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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1898-11-4, Page 64 �irir s:el$ A'St, FRIDAY, NOV. it, 1898, Wear about a Curfew Benin Brussels? l ; There Is evidently a nocossity for it r judging by the number of "olds" to be found running the streets from dark to 10 or llo'clock, Cor„ Ginsox was elected in East Well. ington as sucoessorto the deceased Jno. Craig as M. P. P., by over 500 majority. Mr. Gibson was defeated at the lash gen. era! Provincial eleotion in Lhe city of Hamilton. He is the Commissioner of Crown Lands in the Ilardy Cabinet. Loxnonsns have been having to travel by shank's mare during the past week owing to a strike on the street railway which locked up the oars. Where people are not accustomed to do much walking a tie up ie taken very much to heart but the enforced exercise may do them good. THE appearances of a war between Great Britain and Prance are not as serious looking as tbey were a week ago and the expectations are that France will pull out of Fashoda and leave Jobn Bull to manage the affairs. If Prance does not do this she will receive a drubbing just as surely as .Spain got it from the United States. A DELEGATION of temperance workers will wait on the Dominion Government at Ottawa this week to make enquiries relative to their intended notion on the Prohibition question. The total majority for the Dominion in favor of Prohibition is about 13,000. Ontario gave 39,224 in favor of the Plebiscite and every other Province was on the same side excepting Quebec and it gave nearly 74,000 against. If majorities rule then there is only one way of settling the question. Hos. A. S. HARDY, AttorneyGeneral o' Ontario, has made public a memoranduon. in reply to Hon. Don. M. Dickenson'' complaint on behalf of the Michigen lura bermen to Judge Day, U. S. Seeretar: of State, that by the Act of the Ontari' Legislature requiring that logs out fear crown lands in the Province shall be Bari in Ontario, would amount to a virtue auniisontion of large investments made it Canada by American citizens, and th partial destruction of equally large invest ments in the United States, which ar wholly dependent on the Canadian opal ations of American lumber. The er forewent of the ant, it was claim& would impeach the good faith of th existing contracts, under which license are held. It was further asked that, r the question raised would necessarily fa to be dealt with by the Quebec commi' cion, the construction of the Ontario at be suspended or disallowedby the Domir ion Government, pending the appoin. meat of the commission,. Mr. Hard takes a strong stand and asserts the licenses were granted on the plain unde• standing that regulations would be mac from time to time ; that American ar Canadian lumbermen are treated alik. The question of crown lands timber, declares, is a provincial affair. He sun up thus :-"The disallowance of such r ant as the one now in question would contrary to precedent; would be r unconstitutional exercise of the power the Governor-General in Council ar would be an unwarrantable interferen with a matter of purely provincial cc cern." Mr. Hardy makes mention legislation by the United States,..whi seriously injured Lumber interes' notably the $2 duty, the retaliate clause, and the inability of Canada saw Maine logs in Canada without : curring a penalty of 32 a thousand again shipped into the United States. A live fox and a fox terrier dog living in apparent harmony in a wind in the shop of Ed. Packert, Cents street, Stratford. Jacob Helmer, a Kingston hotelke. sr, was shot in the faoe with a revol. by s mneked man, who attacked h while he was looking up. Irvin Johnson was acquitted of t charge of highway rohbery at Gait a assault on Eames McLeod, but oonvi ed of receiving stolen goods. The to took place at Berlin. St. Marys Argue : John Logan arri, home Saturday evening from Neepas Manitoba, where be bed spent t months. He imam that a great deal by that Was still in thtdbas b damaged bytberecentrains adl1 lowed by snow. Inepeotor Ooppin,of South Perth, i lately been making it warm for offer ere of the liquor law, and several doll have been added to the Governor treasury. All the prosecutions occur outside of Mitchell, and in one 0886 hotel keeper and five frequentere of house, during unlawful hours, w heavily tined. Gordon Atkinson, the 10•year•old • of J. L. Atkinson, of Toronto, was sht ing two of hie friends a revolver, when shot himself in the upper peat of mouth, the ball entering just under nose and Doming out of the right alit breaking his upper jaw and carry away some of hie teeth. The wound painful but not serious. After being engaged in millinge farming at Winthrop, near Seaforbh, more than thirty years, Andrew Gov look hes assigned, About three ye. ego his etatemant showed a surplus 380,000, but that wee largely compo of machinery and lands, which see r