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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1887-12-02, Page 3• , • Ib was et gold 1>eeiember twilight, bne the Mom wag 0047 Where_ Harry 011tter Foe • wated in an eeev-ohair before' the grate; • Winnie was stanaing beside the °hair, with one hand resting lightly. upon brother's shoulder, the other hanging listlessly by • her sde„ "Come, HertY,wilY don't you !peak? You have been silent at least ten • ruiontes; ' What are You:thinking alieut 2 '” questioned - Winnie, trying to rouse her brother from • the reverie ante which he had fallen. "I was thinking, Violate," he replied, " i what you and Walter are gong to, do if . . you get married. He has "only, hiEtelerk- ' ehip.g• I know itillarry," said- Winnie,,,44 but, - we intend, to wait a year at least. You veil consent to. our unioo then, will yen • not ? " "Ye, Winnie, and I should not with, hold my consent no* - if you wished to, be Married; for know. of oe man more • worthy ,of my precious sister -.than Wetter Adams." . • 1 am happy tp ' hear you .speak so, Harry, for your manner toward Walter has • . always been 'eo reserved that I did not know . . ." whether: you liked him or not." . • •'4 silence eneued for a few moments, which was broken only by the monotonoue _..ticitiogeLthe old clook_on_the.mantel.,-At length Harry spoke. • "Would you and Walter like -to be mar.' ...;•--ried now ?!,' Yes, indeed," replied_Wionietth_trOle. tint:deepening upon her cheeks, while her brother 'smiled at her earnestness. "Water sai,Vast night;" she continued, "that he, did not wish. to trait a year, but we cannot do otherwise." ' • tr "Yee you can, , Winnie, :.Half: of the, fortune our father left os is FOAM. Next Thursday will he Christmas. You clan be, married then and live here with your has- • band, Whet do you- say: tp this.armaige., ?" '• "Oh, happy We tibial be I" ',nun:Unreal. • Winnie, almostSuclibly;,• ' • . 'Alter a rinse Of •a 'few moments she faked,: - • '• • "BOW old are you, Harry -37 • - Winnie,' was the rePri; : • "Were you over inl ve, Harry ?" was \the' next question. • • ' • \ Yee, Winnie, 1 Icived.k once. But ' • vAll not talk of that now ; some tithe I *41 • lett you all about it." . • , • "Pbeas&teI1 me, now?. said .Winnie, 04*Iftgegattit 7,4171EIWISItardWl.WOJEWall 1:1Viiman. maned 1.1zoy Almott, and her •-parents had appointed ,a day for our mar- •riage.. She was 20 year of •age, beautiful • and accomplished, with a kind. word and a smile for everybody. She was the Only •• wOkaari I. have weer loved, end I think she •• reciprocated 'iny love; but 1 am Mit-sure, Once'. I. waif absent from ' home a Week, •• attending to business in a• distant city. • While,I was.:gore 'Lucy attended a party :with a yeung men who did not hear a very good rtputetion. On. my return I heard of it and immediately 'oalled to see her:, ' 'She • greeted 'm offebtionatelyt as was her wont, • but I Was angry and upbraided her for her • thoughtless conduct. , ' • •"' " ".'Why did you attend :Mrs. . Loring's: partv with Charles Baker ? ' I'asked. • • ‘-Becatise I wanted to. I' didnot•think there was any herrn in it,' she replied •: " ' You •knew it was against my wishes,' • I paid,. sternly. , • , • ' "'You night have 'delayed your busi- ,2nesi,' fora:yen-knew I *idled to attend that• • party: she replied,'a little wilfully. • " .basmess• was of'important's° and Could not be delayed.' •' • • • ' Wellohtr. Cutter, I am notyotir Weal_ • end am n'othound to obey you,' she said* 'Y • Ef.',;voice mingled with anger and pride, • • ".' Ludy .Aicott, ao you mewl this ?? • , • • ' ".' I do,' Waif the reply: • • , , • "'Very well, Miss Aloott. Henceforth you are free -from -all -engagements with el*, •I Belk eithelY, and rising, took up. My hat :and prepared to depart. • • '• • •• " She micoropented the to the deer, and there was it perceptible trerniit in.her Voice when she bade