HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1888-4-26, Page 3WO USEHOLDe
Standard Soups.
Looking over my old notes to -day, taken
at -the coeltieg CiaSS in the earliest day a of
that iestitutiou, while PierreBlot wae doing
his beet to enlighten the cloak minds of
New -York ladiee, 1 fired these =lee given
for the juat proportions of the atm:Piaui OW
tents of the eoup kettle ;
To three pow:ode of lean beef, without
lame (we were espeolelly waroed ekeinat an
exeeba of belle as an Anglo-Saxon me), put
two and a, lialf quarto of wetert Simmer
geutly ter one hour, ablearaleg thoroughly
when it coulee to tbe boiling point. Theo
add WO carrot, one turnip, IMO o11104 with
two clovea etuok in it (41 these medipm,
eized), one leek, one stalk of celery, one bay
leaf, and simmer for four hours longer,
never permitting it to boa or to grow 0001,
and adding a little hot water to keep up the
origioal quantity.
This ineli.-es a very rich stock. We were
recommended to provide celery seed for use
When the (melt vegetable is out of sewn,
mei "Were also edvteed coneerniug the dia.
eretiOnary nae of a little bag of sweet
herbs to be thrown into tbe simmering 7o4
aufect for alogger or eltotter time. find
that other anther/ties give 4 pecan' of meet
tO a, vett of water SO geoerel rule • in
this, ea in al other mattere, the cook aZwele
to exereine judgment ; the reeeilts will vary
emnewbet„ sie the proportion of bone, the
ink:Mesa sndilavor of the beef, AO the Per-
feetion of the slow coelting now' deterral*.
Of e =ice thia euppoeee the Wie a froth meat
bought for the prime, but we were coutin,
ugly exhorted te fulfill the whole duty of
a good cook in emieg that no fragment eir
trimenisg of meat, eooked or necoolted,
went te waate, end were told with reitera
ted empliestethat the righteem end notorel
end ef elIeuele ourtiom Watt the soup kettle,.
The Wan try ectele, bIetaed, with u fine vent',
teble gereleo end o eonveeient deiry,will find
that quite et Imo bee§ will mete e gem:ley
mop. Vegvtelelee felt of jelee and fever,
end perhaps eti odditioueleup et creme, will
Make =mode for alawee any shorteeinfess
WM Fattest Trotter in the World.
"Will you kindly let me have an order
to eee Maud S.
Tait eemteet i =vie several, timee eery
day e.t the New yort Ledger effiee by vue
ihns to New York, who regard, Mr. Itotieet
Bowler** piterleas tame among the ehief eh-
teetS O intereet to he cseen. The eeder is
always given, end then-el/Reeser immediately
hurriea ewey to the inetile te See the queen
of the trotting twit fothe alweys seeme
pawed to have a 'dater, aad, whee apoirca
to loeke as Illnngb elm understood every
word that was being mid. She will rah her
noae againat her viiiiter'a ishoulder atiif try.
ng to express her thaolni for the wozde of
ratite eateL She is as gentle AS a kitten ;
never attempts to be or kick any one, aud
will at any food offered her, Oa March 29
Mend S. Woe 4 years old. She lanever left
Aimee ; mom one ef tbe greones Is with her
all the time. During the night 4 mau sleeps
ia the stable near her. Only two men ever
drive her, These are lair. Benner andalohony
51nrPitY, the trainer. Murphy hee her out
more °Roe than Mr. Timmer. Itir• Bonner
wan receatly asked if be bad not epent a
deel of mouey on horses.
IV*4 the rellIn't 't onoiderably
over $f40,000."
