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herre•
ten
the
The
net
and the
of light
or rising
reflected
earl. After
tette lake
t must lead
ed steadily on
d of the lake.
e was level; he
ee wars upon the
g night blinded
y of candle light
Ale . gin to think that
t see his horse slowly
unself to fight as long as
losing battle with the fiends
the plodding pony stepped
utely. Long lines of Lom-
nehere met the road. They
the ghosts of trees; their
e their regular succession.
h some sentiment of
did not stay to
•creed 'shrubs as
ground. Wad -
d a paling and
eff the high -
ch
Only de
a plea'u
ins he fo
pony turn-- n� in its
renewed courageloose
Englishman. letting
ound himself drawn slowly
avenue of the ghostly poplar
be road VMS straight, the land
lat, the poplars. were upright.
simplicity effected' him with the
otion that he was co
chanted palace. The
oor of a large h,
its huge pee
ides. mint
lug to an en-
ny approached
,use, dim to the
..ed tin roof, its
__. as they were with
lake a.jpged with icicles alt
anal lintel', hardly gave a dark
in the glimmering storm. The
of light which twinkled through
of shutters might be analogues
stars produced by a stunned
it seemed to the k nglishman that
went un :tn1 tried to knock on the
the ghostly house, the ghostly
r avenue Nmuld vanish. The
ht was born of the long mono -
f a ,ringer which had called for
twiny of brain or muscle; on his
stop -
The pony knew better ; it stop-
efe:re the door.
traveler stood in a small porch'
a stets or two from, the ground.
nor ti:xg opened by a middle-aged
en•'h iv man clad in a reasInt';agown
et' hluiah-er.': ` I3el::na. her bolding a
lam, ,:, Wain ab.ave her head, stood a
_ nun girl. 'arge, w eneenly in form,
with dimpled salt nes., cif face, and
dressed in a rich. lout quaint garment of
of amh-'r color. With raised and statu-
d esque wrist, she held the lamp aloft to
keep the light from tlazzlin her cares.
She was h.'kin, through the doorway
1 with the quiet interest. of responsibility.
sol . nothing of which wan expressed in the
n -gnat- :s furrowed countenance.
hex' "Ie the master of the house at homes"
uckat "There le no master."
wails, The girl spoke with a mellow voice
ceased ° and with a manner of soft. dignity; yet
`; astonish- : e
baring ti info herd face, tiehe it
ad not him, !ebisid the outward calm of the
dark eyes and dim:=.ling curves. a cer-
ins rain excited interest and delight. The
current of thought thus revealed con-
ey trasted with tb+e calm which she in-
stinetively turned to him, as the words
ger w . ', an actor speaks aside contrast
vas ; with P which are not soliloquy.
ep}m\Viighhp,,...r hiestation, more obvious
:—
d ! "May I speak to the mistress of the
-' house?"
"I am the mistress."
He eoulei but Reek upon :ter more in -
he • featly. he could not have been more
he thhnneighteen years of age. Her hair
err ! upon bon tad the Seft headthd aot is often sen in haier of r
not
kes
n In-
ry the
ogether, little an be could have described a
emus; the modern faiwhion, even to hie eyes evi-
no soon darkeh ; i densly fantastic—such as a child might
ocl uding in the I don at plc
cloud and wind : y. Above all, as evidence of
e certainty that her youth there was that inward nuiver
th no abatement, of delight at Una appearance and pres-
the inexperienced pace, veiled perfectly, hut seen behind
sive that he was
idat of a heavy
THE EXETER TIMES
A Ten Shilling'frauds.
As she loked, a great resolution
formed itself in Granny's mind. God
had given, her the chance of a. life -timer
to get back from Danny some tithe .of
what he had stolen from her. His
coal -heap lay at herr merely, and nett
even Danny could.be mad enough to
suspect her of approaching it on such
a night. She turned the lantern upori
his window. All was dark, No ddubti
the old man was fast asleep. Granny'
hesitated no longer,. She set to work,
and, in her noiseless list shoes, silently,
crossed and recrossed the prostrate
fence with bucketsful of Danny's Coal.
She set the lantern on the ground
midway, and by its light an uncanny -
looking picture might have been made
Out; the frail old figure toiling stiffly
and sorely its the bank night, giving,
as she passed through the rays of light,
glimpses of a corpse -like face puckered
into such a look of angry obstinacy as
is seen son:deinies upon the faces of
the, very old when they sleep uneasily.