nao, • good evening,' find I ••think she regretted .the words the had. t ' re--Wif,wirdoub in is mansioit that night ? Aga /tlarry patter often? sap; lte,igled his laeheler lite.ift Over, . While his ideter tells h!Fi if 'had 40 Peen for her he would have been a h&obeIr to this day, • Hill. Nye and His Servant Girt. Persenal—Wili-the yeiing Wontan-Wheedifea' the gravy ilepetrtMent and. corrected proof at • our pie foundry, tor two eaytesitcti then jump* • the gal:eerie .tint,'eVening,that' we were r,O have our clergyman to; 'cime with us,, please deice becli or write to as Park Hp*, saying, where she .lett the crachent and cheese? • • • Cenie beck, WilhelzarAP,Pld lazoor.little ,sunbearo. once 'note; Comeback and cluster 'argatuad oar' hearthstone .e.t so much ,per 'Plufifeis • If yeeettontcbefit we7 will ,guit haying company'at- VW-110nm,, espepaily people who de not, belong.. to you set. We. will else etrive, Q so- hard,' to make' itpleasanter fer you in, eVery way. If we had iitOwn tour or five yearsagothat children were; offentilye to yeu,. it -would have been different, But it •,,ie tee lite now.- All we can ad isto shut them .up in a barn and fend them through a knot hole. If they shriek loud enough. to give painte your threhlii0,0! 40W,- let • no one knew, and we will overcome any false' sentirneot' we may feel towardir them and send them t the Tombs. :- Boma you went !Tay we ban' see hew wicked: And 4z -elfish We , were and how little' we considered your comfort We -mitis yourgladmile,..aleoyenr, Tenneeee9-Mar•-•" bl4ai andyourslatpie. We have leaned tessonsinbe yob Went away, and' it is that the.blame shoold not'haye rested OR One alOne• It ehould have been divided: equally, leaving' me to beer half of it and wife. the other half. ' • . . Where 'We erred was in dividing upthe blonde on the basis el- tenderloin steak or peach 'Cobbler, compelling:you to bear half of it youreetf. 'Thet•will not work,,Wilhel- mina., Blanae and. preserves, do* nOt.. (11111.40., on the nitrite bailiS0 We are now in favorof •what may be called a sliding maim- We think you will like this'better.''' . We also .inacle a grave mistake inthe atter.,Of nights:Out. 'While young I formed the wicked and perninionstebit of having bights out it:trait.. 'panted for the night air and Would goa long distance and stay out. a Icing time.t6 get; enpugh of.it for -amass and then bring •it, one ma.a paper bag;bit 'I can see.now it is.tiMe for Me' 'to rennin indoors and girayourig.people hke youreetf octant*, Withelmina.• ,•• • • • §kyva, ,alustica,tliftitTWAtekit4 mortrinand ?mt..' 1 inn iieolc, of cotirse, but I can 'peel • apples or grind coffee, or: hold 'year head for you. _when you need sympEithy, .I could also•soon learnt° do the plain cooking, I think, and friends Who come to See Us . 'after this have agreed to bring their dinners: ' 7 • , • . There ia no 'reset* why harmony should not be restored among us and thaola sun.lighttomebeeli to our rooftree. ' • •Another thing .1 wish to write before I Chia° this bunalliating'pereonal. I wish to take haeknitY•harsii and, btttar. weeds elatit 'your Singing. •bald:that you ming like a hot'I was mid;vilien I maid it, and I: wronged: you.; I Was. Maddened by hunger, and youtold me that muslrand /Milk was the • tik4or thillt.f,or it • brain- WOrker;end you •refused ,to give me any dep:e ori MY dumpling.' GOeded to, madness by thip, •1 said that yeirsang like a shingle hailt,hutit was not •: my better,' higher tie.turethat spoke. " It: woe *My grosser. and More' gastric :nature that 'asserted itself; and I now desire te tette it back . Yeti do not sing like a shingle. mill -.-a.. 'tenet fie mochas, tomistead,a.praeticed ear. • . Your tenee has more volume, and when otur-opperregistee'107010-0-edlinielre-Wei: than any shingle null I ever heard.; .// • Celia „hack; WilhelMitift. We need you every hour.