Exeter Times, 1898-12-22, Page 7T11.19 EIX33T)11B,
LONT AND WARN
, A STORY OF SLAVERY PAYS
13y MARY J. HOLMES.
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CHAPTER IX,--Contienede Woraen and children fleeing for
'it's the only thing Which has Pre- ateameeard marching an with 500,_
vented me from being a aerfeet vil- ene moult ,
• lain," he said. "It haS kept me from "`"
The Baltimoreans/in ecstasies, and
the wine cup, and from the gambler'a the Philadelphians in despairl
. Such, were, some a the exaggerated
'Pity it hadn't kept: you out of the reports' weieh ran like lightaing
Southern. /4aanY," a"as 131.11'e dry res- throu.gh the streete of Rookie:net on
Poose, Iiiot the stranger answered, eag- the first areival of the eteevs, throve-
erly3 1 ing the peopee into a greater pante
•aar'Vevisla it lona I wish it had! Please then was said to exist in Washingt0n.
give it back, and. Pll swear altegiance Hints of eorae terrible aisastero the ex -
to the veriest minion in Lincoln's act native ot whieh couldn't be known
train,"• until the arrival of the. evening 'pa -
"I never thou.aht no great of a pers, had early in the afternoon found
turncoat," 13ill repliea, closing the their way from the telegreplaio :station
ca•se, and still holding it in his hand.
their latest
__, into the village, creating the moet
'It You're a Southern dog, stay sta "a"' I intense excitement. Men left their
go to baelein. on both sides. We 1, matter
-en want no tx•eitdre. ,,, 'Honest, Peeltelere,swohfilheusgittioeuesp$too of
the
t women asset:1-
th> cOrPoral, where was you been?
bled at the eteeet corners, discussing
te's,kind of nateral look in your , the probabilities df tbe case, and eaeh
face, e' if l'a seen it afore," and Bill I
1 hoping that her child, her husband.
Laid the ambrotype u.pon the grass, her brother had been spared.
,But with regard to his birtheplace, Prominent among Oleo was Widow
the stranger was non:committal and • Simms,holding fast to Susan's hand,
Bill eontinued: • 'and oecasionally whispering. A word.
- "If I let yon go you'll give me the of comfort to the eioor • child, whose
match
"Willingly, willingly,"
"nd the etetacks?"
"And the gla.ss bea i ng , t.
givina that while, so 'Many were bee
reeved ot their loved ones elle had beea
Mereifully spared. The next Mail
brought her a secoini letter from Mr.
Mather, inore minnte in its partieulare
than any. whieh had oreeciaed IL He
had ebtained permissioo to 'stay with
George, had reenovod him to a private
boardiaa-houni, far more comfortable
than the crowded hoepital ; • an at
his reetunst he wrote to Annie that her
husband, though badly woundedawl
suffering neuele from the terrible ex-
citement of the battle, was not thought
dangerous, and had strong hopes ot ere
long receiving his diseharge and re-
turniog home where she could nurse
him back to life.
This was Annien ineeeage, read by
her eagerly, while the Widow Simms,
forgetting all formality in her anxiety
to hear' if. there was aught concerning
her boy, looked over her shoulder, her
eye darting from line to line until she
caught his name. There was some-
thing of him, end grasping Annie's
arm, she wiaispered,
"Read what it says of leaac."
And Annie read how brave Tom
Carleton had generously. given place to
the poor wounded Geerge, and staid be -
hied with Isaac, hoping to make his
way to Washington in safety. They
had not been heard froxa since, and
the widow's heart was sick as heart
could benwith the dread uncertainty.
Anything \vas preferable to this sus-
pense, end in a state of mind borderjng
upon distraction she walked the floor,
now wringing her hands and again de-
claring her intention to start at once
for somewhere, she knew not. whither,
or cared, provided she found her
child.
In the midst of her excitement the
gate swung open, and Mrs. Baker rush-
ed Up the walk, her sleeves above her
elbows, just as he had left her wash-
ing at a neighbor's when she received
Bilre letter, which told ot Hal's sad
Late, and unravelled the mystery a
Tom Carleton's silence.
'Ina's took! The Rebels have got
yout• Ike!" she shrieked, brandishing
aloft the soiled missive, and howling
di,smally. Then, putting her hand in-
to her bosom, she drew' forth the lock
a hair, and thrusting it almost into
the widow's face, cried out, "Look, 'Us
Harry's hair, all that is left of Harry.
Tbat'e whet 1 git for havin' a boy two
inches taller, than Ike, who stood in
front, and would have been shot in-
stead a Harry, only he was shorter.
