ore THE NEW PREACHER. I've heard the new preacher, may be very nice, But 1 can't say 1 really like him, : Though I've never eard him but twice. He's nice and polite and real stylish, And looks very well, I must say ; . But what he says don't seem like preachin’, Perhaps it's the new-iashioned way. #e took his text out of the Bible And read it off gh as ould be. Then went to expla Wa As different as di could be. a His words were so 10 nd high-soundin I couldn't catch all that he said, But some things he told to his people Won't ever go out of my head! He said he considered the Bible A very good book in its way, : But still, for the times that we lived in, "Twas quite out of date, he must say. And some other books that are written Were very much better to read, And suited the taste of the wise folks Who wan't be bound by prayer-book or creed. a. He said that the Jesus we rev rence, The Savior who died for us all, Was really a wise and good teacer, But then. 30 were Peter and Paul. He taught those poor, ignorant people A great deal of good, he'd ne doubt. But folks now had got quite beyond him; Y os, Betsey, he,said that right out! Yos, Betsey, Perhaps he He talked about culture and beauty, And science and nature and art; But though his words sounded so pretty, They somehow scemed lackin’ in heart. 1 wanted to hear of the Savior W hose life here on earth was 80 blest, And who to souls heavy laden Has promised a shelter and rest. 1 want to be taught by a preacher The way both to live and to die, That I may be fit for that heaven I'm hopin’ to reach by and by. If this is the new-tangled doctrine This talk 1 ve been hearin’ to-day, Why then you may have your preachin’, : : 1°11 stick to the old-fashioned way! fine — ——— A Pill for the Detectives. When Fergus Bellamy left Wolver- hampton with a portmantean which was so heavy that it took the united strength of three porters to lift it into the lug- gage van, the local Superintendent of Police felt it to be his duty to communi- cate by telegraph to his superiors at Scot- and Yard, For Fergus had only been at Wolverhampton a few days, and no one knew from whence he came 01 what his business was. Even in the billiard- room of a second-rate hotel, where he spent his evenings, he proved Himself to be an unsociablefellow. Not only did he answer in monosyllables such com- monplace remarks as were addressed to him. but he so far omitted the ordinary courtesies of the place that he never of - fered to treat the marker to a drink or a cigar. Possibly it was on this account that that official prophetically observed as Bellamy drove off to the railway station. ** He'll never be no good to no one, I'll bet a bob.” On reaching St. Pancras, evinced great anxiety that due care should be taken of his portmanteau, and no wonder, for it was apparently brand new. and bore his initials in large green letters. If the value of iis contents ¢ uld be judged by its weight rather than by the giatuity with which the porters were rewarded, it was precious indeed. After seeing it deposited on the roof of a four-wheeled cab, and aiscov- ering from a time-table that the train from Birmingham was due in ten min- utes the traveler devoted himself to oh- taining all the news of the day in a strictly economical manner by reading the eontents bills of the papers. that were exposed on the book-stall. Within a few minutes of the adver- tised hour, the Birmingham train ar- rived, and as Bellamy stepped forward to greet the acquaintance for whom be bad evidently been waiting, he was un- aware of the immediate proximity of Inspector Grabham, of the Detective Department, and of the interest that experienced officer was taking in his movements, Nor did he notice that the Inspector was taking care not to miss a word of the following conversation : “ What message from Master 7’ asked Bellamy, in a Somewhat excited tone. “ Nothing more but that he'll be up the day after to-morrow. It must be done before then. You have the ma- terials, and the papers are here,” replied the other, glancing downwards at a small carpet-bag that evidently com- prised all his Tuggage. *‘ We must join N. G. at once.” With a recigrocal wink, the two got into the cab, which had been waiting, and the driver was ordered to go to the Sprig of Shillelagh. Inspector Grab- ham followed in a hansom at a reason- able distance. The hotel selected by the friends was but a very humble hostelry at Islington. Its proprietor, an Irishman named O'Flaherty, carried on a fairly presper- ous trade during the Cattle Show and Derby weeks, but at the arrival of three new visitors in one day in the off-season he was considerably surprised. His astonishment abated a little when he ound that they were all of one party, Fergus comed the others. More than this, matiifested deep interest lich, after consultation amongst the three, was ordered to be taken to Mr, Gavan’s private sitting-room, a fact im- Se ! tive, who by this time was consuming, | with remarkable deliberation, a bottle of ginger beer at the hotel bar. Had Fergus Bellamy, David Isom and Nathaniel Gaven known that the hilarious gentlemen who dined at an adjacent table were Inspector Grabham and two other detectives, whose duty it was to watch their