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The Wingham Times, 1897-06-11, Page 2• l+r� • THE $ • #40. isit'ihe age Qt mita ! _ ,,, 0�'r t Christ 'Mtt►lhr'"nt ore u- the Wet kTpx 4,nt be BpiLit brtiatlee,,tobless or POWs i>st mortal mow." Ante Wet th( winter blit, points ahrieltin tram bliopd the ,Mase rlo'i►;t + The dents waves grew 'Ilia as * floor 'i bear nate bur4eu of one wonder mvreee god beeat hes *pen the twist, • d'!t is snow. —J. Ia. 'dates is gime* taunting Bee." A YOUTH'S ADVENTURES. !1 Which,, Whether •lCroth or Hotton, Are De, et edlg interest -Mir. When riding. in, the traps oar throngii the wildest parts of Peckham Iiye, writes a contributor to the Lend° News, with a friend --we were bound on a journalistic errand ---a bronzed young sawn of marine appearance Jul*. ed into the oar and at once recognized. MY companion.. Before we had gone very far I was deep in one of the oddest; family histories. This new arrival, it seems, when a boy of 14, had been pos aessed by the fear of consumption, that fell disease having carried off his brother and threatening his father and mother, • Accordingly he read every book that he could lay ids hands on dealing with the subject, and, as the result of his read- ing, ran away to Bournemouth to be near the pines. Having no funds, he engaged himself to a local fishmonger, carrying his master's fish to the various customers. 'When the day's work was done, he shouldered a hammock which he had brct:ght with him and camped among some of those pines for which • that southern health resort is famous. One night a gentleman, sauntering along, smoking a cigar, noticed him, • and, being amazed at this "al fresco" bed, entered into conversation with him. "Why, I know who you are," ex- claimed the consumptive youth at last. "You're Ofr, Loris Stevenson, the man who wrote 'Treasure Island.' " "How) do you know?" said the gentleman. "Because I c:eliver you fish. You live at Skcrryvere." "eco I do," replied Stevenson, for he it was sure enough. "But you don't talk like a fishmonger's boy." "No moral de," replied the boy, and he then poured his strange secret into the novelist's ear, which was sym- pathetic enough, you mey Le sure. The result cf this ocld meeting was an invitation to brcak1,st. "Oh, and I slid eat," said the you g man. He told the story so 101:c::y l's,at the v hole train laughed. "And the servant, coulr'.u't make it out et all to see •the • distin- guished author cuteetainin g poor rite.. Then he wont to Paris, ant? 1 never saw him ag•:iii for u kne while." The pines mach: I'rovire strong enough, the strange yonfh wars sc:zed with n yearn. ing for the scent el the eucalyptus and persuaded LA fuiunts to send him to sea. When Ire rr.:,r•l;td t;yc.':ey, he sold his outfit aur 1:.1; ttway i:;co the bush ...fwd.listed in the teen wi;11 euca'_ypru3 galore. Thence, t,i:t r rat:ny ative:_tuies, he sailed for the t•,:.t:h sett.: and abode by red teed mitis .t r many a l':-; year.. One i.ey n 1 •1t r:t.i=: s ":c;: g0 among the fl '„sit i.:. • h, 3. think, a Bump .;ti t.V$ t•:1 in IA �z:ti`'ul white duck, t, rat reel su:li anti t: spreading panai::a hat, with apeiterrk's feather in. it, came aheard the schooner. "Good morni_ g, kr. Stevenson," eeiel the su- percar;,-. a r. Steveesen 1noktel and wondered %%Oen ketew hi :h in these f:sof seas. "1 seri „,ea;v you." he said shaking ::..., L "ire. •'B::t I knee's .• .. lova you. Don't yea remember the f anrohi;er's boy ciao 4:c sue.h a big 1...teekieet at aerie ct.rc-:" ' So I t:0. i; ea, the world is smell i c. a ." seell no dealt the two Lad ; egs•1 t fi —cr whatever they call such t:..aa.w mn thei.tllantis—to- ,gether. What a ,",tel ae, small world it is ince c•i. ! 1Sell, ca .e recce::liad to the •dread eiseese•; the caller is ::s hearty a fellow es ever I lai r. It was a qtaint, grins Oli.cy to go ched,giug phthisis all over the werld!