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Markdale Standard (Markdale, Ont.1880), 6 May 1886, p. 3

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 [g^GY PTIAN IIOM ANCE. of Lore and inid idTentnre, founded upon Startling BeTola- tions in the Career of Arab! Pasha: A FallIlBC*f a- THE BEST, ,0*^^' SOtB ' NnrA* Th» Nihilist," ErOtt csahierlix. 0, HEK SUPEKMK TBIAL-HOW WII.I.ITBND? fc,m once more to Nellie within "'„?J bTrVef ber harem pri«»f • .a«»"l'lV^d more days pawed the en- A""" .^BC»iro popnUtlqn aefmeito .-•-""'xirewwene little window. »•* A from which she could ob- lyUtticod, "o ^j^j^^jj^^ blrd'e-eye toifth.Kworld.»ndatth»-wln. »»•" .never tired of BtandUig. -^S!Se could B^eBome of the old «at- ^^liSean «hopi, now closed "nd bar- *« ^-"Tt nUnks of wood acrosi their ""%C Cln the failing light of .â- /,'he .ometimee saw piotoreiqae •"«' "ttinain fcvery conceivable atti- ""'^uSwalkB, with curve of hate 'Vir liDs M^d upon their frowning "^^thevdoubtlesi.diBonMedia all its «*' " Z Ivlajj buUatln from the front, »^,;!ban once in the deepest honra of i'^ZZ "«*' " Worrying feet, the 'fcw.our of human voices and the "Tl-. „iow of torches would cause her to '°ui?r when as likely as not she would tfSe hapless murdered European '"S Son a cluster of pike or_ spear """ wUha rain of blood dropping on ^.««8 whilst the surrounding crowd *2Srth their hate In every curse and it that the Arabic vocabulary is cap Irf and whilst casting every manner of tition at the stripped and often omel- ^â- ^Jibody of the dead, which was as LSiatofa^om^ioran innocent Uttle j^Mof a strong and stalwart man. 7,'i toposslble. whiUt witnesstog sights ilXe, for Nellie not to feel thantf ol u f wnareits and herself were housed as w"re oTStto be awar* that at the rl Ziti aU three owed their lives to the ?mSi.ter. so that It was only when she U. to rsmamber the price that she. In- Ldon that she shuddered. fn» letaing day could not for long be ' Lned, Ae felt sure, and she never Jobted but that the Egyptian army, la its Kwhelmlng numberi, was again "a ag»u» 'X the mere handful of men that fool- d. Wish mlaUters al vays think Buffi- Btto overcome an Oriental or African L forgetting how modem riflas and or- Boetqu»l!ze the strength of cont^ding jieryby rendering a quick eye of far riit«r account than a strong arm. When we are antiolpatins; the varrible or lb unwelcome time sometimes seems to fly Bisemetimes to creep, and so it was with faille, At last, however, late one evening, I Vallde Khanoum came rushing into her _jae rssm In a state of great excitement and Koliimed ' "He has arrived I Ahmed U at home I Eaisaiits on seeing you immediately." " Oa, I caniot see him to-night. Can you t tell him that I am none to bed " " He will not take that as an ezcnse, and ad-I dare not urge it as one. For the t time in my life I am afraid of Um. I lid not refuse him a thing for the world. I nppoie his bleed la still hot with tho i^ttngend the victories he has won." MUe glanced at the elder wife and saw liitihe was deathly pale, and trembling aa Ittll, Saoh a sight was not at all oalonla«d to ihe or encourage her, but ratber to Im- I her with the dread that scmething Ual wu at hand, she dared net think libt. I Acting Instinctively, as it were, she rals- lid the moiqnite curtains, sprang from off hw Htwa itoffed mattress and began to hnrri- idl; dieei herself. She was not yet presentable, oonionant |ftth Earopsani Ideas of modesty, when IWiTy steps, accompanied by the clatter of a liiotd loabbard and the silvery ring of |iptn, became audible without, announcing Ineanwelcomefact that the man who deem- Itdhimielfher husband had grown tired of Initing the return of his messenger emd was â- Niiilsgto seek her In person. I " Oh, don't let him come In 1" gasped Nel- Wk " Keep hhn out for a little while. Oh, Ittatihallldo!" I "My dear, your shoes are net outside the 1^1. I they were, he would not dare to Intel." "Bata word from you would keep Um _Rt Oi, do beseech him not to oeme in |j*" "I would net cress his will this night for I OTlls, He looks as though he had the evil I And it was evident, from the way in I Uch the woman trembled, that she was I itlly alarmed I Bat Nellie's terror was ten times greater, lud het agitation made all her fingers liDnh«,iothe common saying is, ao that picoaldnelther clasp nor fasten anything pperly that she was putting on. I ..' juncture the footsteps had arriv- piut, outside her curtain door, but the I en Instant her fears were allayed, if not •you. one. I .I'o. uj noE oe aiarmea, iinie one. i. »ffle to you as a friend, nothing mere," and I*" were the words uttered when the ?