every action and remember every word they spoke, it is probable that they would have eaten in privacy upstairs rather than in the pub- lic coffee-room. Certainly they would not Haye ‘aceepted, the hospitality of their neighbors; but drink isresponsible for many an acquaintanceship, and when the beefsteak and Welsh, rarebit which constituted their modest meal wos de- molished,” and Isom ordered ‘‘three whiskies hot,” it was but natural that they should feel grateful for Inspector Grablsm’s offer. (made ina North-coun- try accent) to partake of a bottle of (’Flaherty’s oldést port. This was not a beverage to be despised, for it had been in the cellar nearly six months, ever since the bankruptey of a grocer in the next street, when the Jandlord of the Sprig of Shillalagh had purchased the wholé remaining stock of seventeen bot- tles for thirty shillings. After .the first glass round had been held up to the light, submitted to the nasal test and disposed of, the zealous police officer opened ‘out his heart to his guests, “I have just come up from Bradford, traveling in the dry goodsline. Maybe, your name, Maybe you know the town, our city houses, Can I be of any ser- vice to you, of perhaps you are al the same game, eh ?' The Inspector might have spated himself the trouble trying to extract information either by straight forward questions or cross-examination, for the three conspirators excused them- selves early on the plea of fatigue, after disséussing nothing but the wine, the weather. and the extortionate charges of London cabmen. some three hours after his guests had retired to their respective rooms, he was surprised by a visit from a police con- He recog- nized the two latter as customers Grabham and another man. who had dined and paid so well that evening, and assumed that they required accom- modation for the night. However, he was soon undeceived, and in a startling matter, y “We are police officers of the detec- tive department. You have now in your hopise—a licensed house three danger- ous characters,” said the sharply, mentioning their “When did they arrive ? Quick, we have no time to lose.” O'Flaherty was terribly frightened, and spluttered out words to the effect that Gavan had come first, and the others later in the afternoon. evidently had expected them, and had hired a sitting-toom. They all had lng- a ‘afednd he knew no more, éxcept that they had dined and gone to bed early. “Lead the way to the sitting room,” He then some instructions to the constable, who passed them to others waiting outside. Grabham and his companion followed the landlord, who trembled as though he were the responsible culprit, The bedrooms being on an upper story, the officers ran but little danger of being disturbed in their seareh in the sitting- room. Some writing materials were on the table and by carefully reversing the blotting-paper, the inspector was able to make out that the following letter had been written : ; The Sprig of Shillelagh, Islington. DEAR MASTER ;—S0 far all well, We have the materials, and will go to work. Next day you shall hear from us whether we are to sink or swim. N. G. arrived. Having deposited the blotting-paper in his pocket, Grabham continued the search, and, to his surprise and delight, found that Bellamy’s portmanteau was still in the rgom. It was, however, se- curely locked ; but the inspector's com pafijon was prepared for this contingen- cy and, with the aid of skeleton keys, soon opened it. ! You scoundrels,” muttered the in- spector, as, after turning over the con- tents and pointing sowe of them out to his subordinate, he quietly closed and again locked the portmanteau. “I think we've got you this time. Now to find out * Master,’ and. Inspector Grab- bam will be Mr. Superintendent, and have & money reward, too, may be, Come along; I'm satisfied with this day's work, anyhow.” Grabbam’s junior was not equally pleased. (1a fact, he. inspector, names, (ravan replied the inspector. gave on taken charge of by the police. But ex- Joarmod ian he I the art of trapping + iv ; wg rafars, 80 far as public permit, to the lair of the * instigator, and, by bringing him to : book, destroy the root of the plot, Next morning, after a frugal break- fast (conspirators never have enough money to afford luxuries), Bellamy, Isom and Gavan left their hotel, closely watched by detectives, and, taking the omibus from the Angel, they were set | down at Charing Cross, Here they separated. Bellamy walked along the Strand, going citywards, while Isom went up Parliament street, and Gavan strolled towards Pall Mall In a few hours, the police eflicers em- ployed on the special duty of watching the suspected persons made their re- ports, The first was as follows : Watched Ballamy. He went up the Strand, stopping to look in several shop windows, Seemed particularly attracted by ove, acutler’s, He went in and in- quired the price of an American bowie knife, but did not buy it. Was a long while looking in the windows of an optician where there were portraits of members of Parliament and actresses, 1 thought he was going to turn back here, for he wavered, but at last he went on, He paused for some time at Somerset House, and walked out into the road to get un better view