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CHAPTER XLVIi--" I Wan Shen/ Br
MY BROWNE."'
It wee the morning atter the inquest, and
Valentine heel begun hie vow occupation as
nian of all work so soon as there was light in
the dull grey sky to allow him LO set about
hie labours. The sisters were astir at dawn,
working diligently, lighting fires, sweeping
the stairs, and cleaning the lower rooms.
Valentine relieved them of those rougher
tasks which they had performed hitherto.
He washed out the back yard, washed and
hearthstoned dope and windowsills, and
cleaned all the lower windows, Inex-
perience made him clumsy, but energy
and streiagth of will carried him through the
work much better than could have been
expected.
"1 had no idea window -cleaning was such
tnterestmg work," he said to Madge'as she
gave him his breakfast of tea and bread in
the parlour, where she and the two sisters
had breakfasted previously. Their morning
fare was only dry bread. Butter was a
luxury reserved for the evening. There was
a wholesome meal of meat and vegetables at
two o'clock. Tea was taken between five
and six, after the inmates had been served;
and them was a supper of bread and cheese
at ten o'clock. The sisters who eat up with
the sick were allowed tea and bread
and butter in the course of the night,
but neither wine nor beer was drunk by
any of the sisterhood, and stimulants were
only given to patients when ordered by the
doctor.
Valentine took Ms tea, and bread with as
contented a spirit as if he had been in the
centre of Africa, and no better fare had been
possible.
"I'm afraid you will soon grow tired of
windovr•cleaning and of dry bread," said
Madge, contemplating him with her grave
slow snide, full of thoughb.
"You do not know me. If I am strong
for evil, I may alao be strong for good. I
mean to serve you—as Celiban served Pros-
pero, yet not like Caliban. He served for
fear; 1 am your slave for love. I shall
be ready to clean the outsides ot the upper
vrindowa as soon as I can begin without
disturbing the patients. I am promieed the
loan of a ladder from your milkman round
the corner."
"That milkman is a treasure. He keeps
one particular cow for our consumptive
patients, and, though I believe he adulter-
ates all the rest of his milk, our supply is al-
ways pure; and he charges us a halfpenny
quare less than other people pay. You
cannot think how good people are to us."
"111 go out and look after my ladder,"
said Velentize ; and he walked off in a busi-
ness like manner, wearing his fustian and
corduroy as if he had never worn e,uything
else.
A few paces from the house be met a boy
with newspapers, bought a "Daily Tele-
graph," and put it into his pocket.
"For my dinner -hour's amusement," he
said to himself. "1 believe the working
man always reserves the news for his dinner -
His step, whioh herd been so heavy and
sluggish of late, in the monotonous leisure
of his country home, was light and yet
resolute to -day, as he went in quest of the
ladder. Ile came back carrying it on his
shoulder. Hie experiences as a sportsman
had braced his inuecies, and he carried the
ladder as easily as if it bad been a gun or
an oar. He telt lighter in his mind, nearer
happiness than he had felt since that fatal
nignt. In the first place, it was an infinite
relief to be away fromthe scene:of his crime,
and in the eocond place, there was a world
of comfort in being associated with the one
woman whose influence could at once soothe
and strengthen—the one woman who knew
Ma ghastly secret, yet had not turned from
him with loathing.
He could never forget that kiss upon his
forehead which had tteeured him ot a wo•
man's pitying love. Ile had taken no base
adeantage ot that sign of tenderness; he
had not premed her hand with the vehe-
mence of a passion that will take no deniel.
He had been humble with her, as became
him in the abasement of his guilt. And he
was happier now, toiling for her, than he
could have hoped to be. He laboured at his
taiik of window cleaning all the morning,
one of the sisters working, with him on the
inner side of the windows; and the general
result Was an increase of brightness which
seemed like the forerunner of spring. He
BOW something of the inmates of the Forlorn
Hope in the course of his morning's work.
In the front room of the firet flcor—once a
drawing-roorn, with French windows and an
iron balcony—he saw several women of
various ages, from eighteen to forty, some
engaged in plain sewing, others in fancy
needlework, and one at an ironing board.
These were the convalescents and those who
had been received because of their destitu-
tion rather than on account of ill -health.
In other rooms he saw the sick in white
curtained iron beds. Everywhere there
wore signs of careful management, cleanli-
ness, inventive power, the ability to do
much with little means. This humble
institutieu, maintained by a few women,
was more interesting than the grandest
building which collective charity ever
raised.
