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JUNXa 1, 1804
THE DEAN AND HIS DAUGHTER
IJHAP:01R VII. roasouably dietraollug. 1 wete straight 10
We stayed on at the hotel Brlstal until bit Henry, told him of Alr% l+'ortegou0'a
sifter Gho'Grand Prix, Were 1 to summerlse letter, and suggested that I should like to
tip. recollections of this illy firer visit. to ask her to stop with us duriug her sojourn
y . t
$BarbaI should nay tilers found it motet, ,in tom
Al husband of (aurae,gave 'hie moat
Mania It fa a nbd then
tally ito ,dand,
for cordial usae0t,'end at feet as pleased to
JR own pgrand titan beautiful, Hud, for a ress hie entire elp stress, and within a
,Salt own part, I Dan only say that tired1 very ver feu' days lies. aorteeeee was sen feet-
' tend of it, o was sG that 1 under
Y
HenryWho knows? 1'arhapa under ably iluarkaredunder aurroof. Flbr ellef Eo
;;lie y Pertain sense 0
) oaofoeyrdiff auspices things might have pea iShe saved me the trouble of consider-
Ifiobees different. ,n, ing what to do for the day, she kept nee
tHweendless bottles/exam with their t
merxae houses and their rows of trees and !rows the terrible
le nut j . of 1ysayt that about
ifh'oir shape, are eswearieorne et lase in their nothing, a ]
e
glaring uniformity as a sea voyage., in the was thoroughly miming, good natured, and
00nrao• of which the Meet speok ea the full of a vivaeity
that
ewpI ossibly acquir-
horizon beings every ono on deok for Want ed` romVe long res d together Pr; and, indeed,
ottderethiug better to l I found Home were, hard! ever out of aaoh other's eight
iib nklof bit occasional t titles to the forte• y
tabauk of lira Seine, to the Jardiu dee except on the evenings when [had to dine
Y`lantsti, and,othee places. out,
Obi Paris better retains its age, and is Tvfve. Fortescue wee e • vidow, and her
aorrespoadingly more precious to the anti- husband had been in the diplomatic ser-
narian than old London. But the ex• vice, and had been for some years attached
ewteion of old farts, as I -,could have to the English Embassy in Paris. Be had
'sei entered the service as Queens Messenger,
lower,d coir lit n y had i 0 was out my risingrapidly until he became attache at
andtoo. Sir litany sy hod too natty visitors nd Paris. His fortune and rapid advancement
old many as mic h his own Go pay, and were re girded as assured, when he sudden.
old Paris wed much beyond my reach as 1 died��
of I had borne a thousand miles distant y dier. P'orteeoue had been dead some three
50100.d of merely separated From it by the or four years, and either he i ad left his
Seine.
wife more comfortably alt than hie friends
Aclayso, in the anent city of the world, expected, or else she must have had re -
of
toy theeya woro Ohalobt la ser "silo as thea" soureee of her two for she was certain!
Lady i nedly g l fn her "silent isle.' not at all pressed for money, although she
1 was last
us glad when the' time lived in a handsome apartment in the Rue
aquae,
at,!vet for to g return a thStee
James' Royale, and did not attempt, like many
,te,'Itsotsin even although there was Veryterribleveladies in society, to supplement her income
axed the oahoving to face the Raver- by gambling, and not paying when she
sad the Doan of douthwick. loot, She did not look more than
From ratite had received avers long and thirty, and very possibly me.:r not
very characteriatia letter, obviously intend., have been more. She dressed with most
perfect taste, and was generally taken for
a Frenchwoman. I began to wonder to my-
self why, unless she strongly preferred her
freedom, she did not marry again. For she
had most of those qualities that seemed to
attract men, and, indeed, was before every
thing a "man's woman.'
1 liked her without having been at first
prepossessed in her favor, and 111e only fail
to say of her that in an indeecribsble kind
of manner she seemed to grow upon you,
After Mra. Fortescue had been with us
eome four or five days she told me one
morning that she expected a visitor.
of an iaoe will give ono man ever another
The eye, tuoepeble of adjuetmbnt, meguittea,
e,h jun , or 'self -an -inch, into a foot,
Aoh111ee woo novel• et) tall, or Ajax of
stab girth of chest as Unmet' hat depleted
them, but Bomar Woo not measuring these
]teroee for their armor. ale wee describing
them as they seemed to an ordinary'eye.
