The Huron News-Record, 1895-07-03, Page 6ti
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James E. Nicholson.
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last
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A GOOD APPETITE
Always accompanies good health, and
an absence of appetite is an indication
of something wrong. The loss of a
rational desire for food is soon follow-
ed by lack of strength, for when the
supply of fuel is cut off the fire burns
low. The system gets into a low state
and is liable to servere attacks of dis-
ease. The universal testimony given
by those who have used Hood's Sar-
saparilla, as to its great merits in re-
storing and sharpening the appetite, in
promoting healthy action of the diges-
tive organs, and as a purifier of the
blood, constitutes tate strongest recom-
mendation that can be urged for any
medicine. Those who have never
used Hood's Sarsaparilla should surely
do so this season.
At a meeting of the trustees of the
Queen's avenue Methodist church,
London, Ont., held on Saturday,
it was resolved to inform the
president of the conference that
they would not in any way accept
the appointment of the Rev. Mr. Cun-
ningham as associate pasbor of the
church, or in any other capacity what-
ever. Only four of the twenty-seven
present voted nay, two of the minor-
ity being ministers.
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vystem is remarkable and mysterious. It removes at
sons the clasp and the disease bnmeliately dis•
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sold by Watts di Co, Druggists.
Foreman Frank A. Grover, of the Ro-
chester Gas and Electric Light Com-
pany while at work -on Thursday even -
mg, received a shock of three thousand
volts of electricity, or about twice as
much as is used in electrocui,ing prison-
ers, and was resuscitated after seventy-
five minutes hard work.
15 YEARS OF ITCHING.
Wm. Golding commercial traveller
130 Esther st. Toronto, says : For 15
years I suffered untold misery from
Itching Piles, sometimes called pin
worms. Many and many weeks have
i had to hty off the road from this
trouble. I tried eight other pile oint-
ments and so called remedies with no
permanent relief to the intense itch-
ing and stinging,which irritated by
scratching woulbleed and ulcerate.
One half a box of Chase's Ointment
cured me completely.
The Rev. G. W. Wye, formerly of
Amherstburg, Ont., has entered suits
for damages against a number of the
Synodical committee who deposed hint,
including Messrs. R. Golden, W. S.
Falls and J. K. Patten, Ainhersthurg;
Jasper Golden, Kingsville ; V. Crony:),
London ; A. H. Dymond, Brantford,
and the Rev, W. A. Young, Sitncoe.
A PUNY AND FRETFUL BABY.
This is now quite unnecessary
Like many others, you may have your
baby fat, laughing and happy. if you
give it Scott's Emulsion. Babies take
it like cream.
The Irish Catholic has declared that
the rumour to the effect that Mr.
Gladstone will return to the House of
Commons is correct, and that he will
lead the Liberals at the next general
elections.
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ONg THOUSAND MILES OF LAKE FIIDE
AT SMALL EXPENSE.
°A; GOOD SEIECTION4
"You know the old adage. Lawrence,
'All's fair in love and war.' I shall do
nothing unfair, but I decline to admit
ttlat you have any monopoly in that
quarter, as yet, at least."
"That's just like you, Grant, putting
your oar in where you're not wanted."
"And how do I know that I'm not
wanted ? Not wanted by you I admit ;
but it seems to me that Miss Morland
herself has some right to be consulted
in this matter. I shall ask her."
"You will do nothing so silly."
"Where's your right, my friend, to
dictate ?"
"I shall not discuss the matter with
you, Grant. Everyt Ing points to my
being accepted, and I Intend asking
Miss Morland before we leave for Eng-
land."
"Phew, that's quick work. Do you
bear in mind that we start for home
the clay after to -morrow ?"
"Perfectly," and thereupon Lawrence
began to walk somewhat faster than
they had been doing.
The other was, however, not to be
dented, and strode after him.
"Look here, old man, there is no use
quarreling about it. Suppose we both
try our luck. I, too, have made up my
mind to ask Miss Morland to be my
wife, and I shall do so before I leave,
that Is, unless I hear of your having
been accepted. Let us toss up to de-
cide who is to be the first to ask her. •
It strikes me we are both somewhat
toe previous."
"Nonsense ; I know better."
