HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1893-6-1, Page 6EOWELL AND THE GAMBLERS.
$e Made Them Disgorge the Bride-
groom's Money.
THE BEIDE ALO TOOK A HAND.
A Montreal despatch frays : Mr. J. L.
Payne, Secretary to the Minister of Trade
and Commerce, gave a Star reporter a
;graphic account of a dramatic incident
which happened on the noon train from
•Ottawa yesterday, and in which the Hon,
Mr. Bowel] played the leading part.
"There were in the car," said Mr. Payne,
a' bealdea the Hon. 1!'leeere. Bowell and
Angers, several other groups worthy of
notice. Among them were three impressive,
but not attractive individuals, and a
4:rawly-married couple on their honeymoon.
iPhe three individuals first named wore en-
gaged in a out -throat game of euchre. They
-wanted a four -hand game and they invited
me to join them, I declined and then one of
the trio familiarly tapped the Minister of
Agriculture on the shoulder and aeked him
to take a hand ' just for the funof the
thing, you know.' He also refused and
then they succeeded in inducing the young
benediot to enter the game. Not many deale
ware made when the benediot remarked,
*By jove, if this were poker I would bet
heavy on this hand."
"How much would you go?" aaked one
of the trio.
" Fifty dollars," replied the benediot.
" I'll see you," said his euchre partner.
The money was put up and the newly
married man displayed three aces, but his
erstwhile partner showed four nines.
Then the young man returned and con-
fessed himself a fool to hie bride. But she
determined to assort her wifely authority
in the matter. She sought the aid of the
moat venerable man on the train to try to
recover the lost money. That man hap-
pened to be the Hon. Mr. Bowel. The
.Minister of Commerce went to the three
men who owned the cards and in-
formed them that he was (as he
is) the Acting Minister of Railways
and Canals. Moreover, he pointed out
that the laws of Canada made gamb-
ling a penal offence. Ho, therefore, inti-
mated that they should disgorge. They
replied that his ' little game was a dead
bluff.' Whereupon he called the conductor
and ordered the functionary to arrest the
gamblers and he would ses them prosecuted.
The conductor knew hewas a Minister of the
Crown. The gamblers saw that the conduc-
tor knew it.
Then they said : " Well, if there's going
to be any arresting, here's your fifty dol-
lars."
The young wife took the money and re-
turned triumphant to her wiser and hap -
Icier husband.
A. CHINESE DISASTER.
Slobbers Fire Mat Sheds and Over Two
Thousands Lives Are lost.
A San Francisco despatch says : Infor-
mation has been received at Hong Kong
that shown that the dieaater at Kam Ki
:some time ago during the progress of a fes-
tival, in which 1,400 lives were said to have
been lost, was far more terrible than at first
reported. While the performance of some
theatricals was in full swing, three mat
sheds, containing over 3,000 persons, wore
set on fire. The dry matting burned rapidly
and the supports giving way fell and suffo-
cated a majority of the audience.' One of
the mat sheds was occupied solely by women
and children, and when this was fired a
band of Chinese rushed in and seized the
best looking young women and girls to the
number of 30 or 40 and carried them away.
As soon as other people went to render as-
sietanoe at the mat sheds, another band of
robbers set fire to houses in the different
parts of the village and plundered the shops
of all that was available. Boats were wait-
ing at the river side, and the kidnappers
and robbers were able to make good their
escape. The Chinese state that nearly
3,000 persons were suffocated and burned
to death, and it is certain that over 2,000
lives were lost.
EIHIIBITION OF MALIGNITY.
wry Hatred ot Gladstone Shown at a Royal
Reception.
A London cable says : The reception of
the Prince of Wales at the Imperial Insti-
tute to -day was in every way successful.
The Dake of York and the Princess May
were cheered repeatedly by the thousands of
guests. Mr. Gladstone was present, looking
tired and irritated. A hostile demonstra-
tion was made by some of the ultra -Tories
When he appeared, which was comparatively
mild at first, but increased rapidly involume
and insolence. Despite the fact that the
Prime Minister was the gueet of the Prince
of Wales, he was received eventually with a
storm of hooting and hissing whenever and
wherever he was recognized.
The Times regards the demonstration
against Mr. Gladstone as " a lamentable
feat." " The event was regrettable," says
the Times, " because, after all, Mr. Glad-
stone was the guest of the Prince of Wales.
