The Clinton News-Record, 1899-03-30, Page 2•
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IT WILL OUT.
OR,
A OREAT flys:IVRY. .
• CHAPTER 11L-Continucel,
He Vas pasalog through the door,
wheat turhed, with,flOshed faee altd
fleshing eyes,
"It tvere better for you, johit Fere
tier," he, thundered, rthat you and she
were now ly4ug blanched skeletons up-
on the aierre hilauco, then that rott
should. put yout weah Wills against
the Orders of the Holy Farur „
• Wtth a threatening gesture of his
hand he turned from the door, and
. answer to his look. "His voioe rahg
.ber pale, frightened foe showed hire
upou hie, and looking uP, he saw her
throogh the house. Oh, tether, fah-
. "I could not help it," she seid, in
ing along the shingly path.
Ferrier heard lais heavy ateir ecruneh-,
should' broach, the metter tO his
that she had. beard what hut passed.
daughter, when a eoft hand wes laid
staudine bottle him, One glance et
upon hicknees, considering how he
He was still sitting with his elbows
er, what shell we dor
"Don't you ecare yourself,e he ana-
swered,hirawing her to hinh and -pa -sea
lug his broad, rough hand caressingly
over. her 'pheettent haira "We'll tix
up somehow .or another, Yeti. don't
find your tautly kind, lessentng for
this chaO, yea?"
A sob and a squeeze et his hand Was
• - her only 'answer. . - „
"No; of course not. 1 hhoOldh't
oars to*hear you say You did. He's
a. likely lad, and hear a Christian,
'Which -Le more thah these folks here,.
in epite o' all their praylng and
preaching. . There's a party starting
for Nevada. to -morrow, and I'll man-
. age to send him a meesage letting him
know the hole we ere in. If knove
anything o that Young man, he'll be
. back here with a speed that whuld
whip 618mo-telegraphs." '• • . •
Lucy laughed through her tears et.
her fathers description.
When he comes, he will adviee us
for the best.* But it is for you. that I
am flaghtened, dear: Oee hears -one
hears such dreadful stories about those
who oppose the prophet; something
terrihle always happens to them."'
"But we haven't opposed. him yet,"
:her ,tather, answered. "It will be
time to look Out for squalls *hen' we
do. , We Wive a clear Month before us;
et the end of thet, I guess we -had
beef shin out of Utah,"
"Leave •Ittalit"
"That a about. the size Of' it." •
"But the tains'?" •
"We wit' tato as raueh as we can
in raonetr, and let the rest go, To tell
the truth; Limy, it isn't the first Um°
.1 have thought of doing •it. I don't
• •care about knitekling milder to any
man aa these folk do to their derned'
prophet, Jim a tree-hern American,
. a and it a all new to me. Guess Pre too
old to learn If he comes broweing
about thie farm, he might ohance to
run up against a 'charge of buckshot
traveling in the •opposite direetion.1
• '113ut • they won't let he leave," hie,
• • daughter . objeoted. .
aWait till Jefferson Coraea, end we'll
seen .manager that In the meantime;
don't you fret yourself, my deerie; end
don't get your eyes swelled up. else
. he'll bawalkieg into Me when he sees
you.: Thereat" nothing to be: afeard
about, and there's no. dahger Alla'
: John Ferrier uttered. these °onset-
irtgeremarke a• very confident tone,
but she could not help observieg that he
peld' ueusual care to the fasteiting
- of the'lloors that night, and that he
carefully cleaned and loaded the rusty
• eld shot -gun which bung upon the wait
of his bedreont. • • •
CHA.- PTER IV. •
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On the ',morning 'which followed his
ihterelew wjth the. •11formoxi.proOhet,
hoho Ferrier went kite Balt Lake City,
and having found: his acquaintance,
• who was hound for the Nevada Moue-
tali's, he intrusted him with hta mos -
rage to Jefferson •••Hope. In it he
, told the young man of • the iniminent
• • danger which threatened theni, and
how necepsary it was that he should
return. Hating done this, •Ite' telt'
easier in his mind, onh rettirtied home
with a lighter heart.
As he approached hie farm, he was
surprised to see a horse hitched to each
of the 'posts of the gate. Still more
nurprised was he oh entering to find
two- aoung men in possession of his'
sitting -room, One with a long, pale
fao,•was leanIng beak in the rocking -
chair, With his feet cocked up upon the
shave. "The other,: a bull-necked youth
with cremate bloated features, was
standing in/rant of the wiedow, with
hie hands in his pookets, whistling a
• popular hymn. Both of them nodded
to Ferrier as haantered, and the one
itt the rocking . ohatr oommenced the
conversathni.
"Maybe you don't know us," he said. _
"This here is the tree of Elder Doha
ber, ana tin Joaepit Stangerson, who
traveled with you in the desert when
• the Lord stretehed out His heard -
add gatheied you lute the true fold."
; "As he wilt alh the •nations, in tlis
'own good time," slid the other, in a
mutat voice; "no gyindetah siewlY lett
exceedingly mall.°
John Ferrier bowed coldly. He had
• gtieseed who -his Visitors were, .
h We have cane," continued Stanger -
S00, "at the advice of our fathers, to
solicit the hand of your dihighter for
whichiever of Us May Seem gooa itou
"'a- and to her. As I have but four wives
• and ritother Drebber• here hes seven,
it 'appears to me that hny claim is the
ronger ette." ••
-"Nayf nar, Brother Stangersett,"
hried the other; "the question is not.-
' how Many wivee we have, but hoW
tnany we can keep. My father has
now .given terror his raffia to me, and I
am the richer- man." • •
But my prospecta ate better," said
the other, wartnly. "When the Lerd
retrieves my father. I shall have hia
tionthg-yard and his leather -factory.
.-Thear-1 yottreider, arid em higher -
in • the °hutch,"
"It will be ter the maiden to tie- -
vide," rejoined young Deobberounirk-
ing at hitt own refleetion in the glees:
"`We will leave it all to her _de-
bt • °
Dining this dialogue, John Perrier
had stead fuming in the doorivey,
h di bl I
arson, pried, white with rage, " You
have dotted the proPhet eod Vona -
tat of l'our. Veit ehell roe. it CO the
ond ot Your, deys."
