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'TILE SG.E DANDIES
-seAuTgous ATTIRE, OFTiag SWee.L$
OF THE ElOisTEENTH CENTURY.
oak end Velvet Coeteo ASlithe Color* of
;tie nasoltovr Were Then tits nee.—
Whs. 4.olgn Str tho gsitettPi of Xleetattee,
4cau lerunenee1-4exe Scholar. (Sere.
note. criotteter.
PERSONAL POINTERS,
Goesile Ahout Some eif the* Werld's
Leading People.
ICing gdward, vir. is the first Brit -
lab risooareh te splay golf since the
day o of dateteel Lt
Tho Sultan of Turkey has six sons
;and seven ditoghters, whe aro kept
ka UM), seCtIre4t, seclusion, the former
Sewer leavkng the grounde of the
hoose in which they were bora
Mr. Andrew Careen -Ws coat of
arm o show* a, reversed crow' our -
mounted by a liberty cafe A
weever's sbuttlqe and a, shoemaker's
knife are 111)44 gro escutcheon, Scotch
Ainericen Otto are the sunporte
ere, and below ix the legeud "Death
to Privilogos"
Fhould the Baroness Burdett-
Coutto live to witness the corona-
tioa of Etittarti VII. next J *
uao it
will be the third event of the kind
She will hex° Weeded. At the agc
of sieteen ehe sow Oeorge IV, creme -
ed, and she also attended the core
(motion of Queen vtetoria,
awe. Sarah. Berabarcit Mire that
"the eeeret of her maturence Le that
ette never testa. Fetigme." she
oat; "Is my stimulant. Instead at
putties me down. it spurs nue
She goes to bed at three ie the
morninginvade's/sr, ands alunos
rises at eine. eta for the 'netted Pre-
scriptiope for the preaervotion
heeith. they recoiro aceut attentioa
from her.
Tho meet interesting member of the
Danish Court is the PriuCeee Welder.
mar. She le an artist, her epeeittl
line being ;scenes from enimal life,
and judgea declare thatif she had
been etimulOted by eoceseity, ithe
Might. llaVe rivalled Remo lienheor,
She s to be found in her studio
every morning, bush in hand, and
chid in a long painters Moose.nt
oven o'clock. abSerhed. In her fovor-
*10 ocempation„
A notable woman in her day has
been buried la Wrexham CereeterY.
Englandin the person ot Ann
Blythe, widoW of Serdeeotelllajor
Ephraint Blytheof the Borah Artil.
Ivry. Mrs. Blythewas for twelve
months in. the trenehes before Sehaoe
topOl with her bush:tied, and eltexed
the execesive herdehips incideat to
the Crimean Veer. $he was twice
wounded. She survived her hush:old
five evars, and eas died at the
ado Of soventsothree.
Mr. Sidney Cooper. Rollo is within
ten Month% Or Ids Itursdredth yeer.
tTis tts, pictune was exhibited in the
Reeral Academy in lam, and after
.slieteeseven years of puinting he
giVeS the following advice to mode
-
log artists : "Let your watchword
be. 'I worehip truth. imitate 'hit-
t:are closely *• paint her as Ate Is.
not as you (tow her. hinn cannot
improve upon Nature.' This won-
derful old man cleolored that Ids
woreing eleys are ended.
"Carmen Sylva,"--Elleatieth Qnean
ot Rountarthe—wherao "Real tetteents
Fairy Book" is ono of th) tooit gift-
boolcs published, Is said to be a,
great worker. Shoe cleee at live
o'clock and works at leer •Jesk until
hrealdast, after which time sne de-
votee llee'seit to be* ditties 33 teen -
sort *I a. Xing. Carmen Sylva's
fairy stories are reqpopular in her
own countret, and ono day In each
mouth. is 'devoted to reactiog the
Queen's books in the public schools
of Roumania,
Nobody needs to he told that the
Queen of England is mond the
friendliest and boneellest ladies in the
hoed. Sitting with a cottager on
the Saudringham estatein her
rrincess days, sho took up a stook -
Ing to while nevny the lime. "I
rather pride myeelf ox tbe way 1.
leen kelt sicokosgs." the Priocess re-
marked ; "Y /Mee just made a pair
for the Prince. and—" The Priti-
eess was rudely brolten ofi by the
old lady's startled exclamation. : "So
the Prince wears steel:legs, do 'e ?