mortgaged for 1)18,000, Recently banker obtained a judgment spinet : 1 G 6Vet11bek for 31,300. TOE PAINTER OF PARMA; - OR, — THE MAGIC OE A MASTERPIECE. "Oh, is/Welt You 'still not tell him must admit he is the handsomest man what 1 have—" ' 1 ever saw, and 1 doubt. net he is wo "Hush! I shall tall him nothing. derfully well educated. I' faith, He is nothing to me; he has never . know him to be a finished swordsman been anything more than one among and I nM willing to believe he is bray hundreds, of friends -ail held equal in and gallant, 'Yet, oh, how I hats him my regard. Ili/Melon, do you be true I Let him serve my purpose with Isabel to me and I will 'b0 true to you.. And; and we will make an end of Mtn. mow I will tell you what bad moved must bring about a meeting betwee me so deeply when you came into the him and Denaro. If 1 can only stir th painting -room. Signor Zanotti had mount up to make an attack. the paint been tolling me the story of bis life. ar may fight. Per Bnccol He mus It was the most affecting story 1 ever be a different Juan from what I to heard. I gave him my sympathy ; and him to bo if he will not fight•. Aye - I gave to sympathy my tears. Don't have it, He disarmed me becaus you borrow one bit of trouble. The much wine had shaken my nerves, Gui "Madrid I" echoed the marquis, with 0. start that shook him from Lop to toe. "Yea. But --why does it aurae you h amim stroourlonglyusl?"y. And the duke regarded Stetfnno laughed. It cost him an effort, but hs munagod to carry it off without brooking down, "e1; struck me as it did, because oe a remarkable story -a story with a ghost in it -labia one of the ladies told Mall evening, about a celebrated painter of that very oily. At this ,juncture they were interrupt-, n- ed by the entrance of a secretary. I 'You will have to excuse rile for the , present," Antonio said. "But," he add - o ed, after his brother had arisen, "we I may decide, 1 think, wherever the manof whom we have been speaking may 1 leave first seen the light, that be spent n a goodly portion or his youth -perhaps o to adult manhood -in Spain. At all - events, I safely say, he received his t first lesson in the art there." ke Ana with that the marquis withdrew. I The moment ha found himself safely e alone he stopped, with an expression on - his dark fano and a far -away look in e his wide-open staring eyes, no though t' he saw, in the dim distance, an object r; that terrified him. - "It can not be I" he said to himself, ' after a time of. thought. "No, mo-( the grave swallowed him up long ago! Pshaw I I am growing nervous. AI draught of wine will do me good." 1 CHAPTER V. I Juan Zunoni had arranged his easel so as to bring his canvas into a proper ,light; had mixed upon his palette the colors he would wish to use, and was standing before the picture, his eyes seemingly fixed upon it, but without seeing it. It was not the face there t' outlined that he saw, nor yet the face that had been its modal; but another, I and a different -a face In him with an apotheosis; and, think and struggle as he would, be could not drive i 3 om his thoughts, from his inner conscious- ness. It was fixed there and it would not be elLminated. Something told him that he would Inot much longer be permitted to copy from the dear face of the( Princess Tee- the!. His deep and all absorbing love - the love that. had become a pari of his I life -this had first led him to the bo - lief, and the adventure of the previous I evening had confirmed it. If the; Count ' Denaro had seriously objeoted to her visiting his studio -of course the sub- jeot had been mooted and others had could.spoken of it, The influence of Stef- 1 fano Faroese coanot be great, yet i as a brother of the girl's guardian - also as a relative of the loved one her- Iself-his opposition would leave its signor is the very soul of truth and sappy will be steady and cool; and th honor and you should know whether I man who meats him tit sword -play mus Z am capable of protecting my own look to himself. I think if the palate good name and reputation, ! were pushed hard -if a men like Gui "There 1 Not another word. on the ammo Denaro were to openly insult him subject. You will be ready to set' and attack him; or even were he to forth, as I have said." grossly insult and challenge him, the The duenna promised; and shortlylreliow would fight, notwithstanding afterward the plineess left her. the terrible penalty the lawwould in :An hour later, and while the aged flint upon him in case he should kit companion was getting ready to sic- his antagonist. And if they should company her mistress, Marquis Stef-I fight, though the count would give his fano sought her again. I opponent warm work, yet, in ilia end, 1 "Oh, Singer Marquis I" the poor wo- am very sure the painter would kill man cried, when he had reminded her: him." oC the signs he had detected in here "San Marco!" he exclaimed, with a