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So She Refused Him.
Lost night, within the little curtained room,
Where the pay music sounded faintly clear,
And silver lights came stealing through the
gloom,
You told tbe tale that women love to hear
Tou told it well, with firm hands clasping
mine.
And deep eyes glowing with a tender light.
Here acting? But your acting W&B half di
vine
Last night, last night.
Ah. you had much to offer wealth enough
To gild the future, and a path of ease
For one whose way is somewhat dark and
rough
New friendslife calm as summer seas.
And something (was it love?) to keep us true
Aud make us precious in each other's sight.
Ah, then, indeed, my heart's resolve I knew
Last night, last night.
Let tbe world go, with all its dross and pelf I
Only for one, like Portia, could I say,
"I would be trebled twenty times myself
Only for one, and he is far away:
His voice came back to me, distinct and dear.
And thrilled me with the pain of lost de
light
Tbe rtceent faded, but the past was clear,
Lost night, fast night.
If others answered as I answered then,
We would hear less, perchance, of blighted
lives
There would be truer women, nobler men.
And fewer dreary homes and faithless wives,
Because I could not give you all my best,
I gave you nothing. Judge mewas I right?
You may thank heaven that I stood the test
Last night, last night.
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NICHOLAS AND CHARLOTTE.
A Love Romance of History.
The betrothal and marriage of the
Princess Charlotte, of Russia, with
Nicholas, who was then & Grand Duke,
but afterward became Emperor of Rus
sia, forms one of the sweetest and most
romantic episodes in the world of Eu
ropean courts, which is usually so de
void of love and romance, and would,
on that account alone, deserve being re
membered, quite regardless of the his
torical interest which will henceforth
adhere to all the members of the family
of the conqueror of France.
Princess Charlotte was born in the
year 1798, and was the eldest daughter
of King Frederick William the Third of
Prussia and his beautiful and accom
plished wife. Queen Louisa. Her early
childhood elapsed ami scenes of terror
and humiliation for the royal family of
Prussia, and nobody would at that
time have ventured to predict for her
the brilliant career which Providence
kept in store for this child, born and
brought up under such fatal auspices.
We might, indeed, make an exception
in favor of her mother, who, with that
prophetic intuition which seems to have
been the distinguishing feature of that
high-minded woman, wrote one day to
her father, the Duke of Mecklenburg,
the following lines about his daughter:
"Charlotte is given to silence and re
serve, but under the apparent coolness
she conceals a warm and loving heart.
Her indifference and pride are but the
dullest outside of a diamond of the pur
est water, which some day will shine
forth in its brilliant luster. Her bear
ing and models are noble and dignified.
She has but a few friends, but these
few are warmly attached to her. I
know her value, and predict for her a
brilliant future, if she lives long
enough."
The young Princess was indeed a very
frail and delicate creatureone of those
tender flowers which seem to wait for
the kind hand of the gardener to trans
plant them into warmer clime. She was
charming and handsome, but her beau
ty was rather that of a pale lily than
that of a blooming rose.
Charlotte was just 16, when, in the
year 1814, the Grand Duke Nicholas,
on his way to the camp of the allied
armies in France, passed through Ber
lin and was warmly welcomed as an
honored guest at the royal palace.
The description those who saw and
knew the Grand Duke at that time have
given of the incomparable graces of his
person and mind, make it easy for us
to imagine that the heart of a young
girl, just budding into womanhood, was
captivated and charmed by him at first
sight.
Well he might have said, like Csesar,
I ca e, I saw, 1 conquered."
The Princess fell in love with him,
and fortunately for her, the young
Grand Duke returned her love fully as
passionately.
The Grand Duke Nicholas had the
reputation of being one of the hand
somest, if not the very handsomest
man of the times and his majestie and
slately form, which measured no less
than six feet and two inches, was con
sidered unparalled in beauty not only
in Russia, out in all Europe.
He was vigorous, strong, full of life
and health, with broad shoulders and
chest, while his small hands and feet
were of the most aristocratic elegance.
His whoie figure realized the perfect
model of manly and commanding beau
ty, which the genius of a sculptor of an
tiquity has immortalized under the
features of Apollo Belvidere.
