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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1890-3-21, Page 2THE BRUSSELS POST; 11111101I 21, 1OO, ,t91¢0,3215.:O=11.9.13.6.1,06,===VAILITONSW=.7:152.=ACAMMA:112.1===="FJFFAII=O[006=1511W=IVIZMIMilt11,,, .=.:,=.1,114Z.111====.S.X1=liZAVSOOS,6.47.3.23.1.161=4= YOUNG FOLKS. form the er.se of the Legion of Boum aud hung it adeuel the tleg's useleismid thunder. ing cheers front the nseembled troopere, who , I Can't, I Wont and. I Will, doolored. with me voice that tide damnation les been airly by their •ffiog sob almee little boys in a rollicking mood dims Out in the mow at play ; Their hearts aro light, for the sun is bright, On this glorious wester day. Three little boys) with ehouts of glee Slide down ts snowy hill, And the names of the rollickieg little boys Aro "I Can't," "1 Won't," and "1 Wilf." But play must cease, andwarningvoice Celle out Irons the open door ; "Come, boys, here's a teak for your nimble hands We must LW it done by four." "I Wild" speeds away at the mother's com- 113(4111.1 With is cheerful and sunny Mee, .And "I Can't" follows on with murmur and groan At a weary and lagging pave. Hut "I Won't," with a desk and ;slim frown Coes sauntering dOW11 the street, Aunt Norv's Xistako. Belle Colinan's Aunt Nosy Ovus' snore like lt 00110111 1.111111 all mud. And a very thew cousin ELL that, Alinerva. Fresno was only two years older than Belle Colman, so that it seemed strange to hear voluble Belle, when she was three yOttl'S 0111, calling an- other tot, who really sm eeed. very little ;dd. er, "Aunt Nerve.' And yet that was the way Belle Colman always addressed ,Minerva Fresno. Grandpa Fresno lived in 'Walnut Valley, eight miles from his amain -law, Jonathan Colman, but these two little maidens, aunt and niece, made at least Iwo ViSitt1 yeltPly each. other. At 1 trandpa Fresuo's there was the wonderful dairy rave in the side of the hill :tette the kitelien doer, and the great orehard below the Ionise, both hilt of wonders and delights for them; svhile at "MISTRESS OF TRE SEAS," sow enteregiiint. 184ts concernims 13011• ain't: Noel - Peeparing for the tiexl tal MailWOVVVS- The e wcruieer"S ecru. Coneerning the use of high-pressure steam almost' war ships, Britioli engineers say that n their experience t heetemomicaladyantagee to be derived from ite use liare alWayS liven eonnteraeted y the diffieult • of immuring a Late Cale News, The Situation in Germany-- The Young Emperor's Plans - The Dahomey Toon. ble Itoported Settlement of the Prom& Difficulty on the West Coast of Afrioa Young Kaiser Wilhelm is becoming ail fond stntable merino boiler to we. ;eland the high.. of speechmaking as of 8:sidle:Aug. Not IMO er preesuree without unduly increasing Om , diameter, It was at lira .thought that the Of 111411g t110 w'''K ' hat PusIed- Lido Year without some sort public oration fi•cen. him, to the great dite thickness of the ;Mull plates cm red lotenuotive holler would answee for marine tuelesnee of tho old-faeldoned Gomm) 'Police, work ; hut the two prim•ipal ishjectione to Nome of whom are beginning to doubt whetla the use of this class of boiler afloat are tlud. er the young man is altogether right in Inc they require the purest water, and, owing to the limited at emu slime, they are very apt royal hotel. But the speech this week is, at to pthne. In it peper read before the North- any rate, useful tut an indication of what is emo Coast Institution of Engineers and. Ship- really 1111he mind of the young monarch, and builders, 11r. C. 11. Casehoesempropomei the it aa„psion „f 10 11„11.1110 briik, having an ons„,, has to some extent shows) thect aual worth mid an inner shell, The objest of having a of his loud protestations of his love for the space between the two shells is to provide 11; , humble subjects of the imperial speaker. mean); a applying a neutralizing or Inflaming It is evident from the Brandenburg speech pressure to the innerehell. '1110 Spall0 illeteai0}. r aned between the shells is to bed I fillesoi t t sm that that the Ktsiser will not hesitate to fol. And sullenly idles the time ;sway Mr. Cohnun's there was the lam lake d , Till his thinks los task cemplete. the turnpike to occupy thei r time and of a lower pressure then that genera:el with. low the rose t ionavy policy. kbe practically , At school, "I Will" learns Ins lessons all talents When they were apart they long- in the Muer shell, which is thus rtclieved of s • i ) • •latins t. te. t le sole judge of whist ie good well, eti and talked of the time when they should the full pressure of steam within over the s" I Can't" finds the lessons all too hard very hard and vonetantly, so as not tu think Ile inventor elaims that this type of boiler the crumb!' which fall frau the hiiperia table, 00 politically mid socially starve. He "I Won't" hatee book and slate, of the partim time ; and when they came to is specially adaptable for steitin of 250 pounds sepamte, their tears mid lamentations made $o the seasens come and the seasons go, a scene doleful to behold. Iu their never ceasing And each little bo , now a stalwart man, Now Belle was supposed to Ise giddy, while Nese was m quiet, steady girl. lielle s And is seldom ebsent or late ; see each other ; when togissise) shsy played jmessure of the steam between the two shells for the people, whc) must thankfulls; swalloso' • In the busy wor d finds his phsee. Anti with high and resolute aim, true friend and bitter duemy ; Nerv's placid impulsive headlong ways made her many a `'I Will," with a smurage undaunted, toils, Audi:he world is better because he lives, nature gained her very few warm 'friends, And he gains both honor and fame. - but she Mel 110 011011114M BOile threw herself I into the enjoyment of the passing moment -"I Can't" finds life an up -hill road ; with abandon ; or vehemently detested any- Iie faints in adversity, thing in the passing niceneut that made it •And spends Ids life unloved and unknown, unenjoyable. It was hard to got an opinion ' In hopeless poverty.out of New. and she rarely scolt hal or praised. .-" I Won't.' opposes ell projects and plaits, Them two girls, so very ,lilferent, WON And seffifs at what others have wrought bosion friends until the eldeet sous sixteen 'And so hi Inc selfish idleness wrapped, and the youegest fourteen years of me. At He dies and is soon forgot. this time MrStS.ffinan r °moved. 1,151 Ids farm VI -town. and opened a store. This threw Belle into slay company, and with law he- . A Dog Wins a D000ration, . palsive nature 11 10 not strange that she soon " Who brought that dog 110011sma him got a reputation for being vcdatile, and yet home ae once." she was a good-hearted girl, true to her ansisous to knew and do the right, " He IS my dog, Colonel," answered'Sthe but scorning to take Om trouble to undeceive junior captain young Alphonse de Picarclon, those who Judged her we:mei:Illy, " And who:seta:art willit break," growled the " if the brute begins %arking The first time NerY vilited her in town, • just as We're going to take the Artilm hymns a (sadness sprang up bet ween them bemuse prise, and warns then; of our mining 0 Nerv made the mistake t;f thinking P,elle "It is not: ha. me to contradict yom " stuck up." caul Belle inatle the mistake Colonel," saicl the young officer, respectfully; 1,1 allowing her to think Bo. It is unnecessary' "but, with your permission, I can mem show to repent the thotte,anil and one little thing): you that there is no fear of that." Then he • that sundered them sumo and more. I will turned to the dog and said, sternly : "Jae. hasten to the plensaut task of relating how quid, eilence a la snort." 1 they " made up," Then, at a sign from the Captain, eeveral Abotd two yre.re atter Belle had gone to of the men began to shout, elap their hands town she visited. Nerv. Upon her arrival at and make noise enough to set an ordinary Walnut Valley, Grandma Fresno said dog barking furiously, but Jaequot never "Ikib,. dear, 1'm awful glad you've comc. uttered a sound. Vine is down sielt awl I must .go and nurse "Very web," said the Colonel at length, her. 'Nerv is not well, and the hired girl ''the dog muy but remember, Captain • left last week. I wish you would shy I de Pier -h,. t::tot I -that' hold you responsible here and menage things. until I get back." 'ler his belmoites"" I'll do so, ;medusa, with the under- yormss. captain saluted and fell into standing that you are to ask itu questions 111.8 place wit,Inoit a word, and off rode the about how much cream I use on my straw- ae,taehment. berries, when you get back." It was weary work riding over stony ridges " NoW, Belle. yun know I always want Mal sandy hollows through the blistmexig you to have all the eream your berries will -heat and the blinding glere, while the hot, etautl." prickly dust, rising up in clouds at each step, 1 That's tote, Cr:mama, I was just teas- olesged every pore and choked every breath. Mg you. Ile oit to Aunt Vine; I'll run this Mile after mile of the desert was left behind, machine all right." Iona: alter hour of the bemire,. weary inter- Anal so Isg-hearted Grandma Fresno minable day crept slowly 1)18171,ut still there fussed away three miles to 0e0 11(11sick was 310 sign of the enemy; or of any living daughttes leaving. Ne00 tuol Belle to cook thing save 10 wide winged- vultures which for Grandpa, Ross, Jim and Joe, milk 5110011 lung poised in midmir, like a blot upon the cows and make the butter. The sweeping, bright, scorching, cicoullese sky. The sol- bed making, ole., made the task of keeping tiers grcw impatient, and begun to inuoinus house no elneeure, but Bello was in earnest, and growl. and when .Grandints seas fairly away, she But all at once the clog (which was still sald • lseeping pace with them) stopped short, snuffed the air uneasily and then began to ran restlessly backward and forward, uttering a law, anxious whine. "Do you think he scents the enemy ?" 