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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1894-6-1, Page 2Tan Bi11788E14s POST, 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. Hoodectly's PilYs areSold purelybyallald perfharmless. druggists,vegetbe awn:. THE ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD That ai, will burn COUCH MOO and COAL ... Equally Well... Die OXFORD it d o . Has the Largest G'ima, is A FF,RFlER'S BTO"'G -77 eetter 0 THE. OXFORD'. • OIL GAS COOK STOVE without Malt,' Makes and Eti1118 US Own Gas From Common Coal 011. NO DIRT, NO HEAT IPi 'MS I<ITCIiEN. Cooks a Faxnily Dinner for Two Cents.. 0s Eire 'yGate;+19y's 0 Coote Stove. at See It. 1r) TheT�}ri GURN� Y�' NIMBI CO,�Or fjt0.LUO111 Ur JJ��1 J. ! 1