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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1893-06-09, Page 3_ ••'• 4 • •41.44..4.4194imaimaivav •••••••••••.•444 •••••;44i.."•;.444.....••••••••••••• GE AND MAY.. Queent-Mary II, * and ' Anne -died. -• King James James II:, the imother of two. reigning Duchess.' of York. before leer. -husband'S accession to the • Throne ; therefore - Anne • - Hyde -danghter ot rtheZEerl Of Clarendon,. EintiLastic- hoptian Ar.corded -th i.Elappf Ttit.Ors canniest - Count- very. " Well as a. Sovereign's • .consort. - - However, : home-grown queens • lip.ot ThOT Pat. Appearance inP tiblic cluster thick and fast lie the - line Of Plan• e . . , tagehet ends and •that of Tudor beginS.: The J wives * of ' . Ed:Ward .I.V., -Richard III, and Henry. 'VII; wer.e: Englishwomen, . and ,•iirs,. were four _ one of. Henry . VIIIie. . half dozen 'sponsee.. . As sdi,i theee;Menarohs.Were Of ..- .Maiterfn.1 dispositio 1 and 'flenriihed: at a 3.3:iiie,eg:41-,s---rsat igrorge' Iliiisit litivyrie4ii time.- when the'divin', y which hedged. round ' . iii?ti--.1'..:ie-ieerst:iir, 0,1-een4-::%list Stto-;.e-j! a King. included . his rieOxeit,•:family con- - . - • 1 'zi- . - , .; - [ , ,-, - --ete-.,A, .4*Cet3 into „the , -,Private Lillie: of ;,nections, a nonieworrian promoted to go,,,uon- `7,7iiit'e..• .11„t...k. -•,_.33.41.3..-7. itielaidi - an Ideallship hild-to be treated With the same intense- Nethee;.iel.-Lsw---.-hget !A . -Future-- Seeini. i 0.8!:'-q.11ieuenele 4123. her .royal -ht."'Abiind-4ha't • _ F.-e,cedolite---wpeee the: V.s-e!AtL!, ., :. .Lo: 1.. ... :13,11:;:sa.i4liTilef4;:;I::.t.7.4'.... .:..;.:.. ' S t18.2ay, ae,,es...- . .1 ,,.. . . _ . ri--,...ie ritii•-& ---:31i '''Wrae.xt-ltiOne: of.the 1- . '... ' , .. - • ' - I 4)-71/11:. etn1111.4.0. ' '' P-iriness - Vietoria Mary .Auctusta LOUrse .. ... .1111EICTRISTICS THE .HE.-Rcecal tn. ae,-.-- 51-•• ii -a. • Pauline-. -ClaUdine - Agnes . -pf .-Tesple: . . . . . . . . . :•7 - - '-•-..-' P rea.fil-b;e1CiligSlt0 bi•Morganaitiehratehofthe: . , * ;1l Hous of Warternherg .1i'0 tl*facb• 'cirbtug7:t6P'ic '-t4i 1 of -her- havie.s. been- 'born 'sin. 71;ehdon-.11aS see -Reek,'-'tic_ounled - i 1, -- - --s • 1 a ways spose - . „, di ' ' ' &the English people to Credit wl•th,-"Jhe -q -"i'tg her with her inothe,r's'T .natiorsahty...' Her , . cif the ':14n ei-jaI i education was mainly -.cenductedin . Ger;.. Institute.. - The i Inant-. :*--.•Ai- awar- gic4 he ,lot Bileatid : hitter --4-- .7i n 6 ti it '--, -*With-her parents When the. DadliesS_ of -Teck trit-POit0.• a ran' 1 �n the 'zoom Of ecreiedmy, :feundJt_ItedeseatY deur, - was - hut - to live 'ahtaid for a little While, and she .:re.7 , as . refined ' A the : - fii- turned- :ils--.. a - "grown-up" Prinoess; to be yeryrst e 9ta . Lpresentsiel- at ;Cour , i-anci„,bronght . out in cruete4 m- narT t :English society., '-The': blooming May pre- / :chiee: 0601 .."- be-'. duce(' the 'greater .ietesistigit by appearing as_.....lic- gt: X p e.. 0. e.ed -.. Comparative stranger,'.and• she Was -lin' . turn out. • . _ . to ahere mediately markd down by -Ois-'. lisciPola0e• as is -Tii-.0, doubt. ..boi,t it,. :Botiok - - -- ti are tl,,e tineStin_Europe. E ery-' -p i . . • . - - • .- - : 05'1 i a highlysuitablepara. for one. of the Wales " -Vag`*-1.1 ' - - - .- • - , - . r. noes.. . 1 . - 'thing -is 80 well done. s -•Therele•no . fu .s ser "bother in th.e• arrargeMents, _whieh. ork .: OLD ENOUGILTOItNOW HER 0.*N MIND.. - . . ...- .. : - - , • -,. . . as -basity. at if it -were -the- -100th, per- . 'At 26- *Years of;.agel-•.ithe handsome and : fermanee cf the shOW ibstead of the et. charming bride -elect may - certainlyhe con - It .. T -it -"-iinistteeil"ti-t .- 1*en - &Pr•ell• -I!'w.°*-InilP sidered old' enough -to -T-3t110W. her -Own Mind -drive fork& 4s.1)--.c.",„iotoria from Puckin ham en MOO: thingSild with the prospect . of Palace qtr..' 1....s.titp ute, not se-uob...s .. 011haute qUeenehip this is , air advantage. xecOuntof -the -enerMoue crowd that !limed 'Years age Queen *Victoria .believed in.,ffiar- .