The Sentinel, 1884-09-05, Page 3'-P
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•-.LADIES' pouilettig.
Fashiols Freaks as 4emplilied it the
Dressmakers.
.SOME" HOlerSEItOLD DAINTIES.•
- mint 4ase's i3udeet)
. oninseal Nine Days. oid.
I find that oatineal-porridge 18 greatly
. :
improved by being made some days before
itierecitelted, then stored in a . closed jar,
brought foftli- and heated_ for use. The.
chang effected is just that whi
theo
soft ing .of-• the fibrous,- materiel; --and.
IL
r fealty -- may - be . expected, viz:,
sweetening, due to the formation .of Rugs
This eweetening I observed many" year
ago in some. gruel that Was partly eats
one *bight- and left standing until pee
. Morning, when I:thought it tasted sweets
-but, to be assured of. this, I had it warme
•• agein two .nighta afterward, Sty that - *4
might be testeu under.the same. condition
of temperature; palate, , etc., as at firs
The sweetness wage still _ more -- dis
tinot, but the :experinient was carried n
- further. . I have lately: learned' that- ia
ensilage notion is . not absolutely *netv.
. friend who read my Cantor leciturei tell
Me that he has Jong been - accustomed t
have eleven dishes of.. poericige in ilia larder
• corresponding to the -048_6f the*" week, a
. that next Monday's breakfast - Wall °poke
the -Monday before, and so on, eeele )381D
it 4
war - again on the day fixed for its fina
- elLe . tion, and each- being thus seven ;day
,.
old. He finds the- result more digestibi
then newly -made porridge. The Waseca
nine days' old- peaee:pudding-,is a siniila
antipipation, and I fiud, rather curiously
that nine days is about the limit; to *hie
it may be practitially kept befor_e mildeee—
Moldinesseeis: -suffi-oiently established t
spoil- the pudding. I have nor yet tried
berrel fult of pease-puddlog or moiseene
pease -meat, closely covered and -powerfully
pressed down, but hope to do so. —F rom
-‘' The Chemistry of Cookery," 1.)y in Motile
Williams. - , . .: - '
How 10 serve -galiaon.
-.
ware, floral designs, Showing morning glo-
ries, pansies.and grasses forming the °ruse
mental work. - •
.Polarian sale* woollen stuff for einke
ets, ulatees and trimmingee It eerries in
sniouth, curled, fleecy pile surface,..iinitat?
ing•the Rkina-ot.the Persian Jambe,. •
Breasts of sea fowl, spaegied with gold,
laver and a medicated Obrorne .powder.
said to be .,a disinfectant - for cholera; are
fashionable triminings for entuninhets end
. ,
lerge bonnets - - • *
A,eovelty in hate is called' the " Cadets
joy. ' It - is of gray -felt with a COni08.1,
crown and a heartshapedbrim _turned
close against the left side - Of the crown
.while the eight -side ers narrow and slightly
rolled. . •
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For and- Albout -Weaken..-
. The boy - of a liai lett over ' night
enoloseden three °dens or caskets, One 'of
them of lead, in .the- church at ..Digny,
France, Was cremated. by spontaneous 09111-
011Sti011. - • . ' • :
-* 31/Za. Van Cott, the revivalist, has been
engaged in her - specie Work for -nineteen
yeare. - She is now in her .54th year, and
haysthat she is the ispiritiel mother Of
40,000 settle. • • •, .
fashionable lady, in -boasting of her
new "palatial residence'," said that the•
. Windows were all ef stained gTess, ". "That's
too bad," cried her mother,- "but :won't
soap ane.ttirpentine.teke the steins out?"
Some -English gide wear the divided ikirt
for a lawntenniscostume, 1410 they -cover
it with attune which. comes within three
inches of the :edges of its frills, and itis
diffleult to see the superiority of- this cies-
turde. oyer that with the ordinary skirt:
Still, anything fot refoinie •
✓ The •B-liaiite,_ a tvell,known: Bengali
, journal, is edited by a lady, Srimati Stearns
h Kaman Deviithe daughter of Debendra
Nath Tagore. - She is not, however, the
3,, °nip Bengali lady whohas distinguished
e herself he the field Of journalistic literature,.
d as the late Boma- Sundari Devi starteds
'vernacular Magi -Zinc) ancloonducted, it with
.- ability for many years.
- Some Houieheld Rings: .
. The easiest and belt way to remove jelly,
blanc -mange, eto., from .moulds is to wet a
cloth in boiling water and wrap it around
the .mould' for a minute. Then With a
little care you will bah° no troublein
the jelly out.
