Exeter Times, 1898-9-29, Page 6PIE CASTING AWAY
RS,, LECKS AND MRS. ALESIIINE.
eereeeNeeNeae%nWa.enn
twowomen left ' me in an
4 bat also somewhat aniaoyed
et miud. I had no iuteution
. for of propoelan to Miss Ruth
ten. he \VO,4 a charming girl,
bright and lively, and, wIthal, 1
*CAti011 to believe very sensible.
1 wan not yet a 'fortnight since I
w her, And no thought of
g her had entered into my
ad Mrs, Leeks and Mrs, Ale-
., more important that all, had.
Olderton., any reason to believe
w.as, acting the part of a lover?
ennannatimang this question
ost immediately " nnswere to
eisfaotion by the app rano of
tattt, who came skipping clown
iaati calling out to me inn that
ead hearty manner with which a
za addresses a friend or near ao-
'.ance, but never a suspected
Sim betrayed no more notion
lacks and Aleshine's scheme
on the day I first met her.
an I was rowing her over the
. I felt a Certain constraint,
I had not known before. There
no ground whatever for the wild
ninge of the two women, but the
that atian had imagined it inter -
1 .vaky much with the careless
ta with which I had previously
to Miss Roth. I do not think,
en that the noticed any change
.for -shs chattered and laughed,
awed, as she had done from tlae
the rare delight which has took
s novel island life.
'Ix we retuxned to the house, we
met by Mrs.. Aleshine. "I am
to give Iyoi.i two your supper,"
id, "on that table there under
ree. We all had. ours a little
er than common, as the sailor men
ed hungry; and I took your fath-
ta him in the library, where 1 ex -
he 's aasittin' yeti holdin' a book
e hand and stirrin' his tea with
ether, till he's stirred out nearly
''' p'im the floor, which, how -
mit matten at all, for in the
I'll rub up that floor till it's
t as new." ,1
lan delighted Miss Ruth, but I
t the beginning of the work -
a deep -laid scheme. I was
utte,en.a,,'' - -down,... when Mrs,
▪ "id.--fi-> me in rIow voice es
t us:
member that the first =res-
ters of a pint apiece begins nowi"
n't you thiek that lins. Lecke
eirs.. Aleslaine areperfectly °hamle-
t-ea:encl. Miss Ruth, as she poured
-he tea, "They always seem to
ying to think of some kind thing
for other aeople."
agreed entirely with tiles Ender -
remark, but I could not help
king of the surprie she would feel
e knew of the k4d thing that
'e ilitenameenanne e- trying to do
e grain of al
no any steps yet?"
es, the next day.
at 1 bad taken
hioh 1 suppos-
Peed away with
us face.
Lr 8 later Mrs. Aleshine
le "There's another reason
an en' up," said she. "Them
m, seems able to do without
in this world except to-
eVIrs. Lecke has been sellin'
of a big box he found in
airs, at flee cents a tea-
ch I think is awful cheap,
.prices in islands is al-
ri wintming the money up
"th 'Cash paid by sailor
'co' written on it, and
the ginger -jar with the
But their dollar and
ts is nearly gone, and
say e that not a Whiff
e's tobacco shall they
'Ll - pay-efor it. - And
hey ha..vp nothin' to smoke,
be wantin' to leave this island
.„.T, 'th as they can, without
e flour co give out."
nother pressure brought
me. Not only the wan-
„ e ut the rapidly disappear -
money was used as a weep -
LI L a me forward to the love-
' ilL `03h Mrs. Leeks and Mrs.
ia.d set their hearts upon.
n no burry to leave the
d hoped very much that
t
id go we should depart in
ott more comfortable than a
teeree.'fn' iiider, therefore, to
it any undue desire to leave on
eft of the sailors, I gave them
enough to buy a good many
is full of tobacco. By this act I
I wounded the feelings of Mrs.
