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The Brussels Post, 1892-4-22, Page 211 T R eieneweetesaaesseelesseeseasessesaeeeweeeateeetaieseweemoes I I is I yea hand woe [1111 of sight, lite with: L CABLE �_(E I\ 11 111 in the brcas4 n[ lila cunt, Nur 1111 m with: lyl1 kl-j1 11LL.ai lYl Et.IA I1V11 ti-�!. draw i1 ; 11111, Tilde n. thought, Penelope TiILNP]DDflTT'S ,E TSSleiZ..1S POST, BY 1';.. W HUlt11. CHAPTER 311. well for her ;,c00e 01 mind 411141 MIN, 1,e00 The Bolton buggy had comp twenty-five =flee at express speed ; the horses were steaming ; and 11 was three 1111106 farther it, the township. Nevertheless, young Roeder -teas flicking 111° whip t(1 push o11, when Lees Tan eaoic, breathless, and got to the purse's head,. ' Holl on 1" " Can't, Mr, Lees." " You can -you 1111181, I'll some a mal on horsobnek to the township in half the time it'll take you to drive. He'll be back with the police long ender the hour, Meanwhile, you will hero had something to eat with us, and I shall have run up a fresh pair for your buggy, They are dead -beat. It will save you time in the end." Beeper and Michie put their !leads to. gether, but only for an instant, Tho good sense of the squatter's proposal was as ell• vious as its good nature ; besides, it was the Bilbil dinner lour, and the young men were hungry. As they alighted from the buggy, Lees ordered the Belton horses to be watered and turned loose, and Bushmlm and Bluebeerd, hie own favourite pair, to be run up from the horse -paddock. Then, Mi, Lees having promptly despatched a mes- senger, they all adjourned to the dining - room, where they found Mrs. Lees awaiting 11111/111 ((141. 0113101 iiyiilg her curiosity, thy; a .lay, s.nnetiuu's twine, the dark inscrutable lore underwent sudden trans- figurat ion, 1111,1 Leeann ten years young in oxpreeei,m ; the eyes shame with delight and interest and aduliratiun. it was when Penelope appeared on 1(e scene, The homestcad of Bilbil eens41ell cif sommly little trifling buildings, the. to enumerate would he 10801lerable ; but there fs one big building, with It little peeket edition of it- self Melted on to one end of it, 11141 11'00 rho ;metre of the system. The component parte of the big building were tura long, bare, parallelveanda8, with the etatiou store, tlmdlning.l'oeul, and the spare bedroone enclosed Between thein, The pocket edition was called the Pottage, and es it only roll - Lathed Jlrs Lees's gunners, it was echo ssmething of an 11i?ion de luxe. Here the veranda was anything but bare ; it was closed in by a screen of trelliswork and creepers which turned it into a long room with open ends, In this cool retreat Mrs, Less') wore -table and Mrs. Lees') long wic- kerwork chair were generally pitched 1 in fact, ilrs. Lees spent most of her time bo• tweon this veranda and the sitting -root( which opened upon it. From the latter half of An est, the them. •' he was slightly pale, autl scared by long wicker -work chair -which was really the seesationel news, but eager to )tear more of a 001a -began to be occupied everything ; and she was soon in p005080inn all day and every day by one not only of the facts of the preeent case, person -tile man Brown : aud by but of many other farts in 00011 111111 0 with the first of September Brown was able to get the notorious Thunderbolt, to say nothing backwards 011,1 forwards, between this and of hearsay. his room in the barracks, on a pair of malce- ThunderUolt, tion was rumoured to boa shift 0•ntehe0. It was here, then, tint he re man dnoneut than 111081 01411 011 ,uuel of Mrs Leos -011c1 spoke to her en of far greate praotitielars in his line -Burke, Morgan, or little and ft was here that his face chang- or Ben Hall, for instance ; he had also in ed so when little Miss Pen flitted through some narters a 1'o ntativn for an the veranda tend popped into the sitting - alleged gallantry of bearing towards all room, to nolle leave of her mother before her women who came in his way prafesstonally; (lays work out at the shed Kogan, and when but in violence, in daring, and in insolence, 810 enure fn -with 1,°r sprightly steps, and he was 1101 second to the worst of them• with sand and dust clinging to her little The Reapers had yarns about hint from a blue riding -habit -to report herself 01 the station of theirs in Queensland, which Was day's close, It is true that Pen seldom for - Thunderbolt's own colony and his common- got to fling a wore to poor Brown, lying est hunting -ground; but Michie, the Belton quietly thine in the long chair; but she wits overseer, hal actually exchanged shots with too completely self -engrossed, it is to be feared, to stop and t the desperado on a former occasion. You1411: to him for many might have known Bob Michie a Medina seconds together ; and ho saw the last of her -without knowing a word about that incident always ton soon, with wistful eyes. or indeed about any other incident in ' Morning, Brown -how's the peer leg . o which he had himself played a prominent she would jerk