But. Granny's feeble strength ebbed
rapidly in the excitement and tremors
of herr midnight raid. Soon her heart
labored painfully, and she could
scarcely draw a breath. She felt that a
fit of catughing was coming on, when
Danny would assuredly ;,oaken and
catch her in the act; so she made one
last gasping effort and tottered back
to her own door with the lantern and a
half-filled bucket of coal. She barred
the door behind her in a panic and col-
lapsed into her seat. There. for some
minutes, she lay with her head pn the
back bar of the chair, scarcely con-
scious and struggling for breath. She
had thrown off the shawl, which was
choking her, and her thin grey hair
hung loose over the top bar of the
chair. Her life held by a single thread
but the thread did not snap then, and
ere long she struggled back to a kind
of excited consciousness. A fit of
coughing followed, or rather, of a
strange suppressed rattling and wheez-
ing in her chest, that would have
frightened any one eat herself. When
this was over, she leant forward ex-
hausted upon the arms of her chair,
but was far too nervously awake to
think of going to bed.
She mended the fire with Denny's
coal, and settled herself, without a.
qualm of conscience, to enjoy the first
fruits of her iniquity. The half -wak-
ing dream into which she fell was
very warm and pleasant. In the cen-
tre of it shone, like a miniature sun,
the bright disc of a new half -sovereign,
for Granny's fingers had stolen into her
leathern pocket, and were deliciously
conscious of the touch of minted gold.
So sped a brief time of exquisite hap-
piness while she slipped gently from
the glow of waking satisfaction into
the soft sheen. of golden -tinted dreams.
Striking, indeed, was the contrast be-
tween the poor old worn face, with its
hard -set mouth, and dull, blinking
eyes, and the serene complacency of
the tottering ego within. So Granny
waked and slumbered, while the
flames leapt from the stolen fuel, and
the lamp -wick sucked up the last few
drops of oil in the reservoir, and the
clock upon the chimney -piece meas-
ured, with ferocious ticks, the tag -end
of a long and dreary life.
The mouse that ran out upon the
hearthstone and whisked back again
into its hole so Quickly may have seen
Danny's cruel face at the window on
may have heard his stealthy step in
the yard. The old man, lying in a
box -bed at right angles to the window,
had awakened white Granny was mak-
ing her last trip across the fallen fence.
The light of the lantern flashed in his
eyes. In amoment he was out of bed
and pressing his face against the win-
dow -pane, while his whole body shook
with righteous indignation. At last he
had caught the thief in the act, and
away backward in his mind trailed a
long wake of suspicion that now
seethed an.d boiled with certainty. His
brain had room in it fors only one idea,
that of instant reparation. Nor did he
ever seem in doubt as to what shape
that reparation should take. He found
bedded in his mind, without any con-
sciousness of its having grown there,
the conviction that Granny's cherished
piece of gold was now his in the sight
ofandulldonhis
Godand man, he pulled
clothes with hads that itched to be at
the task of taking his own.
:His first idea was that if Granny
were in bed, he would slip in and steal
the half -sovereign while she slept.
But when he looked in at heir back
window and saw her nodding serenely
over the fire with a bucket of his coal
by he raids, the wings of his anger
bore him on to face the resolute old
woman. there and then and bear down
her opposition with the weight.of his
righteous demand. So he crept back
into his own house, and, taking off his
shoes, went to Granny's front door,
and cautiously lifting the latch peered
into the room.
,At that moment Granny was alseep,
and he was able to steal into the mid-
dle of the floor before the old woman,
wakening with a jerk and a faint
whimper, opened her eyes upon her
enemy. It was characteristic of her
indomitable spirit that she instinc-
tively gripped the handle of the coal -
bucket to defend it, rather than her-
self, from the threatened attack.
The action added fuel to Danny's.
wrath, so that he stood in front of her,
bent by his rhesernatism into a venom-
ous attitude, clenching hands and
shaking with speechless accusation.
Granny's body was very feeble. Her
head lay almost helplessly upon the
chair -back, but her swill was strong
as ever. She did not flinch from the
fight,
' Wha's coals hae ye there'll" Danny
hissed.
"I hae them any wye, an' I'll keep.
them," was Granny's faint reply.
"An' yell pay for them, ye auld
bosom, ye I" screamed Danny.
"Ay, wi' what ye've steal't free me.
Nae ither wye.
"Ye'il pay for them wi' yer gowd, ma
vt�timman, or Ma name's no Danny
Mann•"
Granny sat up as if a spear had
prinked her. A
"Wha'il mak' me?" she asked.
