HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1893-7-20, Page 6GEORGE AND MAY %YED.
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AGALA • ��Y IN LONDON.
NDQN,
The Gorgeous Spectacle in the
Historic Chapel Royal.
Witia Processions to the Chapel—Time Brides-
maids -Toilettes of the ladies—The
Ceremony — The Royal Deja ter —
London's Greetings—Costly Presents-
Reminiscences of Victoria's Marriage.
The occasion was made one of national re-
fnioing and a partial Britieh holiday. Great
crowds of people gathered many deep along
the line of route from Buckingham Palace
:up Constitution Hill, through Piccadilly,
St. James' street and Marlborough gate to
the garden entrance of St. James' Paiaoe,
which is situated en the north side of them
U. The decorations along the line of the
royal pimientos" were profile's and beautiful.
The roadway was kept open by the house
troops in their glittering uniforms, by de-
tachments drawn from the military deplete,
by the Metropolitan volunteers and militia,
byMiddlesex yeomanry and by the pollee.
Mae
SCENE WAS FULL OF LIFE
and movement, and the ceremony eclipsed
in pomp and splendor any recent State
ceremonial in connection with the British
nourh Tho royal party left Buokingham
Palace in four precessions, the first conveying
the members of the heueehold and distin-
guished guests. The next precesslon in -
eluded the Duke of York and his supporters,
the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edin-
burgh. The bride came in the third procea-
slien, accompanied by her father, the Duke
of Leek, and her brother, Prince Adolphus
of Teck. The last procession was that of
Me Queen, who was accompanied by the
Duchess of Teck, her younger sons, and the
Grand Duke of Hesse. Each praoesaionwas ac-
companled by a Life Guard escort, and, in a ddi-
tion to this, the Queen had an eecort of In-
dfaa native and Australian Horse. Her
Majesty rode in the handsome giase coach
seed at the opening of Parliament and on
other special occasion.
CHEERING THE QUEEN.
The body of the carriage, which is of
Irish manufacture, built in Dublin, is
painted a dark color, and its richly gilt
panels are adorned with the royal arms.
The roof is surmounted by a crown and
bordered with a wreath of gilt roses, thistles
and shamrocks. The cheering as the royal
carriage drove forward was immense. The
members of the Royal Family and guests on
alighting at Sb. Jamee' Palace walked to
the state apartments and subsequently
down the grand staircase and under the
color court colonnade to the emits for them
in the chapel. Her Majesty alighted in the
Ambassadors'Conrb under a specially eructed
canopy over the glass doors of the passage
leading to the chapel.
In the Chapel.
Thence she walked to the haat pas ab the
north end of the edifice. The seat was
beautifully adorned with palms and flowers
from the royal conservatory, and carpeted
with crimson. Upon the same platform
:sesta were provided for the Prince and
.Princess of Wales,the bride and bridegroom
and the other members of the royal family
and royal guests from abroad. The mem-
bers of the diplomatic body, including mem-
bers of the United States embassy, and the
other invited guests occupied special seats
n the body of the chapel and in the royal
and teat galleries. Drawing -room drama
were worn by the Iadies, the gentlemen
appearing in fall levee dress. The
MARRIAGE CEREMONY OPENED
with the procession of the clergy into the
chapel. This consisted of the Archbishop
of Canterbury, the Biehop of London, the
Dean of the Chapel Royal, the sub -Dean,
the Biahop of Rochester, the Hon. and
Rev. E. Carr-Glunn, Vicar of Kensington ;
Canon Harvey, Domestic Chaplain to the
Prince of Wales, and Canon Dalton, Hon.
orary Chaplain to the Duke of York.
Handel's march from the " Occasional
Overture" was played by the organist as
the procession came forward. While the
Archblehop and clergy were -taking aisle
pincer, the music of the March in
"Scipio" came from the organ, and
Immediately the front of the second
procession, including the royal family and
royal guests, came in sight, and the mem-
bora of it were conducted to their seats as
they entered.
THE WEDDING MUSIC.
As the Queen's procession, which included
the Duchess of Teck and the Grand Duke of
Hesse, walked up the aisle Sir Arthur Sulli-
van's " Imperial March " was played. A
march in "' G," composed by Smart, was
played during the progrees of the bride-
groom's procession, and as the bride and her
supporters passed up the aisle to the altar
the organist played " Wagner's March,
from Lohengrin.
THE TOILETTES.
The bride wore the veil which was worn
by her, mother on the occasion of her own
marriage. Her wedding gown was of silver
brocade in perfect harmony with the brides-
maids' toilete ef white satin and silver lace.
The bridesmaids' gowns were made with
low brocades, and no hats, wreaths or veils
were worn, only a single rose in the hair.
