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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1888-1-26, Page 2anexeDlese, ikts emphatic protest has been entered by the Victoria, B. 0., Board of trade against the dieeontinnance by the Dominion Govern. Mont ot the steamer mail service between that city and San Francisco. full statement of claims on behalf of in the veeaele rented is Behr'ng'a Sea during the *rot season, has beea prepared by the Ptah - Paige Depart:mint for presentation to the 'United States Gover:meat. It is reported from Washington that the British repreaentativee will allow American fiaberaanen the privilegea they claim in (3atuidian Raters until such time as the din )sate is .terminated by the proposed Board. alArbitration, The Dominion Government era said to have ordered the Customs officials at Mani- toba. bgRndaryrta not ter $ rant re-entry po sfartifimitee to per ons desiring to ship grain over the American railways and the brand li`rnnk to Montreal. The recent decision of the Supreme Court We question of the ownership of mineral binds ire the British Columbia railway pelt Will be appealed as aiu.st to the Imperial tarary Conned by the Provincial Govern„ Meat. It has been disoovered dist a conspiracy has exieteai for many years between officials al the meutresat al'r;.urt-berm and e,ertein laer s by which the Provincial Tzeaaury kms been ewindlad out of thousands of dol- hoby old law stamps: being used over egaha. Canada has brat $,3,000,000 withiu the Teat two years Omagh erobszzlees have *seeped to the 'UMW Stake with the money., Ax Atnerleaaa embezzlers have taken agora than 120.000;000 over into tike Domiaaicei in the lame period, Canada may atilt alaitn telt the balance of trade is in her:aver,,, 1'iafladelphie Pyesis. McGibbon, Ioepeotor of NertinWeat Bertha agencies, arrived in. Ottawa, from Regine recently. lie states that! the T .hsaa throe hoot the North,Weet e wperoas andaontented and are makiieg erft>,l progress in agricultural pursuits, The iedautriai ealzoobu are workbag very katiatactorily. Prof, Sheldon'* work on Canada, Which masa been published in London, points out that *good living and something more may be earned in Canada by artisans, farms labor- akr, domestic servant, and everyone else Who Will work coaaselentiouely and is steady and :thrifty; but there la no room for pat - pars, loafers, drunkards, windy agitators or tooli of any sort, The Stonewall, lion., New* says ;--Ar- Cher blollard made a wager of $.,a that he; could fell, chop, split and pile Ave cords W ood la ten bourn. Re commenced wo at 7.30, and exactly at 2.30 be bad t1 whole Ave cords nicely piled up, thus com- pleting the job in seven hours, and winning, the wager with three boars to spperm. To get the five cords be was compelled to fell 415 trees. Item car drivers receive eommiseratiou, but they are in reelit healthy men, b'reeb kir and regularity of life compelled by the Oran -table produce geed results, "Thero is only ane drawback to this busineae," said the driver. "and that is we don't get exon• orae. enough." Rheumatiam ie a pet trouble bith the drivers, and some of them get round Shouldered from the weight of the oto.hes they wear, fora driver during coven mouths oI the year puts on everything he has that will go on. The editor of the Kar Cry, Staff Capt. A. Stttnmer, the official organ of the .Army in Canada, was interviewed by a Toronto reporter recently. He was found at the Headquarters on Albert atieet, the editorialroom, as usual, being an one or the upper Hata of the building. " Our offi- oera are increasing at the rate of about two hundred a year," said the Editor whoa ask- ed about the progress of the army. " We had our eighth death among our officers to- day. Some people say that the officers of the Salvation :Army are short lived. Now the statement will show that it is not correct;. Our officer' have averaged 500 a year since the establishment of the Army in Canada, that Is taking the number on duty each year said dividing that by five—the number of years in operation. This, you will see is wily°little over one death in 500 eaoh year which is above the average death rate Lithe Dominion. "' Yea, the War Ory h published inten or a dozen different Ian- guages. We have three offices in India for which we issue the War Cry in three different Indian dialects of the Hindostanee language. It is published. in Stockholm in the Swedish, in Zurich and Amsterdam in German, in Wales in the Welsh, .in Paris in French, in Rome in Italian, also in the