"I'll mak' ye I" roared Danny:
"Gat oat o' ma house," the fearless
which has, till lately been allowed to
hang Ioose to the winds. Her dress,
!elided over the full bosom and sweep -
int?to the ground in ample curves, was,
the veil, as one may detect glee rising
in the heart of a child even though'
it In upon its formal behavior.
t .'e 'ease with travel-' "Can you tell me if there is any house
in directits;.s concern- within reach where I can stop for the
Bich appeared to be night I" He gave a succinct account of
has journ,.y, the lost road, the inereas-
ing storm. "My ;horse is dead tired,
but it might go a mile or so further."
P.he serving-weinan, evincing some
little curiosity, received from the girl
an interpretation in law and rapid.
French. The woman expressed by' her
gestures some pity for man and beast.
The girl replied with gentle brevity;—
"We know that the roads are snowed
up. The next house is three miles far-
ther on."
He.necessitywas
hesitated,buthis
obvious,
"I am afraid I must beg for a night's
shelter."
He had been wondering a good deal
what sire would say, how she would
accede, and then he perceived that her
dignity knew no circumlocution. "I
will send the man for your horse." She
said it with hardly a moment's pause.
The woman gave him a small broom,
an implement to the use of wh'ieh he
had grown eccuste+med, and disap-
peared anon the errand. The girl stood
still in her statuesque nose of light -
bearer. The young man busied himself
in brushing the snow from cap end coat
and boots. As the brushed himself he
felt elation in the knowledge, not
ordinarily uppermost that he was a
good-looking fellow and a gentleman.
(To Be Continued.)
was actually con-
t small portion of the
to . Which it was neces-
ea. He was to take the
crossed his, running
of the lake ; but the
appeared to him so
eeply drifted that he
to be the public road
be farm, hidden in the
Lt just seen through the
-ss an occasional cart
at by-path," so he
sad t pony, who
to
• t
an
peened
s
.,s
instal
teeter plodded is at thb word con-
e, quarter of a mile
:a
'svelter saw something
int; as the sound of his
bells approaeihled, a
tad and shook its own
e, the sleigh which it
been drawing, were
ill in the centre of the
i thought that it was
oe`. upon the trace of
r,' was checked by the
.dome impassable drift
hwas a rough wooden
finers. Upon it a man,
;g+ ed buffalo -skin, lay
Ishmael jumped
id waded till he could
on the recumbent fig-
If frs ma •camped fiercely,
om sieen. Warm,
only that, seemed to
iim. His cheeks were
nose, red also, aug-
nrrnt of strong drink ;
"'es' were bright, sh aw-
es were wholly alive.
t, inquiring. Hewes a
apparently a habi
derstood the English
sed to tam.. The cur-
iat he seemed to have
ippiag. When he had
Lade way for the gene
m on the road, . he Pet-
it seemed reluctantly.
a the 1=n;'-Lehman,naw
;petted that the other
I, and wondered much.
id impressed him; the
the aquiline nose, the
ye and comiplexion—
ressed dull folly.
lean came to another
but more deeply
ck he was on. He
o,longl cd the drifts.
ea wher: the
old woman answered, "or Til put ma
nails on ye."
"I ken wharxr ye keep it," cried
Danny. "It's here I" and he clutched
at a small- white teapot with blue flow-
ers on. it that stood upon the shelf of
the dresser. The lid fell on the floor
and he thrust ina greeds hand but
brought it forth empty. Xn the mo -
went when his back was turned to her,
Granny's fingers event quickly to her
mouth„ She pretended to be wiping
her lips with the back of her hand,
but hes face wore a look of triumph
which irritated Danny to the verge of
madness,
"Ay, find it," she Mumbled sarcasti-
cally.
Danny approached her threateningly.
and shook his fist in herr face.
"Whaur is't, ye auld thief, wham
hitt Gie. it up, or I'll. throttle the life
ooti o' yet"
The flame of battle leapt into
Granny's eyes. She pushed herself up
by the arm of her chair and stood
erect, bending towards her antagonist.
What she would have done will never
be known, for Danny's fingers just
touched her throat when there was a
sound in it like the bubbling of water,
and she fell back into her seat. Her
head struck the back of the chair and
rolled over sideways, the light went
oiat of her eyes, which became fearful
on the instant, the lines of her face re-
laxed, the louver jaw dropped, and the
half -sovereign slipped from her tooth-
less gams and tinkled on the floor.
Danny drew back terrified, his soul
protesting that he had not laid a finger
on her. Then heeled his face down to
hers, andit would have been difficult
todeathsaylikwhich of the two was the more
e.
