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8ondiy in- ktcad oc only two mwy htd tecretly held pit opiuioa before they nor pmtlely brtadod thttnsevm into t party to wi rk for it ho itowed certain o the women tlut thty wju not allowed anffiaent ran in prayermoetingt j then another party xonned ko weapon wu beneath bu it oi witt a to1 accnoxeek try oeoeaeraibbs he underfcan0t hit bcsinesi koff std adlressgecrgetown po texts fop ixvektioxs expe- drnocsir and p roperiy ecured in can- t ada the cnrtel states and eorope fa- v tent gtracteed or no charge sendj for ptnte uutrcctfns agrncr in openfeori ten years ottawa caoida mecfcaniealengiceer si iatrcf patents and draaghtxan j uvep loziep plasterell ac- j t05 ont evry descnpfoit of pla firing and roghoittirg d ne oaihe raoit reitonable term and atisfact guaran teed let merefreio therwiectrccmsrya little kearty a hundred yean ajo tl e crew o the briiaa ahip bdtivy mutinied it the capttin and hix officen adrift up n the n peatea took i ponnon of the ahip and taili d anthward itheyprocuredwiwi fr themieltet among thenatitet of tahiti then proceeded to a l nely little rock in midpaai e callid kt- cairnt itlacd wreckei the vi eel ttripped her of everything that might ao uieful to a new colony and catabbahed 1 hemaelvca en pitoaima ct to far removed from the track of cjtnmercethafc it was maaf ycartbeore another ressel touched there it had al ways been conndered an twmlubiiedialaud to whn a ahip did at but drop its anchor there in 180s the ciptam was greatly tnr- priaed to find the place peopled although ilia mutineer had fought amoag themtclvet and gradually killed ckch othef- off nntil only tro or three of he original a xt nmaiccd theitt tragediea kad not oort rred before a number o children bad bd bon fio in is05 the ialand hid a populatonotccaty- teven ferrous john aoanu the chief mu tineer ttill tnrived acd wa to live many years ytt aa governor and p tiiarch of the flock frcmbeingmatiacerat ihonncdc be had turned christian and te ichcr and his nation of twentyieven persai s arc now the purest acd devuutest in corutcndoti adams had looz sgo hoisted 1 he brtith flag and eonstitateof his island st appendage of the british cown today the population ntmbers nicety persons eitlecn men run cen women twenty five boys and thirty girj all de4 tcendants cf the muticee e ill tearing the family names of those mutijicrs and al tpeakinj english and engl fib cnly the 0 rn w coopeh l provincial landtsurveyar and ciyit engineer qnelbh orders by mail promptly attnded t tpeaaun rjiguu uu uku iaand stands high nu ont aitl ic sea and has precipitous walls it isaboni three quarter 4 t ffaiclies n s2r- ey co tatxr farmers t general- rrtct and rtd 3iathe30x attoexet-at- tl uw solicitor in chancery se office next door to wallaces hotel mekio fjossdc hodse actox close to t- te tt poilwarstttian excellent accanmodatin for the travel ng public thos iahpbele proprietor dokixtox hotel actox eobeet agrew proprietor the tiew hotel it fitted no in fir tclass eyle with new furni- tcre qotrmercial trar ites will find good accommodation and commrdious sample eooms specral attenton paid to tie want of the travelling pubhe bar supplied with tie best lqucr3 and cigars good stabling and attentive hostlers poial exchange hotel he e jr carfc prtprictor one of the most commodiiua hotels in the county ciood conrmerdai room tie bar is always sup plied with the choicest brands of litjuos and cigars firstcias gtablinind aten- i tire hostler house situated in the bnsi- neas part of the vilbige j e claek poprefcr rosh foe skiks i am prepared to pay the highest eali pnoe for all casses of lambi and sheep hkins delivered at my tannery lace leather const anly on band tidy v jjake3 110oee re i tpttavtfcn hi neattts gcrde to eleghhtjriting i atosttlevrfcelrrxstectrott ts ruiv and oksakrsrat penmanship voung people wishing to acquire a rapid eaiy and beautiful haadittmg without a teacher will find the gtmie a perfect in struetor hundreds are beconring beautiful writers throughout the dctniuion in he united stalea by using t it coatistt of a series of core sura of coreniectrzfi for practicing which con- tain copies beginning with tht first pnnci- plea and gradually progressing us the most elegant plain and oroamentu writing n oexixtrril shut containing german text old english and ornamental letter- ing offhaodfotirishidg of buds 4c a booiotttfrr paorgwitb full analysis and instruction and a beutifully engraved c tofeontaiathe whoier rt price jlo0 ptsetpaid address sgbeattv4co i ontario businett c liege i i beuevfue ont sept 11878 i imy ucau mskraney fitter at work for m than at anything else capital sot re quired we wul start yon 12 per dayathcme made by the industrioos hen woman boyt tnd girlt wanted tvery wnork work tor us xow it the time costly outfit and trmr tree address tun k co augusta maine of a rnflf long and in places ds is much vf half a mile wide such arjiblc laid as ii affords is held by the several fnntiuesccord- ingtoadiviaon many ycartajgo tbeieial one church bnildm used slsoas acap tiol sschclbouae aid a pjblia ibriry ths title of the governor has bcejt fcra gencraj tion or two m agistrare ana chief ruer in rabodn ttiaa t i ber icaj mty the quecj of great