The Exeter Times, 1890-11-13, Page 4110USEROLD.
Fergine.
gimeIt at therdadds slow declining.
My. spirit was weary end faint;
And into the ears a our Father
I poured all my bitter complaint.
in England. Every Canadian housewife who
cannetinake at least ten varieties of these
will surely find herein something new. I give an Ifiawicloary—; kMyfather worketh hitherto,.
fourteen methods of making light biscuits; says Jesus, Every good soul
owe old, same new, all worthy of a tnah says the same. It is doing—pure doirtg, that
ennobles usand makes us like God. This
QuEEN's BXSCL'ITS.—.Make a, soft paste of per ersien aif life, from grand doing to abeect
one and one-balf pounds of flour, the same believing, from workiug as an end to ecek.
:weight of powdered loaf sugar, the yolks of ing a final restmnust he got rid of; and I
eighteen eggs aucl the whites of twenty-four. , preach as much for free thumkers as for fet-
" Thou knowest, Oli Father in heaven, Add a small !timothy of erushed coriander tered thinkers; for I find that one of the
Thou knotvest the burden I bear ; 1 seed. If deemed, a lath yeast may be add. last things men are willingto be converted
All the grief end. the pain and the anguish, 1 ed. Bake on paper in a, moderate oven till from, is a hope of final shiftlessness. They
Ole hear Thom and answer my prayer 1 they begin to brown. cm laee working along, just livium intellectual
-
Needs Beserres,—To the beaten 'whites elle-, morally, end physically; expecting to
a dozen eggs add sixteen ounces bleachedand get rid, at death, of the necessity of doing.
powdered almonds, With the yolksheat two Hell they enter ate Trinities, atonements,
pounds powdered loaf sugar, and mix all they re-eet, but heaven ! Ah, that lovely
together. Add one-half pound of flour, the idea, of gainer through with doingistem good
grated rind of tour lemons and a little sliced te be lost—Anonymone.
Tuesday—
Faithfulness in the humblest part
le better at as than proud s.ueeess;
And patienee and love m a chastt•ned heart
Are pearls more precious than liappinew.
Ard in that morning wheu she shall wake
To the spring -time freshness of youth again,
All troubles will seem but a flying dake
And lifelong sorrow a breath on the pane.
—J. P. Troteliridue.
Vednesday—Ourselves our center, instead
of God, is the souree of all wrong, and all
misery,„It is terrible to thiuk of being one
moment without Him; never deserted (mild
GOlden Thoughte For Every Day.,
"Lift, lift Thou the cross that is crushiog,
Great Being of infinite love;
Or give Tlaon the strength for its bearing,
For Christ's sake who plesdeth above."
But Peace whispered not to my spirit,
The clouds still hung heavy and low.
" Nast Thou, oh ray God, too, forsaken ?"
I cried m abandon of woe.
Then* ern from the great throne ofmercy
A voice o'er the tumult so wild,
The rnaudate stern, just, and yet tender,
"Forgive, oh, forgive them, my child.
" Forgive, e'en as I have fogiven
Thy sine, with a perdon that's free.
A forgiveness that covers transgression
With such pardon as I've given thee."
"Ok, Fatherof justice and mercy I"
I cried ; " I forgive ? all the sin,
All the wrongs that my heart is enduring,
It shall be os it never had been."
Oli, the peace paseiug all understanding,
Wide)) poured o'er my epirit its balm!
Oh, the glory ineffable flooding
My soul witk its heavenly calm
arose; the lest rays of the sunset
Were bathing all nature in light;.
arose with a psalm of thanksgiving;
And the (lay eoftly merged into night.
Nome REYNOLDS MFELLE11,
mtrom Make the whole into paste, and bake
in buttered patty -pan. Fill them only half -
full. When they begin to brown, tuna,
sprinkle with sugar and brown again.
SHERRY Discerrs.—Beatwell together one
pound of lump sugar, eight eggs, and a small
uttutity of sherry wine. Add one ponud of
ur and half an ounce of coriander seed,
Pour ioto buttered tins and bake ata moder-
ate heat for one half hour. Turn, bruelt with
egg, sprinkle with sugar, and bake fifteen
minutes lon.er.
LE'Atox PEEL DisetaTs'7.----Mix thinly diced
lemon -peel with four or five spoonfuls of Sould be other than a now picture of that.
flour, a quarter ot apound of powdered sugar !Even in our commoueet every -day work we
and four eggs. Spread on greased paper, °need the eouseiceasume ohis constant pres-
sprinkle with sugar and bake. When done, mice. * To be met o aus of this great
remove from paper and cut in moans. fact of life eau not be oh tr than healthful,
BEATEN' 1111SUITS.--To one quart of flour •)(ratdellde.aling to the uttemest•—tIte'll'
Mac
add one tablespoonful of lard and one of
butter (small). Sift with flour one swall Th arsday—
teaspoonful of baking powder. Mix with
cold milk and beat with rolling pin for one
half hour. Pinch off emelt pieces, roll in the
hands, prick with a fork and bake. These
are ealled also Maryland biseult.
