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THF MAGIC OF A .MASTERPIEGE
(Continued.) forenoon. Have you the keys of yo
"Oh l" he said to himself, as he rooms with you l"
' . moved away from the office of the "Yes, only my rapier and pock
3cquryeil, "if the painter shall lis safe- knife were taken from me. You w
—113—but of 'the way before Antonio see that I have my knife, I sh
finds opportunity to hold private con- want it."
fab with him all may be well. By "You shall have that, or mine. Y
heavens, I would kill him with my shall have all you sin possibly want
own hands if I could. Why have I Zanoni selected the keys whi
not done it—I have been blind. I would be required, and with them
have been a fool. But wait. We shall gave to the duke directions full a
see." explicit.
He found the baron at home, and Not a long time had elapsed aft
was admitted to his presence, but the duke had'gone when the keeper
scarcely had he mentioned his busi- the prison made his appearance, as
Hess before he made the discovery ing for direction•�s with regard to t
that here, too, he was unwelcome. curtains wanted for the window. T
"Signor Marquis," his lordship an- Prisoner explained what he requir
awered sharply, "if you are seeking and the keeper promised that t
in[ormation on that sub'ect I mus
t work should be done at once, and
refer you to your brother the duke."was cheerful about it. The thoug
"But, my noble lora, you will tell of having a great painting done f
I ` the if the order has been issued:' the duke, it might be said, under
"Marquis, you have no right to ask own eye and supervision really plea
me such a question. Yet, I will tell ed him.
you this. The warrant for Zanoni's Before the day had passed our her
execution has been signed by myself. prison cell had been transformed in
r '' For further information I must refer a proper studio, and he felt his chaff
you to the duke," no longer. His easel had been set u
"Baron, I trust you have not auf- the canv� was on it ; his own eta
fered the duke to—" for colors had been brought, togeth
"Stop I I 'beg you will say no more, with all the pigments he had onlban
If you would lease me, ou wi11 o." In short, nothing was wanting f
P Y g
the cons mmat' u
u io of the and
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d t e b g P
An h anon as he said thin, pointed
to the door, pose he had in view.
Defeated at every turn, the mar- What should come of it I He d
r, quis wended his way toward the room not know ; he could not guess. Y
t od the club, cursing bitterly as he a still, small voice, with a music
went. He must find a place where he tt of a bygone time, whisper
:' Gould procure wine ; and drink it in Hope'" CHAPTER XVII.
peace, and at the saame time think. On the mornin of the day tette
mBut we may remark hare, his thtnk- ing the transformation of the prix
g amounted to nothing. w for, d cell the duke made an earl call u
ed and he plotted, but he was forced Y P
in the end to acknowledge himself the painter. Arrangements had be
'�7 powerless to accomplish his purpose. made with the keeper for the procu
If blind fortune did not help him, ing of everything that should be r
�6. than be was powerless. In short he quired, but Antonio had not be
able to resist the desire to know
t was in that most wretched and suf- there was anything more he could d
tering condition of spirit to which the This was his ostensible reataon for t
';, ma of evil passion can be reduced— morning visit. I3ud ha confessed t
posse sad by impotent rage. true reason, however, it would pro
`t',- 'Vh Ie the Marquis Steffano, feel-
rf. ing hi self baffled at every turn— ably have appeared that he wished
for he, surely felt so --while ha sat satisfy himself that the painter w'
alone in the room of the club, swat- really at work—that his St. Cecil
lowing cup after cup of the wine and was to be a substantial, beautif
i' cursin his fate, the fact.
B painter Zanoni , Si nor," he said, when he b
paced to and fro in his realty con- � g
Portable prison cell. From the broad closely scanned the various prepa
. � arched window he could look upon the ations which he had already made f
river and see the path on the bank Proceeding with the work, 'I have
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h no thou t to hurt ou.
whet•
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often walked. Would would not have ou, on an accoun
ha ever walk there again $ He was lose atience. Yet I wish you woo
thus reflecting when his attention p Y
,. • was attracted by the sound of a foot- tell me, as nearly as you Grin, ho
r;,., fall in the corridor without, and a long a time you will require in whi
;; moment later he heard the bar re- to complete the picture?"
. 'moved from his door and a key turn- "Has the chief justice asked y
'' ed in the lock. Next the door was that ?"
t1`; . opened, the duke entered the cell, and No," replied the ruler quickly, "
t,, the way then closed behind him. He one has spoken to me on the subje
was alone. at all ; but they may do so—either t
There were two comfortable chairs baron or some one or more of his co
1n the place, one of which, the easiest, leagues, and I would like to be ab
the prisoner handed out, at the same to answer intelligently."
time bowing with grave politeness. "My lord, let us call it—say the
`' Once the visitor made a motion as weeks. I shall probably have it co,
though he would put out his hand for plate in two; but we may as well
friendly embrace,. but he, did not do on the safe side,"
it. Yet his look was friendly and ' `You are right, signor, We ha
sympathetic. He asked after the hest take time enough. I shall call i
prisoner's health, and hoped he was three weeks."
pleased with the quarters which had And now, Duke,' said Zanoni, loo
`-``' been given him. Ing his ,pa.tron squarely in the fac
"I am pleased, my lord; and I arm and speaking with full, deep meanie
„' certainly grateful ; and I Um more „I have a barglain to make with yo
or, I had betters , I demand of yo
grateful, because I believe I am in-
debted to your kind offices for them." a Promise—a promise that you she
The duke nodded, but made no fur- not presume to break. You shall no
'ec.' _ ther admission. He paused for a time look upon my painting, after I hav
thoughtfully; and at length said: commenced work upon it, until th
"Signor Zanoni, you remember the last touch is given; until I pronoun,
request you made on the occasion of it finishedl W ill you give me the
my former visit. I may inform you promise,?"
