The Brussels Post, 1900-9-13, Page 2THE MYSTERIOUS CRIME
ON THE S.S. NEPTUNE
CHAPTER V.—Critti.nued.
MenteJtli,. btiwever, took hi+ failure'
like the haneat gentleman be was, and
teamed the oonversa tem. Remember-
ing his anxiety to ,,;olve I he mystery
of Ventin'a death, he thought Ito
would question his fair companion.
"Did 'you ever know a lady in "Valetta
called Airs, 1Tentin ?" he asked, as
they walked slowly Jibing in the burn -
int; sun,
"No, I never heard the name be-
fore," replled Carmelo.., pretzel ly,leeks
ing at him.
"Of eiuxse not," thought Monteith;
it wasn't his right name."
"Who is she?" said Carmela, rare-
testily; "that's the same name its the
gentleman who died,"
"She was his wife." replied Ron-
ald.
"Does she live at Valetta?" asked
Miss Cotoner.
"I thinks so."
"Strange I never met her."
"She was married to my friend sev-
en years ago."
"Oh 1" said Miss Cotoner with e
slight start; "no, I never heard of
her, Mr. Monteith."
'They were shelling along the Al-
ameda by this time, and the Grand
Promenade of LIibra1tar was crowded,
Many an admiring glaaoe was directed
at the pretty girl Roland was es-
corting; and one young officer was'
heard to declare that "That dark girl
was deuced good style you know."
CM the Alameda they met Mrs.
Pelle pep, and the ever -lively Pat
along with Miss Lester, and the
whole party were tired and dusty with
sight ,seeing. Mrs. Pellypop, in fact,
was rather cruces, but triumphant, as
she had secured a number of bargains,
th+mgh, truth, to tell, she hard paid
dearly for her purchases. She was
not fit all pleased at seeing Ronald
escorting Carmela, and observed, with
some asperity, that it was time to
return to the ship. Everyone being
weary agreed, and they went down
the steep street out of the gate, and
Pat ran to get a boat. While thus
waiting, the Marchese Vassalla came
up and addressed himself with some
anger to Miss Cotan.er.
"I did not get on shore till you left,
and have been looking for you all
city; you ought to havo waited for
net to escort you."'
"'Thank you," replied bis cousin,
languidly; "Mr. Df.t•nteith has been
kind enough to relieve you of your
duties."
The look Vassalla cast on Roland
was not, by any means, a pleasant
one.
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CHAPTER VE.
Mrs. Pellyp.sp was an epitome of all
tint was gond; a happy mixture of
Hannah More and Florence Nightin-
gale, with just a slight flavor of
Mrs, Candor to add piquancy to her
character. She was an excellent
heusekesper, a devout Christian, ri
gurou.s in all her social duties, sa faith-
ful wife—and yet, the. hate Mr. Pel-
lypop must have been glad when he
died. :the was too overpoweringly
virtuous, and wherever she went
showed herself such a shining example
of all that was excellent, that she
made everyone's conduct, however
proper It might be, look black be-
side her own. The fact is, people do
not like playing second fiddle, and as
Mfrs. Pellypop always insisted an lead-
ing the social orchestra, her room
was regarded as better than her com-
pany.
tier father had been a t:iergyman,
and when she married Mr. Patlyp''p,
who was in this wine trade, and came
out to Melbourne to settle, she nasi-
er Wet ate Opportunity of aitquaint-
ing people with the fact. ALt'. Polly -
pop died from anioverdose, of respecte.
ability, and left his widow fairly well
off, so oho declined to marry again—
not buying any Ghana° of doing so --
and devoted ltet'self to the education
of her only daughter, Elizabeth,
whom she nearly succeeded in making.
as objeotknubtyy genteel as herself.
Elizabeth was good, gentle, and meek,
end as Mrs. Pellypop wanted a ron-
in -law of a similar nature, she neer-
ried Elizabeth to the Rev. Charles
Mangos who was than a humble our -
ate in Melbourne.
After marriage, the Rev. Charles
turned out to have a will of his own,
and refused to let Mrs. Pellypop man-
age his household as she wished to do.
