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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1892-2-5, Page 3FiiB 5, 1392, RO (JSKUOLD. Tito Happy Housawife'e 13ong, ,4oNPAY, Cho centime 1 rub. end rinse out ane erring, And hasher nu 0x00 or carr,, w ; Asthma while they hang in the freshening breeze 1 That duty's welt stone for tie morrow. T 11te11.4IS The garments pure 1 oprinkle end fold, With never 0 thought of sorrow ; And merrily sing as the iron 1 Swing, TbIo utak is soon done for the m0rrew, w01weseay. s- 00 dough I knead In flaky loaves, My 0uul 00 tumble eon borrow 1 a'fyy iwwerty derlinga thoy oat and live ; 0o gladly 1 tell for the morreW. '1'1Dltenev. The needle I plj',wltit w'l ting wheel, And health all ore end eol'1'OIY, "While Mowing gnrnlents so deftly made To cover my loved ones to -marrow. 1r11I DAY. Aa the grime end )lust f sweep away, My mind no trouble eon borrow, War deadly (lionise wi,ich Irks therein, la routed today, for to•n10r0nw, SATURDAY, The nourishing food I mix and Mir, And Joyously sine, for no sorrow Enters my life or labor for love, Sweet reit cometh sure on the morrow, SONDAY. Igo to the Blessed One who lcnows, Beery fot'ln of earthly seeress' ; Ile givolh ale manna for my soul, Blest comfort lo•day and tomorrow.. " 'enough for the day Is the evil thereof ; Thi', pproal lee a s1, reoase of sorrow ; For guidance, and strength, each clay' 1 pray, And Joy cometh on the glad morrow. Iri1AN01t8 L, 1''A00111)11. Matrimony. Therewas a Lime, and not so very long ago Dither, when one profession was open to woolen, a profession which not all could enter into though all night desire Lode Bo— a profession for which mothers were the coaches, and for which the competitive ex. amination Nita 0 battle in 11111011 the most radiant charms usually obtained the greatest number of marks—tneprofession of matrimony. No doubt this fact was always, to a cer- tain extent, glossed over. It was a fact seldom or never put into plain words. It It was dressed up in euphemisms, picked out in delicate phrases, wrapped about with ,neaeiugless and unnecessary lios ; but a fact it was, and there was no getting over It. In their youth maidens were put to school and their lesson, was how to capture a husband. When they " Come out" it was their busi- 11000 t0 show their teachers that they had got the lesson off by heart, and then once the chut•ott boll chinked, one the organ pealed the wedding march, and the air was dim with rice 11,11(1 alive with the luulcy slippers of white satin, the lesson books might at last he thrown aside, and the emancipated pupil rush forth from the schoolroom to play—at being a mother. Matters are rattler different now. Girls while feeling 08 all true wamon must surely feel, that wifehood and motherhood are bright jewels in the feminine crown of hap. pin00s, have learned to take a more rational view of existence, and to see that matrimony, desirable as itis when hearts are bound in ane " with golden ease" as well as Iivea, is not the only flower that blooms by the wayside of the human pil- grimage. Intellect is cultivated now for its own sake, and not only because certain men are clever and desire cleverness in their helpmeets. Since all cannot marry, it is well that all should nob set their entire hopes upon that sometimes doubtful bles- eing—a husband. Dr. Arabella Kenealy contributes to one of the monthly magazines avery interesting article on the surplus of women, endeavour- ing to demonstrate the result it is having both on the nude and female sexes. Some of her remarks are wise and true, but to others it is probable that many will tape exception. She says that the rivalry of wo• men in endeavouring to gain husbands, hav- ing induced then) to sedulously cultivate their charms and foster and develop their talents, has been for iuoaluulablo benefit to then). This sounds plausible enough, but we doubt If the truest and best of women will fail to see through it. No doubt =fly girls, by nature some what ill-humoured, if not actually bad tempered, have carefully 00008018d the fact from self interested mo- tives, have smoothed the natural frown and assumed the unnatural smile, have laughed without the sweet spirit of mirth prompting them in order to gain certain matrimonial ends. 1 he question is, Have they really benefited thorned., es by striving in such a spirit? Dr. Kenealy apparently thinks so. Many will doubt it. " Marriagemonteuvree," she says, " create. an ignoble atmosphere, yet the industry, en- terprise and tkill with which they are ac- complished have brought out and developed femlilin0 resources, physical and mental, which, without this stimulus, would have been dormant and inert." Very likely ; but the ignoble atmosphere surely vitiates and neutralises all the advantage aeorning from the industry, enterprise ani skill. Besides, the object of such efforts attain- ed, what becomes of the weapons used in this struggle for the matrimonial crown '1 Are they notswiftly laid aside, and allowed to met 111 the armory, to the great astonish. ment and disgust of the husband? The 8101' 'Wilted good temper soon vanishes. The am eomplistinkents are swiftly dropped. The M1.140 which charmed the male heart as the singing of the syreue charmed the passing mariners is given up. The painting is put &Side. And ti en naturally the husband feels dissatisfied, and feels that he has been won by false pretences. And such a feeling, once it has taken root, is fatal to wedded bliss. TEE BRUSSELS POST, 0)101114 by a chest of draworo and a low cclufcl•tltbl, dreoing-Ittb111, but, a1 this necessitates 111,1 1140 of 1 w';, 1l10.