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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1891-10-22, Page 3A rERILOD WOO1300, e Wrone the Norwegian et eseeensfe erne itiornson. Vs' trend Megazieee 1 , From the time that Aslang . was quite . grown up there wee no longer any peace or • :Viet at atifo,t,y, In feet, all the hand - emcee yoneg fellows in the village aid nothing but iight and quarrel night after night ; lina, it waealwaye wont on Seterday inglie. Asiangei father, oh:Wane be Heeaby, never went to bed ou those nights without ' keeping on at least his leather breeehee, and laying a good et out birch stick ou the bed beside him, " If I have such a pretty daughter," said old Cauute, " 1 Iliad know how to take care of her," Thor Neeset Wee only the son of a . poor cottager, and yet folks said that it was he who wont oftenest • to visit the farmer's daughter afi' Husaby. Of comae old Canute was not pleased to hear this. He said it was not true ; that, at any rate, he bad never seen him there. Sill they smiled, and whispered to each other that; if he only had thoroughly eearched the hay -loft, whither Aslang had many an errand, he would have found Thor there. Spring came, and Aslang went up the mounteia with the cattle. And now, when the heat of the day hung over the valley, the rocks rose cool and clear . through the sun's misty rays, the cow -bells tinkled, the shapherd's dog barked, Asking sang her "joder songs, and blew the cow - es, horn, all the young men fele their hearts , grow sore and heavy as they gazed upon her beauty. And on the first Saturday evening one after the other they crept up the bill. But they came dowu again quicker than they had gone up, for at the top stood s a man, who kept guard, receiving each oue who came up with such a warm reception that he all his life long remembered the words that accompanied the action : "Come up here again'and there will be etill more in sterefor you !" All the young fellows could arrive but at one conclusion, that there was only one man in the whole parish who had such fists, and that man was Thor Nesset. And all the rich farmErs' 'daughters thought it was too bad that this cottager's son hhould stand highest in Aslang Husaley's favor. Old Canute thought the same when he heard about it all, and said that if there were no one else who could cheek him he would do it himself. Now Canute was certainly getting on in years; still, although he was past 60, he often en- joyed a good wrestling match with his eldest son whenever time indoors fell heavy on his hands. There was but one path up to the mountain belonging to Husaby, and it went straight through the farm aaarden. Next Saturday evening, as Thor was on his way to the mountain, creeping carefully across the yard, hurryiug as soon as he was well past the farm buildings—a man suddenly rushed at him. "What do you want with me ?" asked Thor, and hit him such a blow in the l face that sparks danced before his eyes. "You will soon learn that," said scmeow, else behind hitn, and gave him a great Wow in the back of the neck. That was Aslang's brother. " And here's the third man,"e said old Canute, and attacked him also. The greater the danger the greeter was Thor's strength. He was supple as a willow, and hit out right manfully ; he dived and he ducked; whenever a blow fell it missed him ; and when none expe ted it ha would deal a good one. He s ooped down, he sprang on one side, but gor all that he got is terrible thrashing. Old Canute said. afterwards that "h had never fought with is braver fellow." They kept it up till blood began to floi4 then Canute cried out, "Stop !" Then he sdded in a croaking tone : "If you ca1n get up here next Saturday, in spite of Canute, Husaby and his men, the girl shell be yours !" ' Thor dragged himself home as best he could, and when he reached the eottage went straight to bed. There was al great deal of talk about the fight up on Husaby Hill, but everyone said, "Why did! he go there ?" Only one person did not sey so, and that was Aslang. She had been expect - Mg Thor that Saturday evening, but when she heard what had happened between him and her father, she sat clown and cried bit- terly, and said to herself, "11 I may nqt have Thor, I shall never have is happy day again in this world." Thor stayed in his bed. all Sunday, and when Monday came he felt he must stay on where he was. Tues- day, came, and it was a very lovely. day. It had rained in the night ; the hills looked so fresh and green, the window was open, sweet odors were wafted in, the cow -bells were tinkling on the mountain, and far up above someone was " jodling." . . . Truly, if it had not been for his mother who was sitting in the room, he could havecried. Wed- nesday came, asicl still he stayed in bed ; on Thursday, though, he began to think about the possibility of being well again by Saturday, and Friday found him on hie legs again. Then he thought of what Ashmg's father had said : " If you can get up to her next Saturday without being stopped by Canute and his then, the girl shall be yours. Over and over again he looked up at Nusaby farm: " I shall never see another Christ- mas," thought Thor. As before mentioned, there was but one path tip to Husaby Hill ; but surely any strong, able fellow must be able to get to it, even though the direct way were barred to him. For instance, if he were to row round the point yonder and fasten his boat at the one side, it might he possible to climb ap there, although it was so very steep that the goats bad great difficulty in climbing it, and they are not usually afraid of mountain work. Saturday came, and Thor went out early in the morn- , Mg. The day was most beautiful ; the sun shone so brightly that the very bushes : seemed alive. Up in the mountain many voices were " jodling," and there was much blowing of horns. When evening came he was sitting at his cottage dooe watching the .teaming mist rise up on the bills. He looked upwards—all was quiet ; be looked . over towards Husaby farm—end then he jumpect into his boat and rowed away round vehe point. , Asleng sat before the hut ; her day's work . was done; she was thinking Thor would ,not come that evening, and that therefore .-rnany others might cotne instead, so she un- astened the dog, and, without saying any- ithing, walkedfarther on. She sat down so that she could see across the valley, but the mist was rising there and prevented her looking down. The she chose another ' place, and, without thinking more about it, • • eat down so that she looked towards the side where lay the fjord; it seemed to bring to her soul when the coield gaze far cross the water. As she sat • there yieruck her that she was inclined o she chose a song. with " long - CS," and far and wide it sounded o ,mountaina. She liked to hear , so elm began over again when se was elided. But when she , secondeit seemed. to her as ono enswered nestle far down ear roes what clan that b Mitten, . She stopped the . edge, and twined her , elender birch Which hung the precipice, end looked ' .could see. nothing ; the elm and at ,reee ; litit' it the Water. So Aelang sat here& down again) end again the been to sing. Once more came the ausWermg veiee us the sosne tonere and nearer than the filet) time, "That stetted wae' no echo, Whamr it may bo," Aslang jumped to her feel) end egeiu leaned ever the cliff. And there down below, at the foot of the rooky well, elle saw a boat fastened. looked like a tiny nutshell, for it was very far dowu. Sho leoked again and saw a fur cap, and uncles- it the tiger° of a man, climb- ing up the steep and barren cliff. "Who eau it be?" Asian askee herself and, letting go the birela she stepped back. She elated not answer leer own qeestion, but well she knew who it woe. She flung her -' self down on the green sward, seized the gess with both hands as though it were she who dared not loose her hold for feu of falling. But the graze came up by the roots ; she screamed aloud, and dug her hands deeper and deeper into the soil. Sho pra,yed to God to help him ; but then it struck her that this feat of Thoe's would be called " tempting Providence," and. there- fore he could not expect help from above. "Only just this once!" she prayed. "Hear my prayer just this one dine, and help him 1" 'Then she threw her arms mune the dog, as though it were Thor whom she was clasping, and. rolled herself on the grase beside it. The time seemed to her quite endless. Suddenly the dog began to bark "Bow, wow !"said he to Aslang, and jumped upon Lei. And again, " Wow, wow !" then over the edge of the cliff a coarse, round cap came to view, and—Thor was in her arms ! He lay there a whole minute, and neither of them was capable of uttering a syllable. And when they did begin to talk there was neither SO1180 nor reason in anything they said. But when old Canute Husaby heard of it he uttered a remark which had both sense and reason. Bringing his fist down on the table with a tremendous crash, "Tho lad deserves her," he cried ; " the girl shall be his !" IN DAYS GONE BY. . This may be a wicked world, but in many respects it is better than it used to be. Macaulay in one of his essays rebukes the people who are always sighing for "the good old days," and tells