The Signal, 1897-8-26, Page 7a
A SONO OF THE SHIRT.
HOW TOM HOOD'S HUMAN DIRGE 18
SUNG IN GAY PARIS.
She Martyrdom of the sewing Ulna In
she 'reach Metrvpulla—The Pay They
Warn Haring the Huey Season How
They Tide Over the ••Dead reeaae.'•
There are 6 ,OW sewiug girls to Paris.
three 00auvgmme�aluing (4)0alaenumbege. r
lite with parents or friends, whose com-
bined efforts prolong au huoert . exiet-
suce that is uever far removed from
start *tiuu. As many more, "after suffer-
ing all that can be suffered iu
this wield," give up the Unequal etwtest
sud by slow stages eutaf that female
throng which patrols every Paris street
by night, not as maiden and out as
wirer. A few tinct theM way l*Uo the
Seine.
1'he work of these se -Whig girls L a1 -
must entirely taken up by these who
deal in ladle' costumes—in. dreramakiug
and Imtu wear, in embroidery, millinery,
artificial flowers and teuthers. The
wurl lasts eight months at insist. When
the pleasant days of summer cane sod
the rich- go away to wouutatu or st•a-
ahon• t�t� sewing girls, too, are at lei-
sure. tD4b they oust live until the
sutuwu and winter fashions are in de-
mand on what, they huve saved .from
their sesuty wager. It Di for them the
-dead Seamon," whsle others are eu)uyuig
life and they are 20 yeses old.
Suppose "which is rarely the easel
that the young girl varus four francs --
which is eighty centra day while work
is on. Counting out the 611u418yr and
legal holidays, she has a little lees thee
S:'U a mouth. Of this she must pay at
least .s2 for ber room—very- swell, up
under the roof, and without tire. She
must -Wake $2 mon do for her washing
and the -ebsotutely neeearar,' repairs of
lair toilet. Then she may succeed in
eurrii,4 dowu her total ripener* of toes!_,
and drink to forty cent' a day, or $12
µµ r mouth. - Ehe will thus be able to-
lay
olay aside e4 a month during the eight
months while work holds out, *satinet
the dead reason. Tbis 'supposes that
she buys nothing new fur her own dress,
although even the cwtum es tat mewing
girls weer out sooner or later. Aud she
must deprive herself of every amuse-
ment that come the least rout of m0uey
---uf_booke_geljeexetuatians, of -music and
the tbeatn'—fac' *hot, year round. It
is hard in Paris at 20 years of age.
At best, these sewing girls r -aeh the
deed season with $22 saved up' to meet
it. A. it Darts four months and their
neceseeary expenses go tau at the rate of
ijlt; a mouth, they have a very pretty
problem. in economy before them. 11,
as happens to many, they have only been
earwig wrventy cents a - day,- or, se with
b.'giuuerr, only sixty, the readjustments
of their merles of lining preerruts yet
nicer difficulties. There are various
ways of solving them.
In a big shop near the luxurious
O7erfi'toward the end of the deed sea-
son. when Americas tourists start up
trade hy baring tbeir dressmaking done
in Paris before sailing homeward, a
Young girl asked for work.
"We have none at preemie" was the
answer.
She turned in silence to go away, when
she staggered, and would have fallµ
She was made to sit down, and the kind-
ly forewoman questioned her closely.
it is well to know the detail* of this
.r•onomy ip Med which has to 'be prae-
tieel by so many young merle that never
knew what It is to eat according to their
hunger. The first step is natnraily ter
try to get credit front the creamery or
bakery. This doer not last ingg, a
only adds painfullyto the next years
harden. The lodging -house and e*tig-
huuse never give anything on trust.
M'heu the ,credit has rim out retrench-
ment has to he made not in the super-
tlaiti.•s, but in necessaries of life. tae
tar the "little bn•akiast"—the warm
mouthful taken in the morning to stay
the stomach till the noonday Inch—has
counted for about three cents in the
day's experrea. Of this two cents are
sp•nt for a bowl of hot milk or of milk
sal *•..flee, necorling to taste, with one
tent for a roll or piece of bread.
it is hard for it young stomach to
retrain empty until noon, hut harder
things are to come. This is when the
b'snerlay meal itself has to be cut down.
