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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1890-10-03, Page 2OM! =I .••••••••••••••••••••••••••, .1.111•111691•111=181 The, OM Melodeon. 4 When =AA married father, thirty-flve short year ago, "Twuz the days when dresses sorter sagged, they 1px?ft,c up on each ear, , •ft.1,,, An' the men folks werelong beauty leeks, so think they eouldn'.khear ; An' folks wnz mighty leteerful then, ez her weddin' flxin's shows - Every thread wuz spaced an' counted an' the. stiohin' set hi•rows, Wal amongst their weddite presents thie old Ixtelodeon stood, All g %ling with its shinin' keys an' case o' brisb.treseweed. Ef ye worked the pedal stiddy an' still con- trived ter play, $ech tunes ez these meandered an' gently riz =.1 away " Lord Lovel" an' Long, long ago" an' "Eo1 on. diver moon," Au' " Sours there were," an' "old Tom Moore hie wnz, the kind er tune ! Them wuz the days o' sentiment an' "Roses o' Lucerne,' " Old mistletoe -boughs" an' " Buy a broom" an' "Jamie'e return." gr But by 'an' by a sorter march oonie etealin' daown the keys, Mixed up with sad, heart-brealtin' tunes that • likes ovule • eLee .j'ect • • • • • • .• liest tune that grew, " Oh, Willie, we shall miss yon" an' " The ragged coat o' blue," "When this cruel war is over" an' the" Tramp, tramp, tramp" - The songs 0lonesome women an' the shoutin's o' the camp; But the sobs an' groans grew fainter and it wrizn't verylong Before the old melodeon sorter hummed a ora- dle-song; An' the years wa'n't very many when ye'd hear it go, by chance, Jest ter play old-fashioned lancers for the little feet ter dance. By:an' by -there's jest one tune it's jest a-aohin fer ter play. An' then I guess its music days is sorter passed away; It'll brace fer one more effort like it knew Old memories, When the weddin'-maroh '11 eoho down its yel- ler, wheezy keys. Fjorenes E. Pratt, in Judge. WON BY AN ENGLISHMAN : ••••••..110. A LOVE STORY. When he had left the room I read as 444111,10.wra " Moissreent" (ehe might have called me Cher monsieur," I thought ; but this did not trouble me much, for knowing French ways; I reflected I would have been rather 'shocked than otherwise had she addressed nee differently),-" As I feared, my father 211.W the Count de Manpert this morning, e-settted mattersewith_himeand withont_even asking me any question, eimply congratul- ated me on having found favor with so nonorable and worthy a gentleman. I was called to the drawing -room by my mother, where the count, in a very polite manner, informed me of his delight at being per- mitted by my parents to pay bis addressee to me ; and taking my consent for granted, never condesoended to ask me whether I aimed my parents' wiehert. "1 owe it to your generosity to inform yon of this, although you may blame me a seoond time for acting unlike a French girl ; r but I will not have yon reproach me again fe for doing that which is wrong, and I there- ' V,- • - fore- ask you to gee my governess, who • 'takes this letter to you; but, who is hot aware that our friendship -for I cannot call it acquaintance), that being too oold a word to nee under the oironmetanne-dates only from yesterday. "Von may speak to her freely, for I be- lieve her to be devoted to DIANE DE BRETEDILLE. P. 13.-" Look at the favor, and tell Mademoiselle Garotte whether it is not f aided. The azure of my sky is, alas 1 very eloudy, Pity me." Here was a blow, and how to parry it without mixing myself up in the intimate affairs of an honorable French family, who probably knew what they were about in the interest of their daughter's happiness, and bringing upon myself a load of responsibil- ity, I neither had the right nor a legitimate excuse to bear, I could not tell. At any rate, I would see the governess and find out how the ground lay. I told the (servant accordingly to show her in, and refloated meanwhile that I would Ascertain all I could. from her as to Disne's sentiments in my regard, something as to the nature of the girl her - eel! in her own home, and whether I could enlist this governess on my side, it requisite. At this juncture a prim little woman, , with the tiniest specks of eyes imaginable, entered the room. Her eyes were only dis- cernable, became her face being sinall and her features thin and dietinot, anything black would have shown on her pallid cone- plexion ; bat had she been dont, I was convinced she would have proved a phe- nomenon ot nature, and have presented a face without eyes. This was not eneourag- ing ; for when we prepare for an encounter, we rely upon oar reeding what is in our opponent's eye before we settle on a line of action. Mademoiselle Garoux's eyes, however, opened out a little more after awhile when the novelty of visiting a young man's rooms had somewhat worn off, and oho bad warmed to the oonveroation. It was a trying undertaking for a Woman in her reeponeible position, and the cerise of this