*»vy footsteps were heard receding again. »WM very strange. V.ir'*^* iess reassuring than strange, and H«uie I fingers lest their awkwardness and *cMne deft and eager enough. The VaUde ^nm was now able to help her too. ine dark fit has passed away, I snp- M^i she remarked. "He spoke gently r^«i, at aU events, and I say this for onr tod master, that when he ia gentle with ^aeu dually so with aU. 3ut I felt U^rt now that an evU eye had been oaat Cl*"*.??^ "**y "O"" "id Nellie mid- " W» li** 8° *»* *°* »••* Mm." .^^vtooid you sooner that he oame In 8o ?J^rt«ialy, my kind friend." *d the rf!7" *««»»«». « »ti»er tiia iM.hf^iP'^iM'lthe curtain and usnoa "«• the vestibule, the further end of " Thb Bd Sfov," •• Tbb Ruaniir Srr,' wiiloh Arabi Pasha was padng to and fro with the qoiok, eager ateps of a t^^ in a menagerie aa feeding time approaches " The dark hour is atiil on him I fear," whispered the Vallde Ehanoom aa thaj ap- proached. " Speak to him gently, my dear. Do not venture to oppose his slightest wish whilst he is thus." Nellie did net answer, for slia felt ^tiiat she could not premise t» follow advloe. By this time the war minister lieard the â- eft fall of approaching f oetstepa, and wheel- ing sharp round he advanced to meet the two women. As he moved near to them tht lamps of perfumed oil that were hung here and there against the wall showed how deadly p^e he was and how strange a light gleamed in his eyes. On his white face there was a apet or two of blood. " Gaziala, leave ns," he said In peremp- tory tones. But he hastened to add in soft- er aocenta " For awhile only, I will oomo to von oresently." The Vallde Khanoum answered meekly " As yon will, Ahmed. My lord's wUl Is his slave's life," and dropping her oempan- ion arm, she hurried away aa fast aa she canld. Nellie could plainly hear her heart beat- ing when her sole Mend and proteotress had gene, and ArabI Paaha, notldng her trepidation, seized her both hands, and graiping them in his looked earnestly into her face, whilst he exclrimed in almost tearful aocenta "Why do yon tremble so, little white dove I Is it because you pant to le H/ae and so quit the ark which has been your safe refuge for so long a while T" " Tae ark may be a safe refnge when the fioeda are out, but the wild bird prefers the green woods and liberty," responded Nellie faintly. In the same figurative language. "Why don't yon add 'to retnm to its own mate in Its proper nest and no longer to consort with the fierce kite. Do yon not regard me aa seme snoh vile Urd of prey t" " Indeed, no. I have never had an 111 opinion of yon. Far from It." "Then yon do not In yonr heart make me responsible for all the orlmea and oalamlties that have attended this great national inove- ment and for the frequent shedding of Inno- cent blood." "God forbid that I should do so. All risings of the people ageJnrt tyranny. In every country and in every ago, tiave been oharaoterized by such crimes uid excesses on the part of the more omel of the popu- lation, but the leaders of inch movements have never been answerable therefor." Here she oame to a full stop, dreadins wliat he would next say. " I thank yon. I slnoerely thank yon for this, your good opinion of me. Peasessed of it I can defy that of all the world beside. But I am net yet quite satisfled. Tell ma candidly how de yon think that I have treatsd yon. Da yon consider that I have used yon very badly T" "If yon will but treat me aa well In the future aa yon have done In the past I shall have little reason to compldn aye, and I will didiy bless yen for your merolfnl for- baaranoe." At this point Nellie would have sank on her knees before him had he bnt permitted her. "Da yon