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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1896-11-5, Page 2MY GIRL. Beat night I held her on my knee, The girl that 1 love best; That little head so clear to me 'Visas :allowed on my breast. I held her little band in mine. And kissed her o'er and o'er; But then you see, she's barely nine, And I twit sixty -tour,,• • And if it happens that I be A granddad that adores The grandchild that takes after me, It`s no concern of yours. A MINX. KITTY TRELawNEY, a Minx. MARION HMV O9iri3T, an Angel. GEOFFREY.FORTESQIIE, a Man. Scxra—A drawing -room. Kitty (jumping up from the piano as Miss Harcourt is announced) -0 Marion, it is von. What a relief! Marion—Are you expecting anyone elsel ' Kitty—Yes, and I was afraid—but it's van and I'm glad. Did you get my last letter? And have you come back for good from your travels—nearly two years, isn't itf And is your father better? When did you get back? And can you guess what a wicked girl I am, and how miserable this unhappy secret makes me—at least, part of it, for some of it's happy, you know; but I do want your advice and sympathy and— Marion-0 my dear Kitty, stop I Sit down and let us talk quietly. I want sympathy, too. Kitty (open-eyed)—You! You want sym- pathy! I thought you were above that weakness. Marion -Not a bit. I want all you can give me. Kitty—Oh, do tell me; but you must hear me first—my troubles are more pres- sing. I'm in such a fix! I've got a letter front him to say— Marion—Him? Whom? Kitty (impatiently)—The him, of course. There's only one him—at least, there ought to be only one. That's just it. , Marion—What do you mean? Kitty—I mean—that—there are two. t Marion—You are engaged to two men at once? Kitty—Well, you see -they overlap—for the moment. Marion—You take my breath away. Explain! Kitty—You remember my writing to tell you about my engagement to an awfully nice, clever fellow, a lawyer, about eigh- teen months ago. and how he had to go to India—to take evidence on commission, they call it, I think—a few weeks after we were engaged? Marion—Yes, and you were to be mar- ried as soon as he came back. Hasn't he come back? Kitty—Oh, yes; he's come right enough. I am expecting him here now—immediate. ly—any—every moment; and I don't want him! Marion—Explain! Explain! Kitty—Last summer, I went to stay at Mrs. Fairlight's place on the Hudson, and, of course, there was lots of boating, ten- nis, picnics and—(hesitates) moonlight walks. Marion (gravely)—Oh, my dear Kitty! Kitty—The situation's got to be faced. I know I'm a wicked flirt, and all that; hat oh, Marion, he is such a darling, and I really, truly want to be his wife. Marion—Then why weren't you true to him? Kitty—Which him? I'm speaking of the —the—well, the new one. Marion—Kitty, you are dreadful. You never can have loved truly, deeply, serious- ly, for true love is consttint—it lifts one out of oneself, and— Kitty-Thanks; I've read all that in novels. Marion—But you have never felt it—not ,deeply, I'm sure. Kitty—You're in love, Marion. You never talked about it like this before. Who is it? Tell me, quick! Marion (after a pause)—I don't feel that I can talk to you as freely as I could once have done. Kitty—Oh, I shall get it out of you. ' You met him abroad. Where was it? Who is lie, and when were you engaged? Marion—We are not engaged. Kitty—Broken off! Oh, Marion, I'm so sorry, dear. Marion—No, not broken off. He was engaged before we met. Kitty (whistles)—And he fell in love with you and told you so? Marion—No. Kitty—He never told you he loved you? • Marion—No, not in so many words. Kitty—Well, when shall you see him again? Marion—I do not expect ever to see him again. Kitty—And you love him very much? Marion—I could love him very mach. Kitty—Poor thing! Marion, it's 4 •o'clock, and you've never helped me out of ray fix one bit. He may be here at any moment, and what am I to say to him? Marion (bewildered)—You're speaking now of— Kitty—The—the original one. Don't you understand? He returned from India yesterday. I have to tell him that I love some one else, and I can't. Hark! there's the bell. Marion, I can't see him—I won't. (Suddenly) you must. (Rises.) i Marion—Don't be absurd. I cau't see a perfect stranger. Kitty (making for the door)—Say you're a friend of the family, and I'm a silly, hare -brained girl who doesn't know her own mind. Say anything you like; but get me out of this, and I'll love you for- ever. (Flies out of the room by a side door as the servant enters by another and an- nounces Mr. Fortesque. Marion rises.) Mr. Fortesque—Miss Harcourt! I Marion—Mr, Forteque! Mr. Fortesqne—You here! 1—I had no idea you knew the