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HERCULES,
Ernest Saildow, Who Tosses Up Men
and Lifts Three Horses.
HIS ENCOUNTER WITH A BULLY.
A•
alte vonquiened Cyclops .and Setup.
eon—ilis Carty atistorn—leis Measure;
mouts—Some Of Nits Great Feats of
strength-
Evneat Sandow, the
modern marvel of physi-
cal power, beeide whom
the overage man is puny,
made hie American debut
r. few days ago in the
119,1 " New York Casino before
a private gathering of
neteL"'4* about two hundred per-
, sone, many of whom
• were medical men. It
-swan herd for the specta-
tors when a ;a:datum
light was turned on the
tgurestandlug oa a pedestal in the back of
the darkened stage to believe that it was
.Vndeed flesh and blood that they beheld.
•Nnich knots and bunches and layers of
muscle they had never 'before seen off the
statue of an Achilles, a Diecobolus or a
ghting gladiaton
The face was that of little more than a
boy—smootb, wibh rosy cheeks and a little
blonde muatache. The chin, however, was
square and heavy. The neck was massive,
and the shouidere seemed a yard apart. The
arms looked...as bhoeigh hickory nuts and
walnuts hadaomehow beim forced under the
skin, causing it to 'bulge out in abrupt
lumpe. Layers of muscles three inohes
thick covered the chest, and on the abdomen
we a suooeseion of
nonas OP MUSCLE
thab one could tell even from a distance of
several yards were hard as iron.
Below the waist the development was no
less remarkable. The thighs were "big
etround as beer kegs," some one said, and
the calves were in proportion. The ankle
and foot, however, were comparatively
small.
"See how hie ribs show ! said a phyai-
clan, as Sandow;suddenly changed his
position and flexed the musefee of the upper
part of the body. I thought they were ribs
too until I felt them. The ridges .that
stood out so plainly were of muscle, and not
of bone, "They are rudimentary in most
men, and they don't know how to develop
them," Sandow said. "That is the reason
they are eo infrequently seen."
When a delicate child he asked his father
why men nowadays didn't reeemble the
statues,. • His father told him that in olden
times people walked instead of riding, and
didn't care for comforts which make modern
rnen weak. The ancients were not lazy.
WOULD BE A REROULEs.
tung Sandow's ambition to beoome like
th batuee he had seen was fired, and he
asked his father to buy some books for him
explaining how he,
too, might get strong.
The oldgentlemanboughbhimsome workson
• physiology and anatomy and the boy began
to study. When he was 18 years old he
went to the University of Gottingen, and
afterward to the University of Bruesels, in
Belgium, where he anulted anatomy. In
ethe meantime he had 'prat:deed assiduously
with dumbbell's, and had discovered, he
claims, a system which would make any
enan strong. The weights he used were
smallnhid heaviest dumb bell weighing five
pounds.
It was in Me eighteenth year that
Scindown wonderful strength • began to
develop. Before that it had not
been particularly noticeable, but now he
began to surpalis all his comp:miens in
feats of- etrength. Great muscles formed on
his body, and his reputation as a "strong
boy" spread. He gave frequent private ex-
hibitions of his mat mu:molar power. The
Idea of becoming a professional, athlete had
weever yet entered his mind.
BOW HE MET SAMPSON.
While in Italy in 1887 Sandow met an
/English artist named Hunt. The artiet
was impreseed by Sandow's physique and
i told hine of the wonderful feats of strength
of one Sampson, who wee giving perform-
ance:tin:the Amiarium in London. nampson
offered' £1,000 • to any one who could
duplicate his feats of strength, and he had a
pupil, Cyclops, to duplicate whose feats he
offered £600.
Sandow heard this at 4 onlook in the
afternoon. At 6 o'clock he was on his way
• for London. On arriving at his hotel he
put on a dress suit and went to the
Aquarium, where Sampson was giving his
performances. He spoke very little English
.at the time, and asked a young German
whose asquaintonce he had made to go
along with him, at the same time announo-
lug his intention to accept Sampoon's chal-
lenge. Ins countryman laughed at him and
. told him he was crazy, as he didn't know
i-Indust sorb of a man Sampson was.
"You don% know what I have under my
eleeve either " said Sandow. "Just feel."
•I f
'The young German took hold of Sandow's
• term and then beide," I will go with you:"
tSandoW and his friend took front seats at
ale Aquarium. Sampson, instead of his
‘eieual,challenge of £500,on behalf of his pupil
,Cyclope, on this evening offered but £100.
daandown companion jumped on the stage
.and said he had a friend who was ready to
.accept the challenge as soon as the money
ethoold be posted. The money was placed
Ain the hands of Captain Molesworth and
aohen Sandow went on the stage. He was
droned in evening drees and wore a single
A syellass, which heyvith difficulty prevented
%from falling from his eye.
