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THE LAST VOYAGE OF MARTIN VALLLANCE
A SBA STORY OF TO -DAV.
By JOHN ARTHUR BARRY,
Moller of " Steve arow.'e 1Nnyl0.- " 1. the Greet Dom* ow
item. ery awkward bring aie door ties. never seeming easy utiles& I was
la front of the deck -house. as every- .vith him."
thing bad to tis brought aft by the "Wsa he a young masa* 1 asked,
barrow alley -way between it and the with a sort of empty feeling tome -
bulwarks. So. while the fine- weetb- where inside me.
er lasted. we decided to take our meals "Na, poor dear, be was not," .ns -
under the awning. Thus we break- Mured-she. smiling. "Old enough to
fasted with much talk oil our position, es my grandfatber. and quite gray.
not at all unoheerful. I ea. pleased to But, 'she added, perhaps oe seeing bow
find that there %ere two sextants on my face lightened, "1 was very fond
board; also that the Major, with some of him. and of tbe captain too—who
foresight, had kept the tbruaoweter learn a wife esid child et Foist, de
going. After the meal 1 &aggeated halls,"
that s• should olew up the foremen. Atter dinner. finding that the brig
and the Major absenting, we had a ateered a bit wild without any canvas
ball -hour's heavy pulling, atter which aft, 1 set the mizzen—a mere rag with
1 went skit and in some sort man- its class reef, but quite enough. Then
aged to stow it—a regular bard -Meath- whilst the Major took the wheal, 1
stow—frspPlltg a lump of canvas to *lung a pair of binoculars across my
the yard wherever 1 could get a bold. !boulders mid went on to the main -
It eaa a big mil, and took me sl long royal yard in order to get a good look
time to handle, even in such a fashion. round.
But I managed it at last. Andwben I have said. 1 think, that the Hebe
came down, although pretty well was lofty—Aver-sparred, indeed. in my
.ked up, it was in much better opinion—and front tbe elevation I had
buruuur V1Ith the brig under s couple attained she seed 0. mere toy of a
toiraila and tore -topmost aaafeail• vlstalaadasae.tb ma. To est tbe mix -
for alter cenvaa 1 lould• est the a.n i bed been obliged to remove the
mizzen clown reeled. awning, and thus bad •'clear view of
Miss Fortescue ems at work In the her decks. looking solitary enough; for
cabin, and the Major sat at the galley Helen had gone below, and the only
door peeling sweet potatoes. making person visible was the old Major, mak-
things look a hit homelike, although log a very different picture to him
tea %bite shirt. solar-topee. yellow► daughter, as he stood bolt upright like
boots, sad diamonds put a touch of in- a sentry on duty, one eye on the com-
ooagrnity into tba scene tbat made me per. the other on the weather-1eaeb
nearly laugh outright. or the main-toQatil.' Aa. presegltly, 1
"i'm an old campaigner. Mr. Val- swept the sea-Iian, some low, black obi'
lance," said be se 1 approached, "and ject jumped into the field of the glue.
I've seen some ups and downs in the Fur a time 1 worked sway at it. but
-- world. But I can mature lou. sir. that w[thon+�vei1. It might lea gspll{ard
---42,0 1th.s
igk I er t59I so glad as 1 best. or urs slump of rreckt
it�"ibco you *!peered Tinder the its- age—mAretlkely the 11111r--atiI ytbing
ke'sstern and came to the venae. Let I could make of it. It was
babe tell you. air, that it was a plucky broad on the weather bow; and
thing In yon to board the brig, as you bailing the deck. I motioned the Ms-
did.
e-did. with • wounded man-eater at large jar to keep the brig off a few points
on her decks; and if I haven't, Mr. until she pointed straight for the thing.
Vallance." he went on, much to my Then. making sure there was nothing
Aiacwmpwurs. •'thsfele .gots aa..i-oagitt else is -sight, 1 demanded end told the
to have done. I alncerely apologies Major, who became quite excited ,ad
end in my own and my dough- called kis daughter. But we had not
ter's name do .o now. and ria- risen it tram the deck yet. indeed.
lug. he made me a most genteel bow, from the smallness of the object, I did
whilst all the potato -parings went oat not expect we wbould until close upon
d his apron, smutty to Naas delight. et. $ekes sank 1 west. ea tei►sa tope-
Re;tueitag tbe"NJor'a se jutation to the castle head. there to get a better view;
best of my ability, we shook bands, and all at ones abe cried: "I see it;
and I--felt-that last—alight 1 had dooe lilt a bit eta ship!" But. using the
tb old awe an injustice In thinking glass. the thing looked strangely !s-
kim either selfish or unfeeling. aailiar to sae.
At six bells. 11 a. m-, a gentle breeze "By heavens r 1 exclaimed suddenly.
`mpisstg up and sent us through the "U tears aot sellae and Naas old p•",
water at a three -knot rate ; and prow - aria a;,S I I:paebi t4_itsow
Chatty tbel(a�-or. sending Hwtert to the It r — - - _
wheel to relieve me. brought up -tbe And" se ibyreved to bs; mail -es it
aestaate and, *with no little show of came wonting and bowling b•vi)y by,
pride, began to wrew the sun down. we went aft again and hada gosd.view.
