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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1909-11-4, Page 6C rristinas is Co A PEW HELPS IN SOLVING THE SMALL CHRISTMAS GIFT PROBLEM GIFTS FOR WOMEN, Embroidered Belt, ---Embroider strip of cretonne of Persian design with anercerized cotton, to give an oriental :effect, Smelling Salts Bag,—Smelling salty may be made an attractive gift by inelosing in a little linen bag. Make the bottom circular two inches in diameter, Shirr on to this strip of linen ten inches Tong, embroider every two inches with a tinyspray, scalloped at the top, and with eyelets to run ribbon or cord for drawstring. Kerchief Bag.—Take a good sized fancy towel and fold in once in the middle, then sew up the sides with- in a few inches of the top. Take a small hoop and slip °vel• the towel, turning ends back over it. .Sew enol down close to hoop, which makes a casing and gathers bag. In the cen- ter of towel embroider an initial with colored floss to match ribbon used to tie bag on either side and hang up by. When soiled rip up and if tired of bag the towel can be used in various ways. Safety Pin Holder—Two and one- half yards of ribbon, one and one- half or two inches wide, and three rings the size of a 25 cent piece. Buttonhole stitch the rings. Make a •'pretty bow of the ribbon, any pret- ty color, leaving three ends hang down to fasten the rings to. Put a chain of safety pins in each ring, of different sizes. This is a pretty gift for a young girl's bedroom, put In a pretty box. Beauty Bag.—Beauty bags are made by cutting ordinary cheese- cloth into strips, two and a half. inches wide by five inches long. Fold over and sew up the side. Fill these with oatmeal and sew up the top of the bag, and you have one of the most healthful cleansers fur the skin ever devised. The bags are used as a wash cloth wet in a basin of warm water. A most de- lightful present is a box of the above beauty bags, daintily over- cast or buttonholed with wash silk in delicate colors. Dress Shield Cover.—A gift for dainty people is to cover dress shields with Indian linen. Cut lin- en the size of shields. work mono- gram on there, edge with lace. They are easily taken off when soiled and cover the plainness of the shield. Hand Embroidered Stockings. — An attractive gift that would be appreciated by sister or friend would be hand embroidered stock- ings. Buy either silk or silk lisle stockings, whichever you can afford. Rosebuds or forget -me -note are the make dainty white underwear, such es corset covers, petticoats, chemic a ses---er, if she is a strain, a simple :hand embroidered night gown or: a trreaty dressing saeque»or a loung- ing robe. Or, if she keeps house, Make.oheerfnl, pretty things for her home, at the same time bearing in mind that gifts must be simple as ' well as pretty so that their care will not necessitate a lot of extra work. Then, too, one could give candy and iiowars cut or in pots, In fact, there are, innumerable things to give grandmother that will make het feel happy and young again. That's the true Christmas spirit for the old—make them feel happy and young again, GIFTS FOR GIRLS.. Buffet Set.—I have just finished a buffet set which has been greatly • admired, They were oval in shape. The larger piece was eighteen inches and I used fine sheer white Swiss and drew sprays of wild roses with leaves over them, worked them in shadow embroidery, in two shades of pink for the roses and two shades of green for the leaves (not dark). The centers were worked on right side iu French knots with yellow and light green. The edge was scalloped in white silk, and around the scallops Valenciennes lace was gathered in an easy ruffle (not full). The lining was white china silk, which brought out the colors, mak- ing it look like dainty water colors. —M. J. W. CIothes Coverers.—Every good housekeeper has from one to doz- en calico bags for covering the ''best clothes" that hang in the clo- set—or at least she' ought to have, One of the most appreciated gifts reeeived last year was a set of wooden hangers (bought at the end 10 cent store, probably), each •:anger having thrown over it a 'arge square,, of silko1ine feather stitched on the four sides. A large • eyelet was worked in the middle! t., slip the square over the hanger, I and on each corner of the square; hung a tiny sachet bag of the silko- line. What more inexpensive or more appreciated gift could you eves; has signed away his independ- man is an "emergency bag," much appreciated by a traveler or room.; er. 11laterials rcgnired a Piece of leatheranYsix e you wish to mate bag, pins and needles, pai embaoi- dely scriesors, dozen collar but- tons, dozen trouser buttons, dozen toe protectors, black, white and brown thread. Any man is domes- tic enough to use one, Easily `car- ried and can be made plain or or- namental, as the maker desires, On each pocket could he pietpre of ar- ticle it contains done in burnt work. Shaving Bibs.