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VINT JONES OF OURS',
"hawing continually on the men for more
rope, widish they paid out with deafening
chore, ho mot wave after wave in the same
The officers of her Majeety's Twenty. manner, ding under them like 101 otter,
fourth and High ty.fourth Infaetry were and goting nearer to The wreolc with every
WWI% round then. memtables 1 Wilk.
town, the capital ot the We of Man, one
evening, more then thirty years ago ..(hot
is to say, all of thom except one ; but Then
that outs was only Jetta,
Nobody tninded j ones ; even his peculier.
ities had begun to be an object, for chaffing ;
and, indeed, ho had paid such small alien.
tion to their chaffing That they had come to
find it little plotteuro, and after some weeks
of dimoinfore, Lientetutat Jones had boon
allowed to °home his own pleasures without
Ewell interference.
These were not extravagant. A favorite
book, a long walk in all kinds of weather,
and 88111 when the weather wad fevonrable.
Ile would not drink—he said it hurt his
health ; he wonld not shoot—he said it hurt
his feelinge ; he would not gamble—he said
iG hurt his conscience ; and he did not (are
to flirt or visit the belles of the place—ho
. said 11 hurt hie affections.
Once Captain de Remy lispingly wonder-
ed whether it was poesiblo to hurt his honor
and Jones eahnly answered "that it was
not possible for Captain de Renzy to do so.'
Indeed, Jones constantly -violated all
these gentlemen's ideas of proper behaviour,
but for some reason or other tio one brought
him to account for it. Ili was easier 10
shrug her shoulders end call him queer, o
Say "11 was only Julies," or even to quietly
assert his cowardice,
One evening Colonel Underwood was dis-
cussing a hunting party for the next day.
Jones walked ini
to the room and was m -
mediately accosted :
" eomething new, lieutenant. I find
There are plenty of hares on the island, and
W0 mean to give puss a run to.morrow. I
have hoard you are a good rider; will you
join us ?"
" You must excuse me, colonel. Such a
thing is neither in my way of duty nor my
pleasure."
"You forget the honour the colonel does
you Jones, said Ensign Powell.
"1 thank The colonel for his courtesy, but
I eau see no good reason for acoepting it,
and I am sure the hare will not like it ; and
I am nota very good rider, therefore I sould
not enjoy it."
"You need not be afraid," said the col-
onel with a sneer. "The country is quite
open, and these low Manx walls are emily
taken."
" Excuse me, colonel, I itrn afraid. If I
should he hurt it would cause my mother
and sisters very great alarm and anxiety."
Mimes to be done with a man so obtuse
regarding conventionalities, and who boldly
asserted his cowardice. The colonel turn-
ed away halfmontemptuously, and Ensign
Powell took The place of Jones.
The morning proved to be a very bed one
with the prospect of a rising storm •, and as
the patty gathered in the barrack yard,
Jones stud earnestly to lis colonel :
"1 ant afraid, air, you will meet with a
severe storm."
"I think so, lieutenant, but we promised
to dine at Gwynne Hall, and we shall get
that far at any rate."
So Thoy rode rasher gloomily away in the
rain.
Jones attended to the military duties as.
signed him, and than, about noon, walked
seaward. It was hard work by this time
to keep his footing on the narrow.tmay, but
amid the blinding spray and meat he saw
quite a crowd of men growing rapidly to.
wards the great shelving Scarlet Rooks, a
mile beyond the town.
He stopped an old sailor and asked if any-
thing was wrong.
"A little ateamer, yor honour, off the
Calf of Mao; she's driving this way, and I
fear she'll be on the rocks afore night."
Jones stood still a moment, and then fol-
lowed the orowd as fast act the storm Nvoulcl
Id t him. When he joined them they were
gathered on the summit of a huge cliff,
watching the dootned craft. She was now
within sight, and it was evident hor seamen
had almost lost ell control over her. She
must are long be flung by the waves upon
the jagged and frightful rooks towards
which she was driving. In the lulls of the
wind, nut only the booming of the minute
gun, but also the shouts of the imperilled
crew could be heard.
"What can be done?" said Jones to an
old man, whose face betrayed the strongest
emotion.
"Nothing, sir, I am afraid. If she had
managed to round the rocks, she would
have gone to pieces on the sand, and there
are plenty of men who would have risked
their lives to save life. "But how are we to
reach them from this height ?"
