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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1892-9-15, Page 2MR GLADSTONE'S PERIL, ge WAS Teampled Upon and Gore d by a infttriatad Cow. RE HAD A VERY N,Anow ESCAPE A London mile gives the following par- tculare of the accident to Mr. Gladstone While walking ii Hawarden Park yester- day afternoon M. Gladstone was thrown down and trampled upon by stray cow. Be was severely shaken up, but was not eeriously injured. The cow was bought by Paul Jones, one of Mr. Gladstone's tenants, on Thursday at the Cheater Fain She is a heavy, power" ful animal, and previous to the fair had Awaked no restraint. She became ugly when tied in the barn, and between Satur- day and yesterday broke three halters. Yesterday noon she again broke loose, ran through the open door and entered the woode around Hawarden Castle, Mr. Jones'•inen, after a short pursuit gave up the chase, although they had been warned that the cow was dangerous. No notice was given the people in the i castle that the cow was loose n the woods, and in the afternoon Mr. Gladstone after a drive with Mrs. Gladstone, alighted in the park, as is his custom, to walk the rest of the way home. Th.e carriage had hardly disappeared when the cow cashed through the bushes directly in front of Mr. Glad- stone. He stood still. As soon as the cow saw him, she charged furiously. Mr. Glad- • atone tried to dodge behind a tree, but the cow was upon him in a moment She knooked hina down, trampledhim and tried to gore him, but as her horns turn back she was unable to pierce him with them. Mr. Gladstone regained hes presence of mind after the first shock and lay perfectly •still until the cow paused for a moment, when he slid from under her, jumped and ran. The cow pursued him, but he managed to keep the tree between him and her until she wearied of the chase. She scampered off, and Mr. Gladstone walked home. He was nervous and somewhat bedraggled, but otherwise apparently. unharmed. He drove In the park toward. evening. To -day he attended church, and but for a noticeable paleness seemed to have recovered com- pletely. The news of Mr. Gladstone's encounter had hardly got abroad when it was learned that in the evening a guest of the castle, while out walking, had been attacked by the same cow, and had been seriously injured. This morning a hunt for the cow was organized, and she was shot dead by Tom Bailey, a young man of local celebrity. MICILLEL IS LONELY. The Prince of the Flying Roll Wants to Marry Again. A Deereit despatch says: This morning when Mrs. Michael K. Mills, divorced wife •of "Prince Micshael," of Flying Roll fame, received an invitation to attend the wedding of Prince Michael and his spiritual affinity, Eliza Courts, in the Jackson State Prison at 11 o'clock to -morrow morning, she nearly swooned with astonishment and indigna- tion. Then she hastened to lay the matter before her legal adviser. The latter assured her that such a marriage would be illegal. Mrs. Mills, who obtained the divorce, can =spy again as soon as she likes, but with Prince Mike it is different. He cannot marry within a certain time, even if the Jackson authorities give their permission. The ex-wife of the Prince will go to Ann Arbor and take legal eteps to prevent the Mille -Courts nuptials. A despatoh from Jackson, Mich., states that Brother Bethel, of the Flying Roll colony of Detroit, ap- peared at the prison there this morning and made a request that Prince Mike be granted permission to marry Eliza Courts. Warden Davis being absent he did not receive a de- cisive answer. The request is an unpre- cedented one, and it undoubtedly will be refused. ANOTHER MEW HORROR. Terrible Loss of Life Caused by an Explo. sion of Fire Damp. A Brussels cable says: A terrific explosion of fire damp took place tonlayin the Agraffe coal mine in Hainaut. Many miners were entombed. Rescuing parties recovered the bodies of ten men. Thirty men are yet in the mine. The explosion was due to the sudden escape of gas in a gallery of that mine 1,900 feet below the surface. Terrible scenes were witnessed at the mouth of the pIb after the explosion had happened, and the grief of the bereaved women and children who flocked to the scene on the first intima- tion of the calamity was truly heartrending. This makes the fourth disaster that has taken place in the same pit since 1848, and the total number of names on the mine's death roll is now 500. Nearly all the men who were at work in the Agraffe mine at the time of the disaster ve been accounted for. Some escaped wthijured. Twenty-five bodies have been reco red, and eight men alive, though very seriouely injured, have been taken from the mine by the .1,3souing parties. Young Men Good Enough for the Pulpit. Englishmen manifestly believe that age and experience count for something in pub- lic affairs. The majority of the members of the new Government are well advanced in • years. •Mr. Gladstone is 83, Mr. Mundell& is 