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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1890-11-20, Page 6The "Reinter's Pevile" (Frimu the Claieage Globe.) He was the "devil," that boy Jim, Couldn't do nutbia" at all with him ; seen an' dirty—a gutter snipe-- lee the cases, clietributin' type; Weanthe neighbors on their heads With bran' new quoins an' siugs an' lead Brom early.raornia' to evenin' dim— e was the " that bey e un, Beller cussed him—Vivant no good; Head as bard at a piece o' wood Jest bust out in a loud hooray, An' kept right on in his hard head way. w , But once hen the train was Paselte by An the editor's ehild on the track—Oh nay 1 Jbn be rushed *with his same don't care alight in front o' the engine there I Child was saved I But wherelwas Thn,? With flanain' lanterns they lookedifor him,Aie.ltkl 'While the people trembled and held ttheir breath! "Under the engine, crushed to death I" W here in the duet an' grime be lay— J iTtl 1 he had given his life away 'Tws.n't no use to weep for hire Ilo was a' angel—that boy Jim I Parted by Fate. I'd wed a girl, A perfect pearl, fevers sense complete. Fair face a,nd form, Heart true and warm And disposition sweet. Chao who eau bake And mead and mate, And vet be 50 refined, Shell seem to me To be an three— Cook, angel, wile—oonabined. You ask me why I lonely sigh A baohelor forlorn? Oh, cruel fate 1 1'ra doonaecl to wait, She's never yet bean born. GAN YOU FLIP A T1DDLE ? -- It's "TicldledewinIts" Now and Every- body's Playing it—The Game of the Great Men. There's " a game :much in favor" with raillionaires, etteesenen, college professors, bankers, psychologists, electricians and other mortals who draw so heavily upon the gray -matter of the brain that they must needs resupply thensselvee by getting beck to the state of boyhood—that blessed etete when brains "just naturally grow." This new game is ciled " Tiddledewinks"—a modest sort of name which would imply and openly proclaim the inconsequence or whet it stands for ; but " Tiddledewinks" ien't inconsequential : as a matter of fact, it PAM minds from the mad -house and souls from perdition. Whether it spread eastward from an Francisco, where thousands of Chinamen play it, or sprang from the inventive brairnpan of some clever Yankee is unknown, but that ti Tiddledewinks" is here is a foot of im- portance in the daily life of the nerve - tweaked million. " Tiddledewinks" ranks with "Pigs in Clover" and the "Thirteen Puzzle " ; but is more soothiog and aatisfying than either of those pastimes. To play " Tiddleilewinke" you must have quite a number of thin celluloid or bone wiefers, each a little larger than a dime. One set of these wafers is green; another set is red; still another set is white and the fourth set is black. There is no reason, indeed, why ever so many colors shouldn't be represented, for there is no starch in happy•go•lucky " Tiddleaewinks," and "everything goes." So muoh for the wafers. Now, what is the game? Why, it is the first player's purpose to jump his wafers (say the whites) into the central pot, or tub or bueteet before the second player oan j amp the blacks into the same receptaole. Each player is armed with a " jumper " —a wafer of bone or celluloid about the size of a quarter. This " jumper " is handled just as one would handle a coin. With the big wafer you press down on the edge of a little wafer—which, of course, flies up. You are fortunate if it alights in the rather tall tub. It comes "just near enough to mise," and you feel sad down in your boots. You never did have any luck an how. You may have made a thousand that very day; but that's the way you feel. The next time you try yoar wafer hops into the tub. Yon shake the windows with your nearty laugh. Excuse yon? Why certainly. Yon oonldn't help it. You al- ways could "come it" on black. You may leave lost a thousand that day, but that's the way you feel. Colums could be written about "Tiddle- &winks," but this will do. Enough to say the whole town has it and "has it bad." QUEEN viaroara• ,s ABLY LOVE. Romance of Disappointed Lovers Describe in a Beautiful Ballad. The name of Lord Ellenborough, whose death is announced, was in his youth asso- chated with that of Queen, then Princess, Victoria. It wae a matter of common rumor that the young people were devoted to each other and that the youthful Qaeen insisted that she should choose him as her consort. Bat reasons of state prevailed over love, and young Ellenborough was given a commission in the army and went to India, where he distinguished himself. His romantic love affair led to the writing of a ballad, which used to be sung in the draw. ing rooms of Greet Britain, the first verse of which was as followe : wn hang ray harp on a willow tree, no off to the wars again; A peaceful home has no cearms for me. The battlefield no pain •, The lady I love will soon be a