—London News. I , Au ilotnticped Flex. .An escalopcd a Uli which;MiesParloa gives es an eseeciel lain at her cook- ing classes is =tele (their iroportions are easily dcuLlcd fer a'"leaier quantity) from a pint ef cocked alai i , free from bones n:.rl skin, a teespqal of salt, one eaarter leaspcouful. ,pepper, a ta- blespeeefulcf butter, one -h ]f teaspoon- ful cf fl,;ar, l;u gills of milk (this is a little sees than a cupful) and 4 table- spooniuls of grated bread crumnbs. Sea- son the fish with half the salt and pep- per. Put a generous half of the butter in a small saucepan on the fire, When it is hot, add the flour and stir till the mix- ture is smooth and frothy. Boil up once and stir in the rest of the seasoning. Put a Iayer of the sauce in a small bak- ing dish, alternating with the fish, hav- ing sauce cn top. Sprinkle over with• the bread crumbs and dot with the rest of the butter. Bake in amoderately hot: oven 20 minutes,. The ca�� ption was added' that any dish madessfith sauce and crumbs needs that Ale heat should be Moderate at the bottom and strong at; the top. The difference between dried' bread crumbs and stale bread grated weal also accentuated. In this dish the latter' is ohligatory,—New York Post. Sure Test. She ---You aro always talking about the fashions. Now, honestly, doy*fiu think you would know the latest fashion in hats if you were to enter a inilliner'it? He - Certatbnly. She---llow? Be (ruefully) -13y looking et the ilrloes.• -O0tl% 'Cute. SAW LINCOLN KILLED W(L1.1AM WITHERS, LEADER OF FORD'S ORCHESTRA, TELLS HIS EXPERIENCE. fled Written a Song ror That Particular �.'crrormaaco--Wap on the Stage and. llooth Struck llim With a Dagger -8e Was I;'irst to Identify the Assassin. At the Professional Woman's league, while the members worked diligently Over the novelties being made for the fouling bazaar, the question game up, 'is there anybody living who saw Lin- solei assassinated?" Immediately everybody had some thiug to say about somebody else who had a friend who was at the theater that night. The most interesting story was told of William Withers, Jr., now or- chestra leader for Mr. Daly, but at the time of the assassination leader of the orchestra of Ford's theater. Itir. Withers enjoys the distinction d having not only been at the theater the night Lincoln was assassinated, but of having been pierced by the dagger of the assassin just a few moments after Booth had fired the shot that made Lin- coln a martyr. Every time he gees to Washington ho is requested to tell this story, and, although many and varied aro the recitals of this thrilling event, Mr. Withers' is somewhat different from the others. Here is the story as ho tells it in the Washington Post: "I was leader of the orchestra .at the time, and 'as the president was to wit- ness the performauce of 'Our American Cousin' I thought that, as befitted the cceasicu, I would compose a song. So I did. It was entitled 'Honor to Our Sol- i:dors' and dedicated to the president. This was to Le sung between two cf the acts by a gnartet I had cngarael and the entire company, who were to Le attired in the American colors. "As I lvt.g en my way to tho theater I het John Wilkes Beeth just in front cf George Heery's saloon, which ad- jci::cd the theater. It was a sultry night, rncl Becth had his overcoat cvcr his i:rnl. 'Gc•c•d evening, Lilly,'hemid. 'Crate and have something?' "As 1 was leaving to enter the thea- ter Bccth remarked, 'I'll witncss the 1ct:c3n.:.acetcnigLt.' 1ucticcdnething :ir:si.).•e aLout his dcmeancr a.i:d suLse- cane tly sew him as. I was coming out fcr tate overture. "ecru the president, his wife, Major Mae:Lena and t:obcrt and Tad entered • I sir lox. t signaled fcr 'Hail to the Ceitf,' teal the audicnee cheered, and the }act :s at tuiilt'd ami:sigly and LGwed. Then he seated himself, and nth his tact:stented modesty Grew the e stains. half :.eros, the Lax. "Alter the Lrst act J. P. Wright, the stage inauaper, tee t z'•e v, crd he would Le u.Lable to have the special :,car sung at tl.,.r time, but he would try to have it rvm.uered between the second and third acts. A sinhilc,r mcpsmre yes rent to me at the close of the second act, and I be- came somewhat exercised. I started to go upon the stage when I saw Beath on the Lalcony walking clown the aisle in the direction ef the president's box. He was seemingly attentive toward the act- ing, for the curtain had again gone up. I encountered a scene shifter, Epant;ler, whose slice I afterward learned was tc turn out the lights in the theater as scan as the shot was fiied. He obstructed my passage. " 'What do you want here?' he de- manded. In reply I told him it was none cf his business. Mr. Wright