The glass of coffee, without which even
the French poor scarcely think they can
eat, or s fir 1 'n¢s some to the
"` ▪ •• 'reel a a so lin x-'•-7iwpen-
with. Then t e men! will consist of two
tent.' worth of breve' and a few cents
for hot potatoes of beans --starchy food
that is hlligg_.and. deniers the hunger.
And, at the very Kossa, the two tents'
worth '.f bread bas to do alone,_ eaten
Irbil.. stalking about that tbe miaeryliay-
not be betrayed. Sometimes the noon-
day meal is replaced by sitting in a pub-
lic square for half an hour, or, when
the weather is bad, is a church.
In the evening, when something must
be eaten, the bread is eked ont with cheap
sausaapie from the pork bwteher or a
potato stew Into which a bit of meat
is thrown to give it a taste. When !ma-
re Kriawr too sharply they can stay the
whole day In bed,
It is a dangerous time for their youth
and inexperience, with the glad .summer
all around them. They are never so open
to the delusions of kind smiles and
-words of sympathy.—BaltImore Ameri-
can. •
THE LIMIDN OR um
•
There are sunbeams 'mong tate tl adewp
There are diamonds lu the sky;
There are Stowers In :he darkest wild,
And • hope In every stay, THE MACHINE AN ACTOR HA8 IN -
And they say each cap(1 bpi a sunny aide.
• aeon the darkest alit 1. VENTED FOR•TI4E PARIS FAIR.
Aad the angel gulden to heaven 1
Are uerer out u1 eight
•
THE SIGNAL : GODERIC1 'ONTARIO.
THUaaDAY, Auggtor$ 26, 1891.
"SHOOT THE CHUTES.
Then why should falutIng heart despatsd,
• e lose ltd wonted calm.
Wilco, if It were but sought aright,
leach grief might have Its balm,
Let us seek to land the sunbeams,
When Maden about a• crowd,
And leek, when blows the tempest,
For the rainbow lu the cloud.
Let us Meru to follow nate
Where the angel guide shalliead,
And strive to shun all error
of practice or tat creed.
Then the spirit of cuuteutment
Will be ever near to bleu.
And on earth'■ euuuy side we'll find
Our heaven of happluers,
—.neraVI-t ffh:NSEL.
PULLED UP BY HIS KITE.
• Camden Man Dwagll•g at the Rod o1
Half a llile tat hope.
When Walter. I'. Slimier built it big
kite in the Iauelneut of his residence,
612 North Ninth street, Camden, he gut
too big fur euiufort. It was such a
giapt, indeed, that he found it hupsesibk
to get It out of any of Lae windows ur
doors, no muter how be tried. '!'hut are laid stout steel tracks. Can rest
was discouraging, for ltkiuuer had a upon these tracks, and the object of the
lively sntjcipatiou of the amazement air invention es to cause these vehicles, 1
kite would create when it weut soaring ed with people, to be carried up a ce
into the skier. Undaunted -Jay tine set- tato distnuee into the air by the wheel,
back, Skinner set to work and cut twothen -shot down the incline with the
fest off the width and iia ranch off its speed of the wind and up the other side
feetmeilength. !even then the monster mus by momentum.
seven feet wide ,l 'Mei arca high. The wheel lir. Patter has designed hits
Skinner selected 'Yuerdny night fora two tracks around the tuside ot its rum,
tact of his lug kite, end k came near each fitting iuto a separate trough of its
taking him uff wt a Voyage through own. The carr err about six feet wide.