-th6. rOadWays„ btit . the :great , spontaneous ryiiii off her Princesses in .their teene,..b,nt. 'clieereAliat welled up as a grelting to--:-er, circumstances have tended , to alter , Her 'and*hieli.heraidet,,,.her coming- at 1- et A majestfe views, esdigg - her to appro*eof- , outelter-ofia. Mile in advance; •NraP-Y I sights Highnesses _ biding their' .o-wri - - time - and- :fiee- been een,: but that of Zteeieeli V.ict ria"s• . . . choosing for theniselVei.- ., . . . - - - tiitunphal Fogees's upon this: OCCa§1011 W111-1. . -0-xiiiipEirod: with -}iiei: etioehee as : a bride, -go down to histOry_aSene Of the rimier Ole f ietinetes May is quite the girl etinte. ...mate • .epitodte of -a still -mere -remarkable .r Fign. eel. ge wieh.a first eonein from- one branch or • Georgeiand his.- May, no doubt, had Mune-, another, has long been ' giessipixediebeut - -ter • thing to do_ with the ge-eat. Pliblie. Onclinrat the prospective George ;V:, on the ground ., --of loyaltv.-- The:pent up • -speculation as to 'that he had SparcelyeVer met any Princesees :Whe,ther-the Marriage really Would eorn6 -Off 1 -*be w6re • " strangers by bleed,i. only those - or not has been..agitating people's Inthde..fek ' who Were . nearly- related% to - 1144 and ; it is _ . . so long that the _opportunity of giving vent' the . general cotwietien, that. he - has :clone: - to their feelings-. was a- halm' one. The wisely -enel. Well in:0'16°014 the one i who . is . popularity of the - union .niatifesteditself several teinovea fromhint. in_eenainehipt ,not. Onlyein-lotaity_ta-the Queen, the Reyal-. . • .:_ i- -- ..„ . UNASsUMING rarE OF THE TECHS.- tics generally, , but -tio: George and May in i 7 :- _. - , .,_ . .- . . i .• ;Of the_quieti.unasstimini..home life of the -.perticular..: • [ .sesitz OF :-.31AVS CHARACTERISTICS. 'near Richmond, - no words . can he -heed in: Teaks at theirresidencee the White - Lodge, -,-.0i• . higher_ praise. . The-pake and •Dneheisartahd- fn.-. • _their - family ..drive .•laboue.inethe.vioinity in • valuable. S he - Lee - a - hiear °envie= _ .1, on the meat .,tiniestrained .manner; • qiiite , die-. • eehieie the pink -1)100e •;of -giellioorl,- :.the de. .I :pertiing -with state. of the similleet kind. . iiciel.i.peaeli•iike tint whillgresit: paietere - 'The Duchess and Primate!) May, only • - . _ .. _ . . _ -aii,e i.lwaysTtryiug to immortalize,,, showe in accompanied by a ma0;frequently go down = alVits.delice.te. b_eant,y.. Her eyes are -ioft; by an afternoon train after" a rgory** spent " kind 0..i.14 tender, and the month; though : far in London, a tiresome, worrying train that from _pert -yet,. IoCke - as 'though - it :were stops at , every.- station: and takes a to:diens- - frainednevee toutter an - unkind: thought. time: to reach Mortlake, Which is the nearest. -She`i.e'tail,and bends- Slightly .-fetwatet in station tr.) the White LOOlge,-;.. At thie..fiinny. -her walk, Whileher _voice .inepealijel Wes seld-!.•; world - place, 'which.. preserve its . one the 7713,-otion'..-that it is -a -•centralto- in -quaint originality: 7, in . the "Midst .of 7 tfintb-it. . T..i$., soft aty.4 pleasant, but the 11033.8 all : the alteration .'-' encl.,' irnprOvethenta . -is-le w and Penetrating.- , . •1 whiCh are 1', being ;perpetrated -..46. - the _ , -•. , .. . . ' heiglibottoodethe, . aehess. and her, -daligh-: A BRIDE. Taxii.MIGIIT HAVE BEEN. • -. * - r - - ter. are - familiar. .figures. At the: -station It haS'taken-Queen :Victoria a long-time.'stendi an Old -looking -looking lendati With - _ . , - <•-• 1 . I siminusiormsaw Duchess- of York - will : "rank - after- Her Majesty's daughters - and edaughtera-in-lewt.