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The Exeter Advocate, 1893-6-22, Page 2ADRIFT IN A DORY, Terrible Safferings of' Banks Eishermen Blown Out to Sea. *WAIVED LEATHER OFF THE OARS. A lieW York despatoh seys : Tossed boub on the ocean in an open boat for three days and foroedl by the pangs of hunger to aat wood and leather was the story told by two fishermen who arrived here on the steamehip Wells City, of the Bristol line, yesterday. Lenoir and Bremer:So mit out in a dory from their ship about 5 o'clock on the morning of May 30th to get the fish on it long line which waa anchored some distance from the ahip. The weather was foggy and quite a breeze wasblowing. They had just got the line acrose the dory when a squall came up. They clung to the line, but the wind blew with great violence and they soon had to let go of it and leeep their boat's head to the sea to prevent being -capsized. The wind continued to blow for hours with great fury, and carried them with it liway from their ship. When night canto they wore drenched to the akin and numb with cold. They estill oontinued to uee their oars to keep the boat's head to the sea. Neither of them slept et all that night, and morning found them much exhausted. They continued to row at intervals all that day, but they did not eight a vowel or catch a glimpse of anything that looked like land. Their boat shipped coneiderable water and they had to use their scoops bailing it out. Both men became very thirty and hungry during their second night) on the water, but they had nothing to eat or drink. They had not even a line to catch fish witb. Lenoir and Brenaut took turns at sleeping during their night's voyage. They only took short naps of an hour, though, as they were afraid they might both fall asleep and thehi boat be lost. They became so hungry during their third day'a voyage that they made a breakfast on some leather thet was bound about the oars where they enter the oarlocks. The leather did not take the edge off their appetite, and toward evening each selected a seat and chewed big pieces of the wood. Each gnawed a piece out of a seat eix inches long and about half an inch deep. Weakened from hunger and thirst and worn out with their exertions at the oars, both men sat down in the bottom of their boat and let her drift whither ahe pleased. 'Their throat e were parched with thirst, and their eyes were sore from the salt water and rain that had been blown into them. The Wella City hove In sight just as the dusk of night weir falling on June 1st Lenoir tied a coat on an oar, and they both held it aloft as a signal of distress. Captain Savage bore down on them and threw them a line. They were so weak they could hardly hold on to it BO as to get their boat alongside. Second Officer Wm. N. Hunter went down a ladder that was thrown over the ship's side, fastened a rope about the men's waists and they were drawn aboard. Young Breertut had on only a suit of oilcloth. Both men were given dry clothes and food. They will be turned over to the French Consul. MARBLED THE MAHARAJAH. An Irish Girl Wedded to a Distinguished Indian Potentate. A London cable seen : Indian society is greatly exercised over the marriage of His Highness the Maharajah of Patiala with Mies Florrie Bryan, the sister of his chief trainer. The story, as told by the Lon- don Graphic, is somewhat romantic. The Maharajah is ruler of one of the principal Sikh States, and is one of the meet re- nowned sportsmen in India. He has cer- tainly the beat stable in India, and hae spent large sums in promoting horse racing, his colora being generally to the fore in every leading event. He is the best polo player in the country, and it was but the other den, that his team defeated the crack teams of Calcutta, while he is enthusiastic • n all matters of sport. Speaking English perfectly, tbe Mahara- jah was quite a favorite in Anglo-Indian society ; but the Indian Foreign Office would never consent to his visiting Eng- land. Miss Florrie Bryan is the sister of Mr. J. Bryan, whom the Maharajah en- gaged some years ago to look after his stables. She is of Irish extraction, and, if not born' in India, has passed most of her life in that country. The Maharajah met her at a ball some twelve months ago and became enamored of her, but little was thought of the attacb- meat owing to the disparity in their social and racial positions. Three months ago His Highness gave a sea picnic in the Bay of Bengal, to which MiSS Florrie Bryan was invited, and then he proposed in set form, protesting that he would sooner lose his State than her. The result was that the lady consented to marry him, changed her religion for the purpose, becoming a Sikh, and early last month the nuptial ceremony took place according to the Sikh rite. The