BREAKFAST BisTrITS.---Take one iptart of
sweet milk, one-half cupful melted butter, a
A Health Morally.
While recently teking a pleasure drive in
the country, I was overtaken witb. a heavy
-4.intusT.THV Bisocrrat.—Threepintsof flour,
shower'to betook myself in haste to two tablespoonfuls of sugar and one of ealt,
nearest farm house for eheltee. While wait- one and oue-half of bakene powder, four of
tug for therein to subeide, I saw sufficient lard, two a earaway Feed:,
two eggs, one
with that old house for a short homily to pine mak. sue emmeaer thou., smear,
these e°1",msse t:\s entei,ed. thee rmses salt and powder. Rub in lard and allere.
LAC einnewoat mtio. atmoepoere 04 t 0 room rataneer. ohm a few 'rigorous kneads and
was. I thought, to renderrny stay unpleasant, rollout till one-fourth of aninek in thickness.
and 1 wonderetlif 1 bad, not run agaiust Cut into biseuite and bake fifteen minutes.
eyUain endeavoring to eseape Charybdis.
The t "Id • t " theStore when cold.
With light thou dot th)self enrobo.
And Koury Orafgarment take ,•
Heaven s curtains stretch beyond the globe,
The vonopy of state to mate.
Goa builds on liquid air. and terms
Ilispalace chambers in the skies •
The chants Ms chariots:ire, ends t iirms
The swift Wing‘t steeds with which Ile flies.
.1ot:1e salt, two teblespoonfuletbakangpowder
7A8 :bright as flame. asswift as wind,
and dour enough for a stiff batter. Dropt mninistere heaven's pillave 1111 ;
from the &peon iuto greased this and bake „They have their sundry tos4s aseigied,
in a hot oven. Au prompt to do their l'.5overeign's
In praising God while Ire pro1ong,3
.ltly breath, I will that breath employ;
And on devotion to ITIY g7a1iiV.
Sincere, as. in !Um is toy XI..
-- .14a:411)201m.
Friday—Christ represents ft el and is di-
vine. lfe eame forth into Cele world, not
merely to make deelaratione o. truth, but to
live them ; to put them into t th• form dean -
duet, eo thet wherever Ile we men look-
ing on Him might say t "This is the in -
furnished room was a sick, and enta:Aateti JAsmiNat BIFFFITS.--Beat up some freAdY f terpretation." He is this and 4 great deal
woman reelining upon a hard, home-made gatherel lifinine flowers with whites of eixtmore. It is not that He is lese. He is
lounge. After apolonsizing for my intrna meets and one eupful loaf sugar, powdered. 1 tnore—more tender to the fallen sinner that
tion, I began to chat with the invalid and Make into small biscuits, lay on Papers eluels tears upen His feet, more tender than
I learned that t er Maness was tho result of . sprinkle with sugar, and bake in moderate i any emeeeemou you eau more, Am for a, lung
a see ere, and almost fatal child -birth. A ,• oven., 'time it was a puzzle to inc what Chien eoul
mid
train of disorders, d—shall I eey it—doe-1 I
rootedeme Burma —711ix some powdered line= when Mary- met Him in the Garden
tors, was keephag the patient from a speedy, ime:date and powdered sugar into a paste and thought that He was the gardener, and
recovery, and indeed elle had been unable to with whites of eggs. Mould and bake en 'said : "They have taken away my Lord; tell
walk for menthe. paper in moderate oven. me where they have laid Hint and I will take
Hers was a sadly common ease, vion art
opportunity for some phricien to obtain a spotatis at nem. eed „e of
Liswee Biserns.—Beat four ermewith five Bim =POO" 'd hat dramatic force there is
powdered in whet follows : "Jesus mill unto her,
good weekly income ; berme it were well to That word thrilled her soul. It
dose well the patient, taking care not to re- sugar. Pent- it over a sheet of peper previ. `--MarY."1
was a word of love that she ktiew the trem-
oo 4 trtiltled with sugar, and s winkle
coinmend that which tmght effect a cure. Of ,m,,m n'al• el,e, iug of, and she said, " Lord and my
t ourse Dior° than. one Phviscian had been,' tr. Bake.