And so Mr. Sabine; the appearance of me
inense size and atrength was as unntistelr-
able at the weep, curling hair, the sold
steel -gay eye, end the heavy moustache.
Ana yet there was nothing about it
strange or too remarkable, He woe 001 in
any way a gloat, he was siinpty bigger and
finer than most men are,—,one in a thousand
or n couple of thousand—ao tsymmetrioal
and oompaet, that you might well have
passed him by io orowd exactly as you
are sure to miss the wluner in the prelim -
Hwy acuter, unless you bay(' something
better by far than that special information
of whioh Stook Exchange men gay that
when oombined with unlimited credit, it
would ruin the very Father of all wiles and
artifices.
After this evening, Mr. Sabine galled
several times. It happened, as he explain-
ed, that he was a member of the Travel.
lers' Club, and that St. James' Square was
close to it.
He was always amusing, and as full of
anecdote and story as bhe late Mr. Hay-
ward
ayward or Charles Greville himself, although
he never figured in his own conversation,
except ae the narrator of whathe had seen
and was at the time describing.
But be apparently knew all parts of the
globe. He had seen the rochy mountains,
and heard the thunder of the Zambesi Falls.
He had shot white white bear in Spitzber-
gen, where ho had gone cruising in quest
of reindeer, walrus, and mask -oxen ; and
he hal rounded Cape Horn and interview-
ed the barbarians of extreme Patagonia.
I remember Mrs. Fortescue asking him
once why he had not written a book about
his travels. He replied laughingly, that
in those days the writing of travels, like
the writing of novels, seemed to have got
entirely into the hands of the women, and
that the fact could not be helped, although
no doubt it was a pity, and the world at
large suffered in oonsequenee.
"That is not a vary gallant observation,"
said Mrs. Fortescue.
"Perhaps not," he replied, "but it is true,
nevertheless. And if,' he continued, "a
man were to -morrow to make some really
interesting journey, and to write an exact
account of what he had seen and done, no
publisher would venture to lout hie book
before the public ; and even al a publisher
were found, the public at large would put
the narrative down as a tissue of false-
hoods."
" Do you know," he continued, "what
happened in the days of a certain King of
Egypt with a terrible name, who sent away
some men—a regular scientific expedition,
like that of the Challenger—with instruc-
tions to sail away through the straits of
Gibraltar,then caned the Pillar of Hercules,
and to keep nn following the coast as long
as they could 2 They were away for three
entire years, and they came back with a
number of stories, which were considered
very wonderful. Great honors were con-
ferred upon them. If there had been a
Royal Geographical Society in those days,
they would most certainly have had its
gold medal, But they happened incautious-
ly to state that after a certain period in
their voyage, the into at midday, instead of
standing in the due south Of them faced
about and stood in the north. ' This is
nonsense,' said the soientific men abate the
Wort ; it is contrary to the ascertained
laws of nature.' 'It is worse than nonsense,'
said the priests, 'for it is downright
blasphemy. Tire sun is a god, and does
not go north in the middle of the
day to please anybody.' And the
King said that the scientific men
end the priests were quite right,
and he ordered the explorers to 0onteos
their falsehood. This they refused to do ;
eo, by way of a warning to future liars,
their eyelids were cut off and their
needs were shaved, and they were solemnly
crucified in the midday sun.
"How dreadful 2" murmured Mrs. Fort
eson
Very dreadful, my dear thadam ; and
th • r. is why I do not tell shout what I have
seen. I should not be believed if I did. If
I were to -morrow to tell some of my fish -
eating friends in Patagonia (who are Dani•
bels by the way,when they have the chance)
how we live and dress in London, and how
religious we are, and how virtuous and
charitable, and otherwise devoid of all the
little faults of humanity, why,"—here he
broke into a gentle ripple of laughter—
"they would scrape me to death with
coakle•ahells and banquet on me afterwards.
Oh, no, no, no 2 Never tell people the
strange things which you have Been and
they have not. A book of travels 2 I
would as soon write a novel of the domestic
affeobion tin the existence of which, of
course, I sincerely believe), or bring out a
new edition of bIrs. Glasse', 'Domestic
Cookery,' an excellent book if it ie some-
what antiquated. No. You meat, as Mrs.
Glasse is reported to have said, first oatoh
your hare. The bibliopole must first catch
his author ; and I have no intention es yet,
of being naught."
