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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1889-10-5, Page 7• WO 11•011, eareameriwasawerealeimewriammialiwar versing on the publiereed with •thaproprie, toe of Slowbridge , - To this aeseedt there (seemed to be no Teply to rake. Ledy Theobald had her rgeemidaughter under excellent Patrol. :Cinder her rigororte rale, the girl—Where mother had, died- et her birth -abaci been brought up. At nineteen she was steeple, mutative, say. She had been permitted to • hAVA nehooPeitanions, and the greeted Ma citements ot her life had been the Slow. bridge tee.parties. Of the late Sir Gilbert Theobald, the lare said the bete. le spent very little of his 'eluded life at Oldelough nog, and, upon hie aeettb, his widow had fogad herself poseessed ot a eubstantial, gloomy Mansion, awl exalted position in Slowbridge sooiety, and a small aaerriage settlement, llpOn Whi011 she might make all the efferts she chose to suatain her state. So Lutes wore her dresses a much longer time than any other Slowbridge yogi:* lady; she was obliged to mend her little gloves again and again; and her hate were re. trimmed so often that even Slowbridge thought them old.fashioned.. But she was too simple and eweet-naturea to be inuoh troubled; and indeed thought very little about the matter. She was only troubled when Lady Theobald scolded her, which was 4ck means jaregliently. Perhaps the straite.to whieh, at times, her ladyship was pat to maintain her dignity embittered, ber somewhat. " "Mei& is neither a Theobald nor a Bar. old," she had been heard to say once, and she had said it with much rigor. A, eubjeet of meal eituvereation iu pd. vete dream heed been latelaes future. It had beenaimassed fet vadepere dam laer seventeenth year, bit no embed seemed, to epprotteli any 00111tien of the dietimity, Veen the eabjeet ef her plans tor her greed. daughter, liedy Theobald bed preserved etera silence. Once, an 01144 0111y, had allowed hersefl to be betrayed into the expreeolon of A iieutiment connected with the matter. "It titles Lucie nettrries,-." a matroe of reoltleata prooltvitieo bad remarked. Lady Tbeobeld euriied upon ben eliewly edie meeestioelly, "It Una Gaston Marries," She repeated. "Does it Beene likely that Mee GAStett Will not marry ?" Tide settled tae matter finAlly. lomat was to be married when Lady Theobald thought eiti So tar, however, elm had not Weight ilt—indeed, there bed been eobecly for Luole, to marry—uabody whem her _grandmother would have allowed her to merry, at lead. There were very few young gentlemen in Slowbridge, and the very few were atercely eligible according to lady Tbeobeld'a standard and—it elicit a thing should be mentioned—to Lueiree, if she heti known alart bed tete, which she cer. leinly aid not. .011APTER to consider, bat I Wieb eau Would do'et, my,#eare" She did • not eity anything about Luoia ; above all, she did not mention that a vear ago abet:tented!, had spat two or three days et Slovibridge, 'malted tame oharmedheyond measure by the girtii inemeat feeehness, And that the had seal, rather absently,to LearTheolaildi • - "What a obartning wife Luciawould make for a man to whom geraleuess and a yielding aienesition, were nemesary 1 We do not find Rob girls be Moiety nowpaitee, my dear Lady,Theobald. It is very &fa- oult 9f tete years to flea a girl who as net sttoken of sea foot,' and who is opt dieter:ma to tithe the mine in her own hands. On young mea are flettered and coated until they become a little dictatorial, mid, our giele are spoiled at home. And the remit is a great deal of deemed° unhappiness afterwera—and even a great deal et mane dal, 'which is dreadful to contemplate. I cannot help feeling the greatest anxiety in secret concerning Frances. Young men eo 'seldom consider these matters ;again is too late." it Girls are not trained as they were be my youeg days, or even in yours," said Lady Theobald. "They are allowed too mucb libeety. Lucia has been brought up immediately wader my owe eye." "1 teel that it is fortunate," remarked Mrs. Darold, mate inoidentelly, "that Francis need not make a point for money." For a few moments lady Theo'bali did nQ respond; but efterwera, i the emcee of the cativereation wheel/ fellowea, she made an Oteservatitut which Wes, of (*Area purely incidautal; "It Taught mokea 11 marriage which pleaaea her greatemole, aid Mr. Dugald Binnie, of Glatigow, she will be a very tor - Lunate girl. Ete has animated, in his emeneric faehinu, thee bis into:wage fortane will either be hers or will be spent he build- ing is loyal= ot kinde. He ta a rereerlieble and tenet -der Man." When tattptein Berold had. entered bis diatinguielied relative's drawine.room, he bed not regarded Lie third amain wieli A very greet dee' of interest. He had gem too many beautiea in his thirty year a to be greedy moved be the piglet et one; and bore was only a girl who hea sett eyea, mad.. looked young for her ago, and who wore an ugly muslio gown, that most giele owls' not intve carried off at all, "lon beVe