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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Sentinel, 1877-03-09, Page 3- ••• - . • - CKNO - 1.1SED, Love me' not beet, 0- tend er 41eart and true - .• Tata nOttood- or great enough to be -G-otrg ultimate and Perfeet gilt to: thee; Yet thine I am, thns-sealtd_ through anktl.irtingh, - And I will love thee ill& way: halt new : To, this poor -yrnild;:_whOrelnye is. seldom free; - Not with a Rive which thou must !drake 'with, met ▪ But as the raimsteringanzela o. Love Ma not hest, for I am. not thy mate, • Ye. I am alias -rich with.lesier gain ; Thou eanst not give niei :dear; a gift so.snia 'lint that niy glory in it shall be great. - - `01)`„ -never be it said that love was vatut What if it hah . not, when itself is all . —Harper's Attfit' K - , Aif,V11-14. - AT WAL- MR -CA§TXL, Erronl, the iondon'WOrIcLI . -. .. - FrOgat izO4,ffeites- is at sight astrange, -- banghty nabt - . for the elegant aiideCoein; a_ hed-noblera - :who makeirthebest bow-ht7- . England; wha-: - . inherited all the 04:41' traditionsi,oCthe most ,piiliShed Aagioti- of manuerwLdiploniacy, and imbibedthe_,iievir.„ est 'triitht.,-of" advanced_ philosophers and eeO_-_ nomists-.,:- In his case -native -kinfIliffefli has Nen nurtured : ins Ilie most agreeable. .of --ati, . inoapherea*Taild life passed in congenial .-piir-•:,' Wit& ,- "AS. a mat possibly of his -diplomatic ' ,,trainingilhere lurksbeneath hie suavity po- litical .,sagapity--Of the keenest kind. .,1118;0., ' cessible to clamor, and 09:Ugh pOpiila_fi the _ last manin the -world tosahrifice conviction - poiularitYitlieLord;Warden_of the,Qinclue - - Ports : probably enipys'A. larger ineasnre of- person4Affection and ,of .personal influence than most public, irien._., Courtly in, his inati-i net he affects in his costume at Walmei-the .• 'aspect -Of -the Country gentleman of sperting„ . tendencies.. There is an undeniable cross.; - :conntry_lOok about the thick white- Woollen cravat, -the capaciou&Waistcoat, and the Salte •. bot poeliet&ot. a.coat Clearly built for riding iii.- • Lord (i_lraWiex:_deipite the influence of. rdiploniatic,traim*,, is 46-.ohestofiod, SOlar. •: as lintning is _edneerned, but has retained in itsrentir'ety the taste- Of an English 'gentle.* . man for fieli.t.spertg ; While -with his own a4-,.; • inira.bly kept , pack he i oecaSiOnally -follOws, .the fox: -- ifituting,over*:the drawing -roan it „ -.Wainer Castle lights np. Cheerfully with its ' .•--:'-- wealth .of blne,and4hite china, its choice engravings, itspen•and-ink-sketChelii an , ,th _ cfnaini caricatute-• of the chess -players ---in . 7, four sectnes—drawnby-the late Lord4Herbert • of Lea,. This, delightful apartment, like the - -,ineit of these at. Warner, is of • no shape .ixt. • ,, particular, and and- conVeYs the idea that it has , WOrked:out its own destiniea. indePaidently *of = architectural supervision:It flieSI off in - - angles and -ianialies in curves. - _Wil.met ba&'. tli. is One; _Of three built- by Henry.VIIL ' hat'at Peaf is yetettants,, and inhabited! by Lord CIanwilllia,ni ;theSister SandoWn who _.. _ - ) . witnessed the long agony of .Colonel linfA. 7 liiioai has recently been pulled ' down. . _ .'„The- • belief in- the; defensiVepoVierS of these caSties- existed to -the time. a the late-Diike of Wel-,, - _lingtOnf- with Whom it iri7...: a-conitsat maxim -fo, do- nothing- that ' would tend ".iii! the , smallest „ degree; or even iit appeararieek.to- • weaken_ the defence Of the Castle- -- 116-44r- - • .. --ried ont thistesoivelo*mly that lie_actlially - ' refused to have the :TilOA'' OTOS4ea by a per, . ' ' nrianent bridge* 64 had been done in the Totse • of Veal -Castle._ aVer Wainer yet hangs:the _ shadow Of tlie;GrOeSeapt_4,111;-whOlovedr the - ' Castle,dearIy as---aciweIligplace,..and dliting_ ' his last Iait illness -won '', thither, because liefbe- 4-- eve_a. that•-"nobsi ' could die die there." : . _felearks. ak. lair ha cliwork are yet to be z --, .,found, "Conveying a distinct_ ideiIhat utility - should -never ' be siacrificed.. to architectural beiaity.:- .A. few of the rooMS. still -Naze -With - 'yellow, the; DAIWA favorite color,, A1141'00_ -- -Perhaps, hardly apprediated, at its true-Vabie. •„inthis eOuntry Yellow 'curtains yet aderi.. the wont in:whiell'he yielded up his stead- fast sour ;: It is an odd roam* large and oon:.! _ .