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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1888-05-04, Page 3ft a •. krom a 'A *Isti-r" br ,11XStthew 4ray4114. ' ' 1 oak notoseb Sled Soul to keel) • Tearletis, wn,eri of ray cleatb he heap; . Let those who, will, if any, wool Tiaere IWO WOVietPlaglIell OP earth then te•wre. 1•esk.but that MY deathmay find Tho freedom to my life denied; • Ask bait the folly of: mankind - Then, then, atiaskte nett nay side., • - Spare me the whispering, crowded room, 'The friends who come and•Saee and go; The coremonieus air of gloom - All . wbich makes' death a hideous shoW 1 . ., „ Nor bring.„ te femme cease .to. live, - • . Moine 4eeter full of phrase and fame, , To ellakellialstteienth-eadanditvo. ' • The ill he cannot mire a name. . Nor fer,en to take the accustoned toll Of tile podr sinner bound for death, ' His brother doctor of the soul • '. To canvass with official breath. , The future said itS VieW213Elii.tlaiegs, , Tb a ti, undisco,vered mystery . • Whi ono who feels deatla'avinnowing wings Me ' cods read olearer, sure than hu! . , .J3rifli none of these ; but lot =who, • While all around in silenee hos, .- Moved to the window /icor, and BOO. '• Once more, laefere'mY clyieg eYeet Bathed in.the soCrod dews of morn The wide,aerial landscape unread - Tho world whieh:was ero.i was hern.• The world wnicli lasts when I am dead; ,. „ • • Which never was the frfond of one, . Nor promised love it could not glV.0, But lit for &lilts generous sun, ' ncl lived itself, and. Made Os liV°• , .. ' There let and gaze till I become - In soul, with what I gaze on, wed 1 To feel tho universe my home ; To haye before ray mind -instead , Of thesielt room, the mortal strife, , The turruoii 'era little breath--'- The pure eternal course of life,. . • Nor bunion ceinbatings with death; . . • . Thus. feeling, gazing, inight 1 grow i 0o.. voted., refresledteneobletl, clear;' „t I'lie. illing let nay spirit go To • ork or wait elsewhere or hero. : , • • Little. 411i 3te.'an4 Little Ah There. ". Little Ah Mo was a Cninaman With a queue o.s loeg•atalais 0.rna;• Wlaose spirits•stienaed constantly under a ban; Tho' hernever did evil or hann,; - BUS he,ever inclined to the darker side •, And the pessimistieVtlaw, 1. • . .: • • .And his life wit- a failure, and; yvheia.he died, .. The mouruere were very few., • • , „••• • . , .• • • • •'. Little Ah There was another Chinee, But ono of a different sort -Mittlaedwas icteap er tn..° Iiiiindof Glee, lind worrleabe.maileirlis spurt; . • He had Ilia failings, bait he its gay He'd 'many. a little sin.. . . But he ;won ah hearts ni.his-cheati, •=4'41.1.441I12itgapi.1„;00.Afts,'''attaraariiii.... • . • -roz•gw=4,saabsional.B5 elessearatiblime is learned; , "•-• That Ws better to keep up a.senablaime fair., , ' • . It's seldona a winner may,reach.his goal, , • While) u laugher seltioth fails • Strength breeds itself in a banteringsoul, . While tbe ono that is hopeless cleans. • ' • • • :--Chwago gait. • • " . . My Little .no Peep. mjnictiis'tiiVrep.is fast asleep,. • ' And her head on my heart is lying,: .1 gently rock and the old hall clock. • strikes' a, knell of the day that's dying; But what care I how the hours go by; • 711i7hotherswiftly tbeygo'er creeping'7.. Not an hour could be but dear tome, When my babe On mY armis•sleeping. , Neraittle hare feet.with dimples sweet, ' Prom the forts of her gown are 'peeping, And t ach wee too, like spclaisy in blow, • . I ea -roes -as she•lies a -sleeping; , /der &Lien hair falls over the chair, ' • • It's treasure of beauty unfolding, , •1 press my lips to her finger tips • . Vino my hands aro se Gently/2°1(1Mo. .. Vick; tock, tick, teak'you may Wait;.old clock, . • It was foolitda vihatl was saying ; . Ito your seconds stay, your minutes play, And bid your &YE; go all•a-Maying. . :0,Viine 1 stand Still -let me drink myflU" ' Of .eentent while my babe is sleeping; •• As 1 sniooth her hair, nay life looks fair, . ,And to-morrow-jitt:my Le weeping.. •• THiei HoWsHits o'o stiort•iNd.' • 4 • down to a linen counter. A young man came forward to wilt on risoind after being told whet was itanted, he queried: 14 So.Xou want tickle -real linen. 