Indeed, when he was created Bishop of
Patagonia for his book on "Mission-
ary Ivlistakes." he west off with his
meek little wife, to his diocese in
South America, and absolutely re-
fused to let his upright mother-in-
law accompany him. So Dors. Pelly-
pop, made a virtue of necessity, and
stayed behind in Melbourne; talked
scandal with her small eirele of
friends, bragged about her son-in-
law the Bishop, gave- erects to the
poor, which they did not want, and
refused them money, which they did
and in abort, led, as she thought, a
useful, Christian life. , Other people
said she was meddlesome, but then
we 1111 have our enemies, and if the
rest, at her sex could not be as noble
and virtuous as tIrs. Pellypop, why
it was their own fault.
At last she heard that the Bishop
and his Wife had gone to England to
see test worthy prelate's parents, so
Mrs. Pellypop sold all her carefully
preserved furniture, gave up her
house, and took her passage on board
the "Neptune" in order to see her
dear children before they went baek
to the wilds of South America. Ou
board the ship she asserted her au
thority at once, and b:ceme a kind
of female Alexander Selkirk, mon-
arch of all she surveyed. Two or three
tidies did Indeed attempt a feeble re-
sistance, but Mrs. Pellypop made a
good fight for it, and soon reduced
them to submission. Hex freezing
glance, like that of Medusa, turned
everyone into stone, and though the
young folk talked flippantly enough
ab:rur her behind her beck, they were
quiet enough under the mastery of
hex eye.
When.the ship left Gibraltar, late
in the afternoon, -firs. Pellyp-,p was
not pleased, and oat in her de:At:heir
steadily knitting, and frowned at
the grand mass of the Ape's Head on
th' African oast us if that moun-
tain had seriously displeased her. She
tt-:mt annoyed with the candut:t of Mias
Cotoner who look an independent
stand and refuted to be dictated to
by Sirs. Pellypop or anyone else; so
the good lady, anxious to guide tits
yc.u.ng and impulsive girl, and find
out all about her, determined to speak
to her and subjugate her, if possible.
So she sat in her ch lir knitting away
like one of the Fates, and pondering
1
aver het plan of action, for Dirs.
Pellypop never did anything in a
hurry, and always marshalled her
I farces beforehand.
ICarmela, with the, Marchese an one
site and Roland on the other—both of
which gentlemen were exchanging
smote of hate—was looking at the
romantic coast of Spain as they
steamed through the Straits. The
to 1 in.g, gr: an me'd es --undulating
Intense Heat and Many Deaths.
Dreadful Sufferings Among the Poor and the
Weak—Low Vitality Unable to Hold Out
Against High Temperature—Safety in the
Use of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food (Fills), the
Great Blood and Nerve Builder.
The very old, the very young, and ;system against the debilitating effects
many in middle life, whcee health was 1 of exoessdv4 h:ea+t.
at n low ebbemet an untimely death in , Mrs. E. Dlc Laughlin, 05 Parliament
the hot wave whieh recently swept streetlaSeronte, itates:—"Idy dau.gh-
over this continent. tem was pal., weak, languid and very
Is this not. lea emphatic warning <nct'v 15, 1 �r upl still '5'17 I In" and
against allowing the system to became g
ht„r5eif alent. the hews, en'? her
rest clown in the sutntnor time? You1 nerves were c,,mpi.,lely unstrueg, sbo
t
say: "1 feel so weak and tired '•1
haiva lost all energy ane ambition,” "J c:ul t not sleepfar Wrote t.hlu halfi
don't sleep well and: Conant dige.'t any ; as heir at 0 time with:tut starting
food properly," "I nm toeing ,and ,tip and crying out in excitement.
have he'ulachcs." 'the, fact. 1" yen are i "As she. w,t.s growing weaker
atnd
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d in weight,
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danger signals, whle trail of a system ? gradually became sirr.ng and well. I
breaking down• You cannot afford to. cannot say too much in favors of this
run the risk id bemoming a vhctirn of ate,ndorfut treatment, inoe it Jtty
nervous proetraticn, paralysis, heart Ioven nMuth a bite:lin to my daugb-I
failure or insanity, when afew boxes t p g
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makes life worth living ,even in the trait and signature of Dr. A. W.