that your wishes have been com- ,rhe duke hesitated. It was 'a pr
r ,,._. •,,. plied with. Though . you did not dis- mise that he Qd not like to giv
tinctly ask me to put off the execu- He had anticipated a great deal of .plea
i ..-. tion of the sentence of the court sure and satisfaction in watching th
against you, I have done it. Tha work grow toward perfection. +Wool
warrant is in my hands; and I may the painiKr ask him almost anythin
+, hold it, at least. for several drays—per- but than
haps for weeks." t "Mly lord," pronounced the prisons
The painter's handsome face glowed w'i•tllr a look and tone not for one mo
with joy and gratitude. Ile had not went to be mistaken,r "you must muk
yet seated himself. Ise took two or Your choice. Xou may have the St
three rapid turns to and fro across Cecilia, perfect as ,Yin create it, W
1";' the- cell, after which he drew a chair my terms; or, you may s!g
near to his visitor and sat in it. mY death warrant forthwith."
'`+ "My lord," he said, with deep and YOZanonil You are not serious
I powerful feeling in look and tons, "I IIuahl It is useless to ar ue or t
will not attempt to express m3o thank- g
fulness for the favor you have con- dirput,e. Do. I look like a man wh
i, ;erred. I can only hope that in the would trifle?"
f end you will find yourself richly re- There was p. solemnity,f a pathos,
paid. I will now •tell you why I depth of Power and feeling in th
would have asked the boon which you voice of the painter that impressed hi
have granted without the asking. Am hearer as he felt he had never'bee
�: I mistaken in supposing that you impressed before. He knew, at least
could, if you would, allow me to have that he taust consent or give up hi
my easel, my canvas Band my materials pictures The last he could not do.
for painting here in this place?" My lord, added Zanoni, while th
The duke, though some such thought duke was struggling up from th
had once or twice occurred to him, great: &L,appointment—he spoke wit
was startled when the proposition had touching gentleness and humility, "
been thus plainly made.. Hp, did not have a roason—a reason deep an
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"Do you mean, signor, that you!wish It is no mere caprice, no whim;it is
to paint here?" purpose of mine, whish I ca.n not ex
lar
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Y n waned YY
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wondrous . when o r
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g in his lustrous PyeQ Y Y m t have seen the
the light of Inspiration; "I ask to finished picture, if you do not forgive
live until I have finished the Pic- me for Lha course I have taken I
Lure I have commenced—my St. Ce- will bid you bold; me in memory as a
cilia. It shall be yours when it is false and recreant friend—a traitorl"
done—my gift to you for your kind- "Enough!" said Antonio. Ard in
ness, amt in token of the love I 'bear the depth of his emotion he put-Si-th
tioward t• 1, '' his hand, and gave the painter awarm
The, duke was deeply moved. Afferlembrace. "You halve my promise.
a little tla„utchl, and with marked'From this time) I will not look upon
hpaitttliun, h� ,vnid: the picLure again until it is finished.
” But Zanoni — the model I Of I mtty look at it. nowt?"
COu rHt;, you rust ba award that you 'Yes." And the artist wont to the
can not.—" canvas and lifted off the curtain that
"Hush I I know what you would bac! covered it.
say. If 1 required the features of 'Phe duke gained a'favorahle position
the Pr inress Tsftbol tot• my model, be l and looked upon it long and earnest=
sure I have them in my heart. But Iy. Its possibilities of surpassing
I do not. i have a far+a of my own, --I beauty and excellence were already
a face that ban come to me as from apparent, and already was there a
heaven. It i, the face of the princess; s•Lartling beauty springing into life in
and yet unlike. It is as beautiful ora the face.
is Iters ; yet itis beauty Is different, "It is Ise,bel's fac,el" the gazer whis-
The glory of the divine maternity is pored in a sort of ecstasy of 'wonder
in it. Oh I let me. paint, it I I feel I a.nd delight.
that I phall do the subject ample ,'Wait until it is finished and then
justice." tell me if you know it.," Zanoni re -
Antonio was stirred to the utter- Plied in a like whicperod ;one.
most depths of his art -loving heart, "Oh, You will not: altar it; you will
Ire sat. for a. time in silence„ gazing not paint another face?"
Into the painter's inspired face, Then "MY dear dulce, I will follow my in -
he started up and took a turn neross iViration. You hame my promise that
the cell, FillaDY he resumed bis seat You shall be content in the end,"
and spoke. "I must 'be satisfied. iiut you will
"Signor Zanoni, can you paint here preserve the dear face if you can."
in this cell l Will the light. be good? "You shall be satisfied. Be Lure of
"It could not, be better, my lord; that."
only, I should require two or three For a little time longer the duke
Y ins of light, fieri fa.bri¢, of dif- gazed upon the picture, and then turn -
shades of color, and large ed, slowly and thoughtfully, toward
u h to cover the window; they the door. Wil.h his hand on the latch,
eliould be so arranged that they can be stopped, and looked back.
be rolled up at the bottom, so that I "Signor Zanoni, I repose in you the
may have my full light, if I desire, fullest confidence. I shall leave you
high up," to your wat•k; and, since I am not to
' It shall be arranged, signor ; it see the pictutre,l I shall not comellagain
shall be done forthwith. If you will until the two weel4n are at an end.
tell me how I shall get them, and Should It be complete before, you will
. What 14 -boll get, I will myself super- send me word?"