knew, little white dove, that I begin to think the di^y blessings and pray- ers of one so lovely, so Innooant and so pure would be a richer prize that even her ador- able faoe and peraan if unfreely given. When I made yen my wife I thought that I oonld fclf a Boon make yon very happy and teach to forget the Feringhee youth to whom your parents told me yon were not married. I might have done so had Allah seen goei to make me what, for my country's sake and yours, I yearned to be. But that dream has forever past away and so, though yen are at this moment more absolutely in my power than ever you were In my pavllion at Hafr Dawar, and in my opinion every bit aa much my wife, I will prove to yon that the despised E^ptian can be generous and merciful, for I will give yon freely np unto him yon love. Farewell, little one and for- get net your promise, for from this moment yen will never see me more." " Oh, this Is good 1 this is brave I thia la noble and magnanlmana Indeed t" oried Nel- lie, feeling hyaterioallyjayfnl, but struggl- ing hard not to show it. " I cannot speak my thanks, for words oanld not express my gratitude and hearts, nnhapfdly. are dumb. ' " Happily, say rather, for had they the gif of speech they would lose their intensity of feeling. Yet, would to God that mine at this moment oonld find relief In speeoh, for then it wonldnot bem likely tobreak. Think net that yon are wholly reaponaible for my grief, for dearly as I liave loved yon I have laved my unhappy country even mere, and now ahe is loet indeed. The orimes of yonr oonntrymen have riveted her ohahu â- trong- er than ever, for victory ha* been Huin In every engagement, and in an hour they will be hoteTnd I thelt prisoner. But it b aU M Allah wills, so praised be the name of Allah. I can at least lay that." " Bnt can yon not escape T Snreiy there is yet time," anggeated Nelliei "«io«}y- •• My frlenassmdoompamona In this great ventnn are" already taken and I would ahare their fate," anawered the war minuter. I go from hence to deUver myseU np, and I go Sniokly, for I would not be nmws%»A of toying to hide mysell like a oowardly jaokaL ^oLd yonr pwenta had bettor remain here imtil yonr oenntrymon oooupy tbe city tafoSfornot ««ll«~,'^»* »^,."J? for yon to ventnr, fortii. I »*^« "f i" hour to give to the good wife who has been fend and tme to me lor â- Â© many year^ and wfae la the mother of my brave hvf. So farewell onoe more and may God have yon "^S£y 'liaUng one aftor tt«^e' Nellie â- hani to hi. lipi. h« k»^^"f dr med them and with a deep ngh, tiien he had Ihoa atenptty ctmtled «^*«»_»? her r«im in to«* «w tt »- ««PSSJ^»?; to feeliorry fe« me who had bthaved ao aeldy to her. OHAPIAB LX. 1 sHBCAMPAiairoyiHK gptmâ€" th wall or nacavtAss, Themaroh from the Snaa Canal to Gaire deserved to be oaQad the lightning Cam- paign, for with time pitdied batttei and a doisB skiraiahea its aoaunpllahmaat ttk bat a fortnight and a day. TweDty-foor hem after the aosnoa re- oerded In enr last dbapter Init one Sir Gar- net Webfrley made %k» midaight hia ally, aad under oover of "Egyptian da^kaeaa" led his little army within mailing dlstaaoe af tiie Egyptian general's strcaghold, taUog Tei-ei-Ketab la fiMeen miaataa by the oIooIe, and with the liayeaet oaly, a ram feat agaiart rifled daaaea. Direotly the " impregnable " Tei-al-Kebir had ooUi^sed like a Irarat balioon, it was the campaign of the spur and tiio sabre onoe again, aad Major (ieaeral Sir Dniw Lowe followed np the snoaess by a spieaold daah forward with the cavalry, ttiereiT prevent- ing the enemy from rallying in the direotion of the caj^tal. The Irish Dragoon Guards led the van, and entered with snoh ardor into the pur- suit that they aoondistaaoed both the Eag- liah and the Lidlan cavalry, and thengh men and horses were faint ^Oi hunger, parched with thirst, and troopers not nnfreqnentiy dropping out of tiielr aaddlse from the effect of sunstroke, diey poshed on and en until a distant view of ^e demee aad miaarets of the great Mosque of Mehemet All, rising above the rooks of the Citadel, drew an en- thusiastic cheer from the ranks. Captain Donelly had the honor of com- manding the advance