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By C.1111ISTIAN I.IrrISO0T1e8
CHAPTER Xs'
"Do you feel able to join us at our mid
day meal 2 -we call it atm er breek
feat, but you, I suppose, eull it, like th
l/loglieh, luncheon," said, Done Wife, t
Dement, as they entered the house on thel
return.
"If there is time for me to root a MD
Erst, I shall be very happy to do so," It
answered. "I am ashamed to confess ut
wept/less, but I feel tired now,"
• You will have an hour to rest," she re
" aod then, if you are not equal t
the exertion, pray do not think of attempt
lug to make it."
"Oh, I shall be all right in, an hour," 11
answered, confidently,
He did feel very ineell better when, et
boor later, he made his appearance in th
dining -room, where Don Maurizio greetei
Man cordially, and e tall, dark man rom and
%tiered hie hand with a smile of recognition.
Nor an instant Derwent was puzzled. Then,
like a fiash, the scene at the mine occurred
to him, and even Mere Dun Maurizio said,
Senor 13arrera," he knew who it Wali.
"-Senor Barrera wishes to express to you
his sincere sympathy and regret for your
wound. He has come, by my request, to
talk the matter over, and after a -while we
will do so. But now you must sit dOWn and
take a glass of wine at once, for you are
looking fatigued. I am afraid that my
'daughter and Padre Francisco led. „you to
overtax your strength this morning.
"On the contrary," said Derwent, "I thul
that 1 am stronger than I thought ; and 1
leas too much interested while out to think
&fatigue, 1 hove been delighted by what I
have seen of the lewienda."
"The arrangements are only what y-,otz will
fmd on any great Mexit•an estate, ' Don
Maurizio answered; "and if there is any ad-
vantage in favor of Miraflores it is owing to
the fact that we give everything a personal
etmervision. My daughter visits the school
and the hospital daily when she is at home."
"And Padre Francisco visits them when I
am absent : so they are never withoutsuper-
vision " said that young lady, with a smile
towerh the priest.
"You liked our gardene, 'lid you not?"
Senora Peralta -who, 1),rwent learned later,
was called Dena Luisa by every one in the
house -asked, turning to km,
It whose hauee (herbed spent the night had
„ bad eQueetions. .11 WaS VOW -de that olitt
nftheee had waylaid the patty, in hope of
plunder, and, findiug 1 111:111
44 the rest, had shot and robbed hitn, " When
I an; Ruin rhig from a false accusatiou myna,
" is not the time to _Menet) another, without
the most pusitive proof," sitid the Mesican,
e quietly.
e "Itele &fine fellow," said Dorwent, a rm.
Y IVA of thie remark, " and if they do not stop
worrying 111414'' -101' there had been official
exeminations end threats Of tirrest end int,
e priseument-" 1 vill go alld shnet Fernan-
' der. myself. I am very sure that somebody
ought to do it on general poinelples."
Barrels, is under bolsi to appear Mc snon
as you are able to testify, concerning the
I affair," said Don Maurizio. " They cannot
e possibly prove anything against him, for his
While he answered, expressing his admira-
tion in the cenvenient adjectives of the
French language, he divided his attention
between the suceession of well -made dishee
placed before him, arid the simple but elegant
furniture of the romm-espeeially twograce.
ful sideboards, modern in design., but made
of carved and inlaid Mexican woods and a
collection of beautiful ellina plates hung
around the wane.
"You reeognize the Sevres!' said Dona
Zarifa, following his glance. " I brought a
good deal of it from Paris, and some cif the
pintail seemed to me too pretty to be used
for other than decorative purposes."
ou have spent some tune in Pans .
he asked.
"1 was there for three years, in the Seem
Coeur," she repliea. " And last winter I
went into society with my aunt -papa's
sister -who lives there."
"It is needlees to ask if you liked Paris ?"
eh said.
"Is it nenllessr she answered, "1 don't I
know how that may be; hut in Met I dki
not like it very much. I am afraid. I was
pining for Met ico."
"She absolutely likes Miridlores better
than Paris," said her father, with a smile as
_proud as it was fond.
"How could I fail to like it better?" she
said, simply. "Ali myoecupations and my
duties are at Miratioree while 111 Parte I nal
.nothing to do but amuse myself. And when
one has nothing to do but amuse one's self,
One very 80041 wearies of it."
"1 am efraia thet most young ladies would
notagree with you," said Derwent, while
he thought how eagerly the gay world must
have opened its arms to one so beautiful and
so rich. " For of emote she was well intro-
duced," Ile added 10 1411110011. "Don Maurizio
es too thoroughly 010011 of the world to per-
mit his daughter to appear any where except
with the very best chaperonage." And he
was justified in this opinion by the feet that
Ile aunt of whom &Ain had spakeu was a
French countess, well know italic Faubourg
Saint-Germain.
The pleasant, informal meal over, Don
Maurizio said, "Now, Mr. Dement, if you
will accompany us, I shall be very glad to
interpret between Senor Berme mid your-
self and something like an understanding
may be arrived at."