The demonstration was not organized,
however, but was a spontaneous and irre-
pressible breach of the conventions of
society."
Aberdeen Hair
Lady Aberdeen, who has charge of the
• Irish village at the World's Fair, is said to
be a remarkable woman. She Is not pretty
as pretty goes, but she is a handsome,
intelligent -looking woman, and her hair
being of a reddish oast of brown will be
.known henceforth when the color appears
en the heads of other young ladies as
Aberdeen and not auburn. It is not
alone more rhythmical, but it smacks with
a foreign air, and if our young ladies
cannot have foreign lorda and counts
for husbands they can have something
Loreign even though it be but in name.
No longer will the poets rave of the
maid with the auburn locks ; she will be
pictured with all the wealth and glory of
Aberdeen.—Bmg'alo News.
A Princess Growing Pretty.
Has it been observed (aska Hearth and
Home) that the Duchess of Fife is prettier
than when the married ? The photographs
may give a hint of this, but little more.
The face is becoming more and more like
that of her beautiful mother. She has
come tricks of manner which still more
forcibly reoell the Princess of Wales.
There is much the same gentle atatolinese
and grace of movement. But what is un-
fortunately lacking is the bewitching smile
—a smile which le almost a caress for those
$er Royal Highneaa loves.
France has'Ioat one of its greatest men.
M. Godilot is dead. Hie specialty was
boote. He had an enormous manufactory
near Paris, probably the largest of its kind
in existence, and would turn out an order
for, say, 30,000 pairs of boots for the army
with the utmost diapatoh. His name lives
in .the French slang of the day, forhis manu-
facture is so well known that Frenchmen
oommonly talk, nob of their boots, but of
their " godilote."
She—Your direct cemplimente, Mr
3quears, are in very bad taste. He (scared
out of trying to be gallant)—Er—I didn't
meas a word of them, truly,,. I didal't..
'SHAT CANA1iA !ACI{S WILLIAM ILLIAM IN ROME
An Official Woman Representative at the
World's Fair,
His Teutonic Majesty Tires Out Humbert
in His Craze for Excitement.
WOMENBANQUETED Ttj�n BY WOMEN Tournament and Review—A Peep Into
Yf lllLlt till UL i/U lD l WOMEN, the Royal Iced-room—Loyal Hranden.
Almost Persuaded to Become a
Woman Suffragist.
PALMER Housu, CHICAGO,
When I sent the brief
account a few days ago
of this wonderful congreee
I was in a very unsettled
condition of mind regard-
ing the general influence
of such a marshalling of
forces, but now I have
most decided views, and
they are that it has been
a success, and will arouse
enthusiasm and interest
in women's work, that
without such an inspira-
tion would have taken at least ten years of
ordinary progress to develop. It has
been a revelation of the capabilities of
women, and only those who have seen and
heard can begin to realize what has been
illustrated. The grand culmination took
place to -day, when the National Council
entertained the foreign delegates at
luncheon in the Richelieu Hotel. I have
often wondered what a woman's banquet
would be like. I never expected to par-
ticipate in one. Well, I can only say it
has been my privilege in the past to atand
outside and listen to the speechea, etc., at
a banquet given by men, and when we
consider they have been doing such things
for ages, what will they thick when I Bay,
and in all fairness and justice, that the
luncheon given to -day was superior in
every way to anything I ever witnessed?
The tables were artistically decorated with
"American beauty roses," smilax and ferns,
and when the chairwoman, May Wright
Sewall, asked the officers and patrons of the
National Council to stand for a moment, so
the guests would know who were their
hostesses, it was generally acknowledged
that it would be a difficult matter to find
such a group of dignified, womanly looking
women in any other country—that is if we
compare them with the representatives who
have been sent to the Congress, who are
unquestionably brilliant, intellectual ladies,
but in appearance are far inferior to the
American women, not excepting our
British representatives. Every foreign
country represented at the Congress had a
place on the "toast list," and instead of
the women replying for the men, as the
men do for the women at their banquets,
six gentlemen had the privilege of being
present and looking after their own inter -
eats. Imagine six women at a banquet
given by two hundred men !
SOME NOBLE WOMEN.
There is so much to tell that it is difficult
to select for a letter what will give even a
faint idea of this wonderful gathering.