taco and in her manner, and had Mix-• start that shook his frame at every en her into a corner where she must'. joint, "what a consummation tha make gnawer, "I assure you, on my would be 1 Zunoni shall kill Count word, it was nothing. The dear pr in- Drnar°, and- then the headsman will cess has explained it x11, and— "Hal nd -" kill Zanoni 1 And then, eh 1 anis than "Ha 1 Did you tell her--" --" "I told her nothing. It was she who: Ile rose from his neat at this point first spoke of it to vee. She said it and paced to and fro a time in silence. all; and I only answered her questions! AC length he stopped near the center -no :more. That is true, signor." of the room and finished the sentence "Madelon, look me in the eye I Now, which he had broken off so abruptly. tell me what was it the priness ask- "And then, my charming cousin - ed you?" 1011810 1 Ho I ho 1 that is good I I "She asked me how she had looked j wonder, if our genealogical line could when I came into the painting -room be traced, how far we ghould be found where she and Signor Zanoni were ;and removed.? Oh, but she is beaimtiful, and I told. her." 1 she is wealthy, and her wealth I sorely And then the Marquis went on ; nor need. Ah 1 let the duke but know that did he give it up until he had gained she bas really and truly given her love from the utterly bewildered and de-; to tbo painter, and let that painter moralized woman the whole story. She, kill our gallant count; then the execu- tolti him about the pallor and tears; tioner removes the painter; and behold, and she even told that the girl had she is mine! Mine, as sure as fate! been evidently startled at the inter-, With those two removed, let me con- ruption, and bad tried- to hide her; vine Antonio that the girl had really face; but to be sure she did not know; loved the plebeian -that she had been ehe was telling it. Also she let outready and willing to flee with him to the condition in which she found the 'a foreign land -and he will give me artist; and, in her endeavor to picture' her hand, I am sure. Ms kindness and solicitude and hie, "Yes, I want her money. I doubt if anxiety in the princess's behalf, she st• there is an heiress in the dukedom so far overdid it as to betray more td' wealthy. Her estate of Verona es her anger listener than she had ever I worth more than a million crowns. I thought or conceived of. heard the duke speaking of the income "But, Signor Marquis," she cried, 111 of that estate; he set it at more than, the end, laying her hand apon his arm , 50,000 scudi. Mercy on us 1 What a "remember this -she explained it e.11., left for me l And, by heaven 1 I can There was no harm, no thought of evil; I bring it to pass I Let me but catch alt waa clear and simple, and only a, the fair princess in the trap and I will man whose own heart was bad could venture the rest. And now, to prove see anything wrong in it." I it, those moat be a way. Aye, and I "You dear old saint I" said Steffano. , will find it." with a light, coarse laugh, "it is all He then resumed his seat and bent right. Bless you! 1 see nothing out off his head upon his hand; and" thus he the Ivey in any of it -nothing at all. sat for a long time, buried in pr'ofound- I am glad you have told me, for now est thought. my anind is easy. Ah 1 you are in a Suddenly he started as though a pet - hurry. Well, 1 have but one more and had bursted at his feat -started word to say. Don't you borrow any first to an upright posture in his seat( trouble, and don't you interfere. Be his hands half raised and tightly dos - sure the dela' princess is abte to take ed; his sensual lips compressed; his care of herself. Of course you may eyes, with a wild, frightened glare, see what they do; the very nature of grazing straight into vacancy, as your office requires you to do that, though a ghost had appeared in that but you will not interfere. Should' direction. Anon he arose to his feet you do so it could only irritate Isabel; and smote his hands together. and would do uo good. You under-' 'Holy Mother! What oan it mean? stand 'me?" Is it a wild fancy -a freak of imagine - "Yes, dlarquis, I think I do." tion -or is it real? By San Marco! I "'Then I will leave you to go your must know. Which way shall I turn? way. And once more, my good Ma-, l 1 wonder what Antonio could tell mel delon, I think you will find it for your Shell 1 venture? Pshaw 1 what dan- interest I:o keep the knowledge of our , ger can impend?" conference to yourself." I A few minutes he passed to and fro She signified that she should do so; the length of the room, and then went and upon that he left her, and made; out, taking his way toward the aucli- hia way to his own apartments, where„ once chamber. ft was time for the if we follow him, we may discover what duke 'Lo have finished the hearings for he meant by the strange course ha tip- the day, and he hoped to find him in pears to have entered