brita ru itwai lis province to otaiethelawf as wellaseiecutctbcro his office was elective evcrybc iy ovr seven- toea years oldhai a vote i o matur aboufc the tex the sols occupation of t le people we farming and nshmg their ioe recresho rcligiout setviee inerehii never been atop in the island nor an money th habits and dnus of the poj le have alwa bees prunitfve and the r aws simple puerility they have lived in a deep sau bath tranquility- fat from tt world snl its ambitions and vacations and neither know- lets ocean souiuuea wuw y u years i ship touched then moved the a with atred newr of bl odf bat jetdera taanf entdemics fallen tovo aet in ruined dyok j tut then traded them some soap and flan nel for yams and bread fi rit and siejl away leaving them to n tire into their peaf ul dreams and pious tisipav ions once more i j on the sth of last septeml r idmiral de horsey eommaaderukhie of the bntiih stet m the paafic visted pitcairts ii land and speaks si follows i i his official port o the admiralty tiiey have beans carrot i turnips ca bageavand a httlemaxe pineapple fij- trees custarl appirt and oanges lemons snlcocoinuts clothing it obtained alone front pafing shipr in baiter for refresh ments there sre no springs on the island but as itraica oacea month they have plenty of water although at times fin former yeirt i they hire suffered frem drought ko 11- jcoholic hquors except for medicinal put- poses are used and a drunkard is un known j thececertry srliccs teqnirei by the islanders sre best shows lr those ws fur nished in barter fofr rtf reabinents namely funnel serge drill halibi ota combt to bacco and soap they also stand muchr in ned of map and slates for heir school arid i tools of any kind are moa acceptable i caused them to be suppbed rom the public stores with a union jack foi display on the 1 i erlt arrival ot uir ini a pit aiw of whieh they were greatly in need this i trust wiliin the- approval of thrir lordships if the munificent people o england were cnly aware of the wants f this most de serving little colony they would not long go unrrpplied i divine service is held ivery sunday at 1030 am and at 3 pm in the honss bujlt and used by jcin adamalor that purpose until he ied in 18u t is couductod tt lctly in accordance wit i the liturgy of the church of england by mr feimjn young their selected put r who it much respected abtble class it held every wdd- neaiuylien t who con eniently can at tend there is also a gen sral meeting or prayer on the first friday in every month family prayers are said in every ionic the first thing in the monrni and the last thing in the etening tnd no foo i is partaken of without aseng godt me ising before kid afterwards of these it aodert rebioi attributes no one can- tpe it without dfep reepect a people whose rretfest pleasure and privilege it to commui e in prayer with their god tad to join in bytnnt of preite and who are moreover c leerful diligent and probably freer from vce than any other community need no priest tmew them now i come to tentem e in the admirals resort which be dropped c irelenly frem bit pen no doubt and never j ave the matter eeoemd thought he nev ir imagined wpat a freight of tragio prophe- y it bore 1 thit iithesneence on ttattttr tn ame ioan hie ttttled en tie island imtufvi lr jvwtfwi s- notice be even descended to the ch idren aud awoko disconent ii their breasts be causeat he discovered for them they had not enough sundays loil this created a third party i xow as the chief afftkese partfea he found himself the itrongcst power in the comma ty so he proetkdod to his next move a no kit important one than the im peachment of the chief magistrate jamet kussell xtckoy a man of character and ability and possessed of great wealth he be ing the owner of a house with a parlour to t three acres and a hall of yam land tnd the only bott in jitctimt t whileboat and most unfortunately a pretext for this impeachment offered itself at just the right time one of the earliest aud precious laws of the iilsnd wai he law against tictpast it was htld in great reverence and was re garded as the palladium of the peoples liber ties about thirty years iro an important case came bef i rs the courts under this law in this wiie a chicken belonging to elixi- beta vbunfr gcdstfat tune fifty eight a daughter ot john mills one of the mutineers of ihebozaty tcepassedupoa the grounds oftbursday otoler christian sgedtweaty- line agrabdaoa of fletcher chriaian one cf the mutineers chrtain killed the chicken according to the law christian could lecp the ch cken or if he preferred he could restore its lema us to tire owner and rccdee damages in produce to an amount equivalent to the wate and injury wrought by the tratpasser the court re cords seti forth that he said christian s d liver the aforesaid remans to the said elizabeth young and did demand rue bushel of yams in satiifactian of the damage dans but elirabe h young con- tdered the demand exorbitaat the parties could cot agree therefore cbrstitn brought suit in the courts hcl lost his case in the justices court at least be was awarded only ha f a teck of yams which he consider ed insufficient a d in tie nature of a defeat he appejed the cie lingered several yean tn an ascmd ng