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It was a cloudless day in the high
Alps in early September. Two ladies
were seated under the veranda of an
hotel that from a height looked down
upon the long, narrow valley in front,
girdled, as it was, by snow -clad moun-
tains and intersected by a rapld
glacier -fed stream. 'The summer vis-
itors were daily taking flight, for the
evenings were already frosty and cold
and some ominous flakes of snow had
fallen. On the farthest side of the val-
Ity two pedestrians might be described
skirting the lower edge of the sombre
pine wood from which they had just
emerged.
"There's Apollo and Mr. Grant," said
the younger of the two ladies, a girl of
same 18 summers.
"Ada, I do wish you would give up
that horrid habit you have of nicknam-
ing people."
"Why, mamma, it is very appropri-
ate, you will admit, in this case ; he Is
so handsome, Apollo, Belvedere we
christened him . He lives at the Bel-
vedere Hotel, you know," said the girl,
ignoring the general rebuke and skill-
fully substituting what was only a
specific plea in defence.
"But even if appropriate, it is not
well for a young girl to speak of peo-
ple in that way ; at any rate, to.make
a practice of it as you do."
"There, now, what fault-finders we
are. But I shall really try to break
off the habit. The two gentlemen,
Uteri, let us say, are evidently coming
this way. I suppose It Is because the
Belvedere is, like our own hotel, pretty
well deserted."
"You seem to take a great interest
in the gentleman ?"
"In which one, mamma ? Pray tell
mc, for they are both interesting, are
they not ? From what I have seen of
them, I like them both, I am free to
admit"
"Somewhat too free, my dear, if it
ware not that you make the admission
to your mamma alone. I meant Mr.
Lawrence."
"Oh, Ap—, there, I beg pardon, it
almost escaped me again."
"Now, do give up that levity for a
moment, Ada. I want to ask you in all
seriousness which of 'them it is to be.
Your papa and I have been discussing
matters, and we both want to know."
"And I must confess at once ?"
"Yes."
"Well, then, neither—for three years
at least. I am not going to be like a
certain lady you and I know better than
anybody else, who married at 18, and is
now taken for my sister. Poor me.
but how very satisfactory to her, aear
mamma. But as the gentlemen them-
selves are approaching, hadn't we Let-
ter change the subject ?"
"Presently, my dear ; and if those
three years were gone—or abbreviated,
shall we say ?—I suppose It would be
Mr. Lawrence ?"
' You may suppose so—of course—I
almost thl.ik that 1 suppose so, too."
By this time the two friends had
Currie up. They were ,as we have seen,
leaving for home on the next day but
one, and had arranged for a farewell
excursion on the morrow, across the
glacier whose white mass could be
seen, placid and cold, over the tops of
the pine trees. For two months they
have been together in Switzerland, and
they had been bosom friends from boy-
hood—up to within the last four weeks.
llut the advent of Mr. and Mrs. Mor-
land with their beautiful and viva-
cious daughter, had gradually and im-
perceptibly wrought a change in their
relations, l'oth had been attracted to
111iss Morland ; the artist—Lawrence—
by her beauty most of all ; while the
other had sought and found solace
from the distractions of a London lit-
erary life In her naive a harm of man-
ner and intellectual culture. Neither
up to that morning had ever hinted to
the other his aspirations or his hopes,
but many situations are developed
without words, and each came to re-
gard the other as his sole rival—Grant
regretfully : Lawrence with the ar-
rc•gance and secret dislike of an ill -
balanced mind.
"Is it true that you are going to
leave us so soon ?" asked Mrs. Morland
after the first salutations were over.
''Yes, we're off, on Wednesday, back
to town," Grant replied.
"And shall we have the pleasure of
seeing you in London Nils winter, Mrs.
Morland ?" asked Lawrence.
"I hardly know, Mr. Morland talks
of San Remo and Florence, and Ada of
Algiers—so I fear that in any case our
steps will not be northward." .
And then they began to discuss the
latest home news, only ten days old,
as it appeared In the Dorfll Zeitung, a
four-page sheet, half German, half
English, and to talk of recent depar-
tures from St. Moritz, Pontresina and
Davos.
Meanwhile Grant seized the oppor-
tunity to engage Miss Morland in a
few minutes' earnest conversation
apart, which did not appear to promote
Lawrence's equanimity. Rut it re-
quired the sharp eyes of Mrs. Morland
to detect thus much, for the artist was
at no time accustomed "to wear his
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their leave and together returned to
their hotel.
