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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1902-02-27, Page 2....deleeleasee'Wee CONFESSION OF A SEIOPPFR DRIVEN TO KLEPTOMANIA. Regard Of Oil* Days ShOppin 111. Departtelent Store* LetaetteeteatteeeMeaApeareserepeetreeetageteetewee tat eeeeeeetetesereee "Speaking a u1eptOUlaz1a00," said I tlie woman with tee blue eye, "I was one once. Ne. Dora go Out of the room, all a yoa. It was purely aceidentita "It liappeneti in tele way, I went ellePPinge There wore a, lot or -things I Wanted- I had them all down in a little memorandum book. The first iteln was a, bele, I asked tee floor- wallter where to rind the belie, "0o ;lawn MS aisle,' said he, 'un- til you come to the handiterceler ementer, then fellow tee Melo to the left. Keep right along in that aisle until you eee the eecktie counter, which Is the third room from tele on the same floor. Cio Into tbe fourth room, walk along the second aisle of that room until you come to the lea- ther counter facing toward the fifth room and there you will find the ( You have read fairy stories, haven't you, when you were children? These Otreetione were eomething tike thoee: 'Keep right along a little path till you come to a wood, teen go right along -through the wood and ,tou will see a little house. Knock at Outdoor of,the house anti a fairy will come out Aid give you a wend, Then you keep Mate along with the wand/ in your band till you come to a lake. On the lake you will find a lot of beautiful white clucks. Wave the wand and say duck, muddle duck, huddle duelt I" Then the ducks will all huddle together and you can get on their backs and go emcee.' "I followed the lustructions as faithfully as possible, and in about an hour and a half brought up at the leather counter and found the end of the counter facing the fifth room and tile leather belta Before the counter stood many women in double rank and file. They were un- winding belts, measuring them with their eyes, winding -them up again and lee ing them back on the counter. "The shopgirls volunteered a re- mark now and then to those waiting women while they busied themselves with selling belts to a. few tattered ones who had arrived before break-, fast and refused to leave until they got what they wanted. I stood out- side the row until at last somebody went away. Teen I moved up and locked at the belts myselt. "'1 should like a patent leather belt with a silver buckle,' I said timidly to one of the shop girls, who passed at that moment. ,She was waiting on some one else. "'We had a special sale of patent leather belts the day before yester- day,' said she, 'and sold them all out. We won't have any more till the middle of next month. Ca-s-s-s-s-ahl Ca-s-s-s-s-s-shi here I' "I was not mach surprised. It was jest about my luck. I invariably ar- rived two days after a special sale Or the week before. "'Have you; a green leather belt, then?' I mueroured, more timidly than before, 'with, a gold buckle?' "No, we haven't,' said the girl. Our stook of belts has run down. Ca-s-s-s-s-sh 1 And we won't have In a new supply till spring. Ca-s-s-shl Ca-s-s-s-s-s-s-sh, here!' "That settled the question of belts. I woule have to wait till spring. Mine was old. The buckle was tarnished and the leather was worn; but there WOES no help. "Well, anyway, I could congratu- late myself that I was economizing and I couid tell all my friends that circumstances over whice I had uo control prevented the purchase of a neer belt, and I could explain the • circumstances. If they had any pene- tration at an they could easily see that It vrae not my fault. "I eoneutted my little book. The next item on it was gloves. I defer- entially approached the 11eor- walker. "'Where shall I find counter?' I Inquired. "At the same time my counten- ance broke into a„ propitiatoressmile. Ile gave me direct:lone that soonded like a recipe for plum pudding; but eventually unravelling them I founcl the center and the Moves. "Bat finding the gloves was not buying them, cie I was soon to dis- cover. Before this counter stood a rowof women even more formidable than the row at the counter where the belt& were not sold. 1 bided my time. As at that other coonter at latet someone went away and 1 Ude. leer Mace. " Maned like n. pair of suede gloves, I ventured. " 'What number?' "'Number six.' "She turned her head critically sidewise and looked at my hand. " 'I think you must be mietakene said elte, 'Your hand looks aa if you might wear a six and a, quarter if not a six and a half.' "I also toolred at the hand. I had been buyling glom; for it for some y ears. No,' I said firmly, "I don't weer any larger size. I am, mere I don't.' Still, when she looked at me like that I we not eo sure. However, I endeavored to pat on a brave front. 'I know 1 wear a number eixa I re- iterated. 'Why, once, I even wore tive and thece-quarteree ley tlils tete I had taken id etaramering. 