Thou the egeoher too k up o tad
jotted dowo tbeee facts about the home be
nee °weed and what tleey (met tine Thig
list only ineludea the eamee and prieee of
the mot promiumt of hie pu.rehmee, The
neve are given in, about the order ef their.
pureimee toe
Beaton, team- %WO Emitelle....a.$ 8.400
lexaterokmate 9,050 Elate Vemair 2,000
Flittlemit Maid 2.500 EdwitiForreet 16,000
Porten.. 5,500 Joe 10.000
Lady Weet.cfrilif 3.O00 Mood Wee,. IWO
Vocehoutee 49,000 Titylee 3,00
Auburo home. 13,000 Centeouief. . 3,000
Dexter 35,000 6,C00
Stile tie . • 0 • • • • 1).0.006 Reeve • • . • . 4 ..35.0001
Ed. Everett", 29,000 Metal i...... 40,090
ii1V°11,e61417 BaY 12.,OCO Daley 11., . ... 4,00
AgAnt0 1/ I** AA i 4 8 .500 Holimou. • .. 4,000
Grafteu., . 15,000 Dey Bre;le.... 2.003
May Bird . .. ONO isluthourtm... 7,090
aerease at .p • M43150Y...... ' E , • ... 8,0n0
With tale rich stoek.2.5 a buts (which will Dick jemetiote 11:00 lama {Jailer. 3,(40
keep a week in 'anger emd two or three Ilene .4 004y0y...... VA* Watou...... SAO
ini eunimer), the 'meal etioaleril emirs ere
.... ..1 M
WI ite eiMple vailettore. 1 eopy from my a___._ __ _..5377,covF
oia oete hook a, few of the more geovreliy •*"
utefol and ilewiratle tIRroUe31 Legge°, tiorseR.,
coNspn4r..--L eimply 4 eicherr clear amp,
mode by velluelog -the tomillen by itaigee8aeotera ego, ...settee ceereepeadeo
eimmeriett to zwoilairairthequitutity. t'er Tbe Celdvatov, 4 TATO Farad ealt, wu
motile ei to Itcoote liee a very delleate
tbbss otbsaaau eutlyliee aitetore Wa5 feuud wit
miime vf 'Tuatara math) cliamode or equores. fene1 broken atteve the krtee eud beug,
it is wade iiii tideway • Butt two eggie o4.1fO Th ansi uoineeit, It Wal early Alla dime
a gill et -the cold stoek. MKI With
ALIU
• . coraiug on. The eulecal:
Fearer, aud eatomor tt to a arra/ten set intbotteh fal y gentle, bell never been tmene,
moiling water for teo or fifteen mieutee, t or hereeee. 1 kuew imwm
oval it thitheue to ii, thrm custerd, which eau uaeeae to attenslst f ottios it in a *hog or
be out '34 hem cold. Ilasearoni, vermicelli int or Irmatlaoe if left iu peat,
mid imp eoupe are oil rode% the eame wey,a mall lot Availableswith
by simmering *bent a eupfed el the thicken. waterawd 'Ledo. Iit this
log, which gine the IMMO to the soup, 13401 ,4, simply watched, given
quite tender, in two, quests el Weer *took. e exta uourbsbmeut ha form of oats,
`I'aplece, rice, pawl berley or eereeline ugly kft to fta fate. The ieg heal in
be used for variatione. 1 have found eago wr that tbe bone wee in a zoo
particularly pod seta)* large proportiou of toted poaiflon and the mitecle* wero uaed
vegetablm to keep the foot clear of the ground. The
Sour BuOME.—Clit two earrote, heel moved about on three lege for 4
roon
monde took care of the oue Mimed, read I
timely and hid( ao onion In filo and bra% n
fat, M A doe goldert brown. IN len nicely log dile time. Then t ber to pot Ito foot
rERsonio
1'r/flee Blemeack ie ;aid to Own distilleries
vehicle produce annually reetre time half S,
4331111.94 galena of whisky.
The at Bergliasli Bin Seed, Sulteu
Zeezibar leaven tweot'itteven widows and
232 ehildireo. Emough ae Bill Seed.