By half -past one, the windows were all
cleaned, and Valentine went to the little
room which had been allotted to him, the
room where he had spent a sleeplese night
on a hard and narrow pallet, whioh the Iron
Duke might have approved. Ifere he
washed off the traces of his toil, brushed his
fustian jacket, and prepared himself for
dinner, hoping to eat that meal tete a tete
with Madge. Ile had heard her say that
the two sisters dined in the first flaor room
with the women, and that she waited upon
them, 'elle must take her own dinner some-
where, trgued. Why not with him ?
His hopes were etrenghthened on going
into the parlour, whete he saw the table laid
for two Madge was upsteies, where the
dinter was wan forward. It was she who
carved and dietributed the food, While the
other two sisters at with their charges, and
maintained tho cheerful tone of a family
meal. There was nothing pretential in the
atmosphere of every day life at the Forlorn
Hope, yet morrow for sin was deeply It
there, and many a penitent's tears had been
poured into the sisters' isps, and many a
citified sob had mixed with the pryers of
the cotamuniten
Valentine seated hirmeli by the window,
and unfolded leis "Telegraph."
Ile began with a sweeping survey of the
pages, to sea what Wm best west.th reading.
A STRANON (alert Ti•T
"Considerable exoitement lies been: °teat -
04 at the tovria of Chadford, ItIoetit Devon, lo
by the finding- of a body in the Abbey elver
hear that town, ander eirouniatances which 14
appear to indicate foul play. The body has
been identified as that of the wife of Mr.
Belfield, of Belfield Abbeye Medford, whose
disappearance from her home WM One of
the social scandals of 'esti autumn," Here
followed a full report of the Coroner's in-
quest, and the arrest ofSir Adrian Belfield
on suspicion of being concerned in the mur-
der of his sister-in-law.
"The startling character of the revel-
ations, the social position of the parties an.
and the respect which is felt for
them in the neighborhood, oombine to ren-
der this one of the most extraordinary oases
that has come before the public for many
years, and the result of the adjourned in-
quest will be awaited with keen anxiety."
Slowly and deliberately iValentine Bel-
field read and pondered over the report of
the inquest. To him who was' in the secret,
the circumstanoes of his guilt seemed to
start out into the broad light of day from
the evidence of those witnesses, The un-
finished letter—broken off in the middle of a
sentence—the missing rug found tied abcut
the victim's body. Hie own secret visit to
his mother's house. His brother'vigil.
All pointed at the fact of murder.
Yet how, in the face of such evidenc°
against him, had they dared to arreat, his
brother? Under suspicion of being concern-
ed in the murder? Yes he had been with the
murderer in that dreadiul hour after the
deed was done. Teey two had been to-
gether, and the law might call Adriam au
accessory to his brother's mime.
He was atill eating by the window, poring
over the report, when Made came in, carry
inga tray with the .fraginents of the up-
stairs meal.
"Come, brother. John,' she said, cheerily'
as she seta dish on tho table "ry people
were in very good appetitee but there is
plenty left for you and me. I am sure you
must be ready for dinner."
"Not quite," he answered, gravely, "and
I'm afraid I shall spoil your dinner if I tell
you what has taken away my appetite."
She went over to him, and laid her hand
upon his shoulder, looking down at the news-
paper. Her quick eye caught the familiar I
names directly, and she read the report of
the inquest across Ms shoulder.
"You see I was right,' she said.; "there
was nob an hour to be lost, and you have
wasted days. You will go at once now—at
—once --or as soon as its dark. It may be
safer not to leave this house till dusk—your
working -man's suit willeerve a geed purpose
now. I will go out and get you an outfit
before dusk, and pack everything ready for
you. Then you must start for Liverpool
by the train that leaves Eueton at seven thisl
evening, and you can get off to -morrow I
morning by any ship that may be leaving.
There must be steamers leaving every day.
Take the first that will carry you far away
from .England. iYou will go, won t you .
He was holding her arm in his strong
grasp, looking at her fixedly, yet hardl
seeming to listen to her eager words.
"You will eo ?" she urged.
"Not without you. I have said it before
Madge, and .1 say it again. 1 have n
desirettoprolong my life unless I can spen
.hyou."
"You have seen what my workishere, and
you ask me to give it im in order to—"
"To share a murderer's hiding place; to
play hide and seek with the law; to drive
away the horrors of remorse; to cure bad
dreams; and to save a sinner from madneas.