responsibility weighed upon her; but in her, little prim body the French governess trimmed a Frenchwoman's ten. demise of heart for the girl she had under her care, and however distastful any task might have been to her, eh e would have undertaken it for her sake. Withal, ehe preecrved those stereotyped ways of a Frenohwoman when addressing a 'man, and constantly looked to what she deemed " les convenancee," as if, poor soul, any one filled as I was with thoughts of a lovely girl, or indeed antr one not go filled, would have had time and will to notice! whether she had sat upright or coartesied low, whether her dress hid her feet, or whether her veil was down. It so happens that I did notice the veil down, and this only because I was so anxious to hear what she had to say that I thought its removal would have been an improvement; but when I indiscreetly sug. gested its being lifted, she gavb so decided a look of horror that I r000iled from any further attempt. Bir," she began, " I Iwo -come n a painful 'errand, which you inetty readily believe I wonld never have undertaken had I not seen my poor Dane ,in teen, and known yon to be a friend of the family." I wad rather confused by this epeeoh, for It knew myself to be tinaeqnainted with Diane's fathcr, and acquainted only with 4,4 A .•7 her mother since • few hours, while, at the same time, the -mention of Diane's tears set me into a fury against these unnatural and cruel parents ; but I had to beenDiane's ,lettUr.,40,-tlettganet13-.1)1. 1.9.4...enVeRIPF8111 repined -tine tth�rpinthi position, begging of her to take a ohair. This et first the governese would not do, but ehe finally aooepted a most. anoomfork. high-baokedy old-fashioned, oak °Wee whereon it was rather amusing, in the midst of our mutual sorrowing refleatione,to see her endeavor to preserve her ,enkles from the.lesefeee look of e. mete end et the EedEnft time sit graoefully on a seat evidently too high for her. • " Yon have read the letter she has sent you through me, and yon know the cause of her grief. She tells me you are her friend, and implores you to eee her aunt as non as poesible. She believes Madame la Comtesee de Mantel's to be omnipotent with her brother, and fanoies that you have great influence with, her aunt." "1 know," she continued, " that Monitir le AISIHD • - 111.11111 be rd of yon from Madame 1a Comtesse, bus I was not aware until yesterday that yt it had ever met M lemoiselle Diane." l'he sly rogue ! I tnought. Ah t yon w ant to find out, do you? but you shall not - that I swear. Whereupon I asked, as if she had not spoken, " And who is M. de Matt - pert ? "He ie a oollege friend of Moneienr le Marquis." " Has he ever seen Mademoiselle Diane ?" " Not till a couple of days ago." "How is that ?" " He belongs to noblesse de province,' and seldom comes to Paris." " Whet part of France does he come " Da Dauphine." "Has the marquis any property in that department ?" "1 believe so." " Then it has been arranged between them." "Bol fancy." I wed not in the least for these details, bat it served my purpose of putting Mademoiselle Garoux off the dangerous opito-ahre-wientedeto-tonetronear.d-to-plae us on a conversational footing. " Mademokelle Diane tellme in this letter that the fears she was good enough to oonfide to me yesterday have been realiz- ed this morning; and without being asked whether she was willing or not by either her parents or M. de. Maupert, she is at present as good as engaged to that gentle- man." " So I understand," said the demure governess. " Under these circumstances, mademoi - Belle," I said, " it name to me very difficult for yon and me to interfere with the decision of her parents." "So I told mademoieelle." " And though diffioult for you, it seeme almost impossible for me, does it not ?" " I meats the same remark to mademoi. selle." "4 And what did she reply ?" " 'No, no -nothing ie impossible for M. Verve, for I am sure he take] too real an intereet in me to mind obstacles."' I looked hard at the governess. "Mademoiselle Gerona," I said, " are these the very words used by Diane ?" She looked up 'surprised, both at my calling Diane by her Christian name only and at my tone of voice. "4 Certamly," she replied, "those were her word's ; and if monsieur allows me to say so, judging by his het remark, I would glum Mademoiselle Diane to be right in her surmise." This was artful, andel had half a doubt whether I should expose My real sentimente so soon ; but the doubt was soon diemiseed, for the poor governess, sobbing aloud, implored of me in accents of desperation to save her dear charge from thie miserable situation if, as she felt I did,. I laved Diane enough to do her bidding. I tried, however, one more prudent question, and asked Mademoiselle Garoux whether she had weighed all that her pleading on behalf of Diane entailed. "Have you measured," I inked, "the consequences of my interference? Have you foreseen the