'Well, here is something I cd a rIshonathend." " Is that all linen ?" " Yes, • sir." • • Is it ?" asked Mr.Bowser, as he filmed to me. . I didn't think it was, but I 'told Mr. , Bowser to let it go. It was the custom in all dry goods stores to lie about such thins, and no one thought of raising a row. Madame," said Mr. Bowser, as be took the cloth over to a motherly oldlady, " le this all linen V' • "No, sir; it's half cotton!" ehe replied after an inepectien. " Where's the proprietorof this etpre ?'1 he demanded of the clerk. 9 I -I'll call him, sir." The proprietor came up,' .r • Is that linen2" asked Mr. BeWiiiir.' It passes for linen, sir." ....' . "11 you put a cow's borne and tail on a horse he'd pass for a Cow,' wouldn't. he? Sir.; this looks to menial a petty swindle, and one yeu ought to be ashamed of!" The proprietor began to blow up•the clerk,and'the clerk said he'd resign, and as ftVe got out doors I penned Mr. Bowser in a'• doorstep, and said: . ' , ‘ - '11'11 never, never dare enter this store again 1" ' • „ . ' . "Don't want you to. The man is a liar and -the ‘ clerk lied by his instructions. We'll try another:" The next storewas crowded, and as We reached, the linen' counter it was to find every stool Occupied. ' I tried to get , Mr, ,B0S/ser out, anticipating . trouble, but un- fortunately at that inoment one:lady ob- served to another: • . " Dear.me, but this is the thirdaftentoon Om come down town to boy a table -cloth, and I haven't got suited yet: • "And I want four crash towels, and I've been all ' over town twice," replied the other. , • • . ' t „ • • "Here, your Snapped Mr. , Bowser: to. the clerk, "ate you blIBY ?” • ' ' V` • :" Waiting on these ladies, sir? Pave they 'heught, anythingl" • ' "No, air." - . • • ' "Are they going to ?." I -I don't knoW." " . i - " WelkI've no time to fool away.' -z.: We :Want- three linen table-oloths and two dozen inipkind." - ' , - ' • ' The ladies' arose in • great indignation. ..tatikiif AhemigitiananlakataileediN Anca,itia`".,:ifireL ,51ar.Sylk__t- Allid'4141,67--to *hikteekrat--,!•...','".' —iglit tiio shortened him two feet,hut whit* had no •.• • • • V ...•• APparent effect, An seven ininutes..-We had •fourt4 'what ; ,we wanted; paid the bill' and ivere.reedy-togo. The clerk Acted a bit sulky, and Mr.:,Bowser was ,getting ready to give a blast, when I appealed to him to noia the petiocz I tesid him it was the cue.' ..tornior.:-set•eral-thousand-ladies-ta-conae- downtown every afternoon to Shop, and that shopping Consisted of promenading up. and down' to show,their suite off to a lot of well dressed loafers, and entering the Stores and taking an hour atid, a -half to buy a elk - pence Worth of lace or ribbon. The clerk .haelted .a little at the . same moment, and I got Mr. Bowser out without another eruption. '.• ' • . . • . , ,. ' , "Now for diShes;" he said. as We get out, and we went to a crockery store. • --My 'heart Sank as ' I so* tbe place Crowded with ladies,. • We halted beside one Who was, saying to a clerk: .. , "-And so that tooth -pick holderis six: Cents •1" , ; . . • --":""-Orli yki; madam:" " How Very cute 1" " Yes, it is:" . "1 !And it is ;imported ?" - 1' It is:" "How very, very charming! Thisip the., me one I Saw yesterday, is it r • .. 1., ' " Oh, certainly," . • ' 1.... • , " Dear.me* bnt'I' wish I could make up y Mind whether to :take it or net. ; .Yon e, we may move inthespring,'And if we oved, you know—" 1' I want about $10 worth af'dishes," in MT. Bowser Creates a, Sensation Among, Ba , . 