" How for aro we above water ?"
"Thio rock goes down like a wall, forty
fathoms."
" What depth of water at the foot?"
"Thirty feet or more."
"Good. Have you plenty of strong
rope?"
Much as you want, sir. But let me tell
you that you can't live throe minutes down
there; the first wave will throw you on the
rocke, and dash you to pieces. Plenty of
us would put you down, sir, but you can't
swim if you get down."
"Do you know, old man, what surf swim.
ming is ? I have dived through the surf."
" God bless you, sir 1 I thought no white
man could do that same."
While this conversation was going on,
Jones Was divesting himself of all superfln-
one olothing, end cutting out the sleeves of
his heavy pea•jaoket with his pocketknife.
This done, he passed some light strong rope
through them.'
,The men watched him with eager inter.
est, and seeing their inquisitive looks, 110
said
"The thick sleeve will prevent the' rope
cutting my body, you see. "
"Ay, ay, I see what you are doing."
"Now, men, I have only one request.
Give me plenty of rope as fast as I draw on
you."
"But how are you going to reach the
water?"
"I am goittg to plunge clown. I have
dived from the mainyard of thokaat before
this. It was as high a leap."
Ile passed a double coil of the rope round
his tveist, examined it thoroughly to see
that There WM plan by to start with, Fund flay-
ing)
" Now, friends, stand 0111 01 the way, and
lee me have a clear start," Ito raised he bare
head 0110moment toward heaven, and taking
a short run, leaped, 88 10020 the spring-bonrd
of a plunge bath.
Such an anxious crowd as followed that
kepi Great numbers, in spite 81 1118 danger-
ous wind, lay flat on Their breasts and watch.
ed him, Re struck the water at least
twenty.flve foot beyond The rail, and dia.
appeared in ite dark, foamy depths.
When he mem to the Miriam he ma just
before ldm a gigantic wave, but he had time
to health°, on before it reached him ho
dived below itts centre. It broke in paosion-
ate fury upon the rocks, but /Tones rose far
beyencl Rs A Mighty cheer from the men
on shoreheaelied him, and he tioNY began in
good canton to put hie Pacific eXporietnes
into prat:aka.
wave—rea ly advanoing however more
below the water than above it.
Suddenly The despairing men on board
the steamer heard a clear, hopeful voice :
" Help at bend, captain 1 Throw 100 a
buoy I"
And in enother minute or two Jonee Was
On tile desk, and the elieers on the little
eteamer were echoed by the cheers of the
crowd on the land. There was not a mo-
ment to he lost ; olio waa breaking up fast ;
but it took but a few ininutes to fasten a
strong cable to the small rope and draw it
on board, and then a emend cable, and the
communication was complete.
"There is a lady hero," said the captain.
" Wo ninet rig up a chair for her—she can
never walk that dangerous road,"
"But we have not a moment to waste, or
we may all be lost. Is she very heavy ?"
" A slight little thing --like a child, sir."
" Bring her here,"
This wait no time for ceremony, Without
a -word—save a few senteuces of direction
nd encouragement—he took her under his
left artn, and steadying himself by the upper
cable, walked on the lower with his burden
safely to the shore. The crew followed,
for 111 suoll moments of extremity the soul
masters the body, and all things become pos-
sible.
There was plenty of help waiting for the
half-dead seamen; and the lady, her father,
and the eaptain had been put in the carriage
of Sguire Braddon, of Kirk Braddon, and
driven rapidly to his hospitable hall. Jonee
amid the confueion, diseppeared—he had
piciced up an oilskin coat and cap, and
when everyone turned to thank their deliv.
erer, he was gone. No one know him ; the
sailors said they believed him to be "oue of
the military gents by his rigging," but the
individuality of tlie hero had troubled no
one until the danger was over.
In an hour the steamer was driven on the
rocks, 80(1 100211 to pieces; and, it being by
this time quite dark, every ono wont home.
The next day the hunting party returned
from Gwynne Hall, the storm having com-
pelled them to stop all night, and at dinner
that evening the wreck and the hero of it
were the theme of every one's conversation.
"Such a plucky fellow," said Ensign
Powell. "I wonder who he was. Gwynne
says he was a stranger, perhaps one of that
crowd staying at the abbey."
"Perhaps," said Captain Marks, "it was
Jones."