--Arertient* but full of angles.On.the-side!op-- op- posite to that formerly occupied bithe- little movable -camp bedstead car.which the: _DOW - of Wellington slept. -z --for he abhorred: theitta•.. c.litionalt-foUr•pitsterstill-.--bangs the Portrait of his geclsont” the DakeofConnaught- - on . whose -birth the- warrior reemve&an .0c1c1.=re•---- -iifi frau- the - nurse. :- He. asked Simply enouglik-: "Is it .-a; boy or ,a, girInAnd_. tda_ - OeiVecrtheerushing.reply, '''!It, is A piOide,:. your grace.' grace:7i. There hangs the picture of - 4)abyprince.iit.capr and frill, bib_ and-tneker,..- - ' over th&-fireplacein- his godfather's favorite Ireath, ;, On turning. out. in the morning,' the Duke, attired: in the,.Qinque. Pert uniferitr: .-cif, bl.uewith.red collar And 404:would-Pace; up and clownthe;rnia4iii,arts,:'. inhalingj:th_e.' fresh 'ea -breeze, and r_. '-reading his - at :the SalhO7:ttAIS,: . . tA9k hispostof Lard . Warden of the OimpiePOrtii-quite asserious4: - IyaS the defences of INAlmer Castle;. going, -' over frequently to inSpect the harbor -100a . _ i . . - at.Dover, Mut holding n regular course -,t 4, ' Courta of Loadmanage "for the.governthent 'of pilots:" - ' -- . - - - ', ' --'' ' ' - . . . - .This de1ebrat4-0-facei Of : which:I it: iie:tili4 inined, that Lord Granvillei,Will be the;lAst- holdif- -includes brit; roll many' Rini -trims* ..naines., . In the days. when the%pos't Of _Lard Warden—Or as it WAS: at first called Admiral -- —of the Chinciiie Ports-, was iheld :bY :brave, -,G.erVase Alard; who _sleeps peacefully in -the_ - :-church at WinehilsOa* the ditties attaching: - to : itt were Very grave.-- There:was, during - that hickless war Of a hundred years—which ended by leaving Rttglancliwith Only ,Calait: , of 41 het former pessessiOns on the',..-Gentil-: - nent—neither Royal Navy; Lord: Higli..ktil miral ,of England,: Mi-," My -kids -"itheir ei- platbeing- supplied. by the Adiniraf of the Cirque Ports and the slips and -sail* of these towns, ok._Whiejk--extraordinary privi• gervici.. in...time-0. . war. : There is very:little +1 - lege& were Co : -ilk exchange for,theif doubt that a„-tleclaration- Ofwar dicInotinake mUch differencee'-to: the doughty inaiiii-era Of the south-eastern coast,inssinnoli as they were in -the h4bit, like the'CaptaI de Buck Of, ".fighting for their-.' own . hands," in. fact . • followed regularly the noble.. profession of " at -piracy. ,-. As the 40y4 Navy grew, and the.- * Yildne trade Went • out . of fashion, there. was net flinch; for a 'Lord. Warden' to Watch _ ,., . over, save idtten-botoughs. and -corrupt cor• • itporations. - Nevertheless, thi yearly:salary- -at the Lord'Warden, up to the death of the e arI Of Liverpool, was 3000/: a year. Even-: er its cessation there ' still- remained cer-- ' fees; and dues amounting - perhaps to a year-;. but &incetheldeatliof the Mike' - Wellington, theoffice, held- -successively 'Lima . Palmerston* Lord- Dalhousie, and ' Granville, has been purely hanogary present incumbent - has fenrid- Mileh." ureiti:- collecting portraits of the former Wardens„. among 'wherciare three what-diSsiMilar .kings --,Richard I/1-.;. VIA - anajaines_ PII.- As Lord Gran- _ . Imiewnparticular 7teleollectthese particulen-- , , . • x. . _gravings, some curious, specimens areocca,:-• .' sienally sent.: to .A few months age he was -vastly amused at receiving an old print ---And-a. very good one—purporting to repre- sent - Harold; the son of Godwin,: Lord. War- den- of the Cinque,. Ports -'under -gclWard the Confessor—a-gentleman with:very' iong-hair; - and wearing the many -jointed plate -armour of the end of the Sixteenth- and. the com- mencement of the seventeenth century.: - When the if-Heaven-sentMinister"..was Lord. Warden, he lived as Much at Walther: as he possibly could; but, atir Lord Granville remarks,- :Pitt's.: room is . strangely It -looks_ neither to the sem& nor to : the Sear' and *hat' little view -there -might..