'I suppose you keener best,' she said 00011Y, In a tone which Implied that elle know I didn't itrieW best, 'What catch,?' " 'Gray,' t replied at a venture. "Really, I didn't hnow whether kt w whet eol er 1 wanted or not. Wee also beginning,. in spite ot my beavery, to be more and more et sof- oard to the elm "She vanished beneath the counter foe a. brief moment, drew out large flat boa, appeared (zee more above the tura:tee, opened the bett and took out a pair of glovee. I wag seruek with ronazement fee see that they were the echo 1 bad asked for, gray. "'What Mee?' she asked *nee More. "'Six,' 1 glimmered again, dizzy With wondering whether she thought I luul given piciee to another meta tomer durIng the period of her (nib- mergelme, or If the was only trying to get. me ItOpeleeely muddled 111 re- gard to the size. "'Your hand,' Met beget). "'I know,' 1 interrupted, "It looke large, very, very large; but 1 weae a site "She Mowry remeaved mute tieene paper from the glovee and banded, thenx to me. the glove "'Will Sou try them, On for me?' 1 Inettited. "Noe amid e1u In a. tone of de- termination. Itee don't try orre dollar and a, bait glevem Only twodollar glovefe termer that up: "Now, the question Wee, were :my old gloves and meastered It. 1 also lookea at the number. Yes, there it was 111 lettere fadee Settee - what, but eiecernibla Tee number pee," said I, holding up the glove tor her Inspeotion. "She yawned. " See,' said she when her mouth came to again, `that six. Bat this glove, though, we are selling le at a reduced price, is an entirely different glove. 1 am sure it would be too small, beeause it doesn't etretcle" "'Atal you won't try It on for me 7' "'No,' she replied, `not at that price.' "'Then I an Afraid can't take theme said 1. "'As you please,' said sb,e, and was dismissed. "As I wandered dieeonsolately dhe own taisle I again consulted uey' little memorandum book. The next Reel wee a handkerchief. "The floor walker directed me to the eandlterohlef counter, which I found with less diffeultY, having grown familiar, weat with wander- ing up and down and this way and teat, with the store. The counter was spread with, eandkerchiees of °Very shape, color and variety, "I found a, vacant place and stood Patiently awaiting my turn. Thu shop girls were exceedingly busy. They rushed hither and thither, waiting on 'the crowd. I drew a latrdeerthief box near ma and picket) up -the top one. I liked jt, I looked up at the clerk. "What is the 'began. '"Ca-aeetssessh e she yelled, 'What is the price --e I began ag,ain. wait on you directly,' said the, and with that she fled to the far end of the counter, lad herself behind a pile of handkerchiefs and a dozen or so eustomers and I saw her no more. ' I corralled another clerk. "How much Is this----' I began. 'Ill wait on you dtreetlye she diouted, as she passed me on the fly. Ca -a -me -six I' '1 knew how teat was by this time. It was her busy 'day. I never held t yes on ter again. " I fingered the handkerchief and ,Ighed. wanted it awfully, but how was I to get it. There wee the money In my pocketbook to pay for it if I: only knew the price. 'They wouldn't tell me the price, deey wouldn't wait on me, they wouldn't let me buy Lt. I gathered it ate How pretty it looked with the middle all crumpled up in my hand and -the ends trticking out I They wouldn't let nee buy a belt or a pair of Moves. Surely they would let me buy a handicerceief. " 'How rauch Is tide handker-' I began again, as another shopgirl alighted for a brief period in my vicinity. " 'Ell tell you soon,' she said. 'I'm busy now. Ca-s-sh "1 sighed again. Evidently the may way to buy things in that store was to breek In at daylight aud nail the cleekee as they da.me iron' brea.kfaste Eerafter, I eoncluded, that was what I would do. • But I wauted the handkerchief that very day. stuck it into my muff to see how it looked. Just then a clerk came ale ee. '"Have you got 'syleat you wanted ?. she asked. "I gasped as I looked down at the handkerchief atleking out Of eny meff. Yee. had got wha.t I wanted, hut hew was Ito explain how I had gut It? I thought the girl looked. at nee suspiciously. '"Have you been waited on ?' alto asked, and the tone of leer voice was tharp.. " I was past tpetadng. Turning in cliegast she proceeded to wait upon another cuetomer. And there was with. tile stolen handkerchief stick: mg out of my muff. "If I put it back they would all coo me. Beeides, it was wrinkled. How could I istraighten it out and pat It back in the box witb, every- body looking au? I couldn't. "11 1 did 1 would be denounced as eeeretant thief tied exited up ,for no matter how repentant a thief shi. us always locket.; up. I moved away emne; tee aisle 1 enten.atered the floorwalker. He knew me hyme thts ti. I had been there all day. " '1)141 you get what you wanted?' Ito inquired, urba,uely enough, now that it wan all over, send I eva,sbrand- ed for life, in my oven eyes, at least, tue it thief, "'Yes,' I panted, and 'Ted past elm, for fear he might read the guilt my eye. "I rueleed outside. There on the corner of the etreeta was a, huge policeinten3. I think he all my life tare never seen so large a police- man. Efe looked eternly at me. I held my breath as event bY hint Of °armee he saw the handkerchief 'racking out of my muff. How could Ito help It? I felt tee handeuffe clanking on my wriste. "I boarded the car, sat down toul took to trembling. Everybody was all eyes, and all