Keeping his eyes fixed upon the
dead woman's, he bentdown and
stealthily pickedup the half -sovereign;
then, still watching the body aztd'hold-
ing one arm at givard, he backed
slowly to the door and darted out, leav-
ing it wide open behind him.
no they found Granny in the morn-
ing, when the winter sunshine ryas
streaming in at the open door, lying
likes an old worn-out wrapper that life
had thrown down upon a chair.
The district was very sympathetic
with Danny over the loss of his old
neighbor and crony. No one was sus -
prised that he was too much shaken
CAN'T BE WIRED.
Chinese cannot be telegraphed, and
to meet this difficulty a cipher system
his been invented, by which messages
in that language can be transmitted
over the wires. The. ,sender of the
message has no need' to trouble him-
self about this meaning, and, in fact,
may be telegraphing all day without
this slightest idea of the information
be is sending, for; he transmits only
numerals. It is very different, •how-
ever, with the receiver of the message
at the other end, as he must have
a code dictionary, and, after each mes-
sage is received, must translate it,
writing each literary character in the
place of the numeral that stands for
it. Only about an: eighth of the
words in fibs written language of China
appear in the Code, but that has been
found sufficient for all practical • pule
per,
little girls, the cbildrenl of in-
digent
gl ,
digent parents, have been adopted by
the wife of a s,lifornia millionaire, and
will be ren , , as her, ow
Sa1VIE FIAII[OUS OlkRGERS1 1
WAR HORSES OF NAPOLEON AND
DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
Interesting Stories About Marengo, Copper
ltagen and Other Notable Equines 'Who
DoreDistiugni.ited Generals in Battle.
The most celebrated. war horse of the
present century is unquestionably Na-
poleon's Marengo an Arab of .good else
and style, and almost white. 'He rode
him in. the last battle of Mount St.
Jean where Marengo received his sev-
enth wound. The steed died at the age
of 36. Another favourite war horse was
named Maria, and was used by the Em='
peror in many of his hundred. battles,
Her skeleton is now to be seen in the
ancient castle of Ivenach,, on the Rhine.
Of the other 60 to 70 horses owned by
Napoleon and used in battle, perhaps
the most famous were Ali, Austerlitz,
Styria and Jaffa. He Iliad nineteen
chargers killed under him.
/US BATTLE CiHARGER.
The Hon. Francis Lawley, of London,
possessed the picture of a white Arab
stallion, the history of which is well
known with the inscription in French,
"Ali, battle charger of Napoleon." He
was captured from the Mamaiu'kes and
presented to the great captain. On his
downfall a French gentleman purchas-
ed Jaffa and Marengo and conveyed
them to his estate in England. The
tombstone of the former is to be seen
in G:�aseenbury, in Kent, with this in-
scription, "`Under this stone lies Jaffa,
tih e celebrated charger of Napoleon."
The last trumpet call sounded for Mar-
engo in September, 1829, just as he had
completed 36 years. Another souvenir
of the famous steed is one of the hoofs
made into a snuffbox, which makes its
daily round after dinner at the Queen's
Guard, in St. James' palace, London. On
to attend the funeral; and Hamilton, the silver lid is the legend: "Hoof o
the ]tl'uirtown grocer, from whom he 11larengo, barb char ar of Napoleon, rid-
btxght three pounds of thick black den by hien at Marengo, Auster,itz,
twist for which he paid in. gold, Jena. 1 nMiran,, in the Bos• •tn cam -
thought the world was not so bad after paten, and at Waterloo," and round the
all, since there were kindly souls in it sneer shoe the legent continues: " Mar -
who knew what sort of comforter an ergo was wousel d in the rear hip at
old man needed. Waterloo, when his great. master was
etc, in. the mild, soft spring that fel- onlrimin the blow road in advance of
lowed, Danny would sit. upon his the French position. He had been free
bench, pipe in mouth, listening to the qu+entiy wounded before in other l:at-
full-throated mti,ic of the burn and trey" Constant, the Emperor's valet,
watching, nut of his solemn repose, the says: "Ile had a most ungraceful seat,"
restless activity of nature. And as he and liege's old soldier, in answer to the
sat there, tasting the twin joys of his question how the great Corsican rode,
fife—idleness lid tobacco—the good replies. "Badly, lie did not ;know+ how
people passing by sainted him respect- to fail off, and• so he never fell off,"
fully, their regard falling significantly
upon the closed dour of Granny's cot- HISTROI: OF COPENHAGEN•
tage, and their kind hearts pitying the At 4 o'clock on the morning of the
loneliness of the poor old man. A iii- day that Wellington defeated Napo -
pie had come upon the quiet current of ,eon, he, mounted his celebrated charger
life in this forgotten hamlet, but the Copenhag-•n and remained in the saddle
wind of passion had subsided, and for eighteen hours! Copenhagen was a
peace reigned again in Barefoot and powerful chestnut, a. grandson of Ec-
in the soil of Danny Mann. lipse, the fatuous English race horse,
and cost the hake in 1813 400 guineas.
