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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1887-11-04, Page 3efti••• • TIE LADIES' !MARIN. no IOW' hions at 1101#0! Abroad, . (Aunt Kate's weealy Budget.) . . . _ •A Haiby Among the strong -Bonded: • 'The Yermoni 11, At its thir- teentliannual meeting, witnessed a pretty incident. Mrs. Flambe Stone Beeman carne into the meeting while the votes were taking, with hgr 16 -months -old baby. • Every mother of theta welcomed the baby, little Lelia Stone Beeman. An escort was. • pent., The babywas brought to the plat- form. She looked smilingly over the Con- vention. Miss, Willard took her in her arnie, and moved that " the white -ribbon • -baby ne made a delegate to this Convex!, -tion,!—She_passed_to-Mrs-Greene"s arms, who said; My department of kindergarten, has received a baptism." Forthwith they 'elected Mrs. Beeman Secretary. Who lears•that women who vote .Will pease to carefor.ohildren ?--Woman'a ;Journal. The Jersey come to stay. , „ I expressed somo. weeks agora), fondness • f• or the, jersey, and my hope. that all per- sonS'of the worthy sex who know that they have.fine figures, Or fear that they are too - lurnpylorgracefulnessr,-willgo-on-patronizi•-• • • ing ii, I am glad to Ind that the Grand •• thiiirs as 1 do. Her feel-- ing-oh-the-anbject ietherthe Jersey isthe • highest effort Of the dressmaking art,. She .has it thin, and she has it thick, with a ,plushy inside ; she hael,it high, andshelas it low. Of the low kind' have this week . • • been shown a specimen. It is in salmon ' •silk. The upper. edge is trimmedwith a • ruche of raveled silk set on an elastic band, • which is factened on at short distances: Nothing can beeofter or more fluffy. One would think that Witlathe first zephyr the whole thing would fly off like thistle- down; which in texture it resembles, There •, are no sleeves, but the male forme a shoulder band, and st'air of downy tassels falleTrOM'the middle of. thiii-Pait. • ,-The- , meagre -chested should, not Wear the low . jersey; but the pluni' V or too plump,, should adopt and ding to ." it. obstinately. „What, you see, 80 objectionable to modest •• pereens'in a ball -room, is not the etripping of busts, but the forcing up of roundness . toward the neck. That frontierline which Miss Rose' Cleveland spoke of in her letter •. 'about low7ciit-Witista, and whidh, • unfort yoalnatidlenoteddfine,fistdierrilanaddii• i • • the corsage. • A 'jersey, •low or high; forces' nothing, and lends itself to every undula-' • tion. For this reason • the stout and un - statue -like. should wear it Both In and out • : of the ball -room, -Leaden Truth. .The Fashionable ccirrs New Walk. .The new ,Walk-. is neither graceful tor • pretty. It is. it kind of a waddle_ The would-te.fashioriable young ladypow walks • as if she had no joints nor.firmatate her. • Every ,part of her anatomy seems to shake , and wiggle .as Shegoesi. She Conies down ' hard .first ' on one Blot and thenon. the • Other; seeining to rest her' hotly alternately • ' on each of her nether limbs. Her cheeks • wobble. and so do her areas. I don't know • ' any better way to . describe it than -W.84 • she waddles like a fat duck- r don't ktott, who is the originator of this fashion, but it • is. evidently going to be the thing this win: , ter. , All the girlspUt it on with their fall. :7)ionniOsrand all over the streets you can seethe little dears trying ' their best to be ungraceful in their efforts to up ,to the • latest "fad." -N. Y. •Etening'San. . . ' • t i• ••irintry Hataisiennotailldren. Children are tiverldided. With: finery, de ' *eying utterly their,childish charm and •• , - . grace; for, tbeyare, either pertly conscious - of " my beet clothes" Or they are rendered : miserable by the, necessityofo comport, • In.g . themselves as not to rumple,tearor • , soil theirliipperie -•s_,,-thist being, with some. • =Others, the unpardonable Sin. • • : . ... . . , • : New French- FancieS, In Feminine, Attire. Mrs. Crawford writes. from Paris to Lon-. . . • don Truth as follows : : "Tho •••, ladies' • s tailors are all busy at costumes de •;ehessei: by which they .. don't : exclusively :mean riding-.habits.;,,Mobilization and autumn. • ' .nianceutree, being, on their brain; , the .cestunies have a. military tater. Wraps to • he worn in going to or returning thence are - like husears • jackets,- but of soft -flannel:, . The body oftheshooting costume is a 'le ' .