summer time. It ts° fills the bodywith Chases, which are on. every box of the
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NOM. ie to overco'm'e disease and its ; dealers, or l.dntat eon, Butes & Coo
depeeeeing eymptoms, and fortify the Tomato,
11Y1Ce the waves of the sea, with the
glint of yellow' sunlight on tltent
made a charming pialure, and, turn-,
big to the other stale,, else could toe.
the granite peaks of the Ape's Head,
with wreathe of 1'sAliery clouds
round ll, and, a little keethee bark,
the white houses of Ceuta. Add to
this Melamine' view, a bright sky, a
fresh breeze, which made the while
sails belly out before it, and two de-
lightful young rnen to talk to, 1L, wire
little to be smattered at that Carnets
felt happy.
,So these are the Pillars of (ler-
endea?" alt said, looking from one side
at the etrai.t to the other.
"Yes," answered her cousin, "so
the Greeks said. I don't think much
of Remise as an arrhltect—too
Yon'?"
"Indeed I do," replied Carmela, en-
thusiststically; "what Gan bo grander
than Gibraltar and the Ape's head?"
"They are not exactly alike," said
Ronald, looking at Vassalla, "and the
Marchese likes consistency."
"O1 course I do,."' retorted Vassal -
la; with tut angry' flush on his cheek,
"especially in women," with a signi-
fic.tni look at his ouusan.
"Then any dear Dfatteo, you are sure
to he disappointed," retorted Miss
Cotoner, calmly, "for you'll never get
it—the age of miracles is past, any
friend."
Ronald laughed, and was rewarded
by a scowl from the Marchese, and
than Carmela. tired of keeping peace
between these hot-headed young men,
went off to talk to firs. Pellypop.
Without doubt, there would have been
high wands betsveen the rivals had not
a Stewart come up to Ronald with a
message that the captain wanted to
see him. So Ronald retreated, leav-
ing Vassalla in possession of the
field, and the Marchese, seeing there
was no chance of talking to Carmela,
went off to solace himself with a
cigarette.
Meanwhile, Dirs. Pellypop received
Carmela with an affeutatlon of friend.,
liness and proceeded to question her
in a Machiavellian manner.
"What a pretty plane Valetta is,"
said the matron, dropping her knitting
and rubbing her plump white bands;
"I suppose you know it very well?"
"I ought to," answered the girl,
laughing-; " T've lived there nearly all;
my life,"
"Yet you speak English well," said
airs. Pellypop sceptically.
"Yes, there are so many English
people in Malta; and, besides, my
mother 'was English."
" Oh," thought Mrs• Pellypop, notic-
ing the use of the past tense, " her
mother is dead." "So you are going
home to your mother's people, Isup-
pose?" she asked aloud.
"'Text on a visit," replied Carmela,
carelessly.
"Indeed, they live to London, I
presume?"
" No, at Marlow on the Thames.
"' Oh 1" said Mrs Pellypop, sitting up
suddenly, " is that so? I am going
down there myself on a visit to my
son-in-law. He's the Bishop of Pata-
gonia, my dear, and his parents live
near Marlow. Mango is the name. I
believe they are well known." L
" Yes; I've heard of them," said
Carmela, cordially." A dear old couple
I believe."
Dfrs. Pellypop, drew herself up etif-
fly: " The parents of a bishop should
never be called ' a dear old couple ;' it
savored of the peasantry."
"May I inquire the name of your
relative?" she asked, ooldly, taking up
her knitting.
" Sit' Mark Trevor."
Indeed," solid, Mrs. Pellypop, im-
pressed with the fact that the young
lady was connected with a baronet.
"It's a Cornish name, is it not ?"
"I believe so. He has estates in
Cornwall; but also has a house on
the Thames, where he stays fox the
streamer."
" Oh 1 a bachelor's place I pre-
sume?" said Mrs. Pellypop, artfully.
"Not exactly ; he's a widower, and
has one daughter nearly as old as I
am, and they are going to meet me in
London, and then we intend to go to
Marlow for the sumrner."
"Then I shall probably see you
there," said Mrs. Pellypop, cordially.
"It's not unlikely," replied Carmela,
rising. " Gaud -bye, for the present,
Dlrs. Pellypop, I'm going to lie down
for an hour before dinner."