How I wish I could with due justice de-
scribe Susan B. Anthony as we have found
her in our social intercourse ! if she ie a
specimen—and I think she is—of the woman
suffragist, and is it develop such noble,
lovable, unassuming women, then I say,
"Give us a vote in all things." Lucy Stone
is another Julia Ward Howe. Indeed, I
could fill pages with names of women who
have by their gradate manner, freedom
from aeldahnese, etc., mads their names
honored by all who have conte in contact
with them. I have always viewed the suf-
frage question with grave su.pieions and in
a rather unfaverble light, but one can-
not help being impressed with the
personality of its advocates as we have met
them here, I may say the same of the kin-
dergarten. After listening to a discussion
on the methods of kindergarten work, in
which our own estimable diroctreae gave
valuable assistance, I may say, in all
sincerity, its representatives were, to me,
the moat earnest, enthusiastic, cultured
women I have heard at the congress ; and if
any one should think it talree a small
amount of intellectual force to be a success-
ful kindergartner, I would ask them to read
the account of that department of the con-
gress, and then one would miss the inspira-
tion of the expression given to their subject
by the sweet child -love shining in the faces
of its exponents, who were presided over by
Mrs. Cooper, of San Francisco, and who
will never be forgotten by those who had
the privilege of meeting and hearing her.
wiwr CANADA LACKS.
Before closing this Ietter, I should like to
draw attention to the significance that seems
to attend the feat that wo have no official
representative lady either at the congress or
at the exhibition, and when Mrs. Potter
Palmer took the time ab a crowded recep-
tion to say to me " that the women of
Canada had not come to their assistance as
they should,"and ",they had expected more
help from their next door nei, hhor," I tried
to explain to her that I tiP•u;ht i+% was
owing to eo many chaeg: s i..,fng n.a.de fn
our Cabinet about the time the woman
representative question was brought about,
but she seemed to think that was not
sufficient reason. I came away in a very
resentful mood towards our Government
for their lack of coarteey and consideration
for the women of Canada, an'i bavo made
inquiries concerning the appeintmeut of
the foreign representatives. The result of
these inquiries has been to exonerate the
Government, and to discover that not suffi-
cient effort had been made by t:he women of
Canada to secure such reproeentatives, as
in tho other count ries it a as through the
organized effort of iho women such officers
received their appointment, Rhowing the
need of a national coanoii of women in
Canada to bring such matters before the
different Legislative Assemblies It would
take too much time and space to explain
why Canadian women should have an official
representative hero, but as I have had the
privilege of disouseing the question with
other members of the Board of Lady
Managers, I find it is not tee late
yet to appoint a representative
if only an honorary ono, and there is a lady
here—and who will remain in Chicago for
some months—a general favorite with the
Board, who has been through the Congress,
etc., and who would, I feel sure, be en-
dorsed by evory Canadian delegate ; would
it not be an aot of courtesy for our Govern-
ment to make an appointment, if only as an
evidence of appreciation for the unparal-
leled hospitality extended to the 1S Cana-
dian delegates who have attended this
Congress, and when we conaider what the
women of the -United States have
done in the way of providing intel-
lectual feasts, a woman's building
eta., is it nob only neighborly that the
women of Canada ahonld have the privilege
of showing their admiration for eueh efforts
by sending a representative with the proper
credentials to co-operate with the women of
other countries in assisting to make the
woman's department a 8neceae.
Pardon me for writing such a long letter,
bub if 1 wroth fora week the half would not
bo told., A D>alaisovrrn;
Integers Won't Learn Italian liteps—
Fanlastic Illurutnntton of the vatteun
—hest for the Weary at Lust.
EVER within the memory
of the most patriarchal
Roman has so much general
joy been effervescent as has
been turned on here since
the arrival of " William"
and the rest of the silver
wedding notabilities and
royalties. The city has
been in a chronic state of
excitement from early morn to dewy eve
and the hoi polloi have feasted their eyes
upon high class rulers until their optic
nerves have been fairly paralyzed with the
majesty of the real presence and its glitter-
ing aurroundings. William has kept the
ball rolling with his usual restlessness. The
last to bed and the firab to rise, he is out
and about wbilat the majority of his retinue
are wrapt in peaceful slumber. Hie two
aides-de-camp have had a rough time of it,
and have looked fib to drop from the heat
and excessive fatigue. William, however,
comes up smiling, and is always as fresh as
paint. How he does it is a mystery, and
to none more so than King Humbert, who,
although himself a soldier and in the pink
of training, bas had to admit that his
brother William, as he styles him, can give
him a long atarb and an easy beating in the
fatigue stakes.
