The Brussels Post, 1892-3-25, Page 2BY ERIE'S WAVES ;
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TWO ATONEIV.LEN"�'S_
13Y FLOSS,
CHAPTER VII
TWo years have passed away, years of
dreary atonanlent for Vora Lansing, (living
alone with the two faithful servants,' and
h 13 tY fa
tholingering shadow has deepened upon her e�uree I have thought *rent deal
lovely brow. In thoee lone years her only " Of S a b
companion has been the blue lake Erie, as of you, papa," Vera answered smiling,
she wandoed upon the shore while Its rest- "But you were not wholly responsible for
less, surging Waves hushed high upon the my sternems perhaps. 1 too have a story to
sands at her feet, or tthrn it rented in peeee- tell. My sorrow has not been as great as
fun tranquil, henuty, gliding away towards pews. Although at times I have thought
the crimson -tinted 'Mizen, as the 1 ,1 rays tit,( no grief mold he deeper, I see now
of the setting sun lingered upon the mirror- (tow much more you have gullet ed than I."
him h
like surface. Awl. then rho told him o f or blighted Ihted Tuve
In there moments het• thoughts world of how she hail left all that was dear to UN
wander back to the ehnppy pest, to the behind, ranter than wed the man she loved,
memory of that love Which gl t 1 lcue,l for while the past remained a mystery to her.
so brief a time her er phaued heart, Forever She did not tell him what Hilda Dane had
would Ned love remain, the idol of the said for she knew it would deeply grirv'
vanished past, him, and now that she knew the true ,•
'am kuew her mother's intoee"tie, there t,.to ne
Om evening- to surly e,uautumn Vere came u 1' "1 to recall the hitter' past.
iufi•ont a walk nu rte shute, melted dutvn at tee, e I
theiano. With her hands on the keys " \'ly child !" he exclaimed, wile(( site had
she ppawed for it mongol to admire the finished, " true your sorrow has not been es
lovelyy scene which rase, through the open great as mine for you were not 'meted by
window, ro Ler crew. regret, as 1 hese been all these years, You
The rave "i the netting son glanced Chow, ' Of all sad words of tongue or pen
through ill.rite-un leaves of the stately The saddest are it might have been.' But
uta p:tee t u. ha:,v,1 it ewes( perlutce you wore only a weak lonely girl : your tor. ,
througu tie epee window, while a sweet- row has been as groat to you as
voiced bird poured forth its Mules of love mine has been to me. We leave
"frorn the partite shade of the linden tree," bili aimed for my unintentional sitz. Oh,
and turning to the piano Vera gentlytuuuh- heti I Dome to you years ago, my love,
ed the key's rind dem tO a voice, sweet nod 1 night have spared you. at tenet this an-
guish."
He stooped end kissed her while site as -
alined him t!:,u, her present joy far out-
weighed her past sorrow,
" And you love this Mr. Chilton, Vera?"
he questioned smiling.
Yes, papa, oh so dearly t no one except
Ord, is it blighted liffectione pan you, ts so goon, so true,"
Whence tho •iad sweotners flows through tits " Awl am I to be lonely again, dear?"
strain? " Ah no, papa. I shall never part with
And is the wound of that twenty milled
on gin Hetero gain in life ; but le Elmer
When tit- lone must° the tette.:lath !Medi Y
Bird of the midnight pure o :ky, you would find a son—a loving, dutiful
Toaclttne the epee of thy melody,' son."
Up the leaf -strewn, shadowy avenue, a Doctor Lansing kissed the flushed
lonely tnau walked slowly. Not until he cheek of his child, and said.
reached rhe eottege did he hear the music, " You are the only link that now binds
for his mind wandered to other days. As mo to life, dear. Your requests shall not be
the sweet strains fell upon his ears, he refused." He drew out itis waioh as he
started back. spoke ; it was eleven o'cluek and they rose
"Aly Heaven ! Am Idreaming?" he mut- to retire. Vora left her father at the door
tered, pressing his baud to kis throbbing of his room with a fund good -night, and
brow. "011, that voice, my wife, my obild. when in her own chamber she knelt in fere
Perceiving the parlor window open he vent thanks to heaven which had answered
stepped aside into a vino -clad arbor oppo- her prayers of those, long dreary years.
site and peering through the loaves, he --
beheld—his child. For a time he CHAPTER VIII,
stood Fpell-bouucd watching the sad,
unconscious, face, but when the sweet After a week's rest, Doctor Lansing, and
pathetic strains died out neon the air he his daughter started for Montreal. He had
sepped from his retreat, and as Vera turn- written to Mrs, Dane, telling her of his re.
el to leave the room he entered, turn, and intention of visiting her, and that
"My child," he cried catching her in his lady prepared asurprise for bun and Vera,"
arms My life I my only hope remaining," Elmer Chilton had en aunt living in the
One glance into the face above hers, one city, with whom he kept up a constant car -
book at the resemblance of sister and brother, respondence, end beteg very intitnatetriends
and then as the tremulous tones fell upon Mrs. Dane at once informed him of the cam -
her ears, Vera Lansing knew that it was ing of Doctor Lansing, and Vera.
her father who held Iter in his arms, know Of coulee Elmer's aunt, who knew what
knew that the wanderer had et last return- joy tine news would give hem, at once wrote
ed.
