Lucknow Sentinel, 1887-02-18, Page 6a.
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Shade*
Tie saki that down -tee dtralihfllited ais' le
Of sem° old world cathedral 'strangely borne,
On quivering wings that'are unseen the while,
„The ancient Selig of dedication morn •
• tu.; Weirdly lingers lathe stately pile.%
o in tha Inmost ohapiher of my Bind • '
. The shadowy forms of radiant facesdweli,
Wbieb when theshades of larknesagain control,
Break through theslurobrousdrectni. and them
dispel. •
•"The face of one I love -that perfect. face
• So wondrous in its strength pf purity; .
Those ores of blue, thatteritbs Stately grace,'
' Whieh one -Might hope in angel forms to see
Otboti whose name tooseered *.s to .0100;2 •.
Who, face thus lingers near a shadow star,
• I -watch thy gentle radiance freni afar, ,
And make thine upward Way my:nobler choice.
• Andapow, amid the shadow and thogleoro, .
wayward fancy paints°, tender face,
Wnose soft brown eyes from out mYsoni would
• • • chase •yo .
Each other thougkt than those that are of Mane;
And o'er that genWe face there seems to play,
As,ftom some world unseen: a hely light,
ouldweave the gi of a abbatia day.
That Out the deelt density of night
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0 then that wert the source etlife in me, 4 -
More sweet and hallOwed•farthan anyetlier -
'I thy pure life, and thus most: reverently .
.1 whisper low the sacred name ex.:nether: • • •
4*Pfdoolltalb
2. Again night Wavers, morn eternal)rreaks •
And out the ehitttered,gloom a bolded head .
• •quake, •
And 1 *captive heavenwardem fed. •
The joyous chant of angels fillsthe air,
• • That in an early day spoke " peace on earth," '
',see their faces radiant and rare. '
lapatilie story of a woralrous eittn. y„"t."1 ,
1018 gill Is dead, the trenibling stare nie out:
• A world tells ,thrOugh. the, . gloom a mightyheare:.
• The solemn' whisper that a God is dead: .•
, Low eelioea through a startled universe.,
h disappears, immortal music fa,11s. 4
• pon my oars from eheitingthrongs thatcome.
gPectintly to welcome from afar. . • . •
mighty conqueror returning home,
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Mona vision. of a wondrous lite;
hou hast my, soul almostto heaven enticed; ,
eel no wonder when•the angels say,
„A„,tkat,olliblAiatas„..the...0.1n.ifit•
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mtc e 9 e. my guiding Star tir he;
tfnoc
;d1b3"-o-ndrous
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el20 f9e9e4iaiefintoy neall • ' •
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a n: Siii solemn Waters round nie roll
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' Warm on, linutlyr1887.
The finndity_Eishermaie.
' (Fr Tid lifts )
filii;iigais above, on fishing bent,
•-One Sabbath morning left his tent.'
1-1TestwA
He their'. *seen, and very qiiiik
deg, fislirworms with 8,pick.
heBio14. The Worms. &) CA
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pin-base-sonisilalrof•sizehe'd-get
totit along his landing not, ,
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The.Landing Net, II
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AS As fishermen get hungry,. tee.
Of pretzels,heprOcureci• a few.:
• • The Pretsels, If .11t • , , • •
Some lines he Oil' spools
To teach them to:the linny.Schoolo;
The Spools, 1.• ••.-• •
Behaaserne-entertainipOOOts
Of highly terapered Limerick heats:: •
' • * The Ho* •4111.4 '41 • •
•And tinis prepared, got e. beat;
And out upon the stream did fleet;
, .The l3taitf 1=1 •
Some bites he straight began tO,g,ek
It w0 the gfdlinlnperi hit •
• The Gallinitmeti: ad
•one ei spun 01i:there'd ;'• • •
Ho . landed in the ,boat an eel;
• .1•211e.teli. • • "
. Then quickly' it began to ram,
But his, umbtella. was invain. .
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' Abovei,his-head-the inunder-einstied;
. ' And all around the lightning flashed
• The Lightning; X:
The 'stornri'blew;and tile boat tipiret;
That. ma'n went down intotlie wet.
Upturned Beat? $:=1 •
And na hosiink thehuhliles rose, ' • • •
1413119nei•Oule_Ae_aller toviar,d31,1e,olos4; .
