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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1893-10-5, Page 3LONDON'S LATEST GOSSIP Edinburgh's Little Game in Seizing Gasman Duchy. J IS IT GREED FOR. WEALTH Alexandra and leer Famine tilatitering-- Tho Mark Tapley Like Czar and Olbert • Edward— A Royal Fanelli Weighing Maclaine., T seem the death of Make Brent of Saxe- Coburg -Gotha ham taut the British Court into +`^ mohrning, bub eine° fv ;nib this ie the dead moon and every one,. fn- eluding Rayalbies, is away from London, the tribulation outside •bho Imperial -oink) la nob much felt. Queen "Vioborla bola the lees of her brother -in - kw keenly, for these frequent raps of King at the door of the Royal Family Death y y and its connexion remind Her Majesty that -in a000rdanoe with general statistics the time le nob far distant when she hereelf will be summoned in the same presale meaner to render an account of her stewardship. Every day, during the Duke's illness, Queen 'Victor% had received novena tablet de- noting hie condttton. 'That his reoovery from the firab wee hopeless was well kaewn in the royal circle. The result, therefore, was ne shook to the imperial nerves. h Erneeb 11. was in early days a sweet• earb of Her Majesty's, ea fact, ab one time the Queen did not knew which brother she liked the beet, Erneeb or Alberb. The Dake ••of Saxe -Coburg and Gobha was jobb one year older than noon Viotorfa, and when she was courting he was en exceedingly hand- some young fellow, muoh better looking than the tate Priam Conant. Ernest used to woar a floe cavalry moustache and a raktnh-looking imperial on hie lower Hp. He lost the hand ef Victoria by giving in to Into brobher, who was like a twin to him. Ernest lied held very little communication wibn his sister-in-law for many years peat, having been annoyed after Prince Albert's death, because Her Majesty did net consalb shim about political and financial mabbera and commentate him her eonfieential adviser. 'He was further annoyed with the Queen be- cauee Her Monisty allowed Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice to marry other than royalties. THE FAMILY OF SAX-COI/USG Is' one of the esthete ancient and Maetrioue of the sovereign houses of Europe. Its „princes were rssowned ne leas in times el •prate thea in times of war. Bernard, " the brave Dake of Wtiwar," and " the successor of the great Gustavas Adolphus," • and the Metter Frederick of Saxony, the friend of Martie Lather, were both mem- bers ef thio hnuee. Originally the family were Counts of Webtin. By inheritance, however, thx•ough Herman, Lendgrave of •€Chnringta and Emperor of Germany, etc., they became • Margraves of Meiseen and tLandgragee of Thuringia. Coburg was „ •t� cquired by marriage ; Saalfield by pur- "" nhase. The reiguinn Duke of Saxe - Coburg -G ,the is the chief of the fiaaifield branch of the Ernestine line •of the House of Saxony. The Emperor Sigbemand,. in 1422, bestowed the Elec- torahip of Saxony on bhe then head of the .family and ib remained in the Ernestine line until the Emperor, Charles V., took tb away from John the Magaanimoua and geve it to his cousin, the Dake ef Meissen, the repre- sentative of the Aibertine line and the direct ancestor of the Bing ef Saxony. Had nob John the Magnanimous been taken prisoner at the battle of M.uhlberg, the sovereignty of Saxony would now, be vested In the Grand Dake of Weimar. A GOOD HAUL FOR EDINEURGH. Eaglandss Admiral, who has bean sitting tight for the past few weeks in Germany weedy to step into the dead man's shoes, has loab no time in telling up the euooesston, Whether he intends to hold ib or pass it on to hie son Alfred is a matter of detail. The mere fact of proclaiming himself gives him •the handling of the lase Duke's property, beth in money and lands, and Edinburgh knowe his book too welt to let snoha golden •opporbnniby slip. Erneeb had a vary large private fortune, whioh was at his own dia- posal, apart from extensive estates in Upper Austria and in the Tyrol, together with palaces, oastice, shooting lodges and estates en hie own dominions enough to make even William of Pamela . envious. William, by the way, has stood in veldt Edinburgh and helped him to proolalm himself withonb any fuss or bother, and will doubtless get a towable or shosbbng-box for his pates. .EYE WITNESS OP ORSINI'S ATTEMPT ON NAPOLEON. The late Duke ef Coburg was a witness of rOrslni'a ettempb on the life of Emperor .Napoleon. He was in Paris ab the time, on one of his self-imposed minions on behalf ef 'Germany uniby, and was emoking a cigar ab the entrance of the Opera Hence, awaiting the 'arrival of the Imperial parby, when the iholdenb 000urred.' "The evening was as mild as If we ware in the South, the Duke wrote in his :anemeirs, "and bbe cloudless moonlight night Reamed to invite us to lounge a little ?longer up and down in front of the theatre. " Meanwhile bhe