- .hive been to the landward 'is Skit out by --Lady Hester :-Stardicipaplantations." Pitt -Always Spoke:in the moat raptiroui terms of - 'Weimer, and delighted in filling -it with cam-, -pithy to sucli...an extent_ that he wasobliged to rent an additional house for his. guests- to. - "toterflow" into. - When he wishedfora few _ hours_ of peace, it was his: humor to go to 'a - firm Where. hay -and corn were kept for the horses. :::Itere he had -a room fitted up with a table and two or- three chairs, and would Etit and. write while some plainfood-was_ being --cooked for him. :At other _timetr-he..was content. with very refreshments "0," said hia_neice,- Lady-- Hester Stanhope, whit sliceS- Of.: bread•and,butter 1 have . -seen...him Sat theT6; and hunches �f bread- : And-Clieeee big:. enough for_a ploughman I"- Pitt's- 'tele& apparently enjoyed. Wahl:ter as Much asher nude. • They worked -hard at reviewing'Volunteemand receiving -.Company, and it is curious to note that the -than who diedyoung, worn. out in the service of his country, Whose. enemies taunted him with his - want of devotion to the fairs;Seir, 1,,as a tre..- • Mendou§ Critic of feniinine costume, gifted with an eye not *only to "threaten and-eam-- mand," but to distinguish and decide on the depth ota fold or he hang of iiyetticoat.. It to 'Lady Hester, Stanhope'si energy that -Waling- OW6 the magnificent :_-.grOve; "'un- eqialled for hundreds- Of Miles .,along the coast.. - Not. Oftenfcan grandtrees be :per- : snadecl-greti-i-. on the . sea -beach. . Lady • Hester did not piirenade ; she commanded_ and. compelled. happened. - One 'day- -,:femark • that Waiver only .*ant- edi -trees:- . to make it : No No sooner heal:. he left Leaden than; his niece riallopped -Over to.,Doier 'got the three- regi- ments that were in quarters -there, .fand -em- ployedthem in levelling;Atehing turf, - and transplanting_ Shrubs' and flowers. - -When. Pitt returned she had. her relyard. in 1 the ex- . clamationi; Why„. Hester,. this is a iniracle.r and an *eloquenteulogium upon her good taste in keeping- to the . style- suited to an antique Castle.. 7he. • trees planted.:Pitt• . being Consul -I -a -renew kitatelrveterint, and Lord: Granville- is growing shrubs almost ti- the waters' edge. This room has A curious history,' the present.Lord -Warden Ulla -11s ; for Many years it remained -gxactly as :Mi% :- -Pittleft it, with the walls.- Butwhen castle was lent to the Qiieen and Prince Consortafter thair marriage; . the Walt of :Mr. -Pitt'icrooth was pulled. down - .ie _ as to -join it to another apartment and make A new dining -room. .0a -the Queens departonre, however, the Wall was rebuilt inth.e old .place.. When Prince falleyrand, during his einbassyiii:Efiglanci,Licanie- here on a visit to the -Mike Of Wellington, :- he asked. • fd occupy Mr. room, and seemed te'livi€: there- with -Some: sense of triumph. - His idea was that he had_beentrerted-rather 'slightingly by Mr. Pitt- when - he cable over as secretary to M. Chauvelinin- 1-179,:: and that to sleep in his. rival's -bed= was like talti--, ing a Species of revenge!. Recollecting. the Carefullparrangeclivittidisinaof the ex -Bishop of Antiin„-ciilled-most -from the...Impreetscitour Francais,- and in' particular - his -trenchant . remark to the Yeung--Man:,-:-who. Could not play _Whist, -'-we enquire of Lord Granville whether the great - diplomatist played Well hinting that possibly his. whist Was.; like his master -NapoleOn's,Tchess. - ' Probably Napoleon would have played - Cheg& well if he had. - thought it worth -SO Much attention- as, /he- art Of War," replies Lord- GeanVille, awe -pass on tithe rampart,. *here floWersady. pets— nestle under the -lee "Of, the .:cannon, like -Beauty --seeking safety from Valor; but your rethark. that great .men play .. pines badly ii nearly true: - Tellyrand, Who wasMi enthusiastic lover of whist, was -a Very. bad -partner; and:when plaYingAt the- Travellers' - came in for endless abuse_ from. Lord Maus - field. Hetook it all in; geod,part=Paid his and went on playing; if possible, *One than ever. - :Ghastly is the. exact word to deseribe. his appearance is an , _ old marn;. it was: the most unearthly face. I --ever saw; -But' hisinfluence con pebple was .. Very great. You .will recollect his -simulated : lameness to avoid riling the..presence.of the King, and his eitraction, from him of the threat to Sit- on the Pont de Jena lest Blucher Should, bloWit. up.- -nearly alWays. had his wayitis diffi-eilt. to tell; blithe did - haVe. it.'- We .obserire,that the late Lord. Clarendon -did much as he liked_ with -every-, "One of the cleverest" things Lord - Clarendon did," remarks Lord- Granville, "was to Not in the coin -- Mon .styie of imitation which . batches the mere voice and kalect, butin.' that higher-: species -of parody whiCh"inntatestne This mimetic-giftqifeasaatieLioi_h in a coun- try house, pproved., ment itt the House of LorJs. t was alMost: s:linpossible for Clarendoil,..when. quoting the , worth's- of another : peer; to AvOict giving . an - imitation of. his manner.: For:the moment rhe- became -.the man he quoted: It was a wonderful' but awkward _we -stroll through theancient moat ,ConVerted into' a flower-garden,_Lord Granville . kaleidoscopically upon.