space. With u half mile wt good strung fifteen feet longpp and eigat feet high,
rope tied to it the kite our cereus to The seats, which run front side W side,
upon Iota between Penn and Pearl are garroanded b► a banes', reaching
streets, t.pposite 13kinner s residence. ap to the passenilers' shoulders when
News of the auticipued exhibition •sated. Above this extends s c•nopled
spread through the vicinity and a crowd t wltb the sides titted with wire
tat p•rhapor 3"K) }oer,wna gathered tv sees sacreens, so that the whole forms an in -
the kite go up. • Fhey'saw• a great deal
more than they expected. Skinner got ,,1 The ween begIIj to revolve from left
two young nlee to hold the kite while g-0 right. sand thecae. ei ,a up abode
he- and Welter Huffman, a trn'ud, pea 70 feet w a point one-third the distance
across the lot with the repe in give the from the bottom to the top of the wheel
monster a start. A goad !melt breeze Tbc car Is gripped to' the trucks 'with
was blurise, and IOWA fly monster loo- literal arm., spreading out on either
gen to rise, slowly tat brat, and a good side and clamping themselves slightly
deet like a roan- tinder the intlnr•ncr rot es aad :rough by the turning
the ardent. It was as much lis the two'eta ver In tthe hands o a woterm:tn.
men aeon'! da to he,iui *w t•.epe 'herr t
Dissertation of the Hair Baking Davis -
.41 I�aebine That Will U/voQae rb'eb
�tl ?brills and strong Mental ltaso-
tlone A Great Tunnel.
Paris bidding fur wochaubal a other
novelties for its fair in l(uO, Berbera
Puttee uf Philudelphiu, uu actor, will
sbyrtly go over to offer her a centime -
tion of *he Ferri* wheel, "shoot the
chutes," a toboggan slide and 'eaoenic
railway."
The device coueprts of a gimes* wheel
200 feet in height, Dud with a &tad truth"
composed of a network of braces. ltr
structural details and the towers which
support it look out unlike the Ferris
wheel. The great difference is that, in-
stead of having carr suspended periphery
the two outer lino, tar the of
the wheel, this splice it Maimed aad laid
with stout flooring, giving- the whole the
appearance of a gigantic bicycle Wheel
with a broad, flat tire. Upon this fluor
and in the inside of the wheel L a
great trough with. sided rising three feet
above that bottom, and in this trough
tr a i""Irglitr-wtmd,-nils ir4vtat• yore 01 no ttreitls �!'rm*n the beig t.
slowly and gr*eefully. Tbe- erow.t al)- of o0 fee the motartll. reile . The
polaude•A as the big ,ibject tas.k ware sud burrs! arms and the • vehicle shoots
down the incline se a terrific rate of
Fleet] and up the other side, the wheel
*topping during the descent. There is u
pond of water in the inskie tronghle
which flows ground at the lowest level
it can find. and is consequently always
at the bottom of the wheel. As the boat-
1fl vehkde dewed -in it -Wishes tit
this water, reproducing the sensatioh ex-
perienced in "shooting the ebutes," and
surrounding the people with a shower of
spray. whish dews not wet them, because
It ix healed away fie m the ear. At night,
of the rope and rout• htgia•r and
higher in the atmouphere. .tt length
all the rope was paid out, and the Litt
was riding. with *cartel), a tremor, higa
in the heavens. -
Su well was it laboring that Skinner
Wok the rope alone. In a tstoaeet -the
whid brushed up again and before the
amend Skinner realised what was hap-
pening he was off his feet and moving
over the ground toward the east at :t
terrific gait The excited crowd ealloil
to hips to let go his hold and save him- • xylem ths..wheee l is surrounded by thou -
self, but Mkiuner held ou'like grim dt•nth, , sands of colored electric lights, the ef-
detennined to save the giant wili'h War feet of this tunny -tinted spray will he
making him the plaything. Hoffman run meet eeffectlye.
to the rescue- and managed to get hold '-he impetus of the car is very great
of the nope, letting Skinner's feet touch when it finishes the descent, and even
Urn firma once more. ' though splashing through the pond
Even with both Hien tugging at the breaks its fore, the vehicle istill able
rope the kite threatened to get away, to daub ah the optotite carve of tb• wheel
and they bad all they could do to keep , fora distance of about 40 feet, where it
their fret by running and relieving the is automatically reamed ve let
wind pressure. Then they wrapped the tracae• The wbeel then begins to re -
rope about a telegra11th thole and mairiged i vohe again. and the our is *carried down
to hold the kite. It tack it half 1133a4.11!, and up to a place eorrerp. coding with its
men to haul down the giant.—Philadel-, firsstarting point. The people rile
phla Record.. bacfkw-ard up this incline, thus experi-
encing
xpi-encing a most remarkable sensation.