Danish and other languages. We have not got into Japan or China aa yet, but we issue the War Cry in New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, Van Dieman's Land, and in the United States in San Francisco and New York. So you see the paper of the Salvation Army is pretty well circulated. Up to this week we have published the War Cry in I+'rench in Toronto for circulation in Lower Canada. The French name of the paper is En "Avant ?" We are moving it to Mon- treal where it will be issued hereafter." A young woman of Bangor, ate., who had been forbidden by a jealoua suitor to go to dance with a rival, had the: jealous swain arrested and lodged, a in cell, and she went to the. dance wire the other fellow. Coffee John, the proprietor of a Minna- apolis restaurant, an a bet of $10, reoeatiy ate 500 oysters la two boars. Ile ate 125 raw, 125 stewed and 250 steamed, and finished with, thirteen minutes to spare. 1i St. Paul teen aued a railroad cotapauy for damagee for ceasing bis honsetobefleeded. with water. Owe of the exbibita iia the plaintiffs evidence was a pbotograph repee. sleeting him seated oa a huge cake ofice m his dining room. Turkeys pay In Vermont---wben every Wag goea well, A Green Mountain farrier made a net profit of $40.50 from a mingle hen turkey daring the peat season. That's bet- ter than 'cisme wheat, or cattla—if yon have enough turkeys, One who bee hada great deal of expert• cite') with crazy people, zaya that insanity to apecially prevalent in December and June. We fail to see the connection, of course, but have noticed that the number of wed - dingo le unusually Iarge in those months. The fund to build a monument to the policemen murdered at the Chicago Hay- market amounts to $4,000, while the Anar- chists memorial fund is offer $30,000, Tida as nota very flattering comment upon the nubile spirit and gratitude of the, Amerlean people, Self a dozen book agents; were arraigned before a Pennsylvania judge far obtenneg money tbrough false pretences. The judge, held that they bad done no more thea to tell faleelroade in order to sell their geode, sand that the law would not warrant him In ire- priaouieg them for plain, ordinary lying. There recently died in Rockland, ail Italian =amen, F. A. D.:Singhl, whole) Iife was not of the ordinary, He was wimp tk boy aparent.eed to an image peddler of lancca, eked with bean crossed Eaarope on foot with e. load of images en his head. Cu retnhina; England he run away with and en. Bated in the Foglieh army and wee Mit to Canada. While the regiment aria at Que. bee the band played a aeleetiou, widely advertised as the composition of the band. tweeter. Young Singbi recognized it as an oid Italian melodyy, That evening at the barracks he whistled the air, netil hes was interrupted by the baadtnwter, who *eked flim where he beard that. Tho Italian was alnickwiitted. "Heard the band play it," fray gala, The leader wee pleased and Singba wa* Fut into the heed, Ile afterward.. de- aerted and went to ;liaiap. where. atter. earning apreeerione living by ebnereaking end barbering, he at /set got validly eats&, Belied sus it musician. He was born a eta; man Catholic', became a Methodist and died A Swedenb>;rgian. UNITED STATES. W. K. Vanderbilt owns the Eoglish estate of John Hampden, famous as the foe of crowns and the friend of commonalty. George Miller, of Akron, 0., will be bur- ied in a coffin made from the wood of a cherry tree which he planted for this pur- pose 60 years ago. In a Virginia newspaper of thirty years ago is a long account of the sentence of a woman to two years' imprisonment for teaching slaves to read. A Michigan boy who had 1,000 buttons on a string explained it by saying that his father is a minister and "" has the sorting' of the collection basket." Congressman Townsend, of Illinois, has introduced in the House of Representatives a bill for the creation of an American zoll verein, to include. Canada. Owners of vessels seized in Behring's Sea are said to have prepared claims against the American Government for $500,000 damages, but they have not yet filed them at Wash- ington. A New York State Yankee proposes to make a railroad car entirely of wood pulp. He claims that it will l+e indestructible either by fire or by. shock. Such a car is iaeeded. A blessed old acre wal the lot of a couple imea Boyer at Weimer, Germany. They the aixty fifth anniversary of their wedding day when death releared them both on the mama day. Two more divietons of Rataatan troupe aro to be moved to the Galielan