TEE senentexons JEERED
• and hooted and :shouted to "chuck the city
ohap out."
Sendow stepped behind the wings and in
moment reappeared in silk gymnasium
nights. His deep chest and enormous rins
were bare, and the epectators, as they saw
the play of the muscles at every move-
ment of the young giant, ceased
teheir jeering and became very quiet. Seenp.
non, who had jerked bis thumb derisively
tet Sandow as he came Upon the stage and
*aired him not to delay the performance too
long, turned whin while Cyclops looked
?positively feightened.
Cyclops could see by the muscular de-
velopment of his antagonist that he would
have to do hie greatest than to win. Thule
econsisted altogether of lifting dumb -bells in
varioue positione. As he performed ern
goat Sandow did it, too, and with more grace
and eats Ab the cloth of the performance
leandow demanded his money, but it was
not until he had duplicated :several ether
petformances Of Cyolope, Which were no
. on the wtogremme, then he secured the £100
anren flit 41,130 PRIES. [ '
Seeielow neefttoid 8arapson he was ready
to Malabar+ atteilipteo, win the i1,000 prize.
Sampson turned to the audience and said
that he ivetteompletely upset and very nen,
. r
VOUS ; that/ he had been, taken entirely by
eurprlse and was not prepared to meet the
etre:Igen He oak; howeyer, theft he would
make a Match with him for Immo time in the
future.
The two giants e did eventually meet
Sandow elaimed that he cluplieeted every-
thing Sampson did, but he eaid he nevergot
the prize offered and was finally obliged to
compromise for a considerably emoller sum.
It was while in London on this trip thab
Sandow decided to wake money out of his
strength. He accepted an coffer from the
Alhambra of £150 a week. He was then
20 yeare old. He has been iving profee-
eional exhibitions ever shwa ' •
AN ADVENTURE IN rants.
He was in Paris with a friend afber his
first season in London and the two went
to a Milian:1 parlor. While they were play-
ing and chinning in Germ= several French-
men entered.. They teemed to take offence
at the use of German in Paris, and wanted
to know why the foreigners , couldn'b keep
their "sewage" language wiaere it belonged.
Sandow and his Wend took no notice of
the remarke, wbiola were made in French,
though they understood that language per-
fectly, but entered the cafe aaljoming the
billiard parlor and had something to eat.
They were followed a few minutes later by
the Frenchmen.
Sandow was laughing when one of the
Frenchmen, a big, muscular fellow,' who
:learned to think the German was laughing
at him, walked over and slapped Sandow on
the cheek. Sandown friend jumped up to
resent the insult. He did not at that: time
know of Sandow's inn:none° strength. San-
dow pulled him baok into' his chair.
"If you do that again," said !tandem to
his assailant, "you will find that you have
come to the wrong address."
"There's one on the other side to keep
y ou straight," said the:Frenchman, slapping
him on the other cheek.
"He thought I was a coward, I suppose,"
Sandow says, "and he struck me on the
nose so that the blood ran and stained my
shirt bosom ond, my new light suite That
made me real °roes and I jumped at him
quickly."
A MIGHTILY SURPRLsED BULLY.
"1 caught hold of him," continued San-
dow, "by one leg, just under the knee,
with my left hand, and by the batik of his
neck with my right. I lifted him up where
hie friends could see him, so." Sandow
held both hands straight out before him,
" and then I knooned his knee againet his
head. I eat him down on the table where
he had been eating, and he went right
through it. His friends stood surprised,
like so many pieces of cheese.
"A waiter ran for a gendarme, but when
the officer came in the manager begged him
not to touch me, but to get moregendarines.
n told him it was not necessary, for I would
go along quietly. However, they gob six
more, and I Went with them no the station,
while an ambulance took the Frenchman to
the hospital. PeoPle from the oafe followed
and told my story, and I was discharged.
"1 was very anxious about the men I had
hurt, and I called at the hospital the next
day to see how he was getting on They
told me he had concussion of the brain and
internal injuries. I stayed in Paris for a
week, simply to learn how he was getting
along, and lefb only when I found he was
getting better. He always refused to
aee me.
Tama MEET rannrneo.
"1 was pertorming in London at the
Tivoli the following season when one even-
ing I received °ends from two gentlemen. I
met them after the performance and took
dinner with them at the Savoy. The face
of one seemed familiar, though I could
not place him. Afber dinner the gentleoiau
with the familiar face said : '1 seeiMr.
Sandow, you don't recollect) me.' He told
me that for many years he had been inter-
ested in athletics. He had heard of my
performances and had come to London to
see me.
"'1 nearly dropped,' he said, when I
mew you on the etage.' He broke into tears
and crying, 'Forgive me, I will be your
best friend and a brother to you he threw
his arms around my neck and kissed me.
