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The Exeter Advocate, 1894-5-10, Page 2USE OF ROYALTIES, in the One The Coburg Wedding � .Absuba U' Topic, �nb p .A BOWER OF PRIMROSES. Venna Alfred to Mato a Wurtemnberg. Twin —Antecedents of Elsa's Relatives—Alex- andra of Wales $till elalingering—liey of Tork's Coming 7taby—Where Queen Victoria bot Iles Nante. Riondon Apr'i1,—The Coburg wedding is Via great excitement sqhieh is at present ligitating the minds of the British royals, both at home and abroad, Whilst Queen Mictoria is wending her way from Flor- aiuce to the, dead alive little Duchy, the Lrince of 'Wales, accompanied by his son 301 York and 100 trunks containing the J roily offerings, is proceeding thither from London by easy, stages; In a cousin u .Triage of this description both bride, gond bridegroom have to bet considered in tithe disposal of wedding gifts and the toting Duke of. Hesse comes in for almost !As many, trunk loads of oddments as the 3b11r, and fascinating Victoria Melitaa. Not only the Royals, but the British }iobility have bontributed largely, to letsrtiug the young couple with the as- llortment of nick -narks customary, upon leech an occasion pend the railroad and p$lpping agents have been fairly busy in bundling the numerous cases of British ¢nanufactures which those who delight Ito bask in royalties' smiles have con- itidered it incumbent on them to forward $o the Hessian domain. The 19th inst. (the wedding day), being :likewise the anniversary of the death of bard Beaconsfield, a date religiously. etbserved by Queen 'Victoria and her Immily in the adulation oI the primrose, Abe late Earl's favorite flower, an oppor- $.Anity has been taken 'by, Her Majesty do decorate the, Coburgian Palace with ,these spring blossoms. The, flower does 'Lot grow in Duke Alfred's domains, so ithe ;woods and fields of England have been ordered to be scoured two days be- fore the event in order that some mil - Acme of the pale yellow blooms may, ianii additional attraetioq to the pro- liftedinge, Coburg also does not feel jlgual to undertaking the responsibili- ties of.a wedding cake, this has therefore been made in London. It is 6 feet 6 lobes in height and weighs 280 pounds. YOUNG ALFRED TO WED. Queen Victoria's consent has been Asked and obtained for, ex -Edinburgh's ,ton's betrothal to his cousin, the 18- :jfear-old Duchess Elsa of Wurtemberg. Whe youth will be 20 in October next. Ile has been brought np with such severe lttrictneas by his mother's arch priest and tis father's chaplain that he has not been allowed to look at a girl—even tyrJth the boy eye of love. Queen Victoria kept Duke Alfred single until he was 180 years of age, but his wife, Marie, pld fort her, cons sequentlyt , she intendstto o Marry her son off at what she considers Mk proper mating age. Elsa is one of the *win daughters of the late Duke William ;Eugene of Wurtemberg, and the Grand f>uchess "Vera Constantinova. Her father :ltmrived his marriage little more than temp years. FROM A QL(EER $TOCK. .Elsa's grandfather, the Grand Duke ponstantine, was one of the most dis- paputable of the present . Czar's Poland Ile was at one time King. both d, eland in that unfortunate country, he land his wife succeeded in making them- ltelves oordially detested, and he and his brother Nicholas disgraced their position the gross scandals in which they, were Implicated at the close of the Turkish awar, when they were shown to have been *he recipients of enormous bribes from fraudulent army contractors. His wife, lea's grandmother, was a Princess of fllttenburg, and in her day. was famous tor, her beauty, and her amorous itrigues. She now lives in absolute soli- tude, and tries by,,, works, of charity, to _poniole herself for her failures in life .land her disappointments as wife and another ; for though mother of the Queen sof the Helens and of the Duchess Wil - Siam of Wurtemberg, she is also mother .pt the notorious Grand Duke Nicholas Sionstantinoviteh, the blackest sheep in the black Romanoff family, the hero of Mime adventuress Fanny Lear, for whom be "tole his mother's jewels and robbed Me Imperial Chapel. For young Alfred's Make it is to be hoped that his intended -'bride will not take after either her Mrlsndfather, grandmother or uncle. ALEXANDRA IN THE DUMPS. Her Majesty's own daughters, grand• daughters and gr eat-granddaughters,the ]majority of whom bear her name nuxed up with others. Connections by, mar- riage and royal and serene personages who had never seen the Queen, but only, heard about her, joined in the same deli- rate appreciation of her worth, and so. the name has gone on increasing and multiplying until its present holders may be counted by, the million. Curiously; enough the old lady le comparatively, in- different to this multiplication of her own name, possibly. through the proud consciousness that it could not possibly, be forgotten. History could manage capitally with one Victoria, as with one gliaabeth and one Maria Theresa. ALBERT NOT