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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1897-11-4, Page 2TliE EXETER TIMES GOOD AND BND LUCK, COINCIDENCTIA. Nothing' is cemmonex than to near talk of good luck and bad luck; lucky people anti unluoky; lucky days and unluoky; with special reference to Friday, 'which eeems to lia,ve got a ter- ribly bad name indeed. Ninety-nine eallors out of a, hundred count it un- lucicv to set sail on that day: and some, tunate or lucky; whereas the prudent man who prevents the burglar's it by wise, preeantions, enjoys no such credit, but has to be content -with being snore frequently tacky than the fool, leecense he puts himself more in the. wan of good fortune. Now and then, one ,meets with some poor for- lorn wreath with whom everything ,Iee•Ilas to go wrong, and who, always 111 troable, soon get.s the nickname, of y" Dick. even capteias, who have weathered But a far more curious andtrue many a, storm, refuse to do 5o. 1 interest than any matters of mere "gilt" at l3righton about this very name, we call Coincidences, into bettedr was talking the other day to an old ink, and eVattleet'oF°W)linfeClur question, and 1 dirt no- bto get eet, which there would seera to enter a reit of lane what his views were, and new factor, not so easiltedefined, By what reaneathere eould be for so Alla3.3;coef.s,illittereettort, h Imes fallen under my I give ti. few in - strong and Widespread a belief, or, as own personal observation. Thus: I wore eill it, superstitionmeet with a stray ..word, sae "To - "You," slid L "ha,ve, been afloat Iieggen," just now m cosninon use d mong u ' s, and, as a matter of mere eretty oe ften: to my lenoedge---" l curiosity. 'wishto know its derivation, " Forty years. next March. in all I consult every dictionary I can lay weathers," interrapted the captain. hands eel, but in not one. of them does the weird appear. 1 ask right arid left "Well. then what's your real opin- among the gay young people: who are it re about Fridity?" just now gone mad about the delights "I can't sey 1 like it at all myself," of Tobogganing, but not a. soul can I e iinswered. "I never In:towed things helo me. I question two charming girl graduates fresh from the lIon,or cut right that were latioebed on list at Ca,niblidge, one of them a Friday; though I've had to face eLelly great in etemelogy, whom T beg skipper them In my tittle: for it isn't every to visit the Britieli Muaeune in search -or owner that will listen when of thi‘vhioldb Canadian word. it . mit the men growl about going to see („enr•axid Ire ted•upti!Vetueugit'enne, as Fr - ('21 the day after a•bursilay. "It' S all a. hopeless rnestry: end in. a, neonth's sailers, and will bold, too -Ask anY town .• _e neigntierieg c:f the Free unty say. All the saeme it holds good among Liebraorove adiget-b1. walk:11th). (4 sem aiongsnore here what they Incal•maa,gluatztinejree, ou.pPenait nautmrabnedrontanda think. They will tell you. that the Za..:hhe hnetto to an article ort "Awn@ werst gele last Novenaber began on a,gin. XCaU otaatgllasuealeaN:cfnIlla'n"r=• Fr.. y. when. the lifeboat was all but for sled." eneleesti-tbat the end of the new pier was washed, away on a Friday -filet Friday's eaten a fish is always cae.ut the worst of the lot; and if the nets bre:tk a,way cpf v. night nith neat- irerel. les sure to be comino home on a Friday." "Weil," said I, "as for mere luek at sea, do you know thet. a year or two ago one a our greet shipbuilder: de- termined to show that you sailors were all in tbe wrong about this terrible day? He, built a, brig and named her Friday, laid dein her lines on a Fri - clay, finisher ter thee tia.y seven weeks, a confounded pack of nonsense," they linite have forgotten the whole affair. the one which had east occurred was siogulerly strenge. doine knowi natimh a.bout. their be - tog comanop," said Mr. Iarkins; but I owe tell yon of at far more curlew, inata,nee. One day, a strariger came in and asked for a copy of Blair's ser - mans, well-known book, but quite ont of fashion now. Ile looked. et the only copy I had, bought it, and paid foe it, and WAS aboat to go, Wheal he suddenly stopped and said "If you .have. no objection, I will said, the book wit,h you tuetil happen to be in town again.' -93y all mean' gala Cas long as you please,' (To Be eolith-med.) Ageln, 1 have a brother whom 1 very seldom see and who seldom leaves it will increase ra,ther then thriarush. - his headquarters, same three hundred . es bringing the, war closer, and Eng - miles eway. I walk. four miles as the spring approaches. The excite- land is the only country that could through the. woods to e small road- ment particularly in London, when fight Germany witheut risk and with - side atatien, on ray way to Waterloo. The train is at the platform. hut ' 8.re. of the great finds were announw out doubt of the issue. A few days, waits for the arrival of an excursion . ed, nordered on delirium, and nothing and the Germap slaps would be at the