HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1906-3-1, Page 61 Duty's Call
There has been much said and written
about the Call of Duty. Verso has even
keen written on the subject, if we re-
member rightly, But there Is one side
of the question which, we believe, has
tower received the Consideration that tt.
deserves, We refer to the many other
things that always raise Leavoices
when Duty
Take the very first thing P the morn
when the alarm clock rings out the cal
of Duty.
Then it is that the bed says, "1.I0
awhile."
Then it is that the pilloev says, "Snug-
gle,"
Then it is that reason says, "You have
plenty of time."
Then it is that compensation says,
"You came to bed so late that you need
more rest,"
And the floor says, "1 am cold to the
feet."
Poor old Call of Duty! You cat be
heard.
In a little while Duty is at It again.
11 says "shave.'
But the water observes, "I am cold.'
And the beard observes, "1 am not
eery long.'
And the clock observes, "You will be
late 11 you stay to shave,'
Dear old Call of Duty. Have you the
gbost of a show?
At the breakfast table Duty says.
"You must leave for the office at nnce."
Menwhile the coffee coaxes, "There's
another cup in the pot."
Meanwhile the horse sense 00(LXAS.
"Lay good foundation for the day's
work."
And meanwhile the hot biscuit coaxes,
"Here I am. Here 1 am."
Patient old Call of Dutyl The odds
are too great against you.
On the car Duty says, "Get up and
give the lady a' seat."
To which experience replies, "She
won't thank you."
And to which ingenuity replies, "Raise
your paper in front of your face."
And to which indignation replies.
"Why doesn't someone else get up and
give her a seat? Do you want to be the
goat always? You gave your seat to a
lady not more than three months ago."
And to which hope replies, "She may
get off at the next station."
Gentle old Call of Dutyl Why don't
you raise a muscle?
At the office Duty says, "Throw the
newspaper into the waste basket and
gel to work."
But love of knowledge complains, "I
must know the news."
And curiosity complains, "There may
have been a murder."
And sporty old instinct complains,
"What?"
Feeble old Call of Duty! Frog in your
throat?
. Pretty soon duty says, "There's that
account owing to So -and -So. Pay it."
But jealousy mutters, "Folks that owe
You money don't poy you."
And the bill mutters, "1 haven't been
owing very long. You are too sensiLive."
• And self mutters, "Why should you
• worry about it? Let him do the worry -
And ease mutters, "leen can pay him
to -morrow, can't you?"
And the money mutters, "Keep me in
your jeans. I like you."
Quavering old Call of Dutyl You are
lost among the mutter.
Presently Duty says, "Finish this task
before you go to lunch."
But the task remarks, "I can wait.
Don't mind me."
And your tummy remarks, eI can't
tee -wait"
And logic remarics, "Where would you
he If you didn't eat?"
And the fried scallops at the restate.
nani shout over, "Coo -eel"
Puttering old Call of Duly] Where -
/roe art thou,Call of Duty?
At the restaurant Duty says, "Now
get right back to the once."
But health protests, You must have
your constitutional."
And hygiene protests, "You must
Smoke in the open air."
And digestion protests, "A walk does
you a world of good."
And chronology protests, "It will only
take a minute or two."
And expectation protests, "Perhaps
you will meet that pretty little steno-
grapher."
And eagerness protests, "And maybe
thee) Snake eyes at you."
Indistinct old Call of Duty! Why don't
you enunciate?
At 4.30 o'clock Duty says, "You must
not go uptown yet, stay and workl"
But scorn grumbles, "Like funl"
And by -and -large grumbles, "You
worked pretty late one night last week."
And your head grumbles, "Do you
want to give Inc an ache?"
And prediction grumbles, "It Moles
like rain. You'll get wet through if
you don't look out."
And that's -so grumbles, "Suppose you
were taken sick and died from exposure
and overwork, What then?"
Whispering eld Call of Duty! You
have less chance than a snowball has
yomknow-where.
lust before dinner Duly says, "Yoli
1riust dine alone to -night. You are
spending too much money."
But recollection exclaims, She is such
a nice girl 1" •
And chivalry exclaims, el think she Is
expecting you I"
And sociability exclaims, "It Is not
good for man to dine alone!"
And jealousy exclaims, "Someone else
will take herr' .
Call of Duly. Oh, Call of butyl
After dinner Duly says, "Yon /Talk go
right home now and write those lettere."
But her eyes rry, "Whitt? Lettere?"
And the litt1 curls at the back cif ler
nock or 'What? Going right homee"
And the curves 01 her eyeltithee ery,
"What.? You want to leave rm.?'
Arid a 35 bill In your /teethe eriert.
"You can get awn Heigh; for a (thQty
with nee, You won't miss fila 1'
won't mind it."
