HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1902-01-30, Page 2GORGEOUS ROBES
FOR KING'S CORONATION
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Coronets. Velvets and Errninc—Costunies That Cost
Largely.
Louden. Jan. 4.1.--Tio elta le
giving' ell Del eperie tinre to the mate
ter of the coronatexa of ling itel•
war1. There hove Leen U licaLe Mice-
li...me to kettle os to preealetiat ant.
hW. to the exact number 44 medieval
functionaries who thee( take part le
the getcat ehaw, ;wet peers and peer -
are absorbed in the ea)! et ot
et. Atone.
Take the matter of e•.rottets
It was realty no hM til task t0
ail the tittetitions that artere In eon
neetIon tv ith this eumptu Nati'V,
C)( headgear. Traditieu i nAlig rig
follewed in tvery detail vetting
the approaehing eeremoriee It
been melt a 1011g tint C.1.0110U-
trere in etyle, eu to speak, that evtu
the folk wh.) aro goner:01i postee on
suck matters Wit rattier untied, led
about WW1 talatT tiOttla 3. as ti not
alai of rim and circlet, ana the pre-
-dee amount of erminn anti velvet ta
be tied; but tinaLy., after nitwit turn -
lug uo of authenety arid sere -tinning
of the cemparatively few cortatet,
atilt in the chests, ttf 4t tamillea,
alt doubts have been set at rest, an
nelord ean order hie coronet Ile noon
as he sees fit.
%Vent is A Citrotret
Strictly epeakerig the coronet it -
belt is not tee entire cap which etne-
pletes the costume of ermine -limos
velvet robeto be donned by the no-
blemen at the eoroeation ceremony,
Lt Grey a. Meyer circlet surmounted
by a certain amount of insignia, ac-
eordieg to the rank of the wearer.
These circlets are mounted oa cairn -
eon xelvee cape, ether -lined, and
wadded to fia the heads of their no-
ble wearers. Tao base of the cir-
clet is edged with ermine, veld there
are loops of white ribbon attached
to the silk lining, en that Peers can
carry their corenete dangling from
the hand until King Falware's crown
Is Placed. on his head by the 1tren-
t/14mo of Canterbury 'tvizen the noble-
men will nermune their headgear like-
wise.
The coronets of peeresse.s will differ
front those worn by their lords only
in eize and In the way they are worn.
The peer presses his coronet down
on his torthead, whereas his lecly
allows hers to rest on her hair, whieli
will be worn higa on the back of the
head. The noble WC111321 will don their
eoronets only alter Queen Alexandea
has received her crown.
The coronets of those et highest
rank are ornamented with g.-11
strawberry leaves, as well an with
:silver balls. A ducal coronet bears
eight of these leaves, while the coro-
net of a marquis, the nobleman who
rank.) next, bears four strawberry
leaves, rising above the velvet cif his
coronet, and separated by "pearls"
'father -wise eilver bans). The earl has
eight emallhieaves and eight pertritc
or ea Lien spires. The leaves are denied
to the :clamant, but the arbiters of
these mattere make it up to him by
allowing him to revel In silver balls,
eighteen being the precise nember
SO,ONeSe.
irnamenting his cerettet. The baron
'cows worse, six spiteree *elver
ing all that be is entitled to.
ellist Dave New Clothts.
Tile tenet bas juet gone forth from
them Edward himself that every peer
we peewee must have a brand new
tVOnati011 .0111At. At the first ivli
al see= a rather gretultouti man -
„ate, bat it really was necessary to
reeent tile coronation benne male
11 aFtirrublage of the "shabby gen-
al,” A large majerity of peers al-
reuly VONSCHS robes which have Item
• 'elided down frent father to on for
tundreile ot year ape ol wliose eon-
equent thremlbarenees they aro iel-
weedy proud. It is side to say
,hat, bad not the King spoken out
or fresh robes and coronets, half
lio peers and peeresses present
would have been arrayed in habili-
ments ready to fall apart with. age.
Naturally, thie ro•al command has
eet great folk to Inquiring Into the
-etestIott of whet new robes and cor-
onets will emit, The coronet will be
the least expensive item with both
;mere' and peereeses' outfits, for as
they are not ornamented with Jew-
ery-wIlich is for royalty only -anti
comeosed of notbing more preoloue
than silver-glit, they can be heel at
wane Shops lor $35, thougb the high-
'et-ches jewellers charge $140 for
Making them. Next to be considered
In the afeetes Coronation uniform end
les lady's coronation gown, in plan-
ning eitherof wbech expense Is not
to be considered.
My eerd's lentrioecite
will cosh him at ledst $400, no 'Pat-
ter how • chariest he may figure It,
while my lady, AN ho connot bo ext
eectee w lig•ure it all, will squander
:rem ree00 to $7,10 upon the -tereation
lier couturiere. Of course, in addi-
tion to their dress, peers and peer-
esses. must, alsoproehtle. themselves
with robes, and these are not less
costly. They are mareets of luxury,
or orimeon sine. velvet, lined and
elasbed teftb miniver, with deep col-
lars and cuffs of eradne, not to men -
Cote bars wita the sa.me fur, the mum-.
bare of thee being regulated by the
wearer's rank. • Such it robe costa
generalle somewitat over $,100, but
seene•fashionable tailors are threat-
ening to cbarge -the Whet -tiring Priee
of $2,000 for pit coronation robes sup -
idled by them.
So, foe les costume and that of hire
eoble spouse alone, the Engrieli Deer
must be prepared Le, .g.ivo .$2,000- at
least. This is supposing -that he is
intentling to be seen at the Corona-
tiou procession riding in • ills own
berouche or brougham, but if, as our -
rent report seems tc Indicate, our
peer Is going to 'pluege to the extent
of it state coach as well, his bank
bthinee will suffer still more. This
type of Telltale win cost Wm $2,5100,
nn;rbow. Then there hic the question
of coachman and footmen, three of
the latter if he Is it duke, and two if
of inferior rank. 'Bach of these ser-
vants, aside .froxu splendid livery,
must be bewigged and carry a wand.
