HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1896-3-5, Page 3OUR OTTAWA LETTER clannishness that is a primo oharaoterist'.o the bishop drew up an apology; the his.-
of
is.of the family, in Sir Charles Bibbert.Tup- hop said. "Publish this, or the Elootour
per is tempered with much fine filial feel-, will be refused at every house in this
MINISTER FOSTER ADVISED . TO ing., Bitter resentment was in the diocese." The editor apologized.
Verily, there is more than a difference
of distance between that part of. Canada
which is Quebec, and that part which is
Ontario, We are well satisfied with our
method of social economy. We .had no
reason to denounce or adversely to criti-
cise our French-Canadian fellow country-
men,
But we must be allowed to wonder,
FLOAT HIS LOAN AT HOME
BY ISSUING HUNDRED
DOLLAR BONDS.
?Tot a Hard Lot ---Forty Active Fighters ---
Talking to Their Constituen ts---The New
Leader --Decide to Do Nothing ---Three
IV>Gfllions Wanted ---Why This Irksome
Journey --A Famous Letter --A Retrac-
tion.
In this winter city, that the storm
king so often outs' off from the outside.
world, there are some two hundred en-
journers who take life easily. A benefi-
cent Government summoned parliament
to meet at the opening of the year, when
the Dares of business and of agriculture do
not weigh so heavily on the legislators of
this broad land, Therefore, men who in time provinces, hinted that the Opposi-
April will be objurgatory in their protests tion would take steps towards securing a
against being detained in the Capital, aro parliamentary investigation into the Cape
now well satisfied to spend their time in Breton election. It has transpired that
the oonsuming of numberless cigars, in in so saying,Mr. Davies was not speaking
more or less profitable conversation, in at- for the Liberals. The men of the Left
tending the sessional functions, and,— talked the matter .over in caucus and
but these are few—in working for the came to a decision to do nothing. The
-country. In winter time the law -makers session is half over; in two inonths there
of Canada are not harassed by their legis- will be no House of Commons. The de.
lative duties. It is when spring comes vision of the Liberals was that any course
that, to use Bacon's phrase, their own looking towards an election would be
interest Domes more closely to their bust- futile and unprofitable. Furthermore,
nese and their homes. there would be difficulty in overcoming
Not a Bard Lot. a majority of 800.
It cannot truthfully be said that the s Three Millions Wanted.
men who make the country's laws are have been apprised formally that
over-worked or under -paid. The sessional the WeaebeGovernment wap' ask parliament at
sum ty is a thousand dollars, a tidy vote three million dollars for the purpose
to
sum that must pay many of the'members of strengthening our defences: As I
for the time spent at the Capital. 'Their said some weeks ago, this amount will
lot is not hard, The average member
breakfasts at nine or ten o'clock. The be raised by loan. Why should our gov-
hour thereafter is spent in reading the ernors go 1 outside of Canada for this
newspapers, and in going through the money? The United States had no ditff-
maii furnished by constituents, promo- culty in borrowing a hundred millions
tars of companies, cranks of all kinds from its own people. Surely Canadians
,and secretaries of charitable associations. would subscribe the comparatively paltry
At eleven the committees begin their sum of three millions. Th3 average per
meetings. Each member is on one or capita would be less than it was in the
two of these. If he be an industrious case of the ignited States. The Goyern-
man, ho attends the meetings and gives ment will pay four per cent. per annum
his attention to the bills that are being for the money. Four per Dent. is not a
reviewed. Not many of the members high rate for money, but holders of Gov -
interest themselves in this branch of leg- ermine/It bonds get their money. Citizens
'elation. The quorum of any aommittt i who seek fortune in real estate or in
ie usually one-fifth of its total member- wild oat companies might well be satis-
ship. And it is this fifth that does all the fled with the modest and certain income
work. The other members may look in guaranteed by the Government. Minister
for a few minutes or they may not, After Foster might well seek to float his
the uommittees rise there is luncheon loan amongst our own people. Hundred
'and snore smoking, more talking, more dollar bonds might be issued, so that
reading until three o'clock when the every Canadian might have a hand in
Rionse,,rlleets. If a member is to speak he helping to protect the country. Such a
is primed with his subject. If he is not course would do much towards building
going to participate in the debate, he up a national feeling. .And the interest
writes loiters at his desk or, leaning book would be spent by our own people instead
with his hat over his eyes, listens with of going into the strong -boxes of the gold
airowsy interest to the man who happens barons of Mark Lane. 1 have not beard
to address the House. And, after the this proposition discussed. To me it seems
evening session, there is bed for the quiet worth consideration.
man; the theater or the dance for the ' Why This Irksome Journey ?
