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THE BRUSSELS POST.
juNx 12, 1801
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LYNDON OF HIGH CLIFFE,
t'S LOVE STORY,
do Wits High," " The Artist and the 51col,
ecom," Etc., Eta
AN OLD SOL DIE1
Or C. DasPAUD, Author of 'Vhen to Ti
"Into a Lanier I
CUPTER X.
AN ACCIDENT.
This in the meantime, was whet lied been
happening at, Deep Deane. Veroniee, as we
know, had been left by her friends Weide
the gate of the fern). She had only tog°
011 up the avenue, mod turn lute the stable.
yard, where tieneral Mackenzie's heed
groom, apemen who was always at his post
'when he was wanted, would be waiting to
receive the home The evening however,
was 80 fine, and she felt so little ()Wiped
by her ride, that, instead of going into tile
yard, she turned aside to a r:xtol that led
out of the \matey at the back of the farm
buoldings. •
Brown Bess, who had a temper and a will
of her own, was neutrally a little irriteted
by this mot:Mann troceoling cm the pert
of her rider, and w ten they moue to the
turning, she verged round swiftly, and tried
to make a dash for the stable. Such
rebellion Veronica vould not, of course,
Submit to, for she knew that if she ger°
in to Brown lime now, her power
over her would be completely gone. A little
Wade ensued. Not ellowed to go her own
way, Brown liese began to gm round and
mind in a eirele. Veronica, however, kept
her seat, and kept her temper, while Bro on
Bess WEIS gradually exhausting and bewilder-
ing herself. In a very few minutes victory
would have declared itself for Veronica; she
began, in fact, to feel, with a pleasautsense
Of triuniph, that Brown 13ess was giving way,
when, unforennately, the son of the head
groom, a poor, balf.witted creature, who
was only k.ept on the place by General
• Mackenzte's kindness, happened to pass.
Veronica had spoken kindly once or twice
to the poor boy, and ite had attached
• himself to her with the dog -like fidelity
which these unhappy beings sometimes show
towards particular people. When he saw
here alone, struggling with thebiggest horse
in the master's stablee, and, as he thought,
in great danger, he shrieked aloud, and
flung himself in front of the horse.
Horrified, Veronica emetic' back Brown Buss.
Her tore -feet, as he believed, struck the
poor boy, who had clutched lot lour bridle
rein ; but she knew very little !Imre, for il1
less time then it takes to tell, .he was tlyieg ,
back at a terrific paee threlieli the Ione 1
avenue. The gate was Li:wed-Drown Bess
took it at a eingla betted. They tiew up the
Veronica keeping her balance, and
not losing her senses for a single moment,
She managed to free her feet (rem the .tir- •
rups, so that if she fell she might fall away
from the horse. But she would Dot fall if •
• she could help it. •
Alas ! Brown Bess was territied, recklese. 1
The shriek and the elinch at her bridle, ,
NVIII111 she was idrea.ly in to irritated tem- '
per, heel maddened her. She was rushing '
on blindly.
If they had only been on the open inenw
But they were nor. They nene still in the
valley. Veronica looked oat before her.
There was light enough to see that they
were making straight for a, little thicket.
Brown Bess might pass through without
hurting herself. Her rider would be zee.-
tainly dashed to poeces by the lower
branches of the trees. There was uothing
for it but to make a spring. That was
Veronica's last thought before her senses de-
Berted her.
• Sae Wes told that she cried out -cried out
twice; but she had no reinembranee of it.
When sho opened her eyes she was lying 00
the grass, and some one was bending over
her, and asking her anxiously how she was.
She half raised herself. Her senses were
atill a little ecatteted by the shook she
had gone through. " Oh ;Colonel Lyndon,"
'sloe said, " I am so glesi you have come back!
I thought-- Where am I?"
"You have had an accident, dear Miss
Browne -not a serious one I hope and. trust,"
said Percy Winstanley earnestly, "1
heard you ory nut. The colonel is coming
up. Ah 111010 Ise Is."
In an instant the colonel leapt from his
hoese, tethered it, and bent over Veronica,
who had by this time begun to recover her.
self. "I am all right," she said. "Pray
don't look at me so anxiously. I could get
up, only—Ah ! my foot, I am afraid I
have hurt it."
"I could carry you back to the house,"
seal Percy eagerly.
She laughed at bbs through her pain,
which was beginning to be severe, " Yon
carry me? "bus sure yott are not stroug
enough," she sabl.
" 'What if we lifted you on to my horse?"
said Colonel Lyndon.
She looked ow Iffin in her frank, fearless
way, saidshe believed 110 0150 strong eneugh,
apologised for the trouble she wes giving,
and, although the peal of being moved mane
her set her tc.eth together, uttered Dot a
single complaint as, Peecy supporting the
injured foot, and the colonel guiding tho
Iwo horses, they led her back slowly to the
farm.