ory Vlve 1' Empersnr' -.sounded from the Rae Pelletier. We threw •our cigars away and re-entered the hall. At that moment we heard a detonation which ab first pave me the impression as It the -.company had fired. We turned bo the - • door to see 'what had happened. In the eamo instant a second bomb exploded under the approaching carrier of the Emperor, by whioh the coachman, horses, servants and lancers of the esoorb were knocked down. Wee emended from the street, and the lamentations of the wounded were heard, intermingled with orfee for help. "Some MIt 1" CRIED EUGENIE. "I watt still standing there petrified with horror when the Emperor and Eafprers' rushed in. They ' seamed about to fail. The Empress seized mo, as ib were, meehanionily, by the arm and told prebty calmly, ' Sauvez mol 1' The Emperor was litre one stunned ; he stag gered and I thought he was wounded. Hie hat was a little intoned in and torn on one side by a bullet. Bub, before I had time to collect myself and take in the sibuation, a third sari sb11l more fearful explosion fol- bowednitoetoso to us. Tho bomb meat have been tb owe straight ab the doer of the hall. Fragments of the petard and bullets emaehed the windows and rebounded from the ceiling. I dragged bhe Empresa, whom ' x had on nay arm, away with me, and reoon bob having knocked down nomo person who blocked the way at I was endeavoringbo ,roach the staircase leading to the box. he s. g The Emperor appeared at a lots in whioh direc- tion to turn. tiThen he followed ter.. e uthe ebaire, and ab last we all reaohed the box." ROYALTIES PACKED LIKKE SARDINES INA Box. immense are the preparations now lacing • made at the Danish $ehroos for the r000ption of the Imperial and Royal. guests, .SO limited fe the e000mmodetion ab Predenaberg when this annual ltbrain ie pub upon ib, that all manner of dodges have been resorted to in order to make things comfortable for all concerned. The Prinoe of Wales has always complained of the etu buaae of the Castle when it is full, as ib is every Augaeb and September. But the other ilisetriasimi are lest fastidious than ,Britain's £saburo King, and bakoe things as they find them. Mast good-natured of all is the burly Tear, who ib the Mark Tapley of the party, Always cheerful and jovial no matter what hag happened or what may happen. WALES' DOESN'T LIRE BEING CROWDED. Hie Imperial Majesty of Ail the Hus- sies does nob growl If yesterday's serviettes have been left on the bowel horse by mist take and the oleen ones forgotten in the burry of the moment; while, if the supply of soap should run thorn, the Tau does not hesitate bo borrow a piece from either his Royal father-in-law or bhe Crown Prince. But the King tf England that it; to be is rather above that kind of thing, and likes everything to be as ship-shape aa it is ab Marlborough House and Sandringham. ALBERT EDWARD'S FAMILY WEIGHING Apropos of Sandringham there is a cels- brated book kept In the hall in which every guest of bhe Prince of Wake on alighting has bo subscribe hie signature and hie weight. Assuming he dna not know the dabber, the weighing machine always stands like the executioner of the Baron Von B1ltzen, handily by. The guests, however, are not palled upon to abate their weights on the berminabioa of their visit. No such demand on them ie oaabomary, eo that ib is not to sae whether the Sandringham hem plbaliby has made them a greater attraction to the earth's surface, but simply because from time immemorial Ib has been a stand- ing custom in the Gnelpb family. Beetpes for the Week. TOMATO SOUP. Eight large tomatoes, a email bunch of herbs, two allepioo, one anion, satb and pepper, onequart shock, stale bread. Oat the tomatoes in half, pub them in a sauce- pan with bhe herbs and onions stuck with two cloves, add salt and pepper and just cover with water. Put the sanoapan on bhe tire, abirring the contents oocaeienelly. When the tomatoes ars thoroughly conked tarn them Out en a hair sieve, remove the herbs and onions, work the tomatoes through the sieve, make the stook boiling hot, stir the tomato pulp into it, put squares of toasted bread in the tureen and pour the sauce oVer. MUSIfmt00M OATSUP. Take freshly gathered mushrooms and ex- amine them carefully to see that they are all right. Wipe them, bub de not wash. Pub a layer of muehreoma is the bottom of an earthen dish, then sprinkle well with salt, then another layer of mushrooms, another of aolb, and so on alternately ; cover with a folded towel and stand in a very warm place for twenty-four houre ; thea mesh and strain through a coarse beg. To every quart of this liquor add one ounce of pepper -corns and boil slowly in a porcelain - lined kettle for thirty minutes ; then add a quarter ounce ef whole allspice, a hall Bunce of sliced ginger root, one dozen whole cloves and three blades of space. Boil fifteen minutes longer. Take from the fire and stand snide to cool. When