WeIL well. Ah, your Royal 'Ugh-
ness only me and you, who makes
these stockings', knows the 'orrible
tiles the men do make in the 'eels I"
Sir William Olpherts Won the cov-
eted V.C. at Lucknow by a charac-
terlshic not of gallantry. The old
Perthshire Regiment, to which he
was attached at the thile, captured
some guns from the enemy, but was
about to leave them sbehind for
want of horses tit' drag them away.
Olphe.rts was too hien a gunner ..to
consent to the abandonment of prizes
of that sort, so he galloped back,
under a perfecthail of ,lead, and
brought up the necessary horses. No
One thought ho would got through
alive ; but ho accomplished his ob-
ject although he brought back Seve
.eral bullets as well as the horses,
and it was some time before he was
fit to tales ,the field again..
Tho King of Portugal, although
entirely against his doctor's advice,
is a. Somewhat great meat eater; and
thinks nostorm of cogking comes up
to that of the Enilish. When stay-
ing in England a. few years ago. he
visaed, Lord Salisbury's beautitul
seat at Ilatfieltl. During dinner the
conversation naturally turned. upon
the royal...visit, and the Duko
York—now the Prince of Wales—Who
was present, said to tho king, "Now
what has impressed .your Majesty
most during your short etas/ in Eng-
land ?" The King of Portugal re-
plied, thoughtfully, "Well, I think
the English roast beef re very de-
lightful f" "Oh !" laughed Ills
lloYal Highness ; "but sueely. 'somee
thing else has impressed your Ma-
jesty as well '?" "Ah 1" enthusias-
tically replied the King, "of course !
The Pluglisti boiletl. •beef 'is also de-
lightful 1''
Tho birth of asson to tho Princess
of Asturias,sister oi the little King
Alfonso of Spaii. and heir -presump-
tive to . the throne, has revived a
eurious old coremooas ef the Spanish
'Court. AtThen the baby ;Prince • was
born the Primo Minister, the ,Presi-
dents ef the......cengress ao the Sen-
ate, the high functionaries of tho
Court, and tho.-Command& of the.
Royal -HalberdierS, to whom is en-
truSted the guardiug of the Royal
tho palace, were summoned
te the antechamber of the Princess,
there they waited in full uniform.
Tho tehief doctor then dressed the
baby,and placing ,Idin oii'. an im-
mense eilfer seleer, tookgthim to the
father, who, was also waiting in the
ante -chamber, and to whom he eaid,
"Sir, it i$ itirente" priace).
The father then took the, salver in
Zn the glerlove days of King
lleorge 11, wee wore silk or velvet.
-coa.ta of all colors of the rainbow.
They tripped eilecingly peeng upon
thelv toos, supporting upozz their
heads a witeelbarrowful of peruko
eovered with a bushel of posvder,
their "oteinherete" was sprbeitlefi
.with saute, their sword knots eerie:tat
trelled ea the ground, and their
SWOrde dangled from the utth but-
ton. pearl colored silk etockinge ewe
reel hewed shoes completing their
costal/Ace It events almost AS though
one of "thew gtoldeasee the Oun-
niege" had teemed the foltowiog linea
It° Qeorge Selwia in r aria ire 1,700
instead of the sporting Earl of
March "The muff yen erne mei by
the Doke of Richmond 1 Uko prodig-
ioueto—vostif bettee than it it hod
tees ligro" or any ginring color.
Several are now meking alter it,"
And again in 1770 bo tvrttee. "Pray
bring me two int three hoetlee of per -
Ounce nod aonee patterno of velvete
that aro ROW us* pretty."
Almost to tho Wet moment or h
life te piece of riete waistcoetlea net
cm much an reetraetion to the area
Mareele of Wellesley 44 it would
have been to any ot ;Ito
rooat frivoloue minded youno
dandiee about thee towo.
Indeed, this nobleman would fre-
quently sit alone in aolitary state"en,
grande tolletto„" with his blue
ribboa a,ud garter, as it about to ap-
veer at a repel "fermi'
In tile year 1708, there aroOe on the
horizon of Goldoni or rather, there
Waxed in ite full me Won, that won.
Iferfel phenomenon ot elegance..
theorge Brent% Brunneel. Down in
3777, the 5014 of an muter eecrotery
of Lord North's and "educated et
Mau. ho enjoyed the credit of being
the hese echoing'. the beet °Mennen
cud the best criceeter of Ma day.
ifitooah not a, eroan by doecent,
Ito yot made plenty of artitocreeie
!donde and exintrieneed little
dIlfl-
;uUy In obtaining the entree to Dev-
enshiro 'Rouse, where ba was intro-
duced to the Prince Regent, who
gave Mm gi e011111116.51011 14 tile Tenth
Iluesiere.