bride. With a diadem on her brow, Oh, why did she flatter my boyish pride? She's going to leave me now. —Philactolphict Becora. TUE ARIZONA BenEST /NMI A RING. A Temperance Moly from the eleart or Africa Widen. Lilts the White k'ellt Med. , Kliam 1eovor. a tribeof the 13etynanet pepple in Sandi. Africa balled Betnengwaton and he &Serves all praise for the manner in whioh he has ketpt, out of hi S Country the sale of ardent eperite, Whenn yeauge he became a Christian, and all the miseton• aria who have labored amOng his People [Toole of hive ail Most helpful to them Some yeare ego a few Earopeens endavored to introduce into his territory caseti arid caske of rum. They told the chief that they "contained modioine," end the casks they promised to leave untouehed. Khapoa contiented, on °audition that he did not see drunkenness. It was not long before laebeheldsome of his people staggering reboot like white inebriatee. The chief °ailed the Enropeane and amid : " I will have teo more ardent spirits brouht into my country." bullets and wondered who could be BO Care. " Bat," replied the white men, 1' surely you wi not object to our bringing in a case or two for private use at our ovni te.13Ki‘e!u tnea replied, " No, I will not allow h single case to be brought in. Yon promised me that there should be no intosioation, bat have deceived me." An old hotel keeper, not wishing to be baffled by an African ohief, began to press his views, but Khama shut him np by these words: "You mma ade e Bolen= promise, which you have broken, and now I attn. mand you to leave my country." After reminding the tried ere of their disregardof his warnings mad of the laws of his country, which conduct on their part he attributed, and perhaps not unjustly, to his netionality and color, Khania continued: " Well, I am black, but if I am black, I am chief of my country at present. When you white men rule inthe country yon will do as you like, but now I rale, and shall maintain my laws which you insult and m despiee• you have insulted e because am a black man, in my own town—you do so because you despise black men in your hearts. Go bade to your own country, take everything you have got, strip the iron stoop oft your houses,—take all that is yours and go. I am trying to teach my people to act in accordance with the Word of God, whioh we have received from you white people, and you show them an ex- ample of wioleedness such as we never knew. You know that some of my own brothere have got th like drink, and you know I do not want them to see it even, that they may forget the habit, and you not only bring it and offer it to them, but try to tempt me with it. I melee an end Of it to.dey Go, take your cattle and leave my town and never come back gain." The English miseiontay, Dr. Hepburn, who was present when Khama uttered these words, eaid that " utmost silence followed. Shame and utter bewilderment fell on most of them. They had expected nothing like this, and lost the very power to reply." Since the above occurred, this brave, noble Christian chief has never wavered, and although repeated attempts have been made to introduce ardent spirits into his country by unprincipled white men, all have been unavailing 1 Who will not utter an emphatic Amen to the prayer of the miesionary among the Bamangwato, "Long may God uphold Khama in his earnest endeavors to raiee and purify the people over whom He has placed him. Would that I could say that other African chiefs are copying the example of Khama 1 Alas, in too many instances they yield to the temptations which assail them, and not only drink themselves the white man's grog but encourage their people to do to, The large tribe of Anioswazi, whose country is supposed by many to be the most auriferous in Southeastern Africa, seems destined to be unapt away, and that, too, in a short time, by the stream of intemper- ance which is flowing threngh their terri- tory. Umbandine, their chief, is reported to be in a state of intoxioetion more than half the time. All the ram which him and his people is imported into Africa by white men. J. Tem:, in Christian Secretary. Wester* weettortal Lire te 10'01 or Sur- prises and ineappointmente. ' We extract the following from s lath ketone of the Arizona Kicker says the 'Detroit Free Press: A FOOLTSH IDEA.—Certain people in eine town are in the habit of ehooting tete ehe Kicker °Mae every night or t9700 in hopes to riddle ns. Elorniatimea they phoot through the window and eometimee through a door, and although.' they have alwaye waated their teed , we are growing tired of the operation. It it a foetid' idea to sup• poet, we sleep in any one spot in the office on two suoeessive nights, and if these would-be asseesine haven't got sense enough to haul off we ehall go into ambush outside some night and gather a couple more subjects, thr our private graveyard, Como Me Snow.