and Illre. Aleshine, although I
e idea that such would be the
of ray little gift. They said
g to me on the subject, but
,00ks and manner indicated that
hought I had not been acting
11:..1y. For two days they had
ttle to .e.a..y to me; and then Mrs.
ke came to me to make what, I
a, was their supreme effort.
e. Lecke and me is a-goine to
she' aid, and as she spoke she
me •with a very sad expres-
nd, a watery eppeerance about
r"to stretch out the time for
ittle longer. We are goin' to
hem sailor men eat nahre fish,
for Me and her, we'll gdipretty
-vithout bread, and make it up,
1 at
as we can, on her things.
id Miss Ruth and the parson
h have your three-quarters of
of eater a day, just the same
-, ban What- we save ought • to
et three or four days longer.”
r 'speech moved me deeply. I
lot allow them two kind -heart -
len to half starve themselves in
het 7 might have more time to
wad 1 spoke very earnestly=
iject to Mrs, Aleehine, urging
give lip the fanciful plans
The, and Mrs, Leeks had concoct-
.,
ne• drop this idea at love-mak-
vaid, "whiela is the wildest
vegary, and all live happily to-
pe; we did befere. If the pro-,
e",ve out before the Dusanies
1 suppoee we shall have to
heboat, but. until that time
t lie enjoy life here as much
d be the good Mende I
r talkei to one 4
o the paluitrees which waved over us,
"As I said before," remarked Mrs,
A.leshine, "what is saved from Mrs.
Leolee's and mine and the three sailor
mexes three-quarters of a pint apiece
; ought to give you four days more,"
i And she went into the house.
. All this time the Reverend Mr. En-
derton had sat and read in the library,
OT meditativelyhad walked the beach.
;with a. book in his hand; while
; the three miners had caught fish per -
;formed their other work, and lain in
the shade, smoking their pipes in peace.
!Miss Ruth and I had taken our daily
;rows and walks, and had enjoyed. our
, usual hours of pleasant converse, clad
'all tbe membarsf the little1
nemed happy and. contented except
Era Leeks and Mrs. Alestine. These
two went gravely and sadly about
their work, and the latter asked no
more for the hornpipes and the sea
songs of her sailor men.
But, for some unaccountable reason, '
Mr. Encieuion's condition of tranquil!
abetraction did not continue. He ,
began to be fretful and discontented.'
He found fault with his food and his
accommodations, and instead of spend-
ing the greater part of the day in the
library as had been his wont, he took
to wandering about the isit,nd, gener-
ally with two or three books under his
1 arm, sometimes sitting down in one
place and sometimes in another, and
then lining suddenly, to go grumbling
into the house.
One afternoon, as Miss Ruth and I
were in the skiff in the lagoon, we
saw Mr. Enderton approaching us,
walking on the beach. As soon as he '
was near enough for us to hear him,
he shouted to his daughter. .
"Ruth, come out ot that boat! If
you want to take the air I should
think you might as well walk with me
as to go rowing round with — with
anybody." ,
This rude and heartless'speech made '
my blood boil, while my companion
turned pale with mortification. The
man had ne,ver made the slightest ob-
jection to our friendly intercourse„
and this unexpected attack was entire- I
ly indefensible.
"Please pur. Kcie astiore," said. Miss ,
Ruth. And wrchout a. wor&for I could
not trust meself to speak, I landed '
her. And petulantly complaining
that she never- gave him one moment ;
of Jr eociety. her father led her
away.
An hour later, my soul still in a •
state of turmoil. but with the violence.
of its tossings iomewhat abated, I
entered one of the paths which led
through the weeds.. After a few
theme I reached; a point where I could
see for quite a distance to the other
and of the path, width opened out up-
on the beach. There I perceived Mr.
Enderton, sitting upon the little bench
on which I had found Emily's book.
His back was towards me, and he seem-
ed to be busily reading. About mid-
way between him and myself I saw
Miss Ruth, slowly walking towards
e. Her eyes were fired upon
the ground, and she had not seen me.
