HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1895-4-12, Page 2MISCELLANEOUS READING
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God, Forgotten the World..
Op from t to r ok bound eastern coast,
And al )diitatIl terraced west.
. Fro it north ret ice Wad crystal lands,
and vine wreathed wet kern homes,
From ink stte sounds that Ill the air,
A pi tura tv my vision comes:
X see the vienuta lifeless roma
of the su.eidal baud,
And murti r with its reeking blade
Goes still:dug through the laud,.
X see the ocean's ceaseless wave
ith tdeep anfathemed ted,
Where tietae wrecked .d ruined ships,
and me vast, unnumbered dead.
lase the umrners bo wed in grief,
et, nue t Le death flag flies unfurled;
And be,tr the anguished questioning cry:
"gas Gml,forgutten the world ?"
I see the w ne cup's ruddy glow,
WWI it's hydra-headed woes;
The roteneo homes and dens Of sin,
As the ,a &oiled liquid flows.
And heoatombs from east and. west,
tiro, . Intl and sterna,
Sweep o 'or the lauci with giant force
Amu leave the earth to mourn.
Then e me, again wittt biter tears,
A it it feels the chastening roti—
" Why oft why, is tuis ruin wrought?
is ttie world forgotteu by God?'
1 see the'prlson's darkened cell,
And toe a gman's ghastly stand ;
And • rilues of every type and hue,
Are rampant through the land.
I see t e hovels of hunger and want,
Where men in misery groan,
her the :ail of the helpless babe,
And the starving woman's moan.
And 1 ear them say in feeble tones.
S a it ta laintive feeble ory-,-
"Mug t e Father left His children alone
To least' and starve aud die?"
As long as the earth around the sun,
In its u: bit yearly rolls:
As ion,: es fleecy clouds above,
Are seen 1 their silver folds;
As Mug as the flowers, trees and grass,
Are ver,ant on Mb and plain,
As Ions as you lant the seed in the ground,
And t sprouts and bears again.
So low: y may know that tne rather reigns
itu oower on the Heave :ly throne.
So long you may know that God is here.
And Loves and cares for Ris own.
As long as the sunshine brightens the day
And the raindrops, moisten the earth3
As loug.. s the moon sheds its mellow light,
And toe stars have their nightly birth;
As long as ne azure vault above
By t e bow of promise is spanned ;
Sol mg v ,u may know God holds the earth
In Inc h ,llow of Ms hand.
Though .4 e bend and reel, 'neath the shook of
the storm,
A. d the wow of the smiting rod,
In just te aud mercy Ile rules the earth,
And the world is remembered by God.
John Paul Jones's Name.
The son of John. Paul, a poor Scotch
gartie-ne,, John Paul Jones, was born at
.Arbigl oat in Kirkcudbrightshire, on
July 6, 1747. The reasons for his adop-
tion of the name of Jones have never
been explained. That he did not wish to
sink his identity is shown by his reten-
tion of his original name. In his earlier
career he signed. himself "John Paul
Jones." Afterward he signed himself
" 3. Paul. Jones;" but when. he became
the hero of Paris and Versailles, and
Europe resounded with his fame, his
eards read simply " Paul Jones." This
gradual emancipation from the self-made
man's fondness for titles and dignities is
strikingly ettown in his will, 'where, after
alifelong struggle for honors and prece-
dence, during which he contended for
them in a manner at once ilexes and
childish, oii the day of his death he de-
scribea lelmeets ee acne Waal
Jones, a citizen of the United States."—
Miss MollyElliot Seawell in the Century
for Aoril.
A Shrewd Rejoinder by Lincoln.
But among the various incidents of the
conference the world will probably long-
est remember that recorded by Alexander
H. Stephens, one of the three commis-
sioners, who, after 'writing of the event,
said that Mr. Hunter made a long reply
to the President's refusal to recognise
another government inside of that of
which he was President, by receiving
ambassadors to treat for peace. " Mr.
