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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Fordwich Record, 1901-09-26, Page 2AMILIESI SIC BANE 00. Bubble irector epped into d comnmr- ial outlook ubled. All e have not of ed in the the Le psis stablished, went well o , when a e director. was about ed it. He 6,000,000. great coup q significant in Cassel boom. It 000. The support it res. In a t the Cas- $20,000,- as paying dividend- ey lent by ht Cassel t to noth- they . were He must on the E. blue sky ectors of they had firmed their y had pa- d met. 000 to the and wild aver known f the bank they found men wept.. vied out. orbs drop- per Mantl- e Hurnani- , a con- ment, lost fed that of over -a- lly ruined. villa and hears the Os he has and ICroh- cated, and g, shot a I. Henry tors, fol- Robert ge way of ant, hang- anden, moat. A despair by ad after mding his e of the the crash e at Dees- OUR. Chamber, Britain's of definite e inexpug- ose essen- fulfilment. ten an un- searching day pro- fact that t soon be nds if she te suprem- ad scheme f the Km- Generally cave local lonial leg- 1 the two o council sentatives form the ject calls, e English as a first at Malta, he_ courts, not tell on being giv- The agita- a dis- e Maltese ared that eil upon etary, and nselves on efusing all required sent of the t, in this tly carried My of the English as he colony. tax levies measures collection, no end of igthy ob- eyer, and praise and piffled her in South denounced need and Mit now 1 into wic- ditude ii s gaining peace has nge River are hi the or a units never be Hei•- me. Act Edith- t. I was ighted to mour uncle if I asked could treat lolly--But Sada, t. g • t a U fi b h p ii tl fi a fi a W sr ce it VE th se 11 tt ra si is le si th FL ti se Pr a ti be in in wl Co Sit no ch ti sp en ph de th th it va eel w. of ve co re et be at to eta We qu th wi Cr ,..:47,4w.,,„s„1„ -- - ....9,P,' ,,,J " , a•-\ - , • .-as f t ry is a question of vital importance;of RULERS OF THE EMPIRE, — THE MEN WHO STAND AT THE HELM OF AFFAIRS. __ The Permanent Officers.-Change of Government Doesn't Af- feet Them. niug of the Empire with the mm who figure in the House of Commons and in the Lords in office, says Pearson's Weekly. But they arc merely representative departments, and so far as their the permanent officials who control "material" goes arc dependent upon Use complex machinery by which the State is governed. When an office in the Government is filled by a genius and a statesman, he gets a grasp of his department which corn- officials, but generally speaking, even pels the admiration of the permanent successful statesman is often a theorist, and the Permanent official has to do the "filling in" with facts and figures in support. The British Empire is well served in its permanent officials, and her statesmen of all parties very pro- perly place great confidence and re- do these gentlemen. Our system of Government has, not inaptly, been compared to a limited liability company. In the British Empire Ltd., all British citi- zone are shareholders. The Cabinet for the time-being are the directors, who define the policy of the company but it is the permanent officials who carry it out. Very few of the share- holders know these heads of depart- meats even by name, and the work of their office is generally associated with the member of the Government for the time-being who presides osier the official in question. We hear a great deal in these days about the Navy and Army. The Permanent Secretary to the Admir- ally is EVAN MACGREGOR, K.C.B., who is M his fifty-ninth year. This is the maul who knows whether • the 1 . . . navy is equal to its work or not for he has had chief permanent con- trot of this department for seven- teea years. His mother was a lough- ter of the late Admiral Sir T. M. of Colonel W. A. Middleton, CD., the year he was appointed to Ms present office. He was educated at Chartorhouse, as also was Sir Courtney Doyle The office of Permanent Under Secretary to the War Office is filled by Sir Ralph Henry Knox, K.C.B. He was born in 1836, educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and at the age of twenty he made his first ac- quaintance with the War Office. He ascended the ladder step by step, and in 1882 was appointed Accountant- General. which post he held until 1807, when he was placed in his pro- sent position, Which hag by no 'means been a sinecure. His salary is $10,- 000 per annum. The Board of Education which has displaced the old Education Depart- ment h. charge of the third