The Brussels Post, 1891-10-16, Page 22
RAI\KEILOR'S DIAMOND,
AS. C:.1(R0I. Anal
I was lying lazily in my hammock, which
swan , in the cool tweeze, hung froin a glee
limboonoof the 'rent trees in tho oom-
f 3,
pound, I was roaliseng, Sonewhat unc0m.
Portably, the condition of my fiancees, and
foreing myself to look the situation squarely
in the face. I was slow to believe that
pleasure is a more costly thing than labunr,
and its products far from being as satisfac-
tory. When I left England, I assured my
father that five hundred a year and my pay
would be more than enough to cover all
reasonable wants and wishes ; and now ;
after nine or ten months in Baroilly, I was
o straitened,"for lack o' gear," that I must
ither overdraw, borrow, or live en exceed•
ngly retired life for the next three
months, The privilege of playing guinea
pool, in Ashton's rooms, with much
better players than myself, and the
not very heavy book on half -it -dozen
spotting events, had combined towards this
rapid result, as I could not help ruefully
acknowledging.
As 1 mused, I became suddenly aware of
a laughing face looking down into my ham-
mock. Rankeilor, the captain of my com-
pany, had swung himself noiselessly into the
tree, and perched astride a rough limb that
swayedelongside of aline. "Well, Camp-
bell," was his gay greeting, "you are enjoy.
mg the dela far anode in the shade. 1 an
just released from duty."
" You are mistaken about the deice," 1
replied. "1 aha tasting the bitter, not the
"sweet do-nothing," and shall have to taste
it for some time to come."
"I have been a bit remorseful over you,
lad," he said, speaking more gravely than
was his wont, a11(1 without looking at me,
scraping down gray fragments of lichen from
the trunk of the old tree, "1 have not for-
gotten] that it was I who first introduced
you into Ashton's rooms and to his fast set.
I have been foolish enough myself ; but I
had no right to drag yon intoaa like scrape."
" Nonsense, Rankeilor 1" I said hastily.
"I was just charging myself with moral
supineness when you came upon me so s1d-
denly-resolving to pull myself together,
and resist even sixpeney lisp in future 1"
He smiled his bright sunny smile. " All
right, lad. I'll back you Up.• --1 an afraid
I need not Bey what I came to say -to ask,
rather. You could not lend Inc a tanner
for two days?"
I shook my head regretfully. "I am
completely cleaned out, Rankeilor-not a
rupee left. And, what is worse, Aelltol
holds one or two IOUs, which he must hold
tell next pay."
" Ashton holds them," he repeated, a
'quick impattentfrown crossing his features.
Then you positively have not a single can
to throw at a fellow, Campbell ?"
"Not one, Rankeilor, 1. am awfully
sorry; but"-
r Oh, never mind," he interrupted, with
ready kindness. " I shall have plenty in
a day or two, and may be able to give you
a lift -who knows ?" He reaohedup to the
limb above, to steady himself for an elastic
spring downwards.
" Hallo 1 What's oome of your big rose
diamond VI asked, looking at the empty
setting of the ring he always wore on the
little finger of his left handl
7ile, too, looked at the empty ring, and
althc:eh he laughed, l saw that be hal
changed colour, and his laugh, to my ear,
who knew all his moods, bolsi an inflection
of rain or rexation,
I -shall have it reset in two days at
the farthest," he answered. " And 1 mean
to make the setting more secure," With a
nod be sprang down, and vanished.
I wondered idly why he had ehown seine
little confusion or annoyance at my question.
The ring was a lady's ring -a large, exceed-
ingly beautiful rose diamond, set between
two opals. Of course he was bantered um
sparingly about it by his brother -officers,
and equally, of course, h e retained his bright
good -humour, and replied with ready wit,
making none of then) any the wiser regard.
ing the donor of the ring. I alone knew that
it was his mother's old engagement ring, and
that she had asked hien to " make it his
talisman -his charm against evil."
" It is time for your rope -drill, sir, and
the men are turning out," saki Farrel's voice,
breaking in on my thoughts.
I sprang down at once, casting a regretful
look at the hammock that I left swinging in
the 000l shade of green boughs. 1 hated
rope -drill, and the men hated it even more
cordially than I diel. 11 was an arrangement
of ropes and knots whereby eight or ten men
could be made to represent fifty or a hun•
droll -by dint of hard work and much run,
ming about. However, the weather was not
yet hot enough to make active exercise
positively disagreeable ; so we wen tatit with
a will just inside the wall of the greet com-
pound, in the centre of which stood the
officers' bungalow,
After we had finished and( had dismissed
the men, who trotted away thankfully,
wiping their hot brows, I throwmysslf down
on the ground, hot and panting. Petersen,
one of the men, had remained to gather up
the ropes and convey them to their place.
Suddenly he darted away from the ropes
and dashed his tap at some object with all
his force.