Trelawneys. Marion—Yes, Kitty and I are old school- fellows. Mr, Fortesque (with some emotion)—I never thougut to see you again. And Miss Trelawuey, has she told you all about me? Marion—She told me she was engaged to (--to some one very nice. Mr. Frotesque—Ah I why did she run away as I came upstairs? Marion—I will go and ask her to come back. Mr. Frotesque—Please tell me first why she ran away. ' Marion—She shall tell you herself. Mr. Frotesque-Then there is something to tell me. What is it? She has changed' towards me. I half guessed it from her letters of late. She is afraid to tell me her- self, and has left you to do it for her. Isn't it so? Marion:— Yes. Mr. Frotesque—And she loves some one else? Marion—She must come and speak to you herself. I'll fetch her;(Goes towards the door`. Mr. FrotesqueStop-did you tell her of our previous acquaintance? Marion—No, but I must now. • (Mallon retires, and in a few minute. Kitty enters in a rather ehame-€aced man ser.) Mr. Frotesque—Now do, you do, .Kitty? kitty—O Geoffrey, I'm so sorry; are you dreadfully awry? Mr. Fortesque—Do I look angry? Kitty—N-no, 1 can't say that you do. I thought you would be. I thank you ought to be. You ought to look—well-a little unhappy, Mr, Fortesque—You want me to look unhappy because you love some one else. Kitty —I think it would have been rather nice of you. Mr. Fortesque—But supposing I love some one else? Kitty (eagerly) -But you don't, do you, Jeff? all; Fortesque—My dear Kitty, what can it matter to you now? Kitty (doubtfully)—N-no. Of course, it oughtn't to matter. But I didn't think— Mr. Fortesque—That I could be as faith- less as yourself? Kitty -.—How horrid of you! Mr. Fortesque—No, I'm not, and I haven't been faithless. I have been tine to you, Kitty, and would have married you. You wish to be free, Well, I give you your: freedom. . Kitty—Oh I I never thought you'd take it so coolly. You want to be free, too? Mr. Fortesque—Naturally. Kitty—To marry some one else? Mr. Fortesque—I'm sorry if the idea hurts you. Yes, I wish to marry some one else. You want to do the same, I understand. What could be better? Kitty—Oh! but I didn't think you would be so glad to get rid of me. I—I— Jeff, who is she? Is she pretty, and young, and clever? Is it any one I know? Mr. Fortesque—Yes, it is your old schoolfellow, Marion Harcourt. Kitty (amazed) —Marion 1 1 ! Why— you've only known her five minutes! Mr. Fortesque—No, we met on the way home. She and her father joined our boat at Colombo. Kitty—Then you are the man she has been telling me of—who was engaged to some one else and with whom she parted forever. Mr. Fortesque—We thought we had parted forever. Kitty—I should think so—when you were engaged to me. Mr.-Fortesque—Don't you mean, Kitty, when you were in love with some one else? Kitty—I'm not sure that I am, now. Mr. Fortesque—Good heavens! What a complication! I— Kitty—Oh! its all right as far as you are concerned, Mr. Fortesque. Don't mind me! Mr. Fortesque—Kitty, you can't possibly be such a— Kitty (coolly)—Dog in the manger, are you going to say? At any rate, I am a dog with two strings to my bow, tind I know now I never loved you. It's nice to have one's mind made up for one, so send fur Marion at once, and I'll wish her joy, And I must send a telegram! Mr. Fortesque—Whom to? Oh! I beg your pardon. Kitty—You'll see. You may hand it in for me if you like. You pass a telegraph office, don't you? Mr. Fortesque—Certainly, with pleas- ure. Kitty (sits down and writes)—There 1 Mr. Fortesque—Can you be polite in ten words? Kitty—Read it, and' see I (Watches him. Mr. Fortesque (reads)—To Trefusis. Club. Pieaeo come cougratutete me. —Kitty. Who is Trefusis? Kitty—Why the other one, of course. Go and hand it in, quick. Mr. Fortesque (going out)—Little minx! —Society. 1slectricitx in Housework. Electricity promises to , solve the domes- tic problem. It is simply press a button and dinner is ready. An electric oven will cook a 12 -mound turkey in two hours and forty-five minutes and no thought need be given it, while the kitchen is entirely free from heat and unpleasantness. The upper shelves of the oven warm the dishes to -ex- actly the right temperature. Press a but- ton and the coffee will be steaming hot; another button, and the eggs are beaten; another button, and the meat is chopped. The electric washing machines, irons and sweepers will change housework from drudgery to a scientific economy of power. There seems to be no reason why the elec- tric ovens should not soon take the place of the coal stoves. But we draw the line at the food cooked. We eat with too much electric speed already.