Lucknow Sentinel, 1892-08-12, Page 7a
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♦ Gentleman.
I knew bim for a gentleman
By signs that never fail;
His coat was rough and rather worn,
His cheeks were thin and pale—
A lad who had his way to make.
With little time for play--
3knew.him1oa.a: gentleman
By certain signs to -day.
Ile met his mother on the street;
Off came his little cap.
Mydoor was shut; he waited there
Until I heard his rap.
He took the bundle from my hand.
And when I dropped my pen
He sprang to pick it up for me,
This gentleman of ten.
Ile does not push and crowd along;
His voice is gently pitched•
He does'not fling his books about
As it he were bewitched.
He stands aside to let you pass;
He always shots the door ;
Ile runs on errands willingly
o forge and mill and store,
He ks of you before himself ;
li serves you if ho ,can ;
For ahatever company
The manners make the man.
At ten or forty 'lie the same,
The manner tells the tale ;
And I discern ,the gentleman
By signs that never fail,
"A King's Daughter."
She Is a prettypicture,
She is graoetui as a fawn,
She is radiant as the sunbeams
That kise the lips or dawn.
She Is fairer than the flowers
That dream by tropic seas,
She is purer than the zephyrs es
That woo the orange trees.
She is winsome as a fairy,
she has gentle, kindly ways,
And pure lips ever ready
go speak another's praise.
a "has higher aims than fashion.
e is noble, kind and true,
Sh believes in help ng others
And the good that she can do.
She is thoughtful to her moth&
She's a blessing from above.
011, her life's a gentle sermon,
Full of hoe and joy and love.
She is cheerful as the sunshine,
' She is kind to everything ;
She's a lovely earthly angel
She's "A Daughter of the King."
The Speillvg-ilatcb.
Ten little children standing in a line,
"F -u -1-y, fully," then there • were nine.
Nino puzzled faces fearful of their fate; -
" C -1-1-1-y, silly," then there were eight.
iSirh pairs of blue eyes bright as stars of heaven
busy," tnen there were seven.
Seven grave heads shaking in an awful fix,
L-a-i--d-y, lady," then there were six.
Six eagerdarlin$s determined each to strive,
D -u -t -i -e, duty,' then there were five.
Five hearts, so anxious, beating more and more
"S -c -h -o -1 -1 -a -r, scholar," then there were four.
Fourmouths like rosebuds on a red rose tree.
" M -e -e -r -y, merry, ' then there were three.
Three pairs of pink -Dara listening keen and true,
"O -n -e -e -y, only," then there were two.
Two sturdy ladies ready both to run,
"T -u -r -k -y,, turkey," then there was one.
One head of yellow hair bright in the sun,
"II-o-ro, hero," the spelling -match was won.
On the Reverse Order. •
I know a young pair who are wedded and
poor—
For it sometimes happens that way—
Who wrestle each day with the wolf at the
door—
Foritsometimes happens that way.
Now, if this were a novel, we'd find them all
right,
And livingon love and a sup and a bite,
But I'm sure that they quarrel, and 1've heard.
that they tight—
Well, it sofnetimes happens that way.
There once was a man with a mother-in-1nm—
For —
For it sometimes happens that wase--
Whom
ay—Whom he daily subdued with a vigorous jaw—
' For it sometimes happens that way.
Though we all know she should have been sav-
ago and grim,
Anda gigantic terror, who tyrannized him,
Yet she really was docile and lacking in vim—
For it somaimes Lappens that way.
There once was a man who went.to a "show,"
For it sometimes happens that way
Though he was bald-headed, he took the back
• row—
For it sometimes happ.:ns i hat way.
And he didn't sneak home in. the fear of his
life—
Nor, when asked where he'd been, tell lies to
his wife
In his actions she saw no occasion for strife—
For it sometimes happens that way.
Told' By the Bondi,.
She's the sweetest sumniah girl, i
Should fawncy, as they go ,•'�
But she's weally dwedful. ChbIly,
Weally dwedful' don't you know.
Sheet
Sai
And
Co
e lake was glowious ; I
was dwedful wet :
asked me if my mamma
d spare her precious pet.