them that they would feel pretty sore if they had to live as their great-grandfathers did. There is an improvement to be noted in manners as well as in food end transportation. W. C. Sydney, in his "England and the English in the Eighteenth Century," gives this en- tertaining description of a fine gentleman of the Georgian era: "Roughly speaking, a fine gentleman of the Georgian era ordi- narily began the day about ten o'clock in the forenoon by a general reception of visi- tors in his dressing chamber, having first fortified himself for that arduous task by swallowing a cogue of Namtglif. ---IIN en the last batch of callers had taken their dew • ture he rose and placed himself no ler the superintendence of his valet for abo it two hours. Now was brought into req isition his extensive assortment of perfume y—oil of Venus, spirit of lavender, a tar of roses, spirit of cinnemoe er eau-de-luce, among others with which the various articles of attire were severally and carefully sprinkled. ' Then, as now, there were in vogue certain sweetly - scented soaps, which were largely Patron- ized by fashionable beaux, and with"a cake of one of these he freely lathered his hands and face. He next dabbed his fa e with scented powder till it was as white as that of a miller, and plastered his hair with scented pomatum, and, having perfumed his pocket -handkerchief with rose os jessee mine water, tied his cravat end adjueted his periwig, he finally sat down en dine about 3, either alone or in companer with his friends. The - repast concluded, he buckled on his sword, brushed his het with great care, gave it the 'cock,' placed it with much ceremony on his head, and for a brief space surveyed himself in the Mirror. When quite satisfied with his appearance, the beau took up his cane, ordered a,sedan- chair, and proceeded in state to some coffee- house in the neighborhood of St. James' (generally White's), where for about. an hour he aired his political vieWs, or tickled the ears of the company with ;choice samples of his wit and pleasantry, inter- mingled with jests from the newest play or the gist of the latest scandalous story that had been circulated. Then this 'killing creature,' having first smeared his upper lip with snuff, hailed a chair and was borne along to the door of the playhouse, where, instead of attending to the performance (his mind would have recoiled with horror at the thought !) he wandered from pillar to post, now laughing and. chatting with his friends, and then pulling out by turns his -watch and pocket handkerchief. When the play concluded the beau usually repaired either to the coffee-house or to the residence of some boon companions, with whom he spent the remaincler of the night, lending a hand at crimp, ombre, loo or whist, over bowls of punch and bottles of claret,. until the small hours of the following morning— not uufrequently :ming conducted reeling home by a friendly watchmen, bribed with sixpence for the purpose." The Euglish soldiers in the Soudan were supplied with St. Jacobs Oil. It Will Worn Roth. Ways Al& Gowanloek said he had heard that the St. Lawrence Foundry was purchasing the water mains in Hamilton supplied to this city. He thought all these mains should be cast in this city. The Superin- tendent said he had not beard of this, but promised to report. —Report in, Toronto Hews. Let Hasuiltonians remember this. Toronto's selfishness is proverbial, and if Hamilton people were possessed of more of this spirit it would. be better for this city. ,1401006•WARDPUN.GIA A, glance est the adveitising pages of the monthly magazines ehowe that the best method of warming dwelling, houses in winterie one of the great problems. of the dey, (auto fires are eheerful to look at, but most of the heat s;oos up the chimney. Base -burner stoves are ruinous to carpets, became° dusty coal ntust be poured into them and Ashes" must be ebaken down and carried away.. Those who can affoed It therefore place their , heating apparatus in the cellere end either conduct the warmed air through flues Mto the living eoorns, or have hot, water or steam sent • upwercl thronglimipes and into radiators. The hot- air syetemis the best for ventilation, as it brings is constant supply of pure air from outdoors, but in Order for it to make the part of a moire remote from a register warm enough,' the pare close to thei.:egister must be toe het, and the dry furnace beet pulls furniture to pieces at is great rate. An objection to both these systems is the umount of drudgery connected with the lifting of so many tons of coal and. 