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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1888-10-18, Page 2ANTER: LIFE IN CIE VLONs SurPrieing Iiesaitality 0 *he Total ate:timer. , day is 614ort„" But neither sunlight nem aceeery cea. call forth any answering 1?right- ages upon the gloomy vienge of our geant, swarthy, turbanedbrigaadlike, greom, (eadiediz Tatail by the more einaple An raueleal title of 4‘ katl3treikakarrep,") who sitoizehee elong beside the herse with afeee gloeray as that of the aethrnine pilot ineationed the other day by our Calcutta Oeptain, who was "never eeeci to aroile tine mice, ead thst was when a baby fell over- hotird," It is true that our Alessulmen friend may prieb.ape be created for nee feeling very en. thomaatie aheut the featarea of a ros,d, eve* y feet of which he eireedy knowa by heare e bat to ne who new see it ler the firet due it is, pwrartive in the highest degree. The "Peastuis • ee. grasey apleade, ever which our route'llee, at the enteet elcernete hue pyre/elide!. Waifs, the fest, Vet* reelae of which thut themeelvea up 13'1 DASID ICEA. Tradition tells of a, certaia youog Eag- lise clergymea who, heving been ordered 0 the Weet ladies for the good of his health, ewe eery hoopitabiy eutertained there by the British reeidence, made the soinewhet aeutar iseknowlerigneeut ef preaeleieg ou Atus xxviii, fi "The barberove people showed to no ittle kindness," though by aocee iaedvertenee he media it the Btriee- &pee pep'" inAtt ad, We might certidaly say ;Du solo 'with regaed. te oer reeeue joacesey though eyien, where we expert eeesel hone wee to losee heerty ana tAn- weeried kiacheeee atierever we Went, Whioll USVe t 70 ten:4ddye4 to eekeeivie 14 in. however, �e ef ete, meet gomicel tNree linagiaable fee an a:resider tobeerve how pereieteetly the Preglish resieenie C , loam° :411400 aaeleuuzrY eleesea lesireg la their seiverai \vales ehe meat weeel le aespitel le Men pp the awe ef did eveeti—ery oat ogainse eech other far eati erett inetwara iibew et' heepitelay "e flux erieiely tv edit% ite, reel oil; gatrees, Von geup te the has to stay few deve weea a tee pleuter mei year hue; tella mete eerceetie leegit, trete he wes eiewn As Ceiteelle the other dex and cellee upon 4uSite=ti Aecinaintat."0, WhO3e, Arat teeestien wea. "Dow long ere you gel eg ro be here!" "Oily IIIL Feieley, exeeet ; I haven't mach twee 0 *peva teat now." "Dear me meet you realty go tie Eon% es that V' "No help for it, ree aftsid.' 4' WO, onlueky, upen ray word, for Feidey wee jest the ney thet I wee goleg to heve aeted yen to denier and had some peepla io to sloe; you," "Qin, well, If thirdr rether t'ame el Jin you I'll try and menage to lite), Seterday meth- WM you, reellytbet'e very geed of yco. Bet now 1 ceme to thtel; et it Iha afraid I've Mean A Mistake ; get en ergegement for Felday eveniug myself,' A week later, when yen go down to the capitel %gain end vielt game Mewl in the Ear( peen tpaarter, you will beer tLe teWn Ationtla tette nits ttArIA At Akaft the country yott've foetid tilo40 plentere U.XktioSfere.4,1n.ti aLLOWS, ele I Well, so they Are ea ter as %verde go, mad no ; bat, cetch 'on geing teuth pert et ar. ineh further Whee they Of3113 &Wu bore on hoeicese, and we Wave 'Pm to dinner, therets2.aJIin ciao beerd but Now mind yen ceme end AfIl me the very fiat tiro you're up te, dee hills, anti stay as les* ea pm like Bat., when you write apel there yoa"re centtog, it elwaye belt - Rene by 4 4nricws etileeideuee thee that last the these when therre Obligetl te away Imre home est beeteess, ad thee. t1;ey are very Earr$ Indeed roe to be eble 0 re- ceive you, lint briec to be Mere feetettate =tether lime.' Ger oral ice/eared eznerienze, Itevrever, ee ter front emlfirudeg then gleerny enate- bazars, left ae dente -fail whether we ong.bt to entiew. the roam of beepitality to the el:W.0.ta. or to the niaetette All the time thet vee were in Ceiteriaa evety cue whom WO Mitt — lacisaling (Sell theft NTilla whim cur be (144/ntOEV, WAS Of the slialiteet vett:role hied wITAt STAATLINO SODDEN:US$ ineugh the bright weeny green of the wild grew, erested with derle erees, thet waxes abOUL tE1.4 114c plemage en the laebnet of emote gieue %terrier. Every here ad trere the *ilea eheee Welts tower iutoteleseleee preclpicee, demi the Week, Inokea ledges " veriteli