• fantassin andthe skirt : a. la., cantithere. 'Dull' colorsare used, Unless jest in the - •. facing*. A Ow*. of bright red' Or, bine •... 'would frighten the birds, Who are apt , to fly,. off .wheii9ver they pee blabs, purples or '.. . .* strong greens.' ' Ituaseteare, thehues least ' • •alarming to the denizen*, of the forest. ,'. But they are not Military. • However, the ladies' r.. tailor k seem. to .' think . that. • they might to be. The grays • and browns • and Amlaleached . flax, .. • and, .,indeed, • ••• neutral fines' ina,Ooleurs. rotaries in gen- eral, ha.volied their day, and a revival: is : showing itself of the bright, decided teens which Were in favor iiii,te 1870,' Attempt* . ere being media: toadopt the swallow-tailed .' coat, waistcoat and shirt front to the fenn- • nine attire,. Those ,Who• go in "for. this •• adaptation mist drop the bootie. -Now, I . . don't object to the:bustle being shed: but •-whet I trettinie At is the probable lengthen, t• • hag of the skirt. Dress a lay ,figure with a ..:.:.......pntleinaife gaming coat soa ehort. peti- coat, and it will at once set you laughing:. , Yon Will either •ha.Ve to reduce the swallow- tail to the "postilion " size or let down thet skirt: The het to barreonize With this • styh'. of garment -and plity-goers rciaS, ' reg-oiee. thereat -is tobe a crush one; -either War' and flat -like -a. sitilor'a;-ta-three-- 'cornered and . feathered,: like a French General's. • Thia, headgear . will, at the ' theatre take•the place of s fah. , It ret •- last,' bill:don't be surprised if it's. the rap for it fmtemisions. • ' • .' ; . • , . . ' HeVivol of ilie Iletionle. . .:. : .. It is 'Underatddil that 'Opera -glass bags . and the dainty little Plush, .pockets for .-,.. '..bandkerehiefs that ourbelles have for ' the . nest year...been wont to carry about With : them aro 10 be . superseded this •• season bY the regular old- fashioried reticules that our' grandmothers used to delight in. ' •And; indeedithis fashion Will certainly prove a. ChM:Ming one, in ixianYWays.' A fashion, ' able woman nowadai ys s obliged.to take so many, indispensable articlee about with her 'IliatitIa absolutely necessary to hate some cow/0.06M receptacle In VW* to stow ' theta; bo that they 'shall, be neat ai hand. Ordinary dress: poekets aro becoming, almost Obsolete, prineipallY:because. mod,. •,• , ideswill persist in putting themin such out-of-the-way places that it is impossible to gain access to them. Everybody will surely, welcome our grandmothers' reticules ma a pleasing change. Of course; one must Possess as many reticules aB gowns., satin and silk ones to match evening tenets, and others of More sober mist for shopping put. poses. They may be ornamented with lace and flowers or fur and feathers, and they may contain anything, from a batiste hand- kerchief to the latest design in enamel bon- bon boxes. At any rate, every woman of taste willad mitthat,from an "sesthetie point of view, any hied of reticule -even one of the plainest, pattern -will be preferable to those monstrosities in leittlier•Oalled shop- ping bags, and which are tdbe placed in the same category as ulsters and rubber cloaks. -Washington Post. irashion Notes. School dresses for girls are made with -a-belted-waist gathered to yoke -and ain't gathered skirt; Sergeihomespitn, cheviots or gay plaid woollens are tised for these dresses, . ' • ' Coats for girls are Made of