Maharajah was already married to a Sikh lady, who is styled the Ranee, but the European addition to the household is to be his consort—a proceeding which has given much offence to the Patiala family, and set on foot a number of dangerous intrigues. The Viceroy has expressed his disap- proval of the marriage, and it is said that the Government of India is taking steps to have the Maharajah removed from power and placing on the guddee another of his family. Meanwhile His Highness in busy- ing himself with some useful reforms, and his European wife is assisting him in placing his finances, which are eaid to be somewhat complicated, on a proper footing. MONEY FOR DERBT. Each of His Sons and Daughters Were Left aiLoo,000. A London cable says : The will of the late Earl of Derby has been proved and the personal estate sworn at £1,869,611, gross value. Lord Derby, among other bequests, left £20,000 in trust to each of the younger sone and daughters of his brother, Lord Stanley, of Preston, Governor-General of Canada. Hie five step -children all received "limiter legacies, and the three sons of one of them, Lord Arthur Cecil, £5,000 each. Sir Thomae Sanderson, one of the executors, receive') £10,000. The will paid probate duty of £54,063 and estate duty of £18,021. Literal. Yabsley—What is that medicine you are taking, Mudge Mudge—Iron. Yabsley—I thought you had quit all kinds of hard drink. There is an old Mexican law which pro- hibits a ninth marriage. Dentist—Will you take gas, sir? Patient —I think rd better. Dentist (to clerk)— Henry, make out a life and amildent policy for this gentleman—no extra charge, air— you see, competition is keen these days— what's the name, please ?—and we have to offer extras induciements to hold our trade; ell ready now, sir. FRANK Her Willie Developed a Great Taste for Iligh Living. DIVORCE, SHE TRIED TO LOSE RIM. A New York despatch Pay): Mre. Frank Leslie, whose varied matrimonial experi- ences have recently calmed much gossip, is again in the Divorce Court asking a separa- tion from her husband, William C. Kingis- bury Wilde. Mrs. Lealie met and fell m love with "Willie" Wilde, brother of Oscar Wilde, two years ago. " Willie" was a newspaper man. There was a quiet wedding and a brief honeymoon. " Willie exhibited from the start a fond - nem for liquor, his wife says, end on hie wedding night become intoxicated, and con- tinued the epree'Mrs. Leelie says, for a week. Penniless himself, " Willie " found fault with life in the Gerlach apartnient hornet and wanted a imanelon in Fifth avenue. Next the victoria was not ;Mynah enough for him, and he must have an Eng- lish stanhope with fast horses and gold hardness. Therm he purchased and his wife paid the bill. Mrs. Lealie, in her action for divorce, after reciting these alleged teas, says "Will" would not get up until dinner time, although she Was DUD on business at an early hour. She says that when he left his teeth on the bureau, forgetting to put them in his mouth, it gave him an aged and repulsive look which was not at all agree- able to her. Neither was it agreeable to foot his bills for $50 to $70 a week at the Laos Club for liquor. Mrs. Leslie Faye she paid his restaurant bills and his membership cluee in the Flame club. She also says he would steed up and mock her when giving recitations in public. Then came bills from Europe amounting to $20,000, which he was belted to pay, but wouldn't. At the Lyceum Theatre in New York on one occasion, after repeated visite to "see a man" during and between the vaits,Wilde arose in the box occupied by his wife and a party of friends, it is Bald, and insisted on talking to and ordering about the actors on the stage. This enraged the audience, and it was proposed to put him out of the theatre, but he eaved them the trouble by going out unassisted. Mrs. Leslie became so diegusted with her husband that she went to Europe in May, 1892, for the avowed purpose, an she told friends, of loving him in the vicinity of his mother's door, but " Willie " was enjoying too much the luxuries of this world as pro- vided by his wife to permit himeelf to be lost, and he followed close after his eponse. Mrs. Leslie had a conference with her mother-in-law and the latter's son. Mrs. Leslie announced finally that she would not support " Willie " in idleness any longer, and left telling him that when he had made up his mind to become an in- dustrions man he could talk to her of recon- ciliation, not before. She returned to this country and last fall began the action now before the courts. Since the suit was begun Mrs. Leslie de- clares she has been in receipt of from three to six letters weekly from " Willie," in which he has begged and coaxed to be taken back. Lady Wilde has added her prayer to those of her son and has told how "Willie" missed his carriages and the genial acosiety of his wife. AIRS. !MARGARET L. SELETHERD Abandons Her Libel Suit Against the Brockville "Recorder." Mrs. Margaret L. Shepherd, who recently appeared in this city in an anti-Romish crusade, has abandoned her libel suit against the Brockville Recorder. The case was to havetbeen trieclat the epringAssizes, she having obtained an interira injunction to prevent the paper publishing matter bearing on her life and character. The Recorder says: "Since then the same policy of delay has been pursued by the plaintiff, and all at- tempts to have her examined under oath have so far failed. After coneiderable delay an order was &Maimed requiring the plaintiff to furnish security for costa, giving her four weeks in which to do so. She appealed against this, asking for six weeks. The appeal was dismissed and June 41h was the day fixed by the court for furnishing the security. Thi e data fell on Sunday, thus reeking Monday, 5th, the last day." After references to the woman, and how she was taken up and boomed by memo citizens, the Recorder says "We propose at an early date to publish do short history of Margaret Shepherd, as she ie now called, from material now in our prime:salon, ob- tained in England, the Uoited States and Canada, from court recorde and other docu- ments, including some written by the fair heroine of the story herself." PRICELESS LA.CES hralLEN. Oueen Margherita's Treasures oisapneue in Transit to Chicago. A Chicago e eEpat, e :A etertlin disclosure was made et b,, World', Fair grounds Met evening, whee ebe pneeleme laces sent here by Queen f hely were unpacked. While the lacee were beJng taken out of their ce.ses and each piece counted, it was found that 30 piecee were missing. Cablegrams were immediately sent to Rome apprisieg the Queen of her great loss, for it seems as develooments thus far indicate that the los wibI no ie.,11 upon the Exposition Coropeny, their bond clot covering the safety of the lecea in transit. An effort was made to keep the discovery a secret, but customs officers dividged the startling news. - AAP/MO/VIA SIM V. I have always found very netrieive and 'Writable the soup made by tine terms:11s. : After cutting the tender tips to serve as petits pois cut the rest of the sralhs up and boil in Baited water until tender. Bring to a boil three pints of new milli and stir into this a teaspoonful of flour and as much butter that have been blended together. Rub the asparagua through a colander and add to the milk ; aimmer about a quarter of an hour, stirring often. Pee Emmet croutons in the bottom of the soup tureen ; just be- fore lifting from the fire stir three table- spoonfuls of cream into the soup. It mum) not boil after the cream is added. Miss Fuzzie — I want to break my err gagement with Mr. Sappie, but I don't know how to do it without driving the prior fellow to suicide. Little Brother—Why don't you let him see you in curnpepers.— Roseleaf. Ex -President Harrison leads a very quiet life in Indianapolis. He has not engaged actively in business, bub has a cleek in the office of his old confidential clerk, Howard Cale, where he transacts hie private business. "And now," said the editor', "bot us be thankful for one day of rest and get ready for church." "Yes," mid hie wtfe, "run out and chop mime wood, and milk the cows, and light the fire, and make the coffee and MAI the children, while 1 bang myheir 1" THE SEAL QUESTION, The British and American Counsel Make Their Final Demands. CLAIMS AND COUNTER CLAIMS. A Paris cable says : Sir Charles Russell, Sir Richard Webster, and the other court - sol representing Goat Britain before the Behring Sea tribunal of arbitration, to•dey asked the tribunal to find that the !searches and oeizures in Behring Sea mentioned in the British schedule, whether of ships or goods, and arrests of maeters and cites, were Riede by authority of the United States ; next, that the searches and aeieures were made in non-terrieorial watere for iie alleged tntreaohee of United States municipal laws, committed on the high seas ; and, further, that the said searches and seizures, impdeoninent of masters and crows, and the fine impoeed upon them, were not made, iefficted or impoeed under any claim or right of juriediction. except aucla as have been submitted to the decision of the arbitrators, The imizures set forth in the British schedule comprise twenty vessels. The first seizure, that of the Caroleime was made by the United States revenue cutter Corwin on August 18th, 3886, and the last, that of the Pathfinder, also made by the Corwin, on March 27th, 1890. Among these ves- eels seized was the Ada, fifteen miles from land, and the Onward,115 miles from land. None of the seizures made was within the three-mile limit, the Ada being the neareet to land and the Onward the far- thest off shore. 