Until lirtienaiel came upon the seen*
the Prince. though not retnarkeetle
for his teste, hod, thanks to Ms
conk. bow constituted the "master
ot tho oleganeles" or leader of tho
dandies, but he was at once dethron-
ed by tho stiperier genius of Brune -
trod, who retatnetl the govereitenty
till the year 1817. During this per -
fed be became the model of ail men
who wished to (leen well. and %ellen
to had struck out, a neve idea he
would smile at its gradual progress
downward from, the Wettest to the
lowest claseee. To tho last of his
etay n Enelantl ho continued to wear
powder. rather priding himself upon
Prelerring this remnant of the vielie
vour, ills clothes Wen a perfect
study. The coat was generally of
blueclotb anti ita collar raised
ogniust tito bad: of the head like the
hood of a monk. a style famillur to
us in pletures and miniatures of tho
period. The buckskin or nankeen
brooches were so incredibly tight
That they could only be got on evitli
. immense labor and could only be
taken off in the stone manner as an
telis divested of its skin.
Then came a waistcoat about four
/Aches long, open on the chest, dis-
playing a stilt white muslin cravat.
liesSittit boots completed the coSturrie
end to the.Se the beau paid particular
attention. They were commonly re-
-ported as bebag blackened "au vin
de eitaMpagne." At any rate, two
shoemakers were supposed to insure
the perfectness of their fit—one made
the right and the other tho loft
boot. Ito bad three glovers for ,his
gloves, one of whom was exclusively
barged With tbe tutting out of his
thumbs. Three hairdressers were
likewise eagaged to dress his hair.
As for the personal appearance of
this sublirao dandy, "his face," we
read, "was rather long, his features
neither plain nor ugly, his forehead
unusually high,hair light brown,
whiskers inclined to bo sandy, eyes
graysuid full of oddity." Ills mei-ever-
sa.tion, without having the wit and
humor of Lord Altemley, another of
the dandieS, was highly agreeable.
and amusing. Indeed, 13rummel has
never been ',surpassed or eoilaled
since. The Prince of Wales would
frequently come of a morning VS 1.,Ite
beau's„ house. in Chosterflela street to
witness his toilet and to acquire tee'
art of tying his own handkerchief "it
lo mode' Por • many years, 'not-
. Withstanding the great disparity of
rank, Ilrummel cotitinued. the
Prineees intimate friend. At last,
Itowevein A coolness sprang up be-
tween them, and the "mirror of 'fash-
ion" was forbidden the royal pres-
etice.
The Prince --then king—saw the
poor dandy once many Years after
'viten passing through, Calais. Thack-
erny says: "The bankrupt bean sent
him then a snuffbox with sense of the
swill he, used tb love as a `piteotas-
token of reniembrance and submis-
Rion, and the King took the snuff
and ordered his horses' and'drove on
and had net the glace to notice his
old companions favorite, ri-vs.1, en-
elnY, superior." lbstunmel, of course,"
had many -successors, but "the old
.„ eider changeth," end none of them,
ever attained to - the Olympian
heights of his dandyism, nor even
tho elegant. D'Orsay, who for 0. tune
was constituted the king of fashion
and held poor Brummers seeptree. --
A-refoeirt.
Gazettled consut General,
Coartottay Walter Bennett, who',
ham been British Consul; at Bilbao
since 1900, has been gazetted.' Con-
suloGenoral of Great Britain, ee San
l'eeeelene,
his hande, and alter hissing
baby, bewed to tinese Present
showed them the new Prince,
will be christened Alfonso.
the
and
who
EtheenCT8 OF BRITAIN.
5° Low of the gutp011A Caverns': 014411
awl Na;a17411zakvem.
It is natural that we In these
tight ielancise sbould jealously
geerel the eociat advantages, the
protegtion and field for advatteemeot
which ate enjesed by timee who can
claim, to he liritesh, smbiects. But
in the eves of the law there is con-
siderable confusien. 45 0 the eleces-
sery %matinee -clone which outsidere
muse eitete before they eau lee ad-
mieted to all the privIlegee tef cit1-
xereehip, On thia veer:nine the Homo
Seereiary appoineed an ieterdeparte
Mental committee 18 garrotte ago re
report "ufton *.he doubts and
mettles which have arise4 in gentler" -
tion with the interpretative And ad-
ininist.ration of the acm relating to
naturalization, and to oclvise whe-
ther legislatien tor the amending
of these acte is desirable, and,„ if se.
whet scope and diteetion suelt
legis-
Lallqa should take." Whit In a
Dritistk subject? The committee
point out that"
"To tee entelaten low bolt:Inge the
fendamentel prteciple that any Per -
whet is born within His
tiontiniens ie Wont tho me-
t his birth a. British aubject,
whatever be the nationality of either
Or hoth his permits, And however
theetheraret And eaeltel the clruntur.
micas determining the localiey of
MS birth may haVo Wen," n
The child ef an alien enemy bora,
in a pare ef TUs Unieetre dorninlono
evidell is _at the Slum in hostile oc-
eupetion Is not a British subject.