••• After you went away. we tried to set the bread as•we 'admen yo a de it, but it was not a sapless. The next cley it came Off the nest with a -litter of intall, tallow rolls which would easily resist the iectiOn Of If you cannot dome back, Will you please write and tell me hoWycin are getting along and hew you contrive' te insert air holes UttereclAtkladly-ALLdid Mine; but I was 111 to home.mede bread 2 -:-Bill Nye inN.1?'. :too prOud-toseekareconeitiatioNoaryou- .7.7°,14" • • know, Wieitie,'why I never married;" ' 'Id liaVO you ever seen Limy Alcott since you parted with her that night?" asked • Winnie, alter he brother had bonfluded. •" No, Winnie, I have not ; but I have heard she still continues to reside in this •. city, but in seclusion. Let us' drop this subject now. Isn't it meet time for your lover to be here?" . •• • • •. i'Oh. Harry.' 1 forgot to tell you about alter'saunt—lais mother's sister. ' He &lived Withher ever Mope his iinother'ii eath; whit% occurred about ten years ago. • Perhans she will not like tobe eeparatea from bun." ' She shall .not, Winn*. You :iiin tell • one of the servants' to prepare a chamber %for ber HO* old ihel Do. you knew r, • 4" Thirty:five, I believe," replied Winnie, 'and, witha happy face' and a light heart, . she left the roona,-while:'llarry ,relapsed into thoughtful enema: • • Ittvap clear, cold Chiistimas afternoon. • Harry, butter. seated in his own • Mom; deeply engaged nthe odotents of a • •• • • . Everything had been arrangedfor the marriage of his sister, whieh was to take place,in the evening. • The opening of the door of his room cad :Harry, and Winnie CatTIO nexoiaim.. '0.06M0 dovVninto the library and let- tee introduce you to Walter's ant.. :She has beeh here nearly three *Mrs, but yeti he.ve kept ybereelf eletas if you did nob desire' to see her." • • • " "Well, Ile not, f tell the !truth, Win - tie,'" replied Harry; relnotantly, rising and c1oaingJtis bock. •' • ,•, ' 1 thinkYon *ill:when • you- knot", who •she said. Wintile, while she vainly triad to represe the Minty light, that danced in • her, blue eyes. • • • ".Winoie I" Tho voice was grave, and Ilerry loriked inquiringly. at his sister. . • "Oh, Varry I it is Luey Allcott I". "1. dannob SOO her, Winnie," was the reply. • Youmost,interryl Sne loveg ou. • NVItY, ,do Yeti .wreek.two • Per an hertz'. Winnio reasoned: With her lirether, Midst lest•sho, persuaded hire to seek e reconelliatieft with Imey Alcott, Need I. Odd Mere 2: , Need' I telt. the- , A 'Cloriona I* indite where the elephentife.treate'd by his matioutalinest, as eine of thefazially; the grateful Minna makes a return for the kindness , shown it . by Voluntarily taking tare of the baby.. it -will •patimatly permit' itself to he mauled by its little chergmand• will 'hove, great sOlit3ituchrrwhen the child 'cries. Sometimeethe elephantwill boo* sp attached to its baby friend a,s to insist npoh itirsonstant •preeence. 'Snell a case kncityn wherethe elephant went so laras to refuse to eat exPept in the presence of its little friend. Its attachment Was' flo genuine that the child's parents would" net hesitate td„leave the baby -in the elephaet's oare briewieg•that it ,could have no More faith- ful nurse. And the kindly monster never, belied the teust reposed in it.—St. Nicholas for Noveniler: ' . •• • • ,t Hematitic Engagement. "Whom did. you shy, he Wee goitgto marry ?" , • ' ".Twenty millions," "Oh; how perfeotly sweet 1" And then the oar i3topped.-.-Boston Herald. • • A Mean Man.,. Ite---" My dear wife, I love thee fib fondly that when I am near thee I feel , not the cold blast of winter." • She—"Me, too." ." Glad to hear it. - Than yon,:don't need any sealskin .sacqUe this seirson.";"---Ftei .