- and before the Duchess Of - Fife,. Prizicestea Victeeia,anel Mead of Wales and the test Of the Queen's - grandchildren. . Should the Prince Of Wales -live - to meant the throng; .hifi only son Will - take ' his title and. the Duchess of 'York Will: becompirrincess Of Wale*etio. ranking immedietety after ii Queen - before all Other rheeesees; en . included: - • . .._ - • . :r , -.I- '•,i - Qaeon-Victoria has.orde fid the Wedding- goern-for Princess Vioter ei.: May, and tie. material is to be given to Her •Ilioyal High- ness,. as ' a. birthday present On St. Augus, t., - wheia-PrinCeis 1 . , i G CEREMONY. • • 1 - -1 ,11 0 celebrate the :easily:obtain:41e. ,The. private Chapel •it B eleiligheM palm! is -too . stnallii: Westminster.: .Abbey is reie : large and . St: George'aChaPel; Windsor, is: not to ba thought of, inasinetch as Clarence is plaCted.there and Est' irit would dmil+1 less -haunt the Procaedinge...... Op. .Peeillti Cathedral. remains, -hilt- Royalties 1n0e -I never taken kindly to . it for domettfc t functions although it is the national edifice 1 and the proper place- for, such a function to be. held. • Qaeen _ Victri 'a, however; niv4b y for the wedding July orthe fleet - - i! tine's Day, the- 26th in May wiU be 26 years Old. I'ANE.FOR THE WEDDI. A eel -table faneewheie .marriage seems not to be POWER SEA, Immense - Fortunes_ .8unk in - the Great Atlantic_ 'Lines. :Princess _Mazy hasr. pile" --great char youthful -oharni--wh:ch is to a Woma -.and many anxious conferenceeibefore settling tn .the union. Teter° -formerly existed! ini and unpretentietis-1 eking a turn -out as may -make up her' neind promPt is boeked for the end week in August. _ - THE PEOPLE'S:1VOICE. ,. EIOW. It F.Agl,ned......rthunuelgiOur,e1.,10, of -Bele • - t' i: • = - if- - - Leet• month-. the refusal of the: Belgian Parliament to entertatn -0e-franchise qeeie.- tion- l -pa to uprisings 411 over the little king - done, and - se serious eanel- bloody : Was •the rioting that the Parliainent: suddenly took frighbe.:ande..peiised a. measure giving the ballot- to every inaleibitizen alietie the age al. 24,- allowing .twe-teotes .to !heads - of .- -familiis and to members -of :Certain :Other :daises ,poeseisieg specified qiiielifications. The meathireadded at.011Ce more than i' Willen. mentothe.roll of enfrantilliied. - The ag4. tiers at once. consented te! abandon violent - proceedings and to reweit the , action' of the upper house, in Whicheth ythoped to eeCtite amendments to the. 13ill' doing., *away with f plural voting and perhaps:reducing the !rake limitation from 25 to 21. years,. . , 'The sur- render of the GOvernMen iunder* *hat ;was i - le plainly the physical ceraiiiiheion of the Mob can but pieduce a profottiFtel effect throniiie outiEurope, and inust. lend •itself Most fere . el* tie I the aid-ef -movements in other oeuntries for the bolitiOn of Class Privileges and ininitinities..Reviewof Reviews. , 1 "TOILET CIUBS. How Shaving and HalriCuttIng is C1460 ened in London. , "A new scheme has been started by ttie London barbers,' said R.L. Atherton,!la conunerciel traveller; .who is at the Lindell. They -have induced. their customers to or- ganize what are- known as "toilet " The objects of these clubs is the lehealien ' g of shaving and hair -cutting. Each member of a club pays from $5 t� $10 a year:in advance. 'The price Is regalated by the location ofthe shop, dices in the West End being the most popular. - In return for this payment; the keeper a the shop agrees to provide the club member with a [Maim, hair -cut or shampoo whenever he may wish one. The time -covered by the contract: is one year. At least seven- out of ten ofl the barber shops in London hive -such clubs, St. • Louis Post-Des23a4d. a coidlimen and one footman, just as quiet - -• • - - : Heithlejestre mind a wish that one Of the be seen Corningout of the groundeof an' litinceesee of elnhett- Deesaher ilhouidi be well-to-do - residence about: As you step selected. This -is what stood _so long inpie; out of the train you:recognize the _familiar - way of the Dake of tilarence-end hie bride- vehicle standing in a casual - Way at- the : .--- elect. A feerfulteterm arose in Royal cirreir entrance Of the station; but -there is no one - When a. Viper, which had managed to get in attendance. , you may g�up and peep - hold of the feet that an effienee was c9ntem- • into the carriage without even the iiiterveh; - - plated between- the Duke and the Princess teen of an officious -policeman ! - •' . . . of Anhatti in 1885, printed A full-page . e . 