'the 'ordinary Hun •of f3hoPpertu ‘. . „ . . •• . . I had mentioned in a ceetel Way thali we . . needed some 'dishes, .a new carpet and m . ' smile table -linen, and that I:inust get down se • ';-teWil And buy .; them, When Mr. Bowser ' m came house at 2'o'ciecli one afternoon and "Well, are Yoriall ready or. • , ' " Per.whitt,?" • ' - , ".Why, to go down and:: buy those things !" - . • . ' . ' . • _ "Bub I didn't kilo* you wanted to; go. ' „Indeed,,I %doh you ,wonldn't:". • ' ,,, Vra . .' "Oh, you do! Aro you ashamed to be a? ' seen with Me on the'street ?" . • . ; • PI ' "'You know I'm not. I'M. afraid you- . ' ,, - de you'- .. • • .. ; ' " Wellwhat ?" . • • • .' ,." '',. ,. • 10 • 4,1' Yeli'll jaw folks and get into a quar-' t° rel." . ' o.., : • , , VII tkp.c, 11& o wser, aro you. getting sett, in - 84 -the head? , Jaw folks I Get into a quarrel 1. °° • Humph I Are you coining.?" ' ..• ' . , . ' ;, 'lb We first visited the carpet. Store.. I had -tu0 not yet.teade up my mind Whether to buy? „ I.Brtudielser velvet, nor *nether to getlight—, , ' or dark colors. , I expected to take a •chitin. w1,8 and have the Clerk roll down about. fifty : , ,pieces • of eaoh kind; and .to be all of' tWe .; • hours -making up, my iniiid., One. olerk kin : • .to place Chairs for Us. A Second arranged , . the' window curtains And a third inquired u°9 Of*Mr, Bowser : : ' •.i.' • • - ke , . 'Did you wish to lodk at some carpets? " d° terruptecl•Mr. Bowser, if Yes, sir, in jest moment." "How many of these tooth -pick holders have you got ?"' "Only Aye." . • "I'll take the lot; and now. come ,:end it on me. ',want 't_tveltie maim and ucers, twenty -font plates,. three. or four otters, two tureens and a fish platter:" The lady turned. about and killed Me ad With ono long look. Then She looked the back of •*., Bowser's. neck and tried murder him; but . he would not fall.' en she returned and killed me , over min, gain her shoulderatwist and walked t, Of the store. She -had hardly departed" en fresh. arrival asked our :clerk; busy ugh, he was, to Ohoiv• her sonie Ace - one: • • , lltailime," said Mr: Bowser, "do you h to buy some 0P00118 'Perhaps." ' '.Do Yoti lizieiv whether you do or not ?" Why: -I -I-/ will look at them," , • Very well ; yon sit down and wait il I am through buying. I name to buy, Ow what I want, and shall pay ;mph wn. -• Did I come up here to buy oysterSZ' demanded Mi. Bowser. ' • : 1' Ah --um.! Light or dailt whim ? " " Light." • , ; , - ' . • • . , • • " But. the- dark are all the style, you ' know," ., ' • . .. :: "1 d'o 't know anything ,'•of' the etatil There u plenty of Whitt:Ale/pea and howled and whit ^shirts and hats; 'and 1' don't know- 'why 'light carpets shouldn't be - fashionable. ' II,cill down this piece." , • " Yes, sir ; but you won't like it. , This . dark pattern iti • What Mrs: Governor Smith ' selected for her front, bedreeta." ' " 'Yes. Well, I May 'get' that for ray horse barn later' en.; Send",,upktt'Allitii:te Measurethe roonl, and give .rne that light pattern." • ' ' "'' ... , .' • " why,kr. toweeri " X eta: I, You haven't selected already . " Certainly:" • , . ' . i we tvi:', , ,. • Fivo minuteo. is enough 'for an robe to 117;118 eelcott. a carpet,-Mit: Bowser., We, Want 'r}.6,8 • body -brussels, -and i#6, want alight ground. That's all there is to it. '•Ve will now go •• ',45- eve? and buy the table linen.", '• loan • " • MIS killed again* and if looke could lustre crushed Mr. Bowser, he'd hive been a Mangled corpse in ten Seconds: We were only thirteen minutes buying the dishes; and, as we' got out ,and reached the car, Mr. Lte*Ser ssid • "'hits; Bowser, when you .conaedown town do yeti &feeling Around the storeS and ablitrtieting.dOorwaYS and crosswalks like:the Tamen ive have seen to -day , "1.-; 1 guess I do." .