„ yende:Blatter. • ilere's a free :advertisement for Mira Marthe Cosgrove, of ' Chicago, and she deserves it, She feted it hard work to mike a living with the needle hathce utast way, so she cipeneda mendingeatablishment, where'she sews on buttens for 10 cents -a dozen,'darns Meetings at .10feents a pair, and does Mending at the 'seine low rates. She furniehesmaterial for darning' and meoding and Urine Mit the work, claiming one-half' bt the price paid. , • Mr. Robert Kennedy,- eldeit Surviving son of the late Mr, David Kennedy, the Sdottish vocalist, is giVing a series of enter- tainnieets Of Seottieh song in. Austritla, Ile is everyWhere meeting With great We- ek§ " ea(Awfr NI°f‘'*‘' 10;01444 ,It bt4°4:4 t:ts,v0;.:410t°1714,640,141• 41;;46t'0,Y^. _adkAtt 664:Pi t• • . • • 1,1- OUP $OK to VelgOO lifoor .,70 elm t',1, ,C,ItntrialtalIt•., A rinng-Peasint, Wegetri frtora,g villap near here, hap. new *WY and rigrazor rheumatism, writes gi, Jepenese correspon- dent to the" St, Louis. • Globe. Many of thoseshort- tempered -people, whohave had rheumatism in their knee§ and: gout in • their tome:lave declared' that the senaation wee es if something were gnawing at their muscles, and, this. Japanese woman says that it te,'00 in reality. Rheumatiem,-, according to her,, is. a growth of small 'paresites under the skin, a Innen insect that gnaw it and hitee and caueee the •untold misery and all the twinges of that ailment. • She has .had for oner-of-her—polienteThere a grizzled -and sceptical ma captain, and, as eea captains' may 'always, he believed, except 'about'the 'sea serpFitt;,vhie case. ought to settle it. The mariner -Wee completely laid up with his ailing knees, and the Japanese woman woe sent for. claimed•te seethe move - went of the Parasites under the skin, Ordered faet •baths of bran and hot rice brandy, and cameanother day with- a, little steel hook and nipped •famall white. insects out hythe (Wien, ;By the., stories, it inustbe a large white ilea; ler ene. of them when brought out to the surface •naadea epriog and was lost to eight. • One fthehystencleiii4elt a sting; and the _next day had e....sare-place-on• hie -arm, and euttiegAnto__14.4„.4vaaAound-,..thet, thCrhkniiiatisrn bug Was there burrowing like a liek. The -regular preotitioners are sceptical about this new theory of then:- reatism. They put one of the insects un- ..dera reiscroscope and decided that, by its • organism, it never Could have lived nider the surface of the skin eirey from the air,: • and that she roust have carried it tinder her finger nail and introduced it at the pro- per moment. To • this the see oaptain enters' a vigeroUs denial. She says that' she has taken the insects frein• his knees and ankles. by thehundreds now, and that all hate:been killed in his . sight, and that he. is growing. better and, can find relief after each treatment: • A deaf Man was persuaded to go to her after suffering pain in his ears; and. she; promptly tooka dozen • Or more.parasites from. one 'ear. Theideamaalo,repelsive to •tbe'man that .he ;would eontinu.e the treatment. These who believe ikthe wonictia and her strange discovery are 'bnxibue to have her go, to Tokio and be Med° famous and given 'a oh op te,gperate . n the who Es all:M*14r ""-a.'4teat4 ise4titiOtar-VON4-4,sPioniltliba akin to &dame:tam rn rvs•thoittiftet* pain. If this Nagasaki women's idea's proVed to be' the right. one, there will be grind upsetting .of medical theories and a closing ,of hot springs and Otherfheinnatio resorts; and .if they prate' haft-6hii- 'iinpester, Japanese juggleraagein come to the fore as the cleverest* the world-, *Among the Clegyineuf • ' Rev. A. B.' D., cif St. Mary's; has iteeepted the unaintrions- invi- tation • Of: St."