!Stepping to one side I awaited her
approach. ;When she came near I ac-
costed her.
"Miss Ruth," said I, "has your fath-
er been talking to you of met"
She looked. up quickly, evidently sur-
prised at my being there. "Yes," she
said, "he has told me that it is not—
suitable that I should be with you as
much as I have been since we came
here."
There was something in this remark
that roused again the turmoil which
had begun to subside within me. There
was so much that was unjust and
tyrannical, and—what perhaps touch-
ed me still deeper—there was such a
want of consideration and respect in
this behavior of Mr. Enderton that it ,
brought to the front some very incon-
gruous emotions. I had been super- ;
ciliously pushed aside, and I found I
was angry. Something was about to
be torn from me, and I found I loved i
"Ruth," said I, stepping up close to
her, "do you like to be with me as you
have been?"
If Dllss Ruth had not spent such a
large portion of her life in the out -of- 1
the -world village of Naufauchong ; if
she had not lived among those sim-
ple -hearted missionaries, where it was
never necessary to conceal her emotions !
or her sentiments; if it had not been ,
THE EXETER TIMES
that she never heel had emotions or
sentiments that it was necessary to
eoneeal, I do uot believe that when she
enswered me she would have =Wed
her eyes to me with a leak in them of
a deap-blue sky seen through a sort
of Indian glimmer mist, and that gaze
ing thus she would have said i.
"Of course I like it."
"Then let us =eke It suitable," I
said, taking both her hands in mine.
There was another look, le which the
skies shone clear and bright, and, then,
in a moment, it was all done.
About five minutes after this I
said to her, "Ruth, shall we go to your
faller t"
"Certainly," she answered. And to-
gether we walked along the thickly
sixeded path.
The missionary still sat with hie
back towards un.; and, being so intent
upon his book, L found that by keep-
ing my eyes upon him it was perfectly
safe to walk with iny arm around Ruth
until we had nearly xeached hitn. Then
I took her hand in mine, and we step-.
ped in front of hira.
"Father," said Ruth, "Mr. Craig. and
I are going to be married."
There was something very Plump
about thin .remark, and Mr. Enderton
immediately raised his eyes from his
book and fixed them, first upon his
dauglater and then upon me; then be
let them drop, and through the nate
raw space between us he gazed out
over the sea.
Well, father," said Ruth, a little im-
patiently, "what do you think of it?'
Mr. Enderton leaned forward and
racked up a leaf from the ground. This
he placed between the open pages of
his book and closed it.
"It seems to ma," he said, "that on
many aecounts the arrangement you
Propose inay be an excellent one. Yes.
he added more decidedly, "I think it
will do very well indeed. I shall not
be at all surprised if we are obliged to
remain on this island for a considerable
tune, and, for my part, I have no de-
sire to leave it at present. And when
you shall place yourself, Ruth, in a
position, in which you will direct the
domestic economies of the establish-
ment, I hope that you will see to it
that things generally are made more
compatible with comfort and. gentility,
and, as regards the table, I may add
with palatability."
Ruth and I looked at each other, and
then together we promised that as far
as in us lay we would try to make
the life of 11cfr. Enderton, a. happy one,
not only while we were on the island,
but ever afterward.
We were promising a grew', deal, but
at that moment we felt very grateful.
Then he stood. up, shook us both by
the hands, and we left him to his book.
When Ruth and I came -walking out
of the woods and approached the house,
Aleshine was standing outside,
not far from the kitch n. When she
saw us she gazed steadily at us for a
few moments, a strange expression
coming over her face. Then she threw
up both her hands, and without a word,
she turned and rushed indoors.