upon. his private closet. He was not dtsap- His apartments were on the second pointed. This closet was a small floor of a wing of the ducal palace, apartment, forming an ante -room to the overlooking the river. They had been I huge chamber of audience, whither furnished by the duke expressly for his oemmittcessometimes repaired foe con - brother's use. No pains, no expense of saltation, and where the, duke 'might labor or money, had been spared. They center with one or mora interested per - were, in foot, more sumptuous, more sons on a subject not for the public,. tastefully arranged, more beautifully And here Steffano found his grace, decorated, and more comfortably furn- engaged in working over itis minutes ished than were those of the duke him- of the business of the day, and alone. self. Antonio had been content to "Antonio, do 1 disturb you? 13 I do take the quarters of his father and of hesitate not to say so." his father's father; to take them as "Not at all, Steffano, if you will not they had taken them: and he deemed detain me long." them good enough, During the few "Only a few minutes." brief years of his married life he had "All right. Sit down -there. Now thought of building an entirely new go on. Whet fait?" section for his dearly beloved wife and "I will tell you," the marquis gave himself, but her early death had, put just a moment to the arranging of his an end to the dream, thoughts, and then went on: "Last In introducing the duke to the reader evening at the theater I was appealed we made no mention of his having been to by three young ladies to enlighten married. He took to himself a wifel there on what they deemed un import- s young and beautiful girl, whom he ant point. Tliey were admirers, it loved dearly, end who had loved him; proved, of the works of Signor Zanoni, equally as well, two years before he the painter, and they had had a clis- assumed the ducal scepter. One short puts with regarcl to the land 01' realm year she lived to lighten the cares o0 that gave him birth. One said he was office and to brighten and bless his life, born in Milan ; and another said in and tben death took her from bin. Rome; and another declared it to have He had never thought of marriage been Genoa; while a forth, who was nob again. present, had been positive that Italy Steffano reached the apartment was not his native land at all, but that which he made his common reception he had first seen the light in Spain. Of end lounging room, and there threw oourso I could not decide for them, but bimself into a chair. d tool them that .I thought I could find "Now, any dear count, 1 think I have the solution, and, if I dirt, I would in - you on the hip!" he exclaimed aloud, form them. at the same time smiting his hand up "So, brother, I have come to you, on his knee. As sure aa faith, the thinking you might possibly know l princess has fallen in eve with the something about ib," painter. I knew she would, Zounds I "i0 teed, Steffano," returned the duke think of the offers of marriage that thoughtfully, and with a touch of real have been made her -the wealthiest no- 'interest in tone and manner, "7 know blas of Italy and the hanclsomeel; and nothing regarding it. I know that be many of them young at that. Why has lived for a little time at Florence; bas rho refused them, turning from end 1 think he spent a year, or more, them. es though they were obnoxious? in Venice; but he came from Rome It was not because she had not the when he same hither; end I have el - heart for lova, No; for 1 can swear ways heard him speak or Rome as his bar heart is a vary magazine of inflam- home. But," he added, after a little enable material, wanting only the spark pause, during which he appeared to be to fire it. At first :1 was surpris- taxing his memory, since you have ed, puzzled; T mould not underste.nd, mentioned Spain, I call to mind that hut T can see now. . Sha woe waiting there is, in certain words on his for her ideal -for the man who come tongue, a decided Spanish accent, tined with manly beauty the gift of Aye l'' --with a brightening of the eyes intellect; who could soar with her in- and a quick flushing of the cheeks. - to the mysl:tc realms of art and litera- "and I now remember another thing: tura end science. I have heard him( speak of Spanish art "Hit and rho has found him I Per- ate of an old-time aoquaintenos ; med- dition seize the fellow1 T hate him, I am very More his first lessons in and 1own him deadly vengeance; aye, painting were from a pupil of Murilto's and T meta to tray him too I Yet I and at Madrid." Naturally, Lite conflict with the mar- quis would be talked about and would reach the ear of the duke. A seaming fight with deadly weapons, and one of the parties a brother of the reigning prince, would be sure to take wings and to assume startling proportions Zanoni's fear was that, in whatever shape the story might reach the ears of the