Acceding willingly, Derwent followed his
'host to a room. on one side of the great paws-
ageof entrance, whieli Don Maurixio called his
private den." It was fitted up very inueli
liketinoffice, with large, ofliciableoking desk,
a well-equipped writing -table, and solid lost
comfortable chairs, and had altogether an
aspect of partieular business, -that aspect
which a room always seems to borrow from
the eharacterof its occupant,
Lighting their cigars and seating them-
selves, the two mon who had laat mot at the
mouth of the Beene Espemuza looked at
each other; and Dement was impressed
afresh by the strong fo.oe and the eagle -like
eye of Barrels. "1'& num to strike quickly
and strike hard, when his ninny was facing
him, but not &Men to shoot another from an
ambush, or to 044050 111411 to be so shot," was
his Enol decision.
"Senor Herrera wishes me to assure you,"
• sell Don Maurizio, after the former had ut-
tered a few sentenoee in Spanish, " that he
felt not the faintest enmity toward you
-witen he was at the mine, and 14114(1 11 For.
=deasserts that he littered a,ny threats
against you he simply lies
"Tell him, pray," said Dement, "that I
have not the faintest doubt but thet Senor
Fernandez lies. I have never believed any-
thing that he Ilea said to ma about Ude
matter ; and I am not surprised to fled that
lie hos liecl theoughout, Assure Senor Box.
rens that his manner to tne at the tnine wae
sufficient proof that lie felt no enmity, to-
ward me.'
, Senor Barrens bowed with grtive dignity
when this was tranalated to Mtn, "
the senor uti amigo," ho said, " Hutt if he
had bought the mine I should never have
trotibled him, for I should have known that
he had done so in ignoromee an2 good faith,
Hut / distinctly warned Fernandes that if
-bite mine was sold I should shoot ; and,
believe me, should not, have lurked be.
131712 44 rock to do so."
"1 em very sure of that," said Dement,
in reply. "Ask him 11 110 agyeas with yott
in suspecting that Fernandez 13 aceountable
for toy shooting,"
tut on this point Senor Herrera would
not commit himself. He would only say
that he believed Vernandee to be capable du
.tout, and that the motive attributed -
to punish Dement and at the same time
threw suspition on himselt-was sufileient
to adeount fOr the deed, But the ra23chero
aide is unimpeachable. but 011 1,1.1111111110Z
testimony of threatathey will,Pretend to be-
lieve that he had the shooting done ; and the
result will be a heavy tine at lettet, liu is a
powerful enemy, -a 11111».of great influence,
-and they will ileVer rest uutil they have
ruined him."
"What eau Ivo do to prevent 14? -11.11y.
thing!'" asked Dement. "1 mit ready to
leave the °ciliary, if that will serve any good
purpose. 1 ant the only witness to the shoot-
ing. They etuinot prove it without me."
"Fernandez is capable of (lecturing that
you have been murdered and put aut of
the way," seed Don Maurizio, smiling. "No,
no; you must stay and face the matter.
When is the deferred examination of the
ease to take place, smor ?" he asked, in
Span'
"In about two weeks," answered Barrera.
"It was deferred so long bemuse it tvas rep
resented that the senor here ou old not appear
sooner,"
"Well," said Don Miturizio, "in the in-
terval we must do cate best to find the real
criminal. That is the only hope.'
"It seems a slender one,- sidd Dement.
lie knew that it did not in any degree rest
with him, however; so he sat by, einokin,g
aml watching the cheagingehadows over the
(0i10 plain with its luminous horizon, while
they talked in Spanish of pi•obabilities and
chances which they alonelinderetmel, Pre-
sontly Padre Francisco, passing under the
arcade, paused at the opeu window for a few
words with the group. Dun Maurizio and
senor Larrera emit asked los advice on the
snIdeet they were discussing : he spoke with
them fer some utinutes, aml then, laming,
seitl to Dement, -
"Since you cannot do any more here, sell.
or, and since it 10 not very amueing to listen
te a eonvematton in a fors ign language, sup-
pese you come with nie? 11 111443' hiterest you
to look over my library. Delve a good many
Foolish books."
"With much pleasure," said Dement
rising with 44001150 of relief,
Joining the padre, they walked along the
arcade, and presently turned 10 404411 entrance
which led to a small and very charnang court
surrounded by cloister -like arches and full
of cloister -like quiet. Not a sound broke
the perfeet stillness here. A few doves were
walking about the pavement in the centre
of the quadrangle, white the deep -blue sky
looked down as If on something shut away
from the world and open only to God.
" It is like a bit of a monastery or con.
vent," said Derwent, glancing around.
The priest smiled. " There is the chuech,"
he said., indicating a large, poiutod 2001.-
W113' opposite; " and hero are my apartments
elooe et hand, conummicating with the sae.
risty. Eider, senor."