Armen& old Call of Duly! How week
you !mei After UM show and while yeti
min bidding her good-bye, Duty seyn,
01)0)11 you Ides her,"
BLit User low burning light Whew,
«Give her itt good osier
And the smile on her face inners,
"Give her a loud meek!"
An,d her Noev-adave-you-loces hollers,
"It's natightyl"
And the way in which she stands hol-
lers, "And it's Meet And it's nIcer
And her rosy Mlle lips holier, "Kiss
Inc quick. Kiss me quick!"
Cale of Duty, Cali of Duty. Were
you never young? •
BORNEO CEASES TO EXIST.
Britain Adds Another to Iler List. of
Oversee Possesses's%
The ancient ldngdom from which the
great island of Borneo derives its name
ceased to exist on Jemmy 1, 1900, anal
Great Britain made yet unother addition
to iter oversee possessions, for this, of
Course, in crude words, is the interpre-
tation of the diplomatic announcement
that agreement hes been concluded
with the Sultan which provides for th,‘
a—mints/tent of a British resident, with
powers to control the general adminis-
tration of the Stale."
The conclusion was one long foregone.
There is no commination service in the
law of nations, and the white man has
been busy removing the Eastern poten-
late's landmarks for many years past.
Southwestward the British North Bor-
neo Company has been pushing 1111 its
boundaries rested 011 Brunel Bay, while
the territory of Sarawak has been as
steadily working to the northeast.
Nipped between these two opposing
forces, the ultimate fate of Brunel was
only a matter of time and, after existing
finally as a mere strip of territory on
either side of its solitary river, it has at
length come to form a part of Greater
Brita in.
Very different was Brunel in the days
when we first herd of it. Varthema
touched here in 1505, but only long
enough to remark that the people were
"Ydolaters of sharp wyt, and maner of
lyuyng not greatly to be discern -
mended." It Is to Pigatetta, Magellan's
friend and comrade, that we owe the
first real el:count of the place. Here be
was royally entertained by the King,
who had numbers of trained elephants
and horses, forts with heavy ordnance,
gold vessels and spoons, silk embroid-
eries, porcelain dishes, and, in share
all the adjuncts of a high civilization—a
good dee] of it, no doubt, borrowed from
the Chinese, whose money was in sole
use. These people were Mahommedan
Malays, who must have established
themselves on the island centuries
fore, for the Dayaks were the subject
race even in the south, Malay rule ex -
lending, nominally at least, throughnut
the island.
Brunel, like Labuan, which is now to
be administered with 11, is rarely visited
by travellers, but it is, nevertheless, one
of the most remarkable cities of the
Far East, being built entirely on piles :n
the water, in a lake -like reach of the
river, and thus meriting the title, fre-
quently conferred upon it, of the Venice
of the East. essels anchor in its main
streets, and the children can swim al-
most before they know how to walk.
Its market is not less singulaw—a dense
pack of canoes, now dispersing, now
swarming like a hive of bees, the occu-
oants being nearly all women, wearing
hats as big as umbrellas. The busy
scene, the incessant shouts of the crowd
and the marvellous dexterity of the pad-
dling are not likely to be soon forgotten
by the spectator. But there Is little in
the way of trade In Brunel. Coal, in-
deed, there is, and in this respect the
British territories in Borneo may some
day prove a very useful asset, but other-
wise they cannot be said to produce
much, except krisses.
HUSBAND'S LITTLE TASKS.
Be Signed an Agreement at 'Wife's
Request.
Henry efeFarlane, a well-to-do young
man of Orangesinll, Cape Brelen, N. S.,
has married Bertha MacGregor, a pretty
young woman, after signing a contract
in which he agrees.—
To wash the supper dishes every day
except on Sunday.
To darn his own socks.
To visit his mother-in-law at least
aim times a year.
To give up smoking.
To drink tea instead of coffee.
To attend church meetings regularly.
To ' wear whiskers (if he can raise
them).
To kiss his wife before and after every
meal except on Sunday.
While it might be inferred from this
Mrs. McFarlane is boss of the family,
she is in no sense one of the so-called
"new" women. She says frankly that,
as she was attractive enough to marry
any available man in this province, she.
concluded to lay down a few laws for the
man whom she accepted.
She does not like to wash dishes, and
thinks one-third of the labor should go
to the man. She is not averse to darn-
ing socks, but believes a man will he
more careful of his footwear if he mends
the holes therein. Smoking she will not
tolerate. As she believes coffee Is harm-
ful, she has put that tinder the ban, and
has substituted tea, As to whiskers, she
says:
"A !rawly inarried man is hound ers
kiss his wife, and if he does not slum
morning and night her complexion 800»
will be ruined. Most men shave every
other day, hence my husband must grow
a beard.
After a time men are liable to 110g1ect,
their wives unless you can melee them
kiss yosr, so I have taken good care et
this. There is teething like beginning
legit!, and living up to the rules you've
laid down."