"Oh, Jones would be too afraid of his
mother!"
Jones made a little, satirical bow, and
said, very pleasantly:
" Perham it was Powell," at which Po.
well laughed and stud :
" Not if he knew it."
In a week the event had been pretty well
exhausted, espeoially as there was to be a
great dinner and ball at Kirk Braddon, and
all the officers had invitations. This ball
had a peculiar interest, for the young lady
who had been saved from the ship would be
present. Rumours of riches and beauty
had been rife for several days, It WaS said
the little steamer was her father's, and that
he 50115 a 1111111 of rank and influence.
Jones said he should not go to the dinner,
as either he or S'avillo must remain for even-
ing drill, and that Saville loved a good din-
ner, while lie oared very little about it.
Saville (mild return in time to let him gide
over about ten o'closk and see the dancing.
Saville rather wondered why Jones did not
take his place all the evening, and fall half
injured at the default. But Jones had
curiosity about the girl be hacl eared. To
tell the truth, he was nearer in love with
her than he had ever been with any woman,
and he wished in oaths blood to see if site
was as beeutiful as his fancy had painted
her during those few awful minutes that he
held her high above the 500000.
She was exociedingly lovely, just the fresh,
innocent girl he had known she should be.
He watched her dancing with his brother
officers, or talking to her father, or leaning
on Braddon's arm, and every time he saw
her she looked fairer and sweeter. Yet he
had not courage to ask for an introduction,
and in the busy ball -room no one
seemed to remember that he needed
one. He kept his post against the
conservatory door quite unclusturbed for
some time. Presently he saw Squire Brad-
don, with the beauty on his arm, approach-
ing him. As they pe.ssecl, the squire remelt'.
bored he had not been to dinner, and stop-
ped to say a few aourteous words, and in-
troduced his companion.
" Miss Conyers."
" Lieutenant Jones."
But no ecioner did Miss Conyers hear
Lientenant Jones's voice than she gave a
joyful ory, and clapping her hands together,
said :
"I have found him—papa, I have found
him I"
Never was there such an interruption to a
•
It was wonderful after this night what a
change took place in Jones's quiet ways.
His books and boat seemed to have lost
their charm ; and as for his walks they were
10 0120 direction, and ended at Braddon Hall.
In about a month Miss Conyers went away,
and then Jones. began to haunt the post-
man, and to get pretty little letters, which
always seemed to take a groat deal of an.
swering.
Before trus end of the winter he had au in-
vitation from Mr. Conyers to spend a month,
and a furlough beim; granted he started
off in great glee for Kent. Jones never re.
turned to the Eighty-fourth. The month's
furlough was indefinitely lengthened—in
fact, ho sold out, and entered upon a diplo-
matic career under the care of Mr. Thomas
Conyers.
Eighteen months after the wreok Colonel
Underwood read aloud at the mess the de-
scription of the marriage of Thomas Jones,
of Milford Haven, to Mary, only ohild and
heiress of Sir Thomas Conyers, of Conyers
Castle, Kent; and a paragraph below stated
That "The Honourable Themes Jones, with
hie bride had gone to Vienna on diplomatic
serviee of .great importance."
"just Ins luck," said Powell.
"Just his pluck," mid Underwood; "and
for my part, when I oomo across any of
these fellows again thab are eo much afraid
of hurting their mothers and sisters and
not 001181110(1 10 say so, 151)811 treat Mtn as
a hero just; Waiting tor his opportunity,
Here's to the Honourable Thomas Jones
and his lovely bride. We are going to India
gentlemen, next month, and I am sorry the
Eighty.foureh ha is lost Lieutenant Jones;
for I Imam no doubt whatever he wceild
have stormed a fort as bravely as lie board-
ed at'rock.'
The following .appeal from a rising actor
lately appeared. lo a contemporary—"En-
gagementwanted. Stnellpatts—doad bodies,
mobs, processione, and outside shouts."
" To/tither i " Can you mention a 570010
of oold.blooded animal which multiplies
with astoniehing rapidity ?" Intelligent
pupil ; " Yes, the creditor. Theta; white
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HOW PAIN WAS MASTERED,
The WM111(4101:1 to Practical TJeo of An.
methetios.
A veteran surgeon True on he (Area( DM.
reveries of en ey Fifty VeillA age—ther.
gery Before tether had laecOnie 15105011.
