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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1894-2-2, Page 2A COMEDY n F ERRORS HAP1'EP VII. 'Meaner. Jessioa was nob the same after lade. The Madden oataatropho had atartied her into seriousueoo. Het -smiles and her affeotatieila lead aline coded. With John she woe now very ally and •tremuleue, "watehing flim wiebfully and coloring all over if he spoke to her. But this hardly ever heppened,and never did lie lot his eyes meet bergs. " Aren't you going to tell Captain Far. either, dear Jess ?asked Flora kindly and Jessica, °leeching het hand, replied sadly ;— " 1 on afraid ho luiowa ; but I am nob going to say one word about ib unless ho does. Oh, Flora, let tie come away." After afew days they went ; and John bade Flora good-bye, and thanked herder all ahe heel done; but he took noleavo of Jessioa. Only it little brown boy brought her "'front ahentloman" a bunch of beautiful frail gum eistus which grows wild at Tangier, on the hills where fly the hoopoe and the golden beo•eater. The girls wont away and visit. ed Cordova, and Granada, and Seville and the younger was always very quiet and enbdnecl, and seemed anxious to geb home to Emglend. At last one evening Williams and Talbot arrived at Victoria station in London, and hither Dame MnNevill tomDet them "Papa," said Jessica, "don't you remem- ber Flora?" ,"No," said Mr, Nevill gruffly, staring at the "maiden lady." "Upou lay word, Miss Williams is not to be recognized. "A rough passage is unbecoming," said Flora, with composure. "And rejuvenating, returned Mr, Nevill grimly. Arrived at home, he soundly blew his daughter up, "Yon deceived me, Jeesiea. You pre. genteel that Misa Williams to me disguised. I shall not allow your acquaintance with her to continue. Do you mean to tell me you two girls—girls, Jessica—have been touring about Europe, and going to hotels by yourselves? Da you hear me, Jessica? Itis disgraceful." "I hear papa, But really Flora is older than a great many widows. And most people thought we were Amerioano--" "Abominable !" "But we referred to Girton--" "Deteetable 1" "--and then every one was satisfied." "I never was so vexed in my life. And wbatpossessed you, Jessica, to go toSpain? It ienota respectable country." " We wore quite respectable, papa. \Vo went to no bull-fighte, ' "Under your circumstances, Jessica, it had described herself as "gone down." John was the worst taste, DId you forget that l found the name he sought; read it, and gave a little jump—" The Honorable Caroline Talbot." How came it he was unprepared for that little addition? Well, no matter. Gino and honorable women are nothing to a lover. Still a vision arose before his imagination of a stiff, titled papa, who might have smiled upon John Farquhar of Farquhar Court, many acres, and a balance at the banker's; but who would put on itis spectacles at plain John Farquhar of the 500th, with his pay and no expectations. However, he wrote to Miss Talbot ceremoniously. And all clay he went about murmuring her name, "Caro- line!" "Caroline 1' and wishing he thought it as pretty as " Jessica.' After a day or two Dame a reply from the Honor. able Caroline, who wrote a very large band and used a very thick pen, so that John got another little shook, having expected a round, pretty little writing like Jessica Nevill's, DEAR Six,—I hasten to answer your letter of the Orth, though it is evidently not intended for ate. I have never been at Tangier, nor have I the pleasure of your acquaintance. Yoar letter is probably for my grand -aunt, Caroline Talbot of Mont- pellier Square, Brighton ; but as she is very infirm it will be well to consult her phy- sician before visiting her. I am, sir, yours truly, CAROLINE MARIANA. TALBOT." This letter went at once into the waste- paper basket, and John Farquhar sat bit- ing hie nails and wonderiug what ou earth be should do. His thoughts reverted to Flora Williams. 1f ho could vetch her, ho could doubtless catch her companion. But, come now 1 had the two of them been humbugging about Girton? I1 so, how the deuce was he to find oven Flora? He sat down and began another letter to Girton, this time addressed to bliss Williams, to be forwarded ; but he hesitated a little about sending it, ao much was his fear increasing that neither would •this letter find the per- son to whom it was written. And ho sat for hours staring at the envelope, ready stamped and addressed, "Miss Wit.. hams, Girton College, Cambria e. To be Ohpapa," sob ed Jessica, ""dan'C forwarded' —and ha lilt his net s, and an. blame te I never even wctn"+ old sweed crossly if any one spoke to him, and tlr. Farquhar. It eve tel • fault, It fsm't