"What is it ?" I asked, raising myself on
my elbow with languid curiosity to watch
his movements,
" It's a rabbit, sir 1 H'Ie's got into a hole
here ; but 1'11 have him for supper yet." He
beganullmgawa soeli htshrubsaround
the:mouth of the holelnorditchinto which
the rabbit had disappeared. Slay down
again heedlessly, to lounge awayht few of
the fifteen ;Mentes that would intervene
before the bell sounded for ti lin, Suddenly
S heard the man calling me by name,
"Mr. Campbell, sir, won't you please
come here just for to moment?"
I'nmpeci up, and welt to the mouth of
the dole, into which man and rabbit had both
disappeared. Petersen was emerging from
it fent foremost, dragging something after
him,
"This is a queer place, sir," he said 1 " f t
goes in ever so far. ft's a regalar tunnel, it
is • and I found then things insrdo 1"
k!e hold 0p a trowel and piokexe-a very
smell one -both which bore evidence ot
having been recently used. for excavating
purposes in the half-dried,freshly-turned
earth adhering to them,
" Where do you 511pp050 ft leads Lo Y' I
asked, taking the trowel in my hand,
" Well, sir, I didn't go in very far ; but
it gods off that way agood let," 11e de
scribed a sweep with leis arm, passing the
officers' quarters, to tho left.
"And that leads?" --Only fee All instant
diel I stand with hent browe ; then, es if a
brain -wave lead Bashed( fron the one to the
other, we both exclaimed at once 1 " Good
gracious 1 Tho fort 1 -the fort with all tho
money 1"
" It must be flat," I said, in consterna-
tion, " Potation, you go in again Anel
penetrate to the very end, I shall tvelk
above, as your vot00 dfroots.- Mind you
must shout well, 'We must look into this,"
The an obeyed at once, and crept biro
t I el
to the hole.
As semi ns le 11114 completely vanishe,l,
threw down the trowel, and premixed t
follow above -ground, when a single dazzlin
paint of light glittered like a star fro
amidst the displaced earth !ellen from th
trowel, whore 1 had thrown it down, With
a
strange, sliming feeling of genuine dismay
at my heart, Istooped, and picked up -Rev -
keilo''s diamond 1 I had 1101 11e0 then,
however, to specie/ate. Petersen was al -
reedy 011outf11g, his voice 'nettled and hulls
tinct, as from a distance. I rolled the
pre010ne stone in a 0enter of my handker-
chief, and sprang away to follow the mane
progrees, I replied to everyshout bystamp-
ing violently 011 the ground. As we had
'feared, we were led directly to the ' fort,'
where all the moneys of the garrison were
peeked and stacked from Hoo' to ceiling.
What was 1801'55, before the faint milled
voice had ceased to lead me forward, I stood
within two or three yards of the beak wall
of the forts 1 Evidently the tunnel was
quite near completion 1 a single night's hard
work, a brink or two removed from the wail
and the excavators would be richly reward.
ed 1
I turned, and quickly retraced )1,y steps
to the mouth of the tunnel. A group of
men, among whom I distiugnislcd Captains
Ashton and Hord yet, stood by the entrance.
Plainly, they had been watching our move-
ments, and must have thought teem suspic-
ions.
Obeying a swift impulse, I lifted
ggm
hendkerchief and slipped the jewel into my
month, where it lay •' rolled like a sweet
morsel undo' my tongue." T saw that Cap-
tain Fordyce held the trowel in his hand,
and Captain Ashton had just laid clown the
pickaxe.
"C'ampbell ! Yon. Campbell ! It can't be
possible:" exclai,ned A.sl,ton, in amazed
crescendo. " Who would have thought or
believed It l I should sooner have named
an other 1 i • •i
t r est 11 the garrison, had !
y ga u, 1 1500
asked to pick out the -the delinquent."
"The delinquent 1" I releated.haughtil ,
"How dare you use the word to Mme ? haughtily,
have been tiscovoring a bold and. daring et.
tempt to rob the fort -an attempt that has
come dangernnely eel ' to success too 1
P nether night's work would have finished
the "--
" What slid I toll you, Foerlyce?" lnter-
upted Ashton, shaking his head. " I told
you, r when we discovered this Cu1,1101
yesterday, and resolved to watch it, that
the -the excavators would be sure to wear
a bold front, and peoclai01 themselves ex-
plorers only 1"
' I will not submit to this 1" I cried with
intense anger. I never was a patient man,
and Ashton's half-oolnpasionate, half -con-
temptuous tone drove ane wild. " You
exceed your authority, Ashton ! As for
Petersen, he was obeying ))•tiers. I am
going now stmigh1 to Colonel Pryor, to lay
the whole infamous business before tum. 1
think ,you will sceteely date to say that
that is the course of action a guilty mal,
would follow 1"
I turned sharply round to do as I said,
when the )nen coning upon me like an seal-
,tncho seized and overpowered ale in 0 mo-
ment, and with either erne in a powerful
grin, I realhserl with spaeehless anger that
1 ilietn501080(11,1 551)71 1,1)' 1,1ru hest, at toast
for the present. Both Ashton and Fordyoc
were my surge 1010 111 rank. I was ampere -
lively a )togs•-uoner, while they were veter-
ans in the service. Even if this proved a
mistake their mistaken zeal would do them
less harm than good in the colonel's eyes in
so serious an affair as this.