"Yost take the other one, Mr. V•1- It was just as I left it,. [Mating face
lance." said he, "and check me. I'm upwe,re; and it took very little anim-
ate a professional, you know," he went .sauna oo my part to stretch me cc
on. equiating through the glasses, "but. k drenched sad gasping. and to feel
I don't think I'll be far vet ' once more the comfort tit toucb that
But it was all I oould do to take Nan's warn flamlarilld`lae my ebillsd
My ems off that most graceful figure :body. -
M s b.lmswowan swaying her lissome "By gad 1•• exclaimed the Major aft -
to the working of the spokes er a kung stare through his glass, luf-
, if to slahawaser born. glancing at ting G, hit mutase. 'fancy a man on
see now and again. with a sort of shy that thing, wallowing about in mid -
. mils that seemed to my sanguine Imesn with • goat for his crew, and a
heart iready to bold affection In it ! lump of sodden biscuit in the laser -
a. well as friendship. ette! Why, Vallance, you must have
"Eight bells! Eigbt bells l" ■amok- thought our boat the outcome of a
mine:le I What did you dot•'
"Well. Major," I answered atter some
hesitation. "I went down on my knees
e
tat:musty from each of w; and away
we west below to work out our reckon-
ing. As lust would (have it. sad to
the Major's eetreme delight. there was and thanked God for sending her tome,
only stout a mile difference between a, well as 1 mild manage it,"
can. Our longitude wam 66 deg• 5 min. "The very best thing. too, yds& could
e ast. latitude 29 deg. 10 min. south. have done," replied the Major heartily,
ivy which It will be seen that the brig's sod rather to my relief. 'It's only on
progress sine the Major's lent observe- some such oncaaioo that we sailors and
tics had been mostly all westing, which
was so much the better for us. Get-
ting out a chart. 1 found our position
has it. malting us on a west -by -south
course. 1500 miles from Cape Agulbas.
and only 1211 miles east of the island of wy sort of watch was. with our num.
Rodriguez. But there waw nothing to hers oat of the question. it would, 1
call there for. And these at least, if argued. only entail an amount of fa -
my memory serves me aright. *ere , tigue, rendering us useless and knock -
the results of my first sights taken on d up in rase we should he called upon
board the Liebe• suddenly to make some supreme effort.
The wind was westerly. with • little But the Major was opposed to this
northing in it; and bracing the yards' view completely. "We are three,"acid
ie. we toured that the brig would *sally he. "Four hours each. Constant lock -
lie her course with a few points to out night and day. Helen can do her
?J;' spars, and that, even ander aucb abort share u well as any of us. We must
'tti canvas, when we managed to get a keep going'•
east of the Ing—Helen at the wheel. i was about to expostulate, when •
holding the glass—•he was nailing no glance from Helen decided me to re -
less then six knouts. This was truly main relent. Resides, was not the Maj -
wonderful; and i realised that i was nr owner and ,"tipper toot And, nay
mi & clipper, and the fattest one 1 had how. what business had a poor devil of
ever been ehipmates with. & erected mete, whose cloth's even did
"Nle /teen beautifully," said Helen aot belong to hien. to interfere in the
when I offered to relieve her. "and 1 matter? lint it angered me to thine
" like being here. Of onurse the boat'
botberw two a little; and I eupposs, it
- —It comes as to blow, tt meat go."
"1'm afraid 1t must go in any case,"
--I replied. "But there's no particular
berry; and any minute something may es he maid he would take the first it above all the raging of the storm;
•and as 11ay Detrainto the noise of
re and of Nano wailing. as she vainly
.trove to fres herself, I awoke sudden -
by, be wwUdersd, to find myself mad the
decks a-waL-Hen bieatisg on the
spare spars to leeward; the brig flat
a -back and nearly on har beam -endo,
and a frill gale of wind roaring and
yelling aloft.
(To Ile Continued.)
soldiers ever think of Him."
Towards evening the breeze tresbeo-
ed a bit. and we held • council. My
opinion was that through the night we
' M,uid beau. -to. am the mere keeping
encu ed abmt the .ti.agtk of thin, all
the way there," 1 replied. isagigel
".mad area thea,regular wa
and watob night an day, only mu
sk.etcos w ould be left by the time we
signed Agulb.s. It meads feasible me-
osngb theoretically, but practically, Br-
ea with the moat caaves we earry sow,
there would be constant callings for
all hands. Th. brig is heavily sparred,
sad even to trim the yards in any sort
d • breeze wound take the three of to
all we could do. In fact, watch, mad
watch, as we are now, means night and
day wort for all of tine"
I thought as murk," said she, "and
saw you were going to protest. Bat
when wy father baa sot hie mind os
a thing, It le better to let him try
it. Whoa be sees that It will sot act,
than he will be tea first to acknow-
ledge lit "
"1 have the nett watch—the noddle
nae: ' l .aid presently. ''That leaves me
to call you. Now zball I manager'
"If you will tamp os the deok," ahs
replied; "my berth is tbere, you see, al-
ertly under the wheel. I am a sound
sleeper, bat 1 thick I shall be able to
hear you If I do not—well, you can't
leave the brig to ether herself, or you
might run dews end knock at the door.