frontier. Ana• tria has made railway arrangements by wbioh she can send an ample force to the front in twenty-four hours. The Czar. in his congratulatory telegram, hopes thet the Pape will enatble him to her.. wonize the needs of the Raman Catbollo Church in Russia with the fundamental: principles of his empire. Turkey awes Ramie $20,000,000 and can't pay the debt. Ruseia wants the cash sand must have it. There'' your Restern question in a pint on , and Russia is bound to bate A leg of Turkey early in the spring. It is stated that Pope Lena: jubilee gifts include tl0,000 °humbles, 12,000 cups, 8,000 cruoifixea and aureatquautityofother. cools• shadiest properties which will be exhibited. Their value is estimated at $15,000,000, The Emperor of China owns every foot of land in his dominions, and faxen taxes, rents and impost as he, from year to year, may deem fit. His subjects obey without sues. Honing his motive or wisdom, and aro generally quiet and easily satisfied. Oa- casionally, Itoowever, they awake from their lethargy, and then are the moat determined and dangerous rebels in the world. The London Economist and other British financial journals declare that the apeoufa- tive activity in England just now .is greater than at any time previously since 1879. " Good times" often come without unusual activity inithe'speoulative markets, but epee- ulation seldom comes without "good times. •' The prospects in England, as in the United States, are that general trade will be active during a large part, if not of all, the coming year. The fact that fifteen to twenty-five steamers a month are now arriving at the mouth of the Congo. illustrates the growth of commerce in that region since Stanley showed the importance of the great river. One ocean steamer has already ascended the river to Boma, fifty miles from the sea, and, the beat channels are beingmnarked'by buoys, so that deep -draught vessels may safely navigate the lower river. Dr. George Waeburn, of the Robert Col- lege, Comstantinople, writes to The New York Independent :—There is certainly a growing sympathy with America in Eog- land. I have seen more and more of it every time I have been there since my first visit, more than thirty years ago. There is not much change on the Continent, I am not sure they like us as well as they did thirty years ago. There is certainly more abuse of America in the Continental papers than there was then. But in England the change is wonderful. An American is no longer a stranger there, and the essential unity of the Anglo Saxon race has become a popular dogma. The peaceful arbitration commission which went to America this year was simply an outcome ot the popular feeling. Most of the very rich men of the day have three or four houses each, which they keep thoroughly furnished and ready for occupation at a moment's notice. James Gordon Bennett jumps from Paris to blew York without notice and he always finds a fire lighted in his bedroom and his coolie have the daintiest viands on ]lis -table. Jay Gould can gravitate"°between Fifth avenue and Irvington, and United States Secretary Whitney has, one house in, New ,York, . one in Washington city, one at Grasslands near the President's country home and another at the seashore. Almost all of the million- aire United States Senators keep up esteb lish,nents in Washington as well as at the homes in the States which they represent, and Senator Stanford has a half dozen homes any one of which would satisfy a prince. 110BSE11O1p. RIM yon llovsE4alar$s0. Keep salt in a dry place and cheese in a tin, box. " Never Metier cake milk that has, been bulled, ., lldatohee should always be kept in a atone Kra. Beecher on rolnliiarittell that )BreedContempt. It is hardly possible that the young can upderataud orwill accept the old maxIm that " familiarity breeds contempt" with flavor. To their y oung heartsthe tern ,a familiarity" is only aatscciated with teal iriendshipa--ibe ende,rmeuts and, uura- atricted exhzhitioea of sweet confidences and orCommot Ohe@a@ cloth makes an excellent affection between parents and children, u brothereand eiatere, and their pieaaant,merry strainer foracid fruits. home life. As a gegera►f thug they know Bating onions .and horseradish is claimed little .,f life except its rase -tinted Bide. The to relievai dropsical sw@1) ng. br raugh andatony phew: which adversity A paatsof plaster of pans Glad water will ing& theheartaches that casino when fasten on the Piaster. cover far an inl tantl. tl+tse most wasted are 'roved false, whoae proteete,tiouaof