duties of honor which such interference would impose upon sin - duties towards Mademoiselle Diane hermit, maybe, God knowe, I would fill with alacrity, but which might require from her a response she may not be altogether dis- posed to give ? " Mademoiselle Garoux dried her tears, and holding out her hand to me, said. "Mon- sieur, vone etee un gentilhomme. Yon are quite right, we must think these matter° over. .1 am bound to tell you that Madem- oiselle Diane has not spoken to me in the light which corresponds to your evident attaohment for her; and though it may be she returns your affection, I have no right to speak on that point, as I am wholly in the dark." " I will see her this evening," I eaid, 'at dinner at her aunt's ; and I will endeavor for myself to make her underattind the feelings that animate me." ." No, monsieur, do not do that ; our French girls cannot comprehend these mattera except through the intervention of a third pater." " Pardon me, mademeiselle," I replied, " it is the love of interference on the part of the third party that prevents French girla appearing to understand what in oommon nature they comprehend quite as well as anybody else throughout the world." " Diane is very self-willed," observed Mademoiselle Gerona, " but," ehe quiokly added, " ehe has an angel's heart." " So I believe; and as evidently, made- moieelle, you and I admire and love that heart, respect and wish to follow that will, let me tell you that her will will be my law whatever be the consequence, jest as my heart belonge to her whatever may be the result." " I will console the poor girl by those kind words," said the governess. And I added, " Come sometimee and con- sole me with a meting() from her, whether of confidence or of hope or of sorrow Or of expeotation ; it will always be a boon to the (mond being M. Pdaupert is making miserable, though probably without know- ing it." "1 think," observed the governese, with e. little mystery, " that he suspects some- thing ; for he has aeked to be excused from dining with the countess this evening, and requested that Dien° ehonld likewise be absent." " Impoosible," I said. "On till° point, however," added Medem- oieelle Garoux, " Mademolgelle Diane has been obdurate, and has pleaded that, the events that have taken plaoe are so fresh and so sudden that she wants a little diver- sionetpe leer thenghts. er Rarenta have eriattiiiiiiYitiotteeneititettetemyeleitite(1 , and she has told me that I was to let you know." " Mademoiselle Gairome," I answered, " may I make a friend of you ? May I ask yon to be my friend and to answer me -trate?" " Certainly, monsieur." 1 _ e Thenaleas wilLiistd-ent for me whether, in the struggle whioh is. imposed upon me, I may hope for the return of that love which impale inc to undertake it ? I want no absolute promise any more than a con- ditional one. I know Diane to be a mere girl, on whom, before her time, have fallen some of life'e greatest diffioulties. I want to ' help her through these ; but with what a different feeling would. I undertake tho tack were hope of winning her at °take, I leave yon to gun. I 'simply adore her me, let alone the person herself. ' 4. oreation ag a family dinner at her aunt a.' I could not help this somewhat (semiotic thrust ; for indeed I felt disgusted with the canning selfiehnees of Mlle old einner, as I considered him, ,wiehlng to deprive ee in 0 ctikiiii0I-JialimlbiAlitAsift- maybe her laet chance of eeeing me, " You mistake me," said the count, "nothing is farther from my thoughts. I have told you exactly what I mean, and I mean every word I have said, neither more nor lees." "And have you considered how rude my behavior would appear to Madame de Chantalis, who has purposely asked no to meet Mademoiselle Diane ? " " Do you know Medemoiselle de Bret - mill° so well," asked the count, "as to osll her by her ohrietian name ? Her father tells me he has never met you. Her mother made your acquaintance last night, and, it I remember well, Mademoiselle de Bret- euille made her entree dans le monde yeeter. day for the firet time." This piqued me, for I certainly was not in the humor to stand leoturing, bat I said where'friendship is ready to do so muoh 1" The poor governess took to her team again. " How well, monsieur, I enter into your feelinge, and how .justified are you in enter- taining them! If you/ only knew Diane as I do, you would worship her very tread ; for I, a woman, have never known any- thing eo adorable. 