'do busy with new ditteoveries in every
branoh of eoience has been tide latter Ittilf
of the nineteenth century, that, 10 1,2011 back
to 1110 0200 when our familiar things did not
exist almost dislocates our 11101000100-11 18
like goiug book to older centuries. One of
the most isommon occurrences of to -day is
tho use of " laughing gas," or of some other
antesthetio ; yet surgeons now living and
practieing ma remember the time when
operations wore performed on persons Maio.
lutely and entirely conscione ot each stroke
of the taunt; for it is not yet fifty:years
since Horace Wells of Hartford experiment-
ed upon himself with "laughing gas," and
made the first broach which has enabled The
surgeone and ishemists of to.day to complete
the mastery of pain.
Dr. 13enjatnin Ward Richardson of Lon-
don., who was present at the introduction
to Great Britain of practical antestbetica,
has contributed his recollections of the won-
derful event, indicated for centuries, yet
stutining in its effect when finally it °mum
red, and momentous in its power to change
the destiny of human life. Before the in.
trodection of antesthetics operations were
simple, comparatively few plastic operations
could be performed • but the introduction of
ether, chloroform, Arens oxide, and cocaine
has broadened the powers of the surgeon
as meet., as the subjugation of electricity has
extended the power of the businese man.
In the oldest days of medicine, says Dr.
Richardson, mandragora was used as a po-
tion to reduce or remove tho pain of mgt.
cal operations,and Pliny gave a proscription
for a wine of mandragora—a prescription
which Dr. Richardson himself followed
with success. leo, applied to the skin, had
been found to produce local antesthesia,
and compresses applied before an operation
had been tried by Ambroise Pare and
others
TO LESSEN' ram.
In 1799 Humphry Davy cliscovered that
nitrous oxide gas rendered him who inhaled
it obvione of the common sensibilities. But
after Davy came a delay of over forty years
until Wells of Hartford experimented tvith
that same gas; and, treading 011 one another's
heels, came after him Morton, Jackson, and
Bigelow of Boston, with their discovery of
the properties of sulphuric ether.
The first operation in England in which
511100 5008 920011 0008000)? on Deo. 19, 1846,
when Dr. Booth and Mr. Robinson extract -
e(1 a tooth from the jaw of a Miss Lonsdale.
On Deo. it I or 22 the great surgeon Liston
administered other for the first time in the
theatre 01 1110 University College Hospital.
"Atnong those present on that occasion,"
writes Dr. Richardson, "was my oldfriend,
Dr. (afterwards Sir John) Forbes. He de-
scribed to me that he never felt so near to
falling an the floor in all his life as he clicl
when he witnessed the great surgeon Lis-
ton amputating a thigh while the patient
was in deep sleep. In those days, in order
to save pain, the surgeon cultivated rapid-
ity of action, and such an adept was Liston
11182 110 completed the removal of the limb
within the minute. This, combined with
momentous result of the annihilation of
pain, was the cause of the sensation experi-
ence(' by Forbes. It was not fear, it was
sot faintness; it seas au emotion painful, as
he expressed it, from its overwhehning
surprise and pleasure. Everybody seemed
pole and silent except Liston, who was
flushed, and so breathless that when he
broke the silence with the word 'Gentlemen'
he almost choked."
We who take everything for granted
simply because we me accustomed to it do
not understaud readily what the introduc-
tion of anaesthetics meant both tO operator
and patient. Dr. Riohardson indicates to
some extent the changes produced on the
minds as well as the actions of men; and a
history of surgical operations, could one be
made, would show the effect more clearly.
Says the doctor:
"I remember, still even with pain, what
operating day meant as each week came
round. -When I asked my first practical
teacher how he Thought I should get through
The ordeal of seeing and taking part in an
operation, he replied that, as in learning to
smoke, time brought tolerance'but that a
man must keep his hand in if he meant to
retain his firmness and
TnESENCE OF MIND.
recall that when I had to witness the first
capital operation I sought the companion-
ship of a student much older than myself ;
but it turned out that he was more nervous
than I was, and prudently left the operat-
ing theatre as the patient entered it. I
made up my mind to face the ordeal brave-
ly, and for a time 1 was quite taken out of
myself by seeing The consumtnato calmneas
and dexterity with which the operator—the
late Prof. Lawrie of Glasgow, oue of the
most splendid operators' (I am ming his dis-
tinguished rival. Sir William Fergusson's
own word) 'thio century, or any century,
over knew '—proceeded in his painful task.