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" Thirty-five years ago, When 1 points.. When, eoveever, has women
trait iuto this business," ealtla white- ever likened to reason if fashion
haired thoemaker, 'the we Man who
. or vanity- got Iter ear- .first 7
what le very lamentable front the
standpoint of comfort and com-
mon sense, is the increasing de -
limed for a shoe and slipper with
a narrowing to.
'Happily, though, there is a sav-
ing remnant of oua. American, women
who insist first of all on *oaring
stoat and easy shoes, and Who this
winter retests to endure tie° heat and
weight of rubber overshoes, Among
the very' smart wonien, who walk
and golf a: good deal, the overshoe
is regarded as an evidence of a feeble
intelleet or pitifolly inadequate con-
etitation, and to meet the require-
ments of the robust class the shoe -
Arabian delicacy of the American makers have brought out ettinpreitit
Beecher walking boots. The soles Of
woman's foot le as much a matter these are a quarter of an inch In
of national boast as evar, the fact
remains that, ail thlege considered, thickness and fall extension, the
Uncle Sam's handsome daughtere heve vampe are made of the best Areeel-
uncommonly big far t, and the woven. ean coif, and the tops of grained
phase of the cendition is that their English leather. Ali day long, twee
feet are steadily gron-ing bigger. Lotelen fields or streaming streets,
.. hmee einn, inonemoth0, . lett .02 tf, a woman can tramp. lu these without
mau continued, " uur women have ka°w*Ing a dame. stocking, and if
reneeel ie gelato pity over the gat after a thorough wetting, the shoes
of the English Iv.xuales foot, tote are dried on trees an I treated with
tenderly cenamiserated her on th_ the proper dressing and polish, the
ownersnip of awkwardie exteneive leather will be perfectly pleasant and
oxtrunities, but the _enteric:ie. thee flexible for further use.
manufacturers' experts ef ties, rip "Peekaps it Is only fair to admit,"
leers and laced boots can reauiey tea- confessed the shoe dealer, "that
tily that the demand from the Eng- the steady increase in the size of our
llsit importers le ber a thee f,*(ial Ime. women's- feet is very largely due to
to two sizes shorter and one to two the undeniable Inc:Cease in the size of
letters narrower than that aekel 1, r the worneri themeelvea, It' is a mat -
by the domestic market. Theee c f ' ter of common knowledge to anyone
course are cruel recta but teete they 11,110 hall travelled abroad, that the:
are, and. here in me• ph tp, where, en American woman of to -day 18 built
an average, seveety-live peke of 011 far ampler lines than her sisters
shoes are tried on every day, tit.
woman who boat s the leageet lire.,
of American -tetra anecators requires
neerly always the Largeet make of
footgear.
" Ammer; nty outtemere are sev-
eral -whose progenitors were sign-
ers of the Deelaratioa of Independ-
. co, and though the question of git),,e that le fonger in the fingeee
actual size arid letter is never die. coal wider in the wrist. far tho epee-
cuseed between us, all the clerk.; lal comfort of travellers from the
in my please know titat nothing Imre ettotee. To my tray of thinking there
than a number 0 of E width will ig sentothing to be proud of le their
tit either meth ir or tlaueltter. large and nearly always symmetri-
Therm of course are rather Seetor- ,
cal and invariably mnartly shod feet.
tiolial cases but to prove my assL,r- ruet look at the leet tit the 'Vanes
tine as to 'the size of tit) aver.ree : f:r Milo and the Seethe) Madoerta i
foot, you would treed Daly rim otrr til°1" "ea:tit" kx"'w "'In° to gi"
the Stook etaeked on til slielees of - then) feet Ert beautifuj proportion to
my sltop from floor to ceiling. For "mitten or the ma% neeeetnety
their leallea, and not. the dainty ex -
every ten pairs of 1w.,er, levee atel - eteritehe or conen male, web ate
three and a Italie I find it -awe- ""`
lutely neceesary to order one keep '
f the wearers of the reatlyy tley eitoree
on nand 25 to 60. p tin or ritt„. that are eat or Rent out from our ice";
sites and sixes and a halt, runningW.
' !hens and feetoriest Fanny Enders. yea
in width from 0 to E. ,
"Ali honest number elx. is what ,.] TEN r4,1oNK3 PERISH,
the average. WOlnail wear e In -" a 5
rn- a high -laced hoot. while in -q
walking, 51200, whether it is it Lea agelene 310eastery In Mount Ailu,s the
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/dipper elle will Lineally purehasea Burned .
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five and a. half, If the is acing to Letelett. Jan. 127. -In a deepatelt firs
gae
use it for daneing and walking., from Vienna, tho correspondent or • ,(yli
aliOuld Rho he sensitive about her i de. Dail; Chrohiele Lays t he t the and
feet alur etwer to mitemize their I 1:c weicapers of Atherie rep 'rt the lets
trize, she will buy bar (telling ;mile -1 cbratrel Saint Paul Sicataetery, on Mrs
shoppitig filmes with legit ha' Is and . Monne Agate, to bave been burned Foe
If the weather Is decent, the well „cleat Thurialay eight, and that the U 5..
wear big tewithel tvalletig elippere; /weer and 01102 nt ;like prrieirect, Meet or S
on the etreet. Salt elippere are, of ; twenty others were eeri etely le- le g
course. net practical, nor In tee ' ' red. tee, • . apatite td the rientae- 11os.
least hygienic ; the weight te thrown tery Wr re theping at the time the ete
on the ankle, and ott the 'toilette are broke eat, ttecoriling to the thre
joint; at the root of tee tato, with . • . paw!, la ;end Cile mgdulAtil7 . TI
the Inetetahl c reealt of iecreasinew Rolf 'woe demaged to the eetent 4,1 10 1
bulk end breadth at both thele I £80,C00. e tacit
etas., olenged to wear it number four
elen always whispered the fact ie
my ear after swearing me to eecretty,
and either ordered the thjectienable
nnmeral obliterateJ frcen the shoe
Ilenige or had one that indicated a
much smaller size put in Its place.