God." "Touch me not," mid He. Why
• ard each endeavoured to pull thel Esomsn Bisoorra—Oneaud abalf pints of should she not totteli him? I am not yet as.
other Ve pieces by telling the patient that., flour, one cofitecupful of eormstareb, three vended to my Father and you in. I am reet God
the tregtment previously given was the, tahleSPOonfuls of sugar, large tablespoouful I am a mere frame in which the divine ele-
" worst possible thin to do," and just:of lard, one egg, half pint of milk, half eap- ment is. You must not think that God is
the opposite ride must now be employed. fulefeurrents, one tablespoonful ofeoriander as small as I am and as imperfect. Clod is
Judge of my surprise to learn that they seed, Sift dry ingredients together ; rub in a Spirit—your thoughts must be larger tban
had not recommended a bath of any kind. I lard cold ; add magte milk, currants aud this. When you worship me I shall home
ascended, and there, m the full glory and
full outflow of my nature, no human arm
can clasp me. Do not worship lee the man
frame, but me, the Infinite, the Eternal
Love." It was not rebuke; it was merely
saying, "I am more than you think me. Ito
net begin yet. By faith lift up your thought
to the sphere of eternal being and Him"—
Henry Ward Betelto%
Saturday—
Thy home Is with the humble Lord
Tlie simplest aro the best;
Thv lodging is In ehild-like hearts;
Thou makest there Thy rest.
Dear Voinforter 1 eternal Love!
If thou wilt stay with me.
Of lowly thoughts and simple ways
X'llbuild a lams° for thee.
Who made this beating heart of mine
But Thou, my heavenlv guest
Let no one have it, then.lut Thee,
And let it be Thy rest /
—.Anonym
and the weather kid been for some time up °seeds. Mix into douglisoft enough to handle.
in the nineties. No wonder that the sick !Roil half huh thick. Cat out and. bake
one suffered much from poor circulation of' twenty minutes.
the 1M�; her white hands and colorless 1Socar,Biseries.-000 ands half pints of
fa,ce reteeled time bloodless condition, and I flour, phich of salt, ortecoffeecupful °taxman
what little life-giving fluid the poor sufferer two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one
bad was stagnant from her long sedentary tablespoonful of lard, two eggs, half pint of
=nation. milk, Mix into smooth batter and drop
I recommended te. hammock to be hung Into tins. Bake in hot oven eight or ten
out in the little grove south of the house, as t minutes.
just the place for her. Oh, I'm so coldi
all the time, I couldn't stand the out -door I Savee Biseurrs.—Beat twelve eggs with
air I" washer encouraging reply-. Another three spoonfuls of water, adding gradually
surprise was in store when I. teamecl that L3, pound of finely -powdered sugar. When it
diet received no attention ; hence indigest- 'becomes thick, tnix with it one pound of
ion, stud distress followed her eating the , dry flour. Alould into long cakes and bake
fare provided the out -door laborers. I urged "slowly.
her to abstain from meat, save a little broil-
ed. steak (alas, no one there could properly
prepare it !)and to eat freely of fruits and
cereals with a liberal supply of sugar and
Without Food or Water on a Raft.
Partook= have been received of the loss
°ream. She was surprise( to find that the of the brigantine Abbie Clifford while 450
other articles would supply bodily heat, and miles off the east cost of Florida. Without
in better form for her than salt pork. I warning a hurricane swept down and. threw
nrgedthe taking of a'ealtaraleolionandwater the vessel on her beam ends, releasing the
bath at night, with vigorous rubbing by a deck cargo of wood,which battered away the
bulwarks and started tbe ship's timbers so
that she made water. The crew cut away
the mainmasts which went by theboard and
the vessel righted. Then the captain's
young wife came on deck, but was instantly
swept by a big wave away to leeward and
never seen item. The sailors then took to
the fore rigging in which they remained all
night. Coming down for food when the
storm had a little moderated, they took
refuge on the poop. Suddenly the vessel
brake in three and the poop deck, with the
sailors clinging to it, floated away. They
*Id no water and there was only a small bag
of raisins, which the captiam took charge of.
Three times a day he doled out ten raisins to
each man as his share. Their sufferings
from thirst were awful under a tropical sun.
When the sea was calm they swam round
their raft as the water absorbed by the pores
of their skins partially relieved their great
thirst. After being five days in this state
they were picked up by the British barque
Beatrice, which had been partially dismasted
in the same storm. The Beatrice took them
going for
repairs.
strong pe.rson ; this would give a healthful
glow to the deadened epidermis and would
induce sleep, without her customary opiate.
Alas, the doctors still have the case, and
doubtless will until quick consumption
proves, in this iustance, the "mysterious
dispensation of providence !"
Thousands of similar cases exist where
goocl care mad nursing is better than all the
drugs. Dr J ames Johnson, Fellow of the
Royal Society of GreatBritain, and editor of
one of the leading medical journals in Eng-
land, wrote in one of his articles the follotv-
ing sweeping denunciation of his profession:
"I declare as my conscientious conviction
founded ou long experience and reflection,
that if there were not a single physician,
apothecary, pharmacist or drug on the face
of the earth, there would be less sickness
and less mortality than now prevails."
But," says one, "1 know a woman
who tries your fresh air, bathing, dieting,
etc., yet she grnnts a good deal and is far
from being well ?"