- -Men- and things -i: the -color - of fiewerg ; the art-educa .tion Of Modern -England ;--the reason why the-. ..inhabitents: 'of ..the northern -Part Of any European country are thrifty and. energetic, while those of the south are mniable and witty, but Comparatively indolent -J. the in- exhausib1e treagures of Roinei ;reqniring- yearate see and to- understand; the recent- ly talked -of -' talking -machine, - and the writinvnitchin-e-, on which Lady Granville plays as7Well as she plays at chess which Is I saying a. great deal. - . The Puke Of Wellington said that -London- derry was the 'braved:: than he ever-- knew, and_lie-might have added. the most eccentric. • enormous; it is true, but they were not paid., Reterringto the Ruisian influence supposed _to .be. brought to bear on Lord Aberdeen' be- fore the Crimean war, Lord Granville' ob- serves; "I could never understand why he took these accusations so seriously.: It is ,unnecessary_to say they were ; but they were so absurd - that Lord Palmerston; When attacked in a similar way,- actually - enjeyed- -the whole -thing thoroughly, No detail. was Wanting. - The SCiVereiglIS bought up abroad were packed itt barrels and delivered. inPiceadilly.-_ The precise amount' was - known, .and- the= . precise service. for which -Russia paid so _handsomely. Lord' Palniersten was delighted,, And reared --with laughter- atthe barrels which were suppois: ed to tell no tales. All this makes it -more - strange . that Lord Aberdeen should _have taken the --ravings of - madman seriously to , :heart.' • - this, amidst pleasant converse concerning men of the past-and.things of the present— for at Walmer the intellectual -level is -above ',- mere :personal •contemporary: g_oisip—the afternoonspeedsrapidly away, till the lamps shed a soft lightpver the flowers with which Lady .Granville's quaint and pretty drawing - room is profusely _decorated ; a scene ren- dered doubly charming- by the roar of the . tempest ontsde. 7- . . • - , - • ma • . -4011•1• . • fa, . . , . The Amusements of the Rich. • The amusement is of two kinds viz., active,- -and passive. The active and weary man and - woman—those whoexhaust:every. day . their vital, energies in', worktake.-.take to passive amusement. A lady of our acquaint- ance, engaged. -', daily • -in, severe intellectual . , tasks; says that nothing rests her like seeing other people work. :For thisshe goes to the theatre and the play upon her emotions there rests, and "recreate her, Indeed; it is. the emotional sideofthe nature,andnot the active, which. furnishes play to those. who are Weary with the -use of their faCulties. This fact covers i the secret of the popular Success of what is called emotional preaching. People who -have been engaged all;:the-:week ikex- hanstive-labor of any kind do not take kind- ly to a high- intellectual feast on Sunday.: They Want to. be moved And played upon. This rests ahd interests. them, - while the profound discussion of *great problems- in - life and religion wearies and bores them.. They are not Up to it. They are weary and jaded iin-that_part Of -their nature which such a dis- cuision. engages. The emotions which have : been blunted and -suppressed bytheir pursuits 'Are hungry. So every forni: of aniusement. that truly nieets. their wants' -must tive, and must 'leave them •free to rest . in those facilities which are weary, On: the other hand; the.yming, who are brimming with animal life. and who fail to -exhaust it in study; call ?or active . amuse- ments, and they mita have them. And here . the parent le_ in danger of making a great ,tmistake..., -Unless -a boy is a- Milk -sop, he - must do something -or die. . -If he cannot do `.something in.hishmhe; or in the homes Of his - eon4anions; he will do Something elsewhere. It is only within 'a -few- years that parents -"have.begiin to besensible_upon this -matter. The, billiard-table'which a few years, Ai): -was only: 4ssociated with dissipation; now " has-ati honored place and the largest room itt:- . every rich, man's honse... The card -table, that once was a iiiyrionyreof wickedness; is _a Part of the :rich man's furniture, Which _his. children May use at WilLinr.the. pursuit of a harmless. game.' A geodsnianyinanufaetured . sins have been dethroned from their fictiti- ous life,ancli eminence, and tnit to benificent. family 'service ' behalf Of ..the - young. - - - Athletic sports, such as skating, -. boating, I shooting,..ball=pleying; tnnning, and leaping, _ _have - Sixtus, into great- prominence within • the past few years—amusements of just the • chaxaeter for -working -off the excessive vital- ity of .young men; and developing their phy- sical poWer.1 :This is all reform in the -right direction.