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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-6-21, Page 2CURRENT TOPICS is commission appointed by the Brit- ish. rigish. army ,council to investigate the value of current. methods of Immunise• time against typhoid fever has been at work for two years, and has now made a preliminary report of progress, While it urges further experiments and in- vestigations, it regards the present me- thods of immunization as sufficiently valuable to justify their use on a large scale among soldiers, The report bring$ together all tate available data upon the subject and asserts that they furnish proof that the practice of anti-typleoid Inoculations in the army has resulted in a substantial reduction in the Mei - donee and death roto from enteric fever among the inoculated." The protective substancea developed from inoculation, it says, are identical with those devel- aped by en attack of the disease itvelf. The method la as successful with animals as with nien, and experiments with ani- mals oan give reliable results of beneltt to human beings. The further work recommended includes experiments for the improvement of the vaccinees and wholesale tests upon troops leaving Cor foreign service under expert medical omcers specially assigned to the work, with a view to determining the proper size of doses and the duration of the protection conferred. The statistics pre- sented with the report indicate that the proportion of cases of the disease and the number of deaths are only about ball as large among the inoculated as among those not inoculated. So great a saving of life as this is certainly not to be ignored. Sanitation is, of course, the first duty and the greatest duty in the fight against the disease, but where sanitation is impossible _in adequate de- gree inoculation should never be over- looked. Pessimistic prophets sometimes sound sage and logical, but the unreasoning optimist who sees better things despite argument outstrips them. In the days of Stephenson's early experiments' !t was predicted that a speed of more than twelve miles an hour by rail would be impraciJcaivle, if for no other reason than that the human system would not withstand traveling at a higher rate of speed. In the early days of steamboats it was declared that transatlantic steam navigation would be impossible, mainly because of the inability to provide room aboard ship for the coal that would be' necessary for the voyage. The pro- phet had scarcely done speaking, when the news arrived that a ship had just finished a trip across the Atlantic un- der steam. So with transatlantic cables.. Some promulgated the belief that they could never be laid because the density of the water below a. certain depth would be so great that the cable would not sink to the bottom of the ocean. All the wise folk regardless, however, the cable promptly descended to the ocean bed at a depth of 16,40.4 feet, and within the last year a cable was sunk in the Pacific ocean in the vicinity of the Lukin islands at a depth of 26,246 feet. Comfort for the cabbies is promised by the annunciator, an electric device for cabs and carriages. It consists of two distinct parts, one a keyboard car- ried inside the vehicle body, handy for the passenger. On the keyboard are six, eight, or a dozen keys with direc- tions such as Home, Right, Slow, Left, Pass, Stop, etc. On the dashboard is a similar keyboard with directions, but minus the keys. This has a glass cover and is in plain view of the driver, so that without effort his eyes are constantly upon it. The two keyboards are con- nected with a current furnished from a set of dry cells carried beneath the seat. A pressure on one key by the passenger lights a miniature electric light below the corresponding direction on the drivers keyboard so that the par- ticular command is illuminated, while the remaining ones are dark; and simul- taneously an electric bell rings. 4 TO SICKEN HER. fie : "There Is a certain young lady deeply interested in me, and while 1 like her, you know, still 1 never could 1 Iove here. 1 want to put an end to it without breaking poor ?'r girl's heart. Can you suggestany She : "Do you call there often ?" He: "No, Indeed; not any. oftener than I can possibly help." She : "Call oftener." THE POET'S HARD LOT. Miss Coyleigh "Ne, Mr. Peawiper, mamma doesn't allow me to accept pre. setts from young men." Poet: "And I had so wished to pre- sent you with a copy of my poems I" Oh, I thought it was somethingof. value,' At an election meeting recently the candidate was somewhat troubled by a man in the audience, who at length became offensively personal. Is it true that your mother washes----" he began•. but before he could add the word "clothes" the witty candidate called out smartly: "Of oourse she does; why, don't your This raised a loud laugh at the disturber's expense; but, stili un- daunted, he returned to the attack. Yale cant deny," he :said, "that your natter was a rag-and-bone man. I bought some old clothes off him thirty yeas ago,"a �' And I sea you're still wearing tr nil Was the candidates »ghtnirtg retort, WE AAE IN OOB WL)S The Brighter Aspects of Life Dispel Its Sorrows All things wore created by Him,— Col. i. 16. , By Han all things consist.