Vent the greater parted your lite in Slowbricege?" he mudeticeeded to say, in the worm et the owing. "1 have lived here always," Lnia answered. "1 leave Inver been away mor than ta week et A time," "AU?' interrogatively. "r hope you base net found it dull." "No," araillug A linle." Not very. You we, I leave kuowto nethitig geyer." "Theta is society enough of A harmleos kind here," spoke up Lady Theobald, view. tuously. "I do not approve ot a round of mama for young people; it unfits them tor the duties of life." But Captain Barold was not se fAVOlir. ably tinpreeseel by tae remark e as Might have been Anticipated. "What an old fool she is his panto inward corameet, And be resolved at once to make hie aunt As brief as poodle°, and not to be induced to ruu down again, during his elm At Broecloake. Ile did not even take the trouble to appear to enjoyhis evert. iog. From his eariiret infancy, he bete al. weys found it males to pleatte Women than to please other people. In fed, the world had devoted Wolf to endeavoring to plettee him, and win leis—toleration, we may stay, instead of admiration, aireee it could net hope for the letter. At bonae he Lad bait adored rapturously by a large circle ot affeotionate mele and female reletivee ; at sebool, his tatore had ben singularly iu- siulgent of hie faults and Admiring of his talents; even among his fellow pupils be had been a sort of antoorat. Why not, in- deed, -Mai mph birthrighte And such pros- pects? When he boa mitered society, bo laid met with (Well more amiable erentroant from affectionate mothers, from itnocent daughters, from coraial intoned perents, vim had voted aim an exceedingly line fel- low. Why should he bore himeelt by tele, ing the trouble to mom pleased by a stupid evening with an old grenadier in petticoete, and a badly dressid country girl ? Lucia was very glad when, in ausweetto timidly appeal* glauce, Lady Thee ald said: "It is half -past ten. You may wish us good -night, Lucie." When dinner was over. Lady Theobald ease, and proceeded to the drawing.rcone Lucia following in her. wake. From her very behybood, Lucie had disliked the dritiving-roone. whieh was an imposing :vestment ot greet leugth end height, con. tainine much MASSiVe furniture, upholo. term' us Wed blue satin. All the terra evenings, eince ber fifth year. had beat ((pent sitting opposite her graudmother. in (meg the atratgliteet of the blue Oudot all the most Bottling reproof(' she; had mowed had been edminietered to beret such thneo. She had a secret theory, indeed, that all maplettaant thinge occurred in the dratiang. morn After dinner. Zest as they had seated themselves, and Lady Theobald wee OA the poiut ot drawing toward° her the little bead, coatainingthe grey woollen:mittens the made a duty of employing herself by knitting each evening, Dobson, the aoaohinen, Mitts diameter ot footman, threw open the door, and an- nounced a vieitor. " Captain Barold." Lady Theobald dropped her grey mitten, the stool needles falling upon the table with s clink She rose to her feet at once, and met half way the young men who had en, Urea. " My dear Frauois," sae remarked, "1 am exemedingly glad to see you at lase", with a slight emphasis upon the at last." The.anks," mid Captain Barold,rather languidly. "You're very good, I'm sere." Then he glanced tie Lucia, and Lady Theobald addressed her. Lucia," she said, "this is Francis Bar - old, who is your cousin." Captain, Barold abook handeleday. I lease been trying to find out whether it is third or fourth," ho said. "It is third," mid my lady. Lueie had never seen her display each cordiality to anybody. But Captain Fran. Ohl Barold did not seem much impressed by it. It streak Lucia that he would not be likely to be impressed by anything. He seated himself near her grandmother's chair, and -proceeded to explaia his presence on the spot, without exhibiting ranch interest even in his own relation of feats. "1 premeised the Ruthburns that I would .spend a week at their place; and Slowbridge was on the way, so it occurred to me I would drop off in passing. The Bothbam's place, Brow:leaks, is stoma ten miles far- ther on; not far, you see. "Then," seid Lady Theobald, "I am to understand that your visit ia acuidental." Captain 13arold was not embarramed. He did notattempt to avoid her ladyship s rather etern eye, as he made his cool -reply. "Well, yes," he said. "1 beg pardon, ' bat it is accidental rather." Lucia gave him a pretty, frightened look, as if she felt that, after such an audacious -confession, some thing very serious must happen ; bat nothing serious happened at all. Singalerly enough, it was Lady Theo - bald herself who looked ill at ease, and as -though she had not been prepared for such a contingency. Daring the whole of the evening, in fact, it was always Lady Theobald who was . placed at a disadvantage, Lucia discovered. She could hardly realize the fact, at first; but before an emir haa passed, ite truth was forted upon her. Captain Barold was a very striking -look., ing meat upon the whole. He was