• He went away, and that evening, as it
happened, Sir Henry, Mra. Fortescue, and
I dined together, en famine.
Sir Henry was even more than usually
pompous, p,atitudiuoue, and vacuous. Mrs.
Fortescue distinctly sot her Dap at him,
trying, no doubt, to give him the idea that
she would be the very perfection of a wife
for an ambaesador or an attache, and that
he bed better have married her than me.
Honestly, there was some truth in the
woman's estimate of herself. Besides, I
am sure theb she had not any serious inten-
tion of fssaioating Sir Henry herself. All
that she wished was to secure bis good
f herrules in €e that
a It life graces. as one o
VMS
you cannot have too many friends.
Sir Henry himself was dlatrait and oar•
respondingly ponderous. But after dinner
he drank a largo glass of Tokay, and ae it
began to course through his rents, he re-
gained the natural speech by the usageof
whioh it is one of Prince Bismarck's grim
jokes to bewilder' dec
professionalfeesional diplomatists.
We talked about the forthcoming mission
fo Constantinople. Mrs. Fortesoue began to
chatter alma Constantinople, end the Bride
of Abydos, and the Hellespont, and I alto w-
eb her to chatter.
She went so far as to regret that she had
not herself been fully behind the scenes in
ed to be shown to my husband, who politely
lent firmly declined to be troubled with it.
The expenses of moving into the Deanery
hind, I was aseured, been enormous, and my
Abetter had been obliged in consequence to
]leawiiy overdraw, his aoeonnt at the County
Hank, where they were extremely courteous
itnt at Humane time extremely old-faebion-
and in their manner of doing bueinees.
"When, ray, dear child," the epistle
Went on , "we lived so happily together,
gem and I, in our humble little house at
t40sulaton, I never knew what it was to be
troubled for a few pounds."—Oh, papa I
,agra t—"Now I can assure you that I am "He is a very old friend of mine, my
vary sorely troubled for .a few bank -notes deer, aMr.Sabine, whose acquaintance lfiryt
a1 h if you couldpounds, ar persuade
mea couple made at Hamburg,and whom 1 have since
itf leo in ed eth or persuade Sir Henry met almost everwere. He is in the very
elle et gh have that if hent for a year beet net, and is popular with every one.
semuldgh his lawyers,o a ee prefers a it),eI You would mostly certainly have met him
which,
0 positively
from a weight of anxiety while you were in Paris, whioh is hie head.
which, y myyfdeare ovedauglmr , quarters, only that be was then at Luehon.
P. 1 dearest daughter, reply at There are all kinds of stories about him,
emote Regie to say that of health,efbut I can assure you that most of
Swing to theym y prense eoearrasorrs lework left them are to his credit. The men
tb yeah him But 3 predecessor, is absolutely are ,jealous of him, of course, for all
may 0051. But I strive yself,todo andmy duty p the women rave about him. But I think
say oust ea eaorifioe to myself, I keep that many of the men are afraid of him,
antout tSnt heart, for he has been out several times, and it ie
"Sir William Bull, whom I have been m. generallyunderstood that it is not well to
to London to consult, reoommenda a tem• uarrel ith him. Aa for the women they
be stly vier to Geneva. Ile soon that un.we. 9
best have complete rest for a month or two literally throw themselves at his head. 16
Iso will not answer for the co❑sequences; makes me laugh, my dear ; they might as
and. he said this veryempatically. well attempt to thaw an iceberg. He is
"He also recommends me to drink one of the few men that I know whom it
iEadeira, a wine which it is impossible to is impossible to humbug. No flattery,
,lrooure in the market except at a fabulous however ingenious, has the smallest effect
imam. Perhaps air Henry may have a few upon him ; he ra absolutely impervious to
nettles of it in his ample cellars at St. it'
"Von have exalted my curiosity," I
James. Square.
i think of you my dearest daughter, laughed.' " When do you expect your
sight and morning, and my thoughts would Paragon.
le end be with you all day, did not the Positively this afternoon. I have told
multifarious duties of my position render it him that I shall be in at five. You really
Itaroly possible for me to snatch even a few must see hila."
;minutes Inc rest andoontemplation." I am simply dying to do so."
My reply was brief ander) the point. Itold " I stn sure you will edmit that he is a
rosy father that 1 enclosed him fifty pounds sort of Admirable Crichton."
