HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1889-12-19, Page 3E 1,480,13 TIMEPIECES.
Wonderful Ingettuity of Ancient and
Modern Olockteakerin
Tula eteionicans sicieltem CLOCK.
The ordinefy, everyday tower clock is not
Avery complicated piece of machinery. It
is in fact an ordinary bottse deck on a big
,lecale, and its multiplication of dials is
merelyA matter of pintoes and iadjuetment
Of weights. But there are °looks, into
Which mob ingenuity and yeere of labor
bete been put and a description, however
brief, of Boum ot them may be of interim&
The old clock of Prague, built by one
ainutioh abeot 1470, is one of the wonders
ef elmk°1161,011fl ingenuity. The diet Was
egg-ehaped and nearly eight feet arose. It
was covered with blade, each hand having
its paetioular duty te.peeform. So tutu.
'tete was its meobanaro, and SO fearful
-were the citizens of Prague that some other
city might have a 'similar, or better MO,
they declared poor Henneole inane and.
put out his eyes. This wonderful dealt
tom the anoxia, Years, innathal
40701 benne minutes and aurae. The
hone were tolled 94 4 ball by 4 likeletOn.
who, as he pulled the repo. added to
figure beside him as if to intimate that hie
last moment had COMO while the figure
ailrugged his ehouldere and looked up piti-
LOY as it begging MR/their 10014e4 respite,
The Olcalt WAS provided with Nan of the
twelve Apostles, ad ICillaterifele Of MI hour
they appeared to the opectiktote, " in autos
and tigh%a,' ancl performed, a kind of drill
Inc the benefit of the citizen!, of Pogue.
I think it Is in St. Cathedral,
Venice, that a peonliarly dedoned deck to
yet to be nen. The diet piste hoor-marke
*re the signs of the zoillee and the plume
.of Olen:MU, Wile Medan is wetted on*
doge over the diet, and, an religions feeti,
vale an Angel C99384 Olit, SOON, arid
NOWA A trumpet; then the Magi same otit
.aud offer nintatione and retire; then two
.gionto stymie, lookup at the kvioged lion ot
-EX/ark and etrike the hour on * huge
AN MrliONCOURAL ODOM
The 4StrOIMMICal 01091C of Strasburg is
,vokokigy Om mut famous a the world's
eat tipeepleciiia Tho preant clock was
begen in 1047 and finished in 1574, Ite
kind dasiguere died while it was bade
log and Prot. Dasepodine fuddled plan
for int completion, ad the WOrk Wall deuce
under David AVelkonstein. It is in perfect
order tedity. In size it is 80 fees bigh
and 15 foot wide at the beim On °noel e
windiog end& topped by five Corin-
thian columna; On the other aide is s
gothic pine; penciled, eaeh panel tilled
Idth painting* of human figures. In front
of the ben le a huge aloha, allowing the
equinexee and relative positions a the
ran and moon, while mother arraign
men thewe the movements of the pada*
fast duty& holy days and feast days. Above
diabase ie a doge ou which 'figura repro --
sating the dive of tile week pies in order.
OR nebulae of the diet eke a cupid. 000
Wilma the bona and quarters on n bell*
while the other reverses an hour glue as
the proper moment. Above is the diol
with the zodlaoal Ogee and which allows
the moon's plume, and eurmoutitIng that
a cabinet ot automate then Repot: at noon.
At 11.15 a cupid tape tbe bell, and from
the upper cabinet a little child teddies out
with a wand and etrikea one on a bell and
retiree. At the sand quarter Youth names
note and with o ehophaddi atelf twined
witn /lowers, strikes two. At the third
Outer Manhood strides forth, drikaa tbe
bell three heavy blowo with bia mope and
leaves. Twelve o'clock aeea a ottering
figare—Gld Age—hobble out, give the bell
form clumsy taps with ita crutch and
"drew off the stage. Then the akeleton
Death, which has been looking on all the
time, mina hie baton—a human
feinur—and 'slowly strikes the hour of 12.
While this goo on the twelve Apostlea
pass in order before the Salon& who
blessea each and a cook, Verona on the
Gable pillar, crows lustily three tittles,
one cupid etrikee the bell and the other
reverses his hour glum This is probably
the most complicated and wonderful cloak
in existence.
There is a clock in Paris which onside
of a glass dial and two hands. The hands
are balanced by a ball on the short end of
each, and in these balls, whieh are only
.about an inch in diameter, is contained the
mechanism of the clock. You Can, tarn the
hada to any point you like, and on re -
leash% them they will awing back, assoillate
dor a moment, and then show the correct
time just as if they had not been touched.
There are some very beautiful and inge-
niously contented cloaks made in Paris
and Vienna. I eaw one a few yeas ago in
winch the only evidence of motion, save
.the movement of the hands, was the per-
iformanoe of a oat that at intervals cau-
tiously extended her head and snatched
with her paw at an almosttoo.venturesome
mouse, whose tail alweye disappeared just
in the nick of time down a hole in & corner
•,of the strueture. Another olook presented
4 very rotund man eating potatoes with
evident gusto, but, judging from the man-
ner ie which he rolled his eyes, he had
4101)2.3 diffioulty in swallowing them.