'whispered Colonel Noinuont to Captain de 'Hicarclon. "I'll stake my life that he does," replied 'the Captam. "I've never yet found him wrong. There must be some hollow Isere while I do up the dumer things.- Story that we can't see. Here, Morel, Barliot, was obliged to give up and was soon tucked bold fast to each other while I climb on to in bed. your shoulders." "I've been chillieg for some time past, And then, supported by the two burly aud to -day is my chill day. I believe the :troopers, he raised himself high enough to ague is coming on now." .inalce out a dry watercouree Et few hundred "Well, 111 go into the kitchen. Canine yards ahead, in the hollow of which is large if you need me, ' and soon Belle's electrical mulles of men might easily be hidden, movements were making the dishes rattle, "Aha I" cried the Colonel, when he heard tilie was fair -skinned and looked tielicato, this, "*hey want to catch us in an ambush, but was naturally robust, Her white able do they? Not so fast, my fine fellows 1 hands seized the work with no uncertain Half a dozen of you dismount, hula, and un- grip. Her quick, almost unerriagjudgment filing your carbines, move forward about guided Ina by the short mit to the perform. Silty paces, and then fire. twee of each task, and in a fUNV moments she The ;wash of the volley' I•olled like thunder eloeed the door on a °lean kitehen, and along the silent desert, while the Colonel bustled into Aunt icerv's room. roared., in Ambits "How ELM you now, aunt Nerve, ?" "Come out, you dogs? We see you plainly." "The chill has passed and the fever is in The effect was magical. Up started, as if ine." ziehigthrough the email, a swarm of savage "What?" saidBolla, springing up. She ex - laces and wild figures, while the flash and mined the sick girl a moment, and then crackle of the answering volley followed no muttering, "It's a congestion," started to - thunder followe lightning ; twat the Arabs, ward the kitchen, On her way she seized Siring hastily and almost at random, only four bricks, and, arrived in the kitchen " Well, Aunt Nerve, what shall I do ?" " I'm afraid you'll spoil your hands, Belle, with housework. You'd better take your crochet and stay in the sitting room." " Crochet I Bless you, I can crochet hi Neale,. If you are mere anxious about my hands than I am, PH go pick some straw. berries," and away she wont. " Now, Aunt Norm you must lie down, wounded two mem "Now," thundered Ole Colonel, "upon them before they can reload," Down ssvept the French upon their enemies placed them in the oven. then fll ng the stove with synod, idle took off two of the lids, roplaeing them with kettles, into which she pored Water. 1T1.11'rytitg to the sick room she placed the stove lido at the patient's feet ; pressure, end :mulct he made large (mom]; to admit of being readily cleaned, examined, and repaired, The preparation of British war ships for the next annual manteuvres has, it is report- ed, been steadily going ou for some time past. 11'ills the exception of the inflexible and the Barham, all the ships at Portsmouth likely thinks the times are not too modern for play- ing the part of Frederick the (Meet, and to fully pm:pitted to govern without a Parlia- ment if the new Reichstag should prove in. tract:dile, Thetis the spirit svith which he is prepar. ing himself to int:et the repreeentatives of the people, and it is not surprising that to take part in them have been cozsled.. end I imam Bismervit, foreseenigtroublous tones, and are hi -a state of comparative readiness. has deebled to retain the cures of office which It is thought that, should the plan of opera- it is 1108 all 011011 secret, he would prefer to thaw include the Straits of Walther, several relinquish. of the smaller ships whieh fermed pm,tion l!'or the moment party politics in 1 1ermany of last year's flotilla will Wel no place in this are 111 a somewhat chaotic state, and no alli- Autunin's programme, t thought that, it ;owes or combinations are likely to Ile formed would be a good idea, to +tarty out this yes r's until 1.01110 reliable Milked Ione have been 111(11111`1101:01.4 in the Mediterranean, and lo given of the imperial programme, feet the eiffietiveness of Gibraltar as an out. Thu only party whose leader knows what post and coaling station. with the present they mean to do is thel. of the Social _Demo - ships and system (d. warratv, This idea, it emus 'rimy have resolved to give general is thought, would also afford a means of ein- support to the Workmen's Protection bill, ploying more ships of recent types than any which, by order of the Emperor, will be one other, and test the truth of Lord Brassey of the fleet measures submitted to the