,m my Own account, and added that if 10 " I hate Admirable Criohtons."
Iteture• he wanted anything from Sir Henry, Von won't hate him. But he is yn
whether in the shape of money, or of Admirable Crichton. He can do every-
:Madeira,
ver •-
:Madeira, or of anything else, he must make thing, has been everywhere, and apealcs
$i0 application directly, as I should languages of which I do not even know the
Icsibively refuse to be the channel of it. name."
I ascertained afterwards that the Five o'olook came, and Mrs. Fortescue
allege° was paid tato my father's bank the and I were sitting over tea in my boudoir,
tame day on which it was received, and I when Mr. Sabine was anyouneed. Ae I
have no doubt that it was drawn against rose to welcome him, I recognized in him at
with corresponding promptitude. g once the mysterious stranger of the Opera
My father acknowledged the cheek by House in Paris. This was not exactly in
delegram, taking care to add that he should Beetf a cireum,tanoe to prepossess me in
come up to town as anon as we returned, his favor, But I am bound to say that
• We got back aboutthetint week in June. every moment I remained in his society
The London season was at its height, and served to remove the somewhat unpleasant,
Ached scarcely a minute to myself. I had impression that I had previously formed of
be be presented, of course, my sponsor be- him.
beg no less a person than the wife of the He stopped, I should say, about half•an•
Foreign Secretary. while my father, in hour. He had not the art but the gift of
hackles end silk stockings, figured intpoe• conversation. The art, ae Sir Henry and
Ingly at the Drawing Room himself. my father both possessed it, is not uncom-
`Aha ceremony amused me, and my dress mon ; but the gift is extremely rare.
ea creation of Piugat'e, was unquestionably He was considerably above the middle
the smartoee seen that afternoon at Buck- height, although hardly perhaps six feet.
imgham Palade. And that is all I have to His features I have already described.
tray about ,t. What now most struck me was his physique.
For the real, the season tired tae. The Hie neok was not short, hub very muscular.
'Beau was perpetually coming to me for His shoulders were broad and square. In
nueney, sometimes descendingto what is the glare of the Opera House I had not done
omewltore termed "the ridiculously small him justice. Rio chest was deep, and be
sum of ten pounds." But I invariably met moved nobeelesaly and with that particular
aim. with a firm denial,for which I declined ease of the limbs which le most certainly
Ito arraign my reasons, and at last I fairly acquired in the fencing salon, although some
wore Ina perseverance out, and he wrote a few men pink it up elsewhere, es for ex.
long letter in which with abundance of ample, Canadians, who acquire it on the ice.
-lnotat:ons he compared me to Goneril and We chatted upon every conceivable
tegan, and drew a moat touching parallel topic, and Mr. Sabine informed me that
!between himaelfand Sing Lear. although his visit had been, strictly ;peek•
Betsey add that my father end more than ing to ears, Fortescue none the less he sinew
•:oeeeucleavoredtoquarter himself atCraven Sir Henry intimately, having met him
l3ouea,.deelering that he found hotela ex• constantly in London and Paris, and alma
pensive, and that the hustle of hotel life at Vienna and at Moscow if he recollected
,ipset hie nerves. Here, too, I was, relent• rightly, and, he added with a pleasant
Saw, and definitely put down my foot. I laugh, in the Riviera --"No, he was not
cold him poi.nb•blank that any attempt to staying at Monte Carla, Mrs, Fortescue.
. make himself a permanent pensioner in Sir Henry has not been all his life in the
To e o -
for nothing. T o e
• dt diplomatic service
g
1+Jravon Iiouae I should realer, and that if P„
Pie found a Loudon hotel too much for hie graphically exact, it was at Alentoae,
serves, there was nothing more they for Of course it only remained to ask Mr.
him.tltan to return to the learned and placid Sabine to dinner, end soon afterwards he
tlranquility of Southwick Deanery. took his departure,
fibe day I received, amongst my other Ae goon as he was fairly in the street, I
'letters, one the handwriting of which I saw him, through the curtain, atop to light
did not at first recognize. It turned out to 0 cigar, and he then strode away with
alt ;tome few
ofwhy s
stn
that
t
P
du from o Mrs. yoir, whom I had met men neem to have taught thehabit from the
during our stay in Paris, and of whom,
00 far a 1 bad troubled myself to term any larger beasts of prey—long, noiseless and
:snpreeaion st all, I had judged f:evorably. elastiq giving the idea of immense strength
The letter rano in reserve.
