HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1889-8-1, Page 2YOUNG FOLKS.
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We SIDS, DgORGE. arconerano,
Naughty toys," said jelmuye; mother, "oft
are rode to one another, hut I hope that
you'll remember careless roaeuses are
nolfriglit ;
And, wherever and whatever year surround.
Inge, will endeavor to be scrupolously:
themfully and ceaselessly polite."
" That I will," said Johnny aweetly, end he
kept hie weed completely, and eaid
"Please," and " beg Tour pardon, en in
a Way that's seldom heatd,
.And "AVOW 1414" and " &Masa ma l'-011
it **ally would centime me to eoumerate
ilkea es they conetantly occurred.
*tree
Ali a you and as a man he still adhered
unto the plan he had to eernestly adopt-
ed aa hie gentle rule of life,
And as often deferential when it wasn't
Tate oseentiale tet+ for inatanee to his
eeevante anti hes children and his wlfe.
When hils business up and berated, and hat
oreditore were worsted, with 'civility he
told thern he regretted aught an end;
And at hie wifo's demisiog, with a courtesy
*lapel:dug he responded, "I/ead, I thank
yen r to the queetion of a friend.
What I write bi but a *ample of the daily
brfght eXmople which be eet to Phew
how life by proper =were may be
eerie&
Wou4 diet We might fee another, one so
mludful of hie brother : hut, alas 1 he
ten't born, and John, ale* I is lug 0e,
envied.
44BOIMII TM/la LTITLE LAW
41. Story .or the So.ni tele Voilicifee.
DY DAVID RED.
'Rough" enough he looked, indeed, the
Bleu black -bearded, grimy fellow, with hie
greasy oat/pulled down over his hard, ;surly,
ba,ciog we. .4124 he wise rough by nature
ma well as by name. Thin* huge limey bends
of hie, which could awing the heaviest ?dein,
Uter home without tiring, end (mulct ton
about greet blame of coal which other men
could hardly lilt, were always ready to
ketook any Otte who displesse4 him; and
mew a sturdy fellow in the Blackpool Col.
Fierier wore imerS markbrubies enough to =lake
him wry for booby ever tried his streegth
egainet the terrible jack.
But there Wall one perm to whom even
Bmigh d'eek Dent laid a Unit word; And
ductwaa ide little Jim, the culy child he
had. Jim'i mother had died econ after he
Wee horn, end his aunt, who kept house
for jack, WAS 4 big, bony, mile% faced Wte
Man, almost monthly and coerselooking at
the rough collier himielf. But no mother
%mid have been more tenderly careful of
the little fellow than they were. However
dirty and untidy they might he themselves,
they did their best to keep Jim's face de=
and his elothea in order; and emu grained
Aunt Susan, who was always grumbling at
having " eitch o power cd work to do," eat
up at night several timer, After heday'a
-work was over to knit A little pair of mks
u a birthday present for hien
JIM had. been the pet of the whole neigh-
borhood aver ahem he *Quid remember;
'alia these savage, wild -looking men, an
fierce and steely with every one eke,
aware hid a kind -word for "Rough
Javdee little lad," al they tailed bine, ET-
ory day he: used to carreelde father's din-
eler to the worke in a little basket, going
fearkeely araong. the colliers' towage bull-
dogs, which zoomed to know him quite as
well aa their mestere, and would wag their
stumpy tails end put up their fleanosed
beads to be patted whenever he went by.
Indeed, the "little lad" seemed to have
such perfect trust in every one, and to be
so gore that nobody would hurt or vex him,
that it was not easy for anyone even to think
°Habig so. The rough collier Ude, whoa°
great :Tort woe to pelt each other with heavy
lumps of coal which made a bruise wherever
they hit, shouted to ono another to stop the
moment they saw the little faireheired head
In the distance, and once, when Rough Jeck
and his mate—who had been great friends
hitherto—quarreled abont something, and
were going to fight, little Jim stepped in
between them and, taking hold of his father's
jacket, looked, up at them both with an air
of such piteous astonishment, that the two
fierce men, after eyeing him blankly for a
moment, turned their backs and slouched
elf in a shame -faced kind of way; and the
next morning they were as good friends ea
ever.
But after a while troubles began to come
upon Blackpool Colliery. Businees grew
slack, and wages had to be reduced, which
bore very hard upon these reckless fellows,
who spent; their money as fast as they got
It, 'ever thinking of laying anything by.
There was plenty of grumbling and growl-
ing against young Harry Forrester, the great
Irma of the district, whom his father's death
about a year before had left sole owner of
the colliery; and the quiet people of the
neighborhood began to tear a riot, and to
talk of sending for soldiers from the nearest
Nage town.