1Vleasrs. F. J. Phelps, James C. 'Carter and the other American counsel, propoeo that the tribunal find that the seizures took place under the authority of the United States'and that they were made over ten miles from any shore but that which and how many of the muscle set forth in the schedule were in whole or in part the property of Britieh or American citizens be a fact not parsed upon by the tribunal, nor obeli the values of the vessels or their contents be pawed upon by the court. The American couneel next propene that the tribunal find that the orders warning veesele to leave the Behring Sea were made by armed vessels of the United States, the commandeis of which were duly instructed to issue suchwarnings; and, further, that the District Courts of the United States, which condemned thevessels referred to in the schedule,had all the juris- diction and powers of Courta of Admiralty, including prize jurisdiction. Laritly, the American counsel propose that the tribunal find that the searches and condunnatione were not made in non -territorial waters for alleged breaches of the municipal laws of the United States committed on the high seas, and that tit:3 searches, seizures, im- prieonments and fines were made under the right and juriadiction of the United States. HE SLANDERED A PREACHER, And in Revenge he was Bung to a Tree by White Caps. SAVED BY HIS BROTHER. A Northfield, Minn., despatch says: E. B. Ford, a newspaper correspondent living at Dundee, three miles south of this city, narrowly escaped lynching last night. He is the correspondent for several newspapers, in wbich he has criticised the Mills revival meetings going on at this place. He also made a horst of enemies in Dundee layimmb- dishing scandalous statements about a 'Muns- ter there, on account of which the congrega- tion openly threatened him. in Ford received a letter on Wednesday warning him to leave the country before the end of the week if he wished to escape trouble. He laughed at the threat, how- ever, and last night ton men'clothed in white gowns and maske, went to his home and pulled Wet out of bed. They had him already hanging upon a tree when his brother appeared with a rifle and shot at the crowd. Another shot was fired and the White Caps dispersed, one at least being wounded. Ford had fainted, but is recov- eringto-night. He claims to know some of the mon who attempted to lynch hien and will swear out warrants for them. SPREADINGL_THE GOSPEL. The Work of the Bible Societtes in Turning Out Bibles. No work of greater magnitude is known to modern civilization than that involved in the circulation of the Holy Scriptures. How great it is is indeed impossible to state am curately. It is so great that the eocieties prosecuting it are no longer able to keep account even of the number of editions that have been printed and publiehed, and noth- ing like an estimate of the number of copies can bo made. The British and Foreign Bible Society of London, which is the oldest and largeet aoeiety of the kind, reports that it bat, eince its formatioe, distributed 131,• 844,796 copies of the Bible, the New Testa- ment and of poreions of the Scripture. The American Bible eocieties (of which there are five) have distributed over 60,- 060,000, and kindred eocieties elsewhere more than 21,000,000, so that through therm channels alone there have been more then 213,000,000 copies placed in circulation. As was Bald, there are no means of estimat- ing the numbers of copies tbab have been printed and sold or given away by other publishers or agencies. The copiee of strip. ture circulated in heathen lot& in the pre- aent century exceed in number all that were In the world from Mose e to Martin Luther, and are more than double the entire pro- duction of the prese f rom the printing of the first Bible in 1450 to the era ef Bible societies in 1804. The Bible, or considerable portions of it, is printed in 304 different langueges or dialects, so that there is hardly any portion of ehe entire globe which is not supplied witb merited copies of the gonpol in the 'alienates read hy the inhabitante. Dr. Plumer, in a tract which he wrote on " Hew to Uae the Bible," s$3,8 ehe.t in the thirteenth century two arches of London bridge cost £25, arid at; the same time aoopy of the Bible, with a few explanatory note, coet £30. The real value of the money or ito purchasing power is seen by the com- parison. In those days a laborer's) wages were only 9d a week, so that the Bible cost the entire wages in money of a labor- ing mon for 15 years. Lord Shannon, of England, is know among his friends as the Cowboy Peer." He was employed as a cowboy on a ranch in Manitoba for several years before he in- herited the title and estates. A