Thirty-five yeare, ago we seld what
we called here intthe shopearge and
ereall threes, because there as now,
there existed a pleaeant and care-
lully cherished belief that the Ant...r-
ime woman peeseseed an extremely
tinall and elender foot. To -day; in-
ateati of those threes-, we sAi fours,
thee and shoe, In place of htets runde
le the .rt. B and 0 width.), WO sell C.,
1) and E. Though the pride in the
any other nation. The average
American glrl &antis almost head
and thoulders obove the women at
an English' gaedele itart', her shoul-
ders are broader, atal at the Len-
d -no and Paris glove aleph Where
the Atnerleans restart, they will toll
you time they are obliged to earry it
CMS
NOM E411E,
Brantford Man Trios to Ar -
rang Return to U. S.
BUT HIS SUCCESS IS UNLIKELY.
out. or titre tweet interesting Indlaue
now in IVitelenglon Is Wm. Itlentlere,
repreuenting the Cayuga, tribe, itYInii
acetate the New \ orlt boundary, near
I/nett-tied, Caeatite andebe le here on
etrangit nueslen. At tlie mom of the
RevOlutionary War PreeLlent, George
Witenimetert, acting foe the Iltattet
ata tee, couetuded a treaty tvitli the
Seine.4s, Onoutiagate Tutearorae, ten -
thine) rum tertymette of Now Yeirk
Striae, In whent It a as Papulated"t1141.
the were never to be tileeurbed on
rekeaeateeee. in the Stnee aftwet
awe, the different: belleri tribee
lout, and etlii nave, where 'thee. art
eot. eoepett up on reeer vatiotte with
wititee eurrogialiure them on twere
baud, a liable of picking uP hode
and travelting oeveral hundred ne.a.
to vittit another trim, just as m-
ole:try hatividual goes to ewe his vela -
twee. aeon after tee copeimduii or
1111.0 txmo, the Cayugas wilt) were
living about the shores of the lake of
tinie name, learning that game was
)tre abuituarit in the territora of the
Moletwke, up in Cantula, gathered up
them heusetiold goods and went to
%alit their rieighbere across the bor-
totieure.eT. liere they hew) remaltma over
Now, it appeare that eoinetning
twee a year ago tha tleacenciante 01
211(W Cayugas, began to eetertain
POIiticztt ambitione, and to beceme
rathee too conepieueue in the council
houses of the Motet wits, termer -Amon
the head men or the latter tribe rose
up and reminded• the winless (_ay-'
ugae that the eye of the law then
were one) vleitore, just as their
fathere were before them, and that
;le euch -liver had no; volee in the af-
hare of the elohaivk Mellon, And no
polities:1e .rigitte whatever. '
All tate made trio Cayugas very die.
cant exited: and the upshot of the
matter was that they directed tittle
'teener .0e wampum to look: over . the
rceorde of the tribe anti to.aseertale
whether or noel:bey Et till held kende
ita New York, the loeality from which
Weir fathere migrated. He did so
found the treaty mode by Waehing,
ton, and, wagoning that as there lint.
been no "suberquent treaty between
ate U.lited States and the Cayugas,
they were etre. poeseaslon of their
tionmln around Lake . Cayuga, Bur
another difficulty atom. Tneit, reser-
vation Was settled, antl had been set
-
tied ter nearly -a century, by whitest:
and it was clear teat they would ito
waive off witeont strugole.
Consequently etandere is in
Wasellegton trying to get the tiov-
ernmene to reeognize title ancient.
treaty and to compel the whiter) liv-
ing around Lake Cayuga to turn the
land in that 'section over to them
The Government offienale have
pointed out to Mr. Saeldere that thc
State of New York has woe° several
laws since Ms tribe- left that Strite
declaring the Cayuga reservation
abandoned and opee to -settlement
by the ,wItitee. But Sondem Js eel
dieceuraged and will continue ble ;of
forte le bre, lf of hie Canadian coun-
trynien.-Washengton Post. •
[INVER AND_STAGE Lau,
Went Through the Ice in the
St; Mary .
RESCUED THREE OTHERS,
Sault Ste, Maxie, Mich., Jan. 27.-11.
Iter0e Lii=arti that rageCe hero WA
nigite, makieg it almost itupeseible for
a man to see len loci: ellead, cote el
the stages that plies between' here
and the Canadian "$eat' was"lose in
elie river. Theedriver was drowned;
and lox Passengers had a norrow
.a.eape. 'When about 'half way across
die river the driver -woe _unable Co
see the road and got out of tire tettele
jearee of the passengers, wire had
&nue trightened a.n.1 left the rig, were
eutming behind. Suddenly they be-
came• aware that they were alene,
but at one WC! timy opted hear their
cothaaniene la Ole water; and a great
eat In the tee teiretven horde,
antreru en had gone through.
They thretv their fur .overceateto
»heir .conmanione, and with mock
ritiffteulty they., hauled. them .crut eel
etlel lee. 'Herses, sleigh And driver
went under the ice 0.1.100,31 instantly,
and were alerted away ley the strodg
current. The striver of the. tenni Ww,
lona Lcbla. He teas eti. yearn old,
antleharl- 111.) Itc; came here
from Keene piace' in Canada.- WI tit
meth. difficulty, 1)2111g halt' drowned,
eitey managed to reach the - custeni
itouse 90 this side., and were later
taken to the hospital. A tenni be-
lengieg to John Erricson also went
dwough earner in the evening and
were drowned,- but the driver erteaped.
