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Lucknow Sentinel, 1892-04-29, Page 7• To Lady Henry Somerset. Lady Henry Somerset Nee foonce we t welcomed shhoore has pressed Of a more beloved guest. Only those who sought the poor Didst thou seek ! and evermore Through the cities of our land _Helil-find thou wont hand-in-hand, * If Makethou happyhlaand thisne own Do not go and leave ns yet, Lady Henry Somerset ! FRANCES E. WILLARD. Boston, April 7th. On Seeing Ills First Grandson. 'Tis strange tune to think that I A Indeed aI can of well deny me It Mb. But what is strarikes me nger far tmost han this— Most truly singular— Oh, partner of my woes and bliss, It makes you grandma I find it nerd to realize, E'en when this babe I see, That you, so youthful in my eyes, A Fer though we've can be. now Some twenty years and more, Time rears as lightly on your brow As back in sixty-four. And yet he's here, this little boy. How he will bill and coo When he di=covers, to hy, AndHisii' joy, how he laiaugh to look at me Hiss funny old granddad ! Ah ! 1it•tlye one, you seem to be luck—Jack Kendrick Bangs,.sort in Ha rper's Bazar. An Adaptable Poem. IT cy stood beside the open grate summer substitute a gate), e 'as a blonde (if you prefer by, make a'•runette out of her, He spoke f e ll t And she 10 Her heart went pit aa- at. Tit- speed, why' you yourself can 11x, She From ung heir head she blushed, she sighed, She he cried. Justltakehyour cor hoiceband have her do Precisely as you wish her to. edid iroHr George or Jack or Jim or Wlll, Or arty name you like the best ; But why go on ? You know the rest. What a Wire Should Be. In a recent competition in -England for prizes, here are some of the choicest defini- tions of a good wife : She must be gentle and forbearing, To little fads and fancies blind; • Yet strong enough to hold her own unswerving, 1NbyIn llyottt le del©kind- efonofwhoeome pleasure; Faithful till death, unselfish, pure and good. One to be honored as a precious treasure, A very type of perfect womanhood. This wife should be more than ideal—a fact. , She needn't be clever; she must have tact. With womanly courage and kindness of heart, Sense and good feeling must take their part. • With a cheerful of life's small worries she'll'mmust I ake the Thee best In whatever statio , her lot is cast Doing her duty from first to 1:st. Loyal and gent'e, tender and kind. WithRnlfear ; ] sympathies her thies lwide, andea well stocked mind, lVith tact farreaching, and judgment clear, Helpmeet sweet in life's toilsome day, Comrade •taiinclt in its weary strife; • True w her husband as to her God, Such, oh, man, wouldst thou have thy wife. She need not handsome be, nor yet pos essed Of stately mien, or graceful form alone; She need not boast of rank or high degree, But f her must havr e as faitlf to call her owro n And hold that other heart—a pure, good 1if.— A sweet, wise influence, a trusting love, And she will be a helper—a true wife. The Law of Itotntion. Throughout the whole universe, so far as men of • science have 3 -et been able to dis- cover, the heavenly bodies are in a state of perpetual motion--notonly revolving on their. own axes, but travelling in their orbits round some central body, or turning, in company with their companion suns, round some common centre of gravity, This revolving motion is the product of two different forces : One, the force of gravita- tion, drawing the bodies together ; the other, a projectile force, forming an angle with the line of attraction. In regardto the former of these there is no difficulty, for although scientists may never be able to discover its cause, they know at least the method and law of its action ; but in regard to the latter they are entirely ignorant— they have, as yet, discovered neither the cause nor the law, and therefore it is, gener- ally ascribetf to the direct agency of the Almighty t tor, who, at the time when He first eaNd the worlds into existence, and endowed .,hemi with the power of grav- itation, comreinnicated to them, at the same time, a, projectile force, which, in concert with the law of gravitation, caused them to revolve both on their axes and in their orbits.—Corn. Cleaning Boase Fronts. The sand blast is being used quite exten- sively in. England for cleaning the exterior of buildings. T,he front is covered with staging, and the blast is applied by a system of pipes and nozzles carried by the workmen. The stream of fine sand will remove any de- sired thickness from the surface of the lttone, and the work can he done with great rapidity. Tho sand can be employed over again. • astabiivhed a Claim. '?Fashionable! Why do you call her fashionable ?" "Because a is. She always talks at the theatre whil he play is going on, her children arear in the nereery when she' at home, and she never allows herself to b seen•in her husband's cernr,any," PEOPLE who lick postage stamps shoo read the following n.