tquadron of thia bril- liant vanguard, and though his little force oonsisted of but a hundred and forty-five men, and he imew that there were tea thou- sand Egyptian soldiers in the oapltal, and moat probably by then the oommsader-in- chief as well, he hesitated not to enter the dty with blast of trumpet and brattle of kettledrum, and before another hour had elapsed, in obedience to his summons to the officer oammanding the citadel to surrender immediatoly, eight thousand E|^tlan aol- diers lidd down tiieir arms and filed out Im- f are him as prisonem of war the meet extraordinary oooorrenoe ever recorded in history. An nnexaggerated fact. C^ttain Darley was the real name of the Irish offioer In charge. The popnlaoe at first looked sullen and re- â- entfnl, bat ao aeener did the blast of mere trumpeti sinnonnce the rapid approach of laiger liedies of the fee than they grew civil and even cringing, and when at length the midn body of the regbnent came sparring in tiirough the Gato of Victory, doeely fol- lowed by the ferooions looking Indian con- tingent, with their long laaoea swaying like a forest of lofty pines liefore the strength of a gale, than they bnrst ont into lend shenfes for the Khedive, ao tliat one wonld have fancied that that highly unpopular prince had always been idollzsd by them and been in very fact the father of his people. These cheers, iawhich Tewfik's aame waa always loudly called, ao as to prevent the â- lightest poasibiliify of misoonoeptlen, aasail- ed Arabi Pasha's ears almost oontinnonsly as he rode tlvough the crowded streets to â- nrrender hinuelf np to the first British offioer whom he might chance to meet. It must have been a bitter aenad to eae who a short meath, aye, evea in a little less degree » short week ago, was tho chosoi of the people and the idel of tbe nasion to hear a despot restored by foreign arma thus greeted and proolalmed, while his own pro- gress through the etreeta called net forth one dngle cheer of oemmiseration. Some even liiased the fallen hero who had sacrificed all that he pssiseosed for their sakse, aad it ia very poeaible that worae la- dignitiea ere long might have been offered to him had he not suddenly come acroes a British cavalry patrol, which, aa he ebeerved that It was under the command of an offioer, lie at onoe approached. He was within a half a dozen yarda of the little i^urty of red ooata before he perodvel who that offioer was, bnt it was too lato to. retreat ere he waa rooogidsed ia tara, aot firrt of all by Ctptidn Danelly, bnt by Cor- poral Patrick Menaghan. " Bedad, yer honor, aa' here oomaa Hor- rible Paaha eager to make friends at last" This was Pat's way of putting it, bnt no aooner did our hero reoogniaahls disoomfited rival than he sainted him cehrteensly witii ilia drawn sword, and then â- purred forward to meet Iiim, hIa handsome face full of aa- conscious commiseration the while. " Oaptein Danelly, I wonld perhaps soon- er tiiat it waa anyone else, bnt what is to be will be, an'i a^ all evente I csuld not sur- render my swufU to.a raver man," said the war ndnistor, as he tendered his sheathed weapon- But the generous young Irishman haatlly deprecated the movement, saying " No, no not to me not to ms but sllow me to con- duct your excellency to the quarters of Maj- or Gineral Sir Drory L3we, who, I am sure, will accept your surrender on parole and re- fuse to aooeptfrem yon a weapon which he will feel, though he may not perhaps aay it, that yon neither drew witheat reason nor sheathed without honor." Ibea he motion- ed to his mm to aurreund their prisoner. ArabI Paaha seemed tolw mnoh affected by this conrtoons speech. "Thank you," said ho; "year worda have blunted the keen edgea of youroountry- men'i weapcna. They have lightened my heart also, smd liu lh«m w re made me wish to lighten yours In torn. Aa sooa aa year duties allow, go afendght to myhense (palace it was called in the days of ny prosperity, but no matter, for palaoe or faonao, any one will point it ont to you If yon do not know it already), and therein you wHi find one who still in every way desenM yonr love and who with llttte effort has made a bettor man of me after, by great efforte, I had failed to make a weraa woman other. Take her again to your heart, well usnred that she nobly merito all tiie lovejha t aa honor- able aad pread man oaa beatow oa her." « • • • • • • Is there aay aeed for aanirbg Uie reader that Frank DoaeUy f ellewed ^i advloe as â- oea aa ever he iiad delivered MabI Paiha over to General Sir Dmry Lawi Attended enly by Corp^ Monaghaa (whoaosergeaatoy looaiedin h» near dia- â-  of the he' â- HB VVUIW1 .»»