HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1889-12-5, Page 7Getting licittare;
Maid of Oshkosb, ere I go
Tell me what am to know!
Does your father still declare
I o,an never be hie heir?
Hear ray vow before I get,—
I'll be oyen with hina yet.
By those tresses bleached to gold,
And those bangs in tinfoil rolled;
By your highly frescoed cheek:
By my dollars, Eix a week;
You can say I told you so—
V11 be even, with him, though,
Ey the aid which he might len,
113,y fats cash rd like to spend;
By the joy which he could crowd
wpon one who poor but proud;
'V0118114 that I make my 'nags--
lru, be eYen 'with his jags,
;Maid of Oshkosh, 1 must flee,
;For another waits for me;
jI.shali we your rival, sweet,
Wharesidett across the street.
When hermealth secure I've got--
n:Pliehow him what is N9/ast.
—Byron2paro4ied in, Chicago Herald.
,4-PAS3/024 POE TPLaiDS.
''The Druslussii of Fife's Wedding Has Given.
Them New Life,.
The tartan gowns made for the Duchess
OfFifeheve brought about a furor for
.plaids or every desoription. Tailor gowns,
.neglige robes, sleighing and skating cos-
tume and cloaks all appear bearing the
• graded blocks and different colors of the
Varied ecottiah clans.
The &mine Post eitys; Cloaks in regu-
lar old-fashioned style are made up
" straight of the goods," while the dresses
owe mostly bias. Plain jerseys are worn
above some of the tartan skirts, but in very
.reany cases the corona is aloe of the yield.
Once it would hoe been deemed elmoat
Impoosible to make A really pretty bodice
Of snob breed tartans. but tote adjuete its-
eelt te fasbion, and art has helped to
modify the once angalarlinee of a plaided
•Nreist by shaping tbe bloke diogonally,
the slanting, carving lino taking awoy
AU the former wooden look of such a go-
nuent.
The plaided cloaks are &genuine novelty,
/end ere allele with triple capes' (some laid
knile.blade plaits), svhieh ere mounted
deeply pointed yoke at velvet, with a
• band of the same down the front.
The oloak is plaited into the waist be-
hind, and a monkish air la given to some of
-the wraps by the addition of a heavy friar's
4gird1e of silk end wool, which is knotted
loosely at the waiet. The color of the
girdle medollea the shed° of the velvet yoke.
The Fortune of War.
The send e Scotch greuedier who solved
in Spain under Wellington relates the fol-
lowing adventure which iefell his tether
at the beige of Fontes &Room and
Which, are told in the grenadier 3 Otila len-
gri?ges
While we were forcing the French
Under Miirabel Maaaeua, 11310W11 in the
liiipoleonio time as the spoiled eon of vie
-
tory,' through the town, during our first
advance, a bayonet went through between
ray side and olothes, to my lumps**, which
stopped it progreen The Frenchman to
Whom the bayonet belonged fell, pierced by
a neusket ball from any rear -rank man.
Whilst freeing rayon from the bayonet, a
took off part of my right -shoulder
wing, and killed my rear -rank man, who
tell upon me.
"Daring the day tho los of nen was
great. In our retreat back to the town,
when we halted to cheat the enemy, who
bete hard upon us in their attempts' to
break our lino, often 1 was obliged to stand
with a foot upon either side of a wounden
man, who wrung my octal with prayers
I could not answer' and pierced my heart
with his cries to belifted out of the way of
the cavalry.
"We kept up our lire until long after
I' dark. About 1 o'clock in the morning we
got four ounces of bread served out to eaoh
man, which had been collected out of the
haverseake of the foot guards, After the
liring had ceased, vse began to oar&
• through the town, and loneid plenty of
flour, bacon and sausages on which we
• footed heartily, and laid down in our
• blankets wearied to death. My °boulder
• vas &abbe* as a coal from the recoil of
• my minket, for this day I had fired 107
rounds of bell -cartridge. Sore as I was, I
• dein as sennd ae a top till I was awakened
by the loud call of the bugle, an hour before
day."
What to do for Squeaking Shoes.
The &leaking of sheen as the Listener
believee he once before explained, is due
to the rabbing of the upper upon the under
sole. This is prevented by patting soapstone
•powder between the two thicknesses of
loather, which acts as sort of lubricator.
.A shoe which has 'squeaked can be cured by
the dealer or a cobbler simply by ripping
the soles apart, putting in soapstone and
sewing or pegging the leathers together
.again. Some people like to have their shoes
squeak; it serves very ranch the purpose
of an announcement of their presence and
takes the place of the runner who, in India,
precedes the great man's carriage, shouting,
Make way for the sahib 1" The Listener
isenot one of those persons. He perfere mute
• ehoes. But he can stand anything except
a pair of shoes one of which 'squeak' and
the other does not. To go down a room, in
the face of considerable company, with a
Pair of shoes making unlike and alternating
noises, than " Squeak, clump Squeak,
• clump 1" is one of the greatest trials in the
world.—Boston Transcript.