But amid all their troubles the ran& men
were still as loyal as ever to their "little
lad." Many a grumbler went without hie
dinner to ' buy something good for Jim;
Rough Jack, as he danced the little fellow
on hie 'broad shoulder, wore something as
mutely approaching to a smile aa hie iron face
onld assume.
At last it began to be whispered one day
among Ike colliers that a number of them
were to be discharged. No one knew how
thereport had arisen,
or even whether it
was true or not; butthe mere thought of it
was quite enough for these wild fellows, ripe
as they already were for mischief.
"We mun [must] strike," muttered a big,
sullen -looking pitman.
"..Ave we mun strike—bub not as thou
maned," growled Rough Jack, clinching
his sledge -hammer fiat with terrible em-
phasis. "Pee not let my little lad starve
for a' the' gentlefolke i' England. We mun -
strike Forrester's yea [head] so as he'llefeel.
Who'll join, lade ?"
1'1 will."
"And I."
"And I."
"And so'll I."
In fact every man there was as eager as
Jack himself; and it was Boon agreed that
they should watch for a. chance of attack-
ingyoung., Forrester, and then beat hini
within an inch of his life --"and mayhap a
bit farther," as the burly pitman muttered,
with a cruel gleam in his eye% Two sharp
lade were at once chosen to keep watch
upon "young Squire Harry," who had
come down from London a few days before;
and, on the third morning, one of the scouts
came running in to report that Harry had
gone to see a friend a few miles from the
colliery, and had sent the groom home with
hie hone, saying that he would walk back
in the evening, the road being too rough to
risk a good horse on after dark.
The looke exchanged by *tailors at this EQUAL TO TBENATIONS -DEBT.
news Rald. more than any worde could do.
All wee Kum settled. Midway alorg the The Enormous Cost or the Grand Arno
road which Vorrester must take lay is patch of Teavellon salesmen.
bare, lonely moorland, well known to Rough "The wigwag used in A single year to foot
Jaok as hie little biles, favorite playground. the "salary and expensebill of the traveling
Here they 'would, hide in is (Jeep hollow over- ealesmau of the United States would peer or
grown with bushes. and, pounce upon their the entire national debt and leave a faW.11,01.
'deft as he paned. lars over."
Night drew on. One by one (for they This rather startling etatemeot wasmade
knew that it would not do for many of them by is junior member of one the large dry -
to he seen together), jack and his gang caron pods housezz of this city, says the Philadel-
atealiug up to the fatal epot, and, crouching phia "Record," who has is force of about
deVin 044 thel?Ashee, waited for their prey. fifty travelers under his immediate charge.
But as time went on, audit grew darker and As proof of his assertion he presented these
darker, and still there was no ego of him, particular: "There is hardly a wholesale,
they began to get uneasy. Could he have jobbing, or commiseion house in any line of
clamaged his mind and stayed all night 7, or business in the United States that don not
could their plot( have been discovered? No— have at least a single traveling representa.
there at last was a firm etep approaching, tive, and from one lone man the traveling
and the rising moon showed them the toll, fovea tango up as high Al 125 or 150 men,
active figure and handsome face which they and there may be one or two houses with
all knew and hated. even more. The average of the most reliable
Tha savage men clutched their heavy estimates places the total number of coin -
cudgels, and drew theraselves together ince mercsal tourista in this country At %MOO,
VIM'S crouching for a 'spring. But just then and, mind you, thie does not; mean peddleres
there was &rattle of wheels and hoofs in the but only then who sell goods at wholesale.
opposite direction, and a light dogcart came "Tho railroad fares, charges for carrying
Teething along the highway like a whirlwind, sample bagge by freight or express, hotel
evidently driven by some wild young fellow, bills, and numerous incidental traveling ex -
who thought it fine inn to laid; breaking hie pewee of these men will range between $4
neck, At the ;tame momentthere appeared and $12 per day, but some men will 'Mend
slowly crossing the road, 4'414 in the path 1$25 in a eingle day for 'these purposes with -
of the maddened beast toia the recklese dri- out resorting to any extro,vageordee" Take,
ver tlae figure of Rough Jack's little lad for inetance, SOMA of the carpet, clothing, or
ilth. a qry that made the air ring, the fancy.goods men who carry ten to fifteen
colliers burat from their biding -Fleece forget, trunks fUll Of samples, take a packer with
ting everything but the petit of their pet. them, and Moe betel puler to display their
As they ran they saw the child stumble and geode whenever they open their trunka
fell, tryleg to ettetipe"and TWIT Spring for. But the number of them Men ill OOMpAratiV.