It really does seem rt,her &taurd I Ali
of ns ought to sleep on deck within
may call. But father dose not cars
about the open air at nights; tar, to
tell Lea truth, do I. What $ drew 1"
and she laughed merrily.
"Yea, even were we»tlsii-.tM.h sad
seasoned sailors," I said0. ".lt would be
as inure or more than we could Man-
age
ao-age to wort the Hebe to Capetown.
Bat now I"
"I loved the sea," maid Hetes, "and I
love it still. Mut I do not think, It WO
get safely to any port, that, after this foes pieces and deposited in the Tower
esperieeace, i nomad Dare e1)0ut trust- i of London. In former times the trag-
13 THB Eli OF Till HOUR.
W
souETHINe ABOUT THE EIORT HON.
JOSEPH CHAlfastLAIN.
Mes* ear She .acetol Was allarlaed the
Warn wok a remain .f an Asgae-
Araesesea alm.aos - Ir... Oamha M•
etsa Se Mr asssms ass et se nest
ransom alas erne Tba.s.
Everyday people always aajoy the
story of the life of Cbamberiala. His
begisaing was not along the smooth
patb upes.d for Balfour. Ills father
news • London shoemaker, wbo made
same money oft of moles and uppers.
He erode good shoes and the boy was
designed to &mimed him at the altar
of Crispin. He showed no unwilling-
ness to do mo anti fate led him at t8
to Birmingham and placed him with
a firm of wood .crew-m.kers, is which
he waa eventually to become the prin-
oipel !actor.
H. cane ogle et the 81t1?ui t eel'
kg* School is 1864 to aloha hie home
la Birmlagbam, and in the hitter of
iatrodttotion whtob be osrrisd with him
t here to friends wee the sentence t
'Timms be kind and see as muoh as
pea chin 01 pamr . ieaa--1sr h. knows
near* L HiraiPjtiAdr
Tints wee test relPthet for his lariat"
ors to know him thellgh• life was taci-
turn, but brutally in earnest. He
went at tbo business ed making screws
just ss he has undertaken everything
else is hie long career.--- drat dive
tato the world of trade was in an et -
tort to make screws cheaper and bet-
ter than anyone .las on the market
did. He succeeded. Utesellj he resorg-
aaliii-i_i " rld'a atitr0i--isr"wood
sem& Mare then W las cut
prises. trade depression, no profits, he
created tuity, profitable roles, active
demand. He conversed ersd himself with
the minutiae of thus slope studied the
narrodaadi*s ads lass, tines."
.red coal minas for his own supply, be -
cams the owner ei the raw material
be seeded. metered Malo partasrship
with his employers,
RASE TO Tai
of as establishment- .#4llploying 1.000
toes. &ad found a wealth produciag as
income of 1160,000 annually at his dis-
posal.
ie-portal,
All this he did in twisty years, for
it was is 1874 when be first Really ca-
tered the pditloal field 0' the Britain
• re.
Vudermfaadiag this moob a the man
it Is not difficult to appreciate why,
as a statesman, bis uttersg'oes ars tak-
en to represent the sentiments o[ com-
sasatal Slagtaad .ad the foundation oI
the throes of England is sot to ba
toned is war ships, but ber commerce.
Mr. Ciamb.rlaia was sot content.
while a trsdes'mas to he merely that.
H. could set metas a public speech, so
ke taught himself oratory. He joined
Birmingham debating .octets. mad'
spoke until a freedom of manner came
to him which was attractive. lie kept
himself loaded with theta. Possibly re -
Wiens that him voice mad kis perms -
silty might always be against him as
• popular orator b. built his streagtk
am a speaker epos his knowledge of
thm, details of nearly every subject wa-
der the sun. Your Bnglisimaa likes
. olid facts more than oratorical flour-
ishes is a spe.oi. He took to Cbam-
b.rlaia's mastery of foots, upheld as
they were by iaveotive, irony, satire
sad ridicule. with huge delight- 1n
Lias be called Cbmberlsin "The Peo-
ple's Joseph."
Oaoe • speaker with a reputation
Mr. Chamberlain launrb.d into lbs
field of municipal reform. He found
Birmingham a squalid dirty, un-
healthy city. 13e was elected mayor ov-
er and over stain. He rebuilt the
streets, tote down the rookeries, sev-
ered the bad places, fought for muni-
cipal ownership of tramways and
light. What was healthful, wholesome,
best for the people of a city he not
°air advocated, but got. Re entered no
his first rename far a seat in parliam-
ent in 1874. a rounded man, having the
mcfidenoe of those who knew him.