The warm weather of the past week
hes made the riL'er Very morale for
travel, and several people and riga
have had barrow- escapes. The mer-
cury last night was 7 below zero.
RECORD FOR LIViN0 TRIPLETS
1(11.,x County, 31e., :icons to Hato
the Oldest-- -rile;), Are Sister's.
efienclieeter, N. IL, don. 2S. -An in.
trreeting dhiennsion has In•en oecu-
pyi 00:10:1-1,!ralk3 space 111 the State
ptese recently, with referimee to
piaee 13 entitled to the ' fee-
tLactiore of posseeting the oldest liv.
Ing :triplets. The) diteuseloe owee
its leccephoe to am article pubiisired
te CLicago pipet to the (ilea that
the oldest triplets Were living In
that eity at the age of 45.
Jaen J. DonoLue told of the extets
mace of triples named Buffuni, who
were born in Weetevarelend. this
State, anti who- are now living at
the eg ot al„ They are teatttred. The
next teplete, who are older than
those in Chicago, were foetid at
tebtog. this State, .111 efartle, Mer
anti "Marshall bay, Who ar() etc
re olds
The reel renowebreaktng triplet!.
were heard feet) Weetty. however,
and Clikeago, as well as New Ramp
-
Mere, Will have to take off her lint
to. Knox County, Me. The mother 0'
80 triplets, Mts. Sarah Townsend
lc. birth to thirteeti chihlreta The
t were twia eons. then a twin
and denegliter, fleet a eingle el11111
title chief WM. ((Mewed by trip.
ttCar.q o: the triplets are
. Sarah Foesett and hire. Mary
seta who are Irving in North
on, Me., and Mr'. Martha /Inver,
M-ts., all et whole ere
oed health and latee ralcel lane
le are .01 year.; old, Sarah hes
chill:au, Airy three an I elartlet
ec.
18 mother of there trielete lived
tO ,yeare old Antl retaeneti eher
Itias to the /att.
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TUE TURF.
Wort /erre- leeteule lades.
Cincinnati, 0., Jan; 27. -Walter 0.
Parencr, ot the Valence & Wade's
eondleate, en route from Nashville to
Detroit, ppent it few itoure in the city
on eaturtute. eir. Partner goee Bee
twit 10 the letereet or the summer
meetings at Fort Erie nue Iiiglaland
Perk. TIte tiatee for these meetings
depend eutirely on -the notion of the
rite -Wards of the Greed Cireelt, who
wID hold their anneal meeting In De -
troll, on • Tneelay„ The date for the
running, ineetinge at Detroit tied
Fore Erie eannot be elmeen until the
eatee for tee trotting aneetings at
those pewee are allot tete for the rat-
ion that at Detroit a (mallet meet
be avoided, and at Fort Erie there
0 cleuse in the lettee held by
eirwers. Parker and Henclrle that the
trottera meat Lave one week in Aug-
ehe Partner said nothing about But-
falcere dtroposeti traek am! the .posel-
Witty. of a conflict with Ieoet- Erie.
auspenstons at Nev 0; testis:
New Orleans, Jan, 27,-Seeete can-
tered, off with the Cotton
etakee, wortid$i,185 to the whiner,
on' Saturday', and ineideettellY low-
ered the iloven-furiong trace record
to Lee. He wen the only successful
fevorite of the day. The stewards
stispeeded Geo. Lane & Co., their
trainer and borses petaling an inves-
tigation ore the performances of the
lvertre judge Steadman, Jessie Jar -
bo lowered the track record for. te
tulle and a eix.teetall to 1.46 1-2 in
her race, and the Steward8. erouint-
ly suspended McCann, the jockey, who
retie the •maee on. Fritter, when SIIO
Wan benten badly in art Inferior
field. Winners : Ecome 18-5,, Frank
Riee 8-1; Majer ellansir 8-1, Sevoed 8,1,
Jessie Jtteboe 7-1, Gala Day 6-1.'
. tieimete rteeses. •
The New •Yerk -Telegraplz an-
nounces that the stable of William
Hendrie has arrival at Oumbeeland
Park, 'and all aro reported to be in
fine shape. The string he headed by
Oteartizeas, .the Futurity winner, and
lea never [welted better In ills life.
The 'son oe imp. Calidelmati-Biggon-
et is the pet of the °atilt, and be
pronneee to give a good aecoant of
himself during the queuing season.
Ed. Moore, who brought out emir
geed on ee as Terminus, has been en-,
gee:al to handle the string of Mal-
den) Ilendrle this year. He is said
to be one et the moet cap:Wirt men
tee west has ever produced, and is
also very poplar with all that have.
anything to 'lo with the racing bus-
iness.
, Wadded Broke eitoutder.
Memphis, Jan. Brad-
ley, with had just arrived from Hot
• . • ., •
eprtngs, announces that he will not
attempt- to. race Robert Waddell, last
year's American Derby winner, again
this -seasoa.. The .son of Aloha, Ints
broken les shoulder again. Bradley
owns' a foil sister to Robert Wad-
dell, whieli lam been entered in all
or the Chicago events for 2eyear-olds.
, .boticeoc 010 trier. . .
Jockey Milton' Xlenry retorn
to France next month. "
Jockey Cochrane -at NOW
Orleananas gotta stale and will take
it rest.
The Napanee lee races will. begin
to -day. Tito meeting will be held
on .the half -mile -track.
The stewards ae Charleston, on Sat-
uaeay, reled off jockey Wall, on ao-
collet of les riding on Juliette, B. on
the previone day.
They say Nasturtium is the morxt
graceful horse col the turf, He barely
raises his feet from the ground, a.nd
glides eloeg so smoothly that the
rider eearcely knows Ile loin action.