the eyet; were staring at me, particulatly thew of the Oen- (lector. rianally the reason pen- etrated my brain. I lead failed to pay my fare. Coming to myself 1 hand- ed it over and las eyes were re - reeved. "A pretty girl bortrded the car. She took a seat by me. As sem did eo she glanced adnairiagly at my heneketchief. She oat there for ten or fifteen minutee. Than Bhe left the ear. "I felt for rny handkerchief. It was gone! I breathed a nigh ot relief that she luttl admired It so tench as that, get oef at the text street and walked the rest of the way hotel needeil the freeli cat. "I maintain that am no eommon thief. Ate MY, there *08 a emt- bination of eireurnetromee arrayed against me: beeidee Whielt was se- verely handiettpped by the feet that about the oar/ Veder to baY, thhtga eometimee is to steal thorn." -N. Y, Stile , A Dleriewlefle. Answer, On 0110 "Lerd Palmerstoe wag 'hoe k , of Tounenemtelilnh tionianarel tO *OW Whether ite Would vote for a ceatairl theeetere, With an appearance of the arearest treek- neee the Apeaker (alerted the ant- dlenee. "I Will," ire n, toed elienre fromhe t , neervativee. iNot" Yoila frOM the Opposition, those gloves too mnall ter me, or eoneternetien 11, the other party. were they not 7 1 was sure, or 1I "roil yarn** calmly resumed tbe speak - hall been Imre, that 1 *ore a SIX. Cr, arnhl general laughter end good '1'0 be (mite ur 1 took Or one of reeling. • dUn , 11 11 1 a c 00 .11,14thithgz L noi. karuew wig,15 3410 Wendt. ir 1140 thet there Is an all-eeelng eye that notes the attitudes, dispositioes and workings oft the spirit 01 Inert un- der what appeare adverse as well an favoraale eirenmetanees e life. The cause of the first Chrietien mar- tyrdom, aa hoe Irnea the cause of every one sines, wee opposition to the advancemeet oe the principles and opirit of the gospel of Christ, lyToasirionegtautpvt thae letaewattnive eaosiogrie on r, Jews, who were Ot tile synagogue of the Lleorttnes, uudertoolx tq dis- pute with Steplien ; wee, es eorne thlak, had beep taught in the sollool or Garaaliel, and at; suelS Was eet upon an a detterter fawnthe treteli- Inge of their fathers. Stephen bee lag run of wisdom now whereat he spoke, oo th.ey were confounded and were net able to zealot the spirit by waltell lee ;melte. When they (Muhl not answer his arguatente as a die, patent they proceeded against lam tea a criminal; they "sub:need Wit - none" am) incensee bath the mob and the government &pima Win, thinking thus te awn) the popular tide agalest the now- faith. TheY 'Seized and brought him, 'me- ttle and trIeraphantly before tee. tribunal. They elaieged bleathrough their lered witnesses, , with having spoken blaspiteneoue words against the temple, the la.va, and against Moses." Having no answer to the arguments presented, they were tee filled with malignant indignatiole teat they reeertetieto violence, Keel with bitter imprecations coat ilint oat of the city and consigned lane to a terriale death. Why? Not be- cause lee was a, bad man, for the weed ot enspiretion tells as b,e was marrefuit ot faith and the Holy Glio,et," that just as the Shealnab -the divine presence -filled the "Holy of Holies" in the days of old, so did the Myths presence fel him and make his body the "temple of the Holy Ghost"; this Wide lum zealOus alai practical in his life and service, He Telt Ids obligation to Christ so great that he seemingly was con- sumed with the all -absorbing de. sire and purpose to glorify Him, He was ready for every good word and work. We do not wonder that lee was supported and was viatorious in the hour of trial, for with the clear view he had of Christ's glory and'powerto whittle be had wittiese- ed, In the cortsciousness of tieing in harmony with the ono and sheltered by the other, he was ripe to barnacle the happy recipient and hunina.nt needium of both. "For they saw. IIIs lace as it had been the face of an angel." "And he saw the face of God and Jesus standing on the right hand of God." A few cursory renectiOns; We see in the death of Stepeen to what depths or sin one may go it they resist the Holy Spirit of God. Tee fact tett his persecutors were Memel) members, who had been blessed with the persoeal ministries of Christ, the Holy Ghost and tee apostles, was, of itself, no secur- ity against comnattling thite great sin. See then the necessity of the new, birth, for human nature is al- ways and everywhere the same without this great ohange. We see that moral goodness and worth, spiritual 11.race and power, does not Safeguard a person from ,the at - teen; of blind and perverse men. Many are held from doing evil by the constraints of society and the restraints 01 ktw. Impelled by the evil forces within these are often thrown aside and 'deeds are come netted- that befoul the page or his- tory. Who are etife from their power? So then the necessity for being ready for life or death. While, spirituel lire tied charaeter are ;lot generally appreciated here, yet there Is an 'Almighty One who esti- mates such character at its full worth, and shows Ilis appreciation by a personal identification with the needy in every eionfilet. Let as live then not for the things that per- ish vette the ming, but fer those that abide forever.