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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1889-2-14, Page 3TWO fieJTETIERS. "Oh, what a taogled web we weave iiVhen first we practice to deceive." The Widow Smith sat up late, reading the country paper ; usuallt the Weekly Budget did not interest her, but on this oc- casion she read and reread a certain part) of its columns and laid It down at last with a sigh. "Wants a wife, does he ?" the mused • aloud ; " tired of Rein' alone. It's a peaty s chance for some one to get a good hueband ef he's what he ado/el-4E0o," Thentshe resumed the paper and studied it eariRiilly. " A good 'pervider., The,* one pint. Middle-aged. and well-to-do.' Laws I ef wasn't for the—" The widow stopped abruptly, awl looked around with a startled expresston. "It must have been the oat." She said to herself. I'm as nervous. Doi a mouse. I'm oure there ain't any harm in it. I dare say he'll be glad of it when he finds out. If he hadn't been so particular that he wanted a widow without any—" Then shebroke off abruptlyand eat think- ing. " I've heard tell, " she mused, "that a man who amounted to ennything wouldn't have to advertiee for a wife. 'Al[ alone in the world ' Poor men I I feel uncommonly drawn toward him. Likes peace and quiet.' So do I. We're of a mind there. I'd answer f it wasn't for the—' Wit's, run homes - The clock striking startled her. After a f"Where'll • we go, pa ?" inquired the long fit of thinking she went to the clock- youngest, a cherub of five. shelf and took down a pen and a bottle of ink; . ," then the looked in the iamily Bible and found Ohgasped the bride faintly, "1 some writing paper, thought you wanted a quiet home ! I have It took the Widow Smith a long time to been basely deceived You said you hadn't compose that letter. • When she finally had " Boy's 'don't make any noise," asserted it to her mind, she copied it, after which 5118 Mr. Brown. "An' I thought as long as read it a great many times, • you hadn t any—" , " I hope 1 heyn't done wrong," she said " Oh, good heavens L Who are they to her conscience. "But I can almost flee What do you want !" the hand of Providence pinata' the way. A widower an' • well-to-do alone in tfi " We've come, We're all hereV' ! world." It would be almost wioked not to shouted a chorus of voices as a whole sohool try." ful of girls zushed in; "please inttoduce us to our new pa." Then she wound up the clock, pub the But "new pa had fainted, and hung" cat out, and was soon dreaming of a new limp ancl speechless over the arm of his adorer. Mr. Josiah Brown, a comfortable farmer, °hair' The noise brought him to. He asked if who lived iv the next township, was the man whose advertisement for a wile had the earthquake had done much damage, enlisted the sympathy of the widow Smith. and seemed in a dazed condition for acme time. Indeed, the shook of finding him - He had been in the lonely and forlorn state • of a widower about a year, and was tired of self the trevit-point of seven daughters single life. He oast his eye, figuratively was too much. His first intelligent words were those of reproach. Simpson had speaking, upon all the widows in his been sent for and was present. Mr. Brown neighborhood, but they found no favor in looked feebly at his •distressed wife and his sight.; so he advertised in the "Weekly said: Budgetttond had half a bushel of letters in answerP to his demand. All the answers "You told me you hadn't any—" had attractions, but there was only one that "No, dear. I said they were all in the seemed to fulfil his expectations. It was a graveyard. So they were, boarding •with • tiny little missive and signed "Widow the sexton. They are real, sweet girls, Smith." "She don't hum and haw an' beat seven of them, You must love them for my round the bush, but comes right to the point Bake." like a man," he said to himself. So he "Seven and seven makes fourteen," fig - wrote to her, and in due time a second letter ured the eldest male cherubim. "It's a cam It pleased him more than the first. good thing the house is large enough to hold •1 he's Mrs. Brown No. 2," he chuckled, us all." '&. sage she's small—I like leetle wimen A peace was pauched up --several peaces —luta a farm an' a good house, an' of course in fact, and after a while the new couple is all alone in the world or she wouldn't found that what can't be cured must be en. have answered at all. Says her friends call hired. Mr. Brown took the longest to come • her a geed housekeeper, She's a master around, but when he did, he gave in fully hand to write—begitue every word with a In a moment of confidence his wife told him capital arr she apointed a meetin' at Gabriel that she knew beforehand all about the boys Simpson's! Sho I I've known Gabe Bence and had taken her own cue from that bit of we was boys together. I wonder ef he'll design. Mrs. Simpson had told her. •help me out about this—" "Just like a woman—never can