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1t4'ednesday. April. 24th. 1889
TEMPERANCE TRIUMPHS,
Last Thursday week a repeal vote
on the Scott Act was taken in fifteen
counties and two cities, resulting in
a complete reversal of the former
verdict in every constituency. It is
a triumph for scriptural temper-
ance, though we know some will
call it is a triumph for whiskey. •
The following table, showing the
majorities fot repeal on April 4,
1889, with the majorities in favor
of the Act when first, submitted, in-
dicates the revulsion of feeling that
has set iu :-
1889 1885.
Maj. against. Maj. for.
Brant 125 002
Carleton
Frontenac.. ? 2 693
Kent 2,000 2,393
Lanark 500 406
Lennox and Addington. 600 36
Lincoln......... 500 570
Northumberland & Durham 600 2,187
Ontario 400 1,352
Peterboro 430 512
Victoria. 500 946
Wellington 1,571 1,412
Guelph 448 168
St. Thomas 571 11
Colchester. N S......,1,200 1,234
These remarkable results show
that the tidal wave on the crest of
which unscriptural and impracti-
cable sumptuary legislation was
carried has receded. And the ebb-
ing force seems to have been more
powerful than the apparently ir-
resitible tidal flow was. The people
after experience and thought invari-
ably cornu to right conclusions.
The puny laws of man cannot
succesfu•lly controvert and nullify
the unvarying and iuscrutable work-
ings of Divine Providence. The
principles of the Scott Act are at
variance with the plan ou which
the Creator has assured us in His
revealed word he proposes to deal
with mortals. The arm of flesh
can control the actions of humanity
just so far and no further. All the
human laws that can possibly em-
anate from the brightest intellect or
the most profound philosopher can-
not change the natural heart of
man. The Word of God says
" man cannot livo by bread alone,"
Nor can statutory enactments fill
the void. The spiritual arm of the
.Almighty is the only means under
heaven on which man can success-
fully lean for deliverance from hie
grosser appetites. And that arm is
ever assistingly outstretched. Tho
Scott Act defeat is merely the old
old story of the puny insignificance.
of human created idals whose
efficacy to bless when put to the
test are of as Much account as a
batch of brazen gods, and no more.
Let none, however, run away
the idea that public sentiment is
debauched because of these repeals,
These results should bo merely
taken as a rebuke to amen for their
presumption in assuming the fine- .
Idons of the Creator in some ways
and its running counter to his plain-
ly revealed plan for the subduing
•of the carnal appetites and desires
of men. The end has not justified
the wishes of the thousands of good
and ayntpathetio men and women
who sought to slay the tyrant of
intemperance by statutory law. The
aim of the Scott Act was of the
most laudable kind—ofa character
that its promoters have no reason
. to be ashamed, many of its promot-
ere being of the most uuselfislr and
best intentioned. But they otr-
deavured to cure an acknowledged
and all too prevalent disease by
s•iperficial treatment. The seat of
all disease is what must be reached
if a permanent cure is to result.
To cure intemperance you must
instil into the hearts of man, by the
persuasive modes of Christ, 1 -lis
loving counsels, with assistance
front the same source. A sound
christianity will triumph over all
the ills that beset poor humanity.
An ounce of the sentiment of the
gospel of Christ is worth more than
ten thousand tons of matter of fact
parchment laws. This has been
overlooked by so Galled temper-
ance workers.
And now we hope that these tetu•
perance triumphs of last weak will
set every christian tontpernnce
worker shoulder to shoulder in
moral suasion and gospel efforts to
tvork for genuine temperance. Oue
of the chief human aids is to uses
their beat eudeavor to have the
license laws carried out. The
Crook's Act goes just about as far
as human laws should go in its
restrictions and interfering with.
the God-given free will of the indi-
vidual, and what it will not effect
no legitimate statutory law could be
expected to accomplish.
INTOXICATION BY RADIA-
TION.
FROM THE POPULAR SCIENCE
MONTHLY.