SPARKS COST DEA it,
The Prussian Stale tinilwey has just
been cast In heavy damages for causes
which illustrate the great. (tenger which
reels upon reilevely companies whom
lines run through densely Wq011041
There have during the pest sum -
nem been Nerloiet fermi. fires, and land
owners. ra whore the Duke of Sehlesevig-
Theetein wee one, took minim ageing
the Stele Ilisilway Deportment. alleging
11141 Ih fires been (111110(11 by smirks
frerst railway ringines. Tide has
allowed, and deranges have been
eweirrion the extent of 37e0,000.
4--
• Terre es mem at ilia top for the in
who can peels the ether tonne up,
0-1-04-0+0+04-0-$0-e-cafo+0+0-4.
*4-0 +04-0±0-4.04-0-a-0+o-lece+o-ie
SURE TO LOME 13,eCie.
"Do you really keep a oet?"
Yes, and 1 can tell you the best way
Le do it."
"Try to chase it away."
HUMOR
SO CONSISTENT.
Mrs. Stibbubs--1 was cleaning, our sit -
ver on Sunday when ?'lem Stvaightlace
called on her way home from church.
Fortunately, though she clid not lind it
out.
Nies. Naybor---She's very strict about
the Sabbath, isn't she?
Mrs, Subbubs—Yes. She apologized
for calling upon me on that day, but she
thought she just ought to tall me that
scandalous story about Mrs. Giddily,
TAKING PRIDE DOWN.
A young man started in the livery
business a few weeks ago, and the first
thing he did was to have a sign painted,
representing himself bolding a mule by
the bridle. He was particularly proud
of this sort of business enterprise, and
straightway asked of his wife:
"Is not that a good likeness 01 1110?"
"Yes," she replied, "it 18 a perfect pic-
ture 01 you; but who is the fellow hold-
ing the bridle?"
CRUELTY TO A CONGREGATION.
The -minister of a Scottish congrega-
tion mentioned in Sir Archibald Gellcie's
"neminiecences" neglected to bring the
manuscript of his sermon to church one
Sunday, and to make time to go home,
a mile away, and fetch it.
Greatly agitated, he gave out the one
hundred and nineteenth Psalm, and as
soon as the congregation began to
sing the flint of the one hundred and
seventy-six verses the minister rushed
away to the manse, from which be 1 y
and by returned to the church breathless
and found the clerk waiting, nervous and
uneasy.
"How are you getting on?" gasped the
minister.
"0 sir," said the clerk, "they've got
le the end of the eighty-fourth verse,
and they're cheepini like wee mice!"
The situation was saved, but Merlotti
remissness had nearly dune for the pi-
ous congregation.
1T WENT WRONG.
'The other day a counsel, engaged in
e ease in which property of various de-
scriptions was involved, made a long
end rambling speech referring to each
kind in turn.
His monotonous delivery hnd sent
nearly everyone to sleep, when he sud.
denliy startled them all by abruptly
changing his voice as he exclaimed to
the judge:—
"My lord, I will now address myself
to the furniture."
"You have been doing that for some
nue, I think. Mr. Wells," remarked the
judge, sweetliy, amid universal titter-
ing.
Now there was another judge who
beard this anecdote, and thought of stor-
ing it up for some future occasion.
At the court, souls afterwards, hls
opportunity seemed to have artiveil. Ho
was trying a case in which the circum-
stances were somewhat similar, but Ilse
properly Involved was live stock.
In due course one of the. counsel said;
"My lord. I will now address myself
VI the donkey."
"You have been doing that for some
time was the prompt response, where-
upon a regular mar of laughter follow-
ed, which highly gratified the judge un -
la its true reason dawned on him.
BOUND TO HANG SOMEONE.
There was once a robber in Cairo
who fell from the second Morey of a
house he was trying to enter and broke
his leg, writes Mr. Charles Dudley
\Varner. 110 went to the oath and com-
plained, The man's window was bad-
ly made and he wanted justice, The
cad! said that was reasonable, and lee
summoned the owner of the house. The
owner confessed that the house was
poorly built, but claimed that the car-
penter was to blame, and not he, This
struck the -cadi es sound logic, and he
sent for the carpenter.
'rho charge -is, alas, too true," said
the carpenter, "but the masonry was at
fault and 1 couldn't fit a good Window!"
So the can, impressed with the rem
sonableness of We argument, sent for
the mason. The mason pleaded guilty,.
but explained that n pretty girl in re
blue gown had passed the building while
he was at work, and that his attention
had been diverted from his duty. The
cacti thereupon demandoci that the girl
should be brought before him,
ie true," she said, "Dust .1 am pret-
ty, but it's ne Melt of mine. If my
gown attracted the meson, the dyer
should be ;mistime and. not 11"
"Quite true," said the eadl; "send for
the dyer."