•"0 of uu'uiter() in place of cue, the bureau 18 often retalne,1, and is the only piece nt cilbw^aL•. n ly rltrved I'nrmulrn allowable 111 . nlfh''v' „ fnshiormblO bolh'numa) , Thr. elie151181, (, which the fail length of the 0,p:re 110 y 110 4100, 14 a 111011 firm) hitt 1101 n 111•01.S401 y part of the f111.01 111.0. A 1„15' 1,11:41.1 wii.1, «(1(13 seats, but 1,0 upholstered 01100, n 10 111 1001150. ovary 0010 of width may be taken apart and brushed, and iemelt be, kid )'tetble,are all the ogle)' pieces of t'1Ih711t11P0 110001%117 for the most elaborately furnished bedroom. )1011• perabnudancu,.f drn,c.riec is nut of place ie the hed-ehambor, 'rho only draperies al- lowed at the window a110 light Haab mutable of sheer muslin , r lame, or milia silk, whiled may be vitally laundered, The sed tenter is the only drapery which is 80 graceful that some 0on0esetou ehould be allowed toil:. A great many of the new brass bedsteads have u half -teeter, and so long as this is keptoov. erect with a mate: ial that is easily laundered and is kept exquisitely fresh and clean, itis an ornament to the bedstead and so pretty that one would be loath to give it up. The pillow shams, enpported by high ornamental pillows at the bank, are not 110 often then nolo as a round bolster of hair, which is 000' erect by the upholsterer with some material to match the counterpane, Pin Points, The human skeleton consists of more than two hundred dietinet bones. Difficulty and danger acid zest to sport, They are dreaded when they must be met to obtain a livelihood, When nuking sausages make n part into small cakes and the remainder' pat in long white cotton bags twelve 1001100 long and five inches wide. These bags are hung in a dry, cool place to use later. For doughnuts ta110 0110 cup of sugar, a toaepoouful of butter, two eggs, ono cup of sweet milk, alittle salt, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder and flour enough to make a eoft dongh to roll out. T. mover the 11ana0000 taste of castor or codliver oil put a tablespoonful of strained orange juice in a wineglass, pour the oil into the center of the juice, and thensqueeze few drops of the juice upon the oil and up( 11 the edge of the glass. Tumblers, wine, and other glasses may be rendered so tough es to be practically nn• breakable by placing them i1, a vessel of ould water and gradually bringing it Lo a hard boiling point, caro being taken to place a cloth between t.henl so that they are not injured during ebullition. Or they may be placed in 0very hot oven and allowed grad- ually to grow cold. Ln ladieselothiug much harm is done by wearing tight bands reuncl the waist. They press on a part of the body containing very delicate and important organs, which, it pressed out of shape, cause much pain and illness, that no doctor can cure. A great weight of petLi0o0t1, too, hanging front the waist ouly, does much harm. Garters, also, if worn, should be put (above the knee, and ehould'never bo worn very tight, as they press on the blood vessels, and frequeutly cause swollen or varicose veins. Bailee for Young Housekeepers - 1. A dining -room must be in perfect order before break fast is served. 2. A waitress ie respousible for the heat of the dislhee after they come from the kites+ en. If too hot she must cool them; if not hot enough, she must send them bank. 3. Coffee and hot milk must be kept at the right temperature to preserve their best flavor. 4. Water must be fresh and cool. 11. Butter must not be served so soon as to become soft and oily. 6. Bread must be freshly cut. 7. Glasses must be kept tilled. 8. Nothing but an unexpected extra should ever be asked fee. 9. l,verything must bo passed at the left, placed at the 11511t, 10. In aleai 1115 1118 tahle food must ho first removed; then soiled china, glass, silver and cutlery; then crumbs 11. Everything relating to one course must be removed before serving another coarse.