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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
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the
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to yo
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I have
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I
can wear."
with
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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.
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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
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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.