WILLIAM'S PRINCIPAL PRESENT.
The principal present which Wilhelm
brought to the Italian Royal pair is a beau-
tiful silver statue of " Italia," the work of
Professor Reinhold Began, the well-known
sculptor. The figure, a woman with fiowing
hair, wears a diadem in which the stella
d' Italia isplaoed,in the centre of which is a
very fine diamond that the Kaiser chose
himself from his private jewelry. His
Majesty has expressed himself delighted
with the chaste beauty of the work, and
considers it the handsomest preaent he has
ever made to a friend. Among the enormous
quantity of baggage sent on before his
arrival to the German Embassy, was a
huge caeca which, on being unpacked, was
found to contain nothing leas than a balde-
quin ! For what use no one could imagine,
and so far no one has been able to discover.
Whether it is a peace offering to the Pope
or a plaything for Queen Margherita to
amuse herself with in the Palace gardens
is a secret William guards as zealously as
he dean the baldagnin itself, for he has bad
it removed to his apartments at the
Quirinal and deposited in a corner of his
reception parlor.
THE ROYAL BEDROOM.
The Emperor and Empress' apartments
are truly . magnificent. William's private
one consists of four large rooms and some
email onee. On the coiling of the bedroom
is painted an allegorical design, the Angel
of Sleep driving away bad dreams. Tbeee
latter are represented by a man tormented
by insomnia. The Empress occupies eight
large rooms; out of one leads a beautiful
conservatory, two waggon loads of flowers
having come from the Royal garden at
Tarin for its decoration. The bedroom is
furnished in Louis XV, style, the bed a per-
fect monument of carved oak. In the mid-
dle of one of the rooms is a splendid mosaic
table, representing the Chariot of the Sun,
drawn by four horses, with allegorical
figures of the seasons and elements all
round.
THE TEUTON REVIEWS THE LATINS.
The review was a gorgeous spectacle. All
the troops were in gala costume, all had had
a nice clean shave, and all looked spick and
span as if they had walked out of a painted
canvas. When all was over William was
loud in his praises to Humbert of
the martial bearing of his army.
The Bersaglieri particularly took His
Majesty's fancy. Their quick step and
lurching gait commended themselvoa
particularly to him, and he remarked to
King Humbert that he heartily envied him
the possession of anoh a wiry body of men.
" I have tried hard," said His Imperial
Majesty, " to teach my Brandenburgera
that step, but it is no use; they can't, or
won't, learn it ; and yet it is the one ambi-
tion of my life to poetess a few regiments
such as these." And well His Majesty's
Brandenburgers know it, as one of the Ger-
man entourage remarked, for they have bean
in constant training for the step, under
Italian instructora, during the last winter,
and are now as far off it as ever.
A MARVELLOUS SPECTACLE.
In the tournament at the Villa Borgheae,
which was without doubt the most brilliant
and picturesque exhibition ever given in
this or any other country, there were four
quadril?e3, two Italian and two German,
each consisting of thirty-six cavaliers, be-
sides the quadrille of honor with tho Prince
of Naples at the head of twenty-four
knights, a staff of twenty knights, twelve
halberdiers with the helmet, thirty with -
one, eighteen trumpeters. twenty grooms
and twenty servants, all the costumes being
those of the fourteenth century. The
Prince of Naples' costume was a magnificent
blue velvet hat, with hard narrow brim,
richly ornamented with gold embroidery
and precious stones, on the left a tufb of
feathers; a corselt of black, fitting tightly
to the figure, embroidered with gold on the
chest, and long sleeves, blue velvet breeches,
half -high boote, cream•colored tops with
gold and silk embroidery, spurs of the time
of Henry IV., belt -hilt of the sword and
gauntlets of doe thin.
NOTHING SEEN LIKE IT BEFORE.
1/Villiam went} into ecataoies over this
function and well ho might. With the
mountains rolling up in the background, the
weird and lovely country in the fore and the
quaint surroundings generally, it is im-
poaeible bo find words to sufficiently express
oho coup d'ceil as it was presented to the
on lr.oker. One teemed carried back "to the
actual reality of a past decade. Every-
where one turned were knights in armour,
pages of honor and fair ladies in the
gorgeoua raiment of ancient history. Add r5,
to this the local color which was in itself
perfection, and the acne may he realized.