ward to cattle him op; but then home and ely smell and 30 is day will fairly repreeent
dog -cart %Me dulling down 'VOA there bath, the average expeneee of 250.000 Men. (Mere
and everything vanithed in a whirl of deet, you have $1,500,000 per day for expelieee
But as the cleat cleared away, Ferry For. alone. Multiply this by 305 and you have
miter was Mal rising alowly to hie feet,$,..547,300,000 MI the amount expended in
There Was a thin streelt of bleed etealiog Q44 year.
down, hie emooth, white forehead, and hie "The item of Naiades is nearly as large
left hand was sorely bruised And Oati but Eew Men are paid Nes than $000 a Year.
hie right arm was still 'firmly around the The berg* number reedy° betweee $1,00
ehild. who Iva* leaking up in his face with and $2.0004 either in Valerie* 'or commis.
round, wondering blue eyes, ea if hardly done A lour umber are paid from $3e
knowmg whether to be frightened or not. 000 to $5,000—thoee recelvieg the latter
Jack sprang to his Childlike a tiger whose amount being comparatively few. Bot
enie has been wounded, and, therlieg him there are travelling salesmen who are alweys
quite unhurt, took the tiny lace between his in &mend at $10,000 to $15,000 a year;
huge, black haude and kieeed it passionately but they are few and far between. The
nein anct again, lower -salaried, men predominate as might
"God Wee thee, MY little lad," ;mid he, be suppoeed, and en average of tsl.szt per
le a broken voice; God Mesa thee i" year le not far out of the way. Figuring
Then We mood seemed to chane, and 230,000 men at an average salary Of $1,800
dinging his cap on the mond at Forrester'sper year gives A total of $450.609,C00A ac -
feat, he folded, his arms on hie brawny Out oraelteg to my arithmetic. To this add
and looked the young men fell in the lam M7,500,000 for expellees and you liave
"Look'ee here, Muter," mad he firmly giamio* for these two Item.
"we mom out this neat Dwight] to beet and
hammer thee—enayhap to kill thee ant -
right; and tbou'et nigh kitled tbyeell to TEE BBIDEORCONTROBEED DEAD
awe yon little bid, as Pd zit ay heart's blood
for onny day. IsTow, here I *tend; knock Aitti After Ms Iturial the Aline -to* Stride
Me down if then wilt, or me over to the Married 4 Mi'ai Suitor*
police, or whet ye lolke. Ps ne'er life baud A large crowd of people mumbled at
to stop thee, for I ha' done A creddently Mount Hope Church, Lerner county, Ala.,
(cowardly) thing." on Sudsy morning, to witness the marriage
"And eo say we al, ivery mon of me° cried of Julius Shearer and Minnie Moran, tyro
the older men, gathering round their Judea prominent young peoples of, the neigh -
It wee is atrimge memo open which the full beamed, Just as the preacher began the
moon fell in all ite brightness: the wild ceremony Shearer souk to the floor and died
wed* of dark moorland in the back ground: in a few momenta He had heart alone,
the elender, liendeome, gayly dewed young and the excitement of the occasion brought
man, with little Jim's tiny face needing on a fatal Week. Among those smut in
ligidnat his shoulder; the amity skins and tbe church was William Langley. a rejected
wage taco of the gritn gluts around him, enitor of Mise Moran. At the first eppor.
and In front the mighty figura of Bough tunity Langley approached the young lady
Jack, silently awaiting hie sentence. and told tau that Providence had Interposed
But the sentence owe in a form width to prevent her marriage to Shearer. Ile
Jack little expeetea. With one hand For- insisted that she ought to marry him, as
rester put the little boy into hie father's the Lord was clearly on h side. Miss
arms, while with the other he ,gave the col. Moran finally consented lo to
liar's great black hand a cordial grmp, as mon as Shearer was buried. Sheerer a
“73 rott've been wrong, my man, I dare funeral took place yesterday morning, and
ay I've bean ?rug, too,' said he heartily; Langley and las Moran were married with.
"but, luckily, We tot too let° yet to set out Providential interference.
things straight. We mut jest try and .mek
understood eaoh other is little better after —
thie ; and, please Gad, we'll do it, with the A Railway Case,
help of this little penemaker hero." MaiTTRIIAL, July 24.—Stniater Laud°,
Ile spoke truly, for from that day there who has returned from England received a
were not three better friende in all England cablegram stating that he won his Buie hi
than Harry Foremen "Rough jade," and the great railway case of trhos. McGreevy
"Bough Jack's little lad." v. johnbloDongall. The cube was in connect-
. don with theNorth Shore railway, and some
Treasure Seekers. $200,000 was involved,. The courts here
A joint stock company is now being float- warded Mr. McDougall $80,000, but Mr.