Read it, Miss Graham," and tossing
the letter into A.nnie's lap, the wretch-
ed woman sank %mon the door -step,
and eovering her face with her wet
apron, rocked back and forth, while
Annie read aloud as follows:
os, 15." •
,1
eyes were red with ev-eeping over the
possible fate of John. Rose Mather's
carriage drove u.p and down, and from
its window Rose herself looked anal-
ously out, her tate indicative of the
"/es, everything but the mature. artxtety
she felt to hear the worst, if
" on't be o fast
2" Billreielnea" worst there were. She knew aer
"I'll get .to thet oimeby. W
husband could not have been in bat-
epeteeles, glass bead...1'111g, tooal
irer
box, ana this other thiagunalibb, but
not the ieicter,af let you go? And
you'll go with me to Washington, and
be slaoived up like a carervo.n if I'll
give up the piaci? Them's the terries
ots I understand." - • •
"Yes," the stranger gasped, a
sfla-
dow of hope stealing into his heart. her, and the two preeented a. most
„ Alas, how soon it was erased by
I striking contrast, for where Rose was
Bill's continuing: I nervous impatient aud excited, Annie,
tis, for he wan still in Washington,
but she was conscious of a feeling as
if some dire calamity were impending
over her, and among the crowd collect-
ed tke street there was none who
waited more impatiently for the com-
ing of the evening train than she, Slie
had taken Annie Graham to ride with
• yankees ain't. generally very green. though 'feeling none the less concern-
We,ccoa make you. Southern blooas hu9 ed, was quiet, submissive and' resign-
, wooden cowcumbereseeds anY , time of ed, exaibiting no outward emotion
day, and do.you s'pose Imgoina to let until the shrill whistle was heard
you. off at any price? No siri It yo
go to war, you must take the chances
, of wax. I ein't. *aagoitt' to hurt you,
nd I'll ease up them • strings if you
across the plain, when a crimson flush
stole into leer cheeks, deepening intoa
purple as the carriage drew up in
front of the office, eviaere the throng
say se, het, corporal, you're my Pre- wee, growing denser, — men pushing
soner; and these traps," tayang his past each other, and elbowing their
hand upon the various artiples upon way to a standpoint near the door,
the areas, "these traps, platen sedan, where they could catch the first item
I con-fis-cate as con-tra-bandl How of news, and scatter it among the
do you feel now?" and Bill coolly poc- eager crowd. The papers came at
keted his contrabands all save the last, and the damp sheets were almost
watch, which be. adjusted allout• his torn asunder by the excited multitude.
neck. •' - "Me one, -- please," and Rose Math -
There was a gene amen of lamas, er's liana was thrust from the window
and soles, and wild entreaties, and in time to estch a paper destined for
then -the poor discouragea soldier Was some one farther in the rear, but ere
still, his white face wearing again its she had found the column sought, she
look of cola, haughty ee,serve, and hisheard from thoen around her that the
whole manner indicative of the aver- worst was realized.
even to the bootjack lie bed nee hurl -
at her head, reminded her of the
Harry who would ciente back no utore
She did not think of his unkindness
now, l'apet was all forgotten, and
motberlike, the remembered only the
times wheel be was good and treated
her like something half way human,
He was her boy,.-lier first horn, and
as elle •lay with her teareetainecl fitee
burie.c1 in the wanly pillowe of her
humble bed, she remitted to Mind the
time when . Ara tie lisped tbe. sweet
mother, and, twined his baby
arms about her ileek•
To Be Continued.
ST. A.NDR.EW'S NICHT,
eion he felt for •the vulgar Bill, upo
fl
whom the feeling was entirely lost,
for though Bill knew the proud South-
erner felt above him, he could' not ap-
e feelings which. made the
young man &runic from him as frame
loationme reptile. Bill had no
tention of treating biro . cruelly. , and sachusetts---," and in. her eagerness
as by this time, the night shadows . to hear from. Tom, she forgot for a
be monient that each a regiment as the
were creePing into the woods,
sought out a dryer and more shelter- N.Y. lath existed. But there were
ed spot, and bade his prisoner sleep others who did not forget, and just as
while he sat by and watched. It seem- the question left Annie's lips the an -
ed preposterous that the stranger ewer came in the despairing cry which
• shottld sleep -under. so great excite- reit the air as some reckless person
meet, but human nature could endure sh ated aloud.