—[Good Housekeeping. The bedroom. The care of bedrooms necessarily implies proper ventilation. Abundance of air and abundance of sun-li hb are necessary to fn. sure wholesome qualities in any living -room, Yet is not an wacionttnon thing to find th0 air of the bedroom close and the room itself so situated that 0un0hine is impossible, An inside room, ventilated only by doors open. ing into other rooms, cannot under any oir- emnatanaes be a healthy sleeping -room. A • sleeping room needs abundauoo of light es a disinfectant of impurities in the air, just as it needs abunclanoeof air, One of the groat. est mistakes made in the furnishing of a u is to clutter the ronin u bedroom p with un- necessary furniture, We are doing away with the ornate furniture Which characteri- zed the old-fashioned bedrooms. Massive carved wooden bedsteads aro giving place to the simple and more graceful bedsteads of brass. Tho "shut -up" washstand, a pi000 of farniture in Nhieh there was everything to condemn, because it was pretentious and ili•suited to its purpose, is passing out of nth, '1.`he simple metal English washstand 1s being ge1011111y used, lb i0 enamelled, and no ltrnmint of water can injure it. It re- quires no olaboretion of toilet cove's to pro. Met it., like a wa0hstaud of natural wood. It has no 81111441p places which aro neve' Dir• 4 chaind is0rder k'a a,1' t1' r bleb eat t oil, and w It in simplicity 110,41 1'I'he old-fashioned hareem 10 su0co0dod in many of our Col; en Thoughts 101 :Every rayl 1,11)0day.—. 'Flare In a hap5yletel on high q hat ne.d0 no amen a), night, Nn run al. 0011+,lay m the skp, 1101, eyed') 51.1) ':'r is tight. t e . h' 1•: ;1,r t ft that lima WO know, And pmt 1110(1'1wn 1101410, L1e•elilnn sones 51101') 1,100 below. And then In tmrtmedted. q'1, Min leo 00014 Ido cum( 11, -Ave Were holler worth thou 5,11(1, A mighty prize 110 gladly gave Thal 0„11.1 0(111 be told. (11110 if left JI!s happy heaven That we inlet tknow 1110 will, ]low gladly slould ecu' ell be ;liven Tu preach We gospel elill I - -Helen 1'aiih».. Tuesday—ll is n joy to ale to know that the Christiana within the colnmunien of file church are )11111 all the Christians to be found in the congregation. We ere richer than we 05500)' 11,, ha Hero arc growing pear trees, apple trees, cherry tree0, and shrubs, and 111000on11115 vines, and flowers of every hue and odor ; but I am glad that some seeds have been blown over the wall, end that fruittreea and flowers most pleasant to the eye are wringing up dere alto, ['Henry Ward Be0ol,e'. Wodnosday— Ancl mem-tient, upon the learning 11010 from strife Grow ponce—from evil, good,—enmo knowledge that to get Acquaintance with the way o' the world, WO must not fret Nor fume on altitudes 0f self-sufficiency, But bid a frank farewell to what—see think— shonld Ile— And with as good a gram, welcome whatis—we —Richert Browning. Thursday—An established, experienced, hopeful Christian is, in the world, like an iceberg in a swelling sea. The waves rise and fall. Ships saran, and shiver, and nod on the agitated waters. But the feherg may be seen from afar, receiving the break- ers on its snow-white tidos, ea0Ltng thein off unmoved, and, where all else is rocking to and fro, standing stable like the everlasting hills. The cause of its steadiness is its depth. Its bilk is bedded in palm water beneath the tumult that )'ages on the atm - face. Although, like the ships, itis floating in Lhe water, it 000eivae and throws off the angry waves like the rooks that gird the shore. —[Dr. Arnot. Fda Oh 1riheay.rt of 1111 no, oh heavy heart and sore, If thou a -night wer) standing on the brink Of 1,0010'00)000111 end might for evermore Thy yarrow end, say would'01 thou stoop and drink I Poor bh ill ! through all its veins there ran a Of 0utlden joy, might there be then eur0ens° Of woe, regret, remorse, bontaln and still Bo kept in trust old days of love and peace. Saturday—The lives of most then ere misspent for want of a certain end of their actions ; wherein they do, as unwise archers shoot away their arrows they know not at what mark. They live only out of the pre - sett, not directing themselves and their proceeding to one universal scope: whence they alter upon civet change of occasions, and never reach any perfectiou ; neither can do other but continue in uncertainty and end in discomfort. Others aim at one cer- tain mark but a wrong one. Some, though fewer, level at a right end, but amiss. To live without one main and common and is idleness and folly. To live at a false end is deceit and lose. True Christian wisdom both shows the end and finds the way ; and as ounnirg politics have many plots to eom• pass one and the sante designs by a deter- mined succession, so the wise Christian, fail- ing in the means, yet still fetoho4h about to his steady end with constant change of en- deavors ; such an one only lives to purpose and at last repents not that he hath lived. —[Bishop J. Hall. Canada's World's Fair Commissioner. Prof. Saunders, director of experimental farms, Ottawa, has been appointed by the Dominion Government Commiestoner to the World's Fair for Canada. He says that while this important and responsible duty will entail a large amount of extra work he, hopes, from his being- in a position of thor- ough touch with the