Derwent found himself in a sitting -room
which had a mingled religious and scholarly
atmosphere, The deep windows looked out
on the distent hills; the floor was laid in
tiles, like all the rest of the house; the
walle were almost entirely faced with
shelveslilled with hooks, and a large writs
ing.table was also partially covere2 with
volumes, as well as with many (beets of
manuscript; 1 while immediately opposite
the large chair that stood by it won a tall
erueitix, the exqnisitely.earved ivory figure
of which was thrown into relief by the
polished ebony of the cross. In the few
vacant spaces on the walls, two or three de-
votionsl pictures hung, -notably a beautiful
Madonna and. a head 01 111. Francis of Assisi.
Beyond, throngh a curtained door -way, was
a glimpse of chember simple in its ar-
raegements as a monk's cell,
"What an ideal spot for s, scholar or n
Belot, padre silo :" said the young man, with
a. innilingglance around.
'Too Meal, I InLve often tholight," are
swered the priest, gravely. "Sainte are not
made in flowery placee, and Iiiritfloree de-
serves its name in all respects. I could not
reconcile it to my conscience to stay here if
I were not under obedience. But my
euperiors thiok 11 it good place for Inc.
There is certainly a great deal to do, not
only on the hadenda, but elsewhere ; for
shim the banishment of the religioue orders
the pateelt priests are not able to attend to
all the needs of the people. And then /
have leisure in whith to write."
"Von write for publication ?" asked Der-
went, looking at the workmanlike aspect of
the table.
"Yoe that is pert of my work, -after the
caro of souls, which is, indeed, included
141 11."
"Yon weite, I presume, on religious lop.
105."
"Can you tell Inc any great topics into
which religion does not peter r asked the
other, with smile, "I write Oaths social,
the politice,l, the philosophioal questious of
our tittles, into all of which religion enter)/
deeply and vittaly. Ifut 1 a2 not bring
youliere to talk of myself or iny work. Come,
these are 1(13' English books."
He walked up to a, divison of the encirel.
ing shelves, and Derwent was surprised to
find himself confronted with the works of
every noted English writer, even the most
"advanced" and destructive in their tendee-
cies • apontles of free thought were ranged
by the side of Bann cardinals, ani 101 the
brilliant nualorn essayists were well repro.
meant
"Do you reed them booke ?" he asked, un-
able to keep his surprise one of Ids voices its
he took down ene of almost noted volumes
ot sceptical literature,
"certainly," anawered the paha. "How
could I feel the pulse of the times otherwise ?
A physician must underetand the disease
for which he is to preeoribe. But I °onion
that I hove no very high opinion of your
English thinkers, They are iconoclastic
enough, but they have neither the logie of
the brencli nor the soludarship of the Om,
mans."
" Von understand both of those langueg.
• ?"
"Oh, yes: here are my Prenalt books, and
here are my .German, Perhaps they may
in0tereet 701
"What intereste me 10005 010 these," said
the young num, walking over to a range of
vellum:bound Latin volumes. " There must
be emne rare 010 editions here,"
THE BRUSSELS POST.
" Yrs, if yea ,are for 1.11111 twee.), 14.r0'
rare 1101 8t11,1 the print, with his (huh
ryes shining. What deem a seheho• awl 0
leyer el books like Isitee 11001 1.0 11101
some one 011,, 0(111 S+12.1P111.111Z0 (041 34
hiS 110,814k/11 and uppreelitte the value
and rarity of Ins treasure 1 Volume
atter volume -was lovingly taken down, ex.
Whited, and dilated upon, - all of .1 hem
su rare as to be worth mere ikon 'their
weight in gold, While they were time 01)
(Ivied, thee flew by unheeded ; the shadee
of color on the distant hills had elueiged
many times, and ite mantle of golden sem,
shine wee fadieg from the plain, when the
mend of a bell suddenly ringing ont on the
eilenee of the court made Padre Franeiso
start.
"Ah," he said, putting down the volatile
which he held, "that hi my summons. To-
morrow is 15 Must, and We have the vesper
this evening. Do you care to go into the
churell, senor ? It is well worth seeing,
the interior of our church, ilo, then, across
the court, toid enter by the dour 1 showed
you."
Det•went willingly obeyed. Crossing the
?ourt, where the doves at his apppoach rose
in 44 sat grey Omni above the archee, against
the eapplure sky, lie entered the door di-
rected, and found himself ie a region of
mysterious gloom, whore only rt. few etarry
lightshere and there dissipated the obscurity.
Presently, '1011011 1114 eyes became more ac.
customed. to the twilight atmosphere, he
found that he had entered et the side into
O church much larger end more handsome
than he had expected to find. It seeinoa to
him, indeed, that not ev•en in Mexico had
he seen anything more rich than the inter-
ior of this haeienda chapel. Beautiful tiles
paved the wide naVe, where many dark
forms were kneeling --men praying with out-
stretched arms, and women shrouded in the
folds of their rebotos; line carved woodework I
rose 1111 fretted arches, leul around the high I
altar WaS a blaze of gold, -a splendid ape 1
imen of churrigueresime work, as he found
I later. On each side of the e?notuary lamps
of e90100:0 design were swinging ; but, RS I
he lookea, the tapers were lighted on the
altar, and its beauty Was reVellled and en-
hanced by theb•soft radiance. Padre Fran-
cisco entered with Ids train of inzolytes, and 1
then, "like the sound of a great Anwo,', au I
(w an chord rollea out and th • 1 -
flooded 'tvith noble harmonies.