ap- pearing, Spangler left his position on the stage alongside the bcx in which was the apparatus for illuminating the theater. I closed the lid of the Los, and sat upon it to talk to the manager, un- conscious that I was spelling the plan. "Mr. Wright told me the song would be sung at the close of the performance, and Miss Keene had sent word to the president requesting him to stay tc hear it. "I was just about to return to the or- chestra when the crack of a revolver startled me. All was quiet instantly. I saw a man jump from the president's box on to the stage. It was Booth. He ran directly toward the door leading into the alley. This course brought him right in my path. He'lhad a dagger in his hand, and he waved it threatening- ly. He evidently did not recognize me, for he appeared like a maniac. His eyes seemed starting from their sockets, and his hair was disheveled. "With head down, be ran toward me and cried, 'Let me pass!' He slashed at me, and the knife cut through my coat, vest and nnderolothing. He struck again, the point of the weapon penetrat- ing the back of my neck, and the blow brought me to the floor. I watched him make his exit into the alley and caught sight of the horse, held by 'Peanut John.' "The commotion iu the audience was something terrible. Several actors, in- eluding Harry Hawke, rushed out, and a man who proved to boa detective lift- ed me up and said, 'I arrest you.' " 'What's this all about?' I asked. 'I'm stabbed.' I was quickly told what was the matter, The thought flashed across my mind that Booth was the as- sassin, "I was taken to the pollee station, and my deposition was received in the yrese ce of Mayor Wallach. That was, I believe, the first intimation that they TRE WIN(*U.A.M, TIMES JUTE 11, 1897, had of the identity of We murderer. I was at the trial of the conspirators and the second to give testimony, My wound healed, in .a short time," A Pretty Sure Test. "I wish I knew whether my Robert really loves me or not." "You can easily find out. All yon bavo to do is to make an appoinment with some other young fellow, only take care that Robert is informed of what yen have done. Then if he really lo- cs. you he will certainly kill you, but if be doesn't you may rest assured that he is only flirting with. you."""" Londou Fun. A COSTLY PORTRAIT. The Price Made Ilim Gasp, but He Pant and Skid Nothing. Some years ago, when Benjamin Con- stant same over to this country espeoial- ly to paint the portrait of a well known New York woman, several other persons took advantage of his being here and gave him orders for their portraits. Among these was a well known man.. Shortry after this latter likenesswas completed a wealthy westerner who happened to be in this city was enter- tained at the house of the New Yorker. Time westerner saw the portrait and much admired it. "My wife wants me to get my portrait painted," be said. "That's one reason why. I'm in Ne* York. I wonder if this French fellow wouldn't do mine too." His host assur- ed him that in all probability the "French fellow" would be only too de- lighted. Before long the westerner was experiencing all the glory and honor of "sitting for his portrait." One day some time after this, but be- fore the picture was finished, the west- erner was again entertained by his New York friend. The portrait was naturally referred to. "By the way," remarked the westerner, "bow much did he charge for your pictnre?" "Forty-five hundred dollars," was the answer. "Why?" But the westerner was beyond speech. Pale and breathless, he leaned back in ibis chair, and when ho did speak it was simply to gasp forth, "Forty-five hun- dred dollars!" "Forty-five _hundred dol- lars!" over and over again. It transpired later that he bad made no inquiries as to terms, and that he had never dreamed that the portrait's price would be more than $150. What worried him most was what his wife would say. But the old fellow was game. Ho first bound the New Yorker over to temporary secrecy, after which he proceeded to go through those sit- tings ittings to the bitter end without a mur- mur or a question as to the ultimate cost. Benjamin Constant never knew that the bill for $6,000 (the westerner's portrait was larger than the -New York- er's) that was presented later caused the slightest ripple upon the emotieml surface cf his pr.trcu. Brt in a certain western home there tacky hangs a paint- ing the price of which has never yet been revealed to the mistress of the house.