:member who has social predilections, This week. Sir Donald Smith, the inil-
Porty Active Fighters. lionaire member for Montreal West,
It is a fact that forty men, at the out- journeyed to Winnipeg. To inquiring
side, do nine -tenths of the work of the newspapermen Sir Donald said that his
House of Commons, These are the active visit had no political significance. Ho
lighters, the others give them their moral assured his interviewers that be was act -
support and their votes. Most of these Ing on the orders of bis physician in
forty men bring their private secretaries going west. We must he permitted to
so Ottawa with them. These employes doubt this. Gentlemen seventy years of
are kept hard at work. They may have age, who are in ill -health do not ordinar-
to address letters. to go through files of fly go to Manitoba in the middle of
newspapers in search of extracts to be winter, even though a Canadian Pacific
used in a speech, to see callers, and to director's car is available. If I were asked
prepare campaign literature. The private for an opinion as to the real cause of Sir
secretary who knows his business is Donald's excursion I should be disposed
never out of his office. He may be to hazard a guess that the eternal quos•
wanted at any time. His absence might tion of • the schools of Manitoba had a
be the cause of political loss to his great deal to do with this sudden and
master. These men should be highly irksome journey. Sir Donald is Governor
younger man's fade when the Liberals
were attaoking his father on the day of
tile High Commissioner's introduction.
I met Sir Charles, the Younger, in the cor-
ridor after the House rose.
"They gave your father a warm recep-
tion," said I.
"Did you ever see each a pack of awful
ragamuffins, awful ragamuffins?" was
Sir, Charles' reply. That is his opinion
ot the Liberals -"awful ragamuffins."
There was nothing of a personal nature
said against Sir Charles, the ,Elder, on
that afternoon. Even Cartwright called
down no maledictions on the head of the
old gentleman. But Sir Charles, the
Younger, saw in this very mild debate
nothing but a mean spirited desire to
assail a Ivan who, in the opinion ofbis
friends, has done much for Canada.
Decide to Do Nothing.
It may be remembered that Louis H.
Davies, the Liberal leader from the Mari -
plaid. I do not know whether they aro
.or not.
Talking to Their Constituents.
It was Sir John Macdonald who said,
"In the last session ot a parliament I
never try to out 'Short debate." Had the
QUEER JAMAICA WAYS.
How One Woman balled in Rome to De
As the Romans Do.
"When in Rome ' dors the Romans
do," says the old distich, but in those
days of universal travel it Is somewhat
necessary to know beforehand the man-
ners and customs of the natiVe inhabit
ants of the countries that are visited.
"I have eaten• with chop sticks with a
mandarin's wife and daughter in China
and sat oross-legged with the Persian
ladies in Teheran and smoked nargbiles."
said an Awetio,in woman who was l
nothing if not cosmopolitan, "but never
failed to adapt myself successfully to the
customs of the country until I reached
Jamaica, in the West Indies. I had let-
ters to one of the magnates there, and
upon delivering them I received a prompt
invitation to breakfast and to spend the
day. The hour was not mentioned, but
as the people were French, I supposed, of
coarse, it was 12 o'clock, a la fourchette,
at which bine I presented myself, only
to find that I had been expected at 8.
However. my entertainers were most
hospitable and their usual frugal lunch-
eon of oeke, wine and fruit was evidently
supplemented by more sujlstantial viands
for my benefit. After luncheon I was
asked if I would like to take a nap. As
1 )ad just arrived, I assured my hosts
that I never slept in the daytime, and
proceeded to make myself as agreeable as
Possible. My entertainers endeavored to
be cheerful, but there was something in
the atmosphere that made me aware that
I had committed a solecism—and that I
had guessed rightly was very apparent in
the relieved looks of the family when I
said that I thought I did feel tired and
would be glad to repose myself a little. I
was immediately conducted to an apart-
ment which had evidently been arranged
with the expectation that I would go
regularly to bed, and, wishing me a good
rest, the lady and gentleman of the house
left mo for the whole afternoon.