rough -finished check goods having the Newmarket pleats,' a belt clasped with nietelelaspe.and a silk - lined hood. These are made either long or short and hate-, also metal clasps at the throat. A new fancy . for trimming for girls' coats, and even for the .entire, gar- -nientrie:astrakhan-cloth-of-rich-derk'rett- When the entire !ticket is made of this 'Moth; which ahnOst perfectly imitates the real article;11 18 cut in plain jacket.shapre, with him* frogs buttoning it down, the, front and trimming the sleeves. Praises for girls from 7 to 10 will show the nautical deaigns that hate been so popular for the past two or three seitsmis Children of that age will wear pea -jackets •ancl,kilt skirts of serge trimmed with Wid Hercules braid. '. • There will he an effort made to revive a modification of the Highlan& costumes for little boys nee relief from the, long regime of the sailor. The pretty plaid velvets being introduced this season have given the •idea;impetus-and onesea-two-.very-pretty- ones have been Made. One of them has a kilt of grey velvet plaided in fine lines of Fed; fintiiined upon e While Shirt waist. A' coat and waistcoat of gray cloth form the, upper part of the dress:: a red scarf is knotted tinder a, wide whitecollar, plaid stockings a little fillibeg and a Glengarry pap completethe costume. • The wide : felt hats -still popular for vet‘dirtas wear :far -kfliildren Arignmest yafth earilitininausdeindlitadinIsidns ,ZolvAlt thrbUgh %helm ribbon 'clustersi and. Horne; tithes two or three of them. Little close bonnets -without' strings of course, and *Jai, a decided poke, are warn for dress occa- sions. ,These are trimmed with thick folds and poufs of velvet, With breastief birds or little thick clusters of matrigh.,feathere. Some Of those little bonnets ' are, ttlinmed with unlimited yards Of the narrowest :Width of poilat-edged ribbon made into pom- . , • • *eights .in the Ititchen.-, Ten comMon:sizosi eggeweighbne pound. 7 Eat butter the Size_pLeoegg Weighs one One pint of coffee A • sugar 'Weighs twelve' • ounceei, One 'qUertel.--slifteeilitifir, (well heaped.). one pound: ,•, • . ' One pint -of testlarOwn !anger weigha thir, teen ounces: " • . • TWo teacups '(well heaped), of buffo A *sigh one pound. : • ' teacups (level) of granulated sugar weigh one pound.. . Two teacups of sioftbutter, well' peeked, weigh one pound.• One endrine-third pints of Powdered sag' ar, .weigh one pound. • Two tablespoons Of ' powdered sugar' or, .flotirweighone Ounce: • One tablespoon (well rounded) of soft but- ter weighs One ounce. ' One. pint (heaped) of :granulated 'anger weighs fourteen ounces. • . ...Two and one-half teacups (level) of best brown.augar:weigh one pound.. : , • Two and three-fourths tees:mph (level) of powdered sugar weigh one pound. • Oneteblespoen (well heaped) Of granti- late& coffee A or best brown sugar -equals one•Ounce.. • As e help in: the absence of any Handy meets' of weighing, the.following rnleefor measuring will be found „very convenient: Mies Paraol Biqa one generoup. pint ' of liquid or one pint of finely -chopped Meet packed solidly weighs one pound, which it would be very convenient toremember. . :Teaspoons vary in size, and the new (meg hold. about twice a,a much, aa an old- fashioned .spoon Of thirty', years( ago. A medium-sized teaspoon contains about a dram. • No (louse for Alarin: ' Timid Tourist-" Say Cap'n; this boat seems very.shaky ;:was anybody ever • lost • Boatman-" Net ter my- linowledger There wad three Men drowned from her iast Thursday, but we found then' all AIM :nexthigh tide." -Life. • tleinliig;Those .Who Help Itheineelves. ,,Annt Kato-" My dear,.don't'you :think 'if it had been ,the Lord's Wish that you shonld.havo • had„,.ourling ' hair He ;would. have cnriediti for you ?"', jeseie-," And so 'he did, Aunt Este, when't Was a baby. • He probably thinks 1 am old enough now to do t , • . ,A supposed Murder •came .to 'light at