'Tho quinker the surgeon, the greater the
surgeon, was 21)521 11)0 order of the day, and
suoh was the rapidity in this case the opera-
tion was actually over, in so far as the ma-
jor part of it was concerned, before the
patient uttered a single cry. If all had
stopped there, all had been well t but just
at that moment, as if giving vent to a long
suppressed agony, the patient uttered a
scream that went through me, and, in spite
of The tenderness and firmness with which
the nurses mewed him it WaS all over, con-
tinued to scream and struggle, so thee he
had to be held while the final steps of the
operation were performed. Some of my
new cotnrades became feint and some left the
theatre. I turned over, but kept my legs,
saw in et kind of haze the man being carried
away, and 0M118 back to thorough conscious-
ness listening to the shortlecture which Dr.
Lawrie wart delivering in relation to the
reasons for the operatiou the manner in
which it had boon conciliated, and the
ohances for and against recovery.
" Unleee a man kept at work in the oper,
ti_bing theatre, he never, 4 Idlose clays, be-
came hardened to the business. Even then
the hardening was not permanent, and Dr,
Lawrie told mo that he never woke on op.
orating day without feeling a load of earn
and =Joey that would not Wear off until
The "above of his day were ended,
"In This 110 5008 notidone, for Choseldon,
the leading surgeon of the reign of Quaint
.Anne, and the first to restore sight to the
blind by an operation, to whom one of his
grateful patients addressed the couplet,
So swift Thy hand, I could nob fool
The 70090000 02 The eating stool,
never undertook an operation withont be-
ing blanched, and experiencing a sensation
of anxiety that wee like a seizure, which
tiIl hin moral outage multi scarcely eon-
trol."
If the introduction of aniesthotics male
this change for the operatore, what did ib
clo to tho patients 1 Speaking generally, Wo
know chat it 10,12110111 beyond the recta of
1151110 appronehed the tilde eometitnits in a
pain, Dr. Richardson mays that the pa -i TROT—GALLOP—OliARGE1
--
sort of (raneealwa s nerved u for their
, y
ordeal, The women faced the operations
131:TTIOn, T11/1.11 01111 111520,
as a rule, Willi two 14010 impressed them.
solves on his mind, that he rarely knew a
person what° mind wait 018110 up to wider.
go the operation shrink. from it at the Met
through for of pain, and that Ile rarely, if
ever, saw a, patient shed tears during the
operation. Submission to the necessiey of
the ordeel wee followed by a sort of holy
courage, whioh Mated untll the operation
began. Then 00.1110 an 121111011 certain change
of view, and insiMance that the operation
;should bo etopped at all risks ; and then a
request for the proceedings to finish as
rapidly as possible, These different plead.
ings says Dr, Riobardeon, "frequently re.
petteed, Mamma stereotyped on the minds
of the observers so distinctly that the
aotual stage of any operation might be cal.
culeted from them by those acouetomed to
the progoodieg."
Besides few came of weeping there were
few faintings during those old operatione,
unless from loss of blood. Thepatients wore
too moll occupied in mind to faint, and tho
pam 'seemed to be a stimulating antidote.
This ket actually stood in the way of the
progress of amestheties ; for some surgeons
declared that it was bad practioe to annul
pain, because it was a good stimulant and
kept the patient up to the mark.
To nitrous oxicle succeeded almost imme-
diately Work ether, and then chloroform ;
after that came methylene, introduced by
Dr, Richardson ; and now, to produce locel
ancesthesia, coca end its products are used.
Meanwhile has sprung up a new school of
surgery. In Janitary, 1847. Dr. (afterward
Sir J'aines) Simpson administered ocher h1
a confineinent ease : 1)0(1 511100 then have oc-
carred those wonderful achievements of
abdominal eurgery," so common eowackys
that the ignorant know not how wonderful
they aro.
Ono objection offered by a ourgeon to the
use of antesthetics has been mentioned. An-
other objection was that man was born to
suffer, that pain was a part of the comae o
Adam, and that the annulment of pain w a
sinful and opposed to the divine decree. Ie
answer to this,Dr. Simpson showed that the
first operation performed on man was the e15.
cision of 0011) from Adam, out of which to
make man, and that before beginning to
operate God Himself cast tho man into a
deep sleep, We can laugh now at the ob.
jection and the argument ; but fifty years
ago it 2000 011 such objeotions and arguments
that hung the question of the continuation
or ceesatiou of the conquest of pein.