"About 5 0710 of the daughters came to,
fetch me in a fresh toilette, looking very
nice and making Inc feel very tumbled
and untidy in consequence. So, after I
had been shown the gardens, which were
really lovely, I began to make rites
adieux, `But' I must stop to dinner,'
they urged, they quite expected me.'
But I thought they bad had enough of
me, and persisted in my refusal. I
thought they parted from me rather
stiffly, and, in driving over the long
avenue which led up to the house, I met
a number of smartly dressed people, who,
I afterward learned, had been invited to
meet me. So I missed it all around and
gave no end of trouble and offense, all,be-
cause r did not just know Jamaica
habits."—New 'York Tribune.
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
There Was
a Vast Difference In The
Two Cases.
The otherday at Monteuma, while two
citizens were conversing at the depot, a
negro approached and addressed one of
them as follows:
"Kurnel, I h'ar yo' wants to git a man
out an de platashun."
"Yee,I want a man out there," replied
the colonel as he looked the negro over.
"Seems to me I've seen you before!"
of the.. Hudson's Bay Company. For "Reckon not, sah. lz'e new roup'
years he lived in Manitoba, He knows here.
the feeling of the Manitobans; he is well But I m sure I ve seen you some-
where. Let's see. I was over at Perry
Premier with Greenway and
the other day."
his colleagues. It seems not impossible "Yes, sail, yo' was ober to Perry."
that the Knight's object is to make a last And while there I called at the jail."
Old Man been alive this week he would appeal to the Government of Manitoba. "Yes, sah, yo' called at de jail. Dey
have had his patience sorely tried. On the It is inconceivable that his quest will be has got_ a powerful nice jail ober to
one side .Davin, the bald and wordy successful. Mr. Greenway bas stated Perry."
statesman from Regina, talked of his that be will not restore Separate schools. "And while at the jail I saw a colored
pet scheme•—that of erecting the North- He is determined in his course, and he man who was. serving a sentence for steal -
west territories into a province. Tho seems to have the people of the province
ing a hog."
Government listened with interest to
Davin's statement of bis case, 'and
prontise:i to consider the matter. In the When Bishop Labrecque, of Chicoutimi Perry."
'Liberal ranks the tali Scotchman Bain, qman'
who sits for North Wentworth, made a wrote the famous pastoral letter at the "And you are the"said the colonel ,
time of the election in Charlevoix there as he laid his band on the negro's
four hours' speech against the wicked Con was indignation amongst the French Lib- shoulder.
Con-
servatives. In the redistribution of 1892 erals. At the time I told how the choir of "Jes' so, kurnel—jes' so. I was right
North Wentworth was wiped out, part of one of the Roman Catholic churches arose in dat jail at Perry, an' 1 dun 'members
going at a
Ba to South
too runs Against Major and, walk ad out in a body when the mem r' yo someas white folkslous has in dei,
Carpenter, the Conservative who sits for Priest read the bishop's pastoral. His Lord- 1 Y
ship went so far as to tell his people to , heads
South Wentworth. The speech that he vote for the candidate of the Government t "But you don't suppose I want a man
made was addressed more to the sturdy that was pledged to remedial legislation, who has been in jail for stealing, do you?"
theSpeaker
of of the House than to His Honor Several French Liberal newspapers at- exclaimed the colonel.
of the neffort, Commons- tacked the Bishop with energy. Every' "No, sah—no, sah. Of co'se yo' don't.
It was a campaign a speeoh ins one of them has been compelled to Dat's what I'ze here to displaln about.
^tended for use when the generalnynpages
elections apologize. It was a case of retracting Yo' got it all wrong 'bout dat hog,
come on. It occupies twenty-one pages or being denounced from the pulpit. My kurnel. De pusson who dun stole de
of the official reports of the House. For readers will be interested in the following hog was asleep when yo' called. I wasn't
the remainder of the week Conservatives
and Liberals followed the example of
Bain and talked to their constituents.
