; "I am so relieved to see you! When did you get here 1" "I have just left the train." "You Iook so well, too. You are good not to put on black," "Oh, I couldn't do that 1 I cling to hope,,, Weil, was there ever such a mud- dle? You don't mind if I allude to this?" "No, I want all the light I can get on the subject" "I can tell you that it is a pretty dark one, Such a burlesque on wealth. A man with more than he could conveniently spend, losing his reason in the effort to become richer! 1 can understand poverty driving a man crazy," "Perhaps It does, only eve don't hear of it," "True. This is a most terrible en- tanglement. Nothing can be done to save anybody or anything I If Everett were proved to be dead, why, the estate could be administered and something might be saved out of it for his family. As it is, such matters are at a stand-' still ; and meanwhile his paper is mar taring. He had quantities of it out. You see, with him speculation was a mania. He was like a juggler with bis tops in the air. How he keeps them up is a mystery to everybody but I himself. Everett was a master of the art. He understood the fifth rale in arithmetic -=substitution. Take money from here and put it elsewhere, but keep all your interests in good shape. The people at the bank are close-mouthed. They admire Everett and are true as steel; but they have themselves to think about, and they can't protect his paper. I offered Larry all I own, but he told me it , would be a drop in the bucket." "How goad—how generous—you are?' "I am glad for his sake that you are , bare. The boy is simply going to pieces. He takes this to heart so =oh e more than his mother and sister seem to." • "He is a man ; he reartees what the a results may be." "Yes; and he was working Lard when the blow came. He had reached a e point where any mental shook was 1 bound to unnerve him. It is hard to h say what the end will be. It is well 1 for him that he has you to think of, By the way, when did you see him? I n was at the house this morning; hut c he was out of town, and Mollie didn't seem sure of his whereabouts, " 118 is at. home by this, He stayed with us yesterday and came down with us to -day. We will be at the t same house." I may oat] this evening?" "Do. If we have to go out 1'11 !cave 1. a note and you can follow us, It will Americans. They despise their own UU unh• they , , h ape f i people t 1 n y, Y 1 gaP tread manners. Nothing here is good enough for them. Tbey aro abroad half the time, wasting their money, 1 ani, told that Miss :Everett is looking for a nits bighsounding title) What pleasure would there be in helping such idiots? Poverty would he the bust thing fax' them. 11 would cure them of their follies and bring Mom to their settees, That boy that you engaged yourself to may' have brains. Let hint use 1118141 for the good of his family. Anyhow, they have their own friends. 1 never aspired to theta' select circle!" "I suppose it requires se much, But, indeed, you are misjudging them in some ways, Mollie is engaged to a young fellow named Burrows, He is lit Zee..Es'erett's office, He thinks everything could be arranged if you 180111,1 help him. Mr, Powers hits of- fered all he owns." "Just like him! He'd give away his head if it were loose." "It would be worth taking, I think," "Who sent you to me"? "No one. I was told not to some; that it would be useless." "Still you eagle." , "'Yes. 1 found out last winter that people were entirely mistaken about you. I think you might do this simp- ly out of good nature. Perhaps, if you save the' Everette from disgrace they will reform and adopt their own country" "You haven't broken off your en- gagements" I've fulfilled It." "Pray, what do you mean?" "Wby, Larry an 1 I were married this morning," You m•srele 1 trim this morning? Why, whit sort or •, girl are you? You took him in his misery? fie let you do it? 1 thought such women were out of date." "Like the pattern on a china cup? Olt, no. Nature repeats herself." "So this is your wedding -day?" "Please don't spoak and look as if I were an object of pity. I am proud. 