- Much: of this is done . before theiliblic eye,. and in the presence of • young •women, - Which :-heiP$ . to; restrain all . , tendeneieS to excess and t� dissipation. • The activities Of young weinert takes -an; other direction, and nothing -seems: to us 'more hopeful than the pursuits itt which they . _ engage.- The rich :young women in these days, who does net marry, busies - herself 'in.: 'tasteful anclfintellectial pursuits. The The read- ing-chib, the Shakespeare -club; the drawing class, the kindred associatiolik, employ her sparetime and now there is hardly a person living more hoq than the rich young woman - Who. 18 through: with her lOardingiechool. * 'The poor, who suppose that the rich young, -Woman leads-.- an _easy lite - are very. niubh.- inistakeiL the habits of voluntary industry now eadopted and. practised by the young women . of:' America, in good. circumstances, are most gratefully surprising. _One of them . who is not so- busy during the winter that shereally needs a recuperating iiimmier, is An -exCeptielk. = Our old ;ideas of the ':-.1asy,. fashionable- girl -must be set aside. They are Ian- at work it. itemething,_ : It May not bring them 1. money, - but it. brings what is - --nnioh-better to them—the Content that comes . of an earnest and fruitful pursuit. It may take the form of amusement, but it results Tin.a training -for: self -helpfulness and mdus Se, While:ha pinch can be done. far:the - • . . • . - • ' • .BLideit4- ae,'...-a Belli)), igerliirti • .. . . .. , .._...... ..-.. ' ' -1. - ! --The temperature ' varies frini an -Ave ige I saninier heat of :72°- to a -winter of 60., gi an Linn:nal-mean of -66°.„-which has, - the favorite resort. Of consumptive in t 1 froall parts Eurepe. Whether it is he. -best in the world will appear When Teile ife i- ,4 1 is considered: - : It. s enough to say at pres mt. • that the. hmtitility of the Madeira Winter. ' ue.. ctoei*s.aivieondistgeor thf'PfeortvalocenchaeSioenterir liaanthderti-Itie: exs- . 1 . _ : - by the dry, noxious, and---ahnosIlinisuffer le : . rate; or east 'wind,' Whiali -.blows from the . _ _ . coast of Aif Africa, ---where -it is known as e - harttaiOiii. and equally dreaded; re .not perienced on the Spanish island;ibit are, in a measure, coinpen-Sated- for - by the,.grea ,_ ir Comforts. that. are et the command of h • - i i - - , r - Wealthy-nvalid jn -.Madeira: - ..Thel sland is . easily reached in four. or five daysbystea ers from EnglandandPortugal. - The E filth language is .46 -ken as commonly as vernacular, and . private - hoteli are mini e o where extensive snits of apartments; ex lent attendance; and the most deliea•tete. , • - .. inerie are'ebtainabler HaniMoelti-bearers. custemed.-to the business ' tenderly cary tiie -Conslurnptive for .daily exercise, and the nu lier of these -during the ,sejOiMi when tlie island is most .frequented is net al pleAs' t -speitade for Ow robust ' and. healthy "lorik4 r. - ..At every Step are met slowly passing haIn mocks - with their. pale -faced burdens ; but lill the .. hammocks do not _captain linvalkts. Some are•istretched- to their Atthost by t - .t i. portly forms of residents of the is_land, W partieuIrrly ithe ladies,: find this it- not . n coinfortablei" and in certain . cases the 'o possible, means of progression. .. -Besides -comfortable hotel, boading7h01 ei and hospital accommodations forfelierY cfa s, more - numerous . . than on :any other of.- _ . - I 1 t tie islands; there are reading -rooms and prp_. e mides open to the'sea, - Which guile tiie :fienrs of the invalid. Visitor; Seated un er thelofty trees of the Ilaga lAcademi a, - .watching..! the ceaseless roll of the .