line of national defence, and its task is to develop and utilize the brain Power of the nation. The man at the wheel. in this department is one of the most valuable of our public ser- vants-Sir George Wm. Keltewich, K.C.11., D.C.L. He succeeded to the office of • secretary to the Education Department in 1890, and since 1899 he has also been secretary of the Science and Are Department. He is a thorough believer in this depart- mont, and is a true friend lion. He is the fourth son, and his late father was Af.r. for South Devon. Sir George married the daughter of Mr. L. W. Buck, the M.P. for North Devon. He was edu- sated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford Where be came off with fl . yillt. colors THE TREASURY. has been' very much called upon since the war broke out in 1899. It is a department winch makes the rank and file' shareholder's mouth water when lie scans the salary list. The Firat Lord and the 'Chancellor oh the" Exchequer 'draw $25,000 each per annum ; there are threo Junior Lords at $5,000 each per annum, a Patronage Secretary at $10,000, - a Financial Secretary at $10,000, and finally the Permanent Secretary, whose office is worth from $10,000 to $12,500. He has an Assistant SeeretarY at $7,500. There is also an army of private secretaries, and other officials at salaries ranging from $500 to $7,500. Sir Francis Mowed', K.C.B.. is the present Pee- manent ,Secretary to the Treasury. On Budget ri i g h t in the House the voice is the voice of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but the hand is the hand of the Permanent Secre- tary. Sir Francis was born in 1887, and was educated at Wieche,s- ter and St. John's College, Ox- ferd• Perhaps the most important post in our administratimi. M that held by Sir T. H. Sanderson, K.C.13., I{ C. M.G., Who•iS permanent secretary at the Foreign Office. It is a position of the greatest delicacy, fora false step may mean 'war, or, at any rate, undesirable foreign complications. The Colonial Office has played an important part' in recent years. The permanent secretary, is Sir E. Wing- field, K.C.B. What this gentleman knows about South African politics and personages would make the for- tune of a journalist in a day. Messrs. Kruger. Leyds & Co. would also give much to be in his con- fidence. - Then there is the Horne Office, the Local Goverrunent Board, and the Geaded Post Offices the permanent secretaries of which are. Sir Kenelra E. Digby, K.C.13., Mr. S. 11. Provis, C,B., and Sir G. H. Murray, K.C.B.l-, respectively. All three are import- ant offices and by no Means over- remunerated, none of the salad. ex- ceeding $10,000. But for these and other permanent officials, no Goa, eminent elected by the people could dll settle much more than that Inch is cut.tie indent water system. To elevate byher a the made in one piece .tools The charming pose to pay for more than I want cess !,:i.,COST .ei, /., . . We natdrally associate the run-the Hardy, and he married the daughter near, 'HIS MOTHER'S LETTERS. _ King Destroys Late Queen's Cor- respondence. King Edward continues to cause himself to be discussed in all circles in London by his persistency in rear- ranging conditions existing in the Royal household. The utmost en- cleavers are put forth to maintain secrecy upon the changes ordered by the King, but inklings of _what is transpiring almost daily in the pal- aces ,creep .out and form the .subjeet of newspaper articles. or F several weeks the King has per- sonally, , superintended much of the work of destroying huge quantities of the private correspondence of Queen Victoria. This consists, in the main, of letters received from relatives and near friends of the late Queen, inter- mingled with copies of her replies and thousands of state documents. It was found that the Queen had , , perected an elabor ate index system of these documents and letters, by which she was able to refer to any of them upon a minute's notice. CARE IS. EXERCISED. In obliterating the Queen's corre-1 spondence King Edward exercised the utmost care to prevent any part of it from falling into the hands of pee. sons who might publish it. Officials especially charged with this duty and who ivere made personally re- sponsible to the King, charge of the work, and submitted their re_ ports to.the King. His Majesty has been at great pains to cause the removal of the re- lies of John Brown. the Queen's fa- aorite gillM, which were plentifully scattered through the apartments- of Windsor Castle and at. Buckingham Palace, Osborne House and Balmoral. 