table is a queer thing. It le said to groan under the good things that are piled on it, while the stale jokes that are driveled go ings are ea en are sup- , posed to set the table in a roar. " After the grip, wntie T tomes art ex- change. In the ease of the secret moiety man, it is probably the pasnevord. LINTS OF LONDON TOWN. Wales Invites 15,000 People to House Warm His New Institute, MAY DEFICIENT IN ART OF BOWING Liietery itencate Itself in a Tork Marriage - A French Sorcerer Tolls Edinburgh's Pate -The Duchess and Her Remo" Stone --A Ulmer+ of Dowagers "Go Herne --Lady A. and Her Betting* Book. "0 far as Londe:nem are concerned they have bid adieu for the season to Her Most Gracious Ma- jesty, their Queen andEmpreeswho hes packed up hor treoto and gone to Bal- moral, where she will stay until ouch time sett pleaseshertore- turn for the nuptials /////fmeteem of Prince George and bin Pda'y. .As the old ledy never troubles the metiopolle for more than 48 hours at a time with her presence, she will not be miesed. As a Weetend storekeeper remarked the other day : " We might just as well not have a Queen. Certainly a live ono, for a dummy world do juot as well." This good luau itirther went on to say that he was 35 nem of age and although he had lived in London all hie life be bad never yet cast oye on Her Majeety. And his is not an iaolated case. Them are thousionds upon thoutiands of London ers eimilarly placed,and whoee only acquaintance with their ruler's lineaments is through ecanning her features in the photo store windows. WIIITE:t ELEPHANT ON TEE min. The Impelled Institute has held its &et function after the grand opening, and a seething mass of humanity crushed,equeezed and crowded one another allover the vast building. The occasion was a so-called "reception" by the Prince of Wales ; it wee only a reception in name, for His Royal Highness took no part in the proceediugs betond dining in the building and keeping away from the gueets he bad invited to meet him. These gueets numbered over 15,000, of whom 8,000 were fellows and for wbom something had to be done in return for the $50 tbey had each paid for the privi- lege of writing F. I. T. after their names. This clever dodge of raising the wind,which was quite an invention of Wales' hair real- ized the nice little sum of $400,000. Thai, liovvever, appears to be not enough to satiate the ever open maw of this Imperial gold -sucking vampire, for it is now an- nounced that another half million of dollars is wanted, and must be forthcoming from somewhere. The Colonials may find it, but the British nation never will. ,TWENTY YrirE CENTS ADMISSION. Otte tozto As an exbibition of producta the institute Is at preeent a fiasco. When the exhibits arrive, which they will no doubt do in course of time, the abow will afford relaxa- tion for one visit; after that no one will go near it. To help in gathering money a charge is to be made of 25 cents for admis- sion isfter 3 p. m. daily, when bands will play in the small gardens attached to the building, and a thorough commercial hued - nese carried on under imperial auspices. This part of the venture will no doubt prove pleasing enough, for, with tbe exception of Earl's Court, there are no places of outdoor amusement in the metropolis where the -jaded toiler sari ' enjoy himself on 'a BUM- mer's evening. GUESTS FOR THE WEDDING. The wedding of Prince George and Prin- cess May is going to be arranged ori dif- ferent lines to the one which was so and- denly prevented, but the same gimlets) may be expected, and the King atm Queen of Wurtemberg among tbe rest. William IL and his handsome Cowart will show up well as highly creditable connections on the Teck aide; the beat to be found. The Queen of Denmark is a venerable link between the high contracting parties, being &et amain to the Duchess of Teck, and mother of the Princees of 'Wales ; but Her Majesty has arrived at an age when, like Queen Victoria, she prefers that a fuss ehould come to her, rather than the should trarel to meet it. Many other important personages will bave to be invited, as a matter of form, with the secret hope that they will stop away and send presents to represent themselves. Any- how, the bidding of gueete will be a ticklish affair, largely affected by Queen Victoria's state of nerves. MAY TO LEARN HOW TO ROW. Princese May must take lessons in the are of bowing in acknowledgment of the ac- clamations the will •receive whenever the appeara in public. It is surprising hoar - much the popularity of a royal personage depends upon the simple fact of her thus winning the hearts of the crowd. Every- one adoren the Primmer) of Wales—hundreds of thousands who have never been brought int o contact with 1 er, -who, in fact, have only had the opportunities of seeing