eoiee iioy etreeni, not yet wasted the ateirchleg beet tkee. wilt dry it to the et drep a few weehe hertee, deucee and oines in a thousewl cisaiacnce wetne Wigie the life -exit% heehiesee of R140411j. etney keeps alise he the gloomy melee awe e-effes of the great chif eaeoy beentiful fero, the delicate tracery of whiela ter Aurtaa.ss the fieeet lacia that geehito ever wove, Here and there in the wontlerfulland,scape nely ha neticel from, time to thee Soma cheraeteriatio touch of " Jolla coloring,' which 0 not the least pietoreegee of ite merveleue feetetea. The sharp Wel of ei Mighty elk tem lett Ito print deep in the Olt earth Up On the edge CI thee pebbly teak whiob. gem aplishiee erel gurgling down the WOOded helieW to our left. Tele tong, atreighteuerrow %Wane which baa been clothaelteer threagit the brietliug thickets eur eight cruellion down thick InPliee like grass an'el twietioene atoet Saplings like etrewe, woalel (mike tor iteelf entioenee to US tise re:ent laalSage of a wild elephen4 even mith.ent the additieed eVidgAgfl of levee huge. mead feetprhate, yeas ef which eite hole the eircarafereeee of MA orginary weshtela .fieni yowler, far up against the elem. blue sky, Ube, %Met aro ita eleadleee beghtrice; hauga a wide-wteged eagle, emit - log his keen glaime over half the laland from that tremeadoes height in a integre' eeavela for prey. A Int% Anther eur tae.iturn gale breake Aimee ter A moment to point out the et where, deep down gloomy gorge between tWe weeded, hills, a vanther WAS brought to by by hi'e reeeter a doge. only A feW wetks age. Then we come upon a emitter hole in the turf half Oiled with water, where ammo one bee evidently been dieneloce for sapphires, .aza probebly Sadao them, tea, 0 caZe may jedge by the heeP3 of gravel acettered around the meal% ef the Aisd ge we fin enward, np hill and wn dale, till all at °nee ateldeu turn nd the an le of a projeeting bluff briar • iht o 'dew at whien we halt tu Ty feet the ground eeenta to QUO in a mighty priedpice the middle of ie the whole eemetraetion ie rocking to and fro like a, Awing, making you feel very much a you were an acrobat danoiug upon sleckeope. Bat et length Alt the bridges are safely peesed and we fid eurselvee An front of the bungalow, the hoepiteble owner of which counse out 0 greet ue as heartily ea if we were hie oldest friends ineteed of beiag totel etrangers. In one moment Our stir- rouedteee cheep by megie. Oetaide the hope is Aide, with let rocks And 45 jungles, its rope bridgee and elnety bridle Paths, and hartelimbed cooliee, Ituilde ta 2arePei with 10 carved bookceeee sad gilt - trained pictures, lee photographic, tilt:eines awl Oa varnished tattles, etrewn with feth- loneble novels and illuttrete4 journals. Ia the cop' aud welleturniehed dielegrurcio the sole token of the wild region te selnich wa are is the row of antlered heeds and beg; fiat eke.% that grin at us lrOtrA the wall; the tronbies of our entertaleerts rifie. But time wed tide wait for no men, and seercely heve we finished h.elltfast when tat, white -robed native comes to eoneunee thee the eteriage whieli te catry ese he rest et elte way to Muskellia is at thn aeon Oe genial. beet loolee grievously die appoletee, and will net- be consoled till we lieve SOWN *UN 11,Rnagla OVES$I.Tgs te pay him a longer viele if we ever pes that way anal). He iestete upon aecom- phitying 0,13 elowri the hal sad eeeiog fairly etaeted ale/kg the highroed, and the leae siound that we hear le hie cheery voice shoutiag, Now, emote eber that you owe ma a voile." Away, away. op ridge after ridge, till the elope grow e so eteep that we both get one Asa Wslk, on the principle of tile WOnien-l?ggecl eoldier who r aimed lift freM the engine driver en the grionel that be happened to bele great Irmrrylwit Own. Mel new we ONO aaddeuly to the top, told bean jut time to jump tote the or/lege agaia when it alarm off demo bill at tire. duo I IL ewey nnsetieel to TO WI* twItt o-tcr a demi; t any bemire of :let ta depth, and far ba. their mutest.toeusiet„ au in twin and leernkw to beautiful volley bea grroo ood mg all Out ue could. And when we wet' up into the m atntein dietriet of the laterier to visit the tea pleetstione wo beau matte fricerele amevie the eleutere ea tepidly as claret.to nivel Drekena's hoepitebio mem. hrrd Perlieenettt, in