THE WORLD'S GREATEST c1.00E.
The largest olook in the world is in the
British House of Parliament, the train
being fifteen feet long and five feet wide.
The dials are 180 feet from the ground, and
are 22n feet in diameter. The Cathedral
at Matinee has a larger "dial, but has only
one hour hand. The minute hand of the
Weetminster cloak does not proceed regu-
larly, but at its point jumps nearly seven
inches every half minute.. It telegraphe its
time twice daily to Greenwioh Observatory.
The dial train is wound weekly; the strik-
ing train twice tt week. The hour bell is nine
feet in diameter and weighs fifteen tons.
-"It is distinctly heard at ten miles distance.
The quarter hour bells weigh 8,000, 3,700,
2,800 and 2,300 pounds reapeotively. The
olook has been running since 1859, and cost,
with the belle, 5110,000. The striking
movement cost 020,000, and that of the
hands and did& 626,500.
The ',Columbus Cloak," made in Col -
embus, Ohio, occupied eight years of its
builder's life. It is eighteen feet high by
eleven long at its base. It shows the
earth in WI diurnal and annual movements,
end the position of the planets in tlaeir
orbits, together with miniature modele of
the signing of the declaration of independ.
once, Lincoln emancipating the dime, a
walking man, etc.
There ie a ()look in Hazelton, l'a.'which
shows forty-eight moving figures. It gives
all the planetary movement', the moon's
phase% Youth, Manhood, Old Age, Time
and Death, each performing a part. Christ
.and Apostles, the three alarm Satan,
sentinels, and figures which play on the
harp and organ, the battle of Monmouth,
and Molly Pitcher and her water -keg. These
figures perforce almost incredible move-
ments, among them being the Temptation
and Peter's denial of the Saviour, the latter
act being marked by the crowing of a cook
while Satan appears tit an open window,
rubs his hands and milea gleefully.
Tnn BITTEHHousE OLoCE.
4 Ti:e Rittenhouse Clock," owned by a
well-known Philadelphia editor, who lute a
taste for orgiositieti and the wealth to
indulge it, ia perhaps a mereingenhene wOrk
then eome I have mentioned. It has Biz
aisle, One shows seconds, hours!, minutes,
day e of week and month, correcting itself
for leap. year variatione and giving the
moon'e pbasea ; the seoond ehews the
movements of the planet', (emit being
represented by a golden ball ; thethird
shows the moon revolving round the earth;
the foOrth shows Saturn on hie 29 -year
orbit; the fifth, keeps son time ...prepared
with meridian tittle" the sixtla regulatea the
°libelee and gives' the choice of tem tutees
any one of which may be repeated by
pressiost a knob on the dial.
A Riede° legend 'tells oe or a dot*
owned by a pellicle Of the far away times.
A large gong hung by the dial, and before
it A groat beep et human bones, in all
enough to make twelve oomplete skeletons.
"When 'the hapie of the clookinakete the
hour prone," Bays the legend, "out from
the pile crawled Aret the number of parte
needed to form the frame of one
Men, part coming to pert with a•
quick click; and, when completed, the
figure *rang up, geieed a mallet, and,
wallsieg up to the gong, etruelt 900 blOw.
Thi e &Me, he retailed to the pile and fell
to pieces, again. When 2 o'clock came,
two men arose and did likewise; and at
the lame of noon and midnight the entire
heap sprang up and, marching to the gong,
struck one after another his blow, making
*Wave in ail; then, returning, fell to piecee
as before."
Nowadskys we have 490114 &IVOR by
widen by oompreesed air, duke imaged
so 44 to rewind, themeelvee by on Me co*.
rent carried through a fine. Recently *
Catiodia, Mr. Oeerge Hem Of Zurich,
obtained ie patent for on dectrie clock. In
ell probability, however for ante time to
mine the 'propelling ismer of oux big
cloche will be ot the hind that requirea
daily or weekly expenditure of energyto be
dared up in weighte ond pad on by grav-
tetien, int al in the docks of the fifteenth
fleannetz.
araohlons for Wen.
The four-in-hand is growing in fear and
in width.
Those great big thiable eoirte amp highs
but they are atunuing.
A. boom in aced pine boa eet in at this
partionlerly festal time of the year.
Purchase the lergent bleak Chin eilk
handkerchief you on tied, and you, bove
the very beet *tillable snuffler.
The made up neekwear partekee of the
concoct areanementadistio evolutionn and
the biff par toady are bigger and bade
soma thin aver.
The lighter Nandi; at thistle, ash and oilc
Are sueoeufullyiroate4 with ortiote deoora-
tine in alive; and many artietio walking
;kick examples are thin witted.
Remember That, no matter bow audio
the fold er bow the real niu le imented,
the heed of the pin mast tinily fall in the
centre of the scarf. This is au-thentio and
irrevocable.