Hunter," says Stephens, " referred to the
correspondence between King Charles I,
and his parliament as a trustworthy pre -
cadent of a constitutional ruler treating
with rebels. Mx. Lincoln's face then
wore that indescribable expression which
generally preceded his hardest hits, and
he remarked: " Upon questims of his-
tory I must refer you to Mr. Seward, for
he is posted in such things, and. I do not
pretend to be bright. My only distinct
recollection of the matter isthat Charles
loot his head."—Noah Brooks in the Cen-
tury for April.
Itemarkable Piro Screens.
The Saltan. of Turkey is said to possess
a fire screen made of tanned human skin,
exquisitely °rapeseed and. over 200 years
old. The skins were those of twelve
faithful servants who rescued one cf his
majesty's ancestors frora a blazing wing
in the palace, afterwards succumbing to
the effeets of their burns. A less grew -
some, but airapst as remarkable fire
screen is made up, not of skirts but of
human faees, these faces, 197* in n.amber,
all p.hotographicsally portraying Sir Au-
gustus Harrie at different times of his
eareer,
Dr. Carson's Cough Drops.
Airs, Henderson, 82 Cameron street
Toronto, writes: "I was suffering from
pleurisy and bad cough. I was wasted
and very weak, having to be propped up
in bed. I was told to try Dr. Carson's
Cough Drops. Six bottles restored me to
perfeet health." Price 50 cents. For
sale by druggists everywhere. Allan &
Co., proprietors, 53 Front street east, To-
ronto.
The Inventor.
Artifieial grass is a new English indus-
oil is better than butt,eit, bet it is more
where a power that, ean marshal these Chrysanthemums in Japan.
thoughts ? Resisting the entree of The Ant really fine ehrysantheneams I expensive. On being dipped out the nuts
those that have no right to intride, and saw were in Yokohama, when I got back are pieced in an, oven and baked or else
promoting the regulations Of those that there early in, November ;1 was disap- terisoed in a roasting pan. Tho prooese
iu.Stly elem. admission! The apo,tle says pointed to find that they were itt tempo 7 originated in Paris about twelye yeare
the peace of God c Let do it. He quoted rev sheds pot op to prptect them from ago. Probably the best salted ante are
from his own experience when he said : ram and. sun, and not in masses out cat Jordan almonds from Spain. They cost
"The pewee of God shall garrison your doors, as 1 expected to see them ; but they, about 80 cente a pound.
hearts and thoughts," When thattleace were excellently grown, and itt the soft'
THCS TURN. WERE WEDDED.
is within, ruliug. there, it reduces chaos ened. light ef the oil paper shades theirt
to cosmos, confosion to order, as a gentle colors showed, to great advantage. The `
dren." us, raised in pots from cuttings taken in Made Alan and Wife—A 1,tee social
the spring, and. encouraged with plenty a New Mexican Town.
The Love of Christ. or inauure until the buds are formed; WENT into the little New Mexican
Contemplate the lave of Christ and you fore flowering they. are removed from' village just. as dusk was deepening
will love. Stand 'before that mirror, re- their pots and. planted oat in bold groups. into night. As the stage with its
fleet Christ's character and you will be
changed into the same image from ten•
derness ten terness. There is no other
way, You cennot love to order. You
eau only look at the lovely objeet and
fall in. love with it and grow into likeness
of it. And se look at this perfset char-
acter. this perfect life. Look at the great
sacrifice as He laid down Himself, all
through life and upon the Cross of Cal-
vary, and you mast love Efitn. Aaid lov-
ing him you must become like Him.
try.
A. music box in -which a disk instead of
a cylinder carries th.e little pegs which
strike the keys is new,
A new finger moistener for bank tellers,
paper counters, eta., consisting of a
sponge and receptacle, can be attached
to the clothing.
A fire or water proof paint oomposed of
tool tar, petroIefina, benzine, rosin, sul-
phate of zinesal soda and linseed oil in
fixed proportions is the Tatest.