keep a t The good man choked abruptly, and seem. secret," said Mr. Brown severely. flurried. "Oh, no, de ao 1" answered his wife, f!be• pe" She -we:Pt mind arter we're joined. cause, though she told me all about your I'll appoint next Thursday to meet. Fri- little ,scherne, she never said a word to you day ain't lucky an' Saturday's too near about mine." Sunday. I'll tell Simpson to keep dark And Mr. Brown was obliged to admit that till 1 prone there. Wonder if the • widder he was fairly beaten at his own little game, is good lookin'. Wonder if she'll be dis- right ehen she sees the--" Here he oneezed. "You old fraud I" thought Simpson. But he only said, politely, " Of (mime she will." They were married quietly, only the ire mediate friends of the family being present at the ceremony, and they went to Os town where nobody knew them, and opent their honeymoon prowling around in earth other company, seeing the sights:, and were es old folks in love usually are, Not that eith- er of them was old. No indeed When they went back they firat located at the Brown homestead. As they ocsoldn't live in tvvo places at once, the widow had deoided to sell and invest her money in more land in the neighloorhood of her new home, a plan highly approved by her ioew partner. The firsts cloud on the horizon of their new lives appeared when they reached home. It was no larger than a man's hand—or a boy's hand—in fact that was just the shape it took on the white walls. Mr, Brown looked frighteued ; but he asked boldly: " My dear ; don't you think it' We kinder lonesome in a house where there t isn'any—" A curious interruption happened. A • troop of half grown boys rushed in at that moment to welcome the bride. They did not go through the ceremony of knocking, and seemed very nmoh at home. They could have sung, "We are Eleven," exactly as to mumbero. "Who are they ?" gasped the new Mrs Brown. ('1.1.1 don't know," faltered Mr. Brown, his legs shaking like castinets. " gun home, appointed." The widow was first at Simpson's, New York and Liverpool are onstantly and The transatlantic liners plying between c held his best ear for private audience. Then she was all smilee, talking over receiving additions which are distinct ad- vanoes in regard to size and speed. • The pickling and preserving reoipes with Mrs. S impson, who was an old acquaintance. Teutonic, of the White Star line launched •oaiah Brown drove up with his span of at Belfast last Saturday, is the nearest j -. , grays, best Sunday coat on, best foot fore - approach yet madeto the Great Eastern, • most, the widow was observing him from her dimensians beingeep, with a tonnage of 582 feet long, 57* feet dow. 119,000 tons. A sister ship, the lelajestio, is •* behind th curtains of the sitting -room win- !de, and 39feet almost ready for launching. These vessels " We 1 1 I" she said with a long breath, are expected to make the ocean Passage in "he ain't to say han'some. He's a leetle bow-legged an' has a cast in one eye. I don- favourable weather in six days. They have no as I'd have him if it wasn't for the—" been constructed partially at the British Government expense, .under an agreement Beforeshe had finished Mr. Simpson was presenting Mr. Brown. and then all hands that they be fitted with a view to naval set down to e. moods, dinner. •service in case of need. Half of their crews, " I like good vittles," said the widower with a knowing glance at his via -a -vim the widow, and he passed his plate for the third time. "8' do L" responded the lady with a viv- id blush, "Mr, Smith used to say he couldn't hear to eat away from home, 'cause we had such good towels. Mr. Brown beamed at her. r After diener he took Mr. Simpson to one side. "Pretty as a picture an' plump as a partridge ; looks like she could keep •house for me and the— ugh 1 ugh I ugh ?" • A severe fit of coughing intirrupted Mr - Brown's recital. Simpson smiled know- ingly. • •"You're in luck if you get the widder," he said. "Buto1 can't say it's fair to not tell her abouthise—" "Hoz-seh! Whispered Brown nervously. "lel de all right, . I'll make her a good husband and she won't mind the—" Another severe fib of coughing„ which nearly sttangled the good man nipped his ,diseourse ire the bud, "I say, Simpoon," he enquired, presently, • "has the widow anti—" "None in the land of the living," inter- rupted Mr. Simpson, hurriedly. Mr. Brown rubbed his hands with satis- factions et,Then the two joined the ladies, and the einitreship proceeded with such alai:- wity that titts day as set, and as a neutral • ground, Simpson's house was tendered for • the occasion. • But Mr, Brown visited the widow at he • lonely hoer: several tines, end the widow in compahy with lbw Simpson spent, a day • at the Brawn homestead and was much im- preesed with its "peace and quiet." See whispered to Mre. Simpson, "1 'm so thankful I ata going to marry into a home where there ain'e any.