train from Bristol. In five rainute.s but the haeuperable difficulties of the bottom of the sea or in convoy to it comes rattliog down the brancla route, at an advanced season of the E - . line; eat pour a crowd of passengers year. prevented hundreds from raak- • no_ 'Ian ports; Hamburg and Bremen, to ehexere earriages for London: and go • . the Kiel Canal, end the 13altie ports the, first person I see. hurrying along • "4g an Immediate start. The tales of , is, paid be under tbe guns of England, is an old friend whom I believed to hardship wilich have already reached be. at Cannes. We journeyed up to- England have in ne way intimidated ilfaiting for the indemnity tobe set - first thing she. said. to me was, "How and almost the tbe who have made up their-xi:nude to - ' ''' ' start In the spring. tied All we would. beve to do then would be to say to France and Rus- gether at I.Vaterlr o, see him?" It is the opinion of the same auth- 8.1at " Seek some compensation. 'fake is your brother Jack? Do you ever tn.side, Germany whatever you like; you can have. it" Frauce and Russia cer- tainly will not lilt a, band to save Germany. The wan is inevitable and Eogland's beet hope of prosperity. The presamption of the German Em- peror has brought Germany to a pretty pase." In the. opinien of the Spectator, Fre nee and Russia would raake mince - THE R1JSH TO THE KLONDIKE. England Prep:trim?, to Send Thousands Next Spring- The Dalton Trail - The Canadian Pacific Railway auth- oritle,s and the Dominion immigration offi`aers look for a phenominal rush of Immigrants in the corning spring trona England to the Klondike. When the arebegineing to understand that Eng - news of the wonderful riches of that ' land end Germany mustcome toblows, region reached England there was lit- over the right to levy from the whole Eng - scale and only tie tante for preparations on a large ','`a a 'Milted number of in. land with her long history of sumo's- nrld the tribute of commerce. Eng- elividuals started for the Yukon dis- aggression, and convinced that in tricts. SinCe then large companies have Pursuing her own interests she is ganized, men hive subscribed spreading light aMong nations dwell - been •or large sums of nanneY. and in the serillg Lug in darkness, and Germany, with they will he able to furnisb men ready lesser will force, but keener intelli- to start out for the gold regions. gence,cempete in every corner of tbe In addition the Dominion agents re- globe. 4 million petty dieputes build port that considerable numbers of per. up the greatest cause of war the world Sons in all parts a the United King- " has ever seen. If Germany were extin- dam having small means are shuply guisited to -morrow, there is not an waiting for spring to join their for- .Englishenen in the, world who would tunes to the thousands %elm will be not be richer the day after to -morrow. ready to rush into the Yukon from all Nations bone fought for years over a parts of the world. Those who have city or a, right of succession; in,ust recently come from England are full they not fight for 4200,000,000 of coin- er the Klondike, and state that it is aneree? the great cry all over the country, and "WILLIAM TILE WITNESS" THIS WAR SURE TO 00111 dIMM.110 ENGLAND AND GERMANY WILL FIGHT IT OUT SOME DAY. Peening is very Ritter -The Great Straggle is EitrOPe Cannot be long Delayed - Great liritain Ready for the Fray. There are not, in Europe two coun- tries that see,m to hate each other, more than England and Germany. The two Governixtents are less inclined to quarrel than the people. This mutual dislike bas now risen to such an extent that English papers Say in so raany words, "Gerraany must be destroyed. Tbe sooner England attacks her, the better it will befor ereatBritain and for eivilization," We, condense the fol- lowing from along article, in the ;Lon- don Saturdan Review. - Bismarck has long since recognized what et length the people of England advantage to Germany it France takes Egypt and Ruasia, takes India. Hence a. war will never be of Ge,rmany's seek- ing. -Translations made for the Lit- erary Digest. m -bed her a, week later:"He may be ortties that heindroeudijonnt‘hveinctitleierseaaidia. her caP" buried,de7iNde.vtnerd"irePfliet•d* for all I know. 1 throughout tbe1) taina mate was "Friday," witla thir- I range: g„ to London end he still more in the spring to set out for the new .h.:_hlorado.•4si teen kends anoard-the worst of all I rarely visits the grat. city: se that unit/eke- numbers -and on it Friday I here this desire exists it s im ie known that the utmost econome is there is no chance of catC.hing .11 the set, sell for, her firat tripi-Thlattti Id ,- i-.