—Daring the after. noon of Wednesday last, while out with the boys on the great rabbit hunt in Strawberry Volley, we several timet felt the whizz of lees. It seemed that ex -Alderman John. son, who was forced to reeign when the Kicker showed him up as si bribe•taker, wasn't shooting at jack -rabbits, but at us. He sent at least half a dozen bullete in our direction before the boys caught on to him. Then they would have hung him up but for ne. We believe in giving everybody a show out west. We believe thet is the way to build up the country. We begged johneon off and gave him a show to repent of the error of his ways, a.nd we hope he will have sense enough to profit by it. If not, he will be found playing pendulum some morning from the limb of a tree. Exereneemone.—The third column of the second page of this issue will be found blank. It is not our fault. Col. John Kyloff, one of the old pioneers of this town, died laet week, and his widow sent in an obituary notice whioh juet filled the column. We thought it read pretty strong when we set it up, but as the Colonel was the third man to eubecribe to thie paper and pity in advance we intended to let it elide. The forms were ell ready for the press when a deteotive arrived from Port- land to identify the Colonel as a thief, em. bezzler, bigamist and all-round bad man. His proofs were so straight that we hadn't the oleeek to publish the obituary. We sent a bouquet to the widow with our oom• pliments, but that was the best we could do. Thew Oneedeisin—The twenteatveo hands over on Smith & Wiley's ranch are easily stampeded. One of them is named Had- don, and two or three weeks ago we com- mented on the size of his month. We did it entirely in his praise, as we believe him to be the only man in Arizona who can hold a pint of water in hie month. His friends got a wrong impression, however, and the other afternoon the whole orowd rode over on a personal visit. We didn't go off fishing because they were coming • it was simply a coincidence. We didn't borrow a mule and go off at a gallop be- cause we didn't want to see the boys, but because we were limited as to time. We didn't wait until midnight to return because we had any fear, but the fish bit so well we hated to leave 'em. Some day, when the cowboys have time and we have time, and everything is all right, we shall hope for a long visit and a friendly chat. Notes. Kate Castleton has joined the "Faust Up to Date" company. Den Thompson will go on the road next season, and will have a new play for New York the season after. Robert Downing will produce hie new tragedy, "The Barmen," next month. He is rehearsing it while on tour. The citizens of Corning, N.Y., have raised $40,000 by subeoription for a new play house, which is to be ready for the next season. Actresses are dressing very quietly this season. On the street and at professional matinees their attire is of eoberest hue. The garish gear of the soubrette is a thing of the past. Kate Bentley, the burlesquer of long ago, who has not been in America for years, has become an entertainer or monologuist in the English provinces, and is making money fe,st. The smaller cities complain of many open dates, while it is hard, very hard, to secure time in the week stands. Managers are beginning to leave one-night towns severely alone. Blanche Bender of the "Step -Daughter" Company, is to marry Joseph Jefferson, jun., who plays with his father under the A NEW IDEA FOB BOYS. name of Joseph Warren. The naewriage will take place at Bazzera's Bay next The Lever Propelling Sled, and How it is summer Bandied. Here is the way they elevate the stage Here is it new thing for the boys—a out West, according to an occidental OK. lever propelling sled. The hand piece of change: "1! the person who dropped a the propelling device is hinged to two cat in the remit:et during the performance arms. The front arm is hinged at the of " The Henrietta" will call on the lower end to the forward part of the manager of the theater he will hear some - runner, while tlae loever end of the rear thing to his advantage." rept erm ie left free, and on the end has a spur Count Tolstoi has jnet completed a play, Of tempered eteel which engages itself in an English version of whit% it to be pleb - the snow or ice when in use. Botn arms 'lobed early in the new year. As the lens. pass between the sled and nave. The at.. eian authorities are unlikely to permit rangemente for propelling the sled are the anything from the pen of Count Tolstoi to Setae on both Ades. Ie is propelled by a be published in Russia, the London editor motion similar to that of rowing. With a may possibly bring out also an edition of Short stroke with the hands a long stroke the Russian original. is produced with the levers, and it ie staUd that because of the great purchaee pow r' the eked runs very easily and will make dine speed on snow or ice. It may be guided in going down hill.