—Lewiston Journal. His Case. Courts of law are now and then enliven- ed by the unintentional comicalities which will occasionally crop up even iu most se- rious cases. In a certain lnnacy case, tried in the Court of Queen's Bench, the last witness called by Mr. Montague Chambers, leading counsel for the plaintiff, was a doctor, who, at the close of his evidence, described a case of delirium tremens treat- ed by him, in which the patient recovered in a single night. "It was," said the witness, "a ease of gradual drinking—sipping all day from morning till night." These words were scarcely uttered when Mr. Chambers, who had examined the witness, turning to the Bench, and uncon- clously accenting the last word but one said— "My Lord, that is my case." Roars of laughter convulsed the Court. Count Tolstoi. Count Tolstoi is thus described by his latest visitor, who found him at home: "After passing down long corridors, which are like so many entrenchments around Tolstoi's study, I at last stood before this remarkable man. I saw him just as the celebrated picture shows him—in his frill peasant's smock, a belt round his waist, with the white beard, the melancholy, deep-set eyes, the coarse gray hair, the thoughtful, wrinkled brows, the strong hands accustomed to work, which during his conversation he keeps passing through his belt, and the whole touching earnest- ness which surrounds the man. Count Leo Tolstoi makes the. iinpression of a figure out of the Bible." Iiigh Priced stamps. Collectors may be interested in the high prices brought lately by certain stamps at a sale in London. Among the principal lots disposed of were: Great Britain,', the V. R. (damaged), £8; Naples, 1-2t., "Arms, £15; Moldavia, 108. paras, £17; Spain, 1851, 2 reales, £20; Geneva, the double stamp, £22; Vaud, 4s., £14; Win- terthur, 2 1-2 rappen, .a block of four, £17; Poste Locale, a made-up plate, £32 10s. ; Tuscany, 60 erazle, unused, £14; ditto, 3 lire, £26; a collection of Russian locals, £115; Cape of. Good Hope (woodblock), 1d, blue, £42; and Mauritius, 2d, blue, very line, £21 10s. THRILLING CHAPTIERS IN VICTORIA'S REIGN. GREAT BATTLES WHICH HELPED TO MOLD THE DESTINY OF BRITAIN. The Crimean War and Battle of the Alma --.Siege and Fall of Sebastopol --Battle of Inkerman and Massacre of Cawnpore- Siege of Lucknow and Cause of Sopoy Mutiny. The visit of a Chinese ambassador to Great Britain, the more recent visit of the Czar, of all the Russian are two out- standing events in the closing years of the century which have focused the gaze of- Christian and heathen countries upon the first of the Great Powers in peace and in war. The unprecedented length of time during which our beloved Queen has ruled over the destinies of a vast empire and the progress of the arts and sciences under her reign are topics to- ward which the whole world, civilized and pagan, is having its attention direct- ed by the press. The present Armenian difficulty recalls some of the deadly bat - LORD RAGLAN. ties that broke the comparative forty years' peace of Europe in '53, when the Crimean war, in which Britain and France were opposed to Russia, was waged to maintain the integrity of the Turkish empire. A sketch of that great campaign, or series of campaigns, in which the valor and grit of British sold- iers Were tested and proved invulner- able, and of others in India, may be of interest to our readers in these last years of the Victorian era. The dream of a universal peace, san- guinely indulged in by the promoters of the Great Industrial Exhibition held in London in 1851, was rudely broken in the autumn of 1853. The Eastern ques- tion which had perplexed Europe front the time the Turk had established his empire on the shores of the Bosphorus and the Black sea cane suddenly to the front. Russia had a long-standing quar- rel with Turkey concerning the rights to the keys of the holy places in Jeru- salem, The Czar, too, as head of the Greek Church, trained the right to pro- tect all Christians, Greek Christians in particular, within the Turkish domin- ions, and these claims, it was maintain- ed, were urged for the purpose of favor- ing Russia's designs on 'Constantinople, the key to the Mediterranean and the road to India --the goal of Russian am- bition. Jealous of Russia, then the greatest military power in the world, and with the avowed object of maintaining the balance of power in Europe, France and Britain combined to uphold the integrity of the Turkish empire. These were the causes which led to the Crimean war. Viewed in the light of subsequent events, we can understand the mistake then made, and deplore the useless waste of blood and treasure. The eastern question is still unsolved, and will remain a menace to the peace of Europe so long as