EXEDUISING NICKEL.
A Nice Little Story About How it Settled
/Seven Debts.
gow money makes the mare go" was
'hewn bee an incident that occurred rester -
day on a Chestnut street oar, and exempli-
nee the powee contained in one little nioltel
says the pheseeelphis .Inquirer. A stout
man handed a dime to the eceldeeter' who,
before returning the 4.712ange' eelleetea
nickel from a female
paieee'esevidently
a washerwoman, and handled the theitel
to the stout man. Turning to a
friend evidently, and who had ,eot es.
e eSsiss.ngee*,
liefore the stout man, the latter !mended
him the nickel, remarking with a laugh ekt
the eame time: " There, Bob, I owe you'
5 cents, and that squares us."
"Bob took the coin with e. onaile, and,
leaning aorosa the aisle mid to an anquain-
tanoe with whom he had been talking, and
who wee acoompanied by a lady, evidently
his wife:
There's that 5 cents I bet you on Boyer'e
majority."
The acquaintance ilipped the coin from
his right to hie left hand and banded
it to his female companion with the re-
mark:
"There's that five cents I borrowed for
that cigar -this morning."
Stealing sweetly the lady accepted the
coin, and, reaching over, droppedit into the
waskerwonlared hand, saying:
There's the five cents I owe you, and
that just makes ne square."
It nee all done ao quickly and in such an
offhand way tbat it was not until the ooin
svas in the hand of its flack possessor that
the passengers whose ownership it had
pelted realized what a number of debts the
small piece had paid, ,paseing in turn
through the hands at the washerwornan,
the OOndllOtOr'the stoat man, the snout
friend,, the stout man's friend's act-
queintance, the stout titan's friend's
aoquaintancele wife, and the stout- man's'
friend's nequaintantance's wife's washer-
women, to ell paying seven debts', enl
coming batik to the original poeseeeer. It
sent all halide into a brown study, and tho
etory ie true, too.
leillawILAWWW.
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most Important Wetter During the Winter
Sealers.
We have now come to the time of the
year when we Shall sit with our windows
closed end our doors &leo, and shell conse-
quently feel the loss of tat pure air which
we have hitherto admitted through open
doors and vsindowe, says a writer in the
Ladies' World. Not only @hall we offer
this lose, but we shell beve to endure the
untold eviie that aeoompany the warmth of
stoves and furnaces. We can do mob,
howevee,tomingete these evils by judicious
1 ennttlation of our homes, but it will require
rcoeMprhetgheims.enTt haelldeitnplielisttlemestkhuodd! ot
ventilating & room is by opening the win -
(hew from the top end patting it up from
the ,:lottom, allowing the foul warm air to
(mane and -the pure. air to enter.
An vonei:R replace helps greatly to
neap 'tin) sir pure. It the bedroom
windows eraguerded by shades and
blinds, one at tenet may remain open all
night, provided i"• does , not. subject the
sleeper to a draught, and the effeot will be
highly beneficial. `Chia &odd most
certainly be done in any apartment heated
by a stove or furnace, as earbonic-oxide
escapee from either as ordinarily /11611U,
lectured. Air if sure to become unwhole-
aorne whenever it stagruttes long, so the
best thing one oan do is to make it circu-
late, or at least to set it in MOti012 outward
from the room, and this can be done, as
wehave saie, by opening the window at
top and bottom. If windows anddoore are
oppoaite each other, open both, if it is only
for 60 seconds, and let a Strong rust of
cold Air 0001010 ; and this will drive the
heeted foul air out. On coming into the
room after this ventilation, no one with
any onaibility can fail to discover the
healthful difference between foulneas and
parity. This eimple act of ventilation
ehould be pereormed in every sleeping
chamber where lamps liana been lighted
end people sitting before retiring. This
thorough air olesmung will be needed in ad-
dition to opening the Seam and leaving
them thus with, blinds skied and abodes'
drawn down. '
The Tools of Asiatic Ilforicznen.