Intend the work of taking them from "I will, my lord:'
your studio, and nothing else shall "Then—for the present I .cave.
be disturbed. Ahl And thnt. re- Heaven prosper and keep you!" And
• minds me, Signor Maraceini has giv- with this ,Antonio opened the door,
en me your rapier. I will hole, it. in which had been left unlocked during
keeping. You shall tell me tiluout his stop, and passed out from the
It some other time. For the pra4pnt painter's presence.
t I must Imir t.o this other matter, as fAn hour later Zanoni was at work,
`' . I Nave another engagement for this The prison was forgotten; the dead
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waiting for the,pi4rlit that' will rpgtoi
hand .%hd the inspiration that gave
him guidance.
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A LAND, 'WASTED WITH WAR AND
them to their` own, .
Uordon and 7�`boirtoor will. ever 1
�He worked slowly and with exceed-
AAWAYS IINSETTUD.
associated, and it ryas bteoauss of tl
ing care. Every touch of the magic
—.
world-wide attention, which he dre'
brush brought the ifaee of the saint
nearer to life—nearor to perfection.
wlicke E Y R 4 Oqo Tinto 11[eld suprenaay
s16d. I\'.here lulrltutu Avet.gctl uertlort'e
upon himself when he andel .tool tY
mission and the eircumstancek attenc
Occasional! a touch would be put on
y
that he must blot out or change, taut
1lleatli- Maud eC tlto Arab ultd ]Negro.
In his death that
g gave a peculiar is
tereat to the ruined city, A gree
not many, He saw the end and
The tSoudan ,embraces the vast
man, already famous, had undertake
wrought surely toward it,
region of Africa, that stetches from
what was noon found to be an impo
ur So the hours passed; the days. The
keeper himself — M.araepini — walted
the Atlantic to the Red Seta and the
Bible task; but Gordon's heroism an
devotion to what he regarded as tI
et upon him, diligently and kindly, sup-
Abyssiprian highlands, and from the
right are revealed in his celebrate
ill Plying him with everything he re-
Sahara and Egypt proper in the north
"Journals." While Gordon's primal
quired, even anticipating his wants
when he could.
to the Gult df Guinea,,the central equa-
objeot was to evacuate Khartoum t
withdrawing the Egyptian
A week --six days—had passed, when
torial regions, and the Albert and Vio-
garrison
he was expected afterwards to axial
one evening, the keeper ,said, as he was
taria, Nyanza in the south. This isr the
lish a local form of government i
about to carry the supper tray to the
home of the true negro race, though
the interests of Great Britain. It
corridor where a servant was to
he
there are other pure and mixed ele-
shown by his journals that Gordon wi
waiting to receive it:
• Si nor Zanoni, ou will miss me to-
' g y
ments in the population, derived grin-
opposed to the permanent retention ,
the Soudan by Great $ritain; Y
morrow. I am called away unexpect-
cipally from tHamitic and Semitic
thought that it should be left wit
ofedly, and imperatively, but my lieu-
(Arab) stocks. The Soudan is divided
decency, and the people given a ma
tenant will do all ou want. You al-
k- Y
into three parts, the Eastern Soudan
to lead them,around whom they coul
he Toady know him."
"Yes," replied the palnteir. "I shall
being that portion of the are4 east, of
rally. W hen neither the evacuatic
nor the lo.al government Eeemed like',
along very well with him; but d
Wadai, mainly the basin of the Middle
of accompl�hment, the British Govern
he shall miss you. t trust you may -be
and U Aper Nile. This part of the
ment wisEed to be rid of all ret ons
p
he prospered, and that good fortune may
Soudan is also frequently styled the
bility of the Soudan in the matter r
ht attend you, You have been vane
good to me, Signor Maraccini, and if
Egyptian Soudan. ;Until 188.2 it form-
garrisons, In Pact, Lhe inatruetior
conveyed to Lord Wolseley were to t}
ul, my life is spared long enough, or, it
ed one ill -organized province, with
effect that the primary object of ti
s- I can gain time from this other work,
its capital at Khartoum. IB,ut in that
expedition was to bring away Goner
1 will paint for you something that
Year it was subdivided into four sec -
Gordon and Colonel Stewart fro;
ou will g
y prize in the corrin time and
Khartoum. To this Gordon objeote�
to that your children may prize after
tions—(1) West Soudan, including Dar-
He would not leave
ns you."
Fur, Kordofan, Bahr -el -Ghazal (the
THF (GARRISONS TO THEIR FAT
I'Signorl" cried the keeper, in an
p' ecstasy uf. delight. 'You shall certain-
province on a western tributar of
Y
no matter what the result mi ht b
g
ly have the time. Theo duke shall ive
of the White Nile south of Kordofan,)
In his journal Gordon writes; "Tl
er it. fAhl I can not tell you how h ppy
and Donogola; (L) Central Soudan, com-
more' one th[nkis of it the more impo
d. you have made me." (And his glowing
or face
prising Khartoum, Sonnaar, Berber,
Bible does it seem for her Majesty
Government to get out of this ,coati
r- did not belie his words.