out; or; "Metter, lirown? part ; bot the old story wee wrung from him That's all right ; lucky 111ieg I found you to -night. I'Le had been on the lower Queens. thought, ell?" land ,roads, in charge of sheep, and had bap- Brown was always ready with a cheerful pened to camp outside a township on the answer; lint she seldom waited to hear it; very night that the bank there (0(15 visited and 00 for tiring questions back at her, with by very eurl his mate. Well, when a view to demining the sunbeam, that was the family at the bank were discovered sit. a foregone failure. ting round the supper table like corpses- One evening, however, she came le with gagged every one of them and tied to their a spleetli(1 emus egg, which she had found chairs-ahoeand ory was started. It chance for herself on the run ; and this she could ed that the discoverywa8 nlatie nnoh sooner not resist stopping to show to Brown. He than the bushrangers had bargained for, took it in his lett hand -his right lay threat The latter were surprised in camp, (1 few in his breast -pocket -111111 admired it deli). miles from the township ; they hal just erntely, so deliberately, that Pen could time to mount their horses, which they had hardly restrain herself- from snatching it not unsaddled, and a hot chase followed. ; away from him, in her eagerness to dart Michie outstripped competitors in pursuit, off and show it to some one else. But hada bullet through his hat, and in return , Brown had the egg in hie haul, and lis shot of the little finger of either Thunder- ' opportunity too. "Have you ever seen. bolt or his mate : in the darkness it was one of these carved, 11110010 ?" he asked her impossible to tell which, only the finger was SIYiY• found. f "Only once-over at Belton," replied "So I suppose the first thing you did to- f Pen. ' We hal a two carved ones here," day, when you'd got your mean safe, was to I " Would you Like to 111414° a carved o(e ? make him show his hand, eh ?" asked Loes, Would you like to have this egg carved ?" laughing'; but neither Michie oryonngRoop- Giddy little Pen was arrested at last; she 00 had thought ot it ; and at this moment forgot her anxiety to show the egg to the voices were heard outside. Tho messenger others : and her eyes glistened, ' Would Bad returned with the buggy and with a I not 1" 8110 cried with great emphasis. policeman. The sergeant and another troop- •1 Yon don't mean to say you can carve emu 00 were following on horseback, and would eggs?" • Well, I used to be able to do it ; I used to turn an honest penny at the game -once," Brown sighed. ' • I suppose 1 11avee't for- got how." Pen began clapping her hands -but quick- ly stopped. "1 say," she added gravely, " I haven't got any money, you ilnow I I've only got what's in my money -box -and I don't think I may touch that," sho added doubtfully. Brown stared at her out of his deep-set overtake the buggy, A ltd hasty apologies and good-byes, the yotulg met left the table and drove off. The meal would have gone on rather silently after that, for the men were all yearning to be It Belton and see the fent; but Penelope kept them busy answering her questions. She had drunk In every worel that had fallen from the lips of redoubtable Michie, and the item of the little finger in particular had entertained her greatly. All this was on the Saturday evening, eyes; there was something reproachful in Sunday brought startling news. The buggy his look. "It isn't likely I'm going to and the police had arrived at Belton only to charge you anything, Miss Pen now, is it? find the bird flown -none new how -none knew whither. Thunderbolt was at large again, and in Riverina. It went agaiu5t the grain with' William Zees to return to the wood -shed that neeht; but his wife assured him that she had no fear so long Its Penelope and site were not left entirely alone ; and indeed the chances were that the busllralget', if not speedily recaptured, would press northwara to the Qneenskeet frontier. So Lees went, but left both the overseer and the storekeeper behind him at the 11ome8tead. It W0S ar- ranged that these two should drive out to the shed the first thing each morning, re- ' turning at mace= ; and the plan answered admirably. Never had the Bilbil flocks been better shorn ; never had there been more perfect discipline at the Bilbil shed, never leasgrumbliug. Moreover, the "°lip" throughout Riverina was likely to prove a better one than had been obtained for years. Meanwhile, the broken leg went on mend. ing in the most satisfactory fashion, and its owner seemed quite to have ingratiated himself with Mrs. Lees and her little mad- o0p daughter, Penelope, From the very I'll carve this egg for love -as the 6ayin1 is ; and 1'11 carve it better than ever I carved an emu rug in my life before. Consider what you have clone for me, little miss 1" Pen considered, It yielded nothing. She VMS not accustomed to consider. ' \Vhat have I done?" site asked at last with eyes wide open. 13rown gazed et her some moments