An improved clothes pounder having
inner and outer perforated funnel shaped
eataehinenta, which permit of rapid pass-
age of suds and water, is on the market,
The Peace Or God.
"The mind is like a hostelry where
crowds pees in and out, and the pavement
is worn by Puny feet; or en exchange
where the products of every land are
handled ,• or a palaee made for a Icing,
but breaded by a mob, Is there any -
mother in a family of boisterous ehil- Plants are treated much as they are with Colorado Charlie and Sophia Blossom
The Dressmaker.
Making a lining up crosswise of the
goods is said. to prevent stretching
Shoulder seams should be notched in
the middle and then pressed open.
Stitch bodice mum with silk. Never
use cattail., unless oneottaa gowns, un-
lined.
The bones of princess dresses should
extend down about the same distance as
if it were a short basque.
Press clothes with a dampened cotton
cloth laid over the goods and raise the
iron before the steam ceases to rise,
Reading and Talking.
Those who read largely are best fitted
to converse well, for they obtain from
books and papers interesting matter for
discourse. As to the matter, it can be
acquired only by social mingling with
our fellows. .A. hermit cannot be expect-
ed. to be a go id conversationalist Whe-
ther in simple talk or in the higher forms
of conversation, we need to consider the
preferences of others and try to adapt
ourselves to them. A real amiability will
1 nd an indefinable charm to our speech.
.A.bruptness, contradiction, all assump-
tion of mental superiority, are to be stu-
diously avoided. Graciousness and con-
sideration are requisite for those who
would make themselves helpful and
agreeable. Children. should be encour-
aged not only to listen, but modestly
bear their part in the family talk, ask-
ing questions freely and. relating their
daily experiences as older people do.
A Phonograph at Waterloo.
A peripatetic exhibitor of the phono-
graph in 'Holland seems determined to
out -distance all competitors as regards
the excellence of his records. He was ex-
hibiting the machine in the streets of
Utrecht and a number of customers were
listening to selections of tunes. Sudden-
ly the tune ceased and there was a pause.
Then in a loud, clear tone was heard the
one word, "Halt !" delivered itt a tone be-
speaking authority. "What is that ?"
asked one of the listeners. "That," was
the reply, "is the voice of Napoleon Bon-
aparte giving an order at the battle of
Waterloo!"
Things She Never Will Acknowledge.
There are a round dozen things that
you can never get a lady to plead guilty
of, be she old or young:
T32 -0-t- ehp, lacPa tight.
That her shoes are too snaall. •
That she is tired at a ball.
That she uses anything but powder.
That it takes her long to dress.
That she has kept you waiting,
That she blushed when you mentioned
a particular gentleman's name.
That she says what she doesn't mean.
That she is fond of scandal.
That she ever flirted.
That she cannot keep a secret
That she is—in love.
Some Odd. Ends.
Plants grow faster between 4 and 6 a.m.
than at any time during the day.
Spiders are seven times stronger in pro-
portion than lions.
To open. an oyster the force required.
appears to be 1,319i times the weight of
the shell -less creature.
Three tons of steam coal represent a
man's labor for a period of twenty years,
and one square mile of a seam of coal,
having a depth of fear feet only, repre-
sents as much work as 1,000,000 men. can.
perform in twenty years.
Twenty-two acres of land are needed to
sustain a man on flesh meat ; while the
same amount of land under wheat feeds
42 people ; under oats, 88 people ; under
potatoes, Indian corn or rice, 176 people;
and under the plantain, or bread fruit
tree, over 6,000 people.
The Souvenir Pillow Pad.
The craze for souvenir pillows is super-
seding that of souvenir spoons. They
are of all shapes, sizes and materials,
from gingham to costly brooade,
they must have a meaning. One young
woman has sofa pillows made from pieces
of each dress in her wedding trousseau.
A romantic, matron shows one made from
the dress which she wore on her first
meeting with her "liege lord "; another
of the gown worn when he asked the all-
important question ; a third from a piece
of the wedding dress ; and the sweetest of
all from baby's christening robe.