The morrow camp, and the keeper's
Fashoda, south-east of Kordofan, and
without extricating the garrisons ar
id assistant brought in the breakfast to
the equatorial province, atretohing
establishing some government at Kha
our painter. lie was a middle-aged
aloe the U
g open Nile to the great
tbum," But the Government he wisl
ed was not one under the authority ,
man, with a kindly face, though evi-
'
lakes; (3) East Soudan aloe the Rod
g
Great Britain. He thought the ,our
dently of a quick, hot temper, when
aroustetl. (1de name was Cola Pandoy
Sea, including Taka, Suakin and Mas-
try should be given to the Turks, c
for He bade the prisoner a cheery
sowah; Harar, east of Abyssinia, and
to Zebehr Pasha, to govern, but n(
' Good -morning!" ,as he entered, but
north of the Somali country, abutting
Egypt, as in a couple of years they
w-
made no conversation ftuther than to
inquire
on the Gulf of Aden. All this region is
would be another Mandi.
It has been stated that the conque,
if anything more was wanted.
Later, however, when he returned to
WATERED BY THE NILE �
of the Soudan means also the retei
r- take away the tray, he asked permis-
cion --or, rat'her asked If he might ask
and its tributaries, possessing highly
tion, of Egypt, and'that France is loot
ing with eager eyes in the same dire(
e-
meiaso u—to look at the painting on
fertile soil, capable of yielding im-
tion. When Egyptian finances were i
h
manse quantities of cotton, doers, In-
muddle some ears) a o a dual•' Eel
Y g
tf JZanoni uncovered] it without hesita-
digo, sugar, rice, maize, tobacco, fruits;
l
lash and French control was laced ei
dunderft
he tion, at the same time remarking,
he with a smile—a smile that always
while Kordofan and Dar -Fur are bare
tu•ely ,Europea,nrmanagemer
warmed the lieutenant's heart:
and waterless, except in the rainy sea-
It will also be recalled that in 186'.
b-
"lf so alight a Luing as that can
son, after which their wide, grassy
durin the Arabi revolt. British an
g
French warshi s were des etched t
give you pleaaw:a, I should be a nig-
Bard, indeed, to refuse it."
steppes give sustenance to numerous
Alexandria top overawe the rebel
la
'rhe assistant was a lover of good
herds of camels, cattle, sheep and
Arabi persisted in the rebellion despit
ul
pictures, and possessed a correct judg-
goatp. ;Resides the products mention -
the order sent him to des}al., and th
wen a azed lon , and earnest!
g y
At lengLh he said, a deep drawn
ed, ivory, ostrich feathers, caout-chouc,
French sailed away in dismay. Th
French took no share in the bombarc
r- with
breath as he moved back with his eyes
salt, cloth, gums iron, gold, honey,
ment, in the military expedition, or i
still fixed upon Lhe picture, seeming
wax and hides, are Important articles
direct co-operation with England i
I to take p all Its parts:
"Perhaps
of internal traffic and fore; n trade.
g
the re -arrangement of E
fairs and it is a question whait ste r
t my ;udgment is at fault.
Very likely it is. But, lot
The area of this portion of the Soudan
has
they'will take now to establish the
otherstsay
been estimated at 2,500,000 square
claim.
ww what they will, I will say, if our Ita-
miles, and the total population at about
Tian masters—or an one of them—
ever painted a picture more worthy
15,000,OUO, 1'he Egyptians established
_
CHINESE JUSTICE.
the name of master• -piece than is this
themselves at Khartoum in 1819, and,
now before me, I halve not seen lit!"
-Your praise is to me,
(luring the next fifty years, gradually
_
An Unfortunate widow HitH a Trete of Iai,
pleasing
signor, for I know you possess true
extended their power over the provin-
lu �11e Flowery Kingdon►.
taste and feeling. I only hope you
e� lying west and south of the city,
Mr. James Murray, writes fror
1_ may think as well of it when it is
rind were more especially active dur-
Chung -King, West China : "IIavin
finished,"
No fear of that, Signor Zanoni:"
ing the third guar•ter of this century.
had occasion to buy a small lande
He paused a moment and glanced
In 1874 Dar -Fur was con uered with
q
estate on the hills near Chung-Kinf
again at the painting. Presently he
the help of Zebehr Pasha, a noted slave
I found a widow lady, named Hsac
added: t
hunter. a did not receive the reward
ig
who owned property suitable, encs wh
a, May I •ask you a question?"
"Certainly:'
he considered himself entitled to, and
agreed to sell at the price of 140 teal;
d
t "What' 1 would ask is this: Are
provoked insurrections In that district,
The silver was thereu pen paid over t
you intending that this face shall re-
and in Bahr -el -Ghazal province 1877 -
(
her and a deed of transfer give;
present the features of Princess Isabel
79) which were successively crushed by
which was duly registered at th
e dig Varona?"
Why do you ask?" returned the
Gordon. and Geilsi.
The revolt of Arabi Pasha in 1881,
Chime Yamen and British consulate
artist, with marked interest.
and its consequences, loosened the hold
A neighboring landed proprietor, hear
u "Because," replied the other, "I
u
of Egypt on the Soudan, which by
ing that an Englishman hard bough
heard it said, not long since, that fVou
Baker's annexations in 1874 and follow-
land adjoining his, tried to raise th
t were to paint for the duke a Saint
Cecile which should be at the same
ing years had gradually extended to
the shores of the Victoria Nyanza.
people against the foreign purchaser
e
e time a portrait of the princec)s; !and
A WIDESPREAD REBELLION
and actually had the boundary stone
because, further, I can trace in this
t a striking resemblance to the beauti-
broke out in Dar -Fur, and Kordofan
thrown dawn• Knowin the insti ai
g g
fol lacy I have named."
under Mohammed Ahmed, calling him-
or of this disturbance, I mentioncAilti
Still," suggested Zanoni, smiling,
self the Madhi, a word meaning "the
name to our energetic British Consu
"you would, not call it woorrect like-
guided by God," The ,modern Mahi is
Mr. G. Litton, who prowptly had a.