—" Ettl.11.0,11 1 he's looking at us," cautioned her friend. • •' , Then both ladies laughed heartly, ast it they knelt eornisthing that pleased them ire • inerisely. "While qr. Brown was showing off hio roomy house he haterded teeter*: "ldo Wed er lonersoine in a houee where there aro notedly but grew:tame. I believe you teld me you hadn't any—" "They ere all in the grave, yard 1 evety 'one of Ohio Veer thinge 1» gobbed the WI- (lowwith the handkerchief to her one. • It took home time for, Mr 13eitteb to undo. the mchief, He was eintinellesd' to suppers the clinging form end (ley the teata he had &awe forth by his carelebe reirierk. • " Sheri a tender hearted little thing I" he SimOmen ; " (Some aroUhd all while in commercial employ, are to be com- posed of naval reserve men. On a call to fit for war purposes they oan be put into shape for offensive service on 48 houra' notice, each mounting 12 guns. Each is construct- ed of steel, with particular care as to pro' thotion ot property and life in case of colli- sion, with •twin screws and two complete sets of engines of the highest power. Ames Lwvio—The world's greatest Cornett ist was interviewed by an enter rising we - porter the other day on Canal St., New York, shortly after his return from an extended concert tour of Europe and Australia, and the following information was elicited by degrees. He commenced the cornet at the age ot 17, although when a boy of only 14 he learned to play a tune on a mouthpiece of one. At 17 his father, in London, gave him a cheap instrument which was sufficient for him to catch the notes and fingering. As a boy he had always been fond of listening to the beat of muoio, and had sat entranced in Grisi and Mario in the Covent Garden Thea- tre. His early impressions were instilled with a love of the highest range of mtzsio, and choosing the cornet as the instrument) he preferred, he devoted his attention to its neumo whenever he heard a band. His oar- eer has been most gratifying, he having played to more people than any other artist in the world, either singer or instrumental- ist, He came forward as a isoloist in 1860, in London, having previously been with the band of the Grenadier Guards. At that tithe cornet players from every country in Europe —from Belgium, Rusaia, France, Germany and Italy—tried to ocmpete with him buts without suceese. Of ten at his performances, people are wrought up to extrtme nervous tendon by the length of some of his notes—he seems as though he could keep on intermin- ably, Whet tweaking he makes it a rule to hold a note Lot 45 secorids, and then at its dome take another and hold it for the •same impose of time, this has greatly, increaeed the air capacity of his hinge. ia "hp" power, too, is phenomenal. He has played to more crowned heads thew any other artieb aliveBe has performed before the Emperors of Rusk, 'trance, Germany and Btazil, having received the moot delicate telithrionials of their appreolletion. Ile has medals fhom Park, emerald, ilia:mud and oeiPpliire rings troth Russia, and Juan Aim tralia the most hafidsome: ntedal he Oyer re Cektd, omitaining nine iatge and thirty emelt dianiontlet, sae that if iteceesary he rtOuld ontother hta bretiet with cl000tatione. It is tiniversally ackhowleciged that as a estrnet- ifst, he hag beeff for the pest 30 yeare and edit I wttbouta peer. • Nux O'Rell's ew Book, That piquent genius, •Max Q'Rell, lute brought out hits book an America, and our American condos are not quite sure whether to be a little angry at some of hie remarks, or take them all , in gooa part as they were doabtlesa intended to be taken. ,We give a few exteriots. sio that our readers may be able to form some opinion about the flavour of the witty Frenchman's new venture. This necessity for being rich Is the reverse side of the medal in .Anierioa, where, more than anywhere else, talent without mooey is a uselees tool. Anaerioa suffers from this state of things The country's genius, inisteed of 'consecrat- ing all its time to the production of works which would tend to elevate the idea o and aspirations of the people, is obliged to think of mon+ makinet " my friend," raid one of America's most graceful bards to me one day, as he touched his forehead, "It seems to me that I have something there : that; I possess the feu sacra and that I might do a little share set good by my writinge. But how write poems when there are rumors of panic inWall sereet 2—Excuse me, I have not a moment td lose, I must rush to the Stock Exchange." • The American authors, most of them, only take up the pen at odd hours. Business first. Mark Twain is a publisher, Oliver Wendell Holmes is a doctor, Edmund Clar- ence Stedman is a stockbroker, Robert Ingersoll an advocate, George W. Cable a public reader, James Russell Lowell a diplo- matist. The rest are journalists eta. There are few indeed who live by book -writing. However, perhape a day will come when American law will prevent publishers from stealing the works