The dyer was theme!, to. the bar. and
pleaded gnflly, Then settled R. The
ran lolil ilei robber to take the guilty
wretch 10.111S 1101100 rine hang him from
Ihr doom and the popuhwe rejoiced the
juslien had been done. But pretty soon
the crowd relmined to the oath's house,
complaining that the dyer was too long
to banged rts ordered.
"Oh, welt." said the min Who by 1.hol,
time was Angering from ennui, "go fled
a ghat (bey and thing Mint Joae!
shell P""$ 1"
(K)0I) Krtimiser tI remittry,
The oteverest of barristers ocerothtnal.
ly limy their innlish when engaged in 1
their favorite °cremation of breaking
down an opponent's witneee; 1111,1 this
besquently amen in the ease of "hereny"
The teethe -Me tamely coned ledevemi
5) ()SUIT 011 a 0001001 le one of the or,,st
amusing :(pecinlens of Ilse mega
"Now, 1 esti you, ale, inelm. vend, au-
thority yoll firr• peepers:a k, N111111' to the
mire's age?"
"Under whet snirl the
ostler, 11 it (3rrogat ve I y
"Yen are to reply, and not iri eepeat
the ilitestien •put to you.'
answer a question afore he's time to turn
11 in his mind."
"Nothing can be more simple, sir,
than the question put, and I repeat it.
Under what authority do you swear to
the animal's eget"
"The best authority," said the witness,
gru illy,
"Then why such evasion? Why not
slate at once?"
"Well, nen, if you must have
"Must! I will have 111" thundered the
counsel, interrupting the wilnese.
"Well, if you must and will have 11,"
rejoined the oeller, with imperternble
gravity, "why. Wen, 1 hod 11 myself from
1110 own mouth!"
A simultaneous burst ol laughter rang
through Ilia court, during which the non-
piussed barrister subsided, and II was
with difficulty that the judge could te-
slruin risible muscles within judicial
decorum.
THE FIGHTING CATS.
An Electrical Toy That Anybody Can
a Make.
Here is a simple but amusing experi-
ment which utilizes the apparently
magic power of electricity. Any boy e
girl can reproduce it with materials be
eun find in the house.
First cut a narrow strip of tinfoil and
paste it around a cylindrical lamp china
hey, in the middle. Then paste a strip
of tee mine from 1)118 end of the chim-
ney to within about hall an inch of the
band in the middle.
Now take a bristle brush, the kind
made. to clean lamp chimneys with,
and over its bristles wrap a perfectly
(try silk handkerchief. Held the chim-
ney in your left hand so that your fin -
gees do not touch the tinfoil anywhere,
and putting the silk -covered brush into
the cidinney rub it briskly back and
fern.
This part of the experiment should be
made in the dark,, and if, while rubbing
the chimney, you take the brush out now
and then, you will see, every lime you
do so, a big spark of electricity jump
from one piece of tinfoil to the other.
11 other words, the friction made by
the rubbing has turned the lamp -chim-
ney into an electrical machine,
Now for the fighlen' cats, an elabora-
tion of this appartusl Wrap a piece ,.1
iron or brass wire around the middle
band of tinfoil, letting one end hang
down five or six inches. To this end at-
tach one or more strips of cigarette pa-
per in a bunch, having previously cut
the papers to the shape of cats. Now
put the brush into the chimney at the
opposite end to that used at first and
11111 it briskly. The electricity thus gen-
erated will go into the strips of paper,
and make nem stand out from each
other as if they were alive and were
struggling to get as far apart as pos-
sible.
These experiments are best made in
perfectly dry weather, and it is well also
la warm both chimney and handker-
chief at the fire.
NORWEGIAN MOSQUITOES,
They Dave Them In Millions in the
North Countvy.
Hunters lind the mosquitoes a terrible
pest in parts of northern Scandinavia.
One writes : "The warmth of the sun is
rousing our deadly enemies, the mosqui-
toes, into active warfare. Attacked as
we are hy a few score of viciously pip-
ing skirmishers from the mighty host,
we have, before advancing, to look to
the joints of our harness and don our
gauntlets; then in descending the long
slope toward our bivouac the scores of
the foe are gradually multiplied to hun-
dreds, the hundreds to thousands, the
thousands to myriads, till We are at
length enveloped in a dense cloud of
winged Rends, The horses are a dis-
tressing sight. From nose to tall, from
hoof to wititere, their unfortunate bodies
are covered with what might be taken
at a casual glance for grey blanket
clothing, but which is really a textile
mass of seething insect life, so closely
set that you could not anywhere put the
point of your finger on the bare hide.