'ashes in the coarse of the winter. Some time ago the Trees asked if a' boiler could not be invented by whiclt water could be heated economically by the combustion of gas. The saving of labor would be worth some- thing, and there could be a decided economy in the spring and fall when very little artificial heist is required to warm the rooms, but if a coal fire is kept going at all the consumption of fuel is almost as gee:et:le in the coldest part of winter. All this is preliminary to .the statement that experiments are going on with a view to warming hoases by electricity, and though it hes not been decided that the economical point has yet been reached, enough has been aicertained to indicate that it will be a very handy system when it really comes into use. Marls W. Dewey, who writes upon the subject in the Electrical World, says that electrical heat- ing apparatus is much cheaper than other heating apparatus, as wires may be used in the place of pipes for conductors of the heat or the heating medium. No heat need be wasted, as each room can have its heater and though small will consume no more energy accordingly than a large heater. Among the advantages of electric heating, these are enumerated : "Let the current come from the central station and heat coils of iron wire. These coils are vary cheap, . may be pieced in any part of the house and arranged in almost any conceivable and de- sirable way to produce the best results for heating or cooking purposes. These coils can be placed just under or around the vessel holding the article to be cooked or baked. Less heat than usual would be required, for no soot would collect upou the bottom of the containing vessel. The fire risk would be much less than at present, as the wire never need be hot enough to cause fires or can be easily and completely protected. The heat supply can be turned on or off instautly ; thus there will be no loss of fuel when the need of heat has ceased. This applies with great force to summer use. In beating, cooking or baking, the temperature can be kept uni- form or controlled as desired. In cooking cr ba.king, many things are spoiled and wasted because the heat cannot be regu- lated as desired or appears to be different from what it really is. Many regulators have been devised for the antomatie regulation of coal heaters, but none of them accom- plish their purpose fully for the reason that, a coal heater cannot be automatically regulated except iu a small degree. We must visit the furnace or stove now and then, supply it with coal, rake down the ashes, cerry them, out, clean the soot out of the flues so that it will have draught, and many other things. None ef, these things would be necessary with an electric heater. It can be thermostatically regulated perfectly the year around, and when the weather is warm enough or when- ever from any cause the temperature of a house is raised above the point beyond which artiecial or electric beat is not re- quired, it will ehut itself off and there will be no waste whatever ; when the tempera- ture falls below the predetermined point the current will be automatically put on again so that the temperature will be kept uniform and healthful. A meter can be placed in the circuit to the heater which will register perfectly the amount of cur- rent consnmed in producing the heat used, which of course is all that must be paid for. Coal stoves or furnaces do not possess this great advantage, ancl are often in use and wasting energy when an electric heater would be consuming nothing, and, not being in use, are not worn out as quickly as a stove. A coal stove is often run continu- ously during the summer season when two or three hours per day would be suffi- cient. This is done for various reasons ; sometimes to save time or the undesirable job of cleaning out the stove and building a new fire, which necessitates the handling of kindling wood, ashes and coal, which in turn produces more or less dust, smoke und gas ; and sometimes the fire is kept not only for these reasons, but because the weather is liable to change or become rapidly cooler, and at a time when time cannot be conveniently spared ; so we keep t•he fire going day after day, especially in the spring and fall, although iti s warm enough to dispense with it, because we expect the weather to grow cooler ; and often it does, and then we feel repaid for the heat energy we have wasted, because it has saved us from build- ieg a new fire. But very often she weather does not grow cooler for several days and sometimes not at all ; then much heat energy is wasted. With electric heat this would not be so, for the simple turning of a handle or ssvitch, more