I too knew such a woman and the doctor
who treated her, previous to her employing
nature's remedies, had one bedridden lady I
from the same cause, and be told his new
" kneanza" that she was in a worse condi-
tiofft than his old patient, who had been in
bed deem than a clecacle of years. " It's
sheer will that keeps you up ; but you meet
give ttp and stay in bed, else you can't be
cured." Her faith becomingless and less,
she was induced to try nature's cures, there-
by buffiling herself up, and strengthening
all weaknesses. To be sure she complains
some, for she can never be as robust as be-
fore the cause of her break -down, yet I make
no doubt that she woulel not now be living
did she not follow this regiment° the very
letter.
Since beginning this ankle a company of
pseudo Indian. doctors Immo pitched their
tents within thetown, and the inherent curi-
osity of mankind furnishes themn the desired
crowd, for they have medicines (?) to sell at
one dollar a bottle. Verily, " the fools are
not all dead yet," since their cure.alls, I'm in-
formed, are finding a ready sale.
011, speed the day when family physi.
taus mill be pent a yearly stipend to keep
their patients in good condition, rather than
to d attempb cures after disease has at-
tacked the citadel ; or, better still , speed
he time when a 'Knowledge of hygiene will
be so wide -spread that there will belittle, if
any, .need of the profession
v.. %ants,
By biscuits I mean thee° light, puffy, deli-
cious articles we se rnuelt delight ; not the
large crackers whielt are termed "biscuits"
Rise And Fall.
'Twos a breach of promise suit, the letters
all were read,
And here is what the °polling words of each.,
• . epistle said:
"Dear Mr. Smith," "Dear Friend," "Dear
John," "11: y Darling Four-leaf Clover."
"My Ownest Jack," "Dean John," "Dear
Sir," then " Sir," and all was over.
Always precede a lady upstairs anclask
her if yoomay precede her inpassing through
a a:owe' or publie place.
Tan and amburn may easily be removed
by the following means : Put the juice of a
lemc n and the white of an egg in a heavy
earthen cup, or small bowl ; ret it on the
stove for half an hour, heatiugjust sufficient-
ly eto as not to inert the cup, a,ncl stirring
ofter. Apply to face, neck and hands every
night for about a week, and it will be found
very effective.
Lena Leuth, mother of the murderer hang.
ed recently in Ohio, has written a letter to
the Sheriff of Cuyahoga County, in which she
says :—"I say to you—I, the mother of the
murdered boy—cured be you all? May his
shadow pursue you by day and by night, and
in the hour of your death may, you suffer the
pangs I now suffer? He was a murderer
without his will. You murdered him with
premeditation, and, therefore, once mbre,,
may all be damned that lent their hands to
it—you murderer ?"
WHAT A MAN BATS,
The Enornionseeinmentni
ti.oF
re. ood Consumed
Inn
I made a calculation the other day of the
amount of food an average high liver—that
is, a man w ho always has a good appetite
and treatshireself well—wouldconsume dur-
ing a natural lifetime a sixty years Sup-
pose he eats a pound of beef, mutton or other
flesh every day, in a year he will consume
365 pounds and in sixty years 21,90Q pounds
of meat. He will eat the same weight of
vegetables and quite as inneb bread, so here
are 43,800 'monde more, He will drink
every day two quarts of coffee, tea, wine,
beer or water, making a total of 10, 950 gal-
lons, or about 175 hogsheads of liquid. This
estimate does not include the probability
that he will eat forty orlifty lambs with
inlet sauce, a couple of thousand spring
chickens, about five hundred pounds of but-
ter and 40,000 or 50,000eggs, and four hogs-
heads of sugar. If all this supply were piled:
up on the scales it would weigh over forty-
five tons and if stored would fill a cotton
warehouse from floor to ceiling. Yet, give
a man time and be will eat and drink it all
and pay for it, too, and that's howrestauran
keepers manage to live.
Violins in Place of Pianos.
Is the piauoforte waning in popularity and
giving place to the violin ? One would not
think so to see the activity among the deal-
ers in these instruments on Tremont-st. And
yet it would appear that the violin, especial-
ly as 8.0 instrument for young girls, is rapid-
ly increasing in popularity. The classes in
the violin at the musk schools are growing
larger, and a" popular" concert to -day can
hardly be regarded as popular unless a young
lady -violinist is included among the "talent.'
In England it is said to have fairly taken its
place as an instrument, tor girls. After all,
the pianoforte is really a very modern in-
strument when compared with the violin. It
is only a harp set in a box and twanged with
leather -covered hammers. It is really a me-
chanical sort ot an afkir ; while the violin
has never within the memory of living man
or woman been improved mei never will be.
Who cares for an old piano, and how much
-will it bring in the market? But a violin
What divine melody will pour forth, under
skilful fingers, from an old Stradivarius or
Arnett The wizard of Cremona possessed
secret which xio imitator, however keen, has
ever been able to fathom. Princes and dukes,
men of high renown and modern money kings
have scrambled for the possession of the few
rare products of his cunning. Stradivarius
died more 11150150years ago, but the few vio-
lins and 'cellos which still exist to enchant the
ear of the world are worththeir weight in gold.