One more illustration of the stage of
advancement whit% has been reached by
the mechanical geniuses of Amens I will
borrow from a cutler's shop, Remember
that it le the best work of men who are in
the lull beat of the etraggle for life that we
are noting. These cutlers have to compete
in the streets' of their city with the =tot
the men of Sheffield. And thin is the de.
vice that they have been able to originete
ea the clitnax el ingenious machinery for
the ehopening of knives. They beam a
Owlet -one mounted on an axle fixed open
the platform of the lint% stall where they
do their work. A rope is passed three or
four times around the axle of the grirel-
stone, and out in the middle of the narrow
street, in front of the catler's shop, sten&
man with one end of the rope in each
band: gravely pulling away. When he pulls
the right hand the geendstono revolves to-
ward him; when he pulls the left band it
revolvee iron' bine. By the grindstone
equate the knife -grinder cross-legged,
obliged to turn the knife aver every mo-
ment as the atone ohangea its mune of
revolution. Thera is something pathetic
in the spectacle of these men who have
wrestled with the problem of changing a
reciprooting motion to a rotary one; have
wrestled doubtless as valiantly as Edison
with his mighty problem' of eleotro-dyns-
rake, and then bevel given up the problem
as insoluble, like the problem of the flying
machine, and have settled down to such
devices as the most favorable basis on
which theycan contest their market with
the aggreseive Europe stns.—Arian Correspon-
dence New York Tribune.
An Eiffel Idea.
M. Eiffel, the builder of the great tower
In Paria, has recently invented a bridge
whioh promises to "fill a long felt want"
of the railroad companies. It is to be used
temporarily in the piece of the ordinary
bridges when they have been damaged. It
is made of steel, carries a track, and weighs,
• with a length of 150 feet, about eighty-six
sr tons. It can be put in position from either
• end without the aid of machinery or any
• preparation, simply by human hands. At
•es recent trial in Paris, M. de Freycinet and
• many officers of high rank and officals of
• the railways from several conntries,,express-
ed their hearty admiration of tin—New
•rYorh Tribune.
A Curious Effect.
Rather a good joke about the effeots of
lager beer on specific gravity was told us by
a gentleman frorreBesansville on Saturday.
,During an argument about what people
would weigh under certain conditions, a
portly resident of that town who turniethe
scale at 239 pounds' asserted he °meld weigh
-.240 pond if he oboe. To make good his
assertion he got down about four ;schooners
of lager, and then went to the oaks, when,
to Ids amazement he only registered 238
pounds.—St. Catharines Journal.
Odd.
Shee-Dearest, do you rbelieve there is
duck in odd numbers?
He—len sure I don't know. Why, deer?
She—Well, Unfit' the third time we have
been engaged to each other, you know and
I thought possibly we might marry this
—The will of the late Mr. John Crerar,
Of Chicago, devises $2,500,000 to that city
for the establishment and maintenano of a
publiodibrary.
The „Population of India.
The new oensus of India gives the popu-
lation in lifarob, 1888, as 269,728,000, of
which 60,684,378 belonged to the native
states. Diatrilmted &cording to religion,
in round numbers, the Hindoo population,
in millions, is about 190; the Mohamme-
dans, 81; "aboriginals," 6e ; Buddhists,
; Christiana, neerly 2; Sikes, nearly 2;
Jaine, l, while Parsees, Jews and others,
are comparatively vary few. The Church
of England ha e nearly 360,000 members ;
other Episcopalian Churches 20,000; the
Church of Scotland, the same number;
" other Proteetants," 158,000; Roman
Catholic, nearly a million, andSyrians,
Armenians and Greeks, over 300,000.
About 106,000,000 males and 111,000,000
females are neither under instruction nor
able to read or write. Details are given of
109 different languages spoken. Hindustani
comes Orst with over 82 millions; then
Bengali, with nearly 40; Telugu, with 17;
Manratti, also 17; Punjabi, 16; Tamil, 13.
Guzrati, Canarese, Oorlys, Malayalam.
Sindi, Burmese, Hindi, Assamese, Kol,
Southall& and Gondi come next in order.
Next to Calcutta, Bombay and elation
Hyderabad is the most populous oity in
India, Luolmow coming next.
Information About" Yourself."
The average number of teeth is thirty,
two.
The weight of the circulating blood is
28 wends.
The average weight of an adult is 150
pounds and six ounces,
The brain of a man exceeds that of any
other enimal,
A. man breathes eleutr20 tines a Mhatite
mud 1,200 in an hour.
A man breothee about 18 pints of air in
minete, or upward of seven hogsheads a
The average weight of the brain of a man
le 3e penises ; of a worm= two pound's and
eleven canoes. .
Five hundred and forty pounds, or one
hogshead and le-. pieta ot blood, peso
through the heart m one hour.
The average height of an Englishman is
5 feet 9 inches, of a Frenchman 5 feet 4.
inches, of a Belgian 5 feet 6e inches.
The beart sends nearly ten pounds of
blood tbrougla the veleta and arteries each
beat, and makes four beats while we breathe
ono.