statement that (sibraltar without a dock is of little use to the navy." The British Admiralty have materially altered the regniations affecting art•est and M011tifkatiOn Of 110,01.10n: u141 stragglers, The Ativiees from the west coast of Africa relations bateau., t he ei vi and naval unlined- state that tlto position of the Froneli. in ties 0 re more clearly defined and accent tuttl, •DelonneV is ceiticel 11. Bayol, the French and provision is made whereby cases ot agent. Amends thEtt .4,000 mon be sent to defend the 1,1.01101i post, rind declares that if au expedition to Aglionte, the capital of Dahomey, undertaken a fin•ther levee of 4,000 men will be neuessary. lie conside Reichstag. But they will try to ismend and improve it (141 1111101 0.8 May 110 pOSODX0 and isecessary, and in doiug this thes• will take their first step upon the imperial coat tails. taken ideutity are rendered almost lin- Fossil de. It is reported that another competitor with the royal dockyards fee the construct•ion of British war ships is about to come Into that an attempt to ;smouer _Dahomey 0U 14 existents', and Will appear SoWt1111111pt011. Nos; and holde that it would be Under the etyle of the Slettehamptcm `preferable to secure Freud; rule on the Navel Works Ctompany (Limited) this firm saass has Etequirco 1 the premises of Messrs. Oswald, Mortl;tant 6: Co., woo, during the past six- vsst years or thereabeut, have carried 011 au extensive shipbuilding latliness at the port. The manager of tho new emnpany is Mr. J. H. Biles, the designer of the City 01 111-10, the Rtina Regent°, foal El Destrnetor, who, for several years past, hes been with 4. & ThOlilit1011, onthe Clyde. British officers say that the naval architeet who has produced the fastest ittereentile steamer and two of the most efficient War cruisers lti existence may well lie looked upon as e thwer of strength in himself. The formetion of this company is considered of the greatest im- portance in England, espeeially so since it is situated on the Euglish Channel. The British gunboats Cockchafer and &pole, reecedly arrived at Colombo, report that the Turkish mansobwar Emegroal is lying in Sivgapore Halsor, and 1.1110 been there for the last two or three months. She seas unable to pay the port dues, and has riot got enough money to buy coal to enable her tepees:m(1 to Japan with the decorations for the Mikado with which her Captain is intrusted. It would ethicist seem as if she had no anummition, for the compliment to the port has never been paid, and the Governor has, in consequence, given orders that tho Erzegroul is not to be treated as a man-of-war, itis understood that the Cap. tain is still waiting for remittances from the Porto. This disgraceful state of thiugs, it is thonght, could hardly exist in connection with any European country exeept Tuekey, but such things have happened to ships of other nationalities ; for instance, a Spauish man-of-war, some year:sago, was keptwaiting in Agony Harbor for abont, three months, having no money and almost less credits The British anthem Speedwell WttO receetly run out of Davenport for the first of a pro- gressive series of steam trials under forced draught. Thu 8peedwell is said to differ from her sister ships in being structurally stronger, and slight itiffereeeee hu,ve been mado in the engines and boilers. The trial in consequence of the repeated fail - urea of the type, Was deemed sufficiently im- portant to demand the presence of Mr. W.H. White, Director of Naval Construction, Durston, the ongiueorin Chief of the navy. A report of the trial states that there was much less vilmation than in the other vessels of the class, Mit as regards the engine Miele there wes no break in the mon- otone of failure, The Speedwell made a satisfactory rtm to Portsmound, bat in cooling so many leakages wore de- veloped in the boiler tubes that it was neees sexy to roll about 200 of them in the dock- yard before proceedim on the trial. The contract power of the engines with aural tokeh ;Ids is 4,500 horses,but it was nut in- tended to press them 01; due land beyond 3,- skm, syluols the 1,enera wished to seems) 100, that being about the power at sakes uffinjured as a specimen. In the meantime weast1108803 aloplityed themselves et, provions more efficient tools for digging had been sent l'1111O of 010 8eag1111 typo of vessels, Ahoy for, and these now arrived, borne upon an the engines bad been slowly worked up to elephant. the desired number of revolutions, the throe • A bright idea now strut* the party—they Mows' Wel 1{.110 haglill With au air pressure might draw the musk. ont with the elephant I of see awl a half inehoe, but it W11.5 80011 p01, Sufficient ropo for the nurpnso nets loosened wise; that wag unlikely that tho reduced from the elephant's pad, and tide rope, elsout, power would be realized \Viten the trial the thickness of a umn's Omni), was hitched 'rhe Jospiarcl (1, Drlia! (pia:t.es the con- quest of Dahomey, which, it Hiss, would occasion great difficulties and emote it feel- ing of jealousy between Frame and England and (0111110113'. 