—Towels are a bo- ther for protecting a man's shiirt while ho shaves, so make him a Christmas present of a couple of shaving Nibs, To make one, take any kind of washable material — heavy white goods proferred—cut in two pieces, the front piece long enough so that if a man sits while shaving it will cover' hislap; the back piece eau be shorter. Cut out a hole for the neck, large enough for the head to slip through, Cut the shoulder seams curved to fit the shoulder and wide enough to amply corer it. Sew together; hent all around; face the neck, and through the facing draw Darrow elastic. When slipped over the. head this will fit close to the neck and are - rent the lather from running down under the shirt. The bib can be further embellished by stitching the phrase, "To shield your shirt 'while you shave,,' across the 'front. Sleeping Cap.—A sleeping cap or hood is an acceptable gift for a man who likes to sleep with open win- dows in winter or iu an "open air" bedroom. It is also useful in sleep- ing car berths. Make the cap of heavy black silk, which is soft and warm. The cap should be cut and fitted like a girl's hood and fasten- ed with a strap of the goods muter the chin. using a button or patent clasp. Use a pattern of a Brownie hood, but cut off the point and in- sert a straight strip three or four inches wide between the side pieces from Forehead to nape of neck. Fn ash edges and seams with soft bind- ing ribbon. IDEAL MARRIAGE C0:\TIt.iCT. This Ilusband Signed Away ..alis Independence. Who says there is not a model man m the world? Sceptics 'and cynics are invited to read the lat- est marriage contract, signed and sealed before the magistrate at Mont Clair, Yew Jersey, recenti - George was the bridegroom's Chris- tian name—that of the bride, some- thing akin to Miss Wideawakc. George, with the light of love in his give a busy housekeeper than a set ence and liberty and bound himself of these hangers with the throws to the following marital tales:— made of silkoline to match the col -1 "I solemnly promise, before a or of her own room or her guest !justice of the peace and the woman room ? [ 1 have asked to be my wife, to give Black Cat Calendar.—Take a her my pay every Saturday night; sheet of watercolor paper ten by Ito be home every night by nine twelve inches and some scraps of o'clock finless my wife is out with black fur or velvet (fur is far more me: never to go to balls or parties effective). A little to the left and above the center of the sheet of prettiest and mart simple to work, paper glue an oval piece of the Inc One skein of green silk for the about three by two and one-half stems and leaves and two skeins of inches. This is for the body of the pink or blue for the flowers is set- cat. Add a smaller piece at the top ficient. Work ten flowers on each for the head, attaching two tiny stocking, four in the center and•, triangular pieces for the ears. Then three on either side. The embroi- put two small knobs for the feat dering can easily be done without and a narrow curving strip for the being .stamped, but for those not tail. Glue in two green beads for so skillful Crensfer patterns can be the eyes and 0. scrap of red cloth purchased for 10 cents. or paper for the tongue. Paste your calendar in the lower right hand GIFTS FOR GRANDMOTHER. corner, and in a scroll issuing from Dainty Collar.—A dainty collar the cat's mouth letter these words: Soma cats there are who sit and squall And make the long night hideous; But if you'll hang me on your wall I'll not be so perfidious." The same idea can be carried out in a match scratcher. GIFTS FOR MEN. Book Covers.—A pretty and dur- able one may be made of Prussian crash in the natural color; cut to hold the average book, allowing three inches at earth end to fold back. Buttonhole edge in long and short stitch with -brown mercerized cotton or heavy silk; outline any of insertion, edged top and bottom with narrow lace and circled by a narrow velvet lavender ribbon, looped into a rosette at the back. Apron.