('the Lnd,) When the battle of Waterloo was won,
June 18, 1815, and Wellington bad his
historic interview with Blucher, the
Duke dismounted about 10 o'clock.
As Copenhat en was led away by the
THE KING OF SIAM.
Dow De Wili Visit England and Row the
Queen Will Entertain Wm. •
The King of Siam, His Majesty Chu'la-
longkorxi I, intends visiting England
during the coming summer—not, as has
been stated, in connection with the re -
card reign celebration, for which he
will hardly be in, time, beet for••an ex-
tended stay.
A THREE-YEAR-OLD HERO.
FIX YOUR FLOWER BEDS.
The Season Which Appeals to,.lEvcry Intim re
of Nature's Desires.
The time for flowers is almost here.
Tihe roses are shooting out, and where -
ever this is the case they ought to be
trimmed. at is a little too early.yet
to turn up the diet in the gardens, but
those who intend to engage in the cul-
tivation of flowers—a most delightful
The King will make the voyage in recreation—can begin their preparations
his yacht, the Maha-Chakri, a vessel of by planting certain varieties, of seeds
2500 tons, constructed for him at Leith in small boxes or badkets, filled. with
by Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson, nearly dirt, to be subsequently transplanted to
faux years ago. This handsome and the gardens. Some varieties are won -
commodious vessel carries six 4.7-incbl derfully improved by transplanting.
guns, and about a dozen small quick -fir- People have discovered that it is sueli
Carried lits Little t iwicr Out of u Darning groom be playfully threw out his heels
• mouse. es a "good n'ght" salutation to his vie -
Little a3ennie Moran, of Detroit, torious master. The field marshal's
Mich., is a hero at three years of age. last act before leaving Stratbfield Saye
on ee brief absanoe, a few days before
Like many another young hero who Copenhagen's death was to wa':,k out
Ms risked life or limb to rescue the to the paddock to pat,his Waterloo
helpless Bennie takes the honors heap- charger and give him chocolate creams
ing guns. She, will be dommanded and
navigated by two English, naval offi-
cers—Capt. Cumming and Lieut. Saun-
deas—who have been lent by the Ad-
miralty for the. purpose. The services
of Lieut. Welsh, late R. N., have also
been secured for the trip. On his ar-
rival in this country the King will be
an easy thing to do. Very little space
is required. A made plot of ground,
9 feet square or even ,less, will grow a
number of pretty flowers, or, if so small
a space can not be had, any old box
or basket can be utilized. Filled with)
dirt and planted with the right sort of i
seed, it will soon be transformed into a
received by the Queen at Windsor or elzing of beauty, of not or joy forever.
Osborne. other fruits were sent home during last
The visit of the King of Siam to Eng- other fruits weresent home during last
land will be an especially popular onei thnnier will answer r well as an or
P thing else: and if there is no rani or
for two reasons. In the first -place, His not sufficient sun in the back yard, they
can he exposed in the windows or on.
tire doorsteps,
e
a munificientpatron of the arts, science
'The front door ]tats become a flowers,
.spot for the eposure of pretty Flowers.
and letters, although he did not have It .gimes a. bright appearance to the
the advantage of an English tour in house, and a p Leasant impression of the
his oath, as has been stated. Sec- inmates.
newton sometimes affect not
y to care for flowers, but in their in-
ondly, Siam is, iin some respects, al -'most souls they do. Whey can't help
most as English as if it were a British liking them. Music May strike a
colony. More English is spoken there jangling or diseased nerve, and on drat
than any other foreign language, and account be distasteful; but flowers ap-
g g peal directly to the purest,. gentlest and
mast of the trade is in the hands of most beautiful of nature's instincts. To
Englishmen. England. and Englishmen say one does not like a certain flower,
are looked up to and respected in Siam, mwns merely, that it is not liked as
and flattened by the proof of sincere much as another flower, They are all
admiration—imitation. His Majesty delightful, but some are more delight -
reads English well, speaks it a little, fel than others
and understands• it perfectly. For many
years past he has sent numbers of rela-
tives and friends to this country as
students, and all have done extremely
well. Members of the Siamese royal
family have been educated. at Harrow,
at. Oxford and at Cambridge.