Of course I was very much ashamed before
all the men who were standing there. If
I had known you were Saudoyr I would not
have slapped you. Now do you recognize
me
"Wo became fasb friend& Before he
lefb Landoll Mr. S. preeented me with this
watch.' Sandow produoed an elegant gold
timepiece, with split second hands and
minute register. Iti seemed to be worth
fully $300 or $400. '
"1 'Whenever I am in Paris now I stop at
his houeelandwhenhe comes to London he
always oiiisonme.„
DoEs NOT TRAIN,
Sandow does not believe in training.
"Under my system of getting strong,” said
he, "a man need bat follow the ordinary
course of life and take reasonably good care
of himself. No dfetetio regulations are
needed. Let him eat and drink whatever
suits him. As for sleeping, I don't think it
makes any great difference when he sleeps,
provided he gets sleep enough. I myself go
to bed any time between midnight and 3
o'clock in the morning. I eat whenever,
whatever and as much as I please. I drink
all I can get. Yes ; beer, ale, wines, cham-
pagne cognac—everything. But I never
deplete excess. I take a very cold water
bath every morning and ex:Other after my
performance at night. Exorcise? Yes, a
little—what I get in my regular perform-
ance."
A GIANT'S MEASUREMENTS.
,
An ides of the size of Sandeven muscles
may be gained by the measurement of
various parts of hie body. The figures, as
Sandow gave them be me, are as follows '
Neck, 18e inches ; biceps, 19e inches ;
forearm, 17 Inches; chest, normal, 62
inches contracted, 46 inches; expanded,
58 inches; wean 29 inches • thigh, 26g
inchen ; calf, 18 inches ; height: 6 feet 8a
inehee ; weight, 199 pounds.
The feats; whioh Sandow performs on the
stage mem nothing lees than marvellous.
He handles fifty-six pound dumbbells act a
:schoolboy would handle weights; of two
pounds eaoh. He le nob in the learn muscle: -
bound and turns thmersaults and hand -
:springs with the ease of, a professional
acrobat. One of Ms tricks le to turn a back
somersault with hie feel: tied together, his
eyes blindfolded and a fifty-six pound dumb.
bell in each hand. •
Born woNDERPuL rnAeS.
In his nightly performance four men carry
on the stage an iinmenee dumb-bell, the bar
of Whiela is of brass about four feet long,
and the bells, whioh are hollow, three feet
In diameter. With great. effort Sondew
raises the boll over hie hood wibh one arm,
then dropping it euddeulv, eatohes it with
With lands and placee it lightly on the noor,.
whereupon the attendants release a than
from each hell. The total weight of the
Apparatus and men la about 320 pounde.
-Another feat is that of supporting with
his arms and lege the weight of three homes.
Sandow rote oh hie hands+ and feet With his
bank toward the floor. A heavy wooden
platforniee then placed on him, restiag on.
hie shoulderneohed ,and knee. This plat-
form be conitruoted to fib about the neck to
prevent ite slipping or Moving in any way.
A bong weedeti bridge is thou placed
iterosa the platforni atad three trained horeeil
'Walk upon the bridge. They remain there
for about five eeconde, while ()Very MuSele
Of the giant underneath stands out like
whipcord. The weight of the animale and
apponathe is raid to be 2,600 nallanba
WATS OE twirVilliNG
when to Use the Ely and When to Vac Bait
lialsherman's Advice.
Fly Belling for trout is practiced in liakee
and pude either from a boon or the °here,
the better places being the falls of etreamot
rooky patehes and banks, reefs, sandbars
and etreame. Look for the trout in rapid
runup and In all rapid watere carrying a
brisk ripple or mud, in pools with a shone)
current through them, and in eddiee and
basins at the foot of water faille In lake
fishing casting may be performed at random
in any likely place ; and If the fish are
" breaking," which generally takes place
either at early morning or subset, throw
your fly so that ib will hind in the centre of
the ring where the fish " belie up." The
better way of fishing streams with flies is
down and mime the current, beginning
under the farther bank and ending under
the near one.
Another good way of capturing trout is
by trolling with the live minnow or "silver -
sides," as it is sometimee galled. Whir:method
is accepted by sportsmen as "the thing,"
especially in the spring and at someone of the
year when the fish will not rise to a fly. For
this a little stiffer and heavier rod is re-
quired &an for fly fishing, one from eight
to ten feet: in length and weighing ten or
twelve °mom It should be mounted with
etanding guides and be stiff enough to stand
the pull occasioned by thirty or forty yards
of line dragging in the water. 170e a multi-
plying reel of good make, containing forty
yards of level line size E, attached to a six
or nine -foot leader. There should be a
swivel where the line loins the leader
and one in the middle of the leader.