-Wnt. P. Ferries. Stephen had (1) love, (2) power, (3) fc oltirytn , (4) a triumphant victory. Ms was aabundant entrance into g IN111tIeNeeTIONAIJ laeSSON O. IX. mAtteti ;4,4002. eia The steelier of Stephen,- Arts 7: else: it, Commentary. Connecting Linke. Stephen Is still before the Sanhedrin. The high priest asked hint If the thieve of watch they neensed bit were so. Teen tollowe a long defence or Iteelogy by tetepheu. His discourse comPrIerna versee 2-53, alld le a, eerie else history of the aervish people, Ills °bleat *memo to have been tO elloW (1) that. so far from tileparagiug, he deeply reverenced, awl ware intimate- Poniersant the whole l41- tor.y of the aneleet economy; WO that in reelettne the erection of the Gospel kingdom they were but treaa- ing in their fathers' footsteps, the whole- history of their nation being little less than one continued, misap- prehension ee God's high designs to- ward fallen maxi anti rebellion mealiest F. & 11. 54, When they beard -it Le die - puled weether elle ;speech, was flu - 10110t1 or not. His abruptilees in cloe- log and the anger of the dews at that moment render it probable that he wee interrupted. tat to the heart -Literally,. they were sawn through, or aeunaer, A figurately° expression for bMng greatly enraged.' -Gloag. Gnashed on hira-Teey were filled with rage and thirsted fee les blood. "Thee snarled like beasts of prey." "Truth would always Rem, to pro'A duce a double effect. Some time ago we read that when the people lieard Pewee specce they were inhered in their hearts, anti seld, 'Men and brethren, what shall we do?' But weal' the people heard Stepheu de- liver sulestentiellY tile same message they were out to the heart, and gnashed on hint with their teeth, This le the hie -tore of preaeleng to -day." -Purest., 55. Being full -Tee Greek "being full" implies, not a suddeu inspire, tion, but a permanent state.-Plump- tre, Tee Holy Ghost -While las hearers yielded more and more to their violent passions, a.ud were fill- ed with a carnal fire, and indeed with a spirit from the bottomless pit, the soui or this falthful veitness wan fill- ed, by the grape of God, with a heavenly flre.-Lange. Looked up -We would see more heavenly visione if we would "look up" oftener. Stead- fastly -Fixed his eyes intently. Their ravine did not distract elm. Into heaven -The question, has been asked how he could see Into heaven from that council chamber; but we should remember that the Spirit revealed to him this scene in. heaven. The glory of God -Saw the •Shekinale for with the Jews the 'glory" and the "Sheklnah" aro similar terms. It was some visible manifestatloo of the divine splendor, such as Moses saw on Horeb and Ezekiel at Che- erer. It first filled the labernartle and afterwards the temple, and shone round the, shepherds, and ap- peared to the apostles upon Hernaon. And Jesus -He was permitted to see Jesus triumphing in the flesh in which lie had been crucified.-Caan. Bib. He saw Jesus "In his official character as mediator between God and man." Standing -In other places Jesus Ls represented assit- ting on the right hand of God. 56. Elleavens opened -A tigurative expression denoting that he was permitted to see into heaven, as if tile eye was permitted to penetrate the eternal world. -Barnes. Son or man -This Is the only time that our Lord is by human lips called the Son of man after his ascension.. 57. Cried out -Among other things, perhaps, that he should be silent, or that he should be put to death." Stopped their care -As a proof that he had uttered blasabomy, because he said he saw Testes standing on the right hand of God. Fearful pvnor against thein; for if Jesus wa% at the right band of God, then they bad murdered an innocent person, and Caere justiee must speedily avenge Ells death -Clarke, And rushed upon falm (R. V.). -This was the act of a mob. Under the Boman laws the Jews had no authority to inflict capital punishment. In this; case they did not wait to take the legal course, but before any sentence was pro- nounced rushed Elm to nie death. 58. Out of the elty-According to the law of Moses. Lev. xxiv. 14. The persen to be steeled was' re- quired to be carried without the camp. Stoned him -The person to be stoned was placed on an elevation twice the height of a man, from whence with hie hands bound he was thrown down, and then a stone Lie much as two.men could carry, was rolled down upon him by the wit- nesses, after which all the people present east stones upon him. Whose name was Said -This is the first mention of the one who was after - Wards the great Apostle of the Gen - How thrilling is Me, our first Introduction to one to whom Chris- tie:niter owee more probably than to all the ether apoetles together. Here he ie, having perhaps already a seat In the Sanhedrin, some thirty years of age, in the thtek of thle tumultu- ous murder of a distinguished wit- ne.se ter Chriet, eot only consenting unto his death, but doing las own part of the dark deed." -I. F. & B. 59. Ileceive my splrit-They stoned him while lie was praying This is the identical prayer that Christ himself had offered oo the cross, Here Weimer proof that it is larvae to offer prayer to Jesus °twist. 