TR in BRATS SELS POST.
the history of steam navigation from the
(treat Western to 1110 porfo'meneee of the
Teutonic and the City of Perls. lit t totes
that the two now steunlers ordered by the
Canned Lieu shoeld occas in flee days amt
ten hour's,
The history of Atlantic Stern trioval 1129
shown it, steady iimprm'ement in the uuttter
of safety, Between the time of the °stab.
liniment of steamship traffic) and 1879 144
shadow of sadness. Tell me my child, w'as steamers were lost. Of these, 24 never
1 respousihlo for that shadow spot your mulled the ports for which they sailed and
were never heard of, 'Pun ware burned et
lairyoung'hro,v,
His tone was atxians, Mud he regarded sell, 8 went down in collisions, 3 wore some
Iter' with It patent's fond drvctan, by lee, and ethos? were lost from various
0etse0. The tirst to di5nppeer WAS the Ps/ -
shield, which was lest in 1841 and never
heard from, A thawed stearnor, the Colum-
bia, was run aelioro in 18.43, The Oolutn•
Ida, however, was the only ship lost in
thirteen years after the disappearance of
the President. In the decade of the fifties
(hero wore some dreadful dlsastot's. Among
these was the (limpet/events in 1854 of the
City of Glasgow with 450 passengers, Tito
Arctic was sunk by a uolltson in tete sane
year, with a loss of fiO3 passengers, and
four years later the Austrie was burned at
sea with a loan of 470 lit as. The disap-
pearance of the City of Baste, , with more
then 200 passengers, and the lost of the
Atlantic, in 1873, in which dime/terra per.
SWIM perisheu, are of contptarutiv:1y resent
date. Otherinsses W01.0 t110 Villedu ILavre
and the ,State of Florida. Comparing Ito
record with that of thirty to forty years ago
it is evident that there has been a groat im-
provement in steam navigation in the all-
important natter of safety. In the year
1300 there were nearly 2,000 trips merle
front New York alone to various ports ; 200,-
000 cabin passenger's were carried and
172,000 emigrants, and Owe was to asci•
dent at all. On the great steamship lines,
by the way, the average safety of the life of
the malty is high. TlieInman .Line in three
years lost en passengers out of a million,
and in that tune only eleven of choir sailors
.lied. Iu the sante length of time the
Cunard Line lost no passengers, and only
nine sailors died.
'19e problem of the' future speed of stein
navigation is ono watch it is impossible to
forecast, owing to the complex nature of
its oleneuts. The number of knots which
vessels may attain per hour will depend
upon what inventors may be able to do
with new forces and with new materials of
construction. By the way, the knot is
not, as many persons suppose, a measure of
length, but a measure of the rate of spend.
It is nob correct to speak of a knot as one
speaks of an inoh or a mile. To say that a
ship is going at twenty knots an hour
means that she is going at the rate of twen-
ty nautical miles per hour. It is not likely
that greater speed will be obtained by a
change in the shape of vessels. Our ocean
greyhounds are very much the shape of the
ships of the Vikings. That seems to be
nature's model; it is in that way the fishes
aro constructed, and it is riot likely that
the plan eau he improved upon, The
writer in the Scottish Review gives a lettere
ed account of the natural laws which affect
the speed of ships, Roughly speaking,
they are that the resistance of the ,eater
'?creases immensely with the speed, but
decreases with the displacement, then is,
the size, A big ship can be driven through
tie water at a emelt greater rate of speed
than a small one. If an attempt had been
made to send ships of the size of forty years
telling him when they were expected, and ago through the water at the speed of the
he at once started for Montreal arriving the; Majestic or of the City of Paris, so large a
day before Vera and her father.luanttty of coal would have been required
He met them at the station, and what a and so mush of the ship's room would have
rapturous meeting of faithful love it was, been given up to it that the earning oapac•
Ah it was a rapturous meeting between 'ty of bhe ship would probably havo disap•
them all. peered. Greater speed will, in the fettle°,.
Hilda Dane, seeing no hope of ever win- probably be obtained by hereasing the size
ning Elmer Chilton, had married a wealthy of ships beyond even their present gigantic
\Vi"-nipeg gentle, an about a year before, proportions. 13ntspeed will depend largely
and Vera teas now rill of her daugerons, but ipou the use wed, : t comnter•oe may be able
nnsnocessfnl rival, Vera explained to Elmet' to matte of the invention, which it is reason -
the cause of iter sudden departure, and he able to expect will be male, 'rho highly
hived hey if possible, more than before. complex engines of the present day may be
Doctor Lansing wits delighted with his pro-
spective eon -in-law end the happy days
sped styli tly by. On Now Year's Eve, three
mounts after Doctor Lansing's retain, there
was a wedding in the stately cathedral of
Notre llama, and Elmer Chilton and Vera
Lansing were joined to part no more.
As Vera had said, Elmer was ever a lov•
iug son to Do :tor Lansing, and he, in turn,
was a fond father. Ito was very happy
now after those long years of atonement,
15arnestly had he sought forgiveness from
that Saviour, who never refuses, and his
once burdened heart was now light, and
mow, I know you hate suffered much, and treating. IIis only 01 111 0 happiness, and
sty only aim in the future shall be to make losing devotion was also a source of great
you happy. But yon aro tired and famished hof piness to him.