That is what I ask you todo, Madge.: Any
one can carry on your work here. No one
but you can save me."
"What if I were to say yes l" asked
Madge'after moments of deepest thought,
returning that fixed look est his :with a gaze
that was still more earnest, for it seemed to
peer into his vary soul.
He Clasped his arum round her ea .13he bent
over him, and their lips meb, half in eorrow,
half inloy,ijoy on his side that elm was won,
would own love's eubjeotion, she,who had
seeraod to him 'too strong for love; eorrow
on her aide that he must stand as a criminal
before his fellow men, and hazerd his life to
do Ms duty."
" When she'll start for Chadford, 'Wedge,"
he asked presently.
" The soontir the better. The police may
he on the watch for you. I should liketyou
to be able to return there as a free agent."
" You are right. It would be hateful to
go hack uuder convoy. There is an after -
neon train, a beast of a train that stops at
nearly every station, the train by which
travelled that night," with a shudder. "
will go by that."
"1 will go with you."
" Madge, ' he cned, overjoyed. •
" I may as well keep you company on the
journey, while we are still free to be to-
gether. Will you go in those clothes? '
"No. They would look like a disguise.
I left a suit at the slop -sellers. If anyone
would fetch it ?"
"1 will go for it," she answered, "and I
will arraage for lea vingthis house for a few
days."
(TO B'E CONTINI7ED,)
The Oil Glands.
Nearly two and a half rnillions of sweab
glands pour out upen the surface of the body
a watery fluid, which aids in keeping the
skin soft, and, ley its evaporation, in regulat-
ing the bodily temperature.
Beside these sweat glands, the skin con-
tains the so called sebaceous glands, that
exude an opaque and oily matter. The ducts
convey it either directly to the surface, or
into the upper portion of the hair follicles—
the cavities from whirh the hair proceeds.
The oil is designed to help keep the skin
supple, and especially to promote the softness
of the hair. These glands are absent from
the under part of the feet and hands, and
are moat abundant in the scalp, face, canal
of the ear, and about the noise and mouth,
Those in the ear secrete the ear -wax. An
excess lathe secretion renders the face shiny;
a deficiency renders the skin and hair dry
and harsh.
The glands are sometimes ubetructed,
when the oil becomes thick, or when there
is a neglect of cles,nliams. This gives rise
to peruke, or pimples, which, on being
pressed out through the narrow mouth of
the oil duet, resemble worms, or grubs.
They are frequently called worms, naturally
enough, since the hardened dirt on the outer
end looks like a head; but they are only
thickened oil, though occasionally a minute
living worm chooses one of them for his
abode.
Occasionally the more fluid elements of
the oil are absorbed, leaving only the solid,
and these harden Into cutaneous calculi. Or
the obstructed secretions—yellow, half liquid
and half solid, like putty or mortar—may
form small tumors on the eyebrow; face,
neck and head. They should be cut out
when small, or •destroyed with caustic.
Stall, their only harm is in the deformity
they cause,
The various forms of ache, or pimple, are
due to inflamm Miens of these glands. They
occur mainly at the period of phberty, and
Y in the years immediately following, and are
regarded as due to the constitutional
changes then in process. There is at that
period a languid and torpid condition of the
0, ekin, a tendency to the accumulation of
sebaceous matter, and a congeation et the
coats of the follicles.
The treatment consists in removing any
exciting cause that may exist, improving
the nutritive power of the skin and the
general system, and stimulating the parts
affected. There should also be cloae atten-
tion to diet and habita of life.
" Yon lift mefrom hell to heaven at the mere
thought. Oh, Madge, be generous, reward
an ungenerous lover. I lost you once by the
meanness of my love. I love you now as
you deserve to be loved. Forget all I
have ever been, remember only what I am
—your slave, your penitent adorer. Let us
be married before the registrar to -morrow
morning. We can start for Liverpool
afterwards."
"And when we are gone, Valentine, when
you have got clear away, what is to become
of your brother I Have you thoughts of that
question ? '
No, he had not thought of that but he
answered almoist carelessly.
"He will be safe—there cam he no evi-
dence against him."
"The evidence against him is almost as
strong as against yon. There is no one but
you who can prove his innocence."
"And you would have ole give myself up,
in order to clear him,"
"If there is no other way of clearing him
'You hold my life very lightly."