And, aw, futhaw'. she awskod me
In awccents sweet and low,
If a poodle evah chased me, aw,
Cholly don't you know.
Befoah I could wcply, you know,
She sweetly said, is that
About the pwec.ise measah of youah,
Lawgest size of hat t"
She weally meant. my cane head ;
She does supwise m•!, so ;
She is weally dived Cholly,
Wtally dwedfu!, dont you know.
" R hen 1 urn Rig
When I am big I mean to buy
A dozen -platters of pumpkin' pie,
A barrel of nets to have cm handy,
And fifty pounds of sugar candy.
When I am big I mean to wear
A long -tail coat, and, crop my hair,
171 buy a paper• and read the news,
And sit up late whenever I choose.
to ica in the uie1hern Seas.
An e rimentai voyage, which, though
its main object is commercial, is not with-
out interest of a more general kind, says
" Science," is about to he undertaken by ,
Captain Gray, of Peterhead, the well-known'
Arctic whaler. Cap:uin Gray is of opinion
that the value of the Antarctic Seas as a
whaling ground aa- n.' • r been, properly
tested, and he has, a me!:ng to the Pro-
ceedings of the Royal tiographical Society,
succeeded in raising the capital necessary
for prosecuting an experimental voyage with
a couple of vessels of same 400 or 500 tons
register, propelled by auxiliary engines of
aeventy or eighty horse -power nominal. A
statement issued by Captain Gray and his
brother contains numerous extracts from
the literature on the Antarctic regions, as
evidence that there is a reasonable prospect
of developing a new and important fishing
industry in the Southern Seas.
Wage -slavery doesn t seem to bo such an
unmixed evil on the afternoon of pay-day
Wooden sleepers on railways last 'about
6 years.
AN OAKVILLE MIRACLE.
The Remarkable Case of Mr. John W.
Condor. •
A Helpless Cripple For Yettrs—Treated by
the Staff of the Toronto General Hes.
,vital and Discharged as Incurable—
The Story of His Miraculous Recovery
as Investigated by an "Empire"
Reporter.,
(Toronto Empire.)
For more than a year past the readers of
the Empire have been given the particulars
of tome of the most remarkable cures of the
19th century, all, or nearly all of thein, in
cases hitherto held by the most advanced
medical scientists to be incurable. The
particulars of these cases were vouched for
by such leading newspapers as the Hamil-
ton Spectator and TIMES, the Halifax
Herald, Toronto Globe, • Le Monde, Mont-
real ; Detroit. News, Albany, N. Y.,
Journal, Albany Express and others, whose
reputation placed beyond question the
statements made.
Recently rumors have been afloat of a
remarkable case in the pretty little town of
Oakville, of a young man recovering after
years of helplesaness' and agony. The
Empire determined to subject the caee to
the most rigid investigation, and accord-
ingly detailed one of our beat reporters to
make a thorough and impartial investiga-
tion into the case. Acting upun these in-
structions our reporter went to Oakville and
called upon Mr. John W. Condor (who it
was had so miraculously recovered), and
had not long been in conversation with him
when he was convinced that the statements
made were not only true, but that " the
half had not been told." The reporter
found Mr. Condor at work in one of the
heaviest -departments of the Oakville basket
factory, and was surprised, in the face
of what he knew of ilia case, to be con-
fronted by a strapping young fellow of
good pb►yeique, ruddy countenance and
buoyant bearing. This now rugged
young manwas he who had spent a great
part of his days upon a . sIck-bed, suffer-
ing almost untold agony. When the
Empire representative announced the
purpose of his visit Mr. Condor cheer-
fully- volunteered a: statement of his caee
for the benefit of other sufferers. "'I am,"
said Mr. Condor, "an Englishman by birth,'
and came to this country with my parents
when 9 years of age, and at that time was.
as rugged. and healthy us any boy of my
age. I am now 29 years of age, and it was
when about 14 years old that the first
twinges of inflammatory rheumatism came
upon me, and daring the fifteen years that
intervened between that time and my re-
covery, a few months ago, tongue can
hardly tell how much I suffered. My trouble
was brought en, I think, through too fre-
quent bathing in the cold lake water. The
Joints of my body began• to swell, thea;
cords of my .legs to tighten, and the
muscles of my limbs to contract. I be-
came a helpless cripple, confined to bed,
and for three months did not leave my
room. The doctor who was called . in
adn•_inistered preparations of iodide of
potassium and other remedies without
any material beneficial effect. After some
months of suffering I became etrong enough
to leave the bed, but my limits were stiffened
and.i was unfitted for any active vocation.