A prominent military man, who
had drunk moderately during the
war and had abstained from that
tirno on, while attendiug a dinner
with his old comrades, where most
them were intoxicated, suddenly be-
came hilarious, made a foolish
speech, and settled back in his chair
in a drunken atato, and was finally
taken home quite stupid.
He had not drunk any spirits and,
had only used coffee and water, and
yet he had all the symptoms, of the
others, • only hie was, intoxication
from coutagion—the favoring soil
had been prepared long ago in the
army. •
Another case was that of a .man
who had been an inebriate years ago,
but had reformed. He was recent-
ly elected to office, and gave a din-
ner to some friends. Among them
was a physician who has been great-
ly interested in these studies. Ile
sent me a long report, the substance
of which was this :
On the occasion referred to many
of the company became partially
intoxicated, and became hilarious,
and finally stupid with them. He
was pot to bed with every sign of
intoxication, but recovered, and
next morning had only a confused
notion of these events.
The third occurred four years ago.
A reformed man, of twelve years'
sobriety, went on a military excurs-
ion with a drinking campany, and,
although he drank nothing but
lemonade, become as much intoxicat-
ed as the others.
This event was tho subject of
much comment and loss to him,
socially and otherwise, although he
protested, and others comftrnled his
statements, that he did not take any
spirits at this time.
FACT AND FIGURE.
The greatest artificial cold ever
produced was 91 degrees below
zero.
The coldest hour of the day is 5
a. m. Tho warmest between 2 and
3 p. m.
If the temperature of the body
if increased one-ttvelth, an animal
will die.
In steem-engines every nineteen
cubic inches of water produces
twenty foot of steam, or one horse-
power,using up one-fourth pound of
coal.
A banana -tree bears but one
bunch of fruit, M, and is then cut
down 'to make way for the suckers
that spring from its root, which
roach maturity and bear their bunch
�f bananas in eight months.
The first ne-wapaper was the
1$anlrfrirtier Journal, published in
the year 1615; now (1887), accord-
ingly to 'Hazell's Cyclopedia, there
aro thirty-five thousand Dight hun•
died and ninety-two, with the cir-
culation during the year of about
six hundred 'million.
On a fall of snow in Vienna the
L/
J
crier arouses the people with his
bell, and crowds of 'non, and even
women and boys are ready at once
to give a hand to the work of clear-
ing it away. The local authorities,of
courae pay proper remuneration
and the public aro inconvenienced
only for a few hours.
Otte of the most curious jubilee
presents made to Queen Victoria
was from the Primrose League, con-
sisting of a volume of congratula-
tory addresses to her Majesty from
the Habitations of the League
throughout the empire, and being
probably, the biggest book ever
bound. It measures eighteen
inches across the back, and weighs
thirty pounds. .
There are 5,000,000 Indians in
Mexico, rnaltiug 35 per ceut. of the
entire population. They speak
thirty.five idioms and sixty -nice
dialects. They aro nearly all gross-
ly ignorant, and live by themselves,
a wild half -savage life, in the coun-
try districts. Governor Jose Marta
Ramfraz,of Chiapas, will soon ask
the President to appropriate $ 1,000,
000 to educate these Indians.
CAREFUL CULLINGS.
—Pay es you go.
—Never fool iu business matter's.
—Do not kick everyone in your
path.
—Keep ahead of rather than be
hind the times.
—Use your owu brains rather
thou those of others.
—Have order, system, regularity
and also promptness.
—The material is on the ground
with which the first railroad iu the
.Holy Land is to be constructed.
-If you have a placo.of business
he found ,dere when wanted. No
man gets rich by sitting around
stoves in saloons.
—Over one•half of the letters
which are carried by the postal
service of the world aro now written
and read by people whose native
languages. is English.
—The largest electric plant in
the world will soon be put in oper-
ation.
penation. London is to be illuminated
by electricity, and a contract for
the . immense undertaking has
already been made.
—Five artesian wells recently
bored at Galveston yield 1,000,000
gallons daily. Five more are to be
bored, with the expectation of in-
creasing the flow to 2,000,000 gal-
loos daily.