—Iron Age. A Warning. "Did George brine you tap sorne candy teenight, Marianne 1" " Yee, mamma." "1 thought so 1 I with the next time Ihe does you worthd tell him not to emack his lir/ so lond when eating it."—Light. The incomes of the London daily papers Are thue put down: Daily Telegraph, $550,000 ; Tithes, $600,000 ; Standard, *366.000 ; Morning Post, 9225,000 ; Daily Chronicle 0200,000, and Daily News, 6160,000: " Send tibia oat to the repeat shop," Ordeted the inepootte., " Yee, sir. What ie wrong? " " 1 notice tlaat two el the windows open oaelly. neve them ett.4 tended Id." A Mean Conductor. How embarrassing some things are I There was a Trout avenue young lady, very pretty and very young, and ehe talked so the whole car could hear her, says the Kansas City Star. "Thie in my birthday," elle said. The whole oar and her escort were interested. '1 Is that to 2" oaid he. 4' Grt1008 how old." " I can't." " Will I have to tell yon? Well, it is Tweety-fotirth I" 13awlo the conductor, opening the door. Every one knew it Waan't true but she was no mad that she shut her mouth tight and the or heard no Moro. DARK AND DARING Ways of the Uhioago Divorce De- teotive. Illuenand and Wife separated By a Design- ing Portion who watt )in the ray of Roth —Beside This stealing le utmost. The experience of Alexander W. Van Hafften and his wife Emma with a di- vorce deteotiveie an illuteration of the evil that it being worked between mina and wife and the marital misery which in being nfliated every deg by unprincipled divorce awyers and their toole, says the Chieago Mail. Von Heiken is a clerk in the Chicago de Alton ticket office at 195 Clark street. tie is 26 years old. He wae married in St. Louis in June, 1887, to hie wile, who ie brunette of the highly strung and seneitive type. They lived together until November let, 1889, leaving had one child, now two years old, when Mrs. Van Haffwm lef 1 ber husband for the suppoeed offence of infidelity September 15th last. It transpires now Oast she had no cause for snopeoting hie fidelity to his marriage vowe, but that William C. Wil• eon, a eceeelled detective, who, like meny others of the same species, announces mat- rimonial diffioultiee se his specialty, deliberately made her believe that Van Hefften was consorting with another woman. To reeks Wilson's conduct less exousable and more contemptible he went to Van Hafften after he had thoured authority from the wife to discover her husband'e supposed miedeeds, and repre. scanted We him that Mrs. Van Hafften was not true to him, and induced him to give him employment in getting proof against the wife. Thus husband and wife were employing the same man to ascertain the faots as to whet he made them believe was the misconduct of the other. Acting for Van Hafften, Wilson pre- tended that he could obtain proof of his wife's infidelity if he were given money to do so, end Van Haffien paid his board at a house near hie wife's abode and gave him a sum of money for other ex- penses. Wilson shortly afterward called en Van Haff ten with a stetement that the letter , could now see with his own eyes his wife's behavior. He took Van Hafften to a 'spot on Michigan avenue where he could see without being seen, but Mrs. Van Hafften did not appear with a man as Wilson said she would, and no other proof of any sort was pro- duced, despite the detective's daily promise to dieolose it. Van Hafften's suspioions were thus aroused, and from inquiries the vehole story come out. Acting on Wilton's "pointers" Mre. Van Haffien lead begun o sait for divorce against her hueband, alleging adultery. Mrs. Van Hafften obtained the custody of the daughter and alimony, and Ven Hafften, follow- ing Wilton's representetions, filed an answer to her snit, in whioh he insinueted some of Wilson's allegations. Upon dis. covering that he had been the dupe of a scoundrel Van Hafften called upon his wife and they compared notes. They concluded that they had both been duped and each was satisfied with the other's innocence. Both had fiery tempers, an estrangement had sprung up between them, and in their condition of dissatisfaction and anger they believed anything that was told them. A reconciliation was effeoted, and Mrs. Van Hafften will drop her divorce proceedings. She has started for St. Louis, where Van Hafften willjoin her, and no marriage ceremony being necessary to unite them since no divorce has been granted, they will resume marital relations and journey down the road of life better satiefied with each other than ever. On. learning the feats Van Hafften went gunning for Wilson, with the intention of whipping and shooting him is he resisted a drubbing. "But for Wilton's wife," said Van Hafften this morning, "1 would have sent him to Joliet or ehot him. His wife, how- ever is in it delicate condition and begged me not to hurt Wagon. He is a coward, and I expected that he would