I was then hampered more' or less for the,
following nine years, when I was again
forced to take to my bed. This attack was in
1886, and was a great deal mere severe than
the first. My feet, ankles, knees, lege,
arms, shoulders, and in fact • all parts
of my frame were affected. My joints
and muscles became badly swollen, and
the disease even reached my head. Myface
was Swelled to a great size. i was unable
to open my mouth, my jaws being fixed to-
gether. I, of coarse, could eat nothing:
My teeth were pried apart and liquid food
poured down my throat. I lost my voice,
and I could speak only in husk f whispers.
Really, I am unable to describe the state I
was in , during these long weary months.
With my swollen Limbs drawn by the tight-
ening cords up to my emaciated body, and
my whole frame twisted and contorted intq
indescribable shapes, I was nothing more
than a deformed skeleton. For three long
weary months I was confined to bed, after
which I was • able to ,get up, bat
was a complete physical wreck, hob-
bling around on crutches a helpless
cripple. My sufferings were continually
intense, and frequently when I would
be hobl ling along the street I would . be
seized with a paroxe stn of pain and would
fall unconscious to the greund. Daring all
this time I had the constant attendance of
medical men, but their remedies were
unavailing. All they could do was to try
to built up my system by the uae of tonics.
In the fall of 1889 and spring of 1890I again
suft_ red intensely severe attacks, and at
last my medi,:al attendant, as a last resort,
ord.ied nie to the Toronto General Hos-
pital. I entered the hospital on June 20th,
1890, and remained there until Sept. 20th
of the same year. ,But•, notwithstanding
all the care and attentieu bestowed upon
nie hile in this institution, no improve-
ment was noticeable in my condition.
Aftere using almost every available
remedj' the hospital doctors—of whom
there were about a dozen—came to the
conclusion that my case was incurable.
and I was sent away, with the understand-
ing that I might remain an outside patient.
Accordingly from September 1890 to the end
of January, 1891, 1 went to the hospital
once a week for examination and treatment.
At this stage I became suddenly worse, and
once more gained admission to the hospital,
where I lay in a mieerable suffering condi-
tion for two months or more. In the spring
of 1891 I returned to Oakville, and made an
attempt; to do something toward my own
support- I was given night work in the
basket factory, but had to be conveyed to
and from my place of labor in a buggy and
carried from the rig to a table in the works
on which I sat and performed my work. In
August, 1891, I was again stricken down,
and remained ih an utterly helpless condi-
tion until January, 1892. At this time Mr.
James, a local druggist, strongly urged me to
try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale
People. I' was prejudiced against proprie- •
tory medicines as I had spent nearly all I 1
possessed on numerous highly recommended,
so-called remedies. I had taken into'my i
system large quantities of different family
medicines. i had exhausted the list of
liniments, but all in vain, and I was there-
for reluctant Co take 3.r. James' advice. I,
however, saw several strong testimonials as
to the value of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills as
a blood builder and nerve tonic, and think-
ing that I could only get my blood in better
condition mygeneral state of health might
be improved, I resolved to give Pink Pills
a=trial. Witii.thezcouragalte nebl
bought a box, but there" was no noticeable
improvement, and I thought this was like
the other remedies Ihad used. But urgedon
by friends I continued- taking Pink Pills
and after using seven boxea I was rewarded
by noticing a decided change for the bet-
ter. My appetite returned, my spirits
began to Hee, and 1 had a little freer use of
my muscles and limbs, the old troublesome
swellings subsiding. I continued the re-
medy until Ihad used twenty-five boxes,
when I left o$ By this time I had taken
on considerable flesh, and weighed as much
as 160 pounds. This was a gain of 60
jpounds in a few weeks. My joints assumed
their normal aize, my muscles became
firmer, and, in fact, I was a new man. By
April I was able to go to work in the basket
factory, and now I can v,ork ten hours a
day with any man. I often stay on duty
overtime without feeling any bad
effects. I play baseball in the even-
ings, and can run bases with any of
the boys. Why I feel like dancing for very
joy at the relief from abject misery I suf-
fered so long. Many a time I prayed for
death to release me from my sufferings, but
now that is all gone and I enjoy health as
only he can who suffered agony for years. I
have given you a brief outline of my suffer-
ings, but from what I have told you can
guess the depth of my gratitude for the
great remedy which has restored mo to
health and strength.