Quebec . yesterday. „Joseph Bourbeau, a boatman, at -i:0 yesterday morning. dis- covered the dead body: of ,Thomas Moran, 45. years of age,,Iying,. on its face On a rock under the slip of the Wharfin front of the city from which sail the steamers of ',the Sagnenay lino. There was a pool of blood. on the wharf and °there on the slip, • I/. M. Chase, of Boston,' fOUtid It POST tree in his garden which the mice had girdled by.tating the bark Of the trunk, and it was 'dying. Mr, Chase planted' four small trees around this' tree and. close to it, cut off, the lops pointed the Midst, and, making in- eisions in the bark; bent the atrial' trees ando :grafted theta above the'dead trtink, • They n 11 grew;and the tree &Slats its noil rish ment from the small ones and " still lives'," for buabel of Med peare has•just been 4i:ikon front 'it. • ' • '• • s I Unnitobedstirplue wheat hits been car - rived ont of the •Province at the rate Of five train loads' a day, and • all fears of it blockade are dispelled. .446 Aiale aa,•,„0 at+ _J„,68 adottosl'a47:i4 ".44a • • °MARTO BUTTES Cittf4MEtriiks,, . • Price: Xteal4ze4 for Aftlk When, Made.; into • .Butter,' * • Last wing I addressed a couple or letters to the piblid press upon this subject, with %desire to call the attention' of farmers and . the _public to the work the Ontario Creameries Association had in hand, and hoping thereby to incite some Interest in the matter, not only among the farmers, •but also those who handled the batter as • middlemen, •as Well as • the consuming pulalio. With the scarcity of butter that is likely to prevail in Ontario, thio winter, it is a greet pity that we had not ten times the number of creameries that now exist. Again and again Ithas been stated in the public press that the butter of Ontario, judged as a whole,is a blot upon the fair name of the agriculturists of Canada. It has been---justly---claimed that. in the pro. ductiOn'of cereals and !took Ontario enjoys a reputation second to no ,other- country in the world; but in the qnarity/of., her butter;' the majority of " stuff"- put upon the mar- ket' is a disgrace to the Province and to those whp produce it. The. butter Pro- ducer; in common with the public, holdin detestation. the. • ' orzeimicianna masa, but did they ever consider that the reeponSi- bility Prenabling-olionialgarinefT6 obtain' An.cha foothold in other conntriee_rests Chicagow ththemi ? haveAt t et a pFteadt Stocko9oniSa !Igo: v:rhof society-residing-nr-any-town-or:--district no outside of New York City may form a which was in every way infinitely superior branch by adopting the constitution and in appearance and flavor to three-fourths agreeing to affiliatewith the parent society. of the butter that can be bought on our markets and at our grocery stores. "How, then, are the public and the butter -maker responsible for its introduction ?" Had the butter -maker produced a'better article than he has been in the habit of doing; no chance would have existed fpr theintro- duction of a .spurious article to replace a, genuine one; but when the spUri0;113 article Was; to all aPpearances and. taste, superior to the genuine, a ready opportunity was given f thespurioustonlatain-a:foothOld. The nubile, too, I contend, are to :Blaine-, the rural storekeeper .in that he pays the panic price for a poorerticlinte he does for a really superior one, if the Makers both. happen to be customers; and the public in that they will .,. not pay • a -sufficient- advanced price:for a really A. I butter. In other Words -neither , the' . storekeeper nor ' the . public are prepared • .to pay for • butter .,,on „its merits. ...I have tkaatweAttillirm,9411044464," 4414/301C-13he delifigkaiatesTmgaMA'alinfiVihollit t . • ' 411PEGErt. COAL irAMINIre; Woosibility of an Increase, of a DOW f • Ton 111 the 1,44 of !goal. Circulars fromthe Delaware, Laokawana 44 W. R. R.,,Pelaware Vtideen, Lehigh Valioy (k, Pennsylvania Central, Coal ‘Odm- Panies have been received by alltbalocal dealers to -day from headquarters, can - ceiling all existing contracts and with drawing recent circular quotations. Copies of the same circular have been issued to every dealer in Canada and the United States simultaneously. ' Montreal and Toronto stocks are fast running out, and little or no shipments are being made, pending the action of the New York coal barons. Ottawa deal:era:lave a moderate supply of their winter stabk in store and but twelve cars of not are ,now on track here. It is likely there will be an imme- diate advance of 50 cents or $1 per ton throughantdaothObantriee7Ottawaidealers are short about 10,000 tone to complete orders already booked and for winter trade. The immediate causes:: of the famine Are strikes in the coal regions, limited output, and increased consumption over, that of last year...- Ottawa Journal, • , Antb,Poterty Society. . As a result of the New York Anti - Poverty movement,' branch societies have been formed -in -many placesinthe-United States. The parent society his a bylaw pro-vidine-that-twerty--mernlavarrnt-th-e- 41TKEtit*ongr OliPltalT ftier0e4113Nl5s back" have educated Many of our patrons to pay us 'a living price for a really good Article, it has required both to bring them to that stage. When more than•30 cents per pound is asked for butter the good and carefulhousewife' raises her hands in hor- ror at such:-.-3"extravagance;" ,: Yet she would eonsiclir that 80 cents per quart for guicci'cream Was cheap; She may be, sur prised When I' tell her . that by her paying 49.\ cents per pound for butter the butter. maker does' not realize as much out of his creamAS When he is paid 30 cents for his quart Of cream. . It is a ..good -piton of cream that yields three pounds Of batter, which Will\cost at least 15celibate make And,market -L•.-Selling •cream. at -30 cents -a . quart yields 1.20 per gallon, bntmadeinto butter, and se 'ng as such even at 40 cents, it only realizes 1.05. (after deducting the 15 . cents for making).• •For this reason, any :one ' who is so, eituated that he can iaell his cream is such • Will always prefer to do so rather than convert it into: butter. Again, twenty-five pounds to thirty pounds of ordinary milk are required to one pound of butter; t nty-five pounds of milk equal ten quarts. . When delivered at your door at :6 cents e quart -�r 60 cents for the amount required to mako a • pound of butter -Lyon do, not . think it Out of the way to pay this price; yet butter at ' 60 centsLA neuncl_,,vveuld_ba aii_unheard _of._ extravagance. The average pricereceived' by butter-makere tera really good articie. will notekceed.20-cents per pound. : As it requires ten (limits of milk to one pound Of btitter,.the farmer at this price is receiving TWO CENTS A QQART Fon ins Irma. • • I repeat, it is constantly asserted that both the quantity and quality of butter pro - awed: in Canada are not what they. should be, and wonder is expressed that Ontario shies not take a more.proMinent position as butter -making COMItTy. Farmers' and farmers' wives Are not singular when they. Seek to produce that which ie ;Meet profit', able; and though a. return in tattler of oven cente per quart for milk on the feria May: appear to be a verysanall price,, Yet in theslediva of small Margins Of profit in farming • it is a ,living one... Let the public.display more willingness. to, pay o better price 'for a really superior arable,: and thereby give.