A delicious Way ea servo salmon is to cut
it in shoes two or three inches the*. Put
these into *a baking -dish withlittle lumps
of butter put- on etch slice, some chopped
parsley, a small • onion minced very fine,
plenty of. pepper _and. salt are also to be
*scattered over: the fisn. Bake - until the
nah ia flaky. This an improvement if itis
basted often. Drain the Ash. before • putting
it upon the -platter. Tomato eauce may
be served with it if you choose.
- Delicious Apples.
The tart apples which are now0n- the
market arealmost without flavor, To give
there flavor and to make a- really- appe-
tizing dish for supper, prepare them- in
this -way Pare them and take ,out the'
cores i• fill the spaces made with dates.
Then put the .Apples into & -deep earthen
baking-plate;pour *ie little water over
them and, bake until tender. - Less' time
will lie required for them than if the sleine
were left on; it is necessery to remeniber
this,',or they will be left too- long in .the
oven, and lose their form.
Take a Vacatfon Anyway. •.
One Of the best testilts. of e SUmrgee'tioa-'-
tiop: and. a little trip away from heme is to
enable one to see that the World is wide,.
and that out pert of it is only e. part of it,
and the advantage gained fromthis know-
ledgeistheM our charity- and kindly -feeling
for our neighbor, who differs , greatly from,
U8 t is increased. We find that the old
adegms true-; it does take. all Muth; Of
piopW to make a world. Then. with what
increased delight the usual routine, com-
mences in the home again. -If any one
doubts in regard to the good effects of a
• brief rest', and what physicians calla
changeof air and scene, let her try it.
However hard it may t•eem to unclasp the'
baby's clinging hancie, and to say good-bye
to your restless -little boys, it will be better
for them in the end. - From the ceaseless
activity and the urgency *of ea mother's
daily lite, there muetbe periods of rest and
Change, „and if no. other •moinber Of the
family can get away for a week that one..
should; . be the mother, for in the
regulated life of a sensible man there is
not the friction and the strain upou the
nerves Whichthe mother necessarily feols
But the ideal, journey is when Lather and
mother go together On a few days' outing-,
audit there is any power to make'parenti
appreciate all thag _their 'children are to
them itis the power which separates_ them
fora few days.
• Fashion's FreakS.
Re ever goes out of fashion. .
. •
Yello- flowereafe very fashimiable;
•
Pen will be revived for fall hate and
bonnets. •
Sleeves are to be worn lower on the
shouldere. . • .--, . e :
Round turbans are the novejtee for early
,- fall. wear. - .
r' - ' ea .
• ron-rust browns are the riv s f o gray
_
e- and mushroom... _, • • , . .
Moths in spun silk • webte 'of- gold are
worked on tidie le
Wings of -sea gulls are Seen WIT in many
* a laelyia boudoir. • •-• ' -- - -
Astrachan Jersey olothoomes among the
new wool stuffs. • . e
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Lace dre;es are worn in the streets of
ip...
Parie,hul t in New -York;
VeIvetestatin and lace costumes will be
• all -the rage in the early fall. ,
Fancy feathers will be more worn than
ostrich tips on the first fall hate.
e Motifs, of embroidery and beads will be
much used for dress decorations. :
Elan Ica3g Turkish jackets of Velvet broche
will be the first dressy- fall. wraps, .
Moliere fronts of all sorts are tabooed by
women:of fashion on the other side. *
Cockades of Owl feathers sprinkled with
-.7 golddust appearan:tong fallmillinery goods.
Velvet leaves veined and edged with gold
: will beused for bonnet trimmings and,dress
•, motifs. - . _
The latest in lianas is a black thorn With
' a guinea pig Of ebony perohed on the solid
silver handle.-
..
Jet and Chenille will play an important
part in dress trimmings, dioorations and
motifs next season* -
The latest Water pitcher is of Egyptian
. , .•
- A -pretty fancy is to Cover the pill9w ler
the ' baby's carriage, and tomake & little.
robe for him of some light • materiail like
that used for curtains. . The lining may he
of white, fiutitls far more - gay and sat-
isfact3ry to the baby _ if lined. with some
beight.00lor. - -- -
Pineapple pie is a delicacy of -the season;
chop the pineapple, sweeten to yogie.teete,
Make a- rich crust,. hake in a deep plate,
and in piece of a top elegise put strips of the
dough across, Web_ them in milk if which
. you have dissolved a little sugar. - liis will
give the crust a delicate :brown sed mike
it tender.. , ‘' - - - - .. ' - •• - . . ,
A new Way to make tarts :was pooiden-
tally di800yeri3d• by the writer. Roll out
pie eiriist quite -thin, and - out intio threee
cornered pieces; _bend the edges pward;
and put- a generous spoonful . of jam on
eaohethen out very delicate:strips .f Orli
and place SOWN like slats; wet , : Ai • gi of-
-the slats, and: pressr.t A :12 i troly against
the edge Of the ter. Bake quiekly.. -.