67, Lord Kimberly 66, the Marquis of Ripon 65, Sir William Harcourt the same age'Mr. Fowler 62, Lord Spencer 57 and Sir Charles Russell 59. Even in Canada and the United States experience counts for a good deaf when money is at stake. It is only when matters perMining to their souls are at stake that people,even on this side of the Atlantic, want a very young man. — Canada Presbyterian. A Novel Window Cleaner. A new window cleaner has been suggested as an improvement to the old-fashioned strip of rubber, fastened on a band of wood or metal. The great trouble experienced with these bands seems to be the difficulty of applying water. • The new suggestion is to attach a rubber ball for holding water to the handle of the window cleaner, by means of which the windows may be vigorously sprayed. Such an arrangement as thie would certainly save trouble, though the average house servant prefers a chamois to any rubber window cleaner. Relationship Established Young Mr. Hilow to Mr. Soadds—Did you know that I am to be a son of yours, eir ? Bead& (with a enort o diesatiefaetion)-- Ilaud hasn't accepted you, has she? Hilow—No, ehe has promised to be a sit- ter to me, thmigh, idr.tn ,Irri' inteni:teyg-filavcemilesial fielsouthwest dis srettoretsto ed in hf liotip '412\ NO 111 p ilanthropiee over left any monto ey e children in his block. Coming ut ahead �f the other geeste— tratinio—ls his your Umbrella? Wad-Sleigh— littait a mom nt ; lot me looat the etherm TUE lf,Ointnelleill'ENANT OF IIKELANIP, one A,CCOlilit o /Artillleillilitelles CaPaeifY For Malting tOt )(deal Viceroy. A London cable says The most remark- able thing about the appointment of Teend Hougton to be the Lorcl-Lieutensust of Ire- land, by Mn Gladstoma, was the moodi- ness of the press to tell anything particu- larly intereeting about him. 'rite daily papers had only a few words about him, the most retnarkeble of those being in the Daily News, which. ventured to asaume that with john Morley as the Leah ea:intern Lord Houghton's position would be a some- what ornamental one. The first portrait to appear of him is that in the .Daily Graphic, which places him eomevvhat indistinctly in the background, between Morley and Earl Spencer, The Speaker says of him: "For some years past it has been clear to the initiated that Lord Houghton wes destined to take a great place in the public life of this country, if his health permitted. Two terrible bereavements fail- ing in quick succession upon him—the loss of his wife and his only son—followed by a serious illness, drove him for a time from social life. Ate employed his enforced leisure in producing a volume of poem worthy in their grace, humor and refinement of his father's son, and showing signs of a deeper insight into human nature than the world credited Monokton Mines with pa- sessing. But he was by no means idle even in those times in politioel life. He had represented the Board of Trade in the House of Lords during the 1886 administration—hie devo- tion to Home Rule and Liberalism gener- ally being ardent and above sumiction. In the last Parliament he did admirable work upon the Railway Rate Committee and other similar bodies. In Yorkshire he is as popular as his father was before bun, which is saying much. Theugh he has spoken little in Parliament, he can speak with distinct power, and even elo- quence. Though a poet and a man of let- ters, inheriting all his father's love for the best literature, he is at the mane time an admirable man of business and cap.able of sustained and severe work. His Interest in politics is real, and dates from his youth, and few men have studied more closely that great problem of Ireland with which he is about to deal. In mental power he will rank with the beat of the younger men in the House of Commons, while in gram and manner and bearing he is more than equal to the task of sustaining the more courtly traditions of the office he is about to fill. Lord Houghton only requires to be known by the outer publio as be is already known to those acquainted with the inner circle of politics and society in order to be regarded as an ideal Lord-Lieutenant—not by any means a lay figure, but a loyal and capable coadjutor with Mr. Morley in a task of the gravest responsibility and delicaoy. Summer's Nearly Over. When the time of the golden rod is come, of the harvest days and the reaper's hum, of the dragon -fly with the gauzy wings, and the tail suggesting two-inch stings ; when the -wind with a new impatience blows the scattered petals of the rose; when the robins that nested in the spring to a summer clime are taking wing; when a solemn hush the woodland Ells, and the evenings taste of " ager chills"; when the tasseled corn in the bending rows gives "spooky" rustlings when it blows • when the whip -poi -will brings out his flute, and the cricket, dressed in his blackest snit, conies out in the starlight, soft and still, and pipes on his .piccolo, sharp and shrill; when the