At the gate, the general and ;Janet, and R.
whole army of stablemen and labourers,
met them ; for the poor boy's shriek had
been heard, and he had been found in the
avenue, terrified, but uelinrt, and so much
had been gee out of him, as to make them
understand thee Brown Bess had been
frightened, and that Veronica was very
likely hurt.
Befoye Colonel Lyndon and Percy Win-
stanley wont back to Castle Ettiek, a doctor
had Sea Veronica. 1/er ankle, he said,
was severely sprained, and she had under-
gone a ithoek, the effects of which might
lost for some timo. There was nothing
serious, however. Complete rest arid quiet,
with proper treatment of the wounded limb,
was ell she required.
From that day the centre of the life of
Percy Winstanley, and, as a natnral con.
sequenee, of tho lives of his friende, shifted
from Castle Ettiok to Deep Deane.- It ANUS
• fortheate for the peace of the two houses
that the geneml was, on these clays, bnlly
occupied with his /untly.atTived guests :
that, infect, he did not know how lite house
' wae mumbled every day by the people from
Castle &tick. Asa& Janet and Mrs. Mae.
. kenzie, they heel been completely won over
by Peroy, and were watching, with women.
ly interest, the progress of what they looked
upon as a Very pretey lovestery,
lavory day he rode over. Sometimes the
colonel was with him ; sometimes 110 WRI4
alone. He maele himself so useful and
agreeable, time Mrs, Mackenzie frequently
wisbed that he had boon a son of her own.
"My boys do not take so much trouble
about us,"theecoicitoVeroncia, whoanswered
with the amuseel smile eithich either the
sight of Percy Winstarfley or the motion
of -his name alwayabrought to hor face, that
helves a delightful young fellow, and time
she ltd not wonder eVerybody liked him.
"I believe it is a real pleasure to him to be
useful," sho geld.
Aching on this view of his character, she
:did not hositeae, now elle WaS tied to her
Icough, to ask him to do a number of little
services for her, He rode almost daily to
the nearest town to order books for hor, or
to mateh her wools, or else to take notes not to lay stress 041 paint 000 10 feathers -and
mei messages to the houses of those ,wheoe carried a Imitate skin, whielo he throw about
croquet or lawmtennis parties sloe load pro,- his shoulders or let fall from ebout his
truseol, before her oweideet, to atteno. masa He wee ofteD e splendid epeeenen
VI hen she zoomed to sailer more than of manly atreugui aaci aatlyity, ,,
ord nitrily from the contmetnent to the a Mohawk !" exelahnecl Benjamin West
hem e, Isi ennsu tea 11 ith Mrs. alacken. when he first beheld the Apollo Belvedere.
',eel Janet to devise muse:emus fora
s 1
A eavy whip, with elkhown 11011111D RIld
her. Onee cos twice he drove over lois knotted bulniallide lash, hung by a loop to
sister and les sister's governess, and leftM1O AT 1 I
l LAWS Wrist. Hirl bow and amines
them at Deep Ileitiso for the whole day ; and gave full occupation to hie hands ; he motet
Vet cn'ca wa' ''' delighted ".411 tiwir sn'ti, guide his pony with lege and word alone
thou J's. aleekenzte, hearing how
, , "" and rely on its intelligence and the Weaning
be had gtven it to do doe right thteg at the
eight time. Thus slenderly equipped this
superb rider iffieheil into the midst of a
herd of bullet°, IllId 80 quiet: was the poey
and so strong the seat of his rider that,
INDIAN RIDERS,
We have front 011 sourees avowal.° and
consistent twennute of the extramelhoary
riding of tho old savage, seri Nay.
mine. Catlin, and Perkman, and Nil m
deseribe him fully. A piece of buffalo ro
giethed over tho pony'e limes stood in lieu
of a stabile, if even so meth was used ;
toord of twisted hair lashed itround its lo ivor
jaw served for bit and bridle, When hunt.
ing, in fact, ns a rule, the Indian wore
naught but a breeelacloth and iSosl'asins-
05115 ItIrOsit, 50111 an en tea y tO is051y
Flora that the young gide might stay with
her for a few days.
The rogues:, 05,08 granted, of course. Lady
llora would have reamed nothum to her dear
, Mitekenzie in thee° daps. Colonel
Lyeilen, as the least fully•occupied person ' despite the stampede of the terrin.stelokon
herd anil the charges of the enraged and
I in the house -he did not :seem te care for wounded bulls, but few accidents own mi -
1 shooting -was asked to escort Miss abirrison mead.t T
%%10..11 DM on horseback has ninety
' anil her pupil across the moor ; and late on lives, not nine. His riding is toot an art it
11 nature.