"For such small creatures mosquitoes
exhibit an astonishing amount of char-
acter and diabolical intelligence. They
dash through smoke, creep under veil
or wristband like a ferret into a rabbit
hole, and when they can neither dash
nor creep will bide their time with ille
cunning of a red Indian. We wore stout
dogsain gloves, articles with which they
could have had no previous acquein-
lance, and yet they would follow each
other by hundreds in single file up and
down the seams trying every stash, in
the hope of detecting a flaw.'
HAVE TuitiOn CHRISTMASES.
Celebration of 111(1 1)115/ Occurs Three
Times in Holy Land.
That "Chrlsinans comes but once 11
year is not a correct statement to make
in Bethlehem of the Holy Lend, for it
mines three times, officially and cede -
elastically, authorized by the usnges of
centuries. The first Christmas, which
falls on the 25t11 of Deeember, is cele.
hreled by the Latins and Proteetants,
This date words with. the calendar ns
reformed by Pope Gregory XIII, in 1552
A. D. The Latin or Western Chrisliau
Church is nut, mid never has been,
known by the name of Roman Catholic
to the natives of either Palestine, Syria
or Egypt, but always as the "Lathe
Church.
But what in Europe: aml Aineriest be
known as 1110 Greek Orthodox, or Ilusso-
Greek Communion, the Eastern Chris-
tian Church, has always. and still is:,
fined "Rounno," or ithinitn, by the 210 -
Ova population, sto 01g0 Of11011111y by the
Ottoman Governineet, 11 being the 00in-
Winkel reetognized by the Moslem: when
they conquered tint Byeantine provinces.
The "Ilnumee" or Greek Orthodox
Clewed! 81111 1011101V 10 '1110 Julian calen-
dar adjusted In Julien Cam's). 40 13.0..
tvhih eount the 15511 of December falIa
on our 01.1) of January, celebrated by up
as Epiphany mei "011 Chreamns." The
Arreenisin Caswell bile also e different
conleslastical calendar, which brings ils
Christmas lat tie! Pith of iunuary,
MOVEMENT.
The distributive encietiett in England
in the conaneneement nf 1905 numberod
1,409 wttb 11 turesibershlp of 2,078,1 78,
/Theme Naive menthe ihey did 8 NM-
itIsh of Wei:Alin:It. o11 wi»el, a nt.001 nt
"1 doesn't Me -gilder 1111411.;• 10
elleteletie 1.(1101110A 1J )tilISIQSI,
RUSSIAN STATE PRISONS
SUFFERINGS IN THE OVERCIIOWD(1I)
CELLS AT KIEFE.
An Escaped Student Tells of Ills Four
Weeks' Experience Within
Its Walls,
Some idea of the terrible overcrowding
in the Russian prisons at the present
moment has been given to a St. Joyless
Gazette representative by u Russian stu.
dont who, wevious to his night to Lan-
don, where he arrived (recently, litul
spent four long weeks within the walls
01 1110 State prison at Kleff,
"At about 2 o'clock in the morning on
December t5," he said, "I was suddenly
awakened by a number of policemen
and secret agents forcing their way into
my bedroom. Without being given time
even to dress 1 was hurried out Into the
bitter night alr. On my way to the pri-
son 1 saw several batches or prisoners
f"orn all parts of the town going in she
same direction, escorted by mounted
police and Cossacks.
"1 ma forty odd prisoners who made up
the policemen's bag for the night com-
prised men and women of every age,
all shivering M the keen, frosty air, and
also a few boys and girls from about
12 to 14 years of age.
"When all the police forays had given
no their parties of victims wo were
driven at 5 o'clock in the morning into
a cell about 10 feet by 15 feet, which was
already ocoupied by numbers of prison-
ers lying on the floor pelimell. Their
reception consisted in
' AN OUTBURST OF CURSES,
because we came to rob them of what
little space and comfort they had al-
ready.
"Obeying Use orders of the gendarmes
on duty, we tried to lie down, one beside
another. There was. not space enough
for all of us to do so, though we were
packed together like sardines. Sleep
was out of the question, bemuse oe the
cries of the women and children.
"In the morning the door was opened,
and some soldiers with whips in their
hands forced their way behind the pri-
senors and drove us to the bathroom.
Our way lay between two rows of sol-
diers, who rained blows in every direr: -
lion. This was repeated on our way
back.
"By this time the women and children
were screaming with pain, while we MU!
clutched our teeth in the determination
to seize the flest opportunity of getting
our own back. Some time later break-
fast was brought in—bread and water—
but only enough for the first fifty-two
prisoners. Dinner, which consisted uf
cabbages in a putrefying condition, was
only served out to them.
"Protests were rewarded with blows,
no speakers being dragged out of the
cell and cruelly knouted. Al supper time
we received at last some water to quench
our burning thirst. No food for us, the
second batch of prisoners, till the second
day, and then only a meagre allowance,
of execrable quality.