grade of courts snd a ways resulted in decrees sustaining tte rigical verjict and finally the thing got into the supreme court and there it stucfc for twenty years but last summer even thetuprtme court managed to arrive st a derision at last once more the original verdict was suitained christian then said he was satisfied but stavely was present wu rrltllegfd to spread orer into the week the joy of til olittei wm oomplole in ooe hurt month tho ne migitnla wm become the people idol j th time wit ilpo for tlilt msni next move ho begin otallmuly it first lo raiton lie public imiod isiirnt knglnid lit took lli olilef olllteni tilde one by one tnd eewerwd with tlicm oil lilt oplo iretendr ho grew bolder md ipoke cut lit hid he iitllon owed it a idwlf li id liraimir u lit il trmllkoin in die in iu might tud llirw vff jill muim klifjluli jokfl hut ilia ilmiilfl itltiiifiiti mtoj wo dud uot uolloed lti i jailed how dooi it gsllt kcgltnd tends t iblp once in thtoo cr our yetrt to girt tu lotp ifld olo thing led it in at whloo wo urdy need tnd gratefully reeave bat ifae never ttoublet ui i the lets ui go our own wiy she lott you go your otu wy i si tsvot have felt and ipoken in al he atet i this ipeech ihows how fallen you tre how bate bow brutalitsd yon have beoome un- dlrthit grindiog tyraenyl what i hat all nunly pride forsaken youf ii liberty no thing are you content to be t mere ap pendage to t fore en ud hateful sovereign ty when you tuight rise up and fake your rightful pltoe m the acgutt family of na- inas great free enlightened independent he mini n of no ibeptfcd nutter but the ir iter of your own tt jiy and t voice and a powtr in decreeing the detaues ot your lister lovcreignties of the world 1 8pchel like hit produced in effect by tndby qtilcnt began tl feel the english yoke they did not know extctly how or wrercebouta hey fot it but they were per fectly cortaa tboy did feel it they got to crumbling a good deal tnd chafing under their chains and longing for reuef ind re- leaic tboy wesently felt to bating the eneliih sag that lign and symbol of the r natiout degradation they ceased to glance up at it as they passed the cipitol but averted their eyes snd grated heir teelh and ono morning when it waa rand trampled into be mud at he foot of tht ilifc they left if there and uo man put his hand to it to hoist it again a certain thing whicb was sure to happen sooner or later happened now some of the chief tnd tho rest of he mpotlil oiubkihmeni were intolerably burdensome md were re ducing in ntdon to beggary the rmpor- ors reply lock at uerminy look it italy are you better thin they 1 ind kiiootyou unification 1 did not ittlify hom they uld i people cant ut iiiiilioslin md we ire ittvlnij airrmlure 1im ormod kvery- body in in lie irmy tveryliody in fie my sferylwdc in in iii pubwe irvw luudlflg irouiid in uniform h llh notlilnjj wiiaeirr i do uodiln o ct ind noliody w iii lli luldt llll u llll look it ucrifliay i imi tl lit tt inn lisri huoli ii uiiluotiion lod oi no other wiy to got ii no olhsr to keep it titer youve got it slid he only repjtd tlieroi wiy te pj r emperor ilwivt but tin trombleii wi ctit itnd the lixei wo cant hand them kow right on tp of fall the cabtseunp ported national debt amounting to up wards of fortyfive dolsri hilt a dojar to every individuil in the nation anil they proposed to fund sometbmg tbcv had heira that this waa alxays done in audi cmergeuciei they rooosed dnfies on ex ports also on imperii and they winted to issue bondt also paper money redeem- tbe in vims tnd cibbtgei in fifty years they uid the pay of the army tea of the hs whele governmental ma m advakcb a hmuflted aotreu proo hi tlitun in 1744 icon ifte berlevji in paris hlppolyte clslroo aide the toqutlntiaoe o m de 8 1 s me mhmti tom he wu iboat thirty yetrt of tge ot good ippeir- nice md clover t eooltg loqnebrie her ysfrowi lleore h ng be lieoiro tlnper itely enimoured o lir nd wm lappoted by tluiomlpi d the tvro lure inspired hr wljri wiriikf i iolinil him wenilihlb hal tt kinn wml oi ili found ll ntosiiiiyto ilop lln kkjitlnlmee her lovor wu of i loony md iiiluuthropld urn tnd wdhed bar id fly will bltn from tht world to iom wild and dtlerled ipbt tlilt luterotllbg project at not dettlnod o be milted cuirou i lored her art rorelled in the applsuie the drew down tnd bal had tco urge add tlried til etperience of life lo be very rordantlo in the end the refuted to receive letter from or o tee him m de s pined away and est evening in the summer of 170 wm told that hit boon were numbered he then sent a meat gt to the acrtu pathetically entreating her to ice him once more i clslroo who at that time wm entertaining in iotendspt dot fi- mncct and other fripdt at supper wu ad- ss m i r u t liu l and wfciipcred to hun and to his ltwyi suggesting sa a mete form that tne ori ginal taw be exhibited in order to make tare that it tiu eristeel it seemed sn odd ida bat antugenuaas aue so the demand was made a messenger wm sent to the magistrates house he presently returned with the tidings that it had disappeared from among the state archives the curt now pronounced ifs lac deci sion void unce it lad been made under a uw whicjt had no actual exiitence gicat exatemeat nsued immediately the news