duke, the name of his beautiful ward would be mixed up with it. That, alone would be sufficient to put a stop to the lady's visits, and, per- haps to her sittings; though his grace might ask hien-the artist -bo take his work Lo the palace. The painter's thoughts were wander- ing -now upon the Cray on the river's bank, and, anon, to the apotheosized face -when the princess and her du- enna arrived. Zanoni was master of himself in the old servitor's presence; and Isabel, meeting his calm, friendly look, was equally calm and tranquil. And here the artist received a les- son. IIo caught the quick, sharp look of the duenna-naught her eyes, with a tell-tale light in them( fixed on him- self; then they shot tweed the prin- cess, with a penetrating gaze, again, . upon himself, after which she seemed to be trying to see both at one and the same time. Had she said bo him: "I must watch you, because I have been bidden," she would not have be- trayed her purpose more plainly. However, the princess got rid of her after a time -sant her off into the waiting -room, and the door was closed between them, with a heavy curtain hung against it. "1 suppotte I can sit," the fair model said, trying to smile as she spoke. "Yes-oertainly. We have nothing to do now with the position." Thus speaking 'Lanni took up the palette and two or three brushes; but he did not offer to touch the color he had so carefully prepared. A little while he stood, vvibb the implements of Ws calling, in his hands; then a per- ceptible tremor shook his frame;'his lips quivered, his ayes grow strangely bright with a warm and liquid light. Teats were gathering in spite of his ut- most endeavor to keep them back. At length the spell was broken. He laid the palette and pencils bank nn the table and turned toward the sitter. "Princess I I can not 1 I oan not I My hand will not obey my will to paint. Pardon nue I Oh, pardon I but I must speak." He stood before her with him hands clasped gazing at her through tears that were well-nigh ready to fall. "Dear Pei/loess! Wildly, passionate- ly, madly -yet, (MI how deeply and truly -loved. I With this, perhaps, last avowal from my lips, shall we regard the words spoken yesterday its having never found utterance 1 Shall we be as we Were before? Reflect, think of it all; look at the situation✓ calmly and andersiatndingly,-at your exalted sit- uation; at my lowly, humble lot, my poverty and my garb of toil. Rememb- er, too, that were we to thinly of mar- riage we must leave, the land that gave you birth. To me it would be nothing, the wandering to another clime„ but oh, think of what it would mean for you! Isabel, I must not; I dare not. I will leave Paring; I can not live hare when -when-" To lie Continued. SYMPATHETIC ILr,NESSe Doctor -Your wife is on, the veage of collapse avid in a very' distracted frame of mind. 1)0 you know what has aaused et0 tWhaeler--Well„ she has been'. trying fit' two weeks to (decade whether to paint 'her bioyole frame pinto or yellow. I ,guleles her frame Of mind is In sym- pathy evlth .her bicycle, ALL U,NCI5R(TA.IN. Jones -There ,is no (telling what a day may bring forth. 13 v -'l' a ro vn ht's 801 A 'follow may be, rich to -day and married to -morrow. t A PEN PICTURE OF WAR. A FAMOUS SEA FIGHT BETWEEN CHILI AND PERU, The 0mrrrOr Or Nis rat w,u're,'e v7vldly Pars la'ayed-An•r'71 01,,115151 er on rhe Peine rbnl ,5,111 t'i1u1 U, esenr'. The following describes the engage - Ment between Chilean and Peruvian ironclade off the coast of Bolivia in From the Brat oe the battle the encouraging voice of Gran bud °Wee to the men 'la the turret through Lim speaking -tube from the Conning-toss'- er; but when the Dianeo crowded into 1.173; the thick of it, and great sheds struck the Husaoar's sides as regularly a Iblows of a battering ram, the orders of the conunander were no Longo heard. The officer in charge of the turret called to his superior. There Bering Hunscae that lay like a log, motionless. But fire raged between decks and flames flared. up the sifter-oompanioa- way; and when t'.bo koala had crowded around, like Threshers attacking a whale that had been struck th to (tee, the few survivors were compelled to yield to the force oe numbers.-Cone tnry Magrizine. THE WOUNDED IN BATTLE, Surgeons '1'5115 as nig ChaChancesuces as Anyone Hire,, It has been calculated that Id all the naval battles o£ the world since 1802 the Jeri/portion 0C persons killed and wounded in the first twenty minutes only of the engagement averaged 32 s per cent. This percentage certainly will be r more than doubled in the sea fights of the present war. In a ship carrying 450 mens from 200 to 300 will be killed was no answer, and when Commander Elias Aguerre ran up the narrow lit • tie ladder that led to the tower, he Mumbled over Lho dead body of his ad miral, A shell had struck the con , ning-tower, and had taken off (Gran's rhead as neatly as if the decapitation had been by the guillotine. 