'^ Dear LaAy Craven, Watch a lion pacing restlessly up and
"I am coining to town next week, and down behind his bars, and you will know
36%11 stay at Brown's Ifttel in Dover Street.
.tweed I eel that 1 shall taste the very
stuiest,oppertunity of hunting you up?
Then•fallowed is, large amount of irrelov
ant but lemming eremite
elf so • ll as
you aro h well ” f t r c
1 n
5 Y
Paris, being
1 aro ever living
y •r..arts where did t
you
about you, and where yon ware, I
may motet truthfully assure you, the senses
tion of the season, no one will bo mare de-
lighted than myself to congratulate you on
tame charm of youth which in your naso is
barely
its itsspring,
S
ir HenryHenr
is t
he
luaklst man in land. Ihopeh0knows
It. Dong he ?"
"Pray lotme find a letter from you at
95rown's."
Hero at last Wee• a ohence of something
what I mean. Riviore, in his picture,
"The Night Watoh," las given the effect all these greet State secrets, She was oar.
of it with almost magical fidelity. tain, she assured US, that she had a natural
tasty Fhe;night. almost call it art instinct—
CHAPTF.It VIII. for nips m,wv, exactly its some people bad
a taste for utusfa, and could not be kept front
:Ir. Selene came to dinner, of course. l
Ocamlr
gOon
dsera.
We had a largo party that evening, and a All this bored Sir Henry terribly, and he
still larger reception afterwards. I could very adroitly remarked that diplomacy was
not help noticing him among the other men. no doubt a natural gift, as was a aorreot ear
In hie aloaely-fltting clothes, which showed for mesio, but that as far as hie own limited
his equore ahaulders and deep chest, as experience had enabled him to judge,. it
clearly aeif oe Stripped for u boat wa
a one of those m
anq g
iEts which
are di
s-
race, ha seaed to tower above the rent o[ Linot1Y hereditary in nature, and tenth
Ire.
P
vile,unable to pailss the thorny barrier,
.
turns at teat in blind rage tbatriko its fangs
the company by his hand and shoulders at in the Courts eofr Europe the posu1ln r h ire into itself end die of Re own venom while tat
least. oultyo is llnst ed nu to be the eliea. hent• tormentor dances about it with every
This was merely apparent, it is ttarto age of a limitednumber of florrp.) s, demonstration of exultation,
fishing what an advantage even ti quarter (To BIS tloyTrNtrap.)
Poets' Corner.
The Ships Or Morten.
flow sail the shins to )teltoti,
foal Bets far and htit•
And dream ilio in the harbor.. •
15 i to alar?
Mare alt ee era sen told e
u
With blown nails loaning whitely-
Sure winged nenth 0101111 or stat',
They straightly slue!', for still they heat,
Tito love belle o'er the ban
How sail the ships to efelbon,
Within whose (tote of white'
Love demote of love sad listens
For footsteps in the nlghtl
Lille guile the glad way winging
Frain loneliest lands afar,
'T'heir white sails gleam, for mall bheY dream
Of love bells o'er the bur.
How sail the ships to lvieltont
For still the Sea across the
ovfoam;
r stn ;
The songs of love and (tome ;
Nor epicy isles, with aplemeid smiles,
Can win theft wile afar
While softly awaits that chime of belle --
The love bells o'er the bar:
05 ships that sail to Melton
With captains glad and grand
Tho stare that light the ocean
Aro theaters that lightthe land.
slut say for me, a4r11101000.
On storm•ewep t wreaks afar
Myheart still hears, and dreaming hears
Tile love belle o'er the bar I
Frame L. STANTON
In the Heart.
If no kindly thought or word
We can give, Horne anal to bless;
If our hands, from hour to hour,
Do no deeds of gentleness;
If to lone and weary ones
We no comfort wlll impart—
Tho' tis summer in the sky
Yet 'Ws winter in the heart!
If we strive to lift the gloom
From a dark and burdened
If we seek to 1u11 the storm
Of our fallen brotber'e strife;
If we bid an hate and scorn
From the spirit to depart—
Tho"tie winter in the sky
Yet'te, summer In the hears
Thae Noisy Bairns 1
Laih,sic a dint Ye'd think the hoose
Was fairly moan' doon ;
I'm sure there's no a wilder set
0' weans in a' the toon.