�cein, . -_ breathing ' the balmy air of this Char g... climate; -and soothed by -a 2thoimand et er - delightful influences, mind': as .W.elli -es body - at rest, he &condoms himself to that self- e- nial So difficult amidst the bustlelincl tiirintml .. . - -:, . . . - -.: Surrounding and tempting him 1 hil hiisie. rn northern home ;And -often forgetting t t e . is ill, he gains that . cheerfulnesslandani it - tion Which -sometimes. prelude his coin 1 te recovery. Often the invalid comes'bit er. ao late that no restoration is possible.-- .. . . . : t **-- ......, _ :thilita*e Dore. g- • 0 " .. - :- . - • ' 1::- - , - In engraving, the highest:place can n t at ,. . present be assigned to the „French,. except in etching; in which they excel.... In- Weed- :. -graving they are certainly itquallect:ij ijot _ surpassed, by some of our own engraVatii... In.-. designing illuStrationi. the. French- yield t - thelEnglialii and to same Of our OWii desiine . . . Gavarni, Who was great in this line; is_clea . •<Dore, who Perhaps- holds' the ' forenibst tra ' di for certain class of illustrationsi. Stands o entirely by himself that he forms a disti ot. school so different in Scope and ., treAtin t from anything Of the sort before seen in France that he can hardly. be ,c10Sed -Un , er the headof French art. He isiby- dittecti on --fromiAliace a province Which --Iiiil furnished .... many of . the most prominent artists Fran e;. He - and is nowabout forty-three years - of a e.: differs . three important reSpo'.ots..- fr in his leading: - French: Conteniparariel Iii -a b; he lays great stress on light, and Shade_ ;,_ as • very little notion of color,. although .iMpr r v - int in that-reSpectby practice; lani he j . great moralist. .Those who _judge .Iiim ior -:hy.iii6 wonderful mid:: versatile illnstratio .inthe Wandering- .70o,.1 DO* QuOok.kincrot er , Works can forth but a partial conception - of - the power of. such magnificent : canvases as his "Martyrs in the CeliSeure;".'-' The Dre , m.- : of Pilate"tis . Wife," "Christ : leaving '• he . Prattorium,". "Christ entering the Tempi .".. .and-numereits other paintings, in which i're... . gienpeit scores of figures the inle Oflife.!- nnagniation. displayed: • theniasaing of Chia oseurb, themph and movement ar Of vast multitudes, and the morallinprerisi_ e, : ., - ... , group nese Of the ideas :conveyed; have. not be a surpasded- : Since: the days of ..Tintereto. or -Michael Angelo ;_:- While the -MajetitY; It e -, divine' character, of the figure of Ither-S4i as He descends from the ,P.mtornini.-Sta id nearlyalone in niedern art, '. But the :- di sing is often defective; -Vali . naturally •-. .. •f is, with enormous variety, .much_niaiine s -and it Must be admitted that these paint gs... would, --With two or tkrke. ekeePttenk : a P at , ., quite : as effective in. black and white; ELis .."Neophyte," , . ;. . r r ' -. for - ekaniple - exiente monochrome; does not sewn to treqiiire - : aid of color to make if What it is—one of t e - • .. -. -I • . ri t . thost-treinendona invectiVes -against the : - • I - I . i ventnal . systemWhiCh has been seen • Et ce . the days of $evonarellfitri*'s • Hagan • - II -4WD, . ' - Ili. The Food Of the'''. Russian Peasan 4.. • .-.,-- .- i - Practice and native shrewdness had. le g• _- ago taught the Enssiati,"peasint the -*lir) t- : . . P ance cif large quantities of soft,carbon e* g:-, 1 i ;taken into . his aiiireAl: syiitein.;;: :iniport t against the - Cold of that 'cliinate; ,itaid is ill- mere-iniportant as Ai. Corrective of the 10', ,cie 'uantlt . of plain bread he delights to cci w : 1 11 .. r- , 11 1 ' 11 ;11 n. • • dene for -the -you _ . to give Us a generation of older men and we- -men, 'who Will'not be content with the peer business of killing time. For it must be re - Membered that -while.: tile' young= woMen. "assist" at the athietie games :of, the '-young - men, the young meu are -indispensible to the. _ ,:intellectuat associations of the young women. -They. meet together, and stimulate' ancthelp each other • and it does not seem possible _ • that - either ,purty should ever -subside into these time -killers wilehaunt the. ---Chibis es- tablished for Men; or those jaded women yils4 dragthemselvesaroundtodinnera and. lunchee and thronged assemblies.. • ." A .rikAsks-i: little Story °ernes to is from Sweden: --The. church Of WeXio, the prmelr pal town of the -province in which Christine Nilsson was born, has long been . disfigured: . • by seine yen) insufficient but shabby lamps, haying