Tee itand ot let 1.,erd obeli be heavy
upou you,' meet young a/reinter ; "fie
taut artse aed smite. your
" Thou' 411 Mart the smiting,' eat:
Waimea laerimr, furiousia, aeol. he wttein
have ruahed upethirs tor he gun had
not Luoy seizeit Liu by the arm and
reetrained atetore he could es-
cape from her, the clatter of horaeal
hoots tidal luta that they weee beyond
retaoh.
The young ehuties reseals I" he exe
°learned, wiping the perspiratioia from
hie forehead ; ' "I Wettld'0001ter see *Ou
in your; wave, rity gith, than the wife
of either of teeta.'"
" And ea elteuld 1, fath4r," she an.
swere4' with spirit, "but Jefferson
wili soon beahere,"
a' Yee. It yvill nob be long before, he
ceehes. 'The sooner the better, for we
do not Itnow whet their neact move
mar be,"
It was,, indeed,.high time that some
one capable of glving advice and •beht
Ohould cozne to 'the aid of the sturdy
old farmer oath his adopted daughter.
In the Whole history rat the settlemeht
there had neVer-beett snob a case of
rank disobedience to the authority of
the elders. If:minor errord were Leine
ished so' sterrily, what Would be the -
fate of this arch rebel Ferrier knew
that his wealth:mad. position would he
of no .avail to .him. Othets as well
koown .and riehae himself had boil -
spirited away before: now, and their
goods giveh over to the Church. Re
was a brave rano, but he trembled at
the Vague, shadiawy terrors.whioh hung
over him. Any known danger he timid
face. yrith a "firm lip, but this suspenee
Wee unnervinga• •He troucealed hie fears.
Thoth his daughter, however, and af-
total to make lightaef the whole mat -
tat, though ehe, with the keen eye
ot .love, saw plainly that he was ill
at .ease, • •• '
He expectee that' he would recetve
some message or• renionstrance :from
Yoong• as to his conduct, and he was
not anistakett, theugh it cable .in An
enipokeddor manner, Upen rieing
next:. naorhieg, he fouud- to his anr-
prige, a fut. scpia,re of piper pinned
on to the coverlet ot his bed just over
his chest. On it was prihted,
.stragghing. letters: • ,
"' Twenty-nine daas are given you
for aramtdment, and then-"
The dash .vias 'more • feareinspirinag
Allan any threat could lave been. How
thio warning:430ms into his room pitz-.
elect john Ferrlea sorely, for
tetvents • slept iha .an .6*lb-hi:ruse
Ahd• the doors :and Widdowe bah: ali
.beett 'soured. He crumpled the paper
up and .said.'nothing to hie ilaoghter,
but the inoident struck a chill ieto his
heert. The tvrenty-hiee days were
.eviticretlY "the belittles of the month
which Young 'had- ,promised.• What
strength or coutege could avail against
en enemy armed, snail Mysterious
powers 1 • The hand which fastened
that:pin might httvei struck him to the
heart, and he could never have 'known
who bad slain . • •
Still. more shaken -was he next
morning, . TheY, had sat dOwn th their
breakfast when Lucy, with a cry of'
surprise, Pointed upward. ' In the cen-
ter ..of the ceiling, was scrawled, with
a burns& wok anparently, ' the hum -
beta 26. - To hia daughter it was unin-
telIthiblea and he did hot, enlighten
her. That eight he sat up 'witlia his
guh and kept watch. and aivard. He
saw and he, heard hothing, and yet in
the morning a great 27 had been
peinted hpoh the outside of his door.
Thus day -followed day; and aseute
ark morning. mune he found that his un -
then enemtes had kept their regiatina
and had.market1 up in.sitrie conspicuohs
pcisition hoW teeny .ditya vrere stilt left
to him out of the month of grace.. Scime-:
times .the tater numbers Appeared up-
on the walleasomothnes upon the fleors;
oocasionally they were oh .ernall. pia -
nerds' stuck epon the garden -gate or
the railings. With an his 'vigilance
John Vetrier corild not diStover'whence
these. daily: Wardittga•prooeeded. A
'hOrrot, which wall almost Superstha
:Houk game upon hint at the sight of
them.—Het became haggaid and rest-
less, ahd hie eyea had the troubled
took of some haunted oreatuve. Re
had but one hope in life now, and that
was for the dirival of the young hunt-;
or from Nevada. ,
Tvirenty heti changed to fifteen, and
fifteen to ten; but.theret was ne news
of the absentee. One by one the nutn-
hero dWindle4 down, and Mill there
came no sign of hina. Whettevei
torsenaan eletterid. down. the toed or
a -dtiver shouted at his team, the did
farmer hUrried to the gate, thinkieg
that help had arrived at. last. At
last, when he' saW five give way to
!our, and that again to three, he lost
heart, and. abandone4 all hope: of
escape. Single-handed, and with his
- knowledge of the mountaine
which ,suhrounded the settleinent, he
knew that he yeas poWeeless, The
more freghented roads were strictly
tvatoluid and pleaded., end nene
patta along therh WithOtit all order from
Alia., Orwell, Turn which Way he
Would, there 4M -reared to'be no avoid-
ing the blo*which hung over him. Yet
the Old man never wavered. in his re-
sotutton to . part with life itpelf be-
fore he consented to whaehe regarded
as his daughter% dishonor,
Ile wee sitting alone one efening
.pondering deeply over his troubles, and
Searchittg, Vainly for some way' out of
them. That • morning had shown the
figure 2 upon the wall of his 'Muse,
and the next day wentd be the last of
the elloted time. What waS to hap-
tien then ? Alt Manner of vague and
terrible fanciee filled. hie imagination.
Anti his daughter-awhat wart to heroine
of her after he Was gone? WAS there
-no eleape from the ievisible net -work
Which Watt 4rawn all round them? lie
sunk his head upon the table and Odin
bmituteeilit the thought of.hia. oWe it41)0t*
What Was that I in the. attend° he
heard. gentle peratehingatioundalow,
but very dietihet, in Me quiet of
-the night, It -ertme from the door of
the holm, errtex -crept into the
atel listened inteotly. There was
inatee CO a few moment% end thee
the ow, lesidietts sound wait repeated.