Nothing Can lie more devotional then
such an evening service,-espeeially in Mex-
ico, where the faith and fervor of the peo.
pis might move the coldest observer. Der.
went found himself etirred by sentiments
altogether unwonted, as he leaned in his
dark corner, and when at length lie heard
the same rich, sweet ('((100that hail haunted
him since the evening' before, float out in
the beautiful strains of the Benediction
hymns, it seemed. only a part of the perfect
harmony of sight, sound, and emotion
which enthralled him.
0 J. r '4111t1
[T.) MI CONTINVEILE
Items of Interest.
Man is the universal animal. It is esti-
mated that there are 1,500,000,000 of him on
the globe. Thc sheep rank next with 500,-
000,000 ; there are 300,000.000 cattle; 100,-
000,000 hogs and 00,000,000 horses continue
the list.
A French statistician makes out that
there is room for 113,000,000 people more
in Europe'1,34000,000 inore M Africa,
1,400,000,000 more in Asia, 515,000,000
znore in Oceanica and :2,000,000,000 more in
North and South America,
M. Durand.fireville, husband of the cele-
brated novelist, after meeting a careful
study of the works of Rembrandt, expresses
his conviction that the golden and warm
tone which covers the principal works of the
master is due to tho steeessive layers of
varnish mixe2 with saffron and liquorice
juice."
Some years ago, European dress began to
Come 22110 vogue in Japan for women as well
as for men, but a reaction has set in, The
Japanese women 1003 001 satisfied with the
ordinary dress styles of civilization, but thea
are unwilling to return to their old drese,
and hence they have been making a study of
"rational dress advocated by the various
feminine dress reformers,"
The visit of the shall's fleet favorite wife
to Europe will cost at least 111 00,000, Her
journey from Teheran to Vienna occupied
four weeks and expenses n -ere 1134,000, The
fees of the two surgeons who attended her
io Vienna and operated on her left eye
amounted to $8,000 and $0,000 has been paid
for the hire of the villa at Franzensbad,
where the sultana is to go for a month before
returning to Persia. The sultana, who is
just 40, but who looks like a very aged wo.
man, has immense influence over the shah,
who 15 devoted to her, and if she had died
during the operetion which she recently
underwent, the astrologers who advised the
journey to Vienna would assuredly have
been beheaded.
A Most Accommodating Groomsman.
" HMV° you hronght any witnesses," asked
the Reverend Stole Surplice of a mieldleatgecl
couple who had come to be married.
' Nn, we ne'er thoeht o' that. Is it nee-
oseary ?"
" Oh, certainly," said the minister.
" You should have IL groomsman and beides-
maid as witnesses."
" Who can we get, ,Ten,do you think ?"
The bride, so oddresee(1suggeetecl &female
ootiefu, whom the bridegroom had not previ-
ously seen, and after coneultetion aman was
also 0100511 of. .
"Stop awa' along, Jen, an' ask them an'
I'll walk aboot till ye come back."
Jen set, out as deemed and after some thne
returned with the two friends, the cousin be-
ing a blomning lass somewhat younger than
the bride. 'When the partiee haci been prop-
erly arranged and the minister about to pro.
coed with the cereineny, the bridegroom end-
denly Said, " Wad yo bide a wee, sie 7"
" What is it now 'I" asked the minieter.
" Well, I Stiaa just gatm to say that if it,
watt he the same to you, I wad 'leather lute
that alio," pointing to the bridesmaid.
" A most extraordinary statement 10 raalte
at this shwa I I'm afreid it's too late to telk
of melt 0 thing now," .
"1,, it 7" said the Iwidegroom, in a tone
of calm roeignation to the inevitable.
Weal, then yo Imam just gong on." -
Wog= Herald.
e -year. -old Takeff a Trip,
Tottoxeo 'May 20. -The little five.year.
old son of Mr. John MeCoffery, proprietor
of the Little York hotel, 181 King street
east, the other (lay boarded the afternoon
teain on the Northern and Northwestern
and wee oarried 10 Ailanciele, where lea was
taken care of by the coed actor, who brought
him home 1)001 morning. Considerable aexi-
ety was felt hy the parents when his ebsence
was first noticed, aucla worth for him WaS
eommeneed. They were much volleyed
When they melted atelogram from the con.