swept abroad over he whvle inland that the pallatium ot the public liberties was iot may be treasonably de- sroyed within thirty minutet almost the entire nation- were in the courtroom that is o say the church the impeach ment of the chief magistrate followed upon staveytmotioa the accused met his mis fortune with ttc dignity which became bis great cfsce he did not plead or even argue he offered the simple defense that he bad not meddled with the missing law lint he bad kept the state archives in the fame candlbox that had been used as their depository from the begnning and that he was innocent of the removal or destiuclion of the iot document but nothing culd save him he wm found gudty of mitpriiioalof treason and de graded from his office and all bis property wu confiscated j the lamest part of the whole sbimettt mater wm the rectwit sngrested by his enemies for hit dettrjuetira of the law to wit that he did it to favour christian be cause christian wu his cousin 1 whereu stavely wu the onlyjiodividusl iathe en tire nation who wui not his cousia the reader mutt remember that all o these people are the descendants of half a dozen men that the first j children intermarried together and bore grandchildren to the mutineers that theio grandchildren inter married after them great and greatgreat grandchildren intermarried so that today everybody is bloodkin to everybody more- over the relationships are wonderfully 1 even aatoundingly mixed up and compli cated a stranger for instance tayi to an isaodcr i you speak of that young woman aa ycur ceusiu a while ago you called her your aunt i wetlj she is my annt and my consul too and aso my itepsitter my niece my fourth cousin my thirtythird cousin my fortysecond cousio my greataunt my grandmother my widowed sisterinlaw and next week she vrill be my wife so he charge of nepotism against the chief magistrate wmweajc but no matter woak or strong it raited stately stavely wis immediately elected to the vacant ma- giitracy and ooziog reform from every pore he went vigorously to work in no long time reugioni tervicet rsged every where and unteasiogly by commaod tne second prayer of the sunday morning ser vice which had customarily endured tome thirtyeve or forty minutet ind had yield ed for the world first by continent and then by national and tribal detail wu extended to an hour and a half and made to include tnppicatiool in behalf of tht possible peopltt in the several planets everybody wm pleased with this everybody aid nowtoumetllnghi byoommind the usual threebom sermons were doubled in length the nation came in a body to testify their gratitude to the magistrate the old uwfoibiddng cooking on the sab bath wu extended io the prohibition at mtingalto by command sunday echoo est rena went to the magistrate by night and said 1 we can endure this hated tyranny no longer how can we cut it off by a cow how a avp ifetsr it ia uke his every thing is got ready and tt the appointed mc mens i u the official head of the nation publicly and solemnly proclaim its inde cendenoe and absolve it from allegiance to any and all ether pnwers whatsoever that aoondi simp and easy we can da that right awsy thenwhat wit be the next thing to do seize all the defenses and public po- pertiesot all kinds estabish martitl law put the army and navy on a war footing tnd proclaim the empire 1 this fine programme dazzled tbesa inno cents they said u this ia grand thia is splendid but willnot england reiist let her this rock is a gibraltar i ira but about the empire do we arte an empire and an emperorl wfcat you twee my friends is unifica tion took at germany look it italy they are unified unificat on ia the thing it makes living dear that coustrutes pro gress we moat have a standing army and a navy taxes follow u a matterot course all the c things summed up make grandeur with unificat on and grandeur what more canyon want very well only the -em- lire c in coofer these boons i si on the 8th diy of december pitctime island rat proclaimed a free aud independ ent nation and on he same day the solemn coronation of butterworth i emperor of pitcairxts island took place amid great re- jaidngt audiettirities the entire ntion with the execptiatt of fourteen persons mainly litte children marched past the throne in single file with banners snd ma aic the process on being upwards of ninety j feet long aud some raid it wu u much u j jthreequarters of t minute patting a given point xotbtnglike it had ever been teen lathe history of the ialand before public ienthtuvum wu measuneas i xow straightway imperial reforms begin ordn of nobility were inttituied a raia- liter of the navy wu appointed and the whaleboat pat in commiiron a minitter of 9c wu created and ordered to proceed at once with the formation of a standing army a first lord of the treasury wu namod and commanded o get up a taxa tion scheme and also open negotutioni for treaties cfiensive defensive snd commer cial with foreign powers some general and admirals weresppointed alto some chamberaini lome equerries in waiting and some lords of he bedtchamber at this point til the material wu used up toe grand duke of galilee minitter of war complained that all the sixteen grown men in the empire had been given great offices