One hundred and seventy-five million
cella are in the lungs, which would oover
a surface thirty times greeter than the
human body.
Scotch Coroner's Dilemma.
A. Scotch ooroner was called upon recent-
ly to hold an inquest in the case of a man
who dropped suddenly dead of apoplexy
while in the act of committing suicide with
a fish knife. It was a curious case, for if
the man had not fallen dead instantaneous-
ly there must have been a large quantity of
blood about, which there was not. The
biood on the knife was only one spurt which
had run down it. The coroner said it was
an extraordinary case, and one that was
seldom known. The jury returned a ver-
dict in accordance with the medical testi-
mony.
Artificial Sponge Propagation.
A new sponge industry is being developed
on the coast of Dalmatia as an outcome of
experiments by Professor Oscar Schmidt,
of Styria. Professor Schmidt planted in
favorable spots very small cuttings of live
sponge, and in three Yore was rewarded
with a fine crop of large sponges. The ex-
pense was small; the total cost of 4,000
sponges being not more than 225 francs.—
New York Telegram.
Precept vs. Practice.
The average of the pulse in infamy is
120 per minute, in manhood 80, at 60eyears
60. The pulse of female° icielelare
trent than that of males.—Boston .Tourna
of COMMeree.
Kecksy—Blim, what mikes you whistle
so much ? '
Bline (apologetically)—It's a habit I've
got into, Keoksy. I do it without thinking.
Keoksy—It's an annoying habit, Blim
No man, Bline • [lights' a cigarette], has
right to form any habit [pule] that make
him a ptiff] confounded naisanoe [puff
puff] to thee about him. „
He Would Profit by Expetieneo.
Lady—My poor man, if you had in your
possession again all the money you have
spent for bad whiskey, I have no doubt you
Would spend it differently.
Tramp—Oh, yes, mum; I'd buy good
whiskey with it.—New York Sun,
Two herds of hogs in Chatham township
have been found to be extensively affected
with cholera. Dr. Steen, V. S., wee in-
structed by Dr. Bryce to act as inspeotor,
but Dr. Cowan, the Dominion Inspector,
refused to reoognize Ms authority.
3EXPRIST IMMIX%
'Experiences of a Welt Known Profesaor in
Loudon.
FOr forty yea= M. Bertrand has been
the leading one mot intelligent elsponent
in Londe= of tide admirable art, says the
Pall 'gall Budget. Thin !sketch was begun
wiax a reference to the drag le the "Dead
Heart " ; and intentionally to, bentuse the
main inapiretion of that duel was M. Bert,
rand's. For weeks before the production
of the Set, Mr, Irving and Mr. Bancroft
were diligently rehearsing the duel scene in
Warwick street. juet eight-and.twenty
yea= ago M. Feoliter and Mr. Herman
Vezin were rehearsing, in the same place
and under the eenee tuition, the duel in
"Hamlet." Charles, Diokene and Rev. 0'.
C. M. Bellew (whose genius all a reader
equalledDiokens' as a writer) were Ow
Witueseee el the reheareale. Their
names remind me how many femme men
base liendied the foil, or watched ite hand-
ling, in Wowiok street. fione of the
beat swordsmen in the army lead
their rudiments or (to quote Mrs. Major
O'Dowd) their " finishing from M. Ber-
trand. In the days when Napoleon III.
was pondering the vanity of things mon-
archial at Chislehuret, his brilliant, impe-
tuous by was fencing with all:comers at
Bertrand'. Napoleon himself looked in
frequently, when the room was quiet; and
tlae master remembers vividly the brusque
" Bonjour, Bertrand!" with which she
beautiful Eugenie need ocoasionally to pre-
sent herself in the doorway. The Napo-
leonic affection& of M. Bertrand are inborn,
foehis father was an officer of cavalry at
Weterloce The salle Warms, in its pic-
ture', ite 'sculptures and tte teephiee, ie elo-
quent of the anoeietione that bave ontri,
bated to its fame, and a museum in little of
all that eppertainato 'active as an art. In
the 40 years that hove whitened the aggress -
save moustache and imperial of M. Ber-
trand, be tee taught fencing to three gen-
eratione of the bluest bead of England, and
be is teaching now the geost.grandchildren
of his earliest pupils. Par parentleese, he
on tire out, foil in bend, the moat etelwart
fencer in his sobool—which, I think, says
oraething for the art as a preservative
of health and vigor. I guestimated
him on this point. Go to lite doctors'
and ask their opinion," attaWered M. Ber.
trod. " I oleo my pupils, in three divis-
ions. First, there ere thee' who want
fencing as a pastime, an it000mplialutient.