—A black silk apron either china or tnessaline, rounded -off at the bottom, and edged with black dace, or left square and hemmed and brier stitched, and the pocket the same; or a lace inserted apron, is pretty; the above would'eertain- ly make any grandma open her eyes on Christmas day. ti Covers for Dainty Waists. — Get a .rernnant of figured silk, make a equarc (the length you will have to decide for yourself), cut a circle in the center large enough to fit simple conventional design or work the Collar of the waist, put a fin- monogram on cover; fold ends back, ishing touch on all edges, of mar tack at top and bottom, and your row lace.: Rosettes of baby ribbon gift is ready. Coat Cover.—Take a wire hanger and pad with cotton on both sides, with a little favorite sachet sprink- led on it. Then whip together two pieces of white tt satin hibbon about three inches wide and cover the padded hanger, then wrap the ham. ;Ile with ribbon and tie a large bow. Also take two lengths of about one and one-half yards of white linen. Shape opening so it can be slipped over the hanger. Brier stitch the seams and in the left hand corner embroider a monogram, This is to be slipped over the garment on the coat hanger to keep out dust and avoid creasing. This makes a pret- ty gift. ,Shirt Case. --Case made of brown linen to fold like an envelope and cross stitch the iuitiatton tete lap makes a pretty gift. It takes one yard of linen, a sponge case (or lights in black stctenn aprons, felt pocket) of brown linen and lined el lipers,.-and tho like. You can't with .rubber cloth and the initial l•li:ase ,grandmother more,.than by cross stitched on the Ian, bind it resenting her with things suggce- with linen tape or wash ribbon. of, youth,yet t'aetheal enough P g ,_.. rosy, to her. Por instance, on the corners - will add to this dainty little gift, which will save many a delicate waist. Lace Headdress. -•A dainty little ]ace lzoad dress, white, with -ratan der ribbon trimming, a fancy box for her dresser, a Christmas letter tied with holly ribbon, will bright- en her lonely "day of memories..' A framed picture of children play- ing or some beloved animal pct will delight the little sick child; 8 live kitten or puppy always proves a pleasure; a blooming plant, for the RYslrutin.,, Select Presents with Care, -- "f)nn't give old people presents that ,aver too muck of old age." This 1<5 a warningthat has to be sounded every Cltristrnae to these who are under the irrypreseion that because grandmother is old site has aa' sense of the beautiful, hut, do - without her, and then never to dance with anybody else without her permission; to be kind always to her mother and her- little bro- ther; never to join any lodge that prohibits women, and not then un- less she wishes to join too; never to smoke more than three cigars on a week -day, and not more than five on a Sunday; never to smoke cig- arettes at all, and - never to use profane language; to beat the car- pets every spring without grumb- ling. "To pack my own laundry each week; never to drink intoxicating liquors or beers except at the be- ginning of the annual spring house- cleaning and -then only throe glass- es in the presence of my wife; never to keep a dog and never to bring a dog home and say I am to keep it just for a little while for a friend who has gone out of town. I also agree to do half the comforting and caring for the children we may have when they cry at night, and to fix the fire every morning and night in snclr a, war that my wife will never have to do anything but adjust the dampers." George does not say anything hate about his wearing apparel, but obviously he is quite willing that his better half should wear the "brecks." FOR DESTITUTE DUKES. Bishop Auckland Gairmairtrrs Ad- iised to Build infirnlar•y. At a recent meeting of the Bishop, Atscicland guardians in London, England, the following resolution was submitted: "That a new wing be added to the infirmary for the especial ac-; commodation of Dukes; that it, be ref an ornate and eastelletecl type err arcisitecture, and built of mar- ble, to remind thein .of the marble halls in which they formerly dwelt., and that their creature comforts be z-taa.iedby the engagement of a French cools; that Lord Lnnden- dcrry be respectfully asked to sup- ply drain with grease, in return for the