try and shoot me, but when I found him he went down on his knees and fairly groveled. He said that he had pat up the scheme because he was in need of bread. I asked him why he didn't steal. I told him it was worse than murder to destroy the happiness of hus- band and wife. "11 was through hie representetione that I filed my answer to my wife's bill. I expected to prove what he told me and thus secure a divorce. He fairly drove me wild. When he hid me in one building to prove to me my wife's infidelity and then brought her down to show that I was breaking my marriage vows I was nearly crazy. However, everything has been cleared up, and in a couple of monthe my wife end I will be reunited. She leaves for St. Louis tenight for a visit to her parents, and when she returns we will once more become man and wife." Some Hints on Bending. All books need not be reed carefully; indeed, it is often a waste of time to linger long over a volume whose entire thongbene not essential to mune purpose. It is an art mei:laired only by practice to glean wisely and rapidly from a somewhat barren yet occasionally fruitful book. Many, pro- bably most, volumes demand time and careful thought. The second reading of a good book is often of great value. The thoughts retained from the first reading are impressed more fully on the mind, and become assimilated with one's mentel structure, while others of value that wore unnoted before are gathered in. If there s no time for a seoond reading, it is an ex- celknt idea to read with a blue pencil in hand, and to mark those passages on whioh one would like to bestow further thought. In the eyes of some people, marking a book is an unpardonable but the practice hes meny advantages. The value of the marked volume is greatly enhanced not only to the owner, whose attention is thus readily called to passages of special interest and importance, but also to the borrower, who is able to follow the reader's thought, and learn hie judgment and taste. The objection that a book whose margins are interlined looks len clean and fresh then if free from markings has no weight. Of what value is a shelf full oe books that have been rigidly kept free from these written comments, end look as clean as if just from the publisher, except to command a higher price when, some years hence, our cherished possessions are taken to a dealer in seoond-hand literature? A jadioionsly marked book is a mums of delight to the marker and his friends and becomes tenfold more a park of the reader's thought than any other. It is nnneoeseary , to say that the making should be done by no one but the owner, and common.senee will suggest a hard pencil for the purpose. The advice so generally given to pass by no reference the meaning of which is not at once apparent works in two ways. The reader who takes up Milton for the first time, and whose education has not been a liberal one, would lase all the freshness of the thought which the author breathes forth if he forced himself to °paternally consult books of mythology and history. The habit of frequently interrupt- ing the author's thought to consul* dictionary or ayoloptedia results diseetrously if one as attempting to reoognize the author's genius. Sometimes' a blue mark, or it list of obscure words jotted down for fature reference, will relieve the reader's consoience, and not seneibly diminish his interest in the book. At other times the close relation of thought and illustration poeitively demands investi- gation from some outside source. ' Read with a friend if possible; not nemeserily alined or together, bat if the thoughts of two friends are directed to the mime course of reading during the day, its subjects are pretty sure to be disouseed, and its substance more thoroughly digested and assimilated. Years alter, an illusion to the book or a quoted passage recalle the thought and the friend both profitably and plea- santly. Disouseion always emphasizes and greatly facilitates comprehension of it writ. ten page.—Helen Mars hatt North, in Harper's Paean The Wilkie Collies memoriel for whioh eomething over $1,600 has been raised, will take the form of a small library of choice fiction, to be presented to the. London Peopleft Palace." ErIMProllis OF A J AglaA”. 