Then there are the sato= and the (moralist
elegem in whoa° art—whether they agree
With inc or not—e knowledge of the foil id
absolutely indispensable. Thirdly, there
are the people who are sent to me by the
dectors. Hall my pupile are ordered here
by their meakel mart—overworked stn -
dote, barriaters and literary men, whose
livers have got out of order, hypochon.
dries and aentimentalista of all sorts.
IT0314z 1.0145, there is not a nervous &ems
ot thocentury which is not curable by the
fencing =ester. Of all the phyakel exer-
eines, this is the mot thorough and com-
plete. It wills into play every muscle in
the body. It sots andremote on every
organ. Fencing is bender workthert boxing,
and more wholesome, though far less
severe, than riding. And it leo enticing
That is' half the good cf it. It allures much
more than anygynanaatio exercise. Advance
a little in fencing, and you coact leave it
off. The lint steps over, the teak becomes
4 delight • the teacher has no longer any
need to gild the pill."
Mat Perfect Posta System.
Id poets' service, long one of
thelest postal service° in the world, has
juet been improved by a unique innova-
tion. On November lat ten large postal
waggons, with sorting tables, stamping
arrangements, and everything else need
in preparing mail for transportation, were
sent out from Berlin etation 0 over ten
routes; to the city limits to ocelot the con-
tents of the street mail boxes. The
dela who accompanied the waggons sorted,
stamped and bunched the roil brought
them from the boxes' by a porter, while the
waggons were being driven in from the
•outekirte of the city. In this way an
hour, and often enough, two hours, was
mad from the time before required for
preparing mails for the trains. A letter
box was attached to the side of e&oh
waggon, so that pedestrians in the street
could throw in their letters whenever the
waggon stopped. These Natal waggons
have been a complete success thue far, and
will be continued in me. Most of them
cover their routes in just an hour. The
Berlin post officials boast that they now
have the quickest city mail servioe in the
world.—New York Sun.
Teaehtng Telegraphy on the Congo.
Some blot boys on the Congo are now
learning the art of telegraphy. They live
in the cataract region. A. short telegraph
line has been stretched over the hilts and
the boys are sending messages to one
another. Theirinstrnotor la Mrs. Bentley,
the wife of ono of the beet known African
missionaries. The last time she was in
Europe she learned telegraphy for the pur-
pose of training native operators, and she
hopes to have them all ready for service by
tbe time the Congo railroad etretebes a
line along the river. When a Frenchor
German operator trio to send a message in i
English it s to be observed that he makes
rather a bad job of it, particularly if the
penmanship is a little blind. As these boys
can read only in their native language it is
possible that some of the French messages
they will transcribe will have a little value
as ouriositien—New York Sun.
Fashionable Tea.
It is stated that a fashionable way to
make tea for callers now is to use a hollow
silver ball, freely perforated. This] is filled
with dry tem leaves, and is let down into a
oup of boiling water by a tiny chain, re-
maining there until a sufficient amount of
the aroma and color of the leaves have been
imparted to the water. It is also given ont
that Athenians of the fashionable world,
who constantly yearn after some new
things, are at present interested in the
suggeation of the triangular tables for din-
ner parties. Ibis done by arranging three
tables in a triangle. The host sits at the
point of the triangle, with the two most
distinguished female guests on his right
and left hand. The hostess occupies the
centre of the base of the triangle, and has
the distinguished men with her.
6 • Depth of Love.
"1 see," said Algernon, "that 500 persons
died from eating ice °rem last year."
"So I read," replied Maud. "But I'd
willingly face death at your side, Algy."
—The King of Siam is a magnificent
object in state attire. He glistens from
head to foot with jewels worth more than
$1,000,000.
—Mme. Modjeska takes a cold bath in
the morning and a hot one before going to
bed—one to make her bright, the other to
make her sleep, and both for health.
—Little Girl (at the ballet)--Mamme,
when are the Indians coming on? Mother
—Hush, dear.; there are no Indians. Little
Girl—Then who scalped all the men in the
front seats?
TUT Tan (31 -mm.
The hotel guest has a winsome way
As he quietly hooks his name;
'Two hours later he kicks like a Steer,
When he strikes the fourth floor, cold and drear,
But he getsthere, —
Two babies were shot by their father,
Joseph Smith, a New York letter -merrier,
yesterday. Elizabeth, aged 2 years, is dead
with a bullet in her stomach and Mary,
aged 11 Months, is at Bellevue hospital
With a bullet in her breast. , The father
who is 30 years of age, was arrested.
IrsNMrrogr 17E1TD.,
Three generations hick; Orinere, two grandpas
had a fray;
Their grandsons still are Mit just as actively to-
day
First one on this side bites tho dust and then
one falls on that, ,
And year by year they cultivate the game of
" tit for tat."