of European writers and publishing them at a few cents ; then Amer- ican authors, having no longer to fear this unjust competition, may be Mole to sell their books in suffieient numbers to allow them to pay their landlords and tradesmen out of the profits. When that day comes, Ameri- can literature will spread its pinions and rise to prodigious heights. • In a country governed by Protectionists, it does seem strange thab national products should all be protected except ,the product of the brains. Such an anomaly cannot certainly endure. The moral sense of the people will triumph. Unluckily, the Copyright bill has the naisfertune to be desired by tloe English, and this is quite enough for the Washington politicians to refuse to pass it, although the Americans desire it no lose than the Eng - Halo, if not more. Here is a hit at New England Women which is a trifle ill-natured and we think con- siderably exaggerated, as such things are ap- The New England ladies have the reputa- tion of being the most easily shocked women in the world. An American gentleman told me that a Philadelphia lady, at whose side he was aeated one day at table, grew red to her very ears at his asking her which part of a chicken she preferred, the wing or the leg. Are the New England women Saintes--.Ari- touches •The following information is frorn a corre- spondent : " There exists in a certain Nev England city (he names it) a fashionable man -millin- er who has a room reserved, ostensibly for fitting, but really for ladies who do not die dain to imbibe privately, through a straw, certain American drinks whieh they would not dare touch in public. In this dissimu- lated bar, under cover of silks and satins they delight to chat on fashion and frivole ties, while absorbing pretty tipples invented for their lords. The prettiest part of the affair is that tbe husbands pay for the beverages twithout knowing it. • On the bills the millinet has added so much for trimmings (read : iced 0128111pagne) so much for lace (read: sherry cobbler) —and the duped husbands hove nothing to complain of except that the new fashions demand a great deal of trimming. Perhaps it is his nationality that makes Max very prone to bitterness touching the foibles and weakness of women. Cif the American girl typically regarded he says. The American girl likes men's society for several reasons. • First, because she is well educated and able to talk on almost all top - foe. She can talk knickknacks and pretty nonsense, but if she knows how to describe the " ctueningest bennet " lately invented in Paris, she can also tell you all shouts Octave Feuillet's latest novel, or even Herbert Spell. oer's latest work. She likes men's society because it enlarges her circle of acquaint- ances, and' also because La increases her chances of making a good match. • No mat ter hove much of a, loutterfly she may be she never looes sighb of the future, She does not say, as she sits musing on marriage "What kind of A man shall I suit ?" but "What kind of a man shall I choose?" The society of men has all the less danger for her that her virtue rests on a firm basis of calculation. She will not embark in the romance until she sees her way to profit— and profits bhereby. Fortune or a title, that ie her aim. She keeps it in view, even in the • moat touching moments. Between two kisses she will perhaps ask her lover, "Are you rich ?" 11 18 the pinch of rhubarb between two layers of jam. He is not chary in his praise of the enter- prise shown by American newspapers, but is caustic regarding the reporter fiend, as wit- ness the following: • • in America, reporting has aimply overrun, swallowed up journalism. It is a demolition of the wall of private life, the sobstitution of gossip for chronicle, of chatter for oriti-. mem. For the interviewer nothing is sacred. Audacity is his stock-in-tradee the most private details of your daily life are at hie mercy, and unleos you blow out his brains— which is not lawful in New York State—you have ho meana of getting rid of him. Do not believe you have got over the Ii - Gutty by having hint told that you nee not at home. He will return to the charge ten, bwenty times; he will stand sentinel at your door, oleep on the mat outside your hotel bedroom, to as to pounce upon you as soon aa you ahow your face in the morning. He is patient, attd if any indisposition ehoirld oblige you to keep your room, he will wait till you are wall again, and will have hie meals brought to him in the derider. Should you emceed in escaping the hunter, rather than -return to the newaparer office empty-handed from the chatie he will find your wife, and ask her if you owe, whether you are an early riser, whether t you are the more amiable after dinner or before, what you eat at breakfaet, what isyour favorite color in trouriero, and what size booto you take. He will soak her when you were mar- ried, how long goer honeymoon lasted, if you have children, and