At Watertown, N. Y., on Se.tardaY,
the world's' eeeord of 2.184 for. trot-
ting onoice was lowered on Butter-
field Lake, by Royal.Victoreor Carth-
age, NX., covering the` mile in 2.16:
THE RING.• •
elltasimittons and .leirriece
New York, Jan. 27,-The.lateet 10-
.0r:elation regareing a Tight between
lietzsinamens and Jeffries' ie that a
enatell hasheen practically made, and
that, the deelazing off of the chale-
t) on s nertelt wait Sharkey•Wa$ one
a the •atipulations made by Vita It
was said oxf Saturday night that a.
repte.seutative of one of the elub'n
.0 See Francieco Mid guarauteed
$7,e03 to Fitzsinamene, Will or lose,
and 85 per cent. of the fighters' share
of the grate receipts In case of de-
feat, with .6:1 per cent, of the same
en the tweet of victory. It wat oleo
stated 'that Fitz and 'Jeffries leo
been assured that the gloss receipt
would arrteunt to $10,000 or more.
Fitzsimmons., so the story goes, Would
not talk of a match, with Jeffries until
he bad received re promiee that he
would halo) $1,500 for eigning tittle
eloe, Whin is 10 Rae with the Cornish -
mane: original etatement that he'
would consent to a match. with Jet -
'ries provided &Indent inducements
were offered to him to put led name
on pnper.
.e.elloverti grades Into Seelere.
The bete; previous record was 8,01.
Leh made recently on the same track
by Bennie Monroe.
ofkl enopeee 102perl8no...
New York, Jan, 27.-Tola Cooper,
the bleyele champion of 1000, le
now litteretited le a coal tab° near
Alontrose, Cal. In a letter received
by a triond In this city the ether
tlaY Ole knelled °Yale king told of tits
new eXperlerice as follewe:
"11 is quite n, change from, rid-
ing a •Iiieyele to leggin for dusky
dialeterlde netterneatit tee ground, but
Ole °titivate out Ilere Ip Celeratio iri
eimplec superb. I am livirg in a log
cable 26 melee from a town and that
tonva of only 1,300, whtit comentudea-
tion to it by hoeseleeek, Our mines
41'0 located 1,100 foot above Lea
level and this °levee:ion i.s 0 little.
bit hard on my breathing notolenery,
bat I aut reeling really better titan
ever before in my life. If I get the
racing fever again next hemmer the
other riders wilt have to look out for
nee.
"It bookie as though we had a pretty
good thing ou.t bore in our coal mine,
since it possesses a vein 82 feet
thicko about 1,000 feet wide end
0)102 (1 mile !Ong, with excellent qual-
ity ref soft coal, evorta out here
from $4.50 to §7 a ton. But it is
0 very lonesome place and We have
to cut notches In a stick to tell
when Sunday tolootieLes."
r.
' The tilreg en •
Londethetiate 27.-Ktug Waned In
taking a holiday one lute been en-
heting leruttlf Peg the past few days
on the geli linh.) et Windeor.
22, Pant minting 4.,nine.
Leaden, Jan. 27.-T1te nemeunce-
leant that the former gtif Glutted -toe,
Jumes Braid, Is to visit the Waled
Stats fer eix monthe prompts the
Outlook to toy :".ehe f;Alal to lei paid
Mw is not made public, but it esoune
no prefeeelormi golfer could ever lame
to mdke In a Year in England. hihe
boey welagitudge Braid tine rewara for
his Lk:11, but many golfers will regret
this downward tetep in gale .Every
day golf toms more of its old char-
acter as it healthful gable, and tende
to become it businees- of pot -hunting,
Like the dtpnl Thing.
Lateyette, Jan. 117.e -State Sentitta"
Willwood dreamed on S rturelay eight,
that he was playing 'football. He
punted the ball and evoke to fieW 1211
had broken tea) thee by a violent
kick against the irow bedpoet.
THE KAISER'S.. BilliiillAY.
Give S New Titles to Several
Regiments,
ARMY AND NATION ,ARE ONE
Berlin, Jan. 27. -Emperor
who was born -Jan. 27, 1850, signal-
eted his birthday to -day by con-
ferring territorial titles 9n all the
regiments whick lia.d hitherto borne
tno destinctIve names. Iri an army me
der on the subject Hie Majesty Heys:
my army aro united, the trod -
tions of many German races and
Janda it fa my endeavor, indeed my
.duty, to immortalize these traditions
With us the army "old the nation
aro MD. The hestory of my country
La bound up in the army. May the
new titlekeep alive the remem-
brance that the Empire was created
by the 'capacity of its individual mem-
bers, and that it Is the duty o: ev-
eryoae belonging to thee -army to
strive to bring honor to hie race or'
his home, In rev -eery with others.- Maa
this thought servo aS an Incentive
'to the troops to cherish the spirit
-whielt ahem) in the army, can bring
the greafines of victory."
HUNG BY HER SKIRT.
•
Meow Tried to Jump to Death, Bui
. Mesa currant Irt Stitt tter.
New York, Jan. 28.-Whi1e a band
of forty pieceeeevas playing a dine
in :tont of the Maude of Nicolas Sore
auto, a evealtha Italiate• who died
Senclity of pneumonia, at No
235 Bedford avenue, Willialusburg,
hie widow-, ;oozed with grief, jump-
ed from a. third story -o window:" Her
skirt, ea:tole/tie le a ehutter, hug
trate.d her purpose. Hundreds of
weal:the' stood appalled, tviille men
struggled to drag her back within
-1 'the window. ,
1 Swain° was a. member of Mane
I Organizations, and there was it
large gathering of soeleties in thee
holler. The widow sat beside the
collie, and while tile band was
playing the dead me,reli She got op
suddenly', and, before the astonish-
ed mourners realized what woe do-
ing, she ran to a front window,
three.' open the shutters with such
force that one of them; was. un-
hinge:do and then leaped.