The bridesmaids were the Princesses Via-
toria and Mand of Wales, Princesses Vic-
toria Alexandra and Beatrice of Edinburgh,
Primrose Margaret and Victoria Patricia
of Connaught, Princess Victoria of
Sohleswlg-Holstein, and Princess Eugenie.
The Knot Tied.
The Archbishop of Canterbury,
assisted by the other clergy, per-
formed the ceremony, bhe bride being, given
away by her father. The magnificent gilt
aaoramental plate, the central alms dish of
which Is said to have been manufactured in
the reign of Charles I. and is valued at
$50,000, was displayed upon the altar,
which was decked with the choicest flowers,
Uhe service began with the marriage
chorale, " Father of Life," specially com-
posed by Dr. Creaser for the occasion and
sung by " the gentlemen and children of
the Chapel Royal," as the members of the
choir aro styled. In the:, middle of the
service Sir Joseph Bernaby's " O, Perfect
:Leve 1 a chorale sung at the marriage of
the Duke and Duohoss of Fife in Booking -
.;ham Palace Ohapel wan given. The service
concluded with the hymn, " Now, Thank
we All Our God."
MENDELSSOHN'S wnnerrNG MARCH
was played as the Royal party left the
chapel, the united processions of the bride
and bridegroom leading to bhe Throne
Roo*, where the registry of the marriage
was &basted by Her Majesty and the other
=inhere of the Royal Family and Royal
guests.
The Wedding Breaktas
The dejeunee was served at Bitokinghafn
Palace,
the Queen rodlee np
hetoast
44 The Bride and Bridegroom," o
and the
Lord Stewart the toast o1 The Queen.
.After receiving congratulations, the Duke
and Duchess of York left Buckingham
Palace, driving through the Mall to the
city, and then proceeded to the Great
Eastern Railway, from Liverpool street to
Sandringham. The Lord Mayor and aberlffe
Bleb the newly wedded pair at St, Paul's
Cathedral, and their progreae through the
lavishly decorated and crowded street was
triumphal one.
An Empire's Bridal Gift.
To enumerate the bridal gifts and the
names of their donors would require several
columna of newspaper space. Presenta wore
received from all parts of the Britieh
Dominions, The Duke of York's present bo
his bride consisted of an open petalled rose
in pearls and diamonds and a five -row earl
neklace ; the early are nob exceptionally
large, but theyaro perfectlypure pin color
and splendidlmathed. e Duke and
Duchess of Teak gave their daughter a sat
of jewels comprising tiara necklet and
brooch of turquoises and diamonds.
THE PRINOnSS OF WALES' C,IFT,
Mtioh hoe been acid regarding the appeal-,
tion of the Prirtceee of Wales to the mar-
riage, it being stated that she did nob
approve of her son marrying the girl who
had been engaged to hisbrother eventhough
that brother was dead. The proeont given
by the Princess of Wales should pub to rust
these rumors, for ib is doubtful if a mere
valuable gift was ever given by any one on
a similar occasion. Tho Princeesa' gift con -
elated mostly of jewelery and precious
stones, the whole being valued at £250,000.
The Chapel Royal.
Prince George of Denmark and the
Primus Anne, Frederick. Prince of Wales
and the daughter of the Duke of Saxo-
Cobourg, George IV. and Queen Caroline,
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and the
Princess Royal and the Crown Prince of
Germany were all married in this chapel,
as were also the late Earl of Darby, the
present Duke of Westminster and the Earl
of Cromartie. Upon no occasion, perhaps,
has the chapel preaented so gay an appear-
ance as when the marriage of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert was cele-
brated. On this occasion a sum of £9,000
is reported to have been expended on fit-
tings of the palace and Chapel RoyaL
Gifts for the Royal Pair.
The Queen has ordered a number of
articles in the Inverness tartan from
Romanes and Paterson, of Edinbnrgb, as
presents for Princess May. The Duke of
York has adopted the Iuvernees tartan
sines the second title of Earl of Inverness
hap been conferred upon biro, thus follow-
ing the example of his great uncle, the
Duke of Suseex, who was his predecessor in
the earldom, and who kept one of hie rooms
ab .Kensington Palace furnished with this
tartan.
w ; THE PRESENT OF THE GEORGES.
The scheme for presenting Prince George
with a gift from the "Georges " in the House
of Commons has now taken shape. The
present is to be given by members of the
House whose first name is George ; and it fa
to take the form of an enamel, bearing the
letters G E 0 R G E, for the Prince to
wear with his Garter. The cost of the
present is expected to be £200. Sir George
Baden-Powell is acting as honorary secre-
tary of the fund, and he is being assisted by
Lord George Hamilton and Mr. George
Leveson -Gower.