69. Kneeled down -A. good position In -which to pray, or to die. Cried -11 Stephen had not prayed, the church would not have had Paul. -Angustine. Lay not -Weigh not; reckote not, place it not in the* '001- ande .against them -Cook. 'The best Will and testanient of the Christian IR that el Mete commends: 1. The soul to heaven. 2, The body to- earth. • Friends to the divine protection. 4. tueniles to divine compassion,-. etterke. To their charge -Comparing this with nearly the same request of hie' dying Lord, it will be seen how veryrichly tele martyr Of Jame bad drunk Into hie Ataster' e spirit, in ite divinest form. -.T. F. & B. aeleep-He died, "Bit ebeep invitee an awake/liege' Hie merit was Wei - colleen late heaven and hit body sleope until the resurreetioa. 1. Saul was consenting -"So ter. rible WAR the hatred which -this Man beee to Christ' and his followers that he delighted la their cleetruction." A. great persecittfore'Ae the ,rulers had caused the death of Steinten, Without exciting an insuereetion of the people, or the rerientinent otthe governor, they ventured to entry oft the pereectition- with Ineretteing VIO- lenee.--Seatt. 2. Deveere men-Picrne Jew& To his bnrial-They did not iteeltate to give to honerable I:atrial to a Man of whose Innocence and godlineee thor woo onvirmed. Great lamentation. - They enga,ged In a solemn Mourning tet.(2,52alEtteeefeeesseetet. ' j THE CHIP BASKET • Ws the chronic kicker who stubs las toe. -- C.lutting remarks -the tomhstono MOD, The elm:tit/elan sometimes Uses shocking henguage. Poor workmen and polite wns al- ways blame their tools. , • it isn't carelessness t causee people to break the Ten mated- ments. • • • • • • aim Who can be dorm the bunco man is wilting to do. --- The safeetness of revenge often mars a man's clispositien. • Clothes make the woman oftener than the women makes the elothee Lots of men wilt tell you how 'to get rich, bat they haven't time to eephtin why they didn't. • Girls bre always 'trying to con- vince yet:leg men that two can't live as expensively as one. No vromaa can cultivate her mind and her cemplexion simultaneously. Melees ale not an end of life, bet en inetrument of 111 e.-11. W. Beecher. ---.4 • It's peculiar tient the chap who le watetrotkn-gin, leded goner/Lily head- . It's all very well for a male teitake time, so long ns it is isn't other people's time. IN tunny that a timid men as ule Ms truth a reeolate eXpreesloit in a photograph. The loyal hill pester sticke up for hie employer. - The n ator man in calling out floors 'stories. • On te make a Mow home bast lat. a man titsually says Whet Ile doesn't stop orybody Wants to want to May fleet fiddle in the eorigert of the foe lane Title is ovieenee that 1 •°wera lit (Albin- etphilit Wail not condemned o. OA 1 -*a-- Sanhedrin). for public hanenta San >se elm talk up relegloil too in- t:ever made over a, condemn per- louely do more damage to the eon. o than those who bover mention In puretting Ole narrative en* OM% t: 4414+141.4...eielee++++++401emee++++++++444444+++.144•4444+401.44 WOMEN'S SHAPE TO BE -RE6ULATED BY LAW promo. Women Won't Stand Such Arbitrary Methods, • 44: ......s++..**44+++.t.i.1.+***++++.1. 4 ++014.14+ ore 4.,0+4,44.0.1•4444eHee Breathes there a Board a Alder- men witir powers sufficient te coeree the Amerleale woman into remaining MaraetleSs, Will,y nilty, until elle reaches the discreet d/X0 of Wake? "peke" the Amerioan Wonette do aught aut Iter elwin sweet will? Weil, hardly. Sento or time have dieenedecl their corset as gladly as they adopt - tee onee tabooed Value( clay sldrt, but were one little whisper a force or arbitration to be noised abroad, woula not even theme rise in a body and insist ou their right to indeperl- dent action in We pet to all other regarde? Verily, independence and treedom are as the breatla of her non- trito to the Ameriean woman. Woule we on eels side of the water err a raoment tolerate impertinent Masculine Interferenee, be it ever so learned, in moh a dietinotly personal laaStttitelnl eev in Paris byes a, man whet bias had tile temerity to suggest smell an alternative regarding the young tvonme Of France. Although the tur- moil whieh eon ensued is as a bab- lellng brook to the avalanche which would descend upon any lueklese male making a like attempt Oyer eere, Dr. Marcella" has certaiely stirred up a mild Tempest in a Teapot. Endeavors to make the future fig - are feminine a matter of arbitra- tion ? Oh, unwlee Dr. Ma.reehal -it la to laugh! And the French figure at that - to forcibly trapefonn, the shapely Freebh women, re notably chic, into 171,10.glEmlogeeY'l lgrg, displookaitneg there toot,. though we may, the nineteenth century women who can dispense with their stays velthout Immediate loss or style and grace are feta and far between. ' The articles of the la.w. which bag brought down upon Dr. Marecluel's biz: ;the enmity and wrath of the young women or -France are as tot - Article I. forbids the wearing of a corset Or any kln,d by any woman under thirty. Offenders are subjeot to three montbs' imprisonment or, should they be minors, their parents or guarellane raust pay a tine of a sum