• . And end by buying four pints' worth of Boniething ?"' • , , Yee; it is the Outwit" • "' • And *mild 11 Itave taken ,YOU three weeks "' to buy whaPwo betthht In two hoard ?" ' ; • • ‘' . Yes, sir." • • " Then I'll write this; very day to an idiot asylum and See if I can squeeze . you in It's no wonder „eVery. other home in Detroit is full of scandal, and every other band Wants a divorce 1' -Detroit Pree 8 • • " ." • " • -cnirembittar-Pariirdefejitisti Dr. apo has made the remarkable discovery centrifugal .moienients are character.: Pf intelligence and higher develop - E, While centripetal are a thitrk of in, plete evolution. In other words; the on Wit0' naturally draws a circle, for pie, from loft 16 right possesses a et gab of intelligent:0 than One Who from right to left. " But can't I have time to ldakaronnd ?"' Ost L: gi Time 1 ' What do yoa want of time ?'1 istin YOU Want.threelinen tablecloths and tWe 1 mon dozen harkine. We've got the money to l °cm pay for lOal. What mere is desired?" pers " But it's se sudden.1' • , exitth LI -SO are earthquaked. . %We'll go in here." 111Sgli We °Meted' sa. dty. goods •steke and "sat , draw „ .. • .Wittaff E.14.V PP cO:t-OGNE DIONHING. •••••,.... Tile raierite ArIPPte With gasaioname• .4q Instbili. Wetnen. , . We hear frern :time' to time of persons failing victims to Morphinoinania, ad the disease resulting from -injecting morphia has been termed, and it is almost maneoes- ea.ry to remi 4 the reader of the fatal con - laudanum o4chloral. But the very. idea 21 sequenees en tting to those who indulge. in of drinking a perfume would seem to be almost too abaurd to suggest: Tot, says the reniperunce Record, ineclical men know only WO well how many of their patients, mote, particularly among the weaker sex, take eau de cologne to excess, and to. slush an excess, too-, as to compel, in some instanced, their being relegated te retreats specially established for the treatrhent of dipsomaaiacs. Whet; it is known Of what the odoriferous compound in qtfestiosi is die - tilled, it WilI he readily admitted that an incalculable danger may ,be the outoorae of a pontinual,Ufie of it as a stimulant.. The following is a reeeipt said to be adepted. in the mitnufitataries of the Farina family at Pologne : Twelve drops of the essential oils neroli, citron, bergamot, !gauge and rosemary ; one -drachm of Malabar cards:. Mops and one gallon of rectified epiritst We have only : to :mention that spirits ° of wine, along with methylated spirits; are re. s'orted to by habitual' drunkards in the last stage of their 'complaint to make it 'iv:. pear self-evident that the 'strength of eat; de cologne must be greater than that of the wines and spirits in common Use, and its effect upon thOse'who regularly imbibe it. What, then, it may, be asked, brings abont. it °raving for the fragrant prepars,tion -(we. have used the word ", oraying, for a liking one can never attain for. it, if we are ,to credit the confessions of an habitue which latiOe come under our observation), and why is it that ladles ferna, as a rule, the largest number of its devoteos'? Tho. reasons are not far to seek, and , may be briefly summed up as : 1. -Neon be purchased with , ease. :2.. There is no occasion Whatever to. visit a public house, it call at it neighboring chemist's exciting ,nci siispieion. 1 .It can be indulged: in with absolute secrecy, even se -in instances we have known where the drinker i affects to be it etaupeh teetotaller. 4. Few people are aware ,'. that this artielia of toilet elm be abuse -d, to such an'extent as to bring ebetri a condition of intoxication. Lek us at once fift. that t130.hs.1* generally corriniences by .4i2r4rOtA,..4'„, a'4,414t n'ilSultrroEtAPtmek1Flifkwtvignikozo.rn 40:1. dipirite. ,ithelykg000nsfervsausePiriteto without any apparent deleterione • effects, but in nine---casestit Of ten •the : old story results. The'small quantity taken at 'first refuses to bring about the wielled-fet effeot. Stronger dosed are required to this d, and while one v.oald well-nigh shud- der at the idea of drinking