His features were of the Grecian cast
forehead and nose formed a straight
lineand the large, blue, sincere eyes
showed a singular combination of com
posure, sternness, self-reliance and
pride, among whioh it would have been
difficult for the observer to name the
predominant expression.
Those who have looked closely and
attentively into these remarkable eyes
would have easily believed that their
threatening glance would suffice to
suppress a rebellion, to terrify and dis
arm a murderer, or to frighten away a
supplicant. But there would have been
but few to believe that the sternness of
those eyes could be entirely softened so
as to beam forth nothing but love and
kindness.
Among those few, however, was the
young Prussian Princess, who had
drunk deep in their intoxicating fervor.
It is true that she was the only person
in the world in whose presence the
Olympian gravity of his features gave
way to a radiant cheerfulness, which
made his manly beauty perfectly irre
sistible.
In such moments his magnificent
brow, always the seat of meditation and
thought, exhibited the serene beauty
and Attic grace of a young Athenian
the serious Pericles seemed, by, the in
visible wand of a magician, to have
been transplanted into the youthful
Alcibiades.
At this time, however, the matchless
personal charms of the Grand Dnke
were enhanced by political prospects of
the most exalted character. He was
not eventually considered an heir to the
imperial crown of Russia. It is true,
Alexander the First, his brother, had
no children, but in case of his death,
whioh could not be expected soon, the
Grand Duke Constantino was to inherit
the throne of Peter the Great, and leave
to Nicholas at best but the position of,a
Prince of the first blood. Nevertheless,
Frederick William, channed alike by
the beauty and intellect of his guest,
and by the hope of uniting the sover
eign houses of Prussia and Russia by
the close ties of family union,, greeted
NK W ULM, MIAN., WElUJisTSDAY, F.EBKUAKY 28,1885.
the prospect of a marriage betweenthe
GrandDnke and his daughter with en-
Sngerever
1 "Ti,
thusiasm, especially when he discover
ed that theyoung folks themselves were
fond of each other.
The King then delicately insinuated
to his daughter that, if she hail taken a
liking to the Grand Duke, and had rea
son to believe that the Prince entertain
ed similar feelings toward her, their
marriage wonld meet with no objection
on his part.
But the yonng Princess, although se
cretly delighted in a hope which fully
responded to the secret wishes of her
heart, was either too proud or too bash
ful to confess to her father her love for
the Grand Duke, who had not yet made
anydeclaration to her.
In this manner the day approached
on which the Grand Duke was to leave
Berlin. On the eve of his departure a
grand gala supper was given in his
honor, at the royal palace, and, by the
way of accident or policy, the oung
Princess Charlotte was seated by the
side of her^distinguished admirer.
The Grand Duke was uncommonly
taciturn during the evening. His fore
head was clouded, and his gloomy eyes
seemed to follow in space vague phan
toms flitting before his imagination.
Repeatedly he neglected to reply to
questions addressed to him and when
he was asked to respond to a toast
which one of tbe royal Princes hadpro
posed to his honor,*he seemed to awake
from a profound dream which had en
tirely withdrawn him from his sur
roundings.
Suddenly, as if by a mighty effort of
his will, he turned to his fair neighbor
and whispered, so as only to be under
stood by her:
"So I shall leave Berlin to-mor-
row!"
He paused abruptly and looked at the
Princess, as if he were waiting for an
answer which expressed sorrow and
grief on her part. But the Princess was
fully as proud as the Grand Duke, and,
overcoming the violent throbbing of
her heart, she said politely to him:
"We are all very sorry to ace Your
Imperial Highness leave us so soon.
Would it not have been possible foryou
to defer your departure r'
"You will all be very sorry?" mut
tered the Grand Duke, not entirely sat
isfied by the vagueness of sorrow which
these words of the Princess implied.
"But you in particular, madam," he
added, after some hesitation "for it
will depend on you alone whether I
shall stafy here or depart/'
"Ah!,
replied Charlotte with her
sweetest smile "and what have I to
do to keep Your Imperial Highness
here?"