Judge Wiseman's Proverbs.
Time and beauty will never wed.
Don't bet is the only straight tip,
Beauty is apt to love only its mirrcr.
It take a fortune to feed one race horse.
No man is wise enough to answer a
child.
Dotet let your grist sprout in going to
mill. •
It is a bad thing to have credit, at the
faro bank.
Many a man rides to a raw track and
walks back,
Hope's anchor is made of heavier metal
than gold.
You have probably noticed that sober
men seldom fight.
The turkey does not show the fax where
she lays her eggs.
A borrower is oftea but the meanest
kited of a beggar in soma. Writhes.
What fiePaid Por.
A young man in a neighboring town,
who may be called John I. Jones. an-
swered the advertisement of a New York
fi.rin, who said they would send the name
of any meet's future wife on receipt of 1.0
cents. The young man sent this naoney
and received this answer by return Irian:
-Mrs. John J. .Tones."
of color in the beds which have been
prepared for them. Some plants are re-
duced to a single stem, on which only one
enormous blossom ie allowed to develop
the' are generally arranged in a line,
with ea M. dower stiffly tied to a horizon-
tal bamboo support, and the effect is very
sad ; but the excellence of the gardeners
is best shown in growing large bushes,
which have been known to es,rry as many
as four hundred flowers of medium size,
all in perfect eondition, on the same day.
ike, English gardnener who had visited
every show -within reach of Tokyo, includ-
ing the Emperor's celebratel collection
in the palace grounds, told me that he
had seen no individual blossoms equal to
the best dozen or so at a first rate Lon-
don exhibition, but that these great
plants with their hundreds of flowers
were triumphs of ' horticulture. The
most curious examples of chrysanthe•
inum-growing were to be seen in the
Dangozaka quarters of Tokyo. The long
hilly street is bordered on each side with
gardens enclosed with high bamboo
fences, and in every one, by paying three
rin , you could see groups of lifeanze figures
mainly covered with chrysanthemum
leaves and figures. They represent
scenes from history, the drama, or Bud-
dhist mythology, and were construeted
with frame works of bamboo, inside
wbich the flower pots were concealed,
the shoots being brought through the
openings and trained over the outer sur-
face. The heads and hands were made
of painted wood, and. swords and other
accessories were added to make them
more lifelike ; the draperies of living
leaves and flowers were skilfully ar-
ranged in large folds, and, as in most of
the popular shows, they depicted the
costumes of Daimio and Samaria of the
past. —From " Autumn in Japan, by
Alfred Parsons, in Harper's Magazine
for April.
Wild Geese and the Weather.
It is often said that the unusually early
appearance of the a-utumtt migrants, the
fieldfares and redwings, the clucks and
geese, and the waders, whose name is
legion, is a portent of a hard winter. It
was the opinion of Michelet that meteoro-
logy had much to learn from' the move-
ments of birds. "Would to heaven," he
says, "that Napoleon, in Septetnber, 1811,
had taken note of the premature migra-
tion of the birds of the north ! From the
storks and the cranes he might have
secured the most trustworthy- informa-
tion. In their premature departure he
might have devined the imminency of a
severe and terrible winter. They hasten-
ed towards the south, andhe—he remain-
ed at Moscow."
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A Hatter of Doubt.
In a certain interior town of Michigan
lives a politician who is notorious for the
difficulty he finds itt meeting his small
obligations. One day a visitor called to
SPA tbc..iAikik-or nI4.1.....1.o.*LT-apor a.rk fAcmd
the "devil" occupying the chair.
"I want to see the editor," remarked
the caller.
"He ain't in," replied the boy.
"How•long has he been out ?"
"An hour or so, I guess."
'When Will he be back?"
"Danno."
"Have you any idea when ?"
"Not much.. Just as like as not he won't
never git back."
"Why, where has he gone?"
"He went around to celled $4 from Mr.
and he said he was going to stay by
him till he got it."
Only a Box of Cigars.