One is compelled to think that the coun-
try might be better off if there were no
.official report of the proceedings of the
House of Commons, 'Certainly Canada
would be. benefited financially, for the
publication of the official reports costs us please publish in your next issue immedi- „What's the'difference? Heaps o' differ-
oighty thousand dollars a year. But there ately after your first editorial as a retrac- eine' sah. On de one band, I'ze lnadin'
is another and more important benefit tion of the article of January 28, in.your up abar'l o' salt arter dark. an' dem bags
jes' tumbled into mj oar while my bank
wuz turned. Onde odder'hand, a pusson
goes out by daylight and runs a hog
aroun' de woods for ober two hours be-
fore he cotclles a hind leg. 'Seouse me,
kurnel, I did reckon I'd like to work on
yo' plautashun, but it yo' ata de sort o'
mean who can't see de difference between
a pusson restin' in jail to obteegede jury
an' nein' sent to jail fur stealin' a hog 1
couldn't trust my reputashnn in yo'
hands. Good ` mawnin', kurnel, good
niawnlni"-AtlanGa Constitution.
tion.
behind him.
A. famous Letter.
"No doubt of it, kurnel. Yes, yo' dun
saw a cull'd pusson right in dat jail at
correspondence:
Bishop's Palace, Chicoutimi,
February 6, 1596.
in dat jail for stealin' no hog, I'ze no
such man as dat.
"Then what were you in for?" ,
"Why, ye said dem two bags er cotton
Mr. Ernest Pacaud, director of" The seed meal what dey found in my cart was
Eteoteur, Sir—I am instructed by the tooken from de depo'."
'Bishop of Chicoutimi to transmit to you ; "Oh, I see. Well. what's the differ -
the following statement, which you will encs"
:that might accrue. The speeches might
be fewer in number and less in length.
The knowledge that he is going to get
into print impels many a man to .take
two hours in saying that which' might be
expressed in thirty minutes. The advo-
mates of the system say that, without the meaning press of both parties. Failing
presence of the reporters to act as a silent ' publication of the present letter, and the
warning against too free speaking, the statement or declaration accompanying
debates might become loose and the it, his Lordsihp requests me to notify you
.inombers too lax in their regard for fact. that ho will be regretfelly toned, for the
But what about the:newspapors? On the spiritual welfare of his flock, to prohibit
staffs of the great dailies aro stenograph the reading of your journal by the faith -
ars quite. as expert as the Hansard men. fol of the diocese of. Chloentimi and the
The press could he relied upon to see to apostolic prefecture.
it that the /Bombers got a full measure, of Believe ine to bo, eta.,
justice. And the visible waste of wind Your bumble servant,
on Parliament hill would be diminished F. X. E. Frenotte (Priest),
to an enormous extent. Secretary,
Tho New Leader. '•The. retraction • reads as follows: "We
The new leader has taken charge of the deeply regret that unfortunate article
House. Full recovered from his illness which in • a moment excitement, and
SirO y ' our corres ondeute, we pub -
bis
Charles Tupper, the Elder,has: been. in deceived by o p ,, P
Thoe •lished. in our issue of January 28 last,
itis seat all this week. baronet so me
which tained grave abuse of a member
of the Catholic hierarchy of this province,
bis Lordship the Bishop of Chicoutimi. ``
Wa 'declare the same tobe scandalous,
ou ,
rs who have entered the House false, and subversive of eo'olesiastieal au -
within
ithin'the past few: years, , We have yet thority. (2) We recognize` that In inter -
tow P
Sira speech. It will fering in Charlevoix .within the limits
hear .Charlos male p
be then that opportunity h t we shall have an. o. ortunit which he deemed legitimate his Lordship
i of Chicoutimi was` only guided by the in -
that
estimating' bis caliper. Certain it
of State is fullyac-
the Secretaryt
.ttlat �
itivaintod'with ,the policy of the Conserva-
tive party. He is at no loss for means of
:expressing himself; he speaks with coin
~,lotion. His son, Charles Hibbert Tup-
per, is his father's sincere admirer, The
paper, which contained grave abuse of his
Lordship. This reparation seems to him
just and necessary, because a large
number of his diocesans only reading The
Electeur have not had an opportunity to
see the refutation published by the well -
not yet fully 111 100011 with his surround-
ings. His juniors, the other Ministers,
often have to prompt him in his answers
•to questions and in his references to
torest ''which he takes in the equitable
settlement of the Iilateitoba Sohool ques-
tion.''