felt his heart and his hope rack unto death g 5 within him. any one's fault. IL does seem to me it Meanwhile Captain Farquhaes first would be ao much better just to send epistle had been read and ridiculed by every John the money and have done with it, p E E1117$84148 M•, O $ ,. marry the person ono loves, And I cio, do hope yon will got the lady you want, who. ever oho is, 1 knew papsu•as mistaken its .fauoyiog you thought the stoney ao impor- tant. Bttt couldn't we get Air, Farquhar's Will altered1 We should so laude rather be without alb that money. Please eomelimes think kindly of Jea0100, who will always be glad to know you are happy," When John received this letlev from the unknown cousin, he felt for the first time a throb of interest,ln her, "She intuit bo a vory sweet girl, this Jessioa," leo said to himself, "but, thank heaven 1 l 0.nfree." CHAPTER VIII. c'rt.L$us rN setnarl or A WIris. John took stock of hie position, for rrhe now thought eeriously of going a w ig 1.1001, he bed definitely thrown away his rightful inheritance; but acme 1 he was not wholly without preopeots. He had certain well•to.do material kinsmen who could put him in the way of making a cotnpete0ae, if be would leave the army and betake hbm- self to commerce. Though fond of his pro - tuition, John had never meant to stay in it beyond his father's death, so tate idea of. civil lite was nothing startlingly novel. Still, beyond writing diplomatically and v an 11 Y to its kinemen, he did nothing rashly. The lady of hie choice might refuse him, fu which ease death on the battle -field seemed the one thing needful ; or she might prefer a poor warrior to a rich nzerchaub ; or she might have a little mosey herself. Not that tho last seemed probable. John had pereneded himself that Williams was the rich ono, and hor companion a poor student, preparing ab Girton to earn her own living. " I shall get her away from there," ire told himself ; "a college is a foolish plane for a woman." Oh, masculine prejudice ! To dub Flora's nursery " foolish" when 10 had roared her, so pretty, so brave, so pron. Boal, and so lively ; emancipated yeb not etrong•minded, after the fashion of Mrs. Geoffrey Cobbe ! Unable to find trace of the two girls in Spain, though to ran round Andalucia look- ing for their names is tite hotel books, John at last deo"ded he must write to ' "the fool- ish place " itself. Talbot had, of course, returned thither, iter Baster holiday ended. It was now June, and, as prearranged, John was on leave and bad Dome to England to go a -courting ; only not to hie cousin the heiress. He procured a list of the Girton students and ran his eye over is, No mention of Flora Williams ; that was all right, for she John Farquhar is at Gibraltar? I hope, Jessiea, you did not go near Gibraltar ?" " \i'o slept at Gibraltar for a night, papa.' "Dear, dear met Ido most sincerely hope, my dear, that yon did not see John there." " No, we didn't," quibbled Jessica ; " but if we load, papa ?" ". My dear, you speak like a baby. What do you suppose ,Tohn would have thought of yon? Running about with another girl of atxeeen, and I do declare running after him ! Bless my soul I Don't talk to me of accident, He would never have believed it an accident. You shall be introduced to your cousin, Jessica, nowhere but in your father's house. Such conduct as yon sue gest might have led to his even refusing your aequeintanee I" Joules couidm 1, she really couldn't just then confess the Tangier escapade, which, having unexpeotedly grown tato tragedy,was now all the harder to describe as a mere foolish jest, But the opportune moment for confession never turned up afterwards, and Jessica became an impos- tor. She had to listen to along account of poor Mrs. Farquhar's death, as if she knew nothing about it ; and the girl having taken refuge in silence, Mr. Nevill said testily, "I do wish, Jessica, that 1 could get you to take a straw of interest in your future 0usband!" He continued displeaema, which was very trying both to himself and to his daughter, and Jeasics began to look worried and ill. All this was bad enough, but far worse fol- lowed. One fine day a letter came from John Farquhar•,—a courteous, a penitential, but a very decided loiter,—barging re- lease trout Itis engagement to his cousin. Alas now for Jessica. • Mr. ;Nevill was even more put about than he had been 1,y his daughter's legacy. He seemed gaite unable to regard the mat• ter either calmly or reasonably. One would have thought him a robber (now remorse- ful) who had enriched his offspring by a theft of somebody's diamonds. far the young lady that his doing sa will seoln to her desirable,"" r" Well, inolhor—then go on