She got out of her carriage and walked
into the cigar store, at the same time
unfastening her sealskin coat.
"I want a box of cigars for my hus-
band, please. Let me see all kinds.
"Now here are some Key West goods
we can sell for $8, and here are domestics
from that down to $2.50," said the oblig-
ing. clerk.
She looked at them oarefully.
"You may wrap up that box at $2.50,"
said she, with dignity. "I like the shade
better. It will about match his smoking
jacket."
New Fad.
The rug fad. is rather a new one, says
the New -York Recorder. The idea is to
get your traveling friends to bring you a
piece of carpeting from different parts of
the world, and the saving up of loose
change to buy as many as possible from
reliable houses yourself. A. Boston lady
has collected 288 rugs, varying in size
from a door mat to 9x12 feet affairs. She
has her mantels draped with some of the
finer sober sorts,
which reminds one of a
swell ranchman living near Fresno, Cal.
He uses gorgeous India shawls for win-
dow hangings and portieres.
jaded team rolled into the outskirts of the
place I notified something unusual was
going on. Cowboys gotten up in their
fanciest togs rode by us on gaily capari-
soned eroxichos, galloping gaily to the
merry jingling of the huge spurs on, their
riders' heels. Men. and women on foot
evidently of the "society" element of the
town, walked alongside the road, all go-
ing the same direction.
Presently we passed the little adobe
church, which was brilliantly lighted
and, as 1 could see through the small
windows, profusely, if not artistically,
decorated with evergreens and clean white
cloth inside.
"What's up? 'I ventured. to ask the
driver, who had not spoken a word for
the last twenty-seven. miles.
"Wedditta" he replied laconically, and
gave the horses a Vicious out with the
whip which started them into a trot.
I said no more and in a few moments
we drew up at the door of the "hotel,"
another low, rambling adobe, whose front
rose squarely up from the street.
The landlord was at the door, and
welcomed me with a grunted. "good even-
ing, sir." 1 went into the house and,
laying aside my wraps and seeing my
grip safely set behind the race counter
and cigar stand, was led by a frowsy lad
of ten to the rear of the house, where I
found water, soap and towel. After wash-
ing the ine-vitable desert grit out of my
eyes, ears and nostrils and from my face
and hands, I walked out to supper, which
had been announced at that juncture.
The meal was clean and. well-prepared
by the landlord's wife, who did her own
cooking, and I was in the proper-teem:1i-
tion to enjoy it, which I proceeded to do.
"You are goal' to the weddin', I
s'pose," remarked the hostess as she
poured ney second Sup of coffee.
"I don't know," I said, "who is to be
married ?"
"Colorado Charlie's the man band
Sophy Blossom, a Texas gal, is the wo-
man," she said. "They're the spryest
couple in this part o' New. Mexico, an'
ever'body knows 'r In. He's killed two
men an' a sheriff an' come clear afore a
jury 'cense they knowed 'im, and she's
run off with 'ira an' the new preaeher is
to splice 'em."
"They must be an interesting couple,"
I remarked. "I think I shall go."
Having finished supper I walked into
the front room, paid 15 cents for a 5 cent
cigar, lit it and strolled up the street.
When I reached the church it was filled
with cowboys, Mexicans, fine people and
coarse people, large and small, all busy
talking and guying each other, smoking
and waiting for 'the fun to begirt."
The Problem Solved.
Mrs. Rulem---Your husband is still as
devoted as a lover. I don't see how you
manage.
Mrs. Kissem—It's very simple. When.
he comes home late I always pretend to
be asleep; when he has a headache in
the morning 11011 him he is overworked;
when he leaves his hat in the parlor, his
overcoat in the dining -room and his over-
shoes up stairs, I quietly gather them up,
and put them in the front hall; and when
we go to the theater, I never forget to
suggest that he should improve the shin-
ing hours between the ads by going out
and talking business with his customers.
Oh, it's easy enough to keep a man de-
voted, if you only know how."
Salted Almonds.
During the last few years the salting
of nuts has become a profitable business.