all the failings, but none of • the terest of antiquity. When the the.great songs- treas was there lest autumn, she asked*he- He was always doing'odd-things, . He dined tiler the town ethild not afford_ Some, new Once_ with Baron -Rothschild at Boulogne, t ones; but she Was told thatits finanees-were near Paris, Paris, and--- WAS so- delighted With„ his by no means- equal to the necessary .expend-, -dinner that nettday heoffered the Baron's iture. At Ohristmas":three large "_,_gilded . -gebhs and servants double _ wages -to:forsake chandeliers arrived .anOnymously at . the -- their master and Serie They were church. Where :they Came- from nobodY. - - dazzled. at the offer,, and jumped :at-. it; but lingaeoswe.,.;...:.,:t".80,33ie People think' they .044 !theyhad their reward. Their-WagesWere _ . •• ."-a.-.---------1 • five pounds -"during harvest- over and ab .: his -'kaslia, or boiled millet? eggs, Milk Salt' cucumber, ineshreens,; Cabbage, and: .not 7 • -freqUently_. suppliesof beef... .-. Thep:Sort-. of bread he prefers is /*Yet, and prefers itfortie ' same -.reason that the _acute:. Scottish pion man clingi, to his oaten . Cake, and discer logbefore the days; Of Leibig that..it- chemically -more strengthening. t 13 in4 u , fibre than expensive ',- wheaten -Nur, - having his hiii dear black bread; aa -Well as .tiii other artiblS of his food, fried up in sh :mice of rich linseed °ill or on high' days " .holidaya wiih&unfloWer,oil, the hardy de zen of the weeds of Aritiliangels or the r a over the steppes of TaMboy, is able to elite his Work thriniglilall• seasons .o 'th- In:sPite of even- Siberian Weather - -• .411 -• y. DIWNGI. the Past six: Years several Germ n colonies have settled in Palestine, antif-1 successfully Carrying on various branches of business. Near Jaffa the vine and mul er ry ' are extensively cultivated; the; slopes of Mount Carmel are, planted with, vmeya and olive groves; - an . oil and a M k factory are in successful operation; active trade -is carried 1 on in building ti ber • and ihe general success of the e te - prising settlers is attra tingmanyiminigra ts thither. .••• • • ' itasqgx.tAxg:00: , ADVICE to topa•ri.ents-4.-1t'7iei:-a!lY e.lr -btY creifrtstikofcan,i„tte_astick toiim.: is .aid Of a certain isciy that her temper . is s, ch that she Wonldfight_acirbitlar -7, saw— and:that in motion.: .- , 1 -- -I - .1 .,AN--IrisliloVer remarks, "It's 'avery great pleasure„ to be Alone, - especially'. when " yer- . sweetheart is wid ye -r' .1-.• '' '• 1 Eoi. r.nulims. - dable_avalanc_of.snow have been- :CoMnion ;this . winter : On the l Western - mouzitains. and often have canied4serious 'loss of life.- . ' - .21TnicaT. . It itaneat treat to wear one of , , , • . , .. TTreeiltiole's.'7-:: perfect__. -fitting, ; shirts. . Made:to nie+re at Treble's, ,.53..',King Street .West, r . ' • . L 1- GE says, "the tendency of clubs demoralize society. They are a uraging thing to hold, if a reit trump is AY,-nuster,", said a newsboy to a man : sytt_ a- high -_shirt Collar4esterdaY, , "how do _ - anage to spit ..over. -that collar? :Do - . you use a -ladder V" . . 1- k - --143ti-isnn.-.7.7-10 :1-'s detest makiieradee-- .. Said -is: beautiful lady to a .gallant officer., "No'. wOnder,:.•madam,''..he. ro.plieit, ,"since you Oso inuCh.eXeCutiou,unthaskeil.'-?- . THE ruling passion str'ong-iii debt.—One of ... . - i the-. - discoveries .:Tinade-.14; the latest, -arctic explorers is that the length of the .polar' - nigh is one hundred :And . forty-two days. -;"w.,i-- 'at a. glorious '.place :. that -would be," • &pi- firo*ni: "in. which to lAi. a *Ian with a bill tocall 0114 'the day to -morrow - get-ItS-Money r'=.- - --' 1 ' - : ! ' - • : - 7. :-A- ,oAcrt passing along a country .read had, - -. nearly . ran over , a SerVAJlt :girk when- the .:- • coachman cried cried" out,: ;4.' Take- care, -i, Sally 17 .She girl, without attempting to scape the • danger, looked. up at the i- coachman: with An • ' air of Ofended'Pride, and said, :"It isn't.SallY, :or an y&uChlo*; 'Vulgar:, and oniiinoirstuff,...: ; it's Amelia Ann." -- A . 04/4.7114itAiSiti. San : Francisco; -Whose -. -chi iese-cOOk:left him, was unabli.e to retain -any f.the'nuMerouS " Jana'? for Over i day,. "*: . . -- . _ _uonatti rshotlei74.1aupopeadr.-0.-nontiey -tfmethanemliteosexsptlrilpins . Of -red.,. , Paper - on the. litchent-Wall. •con' • -tained the . Chinese . i.scriptioi? - : • _ "'Boss 1 . 