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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1893-3-30, Page 6SMinetinte fierce • .vairee Zile not ltnow 'vehateter ileum tier tea But sere teethe eltues ere trlite mauve, Somewhere in the World she vette foe mei- Site who Will elle (IV OS my love. Nona OM moment pethwee abe Wanders Who is nere in the loner:me Jambe cet tire other eicle et the ilea that sondem Our eyes, terd ow: lips, anl ouehearte, and eur heens. 33tat there is a, place where the wotors narrow ; There ie noint whore the margins meet ; And it the morning of emote gladroorrow We sball pro's the istenms with feted feet. nlioutli she be with a thousand. I will know w mai tail to find her W11011 e (ley ray need to illy thought. eau ahow her. •Ai3*he newt, be now -es ehe will be then ? And she is ea fair as the fairest fair ; $he is as tree as the truert truth ; Pure aa Feeley -holy AS prayer-. 11 eert kept fresh In the faith of youth.. With a suriuy gayete ever sheenieg In eyes 'Unit can aparkle with wildest fun -- Or sober to Mara and. earnest moaning; When tears are timely and laughter done, pram to meet her with soul unsullied As hers will be -with a heart untorn Eike a fallow field, all g shed and gallica, Where passion's torrents their ways have le=ativoru. Can I falter and fall beyond retrieval, Wit the thought a my lady to deter When all that is baS0 and impure and evil Goes out ot my heart when I thin h of her My dreaza sweetheartfor in dreams I see her And hear the sweep of her dainty dress, While a fair arta falls with a furtive fear Around my neck in a soft caress, I feel her breath as the bends above me; Icatch the gleam of her dark, sweet eyes. And I long for the time when, with her to love roe, Earth will be fairer than paradise -Chicago InterOcean. hat Ant as itemeastneer. The pastry was deliaious. and I wanted it my- self, Bo 1 pat it in the pantry, on the very lowest shelf; And to keep it froni the inseets, those ants so red and small, I made a river round it of molasses, best of all. But the enemy approaehed it alias hungry as could be, And the moan with his aide-de-camp just skirmished round to see Whether they could, ford this river or Should try some other plan, .And together with his comrades he around the liquid ran. To his joy and satisfaction, after travelling around, The place where the molasses was the narrow- est he found; Then again he reconnoitered, ruebing forward and then back, Till he spied some loosened plaster in the wall around a tack. He divided then his forces, with a foreman for each &mad, Aird he marshaled the whole army and before him each ant trod. His directions were all given; to his chiefs he gave a call, While he headed the procession as they marched. off -up the wall. Rvery ant then seized his plaster, just a speck and nothing more, And he climbed and. tugged and carried till he'd brought it to the shore; Then they built their bridge, just working for an hour by the sky, .After which they all marched over, and all fell to eating pie. A MATRIMONIAL WAGER. The Winning of it Brought a • Strange Confession. WHY on earth did you select this forsaken little village for me? I am weary of it already, and I have been here just one week to -day, said Mark Drayton to his friend, as they sat upon the veranda smoking. It was summer, and the night was very warm. "My dear old fellow, the doctor advised you perfect rest and quiet, away from the noise of Wall street, and when I found what lovely spot thia was I sent you word, and here we are. On one aide reside two very antiqueted females, on the other is the beautiful river with ite weeping willows. haY-Arn Itery.beautiful." ,e likow 1 -411.7, reraind me too t h t find fault istrugll " I -see /lettingen , nom "Then your eyes are bflt. to tectuby. It is superb! The moonlight itirifing hill and vale and gleaming among the waters of the river. Look at the blue heavens with epeaklbeg stars, and the moon beaming down upon this sleeping garden. But,I say, what is that white, willowy something emerging into the old maids garden? 