of the building. Puass- od down Fleet street and up Ludgate- hill ; walked round St, Paul’s Cathedral, stopping three times, Went up Cheap- side, where he spoke to Constable (K. 007), and asked to be directed to the Bank of England, Arriving walked round that, viewing the there, Bank Finally he ap- He then tobacconist's shop, and purchased a box of flaming fusees, Then walked into Goswell road and on to the Sprig of Shillelah, where I was relieved, and came directly here (Scetland-yard) and made this report. The reports of the other detectives were very similar to this one. Isom had trolled towards Westminster, and e amined the Houses of Parliament as tect : while Gavan had surveyed Buck- ingham Palace as carefully as though he going to make a drawing of it Islington by different 10utes, In the evening the three friends again left their hotel. took with him a brown paper parcel, and On this occasion each each proceeded towards the building in which he had taken so much interest In the morning. Inspector Grabham officers followed Gavan. and two other That he the ringleader of the gang the penetrat- ing officer had already decided in his own mind, Nor was his zeal unreward- ed. for, on reaching the gates which separate St. James’ Park from Buck- ingham Palace Road, Gavan, handicapp- ed as he was by the apparently heavy package he carried, quickened his pace s0 that the detectives could scarcely keep up with him. by was evidently the spot fixed on for the perpetration of whatever outrage was to be committed, Carefully watch- ing his time when the soldier on guard had turned to the right, Gavan deposit ed his parcel in the shaded angle to the left of the box. Then, taking from his pocket a fuse, he struck it on the sole of his boot, and-——he found himself captured and handcuffed and thrust into a cab and driven away he knew nol where before he had time to make any excuse, Inspector Grabham chuckled to himself hs dfter craftily waiting o see if the brown-paper parcel would ex- plode without assistance, he took the parcel under his arm and hurried back to headquarters to make known an exploit that would at least bring his name prominently before the public. On arriving there he found that two other men had also been arrested. Their tactics had been similar to those adopt- ed by Gavan, . It was clear that an attempt had been made to blow up Buckingham Palace, the Bank of Eng- land, and the Houses of Parlia- ment, and thus deal a simultaneous blow at Royalty, Commerce and Govern- ment. The three canisters with which this desperate outrage was to have been carried out had been captured. Their lids were securely soldered down, and the authorities at Scotland Yard dared not attempt to open them, so they dispatch- them to Woolwhich by special convey- ance, in order that scieotific evidence of their contents might be forthcoming in due course, Reports of the affair soon got abroad. Special editions of the newspapers were published, with sensational headings. Columns of print not only gave details of what had occurred, but significantly hinted at the identity of the instigators, The political bearings of the conspiracy were discussed, while crowds of idlers Was A sentry-box close a suffocation when Mr. Fairland opene- ed the case for the Crown. He was, the learned counsel said, instructed by her Majesty's Treasury to prefer a very serious charge against the prisoners, had not yet been decided whether they would ultimately be indicted for treason, felony, or under a more recent statute with being in possession of explosives for an unlawful purpose, At this stage of the proceedings he proposed only to prove the circumstances leading to the arrest of the prisoners. He would, however, call the attention ef the magistrate to the fact that a more dastardly outrage had never been planned against the lives and property of her majesty’s subjects, It was, for reckless- ness of conception and malignity of purpose, unparalleled in the history of crime. There was some applause when the learned counsel concluded his speech by calling as his first witness George The witness detailed the circum- stances of his suspicions, and of his following the prisoners, of his searching the rooms, and finding the portmanteau, ile also produced the fragment of blot- ting-paper he had taken, and explained that, on searching the portmanteau, he found it contained a dozen ordinary bricks and three canisters. They were the same as found by the police in the possession of the prisoners. The inspector then detailed particulars of the arrest of Gavan. The prisoners declined to ask any questions, Two other detectives corroborated a part of the evidence of Grabham, and also gave details of the arrest of Bell amy and Isom, Mr. Fairland was about to suggest an adjournment, when he wus informed that Professor Cain, in whose hands the tin had arrived. He, therefore, allowed to prove the canisters. On the the somewhat flustered, entered the witness. canisters been placed, had asked to be contents of the giving looking magistrate his consent, Professor, box. His evidence was as follows : He was public analyst to Her Ma- jesty’s War Office. Three canisters had been delivered to him by Mr. Grabham on behalf of the