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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1893)
V XT W. jrOKLIS. This proitoHwl borrowing of the enemy's transport in onier to reach the battlefield wan a stroka of hnmor which I appred aterl, but I could not, of .course, sanction H. It waa not, however, until I had as aured my mother that she ahould only leave the bonne over my prostrate body that ahe yielded, with a very bad grace, saying: "So be it, then; but please to un derstand, Henry, that I aee my duty plainly marked out for me, and that I ahall not be tlrtorml from doing it You must bring this Mr, Beauchamp to call upon me." When my mother addresses me as "Henry," It means that she la In no mood to be trifled wit h. Accordingly 1 walked up to Staines Court the next morning, aked for rleaucbamp, told him what a pleasure It was to meet him again (a pleasure in which he did sot appear to participate), and mentioned that my mother, who lived hard by, waa most anxious to make bis acquaintance. He waa a polite yonng man, and, though evidently much surprised by this sndden development of friendliness on my part, lie made no difficulty about returning home with me. My mother received him In that bright little upstairs sitting room where so much of her life has been spent, and about which there always clings a faint, old fashioned smell of potpourri. She is a very beautiful, refilled looking old lady, and it la my belief that she is perfectly aware of the fact I noticed that she was wearing a little of the treasured Mechlin lace which belonged to her great grand mother, and as soon aa she opened her lips I perceived that she had put on her very best manner, which, like the lace, la only assumed upon occasions of impor tance. i j She made me place a chair for Beau champ beside her sofa and smiled gra aiously upon him over the top of a large fan, which ahe swayed gently to and fro while ahe spoke. "It is very good of you, air," ahe began, "to visit a bed ridden old woman whotte conversation can. have few attractions for you.' Indeed, I should sot have ventured to put you to so much inconvenience, had I not had a special motive for doing so." j- - tsarjpine lleuuchamp had never beard anything like this before in all fait days, lie was quite unaccustomed to being called "sir" aud conilescended to, and it evidently flustered him, Wi, but yra really, you know, Mrs. , liayuard upon my word delighted, I'm sure!" said he, with ail tin gracetul eloquence of the age. "You are so kind.!' resumed mymotber suavely, "as to any so, but 1 must not flatter myself that your present here is due to any other cause than to courtesy, ' which, as I have, always understood, Js natural to you." $()' i ' ' t She went on in this strain for some lit tle Mine, gradually working up to her point, and anything funnier in its way than the contract which she presented to her bewildered Interlocutor I have seldom witnessed. At leuirth she shot up her fan wMi' snap, uelsiniiag, more hi sorrow than in auger: .: t-- ; j '. "And can what I bear be true, Mr. Beauchamp? Can it be lliat you, a gentle man and a man of honor, are not only forcing your attentions upon a lady to whom they nra distasteful, but tliat you have actually, made her acceptance of your hand the subject of a pecuniary bar gain with her fatkert"? ' j , ' He assured her earnestly that it was not true; she had been uiisiufonned. Noth ing would induce biui to force his atten tions upon anybody who who in short, who didu't want thein. "Aud as for a bargain, there never really was any bar gain at all ut least, not in the way that you mean there wasn't indeed! I'm sure I shall be only too happy to oblige yon, Mrs. Maynard, if you'll tell me what you wish me to do, and If yon won't be ex cuse me quite spttwfullypolite about.it." Thus adjured, uiy mother consented to unbend and make her meaning plain. Without mentionlngjiiu's name, she gave It to be understood that, I-ady Mildred'a affections were engaged; after which, she discreetly inslnnuted that although, un der such circumstances, Mr. Beauchainp must feel that it would bo out of the question to take advantage of her filial submiwivenesH, yet, in some ways, too abrupt a withdrawal on his part was to be deprecated. n r - 't mm . "lord Staines," suld slie,' "is o old mop and iu broken health. From what the doctor tells me, 1 fear that he may not be with n much longer, and we should all wish to sjiare liiiu, if possible, the shock of a sudden djsuppuintuvent." "I see," broke in ' UeiUichawp, with a knowing nod. "After whut yoa've told me, I wouldn't for the world marry poor little Mildred, lu Curt, to tell the truth, I never was very keen about it. And we'll manage to humbug the old boy as long as he lives." My mot her drew herself up and looked 'severe. "You surprise me, Air. licau--jcbnmp,1 she said. : "Surely you do not rsuppose that I mil advising a course