'She is loyalty itself. Her sense of duty and justice lie beyond her years ; and her loving heart, where it yields, is so gentle, so feminine, so pure, so good, that the reward of its beatoweLis a prize noble men would have every right to pride in." I rose a hundred per cent. in my estima- tion after this ; for had I not been selected as the chosen confidant of this lovely para- gon of beauty and virtue ? " As I told you before," the governess went on, "1 was not aware thst you had laid any claim to Mademoieelle Diane's. affeotione, and as he told me nothing on the eubjeot, I oan give you. no' encourage- ment whatever ; but it is fate that you should know .how you stand, and I will let _•yet know, .kf 1 oan, how math ters are.; I with " thank you all my ea f,"1-1- said; though believe me, friend or lover, Diane has an ally in me." She was just going to leave the room, when, remembering the postooript in Diane's letter, I said to Mademoiselle Gerona, "Wil you kinkly give Diane a direct menage from me, which though perhaps enigmatical- to -you, will, I -think - be understood by her, as it refers to a little conversation we had last night, and say that the sky is always blue for me while I deserve her favor ? ' "1 will," said the governess, and left the room, out of which I a000mpanied her. On my return I had 'scarcely time to reflect upon the extraordinary position whioh in twenty-four hours I had created for myself, when the servant again came in, and in an airy way said, "Monsieur has many visitors this morning." " Who wants to see me now ? " "A gentleman this time," he said, with a smile. "Give me hie card." " Here it is." " Le Comte de Manpert, Senateur," wee what I read. Good heavens 1 has he met the governess? That was my firat thought. I do not wire, was the sound. " Ask bin:Lte come up," I said. I was too astonished to think of anything, or determine on any aotion, before the door opened, and there entered a handsome, gentleman -like person,with the red rosette of a Commander of the Legion of Honor at his button -hole, and , very long ebony stick in his hand. He was plainly dressed in a tightly fitting frook-ooat buttoned up to the collar, and wore a Meek necktie in the Blimp° of abow, with the ends showing on eaoh side of the coat. • His hair had a tonoh of gray, and a smell imperial gave his face a longer cat than perhaps hie [square chin, would otherwise have allowed; and altogether hie expression was, if not positively amiable, that rather of a good-natured than of a bad-tempered man. I felt rather as if I were in the presence of some kind male relative about to rebuke me than in that of a rival, and the person I at that moment hated more oordially than any other in the world. Standing at the door, hat in, hand, he said," is very good of yon to receive me, monsieur, though I was enre you would not refuse me an interview, seeing that yonr intimaoy with several members of the family of Mademoiselle de Bretenille has probaby suggested to you already the motives of my visit to you this morning.' I made up my mind on hearing Mitt to listen rather to the end than to make any premature remark% and begged the count to take a ohair. When he had seated himeelf, and finding I preserved a discreet alienoe, he went on : "1 have the honor of being engaged to marry Mademoiselle de Bretetrille. Happening to hear that alemily dinner to whioh 1 was bidden, but cannot nnfortu- nately attend this evening at that young lady's aunt's, is to have the addition of your procaine°, -I have come perfeotly franklyietend, as you seci, with absolute con- fidence in an English gentleniAn's honor and high breeding to request a favor from you." "But, sir," I quickly remarked, "thie dinner was arranged before our engage. ment, which you now announce to me, was even thought of ; I beg that you bear that in mind." " I am aware of it," he replied ; "but the younghuly whom I hope to marry—" At this word I gave a frown ; the °punt looked at me, squared hie chin, and re- peated, "—whom I hope to marry does not find it in .her power to forego the pleasure she antioipates of dining there; and se your acquaintance with our country may have told you, it- is not usual for young persons who are affianced to go out where their betrothed is not one of the company." I remained etolidly silent. "As, of course, I could not say as much to Mademoieelle de 13reteuille, I have come, very simply, as you see, to ask you to make the merinos which it would be wrong to urge on my fiancee, seeing how much ehe had set her heart on this outing." " Monsieur le Comte," I observed, " your visit does me great honor, end I entire yen I appreciate the oandor ofeyour request as much as I do your generosity, in not de- priving a young girl of so ratidest a re., "1u thought, monsieur," he oontinued, " that I had come here to ask a favor of a gentleman and a friend of my fiancee's relatives -no more. If you have another title, I must make my bow and retire." (To be Continued) She Was Crazy. New York Weekly: Housekeeper (to pleasant -faced girl at employment agency) -Have you any objection's to the country? Girl (politely) -None at all, madam. -Housekeeper-I have quite a large faniily Girl-The more the merrier. Housekeeper -Seven children, two of them quite young. Girl -I love little children. Honeekeeper-It will be neoessary for you to bake bread, wash and get the meals. I