4,1,••••••• Diagnosis or a Would -Bo Consumptive mixed with a Telephone Girl's Vranirs. Tiokleribs is it praotioal joker, bat he is very much afraid of anteumPtion. The other evening he began (toughing and went to the telephone and called up Dr. Wbiteye and told hint he was pretty retire he was in the first etage of constunplion. Now, it may be stated by way of pitren. thesis !that Tiokleribs had played'a good many jokes on the girl at the central call office, so as Emu as the heard what he said she rang up a music shop where it young man is in the habit of prootioing upon a bass'horn about that time and told him in her sweetest tone that she would like him to blow a short sharp blast right in front of the transmitter ot his telephone at soon as he heard the bell tinkle. The young mien got ready. "Oh, I foamy you're mieteken," paid the dootor. "No, I ain't. Lose no time. Come over at once." "Hold on I Cough in the telephone." The girl, who had been liotening, jerked out the plug connecting Tiokleribe, put that connecting the bass horn in its place and tiukted the bell, according to previous ar- rangement. The young men dropped the receiver from ite hook and blew &terrible blast. The girl immediately restored the contention, and flee doctor, after recovering from his aston- ishment, asked: "Did you. cough?" " Yes ; ain't it pretty bad? " '1 should say so," exclaimed tho dootor. "What shall I do 2 " Why, you are turning to a jeokass very rapidly, and you had better begin your new way of living at 01108. You have eynap. tome of the consumption of oats and baled hey." While the doctor wondered and the patient raved the telephone lady eplit her aides with laughter, and the ignorent yotueg man tooted hie horn in ignorance of what he had done.—London Exchange. Items Concerning Women. The t Told -you -130's. 'Cape Cod Item - s. WPM -MATCHED PATE. , THO Man who thinks he knews it all makee labor For he, ortilse dan tell ies when we're wrong and tot us right, And be should wed the woman. that 50 many of us know— Who " knew before it haPnensa, it would turn out 130t" A yenng man, name yet unknown, watt killed yesterday n' factory at St. Btty. Mond. Hate Is Jealous. A London cable says: Kate Riordan hao been arrested charged with shooting Dr. Bright yesterday. It is supposed she wee incensed at the prospect of Dr. Bright's daughter marryieg a man named Maines, who she alleges was formerly engaged to herself. Mr. Maines asserts that he was never engaged to Kate Riorden, and that ehe is laboring under an inertias de- lusion. More Than Likely. Chicago News: "Con I Hokus 2" " Not juet now." "It she engaged—or is she in town 2" "Oh, she's in the parlor and as the light's pretty well ont the chances are by this time she's engaged." Be Was Her Goose. " Well, your goose is cooked " exclaimed Snodgrass as he entered his parlor. "Who has been roasting you title time love 2 " asked Mrs.Snodgrass, anxiously. • Sir John Thompson has caused a circa. lar to be issued to all the judges in Canada, as well as to the Attorney -General oe each province, asking their views as to the advisability of abolithing the grand jury eyetem. The formal opening of the theological faculty of the Queen's University took place last evening, when Principal Grant delivered an address, —If an oyster has a black veil on lie sur- face it is a male. Some women look as if they had been born clothed, some as if they had aolaieved clothing, namely, bought it ready-made, and others as if they had baa their olothes thrust upon them. It is this difference in the manner of dressing, and not the differ - once in dollars and ciente, that constitutes the wide variation there is in the appear- ance of different women. A man never realizes the full extent of his depravity until be runs for office. The hereditary Prince of Waldeck- Pyrroiont, only brother of the Duchess of Albany, and Prince Illexittillian Of Baden, nephew and heir presumptive of the grand 850 Niles A Binghamton woman brong ht snit against her divorced husbend for breach of promise. To speak to ono cf the Sultan's wives would be immediate death to the unluoky offender. Miss Sanger, the President's private ethretary, is the first woman to fill that position in the White House. A Pennsylvania woman, her daughter and her granddaughter each gave birth to twine on the same evening recently. Another medical school for woneen is to be opened in Ootober in connection with Queen Mergaret College, Glasgow. A mean of Japan has jatit been divorcee from hie thirty-fifth wife, and at last ao. counts wae about to marry his thirty. sixth. In Holland watchwornen are found at all the railway stations, instead of men. A woman may be divorced in China for thieviehness, wanton conduct, negleat of husband's parents, childlessness, jealonely, malignant disease. Germany employs 5,500,000 women in indnetrial pursuits; England, 4,000,000; France, 3,750000; Italy, 3,500,000, and Artetro- Hungary nearly the same number. The Japanese believe that woman grew on a tree, the Laplanders that she was once a rabbit, the ,Persians that she fell from the heavens, and the Anetralians that she was once a toad. THE MIS Tata BIND Frail ,Idea •-••••••sel.