half_a_Hinahler ell'ihnh'eFOT--• brandy' and Water,- the hest 'Part of entail, wine glass of Oat de cologne, filled up With water, is swallowed Without the leadt coniPtunitio* Like many drugs it is exceedingly nauseous to take; besides being of an intensely, fiery nature: Mixed with water,tit turns into it repulsive, white -fluid, -and those.who have been in the habit of drinking it aeSure rai that they 'close the nos -this whiledoingso, eating immediately thereafterlezengoe of a:power- ful . odor to, overpower the taste eau de cologne leaves in the mouth. It is no, un- giuriion • thing for a. man or worhan to drinkthreettnall:bottles (costing a shilling,. &wh). or even, more, per day. Pleasure in so doing there none • while au Contruide those who affect' wines, spirits, or liquors do certainly deriVo. some enjoyment. • The only possible' advantages eau de cologne possesses is against Otherconrmonalopbolio beverages aretlaat it can be taken secretly, is • in a highly- concentrated form, ' can be carried -about easily, and ,is :rapid in its tuition. Many there aro who are ,unable te break thenaselves of the habit of drinking the 130isQ11, *apt ander restraint of the most stringent character; and we have it on the ,authority : of one Who ,hite gone 'through this trying ,•ordeal, that, the ,iirst week after he is debarred from the' bee of the perfume, the suffering • is intense: A fortnight, het -rivet; will in WOO cases see the worst over, and . within it month the body will resume its natural functiens:;,re- freshing and undisturbed` siege Will have 'returned, and the'. appetite • will reassert iteelf; nervousness will, "I melt into thin sir," and the feeling of desponde'noy. and abject Misery will give Way to coniparative ease -and comfert.L0u/on. Globe. • Engilidi ' this. Weather !-'And bow are we to- -day, My dear madam?" • "Well, doctor, the cold I caught the day before yesterday is rather better;the one 1 caught,en Monday Week is pier go' muck worse -and r.catiOt a brand neW. one last night 1"---.7 Punch. /. , Well Meant np Dotibt.-L-She "You ' were present at our concert the other even,. nig,- Major .Stubbles; now tell nus Serious13',. :do'you. think 'my yews has improved 'since I took lessons?" Major Stubblee : " 011,• really?mv opinion ier of no Value, mad gen., orally ill; reverse Of what is ocirrect„; but, candidly, I think your•voice had iniproved immensely." -Judy. • , • 'Ingenious Youth. -First ' itelnael boy : 11 Wet did yer tell him yer saw me 'done it for ?" Second S. B. : sew yer; 1 wasn't a going to 'ten' no lie." First S. B. I didn't want yer to tell no lie for mea yer might !itVe said Yer know who d,olie it.' 0, -Fan‘ • .Singular Phenomenon in lititi-Atlatatie. • . , , The passengers, who „ land,ed .at Qneens- to mil on Tuesday morning from the/Inman Steainer 'City of Chicago, froth NeW York, report thaton the thorning of the" -,19th inst.,-two days. after leaving New York, three immense spiral columns of What at Atst aprkstred to l30 Witereponte, movizig in A southwesterly direction,,. were ;observed. about a niile distant from the' steamer ' On the port side rising out of the water. The sea at the belie of the column Was in a very diStuthed. state, and the by befog lifted to a. great height by a whirl. wind.- -One Column 'appeared to incline. to a considerable angle., The phenonaenon, which lasted for eight mitnites, disappeared ill a thick mist.--4'et11.11.1ali Gazette.. . A, lyfty. to SitvelitkpetaSti. . Mrs. A. -Yes, I advertised. f� r a nurse girl. What ere your tents 2', Iletiie-I shall Went .