whoa° thine the Britith. Ilause of Commona coueleted of " himtelf and the 657 oldtati and deareet friende whom he lull in the world," In trath, the frank, jeviel, metter,of- course friendliocce of our reception among tho Bendy= bills by &zeta of people whom we had leaver aeou er heard of could only bo paralleled by the treditions of hoe- palality mating the Areitralian bushmen 40 years ego. To rne the whole of our f.ttgoe lese journey econted like an enlarged version of any travele through the weetena dietriata of Itielwad in Drat, when I ending coraradez halted, as a matter of course, at every ono of the quaint little tad -thatched " haere " (laranhouttes) dist lay along our line of match, wallowing a, huge bowl of owls and ereetn at one, borrowing it horso from another, getting a guida at e. thircleaad establishing ourselvae for the night in a fourth, wait the full ateuraucce ef it hearty welcome everywhere. More eapectally was this the einse with on; laat and lotgest expedition through the interior of Ceylon, viz.,. the trip to A.dean's Peak, our avant of which has been describ- ed in one of many former letters. For a whole day before our final start from Agra. Patinae to Mnakellia, our planter boat—who had never seen us in his life till about a week before—busied himself with making every possible arran,gereent for the con- voienee of our journey, regardless of it DUD= IN 211S Mina, en; into trim niautetitue, dotted sith native bete end fogUsh haegalows, ivillet,) and trevereed in every threaten by glitterizig etreatne, High agatest the warm, dreamy ay, on the further nide el this i towere n blue and shadowy grandeur v. reassiva tango of moentams, erowued by the dagger ehaped 'Mut of Adsmts Peek in sell. Aad tins whole. of Oh atrange picture is framed, as It were, between two bold. rocky bluff!, which approach an near to each other just on the epee where we etend that wo teem, to be gazing through A VAtt Caddo Window. "Tide, ' said 1, "must be the famous • Jecob'e Ladder' of tvlaitth we have heard an raueh, anti certainly they Ten well call it so, for one would need the wings of an angel to get up or dewa," faet our groom signs to Odra. Ear to diernount, explaining partly in his own leoguage and partly in a few terribly mis- applied wordo of English, *et to attempt tele formidable descent on horseback would be little short of certain death, He suits the notion to the word by seizing the bridle and leading away the horse behind the matted bushes that mask the brink of the preciplee, -while we follow as best we may, wondering not it little what is to come next. What comes next is it zigzeg ledge of slippery rock, barely wide enough to hold us both abreaat, which goes down, down, clowu, self it would never end, past roaring waterfalls end black, tomblike clef ta and perilous corners, round whiah we sidle crab -fashion, ata dark clumps of un- dergrowth that olbg to the face ot the -ail like flies upon a. wall. When we at length rough the foot of the descene and look up at the meth that we base just been travers- ing 00 difficult for us to believe that we have really come down 0 at alb And now the -way leads across the valley, which is filled te-day, with a noise and bustle very unusual suoh a quiet spot. This 0 the native "New Year's Day," and the coolie a of all the estates aro out in their best clothes, drrinnfinte shouting, and en- joying their brief holiday to the atmoet. Picking our way through the motley throngs that eddy along every path, we presently overtake our beggar coolies, who are rest. ing under a, tree with our portmanteaus for pillows, as they have .probably done half it dozen times at least m the couree of eheir morning's march r On AN ATIOW GARL'ElooD. Ghlhood is the loveliest and sweetest per- iod of life, according to the poets, yeti how ranch lee suffer during that traneition pariod Neither child nor women the. young girl la in (hanger of being spaded In both ways, There hi Always the danger either of awk- ward shyness; or unlovely boldneee. Doubt- less :he beet remedy for awkwardeess hi un- selfishness.