'Chose mementoes, with many photo- graphs, busts and other articles, have been stored or destroyed. . Complaints come from the Royal servants of the new rules regarding their perquisites and privileges, which the King has ordered into effect. No- Lids have been posted in all the pa , aces that after this month the royal servants, when travelling at the ex- pen. of the King, must ride third- „ , ...se- Hitherto the upper servants have been., transported in first-class car- tames and the under servants in second-class compartments., CHECK PUT ON SERVANTS. Many extravagant practices which endured in the servants' hall in the Victorian regime have been checked. Instead of indulging in native oys- ters at four shillings a dozen, and drinking stout, the King's serving men and maids will in future content themselves with American 'oysters, which are cheaper, and quench their thirst with porter. Allowances for washing have been discontinued and the servants will no longer be permitted to enjoy the privileges of she royal laundry.' v AROUND LONDON. — Primitive Appearance of the Farms and Farm Buildings. The physical fact that London is surrounded by farms and woods and meadows and that its streets, ter- races and rust, of semi-detached houses do not extend to a distance of more than nine miles from its centre, is merely one aspect of the fact that London is not larger than it is. It is not, however, this physi- cal fact alone which tends to render aspect a the of our suburban country strange. What is most striking in it is not the fact that it is country, but that in many directions it is a country of curiously primitive character. The villages have all the air of villages of the last century. There are old hum unchanged since the day of the coaches. There are public-houses with signs swinging M the public streets just as we see them repro- sented in Hogarth'a pictures. There are quaint, secluded dwellings, half cottage, half villa, which seem to belong to the •time-Of Strawberry Hill. There are farms and farm buildings carelessly and picturesquely irreg.- lam, like those which George Eliot has described so well as chai•acteris- tic of the England which existed be- fore the railways and the first re- form bill. And far more strikingly primitive are the looks and the de- meanour of the people. The rural laborers within fourteen miles are as leisurely in their gait, and seem as strange to the hurry of modern life as the figures which encounter one slouching along a Shropshire lane or lting their cider kegs in a re- note Devonshire field. Here is how she got one.pire's ROYALTIES MAGIC JEWELS — WOULDN'T PART WITH THEM FOR WORLDS. Nicholas I. of Russia Wore , _Ring Which Assured Happiness And Prosperity. Kings and Queens are evidently as great believers it, talismans as arc the humblest of their subjects. In- perhaps more so, f or in u_ deed, na rope, at any rate, nearly every crowned ,bead, without exception, pos-esses some precious ornament or another to which he or she attri- bates a more or less supernatural power. Nicholas I. of Russia is a ease M point. Up to the day of his death he wore a ring which, according to the legend attached to it by Grath- tion, assured happiness and definite prosperity to its owner for the time being. It came to the Tsar as a betrothal present from Princess Charlotte of Prussia, the daughter of Frederick William. III. M Swiss adame Wildermuth, the latter's governess' vans its first known • Possessor till one day, when rum- maging with the princess, among h cr collection of curios, the -ring was especially noticed and admired. T1 im must be a very antique piece," observed' the princess, put- ting it on her finger. "it has such a peculiar shape, that it reminds one of some ancient talisman." Efate. touring, by-end-bye, to draw off the ring, with a view to its return, she found herself unable to remove it. Madame nildeimuth then offered it us a keepsake to her ',yet pupil, , who accepted it.. 