Some one was evidently tapping vere
gently emu ono of the pendia of the
door. WaS it onto Midnight women)
who had come to carry out the mur-
Aeolis order of the. iseeret tribupalt
Or was it some agent whO was mark-
ing up that the last day of -grace had
arrived. &Au Perrier relit that Ina
Stant death Would be . better than
the suspenera +Shook his harm
and thilled his heart Springing for-
ward, he drew thel bolt and threw the
door open,
Outside all waii calm, end quiet. The
eight Wee flee, andr the stare were
, I winkti ng bright ly overhead, The I it-
tle front garden tar befoterthe &m-
ei.% eyes, bounded by the fence end
gate; but neither there nor Ott the road
waa ane hunian being to he meen.
With a sigh of relief Perrier looked to
right anti to left, until happenirgg
gleam ettaight down an hie feet ht
stiv, to hit setoniehment, *Man IOUs
414t upott hle taco upon the gown',
with *Ma emit legs alt aspravvi.
So waneevett was Ite at the eight Oat
he leaned Ian against the wall with
his hand to hie throat to Witte his tee
itinetion calt out. brat thought
was that the prostrate figure watt
that of teem wounded, or dying man,
but as he wittoliedi it 120 saw it writhe
along the ground &tad into the
with the rapidity and noiselessueso oe
a eerpent. Once within the house,
tee luau spriing to, hie feet, olosed the
door. and revealecl to the astonished
tanner the fierce hum 484 reeolute ex.
Pheaaioll ot aeifotsoa. Wee.
,tiOod 0,001.* towed ' john Ferrier,.
"How you seared mei What ever
made eon imine Mt like that?" '
"Give me food," the other aaid,
hoarsely. "I have had nO tirae for
bite or sup for eight-andeforty hours.e
ile flung himaell uhon the °Old Matt
and bread which were still lying upOn
the table trom his hostai supper,. and
devoured them voraelously, "Doe
Lamy bear •up wellf" aske4, when,
be ha4 satistied hte hunger. ,' -
"Yes, She does „not knew the dan.
ger," her father answered.
atd"oluetv eiSrawsei Tribite'cit 111Qattw"hyl8 Iwoartacwil:
led my way up to it. They may be
darned tabular, but they're not quite
sharp ehough to catch a Washoe huna
ter," -
John Ferrier felt a different man
now that he realized that he bed . a
devoted airy. He seized the yoeng
man's leathertr hand mid wrung lt
cordially, , -
"You're a man to 'he proud oe," he
said. "There axe out many who wohld
come to share one danger and our
troubles.."• •
"You've hit it there . pard," the
young hunter answered, "I have. e res-
pect for you, but, •if trout Were alone in
this business I'd think. twice before I
put my head into. 'Muth hornets'.
nest. It% Lucy. that brings me here,
and hefore luirm•coraeg. oo her I pietas
there will Int tele' leSS 0* the Hope
ferriily•in ITtah," . •
"What are tve tot hot" -
"To-morroW is your last day, and un -
lees •you act to -eight you are lost. I
have a mule and two horses waiting -in
the'Eagle Ravine, Howl 'hitch money
heve . yeti?" . ,
tiv`Jtivrie ntohtoeuss.,a, nal drillers id gold, airti
, • "That do. I haVe as much More
to add to it. •We mUst pqah for Carson
City through the moirMains.
had best wake Limp,- It Is as Well
1:'hhoautset.he servante do not sleep in the
• While Ferrier was, absent preparing
his daughter -fer ;the ' approaching
journey, Jeffereon Hope peeked all
the eatables that he could find into a
:mall parcel; mid tilled h stoneware jar,
with water; for he knew' ha' exPer-
ience that the • mountain wells were
few,and far betweeu. He had hardlY
oonapleted hts arrangements before the
faemer returned' with hie daughtet all
•dressird . and reasly for a Mart. The
greeting between the lovers wee realm.
but brief, for Minutea -were Pteciouse
and there was teneh to be done. :a
."We' must start at once." said Jef-
ferson Hope, speakiag •a-lotv but
resolute voice, like one who realizea the
greatnets Of the petit, tett has steeled
his' heart :to meet .it. 'The frOnt and
!leek •entte.neet ,gie watehed.. but With
caution we iney get away throltih the
side' whadOw• and across the fields,
Ono on the road, •we are .only two
tithes from the rayine where the tenses
are waiting. By day break we shbuld
be half -way through the trieuutabtah
r'What ,Weattre attaPpedt" .asked
Ferrier. • • •
Hope. shipped the yeeolver butt
which protruded froM the front of his
unio. . • • , .
"If they aye too ' •many for us, we
shall. take two or three of them with
us," he said, with a airariten sralle,
The tights inside 'the house.had
been extinguished', andfrom the dark-
ened winitialh Ferrier peered over the
fietds -which hid beenahis own, and
which he was 'now .about to:abandon
forevet. He had• long nerved himself
to the artcrifice, however, end the
thought of the honor and happiness -of
hip daughter outweighed any regret at
his ruined fortunes. All :looked so
peaceful and happe, the rustling. trees
and the broadi silent stretch of grain -
hind, thet it waa dtfficult to realize
that . the spirit of murder lutked
through it all. Yet the white face
and set expression of the young hon -
Leh showed that io his approach, to the
hotioe.he •had seen enough to satisfr
hint upoh that held,
„Ferrier 'carried the bag. of geld and
natter; -3efferson Hope had the seantY
provisions and water, while Lucy bad
a small _bundle containing a few of
her More valued posseSsions. Openiug
the window very slowly and carefully,'
they Waited until a dark cloud had
somewhat obscured tee night, and alien
Me by: one passed through into the
little garden. With bated hreath and
crouching figures their shimbled waives
it and gained the shelter of the hedge,
which they skirted Until they cable to
lhe gap which opened ihto the corn-
field. They* had just reached this
point when the young man seized his
two companions and dragged them
down into the shadow, vrhere they lay
silent and trembling.
ng -w ip
from the backs Of his two visitors.
"took hero," be said, at. last, 'strid-
ing up to them, "when nit daughter
stetintions you, you can come; but until
then, don't want to See your facers
again."'
The two eoung Mormons Mitred at •
him ainazeitteet. In their erea this
competitton between them for , the
Mitden's hand was the highest of hon..
Ors both to bet and her father.