1LIWOILTIM SP.TTE.F.MT.NT. It is mported in Paris that the troubles between France andPalionley have been set- tled. In the Chamber of Deputim 11. Etienne ousted that the King 1,11 attaney had. refits - ed te recognize the 11'0e11011 protectorate over the slave coast and had invaded that terri- tory, but had been repulsed. He also said if the King refused to satisfy the demands of 1Srance it would be necessary to take vigor- ous measuresmot with a view to thecouguest of Dahomey, but for thio purpose of giving a salotary lesson to the Ring and people. M. Etienne's remarks were greeted Avith cheers. ses- Getting a 'Each on it Python. It was dull 1.11.3 cold weather, whoi snakes are partmll or wholly torpid, that this adventure happened • had it been in the hot weather, when snaises ere lively, the story might h had a different ending. Gen. 110 .rstyre and his party went one day to exesone a hole or CVO N'100 under a rook where it was suspected a python lay hidden, and sure enotigh it WW1 there, foe they could see a bit of the tail end protrud- Mg from the hole. They let it alone ;ft first, thinking that, when the sun shone, it might come forth to bask in its warmth. In this, however, Uses, were disappointed, for on the following day the snake was not to be seen ; but, on oboes examination, the tail seas found stickiug out as before. Va. t•iotts efffirtit were made to dislodge it. A flre WELB lit 1.11 1.10111 Mad the smoke fanned in- ward, but this had no effect. The earth ss,tss CVE111 scraped away asul the hole widened, when they could see the coils of the mon- ster as thick as a man's thigh ; but except that their oporatione were oceauionelly in- terrupted by the startlisig presence of the (moisture's head, which it ocensimially poked toward the ontnesee, darting out its little forked tougue, it gave small signs of animation. They had even determined to try to draw it. \\T all three, therefose, proceeded- -somewhat nervouely,I must own --to lay !sold of its tisil. To this famili- arity it thowed its objection by a do. cidetbinelination to wag its caudal extremity, which had such au elm:Mimi effect on our nerves that we dropped it like a hot potato, and•—what shall I eall it ?---eetirecl, A sbot would in all probability have induced. the snake to quit its refuge, but then the shot must have torn and ;Refigured its beautiful Oalling,the Angels in, LIGELTED BY Go S FROM WOOD. 'We mean to do it. Some day', some day, A l'annillitet 'rowel .11.01 14.111T.esi Illie Seance 11'e mem to elloicets this fevered rush Orognet or roler SilW WW1, That is wearing our verv Bettis away, A eurrespondent of the N. l'. Sne time And Waal la aaa haaa)ad Ilaaata a hash tleseribes I he prOtT08 of 111O1,10f11.1.1 ming gars That is hols• enough to let them hear Item wood 1 ty whielt )lie darkness et Deeer- The foot etepe of angel); drawing neer, oido is i•eliessel ; - SVe inom to do it, Oh, never doubt, one day last wok a ;granger came tO "ItOn the burden of daytime droll is 0'1.1., t01511 alld Said that oVol. 111 Canada he had seen a whole tom], Desoronto, that was lb We'll sit mei name, while the stal.ts come huniutsted by gaff made by dietilling wood out, As the 'atrium:I) eat at the open door inetead of coal. 'the faotki as he roim 1.11 thom Of hie tont, with a licessemward. fazing eye, ar,, 1,1411,,ting• TO watels. fee the ang,els passing )y. Tlic gas plant eonsiets of a tieriee of east iron cylinder placed like boilers la a Meek We've seen them afar at. high noontide, furnace. Near one end of each cylinder is is ll'isen fiercely the woeld's hot. litselling big hopper. The hoppere are kept filled beat, with stswdust brought from a hill by an end - Yet ileVer have bidden them turn aelde, less screw that works in at sveotleis trough. And tarry awhile it) converse ssimet ; From the hoppet• the sawdust ill eoncluesed Nor prayed them to bellow the cheer sve la• other femme): tluough iron pipe into the retort, There it is taken by another ;avow spread, To drink of our wine and break one bread. and pushed ;dem to the rear end, lieensme cif the heat .1 the retort all 14 the volatile We promised our lieuts that svlien the met tore in the sissy:last are driven off, end the wood beeomee eharecest, when it ie ready Of tsliteru'llife-work reaches the longed -foe to be discharged through 11)1110 at the rear elose: -- When the weight that WO groan with Idn. °I.'It'lli'L': (050 111(000 through pines from the tor ders loss, of the retort. 