lerge,grace. fuily built, and fair, bis eyes were gray, and noticeable for the boldness of their ex. areesion, ht features regular and aquiline, his movements leisurely. As he conversed with her granernother, Lnoie wondered at him privately. It seemed to her , innocent mind that he had been averywheas, and seen everything andevery- body, without leering for or enjoying his privileges. The truth was that,he had seen and experieMed a great deal too Muth. As an only child, the heir to a large,property, and heir prospective to one, of, the oldest titles in the country, he had exhausted life early. Jae ea in Lady Theobald, not the imposing heada'anca social' front of :Slowbridge social life, the etawee who reWaidea with apprtival and penielled with a frown, but a tiresomee pretentious old woman, whom his' inciting Washed. him,' ,for some feminine reason, to,visit. aa Shea "els she has e Oak'? aPea , Vienciseaahe latid said; 'apPealinely. , ' Wella' he had remarked, "that is rathed dueoed cool, isn't it? We have people enough on our hands without culti- vating Slowbridge, you know." His mother sighed faintly. "It is true we have a great many people • ••••'• Lute% obeyed, as if she had been half. past 10 heraelf, indeed of nearly 24 ; and Darold waa not long in following her ex- empla. Dobson led him to it stately chamber at the top of the etaircase, uii left hina there. The captain came the }urged and most luxurious chair, sat down in it aad lighted it (agar at hia leisure. 'Confoundedly stupid hole ! " he said, with it refiaed vigor one would, scarcely have expected from an indiviatal of his birth and breediug. "1 shalt leave to- morrow, of course. What was my mother thinking of? Stupid business from first to last." (111A.P TER VII. "1 SHOULD LIEE TO SEE MORE 07? SLOWBRIDGE." When he announced at breaefast his ia. tention of taking his departure on the mid- day train Lucia wondered again what would happen, and again, to her relief, Lady Theobald was astonishingly lenient. "As yonr friends expect yon of course we cannot overrule them," the said. "We will, however, hope to see something of you during your stay at Broadoaks. It will be very easy for you to run down and give as it few hours now and then." " Iha-anks " said Captain Darold. He was decently civil, if not enthusiaatio, during the few remaininghours of his stay. He sauntered through the grounds with Lucie, who took oharge cabin), in obedience to her grandmother's wish. He did not find her particularly troublesome when -she was away from'her ladyship's side. When the acme oat to him in her simple cotton gown and straw hat, it occurred to him that she was mach prettier than he bad thought her at first. For monomical reasons, she had made the little morning - Chess herself, without the slightest regard for the designs of Miss Chiokie, and, as it was not trimmed at all and had only a bleak velvet ribbot at the waist, there was nothing to please her charming figura at it disadvantage. It could not be so -id thet her ishyriess and simplicity delighted Captain Barold; bat, at lead, they did not dice please him, and this was really as much as could be expected. 4, She does not expect a fellow to Edina himaelf, at all events," was hie inward comment, and he did not exert himself. Bat when on the point of taking his departure he went so fe,r as to make a very gracious remark to her. "I hope we shall leave the pleasnee of see- ing you in London for a season, before very long," he said. "My mother wil have great pleasure in taking charge of you; if ,Lady Theobald cannot be induced to leave' Elio wbridge." alinoia never goes from home alone," said Lady Theobald; "but I should cer- tainly be obliged to called upon your mother for her good offices, in the case of our spending it season in London. I am too old it woman to alter my mode of life altogether. A 11101.1040'nee to her ladyship''ware, the venerable landau was brought to the door, and the two ladies drove to the station with himee.carione lecideae eatterrea—sta ieeident to which, perhaps, this SSO# OWE'S nil existence, gime, tt it had not taken there might, "very poosibly, hate beeu no events ot a ,atirreng nature to ohroniele. Just as Dobson drove rather slowly np the part cif High etreet distinguished by tae. presellee ef Kiss Belinda Bassett's home, 0eaPela Barold suddenly appearedto be attracted by some figere he discovered in the garden Appertainingto that modest strgeture, "By Jove h" bo exelaimed in an tinder One, "there is Oatayie." a aPics);ltebye °MI ?en: eernetti7 NvA!"f &Intros smt irle°14i6geahtetdg hie fate, and his cold handsome eyes elignely brightened. Lady Theebala eat belt upright. That its Mies Bessettes niece, from America," she said, "do I understand you know h" turned to confront ber, evidently annoyed at having allowed a eurprise to get the better of him. All the expression died out of Ids tam "1 travelled with her from Frarawich to Stamford," he said. I eappose we (should have reached Slowbriage together, bet that I dropped off at Stamford to get a newspaper, end