Apia, the child born withintho
JIrI-
tisb dominions a an Ambassador or
other diplematie agent, accreSited to
tho Crown by a foreigo suvereign ia
not o British subject. The livalt$
of thie latter exceptien novo nee
been exeetly aesterteintel.
The Kinght een is alwaye a. British
subject, wherever itet may bo bora.
With this OXCeillion tho n09454104
Id the etatus et a British ettbjeve
by parents rests on statute low. A
ftersoa Wheele Latium or parental
grandfather was born within Ills
Majesty's tiontinione 14 diteneed 4 n
ural born Brititit subject. although
he hieeseir Was horn abroad.
To tho category of persons who
aro British subjects by reason of
tholr birth hoofing taken piece with -
In Ilia Majesty's dominiona moot
be added theSe who aro born on
board a Britielt ship. Some doubt
eXiSta as to the extent ot this, rulo.
Thero scents to be no doubt, tho
committeo remark*, that a Pelham
Is a switural-born Britieh subject who
is
(a) Born on board a British ship
f war, wherever suck ship nuke be.
(b) Born on board a hirltish, mer-
chant vessol on the high seas.
It is suggested that a. eilleide rale
should he made that any and on 0.
rereign ship white in British. Waters
should not to deemed to bo a sub -
Sect of this eouno.7, owing to this
accident ot birth; but, on the other
hand, an infant who first looks out
on life under the whIto and led en-
sign, wherever it may iltr afloat, is
apparently a subject of the
although bo bo as bleck as ebony or
his father be this country's most
deadly enemy. London Telegreiplo
Trial by 1utuhat,
The 'Vomit() claim to tho Xing's
companionship reminds ono, soya Ihe
London Morning Cairo:dole, of the
autiotaty of the °Mee. whtck . was
established by the Conqueror after
the battle of nesting's, when the
dignity was conferred on Robert
de liberation. Lord of Pontenay. But
the championship is closely inter-
woven with the trial by combat.
'tow many Britons, we wonder, are
awaro that Trial by Combat formed
an essetteial part of British juris-
prudence until the beginning of the
reign of George IV., or how it end-
ed, At. that timo there being a
charge of murdor against a certain
Abraham Thorntou, the getttlematt
was advised by his counsel to claim
the right of "trial by battle." •Aeo
cortlingly, When brought before the
Omitted of King's Bench, he dung
down his gaga. A solemn .argu-
ment was afterwards held on the
case, when the judges were
unanimous that he was entitled
to wage his battle: The nearest
male relative of the doceased, a lad
of 16, being manifestly unable to
meet Thornton. in combat, declined
any further proceetthigs. The pub-
lic feeling was en much outraged
that the Attorney -General of the day
immediately introduced a bill for
abolishing the right of appeal in all
criminal cases, a bill which, ,how-
ever, did not pass without opposi-
tion.
West as aralia,s 1i7O111I-5
The new Premier of Western 4us-
tralia., Mr. Alfred Edward Morgans,
is another example of the fact that
political' preferment in. Australia Is
not blocked.sby fereign birth pr ex-
perience. Mr. Morgans Was born in
Wales, and was living in Mexico.
where he was numbered among the
friends of President Diaz, when the
gold fields of Western- Australia were
discovered. Bo settled in Cool-
ga.rdie, and in due eourse was its
representative in the Legislative As-
set/11)1y1 where he was a strong sup-
porter of Sir John Forrest, now a
Minister in the Federal Government.
Mr. Morgans is the principal pro-
prietor of the Mount 11,torgaliS mine,
on the Mount Margaret gold field,
and has etarted fruit farming' on an
extensive scale.
s,
. Landore=-"lialloa, whalSe up ? lrou
look as happy as if you'd just fallen
heir to a million.'' Denjaxein—
`That's how I.feel. One of ,my, teeth
has been, almost jumping out of my
head for a -week, and this morning I
decided that I cat tide: I. ita.tld it
longee, so I went to tint dentist ,to
have le out.'' "" en, tent
yot/' Ve gut rid , of the 1 roe lestein
thieg. •Well, thee wieed -He terefiv--"
13e,reentin--"No. Wiett tieldue rat: is
that, the (Meilen wasu'e itte. •
TM e mlotHatt
tear or gele—a, bettered, shoe-.
rarcri meter wisp or yellow tode--
tneee. pencillect Pletereeele4einelees 01104 comer tia4 a eneet to hold these ehere.