katydid, in the maples hid, says she did, and she didn't and didn't and did; when the scolding squirrel the boys can see taking the spoil of the chestnut tree • when echo sweet, from the haunts of birch% per- sistently cans your partingwords; when the thistle down, like the spirit fair of the summer, floats on the sunlit air; when, against your will, your thoughts will stray to the noisy city so far away ; when, drip- ping down from the soaking eaves, the rain drops fall on the drifting leaves; when you say "The weather is growing cool," and the children wail "Oh, that horrid school 1" when, whistling softly, without a sound, the smiling landlord hangs around; when the porter waits for a parting rush to give you one more farewell brush; when the waiter lingers near your chair with a mild " Then you'll remember" air; when the good man bends with an anxious look to peer in the hollow pocketbook • when he turns his pockets inside out and rubs his chin with an air of doubt; when he stares at the bill with a wistful eye, and draws a cheek and a long deep sigh—on the moun- tain high, by the blue sea's foam, are the signs that the family's coming home. — .Robert Burdette in the Ladies' Home Jowriial. Now to Rub. People who rub their arms or legs for rheumatism should remember that the secret of the benefit derived from massage is that the operators always rub up, that is, in the direction of the heart. The reason is found In the fact that the valves of the veins and capillaries all open toward the heart, and by rubbing in that direction the action of these vessels is assisted, the vessels them- selves enlarged and circulation is more fully promoted. Rubbing down, that is away from the heart, does harm, for it clogs the veine and capillaries by impeding the cir- culation, without in the least assisting the action of the arteries, which lie too deep to be affected by external friction, even if it could do them any good. —Globe - Democrat. what To Do With Cucumbers. Select large cucumbers, slice them length- wise and dip and fry like egg -plant. Then out off one end, take out the seeds and fill it with a dressing of bread -crumbs, anions, etc., and a little chopped meat. Replace the cover and bake like stuffed tenement'. Another way is to slice, after peeling as for the table, and put in salt water for a few daye, then take out and drain, put a layer in a pickle jar, sprikle with chopped onion, mustard seeds, whole pepper come and chopped celery leaves or celery seed; then a few drops of celery oil, teen a layer of cucumbers, etc., until the jar is filled, shakinee clown each laver to :hake compact. Fill the jars with Cold vinegar and seal Thia makes an excellent pickle. The Morning' Dana. The tepid or warm morning bath is & great improvement over the cold water bath, but evon these are not to be com mended. Whoever would enjey the beat of health should take his bath two, three or form time a week and retire to bed for a rest, thereby allowing Nature to locate the best equilibrium of her forces and promote the beet ocniditions of health. But no bath ehmild be taken while the patient is weary from labor or excitement. Rest is then in- dicated. The bath shoeld never be talent on a full stoma& nor immediately before a meal, as further power it needed for other purposes tinder ilea eiromestances. Todgera-oThe gossips all aay that Winkleis Wife is malting it Warm for hiss iatety. Tirripsone-Re Ought to have known better than to merry a sittainer girl., Perhaps the Most happily named. men inRagland la Mr. Tbankful joyo.rte Rani* . , shire crkkoten. AMONG THE DUTCH, A Canadian's Visit to Antwerp and Amsterdam. FILTH OF THE JEWISH QUARTER. The Nobility With Their Wealth and Jewels. 1100P BRIRTS STILL FASHION. The following letter from Amsterdam is written by a former pupil of Hamilton Col- legiate Institute. it will be particularly interesting now as showing what a chance the cholera has to take hold and do its work in some of the European either: Amman -km, Aug. 21, 1892.—Little did I think when as a youngster I used to Sing off at school "Holland, capital Amsterdam, on the Zuyder Zee," that Ella Gardiner would ever see the said Amsterdam. Yet here I ani, comfortably settled in a very nice hotel, before an open window, looking out on one of the many graohten or canals. I do like the Dutch. They are BO clean and so hind, and the mealy peculiar caps and metal head-dresses worn by the women and girls keep our eyes constantly on the alert that vre may not miss any of the dis- tinctive coatumes of the various provinces and islands. I am becoming quite familiar with the Vari01111 COBtlIMOS, and can tell at once whether a woman is a North Hol- lander, a Zealander, a South Hollander, a Schweningener, etc., etc. But the Dutch words beat me. I cannot bring out the gutturals that to them seem so easy. Between Eng;liah and German I can manage to make out a good deal that they say, and can pronounce the namesof their