The Thistle Order for George.
The Duke of York was yesterday made a
Knight of the Most Ancient and Mont
Noble Order of the Thistle by the Queen.
Dr. William H. Broadbent, the physician
who attended the Duke of York during his
attack of typhoid fever some time ago, also
came in for recognition by the Queen, who
created him a baronet.
When Victoria Was Married.
The wedding of Queen Victoria to Prince
Albert created more interest the world over i
than any that has taken place within the
memory of living man. The wedding took
place on Feb. 10th, 1840.
The young Queen on her wedding morn
was stopping at Buckingham Palace, which
was in those days even shabbier looking
than it ie now. The Prince ware stopping
there too. The bridegroom, in the dp ss of
a Knight of bbe Garter, had reached the
altar only a few minutes when the Queen's
procession was announced by
A FLOURISH OF TRUMPETS
and drams. In this proceasten were all the
big wigs of the royal household, • among
whom was " Her Royal Hlghneas the
Duchess of Cambridge, who led her young
daughter, the Princess May, by her hand,
and the mother of so beautiful a child was
certain nob to be seen without interest,"
The " beautiful child " bemme the mother
of the future Duchess of Yorh and is now
known as the Duchess of Teck.
THE QUEEN'S COSTUME.
The Queen wore a these of white satin,
trimmed with orange -flower blossoms. On
her head she bore a wreath of the same
blossoms, with a veil of Honiton lace. Her
only ornaments were a raecklems and ear-
rings of diamonds and the collar of the
Garter. Twelve meow! eel "cry lieges,"
one the daughter of a Mike. the ethers
daughters of marquises a;,.d wale, cored as
bridesmaids and bore Ffer S ' jst ty'v
They were were dressed in whit,' eatira, creamed
with roses. 0f the Qceeu'a twelve brides-
maids two are still alive, tee D.ieheas of
Cleveland and Lady Jane Ellice.
According to the London Times of Feb.
11th, 1840, when she start.d for her honey.
moon Her Majesty was dre.•sed " in a white
satin pelieae, trimmed with swansdown,
with a white satin bonnet en•e feather."
Former Doti eeer worn.
Prince George of Walde rs toe fta Deka
of York since the title e e- diet created by
Richard II. more than five oe•dories r,go. Of
the eleven who have prerefed hire three
lived and died bachelors, t,riseen1 IV.,
Henry VIII., and Chanes 1. all monied
after their acceseioneto the thyme, ke there
have been but six Duohessr s el York, and
only two of theee have berr, foreigners.
The firth Duchess of 5i ore, Lady
Joan Holland, and the second, the Hon.
Phillippa Mohan, both died ohildlesn. The
third, Lady Cecilia Neville, who was second
cousin to her husband, lest four sons in
infancy and had two others murdered, but
through her eon, King Edward, the was
maternal ancestress to the present Dualities
of York.
No Mistakes Tido Time.
"Yes, I may take a few summer hoard-
ers this year," replied the old farmer after
asking for a pound of reg'lar saleratns,
"but I'm goin' to hen a fair nnderatacdin'
in the outset."
"About what?"
" Waal, principally as to bntter'n eggs
m
and creaand arch but rbicklarl as to
aleepfn', We book an artist iron) New York
last summer who upset the hall house when
he found he was to sleep with the hired
man, and I actually believe he kept a gover-
nor from engagin' with us at $7 a week and
Welkin' and mendfn' throwed ln."
The pointed toe and the high heel ars
returning to fashion.
SEARCHING FOR THE DEA.
Over a bfundred Men Perish in theYork-
shire Pit Disaster.
113ARLY NINETY BODIE$REOQVERED
A London cable says : The latest news
from the Ingram colliery, in Yorkehire, in
which au explosion took place yesterday,
shows that 110 men probably perished.
The work of rescuing the living miners
and recovering the bodies of the dead is be-
ing pushed as rapidly as possible in In-
gramhs colliery. Volunteers for the work of
rescue are plenty, and the miners are work-
ing their way into the furbhermeet work -
lege of bhe pit as expeditiously as can be
expected in view of the fact that they have
to remove enormous quantitiee of debris Prem
the galleries.. Little progress was made
hast fright, as the inner workings were
still full of gas, and the rescuing party
could get only a little distance from the
shaft. Bodies can be seen in different parte
of the mine, but they aro pinned down with
rocks and timbers, and ib will take some
time bo remove thin. The bodice of some
of the men do not show a sign of how death
was caused. These men escaped the effects
of the explosion, but were killed by the
choke damp that filled the mine. Late this
evening the rescuers had brought 88 bodies
to the surface. Two men were brought up
unoonsolous but still breathing. Six men
whohadnobub
sustained injury whatever,
had been imprisoned behind a huge mass of
debris, were also dug out.