of 'deception!" ' Here 1 Judged it opportune to put in my oar. "Noiwdy," ijuuiu I, irom the back-" 'ground, "could suppof anything so un warrantable. You will nut .be called upoi to use deception my dear Bcauohuiup, only a little diplomacy, a little tact" ' "Harry," anld my mother, am quite ashamed of being so troublesome, but would you miiiit going down stairs and seeing whether my knMiug it in the 11 broryf If it is nut there it may perhaps be on one of theclmir in -the drawing room. Or possibly it may tiuv become entangled in HaruliV skirts, as ,U some times does, and beeusVept down, into the kitchen. At any rule, i feel Sure that it must be somewhere, V . ; If there is one thir.' ft, which I am more remarkable thtin for my humility I suppose it is my oliedleiice. I waa absent for exactly Ave aud twenty minutes, and When I come buck to say t hat the knitting waa nowhere to be found. I was sot at all surprised to flud my mother tranquilly vocupied with it, nor was there any need to inform me that the two conspirators hud srrlveu at a perfect mutual under standing, i ... Vpnu tbe morality of tire compact thus emmtl Into 1 made no comment at the time, and forbear from making any now; but I will say fur my mother that she had the gnu to feel thorough!; rfhamed of herself, as was shown by tin' Shortness of her manner during the rest t. the day and by the vindictive determinate,.', with whlchj she insisted upon readinga li ;ig sermon to me and the servants that evening after prayer, although it was the middle of the week. CHAPTER XVII. If I were asked to mention the man of my acquaintance whom I consider the least fitted, by nature and by habit, to impose upon a child of average acuteness, I should unhesitatingly name Jim Leigh. Yet such is the power of love, and so prone are the best of ns to listen to casuistical arguments, that be embarked upon the career of duplicity suggested to him by his friends with a readiness, not to say a Best, of which he ought certainly to have' been incapable. That he and Lady Mil dred and Beauchamp were actuated by the best of good motives in behaving as they did I don't deuy; bin, aa a more or less impartial looker on,' I, felt my sympa thies veering round, while I watched them, to the side of the unsuspecting old man who was so completely taken in by their maneuvers. Lord Staines, I be lleve, looked upon his daughter's engage ment as being to all intents and purposes an accomplished fact He saw that she walked or rode every day with her sup posed lover; he did sot know that as soon as they were ont of sight of tbe bouBe they were joined by Jim, and that Beauchamp then promptly hurried away to smoke a cigar with me, thereby Interfering con siderably with my daily labors. He seemed to be satisfied that all would now go well; but in truth the apathy which had fallen upon him after his grandson's death was hardly to be stirred by any event, great or artutU. - i One event, for which he, and indeed all London, mnst have been fully prepared, took place at this time and created no lit ' tie. excitement in the neighborhood; for we do not study the "society" journals much in our parte, nor does the gossip of tbe clubs reach us, I say that tbe finan cial collapse of the Bracknell establish ment can have surprised no one who hod lived in or near the fashionable world during tbe foregoing year or so; yet, if her statement waa to be believed, it fell with all the cruelty of an .unexpected blow upon the person who, one would hare thought, should have been best aware of its imminence. Late one even ing, Hilda, bringing with her a stupen dous pile of baggage, arrived at Staines Court to cast herself, somewhat dramati cally, upon the protection of the head of the house. 1 happened to be dining there and witnessed ber entry upon the scene, which was of a nature to meit the hardest heartJ IS a voice broken by emotion she told her lamentable tale. She had so she aasured us uo longer a home; perhaps even she had no longer a busliand tot to: Bracknell's whereabouts she was unable to obtain any clew. On her return to Wilton place, after paying a round of visits, she hud found the minions of the luw.in possession, and her personal prop-, erty seized. "They have. taken every-" thing everything!" she cried, "Even my Bible and Prayer Book are in their hands!" : At this an unfeeling member of her small audience hod the bod manners to laugh; but she treated this interruption with the contempt that it deserved, and went on to' enlarge upon the- pitiable plight in which she found herself. She had nothing kit but the clothes she stood up in those and a few others which she had taken with her to the country. Not a .word of warning, not a single direc tion or suggestion hud been vouchsafed to her. a After being neglected for years, she was finally abandoned! "And now," she concluded, in a tragic tone, "what am I to dor "1 should think," ' answered