`" practised. and preparatioes are being ur n -e• one of his flying visits,' "I am seers/ for that." said Miran- made now. The Dominion authorities I +town." S years sine I last saw look forward to an unprecedented rush 4t. pretty mad proof of what Friday's da. "It' two' heir is. Did yeti ever heir of that hive at your house, when, you lived in sueh as was never before N'sitnesse,1 in the world's history of gola mining, and brier , When we got to Waterloo, there ail triteeportation lines are making ape- \\ ll. to tell you the truths sir. was :mime debate as to whether we dal arrangements to at.commotlate the I have heera of that yarn before; but should travel any further together ; enormously increased traffic expectea you've left out one thing, now. Did hut the end oe it was that. as Miran- when the signal is given for the start for the Yukon in the ethere brig?" ing Cross by the suspension briege. As farnishea by the Department of the In- arly spring. de was bo,und for Regent Street. and --at I for Holborn. we, would welk toeher- Some i t" f t* • nose nteres mg in onna eon is yea ee-er hear what Leconte of th "No," said I; "I don't know that; we went down the steps, at the other terior in regard to the routes to the but of coarse—" end of the bridge, a man -with a Yukon, through the report of J. J, Mc - carpet bag came rushing up to meet Arthur, the surveyor and civil engineer "No, no. sir: yoo don't know and us. two steps at a time, ana that man sent up to the Yukon by the Dominion ntrietely else don't. know. They said she Iwas ray brother Jack! -amazed, and Government last May to make a t00e- wo11h1 come home Ort a Friday; but gild to see us, and we to see him. Five graphical survey of the Dalton trail she/ didn't come; and Seek Rogers, the minutes later, we should have missed and the country adjoining. Tie eon- coestemard at Hove -as I. heard tell hitt demos the Skagit -ay trail, and says the the siory-he swears she was never 'Wes like a regular 'House that Dalton trail affords a first-rate road liwardof again., captain or erew. And Jack built,'" said I. "If I hadn't for 240 miles namely, from the coast tie for thirteen hands aboard, whY, walked to that special train at Wood- to Five -Finger Rapids, which is onlY that owlubber over the baker'sdozen end, 1 should not have met Miranda, 230 miles by unobstructed waterway would heve been a, regular Jonah,and Not raeeting• her, I should havetaken frcau Da-wson City. The first forty a Jonah's time he would have, of it. a 'bus at Waterloo, and never gene tmilee• from Chilcat Inlet is on river too. T.11 the fishes got hold of him. over Hungerford bridge." flat, with an easy grade, tbenee to the -No offe,nee, sir, I hope, at mayspeak- "If it had rained,' said she -we local divide. whitila is 3,000 feet above bag eut so strong; but there's no should not have agreed to walk to sea level, and fifty miles front. the wat- na-steke about. Friday. Good night, Yet. in spite of my old sidIoes 'be- lie!, some greet and notable and good things bave taken place en a Fri- day, whicsh would have amazed him not a. little if I had then. seized the themes el telling them. For example - On Friday, ard Aaguet, 1492, Christo- pher Ceitintlats set sell on his great voyage of discovery. On. Friday. lath Octelier, 1492, he first discovered land. On Friday, 4th January, 1493., he sail- ed on his return voyage for Spain, and on Friday. 15th Mara, 1493, ha arrived in safety at Palos. Many other historie events of significaaice and of good luck have occrured on Friday. Yet Friday is re,gerded by mane ale a day- of ill -luck; but for making it specially unlucky you must upset the, salt. "The falling of salt,' says my Lord BaC00:1, '96 2321 autbentie pres- agement of ill -fortune, nor can ev- ery temper oomdemn it. Yet it leanly an (1111023.• Nor is the origin or this lieliet lento seek. From the earliest times. sale, itself ineorruptible, hos alwants been regarded as more or less sacred; lienee sprang its having a place at all the rights of sacrifice and ablation. Thus it became e symbol oe frien,dship, and, before any other service, was offered to the guest, in token of good -will on the part of the host. If, during this offering, it was accidentally upset, and, still worse, if intentionally on either side, eeril in some shape was deemed a cer- tain, issue.. To turn now to such minor matters as mere luck in every day life is to make a, mighty etep down to trifles. If a coin be, spun into the air, it is obvious that the cbances whether it come, down head Or tail uppermost must be equal. Yet, in ;mite of this, one special woman in a village shell be gad to ha,ve great lack in the "making" of butter, or one particu- lar gerdener to be most lucky en the grafting- of roses Or MeiallS; theI is to say that Lucky Betty or Lucky Tom succeeds where scores a others would fail. Whereas, the trutb itt that success in either case is simply owing to greater skill or greater care in handling the thane or the pruning knife, which the other bumpkins fail to exert. It •not, so, all comes back to the doctrine of themes; and any one given Hodge or, Dolly may be as lucky as .Tom or Betty." Ohl say SOWS ;, Village WiSeaCrOS, elnit fortunes favors fools." Yes, now and then it, would seam so; perhane betsause a foal trusts all to fortune and sometimes secceeds