-8.". nml Women to the Out World. In, a recent lecture n" TkinkeWititthe Outer World" Dr. , Osborne ot Hatuiltint,„ , said: Mat bond unites us to our suit roundinge 2 Talk :to, a blind , nia,a of snow -dad mountains, of daeliiug and foaming riven, of the ever-changing ooean, of broad landscapes, watered with crwitaleereams ; of the azure sky, tef, , the, silvery ,radiance o!. the moon autheiietrift the BIM at he shake in hie mejeety in. the west, forming a oirde of ' goldnand Rorgie olouds—all theee mad o thousand other varied scene° are lost to him. He asks what have I itt common with my sur- roundings? Describe to 0 deaf man the charms of musio ; the wide , stirring much, the melting melody. the ' [tinging of birds, the oraeh of thunder—all are alike to him; mere deecripticins. All conceptione of our surroundings reach lea through the medium of sight or hearing. What description, no matter how eloquent, oan convey an adequete idea of a view when we are unable to eise it? What mere portrayal of musk: le equal to actually hearing it? Surely eight and hearing are the two great bonds which unite us to the enter world 1" The lecturer then went on to prove that as one went down the scale of einimal development the eye was found to be, in accordance with its possessor, lesa and less perfect. He described the zoo- phyte; which has no eyes, but oan appre- ciate light ; the star fieb, with many rudimentary eyes, each of whicb can appreciate light ; the parasol ante, of trophical America, which have three oyes; the arableps or four-eyed fish (which is Bald to nee two eyes in searching for food while the other two look out for enemiee) ; the bee, which only appears to have two eyes, yet each eye is compound, having as matey ao seven linudred eyelets in eaolx eye. " The type of a perfect eye," tied& the lecturer, '1 is that possessed ' by man. The beautiful mechanism of the human eye has not only engaged the special attention of anatomists, but philoact. phone poets and divines in ,all ages have been fasoinated by the marvels that dis- tinguish this organ. From past records we learn that the eye has been honored by O more general study than any other organ of the senses. It has been called the queen of the senses,' ' the index of the mind,' it has even been esteemed itself a soul.' The term 'window of the soul ' is peculiarly appropriate, for by means of the eye we enlighten our inner consoiouenees." Dr. Osborne then pro- ceeded to describe in interesting language the structure of the human eye (contrast- ingit with that of the lower animals), also giving it description of the musolee govern- ing it. "Tho movements of each eye are aesociated with those of ite To speak metaphorically we cannot make one eye search out the unwritten page of the future while the other pensively re- gards the blotted history of the past. If eyes were not directed in Cele way we shotdd constantly be seeing double. Such ever-changing and nicely associated actions are demanded in no other part of the body. Under certain circumstances the eyes are prone to become independent, of each other and roam about at their own sweet will, causing their owner to tee double. This is notably the case when their possessor is under the influence of liqttor (Laughter.) This peculiarity was familiar to a certain profeseor who, when dining out one evening, dithovered to his horror on rieing from the table that he had taken too much wine. When Inc guests assem- bled in the drawing -room the hostess sent for her twin babies to be admired. They were presented first to the professor, who studied the phenomenon gravely for a few moments and turning to the hostess, said: "Yee, it's a Wanda' child I" (Laughter.) His knowledge had misled him that time. The setting of the eye was then dealt with. and the lids, eyebrows, eyelashes, etc., were described. The disadvantages which people labor under who have imperfect sight were then spoken of, and some forma of defective sight were elacideted. Said Dr. Osborne; "Experts have carefully j criticized the eye, udging it from the standpoint of an optical metrument, and 'bey in their wisdom have decided that it is full of defeats. But they forget to sad that while no single eye is perfect, we are able by combining two natural eyes tohave perfect vision, each compensating for the defects of its fellow.Defects of sight affect either our appreciation of color or form." The matter of color blindnese was then dealt with, and the lecturer remarked that in these oases what is to as a beautiful colored picture appears to them merely a study in monochrome, varied certainly to to light and shade, bat all of one tint. In conclusion he said: " Oar eyes are rarely alike in their visual acuteness. This fact is not generally known, but neverthelees it is rather the exception to find a person with a pair of eyes exactly alike. Extreme differences sometimes exist, quite unknown to the person himself. One eye may be long- sighted while the other may be near- sighted. Indeed it is not uncommon in testing eyes to find that the patient is nearly blind in one eye and has never 1,5 - fore recognized the fact. The reason oa many children are required to wear epee - tattles in the present day is not due, as some