IN IT. Queen ;Victoria's best wishes were bound up with the name of Albert, and it was that which she wished to see per- petuated on the throne of England, throughout her dominions, on other thrones and in other countries. She used to hope that her successor would be a King Albert I., that he would be sue- ceeded by King Albert II., and so on. With this view she gave the name to all her sons, first or last, in ease accidents might happen ; and the Prince of Wales' eldest son was also christened and officially described as an Albert. Brit- ish princes, however, as well as British nobodies seemed in no way .enthusiastic over this 'momentous subject, and de- veloped apredilection for old English names better known in history. It began to be whispered that an ,Edward VII. might reign, and then an eighth would replace him in due course. A fifth George was undreamed of, but tho an- cient Plantaganet name seemed pretty sure. There is no saying who the next monarch may be, but it is safe to assume that King Albert will be somewhere else. The Count of Flanders named one of his sons after his relative, the late " Albert the Good," and this son is now heir to the Belgian throne. .There is no other. young Albert of special note. According to medical reports the ;Princess of Wales is improvingSandringham health.'Ake still shuts herself up pard refuses to see anyone. It is the old dale of taking a horse to the water, but ;being unable to make it drink. Queen tyjctoria knocked the Mediterranean "trip on, the head and ordered Her Royal Enghness to remain. in Englandwhilst she was absent at Florence, coupling forth her instructions 'the Princess to show, herself inders so - platy. This Alexandra 'did for a 'few Says, but directly her august mother-in- 3e.w's back was turned she levanted off (to' her Norfolk home, and wild horses Would not succeed indrawing her from It. It is generally expected there will be another, rumpus when the old lady keturns. . MAY GETTING READY. About the end of next month is the ;time fixed for the interesting event in the York menage, and Queen Victoria is taking a keen interest in the progress Id matters', as Her Majesty is well aware ghat upon their successful issue the in - Presto of a dynasty depend. The Duch- ies' happens to be very well, and looks IN far better condition than her buss - *gad. She is under strict orders Irom tenter Majesty to keep quiet." queen Victoria was not so considerate with Me Princess of Wales when the lav forst came to England, as she was then foo absorbed in her own grief to think Di much besides. The 'Princess had to se here, there and everywhere; and what With her royal mother -in-laws orders on n th0 one hand and the demands of o jnathusiaetic populace on the other, she Was almost fagged to death. Clarence's tweak constitution was, no doubt, in a *measure due to this cause. WRERE 'VICTORIA GO'I HER NAME. Tt b generally Supposed- ,that Xfctor]4 an English name, but this is not so. Meat Britain's Queen did not receive it iftom the land of her birth, but from ^l3,ate-Coburg. It came to her through tar y mother, the Duchess Of Rent, and WM I fairly scarce tilt the death of Xing IV. and the accession of Lis �lW%tltam Noire. The young sovereign soon had Is3iiesakes bythe thousand among her b her faro;>� relatives, out esd � jacts. and eouiptlment, began to arrange for a Wisteria in their families. When dame LABT MINUTE TIUKS. Chili has a new Cabinet. Great fire in Floristan, Cal. Gen. Montgomery Moore and Lady Moore are in Montreal. New Bedford, Mase., weavers are talking strike. Cleveland is said to want the income tax clause of the tariff bill expunged. German papers do nut take kindly to New Zealand's proposal to annex Samoa. The Curry took 115,000 bushels of wheat from Weet Superior yeesterday ; this le the record breaking cargo. Fresh water springs have and 25 miles from the mouth ippi in the Gulf of Mexico. Big fire In Tilbury Centre last night. The Pope has issued another euoyolioal. Two Bohemians killed by lightning in Chicago. Ben Armstrong, .5 well-known St. Louis sporting writer, died suddenly yesterday. MoLeod's store, Georgetown, damaged by fire to -day. Russell Nogar, a nine-year-oldson of William Nogar, of Mount, Jewett, Penn., fell into the lake at Barrie to -day and was drowned. Julie R. Janney, daughter of Col. E. S. Janney, one of the best known lawyers of Central New York, was admitted to the bar at Syracuse yesterday,. Eight Canadian vessels are being joaded at Buffalo with Dorn for direct shipment to, Europe. The New South Wales Ministers agree in opposing the proposal that New Zealand wsume the protection of Samoa. Antonio Bern, who left Buenos Ayres in August, 1892, to walk to Chioago, reached Panama Thursday. He has walked 9,717 kilometres. President Cleveland is said to be trying to get the income tax removed and the sugar tax changed from speoiiio to ad valorem. Chicago, since its school census of 1892, has added over 100,000 pupils to its popu- lation. Two years ago the count