And while there's one remains on either side the
fight's renewed—
Naught but extermination ends an old Kentucky
feud.
—Many carpets are like autumn leaves,
they turn in the fall.
Huaband—" Did you ever notice, my
dear, that a loud taker is generally an
ignorant preen?" Wife—" Well, there is
no need of your yelling so to impress it on
my mind.'
'THAT Is soon ?
"What is the real good ?"
I asked in musing mood.
Order, said the law court
Knowledge, said the school
Truth, mid the wise man;
Pleasure, said tho fool ;
Love, said tho maiden;
Beauty, 68,1d the page;
Freedom,said the dreamer;
Home, said the sage;
Fame, said the soldier
Equity, the seer.
Spoke my heart full sadly:
" The answer is not here."
Then within my bosom
Softly this I heard.:
" Each heart holds the secret;
Kindness is the word."
—John Boyle O'Boilly in Georgetown College
Tournat.
—Lightning strikes without the assist-
ance of e walking delegate.
—Gillicuddy (knowingly)—" Got a cold,
eh? What have you been taking for it ?"
Jimson (wearily)—" Oh, advice from two
or three hundred cranks." And Gillis:middy
changed the subject.
—Wife—" Harry, do you see how atten-
tive that couple on the sofa are to each
other? I'm quite positive there's some-
thing between them." Husband (after
& look)—" I think you're mistaken, nay
dear."
BECAUSE,
"Man's head and woman's heart, they say,
In perfect harmony should be
In wedded lite; now tell me, pray,
How will it be with us ?" said he.
Your head, George, and my heart," she mid,
" In perfect harmony will be
(As they are now) when we are wed,
Because my heart is soft, you see,"
—Pillow -shams have gone out of 'style,
and already there is a marked decrease
in divorce applications.
TE5IPEUANCE people ought to know that
Smuggling whiskey is reported to be quite a
lucrative business in the Lower St. Lew.
meet 'Fifty thousand gallons of the stuff
have recently been confiscated. Schooners
are constantly plying to and from Miquelon
and the New England ports, laden with
goods of all kinds", especially tobacco and
spirits. The centre of distribution is the
western extremity of the Isle of Orleans.
The profits of this contraband trade will be
understood when it is known that the duty
on 50,000 gallons of whiskey represents
about $90,000, whilst the net cost of the
whiskey does not exceed 30 cents a gallon.
IN TX OLDEN DALTH,
Presbyteritimism in Heeniltoe bu the
Thirties.
Win Canada Presbyterian Or *hie week
oonteins the outinuatien of a ories el
artieles on Presbyterian history in Caned*
from the pee of H. S. McCollum, of let,
Catharines. The following is an extrot
which appears in it from the " Narrative,"
publiehed in 1834 by the Hamilton Preeleen
tery •
The church in Hamilton Wae orgeblzecl
Doember, 1831, by Rev. E. el, Marsh,
coneiating of twenty members. Nothing
of very epeoia,1 interest ocourred until
Jonnery following, when the church had a
protracted meeting.. The commenoemeet
of the meeting was 14 Barton, three miles
out, of the village? in What is oiled the
" Mountain." Of the fruits" of a mast
blessed work in this .place, about fiftY at
onoe made a professlon of their faith in
Christ on the spot and in the house Where
the meeting Wail field. And truly, as meny
of us rentetnber, it was moat delightful and
heavenly to see each A company crowding
around Gale' altar. The hoary -headed
and the sprightly youths, parents and their
children, and whole families together, all
Seemed in haste to avouch Jehovah to be
their triune God in their solemn andjoyful
attendance upon the ordinances of Christ's
house, baptitune and the Lord's supper. It
was a season never to be forgotten, and the
place was the house of God—it was the
gate of heaven. The meeting beiug thus
closed on the mountain was removed LOW
the village. Here it continued not
many days, and with consider-
able abatement of interest. About
twenty united with the church, of thefeuite
of tlie meeting after its removed. From
that time this portion of our Zion has bad
seasons of mere than tumid intereet ; and at
every communion more or less have been
added to the number. The meetings,
Sabbath schools and benevolent operations
on the mounteiri end in the village are
carried on separately. Le 'teeth peones there
are four Sabbath achoole, eomprising about
260 ecbolats. Tins church Wall formed ea
the temperance ph= ; that be none are
received or retabsed es membera who make,
vane or use as a drink 'aslant spirits, Eight
have been euspended frora tho privileges of
Christ's house, four of these from Intern -
permeate We are happy, however, in being
able to say that comperatively there are
but few aposteelen and that converts bold
on their way! The monthly conort is
observed. In 1832 the' church and society
built a meeting house winch oat
01,200. At tine 'time the 'menthe= on the
mountain are making propesale to build. a
parsonage. The number in communion is
160. Vele church, in two parte and with
its two congregations, has tbe labors of but
one minister. The ate= of religion is good
on *be mountain, but noe so good, it is
'believed, in the village. On the whole we
may say that Zion here meet evidently bag
the smiles of her Xing, with the prospeets
that her borders will be more and raore
enlarged.