Now that Apples are a novelty,. and are
welcomed .in any form; a..goed . dish for the
Oleos of- a plain dinner is made. by paring.
and removing :the. core; from as. Many
' applee as you. will peed: - Boil the !apples
in a little water, or, better stilesteginithene
until tender. *Meanwhile cook some rice
in milk, and when that is done put a the*
layer in a pudding dish, and -thee Put the,
appleelp ; fill the species with rice, but do.
not cover the apples entirely. Setve With
' -• - - .
a sauce .of milk sweetened and - flavored
with nutmeg. - •
Preserved tomatoes are ge luxury appre
elated in winter; To - seven - pounds a
tomatoes- add one pint of: vinega , -three
ii
and -a half pounds ot sugar, one ou oe mech.
of cloves,* allepice and cinnamon,- 'Scald
and peel the tomatoes (very, elle, • Opes are
-best, drain theni. 'Let the -vmegae, "sugar
and spices &et fin ftee inintives, then put
the tomatoes into the kettle; thesei should
boil for at least half an hour; if they Were
not sudoessfully drained, three-quarters af
an hour is none too. long. Keep thein- in
jars Closely covered. •• • i
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• Inatrittionial:Coatedv.
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A matrimonial comedy, which caused.
some. amusement in this district 8ome tithe.
ago, issued in !barges of assault at the
Sheriff Court brought against . the perties
chiefly' interested, who are. farm servants,.
namedMargaretBiggins and William Bale
They had made arrangements to get mar-
ried,' and the _guestswere assembled, when,.
at the last moment, Bole deolined to allow
the ceremony to proceed unless a pe mised
dowryshould be forthamniiig. The bride
had engaged a lawyer to draw up mar-
riage _settlement, .but e failed- to p °duo: -
satisfactory - evidence of .the exists ea of
any funds. The . wedding Was aocoe ingly
broken off. Biggins,was charged wit hav-
ing, on the road from the farm of West
Oyerland, on June 29th last, assaulted
Bole, by tearing the buckle or strap from
his waist, biting hint on thethigh, and
attempting to throw a jug of vitriol -Upon
him. She pleaded not guilty, but was
convicted -and finial in £2 or 20 day' im-
prisonment. Bole weeereonvietedof haying,
oil a subsequent 0004.1011, asiaulte Big --
gine, :and was fined in. -21 or 10 1 days'
imPrigionment.,Edinburgh Scotsman... •
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A Lover's Device.
A young man in Oilliushan, N.L, fell
deeply in love witika"yOunglady of Hood*
Falls. She, alas! did not reciprocate.
i
What did the young than do? Did he Mope
around, and get thin; --- and , reduc his
father's moat bill 10 per cent. 2. - Ne lie:.;
be went and set the .girl's father's house on
fire and then saved her from the Mimes.
Success rewarded hie bravery and devotion,
and now he is hard at work helping the old
gentlemen build another shanty.
When gegirl begins to -take an interest in
the condition Of St young man's Wardrebe it
iffik sign that they are engaged. When she
loses all interest in it, it is a idgn thatthey
.
have parted—or are =Period, acoor ng to
the Philadelphia Call. •,- -
Twelve of the 27 translators of the new.
version of the Old Testament died • wing
Ole 12 years occupied in thMwOrk.
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44‘.161- OF: CARRODIA.
Ari SuteAstfivqiait to in Oriental In a•
. a r=0.1"t•41V.bott .4C(.03 a!llif,ade#0e • .
- .B.CDolAphzteli a heutenane. On '. *nerd .1
French. *at tireill'el,- ei ilea' an . account Of
_recent -viiiit. tO .ivg NorodoMiof Cambodia:
..e.The reyee eesieonee," he say., e is:a.t etc n
le . ilea. - 'Seeerel ehOusand people are
todgedie the erklosure _all Of Whint are at
94(3bed -tO: the eeevece of the. king. 'At the
end, ct tI4i.tIcaCk4ourtyard.,_ Surrounded by
,iifferentk: of of - buildings, stands the
E gropeal. pzil - - Whit% is quite similar to
bbo OWelilings osthe rich merchants of Sai
gon.-- Belli:412w, in *nether enclosure, is
.1-;114- is . 4edivi, 'oil SO apart for tbearn3
the hati.i.4'hilbittion, gardens 'and huts
1
axle is close teethe .- profane. . The man
e ,_ . .. _ ,,he
: .
dans a: the '.oat eneegetice purveyors o
tbehaireee; Te.y-hope to obtain favor by
givieg 'their 4e eelooking; .daughters .. to : the
Klee. !The Weeeen are allowed to go • out
an. by ehe of t .08E1 attange otiprioias com-
ing. enogghi-h:- ., ng the -:mOnezobs •Of- -the
ea;, whO-are. To! turns cruel :and paternal.