The Indian has never developed a system
of training his ponies. Each man teaches
Itis 00111 10 suit Ithnsolf, and except finite:
tion, or a certain trick shown by father to
son, and thus perpetuated, there was 110110
but individual knack in horsemanship. The
plains pony was quickly taught after a
yough and yeady fashion, more by cruelty
than kindness ; in a manner, in fact, as slit.
repent 1l'0111 the system of the Arabs as the
line shape of the barb Were, from the rug-
ged outline of the broach°. All horses ere
more intelligent than man supposes ; those
most with men, or en which man most de.
petiole, most readily respond to Maiuing, and
the Indian and lois pony were every day and
all flee, comrades, Before the Indian could
trade for oe steal a bit he always used the
jaw.rope-or nettling. With the rope in
Ole left hand he bore tigainst the nee!: to
one of the beautiful August afternoons they
were received in the pretty hop•covered
verandah, where, when the weather was
fine, Veroncht's conch was generally drawn.
They were met with the warmest of wel•
comes. "This is what I have boon longing
for," said Voioncia, holding out one hand to
Milly, end the other to Letty, " to have
you two to myself. Colonel Lyndon, we
have to thank you for it."
" Oh ! no, DP," answered tloe colonel.
" 'Honour where honour is Inc ! It was
Captain 11 instanley's doing throughout."
" All, well !" said Veromea ; " you must
thank him from tne, and Lady Flora too.
We are not to have any lessons, you know,
while they are here -only fun. What do
you say, al ?"
" say fun," said the ehild
" Very well, But Colonel Lyndon must
come soon, and see 110W We manage our fun,"
said .Ianet. turn to one side and gave a pull to turn to
"Oh 1 yes, yes. Ask hint, Letty. He will I the other, or else Ile shifted Isis pony's croup
do anything for you," meed 1 be, a more or less vigorons kick with either
" Milly 1" said Letay reproving- heel. When tooth his hands were busy loo
vetted entirely upon his legs and the pony's
"But it's true ; isn't it ?" she persisted, • knowledge ot his business but, es every
"I am afraid I tan a lady'sMilly," and lashes him with the pilot at OVOry
looking at the colonel. Diann digs his heels Mtn his Morse's flanks
stride, it is hard te see how Ole pony caught
ne to Ins meamng. Thu move credit to the
peadruped.
The feats of the Indian of to•day, such as
picking objects off the eernund at a gellop,
or hanging to one side of 1th hnrse, conceal-
ed ell but an amend leg, while 1108h:opts at his
enemy from behind the romping rampart,
vere equally performed by his bar:aback
ancestor : The latter wee wont to braid his
torse's mane iost000buoog loop, throe gh which he
could thrust his arm to preeerve his balance,
iut he MIA not the advantage of the cantle
mo hold to 1110 leg. The old bare -back rides
has now disappeared ; it needed but co short,
contact with civilization to show him the
manifest advantages of bit and saddle.
It is no wonder that the Indian rodo well.
Before he could walk, ;sr talk, or remember
the lad had been tied to a horse, and no In.
dim) can recollect the time when he could
not ride anything and everything which
came aloug. The boys from 12 yeers np do
most of the herding, and in this occupation
they become familiar with every pony in
the tribe. It is probalole that the lads htwe
roped and mounted in succession every one
intrusted to their care end have learned its
individual qualities while gaining in general
horsemenship.
•
Is it Orael to 'Dook" Tails?
Very unlike a whale
Is the horee's "docked tail.
Something of a sensation has been pro.
ducedinPhiladelphia by the aotionof Agents, During a terrible thanderstorm at Atlantic
Fox and Voorhees, of the Pennsylvania City N. J., on Thursday evening, Mary
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Camel, a coloured girl, was frightened to
Animals, 421 causing the arrese of John death.
Lyons, coaohmanfor P, A. B. Widener, and Capt. Lear and the ten deputies who
Thomas Edens, coachman for William L. were indicted for the murder of the strikers
Elkins, on the charge of " docking ' tho tails in the Pennsylvania coke regions were all
of five horsesaegnitted on Friday.
Opinion loas long been divided as to the
cruelty of this " find" of cutting off the tails
of horses. The advocates avouch that the
pain is but momentary and the operation
without permaneet injury. Those opposed
to the practice declare that the animal is
more or less seriously affected ; that he Ls
robbed of so death backbone, and that
nature gave him his long WM es a helm, In-
deed, it has been urged that a horse with a
"docked " tail cannot tutu around so nimbly
Si 11 hOrSE With a long tail. Again, it ie
said to be an evidence of lost vitality when
the " docked " tail is found quivering after
the horse has made some violent exertion.