Eight men and a boy have been rescued
from the mine. All hope for the others in
the pit has bean abandoned. The bodies of
the victims are being rapidly brought to the
surface.
THE VICTORIA DISASTER.
enestions Asked in the Conratons-Bravery
lox the Marines—Tryon's Successor.
A last nightie London cable says :
In reply to quesbione asked the Govern-
ment in the House of Commons concerning
the composition of the Victoria court-mar-
tial, Sir U. Say -Shuttleworth, Secretary bo
the Admiralty, stated that no officer -con-
cerned in the diaaster that caused the
foundering of the Victoria would be allowed
to sit on the court -marble].
Dr. Donald MacGregor, Liberal member
for Inverness-shire, asked whether the officer
next in command of a squadron, seeing that
there was imminent danger to life, had die-
ore
tion to decline to carry out orders that
would result in dfeaster.
The Secretary to the Admiralty replied
that the question so obviously referred to
the position of Rear -Admiral Markham,
who wan second in oommand to Vice -
Admiral Tryon, who lost his life in the
Victoria disaster, that he mast decline to
express an opinion on the subject. This
answer was received with cries of "hear,
hear."
Major Smith, commander of the marines
aboard the warship Victoria at the time of
the disaster off Tripoli, has written to the
colonel in command of the marines at
Gosport concerning the behavior of his
men : " The non-commissioned officers and
men behaved splendidly. Words will not
express all they did. They fell in by
watches on the quarter-deck as steadily as
on parade, without the speaking of a word
of caution until the end came. It was a
sight one can never forget, so grand, so sad.
Their behavior may have been equalled ; it
was never beaten."
Vice -Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Sey-
mourwho was appointed to succeed Vice -
Admiral Tryon in oommand of the Mediter-
ranean fleet, holated Ms flag to -day on the
cruiser Hawke for Malta. He carries with
him full instructions from the Admiralty
concerning the court-martial.
BOMBAST AT THE FARC.
Carter farrison'g Theatrical Performance
With Jackson's Sword.
A Chicago report says : Holding aloft
the sword carried by .Andrew Jackson,
Mayor Harrison Tuesday called upon the
bhoneands who crowded into the plaza in
front of the Administration building at
Jackson Park to swear that should the call
be made they would draw their own swords
to defend the flag of the Union. It was a
moment of !Montle and thrilling interest., The
multitude was in a frenzy of patriotism.
The flag which Paul Jones hoisted above
hie flagship had just been unfurled, and
while the cheers which greeted it were
rolling across the park the sword of Jack-
son was held aloft and the oath for defence
was demanded. Without hesitation and
with a spirit probably never before dis.
played came back a tremendous shout as
thousands of men and women cried, " Yes,
yes ; we swear 1"
The World's Fair was almost forgotten,,
while the greatest throng which has so far
overrnn the Fair grounds cheered patriotic
sentiments, sang patriotic songs and shouted
for the Stara and Stripes.
A. Terrible Gun.
The Paris Autoraie publishes an interview
with M. Turpin, the inventor of melimite,'
on the subject of the new gun designed by
Moo. Of all warlike apparatus it is aatd to
be more destructive than anything yet
known. " Ib is said; ' remarked the inter-
viewer, " that with your weapon four dis.
chargee could be effected in a quarter of an
hour, sending 25,000 projectiles a distance
of one league in several directions, covering
an area of 22,000 quare meters at each
diecharge. All this may have been some-
what exaggerated." M. Turpin smiled and
replied very quietly : " Those figures repre-
sent a minimum. 1 hope soon to he able to
clear in an instant a whole plain covered
with several army carpe. A few volisys
would suffice. The apparatus is light. Only
two horses are required to draw it, and four
men to work it. The projectiles are diminu-
tive) shells. With this the strongest fort
ceu;d he done away with in a few hours.
For obvious 70.001113 I cannot just now
divulge any eecreb, but I may say this
much, that it reete on a new electrical
principle. It le the eimplesb thing in the
world, and everyone will wonder, when it
beconree known, how it was not discovered
long sinus."
No carriage.
One of the most amusing instances of
misunderstanding a word is told by en old
churchwarden of Wallingford, England.
At one time the Bishop of Oxford sent
round to the churchwardens in his diocese a
circular of various inquiries, among which
was:
"Does your officiating clergyman preach
the Gospel, and is hie conversation and
carriage consistent theeowith 2"
To this the churchwarden of Wallingford
replied: "Ho preaches the Gospel, but he
does not keep a carriage."