the train left me bellied." Ob, greedy:tat:Area I" exclaimed Loden whoa had tweed ta look, "how very pretty she is!" Mies Ootaviet certainly was amazingly so thiii lamming. She Waa etamlieg by A reee,bileh again, and was droned tu it cashmere morning -robe of the fittest texture awl tae tainted pink; it bad it Watteau Veit aewa the beck, it „hied of lato down the front, ami the e'en, top faille 9f lace atoned tbe hroet which loomed to be at weelemito with bete nor hair was dreosed high upon bee heed, and allowed to etleinttege ber liLtle mat and as muck of leer ellen white Peck as the fxilla did no; °Bair:lady Theobald-aia net elane 1411461,'S outhuoieten, "She leolie like an actress," ebe said. "If the Uwe were painted canvai and t/ae roma eetifical, ene might have some patience with her. That kind of thing is scarcely what we expeot inSlowbridge." ' Then she tamed to Beeeld. "1 heti the pleesare ot meeting her yes. teratty, net long atter obe areive4," she Paid. "She had ditenondia in her eare as big AP pee!, and einge to"mattch, Bete menner is pat What Otte Might =Mt IrOM A young woman broinette up among geld-dieeera andedivereninero." ."It amuck me as being a Very unique and interesting resnuer," said Ceptein Barold, "1; as chiefly noticeable tor it sang ,fraid wbleb raiglit be regarded as xether enviable, She wee geed epough to tell me all about her papa and Ille salver mince, and I rattily foetal the 'converoatiou euturteining." ']t is acareoly quaternary tor, Euglialo young women to C0111-140 hi their mescaline trevellipg coropeinione to Ouch an extent," remarked my 'way grimly. She did not coofiee in me at all," mid. Barold. "Therein ley her attraction, Oue caunot submit to being coatided in" by it T4ithrtsugyequY:g"Igatiwyc:an,3,:antn* abr°1sWer w"ereehtairemvoir% agilely with an adorably °oar candor, eleicat evidently did not emir° to appeal te egy etetotioti whatever," And, as he leaned amok still looked itt tbeepieturesque figure which they tut pAtist.ti% se u he evetild notbave leieu; sorry, .to ace it tura its head toward hnl . en fad, it maned that, notwithstanding his usual good fortune, Captain Binned. 'was doomed this morning to make remarks of a nature objectionable fa hie reeerea, relation. Onetbeir wail they peed d Mr.' Buraustone's mill, which was at work in all eta vigor, melt wine and bazz of inacbinery and it sligha odor of oil it iso surrounding atmosphere. s. Ah 1" said Mr. Barold, puttmg hie. single eyeeelass into his eye, and ecanning it after the meaner of experts, "I did not thiuk you had anything of that sort beta: Who put it up? " , . Tbe men's name," replied Lady Theobald, severely, "ie Burraistone." "Pretty good idea, isn't it?" remarked Barold. "Good for the plain—and ail that sort of thiag." "To my mind," answered my lady, "it is the worat thing tibia could have happened." Mr. Eamon Darted dropped biseye-glage dexterously, and at 0000 lapsed into hiT .110T11141 Milditi011—WbiOh was it condition by no mane favorable to argument. "Think so?" he said elowly. a"Pity lanai it under the taironmstancee ? " And really there was nothing at all for her laclyehip to do but preserve it lofty silence. She had scarcely recovered herself when they reached the station, and it was necessary to say farewell as complacently as posaible. , , "Wo will hope to sao you again before many doe," she said, witn dignity, if not with warmth. e Mr. Francis Barold was silent for a moon, and it slightly reflective expression • flitted morose his face. " Thanks—yes,' he said at last. "Cer- tainly. It is easy to come down, and I should like to see more of Slowbridge." When the Vain had puffed in and oat of the station, and Dobson was driving down Hieh street again, her ladyship's feelings rather got the beater of her. If Belinda Bassett is a wise woman," 'she remarked, "she will take my advice, and get rid of this young lady as soon as possible. It appears to me," she continued, with exalted piety, "that every well-trained English girl has reason to thank bee Maker that she was born in it !civilized land." "Perhaps," suggested Lucia, softly, 'Miss Ootavia Bassett hen had no one to to traia her at all—and it may be that— that she even feels it deeply." ' The feethers in her ladyship's bonnet trembled. • " Woe acep not feel it at all ! " she announced. "She it an, hapertinent— minx I " • (To be Continued). H. Dean, Toronto, the young man charged, with abdnoting and seducing Marion Atkinson, was allowed out on his own bail, Inspector Archibald stating that he bad consented to mar* the girl. Dean has been in jell since his arrest, and has had lots oftime to reflect on hie folly. Later in the day the marriage took place at' Erskine Presbyterian Clearola, Rev. W, A. nanter conducting the ceremony and Mr. A. Thorns= giving away' flee bride. Delia Walker; aged 19, conemitted sal eide by drowning at Langdon, N. H. on Friday itiglet. She was a beautiful 'and aocornplished,girl. She was spending her variation tie home expepting to retina this week to an art ecthool na Boston. The