The Bubhles. o • • '
E CHO CE OF TIME
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Now these are more Or le Ss principles Of
• innan ." nature, They , niay ' not be
iiniverSally true, probably nothing is÷that
. •is, wedefind and understand truth. But
• they. apply to the majority Of these cases
•• which fall strictly :Within ...their •
Others they applied rather strikingly
• 46.Ernest KarehaW, Eve's 11‘...6t'.0',/ struck
his belief in weinany.Oe to Chu ground, and
sodii his religion lay, in the (last beside it.
Of this his life for some .:yeeirr (titer that
gave canaideritble evidence. He took to evil
* ways; 'he forgot better -self. • 7fle -'raced
horses. he went in with great s'u,'cess for
•11.fr,ve:riffaire that he' Would hair° derie 'better
• :?-7- to leave Eilprio. Sometimea, to his, eine be•
it said, he drank- for the e7faitenieni of
• ' arinking; net ,for the love of, it, • ten 'Short,
' he .gave himself and all his fund of energy
. „ up to arek-and every excitement and dissi-
, potion he cOuld coinmand, and he raankoed
to etiromand„a • good many. Travelling
repialrAroxiiplade to pittee. inliontlx•Aftioa
• he was Well known. and well liked.. in all:
• e, NOW lie was •Itt, ltinalieriey, now. at' ling
• Williiiin's .Town, not- at 'Durban. .En each,
of these places he kept race•horses_; eitah,
• there was some fair Weina&H , face that
grew the brighter* for his coining. •••
' .• But Ernest' face did • not, gtoW, 4, the
• brighter ; •on, 'die" contrary, his eyes
• aegnired it" Atecul fa , sadneas Which „ was
Almost pathetic in one se yering;
not forget. For it few days or irievr7ritontlia
•• lie might Stifle thought, lout' ,it eltveys2re-
e Eva hie n women
arias. , p ei.o•
oVer tlieve to haunt his Sleep, and,. though
• in his waking Irettra he ringlit,stirap,Lbgr.
drevi 6'e 'Veil item
' truth the *eras he murmured yore words Lady Mary' On the Cape Town' plate last 0
of loveeterna• , . • veek. „ • • 0
• fie lie longer prayed, he )10 16nger reVer• • ;Jeremy :
was growing °oaring, his finer souse wa
being blunted; he,yirtto no longer the: Same,
Ernest who had written that , veer letter
to his betrothed before diasgsi over-
whelmed him., • Slowly and SUrely. he 'was
}nuking, He knewit, but he did • not try
to save himself. why should he? He had
no object in life. Butat tinieff:a...,:great
depression and weariness 'of esietienog
would take possession' of him. It has been
WO he never prayed ; that is not 'Aridly
true. Once or t•rice lie did. throw himself
upon his knees and“, pray with all • his
'strength that hamight, die. He did more,
he persistently courted death,. ,axid-, as is
usual in such eases, it persistently avoided
him. About taking lus own life, he had
wimples, or be perhaps 'would have taken
it. In those dark days he hated life, and
in his, calmer and ifnore reflectiVe moments,
he loathed the pleasures and excite -inertia by,
inealle, of which he strove to make it pala-
table:. ' His was a fine -strung mind, and, in
spite of himself, he shuddered When it was
'set AO play such coarse 111118ie:
During •those ,years r ,Erneitt seemed to
bear 'a.' Ohatmed existence. „Thete was a
well-known :`thoroughbred ° horse in the,
Transvaal which had killed two men . in
rapid succession. -Ernest bought it and
„r9.404,
• %noes broke Outin Sikukini's country, 'and
One of the'phieVs strongholds was ordered
to be stormed. Ernest rede down from
Pretoria with Jeremy to see the fun, And,
reacfhing the fort the day before the attack,
got leave to join the Storming party.
