The Brussels Post, 1894-1-26, Page 22
A COMEDY OF ERRORS
CHAPTER V,
stirroran, itersOnks.
Bat a week went by and the girle were
still at the Villa de France Hotel, end Jos.
Sim was still Talbot, and lad kept up the
reputation of a Girton girl, She and Flora
wore intimate with Mrs, Farquhar ; but the
inuoli iu her own room, had 110 idea
bow oonstantly Jelin WAS ill their society.
He rode with them daily, for every one
rides ab Tangier. He escorted them to the
bowman, end bergalued for 8118111 in Arabic.
go gots boet,aud took them foe a eel'. Ile
pointed 0110 8)10 hoopoe fluttering like big
butterflies, and the golden beemaders flash-
ing overhead in the %wahine. 'I essioa
admi-
ed thelrotter so much Chet he shot one for Iter,
mad had lb made into a hat ornement at the
birdestuiling establishment on the Marelian.
"011, you are cruel 1" oried 01)0 31411. "The
dear, little, lovely, swift thing 1 Why do
men always kill anything pretty?"
John took it back (mite meekly, with
still dung to her betrothed -gladly, te
tight olasp, And be carried to a hi
by the garden wall of the hotel, Se
at Tangier are barbarism and the lux
of From& eivilizatien 1
"Oh, thank you," murmured Jessie
covering hortaelf, ad now rather end)
sed. "I am sorry 80 have made o
And oh, look at that donkey bow
kicking 1 It is not fit for Mrs, Fare
Please go to her. I AM all right, '
John lingered, his arm still round
shivering girl.
" You are not hurt?" he queeti
mixiouely. "Not frightened? Are
sure? Let; me see you safely indoors.
are trembling, you poor little thity."
Had he ever heard her Christian
he would have said it in that new
tenderness of agitation. But kno win
only as Talbot," 10080 ridioolons
name, hie ignorance saved him fro
indiscretion.
"Please go to Mrs. Far ehar," mu
apologies for Ills manly murdering way, ed Jessica, blushing wit soy at hi
and next morning brought her two Beteg I tones ; and half yielding to, hall with
bee•eaters, their legs tied eo that they wore ing from, what had become all but a
like greyhounds in a leash, and oould fly
together about the room Jessters ep
these while she was at Tangier, and tamed
them oompletely, John Farquhar did not
tell bow early he had risen, nor how many
home he had ;spent on the mouutein with a
little Moorish bird catcher, to got the
pretty areaturee. These tellies he gave to
Talbot, but on the whole he divided his at-
tentions pretty equally between her and her
friend. The younger girl °feels tormented
herself wondering which of the two he liked
hest ; but Flora bad no doubts., for his talk
to hey was all of Jessica. " He is not behav•
ing properly for an engaged man," thought
WilIlomo; " bet what fun when be learns
the truth 1"
As for Jessica, the little humbug contiuued
to Memo her betrothed behind his back, but
was gay in his society ; and now, to Flora's
amusement, displayed the greatest ingenu•
ity in inventing repaints for submission to
the detested marriage.
"Of eourse," she said, " I shall never
have one moment's happiness as his wife,
but it lo something to gain the crown of
martyrdom ; and you know, Williams, If I
didn't marry him, papa would certainly
think he must marry Mrs. Farquhar, and
that, woeld make us all ridiculous ; and be-
sides, I couldn't spend any of John's
money, of course ; and papa says John
wouldn't take it back ; &ad to keep it all
lying in a bunk is just what We are told
never to do in the parable about the 01011
and the napkin. I wish always to do my
duty, Williams."
You are a hypborite, my dear," mid
Flora ; " but tell me, as a deed secret, you
know, Talbot aren't you beginning to like
him a little ?"
Certainly not! certainly not 1" cried
jeseice, her eyes dancing as she clapped
her lands line bounced about the bed-
room in hor nightgown. Thine looked
promising, Flora thousht ; and she gave
her opinion that the joke hed now been
carried far enough, and that they had
better embark again in the Herniates,
and let Jeseiea upon Spaoith soil resolve
onee more into Mies Nevill. the heiress.
Soon aft•d• this Captain Farquhar, who
bad been at Gibraltar for two days, and
feeling a good deal disturbed in bis mind,
returned to Tengier. And he returned
armed with all manner of geed resolutions
a certain young lady he would atudionsly
avoid t and all hes attention henceforth
should be coal:Inert to her othipocion, who,
though extremely pleasing, was perfectly
harmless to the engaged man.
John was, stepping briskly learn the town
to the Villa de France, wondering how his
mother was, when he heard a great beating
of torwtoms on the Sok°, and Sall,
dense crowd round a company of dervishes,
who were performing antics before a green,
turbaned saint on a white mule. John had
seen tide sort of business before, and hardly
threw a glance at the halfmaked fanatics,
who were leaping in the air or rolling in the
dust, preparatory, as he knew, to slashing
at their heads after their manner. But, his
eye fell upon Mrs. Coble; and the ladies
of tte Irish family, who wore pressing for-
ward to see what in the world was going
on.