We had not reached the house before
Mrs, Leeks and Mrs. Aleshine came
hurrying out together. Running up to
us with a hatte and an excitement I
had. never seen in either of theme first
one and then the other took Ruth into
her arms and kissed her with mueh
earnestness. Then they turned upon
nee and shook my hand e with hearty
vigor, expressing, more by their looks.
and actions than their words, a tri -1
norenpehant approbation of what I had
a
"The minute I laid my eyes on you,"
said Mrs. Aleshine, 'I knavved it was
all right. There wasn't no need of ask -
in' questions."
I now became fearful lest, in the ex-
uberance of their satisfaction these
good. women might reveal t� Ruth the
plans they had. laid. for OUT matrimon-
ial future, and the reluctance I had
shown in entering into them. My coun-
tenance must have expressed. my ap-
prehensions, for Mts. Aleshine, her rud-
dy -face glowing with warmth, both
mental and physical, gave me a little
wink and drew me no one side.
"You needn't suppose that we've ever
said anythin to Miss Ruth, or that
we're goin' to. It's a. great deal better
to let ner think you did it all erour-
eslf."
I felt like resenting this imputation
upon the independence of my love-
making, but at this happy moment I
did not want to enter into a discussion,
and therefore merely smiled.
"I'm so glad, I don't know how to
tell it," continued Mrs. Aleshine, as
Mrs. Leeks and Ruth walked towards
the house.
I was about to follow, but my cora-
pa;nion detained me.
'Have you spoken to Me ;arum?' she
asked.
"Oh, yes." eeld. I, "and he seeme reeve"
featly satisfied. I are rather snreeteed
at this, because of late he has lbeenen
ouch a remaikebly bad humor,"
"Thee% so," said Mrs. Aleshine
"there's AO gettixe round the feet that
he's been a good deal crosser than two
sticks, You see, Mr, Craig, that 1Virs.
Leeks and me, we made op our minds
that it wasn't fair to the Dusautes to
let that rich missionary go on pleyin'
=thin' but four dollars a week apiece
for him and, his daughter, and, if we
=Met get no more out of him one
way, we'd do it in another. It was fair
enough that if he didn't pay more hel
ought to get less; and so we gave him
freare fish and. not so mucb bread, the
same as eve' did the sailor mere, and we
weakened his tea, and sent him just so
meth sugar, aud no more; and, as for
openin" boxes of sardines for hira which
there was no reason why they shouldn't
be left bare for the Dasentes, I just
wouldn't do it, though he said he'dgot
all the fresh fish he wanted when be
was in China. And. then we agreed
that it was high time that that libery
should be cleaned up, and we went to
work at it, not inindin' vvlia,t he said;
for it's no use tellin' roe that four Aeol-
ian. a week will pay for a front room
and ,good board, and the use of a
library all day. And, as there wasn't
no need of both of us tannin' one iroom,
1 /Mrs. Leos, she went into the parlor,
where he'd. took his boths, and begun
there. And then, again, we shut down
on Mr. Minute's dressing -gown. There
was no sense includin• the use of that
in his four dollers a week, so we brush-
ed it up, and camphored it, and put
it away, We just wanted to let him
know that if he undertook to be akin -
'linty, he'd. better try it on somebody
else besides us, We could see that he
was a good deal upset, for if ever
man liked to have things quiet and
comfortable around him, and every-
thing his own way, -that man is that
missionary. . But we didn't care if
we did prod him up a little. Mrs.Lecks
and me, we 'both agreed, that it would
do him good. Why, he'd got into such
a way of shettin' himself up in himself,
that he didn't even see that his dau-
glater was goin' about with a young
man, and, fixin' her affections on him
more and more every day, when he nev-
er had no idea, as could be proved by
witnesses, of marryin' her."
To Be Continued.
OLDEST STEAM ENGINE.
Been Running Regularly for One Hundred
and Twenty Years.