cold, Amin through flannel and put in small bottles, filling bo the very top. Cork tightly and dip in sealing wax. DAMSON CHEESE. Pat some sound damsons into an earthen jar, cover ib closely, and plan in a pan of cold water on the fire. Let it boil, and keep adding the water as it wastes away, until the fruit is quite tender. Then, while shill warm, remove the damsons, skin and atone the damsons, and parse them through a sieve into the juice in the jar. Pat one- half pound of leaf sugar, broken inbo small pieces, be every one pound of pais, and bell together mainly to a ebiff paate. Oraok the stones, blanch the kernels, and add to the theme, whioh ehonld bo boiled until it clings to the spoon in a mass, and leaves the pan quite dry. Pour into pots and cover. Keep in a dry plaoe. A Navvle. Ib was et the time of the laying of the Glasgow & Southwestern Beltway in Soot - Land. Auld Peggy McAllister, a decent old body who lived among the hills, had heard a good deal about the navvies who were " on the job,"' though she had never seen one, and somehow, deubbleas from the many wild stories she had heard of their deluge, she had conceived the idea that they were something " no canny.", Returning from the "preaobini" with the guldman one day they happened to meet one of these " knighta of bite shovel and the wheelbar- row," and as ho paned John remarked that " that was a movie." " Eh 1" exclaimed Peggy, in great astoniehmenb, turning round and taking a prolonged stare at the man. " Is that a navvfe b Guid bless me, John, he's juleb as like a man as oohb ever I saw 1" Circumstances Alter Cases. " Why, you are a plutocrat, sir, and an infamous geldbug 1" roared the arrizzled old President of the Rsosaugaaville Free Silver Club, grasping his hiokory stink with a firmer grip. " Whab do you • mean by Doming to me to boast of the ill-gotten wealth yen can show in gold and stone and bonds, sir Y' " I—I want to marry your danghtor," said the terrified young man. " Why—hum—that's dbfferenb. Iedon'b know as I've gob any objection." The Circulation of a Tree's Blood. How water; commonly ca lin p nacos- eery to the life of a tree, panes from the roots to the topmost leaf and evaporates, 10 a problem nob yeb solved by botaaisbe. It Is known that the aeoonb is made chiefly in cavities in the sap -wood enly, the heart end bark serving' other purposes. That is the extant of our knowledge of the matter. Beyond is mere conjecture and every theory yet advanced hap failed to stand the beet ef experiment, Began at the Wrong End. " We had a terrible tame with the con- vention of physician's In out city the other day."' ".What eboub t" "They found a dtseaso,and then ooaldn't discover a microbe ter it,,, The recently dlsoovored diamond known as the Jagerefonbein is of pute blue -Whitt color, and is said to weigh 971 carats, thin putting all others inthe shade in eine if' not in brilliancy, y Sentiment ft tie old as anything else, as is indieeted by the dieoOvery in Egyptian tombs doling !tack to B. O. `1000 of wed. g g g din rings en raved wibn a heart and two clasped hand,. Tho eiF tis roduot sf the United Staten is cent. of its total minoralpro 8� psi en p duction, whfohr according bo the censure was In 1880 $587,280,662, bi killed morethan 200' pentane Ltgh.tn g . 1R .. In the united Stated to 1:891 and de: twined property veined at $1,5t)0,000. THE ART OF GOOD LOOKS; It is. One of the Fine Arts Worthy of Cultivation, Baths. Lotions and Best -Etiquette of Verne -The Well -Bred Cunt—About klikken— Sickroom Mute.. EBTAINLY the orb of good leoke is a fine art, and ono that de- serves the encourage- ment ib seems to be getting on every side. Even those " aids to beauty" =intheshane of lotions, lemon water mud skin soaps—so en- ehusiastioaily urged Men womankind from thebaokpages of every magazine and pamph- let in the land, are not to be treated with bopping acorn ; they have their plane and nee in the general struggle for loveliness. Vnby, the great B,7zao bimself la careful be inform us that te cerbein Mme. Rabourdin'ecomplexion, "bean. biful by a bran bath, was softly radiant" on the night of the grand minieterlal lune, bion whioh was to be the ambitious woman's Waterloo. Doan nob this honorable men- tion forever establish bhe importance of bran bathe in a women's career? Thab Mme. Rabourdin'e high echelon fell through will' Impeach the eflioaoy of the bran bath for her of shallow understanding only. The daring scheme simply fell through IN SPITE OF THE BRAN BATH. Now, while bran baths and various ether beautifying lotions are in no wise to be neglected by the pretty women in search of more prettiness, why nob bank up these deliberate efforts for comeliness by common- sense conduct throughout eaoh day's wear and tear ? To begin with, women alt too math, and women stand gnito too numb. Nothing is se wearisome as "standing about," even to the well -brained body bhab has been drilled