whether they lave out their teeth. With these matetralo he Will make up a column. There is rid geed:ion too indisereet for thew: enteeprielfig iheinisitore t they would have intervietted SI. Anthony In his hut. The book as a whole, ie as entertaining as anything lVfax O'Relt has written. It eparkleil with wit, and what acid there is abotit lbeki1luhiy terapeeed, With pleaeati- try, and an air of ingenttotie ignenano6 Which at timed to irreeistibly aintking, 11,EALTEL school, Childrou's Lessons. Children at ochool ohould never have les- sons given them to prepare at night after tea time, as late study often fumes distressing dreams, and sometimes a diepotitioo to talk, or even node, in their sleep. There is noth- ing so good for young folks' brains as some pleariant recreation before going to bed—a good romp in the nursery or dance with mother in the drawing -room, Cure for 1euralgia- 33oila handful of lobelia in a half-pint of water, atrain, and add a teaspoonful of fine salt, Wring cloths met of the liquid, very hot, and apply till the peiet ceases, changing as fast as cold, then COVQ1' 'with dry oloth for awhile to prevent taking cold. Two large tablespoonfuls of cologne and two teaspoon- fuls ot fine salt mixed in a bottle makes au exoelleot inhalent for facial neuralgia, Hotseradielo, prepared the same as for the table, applied to the temple • or wrist is recommended. Keeping Warta While Driving. A physician gives the following advice for proteobiop againet cold when driving :— Provide yourself with., a ,good kerosene lantern, well trimmed and thifficient oil if necessary for reflecting, and"jou will have the most effiacious means of enduring the cold that can be got. The lantern being lighted and kept beneath any covering that is need to protect the limbs will add mater- ially to one'scomfort who must take winter trips. I,will add, in connection with the lantern, that a rubber coat, gossamer or rubber blanket, is the most deekable gar- ment for a long, cold ride. If any one will • try theee suggestions, he or she will never atart out aoain for a long e rive without the lantern and oil; also a good protec- tion against a ooldwincl," Fainting. When a person faints he should• be iM- mediately laid on hie back, with the head a little lower than the heart, by which She flow of bkod toward the brain and it necessary stimulation, will be favoured. The dresa about the neck, chest, and waist should be completely loosened. Dashing cold water from the hand suddenly into the face will usually excite a gasp., and may be repeated if necessary. Applying ammonia to the nos- trils (not too strong), pushing the forefinger backward into the throat and gentlystim. ulating the opening into the wind -pipe, or smartly slapping the lett side of the chest over the heart, may all be tried if necessary. The patient should have abundance of fresh air. The patient should be kept flat on the back until the pulse and colour are restored, and a moderate stimulant will aid in the restoration. Finally, let it be remembered that to hold a person bolt upright is fraught with danger. Hints Dpon Colds. A "Family Physician" contributes to a popular journal some seasonable hints upon colds—how to avoid and cure them. He says the many causes to which colds are attributed do little mischief, except when brouget to bear upon a system already pre- pared for them, by inattention to the laws of health regarding diet, bathing, exercise, and other conditions requisiteto secure the proper elimination of waste matters from the, body. Too muoh "coddling " is un- questionably one of the Most common cameo of catarrh. One who is inured to, hardships is able to endure exposure without aijary, while one unaccustomed to like ex- perience quickly succumbs. Air -tight houses, close and unventilated rooms, even the quantity of clothing required are active causes, preventing development of hardi- hood. As a result, colds and catarrh are universal maladies among civilised people. Some persons are sensitive in the hands, and if walking or driving on a rainy day, without gloves, forthwith develop a cold; sitting near a closed window on a cold day, the glass forming insufficient protection i against the cold outside. There s also dan- ger of catching cold, even on a warm day, by remaining a long time in a room where the sunlight is shut out and windows kept closed for fear of dust. Among ladies the habit of changing heavy garments on a cold day for something more fancy, just to satisfy a whim, often results in serious bronchial trouble. I have heard of young men vraoh- ing their heads every morning in cold water to clear their brain, smooth the hair, then rush outboorswithout waiting to thoroughly dry the hair, never stopping to think that Nature makes us pay beck all we exacted of her Reduction of Flesh. Itis claimed by a. German physkian, Dr. Oertel, •that it is possible to reduce corpul- ency to a minimum. There are four objects alined