"There are two ways- out of the
room," erred *Ferrier; there le the
door, and there ha the wittdow, Whielt
do you (etre to has?"
. His brown trice lookeh woo, and
laht &tint hawk so threatening, flint
• lita visitors sprung to their feet and
beat it hurried retreet. The tad farm-
er follmved them Ea the door.
" tet me know when You hay!, net'
fled which. it In to be,' he ookit ear*
cal ea
" Tett tilielt fee tXis I" Ettreint-
t.
To be Continued.
FUNERALS IN MEXICO,
They are Graded hooding to tee sloe
Milani/ore are Moe to ray,
Pothers no city tn the world haa se
many different atyles of hearties for
different prima! aa the City. of Maxie*,
Where the street railway CorapanY--
knovvii as the, Campania de Ferrol:tan;
Mei del Distrito-Ifirderal de Mexico --
for short-4erives owisiderahle, pore
doll Of its teeeipte front the rent of
funeral Carp and hearses.
The best hearse Se drawn by six
horses, and. there are ounieroureattend-
ants upon the heevila draped oar.' Ao
- Mitch avi $125 is charged, for the hearse,
bet if it is sent out with dely four
horreet the amount la reduced by $25.
The next best hearoe he hired for
$00, l'wo horses drag the oar, which
has but a twenty amoune-a black (trap-
ery, A cross surmounts all,the hearses,
and but tor this oh the oheapor ciao
hearses, *hien can be hired for $6.130, it
would he diffioutt to distinguish a
bearee trom att ordinary passenger oar
in the diatanee. There are riled six
Miter istyles care ,varying betweeti
these two extreme pricee stained.
, All the charges named are. made for
the fttneral oar or hearse alohe, and do
not include the passenger cars requir-
ed for the mournere,
When the hoese in Which the fun-
eral ie held le not on the line of the
road the ears are placed at the nearest
curve or Oh bratelt track, tied at the
return the company is only obligee to
take the pegisengere to the. poblie
'quarts called "Locale."
One hour Is allowed to the attend.
ante to remain at the ilenietery, And
for every edditional hottr a (Marge of
$1.25 extra Is made fer each ear.
A freed time ls allowed for the body
tO be taken oat, and no delays are per-
mitted, so that .the funeral servIte
fa no wey litterferes with the ordlnary
Entitle. A total reVeatte of ebout,
$80,000 it Vote its derived by this team-
pany from the rent et hearse!' and fun -
Mil Beret
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Lon AFFAIRS OF poErrs.
The ourioue psycholegical feet that
10V0 00 otter* results hi the production
ef poetry rendere etr investigation Ina
tereetittg• as te whether the Om:Morse
le true, viz., thot poetry begets love.
Shakespeax cOlontertced"eighing
a turnsce" at the early age of lth
tine, ,of "Anne bath a way" Roma to
point to the conolusion that et ooe
tines the great dramatiat was ;tory
badly hit, notwithstanding the opiniOn
that his marriage with Anne Bathe,
way whe a failure. •
Milton evao unheppy in hit love at -
blies, and this giuggeeite the poselbility
that the title ot the splendid poem
"Paratilee Lost" WAS inspired itY
lotiging tor the baohelor tlays • Hutt
were no more. Nary Powell, the daugh-
ter 'of a Justice of the' peace, vitha the
unfoxtunete object of Miltoh's affech
tiens. Mete V'owelI was of a jovial na-
ture, fond of cards and dancing, When
she married ahe haat a complete chatige
for once in her life,
Milton rose at ' four o'clock, a chap-
ter was then read trom a Hebrew
Bible, followed .by stualy till dinner .
time. After more study, walking exer--
else, and disraal tunea on the organ,
the wis.dont at going to bed early was
- carried out • ' , •
The effervescing nature of Mary
PoWell xiaanaged to endure a month of
tins; thee she tled to the paternal
hearth, where shir remeined. a. leng
time in •spite rif the auppliciations of
her hueband. Her return was'drehtittio,
During one Of Milton% visits to a
relative his Wife entered the room,
tluerw hereelf on • tier knees, and im-
plored forgiveness ef the eurprised hue:
band. • She was pardoned and taken
beak,. but tear suet). ill-assorted tem-
peraments could never get oh well.
Milttahe Seeond wife died rt year
after she was married, andthe intrepid
Poet. entered the holy state for • the
third time. But the last Mate seenia
to have been worse than the first.,
The Duke of Buckingham called the
Peet's third wife a roae. "I ani
judge ot color;" rettlied Miltona-"but
it may be ao, for I feel the thorns
daT4h7e.'imarriage of Dryden with Lady
Elizabeth- iloWard,wasaitio hohapPY
one. nis Wife ettce' reproached latm with
the statemedt that he would have paid
4 great deal more regerd to 'her if She
had been shook. The ready witted sa-
tirist unkindly replied that:he .wished
she were an. alinanaok; then' he: ceuld
eharage &eery year. , • .
. Good locating Robert Burns was .the
'recipient of muCh attention en the tart
of the fair set; who sinitily worshipped
went out to "Ilendsomeahlell," a sweet
him. -At the' .age , tifteen••hitaheart
field. -
little girl who- worked ih :the seine
In 1780 .Bibles were exchanged he-
tween Iltires end Mary Campbell, whom
the -poet iminortalized as "Highland
Mary. ' This exchange,was intended to,
-be ao expreesion of lasting love, but
-alas, for huntan nature I ---two years
later he married. and his.wife was not
;Mary Cardpbell. •
Seuthey- watt enother Victith of pov-
erty. •The problem of buying the mar-
riage% ring . mid paying the marriage
fees •he found. difficult to aoive. He
was obliged to hart with his bride af-
ter the emeratinyanot having the where-
withal to start housekeepieg.
Things, however, after a time brightr
eaed, and his home. was essentially a
happy One. What a picture in don:L-
etitia corefert hi contained in.Southey's
worde, "Oh, deat, oh; dear; there is ouch
conafort in one's tiwit fireside, with a
little, girl climbing up to my neck, and
srLystingata"poy ew'4h,goBtdoitLhofid7,,papa, you.