They carona boo their feither ihytee,
Nor hue their rather wairne ;
They'll ding us Dot o' hoose an'haud,
Time noisy, noisy bairns
There, that's a train—hear boo they skirl,
An' gar the wheels Bae roond;
My very leeid's juiet like to split
WV ilka saralmin' soond.
There's horses noo—gee•up, .gee -w0 --
Owre mosses, moire an' cairns;
They'll rive the duds free ani their backs,
Thae noisy, noisy bairns.
They've cornu Ourlie owre the -stair!
He's doon trap held tae fit;
Hear hoo he roars—an' hear the res ,
Ju1et lauchin' like to split
Gin I come up two ye. ye rogues,
111 gle ye a yer fair'n'e
They never held a wird I say,
Thee noisy, noisy bairns.
Aha they've etartitupaschulo,
Juist hoar them we the strap!
It's nocht but palmioe richt an' left,
As fast as they Dan wap.
Surosic as cltule was never seen
In Angus or in Mearns;
They're fair ootwibh a' thack an' rasp,
Time noisy, noisy bairns.
I winder what's come owro them nool
Thayre a' sae quote an' still,
I doot it bodes a oomin' storm—
Ahowe afore a hill;
I:teli't ye: Chick's meenieter—
The tricks thatladdlo learns I
They'll lift the roof richt alt their kirk,
Thee noisy, noisy bairns,
Noo, there's a fooht uveal, that cowes a'
'l'hoy'r,+ at it micht an' main;
I canna bear to bear them great,
Oh. bairnies,'greo again.
They're toxin' whiles, an, yet my heart
WI fondness owre them- yewna;
For. oh, far mair than tongue can tell,
hike the noisy bairns!
WREN THE CRIMEAN WAR ENDED
(loth Hewes of rnrilasaenl'Iteed T'hauKs
to the army, Natty thud stttr(aost
The fcrtnalyratified treaty of peace was
brought to London by the Hon. William
Stuart, First Attaohe to ;the British lIm•
bossy at Paris, on the 21th of April, 1811.
Sunday the 4th of May, was observed as a
day of general trankegiving to Almighty
God for the preeervatiou of pewee ; and on
Monday, the 5th, it was formally'proolaint.
ed in London, with the usual solemnities.
Addresses to the Crown, approving of the
peace, were carried in both Rouses of Par,
11ament on the evening of that day ; and on
the 8th, both Houses cordially voted
'e thanks to the army, navy, and marines
employed in the operations of the late
war. The feelings entertained towards
the men who fought and bled in ide Crimea,
by the Queen, the Government, and the
people of England, are also planed on
record in an excellent despatch of Lord
Penn -Lure's, which will be perpetuated ea.
long ae the English language exists,
"'Since the period, said the noble Secre-
tary of War, "when the army first quitted
the shores of England, there has been no
vicissitude' of war whioh it has not` been
called upon to encounter. It was assailed
by cholera shortly after it arrived in Tur-
key. Then was proved that
goRAL AS WELL, AS 1N PHYSICAL COURAGE
pervaded its ranks. Led to the field, it
triumphed in engagements in whioh heavy
odds were on the enemy's aide. It parried
on, under difficulties almost inoredible, a
siege of unprecedented duration, in the
course of whioh the trying duties of the
trenolies, privations from straiteued sup-
plies, and the fearful diminution of its
numbers from disease, neither shook its
courage nor impaired its discipline. Not-
withstanding that many a gallant oomrade
fellin their ranks, and they were called to
morn the gallant commander who led
them from England, and who closed in the
field his noble career as a soldier, her
Majesty's troops never flinched from their
duties, nor disappointed the sanguine hopes
of their country. The feeling was univer-
sal," continued the despatch, "that the
army had worthily maintained ire own
high character, and the honor of the
British acme; and that when it returned
home it would be welcomed with the full-
est approbation of its Sovereign, and with
every demonstration of gratitude by the
country at large."
Slavery in California.
Of the 2,000 or more Chinese women in
San Francisco nearly half that number are
in bondage. They may be divided into two
classes. The first clues is that made up of
little domestic servants called muey chay.
It is the custom in poor Chinese families
where daughters aro plentiful to sell Due or
two of their girls to wealthy families as
servants. The price paid depends upon the
age and personal appearance of the girl.