or less, if auto- matic regulation was not used, would be all tbat would be required to turn the heat off or on as desired. We would therefore not waste the heat half a day or 'an hour, Without rising in the morning, a button touched at the bedside may be made to turn the heat on in any or all parts of the house. The nuisance of kindling, smoke, gas, ashes aid soot will be abolished, and no stove- pipes, chimneys, scuttles, shovels, sash - sifters, kindling wood, coal, or coal bins will be needed." The earn° cnrreut which sepplies heat will also supply light, either arc or incandescent. There will be econotny in heying this gener- ate(' at a greet central station, instead of making the, heat in huildreds of furnaces, each requiring, seer:ante attendance. •Nob the least interesting, point ie the statement of how the electric heat can be conarnunie cated to She air in a house. ' Ono 'form of' apparatus devised ,by Mis DeWetto render electric heating effective and economical is a floor or floor met thee Call bd electrically heated. Thii form of heater is capable of distributing the heal: throughotat the room or car he which it •is placed more uniformly end exposes a large radiating'suraeo to the atmosphere in all parte °atlas room or CAT. , Floor mats are commonly used in street oars • , - to preemie wear upon the floors and to keep persons from slipping. • Mats trio same or simular to those already in use ere employed for the heatee, the Daly essential require - 'meats being that the matt be provided with heat radiating conductors and coenectecl to suitable supply coeductore. These rete aro perfectly. Slide and °free- tive, A. very low tension current IS em- ployed to heat the meta, and this eeirrent is passed through them, They tan be and are Dad or Georgia. Mr. Gotham—I see that a new law in Georgia prevents the selling of liquor within three miles of a church or a school house. Col. 1<aintucle (of Louisville)—My stars That's a terrible blow to Georgia,. Mr. Gotham—Think so ? Col. Kaintuck—Merey, yes 1 In five years there won't be a church or a school house left in the State. And That Would Never Do. Major Murgatroycl—My dear boy, pray repress your spirite. Remember this is a e-ery select ball. You must not swear, laugh boisterously, or drink too much champagne, Ponsonby—But, major, if I behave my self like a gentleman, people willetake me for a waiter. A 3 -year-old child in Lewiston Mee bab- bles in three languages—Frencli Swedish and English, Her father is Frenc'h and her mother is a swede. She picked up Euglish from customers in her father's fruit store. —People who want to commie suicide by going over a big fall ought to look into the advantages of that recently discovered great cataract in Labrador. Wee tleg,gard's brother, Capt. Andrew Haggard., of the Ring's Osve. Scottish bor. dcrisia is tthout isa leave Her Majesty's Ser., Vico after an experience of 18 yeare. Diming hie :service itt Egypt end the Soudan he diss tieguishod himself foe bravery, and amotig other decoratiens received the Egyptiet iron medal and elasp and the Kliedivel bronze star. arranged lu ecnie cages Res that it is inapoe Bible to touch the conductor of the Mate; but eyen if the conduetor in the mat is not preteeted or shielded it is utterly impossible to receive a shook by contact in any manner with the mat. In some ease; fleXible steel coiled. opring *nets will be employed for the ParPeee, as they offer the r &leered 01030.'04 resistence, expose a very greet radiating surface, and are easily removed for cleaning purposes. By the employment of is mat heater the disadvantages common to the usual modes of artificial heating are removed, these dis- advantages being due to the feet thee the heat is concentrated in a particular locality, and therefore is not equallydistributed as it rshould be sincei the specs n the vicinity of the old heater must be heated to an un- desirable degree in order that remote locali- ties may be raised to a, comforteble tempera- ture. The Urge exposed radiating surface area of the mat heater will enable it to develop end radiate a great amount of heat without booming very hot; that is, not hot enough to burn wood., leather or rubber in contact with its It will be unnecessary to raise the heat in the mat above 100 degrees Fahren- heit on the coldest day in the winter to pro- duce a comfortable tem.perature. This is not only because of the extended radiating surface of the heater, but on account of its position upon the floor. The heater does not take up valuable room, and in storage battery ears allows the entire space under the seats to be used for the