Her skirt caught 121 0. shutter last -
ening, and 'she bung suspentlea. Men
and wothen seized her drese, and
-.with a mighty °Hort, drew her back
to the repine She collapsed 8011).-
1)10D:1y and it became neeeseary to
summob a doctor.
Itt the new Calvary Cemetery, in
Laurel 11111, the widoste on alighting
tro20. A coach, fainted.
At her home bet night' erlende
were -sentential; her to prevent ana
further attempt On lier part to
d '
Hempstead, Jae. -27.-erry ten-
dovern tarok.) •into society 'yesterday
and .etayte he had the time 0,1 1)19 lite.
Not only was Terry entertained. by
a. member of the letelifohable set, but
be was introduced to •titree of 'the
fairest of Cole year's debetantes.
Sirs. James L. Kernochae exprerreed
11 desire to meet her new neighbor,
arid the fighter decided to eall. lie
lift lies training quartets Ot 1 o'clock,
taker% lee horse trainer, Citric),
Mar-
ttui, veto le In the heavy -weight elage,
with 11101 for protection. The Ie.`er-
1,o_cean mato, .0 102 Mcirodowee Veleta,
than 500- yards from Terry'a quar-
ters, but lie deckled to Mee his
trettleg mare and rubber-tirel rune'
about. eirce Iteraothan 1.ir0.8 enter-
taluing a house party otter Suelday,
among the guests being Mise Ethel
tlitcheock, illre. jarnee P. Kertionlool,:
Mr. Kertioelinehe mother, the Alitees
Tabet, Stigleton Van Seitaack, Vam-
154r:idge Livingston and Charres CottOflt)t-
.
'Dee Kornechtene Bleat for a time on
the promisee oeettpled by the Brook-
Iyn y;
Terry says he will put the gloves
on With his brother iItigit when his
fashionable guests rale
BICYCLINO.
Meeetehalet 310/(441 a Reeohed.
Philadelphia, Ian. 27.-e'reto five-
inik heat bleyele races
took place on Saturday night on the
indoor treck at the fiecond Regimeet
A rmory..The eentestailte were JIM -
my /Whew)] ; Jean Gengoltz, of
Parte; Arehle McEacilern, of To.
ronio, Ont., and Reward Preeman,
c Po r trend, Ore. n broke
the world's indoor flve-inile reeord
coverlag the distance' In 7.52 2-5.
DAWSON IN Tim VAN.
Vulteu points to be Conneeted by
'Wireless Telegertelee.
Tacome, Jen. 127.-1)aws in capital-
4,..to are -b.teltinte W. P. Thompson, pub-
lisher of the Yukio) Suit, in it ;tweet
to ermtrect Dawson with. Forty -Mile,
ItoyukUk and. Other Yukon distriete
by mune of Wireless telegraphy. The
that signal ;stations will be erected
at Dowser, and White Horse. Thomp-
son has hit Daweeen for Ottawa,
where he expeets to eecure official
eattetion to the protect, Ito 'will go
thence to Neat Vex* to enter Signor
Marconi's ditheratory, refuelling to
DaAvson next fruniMer with an thelhw
Meet for the system.
Woodstock, Cint., Jan. the -Niche,
/Week aged di) yeare, eMilloYed by
'Wilson Ikea, lumberinen, -dropped
dead In 'the deraele in East Oxford
lettere he Val/ working ne aemiler.
yeaterday afterneen. Ile Was step-
ping mit of the cutter when he fell.
and immediately exiered from apo -
Mere'. Tto tornilne were brought to
Wtaxistock 211211 II
cenied't home to -day hi I
++++++++++++++++$9 t++400,+++
I THE ST, LOUIS
DI R -EATERS. ;
+++++++++++++++++.+.4.44+4+,
William Windsor is the bead and
apoetle Of 4 nerne and most peculiar
Vommunity of seveety-fivc men and
women in St. Louis. who believe that
they should eat a certain- amount
dirt every day.
The dirt eaters take every day
spooeful of 'dirt. Their leader
'levee that grit ie necessary to every
animal and that booause tinanland will
limy() no dirt; in ills food be 10 oebjeet
to many mottlacel trout/lea tbot no
ether animal ems.
to alie dirt eaters go every tlay to
Ide little Reek of ifoll. Ho plunges
teaspuon tted beluga It forth
heaped .wItio good old earth. 110
washeri it delve with a glass of
Water, emaching• his lips and blink -
lug his eyee as though no morsel e'er
tilocilocluesttlaiee cipirtte of man so de„
Dirt eating is easy -when one hi
a child or on experienced dirt et.
die At all other times It ie liard and
it must be learned. It is not easy to
forget that It Is dirt. It hi not reas,
miring to think that the particles of
dint in the etomaolt might (muse a
thoueaud diseases now unknewn be -
cameo dirt has been hept out of the
at-ewe:eh /Or hundreds and hundreds/
of yearte Rut eater awhile) the dirt
eater develops his- dirt appetite. He
mime to relish his diet 'as a girl
twee her fudge. He' earries it sack
Of it with bite atiti whenever he 10
seized by a feeling:that lie is getting
awae from the animal plan upon
white' was created, he steps into
12 iroinl.nettu.1184110Lte regalee himself with
12 The (het eater is particular,
though, neutt sort -of dirt lie eats.
Ho -would be re) true .ppicarean if he
were Dot. Tine arliele of his slegular
diet is teohnicaily- a mud. It comes
from the river bottonte field le made
up of many tittle particiee of gran-
ite, marble, quartz and flint well
rouneed with age. The elite dirt eat-
er has the sand collected and sterli-
ized, and he distributer* it anemia les
feltowere at 25 cents a sack. Tbe
sack intsmell, but it holds a good deal
of sand. So that daily dirt manta
after the St, Louis lesbian °outs
about 10 °onto week.