Gen. Booth gleefully announces that the
Salvetiou Army nonntioM 9.100 prooesslone
through the greets of the Collect Elegdoitt
every week, er an average of 1,390 daily.
fleear Wilde bite had his dining mom mid
all the furniture in it tainted white, few the
meenn that 44 ileaol white the enly back-
ground agninet .which man /044 pictur-
ogne eveuing drool."
lt,apc.T.t.0 of 440 ateriene ilium of Koeenth
are dented. Ile le livlog in Tuelo io excel,
lent health. Ile moot to go to Fitirenee
Io r a ViSit. 144 the eeverely eold weather
CaUeod
to stay at home. Ilia semi Imo
liviug in 'Nolte,
Um, Mery H. Cone, aged 00, Waa married
last week iu New York to her wide, Edward
weeten, egeO 69. Legal advlee Iva» taken
before the' oremooy, am to the validly
of such a onion. wed nothing wm retina in
eeenlar lew er the. envoi/10m eity Protea- up mixed mid real on them ehot graun—
tene church prolubillog suerrtege P4ele With, piok and bloe miugled grounds, green
mud oiece. I and pink, sod euela light tome., they are em,
Q4teo Ole, of Oreeee, le a, beautifea wo- played for Mager gowma Bot r30 cleac.rip-
man with, e, plomp, wet devetoped Neat, I ;lege on convey eitber the rich deirebtliey
ef Ole a material, nor the beauty of
the callouriege, whieh heve never been mut
um& Jo ehooelog brevado, ehould ue
roe in mind thet umuy petterne are wide
exprevely control, eatiro dream without toty '
combinedeo, either of plein•toued ailk or
tin• I have fa my mind Claes, Which inta
o5it patteroo thirty iliffereut oleerio
th small deeigue et wild tiOWCIA and /iv
e et grme, mar of the oeweet notions of
mimic/ for dayand (limier wear; but
eoldwitie therelein outteriel, wad two
ere madeto getegether, the seine de -
ked, we wilisey,De wittteou greela
ell 04 White ; thia IleW i4C4.
ipee *hot gement% are the MO -
933 hut. there lea doubt wheth-
vont heve more thao o. semen%
Scone of them ere ottolded with
ete in gotta, aud they ero
h meet be Takeo into einieltler-
9 30%MM-bell-of: What le woo.
lteota hove a third; cerd
wad cdtertette 0041eldr4c0
trace with maim. ti his i4
iteugo,
51
dotahle, nertiedtem
it= noaufeetures
t beeline the
snot; le tied, with Abe
deley r.be. Pen de
eibton like edge; bat
abremt. Trovadero
ellethiet *boded
e ehti smiled
lk vor ; *het moires
• lit, also o I bird'aeiye water,
ii, like anote sem mestly
alterneting satin stripes,
many sec having a ribbon edge. Wetered
or moire tripe* (the Parnell We synoaymous
now) elternete °hen hi the twilled verge
silks, with cord edge, excelleut weer for
girl*, ninny of these atripeti aro of ono
40NPON FASHIONS,
The more emtly eilke are bromalesi, ern -
bracing large fioral deelgaa gold endnilver
OA white, orealn and Caoured.4rounds. The
patterns now are Urge mad treportitot, het
even lo them floods there ia nrueh °Woe
both pticit and pattern. Seine bnudsonae,
01440, geometric barely sieowies
the ground, are costly, while another tient-
ache silk, atter the order of braidlog, io-
tended, emeng other neo, for youog ladieet
bodltet, and m of moderate price. The lead-
ing idee of the moment la the chamelmo or
abet effeen aod seldom hae Anything mite*
and Mere delleate been muceived time the
allot *Ain atui metre stripes of philt and
groYolike the *hoe of mother of peer), or
tbe pet feud him pigeon wing, or the faint
• and Mandarin. -Bleak ghee with ninkt
black shot with eed, will • woro vetch
by middle-aged women, while Direetoire
Moot*, the patterm on a shot
ground, are employed for all the
many Direoteire 00404, Ingeoulty hoe
gone far *Geld thio year; fiowero, ague*,
forrna impired by nature, ell have been
the brocafleo. Covent* ere falibtott-
sibt in eolid colour On 0130 gre414402 nnd
large bad tear3100, with !payee which gated
thtek, beadgettee beer eud entieetinve. ,ego.
She 1-iee imee.t end cherming meettera She
a foxiem hereewciumot, het tenery &Moe,
, MA is .eftete mot at beam sphe,
*ilk. She le a devout .Greek lord/mem
.eaele poee life. end le .devotedly loved by,
the Greek people.