It is mostly in the hands of the confee-
tioners, although there are a number of
small concerns which are engaged in it
as an independent business, Pistachio
nuts, peanuts and almonds are the netts
chiefly salted. The process is so simple
that any housewife Can (many perform it.
First, the nuts are " bleaehed " by dip-
ping them quickly into boiling hot, water.
This servos to remove any particles of
chaff or dirt and to soften up the exter-
ior of the not. After being partially
drie& they are then placed in a beth of
hot silted olive oil or batter and allowed
to remain a, minute or two. The olive
in the air, suddenly silence and the burro
Bank book out of the window a CareaSS.
The feathers °aloe from a dried jaybird,
on the hat of the woman in the front
segt, who came in range tut as the usher
pulled the trigger,
After a little good-natured "joshing"
about the good shot and the accident to
the hat, for which the groom promised to
pay, the ceremony went on without
further accident or incident worthy of
Mention. to its completion, the crowd
gathered round the happy pair and wish-
ed them, the usual long life, happiness
and prosperity. and the people dispersed.
' (Colorado Charlie" and his pretty bride
came to the hotel to spend the night be-
fore going to his ranch, g thirty five mile
horseback ride away, and 1 wasfortunate
enough to receive an introduction and
:became pretty well acquainted with both
and was agreeably surprised to find how
much real refinement is sometimes hidden
under the rough and unconventional ex-
terior of the cowboy of the plains and the
woman who shares his rough lot with
him..
Presently there was the sound of horses'
feet at the door, a half a, min -ate of silence
then two big burly fellows in Mexican
so rabreros, whom I afterwards learn.ed
were the ushers, elbowed their way in
and by main. force cleare& a passage from
the door to the altar, behind which the
dapper young preacher, -who had eiitered
from the rear, took his place. The groom
could be seen peeping in at the back door
anxiously.
Every head was turned toward the
front door as the tramp of the bridal
party was heard entering. First came
the ushers, who had returned to the door
after clearing the aisle. The spurs rat
tied on the rough floor as the stalwart
fellows stalked in stately manner through
the room, and after they were past ray
station I noticed the big hump under the
coat of each, made by the indispensable
six-shooter. Then came the groom's at-
tendants, big fine looking fellows with
long hair and fierce moustaches, waxed
for the occasion. But one of these wore
his spurs. The other was without them,
but made up the difference with a "laun-
dered" shirt and standing collar. Both
carried "guns" of regulation size.
The bridesmaids tollowed, each chew-
ing her gam vigorously, and looking her
sweetest, one in pink and the other in
white, with bouquets of wild flowers in
their hands. The bride followed, alone,
looking really superb --her complexioh
fair, her hair thick, long and brown,dark
fiery eyes and small, firm mouth. She
walked with the stately confidence of a
western woman, born and raised in an
atmosphere of independence, where e cry
one looks out for himself or herself, as
the case may be.
The groom meanwhile entered and met
the bride at the altar, where he saluted
her with a kiss, vigorously applied to her
lips.
"Colorado Charlie" was not so large
man as either of his attendants. but was
a muscular and firmly knit fellow, with
a cool, gray eye, cold, thin lips, and jet
black shorn hair. He was not a vicious -
looking man, but certainly impressed the
beholder as a lion in disguise for courage
and resolution. There was withal B01310^
thing about him t compel admiration.
The minister, who was shaking from
head to foot, commanded the contracting
parties to join hands, which they did.
Turning to the audience he said . "If
there be any present wh ) would forbid
that this man and woman be joined in
holy matrimony, let him now speak, or
forever after hold his peace."
The groom and attendants pulled their
six-shooters.
The minister almost fainted. The bride
looked at him curiously for a moment,
then burst into a hearty latigh.
"The tenderfoot's skeered," she said.
"For God's sake, gentleman, put up
your weapons," he pleaded.
"Oh, it's all right," said the groom. as -
stirringly, "we just wanted to gib a
glimpse of the ga toot that was gout' to
forbid this perseedin' to perseed."