—A young morchant of 'Utica
came to Now -York city to buy goods
and was accompanied by his wife
and child. Entering a large whole-
sale house,. the wife and child sat
in a chair whiletho young husband
selected a bill of goods, and asked
to have the sante shipped to Utica.'
The salesman inquired what security
he could furnish. The Utican
replied, ' I can give you no dthe r
security than that," pointing to his
wife and child. The young man's
frankness inspired confidence, and
—The science and practice of
medicine and surgery are undergoing
a revolution of such magnitude and
importance that its limits ran hardly
be conceived. Looking into the
Futuro in the light of recent discov-
eries, it does not seem impossible
that a time may come when the
cause of every infectious disease
will be known ; when all such dis-
eases will„be preventible or easily
curable ; when protection can be
afforded against all diseases—such
as scarlet fever, measles, yellow
fever, whooping cough, etc., in
which one attack secures immunity
from subsoquenl contagion ; when,
in short, no constitutional disease
will be incurable, and such scourges
as epidemics will 'be unknown.
These, indeed, may be put a part of
what will follow discoveries in
bacteriology. The higher the plane
of actual knowledge the More ex-
tended is the horizon. What has
been accomplished within the past
tete years, as regards knowledge of
the causes, sprevention, and treat-
ment of disease, far transcends what
would have been regarded a quarter
of a century ago as the wildest and
most impossible speculation.—Dr.
Austin Flint, in Nie Foru'n.
the goods were sent.
—The Flouring Mill By-law was
voted on in Ailsa Craig last
Tuesday. One hundred and seven-
teen voted for it (one of which was
a spoiled ballot), and not a single
vote against it. • Thin is it record of
which Ailsa Craig may well feel
proud.
A curious case of suspended
animation is reported from Toronto.
A little girl, the child of a laborer,
residing on McMurich street, was
sick under death, and to all appear-
ances passed peacefully away. The
remains wore carefully dressed for
burial, :and flowers were sent in by
friends. In the still hours the
mother thought she heard a faint
cryo from her little ono, and woke
her husband. To satisfy his wife's
eagerness he agreed to go down
stairs and visit the death chamber.
To his own amazement he observed
tho littlo one's arm move, and, hav-
ing summoned assistance, the
delighted couple later on had their
child restored, hut very weak.
•rrued For TAO rronioliOtl!a.
A !lint to actresses and other ladles who
insist upon wearing diamond ornaments in
puhlic-
Longitude and Marriage.
I take the opportunity of calling atten-
tion of some of the legal luminaries to a
question which sundry of the gena togata to
whom I have proposed it have admitted to
be khotty. A. 13. goes from London td
Naples, leaving his wife resident in the
former city. But he, unfortunately falls
in love with a young lady in Naples; and
being a wicked man, with no fear of God,
and little fear of the law before his eyes, he
determines to deceive her by a bigamous
and invalid marriage. He is, accordingly,
,Harried, to all appearance legally, on board
an English man-of-war in the bay, in the
presence of the Captain, at 1.1, o'clock on
the morning of Feb. 10—the time being un-
questionably ascertained. But the wife
left in London died on that same Feb. 10
at 10:30 in the morning, the time being
certified beyond all question. Well ! the
case is clear and simple. A. B. had been
a widower for half a hour when he married
and could, of course, legally do so. But
stay ! When it was 10:30 in Londou it w -as
11:23 in Naples. Had a telegram been dis-
patched instantly after the wife's death it
would have reached Naples a few minutes
letter than 11:23, and would have found A.
B. a married man of over 20 minutes stand-
ing ! His first wife died, in fact, 23 minu-
tes subsequently to the Naples marriage,
though that was authentically declared to
have taken place at 11 A. M., and the wife's
death was with equal certainty shown to
have taken place at 10:30.' Was the mar-
riage legal and valid, or bigamous and null t
—'1. Adolphus Trollope, in Notes and Quer-
ies.
ANTS FOR EATING.
Tiley are Good us Pickles—Some as Large as
Foxes.