11d tbanklul to be his wife. I want o keep bright and strong for his sake. f I can't help him in 005 sway I may n some other. Ho has none nothing wrong, and if tbo worst comes —why, we Dan live our life somewhere under he stars and make our 0300 happi- es31" "Stay a moment. A girl 1111e you should have a bright wedding -day, Let me think. Powers offere 1 all he had— the widow's mite, ohl You gave him yourself. I have learned something to -day. Young people are a great deal better than I supposed — warm- hearted. generous, thoughtful, eel - sacrificing to the uttermost! You pus 815 t u'. old-fesh'on'd faith. It is a nice vi,•tne to have. It came honest- ly to you. lily girl, because you prov- ed your 151111 in me this day, and for no other reason, I wilt do alt that you ask. Come, come, now. No tears to- day. How does the tong go? 'Tears for to -morrow, but kisses to -day.' Will you give me just one kips? More— 1 want you to smile. Rose — Rose Everett—that is your name now—you must have a wedding -gift." "Oh, you have given me all that 1: want!" "And you must have a proper cele- bration." "Oh, never mind about us." "See here, little woman; I fanny you have been living for days in a nightmare of horrors. Isn't that so? Now, the first thing to be done is to communicate with your husband. We'll go down to the library; I know 01 no- thing so conducive to rest and reverie as a wood fire. I'll carry out all your wishes. The messenger will be ready as soon as we are. Come." Feeling somewhat dazed, Rose fol- lowed the old man and sank into a great arm -chair before the blazing logs. She perceived his movements anti aotions and heard his voice for some minutes with a sense of half eon5ci0usness; then she felt surprised at his business -like and rapid proceed- ings. He had seated himself at his desk while he talked. To be Continued. only be to Mrs. Everett's." "You will be here for soma time?" "I cannot tell. It all depends upon e what I can do. You! What are you going to at- BERLI:l'S DRUG STORES emus Names 1aesitrweli by .tpalieeearlet an 011(10 Shops. The German drug store is always a ystery to the traveller when he first comes one of its castomers. The othecary's department, which is only e feature of our drug store, is an dependent establishment in Ger- ny and is devoled to the filling prescriptions and the duties of the otheeary. The "droguerie," quite a arate place ; provides half Ibe mit- e customarily found here in the ug store, It is to Lhe droguerie it one must ge for soap, toothbrushes, ugs in the pure, and all of the aril- s not dealt in by the apothecary. e division may be a convenient one er the mysteries have been master - but it is confusing at first, .not her peculiarity of the apoth5car- is that most of them have names splayed, That onatom dates from earliest days of their history. One the most famous in Berlin closed its rs the other day, and the inoidont ailed some interesting facts. The names of the shops have survived to some extent. although the purely fantastic names have given place to others better suited to the commercial exigencies of modern times. The city to -day p085e9545 161 shops of apot:be- its, and many have adopted names en from the street, square or re- n in which they are situated, There fifty-six of these, and nineteen are syn only by tbe names o£ their pro - eters, Nineteen are named after Is, the engin having ten named in honor. There ere ail sorts of eagles ong these ten, blank, red and white, e0 names include wild animals, my- logieal names such es Minerva and ra, and royal titles like Friedrich Augusta Vlotoria, Most envious are se called atter famous historical eonages. Mich as Armiryius, Roland Siegfried. One differeaee be- tween the eerly days in Bertin and the present is the practical /llsappearanee of I.be French apothecaries, In 1780 when the first count was taken three nut of twenty-one were French. Twelve of these original places are known to- day by the names they bore then. tempt 1" 1 am going now to see if Mr, P0111108 I Will put himself in Mr. leverett's U place." "Phew i You are a courageous girl I tTuimust have faith in human nor "I should have. Didn't you offer Larry everything ?" "Alt, but. I have always known him 1: and liked him. I1 you care for a per w son. that is one thing." I1 ha right moment. In facia, my child, failed once. 1 learned a lesson — ittor, but good." car tak gin aro kno his its "Iwant am came here you to ask Myou, ]to dont." $a Mr, Pounce stared at close for some Flo seconds; than he si ood up and walked and bout the room, stopping at intervals tho o loolt al her, she met his glances per ith steady eyes, "What put ouch an and ea into your head l' "I couldn't tell you. You could do without losing anything in the end," "Yee, I could. But svhy aliould I? he Everette are nothing Lo ane. I ever liked them. They have all the