ranging from one hundred to 000 thousand francs. It would seem that there Is malice prepense in this last provision, as the worthy doctor has made the limits of his fine coincide with the.prices of the most expensive cersets. Article II. grants to any woman over 00 the privilege of wearing any corset she "ntay wish. Through this the unfortunate French woman Is condemned to re- main a shapeless mass or admit - Oh, Derrer ot horrors: that the is over ao. Could the in- quisitors Of Spain themselves have devised a ueoro cruel trap? Article III. relates to the manufac- ture and sale of corsets. The name, age and /address of the buyer must be registered by the salesman, the latter to be subject to a Sine and csaoinee. elscatiou of business for illegal After having made an exhaustive study of the subject Dr. Marechai declares that the health of even seventy out . or a teundred corset wearers is injured by the obnoxious little piece of apparel. The opinion of the professiou Imre In regard to the matter was voiced by 0110 of its leading members, who "14. ": 11110 1 nadouletedly agree with Dr. Mareehal In condemning the cor- set for evomen, I regard his efforts to banish it by legislation as ell- tirely futile. The up-to-date oorset, though an infinite improvement on Its predecessors, is still More or less Injerlous. While the Denale figure requires a certain amount or elm, port, any restrietion of the respir- atory organs is neeesearily dotri- mental to health, .`"We doctors preacli the doctrine of fresh, air to Our petlente, tell them to go out and breath in plenty of oxygen, wbile the coreets they wear make a bull, deep breath an hupouelbillity. On the other hand, It would be a hardeldp tor a wo- man wbo had always Worn a con. set to be required to east it Imre, clenly aside after ehe bad come to depend on it, our confrere In Paris has seen fit to set an age limit to les Prohibition, and why that limit was fixed at 80 years, It weuld be hard to conjecture. It we believe the cor- set to be tejeirlotis at Any Time it would seem that It must te equally SO after the age or 00 has been reached. nMarechal lowlessupptioiart tis"st6s4bwIlteloPler. for thirty ye,ars would have be- come sufficiently rigid to resist the Pressure of a corset ami that there- fore no harm could result, It le hardly reasonable to suppose that a womenat health is or less velue to her after the reacher; theeage of 80 than it was previously. Of course, there meet be some reason it of1111- boailrutiatbletc.ed.led.opersovnisoltona, ptplewayltio weet Indeed, . the whole suggestion -seems so impossible, and in many respects so inconsistent, that it would hardly deserve coesideration had it not emanated front a distin- metalled person and gerved to arrest the attention of the Frence people. "alie only hope for the abolition of elte corset Is through the increas- leg common sense of ethe educated women -not to mention. the educated mere 801 long as men admire a Stylish leigorc end stile *Walet, just so 'long will the reign of the ;target endure, The many and varied interestwelch occupy the minds of the women of to -day have not over- come their instinctive desire to D-Ifie'"CreitIcal masculinity is quite as raneh te blame for the popularity of the corset as vain feminity." "Have you any fear that Dr, Marechal will &emceed en having las law pawed 7" was asked recently of ar. rale a French coreetiere hero. He smiled indulgently -gross indeed Must be the ignorance which under- lay 611011, a question. "Ne'ver, never," he replied, posi- tively. Dr. Marechal-no one in the world -could ebolish the coreet. It helps make the ladies beautiful and stylish, and they will never give, it up. The corsets the Preemie make are the best, yet American articles have improved very mime in the lad few yeare. Paris still leads a little, but very woe I think America. 011b be ahead. " The little girls' corsets were not good, They premed in ehe Waist and pressed out the hips and did not sup- port the 'spine. A good corset eelps to support the spine o.ncl presses nowhere. The girdlee are not weed exteh now; "Look at the Italian women -the poor week, walb Date never worn a corset, Do you think the French women will become like them -will give up their shapes for any law? Never, never I" Will the women of France submit to being treated like naughty school children? Will -they, any more than would their American sisters, atand meekly by while men wrangle aweY thee. rights? Even over the water we seem to hear theecho or their unanimous "Jamais !"