the Moslems retain Constantinople. The Crimean war, however, proved, if proof was wanting, that the British soldier, though enervated by a peace of forty years, still possessed those qualities of plunk and endurance which in former days had shone forth with brilliancy on many a bloody field and illuminated the annals of the country with undying glory. In February, 1854, the Russians crossed the Pruth and invaded the prov- inces of Moldavia and Wallachia. Omar Pasha, at the head of a Turkish army, made a gallant defense of Silistria, and checked the advance of the Russians on SIR COLIN CAMPBELL. the Balkans. Britain and France declared war against Russia. The combined fleets were despatched to the Baltic and Black seas, and the allied armies of France and Britain were embarked for the East to assist Turkey. The British army was under the command of Lord Raglan, and the French under Marshal St, Ar- mand. At first they disembarked at Varna, where the two armies lay inactive for two or three months, while preparations were being made to invade the Crimea, a Russian peninsula in the Black sea. While the French and British were en- camped in and around Varna the cholera played fearful havoc amongst the men. At last, in Septem ber, a descent was made on the Crimea, the allied armies, about 50,000 strong, landing at Old Fort, Hal - mita bay, on September 17 without op- position, THE HEIGHTS OF ALMA. On the twentieth the Russians were encountered at River Alma, where the first battle was fought. The Muscovites had taken up a strong position on a range of heights on the left bank of the stream. The position, strong by nature,. was further strengthened by redoubts and earthworks. The Russian force num- bered upwards of 40,000 with 105 guns. The Russians were confident that their position was impregnable, and boasted that they would drive the invaders into the sea. About midday the allies attack- ed the Russians alongthewhole w tole line. The French occupied the right, next the sea, and the British the left, about two miles inland, the Highland brigade, under Sir Colin Campbell, being on the extreme left. The engagement was hot and bloody, and for a time the issue was doubtful. At last, Sir Colin Campbell, at the head of the thrao Highland regiments—Forty- second, Ninety-third, and Seventy-ninth —advanced, and crossed the river under a storm of bullets that made the water hiss like a shower of hail. They gained the opposite bank, and advanced in line in gallant style, pouring in deadly vol- leys On the d.nse Russian columns. The sight of the plumed and plaided warriors, marching steadily on, and the deadly storm of bullets which was rained upon them from their ringing rifles, ter- rified the Muscovite hordes. They wav- ered, broke, and finally fled In confusion. The right flank of the Russian army was thus turned, and the French, having gained the crest of the heights on the Russian left, came steadily on, and the Russian army, totally routed, fled toward Sebastopol, leaving 8,000 dead and wounded on the field, with an immense quantity of baggage and artillery in the hands of the victors. The victorious armies then marched to Sebastopol, and laid siege to that great fortress. The outstanding Incidents of that long and harassing siege are the battles of Balaclava anti Inkerman. The harbor of Balaclava, where the British stores and provisions were landed, was attacked by a Russian force, under Gen. Liprandi, on the morning of Oct. 25, 1853. The defense of the position bad been entrusted to Sir Colin Campbell, who had with him the Ninety-third Highland regiment, supported by cavalry and a body of Turks, who were placed in charge of some batttories commanding the entrance to the plain of Balaclava. Early in the morning a strong Russian force of cavalry, infantry, and artillery appeared at the head of the valley, and drove in the Turks and captured the re- doubts. The Ninety-third were drawn up in a thin red line, two deep, across the valley, The Russian cavalry, about 10,000 strong, charged down on them, but with two well -directed volleys the advance was checked, Horses and riders went down, and the squadrons were broken and thrown into confusion. The Russian advance was checked for the time, and reinforcements were hurried up to support the gallant little band holding the base of the British operation. Then there occurred one of the grandest and most heroic achievements that has ever been recorded in the annals of mod- ern warfare—the charge of the Light Brigade. The Russians were still at the head of the valley, and were harassing the Brit- ish with their artillery. An order came to Lord Cardigan, who commanded the light cavalry, to