lly abaracterisLice 1(t our moriern ' F9, "What do you think of Larry 1" it "Ile frightened me nearly outof my wits the night before last." T "What did you do 1 You seem to n have reeoverad them. 81 Jimmy and Jane. Those were their Hamas—J'intmy axtd Jane. Everybody in the village knew them.; they had many friends; yet all agreed with wonderful unanimity that they were two of the strongest individ- uals ever seen. Jimmy—bis full Mame was James Bradford—was a bttelielur of about fifty years, reputed to bave nsleeking full of gold and silver coins, which Ile leapt in his feather bed. He was a noted hater of women, and seldom spoke to one. Jane—or more properly Miss Jane Green—was called an old maid, lived in a tiny house by herself, and bad aboly boner of the biped man. Her ago not5 "uncertain," but her fortieth birthday W55 0f the past, Jimmy took life easily, but was op- posed to ostentation and the modern acceptation of the term "luxury." He d1'eseed without regard to fashion, but within the bounds of respectability. Se even rode out in his own carriage but it WAS by no Moans a modern vehi- ale; it had done servioe,hewoutd proud- ly tell you, since his grandfather's days, quite acent.ury ago. Ile cared little Cor books; society he abominated, bccaust, it was spoiled by admitting women, and of the few diver- sions t.bat went to mike up the sum of his life's pleasures, fishing held the place of pr0mioenoe, Even in the pursuit of this grattfica- tiou Jimmy was not free from harass- ment, for he was obliged to passim:the door of acottage occupied by a woman in order to reach the river. The wo- man was no other than Jane. One bright afternoon in Snolember, Jimmy was lounging along the river bank when the .splash of oars in mid- stream fell upon his erre. He looked its the direction of be sound, and then a scowl wrinkled his forehead, "Humph!" he muttered, "that old. maid, Jana Green, is trying to row over to Ned Brown's, She'd better be to home, drinkiu' tett. Alost likely she'll manage to get drowned. What a fuss she makes, sptashin' an' flnppin' !about.' Ho pulled up his line with an angry jerk, put afresh worm on the hook, and then cast out the line again, with an outlay of strongt.11 quite unneces- sary, unless to give vent to his indig- nan Thetio".splasbin' an' flappin' about," in- stead of dying away in the distance as the boat neared the other side of the river, grew- louder and more dis- turbing, and half in wonder, half ang- 01', Jiminy looked around again, "Drat the luck!" lie cried. "1P she ain't gone an' rowed right smack inter that eddy—the only one within two miles at that. If that ain't jest like a fool unman. I'd like to know what 'tis like," Just then his attention was at- tracted to his line, and Jane's peril was for a moment forgotten. A forcible reminder came in the form of a loud piercing scream, followed by a frightened appeal for help: "There, jest as might ba' been ex - emoted. The first bile I've bad for an hour, an' that miser'ble woman had to let out a screech an' scare the fish away. "Help! Helpl L shall drownl"screare- ed the woman. There was no question about it Miss Jane was is g•seat peril. Her boat, an old leaky shell—was twirling about the rapid, rotary motion causing at fre- quent intervals .foamy waves to 51115511 over its sides, and it bade fair, to sink in sbort order. "Let her drownl" growled the wo- man -hater savagely, "There'll be one leis woman --gash 1 sho will go down Its sure as fate, Rein' asoi't of humans critter, I s'pose I'll hey to pull her out, ea' the neighbors "11 lynch me," .His own boat h,tpppened to he near at hand, and a few rapid st:roltas brought him as near the eddy as safe- ty, permitted, 'Here!" cried he, grumblingly, as be threw out a rope, "keto.b hold of that, if you don't want to dream," Miss Jane had been so occupied with her fears Hud struggles that up to this moment elle was unaware that ABM's!.- once had arrive((, At, the sound of his voice sho turned quickly, Her busty movement caused the boat to go down, but slfa clung heroically to the oars and regarosd bar would-be 1•eae0rer u'itlt a,look of horror, B "Meraifui powerst Jimmy radford, 01 all men 18(0038 dement" "Don't be a tarnation fool, Jane Green! Ketch hold of that rope tin' I'll pull you out." 