A resetleal Test. When drawn up for a distance of about
Dom Pedro, the last Emperor of Bra -170 feet the car is again released, and
til, was a man of a pructical turn of "makes Its second about. A third return
mind, as the following .+tory told of him ! to this height and another sliding butte -
by itSpanish-newspaper well elluritntes:l ward completes the journey. During the
He once gave an audience to a young the' shooting the car has covered just
engineer who came to show him a new On! tblyd of the tireumferrnce of the
appliance for stopping railway engines. t�f'H. A. tlte.strnctnre .tors d+irony
The Emperor soul plearwl with the idea, I each Cee. wi > " the wheel hx+•
but wished to put it to a practical test therefore, made one complete revolution
"I)ay after to -morrow," said he, "have
your engine ready. We will have it
coupled to my saloon-eirriage and sta'•t.
tVhen going at full speed 1 will give the
apd the excursionists et fight at exactly
Rhe same place that tthe,etart `tray made.
This is the invention ib its simplest
form, but the journey will have the. add -
signal to stop, and then we shall see ed novelty of a most sensational tnn'.'I
how your invention works."
At the appointed time all was in readi-
ness The imperor entered his carriage,
experience unlike Anything of the kind
thea far invented. Me unmet will he
built on the tracks on the inside of the
the young inventor mounted his engine wheel, extending about halt way around,
and, on they sped for several miles as or 300 feet of the 000 feet total circum -
fast as they could go. There came no ference. Its two entrance', or mouths,
resent the o e .n
A BUCKINSi;BRONCHQ,
Vivid De s»1Nasm of, Mow 1► SEA* Mr
Klee Urea. Orptrf Thea.
1 spoke to the brute and pinched bine
with my littera; be hunched out viciously
with tin bind Leet- This was threaten-
ing. immediately tbb air was laden
with pumas, of catastrophe, but it was
tau late, (tveu laud f wished it, to call
for a certificate of the horse's ctutrecter.
I held heed • with my legs aK drove
the 'spur* home. With, a ridden move-
ment that curried my bridle hand down
to his neck he dropped hid head betweeu
bis forelegs, at tbe same time arching
hi* back like a ben bow-" stud squealing
*o
loudiy. As be did , lie jungeml Into
the air, hied down, Ruck upp, dru{gting
his whole weight tau the stiffentd Lure
kegs, every muscle tease sud managed.
The lnstaut his hind feet touched the
ground De juwpael again, dropping as
• tore. He seemed to like it, and con-
tinued the sport, coveriug several* feet
at each apringless leap. I did not like
it: neither did I know any way by
which to stop it.
Deeming it impossible successtuliy and
iu good order to disengage myself tram
the saddle during the brief and ei grerss-
ing .Aovements of ricochet,avtag
na puruchute with which to effect a dis-
mount during one of the beast'' peril
flights, I 'stuck to the saddle with a}i
the edht•riveness I could command. 11
mus out that i gloried in the contest; it
was only that 1 was endeavoring to pro-
long my lite at least n few seconds.