Leaders made of two strandsof gut, twisted,
are excellent for this purpose. The best
hook for trolling is the Carlisle round bend,
sizes 3-0, 4.0, 5-0 and 6-0, whipped with
crimson silk upon double gut. Should a
sinker be needed, two swan shot, split in
the centre and pinched upon the leader with
a rib of email pliers. If not heavy enough
use small swivel sinkers. The bait may be
the ordinary minnow,
the red finned vari-
ety being very killing; chub, roach and
dace may be wed also and they may bo from
four to eix or seven inches in length. At
the beginning of the season, the trout may
be taken almost anywhere near the surface.
Along shore, in shallow .pots and near logs,
reefs and rooks are good places. Have the
boat or canoe proceed slowly.—New England
Magazine.
The Successful Texas Orator.
"1 heard a political speech down in Texas
last fall," said A. R, Gaines, of Gaines -
vine, in thab State, that would have im-
pressed our Eastern critics with the belief
that all the Depews, Ohosnes and Tom
Reeds are not born east of the Mississippi.
I waa in the Northern Rio Grande country,
a wild, sparsely settled section of the State,
and ran into a little town of about 200
people. There was to be a grand political
rally and joint debate. The &rat speaker
was a fair talker, a Populist. He gave
us au hour or so of talk on oppression,
monopoly, etc., and then a Democrat took
the platform. He knew no statistics; he
scorned figures, facts and arguments. He
rolled up his sleevee, pulled off his hat and
began hammering with his fiet.
• Gentlemen of the great State of
Texas, are you aware of who's been Whin'
elush about the greatest party ever Gad
created beta' in cahoots with robber's en
thieves en such fur one solid hour? An
outlaw from Missouri that dement show his
yeller bide in the town where heyruz born—
e, man then fur a $5 bill would wear that
he wuz a bosom friend of George Washing-
ton; that 'the Father of his Kenny
kept a slaughter house in the San PecosVal-
ley, and would then tarn right round, go to
Mount Vernon, and dig up his bones, an'
use 'em for fertilizere An' his party 1
Why, gentlemen of the great State of
Texas that little handful ofl one -gutted
bellyachers, called Populists, no more com-
pares with the mighty hosts that fight un-
der the flag of eternal Democracy than the
feeble glow of a lightning bug compares
to the glorious effulgence of the midday
Bun 1"
" That was only a starter. He kept it
up for an hour. Did it take! It carried
the country." '
Keeping the House Cool.
Muoh of the comfort of the household de-
pends upon keeping the house cool, writhe
Maria Parloa in a practical article on
" Housekeeping in the Country" in the
July. Ladies' Monte Journal. In the morning
every, window and blind should be opened,
giving the sunlight and air access. After
the house has been thoroughly aired and
pub in order the blinde ehould be closed and
the ehadespartially drawn. it the windows
are closed in the hottest part of 6he day the
house will becoolen As soon as the sun
begins to go down reopen the blinds and
windows. On an intensely hob day the
room of a sick person can be made more
endurable by having sheets of cheese -cloth
wrung out of cold water and hung across the
open windows.
Tired et Gas.
A few years ago gas was first introduced
into the house of an old num in a small Lan-
cashire village. For several days all went
right, and the old man was delighted with
the change. His joy, however, wee destined
to be short, for one evening the gas refused
to burn in itsusual steady inanner.
vain he tried various remedies: suggested by
his neighbors, and at last, angry and tired
with his unsucoessful efforts, he went to the
gat office and etated his grievance to the
manage. " Well," seid the manager, cc I
will send a man up who will goon put if
right for you." " You: can do as you like,"
replied the old man," but after yon box (the
(meter) is empty, we'll hae no more."
Woo Bin for Him.
Mre Benthe.m--jemee I wish you would
tell then big ilinneanzejed fellow on the
other side of !the tier to quit ethring at zne in
that impudent: manner:
Mr. Baatheen (after a careful scrutiny of
the other mm0—I don't think I shall de-
mean myself, Mary Jena, by seeming to be
on speaking terms with ouch a booking rs3an.
Ile Was Beady.
Old Friend (to grief -striatum widew)--I
hopo my dear old friend jueker was fully
prepared to go? Widow (with handker.
ohief to her eyes)--Etilly prepared I Yes,
'indeed 1 He wall insured in half a dozen
companies.
A rose by any other name - hem the same
perfume, and bread pudding tinder any
,Othor name le the (lame old thing.
There be a cab hi telfaste Me.,Whioh, clutr-
Mg the green corn Oaten, eats each day
belf a dozen cooked earn
The greetest 'fit:ember of people ever killed
by an earthettake 'was 100,400,111 the year
1703, at Iteddc,' ;lapin, and Vicinity:
Oddly etteng1), the cooler yeti treat the
average Man the hotter loe is apt to get
about in
LONDON GOSSIP.