That more motel and °Waive article, the
umbrella, is offered in multiform design,
caloulated to plane the faney of the moat
exeding purobasen—Olothler end Fare -
liken
The tendenoy la growing toworde the
able matte; knowledge of the various Van
is being ail:feud, and thebuyere are °bowing
an inclination for better and bigher priced
goode.
Now, too, is the lierveat time for tho
strictly gifk genies of cane and umbrella.
The line in both these beanabes grows
anapicionaly ohowler about the first of
November.
There is a wide opportenity of selection
in the matter of handkerclaiefa from the
grotesque and richly fanciful to the sieve rely
plain hemstitched in silk and linen. The
tendency seeing to be for thegukiter effect,.
The eared pin positively mint not be
introclutied in the Took soar?. Ina four-in-
hand it is ithxdaeible and is inserted upon
the lower edge of the erns fold, upon the
reason or pretence of holding the knot in
form. In the made up imitation there is
no ultility in the scarf pin's presenoe and
the combination is a moat flagrant solecism
perpetrated in tbe spirit of a cheap longing
for dieplay.
Methodist Book Concern.
Yesterday the centennial anniversary of
the United States Methodist /3ook Conoern
was celebrated by commemorative sermons
in many thousand Methodist pulpits. The
Book Come= is one of the largest publish-
ing houses in the world. Its main bust -
nem is eituated in New 'York, where there
has lately been completed for its me a
fireproof building meting 51,200,000. It
began a hundred year ago with a borrowed
capital of 0600. Its proftte during the last
fifty years have exceeded 54,000,000. Last
year it furnished 0100,000 for distribution
amongthe superannuated preachers of the
denomination. The Book Concern is man-
aged by a committee of clergymen ap-
pointed by the Quadrennial General Con-
ference. They have a branoh book
publishing house in Cincinnati, and news-
paper publishing houses in Syraouee, Pitts-
burg, Chioago, St. Louis, San Francisco
end other cities. The number of religious
hooka published, and perioaioals, weekly,
monthly and quarterly, is very large, and
Shat the businese operations have been and
are ably handled the growth and prosperity
of the Concern demonstrate.
A. Dream.
Cincinnati Friend (to Chicago bride)—
Did you enjoy the journey, Clara?
Chicago Bride—Oh, yes, indeed.
Cincinnati Friend—Is the scenery beau-
tiful?
Chicago Bride—I did not notice the
scenery very much, but those seventeen
tunnels are a perfect dream.
--as--
Paradoxical.
"Thi' is something rare," said Bingley,
as he sat at a restaurant table.
"What is that ? "
"/ asked for a eteak well done and
got it."
She Called the Dog.
Tramp—Good morning, hind lady.
Lady—Here, Tige, here 1
Tramp—Don't rush the growler, ma'am
[I've just had a glass of beer. It's bread
and meat I want now.
It is rumored from abroad that P. T.
Barnum is very anziorts to return home
with a title. The faat that Edison WaS
made an Italian count excites his ambition.
How would the title Lord Jumbo, of Bridge.
port, emit the veteran ehowraan.1
Secretary Blaine is in very good health
at present, and Walker Blaine is doing the
invedid aot for the family. Washington has
never agreed with Walker Blaine. He has
a tendency towards malaria and in (damp
Weather the air of he capital is apt to
give him intermittent chills.
It iS proposed by the Caledonian Railway
Company to promote a Bill in Parliament
next session for leave to construct an under
ground railway between Edinburgh and
Leith, by way of Princes street and Green.
side. Under this scheme the West °oast
trains will barna direot to Leith, whit% will
then be the Caledonian terminus for the
east of Scotland.
THE FAIR WOMEN 01? TURKEY.
EnlanO1P*434 from tbe Pacixmak;" They
wow Drees Like re'lld°nable
European*.
DdifElifid IiIPS IN OONSTARTINOPLE.
Row the Ottawa* Dame aud,,Betaeiselle Look aud
Act—Intrigues Threegli Street ihnitee
Cerrespondenee of the London Now.
CoNSTAliTISOVLE, Nov. 10, 1$89.
There has been a great change for the
better in, Constautinople. Not may years
ago the street@ Were the worst a any
ancient city in the world. It was mud-
ingly diffioultto navigate & carriage through
their tortteme windings and. amoog the
army Of inapipent sidewalk vendors, who
claimed the right to blockade teac pretty
muck as they plefteed. With a donkey
ann 4 good guide you might VOIseibly have
got through with some delay; but on horse,
back, or afoot unattended, auch n thing
Wita out of the question. Even the Pashas
had their footznen to run ahead isea clear
the way for them through elm leased and
turbaned population. And, then there were
many (=don and purely oriental eights to
be seen. %het are rave now. On the street
you would ran Acme 4 90101/ler mending
the ehoee of the pitied -me while the into!'
waited humbly by; while over yonder
might be WM A VT94044194 Of 194VOIRait
whztefeezed mid bearded /tricot*, or per -
here if it were the done of the lidrein
feetiVal#a jolly.00mpeny !et Mandate= in
gaudy robes etnoying eh= holiday.