many en -called educational be- nefits thatthey have provided for the children of the poor working men; and, as .we 810 responsible for the soul as well as for the hotly, tient a learned chaplain he appoint. ..3m.ergene'r ]lag, -A practical in. ed to look after their Moral, r•elig- axjransive easily made gig; fief a led and sirii•itral welfare." MULL'S TREASURE STIP A.',121.1IMPTS TO RAISE TOR AD., IIIIILtL OI! FLORENCE, (ilio Of Me ShlpS of. the Sparlsh Ar made Lost in the, Year -i 8S. Another search is to be made for the treasure of the famous Tus- cany galleon, Admiral of Florence, wlticli was one of the ships of the Spanish Armada, •and which, after fleeing north from the English ships, was blown up in Tohermory Bay, in the Isle of Mull. ' The Duke of Argyll has granted au lease to explore the bed of the hay for the hull and its contents to Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Mackenzie Foss. Colonel Foss will employ the most modern type of ore -finding appartus to locate the position of the galleon, which is be- lieved to lie tinder at least twenty, five feet of sand. When it has been found he will use two sand pumps and two pow- erful pumps with lifting .capacity which will strip the hull of its over- lie in three an four working days. -It is uncertain what treasure the galleau had on board. . Ashley wrote to Walsingham soon after she sank that she was "one of the' largest in the whole fleet, and com- manded by a. grandee of the first rank, and was always served in silver plate." CARRIED A. CROWN. Tradition says that she carried 30,000,000 "pesas of eight" and a crown for the Spanish Prince who was intended to occupy the thione' of England. It is believed that, apart from her bullion, there are. at least forty large cannon anda quantity of cannon balls in the hull. Pieces of the wreck which .have been brought to the surface at in- tervals suggest that the keel and the lower timbers of the galleon will be, found in a fair state of pre servation, and Colonel Foss hopes, within a moderate period of time, to raise a sufficient portion of her a make it possible to construct a model. There are many romantic versi- ons of the history of the Admiral of Florence. One of the best known is that a couple of nights before the sailing of the Armada, one of the lnfantas dreamed that she was fat- ed to embark in the galleon, and there appeared to her with perfect distinctness the features and form of a foreign nobleman whom she was to marry when the fleet aerie - cd at its destination. According- ly, against all the remonstrances of her relations the Infanta is said to have sailed on her. SAW HER FUTURE HUSBAND. The1] a e n g a iced to Tobermory Bay, and having sent a boat ashore to obtain water and provisions, the Spanish commander entered into friendly relations with tete bead of the Clan Maclean, who was invit- er( to go on board. Immediately the Infanta set eyes on him she de- clared that this -was the man she lead seen in her dream, and he was to be her future husband. Inciden- tally, it may be noted that 1588 was a leap -year. Unfortunately, Maclean was al- ready married; but the Infanta would suffer no interference with what she considered to be the work- ings of fate, and subsequently an attempt was made to carry off the chief of the clan and a few of his. followers. Seeing the ship was taking up her anchor and making sail, Mac- lean's wife despatched a number of her elan to board the galleon and tc procure the release of her hus- band and his followers. One ef the latter, in revenge for the treachery of the Spaniards, is said to have applied a torch to the powder Ma- gazine. The ship was sunk, and all on board, except a cook, tvha WSW blown into the water, are said to have perished. KISSING ALLOWED. Law Against It ie Rigorously En- forced in Russia. Russia is ruled by rigorous latus. The biting and humor of soma of them come home to the foreign on- looker, while, of course, the ]l.ussi- n,ns feel only tine whip hand. The latest victim of anti -kissing in pub- lic law is a famous and all too im- petuous Russian actress, hire. Tre- pu,Jl', tvhro actually had the icorerity to kiss her mother in a street car. Ono would have thought even a magistrate or judge; or whoever ad- ministers cases of law -breaking of that kind in Russia, would be melt - el by the heautifal picture of tire' amnion of a Mother end daughter eolebratcd by a elsn.ate salute, but Russians understand