••Pa•til's. •Methodist Chnich, ..Avenue Mad, 'Tiarento,., to .become their , pastor for the Maiming year, subject to the !, action of the Tranpferandlltationing Com.' mittees. ' . • The Detroit Free Press says that the Rev. T, R,Esidk ,of St, 'Thomas' Church, Detroit, has received call from Trini Church', Toteda, Ohio. The paper apelike very 'highly of -Mr. Reid's tabors: in Detroit. Mr. Reid was not 'long ago Ei, Minister of the Mono /toad circuit cif the C. M. Church. • Rev. Dr. Raiasford; of New,York, mono Occasion said at the oloile of theiliervice after the osual:_lormule, .."Leins_preyAr. the whole.state -of Christe Church mil! tent." "-When It say militant. that cleceri't mean onty the EPipteinalthurch r retain-. ber we are Praying now for Presbyterians and Catholics and every, !Inman being who callaiin---Chnst's name:" Two or three were a good deal shookectty-his UnconVen- tioziality; but the major ,pert el his con- gregation liked bit all the better for the remainder. " . New •fleinedy for the Potato Hog, Ag. newremedy for the potato bug pest his' been diserivered by . PfajOr-Genera _Laurie, of NoVelkotia:, • The:General informs the Secretary of Agrietilture of that Province that-, on. the farm ()f one of the 'most, enter - pilling farmers of Newport; his attentioi. was called:to a Milk -weed which grew among the root :crew and .to which the potato beetle ideanch attracted. It lays ite ,eggs on theunder side of the leaf, eiad the larvae, when:hatched out, feed on the plaiit and ,die,;being ,apparently poisoned by it Where this pliant '.grows' the, petatoes are apparently not toochedby the beetle: The milkor juice is very, powerful, giving a burping sensation 'down the throat anctintO the stomach,' and the' weed proves. tole Auphorbia Relibseopia, a common weed of gardens and fields in'Eiagland. ' • 4 '416 • Senator Jeseph R. Hawley; of. COnneeti, out, Was married yesterday in Philadelphia to Mies•Edith Horner, of England; who has been kr several years onetif the headnurees at the Blookley HoSpital* in Philadelphia; There' Was a large and.distingoitheci assem- blage present.' ' ' • . • • , The ArreW • ,Stdainship Company, of WhiehRobert M. Fryer is the head, anima to be building esteonier of extraordinary strength 'andispeea- at Aleicandria,, Va. The New 'York. Herald- of yesteeday.says it is' dOing'nothing of the lied, and eceuses. the company offraud. • ' . 'Qn atirday afternoon Mr, !Atkinson, a •Dundas etreet.06ndon) grocer, stepped out of hie tihop for a Minute tO assist e. farmer's wife in peeking her; purehasee into her waggon, 'when a 'sneak -thief got into the store and rehhed..the till of nearly $40 in caeh. ' • ' ' • .—A inagaiine 'writer, says "Should fortuhes be limited ? " The 'trouble With most •peeples fortunes' is .that they ere limited -very 'baited. • ' • ' • ••••--" 8114 Hundred Medical Don'ts? 18' the title of a book reemitlypublished. One of its most striking oreissima IS expressed by the words: Don't overeharge Or overdOse patient." . ' ' ' bride May' be robed inyelbow 'and 0kid With her bridegroom ie .a bower of yellow .flowers and all that; and 'Ovent*be married by a Minister who hag the jania- diee,,but no (amount of decoration will Pret vent the discoVerkef the contile's greenriese at the first hotel they put npat. ' _ .ThO 111147-film11.44,411 LIVJ ,Lot e 'otive.;, conenhines Courtier*. The Sultan makes his, rigid tapt of forty days atRamazar, like any other geed Turk, and it the end of the fast he receivep every aycecoarradiognere thesay.o youngwife h e tfreelrilioPghltej"er-r.iti • his mother be not elive...the oldest woman 'lathe harem presents the wife. This young girl is chosen, six- months before from among hundreds of candidates, who are -chosen in infancy and educated expressly for that purpose, and then. tome, ten or fifteen are chosen and put unaer a course of purification with laths of balin of Gilead and Sofiya tea, with ;milk and rice for the Triticipal diet _The last_day of thefeast. the bride, is SpleOted from e.mongthe ethers, and led to the Sultan's DX= and diVested of olothing„ and left standing there, with heWe_ftheadieud.folded,tams,antil-theSul-. tan enters. 