I must tell Mrs. Smith toot tem for you, The three spend every summer at the
and then we can talk of the past and the lovely little cottage on Lake Erie and their
future, if you wish." last visit were brightened by the presence
Great was the joy of the faithful care. of a little boy, a sweat child with violet
takers at their masters return, and the old eyes, and golden hair. Doctor Lansing
lady ret once made a tempting supper for tete often walks upon the bench with him, and
weary traveller.
After the steal was over, Vora and het'
father again sat in the parlor," (emit 101m).
"Oh, how sweat it is, it must ile, to know
the guidance of a loving pir'ent," she ex-
claimed es she seated herself upon the solo THE OCEAN 1tAUE.
at, his side. " Yes my darling child, you
shall never again watt for the guidance of
a loving father, and 1 know that I shall not
want for the lova of a dutiful child." An article in the current Scottish Review
"Never, papa," site answod "But you on the history of Atlantic steam navigation
have not yet told me why you gra alone incidentally defends the fame of Dr, Lard -
in this lonely plane, my clear, " he said, net, who has always eon believed to have
"liubnever mint) just now, I liveomuah declared that it was jest its feasible for a
to tell you, so much to plead yetis ,t. 'forgive- ship to go by steam from flew -York to the
mess for. Oh my lone child forgt.e,ae for moon as from New -York to Liverpool. Dr,
any neglect of you; only recently 1 realized Lardner always insisted that, he had been
how I had neglected the helpless child left incorrectly reported by the newspaper which Ramnarts of Snow -
in my care,"
He paused, lire strong Imre overcome with
emotion as his thoughts returned to those
outer days when his angel wife had bid hien
with her last words to love their darling
child, and he in the bitterness of those long
years of atonement had forgotten her ire -
quest.
Vora kissed the trembling hands which
she held in hers, as with words of ohear she
ondeavorod to soothe the overburdened
heart.
' Ah, my child you can never know what
I have suffered in those long years which I
have devoted to suffering humanity, but it
has helped ma to forget, and I think I have
partly atoned for my unintentiouttl sin in
the past. 1 shall have no eocrets from you
In the future, darling, and none in the putt,
I Will tell you now that sad, sad story,
that one wrong for which I have atoned,
and you, my uhild, the only link that
biods me now to 11fo, you shall pronounce
me' guilty or not.f"
And pitting in the dimly lighted noon,
Doctor Lansing told the pathetic story to his
sympathetic ohild, rind when ho had 'Well-
ed she drew itis worn haggard face to her
own, stained With tears, and kissing him
again, and again, she sssitred him Lit 1 hr
was perfectly guiltless, and she knew kind
'Hoven had forgiven (nim es her angel
mother would surely have done,
"My derlit " 01111,1,'' he said "all these
long years of tttonenetit might• luite lttiiln
avoided had 1 only s,dgltb youe lr1V'iftgrctta.'
rel, and rudeemi 10 sola,,; but in my first
sad, she sang that lovely, passive Spanish
melody—
„ Bird that art sineleg In ikbrtee ado,
Where myrtle sbulota mute dint the tide,
Dost sort'nw awe:1'0,1st the leaves with thus?
Doth sora; avail ib • tut, heart to free?
Bird of tete n1 idniett is perple sky,
Teach err the spell of thy melody.
" My father, dear lost father," she mur-
mured.
Tears fell from his eyes, as lie kissed her
ovely cheek, while sobs (broke from his
voiceless lips. Presently he released the
petite form anti led the way to a sofa where
both sat down.
" How well you lenow me my sweet
child," he said. " And 1 have been a heart-
less parent. I have neglected you cruelly
all these years, Bat I have suffered much ;
you will forgive me ?"
"Dearest papa, there is nothing to fornive.
The happiness of knowing you now, obliter-
ates all the anguish of the past, Wu shall
_lever pert again papa."
"No darling, never again."
Did you expect to find me here papa?"
She asked "Yon knew me at mice."
"No d•'rling my wildest fancies did not
picture so sweet a surprise, Oh my lovely
child," he exclaimed admiring the beautiful
wistful face. "All these yeats I have car-
ried your image in my heart, the image of
your augol mother." He paused and takieg
his trembling hand Vera said.
" Pear pops, let us not speak of the past
his prayer ever is, that his grandchild may
never know the bitterness of an atonement
Something .(bent 1.110 cast and eta oro 0f
Steam Navigation.