"‘Don't get too (leac," advised John ;
" they are a disgusting sighs, poor beggars,
and now and then especially holy enthttsi•
ast runs amuck through the crowd, and
may have an autipethy to unveiled ladies.
Have 000 110 une with you ?"
1000.
And then John glanced round ;
pittiently, though he loved his ns
What he SAW ailed him with dismay
in her turn Jessica was forgotten.
any exertion, oats( slight physical s
any alarm, was dangerous for Mrs.
quhar's weak heart ; and as Jossioa
said, Hadjre big white donkey w
very last creature she ought to have rn
ed. John looked round 12.1 time to a
mother thrown -no more. And then
donkey broke away and galloped
the Soko ; like the fanatics, olearin
way by the mere terror of his army
Alas for Mrs. Farquhar 1 John Hite
tore her into the house, unconscious,
lipped, Liget; and every one felt instin
ly that the accident was no trifle.
Flora turned to John Farquhar.
you know that this may be a, quest
minutes?' she said, looking very
end bade hint go at once for the E
doctor at the Hotel Contthental. "
had some training as a, nurse ; you
trust her to me," she said quietly,
reluctantly obeyed.
"0)8, Flora, bow dreadf al 1" s
Jessica, who had uever seen any
ill before "the we were all so
bali an hour ago 8"
" Hush," said Fiore; " we mast b
quiet, Jessica."
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CHAPTER VI.
VIE WHITE DOXICEY 880516,
Mrs. Farquhar opened her eyes
fully, and looked from one to
other of the two young faces. " IV
she aay Jessica' ?" murmured tat
woman.
" It is my name," answered the gi
much agitated to keep up the dace
Severol moments passed.
"Jessica what?" questioned Mrs.
emlier, rising on her arm.
Your Ja8SiCa. Jessica Nevin,"
the girl tearfully.
" Ob, do take core 1" said
frightened by her patient's wild
joy, " you must not excite her."
airs. Farquhar had sunk book s
lees, and her breath came in painful fi
inga, so that Flora even feared sh
dying. But feverishly she clutched Je
band, drawing her nearer, and the
struck girl kissed her pallid lips,
which succeeded another death -like s
and then, to Flora's intense relief, do
turned with the doctor.
" Oh, whet have 1 done I" whi
Jessiaa. "She will tell John and
oh what will Ile think of mo? How
meet him again, Flora ? I'd give an
if we could escape away this very nig
But Flora had to stay to nurse M
otther, who lay in the extremity of
mg. Flora had once been for six mo
a hospital, and her (miter witted exp
immediately made itself felt. John
to her instinctively.
" What good angel brought you t
he esclaitned, grasping her hand.
listened jealously. Why could s
nothing, she who should at such a na
hat e been everything to him ?
Yet poor Mrs. Farquhar, recagnie
Flora the kind, authoritative nurse
eyes only for Jessica. The child 08
her aide and knelt, kissing her hand
wan smile illeminated the aufferer's
face, while she felt for the warm
" No, but we are all right nave you have fingers, and clasped them appropriat
come, As Mrs. Farquhar has Iladji, she From the first Mes. Farquhar had
can spare you." , Jessica. John saw ber delight in the
" My mother I" exclaimed John. creature now, end his heart swelled
" Yes. She and Miss Whet were him tumItuonsly.
all the morning on the terrace, and got
quite exalted listening to the drutns
and watching the crowd. My husband
advised Aire. Farquhar to try Hadji's
white donkey just tor these few steps, sr,
as to be able to see. There she is, and
the two girls and MO with her, don't you
son? And pray, Captain Farquhar, tell
us who chess very laughable people aro?
'03)8, elohoanniedan Salvation Army,
no &mitt. Wo had much batter all come
away, My mother, I am sure, had no idea
what the was going to see. I mist go to
ken" And resisting Mrs. Cobbe's en,
treaties for protection, he abandoned her
to Mrs Murphy.
It wee at this moment that three of
the dervishea, utter rolling en the Rand
anrt foaming like epileptiee, suddenly
aprang to their feet with a yell, and
hacked at themselves with boatleeexes
till blood streamed over their naked
shoulders. John shuddered, and pushed
his way through the throng to the corner
where he had beard his nmther scream, and
from whence she and her compel -does were
now trying to escape. (The strong•minded
Mrs. Cobbe,on the oontrery, pressed nearer
to the some, end whipping out a penoil,
But not once would the your
so much as look at the girl himself.
thing had happened to John. H
afraid of Jessica ever since tho lit
venture on the hillside, when sh
sprung to Mtn involuntarily, with th
of confidence, of -of love ! Jahn Ira
&mei noe ty the word, HI w
trothed hie omelet, to Miss Nee
beirese, and the word love was not f
in connection with any other mac
was afraid 01 118010 Nies Talbot now
horribly afraid of himself. He wo
e en look at her,
" Mrs, Ferquhar bas told him 1" t
Jessica In alarm, noting his coldness
now he detests IIIC 8" And then el
her kande, " 01,101) Flora III 10758
is able to help him. He apatite to be
watches her. He calls her his good
16 80 Flora he loves 1 Why, oh, w
ave 08,01come here ?"