and beg hits Go eeme here en Saturday and stay with ue till Monday, ase that we may take bins to see her, Don't you see, motlier, You and 1 aro to dine at Novili Lodge on Saturday and Jessica has written Go say one of 1110 men leas failed, and, won't. we, for pity's Bake, bring ewe one. Just as if 0110 sten were plentiful as blaokberries 1 Sot really it's, providential; we will take John Far gala 1 dr My os ova 1"' oxolaimed Mrs. Wil• My lianas. " It will be, thrilling 1" Dried Flora, t' I am just dying to the what he'll do 1" But, my dear child, suppose Jessioa doesn't want to meet him?" "r Jlten ate eau go to bed wtth a sink headache, Nature provided that oomplaiub for there emergencies, But my own opin- ion le Gat Jessica will meet him, and that it will all thine right, mother. St's the greatest fun in the world I" cried Flora, How Dante " that Miss Williams" to be dining in Idr. Novill'a house after ho had forbidden Jsssioaher further e.oquaintance? The feet was, the child changed so much that her father had taken fright, and by this time was indulging her in every way he could think of. Jessioa was fr0timg— there could be no doubt about it ; and what made matters worse was that no ono could tell what she was fretting about. She grew pale and thin ; her dimples were gone ; her gay dresses hidden ; her tlanoing step had become a slow s ' t and languid tread. She had no little jests ready ; no affectations ; no merry ooaxings and satiny whims. She sat much in her own room, and of tett Dame down with tear -stained eyes. Once Mr. Nevill aught her sobbing over some dead efstus flowers. He read to her, walked with her, rode with her diligently ; he was always ready to talk to her, but their apeeoh was of prim, bookish subjects, which told him nothing. Neither John Farquhar nor Jessica's for• tone was ever mentioned. At last altogot a Dough, and the servants Bald she was going Into a decline, Mr. Nevill took her to town to see a physician, and the learned mean thumped her on the obese and slapped her on the back, and stetbosooped and laryngesooped her till she was terrified finally pronounced that she had nothing the matter with her ; and asked her father privately if she had, perhaps, boon crossed in love? Very nobly, Mr. Navill took the hint, nod sent next day for Mr. Hobson, But Jessiea would none of Jnr. Hobson ; and when Sir Edgar Lee, lige admirable baronet, made his lonb expected proposal, Jessica hunted him out of the county at once turn• ing up her little nose most disdainfully. " Still resolved to be a single woman, Jess ?" asked Mr. Nevill, in despair. "I think, papa," replied Jessica, "to be like Mies Snow is boat. And sometimes I wonder whether I am High Church enough to get on in a sisterhood." More alartned than ever, Mr. Nevill,with a sigh told her that if she wished she might go to Girton, which is a sisterhood indeed of a sort, but one not oblivious of holidays. Yet Jamaica only said quietly, "Thank you, felt papa,us than befbut T don'tore, o now," and he la e " Tell me something you would like, my love," said Mr. Nevill, clasping her to his breast ; and Jessica brightened a little,and answered :— " I should like to see my dear Flora, Please, please, please, papa, don't ask John to marry me when he doesn't want to." " Itel1 you what it is, Jessica." cried Mr. Nevill ; " this is your fault somehow. You have written him something ungener• ous, grudging ; or stay—he has hoard of -your going about with that bliss Williams I Pdare say he saw you somewhere. Yes, that must be the explanation. Well, here's the result, and I am sure 1 hope you're ashamed of yourself," Jessioa began to ory—a thing Mr. Nevill never could stand. He was all tendernese in a moment—and for a moment. "Never mind, never mind, my love. You moat give up that most objectionable Mies Williams, who has led you into this deplor- able anisehief, and I willwrito and explain to John. I'll 1411111m that 'all the blame lay with that Miss Williams, and with me for letting you go with her, He shall for• give you." "Papa, please don't make any oxplana• Mona to John. Oh, papa, let it be," sobbed Jessica. "He loves some one else. 