-NeW ;York Herald. vrrprAyrrpwYPPrrrrpwrpyvrrprl rt UNPARALLELED FAMILY RECORD lialeithemesMaikesesaiiebeeteleSeeteeleaaae4 The oddest family that the world perhaps ever saw moo dwelt in old finewlch, Suffolk county, England. It wieis in the reign of William, III. that this family lived, told the records- of Ipewich verify the story. From the strange peculiarities attaching to this family It earned the cognomen of the "odd family." The surprising iceurrupes, both good awl bad, ef- fecting these people happened on the "odd day at the month," and each en-einber of the family had something peouliarly odd in person, behavior and manner, as the following descrip- tioli will show.: The monitor of letters in their mance were all odd numbers. The father's name war; Peter and the mother's Itabah. There were seven children, all boys, and named in the following order Solomon, Roger,. Jainee, elathevve Jonas, David andt Ezekiel. The father bad but one leg and the mother but one arm. Solo- mon wae born blind of the left eye, and Boger lost his right eye by acci- dent. James had. his left ear pulled off In a fight, and Mathew was born With only three fingers on las right hand - Jonas had a stun* foot, and David was humpbacked. Mt of the boys were very alert ex- cept David and Ezeltlea the latter be-, In' 0 feet 2 Inches 1;1 height ween 19 yeare old. The hunaphactr Dated and the stmeep-footed Jonas married two of the prettiest girls in England, who wore also very rick and well eoneecie cd, But -the rept, strange as It me' poem neither city nor country las- slew looked upon with eufficient favor ti) marry any of them The husband's hair wee jet black and tho wifeel hair white, and alt the boys ead red hair. The odd father or these seven odd boes tteoldentally fell into a deep pit and etarved and froze to death Wrote bcing dieeovertd. The odd wire with the white hair after - ware) refused to eat and in five days died. The death ef 'the husband and wife (recurred in the year 1101, In the year 1703 Ezekiel enilpted itt the "Grenadier (Instals," and, though wounded In battle in 23 diffeeent place, recovered etlifleleetly to be eent bome. In the year 1713 Roger, ,Thmete Mathew, Jonas and David died, on the Sahib day, each living away from the other itt different platiee. In the year 1723 Salomon .arel Etelriel 'were drovvried togothet wblle &coming the Elver Thereee. Tble odd family illster.V OSA be tulle eubstantlated by the. teeter* of Old IpOWleh Pronoutteed Success. The Tragedian -11y parents tried hard to keep Me fret; beau/ling an teeter. The Vilialleal 'congratulate them 011 their teueleetteeTetellitte WOMAN AND TI -1E KORAN. sacred Book of tho 'Mohammedan (live fler Pew Privileges., The condition of 'women 111 all Mohammedan countries is one of the most abject subserviency to the will of man, This is due almost wholly to the teeicliinge of tlie koran, which among other things of similar char - meter says the husband may divorce his wife without eaaigning any rea- son or giving any notice; he may rebuke, imprison and scourge her, He may twice divorce and twice take bole the same woman, but If Ile a third time divorce her she cannot again become•his evito until She has married and been divureed from some other bean. (Sure, U., 280.) Yet Ibrahim Halebi says: In the absence or serious reasons no Mussulman can justify divorce In the eyes either of religion or the law. If he abandon Itis wife or put leer away from simple cepriee he drales upon himself the divine anger, for 'the curse of God,' add the prophet, 'mete upon him who repudiates las wife meprIcioure 1 it Practically, however. a eloha.mme- date may 'whenever he pleases, with- out assigeing any reason, say to his wife: "Thou art divorced," and she must then return to her parente (Amir Ali, Personal Law Of eloliams medane 322 ; Lane, Modern Egyp- tians, 1,, 1504 247.) Among mbst of the Molfammedate people divorcee are very frequent. According to Dr. Van der Berg an eren more fetal influenee IS OX0rdltied 011 family life In the east by thie laxity of the marriage tie than by polygamy. In Crtiro, according to Lane, there aro not meny men who have not divorced one wife if they have beet married tor a long time, and many Men in Egypt have in tee Course of two yeare married as many all twenty, thirty or more wivee, while there are women advanced in ago Who have been wives of a dwell or more euccessivele. III eforoeco a man repudiates hie wife on the plight - est provocation end netrriee again. Arziong the Uciore of the Sahara, It Is toneelered "low" for n, tortpleto live yore leitg together, (Wester - march. tile, 520.) On the other. hand, In /Milt rtmoug the efolatenitedene divorce is reeldorn heard of. Just Live Thy Life, Jaret live thy life in full eonterlt. Do all tby beat with what Is sent, Thou but retriveut what Was menet. Juet live thy Ma ;rent live, thy' lifee De not in leer. The strength of wrong shall peter, dIsap- And eight la ever drawing near. Jerk live thy life. Ju live lily life. Seem whet thou Art Nor from ehriplieity depert And petite ehrtli come upon thy heart. Just live tilY Wee -anew/ LerioX Stoeaton, In tes- ter/ Tretneririge, : JEWELS OF TOE 401 Stant' of 1 0 Sparklers That leozzie (ht' Smart Set. 11ee. Arnett in Ai/elves.) latee. John Jacob Astor, third, fre- quently wore $750,000 worth or Jew- ell et an ordinary reeeptloo, and Mr. W. le. Vanderbilt folly $50,000 at a mere garden erartY. Pearl neck- laces alone worth from 1$70,000 to $1.00,000 ere not upeotettion, One that cost lil45l40,00() being occasionally NOM, Ulla more than One woman has 31,000,000 la pule from widelt to hoose. Lel; me tabulate tee Value of the jewelry owned by uompara- iavely a small namber of New York's eocinty women: Mese Wm, eater fe1e000,000 Mrs. john :Jacob Aeter ,„1,000,000 elre.CorneliireVaticlorbil atm 1,000,000 Me, Wm. Yandertilt, Jr. 1,000,000 aers. 0. II, P. Belmont 1,000,000 Mee. John W. Mackay 1,000,000 Mrs. Dredley-Marthi 850,000 Mrs. Perry Belmont 800,000 Mrs. Hernuenp •faelriolis 800,000 Mrs. Orme WI eon 800,000 Mrs. Ogden CI °let 800,000 aro. Clarenee II, Macime... 