Among lovera the poet Byrott raitk
hn easY first. ,He was a veritable Na-
poleon of love. Whererer he. wield he
wes idirlized by infatuated ladiee, and
behind him he left a trail of woUnd-
ed hearts. Yet even he was delta
tined. to suffer "the temp of unre-
quited love." • At the age of fifteen he
became (leerily enaraoured of a young
lady, notviithstaoding her treatznent of
him as a Mere scheolboo. !His whole
life was darkened by' this teverse, and
the philosophy ofa "there are lots of
geed fish in the sea," never truly apa
peeled to him.
Very sad ia the etory Of Rossetti's
first -volume of •poeme. Whenathe cof-
fin of his- wifewae about- to be closed
he. • carried his.- MS. into the rote
and additeased his vvife as though she
-were alto, saying the poetry was.write
ten to her, and that it' should be butied
with, her. a ,
aTceilert nbrilSinmte'arsr Pe din cea trl Hhiatexhtgtabblri.18I twiwiea'as
Only__ -efter tretaendous pressure that
seven years aftetwardehe gave his con-
sent tor the poems to be recovered and
made known to the world.
•
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BUYS 111.1It WITH CATTI,E.
That which =ekes a Haffir marriage
binding is, in Haffiriend, not the per-
formance of a reremOny, but the trans-
fer of e oattain ounibet of caitle, art
agreed upon, from ahe husband or his
•friends to the father or guardian of
the WOlitah.. The regulations reapecte
ing thaffit marriagee ate very striet.
NO matter though the bridegroom and
the bride have Omit each other a
ohtuaidhzdinettitnugeuerabetiofoure,oyfettheon wthdae4dinayg
ceremonies etiquette requires that
they should meet as total strangere,
going thfough a formal introduction,
All friends and eompany assembled are
smiling and passing pleasant remarks,
and the bridegroom 'Is hastening to-
- wardis his shy lady -love, After the Par-
ma! introduetion Weyer, the bride, ac-
companied by her tether, mother, and
friends, izt rear!" to acknowledge hot-
test' the wife of her lord. 'The "Yehbo,"
"V` ," ed h d f
tile bride is proposed: 'nlit lam% is
sOMewhat of a trial to the bride, as
- the eritice are the bridegtoolies partY.
The htideas dame finished, the feast-
ing OoMmehces, No fOrmal invdations
are issued to the Wet. , It lit soon
bruited about that a marriage between
Ketakebe and hiptinzenyana le impend-
ing, and thet the ceremonlea are fixe4
fer a certain date. Human nature
much the same all the world over, and
ahould there be a likelihood of plenty
of beer and meat, many friends will put
in an appearance. The' Kaffir wife is a
hard worker. She toils in ,the garden,
growing the Xaffir corn', and, in a
thousand other ways, being muoh more
industrious Haan her lord. She la
sometimee overburaened with work
that she says to her husband: "It la
only fair that you should take another
vvife to help rad in the work. I have
been a good %yoking woman; my in.
dustry Mad thrift obtained the means
eha e you to tutqu re Mutt eat e ,
your tithes come through me. NOW,
it it only just, as the cattle were
bought with my &wattage, thet you
should expend some in fresh mar-
riage conttaot, and tia labours
would be lightened." Alid • Len le
getterille agreeable to felt With her
proposal., ne lediffIr teen:ten, wive* Of
the mete Mare agree well together,
jealous!** being iteldoen
PACIFIO NAVAL STATION.
PREPARINO FOR MR-
GENCISS THE WEST.
requititimit, the Fortress. MaCk 1/{ Ok$ign,
at to rote% aietorte mid toe Western
terminus orthe vahautan Puente,
/Ire -recent altiPMente over the Cana
ailian Pacific of niaoy heavy guns wed
retuM War material to the new naval
Station at Eaquimault, indicate the in-
tention. ot.the iirttieh Oovernatent to
erect. at the gateway ot Britieh Cole
puttee, it Pacifie Gibraltar, which will
kender the British posseseions ih this
gearter ot the world absolutely Seenre
agablat aggresSiOtt hy War other na-
ritii7e: it became it naval powee has been
. • .
"The policy of Great Briteie ever
to seize etrategica Delete and fortify:
them SO strongly ari to render teed io-
vulnerable, and thus, by their poesesa
' Mon, control -Immense stretohet of sea
end large laud territoriee which •ceuld
not:he held,. in any other Way pave by
A great outlay. This pelioy le illusa
tritted in. the Mediterranean, for in-
wsteasatceerinbeYaatrestair4itPyll'sofkatliteisciherta.t Aintlittnilde
wean, ...England holdit Gibraltar, which
lute long lupine the reputation:of being
'the atrongest fortress in 'the world. In
the center theta is Melte, which hi
scarcely ieferior to Gibraltar in the' et-
teottveness of ita fortitications, At the
easterh extremity there is Cyprus,
wheel has not yet been. foil,yeertified,
bot no .,,donht, in pureuarroe of athe
13ritish policy, will ,he during the text
few years There are.no fortificatiens
at .the Suez 'Cartel, but the majoeity •of
the company% ateck is Owned by
Great Britain. Egypt hap virtuallyahe-
came a British province, and there is
not the ,slightest deObt that : shoeld,
there bh a paciapeot of serious trouble
with tiny foreign• nation involving the
Egyptian arta. Eastern' intermits of
.
Great .BrItate, the canal Would be area ..'
• •
ed an.d, If necessary, :fortified end
DEFENDED BY . IllidTISEI GUNS;
M Present, there is tie need for ouch
action, for, although Suez : and Port
Saki are not .defehded, Emgland holds
at the seutheen.extreatity. of the Red
Sect •the great tortreett ef , Aden ahd the
Inland of Perlin, and °mild Instantly
(time the Mediterranean hrid Ited, Seas
:t0 the•ccennaerce-ef the world by' stop-
hiog eavigation at '• Gihralter. and
Aden. • a, . , • , . .: ,• a
• The troth* Witielegoverne the Britieh
Govermilenhiti the hieditertaneeh and
•11.-iiii;Siteri haelirevatled elsewhere end
uriy one. whe is cortous to obierie to
Whet ,extent •the British. GovernMent
coritrots Maritime affeirs 'hy- the. this-,
sessioit of stra.tegio paints and islands
igtaranaepnioigf 4therjr,2*Whoitarlsde,liwbhlenglhaen°virinilgt I)f ivnear.
that the earth is girdled bir liees --Of
British fer.tresses, which harte• bean era-
tehlished in the test centuey end • a
half. Great Britain is thus the police -
Man of the ocean; all Boas are patroled
by ironciade a displaaing the - union
iltctfkp. to Dais -tithe; howeiee, the vela-
.
elite Eoglish dependencies Which . lie
altmg the North, Amertoan coast of the
Fauna taVe rec,eiveh coraparetively lit-
tle attention, , Now it 'appears that
the British -.Chavexhunertt. 'has become
thoroughly areused to the Importance
cif its great -Pacific colony and raeans
to establish at Esquiturmilt• a naval
station 'of the first Masse Which wilt
be the rendezvoua for the Padific fleet.