1 believe it is indeed OPheIla 1" Both men jump to their feee and peep through the latticed aide. "By Jove!. Drayton, ie must be an • angel 1" "No;• it is a woman," answers the other, coldly. Standing amid the hollyhocks and roses is the figure of a young girl. The moonlight • plays fantastic capers about her and lights the garden distinctlyso much so that • the two men can see her face, even to the expression, which is sweet and calm. She stands perfectly still, clad all in white. Suddenlyshe frightens them by coming towards their hiding -place. Finally she stanch se close that they can • put their hands over the lattice and touch her head, crowned with a wealth of reddish - brown •hair. With lazy indolence she aretches out her arms, drinks in the fresh evening, and the men wonder what her thotights may be. That she is pretty both aoknowledge to themselves. A sharp voice breaks upon the stillness of the night: "Dorothy!Oh, Dorothy 1" " Yes„ dear Aunt Kate," answers she, and, gathering upher charming gown, the flits by the two men and through the cot- tage door beyond. "1 thought surely I would sneeze, Dray- ton." "And I," laughs his companion, "never wanted to cough so much in my life." "I'm sorry I go baok to New York to- morrow. I should like to remain and cut you out," " You need not worry, Dick." "1 know you are indifferent, Mark, old lellowe but 1 will wager with you sie months from to -night then olivine creature will be Mrs. Mark Draytoo." His companion burst into a merry laugh and replied : "1 will take that bet, Dick, end now it is lite -let's to bed." After hiddlog his friend good-bye the next morning, Mark Dreytot, with his Milling pole, trudged down to tho river. Ho IS about to throw himeelf bee& an inviting bush, when it frightened little ory makes hire chatme his mindi He meets a pair of blue eyes bolongiug to a pretty, Winaotne oreature. "1 bog yotir I:nation. I nidatheve fright- eilea you, but I did not letew you were On the other side? He raised hie cap, end the looked at him from head to foot cericimtly, and at leet, being quite statiefied, deigned to answer : " Yes ; you did frighten tee. You Sleet 1 Neve tithe picking.etrewhertiee. net the peil ; they all fell outi ma hetet boon bating more than 1 put into tlae pail again." " i,fay 1 hap you ?" he voetured te aski " What -4o fat thern 1" She ludo up arditlY jute. hie face tuo, huglis merrily. "Noe I Mean to plIt theui twit," She ireeitetes, se if trying to deolde a very grey() queetiou. " Well, yee, tf you like. Fear hencle are hetter them tate, 1 ate Atte." He knelt down and went vietireot4 to work. " You live next door, I believe I" he Irak by the way of keetaiug up the con - venation. "Yea. I ran evvey from home end came to My ituuna 1ob externem"- " You ran away fora home ?" he re - putted, wonderingly. "Yes. Is that so dreadful that you open your eyes ao wide?" "1 can't see te pail: up your berries with them closed, can ?" "Well, no," and she laughs again, "1 will tell you just how it was. Vaen I was at school my uncle informed me he bhd picked oot a heaband for rne-an old friend, and one wbo was handsome, good and honest; in fact, a perfect) angel, so he wrote. Whni school was out I slipped seamy and came here, and, 1 did just rig1140 ." "apaoae you did," She opened her eyes wide and an- ewered ; "Of course 1 did. And now the pail is full again I must go home. I thank you very mach," She norld,ed her pretty heed, took her pail and left him gazing after her until the brown head had venished into the garden. The summer days tweed on, and Mark Drayton had made •great friends with his prettyneighbor. In fact, he coold not, if he tried, keep away front Dorothy Deane. *They took rides, walks, rows on the river and had many talks together on the veranda those beautiful moonlight nights. Some- thing sitrange had come over him. •A dread- ful loneliness smote upon his heart. He was alone in this world. Never before in his life had he felt like this, and he eould not explain it. Something stirred him to the depths of his aoul, and he acknowledged to himself the awful truth -he was in love, caught fast in Cupid's net, in spite of his wiadotn, and at hia age, 35 yeare. She, Dorothy Deane, /31 girl of 18, had crept) into his hard heart and warmed it so much he did not know himself. Then he remembered Dick Hamilton's wager. His friend had tot won yet, but he would in the and, because this sweet, lovely girl must be his wife. He looked in the glass at his face, and imagined he saw it covered with many signs of age. "Palma 1" he cried. "She won't have such an old man as I am, but I will go and tell her how I love her." And he took his hat and marched over to the little cottage. Her aunt teld him she had gone out, and, going down to the river, he found her at the water's edge, throwing flowers down the tide. She grew a little pale when she saw him and held out her hand timidly. His boat was near, and Mark proposed rowing her a little way down the river. She assented, and he helped her into the boat, but, after rowing rapidly for a while, he dropped the oars and seated him- self by her aide. "Dorothy," he said suddenly, calling her by her first name. " I came here to say something. 