"Good-bye, my dear," said the ma-
tron, resuyning her knitting, "I hope
I shall meet you on the Thames
I should like you to know the bleb
op."
Carmela roughed as she went dawn•
steles.
' she s gwtte pleased with me now,"
she saki, gaily; "and all because I
lave a couele who is a baronet. Heav-
ens, haw amusing these people aro 1"
Mrs. Pollypap was pleased with
Miss Cotoner; and what she bad
termed forward conduct betor, xhe
now called eccentricity. This young
lady had aristocratic relatives, whieh
relatives lived tear the place to
tvhteh ales. Pellypop was going, So
the worthy me teen, who had a slight
spice 01 worldliness, resolved to aul
Hyatt: the girl from Malta es a desir-
able aequnintance.
"She needs a mother's care,'
thought good Mrs. Pellypop, "so i
kunst try and look after her.'
What would Mrs. Pellypop's concha
have been had Carmelo told her that
her cousin was a butcher? Just the
same of 0011rse; for bow eouhd a good
woman uttttob any importance to snob
Idle Waage as rank and wealth?
Meanwhile Ronald wet lo the amps
tam's cabin, talking over the peyster-
leas mime which had Wein .elan< on
board the "Neptune," and both 0f
then were in considerable doubt how
to wound.
" I waat the affair cleared up," salol
Templeton, " if only for the credit of.
the OW; it won't encourage people
to travel with us if theythink there's
a chance el being Murdered on board,"
".Tho difficulty is how to start,"
replied Roue let, thoughtfully; "you.
se there is ebaoLut:ely no ciao to fol
low." •
"Precisely answered tine Captain
leaning forward, "lot me state the
ease, A gentleman comes on board
at Mel' ourne, and eonduots himself
in a rational and sane manner, which
puts the ilea of suicide quite out of
the giuestion—just before we arrive
at Malta he as restless and uneasy,
and tells you the story of his life,
which affords strong grounds for sus
pielon that bis wife wanted to kill
him—he goes on shore, spies his wife,
and returns. at °nee on board—he goes
to bed before the ship salts, and the
dealt is crowded with all sorts and
conditions of people, such a crowd that
there is absolutely no ohnne° of know-
ing any of them. He is found dead
next morning, with an Italian stiletto
in his breast, a weapon which a Malt-
ese would probably use Sn prerorence
to a knife. There is no evidence to
shote that •anyone .was seen near the
cabin. Now ydnr theory is that his
wife name on hoard before the ship
sailed, killed him, and escaped on shore
In the confusion?"
" Yes; that is my A -beery, but only
founded on the story he told me."
"Very good! We then find he told
you that Vantin was not his real
name. I search his boxes and papers,
and find 110 other name but Lionel
Vantin, and yet he distinctly denied
that that was his proper name?"
"He did—distinctly."
"1 place all the facts and evidence.
In the hands of the authorities at Gib -
miter, and they are equally mystified
with ourselves—they suggest .that it
nlfight have been a lasoar or a stew-
ard."
" Impossible 1 there was no motive."
"No robbery, certa<nly," answered
Templeton, " but do thunk there could
have been any other motive?"
"How oould there? With the excep-
tion of myself, ba was very reserved
with everyone else on board."
" Thee we dismiss the steward and
lascar theories; it must have been the
wife. Now I have stated the ease;
how do you propose to unravel the
mystery ?"
" Ask me something easier," replied
Ronald with a laugh.
'"Think again—he told you bis story,
did he ,mention any names?"
" One; Elsie Macgregor."
" Good; now do you see a clue?"
" Al 1" Ronald thought a moment—
" yes, I see what you mean, if Vertin,
were divorced, Elsie Macgregor must
have been joined as oo-respondent "
To be OontinuetY-
USES OF SEAWEED.
Prot. Wille and Mr. Aked Mrefling
have Succeeded by their patented pro-
sasses in making seaweed useful In dif-
ferent ways, and in producing the fol -
Lowing articles from it, namely: So-
detem is extracted through the aid of
acids, and more solium is obtained in
this way than through the burning
process, when considerable waste oc-
curs. From the offal after making
sodium can be produced an admixture
to so-called size paint instead of us-
ing Iceland moss. This product is much
cheaper, and eau le .made insoluble in
water through a coating with a spe-
cial stuff. it can thus partly take the
place of oil. F.urther,' there can be
made from seaweed a tinish for use in
cloth mills, and this same product can
also be used as a glue for paper. The
hall -fluid like pulp Gan be made into
a kind of leather for binding books.