111 jilllifil'IN, 811011 110 are ueed te We'll loosen our thoughts to such repose vomit:11 eted•using gas rvorks. Lime is the As beidelles care's disturbilig din, chief (must limed of the purifiers, ,i1 conleo And then sye will cell the angehi in, out with tut odor not very nituet like that from bitunthunie coal. It smell': mom like The day that WO dreamed of comes at smoke from an outdoor lire then anything Wheliesitgittal•id of every mocking quest, 'Ile town of Deseronto 001101111108 about else. And broken i/l. Spil'h and shorn „of strength, '20,000 elible feet of gas a by. Il'o pnaluce We drop, indeed, at the door of vest, this respires the distilling of t 80 tens of dry And It1;,a1let.. and watch as the day alma' sawdust. A cord of Med wood furidelies eullicient fuel to do the work. One man is But the angels wo meant to call are gone I employed to keep the tires going and do the heavier work, 81,1 ,110 stout bey im recoils:4 to assim him. 'She easocluet coets nothing Strayed or Stolen. hot transportation frten the mills, Has any one seen 0 pair of eyee Tests of 110 lights of ordinary gas lenners As bine as the sea 'math Grecian skies, show that the gas is front 12 to 15 ;studio And sweet rod mouth, mid teeth like power, varyisg wills the sort of wood distil. pearl ? ell. Oily wocele give the higher power, ef Well, they belong to my little girl. eueree. She strayed itsvey with a pretty pout, " 11 18 eoininceily Ituppesed," said the men And I do: stal,t;t10,0 what it ell ahout. I would give my• life, 100111 my life all wend is inferior to veal as a gag smite:ea from IN 110111 Thefit, facts were obtained, .'Llett. But out of IMi pounds of 1011011 110v get, 65 'lo fotn again on ins: cheek her kiss. poinele of coke, while from lot) letunde of dry wood they get but 211 pounds .1 eleireeel. She strayed away ms a stimmer morn, They get, I le:ref:we, only 33 pound): of v.;1+1. - When only the ghost of a storm was born ; tile matter flora the coal to SU frOill the. And it WilS 1/0111 in her eyee of blue. I don't knew selsat ill the world to do W"'"L Thi'vs i",e• !'"e.,1 1ss Iss"lifeed ii0n, tilO 10001I. as WVII us (von the void, 1. is 'Without her smile and her soft caress, buond as fuel in ftscromo, but it ,saild 111 Ana bier presenee my days and life to bless. worked OVel. 111E0 1111111y 80110 ef paellice A, She was so fair, delicious autl sweet, That my heart aever knew 'twee be- 1.1,111 1,1w. sl'isf a'1,‘,'"1,1!:•"1f th" eftwthist plop i is in Ili,- 1.11111111 :11001011 Of 111111111a/ 1,110 neath her feet. required. Them is 110 ether plant of the Oh, she Wiltita/ ONVOUT---11.1111. She Wan 80 kat'. i 'I 11 • lets do, 0 sot mset to eeemel 44 s ze in 11,0 wo; ld :het is run by a nem end . With her lovely eyes and her soft, warm is's. 021110 lt 111011:0API feet, 1)1111 1,-.14," Andillia01;:lear little lunide, that flutter- ed so, The Prospect of War in Enrope. skild in whiels the dimples would C01110 '..'1. )1:•1.1 Is 1,10 hew in tis' Pi• A, ,0 1/ and go, When she opened them wide, 01' Ant Oran gives hi, v:,•wA ,51 the pour of in ru, spits, o; tight, NS'Isen love opt -Veins made herpink tn. white. 411.1.1,O.I 110 1.5 th,, 11.` 11o1 1.'11110'.1. '1.111.` Oi:1 In, There. is telly this : must pray to Rim To send her beek in ths• twilight dins 1", Sel•s f",,„11!" O.' • ••• • Y" W011.11E1.11. '1 111' 11,1111'lit . . t,d., , 4 t 1 4,1, Amends, he mr.old o. W I . ,• , StOrill 10 111,1 good but when Morthe pass clissomemes:, stel the; i. its , ies pessibb• es- the 1111 se c. thesop.) sm.; inee And elontls are fled and airs grow 1111111 as 110,V 1.: 1 And waves plash softly 0110 hy One, Le1110I11110. 1a, a 1., 1';j-:,1, 111/1, 000111'y O114.111 her coolliet o'er, 1111forteuatfdy, 10111 :,1.1111 1.11 WI11. 11.1 11. UM: like 11 lovely sleeping child, diset'sinniest, The ilt71,1 (Vo feel a joy unknown liefore In tree and flower and raiii.waeluel grass, it Plain (hunt '•)! '• • .; 11 lei s !:1 e: • 11, et's 11,1-i, thoy will rw,i; ;it am] the A now significance in ems combat will emish solen thsr• a. 10 Pain is not sweet, but pain ie beet ; ismee erentatante, Nara the hentsu :see His cold hand has the magic keys will be 111 white, end, ashruse 11, le moilitd, NVffiels unlocks tresion•es to our eyes end extenieted, it will at last be Hidden in daily trivial thiegs ; forced to repose. Teeley peoide think And common comfort, common ease only of one tlung, and that ie the best and Respite from common sufferings, savest method ot hutehering mush ;dims The The morning'0 task, the evening -5 rest coming great melee of humanity. is getting Are to ns riehes past all price. to be more and snore indeseribalde. It will be nothing like the pretty little battles of Life may be hard ; but when life ende, old times, which will eppear like mem duels And all the herd thiugs are gone by, when compared with the war that is miming.' And every tsetse has been i•eboved, WIsen I hear the ISne cl'Atunale deseiebe so And every tster is wiped away, elegantly the tights of Turman; and Conde And softly on the •ravished eye with their little army corps I say to myself Breaks