- Wheu. we think °fathers' corn- fott, insteed of the imPression we PrOdliee upon them, we are not likely to be awkward. Awkwerd ebeness is certainly painful, but it its not really so objectieaable as the rough, or pert, forward manner We unhappily see in mann young gifts. If they only knew the impreseton gives they would sorely Oren the slangy speeek and insene giggles with which they enliven couvteeetion amen themetives„ Girls of the present dey need not 44opb the formal ape.ech ani manner of a bygone stete, but they 8110144 leern to dia. laY the stet& elignitY whiett alweye make a genreworaan. loud ealkieg in public places, earelees mimeo of language, and phshitig mestners zney all latt named Penang gale from whom better thing a might Le ex - reeiowned as a huntrees, and, A1thcb4 preseee in bad health, has not yet retired. nom the field, in which both her huntingod skilul equeetrianiam have been greatly aa - mired. She has followed the eltaae on every chosen groundin Ireland, Seolland, elogland, Prance, Germany, Italy, and at home, and makes pets of the twee and canine ram wherever net. Feadoess of tide kind of sport hae been her epecialty during the better Pelt cf her lifealthogie et court she Was geesidered beautiful enough to eclipse ell ether beauties." Min041.0 FASHION NOTES.. At several Egglish weddinga this season, the bridesmaids Wive worn plant white mas- titi dressea and bane monied white kid prayer books, given them by the brialegreene. The college hat, or mortar board, is be- coming faeltioneble for,street wear by Lon- don werilea. Leather belta of great sae auti eetareenees, with steel bintklee, are Abe shoW- log up, Pele Ririe ewe wear the new and. feeldorn able eheelee of green, the elives, to great Advantage, end a green het woederfully brightens a girl who hee bat little oolorin her foe.= pected; At le not Strange that foreigners ^ woman woo betairo cerit harbor Iola such. Anfavorame opinioua a our Wo- when the tide cerried hr out beyond her men., -Mrs. della Sheewee4 ieteeets the ilepth. She Wee in great dalleaer of drown - /lien et refiaelneet ebown at the great sum- ng wnea epee Murphy, deughter of Alder - icer roorts, where enaay of, the women seem men Murphy of eerie, epraeg in and slue- gieue, *leave everything that they alionld oo4 eein draining bee m to a roo, LIL the, be remarked, and this On certainly an Ont, barber. Tbere the two were compelled to e2reo Of their eerl'i" treiniego It as icet as same until eonee men on ehe cliffe w them, guy to bea refitted gentlewomen set the re elect, ewiuming cot, brought them eeftey te verse; it all depends on early traioing and shore, basil's of thought. Mts. Sarah ileadz of citeeter N. g,,A widow eighty-one yeexe of age, mowed and Tng OXSF-44400T Or qllggSr, pat ieto her bern, this remmer ene-hall qltn. vigtorto, tes the 'slee,. Ig etinueet ton of hay. For the lest Ave genre elle him 1V,, who was the brether 0 esat her °Fa nrowood aud her hero is the whe wee the Aga of fseorge HI.. wbTow mendeus vette, dying retold a deoSeretts the graMleen of Gee. whe woe the so comer, eaurrying alemg the brink of A steep of Gwrge 1., who was tho c000lo of Amu, incline, and daeldeg acroes anarrow SUMO vdto was the oatoreindaw ot semen, tie: bridge that ePAhe a gioorRY obatrn, down who was the etnebrIew of James 11,, who the Wank depths of whieh te roaring water- was the, brother of charioi IL, who was the Id IftsiieshesAgooS in sbeetsots"Nv'whiw son of Oherla L, who wee the 40u of JADICA feat% T., who wos the eeeein of Blizeheth, whe awl to the JoureeY 000"a for thro WAS the eider of hiary, who was the eletee bean% er More/ Ill a etteattnit WOCO€Z3iOn of et utwatd iv.* who was vet, sou o }Tony crawling Antal, sttit rutalin ,„deaceuts, who WAS the eon Heury VU,, ii e„.worthl? el the (..1,4,oessee,_ ore tit.0 fs,eisselo,Yot Was the Conein of ilioliard who was the giQW We are reeetneg page the to:1y thetenee undo 01 F4dwar4 Nr„, ,Rho was the sou of hevele of a ttaiise village, a the risk of le Learn ev, who was the (moan of Henry moiling score of nakly boliclay-reekerap VI., who was the AMA of Henry V., wbo and theawe (struggle up A eteep path- was tee win Of gcury wee ws the IPS lxlidwaY it coat oocntry .4/144et tIl0 CQUAin Of raebera ILI WAS thegratwleori garden el whioli two pretty gala are pleYloS tf Henry Ili., wlee was the son at Edward, lawn tennis with MA energy -diet ellowe they IL who was the sao .a,ho was SHARP ATTACK Or 417EGLE IntVIDA from which he was offering at the time. Messengers evert) sent out all along our line of march to arrange for our finding it