revealed the presence of 1,438,010 dwellers within the city limits. To -day there are between 1,500,000 and 1,600,000. B. C. sealers intend to ask permission for vessels to leave Sand Point early in July, in order to reach Behring Sea as soon as possible after August lot, thus losing no time In getting into the sealing haunts. Springhill miaers' strike settled. No May Day disturbances are expected in Paris. been found 10 of the Missies - In Vienna 30,000 bricklayers and masons are on striker Tho strike in the cotton factory at St. John, N. B., continues. A system of inspecting U. S. Consul' Ates is to be inaugurated soon. After a long, wait the World's Fair ;stockholders are to be paid a ten per cent. dividend. Two Chinese smugglers were caught on Saturday night running in Chinese via Detroit., Archduchess Marie Valerie, daughter of Emperor Francis Joseph, has given birth to a son. V. Lang, Reeve, of the township of Normanby, died this morning from the effects of rheumatic fever. Corbett is grumbling about Jackson pressing him for a fight, but he is not :willing to come up to the scraleh now. Wm. AstorChortler has arrived at Cairo, from Zanzibar, after his second Central Africa expedition, and is the guest of United States Minister Pen- field. CROPS AND LIVE STOCK. Text of the QntarioDepartmental Bulletin of the Present Month. Following is a bulletin sent out by the Ontario Department of Agrioulture, from information sent in by correspondents under date of April 16th Pall Wheat—This crop had entered a most oruolal period as oorrespondents wrote. and muoh uncertainty existed regarding its future prospeots. Esrey in March fine bright weather, metalled, and the proteoting cov- ering of maw disappeared, revealing the fields of wheat in a promising condition in most quarters.. The latter part of March and the . early portion of April, however, was a season of alternate freezing and thanotonlyresulted iund the n mch nights" heaving," band warm ut also browned the tender blades and left all but well -drained fields with an he appearance anything but ■atisfaotory. at the time oorrospondents wrote was as follows : Fall wheat has been seriously set back by spring frosts and absence of warm rains. Should another week or two of un- propitious weather prevail much of the crop will have to be plowed up or renown ; but as the roots aro vigorous timely showers and genial weather may oarry the fields forward toward an average yield. Where the fields entered the winter with a good top they are still vigorous and verdant, and those who praotloe under -draining re- Joioe in an encouraging outlook. The groat fall wheat counties along Lake Erie send rather discouraging reports, and in the eastern portion of the province, where the aoreage is small, the prospects are equally poor far a good Drop. In the Lake Huron group the oouuty of Huron gives a cheer- ful report, while Lambton and Bruce are rathcoun- ties'orthe revese. eports are eGeorgian equalin toe, and on the whole the chanties are hardly as good am usual. In the West Midland group favor- able reports prevail over those of a less encouraging oharaoter, and the same may be said of the Lake Ontario counties. So far there bas been an almost oomplete exemp- tion from injury by worms or insects. Rye—What little of this orop is grown name through the winter in fair condition, although injured in places by 100. The area of winter rye is inoonsiderable, taking the province over, but here and there In the central and eastern counties some stout advocates of thls.orop are to be found, Clover—The reports oonoerning this orop are not favorable. A few correspondents speak of good fields and encouraging pros - peal tpeots on high and well -drained lands, but east and west there has been a good deal of " heaving," more particularly during the spring. and a liberal application of the land roller will not fully remedy matters. Old meadow■ have suffered most in this res- pect. and the newer fields are rather patchy and thin owing to the drouth whioh pre - allude to the injuriousaffiliate still trace- able from the visitation of grasshoppers last mummer. At present the ohanoes ap-' pear to be rather against a good yield of bay and plover this year, although timely rains may make up for pant drawbacks. Vegetation—Up to the time reports were sent in there had been but little aotual growth in field and forest. In fact, at the close of the seoond week of April vegeta- tion appeared to be but little ahead of what it was two or three weeks earlier. A good spring rain was hoped for by correspond- ents as something that would' start growth and bring the season well forward. Live Stook—Taken altogether the reports oonoerning the oondition of live stook may be considered ■atisfaotory. Horses do not appear to have been as well oared for as in former years, owing to low prices, yet, though rather on the thin side an a olase, they have oome through the winter with but little sickness, barring an occasional attaok of distemper. cned lean ; attle as a reports of rule are health),hough disease were very scattering. Tuberculosis was referred to by some correspondents, but the oases alluded to were not regarded as serious. Sheep are in particularly good trim and lambing is proceeding most satis- factorily, save that s few correspondents complain of an ortion of singles being dropped. lar eraore-- also in generally good condition. Some form of distemper is here and there reported, and a disease " resembling rheumatism bas shown itself in a few plaoes, while in the neighborhood of Dereham township hog cholera broke out rebently and oarried off 200 hogs; but notwithstanding these local and occasional oeurrenoe■ the swine indus- try has seldom presented a more favorable bill of health. There was plenty of fodder with which to oarry swine through the win- ter, taking the province all over. Farm Supplies—There is bhe quantit muoh ty unan- imity of opinion regarding , hay,, grain or fat and store cattle on hand. In the three western districts of the pro- vince the bulk of correspondents report a earplug of hay and wheat, and In some counties there are more oats than are needed for feeding and seeding. In the Lake Ontario counties there is but little hay to spare, and in the eastern and nor- thern hay, wheat and oats are in store in only moderate quantities. A great deal of hay was pressed and exported during the fall and winter, and large quantities of wheat were fed to live stook, more espe- cially to swine. Fat cattle are hardly jos plenbe shy Linnl as most quarters, and buyers ase severalacortres- pondents state that fewer beeves than usual have been sold for May shipment. Store cattle are plentiful with some farmers and scarce with their neighbors ; In foot the cattle industry appears to be in s most un- settled condition' exoept in the ease of fresh oowa, whichare In better demand than ever for the dairy. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Housekeepers who do not have scales handy often desire some means of ac- curately determining the weights of 'dif- ferent material': to be used in the kit- chen. It is useful for them to know, there- fore, that one quart of wheat flour, even with the edge of the cup, fa almost ex- actly one pound ;; that a quart of butter is 14 ounces; a quart of white sugar is 2 pounds ; that ten medium eggs weigh a pound. A heaped tablespoonful of salt ;weighs an ounce. Eight tablespoonfuls of any liquid make a gill, four table- spoonfuls make a wineglass, and sixteen spoonfuls make a tumblerful. The ordin- ary tumbler holds generally, hall a pint. HIGH -PRICE FORA PINWHEEL. Perhaps the child's earliest monjfee- tation of the commercial instinct, said a man of fondly, " it displayed in the purchase and sale of pinwheett. Very young children deal in pinwheels, and there is a measurably recognised scale of prices for them. They are usually held at from one to ten pine each ; bu 1 have known of a transaction in which as many as twelve pine Changed �� hands e heel. Ns_7►, Single e o ,psi F a fr f rue g the t on Sun. The friendship of a WOraisia is virgin lore or widow love. It ie love ',Mere or after love,—Anon. DOMINION PARLIAMENT with cloth uppers or tops. He assured the Government that rubber shops were required in every walk of life. That • ~~ ^" should 'eeure a reduction of the duty,, Mr. Mulock introduced a, Bill to pro- Mr..h'oster—Five per cent. extra. vide for the examination of witnesses Mr. Martin said 'tho duty was exces- on oath by committeesof the Senate sive. Every person in Manitoba and the Northwest was compelled to wear and House of Commons. Mr. Sproule introduced a Bill further one or two pairs rnbabudslatyear. the to amend the Act, chapter 107, R. S. winter was very long, y C., entitled an Act respecting the duty on these articles had, amounted to. adulteration of food, drugs and agrieul- $10,000. tural fertilizers. The object wee to pre The Rouge adjourned at 9.45 p.m. yen the adulteration of honey, now ex- tensively practised, and to provide for the punishment of persons who sold as honey, or exposed for sale as honey, manufactures of sugar, glucosic or mo- lasses. The Bill had been urgently asked for by the Bee -keepers' Association for several years, and had been drawn up by the association. Mr. McMullen, in moving for the papers which had passed between the High Commissioner and the Government re the cattle embargo, said that the sched- uling of Canadian cattle and the com- bination in ocean rates had been serious blows to the cattle trade. He eoutended that the Government should take steps to prevent speculation in ocean cattle rates at Montreal. Mr. Casey said the Canadian Govern- ment wore not alone in agitating to have the embargo removed. They were supported by the Scotch farmers and Scotch experts on cattle diseases. It would be infinitely more useful to Can- ada to have the embargo removed than to have the French treaty ratified or the Behring Sea problem settled. The Can- adian High Commissioner evidently had