where wiser men fail -mainly through ignorance of danger or obstaele-and so goes to work 'coolly in hazaxaous things; jus, as e blinsi man, having once. learn.ed the road,,ca will walk lmly along the veer edge al! a. elite where the own. en of n, par of sharp eyee would. be apt to grow dizzy aud stumble. if a fool who leeree his doors unlookal (150231)55 eobbery, be is often called 2or- ITEMS OF INTEREST. A Few Paragraphs whieheine Prove Worth Readiag. The rafflesia,, of Sumatra, is the largest flower in existence. It has a diameter of nine feet. There are no rats, mice or cats in Sante Fe, N. M. The air there is too rarified for thean to exist. Paris has fourteen asylums for the homeless, where needy persons can ob- tain lodgings. Oast year they accomo- dated 144,037 persons. The Board of Trade of Santa Fe, N. Me is entirely (imposed of ladies. They attend, to ail matters of business relating to the welfare of the city, and entertam all celebrites. The oldest married couple in, the United States are Mr. and. Mrs. Jo- seph Manual, of Cape Porpoise, Mass. She. is 98 and, he is 101 years of age, and they have been married seventy- seven years. The pneumatic tire was invented by ft Dublin surgeon, and was first ap- plied to the wheels of a child's car- riage, the invalid occupant having complained of the jolting of the ve- hicle. aim Stevenson, a negro, of ,Lexing- ton, Ky., has an beinaense band. From the wriet to the tip ot the middle finger it -measures eleven inches, and the thumb nail is as bin as half a dollar. A boatzna.n. at York Beaoh, Mee saw whathe believea to be an immense sea - serpent, with about twenty joint. He became so excited that he upset bis boat. The serpent proved to be a.num- ber of kegs strung together on a rope, by some iniscbievous boys. Woman's erowning glory, her hair, needs considerable care to keel:4 it in glace. A single hairpin is an in- significant little, thing. yet tbe whole- salers in. 'the city of New York daily sell 1,200,000 of tbe,m. The crows are causing much in- jury to crops in South Untiontown, 0 &REED NOUN TO BEATH, SOMETHING ABOUT THE FAMOUS OLD WAR HORSE. 0131110 With the Remnants of the Gallant Light Brigade to America -Carel ullY tendWh ed ile It Lived. The noted white Arabian steed rid- den by Capt. Nolan in the charge of the Light Brigade at the inemorable battle of Balaklava, cif the CAI:ace, wa.s quartered for several years in the ha - mediate vicinity of Cincinnati, and died a natural death at a ripe old age in the neighborhood of Morrow, Ohio, says the Cincinnati Commercial -Tribune. 1Vhen. the blundering order for the Charge of the Light Brigade was given Capt. Nolan was in command. As the men charged hate the "valley of death" Nolan, on his conspicuous white Arab, spurred far in advance of all -a fine mark for a Russian rifleman. With his sword high uplifted and a cheer 01 this Nes bewasstruck 111 thebreast by a fragment shell, thrown in the Russiansfirst disebarge, and instant- ly killed. His sword dropped. from bis hand, but the arm retained its upright position, and hia left hand, the bridle rein, as his horse instinetiveay turned beck, 211233.gallloped toward the Brigade. As -the files opened to let him p225 2121 unearehle shriek rent the air, said by Neale to hare been the last agonizing cry of Nolen, in a vain effort to turn the Brigade frbm its impending (100111,but thbught by otbers toile the result of no human wifd, but due rather to those "spasmodio forces which may aet upon tam form when life has ceased." ' NOBLE SIX HUNDRED. Mich. They proceed with their ravages in military style, by post- ing pickets co the fences, to give timely warning of the approach of gunners. A paper published in Madrid is printed. oo linen, with ink which is readily removed with soap and wet- ter. ,After it has been reed by a subse.riber he sends it to bis washer- women, and it is retained to bit as a handkerchief. The oldest newspaper in the world is the, Kin Pan, of Pekin. For near- ly a thousand years it. has been pub- lished regularly, first as- a mentbly, up to the year 1361. when it became a weekly, and. for the last ninety years as it daily. A bridegroom on a street car in Portland, Oregon, became so abstract - meat of the „mere forming the Triple ed that he gave to the conductor a Allienn, if they were sure that Eng- land w(,uld not interfere. The Epee - tater informs tbe Dual Alliantie, that they are weleome to help themselves to amp. part of Gerneeny and Aus- tria, and even a Italy,. if that pewer does not. know wineh side of its) bread is battered. We quote as follows- " There has been am attempt on the part of the German. Emperor to get up COALITION AGAINST ENGLAND It has failed., • hat at the same time Prange and Russia have tried to use the ineident te aget some sort of as- surne that England will , not, when the gre:tt war coiMes, - join the Triple ati gold mace, tbinking it was a nickel. The conductor shortly afterward re- ceived a dime from a Chinaman on the platform and gave him the gold coin, believing it to be a five cent piece. THE DECEPTIVE MIRROR. 