Borer3V40 Bernernisti4, dexighte
of the toillioweire Hersey Do Se;itoolterger
lem Width -Mel pro:Zee...di:Pp in tbe Austrt*
tlivoree goort egehmt her huabalid, Berea
110r130444004,' The eele. calm for her aetiols
h an neconquerable averaiozt teller huebenel*
.veho Wage In the °Mot Austrien nobility.
The BiAr04 Wends eQuileg Ceim4a to
feentlege
before. Nava died alteurd the Vi,
ter Mating rnatat wood of the allio
.aod Speuiele ebioa, tioneeht of b
.elaufehter Heralds. and eolemuly
e thed ter to tho oatiom tree Eel
.te Nava Wald, etin of little Henetie,
(Ikeda wed hie .eleatit hoe veviend the
eay reeptetiog ideratiA laether,
ee appeteetty epees antloatitet.
tad.% watt not tte child of Led.
Ha mother,. it is teratericiee
IGO stoat to te even meattezie
eseetiamets maw liviog vett
;twee repel bleed in their odes,
*tienality, the fondly areilve4
TWQ Vielotta.
Where close the curviegO30.44t410 drew,
To clasp the Strealn in their embrece,
With over/ ?utltue, emote and hoe
Reflected en 10 plead famott
The ploughman, stopped hie Main to wet,*
Tile teem, as swift it *Mulcted by 3.
Some dietairt glimpse of Ube to mita.
Ile atrales hie eeger, whitful eye.
The MOrning freshams lie; entire
Just wakeeed tom bis behez elieaMe ;
The travellere, begrimed and win,
'Pinsk leogiug/Y of mountein atrecone.
Oh. for the i4aYalta InOnatain airy
Ti14 frea174 delightful aetemo dey
Among tne bate 1 The pie-401mm ther-a
Meet have perpetual holiday 1
nd he, aa all day long be pideti
iiie steady plough with patient hand,
Thiliks of the gyms train that &lea
Into mem new, erlehalitga )444*
day by dayowe 1335/ rotted
le* the frame Au 1 the Ini44 ;
lie thrill* keS4 to ud gaoled,
pleoglie Qua farrow bolded.
tO 041h ttie ontrtra
aro touehed by feney ,
shade ittdangluese raes
e path we do oet. beets',
V3343,1F4
Tocreene,rtrernv,M418.P.ffre..es,nrafew,r
ho British Chancellors
hot ta remedy bonding up for
melt an mavieble retietetiert Ctimeeltor
the Britith Exehiquer. fits adiefroble
intrednesd tWo or three week* ego
eoweeeelen of the National Debt
3 to di out ultimately dtr ver eta..
Singer iteita followed by an egeeluy
atemal budget. The eenVer131014
thougb pot original emeeptieuto
1 heviug la like w.a.eme forty.
ago monied the 31 to 3.1 atid
per gen letreduced ni 4 epee*
whieb5 it wee mooed on all ilan4St Waa re,
netekable fer
it e timidity ef tottemeet end
theemiah emeteiy of details. In his Budget
eteeeti Me. Creel:lieu had the eieenter good
Oaten:tit to to able to 41PKOrontle 0333141SOTO4
Ar913311 of £2.16at.03, the foreeteet ebeiet
11. Ho et the b4T1ID time ehowed that
Fla:aeon Date; net been ilecreeeed by
„ %Ste, ttoi lean et me peal nilin ttny
dime l$toed to mid rejeleed fat tte
esteneleu italaret t'Vf.,tt ef Z7,318, -
With tre ata ef ebie
troal with the areerentite let -suit frent
gain newt loxes, to te,0 leVicd rnAnly uss
Buourtee pleaeer,o bore -ea Tam
bottled wires, to nee elde itt
titrates tre prorniee the well Vetoed
reilumieu 4 to looney CA the 14C01330
et only the eatletactexy ammeter of
ltd et.tereeet, tut the very dear
perch which aceempanteil it,
Mr. Ocitelien the warineet
unite Mr. Gladsome. frobalny tbe
in Reglad eepable of surpassing
qua !dim aucti 4 tinatielal feat, being one
of the fertanciA in c- aril% his coegratulee
tioim
the c
a Ms
and
Max a
ta eatteepaes %kb twe telder nada of ao not thirik it attenif tea to lie down
fried, *thl a quart of broth ; farina ell any fat to the ground end grailuel y to use it* left.