Attune5 womares readese hotted *ties,
Areeee her eteovent treaserette teetee
(tear, • .
Tice Peardee nee are often eel* tee Wee
nee 94e5 J05410 1111011e.t ItO
The ehteduerett, tire frolnened force, tite
brow
no grebes over eyes or palely blue
oteee an loy to eve Meng meteors' now,
etatt ret.,11341 1Vt.,-1413 Ituga Che 0411e4
1901
with teat ma lova tartiterioutt age deep,
Rowe 14 the Mother-htenet throggh
tee Tense
That placid age can aerer telt to sleep
410 4 40 trle4 Yee oft Wens feellele
Mrs.
este often gees tepee Ileareett thine, to
vJew,
Mus fleece ette wee Weeeerito eleclete
To levee tbe nttle ring OSA bat -terve shoe.
4act Etna Me PerlleX Nelee el Yellow 031-.
—root ineeeler.
tuned Pxosoah OWL
USA, TlefbYShirr; so so
in Amoveds, te oner Of thO
tionseS ef Virginati. thi
anz* resilience. worth 414.00Q
tor 4a,000 a roulette at
gonod tho purchaeer 14
spending 41.500 in bringing tho
plaeo up to dote, that, the nee
torioue Dyntealt ghost will qult god
to Mimeo will leeeome holt
thc annoyance Is still going' co, end
ne eervento or curetalcoro step
in Ole plan. Tito hos*. hoe Probe.-
bly the wortit reputetten In the Fenn,.
threto,,tfotrhatitiejestetl tmc.ottu,sk:traloiegalipntg:1
in their Wait. Ohe5t, or no ghost,
tins -o in no getking away from the
Inet thee, four peeple have ;teen found
dead te their bedu there, with all
*he signs of atrengling upen them.
OthIn the inet Mee vezire, wed the
est cace—a, governen named Alive
Teitton. who died in this way two
yearti ego—wos thzu oubleet of an
thet everyone in North
Walee oeuterobers. So evil a, name
hoe the !muse that it
has hese a veritable white elephant
to ell the owners, and is an instelma
or 414.000 absolutely thrown, into
asto by an alleged "epirith
Omit the fifth Torte.
An English clergyman had Married
young woman with a reputed
dowry of about. S10.000, while he
himeelf had "great. expectotions."
Needtra to eay, every soul ta tho
village Anew about ite It wan the
Orot Sunday after their return from
the honeynmon, foul whet% tho ser-
mon was tinished the parson pro-
ceeded, as 113110.1p to give out. tho
twin. verse tor vers, te his rustic
congregation,
All went well until the nub verso
was reaClied, and tho parson began:
"Forever let toy greatful Inotat."
when suddenly and with mime cen-
time:in be exelalmect: "Omit tho
fifth verse!" and luonetliately began
to rotate aloud the aixth verso in. -
stead. Those who had hymn books
promptly read tho fifth verse;
Forever let my greattul heart -
Ilia boundless grace adore.
Which gives ten thousand bless! s
now.
And bids hint hope for more.
oho Moen and nod eiteome.
The atate Astronomer ot thew South
Wales heel recently shown a romerke
ahlo relatlotto between the good and
bed seasens of Attstrethe and the
utoon's position. There is a lunar
eyrie of 19 years, or, to be Mere
precise, 6,039.09 days. That is to
say. rtftor 19 years the times of nett
and full 1330013 came over again al-
most eXa.ctly as before. Mr. Res-
aell's official obOorvations for three
Periods of 19 years vhow that "rain
conteS in times in abundance when
the moon is In certain degrees of her
motion south, and when, the moon
begins to go north the dreughty con-
ditions prevail for seveit or eight
years, which." says the ustrenottere
'Is either a marvelous coincidenee or
is a law conneetiog the two pheriont-
elm." and tho latter. be believes, is,.
tho case. The first bad year of the
present cycle was in 1895, and the
droughte had persisted to suck a ter-:
rible extent that from 1895 to 1.900
25,000;000 sheep have died of start-
ation in the Oconntortwealth. But the
law doesetet work so well elsewhere,
Facts About Encbuul,
The widening of London Bridge is
estimated to cost Zl00.000.
An American desk factory is about
to commence operations in London.