'ea in Great Britain which has for its object McGreevy offered $51,000, and 44 appeal
nothing less than the recovery of the treasure was taken to the Privy Council, which has
sunk in the Bay of Aboukir during the battle now diamiseed Mr. McGreevyei appeal and
of the File. The French fleet, the absItute the judgment of the Carnelian
deetrnotion of which by Nelson changed the wurg.
fete of the East, hada short time before been
engaged :in the capture of Malta, and on A Novel.IIndertaking.
board the flagship, the famous "L'Orient,'
was the plunder of the Cathedral church of
Valetta of the treasure given to it by the
knights of Malta during their centuries, of
warfare with the Turks. The "L'Orient,"
au every school -boy knows, caught fire during
the action, blew up and sank': and her hull
still lis in Aboukir Bay, within eight in
certain stages of the water. Among the other
French thips sunk during the battle of the
Nile was the transport Maze Mends," which,
it is said, was the treasure ship of the Egyp-
tian expedition, and had on board at the
time the pay chests of Bonaparte's army.
These two vessels lie in six and seven and is
half fathoms of water respectively, and this
Engliah company is being formed to dredge
up the millioo pounds, worth of treaeure
they are supposed to contain, by means of
modern machinery appliances. If this com-
pany succeeds in getting even a tithe of the
treasure believed to belying amid the sands
of Aboukir Bay, a regular boom in treasure
fishing companies may be looked for. There
are the Spanish
plate shipethat Drake sank in Vigo bay,
the French ehips that milkafter Trafalgar
before they could be rifled, and which are
said to hold much treasure, and many other
treasure ehips, sunk by stress of weather or
in war, which will give occasion efor the
floating of joint stook companies, out of
which operation treasure for the promotere
is certain as the other is uncertain. Chim-
erical as the Aboukir Bay projeot seems,
much treasure ban been recovered from the
sea ; .on the floor of the London laoydie
there is the bell of a frigate which sank off
the Datoh coast from which thousands of
pounds in specie was recovered for dee bene-
fit of her underwriters after it had been
under water for many years.
Proclaiming His Disgrace.
The Siamese have a curious method of
unishing their police, constables when found
guilty of an offense. eNob very long ago one
of these guardians of the peace was seen Smieh—I think Miss Da Blank is vein'
standing near the door of the police station rude.
with his hands tied b ehind his back, and Jonas—What causes you to think that ? I
wearing on hie breed a board with the fol. never thought her so
Smith—I met her down town this after-
noon and asked if I mightiesee her home.
She said yes; I could hoe it from the top of
the high school building, and that it wasn't
neceseary to go any further.
The Vienna correspondent of the London
" Times " says z—A novel institution, which
has not been tried in any country in Europe,
is going to be introduced into Austria for
the benefie of the travelling public: of this
country. To -morrow railway lending libra-
ries will be opened at about forty stations
of the Western State railway. The books
are in six languages—English, Frenoh, Ger-
man, Italian Hungarian, and Bohemian,
and will be lent at the rate of 2d, or 4d, per
week, the volumes to be returned at eny
station where there is a bookstall. Within
the next two months from 150 to 200 such
libraries are to be opened on the various
lines in Austria. The undertaking has been
launched by an English company called the
"
He Refreshed his Memory.
Absent-minded Youth—Dear me'I was
going to say sonfething to you, Miss Jones,
bub it has escaped my memery.
Mies Jones—Can't you refresh yonr mem.
ory ? •
Lame nee. I had it on the end of my
tongue. Oh, yes, now 1 remember 1 Miss
Joao, I love you with all my heart, That's
It I knew I'd recall it. What do you say?
—[Texas Siftings.
Mytteries of Navigation.
Sweet Giil lin a row boat)—"What is this
place in the beck of the boat for ?"
Nice Young Man— "That is to put an oar
in when you want to scull the boat. Row-
ing requires both oare, one on each side,
but in sculling one oar only is used That
Is apndla.cind at the back and worked with one
h
Sweet Girl (after meditation)—"I wish
you would try sculling a while.',
She Had Been Rude,
lowing notice : My name is Cuddy, and
have been placed here by the order of Con
poral Sin. Last nighe I etole a sword' be-
longing to His Majesty, the Ring, and wan
taken in the act by a guard at tha moment
when I was carrying off the article under
my arm. To -day I repent that base soden.
The inspector hi very angry with me, and
says I deserve a punishment, my offense
being is serious one, as I belong to the police
I entreat the passers-by to look me :in the
face, and tell me sincerely if I ought to be
whipped. In my opinion my orirae is not a
very serious Qne, because everybody here
does the same":
Even Chicago Speaks Out.
It would be difneuh to conceive of any-
thing more revoltingly brutal than the mod-
ern prize-fight. It has no redeeming qual-
ity, no excuse for its existence. It ie. a dis-
grace to our civilization, and one which can
durvive only in the more barbaric parts of
the country —[Chicago Inter -Omani nel=
MISOELL ANEOUS.