By thie time posturago the fafl
that Ascii Manner till the vegetables aro
it heel it tabateutielly round leg aa awl
waait useful mama for yeare. Wbeb trot-
ting it 'showed it slight hanenem probably
due to a little shortenIng of the itteured leg,
but in fiela work and all, ordinary term pur.
rsea it proved it thoroughly serviceable
tender, and serve. A little roux or brown
'thickening now be added.
Sour itzteteroomm--Itrepare in a begin a
pine of delicate mixed vegetables of early
springeegreert peas, tops of arperague, tiny
redtshee, delicate greene of any kind, slices
of ertlehoket--whatever your resources
provkle—eimmer btoth till tentlerond
serve with the vegeteblea. have fatiod it
discretioriary use of this receipt invaluable
for the most delicate and "Lowery soups duo -
Ing the entire apring said autrinier upon the
faun. Greet% pees, with a wellaatripped
bone from roast lamb, or oven olume, make
it delous tempt by putting the peas through
eolauder until it hi as thick al areem.
Cauliflower, Liras. benne, earn, tomatoes
all make deligb,tful soups 'without moat
meat. A little ragged veal, -with it thin
slice of hem or a smell ham bone, wiU do
exceedingly well for e. large fatally dinner.
Okra is a vegetable that deserves to be better
known thau it is, even were its sole use
this of soup -malting. Spring chickens (let
me whieper—only the bones of broil or
with okra always and corn and tomatoes
sometimes, make a nOup fine enough to
pleme the palate of the moat experienced
gourmet. Veal or lamb is also good with
okra.
War= Soor.--The knuckle of veal with
any bones or trimmings of outlets mad a
very little aalt pork, make stook for the
nicest white soup. The meat, nicely mine-
Orse.
- ohm ha* often tato eticeraeoted
bioarephere for her rale Attire,
commonly Amite that itis
• But in the atreete of
•fte, elderly lady, rather
lileek, her grey bele tuck
et ; mot tudem for the
Fortune's Freaks Willi Twins.
&MO auggeative figuree are given In the
report of the Registrar•Geueral of Birthir,
Deaths, sala Marrlagoa irt Seetlaud for the
year 1885, just issued. Durieg ,the yeer 1n
question, 1,437 vrornen *Scotland bore more
than oneehild at *birth, of whielt 15423owere
twin cases, mad 14triplet, The number of
rnothere !meting ehildrea during the yearvosi
1245640, of whom out+ in every 88 bore twine
and one in every 8,903 bore triplete.
Oa iequity into the occupation of the
lathereof the twine it is found that in. 331
casco they were workmen of various kinds,
as carpentere, masons, nlaaterers, smith*
kat; in 300 the occupation, was that of
a farmer, steward, ploughman, laborer, or
those connected with the working of laud;
in 114 capes mining was the work of the
fathers; 10 were fishermen or seamen; 79
merchants, and shopkeepers, as grocers
bakers, ke.; 75 were engineers or connected
with suott work; 68 were oterks, trevellers,
agents, &o.; 66 were faotory hands ; 64
grooms, oartera, and othera connected -with
ed, Cala aU be used. Lover bomb and meat heraes'; in SO cases only the male perent
with cold water; after skimming add a
carrot, an onion, a turnip and a few sweet
herbs, and simmer till the meat begins to
drop from the bones with handling. Strain
and reroove every poztiole of fat when cold.
Some highly flavored addition is desirable,
as green peas or asparagus, muebrooms. or
even celery. A. little white thickening may
be used.
Roux on Bums TMOKBArsio..—This is
so convenient and desirable for soups, stews
and gravies that it RI went° keep it on hand.