Great Britain's :wealth inereaseel_
about £450,e00 ae clay—that is gd.
a head thZY. _
in 1649 theneasetal of the Bank
of England was £1,200,000lit is
norm 414,500,000.
Thera are in Atte 'United ICingdom
a
over 1.2,402 places,. licensed to sell
iatOxicating liquors.
"Epsom Salts" is how the Pall
Mall Gazette describes Lord e Rose -
bevy's oratorical hoine-truthi.
Westminster Abbey is to bo closed
for the preparetioa for the corona-
tion service early ,en April.
The London. Isise Brigade uses 1.7-
000,000 gallons of water a year,
against 32,000,000 in New York.
MECHANICAL. WONT)Ele.
Senor Torres, an ingenious engineer
of efadritin has invented a little ma-
chine which is described as the mott
curious of Its kind that has ever,been
fashioned. It is A methanietel device
for the solution of -mathematical
questions. Those who haent teetede t
say that within thirty seconds it
ean Solve elm meet, difficult equation
that can be framed. The apparatus
looks like an Ordinary mill for grind-
ing coffee, ets component parts being
,crank "and a number of Copper
wheels. 1,Vnen an equation is to be
sole -ed the c,rankis turned, and in
eight or tea revolutionthe solu-
tion Is arrived at, Senoe Torres has
sent 1 model of the machine to the
Academy or Sciences at Paris, and
the VrOich SCietitikS who have ex-
amined it se.y it IS one or the won -
tiers of the age.
j011.05011. AND MUSIC.
How tha Oraat MaLi Aclowarlodgan a Da.
unreel 491,1Uk• ao4 Praut4o4 414er,14-
.140a; IrOr 15. Fut,gr•.
To a, recently published veletas ot
reminiscences. 111 Laclucted the teltow-
ing ettectiote of Dr. ohnuaa• The
story Was relt11411 to hirs,. Bowdler
by hfro. WtUmant Ileane (rormer4"
Miss Johnsott4 the oleo et Sir Joe -
boo fteynolde;
Peeled ene ef ray visits tre mY un-
cle wheo t was yogeg and shy, he
requeseed me to sit at the hoed of
Wa eoble, on a day whea he ex-
pected a loxgo mum; ateenget the
gueets were Cumiterlited, Oarrich emel
Dr, Johnson. 1 tresabled nt tile
mime, of the letter, andi in consco
smence of his prosenete beggelt time
mine might be teispensea with, My
ueele la,ughed at rey folly, would
not attette to my enteeeeies, 58*1
assured ene, if 1 would provide a,
good dinner that nothing =Are
Would be required of me by his old
friend. who prebehly would aot
trouble his head about. me in atey
other vapecity. I did my best 04
to, *heehaw, and took Key Place ot
the hoed of the table, deterreining
not to ffemi by ray words, by din*.
ef pot speaking nt all. The eon,
vesoatlen. by Nome unlucky chance.
ictlyhted efteet ,Inualc, to which Dr.
41)11116011 Was totally InSenSible.
Witerieupoahe lodulged his elo-
quence et the expenso of hia sense
Vielent philippic against the
ort Iteelf, concluding by his opinion,
most positively delivered, that 40
man of talent, or who VMS in Any
degreti copable ot hotter Village, ever
heti, elfele could, or ever would, de-
vote any portioa of his time and
ottenttoit tO so Idle and frtvolous
purpoeo. I happened to be ex-
ceedlogly fond at music, which, con,.
emceed ray fear of tho page, and
prompted mo to any to ray next
neighbor, "1 wonder what Dr.
Johnson tbitike of Xing Deeviel?"` ile
(which did not Intend) heard the
recaork—etearted. laid dowa hiet knife
and kirk, got up, walked to the head
of the tablet-ow1 thought. to knock
nee do —.bat. I did him itehtstiett.
for, laying ono of 1113 largo hands
on each et ray shouldoret. Itet aaid,
"Metlem. 1 thank you. I stand re-
buked before eou and prontiao that
oft one eubeect at least you chilli
cover hear me talk nonsense againt"
The Origlo ereinerfoonalene,
It Wita a, Deothult Indian legend
that When God mode the world he
swept they universe et the totem and
Cast It into the eeee and when the
white men canto from the rising
place of the suri they celled the heap
Newfoundland and Chose it ter a
dwelling place. It may he so. In
Ito remoter parte lettevfouneliand
might easily he taken for the Leave.
lags and rejected materials ot the
work or creation, there cast away.