Accordingly, • next , clay , at dawn they\
attacked in the teeth of . a furious fusillade;
ani- in time :trek the place, thoughwith
very heavy lose to themselves. • Jeremy got
hia.hatshot off with. one Millet and his
hand cut Joy. another;, Etneit, . as usual,
came off scathelesa.; the -man, next to him
Was Idlledobut he was not Itouched. After
that he insisted upongoinghuffalo-shoOting
toward Delitgoe Bay in the height of the
fever -season, having got • rid' of • Jeremyloy
'fletting-hir141146e4a-New-...Scotlitwi-tor.;aee.
about at traet, of land they. had bought.. He
'Started •tvith a dozen bearers littiooku.•
Six weeks later he, -Mazooku,, and -three
bearers fetiiinedalltherest -were dead of
On another .:occasion, . Alston, Jeremy
nd himself were sent' on a • political* inis
on to OA:hostile-chief,' - whoge"Strolighol
ay; in the heart of almost inaccessibl
onntains. The*" (Palaver) =too
11 day. and was purposely. prolonged in
rder to enable the mtelligent native to se
n'arabush'in the pass through \ .which..th
hitt:). chide „rend. ,go'. back, With 'etric
itinetions-to-riterdet all ttliteo of -Ahern
When they left :the. stronghold the moon
was rising, and, as they neared the, pass; up
he cairns behind-theinotuitititier-in-all-he
plendor, flooding the wide valley on every
tone . and tree. On they , rode steadily
hrongh the moonlight and , the silence
ttlogoessing, hew near death was to thein
he weird beauty of the. scene 'sank deep
nto, Ernest1s heart, and presently, when
hey, carnet() a. spot *here a,4ritek'.ran op
oopwise from the ,main pegs, tethining: to
a • couple .of ., miles farther .On, he hal
nsigted on. their taking it, because' passed
Vet • yet higher.. ground, and. would .give
here a better view 4f.' the mobil -bathed
alley; • Mr.- .A.latOn gruoibled-iak•---":hi
onsenSa.' and. 'complied; ...end ineanwhii
he party of Murderers half a mile farther
it played.' with *, their, assegais; and
dnderecl why they did ,nothear the eotin
f the white men's feet. But the .White men
a&already. passed along. the: ;higher - pith
ltrea quirrters of a mile to their right
roests love. of Moonlight ' effects had
eyed them all from it 'Certain and perhap
romla lingering death. • •
Was shortly after this 'incident: tha
rnest and Jeremy were s'eated•together on
he veranda of the game horiseat PretOri
here,4they liad-rbeen-living-hefote-the
went on the elephant-Iiiint,i and whichthey
ad-. now poreliiiiied:". -Er-xi-ear
he gardenWatering a encumher-plant • h
aatrying to develop from a very.• sickly
eedlixig. . Even if he only stopped a. month
n.a place he Would start a little garden;
Was habit of • his. Preiiently. he :Caine
lick 0 the veranda, Where Jeremy' was tis
quid watching the battle "of the red:Ad
lack • ants; 'which after 'kevetai . years'
nconnter, was not yet finally'decided. . •
:" Curse that. cueumberphint ," Said
'neat emphatically, ". it Won't grow. I tel
Ou What it is, Jeremy,. I ant sick. of this
lade.; 1„ vote we go away."
goodness' sake, Ernest, let ushave
little teat you do rattle env about, Fie in
ese ''..confounded • post carts. " replied:
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"1 , go: flye
together:" • ' •• •
Oh," said -Jere
time ' into an tipright '156Sition,
ettee•Velu do! And where doyen Want to
0 tetoglarid?" ' • '
"" England ! no, • I have had:- ,enongli of
Ogren& South Arnetica„ I; think. But
limps . you , want to go home. ; It is not
it to .keep dragging, you All over :the
"My dear fellow. I like' it: I assure you.
have np,wisli to retorn ciaraus,
6641. 11.0. goodness' sake don't suggest
eli'a thing, ; Should be Wretched." •
"Yes, but, you ought to be doing sonie-
lug With your life. It is all very well for
6,• who; run poor devilOf It. waif and
ray, to go nit With this sort of eXistence,
t don't see why you Shonla'; yonsehould
, malting' your way in the
" Wait a bit,'• rev hearty " • Said jeteMY
th his slow, smile 1. ti I am going to read,
u'a• statement of our • financial ,affairs
hichl drett• up last night. Consideting
at we have been doing- nethine ail this
ina'exCept enjoy ourselveS, and •-that All
r,irasestmente -.have been made oat; of
come, vvhicli-nb• Aloubt your respected
ole fancies we luive dissipated; do not
ink that the total is so had",".. and -Jeremy
ad: •• • I - r••
toieeditroperty .,&atai and the TiAtist
th Africa
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dra gging I 4 great
the
. Vaal,. estimated value,. ,r• -• Ag,(710
, :„„ , .... .. .„ 10
Ock-saggons, etc say; • ; sea
" have left that blank." • ,
Plat:01.4m' at Afl0.0,:l_ said •-:Ern est, -.,after•
thinking. " Von knew L•won 1:500 with
rest -we haven's e Or it has' acclinitifated.