1can- e not keep it in my heart any longer. I love you -I love you better than all the world. Say that you love me a little, Dorothy, my little sweetheart." The scarlet rushed into her face and then faded, leaving it ghastly pale. " Mark," she said, "1 am a cheat - hypocrite. I knew you were here. I made you love me, and I hate myself. Lucy and Dick Hamilton told me you were so handsome and wealthy, but so indifferent to woraen, and they wanted you to be punished for it. I was to act as they told me, and if I succeeded I was to refuse you." He broke into a harsh laugh and said in a cold, repressed voice "Well, I ask you to be my wife. Now, refuse me." "Bus, Mark, I don't want to "-- "Why nob? I have given you the chance. I am sere it will not be hard. "You are cruel, Mark," she cried. "1 can't do it, I mettle-- " You don't mean "-- " Why, yes, I do, Mark, I do "— "You don't mean that you really love me, Dorothy?" l'eumzsr e to hi and he read the lovelight shining in her eyes. With a glad cry he folded her close to his heart and hissed her pretty " Iara so happy, Mark," and then she burst into tears. He soothed her with sweat words, and soon her tears had van- isbed. "1 wonder what Uncle Sylvester will thisk, Mark ? " " Sylvester ? Why, I know him well." "Not my uncle ?" "Why, yes, I was to spend the summer with him on the Hudson, but he sent me word not to come." "Mark," she cried, " you are the man I ran away from You don't say so 1" And they both laughed merrily. "It was a case of 'out of the frying -pan Indo he fire,' wasn't it, Dorothy, but what a laugh they will all have when we go back to New York." "I don't care. • Do you, Mark ?" "Well, I tbink not," and the boat drifted idly on through the sunshine. It is needless to say Dick Hamilton won his bet. -Chicago News. The World's Greateig Organ. The largest organ in the world is in Cen- tennial Hall, Sidney, Australia. It was built by Messrs. Hill & Son, of London, was completed in 1890, and is said to have coat $60,000. It contains 128 sounding and 47 mechanical stops. They are distributed as follows : Great organ, 28 ; swell organ, 24; choir organ 20; solo organ, 20; echo organ, 8 ; pedal, orgau, 26. • There are 33 pneumatic pistons and 13 pedal own- binatione. It will give • an idea of the weight 0nd tone of the instrument when we say that it containe one 64.foot, four. 32 -foot, nine Ifiefoot, and thirty-one 8 -font stops. Id oocuoies a floor space of 26)60 feet. Tubular pneumatise are used through- out the organ, and the bellows are worked by a gas engine. A regular Style of Architeettire. Visitor ---Se yeti are going to build a house in the trnburbs ! What aort of a dwell. ing shall you put up/ Hosts -Well, I examined the Renaissance, Queen Anne and other designs, but fmaliy decided on the colonial pieta Host's Son -Why, pep% you told mem. ma you were going to build on the Mittel, anent plan. Emitter bonnets are beginning to attract the attention of devottii young ledieo. Waking is said to be the beet exetaitie for brain vrorkets, arid it is worthy of note that bran workers can seldom afford to do any - thine °lee. It is Ouriona to contemplate hoW flags yeaug vittnett take filo bridal trait when they go on their wedditig tour. P. bed Triatanno-My son 10 delaying bib', etre is. Mts. Starker-Buyology 2 0, I wish my darigintet wield study thet ; it might tenth her how to theta. POPE LEO'S JUBILEE Some Interesting Details of Great Catholic Function. the A *holden Virelso-hesurtan alnaplieity or the rette's lare-VonversiazIone Pk hr. Peter's -Merano aariag rresouts =Geed and Jewels -A 'Lonna Malian 7,1eriace aud sent Leda Love. ROME, Maroh. HE eeee of a large portion of the world are now centred cm Pope Leo XIIL, ikkliWrt :ones!: ntottrfehoes adsjiiBluni aecia58PgtkieheP8Phet:ieasfl:°11}:Pinna°1:; from the photograph:: • • side. Paiofully at - wee with on every end portraita to be pleted the celebra. jubilee. it would be portrait can even give & onception of the sense of vitality which lurks in the Pope's eyes and' manners when one is personally brought in 'routed:with him. Were he more reheat, he would probably long :since have paeeed :away, for his lot et the Vaticen is by no means an enviable one. • It is a fact which is not generally realized that tor fifteen yews the Pope has not set foot out, side the Palace, which he has ocoupied since his accession. To one who in the old days was a great walker, tlee sufferings in- flicted by moth a deprivation are immense. LIFE IN PETER'S VICAR YET. The Pope comes of a peculiarly long-lived stook; one brother, Cardinal Perm% died some three years ago at the venerable age of 84, while another brother reached the still more remarkable span of 92. In spite of his age, the Popo shows no mental de. fielency in this respect; he is as vigorous and active as ever; hue he cannot write now that his hand is palsied so cruelly