—New York Nun. HOW TALC IS QUARRIED. Where It Conics I-rcm enol tits Hamner of Sending It to MarI:et. At Luzemn,c, in the upper valley of the.Aricge, tale is quarried on an ex- tensive scaleinthe granite cf St. Bar- thelemy, a mountain 7,700 feet high and about 20 miles from the main chain of the Pyrenees. The quarries, which are situated about two miles from the summit and 5,000 feet above the sea, are opened iu u bedded deposit,`included between micaschist below and lower silurian slates above, which has been followed fcr about 2,000 yards in a north and south direction, with a dip of about 60 degrees to the east, the thick - nese varying frcrn 100 to 1,000 feet, as does else the composition. .gases of limestouo and granite, the latter often of considerable s:ze, are frequcutly found included in the silicate cf nmagnesia, which also contains some ult~niina. The best heck is of a brilliant white color and feels greasy toilhe touch when ground to fine rewiter. The principal quarry, at Tremouin, is worked in the open, across the direction of the bed, forming two cr three terraces 60 feet high, the eurfaco covering, 6 to 10 feet thick, having been first stripped. The stuff broken is carried by a level, in the Lotical cf the quarry, driven in the foot wall of the vein to the valley of Axiat, whence it is Hauled in bullock wagons about 12 miles to the works of Luzenac, where it water power of 00 horsepower is obtained from the Aricge. The me- chanical preparation includes sizing by sieves, driving in a rotating Cylinder furnace, Lreuking,grinding and sifting. Nearly the whole of the product is couverteci into powder, only a small part being trade into pencils for mark- ing out work en metal cr sold in the lump form.' -Colliery Guardian. What They Said 'Wou1tltn't Read Well. "nm Scorcher has just returned from a bicycle ride around the world. He is going to write a book about it." "What is he going to call it?" "People I have ran up against." -- Odds and lends. The little town of Nazareth, in Pales- tine, has no fewer than three hospitals, 7 convents and 12 schools ander Euro- pean supervision. GRAPES AND THE APPENDIX. Th. Little Seeds Are Not So Vaagerons as Hits Been claimed. Things have been said about the bane- ful and delicious juice of the grape ever since the olden time when Noah found out about it and came thereby to grief, but even before that men ate grapes, and only within the last decade have they been talked to about that, It is only since surgeons began to make money hunting for grape seeds in the vermiform appendix that people have been afraid to eat grapes and to eat them straight. It now appears that in all the thou- sands of cases famous, and possibly in some cases infamous, in which this new fashioned surgical operation has been. performed there is not one case in which a grape seed or any other little bullet shaped thing has been found in the vermiform appendix. The whole in- terior of the appendix is only big enough he admit a medium sized darning needle. Nobody knows what it is there for, but it must have been useful at some time. It is a vaso of the survival of the unfit, like the wisdom teeth, which aro of so little use to most people, and the ten- sile, which cause so nisch trouble new and then. The tonsils and the appendix are both unused parts of the body and pe- culiarly liable to disease because they are not etretgthenecl by use. If inflam- mation attacks them, they are unable to resist. Thus many diseases which have been ascribed to peritonitis or collo or a mysterious providence ef some kind have been due to the diseased condition. of this little useless organ of the human system, and if the trouble had been dis- covered in time the appendix could have been removed, and all would have been weThll. o remedy, therefore, isnot in avoid- ing grape seeds, ,which do not cause the trouble, but in keeping as well and as strong as possible, said in case cf sud- den illness calliug a reliable elector, who will know what the (natter is. Somebody once said that most people rise a doctor to enable them to sin against the laws of nature with impu- nity. But that is a bad use for him.