"Escort lir, Campbell to his quarters,
men," said Ashton's quiet voice. " Petersen
eau be taken to the guardroom for the pre-
sent -Fordyce, we had better go at once to
Colonel Pryor."
I was " escorted" to my quarters by the
obedient automatons on either side of me.
Once fairly into 11;y rooms, the first use I
made of my privacy was to lock away Ran.
keflor's diamond in a secret Brewer of my
desk ; and then, though chafing like an im-
prisoned eaglet, I forced myself ihto quiet.
ne5s, in order to think out as host I could
what relation Rankeilor bore to this strange
discovery of the secret tunnel.
(80 COlrTINt'k:D).
THE BRUSSELS POST.
hpassing delights " therefore," he will not
ave fled to reign over hila 1 and in the sad
self oonnpinuency of the hall sell() lives only
in the visible and the present, he asks who
is the Almighty that Wo 0110014 serve 11im?
Title maws soul is satisfied with wealth.
l'he present, amt the temporal, 1118)) Esa1,
k he would have sold all the LirthrigIts of
leaven for as many meals of the sever), red
I pottage he loved, Gni or lean 111011 it is
o ante to be. God and eta/ninon it can never
g Ile. " \Vlhnt profit shall we have?" As
n long es that question, or the spirit of it
e in any degree is in the heart or on the lip
all thought of serving God may bo nb0ndon-
ed. With any snail "therefore' bellied
there can be no worship, ;f0 cervico, no
loyalty. The worship of material things
pelts God 111 total eollpee. Beware these
awful " therofores."
The ",Therefores " of the Bible,
" Wherefore do the wicked live, become
old, yea are mighty in power? Their seed
is established in their sight with them, and
their offspring before their eyes. " x "
They take the timbre( and the help, and
rejoice at the sound of the organ. They
spend their days in wealth, and in a moment
go down to the grave, Therefore they say
unto God 1 Depart from us, for we desire
not a knowledge of Thy ways. What is the
Almighty that we should serve Him, and
what forfeit should we have if We pray unto
Him?" -Job xxi., 7.15.
The "Thslofores" of the Bible aro all
worth careful study. They are never put in
at a peradventure, or for the salve of filling
up apace. A thousand sermons might be
preached on the force this one word often
gives to 5, whole page of Scripture. The
word "therefore' means "for this reason,"
and whenever this familiar word meets us,
wo should do 19011 to go back and see for
what reason wo aro called upon to exercise
faith or to discharge Boma simple duty. For
be sere of this, God neither asks faith or
duty without sufficient reason. As Pool said
to his friends who were exercising sainthood
in Ciesar's household hl imperial Roane 1
" Whatever religion is or i0 1101, it is et
least your reasonable service," \\'hon God
asks a 111011's lrlyalty and 10170, it is fo
a sufficient 101100)1, It is 1101 from a
mere arbitrary oaprioe. \Vlann e man
rejeet5 God it should surely bo for 001110
satisfactory reason. Here in the roman -
tin records of Job, the plane° 0nd million.
sire of ancient Idtunea, we fiat the fact
plainly stated that there were certain people
who would not have God to reign over them.
Thoy were et least to be respected for the
bold and definite stand they took. They
were hot like (non who rocog, zed a duty
and then sought for soma plonshblo excuse.
They would not have Gori to reign over
them. Why Should they? What profit
ehould they gain by serving God ? Now,
let es look IAA a little. They were wicker(
and they were inch, Everything seemed to
go well with then. All was prosperous
and well, (louses and barns, flocllra ,lel
herds, coheirs felt of children ; the tied/eel
and the dance, harp and eaelchui, cud all
manner of delights ware within their reacin,
and giving them/wives to ell these material
things, they had his heart for the higher
spiritual realities. Is it any wonder that
they should reject, the 1010011 and the holy
when their whole 1,oarte were sot on the
50011, the vain and the foothill. When
poverty drives ono man away from God
riches drive a thousand, Tho wealthy man
has all heart could desire, and because hie
heart is satisfied and filled up with tho
PRINCESS FREDERICA'S MAIIRIAGB•
imer Agen 1109/1101 50rtwuvr, the Pri ce,el
Yellen she l'holtgni Site inns 0)y'ir1g.