- thee rarkeile eed: • to !hairy, the: king
giving::. fp-. ' . ' - his :.'olaiMit• ..at -_ the
regiest. •,:r,62-=' ie lovers.; --; but, on the
'ober .hieed, . iy .giatsntipt to enter the
sae -ed hArerh_. purreptitiously iii • punished
Wife the- eitthoeiseverity. _ Whe first time I
vietted Ceizahoeeeeae. young bonze,: in high
-.favor:Ai the dolt, . was diecovered :flirting
with one 4f the-- rettieetvives of NorodOnc.
if
Vie lattele. zoo; 'ding to the usual custoni,
otdered the twci.Jotrers- to be burned ali've.
The'-accuged, beeWever, escaped the-penisle-
went ' through .. 'ice intervention Of the *Old
cineeni *the; 4.• ho ia a zealous Buddhist
aevotee.. elintellthat time it - appears that
the fair sex hS•4e .not become meet. . but
their .puelehineeet: has ;been changed. . On
reeeenineefeeireeeur eexpedition, the king,
wbo:haci erene Jeo, visit - the chief of the
-French gotectc„ftttii, asked tor some details
as to the rEtirorOtin method of executing, or
'rather r- 4.4riotin.41, .. criniinale. M. Moura,
'without .:•4taebifg 'much iniportance to the
queetiOn; grtalp.od his :niajesty's.. Ouriesity,
. But what vit to-netoutehment When two
Lents bi:e.iikti we learned that four
yoling wome4 op .the harem had been shot
in tbeEneaseie rtielitare -style, .and their
heacla taken 61'fond hung Up for. :the • en.
OotiriageMene tee the' other ladies of the
honsehole I e .,11 .- - .: *- ...
'The kiog . ceived ' us Cordially, . and
proinised. toeeelitate to the -utmost . of - hie
abty . . due ' : fircbgeoleeical. „researches-.
1
Afterivard klea lied for one of our doctors:
He wag 1-03.ed .,,. y a recent falleind it is en
' ertiele oft faith la Cganbodia. thatareinfirne
or le41210 knells pnilt to govern. . He told tis
in confidenee- .that : he.--• was -obliged, in
confotmity -t7itii the " stiperstitious .tittstores
of ,- his.:0-dejeatq :.tee.00rietilt. innumerable
quacks., aaroloders and diviners. None of
-thorn w.a4 able 23 °tire blip,- 40 all agreed
.in trep.utieg • to Dvie sPiritstleeepersistenee
of his trouble. e Oar , doeter immediately.
placed h:3:-1 at the .disposition of; -hie
•niejesty. . aerentriny: required that -: the
august inVilid-4 could Ono, be examined
through _the.' iteimediary -of one .of his
insuffieie4y'. o.. this Method; and a -
wives, but gee' lector * :OenViiiced 'hini of the
examinatgou of'lielie hurt *- 0 and the
remediee Applie ".
'On -tag q . .Of the-palaoe- we _blind
-
& door . a''' roup cif. ,b•onzes- on. - their
knees, preyiel r the recovery of the king; -
(Allege ...Weee ping . through the:. streets.-
oheinting- :. Nrid. ,singing . .psalms. _ publics
.prayers ' hed b n. otelekekthioughout the
kingdom, :erAiceend ehe. pagodas. 'angle in
front. of every:ebougee :tali bembeo _Canes
were placed at. dressed:with -ribbons of
various 6131004 Besides the : Statues .of
Beiddegs, :Ot the riles: roads ,. and in the in-
teruir-ot tee..Cle esedwellings, Odorifeeeint
terehee teeeee pt.'butning. .Trade was
suspended; : T ..pecple. appeared Outdoors
in their:h4liday. Ostu,ines. In the. evening
ant4 late .41. nighL, tbe streets were filied With
people' esieyirigetemhes. or lanterns. , The
isonieds. er4_ the ;o9itg aliCI !Of.. the tom *pm'
were inizo wit:he constant deionatiOns
of fireeireekersu ;id 4. ea -Sky- was 'continu-
ally : atreaked. rob i reekete;.•whose expire
aims and brilfliekty. were intended to drive
away' the bad- .--birits. that. Were bent .ott
toeinenting..thelpvereignee. - 7.