11 Gives Ton No Idea 01 flow Tom Really Look. No doubt the. human. rare would consider it little short of a universal tragedy tbere were no looking - glasses. Yet, in spite of their wide- spread use it is an astonishing fact get her." ei. One more local divide is eros , Alliance. That is a manoeuvre naturalthat rtane of da ha.ve ever seen our- And should NPI'y in, comme from Euston. , twenty miles further on at the wat- enough under the circumstances. As selves as others see us. i t. i "And if," added Jack, "I hid not .. . _ave. been. at ray walled of the Alsek and Chileat rivers. far as Germany is concerned, we see no In the first place, the ref ec ion n lost in w ' • e f longoinfere this.. -And that ee , The rest of the trail to the mouth of sort, of reason why England should re- the mirror does not portray our szenee,t, Id fselltyy, les exactly two leaemliee•e'-e thlhep.Nesoreeskiald River at Five -Finger fuse togive ail assurance that weshall likeness with any attempt at ace rare oe i i is a suecession of valleys, with not side with her. The policy pursued curacy. The heir is wrong in tone, very 15th el November in 1864, and en this lhardly perceptille divides In summer tewardusby Germany during the last the eyes are not correct in color, slept at your houe • 1 • - - a man with a ::a,i1cIle horse and eaek few years forfeits all elaim on her and our complexions are hopelessly li- t 1 ns; you, I came up meet egain on the 15th in this odd I - animal can make thirty miles a day on , part to our consideration. . . . We bele(' by this specious household de- fashicee" I the Dalton trail, reaching Dawson City I could not allow Italy to be partitioned ceiner. . house ant nee we S6, after a good talk, for I hadconn i' In fif3teen days. It can le- clone in , without protecting the Triple Al- it is certain that if the looking • p e e y °ego en. e ate o our last ' twent --five days with a pack tram. So Rance. In oese of war we might offer glasses spoke the truth, the sale of meeting, WO parted.. i ago9d is the. fee.d along the treat that : Italy .a. complete and absolute guar- various coraple.xion washes would de - Some ten or twelve years ,ego I was I rnmals whipa were sent in this season anty a she Would. leave the Triple Al- cretase to half. for any fair skin looks 1 t I f t the d f in the, habit of write occasional art- ' ' - 'fattened on the way. It is expected Ranee. If Italy refused to do this gray and pallid in the glass, and MIM - S: .5 or an o - as lone newspaper • ll 600 sheen and 400 cattle reaehea Daw- we. must, of course, leeve her to take bers of ladles who bave splendid cem- called the Daily Tearer. Wbile on ray egoantiohnefore the river was closed to navi- her chance. But in all probability plexions ruiu thein by trying to im- • lc f ld f h• cl way to the, office one fine summer she would not show ;my- such ola morning, I chanced to pas e the well- stinace. Tbe offer of immunity from known book -stall of my old •aoquaint- the rtsks of war would probably mace, Larkins, and strolled into the be irresistible. :Possibly, however, it -will be said that Italy vvould be bound in honor to stand by Ger- many and Austria. We do not ftiholuniltcyt.hat need. be a very serione dia. A• SAD CASE. shop for a chat. Mr. Larkins was Fond Its, other-aVlay, my pet, you busy revising a catalogue; and on a should not strike your little brother table in front of bine half covered.with that way. . "Good -morning, sir," said tie...book- Spoiled. Child -I will! If he touches books, lay a. newspayer. seller; "I'll be with you in two min- my doll again rll break another caair utes." over his head„ so there! "No hurry," replied 1, "Yon'. take Fond. Mother -But my dear, you in, the Tearer, 1 see; e will h4es a know it isn't lady -like for little girls look at it." ; to- ' umn, he joined rae. Spoiled Child -You get out! If y.ou Before 1 bad read half a col- ewee seq. he, say another word I'll -P11 tell .the meta - "you had come in. three minutes ear- tater wbat you said about his wife s new dress. lier, you wou.ld have seen the man who wrote that curious article about Fond Mother. Berrie years after -My rata." dear, it seems to me this engagement glared.. e en to Mr. Gooesoul is very sudden. Spoiled Daughter -There you go 1 1 " Wh,ioh cutrio.us artiele?" han.d." kne wyou would. Alweys coming be - Why, that very one now in your " That is very oenee said e. yell your old, head off if you want to, tween me and my happiness. You can Who is the man, a.nd. bow do you but. I'll marry bim just the saint. e. know that tre ivrote the paper on Fond Mother -But my dear, I may rats?'' • be that your di,spositions- "Well, sir," replied Larkins, "the Spoiled Daughter -Huh 1 If 1 ean get • gentleman is a stranger to me. But along with such an unreasonable area - he 0(018 into the shop, bought a. tare as you,, I can get along with any French .granirear, and was just going one. Now, just atop your ehatter, arid out again, when he saw the Tearer ly- see rt.bout supper. Heat be here to - take in tha,t old gossip of( paper ?' might." Pond eetener, ewe years afterward to ing open there; 'Ah, he says, 'clo you "Ur 4-1.. 