into good pain ; and sitting is not resting, however cleverly women may delude them- eelvea on this point. The young girl who desires to keep away crow's feet and that jaded look we all know E0 well, and to retain the suppleness and adorable bloom of extreme youth, should, when eff parade—or off duty, as the case may be—and in her own room, make a couch or the floor her habitual reatiug plans. ABSOLUTE REPOSE comes to the tired mnsolee only when the body to in a reclining position, and absolute repose comer to the overstrang nerves onlv when the muscular system is perfectly at rest—relaxed. The middle-aged woman could, I am posi- tive, woe back much of bhe freshness and lithesomonesa of girlhood if she would be at a little pains to learn how to red. Five mantes ef reab flat on one's bank en the floor or on a hard, smooth conch are worth half an hour of so -styled " reab" in an arm chair, or in that unreposeful tempter, the reeking chair. Some one has Bald to the women of to- day : "Never etand when you can alt ; never sit when you can lie down." This ex- hortation, applied with some elasbiolty, ie the best receipt for beauty I know of. While I have little sympathy with the gospel of laziness preached ao consistently by some lives, I do recommend frequent daily tepees into oempleto fallowness. Noth- ing Is so becoming both to flash and spirit as the reab that Domes of a sorb of Bud. dbietlo calm, in which one shall neither think, fool, nor de. Etiquette of Cards. As far es the etiquette of the signature is concerned, there is one unvarying rale for women, married and single. It is never right nor in good form to sign ene'm name with the addition of Mies er Mrs. Yon are Mary Emily Jones, nob Mrs. Patrick Fitzgerald Jones, to whomsoever you mcy be writing. If it is neceseary to notify your correspondent of your mar- ried style and ea tate, you may do so and in one of several ways. Please re- member that a correspondent should nob be lcfb in doubt as to this, much embarrase- meat being frequently caused by the omit- ebon, in letters between strangers, of exact information as bo whether the writer is MARRIED OR SINGLE. Yon may readily indicate all you with to . tel"lVon may place Mrs. P. F. before the Mary Emily aforeamid in parentheaee. You. may write Mrs. Patrick Fitzgerald onb fully and plainly in the left-hand corner of your sheet below your proper aignatare, or you may simply inclose your engraved vfaibing oard In your letter, this being on the whole the mosb elegant and also the meet convenient method of showing one's relation to society. The exception mush be remarked hero that the visiting card is out of place in an exolueively business leiter— one whioh has nob even remotely a esatel bearing." CARD ETIQUETTE is one of the Swab and moat delicate tests by whioh a woman claealfiaa her acquaint - anon. Ito laws are unalterable, its sine of omission or oommiesion among the few that are abenlubely unpardonable, Concerning the name on the pard en authority tells them the name engraved In script through the centre should have the address below lb in the righb hand corner, the day for reoofving in the left corner. This name should never include a husband's title or profession, but the husband's name in full, and should nob be written with the initials alone. A daughter in the fireb year of her imotal life has no card, but engraves her name on the mother's card. After this probationary year the eldest or the only dangbter in a family writes only Mies before her family name, The younger daughbera write the fall name. Ib has been deoided that on a widow's card the dear. name so long borne, to bard to relinquish, may be retained with propriety for imolai use, though in all practical matters the widow writes her own Christian name lnabead of bhab of her husband. The Well -Brod Guest. To be the charming mud welcome vieibor be punobual at meals; of affairs of an un ploasanb character happening in the house- hold take no bead. To interfere with or order the servants is very bad form. Above all, correct not other people's children. blothere invariably resent thio, and one taking this fiberby be Considered a very. in- terfeting person. Ab the fancily bedbbme express a willingness to retire. Never monopolize the conversation et' table. There is a valuable addition to every home and its inmates in the ready listener, who is sought for and a pro Dieted. In England a visitor id allowed the morn. ing to himself. Ile can drive, walk, ram•, bis In the woods, 'study in his own room and do'Dthabtver hie peedileobion dictates, t eoolleoiing Mint the dinner and evening be. long to his hoot and hostess. Do N00 Matt A PAutit STA=Y its ping, either front a brief tali or a long +ojonrn, Is' bho former ,moo simply 440, 11 say such few parting words an are noceeuary —and goDo not keep ophere waiting while you rattle on, or think of other thing* which might .be said. When the ttnio ,@iced for the end of a vhafb hat arrived, 406 ;Van the same prbaoiple. The hostase will doubtless say, " I with you could remain with us longer," and in doing so will indirectly beatify to thepleas. uro which the vieib has afforded. But thli kindly utterance should net be taken as a teemed to the guest to break up her own Plena is order tis tarry longer. Likewise when the latter roaponde : '" Thank you. The time really seems very short, as It hoe been so happily spent" she has made a return of courtesy in kind whioh will be much more pleasantly molted in after dale than a too literal compliance with the oom- plimentary utterance of the hostess. Ib in always desirable In parting with our friends, whether for an hour or for an eternity, to leave with them agreeable impreeeione and reoolleotione. About making. So many housekeepers, both young and old, are in donbb as to the right time to cook vegetables and meats that the follow• log table 10 given, with the hope that it may prove of value to name one : BAKING, MEATS. Beet sirloin, rare—Eight minutes for each pound. Beef sirloin, well dent—Ten to fifteen minutes for eaoh pound, Beef rib er ramp—Ten to fifteen minutes for each nomad. Beef fillet—Twenty to twenty-five min- utes. Lamb, well done—Fifteen minutes' for each pound. Mutton, rare—Ten bo twelve minutes for each pound. Mutton, well done -.-Fifteen to eighteen minutes for eaoh pound. Pork, well done—Twenty-five to thirty minutes for nob panful. Veal, well done—Eighteen to twenty min- utes for oath pound. Braked meat—Three and one half to four house. Cblokena, weighing from three to five pounds—One to one and one-half boars. Thrkeya, weighing from nine to twelve pounds.—Three to three and one-half hears. Fish, of average thickness, weighing from six to eight pound—Oce hoar. CANE AND PASTRY. Sponge cake—Forty-five to fifty-five minutes. Plain cake—Twenty to ferty-five min- utes. Cookies—Ten to twelve minutes. Gingerbread—Twenty to thirty minutes. Plum pudding—Two and one-quarter to throe hours. Tapioca or rice pudding—One hour. Bread puddiog—Sixty-five minutes. Pies with two orueba—Thlrby to forty minutes. Graham rolls --Half an hour. Wheat rolls—Ten to eighteen minntee. Bread—Forty to sixty minutes. Biscuit—Ten to eighteen mina -hes. VEGETABLES. String beans—One and one-half to two hours. Shell beans—One to two hours. Cauliflower—Thirty to forby minutes. Cabbage, new — Thirty to forty-five minutes. Corn, young—Five to bon minutes. Oarrobs—Fifty to sixty minutes. Aaparagae--Flfbeen to eighteen minnbes. Onions—Thirty-five to forty-five minutes. Oyster plant—Derby to sixty minutes. Peas—Fifteen to twenty minutes. Potatoes bolled—Twenty to thirty min- utes. Potatoes steamed—Thirby to forty-five minutes. Turnips—Thirty-five to fifty minutes. Parsnips—Thirty-five to forty-five min - nee stats for the Sick Room. Siokness is a calamity from which no fleah is exempt. There are bmlms for the weande of the rich, but the poor mush bear their own infirmities. With love, exquisite neat. nese, patience, encouragement, quiet and a libble hospital learning wondroae cares can be wrought. Chewing will stop the ordinary, nose- bleeding, and the shook of dropping a cold key or a handful of minden down the back will often give relief. In case of a severe attack syringe the nasal cavity with cold salt water. If this does not atop the flow of blood throw the head back, raise the arum up as far as posalble, and apply cold sponges to bhe bridge of the nose and the back of bhe Leek. The gafckesb way to treat a burn or scald is to cover ib with carman oil and Fleur and bandage wino linen. In case of preatratton from either accident administer a mild stimulant. When a delicate person is fatigued and has ne appetite, sponging the body with bathing whiskey, diluted alcohol or milk will nourish the system and produce red or refreshing sissy. A bug in the ear may be drowned oub with a little warm water. Apply with a sponge er syringe, and efber eaoh injection incline bhe head with a jerk, so as to d:alodge bho contents of the cavity. Distressing vemiting may be relieved by applying to the stomach a hob shingle or woollen pedbreughb from the even. In oases ef sleepleaenees as well es sick- ness) frequent changing of pillows will have a soothing Influence. Tho case ehoufi fit the pillow and be kept amooth. A,°biome of nightgowns is reat:ul, and the rafreabiog sense of cool water or some spicy tottet water, like Iavender or orange flewere, ap- plied to the forehead, throat, hands and feet cannot be overestimated. A Belgian Sunday Law. The Belgian poab-offioo is about to lotus what is palled a epeoial Sunday stamp. Ib wili be a 10 -centime (2. cent) stamp and at one end will have a little flap. This can be torn off or left intact at the user's will and will carry in French. and Dutch these words : "No IAD livres le dlmanohe." " Niob bestollen op zonbag," whioh means in Etglish, " The postman is not to deliver on Sunday the letter bearing this stamp." This novelty is intended to start a popu- lar egitation against Sunday Government) work in Belgium, whish is to be stopped if possible in the future. It is said that it large number of people will posh letters unnecessarily on Sunday mornings in order to give oxpreseion to their sentiments. It' will be lnberestireg to hear howmanw of these damps are used.