Oanadian flosses in England.
Ehe following extract from the London
Daily Graphic will be read with
interest: "211 a Dine when Canada is ask.
ing the mother country to oonsider the
question of a preferential tariff for ianedian
exports, it may be of interest to know that
one export from the Dominion to England
is increasing and thriving. It is horseaesh,
the market for which in the United States
has been closed to Cituadians by the Mc.
Kinley tariff impost of 30 per cent, on the
declared value. It now pays better to ex-
port the horses to England, where, although
the cost of collecting the horses and of
bringing them over is considerable, the very
good prices paid for them makes it fairly
worth the while of the importer. The
horses which pay the importer best are
heavy draught horses, but those imported
by Mr. R. W. Ffolkes, of Acton, and which
are for the main part hacks and carriage
horses, realize very good priced. Al the
last sale, which was the sixth, the prices
average d 405, and the highest price realized
was 160 guineas. Among the horses sold by
Mr. Ffolkes yesterday wore : Florence, a
bay mare, sold for 75 guineas; Emperor, a
black 901(11119 sixteen hands high, for 80
guineas ; Toni and Jerry, brown geldings, a
pair of well -matched carriage horses, for
140 guineas ; and Boston, bay Fr el ding, for
110 guineas. The horses are farm bred, and
aro bred generally from English sires."
lin Interview with the German Emperor.
The Pall Mall Gazette of London publish.
es what is described as a ohance interview
between Emperor William of Germany and
an Englishtnan, who had taken shelter 10 a
ehed from the rain while walking from the
Grunwald forest to Charlottenburg. After
the traveller had been in the shed a few
moments, a man wearing ts forester's uni-
form entered, also to take refuge from the
storm. The newoomer took a seat 110120 110
Englishman and opened a conversation with
him. In the course of the chat the English-
man somewhat severely criticised the Ger-
man school system, which he alleged made
51,1008 01 the pupils. His companion took a
different view of the aubjeot, and defended
the system in the main, though he express-
ed th e belief that some changes wouldshortly
be made. Tho oonversation turned upon the
Emperor, whom the Englishman premed as
O bright young man. He thought, however,
that hle Majesty 0219111 10 readEnglish news.
papers more and consider the criticisms
they contained, To this the German re.
plied that he happened to know that the
Emperor did read the foreign newspapers
extensively, and, furthermore, that he was
never mum at what he saw in them, as had
boon falsely reported. The Englishman
filially summed up his commentary upon
the Kaiser by aayIng that he would 011.
doubtedly turti out to be a great) man. " Ile
has a sense of duty to God and Men," he
continued, "and he has energy. 91 1)0 only
acquires modesty he will succeed, if--"
" If what ?" interrupted the German.
"91 the condition of his health does not
prevent," added the Englishmen.
"9 thank you for your good opinion," re-
sponded the man in forester's garb ; wiTh
God's help I shall do the beet for my people.
I tnyself 0111 the Emperor, Pray tell your
eountrytnen that 1 like their straightfor-
wardness."
With this the Emperor rose, extended
his hand to Ids astonished companion, and
with the parting wnrds " Leben Sic wohl 1"
stepped from the shod and resumed his
journey, the storm having passed away,
:Badly Tangled.
"Chi-oloi•ohildren " began a timid young
man, who load just lion appointed superim
teaflont of theSunday•school, "01 000005 you
are all familiar with thestory of the swallow
that whaled jonalt—or—er-1 mean the awale
that wallowed jonalo—er—er—that is, the
whale that Jonahoti—um—tun—the Jollow
that wonahed tho swale—I mean—er—the
jaib thet swallowed wonah—er—er—gug—
gug—" (chokes),
"1 presume, brother Stine," said one of
the teachkindly,ersyou rooan the Jonah
that swallowed the—or—or— that is—P
"
Yo•—yes, air," responded the timid
young man ; " Thai ie N., hat mon I"
Mrs. 'Malaprop 001110(111108 11110 the nail on
the heacl. It primed it, Tronts 00 alio loft
the church 0110 Sunday morning lately With.
nut all umbrella. " How iveigating this ie 1''
slut cried.