Next morning rose bright and cloud-
less, and found the twb'pedestrians al-
ready well on their way to the upper
slopes, where, flanked on either hand
by crags and cliffs and pinnacles of
rock, lay the glacier they were about
to cross. It had been arranged that
they should make the descent Into
the adjoining valley by way of the
Stiefier Pass Lo the village of Pluela,
which they would reach in time to
catch the diligence In the eventng,.and
some resemblance to a hand he used
to know well. Wrapped in a sheet of a
Florence newspaper was a small piece
of rope—that and nothing besides. One
end wascut straight .across; two
strands of the other also were cut
through unevenly; the third was some-
what longer and was not cut ; it had
evidently broken under a heavy strain.
"Ins body has been found," • he mut-
tered to himself with chattering teeth,
his face now ashen pale. And then his
eyes caught the first column of the
newspaper as it leant on the toast rack
se return to Dorn!. A guide had been in front of him, and mechanically he
dispensed with, and, indeed, with their read :
experience In mountaineering and the "At Florence, on December 24, by the
comparative ease of the present expe- Rev. F. Ft, Murray, Robert Henry
ditlon, there was no occasion for one. Grant, to Ada, only child of Edward
The few early watchers from the hotel Morland."
balconies could easily descry them It only remains to add that Law -
when they had cleared the wood and rence's companion had been rescued
proceeded to make their way over the by a party crossing the glacier from
grassy acclivities on to the moraine, the other valley, who had come up just
and thence to the glacier.
Over this their course was toilsome
apt~ slow. The sun's heat of the pre-
vious day had slightly melted the sur-
face of the snow, only to have it frozen
hard and slippery at nightfall. On the
higher altitudes, too, a slight covering
of snow had fallen, treacher-
ous to the foot, and, in addition, hid-
ing dangers that might lurk under-
neath. However, they were seen to
reach the sky line, to linger on the high-
est level of the snow as if for a short
breathing space, for a few minutes, and,
resuming their toilsome walk, to dis-
app, a down the other side.
"Here, Lawrence, I will let you have
the benefit of carrying the axe on the
way down," said Grant, "if there are
any steps to cut, I will let you know
in goo'1 time."
Grant was leading, as he had done
all along since they had quitted the
moraine. A strong rope, some twenty
ye rds long, with the opposite ends pass-
ing around the waist of each, bound
them together .
Half of the distance over the glacier
had been accomplished, when suddenly
the leading man slipped and fell at a
steep part of the descent. Before Law-
rence had noticed it the loose rope had
become taut, and in an instant he had
lost his footing and was following his
companion in his rapid glissade. A
few moments later, and their pace had
accelerated to a dangerous degree,
though at first the motion was pleasant
enough, and Lawrence's subsequent
,vlld efforts to retard it with the help
of his axe were fruitless, because of
their wildness. Their course had be-
come almost headlong, when he saw
hie companion, who was somewhat in
front, bound off a shelving mass of
snow and then disappear. Next mo-
ment he was caught on the same shelf,
burled to the shoulders, and felt him-
self almost suffocated, as the rope
tightened around his waist and chest.
He was safe, so far, but in deadly
peril, on the edge of a crevasse, into
the depths of which his companion's
weight was slowly dragging him. To
reek to stay his downward course with
the help of his ice axe, and devise some
means of rescue for. his friend was the
one imperative step that lay before
him. But that step, though he bitterly
regretted it after, he did not take. A
struggle of conflicting emotions, of
past friendship and present jealousy,
of sympathy and despair, and in one
overwhelming moment of craven cow -
a' -dice, he struck a blow at the rope,
now strained to tis utmost tension.
One of the strands gave way, but the
other two still held together, though
almost at the breaking point. Another
blow, a muttered curse, and again a
wild stroke, and then—Lawrence was
free, his safety assured, with a sicken -
leg feeling at heart that whispered to
him "murderer." '
Without venturing to peer over the
edge of the yawning chasm, he crawled
on hands and knees from the fatal
spot, and slowly retraced his steps
over the glacier. He had presence of
mind enough to fray the ends of the
tell -tail strands of rope before reaching
his hotel, whence a search party was
immediately dispat' hed for the recovery
of the unfortunate Grant's 1 oay. it was
sunrise of the next morning before
they reached the fatal spot. Traces of
the- tragedy were all too apparent on
the surface of the snow, but the Icy
cavern hid all else in its depths. A
man was lowered. His face was ashy
pale when he was drawn up, and it
was some time ere he could speak.