oause• of her saicielees it mystery. She was an intimate friend and olasertiate of Ilene Skinner, of Keene, and Miss Walker of Springfield, Vt., both of whom committed suicide last winter. --Fifteen of the twenty-five mayors who have governed Chicago have been natives the State of New York. Wear,. "WOriEtERS, NEVER CEASE V The Teleutogreph, By 'Dumas of, Which, tleragPhie se:tY be. Se44 itt tUriinalIudltiA The telautograph (or eleetrici, pone ot telegraphing A message in the Sender's handwriting}, devised by Elitha Gray, is thus described: The apparatus orients of two writiug tables, one at emb end ot the line, mittiah consiete of two telegraph wires. ($9eP these tables are two wrisnag pens in coal:leaden with the eleotrio parts- of the apparetue. One pen is for the person gentle log the message to write with, the other is for the antMmatio receipt or copyieg of tale meseage sent. In moving his ?elm, over the paper po as to form the lettere:the sender,. by means of metal brueltesenoving over contacts, interrupts two eleotrite aliments, one on each line. The current on one line is interrupted by the up and down drakes of the pen; the current on the other by the • left and right etrokes. The intermittent currents thus tirodticed, after traversing the Hues, paes through two sets of electro- magnets, whose armeeeree, they attract, atm thus Control the receiving pen. The intermittent currents follow met other so rapidly tbat the sielaheastele acia- time of the reoeivieg pee is hardly notice. able, and the copy of ;be writing is said to be t voeteltyzett .withThe instrumento having been supplied with paper, dm operator takes the trausnaleang pen, end, holdieg it the paper, movee it to the point over the peeler et which hedeeiree to begin writing the memage. As the tranemitileg pen ia thus moved, oue et both et the begiabee, la turned tie aa to iutee- apt one tee both currents, and thus Inman the magnets mad their armataree move the reetavoig pen to it corresponding peeition on the paper, the xemanag nen 'ging ;eased out ef contact by it apeotal eon -litter. The operator thee preasea bio veal cat the paper so itt ordinary writing, awl the tabte being aepreseed olome a legal cireeit and beluga tbui receiving pea OA the paper, ithe operator then writes, and the xeceleieg pea followe =foveae:tuts by mono et tee eleatrcernagnets, aotietted, by the intermittent curreute. Wbea the operator wishes to break off or go beset to comet, he raises the trandnit, ting pen from the peper. Tbis allows the table to rise and the receiving pen ta rim front the paver. By airlifting to the eeeired paint and, lowerizig his pee the operator atemea the reteivieg pen to follow. When it uew hue requiem that the paper loereoved tee operator warlia it beadle and shifto the peper.l. tetuartaitter and receiver are need et each elation. 113 order to transmit diagreme, mape or pictures the tranemit. sing And receiving mina are allowed A suit. able ranee, but -there is no other change required.- A, pencil or titylas may he used in place of tbe tranenaizting pen, and the lettere merely formed, not marked. It is expected that the apparatus will be usefulni butaineee treueactione, for au)ono can by its moms be lila own telegrapher. eratetau meteor casualties. Taking Scotland no it wbole there ware compArtitisely few fatal acoidents ba mines lest year, eitleoug'a the total %lambda of imoidente of all hunts allow it considerable inoreasie over the previous year, naraely, 200, as against 107. La $5 of there 200 emidente 36 pereous were killed, as spinet al &ado by 27 separate accidents in 1887. Although that is it coueiderable inert:am yet hie very much wader thesverage shalt) the paining of the Nino Regulation Aot of 1872. Tile average lives bad annually dur. jnktbn "eareett is nee in every 586 ilersoFe .ployire \elute last year it was Maly data tivery 626. No less than 53e • per eent, of the deatbs last year were canted by talle—four fallti of coal ,und teelve Jana from the roof resulting in eiventeen deatbe. As regards thesefalle ,atie Ronalatton says: "1 oan only repeat • Wliat I have dated in former reporte, that • ulna there as introanced compulsory aye. .teroutio propping and spragging at the face, annuli leave* nothing to individual discretion as to where and when prope and eprage are to bit sat, progress in reducing the tamber of these accidents will be alow." Mr. Moore again says that he thinks the minimum of accidents from feels from the roofs aud sides will never be readied until the care of the roof and shies of the miners' working places in put tipon the owners end officiels with no power to delegate it to the miner, anil he adds that, in his opipion, "there ought to be it trebled staff of Men f r this class of work." is aetiaron in Chicago ? • 'the Ceicago Ntaes of Tuesday says: Meer Gerrity, who is stationed at the earner of Jain.son and Inarbiret streets, was told s startling story this afternooa by elautlarri. a! 0 Brien, who declared that he bad (eery reason to believe that LeOartan Was in Chicago. "O'Brien