and consequently would not consent to serve in the ranks wherefore his standing army wu it a ttaad stul the marquis of ararat minister of the nevy made a similar complaint he said he wu willing to steer the whaleboat himself but he eiiuf have somebody to man her the emperor did the best he could in the circumstances he took all the boys above the age of tea years away from their mo thers and pressed them into the army thus constructing a corps of seventeen privates officered by one lieutenantgeneral and two majorgenerals this pleased the minister of war but procured the enmity of all the mothers ia the land for they said their precious ones must now find bloody graves in the fields of war tnd he would be an swerable tor it some of the most heart broken and inappeauble among them lay constsntly ia wait for tho emperor and threw yams at him unmindful of the body guard on account ot the extreme scarcity cf material it wu found necessary to require the duke of bethany pottmastergeneral to pull strokeoar in the navy and thus sit in the rear of a noble of lower degree namely vitcount canaan lordjustice of the com mon pleu thia turned the duke of beth any into a tolerably open malcontent and a secret conspirator a thing which the em peror foresaw but could not help thing went from bad to worse the emperor raisedkancy peters to the peerage oa one day and married her the next not withstanding for reasons of state he cabi net had strenuously sdvited him to marry emmeline eldest daughter of the arehbish- of bethlehem this caused trouble in a powerful quarter the church the new empress secured the support and friendship of twchthirdi of tho tnirtvtix grown women in the nation by aosdtbiogtuem into her conrtulmaidt of honour j but thit made deadly enemies of the remaining twelve the funiliet at tho mtdi of bottom toon began to rebel because there wu now no body at home to keep bouse tht twelve tnnbbed women lefuttd to enter the taper tl kitchen u tervantt to the empreu had to require the count tat of jtnoha and other great oourt damet to fetch water sweep the palace tnd perform other menial and equal fydhnatefultervicee thit made bad blood in that department navy and ot tuo h cbine wu far in arrears and unlets eome- bing wm done and done immediately national bankruptcy must ensue and pos- nbly insurrection and revolution the em peror at once resolved upon a highbanded measure and one ot a nature never before heard of ia piteaimi island ho went in taie te the church on sunday morning with tte army at his back aud commanded he minbrter of he reasniy to take op a collection that wu the feather hat broke the cimoli back first one citizen and then enothe- rose and refused to submit to thit unhurdot outrage and each refusal wu followed by te immediate connscatiou of the malcontents property this vigour toon topped the refuses snd the collection proceeded amid a tullenand ominous tileuce aa4he emperor withdrew with the troops us said xwi1 teach yon who is muter here 8evcral perrons shouted down with unification i they were at once ar retted and torn from the arms of their weep ing rieads by the soldiery but in the meantime is any prophet might hare foreseen a social democrat had been deteeped as the emperor stepped info the gilded imperial wheelbarrow at the church door tho social democrat stabbed at him fifteen or ixteen timet with i harpoon but fortunately with such a peculiarly rooul democratic unprccisiou ot aim u to do no damage that very night the convulsion came the nation rose u one man though forty- nine ot the revolutionists were of the other sex the infantry brow down their pitch forks the artillery cut aside their coooa- nuls- the aary revolted tho emperor wu seized and bound hiad and foot in hia palac he tu very much depressed he said t free you from a griniiug tyranny i lifted you up out of your degradation and made you a nation among nations i gave you a strong oompact centralized govern ment awl more than all i gave yon the blessing ot blessings unification i have done all thit and my reward it hatred insut al these bonds take me do with me u ye wni i here reuva my crownand all mydfguitiea snd gladly da i release myself from their too heavy burden for your uke i took them up for your uke 1 lay them down the im perial jewel it no more now broite and de file u ye will the useless setting vised not to go u tier presence would em bitter rather than tdlaee bit last moments this advice the took tnd toon after he had received her apparently harsh reply the on- fortunate man died for the next eighteen months or two jyears according to her own account tbe aetieu wu subjected to supernatural persecution m des j died u the clocks wtre striking eleven and m toon u the sound had ceased a long un earthly cry rsng tbnough the room in which chiron wis entertaining her friends the guests were lott in istemthment and ter ror the actress recognizing in the cry the voice of her lover very naturally fainted iwy ifdllo old the intendant with ghastly humour u the i recovered the jentlemin who has the honour to poaieu your affections ihould be told that his tig- nils are much too lpudj but u events soon proved thit wit no matter for jesting tte cry wu frequently repeated a the ao- treui window at