•to the farmer's wife the incentive Of a ' profitable industry asa stimulus' to increasenot only the quality but the quantity Of butter produced ,on the "farm, and 1 feel assured a greet step will be taken .toWards helping: On the hatter industry of thief country. : I have known farmers' wives who; .producing .a really gilt -edge butter, owing to an , APPBECLATIVE TIMM, IS:lt that the extra pain's' necessary in the card of the utensils, milk, create and preparation and marketing of the butter*was not sufficiently appreciated When they sought .to dispose Of it. I give thesefigures to show how Com- paratively Poorly paid in the milk producer who cOnverts-his milk into butter, and that before Ontario can hope id take at reek as &greet butter-prancingcomitry, the farm- ers hate not OnrY to be educated' in the 'art of butter -making, bilt,the consumer Must alsaineite them to the production of ,what they, seek 53rpurchasipg goodimitter on its Merits, and:paying such a prieetherefor as. means a fair profit to the producer. • , • AtAtANCET E;AFOLLES. 44.08.1tISMISi!! •Hamilton, Oct. 1.2th; 1887;. °me interesting law suits are probable between the Bruce County Coattail andsthe suretieS of the Treasurer. lid peat in volved 4ppeo.rs to bo'llow much the former defaulting' Treasurer was short- and tha. period of tit*, when the defalcation took place. • A joint meeting of the. parties in- terested will take place' On November Oth,, when the situation will be discussed. Frankie, it 7-yearold son of Daniel k6. Kellar, a carpenter on Talbot streetSt. The condttion of affiliation shall bo the payment to the parent society of a fee Of 25 cents for each meixiber adnaitted to parent society Shall furnish for each branch member'a certificate of member- ship bearing the *autograph signature of the President and Vice -President. It is recommended that. :the initiation fee of bran* Meinbers. be the. same :as that of, members of the parent society, viz.: $1. The fiilleWin.g is the constituti�n Thi time having come for :an active Warfare against Conditions , that, in spite of the advance in the powers of ?reduction, eon demn. so many to degraqingPoveriY; and foster vice crime and_greek. the Afiti- ToTerfrat-ocietiliie -&-en---forinecl. The object of the society is 'fo spread, by such peaceable and lawful paeans_ as May be found Meat - denrable and- efficient, -;a chnoWledge.of thetrath .ct.hat Godhas 'amaie '023Welaireadeimi43:MiAlniasaae,07.1.:-.4 *hit fin-volinitary ipatortyas ' p aceilt „or the' human laws that allow individuals ,to claim as icoritato' property that which the Creator has provided for the use of all. , • the branch, i onsideretion of which the ' • .• Overfeeding AniOnia. ,Over one-half of the rapthereptchildren are unable to nourish them naturally,"' and. .4 great number of the deaths' of infants are caused by actual starvation. On the, other hand, many ' deaths. of - infants are the result of overfeeding, I recollect, tration, a story told by Marion Harland of sotaeloundling or orphan asylum which :she knew.: The mortality there worried :the two attending physicians greatly, and 'they „canie-to_the:conclusion that the babies wereheing.fed too Mu*. , $o they issued Orders to the nurse to feed each 'blind but once in every three houM, and resolved < to. try that .experiment for a month-. . At the cnd ofthat time the), were delighted With. 'thereeult. The-deethshittirdecreased; and the surviving children all looked rosy-. cheeked and vastly More healthy than•they had a.fnw Weeks before. They were ex- changing congratulations; When one of the nurses, came to thein with an inquiry as to a modification of the rule with every sick child. Speaking with her about the case - they learned with astonishment that the'• good health of theinfe,ntsef the institution .had followed a 'misunderstanding of the doctors' directions by the nurseciliv o, instead of feeding their charges Once every three limits, had fed there only three times ft day. I haye no doubt as to the truth of this, and the metal of the story at least is worth the attention of mothers. • • A Liberal Auditor. ' \ e heard the other day Of a Young min.'. a Sunday School, end to give himself iste who was" taken, down" Very hand= seine ' by a bright little giri. ..He had been. called pon'quite unexpectedly to address time to collect his thoughts .he asked •a q,..-tif-e'sCtihoinl.• rn," s;aidhle, '.'