'That's what 10 ie. I know it, papa." For Jessica had pored and pored over John's letter till she know it by heart, and till she had one of Miss Talbot's chums, none of whom had a clue to the mystery. But though the jest of receiving a letter which was al- most a love -letter from an unknown man was too good to be needlessly explained, ebehada guess atthe truthherself, Private- ly she wrote to Flora :— " My 0000 `''\'TLLIA3f5,—Who was that malapert miss who borrowed my name to inspect a lover in? The lover is looking for her. I send his missive, and leave the mat• for in your hands. Students of Moral Philosophy never regard affairs of the heart, Yours, " TALBOT." a' pa Mr. Nevill hurried off in tete tram instan- taneously, and brought Miss Williams back with hint. After which there was peace between the two families; and Mrs. Williams and Flora received invitations for the dinner -party. On the morning of the day for this festiv- ity behold a note from Flora to her friend's father. • Dear Mr. Nevill,—Jessica asked us to bring some one to replace your sick clergy. man at dinner. Oar frlead Captain Farqu- har will be here then, and mamma thinks you will not objoot to him accompanying us. I fancy he is a relation of youre,eo it seems suitable. Oh, papa, no l" oriel Jessica, with a blazing spot on each pale cheek, "I cannot meet John Farquhar 1 I cannot." " My love," said bis. Nevill, "no doubt it is his own wish", to show that on neither side, after all that has occurred is there any footing of soreness or grudge." " But I believe he's engaged to flora 1" burst out Jessica. " To Flora 1 Bless me 1 is that how the wind blows? You queer girls, never to have told ma she over knew him I Come now, Jess ; for your fele11de sake, if for no other, you must oblige me by being civil to your cousin," And poor Jessica stood looking let her father with piteous eyes, wishing she had courage to confess and to explain. She could not do hand the crept away and cried bitterly in her own room. "Oh, it will be hard to see them togeth- er 1" ahe sobbed. " But f have got to bear ft, for it was my own plan, and Flora will expect me to be pleased. No one must ever know how I really feel. No one 1 no one I" (To BE CONTINUED.) A Woad Whloh Doe Not Shrink. Flora, being sensible, at onoe on receipt of this letter, ran to her mother and told her the outlines of Jessica's history. And Mrs. Williams, being still more sensible, wrote a letter to John explaining the whole course of errors. Flora, however, took the precaution of reading her mother's letter bo• fore posting it, and was aghast at this ingen- ious spoiling of the comedy. She tore 11 to pieces, and made Mrs. Williams compose one totally different, " You must say, my dear mother, that you write for your daughter, who is just read between all its fines. It was a very going to marry a man Hamel Smith, and proper letter indeed, and there was one ts—walking out with him, mending Ilia sentence in it which to Jessica seemed stockings, or whatever you choose." .to contain the clue to it all. SomothinaG "lfy dear child," said simple Mira. Wil- aboatt, "the only sort of marriage congenial • to an Englishman" and a vague -a very vague—hint that he had already selected the bride for such an esprnisal, "Oh," thought Jessica, ' "it is true 1 I saw it at the time, anal he confesses it now. He loves flora l Well, it was my own plan. I worked for it. 1 ought to be pleased, Dear Floral She is worthy of him, if any one ie. Anil I will bo on old maid like Miss Snow," she ended, with a burst of ecaldi05 tear drone. Jesslrawroto to John Farquhar, a poor "I am older them you, and I am quite sue little note, not nearly ceremonious onetzgh It is imprudent to give this gentleman any to please her lather, It rata thus:— hint as to ;Ionian's partiality. 1; shall say, ":Sly DEAR Corsix,-1t is much better to 'Though we are, of course, unable to answer hams, "there ie no such person, Are you afraid this Captain Farquhar rnoy fall in love with you?" ";vol in the lout," raid Flora coolly ; "but 1 aboulti greatly dislike his stumbling that I was in love with hien. When you have finished that sentence, mother, say we have found out that lie mute to renew his acquaintance with aalhot, and shall be happy to assist him in doing so, as we know it will ba agreeable to her," "No, my clear Flora," said Mrs.Wiiliams. BRIEF AND INTERkiS'lINO. England gave 51,503,133 totniesionariss last year, The highest' waterfall is the 3iosolnite, hi California, 2,660 foot. ' Tho deepest silver miles in America are the Comstock, 2,700feet. The deepest mining shaft is at prisdram, in Bohemia., 3,260 feet deep. The finest sea mirage is the ligate Morgans, in the Straits of t1'laesin4. Ib ooslo 4 milis.per pound to transport pork from Chicago to Liverpool. The Chinese language is spoken by the greatest number of poople,over 40(3,000,000. Tito total value of the war material or tine French artily amounts to nearly 3500,000,- 000• Of 13,00) persons one arrives ab the age of 100 years, of 600 one attains the age of 00, and one in 100 lives to tho,age of 60. In times of war the armies of the Euro• paan nations Dan be raised to 0,360,000 men and the daily expenses will bo nearly $2O,- 000,000.. Single