Eequimault has been but recently Be -
toted. as 'a suitable pobit ahd. conse-
quently ita name is to most reactors ra-
ther unfamiliar. It is' situated oft a
heentintI .and commodious bay, three
mash to the -west of the City ;of ;Vita
toria, on, the Island of Varicouver. It
is thusin an importer:it sense the fort-
ress whieh will -protect the capital Of
British Columbia trent foreiga attack.
ft is said that at first the propriety of
establishing ti. station •at Victoria was
suggested, but•the close proxiMity of a
FINE 130 `AND' HARI3011
, .
'led to the - selection of Esquimault
rather than of the -capital es the pcoa
per site. Esquirnault wilt defend not
onl,y the omelet of Britieh Colunibia,
but also among others, the 'important
City of ' Vatmouver. on the mainland
and the western terminne of the
Canadian Pacific Railroad.
At present hisgetraault is a station in
embryo. Extensive decks 'have been
buitt and fortifieationa begun, but tha
town how -consists for the. West Part
of the houses of emploaes and work-
men. . The extent of -the governinent's
preparations, hovvever, indicates :works
of the most, extensive chateoter, and
in the -next two or three years Parqui-
mitult wilt become tile site of great
workshOpS and foundries where ship-
building •tvill be cartied on, repairs ef-
fected. and alt provisioh made for the
equipment and maintenance of the
fleet whiek England. at all timea maine
tains in the North Pacifio.
The interests to be safeguitialeti by
Esquimault'and the great guns now
on their way across the continent are
'already enorthous and will become
much larger during the next few
years. To begin :with, there is the
transcontinental trade, whieh at all
times in the year, eveti durieg ' the
.wititer season, is S very important
matter. The Canadian Pacific wits
built far the sole bawd'. atel atconsino-
dation of the British colonies, and its
westero terminus- must be. perfectly
secere egaiast attark, otheettrise the
railtorial betimes. of little value. Due-
ing the last few years it has become
<dear that there is at great future be-
fore British. Columbia. A eouple of de -
tease ago the entire region was. eup-
posed to he pritaticelly uninhabitable
!by whites on aceount of the seyority
of the climate, but experienee Ilea
shriven that the wild winde of t.he re-
title temper the elimitie for al:coil:eider.
able distanite inland, and that in a
latitude wherea on the. eest meet, wina
ter be almorit er et nal reign the
crops of more temperate regione tern
be grown in British Columbia.
lath long, The zeal of the trapper and
blinter will .soon result ie the extol'.
mination of the fur -beating enimele.
anti ao wild furs beratete Kamer stud
higher in prime substitutee will take
their places, tie teat es the country be-
ooraes mere thickly settled, the
trade 'will undoubtedly beconte 4
tur
t hni nogt arsof _wthieuiptahaet.
Is a oeuvre of an utnisthatinesi suTyphiey. seotti
food. • The waters of British Colotabla -
Ialartlibletriturbleoan°,11'aubcaglarri 4 ativl erlagt!
mon in inealutuetible abundance: Twe
Yeavie4ATUeltheOP THE FISHEItill -
of &Hob „Columbia:was over 01,000,-
.
000, end the busines,s io onle in iiii in-
famy. The tweet lo eingularly well .
adapted to the business. FreM the
Island of Vancouver to 'the northern
boundary of Britieh America the shore
is proteoted by a chain of islands,
whiela inolose hays and. ihlets, stratta a
awl ohannela atinost without eumber.
These quiet waters . aro the reteling
place ot the deep-sea fishes durIng the
' seasons when Oleo ewe:etch the -shore,
Iand there is no fear that the su.pply
will ever be exhausted, ,for in many
localities the fisherman. has -only' to
drop a boOk•and draw up a fish, •The
perfotion of inehern processes foe
curing, drying and. mining will enable
, the fishernaeit of Brttish •Coltimbie to
. dispose of their crop in any part' ot
the world and theretore stimulate -the
I induetrY to such an extent that it will
is soon become among the first, if not
the leading busineirs•of •the province,'
Peebles the fisheries, the mineral re-
sodepeo of'Brit ish: Columbia, - have.ale
remit' beehaoroved •to be large, end it
is .probable that .thei;"-ttax-like the -
fisheries, are stilt almoat in erabryotto
form.. The precioug raetale have been
found in many locellties, for such is
the ithundanoe of, gold ledges in • the
ranges•along the Goad • that arnortg the
. sends of annoat every stream there may
be 'found , particles efi gold, Whiele India
cate depcisits. of gold -hearing qoartz
among the mountable, Geologists are
not sloer to atatef that. there, is a
possibility of disoovertes in British
Columbia which will neat those of
eAnslaisoltnes, wennili odooem"oartreikteo" oa . large :dim-
: INOBEASE THE POPULATION' •
of the prohince in a siogle seaeonthan
a .doaen emirs of or4inatta developtdent.