"You bet we did, parson," remarked
principaltwheidiEdxaee_ciyhawu_,ysiv„ttendant, who stead beside
him"S
solenly, Ode you thkcs this man whom
you hold by the hand to be your la Wally
'ophia Blossom " 'begat the minister,
-yaw," broke in the voice
of the omnipresent burro as he put his
head itt at a b oken window and failed to
reach the dried grasses on the hat of a
woman sitting iniside and uneenseious of
his presence, The woman started at the
warm breath on the back of hex'nek and
another woman in the text row tarried
and leaned beak to see "what wail the
row." At ihis moment there was a flash,
a roar like a eannon, a shower of feathers
BERTIE F. V. SHORTIS.
A DUDE DEVIL.
The most interesting man in Canada
to -day is Cuthbert F. V. Shortie, the
youth whose bloodthirsty slaughter of
two men, and his fiendish attempt to kill
a third, have shocked the .whole Domin-
ion.
. A more eold-blooded man than Shortie
now is would be hard to find. If he has
any feeling he masks it well. His sole
thought seems to be his present comfort,
whether he is warm or cold, well fed or
hungry. The grief of those who loved
his victims or the despair of his owe. par-
ents in Ireland, affeet him not at all. He
even seems to enjoy his horrible notoriety.
"I say," he shouted yesterday to a
newspaper artist, "it isn't fair, ye know,
to sketch a fellah behind the bars, with
his coat off. Just wait a minute, and the
warden 111 let me out in the corridor."
Bat the warden wouldn't.
"This is a beastly place," he said
"Not enough olothes—not enough to eat
—won't even give a fellah a toothpick
after dinner. I've caught a horrid cold,
too."
The prisoner is a tall athletic fellow,
with small blonde mustache and an
English accent, although he is an Irish-
man. His antecedents are not generally
known, but it is said that he was born. in
Waterford, Ireland, Feb. 14, 1875. His
father is said to have been a wealthy
business man. Shortie "came out" on
the steamship Laurentian in the autumn
of 1893. He carried letters to some of the
leading people of Montreal, but never
presented them. First he hired an "office
bedroom" at 206 Commission street, in
that city, and. advertised himself as a
dealer in bicycles,
ALSO A DEAD GAME SPORT.
But he had xio bicycles. His chief oc-
cupation was writing letters, applying/or
agencies and talking "bicycle to people
who called thinking him a regular dealer.
He seemed, in fact, bicycle mad, always
-wore a bicycle suit and displayed a pair
of top hunting boots and other sporting
paraphernalia in his room.
When the murderer first visited Mon-
treal he put up at the Windsor Hotel,
the finest in the city. When his mother
came to visit him later she put up at the
same place. Subsequently she moved to
the Queens. and her son came to visit her
there. She was a nioo-looking middle..
aged lady, very genteel. itt appearance,
and seemingly well off. She was well
liked at the hotel, but her son was not.
Bettie talked loudly and often about
his coming wealth, wore kiekerbockers
and a scarlet silk sash, walked with an
absurd swagger and made himself gen-
erally unpopular. Mrs. Shortie finally
started home, after leaving a considerable
sura -with George H. Matthews, the
steamship man, to be paid in installments
of $20 a month to her son.
Al the same time George Bury, of 449
Sherbrooke street, a friend of the family,
took young Shortie up and made much of
him. He gave him work as checker on
the wharf and subsequently got him em-
ployment in the Montreal Woollen Mills.
At this time Shortie was a frequent visi-
tor at the Bury mansion. He was pleas-
ing in. manner, well dressed, courteous
and a favorite with the ladies.
WORE MOCCASINS WITH A DRESS SHIRT.
After a party he always sent flowers to
those who had been kind to him. At the
same time he was full of eccentricities
and wild fads. He tried to persuade
young Edgar Bury to go west and kill
Indians and buffalo ; he once expressed a
desire to turn diamond smuggler and
earry gems over the border concealed in
a bicycle. and to crown all ofl one occa-
sion he came to a big dinner party in a
faultless dress suit and with coaxes buck-
skin moccasins on his feet.