undy-ngloveend: confidence A cloth rung moot cold watt r and wound and free Arid eaey approechee. ares found to around the ueek ieaard to be geed for °sore be only the gniae to inveigle and deceive for throat. their own aelash .ends. :til thie cad know - It is o'aimed by some housewives tb gt�a ,ledtre. is not coenmou to !youth, nor is a little kerosene added to boiled starch will i.4dgment, born of exp-rience, easily at. irnprart" a,nice gloss. wined who can teach theta to distinguish Nothing better can be applied to a severe Few,f cut or brass's than cold turpentinaa; it will unortunately, however, barely cute relief ice ome cold tar reaeh the early stages of maturity without being compelled to recognize the" correctuesx Lime water is good for Chilblains: Use; of ihia ,olsl and homer, adage. Toogreat strong sad bot A satti atod Solution of familiarity,. even with the nearest and; ont alum in water, used hot, is also a. tura• intimate friends, may not always be whet or the, desirable or lead to the heppiee a result* and If any ipoison is swallowed, dank, inatatst beyond a certaizt, line it ba a license that. re- ly half a. glaaa of cool water, with a hg�fin��d eapin teoepooefei eachoff-common salt end.grouna= wr�-�ce:,as t,, 'soca t,.„)433.vr.Nrrrax mustard stirred into it, An excellent salve for bruises is the tryo c. fol- lowing ;-'pa►ke the leaves of catnip and It is a fault that is very liable to apring braise with salt pork in a mortar, or with a ! up in ohildhoad, sad is. at that early age„ roll'}ng-pin, if ap lked to oeelt weeede and looked upon et* rather mere amusing than au trainee of an kind, it will 'at onto Allay the noyleg, so that itt lis first$ ca it is passed inflaanamataoay. by with .little notice—merely a childieit fol If yen have icturea ban 'n evilest an bre. But if this aggrenaive eleteent ie de• seaweed is early tub and to allowed to outer wall prospect them fromoany possible take root and at. Prstrength, damp by covering the baa with °heat g h yunfit the lead, or else kee thea; froia contact with gild. it eoome ar•# to reach years of n mos. the wall by eorksFfaatenad to the lower ends tiem, it becaamae as eettled habit of the moat of the frames. no'e'l ave nature, eevaa wy ea pt+raoma of to. tinement and deliwaey. If parents who, eSttaavl oof fault on good tatrte linen can be through that unreaannable fondness) for r ran i. b ut inlay y by sing the fallow- their children era never able to recognise Iitg witahe are; Your boiling water on chloride ,:asy fa dt�, er,ntd '19a oximiowly rauset: t.o of lime" 0the prow rtioa: of sae gallon to see is a little child whereunto this beak le a alnatter of as pound, bottle it, cork it well, lurvitebly treading, and honestly labor to and in using be careful not to atir it. Lsy ,eradicate that cup aosity by which a child is the 'stain in this for a ruoraeut,then applx led to pry into matters that are the persons white vinegar and boil the table linen, aI rightR of others, it would soon be held in ''rats, restraint and rooted out. But if they blind- Am Qawego woman horeewhirped: avonng ly suffer this undesirable trait to take rant f3sknd gather'atrength, as the ehPel goes aat jeiMan a omen daughter. bt@r. Beata all heave toward; maturity, it will then be bard, it not imporaibleto eradierste it, and it meet It may be Haat a w'erean a work la never ic'on's ot1'euaive to all who are wain ed done, but a /Iran's work is always dun, to corns in eoutaot with it. Pity the poor Toronto girl whaae innate No doubt persons to wt,om *la disagree modesty did not Allow her to sang up her ;able trait has become a deeply -seated habit eta -citing. have 'many deaira:ble teen*. 1 ind.hearteei The admiration of men is very sweet, but; to all, It may be, boneat and true im all their we don't need to kilt ourselves :in order to Aug;deyet few,'kuowinv this wealtne'e is get it. because in truth it Is notat sill skdifii. their character cats to associate with them, It thing to get. If a woman with a plain :feeling that it would be impossible to be fakes and an ordinary figure hes not a arngle near them any length of time before the quality of nand, or heart, or person, that effort will be node, and invalided in, to din. will win the admiration of superior me; eusa tour awn private effeiri in the most and if her whole personality does not cons, familiar style, ready, to be sure, to make per the reverence of every man,aha hal no fall exehauge, and open before you every- one to blame but herself. We may set our ; thing connected with their own history in own price an ourselves, knowing men can^ the moat intimate and confidential manner. 