^i**** ^â- â- â€"â€"â- ^^ "» â- â-  ^j" â-  â-  »# O" him the broake oroM of head aa well) he rode fhreagh the itreete to tiu war adab- ter'a lato absde^ and on reaehiig it sntored U wltiieat aay iayilatiel^ tin Mier «f hh ooaft beiag aadsr the ooae qaita aoffioieat paaspirt, HewaateodeUoate aiadad. â- eek to pass beliiad tiM hareai oartaia ia like maaner, aad ae merely aignif yiag to the aga of ennnofaa wiiat lie wanted, aad that â- he lud better be bnariit to him aafe aad aalajured or that lib life ahonld answer for tiM oonscqoenoea. Ihe threat Waa amply anffiaient and the jet blaok Soadaa aegro aalaamed aad dlsap- pearsd. retaraiag la leea than five miantea witii Nellie walking bedde Um. Who ehall deacrioe the rapture of that meeting, wlierein the husband and wife who had Immi separated slmost as it were on the â- tepiof tiie altar met agrin aft«r a lapse of so many weeks, every one of which had been ae full of perils to each of them 7 So oblivions were ttwy of their surround- ings that Pat Mena^an felt hinMelf called upon to keep a very oloae watoh en the aga eunuchs lest he should play tiiem soms dirty triok or other with hu sclmetar or pbtola, of which he eoemed to be qnito capable. Wliile the three were thu employed there came the sudden rustle of silk akirte and Mrs. Trezarr hove into view like an old- fashioned line of battle abip under foil sail. " Here comes the bitters aftor the sweeta â€" rtha naaty physio after the tump of sugar, Inatead of before it," thought Pat Mona- ghan to hinuelf. Bnt for onoe the shrewd Irishmaa was mtatoken, for instead of resembling a bitter astringent Mm. Trezarr was as aweet ae molasses and thanked Frank Donelly so nnotiously far his " rescue and preaervation of them all," that he felt sure he was an accepted son In-law at once while tho hearty and genial greeting of Mr, Trezarr, when he j ost as suddenly turned np from anothw direction, converted the decided impressien Into a positive oenviodon. " You will protect the inmates of thia honoe where I liave been ao kindly treated by_ one and all from any chance of insult or injury, won't yon, Frank I" pleaded Nellie, anxiously. " Cert^nly, my love, though they have only such a thing to fear from their own countrymen and meat deddedly not from British aoldiere. Yet, neverthelee^, I will Elaoo half a dozm of oun to guard tiie onae, and I'm euro moh a preoantlon will meet with the approval of the geaeraL" So, whoa NelUohad Uddea a cratefal aad affedtfeaato adieu to the Valide Khaaenm and aaanred hw that ao harm oonild happea to her or to any of the other ladiea, aad that her husband was safe under the protection af one of the British generala aad oeuld aot be surrendered np to the revengeful Khedive without a guarantee from that priaoe that he ahenld be fairly dealt with (whbh Heau of information ahe had previonaly obtained from Frank), the party of five made an Im- mediato move from the war minister's palaoe to Shepherd's Hotel, whish waa already open and doii^ abriak budnese. and tiiere, ever champagne and other welcome refreeh- manca, the Trezarr pere and mere did the ** Bleea yon, my children," busineBs witii aa amount of gush and protaatotien that would have been ughly oomioal and alightiy db- gustinghad ttnot chanced to be alaa mert particularly welcome, for such a father and mother-in-law could be patiently borne with for a abort while for the eake of ao iieanti^nl and darling a bride- • •_• •».