Perhape the. mod pletureneue and at-
tratia future IA the Ottoman oepidei to
Wenger, beeenee the mod =Indy& ie
the women. The western gunpoint geene
with Galan, eyea 04 the (belted ond
hooded agora ha gen on the Orate and
woodcut how they would look if garbed like
the wiveo end maiden of the Ohmura.
S9MO of the women one eon are dossed
with rare netted& and theirfine, Introit&
varhoolored dike eldramer in the enn Os
they move by. They are from Rause&
the old capital, where nli their dinky it
Ofrirgit itt bah dreee and walk, and it
would deo wax that the eultielen attend.
ant en the domentio life of the Texhiett
ladies does not apron the natural ten.
deny of the 040 aviary. The pen of
ea that flab out /tout am the sop of the
opperent yealunak are welt drilled end
very eloquent.
S. =wen TAW en rio)re.
Itt the household the TOrkiell WOMSUI is
timing eimple mutate Skate not
unlike the nothing Or Ilionlidanal and
Florida. /*heaved the IMMO dark rick.
complexion, reply, footnote iund deep,
luminous eye* ono Ands in the Sonthera
States of Amerloo, with the Aleut a pen.
oiled eyebrows and keg, oweeplog. lane.
i5 is a moaner of ourpriee to the mita to
game Turista* betties to find tbe raiatran,
end her daughters so foleakinued. Their
complexions are of Met rich, trapper:eel
type one sea iri eouthern Europe, oll the
wee)? from Iffedrid to Florence.
During our visit to the hone° of Ben Ali
Bel, alluded neer the morgin of the blue
Besphoras, we were intreicluced to Fannin
the principal wife of the officio'. She came
into the aloe and stood haulms navelied
and brilliantly attired itt the (Iron Of a
Turkish lady of duke Xnatead ot the
customer)" fa, oho wore a Greek cap, and
in her amen ewe wore enormous ornaments•
that might have served for old-fashioned
broodier. The &inlet tenet eves reagni,
neat affair* covered with /ape int which
booty gdd thread was prominent, and the
cleaves were embroidered with the memo
rich material. Her sash was at terheolored
silk and hung in a largo bow behind. Tho
national assume was completed by the
bifuroated trouts, which were simply
appalling to weatern gee in their gorgeous.
nese and dimension& Gathered at the
ankles, they disolosed an aneedingly meet.
wily of dune of a white and silver material
shot looked like burnished kid, and which
were d000reted with red silk, needs& The
whole costume was highly &taupe and
added not a little to the brilliant effeat of
the vivid colors in tbe seism, the Janitors
in which was beautifully carved in dark
wade, somewhat like rosewood or old
mahogany.
YBEEn011 ZnOti nem=
After our greeting coffee was wad in
ape little bigger than walnuts. They
were the tiniest vessels ever platted to my
lip& Still their contenta—dark, sang
and odorous, with a thick sediment—were
most refreshing. Then we drew up to the
rctarble basin in the middle of tbe room,
and each took a whiff or two of the
narghileh ; for the Turk never considers
you his &meet till you have smoked a pipe
under his roof. After that ion are his
sacred charge. Such is the hospitality
imposed by the koran. Then candies were
handed around on curiously wrought trays
of silver, and we all fell to chatting again.
The ladies of thehousehold were not so shy
as at first. One beautiful girl—Zelve, the
daughter of our host—sat in a graceful
attitude on the divan and chatted in an
amused a/iv with my companion, who
acted as interpreter, casting ocoasional
glances of curiosity at the visitors—two
Americans and a German—and was evi-
dently intereated in the dress of our little
party.
The Turkish demoiselle was robed in a
long, flowing house-gowrt of silk that
reached below her knees. A jaunty tasseled
fez of crimson plush sat on her dark hair,
and in her left hand she held the unfailing
nargbileh, or water -pipe, whioh she had
been smoking as we entered. All the tal
was of the feativities attending the visit of
Emperor Wilhelm, iu which the ladies
evidently took quite as much interest as the
men. The girl was about 15, although she
was as well developed as an Atmerioanmies
of 18.
On the street the Ottoman dame is less
distinctly oriental in appearance than at
home amid her servants, and were it not
Inc the ever:present yashmak and the
many -hued ribbone and trimmings, she
might pass in a crowd of Europeans with-
out attracting muoh attention. Indeed, the
higher class of Turkish ladies dress quite
a la Parisienne. French 'shoes, a hand.
some Parisian parasol and a long Silk cloak
gathered about the shoulder and reaching
to the feet, entirely concealing the dress
beneath, complete the costume., The white
veil swathes the face and neck and servos
the double purpose of a modest conceal-
ment and a cool neckerchief. It is only
Lair to say, however, that the yashmak, is
gradually becoming more and more trans-
parent, and that every Itnearaent can easily
be traced through its gossamer fable. So
light a face covering does not inipOse any
restraint on conversation or breathing, and
in the dusty and unwholesome streets of
Constantinople is a positive benefit, keep.
ing the dirt from the lungs.