Flora took up her station for the n
the Mole woman's bad. The room w
darkened, and everything woe qui
was ready herself with her medicine
and her stimulante-alert, sensible,
of strength. Mee. Farquhar was o
conscious, and she tossed about tl
began a aketoh for the Daily (lraphic.) fel restlessness of group wealtnees,
"This foolish adventure will make mother see. The Wiled nurse alone was
ill," thought John. quiet ben
Bub now up the mamma apace in the "She will be beat alone with me
mit dle of the crowd there rushed }tingly the Flora firmly, " end you anus
threeof thobloecling shoulders -brandishing me as with my own mother,"
their axes,yelling herribly,leaping and tear- John pressed her hand iu silent
selves, whtle their long hair and their tette. Then he sat on the stair outs
scanty garments, ragged and gory, 0880 in- alek•room, Ile door ajar so thee Ite
ed 1,110 wind. One of Lhom overturned a hoer even a whispered summons. 0
dignified merchant, the eeeond upset cion• long, cold eigheof woory waiting
key, th i third etemblell and fell heavily, But miter about an hoer Jessica, h
then rolled to his feet and raged forward e fail of tears, joined him. " alights'
again, shaking his flail ne the infidels,-tho here with you?" she pleaded timid
barbarian ladies in their shanteleee costume, clasped hands trembliug,
Whet Were fleeing from the ecstasies of the John raised 1180 eyes fee a momot
faithful. flush elowly'roth end faded on hie
Mr, Vergthar's donkey, 'startled by the " If you with," he amid coldly,
hubbub, plunged and kicked, but John VAS Ing away. And Jessica stayed,
not attending to his mother at Lite moment. on the floor with her heck to hi
For the madman had snatched at Jcsaiert's where be meld watch liar. Wat
white skirt, and the girl, gave 0083' of ter. he did, without a word, hour alto:
ror ; then seeing John, ane threw herself Jessica, dried at first, and he saw Inor
iropttlaively into hie rescuing aerns, outs dors rise to het. soba like a child'a
stretched no less impetuously for hee pretew she grew eery quiet, mid tied to be
tion. Of eourse there was no reel danger ; like Flora. Ferilepe in shot -lucre,
one blow sent the fanatic, reeling book he was trying to vanquish hie die
te, hie fellows, Bat hi her fright Jess -lea her, it would help him to rettemb
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TI:1"4 13 ItIBILIS POST.
GRuArcr 26, 1894
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betteroolne,"
Bat the nurse did not retuen te hee inhmna
post, for the 'Meet tittle there wee no
more whieh she could do, and that it
the eon's right to be alone with hie mother
now. Site and Jessica ;stood outside, hoki-
by eaoh other's hands ; with pale floes and
ears and eyee etraining throrigh the silent
twilight. Ad John sous with bit; 1notbet,
who slept, elept, till her sleep quietly deep -
oned into the long, untroubled sleep of
death,
So trivial an neeitiont had ended Mrs
'
Ferquhar's harmleee and troubled life ;
and now John had only himself to think
about and provide for.
(eo Da coerrneunn.)
IIIIALTIL ineidiOliely
_a_ the
31e111,th in 00111petiti OW , illaa'diteili98n1t:tubse,inntaresiyannnat.cint:titilnie,urnntim'ittyiunedllan4elyoni,IFyno:1:goill'rongicr:.
A dread of i 1 i t ' 1 t ll I
kind, end dierlig for :un:enon"'spetnitmoralanalnetarilal '1"""wnes
to our ver „awe, For wag
at je ethane we have en40"ed a snowmen, a,
Ofanit,tineiall'i,Itlediirai'dete, Laondfttent;:ii'itoloirnotyll'iiwl '''', olittneetlitign
eau expert et 1 , a t mug t le very mut
r , t 1 't 1 1 la 1 1
a.,,an we should have 'oohed for it, some
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the Mope in and beeemes our direet rival.
u his preparations ere well made and hie
finances are aa ood as our own, see feel
Imre he will do no little harm. We
.
begm to appreciate the opportimities Which
we poeseesed in the past, and we are dle•
oonsolate with regard to the future. Title
patteee, Aud if we do not realize our gloomy
forebodings wo attribute it entirely to our
wisdotn, without considering that we have
been direct gairers by the compel:41th
whio et firat alarmed 118 so mush. The ex.
patience of merchants in growing localities
setean
haa proved that when eompetitionand
then their buainess begins to improve rapid.
ly, While a town ie too Ismail to eupport
two stores, it affords but little attractiou to
the surrounding country ; other towns hay e
their single store also ; but me Boon art twotee
or three are opened at one place it becomes
of more importance and draws a le.rgely in•
creased trade, of which the original store
generally got the largeet share.
mono ones exe never healthy. The
. p
b te control of everything soon leads
a soln
• 8 . ad.' a i d
Men m 0 °VeL'a° r en Care eSfinelis, an
there 810 10080 failures among those who
olaim to control a market than among any
,
other Mass. Politeness to oustomere; oath
in keeping everything in such nice order. as
• on
to attrace the buyer ; au:instant attentt
8080001 demand's of one's patrous all these
to successful storek'eepin ,and
a• (1" • tl • d b • g t,'•
they ate neo y encomage y aompe i
Mon, which makes them absolutely nacos.
sary. Without oompetitien they are me re
easily neglected,ami when the dealer thinks
that he is most secure, he is rapidly losing
his hold on his customer's and opening the
way for a competitor who will he really
formidable only because ho himself has be.
come rusty la his monopoly. Bee if he has
tgone 6 farto his han'ts the
no 00 alter 1 , '
competition will soon work his perfeat oure,
and he will ;Mend in the eommunity as en
obliging and enterprising merchant.-
[American Grocer.