tne sanie boor tbe po lice kept watch both ontaiie and maide but could discover nothihg xor wu tbe power of the perturbed ipjnt confined to the tc- treut house one night at ibe wu takr log leave at her doorofj a president who had escorted her bnme the frightful cry rang out between them at another time while riding with tier inf a coach from the hue saint liooore pierrej boselli a hand some bighspuntedl yonnt actor who could rage like cethegna or uke oassrns die declared that unlstt the kivoked tbe ghost tiwauiftiioairpf- fa atrial cnttssm offarataj rot y twueuodmtuwt pt aaaxakdua jan 18 thul tit tixteea yttnijpfud paiha died totwwii n detdythli nephew aimttptte tteestt viceroy aid khedirteceoda thetknet of sgypt ud til loyal ivypttani hm sow west to cairo to oongrttoltti hit hilkatm en theiunlttrury this aom auee- tht ptclatnlet the itmsukf toooeaetoo it secured the internal idminiatrauorf ot the country it dependent of the porte tri bute it almott the only proof of depeodeo- i oy and foreign attack it impoealbla tl loaw a tbe pretest protection of esfund and france li eittnded to egypt yet ninety yean igo the grtndfatber of iimail puha wu a tobioco dealer at the little town of otvali in albania and if tbe dri nipoleod bid not krekbed hit eotv qoerlniirmtureettbimtditcrrtnein uebt- met ah would iltvtr htv joined a rolaa leer oorp rified o rcidt tht frenob in kjypt ind bit grsnilson would not noa- beyil- in itciiro n hlitore ollh unyl ont of the irinml in tbe oenl7 th grtndlillie vet liora lo be raler of flail yroffl th fioiltjon ol utlly offiocr in i to unlet oerpi lit ripldly row lo be ih flnl mill in eiyiil he dttlroyxt ibt power ol tht uimeiulie usyi recbgnlwd tvrutt by prttorlpllon of mdiurlt j hi ndueed the oounuy u order ind dbedienoo he tabdud the ttvtgt rtoet f the soudan j bt eonquer- ed tht fanatical tribes ot arabia i he atjk tared syria with all its strong piteet i be defeated bo turks and overawed the sol i tan and he would have eertatnly founded t teoonn great motlem empire greater than turkey itself it the western powers in 180 had bet cheeked hit ambition and con fined the limit of hit rule to the valley of the nile thus thwarted he tamed hit attention to internal adminirtrsticin but without the tame inooeu he cleaned out old canals made new ones introduced the cultivation of cotton organized military teaoola and called in europeans to assist him he even tried to make egypt t manufacturing twin- try and spent vast ntmteo teetcnea and machinery but he made no terioai attempt t found a system baaed onjurt lav which would live after him all hit officuda were turks of tbe old school and hisrule did sot in any way improve the condition bt the egyptian natives hit role wu that of a conqueror not lawgiver or administrator hit inexhaustible energy wu constantly ill- directed and amnring stories are told or hit blunders he insisted on the existence of mineral wealth in egypt would not listen to engi- neera who showed the country to be pore alluvial depoait and wu sot satisfied until vast holes nad been dug in many dzttrictt without remit he had a plan fur stqitieg the ttonet of the pyramids in the construc tion of publio works and only delisted on proof of the enormous coat of deatraetiom and transport he had an oriental con- tempt for human life the canal from the kile to alexandria wu constructed ry him- in teven months 300000 men were take from tbe fields and made so work and 30000 of them are said to have perished from sfekneu produced oy exposure and want ot food wanting- o get rid of tbe n e 7zl si 1 1 and received a reply ther not behove a word of treu did u she i again beard and w its destination the in a swoon i the fi tioa wu then slightly and then he would story tbe 10- ed the cry was ooach arrived at reri were found of the pereeca- initead ot wlut miul ulgup wb wn v the cry the beard the report of a gun at her window the nouset in the street were placed under surveii o a one occasion the nocturnal fete at mdhe eleven oclockleft fiacre with her te kwotraswainlalnlng umtotwi lredfotht npport ol the irmy thenary by t untuimous voice the people con demned the exemperor and the tooal demo crat to perpetual bauiihment from church tervicet or to perpetual labour m galley- slaves in the whale boat whichever thty might prefer the next day the nation i- tembed tgain and re hoisted the bntsh flag reinstated the british tyranny reduced the nobiitv to the conditioa of commoners again and then lira ghtway turned their dihgent sttentoa to the weeding of the ruiaedtnd neglected yarn patches and the rehabilitation of the old useful industries and the old healing tnd solacing pieties tbe exemperor restored tbe lost trespass uw and explained that be bad ttoea it not to injure any one but to further his political projects therefore he nation gave tbe late chief magistrate his office agtiu and also his alienated property upon reflection the exemperor and the social democrat chose perpetual banishment from relwioua service in preference to per petual labour m galleyslaves wia per petual religions services m they phrased it wherefore the people believed that the poor fellowi troubles had unseated their reason and so they judged it best to con fine them for tbe present