'Aiis.Eiehie'OF. ALL iOMP AND CEREMONY.. _portrait of the Princess in li special kat .- ' Soon the solitary footman -appears, . bear- ., • Thesenterpeisingjearnal -had. ascertained station -master domes-outandtitende by the th t the dowry of the young lady, assiiintiag carriage. Then. v the ? 1-itichess, t her she married -the :Duke Of Clarence, Wit to*. daughter and the . maid walk Okay' be - ve- milliore dollars and -this -fact as out. . The qoachman - - and footinan 'A, NEWSPAISER CiI.TEERS THE .ARRANGEME . g Ts? mg on his arm- a bundle of. wraps. The • duly announce4:1,•-and a few other inteees • uncover. _ A.pleasant, kindly word to the Dartrculars in the. same Issee. It was .p • Mortlake itationinaster, a- bow and sweet . lished at 'the wrong' moment. The 1 smile to perhaps a :coliple of .leystattders,and Duke was at the time 'being 'Slowly reci the carriage tolls aveaythrougle-the fragrant' ciled to the prospect -of this Germ lanes, ilch with apple blossom and- the haw - marriage, i11 110 way agreeable to him, w thorneto the'park at Richmond: -Vhe. sim- auddeniy announcement Was broil plicitys and- absence of any- -affectation of his noeeee. and the way in which' pomp, which is on of the distinguishing Was,vtfocawas.rem;arkable.- , The obnoxio characteristics of life- at the White Lodge, 'paper did worse than this -it accentuate will be invaluable memories bearing good fr-ait in the afteryearswhich are to see the - young Princess Queen of -Great Britain and Empress of India... Sorrowhas touched the .young.heart and beeved- the fair. -.head ; but hope And love are to. blossom forth anew, and the soul of the British 'nation is movesl with -a sympathy and interesti•ivhich is almost a revelation to itself. -AN IDEAL I,THER-IN.,LAW.: *its- ir.diecretion by having, of the portrait it , _ presented to its subscribers, india .paper parr punt. of - the ceigrevines blocks•- - taken and .1 trained, and - then ._ for- . warded - to- Queen Victoria, . he * -Ptincess Of Li Wales, , and- - the Duke.t_ . This was - too much... . The - Queen had it sent beck, but the Princess. of Walet,. whilekeeping it, -*rote to Bey that she had no knowledge of s the lady, and failed- to tencierstand Why the portrait should :11E.e been sent her. - No doubt .the Duke though. at the time that the publthatian of ' this portrait ortrait Was authorized and was done to - t force his hand. e Ateerny rate, from t1Fat moinent he -,tew insubordinate, nor -could' anything recteeile him to the idea of marry- ing:the Pririeete pi- Anhalt Deeeaiiere - Then • little by little Queen Vieterie beganto me way, and she eeentually• sanctioned: the nae,rriege with the Princes ii.S;jr,.eapecit4ly as •the Prince of -Wales was. himself SO much • in favor Olt. • : - - -- ..-- - - _ • , WHY QUEEN 'VICTORIA CAVED IN.. i ASto the Dalte' Of. -York's • alliance with Princees May, when it...waefirst mooted:- to Her Majesty,. seine two, Months after the Duke- of _Clarence's decease, she looked- . somewhat coldly:upon the -alliance. .-.Since . " then, increesinge ago and: the. Prince Of -Wales? anxiety as to • the : eutceeeion. have had the naturarresult Of Making her Svieh• to see things.' settled, And thus the.sanetiOn - hai been given. At: tar back as 1889, queeeloit Of Prince GeOrge's s union with the . Princess Marie Louis°. Of -Panne, now the Princess of Baigaria, was under-,serloui discuescon,.-as the _young people were _ . lady's. . . quite -willing •-thati she shOull renounce a - • Ile Duke of York will have an ideal mother-in-law i the popular Duchess of Teck. Had she become the second wife of King Victor Emmanuel, or had the hand- some0 Duke of Teck succeeded to the throne of Wurtemberg, as he inight have done if his mother had been a " born " • princess instead of a countess, Princess Mary Adel- aide of Cambridge would have made a capi- tal queen. Sheis outside the Saxe -Coburg and Gotha ,family order, and is afflicted withnoneof, the Sexe-Coburg reserve and shyness, which were occasionally