Her Royel Hiebncea afforded by her occaeional public uppearancee. And her popularity may be traced almost entirely to the whi- ning and graceful way in which she smilingly bows her thanks to the cheers of the public. It is solely on the score of the ab- sence of this subtile power to please the crowd that the Dachems of Edinburgh re- ceives so scanty a welcome on great public ceremonies. Royalty has a aingular part to play to keep in touch with the crowd, and May is fortunate enough to have already conquered the: goodwill of the British SIMILARITY IN MARRIAGE OF' A eli,EVIoUS YORK. It is a well-known fact that history is bound to be repeated, sooner or later, but the only case which at all parallels the forthcoming royal marriage is that of a pre- vious Duko of York. The fnfant it Katherine of Aragon arrived at Plymouth in 1501, wan married to Art hue Prince of Walee a month afterward, and then became s widow in the short apace of eighteen wean. The well- known meennets and parehnony of Hears" VII. made him very unwilling to restore the dowry of nearly $500,000 which had been paid over by Ferdinand V., added to which the son of the Duke of Clarence had been duly decapitated as a preliminary to the marriage treaty, which had "hong fire," pending the demise, natural or otherwise, of bhe last male heir of the Plantagenets. So the widowed Katherine was at once betrothed to her brother-in•law, the Duke of York, then 11 years of ago, a Papal diepertsittion heviog been &at granted. The marriage, however, was postponed until the :3rd of June, 1509, when the royal bridegroom had just ascended the throne as Henry VIII. Wareham, the Primate and Lord Chancellor, wag very much oppoded to the union, hub it was generally popular, as Katherine had become acclimatized, abd the young people lived and loved for twenty - /ear yeare„ sithongh the Queen had any- thing but "& high old time"ef it, and wee ultimately ditwerded for the mike of " brown girl with a won and an extra finger." TROUBLE WITH ETINUTEEGU'S KIDNEYS. The Duke of Edinburgh has been advised by his physicians to take a mare° of the watera of Kiseingen during his etay in Ger- many. The Duke is suffering from an affee- tion of the kidneys, which muses him the grenteat inconvenience. His Royal High - nen himeelf ace:Jou:ate for it by the fact of hie having for a time drank time bad water while at Malta. The Duke has always been a very temperate man in every way and beefsteak and onions and champagne are what he likes moat, though nowadays he partakes aparingly of either. EORET01,13 BY A ERENCII SORCERER. The famoua Edmond, the magician and fortune teller of Paris, who hare been con• stilted by everybody who te anybody, told the Dube of Edinburgh many years ago, among other very extraordinary things, that he would die by water. Royal Alfred has always looked upon this as referring to death by drowning, and very naturally, being a sailor. But now another interpreta- tion of the seer's prophecy is forcing itself upon the notice of Victoria's second son, who, without being so superstitious as his Imperial wife'is, neverthelees not such a simpleton as to treat as idle tales the extra- ordinary words spoken to him by Edmond, many of which have already come true and all of which connected with His Royal Hight:wee' past were absolutely correct,. Concretions of various kinds are found in the stomachs of herbivorous quadrupeds, very generally having for their nueleus some small indigestible substance which hae been taken into the stomach. The value of the bezoar being euppoeed to !norm° with its size, the larger ones have been hold for superstitious purposee, particularly in India, for very high pricee. The virtues of these stones fall abort in the power of preeerving the wearer from a violent death, so that the Czar keeps his bezoar to ward off disease, not the dynamite of bia Nihilietio enemies. The Duke of Edinburgh does not believe in the bezoar stone, but does believe in the waters of Kiesingen. TWO DOWAGERS ?ASS IN THEIR CHECKS. loes in one abort week of two such social veterans as Maria Marchioness of Aileabury and the Dowager Lady Down - shire reduces still further the diminiehing list of the links which connect with the early years of the present century. Lady Ailesbury's family aesociatione were eseen- daily social and by no menus of the same heroic stamp as those of Lady Downshire, whose gallant and amicable father, a stout- hearted warrior, who died at the ripe old age of 93, has left his name writ large in Britieh military history. The family tra- ditions do not exactly promise to be con- tinued in the present generation, but young Lord Downshire's marriage holds out the hope that a worthy descendant of the hero of Bhurtpore may soon again grace the house of Hill. The death