Iron, lead, tin, zinc, copper aeit•other
ntetals have also beqn found at various
points tn • the •mountains of the pro-
vince, and it .itt . probable 'that mina
of these mines will eventtiollY prove
of great value . Leaving' the metale
out• of the queition, howeVer, alaritteh
Columbia -has • a eeurce of immediate
Wealth in the tinthen.ae riepaeite efoal•
whit:hare to be found at remits points
in ,its territory. , It is -estimated
that not less than 65.;00O achieve miles
of . the lands. of. British Mumble. ate
utelerlaid by coal fields. . Many of the
beds are; ef couree. ton dealt- for pre-
fitable working; in Otheri the coal:ie.
ce an interim' hurili.tya but after deduea
hone are matte of uneeitheble cealed
lanes, thee° is at'll , fit Oho
zte it, llaTeltirtit-e-t 1
fentatrider of trite, -w . coa
bode lie near " the surface, midi the
fuel is of .good quality and easily what-
• ed. At present the beet coal. is feend
at Nanairno, on Vaneourer Islend; and
thei discovere• of the coal -ledges otters
ago led to tho Onstruation of arail-
road between Victoria. 'end ' the coal
fields in order'. taa transport to : the
capital the prOdUct of the: mines. This
0°41 furnishes a eupply notnitly to the
large. and steadily growing ..cominerce
of Victoria and Vancoeverr Wit 'is- ex -
petted in groat quantitiea to the fore-
igh stations in Japan, China andaeven
India. ,--•- •
a -- a. -
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' ' BERLIN SUPERSTITION. •
.
Although. in, ,. , as elsewhere,
most, superstitions era Ohneetect th
'seine way Or other with meeriaga.or
deeth still there ire guttis a large
number that have ttothing eiedo whett
•
evee with eithee, writer; a correspond
ent. For •Instanee, many a housewife
Would feel ea if she werh just tempt,-
ing the fetes if she were; to, ailow a
reap to be swept at night ; for, while
the dust watt going trot, she hould
argue, trout* would be ore to .ereeP
ina a peace -loving servant -maid will
hive, recourse to all. sorts of oddstre-
tahems to aioid taking a pair of shofar
from bff a tahle; for. whoever' takes
then] off, phe helds, is sure to laiihit4a
quarrel that vete). same day with him'
or her Who hut Omni on. -
I Shall never:- forget • the arcane I once
vvitneesed in a Geenien household when.
the fact becarae knoten that I had
brokee a looking lass. • The thing wat
ot no great value -it ware only a, little
hand mirror-aand as I was its owtier,
I wee at a loss to understand why the
hreakitig of it shattld cause so• much
excitement.„ The serranta steed around
.ine wringing tlieli hands. and indulga
hot ju all sorts of whey demonstra-
tions of grief end eytapatha; while their
mistress who passed in the world for
being a sitting -minded' woman, looked
(squatty distressed. She told' Me again
and again how eorry she was that surh
a atiefortuue should have happened to
Me in her beim. " You. wilt have no
luck now !or seven log years, ho what
you shay,' sbe assured me in quite a
sepulehral toee. And When 1 twitched
she. waxed ittite indiguant anti was
*
iteerd to i ark later that the Eng-
liah wire s, illy .liteking in reverente.
On tt previous occasion in that tame
house, I had Mumbled While going up -
stain', whereupon it %%414 promptly
taken for grained that. wedding pre-
eents would snob haVe to be bought.
If two. persons Ita've the sante thought
at. the same moment, and express it
in the same *orris, they'may each wish
it wrath anu the wish will he gratified
if they but have the patience not to
speak uete they ate addressed by smite
third vision. Narith regard. to the mean,
'endless euperetitious preveil, not only
in Berlin, but throughont ttermeny, end
nutting them the old English superstia
Lion that to see the new moon through
glasa brings utisfortinte. There are sopa
erstitione too, avith regeed to the col-
our of the Wester one my ineeL flOtne
people wilt wstlit Miles Oh the hbaritte
of•roining ;left's% a piebald born, Seat
is others Vol 1, 0 tat. out a 1 Iltsir NV84,
!CV 111>t); I 0101 tit:11 iP " ekewbold." Then
tee way the Itirde fly, how the leaves
fall le Ate grouna, nhether :Stem ao
or do- not Inlet; nett whether &or -belie
ring or remein et tem, ere ttitett*t-
tors fraught with •Viittetitieltnee for. Weis.
liners, end. Mt ter liketniniAte, tOr IA
every land old superstitiout die herd.
areerreellitroeseater4
S14 "on..
A riew DEPARTURE
eh.
There are people lit the world, whe
feel it their samed duty te tell You
all the dieagreeable, Ill-natured things
that other people eay abotit you. Ther
eome to ,y(oa ih the geise of your best
friends. and they weer long fame. 444
orofeeli to be dreadfully' grieved abeut
it :all, "but they feel that you ought
to knew tt."
They make it an atfair of oensoleme,
and' they tell you in the preamble, that
they awfnlly hate to Mention it to you,
but they coul4n't feel ao if they had
done thetr duty AO Chrildiana 11.14se
tlehtel'70144adichtear wnhattt- uMP:on, Stathertmod"-SIV0easaticc;
about yeti. -
'They expect you to be very [crateful
to them for the trouble they have
gone through with for the eake motel
hinagpPlyatiererharhffe-coenYttneawtilloinbeethue7
will deliver themselves cit. •
Somehow, it .seems parfectla natural,
that you should feel clistresse4 wheh
'you are brought to know that "you are
talked about," •
Bot When you come right dowil• •
"bedarook" theataatter, what le there •-
in the feat' that Xia• Smith old you. .
were etingy. with the bhtter, end map •
and that yeti had bread pudding overt
weelg, and teat yeu emitted the cook
.
everrtitue She broke a dish or burned
the tteekf . • • ,
And why.:elmeld.yeu lie 'wake nighte
to 'grieve : Over •the .efortr.- that tem: ,
gobineon told ' at the five-o'olook tea
0Ver to MrS, Print% -that Yoh and your ,.
laupbend quarreled ever the money ..
sweat trottinh horees, and theytioney,
he 'dtdn't *end, in pxoviding fox hie
family ?
tee, whet is there in these things
that' should cause. you, to .shed tearis
'ahd tedden hp -. your 00409 Your
house is your castle, and, yob. have .
an undoubted right to pay -how much
soft soap and butter shell be used in .
aour. kitchen. . And if your ook is •
not vastly differeitt froie the others of
her .species, she'll not be Okay te
get any 'more scolding than .she de.
derves.
a.A.id you'and yeer husband guar.,
rot; whose bostriess reit but yours and .
his f Merried people , have .a peefeet
right to quarrel if they 'enjoy, it, and
west of them' sone. to. . " ,
Everybody is "Milted about." It it
One ot the petielties of existence and I
chilizettoe ; and • you mey. make us
your mind that you are pretta We'd
down in Diet. thicket mete if people de.
not say . some, ill-natitrod thing. •
Harden . hp yOui .sensitzve feelings,.
and do not. allow Your. 114,phi:tees tO he
att the aherea•,.rof ell teteelevellitieeMetie •
trierida eou. tative, . • ..