There is no need
of the whole nation
getting off about a sonsnler agent befog
shot fn the foot, but it wouldn't bo surpris-
Ing if it made him hopping mad.
Mrs. Wright --I see bhab they .s'o going
1St eatit
rpfrits under dfsappa£ntment, lilts
email beer in. a thunder atotm., rilweyo tarn, e
tour. fi
o esteblhia a home for poor actors. Virrighi;
—Well, I rn glad of it, There are enough
f them playieg in town now to more than.
II it.
CHICAGO EXHIBITION
Prices Now Reduced to Very Moderate
Figures.
VALUABLE HINTS FOR VI5ITGRS
Canadian Machinery Highly Esteemed
by P oreignel'p.
SOME or THE ATTRACTIONS,
WORLD'S FAIR, JACIISON PARR,
VERYBODY who
intends corrin to
. --e the World's Fair
asks thesequos
tion first thing :
Where shall I
ba stop, how shall I get
a
there, and what will it
cost? Theme are very im-
portant questions, and are
at all difficult to
answer. In one of my
earlier letters I think 1
e
\i` ventured the prediction
. a that all the hotels built
for the accommodation
of World's Fair viaitora would never
be filled, and I see no reason to
change my opinion. The most extravagant
ideas were formed of the crowds, and every-
body expected to make a fortune. Circulars
were sent out all over the country asking
for a deposit on mercer in hotels to be built,
and here and there a sacker was caught,
who put up his money and was lucky if he
found the hotel he had subsidized had any
existence outside of the circular. At any
rate he was altogether likely to be obliged
to pay more for his rooms than if he had
made no arrangement in advance, and very
possibly was in an undesirable locality.
The crowds did not materialize early. May
and part of June were moat dieappolnting,
the daily attendance not going much above
the half hundred thousand, and it is only
within the past two or three weeke that
there has been anything like a rush. With
THOUSANDS OF EMPTY ROOMS
Awing them in the face, it was no wonder
landlords were forced to come down in
their prices, and reabaurant-keepers likewi
accepted rho situation. The consequence
that, at the present time, the price of rooms
end living here is lower than at Philadel-
phia during the Centennial, and one can
live almost as cheaply as is any city in the
United States or Canada. For comfort and
convenience everyone should try to get as
near the Fair grounds as possible. At cer-
tain hours of the day and night every
means of transportation is crowded, and bo
gat a seat is impossible, while the loss of
time in going back and forth iaconslderable.
I could name at least 50 hotels, within
walking distance of the grounds, where
nice, clean, comfortable rooms can be had
for dollar a day for one person, or $1.50
for two, with nee of bath included
which is a luxury not to be despised thea
days. Breakfast and late dinner are unwell
taken at the hotel where one is rooming, a
an average price of 50 cents, and lunch in
the grounds. There are any number of
restaurants in the various buildings, but as
a rule the food is not firab clase and the
prices high, though not exceseive, every-
thing considered. If it agrees with one's
habits, a light lunch can be procured from
the hotel cafe much cheaper than it can he
bought on the grounds.
THE SECURING OF ROOMS
STEli MIDWAY PI.Aisazto A.
One of the brightest £deme en the part. of
the projeetora of the Worid'o Fair was the
creating of the Midway 1'laisance, which is.
0u a very wide street a utile long, con-
nectbn Jheou Park with Washingtou
Park. Hacere are gathered together the people
of all nations, showing as far as poseibie
their modes of living, business methods and
amusements. The bare catalogue of the
attraotlons is a long one, bub, with few
excepbione, they ate well worth seeing,
though some --notably the Algerian, Turkish
and Egyptian theatres—aro a little too
gross to suit Weetera ideate Probably the
moat genuinely interesting is the Javanese
village. The houses ars built of bamboo
and rushes, and the inhabitants—some 100
or more in number—aro peculiarly attrac-
tive. They are probably the only ones wha.
have not been its the show business before ;
ail the rest of the freaks are old campaign-
ers, and follow great crowds round the
world. Wonderfully bright people they
are, the women being quite small and many
of them pretty,
The Street in Cairo is an accurate repre-
sentation of what can be seen in the Egyp-
tian oapital—camels, donkeys and bazaars—
and is well worbh a visit as a genuine
curiosity.
The Ferris wheel, 250 feeb in diameter, is
a gigantic merry-go-round, the carat n
which paesengers are carried being as big
as street cars, and holding 40 pormona. The
view from the care is especially fine, and all
should add a wheel trip to their experience.