by • the attack of typhoid fever whioh struck him down many yews ago. It is for this reason that his autograph is so highly valued. Apropos of such relies he is espe- cially irritated at the fear that personal effects may be made nee of as mementoes, and some while since he dismissed a ser- vant on the suspicion that he traded in such papal relics as cast•off shoes gloves and ribbons. HIS HOLINESS EMULATES THE EARLY BIRD. The Pope, though att octogenarian, rises at 6, often, indeed, in summer at a much earlier hour, his meals throughout the day being frugal to an extent which astonishes Oleos who learn for the first time how simply the head of the Cherch lives, Twice a week he grants public audiences, at which very often British and American visitors, though not of the Roman Catholic faith, are present and are always welcome. Time was when the Pope's chief officer of the kitchen was an important personage; but the chef of Leo XIII. does not even deserve Buell a title, nor would he even be enabled to indulge in his art, since the Pope dines habieually alone and on the plainest) of foods. HIS ALIMENTARY SUSTENANCE. In the morning, after his first Ms; at bone half -past 7, the Pope makes a light breakfast. A goat is brought into the kitchen -a goat which mines specially from His Holiness birthplane, Carpmeto. On a bowl of milk, flavored with a. little coffee, the Pope breake his fast. The day's pro- visiona are not very serious -four or five pottirds of meat and a few vegetables. The Pope's nephew sends him from his old home his poultry, eggs and butter. Soup is the chief favorite of His Holiness -soup taken several times a day, and a bowl of which is often offered to and gratefully aeoepted by the cardinals after a long audience. SPARTAN SIMPLICITY OP DIET. Nothing could be simpler or rnore frugal than the Pope's dinner, composedoi. altetlee clear soup, or a little meat serg 'Yhroughoutgateeyear „ „ oep,z; some plane vegeta...6.1.43.'4p.. u1V.ehis off3 luxury -oranges- Its y being something like two or three a cent. For his supper a cup of broth and a boiled egg. Bordeaux is the Pope's favorite wine. Each year one of the religious bodies of La Gironde presents to His Holiness a barrel of their finest vintage, which amply suffieee for the wants of the entire twelvemonth. Yet the cellars of the Vatican are -known to contain some remarkable wine. There are rumors of Spanish vintages 100 years old, and Rhine wine of the beginning ofthe een• tury, and some cognac of an indefinite age. Bute as they are never tasted, no one has been able to discover whether they have been kept in order and duly re -bottled from time to time. liolineia seer Idiom all., The first hatch of the (ILIUM, 509 iii oumber were reoeived in the large meet, of SP. Peteies. At 10 ohdock dit Ileintese took his seat oil a shnpbearm.ohltir 0.1) the foot of the altar, avka with a motion of bis hand firvited, the pilgrims to epproach end paBEi infirm him. This watt not a simple defile, for thepiI grime came two by two advaneing toward the throws (pro gona) and kissed the haod and toe of flit Holineee, who from time to time field a few words, Huh person re. etethivileta Silver znedal commemoretive of the j c;ora) AND PRECIOUS STONES POUR IN. Tde Piednionteee pilgrizna brought a rich 'gift from the pities Princess Olotilde, and the Guardia Nobile offered a rich silver mitre set with precious: stones, which will make His Holiness' head aoho if he ever Wears it. The lease of Lisbon Rent a magnificent cope, entirely embroidered with precious etonee, and the Argentine Republic $10,000 in gold, enolosed like jewels in an iyory mem '• so that he should make a good thing out of hie jebilee. eisueraima mime oerenxens ewer anti sem There wen a pretty incident wheu the Neapolitan &hers, dressed in thole white drees and long scarlet cape, passed before the Pontiff, each couple bearing their offer- ing of a beeket of beautiful fish, orna- mentee with flowers which they laid at the feet of the Holy' Father, at the same time saying in their expressive dieleet, Santo Padre henedite l mare (Holy Father, bless the sea). The Pope seemed quite toughed, end gave them an especial bene- diction, and turning to the Cconerlere aegreto, standing at his side, said ; " We must tako care of these good people." This long oeremony lasted several hours. When rising from his chair His Holiness blessed the kneeling multitude, then getting into his pertantina was carried out of the %eines amid cries of Viva i/ papa re 1 OONVEP,SAZIONE THE CATHEDRAL. This same ceremony had to be gone through on the following day, for about 8,000 pilgrims who mostly belonged to a higher status in society, many priests, but mostly gentlemen in evening