not done his duty in the matter. It was known that pleuro -pneumonia did not exist in Canada. Mr. Sproule said the trade was very important to the country. Cattlemen were in the unfortunate position of not knowing what to offer raisers, on ac- count of the inability of ascertaining ocean rates. He thought the Govern- ment would be justified in enforcing some arbitrary measure compelling the ocean vessels to quote rates, and to pre- vent ocean or railroad men interfering with the trade by imposing exorbitant rates. Mr. Featherston believed a very pro- fitable trade could be built up in dead meats, and that the Government should encourage it. The country could afford to bonus such a company for five years. Mr. McMillan (Huron) was convinced that the Government could not do bet- ter than adopt the suggestion made by Mr. Featherston. The Government should also take steps to treat cattle for tuberculosis. Mr. Daly said that when the papers were brought down it would be shown that the Governmeant had exhibited all possible zeal. He was satisfied that the pleuro -pneumonia had never existed in the west. So far as tuberculosis was concerned, the Department of Agricul- ture was satisfied that the interests of the cattle dealers had been safeguarded. Mr. Mulock said it was amazing if full investigation had been made and the public did not know it. He was afraid the Minister had slightly over- stated the case. Mr. Mulock introduced a Bill to fix the salary of the Governor-General. Under section 105 of the British North Amer- ica Act of 1867, the salary of the Gov- ernor-General was fixed at £10,000 sterling per annum. The time was long gone by when Parliament should have inquired whether the expenditure was not vastly exceeded. From official sta- tistics he stated that from Confederation to June 30th, 1892, there had been paid in salary to the Governor-General, as provided by the Act, $1,216,666. There had also been paid in the same period in travelling expenses, $145,903; salaries of secretaries, $270,315 ; contingencies of the secretary's office, $217,426 ; rent, $7,854 ; purchase of domain, $82,000 ; additions, alteration, etc., $547,148 ; furniture, $118,853 ; garden and grounds, $94,349 ; fuel, $151,371, or a total in all of $2,851,917. This was an an- nual expenditure of $114,76, or some $66,000 a year in excess of the salary named in the Act and attached to the office at its creation in 1867. He con- tended that the expense had grown to an unreasonable amount, and his Bill proposed a substantial reduction all along the line. Mr. Ouimet, in answer 'to Mr. Davin, said it was not the intention of the Gov- ernment to establish a buffalo breeding ranch at Fort Smith, bn the Great Slave river, or Fort Vermilion, on the Peace river, but a bill would be introduced con- taining a provision tor the protection of buffalo and other fur -bearing animals in the Northwest. The bill would legis- late to prevent the killing of buffalo for five years. Sir Richard Cartwright asked whether the Government had received any com- munication from the British Government with respect to Canadian cattle. Mr. Foster said Mr. Gardner had under- taken to have the lungs of Canadian cat- tle examined for an experiment, and when he was convinced by the examina- tion and from the reports upon them by his officers that the cattle were healthy, be would then make known his final de- cision. If these specimens were healthy the schedule would be raised. Mr. Ives, in answer to Mr. Davin, said the Government had issued 170 medals to the officers and man of the Northwest mounted police force ander the provisions of an order -in -Council authorizing the 'giving of medals 'to such members of the force as had been actually under fire. The Government had no 'intention of is- suing medals or scrip to other members of the force. Mr. Foster, in answer 'to Mr. Smith (Ontario), said the Minister of Agricul- ture last year cabled to Sir Charles Tup- per to obtain permission to have Cana- dian representatives present at the exam- ination of the lungs of the Canadian !animals slaughtered at the port of de- barkation in Great Britain, and ;was in- formed in reply that the Board of Ag- xicalture declined to consent to !the car- rying out of each bat iai'rangement. The House went into Committee of Ways and Means for the consideration of the tariff in detail. Mr. Mulock objected to the duty of 80 per cent. on lamp chimneys. Mr. Fraser said the trade cess con- trolled • by a combine whieh had closed factories. He hold stock in a factory which had been closed down by the combine. Sir Richard Cartwright said he under- stood that the Government had prom- ised in such cases to reduce the duties. Here was a distinct evidence of 'the op- erations of a combine. Mr. Weldon said that lamps and lamp chimneys should be reduced from the 80 to 20 per cent. list. Nine -tenths of these articles were used by the poor. The ,.trade was controlled by a nom - bind. !rhe item was carried. Sir Richard Cartwright said that eye - (elegises and spectacles were as necessary as wooden legs to some persons: , Thirty per cents was a high tax. Mr, Foster—This catches the elegant rime that my hon. friend wears. Mr. Foster moved to rearrange the lwt in duties on marble as follows n blocks from 'the quarry, free ; sawn on not snore than two sides. 