DISREGARDED ESTABLISHED CUS-
TOMS.
]Foreigners in China have shown a
dsisgard for established customs and
laws that they would not dare displuy
I in any other capital in the world.
. ta't curds sent to protect the legations
have reamed about Pekin trespassing
whore Chinamen themselves are not
allowed to go, creating disturbances
and alarming the superstitions by the
reckless disohargr of firearm< from
1 the aity wall, while their reported at-
' tempt to enter the Forbidden City,
those sacred precincts reserved ex-
clueJvely for the Son of Hcwivou, maid
not fail to incense the people and gain
recruits for the rebels.
COLORS FROM COAL TAR.
Some one hundred and fifty colors
are now obtained from coal tar, and
those have almest entirely supplant-
ed vegetable and animal dyes. In
fact, truly two of the vegetable class
indigo and logwood, are still of any
eensiclerable importance,. Coal yields
a large amonut of coloring matter,
the magenta eblained front a ton be-
ing sufficient to dye 500 yards of
Bennet; the aurin,,, I21) yards; the
verm.illi<m /Marll'f. 2,060 yards, and
the aligarine, 255 .yards,
TIE CRAZE FOE WA,R.
BECOMES EPIDEMIC AMONQ THE
GIJ:GA1' NATIONS,
wrl'It 112 170411 evert nor ('4,14u1--
coattttion, 4'rver. er ,1111ltnt'y Seine
mete end ernes
Ootnnuent►ttors upon ' the present
outbreak of International it'artt'lloaps
have 'repeatedly aall;ttl attention 'to
Re analogy with the •uproar of
1798, wheal all 111.0 notions of the.
oivilizeil world seamed to hive been
seized with a simultaneous desire to
Hy et earls othurvl' threats, and howl-
ed themselves boat'se—
"Appalled at seeLcsg robbers rum
li
Then rushing. in to try their pe•Lvate
luck,"
Bei was it really an aceidentula co-
Lnchdenoe? It would oertaioly be
strange if valid reasons for a rough-
and-tumble fight should Independent-
ly emerge almost at the same mom-
ent in every dreg yard of a crowded
settlement, and still stranger if the
combatants had bristled up without
any appreciable motive.
A more plausible explanation can
be found to the contagious tendency
of strong emotions. The tears of a
clever actor 'cam set the whole audi-
mace a -sniveling. In school -rooms'
tittering fits became irrepressible.
The rant of slander -mongering viz -
ens -will emarulse a whole settlement.
INSURRECTIONS EVERYWHERE.
Tiara* da Grace was bennbarded by
Sir Roland Strahan. There were
simultaneous insurrections in Dub-
lin, Naples, Geneva, Barcelona and
Lisbon. The :Russians attacked the
Ctllmutlk Tartars, and General. Ooeke
undertook an expedition to Ostend
and deit;rayed a million dollars' worth
of sluices. A French force under Col-
onel Humbert landed at Killala in
Ireland, and Namber Tandy was ar-
rested in Hamburg; Nelson demolished
the French fleet in the delta of the
Nile, and Bonaparte annihilated the
Mamaluke cavalry. Uncle Sam's ne-
plows before long, began to strut
about with cehips on their shoulders,
and would lave invaded Canada at
the slightest provocation, but ha<l to
content themuselves with making the
best of another chance. French pro
vateees had been seizing British mer-
chandise in neutral vessels, including
five Am,arkas schooners; and 'Wash-
ington was dragged from his retire-
ment to help in organizing means/ or
reprisal. Privately he would pro-
bably have preferred any other job,
but' the microbes of the war fever
filled the atmosphere, and the young
republic of the West cams very near
raiding the .land of Lafayette. .As
for the barbarians of the far •East
no protests were needed, and Afghans,
Turkomans, Basbkirs and Calmucks
hammered each other on general prin-
ciples. It was a world epidemic. Yet
the world had seen precedents of that
craze.