different Departments of Agriculture throughout the Dominion, OM his task will be rendered easier than under other circumstances. While it is premature to make any forecast of tihe com- pleteness with which Canada will be repre- seutod by an exhibit as full and opulent in every respect as the ma nifkciont resources of the Dominion should demand. The fruit exhibit, he thinks, should be ospeoially strong, and should be one that would open the eyes of tihe citizens of the Republic to the south of us, He attaches else the high, est importance to the live -stook exhibit, which will require to be all the mora excel- lent on 0ocounb of the Veen competition which the cattle of tike Western Status' ranches will offer, On the remit will de- pend considerably the continuation of the prestige of Canadian cattle, The Dominion Live Stock Association will probably be called upon to make the selections, and he expects every co-operation from this ener- getic) body, whose interests will demand the beet repreeentation possible. Dairy produce, the professor thinks, will make a capital display, ,end in this department he will have the advantage of Prof, Robertson's invaluable aid and assistance, He antici• pat00, of course, that the Dominion Gov- erranent will pay the transportation of the exhibits, and thus foster and onodura.go as magnificent a display me the country can make. The Evolution of the Handkerchief. The authorities aro neither clear nor in harmony as regards the history of the hand. kerchief known popularly in English as the pocket -handkerchief. The etymology 0f the nano is nevertheless snfiioiently clear, The last syllable comes from the old Fronoh thief, moaning head, tiro eyllablo " kor" is from the French oonvir, to cover, tvhil0 the prefixes " hand" and " pockeb" wore ap- plied when the artiole began to 'change its 100dhev01 use of bond covering and became the aid to neabnees and $000110) which It is at preeel)1. Tho old French )lame, oeuvre -chef, or chief, came over to Begdand with it Host of other French words after the conquest, 011,1 in time beanie "gerohiof," whiu11 is long since obsolete i0) Amori a, though it may perhaps blysLill hoard ill parts of 1!l,gland. perhaps lou ages after the Crusades evert women of milk wore the kerchief, wi11011, after mthly olutnges, became the modern hob or bonne, But exactly nit what period it began to bo carried in the hand or in the exterior pocket or llanllbeg is un0orLaill. PREPTY;STRUNtI TALK, J Frenc'I 11 corals and Soldiers are Alike. I 11. ('1 ((5fll4'O011li)Ilil'(l I; ernitin lorees, as -A eh)pttsl ('Irrgyn)nc W110:11110 No Pert 011 a 1':!I 0S l 101,11), during the w.41' of 18711. I 11,1' it:'apeet ,rue the (oldier0. kn140 that, „e a rule, I'reemie:I chit:ere of lis I1Aldrk1, Ja), 28,—Rev, Henry J. )(110)1',01u•Iq,npsome sort oftendert. Food Adams, 1111.0 of the pose 110pl151 ahnrr h 1s an111e(1MPS 011,411, as it 1111111 he with all 1144 1110 001111'.,50 of We con'iOtlm)s. 111' 011)4110 241 n',lr, but the forme of military civ made a spec):) in a tompsraneo 11100ti11g 14' night A'ui,:h will set 010 city all agog when publlsho,l to 0101'row. He declared that the army 011,1 nary were a aurae to Halifax and diti mere 1(0 injure the oecial life of the city than any other clement. 1f1 dououneed the British olilcere as parasites who enjoyed the hospitality of the eioizcma and shun knotted at them, He had never known an officer who eras a Christine, = Even the garrison captains were not Christians. The officers corrupted the society women of Halifax, whale the psivale soldiers corrnpted the servant girls, land the effect was such that young citizens were oomnelled to go abroad for wives, Mr. Adams' remarks created a big sense• tion among his hearers, a number of 00110m loft the building ns ae expression of their indignation, At a Marriage Lioenso Window in New York, It wan on Friday that 1 visited the mar ri,ge license window, and then I was in- formed that any other day of the week ex. eept Sunday would have been better, be- cause 1(11000 who are even a little supersti. tious do not visit the window on that muoh- slendered day. Very superstitious peesons go ranch fnrlhor than that, for one 00aple upon hearing a band pass the window play- ing a funeral march at the head of a pro- cession, refused to take out the license until another day. .And Sfr. Salmonsonsays that on one occasion da young man inquired whether he thought it would rain before night. Tho sky looped threatening, and the clerk said he thought rain might fall. "Then 1 will come on another day," said the timid applicant. "ft would be bad luck 1111101111(0(1 011 the clay I get my license," I could not help wondering what must bo thescene on such unusually busy (lays as Saturdays or the days proceeding national festivals, for thnnglh it was Friday, there was no pause in thebnsiness at the window. As r ni0kly as 000 elan got his permit, annther took his plane, Only two women came