OulliosiTiEs Or COSTUME.
Among the wives of the poorer tease of
Turkish citizens the yashmak is even more
of a make-believe. It becotnes simply a
meagre square of muslin Or some gauzy
stuff; generally white or grayish, and is the
merest shadow of its predeeessor, which
a
Woo a formidable affair of many foldO,
entirely obscuring the whole face, with the
exception of the eyes. The headeiress im
usually white, and covers the hair
altogelber, • leaving only the flee free.
While Among ladie0 of wattle the black
°leek has been supereeded by the more
fashionable diiiman sr pelisee, among the
middle-claes women and the r the
sombre garnaent stilt holds its owu. One
meets baggy -looking ereeturea hidden in its
folds front head to foot, and not a feature
poisibly a single (IQ ONO
shinell out from the black, boo like a daelly
amp. It will be many yeere before the
ungainly oloals retieek before the. more
faehionable garments of western Europe,
for all the Tarim, except the Obeid
class,
are very poor, and the big cloak hides
a multitude of ehortoominge. Diephonen
veile, high -heeled oboes and elipinta. Atte
dressee a.nd Europeen etylee halting to the
owners of palaces and titles, Wbeee
mistreSeeli never leave home unattended,
and whose Nubian Orb trotting behind re-
mind the denerieen welter of the custoui of
the Southern States in ante-haw:a daha-
A picturesque fedora in, the eteeete of
Constantinople tiod, Pere is the wandering
namileian. Tie in generally a bashi-bazoult
—a libeletj from the Consorts. Groupe
of them odchleshieg fellow in their queer,
outlandish dreasee, may bo san on the
street corners end. near the public) squares
ttoillog to he Jolted to play for the defects-
tien Of SoMo Ofa0fIril household. Carrying
44 43114y weeponi as 91401041 ittetrainelitEfr
11 is puzzlieg to a. stranger to decide
whether they ;neon to pity or fight, for
they look *golly ready to do either. They
MOO trona Asla Magri and belellg 40 a
Men that was at olio time the terror and
0,00arga of the Whele Ottoman Empire, bet
tneY ere elthieeted now. A Penman head -
dread. a Ttirkish jaeliet, iteMeitile45413ell ot
many bide of colored cloth, he which are
stair angel -in and ,yalaglaana and Paid&
Leggin like those wale by SIViSS ninnU.
talneer9 and cora siowbide Awe oomplete
the 40004$11 garb ofthme wiki.iookiccg men.
Their music is ike weird as theirappearanee
mci 0431 oely be endured by the Tarlke
themaelvea. It remieded ree of the die,
ardent strain I once heard in a Chinas
theatre itt Sim Fianoiao, or 01 a svg.V 4030
among the Apache Indiana.
Ateeng other odd chevatere to be met
bore ore the moody -miler, the itrrnenten
porter, end the dust oath& The find is
ista loatitntIOR earCiAlly :Mired ..by the
!Wine, fo.r the average Tared* woo, and
even the metros, eat eandy oontinuelly.
They *to fonder of awootrooRia ;but the
ea chewing and bonberelating American
idle. Tise result ot tbia is OA% wblvt
h fig -peat& sugared almoude and planes
teeth of the felt aabjecte of the Suites;
very had way. Not 5 per cant,
the Turkish wonted hive ;found
toeth at 20, and they paint them blikelt
a to dieguiee the diefignatiou.
IN rixtraro,T4 CUM.
The dad scribe ia * person of 'report.
ance. You con ilad him on every other
corner, writiog to ehe dietitio,re of some
official, or, it may be, some tailed or
hooded female who withea to eend a mein
cage to her lover. Very few of tho popula-
tion owe oble to either read or write, said
*big ignoranoe extols even among the
ofticial oldie to a surprising extent. A hely
goes shopping, and elle takes the oppor
tuniey to fiend a note to some &evolution
wbile she la ont, or to add ;mother link to
SOMO loved(' intrigue; a Man witho, to tell
hie friend that he cannot meet him as
arranged, end he duo it through the same
abikenel. The soribe ie both Secretary and
neeeeeager, for be has to deliver tbe note,
ancl read it to the person to wham It is
addreseed.'irine a man of secrete, and
being an Arrnenlint belays them well, for
15 Is cbaracteriatio of the Armenians that
they are to be traded shove all others.
The street porters aro all Armenians,
and very honest fellows they are too. Ono
who carried my baggage noarhy four squares
en Isia hack made the very modoet (huge
of ono lire for tbe aortae& "We can send
theta anywhere with gold or valuables,"
explained an oftiobal, "mid they Inver go
amiss. I1 a banker wishes to mend a bag
of money soros] the Waite he battle it
with the &dards to the porter and Yugof
will deliver it eacredly, Without the Ion of
a °Din."