with- out replying ; then he 81(1,1: " Yon saved my life little miss -that's what you did I" His tone struck the child as odd, some- how. "Aren't ,you gland?" sho asked, laughing. " You d011'10 Ray it 416 tiongh you were. And you ought to be jolly glad, you know." I ought to ha grateful and grateful I am. But glad ? Pretty well, Hiss Pen -pretty well. ' Pen opened her eyes very wide indeed, andsuddelly they filled with tears. She had )lever (ireamt of anynne being anything but glad not to die. The very Mee ot in- difference in the matter was frightful to her, and frightening too. This poor nun's pain, then, must be terrible ; his unhappiness - very likely about something else -(hist he unbearable. Would it cheer hint ep at all first he had been patient, and grateful for if she, I'en, were to stop at Monte to -morrow the smallest thing done for him ; but a our- and chatter to hint all ray, instead cf going twin moroseness, that had disfigured his out as Usual to her beloved shed? At all events Pen, resolved to try it ; and as it was not quite the easiest thing in the world for suoh au extremely keel little stook -rider to do, she bound herself down then and there by a premise, and 00nsi1ned the precious egg to Brown's sale keeping, To -morrow morning yon shall carve it, Brown, do you sea? And I'll sit lore and 000 it done; and I shan't show it to any of the others till it is done -8o jest now you may keep it" Brown smiled upon her as she wont. He was not smiling when she rushed and feenll hint in the same place immediately after breakfast next morning. Ile wee looking decidedly areetfallon. The elms egg was stuck in the wicker ring with whioh these long alums are provided, and intended, if required, to hold a tumbler, Penelope enetehed lip the egg ; but there was not a scratch upon it5 dark -green s(rfaoe. "Why,' cried Pen, visibly disappointed, "you haven't e'en begun yet, you lazy lean I Aren't you going to ?" "No, miss," said Brown ruefully. "Than why did you promise, I should like to kulow? "Ton had coloured up, " Became I had forgotten something, Miss Pon." ' Pray, what had you forgotten?" Pon demended scornfully. " Why, that en accident, which happen- ed 81(100 I last touched an emu egg,Iloe m•ip- .pled inn en ldmt I can't carve any mere," s' 10111' right hand?" cc}na," manner in the earliest days, disfigured it no longer. Now he seemed glad enough of company; and Mrs. Lees often sat with him. Once or twice he even asked to be read to ; and Mrs. Lees was not only good enough to read to him by the hour, but sensible enough to make the literature the lightest she could lay hands upon. Yet the man was far from desiring perpetual enter- a,inment, Mrs Lees presently discovered silent companionship had an attraction of its own for Brown. She found that she could sit beside him for hours, the silence of which he merle no attempt to break so len' 05 she showed no sign of going. She hal only to gather up her work, however, for Brown to run up a barrier of questions to keep her where she was. It was as though nilence lost its charm for him the mo iene it was enforced by solitude -as though a sympathetic presence was essential to the enjoyment of his revoriee-queer traits, both of them, in a rough common bushman. But Brown was scaroely a common bushman, there 3008 so much that was 111100110111011 110 hen. Mrs. Lees furtively watching the dark, brooding face, would have given. worlds to share just one of poor Brown's waking dreams, Daily she burned for one little g impee of the 8014(1 e that were passing before those wi(lo-open sunken -eyes, sterilise at nothing in particu- lar, but staring at it so long. 13eiitg a woman, and one without mu011 to weepy her in the long, hot sleepy clays, this curi- osity wee very natural; but it was very del so for hunt. '1'11,, 110x11 Moment /hosted, - ed back, 'Phe little linger was aunt' Brown saw 1'"t'stal'l, met beleuesdl et,)- Deoming'a lamfmla0--AIIltl'ehlata Ilnlltetl our, A struggle ens gI ni , on in the cLiidec 1)01111• mind ; lie reed it in 1111 frightened, pluelcy The , ft, 1110 of D00111 11114. the 1111101.11,r00, 16 little feet, ; butt. he did nut realred ,;f the reof to bo of 1(u extrnotvltnitry rli i,o0'1', It will be that, owing to a pin -natal inipreseian1 on ft; ho expelled her to run aw'uy 111(11 Lrieg the 111aec about tie ('as : 1110110.1 1/1' 11111,11, she looked him boldly i11 the In, 111111 171:• claimed solemnly 1 " YourThnodorbelt Brown answered ('(11113'; "1'1(1 11,11, 111100. Whatever makes you think 00? When have you i'ei"'d of him ?" " Tho 01110' night ; Ili'. "Indite was tell- ing ns -it 10110 ho 1 1114 1 shoot oil' you little finger for you ! Stop a moment 1 of course yon can't be Thuudelbelt, because they'd taken hen just then 1 1111, then, your his mato 1" Brew)) dill not newer. Hie face was pale, his deep oyes wore full of distress. ";lye yon?" risked the child, in 14 10114 whisper. Their eyes were fastened together in a long mutual VMS. )Sven at that moment l'eu realised, with a thrill