eyeglasses aro prohibited in blip German army. Even if a soldier has ono good oyet r needs wiinmust per- oroe Dveboth e Yesth the. M. Bouton, a French scientist who is a practiced diver, tae succeeded in taking a photograph of his surroundings when stand- ing on a bed of the Mediterranean at Baaynls•sur•1far uear theSpanishb0rder. The senior class at Yale numbers 185 students ; of these fifty-four wear glasses, the necessity for suoh aids to vision having, in tiventyfive of the cases, arisen since the students entered the oollege. The average age of the members of the class is 21. Lying about the weather will not be so easy hereafter as it has been in the past. Some ingenious person has invented a self• recording thermometer, which makes a mechanical record every day of the extreme height and depth of the thermometer in the course of each twenty-four )tours. The bee works harder than most people would believe. There are about sixty flower tubes in every head of clover, and only a tiny morsel of honey to each, In order to get enough auger for a load the bee must visit about 6,000 different flowers, and well bee makes, on an average, twenty trips a Clay. An invitation to dinner in Japan com- mences as follows : "I beg pardon for thus insulting you, in begging year company ab my house to dinner. The house is small and very dirty. Oar habits are rude, eta you may not get anything fit to eat; and yet I hope that you will condescend to be present with us at 0 o'clock." There are now fifty-five towns and cities in England which deeeroy their garbage and solid refuse by burning, and 570 furn- aces are employed for _this purpose. In many cases the heat from these furnaces is need to produce steam, and the power is employed in pumping water and in running electric light and power planta and for other purposes. If a train, moving at the speed of twenty - flee miles an hour, was suddenly stopped, the passengers would experience a shock equal to that of falling from a second floor window ; at thirty miles an hour they might as well fall from the height of three pairs of stairs ; and an express train would, in point of feet, make them fall from a fourth story. What is the horse power of a whale ! This is the problem whioh has boen solved by a brace of Scottish mathematicians. A whale was stranded on the western menet of Scotland some weeks ago, and the interest- ing calculation was made that power equal to 145 horses would be required to propel the whale through the water at the rate of twelve miles an hour. Cltalks,rssins,ealts and obolniesie are heaped' about inlavisii plontitude. The eoileotions embreoeenot only raw products, but opovi' inonsef nearly every human iadnett'y. no adoption of amolcelces powder in We ]tttilan army le likely to cant Italy, dear,. Aoacrding to the Franco Mllitair•o Olio' smokeless powder need by the Italian art. 'Wary tae irreparably damaged a largo number of guns. The powder tae produced enols tat offset upon the borne of the gone Matti some live hundred 11av0 already been condemned aid Were lave been issued to censiderebly reduoo the amount of gun practice, Enormousexpense will in son. mimes) be no0ossary to restore the Italian field artillery to its former state of sill• cienoy, en lees a sum then 340,000,000 bee. ing ntenoioned 00 the amount required, If the report as to guns beingrenslored prima. °ally ueolese through stuolcole0s powder be- ing used be correct it will probably have an importantMinot on the development of these powders, whioh has received seek, a stimulus of lata years. HIRAM :MAXIM, -THE INVENTOR. Possessed or lil,luetry,: Ilat:r^gy and a Won- derful, Knowledge yon-derful-Knowledge of Sgechanics. Among all the scientific men whoa° re. ooarohea have contributed to the near solo - tion of the problem of aerial navigation Hiram 5, Maxim, the inventor of the air ship, stands foremost, says MoClure's Mag. azine. As the inventor of the Maxim gun and many other ingenious machines of less importanoe, he had won a world-wide fame the enavigation of the air became the before oldef objoeb or his study and investigation. Beginning life 53 years ago, with a common school education and jaok knife, in San gerville, Nle., he is now the proud ppos- sos5or of a town house in London and is lord of the manor at Baldwyn's Park, a stretching domain of hundreds of acres, which he leased five years ago as well adapted to his preliminary experiments, Mr. Maxim is a man of medium height and solid build, his weight being 210 pounds. Hishair, mustache, and beard are white, but his mental and physical energy are as- tonishing. and go' far to explain the variety and extent of the results he has achieved. The work of