4. .-. -"Yes; and a, very good old paper vasitor,-Yes, it is too true, too true it ie, 'thee-- 'Dia you, notice th,at little Vieitor-And so your danghter and ertiele on Rater- 'I h,ave just read her husband. have really separated? ita I replied; 'and if, very good article Fend. Motber-Yes. poor stricken it isa-''Well,' says the stranger, 'T arra child, she came, home la.st night. Oh, much obliged to you for the compli- that she should, ever have marriedauch ment; I don't often get praised; lint, a brutel She was always so tender, es the, author of "Rats,"' I am bound so affectionate, so titaid. Poor apgel 1 Lo offer you my best thanks, and wish He must have abused her terriyly. you a. very good' morning.' And. %-rith that, a,waiy he wen,t. I nev- -r set eyes en, ham Wore, anal" -, AN IlliDERSTANDING REACHE'I). eon.'t suppose that 1 shell ever do so But our egreement Was, said the 1:g,al'a•" d 'It you, should. ever ohance to do so, sten er young man from tete East, as ',Tr. ;Larkins, tell bine, with zny coannlie he paused for a moment in his digging merits, that he went away with a lie to a,llow the frozen drops of perspire - in, his, mouth. 'He, had no more to do tion to settle into the claim, concern- s -111i the 'Rat' paper than Adam. 1 eorrected the proof of it only two dans I go and the manuscript /MOW on my ei"1-1.dY table," bout coincidences in general, which After that, we had a long chat 1 held to be common, enough, though "WHAT GERIVIANY SAYS. To these opinions, as expressed in influential English papers, the Kea nische Zeitung, Cologne, replies in the main. es follows- " The English themselves acknow- ledge that it is irapossible for them to compete in the &ate of peace with us and hope to be victorious. Hence, their threats of war, their brutal un- truths, their attacks upon the Emper- Or. Tinge latter espeoia,lly annoy the Germans, as each attacks are an insult to tbe -whole nation. Eng- lishanen evidently do not realize that Willitem II. has his people at his back. The English will., however, find to their cost, tha•t nations, as well as individuals, must show some con- sideration to others. That Crerma,ny is more likely to hese the support of the Triple Alliance in an Anglo-Geeman strugglegoes without saying. But Ger- mane does not depend. on this. She is used to fighting her own battles and with her, own men. Since the time has pas,sed teway when, the enemies of Ger- many could obtein German troops, Ger- many may look hopefully to the future, though she should refrain from underrating an enemy. Eng- land, however, will find it to her advantage to thank tvvice ere she en- ters u.ptto An,glo-German cam- paign. In war, victory is never as - sexed till atter the laettle, and Eng - lana hoe not such a crushing supe- riority of ' MEN, GUNS, AND WEAVIIII (.bat prosperity is as certain) to follow a wag againiet Germany as a petty expedition, against naked sav- ages." ing the divisionof our labor, that, as mearrhsea amtellettirgalirlaNreleesbtrhiaebtteGerkrmEan,yie- far as the work of digging of washing dela and Baia DCA reaS011ably WiSh out the gold was coheerned, 1 mild to destroy England by leading a ooali- take my choice. tion against be. Germany prefers • YOr a liar,", said Klondike Kit, as he nettee, ad, She hopes to get the best of scooped. a, handful of nu gets from the her rival in the straggle for inaiistrial pan, a eYer coo e X,eh 1 3 Nut eximanere aup y. I id to, cla 10.1 remao It is of rio FENT ITH T ;El a FISTS. Bow °lacers in as British army Settle Little trointa.atiasseite• tdh.eialnpavtDesiukew. e of the tlf4OrleraeaseentaucidtlehebeCt‘ovu6enilt ncoeurrsein, likwheichotheBrriraetisah, 0,onfafietehreeySehtetvlee Officers biaVe their disagreements, of pusbhloiswha thettfeollooswienng_ aarticTillerljnwhiwthe to be setttled. Duelitn,g is forbidden bo' law, as well as by modern " ideas and common sense. Complaints re- specting infractions of mess etiquette ox of ungentimenly or unsoldierly tbe s Cincerg'entTryhiel bliyfehoist ftloticejs'.u'OseenAdtuir;°- able, and his only ',bailee is to es- mmiatytee,bethesupubnaniitteed ptoow e4)molelhasdnsugeeetj, m and in. the end disputes ere freenently sereetixaes obtained. hi wags as drastic as they are novel. this is moral suasion only, aorretsitistr;t ltvohifieirsret dprrellisciPleall in which are extremely far-reach- serittalt all -the. Straight into the Russian guns, Which were opened full upon them, dashed the Brigade, and "then they rode back; but not, not the six hun- dred," The Immense Pees was "only ocuoter-belanced," says one, "by the brilliance of the attaok and the gal- lantry, order and discipline which dis- tinguished it." Tile remnant of the Light Brigade W(02 sent over to Quebec. to recuper- ate, and with them Noun's white Arab, with two