In 1741 Russia declared war
against &radian, the Prussians seiz-
ed Silesia without troubling them-
selves about apologies, and a large
Frenal( army crossed the Rhine to
bag the balance of the Austrian em-
pire. The Bavarians and Saxons in-
vaded Bohemia. England hustled
about trying to get in a blow some-
where, and placed the Danish and
hessian mercenaries at the disposal
of the Austttian Government. :The
Kings of Naples and Spain raised
troops to invade Mil.•tai.
SPREAD OVER ALL THE WORLD.
Tunkislb supremacy on . the lower
Danube was undisputed at that time,
and Mahmud I. was not a bad ruler,
as Sultans go; but at the news from
Germany the Bnlgaraan citizens of
Sill -stria fell upon the Turkish gar-
rison and had to be thrashed.
Waterloo stamped out the last
spank of the Napoleonic conflagra-
tion and the fire bells rester. Little
blazes along the shares of the Medi=
terranean <lied out fran, leek of
fuel, but soon after the middle of the
nineteenth century' the world was
startled by another general alarm—
revolts in Poland, a frightful civil
war in the States, Republicans and
Imperialists rolling nisi tumbling
Ln Mexieo, North and South German had been overtaxed by n. iiia-and-
catnplietttimes, foot• states tsollaretl
and examined in the Prussian saus-
age machine before anybody had a
chance to grab their heels. The Ital-
ians, too, bristled up like electric
eats and flew in the face of Francis
Joseph at the risk of gottiog every
bane in their skin broken. 'Slant
lightnings dankenacl acroem the poli-
tfunl sky far three years 01111a hte,lfat the mouthy of harbours is being
till the atmosphere was cleared by lastest by Baron .Bonvenutn d'Ales-
the clnuelburst of the li'runco-Trus-
1 l saformro, en Italian living in Parka. Such
nets fora crust over whleb the
al1n sear. weaves cannot climb and under which
A perusal of Quaker peace then set Lltey
become nmuh flattened out, .1
in on butt sides of the ALLutlic, not net lately tnnde 'as 880 feet long turd
beeause there tins any 1aek csf'pro-
voenlians, but beenuve he electric 50 feet wide, with xquere-.meshes of
tension had been relieved by two One and a half haulms, the materiel
memorable thunderstorms, Time being waterproof hemp and the weight
has to renew the feed supply of the less than half an entice per square
foot, This was anhcored at the earl
of Haver to Val 001. Sema unfitrlslterl
hydraulte works from a heavy surf,
ether. The French had no business
In 5 erienl Liao Italians broke loose a
few weeks after tate Anetriun Geteern-
ntc'nt had tried to oanoiliate them
by ext,tn liberal esemeeshons, Nor
had the Nan of Sedan any valid pre-
text for provoking itis doom, `Elle
Isruselaars had cone all (ley could I.o
avoid a rota and lathint. have Itis way
in that mattes' of the Spanish suaaes-
shon, but he "was resolved to fetid or
nta•ke u outiee of trouble, It wee al
clear ease ofeontagious. suggasllou.
The would-be re,storei.• of the Napo
taenic empire, remsmbai'ell that is 1800
u•s'wAlen declaration nt war' had en-
abled Prussia to take her rivals by
surprise and throw aim gag Them. be-
fore they could utter at soreeeit far
help, He also remsmbeemi that the
magic of si eosss had restored the
waning ptepialai'ity of Grand Vizier
Risme reIt.
M10115; 1MITATIVIIi CRAZES.
Only in that sense the battle of
Sa.dawa plovoketl Sedan, The fates'
of nations, its of individuals, have
more then once been decided by a
wanton impulse of Imitativenees.
CUBA STARTED THE IiMD1ia.
The expedition of the Pretender was
suggested by the look of Charles II.
He lead received some encouraging let-
ters similar to the invitations that
had bean sent in bundles
"Over the water to Charley,"
And it is probable that the outcome
of the Ouben Insurrection had agood
deal to do with the venture of the
irascible Boers. The Sierras of the
West Indies offered no better strate-
gic; advantages than the kopjes of
the Transvaal, and 11 it levy of i11 -
armed mongrels had contrived to ef-
fect their deliverance, ghat should
prevent the success of the best hit
tear -day sharpshooters, latter-day
saints, too, so many of them, "'God-
fearing and straight-shooting high-
landere," as Dir. Stead described
them.