Gloves o chamois skin are used for *hop-
•,
ng.
A knottY problem—tne highcat poseible
speed for (mean vessele.
Virginia has a dog with two tails, Here's
a chance for 4 new can -can.
Weald it be inappropriate to wieh a "king
of horaemeo" oeloeg nine
Tao crying ueed of Ws country ia a back
gate that nobody can hong is joke on.
Ribbon few inchee wide is set ha the side
name of bodices and drawn forwerd to a
knot at the waiet'line,
Mre. Mackey, in many milieu% Is said to
be fond of graywalking dresses. But for
i
all that gray x very trying to dark pale
thins.
The white wool veiling gowns, with hecea
borders or stripes in white silk, are almoa
as effective as white silk ones broohe with
silver,
A Musstilmen woman has lege died in
Meean Meor, India, credited. with 150 years
of age. She was blind, deaf, and dumb,
and almost inanimate. She died in the
house of a grandson, whole over 80,
"Well, Johnny, I shall forgive you this
time, and it's very pretty of you to write a
letter to say you're eorry.." "Yes, ma; don't
tear it up, please," "Why, Johnny I"
Beesaae It will do for the next time."
Col. T. NY. Iliggittamt bee been appointed
by Gov. Ames, of Illessaolumette, to write
the Meters, of the Bay State eoldiere and
sailor* in the civil war, as ordered by the
Legialature. The Metorian will be allowed
dee year; in which to complete+ hie work.
The old sanctuary of Methodism, known
as the Teberuserle, onTottenham Court road,
of which George Whitfield laid the founda-
tion stele in 1750, has been prow/mind en.,
eafe, and eervieee beve been Impended.
It will probably have to be taken down on-
iyPlow, ma'am, will you give me an old
suit Of your Imehend's clothee ? I am one of
the Johnetown flood caterers." "Poor
man Of cube I win, Oonse right in. So
you were in, that dreadful flood, were you!'
NA, ma'am, but toy wife eent all my clothea
to the people who were
Religious jealousy in IOU between
Ilindoo3 And Mobeinereedans is old to be fit
to involve the entire country in war the
turnout the British authority thank' be
withdrawn. Lately a lanesubtanproottasion
to celebrate 4 ;waved was attacked with
great fury, and sone Want:lea were the
remit.
Amelia ItivereChauler recently wrote to is
friend in this conetry that she had decided
to Abandon /literature for are. Areelie de,
clued that the prizes of literature were not
Wall striving for. A book, else sald, was
certain to mete discussion among * barge
number of -people unfitted by education to
comprehend the thee pollute of au anther's
work. A picture, on the other hand, et.
traded, attention only from those competent
to peso upon its merit% Upon theme grounde
Mrs. Chanter has determined to depend up-
on her palette for her future triumphs.
The Penneyivanite State 'Weather Bare=
baa ascertained from data collected by it
that the ralpetorm whioh wow the immediate
astute of the Johnstown, diluter was is phe-
nomenal one. Over about one.third of the
State, and that the most mountainous part,
between four and seven inches of water was
eleposited by the one atom, and in two large
areas the precipitation was over eight inch-
es. Such a raiefall is said to be almost
without parallel for *region so far north
and so far inland, especially late in the
spring.
"When the collection was taken up,
Preaident Harrison dropped a quarter upon
the plate, which was carefully watched, and
the coin picked out by Dr. Stewart, who
°elicited the offering, as a keepsake." This
ooeurred in Philadelphia recently, and the
Indianapolis "Journal" epeaks of the inoident
se a display of the "extreme of snobbery."
It may be mach worm than this, however,
for there is no mention of the doctor having
replaced the ooin with an ordinary every-
day quarter from his own pocket This is is
matter that should be cleared up.
Some time ago a Detroit girl was shot ann
iiearly killed by her lover because, having
discovered that he was already married, ahe
refused to have anything more to do with
him. Last week the villain was acquitted
by a jury of twelve of his fellowecitizens on
the ground of emotional ineenity, the twelve
holding that he was insane at the moment
of committing the act. The incident leads
the Detreit "Tribune" to remark that such
an "outrageous and idiotic verdict on the
part of twelve prize jackasses " gives popu-
lar faith in the boasted eery system of the
United States is tremendous wrench.
In a paper read before the AmericanMedi-
cal Maenad= recently Col. Geo. E. War-
ing, the well-known sanitary engineer, stat-
ed that proper attention to eanitary condi-
tions would reduce the deatiorate of the
-United States from eighteen to tweeze per
thousand of the population. According to
his estimate at lease 365,000 lives are annu-
ally georificed acme the border through
neglect of proper sanitary precautions—that
is to say, one thousand lives every day. The
zleathqate of the civilized portion of the
world has undoubtedly been greatly reduced
already as the result of the attention which
for mom° time past has beenpaid to sani.
tary science, but Col. iVaring's abatements
seem to indicate that there is still vast room
for improvement.