"The next de4, weinetaliort rif •Cortege,.
detn3posed of atout. 20 •natives, .WhO were
iiihing' in: AIN. and before -. whom the.
etrOwd of....gecipb: opened a Passage With
great respec,t,-. • :T.his.wasthe- seem of. the
little sdia of e•NoOdoin,.whO was: mit for in
airing. • r214431:- ceeld ‘,.res • ieated -.upon tee
shoulder el' e; Utile dignitary of theeetitiet
A servan*Nival14-• behind and -' shaded hiin
with. a ‘11.'.** )304 - T.his. royal:: baby was
deessed.' Fe .p.si?..k gown eta brilliant: color;
He Wore `4,liackkce and bracelets, and on°
Shaped, tith th •- exception Of -a little top7
his ...nkle.were4ings of gold. His hair woe::
knot care:40.11y 'illed hp-en:the submit Of
his tactile -end. thes.was surmounted by one
0! those white L4mirie flowers, whose sweet
perfume ----c;•he -Oft: en here prize highly, and:
they -gladly- 'ine-te effetinge of Won the
altars OBI -40W! • _.. . - . -
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-..mh oild'' -4awye.iesLexicon:
I
-WITOR-IPINDINAA IN INDO. .
The Ordeal 1,* Wider Almionii Ike Tribea
'of Central :
The ordeal byeseatet is universal amens'
the barbarous Non-Aryttri tribes Of Central
Indigiefrord the Blitele in the west country
to tbe Wild men in :the almost unexplored
jungles of •Beetat and -the far east- toward
. the Bay of BengeL Here :is description
Of one. Water zest, taken .few year*: ago
from the mouth of t Xpert witchfinder
among the7Blieele,whe mc,t, into serape for
applyingit-to Ail old Woman.- .• A. bamboo.
is stuck up in the middle of 11_4
water. Tee accused is taken to be ;eye_
. hold of :it.. and by it descende to: Vhs
bottom. • : In . ehe s. 'meantime onee ef.
, the villagers shoots au , Arrow f reui his .
t bow, .and another. retie - p:ca it up
And' bring it 'back ito 'the place. •whenea..
*it was shot. -If the woman is able Ace -re-
, main tinder water until this: is done the is:
• declared- innocent, but if she comes up to
. . .
. breathe before the arrow is returned into
i• -the .bowinatt's• hand shale a tine .witch and
must- be swung as such." In the erase from
wheel this-.accoteut is taken the woman
failed inthetoot, and Was .tionsequently
swung toand fro, roped up to . a tree, with
A bandage -Of red peepee en: her eyes;'but
it
is obvious that this.. kind of. ordeal, - like.
-almost all primitiv erdeals, is contrived:BO
est° depend for its effect . much upon the
manner in Which it is conducted, whereby
the. operator's .1.iiirer becomes worth galo••
Ae'skilfulearcher will Shoot just aB
.. fagas he chooses.. :Ordeal by witer ia the
question ordinary, which may probably be
conatruoted as an. inquiry whether the water
fetiokor water spine will accept. or :reject
•tbe.-- Witch, -.whether - he is Mi her :side
or -against her; and this seemed the -heat
generaleiplanation of a world-wide custom.
Another rikeleal to by heat, as, for teatimes,
the peeling Of -a coin out . of . burning ;oil.
But the question extraordinary -18 by swing;
ing-Op„.1 issued tree, ..or by flogging with
swittilies of • a particular- Wood. Swinging
beforeaa. idol, with a...hook -through the
musoles �f the.back, -is the well-known the-
by.which 6 Hindoo devotee_ himself to the
.god, and flegging with roes from gesaored
tree inginifeetlYadds superhuman virtue to,
the ordinary effaiit of a vigorous ' laying on.
In woman suspected of, bringing
ohOlerii into the village .was deliberately
'beaten to death with reds of the castor tit
tree; Whit& is exoelleut for purging witch -
reef t. , It is. netial also teknock out the
front teeth of a notorious witee ethe prac-
tice also appears to he 'Li -Mine -dad with the
• .beiief„weli known-. in all. countries, tha-..
"-witches assume apimee" shapes; for in
- India they are -7 supposed `' ocoasiou
ally- to trareform themselves - into wild,
'beasts, A , sUtieretition analogous . to
Or' EUropean )yoantlitopy. .-A good many
years, Ago. there. " was an old map_prac-
don* as a physician -east -Stinger; in, the
elimaleyes, Who Was notorious as a sor-
cerer, insomuele that his reputation of.
havingeleiroured'ipany-,pergionge Under the
ferin'of a..tiger coat him 0208C:of-his teeth;
which were extracted -bye the: rajah; who:
thenbeld iff--i-t-Tiotintry, Bo._ as • to-, render
him . less formidable :during his cOnstant.