Loxnoa, Oct .-\\ellen Prussia ennexe(1
Hanover Queen Victoria virtually adopted
the Privatise Frederica of Hummer, then a
plain girl of 18. At the age of 82 the Prio•
cess fell, naclly in love with a 01itlw0rt
Teuton, Baron Pawel•Ranlnlingen, one of
1110 many Gorman hangers•on at theQneee's
cloud, and wllo was at that time filling the
sinecure post of Mester of Equerries. Queen
Vittoria urged the exiled Queen Dowager
Marie of Hanover to allow the lovers to
marry, althongh the Baron wits to all in-
tents and purposes a plebeian, and was pen-
niless. The mother refused with asperity,
declaring that the Heron was a mere flunkey,
not fit to (nate with a princess of the pined
house of Hanover. Nevertheless the marriage
took place Victoria settling a handsome
dower upon the Princess, and giving the
couple it suite of rooms ie Hampton Court
Palace. The ceremony was performed at
\\'indoor in 1880, and theLaron and his
bride have ever since lived at Hampton
Court mainly at the expense of the British
taxpayers.
The lady's family ignored her after tho
marriage until lest •lveek when the Queen
mother, believing herself to be dying, sum.
moiled Frederica to Gnnunden, and a recon.
ciliation toot plane at the bedside of the aged
invalid, tl,o Duke of Cumberland and other
members of the family sharing in the wel-
come extended to the long -estranged
kinswoman. The Queen has rallied and is
app07enty in no immediate danger of disso-
lution, but the Princes( remains at the
family home, eujOy'iOg 11 501101 of reunions
and entertainments in her honor, The
leaven Pawel-Remmingen, however, is not
a sharer in the reconciliation, and remains
unnoticed in England.
Give and Take,
People of great strength of character etre
often very difiieult to lite with. They aro
to be depended upon in storms, but they
aro disagreeable in calm weather. No nue
will underrate the value of those finale.
mental qualities of character upon which
alone n genuine life of a sound and noble
relationship of any sort is built; but there is
agreat (10al more of life 1110)1 the foundations;
there is a whole snporstuoture of inter•
course, relationship, emotions, recreations
and fellowship: and these varied, and, in a
sense, 110,10,1,110(15 are really not less im-
portant in their tv0y than the graver things.
Maly a marl who wenld go to the stake
rather than be guilty of ;my act of dishonour,
does not hesitate to crucify those who aro
nearest him by unrestrained bad temper;
many a woman capable of the highest acts
of self-denial feels herself ander no obliga-
tion to control », tendency to irritability. But
irritability may destroy the entire alarm of
association with the nlln51 gifted plrsonl and
ungoverned temper has probnblynllvo1ved as
much evil to the world in the tong run as the
direst temptations to sin. A great may mon
and woolen live as if there were no snob things
as differences of temperament; they never
take into consideration the moods of those
with when they Ileal, nor rlo they ever re-
member that they have moods of their own;
end yet 11100d5 have quite as much to do
with making the aspect of life from day to
day as the atmosphere las to do with the
changing ef'eots of the landscape. There
are many people to whole the world /sone day
brilliant with sunshine, and the next sombre
with shadows ; and it is as absurd to ignore
this difference in people as to ignore the
changes of weather. The ability to ooln-
munlonte happiness, and to aid others, lies
largely in the power of adaptation, in the
keen perception of the temperament and
peculiarities of another, andel delicate con-
sideration for temperament mid quality.
Thee is nothing more intangible than the
sensitiveness of a child, and yet there are
very few things more important. The
future happiness and access of the child de.
panda largely on the Manner in whioh that
sensitiveness Is treated by those who stand
nearest to it. Many a fine nature 10 spoil.
ed by the clumsy or brutal hands of those
who wreck it as ruthlessly as the lioof a
horse tramples on a rose ; and yet nothing
woulcl tempt them to commit any moral
wrong against the child. We all demand
much for oarselves from others ; lot us be
careful that we honour the domande of
others upon ourselves.
Horrible Cruelty by a Mother.
A most horrible case ot oruolty to a ohild
by its mother has come to light in Peris, in
one of the lowest streets 111 the \Iontmarto.
quarter. A local Commis/mire de Polite, in-
formed oftheoiroumstences,ly an anonymous
letter, ab once proceeded to the bones of
the female in gnostion, 0 charwoman a11d
demanded to eels her son, is boy of eight,
Tho mother, thus taker by 0111•p1i50, was
obliged to conduct the officer to a filthy
sort of cupboard not fit for a dog kennel,
where be fumed the wretched little mortal
completely naked, wits hie bands tied
tightly to his logs, The boy WAS worn to a
skol0t0n, his head was a moss of soros, and
his body was black and blue with braises,
He had also been mutilated iu a manner too
horrible for description, The woman who
WS arrested acknowledged that she had
maltreated the child in this shocking limner
in order to please hoe lover, who sed taken
a (11511ku to it. Tho police are looking out
for this Inen. Tho victim has been placed
in the hospital for Children.