(lector announeing his sale arrival at Allen-
dale,
R103/11.1111140M140801111=1.
uE.BD or WAR SHIPS,
eempiirisoce 8101431 tfritee l'eo,c.o. Cent ,
people rcalim s ander
which •the exighwerlea, department of
modern war veseel tabula when they ('11 011215
olyetsely the )(teaming 50(0(011 1(1 the Wa
shiPt 41101115011115 thOln With ;hese mer
chant vessels,
111 genentl 11 inerehant vessel bee engine
designed to steam continually at curtail
high cpeede, Trativatian tie L11'1411(((0, for lit
stance, ere cooetrueted to cover distance
between certain ports in specified Home
Knewing dm rate of p003101151011 that wit
effect the desired passage, it beeoines ties
:Bible to operate the (1100111111'V3' of the 11101'
vessels under fairly uniform . condi
tions, end in consequence everything can be
doue to secure thder e beet resulte unthese
neelitions, The 00511,1185 1111(1 firemen are
accustomed to regular routioe. work, and the
veseel's advent In port after a week's run
enable's such repairs to be 021411112 as are
necessary,
in the case of a War ship the conditions
ere altogether different. Fitted, as the
010415110421(15010110010113' 00e, with high.
power machinery, capable of 241101115 veesele
seventeen, eightem, 00
4014(1101(4(241 11400405 AN 110011,
they are frequently compelled to work under
a speed of eight 00 nine knots an hour, or
4",'('21 01441 knots an hour. For example, the
Ilidthnore of the 0. S. 11003' ran be run at) a
rate of speed of nine knots an hour, yet she,
is continually carrying eugines and boilers
capable of driving her at the rate of
twenty-one knots an hour. The "'40001,0
-work " ender such eiretunstanees is consider-
able, but at the sem° time inevitable, In
the Tilake 54111 Blenheim of the British Navy,
vessels fitted with engines of over 13,000
1101-05 power, Mattiral draught,) four sets
of engines have been adopted, with 0c'11' • •ce ' f
a
0
•
•
t Meetum ar ngeme nts , to )011 t o
throwni,g out the forward sets when creams;
at law speeds. In this great range of
power and small development, under ordin-
ary conditioos, 10 thought to be found the
cause uf most of the difficulties which arise
with war -ship machinery, Such difficulties,
t is behevet , would disappear it engines
were continuously worked at high speeds
like those of merchant ships.
1 here is another point, which, to naval
officers is a matter of course, but which to
engineers explains in a degree the rimici
deterioration of boilers and machinery in
isur daps. Standing
ON 401110 1111I11.111 Or -A '40,011 11)0'
the officer in command is supposed to have
under his control, when e, fleet ie manteuvr.
ing at, say,0111110-1(1101 speed, steam equiva-
lent to a possible margin of speed of two to
three 11.11010 an Mum in order to insure his
keeping station. On this subject Mr. W. II.
White, Chief Constructer fer the British
Navy, draWS up the following table:
111C ads.
1,000 50
Horse Pwrcr.
11
10,13,:e00000
Ile say: "In order to secure the reaft7lig
y
Hs
command of ten rovolntions, therefore, above
the average ordered, SO per cent more powet
ie needed. to be available whenever ordered,'
and to have command of twenty revolutions,
200 per Cent. margin ((1 power is needed.
Standing on the bridge aud taking observe,
tions continnously (40 10 his relative position,
the commanding 0111100 10 frequently obliged
to vary the speed of engines, and the engineer
officers have to be ready to obey promptly
the m001;1,111 flOW of orders from the deck."
Mr. White takes another ease. Ho says
"A fleet is proceeding with cruisers thrown
out as scouts same distance ahead, say, at
the same speed of 211110 knots. Let us 05'
001010 that the Medusa is the cruiser. For
nine knots about 550 horse power only is
needed in ber, about ono -third of what ono
of her hioto boilers would 5140e at natural
dr/night when fully worked. Probably,
under these circumstances, fires will be
banked in all the boilers. The Admiral sig-
nals suddenly to proceed with all dispatch
in some direction t let us assume it to be
//might, ahead.. Now, clearly, some steps
will he necessary to WOr14 up frollI50500 hhoof ssce
power to 3,500 horse power, or 0
power and the regnlatians provide against
rapid changes being made in the pressuree
of oteam or temperatures of hollers. For
purposes of illustration, only, let it be as-
snme11 that an hour is oempied in so
working up to, say, sixteenknots' speed.
Then the mean speed for the hour of the
Medusa would be about twelve and a 11511
knots, and although et the end of the
110110 2110 would be steaming sixteep knots,
she wouldonly have gained three and e
half knots on the fieet I commend this
short statement to the notice of thegentle-
men who, dufing
TM RECENT MANCEVVIIIP,S,
were so greatly surprised that so-called
swift cruisers, when ordered to proceed with
all dispatch, aid not immediately rush off at
full speed and rapidlY disappear. It is also
very nuportant to note that, in a cruiser
employed as a scout, with the fires alight,
but bank( a in order to bo in a position to
rapidly raise gem, there can bone equation
of the coed consumed to the power required
/amply to keep company .with the fleet, The
fact is obvious enough, bet is frequently
averkakecl."