20 per cent. Mr. Mulock objected to the duty of 80 per cent: on rubber boots and *hoes THINGS THAT SELL. Fanny rough ohangeable straws for chile dren's hats. Men's colored shirts having white collar and Duff.. Baby caps showing ,a mixture of straw and lawn. Flat, round collars of heavy lace in cream and white. Cloth tops and patent leather vamps for dregs shoes. Yokes of Russian laoe in pointed or round effeote. Pointille satin for ladies' jacket linings and waists. Real Meohlin laces for trimming wedding gown.. Light-colored chiffons for mummer even- ing gowns. Baby blankets of eider down having a shaded border. General wear parasols of small designs in shot taffeta. Nook ruffs of thickly box -plaited point d'esprit. White surah parasols haling white wood handles.—Dr) Goods Eeoaomiat. HUSBAND'S NOTE 13008. Maroli 4 Advertbing for gtrl to do 61 30 typewriting ,.—-. 9 Violets for new typewriter 60 18 Week's salary — typewriter 10 00 16 Roma for typewriter ....... 2 00 20 Mise Remin ton's malar) ... 15 00 20 Candy for wife and children 6 over Sunday ...,.......:. 0 22 Box of bonbons for Mbms + Remington . . -" S 76 00 26 Lunch with Mise R. + . 25 00 27 Daisy's salary 29 Theatre and supper with Daisy at Del's ... . ... 19 00 30 Sealskin for wife ... ... ...225 00 30 Silk drew for wife's mother 50 00 30 Advertising for young man to do typewriting .-- ;,- 1 30 8e meant well --The young clergyman had consented at the last moment to act as substitute for the venerable man who was accustomed to ,go to the peni- tentiary Sunday, morning and preach��, to; the prisonere. My, friends, said the embarraseed young man,. a;e s he rose np and feed t arfiembled toughs and vagrants, it rejoices my heart to see 00 many, of you biers this morning:" R. A. •McLean, who acted as a tra- edltin with his wife, the late 'Marie 'rebeott, and who retired upon 'her death, intends 'tis return to the stage: The Sheep in Law and Literature. Of making many booke about wool there is no end, and the latest contribu- tion 'to the literature of wool is a com— prehensive volume from the Statistical Bureau of the Treasury Department, in which Mr. Ford has brought 'the report of the same bureau made in 1888 down to date and added much information about the wool aiid woollen commerce and industries of foreign nations. When. John Randolph, of Roanoke, de- clared that he would go a mile out of Mrs. Humphrey, 'Ward is hospitable,,. his way to kick a sheep he was express- and her beautiful country house at Tring: tug his hostility to statutes relating to is often full of literary and social celeb- sheep rather than the animal which in rities. all ages has been the very typo of gen- tleness and harmlessness. No other ani- mal has been the subject of half so much ting lthan theEnglish could justice more should have been dispensed from a wool seek, and to this day the skin of the sheep should be the only proper covering for legal literature. There are those who have had experience of the law, and who believe the fable of the wolf in sheep's clothing to be an allegory based upon a largo induction from 'litigation. But neither the wolf nor the stronger beasts of more 'Southern latitudes ever ravaged populous communities as the gentle sheep has. The destruction of cot- tages, and the expulsion of the peasants, often from the kingdom as well as from the country, in order to make sheep pas- tures constitutes one of the most con- spicuous and most painful chapters of English history, the last lines of which were written within this century. The breeder of the sheep and the weaver of the wool struggled with each other for the control of the legislator, and the weaver had got the •upper band when it was made a felony in England to export a sheep, and wool in the neigh- borhood of the coast was watched ae closely as spirits are now by, our inter- nal revenue officers. It was much that the importation of woollen cloth should Thomas Hardy, the charming novelist„ be prohibited; but the weaver demanded in his forthcoming work will deal in an. more ; he demanded the right hand of the original way with the questions arising, man who exported wool 0310 and his between capital and labor. head if he repeated his offence. The dead had to be buried in woollen shrouds in order to increase the consumption of wool. The Weavers' Company of London a hundred and fifty years ago reminded the public by advertisements that the penalty for possessing apparel or furni- ture of East India silk or chintz was £200 and forfeiture, and £5 a day for wearing gowns. of these imported fabrics, and £20 for having or selling India printed calicoes, and offered to compel dealers to refund to customers all mon- eys