with their prospective husbands. There is no need for any of the fair sex to go to the window, and, as a rule, it is only the humbler or morn ignorantones who do so conceiving it to ho a necessity. I1, taking All oath as to the truth of what they have said, as 011 must do, it is noticed that many lahorera fro,, Protestant Ilurope raise three fingers to represent the trinity, instead of one hand as we do 1 bot one man on being asked to raise his hand, lifted both arms above his head. He wile a profession- al criminal, accustomed to being searched by officers of the law. Young Americana are usually in a hurry : they want to know they can be attended to " right rimy." They spoil Manic after blank in a vain en- deavor to sign their full names, and they explain that for years they have abbreviated their signatures in the rush of business until their hands refuse to break the old habit. Ono man is said to have signed himself, " Smith e Co." Tho Slava and the French Canadians are the most illiterate applicants at the window. Many seem to have had no schooling. Irishmen who cannot write are ashamed of the fact. Soma appear With their right land bandngod, while others give the impression of )having practiced the art of printing mere- ly the letters of their names and no others. Many of the Hebrews can only write their names in Hebrew characters. They are the most deferential applicants. • Oftentimes they knock at the open door, and being hidden t outer, stand ata distance uncov- ered. They conte direct from their syna- goguos drosso'l i1, their best, with their sweethearts beside them. Those who are most strict will not touch pen and ink on Soturday, though they 0onle on that day. Irishmen bring their friends, who aro apt to tease them, nailing them " victims " and saying that ono stroke of tho pen will des- troy their liberty. The Irish are the ones who most frequently offer to treat the clerk. When a man strides op and produces his discharge from the army and a double set of certificates of birth vaccination, the clerk says he knows he i0 dealing with a German, who will be surprised to learn that a man may marry in America without being vaccinated. The Germans are apt to bring their brides and n group of friends, who laugh and jest all the time that the permit is being drawn up, The young Bohemian man and his male friends eonho freshly bar. bared and with white artificial flowers in their coats add lapels. When the Italians come, the families of both parties to the match are apt to be with them in n swarm. The woolen aro gay with bright colors, and the bride's mother, while giving consent for her sixteen.year.okl daughter to marry, ex- plains that she was still younger when site wan married. The Scandinavian men marry their own kind, hot the girls and women are mot o liberal. There are Slvedes whose religious weal will not permi then) either to take an oath or to " affirm," and such ones go to diatant states, where permits are nob required, when they wish to got married. It ems easy to s00 111 one morning's visit that a maeriege license window is a queer plane, and one et which human nature is bared to official inepeotion an it seldom is in any ether government office. Hither comes the gossips to ask whether certain couples whose names were published the other day have yet got married ; to ask what sort of a looking man it was wino took out a 110ens0 to wed with Susie Todd, was he tell and light or stout and dark ? And hither come angry mothers to say that no permit should have been given for their daughters, who aro not so old as was said. They ask how the late can be invoiced to punish the offend ing bridegrooms. But there are ether bride - who appear to be forty or thirty, yet de Clare themselves thirty or twenty. Back comes a man to ask if this permit mtmber cannot be changed, because he wants to buy a lottery ticicot of the same number as MS wedding license, and cannot do so artless a Menge is made. 01d men speak for girlish brides, and ancient wrinkled women lead up very young 01011, (holding their time as if they might escape, Once a girl Caine weep- ing, and said the man she meent to marry lay dying, end there Wes not n 111011101111 to lose, Indeed, it i0 a quer place, and the whole illimitable gamut that novelists hem spanned in many centuries is there at hand still mending fresh notes and offering new °horde, The Hollowness of Politios. He entered a dowu•tawn law office, and, after waiting about an hour, was finally ushered into the presence of the expounder of the law. I have t4rievanoe that r want redres- sed," he said by way of inbred action. ' Yes?" replied oho lawyer, interroga- tively. ' ,Yes, sir. And I want your advice as to the best way to proceed." " Wen?" " You see, about four months ago, before the conventions met, a friend of mine came to me and asked me to support him for of. flee. Yes," " At the time he promised that if I would aid hien when he was elected