HE WAS DEFEATED, . -
but stood eras maid was retained ha
1876. --
- Since thea his speech ham bees
steadily upward. He was in Gled-
Stone'a cabinet in 1880 and became the
author of the bankruptcy act. now the
Ism of England. He remained with
Gladstone until 1886. when, in s divi-
sion of sentiment with the grand old
man over borne ruts. he resigned and
opposed his politically forever atter.
He was a member of the fishery mom-
miasion scent to the United States in
IMP and secretary of state wider Sal-
isbury. He became leader of the liber-
al-usioatst party after the retirement
of Lord Hartington. IA 1808 be mar-
ried Miss Mary F,adinott, daughter of
Grover Cleveland's tint secretary of
war. She is his third wife and hit bas
a ono by his first wife older time her.
ID his early years Mr. Chamberlain
was a socialist, drifting wait that into
bet is termed radical Fagliah politics.
Since 18011 he has grown more conserva-
tive, shown a preference for imperial-
ism wad unification of all the interests
of the empire. The cheep,* in bin op-
inloa. on gametfeal et' Ori cboanstsr
are no more reinark.ble thee berme
which took place la the political evolu-
tion of nubile'. of Spain. Eat through
all his career. Mr. Chemherlala has
never failed no merlon ter Skov* that
he kept in tomab with the British Imo -
la and that whet be maid was not a
mere opinion of his own. Better than
say living man in !England tieeday he
knows the strength and the w.akaesa
of bre neeiae. A terrible dewier in
tpeti he is not the kind oft men to blind
einem!! to coedit i4111111 surrounding Eng -
lead. wkicb make it abslolately arcs. -
wary that her career ol" plendid
t(oe'• should rmne to as end- He meant
that when be said
"I would gore far as to my slut tel.
Obi. am war dna be. even weg.ltastt
W
*V he c pfl gernata 'I if be. e,
. TU'U*! .air :
Many mole doubtless knew that up-
on
Fon the accession of • new monarch to
the throne of Ebglaad • new deal is
struckdiand the old one is cut into
ing myself to its tender mercies again. menta of these teat finals were dl♦
[t has not used me too well. And, as a
you know, the voyage was planned ase tribnted among osrrtain poor people of
pecially for my benefit. Doubtlme my religions bottles. When Her Majesty
health is as good as ever acne; but at Queen Victoria amended (be throne et
a terrible coat I" and she sYud-
e .e,+sst.cavil. a stoolt`!a, .a> ;i 7331 Eslatb• lad• BsaJain- Wyss, L-
ob
-rem-.er oyer• A
--- che chief•em
engraver of leer Majesty's
"It was all the fault of those rtatlat 1Mkst, designed the beautiful work of
Lamers," I remarked atter a pias- the present Great Seel of England. The
"You would !ave done well enough details of the ds.ig) are: obverse, an
with white seaman. Think of the equestrian figure of the Queen attend.
brutes leaving you to roast alive. d
Yew k war crani" she answered by • fie' Lei Majesty wearing over
,
'lila iph-von.att'., lay fatbsr, tb°64111 .a Wet s Yowiia the
Order tnntka {nine
generally the soul of gentleness with sad a In her og tis Order of the the
his own colour, like many old Indians ter. bre right band she bears tba
bee aa, patieaos with the motive; and s0eptns' and on her head 1.11 placed a
when the c taia and the mate died"— his tint h alb nd . lt page, upwto
� his bonnet in Hix land, looks to
"Te," 1_� gqgl�Il, for 1 bad titer- the �m' who 1. gressfally rostrata-
Mighty-ltmagined, lm era this,,,._too ing the impatent charger, . which i■
Tae vol of glia Vallaaoa I richly decorated with plumes Mid trap-
pings. Ma legend, " Victoria Dei Gra-
tia Britanniarem Reams. Fidel Dstes-
ser,' is engraved in Gothic letters, the
meow between the words beim filled
with heraldic, roses. The rename side
elfallAlWaathows tbe Queue ray
raledriued crowned, bolding in her right
band -the sceptre and in her left the
sight of the bosiag his ale-
glrii'r -"Rat y, T weisTer,
not put youreslf and the Major Into
the bore and themselves stick t0 the
brig r
-aDoutelems they would haus dose ao,"
mad Helen: "flat. as [-board them sea
over and over again. tbey imagined that
a curse lay upon the Bebe, that a fear-
ful plague was stowed away amongst
the coffee, and that we were doomed
to wander about the sea until all
died."
"A prophecy pretty well fulfilled in
their cams. anyhow," maid 1. "And now
1 thin. I will go ea deck and tura in,
or my watch will be out."
For a few minutes I stood talking to
the Major at tbe wheel. The wind was
steady, the brig lying her course sad
going through the water in good style,
although. se 1 judged bothered by the ! seconds.
swing of the boat behind ker. Getting A tank steamer p'itb a capacity of
the side -lights nut, I retrimmed them 7.20;000 gallons win soon dor lanaehsd
and put frost oil in; then going on to
the fore. -antic. I lit my pipe, and after frown the Roach shipyard is Chester.
a long look round. carried my mattress
from the quarter-derk and set down
and amok.d. Nan as usual, lying at my
feet. The eight seemed fin. enough
for anything. end the barometer, as I
had glanced at it before leaving the
cabin. was. if moving at all, os the rise.