Should a Maine lumberman find a stump
or rotten log with thousands of big black
ants ir, it, says the Pittabnrg Dispatch, he
scoops the torpid insects from their winter
domicile and fills his dinner pail with them.
\\'hen he gets back to his camp at night he
sets the pail in a cool place until his supper
is ready, then brings it forth, and, while
helping himself to pork and beans, helps
himself also to ants. There is no accounting
for tastes, and he esteems a handful of ants
a very choice morsel.
Ants are said by those who have tasted
them to have a peculiarly agreeable, strong-
ly acid flavor. The woodsmen, whose food
consists largely of salted meat, baked beans
and similar hearty victuals, naturally have
a craving for sontething sour. "Ants are
the very best of pickles," said on old "log-
ger," who confessed to having devoured
thousands of them. " They are cleanly
insects, and there is ,no reason why they
should not be eaten, if one can get over a
little squeamishness caused by the thought
of taking such crawling things into his.
stomach. There is nothing repulsive among
thele, and when a man has once learned to
eat the creatures es pihles he prefers them
to any other kind."
Ants have at various time§ and in differ-
ent countries been Suite extensively used in
medicine, and formic acid, which was first
obtained by distilling the bodies of these in-
sects, but is now artifically prepared, is a
well known and useful chemical product-
Herotlotus tells of ants that live in the
deserts of India which are in size "somewhat
less than doge; but larger than foxes."
These creatures, in heaping up the earth
after the manner of common ants, were a
very efficient aid to the Indian gold hunters.
The sand which they threw up being large-
ly mixed with gold, the Indians were ascus.
tomed to go to the desert in the heat
of the day, when the ants were under
ground, load the sand into sacks, pile the
sacks upon their camels and hasten from the
spot as quickly as possible. The ants, ac-
cording to the historian, were not only the
swiftest of animals, but were gifted with
such a sense of smell that they immediately
became aware of the presence of men in
their territory, and unless the Indians got
away while the ants were assembling to
attack them not a man could escape.
Ohe's Outgrown Der Dress.
iI
Miss CANADA.—" I wouldn't have that
Mars and Stripes drese on any account; that
Federation rffair wouldn't fit ate, and be-
sides, I don't like the cut of it ; but I just
dote on that Independence outfit! One
thing is eertin.n, I am getting too big n girl
%veining TUN dress !"
ILttnchrug In thr Norlhwrst.
The ranchers speak very confidently of
the capabilities of the country in this re-
spect. Some confine themselves chiefly to
cattle, some have only horses, and nearer
Calgary are some large sheep ranches. You
must understand what a rancher is. He is
a man that knows everything—at least he
thinks he knows everything, and any sug-
gestion made by a pilgrim would only call
forth ridicule. Well, a rancher thinks he
can succeed in keeping his cattle from
perishing during the severe winters without
providing shelter. So far he has not sue.
seeded. The winters of 1886-7 were severe
and the losses of cattle perishing were Large.
To my mind, the smaller rancher, wiih a
number of cattle that crifn be well looked
after, and provided with shelter and food
in winter, will pay best in the long run.
Sir Lester Kaye iias put up a large shed for
this purpose on his farms,—Interview in the
Regina Leader.
„
WHIPPED BY WOMEN
A man named Hurlbut, an em-
ployee in the paper mill,
at Allegan Mich., was taken
from his house Monday night by
half a dozen women and thrashed
unmercifully with hickory switches.
It is said some of the switches
would have made good ox goade.
Hulbert had been in the habit of
beating his invalid wife whenever
he wanted exercise or when he be-
came provoked. He had living
with hint a young woman from Kal-
amazoo, and the actions of the two
bad been a disgrace and scandal to
the comunity. On Monday nigr t,
just as he bad finished beating his
wife most unmercifully, the dour
of his house flew open, and a dele-
gation of angry women, who made
no attempt at disguise, headed by a
a man wearing a mask, marched in.