IIs , ,,
C
not necessarily a descendant of Ali,
intimationrnL to ifim through th
"No, I should not:'
„ tVell, my friend, I tjell you Frankly
or a resuscitated Iittan, but ha puts
himself forward as a prophet• whosea
Chinese �' y' g
urate, sa in that if an
d
Ido not mean it to be a portrait of the
mission is to free Islam from external
disturbance occurred with regard t
g princess, though she Ea,t to me in ithe
enemies and re-establish the are, pri-
p
miLive faith. Diohammed Ahmed
this transaction, he would be held eT
P
ba innin and the outline:) of the face
g R
were drawn from her model; even
claimed to be the Mandi when about 40
pecuni frit res onsibh
sonally and y p
_ yet
..efore she had; made her last visit to
years old, Gradually, at his call, the
This message had immediately the de
e
me I had resolved to make a change.
eastern Soudan stirred itself against
sired effect, and the pec le wer
p
tr
' I' can truthfully say what of likeness
hgyptian misrule; and so it came to
peaceful,. but only that the ;rat
there bu at the
y present time, in
pass that in 18813• he seized El' Obeyd,
Chinese proprietor might turn hi
this face to the face of the Princess
the chief city of the Kordofan, and
veng,ance on the unfortunate Mr;
I Kabel is purely accidental. I am
made it his capital. An army was
Haim; who hail sold tb, land. A cl4ain
painting from anon her memory en-
sent a ainst him h the E Lian
g Y gyp gav-
was made that a few feet of the lane
o tincts. tAt sono future time you may
ernment, under an English officer,
sold belonged to the adjoining estate
know the secret, but not now."
Hicks Pasha, in November, and was
which, if. true, could not be valued a
Ito be Continued.
annihilated near El' Obeyd. The
more than 10 tael�; but 150 taelswer
Mandi's influence extended to the
demanded and paid. Then a n—ighbor
Red Sea shores. An Egyptian force
ing temple, taking,courage from th
under Ccunt. Moncrieff was routed with
success of this claire, dem-ended 51
ODD INFORMATION.
severe loss in the came month near Sua-
taels for the sale having aadversely of
kin; and Baker• Pasha was twice dis-
fected its interests, find thk sum al
' 111yers Short snatcher' of Knowledge About
astrously defeated at Tel) and Tamani-
so wits paid, but as the 'Tuan ]iia' of
Curloaw Things.
eb, early in 1&84; but t.heise reverses
local militia acted as intermediarie
No fewer than 1,173 have
were afLei-wards wiped out by the hard
on this transaction, the silver stuel
persons
been buried in Westminster Abbey.
won successes of a British expedition
under Sir G. Graham.
to t.hPir hands, never reaching• flit
priests. Then the Chinese Magist.rati
The thickness of the halr varies from
Meanwhile, in January, 1884, Gen,
levied twenty t'.aels on the unfortun
Lho 250th t th
o e 600th r•
P a t of a n Inch
ha
r s G r e rd n d ora at th
Chia le eo Go o e
B R
a to i to f r
w( w o havin settle(; the dis'
R
During the Jordan's course of 120
request of Mr. Gladstone's Govern-
pute. The British Consul obtained i
miles' it ham 27 falls and descends 3,000
ment, lis English representative to
despatch from the Taotai saying• tb(
feet,
Khartoum., to secure the withdrawal
land had all been fairly bought ani.
Tea is vet y cheap in China ; in one
arrisons fro h
of the .P; t tan m t e
g) P g
that P e o� o i
v ry tot f i, was mine wit h
province of Lhe empire good tea is sold
Soudan, a having, the advice
out the enditura of another e@nt
at` 1 1-4d a pound.
iv
of I•;ngland, agreed to give up till her
nd,
as
but the ,rise o� the pont widow Hfuu
Bank of England notes are number-
s ,' So dan save t t }
os, es Tons in the u e 1 ec
p h,
Sea littoral. (Gordon though supported
a.
w s far P p , a �' �• .r
oth�rwrs Sh hid r cu e
140 taels as th'e price of the land, wind
ed backward—from 10,900, hence the
by only one other English officer, gal-
hart expanded 220 taels to satisfy the
figures 00,001,
lanily maintained his position in Khar-
clamorous neighbors, leaving it net
The deepest coal mine in the world
toum against the. Madhi'sfollowers,and
loss of 70 Lapis and her land on the
is the Lambert, in Belgium; you can
even ventured successfully on the ag-
transaction.
descend 3,490 feet.
grestslve. rile found, however, that he
---
A hive of 5,000 trees should produce
had attempted
CUNNING SPIDERS.
50 pounds of honey every year, and
AN IM.POtSSIBLE TASK.
-„-,•
multiply tenfold in five years.
he could not leave t he. garrisons to fall
Uve tun fixe Flower off' tine 1.114-11011 Plant
Italy produces annually 70,000,0;)0
into the hands of the Mwdhi, •and he
Brellawof11AnnngerN.
gallons of olive oil, the market value
of which is £24,UOO,000,
required reinforcement of British
troops before he could drive the lat-
AI r, R. I. Pocock, the ] ugiish natur-
It is estimated that there are 62,- ter
from the. ne.ighl,orfiood o£ 1{her_
alist, tells an interesting story of the
05.0,000 horses in the world, 185,150,000 ttoum.