no longer without rest, 'and when at "The 15th a total wreck! Not a
last the stars came out, they shone man left of Company R.." ,
• down upon that tired soldier, sleeping
upon the grass, with Bill sitting neare,
the next moment Rose held the faint -
"Oh, George," poor Annie cried, and
and watching as he slept. Therewer
visions of home, and of, the battle, too, iqic form upon her lap,
young I e home,—to Mrs. Graham's 1
it would seem, mingled in the erra6-s.tneTnr,i,Y
mans dreams, for he talked somelimes . she said to Jake, •who with
with his mother, asking her to forgive 1, some difficulty made' his way through
• her boy, and take him. back ape - 1 the crowd but not until the story so
cthruoesel,ly4ept. hasfdloarst ewreaseecoenntyrardeiscated tre
ter love; then be was pleading for an- i
•other, a captive it would seem.,
• should come to the ' witiunded o ficoaerre. , sad intelbgenen,
1 The news was bad enough, but the
ing•that nought but the best off
and then •the picture flitted. aerieee his ,Bockland company was not mentioned,
watac on 'and its friends bad no alternative but
mind, ' for he held converse
1 and Bill . listening to hem, Ito wait until the telegraph wires
The father Scotchmen garig free haute
They seem to grow the fonder
0' everything that's Scotch in name,
An' crack abol it yooder,
Ayont 'Atlantic's briny foam;
They a' ken ane anither—
The Scot's at ham° wbere'er he roam
An' share ton find a brither
• Chorus:—
At. Andrew's, Caledonians Clans,
As Sons o'nanagiland. gather;' •
Gitelieateratit "John Ifielanman's I"
And pt•ooti 'o and heather!
There had been a battle Our troops
were utterly defeated, and worse than
all, disgraced. .
„"But the. lathr Annie whispered
faintly. "Does it speak of the 1.3th?"
R,ose did not know. Her interest
just then was centered in the "Mese
"Washington, July 24th, 1861.
"Dear Mother: We've met the ras-
cals, and been as genteelly licked as
ever a Pack of fools could ask to be.
How it happened nobody knows.
wa.s fitin' like a tiger, when all on a
sudden I found as a-runnin' like a
flock of sheep; and what is the queer-
est of all, is that while we were takin'
to our heels one way the Rebels were
goin' it t'other, and for what I know,
we should have been runnirO from each
other till now if they hadn't found
out the game, and so turned upon us.
"But wust of all is to come. Hal
Is dead,—shot right through the fore-
head, and the ball that.struck him
down toek off Ike Simmses cap, so if
Ike had been only a little taller,
Hal would have lived to been hung
An' when St. Andrew's day comes roon
There's aye demonstration,
They mainh wi' pipers through the
toon,
In honor o' oor nation,
At nicht they spread a table fair,
An' mak' q, jolly pairty,—
They're share to hae gad. thinge
there,
To keep them crouse an' hearty.
FEARLESS54fiEett
Inel or etemariciarie itei•ve
veer:see,
Oiera is a eondii•ion porsettle to Soine
few Souls, that, if not really the high -
eat attriblite of hunatOitY, vetatid be,
choseu by most men of noble mold,
ivere eeiectieo poesible, at is the on -
awed traganillity-, the abeolate inabil-
ity to fear, that Some men, not many,
Lionises, or rather, one should eay, by
which some men are poesessed. An in-
stance of each eourage me a low plane
Charms:—
Tile hall is set a'roion wi' flags,
An' soraethnea screeds o' tartan;
Wi' claymores, shields, and heids o'
stage,
Free Oban or Dumbarton,
Each coat, in button -hole is seen
A sprig o' Hielan's heather,
Wi' a bonnie rose -bud in between,
To show they gree thegither.
;Ma
is that of Potemkin aleking aside the
bloody bead of his predecessor as he
stepped to the blade, an at almest in-
clelieate eoougia to be humorou.s, yet,
will significant of an iron nerve.
Sona „where in the late seventies an-
other "l'aussiao, but thie time a savant,
gave proof of what length a rapt in-
tensity of purpose will carry a mar.
to. In order to make good his theory
that a suicide may be deliberate and
unrepenting, be subjected himself to
hideous torture endiog in death, but
under such circumstances that he
might Lave relinquished his design at
any stage of ite progress.
Be lay on his back upon a bedstead,
from whicb, he bad stripped ell the
olotlaing with a tamp placed under-
I:teeth him ao that the flames just
touched hie spine, 'tieing at intervals
to make notes, whieh were. afterward
published. They show a calm spirit
of research and are slightly triumph-
ant In tone, though touched into lugh
relief once or twiee by an expression
of anguish.' insanity has become to
such an extent the plea through the
whole gamut. of crime, from, shoplift-
ing to murder, that one hesitates to
apply the mean and derogatory word
to an act like this.