of the Dowager will send into tem- porary retirement, just at the very height of the season, quite &number of families, for the relationships of the worthy lady were numerous—Lord Trevor, another uncle of the young Marquess; Lady Bective, his aunt; Lord Cawdor and Lord Emlyn— merely to mention the names of those who first suggest themselves. Lord Downehire, however,willbe quite as smart in his mourn- ing as he has been up till now in those more fanciful costumes for his indulgence in which he has already acquired quite an enviable reputation about town. MARIA AS A BOOKMAKER. Among some of the best atoriea told of the late Maria Menchioneas of Aileebury is that of her tribulations as a bookmaker on one occasion, now a quarter of a century ago. Lady A's. betting -book was well known to her triends. On the occaeion in question, when the Middle Park Plate was won (in 1867) by Sir Joseph Hawley's Green Sleeve, for which the Marquis of Hastings' Lady Elizebeth started first favorite, Lady A. was in a terrible state of mind as to her looses. The young Marquees had backed his own filly for an enormous sum, and on the conclusion of the race wart about to make his way from the stand, when Ledy Aileebury piteously besought his lordship to look over her hook and tell her how she stood. The extreme courtesy of the Marquess was shown in the kindly manner in which, though himself so heavy a loser, he totted up the bewildering figures —a woman's notes are not always too clear— and after the calculationhe calmiy in- formed the fumingMarchionees; "Youare out just abouttwenty pounder, Lady Aileabury," and he marched off to Bottle his own big lessee, which eventually ended his career and his life. A mong:Well•linown Men. Edwin Booth had bis first speaking part on the stage when he was a lad of 10 years. When Bismarck was a cavalry officer he was awarded a medal for rescuing a groom from death by drowning. Pope Leo XIII. has received as a gift from the Czar of Russia two euperb vases, eight feat high, with pedestals made of jaeper. The Duke of Edinburgh, it is understood, is among the heaviest sufferera in Eng- land by the recent bank suspensions in Australia. Prof. T. K. Cheyne the distinguished Biblical scholar, of Oxford, is almost blind, and yet he has written several books the preparation of which required a vast amount of original investigation. The Emperor of Russia's fear of Nthilista does not appear to affect bit appetite. He eats five meals a day, beginning with an early breakfast and topping off with a light supper before going to bed. Dr. Marshall Lang, of Glasgow, the new moderator of the Church of Scotland, is well known in America, having visited this coun- try twice. His brother, Rev. Gavin Lang, was for years the minister of St. Andrew's Churoh, Montreal. Mr. Henry:Furnies bas found it unprofit- able work to car icature women, Ho says that on the few times in which he has yielded to the temptation he has raised much ill -feeling, and he ha a decided that women, as a rule, beck the sense of humor. Janice Brown Potter, the lumband of the lady who is engaged in the task of elevat- Mg the ntage, is it tall, slender man of 55 or 60, and is it member of the Downtown Club in New York city. He is very dignified and reserved. Whether he has a divorce from hie actress wife is one of the queetions the members of the club do not discues, The Maharajah of Kapurthala, whose weelth is as extensive as his name, ie Beton- iahing the people of Carlo, where he him stopped on his way to England, by appear- ing in public wearing bracelets of pearls as largo as pigeon's eggs and heavy necklaces of diamonds and 'emeralds. Otherwise he is a sensible young man and talks of coming to the World's Fait,. No matter how cheap quinine may be it is always a drug in the market. The covetous, the prodigal, the supersti- tioue the libertine and the coffee-house politician are all Quixotoo in their tieveral waye.—Fielding. WAR VESSELS BLOW UP, A Few of the Historical Disasters in the British Fleet, DEATH AFTER THE BANQUET. UR readers will be in- terosted in this narra- tive ef disesters to the deed fleet on the water, as given in At the Year Round : The Edgar, a fine •4%.0 . seveuteateuregun ship ta=tee' jueb returned from American water, in 1711, blow up in Portsmouth harbor, with great lore) of life, few escaping out of O crew of 800 men. Cruieing off Corsica in 1794, the Ardent, sixty-four gime, took fire and blew up, with the logo of all her crew of 500 men, In the Sarno year the Impetuouse, line -of -battle ship, was burnt and blowu up inPortemouth harbor, but most of her orew escaped. In the following year the Boyne, of ninety-eight guns, midclenly took fire at Spithead, while moored iu the mideti of the Channel Fleet. The crew jumped overboard and were