—Col. i. 17: The teaching of these words is that the, world in which we are is God -made and God -cared -for. . It is a thought that. should give a very bright look to life. Granted there are harsh things here— the drought, the cyclone, the earth- quake. For a full understanding of these things we will have to wait until we pass into a. higher room and have more light. Meanwhile we should see that there Is another side to life and that it is much the larger side. There are more spark- ling springs in the earth than malarial swamps ; more flowers in the flelds than nettles ; more song birds in the trees than croaking ravens. The world is full of good we could have gotten -along without. There need not have been any- thing like the variety of taste there is in fruits, nuts and foods. There need not have been such profuse beauty as there Is in flowers, woods and preoious stones. There need not have been such sweet sounds as come from musical in- struments, human voice or bird's song. It isn't simply life, but happy life that has been provided for. The ••-great thought of nature is not how little *111 do, BUT HOW MUCH CAN BE USED. Even things which sometimes do harm often do more good. • Electricity does much mischief. It strikes the innocent inmate and prostrates in death. But what is all this compared with the good it does in purifying the atmosphere, lightingour streets, driving our cars axed bringing every part of the earth into close touch with every other? Fire is dangerous and sometimes does much evil. Itdestroys valuable properly and causes great loss of 'life. But from this same thing we get almost infinite good. Think of what it does for us in foundry and factory, on railroad train and steamboat line, in place of business and place of living. Water also is dangerous and causes not a little suffering. it comes down in torrents and injures the growing crops. It swells the stream and breaks thedam, wrecking houses by the score and smiting in death by the hundred. At the same time water is one of the greatest blessings we have. What is true of these thing is true of others. Under certain circumstances they do great harm. But the good which they are capable of doing, and which every day finds them doing, is far in excess of the harm. Many ills of the material world have already disappeared, and OTHERS ARE SURE TO GO. Manual labor is a much easier thing than it was before labor-saving machine cry was invented. A severe pwinter is nothing like what it was before the coming of the furnace or steam heater. To be called to live far away from those we love is not so bad as it once was, naw that we have the fast mail and the long-distance telephone. The sick -room has been made into a different place from what it used to be, comforts have already multiplied, and the. physician is able to restore 'to health in many in- stances where he was once helpless. Such facts ought to make It easy to be- lieve that we are in a world Christ -made and Christ -eared -for. The belief should do great good. It should lead to the feeling that every spot of ground upon whioh we tread Is in the divine domain, that during every moment of life we are in good hands. era SOME DAINTY DISHES. Bananas and oranges peeled and sliced and thoroughly pounded together, adding plenty of powdered sugar, make a delicious puree to eat with blancme cream or custard. To use up cold potatoes, chop totem finely, place a layer in a pudding dish, season with salt, a little mace, and bits of butter, sift some flour over, then put more jotatoes and seasonings. When the dish is full, pour milk over, set it M the oven and bake a ntce brown. Al- low half an hour for the baking of this dish. Excellent fried bacon and cabbage is made thus. Cut the bacon into rashers, boil the cabbage, and drain it. Fry the bacon, and when cooked put it on a very hot dish. Put some chopped cabbage into the frying pan, add plenty of pepper, and fry in the bacon fat, and then put round the bacon. Put 'about a tablespoonful of vinegar into the pan and give it a boil up, then pour over the bacon. Savory rice is a most simple savory dish, and is made by boiling two table- spoonfuls of rice for a quarter of an hour, draining, and then putting it in a saucepan with eufflcient'tock to cov- er. Let all simmer till the rice is done, seasoning to taste. Beat up an egg and stir it into the rice till set, but do not boil. Press into small cups, turn out on a tlna dish, and serve with toast. On Rolls.—A little time spent. on roll - making for breakfast and dinner always gains great appreciation in the house- hold. This is easily done if a good re- cipe be at hand and the oven heats rap- idly. Sometimes the rolis will bear re- heating and be as good as when fresh. ly-made. Many of the prepared pastry flours now sold have very good recipes for cakes and rolls printed on the bags. Haricot Salad.—Soak for a night in cold water a teacupf1il of haricot beans, and in the morning place them in a saucepan with sufficient cold water to cover. Cook slowly till the beans are 1 done, drain, and set on a soup plate. Dust over with chopped parsley, -add thin slices of beetroot, and over all pour a salad dressing, made according to taste. This is a good salad to use when green salads are scarce. In frying fish it will be found a great improvement to have two panfuls et boiling fat. When the fish is plunged into pan No. 1 the temperature of the fat is, of course, greatly reduced; so if the fish be quickly removed to the sec- ond pan, the work of frying will be speedily completed If the fat is boning fast, and the result, so far as crispness and color are concerned, will be far su- perior to the ordinary method. Cornish Cutlets.