The oldest engine in the world is in
the possession of the Birmingham Can-
al Navigations, this engine having been
constructed by Boulton & Watt in
the yeax 1777. 'The order is entered,
in the fires books -in that yeax as a,
Isingle acting beam engine, with chains at .eaoh end of a wooden. beam, and.
having the steam cylinder thirty-two
inches in diameter, with a stroke of
eight feet, and emoted. at the canal
company's pumping station at Rolfe
street, Smethwick. During the pres-
ent year, 1898, "this remarkable old en-
gine, \Alia has been regularly at
work from the time of its erection to
the ourrent y-eax, a period, say, of 120
.years, was removed to the canal com-
pany's station at Ookar Hill, Tipton,
there to be re -erected and preserved
as a relic, of what MU be done by good
management when dealing with ma-
chinery of undoubted quality. It is
worthy of note that the Birmingham
Canal Navigation favored Boulton &
Watt in 1777 with the order of this
engine, and 181i8, or 120 years afterward,
the company have intrusted the same
firm,, James Watt & Co.; Soho, Smeth-
wick, with the ma,nufactiire of two of
their modern triple -expansion verti-
cal engines, to be erected at the Wal-
sall puraping station, having 240 horse
power and a, pumping capacity of 12,-
713,600 gallons per day. :
.
SEA -WATER ON OAST IRON.
Some ca.stairon cannon balls were re-
cently recovered. ITOM the sea near
Brest. They had. been under water for
over a hundred years. They could be
cut with a knife, a great part of the
Iran having disappeared. Exposed to
the air, the interior became quite hot,
of course losing the heat in a short
time, after the oxygen of the air had
ceased to act upon it.
THE REAL THING.
Mr, Gotroks—Do you really love my
daughter, or do you only think you
leve her
Percy efushly (rapturously) — Oh,
Mr. Getrokei Can't you tell by nay
%eke that there is no thinking about
ete
FULL FUN.
No Inducement --Wouldn't you in
to live your life over again? And. owe
twice as much as I do now Well, I
guess not,
Adapnbility to environment, said
the Cunarabagsville Sage, is the sweet
of happiness. Therefore, the wise man
learns to love his wife's dog. ,
1 It Kay lie 0o..—Why la it that genie,
uses ere nearly always eccentric? 1
guess it must be bemuse that's about
the only way in which genius can ob-
'am recognition,
! A Safe Vacuum—Aren't you afraid
reading these trashy novels in surainer
will weaken your mind? Well, they
ranoitymind.gliatn;but,insummer you see, I have
Some Inside Mythology.— Once more
did Illyssee relate the story of his wan-
derings; but still Penelope, his faith-
ful wife, shook her head. 'Where, she
perszeled, are the labels on your
trunks
Ton had better not go boatingwith
.Ada, said Tommy, to his sister's fiance
Why not,. Tommy? 'Cause I heard her
say she Intended to throw you over-
board soon.
It looks like a tremendous quantity
of wheat, Silas, said, the cousin from
the East, inspecting the bine. Whet are
yea keeping mon a great lut, of it
ErafOxy?,01Facifrt. a dollar, chuckled Farmer
Preparing the Case. --First Lawyer.—
Each witness gives a different account
of the azoident. Second Lawyer—Yes,
if we put th,ern all on the !stand ;the
jury may think our clients met with
three or four accidents.
Mistress -1 saw two policannen Sit-
ting in the kitchen with you last night,
Bridget. Bridget—Well, ma'am yez
wouldn't hov an unmarried lady bei sit -
would yez? The other one WAS a than-
etrinon' .alone with only wan polieemeal,
Riding in an omnibus up Regent
Street last evening I heard. an old lady
annoying the other passengers by her
remarks. The conductor remonstrat-
ed with her, saying: Ma'am, remember
you are in a public, vehicle, and. behave
as sixth.
Cemeaulsion—As for the beautiful
pariah she merely sneered. Wretched
neighborsl she exclaimed. They shall
yet come to me. Look, I have wealth!
I shall have a tempo:Lone put in my
house! Ha, ha! Oh, what a power have
riches to compel social recognition.