'Ibis shel also killed Lieut. Ferre, the admiral's aid. There was only Lime Lo push the oorpses aside, and the now command- ing officer pulled back the Lube -flap Lo give his directions; but as he did so the Huascer staggered, keeled over, then shook iu every plate, while a con- cussion more terrific than any so far told that a shall had entered the the- reat and had burst there. When the fumes bad cleared away so that it per- son could speak, a Midshipman called out that one of the great guns had been dismounted, and TWENTY MIIN TILLED. or disabled in the first quarter oe an - hour. To lake au example, One shot fired by a Chinese ship at the battle - of Yalu, striking a Japanese cruiser, - fairly killed and wounded ono hundred and two men. In the confusion, cern- ege, fire and terror there is no Lime to minister to Lhe wounded. 1 For them, indeed, there is bardly any chance of escaping death. The deck be- ing swept by e, continuous storm of bursting projectiles, there is no oppor- tunity to carry them below, While Lim combat is at long range, and the ease. - allies few, they can be laid, behind the I turrets, but when the tuition is at oloae quarters, no attention can be paid to I them, It should be explained that in an engagement at close quarters the hat- ; ohes are closed with so-called battle !plates, and no wounded can possibly be i passed below. Meanwhile all parts of the ship above the armour belt, which !only extendL four feet above the sur - I face of the water, are being riddled by gun -fire, and the number of casualties is necessarily enormous. In snob an action at least one of the vessels engaged is likely to be sunk, and that means death to all on board of her. Her own boats have been knocked to splinters may in the com- bat, and the same fate has befallen the boats of her adversary, so that the lat- ter, even le not otherwise occupied would not have any means of picking iha drowning men up. These sugges- tions will make it evident that very little is bo be done by the medical de - pertinent in a modern sea fight. It. is only after the conflict has come to an end that the surgeons, if Lhey are still alive, find an opportunity to perform their duties. Surgeons, though non-combatants, take as big chances as anybody in an up-to-date fight. In the battle above instanced, the' oomparbment occupied by the doctor of a Japanese ship was cleaned out by a.n explosive shell, and he and all his wounded were utterly destroyed. The survivors tumbled the bodies through the hatch that opened into the deck below, thus releasing the clog- ged machinery; and as the corpses rattled down other men rushed up, throwing off their clothing as they jumped into the pools of blood to seize hold of the gear and swing the remain- ing gun into position, that it might train upon one of the ships -they could no longer make out which, nor did they care -and it was discharged, haul- ed in, loaded, and discharged again. Once more all was silence in the con- ning -Lower, Lieut. Palacios hastened there, but before he could enter he was compelled to push three bodies out of the way. He had barely given his first command when a bullet from the well -aimed rifle of a marine in an en- emy's top lodged between Lis eyes. Then the fourth to command the Hues - oar that day, Lieut, Pedro Garezon, took the place, as he did so he called through an aperture, telling the quar- termaster to put the hut: to port; for he had determined to ram one of the adversaries, and sink with her if necessary. Over and over spun the wheal, but the Huasoar's head still pointed between the Chileans. "Port I Port, I say 1" screamed the commander. "She won't answer," came back the sullen reply from the only one of four quartermasters alive; the bodies of the others were lying upon the grating at his feet. "A shot bas carried away the star- board steering -gear, sir," reported an ensign; and he dropped dead as the words left his mouth. The Rnascaz' now lay drifting in a hell of shot and flame, but all the while the red, while and red fluttered from the peak. One by one, in twos and in threes, the men in the turret dropped at their poste; and at last the remaining great gun was silent, its tackle literally CHOKED WITH DEAD. The turret eoutd not be turned for the same reason. Corpsss hung over the military top, corpses clogged the conning tower. With coats and waistcoats off, the surgeons had been laboring in the ward -room upon the wounded, who, shrieking in their agony, had been troubled down the companionway like so much butchered beef; for there was no time to use stretchers or to carry a stricken comrade to a doctor's care. Steam and smoke filtered through the doorways, and the apartment became stifling. While they were sawing, amputating, and bandaging, a shell tore into the ward -room, burst, and fragments wounded the assistant sur- geons, urgeons, the chief