Whatever may here heretofore come to
parte in the history of etluestrianiam, 1
am confident the leaps of that horse are
the highest, longest, and quickest ever
known in equine gylnnastice. We pro-
em-de•tl arrorr the prairie in that jarring
hone-disloaeng wanner, l trying tate
while to maintain a firm grip with my
knee* and at the same time keep 11iy
spurs out of the brute's hide. It seem-
ed tore -ordained that I should meet my
death in the saddle, or rather mut of It,
and I contemplated any end with all of
the Kinneret intrepidation and reluctance.
in the third jamb guy narrow -brimmed
huutiug bat was shaken from any head,
and it tuy revolver hal*ter--or "scab-
bardeegs they call it there --had not beep
etApty 1 should deuetk a hove best my
gun. Before the sixth junnp my bead
seemed to be eoniag uufaxteut•el and m)•
louse cartridge belt about to fly over my
shoulders. Earthquake, volcano, -cy-
clone,• expbsiuu—all natural' and unna-
tural disturbances gave token of having
-failedeed- tbt'ty -dire deeatrnetteeneatt to t
acrobatic feats of that pony. The earth
trcmbl eete}�iuru:tl
hop(e..f surtrical restoration.—Allan Men-
dricki, in Lippincott's. '
Most nod JDstik to Old Ragland.
Accordingto Chaucer, the more well-
-to-do of te working classes evidently
spent a vast deal of time at the public
-eating -tans-.drinking,-- tcdling idle
takes, playing at skittles when the wea-
ther was fine, singing rhymes of "Rubin
Hood," -or listening to fiddlers and
M to gleearen and janglers of
jest• s:—that 'is to ray, ballad singers and
professional story tellers. At high prime
—tbe hour rah the middle of the foremen
when agricultural work broke off, as it
still dors, for • brief nest and slight
lueal—Langland speaks of the pkewa
shooting idle in the deli while the plow-
men sit at the ale ■no 'lug "How trolly
lolly." The cook conies out to the tavern
door and cries "Hut pies,•hot!" and the
alewife fills puts ofhalf-and-halt by
pouring penny ale and pudding ale to-
gether. indoor there is plenty of food,
in •great variety. for such as eras afford
Ibread and teeth; potfuls of toiled peas
d imams, pieces of salt bncuu, stewed
fowls, fried fish, baker! meat, 'green
c
s. ese, curds and cream, and baked ap-
Poorer people had to be content with
half -penny ale and bread not made of
clean wheat but of oatmeal or benne
and bran. Idlers are threatened that
they "shall eat of barley bread' and 01
the brook drink": but it would seem that
water drinking, except under some relig-
ions rule, was not common even among
the poor, who drink milk and mean ale
—i suppose the same as what Langland
elsewhere calls farthing ale, and not
mach more than water with a testy In
it. In the profuse of vegetables the
English in the fourteenth. century were
like the modern French pensnntry. All
through mummer tit Lamibas-tide brought
harvest to the croft and- new corn came
to cheeping, occasional fowls and ba-
con were the mere.enabroktery upon the
peas, leeks. cabbages, unions, pnnley,
and beans wklclr, •together with the
cheese, were the staple of pooreopk's
dot—Curnhill Magazine.
what to Eat These Hot Days.
„During the hot months." writes Mrs.
8. T. Itorer In tale August Ladies mt
Hoe
iouraal. "the Wet attend consist large-
ly 01 Mersey mid. lean meat, green, su:-
relent vegetables, midi fruits. it is u
t'smular fallacy that the free 01.e of sub-•
acid l ni.ta during hot weather causes
disturbances of ince bowels. No diet is
more healthful than ripe fruit provided
it lig pr.gerly tilawtit ate.! atm swa.lowed
before or titter bread and butter, but
weer with it.
".hh lighter wheat pr.pntatlons, such
A* farina, wheetit.et alit giittenil, aha:t.d
he stbstittitid for the h.at•r-ving oat'
meal for bretikfnat. Cans eoou n 9110morning to loot tars; 'ns they ar' jnst sin
latutxi,,e cold as they ate bat. \Yhile
may rood oy seem h little out of platy
in+tile warm weattwr there are e'H'taiii
light dieelpw fist nifty ter ',tinned roe
rtadfamt. Corms vaI or 'hominy cro
quotes, or esgI. tier cronorette". 'nee br
ninde the day'blft'rr ane aimp'y frit,' at
s.•rting time. Sett bah sod encumbers
tont he ,lipped sod fried. In the chafing -
dish ane mar hart. eh1l sri beef, creamed
er 1riensmerel berbec•tted beef, mild mut-
fen warmed hi s little tomato sauce, and
dishes M eggs, mach as omelets. scram -
hied eggs, (-named eggs or poached .eggs.