Still, instinct t times, if rarely, is
more to W depended upon than any
mere instrument. and I felt somehow
that a +•bang. was pending --of what
nature 1 could not be sure. How rear
pretty certain that sot much harm
could Dome to us aloft, although a reef
is snob topsail would have added to my
seats of security. I lay down.
Finding presently that there was ra-
ther tion much wind for comfort rush-
ing out of the foretopansat staysail, I
shifted my quarter. on to tbe maindeek
and took shelter under the lee of the
forecastle_ Haus I spread me mat-
tress afresh. and pulling a rug over my
head to keep off the moonbeams. [dos-
ed off to sleep my last waking
thought* being that the wind lied
taken • shriller cots up there in the
rigging. causing the Heb., hitherto as
upright as a factory chimney, to have
a slight list. so that hefore midnight
it was just possible i might find my-
self in the lee -snappers. But 1 was too
nearly asleep to go to the trouble of
of a girl like Helen having to another shift. And I dreamt—natural-
Land at the wheel until she was ly ene.ugh perhaps --that 1 was once
ready to drop. However. i thought it 'la's on the pen with Nen. only this
.wtse to Its low and let the Major see fie the water kept pouring in le
hose the Ihinr vi Id work• .s ao'iall such volume that I could plainly beer
t! T NSisd upon =li=t iSW Meseta •
Wend Gothic canopy ;'sea on each aide
is a figure of Justice and Religion;
and in the seergum tie royal arms and
erminethe wbole encirclby a wr.slb
or border of oak and roses.
The ainia"itrbf is a &lives mould 1n
two porta. technically e•liad • Pair of
Cos. When an impressing' is to as tak-
es or cast, lbs parte are closed to re-
eve the melted wait, which is !oared
through an opening et the top of the
Seal. As each tmpreedoe is attached
to a document by a ribbon or slip of
psrchmeat, its Gads are put into the
Seal -fetor. the Wax is pearled le, e,
that when the hard impression la th-
en tram the dee t!s ribbon or p•rieh-
meat is neatly fixed to it. Tlse Im-
presloa of the Seal is Mix inebm• la
diameter and three-toartbs of as inch
in thkckn..s. Tim greet flab of Bog -
lead ant. intarestisg, . ..tbelr bttar-
ing portraits of the scivereigna. as in
lbs Seale of Odra and Etb.lwolf, and
that of Edgar with a bust in profile.
Alter Willie I. all the kings are on
one aide on torrehaek. the taco torsed
to the right„ except teat at Checks L.
which is turned to the lett. Edward
IV. first carries the close crows ; Dd-
ward the Qom6seeor sad Hoary I. and
Bleary Ii. are seated with the sword
maim.. Wax was not uniformly used
`r Seals. as impressions occur in gold,
silver and lead, also in various otb-
it.sabetanoe.. The colours have rem-
ise at dif eloneoper;lpds, but red seems
80 bave been the moot ancient.
ITUUS OF INTEREST. A ntlamated couple recently rstars-
- ed to Oxford. Mioh., from California,
* Mow tl arwgnpaa wbeeb Ray Prove Wes wher. tbey bad „mac the winter. A
a""aa- neighbor asked tbe 114l%a U she had
Tbs swiftest elevatoalitaller world beard as eartbquakirlitaile there. She
in at the Oneida Mine in Amador Coup- answered: " Yes, I bard nee. acrd
ty. Cal- Tbe ascent o! 1500 feet was rather enjoyed it ; for it was the first
lately made in twenty seconds. This tbiag that happened since John and
waa at the attend Oat a mils in seranty I have heat aN'rrid that be did not
flank i was to blsase for 1 -
ire in tight_ watch from eight o'clock until twelve;
Opening a little elgnal-locker. L took
and i had an Ides. from the
out from amongst the flue a small look o[ the
British merchant ensign. and asked the ley, that ere then !hers might he a
Major- if 1 might hoist it es a distress Mange. And prewentl after getting
atgtal. 1 had dote nothing whatever a spa re aloe and fMrri s,16ria to the
hitherto on the Hebb without -that} s painter-ia-pinesode the bewlm-
eainsaltlt►g him. t, so as to give her • fair drift, I
"Do exactly what you think proper. relieved the Major to go mad get his
Yr. Vallance," he replied, setting down k it wall already neatly eight
• great round of 1,o41.4 beet that be belle. and be was soon on dot again.
had brought from the galley. •'You're I shall let her go, Vallance," maid he,
oar preetu'ical man. although, as you see, pointing to the bast. "it the wind
yore not going to hay. the naviga- frethens any mare. We can't have her
Ilan >t of the business all to your -
half -knot.