told ria," Elia Garrity to -day, " that while . he was ass3rting his mail yesterday it man came- to the window and asked the address of a certain Englishman who used to be oonueceed with the Western British -American. O'Brien had a friend standing there at the time, and he et once declared: Why, that's LeCarone He claimed to know the epy very well and at once rusbed outside to greet the man sup- posed to be LeCaron. When he gat into the corridor, however, the fellow had dis- appeared. O'Brien's friend said he oonld not be mistaken and tlaat he would take an oath that the man was LeCaron." • There has been some talk of the spy's giving testimony in the Cronin case, and thee story told by Mail Carrier O'Brien giveasome color to the rumor thee LeCaron will appear on the stand. O'Brien's very peculiar statement, 'however, could not be confiemed this afternoon. smithsontan Ubiquity. The St. Louis ltepulilican has traced the name John Smith through various lan- guages with this result: In Latin he is Johannes Smithns ; the Italians amoothe him off with Giovanni Smith r the Spaniards render him as jean Smitten; the , Hollanders adopt aim as Hans Schmidt; the French flatten him out se Jean Smeet ; the Ruesian sneezes and barks 'as tee says Ivan Snaittowski. In China he is known as jovial Shimrait ; in Iceland as Johne Smithson; in Tus- caroras you forget all about Pocahontas and Pea -laden when you lest them call Ton Qsiii Smittia. . In Wales they speak of him as Jihon Somidd ; in Mexico he is Jantli F'Smitti ; among the Greek ruins theguide feepeaks of i him as Ion Smiktore and n Turkey he is utterly disguised as Voe Self. . , The Queen of Madagascar has just cele- brated the annual function of taking her State bath. All her attendants joined in the solemnities. --Father of family—How ranch? Shoe dealer, figuring on back of package—Pair of shoes for the lady, 8 ; eldest girl, $5 ; boy, e3 other girl, ; baby, e1.50. just 02050, sir. Thanks. ,. Can't I show you some shoes for yourself? Father oefaraily, wearily—Oh, don't bother about me. loan go barefoot. Voting on the repeal of the Scott Aot at Fredericton, N. B., takes place the last week in November. The Aot has been in force there longer than ha any other eleo eared district in Canada. BilPfil PRICED LOTS, Where Lau d is Sold Pee, $rkeare Foot, The New Y (ark Herald says Smith •Ely, jun., and Jeff arson M. Levy have returned to New York after an extended European trip. Them two gentlemen have for a awn. ber of years, past co-operated in the par - please and stile of city properties- They naterelly„ when abroad. had their (Vett wide epee, and Mr. eefferme M. Levy said; "We have not at all come np to tae valuta! witiob London peoperties command. here was it sale there, recently et a parcel con- taining faty agetwe feet to the London County Bank, almost opposite the Beek of England. Tlaat property spid at it figure metal to "e025,000 for what we designate it an of 2eix100. In fad there is ieo ouch thing as it real matte market there, ana whenever anything is Bela at all it goes by the square loot, at from a25 to 3() per foot, Investore Alm who melte it business of reining property are perfectly satisfied with the 2, per cent. they are now earning on their investments. 'Yet all of them people carefully watch the progress of this oountre, and year by year more of their =nee will be planted he the Amerima The Art. of Beat Dressing, After seeing A fair woman itt. the arm weticla most salts her you no more wig/a to ese her in any oth.er than to me an oriole in pink or a. robin in parrot green. When iwobaell learn the Art of deeas they will Aged numb leas in the way of ovehttme than they do now—ohenges ter the season, that is all. It is your itheap, pronouce, ill. chosen gamete hen At Veen fashionable, arbion oue tirea of soon; and, if women did but /mow it, there is but one etyle becoming to each wee ot them, whiole briags oat her good veleta and suppressee poor ones, wawa we ebould be glad to, Bee her le con- tinually. Mary Stuart had fifty gated dramas, stiff with geld Ned minever, and elm* with maim aud pearls AS A modern germ lo with jet, but who ever violate to thine ot bee iti tetly Mete= but that of ber picture, the Meek velvet gown aging eaeil the aapple agure, the transparent cuffs an mg of point lace, the net of Pearls and the white veil. She being A beernifol, graceful woman could do with it wardrobe of few armee, compered with the royal frump Elizabeth Regina, aim bad 3,000 toilets, mate of which, we are told, exalt to thie atty. But elle needed something gorgeone to take people'e eyea tram her black teeth, as elatetold one of her ern/union. Geed oolut are an economy.—Shieley Dere. Where References Aro No't Required.. Strauger-40 I'd like ter git aiobitsorae, thing, but I'm a stranger here an' ain't got no referencee:' Alerclu.nt—du Itt that case there is PO change for pen Anywhere, except PA ihe Police fuzee." Uat 1isLowev, Wise Gushing—You are & widowee, are .3'ml not, aIr. Newman? Mr. Newman (of Salt Lake City)—Only partially, Miele Gulling, Three of my wives are etili liviug. —An Triebnean had a alenal clock, And said he bed nothing to do but to pull the string mod he could awake himself. —I; is inatinot that prompts it girl who knows notloing of the world to ask to drive when you dram it lonely med.