'Sometimes the Sultan never sees her again, and sometiineathe new 'vide becomes prime favorite. It is not alivaye the mat perfect beauty which renders altife the favorite', but generally the.M08t intelligent ofie Who gains the coveted oosi- tion. NdOeremelly is coneicleiedname-eery when theliulton takes a, wife. She is con- sidered 'sufficiently' honored by his choice. ,In the afternoon the Sultan received his pens,,,_,They,arabrought-intallie-augusk prefigure by their respective " dedaa" or -tutors;7Who-eackhaireentire7-Cheirgenover ,0110b0Yrancteeob-boY"-is-rnade to -believe that Whatever be Ave* be •Oulet....,have. Murad`Effendi; once when but 6, years Old, declared that he would **thereat nor Meep until they had brought a man -Of -war to fire a salute in front of,the pollee, and theyhad to ,send for. one; gather a Mew, buy and :take on board povvder and then get through the bridge andcome dewn in front of the palace to. fire the salute and scare Blared nearly to death." If during the day a new son:arrives the news is 'announced to the. Sultan, •who, bored: though he; May beby the constant repetition of the neWe cif 'new, arrivals, Must gyp order "that ; a salute.b d, at. Togtarie first, end, then on every fOrtress in 'Turkey,' eetengotis foragirband 21 for Et boy. •The slekewhe first ricteheathe Sultan withilionewp twelves .a handsome 'present, •Etzid then the monthly purse; whoip-arpci 'Wei- in :a- Terkieh, palitee; as well as a peer: American's hcime; brings the newborn baby for the Sultan to look at She also receives a valuable -gift. The evept mean§ much., to , the Mother, forit Often lifts heir fretu slayery to the position .66l.tegitleateltAttelre-ol‘MlitifSeittenmffio-4.4 littim-XffedatilivitpeatalY4MA-16.1.1are ,Cliildran',Virleni•shoriNnitylmayeatet 'aught tOiespeot him as a superior being. The 'Soltan 'has:Over 6,0011 outs attached in "seine Raer -'or• 'Capacity to tha.pilace• andin his personal eeryice,aside, lrona the Pe1dierle,4and"the .amount Of- Money the 'Sultan .orders spent ,dail Would ,bankrupt England in'tionentli, only, as he is not very :geed at.'zcelculeting, atel' his chief' euntela,' chatiaberlork andtreasurer are, they put their headstogether. to out down everybody's eipkiefilint.theii own, and of late years an 4(0' has been :really made toward eaorionly, 'tholigh 'Edit' volumes .might be told of how niceley is\ lavished, for each wife rnust have her own 'Separate establishment, and 'each asgeed ci.stAhe other; and each new child ' -its' eepate *Mee and tutor; and all. the caprices of' the Stiltairancr iinperial the, ibe humored, • • • I, .,01tIG1N,. Off. " 01.4t .4:131dO," "Goflo POY" " DOne to gp, 0, • Turflora.IMIA„ Pke." Ther,W4 WO/01y More orthe poetry of tradition than truth of history in, the fel: lowing .paregraphe„Ixem the 'C./tris/an , Didp, Qtrelt ,of Tyre, about Seven cen- turies 'before* ()brat, aftei" her husband ha Pet4P.,cui4toanddeuetshtabbri,10eraabrOteboi0orn,ynfloed from thi.• thonotth Mast of Africa Having her- gained,tvith the. motives for as *much land aa could be surehtin,ded with a. bull's hide, she getthe hide into narrow strips, tied could h iheem°1:4 itdederfrioannedelawiTtehal the lneh landittiltierit and now, when One plays a sharptrich, he , itneds 1.1ae:---Bia to 12,,e--wi otiat7di797.,ealaii. aVe•lier, A tailor of Sama.roaina, Asia, who lived 'Mr ft,street leading to the "borying ground„, kept near his shop ati earthen pot, in, which he was accustomed to deposit a pebble . whenever a. body was carried -by to its final resting place. Finally the tailor died; and seeing the shop deserted; a person inquired whatliad liecotoe of its former occupant. . "He has gore to pet himself," Was the reply by one of the deceased's' neighbors • • During a battle: :between the Rusaiene and Tartars a' private ,soldier of 'the former •criedoot--: ." Captain; I've caught a Tar- ' 'tar." " Bringhim along," said the officer 7,c114-i-Von't let me" was the' responee., In.. , vatigation peeved' Watt he ocaptiveliad-thET captor- by•thearna and- woold notollow•hina to mpve, So " cateliog a, Tartar" is ap- plicable to one who haa found an antagonist too Powerful for him. • While lying on the gridiron over a Slo* • fire*. 