It is es fertito as on asieltearn which,
moreover it rosemblee in tiott 11con-
talus %raps of everything which en-
tered iuto tho molting et the world—
iron, copper, cool, gold, tind alt oth-
er wider the ground. The
uterlor Is a soggy, rock-strewn bar-
ren, ait intertniatibly vast waste,
where not so much as a shrub is to
be seen, and no man chooses to live.
Stunted forests fringe the ceetat, a
skinnY growth of pine and spruce,
rind birelt, through which you may
walk miles he vain so eh for
schooner's Spar. The shore lino Is
rock, la some plaCes swept by flood
and Are, hare of all soll--goira, nalted
rock. To many a. Newfoundlander a
Gandy beach would, bo as great a
wonder as a horse.
The Cult Of tua fat tit EsAngua.
The milt of the Mite in this cOlAlte
try, is assuming reecaulettlite dimeten
eierie- I 'do not, of iontwee, mean
to seer that 11 has Permeated att
siassees. Tedeed, tho way in which
the average men In she street coin
ducts ninaseli tpwartio tho Animal it
there Se prove the contrary. Put
there are certelely people who, eo
speak, are entirely wrapped up in
cats. A needy typewritten IntriMe
14194 reached roe a couple of
months ago cOreveYieg an oeffer to
provide tor the well-being of WY cat,
rt a healthy ucrthern Oulsatin dime
'no nier absence from town. I found
that I was by t*CP Means the only an-
likely
echildent et tho OW. It
seemed Olt fair aod equexe, but the
tariff meet have been altogether ea -
enumerative. Sbeer eelt, I tot*
le to he.. As a. rule, no doubt, tho
cult Is more discriminating. Evezy•
cat is not the object of ie. The wor-
shiped eat meet herea Pedigree, and
alt tho points. It must, be of tho
Persian order, •all white, or att
black, and with a tail ae Remit AO
',rage eel the rest of it. Or it muse
be all ot a greyish Mao with a Pee
oilier pert ef emerald eye; or its
at must suggest the "real Pete -
in enbio" eXhibite ot the cheap
If it felfill these eoeditione
Trfgro)u.IYndrtellretittueiefelletilstt
reveal of devotees gathers,
hour of vespera, where the
re beginning to tinkto, Wee
tettser the ugh, If you bare tt IL Mind
tghrst te of developMent yo
cult of tbo G.in ityonhieing e, most intelligeet
the proceedings atgat show a
at Is perfectly aware
Ituatrieu51,v np-
i whleh it Gude it'"
self tempamarfly eetilined on tires*
occasionS, is not a gage, but a
ehrine. It cemporta iteelf accord,.
Moly. It is ts reef:indite as tbe cat,
of Thotmee. It is a colt. 4;4 it
knows It. Amt. if I may judgo
by what recontly game under my per-
sonal observation. It bate not only
more cultured, hut a much more
iii3ratotetleanV•er c0oltilWd Qlr="04t.tr2"Plailitis
Vett Gazette.
why Thoy aro Trainee
An English 'University professor,
during his stammer holiday, has, says
London Tit -Bits, been treveliug
about Penland asking every triton>
that ho met why ho didn't work. Ile
interviewed 2,000 vagrants, and.
Classing them according to the vari-
ous reasons they gave for not earn-
ing their daily bread hi an orthodox
manner, we get the following: 053
said they were willing to Work, but
could not Obtain any; 445 toeld not
give any reason that would hold wat-
er: 3t11. thought that no one ought
to have to work, and if some people
were foolish enough to do so well.
they intended living on those said
people; 407 were on their way to
procure work at distant townS, hav-
ing in their possession letters prom-
ising them employment at the said
towns, and the remairling 194 were
waiting for relatives to die and leave
them their money
'bIllleretING A TOAST.
The origin of the word 'ttottst"
drinking a healtIi is interestiog. The
.dritiks most in uffe.in the seventeen-
th conturies were sack, canary, clar-
et, sherry and. others, to winch.
vsaa customary to add honey, sugar,
giner, cinnamonand other. Ingre-'
clients ; also ts?piece of toast, which
floated onotop of the liquor and was
supposed to give it an additional
flavoterieeteron, in the eighteenth
content, Dr. ...fora -on relates : "A
certain beau, beiztg at Peale pledged
et. noted beauty it a glass of water
taken from her bath, whereupon an-
other roysterer cried out he would
have nothing to do with the liquor,
but would have the.teast—titat is,
the lady herself." From this ince
dent, it Is said, aroee the habit of
giving a lady'e name to 'preface or
flavor the drinking of Wine. nreence
a popular lady whoee health. Was
often drunk became "a toast" or "a
great toast." Later the word hes
&erne to mean any eentimene which
prefaces a drink.