apparent • in Queen Victoriis and the Prince Consort, and which mainly caused them to *dislike town* life and those ceremonials which brought them much before the multitude. . INCONVENIENCE OF ROYAL. SHYNESS. The Duchess of Teck is at home with the • British public and " represents " with 'ease as well as grace ; and the future Duchess of • York • promises to. tread wrirthily in her mother's footsteps. Royal shyness is a pain- ful thing, not only to the personage whom ib millets, but to the People also. It was. a great trouble to the late Duke of Clarence and has kept the Dachese of Fife in the background. The newly betrothed pair teem, to have more confidence in themselves • Itomaniara to become an - English Princess.l a4dt*) lie better fitted in every way to en- counter the 4-, fierce -light "that beats on the SOME *NTERIOR BRITISH ROYAL .Sz'OUSES. • It is a•rare as weh as auspicious chanpe as en consort who is 1.1rtglish - their posthon. - thread is. •rucd frail it so fine -tliat The Essence or the Offence-fr11. _ :I- • -W011K D011.4.AND• THE 11-0 NU: "IT 0011The 1 -- - . is never anxious : to renin - on it Ing. Every -hour saved it a.joy to him. To ked ,on a-pivot:and eleep On a shelf, even ernid the i . Most. -gorgeous'. upholstery, is an •ex- perienCe appreciated by the: multitude in inverse ratio to its-durattort. In theRoyal- Nagy'. :the- Object ' is to • save ecials ; and fitelinaey - speed" is but a fifth of the "highest, -.possible." ,. In the passenger marine tho-. object is to make e record, for to - the - - record -breaker the passengers crowd;.: and so ' great is that . crowd and the consequent competition among its constituents that, in the :height of - the season, We hear of as inueh- as £450 being paid for -the use of one cabin (hiring One crossing of the AtIentic.Money may mean .0*r-el., soeielly ; WO . in. the engineering world power Melina _money.. The more power put into- a ship, theenore she costs to build end to work, and the moremoneyshe bringlin. , And the raee for power Is Stich, thattWe- have new reached a stage in which a Ship's nominal horses are net onlyin excess of her geese tonnage, but else of her displacement. . As sletpe get larger they cost more e but it it not so much the hull that rura list° capital -aa the furnishings and fittings, and, above all,- the engines,. net- -Withstanding the deo omiei that result from triple and further expansion. Forexpension• means additional power, and every .'horse" indicated can be taken as Worth £13. POWER, with itsre- salient speed, is what • the world seeks with elits ievereish persistence i --iitit*...ettsayethe Leisure Hour. /1„. -----2---...---.. - The Pilferage paseenger ,..-i..e.-.-. .._.,seskt• . -particularly if Ameri- es „i0 k - - . ,7--- , can -may lendly praise •-.....i... the ocean wave, but he -‚----4- 'The mill .works as regularly as a watch., . Some Of the mills -the bigger ones that nue the Western- Ocean -eget a rest within a week, but those that put a girdle round the world have a -far longer spell between their examination. ** The Telree, one of thee New Zealand meat boats, once ran from, . Teneriffe to Auckland, 12,059 knots, with- out a stop_ or a sleekeningof speed; and over the *hole journey from London to Auckland She carried her 6,250 tone of cargo at a speed ,of ten knots on an expenditure of 1,237 tons of - coal, or, in other words, she used but half an Ounce of fuel to carry a ton of cargo Mile. This is not the longest run by a goo& many. "eifveo New Zealand boats, launched at Denny's, at Dumbarton, 'went all the way on their first trip from the Clyde to DunedinI without .a stoppage,e and there - have-. been other king runs, runniog into millions of revoltitions. • But to spend one& . life amid this untiring movemezie 1 There are menafloatwho have journeyed a million miles and more about the world while work- ing in such eengine-toome, taking as much . pride in this' intricate machinery as .a sea-- - man doee in his rigging. And there are a, few master mariners who have even run over . two Million miles on the