at in the cure: to improve the MIN- enlar tone of the heart ; to maintain .the normal composition of toe blood ; to regulate the quantity of fluid in the body; and to preventb the deposit of fat, The muscle of 1 luncheons, afternoon teas and late dinners. the heart is strengthened by enforced and 1 And one poor housemaid is expected to do regular exercise, and eopecially by climbing 1 certainly the largest share of this. The sil- heights. This Must be proceeded with alowly, waiting without sitting, if palpita- • tion comes on, till one can begin walking again, and the patient Must walk several hours a day, and climb as much as possible. To keep the normal composition of the blood, the food should he albuminous, consisting of the lean of roast orhoiled beef, veal, mutton, game, and eggs, with green vegetables, from four to six ounces of bread a day, and fats in very limited quantities. The quantity of fluid drunk daily must also be limited. Beer le entirely forbidden, and baths in &sunless of several weeks at a time and twice a week should be taken to assist the dire chatgeo of the fluid from the body. All the' fluid taken in bwenty.four hours should not exceed from forty to forty-eight ounces though the quantity in summer Elhould Clacks Wutobes am,d. Sp Dial. loetween the sun dial and the little, ' gol- deuntased, ticking, pocket tiroepkce is a long period of invention. Thirty-one years ago the ffrot Amerkan watch was made. It was a cuinberseme affir coostruoted under difficultiee, hut was a wide development from even the horological devices that fol- lowed the /tun dial. Earliest among these was clepsydra, or "water stealer," a tean- oparent, graduated vase filled with the pure liquid of nature which slowly stole away through a little eperture in the bottom. The receding mate: marked the going of the hours. The clepsydra was toed in an- cient) China and Egypo under the Ptolemies. Pompey introduced it into Roman courts, and the Britons used it when Caesar went among then. The mechanical ingenuity and shill of many nations were employed in the constructions of the clepsydra, It was devised in atatuary, with tears flowing from the eyes ; it watt inade in floating forms that arose and fell with the water and pointed to the hours eneraved upon an upright scale. . An improvement was made in ehia kind of timepiece by the introduction of a little wheel, on which the water fell, thus oom municating motion to the hands upon a dial, Finally the olepeydra grew into an ingenious and complicated water clock. A thousand years ago a Persian caliph sent one to the Emperor Charlemagne wttich had a striking apparatus, With the completion of each twelve hours twelve doors in the face Inton- ed, from which issued twelve automaton horsemen, whe waited until the striking ceased and then rode back again. The time- keeper of the Puritans was but a modifies - tion of the primitive clepsydra. Fine sand was substitued for the water. The invention of the clock is claimed by many different people and attributed to many eras, The Chinese declare they own- ed clocks 4,000 years ago. The Germans insist that the first mechanical clock was made by them only eight centuries beak. The word originally signified bell and the French "clothe" still retains its meaning. Clocks were regarded as curiosities until the eleventh century, when they were placed In all the monasteries, In this manner arose the fashion of placing clocks in church towers. Even the nee of cloaks by saintly men did not keep the common folk from regarding them as the devil's own handy work. In the early part of the fifteenth oentury it was discoveredthat o' clock work" could be set in motion as well by the gradual un- coiling of a spring as by the running down of weights, and that these motions could be made nisochronous by the balance wheel acting upon the escapement. But it remain- ed for Galileo to discover the great principle of the pendulum and reveal it to mankind. Applied to the clock the pendulum added greatly to iti accuracy. Until after the Revolution scarcely a clock ticked on Amer- ica's coast. Sun dials and hour glasses suf- ficed for those slow days of religious rigor. Now the American clock tells the hour even in far off Jerusalem, in the Chinese capital, in the heart of Siberia. The firat watch devised was stalled a " pocket clook," ' or "Nuremberg animated egg. It was made in 1477 by Peter Hele, a clock -maker of Nuremberg. It took a year's , labor to make it. • When st was finished it varied nearly an hour a day from true time. It required winding twice a day, and the price asked for it and similar ones subsequently made was $1.500. It was the size and shape of a goose egg. It had only one hand, and no watch with more was made for many years. Nothing was known of hair springs in the days ot the one handed watch. 