'rot eaooao but pay." Often it is very evident'thet nothing wrong lea an unnaturally small wail; really a as intended, sial therefore one is ata lose beautiful object: 1.to .artist will answer' to decide how to reply to the yea. In every painting or picture of feini. UNCEASING TORRENT ox INQUIRIES. nine loveliness we find the graceful curving There aro, however, apeeimeua of over. wrist in place al the double .handful of familiarity that deservo to be met only by bruited ribs which some peaplo prefer, Tho open contempt. What more emharraasiug pictures in fashion magazines and those in and exasperating than in a public convey.. the lowest clans of story papers aro an ex.. ance, where, where escape is impoaalble ception to this rule. There is something without attracting attention, to have a almost as repulsive In the ides of an arta perfect stranger begin to ask (liiestlona and ai l�xiol wn.aiat as there is in an aarti8oial "'tn.'make ;remarks as it on the moat intimate plmterms. and with a freedom that would be A. Russian lady, no matter how great, "namely tolerated in one's own family: There must prepare the tea for tie family, al- is it aloe, to be sure, who really know no though the mutton chop and the rolls can better, who have lived where there was lit. be safely left to the ,servants. tie opportunity for improvement, or any ex - Should the Queen's wish respecting the ample or teaohlog to rouse them to a sane@ Jubilee gift be worthily carried ant, the of the gross impropriety of such liberties. English poor of all future generations will For each one can find some exouse and some have reason to look bank to this famous year commiseration. And yet, even when 'per - with gratitude. With a good deal of effort ance is offered as an excuse, do we not feel a Woman's Jubilee Offering of $350,000 was there should he an instinctive eonso of pro - got together, and: presented to her Majesty ; priety sufficient to withhold even a here but, had .its ultimate destination been fore- then ? seen, there is good reason for thinking that However charitably one may endeavor to it would have been more easily collected, look on such peculiarties, it is pltiablcto feel and have reachei a far larger total. The bow barren that mind must bo, bow little Queen has decided that it shall be appro• foo,,for thought it must possess, that finds priated to a scheme now being worked out erd citement or interest in asking how many for improving the condition of tho 'nurses yards are used in the dress of a perfect for the sink poor. A committeefor this pur- stranger with whom they are notlikely ever pose has been formed, and the Duke' of to meet again,, how muck the lady gave for Westminster is at its head. it, what size shoes a'he wears, NSW many —�— pairs abe buys a year, and an interminable' Old man calling down the stairs to list of inquiries of a similar character. daughter at 11,55 p. m.—Clara 1 Daughter Does any one think such 'things seldom Yee, papa. Old man—Ask that young happen! A great miatake"1 We have lite. man in the parlor which ho prefers for tened to similar questions when travelling, breakfast, mill rolls or Vienna bread, and have been put through the same or a "Ah, my son," said the minister. "" I'in similar catechism often enough to know that glad to see you in the Sunday School at last. it IS not en uncommon thing. Is this your first Sunday !" "Yes, sir." " How do you like it ?" " Oh, I guess I kin stand it until after the Christmas tree.."- ;i b acween the true and the fals& ,444.44.444..4444444444444.444_ 44.44,44 ed to.The restraints of society often prove. a stronger protection to .the wife froan her husband's ixzitebilityand unjust, censures, thee, his profeeeed affection tor her. And mere'° the pity 1 It is often the case thu. Polite, deferential attentions will be more frequently profferred outside the family circle therefrom her huahaud, Doany need ttt be told whereunto this tends ! The daily papers are full of what may fol ew, But cruel, unnatural and mean as this is, ia; is not always confined to the masculine the bouaehold- We wish that we could prove that a lady never " any:ears back," when "reviled, revileth not again," never returns railing for railing, a sharp retort for a bluer word,, or meets discourtesy with equal neglect and indifference. We htusli to aelenewledge that, THE win is MEW'S( Al OFTEN IntluO SMIX for the begi uingof evil ins th this respect ae ` a ... d, Public .. is (Oahe has aa strong hold on her AS on a man- -even stronger, as wo, man has more of that kind of pride which holds her bac1F from the ?pen exhibitaon of the irritation that is driving her alineetfaari, outs than a man. Sbe will not allow the publio gossip° to hold her up to the ,gauze of the wo "rid if self-restraint is possible. But sir the courtesy and amiability, the deference and reepegttul attention exhibited in public or to friendsouteide, are worthless to mail or woman ii the same is net more earneatly extended to each in the sacred precincts of home. .Love that shines in the moot kindly acts, respectful, attention, elt'to see what may be needed or gratify, the most pemfee; courtesy at "teem er here. All that iaa band outside should it the ortrttow of that whish is um. Otero exq incl perpetual in the Alarmed trete of home. Teem is where we must seep for the tree lady and geanttemau, If not fully developed aaudaecredly maintaieed there prominently exhibited eiaewhere, the eoutament is spuriouseeta conaterleit, Taut, alerneas may be the exhibition of abet spirit which fa TI[E &t'Apir FROM s'tan'd ALTAR that fondles the home tire, fazed and laving, and carreeeing a* may be eta revelation, tt never degenerate* into that ever -familiarity that is the bane to the beat and nobleat emotions. If young people, whether brothers and elates, huahanda and wives, would butgive this idea reapectfel attentaou, book at Its cenditlly iettead of oailin it weak:metal talk t if before they quite dsecide to throw it aside as of rata importance they woubti leek erazund them, not geeverned by goatasi report*, buthy what is ,pang on dew lit before their eyes. if they would: ly examine life se it 't'e'es on ereauud eanld sown guard against *hat .hick they cannot but ate fat is as ceaa ee re resentaticu end led ; it destroy=s true re, slope the coarser, herder partes teeter,breedai not only contemn% -d inevitable coldneaaa and s. This idea once accepted as. we iahouist fee a large increase finenient, genuine ;eoliteneae---lite gen, gentleman and lady. We should And hem wearing these higher and more noble attaiumenta more as an every -day woritan garment than A holey dress only exbiblteaa at parties, balls and stats oecawiena, and then folded up and looked out of right, never more to be paraded till needed for public exhibition. These bound together by natural ttes or by marriego need to exercise all the gentles nese and forbearance, the courtesy and affectionate politeness that they possess, inereaacd and purified by careful nurture. Mas, HrynvWaRD Barnosc ae, Upon; Lord' Lyon's coffin was placed d' wreath with the .*caption "A mark of tite highest regard'and true" friendship from Vic- toria R. I. ' Another was "A last token of enduring friendship and sincere regret from Albert Edward." A substantial brick church, costing $$10,- 600, is to be built at Mandalay, Burmah, in memory oflthe illustrious missionary, Addis ram Judson. ,The corner stone is to be laid on August 9, 1888, the centennial enniverary of Dr. Judason d•birth. A considerable por- tion of the money has beet:aubeeribed by native Christians in Burmah. The name of the Duke of Sutherland; says the Christian World, is an honored name in the Highlands, and it ought to be. Both, the Dake and his heir, the Marquis of Staf ford, realize that the wealth and power eorn- mitted to -them is a trust. -The tenant on the ducal estate may well be envied by their less fortunate brethren who hold Of other landlords. . Here is why. The commission: apppinted eighteen ;months ago to crofters' rents, and deal with the question 'of .= arrears, hasjust issued its last report. That the crafters were thoroughly justified" in their complaints is proved by the fact that the ,average reductions of. rents amount to thirty-one per cent., while theaverage'. a count of;arrears cancelled figures' at fifty- four per cent. These figures tell 'their owe story of cruel rack -renting; ;Oneestetoonly;,, does not figure, en the; blacklist— that of the Dukeof Sutherland. •There, so far. from finding 'extbrtionate`rents, the lcoma missioners have actually ordered an average rise of nine per cent. upon the rental, while they have no arrears to wipe off. This bright spot only throws its surroundingainto darker shadows. RUT THERE Is ANOTHER AND WORSE SIDE to overfamiliarity which can cause pain too acute for any feeling' of contempt, the abuse of the natural familiarity which springs out of the closest family relations.. Nowhere else are the laws of good society, if