sea; and some of :them, envy the engineer on hie platform as much as he envies them on the bridge • 'WORTH A FORTUNE EACH.. Our modern mail -boats aie worth a fortune apiece. Twelve years age £150;000 -would haTeleeen an outside Price for the very best of them. -Six- years • age the Admiralty agreed to pay the White Star aompany £130,000 each for the Britannic med. „Ger- raanic ; but for the Ormard• Auranie they were prepared topay£230,000; for the Umbria, £301,000: for the Eton* £310,- 000., The New York, like her sister the Paris, now representing the American lithe onlothe Southampton road,! cost £320000; th Teutonic, like her sister, the Majestic, cost £400,000.. The new Cimardere are rtiittored to be worthamillien for the pair ;but th mity be subject to the 'usual margin for • LAZY 1/1 S DEVICE 1.•Mmi•••••••1/2 The VishItings the Bell, and .the Angler • Dees the Beat. • - . . . • _ "As lazy as. a fisherman" is a proverb of • general -acceptance, but ib is a safe bet that there are fishermen along the lindson River who can grand diecount 1 the men -about whoin the proverb Wes first Made. These Hudson River men have a contrivance by which they are spared the labor of holding the line as they sit on the river bank or on: the end of a dock and fish for the festive tomcod and the succulent eel. In fact, they needn't sit' at all If they delft want to., They may he down and go to sleep if they feel like it, and most of them do. And therein is 'their laziness superior to that of tadtektitheg' purposes. * The coat , of work- ing one -Ofetheefrhuge vessels is very great. Even the. wages liet ertheee employed on Isdard thein-toitals up to ' nearly - £2,000 -a- inimth ; ancleVery trip, Ont and horse; .of a ' • r • I tworityknOtter - must realize -£18,000; or . .' leave a balance on . the wrong side. With ships thus . Costing - a Fiend a minute .to Work, .it: may -well be I asked hove - the Money .goeff. ',But.think of the. work thatm has to be done !---;TO'begin with,- they 'elt • raise .120 -tone - Of steam - an - hour. Every . day the Majestic evaporates 650,000 gallons , of , water; in .other words, 250 Majesties • would require, for steaming purposes, just Ithe same- amount of water 48 is _supplied. to the whole population : of the connty of tirondiee: • Most peepie are disposed to think that is Englith genteel society courtesy and good breeding are in all social intercourse power- ful enough *to suppress offensive outbursts of politipal anienoeity. But thin is nob[ the I tit tei111 case. At the reeent Imperial- ns u London, where '"the attendance was elneOst wholly , frora the better " 'classes, 141.r. 'Gladstone was assaileC. by a :storm of hooting And -Wising.. :The Times, refer, ring, to the ." laineetable. fact,' seYs " The event 'Wee_ regiettabSe, hi:badge, . after- all, Mr. .. Gladelone- theittiest et: the Prince - Wales: :The deinan- Oration . was not. organized, however, i bat - Was a. sPentaneone breaelie of the conventions of peoiety..'! This helfeepolOgys eminently. suggestive. ...That Mr, Gladstone vener- able in years,,Prime Miriister ofiEngla-0, gentleman of the highestintegrity, the !Cost distinguished statesniazi.iof the age, whe ihas takeiehie nesitcon :.conecientionelye eeem etc): count for -MOO With -the Times. "After . all," his being the - guest of- Ithe ?duce of Wales shOuld have_prevented this "breach of the .conventitine of. sOciety.1 • Its being spontaneouS:" he pleaded pallia- tion Of the attack. The Pint0 writes4e 'p'assed is adniitted- Into a ' small cylinder, the thing would ilia -have in iii and thence into a -muCh larger third one had -he nob been the pipit of the. Prince of Praised on when done With -into aelarger.ohe COAL AND STEAM. • To raise this water to the needfulpreseure o 180 lbs. or: more per square inch,_the . boiler furnaces have to be fed with over 300 tons of coal allay, so that; for her trip, out and home, theehip has to consume the coa- tteat of half a dozen railway trains, muster- ing soine 200 hundred Waggons ' amongsb them. This is to get the Water into steam; but after