meetly saved by boats from other ships and the shore. The ship's guns were', ALL LOADED AND SEOTTED, and, as the fire gained it mestery, they went off oee after the other, and as the burning., Ship drifted from her recoritige, and with - the flood -tide made for the barborimouth, she carried before her consternation and dismay. Fortun at el y tho great ship - grounded on the mends off Southsea, and soon blew up with a report that shook all Portentouth to ita foundatione. The death- roli of twenty souls included two seamen of the Queen Charlotte, killed by a cannon- ehot from the burning veesel. In the following year, 1796, the Amphiou. frigate was making good defects in Ply- mouth Sound, laehed to it hulk alongside. All was festivity on board—the captain was entertaining brother captains from other shipe. The wardroom officers aleo had a dinner going on, and it is thought that there were more than a hundred guests on board,. of all ranks in life. An observer describes how the Amphion of it sudden appeared 10. rise in the air till her keel came into view,, HER MASTS WERE SHOT UPWARDS into the air with a debris of timber, iron and human remains ; next moment there ware, nothing left of the Amphion but dense - wreaths of smoke and a tavgle of floating wreckage. Yet the first lieutenant was, eaved with fifteen of the crew, blown into the water uninjured, and one of the visitors. it little child, hurled from its mother's arrns,i who had been 'shattered to piccea by the ex- plosion. This was an era of explosions, for not long after, in 1798, the Resist &nee, 44 guns, sail- ing in Malaysian watera between Sumatra. and Borneo, was struck by lightning, when, her magazine exploded and she was totally destroyed, while 12 of her crew were saved out of 300. The survivors were mad a pris- oners by the Malays, and experienced many sufferings and adventures betore they found themselves again under the British flag. DEATH AFTER TILE BANQUET. A terrible disaster, too, occurred to the Sceptre, 64 guns, which lay at anchor in Table Bay in 1799. There had been much feting and feasting between the ship'si officers and the reeidents at Cape Town, and the guests had hardly gone aehore from a supper and ball on board the Sceptre when a howling gale came up from the ncrthwest with a heavy sea, ao that the Sceptre began to drag her anchors and drift towarda the shore. Adding to the imminent:, danger a fire broke out, end the thip blazed fiercely while she drove helplessly before, the wind. The flames were only quenched, In the boiling surf in which the gallant ship, struck and went to pieces, within eight and hearing of those who had gathered on the- ehore to render what aid they could - Forty -seven of the crew struggled ashore, or were dragged out of the surf, but the cap- tain and two hundred and ninety seamen and marives, between fire and water, miserably perished. THE CHARLOTTE'S COOL CAPTAIN. Cruel, too was the Icon of the Queen,: Charlotte, a fine line-ofbettle Ehip ef ene hun- dred gums, it sister shipto the Royal George, which bad experienced such a sad fate just eighteen years previously. For it was in,. 1800 that the Queen Charlotte formed part e of Admiral Lord Keith's fleet in the Medi- terranean, and sbe was lying off Leghorn when sbe took fire and burnt with tech - rapidity that only one bundred and sixty- seven were saved out of her crew of eight hundred and fifty men and officers. The , captain, when lad eeen, was tranquilly making a report of the occurrence to the Admiral in command, of which he gave several copies to seamen, begging them to save themselves if poseible, and their despatches. The next great loss by fire was that of the Ajax, a fine seventy-four gun ship, which had shared in Rodney's victories ami In the great Battle of Trafalgar. She WM with Duckworth's fleet in the Darditneliew In 1807, when she took fire and blew up off the Wand of Tenecles, with a loss of two hundred and fifty men. We shall have to pees on to the year 1864 to chronicle another fire lose'that of the Bombay liue-of-hattle ship, off the port of Monte Video, happily not attended with loss of `life. Then we come to the year 1881, when tbe Dottrel blow up in the Straits of Magenta:), when only twelve men Escaped out of ono hundred and fifty. The man who delights to get up with the lark is never seen out upon one after darka " What did the children of Israel do after they came through the Red Sea 1" asked a New York Sunday echbol 'teacher. " Dried their °Rebore I ispose," cried Tommy Amsterdam. immeta,smownateem.........osermatram..-noasarsullargattazirur... TWO EINDS OP 177-,0212111r need Dr. 92ierce'S Favorite Prescrip- tion — those who = wont to be made strong, and those who want to be made well. 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