which they did such is the history of pitcaims doubt ful acquisition k feeding a python front kainre the folloti uig details of a recent attempt to feed a python now at the kafiies iduseum singapore may be ot interest u upsetting previous ideu u to the certainty of that rept2a attack the python in question is a nne specimen caught on the island for tbe take of the rtward given by the police in tuch cues aud measures tbout 22 feet in length it has been in my charge for about two months snd a haf during which time it has not been fed about ten dayi dace it commenced casting its ekin and u is usual after that proceeding wu unusually lively mapping at a stick put into the cage and in one or twq instances narrowly mus ing the attendant hand tbe reptile i should mention escaped from its cage just before curing but having taken refuge be neath tome odds and ends of timber near the museum wu recaptured without diffi culty and wu then placed in a cage about five feet square every wiy a pariah dog having been obtained it wu mtroduced muzzled info the sage the muzzle being then dipped while entering the make struck twice at the dogs hindquarters but without tezing it the dog crept into a corner and ut down two or three more blows were then made by the make but u before without gripping and the dog wu then teen to have been struck by the teeth on the foreouarten the puncture altghtly bleeding for nine suooetaire time the make struck at the dog with the tame ill- success and u it wu then growing dark the shutter of tbe oage wu closed early next morning the make wu found coiled round tbe dog which it bad killed and com menced to twatlow bat a malay attend ant baring touched the python with a rod it untwined itself and retreated to a cor ner ot the cagerefnsing to again ouch its y- imt m obi who has tried it with benefit recom mends salt u a gargle for the throat for thou tsolined to a hacking cough or tore- noti of the throetor mouth ateupoonfnl olialtti distolved in halt a tumbler of cold water and with his the throat is gargled jut before each meal unusual freedom from coughs and tore throat ia claimed to the rwdtrf till staple remedy but to no purpose inted to a little ueanius and at de bnssy in a ui uce icuiwa u chsmbre her through tie jloblevards then but slightly garnished with houses did not u- de 3- die there leaking the tiring- woman pointing io two bouses which ttood out in sharp relief agaaut a moonlit aky from what i have heazii i think that he didwu the answer the gun report wu again heard i the coaohman not doubting that thieves were at hinrl lamed his horse into a gallop and clairon tnd her lei rut ar rived at their destination more dead than alive therewith the aeraecution may be laid to have ended tht unearthly cry and the icarcely leu terrible gunreport were not again heard the ghost indeed gave token of itt presence by a clapping of hinds which u reminding the actress ot the applause at the playgoers had if anything a con holing effect byandby this wu changed to toft and melodious muaic u though tbe ghost were lapsing in to an amiable aud forgiving mood at this time anxious forj tranquibty clai ron removed from he roe de butty to the bue de mtraitj to the honao in which racine had written- his greatest tragedies and died and in which voltaire had doted the eyea of aflrienne leccutrenr the latter had embellished it in many ways but in claironr eyea the bare walla would hive been sufficient attraction she had not been there long when a strange old lady de sired to seeeher and the request wu it once granted for lome time thy gazed at each other in silence and with instinctive in terest the stranger at length found her tongue and after a good deal of circumlo cution came to tbe on ject ot her visit the friend of h de s she had been with him during his last moments snd now ought out tbe actress to ask why the had made himto unhappy clairon in reply related the story premising that the heart wu not subservient to ithe will i can not blame you mdlle1 laid the od lady thcugh you may be saicl o have killed him more especially were hia but momenta em bittered hy your refusal to eome to his bed- aide he kept bis eyea intently fixed upon the cock until bis servant returned with your message wretch i he vehemently exclaimed the unfeeling wretch i but she will gain nothing by it ivulftilae ear oflif ny deota at jxrn4tntly ai ikavt fdvm4i aafe my lte he died with these terrible words on his lips mameluke beys he invites them to hie pal ace and when tley were assembled in the courtyard h had them all ihot down with out mercy menemet all died in his eightieth year and hia three immediate mocesaort ibra him abbas and said bore little resem- blahee to bltn but bit pmndton iamid hu the name intellectnal activity he works late and early and hia mind ia cram med with admrstittrative detail before the present regim be drove the state ooach tinglehanded and alt hia minieten ware mere mbordinate officiala he can point to great rekulte when hit jgrandfather died the national revenue wu barery three tail- lion it it now variously eetunated from eight to ten the exports were two mil lion in value the importa little over one and a half they are now respectively ihir- teen rniluona and ox