Dirt-eating in St. Louis is six
fmrloolnlis. old and flourishes like nogreen
happy and prosperoes. The lesser dirt
bey tree. The chief dirt eater looks
for their dirt,- anti they bring in their
eaters have every day a keen hunger
The clirt eaters have pretentious
quartets. They are up at Eighteenth
and Olivestreets, In what was until
recently the home, of the Merchants'
League Club. Here tlie chief apostle
dirtteatilig, Mr. Wireeeor, has of-
fices and a lecture hall. Ho receives
visitors during the nay, and every
!eighth() lectures to his Mass. He has
now seventy-five men .and woenen
who attend his lectures and eat his
clirt-
gogage 0 fictvetivo tor beet tuna
SO that dot will be able to 'mato
gtiomnolvetaltilrici)1P411:1 ring
114r1°11;tee:fiti)ellts "svi
tittles 111 a vain effort to line it.
111112 before hand juet where it
trill be, and with [hie olue he may
he able to week up the Mute in
thee to 04.1r0 TOn. !row disgrace.'
you lri ntaol lydvoletet uyertuntreretlittffeeLlEtifistabtra;111
Scoteman.
at •4$$+ 4+$$++++4++++++p+
$4,009 OR ONE
KISS OF ACTRESS
;
+44+ +fee +++a clea++++ +++ea+++
When Byron sang or "a long, long
kiss --a kiss or youth. and love," he did
not 'mean the conventional stage
Wes, for that is another story. The
Orseulation Witch that amatory poet
Pwhiok
YVaetrientrraedwas 1110 f krtnerdoritcl
when
ehe confessed that *
Once he drew with' one
long itiee my whet° soul through
my lips, as sunlight tirinketb dew,
01 course eucle a kiss might be cone
eidered prleeless, but it could not
'This is' an amusing seat, and te
amuses 410 one more than its founder.
Eris Keingle himself is not a more
rotund nor more rollicking charaeter
than Dirt Eater Windsor. He is 50.
Ile is He has the Senator B1113,
Mason build. He can sit a ebalr
and tweedle his ileembs on his etc:te-
ach, whiell they say is the piece de
Pesietante In character.
"Are yoathe eine dirt eater
"Yee, $11. , Pia the .clrip, I've eaten
ray peck a hundred times over. Dirt
Is good,"'
Then be laughs as fat met can
inuglaand brings out a sack Of the
;sa,oixreda; thanks."
"What"Have a dirt sandwich with nae 2"
"What are you afraid ofe-sandban
in the etonmeh ?"
Teen he takes it heaping spoonful
and swallows it 'with that sly wink
with which a Kentucky eolonet takes
his whisky. He semis a glass of water
to ellase it and heaves a huge sigb of
content. -New York Herald.
4;444 +444 ++++ 44-44++ 4+4+44+4
NONE • FEELS. FOR .TIIE • I
UNIIAPfl
44++++++++4+44-tf4„.ttfrt_44*
Inasmuch as there, are many more
eligible wpm:en then men, and the
sapply of ,lei:tdegroome Is not, there-
foee, equal to tlie 'demand, it would
eeem that at a wechitng the meet
conspieuoue tend important 'Meson -
age would be the men, and that his
Would be the 'name that ' was the
h.ervillher oh the programme.
fo tar is title from being the t Ise
that at no other thee and place is
the lorel ol' creation of such small
tionsequettee, and many a man never
fully realties of how little impor-
t:ante he is irt the World until he at-
tends las own wedding.
Nobo.de notices him, nobody speaks
to him except the heroic friend who
lots undettaken eee him through,
anetwIte bide him. in hoaree asides to
"brace up." Nobody consulta the
brIdegroomet tastee or prefereeces in
the wedding arrttngetuten he or cares
how he looks, and if by 421Y °bailee he
.,hauld be accidentally lost in the
elven), he proba,bly lower would be
When the riebeet yOung man in the'
woeld was married, no oae thought It
worth while to publish a detail con-
cerning hie going away suit, or les
.pink negligee yet .probably he took
Just no deep a'n inftweet in his clothes
toe the lady- dtd in bore.
Mere than' that, every beide is del-
uged with advice about how to enter
the elturele how to attend and kneel
and Whet to wear, but nobody ever
thinks of offering a word of helpful
etninsel to the bridegrooth., who is left
to flotindee througli the ceremony an
40:01; he may.
Willie this is not only cruel, it is
anjust, for, while a girl beglim to
prepare for nitteriage In the cradle,
it always takes a man by surprise,"
rt. is like death. Ile knows it is on
the eard, but he cherishes an uto
torture! hope that he may 'escape
the universal Mom.
Notliteg sheet or ineptratIon cite.
devise a remedy for singe fright, C
or getting Juan gracefully a
through it marriage ceremony, but
thee() are a 'few simple rules that ft
may be. a help in time ot trouble l'n
to the proepective bridegroom.
Don't haeo trozon grin or/ your .,"
tmen that Imam like it might 121 ;
semi run down on your collar, Neither
Alpert a stern. Napoleon air, as it,ou
you were tiz,tfirtnined to see the 12,1
thing throngli elle. A happy
huh of chastened serenity and joy
is nievays best. tt"
Try to threw some enthusiasm )
into your re-sponaes. Mos; tn-u
make them is n, tone or voice that 1
liallvaten their bellee that they are na,
tile:nitre; their own tleath wa (ran 1, th
Don't 'moonier Mited, Keep your tete
f.yo tho gan. Leek neither 10 the ur
right or the left ; othertylee •
•
be eo costly as the one for which
an lerignale eleonel paid ea actress
$1,000, It iseeme rather a steep
charge even for 'a 'soldier, but be
paid 11 Willingly and under Circum,
etaeneete which' were weft conamendat
ble, It appeases/ that a fasOlnating •
English aotress, being anxiourt to as -
slot a certain- charity in the British
provinees, offered kiss to be put
up at auetion.