dress, with decoratious, ladies wearing tho usual bleedk dress and veil. After the ceremony of kiss- ing and biasing had been gone through, the assembly took their seats in the tribunes and the nave, °travailing and having intro- duotions me& as if in a drawing -room or theatre. For the last fortnight this sort ot thing has been of almozt daily occurrence, and His Holiness may now with satisfaction exclaim, " Thenk God, it is all over!" A GOLDEN VIRGIN. The present sent by Prince Lultpold, 'Regent of Bavaria, is so costly and beauti- fel, that the Pope has decided that it shall home a place in tbe ante -chamber of his own apartment. It is a model of the famous Column of the Virgin in the Merien Plate at Munich ; it stands eve feet high, ancl the statues of the Virgin and attendant angels are made of solid gold, the Virgin's crown being thiokly sob with diamonds. The laxnps that stand at the pedestal are ornamented with sapphires, rubleand emeralds, and as many as four hundred diamonds enrich this costly model alto- gether. A YOUNG PRINCE AND MS LADY LOVE). In epite of the Papal jubilee Rome has indulged in one of its periodical scandals. Palace Dorazzi, who pridea himself on belong. ing to one of the oldest families in Europe, has two sons, the second of whom has fallen in lova with a young lady occupying a high position. The young man frequented the house and made love to the fair damsel. One evening the stern father told the Prince he had better not see his daughter any more • and he reluctantlyleft, his beloved's dim:dello. The girl in despair rushed out of the house, found her lover, and threatened to throw heraelf into the Tiber. Thie was between eleven and twelve ohnock at night. The Prince found himself in a difficulty with his love-sick' girl in his arms in the middle of the night. What was to be done 2 he reflected, and thought the best thing was to take the girl to a convent. woes near, LOOKS LIKE MURDER. Government Detective Greer to Go to Kenaptville. TIM KENNEDY roignin, Toronto World Prof. Ellis, of thie eitYi has completed the anelysis of the otomiteh of Alemoder Kennedy, one of the vietinta of the meet poisoning OW at Nemptville, Ont., eud wfll forwardititileport in time for the inqueen which will be resumed on Toes - day next. Government Detective Greer has been eonfined to hia holm singe returning from the Woaeli 08,03 at Colliegwood, het will probehly leave for Keznptville to -morrow. The Wee promises to be one of the most complicated in the oriminel hietory of On- terio. Since the inquest local authortties lave been at work and many new develop- mente have been diecovered regarding the crime, for a crime it is now univeraally aA- mitteel to be around the district. Alexander Kennedy, the male victim, was one of the best known figures in and far beyond Greenville county. He was an Edinburgh Sootchmen, and had reached the ripe age of 07 years, Forty years pre- viously he went to Hemptville when that place was a mere roadside stamping piece with no pretenaions. By trade he was a blacksmith, and he and his brother John carried on a most successful business. Mrs, John Kennedy was about 60 yeers of age and, had a fine robust conatitution. It now transpires that the will of the deeeased, which has been seerehed for with unflaggiug energy by several of his relsaives and friends, cannot be found. The de- ceased, "Sandy" Kennedy, as he was familiarly celled, made a will on Monday, Dee. 5th, /892. A thorough search of the rooms and out- houses, as well as the extensive kitchens, has been made for any further clues or evi- dence, but without reeula The whole affair is still clouded in mystery, causing au indefinable feeling that continues to keep the people talking about the tragedy. It may he said that suspicion still rests on the girl tante Poole, the adopted child of Mr. and Mra. John Kennedy, who made the porridge on the fatal morning, and it ia affirmed that some groan stuff was found sprinkled over the front of the dress she wore the morning of the deaths, but this looks confirmation. Suspicion has also spread to other points, and a large amount of comment was expressed over the fact that no inquest was held on the body of Mrs. Kennedy, and that the, previous evi- dence token oa Sandy's death appeared to have been considered sufficient to satiefy the law. OLIO, BET POINTED. The Story With With& Lincoln Enter- tained a Party of Office -Seekers. The best story gotten up during the week at the expense of the offiee-seekers, says a Washington correspondent, was one 30 years old, which Senator Vitae resurrected. " President Lincoln," he said, "received a delegation of offioedieekers one day with the remark : 'Well, gentlemen, I can't give you all