One of His Majesty's nephews is now
being educated at'Woolwich as a cadet
in the Royal Military Academy there.
And one of the King's owns sons is pre-
paring for the navy at the Greenwich
school, and will be admitted to the
British navy when he is fit' for it. This
prince has already earned distinction
and British affection by his deeds on
the football fields. Asan instance of
hots apt the Siamese are at adapting
themselves to our civilization, one of
the, students sent over by His Majesty
and put on board the Conway, the
became training ship at. Liverpool, not
only became the captain of the crew's
football team, but absolutely won the
hearts of all who competed against
Majesty, who is a, man of about forty-
five years, is a cultured monarch and
ed, upon. him in a modest way, and does or other simi.ar daInties, of which he
not admit that when he carried his wase se secondntfond.. t
The Duke of 1i ellington, who
little sister from his father's burning died 1884, erected two monuments on
house, be did any more than any other the grounds of Strathfield'Saye, that
fine estate presented to the "Iron
boy would do. Duke" by the British Government for
The father of the young hero, W. a. day's work at W&erloo. One of
A. Moran, teals the story of the rescue these, a superb marble t .ilumn, is to the
as follows: i memory of his illustrious father, the
"It was late in the afternoon. and other to that of Copenhagen. The
!former stands just outside the parks at
the children's mother stepped out to the point where, immediately in front
go to the store, leaving them alone in ;of one of the lodges, the London road
the kitchen playing. She had not !meets at right angles upon that which
been gone loo when little Bennie connects Reading with Basingstoke, A
g simple marble tombstone standing un-
opened the door leading to the back ;der the shadow of a spreading Turk -
yard. Re said afterward that he had' ish oak, marks the spot where the brave
tired of playing on the floor and was !horse was buried with military hon -
going out in the yard to play. A sud- i ours, and bears the following inaerip-
den draiught of wind from the open :time frdm the pen of the: second Duke:
door caught the curtains directly over ; "Here lies Copenhagen, the charger rid -
the gaaiahne stove, and in an instant den by the Duke of Wellington the en -
they were fanned into flames. Ben- I tire day of the battle of Waterloo.
nie ave a backward glance to see i Born 1808, died. 1836."
whet�er his little sister was coming,
and he saw what had happened. The
window drapings had ignited and the
;Fig ENJ'OYE DA FIGHT.
Lady de Ros, the last survivor of
those ' who danced at the Duchess of
whole wall son sprang into a blaze. Richmond's Brussels hall on the even -
"As soon as he saw the flames all l ing below the battle of Waterloo.,t also
over the wall he made for the side door, !the last survivor among those who had
which was at that time locked. He ; mounted Copenhagen, published a few
found the key and was soon out in the i years ago a little volume containing
yard, in the clear air, safe from the . the following extract: "We often stay
flames. It was then that he began to' ed with the duke at Abbaye, Mount St.
think. He remembered that his little Martin, at Cambrai, and one morning
sister was alone in the house, and he he announced that there would he a
ht her
out
he browgiven or -
she
unlessthat he had i o
knew that gbattle,and
am g
sh
I
she would never come out alive: He ' dere to Sir George Scovell that the
did ndt stop to think of what might I ladies riding should be taken prisoners,
happen to himself if he again entered
the hdnse, but he turned back into the
blazing building and started to grope
his way thrdu h the blinding smoke charger, Copenhagen, and I found my -
to the centre of the room. self the only one with him in' a square
"He found her sitting on the floor, where they were fixing. To the Duke's
softly crying to herself, while the
smoke surged about her and the cruel
flames crept closer. Without any
hesitation he picked heir up in his lit-
tle arms, and, half carrying, half drag-
ging, he managed to reach the open
door and placed her on the sidewalk
so he recoommended us keeping close
to him. I had no difficulty in doing so,
as I was riding the Dulke's Waterloo
him, under the Marquis of Queens -
berry's miles, for his devotion to sci-
ence. He afterwards did good work
on the Centurian and the lmperieuse
in. the China squadron.
King Ch'ulalongkorn,, who is coming
to England to familiarize himself with
British oustoms, will reside in the
neighborhood of London, and will prob-
ably remain in this country about a
year.—London Daily Mail.
BRAIN CELLS IN FINGER TIPS.
dmmAcuteness of Touch Anions the Mind
Explained.