Tim! ity anti in('e i ion ma k d
spidors which dwell in the flower of
cattle, and 435,500,000 sheep, t
be whole of t he poi icy of t lin Engli,,h
'
the pitcher -plant of India and Aus-
The longest span of telegraph wire
Government, o'h toward the Soudan
and the Red Sett liltcrral. In October,
tralia. This flower is an insect -trap.
in the world is in India, over the River
Kisina. It is over 6,wa ft. in length,
1884, when it was too late, an ihtigIisb
Around its upper edge it is brilli.ant-
Cyclists should wear shoes with soles
e.,Xpodition, under Lord Wolseley, was
despatched to Khartoum and arrived in
ly colored and sweet with hon^y.
of average thickness. Thin soled shoos
touch of it only to learn that the her-
Lower down the walls are wtixy, find
cause numbness of the feet, and abouid
oic Gordon had been assassinated two
so smooth that. no insert can gfii❑ ai
not be worn, especially on long rides.
days before (January 20. 1886.) The ex_
hold upon thein. 'I'htt bottom of the
In a home for sandwichmen, in Lon-
pedition thereupon withdrew, without
pitcher is filled with it liquid, eon -
(ion there are said to be several uni- attempting
to retaliate, but. with the
twining several acids, which possessors
versity graduates and medical men, fall
of Xbartoum pe,roshed. F,gypt tan in-
the power of digesting organic mat -
and a Scotchman who ran through fluence
in the Soudan. Linea then an-
ter. The luckless insects which fall
£50,000 in three years, archy
has prevailed among the native into
this liquid are gradually ahsorb-
Egypt is the only country in the tribes
and the followers of Sheik Sen-
ed by the plant. But whits most in -
world where there are more men than
ussi,aMoslem confraternity of austere
sects carefully avoid this death-trap,
women. The male sex in the dominions an•I
f,nati(al doofiines, increased their
a particulwr species of spider chooses
of the Khedive exceeds the female in power
in Kordofan and the adjacent it
as a dwelling -place. By spinning a
numbers by 160,000. distticts.
One of Gordon's lieutenants, little
web like a carpet over a part: of
Dr. Schmitzler, known as Emin Pasha,
the waxy interior of the pitcher, it is
-----
was still holding out in the equatorial
enabled to stay there in safety• These
CURIOUS WORTS FOR MEN. regions
in 1888, when he was visited
spiders have apparently chosen their
by
the explorer Stamey, at the head
singular home just because of its dan-
Among the Riffian pirates of Mo- of
a relief expedition. The Madhi died
gers. In such a place they are pro-
roceo the women do all the agrieultur- at
Omdurman June, 1885, a.nd his calif, tected
against their encinies If alar•m-
al and other hard work, while the men
Abdullah, reigns in his stead. Sheik
ed, the s •ider drops into the li uid at
P q
Senussi,
when, at home, do the cooking and tained
of Tripoli, is said to have 15b- the
possession of much of the Sou-
bottom oY the plant and remains
mend the clothes, including the we- dan;
beyond this the affairs of the escaping
there until its enemy has disappeared,
afterward, probably bymeans
mens. . Soudan
1892
are obscured bly mystery. In
the Madhi's suweswr' was besiegg'ed
of a silken cable which it had s un tis
It
fell, A short submergence in the
byy
I A MUSICAL INVENTION, the
the Benusai in Omdurman, whither digestive
headquarters of Mmhdism had been
fluid is not injurious to the
In order to fapilitate the production tranafetrred.
spider.
�.— - .�'____-_—
of higher notes on a cornet the ordin.
A WASTED CONIQTRY.
ENGLAND'S ARMY AS IT MIGHT IIE,'
any mouthpiece is inaloaed to a spring the
The extent of country governed by
Xhallfa is practically the same as
If the'Erumian conscri t
p ice were ap-
controlled sleeve which fa pressed In that
by the lips on Ge high notes,to form
plied
originally occupied by the Egyp-
In Ind{a, England, would have
thine,
a smaller opening In the rubber mouth Nurous
,But places that were "once pros- 2,500,000
have been laid vl sate and the batraoks,
regular soldiers actual! in
y
with 800,000 roisruita, coming
ring, o Industrious
Nile dwellers have been up
every year.
n
t � A' *A*R1* !*****Rl#Ir*** 'Rhe 4911 should contain a large pro+
i portion Ilf fikxe= -well rotted sod with
f ; U1 t#cldition .of some ,good garden los
2 About L��!• .laR. * mxtd a little €Iilarp sand nysk®s a goo
znlure, A lighter soil is nvt advis-
e # ablc,. because of its drying out tour rap-
���*��♦������� '*###10**** 'idly,', W4eg palms are once establish.
' INTELLIGENT COpC,G, od: clln not water them until the surface
pf the soil looks dry and shrinks slight.