The moat detested yet not the last oar-
vieseble, perilous here are the eunnobs. A
eunuch more or leas makes no differenoe,"
they told me. "You might kill one with-
out any fuss being made about it, but you
may not even touch XL dog"
And it is true. There are still quarters
both here and in Pere where a stranger
may not venture lest be be eaten alive by
the thoneande of evil.looking curs whose
lives are held sacred. The doge are pro -
tooted by the koren. Seine parts of the
city is fairly given over to them. Be-
tween doge and dirt find begging dervishes,
who spring at you from bidden corners,
and who may be seen performing in a
fanatical and frenzied way whenever a
crowd Can be attracted, there is little to
attract a visitor to the thickly populated
sections of the town. They are not quite
so bad at Perin bat here they are a
ma'am*.
Blew VON M.
Dig Legacy.
St. Andrew's University, ailed by the
London News "the oldest and most inter -
eating and poorest of Scotch *Universities,"
has received a legaoy of £100,000 from an
obi graduate, John Berry, who made a for-
tune in Australia. In fact, John left his
bountiful mother a round quarter of a mil-
lion, but his generosity was tempered by
his brother, to whom he gave the power of
modifying the gift. Hitherto the profes-
sors of St. Andrew's have been poorly paid,
and it has even been hinted—but this is
probably a little hnmorone exaggeration—
that they have been paid partly in stringy
fowls. It is to be hoped that as the "plain
living" improves the "high thinking"
will not suffer e decline.
Down to the City on Monday Morning. '
malEfide7Where are you going my pretty
She—"I am going after 19.aent. ribbon,
29 -cent. stockings, 39 -cent. cashmere, 49.
cent. silks, 59 -cent. velvet, ,69 -cent. gloves,
79.cent. hats, 89 -cent shawls, 99-oent. um-
brellas and all the other bargains in the
papers, sir," she said.
Though it blooms on many a patriot'i
nose, the rum Wesson' cannot. quite yet be
called the National flower.
A weltknown London journalist, a man
of culture and ambition, is having his eld-
est soh educated to be a. cook. The boy has
been trained by a famous chef at.Brussels.
He afterwards studied under the ch,ef of the
Grand Hotel, Paris, and has just been ap-
prenticed for three years to M. Charpentier,
chef of the Savoy Hotel, London.
Minister—Who endeavored to walk on
the ocean and went down because be had
not faith. Boy—Oh I know; that was
McGinty.
James Whitcomb Riley, the hoosiee
rhymester is a bachelor, and receives an
offer of marriage about once a day. It is
for this reason that he is ashamed to look a
millinery store dummy itt the face.
ONLT AN oysysit,
yet xt made 'Ming* Levan for aat Mau
in a Chicago Restaurant.
Last night a fat man, wearing a low-
necked shirt with et tura•down polio three
;sisal' too large for hire, sat clown to a table
itt 1k Clark street reetattraot sod called for
et plate of raW oysters. Efe got them- cold
and juicy right off the foetal:id, harpooning
a fat one with big fork, be lifted it toward
his mouth. Rut the slippery, alimy, chitin
bivalve dropped off the fork before reaching
its destination, carromed on the id man's
chin, and then slid down ineiae Of hie shirt
44110 POemw etleelm
atbar incident. The Obese gent
himeelt didn't see it, but he felt that 803336 -
thing hgla happ011ed and that he bad arrived
at a °ride io his life, A pained, startled
exprandon rested for a moment On lois
face; then with a 10W, plaintive Wail of
heart -breaking agony he half xoee from Ine
choir and. clapped bie hand ork his stoma*.
He *truck the oyster, but that coy oreitude
wike 000 Of the MOSt alert and agile Of Its
species, It at once changed its base on
ateeorlOainkftliheeirtems8Z% aWidci :trdpallenVOW:frdP14111,1"
toting bosom, leaving a trail Qf vette
frigidity in its wake, sioci took up new
gaartere in hie lett ampit„ With a wild
bowl of pieguieti the uobappy proprietor of
the oyeter leaped We feet in ;below, uttered
another yell like a wild West Indian,
and commeneed to worn hie arm often
the menner at a bitglipe meeicien. The
oyster got excited aid etatted again on ita
trade, bue was apperently uneble to aloof'
▪ permanent locetien. After making several
blind radio/it halted for a moment tenor
e allort rib near the opine to catch its
amend wind.
The nufertnnate fet MIR WWI now in *
atate of mind bordering On Ineellity. He
kicked owe hie choir, yelled and aworee
webbed hinnielf in freak end behind* mod
on bothaide?'roiled up his eye& frothed
ot the mouth, ood epun round liko * top.
But the .slippery bivalve was now there
ougnabierattewtitote.ed, and l000ted here and there
like 4 Streak Of greased lightning, taking
greet patine not to travel over Ibe ame
gro*` 408 get A tit I" iiereemed i wild -seed
manemaltieg a roh for the door, with
napkin inked under hie chin,
d lee either diet or he's etre beide o
bbs olotholik" (mid another pale -fiend diner*
edging *way from the aufferer,
" For nuiron'e aim hike biro. off, some-
body; demo I" wailed thestricken ran
*e he threw up both bands and eat down
heavily on the floor.