slight gaber cuts in his side. He carried the marks to bis death. After bis master's death the horse was oalled Nolan. While in Quebec% Lester Tayalor, a wholesale cotton merchant of Cincinnati purchased him and brought him to Cincinnati, :where he shortly after -Ward Maid him to August Le Beoot. Le Rivet WAS a Frenchman. The Le Broots owned a. pretty eummer heuse at South Covington, Ky., on the cliffs of Licking River, and known as Din - more Park. Luxurious quarters were fitted up. for asTollan. A French Zou- ave was broiled*, from France to eare expressivele for him and a handsome JET BLACK STALLION called Sultan, purchased in Algiers by Mr. Le laroot on one Cif his ntonerous tripe. to Buxope. Notaan. was a magni- fisent. creature, fifteen and shall hands high, snow white, with mane and tail, like strands burnisbed silver, and nostrils like pink satin ; fleet as the wind minder the saddle - the only uae to which he was pet -with a. swinging, easy gait, most inviting to the equestrian lever; high spirited, et gentele withal as a fawn. But oath and Sultan were regularly ex- ercised in a, ring loid out on one part of the grounds for tbat purPose. 50 decolle was Nolan that the two little daughters of the house were much given to climbing upon his back dur- ing this exercise. If either chances to sem an.d fall heneath the feet of the horse whale in motion he would stop instantly, and, with the Zoteave's cry, , to the child, "Tranquiel Tranquiel 1' meaning be quiet, weeld, with rare , intelligence, bend his head and care- fuIlly push the little one FROM HIS PATH. On one of the ravaging expeditions of the TJnion troops stationed at Fort Mitchel, a few miles distant from the ! Le Breed residence, both horses were! taken from the etablies. Mr. Le Brcot %vas away from home. Upon his ret -urn with the impetuosity and decisive ac- tion of the typical Frenchman, he starter' at mice with his Zouave in hot pursuit of the animals. Some four miles from home became acroes them, tether- ed and in charge of a subaltern. Le Broot covered the ;man with his pistols e"---"ssemeesa, A gentlemen joined. a. creek cave alra regiment. Be had xio pedigree Or fatally to recommend him - in fact, his father was a retired brewer, and by scions of nobility among his comrades he was rather coldly re- eeived "Are you the son of Dash, the brewer?" inquired one of these, ane" "Then wby don't your father bring you up to his trade?". "Oh, well, you're the son of Lord Blank, aren't you?" • eyese, "Then. why didn't he bring you up a gentlemen'?" The upshot of this was a rough- and-tumble, •wberein was demenstrat- ell that, in tbe arraY, a Plebeian la the equal a a peer -if he can, box as welL Another gentlemen frora the ranks of trade came home one day to find all the ()rookery and breakable articles in his rooma 'smashed, the same being intended by the wreckers its a delicate hint lint his presence among them was objectionable. He was late for dinner that even- ing, and apologhteil to the president of the mess for it, explaining what bad happened -that be had bean to the roomsof those he suspected- and return- ed the complaint, if he had wronged any he, evould apologize end restore the articles; if he had bit on. the right ones, they could have sat- isfaction in the riding school after dinner. prove, them because they look wbe'e the Zouave deftly seeured the bud in the mirror. Yoa may501bixe horses. ale then directed the latter to certain, that, however plain take them across the Ohio river, into face seems, it is by me means so plain_ Brew, wanty, Ohio, he hireseat riding as it pears in the tell-tale mir on into Covington, Ky., and. straight to the Planters'-' House, where the commandirig offioer of the troops, Gen. Stanhope, was stopping. There he de- fiant -4 challenged the General's inter - 1 11 the cese. Nothing came of the affair, however, and, after a time the horses were returned to their old quarters. Lotath to dispose of Nolan and not wishing to ship himti to France, Le areal; left him for some raonths to the min olf Col Meson finally pensioning him to a„ Lam near Morrow, Ohio, where he lived his life out in peaceful retirement. ror. Secondly, you cannot assume your natural expression while peering in the looking &se. The eye must be in. a certain position before you cm see it at all, end the eye, so. far as expression is concerned, governs the face. The conseguence is that you - eon only see one of your ex- pressions in th,e glass, and that ex- pression is one of ottentive extemina- tion, . All the other expressions by which your frien,ds know you, favorable or unfavorable, you have never seen, and probably never will see. TRIE "DEACON ,WAS OUT. Neighbor, breathlessly - Where's your pa? Little Girl -He's gone to the meet- ing of the Society for the Comforting of Jail Birds. Why? Neighbor- He's wanted quick, I just saw two suspicious looking cusses, driving off like sixty with your pa's horse and buggy. ------- THEE R,ESA'ON. Smith -You sag you axe not obstin- atebut why do you always insist on havinig your own way? Jones -Because it's always better than' other people's. A PAR,ALLEL CASE. Mfrs. Upton -Yes; that is my daugh- ter's piano; bat she has scarcely touched it since she has been max- ried. Kra, Dowoton-Jest the same wee' With my darter and her typewriter. . RESPECT FOR THE AGED, Ad why, the teacher continued, - should we hold the aged In respect? 