The craze ,for carrying is revolver rule
the population of our Pacific province. The
Nanaimo "Courier" says: "Over a large see -
tion to the Pad& coast it is not necessary
to ask a man—nor very often a woman—
whether he carries or possesses a revolver,
but what particular type of die weapon hap-
pens to be hie private fancy." There is a
call for some repletion of thie ocoasionally
dangerous pastime, just as the sale of poison
is controlled by law. - Aa long as snob acci-
dents occur in Ontario as were recently re-
corded through the free use of the pistol in
the hands of youngsters who ought to have
been in the nursery, we cannot give any ad-
vice to our western brethren.—(Toronto
"How deep it reel to let go of the balloon
when you are 2000,or 3,000 feet in the air ?''
Bald Thomas F. Grimley, the parachute
jumper. "I'm sure I cannot tell. One
comes down so rapidly he has haidly time to
analyse his feline. Macolain, mypartner,
compares the sensation to that of being upset
In the river. We cut loose from the balloon
aimed mechanically, and before we realise
we are loose we have shot down a couple of
hundred feet, and thereafter the remainder
of the descent is easy. It does not jar you
until you strike the ground., if you strike on
your feet. In fact, there is less jarring to
the system than if you jumped off a six-
foot hieh fence. Neither is there any sp.
preciable difference in the air to the height
which we attain. It is a great deal purer,
though, but not as refined as you would sup-
pose,'
AS TOLD TO A WOMAN.
An Austrian Diplomatist's iiiter7 or the
',Weikel tine Crown Prince landolpb.
The other evening I was seated at is dinner
party beside an Austrian gentleman, an ex -
d iplomat and e personage of high standing
in the literary world of Germany,' who has
come to Paris to study various phases of
Science which have been developed at the
Exhibidon. Theoonvereation naturally tern.
ed on the tragic death of the crown Prince
Rudolph, and he ecqueinted me with the
version of the Oleic which is current in
Vienna, and which from the sources of infer-
mationpaesessed by my informant, is I taw°
n O doubt, thetrue story, Prince 'Rudolph had
been for over a year pese madly in love
with is young lady helouging to one ot the
proudest and oldest families in the Austrian
dominions,,and cone of the highest rank. The
unfortunate girl, who was one of the most
beautiful of the ladies ot her native lane, tall
and queenly looking, with brilliant eyes and
a dazzling complexion, hearkened but too
readily to the wooing it her future sovereign,
who was notedas being one of the moat fag-
cinating men 14 Europe. After 80416 months
her state of health revealed her secret to her
family. Her aged father, a man ecarcely
in-
ier!or in rank to the Emperor himself, went
to Prince Rudolph and told him that if, in a
brief given et/scoot time, 'steps had not been
taken to right his daughter by marring° he
wouhi. seek him nut and shoot him like a dog.
The Prince went to hie Pa -zones andprepoeed
to thein that they should give their cement
to proeuring is divorce front hia wife. But
title the Emperor and Empriee, being both
ferveueCeeholice and much attached to their
Wronged daughter-in-law, poeitively related
to do.
In this dilernme the Prince act off for hie
hunting lodge, taking with him, even at tide
awful areas in his fete, is remarkably lovely
bellet girl from one of the Yienueee theatree.
Fete he was :taught oub by the Berouees de
Jeosera, who, finding that the exposure of
her own fault Mild not be long delayed, had
e terrible aaella with her borer, and closed
the interview by eivallowing the contents of
A phial of stryoludne ivilicat she had brought
with her for the purpose. The unfortunate
Crown Prince., thus found out by his eine
and hemmed an on all sides, shot Mundt
twelve home after the death of the Ilaraness.
What must hie feeling hove been during
therm twelve hours, elute up with the come
of the women who heti so mailly.loved him
and 'whom fair !seduce and exquaelte form
must hue been horribly diefigured by, tne
effecte of that most cruel of elipoleone . But
the most tragic put of the whole tragic tinny
is, to me, the fete of the highborn girl
whose brie from virtue led to the final eat-
utrophe. Shalom myeterionely elleappeared.
Whether she killed tenet( on hearing of the
death of her lover, or whether she has been
immured in a convent, or whether justice
ban suretly boon done on the guilty one by
the chiefs of the lieughty old family to which
the belonged, isa aeoret that has not yob
been divulged.
Baronets of the rams.