It keeps for months in a cool place, if
properly made. The great secret is to cook
it -very thoroughly and to it rich golden
brown, without the slightest taint of scorch-
ing. Melt half a pound of butter, and if it
separates at all, skim, and pour the oily
portions carefully from the sediment. Into
this liquid butter, in an agate saucepan, stir
carefully half a pound of sifted fiour. Stir,
watching very closely as it bubbles until
the color changes; when deep enough, that
a deo ded brownish shade. but not dark,
take it from the fire and put away in it
ittle jar. ,
Wares Tinowntexce—Is made in precise-
ly the same way, but with less heat, so as to
000k the flour without changing color. It
should, however, be a dead ivory -white and
not the bluish white which we sometime
see in a badly made sauce. These two
thickenings form the basis of numberless
white and dark sauces, and are much more
satisfactory to the cook than a hastily mixed
thickening, made just as it is required.
The New York Itleciteal journal givee a
aimple remedy for hiccough. The eufferer
should close hie external auditory canals
with his fingers, exerting a certain degree of
pressure; at the same time he is to drink a
few sips of any liquid whatever, the glees oe
cup being held to his lips by panther person:.
The effect AO said to be immediate.
belouged im one of the various " learned
professtons ;" 25 were simemakersor saddlers;
a like munleer being hotel keepers, brewers,
waiters, &o.; 28 were tailors; 21 soldiers or
policemen; 4 -were watchmakers, axid 3
printers; while in 86 canes tbe births were
illegitimate and the vocation of the father
not known.
It certainly seems a strange irony of fate
that twins so often appear in fatoilies least
able to viva theta a cordial welcome.
Marrying Men of Genius.
There is an interesting article in the Lon-
don Spectator on Mr. Leslie Stephen's aston-
ishing generalization as to the misery that
awitits women who marry men of genius.
The truth is that the woman who marries
a genius plays a game of double or quits.
"Geniuses make either singularly good
husbands or Itetsbande of the most disastrous
kind. It also depends quite as much
upon the wife whether the "sensitive egotism
told self-will often found combined with
genius" wreck the home or merely form the
shadow to a background of domestie bliss.
Statesmen, the ttpectator thinks, are larger
minded than literary men, more self-control-
led, and, over and above all, they are not so
much at home. Our contemprary mentions
O few instancee of ihe marriages of genius
which tell on either side: Unhappy—Coler.
idge, Byron, Shelley, Dickens, Carlyle.
Happy—Scott, Loegiellow, Southey, Miss
Broute: Jenny Lind. The lista might be
htdefinftely extended. It was not the geniue
but the opium in Coleridge's case that
played the mischief, and with Carlyle's
digestion the dullest elodlaopper would have
been as uncomfortable to Ms wife as the
philosopher of Chelsea.
Chicago is a good health resort if you
keep yourself well armed.
ete
her vital
Pols ah o 3
plaisil deem
344
ember strength of her faee sad her piere-
ng, etteutive tee*, it would not be tioticed
*het she differed froro ruey other women in
the crowd, except that ate wears the reil
ribbon of the Lepton of Homer. Years ago
ehe dreesed Et 4 boy au aa tO attritet lees *a,
-
One Cent on Transportation
troeting colour Ana vary ut width from 1 tut Deana Atemeee, well known for
teution from the hangemem et the *tables, inch to 8 inditea. Grey aud croon fri it good lee =twee ea oneees &me ot economical
cattle yards and menageries, whieb wete corabinetiori. The brocades, which, Ow etatepeetotton Dela other correlative infer -
via. el chiefly by men, and she still wears floral effects iii stripes. like thee* worn in matiOn, pribliehes an article in Ineultirecest
male Attire at honie at work. Trouaers In thia article he ;iv: 9 tome elemient figures
maize her feet appear small and oho also lu relatiun to tike effeet of the gradual cheap.