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Pennine the Prost.
• • •
Eleetrenty has come to the cud of store
keepers whose window dressings aro hidden
by the heavy frost, which makes plate•glass
opaque. Various devices has been used
with more or less Buenas to insnro clear win.of
does in oold weather. Holes are bored in
the window easing, so thet the tem•
peeature inside will be the thane as that
t d tl b 'Id' f
ileums). a, e te In ing o
a partition at the rear of the window recess.
s ere coated the inside of the window
()eh
with glycerine. But no device equals the
little electric f an for keeping Jack Frost
away from the store wiudews, The fan is
so placed that moviug 018 is oonstantlY
i •
eying on the face of the window, Air in
• •
motion picks up moisture and it is frozen
•
moisture which coeds windows, so Glad the
electric fan keeps the windows dry and
t'nerefore clear.
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Take Care of Yew Teeth.
Vevy few people realize the hnportance
king wide of the teeth. Decay sets in,
of ta ' •
then the rush le the dentistfor succor and
Y
later on, are appalled at the amount charged
for services rendered.
To reserve the teeth
P. . . , they should he
.
regularly cleaned night and morning. Clean.
linese in this respect frees the breath from
the disagreeable taint that would otherwise
.t .
accompany 1 . -
Cam bora ted chalk should never be usea
P
to Mean the teeth, as it acts ohemically
ti Iand d st • 't Theb
upon le easel° e rays i . es
and cheapest tooth powder i3 pffiver•
feed charcoal, which thoroughly cleans en o
teeth and purities the breath, . .
Creosote oil of tar aleohol 0A11.1111 and
, " s 'd
other aubstancee aro often empiloye
er
remechee for the toothache. B t th e
,
only aggravate the evil, by haatening tee
decay, and often disordering the genie.
The wisest course is to seek prevention
.
in cleanliness. But when deny hoe begun,
the best remedy is to have the apertures
filled with a sebatauce that hardens there.
in, amd thus supplies enamel so shield the
nerve from irritation.
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rot Tired Feet.
Walking heats the feet, standing causes
them to swell, end both are tiresome and
exhaustive when prolonged. There aro
various kinds of foot bathe; authorities
differ as to their value. Hot water eulargea
the feet by drawing the blood to them;
when used they should be rubbed or Oxer
oiled before attempting to put on a tight
boot,. Mustard and hot water in foot bath
will sidetrack a fever if taken in time, oure
a nerY088 headache and induce sleep.
Bunions and corns and callousnese are-
nature's proteation against barl (Moe leather.
Two hot fool; baths a week and a little
pedicuring will remove the cause of much
. i comfort.
A warm bath with an ounce of sea Balt to
almost as restful as a alp. Paddle in the
mace until it e001B, dry with 0 rough towel,
put on fresh stockinga, have a change of
shoes, end the woman 80110 WAS " ready to
drop" will have a very good understanding
in ten minutes, The quitheat relief from
fatiguci is to plunge the foot in the cold
water end keep it immersed until there is
a sensation of warmth. Another tonna for
the sole is a heedful of alcohol. This4e a
sere way of drytug the feet after being out
in the etorm, Spirit baths ere used by
professional dancers, earolats, and pules.
triane to keep the feet in condition.
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Row to Escape Contation.
The sad ease of Dr, Stebbins of the Boa•
ton City Hospital, Who died recently from
diphtheria, contracted while pursuing his
professional duties as admitting phyueian
to the hospital, maa, have brought to the
minds of many the often repeated inquiry
as to the moaner in which immunity from
contagion 18 8000803 by (looters, nurse; and
°there, whoa° business brIng; them 80 often
in direct eontaat with infectious diseases,
The an3wer met be se,neweet, pawed;
as well as a repetition of what has meny
times been given, but 1118 not the less
worth heeding on that amount,
The DWO eutteet aafe mards a aieet in•
g' I, eg
tuition aro a strong vita 11.3' allu carefully
celecLed bYgicnic cutInundinc' p er.
fated human organism, constantly and pro.