We do not remember the last deb fixed
by the BiaV. M. Baxter for the end of the
world, or the method by which he arrived
• at It; hat it does not matter, for the busy
prophet has recently revised his calculations
and Is 320W peddling In Paris is new set of
forecasts of the future. Ile hes discovered
that the period between the year! 1890 and
1001 will be that of the "great crisis," and
that the world will cornet* an end on April
llth of the latter year., There will be greet
wars, during which Germany will be over.
came by France, end Great Britain will lese
Inoue and India. General Boulanger will
be the man of destiny during the war. and
ha will be followed by Prinoe Jerome Napo -
loon, the nnmerloal values of the names of
each being the mystic, number 666. The
fleet trumpet will sound between Ootober
2nd and 20th, 1890, and the 'toasting demi
of Satan and his angels to this earth from
the atmospheric heavens" will take place
about December 151111, of the game year. He
will then "rage furiously on the earth"
from that date till August leth, liith, 1397,
"when he will become incarnate in Napo.
Icon the antiolarist," whose advent to power
will have been preceded by "the Red H' arse
of Universal War and Rad Republicanism."
and will be followed by "the flighb of
Christians into a Wilderness on the Wings
of the Great Eagle." We hope Mr. Baxter's
pamphlet in which tate is all explained, is
selling well, for his ingenuity and pereever-
anae certainly deserve reward. He owes
the public genie apology, however, for shift-
ing his dates so frequently.
Widows and Widowers.
There are over 800,000 more widows than
widowers in England. In Femme for every
100 widowers there are 194 widows. Thee°
faces lead the Westminster Review to treat
the growing disposition of men to marry late
in life as a very serious evil of modern so-
ciety. Such men usually marry young-
er women, who, in the natural order of
thinga, may be expected to survive them.
Even where widowers enter again in matri-
mony, they do not often take for wives wo-
men of a corresponding or an approximately
corresponding age, but young maidens, who
are likely to be left: widows.
The greater longevity of women has even
induoed some philosophers to advise that, on
the contrary, the wife ahould be older than
the husband, and there have been some not.
elle marriages where that was the case.
The Baroness BurdetteCoutte and Madame
de Steel, for instance, were much older than
the men they married. But the law of na-
ture commonly stands In opposition to such
unions, though it cannot be denied that the
woman with whom a lad first falls in love is
very apt to be muoh his senior. He would
marry her if she would heve him for a hus-
band, but she looks on him as a mere boy,
and usually refuses to take hie loveseriously.
The natural tendenoy of women to marry
older men seems to be as strong as it is for
men to marry younger women, oleo the
amorous lads would receive an amount of
encouragement which might pixtothe average
eupedority In .ege on the aide of the brides.
Nature therefore arranges all that in• a
way from which it cannot be diverted by
any review artiole. We agree, however,
that it is best for the man and for the race
that he Should marry early if he is to marry
at all. Any great disparity of 'age between
husband and wife is a misfortune. It is
better for them to grow old together, so
that in the usual course of nature the man
and the woman will reaoh the end without
any great difference in time between them.
—[N. Y. San.
A Simile.
A young doctor, wiehing to make a good
in;preesion upon a German farmer, mention-
ed the fact that he had received a double
education, aa le were. He had studied
homoeopathyand was also a graduate a " re-
gular " medicalsohool.
"Ob, dot yes noding," said the farmer;
"1 had vonce a calf vot slicked two cows,
and he made noding but a cammon sohteer
after all (American Medical Journal.
BRITISH NEWS.
Tyndall accepts as annum renew
method of inoculation for hydrophobia.
Lincoln and Peterborough Cethedrals are
both lent now for the perfermanoe of oratorios
and other music og that Oharecter.
The Duke and Duobeea of Marlborough are
coming over to America at the beginning of
the autumn, andwill make a long tour here.
Lord Shrewsbury's new hensoras are' to
i
carryelectric: belle, end the old :meshing
trap n the roof will be re laced by A speak-
ing tube,
Cricket is played in Eoglish blind a:llama.
The ball is wickerwork, with pieceof tin
within, which ertablee the players to ledge.ef
to whereabouts,
-
Phyllis Brouglaten'e suit for breach of
• promise for :e10,000 againse Lord Deegan WO
been settled for £2,500, and the defender b to
pay all the coats.
Robert Louis Stevenson's mother, who was
• with her aon in the South Seas, repents him
Ae in greatly improved health and aboub
starting on another year's cruise.
The General commanding the district
which include e Portsmouth was appealed to
by the Lord's Day Observance Association
to atop the Sunday playing of the military hands. He replied that nothing wouldin-
duce him to order a band to play on Sunday,
bet as ib was aid one valuntarily and afford-
ed great pleasure to many people who
couldn't get it on week dap, nothieg would,
induce him to *top It.