ofthe medical staff having been killed otmt'lier in the'con- fliet. Those unfortunates 'who were stretched upon the table awaiting their turn under the knife, and those who lay upon the floor, suffered no more pain ; they were killed as they lay groaning. This shelt tore away •svard- room an cistern cabin and hardly a trace was left of the bulkhead. After that what little surgery was done was performed in the coal -bunkers. Huddled in a passageway near, the engine ronin Was a 900x0 or more of non-combatants - stewards, pantry - men and stokers. They were 111 a Mace that wits lighted only as fleshes came from the guns;' it was filled with powder, and °loads of steam that drifted from below told that the Hues- = had been struck in a vital spot-- her machinery. Suddenly they heard a crash, and the little ironclad swayed ate ie she had struck a reef. Someone passed the word that the maintopmast had been shot away. There was a cry of "Fire 1" and all hands rushed to stationa-perhaps two men to a boat's Brew, one to a pump g D the fire I" shouted Mut, Gar- ezon, "Repel boaxzdarsl" They werem.etamorphosed by this order front fire-fighters into war- riors again, and formed a line of bleed- ing men, their clothing in rags, and, ranged in company front, Stokers el- bowing marines, pantrymen leveling rifles in, tudeot with midshipmen, awaited the ooming of a fleet of the enemy's iloeta, which crowded with ma, eines, were forging their way through ho water toward the wounded, stag. EARTH'S MILLIONS. A I!nlueeaal census to Ile Talten. Tor the n''ie'st', T101e. The enormous difficulty of taking the census of the world's inbabilants,vvhiah it is proposed to publish at Berne In 1001, becomes apparent when one con- siders that at least two-thirds and, per- haps, three-quarters of the inhabitants of our planet dwell in lands none of which has yet been civilized, and many of which still remain iu a condition of savagery. Yet the purpose 18 as far as possible, to include in the enumeration every human being on whom the sun rises on a particular day in iha year 1900. Explorers and census takers are to be sent to every available point on the globe for the purpose. Such is the scheme. It looks impracticable. An attempt has recently been made to take a complete census of Russia, and this will aid thenewunderLa.king immense- ly. During his tour in Europe Li Hung Chang became interested inthe propos- ed census of the world, and it is as- serted, promised his cooperation and assistance in the work. China forms the greatest factor of uncertainty in estimating the popula- tion of the globe. Estimates of the number of inhabitants oe China vary sometimes by one or two hundred mil- lions and even the population of the chief cities can only be guessed at. So, too, Africa presents an enormous field of mysteries and difficulties. ,Estim- ates of its total population are con- stantly varying because explot'ersere- quently come upon knots and centers of population the real extent or which is unknown. The most careful statistic- ians admit that their estimates of the population of Africa may be as muoh as 50,000,000 out of it. West of India are the vast lands that Alexander over- ran in his conquest-Afgheniste.n, Par- sia and Turkey in Asia. ]flow many scores of millions oe even hundreds of millions .limy they not contain? Many of the uplands of Persia are practical- ly unknown to the civilized world, but they oan support a great population. No one knows how many people Ara- bia. contains. No one knows how many iliisquimaux there are dwelling in the lands of eter- nal ice that encircle the north pole; many of the islands of the vast ?aoi- fic swarm with inhabitants living on the open bounty of nature, whose free and careless life has oitptivated the im- agination of highly cultivated men like Robert Louis Stevenson. and when the census is completed, if it proves prae- itable what will it probably show the total population of the globe to be? HE'ALTII ,1iEr0R1 BEAUTY. Two Irishmen :who had not met for years ran across each other in Darby, anti, atter a period of handshaking, ad - ,jammed for some moist congratula- tions. Long' time since we met, Pat, isn't it? Groat lot /of things have happened since then. Hes, indeed. Look at mosild. Sure, it's married .r am 1 replied Pat, You don't itel l met Faith, and Oi'vo got a fine health they„ and the neighbors says ha' is the picture 54 mo, O'Grady hooked tat Pat, who wasn't built on the lines at a prize beauty. Ooh, well, what's he herrune salons es thelohitd's healthy? UNCLE SAM'S ToMMX ATKIN Ile is E,' h, Numbers, Owl a Elbe Fl I7tysleally, WO are SO accutenmed to titin and. apaaking of the United Slate. a "Great Power" that it is apt I forgotten Chat Uncle :fan's army *30113 barely 23,000 men of all There is no reserve, and the c militi u, answering roughly to our unteers are neither in the pay not der the control of the Federal rut