MARL'If 25, 1802,
Astoossusuctunatmossewutztossavarnsowsosslanowasszassvassmassenwssiaitistossousessomosoasnotwitsstsonsrossvaavalvor4
ventin has not in the leant detorted hhn, A PROXISCUOUS SROOTER,
(lis uurutet'n are inassu Ming. 1'110 meant
visits of the French float In the g1'eltt sett- ,1 Alegre (knits Amnon 10 T10.0040,0 H110te1e
ports of England end Russia took place Tuuox'ro, \iaruh 111.—'Cho people in rho
avenue wore
for this important 00100/00/j00 beauties) or greatly startled yesterday nlernicg!then 10
antler Ids command, Ile was solemn(' notghhnrbeoe of 3.111 Oastugbou
the eeutlileuce with wheel the I t(melt nein U'n'lock by ttearhtgufrgutaofhslbutleof stints
islry regarded Mine Yew mon in his pr•o' tired front a revolver in Ole Ilan(le of 10 oolot'-
fessienhaveattainedequalrallkatthesante ed man Maned Pruueis Churuhaell, who
ago, Tho fnreige urniso of Ili l''renot ltotu•dsat No, 31,9, '1'bo 11,;.,1,1.1,1
em eppenrotl to
squadron wee thalami icy (weever, of policy he in a maniacal frenay, ant( fired at who.
on the pert of the government, lord the all- ever he caught, eight ol. Mr, Alvin l.'oisy,
mire( who wren placed in eennntetl was pre°• ttho lives at No, see, was the first to Como
thirdly iuteueted with a diph,nlatic nusaiuu,
SO3I1 t li! 11'1' 14A1111L LEADERS.
whips 1111(1 W)llluauders 'Dii'ho Will
Take Part in the Next War.
When the hnropeat war•cloud dissolves
in a rapt of blood and the doge of battle ore
looser( the condi 001l of the envy of smell
country iuvolvod in the conflict will most
eerionsly effect the fighting chanues of each
combatant. Natal armameutls a mettet'of
vital moment to every nation in these /lays.
Tardy eta we out'sdtos were in givinn the
question duo recognition, its practical me
UOrtaitee wan brought home to us only yes.
terrltty in the threatened diticnlLy with
Chili. Then we were able to comfort o0'.
selves with the reflection that w0 hall nt
least it few good ships and a few good num
10 commend theta, in f:uropean eoultarlos
the necessity for a proper marine equip-
ment' is conceded WS readily as that for an
arta)',
lu glancing at the litsropeatt navies I will
not weary the reader with figures ter mat's -
ties, as these receive clue attendee in the
to intrad portion of. the public press and are
frequently copied into the daily newspapers.
As the stloness of 0. navy in warfare depenes
upon the shill with whieh it is handled,
Mowll more than on weight of metal, 1 will
devote guy space to writing of those nlllemo
of the Buten/eau fleets who are already
famous road destined to be loading lignres in
the future. I will rarer to eeclt natnntality
in the order of its importance 55 a ntEMtl
power. England, of eout'oe, leads molly,
with l''ruuoe, Russia, Italy, Germany. and
Austria following her in the order given.
ore rntttt TO V10101/1vlt.
Enghtnd s tepresontrttve seamen who
fought in the Crimean and Chinme° wars are
most of them dead or ictired. Pew admirals
nmv oil the active het have neon much ear -
Se Seymour, • m
bnmb riled Alexan-
driae. nh who n
dria in 1882, is getting too old to count for
moth. There is De Horsey, who attacked
the Peruvian ironclad J-lttascar with Piet nla,
the repel leader, on board, He gained little
glory from this incident, however, which re-
sulted in the escape of the enemy. Admiral
Hoed was lately raised to the peerage on his
retirement, and Admirals Tryon, llothont,
and Lyons are the three most prominent.
figures now.
The meteor flag of England has, however.
no more distinguished sailor serving under
it than Lord Charles Beresford,who at pres-
ent commands a vessel in the ivlediterraneen
fleet. His career up to date has given the
greatest promise of future distinction. Not
only has he shown his ability as an aotive
newel officer, but in ifs official commotion
with the admiralty while to tne,nber of par-
liament he displayed the characteristics of a
statesman. People wondered greatly that
Lord George Hamilton should have been
preferred to office over the head of Berosfoed
at the time when both were appointed to the
admiralty. 1t was but another instance of
family influence in English politics overrid-
ing the just claim of merit. For Lord Char-
les Beresford is an Irishman, the scion of a
noble and historic house, it is true, and
although Lord George Hamilton is Well also,
his family connections among English
politicians are far stronger than those of
Beresford.
Ir15 PAR1,LttIENTAaY CAREER,
Lord Charles sett in parliament for his non
ve county of Waterford from 187eDO 1880.
He was made a lord of the admiralty and
proved a thorn in the side of the incompet•
ent bureaucrats who direct that department.
At length he resigned, giving as a reason
for doing so the gross mismanagement of the
admiralty. During several startling speeches
whiali be delivered in the C0I1011ol13 he ar-
rayed facts and figures condemnatory of the
naval administration which his previous
official knowledge ol the inside state of
',elides enabled Trim to gather. These
speeches roused public opinion all over the
Ilnitell Kindorn,
Though Beresford huts seen a good deal of
succeeded by other forms of heat engine or naval saeviee, he has been in only rote oa,p•
1y the application of eleotrlcity, There may patgn--at Alexandria in 1882. slat his die•
he a change, also, ir. utateriol. We have anguished conduct on tills occasion showed
seen wool succeeded by iron, and iron by him to have the instincts and capacity of a
steel. Changes may result from the use of roan of action. The Marabout batteries had
smolt Iltntal9 urs manganese and alnininmm opened fire on the L'riiish fleet bombarding
which it fs, of course, i npoesible to forecast. Alexamiria, Beresford was in ()ommend of
the ldttle gunboat Condor, which he prompt-
ly steamed right in against the forts tinder
cover of the smoke from their guns. So
"Think not religion is a stake by with- deftly and gallantly did ho handle rho Con -
drawing from the Bible its supernet teal ; dor that the Egyptian batteries, worried by
tato. Religion never seers through the I the gunboat, found it impnssible to get the.