The Royal Wedding,
H.It•:.\11111 Be ...-Celebrated.
'WINDSOR NOW A POPGUN FONTRESS.
Queen. VIcturta in the illahlunels—Mer
Love or ;Attie otlithiren--ttraeinar out
!Earthly Paradtse--Deatit. o a "iteat,t,,
Fat "Lay."
HE Royal wed-
d'ug is the upper-
most topic: in the
minds of those
imbeciles who veg-
etate in the 'high-
est ociety and
have• nothing to
think of but their
own pleasures and
how to kill the
varied hours
which constitute
the length • of
their normal day.
Sborekeep,ers regard the wedding as a dis-
tinct blessing and will mark off July 6th asa
red letter day in their calendar, for it is
about the only one they have had the grata,
&Mien of so marking for many
a weary day. So far as Loudon
is concerned July 6tic will undoubtedly be-
come a general holiday and a day of
jubilation. The young married couple are
to make a state progress through the city
on their way to Sandringham, after the
event, soldiers are to line the streets and
bunting, flowers and illuminations are to be
'the order of things!. Everyone possessed
of a spark of loyalty will do honor to the
occasion by getting blind drunk in toasting
long life, health and happiness to the bride
and bridegroom and magistrates will regard
the offence as venial the following morning.
Bonfires will be lighted en hill -tope, bells
will ring out merry peale and the thousand
and one pleasures of the brioolics' elysium
will be served up throughout the length and
breadbh pf the land. And all this in honor
of George ond his May.
WEDDING AT ST. ,TAMES' PALACE.
The Chapel Royal, St. jamesa is ridicu-
lously small for a fane in which to celebrate
euoh a ceremony of national importance,
but Her Majesty Queen Victoria has se
willed ib, and of couree what Her Majesty
nye must be obeyed. Of the two grand
weddings celebrated in this sacred box dur-
ing the present) reign, Queen Victoria's
• would be j edged the most artistic, from the
present standpoint. Eighteen years after-
ward, when Her Majesty was marrying off
her eldest daughter, feminine dress was at
its uglieet, and the orino/ined brideamaids
of the Princess Royal, with their banded
and aide -rolled hair and vast wreaths, com-
pare very unfavorably with the ,more be.
co:mit:1;1y attired young noblewomen who
bore Victoria's own train on the day of her
marriage. Two sisters, daughters of a Duke
„of Richmond, waited reepeobively on the
royal mother and daughter in this intermit-
ing capacity—Lady Caroline Gordon -Lennox
as bridesmaid to the Queen and Indy
Oecilia• Gordon -Lennox as bridesmaid to
the Princess Royal, now ex -Empress of
GernivaogyR.00
m FOR LORDS AND COMMONS;
All the Prineesses who are "out" in
society have a right to wear trains; on State
occasions, and to have them borne by Goma.
body. Viatioria's traizz used to be entrusted
to a groom of the Chambers and two pages
while Her Majesty was walking in front of
it. The Princess oi Wales' baokdrapery has
been carried before now by her feminine at-
tendiente—a lady of the bedchamber and a
woman Of the bedchamber. The other
Princesses have to manage with one lady-
in-waiting each. With plenty of space for
a procession to move along, this haberdash-
ery display produces quite a sublime effect,
but it will be rather lost in the small rooms
of St. Tames' Palace, its narrow corridors
and hemmed -up chapel. In view of all this
flummery the Houses of Lords and Com-
mon': will not get a look in and all because
Sb. Paul's Cathedral was not chosen instead.
However, the newly -wedded couple will
hold a reception at BuokinghamPalace after
the ceremony when all who are entitled to
the entree will have a chance a paying their
respects.
eise ItoyAL CoRNS OR ruNioNS.
That Victoria has had a raised seat in all
her carriages, even in the Jerusalem pony
chaise," ever since, she swayed the ensign of
Royalty has only just been discovered. Her
Majesty, on account of her abort atature,
could not be seen when she bows to the
public did she not sit upon a very high seat;
even when walking Her Majesty is
artificially made very much taller than she
realty is by her Royal Cordwainern who
always fib her well -shaped feet in the easiest
possible manner. Victoria bee never suf.
fared from corns or bunions or needed the
services of chiropodist.
WINDSOR CASTLE micomEs A pOrGult
poRTRESS.