received for unlawful merchandise. The same enlightened and beneficent British Government, also in the interest of the same British woollen trade, en- deavored to restrict the raising of sheep and the manufacture of woollens in the American colonies. In our own statutes the sheep has been almost as conspicu- ous as in those of England, and in our political arena the sheep has made a more fearful noise than the beasts of Ephesus made when they were about to be fed on Christian martyrs. ode The devotees of the Olympian ' g wove fillets of wool ; the first great voyage of discovery, was made in 'search of a golden fleece ; the fleece, wet with dew when the ground was dry and dry when the ground was wet, satisfied the Hebrew prophet of the authenticity of his commission. The sheep is indeed an historic animal, anti Ito wool ie woven into our. speech. The mature animal is the type of the loyal follower of his natural leader, and the immature animal is the type of peace and inno- cence. The man who is deceived has the wool pulled over his eyes; the man whose opinions are unchangeable is dyed in the wool ; the man who is all he pretends to be is all wool and a yard wide ; if he be deficient in sagacity he is a mut- ton -head, and if he flees from danger he is a perfect sheep.' If, in France, he resumes his main line) of discourse after a discussion he re'tur s to his sheep. In infancy he delights in the song of Lit- tle Bo -Peep, Who Lost His Sheep ; and in manhood he becomes involved in no political discussion without regretting that they ever returned. At the most interesting crisis of his life wool has contributed to his happiness. A York- shire lass received an offer of marriage by letter. Her education had been so neglected that she had to have it read to her, but she answered it herself. She had learned to -make an "I," and after this elm fastened upon a filece of paper a bit of wool ; the local pronunciation of ''will" made her meaning clearer than it might have been outside of York- shires Yet the conclusion of Mr. Ford is that all the solicitude governments have ex- pended upon the sheep has had little or no effect upon that animal's industrial rise and progress. " It has survived," he says, " the restrictions and prohi- bitions of the Mother Country in Col- onial times, the penalties and discour- agements of hostile and interested leg- islation, as well as 'the progressive set-- tlement of the country. It has follow- ed economic law in spite of restrictions, bounties and financial error, and is to- day still pursuing its natural course re- gardless of the complaints of low prices, destructive foreign competition, and un- profitable returns." -New York Com- mercial Bulletin: PEOPLE TALKED .ABOUT. Rubinstein tis an inveterate poker player,. Francis Thomas, England's new poett is about 86, years old, Princeton's venerable ex -president, Dr. Jamas bfoCosh. is 83 years old.. The Pripet) of Wales has boon re-elected oomrnodore of the. Royal Thames Yacht Club. Oscar 'Wilde is 35 years old. He wears• four rings on the little finger of his left. band and a bracelet on hie arm. Walter Besant is said to be proud of the fact that he is a confirmed pes- simist. During a reoent nine days' journey Lada Henry Somerset talked on intemperance to 22,000 persons, and was presented with. twenty-seven public addresses. When Queen Elizabeth, of Austria, en tered Paris in 1751 she dragged after her,• a train seventy feet in length. It was• borne by thirty-five pages. Johann Strauss, the musician, will.: mark his jubilee, which will be cele- brated next October, by producing a nerve' opera. A gourd, whioh was used to keep parched coffee iu, is owned by a Mrs. Stephens, of Ellijay, Ga. It is an heirloom, having beers.. in the possession of her family for oyer a,.. century. Mrs. Austen, a sister of Cardinal Man- niug, and a great favorite with him, dies;,. in England recently at the age of ninety- three. She was a devoted adherent of the Anglican church. Reynolds was often annoyed by being re quested to paint the portraits of ugly women of quality. He said : `' If I paint• them its they aro they will hate me ; if - don't paint them as they are I shall hate,.. myself." Miss Ellen Terry makes the " autograph. fiend " useful by requiring everyone who. wants her autograph to contribute some- thing toward the support of the hospital in.. which she is especially interested. Queen Victoria has a wholesome dread ok fire. Whenever she goes abroad she alwayir. ho, a couple of fire extinguishers sent out . in advance, and fitted up in the house where. abe will reside. Congressman Blair, of New Hamer shire, has consented to identify himself, prominently, with an inebriate asylum in,. Washington. The Duchess of Marlborough has en- tered into possession of the Deepdene,. Lord Francis Hope's lovely estate near: Dorking, England. A $36,000 FEE. The Shah of Persia has sent for Dr, Galezowski, tho celebrated oculist, who has consequently left Paris for Teheran, where he will reside for three months. Tho Shah has twice profitably consulted the doctor, and now desires him to at- tend the heir to the throne, who aA suffering from ophthalmia. Tho Shah pays the oculist $35,000, likewise all the expenses of his journey out and home, also his maintenance during his stay in the Persian capital.