1 • , . woMen :long. tithe, tepee... i -Mnehee `jaw, . 7 - I. I_---- - - . -, - - their -Con- :• -est consult the interests et -I. NOW that the annual election' of :School -- .Trustees. ii.pait;:thoie-Who have been chosen will- . con- stituents by sending to the Oshawa Cabinet -.Cabinet. Company, No. 1.97 Ythige St., . for • pric4 list.and photos of a new sChoOlidesk with . 'j - r'- foldi -- Seat; which they -tare- manufacturing _. and..-.• elling-at A price much less than-it - usu- ally charged for this class of desk. Samples may the warerooms, -9...7.1Yonge 8t. - . TaE is 'novi- no :indiscretion in Stating that the, " eminerksurgejan,' recently alluded:: - to in this column as having taken -.ati himself :. •-- ' - the charges ofethiveyind the obelisk- known .. as .0,1eopatra'S. Needle from - Alexandria - to -, :Landon, is -..1kle ' Enna -Mil :Wilson. .- _He has - . s• • made the necessary arrangements fWitli Mr.,- DieklsOn, the Well- known civil engineer, at : '. an estimated - cost of -g16,0000. The :obelisk -I Will be -surrounded With water -tight and air-: . -- tight eaSing. of boiler plates,- . will have a . WooSii-keel. antian irondeck, and will be . towedl .:through I the Mediterranean by a - • :. powerful steamer. . . .. I.: • T E, late .SinoBlitz—so well so el..--knOwn for . . . ii gr - -- :-. ' 1: -:- - --- his:Omaikkble-conjuring" and sleight-of-hand .- perforinances-was a.. refined. and.- pleasant . .:. gentleman, and yery:cheritaMe.th the, poor. . On o e pccasiorra.Oomny -clergyman - Of the mos, i rigid,school- remonatiatedi with him; taxinghim with inCulatingin the popular 'mind a proneneSS.telleoeptiOn. . The Ingtor. . politely heard him through, and did not ex. owe himself inithe-slighteist partieular ; .t!tit- ‘.. .ho .cinietlyextMeted a pack "iilayingroixds. - from his coat. pocket, muttlierradice- -.15ox and dice froinithe- crown Of his clerical ' hat. The giver of good'ii advice. ,tdeparted . in- *thiiii14 astonishment. . -: '.' " - I ' : . *. -,„:41,-,,, , .r., - ' --- , - ...,'.. , : :.ZIA JIORACE pi'. .1--Avil?, ;WAO 111lASt not be . confounded with the two .other ibaronets of -that name Who are not .Saints, ' has elicited -hitinoir. frOin citheri,:itnet himself Inunorona,- , abontivirhich we are iticitin a position to speak . with 'certainty. By -,-"giving one . hundred -- loaves _ for distribution., an-uin4iry_ large , congregation was last Wednesday attracted . to an early serViee in Lower -Gorhal -church, when I the.- vicar, probably thinking of past *empty pews; launched forth the the Sarcastic ..-. thiiiiderbolt.of:_a..text,.-" ye. - seek .mei.not because - Of ,.. the miracles,, : but ..: *atm of the - -loai.esir - ".Apr4os'! is not strong enough to indicate the : Witty: appositeness of this; MI164- I even if • Sydney ',,, Smith - = = 4 1 . . - - had been the - preacher; would have been -difficult to cap. - -- sTif.E new scheme for :-heating '-railWay car-. riageslidees not Meet with my warmest appro- bation. . Heated vapour 1-:':Ity pipes; from :. -the - engtheis allyery well.; but the 'index -handle thsideleach-compartment; by which travellers - will be able.-tii regulate- the temperature,' is .- -Oniinons; -•Vaney travelling on a lengjoiirney in.,-.4.,-.0empartment s with, gay, 1: -an Indian: colonel; in---, Arctic hero, a muscular Chris,.. :Han *he:believes- with Voer_',Tiiiissly in 'the -, east-Wind,:and aldeliCatewoman,:and imagine 1.youreelf. _nearest -to the index -handle! ---Yen'•-: obtain a hundred for the-',flrat,, are requested. toto lower- the:tetinperatiire to: Aero for the . second, i -tG TitiSeagain- to freezing -point for _' . the third, and maintain it at a ;nee equable. _heat :I r the fourth. The reault;II Am afraid, Would- be; -afteranlictur's travellinedertainly total annihilation of the index -handle,. And ,, r:prObally of Yourself. : 'No ; let the railway : - - 'Companies be despotic on this Point.---War4V .- - < , • . 11,11% • Cover -ring Enough. He had made his wife a present of a nice tkistraemet-e71-Tudar,i'hring, noticed ' ai a at htFat.trodeh141°augdupon whichwhich be ring sat Was kept hare ' - "Aren't you afraid- your hand will get cold ?leaked he. --II " Cold!" exclaimed- she; 'fl you don't. know much -about a women if you think ' thhearthltud: could get get cold with a rihgl on it like . i And, he adroitly smoothed downier dress, '-, - 1 l With the jeweled hand in full view of every Passenger. -