proclamation of truth, nor is its existents 1 range of the British ironclerls. The Mara -
dependent on particular booksand authors, , bout torts wore very powerful, and had it
As long as mind will 1 hink, soul will wog not bunter Beresford's clever tactics could
The Bible and Criticism,
ship, and heart and hand will and act nob-
ly Bible or no Bible. Not all the criticism -
in the world will undo 0 single one of the
countless blessings which it has shed on
human kind. It will but add blessing to
blessing, I'. will fill mea with pride that
authors of their own species have been the
anthers of Wiese blessings, if wo can not
give it the idolatrous worship our fathers
,ave it, we can, awl we do, honor it still
morn. We do not lift it ep as they did,
and proclaim it the work of God end of the
God-in'.ptred Moses, but with still greater
pride do we hold it up and proclaim t This
is the re ri.plarc from which have issued the
mightiest streu•tns of civilization, and on
which are founded rho strongest pillars of
right and truth. This is the Law that first
proelamned the liiotlerheod of God and the
Brotherhood of Man, elle first enjoined the
:Con Commandments, that bemire the peace
of our land and the happiness of our homes,"
—[Rev, Joseph 7ir•atuskopfD. D,
gave an account of his lecture on this sub-
ject delivered in Liverpool in 1835. What
he did arty was then it would he impossible
to make long voyages by steam ptufitable
wbbhout a Government subsidy. It was
mental that 1)r. Lardner should hold this
opinion, for the Royal William, whieh
orossed from C,ineheo in 1833, had hor hold
so fillet( with fuel that there was no room for
moobandlso of any hind. The doctor;
therefore, thought that thongh such a vestal
(night be profited dy employed in coast trade,
its voyage across the 000011 could not be pro-
fitable if dependent upon traffic alone.
There was still an earlier,steamship to
dross the Atilt/title,'Phis wathe Anle•ican
ship Savannah, which messed to huglanl
in 1810, The voyage WAS made partly uy
steam and pertly by sail, fibs took
twentefivo days 10 go from Savannah to
Liverpool, eighteen of then being tinder
steam. Tier paddle wheels and shafts whet
not in lite were inept of (leek. On her re -
Lure to Amerioa the Savannah again became
a. sailing vs,sei, and was ultimately lost on
the south coast of Long (steed,
It gives one a sense of the shortness of
the period winch has been sttlliotesb for the
eslnnishieg changes in ocean travel and
trailio to iellset the first ship to ealalrli4h
the preetiathilt19 of newel navigation by
:eaten was Om work of Brunei, - the builder
of the (heat I':astmo, '1'htsship, the t1relit
Western, made the veyego from 13 •iete1 tut'
„tlew•Yok f,, fifteen rla,yk, fit AO?), 1S;18
1,1111, KS 11 idyl(' told, ' left mil? still mar t
paper de,nnnsnrlti Intl 1n dry 1kelt nt leiti,rY•,''
gdfhtpso of your fuer,, love, I noticed 0 deep The 1,,y,111.1, in ilio Smnttusir iteview fellows
The very heavy falls of snow which have
taken place in the ease parts of Germany
have hoop made use of by the military 1Lu-
thocities to try what etfeat the project le of
the new rifle stay have en =sew or snow.
A)ntrenehmeets were made, some five feet
hiph and six feet tlliolt, behind which tar•
gets were placed to rupeosell an enemy,
The Orin parties, stttioued 1500 feet from
the works, pierced then through end
through, as was proved by the .numerous
holes found in the targets behind Blom,
Smiler experiments hove been Mantle in
Russet. 10 this ease the entrenchments
were 25 fest in tlnuknese, and are said to
have Inept off the billets Orad against, the
intake in the rear of them. It will roadie(
be seen from this that, unless ample three the age of to in the yam' 1852, receiving
and plenty of (nen are at o hmmand, snow is command of a ship in 18711, and being pro -
not of much video for fortifying military mood to vlce'admmal in 1887, His conduct
positioesagainst musketry he, wassxeoptiauttlly distinguished during the
siege of Paris rt 18^r1, When Admiral
Pithurtn was French ambassador at the
court of tit, James Gervais acted es natal ate
taoho to the legn•timl, From this posiLiou
he went as chief of staff fe Admiral Krantz,
formerly minister of mariro, In both posi•
Llnns he Was a marked SUCCORS* GeffiLis is
a great torpor, and capable of luteoma ap-
plication, No' is he in the lease a =Afoot,
nl the sense in which that word is usually
mdo stood, bait. is popular with all reeks.