we look no higher, so often setaside or overlooked. When held .in check by .that genuine good breeding and politeness wallah springs from a sensitive conscience and a pure and noble heart, ,-thb`familiarity of fariily love and home relations becomes a playful tenderness that'leaves no sting said causes no heartache. But love is often a vain showy instead of a bond to hold the family together the very tenderest of all home relations is viewed as furnishing a license for impoliteness and neglect such as,nonewould dare to approach a stranger with far les, an intimate. " Is it not my wife ? Is it not my child ? Who shall dare dispute my right to do what I will with my own?" If the head of the family --its ruler— speaks unkindly, Wit: -the bonds that bind them together are his safeguard. 'There is a sense 'Of security from exposure. in family"ptide, an part, but stranger than all else is the knowledge of the womanly love that seeks to hide all errors. The wife' or dafighter, and sometimes sister. are often spoken to by the "gentleman". of the house as he would not dare to speak to any other woman, however insignificant. But more particularly in this BRUTE SENSE OF OWNERSHIP manifested to his wife. A brother finds -no particular pleasure intalkingsharp or demi- neering over hisSehiter. He is well aware she may resent it, mid- retort even more sharply than he addressed her. For a daughter, a father, unless lost to all sense of shame, has usually a peculiar tenderness by whioh she escapes much of the oppression that other members of the family are expos - old Nen, Recently M. Fordinaand. de Lesseps co`e; brated the anniversary of hie birthday, and mitered upon his 83rd year. He can ltok around him and sem but very few men of anything like equal eminence, who aro as old as ho. The German emperor is 00, Dr. Dellinger is 88, Moltke and Banoroft, the historian, are eaoh 87, Kossuth is 85, and. Professor Owen is 83 ; but it is not sassy to extend the list. Yet it is astoaiebing to nota the largo number of living great .men. who haven peseod the ordinary limit of hu. man life. Of sovereign', the Pope is 77, and fling William, of the Netherlands, is well on is 71st year, Of statesmen, Mr. Gladstone will be 70 this month, Mr. Bright is 76, Prince Bismarekia 72, M. Jules Grevy is 74, M. Leon Say and M. Leroyer are each 71 ; Lord Selborne is 75, Sir Rutherford Al- cock is 78, Lord Sherbrooke is 76, and Lord Granville is 72. Of generals:: Maculation 1879, Leboeuf is 78, and Bazaine and Cialdini are each 76. Of poets c Lord Tennyson is 78, 111r. Browning is 75, and Dr. Oliver Wendell Homes is 78. Of musicians : Verdi is 73 Of engineers: Lord Armstrong is 77, and Sir John Hawkahaw is 76. Of painters Meiasonier is 72, and finally, of showmen, 'Barnum is 77. Perhaps, however, M. Chev- reu1, who is fairly started on his 102nd year ought not to be omitted. In any case, the catalogue is far from being; a complete one As it stands, it is sufficiently remarkable. We have mentioned the names of thirty- three persons, the average; age of each being' over 78. It may be donated whether, in the history of the world, thirty-three men of as considerable celebrity, and of as great average length of life, have ever before been. alive at one time. An exchange says that a folded news- paper placed under the coat in the small of the back is an excellent substitute for an overcoat. There is considerable warmth in a newspaper, that's a fact. Many a man has become heated by simply reading an article in a newspaper; and at such times he wants to make it hot for the editor, too. Coal is twenty dollars a ton in San Fran- cisco. When' a coal' vessel' is due the coal. carts assemble on the wharf and await its arrival, the delays sometimes covering days, during which time the drivers are encamped In close pro*amity t6'.these vehicles. The cause of the extraordinary price is the soar - city = of vessels to emery the coal. If San Francisco had 'a northern winter it would not be a good place to be poor in. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, during a visit to Baltimore, in some remarks to the graduate students of John Hopkins University, de. Glared_ his inability to agree with Mr. George's theory of land .tax, as it was in effectrobbery.of.a large number of people of •theiiproperty. But there should be some improvement in the methods of land -hold- ing. The fine race of peasantry that were. in Europe during the Middle Ages has pass- ed away, and it should be the aim of legis- lators to restore this oleos.