"1 hold life as less than honour. You
have brought your brother into peril—you
have brought shame and degradation upon
him. It would be a cowardly act to
Leave him in the lurch now."
"Yet a few minutes ago you urged me to
leave the country."
"I forgot all but your own safety."
"I have told you that I do not set a high
price upon that, Well, you are right,
I will stand by my brother. I will go book
to Chedford to morrow, even if Cheelford be
a short cut to the gallows."
"Ib will not prove that," she answered,
pale as death, but her face kindling with the
light of enthusiasm. "Confess the truth as
you contested. to me. Let all the world
know how you aerial in one fatal moment
of passion, and how you tried to hide your
sin. There are few who will, not pity you,
to I pity yon."
She bent over him as he at leaning for-
ward, with Ms eyes brooding upon the
ground, deep in thought,. She laid her
hand upon her head, and, thrilled by that
gentle touch, he 'coked up and their eyes
met.
"Say that you love tne, Madge, and I will
do anything."
"Yes, 1 love you—yes, I always loved
you. It was love for you that drove me out
into the work' in nty deepair, to find some-
thing to fill my empty heart, aching f or
love of you. It was leve of you that nought
relief in soothing the misery of sinners. I
have always loved you, but do this one
brave thing, and I can respect and honour
you.
Will you marry mei Madge, if 'leek
Ketch darn not get me 7"
" . .
1 'VA.,
"That Is a promise worth vvaiting for.
Will you wait for ms, Madge, if they keep
me at ,Dertrriouth dill:lay hair is white f°
"twill wait till the end of my days.
tome what may, there shall be no other
Ve in my life"
Pledge yourself to that with a kiss,
edge,'
The Long Sermon and the Dog
A correspondent of an Eaglish paper
sum—During a recent jeurney in Canada I
niet with a striking instance of reason in a
dog. I was staying at the Mohawk Indian
Institution, Brantford, ()ataxia. The Rev.
R. Ashton, Superintendent of the school, is
also incumbent of the neighboring Mohawk
Church, (the oldest Protestant church in
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
The WhitechaPel Murderer still at Large.
—Boulanger still the Lion.—King Milan
at 'Vienna.
The Whitechapel murders still keep Len.
don busy. Sootland Yard is hard at wark,
Nesvspaper men are vvriting and molting
their brains each day for some new formula
iy which to express the fact that nothing
has happened. London'aimillions of inhabit
ante, worked up as they have never been be-
fore, keep on patiently buying millions and
millions of special editions with nothing in
them; and mixed up with the refit, and per.
feebly safe, is the interesting human mole-
cule who has excited the horror and interest
of all his fellows by destroying half a dozen
of them in a peculiarly inhuman fashion.
The wildest ideas about him exist and are
encouraged. He is painted as an aristocrat
rolling in luxury, from which he ocomionally
emerges surfeited to dip his hands in blood
for the sake of the pleasant excitement, or, as
a disease -eaten wretch, creeping from slum to
slum -killing and mutilating hags he meets
with, in obedienoe to the impulse of blind in
sanity. Whatever he may be, man, woman;
or gorilla, or however he may live, he is
certainly a cunning butcher, for scores of
peace and detectives know nothing more
about him than that he is strong, silent,
skilful, and quick: that he has a very sharp
knife, and that his appearance is calculated to
inspire certein confidence in the lowest class
of women. These facts were mede plain on
Sunday morning three weeks ago, when the
bodies of the two women last killed were
found cut to pieces withia a few blocks of
each other.
S. Petersburg papers, particularly in the
Chauvinistic section, are raving over the
cordied reception given to King Milan on the
occasion of his visit to Vienna early in the
week. These papers thiak that the Servian
King's immorality should sues to make
him unwelcome, but the Wily Austrian, who
is not over strong in moral way himself, is
well aware of the feet that Servia is a most
useful buffer between Austria and the Rus-
sian bear, and so has clasped King Milan
and all his divorce and other scandals affec-
tionately to his bosom.
Boulanger still continues to ke p French-
men proud and happy or miserably worried,
according as they are for or against him.
The Deputies, all following in his path, are
bringing in plans for revision. The peasants,
soldiers, and republicans of allelassesaupport
him more than ever, and wiseacres who
some time past peinted him as dead and
buried are wondering what had beconie of
their political sagacity at the time. Robert
Mitchell, one of the most clever French
political writers, gave ia last week's Figaro
an excellent description of the causes of his
popularity. All those interested in dthe
future of France will do well t watch Boul-
anger aud disregard pretty much every-
thing else. The General may fall into
insigniflco.nce, but it will take a tremendous
display of stupidity on his part, or of clever-
ness on that of Clemenceau and his other
enemies, to turn the tide of popular favor
which now flews so strongly for him,
Emperor Frederick and. His Doctors.