The master of the pianoforte is a skilful me-
chanician with agile, supple fingers and an
actiternusical instinct. The master or mistress
of the violin is imbued with divine fire, un-
quenchable with age, the gift of the gods. •
41.1.0prnminn...n.n.oh
Basluful Bridemems
Ministers declare that in nine cases out
of ten briele.s are much more self-possessed
than are bridegrooms when the marriage
ceremony is being performed.
A elm, modest.looking little creature rob-
ed in white will stand pedectly ereet, look-
ing the minister calmly and squarely 10 the
eye, without for an iustant losing her self;
poise, while the big: bIttut six-footer of a
bridegroom by her side is pale, nervous and
trembling. His fingers are likely to twitch
nervously, and. he mom even hitch at Inc
trouser legs or twist a comer of his coat,
I was once "best man" to a stalwart,
middle-aged bridegroom, notEd for his cour-
age and feats of daring, and when. the Ume
came for us to go down stairs to meet the
bride and her attendants he ueonly hada fit,
and he looked like a walking corpse all
through the ceremony. I had to keep say -
nm. Brace up, old boy," and "Come,
come, you've got to go down," to get him
sMrted at ahl, and at the door he Was idiotie
enough to clutch at me and say :
"Say, Fred, bow would it do to have
Mary =tithe meaelier slip in hero and have
it all over with before we go down at alt?
I can't go through with it Wore all that
crowd,"
"Idiot 1" 1 said, briefly and poiutedly
enough, to leave no doubt as to my meaning.
"Mary won't come in hero and you will go
dowu this instant 1"
He got, through it at ket without doing or
mediae anything ridiculous, in which re-
spect he was luckier than another stalwart
bridegrocm of my acquaintance, who was so
dazet and overcome that he hold out oue of
Inc own fingers for the ring when time minis-
ter said "With this ring I thee wed."
Another bridegroom I knew lost his heed
to such a degree that when it came tune for
him to Bey, "1, Iloraec, take thee, Aunie,
to be my lawful wedded wife," he mid in an
unnaturally loud tone, "1, Mary, take thee,
Horace, to he my lawful wedded wife" ;
aud, when the time came for him to intro-
duce his bride to some of his friends whoViad
not yet seen her, he did it by !laming awk-
wardly, "Ab, or—Mies Carter, this is my
wife, hike Barton," calling her by her
maiden name.
Few men say "my wife" easily and netural-
ly the first time they use the n ords in public.
A funny case was that of the badly rattled
bridegroom who stared blankly at Qom minis-
ter until asked if he took "this woman to
be Ids lawful wedded wife" when he started
suddenly and hastily and in the blandest
manner e
"Ab, beg pardon—were you speaking to
1110 V'
A village preacher says that lie once mar-
ried a rural couple at the home of the bride's
parents in the pretence of a large company
of invited guests. The bridegroom was a
big, bony, red-faced young fellow who look-
ed as though he could have felled an ox with
his fist; but he shivered and turned pale at
the beginning of the ceremony, and at its
close he fell down in a dead faint, to the
manifest annoyance of his bride, who had
been "118 cool as a cucumber" throughout
the whole ceremony.
Salvage Expedition. to W est Africa.
The powerful steamtug. Wrestler left the
.Mersey on Wednesday on a most important
salvage expedition to the West Coast of
Africa. The Wrestler belongs to the Liver-
pool Steamtug Company, who have arranged
to selve the cargo of the steamer Opobo, as
well as the steamer herself. The, tug is to
go to the place near Grand Bassani where
the Opobo is lying ashore, and the organis-
ers Of the expedition have every confidence
in the success of the yeeture. Captain N.
Parkinson is in charge of the Wrestler,
Whilst Captain Bell, the manager of the
Stemutug Company, preceded him last Sat-
urday in the mail steamer Calabar, so that
every effort will be made to refloat the
Opobo. Both Captain Bell and Captain
Parkinson have had great experience on the
,IVest African coast, and before going out an
agreement was corn° to abont selvage with
the insurance companies who have covered
the cargo, which is a valuable one of palm
oil and palm kernels and other African pro
duce.
A Night in a Haunted Tower.
At the abbey there is re tower—at least it
seems like a tower from within although it
does not look it from without4which Lore.
Byron and others believed to be haunted by
a ghostly visitant in cowl and sandals. Tlm.
poet claims to ha,ve semi this ghost a alter.
time before his marriage to Mies Milbaukc.
Washington Irving says "his mind Wa,b
tinged with superstition, ad, his innate in-
firmity was perhaps increased by passim
much of his time in them lonely halls aim
cloistete of the abbey, thou in a ruinous ant
melancholy state, and brooding. aver tie Don't Belay ! Saul at Once I
skulls and effigies of its former mixtatesd
More than once you find allusion to the
ghost in Lord Byron's poems.