—Lawrence American. ' --Tea-yeller in parlor me, paminga health resoree—That is it remerkably.pietareeque village we aro paSsing. What Is ate prima, pal intent& Porter—Enabalming. TALE 07.' ANESQ1115SAV. An Esquiniaa sat on a Mut* of lee, • In tbo lat,t1 of the Nerhern Pole; •Be oractati his liee/s middle whistled twice At a sight that alarmed his soul. For a stranger mane over the fields of team, At it speed that was fearful, quite ; Els mates were panel and thin with woe And the fcest.on eis beard was white, "Oh. pathee, patine -mind the Esquimau "Prom weenee do lee come so fast "X comefrom a laud weary leagues belOW This realm with its storm aud blast. 1 come from it /and in the far off South, And I've travelled ten amain(' antics Since last the sun like it bearable mouth Turned loose on the earth his males, Matrimony is the only thing that offers man it safe refuge from himself, if he will only allow his wife to properly develop her capabilities. —" Say, Bobbie, why ie it you always look so mean and shabby? Why don't you be like Sammy Bilpeyd and look nice?" "Wall, pop, his father bus s him some new clothes now and then." 'At sick man expreseed a desire for some appai aumplings, and his wife made it dozen. A little son set by the bedside watching the dumplings disappear one by one. Alter it eleven had been devoured the boy said "Pa, can I have a dumpling? " And the invalid, biting into the last of the toothsome delicacies, said: "Go away, ray son; your father if Bice." Why (Mould a young man says he's " raised " a mustache when the truth ofthe matter is thee it is " down ?" —The greatest known depth of the ocean is midway between -the 'shied of neaten d'Arninha and the mouth of the Rio de la Plata. The bottom was arra reached fit a depth of 40 236 feet. PRINCE ALBERT, who now succeeds the late Prince of Monaco, is it man who is known to • the world mainly on account of his craze' • on the subject of the Gulf Stream and also by reasen of the extraordinary oironmstances which brought his marriage to a close in 1880. Born in 1848, he was married in September, 1869, at the Tnileries, ill Paris, to Lady Mary Victoria, the only daughter of tbe late Duke of Hamilton. The late Duchess of Hamilton was it Princess of tne house, of Baden, and as snob related through the Beanharnaie to the Bonapertes. The marriage between Prince Albert and Lady Mary was arranged by Napoleon III. A few days eater the marriage Princess Mary left her husband suddenly, never to return. The reason whioh led her to adopt this extraordinary coarse has remained a deep mystery to the world at large, and is only known to a few persons, in - eluding the King and Queen of the Bel. gia,ns, the Pope and a few other great per- sonages. It is worthy of note, however, that popular sympathy was altogether 011 the side of Lady Mary, and that her hus- band has been cold -shouldered ever since by those iri a position to know the true facts in the case: Lady Mary shortly afterwards commenced proceedings at the Vatican with a view to obtaining the annul- ment of the marriage, on the grounds (the only ones publicly given) that the had been forced into contracting the alliance against her will. A special committee of five oar- dinals was appointed by the Pontiff to consider the oasis. After numerous delays and discussions extending over a term of ten years, the marriage was finally an- nulled on January 3rd, 1880, the son, how- ever, who was born within the first year after the wedding being expressly declared to be of legitimate birth. Lady Mary has since married the well.known Hungarian magnate and spoilsoaan, Count Tamil° Festetioo, and entertained the Prime of Wales at her superb country seat in Hun- gary last year. neeten X.3.4-Orgal*L. 0181410.10.. Morn 104617 i+Ar thy raillier--New1-11iluic in corn rests, - Professor Burral ha a detected it. aew- baoterial aimed) of Wien corn, wbiolt, shows itself first in A dwarfed oonditioa of the young plants over areas larying,in siz from a few Square reds to an sore or more. After the tassels are tamed, the disease may be found mattered throughout the field ie single pleats; the affected abase and especially their lower leaves, being yel- low and smaller than the healthy (axes. In anything lake severe meet!, at least bale of the mete are injured and °nee dead, the lower portion, of the atalk will be fauna dead. or dying, and presenting a derk eoler when aplit. The deseam orgernema are. found en great eumbere on and within the. affected parts, in rattily owe eellectea ia gelatinous masses cementing of the bacteria. held tegether by it sift mucilaginous anh- Bianco which they exude. Too little is known of the disease to auggeet any remedy, but, as it is probable that the germs live through the winter