• The editor, it will be seen, has not even
the small privilege of formulating the
retraction. The bishop was aggrieved;
THE BOYS AND GIRLS,
THIS COLUMN *IS PREPARED ES-
PECIALLY FOR. THE YOUNG.
RABBITS AS PETS.
Some Hints to Children How to House' and,;
Feed Them.
The first cost of our bunny was eight
Dents. We got her in summer,' a tiny,
wee thing about a month old. Just
about that time the foljowing spring she
was hopping about with a family of
thirteen. If you wish to keep rabbits let
us give you few hints, Hutches on the
grass with wire bottoms should be moved
to a clean spot twine daily, A carrot or
a quartered swede turnip 113 the murntng
and a handful of sweet bay at night
should be put into the rack daily if grass
is not plentiful. Hutches in the yard
should face the south. They should havo
a lean-to roof fixed up above them, with
a spout for the rain water to run off by.
The food for rabibts in hutches should" be
dry and fresh and sweet, whether it be
greens or roots. .Always let green food be
dry and crisp; a. ways wash roots and
slice them before giving to rabbits. Re-
member to keep their butches clean, and
to make up their bed the same as if you
were going to live there yourselves. Feed
them in the morning before having your
own breakfast, and always do it quietly
by yourself. Don't keep doge or oats
near, don't bustle about or shout, and be
sure to do nothing in a hurry.
The Wolf and the Iamb.
A wolf, meeting with a lamb astray
from the fold, resolved not to lay violent
hands on: biln, but to find some plea
which should justify to the lamb hiiuself
his right to eat him. He then addressed
hies: "Strolls, last year you called no a
dampbooll" The lamb then bleated piti-
fully and exclaimed: "Indeed I was not
born last year: I alp an honest injun:
spring lamb." The wolf then said:
"You would have called me a damphool
if you had. been born!" "No, good sir,"
replied the lamb, "I always go to Sunday
school." The wolf laughed and exclaim-
ed: "Well, if I let you go now you will
be sure til call me a damphool," so he
seized the lamb anti dined 'heartily, With.
out green peas or hint sauce, •
Moral—Anyone w
al—An one who Will stand and
argue with a hungry wolf, Instead of
calling the police and matin a. bee -line
for the nest county, has a bad case of
brain fever,—Truth,
, How to Float a Lighted Candle.
A very pretty effect may be produced
by causing a candle to burn while almost
immersed in water in a tumbler. The
experiment is very simple
Insert a nail -not too heavy—in the
lower end of a short caudle in order to
make thee end heavier, and place the
whole in a glass cnntaining enough water
to reach theupper end of the candle
without wetting the wick. At first
thought nothing seems stranger than to
expect a candle to be entirely consumed
in such a situation; but it is simple
enough, As the candle burns it grows
lighter and lighter, and rises gradually
as it diminishes in length, so that the
lighted end always remains above the
surface of the water.
Moreover, the outside of the candle,
being cooler, will melt muoh more slow-
ly than usual, and the flame will make a
little hollow in the center. This hollow
place also helps in making the dandle
float, and preserves the wink from contact
with the water. Thus the Dandle will
continue to burn in its strange candle-
stick until the wick is entirelyoonsumed.
CAN'T SWEEP OFF THE NICKEL
A Simple Little Trick Now Amusing.
Kansas City Society.
A lawyer who has an office in the New
York Life building was at a party the
other night whore the principal divertise-
Inent was tricks, one of which recalled to
the lawyer's mind one he used to do when
he was a schoolboy bank in Maine. He
calla.; for It whisk broom and then, lay-
ing a nickel in the center of his open
palm, offered it to anyone in the party
who would sweep it off with the broom,
One of the conditions was that the
broom must he held straight up and the
coin swept with the ends of the broom
straws.
"Oh, I can do that," said a young
woman, and she took the broom and
began to sweep at the coin. The harder
she swept the tighter the coin stuck to
the open palm of the lawyer's hand, Ono
after another, each person at the party
tried to sweep off the coin and it was an
astonishing thing that the broom would
not budge it.
Since then the trick has spread, and at
nearly every party some ono shows the
whisk broom and nickel trick,` and it
causes no end of wonder and amusement.
Any kind of small coin and any kind of
whist: broom are all that are needed to
show the trick.—Kansas City,Star.