of wonder, that she was neither crumbling nor quailing under his glance, which indeed was gentle enough and reassuring; but she felt no surprise 11'11011 he gravely bowed his head towards her, nor did her fears inrrea40. She wns certainly an odd child brought no in an odd way ; bn1 oven SO, she may out have realis- ed quite what a bushranger was, for she stared this one out, of countenance, and then said severely 1 "Did you ever shoot env ono?" (rho may not have inal16ed the full force of '• ,hooting any one," either,) " Never," said Brown firmly. " Never, 011 your word of honour?" '1'111 not supposed to 11800 a word of honour," said Brown, smiling faintly ; "but I only know I never did 011,1011 a fellow - creature -en sure as 1'141 lying hero 1 There was only one man 1 ever felt likoshootiug•- Thunderbolt himself 1 When I was thrown, crossing the run bore, he took my horse and left ((o to die. -Curse him 1 I could shoot hint as I'd shoot an ox !-But forgive mo, missy : it was yen thus $aved Ino 1 11 writs you that saved me 1" For 000 moment Pon did feel frightened -the moment in which he had spoken of Thunderbolt. Then Brown's face had flared up with sudden passion ; but now it 11'110 calm again ; now it was calmer than before. And there was truth in the sleep, dark, wistful eyes ; and his oyes seemed to Pen more sad and more sunken than they had ever been before ; and the whole appearance of the man wa0 more pitiable to look upon -from grief and shame -ea from fear and trembling. Child as she was -possibly, be- cause she was a ohild-Pen read his 10,111 aright. It touched het' to tho heart. She tools between her 011'11 111'01011 fingers the (mimed, coarse hand that site had dropped with such sudden. terror. " Look here," she tvh181301ed distinctly, while a strangely wilful expt'e801011 mine over her determined little faro. "It 1 really did d0 101i1 yon say 1111,1 -if I really saved you that day -- 1'm not going to nn(10 it by letting on. Su I shan't tell 0 soul. I'll die first I" Pro en (•ne1'ISrrl,j OurIin:'-lrona for Everybody, A big four•sbury factory 11a0 jest started ep in one of Chicago's suberbs for the sole pur- pose of nicking curling -irons such as women use to acid those catch little curves and ring lets to their tresee0, -There (1('e seveinl of these curling -iron taconites i1( the city, but none so eseensiv11 las this latest addition to the number. More than 14,000 gross, or nearly 2,000,000, of curling -irons were man- ufactured in Chicago and sold last year, This is nearly double the number nniule during the years 1580 and 1890 altogether. The business is mercurial, and little wonder, for itis wholly under the thumb and com- pletely at the moray of that most trilling of lull triflers, Dime Fashion. "But WO made a stake last year and we'll make m- other one this," say the manufac- turers, " We )nay have more ups and downs than some of our brother manufacturers who nuke stoves, tin pulls. buggies, ote., but let mo tell you that we square ourselves in the way of profits. The plain little ending iron that some servant girls may consider lib answering every pur- pose eon be bought for ten cents. It ewe; (10 about the sixth of a cent. \1'e mane about five cents of it, and the retailer an- other five. Lndiea who belong to Chicago's 400, and several thousand other's who don't, lily fifty cents or a dollar for their curling. nous. On these we make about 300 per cent. and the retailers -0, well, some of them show no conseien00 at tell when it o0mes to m14r1ieg curling -irons for 1001110n - able trade." The sizes of these "crimps" ani "pinch - hie lln1thel•, who hnppnnu(1 1., 1,c, lrlgh4ettel In the butchery of an 1111111101, he woo horn with an irresistible mania for h ttnich10, which he gratified at every 0pp01'tlleity tend with min:weal cunning. ?10 attempt will be nettle to Helly that he hoe been guilty of any of the orioles attributed to hint, the de- fence resting 01(1013, on insanity, and the greater the murders laid to his charge the better satisfied the defence will be, 1'llero is and will be no denial that lie is .lack the Kipper, and that he connuitted several, if not all, of the oximes laid to the charge of that mysterious assessi11. The Government hill be melted to pay the expenses of Deenl- ing's witnesses from England. As his rela- tions are very poet', it is not expected that any one will be willing to contribute money to aid in 0;min:wating 111111, The cost of this to the Victoria authorities will 1,0 very great, and they 1410 not pleased at the prospect. Deeming appeals to be losing mental and physical 5tr0ugth, and shows every sign of brrakieg down. A despatch front Inowra'rlaw, a1 Inver. taut town in Prussian Boland, tells of an attempted assassination in that retinue by A0arcMa1s and of its tragic sequel. Four men in masks enterers at night the house of Deacon Von Ponin0kt, who lives et lloseie- lee, and is an influential supporter of the 110rt•rnl150111 and all enemy, of radicalism. Poninski, aroused by the 110100 