"You must permit me to. address my
admiration and homage to you."
"Is that all?"
"And you must encourage me to
please you."
"That is much more difficult," said
the Princess, with a deep blush, but at
the same time her eyes beamed forth so
much affection and delight that the
Prince could see at a glance that his
fondest hopes had been realized before
hand.
"During my short stay atBerlin," the
Grand Duke continued, in the same
tone of voice, "I have taken pains to
study your character and yonr affec
tions and this study has satisfied me
that you would render me happy while
on the other hand, I have qualities
which would secure your own happi-
ness."
The Princess was overcome by emo
tion, and in her confusion did not
know what to answer. At last she
said:
"But here, in the presence of the
whole court, at the public table, you
put such a question to me!"
"Oh!" replied the Prince, "you need*
not make any verbal reply. It will be
sufficient for you to give me some
pledge of your affection. I see there on
your hand a small ring, whose posses
sion would make me very happy. Give
it to me?"
"What do you think of? Here, in
the presence of a hundred specta-
tors?"
"Ah, it can be oasily dono without
being seen by anybody. Now we are
chatting so quietly with each other
there is not one among the guests who
suspects in the least what we are speak
ing about press the ring into a morsel
of Dread and leave it on the table. I
will take the talisman and nobody will
notice it."
"The ring is really a talisman."
"I expected so. May I hope to hear
its history?"
"Why not? My first governess was
a Swiss lady by the name of Wilder
matt Once she went toSwitzerland to
enter upon an inheritance which had
been bequeathed to her by a distant
relative. When she came back to Ber
lin a few weeks afterward, she showed
me quite a collection of pretty and
costly jewelry, which formed a part of
the inheritance. 'This is a curious
ring,' said I to her as I put this little
old-fashioned ring on my finger. 'Does
it not look queer and cunning? Per
haps it is an old relic or talisman, and
may have been worn centuries ago by
a pious lady who had received it from
her knight,starting for the Holy Land.*
I tried to take the ring from my finger
again, but 1 could not get it off for I
was a little fleshier then than now,"
said Charlotte, smilingly. "My gov
erness insisted on my keeping the
ring as a souvenir. I accepted the
resent, and the ring has been on my
since. Some time after
ward, when T. was contemplating its
strange workmanship, I succeeded in
pulling it from my finger, and was
much surprised at seeing engraved on
the inside some words, which, though
nearly rubbed out by the wear of time,
were still legible. Now,Your Imperial
Highness, what do you think were the
words engraved upon it? I think when
you hear them you will take some in
terest in the ring."
"Ah! and pray what were they?"
"The words engraved upon the inside
were, 'Empress of Russia.' This ring
had undoubtedly been presented by an
Empress of Russia to the relatives of
Mrs. Wildermatt, for I was told that
both this lady and her mother had for
merly belonged to the household of the
Czarina, your most august grandmoth-
er."
"This is really remarkable,", said the
Grand Duke, thoughtfully. "I am
quite superstitions, and I am really in
clined to regard this ring, if I should
be happy enough to receive it from you
as a pledge of your love, as an omen of
very auspicious significance."
In answer to this second and even
more direct appeal to her heart, the
Princess took a small piece of bread,
played carelessly with it, and managed
to passthe ring into the soft crumbs
Then she dropped it playfully on the
table quite close to tne plate of her
neighbor. And, after this adroit exhi
bition of her skill as an actress,she con
tinued to eat as unconcernedly as if she
had performed the most trivia! action
of her life.
With the same apparent coolness and
indifference the Grand Duke picked up
the bread inclosing the ring, took the
latter out of its ingenious envelope and
concealed it in his breast, for it was too
small to fit any of his fingers. It was
thisringboth the pledgeof Charlotte's
love and the auspicious omen of his
own elevation to the imperial dignity
which Nicholas ore on a golden
chain around his neok to the very last
day of his life, and which, if we are not
mistaken, has even descended with him
into the vault of his ancestors.