inventing and constructing a flying -machine, nearly every part of which, from boiler to connecting rods, is a variation from existing appliances, enforced by the necessities of the occasion, is one which could only bo undertaken by a man' of much in. gonuity, equipped with an extraordinary practical knowledge of mechanics. Even with these advantages,suocese- would be impossible without unfailing energy and industry. All these qualities are,* however, clearly visible in the manner and speech of the inventor. His voice and actions show great physiool strength, while his eyes, which aro a deep brown, full and w'deopen, have continuously the semi•absorbed, pre- °tempfed look of the student concentrated upon a problem. A courteous host, a jolly, even boisterous, story teller, and a wonder- ful mechanician, Mr. Maxim is in his way as uousnal as his machine. Withal he has a sturdy Americanism which personas interviews with half the reigning monarch of Europe have not in the least affected, and he retains a pleasant conviction that of all the spots on the map of the world not one is so important or so agreeable to contemplate as the good old " flown east" Stats of Maine. The American flag hangs in. hie hall, and he regards the United States as the safest, in foot the only, place in which to invest his money, a conclusion which is nob without its impel' tooth, consid- ering that his knowledge of European coun- tries from the military, political and finaul cal standpoints has been attained through - the channels of the gun business, and in therefore, both comprehensive and exact. A recent issue of the Honey Grove (Texas) Signal contained the following paragraph : " In accordance with an established custom of weekly papers, the 4.ignal will not be issued next week. Ono week iu the year can be profitably used in cleaning up, rear• ranging, eta., and during the holidays peo- ple are so busy on]oying themselves that they haven't much time to road. Wo bid our readers alien until Jan. 5. 1801, wishing all a merry Christmas and a happy new year, and a long life of continue ed prosperity." Experiments are in progress at Yale to determine the relation of muscular action to the nerves. Tests will be made ma some of the most celebrated swordsmen of the country to determine the exact time it takes the mind to realize that a certain ambit has taken place end how long a time is required 30 make a simple ntuoouiar notion. This 13 being done to establish the theory that what is knowing muscular strength does not depend upon the size of the, mimics, but upon the strength of the nerve center and the quality of the muscle. The quality of shrieking in dry air and swelling under the iafluenae of moisture, is so intimately connected with our ideas of all kinds of wood that it is very difficult to accept suddenly the idea ot a timber thatis unaffected by water, as far as dimensions aro concerned, either when absorbing or evaporating it, says the " In• dian Textile Journal." Saab, however, is theme with a description of timber known as " which grows plentifully in Borneo, and is famous for Its strength and durability both on sea and on land. With. out being the heavioet known wood, for it weighs 60 pounds per cubic foot, against iignum vitae 83 po undo, boxwood 80 ebony 74, and African oak 62 pounds, it has a breaking strain 1.52 times that o English oak, while its weight is only five per cent. greater. Compared with Burmese teak, itis 62 per cunt. s1ron0er transversely and 11 per cent. heavier. Milian, ori3orneo ironwood, is a hard, durable wood of a dark brown oolor. When seasoned it turns to a deep red and with long exposure becomes as bleak ebony, It resists the tareclo ttavalis (s° destructive to timber in oalb water) and the White ant, and is almost indestructible, I e breaking etrain is the highest of an known wood, and it be extensively mod for sleepers, booms, piles, and for construction rogturing strength and durability. ]honors .liven. Mr, Obegwatet-" Pm hungry still, but the biamtits are all gone, there's Ito more create for the coffee, and the steal[ is all gristle. Samantha, you'll dio of enlarge tient of the heart l" Mrs. Chugwator—"I don't know, Josiah I've never been exposed to it this tiousel. Probably the only copy extant of the act of parliament of 1.6411, during Cromwell's reign, incorporating and chartering the Society for Instituting the Propagation of the Gospel among the Indians of New England, is in the possession of the Presby. torten board of miesoons, and is on exhibi. bion in New York. None of the persons named in the act aro known in history, but the society did much good work in New England, not only among the Indians bot also