that the steam has to be condensed again into water, and to do this. quite an ocean has to be pumped through tWenty milee of condenser tubes, which it has to traverse • three times hetforeit has done its duty and during the elk days she is crossing the'Atlantic, half a. million tens of this seater peas through the ship for condensing purposes alone! It • may meem a simple matter to spirt a screw round from seventy to a hundred times a minute, but whale the screw has a mass of 15,000 tens in frent of it, which it has to drive through the sea at the rate of 35 feet a second, forces and quantities have to clime into operation of -whiCh even the saiiguine "Screw Smith" • never dreamt And yet a first-clese practical dreamer was 'Pettit Sinith, the Colinxibus of the screw. TRIPLE EXPANSION the ancient angler,, who had to keep awake or lose his fish. '• . Like most great inventione, this promoter of laziness is exceedingly simple. It con. sista of a pointed stick, pieceof whalebone and a- bell. , The bell is fastened to the whalebone, the whalebone is fastened to the stich, the. stick is stuck firmly in the ear* or a crevice of the dock, the line is fast- ened to the whalebone neer the top of the - stick, and there you are. The angler baits his hook and throws" over his line and then settleihimself for a nap. The foolish. fish • comes along, takes the bait, rings the .bell and announces that he is ,caught and wants. to be taken up. • „zA • An angler new to this style of fishing, . who set his line and went to sleep beside ite. thought when he got. a bite that it Was the breakfast bell et home and growled as he • rolled over that he'd be darned if he'd get up. In rolling over. he knocked the stick out of the crevice, and, the fish darted &weer with his line. He awoke just enouehto - realize •that his tackle was diStippedritigit , and as ibwentover the end of • the dock he wenb after it It took four men to fish hint out, bat he had the line with him and the biggest eel that was caught that day. -the system' by which steam at high pree- to much objection.-Ohrastian Gfuardscou 't- • 14 The Servant Problem. . • - 1 "Do you- have much teouleice getting vents in the country. Watkins ?" - "No,. indeed. We've had 'eight" Cooks, five waitressa. and three laundresseain ftwo months. •• They're thicker than ticklebetrieal •iser- Augtisti," here when. its push is almost -spent, the vacuum due to the condenser oodles in to help it by its pull -has not yet reached. its Majority. The .Propontie, 1)r. Kirk's first effort in that direction, was designed in 1874 and for six. years it was on its trial i ' i- ntil, in fact, boilers could be got to stand e needed steam When it was achieved,' 1 in 1880, or thereabouts, Thompsons, of r I .. "' f i - • I Australian clipper fame -who las not heard , • , ;I . 1 . - i cif the Thermopylm, the fastest clipper that Two -Punctual;Busband& Wife No. 1-I must say that my husband I, ever was, or the Patriarch, which held the . home ' record on the Sydney track ? -- re- dtantheir is as regular as a clock, . He comes punctually every night it 7 o'clock. aolved-.. to - go into eam, Wife No. 2 -My hi -lab -land is also as regu- first boat was the Aberdeen, in Which triple lar as a clock. Punctual at 7 o'clock every expansion scored Birch a siiccess as to ensure night he goes to the saloon. scriptuira1. her husband she . becoMes ie"attractive to high ,pressure at whiCh the •sestem has men .• 1?een adopted, or that _engines are in the . . • Why is it that when a woman loses IP exPassivelYi one can hardly wonder at its general adoption. When a saving of 25 • •per cent' can be -effected on the `coal bill by delivering high-pressure steam and working * It's -the old old story of the wideitv's ' rarket at which the Steam is expanded ' earthly and even fifthly, or, perhaps .more might:" 2 orreetly* quadruply and quintuply. By An Iowa editor foun his girl coinpoaie : the addition of the .small . :some tors unable to "rush' do y " in the morning vessels have been inter ased in horse-floWer on account of sitting up