Weara 14 Wideanirrnted felt or strew het. Di eniug of traffic tbreuele ratlway competition,
this aeetamo oho appears tower in /stature, which as condeneed, we give to our readers.
and beta like areinerkably well-preserved They are worth the carotid etudy of every
middle aged man. man, and ere as follows;
..........+........ropp............................ There are sia great railway lines which
Sending Messengers to Heaven, enter Chicago from the west, ond there are
enty,eorporationtewbieh, coutolidated un-
der four eystems, eonueee Chicago with the
1ting lu Delwin ey aro often eeptivea or mint. Restart% seeboard, These twentyaix lines
.
els, mane au ppoeed talmeomebilaerveree rry about oneelialf tho while of all the
in another world. Tbole killed et intervals
the Louis V. Aua V1. periode, are moat
141110041e, and are else the wily verlety itt
whie.hinoire does not play Ito part.
A &llama Tem Ago.
hundred years ago the 'birds
Were singing as they sing now,
The field* were ire* end heirs thee Omens
Were sprleglxig tut they apring now.
Mentotled as men are tellies now
Andmoiled as mea ere moillog now,
And hoped as Men ore hophar rote,
And grOped OA men are groping now
And died es mon are aylog,
One lived for love and mailer gold,
Ana -aroma of fame bepiled one ;
Ono dwelt unevreethed by fortune's miles,
Another, o reviled one.
The moon was wont the tele to hear
That dill deceives the meidenti ear,
And slander span her thread of elime
Round. many a Imext in, that old time
That scorned to be denying.
A hundred years ago 1—the gravea
That mourners wet with 'weeping
Axe lost—the mourners with thew dead
Are eletiping, eleeping, Bleeping t
Are sleeping as we seen shell steep,
No more te laugh, no more to 'weep,
No more to hope, no more to fear,
NO more to ask, why. we are here
A -wearying atol sighing.
H. L. Sereome St John, N. B.
merehanditio wbich in moved by railway in
afterward are supposed to be messeueera to the United States. Their average charge
him from thin Their deapeteh is considered Item Ditia to 1873, ineluaive, was 2 315 cents
by each aucceeeive King of Dahomey to be
Incumbent upon him ma matter of duty alike per ton per mile. The average charge from
1874 to 1885 incluslve. wale 1.190 cente per
to hie father, to the State, and to the gods. ton per mile. The difference is -only 1.119
He evelka about ;smog the enessengere, de. ciente per ton per mile, a fraction over a
livers to thorn his measages, and mike ite'penny. What of it? That simple state-
tunicably to each, of them meson the subject, ment would mean nothing except to one who
as an atabentio anecdote, inimitable in hae mastered the railway problem. In fact,
ite humor, told me bet.Tetteh Agatnazmig, it means thie : Had the merchandise, consist -
will show. One day, iti going his rounds, ing to tbe extent of raore than one-half of
thetliing came to a remarkably finenooking the grain and other ptovieions which was
mail, a native of the Yoruba country, and moved over those lines In the second period,
said to him: " Well, you have got to go; been charged the difference of 1,119 cents
tell my father I am getting along pretty per ton per mile abeve the actual rate which
well, and am governing the people aa he 'Was charged, the stun of such additional
would -wish me to do." "Yea" eaid the man, cent to the corzurters of tbe food, fuel,
"I have got to, go, but 1 want to toll you materials for clothing oa3d shelter, -would
one thing first." "What la that?" seked the would have teen a lfttie over $1,756,800,C00,
King. "I want to tellyou" replied the man, or 361,317,000. Between 1873 and 1876
"that I will not deliver your measage." the average rate fell for the int time below
"Not deliver my message 7" exclaimed the ono cent a ton east of Chicago, In that
Ring. " No, 1 will not 1" "Why not?" period the previous balance of trade was re -
asked His Majesty. "Firat," replied tbe versed ; the United Statesafterwardbecame
victim, "because I don't want to go, and ste a creditor country on its merchandise ac -
and,
don't aee why 1 should deliver it for you, count. From 1867 to 1885,inclusive the
and, seeondly, because 1 am a Yoruba man excess of exports ohiefly consisting of eaten,
and he is of Dahomey, and the Yoruba pee- provisions and grain. amounted to ($1,574,-
pie do not see or talk to the Dahomey pee- 001,528) nearly- $1,600,,100,000, eoreevehat
ple here, nor do they up there; therefore 1
neither can nor will deliver your message." less than the difference in the charge on one -
The King looked astonished, and turning to half the railway traffic."
th d t be his
e executioner, who was rea v o gi
n
bloody work and despatoh the messenger
if not the message, simply saisi, "He is it
bad messenger, don't send him." And the
man was let go scot-free.