• A few linea mnra ^11 aanolnd* onr tale. There b no need for us to entor minutely Into evente that have become mattera of lib- tory. How tho Saltan of Turkey played with the hare and ran with the houads, aad â- o lost tiie reepeot of all parties, b toe well Imowa to be commented en here aa well as tiiat the Khedive Tewfik would have had hb fallen rival mardered ia secret, en tiie prlnolple that dead men tell no talea, liad net Great Britrin taken the greatest care that snoh an act ef barbarity aad iajnstioe should not be perpetrated. Bat the talee that were told as a cenae- qasnoo ef tbb coaviacod the Rngliah govera- meat, whea tee late, that they had made a meet egregious mbtake in interfering with Arabi at all and had been beguiled Into mlst^dng a great national uprising and heroic atramle for freedom for a mere mili- tary rebellien oondacted and set en foot by thne ambitions oelenels. As tor the Prinoees Zeeneh, the Khedive's sister, her fate b a mystery. She lias never lioen heard of sinoe the fall of her aeeret lover aad affiaaced hueband. She worked In the dark en lib behalf like a abxioni and venomous spider, and she b by now either buried alive luhlnd the harem cur- tain or. lylag dead in the narrow prbon house of the grave. The sole token that- she has left Iwhind for the world to see and wonder and puzzle over b a bracelet exhibited In the wwdow of the most famed goldsmith in Paris â€" a bracelet made from pure virsin geld aent by her to him along with the deslris In which it was to be wrought, and In wldch the names ef ArabI and Zaeneh are werked Into a clever cipher on the inside of the omameat, whUrt the outside ia omboesed with scenes emblematic other lover's anticipated triumph and her brother's hoped for defeat and fall. Strange sentiments for a aiitor. Major Donelly and hb fair jroung wife now veaide en th former's estate in Ireland, whDrt Sergeant-Major Monaghaa haa quitted the army to lieaeme his butter. THaaKD. Work for the Hiunuie The American Humane Asaodatiea di- reoto the attention of tho public to the barluritiea and abuses continu^y being praoticed in various portions of the country, and oftentimes In localitiea and cities which are deemed very lilghly civilized. In order tiiat the frienda of the defonceleaa and helplese may knew the extent of tbb evU, and devbe meaanroa for thdr relief, men- tion b here made of some of the â- XISTIKO OBUSLTIES "^Animab in freedng and starving oondittoii. In exposed leoallttos on the Western plaina, in the winter aeHon. Animab ao horribly baraed oa their bodice, threnffh carelea^ braadiag, aa to make wonnda that never heal. Aalmab â- evarely woandedaad tortured iiy dabs and long, sharp iron prods, trim being loaded on atook-oara. Anlmala ao omelly orewded, trampled, â- tarved, and kept without water, whea tnouparted long dbtaaoea by ran to nariMt^ aa to make tiielr meat nafit for feed. ^^IHI^- Hecesa eeespeHedto eadara ezeraalatin|r torture by the over-eheek aad otiwr hUh oheck-r«aa, tiirough tiie Ignoraaee andprlda ol thenglktiesa driven. boga and oato drivaa to deeperatiea aad madaeea from waat of water. Horeee raiaed ia health aad Ifaab throa|^ behig over-loaded, laok of food aad improper feediag. Old. galled, eripled hoieae Ill-fed, eyer- leaded, aad geaerally abaaed by liarft mastera. Cowa oempelled, tfaroagh the peaarieaa- aesaof their owaera, to raa the steeetetlB many eities and vllbges, qaeaohlng tiilnt from mud-puddlea, ponnded by dubs, lieat- en by atonea, and mntil^wd 1^ dogs, when driven from yarda into whldi the anlmala f eroe thomadvea becanae of hunger. Calves with feat tied aad tprtarel, whilo being transported long distaaoea, ia db- treesed ooadiMeii, over rough roads, by butohera and othera. Fine horses, outrageously high-checked and brutally over-driven by draakea, care- losa and omd drivers. Pigeons wantonly wounded, mutilated and allowed to llnser honra bdore death comes to tlidr relm, at diootlng tonma- meate. Horsee left ataadlag in^expoeed cendltiona, through severe stomu, without covering. Beautiful song and useful birds needlessly slaughtered by men and boys for sport. Ihsecte, birds and animab of varlona kinds cruelly put to death by thoughtiess persons, when a little care would make death less pidnfnL The cruelty and aavage insect aroused'liy pugilism, cock and dog -fighting. The useless, barbarons cruelty Inflicted on hares and foxes in allowing them to