of their en• trance, rose up in bel, but before he could speak or net the men firod, inflicting danger- ous W01111110. P110 110100 of the shots roused the neigh- bors, who rushed in an learned from Pon in - ski olin- ski and his wife of the attempted murder. A party was organized and went in pursuit of the four men, overtaking then in 14 for- est. As the pursuers closed 111 on then) the four mel tired, but without effect. A fuel!. ado from the pursuers laid two of the fugi• tivee dead. The remaining two then shot themselves, and died 1,1=004 instantly. el hen the bodies of the dead men were ex- amined letters of instruction were found, signed "Executive Committee of the Polish Anarchists." The signature NM) acconlpan- iedby a sealinseribel with rbc sank words. These letter's contained instreolinns to mor. 'ler Deacon Von Ponioaki, and also instrn0- tiens to commit, other outrages, regarding which the authorities have not yet given any info"nati00. 14 appears from the lintels that the Anarchists in Poland are thorough- ly 0rgatized, and have a contend committal, whose instructions are implicitly obeyed. The letters also, 1t is said, refer indirootly to similar organizations 111 Austria and in other ISniopeatl countries. The case has aroused the greatest interest among the Berlin anthorities, end special detectives have already been despatched Inowrazlaw to get all the facts and as000taln whether there is any understanding between the Anarchists of Prussian Poland and those in other parts 0f Germany. Hook Swinging in India. In October last the obsolete practice of hook 030111g1115 wile revived 111 So0thet( In- dia. It was a feature of a religions festival in the large town of Sholavandat. The au- thorities did nothing to prevent the cruel exhibition. The loeal government was, in feet, asked to prevent the occurrence, but an evasive answer was returned. Tho vic- tim of the spectacle was a willing sacrifice, no feeling of religions devotion entering his performance. He received between 400 and 800 rupees for the exhibition, which lasted more than an hour, but the sun is mere then he could earn by hard labor in eight or nine years. Ile was, in addition, privileged to travel around the country for three months, allowing the hooks, lopes, and eto., and receiving money from the people, few of whom would refuse to give him some- thing. The performance, therefore, was very lucrative for hint, and it gratified tho people, hardened and brutalized as they are, tor Sholavanrlan is tho head centre of 1110 Duller, or robber, caste, who aro guilty of robberies anti train wreckiug8, besides e1's," as the irons ore called, are several and bloody deeds. designated by numbers; the styles are al. Tho natives gave 06 the reason for the most legion and aro 118814 net011 as the Patti, exhibition last 4011 that they wished to pro - most the WardlloAllistor, the Lillian Russell, palette the Goddess of Ram, so that they the Prin000f Wales, etc. At, who wouldn't be a oelobrity in order to have a ending - iron named after then)! Probably the proud. est moment of Ward McAllister's life 11,110 w1100 he heard that a low.fongled curling - lion iied thus honored him, After having become bald -heeded in lighting all the world's battles and bearing all tho world's sorrows alone, what 0o11fnl ecstasy, how infinitely vast the reward of having a ending iron named in one honort Rioh re- compenso, indeed, for ono 1111411'0 heroic mounting of the slippery 01ni130000 of social fame! Two Irish Stories. In the village where I live 1 30(10 in the habit of visiting two poor, infirm old tvonen, one inhabiting the single downstairs room, the other occupying the garret above ]ler. Bach Inept 0, jealous watch as to w1)0111er I bestowed more tea or sixpences on the other, and cash was sure to tell me every ill trait 8110 could hoar of the other, One day the old lady who lived upstairs, thank. ing m0 effusively for my visit, said, "You're the only lady ever comes near me, 111' (ply friend I have. That one," painting down. wards, "has haloes of friends," adding haat. ily, lost I should be too favorably impressed by that circumstance, "and there's not wan of Whom but hates her." I thought to my self that such a description of friendship may sometimes apply to higher eireles thae that of my poor old friends, Tho other has more of a political favor. At tine last contested election at Kilkenny (in December, 151)0), a friend of mite saw a tired patriot slowly wending his homeward way late in the evening of the polling day. He, had, I suppose, been shouting fl aoif hoarse in' favor of either Scully or Rene' Ay the rived 000didates, but ns ho wearily Stumbled along the stroll, ho soddenly stopped, and with a Wild "Murree " palled out; "Throe cheers for mese7f, and to hell wid the rest of them?" Not an untrue epitome, 10;01.111 say, of tho "inner mind of many avoter."---I o;.