But this nervous demonstration may b
compared by those of contrary '440W8 with
the clock that has been deprived of its pen-
dulum. And at the same time the other
side eould reply that the clock soon runs
down Under the conditions desceibed.
Messrs. Widerer & Elkins are well known
throughout the country for their wealth,
their large dealings in contracts and their
various street railroad franchises. Its is un•
he answered. " I must say so, you know,
for I am in a terrible onieority here. One-
two -three -four -five ladies, and only one
poor unfortunate man."
" Bet very well able to hold Ilia own,"
said Mrs. Maekeniee.
" Thank you, ales. Mackeneie,- said tile
colonel. " YOU ale au old friend, and par-
tial. But I think I tenet ran away while
my repittation laets."
Veronica aegged that he would come
again soon, She spoke Inueh lees „readily
luau usual, and a pink llush tinned her
face, which bore tetwes of the pain ihrough
which she hail recently pasioed. There was
something about her that teuched the
colonel, awakening the sympathetic chords
of his nature, and be aeswereil gently that if
it would be any pleasure to her Inc would
certainly ride over on the followieg day.
That night, iu tho smoking -room 01 100110
Ettrick, after Mr. Winstauley and Itis
waste had, gone to bed, Percy poured out
his heart to Colonel Lyndon.
" I moist do something,' he said, "or I
shall go crazed. I can't stand it any Inger."
"But why should you ?" asked the coloriel.
"If I were you—"
"If you were I, and I you, the ease would
be chfferent. Look here, colonel: I've said
to myself over and over again that I am
ridtonlous. I know how she looks -upon me.
I ant a boy in her eyes. S'he lets me do
things for her because she is good•natured,
I amuse her sometimes, and slie is grateful
to me for it. But anything further -oh, no.
I don't fleceive myself."
"Ithutk you are little immure, Percy,"
said the colonel.
" You think? I wonder if you have any
reason for They say outsiders see most
of the game, If I thotight-can't you see
my difficulty?" he broke off hurriedly. "1
lova her fur herself-because-beeanse I
oan't help it. But I might be misunderstood.
5'hr might mistake me. She might class rno
with heaps upon heaps of fellows who have
esked boor, and will ask her, for her money.
If she did, a al poor I env, with something
like a sob in his throat, " I believe I should
go mad !"
So poor Pony raved, and the colonel,
who believed that he was tormenting hint.
self in vain, listened wall a kindly gleam in
his grey eyes, and when the tale was told,
gave Melo an abundance of kind encourage.
meet.
"I will tell you what We M1134 110, he
said finally. 'Ride over n-ith me teener -
row. Janet is on your sale, I know, and so
is Letty-Miss Morrison, I moan. I will
give them a hint, and we will try to arrange
to have you left alone with Miss &ow=
foe a few moments. Then if you don't
pletel your own muse—.
"I'm afraid I have no cause to plead. I
cam only throw myself on her compassion,"
said Percy dejectedly.
(To Be mart:even.)
To Mae Behring Sea.
It is announced. from Washington that
Lord Salisbury, through Sir ,Julian Parolee.
fate, Ilas intimated to the United States
government his willingness to tweept the
proposal to close Bellying Sea for a period
of years in order to alloW tho seals to multi -
TEE WEEK'S NE1AS,
The Nowfotinilland Legislation mooed the
Local Coca:ion bill on Salmedny night with
closed doors, and the people of St. John's
wore so autism:pit that they refused to al).
to N AD AN. serve the Queell'a birthday.
Principe Grant, of Queen's University. Negotiations PM on foot in Berlin to es.
tablish commercial treaties with Italy, Bel
toltlyeseed an entionsiestio mulietwe on Ina
gium, Switzeeland, Russia, end the Rom
pored Feleattion at Owen Sound mo Siam,
mama]) Province, width, if earned out,
clay evenong, would have the effect of completely isolate
It PROM probable now that the system of ine pewee,.
eonsular settling of Canadian ears going into "s.
the United States will be abolished, inc W08 A despatch from Lisbon (MSS President
Ilitlinamodo ruptured the mediatiou negotia-
proposed, hat that it Will be much restrict•
ed. tions bowmen he looped to borrow money
The second sale ef Cennditth melte in the front Germany, and sitocoodoil in procuring
Old Country took place in (1 bus's' on NI ed.
nesdey, at rates whiell aro decidedly 1111 -
favourable for the exporters.
The president and officers of the 81, .Tean
Baptiete Society in alonlreal have been
served with a protest eteloluing the Pinata
(del Committee not to proceed. with the
erection of the proposed French Nationid
monument,
verree 1,TATIN.
cannon from England for the cruiser Presi-
dent Pinto.