“it•.. .+•hiefoappears in the annual report int t he f'ostoflice Depart- ment: Complaint, of defe•tivc mucilage would bo far cess frequent if the public would kindly letter o • cover in r off a packet at it is and not the he ostage stamp which should be moistened when stamps aro affixed in prepayment (if 'postage. thWhen a stamp is passed over tho tongue e mucilage is frequently almost wholly re= —Miss Amelia B. Edwards, the well- known novelist and lecturer, whose serious illness was announced several weeks ago,, ia' dead. SOCIETY'S KICKERS. Countess Russell Essays the Skirt Dance.— Carries Out Her Threat To Go on the Stage. The celebrated Countess Rnsseli, wife of_ Earl Russell,- the grandson of the` famous Lord `John Russell, and her dashing sister, Mrs. Dick Russell,alsoknown as"Gid," have made their debut as skirt dancers. All London has been agog for the promised sensation and the Royalty Theatre was crowded to its very doors Monday and Tuesday evenings, a host of fashionable persons being present at the benefit of the National Life Boat Institute. The excitement was intense when the curtain arose after the performance of W. S. Gilbert's " Sweethearts," for the swell Russells were then to appear in their specialty. As they tripped gracefully before the footlights they were greeted with a burst of admiration. Both looked dazzlingly beautiful in their similar costumes of black and silver, with powdered wigs and clincing black lace skirts, They were assisted by Messrs. F. and C. Lam- bert. At the close of their bewitching dance they were saluted with a bombard. meat of flowers. The countess, with her usual vivacious mischieousnesa, had fastened a golden cor- onet f her ga, accord'on pl leatedblackto tskirthe oas nt if farther to provoke her husband, the earl, when he should hear of it. They met with another ovation later in "A°Pantomime Rehearsal." Dick Russel], the Leversons and other aris- tocratic amateurs completed the cast. The spirited countess shone in a handsome cos- tume of saffron and velvet, while her sister pwask-equally lovely in light blue and rose The fashionable high kickers are daugh tern of the eccentric Lady Scott, who forced faithless Captain Spicer to compromise a breach of promise suit for $6,000. The countess lea,ped into world-wide notoriety by her unsuccessful attempt last fall to b separated from Earl Russell. Unable to he appealed to her hathe te h husband. He refuseder suit tocome to her aid and she has carried out her threat to go upon the stage. She bad pre- viously become famous through her love adventure with the late Lord James Douglas, a brother of the eccentric Lady Florence Dixie, who wound up his disreputable career in May last by cutting his throat with a razor at'a London hotel, yearsAbout six dMiss Mabel Scott, who becameC Countess Russell four years later, and was pleased to fall in love. His love was not reciprocated, and the Court of Chancery solemnly warned him that he would be sent to ,prison should he attempt to hold any communication with Miss Mabel. His lordship finally decided to defy the Court of Chancery. This he did by sending Miss Scott insulting, if not obscene, cards and photographs, and when he reappeared in London, in May, 1888, he was promptly arrested and confined for a fortnight in Holloway jail. Lord James was then brought tot repentant•mood. About the same time "Gid" Russell be- gan to claim a large space in the newspapers. She had gone through a marriage ceremony with Sebright under very peculiar circum- stances at the registry office on South Aud- ley street, London- - The marriage was sub- sequently annulled on the ground that When it was contracted Miss Lina Mary Scott "had been reduced by mental and bodily suffering to , a state in which she was in- capable of offering resistance to coercion and threats which in her normal condition she would have treated with the contempt she must have felt for the man who made them." She afterwards merried the gentle- man popularly known as "Dick ' Russell, who is, however, no relation to her brother- in-law,Earl Russell. Electric Cooking. Cooking by electricity is becoming, as we prophesied, quite the fashion, We notice that the proprietor of the Eldon Dining Hall and the Pine Apple Grill, at Newcastle -ore Tyne, has had trials of this novelty in cook- ing. At the former place on Friday .some cutlets, and at the latter on Saturday a thick chop, were cooked by this new pro. cess—the cutlets in' seven. minutes and the chop in 14—to the entire satisfaction of the manageresses and chefs. We believe electric cookers are being fitted in several of the West End flats in London. They deserve to be widely adopted. Mr. Dowsing's demonstrations at the Crystal Palace will greatly foster this cleanly aid easy method of every -day , cooking.