on to os. It will ,meas another
and be chuckled, and stood
l'nlf-knot- Resides. it'll make a differ-
selfwstching as 1 bent the flag no. union enc. le the stsaring-"
do -n, and hoisted it half -way tip the la the cabin T Lound Helen waiting
signal-balyards, roes at the end of aha tai for me. For the siaa of the brit
misano-geft. it was really a large apartareat, ran-
"'fbere." said I. "if any ship eights, sing her full width, but for two Mate -
that, we'll know we want something, rooms aft, two forward for the ace -
even if our eavaven isn't enough to tell ere and • box of a pantry. Itkndseme-
• » ly psselled .ted eerpeted, well lit. with
"My father thinks navigation is himase lenty d.( land silver -ware on •
re
strong point," remarked Helen, with b�sd .idtebo.rd, it looked especially
• emus as the Major tramped took to snug and oozy; fairly cool, too, with
the galley. "Thin it Dot bis first trip the bull'e+ya windows LIong the no-
te, sea you mat know. Oaiw mow,- ger part of the boom all open. Rut the
ed s ma, in a (al•utta .leanert and principal attraction Io me although no-
mad. a voyage in bar. H. tote up , flag then details with a carelem glance
the meknre t.ben ; and %ben poor Cap- !wan the girl. her hair gathered Into a
fol les wan Mr. Skimmer, the peke. I nem" of 'tart. shining roils around the
were alive, he Ceram nand to help dela 1 i hark and mhap.e1y heMelr-tb$ (int J
1-4w
with their nirvrtMea." I heti a good view of lel without a
"Yon moat have had a very •axions hat ell--wla .mtled a weltmma to me
Ione with so much sickpees on hoard." ' sera. the wetl-mpread tie. -table.
"Ala I s+ . ,. "Ny tither," said mho, after nets bad
"1t tom indeed a terribly 'nwinw,�talkol awhile, "think* if p.- ahhle, am'
dim.," replied Helms "Tan espial* p!reaty. that we tbree man carry the
died gaietty nos sight, without say Hobe to Cspet w.; sad although 1did
wen knowing it eat thm moment Blatt not like to toll hien no, i hardly think
11 [r Rkinner was delirious for talce it likaty. too year'
•
lays viva kept eya.taatly tallies thy! "14trt. nine, we get a flair
A FATAT. M1.'FARR.
Yes, madam, it le a fatal mitake In
neglect your teeth- i lost • great deal
of money through an oversight. of that
wry .ort, I had a rich uncle who pro-
mised me to 1'e his heir. He want town.
During &sudden .torn: he fell over-
heard, and a shark et once grabbed
him. My uncle wan a stoat man; the
.bark was old. Moreover, ,iba bad never
Laken care of his teeth, and they were
wretchedly poor. In abort be couldn't
bold on to my uncle, who kicked him-
self loose from the mss -ester and was
picked up by a boat.
'Rut bow did you lose the money I
Ily uncle lived loner enough to alt-
ar bL will. Oh, Haat negleotful sha;k.
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COLD COMPORT.
aim. ile Bette. mmitngly—Thr,s of
tee girls 1 Went to mrbnol with have
•lgqpid from their haelsads.
'Mr; 1a Mate. .uwpirien&1y) j;ging 1
Perhaps. yeti %mild like tole the feerth
dura. De !att.. aewuredly--Oak '1M
a b. leave the ehildale . t _ ,r.
Pa. It is for the Atsadard Oil Com-
pazq, aid is said to be the largest in
the world.
The oily tax on property in Guay-
aquil is only three -tenths of one per
cent., but fire insurance rates ars
about seven per cent. To insure a 35.-
000
5:000 house mete $350 a year. The city
tax on the Earns bottle is only 315.
A clergyman who reseently led divine
services in the Mit at (ihdstone. At.-
tralia, unreflectively gave oat this
hymn to the worshipping prisoners:
" We'll never leave this safe abode, •
refuge in the time of storm."
A London phrenologist has opened
• matrimonial bureau. The object, he
pompously announces. Is" to secure the
introduction of persons desiring to is
married to partners with suitable or
harmonious phrenological endowments.
A contest between a bull and a Ikon.
in a caged arena, in the City of ifsx-
leo, resulted in an easy victory for
the bull. A second lion was thea pro-
duced. and this the bull also vanquiab-
ed to the great delight of tbousands
of spectator".
Larks and other singing birds aro
shot for the table is Italy. - Upoo which
fact Wm. A. Alain -Ibis comments: "i
am noavinoed that there is tar toe
much singing of all .arts in Italy, and
the killing of superfluous larks and
amateur drawing -room sopranos may
not be wholly without justification."
Forty-one yearn ago. the Rev. Edward
A�fs. tit[-T'hartt,o,
Efieland;alatilifieven
op by the doctors. who said ha bad an
laourable disease of the heart. He was
then sixty years of age. He lived to
see earls of the doeiora Pose away, and
attended their funerals. He has just
died at the age of one hundred and
one.