daces, but I can tell you all a story. " 'Once upon a time there was a great king who lived, as great kings always do in storiee, in the East. As was the custom then he maintained a large staff of astrologers, propbete and seers, part of whose boldness was to foretell the weather for him. One day when he wanted to go hunting these gentlemen informed him when he arose in the morning that he would have a fair day for his sport. Accordingly, he started off with his attendants on a long hunt. Toward midday he met an old fel- low riding on a jackass, who warned him through one of the attendants that if he did not get home before the afternoon was over he would be caught in a rain aorta. e•Bireettifiletn tire stsavisn TRUMPETS SOUND THE ANGELS' CHORUS. The fatigue of the recent celebrations, which have been interminable both in variety and monotony, has been a terrific strain on His Holiness. His physicians thought several thnes that his constitution would succumb under the perpetual stran, but somehow he has pulled through. At one of the functiona in St. Peter's he looked like an automatic figure more than anything else as he bent forward from side to side and blessed the assembled multitude. His Holiness wore as he went up to the high altar, a supe;13 silver mitre, studded with proaious atones, and white ohasuble, richly embroidered with gold. When the pro- cession reached the high altar he descended from hie chair and celebrated masa: At the elevation the traditional silver truntpas played front the cupola the ')Angelo' Chorus "--rightly so named for its sweet. nese Having finiehed hi rnass, the Pope sang the thanksgiving Te Daum in a feeble voice; after which he changed his sacerdotal vestments for the Pontifiehil ones, a rich white mantle embroidered. in gold, with the eplenclid tiara presented to him by the city of Paris. -34 0E0 PALLS BACK EXHAUSTED. In the face Leo looked very yellow and parchment -like end in truth rather cross. On his relater down the nave bleasing the arowd with his thin jewelled had, the exertion ate/tied too much for hino, and he sank back in his choir apparently lifeless. The procession etoppedi but the Pope soon leaned forward again, ad ontieued hio benedictions along the tave into the cap pelta de is Pieta, where he dieeppeared from view. • To deecribe the enthuinaem af every one is impoosible ; the cheering, with Viva a papa / Viva 12 lova Was long ad continuous; the old gentleman melted quite teethed, era team shone in his quick, black eyes. LIVELY TIMES WITH TILE PILCINIMS. The reception of the neatitudinous pil- grims has in Wolf been almost enough to break down the strongest oonotibution. And the toy is "Still they corded' Hie IIoli 0539 19 in this delightful fix. Ho must tee thorn Intl blese them It is whet they have come for, and to tend it baioh away with - Ott the customary behediction would be :le • impolitic as it would be °reel. Herm His ,13r2 predioamefibthan ever orthe Prin�e 1 The girl refused stoutly to go again under the paternal roof; so there was nothing for it but to place her in a good hotel, where she raced the remainder of the night. The next morning the dutiful son informed his father of the whole story, and declared his intention to marry the girl. The upshot is that the gay Lothario has been sent out of the way, while the young women is shut up in a convent. The old Prince himself is a Inauvais sujet, and ran away from kis wife with a danseuse. Future developments now point to a duel between the two irate fathers which can only be averted by the marriage taking place with the least possible delay. Thanks to Him. A clergyman was severely reprimanding O man for regularly going to sleep every Sunday afternoon when he (the clergyman) preached. " Well, sir," said the man'"1 don't think it's your sermon sends me to sleep. If you notice, I atn almoet asleep before you begin to preach. The feat is, sir, I have been in the habit of taking a nap at about that hour of the day for years, and now I can't get out of Id." "Id's a very bad habit," replied the clergyman, though somewhat mollified at the thought that his preaching wean% the cause of the meant somnolence, " and apart from its being very improper behavior in church I should think it meet interfere with your Sunday nightie rest." " Noesir, it doesn't, thanks to you," re- plied the man. "Thanks to me! What do you mem 2" inquired the astonished clergyman. " Why, sir, ney son is learning short- hand. So, for prootice, he always takes down your sermon, and when I tan in bed he begins to read it to me, and I drop off to sleep in no time 1"-Excitange. Lord Mount Stephen and Sir Donald A. Smith, who gave half a million &Mats each to found the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, have, it is understood, /Welded to give another million dollars for the endow- ment of the bospital. Yon can't judge the extent of a meadis literary reputation by tile riumber of times hie productions are reed by himeelf. First Medicos -rd like to get an Alms house appointment, it's ouoh splendid practice. Second -You surprise me. 1 should say it was practice of the poorest kind.