Mr. Bloobumper (after the return
from church)—Dr. Thirdly must take
us for fools. Mrs. Bloobumper (re-
proachfully)_0h, no, Barry. Mr. Bloo-
betoper—Well you know a word to the
wise is sufficient, but the doctor
preaches for almost an hour at. a
stretch.
Sometimes, said the young man, who
is becoming slightly cynical, it does
seem that a dollar is the best friend
a man can have. Yes, sir, replied Sena-
tor Sorghun. And 1 have always con-
tended that it a politician's duty to
make as many friends as possible.
Compromise—Tyrantvociferated the
prisoner, I refuse to bend. the knee,
The tyrant was in a gracious mood.
'that is the, sort of stuff I like to see
in a roan," said. he. If you won't bend
the knee, May I invite you over to
Hennessee's place to crook your elbow?
. THE ABBEY CAT.
"Westminster Abbey," says an Eng-
lish contemporary.; "possesses an ec-
clesiastical cat, which—it is to be pre-
sumed, in the absence of authority to
the contrary—catches the ecclesiastial
mice, a meager diet, indeed, if the
adage respecting the church mouse be
trustworthy. The cloisters are his
favorite haunts, but he occasionally
makes a tort of appearance in public
life- by taking a promenade in the ab-
bey yard adjoining Victoria street. It
would not be an exaggeration to say
that his mien is deanlike, thotash with-
al affable to all who offer tokens of re-
spect—caresses or tbe like—in a proper
spirit. He may be said to be 'known
to the police,' but only in a favorable
sense, and in case of maltreatment the
strong—blu.e-coated—arm of the law
would assuredly be stretched out for
his proteotion."
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Ogrid urinate, Scene
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Rectrie Vieror •
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KI-IAR.TOUM0 AS 'GORDON FIRST SAVV IT
ti
W
Talking It Over.
A good deal of the Pleasure and net -
infection we take in going anywhere,
and eeeing anything, is found
in talking it over afterward.
allou
the
youetwihciuofofr iloy• (It tta, elhPo alnga:gyei wl ago rbf thrtoi 'eel asjr id:eYtbn;iraPpetaa' tryi :11:heyue-
ve:: a f0t0:.wpftaTred. notes and talk it
She will see what you see, and some
things beside, probably, and two heads
are better than one, and of course two
pair of eyes are better than one. There
are so many things to be discussed, and
there can be so ro.uoh harmless, de-
lightful gossip when two women, who
areel:come together, „with each
other
The way that dancer in the red
silk gown flirted with the knight in
armor, and how she turned up her
eyes at the other leading lady; and
you wonder if she is any relation of the
dark gentleman who scowled at her
so fiercely when the lover was doing
the ,sentimental toward her, and were
her diamonds real, or not? And what
awful !large feet she had,. and how
scrawny her nook was, and what a way
she had of setting her arms akimbo,
just like your washwoman when she
disputes the *ages you want to pay
h.erl And if the matter under discus-
sion be a. lecture, it is just lovely to
talk that over, and have somebody who
was with you to share in the,entertain-
xnent. You caax ask her If she thinks,
if she really thinks., that all that lec-
turer's hair was natural hair, and if
she noticed how dreadfully her skirt
did hang over to one side, and tow
badly her boots fitted; and you canny
(tend your friend will agree with Yth)
that a woman who lectures ought to be
very careful about the way her skirts
hang, and how her feet look, because
yoorni.
uknow, one is so exposed on the plat-
tAnd if you. have been at churchnwhy,
it is nothing out of place, after ;you
have talked over the sermon, to
talk over the preaoher—gently and
charitably, of course,• we all do it.
"Such a learned and holy -minded
man! Oh, so intellectual! But 'just a
little, ever so little, careless about his
collars and ehings." And he will, open
his eyes now and then when he is
praymg—just a habit of . his, of
course; and he does have—don't you
think! a rather cordial way of shaking
hands with that forward going sop-
rano; but then, probably, it is her
fault. Soin girls never know how to
deport themselves, you know. And
she isn't quite in our set, poonthing!