Dining at Old Vienna and listening to the
lovely music of the Imperial Austrian
orchestra is a very favorite ending to the
day with the habitues of the White City.
The houses enclosing the court are au
accurate reproduction of a Vienna street
200 years ago, and •there is an old world
flavor about the whole place that is de-
lightful.
Across the way there is the German vil-
lage, with the Imperial cavalry and in-
fantry bands, but bete the beer garden
element is more in evidence, and much of
the charm of Alt Wien is lacking.
ONTARIO MACHINERY.
The making of machinery is not con-
sidered Canada's strong point, but the ex-
perience of the past few weeks here has
proved that our manufacturers have ideas
that fit the wants of foreigners, and need
only puab their wares to cultivate a large
trade. Under the arrangement come to,
when a Canadian exhibit at Chicago was
decided on, the Dominion Government
undertook to look after machinery and
Se products and the like were allotted to the
manufactured products while natural
provinces. Under this arrangement the
display in the Palace of Mechanical Arts
was collected and metalled by the Dominion,
though as is the case everywhere, Ontario
furnished the most of the stuff. Among
the leading exhibitors are the London
Machine and Tool Co., John Bertram &
Sons, Dundee ; Goldie, McCulloch & Co.,
Stevens & Hamilton and McGregor, Gour-
lay & Co., Galt ; W. Stahlscbmidt & Co.,
Berlin ; E. Leonard & Sons, London ;
Killey, Beakebb & Co., Hamilton ; James
Morrison Braes Manufacturing Co.,
Toronto ; Waterous Engine. Company,
Brantford ; Debbie & Stuart, Thorold ; J.
D. Ronald, Brussele, etc. The exhibit is
s i under the charge of Mr. James Clarke, of
° the Bertram Works, Dundee, who keeps
Y things in very good shape. As I have said,
the Canadian machinery attracts a great
deal of attention from foreigners, and
already a good many orders have been
received. Ib is altogether likely that some
of our iron working tools will be found in
Hungary and Sweden next year, as experts
from those countries, sent over to try
machinery, have recommended Canadian
tools as beat spited to their wants,
C. W. YOUNG.
is by no means difficult. Any enquiries of
this nature addressed to the Ontario Com-
missioner will be attended to, and rooms
secured at any rate desired. Mr.
Adam Armstrong, formerly of Toronto,
has this matter under his personal
supervision, and can place parties of any
size comfortably at short notice.
The ways to get to the grounds are
numerous, but a stranger arriving at the
Grand Trunk depot, on Dearborn street, as
most Canadians will, can tako the Illinois
Central, a walk of about ten minutes, and
be in the centre of the white, city in leas
than half an hour. The Canaian pavilion
is at the extreme north end of the grounds,
bat every Canadian should see it for varkus
reasons.. The Dominion Commissioners and
the Qommiesfoners for the various Pro-
vinces have their offices in the building, and
REGISTERS ARE KEPT
for the names ef visitors. Mr. Awrey,
Commissioner for Cattalo, can be found on
the ground floor, facing the lake, and is
always glad to see Ontario folks, and to give
them what information they wish. The
leading Canadian papera are on file in the
reading -room, and there is a postoffice in
the building to which visitors can have
their letters addressed.
I would jest add hero that visitors shenld
time their departure we as to arrive in Chi-
cago in the morning. The locality around
the Grand Trunk depot is not too reepeota-
ble, and a stranger is very etkely to get into
places that are not respectable if not actual
thieving dens. Borgega should be in as
small compass as possible, not more than
you can lift, trunks are in the way and cost
a good deal to reeve them arcund.
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
The Americans do not take many boli -
days, but they always keep the Fourth of
July—Independence Day. The preliminary
eymptoma are much the same as on the
Queen's Birthday in Canada—the nightt
before being made hideous with the explo- !
elan of firecrackers and cannon, but the day
usually brings forth more speech -making 1
and music than with ue. Hire in the
Columbian City there was a tremendous
crowd, numbering aver 300,000, and there i
were all sorts of special features—ringing
the Liberty Bell, hoisting the original '
American flag, and any number
of - spread-eagle addresses by dig- "
tinguiehed men and women, and
a display of fireworks at night, which
was something tut of the common and waa
all the more nay.sl to re great, many en se ,
count of the surroundings. The boats from
which the hulk of the fireworks wore din- I
charged were moored some distance out in
the Imre and some very hraubiinI effects
were attaioed. Fears were entertained that
the transportation facilities would break
d;+wn, but the way the enormous crowds
wore bandied was a marvel, and except on
the north side there were few who did nob
reach their homes by mida,igbt, The
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eek place to nee the pyrotechnics and were
rowded all evening by Canadians'and their
friends.