'Naval" cried Jane, spurting out a stream of water from her mouth and t,addling desperaloly with both hands o keep afloat, ""then I'll pull ye out, any11owl" ejaculated Jimmy. "1 never knew any twin' woman had such grit. You're too plucky for fish bait, en' I'll save ye, whether ea' 00," Despite Jane's gurgled protests, he hurriedly hauled to the rope, formed a slipnoose at one end, and burled it over the halt drowned woman's shoul- ders. Then he exerted his strength in a vigorous pull, which Jaue resisted with all her waniug powers, and suc- ceeded in lilting her into the boat. "0 dear!" she gasped. "And to think that I should owe my life to Jimmy Bradford,"- and then, too much ex- hausted to bear up longer, she closed her eyes and fainted away, le use anwusst" cried Jimmy. "Did ever a man bay eucb luck? What in the world am I going to do with a faintin', half -drowned woman, I'd like to knowl'I've half a mind to leave her here in the boat an' start for home." But he didn't. He did precisely the opposite, He drew the boat upon the sloping shore, and after carrying Miss Jane to a sheltered spot beneath a wide -spread- ing willow tree, proceeded to restore her to consciousness. When she open- ed her eyes the first thing that met her gaze was Jimmy's face. 0, my soul!" she gasped, feebly, "Am I in the power of tbe Evil One?" "Draw it a little mild, Jane Green. I ain't the Evil One, nor no km, ,to him as I knows on. An' you're show- in' mighty little appreciation for hav- in'g your life saved, I can tell ye." "Wall," said Jane, after a moment's thought, "perhaps I was a little too harsh. I s'pose there are woes beta's on the face of thin girth than you he. I reokon you'd ha' better let me drown, though, than to set all the tongues o' scandal noggin' against me," 'You're too plucky a woman to feed fishes on, an' too good looking, to," Jane's pale face changed in a mo- ment to a deep carnation bue, and her tone might have Indicated either real or pretended reproach as she replied: "Shame on ye, Jimmy Bradford, to make fun of a misfortunate an' de- fenseless woman. I'll go home this minute." She arose, trembling and weak, and attempted, to walk away,but st:agter- ed and was obliged to grasp a branch of a tree for support. "You're too weak to go home 31080, J 'ane," said Jimmy, approaching. "You'd better stop awhile longer." "So yon could make more fun of me, I s'pose," said she, tartly. "No, thank you, 11'Ir. Bradford." "I didn't say =rent I meant, Jane Green, nor more'n I'd say another time. I never knew before that women had so much gumption. But if you're bound to go I'll give you a boost, for you couldn't get there alone, Here, take my arm." An' set the hull town to talkin'," Cried Jane. Taint best that they talk," retort- ed Jimmy. "The first one that says a word tieing ryou will leel,that" ex- hibiting a hard and formidable fist. After considerable persuasion, Jane was at last induced to take his arm, and off they walked, a most singular looking couple, THE END OF MAHDIS11M. '001 DEAD tAt{Un ANA 5115 notmoW,lils 81150011 '(1111 B ALIilA's BLACK PLA8, The finest heroic display in the dervish ranks was made by the Ithnlifa's brother the Emir Yaltub, who, with his followers, gathered in a dense 015.88 round their stand and and proudly faced the leaden hail. As Yakith expired, several of his wounded bodyguard raised thomselees and fired at our men. They Were promptly despatched, Shinn Pasha witnessed the death of his old enemy and captor,Yaltub, Whorecognlzed hila. "Now be careful and see that you don't take cold after yea' duckin'," said Jimmy as they reached the invalid's home. "You'd Netter make you some agree to !t I'll dro0pninu, t1(A-mn'ocifru3w'oua'nll 51ghionwgeyrouarot.o" Jane agreed to it eoyly, and Jimmy thrum( away, with new and al 'nuge feelings lingering in his breast, 'Blest if She ,tln'L at plucky one,' he said to 111meelf. "1 never see a W0 - man before 1lm.l. bad any sense. She'd make agootl wife for a feller that 1116 ed women folks," But n mo31111 later found her the wife of a man who did not like women folks, and that contented individual was no other than Jimmy Bradford, HE HUMBLED ITALY 111(1 lSe*tn,ePa .Nillrtnti)'etrer lK stnI1e a 1951' tercet ming. With the victory of Adowa in Maroh, 1896, Menelik leaped into European fame as a new puppet worth playing with, says the Landon Daily Mail, FIN armies had humbled Italy and enlarg- ed his territories, his vanity was ripe for ambitious schemes, and there were adventurers ready and eager to play upon it. Menelik, Negus Negusti, "the Lion of Jasdnh," succeeded John II. in 1889 1n his earlier years, as King of Sboa, he had won