The Breadth of the (Meet.
A favorite style of sleeve for a etylish
winter gown is a full top plaited in a round
arm -hole and set at the bottom in broad
plots into a tightly fitting cuff about eix
inches deep. This' style hoe a tendency to
exaggerate the breadth of the chest and to
diminish the eine of the waist; conse-
quently it is not becoming to stout womeu.
More booming to whet are politely termed
" good figures" are the eleevea which elope
from the shoulders, where they are very
large, down to the waist, where they but-
ton closely, and are known as " leg.o'mut-
ton " gloves. They must be put in high
at`the shoulder, to give an epaulette effect,
and some of them are out a trifle smaller
and trimmed with a pointed piece of pate
sementerie extending from the shoulder to
the elbow.
Abraham Lincoln's Marriage Notice,.
An original copy of theeSangamonTournsze
printed at Springfield, Ill., November llth,
1842, was added to the collection of news-
papers at the Libby Prison War Museum
a few days ago. The paper at that time
was supporting Henry Clay for the Presi-
dency, and his name is conspicuous at the
top of the editorial column. In the adver-
tisingeolamns of the paper is the following
marriage notice "Married, in this city,
on the 1411* inst., at the residence of N. W.
Edwards, Esq., by the Rev. C. Dresser,
Abraham Lincoln, Eeq.,to Miss Mary Tod,
daughter of Robert Tod, Esq., of Lexing-
ton, Ky." This telle a story in which every
American is interested, and the paper is
believed to be the only copy in existence
containing in—Chicago Times.
OLD ellINFSH 10B/DONS1-
EuEimeering Selenee la the Celt/041AL
The Chinese auspenelon bridges', doting
from the time of the Hen dynasty (202 B.
O. to 220 A. D.) furnish striking evidence'
of the early acquaineence of the Chinese
with engineering soience. Aeoordieg to the
historical and geographical writers of Chine
it was Shang Itieng, the coramender of the
*may under Raen Tan, who undertook the.
eoestruction of the roads in the Province of
Shense, to the wet Of the capital, the WO
mountains and dop gorges or whieb mida
communication difficult, and which could
be reached only by circuitous routes. Ai
the head, of an army of 10,000 werkraew
Shang Iiiereg out through mountains', and
filled up the valleys with the oil obtattea
from the exeavatione. Where, however,
this was not sufficient to raiee a road higbt
enOUgh, he built bridges resting upon abut
Mentil or prejeotione.
At other place, where the mountains
were separated by deep gorgee, he carried.
out a plan of throwing euspension bridges
stretching from one elope to the other.
Theo bridges, appropriately called by the
Chinese writers " elyinneece bridges, ara
sometimes so high as to ineSiee those wha
cross them with fear. At the present day
there is still A bridge in existence iII,Shense
400 feet long, which, stretches aorase
gorge of immense depth. Most of the
bridges are only wide enough to allete Of
the passage of two mounted men, railiiipt
on both sides serving for the protection of
travellers. It is not improbable that the
missionaries who first reported on Chinese
bridge' t wo motorise ige gave the initiative
to the construction ot euepennion bridge
in the Weet.--rronn•
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Anli 1ob4ls Steamer.
Prolsibitiouist—Have yen any dechts
to Brother Bink's loyalty to the catee ?
Sewed Prohibitiortiet—None whatever;
why?
Prohibitionist—I hear it wee whispered
that he came over from France on La
Champagne,
Tho Hebrews' Good Example.
The Hebrews set the world an example
by the way they care for their own people.
In Philadelphia on a single day collections
taken tip in two synagogues netted $12,000.
Their helpfulnesa is by no means confined
to measuree of tbis kind, for there is & sys-
tem among the " chosen people" by which
every brother's welfare is made the concern
of the whole body. It 18 10 example which
might profitably be followed more thorough-
ly than it is by other religionists.—Pittsburg
Times.