Sinoe the Marquis of Lorne'sappointment
as Governor Windsor Castle has been
recognized as a fortress, in token of which
tom -foolery some old lotonze eiiepounders
from Fort Belvedere, near Virginia Water,
have been placed in position, and others are
about to be hoisted into the lower em-
brasuree of the Round Tower, the battle-
ments of which originally formed the crest of
the anciene donjon, or keep. The guns are
handsome weapons, of an obsolete and now
useless pattern, and warranted to burst
after a few rounds have been fired from
them. Viotoria bas grown so theatrically
minded in her old days that there le no
knowing whet° she will stop. It is ex-
pected thet the nexb fad will be to clothe
the sentries in coats of mail and make them
march up and do wn thebattlement s to guard
the popgun:L.
HER PARTIALITY PoR LITTLE oarrawinsr.
Her Majesty's happiest days are those
which she spend e in the company of the
younger members of the Royal Family. The
home at Balmoral is a typical English home,
and there its no more agreeable picture to be
web:teased than that of Trier Majesty enter-
ing heart and rent into the enjoyments and
amusements of her grendobildren. An
absurd idea, wietly promulgated, is that
reletioes between Queen Victoria and her
foandchildrezt are not of a cordial ohmmeter.
As a matter of fact Her Majeety loves little
children and they love her.
NO NSW 1/01ThIIS ALLOWED AT BAlmoRAL.
Braetnate the nearest village to Balmoral,
is a mite of a place, the normal population
of which would not half fill one of the
smallest of London 's timbres. In the prime
of eummertithe, and when the court is in
tosidenee in the Algblands, the sparse
Accerranodation of the village is severely
taxed, but it is not allowed to be teenaged,
indeed, the buildieg of any new houses ie
+emetically forbidden. Queen Victoria in-
mate upon hoeing perfeet quietude in her
Highland hornet and were any laiodraviiet mo
indiscreet as to .buiid a hone° for the par,
pose of letting it, the loyal inhabitant: out
of respect to Her llajeSty'S wiellee WtfUld
pR11 it down before ite conetruation had
advanced very far. '
BRAEMAE AN mallTULX kAnainell.
One of Her Majesty's °favorite delves is
round by a rOOlt called the Lion's Face to
Braemar, where horsiest are changed for the
return journey. -Beantiful as JO the road
from Balloter to Balmoral, that from the
Clastle to 13raernar is infinitely more .pictur.
esque. The hill': gather more'closely round,
the highway pathos through long avenues of
fragrant fire, among which 0+ pasta army
of egeirrele rim in and out in an endless
genie of hide-and-seek, while here and
there ao opening in the trees reveals pleas-
ant glimpses of the graceful red deer
browsing contentedly on the grass, or lying
in picturesque groups " under the shade of
melancholy boughs.
pAcr "." nicer, " LADY.
Ludy Wheler, the wife of Sir Trevor
Wheler, Barb.' who has just died at Leam-
ington, was 39stone in weight -4 healthy
woman, whese food and liquid nearly all
turned to flesh. Lady Wheler's coffiu wae
6 fe 9 in. long, 3 ft, 5 in. wide, and 2 ft. 6
in. deep, and, with her lady:314'e body,
weighed 11 cwt. 2 qrs. 7 lbs., and ib took 12
strong Men to carry it to the grave. Lady
Whaler was the heaviest wornau inEngland,
moving slowly in eothety. Her lamming
presence will be greatly missed. She was
the greeted of all British ladies of rank in
point of size and embonpoint.
A. BESIEBr volt CHOLERA, '
It is a Simple One, But Don't ?legleet the
Hector.
(New York Telegram)
Ur. Lane, an eastern traveller andOrlent-
alien recommends the following treatment
for cholera.
He nye, while reeiding in Cairo, in 1843,
while cholera was raging there, he was in-
formed that there wag an Englishman in a
small neighboring village that effected a
speedy cure in all oases which he had an
opportunity of treating. Tbe number of
oases was 62, and many of them were very
meelenant.
"1 subsequently learned that this mode of
treatment was practiced with equal success
In Spain'Constantinople and India, and was
never followed by typhue or typhoid fever,
which proved fatal in many oases when the
cholera Men had been subdued by other
means. Upon applying to him I received
the following directions, which I practiced
in a few caries which occurred in my house
and elsewhere wibh invariable success. If
the patients have not vomited the poison-
ous matter which is characteristic of the
disease, and whicb resembles rice water,
give a tablespoonful of powdered mustard
In a tumbler of cold water as an emetic.