NciWt I afik you, where could we have done
better than that as things go? So don't
talk to me 1000 wasting my time," .
" PreiVe, 4-erediY 1 • M. 3' unclewas right,
after all, y'ou'. ought to have been a lawyer;
you are lirst blesa. at figures. I con-.
gratelateLpitron,; y MILmanagement_opho„,
(*Sates."'
; - SYSteial, ' is simple," answered
'Jeremy; "Whenever there is any money
to spare 1 buy something with it, tben you
are not, likely to spend it. Then, when I
have things enoughs4-Waggonseoxen, horses,
what not -I sell them and buy some land";
that can't run away. If yo"u only do • that
serf of Snag longenough you will grepwrich.
at last.'
• Sweetly, simplo, certainly. Well, five
.thousand will go a long, way, toward stoOk-
big a farm or something in South America,
or wherever yia make hp our Minds to go,
and then I don't think that we need drew
on my uncle any more. -It is hardly fair to
drain hint Bo, Old Alston will collie with.
us, I think, and will put in another five
thousand. He told Ime some timeago that,
he was getting fired of ,Soutli: Africa, with
its Boers and blacks in 'his old," age and.
had a fancy to Make a start in Some other
P4iXt _What
hotel is he staying at in Maritzburg ?. the
'Royal, isn't it? ,And then 1 vote We clear
in the spring." - ' • "-
" Right you are, my hearty."'
"But I say, Jeremy, I really' should
advise you to think twice before -you come.
A fine upstanding young man like you
'Should. not , waste his sweetness, on the
desert. air of Mexico, or any such phi& You
should go home and be admired of the
Young Women -they like a 'great big chap
like you --and Make a good marriage, •and
rear up a large family in a -virtuous,.res-
Petable, and Jones -like fashion. I Am a
sort of wandering comet without the shine;
but I repeat 1 see no reason why you
should play tail to a second-olass• comet."
• tialerriettli,4get-inarried-1---P-Not-thank
you, my boy, look you Errteit;. in the
,words of thLIV,Q.P.kettl•Lait&A,40101-1320,
openeth his eye and seeth a thing, -verily he
shutteth it not UP again.' • NOW, 1 0.130118a,
Fii# eye and .saw ,one tWo things nathe
course of. our joint little. affair -4 -Eva; . you
know..? •-"'" •••.- '
7-4Ernest oil:neat/Het ,
beg ',yoUr,' pardon.,,, titita. Jeremy,
noticing it "; "1 don't want to allude to
painful subjects, ' but .,..I'Muat• .te Make.. my
meaning (deaf. .1 was very hard :•hit,
over tffit 1ad but 1. Stopped. in
time, and, not leving,, any imagination to
speak Of; 'did not 'give it .teng.;:•: What is the
consecpiepair ? I have got . over • it; sleep
Well at night, have 'Eli 04414 appetite, • and.
don't think of her twice Week. '13.11t with
Yen..7.it4different...Ifard lit; toe, large
amount ' of ,.,imagination gallopifig about
loose, so to joy; dreams of
time hive and perfect marmot souls,' Whieh
no doubt 'Would be Well enonglrif tlie
win:Mtn Couldput in her whack of souI
which sh'ecan't, not having it to spare, but
in it :general way ' is gammon. , Results,
When the, burst -up cenies .: Want Of Sleep,
went of appetite, a desire to go buffalo:
hunting feVer-season, and to 7 be
potted by bastitua from behind'. rOCIol;;Itt
short, ,a general' 'Wear:Mesa and disgust of
life -oh; yea, you needn't deny it, 1 hare
watched "You-nuist 'unwholesome state of
Mind; Further reaulta : 'Horse -teeing,. a
disposition to stop away frpin• church.; and
nip Cane Sherry.; and, worst, 'sign of all,
leaning tOladiee;•sOciety, :Being a reason,
ing.cteatnie, I Sptice this, and Aniv: my
own deductiOns, which amount tb, the
Conclusion tliet••" you arain a -fair way to go
to the deuce. owing to trusting your life•te
a WOrattn, And the Moral of all this,_Whieli•
I. lay tolierttt for 'my 6Wit gdid e, is,
'neverspeak to it weinan if you can airoid, it,
and*heiryaircan't, let YoMe-speadiffbayea,
yea ati4.,nay; nay. • Then_yoWstand a good
chance of keeping ymir appetite and peace,
of Mind, and ;of Making your.. way in the
world., Marriage indeed! never ' talk tenni
of niartiage again/' and Seremy shivered at
the thought, .• • ' • • .