batteries. These mat heaters are especially adapted for heating rooms and halls in houses. They may be made entirely of nickel or of bronze and formed into a grating of some beautiful design, which can rest upon tiling or marble and have its upper surface level with the floor. In order to prevent undue heating of the mats or to keep their temperature below the igniting point of wood, leather, etc., an atitoma.tie heat regulator is provided in the shape of a thermostatic cut-off or current controller, arranged so that it may be adjusted for any desired degree of temperature, and to cut out the mat when the temperature rises slightly above that predetermined. There is another contrivance for heating hot water by electricity, and still another for imitating a. fire in a grate. Hurry up, Mr. Dewey, and perfect your system. ADE YOE A JOINED 2 OSSOf Pere Sensething Worth "k0^"Igr"' The number of benefit esders seems to be osa the inerease. By " benefit orders " we mean these associations of individealewhieh require each member to pay in $100 or so, promisbag him in. return $500 or $1,000 in old cash en a year or two. Now thee severayear,fivelear and three- year benefit orders are all right PlioUgh in their way, bet they are too tedious in their operation for this day of pestle and enter,. Prise. People 'nowadays can't wait a year or two for large boxes of wealth to be un- loaded et their front cloor-steps. What they want is to be able to pay down a few old, copper pooket-piecest and at the end of the commercial cash persocl of ten days, to call around at the bank vaults with a hand- cart and haul off great shotba,gs full of ripe, gleaming coin. Now, why not carry. the benefit scheme to its logical limit and give the "boys" what they want? Can it be done? Why not ? _ Establish the 'Peoples' Ten Days' Benefit Order," organizing it under the Massachu- setts law. Require every member to pay a penny a day for ten days, this payment entitling him at the end of that time to $t,000 in gold, payable at the office of the Treasurer at Boston, unless f3aid Treasurer has previously sought a change of climate 00 account of his health, Now, the success of this echeme lies in its magnitude. Make it broad and comprehen- sive, Take in the whole world with its population of a billion and a half. Ilirowing off the odd half billion for chil- dren and old fogies who do not believe in such enterprises, and there will be left a round billion of people to do business with. Estimating the lapses in payment at 99,999-1,000 per cent., there will be left at the end of the ten days only 10,000 mem- bers in good and regular standing. Now, average the payments for the bil- lion members, lapses,and all, at five cents each, would give $50,000,000, which is enough to pay every one of the 10,000 re- maining members his $1,000, and leaves $10,000 for the treasurer and directors to buy a typewriter and have illuminated letter -heads struck off. It may be ased what would be the result if there should be no lapses in payment—if every one of the billion members should have the same crafty intent and go into the scheme, hoping every other fellow would change his trousers some cold morning and forget to continue the requisite payment. Supposing each member should pay his ten cents, and at the end of the ten days these billion individuals, with handcarts are waiting in line at the treasurer's office for their money, it is plain what the result would be. The treasurer's office would be very much overcrowded, and somebody would be liable to get hurt in the cru-sh. But here a condition, not a theory con- fronts us. In case of such a rush the directors could relieve the back -pressure of the crowd by declaring an ea: post facto assessment on each member of $101 per day for the ten days, making $1,010; of this each member to get his $1,000 promised, the extra $10 being for the treasurer to Ileac a few games of pool with, while the crowd is playing football with the cuspidors and other bric-a-bract in liss office. This scheme is not copyrighted nor patented, but is open to all. 'Why keep shortening the time of these benefits so slowly ? Why not start thisten-clay benefit echeme right off now, and give "the boys" jusls what they have beenlooleing for ?