Not the leaat interesting part of the show '
was the filing away of the cavalcade
through the streets of Rome, , headed by the
King and Emperor. The enthusiasm of the
populace knew no bounds and they went
nearly frantic with delight. With an ex-
citable people it wag more than interesting
to nota their antics. How half of them did
not die of heart disease is a marvel..
II.LUMIftATION• Or inns YATIOAN.
After the Emperor's ofifofal visit to tho
Pepe, he made a private one to the pieta's'
gaileriee, the museums, the gardens and', ^
library of the Vatican. In this latter the
Pope had re sumptuous luncheon prepared'
for His Majesty and suite. A third and ' '
last visit was made at night to neo the
muaettms.illurninated whichwan a,moctalive
-prising not to say fantastic sight, as the
Illuminations came from a special kind of
imp made on purpose and placed behind
the statues of marble. The persons of the
Pontifical Court each carried lamps with
opaque globes, so as; to keep the rooms in n
state of imperfect ahadow. This sight
right really be palled a moat unusual and a
romantic) one, and has never been made
since the vieit of the late Empress of Rus-
sia many years ago.
REST FOR TILE WEARY AT LAST.
Ab the time of writing the royalties have
departed for Naples, where more sights and
functions are in store for them. Ib is quite
a relief to revert once again to ordinary
evory-day life, and the general feeling in
Rome is that if Emperor William keeps his
own people going in Berlin as he has done
here ho must be a veritable terror, a gnome
of the north, whose cup of excitement is
never filled, whose insatiable appetite for
the never ending there ie no appeasing.
THE MYSTERIES OF ICEAUTY.
A ;Prize offered for the Moat Handsome
Woman Who {Yi11 Present Herself.
A New York newspaper 1s about to re-
peat the classic experiments of Paris and
offer a prize to the most beautiful women
who will present herself es a competitor for
it. To philosophize on the taste of this
performance is entirely nnneoeaeary, as the
originators of the plan probably recognize
its shortcomings in that direction as well
as the public.
The maid whose face is her fortune may
be serenely conscious of the fact, but she
knows also—if she be an enlightened nine-
teenth century maiden—thatno sort of asset
le more difficult to realize on ; and that in a
world where " handsome is as handsome
dose " entering a beauty thew is far likelier
to bring bitter and wormeaten fruit than
the glittering reward of the golden apple.
The constitution of beauty is complex,
not to nay mysterious. Its qualities are so
vaguely determined that we have not even
reliable connoisseurs on the subject. The
outward appearance of woman, like her
character, has commanded the severest
study of tho other sex from prehistoric
times, and the only possible reason that can
be given for the poor reaults Bo far obtained
is that it is almost impossible to pursue
scientific investigations with a plass of
animals which offers but one of a kind to be
investigated. Wherever man has sought
the perfection of womanly beauty he has
found it—usually in the first specimen in-
vestigated. Like Orlando, he has dis-
covered the perfect stature to be " just as
high as hie heart."
But beauty, as we all know, is not a
matter of stature, or form or coloring. It is
the ability to create a certain impression,
which is more or Ieas faoilitated by sundry
personal advantages. Mew of the daughters
of Eve are clever enough to bo beautiful by
sheer 'olition ; with others it in a more
complicated process. Some women—I say
it with reapect—are born showmen, as far
aa their own attracbiveneaa is concerned,
while others, with all the raw materials for
beauty which nature can bestow, never
attain a reputation for being more than
passably good-looking. The awarders of
the golden apple mint bear in mind that
beauty is an accomplishment even more,
perhaps, than it is an endowment.—Kate
Field.
A ST. JOHNS MIRACLE.
Eight Hundred and Twenty-five
Dollars Spent in Vain Efforts
to Regain Health.
Aar Engineer's Painful Existence uud
iYonderiulj� Rejuvenation — Hospitals
and hectors Failed to (Jure flim—Health
Restored by a Itennedy Almost"Forced
Npon Hint—A Story Worthy of a Careful
Perusal.
(The News, Si. Johns, Que.)