'Cameo it's naostly the old men that has all the money, Tommy answer- ed. And the teacher waen't able to offer any better, reason. HE DOES NOT WAIT. Just as a mother would not love •a child the better for its being turned ixtto a model of perfection by one stroke of inagie, but does leve it the more deep- ly every time it, tries to be good, so 3. do hope and. believe our great Father does not wait for ue to be good and wise, to love us, but loves us and loves to help us in the very thick of our struggle with sin and folly.-Jeliaem Horatio, Ewing. INEVrIllArBILE. "Terhaes you, would like to do the shopping for the family yourself," she exelanned. • "Perhaos you would like to under- take the responsibility of providing the funds," he retorted. Then they both shuddered and re- saized that there was no use of trying to settle the question. lt was the old, old dispute between capital and labor. efiS tilt(l"re(lee lInigViY4. aifiterriieltitn6iriillittli, a la Corbett, in drill time, but the third Proved a tougher mitt to creek, end the big hearted plebeian., who, by the by, is new a. Ge,neral, weakened by his exertions, was getting worsted 80 awe her of the same soeial status, who was an expert boxer, took up the running. Ile soon finished off the third man, an I obligingly offered to take on any cae who sympathized with the trio. By this inean,e-apprepriate to their profeetion-these two ufficers opened the dor in that regiment to others than effshoots of the peerage, by whom IL hie been previously regarded as a preserve. CONSOLATION. Miss De, Fine- 1 hope the report that yo.u.r daughter anti her husband do not get along well together, is en- tree. Mrs. De Shine-- It is too true. ate trouble is that he is jeaaous of her. The fool! He might krto:w there 1,s no cense for jealousy. IVIise De Fine, thinking of the girl's plaintess-Inaeed, he might; but love is blind, eon know, LAWLESS JOHANNESBURG. goer Otsiciats ThinkTuy Kind or Trea me? me 440041 r, r .A correspondent forwards us the fol- lowing extract from a letter written by his son, who is at present in Job- annesburg, says the -London Globe. it gives a graphic account of the state of anarchy into which Bier inconmetenee and dishonesty have let the city drift. The state of lawlessnese I belie told you about is absolutely correct and 111 no way exaggerated; and, What is more, is constantly increasing. The other Saturciay, in broad day-ight, the secre- tary of a mine near the Jumpers eas returning from town with rautem to pay the bands, when two mounted 1113 21 at short range proceeded to fire ou h m, his driver, and. two horses. a hi ea r t was almost riddled with bullets, a,nd both horses killed, but the robbers' were disturbed by the approach of some of our carpenters on bicycles, who had been working out that way. If sueli thing is reported. to the police they bolters if the victim is an Eng.ishman and if the answer is In the affiema- tive, they reply, "And a—good job too." i could tell you of cases of men being held up by revolvers, alneost in the, c,entre of the town, and 'Ai broad daylight; in fact, I hardly think YOU WOULD BELIEVE ME. There was a great joke here one Sat- urday night. I must tell you that, it is against the law to supply liquor te :Kafiirs; but the Jews sell them just as much as they like. We heard that a lot or liquor was deposited in a she] near here, intended for selling to our LCalfirs. So a party from here, went down,. and on their approach the Jew proprietors cleared ott. Our fellows tool: possession of the place and 5111 5511 - ed. six coal sacks full of bottles of whiskey in straw envelopes. saw emus afterwards; it was prolably meth- ylated, spirit of coloured vile stuff, Let labelled 'Glen Livet Scotch! Whiskey." Just as nearly all the bottles ,,vere broken, two mounted police ceine,021 the scene, a.ncl wanted to min ee our fellows for teking the, law into their orolinghhatretILtbudtistcer:tiponolinewast evehne,tua,bllty: t ter part of valour, and, knowing where oue fellows lived they went off; but though the jew propnethrs are well- known, no action whatever is taken against the.m, as, theyehave protably squared the police. t muse tell you that Kates .are all right till they to 1; drunk, ,anci then they are like wildROI- their way; that is why they ought nn:1,st,oahn.adv. Nev. dilrlinkki1.1 anyone who comes In 1Vite-Wait IN HASTE. a moment my teiteinunsgbbaal. want you to mail a, letter. limpoeta,nt ? Wile -Indeed it is., I sent a telegram to Sister Lucy ties morning, and new l'toeltililnegetelielito girtt;Pljaurtn eTe;Iiclin out towa (18115441 11* T- ,1 most.