Under the exterior of a self-possosed inan
of rte world 110 commas a heart patriotic,
ardent; and shtao•e,
14e1040 over 50 yeas of ago Admiral
eimrvttls presents the appearance of being
tnumh younger, Tho brink elasticity of
The trine thatrn Mess of 4he Promh Hoeg under the truths of the oolorrd bond, who
1 p h fired three shots to Molal{ $uroossion at hien,
during the whole amiss was an amp/0 stn• but when Mrs. Palley ran to ere what was
Ilicetiau of the choice of tleees as trent- 1115 matter Ile 111111ed his Redefine on her.
minder.
Tea ,, It.'O 1 0Ca11 ,LLEXI%,
A ronalt•i (night be written of the career
ref the tinned litilte Alexis, lord high ad-
miral of the Ileasian 'loet. So malty lit 1,
beet his adventuree anti reputed ad-
ventures that it, is ditlicult to (U11014016111
the serums U'um the romantic or fictional
side of his rlrtrneter. He has always been
a hon vivant mid lover of pleasure, and as
a brother of the czar nud ineumben1 of tt
great position in his professiuu to has has
good epportuuities fol• tnthtlgunce, from that nrighbo hood, and after he had do•
Alexis WAR brought, up to a seafaring
pate someena von bnrud uulummd laid ae0m•
carets and is Rueeia's sailor -prince. WA
tn
persel popularity is considerable. Like pee ul atta+Irdalepoliecstet Ion, from which
the ower, he le of cumnrtndiug .stature end 911100 11 "Sell/A.1" oI the dusky guntentan
haudac+mer exterior, and lots 111 rcpntatton w•13 soul 10 all the alher stations. Lala in
ni Luing generous and easy -nein oared, the aIt'n•noott 1'. 1', 1sthrin 11771, wino WAS
llnring 1570 he visited Amoeba. Hu uuule oil duty on Sackville street, heard seemed
u strop A , favo'ablo impression epee those slots tired somsw91ero tarot -east of where
f,) I 1 _ he then was, and slatted out to investigate.
wbn met, hem in Ole entuttty. The belies of 6
Nem e ky were especially f zreivated with lin rw le 30501 stet l y cur nsidevn fly brtght-
him, and elle unfortunate lady beeante. in-
cited man, who said Lha ' a nigger was
sane (vet the grrtud duke, her ul tdueSS talc- stnlOTtxu AT EVERYONE ON THE O'rttxa'r,"
ing the forte of a delustou that she lied been anti holt nearly killed the excited party's
fuvttedtotweemeagreed deehessmud would wife. The runner munch was seen at the
soon he united to the duke. The poor woe corner of Winchester and Sumach streets by
Hutu was willed --let u? hope not iu derision the eotn:table to fire several shots in the
of her affliction or by eunvfut members of Mir, or in what everditee cion le. weapon hap -
her sex—ii The Countess Lucinda," petted to Ito printed. Tho cnlo'ni fireworks
The trouble which resulted to 1880 in the worker then turned along W'inohoobor and
grand dinlan's reduction in naval rank arose just tut Constable Guthrie caught hint he
from his galhtlltry to the bluebomo sister of was in the act of loading up ids shooting
skobolof', Princess LeuchLonberg. Tills , iron preparatory to another fnsilade. For -
ambitious woman, whose desire was In form Lunately lee was not able to use it or he
an alliance with the royal house of Russia, might have killed the officer who arrested
went ono night to a well-known restaurant hint and took him to No. 4 police station,
where he was registered on several charges
of shooting with intent to kill, carrying a
revolver, and for being drunk.
At the station be told the police that
Warden Massie and Governor Green hal
orcleroil him beget after the people, and that
he )tad
Berlin e' THE REVOLVER
and lift• rounds of emelt titiononBattled tty
night with this intention. Athnugh not
very drnnlc when arrested he seemed to he
in dist frenzied condition which follows a
prolonged spree. lie told the sergeant of
police at No. 4 that he worked as et brick-
layers' lehurer
rick•layers'Inbufer and made plenty of money,
lint a ticket in his posseeslnu showed that
he has been in re_otpt of charity frorn the
House of Industry.
Churchwoil, or Cherchill as he is some-
times known, is supposed to he the party
who lulled 1t num named GIinunasou on
Bathurst street some years ago and was sent
to Kingston penicentat'y lar• seven years.
It was almost a miracle that nobody was
killed, as he fired no leas that seven shots
point blank at the people at 340 Ossiugton
avenue, and lie sent several shots along the
sidewalk of Slnnaclt street.
1!'rtrlllintlely his (Linn warms bad as his temp -
01 nntl 110 missed her, as well its 1100 111.10.
/01/1/1, The belllooee gentleman proceeded
TO PILL 1)IS ARTILLERY.
with a fresh supply of ailment Won, lint hind
only got two oa'trldgos in when Aliss illau'y
Soagar tire/vexed and was put to flight by
having ttuotwo shots seat at her. 'ilie angel
of darkness evidently hrctint0 disgltalod
with himself for not Itviag done
any
damage acid started eastward looking too
fresh worlds to conquer, as he disappeared
in St. Petersburg in company with the duke.
Some Frenchmen essayed to express their
admiration of the lady, which preceeding
Alexis resented, and a desperate row eneucd
that developed into a public scandal, The
czar, enraged, banished the grand duke to
Vladivestook, but subsequently relented
and reinstated him in his fennel? position.