A Distinotion,
Cholly---Wilat's the difference, old chap-
Pierbetween 0 woman and n lady ? I've
heard, don't you know, but 1 can't remain.
her,
Dicky -My deal 1)5y, a lady fs a sort of a
woman we ere aoqu0futed with, while e,
woman is o sort of a lady other people are
vest() letod 0.1111,
A Female Diplomat,
Wife• ---Do you believe that dreams tom
true?
Husband --Nonsenses dreams are more
likeiy to go by contraries.
Wife (with a sigh of relief)--T)lat takes a
load off ley mind, 1 dream laetnighttltat
1 asked you for fifty dollars to get me a dross,
and you 881110ed to lot mo have tho money,
CURIOSITY COLUMN,
Wonderful Dittoes.
Au echo le merely a repetition of a 001110
caused by its reflection from ee110 Obsl11ol
of sufficient nlagn1ttulo, No (helmet cell
is heard as a rule when the rellem111glateen;
(11111011 is bust adapted for the plumes(
when co116nr0 or flat, but not convex) 1
less than 112 feet olle At flat distance i
throes book the last syllable of 11 00)1111,,),
wllell double teat dista11u0 tits 10AL L11'0 sylla
Iles; when three time 113 feet,t he last three
syllables, and 50 011. 1Vh011 the distance o
the impeding surface, however, is less that
112 feet, the dived and reflected 50111115 are
out/founded, and a siegle strengthened elle))
known ns resonance is produced, and this is
often observed in halts mid large 8001110. To
kill resonance, all that is necessary is to
properly cover the walls with tapestry m'
other cloth sagging(), whioh aro very bad
reflectors of sound. The multiple
sohocs, which repeat the sante word
or touee several tinges, are along the
most wonderful of their class. An echo of
this kind in the ollatene of Simonetta,
Daly, aly, repeats it note thirty times ; at
Woodstock, In England, there is one which
repeats from eoventeon to twenty syllables
and a remarkable fine (mho moues beneath
the suspension bridge across the Menai Strait
in \Valeo, which returns the sound of it blow
with a hammer on the pier in sueoessi00 front
of the crossbeams that support the road-
way, tucd from the opposi to pier, ata di5tenee
of 570 feet : and in addition to this the sound
is mangy tinges repeated between the grater
and the roadway the whole effect of the
series being most peculiar. In the whisper.
ing gallery of St. Paul's, London, the faintest
sound is convoyed from one side to the other
of the dome; and in the Cathedral of Girgenti,
in Mistily, the slightest whisper is bornowith
perfect distinctness from the great western
door, where the old confessional used to be,
to the high niter, a distance of 250 feet.
Tho echoes of the Lake of Killarney are also
world•famous.
Ornious Watohss.
Au American traveller, whose name " Ye
Curious Alan" Lias forgotten. ounce saw a rare
and Wonderful Japanese timepiece. He de-
scribed it es being in a frame three feet
wide end five feet long, representing 0. noon-
day landscape of great lovoliuoss.
In the foreground were plum and cherry
trees and ricer plants in full bloom ; hi tho
rear a hill, gradual in ascent, from which
flowed, or seemed to flow, a cascade admir-
ably imitated in crystal. From this point
a threadlike stream glided along, encircling
rocks and islands in its wimlings, finally
losing itself in a far -oft'' stretch Of wood -
lend.
In a minitatnre sky above, a golden sun
turned on a silver wire, striking the hours
on silver gongs as in passed.
Each hour WAS marked on the frame and
indicated by a slowly creeping tortoise,
which served in the place of a hand or
pointer. .1'. bimol of oxq,uolto )1l 11010(10 81112(1 1
the ))lose of each hour, and as the song
ceased a mouse 0preng from a grotto near
by and, scampering over the hill in the gar -
d811, WAS soon lost 1c view.
In the South Kensington Museum, Lon-
don, there is a watch representing an apple,
which is about the size of a cherry and is
composed of 123 pieces,
A Nuremberg watch in the form of an
[morn hasa tiny pistol which serves as an
alarm..
The bishop of Ely had a watch in his
eanehoad, and tho Prince of Saxony las
one in the horn of his saddle,
National Floral Emblems,
during the few menthe of life loft hila. The
alt? plan was fleet o,arrleld when 1(1 itis 87th
year, and again in his 110111 steer to Callow.•
me hliltun, who bore hlm one child, At the
alae of 101 lie was detected in lel en net of
1 immorality and forced to do penance by
o standing on the pole)) of i\lborblry fared)
UnwellUnwellelect only in 0 sheet.
e Bet even more remarkable than Parr is
that of the ease o1 peaty Jenkin(), 01 teller-
s toll, hl Yorkshire, who, according to the
t 000Unnt of Mrs. Ann Snvil!o, lived to be 107
; i yea's of age, 0r sixteen nun's than oldd Pere..