The bell-ringers of English churches held
a convention recentey, the SOV011 ty delegates
representing 12,000 members alt e pram-
sion. 'I'hey discussed methods for alleviat.
big the homers of harslasounding
A Vienmo Ilespatch says that " there is a
great ammo' for women physicians ito Bon.
nine 01010810111 W0111011 eefusing, to be treat-
. ed by male flouters. The Austrian Govern.
Four thou.gend lager makers aro oat of ment is engaging all the feninle grailnates
employment at Key West, lila, of the medical school at Zurich to 'mate in
As flu as known, 17 were killed and „.2 Bosnia, gunranteeing their income up to a
injured in the Tarrytown, N, Y., dynamite certain figure."
explosion, . See'.np.; arcd Cbserving.
The organized Jewish societies in Chimee
protest agemst receiving any of t On a fine 811111 IllOr evonieg two boys trove
Russian ,Iews now en route to the Unit- svallt hog along 14 menu's) road, (Inc of them.
ed States. Walter, was the son ol the clergyman of the
village. Frederick's either was a, wealthy
The question of an United States Kneel
farmer, !hey were perticuffir frientle, and
station in the West Indies is beffig seymusly
were often found in each other's coon puny.
discussed by the coithortties at SI ashonsdon.
IL was bright moonlight, and the shadow);
of the trees were sheeply distinct en the
g?'"Ittw bright the moon is !.' said Fred-
erick, standing still to look et it. "And
Potter, White & Bayley, shoe manufee- how round It looks like a ball."
threes of Bostou, have assigned. Their " Yes," aesented Walter. " How large
liabilities two estimated atediont $1,000,000. do you think the moon be, Fred ?" Walter
was 0 little Melina to be peiggish.
"I -don't --know," replied Frederick.
He had neves thought about it. " should
:slat e. think it ;oust be about as lotege--as a good
sized milk•pan !"
The Pennsylvania coke operators have ., Ha 1 ha he leughed o A
placed all the strikers in the reeent strike on amkepaa ladead 0 why, iamb 11,0 „5
the black list, and refuse to give them work,
, Isig
e the whole United Slates."
aull in consequence there may
l'° a 'cum.."' a "Nonsense ! I don't believe it," declared
of the stelke. Frederick, stoutly. '11 couloln't be. Who
A. young coloured girl was foreed on the told you so ?''
railway track at Shreveport, La., a few days ',Father tola me. That is, he said so in
ago by two brothers, who held hey there at 1,, imam he gnve the other day. A. milk.
tho. points of their revolvers mail a passing pa, 0,,
team cut her to pieces. "I don't belieVO it," repeated Frederick.
A young American clergyman has been so
pereeented in Berlin by a German girl, who
threatened to commit suicide before Ms
eves if he did not listen to her advances, that
she hots been couliDed in a lunatic, asylum.
The Washington authorities received. on
Mouday a very handsome collection of Cepa-
dian letter carriers' outfits, which will be
The police of Long Island City, N. Y.,
think they have captured the real joule-
Lho-Rippet, who murdered Carrie Brown in
New York recently.
Chinch Mtge have appeared in tho wheat
lielde around Blue springs, Neb. This is
the finest part of the wheat twee in the
" didn't know you were so !vomit,
Frederick," retuined Walter.
" How dere 300-"
Frederick WAR jl184 OP the point of flying
into a rage, when, looking down the road,
be happened to see Harold walking toward
thent.
Harold was no offier than either of the
other Imp. He had not. been at achool any
editeed in the Postal ,Museum,
longer. IIis father heel little time to give
The Northern Express Co. has been rob -
hie lectuses on astronomy, but he had taught
bed of S12,000 on lifeline between Chippewa '1
Falls and Abbottsford, wis., by some ona , Harold to observe and rentember want !mew.
"Herold," called Frederick, " Welton, 13
tryin to make ma believe ono of lois WW1-
derfu yarns.. •
" What's the trouble?" asked Harold.
eabl Frederick, who by this time
who possessed a key to the safe.
The little village of Amberg, Mich., Iles
been destroyed by the invest fires. The in-
habitants load to flee without saving any-
thing. Garth, Ill, is„ is completely surround- hail got within talking dietance, "Inc says
eil by fire, and all the inhedoitituts are fight- that the moon is as big as the whole United
hog the flames. States, Did you ever twee stieh a ride:111min
Mario Haselman, a Mormon immigrant fish -Hairy ?"
who arrived at New York from Germany, Harold lookeil at the mean a minute he-
nna who professes it belief in polygamy, has fore he anewered. " How big do you say it I
been ordered black, and the mile in her case is, 1"
is
is going to be made a Lest ease by the Mor- " Why, I should think it WWI as big as a .