streets, nnumums, palaces, etc., so that I can inquire and find out my way, but their " sch's " are too much for me. We called yesterday at a tourist office to have our tickets extended, and this morning before break- fast were pleasantly surprised to find that one of the young men from the office had come around to tell us he would be here at a quarter to ten with a carriage to take us through THE JEWLSH QVARTHRS. The drive was moat interesting, but I never dreamed that so many people could bo huddled into such close quarters. The streets were not much wider than lanes and, as we rode along, there did not seem to be a break anywhere 'where wecouldgetthrough. The driver kept constantly shouting to the people to make way, but I don't know what we would have done if we had happened to meet another carriage. The filth was ex- treme, the bridges were covered with heaps of old clothes looking as if they were almost rotten with dirt, and every kind of old, rusty iron bar, lock, chain, etc., was exposed for sale along the streets. Then heaps of old women and men had stalls of fruit and every little way they were cook- ing fish in oil, or potatoes or porridge and offering the dirty mess for sale. We were frequently greeted in Dutch with "Good day, people won't you buy some," etc. This lasted for street after street, for you know there are thirty or torty thousand Jews in Amsterdam. Haven't they retro- graded since the days when the Mosaic Law was given them with so many rules about personal cleanliness? There were big Jews and little Jews, tall Jews and short Jews, old ones and young ones, all with the same black eyes and the same cast of countenance. They say Sunday morning is the beat time to see them, for then they are all out, and I think we can truly testify to that It did seem refreshing to °erne back to the open streets after an hour's drive among the close lanes and alleys, for tbe smell there was anything but invigorating. I do not see t' .• _see_ WHAT PREVENTS THEM ALL FROM MING OP CHOLERA, typhoid fever, or other contagious diseases. As a class, they were not at all a happy looking people; they all seemed sad and wretched, but I do not wonder that Spain, Portugal and Germany did not want them if they lived in such signaler in thoire countries as we see here. They say twenty thoutand Jews are engaged in diamond polishing in this city. We drove next to church in the Nieuwe Kirk but were a little late and found a door closed to separate the late comers from the more punctual of the 0011• gregation. We had to stand all through she service, although there were many vacants seats just inside the little gate. The preacher was very earnest, but of comae we could not understand him. The music was very fine indeed, and we were told that the organ is one of the finest in Europe. We saw the tomb of Admiral De Ruyter in this church and a few days ago in • Delft we saw that of VanTromp. The sculpture about the organ and the wood carving of the pulpit were superlatively beautiful, but the stained glass windows, beautiful pictures. images, eta., that we see in the Catholic Churches were all want- ing. Walking back to our hotel, we came past the houses of the aristocracy of Amsterdam along thelferrengracht. Nearly every householder in the street is a millionaire, many of thorn having. twenty, thirty or forty millions of guldens and a ;rest many of theresidents there are counts, baronets, pingfere, eto. To -morrow morn- ing we are going down the Amstel to the sea to see the dykes. All about Schwen- ingezt there were inany dunes or downs, but 1 have not yet seen any dykes. The fish women at Scheveningen interested us greatly. Early in the morning great crowds of them gathered on the beach to get the shrimps, etc., !rare the fishermen. Then they all put on their big hats over their white caps and carried immense baskets on their heads to the fish market at the Hague (den Haag as they have it there.) Old women mod &damn, all wore the same costume there—white caps, looking like nightcapa over tin or brass head-dresses, little or big braes pins ornamenting their foreheads, little shawls of varioue colors fokled crosswise over their shoulders, and very large hoope, with plain, full skirts and very large aprons. The little tots looked so fanny in these suits. This is one side of Schwenthgen. The other presents the view of e, VERY FASHIONAPLE DUTCH WATERING - PLACE. All along the beech, is front of the larger hotels, were wicker chairs that were just the essence of comfort. It was very pleasant to sit in these andwatoh the tido corning on moving back farther and farther an the Watt erteroOhed upon the send. There wens many linee of stalle en the beach, too, where milk, lemonade, beer, cakes, and, all kinds of fancy articles were for sale. Tho music at, the Eursaal was very fine every afternoon and evening, and altogathet we friend Drateh life ab the aea- Stcle Very attractive. The Schweningen News reported daily the arrival of German princes, count, NAVAS, foreign ambaseedors and other dignitaries at the Kurhaus, and it afforded us much smut:eine:at trying to make out who the oompants of the oar. riages were as they peened along with most brilliantly -dressed coachmen and footmen. The little Queen is with her mother at one of the country ohateaue, and so bhe palaces at the Hague :Ind here are open for visitors. 