(I,ol4pertadrn•, First Gentleman --"Excuse me, sir, hut I notice that you aro lolling at 1110 (closely, le there anything about me that is familiar!' Second Gentleman --"Yes, there is --my umbrella." might secure abundant showers. For two weeks, however, before the perfonlanco heavy and continuous vain had fallen. The reason for the exhibition was that the peo- ple aro great lovers of festivals, and care little what the spectacle is, if they only have a gala time, The entertainment was provided chiefly as an amusement for those who wished something exciting and specta- cular, Many of the people are very religions and will worship almost anything if their emotion be excited, and to that plass also the oxhibiti ppeeledstrongly. Jewels in the Grave. Oooasionally in the United States the body of a d000ased person is bedeokocl w1tht the jowols worn during life, and the jewelry buried with the cleoeasad, The largest amount of jewelry known to be in a single grave is seed to have been buried several years ago in Brooklyn Cemetery. The undertaker who had charge of the funeral protested against it, but was severely snub- bed for his interference. The family had its way, and in that grave there are fully :01,000 worth of diamonds, with wino; the body was adorned when prepared for burial. Sometimes families who desire to bury their dead in the clothing worn in life -in even- ing 00 wedding dress for instance -saline tato less costly inlit0titnls for tho jewelry worn in life, partly from a superstitions fear that anything .alcor off a body when it is ready for t1,° tomb will bring ill -luck to future wearers. Why She Was Agitate(). He -"Oh, don't decide now --don't, I bog of your Take time to consider. ]teniolnber the happiness of 1140-" "Do hush l tor merey'0 sidle, stop) Wai b-" Welt? I'll wait 0. century if need be. Like J10ob, 1'I 1 servo--" She (after rushing frantically around the room and pooping into all the eeenero)-- "Iio isn't here, after ell," "Who -who? Oh, I have a rival, 1mv0-" "Calm yourself, 11r. Nirofollow. I -I thought I heard my little brother in the room, G0 on," A STRANGB $TORY UI' JOHNSTOWN, Huhn a ndltu111'(lfe 11111ed .LP't 0i' And, He. ❑Pven1 1140 t)Iher Drowned Lt the flood. Al 111(1 11,1141 of the .1ohnetown horror J,I lld•N Agnew 1)14.1 in the teople)'• Of the 1'wl,brht lr„u Works, whi"lt were destroy - d 1 y the Ito,.,). Just b,duly the ill•lntud town lived Agnew• and hie wife I;lizabotl and three eliildrru, \lrs, Agnew and her „btidre1( were ammo the 11111111111 waifs 11,101 \111111 22, 1 Wd2. Overwork and its Groat Objeot Lossou. 1'he (0,1111' recent deaths among pltblio teen, ,lite appareitI ly to overwork, has been the 5u1Quct of a4 good deal of ,lis„asai111( among pllyeithine in this city. Ac0o"ding to teeny ph3'slcuws wile have mode It life study of 1ervons 11)11=10, (he extent to widen 1111 by the heel li0111(119 fuel hopeless, mantel evert err( is undermining the 1,0(111)1 ')'he), were taken by hind pettple from their ami uudrr1tinlimgot tlu'ptil dit', prol'1s81011• 11,11100 of refuge and catnd fur, but ill's, Ag- nl and business men, 15 worthy (1l the most m+1(• \101114) 104N1011111141'0111e,l, 000014 furbl4' ,'.u•efnl ron0id0M 1011, 1.11/111 0011, fur (('4111 1110 wreck 0l the launbria The 11n1ei of overwork aro so tumorous lrnn 11',rks her llusbau(1 was Inst, 1411,1, that 011,1101011 have recently been 1"i'med in though she seetrehed 05 far as 1110 conl,l 011100 for the 11111.111.x11 of )fledging men to down tin riv01., the 001101 w,0tera refused to tape 111111'6 recreation, NO 111100 111)11) Inst give ep 1115 deal body, She was widowed 10011th a 6(10101)' wns (011110(1 111 Bomml for and beggamd, ono of „110 many. this purpose and It trip lune arranged by She 0148 sinking in despdir, when thorn 01e11r 10 Now York. 0,1,1 of 1110 nlelrll1Cl'a 0mnealet tet'from Louie vill eKy, It was from failed to appear at the appointed lout' and her brother, John Pritchard, It well•I1n wn the 0111100 000181, 110reh0(1 demi 10 hie nuu'hinist at the Louisville and Nashville shops. Ifo 1x1110 his sister come home to him, and her mother 0011t ler the 1(10116 to demo. Aero she lived quietly, grieving for her lost husband, while her little 01106, with the happy forgetfulness of childhood, foetid i1( U1ole,1ac11 another father, For n long time things wont on quietly, and the pnig• neat first grief melted bite the 1a1t01' )11)'1011 of widowhood. One clay not long ago a let- ter carrier stopped at the Pritchard beim. The letter bore the knelt, of Allentown, I'a. 11'itll nervous fingers 2,11's. Agnew opened it. She road it partly; then it great ,joy calm upon her, for he• he -hand with alive, When the ,leat'oye,g W.4t,'1'14 ewopt over the works Agnew leas swept away in the W00014. Down 1110 river lie ilnaLod and thought ho was lost. Darkness and the agony of death settled upon Ilial, and he knew no more for a time. When he recovered kind hands were lifting 111111 from a tangle of wreckage and dead bodies, and he was carried to a )nod Cross tent. There he lay many clays unconscious shattered i1( mind and body, At last the flickering flame of life began to burn. More