Still tinotherillestration 10 01 Ilan(' in some
01 1110 performances of British Near shipsdur-
ing the naval merneuvres of last year. Er
theehase toward UelonvetheHero weastema•
ing about twelve knots, with the Howe and
Rodney attending her, and the Camper -
down wits keeping just outside', the range
prescribed by the rules. Supposing she was
Iwo knots distant, she suddenly turns '01111
coines down npon the Itowe and Rodney at
a aimed of thirteen to fourteen .knots, so
that the relative speed of opproach would be
twentsefive to twenty.six. knots an hour. In
less thaw fiv minutes she would be close upon
her enemies, end if both kept on would soon
be for apart dgaim An iestenee of this kind,
besidee showing the sudden changes tinder
which Machinery may be subjeeted in order
to bring combating vessels together, is else
noteworthy as iadicating the Impedance of
rapid fire 51105 10 fame naval action. It takes
some three minutes to load a modern sixty.
sovemton gun of the tritish Navy, and not
many minutee woold be required to enable
two vessels et the abayql-lgh speed to /Teed-
ily got out of the danger range.
Birds That Hide Behind Trains.
An oegi»o driver -oe one of the &atoll
lines reports that no has noticed thet cen.
tain hewks of the merlin or "stone falcon"
species 1001(0 0080 of the passing of the trains
for 31reda,m7 purposes. They fly dose be.
Idea the train, near the ground, partly
hidden by the smoke, but carefully watch,
ing for the small birds, which, frightened
by the train as it reehee rooting poet, fly up
in bewildered shoals, The merlins then,
while the little birds ere thinking more of
the train than of lurking foes, swoop on
them from the ambush of the smoke and
strike them down with Caii0., /1 theyyniss
they rattail to the wake of the earmages
end resume their flight and their huot,
They call, it 11001118, easily keep pace with
an express train and outstrip it when they
please,
HEAL Til.
Sane Good Boles For Dyspeptics.
We published recently a quite lengthy
article on the above subject, but Nome of our
dyspept petromi complained that Ise 1110-
111141(0,1 list was teo eweelfleg and loft them
a too seamy regimen. We talce the follow-
ing simple roles front the Phrennlogfrol
.1081r0l, which, if followed out, will de
emelt towards relieving the distress oe,
cesioned by this (pile prevalent malady.
1. HO, ((('0111001510daY•
2. Eat slowly, meth:ate the food very
thoroughly, even more so, if possible, than
Is required 111 health.
3. Avoid drinking 014 1110015 3111 most take
a few sips of wenn, unetimulating drink at
the nose of the meal, if the food Le very dry
In chant/ilea
4. In general dyspeptic stomaehe manage
dry fond better than that cootaining 1102011
fluid ; so avoid light soups.
5. Eat neither very hot nor cold food.
The best temperatnre is about Unit of the
body. Avoid exposure to (told soon /tiler
eating,
ti, Ile careful to avoid excess in eating.
Eat no more than the wants of the system
requit•e. Strength depends not on what, ia
eate», but on what is digested.
7. Never take violent exercise of any
sort, either mental or physintl, just before
or just after a meal. It is not good to sleep
immediately after eating,
8. If it is thought necessary to eat three
times 11 day imam the last. meal very light.
For most dyspeptics two meals are better
than more.
0. Never eat a morsel of any sert between
meals,
10. Never eat when very tired, whothei
exhausted from mental or physical labor.
11. Never eat when the mind is Neorritel
or the temper is ruffled, if it is possible tc.
avoid (101115 so,
112. Eat only food that is easy of digestion
avoiding complicated and indieestible dishea,
and take but two or three khids at 1(1110101,
121, Most persons (('111 1(0 benefitedl by the
use of oatmeal, wheat meal, or graham flonr,
cracked wheat, and other whole grain 1010.
7)14040111(110, though many will iind it neces-
eary to avoid vegetables, est:et:hilly When
fruits aro taken.
1.1. Some kind of fruit, ripe, fresh or in
the simple form of stewed or canned, should
be eaten al breakfast, as fruit (promotes
gestion. The use of fruit obviates the
necessity nf driuking while eating, tout for
those who havo been habituated te drinking,
a dish of stewed tipples or prunes will serve
RS Well.
00(1 Liver Oil.
Cod liver nil is, as its name indicates, ob.
tabled frcnn the livers of codfish. It is an
agent which mild hardly be dispensed with,
being a nourishing tonic of exceeding value,
Ilany people have an idea that consumplien
is the one disease for which it is poen
Harty adapted, and they fail to recognize
the fact that it is equally efficient in many
other affections. Hence, when physieians
prescribe it, patients at once assume that
they have trouble with their lungs, says the
1.3oeton Herald.
The meepte2 list of diseases in which cod
liver oil is of special efficacy is 11111011 larger
than it was a score of years ago. Undoubt-
edly, physicians in olden 011108, in attempt-
ing to combat aisettee, often used drug,
which depressed and rodnced the vane pow,
ers, doing thereby more harm than good.