erl nouriahod and with Plenty of f'0811
P Y t
air, is almost invincible mealiest the invas•
I of disease is sae d a question of
•Ien , • „It t Y_ „
the survival et the superior'. visease, tvnich
is the weaker, it, put 00 80816 by good health
last es darkness vaniehea at the approach of
light
The etrength of disease 1)00 10 taking its,
victim orf 11 1', guard, In feet, its ettacks
n08 mostly made in eitibuala as it were,
and againet the weakest epee in
Armor a Oa MOM
P. ""P.°° °I WQmkn(4°' Th° °4141g-
Or end More virulent types of disease flnel 'ensiles
vaotage.ground4tiniaull: batgobtimbregor:Iti away%
the
finolrlogensr'are the a ore equally metall- bad
et . ahead,
a Is easy to see that even a physician
over•texed with work and suffering Inc.so
what from a consequent neglect of bygienie A
Benumb to the disease to
amid whieb he lingers
____ isettles,
Extra nReoenlusobvoindgiesEL4noisrtritinavtgl'ebly find
a restingplace beneath the upper lid, which
iS 116 one brought down cm' client by i"-
voluntary musoular action when the foreigil
substanue et fast felt. Cue ther
es:itching them ie to p aoe a bulk 0 vfo:Ytie
point of a penal! throes Mist lid, and turn it
lashes The irritant will thus
baab by'
be dirolosed, and may be removed by the
corner of the hankerohief, or anY siMilar
moms. Two or three flaxseed put into the
eye will form a glutinous fluid, in which
foreign aoai kbaonduye naTbys ttit)neo e ‘ivsi tell dulgaIrtnin theio
thYinj red o a ehould first be 1
0378, e. a rg n ( e.
with water, milk or any neutral fluid
which may be at hand ; after whieh it
.
should be rinsed with water containing a
small nuentity of Vinegar or lemon Nee,
.
with a view to the neutralization Of any
tuning. .dme,;
traces of the alkali still rein • • ''•
cement and soda, are among the alkalis
oat likely to be tnet. In the ease of acid
1 nn the eye, there is to be first the =shin
. g
bl te •and th t t t -with t
wi 1 wa 1 en roe men, ovater
containing a little alkeli, like ammonia or
ordinary soda. In any case, in the nae of
es agen s, are a um e a ten to GM.
th e re t a 1 Id b t, I
ploy no more than is necessary, and it is
rea ment should be
better that the t t .
t e o a p iyeunan, or et
ander h direction f 1 "
"
1and ' II' t
some ca ni inte Igen person.
A 81sTAXE MINT.
Oattluire or a Ji' er In an en
Jungle.
The WeY Was threngh a 0W0,13W,
0 feo high, and these bad to 11
Finally e 0111110 to a P1400
gym watt beaten down es if a, hogi
been ironed meas. The geld,
end then Mopped, 1Itolding u
bow, Creeping forwent we saw au op
with 8 number of steam treee around, a
10W place lay IlOnlething A bright.),
„Iola This waa OA snake coiled ul
bead, big. as e barrel and oovered
lying on the edge of the ..
and I could see the dead eyes plainly.
Captain aqui Gordon, one of the En.
men, a powerful sailor, and a native 11
around through the high gem to fe
elemp of trope back of the snake, and
gab a hitch on the brute's head. The r
went up a tree like a oat, and, after Be
peens, of the hitch under the make',
book on the nook,' and ,both men
A ur menthe n o ree and
t nof the 1: u d tit t
ed. The snake seemed dead, but f
moved and gave a hiss, like a steam wl
and as the fine tightened the coils bop
• 1
untold like a Ina of babble cable, tle
fleshing on the golden solute It w
awful sight In the middle the seek
•
as thialias a melee body. The reptile
to lash the reeds down with its tail.
quiet for a minute, and a hitch was
about 10 feet from tee end, and im mit:
threw themselves on the body to k,
from wiling If we had been frogs it •
'
have done es much good. The rept&
outs twist and sent all hands flying.
oh naked 10 feet, and fell fiat on my
in mud a foot deep. The line was 11
••
taub. ()or °boa nete te make it fa,
tree near by. Hitched head and tai
enake would. worry itself out. For
moot it ceased to struggle. The lin
made feet. The suitke appeared to len
out, when, with a sudden twise, it 1
the line and lay in a half circle.
Tho captain was in the bight, eh(
to us to gab another line, when, like a
the enake three his tail around the tr,
°aught hen and &ow him in, and
second had three colla around his
,
"Good -by l' Ho gave one gasp and
dead man. We tried to airmen th.
You might as soon hove tried to steal
an iron bar. 11 was a horrid sight.
men's faoe was like blood in color, a;
eyes started out of his head. Gordon
out, "Out the snake in two"I" and wi
at it. The flesh was hard as woo,
tough like guttaperaha, but in 8880 111
cited. the backbone • the los
roe ,
reared 20 feet irt the air and mune
with a lash, almost burying itself i
g ound Fire pulled Capt. Kieffer out
-r• •
owls. He was a very large man, Ur;
the hip, but froorthe waiet down hi,
wee crushed and no thicker than a
spike, and the broken bones came cl
the skin. We dug a grave with mu
knives and buried him, piling all LI.
we could 'find on top, and after ak
the snake which was 38 feet for
started for' home. I don't believe we
ever have brought it in alive. Th
and head al eighth over eno pounds.
•
A COBRA'S NEST OP EGG i
—
Discovery of a Balch of Thirty -Jive inthe
BrDlisb. Dana.