'Late • on, succeeded in - -' ' the princess. - it off It was a curious lit- getting ' - e ring, very simple,- and made in Gothic fashion. Closer examination revealed, engraved within it, words which _though very much worn, when carefully • d a "II ' ' - deciphered, 'c" ' "Russia's ' Tsarina." Madame Wildermuth and charge were highly amused with • tl ' discoverrisy, laughingly attribut- .the mg a no urniatural significance to the inscrMtion. . In the course of yea], a marriage was arranged between the Princess Charlotte and the Archduke Nichol- to, who, at that time was not in the succession ; Ma brother Alex- au I " • • dm• ., the reigning Tsar, having as his heir-apparent - the Archduke Constantine,. HIS SECOND BROTHER. It was at a court dinner in Ber- lin, where Nicholas had come in order to meet his prospective bride,' that the ring for the second time changed hands. Briefly, the Arch- duke fell really and desperately in love with the princess, told her so, as they sat aide by side at table; and craved some -little token as a sign. that his love was returned. "Give me that tiny ring ?" he urged, in a widener, pointing to it. "But not here I before every body ?" said Charlotte. . "Ns one will notice it ; bury it in a piece of bread, drop the latter on the table, and I will manage to take it unnoticed." a The manoeuvre was successfully art complished, Nicholas securing the ring-the same the princess had re- coined from her governess years be- f ore. • Most people know of the happy wedded life of these two, but fewer, perhaps, the prophetic connection between the crowning, after eight years,' of Charlotte as Russia's Tsarina, and the words engraved Nicholas, within the ring. Ni oe, it is said, never, until iu late years it became too small for him, removed the ring from his finger. Ultimately, he had it attached to a, gold chain, continually , and wore it round his neck. The Empress Eugenie at one time possessed a certain breast-pin, shag- ed like a clover leaf, and formed. of clotely-set diamonds and srnaragds, which. she regarded in the light of a lucky jewel, or talisman. Nothing would persuade her but that the little ornament had a direct in- listeners upon lief happiness, in she wore it continually.of She had won it at a Court raffle arranged by Na.- poleon III., and when her husband died, she forthwith put it -away out of sight, never once wearing it dar- ing ALL HER MOURNING YEARS. The Prince Imperial, _however, went , to 'Zululand, and his departure for ' the seat of wer was the signal for her th don it again. When news came a her son's untimely death she took it oil once more-nand for ever. Eventually she gave it to the Prin- Mondy, the daughter of Murat, ex-titular King of Naples. The Rajah of Matta., in Borneo, is the happy possessor of the largest known ,diamond in the world. A •••. a royal ornament the jewel is 120 years old. It is pear-shaped, and has a small hole drilled through it. Were this all, however, about it, there would be -nothing peculiar to chronicle. It is the romance attach- ed to it ; the legendary properties attributed to it, which give it a fore- most claim th be included in the somewhat limited list of royal pre- cious talismans. - Many battles, have at various times been fought for its possession ; but in spite, of every known dodge on the political board, it still remains in the Rajah of Mattau's f ' wilily, C. prized heirloom, and venerated mys- tery stone. The Dutch Governor of leatavia for the thne being, once affered the sum of $150,000 for it, with,. in addi- tion,' two men-of-war, fully equipped with guns and ammunition • • ' ' It Is said that the Rajah's refusal to part with the diamond -on any terms was combed in language more ' ' ' s . forctble than polite. It bmiig in Malay the Governor 'fortunately for . ' . . everybody, did not get the full bene- fit of it. The Rajah's final word on the subject was .regarded ' a that he it as a talisman. upon the possession of which both .his ' ' ' and his family s. happiness. and success depended. of course, out of the mom shares when they were ne ROYAL LETTER-BAGS.g AFFECTED 1,500 F • — SMASH OF THE LEIP $25,000,0 — Ruin Followed Cerium Victims Execrate I ..-Exner. Never since Germany 51 arena of industrial a dal powers has the finam of the country been so tr, the greed and lust of gai been free from an element alitY. The smashes thiminat Stoppage of pay-Meat by Bank. This was an . Met- conservative concern. All -,.,”th about five years ag certain Ilerr Exner betas The capital of the bank 85,000,000 when he join rapidly ran it up to $ Exner saw his way to a and singled out an i grain-drying establishmen which he determined to was probably- worth $100 Leipmc Bank began to and Band ran up the she few years the bank had le sal grain-drying firm abet] 000 and the enterprise so some years lifty per cent. • the bank. Exner bouj lag and sold them when quoted high above par. have realized $5,000.00 shares. THE CRASH CA/ Like a bolt from the came the crash' The dir the bank amiounced that stopped payment, but infr • victims that if they on . tierce all their claims wou They