7110 PettlIngN 00' Cavalryman When 10
the Ja Ws or Death.
A reglineut, brigade, or divieion of in•
!entry may charge at a run, but the move.
11)0111,0005 often made at a ideady atop, so
the alignment can be maintained nearly
perfook With cavalry 1110 always " Trot
—gallop—oliarge I" 'Ettore is therefore, an
excitement about it that puts the fear of
death away. Cavalry in waiting may ex.
hibit eigns of nervousness, and the facies of
the men will grow pale and fIngere elineh
more tightly, but when the advance begine
those mine pale facea fluell with excitement
and 0501) 112011 feels like cheering and doee
cheer.
It matters not what you are eharging
against—linos of infantry, a battery, or
masses of cavelry—there is no mental figur-
ing on the result. You feel yourself a part;
of a 1101119 10000 which is bound to roll on
and on and overwhelm everything before
it. This result dom not always follow, but
you forget that. A charge of tawdry has
been completely checked by two or three
murderous volleys, but no such instance
000urs to your mind as you grip your sabre
and feel your horse strong and steady under
the saddle.
Whae are the thoughts of a cavalryman
as he charges? It would be hard for him
to answer. Ho does not always know what
Ile be riding at. The lines may have been
facing the west, where the enemy wee vie.
ble at the edge of a wood or behind fences a
long way off, A danger threatens which
even his offieers with their glasses have not
seen. An aid rides up, delivers an order
and the "Mee wheel to the south and go
rushing away as 11 1110 fate of the battle e -
paneled on the few hundred men. The
smoke may float about so as to obscure the
vision, or the field in that direction may
be perfeotly clear—it's all the same to the
rider. Ile is listening for the further notes
of the bugle; perhaps having some trouble
with his over.exerted horse ; looking at the
earth immediately in front to guard against
ditoh or log or stump.
He cannot tell whether he has galloped
eighty rods or a full mile. Bullets are
whining about, his ears, but there is no
clucking and dodging. The scream of shell
comes to his ears above the dim of the
charge, but he does not wonder 10 10 is in
lino with him. It may explode to his right
or left and blot out three or four men and
horses, but he simply hears the ex ;lesion,
and does not turn hie head to asssrtain
what attended.
Of a sudden a mass ot cavalry appears
before him. They were quietly moving
around for a charge on the flank, anti tilts
Inovement is to check them. They were
marching by fours, but have wheeled into
line, and there is some confusion among
them. He has only observed this and heard
the shouts of their officers when the shook
has taken place. After that no man eau say
what really happens. The horses meet
head on. Scores of them are knocked
down. 11 you are in the front rank you
may be tumbled out of your saddle by a
shot from a revolver, your horse dropped
under you by a bullet in the brain, or you
may strike your enemy and roll him over
end over and then go down after him. If
you are in the rear rank The horse ahead
may stumble over some obstruction or be-
come one himself, and it is nine (themes
to one that you are unhorsed.
11 10 a melee, a riot, a free fight after the
collision. The smoke speedily obscures, all
formation is lost, and friend and foe are
sounding bugle calls at the same time. You
are there to strike—to wound and kill. The
entire mess of cavalry seems to be circling
to the right or left. It is sometimes so,
but you would have the same idea if ad-
vancing or retreating. You fire your re-
volver at the half -hidden figures before you
—you may fling it at some of them when it
is empty. You may be thoroughly up in
sabre exorcise, but you will use only the
down out in the melee.
How long has it lasted? You have no
idea. What has happened? The enemy
has retreated, overpowered and defeated,
and all at once you recognize the " rally "
call of your familiar bugle. The troopers
rally, horsed or unhorsed, lines are re-form-
ed in a confused way and presently the
smoke thins out until you can see the field
over which you have fought. Wounded
men limping and crawling about—horses
galloping wild and furious, or dead or
wounded on the earth—dead men here and
there until the number is over a hundred.
The lines move back toward our original
position. Horses are panting and men in-
clined to be hysterical. Within ten min.
utes you cannot find a face which does not
show pallor—a trooper who is not trem-
bling. That's a reaction of a charge into the
jaws of death.
He Denied Everything.
He waS brought up before the magistrate
on the charge of drunkenness.
"Do you plead guilty or not ?"
" I don't plead 01 011."