The celebration of Dominion Day in the
White City has heap folly covered, I find,
y telegraphic desse
patches, tho only sen,
onal feature being the annexation epeeoh
y Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, which was
very bad tete, to bey the least of ib, on
eh an occasion. Bub *ood manners are
of the mayor'" strong point, and he has
wen called down for hie booritbneab try
very nevrapaper in town exoebt ilio Titins
INO PRIVACY IN CHINA.
A Country Where Everybody Knows All
About His Neighbors.
" In China a ' private house' is unknown.
Anyone can go anywhere, and if there is the
leaat provocation be will do so." So said
the Rev. A. H. Smith, after many years of
missionary service in that country, to a
writer for the " Youth's Companion." To
shut the door le a bad sign. " What is
going on within that be dare not admit his
fellow townsmen 2" people are likely to say.
There are no newspapers, no objeots of gen-
eral and human' interest to attract atten-
tion, and as men and women must be
interested in something, it is natural that
they should be fond of neighborly gossip.
From Mr. Smith's account of the matter it
is plain how very little Chinese and Yankees
have in common.
Every Chinese has relatives beyond all
count or remembrance. Hie wife bas as
many more. His married children add to
the ever widening circle. By rho time he
is 60 years of age a man is 'related to hun-
dreds upon hundreds of individuals, each of
r whom is entirely conscious of the relation-
ship, and dons not forget or ignore ib.
Nob only do all the members of this army
of relatives feel bhemeelves entitled to know
all the details of one's affairs, but the rela-
tives—a swarm branching into infinity—
will, perhaps, do the same. If a man is
rich, or a magistrate, they certainly will
de it.
One cannot make a business trip to sell
I watermelons, to buy mules, to colIeob a
debt, of which every ono will not speedily
know all that is to be known. Chinese
memories are treasure houses of every-
thing relative to cash and to dates. How
much land each man owns, when it was
acquired, when pawned 'and when re-
deemed, how much was expended at
the funeral of his mother, and the wedding
of hie son, how the daughter-in-law is
liked at the village into which she was
married, the amount of her dowry, what'
bargain was made with the firm that let
the bridal chair, all these items and a
thousand more everybody knows and never
forgets.
Though two men at a fair inay do their
bargaining with their fingers concealed in
their capacious sleeves, it will go hard if
the neighbora do not discover the terms at
last.
There are no aecrots in China. Every-
body crowds in everywhere—if not in sight,
then c" behind the arras." Everyone reads
every despatch he can get ab. He reads
"private" letters in the same way.
" What 1" he exclaims, "not let me see 2"
No wonder the Chinese have an adage,
"If you would not have ib known that you
do it, do not do ib."
A Triumph of 1ea'cntive Genius.
Mrs. Hogan—An' iwy isn't the old mon
a-workin' now?
Mrs. Grogan—It's a inventor he is. He
has got up a road scraper thot does the
work of foive nib).
Mre. Hogan—An' how ninny min do it
take to r•run it?
Mrs. Grogan -Six: It will boa great
thlog fer gtvin' imploymonb to the laborin'
man.
A East Resort.
Patron—Do yon intend to teach your
boy a trade.
Journeyman—No, he's too durn lazy and
good-for.nothin' to make a living at my
rade I ever heard of. Gtuess I'll have to
et bine adopt home profoeaton,
Y'10081114$ IN Feil; n#DWAL
Some of ;the Horrible Sights, 'Witnessed
*mong Mgbamrucd's Followers.
Strange sights were witnessed in Midway
Plaisanoe eerie Sunday morning, says the
Chicago Herald. The Mohammedans its
the queer ati-aet began the celebration of
the birthday of the " True Prophet," and
the manner of it filled the speotatore with
wonder and at times with horror.
The Christmas of the Christian hringa joy
and display of good Fellowship. The
Mohammedan Christmae brings peeweeo
and prayer, in addition to feasting and
making merry. The day had been
brightened by the eau but a few minutes
Supday when the guards and early risers
in Midway were attracted to the Algerian
village by a mighty hubbub. All
the denoiug girls and the native attendants
of the 'bazaars were congregated in the
restaurant and they were attired in their
most gorgeous coetumes. The musicians
were an hand and made the air throb with
the melodies of their' native country. Two
lambs were brought into the room by a
couple of black mea and slaughtered in the
presence of the entire company, while the
worshippers sang a quaint song and sank'to
the floor is prayer. A brazier full of live
coals stood just euteide the door of the cafe..
The blood of the lambs was caught in
earthen dishes and placed near the brazier.
After a half hour of prayer., during which,
time nearly all the villagers remained pros-
trate on the floor, the women gathered
about the vessels.