The masked man grabbed Hurlburt
by the collar, and in a twinkling
he was out of doors, and the women
were belaboring him. Probably
such a pounding was never before
administered in this counll•y. The
culprit begged and prayed for re-
lease, but not one of his tormentors
flagged iu her zeal. Hurlburt
would try to escape, but he would
be promptly collared by the man in
the mask and delivered to the aveng-
ers. One by one the women tired
out with their exciting and unusual
exertion, until at last only one was
left. But she had the heaviest gad
of all, and her strength seemed
everlasting. With every vicious
cut of the switch the wretched vic-
tim would howl, and the lady who
was running the business end of the
affair would calmly inquire, ''How
do you like it yourself?" "Don,t you
like it as well as your sick wife.
did?" "Do -you think you will be-
have s yourself!" etc. HurIburt
danced around, held at arm's length
by the man in- the mask; and finally,
becoming frantic with pain and
fear, ho broke away and fled into the
darkness. Then •the young woman
from Kalamazoo was informed that
unless she • left the towu the same
treatment would be given her.
.—It may be interesting, not only
to some of our readers of the fair
sex . in the eastern provinces but
even to some of Manitoba's fair dam-
sels, to know that in one-townahip
of 917 there are no less than nine
bachelors keeping house. This
does not include a number of mar-
riageable yonng men who• still stop
with• their parents although owning
farm of their own. It must not
be supposed that the above men-
tioned nine are living in "chienties,"
as Fenimore Cooper loved to call
settler's houses. Not at all, for
some of their houses are finely fitted
up, being painted inside and out.—
Brandon Sun.
—The natural soap,mines of Ow-
ens lake, Cal., are thus -accounted
for by one of the company now
working them. He says that the
waters of the lake contain a strong
solution of borax and soda. In
these waters their breeds a grub that
becomes a fly. The flies die in the
water and drift ashore, covering the
ground to the depth ofa foot or two.
The oily substance of the flies blends
with the borax and soda, and the re-
sult is a layer of pure soap. These
strata repeated from year to year
form the soap mines, wherelarge
forces of ,nen aro now employed.
This soap miner is quoted in a San
Francisco paper as follows; "There
fs another queer thing about the
waters of these lakes. You shoot a
duck there and fail to get it, and in
a little while, when it drifts ashore,
you find that its fat breastsand
sides have changed into elegant
toilet soap, and you can chip it off
and use it, and it is just as nice as
any refined soap.
—Tho preliminary hearing of
the charges against George Dawes,
a baker 23 years old, for attempting
to commit an unnatural crime,. took
place before Police Magistrate Ca-
hill at Hamilton one day last week.
Dawes fully realized the nature of
the offence, and- hung his head in
shame, looking up occasionally to
hear a portion of the evidence. Ho
is an intelligent licking young man
and originally- came from Belleville.
Ile pleaded not guilty and refused
to elect. Ilis accusers were John
Ilalcrow, aged 8 years; Jelin Mc-
IIondrie, 8 years old; Peter John-
ston, 10 years old; Thomas Mc-
Master, nine years old. Tho
boys, with the exception of
McHendrie, were bright and in-
telligent. Their evidences substan-
tiated the charge. Ou cross•exam-
ation Halcrow and Johnston admitt-
ed that they knew they•were doing
wrong. The prisoner gave them
money, the amount generally beiug
abont five cents. McHendrie swore
that the prisoner committed the of -
once on several occasions. The
elate of the first offence was ,Tan. 15,
and the revolting practices were con-
tinued at different periods until
March 4. The defendant's couusel
contended that as the boys were
consenting parties Dawes could not
be punished. The magistrate held
that the prisoner was liable whether
they consented or not. Wm. Pol-
litt gave corroborative testimony.
The magistrate committed the
prisoner to trial on the foto' charges.
The highest penalty for an offence
of this kind is ton years' imprison-
ment.
FOR OUR STORE' R AO R ..
MRS. MAYNE'S DANCE..
"My daughters are going to give
a small dunce. May I hope to have
the honor of your ladyship's assis•
tante ?"
"1 shall be proud, I'm sure."
"And we trust that your sons
will conte."
"They will, of course ; I'll
mention the matter to them to-
night."