ties. The army proper is scattered ov spare of cuuntr•y nearly the size of rope; and is broken up Into isot del:achtnents of one and two cutup: each. The men are used to guerillt dian warfare, and are excellent sr and generally first -rata shuts, battalion drill, however, they t little, never leaving heti the crept city of praoti.eing it; the same mu said of brigade oe divisional e ntents. This is scareely surpi'islat ie is rare, indeed, that Lwo region lie within manoeuvring DISTANCE OF ONE ANO'THl;1 Physieully, the Yankee "Tommy kips" is a fine fellow enough; c( chested, bull -throated, and Lard nails. You will never find, in it 1' ed Suites regiment, the uudera weaklings so common in tunny aro The reason is that the bigh run pay atti•aot to the colours many n reeruiCs than are actually .raquir5l wbone, of course, only the best. art listed. Formerly men of any na slily wero accepted, provided they filled the necessary physical re,p meets and were willing to Luke oath or allegiance. 01: late year(,I ever, only Aim clean -born tenant supposed to - bo sworn in. Never' he tfully 50 per cent. ora of foreign raction, The term of enlistment is for yanrs, the pay for iha first two y. being ab (.lee rate of 313 (412 12s, month. During his third year of vice the soldier gets 314, 315 dui his fourth and 310 during his fi whi.let shd hde for another oulf.voe yearsderi, bisto 355(3' isre-eng r ed to 320, (44) a month. Corporals sergeants get 32 and 35 a month era respectively. In addition to ordinary pay, which, it should he he in mind, is subject to no detinet whatever, each man IS credited on liniment with a sum of 3200. {r "clot hiug allowance," This sum is: posed to provide him with unite blankets, and underclothing der his five years' service, and he revel in cash, when taking his discharge balance he 1TAY HAVE BEEN ABL.) TO SA In addition he gets about 413 ' ferred pay," and a considerable t for travelling expenses Lo the pl where he joined. Discipline is very strict. All se nes are punishable by court -mart individual officers having nn power in the British service, to "tell off" offender. There are no military sons attached Lu the frontier pa and the offender is kept, in the gin room at night, and not out to "fatigue duty" about the camp by t To prevent his running away milli' two pound shot is fastened by eel to his left leg; and, in addition sentry, armed with a loaded rifle placed over him, with instmotions shoot him if he attempts to run. AN has already been staled, the n are, almost without exception, ex, lent allots. The reason for this is far to seek. Stationed for the in part in e, wild and unsettled scant rifle -practice, confined with us, so as the individual soldier is concert to a few weeks in ouch year, is a' them unceasing, There are no en) ranges to maintain, nor is it necese to erect butts. The target, a pa one on a framework of iron, is set outside the fort stockade, and squads go down and blaze away It hundreds of rounds before Mealcf, Besides this there is usually more less game in the vicinity, and hunt parties are constantly being organ!: This, toren, is the type of man v will find himself face to face with troops of Spain, and that the Van will, man for man, more than hold own no one who .knows him can Is: moment doubt, MARRIAGxl, CUSTOMS. Until. the middle of the sielee' century Christian marriage emesis of Iwo distinct ceremonies -the bet that Or espousals,wbich were folio' at a considerable interval, sometir extending in two yenas, by the be diction oz' complete marriage. lfe modern marriage t'nstoens ate relics primitive times, le'or instance, throwing of. old shoes after the nes married pair is a remnant of marri, by capture when the bride's le Lions throw stones and other amiss' after tete bridegroom, as ho rode with his captured bride, The hen moon is a retie of the enforced Neel ion in which a captured bride and otipturer lived after the bridegre had secured his wire; and the I. ditionat barred of mothers -in -lav' merely a survival of the old feud (ween the bridegroom and the brit family. Groomsmen are another rt nant of marriage by capture. '19 were originally the brides bed yam when she was pursued by her bre groom end. hie friends. :Then la they used to he attached to the l.irir' procession, tend had,Pcrthing to do w the bridegroom. Beliause their off was reduced to a sinecure, they w armed with lances and carried for es -for these captures wore genera attempted at night, A .LEGAL BUNG STAItTED, Judge Briars -See flyer, Rubber: Rube, how flare jaw (sonic inter this(' s0 lanccremonions-like an inter'. proceodin's;? Rubberneck Rube-Pardiug, Jed' but yet friend, than proprietor of. t) Red Dog bonze peelers, lowed, le yore; mought loan him Iyer gavel, wants eel' use it ter Open a keg; p' 1' ejr ter a tenderfoot w'et's trnatitl erybocly, judge Brlaa's--Stertiit, Rdibe; are I. Co't's adjolix'ned flus hour.' General em