Good llviag is not high livit.ir11► the ;lY. from the pot. Then give sufficient
ordinary sense. The very acmoof good 4004 water to thoroughly saturate tha
llviag is t}ye best presentation o4 gored' gall a`nd to run through into the sau-
400r, but do not allow any of the sur-
f material in simple form; and in that plus water to remain. Surface water-
' sense It is the best and highest pf liv- lag, or a slight and frequent drib-
' ing, The introduction of cookery as a bling is ruinuua to all plants, and es.
branch oP our public school training pecially so to the, mass of palm. Show-
er them at least once a week,—better
will start the coming generations of every other day, if you want them to
housekeepers in the right direction; shine as if varnished;. the bent -neck;
I plant sprinklers are excellent, as it is
3 but the crying need of the present,
necessary that every part be reach-
] next to a knowledge of materials, is ed; get the largest sprinkler for beat
' for housekeepers to better understand results. If not convenient to shower,
r the importance of the high art of them so often, sponge the stems and
i both upper and under side of foliage
simple cookery.
i three times a week with tepid water ;
I Many a woman will take infinite daily sponging is better, using a soft
i pains in making a rake who probably fine sponge as least liable of all things
could not tell of the vegetables in com- to catch and tear the foliage. Treated
mon use which should be put on to in this way they will be frees from red
spider, which appears in dry, healed
f cook in hot water and which in cold, atmospheres—in Pact, no peat will trou,-
t which should be salted at first and his them if the work is thorough. AA
i whichp later, and why ; how each occasional scale may appear ; rub off
r the first one as soon as discovered and
I should be dressed for serving, and the there will be no trouble. No plant is
t difference in dressing them when more free from pests than the palm,
• young and old, Among housekeepers and with only half care. If small,
there are more good pie -makers than white worms appear in the soil, give a
1 bread—makers; twenty who maks thorough soaking with lime water, ill
pretty desserta to one who is expert in one application does not answer, give( °
i cooking meats, and fifty who make a second. Add a piece of fresh lime as
. fine cake to one who understundsgood large am an orange to three gallons
of water •. wh n di s lved and clea
so ' makin . _ Do
E a O r
1 u,p- g not, because you
have kept house, ten, twenty or thirty pour off the clear water for use. The
I years, feel your housewifely dignity time water is perfectly harmless. A'
. would be compromised by beginning saturated solution, which means all thq
. all over again in certain things, for lime the water will dissolve, will not
f that is being progressive. A narrow- harm the plants. Lime that has been
. minded woman would not do it, be air -slacked is worthless
• sure of that. The really useful know- Do not repot plants oftener than oned
- ledge you already possess will count in two years, or longer if not rooi;
for its full value ; p bound. Remove the portion of the old
your ex a sirabl - soil from the top without disturbing
the non -essentials o very impo Cant the roots, and replace with a fresh,
as a supplement ur more important rich soil. Do this once or twice a year,
knowledge. OP course you can cook a and give some good fertilizer once a
. potato. But how? when you have
really exhauster) "the fine art" of month. An occasional soaking with
i cooking potatoes you have finished one- weak soot ten, when the soil is dry
fundamental branch of a splendid will intensify the color and glow o�'
education. There are others of equal the foliage. Bone meal well worked in-
. Importance, and each alike necessary, to the soil is a most excellent ferttliz-
if one would be an intelligent• house- er; the best time to add the latter is
keeper. —y when repotting.
SEASONABLE RECIPES, HORRORS OF SUDAN WARFARE.
r Green Tomato Preserve -- To one
pound of fruit use three-quarters of a No wounded Dervish are Ever Brought to
rue Field-lloelrltal.
pound of granulated sugar. Allow Naw, there is no braver, kinder man
one sliced lemon to two pounds of in the world than the army doctor, In
fru; fir to i
t, st st ng of the white of his extemporized field -hospital, often
the lemon to be sure that it is not bit -
tar. IE bitter, use the under a heavy fire, with a hastily
yellow rind thrown -up screen of commissariat cas-
grated or shaved thin and file juice.
Put the sugar on with just water �' pack -saddles, water -tanks or what
enough to melt It, add the tomato and ever came handy, he minuted to the
lemon and cook gently until the tomato les ; he was ready de minister a the
is tender and transparent, Cut the to- wants of alt wounded men. He was
matoea around in halves and then anxious to tend the wounded Dervish
quarter the halves. This shape is pre- whenever one might be brought in.
ferred to slices. This will keep with- Beit no wounded barvtsh ever was. It
out sealing, but it is better to put it in was as much as any one's life was
small jars, as it is so rich that only a worth to go near a wounded Dervish.
. little is wanted at a time. He would lie o•n the ground glaring
Canned Pears—Remove the peel and about him like a wild beast. Approach
leave the stems on firm, ripe pears, him, and out came his curved ham -
Make a thin syrup in the proportion make) vic knife. With it he would
of about half a pound of su make) vicious sweeps, any one of which
g�� to a would maim you for life.
pint of water, or with even Less sugar
if the syrup is too sweet. Boil the It is not possible in the terrific stress
pears in the syrup until soft enough of Sudan warfare to detail fatigue par -
to pierce easily with a broom straw. ties to overcome the resistance of
While boiling hot, carefully place the
pears in'the jars, stems downward, so wounded men and beat' them to the
arranged that there will be little or field -hospital. 'Hundreds died of their
no space, between the pears. Fill to wounds as they lay on the battlefield,
overflowing with the hot syrup and and those that did not die of their
seal. wounds !tad to be,put out of their mis-
Pickled Cauliflower — Two cauli-
flowers, cut up; one .pint of small cry, c
onions; three medium-sized red pep- TERRIBLE STORIES ,
pers. Dissolve #of a pint of sail; in are told of this dire necessity. Those
water enough To cover,.the vegetables know best' who have been engaged in
and let them stand over night. In battje with the. L'er-vtsh what happened
the morning drain them. Heat two after the fighting was over, and how
quarts of vinegar with four table- the problem of dealing with the ene-
spoonfuls of mustard seed until it m a woundRd was solved. In the caui-
boils. Add the. vagetables and boil for y'
about 1.5 minutes, or until the cauli- paign of 1855, parties of English sol -
flower is tender enough to be pierced diets conimitnded by English officers,
easily with a fork. used to go out to kill the wounded.