successes against the wild Galin tribesmen, and was known as a wily subject; and by 1810 he had sub- dued by force or craft all the Danaquils of tbo coast and Gallas of the south to his rule. After his victories against Italy he may be excused for imagining 1bat he is the "Ding of Kings," while be ts old enough to remember the retreat from the Soudan of 1885, and—be de- ceived by it, The Negus is handsome for an Abyssinian—with a clever face and cruel mouth. A general of no mean ability, he can put 800,000 fighting mon into the field, end he has always large bodies of troops operating against the tribesmen of the south or the dervishes. '.Che Abyssinian is a born fighter and a splendid shot, as the Italians learnt to their cost; while at the end of the war there wore known to be 100,600 MODERN RLfLE IN TILE COUNTRY. Menelik is anything hat lacking an eommon sense, and he was reported to Lave a wholesome fear of the Sou- dan expedition; yet he has not been able to resist the magnificent tempts- tirns of Prince Henri d'Orleans to rule west to the Nile, north to Hassala, and south to Lake Rudolf. That is why at the present Lime Abyssinians are threatening Gedaret, Ras Maakonnen, is on the Sobat, and M. Leontieff is being painfully dis- illusioned in kis wide domains In Equa- toria, 11 would 00 u mistake to imagine Menelik an autocrat without a rival, and a greater mistake to suppose he does not know it. Those who know Menelik have a shrewd suspicion that the Governor got his Equatorial pro- vinces because they were too trouble- some to keep. The Gallas are always fighting. On13' in October it took two expeditions and many man to reduce the King of Kaafa. In ,lune, 1897, the Somalis cut to pieces a force of 8,000 Abyssinians, while In Ogaden 200 would-be tax -collectors were promptly massacred. No doubt Menelik smiled in his sleeve when be heaped his favours on Leontieff. In Abyssinia proper Menelik is stronger; but the Abyssinian is tur- bulent and treacherous, and divided, moreover, by bitter divisions. TRIBAL JEALOUSLmS, Menelik is a Shona, and the favour he shows to his tribe, the Amhara, is bitterly resented by the tribes of Tigre and Leda, who are the better warriors and horsemen. More important are the e religious differences, Menelik is no bigot, but he bas an unpleasant way of baptising new conquests at tbepoint of the sword. The French influence in Abyssinia n has had two ends—to annoy and ham- l per the English in the Soudan, and t to carve out a French protectorate on tbe east of the Nile. Nor has she aito- gtt,'h"n f,,fled .CAS .,,..,. . - .... _-'_., flint a ei 0 11.i w t' 0 ROUD HE 1OLE WORLD1 WHAT iS GOING ON IN THE POUR L'ORNERs OP TJ1E GLOBE, Ofd and Naw World Events of Interest Ehrone Wed Briefly—interesting Happenings of Recent Uuta. Fowls are plucked alive in lIlulta, in the ptit,lie markets, The best opals are now obtained from Ilurtgnry and honduras. In some parte of Norway corn is still used, as a substitute for coin, The tiritisli Government realizes 411,390 a year from waste paper. The average weight of men in England is 165 lb, and that of women 123 lb. • prom two to three tons of stamps are despatclted daily from Somerset House, It is said that about G0,000 servant girls go from the German provinces to Berlin every year. German post -office employee aro not permitted to marry without the ape. 0181 perinisslon of the Government. Some 01 the best sausages exported , from. Germany to the United States are made of horse flush. The Hayden Government is very considerate of the comfort of soldiers, Every picks 15 supplied with achair. To insure oleanliness in the handl- ing of bread, the bakers of Berlin put each loaf in a paper bag just after it is baked. The present population of Bordeaux, .b"rance, is 297,000, of tvhom 18,864 aro in receipt of assistance from charitable societies. The sun: of 525 guineas was paid in Edinburgh fora copy of the first edit tion of llurn's poems, printed is 1780, It was in the original blue paper coy ea', A ouri0eity matey exhibited at Stockholm was a section foul' feat in diameter from a pine tree, which grew 00 to 70 miles north of the Aretio Cir. ale. Clotb of a pink tint is used in Russia to cover the coffin of a child or young person, etemeon, for a woman, and brown for a widow. In no case is black used. Princes.' Louise, Marchioness of Lorne, has made considerable progress with the model of the statue of the Queen for the west porch 01 Man- chester