I wanted to see if it was in the power
any being to bridge over the awful derknem
that lies at the end of all earthly journey"
and I determined to seize the first ()ppm-
tunity to take up my abode if possible it
Lord Byron's apartments. The Princess o
Wales bad receutly bit the abbey, and ac
inc sat at dinner Mrs. Webb told a comi.
little incident connected with the Princess'
visit to the haunted tower. Time three room
are reached by ascending a narrow spira'
stairway that winds a giddy course aroun.'
a gloomy coltunn. These roonte have ix° othe,
egress or ingress, and two maids happened
to be in them when the Prineess—at tbe hes'.
of her party, parasol in hand, and laughing
at the idea of meeting a gliwt—unberalded.
hastily entered. Passing through the dress
iug-room, and then the spaelous bedroom,
furuished as far as poesible with the appoint.
ments used by thopoet, she passed on to the
page's room, and lime she potted her pavane
into a deep, dark, curtained alcove, saying
to the party pressing after her, " But I
went to see the ghost," Horrors 1 the point
of her parasol etruch amolid body ; there NSW
a screech and a scream, and the Princess fell
baek into the arms of the " coming Kiug,"
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According to the latest report of the In-
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the world consists of 120,070 imutical miles
of cable. Government administrations own
12,524 miles, while 107,546 are the property
of private companies. The total. cost of
these cables is in the neighborhood of two
hundred million dollars. The largest owner
of submarine cables is the Eastern Telm
graph Company, whose system covers the
ground from England to India, and conn
prises 21,860 miles of cable. The Eastern
Extension, which exploits the far East, has
12,958 miles more. Early in last year the
system of West African °Moles, which start-
ed from Cadiz only six years ago, was com-
pleted to Cape Town, so that the dark con-
tinent is now completely encircled by sub-
marine telegraph, touching at numerous
points along the coast. Mere than 17,000
miles of cable have been required to do this,
and several compaffies, with more or less
aid from the British, Freneh, Spanish and
Portuguese Governments, have participated
in carrying out the work. The North At-
lantic is spanned by no less than eleven
cables, all laid since 1870, though I think
not all are working at the present time ; five
companies are engaged in forwarding tele-
grams between North America and Europe,
and the total length of the cables owned by
them, including coast conneetions, is mer
30,000 nautical mike.
Curious Notices.
It is said that in many French villages
boards are set up with the following instruc-
tions: " Hedgehog : Lives uponmice, snails,
and wireworrns, animals injurious to agricul-
ture. Don't kill a hedgehog. Toad : Helps
agriculture ; destroys 20 to 30insects hourly,
Don't kill a toad. Cockchafer and its
knee Deadly enemies to fanners, lar 70
to 100 eggs. Rill the cockchafer. Birds :
Each department of France loses yearly
many millions of francs through the injury
done by insects. Don't hill the birds."
Competition Number Twenty Six opens
nowatthe solicitation ofthousands oftbe
friends and competitors in former conteste.
The Editor of Tire Lames' Jountrat has
nearly forty thousand testimoniehe as to the
fairness with which these Bible Conmetin
tions have been conducted,
This competition is to be short and de-
cisive, . It will remain open only till the
15th day of December inclusive.
The questioue are as follows :—Where hi
the Bible are thefollowingwerde first fonnele
1 Ileo, 2 Rens, 3 GAnstrzr.
To the first. person sending in the correct'
answer to these cpteetione will be givennume
ber one of these rewards—the l'iano. To
the next person, the $100.00 in cash,
and so os till all these zewards are given
away.
rutsr rEwAnws.
First 050, 50 F-legant Piano by
celebrated Vanadium,
second one, ono Bemired Doliare eeneit
Nexetrof,stselebuien,a43eliasuperblybound Teach.
Next seven, each a Gentleman's Fine MOO
NextetpoelenvtioreaNecuateo,11F.ign000talluzuzvreampleougtedo
Individual ealt and Pepper (roet,
'Next nye, each 4 beautiful Quadruple Kti.
while a pretty rely maid fell forwent on her ereel,7010',IngtVen'it''ayalf:TIvalreceinUePoische'es)*1°.'
knees before the Fiduceee, piteously begging Nextfive,ancleenumt Wei= UhmerSerrive
her pardon,
"And, d0 you know, I too want to see
the ghost of Newstead."
I said this with so much earnestness that
a man in blaek, with a elerieat air, put up
Itis glens, and booked at me with great em-
phasis.
"But you would not like to sleep there iu
the haunted room 1" protested a dozen, voices
euriously.
"I should like nothing better."
"Then you ehall be moved in there at
once. It is the prettiest and pleasantest part
of the abbey, else Lord Byron would not
have spent so many years in it. But you
must sleep there alto; for I emends() you
that the only ghosts you will (wet see at
Newstead will be those yea 800 10 your
sleep," laughed the good-natured lady.