A good-looking, healthy girl of 5 or 10
years of age in Canton is worth about $150.
Before the purchase is completed she is
carefully examined to be sure that she has
no hereditary taint or infect nus disease. If
found to be healthy a contriaet is executed
between the parents of the girl and the
purchaser, stipulating that she shall be
kindly treated and provided with nutritious
food and suitable clothing until she is of
marriageable age, when her master fa bound
by Chinese custom to provide her with a
husband. On her marriage she becomes a
free woman, If she is sold it is also pro-
vided that her purchaser shall bind himself
not to sell her or use her for immoral pur•
poses.
Theeo muey chays are to be found in the
homes of every well-to•do Chinaman in
California and are employed to wait upon
his wife, to nurse the babies, and to drudge
about the house. Scores of these Bette
girls may be seen every day in Chinatown
tenement houses, each with an infant almost
as heavy as herself strapped to her back,
With this burden she jogs about all day
long, !tushing the baby's cries wibh plenti.
fel supplies of sugar cane and candies or
chanting in miner key Seale lullaby from
the Chinese Mother (loose. The lot of
these poor children is not as harts as may
be supposed. The majority are kindly
treated, and even brought up as members
of the family.
INTERESTING GIF TRUE.
Turtles by 'Which clic. Chaparral Coeir De-
stroys It. newt leEnemy.
r bird, round
Palmate or countryman yg
cuckoo, and road•runner, are local names
for the chaparral cock of the far Northwest.
ern States and Territories. This alert,
flerce•looking bird, with a body about the
size of a bantam rooster, has a strong hill
three or four inches long, and long power-
ful lege and feet. It is of a mottle d color,
with a long pheasant -like tail. 1t: starts
unexpectedly from the mesquiteoreltaparral
that border the lonely trail and runs swiftly
in advance of the traveler, never kneeing
the road in its running, and easily diatom.
ing his hero.
This bird, with, so far as known, no
objeotiohable traits, hes some habits that
commend it to hunianityt it eagerly hunts
and cats centipedes and scorpions, end it
follows and destroys the rattlesnake by a
methorl• peculiarly its own. Waiting its
time until iron
n caruh the
reptile Weep
in
its coil, the roadrunner drags branches of
dry nettle to it gores completely to surround
the snake with a thorny, impassable circle.
Then the bird stirs up the eerpent by rol-
ling apiece of cactus upon it or pelting 11
'wan stiolts and pebbles. The aroused
A BIG HORSE,
The jVlaniao and the Mirror.
" Many persolre who aro eaperstitiouo re,
gar'd the breaking of a looking -glass ae en
omen of bed luck' said a keilper recently,
"but 1 had ap experience ono whore 1 think
that the breaking of a looking glass was lila
meats of saving my life, I was a keeper in
the State Insane Asylum at the limo, Ono
evening about eleven oaolook I wan sitting
in my room reading, when I heard the door
auddeply open, and on turning around was
startled to see one of the patients, a man
whose inertia tooka most violent forst,stand•
ing in the doorway, Ho had always been
kept under look and key, and how he tnau-
aged to get out is a mystery to me to this
day. I trleti to appear ea cool as possible,
and asked him what he wanted. 'I have
Dome to kill you,' he replied, at the eatne
time taking trom his pocket a pistol, which
he had gained possession of in sumo un-
accountable manner. As he advanced tow-
ards mehieeyee Wandered around the room,
when all at once he saw hie own image in a
large mirror that hung on the wail. His
whole demeanor changed fir an Mebane, and
seeming to forget all about me, he crept u
towards what he supposed to lee another
man. Suddenly, with a yell, he raisedd
fired pointblank at his image in
the gleam
The mirror was broken into a thousand
pieceo, His back woe turned to me, and in
an inotant I sprang upon him, and held him
till help arrived. I have always thought
that glass wag the means of saving my life.
Peter, 33 Ilands, 14'00 Ponmda—And !Ce
May Be Digger.
A freak of nature and world wonder in
the shape of a horse drew many of the
curious to a livery stable in Seattle the
other day. This specimen of the equine
kind is unquestionably the tallest in the
world. It is, In feat, a colt, not yet three
years old, measuring the enormous height
of 22 hands -7 feet and 4 inches. In weight
this horse wonder tips the scales at 1,700
pounds.