Chorus:—
It's then they crack o' Scotland's
• might,
0' Wallace, Knox, an' Burns,
An' how a Scotchman fechts for richt,—
Gie apeeohes a' in turns,
The Auld Scotch Songs their hearts en-
thral,
They lo'e the words sb fain --
Till the "wee short hour eyelet the
When they part wi' "Auld Lang
Syne."
Chorus:—
crigina , should bring spine tidings of the save
• makteredt - • , ed. Rose was the first to be tetriera-
"'Twee leis gal, or sister, sure; Im,.
sorry for bine, I ram but hanged ie hewed. Will did his duty faithfully.
I'll give it up. It's conttaband-accor- • "A terrible are arriving every hour, battle," Ins message ran.
ding -to war. He needn't of joined the "Soldiers
armyt, but Tom leas not come yet."
'And ec. the weary night woria on, eamei.F"next, thera
rallnfottobthere‘li,,siqieky
Widow miena:
the, deep etillness of the Virginiavinods
brolien occasionally by the shoitts of taking in at a glance that only Eli's
riders as they passed. by, in search. of name and john's were appended to it.
whatever there was to find. • Once, as Xsaac's was not there. Where was be
the ehuts came near, the soldier start- tiohenlafrodhnZeichsetries.?, rSehteusainstedtethreisadquiehse-
ed. up, but ere the soreatn for help had
note lest it should confirm her fears.
passed bis lips, Bill's hand was laid.
firmly upon them, and Bill himself • "I'll read it, mother. Let me see,"
whispered fiercely. • Susan said, wresting the paper from
'one yelp, and I gag you with the her hands, and reading with trembling
aandkerchief the old woman took from tonesa
her pocket and gin me the morning I "Eli and I are safe. Isaac was last
come. from home. she takes gnat seen leading, Lieut. Graham from the
fie•Id." •
too, the, old wonaan does!"
There' was a gesture of disgust, and. Oh what a piteous wail went hp to
• then the stranger became; quiet again, -Heaven then, for. Widow Simnas, when
while the ,shouts, died awaythe diseshe,received the news,. was sitting in
• tanee ancl were not heard agaiii that. Annie's door, and Annie was kneeling
eight. The inorning broke at last, at her George.*as wounded, of
and eust as it wee: growing' light, 13i11, °purse, and if wounded dead,
erons.ed- by the felling rain from the else why •bad he not ahought
>
slumber into which he had inaavert- of her ere this Locked in
• only fallen, awoke his Prisoner, and each other's arms the two stricken
• led him -safely through the Pickets of women wept bitteely, the mother sob -
the enetay withetut eneountering a bit- bing anaid her tears. "KY boy, my
man being. • %hey; were a strange bey,'Wrhhil; •EthuntlIbiten.mdoett."d sadly,
"My
Reeking couple, and. evhen, on the 151-l- George,Well it -was for both that ere that
lowing- day, tkey xeached Washing.
• ton, they attracted fax More atten._ dark hour came they had learned to
tion than .the Prisoner desired, for he follow on, even when their Father's
shrank aeaveuely 4rom the carious footeteps were in the sea, lenowing the
gaze axed upon him, meaaing to an_ hand which guided woeld never lead
awer tleesidens as to his llama or them. wrong. Annie ivas the first to
birthplaes, and appearing glad when tally.
at last be ivaa relieved from mire "It might not after all be so bad,"
surveillance and kd • to his pekoe she said. "George and Ina -a were
•prisoners, perhaps, but evea that was
home,. Preferable to death. It would surely
save them from, aanger in tutu re bat -
them. The Southeeners would not mal-
treat helpless eaptivee. There 'were
kind people South as well as North,"
felt herself grow strooger as holac
• Prisoners Eire V-antaVes au ent te whispered of e brighter daY to-taar-
Only' till`oe' or fear ntecepe alive!
pi aces! I Tow,
•
shermsnYs Dat,,tery, ema hosta ginia hrougin het. news of George, wow:al-
ai' iha heads ea the Roca! tid in his right, erre, nn inmate of the
mospeely."
"C) I wish he had, I wish he had!"
pootiMrs. Baker moaned, still waving
bac and forth and kissing the lock of
hair,. while the widow involuntarily
thanked her Heavenly Father that the
two inches she once so earnestly covet-
ed for her boy had wisely been with-
held.
Then followed Bill's account of out -
ting away the hair he inclosed. of his
Hight into the woods, his sleep by the
brook, and his waking just le time to
see Capt. Carleton and Isaac Simms dis-
appear beneath the trees, in charge of
rebel soldiers.