—Take some slices of cold meat, either beef or mutton, trim them into neat shapes. Dip each cutlet into ketchup, sprinkle with cayenne and salt. Boil some nice floury potatoes dry and mash them, mix with a little chop- ped lemon peel or gherkin, pepper and salt. Bind with a well -beaten egg. (laver each slice of meat with the mash- ecm potato, smoothing it into shape with' a knife. Fry like cutlets 'to a golden color. ********31org* HOME * PINEAPPLE DAINTIES. Pineapple Sandwiches.—Cut the pine- aple in thin shoes, and these again in email dice. Dust with powdered sugar, and arrange between .thin slices el Sponge cake or buttered bread. Cut into rtmall dainty titivate. These are very Mee for afternoon tea, and must be eat- er fresh. Pineapple Lemonade.. --Roil ane cup each of sugar and water until it will thread, then add one eup of grated pine- aple and the 9uice of taro .lemon*. Add sugar and iced water to Suit the taste before serving. Pinea;ple Frappe.—Boil together for ' twenty minutes one pint ofgeugar dad one pint of water. Add thegrated pulp and the juice of a fine ripe pjneapple, and let the mixture boil for two minutes longer. Add the juice of two lemons and freeze. When partially frozen add the whipped whites of two eggs, then freeze until it is as thick as mush. Serve be glasses. ' HINTS FOR HOME LIFE. A little milk added to the water in which potatoes are boiled will ixake them whiter and taste better. Always scald rhubarb before cook -a ing it, for it requires much less sugar and yet loses none of its flavor. To polish kitchen knives thoroughly, mix a little carbonate of soda with the brickdust,- and rub them thoroughly. When peeling onions place them in a bowl and pour hot water over them. They can then be peeled without affect- ing the eyes. Table linen that has been stained with ink should be at once soaked in milk and then the stains will come out with washing. It is now said that the teetotal tuber- culosis patient has a far better chance of a recovery than the one who imbibes alcohol. When china dishes become discolored from placing them in the oven; rub the brown spots with ordinary whiting and wash as usual. 1 a lamp wick sticks and will not work easily pull out a thread at each side. This will often mend matters without any more trouble. A tablespoonful of ammonia in a gallon of warm water will often restore colors in carpets; it will also remove whitewash from them. To beat eggs to a froth quickly and easily, make them almost ice-cold by placing in quite cold water for a: few minutes before breaking them. Onions should not be eaten after they have lain about peeled and cut, as they absorb any bad odor or infectious con- dition that may exist. To clean black cloth mix one part of liquid ammonia with three patts c.f boiling water. Apply with sponge and rinse off with boiling water. To preserve parsley do not put In in- to water, but place instead in an air- tight tin and stand in a cool place.' it will 'then keep fresh for some them. To remove jellies, etc., front ` moulds wipe the bottom and sides of the mould with a cloth wrung out of hot water. You will find they turn out beautifully. Don't forget the importance of ]bilk for children if you want them to grow strong and vigorous Nothing can tale may be eonsider•ed more nourishing Man bread. At any rate, they aro for stout people, who should always select rusks and oracknelsin. preference 'o toast. White spots on polished tables or other furniture can be removed by pour- ing on the spots a few drops of spirits of camphor. Let the camphor remain for two or three minutes, then rub with a clean cloth. The Spots, otherwise so difficult to remove, will wipe off. TILE SUNDAY L INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JUNE. 24. Lesson XIII. Second Quarterly Review. Golden Text: John 7. 46. RESPONSIVE REVIEW SERVICE. LESSON I. Leader :. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Boys : Wherefore by their ,fruits }e shall know them. Girls :' Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the -kingdom of heaven ; but he that doeth the will of my Father whioh is in heaven. LESSON II. Leader : At that time Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungered, and be- gan to pluck the ears of corn and to eat. Boys : But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the Sabbath day. Girls : He said unto them, the Son cf man is Lord even of the Sabbath. day. LESSON III. Leader : And a. certain centurion's servant, who was. dear unto him, was sick and ready to die. And when he heard of Jesus, he seri% unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching hint Mat- hs would come and heal his servant. Boys : When he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to hire, saying, Lord, trouble not thyself : for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof : but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. Girls : And they that were sent, re- turning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick. LESSON