the clear dawn of 'leaven's day, that they were small affairs, in which each Joy shall for grief make such amends individual engaged had his share. But to - That WO shall wonder that we grieved. day whore will the individital be ? Lest completely in the great avalanches of slasigh. Fame, Wealth, Life and Death, tor. Our much -vaunted. civilizatiou will What is tame ? certainly have good reason to recoil iu hor- ror ; but for all that, we must not deceive "Pis the sumgleam on the mountain, Spreadiug brightly ere it flies, ourselves. '17110 WM' \rill come ; it is tut cet•tain as death. We •may try to put it 11 'Tis the bubble on the fountain, • Rising lightly 000 10 dies, as far as possible ; it will have its day, its hour, although see may try to mit it off Or, if here and there a hero 011 the morrow. Lot us, then, be ready 101 - Be remembered through the years, it, always; ready." Yet to him tho gain is zero ; -Death Mali stilled Inc hors foot's, 1 et what :humors men wil dtme If but tinly in the Me 'May be heard some eager mention of their mune ; Though thes, hear it not themselves, 'tis much the mune. What is wealth 1 'Tis a rainbow, still receding As the panting fool pussuee ; Or a toy that) youth, unheeding, Seeks tho 'Seediest way to lose ; But the wiles man Items due measure, Neither out of breath nor base ; Ho but holds in trust his treisstdo For the welfare of the race. Yet wi..,, Times some men will dare 31and to hand svith them. 'She Arabs fought then gave hes a cup of ginger tea, She now In sense profit, though with loss of name or But to gain their slender share like a whirlwind, and in a moment were like tigers, but training and discipline soon celled the men from the hehl, started one health, 'began to tell, and the battle, Wati over (as for the doetor, and with Orandpa, sleeked In some Islander, epent on views 01: by one of the French troopers regretfully 4:- with the sielt girl until the doetor came. served) "alinoet before one bedtime to enjoy She did all the evening's work while Neve etealtli. was delirious. When the doctor left et itild. What is life? Buts whets the Ardis began to scatter and 'night, Grandpa milted him if it wollid be "Iris the ensthly hour of Lehii fly, the Coltned (whose blood was fairly up) best to send for Ginn choes, For a life that's but boom ; dashed off ill p111Talit of them so recklessly "No, I would leave her where she le, Vine 'When the prize of solfeleinal that he was) soon left almost alone, seeing mode careful mushy, Bello will take easm May be :prickly lost or 000111 . ;laps' Sl'is the hour syben love may bergeon -which three of the enemy faecal round and of NUTT, alai 8111.1.11. be all right in four or five attacked hins. To an everlissfigg flower ; Oaptain de Picaislon, who Wag famous as Well, Clrandma did not get Immo for eke Or wIton lusts them viutime urge ou the beet 8sec:ram:eel iis the 1 oginiffilt, came day:1. During all that Unto Bello mimed To defy immortal lumen ;rowelled to within Jive minutes ef the spec. around 1 he pythoit's tall, its rentaming , daslaing up, barely in time to "it down 0110 Neil-, did the housework, milked the. seven 1 three houre' steaming the tubes of the lcugth brought up again tt; the pad. end ! Vet Isow lightly men ignore ,of Noirmont's essailistits, while the Cohmel COMM, 011 tl 1..E1011 ,•very cloy, needled and ironed 11(5`11 All this future holds in store, himself climposed of another, leit the third once, end in t C eetelma with a ;mining wel- ' Spending livid but golden inomellts all 111 two boiler); leaked to such an eNtent that tauten( d there, thus deadding its strength. 1 ,,,,,,,,,, iinii s„ nothing further could be attempted. The Now came the tug-of•war 1 A multien jerk 1 Avi.f„ . men 8110 ,fintt about to stab de Pica -don in mane saying : •• ( ;ramble:, cloned told the seseel ;seamed might here torn the 014)1; the 11115(11)81 was the bauk W11011 hi8 (10.2; 111.:W 111, .110 Anti'', 11111011 fait i/1 1113' life, A out Noma has Ism 11 trill ',"'.a4, "1"" therefore warned to pot on the strain matt- , Or In suicidal) 100(111080 grasp the knife. throat and elutelted it with rue's heeriy :Sek mid Poo Its1 the whole 1111)1(0 to myself, I 1l,>,,'"''''"'t' nnergy that the man fell to the ground, bossed 110 1(11011 arountl;dianiefitliy. They re Ibiceding and 'half fitranglte" I awful glad you've retorned." • "Iforiti li line 1 shouted Colonel Noir. I A Ist,w, when Pa.11e hall to go Jenne, Truo Economy, NVife—" George, 1 Imam duelded to mold when the fight wee over feel all the . t„1,1„,1 her „, a 1,444 „mlivite„ 0407,0111iZe ii) our lemeeliffid expenses," WW1 increased, when "creek" ••-the other had ' Melt it leacle the \sun; ere). home, (.1 b, did 00 know what a tough ntsd ; What 18 dOtall 01,1 11min cwto11101' WO haa 1,0 dela 001111. 1 Past its dark, my:devious portal Tightor mei tAghtee grow the ropes, when Humae ey o may 110001. 