"Every morning we had to run the
gauntlet, and if any noise was miede day
or night the prisoners nearest the door,
whether innocent or not, were draggee
out and 'usually came back with their
SHOULDERS TORN OPEN.
"Our sufferings increased day hy day
as we fell, more and more the lack of
fresh air and the want of rest. A num-
ber ol the women and five of the chil-
dren fell 111, but of course were not re-
move(1 from the cell. Their continual
'cries of digress nearly drove us mud,
but there was no way out of it, the pri-
soners being practically surrounded by
soldiers.
"The same hideous state of affairs pre-
vailed in all the numerous cells of the
building, from the roof down to ihe
dungeons.
'On New Year's Day eianuary 13).
when our suffering 'had bMoine unborn,
able, we broke open the door of our cell
while most of the guards were away
prisymg for the Czar in the prison cha-
pel. Rushing out, into the corridors, we
began to sing the Wiarseillaisee About
twenty of us managed to overpower the
sentries and make good 0111! escape into
the'surs
treet8O
'Osortie was only partially suc-
cessful. An alarm was quickly raised
and several of iDe fugitives were either
shot down or reeriptured. Fortunately
for me in the, general turmoil I managed
to escape Lo the house of a friend et
rnine. The some night he helped me to
leave the town in disguises, and after
some diMeulties and with the assistance
of a few bribes I at last was enabled to
cross the frontier."
ARISTOCRATIC REFUGEES,
Russian Countess is a Milliner, Baron-
ess Teaches Languages,
it is estimated that 10,000 incisions of
all ages and ranks have taken refuge in
Switzerland during the last .year, 115 ti
result of lite unsettled state of affairs in
Limit- own country.
Among them are members of the Rus-
sian aristocracy, who have lost their
fortunes dialing the strikes. end are now
obliged to work for their living.
1-1 (leave there is a Countess wile is
employed as a milliner, while at Zurich
a Baroness Is teaching languages to
support herself and her Iwo children.
A Russian Count is offering his se.rytees
at Basle, through the medium of adver-
tisement as a private secretary,
Several penniless Polish nobles and
their bunnies are Id present staying with
Paderowski, 11)(3 famous pianist, at
N10111t'S..
There are also inany llusstan children
et schools in Switzerland who have been
sent away from the seat of revolution.
PINGI,ISli IAMB.
While English jams have a kirge and
enthusiastic followilig the World ('ver,
0)1(of
f;r1Vittlirillslg15 eil c(ol °isle) i in.
ling the base oi ninny' of these sweets
1113' prepared and shipped lo England In
bulk, wham they are nompounded.
Among the rontrihnlions of F1111100 In
eespeeeetes, 51801>111, plums and 01)01103'particular are black currants, derrios,
smell trolls,
Time Is 111(11 '5/, buf Ws ',Him' to to
in a emery than }mem.
MATRIMONIAL VENTURES!
SLIPS BETWEEN THE iliAlfillIA.GE
CUP AND LIP,
1111.100. 11 Bride and riled a Spinster—
Strange Vaearias al Beide and
Bridegroom.
Cupid has seldom treated ono of his
tielinis guile so scurvily Miss Kalb
mine Brett, of Allentown, Pennsylvania
whom be has twice 1 urtril to the ail ar
on ly to turn Ills Impartment bele back
On her,
Two years ago Miss Brett wns W000
and won by tth nem Ryan; the happy
day wes fixed, and ihe bride, in all het
nuptial finery, wits al. the Meech with
her bridesouside and frionde. But, elm
for lite cup of happiness hold so tnnta-
lizingly lo her lips, the bridegroom
never appeared, Mr the sufficient rea-
son that his mothee. who objected to the
marriage, had partied him safely off
into Um country under an effective es -
cove Only a few woes ago Miss liven,
having in a weak moment. taken Cupid
into favor again, once 111011) donned i101'
bridal gown and was awaiting her fu-
ture lord at the church, when a letter
from him was handed to her, confessing
that he had a wife already end was thus
not in a position to wed again.
13u1 feate was still more unkind to a
Miss Dora 0—, who died a few years
ago in the North of England at the ad-
vanced ago of ninety-eight. In the defli
of het' youth and beauty Miss 0— hal
been on the very brink of wifehood no
fewer than three thnes, and yet
SHE DIED A SPINSTER.
Her first matrimonial venture was at the
immature age of sixteen, when she
eloped with the son of a neighboring
squire, only to be overtaken by her
father at Carlisle and carried home
again in tears and disgrace; on the
second occasion her husband -to -be wits
thrown from his horse and killed on his
Way to the church; while her third lover
chose the day arranged for his nuptials
to elope with the pretty daughter of
local publican, the news of his treach-
ery reaching Miss D0111 NA as she was
stopping into the carriage which was to
take her to church. Miss survived
this last painful experience three-quate
tees of a century, a fact which may, 01.
may not, be taken as evidence that jilted
girls live long.