• :Ernebt laughed out ,I0Aa at, ,his . lengthy:
disquisition.' • , . • "., • .•
"And I'll tell YOU What,;' Old fellow," he
went on,' drawing .himself . up to his full
height,' and standing right over Ernest,go
that the litter's•Edit feet. looked very
insig-
nificant :yen • speak to
me abont leaVhig.. you -again,: unless you
Want to :put me clean out • Of 'temper,
because,:look here, I don't like it. We have
lived " ' together since we wete, 'twelve
or thereabout, nd, ' so ler at 1 .atii Con-
deilied, I:Mean JO& on living ' together to
the end of the chapter, • .or,• till 1. see 1 am
not *anted. • Yetii• ban go to Mexico, or' thn.
North Role, orjteepillto; Or wherever you.
like, -but I shall go toe; . :and ,so• that. 4_411
about it." •• • • • , •-
. " yeti; 'oldr fellow," said 'E
Simply ; 'end.et, that.motnext: 'their: Con-
versation was intert'upted by the striver of
+Kafirmerkienger, with a. telegram
addresSed to . 'Ernest. /it) 0petio4 :,it and
read it. , lie said, " betels some.
thing better than 1V1esico; listen:
"'Alston, Pieter,Matitzbint, to Kershaw,
Pretotia., High Commissioner has declared
war ' against • Cetywayo. Local cavalry
!urgently required for Service. in Zululand.
Have offered to raise .Siliali. nOrps of about
seventy nieinited Men. ;Offer has been
aecepted: Will you accept post of se4on4
in combatted ? you would hold the Queen's
'commission.. If so, set about • picking Snit..
ablerectilits tetina,* ten shillings. •a day,.
all found,„, Am Oleg np,Pretiiria by tine
pest.eart..." Ask-- jo . if he :will ,accept
sergetot.rottjorship:! , " , • • , • ,
>antral), 1" sangent Ernest With flaali-
Ang 04.. 4.4 Here is Aeon° • real, setviee
last.-Qf Course. yon•iv'ill accept".
• "ifcenrsist", said •Ieretoy, quietly t,
d8n1 indulge in, rejoicings yet; this is
going to be it, hig.:hiiiiiiteas; unless' I am Una -
taken:" • ." , • .
CHAPTER XXXIIL
,ittk,$s rnotritsits *Vir,
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lithe'st and Jereniy did not let the grass
•groW.mider their feet,hey .gue Fled that
there sport' would'be d'extibf recruit.'
thg for various corps, and 'SO Set to Work at
tineettmeerfte-the-.best'men. 11c stanhl)
man they aimed at get ng was the
olciiilaltborn •Exiglishinen both beat -toe
uch men Itave' root° self-respect, inclopend,
rice of charaoter,, and " gumption)" than
lie ordinary'drifting Sediment,. :ftein the
elds AndscgoapOrts,,o,na also, heeattse they
'ere practically ready-madesoldiers,
hq °Mild , as well 'as they ectild
'ilk; they ; Weresplcndid riile.shots, aml
hey. • had; , • top, front Childhood, hoot
Owed wOmen, but he was not tb.a 1:111.1.1net I itae'S.uorses anciv .
for ,lutvilig freed his: sow,. from.. those $.5toidrits,--ea'814balanc,00.5,.. .,fi
bnideivi,•• Ile despised hirriaelf; 0006,800= •
vir
• ,aily he would take:stock of his071°.t.,1 • • . ... •• ridd
ilitiOri7nit aoi.1 stock -taking W0221(i,, verot this have actually saved and a
notice 114,1: ad receded; not ',tog teased .11' estol .abOtit't wentY.fiva red" the. *
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trained in, the art of 'travelling without
baggage, and very rapidly. • Ernest did' not
And much difficulty m the task, Mr
Alston was well known and had'800» i
great deal of service as a young man in th
Bafintu wars,. and stories were still told -"o
his nerve and pluek. He was known, too,
to .h4 .W.O•rattN41:410-lirtM11.4)1!--11Yer-rcon,...