— Washington Times. A BiT OF HISTORY. Germantown, Fa., Was Once Caned the Capital of the Country. A pupil in the Boys' Grammar school, on Lafayette street, Germantown, was asked by his teacher "when the first congress occupied the Germantown academy, located on West School lane." It was a puzzle, of course, to the young scholar, who was at a loss to find any- thing iu- print. -verifying such: an event. The facts, however, from which the false impression bus frequently obtained aro as follows: The government of the United States was first ivauguretcd in New Yolk in 1780, but by act of con- gress Philadtlphiawas made the capital of the nation from 1700 until 1800. In 1798 the yellow fever Lccame epidemic in. this city, Lad it was in October cf that year that the governor of Peunsyl- vanitt asked. the Lcard cf trustees to ac- ccn:mcclate the Louse of assembly, mad a similar request fcr quarters came from com:trt 85. At the Nevcn:Ler meeting fallowing the board proffered to •eoupress the choice Cf the me l.eol building, but there itt Lo minute evidence to show that con- grc'ts ftccepted tl,o generous offer. At this time N. iteLegten mailed in German- town, unci the town was spckre) of as (L•e goveim.mt:cnt place of the state, and also cf tLt United states. deffersou, thin secretary c f state, and Randolph, attorney gc La i 1.1, occupier the Building, scene yt:.is Leo tern down to extend the Lite on which the l: etional bunk now stands, at Itit.instreet and School lane. Lo, with Weeliingten, Thomas Jeffer- son e;.d rlci.n i..iLdcll h residing is Ger- mu u tawn, it is ilia stm ange that the con- clusicn tl.celd Le fumed that congress was in tcssion at the same time. Al- thou)th the Germantown academy never hscl the Beier cf acccnmedating colt grecs, a few years later, in 1708, when the yellow fever made its appearance again in this city, the lnu.L-s of North America and cf Pennsylvania diel find a temporary place of safety in the old academy.—Philac:clphia Record. Lace Lappets. If you know anybody who has a pair of old fashioued lace lappets, says a fashion writer, you may recommend her to utilize these in the following fashion; On the next evening or dinner gown the lappets may begin almost touching eaelh other at time waist, and, gradually parting, form a trimming down the front of the skirt, ending in immense quadruple bows of satin rib- bon, which must he stabbed through with diamond buttons or clasps, or, an• other way, as the cookery books say, line the lappets with velvet or satin of some bright color and turn them into bretelles, crossing the shoulders and meeting just above the evaist,'back and front. Should any one wish to insult and vulgarize her beautiful old lace With a touch of modernity elle can buy rhinestones or imitation emeralds, sap- phires or rubies and sew them all over it. afotimn of the ltuel. Critic—The hero and the villain had duel last night on the stage. Friend—Who got the worst of its Critio--The aadfertoe.-Twinkles. CEYLON TEA The Purest and Best of all Teas Lczd pacisges only, 0-, 3-1, e', r.i ,. l• 1'•, ♦ i'tgi•.%,if: The IbavId,tuu t tiny, Lt,I., li tkuivaal„ .it,,•utr, Y'•,:u:,tu. A HEROIC HtSTORY. rhe Stormy Career' of tho Little Island of Crete. There are not many islands with a more stormy or `More heroic history than that of Crete. In remote antiquity it was the redoubtable "isle of one linn- dred cities" and had an illustrious line of kings, among who were Rbadamau- thus, Minos and Iclomneneus, The last 1 timed led a fleet of 80 ships to assist in the conquest of Troy and was the last of eehet 'c ;any sell the legendary Langs. After ental a gap of several cen- turies mare, and when the record is re- sumed it is no longer fable, but authen- tic history. At the time of 'the Persian invasion of Greece the island was populous and prosperous. It was divided into several independent republics, which, like those of peninsular Hellas, were not always in peace and friendship with each other. They kept free from foreign wars, how- ever, except as they voluntarily furnish- ed mercenary troops to whichever side would pay the best for them. This was done in both the Persian and Pellopon- nesian wars, when the Cretan archers we;o as noted and as dreaded as those of merry