. what phalli SPe-sk ha beAr°:eltli fil,t:;6orii. °I;h il i \tdti.le'd'ilit the front innio' fry. atse vs:velf:°'01 . hdited- ' ' "What de you know ?"-Baptist Weekly. h &mations, held . ' her, head ... and in a Shrill voice malted f, • ' . • , • ..... • Marriage • Of a MissiPnnry. ' Rev. 'Alexander McLachlan; who was recently appointed by a special -American Board ,of Foreignalissiene to cp-operate, with Rev, H. $.,JerianYan, of Tarsus; Asia Minor, in establishing at the latter place an, institute for training native Mission work.: ere, Was, married in Toronto on Thhrsclity Stephens. . The newly mar- ried couple will leave for New Work in a few days, •whore :they will be joined by Mrs. Jenstnyan; and proceed to the birth- place,ofthegreat apostle in 'Arniehia.• Could I Say Thy Will be Mile? If t.143 angel Death should' come, - And enter my door tOmiglit - And, bending above my baby, - Look into her eyes ay bright; It he should mesa his fingers • Down on bur little .breast, And say to the, heart, Be silent, Porever.and ever at rept, Could I kneel down and. say, ' • . "Thy will be done," oh, Lord, alwayr . If; when ibe evening breezes • Sweep over thewaving wheat,. . I knew they hud•stirred.the erases That covered nay baby's feet, • Bow would null& softiastmtigic . Lengthen into a moan! In the, tviilight, as. it it deePenca, Flo* could I here alone Kueei, and truthfully say, " will be done;" always away?' ' *them bereaved, to -day, • . lloW can, you bear the Olght • . ' Of beautiful lips grown pallid. Andcheeks that are waxen white? ' Bow can you let the,fingers ' Slip trent year loving lio1c1?-- ▪ ' .How pan you see, dear.baby• • Pass from your sheltering row'? Can you kneel down and Bah "Thy wild be done," ba -day? i think I could listr,aly bear , To put my baby eway To know that my careqvaa'over„ • And phe only beautiful clay, ' Maybe, to the heart sostricken.; le given's strength divine; • But often k sit and wonder,: , , If trial like this were mine, • . • . , Thy wilbbe done," alway, envoy?. , Hnsicaland Dramatic* NoteS, Dan Itice, then in the zenith of hie popn-, larity, taught Jenny Lind to ride: horse- back when she was in New Orleans hi 1850. Mr. Reub Fax, the comieeinger, of Wood - Stock, is reported to be greatly improved, and •there is now every hope of his re- covery. • , Mary Andersen's • next American tour will begin M New York city, on Obtober lst,, 1888At rits close the actreas will 'visit Australia. Henry E. Abbey will be her dritain'aCtiz'alVtilioin°;Pfl'-oS'hPer."°aliticetaliis7fchrun'fittrygt,"--- in, penEreneleco, is engaging a company to -Predtice the piece; in the East.. He has 'already secured Emma Carson for the title role. , McKee Rankin is getting a lot . Of free advertising out of the fact that ;die is not going to do "'Macbeth," at Niblo's, in New •• rork:- Who 'told itank-in, anyway,. that -•- • • jsthiatimewr.4tsiva4n..0.a.:perthallo.3esn;Kles, 'Jetn=a e..igi.z44 Palmer by -offering :prizes ler Nti .44'n.wora' hunt" on the letters in her name Seems to have been attractive, as over 30,000answers Were received. Two competitors tiedin making 306 correct words. • Barney MeAuley's widow is looking •for., an'opening for --her-adaptation-of " 'Onion." Besides having been an actress of note, the lady has • done creditable Play-. The Actress of Padua" „shows the marks of her :improving hand: , • In "The CircnieRider" the character played by Miss yokes. isa•yeting *Oman, who goes to the TOQMS of her intended him, .band andthereis mistakes for a:Circus rider with whom.....hi-hasana.ppointrnent,---•:She inipersonatesthe equestrienne, and dairies. the deception to a happytermination.- Lawrence Barrett wanted 87a• per Cent...* of the gross receipts for the Booth -Barrett coMbniatioi at lilecatiley!ii Theatre, Louis- ville. 