81. LaW.rence—Ill whose honor the Escurial was built by -Philip 1L—said to • the Emmet', who was watching his suffer. inga : Assattis est; jam versa et manduca,"? which one translator, not qUite literally,; hitt appreciatively Of the'grina hornor char- acterizing the original, rendered: This ilde enough ie toasted; •. Then turn me,tyrant, and eat; • And see whether raw or mimed •, lam the better meat. . Hente„ "tone to a turn.", •. • ., Formerly in London, when apinall dealer • bonght bread of the baker, for every, dozen . loaves purchaeed he was given:: an Vitra loaf ap his profit, from which eiroumstitnce . "a baker'g dozen" signified thirteen...Vail- ous origns have been amegoed the phrase, lint the shovels the only one that is, bleed, on a•sure .foundation. .vdtanteworlo4kBavatignetffittlatiTheitliki5r FR0bral41ortqlalkstitte.'40.h041ra8l50- Insaiathweeililizzerixtells•eiheAtitery' col a bo' who, by the offer Of liberal comperes, ion, was induced to turn .6 .grindstonefor Illaa whodesiredtosharpunhjage. The proniteed compensation. 'waft never paid,' and.of ooe 'who disguisefi lanz own selfish ainae• under Onappearcumeof generosity „ Or dis- interestedness; it Pi remarked "He has an. axe to grind" : ' • • . •• • • . Latest from the -Northwest. ' :Winnipcg's local"greln.market is inertias. • ing in volume of business. • civer. two thou- sand bushels of grain' are now naarketed, daily byfertners frina, the districts around -the-city:, Large quarititiesof bete are dully being shipped to 'points in Eastern Ontario and also to British Columbia• .. • • James G. Dunlop, manager of the.:Cooh.: rape Rancho, died yesterday, at MeLtiod, from the effeds of expoeure.a few, weeks 'ago,: When' he was thrown from his Waggon and left onthe prairie on a bitter, night. •wati one of the beet cattlemen in the Northwest. • : ; • . • • •'Rev: D, M. 'Gordon, late Paptor'of "Inca :Church; left with hie. family' this evening for his new field of labOr at. Halifitx. • • . • •Farniere are complaining that the Do- sninion...standards.iforAndgiog.,•-wheatr.as Applied., to Manitoba,. are altogether too, high ascomparedwith Duluth, and it is 'proposed...bringing the Matter before • the gexteession of the -Dominion Parlianaent, with.* view to,having the grading changed.: The flour mill at Doininion City, owned • by Jeznes Spence ; Of Winnipeg, was totalty destroyed tiYfire at 6 O'clock thie •Morning. Lees, $7,000.; uninsured. • . • •' • • • There ha ti been a slight fella Onowinthe easteen portion of the PrOvince, but in the • west the prairies arestill perfeotlY bare.. ... ' The. local hankshaimasivinced the rate .of discount fronal to 8 per cent. ' , The death is announced at Donald; from 'drink, of a min. named Dean; formerly a' • Lieut.-Colcinel in the British Only,- and 'riehly gifted in many WOO. Gen Middle- ton, during the•'NorthWest Oampaign, rem ognizea him as an oldeequaintence... ' '. ; That Bitter • • "The Education Board .of Minneapolis • has excluded' :the Bible' from the pr,ttitio schools." • • "•' • • "What for ?" , • There was teeiratiola ebont St. Pea in Aye, —Beautiful- autumn leaves havo made gorgebus albums ..Whieh • have been sent abroad to give forelenere a coirect, idea tif Canadian foliage, Leaf mosaics, columns' of leaves and picture§ of leaves frin'ged with pressed Sedges are some, of the ar- rangements,..made by artistic designers. • • . • ---The English " sparroWirdvhich were • alloWed to conie into thie country on the ,distinct unierstandingthat they would work for their board midclothes itod free the land of caterpillars haven't done any, thing of the sort. how little dependence can be placed on 'imported con, bract labor. , •• , .• The- anniversary of the battle' of Slivitze, was celebrated in Sofia on Saturday with religious aid civic ceremonies. .