I✓'nglaud in later days. The prowess of the ancient alretans and their insular position kept them free from invasion do'tvn almost to the . Christian era. While the eagles of Rome "flapped wide wings in fiery flight" over nearly all else of the known world that island retained its independence. Indeed it was only through intestine quarrels that it was at last subdued. Some 70 years before the Christian era Rome took advantage of the prevailing discord iu Crete to invade the island, ou the pretext that the Cretans had given •aid and comfort to Mithridates and had i11 treated some Roman soldiers. The first army was repulsed and almost an- nihilated by the Cretans, But Remo was determined to achieve We conquest if it took the whole power df filer empire. Army after army was sent, and after three years of desperate fighting Pomo prevailed. For the first time iu her history Crete became, in 68 B. C., subject to an alien master. From that day to the present, for more than 1300 years, she has Lcen a conquered province, ne"er once regaining the inde- pendence so long mieiuiaincd and so reluctantly relinquished.—New York Tribune. A TERRIER'S REVENGE. Surranoned EN Faithful Friend and Ob- tained Satisfaotlon. This dog (tory was told to a reporter by a lady whovouehes for its accuracy. Bernarkable as it is, she affirms that it is the truth, the whclo truth and noth- ing but the truth: An up the state family had two dogs —a bulldog and a black and tan—be- tween which there existed every evi- dence of deep friendship. The fancily went into the country one summer some 16 miles fmm borne. They took the black and tan with them, but left his companion at home. They had not been established in their sulnmer quarters more than'a few days bcforo the small dog had managed to pick n quarrel with a neighbor's bulldog, in which the black and tan got much the worse of the argument, so much so that when he disappeared after the battle his own- ers were much worried. Thy searched high and low, but no trace of that small dog could be found. Tho next morning there was seen coming up the road side by side the black and tan and his faithful compan- ion, the bulldog, from home. The two marched straight past the hotel where the family were staying and halted in front of the home of the black and tan's enemy. In some unknown manner the country bulldog was summoned, and im- mediately his city contemporary fell upon him. The struggle was severe and prolonged, but the issue was never in doubt. The country bulldog was com- pletely conquered and retired in as good ord'er as possible nutter the circum- stances. The victor, once his task com- pleted, wheeled about and without a stop retraced the 16 Whiles to home. The black and tan crawled into the hotel with every indication of complete satis- faction on his diminutive countenance. -•-1V ew York Mail and Express. Eleotrlo Rattrap. , An electric wire with a bit of cheese , on the end is the latest rattrap. Time rat or moose stands upon a small metal ' plate as he takes the bait, and so his • body becomes the medium for complet- ! lag the eleotrio circuit. He is elegtro- ! oiitecl before he has done more teras shell the cheese. DR WooD's Ak)•• p R P �� CURES COUGHS, COLDS, HOARSENESS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, AND ALL DISEASES OF THE THROAT AND LIJNCS. PRICE 25C. OR 5 FOR $i.00 FOR SALE 13V ALL DRUGQISTS D. S. Dean, of Clinton, says: "Orf. CNUSE's OINTMENT will cure Sait Rheum when all else has failed; believe what I say and by it. Don't go on suffering for years as 1 did," ro4b tis 0,,207.-ccs_tt`t I suffered with piles Cor ye:+t �. Chases ()Lawton completely curd rue. Mrs. Jns. Oerrie Fergus. `Y rrW .1 trt ...r Mese as Pearson, inglewoud, Ont., says: "My baby., five months ,old, had ecrenta very badly on his face mai head. 1 pt•ocurt l t‘i o boxe4 of the Ciirttneut and when they had Leen used all signs of the disea's had c!isa"pearecl." ^e "ice Qatca CCs, +. J.,.n,, . ,.. 5t., "1,.t, to"'tr" ti ter; AINICSI WE PILLS Fe -'i WEAK, K, PEOPLE. At all Druggists. Price Go cents per Box, or 3 for St.go. Sent by Halt on receipt of price. T. MiLBURN At CO., Toronto. Caveats and Tracie ;.arks On:axle' •'•d n!!patent business conducted far MQfb;R• I. 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