Wishing 1,o substantiate the truth of Mr.
Condor's remarkable story the Empire
representative called upon Mr. F. W.
James, the Oakville druggist referred to
above. Mr. James fully corroberated the
statements of Mr. Condor. When the
latter had first taken Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills he was a mere akele-
ton—a wreck of humanity. The people
of the town had long given . him
up for as good as dead, and would hardly
believe the man's recovery until they saw
him themselves. The fame of this cure is
now spread throughout the sectioaand the
result is an enormous sale of Pink Pills. "I
sell a -dozen -and -a -half boxes of Pink Pills
every day," said Mr. James, " and this
is remarkable in a town the size of Oak-
ville. And better still they give, perfect
satisfaction. Mr. James recalled numerous
instances of remarkable cures after other
remedies had failed. Mr. Jchn Robertson,
who lives midway between Oakville and
Milton, who had been troubled with asthma"
and bronchitis for about 15 years, has been
cured by the use of Pink Pills, and this
after physicians had told him there was
no use doctoring further. Mr. Robert-
son says his appetite had failed com-
pletely, but after taking seven boxes of
Pink Pills he was ready and waiting for
each meal He regards hfs case as a re-
markable one. In fact Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills are recognized as ore of the greatest
modern medicines—a perfect blood builder
and. nerve restorer—caring such diseases as
rheumatism, neuralgia, partial paralysis,
locomotar ataxia, St. Vitus' dance, nervous
headache, nervous prostration and the tired
feeling resulting therefrom, diseases depend-
ing upon humors in the blood, such as scro-
fula, chronic erysipelas, etc. Pink Pills
restore pale and sallow complexions to the
glow ol: health, and are a specific for all the
troubles peculiar to the female sex, while in
the case of men they effect a radical cure in
all cases arising from mental worry, over-
work or excesses of whatever nature.
The Empire reporter also called upon Mr.
J. ` C. Ford, proprietor of the Oakville
Basket Factory, in which Mr. Condor is
einployed. Mr. Ford said he knew of the
pitable condition Condor has been in for
years, and he had thought he would never
recover. The cure was evidently a thorough
One for Condor worked steadily at heavy
labor in the mills and apparently stood it as
well as the rest of the employees. Mr. Ford
said he thought a great deal of the young
man and was pleased at his wonder-
ous deliverance from the grave and his re-
storation to vigorous health.
In orderto still further verify the state-
ments made by Mr. Condor in the above in-
terview, the reporter on his return to
Toronto examined. the General Hospital
records, and found therein the entries fully.
bearing out all Mr. Condor had ea. id, thus
leaving no doubt that his case is one of the
most remarkable on record, and "all the
more remarkable because it had baffled the
skill of the beat physicians in Toronto.
These pills are manufactured by the Dr.
Williams' Medicine Company, Brockville,
Ont:, and Schnectady, N. Y., and are sold
in boxes (never in loose form by4he dozen
or hundred, and the public are cautioned
against numerous imitations sold in this
shape) at 50 cents a box, or six boxes for
$2.50, and niay be had of all` druggists or
direct by mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine
Company from either address. The price
at which these pills are sold make a coarse
of treatment comparatively inexpensive as
compared with other remedies or medical
treatment.
Tobacco and the Teeth.
It causes the teeth to turn yellow and
decay, and the gums togrow soft and
spongy until even the sound teeth often
drop out.
'Dr. John Allen, the father of dentistry
in New York, says,it is almost impossible'
to fit false teeth closely in the mouth of a
tobacco ,user, because of the flabbiness of
the gums.