IV. Leader : Jesus said to Simon the Pharisee, There was a certain creditor which had two debtors the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. Boys : And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore whioh of them will love him most? Girls : Simon answered, I suppose that he to whom be forgave most. And he said unto him, thou hast rightly judged. LESSON V. Leader Behold, there went out a sower to sow : and some fell by the wayside, and the fowls of the air -came and devoured it up. Boys : And some fell on stony ground, but when the sun was up, it ewes scorched; and because it had no root it withered away. Girls : And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it. And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up, and brought forth, some thirty, some sixty, and some an hundred. LESSON VL Leader `The kingdom of heaven is likened untb a man which sowed good seed in his field. But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat. Boys : But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then ap- peared the tares also. . Girls : Ho said to his servants, Let both grow together until the harvest; and I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them : but gather the wheat into my barn. LESSON VII. Leader : And when the demoniac saw Jesus, he cried with a loud voice, What have I to do with thee? (For he said, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit). Boys : - And all the devils besought him, saying, Send Us into the swine. Girls And forthwith Jesus gave them LESSON VIII. Ile place as a builder of blood and bone .,coder: And when the daughter of Warm plates and dishes by pouring boiling water over them. There is not the change of their cracking and becoming brown as when they are put in the oven. To keep your fowls healthy .. they shou.ld'have all the vegetables left front the house, either boiled or raw. Give them also any scraps of meat and bones to pick. To revive patent leather, first rub witha linen rag soaked with olive oil or milk, and polish with a dry, 'soft dus- ter. Cream and linseed oil in equal parts are a good polish for patent lea. ther boots. A walnut stain is made thus: Take two parts of permanganate of potash and thirty parts of water. Mix well. Paint this on to the floor two or . three times until the right shade is product- ed. Afterwards polish well. Stains on white flannel are hard to remove. The best, way is to mix equal parts of the yolk of eggs and •ilycerine, apply it to the stains, and aloes it to soak for half en hour or so before the article : is washed. Ii boiled water Is used for drinking purposes, care should he taken that the e water boils for ten or fifteen minutes before it is poured ctit.. We are inform. eci by a doctor that this time is neces- sary to kill the germs. Do net let tea and coffee re»loin in the paper bags they come in, or they will lose their flavor. All stores 'should he taken at once out of their paper' begs arid put away it their different rcccn- taciee in the store oupboartl. Biscuits are a wholesome Corm oa food, if not too rich. Alt plain biscuits Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said, Ask of me whatso- ever thou wilt, and I will give it thee. Boys : And she said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. .Girls: And the king was exceeding lorry ; yet for his oath's sake, send; for their sakes which sat with him, he sent -an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought. LESSON IX. • Leader He saith unto them, How many- loaves have ye? And they said,.. Five, and two fishes. And he command- ed, them to make all sit, clown. Boys : And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, lee blessed and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among 'them all. farts : And they did all eat and were luted. LESSON X. Leader : A certain Woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, came and fell at his feet, and besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. Boys : And he said, The devil is gone out of thy daughter. Girls : And when she was gone to her house, stie found the devil gone out. LESSON XI, Loader : Jesus saii(h unto his disciples, Whom say ye. that 1 am? Boys : And Simon Peter answered and iti t e LINEN OF ONE TONE. Linen has played a prominent role in the comedy of 'the fashions during the last few seasons, and, while sheer lin- gerie stuffs have interfered somewhat with the vogue of the heavier forms ,,f linen for ceremonious wear, the linen fad is still flourishing mightily in the province of 'the tailored shirt waist, the simple tub frock and the little dross ac- cessories. It is in this last field that a long list of linen novelties is to be found, and the summer girl may go attired in linen, from parasol to pumps, if she desires. The linen 'parasols are of all grades of elaboration, but the smartest of the models in the heavier grades of linen are severe in outline, although heavy hand embroidery may run their prices up to goodly sums. The embroidery may be of the openwork kind or of any one of the various stitches in high relief, and very often- both forms of embroidery are used in the design, while the edges of the parasol are scalloped and. worked in button -hole stitch. Perfectly plain parasols of heavy linen scalloped and buttonholed