police, As they were it pedient to have them opened by the in- Each contained some hundreds of globules soldered d wn, be had thought ex- spector of explosives, canister about a sixteenth of an inch in diameter. Taking a handful haphazard from each canister, he had analyzed them, but in consequence of circumstances he would relate to his worship, he had not per-e- Each globule contained rhubarb and colchi- vered in a quantitative analysis, cum, and also other harmless drugs, and he the slightest trace of anything harmful in the compound. There was nothing of an explosive, dangersus or poisonous character about them. He thought they might be effectually prescribed for gout. In reply to the magistrate, he admitted that they had the appearance and properties of liver pills. At the bottom of each canister he had found some printed bandbills, announcing that “Bellamy's Balm’ was a certain cure for gout, rheumatism and all diseases of the liver, and that it could be obtained from any chemist, or wholesale from Bellamy, Gavan & Isom, manufacturing druggists, Newcastle, ® » #® w had been unable to discover Thanks to Professor Cain's opinion of “Bellamy’s Balm’ and to the pub- licity given to it in all the English papers, Messrs, Bellamy & Co. were soon able to retire on a handsome fortune and build a Home for Disabled Detectives. ss AA Opening Oysters With Prayer. There is a certain class of people who take a very gloomy view of religion and declare that we ought to do everything as though we were to die the next min- ute, What a long-faced community we should be if that rule were carried out. A man couldn’t laugh at a joke; indeed, no one would dare to make a joke for people to laugh at, and would become a slow march to grave, If to-day were to be our we should not lay in a stock of provisions for to-morrow, we should not want to go over the Brooklyn Bridge, and we should not pay the note that becomes due to-day because our creditor won't need it. The best way, in spite of some gloomy souls, is to live gladly, honestly and happily as long as you can to cry at the things that ought to be, cried over and to laugh at things that oughtto be laughed at. There is no good before his time simply because he is reli- gious and wants to do the right thing We are reminded of a story in this con- nection. “You ought to engage in nothing,” said a solemn saint, whose soul was like a squeezed lemon, ‘‘that with drawn Ay If you would create must be something. The Indian Rupee. Mr. Edward Thomas, whose jabors as 4 numismatist have thrown so much light upon the archeology of the East, has reprinted a paper upon the coinages of the East India Company at Bombay, The practical interest of the essay is the proof it gives of the continuous de- srease that has taken place in the value of the rupee during the last two centu- ries, It seems that the Bombay Mint 1676, “to budgrooks,”’ coin rupees, bice and which should be cur- rent not only in the island but also in the dependencies of the company im the East Indies. This * Island of "Bombay came to the English King by virtue of his marriage contract with Catharine, the sister of Alfonso V1, of Portugal, signed in the early part of 1662 ; and it was by him made over to she company in March, 1662, together with its revenue of £2533 per annum, and with the King’s garrison of two eompanies of foot, who volunteered into the company’s service, and thus formed its first military establishment at Bombay. When the company began to coin money they seem to have un- derrated the value of the local for the first bearing this denomination contains only 178 grains of silver, dated 1678, grams, and one of the same last-men- tioned year as much as 198, rupee, specimen of their rupees whereas a late one, containes ever 183 The Indian rupees were estimated by writers in the earlier part of the seventeenth century as from 2s. to as high as 2s, 9d. and the average value seems not to have been much less than, 2s. 6d. The decline in value of the coin is, of course, due to various causes not affecting India alone ; but Mr. Thomas warns the theorists who talk of restoring silver to its old value in India that the circumstances are now altogether altered, since, instead of the comparatively all-round trade of the old company in goods and metals, we have to face ‘the leech-like heavy charges of the present home Government, which draws indiscriminately for wants bills in rupees upon its hapless its own dependency in season and out of season, whether the balance of trade or metallic exchange is for or against them.”’ Fashion. Gossiping Report of Fashionable Folbles for tne Fair. An eccentric fancy is to cut the ends of all ribbon bows, strings or sashes into long forks or notches, Cats are the fashionable animals at present, and cat-head and cat-paw orna- ments are in high favor, One of the loveliest dresses for mid, summer or spring festival wear is of white veiling, fitted with silk brocade dots, closely are beautifully embroidered (by hand, of course) in palm-leaf and other oriental figures, Comn-flower and royal - French blue orange flame and gold-yellow, ox-blood, and cardinal-red crop out in most of the new fabrics. The new fraises and ruches for the neck are very wide and full, andl are nearly a yard long, so as to form a jabot down the front, Long Jersey gloves, ten-bution length, in silk, silk and linen, or finest cache- mire, are highly favored for spring wear. These gloves can be found in every desirable street shade. Balbriggan stockings abound in the new varied tints of strawberry, amber, terra cotta, drake’s neck blue, laurel green, bronze, elderberry, and a deep rich shade of violet, Each of these colors is clocked with old gold or cream white, Among other pretty dainties which fashionable young ladies are preparing for summer wear--works of their own hands—are garden party hats of ficelle lace, lining the inside of the crown and brim with pale blue or rose colored su- rah or Canton craps. Another fancy isto run black velvet ribbon through the meshes, finishing with a knot of velvet on the top of the crown. The most fashionable of the white toilets to be worn this summer, instead of being relieved by the usual rose, shrimp, pink, and the like, and a —— a lambrequin alone bought ready-made of the same Bagdad material as the shawl, The vogue of checks and Scotch plaids is undiminished. The most popular next summer will be Scotch plaids and checks of two colors, white and black, white and blue, white and louter, pink and gray, out of which many pretty cos~ tumes will be made at most reasonable prices. Nearly all the dresses for young girls will be made with round waists coming down very low over the skirt, which gives them a very youthful and charming appearance, I know a8 a matter of fact, that all the leading dress-making establishments will use mountains of faille next summer for their most stylish costumes, Nor is there any material that offers a more wonderful gradation of tints, The pal- lette richest in colors does not furnish a more complete gamut of tints, which pass almost imperceptibly from the lighter to the darker shades, The read- er may consequently judge what re- sources this charming material presents to fashion. Very much the same may be said of the Ottoman silk, which is equally suple and soft, and which is being made beth plain and broched. The plain patterns will be used for skirts with plaits, the broched for tunics, bodies, Louis XV. vests, Directoire redingotes, and Mary Antoinette bust an corps. I must also call attention to the fact that fashions no longer exclude velvet from the materials tat the sressly for the season, and are very smooth and light mousseline velvets, They are plain or figured and stamped or “‘ciseless.’’ By this last term is meant that the pat~ tern of figures, which are either spots, flowers or birds, are in relief, embroid- ered in silk either of the same shade or of a different shade as the ground of the material, wide the present employed in summer dress velvets used are manufactures yp - Humor. No. Paul, the window of the soul is not a pane in the stomach, An old lady was asked her opinion about Mrs. Smith, her next door peigh- bor. “Well,” she said, “I never speak ill of anybody, but I feel very sorry for Mr. Smith.” Inductive reasoning : Mr. Wm. Doo- dle—**Yes, Miss Frost, 1 always wear gloves at night ; they make one’s hands Miss Frost—‘‘Ah! and do you sleep with your hat on 7" so soft.” “ Landlady.” said he, ‘‘the coffee is not settled.” *‘No,” she replied, *‘but it comes as near it as your last month’s board bill does ;”* and that man never spoke again during the meal. A poet anxiously asked: “0 pallid brow. where has the spirit gone?” Don't ask the pallid brow. If your bot~ tle is empty, make the inquiry of the florid nose. It knows where the spirit goes, “| saw vou at a funeral the other day,” said one lady to another. “Yes; I saw you, t00.”’ “I never heard a more affecting funeral sermon, did you?” “Never. And just think of it, when exerybody was crying I reached for my handkerchief and found, to my horror, that it was a red one 1 had in my pocket.” “‘Goodness! What did you do?” “Why, Idida’t ery, bow could I, when every one else in the church was using white ?”’ SoLviNe Two Prosrems, — He stopped sawing wood, turned to the old man who was splitting and piling, and said : “Father, I cannot believe that was cut out for a farmer. The whole problem is right here: 1go to the city as a clerk at a dollar a day. In six months 1 get a raise to $0 per week. Ina year I am given an interest in the firm, and in ten] am rich enough to buy and sell you ten times over.” “Yes, that's one problem,” slowly replied the old man, ‘and here's another: There's six cords of wood left in that pile, and if it isn’t all sawed, split and piled agin Saturday night you don't git no pair o’ new cowhide boots out o’' me! Hear me now, and make that bucksaw strike fire.” His Papa's Name. mm There was a bright little boy, between 2 and 3 years old, picked up as he was wandering on the street and carried to the Four Courts, where he took a seat on tion, stuck out his chubby legs and stared at every one whe came in with- out being the least abashed. Asis cus tomary in such cases, an endeavor was made to elicit information from him that lead to his restoration to his dis od willing to tellall beknew. “Whai's “What's your papa's name ¥* pa.
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