Eminent surgeons testify that the most,
terrible cases of cancer of the lips, tongue
and stomach, are often occasioned by
smoking.
Senator Hill, one of the most eminent
men of the South, United , States Senator
from Georgia, died in 1883, of cancer of the
tongue caused by smoking, and ex -Mayor
Samuel Powell, of Brooklyn, died of banter
of the mouth from the same cause.
General Grant, the world renowned
soldier, who was President of the United
States for two terms, fell a victim to can-
cer of the throat, caused by smoking.
The use of tobacco almost 'decays stunts a
boy's growth and makes him puny, weak
and cowardly. No boy who smokes er
chews can expect to grow to be a strong up-'
right man. —Ex.
DEATH OF THO,IAS COOK.
1/00..1110
Ile Was the King • of Tonrlst•Travci
Throughout the World.
Thomas Cook, the head of the well-known
firm of excursion managers, who died the
other day, was born in Derbyshire in 1808.
In''early _hfe— was a fforiet_ and - then s-
printer, and afterward a wood -turner. It
was in 1841 that he first took up the excur-
sion business. A temperance society organ,
ized a picnic to meet at Loughborough.
It struck him that the railroad company
might perhaps be induced to run a spec ell
train from Leicester for their accommoda-
tion and bring them back again. The com-
pany consented. Five hundred and seventy
people were taken at a shilling a head, and
on their return they were welcomed by a
vast concourse and treated as persons who
had performed a notable feat. At once Mr.
Cook began to be in demand as an advisor
when othe societies wished to use the new
means of conveyance for the purpose of
cheap excursions.
' In a short time be abanjloned his trade of
wood -turning and began to plan excursions
as a business. In. 1843 he took 4,600 children
from Leicester to Derby and back for eix-
pence apiece. In 1845 he carried out a bigger
scheme—a,trip to Liverpool, with
excursions tthe Isle of Man, Dublin and
North Wales. Then came the turn of
Scotland. The first Scotch trips were
great successes, but they wore as notlung to
the trips to London which Mr. Cook organ-
ized in the year of the Greet Exhibition,and
in which he conveyed to the capital and
back to their homes no lees than 165,000
persons. This made his name and hia busi-
ness widely known, and made the railway
companies regard him as an important per-
son.
In 1855 he ran his first excursion to Paris,
where the first of Napoleon's exhibitiona
was then being held. A atilt more epoch-
making date was July 4th, 1856, when the
first "personally conducted " touring party
left Harwich for Antwerp, Cologne, Baden-
Baden and home via Paris. This was Mr.
Cook's first personal introduction to the
German railways, over which his name is
now so well known. It was not till 1864
that he began to open out what has been
to himself and the hotelkeepers the gold
mine of Switzerland. The success of these
tours was secured from the first by the
liberal policy adopted by the Swisa railway
companies in issuing coupons Which left
much liberty to travellers. •
Then, when Mr. Cook had settled, his
business in Switzerland, he began to look
across the ocean to America ; and, fortified
with letters' from Mr. Bright and Mr. For-
ster, he travelled to New York and began to
extend his•system over the United States.
1 Since that time the name of the firm has
Ibeen a household word. It has known how
to turn to its advantage circumstances
which might at first sight have been
thought most unfavorable, such as the war
of 1870, when Messrs. Cook organized a -
completely new service to the South and to
India by the German lines. Of late years,
too, the East, and especially Egyptand the
Holy Land, have been their Cpecial prov-
ince, and in the expedition to 1 hartonm it
was they who were charged bY the Govern-
ment with the greater part of the transport
service. •
Only last year Mr. Cook celebtate the
jubilee of his firm. Manydistinguished
persons were present at the grand banquet,
and congratulatory letters were received
from the late Khedive of Egypt and many
more notables. A few days later appeared
Mr. Fraser Rae's b.ok, " The Business of
Travel," which gave a history of Mr- Cook's
firm.
A Visit to the Pioneer Fish Pends.
As there has of late been considerable
talk, cencerning artificial fish ponds, air.