Fruit should are serves(► in a Alt dish.
with. It the weather !t prarticnlarly bot.
• firth, eloppmwl Ace aprlikled ever it
Petit tent is very aid eboaki not be
*red ton m-
mei'nm ell the
ld p,the r fit
weer in the P or steaks
1 have eprRI)IR$t or feed
km'staoee, Petuwd a dainty
es'elet with peen.oraelajawe:mime
elm rat with rarely,. • Ing tion fruit.
Cerin °riders and cots f iters may also
tab. the Mace of meat.' Cofee, tett.
chocolate and milk ire. of ronrse, 1n
greeme•r, ma in winter. the htreltfttat
lessees,"
omit some.
• the Asking serpeelitkon erase asap
alillenlatlnes, Rent'
evessied them sal brftebt �I ahem 9 O' ..Meat
1
that the •• p•rtr had hal en asleep. ams o it Koos. .e n or w
Suddenly the engine came to a sharp ntenaely dark-. with hundreds of little
curve around the edge of a cliff, *hen, stars glimmering all about and_anpa-
to his humor, on the track directly ahead rently far beneath the towers. the roofs
of them the engineer saw a huge bould- and gables and many -lighted windows
Or. , of a great city, giving the whole the
F e had Jost snfficient presence of mind effect of a bespangled midnight sky,
to turn the crank of his brake and pull through which the voyagers are speeding
the engine rap within a couple of yards 1n a twentieth century airship. As the
of the fatal block. tnnnel roof will curve sharply, following
Here Elie Emperor put his bend out of the outlines of the rim of the wheel, the
his car window and demanded to knew voyagers, while in the tunnel, will ogle
the cause of the sadden stnppnge. The
engineer pointed to the rock, and. much
to his surprise, Dom Pedro began to
langh.
Push it to one side and go on," he
said, calmly.
The engineer obeyed, and, kicking the
stone, was still further astnuished to see
it crumble into dust before him. It was
nothing more then a Much of *tare Porting An automatic switch -
placed
theni:mpils hail had more. and i devif' ill illuminate the care with
placed nn the nils the night !'pro's' fairy lamps until they enter the tunnel.
Then the ligiate on the cars will be es
tingnisbed, bnt rows of lamps pitted
along the mot of the tunnel will be Illn-
minated and eatingul'hed as the car pansi-
es directly beneath them, tliuir showing
the people outside where the car is in the
tunnel. rind exactly when it is about to
emerge therefrom. Besides this novel ar-
rangement, an automatic attachment will
cause the waters of the pond to be il-
luminated with different colored electric
lights every time the car dnehes throuuh
it. The cur pewee It three times, once
while In the tunnel, and then its showers
of spray are suddenly ' ehconnee ed ap-
parently far above tbe clouds !a the
starry vault of heaven, and an effect
extremely startling and unique is pro -
such a singular knot—so renter, tot, 1 dome
n. S
In its formatioome cruel master must' ce
The aupewtruetnre is now being plan-
ned hy ,the engineers of a prominent
hrllge building company near this city.
and will be ma414. an sti.mg and M care-
fully braced that hrieaking will he an
Impossibility. Resides the axle of the
wheel relating npon upright towers or
tnlernma, the outer rim w111 -he provided
with teeth Biting into the mailhtnery
on the hour lenratine the wheel.
Then on either kids of the interior tracks
the three fnnt ' barricades will• firm a
trwtgh into which the car Ata.11 ich
vehicle will run upon three treas. the
centre one being fitted with it slot simi-
lar to that on street car rabies. The
be ale to see a few Leet to the fropt
or rear, further vision being cut off by
the aloptnrroot and floor. Thus the ef-
feet of mystery will be greatly enhanced.