no !jokes; the fine of ten roubles (57.04) for a kiss in public conveyances, such as rail- ways and street cars, was rigorous- ly enforced. .1 kiss in the street is penalized to the extent of sct-en roubles (405) and a1 declaration of love sent by postcard, if anybody is brazen-fac- crl enough to do sura a thing, is punished to t.lto extent of Jive rotl- Mee (53,51.) THIS GOOSE GAN THINK iIVIf,YEAI1.0U) IIIRD DOES iL4NY I.'itiCKS, Pulled Clothes Off Line That Ito Night Rave Pegs, and Get Rewarded. Mr. Abdy, who until recently kept a poultry farm at Old Bramp- ton, near Chesterfield, England, has a pet goose, "Jimmy," which he has educated to a wonderful Pitch, "Jimmy" is a five-year-old goose, and it is claimed that he has a hu- man brain. Before a newspaper representative he performed sever- al 'astonishing feats. A pack of playing cards was spread before hien. "Ten of diamonds,,' demand- ed this master, and after examin- ing a number of cards "Jimmy" picked out the right one in his bill. He repeated this trick over and erer again, Then there were set before him in a rack a number of cards lav ing words painted on them. "What is this?" asked his master, touch- ing ouching the interviewer's , watch chain. "Jimmy" .walked up and down the rack, looking for the right word. When they came to the card with "watch guard" painted on it, this he solemnly picked out. "What is it made of ?" was the next question. "Gold". was' the word 'picked out. "Are you sure you're right? "Jimmy" at once picked out tho card with the word "Yes." Then' from a row of numbered cards he picked out numbers writ- ten on a blackboard, and front a heap of handkerchiefs he selected the colors asked for. err 4' HOW RE STARTED. Mr. Abdy said; "When `Jimmy' was quite young nay sister told me that he used to come into the kit- chen with clothes pegs in his bill, for which she would reward .him with pieces of bread. Soon after- wards a mystery was explained. "We . had been finding the wash- ing pulled from the clothes -line, and blamed the son of a neighbor- ing farmer, But one day I saw `Jimmy' fly up, hang on to some clothes, and tug at them till they fell to the ground, bringing the pegs with thein.. These 'pegs ho picked up and brought to the kitchen to exchange for bread. "'.Chis convinced me that I had DO ordinary bird to Baal with, and accordingly I began tto train hint. Fist he learned to pick out any particular clothes -peg at which I Pointed, and within ten months he could select any playing card that I wanted him to take ftp in this -bill. "When I gave up my 'poultry farm and came to London, about six'months ago, I brought "Jimmy' along, because he is such a' pct with us all, and such a source of enter- tainment to my friends. He will follow me or my son- for miles through' the streets; and I am wil- ling to back hien to walk to Beigh- ton. In -fact, he docs anything but talk, and I'm not sure that he Won't learn to do that." 57 -YEAR-OLD GOOSE. The Duchess of Ledford is a.groat student of natural history, and contributes interesting matter to some of the naturalist publications. In one of the enrrent monthlies, dealing with the extreme longevity of certain birds, she relates having purchased a pintail. drake as an aclnit, which she has kept for the last twenty years, while a goose in a family of her acquaintance has lived in their possession for fifty- seven years. \0 MAN .1J Ji LINTERS. In Amusing Competition at the Olympia. Much merriment was caused at the Olympia in London the other night by a competition in whicli leen trimmed ladies' hats and ladies fastened collars and ties on to Male vi cti ins. The results of this Man millinery were startling and outrageous. Not Paquin nor Worth nor nny milliner' in the west end of London has ever conceived more daring, more ori- ginal, or more arresting creations than those produced with the live ulinutcv' tfnre liaxiit Feather's and' fiowcre were fastened in the most linexpeetetl places, and ribbons dangled wantonly, while the hats themselves wore twisted and turned into an infinite variety of shapes more wonderful than those to he seen, on the lawns of Ascot or Ranalagh.. The tic and collar competition gave the men folk in the audloneo their revenge.. Taut the hcroic'gen- tl°men who submitted themselves t•:rthe ]adios' hands had a rough. time. Two h o or three were t er nearly strangled and rescued on the point of death, For the difficult', of fix- ing a tie around ac stiff fold -over collar is one: of those inysteriee of the toilet of which only men .leave: the ;scent. . There isn't mach satisfaction in figuring out why the : other chap beat you, SOME SPORTING EVENTS AAfA/,TItG PI,AIb OP YEAS TILE ATHLETES. 