he would see that I was fixed all right. I agreed. I started in then to boom him. Worked bard; and he was nominat- ed mainly through tidy efforts, of course. Then I worked harder still. Spent my time and money on him finally he was eleoted on the 3rd of this month. I went to se him twice after that and both times he was ten busy to see me. To- day I managed to catch him 'in and he actually laughedat my claim ; told me that I was an old fossil, don't knew enough to go in when it raiue, and ended by saying he would Meet me in a bit." " Well?" "What is my remedy?" "You have no remedy l" " What 1 I haven't. Do you mean to say a blanked politician can treat a man that way with iunpunitny?" " Yes, sir.' "But you don't understand the einem- Menace. Before that convention T wont around our ward whooping it up for him. Wont home drunk five times and each time got it heavy from my wife and was compel. led to put up for hate and dresses to quiet her." ' Yes. It is hard I know," replied the attorney, " but you have no remedy." "Then after ho was nominated, by me re- member, I contributed $20 to the campaign fund upon his express promise to tante care of me." "I am sorry; but I can do nothing for yeti." "Then somebody said something about him that was true and I attempted to deny it in an open lour, got myself tangled up to it newspaper dismission and made a fool of myself ; mind yuu, all for him upon Its ex• press promise "— " There is no law "-- " And on election day spent $15 lteeping the boys in eptrito. 3 10chiol night cheered and yelled, 00115111 cold, was laic) up for three days, and had to pay the doctor• $5 for that." r He has gone back on you and that is all therm is to it," "And I have no remedy? Couldn't I sae him for broach of contract? Didn't he contract to rig " Y01) 114110 110 ease whatever." "And 1 can do nothing ?" Nothing." ',All right. I'll get oven, anyhow. I'll get right to work as soot as hoe 111 office and 0/141,1,00 his ollioial conduct and nuance it a point to call and remind hint of ifs pro alae every clay, tuft's what .1'11 do. I'll qct 011011,0 0 1011011 angrily 1 out of the ollle Ands et l gilt' a, -{Chicago Mail, ihzetio) are obeerveul, The Frolic!' (leper - ale of (1001100, Generals of the 051"(iel ernes attached to the Generale of armies, old 1 ends of army corps, With 11(011' 1)1,110, do not attempt to live 111 even that semi' luxury, whirl) is passible by the expenditure of meek trouble on the part of the younger staff Illfleere x111 ai1,11) uceasi,1I0. 1 be Ilespi• tality with which I (net was great, because where there is courtesy and kindness and forethought it i0 impeseible 11)11 to sm the fa1100t hospitality, though the fare be rough. In 110400 maureuvres, even under difficult circunlstanemc, English (Aileurs expect their comforts, end would be somewhat diacon• oerted if qua•Lored in peasants' houses where vermin wan not unknown, and where the floors were often composed of mud, and 1.1011 plentifully larded with the fat and onions of the canteens of the advanced trop))0 or of the enemy of the previous night. English officers in peace would be somewhat inclined many of them, to expect at the General's Safe 2115111130 Raise. dinner or 111 the m040 the presence of many Business men, in bueit10ss hours, atten servants .1' d of good wine and food, whore. only to business (natters. Social calls aro as the French Generals of armies with their ),est adapted to the social circle. Make your brilliant stalls ladle nothing with them, and business Icn0lvn in few words, without lose drink the roughest country wine or the ecm. ! of time. Let your dealings with a stranger mon brandy made by the peasants from the bo most carefully considered, and tried The �abh:ith C:lan'. Glynm.n-tk A evil', remote -me will, Phnl. truugdr•- d Ir a nn'.1 )casts Llhind Iho kw.: or Irl'•,^,1,.(111: A ,•(W mol 11,111, To hard..—d.!, 141.10 .:I11,1 inns B004 10 10 np Rini 0)0110, '111,' 101100, cul rd PIN . Dire mon 1rod1), frnr, A quick, discerning' (p,', 'Phut le)), to then Hien a 1s near, And 100.4 I he 1 0101111'V (13 A 1i011'11,still prepared,' And urn,'d wi)t1,I'ttou• carr, Fut• ever sl waling un its 5)11(•)1, And W1001101 unto 10.001, Give 111• a true reee'r1, A cling),', stead} elan. Unmoved by three temhg. or reward, I'0 thee and thy great ((1000 2 Oi1•,•111e a heart. to pray, To pray and 110ver eeare, Never to murmur at thy slay, Or wish lay sufferings 'cgs. I reet upon lily wm d, I'b,. Promise is for 1,u• 3(11 succour and salvation, 1.0(11, Shell surely comm frau thee; lint let me still abide, Tor from my hope NMI() 1'0, 1111 1.11011 my 10,11001 spirit gulch) Into thy perfect lore. skins and atalke of tho grapes in places whore 110 is general in Champagne, water is scarce And bad and content themselves with the mutton of the previous week and the bonne of the previous year, The example for the private soldier is perhaps the better, and there is much dem• oeratie wisdom about