If you go to &party, or reception, you
dearly like to talk that over. The way
the table was laid—the new method of
folding the napkins, the fashion in
which the hair of the hostess was
"done up" --(not becoming at all, do
you think?)—and your friend. is quite
of your way of thinking. And, she
noticed how Mrs. Brown's dress had
been let out in the waist—she Is
getting so stout; and then
that dreadful Seely child that they all
think is such a wonder; and if it
were yours, you would have left it at
home—yes, indeed! And it was so
funny that Mr. Robinson, the host,
did not even look in, and he was in the
house, you know he was, all the( time.
And you have heard it hinted, and
your friend says she has heard it hint-
ed, too, but of course you don't either
one of you believe it—oh y no 1—you
have heard it whispered that he does
not like to have his wife belongeto
clubs, and do so much entertaining; and
that he is awful close and miserly
with his family; and your friend has
heard the same thing; but, then, one
never does know what to believe. And
then she smiles knowingly, and. you
smile in the same way, and you thor-
oughly. understand eaah other, and
Mr. Robinson's status is definitely set-
tled to your mutual setisfaction.
And the dresses of the guests come
in for a share of attention -when you
are talking it over. Poor Angeline
Tones, with her black hair, and dread-
fully tawny skin, and that blue dress!
Strange that people do not have bet-
ter taste! Her dressmaker ought to
have told. her better. She looked pos-
Mealy horrid! A.nd Mrs. elitters, with
those pink ribbons; and she is fifty,
if e is a dayl And your friend
wishll supplement your remarks with
the inforneetion that they do say
that it is a fact that the Flit-
terses have a big mortgage on their
house and don't pay their grocer's
billa'and that oldest Miss Flitte-rs is
deadin love with. young Golduet, and
he laughs about it at his club—the
wretch— but, then, men will do se,
you know.
When you go away for the summer
season, your friend and you ca,n have
all the winter to talk it over. And
reminiscences of that kind ere so de-
lightful. Ohthe mosquitoes, and
the horrid hard Ws, and the flies,
and the boat rides, and the sunsets, and
the rctultitudes of other things
that you experielaiecl. And so, as we
said in the beginning, half 'the enjoy-
ment one gets out ol anything is found,
in talking it over after it ie aver and
gone. -Kate Thorn,
APPRRCIATIVE
Don't mieunderstend me, said Mean,
dering Mike; I ain't down oet work.
You don't seem to have much affec-
tion fur it, said Plodding Pete,
Yes, I have. Work is a good t'ing.
If it wasn't fur work bow would all
den people git money to give us?
1I1IMAN PECULIABITY.
A Gamma biologist sale that the two
sides of a. face ate never alike, in two
rases oat of five the eyes are out of
line; ote eye is etronger then the other
In seven persons out of ten; and the
right ear is generally higher thee the
NOTES AND CO111,111EAr21.9.
1
difficulty in securing sect -for hi-
-
weee
!Although Nee. Ceoil Rhodes had no
elf in the newly eleeted Cape Colony
Retliament, the elections, as a whole,
have gone against labn, and the Afri-
kander Bond is now tee controlling
force iti Cape polities. Various causes
contribated te this result. One was
Mr. nhodeS'S Violent denunciation of
President Kruger of the Transvaal.,
and his Soaroely veiled threats against
that republic, This united the Cape
Colony Dutch in defence of their race,
both, inside a,nd otside the °okay.,
Another cause was the defection of a
considerable number of the Englishseaknig voters in consequence a
their approval of his oonnection with
the. janaeson raid Outnumbered as
they are by the Dutch, they suffered
considerably in their aftairs from tho.
disturbance of harmony occasioned by
that ill-etarred enterprise, and epees -
sed their sentiments by voting either
for independence or for Bonct candi-
dates in order to defeat Rhodes.