Metembrpheses. , Shaving' the- "heads of
feinale:wttchesie very common -among the
tribes- Much .infeetedr- by . sorcerers; it .is
eitployed aia an antidote, not.merely as -a
degrading punishment, so. that 'MN -IS
tempted to erabeeiteceigin to some -reeon,..-
ditenotion of power residing in the hair.;
andthuseeen. back toward-Sanison,- to
Clive, With :the beautiful' locks, -and to the-
eerniliar :devils of early Christian times,'
who are said to have a peculiar. attaehment
.for ivoniele with fine tresses.—Sir A. Lyall's
- Young:Leeeeeee : (Much, elated)-.":Mr.Coke,' corieretul e ine 1 You _know I told
you "hoc. i onsq Well, ..sir, . Fee won it.
Yes, sir; apittakj, Won my first wee l"
Coke an old • lafiyerj•-•‘# you're -excusable
under the circturtences, but with a little
experieece ;yew ray yet do honor to your
prefeesion." ' Yong Lawyer," Excusable
under the- OirtiugAtinoes l I don't -undet7;
.stand•: your meeDing,-.-Mr. Coke." -Coke-,-
"Don't .m.tdersta;td. Listen t if you .liad
been alav*ozof operiende you Would have
• lost that OA SO t tten you would advise your
client . to !Ipzioal1, and it skilfully managed
' •• : might,:.: _have : been Made . to last
for:years, 4-ati leeet as long as he had any
mongry.: Bub yon have Won, and that's an
end of it. '. Let it be. a leeson to you in.
future."--4etton Transcript. - '
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&ma lOals Remarked. •
'The old Lie terrible Gen. Blare, says the
New Yorkbfal, is very rude with his sub-
ordinates. itttalti he detailed his ordnance
officer to pen him on the 000881012 of
an official colemnity. The ceremony
finished, theuteuant_returns.
" gems," add the general, "that you
were badly egzessetie You were remarked
" Why, aeuaral----
tt
"Y3,yrs seed you looked like a fool."
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"But, ginerA, 7: had the honor to repre.
sent you 1" -
- -A wheat 100-geetiii-lengt
Montseey, lads, 10111 Week.
w•PA *Wight
•- Same Tali Mena . • _
- Queen Elizabeth had a Flemish *porter
who was it feet 6 inithilk; but John Marilee
.ton, or tee Child of Hale, who was born in
1678,Seeeeded thie, for he was 9 fest '3
:Indies.Charles.. Munster, who Was One
of the Hanoverian Guard, and who died in
-1676, WM 8. feet 6 inches. • Capella, the
Swedish gianteeilio exhibited in London in
1742, Was 8 feet in height. Of living giants,
perhaps the inostlimotis is: Captain Bates,
a native Of:Kentucky,'", but a resident of
-Ohio, who attained a height Of 8.feet, and
bis wife, Miss Anna Swan, of Nova Scotia,
has a Similar height. • Chang Wu _Cion, the
Chinese giant, measures '7 feet- 8 inehee.
The Emerald We ..teiet.been famous for
-giants. Animag the moht Celebrated of the
'Irish giants was Charles Byrne, -or O'Brien,
who diedin 1783 at an early age of 22.. Hie
death Was hastened by excessive drinking,.
to which he was addicted, but espeeielly-
ifter:the lois of all his money, whichehe
bee made ' by exhibiting : himself, :which
he had..invested in & single -note of £700, or
88,500.- In height he was 8 feet 1'4
mohese It is not often that more than one
giant Is found In a family, bUt.of ell the
celebrated tall- folk was the -family that
Jaines Toder Oatorefrom. He was born in
1795 and -died in 1829, having - reached the
height Of 8- feet- 6 inches._ He had two sis-
ters of gigantic growth; one at the age -.of
18 . was 5 feet si inches in height; he
other at the age of, 5 Semi was nearly. 5
feet. - .:Patrick Coster was gi celebrated
-His .heiget was etseed to be, nine
:feet, though a- memorial tablet .at. Bristed.
says . his height . was 8 feet three 'inches.
He made a competency and died in 1804.