"I slopped off a ledge some thirty
feet down," at last he managed to say,
"and thought my last hour had come.
Nothing below that but two walls of ice
as far as I could look. The fall would
kill him at once."
"Those who are living twenty years
hence will find his body at the toot of
the glacier," said old Ondreas Mettler,
the guide, "I remember when a boy
a -i accident like it, and the body was
found unchanged after all that time."
It was some days ere Lawren-e could
set off for home. There had been a
heavy fall of snow, and the roads were
blocked and all traveling by dili-
gence stopped. His physical condtt'on
would not have allowed him to venture
at once on so long a journey, and his
overstrung nerves had klven away com-
pletely. Nor d1d the manifest sympathy
of all about him help him much to re-
cover his bouyancy of spirits. His con-
dition was ascribed to grief for his
friend's loss, and in a lesser degree to
hie own imminent peril at the time of
the catastrophe. But could the sym-
pathizers have read the secrets of his
mind they would have know that his
mind was a prey to bitter shame and
Ilse grief 1t engenders, and that now
his friend's fate and his own treaeh-
ery were ever before him in all th' hor-
rors of the situation.
On the evening before his departure.
however, he summoned courage enough
to press his suit with the unwitting
cause of his crime.
"Don't ask me now, so poen after
your friend's death," was all she said,
but tone and manner made him feel sure
that his subsequent wooing would be
anything but a hopeless quest.
Site had promised to write to him. a
promise that, to his mind, practically
assured his position, and possibly he
was right. No suspicion of the real
cause of the accident had occured to
any one. His secret was buried in two
cc.ld bosoms ; his own and the glacier.
Twice he had long letters front Miss
Morland, one from Chur on their jour-
ney to Italy, and the other on their
safe arrival at San Remo. and then they
suddenly ceased; not to his repeated
inquiries was any answer vouchsafed.
it was New Year's morning, and
Lawrence was lingering over break-
fast, the paper propped up on the table
1n front of him. Lying amongst his
lr
tters was n email box with foreign
heart upon his sleeve." However, with- postmarks, He opened 11. wondering
Mit further episode, the gentlemen took who had sent it, for the writing tin; e
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as the former's retreating figure was
disappearing over the hill. The marks
in the snow arrested attention, and
Grant's seemingly lifeless body was
resting on the ledge below. All haste
was made back to the hotel they had
quitted, but it was several weeks ere
the invalid was pronounced out of
danger. On recovering he had gone to
San Remo to recruit. The rest follow-
ed in due course.
RACE FOR A BRIDE.
It was in those days when Sharp's
Island, which divides the mouth of the
Choptank and the Chesapeake Bay,
was the site of three large farms of
more than four hundred acres. But the
ceaseless roll of the tides of the bay
and river on the two sides and the
numerous ice gorges of the north-
ern rivers of the bay have caused
the island MI be worn away to a mere
shadow of its former self.
The light house, which Is now more
than a half mile away from the north-
ern end of the island, was then on solid
ground, one hundred or two hundred
yards from the water. But the Chop -
tank has not been changed.
It is still one of the most picturesque
rivers in the state. In fact, it puts
one more in mind of the interior of a
West Indian island than that of a mid-
dle Atlantic State. The growth of vege-
tation is so luxuriant and dense that In
some cases it is with great difficillty
that passage is made in going through
the woods which line its bank. The
water is of a beautiful dark blue and
has that freshness and saltness of air
about it which is only possessed by the
ocean itself.
On 'this particular day the sky wa's
radiant with flooded sunshine, and a
gentle breeze was blowing, redolent
with summer's fragrances. There was
a delightful calmness on the river and
bay, which persuaded one to spend his
time in idly dreaming. A number of
fishermen were indulging in this occu-
pation under the shady trees after sev-
eral hours of sport. Suddenly from one
end of the island came a swiftly -rowed
boat, in which were a number of
young people, steered by a benevolent
and elderly -looking man. Closely fol-
lowing, and seemingly in pursuit of it,
came a second boat, steered t y a middle-
aged man, and propelled by two sturdy
ycung men.
"Well! If there ain't Nellie Barnes
ane1 Dick Wilson running away to get
married !" exclaimed one of the fisher-
men.