mon Church. very large milkman. Well." -seeing Herold i
T110 wheat and etrawberry ei.ege in the smile-" perhaps a little bigger. Blot the I
neighborhood of Benton, 110, have been whole United States I Ridiculous 0" Bei
practically rained by a hailstorm, looked contemptuously at Walter, who only
laughed,
A new essoolation of Irishmen has been " Well," begen Harold, slowly, "1 dou't I
formed in New York to promote Irish home know just how big the tnoon really is, but
rule. It i$ distinotly Marearthyite in tone. It must be a great deal leggin) than you
Damage to the extent of 8300.000 was think, Frederiek. The Raised one church
Icllaoinie. in the neighborhood of Moberley, Mo., is torty feet high ; that is the width of my
on Weelinesclayhy a storm of wind, rain and father's limo; and see how small it looks,
just because it baso far »piso the air. Now,
the moon is a very long wee, off, Fred, so it
mast be et any rate a great deal larger than
this tows -perhaps twice as big ; it must be
at least that.
Harold spoke timidly. Ile dienot post.
tively know anything about the moon, and
only compared it with other things,. ite he
Was in the habit of doing.
Both the other boys latt hed and jeered
The strike toe the Franklin coal mines, at hon. Walter VMS amusec bemuse Harold
near Seattle, Wash., has ieesumecl danger. thought it so •steall, and Fredrick shouted
ens proportions end bloodshed is hourly beatuise Harold thought it so big ; and they
expected. Every effort is being made to were both so much enter Lamed witlt
tkoagaPetthiewhites and nogroes trout coming Harold's silliness that they mule up their
quarrel and. went home together,
Naval authorities are confident that the As for Harold, he hastily resolved to find
out just how large the moon really was be-
fore he WAS R. clay older. But which of the
three boys showed the most intelligonoe,
AMMISIRRIRISSISSIEssrli
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
de 01 eotwentrurea eennet of Sarsaparilla,
Yellow Hoek, niosiestowa, Junteer Berries,
effilehulte, Dandelion, and °tiler valuable
vegetable remedies, every Ingredient being
strictly pure, and the best of Its it Is
poesible to buy,
It Is prepared by thoroughly competent
'omelets, 111 the most reverie, manner, loy
a peculiar Combination, Proportion and
Process, giving to it enrol:ire power
eculliar
To itself
It wilt eure, wh.00 In the twat of medicine,
Scrufuht, &Ill Rheum, Moue Poisoning,
Cancerous mill 011 other Jimmies, Malaria,
Dyspepsia, 13111ousness, Hick Ifeadaelie,
Catarrh, Rheumatism, and all dtfueulties
with the Liver cunt Kidneys.
It overcomes That Tired Feeling, Creates nn
Appetite, and gives mentztl, nerve,
and digestive strength, The VR1110 Of
ood's
Sarsaparilla
Is certified to by thoneaties nf volnntary wit-
nesses all over the etiuntry whom it tuts
cured of diseases' more or less severe. It
Is scold by all druggists. $1; sig for $6.
Prepared only by O. L HOOD &
Apothecaries, Lowell, Blass.
N. IL Ryon :Wide to take Hood's Stirsapa»
rifle do not he induced to buy any other.
Pat's Proposal.
" Dear Biddy, Wye a tender heart
That poverty eion't touehen,
But then it's s . wee:ye:MI
It eades a, 110 ie. studio',
A Melte 't to, n ocLati ele
For L., Reilt4...11/D-
A gyareen, t'ett tee wtweteu Imils
Of ley, :eel I iitii zoimil
ra hom 11 0 ,0151 ial,!non
This teeteiet Wes pietisai.,
Bet t hin ti email.: :We ase lee dear,
1.11 'theediliat 110 sseeen
'1.0 mune Lie. 1, ,I -••• :),..inily
Tbsat 050',I la -at owl wet.
Oeh Iteldv the)). I aiwal you tweiee
V.44114 Ira lie eamied 14,111.”
results of the recent experiments et Aimap•
olis onake it certain that it will be praceica-
ble to introduoe niokle steel, made by the
Harvey process, into armor plates.
President Harrison and his Ceannet are
said to be out of touch on the Behring SOO
qaestion, he desiring to aceopt EnglanoVe
proposition for a close season, while the
Cabinet think sech a move would be equiva•
lent to admitting England's right to sug-
gest or dictate tho polioy of the United
States,
GREAT BRITAIN.
It, is pointed out that the fact of Beam.
well Booth, son of Gen. Booth, of the
Salvation Army, being a oreditor to a bank -
n istotolthrok,er 1.11 London.suggests the
derstood Motet these gentlemen are not the arteeel.„ 8
only ones who are to be molested. The S.P. — '11VoeSotig0.0.011.