It is now some fourteen menthe since the
News commenced publishing reports of the
wonderful results produced by Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills, and every one must admit that
many of tho cures effected seemed little
short of the miraculous. The names of the
remedies which olaim to Dura all the ills
flesh is heir to are to -day legion, and what-
ever the merits and demerits of these pre-
parations may be there is no question as to
the great reputation achieved by Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People.
Some people no doubt laugh at these
stories and believe them to bo advertising
dodges to eatoh the unwary and rope in
some of their shekels. We have now
printed and published the News for nearly
half a century ; it enjoys the reputation of
being a high-toned weekly, with a large cir-
culation, and we naturally do business with
the advertising men of the day, and from
the reputation of the Dr. Williams' Medi-
cine Company, we have.novor had any rea-
son to doubt the perfect accuracy of the
cures related ; bub it is only now that we
are placed in a position to testify person-
ally as to the wonderful curative powers
of Pink Pills. The atory we were about to
relate, though no less remarkable than
others, regarding the same medicine natur-
ally impresses itself more upon -our mind
and upon the minds of others in the com-
munity because the party chiefly concerned
is known to us, and we aro enabled to bear
personal testimony as to the correctness of
his declarations.
The gentlemen who was a short time ago
so greatly afflicted is now almost as well as
he ever wan and cheerfully related his
story to the representative of the News, in
the hope that those who read it might be
benefited thereby.
Mr. Camille Dubuque is a man of 53
years of age, and has been a mechanical
engineer for 25 years, working on the steamer
Reindeer, which runs on Lake Champlain,
"and occasionally on the River Richelieu.
" Four years ago," Bald Mr. Dubuque,
while our steamer had an excursion party
on board for an evening run, I was rather
tired after a Iong day's work, and went up
on the upper deck to enjoy a smoke before
retiring. At that time I felt myself to be
in perfect health, but when I
went to my room I was taken with
chills and was unable to keep my-
self warm. Although that night I bad
but little sleep, I felt comparatively well
the next day. About a fortnight after I
was taken with frightful pains in my back
near my spine, and in my aide. I went to
the hoapital in Burlington, Vt., and was
treated there for three weeks, and then,
feeling but little better, I came to my home
in Iberville county, five and a half miles
DIVIDED COINS. from St. Johns. I was then doctored by a
Minted Pennies Cnt in - Two Once Passed medical man from Iberville. His treatment
seemed to relieve me very little, and I de -
For halt -pence. termined to visit Montreal and see another
English half -pennies have o curious origin, physician. This I did in March (three
and one little known to the public at largo. yearn ago) and put myself in an eminent
Half -pence were issued centuries ago by physieian'a care, who treated me from
English authorities and were nothing more March until July, and certainly did all he
than minted pennies cub directly in half. could for me. I did not stay in Montreal
Specimens of these coins have been dia- all the time, bub went backwards and for -
covered frequently among the buried trete- wards to see him. In July I got tired of
urea which from time to time have been nn- this and was beginning to feel down -
earthed in Great Britain. In Laucashlre in hearted. I then called in a medical
1840 were found a rare lot of coins, among man from Henryville, a village a few
which were several pennies of the time of. miles from:where I live, and he prescribed
Alfred and Edward divided in this way. for me over and over again, but by this time
Similarly divided pence of the titre of Ed- I was almost powerless to help myself, and
ward the Confessor have been found, and in no one knows what frightful agony I oaf-
apeaking of the discovery, in 1833, of a fared. For seven long months I sat in a
number of these carious half -pence of the chair with my feet on a lounge. I was an -
time of William the Conqueror, an unquea- able to lie down day or night and often
tioned authority stater) that they were thought that death would be a happy re-
probabably issued from the mints in that lief. Last spring my wife read an account
form, since the whole collection had evi- of a Saratoga miracle in the News and de-
denbly been in circulation. In the British termined to get a bottle of Pink Pills for
Museum, in London, are apeoimens of these me. I remonetrated ;with her, telling her
divided coins issued under various monarchs that it was tiaeleas spending more money,
from Alfred to Henry IIL, with the latter bub she persisted and wrote to Wight &
of whom the custom ceased. An eminent Co., druggists, of St. Johns, and had a box
archasologiet accounts' for the divided coins sent by mail. I: took them to please her,
by saying that this doubtless areas from the never thinking they would do me any
scarcity of small chane, which was in part good, but,- much to my surprise, after
remedied under the reign of Edward L by taking the •, bol' I felt slightly better.