1 remember you particularly stipulated that you wanted no guide -book matter retailed, so 1 refrain from all description, ricerunns OP THE LITTLE QUEDN, in the Frisian costume, are for Sale every- where, and her piebure, too, is on packages of cigars, chocolate, eto. We have spent a good deal of ti:ne in picture galleries and in the many beautiful parks., which are so numerous in the Dutch oities. At Rotterdam we were at a Kermess held iu the streete. It is to lest two weeks and was at its height the few days tee were there. The booths had everything imaginable to sell, but the Punch and Judy and other similar showand stalls for hot pancakes and pickles seemed the leading features. It was a fine chance to see the country and provincial people, for they were out in great numbers and in their gala attire. Two women, evidently a mother and daughter, excited our atten- tion very much. They wore LOW-NEONED AND SHORT -SLEEVED DRESSES, the same large hoops and full skirts as their other country women, but the amount of jewelry upon them was perfectly astound- ing. They eaoh had seven or eight strings of beads about their necks, fastened with monstrous gold clasps, then the lase head- dress and gold bands about their heads and ornaments over their foreheads, bracelets on their arms, etc., to •satiety. I suppose your telegrams and foreign correspondents have told you all about the " Landjuweel." We were at Antwerp and saw the whole procession. It was magnificent, but did eseem A STRANGE DISPLAY FOR SUNDAY. The dresses were all very rich and pic- turesque, in the style of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The houses, too, n ere gaily dressed with flags, and the streets, particularly along the line of thoprocession, had a most festive appearance. I believe fourteen &mediations, literary, artistic, political, etc., took part in the procession, and one association spent $20,000 on dresses, etc. It beggars all description, but 3,000 persons of both sexes, comprising many of the ariatooracy of Antwerp, 500 horses and 41 triumphal and allegorical chariots, figured in the line. Hundreds of thousands had assembled to see the cortege and the streets seemed one solid mass of people. Bodies of mounted police headed the pro- cession, and horses reared right in people's faces alone procured right of way. The chariots that I thought most beautiful were those representing Peace, Innocence, Art, the rise of the Italian Renaissance, etc. The Maid of Malines and the Maid of Antwerp figured very prominently in the procession, and the bands of little girls and boys singing and scattering flowers were an additional attraction. The costumes of the Violinerin were very beautiful. Indeed all the members of the various societies ware most brilliantly attired in white satin doublet and hose, and flowing crimson or purple, blue or green satin or plush mantles. A great many of them'too, were flashing with precious stones in their belts or in the scabbards of their swords. But you will not read all I have written and will regret your rashly expressed wish that I might take time to send a few lines now and then. I see so much that is new that it is difficult to select. I have had only three letters since I came away and have not seen a Canadian paper, so that I am altogether behind the times, but I am going to keep my courage up until I reach Lucerne. KILLED BY A TROLLEY CAR. A Toronto Lady Run Down with Fatal Results. A • Toronto report says: A melencholy accident ocourred at the corner of Church and Isabella streets yesterday afternoon, by which a lady visiting the city lost her life. Miss Hannah Heron, of the township of Scarboroe had come into the oity during the morning and drove up to her aunt's house on the corner of Isabella and Church streets, where she took lunch, intending to return down town early in the afternoon. About 2.30 her cousin called to her that the oar was coming, and she started out to catch it. She crossed Church street diag- onally to the southwest, in front of the vehicle, but unhappily misjudged her dis- tanceorthespeed of the swiftlyapproaching car. Just as she reached the side, butbefore she was entirely clear of the track, the car caught her dress and she fell under the wheels, which passed over both legs, sever- ing them completely below the knees. Willing hands quiokly drew her from under the rear platform of the trailer and carried her &tress to Mrs. Heron's house which ehe had left but a few moments before. Dr. Atherton was on hand instantly and did all that medical skill could suggest, but the poor woman never regained