After vomiting, whether produced by
the disease or the above means,
within a few minutes give a wineglassful
of brandy, with 10 grains of capsicum,
po weltered (cayenne pepper), stirred
U p In it. This generally produces almost
itomeditete relief. and within an hour rest,
perspiration and sleep. In a few oases it
was found necessary to give half a dose of
the brandy end capsicum after half an hour
or more. A second half dose was never
required, but should it be required it may
be given. No other fluid; should be drunk
before recovering. To accelerate convales-
enoe it has been suggested that 15 drops of
mixture of the spirits of ammonia and sul-
phuria +Alia In equal parts may be advan-
tageously given three or four einemduring
the following day. The above quantity of
brandy and capsicum is for an adult patient
suffering & severe attack; in obher cases
two-thirds or half that quantity may suffice,
tie I have proven by experience
A. Marriage in a Scotch Police Court.
A striking and curious instance of the
looseness of the Scottish laws in relation to
marriage has been given in Glasgow south-
ern police court. James Campbell and Jane
McCready, or Cenaphell, were being tried
on a charge of creating a breach of the
peace. On the indictments they were de-
scribed as name and wife, but while the case
was in progress some of the witnesses talked
fa a manner which led the courb to infer
that the couple were not married at all.
The presiding bailie put the question to
the women, "Is this man (pointing to
Campbell) your husband ?" Accused --Yes.
Turebrig to the man, the bailie asked him
was the women hie wife. "Yes," replied
Campbell. Whereupon "his honor," being
an &Opt in Soma law, remarked, "Well,
if you were not before married, you are
now roan and wife." The case then went
on and remitted in the newly married couple
being each fined 10s. 6d., with the option
spending a +short part of their honeymoon
in jai.
A Lucky Kiss.
A report comes from Sydney that a man
nettled George Winch has just Come into a
considerable amount of property in a some-
aril:1,U remarkable manner. He has been fol-
lowing the occupation of a butcher for some
tune and it onpeare that he recently took
the liberty of kisting one of his customers, a
geod-looking girl, who dealt at his shop.
She resented the affront and had Winch
ptosecated for assault He was fined
heavily fey 1 he hose magistrate, and the
ease attracted much attention from the
press. The publicity given to the proceed-
ings bappenee lo arrest the attention of a
firm of esoficttere M Sydney who had been
trustees of re.rteit+ property which has been
lefe to Winch by a distant relative some
ninete.en yeses ago, and the solicitors were
unable to tine &toy trace of the heir. Winch
was communicated with by the firm and he
has now he -either+ the history of his ante-
eedente and Vtl' %bashed hie identity beyond
a doubt.
One:adieu Sweet:meg at Chicago.
The New York Journal of Commerce,
dimming the World's Fair exhibit, eve :
Next to New York, Ontario, Owed& makes
the largest] display of honey, and is 1» many
respects the most eatiefetobery to dealers.
It is chiefly in large packages weighing
lb fi
from fi y t o seventy.five pounds. MOSi3
of these packages contain the honey ex-
tracted from a single kind of flower. The
large blocks of candled honey attraot eon -
'Adorable attention, as the Canadians are
endeavoring to find a market for their& in
thie condition. The comb honey in this
display is by far the fineth on exhibition, as
all the cells are perfectly eealed.
Tho contents.
"1 suppose you have your lunch In that
hisaket basket," staid Hojack to Tomdik 88
they:net in bee World's Fear grounde.
No," replied Tonidik. "In that baeket
I carry the money to pay for my lunch."—
Inn:-peen Bazar.
Haat One a renny.
Teacher (in physiology class)—Now
Johnny, how many Aeneas have you?
Johnny (very promptly)--Eive,
'Correct, Now, What are they ?"
"4111 pennies."
.Tehttny—Tetteher says the Emperor of
ChM& has ten men to catty his eMbtellie
Whatee that for 2 Papstgethislightfullyee4
suppose it takes that many to reitiotiffint to
biting ft *long;
FOR TUB CONITAZESCISM
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11Seitall Hints for Those who wads ex Bldg
Friends..
The care of convalescents is at once thee
Meat tedious and the meet delightful perk
of a nurse's duty, wring E1110' both Robbeson
Seovil in the "Tidy Ladies' Home journal.,
The severe symptoms have abided. The
temperature is lower, the mercury
Clinical thermometer no longer hovers be-
tween 1049 and 105°, cawing the nurecias
boort to siuk as it ascends. She does not
aimed with her finger on the fluttering
pulse, anxiously noting whetherthe rate iek
increased, or how its strength compares
with the condition of yesterday. She d000
not feel a sickening thrill of alarm every
time the respiration quickens or °henget.
She relaxes her vigilance and ventures to
breathe freely herself once more.
Yet as much care is needed at thin
period of the illness as at any other. There
are precautions which must nob be emileied
If the invalid is to he carried safely
through it.
In all diseases there aro !special clangors
to be guarded against, and this applies to
the convalescence as well as to the illnese
itself. After niplittheria the tissues of the
heart are in a weakened condition. Any
overexertion or sudden strain may make
demand upon it that it is unequal to meet
in its eafeebled etate, and death follow. In
the recovery from scarlet fever a child may
develop disease which will cauee
ill health, if it does not end fatally. After
measles, when the lungs are weele, and the
eyes also, any imprudence may canee die -
estrous results.