were about $25,000, bad then. Days a pani. talk such as Leipsic had n a.,‘ followed." The customer' ' stormed, tile offices 'but . - lay desks dosed. Wr fell fainting, and were ea Lohmann's big flannel vs ped $200,000;" a huge in factory lost 2870,000; th tartan Institute of Leipsi corn supported by G oven- $125,000, and it is compu the small people concern 500 families are practice Ex-ner was arrested at hi: lodged in jail, where he execrations of the crov ruined. The banker, Ed. mann, believed to be impl. feeling the disgrace comb bullet through his hem Schaffer, one of the dire, lowed the same course Kohlmaun, a man in a la business as an ir011 merah ed. himself. Ferdinand I wool merchant, cut his t man in Coburg, driven to his losses, shot himself d, shooting .and severely wo wife and daughter. 0 smaller traders ruined by flung himself into the Elb den. -4 o re 31-16 a ' ' '`-`0 1-§.1%* 6 AntAtk may 'posited ILL1NG THE SILO ECONOMI- CALLY. The method usually employed in Ili. a silo consists of first passing he forage through a cutter, and then snveying it to the silo by an eleva- Cr, or a blower.' To a small farmer a tanecessary outlay for this machin- ence many, on this account, are de- e fired from adopting the silo. How- a., there are a large number of dos which have been operated sue- .,...fu I ly with uncut, forage. It is enerally conceded that passing the ieege through a cutter before put- Mg it into the silo hue a decided dvaatage over the system of putting ion recently made it was found that. re mired practically the same mount of labor to put whole clover Ito the silo as it did the cut clover, he only saving being in the engineer nd the cost for use of machinery. 'he cut silage is in a much more con- Ikea from the surface of the silo in 1y-era of a uniform depth. It was 'so noted that much more cut than scut forage could be gotten into the Ito. In two silos of equal size it squired 20 tons of cut clover to fill ne of them ea the first, run, while my 10 tons of whole clever could be often into the other at the FIRST ATTEMPT TO FILL. `his ratio, however, is not liable to e maintained, as the whole clover The addition of water to whole ma- oriel wfille filling the silo material] ssists in making' the silage more ompact. This, however, is almost nmacticable in the absence of a con- and the quantity of water required m this purpose represents consider- • ble labor. When whole material is sod It should be handled in as -esh a condition as possible; so that y retaining Its weight the settling f the silage •is facilitated. Also, in filling a silo with whole aderial, care should be exercised to ave it kept lead and thoroughly ramped. In small silos the mate, itchfork. This can be accomplished y putting up a light staging. The se of a derrick or hay fork in filling small silo is not advisable, unless cry small loads are taken at a time s it will be found almost impossible s properly spread a large load of angled material when dumped into small silo. With a large silo the Sc, of the hay fork or derrick will be direly feasible. There need be no. haste in filling a ie. If a few Made are pat in each ay untill it is filled, the silage will mome more compact than if it were did hurriedly. If it is desirable to wform the work mere rapidly, the ki ran be filled and allowed to set- e for two or three days, theu re- [led. This operation may have to ? repeated three or four times in rder to secure „the maximum mount of silage in the silo. In case ifficient material is not ready _ to nnplete the filling of the silo, OTHER MATERIAL be added at any time. It sold be well, however, to first re- ove the covering or spoiled silage s the surface of the silo. When cut fodder Is put into the lo the carrier should be adjusted . as to deliver the material in the M of the silo, thus facilitating s proper distribution. In filling ita earn, there is a tendency to- and an unever distribution of the rs. These, being heavier than the her portions of the plena fall to e ontside, resulting in the uneven Wing of the silage. To obviate is many devices are employed, the mit simple of which is a long bag ea at both ends and fastened to e end of the carrier. A email rope tacked to this bag enables it to be eipulaied so as to have the corn in. any part of the silo de- cod. The principal item to observe to kelp the contents of the silo vet and well trimmed. In email los tae tramping should be very orough, so as to get the greatest maible weight of silage in a given ace; for, as before stated, the trio- in and consequent resistance to the Wing of the silage is greater in oportMn in a small silo than in laigo one. . -- TITS ORCHARD COVER CROP. this is aro time to Make prepare- ms for sowing a. cover crop in the cloard. We take it that you have en cultivating your orchard reg.