Three years afterward, in 1817, Prin
cess Charlotte, then only 19 years of
age, and in the full splendor of beauty
and happiness, made her entry, into St
Petersburg by the side of her husband,
whose 6} had never looked prouder
and whose Olympian brow had never
been more serene than at this happiest
moment of his life. As he looked down
upon the vast multitude who had flock
ed together from all parts of the vast
empire to greet the^young Princess
.withshouts AmJ. rejoicings,, and then
again upon his fmi* jonnj bride, per
haps the inscription upon "die ring re
curred to his mind for, bending his
head close to the ear of Charlotte, he
whispered: "Now Empress of the heart,
and some day, perhaps, Empiuas of the
realm."
At this momeul the procession reach
ed the mam entrance of the Winter
Palace, where Alexander I..the Emper
or, came to meet his beautiful sister-in
law and conducted her iutc the sump
tuous drawra^-rooiusof the magnificent
palace of the C/ars.
Who would believe that eight short
years afterward thebtilhantjoung Em-
SNicholasdand
eror ha breathed his last, and that
Charlotte would succeed
to the throne of Russia? Truly the in
scription of the engagement ring had
proved prophetic.
Splendors of Stamboul's Temples.
A French traveler nas just returned
from Stamboul with a wonderful story
of the sights he saw. He is eloquent
about two thrones, of enamelled gold,
with incrustations of pearls, rubies and
emeralds. In another room he saw
two caskets, even more magnificent,
studded with rubies and diamonds, in
which the hairs from the Prophet's
beard are jealously preserved. '1 here
are also several curious instruments
made of gold and thickly studded with
gems on the back, which were used as
portable "scratching posts." Another
room was hung with armor and seep
ters caskets and escritoiros lay on the
table. The old escritoires are all shaped
like a pistol the inkstand is placed at
the spot occupied by the trigger, and
the reeds and a penknife are in the
barrel. There are also inkstands in
the shape of trays, each containing
five saucers, for ink, dyeing powder
and other odds and ends used by the
writers. In another room are the cos
tumes of all the Sultans down to Mah
moud II. Each of the costumes has a
silk scarf attached, together with a
magnificently chased dagger and a
diamond aigrette. Then, heaped pell
mell, are the keys of the fortresses of
the empire, and finally comes the sa
cred treasure, consisting of the relics
of Islam the mantle and standard of
the Prophet, his sword and bow the
swords of the first Caliphs, and the
oldest manuscripts of the Koran.New
York Sun.
Make a Beginning.
We sometimes dream of certain
things we would like to do we even
Stuto
far as to plan some things out.
we never begin the execution of
them. Once begun, we should be
reasonably sure oFearrying them on to
completion. The real hindrance is the
fact that we never begin. Of course,
for anything of importance there is
need that there be wise planning. But
planning ma be so elaborate as to ab
sorb all the energies, and the execu
tion never be undertaken. The men
who achieve aie those who go ahead,
?'he
lan or no plan, and do something.
great works of the world have
been accomplished because those con
cerned have started them, made a be
ginning and carried them through.
This is equally true in proportion on a
smaller scale in the private sphere.
Many of us can accomplish much more
than we do by simply going ahead and
doing the things that present them
selves to be done. This applies, of
course, more especially to work aside
from but collateral to our ordinary
avocation.
He Explained.
"Samuel," she said, as she suddenly
i looked up from her knitting, "what is
this *ere railroad war I sec referred to,
in the papers?"
"They'\e bin cuttin' down rates,
Hanner," he replied.
"What for?"
"Why, it's just this: S'posen there
were four of us farmers a-haulin' gravel
from Liverpool to Bungtown for so
much a load, and half of us lyin*
idle half the time for want of loadin.'
I cut the price down five cents a load,
an' the gravel begins to fly. Naybur
Smith he cuts five below me, and John
son goes below him, and Tompkins gits
right down to haulin' fur nothin1
"4
an
fnrnishin' his own axle-grease. It
comes my turn fur a drop, an' what do
I do but offer to haul gravel from
Liverpool fur nothin', an* load with
stone from Bungtown at the same
time."
"But you wouldn't make anything."