Lord Stoiues, ratlter peevishly, "that you had better go and wash your hands and face, aud then have soniediuuer.' ! The advice was more practical than sympathetic, but such as ft was she acted upon it. She may have had some fear that- .her father-in-law would recommend her to go straight to the rectory (which was certainly what ( should have done in his place), and no doubt she preferred re maining "where she was. to Keeking that refuge. . . Staines Court is a lurge house, but one of its 'temporary Inmates deckled Without delay that il was not large enough to con tain him and Ijuly Bracknell at the same time. "I shall be off the first thing to morrow morning," Beauchamp informed me in confidence, Hirer he bad beat a pre cipitate retreat from the drawing room, taking me wlih Win. "Called away on urgent business, don't you Snow. That Woman hue brass enough for anything, hut I'll be bunged if 1 can tjust myself to peak to ber." ' . .i Beauchamp, who, ns I have already toeutiaued, hud latterly favored me with a good deal of his company, had, in the course of our conversations, taken occa sion to express hid opinion tjt Iuly Brack nell in the riibst unequivocal terms. There is no iconoclast wirntbless as an ex devotee; aud. indeed, it must lie very un pleasant to discover tliftt a woman whom you have been disposed to worship has not only made a fool of you, but done her best to rob and murder you into the bar gain, i ,' So Beauchainp took wing; and whether Lady Bracknell was annoyed cr relieved by his thVht I cuutiot venture to say. She was in some ropects so sharp and in others so oddly )UspHlble that, for aught 1 kqovr, she may still have flattered her self that she might e able to lure him back into her net. pn that as it may, It -was hardly to lie expected that her lady ship's humer sbould'be of the best at such jft time.' and from tbe assiduity of her at tentions to Ver father-in-law, as well as from the extreme amiability which the displayed toward Lady Mildred, I felt pretty sure that her heart woe full of cursing aud bitterness. Also, although upon the whole site was civil enough to me, she favored me with. look every sow and then, which I understood to mean, "Wait a little longer, my friend. I haven't for gotten your fussy interference w'ih my schemes, inul 1 mean to be eveu Kith you yet." Now, so far as I myself was concerned, I accepted these silent and smiling threats with a good deal of equanimity, for I really did not see how it was in her power to do mo any harm; but of courae It was open to her to inflict vicarious trouble niHin me, while at the same, time, serving Lady Mildred,' whom she hated, n 111 turn, and the stone which she ultimately nicked uo. wherewith to slay this brace of birds, was one which lay, so to speak, it , her feet It would have been very uume her to overlook it; nor was I at all sur prised when Jim sought me one day, and Informed me, with a very long face, that his mnchiuntlous had been denounced to Lord Staines. j "It was Ijuiy Bracknell's doing," lie said, j "It seems that she went to the old man and told him that she could not ber to see him hoodwinked, that she felt 'it her duty to open his eyee and all that and kbi opened his' eyes. But J, don't thinA (added Ujm' .deusively' .Jboking dowrfMflife gwimd'and theW glancing quickly up at me for a moment "I don't think that her sense of duty had much to say to the matter." "I will venture," I remarked, "to go along with you as far as that; I don't think her sense of duty had much to say to it But perhaps this is of no great con sequence. What has been the result of this timely Intervention of hers" "Oh," answered Jim, with a slight shrug of his shoulders, "the result has lieen that I have been turned out of the house. I couldn't expect anything else, conld If What annoys me is to think that I have deserved it Lord Staines really behaved uncommonly well. Ho sent for me at once and told me that I hod been accused by Lady Bracknell of systematically deceiving ' both him and Beauchamp. He aia he thought I ought to know what she asserted, though he himself didn't believe her, and was sure that neither Mildred nor I would take ad vantage of Beatichamp's absence in the way she described, i Well, of course, she hadn't got it quite' 'tight; still, when he put It in that way,' I had to tell him the truth. I never Ml 4 email In my life, and I couldn't get him to understand why Beauchamp should have assumed a false charncter. The end of it was that he sent for Mildred. It was very bard upon her, poor dear; but she came out of It splen didly. 