among the whites. It is reported to have been the first missionary society to send agents to America. The most pernicious winds are the gam, isle, or hot winds of Egypt. They come from the deserts to the southwest and bring with them infinite quantities of fine dust, which penetrates even the minutest crevice. The thermometer often rises to 125 during their cotztlnuanoo, and thousands of human beings have boon known to perish from suffocation in the fiery blast. It was one of these samiols that destroyed the army of Sonnaoherib, Alexauder the Groat nearly lost hie whole force in another and the army of Cambyses was utterly annihilated, A IAN WHO FLIES, now n Prussian doors xl►re n girt, Short Dlsinu000 Tn an at^ bolo on "Experiments 18lrlying,' London I'batnro sive; Mr. O. Liliettiral seems to me to stave talion a step in the right direction by trying tolearn soaring, The accompany, ilMstrabtous, which ora roprotlnotlona of instantaneous photographs token in Steglilz, near Berlin, show Olio way he slides down a alight beano of 10 or 15. ilk e 'lyse ,l\tt X11 \'` ", a,�4Cu'�ailt,� �\ ern, 1. The elope of the wings ba nob flat,'but. slightly onrved. The experiments recorded In its book, "Der Vogelflug," show that the curved form has decided advanbegeo, both as regards the amount and the dime. teen of the resistance, The wing surface ie 15 square meters, It is nob safe to take a larger surface before having learned to manage a smaller one. aloe' l�, Gil ulnare--kti .,� eaalrelP ! Tical rt lnoJ". - sin , no. 2. He -takes a sharp run of four or five stops agaihob the Wind, jumps into the air and slides down over a distance of about 2110 meters. By shifting hos center of grav- ity to the center of resistance he eau give the wing eurface any Inclination, and there- by can, to, a certain extent, either elide down quicker, or slacken the movement, or alter tite direction. if the wind is not too no, 3. strong, and the surface of the apparatus not too large, I think there is very little danger in this kind of practice. If it is taken up by a great many people, improve- vienbs of the apparatus are sure to follow, and the arb of keeping one's balance in the air will be developed. Perhaps this ie the road to flying. At any rate, it musb he fine sport. SONG OF THE INDIANS. runeral Masse and Self-Laocratlon Among the Omahna. The funeral song is sung at the obsequies of any man or woman who has been greatly reapeoted in the tribe. Upon the death of retch a one, men in the prime of early man- hood meet together near the lodge of the deceased, divest themselves of alt clothing bat the breech -cloth, make two inoisions in the left arca, and under the loop of Saab so made thrust a willow branch, having on it sprays of leaves. \S ith the blood dripping upon the green branches banging from their arms tend shoulder -blades, the mets move silently in single file to the lodge wince the dead lees; there, rouging themselves in a lino, shoulder to shoulder, and marking the rythtn of the tune by heating together two small 'Willow rods, they sing to unison the fuueraisung, There is a violent contrast between the bleedingaingers and their vocal utterances, for the music in its major strains suggests sunshine, birds, and vordure, and has a fieet,hnppy movement. Nevertheless, there must bo some latent harmony between the song and Oho ceremony. Music, the In- dian believes, has power to reach the un- seen world. The spirit of the dead man eau hear the song as it leaves the body, and the glad cadences are to cheer him as he goon from those who have boen dear to hint on earth. He hears only, lee cannot see—so the song ie for him; the bleeding wounds of the singers aro expresaioua of the loss felt by the frieida of the dead ; his kindred can tanto note of the manifested sympathy—the wounds are far them. FAMINE EXISTS IN CENTRAL, ASIA The polyglot alzaraotor of Oho Austrian army was abundantly shown the other day when the ancient custom of solemnly swearing in the recruits m the presence of the troops was revived, after having been dleeontimted since 1888. In Vienne alone the formula of oath to the motors had to be administered and read out in nine lan• guava, to -wit : German, H^ungarian, Croatian, Bohemian, Polish, Ruthenian, ltoumenian, Servian and Turkish, while the religions part of the ceremony was conducted by Roman Catholio, Groolt Catholic sad Greek orthodox priests" Prot. octant pastors, Jewish rabbis and Moham- meden ulama. Mr. Edison has challenged tate skeptical to name one subetsume,organic or inorganic, which is not to ho fonttd in his laborattory. Every department of nature hes yielded its tribute to the potent wistrsl• The bones of birds and