MOONS OF THIVIII0174. ntat %
How Somte Olt• la preW TOrk Bevels* the
Biceps and Growlleautlful
e There iS, near Central Park a gymnasium, .,
f: for girls. The young women wear .b/Ouses.,
short, skirts soma tro.ors, and go through :
Allthe-perforinincea that men do, Their :;t,, 0.
proficiency becomes very great. One cage
will illustrate what a young Woman can •
learn to do- .A OW was promised a seal-
eldn fifteen° by an admirer if she won'. ,a
learn to turn a loaok somersault. • She set
diligently at it, and practiced imtil she
wear able to perform the feat- The .gyinna-
slum is liberally patronized and is m every
way,a. success, A look inside of it is enough '
to penance anybody that there. is
'-ii
for the gymnasium. The .hall is Iled
during the widens: Somegirls • ar wing-
ing, on the trapeze, others are c nxbilej,
ropes, *others, are vaulting, turning ealt,
'Wheele and the like, and others are pound-
ing sandbags to- work Un their muscles.
The exercise often converts delicate. girls
into strong and healthy ones, it is claimed. -,
Boxing has become almost a 'crazo. among
the fashionable girls. One thing said in
tioMmendation'of it is that itvimparts' self.;
pokiession and confidence.. The idea is
rather---novelt-but;,---ititer,-, all-itrianot-un-
reasonable. I:encing has long been prac-
ticed by Society girls, and ought to accom-
plish as nimbi as hexing is improving their
bearing. Nearly all, or at any rate a 'good
share, alba belles , play billiards, which ,
are declared to be healthful and also to
improve the jUdgment. The claims for the
diffetent things 'may seem rather aboard.' -
but they nevertheless have many belieVeriL,
There, are dozens of riding ' schools; but
they are not new like , some of the other
things. They are very popular, though.,---
Ifent.l'orkNotes in Brooklyn Union. .
,
Orient, but of a determined mind ;•, and,
what • is inore,; to poesess pedect
knowledge- of Zulu narfare and tactics
This went a: long way` With intending
recruits,- for the 1414 thing ar weald-be
colonial Voluntear- inquires into, is the
character of his officers. He will" not trust
his; life to men, in whom, he puts .no
reliance. He willing to.lose ittin the way
of duty, but he has a great objection, to
hatdpg.it.blundered away. Indeed, in many
South African volunteer corps it is a
fundamental princliple that the officers
'should be elected, by the ' men themselves.
Once elected, however, they cannot be
deposed except by conipetent authority.
Ernest, too, was by this time well 'mown
in the Transvaal, and Universally believed
in.- Mr. Alston could not have • chosen a
better lieutenant. He was known to have
pluck and dash, mato be 'ready -witted in
emergency; but it was not that which Made
him.-ifoleptable-to,t,thi inclividuais,whoae
continued existence would .very possibly
depend upon his courage. and _discretion.
Indeed, it would be difficult to say what it
was-: but there are some 'men yxho are by
nature 13C/ill leaders of their fellows, and
who 'inspire 'Confidence Magnetically, Ernest
had this great gift. At first sight he Was.
much like any other young min, rather
careless-loOlting than otherwise in appear-
ance, and giting the observer the impres-
sion- that he - was thinking of Something
else but old hands at native warfare,
looking into his dirk eyes, saw • something
there which tog them that , this young
fellow, boy as he was, Comparatively
ing,.Would•not show himself wanting in the
moment of emergency, either in courage Or
discretion; ..,..-Jereineti-nlaminittiOn-;400;-as,
sergeant -major; veryimportant post in
IMOLA corps, .was popularenough.L...Reoide,
had not forgotten. his victory ,the Boer:
and besides, a sergeant -major With
such e phyekre would have been a Credit
to any ccirps.%., . • _ .t
Alttbese thingahelped to make- recruit-
ing -Air easy taiikrandwhen--Ahltort---and- his
son Roger, Weary And bruised, stepped, out
of the Natal posteart four days later, it
..was -to be net by Ernest and ;Orally With
the intelligence that his: telegrani had been
receiVeki, the appointments accepted, and
thirty-five men preiisio_nOly. ,eoroll4
an,bjectto his- approval. 7-. ,• •
"My Word, young gentlemen," he.. said,
highly pleased, you are lieutenant? worth
. .