• 1P2,a. week with laudanum, $tWithAit.t-Harvard 1,4inpoOnt • . , .N1 _ .MAN 41•MP MIS MANIVOMMMML • „ W9 -34g4 Who Hnews Subject Gives If mon is fondAPPfvfiAlleZt.OrY let him have itg NO by gin V91111140; but in crisp little verses. Hunt up poetry for his eyes; get thinge to rhyme with his fat white hands; pick out; all. the big. gods and the little heroes Of Troy and, Blaine, whiase legs are not half as good 11,1R1 wheat, backs Were cambric by comparison. • Laud his shapely head to the. skies; and be will keep his hair cut; praise his shapely hands, and You solve the problem of unkempt nails. Hunt the dictionary for words and synonyms to give variety to your enthusiasni ; ifhe has arnbitiOns or schemes- listen to him with open eyes of wonderment, and no matter what the. occasion is never permit your hnoisledge to exceed his. Men despise fismilaart wwhoemn e.p,hebrnt ,notalent is',faulitugtoe enough to appreciate his. greatnesr• Another piece.el wiScloto on the part of a Wife'. is the eultiicatiOn of helplessness -7-8h° must be, able to lift nothing, heavier than a box of candy; know nothing • about the management of an umbrella, a window, a knot or it bundle, and just in: proportion as she appeals to his strength, and great - nese,' just so large wilF. her influence over him be.. Men like to be looked np at, de- pended on, quoted and referred to. That's Ilie'reason Why a little woman marries three times to the one' wedding of the tall, heroielady. To be born a woman is to be born a martyr, but the husband that is worth wedding is worth keeping, and if a little artifice, a, pleasant smile, a contented heart, forbearance, neatness, devotion and tact Will, hold him, by all means let, hini be ,held. Men Must be taken as they are, and not as they should be. They are not a half bad lot under the refining influence of mutual interest and have, and he is a very wretched specimen of humanity who can- not be counted on to shield a wife Twin the -buffets of the world and be an anchor, for her When'youth and beauty have proved tmfaithful. Poor. fello1*v 1 he is weak, . but he can't, help it! He was made so. He would ratherbe good than bad, a king than a serf, and I think it is a ,woman's duty: to do what she can for him. Sick, and tired Of the bang, And platter, of the world's maohinery, a man. is.ready and willing. to go anywhere, away from the tqmult and with any one who will help him to forget his cares, disappointment . and his, very. .643,tfipoce WEisqtafillg"altlittr =134 IitunicrliNelaihnitdordbgis';.7.1'&-r-a4 44:424tRAtlew. Zenueandeoaxmiest,reen,-Iiiibe some ilea govern a very few, but that vulgarrubbing. of the fur the right way wins every time. - Orleans .Picayunc. She Go?' There. Il'ew fanny 'setae people are," she said. , - Yes, some people Nike are going to bi; married." ' • , .e0.1ne went tO beniarried in a bal- loon, some on the middle arch of a bridge, some' in a boat, smile in a railroad train; some On horseback; seine on, the 'edge of a precipice some, down in a goal Mine " Yes, I havenoticed • - "Whit is their object, I wonyler?:". Marriage of course." ' . ." But I mean their•cbject in getting mai, ried Out of the usual Wa5'-'.! • ‘. "Well, I'll tell you what I think. •They get married in this way so that they can tell their children and their • grandchildren, they were married tinder peculiar cireum•- stances, as, for instance, your mother and me, children, were Married in a coal mine, or, ,1 your grandmother and me, children, were married in a balloon." • • "Perhaps that. is ' the reason,". saidthe Maiden • "01 course it is the reason," • There was a pause. Then' the maiden with a glowing cheek said, : " I've been thinking, John." "Yes 21.1. he said,. interrogatively. "I've been thinking how funny it would be-" pause and a deeper blush): • "Well, Bella„ you have been thinking' "I've been thinking how funny it would be if--" ." If when 'thesubject of marriage comae hp thirty or 'forty years hence,you could point to Me and say, Why, children, your ,grandmother proposed to me in leap 'year and we were married a few. weeks later.'" John is 'very, busy' these daye'furnishing a nice little cottage and Bella is superin-' tending the making. of, her wedding