Stilts,
I wonder if the boys who love to walk
about on stilts, know how necessary they
are in some places in France, in the
southwest part of that country ere large
plains called the Landes, which are often
Hooded in parts with water. In crossing
these plains, where the water is not gen.
erally deep enough for boats, high stilts
are worn most of the time by both men
and women, who thus are able to keep
their feet dry. They are not held by the
hands like the stilts used by boys, but
are firmly strapped to the side of the leg,
and the person wearing them carries a
long pole in his hand, to balance himself
and to aid him in walking.
This pole usually has a Dross piece on
the upper end, like the . head of a crotch,
and by putting itat a slant on the
ground behind him, the person on stilts
can sit down on it and rest, looking in
ch like a tripodon
' o 'tion inn a
the si
P.
P
three-legged stool, Men and women may
often be soon in that country perched in
this way upon high stilts, and knitting,
while they watch their sheep. They wear
their stilts all day long, putting them on
when they, go out in the morning, and
taking them off only when they,; return
home at night. So used are they to them
that they., can travel long distahces on
them without getting tired; and as they
are able to take very long steps, they can
go much falter than a roan on loot. -Ex.
hatis
Castoria is Dr. Onanzuel Pitsb tr'S prescription for Infants
i' ic1 Chi1drane It eolatci:vs nether Opium, Morphine nor.
other'' Z.arcotie ;.alast0I.CC. It is 11 harmless s411bstlt'l]Uie
'IDP arogor e, Drops, tinot:.l :-_`2,- ,Elyrup+, and Caster Ot1..
n is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' use ",.y
Millions of Mothers. C: steri.0 destroys Worn& and allays
overlOmess. Castoria prevents 'vomiting Soni Curd,
e zrus Dlarrin a, and Virind Celle. Castoria, relieves'
teething troubles, cures constipation and. flatulency.,,
eastoria, a;,sirnilates t'.10 food, • regulates the stolnacb
and bowels, giving health and natural sleep. Cagy,
tor is the 0iliitlrc i' i Pn:eater—the Mother's Friend.
) ,. r`,Oi1'? .
"Castor':t is aa excellent ; nedici::o for eV..
'iron. Mothers Baro re-ocatcGly told ,roof its
good effect upon their ch; Idren."
De, G. C. Osaoon,
Lone:l, Mass:
"Castoria is the best remedy for cLadren r C
which I ani acgnaimed. I1 opo talo dy is ot
f'tr distant when mothers will consi:ler the real
inten,stof.ta'ir children, and use C,aterl t i:n-
s:rad of the ver ionsquack nostrumswhieh aro
d tstroyip their loved ones, byforcinnopium,
morphine, tdCth:sg. syrup and other l:u tfvi
agents µ'their throats, thereby senUine
rem to : ,oro graves.
DR..1 E. Fnrcurz om,
Conway, Ar'
The Centaur Cora pang, a 6
Castoria.
" Cr -stories is so well adapted to children that
I recommend it as superior teeny prescription
known to me."
11. A. AnncIIBR, M. D.,
111 So. Oxford i1 ., Brooklyn, INT. Y.
"^tar physicians in the children's depart-
ment kayo spoken highly of their experi-
ence in their outside practice with Castoria,
:au althota h we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we aro free to confess that the
merits of Castoria has won us to look with
favor ups"
RosPITA.L•. AND DIsPsrrSLnT,
Boston, Rust
li Lars C. .&,SITII, Pres.,
Murray Street, New 'York City.
SLOPING SHOULDERS.
Small Sleeves are Prophesied for the
Spring.
As winter brightens into spring, there
is talk of sloping shoulders. Women
with beautifully rounded arms will wel-
come the change, if it carries the bodice
material well over the curve of the
shoulder and to the upper arra, closely
lie Was Interested.
Mamma (anxiously watching her little
boy at diiiner)—My dear child, you really
should not -eat your pudding so quickly,
Small Chilli -Why not, mamma?'
aroma—Booause it is dangerous. I
M g
once knew a litlte boy about your, age
who was eating his.pudding so quickly
that he died before he had finished it.