around the edges or simply hemmed have for their only ornamentation big embroidered monograms in self color or contrasting color; and nothing more chic than these models has been shown for ' use with the morning frock of linen or other wash material. With dressier frocks of sheer cottons more pretentious parasols in lingerie materials, finely embroidered, inset with lace, and much befrilled, are charming accompaniments; but the severe linen parasol has a place all its own in the modes of the season. In one of the soft blues, greens or rose shades, with mon- ogram, scalloped edge and stick all in white, such a parasol is eminently at- tractive, especially if warn with a frock -of linen of the same color relieved by dainty touches of white lingerie trim- ming. •More daring .in color scheme, and, per- haps less generally practical, but sug- gesting -delightful costume effects for all that, was a parasol in linen of the na- tural hue, perfectly plain save for a huge bunch 'of natural -looking cherries em- broidered in high relief upon one of the divisions of the cover. .The stick was one of the cherry, wood sticks with a bunch of cherries on' the handle, which have been familiar for many seasons. The linen bag is practically new this summer, though a few models were sold last year, and the makers are turning out scene exceedingly pretty things of this sort for use with costumes of linen. Of course suoh a bag has not the wear- ing . qualities of good leather and is easily soiled; but it is readily cleaned and it answers the purpose for which it is designed, not being intended for general use. Here again embroidery is the essential feature of the design, and upon some' of these bags very beautiful hand work se lavished. There may be a single bold design embroidered upon the side of the bag or little sprays or garlands may wander all over the linen surface. The latter idea is the more popular of the two, and open work eyelets are fre- quently scattered throughout the design. Many of the shapes liked in leather are reproduced in linen, and the selling of the bag may be as elaborate as one plases, although a plain setting of silver gilt, is the usual thing and a very pre- tentious frame seems out of keeping with the linen material. The envelope bags and purses, intro- duced last season in leather, and still modish, are now made in embroidered linen, and a parasol, bag' and card case or purse en suite matching a frock of linen constitutes the last word of modishness. The shoes, too,. niay match the linen frock, though many women even when they oan afford to indulge in whims, prefer an all white shoe of canvas or hid' to any . other for wear with the tub frock. Colored footwear has, however, obtained .more favor this season than ever before; and not only are low shoes, slippers and pumps shown in leather of all the popular colors, but linen and canvas and duck in the modish color Ings are also pressed into service by the shoemakers. • Sometimes the material is .combined with kid or with patent leather, but, more often, it is used alone. It may be plainly finished with the conventional stitching, heels of leather or of leather. covered with linen, eyelets of white and lacings of white or of the color of the shoe. Or, perhaps the model is em- broidered daintily by hand on the toe and possibly along the top of the shoe or the top of the vamp. Concerning linen belts, little remains to be said, though th4y are more popu- lar than ever before, and new models are constantly appearing. One may buy an embroidered belt at any price from twenty-five cents to ten dollars, but it is needless to say that the cheap em- broidered belt is, a coarse, machine - made affair and is by no means so de- sirable as a plain stitched belt of finer linen. Either the narrow stitched model or the wider crush hell is correct, and, though buckles of silver gilt are used, the pearl buckle of good shape is per- haps the hest buckle for the linen belt. Sorne models in plain linen have edges cut in tiny scallops and embroidered,' but more often, if the edges are eon- Fashion . ts. said, Tliou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. Girls : And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blesed art thou, Sinton ; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. LESSON XII Leader ; He took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. And as he prayed, the fashion cf his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering, Boys And, behold, there talkod.with him t , and Elias.two men, .which were. Moses Girls : And there came a voiee Out of the cloud, saying, This ie My beloved Son : hear him, brotderetf, there is la embroidery de- sign upon ten body of the belt, and moot variety le achieved through' stale embroidery. Open eyelets are, as: in the case of the linen bags, sprinlcled through the de- sign of the belt embroidery, and some of the models: show complicated and ex. quisite hand work. Our artist has sketched several linen belts of unusual cut but without embroidery, which, are more novel than the plain belts and not too complicated to be copied by any; clever seamstress. When one domes to the theme of linen neckwear, there is llewildering variety. The renaissance of the linen tailored waist has brought out innumerable now models in tailored linen