New that slie knew tlae worst the
widow at like one stunned by a bean
bloweuttering no sound, as Annie read
Bill's account of capturing bis prison-
er. Ere she readied this point, how-
ever, she had another, auditor, Rose
Mather, who had come with a second
letter from her husband, and w -he,
passing the weeping • woman in the
door, came and stood by Annie, and
listened with strange interest to the
story of that captive parting so will-
ingly with everything sieve the pic-
ture. •
"Poor young man!" she sighed, when
Annie finished reading. "I don't sup-
pose it's right, but do feel sorry for
hina. What if it had been Jimmie?
Perhaps he has a sister somewhere
weeping for him just as I cried for
Tom. Dear Toni, Will writes he is a
prisoner with Isaae Simms. rm glad
they are together. Tom will takeeene
of Isaac. He has a quantity of gold
tied around his waist," and Rose's safe
hand smoothed caressingly the widow's
thin, light hair.
Torpnto, Can.
TOHN IMRIE.
ROOM FOR AN ARGUMENT,
Chicago Paper States That theNinne "ticuy
ada" Comes From the Spanish.
Many English words are taken dir-
ectly from the Spanish. When you
speak of a Piccadilly collar you are
not using slang. The. "piccadaalo" is
a collar whioh at one time was worn
by all men of position in Spain.
A few years since rainy American
cities boasted. of companies of volun-
teer soldiers called grenadiers.
The first grenadiers were in Canada.
Oter marines, of whom we are specially
proud just now, got their name by
clipping the last syllable off "Marin -
eros" which is the equivalent Spanish
word.
Rye bread without caraway seeds
would not be rye bread at all. Cara-
way is a purely Spanish word, derived
from "Alcara hueyee"
The hammock on your verandah got
its name from the Spanish "hamac,a,"
although that is not purely a Spanish
word. Columbus got it from the In-
dians 400 years ago. •
There are -many other examples:
`Banana,"apricote 'Canada,"duell'
and "palaver,' are directly from
the Spanish.
CHAPTER: X, •
, Greet battle at Ittantissa•st
, Thus Amiie reasoned, and the widow
0,000• killed tend as mane More taken
'aotal Rout of the Fecieral Army!
N.Y.. lath compItely ridclleal I 1 To Aeanie t'Vas' brighten for it.
aeaghtata agitite at, wasbtaigtota hospital, nod at present too wattle to
•might earne home spin, and Annie's
The Canitot lit tteminent elaneeel wait e. • This 'wee all, but' it comforted,
tlio .youila wain Fre wee not deed He
. (len, anoiat' in noovelisients, tlie Pre "
115 J, ,(1111.a„ S.,1:"ard . 0 )0.6g t'4'' 'd. Acadia avattadiaa dtwi eh are tef ill. 111 anke.
e ' eifie n nig or. i tie , bremia ... y ,,,en ea., •e, ,; f ..,„; ',. 0. 'I+ , , .14.'4 ;. 4, I.:
, . ,
- The widow had not wept before, but
at the touch' of those little fingers the
flood gates opened wide, and her tears
fell in torrents. They were bound tin
gether now by a common bond of
sympathy, those four woraen, each so
unlike to the other, dead for a time
thee' wept it silence, one for her
wounded husband, one for a child de-
ceased, one for a captured brother, the
other for a son. ;
Now, as ever, Annie was the first to
speak of hope, and her words were
frau.ght with comfort to all save
Harry's motber. She could not com-
fort her, for from reckless, misguided
Harry% grave, th,Sre came no ray of
consolation, but to the others she
spoke of One who would not desert
the weary captives. God was in
mond as as well as there at home and
none could tell what good might Spring
from this seeming great evil. • For a
long time they talked, together, and.
the often:Moo was half spent when at
last they separated, Rose going back to
bet luxiitious home, where she wrote
to her mother tbe sad news. coneerning
Tom, blurring with great tears the
line in Which she spoke of Jimmie,
wondering itehat hie tate haa been.
Slowly, dieconsoletely peer 'Vire, Bak-
er returned to hee, day's work, so long
neglected, but the suds she left so hot
two hours before had grown cold, the.
fire. burned oot, Out with that weary,
discouraged feeling whieh poverty
alone Orin prompt, she was setting her-
self to the task of bringing matters up
agait, wheo her enniloyer, towelled
With the sight of tbe white, aliguisbed
tioie, kindly bade her leave her work
Matti :moiler day, and seek the quiet
she so retell needed. Poor old woman!