When the victim of miepliced refresh -
mate etruck the fica the oyster shot oat
of the beck of his nook like a bullet. hit tbe
ceilingerith is equeeby plunk. and then bit
beck amiS hang limp and Moles; from the
chendelier.
The tot rain's physician says the pitied
will remover !torn hie attack of narV044
prostration in a few days.—Chicago Timer.
roue iluedreit Tboumandehrtatraaa Twee&
Chttal matt trees ought to be cheep in New
York this year unless a trust is orgonized
to control time evergreen market. In the
town ot Orlend, at the mouth of the
Ponobent, a Rockland Arra has o large
crow of en en employed in cutting An trees end
expect to ship 400,000 to the metropolis
between now and the middle of December
The firm pay about half a oent & tree for
the privilege of cutting the fire, and all the
expends exoept the treighting are small.
The trimaran:4a from five to thirty feet in
height, but the greeted demand is for
those measuring between five and eight
fee& Tbe bushiest and most symmetrioal
trees bring the best prices, and thee° are
found in abundanoe along the edges of (he
woods, There are 'enough young fir frees
along the Penobscot river to lowly the
world with Chriatma evergreens for
(tenurial to oome.—Bangor geoid fn the
New York Sun.
Kissing at is Riming.
An American paper, speaking of the
Boatoniane, says But the kiss I Well, it'a
a fair and aquae mouth to mouth transac-
tion. No Poniel-Forrest left cheek delivery,*
or Xary Andereon false shot clear of the
target. Neither le it (he severely kind
cow:maid= a la Illoajeeks of half a lip or
so ; nor yet the motherly caress cif
Ianausehek. These Bostonians lila& as if
they liked it—as birds would kiss if their
bills were shorter. Neither nuts in the
faintest semblance of an alibi. The blitah-
ing maiden meets the ruebbashing wooer
halfeway—more, perhaps, to make good the
blushes. Four lips meet —islet for an in -
sant the current is as ew'ift as the thrill
of a ir dead wire '—there is areport like the
popping of a chempagne cork, a flash and
a blush, and all is over—for that time."
Mental Exertion.
"Do you know,' eaid a young woman to
Gas De joy, "that Mr. Smith boarded 'at
the litt1318 hotel with papa and mamma and
me this summer?"
ei No—did he?"
"Yoe; and he's awfully nice."
"Is he?"
" Yes ; indeed. One day be found rue
asleep in the hammock and told mamma I
was like the sleeping beauty."
"Did he?"
"Yes; don't you think that was nioe "
"Quito a napped comparison," said Gus,
and then he went and tied hie head up in
Wet towel.
Hard Luck.
"What has happened to you? You look
so vexed ?"
"1 should say so. This morning 1 was
just going to be very angry about some-
thing, when some one spoke to me, and I
have been trying the whole day to think
what I was going to be angry about, and I
oan't do it.',
mbrvoito AND LPATA.
Lord WOISeler% X*Sinlate of the centre
Eigures or the Vila War.
The perusal of then patient has revived
my reMenabrernee of this great struggle and
of the impressions it left npon cne st the
time. The roatine of military dutyhad
stavioned me in the neighbering Dominion
of Canada While thirs mighty fight wan
going on. It itt not easy to deseribe the
breathless interest and excitement with
winch front month to mouth, almost from
day to day, we Engliele soldiers read and
Studied. every report that could be obtained
of the war as ihprooeeded. No doubt many
of our impression e of the fate, as we re -
vetted them at the moment, required to bet
arrested by anbaegnent inveetigation, 15
tabu, a long lime before the fade can bo,
eroug threehed out from the mikaa of
evideries bearing upon the complicated.
vv9nta of a genet war that spread over *
no, ty continent. Nevertheleiw, ,532 ons
eeepeot, at ail events, the brood irapresdonst
Shen formed Are con0rmed by the condi:L-
eine since arrived at, both from the more
elaborate bieteries and from thin meek
valuable series of papers. I refer to the
opinion that, amid the crowd e of able nine
of galled eoldiere, and of clever statesmen
'whom tbe epoch of the American civil war
produced, She two men. Abraham Lincoln,
and Robert Lee, stand out a bead and
shouldera above all others. Neither ot
them were tea from human error. Er-
perieli00 and the teechinif of hittorf warn
tut that perfection is a myth. Rut how
great were both of Shea two greet men in,
their antral epberes l Bow moth*, how
wise, how seltreetride' ed, bow generate,
bow large in their video, ad how grendly
patriotic,, as each understood PATIO:ions-I
--41rtfoZo in North 4merican Review.
Grim Glee.
Dolly:—I don't see how there can be any
humor in your profession.
Doctor—Why my dear, a miser died on
my hands last week, and I had to give the
cause of his death on the certificate as en-
largement of the heart.