'MI 'Tests of Endurance for Which (Inc Grandfathers Were Vona. A match t>•hieh took plane Jar Prince's a few weeks ago between A. R. Hamilton and Capt, R. K' Price was no mean test of skill FREAKS OF LIGHTNING • 1,rlt 1 1 lrL 1L ' Tl � FORCE OFA ><74Abli OF ELECTRICITY. Onions Tants About Storms Soirees of 'Ter'ror and. Great Damao.In a. general way we understand the theory of thunderstorms, At a matter of fact there is no pine nomenon of nater°, not -excepting and enduranee, J,Ylao conditions even earthquakes, of which we were that a set of tenniu; a game know so izttle, says Pearson'e of racquets end a game y1 squash Weekly, racquets should be played eonseen- Man male lightening—that is, tively, going Prem one court to the electricity of the highestower other•,` Capt. Pricey who gave his which we can artificially produce,-- opponent points, just winning ay will act according to certain known three points, says London Tib -Bits, laws. It will, for instance travel This, however, is but one of many along a conductor of T , 1 of , Y metal, curious spot•tiaig contests which But n. flash of lightning will frog have taken place of late years, Two quently leap from a well define years ago a London, athlete start- metal path and launch g its°It ing from just above Hammersmith through the air or somo adjacent Bridge rode a mile; then swam a object which is an infinitely poorer mile, and landing at Putney ran a conductor. mile on the promenade. Following This may be due to the almost this Ire did a mile walk and cone inconceivable force of is flash of chided with a mile cycle ride—all lightning. It is -estimated that a within an hour. This feat reminds one of that ac- complished by another London ath- lete a few years ago. While stay ing at Hampton Wick, near King- ston on Thames, he walked a quar- ter of a mile, .rode a Horse for a t quarter of a mile, swam a quarter 300,000 HORSE -POWER. of a mile, ran a quarter of a mile, rode. a bicycle foe a quarter of a Put it in other words, if we could mile and finished up by rowing a Sind some means of savinn and us - flash of lightning a mile long repre- sents a pressure of discharge equal to 3,000,000,000 volts. As such a flash lasts only about the thousandth part of es second tho energy dissipated by the discharge t 's equalo boat for quarter of a mile -all in the space of 18 MINUTES 33 2-5 SECONDS. Our grandfathers were rather. fond of indulging in these novel tests of endurance, and when many years ago a man ran a mile, walk- ed a mile, wheeled a barrow; trund- led a hoop,: and hopped an one leg, all the same distance, in two min- ing lightning we should be tbo richer by £200 for every flash. Lightning is, as wa know, men - ally accompanied by a peal of thun- der, which is ]ender the nearer the hearer is to thepoint of the die charge ; but this is not an invari- able rule. There are cases on re- cord of most destructive lightning flashes which were unacoompaniee by sound. Utes under the hour an epidemic Such a phenomenon centred at of curious athletic feats sprang up Bradford some years ago; Whet among them., in the same way that is deseribed as "a silent thunder - we have'been.bitten lately with the bolt" fell in a grave -yard, destroy Braze for Marathon and London to ing one monument and smashing Brighton walks. to atoms nearly seventy glass cases Perhaps one of the most amazing containing wreaths and flowers,. feats was that of a famous. pedes- ( In the same summer Swanscombe, trian of the '40's named (Motes, :ir. Kent, 'was terrified by a freak tt ho backed himself to leap a hon -1 of lightning. All of a sudden "a died hurdles in a rix mil& race: great mase of blue fire" swept against a jockey on a hunter. The ` along the street and next moment horse was beaten ` and Clootes i it was seen that the fine old parish jumped his hundredth hurdle in the' church built nearly 700 years ago had been struck. The building with all its fine old carved oak was soon A ROARING FURNACE, forty-second minute, the time lim- it being set ab fifty. Mention of the Brighton walk recalls an extraordinary pedestrian performance of some Oxford under- graduates four years ago who • walked from Oxford to Reading, a 