Small Child (with much ooncern)—
And what did they do with the ,rest of
Ws pudding, mamma?
defining the form ; then let the dress-
maker do her worstl
The worst may be a meek and dejected
affair like a leaky balloon; the best might
not be much better than one tentative
example from London. This is a spring
jacket of mottled silk caught across the
bust by a band of velvet fastened with a
light enamel button and a bow, at the
bank of the neck a bigger button and an
enormous bow. As for the sleeves, the
mottled silk clings close to the figure
well over the shoulder, and to it are at-
tached elbow sleeves of lace, shaped like
a lamp -shade. The total effect is • light
and graceful. and decidedly smart.
Whiter gowns are still made with the
higher sleeves, though perhaps of more
moderate size, and 'there is great use
mads of dark materials, of braiding and
of stitching. Simplicity is always smart.
GOLDEN LOCKS,
fall of the year in following up the trade.
'I attended one such sale when visit-
ing in France lately. The girls Dome up
to be sheared just as they would to ped-
dle cabbage, each one's hair hanging
down her back. By the side of every
shearer was,a long basket into which was
thrown every successive crop of hair, tied
up in a sheaf by itself. The women.
wear close caps, shorn or unshorn. so
there is not much lost or gained in their
personal appearance.
"The tnost beauitful hair, the long,
silky, curly tints of a rare color, go gen-
erally into theatrical wigs. Miss Behan,
by the way, is said to possess the finest
collection of wigs in this country.
"Curly hair has a high value of its
own as no way has been found to treat it
so :that it will stay curled. A fortune
waits for the man that can do it. And
Yet it is only twenty years or more since
dealings in naturally curly hair developed
as a special feature of the trade. This
evolution had the curious effect of bring-
ing continental Jews into the hair -grow-
ing business. They are the only people
who can be looked to with any confidence
to su 'lly the market.
They Bring High Prices in the Hair
Market. •
Though women do not at present up-
holster their heads with locks that ob-
viously grew somewhere else, hair is still
an important feature of commerce. In
fact one of the great New York importers
says that the trade is as large now as it
ever was.
"I suppose it is due to the growth of
the country, said he, "and the extension
of fashionable luxuries into the byways
and hedges, but on the whole our busi-
ness is as valuable now as when the
women wore chignons. The theatrical
world is bigger than it used to be, and
after all they are the great hair•buyers:
"New York imports four or five tons of
hair annually, and London twice that
amount. English women have never
own hair for adorn-
menttheirdependedupon as Americans do. They have finer
suits generally, but like to see the head
overloadlcl with puffs, braids,'buns, etc.
"The big hair crops come from Ger-
matey and Frame. It is handled by the
agents of `a Dutch company who visit
Amerioa annually for orders.
"Black hair is fashionable' just now,
but tho•'e are certain golden tints that al-
ways bring the highest price;; for example,,
certain suedes of fi lit hair that fetch as
much as a dollar an ounce. The peasant
women of Brittany and Southern ,France .
supply most of the cleric hair in the
market, and: from one to .five' francs is
paid per head. The average weight of a
single growth is ono pound, and agestts
refuse :as a rule to handle loss than that
amount unless the hair is naturally.cturly
or of a rare colo'.'. The poesants aro ob-
liged to wash it before; the sale; and in-,
deed n hair•growinr is a business with
them they learn that 111 flays to keep it
clean. - The dealers are oaroflil to, attend
all the fairs and merry •makings in the
Best of Its Hind.
A good many yea's ago, when
church organs were regarded with -
disfavor by many pious and intelligent
people, it was proposed to introduce
one of these dangerous inventions into
a New England meeting house, one of
the pillars of which was an old man of
Quaker blood.
He was one of the most violent op-
ponents to the plan when it was first
proposed; in fact he expressed his
views so strongly that the person who
was collecting money for the organ
when it was at last decided to have it,
did not venture to pall upon the old
Quaker for any subscription.
He met him on the street one day,
however, and was agreeably surprised
when the old man took out a substan-
tial looking wallet and presented him.
with a most generous sum to add to
his collection.
tiV hy," stamtnered the young man,
"I—I am greatly obliged, sir, but Y
hardly thought you would care to be
asked to contribute."
"My son," said the Quaker, with a
suspicion of a twinkle in his serious
eyes, "if thee will worship the Lord by
machinery, I would like thee to have a
first-rate instrument."
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When she was a Child; she cried for Castor's,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria„,
When she has Children, she gave them Caste: km.
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