E. F. Snyder, of Caistor, determined to
visit Mr. Joseph Garner's' ponds in Fenwick,.
Pelham and verify the truthfulness of the
general talk. He accordingly made his visit
on July 19th. Passing through Caistor,
Gainaboro' and Pelham, the fields showed
fair signs of an over -average crop, and the
farmers of that district seem to bear. their
burdens with a lighter heart than has been
their custom for a few years back. The
crops of the sandy land of Pelham are
rather superiorto those of the other two
townships. Mr. Snyder wag sorry to find
his old friend, Mr. Garner, ex -Warden of
Pelham, and a good old Reformer, suffering
from an illness, but his sickness did not
check the hospitality of - his genal spirit.
Mr. Garner sent for his son, who after show-
ing to his viaitor their fine dwelling an
roomy barn, which is,
furnished with'
stiflicient water from a long ' distance
by a rain pump, he proceeded to give
information concerning the fisheries.
This farm contains three artificial ponds
filled alone by surface water during rains.
Two of these ponds are smaller, but the
larger one contains about half an acre, being
in the deepest places about six or eight feet
deep. Mr. Garner imported his fish, which
are three kinds of German carp, from Ger-
many four years ago, and now, Mr- Snyder
says, many of the millions which abound in
his ponds weigh from 15 to 17 pounds each.
It seems odd, yet he says it is true, that
you may easily see these fish by taking a
little soaked wheat to the side of the pond
and giving three loud whistles. The fish
will rush to the shore in waves and sq throw
the water with their tails that to keep dry
you must keep a distance from the side of
the pond. The warm water does not hurt
these fish in the least, Mr. Garner has, in
the last two weeks; supplied three other
farmers with fish for their own ponds. He
presented Mr. Snyder with a few for trial,
and he finds them equal in flavor to any of
our -best Canadian fish. Mr. Snyder now
intends putting up a pond of 'his own, and
many other farmers might add to the value
of their farms by doing likewise.
Tupper—While I was fishing the other
day h saw two fish come up and bite at my
hook at the same time. Jagway—That's
nothing. I came home from the club the
other night in two cabs.
There are 19,550 men and more than 4,500
women engaged in the retail liquor business
in Chicago.
A typewriting Machine which will print
on the leaves of a blank book 6f any thick-
ness is one of the latent inventions.
When a woman is in trouble she gener-
oea the
same thing, but his° tears aro of another
Lady Colin Campbell is not only an expert kind.
fencer,• but known how to kill a salmon or I1hotogra here say that the facial resem-
land a trout as well as any fisherman on a Mance of husband and wife is closer than
Scotch river. that of brother and sister.
ally resorts to tears. A man d
C*IISKED THE SALESLADY.
A Customer -Who Proved That Men)snow a
• Thing or Two.
" Is there such a thing as long cloth ?"
" Ob, yes 1" answered the pretty, ".sales-
lady."
F• Well," he said, ae he moppe '7 'brow
L --it was one of the recent warm days—
(aa then that's what I want. My wife wrote
it to me in a letter, and I thought she must
hove made a mistake. The word looked like
a icing,' but I thought it mustlhave been
meant for something else."
" Oh, men don't know everything,"
replied the cool -looking girl behind the
counter, who was pert as well as; pretty,
though they think they do!"
1" Don't they 1" he responded, rather
enjoying the repartee, and thinking that
s opping for a family 'lithe country wasn't
ch a bad thing,, after all, " Do they
t • k so ?" he added, lifting his brows into
conspicuous interrogation mark.ee al
The " saleslady " made no response, save
With a quick floe it of her eyes as she snip-
siiapped off the quantity of long cloth he had
rdered.
" Now let nae tell yo`''n a thing or two,"
e went on, feeling unexpectedly cool and
ontented by this time. "Do you know
at in my perple>fity over what my wife
isbed me to buy I consulted two ladies
who are usually ell informed, and that
either of them el ever heard of long cloth
afore 1 They oth agreed with me in
hinking that my ife had made a mistake,
d that she m ant to write some other
ord. Now,'tha 's straight. But I am not
hrough yet. I Wee at my brother's house
this morning and intended to ask my sister-
in-law about it. Bat it slipped my mind
until after I had gone away, and then,
(cursing my forgetfulness, I told my brother
whit I had intended to do. As soon as he
e.ard the word ' long cloth" he said
hat it was all right ; he had heard of
the staff before and was sure I would have
no difficulty in finding it hereor inanyother
store. Now whit; have you to say to that ?