the attitude of the French Generals toward their men. A com- mander of armies, when a private soldier with a letter from an array corps command- er comes to him during dinner, pours nut wine for him with his own hand, and 0om0- Gino, 11)11.0 heard, in his own glass ; and the reservist from the towns (perhaps a hotel keeper, a lawyer, or journalist,) who is serving in the ranks, and who, while re- taining the gold -rimmed eyeglass of civil life, is paddling about with hart feet and bare back in a courtyard full of filth, feels friendship duly appreciated. A mean net will soon recoil, and a man of honor will be esteemed. Leave " tricks of trade" to those whose education was never completed. Treat all with respect, confide in few, wrong ace Man. Be never afraid 10 say no, and always prompt to ,tcknowle 1ge 011.1 rectify a wron Leave 11011110g for lo -morrow that should be clone to -day. Because a friend is polite de not think that his into is vilneless. 1•Iay. apiece for and everything finite place. Topre serve long friendship, keep a short credit: the way to get credit is t0 be punctual; the way to preserve it. 10 not to use it much. Setae often; have short aneounts. Trash no tuan'e appearances : t 1)"y are often clomp - ti and assumed for the mimosa of obtain., ing credit. Rogues generally (dress well. Tho rich are generally plain men. Be well satisfied before you give a credit thnb those less aggrieved if he knows that the brilliant I to whotn you give it are safe men to be General is not much better off.—[Sir Charles ' trusted. W. Mike. A Natural Telephone in the Rookies. A marvelous tale mimes from Dakota of a discovery which has been accidentally made in the mcnntains northwest of Rapid City. It is stated that there is a natural telephone line between two mountains in the Black Hills range. On each side of a valley twelve miles in width stand two high peaks, which tower above the other mountains, and have long been known as landmarks. Them mountains are several thousand feat high, and only en rare occasions have they been sealed, ao but little is known of their topo- ef tourists deciided to omake the ame weeks s ent. To a hey divided into two parties, one for each peak, taking with them heliographs for the purpose of signalling to each other across the valley. The ascent was made, and, so the story gees, while the members of one party were pre. paring to signal to those of the other, one of the party on the north mountain was sur- prised to hear votes which apparently came out of the air. He moved his position and the sound was no longer heard. By chang- ing his position several times lie discovered that at a certain spot of the mountain he could hear the voices, and it was not long before he discovered that they proceeded from the party on tike other mountain. He called the attention of the ethers to the P1101101001100, and when the attention of the opposite party had been attracted it was found that an ordinary tone of voice was plainly heard from 0110 mountain top to the other. There was only one place on the mountain where it could be heard, and this appeared te forma natural telephone. No shouting WAS necessary, and the words wore perfectly distinct. This is rather a, tall story to foist on readers of "Electricity," but, assuming it to bo true, an explanation may be sought for in the fortn of the mountains, which might serve as elliptical reflectors of sound, the speakers placing themselves m the fool at each end of the ellipse, and in the low density of the atmosphere at the altitude at which the phenomeuon was observed. The Mormon Temple at Salt Lake City, which is of enormous dimensions, is built in the form of a true ellipse, ands person stand- ing in the focus at one end can carry on la conversation in a whisper with another who places himself in the foots at the other end Betting 7iimself Straight, "CII, by the way, Lord Duckleton, it's rather odd, hot your name does not appear in 1311k0," " Ah, I know that, Mrs, Van Null 1 But 30001110 you that the omission mantes no d1f- feene'with my mutual standing. Burke w110 very ill1ptid0ilt to lie ml 1(110 M1011sleil, and .I WAS forced to—eh--to 11101, eine out of lay house. This is his revenge," A Tired Mau. " I think that old Judge Peunybunker is one of the laziest men I ever saw,"remarke' Gilhooly to Hostetter McGinnis. " Is lee so lazy ? " " Lazy 1 Lazy is no name for It. He is so eoufounded lazy that it tires him to keep n= with the earth when it turns on its axis." Carrying a Concealed Weapon. " Why do you refuse to live with your wife?" inquired Juclge Cowicg in a case where a woman was charged with having tried to kill her husband). "Bekaa°I'm in dhread 0v me oife wiel her.