1011111 1 t'f """ak" Went 11113thani. 8611 1110 Otrain Yet th0 hone etIll ;mein e 1151,11(>1,1 wouudecl had bmubrought bo. "My (.111141 ; ; My dear girl, I never hated to see I 11110l004-'" That's the good little wife, f :lapped also, having the snake in Matti- - Olt, the blh,,s, that lies before 118 ren, 3100 11180 dello welt, and 1 shank you. yr.11 14. a. 11,1,(11Y a's 1,10 tilk, titan. J11St tO 1514a3) 1001...111g out 1'01lily 1111.01,;111 3 ,. V1'11,11 VIO HOONIt. 0110,11 be known, To -morrow ytm shall be reported los good shies: 001,0 10: big 111b51lIic,, 1 thought w'h 0,1' e " e H a :f1aliunid d lro h"1v s t aengeeliuc Mo.res 00,01011 to Ike ,,0111,141,11-111`a 11a 1111'11.1,1 you W.'1 Hi 1101111 1111,1 son are as 001)1115)11 ente 1.0ee M . e o$p5e0l•Mie Piisl p w,o ' t ' sod„ ;, ...--en0'ab,l1eI1s8's( isrieamNiTlus t McmW• ,e-,- e s,dr en 1ly tse corm- Alt,' l t ewil not forget you, led 1 havono is Illy Wam, acknowledgineet to mete (1(1,10 that. Cep. 1 tain de Picosenbring torwrrcl your dog,' ; . The four roach scout W/09 at01,81 Vily it Comes Ml, «>1 111111 sobion sot ,lown 111 . 1nel,hestood nonIsis hiedlogsniul made Patient (who has just had Itieye `din'tntrealiseit,hvealwysaarV,t iaelm:gayou havebeen You ennlay it down as a, sn or.ed'. m, 1.ray;'?in S in 1 lotael 4101001 Ins own uni. 00011t 1.11V0,g 10)>'' taNu - f11 '0 ,0iPa 1, ! Ss h1'j, seiningim hill, 11 rith 0carge ofbuck- 4ounds (15) (011,10 thethrone new girlend the two 10111f.8 Y"f 1140(' 14) 111101011ml it as found to hV('e'Li01)11111''00‘v11111:cl:lr1 givo B,Lbeto. 1,ran occsional kiss rll eau twenty-one Sent in 1810.11usulalinttwo feet PIsntat::111;1et,r;i.111:;,orif11 now give to me," in gie, All but love, thet lives forover, east beneath, 4a• .. When the god sad attlifel 001010111ttakes A life without suffering would be like An I'apott Opnion. 4eidtheColonelwitgisie, st ersohMa,1)06t01ty at * Many of the new drssng gowns 111' din. motgo unrecompensed, an , thus I reward his neitheexperience 01(1,1151) o 11100VWhaThere is nothinat all in life exceptwhat 1iom10001)1:1011wat,'11011101"01"1.T,„111 tobounded11tightoftheunblt,s, !seppriestochay°forthatjobItd A Soldier who knows his duty 00 4011" w hoo „ !d auyo w asrel?ia t 1T0""1hi, ls yr eollwoniwnlg s;p fu ly , dfo c todhrg?ee"d 101' o 130/11008, telienacteonde tIto weenth, 1 108q 111:o foolih landsmenwho laugh at the ed oumd aro horesuscitated with a that, pvry man13 wretelsed 1)1111)1111 181 o harmml"mutrorfteen,i,,, i,,,, tisvto., Entinsot °cutlet- My dear friend in Itmeniug Se perform tine operation in ten see- onde 1>1000 spoiled more than two bushels of thoseterrorsare, 1101' brain enough to imagine such eyes 110 prmrs." thein A. Bottle's Long, Drift at Sea, The Port of SpIsin Graills says t One evening recently, Ali• 11111iton Jones, while walking on (lac beach of the Native, Coml, noticed a bottle which had been washed ;whose by the waves. Ile opened St and fotuul it to cantisin a scrap of paper, which ho forwarded to the office of tide paper. Tho following Wall writtue in Gernien 08 ono side, the other hewing written nercess it the date "2 September 188(1" 0114 the signatures T. Schlinger and hat Licht. 110511(01 S11(1esmissi bark Joseph Haydn, Cap.& :Pllieger from Bremen finds itself M- aw in eolith latitude 12' 45 whore the crew 11115 throw n this bottle overboard onf the tiodesi-day 1181), All cm board well t On the -memo times Singapore to Mameilles, t?' 8eTlit'el'ensis1efi)11188•1111) writers 500113 evidently patriotic Germans, from the ase of Cho all- inversttry of 80111411 an a ;late. 'Phey litsve, however, rendered a geeater eerviee to moienee than to natural feelings, as the point in the South Atlantic where they threw the IHAtill 51118 suit fee west•ward from the Island of Asecemion, 'Ills shows that the ounan current which horn it, along 0001' well nigh 4,000 miles ill five montlet, 111111 laid it gently with ito inessego tot 0111' 01151.0111 O011411, 11111;11 111100 tl'at'0111011 at 010 811110 rate timarly thirty miles (1 flay) 1111 Iltos filuiTit‘f,u; fictilo;?:irtfs11,,f: 141.;,,itiiing,,I,Lbt:;,:tiuttxtilet,oWeot ) outward to the .1 dentin, Tle• ilireet toe of ;wised from Om South Atlantic) which carried tie; bottle hero Was, theranro, north. westerly. 0. R, Official Changes. 11 ei• 1.• eel de-es:se': 15131 reilwey lust Meet its; 11i118' [hat 01110139 :11 1,1' syklt011 fropl 111, Soeoil 1 0 31r, 'I', A. 17150kinno,a i:, appointed sseistent memos( i• of transseristien ; Mr. 'Pleemes 'Snit, forint)). ly Of 1110 0/1111`10 dirk& 11, 11111.10001-114 Arr, Mackinnon 1111 1111110T11 I H111101111- 101140111 Of till, (('1411,, and Atlantic division, headsin,trors in Toronto. 11r, Mac. itimesis olliite will be hereafter in tide city. Money will make 1151 work, hut money will not make us give our heavis to the work— :11,1(11w, Ion for wor work er reel good us: • e . 00 10 .1.