consciousness. After lingering for six hours, she died at 8.30 o'clock in the evening. One eye -witness of the accident declared that Miss Heron was clear of the tracks and that the trolley had passed her safely, but just at that moment she appeared to sud- denly collapse and fall between the trolley and the trailer, and that it was the wheels of the latter which passed over her limbs, and not those of the motor car at all. Whether her dress was caught and thus dragged her under, he could not say. To Keep Ice in the Sick ROOM. When it is desirable, as in case of sick- ness, to keep ice in a sick room, roll it in a flannel and then in a newspaper ; tie a cloth over a large bowl and lay the ice on this to keep it out of the water, As you have occasion to use it break off little pieces by pressing with a large -headed pin against a corner of the ice. This will obviate wade and intim. Paper alone will preserve the ice. Solving a Problem. The other day a oertain newspaper in- quired with well -feigned innocence: "How can five persons divide five eggi; so that each man will receive one and still one remain in the dish ?" After several hundred people went nearly distracted in the mazes of this proposition, the journal meanly says : " One takes the dish with the egg," Altaitys Provided. Day --A man who makes two Medea of grass grow where but one grew before is a public: benefactor, is he not ? Weeks—Yes, provided they do not grow under his feet. The latest idea in Paris is an official inspection of all the shade trees in the city, with the view of removing those that are not healthy and substituting others that att. A process for making artificial precious stones: out of crystalized alumina has been discovered in Glasgow. Some, year:: ago a Paris artificer atioaessfully produced imita- tion rablea, • WHEN TERROR WILL 11101Elh A Writer Difloeturtias Of the Thine When Death May be rat OM. The history of man might be called the decline and fall of error. Formerly, says Walter Ilesant in the London Queen, we were afraid of everything. Of the see, be- cause we knew not what was beyond it, or what was in ib, or what it might do. It had been known to rise in remstless might And to whekngreat cities, monsters hecibeen seen in it—calamariee, kraleens, aharks and whales; the sea was a very terrible thing. Ti1011, there was the forest; no me could tell what might come out of the foreet ; wolvee were there for certain, and serpents, and very likely human enemies wanting to kill us. Then there were the thousand and one diseases, every one of which was fatal. And there was the vast unknown world beyond—filled with enemies, creatures like men, but speaking an un- known tongue and breathing hatred—devils they were, not men. When this universal terror was still unconquered, the historian began, and so we know what it was and how it held the people so that they eought by charms and magic to mope from it and to get a little confidence. Then they began to find out things and gradually the terror was dispelled. They crossed the sea and found out what was on the other side; they penetrated the forest and killed the wild beast ; theyilearned strange lan- guages and traveled n strange landse; they found out how to ward off disease. Finally there remains of the old terror only one or two things. Men fear, now, nothing but what they cannot omitrol—eonae forms of disease; earthquakes, lightning and death. These things can be still further reduced ; we shall overcome disease ; we than, ,per - hap, control the lightning; we shall leeen the cause of earthquakes; we shall put off death. FOR TIME MEN. Some Don'ts Good for Every Man to Reanember. Don't carry your umbrella under your arm so that the ferule will stick in the eye of the man behind you. Don't, if you have a red mustache, wear a pink shirt. Don't paok a valise -so full that it will not close easily. Don't roll a wet umbrella. Allow it to dry open or loosely furled. Don't wear a dark pair of trousers with a light colored coat and waistcoat. Don't wear madeup neckwear if you can adjust the other kind neatly. Don't roll your gloves into a ball. Re- move them carefully, smooth them out and put them away fiat. Don't dress conspicuously, and above all avoid flashy jewelry. Don't use strong perfume. Don't wear white satin neckties, no mat- ter what the provocation may be. Don't wear white lawn bows in the day- time. They are intended for full dress only. There are a lot of " Don'ts," but these will do for the present.