Peter (that is his name) is a gelding, and
was foaled in Minnesota in June, 1891.
He is of Norman stock, and a beautiful
dapple gray in color. What is almost as
remarkable as his huge proportion is the
fact that his dam and sire were not above
the average eine of that breed of horses.
Another colt from the same dam and sire, a
year younger than Peter, hut proportionably
as large, if not larger, died some months
ago.
Peter, as evidenced by his weight, is a
well-proportioned animal. His limbs are
clean Cut, andthehead, body, and neck of
good form. He is, es is the case with many
colts, a•little bitawaybacksd, but this im-
perfection, horsemen say, will disappear
with age. The hips are a little higher than
the highest point of the shoulders, from
which the height and measurementis usually
taken.
Should the horse grow to maturity, it is
not unreasonable to expect that he will
attain fullysix inches more in height and
develop proportionately otherwiae, carrying
a weight possibly, of 3,000 pounds. A
gelding seldom attains its full height until
seven years old, while mares generally
mature two years younger.
There is nothing of record which equals
the height of the colt in question. Several
years ago, however, there was horse on
exhibition in Toronto, Canada, which
weighed 2,800 pounds.
Peter is physically aouud and healthy,
At such• an age, growing with the rapidity
that he is, he could not retain much flesh,
though he might be said to be in good trim
for work. His carriage is good and
movement far leas clumsy and awkward
than might be expected of an animal of
such proportions.
News From Ottawa.
A despatch from Ottawa eaya s—Tho
figures of trade and navigation for the past
ten months were issued the other day.
Despite the prevailing depression all
the. world it is gratifying to observe that
the exports still show a substantial increase
over last year. The total value of the ex•
porta from Canada to date is $94.299,155,
an inorease of $1,661,5553. The imports, how-
ever, ahow a falling off in round figures of
53,000,000, while the duty is $800,000 leas
than in the previous year.
POST OFFICE SAVINGS.
A return just brought down shows that
on the 2lth of April last there were 114,275
depositors in the poet -office eawinge bank.
Of this number 5,418 have deposits over
51,000 each, the total amount to their
credit being $7,419,61.5 ; 9,200 depositors
have to their ereditbetween 5510 and 51,000
each, amounting in all to $6,421,018. Of
thoee who have leas than $500 the number
is 99,657, the total amount to their credit
being $10,312,558.
Deseriptiye Writing.
Wife (addresssing her husband, who is
busy writing at his dealt) t " What are
you writing there, hubby, dear 1"
"I am working away at my memoirs."
"Ah 1 But you have not forgotten to
mention your little wifey, have you?"
"Oh, dear, no. I have represented you
as the sun of my life, and am just giving a
description of those days on which you
have made it particularly hot for me."
In 1892 Amerioan railroads killed 115
passengers, while in England only twenty-
one met death in eimfier ways.
She Capped It.
The sea was rippling in the silvery moon-
light; all wee calm and peaceful. Thera
he stood, his atm encircling her fairy
waist, gazing into those Inexpressibly
beautiful orbs of azure blue, and watching
the gentle breeeo playing with her nut:
brown curls.
"My love, my love," he passionately
murmured, "say the word which will
make my life an Eldorado, and fly with
me; speak but the word, and we will live
on --
Sausage and mash 1" she frantically
shrieked
Like a Miracle
Consumption—Low Condition
Wonderful Results From raking
Mood's Sarsaparilla.
.lianas Iiannak -Wyatt
Toronto, Ont.
'Four years ago white in the old country
(England), my daughter Hannah was sent away
from the hospital, in a very lose condition
with consumption of the lungs and bowels, and
weak action of the heart. The trip acres! the
Water to this country seemed to make berfee'
better for a while. Then site began to get
worse, and for 14 weeks she was unable to get
off the bed. She grew worse for five months and
lost the use of her limbs and lower part of body,
updwithlp111000up . Physicians
had to be proppe,j
Said She Was Past Ali Help
and wantedme to send her to the 'Home for
Incurables.' But I said as long as I could hold
my hand up she should net go. Wo then began
00d'S p Cures
to give her Hood's Sarsaparilla. Site is getting
strong, walks around, is out doors every day;
has no trouble with her throat and CCno cough,
haas a lrst class seems to
be
all
right grd her a ora
as nothing short of a miracle." 'W. WYATT, 80
Marton Street,Parkdale, Toronto, Ontario.
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