• Death has followed excess in ,eating after
typhoid fever, when the patient seemed
comparatively well.
There are four enemies whioh lie in watt
for the convalescent, and the nurse muet be
on the watch to prevent their attacks.
Cold.
Overfatigue.
Excitement,
Indigestion.
Cold is perhaps the moat to be feared, be-
cause it is the most common and brings
long train of ilia with 1. Forethought is
needed because after the miziohlefi is done it
is too late to remedy it.
It is not necessary to keep the room her.
metioally sealed and to shut ont all fresh air;
on the contrary proper ventilation !should be
kept up, carefully avoiding draughts
Before the patient gete out of bed for the
first time the room should be at a
temperature of 72n Eleven o'clock in
the morning as the best hour te
choose. Do not attempt too muck
dressing. Have ready a pair of warm
drawere, a flannel jacket, thick 'stockings
soft slippers and a loom wrapper. e The been
kind of wrapper is one made of jersey flan-
nel or a blanket. If it is of thinner flannel
it should be lined, making what our grand-
mothers called "a double gown." There
should be no nimming, and ft ehould just(
touch the floor.
Wheel an easy -chair close te the bed,
spread a blanket, large thick shawl or soffit
Afghan over the seat, and when the patient
is dressed effect the transfer from the bed to
it as easily as possible. Place a pillow bee
hind the back and head, fold the covering
over the knees, put a footstool under the
feet, turn the chair with the back to the
llght for a little while and leave the invalid
to rest.
A Keen Retort.
There ere Kentuckians still living who.
retain a distinct reoolleetion of the Rev.
Elijah Moore. Mr. Moore was a Presby-
terian clergyman, famed for his adherence,
to Calvin, his eloquence, his ready wit and.
his fondness for conviviality.
Mr. Moore never concealed the fact that •
he drank a stiff glass of whiskey before go-
ing to bed and after saying his prayere
every night.
He was a great favorite of the legal
profenion in his State, and if one died
within reach he was always called upon
to attend and preach the funeral sermon,
nor did he close his hand to a fee on suck
occasions.
One night at the close of the court Mr.
Moore was invited to a bar dinner in Lex-
ington, and as must he let no opportuniby
slip to score the lawyere in a good natured
way.
When dinner wen over and the glass
began to pass round, a young lawyer,
eager to measure swords with the dominie,
asked:
"Why is it, Mr. Moore, that you are int
down on the legal profession ?"
"Because for money a lawyer is ready to
take either side," said the dominie, with an -
earned dignity.
• "And you think that wrong2"
" I do."
"Now, Mr. Moore," said the young man,
with a look of triumph, "if the devil was
to die don't you think a parson could be
found to preach his funeral sermon for a
fee ?" '
"Oh, yes. If the devil were dead, rd
be rejoiced to preach the sermon for noth-
ing. And, mark you, my friend, I'd give
the devil his enbire due, just as I have ginen
their due to his children of the legal profea-
sion that I have been burying this many a
year."
The Conversation was not Admitted.
The following anecdote is vouched for by
the stenographer, says he Rooluster Post -
Express, and will be appreciaud more
especially by lawyers :
At a term of the throuit Court, held not
long since in one of the up.river counties, a
horse case was on trial, and a well-
known horseman NVDS called as a witness.
Counsel—Well, eir, you saw this horse ?
Witness—Yee, sir, I—
" What did you do ?"
" I jest opened hie mouth to fled out his
age, an' I sez to him, sez r, Old feller,
I guest: you're party good yet."'
Opposing Counsel—Stop I Your Honor
I object to any convertattort cerried on he!
tween this withees and the boree when the
plaintiff was not present.
The objection was sustained.
Too Much of a Good Thing.
Caller (to businees enanager)—Yesterday
I put an advertisement in your paper for a
tiervant
Business+ manager (blandly)—Yee, sir
And what was the result?
Caller—I had so many answere that my•
front steps were worn out and the bell -pull:
broken. Will you plena) have them ree
paired ?
Biggest of Steel Plates.
Some of the largern steel plates ever mule
In England have been turned out at the
workii of the Cousett Iron Company, Dur -r
ham. They measure 60 feet 2 inches in
length, 60 inchea in width and 11-20 inoltin
thickness. They ere or use in the cen-
struotion of some large cattle shipe which
are being hunt at West Hartlepool for a
firm in the trnited States.
" 1 don't date," Said the HUM girl who
had not bode invited to the party, ;got
even with them 1" And her eyes gashed as
she statuped her esnall feet. " Why, What,
Will you do, child 'Stetted het teethes's.
"When I grow up rit give a greet blg
party, andl won't invite auyboily;"
When ethielen cannot be revenged) they
do ne children do—they ory,