. i.In her memoirs, which accompanies the
pato taken from ml neighed ed painting, She
f says that one day ellen be elude to her house
to solicit alms, elle desired him to Onto truly
how old 110 was. Ho replied that ho was 002
t or 103,
There Were Giants in Those Days.
The origin of England's floral emblem,
the rose, that of the Hour de lis of France,
and the shamrock of Ireland ere all better
10nWen than
• That emblem grand of bonny Scotland,
!rho bold and burly thistle.'
About the middle of the 15th century, on
the eve of St. Gilds' clay, and within the
walls of the old council chamber of Edin-
burgh, a number of Scotch nobles andhigh.
land gentlemen met en "solemn eencl0ve to
deliberate on the desirableness of placing
the thistle upon their banners instead of the
fignro of St, Giles, which they had hitherto
used." They are described a0 "brawny,"
big bearded men, dressed in highland cos-
tume,and,as was the fashion of the day, with
swords and dirks, says Harper's Young
People.
Long before this the thistle had been the
recognitod badge of the house of Stuart, and
this fact, b1 connection with an older one
that warning was ono given of a night
attack in progress by the Dales on a Scotch
camp by one of the enemy accidentally put,
ing his foot on a thistlo,which made him cry
out, was probably the thief reason of its
choice instead of the heather. At any rate,
it was ohoeen at that council as Scotland's
floral emblem.
tho First Complete Bible,
The Brat complete Bible printed in Eng-
land was issued in 1535 without any pnb-
lieher's name, It was the work of Milos
Coverdale, who incorporated, with reefs.
ions, Tyndale's books of the New Testa-
ment, of the Pentateuch and of Jonah, and
for the rest translated from German and
Latin versions. 111 was thus only partly
original, and in that year just 0, trans-
lation of a translation, No perfect
copy of this bible is known to exist.
A copy sold a few years ego in Lon-
don for ;1120 had the title, the first fete
leaves and a map in facsimile.
"Oovordale's Bible is celled both the
Tremolo Bible' and 'the Bug Bible" from
two curious renderings. 111e passage in
Jeremiah which we now read. 'Is there
110 balm in Gilead?' Is rendered, ' Is
there no more treacle at Galahad?" And
f1, the P501015, 'Thou shalt not be afraid
of tho tenor by night' roads, ' Thou shalt
not node to be Derived. for any btggos by
night.' In the ninth Psalm, Put them in
fear, 0 Lord,' is rendered by Covordale as,
'Set a school -master over them,' "
Old Men of the fast,
Among the old Alen of the p100tnolo were
more famous than Thomas .Parr, who was
said to be 152 years old when he died. He
married first at 87, and again at 121), and
died a widower. Following is the title of a
pamphlet containing his biography 1
" The oleo, olds, very tilde lean, or the
age and long life of Thomas Pari', the tonne
of John Parr, of Witnington, the Parish of
Albmsbnry, in Lho County of Salopp (or
Shropshire), who w01 barn in the reign of
Bing E (wad IV., in the year 1(08, and 1s
now Iiving 111 the Strand, being ;god 152
years and odd 1110/111111 ; his nntlni01 oinks in
so long 14 pilgranago, his marriages toll his
bringing{, up to London about the and of
September last, 10301." The pamphlet 11x5
betel preserved, and it gives the details of
the removal of Parr oat of the ,Shropshire'
at the instance of " The R1, ;Hon, Thomas
Ea l of Arundel and Surrey, Earl Marshall
of England,"one„ that generous nobleman
proviing for tho comfort of tho old man
Just think of oysters twentytwo hushes
long and fourteen in diameter. Snell wore
f0rmer1y found in the 111101/1 sea west of
Yuma, and plenty of the big shells are still
there. The visitor to snub a country ma
quainter] only with ole• 100 to the pint coast
bivalves lid asked to order eyelets might
melte a 11101.0 ridiculous mistake than the
traditional California lady who ordered 100
saddle -rooks ina Now York hotel, -Portland
Oregonian.
Different Colors of Gold.
"Most people suppose," seta an assayer
" that all gold is alike when refined, but this
is not the case. An experienced mal can
tell at a glance from what part of the world
a gold piece comes, and in some cases from
what pert of a marl lodor gold disttiet the
metal was obtained.
"Tho Australian gold, for instance, is
distinctly redder than the Californian, and
this difference in color is always perceptible,
even when the gold is 1000 fine.
"Again, the gold obtained from the pinc-
ers is yellower than that which is taken
directly from quartz. Why this should be
the case is 0110 of the mysteries of metal Inrgy,
for the placergold all comes from the veins.