charge the guns. The order was cheerfully obeyed, though it was said "that someone had blundered." The Light Brigade, numbering 500 sabers, rode into the valley of death, charged the Russian batteries, cut down SIR HENRY HAVELOCK, the gunners, dashed through a squadron of cavalry, fought their way back through a storm of shot and shell. Out of 600 horsemen that went out on that fatal ride, only 200 returned. Charge of the Light Brigade. Half a league. half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. "Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns!" he said Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. "Forward the Light Brigade!" Was there a man dismay'd? Not though the soldier knew Some one had blundered; Their's not to make reply, Their's not to reason wily, Their's but to do or die; Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volley'd and thunder'd; Storm'd at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred. Flash'd alltheir sabers bare, Fleeted as they turned in air Sab'ring the gunners there, Charging an army, while • All the world wonder'd: Plunged in the battery -smoke 'Right through the lines they broke; Cossack and Russian Reel'd from the saber -stroke Shatter'd and sunder'd. Then they rode back, but not Not the six hundred. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon behind them Volley'd and thundgr'd; Storin'rl at with shot and shell, While horse and hero fell, They that had fought so well Came thio' the jaws of Death, Back from the mouth of Hell, All that was left of them, Left of six hundred. When can theirglory fade? O the wild charge they made! All the world wonder'd. Horror the charge they made! Honor the Light Brigade Noble six hundred! e i THE BATTLE OF INKERMAN. On the same, day the heavy cavalry brigade also made a brilliant' charge on the Russian cavalry. The battle of Taker. man, which has been called the "soldiers' battle," was fought on the, morning of Nov. 5, memorable as the anniversary' of the Gunpowder Plot. It was a dark morning and a drizzly rain falling when the Russians crept out of Sebastopol, anti under cover of the darkness surprised the British outposts. For hours a fierce hand- to-hand battle raged among the rooks and valleys, the British soldiers fighting the mad, drunken Russians with bayo- nets, clubbed muskets and stones. By daylight the French came to the assistance of their English comrades and after a bloody encounter the enemy were hurled back to the fortress. The siege dragged its slow length along. During the severe winter the soldiers suffered from want of proper food, clothing and shel- ter. The Government had neglected the army, and Lord Aberdeen's Ministry was compelled to resign. Lord Palmer- ston took the reins of Government. Lord Panmure, afterward Earl of Dal- housie, was appointed Minister of War, and under his management the army was better organized and equipped, and GEN. IL LAWRENCE. provided with everything requisite for the comfort of the soldiers in the field. After a siege of eleven months, the Rus- sians evacuated Sebastopol, sinking their ships of war in the harbor, blowing up forts and magazines and setting fire to the town. The capture of Sebastopol virtually brought the war to tin end, and a treaty of peace was signed. The campaign was rendered in a cer- tain sense illustrious by the noble achievements as a nurse of Florence Nightingale. The third decade of her Majesty's reign began with the Indian Mutiny, a catas- trophe which shook our Eastern Empire to its center, and at one time threatened to envelop the whole peninsula from the Himalayas to Cape Coromandel in the lurid flame of a racial war. The Indian Princes, alarmed at the annexation pol- icy pursued by the British Government, stirred up the Sepoys or native soldiers to revolt. They instilled into the minds of those native soldiers that the British intended to compel them to become Christians by forcing them to use cart- ridges greased with bullocks' fat and hogs' lard, and thereby cause then to break their caste. The Government were about to issue the Minie rifle to the Indian army, and the cartridges used for that weapon had to be greased to matte them slip easily into the barrel. The Minie was a muzzle loader and the men had to bitd''off the end of the cartridge hefore loading. No true Hindu could touch animal food of any kind without losing caste, and hence their objection to touch the cartridges. The first revolt occurred at Meerut on May 10, 1857. The soldiers who were offered tile detested cartridges refused them and wore put in prison, Their com- rades broke out into open mutiny, at tacked the prison, relieved the prisoners, set fire to