there wereonry two hundred miles of railway at hit acoeeaiem there are now 1200 and telegraphic oom- municasionhu been extended over 10000 miles the sues canal tbe greatest engi neering work of the century has been con- atruoteov and the network of local canals widely extended still all this material progress bat not benefited the people who are absolutely crusted by a heavy public debt and are now crowding to cairo to lay the tale of their grievances before the new government in tact real progresa cannot go u railroad pace aad education good lawa and a fair administration are more efficacious though they require more tune than vast pnbiio works and great extension of territory in deed i might go further and tay- that pubhe works which are not at a directly re munerative charaoter ought never to bavo been undertaken ia egypt at any rata when the history of this reign comet tabe written the material advance will be held of little count u tet against the snffming of the people the redeeming features will be the slave trade convention the es tablishment of real courts of jnstice the yielding up tbe government of central afri ca into the hands ef col gordon and the government of egypt itself into the hands of nubar puha arid nil english and french colleague colour in lsnplantlng it a large dart very near a bril- leciduout tree for and weaken the from at a rale alto nev evergreen in front of bant lightcoloured thus planted it will d effect ef he latter on tome lawns how ever a few massive dark evergreens may be used with effect in the extreme and lfpoa- sible northwest corner of the lot they will protect and give character tn the place and heighten tbe effeco of he deciduous trees a striking oonttut may be obtain ed by interspersing a tew white birches among and in iron tot these evergreena they will serve in this ease to brighten the picture both winter arid rummer though usually we prefer not to mix evergreen and deciduous trees thia harmonious trad contrasting dilpoaition of colour require careful ttudy and even perhaps i natural gift far instance hit better to introduce gay bright coloun in welljudged propor tions a f ear bright flowers di deep red blue or yellow will j have a better effeot dispersed here and there about tbe lawnt than tn doe great matt introduce them to tbtt by mean of their different natures there will be always daring the season a few gay poinlt in the pict ifl ax eminent french ootohrntn ttvt i never build two carrii get exactly alike not because i do not build eeoh one u well u i know how bat in budding that i learn how to mike the next one better when j placed these oarriigei of mine la the exn titton building i tint ght them perfect bat now that i have meat three tnoathi looking over the carrjagee of other buildera i tee thai thty are not to i hare it an tlluttra tion of the taint ef t it shows to latelll gent tredeemea the little hand from all iv tear bound votive offeriirgi were common amoag the norwegian fishermen a legend ttatee that a manner wished on chrittmu day to give i the spirit of the waters a cake j bat when ha came to the shore lo i the waters were frozen over unwilling to leare hia offer ing oa the ice and to to give the spirit the trouble of breaking the ice to obtain it the fisherman took a pickaxe and aet to work to make a hole in spite of all hit labour i be wu only able to make a very small uole not nearly large enough to put the cake through having laid the cake an tbe ioe while he thought what wu bwt to be done suddenly a very tiny little hand aa white u snow wu ittetched through the hole seised the cake and crumpling it up together withdrew wilii it ever amoe that time the cakes haj been to very small that the waterminta nave had no trouble with them in thu legend rjrigiaated the compliment so often paid to a norwegian lady your hand it like a wttertpritey if v axtmnt scixrvak while in thia conn- try will be confronted with placards to right of him placards to left of him bearing the familiar name of pinafore but he is accustomed to luocesa in his own country where in london this tamo pina fore hu already ran more than three hun- died nights and teems likely to oontinue oa the boards id aatreet but he may not have expected that hit americas cousins should take to it with inch genuine enthusi asm foila the triumph of virtue 1 i ad vise oar ptruien readers to make a note of they were sitting around tbe convention al stove in the village tavern telling tail tones the topio wai bortea after sev eral inferior talee old hobbe began i my horse wu worse than the worst of default ing- bank pretidenta for he wu tuch a for ir why actually hit feet itrnsk toge- ier to often that i hid toearry a backet ot water in the taggon aad stop eeryhalf mile and wet his feet to cool thdm sosne- i timet they would he redhot oq teller broke in i oh tbtti nothing i once had a hone aud ho waa tuch a forger that i could not take him oat in a tbngh the old man here looked around to tee if any one would aak him the reason of thia bat they looted u glum u rnearers to be oontinued i no i wouh never take urn ont sleighing because tueha ihever ot marks were knocked tram htsahoet that the mow and let were mdtecjmtold to mud before tht iltigbrunatri ratomd ltt