The Ural gold is the reddest foetid airy
08110.
" 1''10ogv people know the real color of gold,
as it is seldom seen unless heavily aflayed,
which renders it redder than when pure.
Tho puree, coins over made were the S.3O
pieces that used to bo 000nn1011 in California.
"Their coinage was abandoned for two
reasons ; first, because the loss by abrasion
was so greet, and, secondly, because the
interior could be bored out and load sabsti
toted, the difiorence in weighty being too
small to be readily noticed in so large a piece.
These octagonal coins where the most valu-
able ever struck."
Romana of a Fatal Jewel,
Ono of the strangest jewels which figure
around the neck of the statue of Our Lady
of Almndena at Madrid is a ring which bears
a curious connection with the misfortunes
which have so continually afflicted the
royal house of Spain during the last two
decades.
It is a magnificent opal surrounded by
great (llamonde. Tho late Ring Alfonso
XII, gave it to his cousin Mercedes when
lie was bethrothcd to her, and she wore it
daring the while of her short married life.
On her death:the young Ming presented it
to his grandmother, Queen Christina, who
died ahowtly afterward. Then it passed to
the King'ssister, the Infanta dol Pilar. No
sooner had the latter entered auto possession
of this fateful gem than she began to sicken
and a few days later she died. Alfonso
sent the ring to his sister-in-law Christina,
the youngest daughter of the Dec do 1.1cnt-
pensier, but in three months she 01st had
breathed her last. His :Majesty, struck by
this horrible sueoession of events, now
resolved to retain the jewel in his 00811
]weeping, but he, too, only too soon felt it
victim to its emetorions malignancy. By
order of the present Queen it has now been
suspended by a chain around the neck of
the Holy Virgin of,A1nludona.
Roman Market-Plaoe at a Pair.
A novel fair was recently held in Lon
don, the main features of whialt might lend
variety to some similar American festivity,
The bleeper WAS arranged to represent a Ro-
man market -place of tine classic period.
The stalls wets in the the pe of pH1larded tem-
ples and were drnped with blue, crhnson.
end yellow cloth, bordered wit 11 it large hey
pattern and limped up with cord and tee.
cels. A large scenic pietnre presenting the
house of the Roman Migmatite Sanest.,
was stretched across one end of the hall,
w11i18 statues anti emits were grouped efleet
ively in every possible qua, and elaesical
and mythological suggestions abounded.
Gain in Growing Draft Borges,
No farmer, from his 0)111 o11oiee, breccia
the "scrub " as now defined, but may leak
confidence in themselyee to mp.1,0 the start'
in stock improvement or brooding. It re-
quired some business toot in a 1)11711101' of
limited 5110005 to patronize the best draft
aims ;hue, barring accidents, he cannot fail
of success from the starb, for draft horses are
as salable Ismailia as fat stook. And with
tact, the skill 'to handle and (115po50 of
driving teams, and the peculiar fitnese for
training, ono may,tohieve more than o4din-
ary benefit in breeding coach horses. More
))appal, however, is required ; hub, if able
to make a specialty of buying and mating
fancy carriage teams for city use, one can
do better in the line of breeding, Yet re.
member that in this case half, and often
three-fourths, of the selling price is for
exercised shill, from start to,llnish, in pre-
paring the team for ,na1•Itet, To do this
requires months of careful handling backer(
by years of judicious treatment, thus mak-
ing the perfect 10mhly 1)015() almost Menne
in lois aoqutiutanee with mankind and the
affairs and ways of the world. Unto many
wealthy men 14 10111117 horse 18 worth at least
onc•fourth his weight, in silver, Certain
profits always follow the right start in
brooding the 0ervi00 of a eholee sire upon as
good clams as one can Afford. The majority
of fanners win find surer gangs in growing
draft horses, as this requires less spooled
knowledge end fitness for the work.
Time no Object.
"By getting your ticket over one line,"
urged 11,0 traveling passenger agent of the
X., Y. and 7„ railway, "you will Savo 5'1X'
teen henna' time on 1110 trim
"On the r1,, 13. and C. rout0,'' said the
agent of the rival Tine, " you, got trvn inn•
deed end( ninety-seven miles 111ur0 riding for
010811111 13 (honey."
The agrieulturlst from Hitworoolc bought
his ticket over the A., 73. and 0, (auto.
'rhe'Coaohor,
I;xp0rioee is a teacher, and the expert.
WOO of all who have ever used if, is that for
bruises there is no remedy the equal of St.
hobs Oft. it le the host in use,
Orr. xii, 1801.
ut at
1)e',ribl's a feeling ',deill,u 10 persons of ass.