The interest in the case of Emperor Fred
erick is by no meaus subsiding in Germany,
but, on tho other hand, culminating. The
work of Dr. j. Kteist, of Berlin, which de•
fends Sir Morel" Mackenzie in a moderato
and scholarly way, has produced a great
impregilion. Though published under the
name of Dr, Kleist, this pamphlet is said to
emanate from one of the most distinguished
profesaers in the university, who was not
himself concerned in the treatment of the
Emperor. The popular work of Curt von
Schmettwik is said to have had a sale of one
hundred thouea,nd copies. I hear that Sir
Morell finished his literary labors a week
go but that some delay will take place in
he issue of the work owing to arrangemente
ming been made for ita simultancoue ap-
earance in England. Germany, France and
merica. The little book will testify in an
ininent degree to the noble qualities of the
lustrious patient, and will prove, in the
paean of the writer, that the life of the
•nperor was considerably curtailed by
he unfortunete interference of the
ermau surgeons. Sir Morel', in his work
f the "Hygiene of the Vocal Organs," hem
hewn himself fully competent to treat a
mentific subject in a popular manner, and
either his literary nor his prefeesional re-
uthtion is likely to suffer through the pub.
catien of his account of the fatal illnese of
rederick the Noble.
a
Canada.) Mr. Ashton is very fond of ani -
mats and has many pets. Oae of these, a h
black-and-tan terrier, always acoompituiee p
the 90 Indian children to church on Sondf A
morning. Ho goes to the altar rails 1 -me
lies down facing the congregation. f lit
they rise to sing he rises, and when ‘10
' sit down he lies down. 0 ae day , 'E
before my visa, a stranger clergyman 'Was It
preaching, and the sermon was longer than 1G
usual. The dog grew tired and reabless, and
at last a thought occurred to him upon s
which he at once acted. He had obaerved
that one of the elder Indian boys was emus. In
tomed to hand round the plata for aline, p
after which the service at once concluded. 11
He evidently thought that if he could per• F
suade this by to take up the cellection the
sermon must naturally end. He ran down
to the back seat occupied by the boy, seated
himself in the aisle, aud gaiwel steadfastly
in the boy's face. Finding that no notice
was taken, he set up and "begged" parsiet-
ently for some, time to Mr. Ashton's great
amusement. Finally, as ithis also failed, thel
dos put his nose antler the lad's knee and I
tried with all his strength to force him out of
his place, continuing this at intervals till thel
sermon was concluded. Did not this provel
a distinct ower of conseoutive remonine
Making a Kaleidoscope.
The Philadelphia Times gives simple
directions for making this toy, which always
entertains the young people by the besati.
ful and endless transformations which it ,
produces:
At the glazier's shop get three stripe of
glees, say ten inchez long and one and a
half to two inches wide all exactly ths
game size, and tie them together, triangularly,
with string.
Cut a piece of partly transparent writing -
paper so that it will fit over one end of this
prism, leaving narrow edges to lap over.
Paste this on with mucilage er flour paste,
and then cut a piece just like it for the
other end, except that it must be cut of
paper that it entire y opaque.
In the centre of this opaque end cut a
round hole a little larger than g silver dime.
This hole is for the eye. Now cover the
sides of the apparatus with the same paper
you used for the eye -piece, and the kaleido-
scope is finished.
Put a few /Aimee of colored glees or beetle
in, and turn the thin paper end to the light.
Then with your eye to the hole cut in the
opaque paper end, keep the prim slowly
turning, and you well have all the beautiful
effects shown by the expensive kaloidornope
bought in the store.
Hothert—" Really, Mho Edith, I am very
sorry 1 kissed you, x (Ilan think what I
wad doing. It is a sort of terripoirery in-
sanity in our family." Miss Edith (pity-
ingly)—"V you ever feel any more turas at-
taeks coming on you had better come right
hme whore your infirmity is ktown,:and we
Will take mare ofI/
you.
fiKing Humbert and his Cigar.
Here is a good story of the king of Italy,
extracted from the "American Register" of
Pans. It is commended to the thousands
of Americans, rich and poor, who are killing
themselves by excessive smoking.