- rly through the summer and have Leaded to do just what we are urg- Still Hide are many readers lose orchards are In grass, perhaps re. and to- them we have morn to y than to those who are goiug to the right tniug whether told or t if you have not ploughed the or- and for several years now is the ne to "break the ice," so to eat-that is, if you have had augh rain to make the ground nigh satisfactorily. Don't plough ep, especially near the trees. Disk e land well and sow to rye, about roc bushels per acre, then harrow down smooth. to orchard that has been culti- l e through the summer should be toed in a .similar manner. We idd use rye in preference to any Cr reliable cover crop, though tch makes a most excellent winter ver if a good stand is secumd. The ison we do not, recommend it gen- illy is because it demands a little tter 'attention than most farmers '2 willibg to give an orchard cover sp. Besides its ways:and charm- •isties are not very well under- led by the aveeage farmer. But it runt he a good Man to get a small entity of the seed and sow it in a orchard early in September. 3y all means provide your orchard th a coverlets of some kind before rater comes. Don't let cold weatla Cod the greund naked. You can fain whole. From a close observes-the enient form for feeding and can be Hance ak • ,ii . A .„--._...f BOY'S BOX PLAITED PRESS, _mud ,1 Years. Nothing suits the tiny boy more perfectly than the garment that is little model . illustrated is boyish enough to suit the most exacting of little men, yet is graceful and child- ish at the same time. The three box plaits, back and front, give ample fullness below the waist line, where they are allowed to fall free, and are • stitched and pressed fiat above. The fitting is ancoinplishod with shoulder and under-arm seams. The big sailor ' collar is stitched under the outside front pleats, the closing 'being invisibly effected "be- math that in the left side. The ten- tr. pleat is trimmed with three bands of embroidery that are point- ' ed at the centre. TheI sleeves are. one-seamed and slightly full, finished at the wrists and roll-over mfrs. To make Mr a boy of e years of age. as illustrated, 2-1 yards of Me. terial 22 inches wide, or 2 yards 41 inches wide, with 2, yards of em- broidery, will be required. 1.1 ran best be thrown in with a 1 r - . , .. ... . rely on rye, it never fails. It will you fine calf pasture dartss,. the glee —.-.- fall, winter and early spring, ivhen, it should to disked up. .----- HOW TO SALT BUTTER. A subscriber asks the proper way I to salt butter. He uses fine dairy salt, but in cold weather the salt does not dissolve in the butter. He has also tried brine salting, but the butter did not take up enough salt. The proper way is to have both salt and butter warm enough. That is the secret. If the butter is churned into hard pellets, either large or small, the surface is glazed, the mots Lure is locked inside, and if the salt is also cold it is gritty and its solo- bilitv seriously diminished Butter in granular form like wheat grains is in the best form for salt- ing. Do not add ice water to wash it, but water tempered to sixty de- greos, or higher if accessary to make the butter plastic and waxy to the touch. 'Then salt with warm salt and it will dissolve. Do not work the butter before salting it. If the butter is salted on the worker, situp- ly roll it down level before salting. . . - Using brine instead of dry salt is no real advantage. Cold butter will not take up cold brine. Simply abolish cold weather with artificial heat eat ' - no T • HE MAN OF THE __ Latest Phase of Joseph lain's Career. - Joseph Chamberlain, great commoner, is a man aims,-and endowed with ti nobleness of mind and purl tial to their complete Life to him has always bi bending reality, a ceaseless for the solutions of presen bleats. Recognizing the England's dependencies mu linked with indissoluble be is to retain her World-wir my, he has evolved a Mo for the knitting together r scattered strands. , , _ , speaking ..lue . plan is .I•c, • matters bodies, i th bands of cc illative and, convel Houses of Parliament let rooms for the .chosen repro _ diverse powers that Empire.. His Imperial Pr( among other things, for V - as an .ofticial language, and result'-has raised a storm