O (To be continued.)
• , .
•. The Bee's !Bing 1111,efnl 'Feel.
From, lengthened. observations, Rev:. W.
Clarke; of Guelph,. has come to the con=
elusion that the most important fonction
of the bee's sting is not stinging, but its Use
by that wonderful creature as a tool. Mr:
Clarke says he is convincedthat . the Most
important office of the bees' pitting is that
. Which is performed in doing the. artistic
ea Work, Cappipg•theComb, and infusing
the terrine Acid by Means. of Which honey
reoelyes its keeping qualities. The Sting is
really a skilfully contrived little troWel,with
which the bee finishes off And cepa the cella
whensthey are fillediniinful of honey. This
explains why honey eittacted:before it is
•
capped does not keep well. The formic
acid has not been injected into it. This is
'done' in the veryact • of putting the hist
.touches. on the cell • work As the. little
pliant trowel it worked to and fro with such
dexterity, the darts, of Whicktliereare two,
pierce the plastio cell Surface, and leave the
nectar beneath its tiny drops of. the fluid
which makeirit keep. weir -TM -Is girl'
art., preservative"of honey. -Horoin we
See, says Mr. Clarke, that tho sting and the,
poison , bag; With which , many of 'lie
Would like to dispense, are essential to. the,
storage of the luscious product, and that
without them the beautiful coiniflioney of
commerce would be a thing 'inkli.own.
Tine is Certainly a most wonderful
of nature. -Iron. •
• A timeinien of Artetratiatilteliorting.
Thefollowing is a cutting froni.a Queens.
landpaper: • Matthews, started en foot,
alone; to Walk 'own...the range to • Thorn -
boron" but, OVerconie • With grief and
whiskey,' lay down 021 the banks Of the
Barron River to. sleep. Now, thealligators
of thatarron •River are beth numerous it;nd
ietociOus. They assimilated Mattliews,With
the exception of „oho leg, • which • Was
recognized bytheboot on At. This, after,
having been identified,' was afforded' Chris-
tian butialiin :the Cairns Cemetery,%the
ftineral being , largely attended, ; There • it
still repos while the balance Of Matthew's
is wande about the Barron River an,
: '
. •
The Pink oi Pronriet • •
5 -year old friend' of mirth; starting out
for a ,children's party the other afternoon,
remark' to the maid who. is taking hi vto
the plae,e otentertaininent
" Well, I've made Up my mind to he a
perfect gentlethan to -day ;. / don't Mean to
kick a single girl."-zllarper' Bnzar.
• ,
, The Dacoits Btirmah are quick to
catch in-idetrand fegeniona in applying it..
They downit'iree, hollow it out, cut
down ,Several miles Of telegraph • poles, and
wind the wire round the tree and their
cannon is finished. • ,
I' f •
• A long me o wage horse curs was
stepped the otheeday because sonie needles'
blocked the Way, • Therawere; however, a
good hituiy-ot. 'therii4-648:1,006,,, Weighing
2,51)() pound's, ' The box , which Centained
thent•was Orif•it truck thund 50/110 iiilib re-
Sisted the efforts of a dozen men with crow-
bars to mop it. The needles had , just
arrived from. the establishment Of „William
Clarke: & Sons, '. Redditch, England.
which Waif feiiiiided.in.1670. It is,said,that
500,600,060.npeilled are 'annus,tly importocj
JD the linite&States,..thoChiettgoagents-bf
this' Single house handlirig inore than
third of them, •• • „ • 1
A inen at Tulare. Cal., deeded a, piece oF
property to. his wife in cOriffideration Of
'eve and affeetihn in band paid."•. •"
A full-bloOded 30. years oid. Was
ordained &deacon 'hi an Episcopal Church,
in Minneapolis hist week.
hang; the Chinese ' giant, has ret4tneil-
to „Shanghai all* "Taking- th.e circuit Of the
*oda, • • : .