the coinage of half -pence and farthings. We then bought another box, and by the
time that was gone I felt that they were
Some society papers are giving the June certainly helping me. I could now lie down,
brides advice as to the proper way to ap- something I had been unable to do for seven
preach the altar. Time brings its changes, long months previously. So I kept on
but the moat popular way is still by the old taking the Pink Pilia, and am now on my
bridal path. tenth box, and to -day I am practically a
new man. Last winter I had an attack of
la grippe. I took Pink Pills and they
cured me. We figured up to see the amount
of money I had expended in trying to be
Lord Houghton once said that social hap-
piness consisted in being asked everywhere
and going nowhere.
ti
enigs T �
'r" cured before resorting to Dr. Williams'Pink Worse.
Pills, and the figures reached $825. I will- • Penelope—Why are you weeping, dear,.
ingly tell you my story, and my wife cor- fa some one you loved dead i
roborates every word I say, in the hope Perdita—No ; worse. He's married !
that any one who is as unfortunate as I
have been may attain relief by employing
the same remedy. Put it in the News ;
some of my old fellow-werkmen will see it,
and it may benefit them as it has done
me."
When the News representative drove up
to Mr. Dubuque's pretty little farm -house
he beheld that gentleman chopping wood,
and looking a strong, robust man. A year
ago his neighbors thought him a doomed
man ; to -day they consider his cure as little
short of .miraculous.
Masers. Wight & Co., old and reliable
druggists of this town, assure us that Dr.
William' Pink Pills have an enormous
sale, which is additional proof that they
really. are what the manufacturers claim for
there.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pilin aro a perfect
blood builder and nerve restorer, curing
each. diseases as rheumatism, neuralgia,
partial paralysis, locomotor ataxia, St.
Vitus' dance, nervous prostration and the
tired feeling thorefrom, the after-effects of
la grippe, diseases depending on humors
in the blood, such es scrofula, chronic
erysipelas, etc. Pink Pills give a healthy
glow to pale and sallow complexions, and
are a specific for the troubles peculiar to
the female sytem, and' in the case of men
they effect a radical cure in all cased arising
from mental worry, overwork or excesses
of any nature.
These Pills are mannfaotured by the Dr.
Williams' Medicine Company, Brookville,
Ont., and Schneotady, N. Y., and are sold
only in boxes bearing the firm's trade
mark (printed in red ink) and wrapper, at
50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50. Bear
in mind that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are
never sold in bulk, or by the dozen or
hundred, and any dealer who offers cub.
stitutes in this form is trying to defraud
you and should be avoided. The public are
also cautioned against all other so-called
blood builders and nerve tonicd, no matter
what name may be given them. They
Pink Pilin. Ask your dealer for Dr. Wil.
Hama' Pink Pills for Pale People and refuse
all imitations and subatitutee,
Dr. Williams' Pink Pilin may be
had of all druggists, or direct by
mail from Dr. :Williams' Medicine Com -
patty from either address, The price
at which these pills are sold makes a course
of treatment comparatively inexpensive as
compared with other remedies or medical
treatment.
A PARISIAN TRAGEDY.
A. Fortner LGovenaness ot Lord butferin'e
Children Attempts Murder,
A Parse cable says : An extraordinary
shooting affair between women, which is
not without interest for the English colony„
in Paris, took place on the avenue Klober.
Mme. Celine Quintelet, a former governors,
fired three times on Mme. Carola Gratin,
the keeper of a lodging house, No. 82 rue
Lauriston. The circumstances which have
led up to this regrettable affair are at pre-
sent involved in a good deal of mystery..
Mane. Quintelet is 55 years of age. She has -
for a long time inhabited England, where
she was the governess of the children of
Lord Dufferin. For a number of
years " she bas been • a widow. She
has One child, a daughter, on whom
she has lavished all her care. The
girl is now 27 years of age, and.
when last with her mother Mlle. Quintelet
was reported to have an excellent education.
and a good style. But ehe was in feeble
health, the climate of England did not suit
her, and, hard to bear though the separation
was, Mme. Quintelet sent her daughter over
to ?anis and put her under the care of Mme.
Carola Gratix.
A year later Mme. Quintelet found than
her income was sufficiently large to allow
of her discontinuing work. She left London
and Dame to live in Paris. Here" the
mysterious part of the story commences.