Grape Jelly—Wild grapes, gathered Ona prlvaYe prodded the helpless body
just as they begin to turn, are the between his shoulders with his bay-
be.st for jelly. Cultivated grapes, if onrt. if there was no movement the
fully ripe, are quite likely to disap- party went urn ; if the Dervish proved
point one if used for jelly ; the color alive and squirmed, another private in -
is dark and unattractive and the com- stanlly blew his brains out.
pound is often a. syrup rather than a In one case, remarkable for its lnevit-
jrlly, but they make- delicious marma- able colt{ -blooded horror, it is said, the
lade, Wash the grapes inti free them troops inside a zereba, the night af-
from the stems, Put them in the ter one of the moat desperate of bat-
kett.le and mash until all( broken.
Pleat slowly and cook unf it the juice t.les, were driven to mildness by the
is well drawn out. Then place a, voice of a wounded warrior who lay
square of cheese cloth over a colander outside amidst heaps of slain. All
and set the colander over it howl, night, a g'ruarling c:ry of "Allah I 1l -
Tu
r t in the ra e..
t s and tat it dei
R � P
P la ' .
h 1" rose intra the silent nef,hl. Not
without an,y pressure. Mansura the the fierce sharp ring of the y;ord when
juice and allow an equal measure of it, is the w•ar-cry fur headlong ch;trgo,
su a r f •i r
T w 11 ra rs aro. .'e i110 •
I
R u5 d a w
� P 1,
u a i � , ''
L u m !c r r I s >a' i r ',
u ce ern iio,u
. li tie more •, ,
I g t
g
t lh n an e ttil erste t
no�
I P ]lour after hour that. one w'urd uuly�
sugar. Boil the juir•e 15 minuics. ,,h,Or God'a sake silence that n,nn"—
Skim a.nrl strain n{niin, th n add the that was the feeling of all• Council ryas
s ar a b
u nd o�l t t[ ,• •, r.
l* t n I t h • su, f, ap In ks held as Lu how' it e -Quid bo dons. Soon
wrinkled rind the liquid ,jellies on the three men were told off to get upon
edge. Skim well anti turn into glass- the sand -bags of the little redoubt tit
es. the corner of the zereba, and when
the moon carne out. from behind the
clouds, to fire volleys in the direction
A PALM• from which the cry come. The volleys
Palms will do well in a strong light were fired, but the cry tvenL on, [ in -
ally it ceased, Whethor file man was
without sunshine. They are often thus silenced or not w•as nut ascertain -
greatly injured by hbing kept con- ed, but. in the morning lheratvereonly
slanLly in dnrkenod halls and in apart- (tend mon in that part of the field.
marts that preclude the traalmenl ea- here aero others, however, still alive.
]'hese could not: he tended. Another
sentiat to their health. A daily spong- story wits current iu
ing of their foliage with tepid water THO,SA:'I E[till13LE DAYS --
may be given by careful hands wit h- of bow• an officer, going up to a group
out. damnge to surroundings, and if of surgeons round a wounded Dervish
they are carried to another aparfinent and inquiring what was the matter,
for an hour of morning sunshine, and was tolyl that nothing could he done
with hire no one could approach him.
thoroughly showered once or twice a Ile lia,y there with his knife out, ready
week, they will remain in a healthy with one of tha,o sweeping ham -string -
condition, with judicious watering as ing cutin for rimy one, NVho dared to cotyle
demanded. Remember always Thal near, tr'hereupun tho officer, still un-
der the blood-tnadness of the fight.,
while limited and N rly morning sun- and "seeing red," whipped out his own
shine brightens find invigorales the knife, nvoldpd tho rapid sweep of the
palm, strong sunshine dostroya the wounded mnn's weapon, and drove his
rich, green color, Palms are casil,y pot- own h his brant.
Suah are Bunte of rho incidents of
ted, when received by express, and Sudan warfare. As said above, the
from a pains -taking florist—coming Dervish has learned to know us bet -
with the soil and roots intact, just as ter, and has become tamer; but tho
removed from the pot, these enveloped problem of deahirg with his wounded
mast still remain. Was there any men -
in excelsior and bound with twine. tion of Dervish wounded after the bat -
Provide a pot ,of Iarger size and as tle of the ALbara this year? And are
deep as possible—twice as deep as wide there many of them in the hospienis
is none too much. The roots of nearly In the rear? 'rhe correspourleots have
all palms runt downward instead of always remainod strangely silent up -
spreading; if you have ever grown one on this subject. 1t has boon denied in
from seed, especially a date, you have Parliament, we believe, that over much
an Idea of their delving propensities. things as we have dosm•ibed took place.
They must have good drainage, as Well', Ministers are not lrise hypocriLi-
they will not remain healthy in soggy Gal than the rest of us, and possibly
soil; place three or four inches of ebar- some of them know that these things
coal or broken pottery In the bottom did, happen. Whether they knew It or
of they pot and over this a layer of not, there are dozens of men, like the
sphagnum, florist's moss, or some fib- writer of this article, who know that
rous material to prevent the soil wash• they happenod--because wo were thero
Ing into the drainage; over this a gen- and saw them. Tbey do not make plea-
yrvus layer of soil; place the pasta on sant reading. But our military com-
fit and fill around with soil, water' thor- mandors in Etgypt cannot: be blamed
>ughly and kerap In a light, cool place for them; they are the east of going
out out of the sun, for a week or more. to war with aueh a penple,
e:
, .