1 must say that Mildred Is" "Oh, yes; I know an angel," I inter rupted, rather rudely. "1 don't doubt it; only, if I were in your place, I think I should prefer her being a woman. Filial affection is all very fine, but it seems to me that, having made np her mind to marry you, she ought to say so." "But, my dear fellow, that's exactly what she did," returned Jim. "There Was no persuading poor old Staines that Beauchamp wasn't in earnest, and he wanted her to promise that she would give me up. That she refused to do, so then he said he was very sorry, but that, under the circumstances, he must forbid me his house. I couldn't complain of that I said I was very sorry, too, which was true enough. I sboiddn't have minded so much if he hod flown' into a rage; but he was ouite auiet all the time, and I'm afraid he Was a gvotfdeal hurt, poor old chap! Mil? I dred says be Is getting fidgety about Brackuell. too. They haven't a word from him, and the lawyers wrote the other day to say that he had put his affairs into their ban is, and that he spoke of leaving Eng.' land. I voirl"r where he is and what he Is going to dot" , . ! Hardly were the words out of his mouth' when the door of my studft' where we, Were sitting, was flung ojien, end la walked Bracknell himself. He marched straight up to Jim, laid a hand on each of i his shoulders, and said: "Well, you deurt:i solemn eld Jim, so you're going to have j your own way at last, are youf About . time, too. I saw Beauchamp in town, yesterday, and he told me that it was all : right between you and . Mildred. I'm I heartily gbid of It": . K ; . , ; it was the voice of the Bracknell of our I school days tliat spoktand indeed when ! I looked at him it seemed to me that his i eyes, too, bad recovered something' of their old Iwyish. light, -'.'Give me a cigar, j Maynard, ".sold lie, seating himself astride) upon achair,'"aud we'll have jolly hour' together, we three; it's quite'on the cards I that we may never spend another hour to-' gether; for I'm oir to the; Soudan to fight those black beggars, who seem able to give a pretty good account of themselves. We haven't always been quite as good friends as we once were, but that has been my fault, and as I'm. going away now, perhaps' you'll forgive and forget, eh, iJitrif" - . ; Jim silently stretched out his big brown hand, which the other took; and. fhnj produced my best cigars and rang for brandy and soda. But Bracknell declined that refreshment. , , ? ) "No drink, thanks," said he, "with a laugh. "I've given up drink; and eurds and everything else that ought to be giv en BP, and I'm going to be a good bfjy for tire-future." ; ... ' : ' I -: Jle was in wonderfully high spirits.' He told ds how he hud discharged all his debts of honor (which may have had something to: do with Ills Inability to discharge ' the others); how, by working his interest in high quarters, lie had managed to get ap pointed to some queer corps whetlier Jt was the mounted infantry or the dis mounted cavalry or the camel marines.1 can't recollect: and how he was looking forward to a noble fight; "which, aiier all, when you come to think of it, is the very best use that a hulking brute like me can put himself to." But ubout his wife he said never a word; nor did either Jim or I cure to bring forward her name, the former merely mentioning that he ,hod been forbidien to show himself ut Staines Court, without specifying the origin of this decree of banishment, f ; . v , "Oh, that'll be all right," Bracknell said airily; "the governor will come round if yon give him time. Now that the pea lias gone through Beauchauip'a nuuf, there's nothing but you in the race thai I can aee? . n Mohimmed lniveda, Governor of the city of Morocco, .' persecuting ths Jewi of thAl fiftc in mon wDtrotu man ner, CO'MM-r CKEATUEES. SHETLAND PONIES ARE RAISED IN THIS COUNTRY TO SOME EXTENT. Captain Turnitr'f Bunch of Lilliputian Hnris ut Mtu-letta. Ho,, Ii Curio tty Iuterentlng Fact About the tittle Fellow DI Their Home. ' St. Imto comity toys claim to the only brd of Shetland ponies in this part of the Country. The owner of the herd Is Cap tain ThoniHH T. Turner, and the Lilliputian horses are a familiar sitflit to the many St, Louhutns who have Visited the Turner homeBtfiod at Marietta, near Normandy. The breeding of the Shetland pony in the United States has been brought about only within recent years, and, though , it pays well, the breeders are not numerous, and a collection of the animaU anywhere ontside a circus ia stilt a curiosity, Mares are yery scarce, and buyers from the United. States come in competition with the eager search of horsemen from Scotland, Germany, South America and even Australia. The entire annual pony product of the Shetland islands is estimated at about COO head, and this scarcely supplies the de mand. However, the business in the United States has assumed such propor tions as justify an association of breed ers, and Captain Turner is on the list of local vice presidents of the American Shet land Pony club. The ponies at Marietta live in clover figuratively. That is, they live on blue grass, and blue grass ia to the stomach of the snaggy Shetlander what lark's tongues were to Lucullus, On his native heath unless he happens to