in the soil, ehe young men would be liable to gaffer more if pleated iri a field waere the disease had prevailed the year before. It is notate that the disease is usually the word where ottra bee momedea core. The anew is a very prevalent one, and.rnay have existed for it long time. It is not always destruc- tive enough to attract ateentioa, but not infrequently it oceetsloaa very serious low. —Gamlen and Faroe. A. Neu er Ilederatesellec. Amerittala chaantdoe "Big Foot John" has been eneerthed na the wilds of North Carolina, and he has hia levee 'Made ha tide tatty, no is it dielue and it geetlerean of oolor, being properly loi0W11 as the Rev. Jolla W. Faratiara, pastor of the Methodist Episeopel Clatnele az OberIotte. The size of leis hoot ia 351, whiele neeeseitetee agale of twee* Mabee in length and aevee imbee breed. Bev. VArehane steads 6 feet 10 inchee in his eizeale ateckinge and weighs 410 pomade wheu otripped ot his itopedi. mente. 'Wizen he strides np the sanctuary aisle the folindatioea mcnble as if under the ieaueuce of an earthquake shock, and the etrauger within tbe gates ierke, round expecting to toe Gabriel and the Last Day band ie head, The mforoed itineracy ot Methadietio clergyman has maittel Brother Farnham no little annoyance, lox no emu= does he Aga in one town it colnaler who Orin fit his feet than be is hustled ofx to another far diakeet. Becteutly, hewever, the prob- lem haat foetid. A eolutiom The dean= has bad it quantity ot reemmoth leato and uppers, enfAcient to last till doe:3314v, nasenfeeturerl and rant to a shoe house on Eigleta Street, in this city. nue provided be cen rive euperior to Ida big -footed fate by having the finielehag tout:tee Added whenever there is need, The privilege of halfeteling the reverend's boots m oenented 11 rare 01.10.—Philadelp7ia That Deattlie Scourge: Tubercular oonsumption is simply hong. at:refute—the aotive and dangerous develop. went ot a taint itt the blood, no grand bloodeoleaneing botanic principle a contained in De Pierce's Golden Parodical Discovery apeoially fit it to purify the blood, and prevent tau formation of ulcers in tbe 'enplane bronchial tubes, Liver corn Taint, elan aiseasee, And sores, are aleo ourestby it. All druggists. Consistent Service. now am the new preartberimprese you, Mrs. Plating ? " "He seemea.very eloquent MA used no notes whatever.? "Row did the (their sing?" " Wen, juat as the mimate; preached." '• The "old reliable "—Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, 2xactly. Elevated R. R. Condnotor—Sohwxyz. mixstrish ! Stranger—What street did you say? Elevated R. le. Conductor (with blood in his eye)—Schwxyzadeatrish. Stranger—Thanks. Dootor—atal nothing but an atiaok of dyspepsia. Patieta—And what does tient come from ? Doctor—That comes from the Greek, madam, No matter whether it comes from the (4...reek or the Hebrew, or eating mince pie if you heve it, lad take Dr. Pierce's Plea - ant Pargetive Pellets, and yea won't need to ask the doctor ant thing about it. Specific in all derangements of the liver, stomach and boivels. Parlor Street cars. There is IN possibility that Pullman par- lor street cars will be running on the Traor don company's Market street and Col- umbia aveene lines before long. The Traction syndicate is considering plans for establishing such a service an South and Wed Side cable lines in Chicago, and if the results shall be satisfaotory there Philadelphia will, without doubt, get it taste of the new luxe*. The intention of the company is to have the cars hand- somely fated up and fixed on double tracks. An extra fare of five cents will be levied, but no more passengers will be admitted than can be comfortably seated. For those who have it long distance to ride, the Pull- man oar will have every attraotion, and it is thought that many will gladly pay the additional five cents,—Philadelphia Record. TEE TRVENTO "Reap still and stop your fidgeting and iistea now, my son, This story of good Indium is only just begun." -'Don't like it," crossly said the boy, kept in against his win, "'cause he's the man who ant invented making sons stand still." le The two youngest daughters of the Prime of Wales are contributors to magazines. love the naan who knows it all, Prom east to west, from north to south; Who knows eh things, both great and snaall And tele it with his tireless mouth, Who holds a listening world ie ate, The while he works bis iron jaw." Two more of Grand Tzar& Yardmaster Walker's children died yesterday at Lon- don from diphtheria, and another one was striokert down with the terrible malady. A. week ago Mr. Walker's seven children were well and hearty, but in that time four of them have died and two others are still very low. The disease was first contracted by one of the younger daughters and brought into the home, but she is now on it fair way to reoovery. fainessusbeis . st 4> 40 ee • ,e11,i GENTS MAKE $100 A MONTH 4.3-. with us. S.nd 20ofor terms. A colored rug pattern and 50 colored designs. W. es , BU'SB, St. Thomas, Out THE COOK'S BEST FRIEND