_There was, however, another cause,
for Mr. Rhode's defeat; One which is
likely to grow in importance in South.
African politica The educated
colored element of the population, see-
ing an opportunity for pressing their.
claims, did so with considerable effect,.
and secured from Rhodes an almost
unqualified assent to justice ot their
domande for political recognition, based
on education, property, a,nd labor. As
yet public opinion among neither the
English nor the ..Dutoli colonists is
favorable to the granting of political
privileges to the uative and other
colored raeies;* and prejudice against•
them is so strong that, as a writer
in tbe Westminster Iteview says,. if
the oelebrated Indian cricketer, Prince
Ranjitsinhji, went to South Africa., he
would not be allowed, aceording to the.
existing rules of the Cape cricket
clu.bs, to play in a first-class match. ;
In taking up the native question in.
the way he has Mr. Rhodes bas added
to the complications of South African
politics generally, for although the.
Afrikander Bond leaders in the Cape.
have also shown themselves favorably;
disposed to the claims of the colored
races, the other colony, Natal, and the
independent republic, have ei,ot yet
advanced quite so far. The introduc-
tion of the colored element into poll: -
deal warfare in South Afrioa is an.
experiment wbith will be watched
with great interest everywhere, and
must have a. profound influence over
the future relations of the two races.
contending for the mastery in South.
Africa, and the position of that coun-
try in the British Empire.
As regards the general result of the.
election, apart from its serving to'
show popular disapproval of Mr.
Rhode's policy, it is not believed that
the victorious Afrikander Bond. will in
any way abuse its victory. Although
aomewhat obstinate and ultra-conser- -
vative in- many ways, the Cape Dutch
are a level-headed people and quite
alive to their own interests; and while
under the leadership of Mr. Hofaneyr
are as little likely to indulge in any
anti-British freaks as they are to
play the game of what Mr. Rhodes
,styles Krugerism.
BERMUDA -WOKEN.
Bermuda women axe excellent house-
wives and bring up large families of
children, some of the most favored
young folic being sent to the United
States for educational advantages. In
matters of etiquette they are far more
strict than Americans. As a rule,
they are well to do and live comfort-
ably, while some of them possess ample
means and. enjoy much luxury. In
Bermuda, as in England, property, es-
pecially real estate, remains in the
same families for long periods, and
some of the descendants of the first ,
settlers still possess lands which Jaime '
never passea out eif their families. It
is just this conservatism about proper-
ty which causes the superabundance of
spinsters. No alien ca,n acquire a
title to land in Bermuda either by pur-
chase or inheritance. This is chiefly a
precautionary measure against " the
Portuguese, who flock to the country,
and go in largely for onion growing.
But the law provides that if a woman.
meanies a foreigner, she shall lose her
landed property, and shall also becoro.e
incapable of inheriting any. This maw
is naturally not popular with the ladies
who see their brothers mate with aliens
and would fain have the same liberty.
Oceasionelly Bermuda gads renoenee
their birthrights for love's sake, but,
as a rule, the charms of penniless
maidens are not sufficient far young
man to desire them for WiVP,S, and thus
many girls Mal doomed to single bless-
edness in Bernauda simply by the law
ef the land.
ABOUT THE SIZE OP IT.
Little Clarence—Pa, is it true, is
eihakespeare says, thet all the worle's
a stage?
Mr. Callipers—ft, naay have been
so in Shakespeare's time, but as far
back as I eon remember it has been
MOM like a courthouse — il has been
so full of trials,
Idi.KGEST BOO.
The largest bog in Ireland is the Bog
of Allan,. which stretches a,eross the
center of the islene, east of the Shan-
non, and covers nearly 25,000 acres. Al-
together there are teerTy 3,000,000
aerees of bog in Ireland—that is to say
000.6 tiros seventh of the tott4 fitta
of tlio eotlntry is bog.,