suppose, to the degeneration of the spades, but because we know that the cor- rection of certain optical defects by HUMUS of glasses prevents the othurrenoe of more serious eye trouble later in life. Thee strain thrown upon certain eyes in their effort to see distinctly is one of the most important factors in canting serions affec- tions of the eyee, eo, on the principle that prevention is better than cure, glasses are worn to ward off future trouble. The sense of eight it more liable to deception then any other special senile. In persons who are suffering from ill health, who are mentally and physically enfeebled, also in some morbid conditions of the eye, the power of imagination becomes un- naturally sensitive. The illusions which delirious and insane persons euffer from are the result ol 501320 action whiah ifla- enoas the eight centre in the brain. The makes, rats, monkeys or devile whioh torture the poor wretch suffering from delirium tremens could not be more real to him if they were actually present in the flesh. The condition of his brain is end/ that the fibres which would be excited by ghastly eighth in health are kept in a, state of conetant irritation by his morbid con- dition." The lecturer was frequently settplanded during the delivery of hie ad. nimble leotare, of Which the foregoing is merely a brief outline. Texas' Colored Talmage. About 300 negroes assembled at the old skating rink last night to hear "Sin Killer" Griffin preaoh on the subject " Prayer - Meeting in Hell." The servicee were com- menced by singing and prayer. The latter was accompanied by undertone singing from some of the sisters. Starting oat, the Rev. Griffin said that he wanted everybody to keep quiet. When some one lef t the house he remarked that it didn't make much difference for one or two to go oat, but that they were going to hell as fast as they did so. The congrega- tion, he said, was bothered because he was going, to preach on "Prayer -Meeting in Hell, when there were to many here in Dallas who did not pray. He quoted the Bible as authority that there were prayer - meetings in hell, saying that Jonah prayed in hell when he was in the etomeoh of the whale, and that David cried that the powers of hell cornpaesed him round about. The Rev. Griffin said fleet there were present lest night murderers and men who had taken away other men's wives, and that on this account they wouldn't have to go for to find hell, and he exhorted thoee that were in it there to hold prayer far delivery oat of it. The latter part of the Rev. Griffin' exhortation was chanted rather than epoken, during which he threw himself into many striking attitudes. The congre- gation would frequently join with him in a chorus, using words of hie sermon —Dallas News. duke, will seek brides in England. So, at least, it is reported la 'Violins. He Could But He Wouldn't. Bufialo News : In line of battle the spelling class stands, With solemn Peace and folded hands, Waiting the word that shall make or mar The cherished report of the anxious star. 0 terrible word! 0 sweet little lass 1 How she struggled and toiled to be head of the class I Now the falters with tears in those eves of brown, And with many a burning blush goes down. And the laddie who stood at her side in the line— Just suppose his position were yours or mine 1 He can spell the word, but he's not even tried; He would rather go down, just to it at her side Sweet school -day love! How long can it last ? inust it change and fade when school -days are past? Now the lad calls the lassie his promised bride ; Would he shore a disgrace just to sit at her side? glie was shocked. Porcupine : Miss Inswine—AS we sailed up the bay I noticed each a number of buoys in the water. Aunt Priscilla—I hope you looked the other way. Pressing Engagement. New York Herald: "Did you press your snit hoe evening when you called on Min Bellows 2" 11 No ; but I premed her's 1" Size and Sauciness, Elmira Gazette ; The difference between repartee and impudence is the size cat the MEM who says it. John B. Freeman, M. P. P. for South Norfolk, who has been very dangeronely ill with malarial fever, is some better. Deputy Juan A. Nlateos will present in the Itexicen Chamber of Deputies to•day a bill which, if made a law, will cause three-fourths of the clergy to leave Minded, Neerly all the °aiding Catholic) ehteroheti belong to the Government, and the bill proposes that Only native priests be allowed to bumpy the pulpits. IsTearlythree.fouribs of the priests are Spaniards. A, Meet . etching debate io predicted. But it Gave it a Black Eye. Rix:heater Herald: Thursday was Thanksgiving Day in Canada, and the result of the A.merioan eleotions was a epecial subject for mention by the admin.- istration organs—which f ail to realize that the vote of Tuesday aia not repeal the latainieg Bill ' —A oeld St. Martin's day (11th instant) Minute o Cold whiter.