Or ono. k Exchange gambling that calls
0,A. is said. Lo be on a crusitile agairtst those
who " dock" their horses' tails. I. The Hebrew exiles from Russia are arras.
in etude largo numbers in London as to
The officers of the society deolnre that ,'ng
cause serious %hum, and there aro some do'
do not propose to wage war agaiest the
'mends for prolubitivo legislation.
servants who actually perform the opera.
tions, but rather upon the gentlemen who I Lord Saliabury, speaking at Glasgow, said
°Merit done. Messrs, Widener and Elkins the therible pereeoutions of the Jews itt
are among the most wealthy, and fashionable Russia. and other countries of Europe show
An Indian. Legend of' the Oreatien.
1 9 Inc Indians have a lotoncl which explains
110W 111011 happen to be of Merced colors. The
Indians say that the Great Spirit made the
world an d made throe men of the same color.
He led tho men to a pool of water, and told
thorn to jump in bhe water and bathe in it.
One of the men obeyedhim, and be immedi-
ately jumped in the water and bathed in it.
Ho came ortt of tho teeter and had become
white and elem. The other two men hesitate
ed. The water hadbecomestainedalittle. Ono
other jumped into the water cold bathed in
it, DAld Cams out of the water 441.141 118.41 1/0.
come copper -coloured, The water had be.
come black and dirty, The other jumped
into the water and bathed in it, and oame
ont of the water and load become black.
The Greet Spitiit put three packages down
before the three men to choose from. He
pitied the blitek man and lot him first
choose, The black man immediately took
ply and thussave to the world an indastry residents of aristocratic North Broad Street,1 that we must not went too confidently upon the largest paokage. Then the red man took
which to the two principal nations to the Philadelphia, Sad. OW11 Rome of the finest the progress of civilization. the Honed largest package, Lastly the
dispute has hitherto proved, proffiable, homes seen on the Park drives. They claw. I The " sweating tailors of Lomwhite man took the paeffitge whioh nets the
lon aro
Moreover it is statedthet the British Promiee ad to pay any fines the magistrate neighb talcieg advantage of the influx of Helnew smallest. The three men opened their pack -
is willing the t a josint.lsigh conunission impose led the societw officers protested and 'exiles to obtain labour at starvation figure& egos 10 550 what thinge wore iso them. The
Neck man found showile and othee
ehould be appointed to investigate the entire the Cases will go to owlet, Procurers aro also at week attiring diem -
meets of 'about, bailie package, Tho rod onan
question the to of the seele in These mrrests are the first in Pennsylvania ,putable eeteblielimente with Iebrow girls.
Behriog SOIL, That Lord Salislmry slioffid for the offense eharge'd' T11 law l';'cciacc Dining the oonthog &Mete in the Impelled! found an (=ow and bow tot Ida The white
num found a pcn mul ink and other line
have eo consented is not surprising. As a thet ott conviction thu eon( er is Berea to a Parliament on the massacre of Commissioner
t tools of labour in his, From that time the
matey of farBritain bi as emelt iuterested line of $200 or imprisonment/or ono
Yemii.tarcr !Quinton by the mal'iPtlyls man•Y, Liberals throe races have been °bilged to live as blio
in preeerving the semis as is the United both, in the discretion of the Court. T1 co 'will eonteed that they acted only 10 self -de- choke wee outdo long ago.
States, Neither lets the deuire to bring ism. special law as to the docking of tells, fenoe and that tho real blame rests on tord
about the extinction of these valutoble ani. the arrest having been onade under the gen- '
Lansdowne, for whose recall they will
ends heel anything to do with the centre. oval law relating to onto Ly 10 au ma, a.
easy ; but sbnpiy the unwarrantable claim alamour,
of the United States that it possesses juris•A Parrot Eltory, Re 100530150,51..dietion over waters which iteeording to the
unwritten but universally recognised law of
nations is the property of all alike. Those
who ionegi»e that! either Canada or Bei -
teeth desire tho extinction of the seals are
greatly mistaken. The contention is solely
ooncerning their rights upon the high seas.
A Spring Refleotien.
This world's so very, very old -.
810 thouand years or so. -
That you would think that one so aa
Most everything would know.
But notwithstanding it's so old,
It's plainly to he seen -
And growing plainer every day-
' The world is very green,
WOIlldn't be Without it.