Heetaio, was Afraid that the doctors *mild,
rieetire his body; and left Orders thelehe be
.buried in e brick lamb, seouted by Itonj
Wee. It is singular what a dislike these
giants all had of the dissecting table,
though they . were,. perfectly - willing to mt-
liihit while alive. . There was once a clerk
in the --Bank of England of great. height,'
whose greatest fear Was that the 'doctors
Would get his body - after death, : and he
left the limit -complete directions in regard
to the -disposal of , his remains.—Cincinnati
Enquirer. 4
, A.' novel -way of presenting_ the aged
"Pinafore". opera has been adopted by an
opeigi troupgi at Asbury Park, N. J.- A
" male:of:mai" has -been bulit on Sunset
Lake; teeth of Asbury Perk, and the Play is
given on itethe audience . Witnessing the
per/opium* from the'ehore. BUtieroup
,00mee aboard.* .a row -boat and everything
is as realistio aa Possible. . •
,w IReinfoteement* have beensent from
-Portugal to Quilliamme, on the "east coast
Of Abide:
The Nile .has begun to -Ike again: .
..The judges who presided over • the trial
of Stelltheohere the anitrohist who was - &n:ultimatum:heel sent to the
hanged atVienna last month, have lately Rajah of TSIMM, delandiu ,tharelease of
-dean bombarded with letters timitaining a the crew of the steatAsSp isetOtWithitt *
great variety of threats againet their live0.1fOrtnight. " .
• .
. • ,_,...., „01_
.THE :7,:tfeLtEitA• tie it -Why ihe Chinese iiii Exempt al 1 e
- DOes chciie. ra. - tap- 77.1.gehein.e. 2 .Is Canton
..._
s• .,,,,,,.,
'specially deoimab hy it? . If not; why
not?. I do not eskeeeee que-stionatconcern.
mg.Tonquin, but pqtriet ' them to .0hina
proper. I have .nr.let rvisited China, but
-the published ,ac0-0.0s, the crowding, tha
filth and the g6ne,4.liabizs of thainbabi-
tants of large. Cleiegee, towns,, espeoielly-
where, as at cauto,t, 4 vat popelation live
afloat on the ,reeeeh of a., Ise:wage-laden
river, shows that.. .;x:141- most favorable ocin-
ditions for the prOrpgation. of this disease .
arifettcrupulouely_fiitiled: We do. not.hear .
of any t'1441)14 yzq.C./../.1:t/ns 'at.; Canton. . Had
_ . ..
sucti i -i,...:“, iota-. twat ,...:ziine, within thfilast .
half century the :t rnimt have been.
trumpeted fat ape .Wide . by the havotrit
mut have n:lade i if t lie tea trade.-.. A genera;
'quarantine of our tegiShips would be an ape.
preciable fact. If I1).1.4 right concerning the ,
practical immunity 4thie ga4tern 'country
from the • special fi,.:01e --.0f .the .East, the
fact is very instruct:O.. The* .Chinese --are ,
drinkers of 'toiled #4.ter, and they drink it
hot before it has bed. One to. eool down and
Mates any fresh se 44y of -disease -geniis.
Theircordinary evet-, (fay •domestic beverage
latea madeon a 1aroal3. in a large tea--
pot kept in a -paddefeeesket t3. retain -the
heat Of the infusiofi, ..1The -whole loudly is
supplied* -from tlis r reservoir whenever
thirsty. Over and move thie there .is the.
complimentary or 44,rious beverage. made
in smaller qUantitlf3.*n Special oticaSions.
The big pot to wbi01-41refer is that of the
common poor -peotiVoist those who would
supply, the .vietiirne. i.Voholere were epid,-
eniio. Besides tke -i-irpoiling of--tbe water
there is probitbly-iei0her eietiseptic agent .
in suoli a ..beyetake-leeigethe astringent
'and an‘eightli in thf4iness. Ten of - these
steel- tubes - out' o'.' Oates over twelve feet,
shops for preparizie dap metal work' have
at night and daY tithe- -aid of electrie -
from 900 to 1,200 ie:Were employed in the
bridge within six i --,4A0.0.. : Iminense work-
shops
presses :' ' --O,!.ern.ployed . to make
selves fortunate if i-104. can oolhoete the
-lights.... The gantil '.iipti4 are so long . that;
in length,- fourleet tAz width, a d . an inch -
put -.t3gether; the **shop itself iit move -
largely -extracted ireetife family teapot.- .
work of pfoparing t.43.iteal, laying fotinda. -
Ivoilinien also resi.4§,,*d work is -.carried
through -the workelgo003ere the parts are
The London Tienesetseetibes the operations, .
.tions for piers,. etc, #ied - the capital . in- .
instead of attemeeieg to. -oarty them
able, with all itk. Ohuderous Machinery:
work in coutse ofeaetruction le this canti-
lever
been erected on. gee reeroued, where the
On:aline:it of = the -0,0, --which must be
(lee of the,greeteee.,:piecies of _engineering
vested in plant amenets te half a Milli011of ,
and .supplements. t/ii:-•,-Written account with
old ' and - reiipectek iiewepaper. Although
dollars, the coneraee4e-will conaider them.
leiter bridge over ..6e4-Foith. in . Scotland.
an illuettation,a get- departure for that .