—Paris letter in the London Court Jdurnal. Countess Foodore Gleichen has mod- elled a statue of ,Queen Victoria, which, is to be sculptured in marble for the - Jubilee Hospital at Montreal M. Paul Jablochkoff, the inventor of. the " electric candle," •who died recently, in Saratoff, Russia, was director-general. of the Moscow-Koursk telegraph lines when he first took an interest in electric lighting. ' Carl Zerrahn's record of forty years' leadership of the Boston Handel and:. Haydn Society is said to be unsurpassed-. in the history, of music. Judge Alien G. Thurman, of Ohio's now over 80 years of age, speeds much, of his time reading French novels.. Physically feeble, ho is mentally, vigor- ous, and still watches public affairs with, deep interest. The only woman astronomer of any importance on the Paeifie coast is Mise - Rose O'Halloran. She is also the only, woman member of the Astronomical. Societyof the Pacific, having been nom- inated to the honor by, Prof. Holden. Mme. Janauechek says : " The high kicker: receives more applause and greater remun- eration than the artist whose mind and eoul have been fed by the inspiration of the. poets and the speculations of philosophy. Coarseness and sensualism seem to be the - views of our nineteenth century life." A BLOW AT CANADIAN HORSES. The words " or racing " have been left out of the clause of the Wilson Bill, Which provides that horses owned in Can- ada rah be taken into the United States when "brought into the United States temporarily for a period not exceeding six months for the purpose of exhibition or competition for prizes offered by any, agricultural er racing association." The effect of the omission will be to put 'wrote taken into the United States for rasing purposes on the dutiable list. The American Trotting Association is moving words re-ineerted. rted. the to have Thin is the Seaton of the year when the awning -Maker begiaii to put the re- m cinder of mankind is the eiade. Miss Ray Fuller, of Tacoma, is the• first woman to reach the summit of Mount Rainier, of Tacoma, which is. 14,444 feet above the level of the sea. Her costume was a flannel bloomer suite thick woollen hose and heavy, corked shoes. S. 0. Kendall, a farmer near Calla- way, Neb., advertised for a wife, and. had a delightful courtship by mail, last- ing ninety days, with a Michigan woman:. Then he sent her money to pay her fare,' to Callaway and buy a trousseau. He got an answer saying that she had de- cided to remain single, but would keep - the money. The Empress of Russia has a dress for which she is said to have paid $15,000. Senator John Sherman will be 79 years, old on, May 10 next. His friends will celebrate the anniversary. Professor Skeet, the distinguished Eng- lish scholar, announces that his edition-. of Chaucer will soon be published. Mr. Henry Irving, it is said, will stand for a ,vacancy in the London County, Council. He will have a chance, to play there, Mrs. John Keeley fills the position of: vice-president of a bank in Atlanta, Ga.,.., succeeding her husband, who died re-•• Gently. A memorial window to " Stonewall "" Jackson is to be placed in the Presby-•• teriau Church at Lexington, Va., oe, which he was a member. Ex -Postmaster -General John Wana— maker has purchased $1,200,000 worth.• of real estate in Philadelphia during. the last eight weeks, paying nearly, all. cash. The. Duke of Norfolk's eldest son is deaf,. dumb, almost 'blind and half-witted— The youthful earl has been afflicted from, his childhood, and his condition appears•' to grow worse with each succeeding: year. In spite of his 80 years, , Verdi takers a ride of nearly two hours' duration*:, after dinner every day, and on his returns plays a game of cards. All the musical. work he does is accomplished during tams ;morning- eseaseseesseaweieseiseeessaieseseassasesaasaeasesesers Carbuncles Large as Hen's Egypt Mrs. NANNSB GOuLDMAN, of Beuiahriga Klnp Briniarn Co., Va., writes as follows? "For about eight or ten years my father Col. T. U. Fogg, of Mat Point, Va., was iaia :r up�with carbuncles, the worst that I ever saw. Re tried everything he , doc- - ooud heardldoofnothing ftoror • him, Hadhie succi •. seven carbuncles at n , time, as large as hen's eggs. Ho got so weak. basffuchend couldupoteredso walkma,,,;.• • stop. In 1872 he hada his bed put in the,. . middle of his roomy and got on it to dia., No one expected him, to get well. He saw„ Dr, Pierces Golderm. Medical Discovery, advised for all blood,. disorders, Befor ham had taken hell-a— il T. i7. Foca. bottle of Discos cry they began to son ws . 7.'wo bottles entirely ceuoree helm Re is ow 78 years old. and enjoys QUER. I'EROENTtEIA 4 U RE,,. dig 111tI11+tEI 11 REFUNDED.