carriage st one point of the route, a lunch at another, it guide at it third ; and the quiet, metter-of- eleurse wag in which he decided that we illiquid breakfast with this man, dine with thtit one, and take up our quarter for the night with it third (evidently in the felled confidence that all the men up at whom we were so unceremoniouely billeted would wel- come us as heartily as he had done himself) wee the higher of all poesible testimonies to Cingukse hospitality It was a e morning the second week we started on our distant) lying I deep, curia by eteep, tra- imve endy recently cisme out 0 this* telexing tin; goo or Rolm, who w" the wee of climate, At leeeth, lett se eftgrueso is to' John, who woe the e'rether et Riehard toeing to melt tato evening, we ow QV who was the eon of Henry 11,, who was the ewe item the emu o it wry cwvlaR *Igo nui,in of Stephen, Whe WAS the CNAllin ef the m to e mikonio Volley inolW i and I 411 Mary In who Wee the brother of Willie= hour later we tiTsS Stingly eetablished in the twee, wee w" tee son et wino= tee heetic a it men whoze very name we bad uminerors or 609 yoavi 44% never lama till the day before, but who welcomes eelas waradY oil the oildea cent leg of two reelect dr/meets to torn hie A Seesture; Wan, whele house upside down were 0 fever for lot oog man droidoi to /mho to a which. isa ceulti never be 4 theil, iett formo afer of bula und Chinese iVerreiessir.niqt Giai *net:lateen. Ile ceotienely prefoecti his declareuon with is few qui stiooe, for he lied earte-,all e was worth—honing for a core A writer la the "North China iltareld "of, intention of othron,log himself aw.ty. bengted, who how lately been devetim 0 oho love Wm well oeough to live in a sesta, ceries of articlee to the diecuselon of Cinneee lge with lam? ento elle a, 804E1 cook? eej charactoriedee, refer:leg to whet he cells the think o =lea duty ta ,he holm happy? "beeelessutne " of the Chluamen, obeervea wood gee ceueult his testa and %tithes con that' hithrhieh the nerves of the latter ,4" antieg her mscciates and Raze -eke in life 1 compared with those of it Earopeen may no Wee etto economical, etc.? The youtit; hey what aP.ornetrlatuot caU "(dinner and eirni-sai& shat before she anewervil hes glee:tom lerty ettueted," nothing is plabaer titan that sho wood assure him of some negatiro ‘.irtnoo the MSI of rearm ere ebony different. ahe mussed. she never drahou, sroohod 11; Leen.* to makc,,no P4V4041 ,ae di,!"6134° ta, chewed; never owed a bin to lex Itevadresu etioenh.lnettrnolwailltiowrw tiotongalhiedraeytreuke: tuazionnuotoPuoleatt boriotafairldsor uneeev'etrreitoatiyued,eaouatnalthl neigslittr epeltesyci9nrg. toe he will auo., all they tu one plonn, from e ern ima 0,31ta old; girls ; "vox, eteae in den lee"' dusky eve, warlting away all With the boy* for the cigura end tappers. his weaving, gold.beating, or whatever it.itstow," sad rate, rising indignantly, "I am nrc.7 he, htld do it woreT IlaY without 041,Y aesured by then who know, thet you do all variation of the monotony, and apperently thee thines aud without any consciousness of the monotony. it is rather eheurd for ou to v expect all the virtuce in me, while you do riot Chinese tchool.childten will undergo an Nieto any yourself. I can never he your =mutt of cottileemeot, unrelieved by cessesorohauges of work, which would drive wife" tend eh° hawed hint out and Life him on the cad doorstep, it madder if not a wieer Western rents to the verge of insenity ; neetu even Chineee infanta remain as impeastve as "mud gods,' It uppestre aphysiolegl- PrOailLN Alattn GOOD SWIalums. eel fact that to the Obinese esereise itt euperfluous ; they cannot understand why Tho records of the humane nociettes ou people ehould go through ethletto per- both sides of the Atluatie show that of late formanees when they might hire coolies for yoara it fair proportion of their medals Call the purpote. In the motor of sleep there is to the lot of girls There wore nevem' the bane dillarence. The Chines:nem, geuta- noteble instances of reseue from drownitig ally apeelthig, is able to eleep anywhere. last bummer by girls under twenty. Isieny No trifling thaturbances annoy hire, With a women aro accomplished swimmers. This brick for it pillow he cam lie down on his bed IS but netural. As their hones are merelly of atalks, or mna bricks, on