There is a certain:degree of resemblance
--even rectal --between the Greed Duke
Alexis and the groat Russian general Skobe-
teff- Both were addicted to the pursuit of
pietist -ire and of essentially genial tempest, -
meet, They had also much in common in
other respects. Skebeleli' was a daring sol-
dier ad well as a carpet knight. Alexis is
an ardent seaman, stud while he can not and
does not pretend to pose beside Skobeletl'as
a commander he is known to have the ma•
tenial in him for high professional distinc-
tion. His friends Mahn that ]ns has never
attempted self -exploration in the various
and devious ways that are known to be
characteristic of some public men.
This is the opinion of naval officers, but
for my own part( regard Capt. Doubaeotfas
the coming Heal in the Russian navy. It
was he who preformed the great feat of rde•
straying the chain of Turkish monitor's that
prevented the peerage of the Danube by the
Russian at my in 1877. It was a deed that
ranks with the great naval aeldevomonts of
history. Doubasoff reoeivad inunodiabo pro•
motion and was decorated with the Cress of
St. (bores of the second class. 'Me deco-
ration is nearly always when first bestowed
given iu the fourth class, but Doubasolf re-
ceived it in the eec0nd class all at mice. His
personality inepmessed me during an inter-
view 1 once had with )ani as that of a man
of resettles and action, likely to be cool in
danger and herd to cliscouaert under any
cotdittous. Ire is tall and of commanding
prneence. ,if be dies 000 eventually come to
Otto forefront of Russian naval ailairs I shall
be very ttiuult surprised.
EXTRAORDINARY DEATH OF A
U HILD.
Lally Conunl fled vierA oorrespondeut at Coleraine telegraphs
that considerable sena' ion has been caused
in that town and neighborhood by the com-
mittal for trial on a curomie's warrant of
Mrs. Amite Margaret 'Montagu, the charge
against her being that of causing the death
of her daughter, Mary Helen Montagu,
aged three years. The accused is the wife
of Mr. Acheson Mon rage, tilGrainoroHouse,
Coleraine, eldest set, of Lord Robert Mon-
tagu, who is an uncle of the Doke of Man-
chester, The olIeioc, 03 is alleged, was
committed on Saturday last, and on that
day, according to tie. evidence taken at the
inquo5t on '('heed( tn, lite chilli was Locked in
a dark room, by 1.1. governors as ra punish-
ment for some oifvt.ey. A short time after-
wards Mrs. stoat u;u went into the room,
ted the little giver hands behind her back
with a stocking, h,.ving fastened to this a
piece rf string, fixed it to a ('ing in the wall
of the room. Abont three hours later the
mother went to the door of the room and
called her child by name several times, but
there was no answer. She opened the done,
and going to the plaoo where she loft the
little girl, found Icor dead, She carried the
body to hor own room, stripped. o11' the
clothes, and tried to restore life, but with,
out emcees. She then called the governess,
and told her what had happened. At the
cenolusion of the evidence the Coroner, Air.
Caldwell, committed Mrs, Montagu for
trial at the forthcoming London Assizes,
which open about March 17th. She was
admitted taloa, her own sagely being 4400,
besides two of 18100 oriole The little girl,
who was a great pet with her father, was
the only daughter in a family of eight chile
Chen. The funeral Look place yesterday in
tho Ronan Oatholie ohnrohyard at Bush -
mills, (theta, 11 miles from Otontoro. The
full partioulars of the sad oec0rrenee aro
not yet, it is believed, acouratoly known,
and in the absence of further information
many sensational stories etre being oirotlat-
ed. Art inspector of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Child/ Mt hoe visit-
ed Cronore House, but has discovered
nothing at all on which to found a prosecu-
tion,
have Inept the attacking fleet at bay for a
uonsiderahlo time. The English admiral
ran up a signal anno acing bits admiration
of the Coulor's intrepid work. The world
applauded, and ever since Beresford has
been known as "Condor. Charlie,"
Lord (Aeries Bertaford is littlest the coin
ing ntau of the British navy. A great fie
tura awaits him. He et me appointed cern•
missimer hest year to report on the Suez
canal, and when his report was published
last October it proved another conation for
England, It deninnstrabed that the realty
shores of Simonetta Gould he blown top with
dynamite by on enemy in such a manner as
to precipitate mosses of rook into the water
and thus block the passage. This irony re-
port induced the t:nglish government to pity
very special attention to the route across
the American continent as an alternative
means of transporting troops to rho e'tse
Beresford is a splendid type or the naval of-
fice', both from a scientific and a tactical
point of view,
lot1ANOE'S NAVAL OIrM10iOtS.
Feline° s naval officers are many and dis-
tinguished. 1 might single out front among
them for the honor of first piece Admiral
Jnriende la Gravie•e were 11 not for Itis ad-
vanced ego, which is nocessafily removing
him farther day hy day from the at'en% of
active service. lits record dates beak to
Crimean days. Much might; also be sold of
Vice -Admirals Miot, lbibell, Zeds, Vigres,
Duperre, or Lespo. 1301 there is one figure
which deserves more attention than all the
t'eet, This 10 Admiral (lervais, And why?
For the reason that while hie past record is
known to end praised by all Frenchmen he
retmtins me the present tome speoially proni-
Ment in naval circles.