Mrs. Mayne was justifiably pleas-
ed at this result of little attempt at
domestic diplomacy. With the
countenance of so great a personage
as Lady Rosamund I3road etairs, the
projected ball was a certain success;
and, besides, it must necessarily
•elevate the Maynes in the opinion
of their social circle, who never
aspired higher in the fashionable
world than to a city knight, with
his lady and family. Mrs. Mayne
could hardly walk fast enough, so
anxious was she to confide to her
daughters and husband the outcome
of her boldness, and naturally they
congratulated her on her intimacy
with such a lofty aristocrat.
"My dear," said Mr. Mayne, "1
really think we might increase our
subscription to tho society, Al-
ready your wont has borne fruit,
and it behooves us who have to
give."
"Can not we conte to your meet-
ing, mother V' asked Miss Vietoria
Mayne ; "they seem very jolly."
"And one sees such fine people
there," put in her sister, Miss
Alexandra.
"I'm afraid you girls' do not
fully appreciate our objects and the
work we do," replied their mother ;
"it is not all frivolity, nor merely
pleasant conversation with ladies
and gentlemen, charitable persons
of exalted rank."
This was perfectly true. "The
Toffee -drop and Sherbet Associa-
tion," of which Lady Rosamund
Broadstairs was lady patroness and
Mrs. Mayne a member of committee,
.had been formed some time ago for
the benevolent purpose of provi-
ding the children of indigent
artisans with infantile luxuries, and
the whole Christian world knows
how admirably it is fulfilling its
silos.
Nothing remained to do but make
preparations forthe ball which was
to astouis-lt the entire neighborhood
of Colchester 'Terrace, and to con-
• coct a hist -of persons worthy of the
honor of meeting Lady Rosamund
Broadstairs and her two aristocratic
sons. Nor was this completed
without considerable tribulation and /"- •
argument in the family circle. Mr.
Mayne was for Inviting his busi-
ness acquaintances from the city,
but the very idea of commercial
clerks' was repugnant to hie wife.
"We can 'ask . them to dinner
when we are alone," she said.
"But they will learn about these
festivities," protested her husband,
"and I should not like to offend
them,"
"How can they hear about the
dance, papa 1" urged Victoria. "Do
,you think that Lady Rosamund is
going to march down Mincing Lane
bellowing out society news 7"
"Hush, Victoria 1" said her
mother ; "ladies do not bellow."
"Nor do they dance with corn
merchants and young men who sell
quinine," said' that satirical puss,
Miss Alexandra Mayne, siding with
the haunty instincts of her sister.
Needless to say that papa was i...
routed at every point. The number
of people whose names were set
aside for the dinner, "when we are
alone," far exceeded that of the
more fortunate chosen ; in fact the
party list 'dwindled down in its
expurgated form to very tiny pro-
portiona, and the family council of
war agreed that since mamma was
so intimate with Lady Rosamund,
and since Lady Rosamund took
such an interest in mamma, her
ladyship should be asked to invite
those friends of hers whom she
would like to meet.
As usual, Lady Rosamund was
more than amiable. Mr. Mayne's
additional donation pleased her
very much and she thanked his
wife most heartily on behalf of the
indigent artisans' offspring, who
would presently benefit by his lar-
gesseThis gave the opportunity
required.
"Certainly, my dear Mrs. Mayne;
anything to assist you or your
daughters," she said in reply to the J
somewhat 'timid request. "Send
me some cards and I'll fill them in
with my compliments. By the
way are you short of men or girls?"
"Roth, my lady."
"Very well: then Pll toll my
sons to look up some of their friends
also. Don't forget the cards.
Good bye, and thanks again, very
much,"
Lady 'Rosamund was naturally
astonished at the wholsale manner
in which she was taken at her word.
The Maynes, deter :nod to do the
thing handsomely, forwarded 200
gaudily -printed invitations, inform-
ing Mr., Mrs. or Miss (blank to be
filled in), that Mrs. Mayne was "At
Home --Dancing," on a certain .
ev -ning et five o'clock and request-