be on terms of an cestral equality with tbe Marquis of Lon donderry's herd-rthe Shetlander has a hard time of it. Like his hardy broncho cousin of the American prairies, he must "rustle" in winter, and under greater dis advantages. - The barren Shetland islands afford scant sustenance, and when snow covers the heather on the hillsides the native pony will not turn up his nose at seaweed. ' '' '" 1 The Marietta herd was started in 1875, when Captain Turner paid more attention to farming than he does now. In that year his first importationten mares and astallion-were obtaihtkl through a Cana dian, and later he purchased twenty-three mora on board ship at New York. The stallion that accompanied this second draft' of mares was from Lord Londonderry's Island herd and cost t&)0. Though 8 years of age and full grown, he measured but thirty-four inches. About two years ago Captain Turner, having less time than for-, merly to devote to the raising of blooded live stock,' put up at auction on the St. Louis market forty-two head of Shetland ponies. This sale attracted many people, who were on the lookout for bargains, and who expected to get' at auction for about twenty-five dollars each ponies that bad either commanded several times that sum or were,, not. or. sale at all.' U'hese bargain huun-r? were disap pointed, and the owner himself was much surprised at the result. Buyers had come from a distance, and the average price paid for each pony under the auctioneer's ham mer was eSiw.OU, une spotted mare named Queenette fetched S07, and the cheapest of tbe lot was a, blemished colt that sold for 50. . . . ' . There are now about thirty ponies roam ing the wooded lawn at Marietta. Tbe farm of some 70 acres is all pasture land, but the Bbetia lids' stamping ground is chiefly the seventy acres of shaded grass surrounding the house. No lawn mower or scythe is required to keep this lawn In order. The ponies attend to that. They eat close to the ground, much in the man ner of sheep, and their constant nibbling keeps tlie grans well trimmed. Concerning their care there is not much tto relate. Practically they take care of themselves. In summer their only:foo4 ts the blue grass. In winter they are allowed some hay, which they munch at the stocks on a bill that overlooks the Mississippi and Mis souri rivers, and is the highest point in St. Louis county. ' t ' ' 1 ! Under these , conditions 'the Shetland pony yields his owner a reasonable income without any especial outlay beyOnd the original investment. These ponies are not aillicted with the diseases that make sheep raising a nuisance, nordo ihey, like sheep, fall a prey to.-savge dogs. The mares rarely.; lail toj, foat, anil ihejfF offspring when yuurliogs and f venie merit an Tvorth from 75 to tlOO, while the spotted mares und horses command 'twice these prices. .'" : .i-U The ponies in Captain. Turner's herd., though of fine extraction, We not conven tional in appearance. ,Theifl, -manes and tails are imt of that prodigious growth which one sees, pictured in ! the qircus post ers, but when groomed ,auti in working condition for saddle and harness their as pee&'uuUcrgoeH a Cuaiigo. Hounded up for Iheitnspe.ctiqti of visitors, they are interest ing In variety of color and size. Conspicu ous in the "bunch is the lord of the herd an albino stallion, regiuded as something of a freak by reason of his unusual hue. He was bred by JJitu Swigert, of Spring Station, Ky., and only the brown tlpof one ear mam the prevailing pink tint, The coloring of the Shetland ponies varies greatly from a very light fawn to brown and black, aud the cream and piebald coat are by some persons attributed to a sup posed Arabian cross. ' When the Shetland pony was even more valuable and scarce titan he is today there was a con f uk) on of facts concerning bin Identity in the mind of the public, aud many fanciful thing found their way into print about his origin, habits, cost and disposition, lint the sturdy little fellow Is better known now, and several herds In Iowa already numbering from 60 to 150 head, will no doubt cheapen the pries of this precious pet. As yet his rearing is still looked upon hy some men of means as a proiltable pastime.- McjKee liankin, t))e actor, has a herd on an bland in New York state, and Stilson Jlutchins, the editor, is Stocking an, island- iu one of .the great lake.t. umis Kepubllc, ' , 4 No Novelty for Him. Triend Doctor, id youeverjlght adaelf ' Doctor A dueif No, indeed What bovk alty would a be for me to kill a manh-Teias $.fung& TO THE IONIC ; PRIESTESS. Ah. prlestMHof an unknown flhriue, By what sutl proui'ss. ; Host thou In Home Iihik bygone time , Lost thy iiroUwcis? . j - ' V WastlM'rebfinpaththattfrave.sweetbrow . A month (or kinjsiiiK? , ' ;,, A In el we cannot know, for now , ,:.. J: Thy lips are mituiing. , r - ( I And yet a subtle, nameless grace ' Around thee linicenjf - f , As there thou stand's, with tranquil face. ; - Sans nose, Dps, HuKera. The outline of thy matchless form, ; Thy (trace revealing, i Thy flowing draperies adorn ; . Without concealing. ' Ab, could he look upon thy fate : Whose hand once wrought thee! j I And see to wliat a sad eBtate The years have brought thee-' . ; S 1 For him would live again that hour ' I Of inspiration, ' I ' When burned his soul with newborn power . For thy creation; . r, : And he would see thee now-as then J , In thy perfection; ; i Time's accident could not again i ; , Mar recollection. i MJrit.sh Museum. 