Admiral Gervais entered the service at
That egnalit;y whieh is one of to features
of curling, and ander which the humble s
worn 111011 --by 0000011 of nim superior stall —
is entitled to rule and citrate, the man of
highest rank, ie acetnntable for some of the
Intmornne in, Darling. " 'ate dinna 0 151
meet wi'tnits nn," is the horny -beetled son of
toffs hints to the gentleman 00 take orf his
gloves,
Mr, p'o't Grnoln—" I have never lover(
before ; wliy Pre never even kissed a girl
before : 1 trona)' ti;" Mlle (?Hien 1,'mlrt
"'fh1r• 1/40, the (lightest nt meet\y for
N on rIn1, SG Gro -nn. 1 ktitw 1110 5000 01
you tried to kis
REOENT FLOODS IN THE MOTOR
HIGHLANDS,
Irliorlllolls Damages.
The dire results of the late floods in the
Northern Highlands, which were by far the
most disastrous ever known, so fa' as liv•
ing memory or written records go, are now
severely felt, Thu sweeping away of bride
gee neo bnfldings, the dsstroetinn of toads,
tutees, Re., and the damage done to property
generally, are now' found to bevo been nn•
derstated by Ow newspaper reports. In
the districts of At'dgny, Iles-obime, and
Benttl'hri,Igo, Mntherlandshiro, the danlaee
done bus been immense, no value of live
stock and farm prod 1100 swept away, to-
gether with reticle, bridges, fences, embank-
ments, buildings, and boats destroyed, is
esthraLed at an aggregate of upwards of
1120,000. The greatest loss of all is the de-
struction of the grand old iron viaduct
across the (tyle of Sutherland, at Botnar•
bridge, whieh was the only road connection
between Easter Ross and Sutherland. 13y
this catastrophe traffic has been completely
paralysed, and indescribablo inconvenience
has been caused to the populous districts on
both sides of the title. II iw the (Monthly
markets can bo hold muter existing 01100n -
"Lances is a problem. Since the disaster
communication of a kind has been kept up
by a cable snppliocl by private mnuificonee.
Mat'sh.
Lilco seine reformer, who with mien anatero,
Noglooted tl rasa and loud insistent t ones,
Wore rasping than the wrongs Which oho
bemoans,
'Walks through the laud and wearies all who
hen..,
while yet wo know the Mood of such aa•
form;
90 comes unlovely Marsh, with wied and
Storni,
To break the spell of wining, and set free
The prfsonotl Moultsand eeouns burls op -
ismer .
p-
is esu(.
Herm m t. of faun, gaiter eclar eel, and wilalr-
dreeed,
She feteI ini c ung hennilbu l inter.
11111 merry •,1evil mei sweet •vu1111t9 filmy •
Cosmo mot (,1, 1l.,telt hart het, prepared the
wv,'
INm t,it i�tt i rteetilt SS Ih^ox in 'I'ii r Ladle's Horne
b. Vioar and Rut Plook,
The Rev. 0. Payne)) Sanderson, vicar of
St. John the Baptist, Itiogston Vale, Eng -
rand, at which the Delco ant Duchess of
Tuck and tinily aro regular attendants, /111.
110111100d bo the eongt'agetlon wt Sunday his
intention to resign the living, and said he
was driven to do so in eousegasuoe of oor•
titin things that had been going on in the
parish. Laying aside his private feelings,
he said he would speak plainly to them, aucd
would tell them, therefore, thea it was the
unkindness of his parishioners that had com-
pelled hitt( to 1'etire. Untwist/ great change
tools place 110 clergyman would he able to
cis his duty in the parish for he would have
to choose between purchasing peace by the
neglect or his duly, or doing his duty end
having his life made intolerable, A good
deal of ovil was caused in the perish by
amateur religious and philanthropic work,
std he asked them if they would tolerate
amateur generals, muleteer doctors, or ante,
torn' lawyers ; and, if not, why should they
have amateur clergymen? It was this sort
of thing that led to dissent. Work being
done independently of the clergymen arous-
ed in the minds of the pour a (110111te to the
clergyman, and ultimately a dislike to the
partslt church. Though he deplored dissent,
lie respected an bones( Dissenter ot'even a
Roman Catholic as muolt as a member of the
Church of England, Bub a Wol 00 evil than
dissent was hypocrisy. The religion of
blankets and soup demoralised the people,
discouraged the honest and sincerely religi-
ons. Hi; referred to certain members of
the congregation who conuoivod some idea,
then wont round the perish end soolred tlto
support of the,105iciohts, and hob of all
tonne to hint for his consent, This) sort of
thing placed him in a dilemma, for if he
disapproved of the proposal he 00105 brought
into conflict with his par'isltiltecl'S, white If
he approved of it Ito appo'mred to he simply
a tool in the Manns of others, 'ltho church
watt crowded, amongst those present being
the Dueless of Teak and Princess May of
Teak.
Whrit 50105 men discharge an obligation
can hoar tho report for utiles ar0mld.
Pae—""Pons the devil Ira to blow the
doge give yet. Yrs wire near (tilt." Mike
•-." lBognera, I wish I had (died, so thee I
emit() have deet Lhe vitiate Ming.