attend to the pastry and chamber work myself. Girl -I will also make the paetry and do the rest, if you will allow me. Housekeeper -I cannot give your more than three afternoons off. Gi 1 -Two will be aracient, perhaps ill-wante-ae-neyeeplare-is-te- give atria attention to my household duties and thus get the work done np promptly every day so ae to have plenty of opportu- nities' to rest between times. Honeekeeper-I am delighted Stranger (soddenly entering) -Sorry to interrupt you, madam, bat you are con- etersing_with_onoef-my patiente -who-has just escaped from the Hopelessly Incurable Lunatic Asylum. An Everlasting Chimney. To build a chimney that will draw for- ever and not fill up with soot you must build it large enough, sixteen inches square; nee good bleak- and olay,instead of lime, up to the comb; plaster it inside with clay mixed with salt ; for chimney tops use the very beat of brick, wet them and lay them in cement mortar. The ohimney 'should not, be built tight to beams and rafters there ie where the cracks inyour chimneys aome, and where most of the fires oliginate, as the chimney sometimes gets red hot. A chimney built from the cellar up is better and lees dangerous than one hung on the wall. Do not get your stovepipe hole too close to the ceiling, but about eighteen inohee from it. -New York Journal. Dr. Wild and the Bed -whiskered Man. In hie sermon last evening Rev. Dr. Wild dwelt at length on the Oka Indians question, and oritioized the letter of Hon. Mr. Dewdney very harshly. Part of the audience applauded. A comical incident 000urred. While the doctor was in the midst of hie exordium the door next to the pulpit opened, a face surrounded with red hair and red whiskers appeared, a man's voice shouted, " How about the Jesetaites ?" the face dieappeared and the door shut. The audience was eleotrified.-Ernpire. The Proper Notice. Dr. Thirdly (of Chicago) -Brother Laker, I have inlet married two couples who have been divorced and then fell in love with eaoh other again. Laker -Why don't you hang out a eign, "Repairing Done"? Reoently very trustworthy calculations of the population of the Chinese Empire by Russian authorities reckon it at 382,- 000,000, and the annual inoreaae at 4,000,- 000. , Not one in 10,000 ever heard of the religion of Jean's Christ. Do. BARNANDO'S description of the horrors of London slums is .doubtlees not over- drawn. His work is beneficial to the thousands of ohildren whom he picke np from the streets and Betide to Canada, whether is is good for Canada or not. But is the remedy adequate to the disease, or is his soheme like trying to empty Lake Ontario with a tin dipper ? England is not regarded as a poor country. Wealth is produced there in abundance, and a great deal more might be produced if labor could get at the land now reserved by the nobility for parks, pastures and shooting grounde. The statisticians eay that, of the 1,200 million pounds worth annually produced, the landlords and oapitaliste take 800 millions and the other people scramble for the remaining 400 millione. Under the circumstances, it nem that there is missionary work to be done in England. A change of laws is required that would turn all the ground rent in for public revenue, would permit the repeal of the heavy taxes now paid on houses and goods, would set the nobles and princes at Mine productive labor, and would increase the supply of general employment. Lack of opportunity to work °anew poverty and poverty causes crime and dranken,ness. A change that would nun a better distribtition of the products of labor -giving to toilers all they earn and leaving to idlers no more than they earn -would non make Dr. Barnardoie philanthropic efforts meneoessary: The mune can take °are of themselves if the classes will get off their backs. • Charles Mekong, son of the great novel. lot, is now on his way across the 'United States, coming from Australia to his home in London. He is travelling with his wife and child. In connection with the rumored division of the diocese of Montreal, it is said to be intended to have only the Island of Mon. treat in the diooese of Montreal, and to place tho remainder under the charge of , Mgr. Labelle as Bishop of St. Jerome. '-'71.111111111141,.. LOVE- TURNED HIS A Young Farmer, Struck by a. Pretty Pace , Goes Crazy. Frank Evans, a young farmer from the eeeeehereefa-Peeeee4eeeebile-eieeqbfleectFe ereeee., Ottawa eiboa t ft month ago, ow a girl - drive by in a vehicle who at ono* took hie fancy. He declared to hie brother, who was with him,that she was the handsomest woman be had ever. seen. The brother said he knew the girl's face and that she lived in the township of Osgoode. When Evans returned home he evinced no desire to work, and took to wandering reboot the township in the hope of again seeing the lady who had so oompletely taken possee Edon of his yoane heart. About a week ago he howed unmietakable symptoms of in - 'sanity. He