7Mr. Macauley wouldn't stand and unless concessions shall be made Louis. • • vine Willprobably see no •Booth -Barrett • elephant this season. ' • . ' " • • , • • Miss Flora Irwin, who is known as Mrs. . Senator Grady, of New York, in Private':'. life, and her sister, Miss May Irwin, who/ was with the Daly Company for several " seasons, have rellirned; to their old gong. and dance specialties, and have joined the Howard_AthenteurnCorapany. • • Mrs. James Brown -Potter, 'refuses to• have any fuse Made over her when she , shall.arrive.in.th•is country:'. In A Cable t� - Harry Miner she says: Don't make any demonstration • on my arrival. Have no steamboats or, yachts, As I willnet leave thesteamer till she shall arrive at the, • I TIiefinaI curtain fell on the first. per. formance of The Mousetrap": at Wal - lack's Theatre last, Tuesday night in asm. silence. The pity, is well written'but unpleasant in subject and treatMent. A woman tries to poison her'husharid, is quently • prevented . by a good Old doctor, and finally poisons herself. In co Monbare," Mr. Mantel' introduces a novel piece of realism. Robert Monbare, the hero played by'Mr. Mantel!, is bitten by a ,1 • mad dog. No physician ia at hand. He seizes a red hot. prikerand cauterized the wound. As the iron' tounches his arm st• hissing Bound is heard, and the red and burning flesh is plainly seen by the audience Minnie Palmer has madea pronounced - bit in New York in' hernew piece,. "The Ring and the Keeper," and. "My :Sweet- heart," The firstis a pretty trifle; with taking Music; which the star sings with infinite archness; andshe is said to he, very quaint and clever in her twO disguises' as Waiting -maid and page, : • • • . : cot There Xli'st- Tom;" Effie vvhispered, after the „ . 'momentous question haabeen propounded, " I dm se happy .Papa and brother Frank • A Havana despatch says . A recent rain have been teasing nie awfully about ' you ' Morrn'. inundated several districts in this lately, and, besides, I'tnithe first girl of our eral poisons were drowned. • • . , • • taectiori,eausing'acinsiderable damage, ''Sev- graduating close to be engaged l' • ' . In addition ton:taco for the collection • Waterford carried the bonus by-law on moneys,: sciitte of the newest New. 'York Friday granting $5,000 to the Brantford pratet POOkS 1:194V0 A small mirror that fits Waterloo .:44 Laketrie,Railway by al, vote on the inside of the cover. ' • • of 161for to only 4 rigainst. 4, year-old child named tingeviri• has , The Department of justice is applying been killed in a field at Leval; One., by the for the eXtraditionef WM. "Kaiser Herres, ' hick of a horse, and a 14 -year-old boy, not/ in custody at St. Paul, Minn.; on the. named Gaudiose Bea4ta had, died 1r0111 a. gronncl, of forgerycommitted at • Berlin, hlOW in the stomach from a s1a1 in Ment- Ont. • morpnci mill*. ' • • 's . • • A twelve -pound cannon Shotwas found Mr. Henry Pritchett; of London, who imbedded seventeen inchesdeep in an oak Was accidentally abet in the head with a tree:in the suburbs of Franklin Tom It toypistol On il"riday,' is still alive and was evidently, fired from it Federal cannon doing Well, :BY an Operation the splinter; diiiing the bleodY battle twctity.three yeare Of bdnd have been, removedand also ' ago, as it entered.the ireo on the ,side next small Shaving from the bullet, which is to the town'. The fibres: of the oak are still Still embedded in the man's brain. . No attached to the ball and are nearly as hard' :speciaily dangerons symptoms hare so far as tho iron itself. • been developed, and the medical nieh say Aha .now a' minister's head has been that the chances are alightly in fever of .tilnich4d 1..01; pay eoeugh the patient's recovery. A sihitilertireuriv 'Itttehtien to „another mauls wiftr; This Thomas, Waerat OVer on "attii c1ao1ning stancei;the fact that until: the surfer makes thO TOilitiQ118 of the ' ClergY to the' by a 'miming waggon and'his thigh:bail operation- wan- Pertdrn.lect Mr. "Tril.OriirereeliiIVIATOaied eVer.--Chicagb broken,. never lest epnsciousness, • , ' Tribune.