" You don't deny having been drunk ?"
"Yes, I do—I deny everything."
"You certainly don't deny having been
here before ?"
"1 should smile 1 Why, Judge, I deny
being here right now. I deny everything.
I'm on the deny, I am."
" You are? Well, there is nothing like
self-donial, and the best place to practioe
11 10 in the county jail for, say, thirty
days."
^
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has suffered from rheumatism for several
years, especially in the knees. She was
persuaded to buy St. Jacobs Oil, and after a
fortnight's use 01 11, all the rheumatic pains
have loft her. The relief is such that Lady
Edwards will never be without 0 bottle,"
ut of Sorts
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LATE GABLE NEWS.
Patel Railroad Accident near Birmingham
—Another Military Outrage—General
News,
The Midland express f ram York collided
to -day netts Birmingham with the NortJo.
western express from London, The trains
were running at a high rata of speed and
the carriages of both were telescoped. One
passenger was killed, nine ware wounded
seriously and several others were injured
slightly. Thelocomotive and the goods van
of the Nerthwesteru train wore thrown from
the track and were smashed completely.
The luggage is a total loss, Probably nota
carriage on either train will be worth more
than the wood and old iron will bring. The
uninjured passeugers were taken to Birm-
ingham on a, special train sent out for them.
The seriously wounded are being cared for
at nearby houses. Wreckers are at work
clearing the line. The cause of the accident
is not yet known.
Another military outrage upon civiliane
is reported from Spandau Germany, An in-
fantry officer of the garrison there, who
was probably excited by prink, interfered
in a dispute which had arisen among a
party of civilians, and drawing his sword,
slashed right and left, woundiug several
persons. The orowd who witnessed the
affair becante terrioly excited and the in-
terference of the police alone prevented
them front lynching the officer on the spot.
Lieutenant Lucius, who was involved iu
the recent IvIeutz affair, has resigned his
commission but will, nevertheless, be tried,
by court martial.
The Emperor has issued a private order
to commanders instrnoting them to exercise
O stricter supervision over their officers and
to eeverelypunish all offences against civil.
tans.
So far nothing definite is known at the
Russian Embassy or elsewhere as to the
Czar's projected visit to Berlin. If it ever
does take place, however, the Czar and
Kaiser will probably meet in or near Berlin,
and not as announced to -day at Kiel, It
seems unlikely that the Czarina will accoms
pany her spouse, as tho Empress of Ger.
many has not paid her a, visit in St. Peters.
burg.
To confirm my previous statements with
regard to the negotiations, which I informed
you were ginng 011 With a view to a rec.
onciliesion between the Emperor and
Prince Bismarck, much has been done within
the last few days et Count Dohna'a country
seat at Proeckelwitz, of which the public
has heard nothing.
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Flower"'
Perhaps you do not believe these
statements concerning Green's Au-
gust Flower. Well, we can't make
you. We can't force conviction in.
to your head or med-
icine into your
throat. We don't
want to. The money
is yours, and the
misery is yours; and until you are
willing to believe, and spend the one
for the relief of the other, they will
stay SO. John H. Foster, 3122
Brown Street, Philadelphia, says:
" My wife is a little Scotch woman,
thirty years of age and of a naturally
delicate disposition. For five or six
years past she has been suffering
from Dyspepsia. She
Vomit became so bad at last
that she could not sit
Every. Meal. down to a meal but
she had to vomit it
as soon as she had eaten it... Two
bottles of your August Flower have
cured her, after many doctors failed.
She can now eat anything, and enjoy
it; and as for Dyspepsia, she does not
know that she ever had it." fib
Doubting
Thomas.
11 000 potato would produce, when pl ahe.
The Male Plirt's Song ed, only a mop of ten potatoes, in ten 320005
ely heart was broken years ago, the total /mealiest of fillet one potato w mad
I nicely saved the pieces ; be equal to 10,000,000,000, which would be
I gave 001)11810 to every girl, sufficient to restook the whole world with
And so my joy increases, the seed,
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The Bride's Dress
Married In white, you have chosen all right;
Married in gray, you will go for away ;
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Married in rad, you will wish yourself dead;
Married in green, ashained to be seen;
Married In blue, ho will always 1)0 1005;
Waded in pearl, you will liyo In a whirl;
Matted in yellow, ashamed 01 30110 fellow;
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