111110 10110 naq', rv' (Ansel, hg 0 elate cr
eifmnte, aeasou or 11111. 'rho stomach le eat u1
order, the 110a1 nrhes Or 11088 11110 feel 211,1(1,
Tho Nerves
seem strained to Otter utmost, the ,mutt bl
cu»SUoed And Ii'rlloblu. 'flee condition Muds
tel o.ee'allaul. rorreetive Iu hand's .;nrsapa.
rein, which, by its regulating nal tuning
powers, seen
tlewtoreo t!artra'tony
U/theleystem,Dna gleenthatsmrenlzlh0f Mina,
nerves, ma hotly, 'ttLich nnlltos ono 11,1 .rr11,
vstt
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S1r111 ey all ,b',tl:alste. gl ; Mx leer 55, 1'repurr,l on.;
by O. 110011,1 ('0„ Aputberarleu, 1,un•ell,Slasm.
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100 Doses One /Dollar
The ()Sae's Romance.
The following anecdote, so1,1 es by our
Berlin corespondent, is said to have been re-
lated by the Czar himself to intimate friends,
His eider brother, who died at Nice, was,
as is generally know)), first. betrothed to
Princess Hagman of Denmark. On his death-
bed ho loft his brother, the present Czar, a
letter in which he begged him to tttke place
in the heart of the Princess. Tho (1 rand
Duke Alexander, however, was a very bash-
ful lover, and had not the courage to carry
001 this dying brother's lest wish, till one day
the Grand Duke Ylalimir said to him, " 1f
you will not fulfil tho wish of our ,lead
Nicholas, 1 shall propuee for the hand of
the Princess myself.' A short time after
the Grand Duke Alexander set oft to Cbpen.
lumen 01111 ono clayy, being alone with the
Princess li,gmer, l,eltatcied lair tremblingly
the lame of his bristlier. When the Princess
Lad read it elle blusi,ed and said, " I also
received a ;tome 11 ,10 Nit/holm;, in which ile
begged 111e to lieee)() your wife." Alexander
aske4 to be elle, all to read the let; m'. The
Princess fetched it, tied together ten,,, reed
it. The sequel lr48 a marriage.
G. Gloger, Druggist, Watertown,
Wis. This is the opinion of a man
who keeps a drug store, sells all
medicines, comes in direct contact
with the patients and their families,
and knows better than anyone else
how remedies sell, and what true
merit they have. He hears of all
the failures and successes, and can
therefore judge : ^ "I know of no
medicine for Coughs, Sore Throat,
or Hoarseness that had done such ef-
fective work in my
Coughs, family as Boschee's
Sore Throat, German Syrup. Last
winter a lady called
Hoarseness, at my store, who was
suffering from a very
severe cold. She could hardly talk,
and I told her about German Syrup
and that a few doses would give re-
lief; but she had no confidence in
patent medicines. I told her to take
a bottle, and if the results were not
satisfactory I would make no charge
for it. - A few days after she called
and paid for it, saying' that she
wouldnever be without it in future as
a few doses had given her relief,"
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The . Largest Steamship Company.
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The British Melita Steens Navigation 05111
pay „pp0a'o 00 be the largest in existence
pos.e0amlt, Itis it does, !t fleet of 109 vessels
With tnumn18 raligiug from the lfer)iti, 244
tons, theellulle01, In the (;o/conda, 0,030
toes, the lur1001. 'l'nu names of the vessels
0f this omtcluifiornt Meet commence with
twen ly•tWO 001 of the twenty-six letters of
the alphabet and, with the exception of
eight, the 114010 01 each vessel ends with the
letter x'10.' Fifteen of the largest emit of
the fleet are regularly running on the trunk
linos from f.nuoon t„ i,diaand Queensland.
The gross Wuua_e of the Company's fleet is
enormous, 1)01-h•111 neatly 100,000 tons.
Tile I'eeinsaI10r snit ihiontal Steam Naviga•
tion Gonip,ltly Welles nsxb, With a fleet at
the present time "nulberingfilLydourvessels,
the eggrogele tel) liege uf winch approximates
200,000 tons, with 1411 effective horse -power
of about 100,000. The capital value of the
Peninsular and (Mental fleet represents the
sem of six millions sterling, the working
expenses for a year amounting to nearly two
and a•11a1f millions. According to the
estimate prepared by 1 " Bureau Vo1'it'05"
of tho me'ellont navies of the 1vo4d (o' the
))resent year, the total number of steamships
is 11,088, showing 0 tonnage of 8,2811,747 not,
of which the United Kingdom has 5,100,581
tone net, with 5,312 vessels.
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G�� mft'a gig, SCua' ocas
Lumbago, Backache,
Toothache,
Spee Throat,
Frost bite s, Spratins,
Bruises, Burns, Etc.
sold b5 Druggists and 001110e everywhere.
Fifty Cents a bottle. Directions in
11 La,guagss.
i oe CNARLES A. VOGELER CO., Bolllmoie, Md,
Canadian Depot: !Toxonto, Ont,
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