Rather more than a year ago the fact was
mentioned in a Bombay paper that a gentle-
man connected with the Goa Railway had
ahot a harnadryad (Ophiopbague elaps) on
its nests This awkward mouthful of a
word is ooming to be familiarly known as
,eyed
ofthe' t b a ninon
the name ingian co r amore orti
an Burnett than India, which. grows to a
length of 14 feat is as fierce as it is strong
e ' . • . --•
and has the reputation of feedityptencipele
ly on other snakes, Little, indeedds known
about the ineubation-we might almost
have said the alleged ineubation-of snakes,
and rarely, 11 ever, has a competent observ•
er had the good obance to coine upon 0 ser•
pent in the very act of eitting, hen -like, ou
its eggs? Only the bare feat Wag publishedessential
at the tame, and a fuller account can not
fail to be interesting.
The gentleman was IVInWasey, known in
Ms dietriat ea an ardent and sucoessful shi-
karl ; and he was toldby a coolie, ta the
matter -of -course sort of way usual with
thou fatalism philosopliers,that a certain
path was impassableats a oobra had (mooted
A gadi,or throne for itself there and vomited
• Hereiri
off Intruders!. WAS a g0-011 opportun.
ity to settle the vexed question of uhe ag•
gressiveness of venomous snakes, Will a
cobra rush to the attack if it can get eesily
away? Europeans commonly say "no' ,
but natives universally cite instances to the
contrary, some of them plaiuly febulous,but
others jest steatite. corroboration to be do-
e
lieved. Now bore in British Iudia or at least
... , , ,
1 Portuguese India, was a giant of the
tribe known to all the villagers ,to home
taken up its station by the roadside and to
he ready to glide down and dash like
lightening at manor beast who approached.
Mr. Waley followed the coolie to the spot
and was showe the manatee coiled up on therno-
top of a huge pile of dry leaves.
Without 10080 0110 ho shot it,and turning
over elle leaves found at the bottom ehirtY'
two eggsrather smaller than a hen's and
covered each emit a tough skin in place of
a shell, These were sent to the Ow-TatarY
of the Bombay Natural History. 1)1813 want.
'p
ing the heat generated by the close mass of
decaying leaves they did net hetsh. Some.
• ' .
times more than one yonug one escapes rroin
a enake's egg; but at the lo west, computation
Mr. Wasey is to be othgretulated on rid•
ding his district of thirty.three deadly
snakes.
THOUGH AN EMPRBSB.
. —
•
Proms That the First Lady lis Japan Pas
messes 0 Warm Mari.
The Empress of Japan has upon teeny
othasions openly evinced her interest 111
children, giving freely to all institutions
that exist to benefit them in any way, even
practicing all sorts of little economies that
she may lie able to swell her contributions
to certain oherities that most interest her.
Tho conduct of this woman upon a certain
sad 1 d dWe
occasion ler evote objects are never
weary describing, says Harper's Bazar.
Brines Iwakura, a fearless Jaime
loader in the momentous doye of tint:
a • • s. h• h la lovely 1 • 1
Loan w in . le . aro upe -
ago Is still trembling in its eubsidenee
to whet seems assured stabititylay d i
-Y•ng
in his yaehiki. The empress announced
Iter intention of paying Isealeure a visit in
1° mon. The pow' prince, weak and about
to die, was thrown into a dangerous state of
excitement upon receiving the news, but
he managed to borrow from some hidden
nervous force sufficient strength to grasp
his writing box and brushes and to paint
gen u regime a i a requese
her an ur t It tmost t 1 1
001 to think of coming to him. He forced
upon her as excuse for declining so great.
00 )10008 the fact of his rapidly approach-
ing death, and his consequent inability to
. 1.
acknowledge her visit; \vitt even a sixteenth
tof Ohm 1,11 ddlii dlof
par e a agei titian e . e iegge
her to deign to kindly consider how 11 110
must be when It remeinedan'itnpossibility to
throw off the malady even for her enter-
tainmeet. In reply, winged with speed,
mine a masker; whose import WWI as fol.
laws .
,.
I coma not as your empress, but as the
daughter of your fond wellasvisher and co.
adjutor and as your own anxious friend."
, '
Shorn of all ostentation and display, the
empress arrived and remained tessir her
gmtefu se sect its hna summons.
I b• until 1 " I
Some years ago, when the imperiel palace
was burned, the uneethsh empress, amid all
the excitement and discomfort she was for
the nonce called upon to endure in a hasty
flight to a comfortless old yeshiki, thinking
first of her su bjects' !lateral concern for lie r
comfort, sat down and wrote them a dainty
little rhyme, which proclaimed as throne
ous the report that she had changed hor
residence. It coyly asserted that her howl
6
had always been in the hearts of her people
and that she sincerely hoped that neithe P
by flame nor by cold could she be driven
from that dear abode.
Mysteries of Flight.