"Exactly, Hannerexactly. All I
could hope fur would be the benefits of
leg exercise. All the railroads make
out o* this is to keep their side tracks
clear fur sheep pasture." Wall Street
News.
In certain portions of West Africa
the natives eat all enemies taken in
war.
The Japanese are great bathers, us
ing such hot water that fatal syncope
is an occasional consequence. With
them bathing is a sensuous luxury.
Their neighbors, the Chinese,get inside
as much clothing as possible, and are
never seen in thestreams in which their
country abounds bathing or swimming.
To go barefoot except from dire neces
sity, is with them indecent The Ma
lays and the natives of Aden are many
of them scarcely less than human
docks. A bit of silver cannot reach
the bottom of the sea before they have
it The Hindoos and Brahmins bathe
especially in the Gangesas a relig
ious exercise, smearing the body with
oil first, if they can afford it.
i i
Half-civilized Montana reads a lesson
to esthetic Bostonaround which the
whole world of literature, art and re*
finement is supposed to revolveby in
troducing a law prohibiting prizc-hght
ing. Probably Boston lias sucn a law,
but she doesn't enforce it. "Fighting
with' liar I gloved" i-. as thin a pretext
in evnd.ng the statutes as the gloves
themselves. Otnaha Republican.
ik3&
Eim,
V*"f
Gaul and Teuton, RetrosreasiTe or
Progressive Savage*.
Where Tacitus and other Roman
writers spokejb* glowing terms of the
Teutonic raceit, their remarks on the
Gauls, the fancient inhabitants of
France, were not only far from compli
mentary, but happened to touch on
points on which Frenchmen are partic
ularly sensitive. Tertullian, who was
a great admirer of the Jews, is very
wroth with Tacitus because he used
very anti-Semitic language He act
ually called Tacitus a "Brawler and
the greatest teller of lies." The French
do not differ much from that opinion,
not so much because Tacitus spoke ill
of the Jews and likewise of the Celts
of Gaul, as because he spoke so well of
the paysans du Danube. The ancient
classical writers dwell rather strongly
on the unfavorable side of the Celtic
character. It is well known how low
an opinionAristotle formed of Celtic
morality Jffctrabo says that the Celts
are simple, but proud and sensitive,
fond of dress and ornaments. It is
even hinted that they dyed their hair,
and allowed their mustache to grow,
so that it interfered with the comfort
of eating and drinking. Strabo goes
on to say that they are not malicious,
but reckless,changeable,fond of innova
tion, and never to be depended on.
They are quick in their resolutions, but
often inconsiderate, fond of war, brave,
but intolerably conceited if victorious,
and quite demoralized if defeated.
Polybius confirms that their first on
slaught is terrible, but both Ccesar and
Livy agree as to their want of steadiness
and perseverance. Other Latin au
thors add that they are unmanageable
and inclined to revolutions, and that,
owing to continual faction, many are
obliged to leave the country and to try
their fortunes as adventurers elsewhere.
At the death of a nobleman his widow
was, as a matter of course, subjected to
a trial as to whether she had been the
cause of her husband's death. Strabo
affirms that it was their custom to cot
off the heads of their enemies after a
battle and to hang them on tbe heads
of their horses or nail them over their
doors. While German scholars com
posed this mosaic out of all the stones
that classical writers had ever thrown
at the inhabitants of Gaul, French
writers retaliated by either throwing
discicdit on Tacitus, the supposed en
comiast of the Germans, or by shdwing
that the account which Tacitus gives
of the ancestors of the Teutonic race
proves better than anything else that,
at his time, the Germans bad not yet
emerged from a state of the grossest
barbarism, and were incapable, there
fore, as jet of vices whioh they main
tain are the outcome of a more ad
vanced state of civilization.Max Mul
let, in Uie Nineteenth Century.