A, review ot fire losses' for the United
States and Canada printed by the New
York Commercial Bulletin gives the follow-,
ing totals tor the first ten months of the
year named: 1887, 5102,953,325; 1888,
5104,595,520; 1889, 4104,562,850. These
figures show a ()talons coincidence, consid-
ering how largely fires are the work of ac-
cident.
Jinks—Winks must be doing finely.
He tells me he has a country house and a
city house. Binke—He has. He takes
care of my country house in winter and my
city house in summer.
Mrs. 13orirap —I do wish, John, that
you would get me a new winter wrap,
my old one is a sight to behold. Mr.
Sorinap—H'ro. Can't you wait m little
while longer, Lo it oan pass as a Christmas
present?
--' The proper place for noodles is in
the soup," say s our private Chinese phil-
osopher.
--Priem Albert Victor of Wales will
visit Burmah during his journey in the
East.
A loittle fiirre awake.
Little Lizzie may not hive Made such *
mistake after all, when she told her plAy.
mite that niananikt was ever so ranch better
ainoe the began taking "Golden Medal Dis-
oovery." Lizzie meant Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Diet:revery, bat many* restored
sufferer has felt that the disooverer waa
worthy of n golden medal. Better than alt
tne =dale, m tbe ormaciousnees that gam. -
ARO Ot 044sti of Consumption, 44 Liver Qom -
paint," Raney Diensee, and diadem of
the blood, have been cured by it. Lizzie*
mamma, was one of 4 oonntlese army whet
bete leaned by egericatne lbe vidsuee
the "Dieoevery" tor diseased Liver* sod,
coneaquent impure blood. It urea all Skive
Soalp end Scrofulous Affection., Salt.
rheum, Totter, Er,yaineles, Boils and kin-
dred aihnente. II is the only medicine of
its clan add by armlet& under a xositive
guarentoo tbat it will benefit or cure in all
nen of disease for which it is remora
mended, or money paid for II will be re-
funded.
Inert the Dorty.Sccond Itighlanders Mad.
the Worst *115.
"When the Forty.seoend Highlanders, or
Bleck Wet*, tended in 001CUtta 111 thit
end ot 1857, tbey were marched to the.
Scotch Kirk on Sunday in their full
dress, with kilts and bonnete, to the great
admiration of the publio. Butthe ennui.
toes from the 'age tank near the kirk
emelt fresh blood, and it:valet the oared
building, and soon found their way to the
unprotected parte of the Efighlondent lego,
espeoially About their naked knees. For
a while the men endured it bravely. Theo
ona tioldier ond nut Another began to
slap at the mosquitoes, until so many of
them were fiercely plopping at their knee*
that the noise overwhelmed the preacher's
tons, and he stopped bia disoourae, no that
the men maid be marched away to their
barracke.—Zongnian's Magazine.
Dr, Pierce's Pellets, or Anthhiliorur
Grantee, Laxative or Catharic awarding
to size of dole. Purely vegetable.
Money '011.11r11113111.
A great lawyer 'hiving died, some one
asked Daniel Webster how much of an
. Mate he left. The answer came qui* r
" Like all great laivyers, he lived well and
died poor." This was called to our mind
by the remerkable statement lately =Wein
a newspaper that all men of intelleok
accumulate property. Everybody known
•that money sense frequently, sathough not
alwaye, goes with a low order of brain.—
Dayton (Ohio) Democrot.
Don't hawk, hawk, and blow, blow, dia-
gulag everybody, but me Dr. Saone
Catarrh Remedy and be axed.
11..11.0•11MM!
Johnny Doesn't See the Point.
«rn, Johnny Henpeck, who wears the
trousers in your hone ? "
"Pint me fader hes 'em, 'n then I git
Jew.
rfooring His Va.
Johnny—Say, pa, are you in favor of the.
Bible in tbe publio sohoole
Father—Of course. Why do you ask?
Nothina. Only I notice you never have
one in the house."
An A.pproprlate Name
Jones—Sey, Browne, why do yoa call
your eldest boy Telephone?
Browne—Because he never works.
Husband (with a my-naother'e-never-
did-air)—Phew 1 how the ohimney smokes
Wife (oalmly)—Well, that's a common/ail-
ing Bat the chimney has an advantage
over some smokers, it don't cost it 25
cents every whiff.
—Te Prince of Wales, on his present
trip, drinks nothing but German miners'
water.
Mr. Stanley is expected to vend Christ
mas either at Zanzibar or Mombassa, whera
he will be welcomed by Oolonel Ewan
Smith and George Mackenzie.
Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain, nee Endicott
has left London with her husband and skeet
children for a winter in Egypt Chrietmae
will be spent at Luxor on the Nile.
Ignatius Donnelly is said to be a dist-
appointed men. He had confidently ex..
petted that the world would accept hie
Baconian cipher at once and shower upors
its discoverer the wealth and fame he lenge
for: But instead of taking Donnely eerie
OUElly the world is inclined to look upon.
him as a brilliant humorist. D is strange
that Donnelly should not be satisfied with,
this reputation.
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