When the ladies left us at our walnuts
awl wine, So Melt was eaid on the subject
that I felt pretty certain that others there
had an equally deep interest with myself in
the ghost. The apartment was made ready
for my inception the next day, and I was to
spend, that night in the very bed of Lord
Byron, waiting for the Dia* Friar of New.
stead Abbey. The 111411 with the clerical
look led me aside by thio sleeve after dinner,
and hooking his gimes over Ids nose, talked
to me long and earnestly about ghosts, from
the Witch of Ender down to the modernap.
paritions which spintualists claim to be
familiar with. He confessed himself to bee
firm l•eliever in ghosts, and shaking my hand
cordially, said he would await results with
breathless interest.
A little befoi e midnig,ht 'bade good -night
to the few remaining in the drawing -room,
and followed the powdered footman, with
his two greet candloe, up and around ami
en and through the sounding halls of the old.
abbey, and at last climbed the corkscrew
stairs, and stood in the haunted rooms.
The bed, with itsgoiden coronets and gor-
geous yellowcurteins that are literally fall-
ing th pieces from age, was ready to receive
me. The man placed the candle on the
table and withdrew. 1 WAS alone in the
haunted chamber at the hour of midnight.
I sat down at the table, the very table used
by the poen noted the date, events of the
day, and then this item, which I quote
from my note -book: "Slight headache;
littlenervous ; don't think I am afraid, but
doubt if I can sleep ; don't like this at all,
but I am in for it ; shell see something ; not
the Black Friar, but Lord Byron."
After some other trifling notes and& futil
attempt to write a poem on the table used
by the inspired nobleman, I threw downmy
pen, and walked to the deep bay -window at
the west, overlooking the lake. It was the
loveliest night possible. The moon lay on
the water like silver, Soon I =dressed hast-
ily, blew out one of the candles, and set the
other by the bedside as I lay down. I did
not dare to blow it out. It takes a great
deal of courage to admit this ugly truth.
The great, heavy, rich, and tattered cur-
tains of yellow silk were like tinder, and it
was a dangerous thing to leave the candle
burning, particularly after dinner, Bat it
did not seem to me so dangerousjusb then as
to blow it out; so, I think, I fell asleep.
Suddenly I heard, or rather felt, the door
slowly open. I looked straight ahead as Item
there, but di4 not move. A. Egure entered
from the other door, but I could not see it.
I felt it stop at the table. Then I felt it
advancing upon me where I lay. I distinct-
ly heard the clink of two co,ncllesticks.
Then I felt, or rather saw, that my light
was being slowly and certainly withdrawn.
I cautiously turned my head, and was just
in time to see the patient footman, who had
been waiting all the time outside, bearing
away the lighted candle. Oh, howashamed
I was!
When I opened my eyes next morning, or
rather next noon, what a vision of beaaty 1
Swan on the lake, cattle on the hills beyond,
and sunlight and love, peace and calm de-
light everywhere. I heel never had a more
perfectly refreshing sleep in all my life.
The man with the glasses was waiting for
me, but I hadnothiug to say. I could only
assure him that I had seen, heard, felt noth-
ing whatever. Still I could not but think
that I surely should and would receive some
sign from some one beyond the dark before
I bade farewell to the harmted rooms.—
From "Nights at nTewstead. Abbey," by.
Joaquin Miller, in .11txrper's Magetzlne for
October.
The Warrior Bold. At Home.
Von Lohnote (a ponderous basso), singing
"A 1.Verrior bold am I !" Two hours later :
Interim° Von Lohnote—" Jacob, is the wood
ready for the cook ?" Von Lohnote--" Yes,
my dear." Madame Von Lolinote--" Then
lock the doors, and don't dare to wake the
baby.," Von Lohnote (meekly)---" Yes, my
dear. '
—..emeemeneeenmeam----..
Anxides to Work, But Bathing to Do.
"By George," said the tramp. "I'm got.
tin' discouraged. I ain't beet able to get a
job at snow shovellint all summer. I think
I'll go out o' the business and take tip lawn
rnownd for the winter."
of 10i pieccom
Next live, each a thd; French QhIua"'Yea
Sere -Weeded pieces
Next, seventeen, each a complete set of
George 1:1,liot*ii works, timid in cloth.
6 vets., $1.3 75
Next seven, each a Ladles' Fine Oold open
k'ave or Hunting Case Watch. -1"30 210.
MIDDLR REWARDS. C, I
To the person sending the middle correct
answer et the whole competition trout firat ta
lest will be given, the fitty dollars inch, To
the sender at the next correct answer following
the middle will be ,--Iven one of the ten dollar
amounts. and so 011 tin 411 1,110 Middle TOWArdS1
are distributed,
First, Fifty defiant in cash
Next. live, each tild in cash
ext three, cavil a line Family Sewhig
Machine. t.P3
Next dye, each a Flue Gold
Wateh,(i0
Next ten, cacti a Fine Triple Silver
Plated Tea Set, liplecca1l50
Next tweritpone, each a set of Pickens
Works, licauttluily bound in Cloth,l0
voISAgO• ••••
Ziextlive,an esegant China Dinner.?ervlee
of 191 pieces, by Pewell, bishop 4
Stonier. }Lumley, NnsIrmnd
Next five, each se fine French China Tea
Service, of GS piecen specially import-
ed, ;zee). 200
Next seventeen. each a complete set of
George Ellot's works bound in cloth,
6 vols., 415
Next eighteen, caeli mm bandsome Silver
Plated Sugar Rowe .115
Next live, each a Ladies' Fino Gold
Watch, M.