dress. -Newark JoUrnal . ;A Bombay Juggler. Without , paraphernalia 'of any descrip-, lion, devoidof dress, except a cloth around ,his pefornia tricks Of legerdemain the recital Of which •bring A Shrug- of un- belief from the. reader, and will therefore' not be, attempted, and yet one example must be related jest to give the' imagination a chance.. A eomtnoti waehbOwl wee Placed in ,the centre of the room. Pour heneggs prdadied.in the hotel were deposited in the bowl. The little Assistant of the juggler, in th'e ,presence of spectators who could 'plainly seethe eggs on the bottom, siowly filled the Vessel With. clean water. The nude() placed lila bare hand on the rim Of the bowl' and the eggs disappeared from view,- returning when the hand was re- moved. This was repeated sekeral 'tinies; Mit he kept the explanation.of the trick to himself.-Pliciadelp7141 Press. / A' Gerin..n Flora Maddoriald, The death is announced at Meraia; in the Tyrol, of Baroness jenny Schleinitz; the age of 86. The deceased lady and her Inishand; the late Privy Councillor, Baron rendered a signal service to Prince Williatn ef Prudent, Afterward Emperer Of Grerro any, when, . on_the...:19th. of Mardi, '..1848, the revolutionary mob attacked the royal pane° at BOHM' The Prince took reftige in, the house of Baron a'nd liaronese SchleinitS, •who suaCeeded in smtiggline him' but of town in disguise. The late Hroperor never forgot this episode in his career, and to the', last showed his gratitude to the Barcinessi who, after the death of her husband, seine' , yeare.efs 'settled at Moran. -pall Mali Giateite.. • Woman (to- tramp Who boa" eaten a whele mind(' pie)--YOn Stena La have ci good HOW TO HAHH-tirlIallT. ,ric111. Alme• Diss Pebart'S spirit -panting an 'aneient trick, whieh has, been resorted ' by mediums, astrologists slid fortotre- tellers in this city fer,many years, says the NC*, York World, Anyone who in familia at all with art materials ie aware that can- vases for paintings are usually sold, stretched over little wooden frames; which, can afterward he inserted into gilded, frames if dedired:, . The canvases are made in certain elms, so that it isetisy 00=0 duplicates whenever . desired, and any F spirit-painfer " can promptly furnish an exact counterpart of any sized canvas that may bo given to her to operate npon, • Like everything eine in spisitualism,that. which is ,-done must- be executed in the • dark. A dim and uncertain light is neces- sary, and things, are so arranged as to !ILIAC/kJ:4 the supernatural as ranch as pos- sible. • You have brought your own termite, .1 see;" remarked a medium the visitor !unwound :small modern frame over *Well . canvas NV00 stretched, „ ' • "Oh, yes; I thought I would bo Ole to Say that I had convinced inyeelf that there could be no possibility of tricks," , "Very geed," replies the medium- "The spirits and myself are well pleased to have the matter placed beyond the question of scoffers." , . . • The medium. never •discomfited. the has a canvas already painted just the size . of the one brought, and a little clever work ih the way Of 'sleight-of:head. all that in necessary. She takes your canvas,looks• at ' it a moment, and then wills that it, be marked. This is done. She carefully notes the position of the little mark placed on the canvas, and leaving the rook°, she make a painted- contras in a similar manner and . places it under her skirt, through the side of which is a wide out, large enough fo allow the painted canvas to slip out easily. Returning to, the room, the nieditim again takes your canvas and requests youlo fain a small mirror, which is so small that any- thing that happens below the level of her shoalderp, cannot `he Seem . While this . plaaing is being done the Medium 1100- ently. holds the ()klieg carelessly in her right hand, but in reality she hitches it to a boolecleverly concealed itt her waist and . draws