"And there goes old man Roche, Nel-
lie's stepfather, in pursuit. Now won't
Rome howl ?"
"I bet on the lovely bride 1"
"And I on the stern parent'!"
"Come, boys, come 1 Jump into the
boat, and let's see the fun out,"
Dick Wilson's father had died some
years ago, and left his son a fine farm
of one hundred and fifty acres. Ad-
joining the Wilson farm was that of
John Roche, For years there had been
had blood between tlee neighbors. It
was all on account of a point of land
projecting into the Choptank. Both
Wilson and Roche claimed it, and when
it was taken to law, it was decided in
favor of Wilson. About two years ago
Roche married a pretty widow named
Barnes. She had a daughter whose
name was Nellie. It was love on the
-."to .v,;r�,�►(�'r aj.
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charming the young rowers by their
conversation.
The good parson was the elderly man,
and he it was who would tie the knot.
,He sat in the stern, steering with stu-
died precision.
And as the second boat approached,
Mr. Roche arose from his seat, and
cried, with a string of oaths:
"What do you mean, DLck Wilson, by
stealing my girl ?"
"I'm not stealing her," Dick replied,
"She comes of her own free will, and
with her mother's consent. You've
nothing against me in reason, and, be-
sides, she's of age,"
This was followed by outbursts of
laughter and hurrahs from the boys in
the boat. The only thing Mr. Roche
did was to glare and swear. After re-
covering himself, he finally said :
"I have this against you, that you're
your father's son, and you'll not have
Nell. I'm the head of the house.
Come out of that boat, Nell, or I'll
shoot."
At these words he leveled a shotgun
at Dick. Nellie screamed with terror.
"Oh, Dick, let me go to him or he will
kill you 1"
"He'd like to, no doubt," said Dick,
"but he's afraid of shooting the rest,
and, besides, he's too much of a cow•
ard. Ro you think I'll give you up,
Tiff (1001) PAR ON SAT IN 'MIR STERN.
first sight when Dick and Nellie acci-
dentally met In the church on the
mainland. From that time on the
affection grew stronger. They fondly
thought that no one knew it but them-
selves, but they were mistaken, for
Mr. Roche had seen it at the very start,
and tried by every means to keep them
separated.
But love will always find a way.
Dick and Nellie put their heads to-
gether one Sun( ay at church and lgreed
to run away and get married on the sly.
And what was more fortunate for them,
was the fact that the good parson of
the church resided on the island and
was in full sympathy with the young
couple.
The expectant bride was seated be-
side of her betrothed near the middle of
the foremost boat. She was a sprightly,
beautiful, black-eyed young woman,
hose cheeks rivaled the peach in their
color. There was a world of mischief
Iurking near her prety mouth. But to-
day her cheeks were pale with appre-
hension, and her smiles were sad.
The expectant groom was a stalwart
and resolute young man. His mouth
was concealed from view by a very
heavy mustache. And as he sat 1n the
boat he looked straight ahead.
He seemed perfectly cool, and ever
and anon, by means of a large bundle
which held the all-important veil and
wreath, tried to assure and comfort
Nellie with numerous squeezes of the
hand and endearing words, which he
fondly thought were not seen. RLL
such was not the case. For the gig-
gling, sharp-eyed bridesmaids, who
were seated In the bow of the boat,
discovered them. They revealed their
knowledge by numerous outburst of
laughter in the intervals left from
THE LONDON GRQWD,
Often unruly When Welting for the
Theatre Doors to Open.
Exceedingly comical for the 4aiting
crowd, but decidedly unpleasant for the
subject of its hilarity, was an Incident
which happened on a holiday recently.
Two men were conversing as comfort-
ably as the crowded circumstances
would permit, on the merits and de-
merits of the actors in the new pan-
tomime; but failing to agree on some
particular point, an appeal to the crowd
was made, the opinion give being in
favor of one exclusively, w ' h so ex-
asperated the other that gave a
vigorous dig in the ribs is com-
panion, who, turning sharply, around,
knocked off the,,man's hat and brought
with it the wighe was wearing, reveal-
ing a shining bald pate, while the hat
and hirsute covering were passed bois-
terously from hand to hand until lost
sight of. Had not the cause of this
accident slipped aside it would have '
fared badly with him, for the exasper-
ated man behaved so violently as to be
quite dangerous to those near him.