—London Electrical Engineer. Ladies to the Front. The Royal University of Ireland has lately conferred a unique distinction upon two of the lady lecturers of Alexandra College, Dublin, bye enrolling them as members of its examining body. Miss Mary Stowe, M. A. , was appointed assist- ant examiner in French, and Miss M. Kerr Johnston, M. A. assistant examiner in physics. The academic record of both these ladies had been brilliant. Miss Stowe obtained in 1889 the studentship in modern literature—value $2,500—the high- est honor conferred by the Royal University of Ireland, and Miss Johnston was distin= guished throughout her course at the same university. Bad Either Way. " " I am afraid you thiuk I am getting up a • in years," said Miss May True, playfully to e Cholly, as they sat looking at the flickering logs in the grate. " Not at all," said Cholly, gallantly, " you're not so old as you look. I meati," he added, correcting himself, " you look a great deal younger than you are." —It is officially announced , that Her Majesty's Wednesday, d'L birthday willbe kept in England A midwife in New Jersey left ' an infant 4 weeks old out in a snowstorm to die and got otB with a flue of $50:°u:--.. knew better. " I hate real estate," said Hawkins, " Here I have two adjoining houses in the suburbs and a minister wants one and a ballet -dancer the other. The result will be they won't either of 'em stay more than a year." " Don't you believe it," said Hicks, who knew several ministers. Editor—I don't see any report of the re- marks of the Hon. Mr. Blore in your account of that banquet. Reporter—No ; you see he was omitted from the List by some mis- take. "It's a wonder he didn't make a few impromptu remarks, anyway." " He did, but they were under hisbreath-and - unfit for From the small island of `St. Kilda, offs cotland, 20,000 young gannets and an im- ense number of eggs aro annually ,sol- ected ; and although this bird lays only ne' egg' ,ler�;drttltnn, unit"' .is tour- yang fir ttaining maturity, its nuthbers do not iminish. - pirCiLicntton. ".--Iraclianmllolis Journal. 1 • Thames Bowman, M.-0.iL a yardmaster at ' d NEWS OP THE WEEK. The horse show at Drayton yesterday was a decided success. trust earPe t The United States whiskey last year -$4,628,827: • - Collingwood reports a very lively state of affairs about the harbor. The Welland canal will be open for ves- sels next Tuesday, April 19. Aver destructive hailstorm visited sec- tions of South Carolina Thursday after- noon. J h of tityoofpmeSthylated spirits Calgary, inn great agony. Two people were fatally injured in a col- lision between street cars in Chicago yes- terday. The - Dominion Prohibition Commission willTuesday.mmence its work in Montreal next The Revolutionists in Venezuela, under Gen. Creapo, have captured two Govern- ment vessels, The State Department at Washington de- nies the rumor of suspended diplomatic re- lations with Chiii. Dr. against the Essex f Record e has been decided tcalfe of in favor of the defendant, The precarious condition of the nuns seized by the King of Dahomey is causing anxious comment in France. Four valuable horses belonging to Charles Dalgleish were burned to death in a fire at Chesterfield on Thursday night. It is estimated that 50 the Mississippi floode,�while o3,000 families were lost s are homeless and in need of food. In a battle between British troops and Luahais, between Lungle and Damagiri, in India, 40 of the latter were killed. Cholera is spreading at an alarming rate in -the Punjaub, British Iddia, since the re- turn of the pilgrims from Hindwar. The Council of the Russian Empire has adopted a series of drastic measures that in- dicates that preparations are being made for war. In compliance with an ancient custom the Emperor Francis Joseph yesterday washed the feet of 12 poor men at the Imperial Palace. The Spanish Budget Committee has cons_ pleted its labors, and in 'spite of all econo mica, there will be a deficit of nearly five million dollars. The steamer Orenburg landed on Thurs- day 2,493 immigrants at Baltimore, the largest number ever landed from one ship at one time. - , George Wilkes, a notorious forger, died in a hospital at New York yesterday, He was found unconscious in the street with a broken skull. Minister Porter has •been instructed to re- turn to Rome from Philadelphia, where he had been staying during the suspension of diplomatic relations. The business failures in Canada have in- creased, numbering 60, as against 23 for the previous week and 39 for the corres- ponding week of last year. A New Orleans despatch says passenger train No, 2, northbound on the Illinois Cen- tral