grew rapidly worse, and wag at length put under restraint. He was taken to Manotiok to be arraigned before a Jaetioe of the Peace, but managed to escape from the constables. Being permed he swam the river and escaped into the bush. He is still at large, and moll trepidation ;- teeeeteae,......teee as his aberrations have ta . en a vio en form. Beautiful Epitaphs. Kingston Whig : A number of m*ere sitting in a shop the other night and the conversation turned to epitaphs. "1 ellen never forget one," said a oitizen. "It is grand and was recited to me by the late William Martin, ship carpenter. He copied it f ram the tombstone over *he grave of a British admiral at Aberdeen, S ootlsnd " Though Boreas' blasts and Neptune's waves Hath tossed me to and fro, Yet spite of all, by God's decree, I'm anchored here below. Here, at an anchor I do lie, With many of my fleet, And hope once more for to set sail Our admiral, Christ, to meet." Another man, in a quiet way, said hie sympathies were never so stirred as when he read upon it little stone, in a quiet spot in a graveyard, these words: " Mothey. She made home happy." There need to be this verse over the burying ground : "Billeted here by death, And here I must remain, Until the last trumpet sounds When 111 rise and march again."' ..•••••• The Chinese in Australia. Some interestingefigures relating -to the - number of Chinese in Austraila have been published by the Government statist of Victoria. In 1881 there were 43,706 Chinese in the different oelonies ; the number now is 47,423, or an increase of 3,727. The Chinese population in Victoria during that period deoreased from 12,218 to 11,290, in Queensland from 11,220 to 7,691, and in New Zeslaed from 5,004 to 4,515. On the other band the number of Chinese in New South Wales has increased from 10,025 to 10,521, in Smith Australia from 4,151 te 6,660, in Western Australia from 145 to 625, and in Tasmania from 844 to 1,000. Had to be Eating All the Time. American Grocer. : "Hallo, Jim, how are yon coming on with your new diet soheme? "011, I've quit. I was doing first rate until I came to, that part of the book whioh says never eat on au empty etomaoh,' and (sorrowfully) I had to give np." A Big Difference. • "There is very little difference between you and the old hen, Scribbler. You both solaytoehri,fberutatlbive living." soratchee for ono 1 and gets it" -New York World. THE United States crop of young men appears to be deteriorating. During the last ten days of August sixty-eight young men applied to enlist in the Marines at the New York recruiting depot, of whom only eight were accepted, and out of forty- five who presented themselves during the first ten days of thie month only three passed. Those refused did not come up to the physical standard. EneseusWireee has had a Bill introducied into the United States Congress and Senate to antitoxin the construction of a tunnel. under New York Bay, between Staten Island and Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. A000rd- ing to Mr. Wiman, the cost of the tunnel proper -which will be two and a half mile* long -will be about _ 01,250,000 e mile, according to an estimate made byeman lip.t Clark, or about e6,000,000 in all ; a he capital will be forthcoming when neo wiry, and in three years after beginning opera- tions the tunnel will be ready for use. He figures the interest on the investment 'to be $300,000 a year, and says that, as 2,000,000 tons of coal are delivered in Brooklyn each year, and all oE it hoisted in buokete, at least 50 cents a ton on half of the coal will be saved. Ir there were many Mayors in Canada like the Mayor of Leavenworth, Kansas, perhaps the Methodist Conference would riot have to grieve over the popularity of progreeeive euchre in Toronto and Mon- treal. lire has announced that he will arreet all persona in that city who attend progressive euchre parties and play for prizes. Henry George got around immedi on hie return to the, officio of hie jo rn 1p the Standard. He took a good look at the circulation fignees and seemed a great deal surprised at what he saw there. The. fignrea had climbed np 3,000 while he was at the other end of the world. He says he hes readers in every county on the globe. He has 'several readers in Africa and half a dozen in India, his pal:Maher says. It was Sir Robert Peel who instituted the British Police system -hone the popular terms, " bobby " and "peeler." -" Can yon decline love ?" he asked the pretty little sohool matron. " N -no," she whispered, hiding her head upon his 'shoulder. Tho editor of the Paris Cocarde, the Bon- langist organ, has been imprisoned for in- fringing on the press law. Gatnbetta's heart in mining. When ho died it was taken out and preserved by Paul Bert Now Panl.Bert is dead and the heart cannot be found. • Min Berrundia wlao tried to kill Minister Miner has been exiled and an exchange invites her to come to this country and lecture.