Mr. Pattee is now busily engaged in
perfeeting the lighting apparatus for hie
gigantic wheel. Thousands of colored
incandescent lamps ---of every color of
the rainbow --will be used in outlining
the outer rim the spokes, and the anp-
Kro ted Tall • • t
The following is fron tiralr nnrratire
of a voyager in the Indisn Oeenn:
"The steward 1■ again pillowed on his
beloved salt -fish, and our only canprtn-
ion Is a Mafaea cat whish is also an
attachment for the steward's pillow. Puss
Is a tame little creature; anti comes rine
tang herself mildly against our shoes,
leaking np In our faces end mewing her
thoughts. Dopbtleas a -he is surprised
that you have ben so long looking at
her without noticing the peculiarity in
her tail. whicb so much dlsttngui.hes
her from her mates in other reunites of
the globe. Take her up In year lepp and
ser for yourself. ilid you ever observe
hare tied it tens when piss was yet a
kitten, and she has outlived both the
pain and the inconvenience} Bnt here
comes he kitten, nil full of 'gambols NM
fun: end we fitnd that her tail lee in
eiatay the same condition.
thie i it remarkable feature rano*
whole race of Mnlayan cite; but no ohe
aecine ahle•te give • sat factory expla-
nation of it.
A nabs It..t• for Rubber.
Tb question of a aabgtitnte for thit-
her has already enprneed the attention
of many minds. The demend for rob-
ber
oM para esch lave a apse runt,injj along
ber Increases steadily, and the aeppiy la thMr bottntral freta a tel to end .Ad sea
limited, lint out In California, ■eeorrdding !� vetterted. the P
to The Nan I+'raaciaee ('all, they think * Bltip s11 4etitl in sot and tee•
the problem has bees mired, and by herltantal haus r Iroise e
a newsleteer 114)01 et, too. The inventor >h
uses a atrm� gf�rom a tree indigeenonns to groovy, thus sacking the ear to the tuck
California, red a.$au Francisca .Foul- anti matting estYpe frolmpnsaibk.
este hole pu aned iii rights. The ante eves tbeerh th• 41..."1,1,1,L nm inter-
intense is eaid to reRtarble vegetable glow tore with the motion Besides this talk,
it la speared In adakii, an itneisinn is Ittelle la te• he w r*trb.4-
the large root of s Cerin tree. tan er s.tYkfng artom;tJtar�y which aIMwg the
this lnPilMl a v.wsel iI p'e'ed• into wbleb Mr to rfl�t Avwt along Mw1 of tet ih, 5bN
the tjl and !sprite cnhArhess jnirte run.. A'bIceb will hotel .h aacirely wh►yayR It
u thrwlrht n
or r•eio nota rep illy teem l t� .tae sn_ot,y d, tM iare7wl 1 g da•
tb A tees atlatlf#,` dam•�",� �re* d0Ab1) surae, ltd *.IAM t,, fila tt.
thaw delaar� ten 4 t1'wtw ov�rrptbe Petit.• 8111 barn wino enonab to nab
weet,atvblai is ieon removed. sad the L''' Wm adtehiltsry so ltrwtag and simpl.
Crest OF Igrdr of gnu geadnaIlq reforms. la g% tMt It eaaaot k 05 sent
that fM
«tiers--p�iWa181b Tfas..
STORYETTES.
gest for rat■.
She—What • wonderful jumber that man
! out why do the y keep raging that big
gong while n5 is making hu jumps Y'
He—That's Jerolemon—he's from Brook-
lyn, sad he ain't do his best unions be Im-
agines b is getting out of the way of •
trolley oar."
t• !weary 51 Twe Seal,
The following epitaph is to be touud in
the ('roes Kirk Val -1, Shetland, oat • hand-
some mausoleum :
DONALD Rosnamox.