—.New York Re- corder. • The Equality es-Antruals. "'Equality of man' is now the great world's shibboleth, the prayer of the popu- lace by day, the dream of the democracy by niglat,' said P. P, Corbett as he joined the literary circle that had formed in the ro- rotunda of the Laslede. "Here in America Ire have come to regard it as necessary to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness— that without it we were worse off than a re- form candidate in a Democrat:, county, as devoid of energy as a mustard plaster on the stomach of a wooden Indian. Equality of man! Why nob equality of all animals' of all vegetable life? If the ignoramus is to be placed On the same plane with the phil- osopher, why not bring the bunch grass and the Norway pine to the same level, make the dude and the dodo co- equal with Christopher Columbus ? The blockhead who blacks Maine's boots or handles Harrison's horses, and who could not tell the Constitution of the United States from the by-laws of the Lime Kiln Club, must be made as potent at the polls as his patron. Perhaps he cannot toll the time o' the day by the town clock, nor die- thiguish between an international trade balance and a Chinese wash bill, yet he has dodged death for one and twenty years, wears pants—that have been given him perhaps—and is therefore, competent et: speak ex cathedra on questions of national policy, to pass upon the policy of political parties 1 If matter inatead of mind is to rule—or ruin—let us be consistent. If a featherless he -biped weigh 100 pounds, give him one vote; if he vreigh 200, give him two; if he weigh 300, send him to Congress—place the man with the smallest beaver and the greatest breadth of beam in the Presidential chair. As an intellectual hierarchy is not to be thought of, let tug have one of avoirdupois."—St. Louis Globe - Democrat. A Meal in a Lozenge. The latest thing in the way of condensed food is a lozenge, which ie said to be com- posed to a large extent of caffeine, and which is said to take the place of both food and drink during forced marches and on like occasions. A company of Roumanian soldiers have recently been used to test the properties of this invention. They marched seventy-five miles ha twenty-seven hours and a quarter, and at the beginning of the march were given a lozenge every half hour. Later in the march this time was changed to three hours, while throughout the march the horses were given a lozenge dissolved in water every two hours. The men and horses are said to have arrived at their des- tination in so good condition that the former, of their own tree will, went through review, and the trial is regarded as an astonishing SUO0e213. Distince Covered in Dancing. An average waltz takes one over or about three-quarters of a mile, a square dance makes you cover half e. mile, and a plop equals a good mile, at a run, too, says a writer in the Philadelphia, .Press. Count up for yourself how muela the girl with a i well-filled programme traverses st an even- ing, Twenty dances are the average, you know, Of these, about twelve are waltzes, There, at once, are nine miles. Three galops, and the has done twelve miles. Five other dances, at a half,rnile apiece, which ia hardly a fairly big eetimate, bring her to close upon fifteen miles, to say nothing of the intermission stroll in the garden ancl the trips to the dressing -room to renovate one'e gown or complexion. A Real onrosy Queen. Queen Siberia., absolute ruler of 8,000 gypsies, is 28 years old, with bold and striking mien. HOT hair is raven black, adorned with many ornaments; her featuree regular, eyes height, teeth as white as now. Her country seat at Oxfordshire, England, is as good as money oan command, Her 8,000 subjecte eaoh pay her $7 .yearly. Her mother, the old Qntien nritanma, died near Newark, N, 3., about two years ago. jack (banhfully)—If 1 asked you for a kiaa would you be angry? Anna (naively —Yes, if you asked me for it. 111 ILLIL � Irlirri STASIS. It Would Cost $5,500,000,900 and Take` As,06a,eee Ikea% Is a recent teeter° on "Fixed Stars,' Dr. David Gill wanted to give an illustra- tion :of the distance to Centauri. This is- whab he said *• "We shall suppose that some wealthy directors, for want of outlet for their energy and capital, construet a railway to Centauri. We shall neglect, for the present, the engineering difficulties—a mere detail—and suppose the:a overoomei and the railway open for traffic. We shall go further' and suppose that the directore have foundthe construction of ouch railway to have been peculiarly easy, and that the proprietors of interstellar, space had not beer: 010M:it:tat in their terms for right of way. Therefore, with a view to encourage traffic: the directors had made the fare exceedingly moderate, viz.,. first class at two cense per 100 miler:. " Desiring to take advantage of these facilities a gentleman, by way of providing, himself with small change for the journey, buys up tho national debt of England and eo few other countries, and, presenting him - elf at the office, demands a first -elms single, to Centauri. For this be tenders in payment the gulp of the national debt of England, which just coven the oast of his ticket; but an title time the national debt from little wars - had been run up front $3,500,000,000 to $5,500,000,000. Having taken his emit it occurred to him to ask : " 'Ab what rate do cm travel? " Sixty miles an hour, sir, includingi stoppages,' is