The King of Italy is known for his tem-
perance in all things, except smoking. He
is an exceedingly email eater, end, as to
drink, his guests may have it in plenty, bub
his own favorite "tipple" is water. His one
great weakneas was a good cigar. In this
respect he had abused himself until his
nerves had begun to suffer; he had atthma-
tic turns, could sleep but little, anti then
had to be propped up by plenty of pillows.
Some weeks ago, hie physician told him
what was the matter, and King Humbert
aid: "From this day forth 1 will not
smoke another cigar, or anything in the
shape of tobacco:" The moult has been a
most noticeable improvemeht in his health.
King Humbert is a man of iron will, and no
one doubts that he will keep his pledge to
After The Vacation.
Coles: Back from the country?
Boles : Yes.
Colo Feel recruited?
Bolos: Haven't been back long enough to
fool the benefits yet,
11057 Pat Got At is Fare.
A military officer once engaged a oar in
Cork, and at the end of the trip paid the
driver sixpence, Sixpence Was the exact
amount due . but more gracious customers
were in the habit of paying a (defiling for
the same die -thine. "Bad luck to the
Zalue I" muttered Pat ruefully, looking at
the coin in hie palm. The Zulu war was in
progress, or had jos; ended, and the officer
turned round stingily.
"What 18 that you say?" "Bed luck bo
the Zulus, sorr I" "Why do you say it?"
"Faith, yeti honor e because they've killed all
the shilling olliv.ers, and left none bub the
altpetice once."
The Longfellow statue at Portland, Me,,
has been set up with appropriate cera -
monies.
Budden Hospitality:. WIT .AND WISDOM. •
A couple of rti ts f
tamps epped a a area^
house in West Tennessee. "You can come
in and drink all the water you want," said
the farmer "but yea neenter ask for any-
thing to eat, for you won't got it."
The tramps looked at a table that had
just been set for (llama. and Welted.
4$ you neepher DILA," field the fernier,
"fur you don't get a hitof filet grub. W'Y,
we've got 'possum, don't you see; sweet
potatoes, b lied ham, early mustard greens
and three kinds of bread. 1 wouldn't twit
you fellers, but the lent tramp that coine along
here Mole the only good set of harness on
the laoe "
"Den's put yourself to any uneasiness on
our amount," replied one of the Maws,
" for we idn'b hungry."
Not hungry I" the former exclaimed.
" No ; alt we want is a place to sit down
in the shade."
" We'll , this is the first time I ever heerd
of trenaps not being hungry."
"It's porter rare with ua, I eau tell you.
I'm sorter firrerith, myself. Den't exaotly
understand it, for I never was this way be-
fore. Oh, I 'Imre had slight bilious attacks,
bub I never had such pains in the baok of
my neck before. Just before leaving Jaek-
aonvlllo
A sudden scuffling in the room (awed the
tramp to break off hi! narration. The skirts
of -the farmsee wife flapped against the gate,
and an old man lost his hat as he leaped into
the road. The" two tramps moved their
chairs up to the table,
"The hospitalitry of *hie neighborhood,"
one of them remarked, "has found a place
in romance and verse."
"Yes," the other one replied, "and the
peculiar charm about it is les exMeme
kuddennees."
An Artificial Coal Mine.
Among the novelties of the Paris Exhibi-
tion of next year there will be, according to
a letter in the "Colliery Guardian," a
"subterranean exhibit, of which the most
conspicuous feature will be a descent into a
weal mine. Dating the descent the visitor
is to be made the subject of an illusion. The
sides of the artificial shaft will be formed of
canvas painted to show the stratification in
a typical deep pih The aage begins to des-
cend with a considerable velooity, but is
brought gradually to reat vrithin a few yards
of the pit bank. As the motion of the cage
is retarded, the canvas sides of the shaft are
drawn up with increasing velocity, the
aceeleratton being proportional to the re-
tardaden ef ihe imp. The effect upon the
ispeeMtor standing upon the dock of the cage
is one of continued descent at the same speed
at which he started, and the illusion is kept
up deer the cage comes to rest by a move-
ment of trepidation communicated to the
latter. The illusion ie said to be perfecb.
When a great depth has apparently been
reached the canvas is brought to rest gradu-
ally, the trepidation of the cage being made
to cease at the same instant. The vitae;
who believes himself to be deep in the bowels
of the earth, then steps out of the cage and
enters the workings, where he may see the
various operations of ooal.getting."