1 i.l. : .Th Cm of' Cream.' Very few housekeepers cfin realize the nutritive value of cream, and under stand its superiority to any ' other solid fats in permitting the gastric juice to mix with it in the most perfect manner, and in this way aiding and hastening digestion.' It is invaluable in the case of : invalids, for itserrea as nutriment in a very available form, .it is superior to batter because it contains more volatile oil than butter made from it It is fre quently ordered .by physicians for per sons consumptively inclined, . for thofie with feeble digestions, for. aged persons, and for those who suffer from impaired circulation, cold feet, and who feel chilly fomi want of nutriment..- um' ':' tv j No other; article of food jgivesi snoh . satisfactory results. It js, however, ex pensive in. large : cities, and difficult to get, fresh and sweet. pn a farm, how ever, it can be had in its sweetness, and it can be freely: used. ' Whipped, it can be. served in dozens of ways, with fresh or stewed fruits, as an accompaniment tp cake, puddings, and. the like, while Cream can be drunk nearly as freely as milk. For; use in whipping it should be thick and sweet, while for; drinking it dan be used after the milk has stood, at : the moBt, but a few hours over night. Jjenneps Miller's Magazine. , j , An Unexpected "Water (scene. " i The .installment . Heights; Amateur Dramatic society recently introduced af striking bit of realism into their.skiH- , ful rendition of "Engaged and Jilted.' '''' ! It will be remembered that when the1 ; heroine faints and falls gracefully upon : the stage the awkward comic servant is required to seize a large pitcher from a small table standing near R, 8 & and boldly invert it over the prostrate lady, exclaiming as she does so: "Oh, heav ens! There's not a drop avwather in the placer -r'-r '", ' This is a highly humorous effect in its . way, bnt its side splitting features were greatly in ten si tied the other evening when, through some oversight, the pitcher was half full of water when it was placed on the table. " : -j ' I The proper cne was iven. The comic servant grabbed the pitcher and fairly deluged the unexpectant heroine. , -She sputtered aud gasped for breath, and waved her arms wildly in tbe air, and utterly forgot to wait for the. hero's ar rival before recovering from her "faint," ; "Geewilliky! Kin she Bwim' called out a small boy in the gallery, and theu the applause was 'euiply. deafening. tondon Tit-Bits. r; . FH j ; ; , Great Britain's Slaves, The English peop'le have always had a ' great deul to feuy alxmt $heir aversion to 11 slavery, but no worse system ever ex- isted in the world than that which pre- , vails in some of the British colonies: where cboly labor ia employed;- The ;' CooM aw indentured in India or China i that is, they are praoticjally sold to.the, , . agent, yho sells them again to planters, i': For a term- of years, usually ten. they j become the slaves.'of the planters; for petty offenses they are fined' until '"they 3 become hopelessly indebted to their l owners: they are noti allowed to leave the plantation ' without. a passbr if thoy ) do they are liable to arrest its runaways.. . During the last fevy years parliamentary, investigations have greatly reduced the' hardships of the unfortunate Hindoos, most of whom were drawn away from : their native fund by inisrepresentatidnS, t bdt much stilt remains to be done, espe- 4 daily-in;Hie mines of fionth Africa, be- u fore the stigma of slavery can be erased from the British ( empire. St.1 Louis !' Globe-Democrat..1 . : y . . . " Curloetitles About Language,.. r :j Almost a third of the total population of the globea round 4jtJ,UU0,UOO human beings speak nothing but the Chinese : and allied languages. One hundred mil- lion mure speuli Hindoo only, and US, 000,000 speak EngUsh.'l The, Russian J language is fourth on the list, being the mother tongue of 80,000,000 people. The' German is a good fifth 'and is Used by 07,000,000 tonguesv France coming sixth; on the lint iu i which it was once first, Spanish is used hy 48,000,000 people in' Europe anu te three, Amencas.Hit. bouts Itepubtyc. , ; , V V ' !"Tbe, father1 of Zwingli. th great Swiss reformer, was a poor peasant, and tne earliest occupation" :of- the future theologian was the gathering of iUks . in the forest for the family fuel, '