the answer. Then when shall we rersoh Cen- tauri?' " ' In 48,663,000 years, sir.'" TO TEST A WIFE'S AFFECTION, A Frenchman Man ged sentare La a Bladder - orrig's Blood. Just as M. Trobert, the Commissary of Police for the "Enfants Rouges" district in Paris, was about to sit down to dinner the other day he was startled by the ap- pearance of a well-dreased man, who rushed in and said: "My wife wants to leave me, and I cannot bear it. My name is So. an So, and I live in the Rue de la Franche- Comte." As he uttered these words, the stranger took out a knife arid plunged it into his. breast. Instantly the floor was covered with blood, and he fell apparently Iifelese. A doctor was sent for, and at the same time - a messenger was dispatched to the Rue de in Franche-Comte. The wife, hearing the fearful news, rushed round and, throwing herself into her husband's arms, kissed him and swore she had no intention of leaving him. "Very well, then," said the injured man," we will be up and off home,"and wiping the stains of blood from his ,othes he got up none the worse for his adven- ture. The blood was some pig's blood bought at a pork butcher's and carefully con- cealed in the breast inside a bullock's bladder. The husband, having had quar- rels with his wife, had hit upon this means of frightening her, says the Lon- don News, and at the same time testing her affection, and had improved upon the example of tho Prince Regent, afterwards George IV., at the time he was courting Mrs. Fitzherbert, A Woman's Influence. A white-ribboner on the atreets of Chi- cago heard a young man using the name a God in most outrageous curaos. She went to him, laid her hand kindly on his anal and said, "My brother, 1 heard your terrible oaths juin as I was singing to myself with: unutterable joy. "My God is reconciled, His pardoning voice I hear." " Will you not breathe out those words Un- til through repentance and faith they be- come true of t our own life ?" and with a tender smile she left him. Her motherly countenance, white hair and gentle voice impressed him deeply. A year after she was in one of the principal storm of the city speaking to a elerk whom she knew, when a young man asked the clerk who she was and followed her, recountieg the inci- dent we have here given and saying, as he grasped her baud while his eyes filled with tears, "1 went you to know that for months past I, too, have been singing with a sin- cere heart, My God is reconciled.' "—On Duty. Not Nice of Etna. On the death of a celebrated French journalist the following story was related of him: He was once very sick and the visiting physician gave him up as lose. "1 cannot do anything for you," he said; "you must Another doctor was, however called in who succeeded in curing The first time the convaleacent took stroll he met his filet doctor, who, greatly surprised, said he thought; him no more, among the living. " Well, you see," said the patient, "when. you left Dr. V. was called in and he suc- ceeded in building me up again." " Oh 1 well 1 well! Aman whom 1 thought my friend ! Really it was not at all nice in, him."—Exchange. Tho ilighest Railroad. The new mountain railway from Brienw to the summit of the Brienzer-Rothhorn, which is now open to tourists, ia not only the highest in Europe, but I he highest in the world. The SW38S Trerkehes Zeitung gives the following table of comparative elevation above the eon level of the princi- pal mountain railways: Biienzer-Rothhorn, 2,252 nietrerg ; Central Pacific, 2,160; Pilatus Railway, 2,070; Rigi Railway, 1,750 ; Monte Generose, 1,639 ; Murren Railway, 1,611 ; Brenner Railway, 1,367 ; Canadian Pacific, 1,312 • Arlberg, 1,310 ; Vesuviue, 1,185; Si. 'Gotham(' Railway, 1,155 Btunig, 1,064 ; Einsiedeln, 894 ; Jura Simplon (at Tavannes), 761. All these, are above 2,000 feet above the aea. The man whose gate is off the hinges can talk by the hour explaining why tiornebedy dm doesn't prosper.--Rones Horn. The year of greatest growth in boys is the. 17bla ; in girls, the ]4th. While girls reach full height ill their 15bla year they accmire • full vvoight at the age ot 20. Boy a are , etrouger than girls front birth to the llth year; thou girls become superior physically to the 17th year; when the tablee are again turned and remain So. Prom November to April children grow very little and gain no weight; from April to July they gain in height, but nese in weight, and fear: July to November they increaee greatly in weight, . but not in height. —Brigie/i Medica4 lifrouthly. A frightful disease called the black pestilence has appeared in parts of Run gary, A cable says the lilague is thought , to be akin to the mysterioue malady which acconspattied the cholere in Persia. The Housekeeper gives the following hints • To take ink mit of linen, dip the spotte'd parts immediately in pure melted tallow, then wash out the tallow ancl them halt will haat disappeared. Most women who practice tight lacing cl,, itaa a mere matter of form