There are 11)505/ men who, for some
obscure reason, would rather face 101
enemy's guns than the ceremony which
ought to crown them with happiness:
but, happily, law allow their apprehen.
sion to affect them so seriously as Herr
Sormetnann, of Sandbag, in Germany.
who was so towelled at the prospect of
marriage that he committed suicide on
his wedding movnIng; or as Mr. Henry
0—, who, as the newspaper. recorded
recently, had to be dragged to the
church, even after he had been foliated
by
TWO GLASSES OF BRANDY,
The excitement which, perhaps natur-
ally, precedes a wedding is responsible
for many strange vagaries on the pari
of bride and bridegroom. ft Is only e
few weeks since the preparations 101'
wedding near Birmingliain were all
complete, when 11 was found that the
bride was inissing. She had gone out
to purchase a pair of gloves, and from
that lime no trace 05 1181' could be dis-
covered. The pollee were informed, the
country for many miles around was
scoured; but it was not smell the follow-
ing day that a police superintendent
while driving overlook a woman, al-
most dropping' from fatigue who proved
to be the missing bride. She had spent
the whole of Saturday night wandering
about the lanes, and when rescued could
give no explanation of her movements.
More amusing was Ilse misadventure
which befell a bride recently in a Berle.
shire town. Owing to a lapse el 10001-
ory a liveryman neglected to fetch the
bride, and the bridegroom and Mends
were leapt in suspense at the church for
over half an home A messenger was
dispatched to the livery Stable and the
eeenrieLor admitted his laxity, but wben
told to proceed with haste to fetch the
bride he naively replied, "What'll be the
use of fetchin"er now? The servicell be
'alf over." Ho was soon made to see
the absurdity of his statement, and the
delayed ceremony was carried out ,
WITHOUT FURTHER HITCH.
The obstacle to a wedding at Wem
not long ago proved more formidable.
The bride and bridegroom, with their
relatives and friends, were ale assembled
at the local chapel; the parson was in
attendance and the owernony was about
to commence, when the registrar made
his appearance and, to the general con-
sieenation, announced that, as the legal
time for which the banns should be
publisbed had sell forty-eight imers to
run, there could be no wedding khat
day, Was there ever a More tantalizing
illustration of Inc cup being dashed front
the lips? However, the Mow was borne
with philosophy and goal humor, ami
the whole party found abundant solnce
in the Wedding breakfast, to which they
1°10Lll
ilicin
litetldejctlirrwilich promised to be
tragic marked a wedding ceremony I
month or so ego at SI, Paul's Church,
?widen, Germany. The clergyman wise
just putting the ail -Important question
to the bridal pair, when suddenly the
bridegroom sank insensibly at (.11e feet
of his Intended inede. A wild shriek
from the testier alarmed lee whole entree
end nearly rimmed a prude. 0 doctor
who wits celled to Ibo scene succeeded
in reviving the young man, and de-
clared that the fainting had been calmed
flintily by too tight a miler, Two hours
later the marriage was solemnized in
the 501110.011111'011 and by the same clergy-
man„ --London
ONE WAY OP' LOOKING AT rr,
A Mee Iiid hurl climbed a very steep
spout attached' to his parents' house lo
got a nest which had been built by some
birds.
Ile was euccessful, and was walking
away with his companions, when a gen-
tictoan, who had watched his danger -
ons feat, :Monona him and said:
little fellow,' 1 was sorry to Pta
you taste your life for such a piney
thing. What would have happened it
th"O"shiTistitisietIned
had
givlea,
n11'itwo
vaYr' ukine have
Mattered Mull; Were going to leave the
YOUNG
FOLKS
Once my gClislAndNnTAgnSvePaAriltTIY1,;;
,hlyl but there was lois lo cat!
Sand wiches end eillaken salad,
Cakes and every kind of sweet,
Must have been 0 million waiters—
Anyhow, sura of eight;
'Cause moll time 1 sew a new one
1 would have him 1111 my plute.
\Vhon they woke me im next morning
Twerniell didn't feel just eight;
And I didn't want my bvealefust;
Guess 1 ate that, too, Met Mehl.
GGLIeS.
niggles was only a scrubby little In-
dian pony. His owner had evldenlly
considered him of no use, and had
cruelly turned him loose In the bare
pi alliS to shift for hlineelf.
He was a sorry-looleing Hale fellow,
as he steed one morning nt, the gale to
Mr. Hudson's large cattle ranch, in
Western Kansas, shivering in Use wind,
end looking with a wistful gaze at the
int ponies inside.
Mr. Hudson noticed him and started
te drive him away. But his little daugh-
lei Lillian said:—"Let him in, papa; he
looks so hungry." Mr. Hudson opened
the gate and the pony walked in just
as If it were his home.