•
The illeasurernent . of the Year., '
The length of the year is. strictly 365 '•
days,' 5 hours, '48' ininote,h, 49 seconds, an
seven -tenths of,a•second-the time required %
for the 'revolution of the earth round the
sun. '*---Alsint45117' by tho
help of-SosigineC an Alexandrian philoso- •
pher, carat We tolerably cl ; erstand.
nig of the length: of a y at; !end decreed • ,
tbateverr.feurth. -Yea.t.-,:sho 4, be, held • to ';*; ----.7"•'"
consist ,ofi366days-for-fthe-ptirpesse•
absorbing the odd hoors,--". By this rather
clumsy arrangement the natural .time, fell
behind the reckoning, as, -in, reality, 'a day
every fourth year too ran& by, , i1:._
minutes, Seconds, three -tenths Of a
second, so it inevitably 'followed that tho, • .• "
-beginrang-oiLthe year4:roCied-onverd-shead
of the point at which, it was in the days of
poser. •From. the time of the ,COnticil of
Nice, in 325' A:-: the Vernal '
equinox -left 'Correctly .on :the: 21st of :alarcli,,
Pope Gregory found in 1582 that
there , had - been an pverA•eckoning. • te4.
:the 'extent' of ten 'days and that the :
vernal equinox fell .on the llth of March.
.TO correct the past error bodecreed'that •
the 5th Of October of that year, should be •
'reckoned as. the 15th, tilid; keep4he year .
tight in friture-•.,-the Oirerphis being 18
hours,' 37 ininntes• and •1Q seconds in it
century -he ordered that *livery Centennial. '
year that coult1.1 not be divided by :
(1700, 1800, 1960, 2100;2200) should net be
,bissextile, as it otherwise would be, thin). ,
in short,:aroPping the extra day three.thnes. •
every four hundred • years.• While •in
Catholic countries the Gregorian stylewas
readiVadopted, was BO in PrOtest‘
ant ne,t14.A.A.4,rw074,4,‘"-**-'.."-
bet t,
unt. good
Paq
3ri's
be
of
_sho.
bei
lab
bei
Rey
tokl•.„
tined in the „treasury. sedan I of •
11i old tinies the s-e'r was 'held
to,:, 'begin on 4he:25th of March; and this •
usage or piece of .antiquity is also:
-SerVeci in the Conitphtations.of the Chancel-
lor bf.the Bijtisli Exchequer.• So the •
dey Of the, financial, -:•year is the 5th" of •
April; •" Qici. Lady Day.. • •
. • •.• • • • • •
't Beinarkabli Earaily.
I,/r. and. Mts.' JOshhe Nickerson, of Shag
Harbor, N. S;, aged respeCtively 87 and 83, ,
live with their only son; Mr. -Theodore •
Nickerson, and across the street direetly
oppositediVes, his onlY ,Son, . Mr. Charles
Nickerson, Who has an only son owned:
Adelbett.,. This lad lakes a m eel. w
his :grandfather and grandinetlier; .gre
•grandfather and two great-gratidmoth Rs;
as .MrS: Theodore Nickerson's mother is
living With them, aged. 84. As -the six Sit
altpuzid the table their united, ages are. $:77,
and the lad is oiny 12 years. Only a, 'few
yards from their door is bis great -great:
Uncle; 'Mr. Nehemiah `Nickerson, aged 83
Only clauglitet, and Only ehild-Cdpc ble •
years; living with his only %.4811..T4 an
Ade,,ertitler.'" • ' ' • '
Jligt 11t,4 .006(1:
ft -Id' t
Must be pre y co on yotit way, e
observed t� a telpher who had just come"
intd‘nrierket witli his.whjskers full:of-frost: ,
" yes, tolerable."
, What did your thermometer register?
" I hain't got none." • ' •
" I should think you would whrii to kn
hoW cold it was."- " •
" No, I,den't keer, mitch. I kin allus tell
by•touching my tongue to.the afte whether,
it:s last summer Oe thrS WintQt:"--,Octrait
Free PresM, • • • '
What We Are Cern Ing To.,
Seene in hotol twenty.five yearailence,'
Guest to potter -,-Can you tell, me , what
time ?' • '
Pottertl'es; . sit, , It's lialfpast 12.
Tliat'il cost you 50 cents, , please*litettkant
'
1... den' he- young,- .
.wo.m, behind the counter, When She heard
ofthe marriage of MI old Acquaintance to
ni�h codger old • ettongh•,t0 be her Jather ;
" they sneer aeon) became 1 am a saleS1E413rt•
but I'd rather he e. saleslady •that it lady 11 •
that is Sold." , • •
A 'family, in Notwielt, �onn., iS mtme
• , • it
Skeesucks,:. ,
1. •
The woman :Woo :marries a titan or
his pocketbook 'should not: expect to find ••,
1 I. 1 i .
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