stocks, and there are turnover linen collar and cuff sets galore. A turnover collar of fairly heavy, linen, embroidered by hand, and worn with a little tie of sheer enmbroidered linen or lawn or a tiny bow of lace, is a popular Parisian idea; and from Paris, too, come the turnover collars and cuffs of fine linon with the smallest of frills bordering in the edges and a plaited rats of linon.. Heavy linen and sheer Handkerchief are associated in many of the French models, but the Amerioan woman is partial to the severely 'tailored Mock for use with the tailored shirt waist, and American manufacturers have supplied a surprising number of therm. Very tiny buttons of pearl and work- ed loops set on the baolc of a stock will be found a much more satisfactory scheme than the usual pins or hooks and eyes. One of the clever things in a perfectly plain stock is a close fitting model whose ends pass one through the other in the. back after the well known fashion and are brought back to the front. Here • the rounded ends come nearer meeting than is the case when a_model of this type is to be held by ribbon or scarf ties. yet they do not meet and they tie as in other models. The ends alydost meet and in each end is worked a button hole. Link but- tons like those used for cuffs are .slip- ped through the buttonholes and hold the ends in place. The trim neck finish with collar link of cabochon stone set in a gold rim and matching cuff buttons is particularly effective upon the tailor made waist. GIFTS IN ABYSSINIA. Experience of a Stranger Who Wished to Do the Right Thing. An agent of the British government, who visited Abyssinia some years ago, wished to return the favor of a native c1Iicial by some suitable present. The bestowal of this was, however, a male ter quite beyond the knowledge of one brought up in the court circles of West. ren civilization, His experience was in. structive. "The arrangement was badly hand. led," he says, "and when I arrived sev oral persons besides the high official were present. After a few light topica had been discussed, I mentioned my ob, sect in malting the visit, and as no of• ler was made to dismiss the -Osten ers, I exhibited my donation. "In an instant. I was aware that I h:rd made a false step. A frown of mingled surprise and indignation clouded thr hitherto serene brow, and tones of fathomless integrity- declined the prof. fared gift, while strong inward feeiia;( found vent in a rocking motion of hie body. "'You have utterly misunderWine me,' said he. 'The friendliness which I have shown you has been extended solely with pure motives of kindness t¢ the stranger in the land. Devotion to my sovereign and country is amely re. paid by the internal consciousrr.iss of rectitude. Your intentions, -tiara doubt, less good, but greater happiness; will await me from the knowledge that yea 'will now recognize how disinterested my conduct has been.' "My offering was firmly waved Tway, and for some period his fraine cone tinued shaken by inward emotion, to the great edification of the bystanders, whose eyes remained fixed on the ground. "It was undoubtedly very discomfit• ing, and my apologies for so great e mistake were profuse. I declared that could not quit his abode until restore ed calmness had given me the assurance that his feelings had recovered their usual serene tone. As, fortunately, this soon happened, I left, properly enraged at the miserable management which had occasioned the awkwardness. "Naturally, I consulted a native au- thority, who had witnessed the trans- action, and the mistake which I had committed; but he was so tickled t y the circumstances that I extracted from him for some time little but laughter. His eventual view of matters Was cone tided in few words: " `Try again; but take more, and have no witnesses.' "On the next occasion t found the governor alone, and when 1 opened the subject on which my visit wasfounded his eyes twinkled, and he said: "From the first moment when I saw you I had a presentiment that we were ordained to be great friends. I do not know if Europeans have these supersti. tions, but with us they are general, and we do not find them deceptive. You may have heard—and I am aware it is generally stated of us by foreigners that we are deceitful and avaricious. Do not believe this; all countries con. ,' tain bad men, and your experience has perhaps been unfortunate. But we shall remain always friends—and what are presents, after all, but external gem• biem.s of esteem?' "There were no difficulties on Cilia occasion. He was obviously mh pleased, and fnelly said that the 11 ee Ing of Providence would. be sure lo t tend the exertions of a, man whc wet' thoughtful of the saddened drown, stances of othem; and he was poor, veil poor.'" SPEECH AT THE WEDDING FEAST. Very few persons acquit themselves nobly in their maiden speech. At, a wed. ding feast recently the bridegroom wave; called upon, as usual, to respond to the. given toast, in spite of the fact that h( had previously pleaded 'to be excused. Blushing to the roots of his hair, he Wise to his feet. tie intended to imply that he was unprepared for speech. making, but, unfortunately, placed hand upon the brides shoulder, an looked down at her ea he stammerts out leis opening (and concluding word "This—en—thing has really been tlu+w upon lue.".