How desolate it wara- going back to
1111 equelial botee Where eviitYthing,
MST ENGLAND,
AD A qott4pzRAcy TO
ILIATE BRITAIN.
iip $oiltiok,Alwritali. 'way entiosineed
the 'Vatted states and. rrovit4,ed Aar
Great !triton a resoulle Atty.
The London Contemporary Review
for Deceraber eontaias sensationai
annitirmone article entttled, "The Ara
Enemy of England," Thai is the Fer-
n:an Eraperor. The writer allege,s
that theeKaiser seized the Kieo-Chou
by an k*reersent with Ruesia to pre-
vent England getting it, and. the ()zee
holds hisapersonel prorotse, to vacate it
when coaled upon, Russia providiug
Germany': with coaling stations else-
where, ;. The writer declares the Kais-
er had drawn up a complete plan ar-
ranging for the naval superiority of
Franee, Russia ancl. Grernaany over Bug -
land foar yeers hewn, when England
ia bC compelled to make humiliating
terms throughout the world, leaving
Germany the chief conanaercial colonial
Power. All these plans have sudden-
ly been thrown into confueion by the
Americien-Spanish war and America
and England drawing together.
AM,ERICANS RESENT IT.
A GREAT T
• SOME HANDWRITINGS.
f
Tlie Chief ju.stice of England writes
an excellent band. It is heavY, angu-
lar, devoid of those flourishes which
:volt so many handwritings, and has
a slight slant to the right.
The Prince .of Wales writes fairly
well; a legible, rather: heavy hand,
with a slant to the right, and a free-
dom from flourish. On the evhole, it
Sieventy reet tong ant
ortio 0,44
With as little $IQf excitement 513 if
were only e te'ia cent toy, there is
The article, which is sure to attraet
attention for its extraordinary attack
on the Qu.een'a grandson, continuee:
"The America.n.people, with character-
istic shrewdness, have detected this
ev•ith. resentment and. bostility, and are
in no mood to put up with browbeat.
ing from anyone, Considering that
the Americans took no inconsiderable
part in opening Chins, and Tapan to
external influenoes, the only ground
Lor surprise is that they have been so
slow in manifesting inte,rest in. the sit-
uation in the Fax East, but now that
the ixapuise has been supplied and an
assertion of the, claire to have a voice
in it has been 'made, there will be no
drawing back or hesitation in pushing
matters to a conclusion. It is pre-
cisely in the Fax East that the ac-
tion—the m.ere pre.sence—of the Unit-
ed. States is so disconcerting and dis-
agreeable to the German Emperor. It
disa,rranges all his alans, deprives him-
self and allies of that ascendence/ in
the Chino, seas whtch they have -twice
asserted for their own benefit, and
from which they saw a long tram of
future advantages. Under such eir-
cumetances thecontinued proximity of
American and. German squadrons at
Manila, aggravated by the demeanour
of the German officers, is full of peril.
The peril raay pass off, but will only
do so by the withdrawal of Germany's
pretensions.
PRESSURE ON ENGLAND.
teepee'
boil* Phteed Vaiie ground by Colonel.
Ianight, of H. .1((k, Wieehester,
England, ;meter t40't W
td be' 11:.0e,' teli. measure the earth's teXiai
Perature, taertooraeter esiveuty
feet lona, end
ang it in poeiti
of workmen for
First a shaft wo
into the ground, and t
was erected. over the eta
the ti4adling of tbe, great thee
the undergrouod xaysteries of th
the thermometer which had to
hoisted to the perpendieular by ineen
of steam. cranes and. then droppea gent,
ly i•nto the seventy foot shaft.
DIFFICULT TO CONSTRUCT.
When it is in place this ninepin her-
of
Is rather characteristic,
Lord Salisbury's writing is well,
sixaply shocking. The Premiennwrites
with a fine nib, lightly, tbinlar, and
very badly. He has a lofty disregard
for the formation of his letters. His
"an's" and "n's" generally run along
without any suggestion. of. getting up
where they should to form themselves
properly, and as for the end of many
of his words—it has to be taken as
implied.
112.r. A. J. Balfour takes after his
uncle in his callous disregard of the
ends of his words, and very often neg-
lects to give them anything more than
a start. Sometimes, however, his
words begin and end well, but when
they do, two or 'three letters are gen-
erally left out of the middle.
M. Zola writes a hand very sugges-
tive of the mode of progression of a
paralyzed spider that has recently es -
coped from an inkpot.
A HOME THRUST.
eerie Merely plea..
acorPs
e iona teat%
entente' teat
ee.ieolainte ,
Mee,
•
moroater will register the temperattiee
of Mother Earth seventy feet below, the,
surface, recording exactly all her mood
and giving scientists an apportunitn
to become more closely acquainted witl/
the underground mysteries of the globe
on Wilkie they live.