Two women had ever heard of it. A man
who is not comie4ted with the dry goods
business in the remptes't way, except to sign
checks for his wif 'e monthly bills, knew all
—at any rate Som thing -.about it."
The "saleslady" listened in, Silence, but
without giving ani; sign that she had been
crashed "
By. this time he package had been
:wrapped and the4hange returned,. and -the-
iehopper-for-a-wif in the country walked -
out with . somewhat of an air of triumph.
1 Meeting a friend on the sidewalk, he re-
marked that on the whole he bad seenmany
much hotter days,) ,and he wondered what
people were makirlt� so much fuss over, any-
way.—New York Tribune.
The Nobleman's Greatest Compliment.
One wet, foggy, muddy day, a little girl
was standing on one side of a street in
London, waiting for an opportunity to
f cross over. Those who have aeen London
streets on such a day, with their wet and
mud, and have watched the rush of cabs,
handsome, omnibuses and carriages, will
not wonder that a little girl should be afraid
to try to make her way through such a
Babel as that. So she walked up and down
and looked into the faces of those who
passed by. Some looked careless, some
harsh, some were in haste, and she did not
find the one she sought, until at length an
aged man, rather tall ' and square, and of
grave yet kindly aspect, came walking
down the street. I Looking in his face, she
seemed to see in him the one for whom she
had been waiting, and she went up to him
and whispered, tit iidly.
" Please, sir, will you help me over i"
The old man saw the little girl safely
across the street, and when he afterwards
told the story, he baid, " That little child's
trust was the gr test compliment I ever
had in my Life."
That man was id Shaftesbury. He re-
oeived honors at the hands of a mighty
nation ; he wan 'complimented with the
freedom of the gt�'atest city on the globe.;
he received the ho gra conferred by royalty;
but the greatest mpliment he ever had in
his life was when that little unknown gal
singled him out in the jostling crowd of a
London street, and_ dared to trust him,
stranger though he was, to protect and
assist her.
Men carry something of their character
written in their faces. Day by day the
acts of life chisel their impress on the
human countenance and the record there
kept reveals the character of the man, and
the history of his lie and deeds. If world-
liness, and selfishness, and sin are witton
there, the keen eyes of childhood will not
fail to find the record ; while, if there
beams in that -countenance the grace and
peace of Christ, and the gentleness and
kindness of the Lord, even children will be
attracted.—Christian Standard.
Temperaucc�lNTotes.
Tho first State .to legislate against the .
sale and manufacture of the deadly cigarette
is Massachusetts.
Ignorance steeped in whiskey is a diaboli-
cal prescription for poisoning a free govern-
ment,—Neto York Tribune.
The Mississippi W. C ,1'. U.' propose,
they say, to send to the World's Fair a
model of the Temperance Temple built of
cotton in all stages of growth.
Every Christianman should teach the
politicians that only that party that will
wash its bands of;complicity in the awful
crime of the licensed saloon traffic by taking
positive ground against it can expect his
support and vote. — United Presbyterian -
Assembly.
The Sargent prize of $100 offered at Har-
vard for the beat metrical translation of an
ode of Horace has been awarded this year to
a young woman. Two years ago a young
woman took it over forty masculine com-
petitors. ,It behooves the young men to
bestir themselves.
The recent christening of the Texas with
a bottle of cold water is not the first, in-
stance on record. In Canada, over thirty-
five years ago, a sailing vessel was to be
launched. The owner and wife, thepresent
Honorary President of the Dominion W. C.
T. U., insisted that the christening should
be done with cold water.
After Gambetta's death his brain wan
given .for examination. The report read
that if it were not known to whom the brain
belonged, the physician would have said
that it belonged to a woman who used all
her faculties well. As Gambetta was an
opponent to woman's advancement, the de -
elision might not be flattering to their pride
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