—Gourrrier des Etats- The euetom of opeaking of the Preeidenb as Hie Excellency is unwarranted. No ouch formal title was ever gleed him by legislative motion. His legal title is "the Preeldenb of the United States." An Englishman has patented a +submarine gas above for hoabing the water in bath tubd. The average "fall " or elope of -North American rivers le about font Mohoper mite. Dluebtbotee are in general use among the peer people of llttaefa as a subttfbttba fer Meat ; SNAKES PLAY BALL. The Remarkable Story Told by a `ere,- clout; MAMMA Reuter. THE REl'TILEl3Lilt UEST. O AN �Q . OUTHV1lESI�i Df i p sour, has a most singu- lar climate, a most remarkable people, and produces this avenged) phenomena of any sec- tion of the global ever visited." tom" i 4 Thus spoke Horace ti• Monicker, of Chicago, .if the other day. Horace t�a: was formerly the ad• vane agent of a these OM bridal company and a truthful follow, of course. Latterly he had been trying to raise peaches in the Sucker State. Bab thin did'ub pay as wallas ib might. Now he hoe gone back to his old love. " A month ago," he went on, "just after the country had settled itaelf down to calm nese succeeding the' celebration of freedom's birthday,' a violent eneweborm swept over the Ozark mountains ono night. What 1 Never heard of a snowstorm in the middle of July in Missouri? My boy, remember that I remarked something about strange, phenomena, and don't be surprised at any- thing I may tell you. " About 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the day before this storm had set in I took my gun and wandered off in bho bills in search of any game which I might find. Night came on suddenly and with ib a storm. I was milts away from home and soon found I had lost wy way. After tramping around for some time and firing my gun repeatedly and exhausting any lungs in yelling I con- cluded that it was bettor to find some sheltered place and cemp for the night. Picking my way through the undergrowth I seen Dame to bhe side of a hill where a ledge of rook seemed to jut out and offer some suggestion of swelter. Creeping close to the rook I found there was as opening be- neath it, and crawling inside I found my- self in a nage of comfortablo size where everything wee dry and pleasant. 1 gathered together some brushwood, built a roaring fire, and woe roan stretched before ib sound asleep, and didn't awaken until dawn. I felt huogry, and taking my gun crawlod out into the open air, to find the sun shining brightly mad bhe snow melting rapidly. 1 tramped nomad through the slush for nearly an hour and finally shot a rabbit. I then started back to the nave, intending to eon Lt at my fire. "There was a. cleared place in front of the opening about fifty yards in extent, and before stepping into this ' open' I atopped, parted the limbs of the trees, and gazed mannerly out. " 1 have had some marvelous experienoos in my time, but I think the nlgbb which greeted me was the mosb aateunding I have over witnessed or ever expect to see. I had actually made -my bed the night before in a cave which was alive with rabblesaakes. They had crawled in for shelter from the storm and had crept to the back part o the hole, so that I bad not seen them, and as the weather was very cold they had been chilled into a torpor so that my presence had nob disturbed them, but the bright blame of the fire and accompanying warmth had livened the' varmints up so that they had sought the open air again. Here they found the ground covered with snow. Ib was eemething which I suppose ninety-nine out of a hundred of the snakes had never seen before. Bub a snake is always equal to emergencies, and the net, slushy oandf- tion ef the snow had suggested to the younger snakes a possibility of indulging in a good, old-fashioned, snow -balling match. So there the critters were. :Choy had . ohoten up sides ' jolt like coned oys, and the two linos were about fifty feet apart, and some of the snakes were writhing and twisting and rolling the snow into neat little balls about the size of a World's Fair glass of beer, while the rest of the snaeea would stick their tails into the snow- balls and, standing on their heads, wave backward and forward for a mond or two and then let fly. Every time a ball would hit a aoake he would have to go over to the other aide. The older and more sedate snakes and the young lady snakes sat in a little circle tip at the mouth of the cave and seemed to be enjoying the sport iia - meanly. When any particularly