The idea of your being afraid of an
insignificant little mouse, said Grum-
bly to his wife the other evening. I'd
be ashamed to tell it.
Ole, that doesn't prove that I'm a
coward, answered the better half.
possess more courage than moat wo-
raen, and have proved it.
I'd like to know howl he growled.
Why, by marrying you, she replied.
The praises of others may be of use
in teaching us, not what we are, but
what we ought to be.—Hare.
.
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's;„/ 411 .n •
•
The gowns for young girls this year
are made on vety math. the name
lines as those that are Weth olaar
women, but the materials used tire not
quiteo heavy. An lin:noel and very
ueeful gowr, Is ovule of a wine-,
colored, eIotii, The skirt, loog and
eloeefitting, has no flounce tor turt-
le, aut. is trimmed with bands of vice.
let velvet i3het are put on closyn. Ilie
front breadth, form a small eivele,
and then go YottAd the entire ekirt,
The Weist ls „ tight-titting, with
The giant thermometer is inmate
lfl
accordance with the principles that gov-
ern the small instruments in ever/ da9,
use. In constructing it many eli, ficule•
ties had to be overcome, on account a
of its great size. "
In Colonel Knieebt's thermometer it
was not possible to use any but an
arbitrary soale. It is not supposed that
there will be any comparable readings
necessary with this giant insane-1:0,4ot.
Careful observations will be made, hoygie
ever, and the result recorded on attain-
struratint, so that the big thermometer
can be read, if possible, in stowed- '
anon. with tbe scale of -the smaiter,,ine „.. • ,
allotments.
ARBITRA.RY SCALE USED. .
In nutting scales for the latter, thoe
bulb is frozen and the freezing point
reaorded tb.e scale. it is then .
ed and the boiling pointmarked,on the . '
tube, The remaining point trke • '
ed in by dividing up the Pscale Into •
sections. This simple planWite
is of the scale adopted for the seeenty:•a
fent thermometer, although tbleaseale
miry be subject to variations when tile
great instrument is in working order.
The largest therraometer ever me.de
previous to the one construoted'ior COIL • e •••e•
onel Knight, was construoted by Foebeige,
who built one measuring neaely tarty:1V
feet in lengtb. This wa.e considered a
great accomplishment, and the 'Flerbes
thermometer became, one ot the cure
iosities of science. •
With the new thermometer*the•iianian,'
pee•ature of the earth can be Ihkefilialri"
twice the depth it has been possible tci
take it heretofore, and. the 'rebeirde olet *
-.Weed are expeoted to proye of,areneatia e
value to science. •
"At thisi moraent thee question turns
on whether the German Emperor can
inducie Raman, and France to join him
In a denaonstration of superior naval
force to that possessed by the United
States both in. the Pacific and the At-
lantio, and the answer to that largely
depends on whether he and the Czar
of Russia between them con exercise
isufficient pressure in England to in-
duce our Government, in return for
some empty concessions in Africa, some
easily broken promises as to China, to
hold its hand, to hesitate for the ne-
cessary moment while they enforce
their will on the United States.
"This is to be the real peril to the
creation of a real Anglo-Saxon alli-
ance. From the very beginning of
th.e crisis in the Fax East the English
policy has done nothing but hesitate
and give way, has allowed and assisted
the creation of difficulties that never
would have arisen if it had only stood
firm at the beginning of the question.
There now appears on the ,scene in a
totally un.expeeted manner one ally,
who could and would adjust the bal-
ance of power in the Fax East in our
favour. It is obviously to our interest
to support that power with all our
strength and make every effort so that
it shall not be discouraged and re-
strained oa the threshold of the new
and beneficial movement it is making
toward a more active external policy."
TO PREVENT COLLISIONS.
Eeinaritable Electrical Device 'teed on
lingual Railways.
Foe sorae months past there has beerti
dents or visitors, at.cmixte,neu.st,nyear
in successful operation on a section of for the first six week's bhick crape
twenty-five miles of one of the Eng-
lish trunk lines an electrical device by
whieh all signals are reproduced in the
cab of the engine so that the engi-
neers of express trains cannot miss or
mistake them, even in . the thickest
weather. The arrangement is describ-
ed as being exceedingly Simple. It con-
sists of a contact bar fixed to the rails
in a rocking shaft, and connected by
a lever and wire with the ordinary
signalling apparatus, so that when the
••••••••;..:
HOW ROYALTY MOURNS."