Mr. Hudson made inquiries, but no
one knew anything ebout him; and as
nn owner ever mine to claim him, Lil-
lian claimed him as her special proper-
ty, and named him Ruggles on account
of his long,, tangled mane and tail. •
He was a docile little creature, unlike
the rest of the ponies on the farm. He
soon came to regard Lillian as his mis-
tress. She learned to ride him, and
could often be seen cantering over the
prairies with her father.
13ut Ruggles seemed to consider net
she was not much of a rider, for tie
would carefully avoid all the dangerous-
icoking places and holes in Ilse ground,
made by aoyol,es and prairie dngs, which
ere very plentiful in 'eVeslern Kansas.
When the next spring onnin Haggles
-did not look Mee the same 111118 scrub.
His rusty brown mat heel n11 crone off,
and a new block one lied taken its place.
By the next fall the ihe nefghborimed
could boast of a public sinned, and
when Innen began to go einegies found
he lind regular duty every 110,V.
Litilan would saddle him and ride 10
the school house, which was Iwo miles
away, then tie up his bridle and sen(1
him home. At about half -past three
Mr. Hudson would middle him again
and send him for Lillian.
He always arrived on lime. and if a
111 110 early he would wail patiently by
the door until school closed.
Some of my readers will remember
Ilse blizzard that struck Western Kan -
sits in 1 RE, when so many-penpie lost
their lives and thousands of reale were
frozen to death. The storm eninmenceil
about noon and the weather grew sterol-
Ily colder,
The snow blew so thick and fast that
Mrs. Hudson was afraid to niggles
In go for Lillian, but Mr. Hudson was
sick and there was no I'M 0I50.
She went to the barn end n111 the sad-
dle on him, and lled plenty of warm
wraps on. Then she threw her arms
around his shaggy nestientiynhnnIoiled him
bo bo and bring 1
He seemed to undersinme atm Alerted
out with his shambling trot in Ilse direc-
tion of the schoolhouse.
One hour mimed slowly In the anxi•
ous parents. When Iwn hell passeeL
their anxiety was terrible, as they
strained their eyes to see ifirongh the
blinding snow his shaggy form bringing
their dal ling safely home. Ai lest ne
came will Millen on his hack. bundled
ues from head to foot.
The teacher had fastened her on Use
twiny and given him tee vele: and so
hi had brought her safely nein, none
the worse for her ride, except being
thoroughly chilled,
OLD BRITISH ELECTIONS.
Days When Electors Were Kept Under
Lock and Key,
in by -gone days men w re often un-
willing to be made members et the Brie
ieh 'louse of Commons. 11 tves•costly,
and therefore a difficult position for a
poor man, but at the same limo repre-
sentatives were not Malty he found
anm0 oonn.gutsilineawealle-ctomtdlloit olgissris,h
o\‘. 1TschreSheriff
rode up to the county come in the four-
teenth century. ready to ruminate a
candidate. A gay loright, feel -nil of elec-
tion, "hastily withers -eve from Ilse crowd
at the words 'election' and 'parliament,'
and spurroth oft as fest as his good horse
may carry him," On the other hand,
scene sought election by luty means,
rind the first instance of enrrnellon in
electioneering matters is snarl In be that
of Thomas Long, in 1571'lin. "being
found to he a very simple men, end not
fit to sorve In that, place. was question -
(.e how he came 10 be elerled," Tho
"simple man" admitted that he "gave
tr, Anthony Garland, mayor of (he town,
:13 for his scat in Parliameol." which
was ordered to be returned.. though the
8°satt: bwudi8lealletotieillealle'lltedoi mats fne a into
Tory election in the west," printed In
the Flying Post for 1715 wellness some
very significant ilenis coneernig "Folcl-
lime English election expenene, or
10(10015 of Ole wird 'Cipirehe 440," le
on; "For demolishIng Iwn hostses,
MOO," Is another. Othevs wove: "For
eelLele°1ragelitto
C40," iorbreakng win
dows, 2 ,"
o1n5of 'ttklerniar> n
"For a set of isoteelous 11113,
This wits not act much 01 11 hurleieme,
though, as might be suppnsed. en Um
eleetions of 1721, for insInnee. volers or
the opposing candidate W0/11 constantly
suerotstided by snobs hired for the pup -
!Jose, arid out off from liver polling
1101115, while others .wern actually oar.
tied off by force and kept muter lock
end key until the elcation was over,
An Englishman living in Ilely, and
fearing an earthquake bn ibe of
hie Thome, sent MS two bays to a 'friend
in London until the Peen elintlid he over,
O few metes after, the father received
this letter from his friend' "Plense tenn
your boyo iseme, and Band 00 lbe earth-
te.
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