750,000 aim Levi P. Morten 750,000 Mr. Alfred G. Vanderbilt- 750,000 elite, James A. Burden 750,000 Mee William Starr Miller.,700,000 Mrs Frederick Vanderbilt650,000 Mrs, Oeorge Vanderbilt 600,000 Mee W. Seward 'Webb 000,000 Mrs, William Lt. SIoano 550,000 Mrs. Elliot ea Sheparde500,000 Mre, Ilatry Payne Weft - nee 500,000 Mrs. George Jay Gould 500,000 Mee. Charles M. Oeirlehse. 500,000 Mrs. Philip Rhinelander 500,000 elm Charles T. Yerkes 500,000 MiteU, morci,y Twombly 500,001) Stuyvesant Flslm 500,000 Mrs. Ernesto rabbri 800000 Wm David }femme Morris 800,00() Mrs. Edwin Gould 800,000 Mrs. Oliver Herrintan, jun. 800,000 Mrs. Committee Vanderbilt, 250,000 MrS. 3011)1 D Rockefeller, jun. „ 200,000 322.050,000 Here are the names of only thirty- four women, chosen almost at ran-, cibm, whose precious stones need jaw-. elry are valued at 322,250,000. Miss Peet -How long Mutual •a, girl of sixteen Wene her dresses? Mese Antique -Gracious t- Even the time she gets up until she gomi to bed, I should gay." TilE MARKETS iirwar"711"'70warr'irlD-e7V-Wr'71"'"ir. Toronto 0 armor., 31003Le1. Grain receipts were light on the street market this morning, only 800 bushels Offering. Prices were a at: tie easier. Wheat -Was easier, 100 beebele et white selling at 7()e to 77o per bugle, one hundred Of red at 07o to 70e per bushel, and 100 of goose at 67c per bueli; 500 bllt or butkwe ea t sold atanp00bs Barley-Was ateady, 200 bushels or medium Etat selling at 58e to 00e per blabs'. Gatre-Were stetea,y, 200 Weibel° gelling at 40e to 46 1-20 per bush. Hay-Wae clavier, 10 loads selling at 313 to 314 per toa for timothy rebel 08 to .3.0 per 'boo for clover. .Strarte-Was steady, one Load sea. lin at 8,10 per ton. eate-Were clearer. Beef hind.. quarters aced at eel to :rpo pot, cwt., and forequarters. 'at 01.50 to 36 per awe Caecaeses sold at 37 to 3.s per erre for choice ones, and 35 to -so for oommon ones. Lambs were eas- ier, selling at 8e to 9e per lb. - ()tater quoltatione are: Rye, 3!e; barley, malt, 58 to 003; oat% 46 to 46 1-2o; Pease, 850 ; seed, alsike, :ea to 37.25; tip., red clover, gcoo to 34,80; do., tbreSelea, 32.50 to 3:3.- 25; straw, 310; butter, pound roar', 18e to 190 Ao., crook4, 15 to 19e e ease, hew ILK 28a to roronto Mira ettee filarkete tlxpe do rartecaaiutttals, .... .... $436640 10 ;lf 05do cows per ow.t.. 2 50 to 3 50 Elutohers' matte, pLukod , 3.5 to I 66 do ohoiae 3 65 to 30 do fair ........ do .........' 3 35 to do cowl 25 Si4 stoadeoombeuredisdin Feeders, short -keep 2 00 tq 25. 3 283 4301 tt‘tioo !. 0081 et • 800 to 370 tto1iLluainioletbse,,n opwerecewatah.,. .. ... 35 00 to 50 Olt Sheep, ewes per OW(, .........3 5/ to 70 Hogs, ouoiee, ot loss than 160 40) • 4e 03 and up to 20011311 Hogs, light, under 160 lbs 88 002 30 Cat. 000 000 48 liege, fat, per ow t ...... 6 0 t. Exports of Dairy Products. The shipments of plieese end but. ter from Canada, as compared with, :leo: from the United States in a series of years, Were as folFlorwomat endea , Froze tr'8 June Sa. Pounde, tt CPaCiluilltncidae.,• 1870- ,67,296,827 11,827,782 1880- ... 127,553,053 '40,868,678 1890... 95,876,650 01,260,181 1801... ... 82,783,870 100,202,140 1892... ... 8e,10,),2...il 118,-70,002 ... 81,050,028 188,040,801 1804.........‚78,852,184 154,977e180 a805... 60,418,421 146,001,60; 86.777,291 161,680,12a 1897,.. ,„ 5(1,914,617 101,220,690, 1638- 58,167,280 196,703,821* 18e9...,, 88,198,753 180,827,835 1900... e, n8,419,358 185,981,480 1901.., ... 89,813,517 105Ded,397 The quantity, of cameo° exported (rum the Melted States in 19C11 Mowed a decrease as compared witle like e.vporte in 1870, of over 80 per cent.; the quantity exported trona Caruala, on the other hand, ehowed the remarkable inereneee, tte compare eci with 1870, of over 3,000 per cent. 13radetreePe on Trade. Heavy enoweionne a.nd the conse- quent blockade of tile reeds at vales caw pointe have intoreeted With trade movements tele week at Mont- real. The inherent ecuolitions or trAtle, however, contitote healthy. Toronto, widla uot suffering di- reetly trout the prevailing snow- storms, lute ludirectly belt the °f - 1e01 of thee% Orders fOr sluing geode, Ilewever, have been quite numerous, eotwithetanding diffloule tio itt that oonnection, 1n the (mune try. Values of domestic and ime ported geode continue elm. Whole - mile trade at 'Winnipeg eontleines to ineprotte. AtbeenProatoittlieds eseeratmtraends /tug otetiook for the ,spring continues to in11ve I171on;eon, tliiseek,tlife ht(14ttirdenianyfromLire berg ter the taring trade. At Hamilton this week there lias been eat rattly° inquiry trout YllriOUS trade centres le the country foe spring and summergeode. Cease:lore able elements are being made, and the ribipping reohls-ot the largo Ilrells aro kept buoy getting ()Deere tilled for ehoge wito are anxious to get prompt tielivere. The outlook for trade, Ms Viewed by various reports communicated to lirrielstreetal10 highly onion:raging, at.