briskly. Beason cane book and the braised body regained strength. Then he inquired after his wife and child- ren, anti for the first time he lammed the extent of the disaster, He lived be- cause he could not help 14. B'or along time he went on thus ; then, through 410 in- quires of a good priest, it was learned that the Pritcla'ds lived in Louisville and wi 111 them the lost wife and children. Janes Agnew and Elizabeth Agnew are reunited, lea; they will never forget the Johnstown horror. P eter The Wild Boy. Peter the Wild Boy w11,0 one of the won• dere of the last century. Ile was found in the year 1725, in a wood Haar Hamden, about twenty-five mules from Hanover, walking on his hands and feet, climbing Nees like a squirrel, and feeding on genes and moss, anc1 in the month of November was conveyed to Hanover by the superin• to,dant el the house of correction at Zell, At this 111111 ho was 01upp80ed to be about thirteen years old, x1111 could not speak, This singular ereatllro was presented to George 1., then at Hanover, while at dinner. Tho King paused him to taste of all the dishes at the table ; and i1( order to bring bio by degrees to relish human diet, he directed that he should have such provision as het:owned best to like, and such inotrue- tion as )night hest fit him for human socie- ty. Seen after this, the boy made his escape into tho same wood, where lie concealed himself among the branches of a tree, which was sawed Clown to recover him. Ho was brought over to England at the beginning of 1720, and exhibited to the long and many of the nobility. In this country he was distinguished by the appellation of Peter the Wild Bey, which he ever after- wards retained. Peter the Wild Boy, has been denominated the hu- man brute; but when space admits it, wo think we can, through anecdotes of this remarkable being, furnish proof that his deficiencies were entirely owing to the want 0t early oult'a10, end that he belcnged to 1110 family of man as certainly as dict his detractors, 419,000 Square Miles of Coal in China. Cheek 11 mlg Cheong, a Chinese gentle man who snperinten(hl a mission for the benefit of his countrymen in the colony of Victoria, delivered a lecture on Tuesday night to members of tho House of Commons, assembled in one of the committee rooms of the .Palace of Weetmiester, on the iniquities of the opium train°. He said that instead of cultivating this drug to the ruin of the Chinese, Englishmen ought to exploit tho c0a 1.1101ds of China end develop its regular commerce. It has 4111,000 square miles of coal fields, or more than 20 times the aggre- gate of the cachou )11010 in Europe. The prospect of being independent of "strikes," play days, and panie5 in England is an el- 11oiug ono, except that the 0hineee have a habit of "removing" from coal or other terrestrial fields t0 the ethereal fields of Elysium all portions without pigtails who 0 ttenlp1 to (lo anything in Cathay, Sir J o0eph ]?ease presided over the meeting, which thanked the lecturer for the infor- mation he had given them, Neither Grammatioal nor Otherwise. A school teacher in Toronto who believes in giving pupils practical illustrations asked little Johns, 1 1111in0 if he was possessed of any hoes. Yep," said the boy, " I got one." "Now, I want to ask you," sold the pedagogue, gravely, " whether sho sits or nets ?' " She dont do nether," sold Johnny, with animation ; " she only puts on airson and cackles." --- The Candid Friend. " Ah, Jonas, glad to see you baoll," ex claimed an acquaintance, who met him at the 1113001on House. "Did yon have a pleas alt time? " Splendid." " Glad to heat' 11 ; my thoughts accom- panied ,you wherever you roamed." "Thank you." "Yes, with my mind's eye Ifollowed you in 0ulnhine and shadow"-- "Thauks, awfully." " In weal 01' woe." "Thanks,' " Joys or sorrows," " Ah, thanks, old boy." " Drunk or sober." "Eh?„ )tightly .(il0ardod. "I've quite 000luded, dear, to wear Some form of beard," said ho; °'1Vhn,b Style of whiskers do you think Would most becoming bo Ono glance at him, and inotnntly The nleliden did declare- " eclare-- "Why, ' mutton chops' of course, you know You've 000114 sheepish air." business place in a body and despite his protests carried him bodily to the steam. boat anti =ado hint pay 0 honey find which was used to hire en orchestra to entertain the members of the trip. "Such a society 1101111 be a lasing benefit in ,eery pity in the land and it wield ho a good thing for the national health if every peof008ional, public, and business mal in 0, community was 00(111101101 to join such societies. There is no doubt but the besetting sin i11 this country and in the Status is overwork and 05001111(1 rushing tinder pressure. .11400 DRE'AI000 DOWN 7'111).11 OVERWORK. Tho cases where men break down from overwork are in100easill43 in number to all ableinilg extent. I ettelded a case yester- day where a man onllapsed bemuse he had insisted on overworking himself. Taltgfor instance, a ease of a certain railroad man 1 81114' the 