• ' .--'-A physician says that the best break-. fkt,to prepare for a day's Work is that of "steak or chops, with geed Coffee,hot..rolls and 'egge." no decilitres tho.t. recent. eXperi- nafits have shown that to digest Matinee) properly hat() outdoor •talior seems to be necessary., and 'lis believes :that the Only nntritive villturitireffirfoitiidl'irthe OrealiT . , Favors': " It's•Mithin? but Perliticleparties,in•my -. house,'Sarell. There's Jimmy; he's a pre-. laishOnist •, Eddy's e, Hinyy ' Georger ; Patsy's a Jinircierdrat—same as his :lather. Was, God bless him ;.. Tommy, heiclined the Pergreeetve Labor - Party; an', would . you 1ielieve• it, Clenientina; 'my ably . gal .. • 'Clernmittna, come last night 'an' axed if Eihe might join :the Pergressive, Ewker party justformed in the neighborhood, an', as • '.. she said -it was h0:end of favors be was to - get, I let hetjine.7-7,./torpei4 a. Weekly: . • • . '' . • ' ' : :. .-(3- . .'ll'eovered.waggon.drewn by a soinewhet . weary -looking pair of horses croesed the - ferry et Detroit t2), 'Windier on Saturday., ' • . • 'Upon -the eideVvas arudelypainted legend -i:' ":In Daholta we trusted. • In Dakota we , bated.". ;Within We r John Ainan slie, I.. `Ei\ii iiitelligeet ' farmer, his • wthiand six child-, min,' who have been: draw .from.. Douglas ,County, Dakota; a diets Ce of over 1;000 . Miles, en route for Garfield?. Epees'. 'County, Out., their ,former lionte.-;„ In Ispite-of their .long journey .all"loolted7'alean deinfortable and in gond health. • 'i '..•••-•'-4----.• Diphtheria . is alarmingly prevalent in the neighterlared • Pf :, Ottawa. •At\Lake • Opinicon a•nuMber of 'aped are reported, and at ,Ayliner, Dr.WOods; the local health, 5. 1 vent •schcals in consequenceOf the preval,' • Mice cif the:disease. In that village three ;children Of Mr, Granville died.* three • - day's. !.0tai Was buried On 'Monday, a•second: On Tuesday and third on Wednesday. Two Others are danger of death, While , • tlie dread 'disease has entered; of Mr Portelande and Mr: Oivale. • . , . .. • , Vefisel§ aro leaving., the Neva to amnia: being elOsed in by ice. '. • - • In the earlier editions of Lew Wallitoe's ' "Bratiner the dedicatioo, was ''To the' • Wite,of My youth," 0..,•Ilarticeived so many ' lettere' of Mandideriee pn•...his supposedwidoWeiliiiedaod so many offers of tide: qttate: consolation that latterly he added the "Who still abideawithime."•- ' ••=A YellOW'weddingis.one . of •tlie latest freaks. The brideemaidsare 14 yell**, the fleboratiOne yellOw, the laces ,yelloW, the •flotters. yelloW,etreeythiog; in 'short, but the bride, Whin idol course all white, ,wea,re that jaundiced'The effect .iff„ what trying and incire aziggestiVe of e rouse. ' inghiliend attack than a gentle, emprOun • scene e fashionable -marriage ceremony Melte tebe. , • • ' . •• • ' An influential cotainittee has been • ap- pciinted by •the Citizens of Meaford to secure,. • , - he establishment of a High School in . the • oWn. „' • ' • ' L1 113 ovemm., , • • •• ' He sang with vigor, ' 'Ho sang it bitch day; • . "1 world not live always, . -I ask not to Stay," But when With fetor. • And' taken • He gulch ly hktin ' ThadectonVinlOathi. • ' pooket• Sewing , Machine, tointro- duce which a company has been termed in• England; and shares sold for general Ito/mit, Ment tinder a VerY glewhig. prOspoettis„ is , now ;geld to be a • failure, and the inanipti- ' 'etas of the company*re charged With deliberately getting up the Scheme to ' sr./Indio inVestord, If Ithbinstein can be said tO have' a rival ,ia Pianist it is Eugene d'Albert, who for bout five years' .is the only ,one •of the zoueand and one whom thee:0 tit' ave. dared to corriPare with therina er; t prsssorhowsvmardoikay- trx.1Pg a yOUng naafi. by the table of . ageirr,and,d'Albert is beginning "e° a. ttle uncerefortehIe. . a ti ,h which is cater' with it, • •11 • e••41" • • • 4 .