A VILLAGE PENSION PUND.
England,The
vilie
p Stuail Is :416,5xa' aabtglistidip s';'084Co"
upwards of. £300 is in hand for the
purpOse of maintaining the old peo-
plc when they are no longer able te
work. At the annual meetingneiver.
which Mr, T, 4.,13raSsey presidea,
it wa$ stated that the eubeeriptions
for the past year amounted to „CIOB.
env pensions amotinting ' to £107 had
beee paid. So stiecessful has the
ascollicei,znseexPam
rOV:ide hat 0, .1. her villages,. In
S ues ex con tempi ate f o 11 ow ing Ca tee
11
'Ws* 114 Own Grosaltalban
ohip' s fireinao telougieg
. committed eulcitle the ettlete"
In Ids porliet was ft tinting
_ a. newspaper relating to tho
eide of a firen named 'Titus
who put an end to his life
ernuse ha had diseevered thnt v he
as his own gra,raltather.
rentarlable theory is set down as
follows: married a veldow who
bad a grown-up tialighter. My fathe
er visited our home, and fell in
Java watt ray fiteledatielder, fteer
married her. So MY father tenet*
my eon -in-law rind iny step-daugilter
MY mother. beettilee she Wan toy
father's wife. Some time oiter-
'wards my wife fraVe birth to a son.
who was Inv father's brother -Ca -lave
and my uncle. for Ito was the broth.
er of my atepenother. My father's
wite—thret is, my step-datieitter--Iteal
ale° a son. Iro was, of eourse. =eh
brother, and at the flame !Imo xny,
grand -child. for ho Irfka the son off
2ny stepdaughter. rify wit o was
my grandmother. becauee she wasi
my mother's mother. 1, was my;
wife's husband end, arandehild, and
at the same time, at; husband of the
portion's grandmother is his grand-
father. elterefore, I was iny own
grandfather.' ht is supposed that
tile ship's fireman lost his reason
while wreetling with tho intricarles
of the above Problem.
111e einjestret Penton.
Aceording to tbe London comes-.
pondent of The Western Daily Moo.
cur,y, the King's decision to present
to the Royal United Servico Institu-
tion certain Nelson relics which have
hitherto been housed in the Guard
Chamber at 'Windsor means more
than at first sight appears. It is, ult-
derstood that Iris Majesty desires to
reducer as much as possible the in-
ducements that take large numbers
of people to Windsor Castle for the
purpose of inspecting its bistoric
treasures. Thus, the gifts that
have already beerc made to the...Zoo-
logical Society and to tbe BoYal
'United Service Institution aro to be
followed by others, and. the Victoria
and Albert Museum, no less than the
/British Museum .aiid the ISTational
Gallery, will be among' the first re/
cipients of these gifts. The desirt
of Kis Mneesty is to Inak.6 the Castle
as much a. private home as possible,
and* the many chartgee now in pro,
cess are ail designed to that end.
Dow Gas Eats hp Tact. oltraeit.
Sorae interesting calculations hart
been made to show why extra veutit,
atioa is necessary at night when tilt
rooms are lighted. A man may mo
leen:re-an hour iif a, fair sized room
hermetically sealed if he has ieoli.ght
hurting. Peaces a ,light -ed candlo in
that room with him, and his exisb
once will be shortened by fifteen
minutes. If he, had n lainp iteteatt
of a candlehe would live only hall
an Lourlf he had two good gee
burners, he would seemly have tine
to Make his will; for he would not
live more than ilvo minutes.
eINGI,I4,5II LANilUAOEE,
Tosome .id 'Of the treme
0 es 21,
du s growth of the English language
it way be mentioned that the word$
and phrases under the letter "A."
have increased in fifty-yeetes from 7e
000 to nearly 60,000. So etiormoue,
indeed, has been the growte er th(
Englesh language that it would In
preetically, impossible fax the mos(
learned man to be acquainted witl
every word. Intelligent persons, en
en those engaged in the learned pro
feeeionee do not make use of mor
than from' 6,000 to 8,000 • Word
all told, altheeigh. there are propere
belonging to our language- ON`q
200,000.
Ticnele (nervouslyto liveej
stable Iceeper)•—"Iraye you a vett
quiet, horse ? It must be like a teed
neither kick nor shy, and not en to
feet." Livery-stablo Deeper (eyeie
hien contemptuously) -- "Certaeo:e
guv'nor yer iinve
'01,11es-'or() or a r ?'