'fele invented the fusee. But for 125 years the fusee chain was snide of- oat- wut, a material peculiarly susceptible to at- raospheric changes. The application of the coiled hair spring was the most important improvement in watch -making. It is attributed both to Dr. Robert Hooke and the astronomer Rughens. Jewels were first used in the 06nel:ruction of watohes in 1700. Previously the pivots ran on metallic bearinnse which soon wore out, making constant repairing a necessity The diamond, rubysapphire, chrysolite, garnet and 'gate are 'the precis:nisi stones used for the bearings upon which the pivots rest, Pivot o of brass or steel will run for genera tions in jeweled bearings without any per- ceptible wear. Very rare watches are jeweled with diamonds, sapphires and riz. bies. For all practical purposes garnets and aqua marines answer as well. Montana is beginning to supply garnets. No article of modern manufacture and luxury has seen such wonderful changes as the gold and silver watch of to -day. Very Sensibly Said. The.London " Queen"says : In a fair-eized honee, where, beside the master and mis- tress, there are several children,. the usual custom is to keep three setteants, cook, housemaid and nurse, and it only the mis- tresses of such establishments would be content to live the quiet, methodical lives their grandmothers lived before them, such a staff would suffice. But nowadays ouch ladiee must have numbers of cullers, visitors obeying in the house constantly, hot ver must be faultless, the meek punctual, the rooms in perfect order, whereas the poor girl has barely time from early morning till late at night to do more than soraizible through her work in a superficial way. Then she goes to bed at night with the unsatisfied feeling of having worked her hardest, but having failed to complete her task. And so it goes on day by day; her clothes are ruined; she has nob a moment to spare to put a stitch in them; but that is not oono sidered by the 'albatross; the good habits ohe has been trained to she is gradually los- ing, for there k no time to do anything thoroughly, Soon, of course, she becomes disgusted with tne wearineas and irritation of such a place, and tties to find a more eon. genial situation, while the poor, foolish mis- tress, who cannot understood that she is slightly moreased, To preVent the deposit striving after what she cannot attain to, Is in the perpetual worry of engaging and of fet the principles of diet already iodic:06d, : kept should be rigidly adhered to This would parting with servants. be milk, tea and breed for breakfast ; soup, beef, or ve l, a lietle fish oohed without fat, With vegetables, farinaoetsus pudding 'and fruit in light quantithio for dinner ; and Soft boiled eget, an monde of bread, a oup of tee, and a email elk° of oheesse for supper. Smell quantities of light wine may be used. at Intervale during the day.—tThe Family Doctor. Queen Victoria's household expenses borne to the enormona sem of $42,000 a year. "May 1 look theough your waste basket?" enquired a yotingman; initerieg timidly, "Certainly," staid the editor, "What do you want to find?" "A. little pewit on 'Mortality' that I sent in yesterday." t'lay deter Oir, that poein Wad aOttaptett and wilt appear to, morrow. I will draw ton a cheque for $25, and I entitles' you--" Btit he (spoke to Melees: ears. The:to:sting man had fallen tit the floor. hook had killed hhn Chief of the Signal Service Greets' does not anticipate a late opting becauee the torio. tor, ao far, lias been mild and open. In a letter to a friend he SOB The signifi- cance of the unusual weather condhions for the holt seven Months can be eoplained only With reference to the abnormal dietribution of atmormiterie prefigure over the northern heinispheree. Under the doctritie of weer - age's, we could teatiortably look ter an open, mild winter, since the lad spring ainl Rum- mel, were 000ler than mum!, and to eounter- balance the deficienty of temperatuto in the spring and eurnmer, there should be an elt. 0600 in the winter jusb now beginning. This, liteWever, can not be regarded 00 reeponsible tot future propheeieR, Since the doientifle tiso of everarters can only refer to very long periods, Aga ODM not /safely he referred to lit periods Ouch as eix months or a year, in case of temperature and rohi#010 TELEGRAPIII0 BREVITIES. searstan'e etrikeluto extended to Dub- lin. The Montreal carnival opened, autsploioue ly. The Austrian MICCeMiQn is exeiting ;remotes- eelinberost at Iierlip. The remaips of Crown Prince Rudolf were interred amid great 4olemaity. Evangelists Crossley and aunter are bav ing great success in Detroit. An old broken-down trotter was told in Detroit recentle for one cent cealt. TheTorrene system of land 'transfer is to be exclusively adopted in Manitoba. There has been much snow in Germany followed by rain, and floods are feared. • Barglare visited the offiee ot the Stratford Oil Company Monday night and secured $55. The ITnited States Government propoes to louv the Creek Nation Indianlande for $2,280, 857. s A