After a time friends secured "Bertie's"
transfer to the Montrealeotton mills at
Valleyfield, and then. George Matthews
gave him the balance of the sum left by
BIN. Shortie, In this term Shertis stay-
ed at a first-class hotel and carried him-
self with a great deal of bounce and swag-
ger. He was a big fellow, handy with
the boxing glove is ansi was always look-
ing for a bout. During the first part of
his sojourn in Montreal he wore knicker-
bockers and preferred a "sweater" to a
starched shirt. Be was always buying
guns and evolvers, and was very expert
itt theirmse. Fishing was also a favorite
sport. His eccentricities were still mark-
ed, and on one occasion when somebody
suggested that he should break a window
he dashedtais fist through it with as much
coolness as though it had been thews
paper,
clinging to the Old. Hotb.od.
The peons of Mexico are a queer set.
Their ignorance and stupidity is equalei,
perhaps by no otherwace of people in the
world They are too stupid even to be
instructed. I was down in the mining
districts of Mexico for some time and had
a good cba,nce to observe their habits.
They still persist in carrying the ore
from the mine on their backs. I knew a
case where a contractor secured a, num-
ber of wheel barrows thinking to help
their labors. They accepted the barrows
all right, but they would not use them as
they were intended to be used, Instead
of wheeling them, they would fill them
up and carry the barrows with their con.,
tents on their backs,- as they had done
with the bags. Another amusing ease of
their stupidity was shown when. an
Ameriean, living down there, purchased
a stove for his servants, who were peons,
to cook on. They would not touch the
stove, but persisted to adhering to the
old custom of sitting in front of a char-
coal fire fan in hand, earl waiving it to
make the pot boil. Their ignoranee cnd
density of understanding is deplorable.
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Bits of Information.
China has a war god that has 8,0O
names.
Only 900 persons in 1,001X0 die from
senility.
The first copper cent was coined in New
Haven in 1687.
I very serious epidemic of diphtheria
is raging in Trieste.
All birds that live on seeds are furnishe
ed witb str mg gizzsxds.
In. Italy thirty persons out of 10,000 die
by the assassin's knife.
Caracas, the Capital of Venezuela, was
founded three centuries ago.
Until forty years ago the Japanese
were vaccinated on the tips o the nose.
The Nova Scotia product of coai this
year will probably reach 2,100,000 tons.
According to English insanity returns,
sixteen cases in 1,000 are caused by love
affairs.
The eyes of birds that fly by night are
generally about double the size of those
of day birds.
The Alhambra has room for 40,0Q0
people, while the Colosseum provided
seats for 87,000.
The first Bible printed. in Eoglisli itt
America was the "Bay Psalm Book,"
printed in 1640.
The capital letter "Q" will be found
but twice in the Old Testament and three
times in. the New.
Knoxville, Tenn., is named after Gen.
Henry Knox, of Massachusetts. It was
first called Fort Knox.
Brooklyn's claim to be called the City
of Churches has passed, away, and the
honor is now given. to Philadeiphia.
The peacock is found in a wild statitt
India, Ceylon, Madagascar and many
other parts of Asia and Africa.
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, sho cried for Oastoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave thorn Castoria.
The First Coined Money.
The first coining of 133.013.43Y is attri-
buted to Pheldon, King of Argots, in the
year 895 B.C. Coined money was first
used itt western E mope twenty.nine
years before the opening of the Christian
era. Gold was first coined in England
in the eleventh century, and the first
round coins were not made until 100
years later.
Land has sold at the rate of about 88,-
000,000 an acre in New York. only $5,-
000,000 in. London
The Scotcb banks have reduced the rate
of interest on. deposits to 1 per cent., the
lowest rate known.
The kinetoscops has struck Mexico City,
'and the bicycle is familiar in many of
the provincia,1 towas.
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