rattan, and sleep lighter tban those of men, and their fleele the alcep of thejust, vrithno reference to the more buoyaet, they bave less difficulty to teat of Creation. Ho does not want it dark overcome in acquirine the art. Some of cued room, nor does he require others to be them could fleet at their first attempt, if still. The" infant crying in the nieht " may they could acquire the regulates faith in the continue to cry for all he cares; it does not power of the water to hold them up. diaturb him. In some places the entire Swimming is very much an art of faith, for population scent to fall asleep as by it cora1818 generally the case that when it person mon instinct diazieg the first two hours of believes suffioieotly in the buoyancy of the litninmer afternoons, no matter where they water to trust to it bis precious body, lo I may be. In the cue of most working people he is a swimmer. There were young girls at haat, and alto in that of many others, st Newport, lsat summer, who could float position in sleep is of no tort of consequence, on the entities of the ocean with no more "It would be easy to raise in China an difficulty than they experienced in lying armyofit million men—nay, of ten millions-- upon it sofa. They could have floated for testee by competitive examination ea totheir hours if measure. Some of the most capacity to go to sleep across three wheel- famous swimming feats hive been accom- barrowe, head downwards like it spider, plisned by very young women. their months wide open, aud a fier inaide." et hope an the neighborhood. Alpine hate at striped or aheelted cloth 4 exceediegly low-erewried zerbens of felt are worn by emelielt yeueg women who adopt nglish feehione, mai with these the beck hair is errauged with A Psyche. knot, The Alpine hate are eitnely belied oed headed with beevy corded riblean leeepe of heed - 44O1& IOSUF0 ribben, glitterieg ornemeute eet Ult. meek gems, and fiet stiff birds' winge e the trimming* far the turban; all of hich elsow it facing of velvet. The last eztravegnece le French Itoeiery is it tinted lees etoceing in pale colount of Apri- cot, lile; tart, bebe blue, etnewberry, terra - cote, aud light rdtrieed. T.heee expeneive luxe copy very eltneay the most delleate aud intricate petterve of point, Chantilly, doch- este; and other dole Ives, and are 0 be _rem over a eecand pair of spun eine eteek- ego 0 a delig3ta eMOOG or final colour. Beaten eautiale ef breeze, eleewieg elezci- en ever the ineeep, ere wan with these baao, the strop tightly held by it emelt raver AT OUR APPROACH, HOWEVER, they seeing up with it sudden and violent assumption of honest industry and tamp alone just in front of ea, trying hard to look s if they had been only waiting till we autumn deneeye Are made of as degree ef CGO615$ they have riever fore obtained. Some of the Beglielt. noven utodete are riehly embroidered in Oriental design ; otliera ere decorated with nue gold or silver braldwerk or braid lo ezetache, this in two distinct coloure, the Weida lyieg deb by side on the eUtline of acinerbetepatterote Coatly Frenehdereeys are exhibited, there nearly ceetresi ithlb uf eille pamesneuterie la arahniquo aud weal iletiluge. The hatilaonaly-trironeed, Rttlillt WatSta are ase wade of Bilk -warp ht weieht tee y cloth, with Betstilan eaele the sena., Intoned at the left Me, the long DI tem snide feltieg low on the dresa Wbmen with ebetely fianrva Wili bo glad to A uove that the tight redingote is to he A fAvOrite garment AgAt12.. "Gnat the poloe- aiee in every style is to return to our werd- robes. Tee etritiglet redingotee are usually open at, tine tides, aliewinat it sleek of seine contreeting color. Sonnetimee they have it fall draped beck—often they are quite straight. The hedice is often trimmed with wide revere, and, largo ornan caul buttone. Snrietimes large pocket ileps are put on the hips ; eilk crow"a-feet are worked at the camera of the pockets alld SI the top of the eleshes, A. frugal women who wants to look wall will find one of these patients very uueful to wear aver it partly worn skirt. Lille charity it will cover it multitude of de- fcate. ..si. DANGER /FROM PET DOGS. The Bank of BLgland. One of the most noted phyalcians has die. The Benz of England doors are now so covered it new danger that Menaces ladieo finely balanced that it clerk, by