—/eree Press. TAXES ON INSURANCE COMPANIES. The B. N. A. Act (1867) confers upon the Provincial Legislatures of Canada power to nuske laws regarding "Direct Taxation within the Province in order to the raising of a. Revenue for Provincial purposes," and also to make laws regarding " Municipal Institutions in the Province." The same Lnperial Act confers upon the Donainion. Parliament power to raise money "by any mode or system of taxation." Some years ago we figured out that the Provinciab powers lia.d been surpaased in. practice. We looked up the definitions of direct and in- direct taxation and saw that the Provincial Legislatures and the Municipal Councils were imposing indirect as well as direct taxes. The Municipal Councils, ie seemed tons, should only exercise such powers as were conferred by the Provincial Legis lature, and as a fountain cannot rise higher than its source, the Legislature could not confer a power which it did not itseh possess. Mill says : A direct taxis one which is demanded from the very person who it is intended or de- sired should pay it. Indirect taxes are those which are demanded from one persos in the expectation and intention thathe shaliisidem- nify himself at the expense of another, such as the excise or customs When a municipal Council taxes the goods inat merchants store, it is expected and nifended'thai the merchant shall add the tax to the price of the goods, and make his customers pay it It is an indireet tax. Just so, when the Quebec Legislature taxes Insurance Companies'it is expected that the policy -holders in the Companies shall isa the end pay the tax which is also indirect- The legality of sucCtaxes in Canada is It ques- tion for the lawyers to fight out. An argu- ment with regard to the expediency is of universal application, anl we find is good one in the speech of Mr. D. W. Wilder at the meeting; of the Northwest Fire Under- writers' Association in Chicago. He said. : "When the tax on insura.nce companies was repealed in England in 1869, the kw had been in force eighty-five years That tax, however, was levied by and paid 50 000 Government only. In the United States companies are supervised and taxedin about fifty States and Territories, and municipali- ties by the thousand fax them. Who pays the enormous burden? The policy -holder; he pays a much higher rate than his Eng- lish brother. There is no supervision in England ; no insurance departments to sup- port. And yet England is not, never' has been, overrun with dishonest and insolvent insurance societies as we are here. Fire insurance companies in England are not required to publish their accounts. Some of the oldest and best companies keep their accounts strictly private, nal here always done so. No annual statements. Tine an- nual statements written or printe.d by insur- ance companies and printed by insu mice de • partments in this countrywould fill, peeked closely, a vestibule train of half e. deems coaches. Who pays for the clerfoil laber expended in compiling them, for the cords of white paper used in printing tiwtn, nsid fertile labor of hundreds of printers in putting them into type? Wily, the policy- holder pays. And it is the strangest thing in the world that no reformer gets Ills in any Legislature and exposes and endeavors to defeat this extravagant expenditure. Net one does. The so-called reformers roalse new tax laws every year. England endured this humbug eighty-five years. We ate still piling on the taxes ; have not mice thought of reducing insurance rates by les- sening the expense. The belief is universal that when we tax an insurance company we are beating the company, taking a sharp advantage over the company, tatting the company between the oyes, giving it a good dose, and making it come down. It'sa rich corporation, aock it to 'etre make 'em Sydney Smith said that the only way you eould get a joke into Scotchman's head was by a surgical opera- tion. Not surgery, no ecalpel can possibly make a hole in 8,0 Arnerica.n's bead big enough to make him understand that every tetne he taxes an insurance company he is taxing himself, stealing. =mess out of his, own pocket It takes eighty-five years,' it ,stems, to •work this simple fact through Es ns,tienarbrain. ' Ibis a ntimber 'to remem- ber, like the ,Greek Olympiad, or the period required to make the United Seatee under- stand that slavery didn't pay. on Might get up a tabk of these things; four days make otie joke gets through the 'average head; thirty years make ,Abralman Lincoln, 'the Smutty leiter of Illinois,' the American citizen most atniversally, respected and loved; eighty-five years eonvince the ieng- lisharien that it cogs money to pia his own pocket; one kindred and fifty years gete t110 aft/TIO fact threugh the United States' head." Which of the New York librariete aeks the lfioeld, will be entitled to received faere His Holiness the Pope a copy of that $64,000 edition de luxe of Dantees "Diviee Cotnedy," Which is to be sent. One to each of f' the leading