All that is changed nen% Physicians of the
present may be said to ignore to a certain
extent, the disease, butnourish and keep up
-"restore tho life that is being drained,
1412114 11131 the tissues being wasted." Cod
liver 011 10 practically 0 food, and as such
only, does et not. It nourishoe fat-
tens wasted and wasting bodies, and in that
Way it often a hocks the progress even of
pulmonary consumption,
Among the many affections in which it
isgivenosnervons debility. Insomeeceighs'
too, even wherethe lungs are perfectly sound,
it proves admirable, eiml often cures the
same. Its taste is so disagreeable that coin
partitively few patients can take it, a fact
much to be deplored. Many are tho ways
devised to make it lessunpleasant, flavoring
11 101131 peppermint, mixing it with coffee,
rinsing the mouth first with brandy or
whiskey, poueing it into the froth of the
beer. Some recommend that it be salted
and peppered and then "bolted down,"
afterward the mouth, to be rinsed with
tincture of myrrh arid Neater. Lately, it
lees been suggested that aloe grains of gait
be dropped on tho tongue before taking earl
liver oil, as by that means 10, 80111 be render.
ed palotable, Or n bite of pieklobeforo and
after taking the oil, will render it MONS ad-
ceptable.
To Disinfect a Room,
The best means to disinfect a l-oom which
has been occupied by a person 001(31411115 11-0111
any infectious disease, is to bium sulphur 11)
the room, To do this, take a diali pan, and
place 05510, plate in the bottom 01 11, and on
this plate set a kettle containing the proper
amount of sulphur su Mimeo -penal quanbi.
Dee of sulphue end charcoal. Fill the pau
with -water so that it Neill ornne half way up
on the kettle, Then turn eloohol or benZille
On the inixtnre, ignite, and get out of the
room as epeodily ae possible. Alcohol is
muoli the best. to tem, and two op three
(maces will be eufficient fop several pounds
of sulphur. Let the rooin remain closed for
twenty.four hours, The roteri should be
left open for another twentY-fotir hours, and
then thoroeghly oloonsed, the furniture
washed with disinfectant solution, the walls
newly kalsomined or papered, and tho wood
work eovered with fresh paint.
Thereon) should be prepared provioizely
by having -every crabk ebout doors en2 win-
dows tightly pasted .or etopped up. The
objeat ofusing water is that the heat of the
kettle will cause oettpotation end send moiss
tun oot iuto the room ; for, the spores being
very tenacious of life, dry sulphur Minos are
riot sufficient to kill them all. In the dry
state, the 31104001 10 simply oxide of sulphur,
latt when wider 38 added Wo hove sulphur-
ous acid, which is powerful. enough Lb kill all
the spoees es well ao the gorms.
Roughly spealcing, mile 18 due4o irregular,
violent, end usually very panned contrao-
Huns of the great fittest -hie. The onuses of
this complaint ore very 115111018101, In some
eases tho dimes/ is dee to coestipation and
consequent distention of the colon. Some.
times over fatigue will bring it on 3000101011'
ally eating some food which does not, agree
with the oonstitution, Malty positively
(4(11111 CaSeS in which the sufferer longed for
death as a relief from his agony, have been
due, in my experience, to stunt trifling caus-
es ea eluting a bit 01 51001 cake or plum purl -
01315, a few cherries, currants, gooseberries,
5503108, 011 nnripe apple 00 31000, %Val/Peon-
tontine:0d with lead oe some other inotol is
one of the most frequent of all causes, one
ftitin, painters' colic, haviog 501110(1 a very
unenviable notoriety, Exposure to cold is
frequent cause, while many sufferers know,
JUNE 13, 1 89 0.
to their eant, that the 51151081 anxiety oe
()vex -work will give them 0 sharp att 1(330,
Mi1d1e4agtai nod elderly women rathee
lull habit, are more liable 10 10,13,' than town,
Careful regimen 15 valuable RR far ne it goes,
bet it is very hie from heitig
fol. In ninny vases 11144 keenest eerutiny Will
not doteeti 14113' errors of diet. altheugh
worry, overwork, and etild, eemitined with
oonseitutional predieposltion, aveount for
Ill et eases.
EDISON'S KINTOGNAPH,
-
filo eaten. eneeniten Takes Twenty Photo.
grephs 111. WWI) litwonils.
EdisOn calls his latest invention the kin.
togreph, When 11 15 completed, and he is,
perfectly Le/evinced 113 perfeetiOn le now
merely 0<313(0531(11 of detail and expetimenty,
it will be pnesible not only to bear t 110100
of a person coming from 0 phouograph, but
to See the person's face just au it Wee 01 13)5
Gine the words were spoken, with evety
eltenge of expression, the 100V0111011 of Die
lips, the eyes, ete, 3113 15 a reprOdaction
of a scene upon the stage, the picture will
be seen, the meters moving about mul mak-
ing the proper geetmes as they speek. In
the case of n, person 105(1215 1,0 yea front the
phonogreph, it will be the life size if nec-
essary. 'rho moohazdsm by which thie 10
accomplished is extremely simple aud the
thing has been made possible by the discon
ery of the instant/meow process of photo-
graphy, by which 011101010 in motion or it
eaimon hall flying through the air have
been photographed.
Stippose that Edison wishes to reproduce
the face of a man RS he says "How do you
ao ?" through the phonograph. If the tune
re(mired for saying "How do you do 1" is
two seconds, an appaeatus 10 arranged by
which no less than twenty pludogvaphs can
lio taken at intervals during those two see-
onds. Now, if these twenty photographs,
whieh cover the Whole specie of tone, at inter -
vale of a tentli-of-n-second each, are placed
upon a, wheel, side by side Meng the rim,
and this wheel is made to revolve in Mint of
small looking -glass, the result in the look.