where Italian obtains in t and indicted Britishers can. . . what evidence judgment is ea or '' su- at their. lion isentirely. due to rustled members. of Cl faceindl who re ntly des ' ce • - a language was being for them by the Colonial Seer determined to revenge the the Home Government by i tax., most of which were -for the immediate advancer people. Asa matter of fa case Ur, Chamberlain sinq out the` wishes of a major islanders when he selected the official laeguage M t The non-payment of some compelled him to take which would *cisme their and these acts have caused rioting. No serious or lc jealous will be raised, hot in a few years Malta will honor the man who sim court systems. Ph'. Chamberlain's Maim/ Africa was vigorously ' when tbo campaion comme . ' • reverses began to pour in that defeat has been turner tory his uncompromising a dealin with, the Boers general approval. When been restored to the Ort • ' Colonies, they, too, will , al great commoner's scheme I ed empire. - f'_____— A BARGAIN VICTORY. She was she with her hus- band and was looking for bargains. I don't Want quite so much as there is in that piece, she said to the saleswoman who held it a piece of dress goods. I require only two yards and a, half. But ' ' ' that piece :is two yards and five eightha, and I couldn't cut two yards and a half off, explained the - v woman behind-the counter. " °B-71T I don't want so much, protest- ed the customer, Well, l 'e • m sure I cannot cut it, re- Pealed the saleswoman. ' But can't you -call it a remnant? persisted the woman who wanted the goods. No; it isn't a remnant Madam, calmly replied the young woman. - Well, 1 shall not buy it, said the customer, determMedly. I don't pro- unless you make it -an object. Well, I'll call it two yards and three-quarters said the saleswoman as the customer started' to move away. All right, I'll take it, exclaimed the customer without hesitation as he glanced at her husband in a 'sat- is Fed ,,,„3,. The man's admiration for his wife's victory was expressed irt his face. 4- -a- ''' -......14 -I 11 . i (-"'" -•amaa, IQ =ega II `I , , , , ar, ` - a s' / ''. • a , \a_ l' - a - • N ea.-aaaa'a .... ..-r-F. , V i a ' 71 ; - 4 . . HE WAS FORESTALLED. When Tennyson's In Memoriam ale peered a certain poet was standing at a bookstall turning over the leaves of the new volume, when a literary friend of rare taste and learning stepped up and said to the poet: Have you rea.d it? Indeed I have, was the answer; and do you know it seems to me that in this delightful hook Tennyson has done for friendship what Petrarch did for love. This was too fine for the literary friend to forget. That afternoon he called upon a lady, and noticing a copy of the dime book on her table saw his opportunity. After the us- ual greeting he took up the book. Have you read it? he asked. Yes, slm said, and I have enjoyed it greatly. , So have I, said her visitor; and do your;.- know' that in this charming poem Tennyson has done for friend- ship, what Petrarch did for love? Indeed, rejMned the lady, adding, with a mischievous smile, Mr.— cal- lel this morning and said the same thing. . SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT. Mr. Hopper-1 beg pardon medal., you are sitting on my, hat. Mrs. Flopper-Ohl pray excuse me! I thought it my husband's 4 run the British Empire,George . , A Berlin newspaper publishes some curious details respecting the letter- bags of the principal European son- _ - • ' deigns. It Is the Pope who breaks the record, as he receives every day om 22,000 to 23,000 letters. and newsis n King Edward VII. e - a' ee' next with 3,000 newspapers . Czar an anmde19,000 letters. The. C d Germah Emperor receive each from 600 to -460 letters, apreals, etc.: the King of Italy, 500; Queen Wilhel- mina from 100 to 150. The Pope, says the same authority, employs no fewer than thirty-five -secretaries. +______-_. Edith-No, Herbert, I cal Your wife, but I will be - bert-Don't say a sister tt . . many girls have sa • id that I wasn't going to say the going to say I shall be de be your aunt.. I accepted ; last night. + - MrS. Spendall-YOu look worried. Is it because you are so deeply in debt? Mr. Spendall (glooniiiso-No; it's because I can't zet_any dPens, _ School-Board Inspector-Who is it that sits idly by doing nothing while everybody else is working? Bobby- The teacher. Jack-I am afraid that you to be my wife, coo a;• my Proposal as a joke. P all jokes are not rejecter'., There are on the Ssviss .lakes 65 steamers, of which the largest can carry 1.200 nasseezers.