libreries of the world ?" INI41114.11.1elefe 14101erii Pressute to the Inehlie the eesnit of More than twente yore' exeseriettce as nersepigpheiiietan nd. both in e'ranee athe United fe' tee, lathe lone anlnsier the ntlolo, iat I841$ COMPLIILL Horrors of Houseticeping. And yet it is a fact that dishwashing is the one great irksome fact of housework. It mak-es the wife determined that she will have a servant, and makes the servant hate to be one. Dishes and knives and forks are the great curse of our modern civilizatiou. Without them there would be no servant -girl question; there never was oue before they were introduced. A Societe, for the Abolition of Dishes might do a good deal to abolish the servant -girl question. — Boston Tranaript. A. Natural Inference. Willie—Do you like milk, Mr. Stay late? Staylabe—Not particulerly, my little man ; why do you ask? Willie—Sister says you never leave until the cows come home. Re Hind to Your Horse. Rider and Driver: Don't start your horse off with the cut of the whip. Speak to him, and then if he is slew touch him lightly as a reminder. A few lessons of this kind and he will be prompt about getting away, but not too hasty, as is apt to be the case if he has been started with a severe cut. Marc New York Hem& "All that I am or ever hope to be I owe to my wife," said Marrowfat. a That's right," retorted Hicks. "Blame everything on your wife. It's the manly thing to do." Headache, dizziness, ringing noises in the eerie hawking and spitting are sure eymptoms of catarrh. Their no case Nasal Balm will not cure if given a fair trial. Be- ware of imitations. ieorse Salute. Mrs. Eastern --My goodness me, Hiram, I see by the papers theta man has just died aged 118. Mr. Eastern—Waal, won't it "bout time, Maria? a' °it CIIILIelleigef Sillefeeellest WhiehegiseetlY faeilitetee the PreCese ef teeth- ing be eottoning the gunuereducinginilaroma_- tion anti will Allay ell pain and spasmodic ac - don, and is sure to regelate the bowele, 8014 by all druggists. Tiro Baptist ministers of Detrctit are mov- ing in the direction of -funeral reform. They dislike Sunday funerals and all funereal display. They want the rich to set the example., because the poor will always imitate them, and because, as long as osten- tatious display is fashionable ill the burying of the dead, poor people will strive after at emelt pomp m the burial of their friends as they eau possibly secure. Ono minister states that he had heard of a church in the east which undertakes the burial of all its cleceas.ed members, the poor and the rich being treated exactly alike, and he rather liked the idea. Another said "1 have often wished that the deaclevould bury their dead. I have come hearer wrecliieg my health through funerals than through any- thing ale°, end the same cause has often come near wreeldng ray pastoral relations." Hall Caine, who has been selected by Dr. Hermann M1cr chief rebbi of IlIngland, to study the Hebrew question in Russia, is the author of the tneverful historical romauce on Ishmael called " The Scapegoat." Per- haps Ito living writer, nob evert Gen, Lew \Wince, of "Ben Hur" fame has made so ties° a study of the history mid home life of the Israelites of old, The everage seen -hes ef the mistresses ill bios Loinion board sehoole is $0110. There aro snore %emelt woeltere ia the United Kiegdom, Great; Britain sued Ire- land, itt proportion to the popelation, then in any other ooantry in the world, Twelve per tent. of the working cheese there ave women, eaareeeser. Canadian Peanut Cohere. A oluster of peanuts was exhibited on 'Change yesterday by Mr, Charles Watt, the central grain buyer. The cluster was ehown, not with a view to finding a par - chaser, but te demonstrate what can be done in Canada in the way of this particu- lar incluetry, the sample produced being grown uear „Bullock's Corners, Ont., by W. 3'. Mercian. Tim nuts were well developed, and were atteched to the stalk that brought them iato existence. Mr. Morden is so eneouraged with his venture that he intends going extensively into the cultivation of what he is assured will prove a fruitful as well es a newsource of revenue, —Toronto - World. 5.,iernty Tender Conscience. The Congregationalist tells of an erring Church brother in Vermont whose con- science forced, him to get up in open meet^ ing one day and make the following con- fession ; Brethren my conscience com- pels me to confess diet when boiling down my sap this spring I put into tlae kettle two buckets of water and sold the sugar at the same price as that made from pure sap.' 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