An uproar was created not long ago
outside a provincial theatre, and sev-
eral policemen were necessary to restore
and maintain discipline. The original
cause of the disturbance was the 'efforts
of a party of youths to push through
the crowd towards the doors—a pro-
ceeding almost impossible, owing to the
c1, nse mass of humanity collected tere.
\\ ]cat could not be effected by elbo'4ng
and scrimmaging was managed by
ea somersaulting, the young rioters act-
ually climbing on the backs of the pa-
tient waiters and precipitating them -
tat lves head-formost in front. A lamp
suspended from an alcove was knocked
dawn by coming in contact with the
heels of these unruly acrobats, its glass
scattering in dangerous fragments
among the people, and a gilded pane in
the theatre doors was shattered with
a loud crash, falling inward on the tiled
THE Goofs PARSON COMMENCED) THE
floor of the entrance hath Gentlemen's
CEREMONY. hr.ts were scattered in wild confusion,
darling, with the happiness that will umbrellas were flourished, and for a
be ours so near 1" The last sentence tine many a one stood in danger of
was uttered to her alone, but the party
heard the rest, and cheered him as be-
fore, But though they laughed, they
did not cease rowing. Yet, they did
not increase their lead, for the Roche
boys pulled as lustily as ever.
"Once more, I say, stop and give her
up or I'll fire in another minute,"
roared Roche again,
What the issue might have been it is
impossible to say, but in their excite-
ment neither party had paid any at-
tention—at least the Roches'had not—
to the fishermen's boat. For just as
his sons, by an extraordinary effort( al-
most touched the bridal boat, his boat
dashed plump against their prow and
overturned their craft in a second.
"Now's our chance," cried Dick, and
away they sped.
Meanwhile Roche and his sons, who
all swam like fish, showered angry im-
precations upon the awkward fisher-
men. The later apologized profusely
and helped to right the boat. They
had no idea but what they could pass
between the boats ; just did it for a
lark, etc. Roche threatened dire ven-
geance on'all of them, but his gun was
now tranquilly reposing on the white
sands, twenty feet below. There was
no time to be lost, since the fugitives
were now nearly across, and Roche and
his party soon left the fishermen far be-
hind.
The bridal party saw them coming,
and their triumph bade fair to be short-
lived. However, the parson took the
dilemma by the horns.
"Children," said he, "it's an irregular
thing to do, though perfectly legal ;
but I propose to marry you right here
and now. That old fellow will not be
ten minutes behind us when we reach
the shore, and, besides, those boys have
pistols."
"Oh, parson, you surely would not
spoil a wedding like that," said the
younger bridesmaid,
"My dear, I can bind their hearts
and hands just as firmly under this blue
sky as in the most holy church ever
built,"
So Nellie was assisted to arise and
was helped in her efforts by the steady-
ing arm of Dick. As she stood In the
middle of the boat, under the clear
sky, she made a demure -looking bride.
The roses came back to her cheeks,
and she was herself once more.
As the good parson commenced the
ceremony, one of the bridesmaids man-
aged to put the wreath and veil upon
Nellie. Although it was somewhat rut'-
fled, it made quite a pretty appear-
ance. The parson afterwards remarked
that it was the shortest marriage cere-
mony in his experience. When they
reached the shore a carriage was wait-
ing there before the church in which the
ceremony was to have taken place. it
was a work of a few moments to get
into the carriage and drive to the
steamer, which was about to leave.
Just as the steamer pulled out, Mr.
Roche and his sons, looking a little the
worse for wear from the bath, strug-
gled up from the beach. They were just
in time to see Nellie waving her hand-
kerchief from the lower deck.
And the race for the bride had been
won.—St. Louis Republic.
{Panted t., hook Like Diekene.
A farhlllar figure has vanishe7 from
the streets of Philadelphia. What has
become of him noboly know'l.ut he
Is seen in his old haunts n len tor.
His name and his family history is un-
known to the great numbs- of hie fel-
low citizens who knew his quaint face
and figure so well, Ile was one of the
army of Imitators that flourished inns
ago, who made It their life study to
ape the mannerisms and the style of
dress of the eminent novelist, Dickens,
Many years ago, when Dickens came
to this country, there were any number
of men who were told by their friends
that they greatly resembled the illus-
trious Englishman. The old gentleman
who is the subject of this sketch was
evidently one or these. He wore hie
hair brushed forward about his ears
and neck ; the beard, shaven on the
cheek, remained always a handful on
the chin, joining the mustache at the
corners of the mouth. He wore the
stock and tie that Dickens affected, and
he even made it a point to assume the
lcecn look which characterized the great
novelists. Now he has passed away,
and he was the last of Dicken's imi-
tatms.—Philadelphia Record.