Mme. Quintelet could not obtain an inter
view with her daughter, who obstinattly
refused to leave the boarding house. The
poor mother tried all means to see her
daughter. She complained that the affec-
tions of Mlle. Quintelet had been 'turned
from her through the influence of morphine.
Mme. Gratix, on the other hand, declares
that far from detaining Mme. Quintelet,.
the latter did not wish to leave the house
where the had always been the object of
such affectionate care. Beaidet, the said,
Mme. Quintelet was no longer a minor and
had not to receive orders from any one.
Such was the situation when Mme.
Quintelet met Mme. Gratix in the Avenue
Kleber. There was a violent quarrel be-
tween the two women, at the end of which
Mme. Quintelet drew a revolver from her
pocket and fired three shots at Mme.
Gratix, whom ehe accused of having caused:
the misery of her life. Only one ball struck.
Mme. Gratix. The wound was only a -
alight one, and after first aid had been.
administered in a chemist's shop Mme.
Gratix was taken to her home. Mme>.
Quintelet was arrested.
COULDN'T STAND THE DISGRACE.
A Parisian Governess Caught Shoplifting
Commits Suicide.
A Paris cable says : In the early part of
lent week the papers reported the suicide
of a young .American governess ab the Hotel
Rue la Pais. It appears that the young
lady went to the Bon Marche to buy some
souvenirs, and tempted by the sight of so ?T
many pretty things hid a small sachet in the
folds of her dress. She was caught in the
act, and was taken before the Commiesaire
of Police. The employer of the governess
found her there, and by pleading for her
succeeded in obtaiuing her release. They
returned to the hotel, and the governess
went to her room. In her despair ehe
opened a vein in her neck and bled to death.
The name of the young woman was Nellie
Howard, but beyond this the most per-
sistent inquiries of the police have not re-
sulted in any further information regarding
her family and other connection.. At the
inquest held yesterday the name only was
mentioned and the cause of her death.
How Kings Greet the Pope.
Visitors to the Pope, even of sovereign
rank, are expected to kin the hand of the
Holy Father. Long usage has established
the custom in his favor. Only twice in.
recent years has it been departed from.
King Oscar of Sweden, very simple.and
unaffected in his manner, so far forgot
etiquette aster kiss the Pope on both cheeks.
And Gen. Grant, President of the United
States, simply shook Pope Plus by the hand
with the hearty greeting, " How do you
do, air ?"
Ex -Hangman Derry in Difficulties.
Mr. James Berry, the ex -hangman, is fn
financial difficulties. He ie offering a com-
position of five shillings in the pound to his
creditors if they are willing to accept the
amount. If not he will have no alternative
to filing a petition, in which event it is•
feared the creditors will get nothing, as ho•
has practically no assets.
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s reap a pecuniary advantage from the won -
doffed reputation achieved by Dr. Williams'
Squelched.
Chappy—I weally believe I will study lan-
guages, doncher know.
Miss James—How perfectly delightful f,. �.
Yon will commence with English, of course
Workingmen in New York have sent
$15,000 to help the workingmen of Germany
defeat the Army Bill.
A drowning man will grasp at a straw.
So will a thirsty one.—Texas Siftings.
Dame Fashion informs us that the small
ace voila have quite gone out. A veil now
must entirely cover the chin, and is worn
much more looselythan has been the custom
for the past few years. Instead of fitting
smoothly over the face, it is gathered up in
folds at the side and fastened at the back of`
the head. Tissue and grenadine veils will
be much worn this spring, in colors to
match the hats.
SOMETHING TO REMEMBER,
if you're a - a•eaalba
or ailing woman:
—that there's only
one medicine so
sure to help you,
that.at can be guar-
anteed. It's Dr.
Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. In -
building up over.
worked, feeble,
delicate women, or
in any "female
complaint" or
Weakness, if it ever fails to benefit or
cure, you have your money back. It'f9
an invigorating, restorative tonic, a
soothing and strengthening nervine, and}
a safe and certain remedy for woman's
ills and ailments. It regulates and pro,
inotes all ho proper functions, improvep-
digestion "' enriches the: blood, dispels
aches and pains, brings refreshing sleep
and restores health and strength.
Nothing else can be as cheap. 'Witt
014 you, lily onlyyfor the good .YOU get.