eailroad collision occurred at Sun& ridge, Out., the other day. /To lives were lost. Queen Victoria. and Princess Beatrice are announced to leave for France on March 4, Denis Kilbride, MX.'was arrested at Leicester charged w;th violating the Crimes Act. Orangeville and Orillia are doing a brisk trade in ioe, which they are shipping to the States. William O'Brienti clothes have been re- turned to him, and he has been remoyed to the infirmary. Two British sealing echooners have been seized at San Francisco on suspicion of having smuggled opium. Emperor Franck Joseph of Austria ap- pears to have aged twenty years since bis.. son's tragic death. During the affray at Gweedore, Ireland, seven constables were severely cut and one efficer had his lip *lit open. The report. that Sir Julian Pituncefote had been appointed British Minister at Washing- ton is contradicted. Two immense conflagratione have visited Mendaley, in Burmah, by whir*. ever 1,1000 houses were burned. The street car strike in New York con - dams. There is less disorder, but nothing like systematic running of cars. Vendors of "hulless oats" are having great success among. the farmers in Fron- tenac and the adjoining counties. Northern latitudes experienced extreme cold on Sunday night. At Mattawa the thermometer recorded 49 degrees below zero. The rurnoir that Lord Sackville had been appointed Ambassador to Turkey is now declared to be entirely without loon- 4119,11:bill to amend the Dominion Franchise Aot and to provide for a revision of the voters' lists hasheen introdaced in the Com - MOUS. Rub upward when washing or wiping the face and wrinkles will not come so fast. Brisk hand -rubbing after drying with a towel will do good. Premier Mercier has introduced a bill in the Quebec Legislature to repeal the com- pulsory clause of the Act respecting conver- sion of the Provincial debt. DROPPED DEAD. One *1St Catharines' Prominent Citizenio Dies SnOdenlv. ST. CATHARINES, Feb. 11.—The commun- ity wall greatly shocked the other morning by the announcement of another very sudden death. Mr, Lewis Door, a well-known li- quor merchant, dropped dead in the arms of k his son, while dressing, after arising from his bed. He was a native of Prussia, and was 60 years of age. He had resided here for the past thirty years. • A Chinese Funeral. .An extraordinary scene was witnessed in the east end of London the other day at the funeral of a Chinaman, named Sat Poo, aged 26 years, who has for some time peab lived at a place called Limehouse Causeway. The neighborhood is a Chinese colony, where many opium dens are known to exist. In the dead man's mouth were placed two silver coins, while some small cards, with holes punched in them' and printed in Chinese characters, said to be prayers, were placed in the coffin. Chinese fireworks were exploded from the windows of the coaches, and on the arrival at the East London cemetery a pail, containing roast pork, roast fowl, rioe, ap- ples, oranges, a bottle of gin, Chinese chop- sticks, papers on Which were written Chinese characters, and small snipe, was emptied, the contents being placed around the grave. The paper and ohopsdoks were then set on fire ; and the mourners, with hands clasped, bow- ed before the limes. At the request of Mr. Chivers, the coroner's officer for Poplar, the English clergyman connected with the °erne- tery then read the Burial Service in English; and the chinamen, thongh they did not un- cover, listened to it attentively, The body was then lowered into the grave into which the Chinese threw Borne earth three times, in alternation with food and fruit. The bottle of gin was then served out in small cups to the willing bystanders. This is the first Chinese funeral it Leaden at which an Eng- lish clergymen has cal:dated. The body was not taken into the ohurch. A Priest's Speech. MYELIN, Feb. 11.—Father Covendy, refer. ing in a speech at Skibbereen to the arrest of Father McFadden and the killing of /n- ig:sector Martin at Gweedore, said the people murdered by the police at Youghal, Middle. ton and Mitehelstown had now been aveng- ed. "May Almighty God," exclaimed Father Coveney, " strenglaten the hand that murdered Martin." rather Coveneyta utter. aim% were cheered. Bonnet has taken the late Poulangerti place as a profesoor of painting at the Paris year.Boole des Beaux Arts, From 200 to 400 toptareanilea of the great pine foterits of Georgia are cleared every A deem of pale pink °tette barnacle up with white silk and finished with elaborate frilla and jabots of wide Valenciennes lace at the ddGe'overnees (to little Miss Mel, who is making femme tetogrefea itt mythology)— Now, Ethel, What do you know of Minerva t Ethel--Mirterva was Ooddess of Wisdom she neer married, ' "How many hourare there 10 a day t" etteinired the schoolinitheiti of johOny, Stub, bihes in the geography elate, "Ton, ina'arn', said johney, whose father belongs to tt union' "but therellitOilly hogeight after