Railroad, was held up byrobbers Wed- nesday night and robbed -of $3,000: Harry Wells, of Kingston, who was in a marked melancholy frame of mind for some days previous, cut his throat yesterdaywith a razor. He was removed to, the hospital and the wound was stitched. It is • rumored that negotiations are on foot looking to the selection of Prince Leopold of Bavaria as King of Bavaria in the event of the death of King Otto, which is' expected soon to take place. Mr. Frank T. Shutt, chemist of the Dominion, Experimental Farm, has sub- mitted some apples, which were . twice sprayed with Paris green, to a delicate chemical analysis without finding the slightest trace of arsenic. Martin Hannenburg bas just died in the Detroit Emergency Hospital- The passage to his stomach was closed by an abscess,and for four months he kept himself alive by conveying food to his stomach through funnel inserted by the doctors. • Since Thursday morning 40,000 volunteers have been marching from all parts of Eng- land, concentrating upon Chatham, Dover and Portsmouth, for Easter Monday's man- oeuvres. A cablegram says the evolutions will be mainly based upon the idea of re- pelling an imagined invasion in England Several boys were shooting with a Flobert gun at a mark in the back yard. of a private residence in London, Ont., yesterday? when Fred. Wilson, 13 years of age, • passed be- tween the pointed weapon and the target. The bullet, a'small one, passed completely through his body. - He will probably die. A woman named Kruse, convicted of the murder of her husband, and her oldest'son Wilhelm, who was an accomplice, were executed at Dortmund yesterday. The prisoners confessed, saying they were weary of keeping the old man, becauae he was un- fit for work. A skull and partial remains of a man hair, been found in an outhouse on the Hudson's Bay reserve in Manitoba, and they are suj posed to be those of John • Knox, a cat dealer, who disappeared six years ago, from Winnipeg; and who is supposed to have been murdered for his money. Mr. H. T. Godwin, M. P. P., East Elgin, while returning from Toronto had an un- pleasant experience. A drunken man on board the train offered him a drink which he politely refused, when the man drew a revolver and flourished it in Mr. Godwin's face. He grabbed the weapon, and assisted by the passengers took both bottle and revolver, throwing the former out of the window. The man remained quiet during the remainder of the journey. Prorogation of the Manitou Le$ialaturo is expected tomorrow. Five cases of smallpox were reported in Now York City on Saturday. John E. Geist killed his wife and then Is shot himself Fort Erie, fell under a train on Saturday night and was instantly killed. A 14 -year-old London boynamed Wilson,, who was accidentally shot by a companion on Friday, has died of his injuries. , The Grain Shovellers' Union of Buffalo has decided not to permit Canadians to work in the Buffalo elevators this year. Great excitement has been caused in Havana by an explosion at a church door, believed to have been caused by Anarchists. A rich vein of nickel has been discovered on a farwo miles south of Keewatin. It is said a ore will yield a value of :I:• 8 per ton, Mrs. James Robertson cut the throat of her three weeks old baby at Portland, Me„ yesterday and then tried to take her own life. She is insane. An unsuccessful attempt at train wrecking was made near Oswego, N. Y., yesterday. A large boulder was placed on the track, but it was discovered, An epidemic of cholera prevails in the Nanterre Penitentiary, in France. Fifty-two deaths have taken place within a week, and aa many as twenty in a single day. Mr. • Leonard H. Courtney, M. P., De - chairman puty ofSpeaker the House of Commons, believes the mit- the dissolution of Parliament will -take place in July next. Harry Lee, of St. Louis, Mo., aged 23, who has been in two Keeley institutes for the cure of the drink habit, took a heavy dose of laudanum on Friday evening with suicidal intent. sThe strike in the Durham coal region t�t11 continues. A cable says it is estimated that the loss in es to the miners the five weeks that gthey have been on strike is a million and a quarter pounds. Fears of floods, caused by the rapid rise of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, are revived among the people of Manitoba. Part of the railway. bridge at Portage la Prairie has already been swept away. Idle stonemasons in Kingston complain that stone for the new Catholic church•to be b ilt at Portsmouth is being dressed in the penitentiary while they have to walk around the city with their hands in their pockets. An Anarchical Society has been discovered in Minneapolis with headquarters in Chi- cago, whose agents are servant girls and butlers, who possess peculiar advantages