vigorous play would be mule they would sound their rabbles and make a noise like a thrashing machine. The snakes farthest up bbe hill seemed to be getting the better of the lower lino and fleetly only one young,aotive euake was left. Bat he was a daisy. A perfect shower of balls fell all around him, but he dodged every one, and rising on his tail, opened wide hie mouth and ran his tongue out several inches right at the fe.cee of hie eppeaente. And then a wild salvo of emplane broke out up the hill. •' I had been standing all this three liter. ally shaking to my boots. To tell the truth I did not know just what to do. Bab I began 1m get chilly, and so I moved my feet in order to warm them a little. As I did so the hammer of my gun caught on the limb of a tree. The noise of applause drowned the re- port of my gun, bub ib did not prevent the bullet from epeedtng straight to the snake's head, and he dropped like a flash. The ap- plauee stepped suddenly. Then a young stake crawled cautiously down the hill to Meet-nesete. He rushed back in one-third of the time he 000npied in Doming down, and all bbe other sateen eiosed oronnd him as he made an exhauotive report. Then all the enema Dawe down the hal and gathered erround their fallen comrade. Fioaity six able -belied makes gathered together on one side, and ono by one eye -witnesses seemed to be Monism what they knew about the deceased, about the moaner in which he had mob his death, jest like they would in Coroner MoHele'a court. Finally a spry young snake spied a ohunk of foe about two towhee fn diameter, and he. brought it before the jury. Its members wagged their heads a moment and cobbled between then:wolves that ammo one of the bombarding party bad'trun' that chunk of lee, that the toe had hit the snake, and that was the o#ate of his domiee, There seemed to be no way in the minds of bho rdspective makes to figure out whe the oulprib wee, so slowly and Badly a delegation ef them wrapped their talis around the dead snake, dragged him up the hill and disappeared in the Dave. Then I turned and fled." 7 The ancient Greeks considered white the, proper color for girls' olobhing. Cranks are the floaa of alvilizetfon. We may destroy them, but they stir ns np, and show where the sore ,pots are. The United States roduoe nearly 1? y , - . 000 gallons of chine ovary year, and every year sees the increase of vbaeyards. Many a young fallow who would other- wieo hardly he abie to navigate is Milling along very* com f otbably on hie heirship. A 1lentuoklan who took a great deal o f nitrate el sliver to palliate the effeob of epileptic fits is reported, possibly by sonic 1ocal Mnlhabbon, to bavo turned blue front head ba feet, ii<OF WAYS 01111LIINIM IMO Tracts off Yanr ,Miles to Ike kite 's Sns,—$olidayn ars avar, and owe scabs the ohiidren, with than 11o11o4l. books, tie bright faces and eyes fall of hope,orowd tals streets iet merry groups. We sb home haver eur anxieties obonb manegfag.two or °bretst of them. How mast the sohoelemeter feed when he bass to mange hundreds i VPsr are apt to aond them off to the sghealmaabere with light hearts♦, glad to bo'rid of them, evoa fer a ferea0em, The boys are so fair of life that they aro "clean owes theles nailer," and father maks* a bad pun andt calla the girls s" Lasriedemons." If w* have had our anxiety with three or four, what must the sohoolmastar feel as be ones more has to forget bis holiday and fat. the herd routine of achool life t We owe much to the schoolmaster, who fes our deputy, who takes our loads who bears the burden for us, and tries to make good men and women out of the raw lade and the "lasateden one," We owe first of all to the eeheolmaeber that we send our children oat Olean. Nothing im- pressed me more in Goraaany than the perfect cleanness of the poorest children, both in the Sabbath and the day newel. In the very poorest leoalttles the children are clean, and their clothes arra not only clean, .- but darned and mended neatly. The ba y hair was cropped close; the girls had all a tidy, close, smart look. Whore .are privk legeo the Huh only can enjoy, bub bhe very poorest can enjoy the luxury of being clean. Children held be waahed with soap and water, head and heols of them, every day. The nails of their toes should be ppared, their finger Haile kept neat, and ` their hair combed. Look et the children who are so treated as they trip in crowds to some of the high schools. They cease with eleable. step, with the swing and dash of the waves of a summer sea Thera is music in their voices, ley and gladness in their every movement. Like a river of life the bright-eyed girls flow past rippling with laughter, fair nes a garden of lilies, bright as the eye of the morning. The children of the very poorest can be clean, and this is half the secret of aboaml- ing, buoyant health. We owe this to the. schoolmaster, and we owe it to our neigh- bors. It is cruel and