Mg glass is a, man's face as he Lays, "How
do you do 1"
Theprinteple is the 50)110 0(4 in childron's
toys, in which 5 number of picture)), each
slightly differe»t, are revolved in from!, of
the mirror, the result being an animal or
310140011 in apparent motion, 70 111441(1' mo-
tions of the face or of the persone in the
pieture exaetly coincide tvith the talk (if the
plionogeaph is, of course, 11000013' a question
of 11100 adjustment.
The '9 egetarian Cannibal.
The kinship between fleell-eating and elm-
WRS recognized by the elder Bomb,
(('1(0 (0(15 fee a time a strict vegetorian. While
traveling at one time in a steamboat, on
one of our Western rivers, as related by Tir-
Bite, he "bappeeed to be placed at a, tablo
opposite o. solemn Quaker, Who hail been at-
tracted by the eloquent conversatimi of the
greet actor. The benevolent old Quaker, ob-
serving the lack of viands on Booth's plate,
kindly said, 'Friend, shall I not help thee to
the breast ((1 13,15 chicken ?".11o, I thank
you, friend,' replied the actor, 'Then shall I
not ent thee a slice of ham!"No friend. 1101-
14113',' •Then thee must take a pieee tif the
mutton; thy plate is empty,' persisted the
old Qnalcer. 'Friend,' said Booth, in those
deep stentorian tones whose volume and
powee had so often electrified crowded au-
diences, never eat any flesh but human
flealt and I prefer that raw. "ffite Al -Quaker
WaS speechless, and his seat was changed to
another table MD 010 next meal,"
Giving Shape to Poet,
Every one, but especially eldhlren, (Mould
wear properlyeitting shoes, no matter how
common tin* material. They elmuld neit 11-
er too large nor too 501011, and should have
laws'eat heels that 'meth)] promptly "right -
ea" as somas they begin to Wear to onesille,
If the toes of the foot show n, toodency to
overlap they shoeld be rubbed with the
hands once or ffivice enoh day ; and if this
ante be given when the curving 11011011011CCS
it Will, liS a rule, prove sufficient to eorreet
any irregularities of this name. If a nail
is wayward in its growth, trim it only light-
ly at the ailing cornor, but fully at the op-
posite corner, If both oornersgrow too deeply
into the flesh, clip them carefully and light-
ly, and then serape the centre of the nitil
from the tip to near the root until it is thin
and flexible. This proem seldom fails to
correct refractory nftils-provided, of course,
they tire not neglected too long.
--
.A. Customer Lost,
Smiley -You think that hat is light
enough for summer ?
Hotter -Ifs as light as any hat you can
get. Why, you can't feol it on your head,
Smiley-Vhen I guess I don't want
Hotter -Why
Smiley-Becausel_t can't be felt.
Chance for Justice.
Witness-" Please, y'r honor, can ti Man
commit perjury by distorting the truth as
well as by telling on untroth 2"
Judge-" Certabily,"
Witness-`' Can a Man commie perjury by
insinuetions intonded to mislead the jury 1"
Suclgoe-" Certainly."
Witness-" Well, Judge, if you'll put that
lawyier uncles oath, we'll soon have hint in
tile penitentiary,"
-.-
Why He Was Kind.
" Why don't you whip that boy 7" 0(011110
man naked of am old negro whose eon stootl
in the road, throwing stones at the cattle.
"I would do it, soli," the old fellow
answered, "141114 he is only my stepson, 'Et
he wus iny own boy I'd whup lum itt et-
beate anything' ever eaw," seed the -
white man. " 3 never saw 0. man before
that Wee kinder to his stepehild then he wee
to his ewn."
" Well, of 31 wuetor hit flat boy his mune
my, who is my wife, would kiok the life out
of me."--tObieago Heise&
"1 will be a sister to she said,.
"No," he replied sadly ; " I've got ono sis..
ter 11110 (0010101(23' 11C01Cii0S, bOrrOWS ear -fete,.
loses my hoir brush, pute tidies all 0000 the
furniture in my room, and 04050015 1110 totako
ber to tho theatre twice a wook, thiele
ru go out into the woRd and forget you."
No 14e10 Manning from victorious {Vara,
has ever, in 'modem times, been received
with more impreesive acolematiohs then
those accorded to Mr, Stanley in England/
Royelty, society, the leaders of learning,
and the commonalty, olI have vied and aro
vying with ettelt other to do him limier. It
was most fittiag that the greatest of his
public receptions thould be that under the
auspices of the Royal Geographical Society,
for no man of this generation has made eon.
tributions to geographical knowledgo cont.
parable in importanee and in both metallic
and romantic interest with his. '.1,11e 13r1ta
fah heitiipparent porsotially presenting to
him a, unique modal of 13ei3<1e3l gold in the
name of :British 88101110, 18 a noble token of'
the appreciation of his IlaiVO 144144,