The question whether man will e
able to navigate the 018 8880 discussed
recent meeting of the British Asso;
•
at Nottingham by Jeremiah Head,
h ell 'IS,' '
cent t o . ea mien , uenc, is,
The facts and conclusions ;stated 1
seem to favor the probability thl
power of mechanical flight may
added to the aceemplishment of out
The moth promising experiments a
ent are those of Professor Langley al
Maxim, who utilize the.buoyant pr
of s, broad, thin plane moving ed
through the air.
In the course of the disonseion
•
curious facts were brought out thee
the flight of birde By studyinc the
'a . —
taro and metho 0 or the amine]
actually do fly we Dan best get 8
e et and learn how with the
' er ' • • ' •
mechanical apphartees, to tura It
own use.
o
ft lute been asserted that birds are I
fly becalm they an lighter, balk fo.
1 • 1 I • b a '
than ot let an ma s, ut s Ir. Head t
t ut us was not so, and that bird
1 t te •
about the same specific gravity as th
inhabitantns 01 6110 earth The rue
' •
of their flying seems to reside in the
y exet a geea er energy in )
it to a t
tion to their weight than other a;
They develop, for instance, aboue
times as much horns -power per po
wei ht us either man or the hor
.i g
l 0.
Mr. Head believes that this woi
energy in birds is due rather to Nati
limb motion them to increese of M.'
stress. Thle in torn imPli" rapid c
tion of Gene in their baffles an.
consumption of food. As a matter
the temperature of birds is higher th
of other animals, while all birds tl
mualt on the wing have voracious an:
Then, too, birds seem to have so
.
by instinct or practiae,a marvellous
taking advantage of the buoyant efl
winds and air currents.. To 813)8 )0 t
to be due oh lity to soar. an.
their i •
long distances with great rapidity w
any apparent motion of the winos.
The frigate•bird,for inatanoe, can
ing to the observations of Mr. Lar
fly one hundred mitee an hour w
wing(' held in a fixed position. Mr
easter also asserta that this powerf
can live for a week continuously in
without alighting by day or night.
lf this is so, and the speed of in
deed miles an hour can be meintait
abcted, then the frigato•bird
be able to go more than twcothirda
way round the earth without storr
Peet, and in about eleven days it Ira
*le the planet 1
But when 0 man hae contrived m
that wilt 00883' !dna freely through ,
it is not likely thab he will be long
covering other septets now only In
the birds.
A Seat in the House of Commons.
The House of Commons has some 670
metnbers, a,nci it has seeds for little more
than half the nuniber. Even if we take
into amount the members' galleries, which
run along two sides of the chamber, there
still is not nearly room enough for all the
men who are entitled to bake their places in
the Holm of Commons, What are the
members to do who have not got seats 1
They are to do the beat they can -to do any
thing they like short. of taking seats in the
House.
The may crowd the bar -I do not mean
;my place of refreshment, although Lboy
may crowd that bac, too, if they please -1
mean they may stand below the line 'which
ia supposed to rapreeent the brass bar that
ean, whets 00eas1en requir.s, he drawn 016
from either side, and so conjoined as to re.
present the division between some peti•
tenter or some alleged offender and the
House of Commons itself. They may stand
in the newspapee room or the tem room ;
they may fall asleep in tholibrary they may
walk on the terrace ; they may lounge in
the smoking room ; but they menet sit in
the House.
As in England there are so many super-
'Mous women who could not possibly find
husbands here under our present matrinto•
nial syatem, 00 ill the House of Commons
there are so many members who cannot
possibly find seats. The struggle for seats
from day to day is 0015810100 and interesting
competition, of which, so far as I know, the
English House of Commons has an absolute
monopoly,
It is in one sense a question of first come
first served. The Hone° of Commons usuallY
meets at 3 o'clonk in the afternoon. A
member may come down to the ammo ao
early as he pleases and 881006 a seat, If he
comes very early -toy at 8 115 81)0 morning-
he has, on ordinary oscasions, a fair chance
of a good plage. He selects his place and
he puts his hat into it. Then he goes away,
to return at three o'clock, when prayers are
said by the Chaplain of the If ouse--at pres•
ens and for 80010 time past my distinguish.
ed Need Archdeacon Farrar. •
in the meantime our inember in quest of
a that must lint stir one Moll outside the
buildiugs whiall belong to the House of
Commous. His claim to a seal' 18 supposed
to root on his attention to the SerViati of
the House, and if he crosses a ehreebold
for one moment ()aside the precincts of the
House, hie claim to a seam la forfeit. So
he speech; from $ &cloak until 3 lounging
about the library and the smoking rooms
emd the newspaper room, and at 3 he
comes back into the House and listens to
the prayart, Teen, having complied with
all that eetioneill,1 and, haying spent
his whole ;ley in nominal services of the
House he ie outitied to insert in a little
brass Irene at the book of his theta smell
card bearing the printed word "prayers"
and his own name written beneath, and
the$ he has secured that, seat for the ono
sitting ',lily. The struggle haa to begin
afresh on the very Demo condition,' on the
morrow.-1,1ustiii McCarthy, itt The Nor th
Ainei icon Review.
-..n.i-mtgad.-...........
Superstitions Manitoba Indiana.