01110' day. He told lie he only ate two meals a day, and 1 asked him it ho never felt hungry, IIo replied that he did Isometimes, but 11° really had ne time to eat. Here wus 11 elan who, instead of tak- ing a rest et mid-day, 01111 a geed 0gnare meal -which, by the way, is the proper time to eat a big moat• -wonted his hardest. Most business men go out and hastily oat a lunch. Here is where 0 newspaper Is one of the areetest blessings on earth. When a man 1'00018 his newspaper int breakfast, ho can be sure that he is eating properly slow. The first evidence that a man is over- working himself is lack of concentration. He will find that he cannot think connect- edly, and that 11e cannot sleep. After this, it the warnings are not heeded, Croner the complete 0011141100, and the man who persists in 111s 1111W1se course (lies eta time when he should be at his prime. l•,1l.'OSNC1OIN ILL-11n.11,T1t. Alen may live for many years in compar- ative comfort and be able to do a reasonable amount 01 wort, with diseases of the liver, horde or other organs as long as these nieu are 11111, subjectto any unusual mental or physinal strai0. Ono of America'( most. (lis- 11,glllaed physicians (lied a few years ego, at the age of s2, and was found after death to have advanced disease of the kidneys which had not been suspected, but the hast twentyyeeranl his life was full from strain." SYMPTOMS 00 0\'0nwoiail. It is ahnost impossible to ;=resent in or- derly array all the symptoms which may he regarded as the tudicatione of nervnns ex- lteus:ion, and the probable precaution of premature disease, from bruin 0trnin and overwork. These symptoms, indeed, will vary somewhat with the individual -with his hereditary tendencies, habits and sur- roundings. There are, 1m+ve1.0,', certain common andoeitive evide res of existing or coaling evil whioh are present in many oases. The most prominent of these early warnings, which are at the same time symp- toms of the affections or conditions most conveniently termed acute neurasthenia, are as follows: Forst, certain physical symptom melt as excessive irritability of temper; depression of spirits ; morbid impulses and fears ; constantly recerring thoughts, phrases or saspi1ien 1 sense of effort ; fm pan•ment of memory and 01101(tion ; and change in ludas au(1 methods of (:ental work. Second, laxity or immobility of 000000nance. Third, diminution or lose of physical resisting power. F..nrth, heart failure. Fifth, sleeplessness. Sixth ; fain or distress in back of the head and neck. Seventh, nervon5 dyspepsia. lntclleotnnl work of itself does not injure health or shorten life, lett 1110111,8,1 overwork, particularly when associated with emotional strain, is 14 frequent cause of nervous break down and prolnatnro disease. The average longevity of (ten in the high. or welx0 of public life is lees in this country than in England, Polities here is not, 00 there., in 1110 best sense it ('00011101) 1 01111 our public (len in many eases succumb in health or fail to attain long life becitu00 they go into 1(080(0 nnprepere0 by inheritance, cde- (melo,, and 1101111)1113 for the severe demands to bo (lade upon their powers. Health and life 11,00S01001()11100 loot throo13h forgetfulness of the fact 1hi11 mental strain and overwork are particularly dangerous to those in middle life or advanced fu years who attempt brain work and responsibilities to which they have not been accustomed. The effect of suddenly imposed mental strain on these Glasses are especially disas- trous. If not 801hj0010(1 to unusual mental or physical strain public and professional mon, 09 well as those in ogler walks of life, although afflicted with ot'genio (diseases (11143' live in Gonpnrative comfort and be able to do a moderato amount of wont for many y011111. Horrible Outrage at Wigan. Au outrage of a most brutal character was committed late on Monday night. About eleven o'clock a polioo-constable was passing over a 131000 of waste ground at the suer of Warrington Lime, when he foetid a women in a nude state. She was lying on the ground in an unoonsoious condition, her head and body having been reduced to almost a pulp. Whon she recovered con- sciousness she informed the pollee that she had been outraged by two men, and kinked about the head and body until her assail- ants believ041 that 8110 1'00.0 dead. During the night the polies arrested two (len nam- ed Joseph Moran and John M'Garr, both well known to the polio, and the prisoners were brought before the borough magis- trates of Tuesdoy morning and charged with committing tiro outrage. Dr. Boo- oroftsai(1 the woman was in 0 most dnplor• able condition, al(1 ho had ordered her re- moval to the infirmary, 0110 would be unfit to 0pp0ar in court for )evert 1 days. Prisoners, who protested their innocence woro remanded. Could Wait a Little. Peddle' -"Is your Mother int" Little C trl "I haven't any: She's (lead," "Zloty long has sho boon doad?" "'Mout a year," "Is your stapmoiher in?" "I haven't ally yet." "Won, I'll wait."