"The Offerings of the Dead.**
Among the many relapses to heathen
custom of the wandering Israelites, as
recorded in the ono hundred and sixth
Psalm, it is stated that "They joined
themselves unto Baal-peor. and ate the
offerings of the dead." Probably few
among us fully realize how tremendous
a proportion of the world's worship, in
all ages, and in all countries, has ever
been, and even continues to be, lavished
on deceased ancestors. Next to the
simplest forms of nature worship must
assuredly rank that only of the great
departedthe heroes are exalted to the
rank of demi-godsbut the human an
cestors of every degree. Time wonld
fail us, were we to allow ourselves a
retrospective glance over bygone ages,
to note the place held by this reverenoa
among all the mightiest races of the
earth. We find it in the rude worship
of African tribes, when tbe careless
slaughter of a snake or a crow is suffi
cient to exasperate races who believe
that under these forms their ancestors
are guarding them from harm. And in
many Pacific isles that reverence takes
almost identical forms, and tbe fear of
angering the dead, and the necessity of
propitiating them, is a perpetual care
overshadowing the living.
To turn to the more elaborated sys
tems of civilized man, we cannot but
note bow largely homage to the dead
enters into the devotions of the lining.
Look, for instance, at India, and the
Brahminical teaching on this subject
accepted by two hundred millions of
our fellow-subjects. They are taught
that no matter how good a man nas
been, if his funeral rites are not proper
ly conducted, and bis cremation is neg
lected, he becomes a malignant demon
(unless indeed his remains should find
their way to the holy River Ganges).
The man who dies a violent deathby
the hand of the executioner, by suicide,
or by accidentand whose corpse is
net rescued and duly honored, becomes
a Bhuta, t. e., an evil demon. Should
it be impossible to recover the body,
his son ought to make an image of
sacred kusa grass to represent him,
and cremate that in his stead.
Among the unhappy demon-spirits
are numbered all those who have died
without leaving sons to make offerings
on their behalf therefore tbe ancient
Vedas provided for special services of
extraordinary length, and most intri
cate ritual, to be conducted by Id olass
es of priests. These continued for
weeks, and sometimes even for years,
their object being to obtain from the
favor of the gods an unbroken line of
descendants for three generations, in
order to secure tho proper performance
of funeral rites. As every man wat
bound to secure the happiness of three
past generations, so he himself was de
endent on the three that came after
and thus were seven generations
ever linked together.
In those ancient days, 500 B. era
cattle had become objects of worship,
a cow was sacrificed at funerals that
the dead might feast on the aroma, as
doubtless the survivors did on the sub
stantial reality portions were also
placed in the bands and on othejr parts
of the corpse, which was then burned,
and the spirit was wafted upward on
the smoke. Then for many days the
family daily offered balls of rice at the
place of cremation, that the germ of a
new body might feed thereon and
develop till this was accomplished,
the dead was a restless, disembodied
ghost, incapable of suffering hell or
enjoying heaven. After this the
ashes were collected in an urn and
buried, and thenceforth periodical of
ferings of water and rice balls were
offered, with prayers to all the dead re
lations of the three last generations,
who then, as now, were wholly de
pendent on the living for the supply of
all things needful to them, as weft as
for their deliverance from
0. F. Gordon Cummings, m* Hie J?)
Quarterly Review. %J&
When a man is in love he fancies
every wrinkle a dimnla.fitUburg
Chronicle.
-tAi^wiwmmifewMSS:
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WHOLE NUMBER 37&
The London Explosion Plot of 1*)0&
The Infamous "gunpowder Plot/
{ound
trove themselves capable, and am
available by the caterers, are
drawn into a system of over-methodi
cal production at stated intervals. The
stint id furnished regularly each year
or half-year the novel is thrown
cleverly adapted to the popular tasta.
Ideal effort is deadened the natural
bent of a poetic mind is subordinated
to labor that is best paid. The hope*
Suce
atience, aspiration that should pro
a masterpiece are cast aside. Jut
there be a general advance it is monos
onons, and at the expense of iajfrrhl
nal genius. My deduction is that maV
ter supplied regularly for a persistant
market, though of a high order of joar
ney-work, is apt improperly toigvatet
by that name.
In a Clam Abattoir.