Ur. Alfred Roberts, Manager of the Do -
The Ozarewiteh's suito is said to be onon• minion Railway Advertising Agency, '70
Some time ago a captain, who had boon on
a long voyage, brought home a parrot. The poeed of a roystering lob of youths, whose King St., W. Toronto On'
t, Juno 1, 1888,
conduct is likely to lead the Prince into writes SA follows ; "I aware to testify to the
parrot, who bad been with bim, had learned further trouble. efficacy of R. Jacobs Oil as a sure remedy
some of the sayitig.e of the sailors. One
The Oven it gro tl incensed at findite for sprainsebridsos, rheumatism, eta., having
evening the captain limited II friend to sup.
t uct ews a veto
i a ' d alum aeen,„,-eeae ee eiee had oecasion to use it in my family for some
per, and began talking aboue where he had
hoemto whith the parrot replied : Fronolt eiclubtkon in Moscow it Ittiyhteorixtihnliboi!
botale of the 011 in tny house for double the
tione past. In facie I would not be wo Diouf) a
" That's a lic !" money to enable them to open
sa teen,. and refuses to alitend till the money ie alumni; °barged)"
The captain was rather moose at title,
he covered the cage over, He :gill kept on 1.0PalA)
with 1;110 conversation, and the parrot again Ex -Queen notalie has writtdi a letter to Striped gray and bleak silk and wool
and widows'
remarked : the ,Servion Prime Minister doctoring that (tIrlar'evtiositolgocidevfooses000lflorlY ladies'
her expulsion was neither for the good of
" 'What a lie l"
Servia nor for the Welfare of the King.
Thai so entoged the eaptain that he seized
O jug of watee anti throw IL over the parrot, Statietids Ihow thee 500,000,000 of the
and the bird screamed 1 human race Wear °lathing, 250,000,000
" All hands on dealt, another thendeY hebitually go without idol:hoe, mid 700,000, -
storm 11' 000 °Over only portions of the body.
Put a toaspoonfal of momenta inageart of
water, wash your bruelles and tombs in
this, end all grease and dirt will ffisempeer.
Bine°, shake and dry hi the sell or by the
fire,
" I have been afflict -
Biliousness, " ed with biliousness
"and constipation
Constipatlon,ss for fifteen years ;
Stomach "first one and then
" another prepara-
Pains. " tion'tvas suggested
" tome and tned but
"to no purpose. At last a friend
" recommended August Plower. I
"took it according to directions and
"its effects were wonderful, reliev-
ing me of those disagreeable
"stomach pains which I had been
"troubled with so long. Words
"cannot describe the admiration
"in which I hold your August
" Plower—it has given me a new
"lease of life, winch before was a
"burden. Such a medicine is a ben-
" efaction to humanity, and its good
"qualities and
"wonderful mer- Jesse Barker,
"itsshould be
" madeeknown to Printer,
"everyone suffer- Humboldt,
" ing with dyspep-
" sia or biliousness Kansas.
G. G. GREEN, Sole Man'fr,Woodbury,N.J.
The lumber dealers of the Betook Sea and
the Dnieper hetes appealed to the Govern-
ment to °emit measures by which the
portation of foreign lumber may he checked.
They show tloat sinm 1880 the imporeation
of lumboy from Galicia has increased bo an
alarming extent and takeu the markets in
all the southern eitees where Russian woosi
was sold previotisly. The naphtha, works in
Bakoo use foreign luniber exclusively for
coopering thole prodect, and largo amounts
of that, lumber are transported also to the
trans•Onticasian districts. Unless the im-
port oluby is railed considerably the Russian
lumber tirade canted cope with tho foreign
articles in the whole southern region.
KTJAkc
TRAbE
THE GREAT
EnrOF1/4P
MARKIL
SPRAINS, STRAINS, INJURIES,
/t Is ao erroneone Men to suppose that great
force is required to penance astral or sprain.
There are so many delicate muscles and ten-
dons which hold together the ankle and foot,
and direct tho Vehicle of loomed:no, that a
vary slight thing often causes not ohly a very
pahlful, bat a very WHOM sprain, whleh et.
Jacobs Oil will cure
SuseLY ANC PERFECTLY,
is WreepaorktedS poor t aseirldAeni atergelonuilieb°arn°1ftleaMoUr
foot, mora than to all the rot of tho body.
The knee is also a very delicate tease ef
nation, and !Merles thereto Very freeneutly
result in acute pains, enlargements, stifnooss,
and sometimes permanent" atiffness, unless
81. Jacobs Oil prevents, and Its
BEST CURES APE CHRONIC CASES.
50130481 nj 01 IV toon, anespot nbyorsuedtrditel nit ins,i1,10 500000.
slyo exertion ; to stretch onesolee or ligament:I
WithOutclislobatiomand 81 Aeolis 011 °urea
EASILY AND Wrrsiour RECURRENoE.
frelreeIrraantil"thoerno411-Ittylbtrolvpiel.hrt a8Crt'oettec14,4g1,C)rooll
1001 51,5 body from cold and draft,
nit CHARLES A, VOGgi,Efl 00„ I10ftbmoe f4,
Canadian Depot: Toronto, Out,