The time of grime which ean be allowed to
guests who Are late for dinner moues An
uitereating ilbouesion.It appeara tbat in
London UM come threrequertexe of tin
hour leto. England is undoubtedly the
mut irregular and rude on this went of
punctuality. *where in Europe is ouch
dadineae perrabeible. In Bubb, it is re-
garded isa correct to come A little before the
time set, to as to he ready on the precise
moment,
Bear Admiral Scott of the British navy
proclaims the "utter break down of our big 4
pue" The same is geld of the French
• guns by some authorities in Erotica There,
according to one writer, all the larger gune
are condemned, Beer Minitel Scott disap-
proves of the principle of alirinking on hot
tube,. The tightening Can never bo regular.
He would build up tube en tube by cold
hydraulie venue. 'The big gun Is deem.
ed," ear; be. A 30.tenner is the Maltinlinn
allowehle, 411a, tia 100.tenner muse go. Oa
the other hand, another authority gives the
statistics of the horabardment ef Alexandtie
when the lefluible fired bil rounds from her
80,tonners, RAO Of them *leg 30 roulade,
and they were all sound when it wasover.
The state of the Boglieti Church I* regard.
ed te be sub, by is large body of influential
members that they biddy rut and adopted
the following t etiolation a That while grate.
fully acknowledging the pest drub of exist.
ing Protestant organizations in vindicating
the Reformation principles of the eetribliehed
Church, and discleinaing all desire to inter.
fere with their work, this conference is of
opinion thae the preaent critical ebb of the
Ceuta of England demands Viet churchmen
who desire to mint& the prineiplea of the
Reformation, the present prayer book and
articles, and the aate of -uniformity as etand.
lade of rattail and doctrine in the national
Church should further unite and organize;
and that for this purpose a union, under the
mama of the Protestant Ohl:robs:lees .A111 -
emu, be hereby farmed, with branches in
every diocese of England andWalee."
Emigrente to Broil are warned by tho
experienoos reputed ot those from Grub
Britain. Up to now the failure of Bride!).
imi
migration n Brazil has been appalling.
MUMMA had at one time 450 British cold -
nista, whose eurvivore left in &weir in
1878. There are now only three British
families there in the forest without any road
in any direction. Aesunguy, which its only
sixty miles from Curitiba the capita of
Parana, has only about 100 British colonists
out of nearly 1,000 who were planted there
some twenty years apo, the remainder hav-
ing an died, or, like those at Cananea, hava
ing been transported back to England and
Ireland at the public expenee and in the
utmost miaery and degradation. Even to.
day no sorb of roads for carte has been made
to .Assunguy from anywhere, although the
hardworking Central Immigration Society
made a special request in the name of the
residue of the coloniste at Assungny as late-
ly as May, 1888. Although Italians are
supposed to withatand the climate better,
there has been a perfect blight upon Italian
immigrant children during1888 in tha prove
inoe of Seo Paulo.
The English Salt Union.
The English,SaltUnion is about to declare
O dividend of fifteen per cent. as the reside
of its first six -months' operations. This is a
pretty penny and will not fail to aid another
scheme that has been in contemplation for
some time. Thomas Ward was sent to the
United States by this same syndicate to
value properties for the North American
Salt Company. He has visited a great many
properties and made an exhaustive examina-
tion of their capabilities. He is back in
England again by this time and his report
will be awaited with great interest on this
side of the Atlantic. Mr. Ward declined to
give the press the result of his examinatione
of American salt.fielde before sailing last
week. But it is understood that at is likely
to be such as to result in placing in England
O large proportion of the securities of the
American company, especially among the
shareholders of the English Salt Union.
Their fat home dividends would not make
them averse to investing still further, especi-
ally as their agent appears to have been
deeply impressed by the extent and value
of the American fields as compared with
English property of like character. These
facts show which way the salt breezes are
blowing jut now. It is tortunate that salt
is plentitul, but still ever so infiniteemal an
increase in its price adds to the burden which
theme rapacione tenets are imposing on the
people,
The Shah in .London.
The second visit of the Shah of Persia to
England will suaroely excite the curiosity
of the first, but it will be viewed with con-
siderable more of apprehension and alarm.
Red Cloud or Spotted Tail could not con-
vent a Washington hotel into a scene of more
painful disorder than the Persian monarch
left behind him in the palaces which he in-
habited. Along with those unfregrant
memories of his earlier visit,and the ex-
tremely unfavourable impression it made of
Oriental civilization, are some rerniniecences
of Oriental wisdom, such as the Shah's re-
fusal to witness the Derby, upon the ground
that it was already known to him that one
horse ran faster than ,another. London
society, however, is about as sorely in need of
amusement as any body of equal numbers
in the world, and quite as unscrupulous in
the means of supplying thia need. If the
Shah succeeds in amusing Londonfor a week,
he will, for the purposes of London, have
fulfilled his mission.— EN. Y. Timm