.
. ii-e.ssig oribroi:n wetland
. .. ,,...-...,, ,'.,,,:4,. , .. .._ .
tee
plates, beep to'leWerid eiveted-togethet,
Melte up a steel tubj.*elve feet in diame-
ter. , Each cantilevp is to rise to a. height
of 350,feet above. the 4Mense. . stone piers;
and --- will stretch .: til... -w' arms 650. -feet in '
length, - right -.ilia 404 ot. ;the ;centre. A
novel _feetere. of teeveCenstruotion of the
:viaduct -pieta, .whicIpOrm the approaohe�.
to the. cantileverh,40.that the guderaltire
put . 'Upon them .ark On esthey are built
above the water ley 4, ethd the whole •uepet
strOoture is then 1,.*ii. tied up gradually as •
theeniasenry is - litttpt',iinderneath, -until it.
has beee raised eee.eindeee feet higher
than ' at ' present. .- ell* .00mpleted bridge
will be- high eneughe4ee water to permit
the. passage of - shite.kiederneatk, and its
Upper works will ttkoliMore than 350 feet
abeve the water level4 i:, -- - ' ... '
6 - -- • - i:' -.: 'r,-- - - .
se wants to Wee 1,1 lFemale Burglar.
- Daniel F..-Shugrulii.' A see -burned young
fanner- from Windieeeelle, Conn.,- visited -
• Brooklyn yeetardaytT,4find a wife... He had .
visited Castle etaedeie; but did not find
among the inimigraiete), any one Whom he
tvaeltiniug . to mare:', . , Then he went to
Brooklyn, and told tririi4nrpose of his visit -.
to.Pelice Sergeant klAkieui at the Washing-- -
Von Sreet`Station.3...„,•,-.f. - . , •
-i ", There is one yorM woman in Brooklyn .
I Would like .to"marreeP he said, " and that -.
is
EEllilaall's srithealael3eyealI4 gir. I :Who has beeWelt:
arrested for. burglary::eeyersi tinies, and is. -
at present teepriug aoeoz in -the peniten-
tiary. • eThe : .letergeetee, suggested to ' the.
yoting farmer. thatElfei might rob him if .
he imiirried her. int.; Shugrue - gold he - --
*Might be isould zefeigiyher and Irene the -
detieriptions he hae -,:eeed Of her in the
patens' he was titire be Woted like her well
enough - to make. heOlis -wife: To -day he -
Will seek to obtain; ki4iterview with her.
in the penitentiary.; ' ge lettthis note. at
the polies station: ' ' ' ' * ..
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AUG. 17bh, 1884.
Diem -Sm: ' Their: Tearer, Daniel • P.
-
Shugrue, wouldn't •' ;get a young lady, if --
sheeliould want to ivry ;a good; honest
and faithful hpaban , ejf you know of any . -
or hear cif any,: ple*-i:e me knew. Derate
F. leneimuz.,:zi4 Y. ' 3
• 1 • - • -
. •, , - .,-.•.eue*IliOai•giaat"*. • 61 211. !
.
•
De .1 -Asset,* Net
:. The may Pettit At. Pins V., *holm
name -is -inseparableeassooiated with_ the
glorious battle of Leeentoehaseacogirdizig
to dootenente• disoeeeeted in the Pionibine
Library, by 'Signor :,eieeeitiga Neater:4;T Die..
learned librarian t-414- i philosopher, con-
ceived . the project --eetlie canal and began.'
to prepare measuriOlor. 'its fulfilment. '
The ' proposal ' of tke -Pope was highly As.. -
pleasing to the Reeublio of eirenioe, which.
.00neidered that .ifee..eeestige on the ocean •
would suffer if the kt_;Tghicaybetween the -
Indian - -0oean - an !ie Mediteeranean .
were construcited. ',Woof -Nardueed•cone. .
Veered thediscover:* og, the fact to M. De
Lesseps, who admittle *that he had never .
knOWnit preViouity.• `i
In BOLOS parte of-...o•eegoil farmers are .
oompelled to protecttheir crops from the
ravaging blackbirds.* ts use of shot -guns.
Franklin inartiett- -21, Mozart at 25, .
Byron, Washington511;ellington and Bona..
parte at 27, Peel at 11,.Wadsworth at 33,
Wilberforce at 38. lalttier at 42, Addisoniat
44; and old Parr, ta.g4,LOhis' third time, at
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102. , - *
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