Discontent had smoldered for years,
but at the news from Santiago; it be-
gan to smoke and soon alter burst
into uncontrollable flames.
In the same tray the events le the.
Philippines probably sot the Chinese
rabble ablaze. Luzon exiles had tak-
ea 'refuge in Chinese seaper't towns
and described the vendetta ' eam-
peign in a manner of their Give:
"Spain vanquished and the Ames'ican
Quixote :getting his jaw rattled at
every blow; Africa diverting the at-
tention of the Deropean swashbuck-
lers; don't miss this chance; the
omens of success could not be more
favorable."
Out of a shower of such sparks one
did tamale off the mina of national
resentment and the mere concus-
sion is sure to affect accumulated ex-
plosives ell over Asia. The Tonquin
hill tribes are already rising against
the French asepses.
T'SI'l SCRAMBLE IN CHINA.
At the first serious reverse of the shorthorn cattle, and as a county gen-
Ohintese insurgents the rush of the tleman he took an active and hide -
land -grabbers will prove equally can- pendent part in public affairs.
tagious. Italy, Austria and Hol- The other day a man trona the coun-
land will join in the scramble for try entered a railway carriage carry -
windfalls, only Spain will probably lug two young pigs in a box, and
adhere to her declaration that her was annoyed that they would not be
"leek of Lntarest Ln the Oriental allowed to travel with him, He even
question precludes the necessity of tan offered to pay for has grunting "lug -
explanation." gage," but it was no use, There is
The true key to her forbearance a rule forbidding live stock to be ear -
may perhaps be found in the fact that ried by passenger trains, and the
her supply of martial energy has been pigs were taken away. Curiously
exh;tusterzl for years to come. For enough, however, the rules—are not
similar reasons Sweden stood aloof exactly the same 011 English railways,
when all Western Europe made a and live stock booked , by them for
dash far thaheritage of Vane Teresa, any place in Scotland have Lo be eon -
The earapaigns
on-Thecampaigtvs of Charles XII. had de- veyed by the Scotch lines.
pleted her military storage batteries. Some recent inveetigataons as to the
In the crisis of the Crimean war the length of sermons in Scotland show,
Citeassiane mi.ssad a chauoe w11:+h wo learn from the Home Magazine,
their beroic leader did not fail to re- that for a good many years they have
cognize; his appeals to the faithful did been steadily decreasing in length,
not remain quite unheeded, but from and are still inclined to be shorter.
Aul flimri to the Defiles of Daniel The 'limits within which they vary
nine out: of ten male adults were busy are very wide. Nine minutes is the
plastering their wotmatis or trying to absolute record for brevity, 08 min -
tont r the havoc of 40 years' sieves- otos the greatest length. Of the three
taatiom . leading Presbyterian churches, the
An l"'attly thus the blue -law bullies Free Church has the highest average
of OW Cuban satrap may have esrap- length of sermon with 82 minutes;
aid the penalty of their wanton as the H. P. Church, with 30 minutes, oc-
gression Most civil rights of the Is- oupies the centre; and the Establish-
tandems. The emerge at the natives ed Church. has the shortest, with S6
minutes.
B01iliME . SCCTL NIA.
INTERESTING NISWS FI!QM AUI.A
SCOTIA'S BRAE$
Ax 111 the 11'Atnen or 5,4lsy 1lai7ts—atiaity
77tNigs ►►trepan NY Inuu'rs1. 011+ 11111414'
of Asit1 Se l 45". Hoax,
Bailie J. It, Sandhiaxlds, Glasgow,
manager of tine General Assurance
Company, died suddenly at the IZcyel
Cottage, Stronaolahoer, He entered
the Town Connell in 181)0, and held
several positions. 110 was a director
el: the Foundry Does' Society,
Sir 'William Muir, who has beau
prinelpal and vice-chancellor of Edits'.
;burgh University;' for 15 years, hi
about to retire, Ile is now over 80,
and has had a remarkably long and
interestingworking career, having
begun by joining' the Civil " Service in
Bengal as far hack as 1837.