in placing dynamite bombs where they can do most harm. ,• Mr. M. C. Cameron; ex -M. P. for West Huron, has returned from Florida, and is the guest of ,his son-in-law, Mr. J. D. Wilson, Queen's avenue, ,London, Mr. Cameron has been greatly peuefited by his visit to the South. European politicians are wanting w; th keen interest for developments in the Lul- garian situation. A cablegram says a gen- eral expection isfelt that a renewed declara- tion of independence upon the part of Bulgaria will shortly be made. John R., had hisrightleg fearfully crushed whilst engaged shunting at Arthur on Friday. He was brought to Toronto on Saturday in care of Dr. Robinson, and taken to the General Hospital, where his Ieg will be. amputated rat the knee. jj A petition was filed on Saturday with the registrar of the Chancery Division by Archibald A. Ellis, of St. Mary's, against the return of William Pridham, member -- elect for the South Riding of Perth: The usual charges of bribery, treating and un- due-linfluence are made. The McCarthy wing of the Irish party has split into four sections, one headed by Mr. Timothy Healy, and the second by Mr. John Dillon and Mr. William O'Brien, The members of the third wing are known as the Neutrals, and the fourth consists of Mr. Justin McCarthy and his son. • The inhabitants of the southeast of Eng- land were amazed yesterday morning on rising to sae 12 inches of snow on the ground. Never in English memory had such a spec- tacle been witnessed. The budding crops were buried out of sight, and everything wore a garb of the deepest winter. At a aitting of the First Division Court before Judge Elliot at London judgment was reserved until Wednesday on ,the betting case of Cahill vs. McMartin. Mr. Cahill bet $50 with Mr. H. M. Douglas that Mr: C. S. Hyman would be elected. Mr. Douglas bet on Mr. Carling, Mr. Cahill sued to recover his share of .the stakes. Richards vs. Wheeler was a similar case. There were 37 other cases on the list. Mr. Thomas Wisdom, Vice -President of the International Moulders' Union, Pitts burg, cadre to Kingston on Friday to arbi- trate in the difficulty with the Chown & Cunningham Company, Manager Warm- ington refused to hear Mr: Wisdom, He said there was no strike, that the men could get work if they accepted the company's terms. He would not allow a man from Pittsburg to tell him how to run his busi• ness. Mr. Wisdom says the moulders will be provided for and a boycott placed on the company's goods. - Society of Jesus General. At an early date the members of the Society of Jesus will be called upon to elect a General, an office at present vacant by the death in January last of Father' Anderledy, who had been Father -General for five years. After the Pope himself and the' Cardinal Prefect of the Propaganda, the General of the Jesuits holds what is regarded as the moat important official position in thee Raman Catholic Church. In fact, he is universally known as the " Black Pope," to distinguish him from the "White Pope," or Supremo Pontiff, and the " Red Pope," the Cardinal Prefect. The General rules over a Company or Society consisting of 12,972 members, divided into priests, scholastics and lav brothers, and over these his rule is absolute. The members are not allowed to assume high office in the church except by express command of the Pope himself. The method of election is of the most democratic character, delegates being a pointed from the 27 provinces of the ociety 'scattered all over the world. in Dayton, Ohio, yesterday, Baron Fava has received orders to return to his post at the Italian Legation in Wash. ington. Rev. H. Allen, D. D., for twenty-two y years editor of the British QuarterlyRevjf?,, . died in. London on Saturday . L \YIP/I! LEAP YEAR PROPOSAL.~+ A Factory Girl Who knew a Good Fellow When She Saw Dim. It: happened -a--few-mornings -ago that my ear caught this " Tom," said Mary Tracy to a Hocken-um weaver, "I saw you help your mother 'to wash the clothes the other evening." Tom's face grew a shade redder. " You did ?" " Yes," she went on, "and I hear you duet the mats and sift the althea." • " Well, Mary," Tom replied, " you know I have no sisters—never had.. My mother is not able to hustle around like a younger woman. She is a good mother, and I like to help her." " Tom," continued Mary, " I wish you were my husband," Tom brightened up ; be looked at Mary. 1" said he •enthusiastically, " I wish I was." Have factory girls no eyes, eh ? 