out the • painted canvas, which she tidies in en& wayerhsta '1*P11211221 " ibrnionot 'treflangcladndhe giro Pot lin ,Ordl*arr Ckmmot anci • RxaVt4e,the Baot,la Eas34 .riaticeebleto the visitor. - Meanwhile you stand with, the °anima poised above your head before a glees ' and. fondly imagine; if You are at ell inclined to believe, thatthecanvas is the original ' one and that trickery is out of Ihe • • '711-11P-,"1314-irifie vrinedium, "just hold. • .the very 'steady for a moment, so as not to disturb the Spirit artist, Who is one .Of the old school And 3vhe will reproduce a Most valuable ancient painting for Yon." • You holdthe frame ,firmlYand look steadily into the dimly -lighted Mirror. • • "Now," continues the 'medium sweeoy, ," tip it forward' just, the leaat hit." This tipping-direloses the painting m such a way tharit looks like a long; dark streak on thecanves. "Now tip it Slot,i4, for- ward, for it's developing. Not too fast." You tip the painthig very 'slowly forward, . guided by the hand Of the mediate, lest it • be Moved too fist and dispel the Median: The effect of this, in the dim reflection ,of the mirror, is to make:the painting appear to develop from the black streak first. seen.' To the subject the illusion appears perfect, and the cheap print chromo thus developed seems to the awed imagination a! genuine work of art: ; • . To make the trick even more impressive the nuaditim sometimes 'places a tench of phosphorus in the.- centre of the' canvas, which naturally attracts the attention and is watched with bated ,breath during the process of development. . •. Another system mediums halio, of pro. 'cluoing these art -treasures is it chemical process known to few. A Picture is painted • ,and .then Sized over With this peculiar ' chemical mixture. If an art*. were to ex- amine the canvas he would say .that it had pimply been primed,' When it is deaired to produce the spirit7painting the panvaii ie rubbed With -it sponge dampened in a liquid which eats off the Whit° Priming and ea': poses the picture as fresh as when painted. This can be done on a wall as well as on' canvas, andit, is in this *ay that spirit paintings on walls are produced. Mme. ; piss Debar "paints" Most of ,her spirit,- ' pictures in this manner. The beoret of the :. . • • chemical .preparation need. is carefully guarded by those who know it. ,By the Way, , . Bachelor -A wild goose that tame geese ' • Theworst.eneany a man can hate is a ' fool friend. , • , • , ' The old 'notion that blood Will tell is a vein conceit: ' , /.. • . There's it goad Many ins and outs in the life Of it ball -tosser. • • • • A.dog will answer to any name When' you showilaini a bone. . ' • ,. • , ' • 'Itse a queer thing that in the ethics of kinship a man minally rushes for hie uncle *, after bidding goodbye to his ante. ' , ,• A Notable Cremation. I A singular incident °centred at Mildmay Park 'Wesleyan Chapel; Loudon, on a re- cent Sunday, The minister, RSV. G. A. Bennett, B. A., has been denouncing the , works Of certain, poeta and.. novelists 00 having an immoral tendency. .After the Sermon, -Mr, Bennett precluded js large number Of books; *high he said had been sent to him to be destroyed by it person to " wheal they had been a great snare. seonently'the books were committed to tine !nines by the minister and the Chapel fiiciais.' • , A Paying tineineas, unique Lambdas cad is that of a rraa, fort, N.Y., stove dealer. On one side is the inseription ' flow $2,000 WAS Meng. . -......- c $1,000 ' ' : g By , • • 1,0,00 Attending to Your Own'Bueiness. • By Letting Other Peeple!slInsinese Alone, , $. 14..............•••• • , r appetite. Tramp (with tears in hismteyes) A.eXahder ..Cohen, ii Pole; "just deadjtt 1 1 -Yes, madae that is all that I have left Lawrence, Mobs., has lived as a hermit for in 'tlie world which I .can rightly call my 12 veare, alt -hough he was EibighlyeAunMea pn. , • •