For Jltri years the rulers of Denmark
bare been alternately a Frederick and
a Christian. This Is the law. that • Ring
Cbrirtien moat be succeeded by ifing
Frederick, and then rnmes a Ring
Citiatian again. In view of this law.
every Hanish prince hn. among bis ne
er names both Frederick and Christie
The caving in n! . sand -bank in Long
Island City led to a startling tableau.
A thirteen -year -nM hay wee buried an-
ther tbs ,and, and Fred Beres, with
"'aerial other men, tried to reeecne, the
pad. When the lifehim body was toting,
Mr. dome was "hocked by the discov-
ery that it wady theft nt his own son.
A clergyman from Hpckenisek. Nl..
stopped at * New York hotel for din.
ner. and with it drank throe small glees -
es of elitist. Tie wine must have been
very exhilarating. for be heg•atne se ep-
renmrno.ly jolly rimier its infln.e-'st tbat
be awoke the next mnrning in a polios
cell. His enntregatinn he• Mamboed
him: earl ibis brat blow ham made him
vow that hereafter lis etrengte&t bry
*gaewillh.
A deaf and dumb maple were mak-
ing love is s lighted parlor in Melo-
n atl. and the young .tan had begun to
e xpress a marriage Formant in the
saga language when the maidandden-
ly arose and shut. off the gam- Now as
be could not continue lis proposal in
the dark, be is perplexed to know whe-
ther abs shat at the m'a
s to aaoor-
ate biro, ant to foroe bias' to drop lbs
subject.
M NCUBTU.CANA*ibj UU.
tTeis 10i�ed i i--. n:i'M: 76ia.
lreer.
.n.. a Wtar.
The !'�a�psclos of the new Men-
„hemer
freight line proves
that tbe nnmpany is as extremely pow-
erful an.. Its capital will be 36,000.000.
and it. writ operat.efive steamers mail-
ing direct from lb re•i In summer
NI
and 8t. John, . r
-winter to Ma
cbeatter by way ofithecanal. Three of
the ships glow in process of construe -
floe fbr the line have a carrying copse.
Ity'
d8.5011 tom. A probable result
.f the direct line will he a great in -
cremes in our share of the food Supply
of htncseblre. perhaps the most thick-
ly populated portion of Great Britain
Outside of the metropolitan district.
Inestimating the p&olable increase of
trade foblowing upon the establishment
of the direct line it must not he sup-
posed that Manchester will receive by
the cane! route only the supplies that
now go W Liverpool from the St. Lew -
risme. lip till the present time Mao -
cheater and the great consuming papu-
lation of which Manchester is the cen-
tre hat bed nn more interest in t be con-
sumption of Canadian *beat-an>i ds`111e
tban of American. But with ships
bringing Canadian toil mtufft up its
beloved canal, while American fond
Muffs are fent leAded at Liverpool.
Hence/tater will eat its fill of Canadianknellingproducts, knelling that the renal will
benefit.
BELIEF IN UNLUCKY ROUHA.CommonComon as is the superstition that
Friday is the most unlucky of days,
and thirteen of numbers, the belief in
unlucky Boers is equally widespread
nii the European Continent and fn
the Root, . Oamb.tta wan so firmly
convinced that. certain' bourn o! the
day are lucky end others unlucky that
be would never commence any import-
ant nttdertakieg or .tart oft as im-
portant journey without consulting
ana
1eooe reader of e&rd. el to the ans-
pinioua hour. and President Faure.
who was prudent. enough tb select a
Jerky flour for starting on his regent,
jourR.
journey to usaia. .b
is said to are
(lam bet ter•. au pi nit it President
Carlin. Carwee !max ' credulous sad se-
lected an unlucky hour for starting
ton the journey to Lyssa giber./ysgiber./be was
asdmmain&ted ity Ceteris. The *eper-
atltion Is an cohonon in Pkris tbat
carat tastefully embellished sad see -
tanner a lint U »
M
weak bre tet etwival ,igK'—
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r-weaaw---.-" ... raw .. `..
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a, -
greet aid sails mom tied stare apj
strips. aad'tbe uatoe jsak shoedd wave
together over an Anglo -Mixon pill.
ntetweY'
05 18 BUOIN E8S ALL OVgji ..
and his Mann meant business.
Ragland. A WNW Whocould name
Ws adagisi tomo to purohtus gm work*
with a present capital value of 111,
000 a an annual "relit of $1l
at the salts time redaciag -tis not
surto tbs people a sbilllag, 1s dreadful.
II in earnest wbsraver you take him.
He did the same thing with the Ririe.
inshara waterwurhs, now valued at 11.
000,000, and which bare reduced waf-
er rates 380,000 per year for the coo -
ruiners. He bought the "mean
slums" of Birmingham for I8,00s,t0p
and 000structed Corporation street out
of than. When the leases there tall,
is some fifty years hence Birmingham'
wilt 1» the rkbs.t oivto oorporatlos
the world- To-day,beets
to Mr.
Chamb.rlala, the tat rates of Birming-
ham ars lees than they were fifty mere
oma mad the total charge is rather
mors than 10 shillings per bead of pop-
ulation or one-fifth oft the charge of
lbs local administration of Boston.