Cathedral, The members of the French Legisla- lure each receive :0850 per annum, A member who is twice called to order during a sitting forfeits half his sal- ary for two weeks. Thomas Harper, sergeant -trumpeter in Qu. en Victoria's hou,ahold, who re- Gently died iu London, assisted in his p.otes ion.tl capuel,y at the co enation of William IV., and Ibe christenings of all the present Queen's children. Giovani Segantini, whose painting, "At the Barrier," has sold for 420,010, began supporting himself at the age of 7, when he tended swine by day and studied by night, In a ton of Dead Sea water there are 187 pounds of salt; Iced Sea, 118; Med- iterranean, 86; Atlantio, 81; 3fnglieh Channel, 7•l; Black Sea, 20; Baltic, 18; and Caspian Sea, 11. Smoking was not permitted In Eng- lish railway carriagea until 1846• On many foreign 1!nes smoking is so gen- eral that carriages are set aprt for non-smokers and so labelled. In some parts of the world the east., ern parts of cemeteries are consider- ed the mast desirable. The choioe is based on the belief that the dead in the eastern sections will first arise. The magnitude of the !sauna, the great Spanish palace, may be inferred from the fact that it would take four days to go through all the rooms and apartments, the length of lb:+ rv..y I e!ng r, ekoned •110 twenty. the ea Spanish leagues, which is about 120 English miles. A microbe -proof dwelling has been reeled in Yokohama, by Dr, Van der Heydon. The windows are immovable, et in air -tight frames; the out -flow of air is by means of openings near the oof, 111, ough whioh no air can enter? 1(d all the air which comes into the Ouse must first pass a tube, be fit- ered through col Ion batting,end then e sterilized by passing through gly erine. Leipzig University refuses to accent cine spent at the university of Friod- burg, in Switzerland, In tho count for ts degrees, on the ground that the caching there has deteriorated below niversily sten 'ards s'nee the Do- nin10a10 monks have obtained control. he other German univerat l.lee are tinny to follow the example of Lcip- •g, and will refuse to recognize the reidburg degrees as well. In n local match in Yorkshire, afew mire ago, one of the fielders was in- ured, and lied to be taken away in a rep; as the wounded player was be- rg clt•iven Biting a road skirting the. i hetet field the batsman made a fifty ri(o wbicla was splendidly (.aught by iniu e1 m • n int oichosehands the 11 fell, and was held, The fielding de appealed for the catch, but. the i.tsman lyes declared to be. "not, out.," s the halt was out of the groom" when tight, f l t �) j Au5trinn-tTungary is making an in - testing experiment to open up new ltilnne18 15r its trade. A steamer, the oseldon, fitted 110 as .a flo:ttang bibition 0f the prelude of the moearcliy, will 500n leave tllri.esle r the chief ports of the Levant, the ed But, Ilindost:a31, the tenet Indies, tine and Japan. Its arrival will he iensivcly advertised b.'fcrehand at Pooh pert and ealntnernial travellers on koare \vii1 try io secure caters for the exhileto,•s, and to find tamable watt at the points toadied, The Government has granted a iu':sidy of 110,009 Doilies 10 assist the enterprise. edaref, whither some (ime ago en t )yssininn force was marching, which ill now meet 3,000 scteooestul Egyp-' Inns. And Bonchamps left French t ffieer8 behind with Ras Makonnon on he Sabat, But Menelik is not likely to press on x1 Ther tit. Gedttref 01' .b'ashoda, In the ivaxnps of the Nile the hardy Ahyssine n mountaineers die like flies, while r sss:tle is really heynnd his natural oundnries, and his treaties with Italy ow f bat he knows it, y NOT ALL BEETLES ARE .BAD. 1 The 00mmon ground heelle devours cut worms in great nun:hers, and the .0a' soldier bug and the wheel hug are not. ' ei s in K b sb ed fax their predacious instincts. They b., live upon whatever worms, slugs tout 51 !newts they tem find in the gn.rden, la', Even 0111' wasps ere gi'oet insect de- a siroyers, and if we could overtone our ea natural prejudice etgaill?tt them we should find that they deserve to live.: They will not sting one unless cornered t or frightened in some way; but they a will destroy tent caterpillars and slugs P by the dozen, AB DECLARED HIS INTENTIONS, Into Fond Mother-1las Signor Arturo, It with whom you have been tdancing all C] 1I1 'weaning, at last thlilta•otl his ip- ee 73os, mamma, 'Phonic goodness I What (1it1 he say? II' declared he would never get mar- ried.