part of the cantonments, mur- dered some of the Europeans, and then marched to Delhi and proclaimed the de- posed king of Delhi emperor of Hindu- stan. The infection spread to other stations, the mutineers committing the wildest excesses, burning the houses of the Eu- ropeans, and massacring women and children wherever they gained the ascen- dency. On May 31 the native army in Lucknow, the capital of the Kingdom of Oude, revolted and the two capitals in the northwest of the empire were in the hands of the mutineers. THE MASSACRE OF CAWNPORE. But the crowning atrocities committed at Cawnpore by Nana Sahib, one of tire chiefs, filled every mind with grief and horror, and aroused a feeling of bitter indignation against the monsters. The garrison at Cawnpore was besieged by the rebels and after a gallant defense the commanding officer surrendered on terms of honor, and was allowed to evacuate the fort with the women and children. But Nana Sahib broke his word, and fell on the troops and slaughtered them as they were endeaRoring to retreat by the Ganges. The women and children were made prisoners, and conveyed hack to Cawnpore, where they were butchered by the infuriated Sepoys, and their man- gled bodies were thrown into a well. At Lucknow the situation was desper- ate. Sir Henry Lawrence and the British garrison, with about seven hundred women and chlidren, were shut up in the Residency, where they were sub- jected to all the horrors of a siege and bombardment for many months. When the mutiny broke outthere were very few European troops in India.. The Ghoorkas and Sikh troops remained loyal and during the war they fought gallant- ly against tine rebels. Sir Henry Havelock mustered a small column consisting of detachments from the 78th Highlanders, the 64th, 84th, the 1st Madras Fusiliers, about 130 Sikhs and six guns, and a handful of volunteer cavalry. With this miniature army, numbering not more than 1,400 bayonets, ; the ' gallant Have - look advanced into the disturbed dis- tricts, fighting his way against fearful odds. He defeated Nana Sahib at Cawn- pore and marched to the relief of Luck - now. THE SIEGE- OF LUCHNOW. The story of Lucknow is one of the ro- mantic episodes of this great struggle. After a long, harassing march, fighting every ,mile of the way, the pity was reached at last. The gallant veteran, at the head of a little band of heroes, fought his way throughthe streets of a city every palace and every house of which belched forth sheets of .flame and showers of bullets. But the British sold- iers never flinched, although they were opposed by thirty thousand Sepoys, well armed with musketry and artillery. The beleaguered garrison were at the last extremity. when the long -expected succor oame. But Sir Henry,Lawrenes bad died, and, there being no means of conveying the women and children and thet sick and wounded, Sir Henry Have look and Sir James Outram were eons pelled to remain. Meanwhile reinforcements were gen,.. out from England, and Sir Colin Camp- bell, at the head of ti strong column, took the field, The mutineers were de- feated at every point. Lucknow was re- lieved, and finally captured after a severe struggle, and eventually order was once more restored' and India reduced to the British rule again. • As a result of the mutiny the East India ,Company was dissolved, and the empire placed under , the Queen, who was subsequently pro- claimed Empress of India. d FACIAL PECULIARITIES. A Study of the .,Features May Produce Strange Results. If one is interested in the study of physiognomy a close scrutiny of the facet of those with whom one comes in daily , contactwill reveal many interesting in- consistencies. Writers have so elaborately descanted on the subject that it would seem that nothing of novelty were left for the investigator, yet while the traits of character revealed by the eyes, nose, -. mouth, ears, chin, teeth and even the wrinkles, have been so exhaustively treated, another subject replete with in- consistencies and interest has escaped the general epitomizing. Were a line drawn directly down through the center of the face the two halves would discover marked differen- ces. The outlines of the forehead where the hair begins to grow will vary mater- ially, giving deoidedly distinctive out- lines, adding in many cases, at least, one-half inch to the height of the fore- head. Regarding the eyebrows,in many fares the difference is hardly perceptible, yea were they measured mathematically, th•, curves would show variations of outline, Of the eyes, a careful analyzation will discover the right one not only larger, but differing in expression as well as in color, in some instances. The difference