The Life Unseen.
BY L. A. ISIORAISON;
This truth 'I glean
Mid the world's mod strife:
Th 51115 unseen—
Is eternal life.
The life below,—
With im toils and tears,
Its pomp and 1.how
And hs swift -fled years—
Is fraught with pain
In its ev'ry breath,
Its chiefest gain
Is the day of death;
Its Ioy is known
But to those who mourn,—
Its less alone
Brings its best return.
The life above
Es divine and broad,—
A life of love
With ita source in God;
There, fullest scope
Tolhe soul is given :
A life of hope
Fulfilled, is laeaven.
Teeachery.
13111.11LBY WYNNN.
I saw thee in tho glory of the day,
When tho blue noon lay fleeping on thy breast,
And on the shore the little waves at play
Murmured of peaca and rest.
A red Emil hung upon thy Went deep
Motionless, withita wi te-spread burnishld wings,
As to some bloescm, in the sun asleep,
S 'MO painted Insect clings.
How gentle, how monotonously sweet,
1hy voice made music of the list'ning
That from Its lustrous depths seemed to repeat
The song that lingered there I
I saw thee in the blackness of the night—
The madness of the tempest in thy heart—
Guessed by the wandering loam-streake, ghastly
white,
That tore thy lips apart.
I heard thee howling with delirious rage,
Beating thy breast, then ceasing vvith a moan,
Like some trapped monster in a narrow °age
That lives and dies alone.
I saw thee crush and fling upon the shore
The death -doomed ship, with mad ferocious glee
Thou lulledest in a eofnmbrace before,
0 cI
ruel treach'rous sea I
Why He Thought He'd Wait.
Dentist: Mr. Doppenheimer, you won'
foal zr pull the tooth. The gas will melte
you sensible. You won't know what's
going on.
Doppenheimer Ish dot so? Well, I
clinks 1 comes to-morrer.
Dentist : But why not let me pull it to.
day ?
Dappenheimer Well, I don' joost hnovv
how much monish der wash in my pocked -
book.
No Time to Viraste.
Clima : Gloves, did you say, Mils? Some-
thing with ids btittons ?
Country Girl : Without butte,* I ain't
got time to tool away half an hour every
time I put hien en.
The Immortal Cobbler.
The cobbler does not die, of course,
When all Ms years &re past)
Because it's quite impossible
For him to breathe his last.
New Relatives,
Ftom the seaside and the niountaine,
Back tp town they throng once mere ;
Tnete young men who've gained a 4leister'
That they rimier had before.
•••••••• Idle*
Greet hi an enteemely fashionable oolor,
and in Its1 lontionti skittles of emerald, lapis
legit% and beryl is fashionably combined
with blues, oliirdS, brOWba, and dull radii.
/1111,4:11,
The Donkey Was There.
Where is the white horse, pretty maid
For I aim your hair le a whied:term ebade?i
The mei len to whom these words. Were said:
IMies a pie. girl whose hair was red.
I 'Twee said in e crowded thoroughfare—
-
Nearly every kiud of a horse Was therm.
The long line of horses the maid reviewed,
Then to her annoyer, a real, hard dude,
" There isn't a white horse wtthin a mile,
But the donkey is 'round," isaid ahe, with m
The dude grew red and wished lice was.
dead.
" What is your hurry, kinder." she said
et
Interviewer—" What do s, propose to
do in °me you are elected to 'the plagie
Candidate -mi Well, what I'd like to know
is, what on earth I'll du if I am not:"
"The American people alt more than thin
inhebitants of any other country in, the
world," said a prominent phyeician. "May.,
be they do, doctor," replied his friend, "but
I'll bet they stand more treats than my.
other nation."
Boarder (to laindladY)—" 1 ani afraid,
Mra. Hendricks, that I shall have to leave
you at the end of the week." Landlady—
" You can't leave'Ma Darnley, until you,
have paid your back board." Boarder--
" Very well, trien, I will etay on."
The disoovery has lately been made that
Ib is the hackmen at Niagara Fella who are
wearing away instead of the fells. This is
a different matter attogether, and the public
will draw a long breath of relief, Can't
some way be invented to ine,ke them wear -
faster?
Late advices frow Meibourne show that
the Chinese have scored a point in the con.
teat instituted as to the legality of their ex -
elusion. Oue Chun Teorg Toy brought an ,
action against the Government to recover
damages for being refused pernaission to land,
and the supreme: Court has decided in his.
fevoui, although the verdict wait not lineal -
mous, the Cnief Jnetice dissenting.