lie chased and hunted by hounds for hours, aa aport, Thodebaaing, otudeffeoton ohDdrenfa^ dose confinement at labor, often in dan: and unwhdeeome factories and other placsa. The cruelties and beatings inioted' oa patient, nnoampiaining wivoa by brutal and drunken huabands. The wbipplnga and abuse endured liy Iwya and girb who have been ^en into the diarge of coarse and hard maston. Ilie atarvatlon aad aegleot endured by Infante and small diildren, when left 1^ thdr parenta with thoee wlie prondto to can for them. The privatton, distieas and degradation of Uttle waifs of children, in the streeta, who often Imve no one to protect them. Ttie deplorable condition of the horae, no longer useful, tamed loase to starve and die tho child, whipped by the heartless parent the dboharged priseaer, whom ao oae will employ tlM little tired oash-lwy and oaah-gfarlt that ahenld have bem, houn ago, in bad the haggard, aunken-eyed, poorly paid aewing-woman the atarving fandly, that oaa gat ao work aad maay, maay ethers aot hen mentioned. at "BawiM:'3y-" Then an many probleau oonaeated wltii the raaaiag ef a ainglo traoik railroad. One ef these b new to get two traina paat one another when each b longer than the aide track. The means by which tbb b accoqi- pUshed b known aa " sawing by." Then was a time when thb plan was not so famfl- lar as It b now, aad the following dipping tnmthe "Chicago News" ahowa how a yonag biakeman tamed Ida iageauity to good aooeaat, A aamher ef yean s^ a atabby yenng BoUd-ioaking with a big meath aad head was takea oa the Galealmtg dividea ef the Chicago, Barliagtoa, ud Quinoy Baiiread as a tnlght brakeman. He seemed to pay no attention to the aporta inlnlged in by lib feliow-brakomea whea off daty, but apent meat of hu time annnd the ahopa leacniag how to raa onginee and pioldng up Information aliont the machinery of rail- reading. One day a tali, olerioal-leeking man was riding in the calieeeo ef the tnda OB wliloh the yoaag maa was employed. The tall maa seemed to take a kindly inter- ert in ttie young brakeman. who answered lib questions oonrteensly, bnt did net per- mit the passenger to Interf an fai tiie least with hb duty. Finally the tnin oame to a â- taad-still, aad It waa fouad that it had met another freight tnin at a station when the dde track was not long enon^ to held either train. The pnblem presented was Hew wen the tiains to get by eaolrbther T In thb day that wonld be aolved very eaally bnt it ao happened that at that time, when railroading waa a very different matter, ndther camdnctor had enconntered aaoh a coadltiOtt of affdra, and both suppaaed that oae of the traiaa would have to back up to a station with a longer dde track. As the oondnotors wen disonssing tills the tall pas- senger and the young brakeman came np to them. When the young man understood the dt- nation he add to hb oondnoter, reepeot- fnlly. ' "Yen can get by." "Hew, I'd like to know?" aald the con- doctor. The yenng brakeman ^oked up a itlok sad marked out ia the mud wliat u now Imown to every railroad man as "sawing by." The traina wen sawed and went their way. The next day the young man was called to the division snpmatendent'i effioe, where he met the tall pasaenger â€" Superintendent H. H. Hitohcock â€" and was taken into lib mon Immedbto employ, whore he learned, tele- graphy and became a train deapatdier, la, a short time the offioe of master ef transpor- tation waa created, and the young man waa given that place. From tiiat day he liaa gnwn rapidly, and now the maa who ridee ever the Chioage and Alton Railroad en the general manager's paaa reads that yenng brakeman's name at the footof Itâ€" C. a, Chappdl, general manager. LemoB jolee aad salt will rmove erdinarr iroa raat. If the haada an ataiaed ttien fa aathiag tiiat will reneve the alsias ae well aa lemoa. Cat a lemoa ia half aad upsif the oat sarfaoe aa If It wan aeafb A Wastara farmar, being oatof dMt peaiw ed abox ef ^Ib Into a gaa, aad killed eaa wbber aad aeyerdy woaaded aaaoeeiapUea. The phyatoiaaa triie pmoribed Oa pOI â- heald aot be arrsated oeoaoae tiMf oaaied Oe death el ai i ...

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