• • •
Sense of the Strict Ceremonies rnileweelt
'When a Menthe! or a, #4.14ig:'LlFaIPO*r..
Tiles.
Courts of monarchical lands hetet
their ceremonial precepts. and a. fixed .
rule for conducting court mourning.
The decease of the moxiatei 9r Igs'vvife
naeans six months of 'igeweritiiig by atiea
entire °west, and get nitsiXe reap:tins fit;'...„
follow, when only the members ofithetee
royal family mourn..
Should, a. prince or princess die great
mourning consists Of but- den t
three for the entirifalleaLre aitiele•thrkeir
more for the impePaVileallerattat,•.: aat,'
When a relative palm:ie.& anonttif.dita,
principality dies lesser court mourn-
ing is observed, consisting 'of -but thir-
ty days; and, agaln, Xpr„sanelleace, eeot „
a relative, only fourtean,./days ereadan
voted to the wearing of craven:. ie.. • 4 The great mourning at court requir-
es that no festivities 'ASH' take place
within the royal lasoseiduaing,the,fiesta.:
three months. !Not neat:10001d.: g dixiaa
ners or luncheons are allbWed; ' Thehly.
the wearing apparel. ee. ,nreseeihea to ,
the minutest detail. Ail ladies, real -
the fulnees drawn 15. tit the belt, tied
is trimmed with bands of velvet put
on as though to outline a bolero jack -
e11 over the shoulders are ruffles at
ths eloth—tiouble rtiffles, .one shorter
thee the other—etna the Oleeves are
elose-fitting, Oti the waist are also
round gold buttons, and. a,t the threat
is a von tic of wine-eelorea silk. The
hat is of felt, in a vera odd shape,
trio:inert With Yield ItelVet and long
fancy quills: This genvn has much
pt•ineesse effect, but 15 made with
tepee* shift, mut waist. '
danger signed is set in tile box, the
contact bar is raised in position to
strike a lever fixed on the locomotive.
This makes a complete electric warrant
sets an alarm ringing oxs the engine,
and everks an inakator. Ala ingenious
form of double volute spring holds the
engine eontitet bar -vertical while al-
lowing it to` assume a horizoetal poet -
thin in either di•rection. After -reedy-
ing the blow from the contect bar on
tile rail, it performs a few oscillations,
and resumes its vertical poeition itt
readiness for the next eontaet. The tone
Mot bars, both on the engine and the
rails, have two ends, one for aanger
• and one fox safety. The safety lever
has its tewn independent electrie cir-
ettit, ana it moves en indioator on the
engine. The danger bell tiontietteii to
ring anti' reset by a sinttplei aPPava'
las, which also nein ae a bell tester.
The safety bell rings for a couple of
seconds, end shows flue word "Safe"
on tile bail. The beat eraises to ring,
in this ease us the levet teases to (toile
late, rola the Word "Safe" disappeare.
dresses, made of mat ial witout llus-
tre, and -wear ov eeieheir ,d
ces an
hanging down die acne a la gftlaok
veil; small black hats and black wool-
len gloves.
Gentlemen during .:aaittlehititittening,
When dressed as etviliong,aontlat,adan viC't
black eilk waistcoat, eoatintrd•trametaid.:te.
of black wool or serge, -14a6t4heIktie
and gloves of:X.444461PP,
vaunt also haveia.seiteeP.eloaenttoeleallPerneentituer
left arm and.' orrearrdotheirohatarr rticitta L. oltd
After the first six weeks the ladies dina
can abbrevintiattaarrealeafattgetalarittratttatital
halt the forayint, le.01411, cerolgin nu551,1
THE COURSE TIE PURSUED.
The Friencl—aVhen Pitot Pete in -
elated you by ofiering you a glass of
whisky aryl threatened to Elheot yoti if
you didn't think it', ee-h a did you do
The ' Prohibit r—inen 1 lo tee a
iius
on some jentaeteet tie: eattiltalt
wear silk gloves provide-
„ ey are in
civiliau garb. a-7 `.. l'i'...4:10t 11';(; 0:
In eix incinenWeeiteiethee.lailkettc0TgRar
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their vei.1 eineirelyei tf, eanailiatig9 Plaine n; it tier
bars of the 'cideeatateth lao '1. •,,i,ima h/Pial.,', e -:.it
oraPe araar. flalh',#.,„#.:(' T -t.:. SVP .".:',.::-.'
dresses xnata titalieand o twslVn.iquel&
be replacedt ttailfe....,1),164'thei'Mailikr"17:4',/t'r;
color, but ativ`dy,4
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mouening aitia WsViiieveekel',' 11f4agetutt"`'1•I'''‘I
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