Ottawa boasts sixty lawyers. But when
the Chancery and Comity Courts sat the
other day there were only two cases for them
to wreetle with. If, as Macklin says, "the
law smiles in your face while it picks you
pocket, and the glorious uneertainty of it is
of mair use to the professors than the justice
of it," the people of Ottawa are to be con-
gratulated upon their freedom from
But, all the mine, if the people will
not fight to the death tke lawyers cannot
live.
The danghr of trifling with lawyers is
illustrated in the cam of the Quebec client
who protested against his lawyerh bill and
went to court to itecure its reditegien. The
result of: the appeal was an indrgan in the
bill by $200, thus bringing it up to $400.
Still unconvinced, the client wout to the
Supreme Cour; ae.d there the bill, instead
of being rectum d or even' approved, was in-
cremed—this time by $3C0. The coots are
now $700 instead cf $200, and in addition
the cern of appealing against the costs hav
to be met.
Our Canadian cheesemakers wil.fthave to
look to their laurels, a new and formidable
competitor in the Earopean markets having
made its eppearance. It is reported by the -
trade papers that a coasignment of cheesee
made in New Zealend has been received in
England and was found to be of rentartitelelye
good quality, aud 11 18 predicted that irthe
New Zealandcra can produce similar enemies
in large quantities there will be a ready sale
for them. Canadian cheese is generally ac-
knowledged to bo superior to the AmeriCan
article, but its quality will have to be well
maintained if future competition is to be
defied.
A very emious suggestion is mado by a
writer in the "Nineteenth Ceutury" in an
1 article , entitled " Hoirsieulture." He be-
lieves a good deal cotild be done by directing
public attention to the laws that underlie
improvement of stock. He also urges that
before a marriage permit:is allowed, parties
should be compelled to submit to A medical
exeroination, to show that they are not
lebouting under hereditary diseens. Be-
yond this he would have the absolute pro-,
hibition of habitual criminaisfrom marriage.
As most of tho ills to which flesh is heir are
due to the evil hefluence of heredtty, the
plan suggested would no doubt have a good
effect.
Dr. Mackenzie " atruck it AO " eo to
speak when hewas called to attend the late
Emperor of Germany. Not only did he do
excellently 'troll in the way ot professional
fees, but this book he is bringing one, and
which will be on the market very soon,
seems likely to put a good few additional
poundin his pocket even thotigh they
should not amount to a fortune, The book
is a history of the Emperor's ease from
Makenzle's poiut of view, He will defend
himself from the animadversions of the
German doctors, and try to turn the tables
on them. It is awaited with great interest.
German boek-sellers bay° already ordered
something like 75,000 copies.
Not Hard to Pleas.
Sir Brantford Griffith, Governor of the,
Gold Comb, says a London correspondent,
has been interviewing the African kinge who
rule the negroes in his provinces, and reports
on what he saw, "I ant pleased to telt you
that kings out there are not as grasping' or
as hard to please as they are in Europe. At
Fram Prim the king, who is a very old gen-
tlemen, only wanted to have the tax on rum
reduced te sixpence a gallon, and the right
restored to him of exhuming the dead. The
Xing of Big Awoonah went wild with delight
at a present of 10 shillings and two bottles
of champagne. The king who received the
Governor hi greatest estate was the King of
Oilumassie. Thib,, king appeared relatively
happy, but begged for e, pair of handcuffs to
enforce his powers, anda lamp bOeheVbie him
to atay up late.
No Yellow Fever for Him.
Citizen (to Uncle Rastus)--You're more or
less familiar with the yellow fever, aren't
yet, 'Uncle Boehm?
Uncle Beattie (confidently)—Yes, ash,
knows all about de yaller feverI'ISO seen
thousarers ob cases.
Citizen—Well, there's a sick stranger up
at the hotel and his case Lecke like yellow
fever. We want you to torn° tip and give
us your idea of if,
Uncle Rastun (turnieg ghastly pale)—
Wha-a-t 1 1 uped to know all about yaller
fever y but I wouldn't know now if it wm
yeller or gimeri or White* kaso you nee, Pah,
roe been ectIVr blind fo' moire foiteen yaha
And Uncle. Bastus hurried away.
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forintitii and Belgliunt preclude over 80,000
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