• . There are more eopies of the " Chinese Alinentto " vented annum:Ley than of any i other work n the world. The number is tatimated at Several milliants. It is printed at Peking anis a monopoly belonging to the Llturieron: , "1 aerie gaged Jennie," "To wheal / ' "1 deoloro i donit JanoVa. I Was introduced hire et ` o Dawrotibt ; he was ievely ; he loved me, teporied and% ati accepted, all in the emeefavatitegt 'Maier urietelys I Wet catch hie\ CAMAS , OSIssna„ fora., tit enrol:hi over -theatre rain ' storm did come up and he went home drenohed to the skin and took off the heads of the astrologers, pro- phets and seers before supper. Next morn- ing he had the old fellow with the jackass hunted up and brought before him, and offered him the post of weather prophet on account of his successful predictton of the day before,. "But," said the old man, the fate of his predecessors staring him in the face, "it wasn't me, it was the jackass that knew it was going to rain. I saw him point his ears." "Very well," said the king, "I'll appoint the ventage' " and, gentlemen,' wound up Lincoba withhis broad smile, the story ends with the remark that the jeokasses have been seeking office ever since.' " What Became of the Dose. Captain Orris A. Brown, who reoentiy paid Washington a visit, and who lives not far from the now historic Hog Island, at Cape Charles, Va. where Mr. Cleveland stopped for a short dine on his way home, is quite an interesting character with his kindly Southern ways, and by virtue of his aptness in tellieg a good story a desirable guest at dinner parties. One he told while in Wash- ington was of a man owning a stable of valuable horses. On being mforraed one day by the hastier that one of them was sick he wrote a prescription which he ordered the man to get filled and adminis- tered by blowing it through a rubber tube down the horse's. throat. In the course of time he went to the stable to see the effect of the remedy and found the hostler doubled up in a corner, groaning and twisting about in mortal terror, his black face ashy with fear. " What is the matter ?" he roared, with more or less Southern ernbelliehmente of a profane character. "'Deed, mars% 'deed, besot Poe pole,' sick," groaned the dusky veterinary nurse. "Mat in thunder have you been doing, you scoundrelly coon ?" "'Deed rood 'deed, reuse., I tried to do jett' es yo' tor me, but thinefini done goned. wrong. • I got do med eitd, an' I put it in de tuba 90'1 put de tube in de borise's mouf, but I °Ilion git it down in no how, case he done got de fest blow on me !" rilti Points Front Spurgeon. Drinking bier will poil good cheer. Who boozeth over grog will soon be in a og. Where etteireg drink entele folly centres. Small hoer gives meal cheer. The biggest poorhouse is near Girt lane. Dietiouaries deolare gin is a snare. Strong ale makes the drone' ail. "1 with you would get inc a couple of packs of cigarottee," said the eoriclemned murderer to the jail warden. " Oen% do Id," replied the officer ; " the Jew meet be allotved to tate ite eourse," Rev. Etelen G, Pattern dose tieitetioar iniettionery tvotk in twenty-emten towtts itt North Dekotte She has mew been invited to preach for three Months in Itenestorwit, the people to pay the exponets of the ser. V1908, Timely Appenrance. "May I ask you, madam," iequired but gentlemanly ealler at the froot door, re. Moving his hat, "if there titer Xl0ii been ve large emit successful °oohing sehoel in. thin neighborhood for some weeke "There hes," replied, the lady. "Some member Qf your family hes boom in Attendance, perhaps V' he ventured. "Yes. Two of my daughters attend itts'4` " !" rejohred the °eller, plemantlyt, "A good cookieg solrool is one of the ad- juncts of an ad.vauced oivflizatiop, 1 eine alwaya interested to note tire advance of a. community in the kuowledge of the gentle arts and enences that go to make np thee sum of human lumpiness. But I have ette lowed myeelf to forget the butheess open. yvhich I have ventured to call," he cone Untied, briskly opening e a small valise. "X • ere introduciug a email hut comprehensive work, entitled The /fforrible Ouse a Dyspepsia and Indigestion; How Cereal aad How Removed.' The price is only seventy-five ciente and 1 tan assure sroib 'natio'n-Thanks. 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