"You've no idea how 'fectionatesusa
these yonng clams, Iz," ineditaftve
ly remarked an uncommonly seeds*
appearing tramp, as he gazed wisjfufff
into the glass box at the clam counter
of a West-side restaurant yesterday
afternoon. "Takes a hard-hearted
man to run a clammery. I was onot a
prosprus dam-butcher myself, but I
was too chicken-hearted for the busi
ness, and I came to want W w*am
won ov them little necks wnd be sief
I've seen *em gather 'round hiss, and
snug up and le ep htm warm, almost
human-like oh, sum folks don't think
clams hez feelins, but they hez. W i
w'en Pve bin goin to open a dozen An
a half shell. Pre had 'em look up so
pitiful as wud make Cogswell's moony
ment cry, an' I couldn stand h\ as*
I've put 'em back an' told the fetter 0
lie ez how they weren't new, fike.
Better spare the lives or a oouple or
dozen, an give 'em to me to take eere
ov."
A hook which had been sjowty de
scending from the ceiling was fastcaesl
into the collar of the man's coat, he
was drawn up, run along the overhead
tramway, and dcpositeLelon with the
other garbage, in the area. He had
narrated bis last actios.Roctnesitcr
Democrat.
In years they have reigned Queen
Tiotoria stands ninth among the IOT
ereign* of the world
BRJST.
J*.
1
with which the name of Guy Fawfes is
associated, will be at once suggested to
every mind by the recent explosion in
the city of London. The sahent fea
tures of that event are asfollows: Upon
the accession of James L, contrary to
tbe expectation of the Romanisls the
several penal laws of Elizabeth arahat
those of that faith were again ppt into
execution. The result was a plot
hatched by Robert Catesby, and abet
ted by a number oi other plotters and
conspirators, to blow up with gun
powder the King, Lords and Commons
assembled in Parliament. GnyFawkes,
a soldier of fortune, though of gea lb
birth, was admitted to the plot, nod,
with the others, took an oath of sooner
and participated in the sacrament ad
ministered by a Jesuit priest At first
a house adjoining' the Partfasnent
House was taken, and an umlervrosnU
passage partly completed. Bat this
was subsequently refaquiehed for
cellar directly under the House of
Lords, which was engaged by Fawkas,
who, being little kndwn, passed for a
servant.
All was prepared by Hay, 1605. Tho
cellar was filled with barrels of powder,
carefully concealed, and disposed ty|
such a fashion as to excite aososplCiQav
It was necessary to await the **f
of Parliament, which was to take P^tcn
November &. Meanwhile a number of
wealthy and influential persons had
been admitted to the scheme, and hat
taken the oath. It was their not un
natural desire to warn and save their
friends in the two houses, who war*
members of the same faith. The amy
before the opening. Lord MonteaMe, a
prominent Roman Catholic Brer, re
ceived an anonymous ami mi
caution against attending the 1
Tbe matter was laid before the
and a search held at midnight of
vember a by a magistrate revt__
Fawkes just stepping ont of the door
He did not conceal his purpose, tat,
though put to torture, refused tn dis
close the names of his confederates. A
meeting of the conspirators was con
vened, and in the hue and cry that fol
lowed all were either killed or taken,
These captured, eight in number, fn
eluding Fawkes, were, after trial,
drawn, hanged and quartered in Janu
ary, 1608.
Fawkes is described by Jesuit evi
dence as a man "of great piety, of ex
emplary temperance, of mild and cheer
ful demeanor, an enemy of broils and
disputes and a faithful
friend."htnlTftNotTfo vember 5, set apart as a day
giving, has been marked by ceremohias
recalling in one 'way or another Che
happy escape, which is also commemo
rated In the familiar jingle:
Oh please to vvmtmlBr
Tbe Firth of November.
The day of tho Gunpowder Plot
Literary Jpurney-Work,
From an article on Oliver WeadeJl
Holmes, by Edmund C. Stedman, fa
the February Century, we quote the
following: "I have laid stress upon
the need of a market to promote Uts*
rary activity, but it is worth while t
note how far. At certain times and in
special cases, too ready a sale tends to
lower the grade of ideal Work. This
may even now be observed. On dm
one hand, new writers are certainly
brought out by the competition betweam
our thriving publishers of books and
periodicals on the other, those who
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