too-, late- In the from 4,000 to 6e000 one - of the altered evening entertaining young men calleri,land •ii.)fies actually saved ,200 tons on -one round he issued an order . forretiring at' 9.30 yoyage,andin some cases the -coal consumii. -o'clock every evening. A strike ensiled, ; bion has been reduced by as much as a third. and now the editor is omisin a wedding 'That high-pressure means heat to start with outfit for each girl if th their cases. AmOng the prothicti pub to valuable service i Probable occupa,nts of a throne and which which is now being cult may be regarded more as a compliment than of Europe, its fibre otherwise by reyalties who are silted to variety of textile feler ci. • In Dresden a • y will go vbeeir to is, however, obvious enough from the tem- ieerature of this end of the middle platform, Meetinc”-A. Prose Poenr. _ - (Translated from the Gelman.) A poor, feeble old man totters along the roadi • • • ' His back is deeply bent, as if he carried, an invisible heavy.burden. His eyes are vacant and dead, life, pressed out of them, has retreated to its list haunt, where it timidly, tremblingly waits for death. And - it. is spring. Feesli green clothes. -- far around the earth; the air is full of km: - shine and the song of the lark ; along the' road a pair of butterfliet flit from flower to flOwer.e * • - Ana spring has pity for the. poor, feeble old man. It sends him greeting. • A, merry boy corms romping through .the field. and accompanies him. Confidingly he takes his hand and strata beside him. He begins to talk °childish chatter. He tells him of his parents, hia brothers and sisters, of his playthings, kssone: Yes, he has been going to school. - since Easter, and A B•C he knoNva by heart, Obtuse and With011t displaying afiy sym- pathy, the old man trudges along. Absorbed in the Morose egotism of old age, he scarcely hears what his Companion way& This world for him isetoo distant e The way thither is so far for his weary feet. "But don't you know me ?" asks the bor.. Suddenly and anxiously, enquiruegiy, he looks. up to the old man. .61 Don% you know me - • The old man turns bin lifeless eyes upon the boy, a long uneasy minute-e-scerowfullye he shakes his head. = The boy ,stands in the road end looks softly, sobbing, at the old man, who slowly - and again alone continues on his way. Peer- old man! Spring' sent *yea your youth -yon did not know him. • - . Whicib. science has frs'In wili.ch have been looking up and downandaround aroun the nettle., a Weed - ovingetuseful Or- s we ated some parts. - - SOME LONG TREE'S. move towards the lower Pressure &teach „lower tetnperatures, and on the. oer above we are in an ordinary.surnmer :which gives the -English people a future • O\ has to -travel back • some distance - PRECEDENCE OE THE BRIDE. length of 60 miles .wel 'only .two and a find the -like recorded. The first wif' e of During Queen Victoria's 'lifetime the half pounds. 1 • ,; litnate, and can look down into the busy 11 without being worried or diecomforted. we imind ib in buialtaa • • • *here Had,Gone To. - • " By the way, where is Jones, itow asked Briggs.. "1 haven't heard•of burlier a long time." - • - . "He has. gone to the spirit land,' replied Quimby. "What is he dead "1 didn't say he was dead. He hasmoved. to Kentucky." • ' HelineW. A country squire, when passing through his stablesefound his coachman's little boy busy playing with his mates. "Do you know who I am, my little friend he waked the child, who appeared to take no notices, of him. • "Ob, 'yes ; you are the geekm what rides in pa's carriage." Steaming it Fruit Cake. It is perhaps not generally known that a fruit cake is greatly improved by being steamed for two hours before leak -Mg, awl will require about an hour's less time in baking. Hyson-Do you think marriage is a lot - try.! Henpeck -No, indeed. When you, draw a blank in a lottery that is end et the matter. - "bid you find gold in quartz?" he asked of the wealthy man who Was relating. his Weitern experience. "In quartz 1" was the contemptuous• rejoinder " why *, - -a 4 • • • JIW 4