animals, feathers,hidom,teeth and home, sltinbug metals Woad, eryetals,varie• gated minerals lie mattered .in profusion ; Wifo—" What are you corrinsg home at dainty s)tailaand coal repose among 11005800 this time in the morning for? Husband— endeeyweod;Ragout give -wend epithet -then 'cllrelr'fush," memories of the fair Babe of Bethlehem, SEED TIOUSHTS. Our enemies are our outward consciences. Alover's eyes will gaze au eagle blind. The true art of memory is the art of at. tention. The deadliest sin were the consciousness of no sin. If thou wouldat be borne with, then bear with others. The truly sublime is always easy and al. ways natural. He that will watch providonoos shall never want providence% to watch. The venal forbune of complaint is to ex• cite contempt more than pity. Observe the effects of rage on those who deliver tbemoelvee up to the pas0ion. Music makes the people milder and gent- ler, more moral and more reasonable. Fire and sword are but slow engines of destruction in comparison with the babbl- er. Virtue alone ontbuilds the pyramids; her monuments shall last when Egypt's fall. We are often prophets to othere only because we are our own historians. When will talkers refrain from evil epeakiug? When listeners refrain from evil hearing. Most of our misfortunes aro more sup- portable than the comments of our friends upon them. In seeking wisdom thou. art wise; in imagining thou hast .attained it thou art a fool. There aro many men whose tongue might govern multitudes if they could govern their tongues. A11, with one consent, prate° new-born pude, though they aro made and molded of things past. Bounded in his nature, infinite in his desires, man is a fallen god who has a recollection of heaven. The body is bhe shell of the soul, and dress the busk of that 4011 ; but the husks often toll what the kernel Is. There is a courtesy of the heart t it is allied to love. From it springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior, Reason I how many eyes hast then to see mile, and how dim, nay blind, thou art in preventing then. Every man is a hero and an oraolo to eotne- body, and to that person whatever he says has an enhanced value. Arley contractors Decline to heals nue Furnishing Wood toTeaaps- A St. Petersburg, special. says :—A. fanzine now prevails in Central Asia. In Samarkand wheat costs 2 rubles 10 copecks a pooh, fit Benham" over 3 rubles and ab Tashkend nearly 41; rabies. The army rum. tractors have declined to go on furnishing the troops, who now have to buy for them• selves, at a loss of over a ruble per good on the sum allowed them. In the towns the people ate paying 6 and 7 oopeeks a pound for bread, when they Dan get it, and many have to so without. The causes assigned aro the enormous over•ouibivation of cotton instead of grain and the ravages of loonets througgliout the provinces of 111hodjelt and Djezak, combined with the oxoes0ivo dry• nsesof the pas bsummer, Wltile,however, this state of affairs continues in Turkestan, ex• aotly the opposite pfobare lo presented on the Volga. In Taehkend, for instance, a family of live persona requires to epena at least 50 copecks a day for bread at present prices. 1a Seratolf and Samara, instead of J t'uhlca or more per pond, flour coats 40 copsoks, and the same family is obliged to sell 200 pods in order to pay its taxes, debts and arrears of taxation. It is often dilhoult to find buyers for more then o. quarter of the grain In hand, and the s peasantry to a government torso the i y y bank in rnneey the loans of eon and food given to 4110M In 4110 famine years ab the then existing raters. In other wol'ds, the peasantry have today to give something ltito alto Node for every poocl they receive as relief. And this superabundance pro• vans fn dislreots which tern in direct river, ace and 010110vtty oemintntioation with 5atn• arkand, whore the populace is starving, Sir John Macdonald. The late Premier 'of Canada, Sir John A Macdonald, owed much of hie 0000505 as a political leader to judicious strokes ot hum- or, which lie knew so well how to apply. When istrodneinthe several members of bis Cabinet to the Marquis of Lorne, then just arrived ht Canada to take the position of (ioveruor•Goneraf, he seal, speaking of Mr. Cltapleau, the new Sucre• tory of,tato,who was glad in a magnifloont sealskin coat, "Your Excellency, allow me to introduce you to the keeper of the Great Seal." Meeting open one 000asion a learned Canadian judge ef a vary rubicund noun' tonanoo he said 1--"1 am delighted to see you, my deeply read (rel) oil Mond."— [Youth's Companion. lYhintn 000107 bo melted—we eat it daily— but an ungrateful her 0, can not be ; toot by the strongest and noblest flame,