Why • any .one..ehouiti 'want to spend
tha time, aad strength 'to gO about a •••
neighborhood, •telling folka 'the Mean.
things somebody has shih about them,
is a problem.. in troCiolegy that no -sex-
.entiatabas ever. yet satisfactorily Work- __
ed onta but it is• a fact:we have, toter* • •
and we -whet re:ake the beet of it, just.
as we have' to do. hy tlie many =lex-
plainable evils by Which •Weaare bea
'But. it yea havaon yont hat '
,a "friend" who .lieble 'to be taken*.
with it •fit'of -feeling it her duty to tell
you something some one hae seid to •
your . disadvantage; you *ant to set
your face resolutehr agitinet her ; and.
if yoU cannot get rid of her tiny other
way, 'shut the door On her, mid let her ,.
have somethiog riew to talk about'. :
Siieh -Wends are a perhlexity to -the
POul itude thorn.in th'e Meth. -The 'woe,
matt who :Minhotatellyou: the good your
ecquaintances have said of you; sheald'•
never have a chance: to tell you- the .
evil they lutve epoken, ter it ie. no • .
:earthly use to have anythieg te do
with any one who Makes you unhaphr.
• Just say to the woraan-hvho gomg•
to "tell you, scimething that she' feels .4
sorciebedy should' tell •Yort," that . you
are not listentng to that sort of liter- .
ary entertaittment ana more.. • •
. it.she .persistir loforming you
that -Mrs. Bugbee said upato the owe .
ing ocriety the other. day, that "you,
were -just dyincto be President of the.
Iligh.Calathumpiatt Cluba-and• that your
cat* ting any more than a cata-end.
that -nobody would vote for.. you -and
that your Mary -Ain; Chit you think
so much of; has a Voice like a screech-
oivl, and a turn -up nose, end pairits;"
-whe, whet slut pauses for breath, you
cen say. to her -that that sort of eonver-
aatiott has no intereet for pat, and ehe
need not trouble herself to. repeat it.
And you needn't be unhttopy.,about
it, eitheraMary Aen's nose im her own, .
and if it turns up, it hes a right to.
But if you want to be comfortable:in
the *Wulf, where you •live, you• dant
went to know- What people say about
you, and have reaton to look out for
itni2taorinari".ydou(!) who feelo it her duty to'
• -.EATE THOft.N.•
• worm iN
Au item is going the rottuds. of the
papies to the effect that women in
France have just had . their first dame
to register to vote; arid that few ota
thein have done so, •except the market
women in the department of the Belies
or markets. nom thie it mihht be sup.
posed. that ell the women of France
wete permitted to vote, and foe • ail
officers.
Single women mid widoWs engaged
in trade, =Imo oo their Otria
aceount may ote: for judges of tire
Tribunals Ma ..eintnerce. This the
t•
octet:it of truffrage enjoyed by.
Freneli women. Only a traction'of the
women in Paris. possess the right; and.
mom of these, naturally, live hi the
department of the markets. The iha
ferenee that the most intelligent avot
Viitteaurnewr4hrtr• nineteast. inelined to vote. le
lutIvne st°teratti(Let°r:(11r-rinitotterai.'eltirnaoods-shra:yile,
Doubtless- tt - be found that. _in,
Who tOWtts there *was a contest over
the eleetion of a judge of the Tribern
et of Cloteuteree, at Idle in 'other, toe ut
limner wee. none, there being arethape
orgy one rattdidarf
• 1 he justioe of letting eingie
tied widtme erigeged eommeree 'vote'
frir these judges in (dear, /ma if Rothe
of t high do net We to eXerriSe the
right, ilea is no reason. for &herring
thoett whet do. The 14vetiernent • ole.
tiervea:-.."Wometen want begins at
the Polon:ore:lel Tributial It will end
At thit Paleia 1leurbon."
-see.
t rtir.laVaChar'W , ORNAMENTS.
The wottrah who three le the -country,
or in Village, where she lute Iter owa
. poetry 'yawl etth Yiew utiliee the elaes
of her turkeys. ehte .of the unique ota
ToMentS et the treason irs nothing mote
tlititt rettaatutketatt thaw, tivatit tata
lititimthehol 6,041114i,thityr,aetrutil 01p:10140;11X
Mope the relittee Are tipped with silve
'The bent, of this reelistie article
Met itny ono tan Melo It, It his
other.
, t , % V ei V ,y.
of Britla'h Oolumbla are destined to be
1 of inInlenSe wealth to the province.
The entire cottat line ts tiovered with a
dense growth of trees, most of weleh
are valuable for one purpooe or att-
other, and lumbering has already 'be-
come an imporneet business, partinu-
tarty along the rivere, where the loge
and hunter Gen be easily and eheeply
1 trieseperted to the mills and nutrkete.
The forests of the proviriee have
seared, been touched; only hero and
there hes the ax of the woodwieri remit
.
an mpreles o , ,
eretleeS and the supplies of lumber in
the Weetern stetegt of the union lee.
edam depleted, through carelem waste,
the people of the Pacific etatee will
undoubtedly be tompellea to tall up.
on their northern neighbors fur their
impoliee. .
At resent the fur ttede is a vety
value le AMMO Of retie:tile t* the
Ple In the previa* but this will not
' TitE Sa.14eTte. ,
Salisbury to ride a bike, Ilia
Hminence hes het yet appertrea
publie, but the twee ihtiteetee etholtsve
had Hat :pleettitets witeeesing hitt per-
formancas st Ilarttiela eerearehtt ant.
people thet he will et leeet ptenettt
A etriking eppehrtifice. The inechihe
haft bete mule to order, leen* two
brettee, taul thatither tat Carte •tipoketia
It le teteilidently isetteeted *het tlitt
gtteen will he the .11ext ttottvert to the
whirr of the wheel, hlthettgli 48 yet no
official bulletin bas been issued In re-
. lotion ta ktr