The bidding was brisk and had ad-
vanced in them) leapa'from $10 to
$150, when without further parley
the round sum of $1,000 was oftered.
There being no higber bid, the kiss
was knocked 'down by the auctioneer
to a colonel in oae of the line raga.
meets, who eame forward to meet
the young actrees, wit° is Hain to
have indulged in real blushes.
But, to the aurprise of all present,
the colonel letrodneed little fair
haired boy, explained that it was his
grandeon'e fitth. birthday, and that
lie had acquired the kiss as a birth-
da:y gilt; tor Wen.
Whereupon the actrese, who pre-
tended elle wastet a bit disappointed
In the subetitute, took the child
In her same and discharged her debt
witle interest. The eharity, it lo-
cal one, la which the colonel took
a keen laterest, was richer by $1,-
000 for tho grandfather's gen,erotte
whim. , , r
Warned Ills Brother.
Charlottetown, 'Jan. 2. -John Rob-
ertson, of Eldon, P. .E. I., lost his lire
on Saturday while felling a, tree. He
Wae warning tie brother to move
away when the 'tree felt on himself
and 10110 libn. He was 26 years of
age autif unmarried.
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Toronto Farmers' elaricet.
Jan. 27.e -Grain receipts were a, lit -
the heavier, oe the street market to-
day, .3,e00 buShels offering. :Pricers
were about ateady.
Wheat -West a &had() firmer, 200
bushe1s. of waite 'letting at 70 to
800.-ee per bushel, an,u 300 burnt -
eta Of gooeteat 67e per bushel.
Eye -Wu. easier, JIM bueltels sell -
tag at etee per buelieL
Barleye-Wite steady, 800 bushieltaw
'selling at, WI to 6.30 per bushel.
Oate-Weee a 'retortion easier, 2,000
bushels selling. at 4,5 to 46c per
Hay-Wae it litele earlier, 2211 loads
Reeling at $11 to $12.50 p82' load
for clover.
for tinextley and $8, to-e$9.e0 per *Mel
S'traw-Was stalely, 2 Ioads sclling
$a to .$,irt per load. ,
bettatice tletted Markets.,
' Following are the olosing quota-
tione at important centres to -day:
. Caste May.
New Yorke, .
Toledo.. . ..;
Chicago- 87-6185_1 '4124.11---488
Dirluale No. 1 Nor... 7.3 8-e 76 1-4
')Dinutle, No. 1 bard- 76 3-44 I--
lorento 1.V 000.0.113 Delay eittrkets.
Jan. 27.-Butter-Iteceipte are mod-
erate, with good demand. for choice
qualities. We ,,quote selected -dairy
tithe, 17 to 17 1-ee ; choice large rolls,
10 to 17c; 'bleat 1-11), rolls, 18 to 19c;
inferior qual Lim 11 to ....121-2° ;
creamery prints, 21. 'to 22e ; solkis,
-20 to 21o.
Egge-The irk -et le easier; strict-
ly Trete], 28e • held fresh, 22e; cold
atoroge, 20c ;limed, 18 to 20e.
Cheese --Market is steady. We
quote: Flneat Septembers, 108-4 to
111.11tilethlt:01)::,e0wetob.... . ..... to60603 00°9
kln;:o. 1)riGortilicwss1. . than SO 3-3 054: tt4a 2.4
Stookers ..... • . 3,00 to 3.50
Feceiotlieiree,h hort•lia, p ... 3 51 to 4 40
Butchers' eatelo. ;naked 12 2.525 tl'o° 13 Sag
10 to 101-4o per Ile
tamort cattle, choke, par cwt. g1 50 to $5 25
unchanged at from 12 to 13 1-2c per
lb„ dreee weight ; refrigerator beef is
lie :I ei eGil:d16:tv0e8-s4t ett.o. lti°e°10c3;584'75litett,00t • 01 0106
ddoodeotiiiieoeoldowir per owL
awl. up to 20011.13
domodItun . ......... 3 00 to 3 50
do
fa:Limon
do cowa..., ... • • • . 2 25 to 2 75
do bulls .. ...... 2 50 3 25
London, Jan. 27. -Cattle, here are
twe(t-) owe -fent 41 t • tAti 1
33 005) to° 33. 4650
50 to 4 he
Ells; it CPU% dTvri'65'.14; ... .. G 00 GO fid
3radStroet,s on trial 141/1° I) all
Wholeettle trade at efobtreal thin
week lots been stiumeated by the
steady meld Weather and good eleIgh-
thg. There is a eteadY _market for
domestic goods and foreign geode are
keeping steedy. Paymente have been
fair. Thee° hart been some interrup-
tion ill WheteLiale business at Toron-
to this week, owl ig to the heavy
enowstorm. Br, d reetes reports
show that trade at Hamilton this
Week has been active notwithstand-
ing the drattehrteks naturally to be
eXpeeted all a retrulf ot the snow
hwao beenesend-
ng good -steed ordinal for spring
cods, and the wholesale !ferns are
pashriglYe teal/
21140
g for the 'ensuing season. At Win-
lt rsoholpflatitenfotza.
oode Willett are cebetantly aerie -
'peg, According to reports te
radetreetne trade bas been shoat -
g a steady deVelopMent Itt the
1st week. The grain bleekade is
ill a draWbitek to the eXpenelon
1 businese, but retailere are delight -
with the general peotpeete for
whom and are looking for it larger
ermutagndotottrugeovnoerrbaelfgotozie the coming
January lea lin res.
Report.; toll, G. Dun 6c Co., shows
obeobitliveesoke4f (c)ofIlitnoetritterlayi sfitiloit.ttsraettsoiln,
elan $8,41:6,1410- Met year. Vall-
ee thee Week mimbereti 401. in the
il(d 7.'428%1 tZtotittitrfit4c11.01,1V!ittlYfa
eihrs
, aro tie te Marry the brItlei- ear
m the best man or no4,