An Appreciative Clergyman.
The old-fashioned clergymen in old times
used to be very good judges ef horse -flesh.
They had to be, for they did most of their
travelling on horseheek. The story goes of
O noted circuit preacher in Southern New
Hampshire, that he once gave most unexpect-
ed testimony, to his keennesa as a eritio and
judge. It was a still Sunday in midsummer.
Every. window in the church was wide min.
The am seemed hardly to move. The buzzu3g
of the locusts in the field came in from afar,
and accompanying was the scent of the pines
from the grove near the sacred edifice. Not
far distant was a wooden bridge. The preach-
er had just completed the treatment of -Win
fifteenth "head of the discourse," and was
pausing for an instant on the verge of Six •
teenthly. Just then was heard the clear,
quiok, measured footfall of a trotting home
passing over the bridge. The pastor pauated
and looked at his coegregatiou ; the con-
eregation looked at the pastor. Then said
the pastor in a tone of confident judgment
and with a touoli of certainty of general
agreement in, his tone:
"Mighty even -trotting beast, that Six-
teenthly, my hearers," and the sermon was
continued.
Mxperiments in Hypnotism
" Certain of the Prench hypnotie Special.
bits have claimed to be able to produoe all
the effects which follow the administration
of any given drug by simply placing a phial
containing a preberation of it in contact with
the skin of the hypnotized subject," says the
St. James' Gazette. "The Ineneh Academy
of Medicine has just demolished this preten-
sion, which, if well founded, would involve
as it necessary corollary the possibility of
causing death by poison withoutleaving any
trace of the toxic agent in the organism. A
committee of its =Where, specially appoint.
ed for the purpose, recently attended to wit.
nos &Berm; of experiments conductedby Dr.
Luys, a well knownhypnotist. Sixteen glass
tubes, containing various drugs in solution
or in powder. were employed, and it is not
denied that the external application of the
phials produced more or less marked effects
—muscular contractions, congestive symp-
toms, impaired respiration, and the einc-
tional manifestations. But the committee
failed to trace any oorrelation in the major-
ity of the cases between the phenomena sup.
ennducea and the established thempeutieal
properties of the substance used. More blues
this, a perfectly empty tube wee found to be
as potent in determining the manifestations
as auy of those previously employed."
' There is an eight-year-old boy named,
Purdy, living in Springfield, Middlesex
comity, who is said to weigh 118 pounds.
His mother is a small woman, and his father
of only ordinary size.
J. Jerolomon, of Bath, N.Y., was married
for the seventh time last Friday. He is 70
years of age. His heroic enthusiasm as re-
gards matrimony grows not "dim with the
mist of years."
A Comical incident.
A comical incident ocetared the other day
on the Polish frontier. A lady who had
been making purchases in the town of
Keatowitz, with the express purpose of
amuggling them into Poland, bought among
other things an alarm clock, at a waft -
maker's. Thinking lightly of the matter,
she even told the young watchmaker of her
intention, and got him to MIK his wife to tie
the clock beneath what is now called a
"figure inptover" The watchmaker, being
fond of a joke, managed, while the lady
was waiting for his wife, to set the alarm of
the clock at the hour when the train was
timed to beat the frontier station Sesnowiee,
and then handed it to be fastened beneath
his customer's dress. Well content with
her bargain, the lady went off, arrived at
the frontier, and passed the Customs easily;
but just as she was again stepping into the
railway carriage an awful noise burst forth
which quickly caught the attention of the
officers. The lady had to dismount amidst
the laughter of the bystanders, to disrobe,
and to pay the fine of ten roubles for smug -
gilts& while the miserable tell-tale alarm
was confiscated.
Some men are gooa because goodness pays
best, and then again some are good for noth-
ung
The Prince of Wales' income from the
Duchy of Cornwall was nearly $500,000 for
the year just ended.,