0 course they have, and see worth and good- ness in a fellow of their own class more readily than a fashionable shop -girl. I ant sure that Mary's was the tritest leap -year proposal that I have as yet' heard of,— Wade's Fibre and Fabric. How to Build Country Roads. Minn.:C. Buellwrites following ing extrfrom St. acth froPark, a the Mineapolis Tinte.s contains a text worthy the consideration of ,S'taudard readers : " The proposed road from Minneapolis to Wayzata will be discussed by the county commissioners at their me eting on Monday. The road committee has already ,approved of the road as laid out. All that remains is to assess the benefits and award damages to those through whose land the road will run." • The building of the road in question will • undoubtedly cause an increase in the value of the land along the route of the new high- way. In this case the county commission- ers are simply following the general practice here in the opening of streets and roads. The land taken for the road or street is appraised and the owners are paid the valve. Then all those benefited' by the building of the road are assessed proportionately to raise the funds necessary to pay the awards. In determining who are benefited, nothing is taken into account but- increase in the value of land. No one is assessed anymore because his land may be improved, and the notion that the users of the road should pay a part of its cost is not considered at all. All users of the road are on an equality, and none are asked to pay at all because they are users. But the owners of land along the -line of the road or at its ter- mini are benefited in a different way. They et a benefit t can l for cash. They get this inaaddition to the lbenefit that comes to them as users of the road. There- fore this benefit that shows itself in , an in- creased value. of their land is what deter- mines who shall pay for the road and what amount each shall pay. This plan of special assessment is one that single tax men will do well to study with care. It is perfectly just and wholly practical, and it has the merit of being easily understood. It is far easier to make the average man see the merits of this special assessment plan than it is to convince, him of the justice and ex- pediency of the general single tar proposi- tion. -217: Y. Standard, A Hungry Hero. Sir Randall Roberts, who Ied a dramatic company through' the `L;nited States 15 years ago, possesses one of the oldest baronetcies in England, but he has just been awed for the recovery of $25, which accord- ing to the evidence produced in court, had been lent to him in very small amounts for the purpose of enabling him to get his breakfast, Sir. Randall is, financially speaking, on his beam ends, and is in the disagreeable position of an undischarged bankrupt. He is eking out a scanty subsistence by borrow- ing and doing some occasional work for an insurance company. His fate is all the harder when it is remembered that he has behind him a distinguished career. He - served in the Crimean war with such dis- tinction as to obtain a number of orders and medals, including ' that of the Legion of Honor, His gallantry during the Indian mutiny, too, was conspicuous, while .during. the' Franco-German war of 1870, where he acted as correspondent for a London daily paper, he received the order of the Iron Cross from the hands of Emperor William. He is a man who, during the past 20 years, has been in constant ill -luck and in hot water, and in Cairo, in 1885, became involved in a very disaggreeable conflict with the police. He is married and has grown-up sons and daughters, who appear 'to have, discarded him. --N Y. Recorder, A Mean Woutan. First floor walker—Talk about meanness. That woman in the black silk is a reg'ler old miser, I'll bet, Second floor walker—Did she haggle over prices ? First floor walker_ o ; she selected her things and paid fcr 'em fast enough, but during the whole 17 minutes we've kept her waiting for her change, she hasn't moved around once to look at the other sorts of goods we've got on sale. 'Fetid she'll see something she wants, I s'pose. A Pertinent Question. The Lady of the House—Why don't yon go to work ? Don't you know that a rolling stone gathers no moss? Tramp (front Bostonl—Madame, not to evade your question at all. but merely to obtain information, may I ask of what prac- tical utility moss is to a man in my condi- tion ? - Love in a Palace. Mrs. Do Style—So Miss D'Avnoo is going to marry Mr. Billion : I thought she would take Mr. Million, Mrs. De Fashion—she did intend to, but Mr. Billion rushed in at the last moment and bid 50,000 higher. • Nor York World : The visit to this coun- try of Furniss, the clever caricaturist of Punch, has no connection with the rumor that the proprietors of I',ntrh intend to transform it into a comic pap'r. Canadian thistles may look up .proudly from their lowly place along the roadaide and in the fence corner, The CLinese make what iaeal-led 4Gn}ti e,l;,� ;, griks cloth, from the flare of the common thistle. It is 'said, when made in certain forms, it has twice the strength of leather. :r