It has been reported, states the Mic-
roscope, that the gray matter brain -
cells of perception have been dissected
out of the finger-tips of the blind.
Standing point up 'beneath all the
ridges so plainly seen with a magni-
fying glass on the skin of the inside
great amusement, be heard one oft the
soldiers saying to another: "Take
care of that 'ere horse! he kicks out;
we latew tire well in Spain,"I pointing
to Copenhagen. elle was a most un-
pleasant horse to ride, but always•
ualiarmnad: snorted and neighed with pleasure at
"Then the little hero started to- the sight of troops. I was jumping
ward a neighbors Muse, crying at the
thehs stirrup brake and I feBos ldoff.whIn
top of his voice: 'Fire! Fire! Papas the evening the Duke had a dance, and
bleat burning up!' 1t was not long said to me, "Here's the heroine( of the
day—got kicked off, and didn't mind
tut t"
The first Duchess of Wellington, with
whom Copenhagen was a great favour-
ite, wore a bracelet of his hair, as did.
several of 'her friends, and on the oc-
casion of the writer's visit to Strath -
field Saye in September, 1883, he re-
ceived from the' Second duke a. little
sheaf of the'charger's mane and taiil,
as well as a precious lock of the Water-
loo •hero's hair. Kt may be mentioned
that Sir William Gomm's redoubtable.
Waterloo charger, Old George, who
died art the age of 33,,i. is . buried un-
der a stone seat at Stoke Pogis, the
scene of Gray's faimi(ldar and beautiful
elegy.
then until the foie company was on
hand and the'flames were soon ex-
tinguished.. Had it not been for my
little boys presence of mind and know-
ledge of just what to do first, my. house
would now be in ashes and my little
girl dead,
"This is Beinmie's second experience
with fire. A little over a year ago my
entire family came near perishing in
a burning building, and only escaped by
my wife carrying them over a burn-
ing floor band down a stairway of
flame. Although their lives were sav-
ed they were badly burned."
NERVE STRAIN.
It must be a good deal of a strain
to run a. trolley -car, said the talkative
man on the platform.
You bet it is, said the motorman. W'y,
when I go a2o.ng for two or t'reelweep
-without runnin over anybody . get so
nervous I can't . eat nor sleep.
NOT IN IT..
paradox lit is, but true, '
iWithauta, bit of doubt—
The man who's kept indoors at night
Is often much put out.
The labor of cultivation is trifling,
rarely enough to supply, a person with
the exercise necessary to health. After
the initial work of turning up the soil.
the ground siiust be 'kept mean—that
is, free from weeds; and if the rain
does not water them sufficiently, they
should be watered artificially. Whets
the latter is done, the flowers should
be bountifully sprinkled. Everybody
should have a flower bed,.
of the finger -ends are the so-called cor-
puscles of Pacini, which are arranged
in the exact semblance of the keys of
a piano, and wee said by Meissner to
crepitate and give forth a different
sound in every age of each person.
This Pacinian corpuscle, which con-
tains within its lining membranes a
nerve -trunk, an artery and a vein,
lines all, the tactile surfaces of the body,
particularly the inner finger and
thumb tips.
A medical man recently assisted in
an autopsy on a person blind from
birth, and he sought to discover by
scalpel and micropscope the sectet of
the extraordinarily delicate tench the
blind man had acquired during life.
Sections perhaps a sixteenth of an inch
thick we're carefully sliced off the in-
ner surface of the index and middle fin-
gers of the right hand. Under a high
power, these showed instead of a single irewe,rdeld.
nerve Utak and artery and vein of After a felw days' training of this
the average man, a most complex and sort they learn to distinguish between
delicate ramification of nerve fila- friend and foe, and thepractice after
DAVID WANTED HIM.
George Garrick, brother of the tele -
braked David; was his most devoted
slave and Iaborious packberset. On come
ing be,bri.nd the scene he usually inquir-
ed: Has David wanted mel it being
asked once bow George came to die so
soon after the deimise of his •famous bro-
ther,
ro-t eer,a wag replied: 'David Wanted
DOGS OF WAR IN REALITY.
The German Army Is Training Great Danes
to Drag Soldiers from llieycics.
To let loose the dogs of wa'r Is to be
a veritable military manoeuvre, for
dogs are now being trained by the Ger-
man
er
mman army to do actual battle. The bi-
cycle is respoisible for this. Since its
introduction into the armies of Europe,
German officers have been considering
the best method of securing it, and
the l;esuit has been a deo-Wien to train
dogs to drag bicycle riders from their
wheels. t '
The Great Dane has been selected for
the purpose, as bis sine and stre,ngtl9
make him a powerful and effective
antagonist. t
At Berlin there etre new one then -
sand of these gkeat dogs in training.