Mona.robm of Germany, Austria, Spain
have no regard for each an utterance
as tbt. from Chamberlain:
"1 sa confident In the c.paolty of a
wise governs net resting upon the re-
presentation of the w'hoie people to de
something to add to the num of barmen
happiness, to gla&oth tie way tor tales
tortoise said Wetter Wi ars told that
this country, Ragland, is the paradise
of the rich. 1t should be our duty to
see that it does aot become lbs purgat-
ory et the poor."
In his whole life. seem In kis opposi-
tios to borne rale, which he mare than
ear ether mai defeated. Chamberlain
doss --
Nfd'RR VAIUEI
from support el thee, sentiments. H.
is lose of a socialist to -day than he
once was; [sea of so imperious radical
so tar as the central government of
lm eoaaern tt bat het. stied-
fastty for the amelioration of the cam-
dittoes
itdittoes svrreuading tine middle mad
oosm—s nlsmees of his action.
His reform platform outlined by him-
self is 1007. proposes aborteaing the
bears of work for miners. regulations
tow the .e rty . 1osi,ng of -eltope. arirte-
lion is I.1or disputes. compensation for
injuries to.mpioye. t.y employers, old
age masking for deserving poor. restrio-
tloa aad centre of pawper kmmigrstloa,
iwcreessd fadlities to local authorities
to snake tar* impsers=to power Is
Coral authorities to aid weekmen to be-
come hone mMrs. CbrtaioIy in this
he is more tams abreast at his time
and by toren of his support a sock
measures sad biz persistent insistence
on unity betimes raglaad and all It..
coioaies he has even forced the house
d lords to not only fear bet respect
A perfeet system of unity for imperi-
al Englmtd can Dever comprehend an
allias,e with nay foreign power of
Rurope or iia. That alliance, if to
be made, mast be with the Anglo-8axo9
or Celt. se you choose, of America, and
Mr. Chamberlain is the minion of dip-
lomat. is Washington. bee but fore
warned the world that if not to -day
fllty years beam the United States and
England w111 be as ore In cutters of
external policy.
He is supported is lie -position by the
Dake of Figs. by Sir Cbarlss Dike, by
flan Duke of Argyll and innumerable
mainent public man of England. Lord
Brassy is for an Aeglo$xon peat.
Prime Minister Sagest. of Spin tann-
ed the famous speech as reckless, Tb.
Joutael des Debate of Paris scones. Mr
Cbaaiberlain of being the author of s
plot to suddenly attack the French
fleet and destroy it. The Blatin de-
clares war betweeb England sad France
is sow within immessurabls limits. In
at. Petersburg the speech was denounc-
ed in unmeasured terms.
Witha voice which they my resew
tiles that of a "Lesion cabby,' Mr.
Cbaabsrlaia has succeeded ia arousing
the world d diplomacy as tt bee sot
been stirred in years. Bat then. Mr.
Chamberlain never does anything. they
say is his loe,u, that Is not extraordin-
ary and worthy of tbs closest consid-
eration. 1f you chance by London way
this season and meet a slenderly built
atan wearing a bugs monools sad so
osrhid you will know that it is Cham-
berlain. the mea wbo what termed by
the lords when be was first on bis way
to the commove to take his mat:
"The black man from the ossuary.
olsy pipe in mouth, clothe. soiled with
dirt."
The lords do out my that now.
WHITE LEATHERS.
hbwvWq eas*a1.. aad Sheepskgs, aad tae
P 1.WYrk
They Are Cher not.
' Witte c wbide hes long been used
tor Various purposes. though its pica
has sow been taken to a considerable
extent by other and cheaper leathers -
It is used. for example. in making sus-
pender tips, and its use in making
military belts is familiar. For this
purpose it is made up with the flesh
side out, and tb Tills ire whitened as
occasion may require with chalk or
pipe clay. ,
White caltkkin is mare extensively
used than wbite oxwvhide. White calf
U tilted for flee and costly work in
look binding, it may be for gift books.
and sometimes for prayer bookie White
calf La alio need for suspender tips.
More extensively aced than either
whits rawhide nr white naltakin are
the white sheepskins. White sheep-
skin is used also for 'mentalist tlila
and for oovering trusses end otber
articles Of metal. and for the trllab-
mings of .hoes. it is used for book-
:ill:1 � 11111.8111/17 for the bindimi of
roeelte.t b use it is First
sprinitsi�� i duiering material
which give. it a ma4ti.d dplp}earasa.
ArAbliter *Are*:
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A prism visitor remits tie ytl0d aM
of the priaoaera bow ion sages 44 Its
there.
Want, was the sn.wer.
Row was that. pray!
Weil, i wanted pother man's vvetet.
Re wasn't willing"[ should have .it,
&a.t the judge wants toe to stay herr
five years.
Qafekown Wr Weise. 15n, lbs, flan.
l■ WNW tM family of a dead duel
int olio alai trtMr the ?reran
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