unfair to a woman who bas combed her girl", hale, washed her lovingly. and pub on her clothes sweet and pure, darned and neat, had her shoos brushed and a little packet handkerohief pub in her pocket, a bit of sponge for her slate, a slam pen and a bit of pencil, and the little ponbnife her brother Tom gave her—ib is cruel and unfair to a mother like thio that a dirty abetters should be allowed to send out her poor girl smelting of a dirty, unwashed skin with filthy hair and tattered clothes, and the manners of to savage. Upon the same form is the clean child doomed to alt side by side with this dirby child. Tho whole rimae its hindered, because two or three =oh inhildnan— irregular in their a:Madaaoo too —keep the rest back and debase , the whole tent o€ blas school, and break the heart of the echeol- master. Net only shonid we send our children out clean, wo should, tend them regularly. Tho slightest exauae often suffices to keep some falka'children athome. It rains, and the child hasnot a little rough woollen cape. A vlaitor same', and the children are allowed to stay at home. Regularity of attendanme is due to the schoolmaster, but it le a deep wrong to the child to interrupt Ioasonn tier trivolona causes. Nine times on of tan we ourselves are to blame if our obi/drat are out of health. Weindulge them with rmnouftable food, wo neglect the care ef their teetb., we allow them to eft up too feta, wo do snob provide them with strong, easy shoes and war= ebookiage, we do nob take care of them. and eo they are ever affirm. Soap and water, a clean skin, and plain, nonrlehing food are worth more than doctor's arags. Then we should help the teaoher to keep good order. Children should learn the habit of obedience at home. There is a bad onatom of speaking of the minister and of the schoolmaster without respect. Even fathers and mothers, instead of saying Mr. Black or Mr. Wilson, say only Black er Wilson i Ask what church you attend, and the reply is Andsrton's or Robortson'a. Sometimes the schoolmaster gate a nick- name at home. The moment this happens parents are doing their best to waste all the good their children can get at school. The habit of obedience be an ornament upon o child. Ib cannot be put off and on. Ib fa' learned at the mother's knee, or rather in her bosom, for before a child can walk it is either an obedient or diaobedienb ohild. The habit of obedience is the glory of a child ; it is the foundation of all noble character. is the safety nob Only of the family, bub of the State. Nob only le the schoolmaster apt to be palled same slang name, but par- ents are apt to get into this habit wibb their own children. Peter le called Pete. When he grows up to be a mem the foolish habit is continued. Saran fa Buse, and ate ahe Is taught to be a romp, and never feels the dignity of womanhood. A woman calix her husband 10 Sammy," he calla her "Bab." All this is destructive of discipline. Even in some families whioh coselder them- selves genteel a pet name er miserable vulgar diminutive fa used to t, man six feet high. There is no duty more neglected than bhe habit of polite, deferential and kindly behavior towards children. The schoolmaster is expected to correct all the vulgarities and evil habits learned in a care- less home. This foolish allpehod vulgarity disbincbly tends to keep a young lad from getting on in life, while a motion, respect - Dal, polite manner seven him a thousand difficulties. We owe to the schoolmaster also that we tako an interest in the Lessons. There is no royal road to lemming. The father and mother whoreac over the lesson, who take a puzzled little lad between their knees and explain to him the mystery of proportion and decimals, will, when their hairs are grey, have their reward, and. happy sons and grateful daughters, remem- bering the help and happiness of child- hood days, will proudly smooth their de. alining years, and help �their parents dear as "they did them afore. A ohr istiara Demo- crat in Dundee People's Journal. Still a Tar. He (stroking a diminutive mustraehe)-Fn Queen Elizabeth's timo mien Who were beards were taxed. She—Yee; and ib tonna aomo Men now to rain° a beard. proctor --Well, it's only a strap front the sublime to the ridiculous. Lenox—Ab, if it were only a stop back again l—Vogue. The infallibilityof bhe Pei o feu.'ba marker to the infallibility of a caeb iron gas meter in the °yeti of a se f -abating gas erporabloa emploee. ThoyGerman navyhas 1,231 officers and 182x19 men, Theare 01 vessels of all , . sorts, of which 19 are irortatadd and Iii. armored °rniseri+.. * A non of Sampson Baker, of Ozark, Me., while playing fit the stand en bhe banks of the White 'fiber near itis father's home, unoatthed several tial taus witfele •oonbeinod $1,500 in gold and giver +isobars, ranging iii date from 1840 ro 18150.. The Marley it sup- posed f o boyo been boiled by betasene Jnr Ing the waren-Ater. York Saari.