North of the Lake of the Woods lies a
region which 80 180 yet unpenetrated by the
lines of travel. In this section, perhaps
more than any other in British America,
the Indians deserve the name which even
the Cress aboue Lake Winnipeg apply to
them, "Heathen Indians." Dunn a visit
to the eastern shore of Lake Winnipeg I
saw some of these Indians, and onr Inspeo-
tor pf Indian Agencies, Hon. Ebenezer
McColl, gave me many parricalars ammern.
ing than' c"atcmc•
Among these natives flourishes unabated
the superstitious belief in the power of the
medicinomen. Theseertificial old oonjurere,
more interested in extorting train the people
their living than'iin their•advancentent, prep,
udice them ague -net all inroads of teachers
or inissonaries, and by their monotonous
can tations and weird cermonies frighten them
intn following their a.dviee. Into this order
both men and women aro initiated at any
tine from childhood to extreme ego. .a.
variety of rites attend upon t his intimation.
ln one order it is the custom to demand of
candidates certain sacrifices before admit.
ting them into the sacred preeinete of the
medicine lodge 1 then food and drirk are
dealt ont, After partaking of these, they
immediately retire to some meeincled place
milee from the village, where fasting, and
sleeping, they past, from one to ton days,
according to their powers of endurance.
During these pretreated fastings the good
and evil sprits vioit them, showing not
only the good and evil they aro empower-
ed to do in after life, but designating the
object, either animate or inaniniate, to
whleh they must look for aesistance.
From these visiting spirits they cleirn to
receive instructions In the MOSt cOmmon.
Oath affairs; even the number and variety
of the p0188 010011 in oonstreeting the con.
inring tents are designated. Thoth who
fast the longest aro the "biggeet niarlicinetr
end claim that, in the latest deys of their
fast, is Imparted to them intleh more infe8.
mat .
ion than they received at, firet thole
• 1 ' 1 • '
patient en( mann nwing proved them
worthy. These rovelationn aim to be kept
i 1 1
000008 t troug tout 1110. Shot& they
happen to be dincloeed their virtue 18 ,18.
sbroyed, and all power given is kat. Whorl
the initiates 18A811) to their lodges, earth
. ,
11 1 1 b60oh.
is given two awe, ewe of it (min t in o banal.
bark oup, and abont the same quantity of
100d, Na more it allowed (although they
aro eiarving in sight of D 1 on ty) until half
a clay has elapsed, when they ate at liberty
80 appease their hunger.-tOorrespondence
Beaton Transcript. .
A. Doubtful Case.
Ti . i
le galru ous young man's chin
been that for three hours The to
, . •
hour . mu been devoted to oaul
'
HP°481'.
"for ''3bis a very difficult thing,." 1
ally POrS0h to a n thin '
"3 don' know8 5' i8 "g'
c as to t, lab, (110001
tt
youug wornan very Bweelay, y,
been talkiug all evening."
--a,
Not Stiffio',ently Realistic.
She -"Tho play was exeellent ex
On° Oing,' ,
a•-• II w tat was 1, mt, 1
Xi "A d 1 1 "
Sho-"The time extends ova
months and it shouldn't be more
week."
Ho -"I'd like to know why?"
She -"Why I Ileums° the 001110
girl stays through it all,"
........•-..a...¢....0......
Proven by Hor Own Words,
vuday -"My wire atial 1 neVer W xild have
y iron ,o i s le won , on y agree w t 1
au h' 'f 1 1 1 I 1 1
tile 111010011 of standing out on the wrong
side, as she always does,"
putialy-"But she declares that it te you
Who are always on the wrung side."
.,
budily-"There! What did 1 toll you ?
n -,
°can t that prove just wbat 1 sairiM...
--a'
The Sicilian sulphur deposits ample} Ili,-
000minera
Th01).1'040 0011 01 Maintaining a 811.50
In the Atner.can hayll is 81800,
ellon
vvith
e cub
where
head
wenti
p his
ening
nd In
allow
, the
with
oile,
The
iutkr
011 a
then
alive
veral
jaw
took
pull.
natty
istae,
an to
suu
as an
0 Wa0
began
It lay
token
mon
op 16
wonld
agave
1 wee
back
wiled
to a
1, the
a rac-
e was
gthen
arted
tubing
flash,'
o and
1100
body.
was a
taik
ghten
The
ud his
yelled
went
11 and
'nutes
g end
o down
the
of the
ad at
body
hand -
rough
bush
e logs
inning
3, we
should
o akin
er be
at the
intion
38001.
Won.
y him
t the
et be
o race.
t pros
d Mr.
noiede
gewise
many
ruing
strum
4 that
t the
aid of
o our
ble to
o bulk,
hewed
a have
o other
Emmet
ir &bit-
rope8.
male,
three
ted of
00 0011
iderful
ity of
+muter
embus -
1 large
f fact,
an that
at are
potiteo.
nired,
skill in
eets of
alloyed
1 to go
ithout
accord.
;Agee,
th its
• Lan,
11 bird
tho air
e hun-
ad un•
should
of the
lug to
ht eir.
aohines
he air,
Ill dis-
own to
hadn't;
et half
ion in
e said,
ted the
to hove
opt for
throe
them a
servant