A r'rospect, for Him.
She—It will be a pleasure for me to
share your troubles and anxieties.
He—But I haven't any,
She—Oh, you will have when we are
married.—Texan Siftings,
his life.
The lads were arrested and conveyed.
to the police station, and the theatre
doers were opened half an hour before
time to avold a calamity. Luckily no
serious accidents occurred, though the
damage done to clothing was a grievous
sight to see, one man having suffered
the loss of a cape, while a silk muffler
had been torn to shreds. A woman,
equally unfortunate, entered the hall
,cith the remnants of a beaded mantle
hanging in strings down to her knees,
LACE AND LACE -MAKING.
Sonrce of \t'ealt1, to the Belgian Govern-
ment—Lace Schools in Brussels.
Brussels was the favorite lace at the
court of the first empire. a avhen Na-
poleon and the Empress 'le Louise
made their first entry into the Belgic
capital, they gave large orders for lace
of the richest point. The city gave to
the Empress a collection of its finest
laces, also a curtain of Brussels point
for draping the cradle of the King of
Rome. i
Lace making is the g t source of
national wealth to the ,glans, over
300,000 women being thus employed.
Lace making forms a part of female ed-
ucation since the mandate of Charles
V. to that effect, and there are 1,500
lace school in Brussels. The thread
used in Brussels lace is of extraordin-
ary fineness. The finest quality is spun
in dark underground rooms, for contact
with air cause's the thread to break.
A fragment of lace in the collection
at the 'World's Fair was worked with
the needle upon muslin, leaving a few
meshes unfinished. It is an heirloom of
the Bonapare family of Baltimore. Na-
poleon III. was a great lover of lace.
The flounce in the trousseau of Eugenie,
IPmpress of the French, was valued at
50,000 'francs, and took forty wamen
eighteen months to complete, The
Duchess of York is a great admirer and
connoisseur of lace, using the pillow.
herself. One notable piece sent by her
belonged to a descendant of Lord Anne
Hamilton, who was the grandson of
Queen Anne. Another spe:imen of his-
toric interest was an apron given by
Queen Elizabeth to Lord Fairfax; still
others, a gown manufactured for Queen
Adelaide, and Princess Charlotte's
christening robe.
In the year of the great famine in
Ireland, 1847, when thousandst of chil-
dren were left orphans, thea, of the
landed proprietors, the I ladies at
once bethought themselv s of occupa-
tions whereby they could be made to
gain their livelihoods, Lady de Vere was
first to teach the mistress of a school
on her own estate the art of lace mak-
ing. Irish point and Cariskmacross,
Limerick and Honfton laces are great
favorites with Queen Victoria and her
daughters.—New York Churchman.
87,300 for a Set of Teeth.
A ,roll -known firm of hankers in
London have just made a profitable in-
vestment, Some time ago a man who
had defrauded them of a large sum of
money was taken into custody, con-
victed and sentenced to a long term
of imprisonment.
As may be imagined, the prison fare
did not agree with a man who had by
means of fraud lived en the fat of
the land. The change affected him in
many ways, but he complained more
particularly of the effect of the food
upon his teeth. They were not num-
erous or In good condition when he
was sentenced, and as they rapidly be-
came worse, he applied to the governor
of the prison for a new set.
He was told that the government did
not supply prisoners with artificial
teeth, and at the first opportunity he
wrote to the banking firm in question
offering, if they would send hi a new
set, to give them some vatual le infor-
mation. �.
Thereupon the hankers, thinking the
offer might be a genuine one, sent the
governor of the prison a check for 15;
and asked him to provide the convict '
with a set of artificial teeth.
In due course the convict kept his
promise and sent the bankers certain
information by the means of which
they were enabled to recover no less
than 0,500 of which they hsd be 'n de-
frauded. They naturally regarded this
as the best investment they had ever
made, hut 1t proved even heft': than
anticipated, for they have just r'• rived
from the prison authorities a 1 r ,ttanee
of U, the teeth having cos: on y fir
London Tit -Bits.