"Woman! be Dar, we must adore thee:
iimile,and a IVQX1d ti woe Wore thee b"
But how can a woman smile when elle fa
suffering untold =leery from complaints
from which we men are exempt The
answer is easy. Dr. Plena's" Favorite Pres-
cription is' an infallible remedy in all cave*
of "lama° weakness'," morning eiatnese,
disorders+ of the stemaoh, nervouu prostra-
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invigorating tonic it imparts' strength tai
the whole system, and to the womb and its
appendegee in pertioular. As A soothing
and etrengthening nervine it subdues ner-
vows ezoitability, irritability, exhauetion,
proatration, byeteria, apasme, and other
distreesing, nervous symptom eomenonly
attendant upon ftuiotional and organise
disease of the womb. It indnoes refreshing
sleep and relieves mental anxiety and des-
pondency. Sold by druggists, under a
positive guarantee, from, themenufacturerie
to give satisfaction.
Rebuilding Seattle.
A fugitive paragraph to the effect that
Seattle is being rapidly rebuilt, ea was
Chicago, in a permanent and substantial
manner, is meeting with credulity every-
where. The fact is Seattle ie again being
raised on piles, and when finished will again
resemble the lake -dweller villages as much
as it did before theflames licked it up.
Insurance rates have not been and will not
be reduced in Seattle. An invitation for a
visitation of flames still stands.— Cincinnati
Times -Star.
The working girls of Ottawa are showing
their appreciation of the "Rescue Home
work for their straying sisters by denying
themselves the simplest luxuries in order to
contribute to its financial support.
Inn ENottort To QUIT.
intrOpid Stanley 1 Cease to roam
And bring your gray hairs safely home.
We're very much obliged to you
For proving the Gheegheelahyult
Flows through the Ooiahkoolah land
Of Warasura's bloody band, ,
And that the roaring ehurazaae
Flows clear aereEls rind half way back.
We thought Lake Ifishkahroozelzeo
Was larger than it seemed to be
But you have made these things as clear
As though we had them all right hero;
So theremst lot the matter stand,
And ceale to live �n bope and sand,
You'ye done real well for a beginner,
Come hoine and eat a Christmas dinner.
—Chicago Herald.
—Judge—Why don't you answer' the
question just punto you 7 • Prisoner—Well,
give me time, can't you? Judge—Certainly.
Thirty days! Next case. •
PLEASE REMEMBER.
Little drops of printer's ink,
A little type dislayed,
Make our merchant princes
And all their big parade.
Little bits of stinginess --
Discarding printer's ink—
Burs t the man of business
eAtd see his credit sink.
—It is well the book of life is opened to
baaerleadgaetboyPnc:gthe"We
e taeltr
woaulilattee thoaorhdarldinksos
master.
woe lie Spoke.
"Young man," mid an old gentleman tn.
a reporter," do you expect to follow youn
present vocation in the next world?"
"1 hadn't thought et that sir. Wby aal
you ask? '
"Because if you do, you ten write ttp
glowing memento of things withoat being
far out of the way.
Thor "Swore like our Army in Elanderst
may be said of many sufferers frone
nese, hotittohe, constipation, indigestion,
and their resultant irritability, intelleotrud
sluggishness, ennui, elm The temptations
to thus violate a sacred commandment,
however, is speedily and permanently re-
moved by the use of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets—tiny, little, sugar-coated anti -
billow' Granules; nothing like them. One
a dose. Druggists.
At an"L" Station.
Fond Mamma—Emily, child, don't gels
into that crowd. You'll get squeezed.
Emily—That's just like you, mother,
You never want to have me enjoy myself.
Beauty's Dower.
Where grace and beauty most abound,
True happiness will oft be found.
Where ruby lips and glowing cheek
The gift of rugged health bespeak,
The artist, Nature's nobleman,
Will risk the treasure of his art,
Depicting, deftly as he can,
The lines engraven on his heart.
Fair maiden, may life's richest joy
Spread her bright mantle over thee;
May years but gently with you toy,
And pleasures sweet, without alloy,
With fairest blossoms cover thee;
But should, perchance, thy beauty fade,
Thy can'st call quickly to thy aid
Our Golden Medical Discovery.
Remember that Pierce's Golden Medical,
Discovery id a sure euro for all skin ante+
tions and diseases of the blood.
—The mustard plaster is always likelytte
do something smart.
— The man who rode a bicycle hes
lame excuse for not attending to his daily
business.
—If you would avoid the suspicion of
your neighbors, never carry your molasses
in a demijohn.
—All the walking dresses have one
twelve -inch steel set in the skirt twelve
inches below the belt.
— " What a fine thing old age is!" old
M. Angier not long before his death. " One
is surrounded with care, attettion and re.
spot. But what a pity that it lots so shore
a timel"
"Nice carpets. Can't be beat," said the
salesman. "1 know it," said the onstoraen
sadly. " I bought some of thena last years;
and when I tried to beat them last week they
fell to pieces. I want something that will
stand a triennial thrashing."
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