pressing a who keep pet dogs. There is an invisible knoll under his desk, can close the outer worm that rubs of the dog's tongue. These doors instantly, and they cannot be opened worms work their way into the flesh of hu - again except by special process. Tltis is man beings, and it is extremely dangerous done to prevent the daring and ingenioue for a dog to lick even it lady's hand. This unemployed of tbe metropolis from robbhig fact was discovered by one of our best phy- the bank. The builion, department of this edam, and was made public by it gentle - and other banks are nightly submerged sev- man who is the husband of ono of the ladies e 1 feet in water by the Dation of the hinery. In some banks the bullion de- who has had it nest of dog worms removed. A wealthy lady 'residing in Brooklyn had meat is connected with the manager's e strange lump growing on her cheek, and ing-room, and an entrance cannot be ed -without shooting a bolt in the dor- she consulted her family physician. The doctor informed her that she haa it nest of y, whioh in turn seta in motion an al- dog worms imbedded in her cheek. He ex- it it visitor during the day should. pleined that he had treated a number of In to knock off one from elaile of 11231 ladies for the same ailment, and had ope- igns the whole pile would disappear, rated successfully on them. The dootor of water taking ite place. frankly explained the cause of his patient's ailment. The lady told her husband what the doctor had add on his return home that evening. The &Tutted 111=1 took his re- volver ard his wife's pet pug to his stable, and shot the dog, The new corduroy fabrics ere called Bed- ford collie, aud ehow novel pieterns in silk and wool, which have proved very popular abroad. One imported costume nada at it Wont Bed house in Landon has a skirt of moss- green corduroy or reps, with it atripe of velvet in rich golden brown. Above this is a stylieh redingote in Directoire style, this of plain green rcpa. .A. second gown in blue Bedford cord of it ahado known as the Prin. eee3 of Wales -blue, dark, but unmistakably blue, 0 striped with the deepest Boman red. velvet, the stripe hairlined et the edges with a vivid gold -coloured thread. There is an English aurtout of plain blue cord, with wide lapels of blue velvet braided with gold, the immediate front of the coat showing a narrow vest of the stripe below the fifth buttonfrom the 0 IL Pointer for Canada. ersey oyster 'sloop and the Unitsd 'war ship Boston collided the Other deer, time unacconutiehle reason the oyeter gob the tvorat of the eecounter. The as towed when private yechta and other crafts can awAgger up to aur war ehips eat holes in them, e,nd the sooner they er Slab fait the better it will be for The 4, Senorita" is is °berating jacket of velvet adapted for dreasy house wear by maidens and young matrone. It is close - fitting at the back, and barely reaohes the waist. In, front it fastens with it silver or jet clasp, and then parts broadly in round- ing ehepe over it shirt waist of sure,h fast- ened all the way up with fancy buttons. These waists are as varied as they are charming, One for instance is of vivid Roman red under a " Senorile, " of black Lyons velvet. A eecond jacket of olive velvet opens over it pleated shirt waist of pink *torah, striped with olive, A dark moss -green jacket, this square at the cor- ners, in front like a Russian jacket, and opening over a waist of almond silk, embroidered in green, is very elegant, and is lined with silk to match. Another black velvet jacket in Spanish style has it shirred blouse of white eurah, and still another shows a plain, full, tuipleated biome of red surah, figured with vary large black polka dots. Bandanna -plaid shirt waists are also seen beneath velvet jackets in bronze, olive, and myrtle green. Patronized by all Classes. , , There never was a time when theatres were zo generally patrorized as now, butthe attendance is of all classes. The majority — ..oely want to herr eyes or ears momentarily A Mormar DIA. -- tickled. They don'teere to have their minds fatigued by any exertion. Formerly the Speaking of the reigning Pinny of Austria etage was the recreAtion of the cultured and it recent writer says :--"Emprees Elizebeth, , intelligent, now it is the pastime of the who was fifty last Christm long been 1 MasSes.