„ How is your life endangered?" "She shteals on me, yer honor, w'id concayled weapon. She has it on her per sol now." " It's a lie, Judge. The truth's not him," " Silence, woman," said the judge. "OMear, has any concealed weapon been foun. en this woman?" "No, your honor." " What do you mean by saying that you wife carries a concealed weapon ?" " What do I mean is it? 1f ye wore mar rigid to herye'd know what I mean ?" "Can't the court find it out without get ting married to her?" You can, your honer. Just say 001110 thing to raise her timper and she'll mhscre'• that ould concayled wooden leg of hers an• olane out the coort_ Telephonic Items. A Texas farmer entered the office of Dallas, Texas, merchant prince and asks' him it' ho would like to buy +some fresh but ter, which ho had brought to town in hi waggon. I really don t krow whether my wif needs any butter just now, but I'll fin out," replied the merchant, and stepping t. the telephone he called up his wife end ha. some conversation on the subject. Then h turned to the countryman, who had wash ed the proceedings, and whose face was study for 011 artist. "No," said the merchant, "my wife tell me that she has butter enough on band. t last her for some time." " That's all right, Cap. You don't nee. to bay any butter if you c1r0't want to. A you have got to do is to say so, but yo needn't play me for a fool by trying to mak ale believe you have got your wife leaked u in that little box. I reckon I have sou sense left, if I am from the country. Yo can't fool me." --- An Enigma to Physicians, May Gross, the sixteen.year.old daughter of Edward Cross, a carpenter in Jordan, a village seventeen miles from Syracuse, N. Y., is an enigma to physicians. She has lived sixty.seven days without apparent nourishment, and yet she weighs about 110 pounds and was strong onongh to sing at her grandfather's funeral throe weeks ago. 8ho was under Or, Van 'Dnyn's core in Syracros° for six weeks in J ane and July, but little could bo done for her, and site was sent home. Her peculiar condition has been coming en for two years, when she had the grip. During all the time she was in Syra- aneo hor mother says she had only a teaoup of nourishment. She began her long fast immediately- upon her return dome. She was anconsoious much of the time, and had hysterias toward the end of the sixty-seven days. She suddenly regained consciousness and some strength. ,At that time the doc- tor tried to give her milk, but it curdled fu her month before it could be swallowed, Food in any form would remain on her stomach an instant only. Then the physi- cians moistened cloths on her stomach, and the nutrition woo absorbed by contact. Another peculiar phase of the case is that she does not oleep, with the exception of 00 hour in the morning. Opiates and Morals are used only as stimulants. She talke with hor mother about dying, but she has gener- ally a happy temperament. Her physicians and friends aro anxious to know what keeps her alive. 91,000 Deaths a Day, A French medical joorncil hat arrived at the conoloeion that tido 0nnttal mortality of the entire 1100 amounts, roughly speaking, to thirty-three millions of persons. This, it is observed, implies that the average deaths per clay aro aver ninety.ono thousand, boieg at the fat of 8,730 al hour, The notion of nix )two persons dying every 111100t0 of the day and night all the year round pro. sora to out. death sl atistles perhaps in the most lugubrina0 )tspeot that is possible. t'ursn- ing his olhcorfnl researches, this authority finds t hat a &meth of the race den before completing their eighth yomr, and ole.1101l be(oro the end at the 000'011l oi'o,l It yea' ; but the nvc•ra50 duration. of life is neverth011148 ahem as toms lfurtilar he h'tsa0eerlained t.ho t 001111311101'14110 aro c0 rare )lift 1r01 (0010 t'.ne em parson to 'a lam Area thousand at. tains this patriarchal stage. Where Dullness is Profitable. "How are things in your business?' 'r Dull, I'm glad- to report." " Glad to report 1" "Yes, I'm a saw sharpener." I The Head Simeon. /Of the Lebon Medioal Company is now T°rent,,Canada, and may be consult either in person or by letter on all ohroni 'diseases peculiar to man. Mtn, young, oI' 'or middle-aged, who find themselves ne 'eus, weak and exhausted, who are broke ,down from excess or overwork, resulting' (many of the following symptoms : Men !depression, premature old ago, loss of vi 11ty, loss of memory, bad dreams, dimness night, palpitation of the heart, emission: 'leak of energy, pain in the kindeys, Ilea. ache, pimples on the face or body, itchini ;or peculiar sensation about the scrotal-') wasting of the organs, dizziness, speck' before the eyes, Matching of the muscled hyo lids and elsewhere,bashfulness, deposit) in the urine, loss of willpower, tenderness o' itho scalp and spine, weak and flabby m0selest desire to sleep, failure to be rested by sleep constipation, dullnossofhearing,lossofvoice desire for solitude, excitability of tamped sunken oyes surrounded with LlAn)ttt 0111010 oily looking skin, ate., are all symptoms d nervous debility that lead t insanity ani death unless erred. 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