Next fifty-five, eaeh a handsome long
Silver Plated Button Hook
45
420
5.1
200
20-
CONSOLATION ItEWARDS.
For those who are too tato for any of WO
above rewards the following special list la
tittered, as far es they will go, To the sender
ot the last correct enswer received at Lewes"
Jammu, °Mee postmarked 16th December on
earlier, -will be given number one of these con.
flotation prizes, to the next to the last, number
atwwect.T.atul so on till tliesorowards aro all give
First one, One IfundredDellars cash... $10
Next ilfteen,each maanperblyboundFarnily
Bible, beautifully illustrated, usualln
sold at S15
Nextseven, each 4 G entlenuen Fine Gold
Open Face Watch,good movements 424
Next nineteen, each a Sot of a Dozen Tea
Knives, heavily plated, WI 1901
Next live, each a lataies.Fine old Watch
)50. ...... ... „„ . . , 2501
Next diteen,each a?..it:cties` Fin e olcfaem
105.
Nexlidifnogritt7o.no, each dn Imitation Steel
Engraving, Rosa nonheur's Horse Fair
$2 75.
Next twenty-nine, each a Connect() Set of
Dickens Works, Handsomely Bound
in Cloth, 10 vols., 20 ... 80
Next twenty-one, each Flue Quadruple
Plate Individual SaltandPepperCruet
40f new design 6
-Next five, each a beautiful Quadruple Sil-
ver Plated Tea Service (4 pieces) $40.. 200
Next twenty-ilve, a Teachenf Fine, Well
Bound Bible w th concordance 100
Each person competing muse send One
Dollar with their enswers, for one year's,
ubscription to the LADIES' JOLT:NAL. The`
LAME& Jotroxat. has been greatly enlarged
and improved and is in every way equal, at
this price to any of the publications issued
for ladies on this continent. You, there-
fore, pay nothing at all for the privilege of
competing for these prizes..
The prizes will be distributed in time for
Christmas Presents to friends, if you wish
to use them in that way.
The distribution will be in the hands of
disinterested parties elle' the prizes given
strictly in the order letters arrive at the
LADIES' Jearment office. Over 255,000 per-
sons have reecived rewaids in previous corn-
petitirme elm erldress, Editor Lemzed JOUR -
nal, Toronto, Canada.
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Father: "Did that game of checkers you
played with Mr. Slowtopop last . eight
amount to • anything ?"—Daughter (blush-
ing) : "Yes, dear father; it resulted in a
tie.'
The Czar is the largest of all living land-
edproprietors, owning au estaee which is near-
ly equal in area to the whole of France.
She—There goes poor Miss Price with her
fiance Why, the man is old enough to be
her father and ugly eriough to be her brother.
He—Oh, but he's rich enough to be her bus -
band.
A Minister, in visiting the house of a man
who was eomewhat of a tippler, cautioned
him about drink. All the answer the man
gave was that the doctor allowed it to him.
Well," said the minister, " has it done
you any goml?" "1 fancy it has," answered
the man, 'for I got a keg of it a week ego
and I could hardly lifb it, and now I can
carry it round the room."
- "Not as 1 Will?'
Blindfolded and alcne I stand
With unknown thresholds on each hand;
The darkness deepens as I grope,
Afraid to fear, afraid to hope;
Yet this one thing I learn to know
Each clay more surely as I go.
That doors are opened, ways are .rnade,
Burdens are lifted or are laid
By some great law unseen and still
Unfathomed purpose to fulfil.
"Not as I will."
Blindfolded and alone I wait;
Loss seems too bitter, gain too late;
Too heavy burdens in the load,
Ancl joy is weak and grief is strong.
And years and 'days so long, so long;
Yet this one thing I learn to know
Each day more surely as I go
That I am glad the good aneill
By changeless law are ordered still.
"Not as I will."
Not as I will," the sound grows sweet
Each time my lips the words repeat
"Not as I will," the darkness feels
More safe than light when this thought
stealsee •
Like whispered voice to"itlin and bless
All unrest and all loneliness.
" Not as I will," because the One
Who loved us first and best has gone
Before us om the road and stilt
For us must all his love fulfil—
"Not as we will."
—HELEN HUNT JACICS0).T.
Up to date August Belmont has won in
stakes and purses on the United States turf
$167,000, Senator Hearst 4110,000, J. & A.
Morris frd 58,000, E. J. Baldwin 09,000,
Dwyer Bros, $65,000, G. B. Morris e85,000,
D. D. Whithers $64,000, G. Walbaum $47,-
500, W. L. Scott $69,000 and B. McClelland.
$58,000