'distance of twenty-nine miles, at midnight in evening dress and millet slippers after a.day of heavy driving rain. Various "modest times." were laid that they would not do the journey with in eight hours. But the"undergra<luates toot, ti-ith TWENTY MINUTES TO SPARE, although they were thoroughly done up and terribly footsore when they reached Reading. This performance, however, is, by no means so remarkable as that of lord Kennedy, who years ago walked on foot from Inverness to Black Hall, in Kincardineshire, and by striking straight across tire. Grampians arrived four 7hors be- fore Sir Andrew Leith Hay, who took the coach road anti who had llaida wager of £2,500 that ne would he frst. The journey occu- pied thirty-three hours -.No one is more fond of novel sporting matches than the London costermonger. Seme.yeaz•s ago one backed himself to walk from Uovent Garden: to Hampstead Heath sta- tion and back on stilts, against an cpponenb carrying a sack of pota- toes. And he wort. Some. time before' this a Chelsea fish -hawker carrying half a bun- dreclweight of fish on his head ran seven mites along the .Brentford road from Hyde Park Corner in forty-five minutes, antl.an orange porter won a bet of ten guineas by carrying a hundfedweight of oranges twenty times between Bo- tolph lane and Spitalfield Market in ono hour and twenty-five minutes less than the ten hours specified in the wager. • :WISDOM JOTS.` and only a part of the chancel was saved . - Scientists are still hopelessly at =' We sorry the Wham who are all so y for never feels sorry. It takes' a lot of piety to •etand 011 against prosperity..: Flattery may shield many errors, but it won't erase insults. No day is long enough to waste any of it in nuv iiig enmity, There's a lot of difference be- tween a tongue of fire and a fiery tongue. • No man is asood 'as he might, g t, be who dies not try to be better than he is. • No man needs our pity more than he who is indifferent to the sorrows of others, The, average woman changes her miner, and the average man docs not mind the changes. The clontd,'s which: have a silver lining arc rho first to molt in gold- en vapor at the sun's kiss. Your ered't mai, he good, but your money is better. , sea as to the cause of that pecu- liar phenomenon known as globe lightning. At Coventry some years r e ago during aiolent thunderstorm rstorm it passed along a, street like a soap bubble built of blue fire and drift- ed 1nta a shed, • where it exploded, blowing the roof off the plane. At Reims, in France, a similar fireball came into a cobbler's shop through the open window. The so- litary occupant el the place sat perfectly still, paralyzed with ter- ror, while his fearful visitant hov- ered for severalseconds overhead. Then it moved toward the fireplace. and presently passed tip, the chine ` irey. Next moment there was an'ex plosion like a 'shall bursting and the upper; part irf the chimney came crashing down., Not long ago Count. G. Hamilton merle a record of a similar freak of electricity. He was sitting at din- ner ata house an Lake Wener in ' Sweden, when just after a vivid flash of lightning A I3RILLIANT WHITE BALL appeared over the table and after hanging poised there for some 'sec- onds went offwith a load bang. Fortunately, it did no harm to anyone, although it was quite close to several people. Those who saw it suggested it was like a ball of cold lighf.ning. lit November; 1902,. Sydney, Au- letralia, was visited by a terrine dust -storm, hi the midst of which m; perfect rain of electric fireballs began to fall. Those set fire to a number of houses and a most ap- palling panic set in. A ery was raised that the end of the world, was at hand and -people rushed out of their houses into the ink black,. dust deep stt eets. The most amazing and terrifying displays of the power of lightning are seen on mountaintops.. a panty were on the top of a moue tain in the Cetaceans when..a }stege violet ball, surrounded' by vivid rays, struck a rock near by ,and exploding like a bomb . burst it to' atoms, One of the party was badly hurt, • 8r If suceoss'doesn'b turn the aver- age man's head it's because he has a stiff neck. And perhaps more yotsng neer would propose 11 they were not afraid of being accepted, 'r1Iat'e yon," asked the judge of a recently ennvicted man, 'anything to artier;. the Court before septeeve as passed? ria, yeast honor, replied the prisoner; 'imy lawyer took my last cent."