Every day for tire past three months
they have been taken to the parade,
ground and been given lessons in die•
anguishing the German and Austrian
=items from the French, Italian and
Russian, for it is necessary that they
should discriminate between friend and
foe. Then they one taught to rush upon)
a bicycle -mounted enemy and dismount
him.
When it is remembered that nearly
all the armies of Europe have adopted
the bicycle, the necessity of the best
method to lessen their effectiveness clan
be appreciated, and the German offi-
cers believe they have discovered the
method.
The lash is used in training the dogs.
If they make a mistake they are pun-
ished, and if they do well they are re-
warded with caresses and dainty near -
sets. r
Under thistreatment they soon learn.
They are taken to the field of oper-
ation,
pen
ation, where cyclists are gathered,
and ere urged to attack the riders,
who are padded against harm. After •
this lesson is learned they are turned
loese among soldiers wearing various
elniforms, and when they attack a
German or Austrian they are whipped,
but when they attack others they are
meats, dainty and minute nerve twigs
in immense number branching from the
main stem. Through constant use the
finger tips of the blind acquire this
t' with more and
elo men
unusual de+v p
more perfect perfornuunee of function.
MARJi.TAGTA,BLE AGES.
In Austria a "man" and "woman,"
are supposed to be capable of conduct-
ing a home of their own from the age
of 14.
In Germany the man must be at least
18 years of age.
In France the man must be 18 and
the woman 15; in Belgium the same
ages.
In Spain the intended husband most
hays passed his 14th year, and the
woman her 12th.
In Hungary, for Roman Catholics, the
man must be 14 years old and the wo-
man 12; for Protestants, the man. must
be 18 and the woman 15.
In Greece the man must have seen at
least 14 Summers and the woman 12.
In Portugal, a boy of 14 is consul -
ed. marriageable, and a woman of 12.
In Russia and Saxony they are a lit-
tie more sensible, and a oath must
refrain from enteringinto matrimony
till he can count 18 years and the wo-
man till she can count 16. .
In Switzerland, men from the age
of 14 and the woman . from the age of
12 are allowed to marry.
In Turkey, any youth and maiden
who can walk properly, and can under-
stand the necessary religious service,
are allowed to be united for life,
'FTF IIPADE A MISTAKE.
What's the matter between Blinn and
his typewriter I
He 'thought when+.he hired her that
hie was going to dictate to her, but he
has discovered his mistake.
Inroclsburg, a city of the Ken-
tucky blue gneiss region, the most valu-
able propertyis owned by women,
that is only to peefet them.
It is c,oncedekl by military experts
Mat an advancing line of armed bi..
cycle riders could be thrown into ut-
ter confusion b a much smallerr
num-
ber of these trained Great Danes. But
if bothsides have the dogs—as they
wilt if the ptreseant plans are carried
out—then it will be dog fight dog, anti
a battle of brutes that most he first
decided before the human combatants,
measure skill and courage.
A' QUIOK-WITTED TAILOR.
Some few nears before his death.
Peale, the great London tailor, was
taking a walk on the west pier,. Brigh
ton, looking, as he always did, a beam-
ing specimen of heail'th, content, and
success.
A young man, who did not know, per-
haps, that he was a snob, was also on,
the pier with a couple of ladies to whom
he said, as he saw Pooley coming, "Now,
you wouldn't take that good-looking
man fora tailor, bat he ie. He's an im-
postor. Just listen while .I take him
down a. notch or two. I'll, tell him my;
oat, which I have just had from him,
doesn't fit.
As he spoke, Poole approached, and
politely acknowledged the salutation of
his customer, who, walking up to him,
said, "Here, Poole; now do take a look.
at me. ,Does this coat' fitl"-
Pole took in the situation, .for ha
was a (good physiognomist, and the
countenances of the ladiesbetrayed the
plot of him. "It certainly does! not fit,
said he, and pulling out a bit of French
chalk, he proceeded literally to maria
and to cross the coat of his would-be
queller all aver, and then observed, .
withthe utmost sang-froid and urban-
ity, "Now, if • yea will kindly seam that
coat to my shah, thealterations shall
be attended to."
A GRUSOMB COLLECTION,
A French Professor is the owner of
acollection of 920 human heads, repre-
senting every known race of people.
on the globe,
tri