The Rev. Di', Norman Macleod, High
oh,urah, Inverness, was presented by
his congregation with a purse eon-
taining over £800, in recognition of
his nomination as Moderator -Desig-
nate of the Chuvash of Scotland, Mrs.
Macleod was presented with a die
mond ereseent ornament.
News has been received of the death
of Mr. '4Vin. - Birkmyre, ex-M.P. for
the Ayr Burghs, whioh occurred is
Paris, Mr, -B rkmyre was the found-
er of a large jute mull in Calcutta.
A few years .ago .he presented the
town of Port Glasgow with #ti, band -
some public park at a cost of -about
$10,000.
At a meeting 01 Sports Commit-
tee at Kilmarnock, a member object-
ed to the engagement of a flute band.
The chairman overruled the objets-
tion, and was only finally overcome
when the objector pathetically plead-
ed, "Oh, for heaven's sake, dinner bring
your flute band back, for I'm hang't
if ane o' 4ny hens has laid' since it
played the last time." It was deeid-
ed to engage a brass band.
Scottish recruiting districts have
sent to the army during the year over
4,900 men. This does not include re-
cruits raised at the headquarters of
regiments, battalions, and batteries.
Scottish regimental districts contri-
buted 2,877. Glasgow was en easy first,
Edinburgh second, Perth third, and
Eamdlton fourth. With 350 reunite
Stirling was fifth, and was a good way
in front of Ayr, Aberdeen, Inverness,
Fort George and Berwick -on -Tweed.
Mr. Alexander Bethune, of Blebo, in
the parish of Kamback, the descend-
ant of one of the oldest families in
Fife, recently died at Castlandhill, In-
verkeithing. Mr, Bethune, who was in
his 70th year, was in his early inan-
bood a lieutenant in the 42nd, black
Watch, and when the volunteer move-
ment took shape in 1860 he was ap-
pointed a captain of the Cupar Corps.
He was noted for his pedigree herd of
doath struggle against fearful odds,
and the remotion cams to the form
of an npalhy thee could not lee Week -
en off, at a moment's notlno.
FLOA.TING NETS.
The plan of using floating nets to
rectums the force of waves at sea or
fever microbes before exhausted epi-
demics can resume their nativity,
The, war chines of 1203-18711 allayed
the fever of hell a him teed states,
with an aggregnitt pepulnitinn of 2,-
0 0,ltllD. '(he. 11-111aµ•1:111 had rx-
lau+let les olsperltlnitie1, 11 might,
iso su.pti.,,'l 1bat 0110 war i'tvolvrd
ANT:( IN A FORGE.
Ants eon sl -and extremes of heal.
amyl cold. I'nrbye;►rhl hears' eeptte-
011'n t<, trn4 will not. 7;x11 them, anti
thn nvca,.o•it,y cif the :nnxt, }sat. th„ Dine .ea( has heeu ubsa150t1 in build
f,r1. 'J..
t is it '!duke to a blacksmith's
is tam they
m rrl.V ±.nh,xestod sial Inwt
",',
A memorial Is to be erected at
Harneloe, about two and u half males
from Iiawick, commemorative of the
not of bravery on the part of the Re-
mick cellante who, in 1514, routed a
baud of Eitglie.h, and captured their
flag, a fac-,.hmile of which is nlantiul-
ly carried at the Consume hiding .fees
level. The memorial is to lie erected
out of the surplus Annie from the sale
of the "1514" picture painted by Mr,
Torn Scott, A. le, S. A„ and it 1ssug-
gested to place the memorial on the
left hand side of the road, a little
above the bride. The ceremonial com-
mittee of the Common Billing have
also arranged to unveil a memorial
tablet on the " n;eht after the m°rn;t
i.e„ on the evening before the Cern-
I11011 Riding, to James Hogg, author
of the Common Riding song"'teribus.'
The tablet' will be placed in the wall
of the hawse at 14 t,oan, and. alias
Hogg, Dalkeith place, a granddaugh-
ter of the poet has been netted 10 °fa-
ela te,
We want tot time, but dlllgenos
far great 'laerformances, — Samuel
Johnson,
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