By this time more than 200 persons had
been attracted to the village to watch the
proceedings. Ons after another the girls
approached the dishes of blood and dipped
their hands in the warm, red fluid. Some t
of the women ran to the nearest wail and
placed their blood beameared hands againot
the woodwork so as to have the impression
of their fingers outlined in red. Then they
rnahed back to the brazier and, thrusting.
their hands into the live coals, ran with a
handful to the blood marks on the wood-
work and actually burned away the red
stains with the fire held in their bare hands.
A few of them showed that they suffered
pain, bub the majority did not seem to
mind it at all. This peculiar ceremony oc-
cupied the best part of an hour and was in-
tended to typify the cleansing of the blood
by fire after death.
At last all the villagers fell into line sad
marched to Manager Bloom's headquarters.
They serenaded him and then demanded
money from him, which was immediately
forthcoming, From this point theyiwent to
other villages where the people are followers
of Mohammed, and after songs retired to.
their own apartments. The greater part of
the forenoon was occupied by the women in
penance and self -torture. The Algerian
women believe that their besetting sin is
passion. Some of threw who have
mere frequently given way to anger
during the last year were barbar-
ously cruel in expiation. Three of them
picked up live coals and drew them across
their hare bosoms. So severely did one of
them burn her own flesh that the odor of
the penance could be detected for ten
minutes afterward. Other women threw
themselves on their faces or knees an the
hard floor. One woman ran swiftly to the
wall of her room and hurled herself head-
foremost againab it. So seriously did
another injure herself that she was taken to
the hoepltel in an ambulance. This die -
play ef fanaticism among the dancing girls',;
Meted until noon. Then all mare was throwl
aside and rho day was given over to feasting
and dancing. Similar sights were witnessed
in all the villages where the peop'.e are
Mohammedans.
Chaff and Wheat.
God has no use for people who simply play
at religion.
No matter who he ie, the man who cane
say no to himself and stick to it is a hero.
The devil is always at church when the -
law is preached withoub love in the
preacher 'a heart.
The man will always have a stormy
passage who starts out to run away from
God.
Millionaires are probably the lonesomeab
men on earth.
There is nothing of which a bad man is.
eo much afraid as he is of the truth.
Whenever a lazy man looks toward
Heaven angels close the windows.
Cne difference between a fool and a.wise-.
man is that the foal loves to sit dawn and.
admire himself.'
Any man who loves men can win thein tot.
Christ.
Nobody gets any higher pay than the•maer
who does God's work.
You can'bplease a man who is dissatisfied
with God.
There was never a sermon preached that,
the devil did not try to answer.
Love would never have to•weep if it could;
always be understood.
When a sinner is converted every good
man bas found a long lost brother.
It is hard to get people to believe that
anything can be wrong upon which they
have seta their hearts.—Ram's' Horn.
Don't Take Rubber Into Four Mouth.
In a contribution from the department of
hygiene, ab the Imperial University of Mos-
cow, Alexander Butowaky (Arch. f. Hygiene,
vol. xv. No. 2) presents some facts is refer-
ence to the possible injurious qualities of
rubber articles, such as teething rings and
nipples. Ilia important conclusions are an
follows :
Rubber articles that float in water and are,
elastic and soft are barn:lees.
Black rubber dolls that are colored
throughout the mass, and the material ore
which sinks in water, contain lead and are
dangerous.
Red and brown rubbers contain antimonic
sulphide, and when colored throughout the -
mass are not dangerous, as the antimony.
deem not dissolve in the saliva or in milk.
Gray rubber contains zinc oxide, and is,
dangerous in any artioies likely to be put
into the mouth.
Rubber articles colored on the surface
only are unsafe.—Medical News.
!She Doesn't Play for Dim Now.
" I am afraid you do not love music, Mr
Keener," she raid, as she finished a melee-•
tion at the piano.
" Ob, I do," he said, eagerly.
""I thonghb you looked bored," she said.
"I may have lookedbored," he answered,
but I lovemuaio for all that."
An Inquest Needed.
Mother—Mrs. Binka told me that leers.
Winker'e little boy fell into the reservoir.
Did you hear about it?
Small Son (wino has heard a good deal of
talk about the water supply)—Yes'm, he's
dead, but I don't know whether he was
drowned or poieoned.
High-flown names and there parted in the
middle are no longer fashionable.
The latest fad of seaside entertainers is a
recitation with a musical accompaniment.
The cranberry has boon introduced into •
Turkey, An eminently proper combination.
Street oar chat > " Are you going to
Chicano 2" "No." " Why?" "Can't afford
" Where will you spend' year vacation _.
then 2" " In Europe."