also in the slanting of the orbits will be noticeable. It is in the eyes that the greatest difference is likely to be found. The upper lids differ materially from exact drawings and below the eyes, the cinder lids are even more pronounced in their variations. A careful study of the nose will dis- cover the nostrils decidedly different. One is often larger than the other, or will extend below a line drawn diamet- rically across the face. In fact, if care- fully scrutinized the entire nose will be found different on either side. The mouth is decidedly the feature where the study becomes most interest- ing. The drooping of the corners will often give a sneering expression, or, as le the ease where the movements of the under lip on one side of the mouth when the person is speaking is in direct `contrast to the movements of the lip on the other side. This peculiarity indicates an unsteady, unreliable nature, lacking both in mental and moral forts, The cheek on one side of the face will, In many in- stances, be more rounded than on the other, and the difference in the position and general contour of the ears is after>a startling. Residing in New York city is a prom- inent society matron whose eyes are of distinctly perceptible different colors, one being dark blue, the other a dark grayish brown. When first noticed the effect is nneonny in the extreme. The differences of facial features are often too slight to be noticeable, and do not mar the harmony of the face; in the other instance they are strikingly pro- nounced. The eyes of spiritualistic mediums are often uncanny in this respect, suggesting the evil eye, with all its superstitions as- sociations, A medium whose life is wholly given up to the exercise of her peculiar gifts betrays many puzzling facial ecceutricltics. Scientists claim that the two hemis- pheres of the brain operate differently, the right controlling the physical life; the left, the mental qualities. The physi- cal qualities of the right hemisphere of the brain affect the right side of the face more quickly than the workings on the left,consequently, facial contrasts are more noticeable in the old than in the young. That these differences do exist is an - questionable, and the student of physi- ognomy will find in them an unexplored field for study. Butter and Cream as Medicines. One of the favorite remedies of physes Mans is cod-liver oil, and why is one of the mysteries of the world of medi- cine, when all there is about it is an oil or fatty substance that is easily digested and quite as easily assimilated, fish oil being appropriated with a small outlay of digestive power. Why cod-liver oil, a product of the decomposition of fish refuse,should ever have been chanced . upon, when butter and cream are na- ture's supply, and at once the most read- ily obtainable, Is unexplainable. While any one can take cream or butter, the consuming of fish oil requires the forti- tude of a saint and the heroism de, mar- tyr; and as we know the oil does not agree with many,and is hard of digestion in others. Now, it has been demonstrated that fresh, unsalted butter is rather more digestible than oil, and is pleasant to take, on thinly -out slices of bread, and as high as 4 ounces a day of this butter can be eaten wth impunity by even deli- cate persons and ()rearm can be taken to the full desire of the patient. Where one is recovering from prostrating sickness and the body needs nourishment this fresh butter, it is now asserted, has no equal in building up the wasted tissues of the body, and as a stimulant, very - hot,fresh milk is without a rival, outside of the use of alcohol, which last is better left alone, when possible. Growing chil- dren may be greatly benefited by indulg- ing in generous amounts of butter, . thought it may seem expensive, but it may prove the cheapest in the end. , Either of these remedies can bo taken i. without a doctor's prescription, and is ' outside of the "kill or ogre" warrant. Winding Steam Pipes. - { Tire plan of winding steam pipes over eight inches in diameter with three -six- teenth -inch copper wire, thus nearly doubling the bursting pressure, is an important change in engineering prac- tice. In order that the thickness of sheet copper forming the pipe may be reduced to the minimum, and at the same time insuring the full advantage of wire winding,' an improved system of manufacturing steam pipes has been devised, described as consisting in simply using copper of : the thinnest possible gauge to form the interior or core of the pipe, while the body proper is composed of steel wire wound closely around the core, the intersticet' filled In solid with copper by slautrhoitl depositldia.