Bots let Jaon•ry, 1785; died 4th .1 uos,
1848; aired 63 years. tie was a peaceful
and quiet moo, and to all appearance' a
sinceere l'bristaim. His death was very
maoh, lamented, which was caused Ly the
stupidity of
LAURANCE TcLLa:E, or Ciwru'.TON,
who sold him nitre instead of Epsom salts,
by witich t* wen killed in the apace of three
hours steer taking a 'lose of it.
Extreme !.dente.
I think, acid tbeeninister's wife, that you
ought to cultivate mon vehemence in your
elooutioo.
You mean that I ought to maks more
lobe!
I believe that might help to make your
sermons more popular.
1 doubt it vete- much. I5 tact, I am
afraid that method would have the opposite
effect end send some members of the emigre -
rattail away with se- unfavorable impres-
sion.
I don't see why.
You know. my dear, that *nom people
ars li.ble to be ill-natured when they have
just been awakened from a sound sleep.
Goad Rots.
More than one boy has made his way at
the start by tbe sibtottioa of a bright mind
aad -a'tardy *sepses. Time was the olaaee,
for instance, of • boy whom we will call
Martin Flitc.
Marten, thrown on his own resources at
the age of fourteen, went around • big city
looking for work. Nobody seemed to have
iej fir Dila, salad opener he was rebuff-
ed the more oosfdent and hieh•spirit*d be
ed 10 beeeme ; tearmerteething Irks
good big obstacle or bafflement b call out
the hailtby snap to some nature".
By •ed by Martin came to a merchant's
door which had simply the word "Poch" on
it; so he bushed tate door and went in, his
hat in his band An elderly man in men -
tales sat at •/desk.
41' Well, boy, what do you wast I' asked
the merob►st.
•• Work, sir,'' said Martin.
" What kind of work !"
"Any kind of work, sir."
" Walt," said the merchant. laughing,
" you've got • large speciality. What's
your motto!"
" Same as yours, sir," said Martin.
"Same as mine` How do you know what
my motto is "."
'• You've got it on your door—it's 'Push,'
air."
The merohant put him to work oh the
spot, and it wits the beginning of a very
sacoessful business career.
The number of depositore in the Poet Of-
fice Ravine. Rank last year was 6,453,597,
against 6,108.763 ea the preceding year.
The anal argument or .tae testi e..
seakess' claims before the sealing com-
mission will take place Ma a tortmight
at Halifax.
The Grand Lodge of the Independent
'Order of Oddfellows closed its session
at Belleville, and decided to meet at
Galt next year.
A heavy electrical storm visited To.
'into Stmday. Some email fires were
caused by the lightning, but no casual-
ties were reported.
Good mammies of lignite coal have
been discovered at Rainy River. A
boring apparatus baa been ordered and
thorough tests will be made.
The bylaw to authorize• tbe lanae of
$110,001 debentures for street improve -
mi uta was defatted in a popular vote
at Hamilton by nearly 1500 majority.
The tl' awn r•fest at Berlin is
•ST a 'weer
I. of Germany Was unveilirl and Ham-
ilton wan selected as the piece for hold-
ing next year's (patient.
The duel between Piince Henry of
Orleans and the Count of Turin took
pimp oneeile of Frarit•e on Sunday. and
nworde were the weapons. Prince Henri
was twice wounded before the dueligts
shook bands.
The State Department at Washington
has declined to prteeretltc the claim tet
Dir. Coirtwetiva Hera. of Panama Cignal
fame. against the Government of France
for illegal arrest and detention in Eng -
in ext.
The London Anarchists, by special
ptrmiarion of the Cotnmisaiomer of Pee
Mer, will hold a meeting in Tnefatgar•
wgoare next Snrwtay to denounce the
revive, or the employment of torture !n
Spanish prisons.
(iilb'rt firers!!, ageed lfl. s motive ot
T.ivetprol, etude' ' on board the ship
Mary L. Burnell, Peteling rat the Rag ti-
nny, died at the Hotel Diem• Quebec..
from an nnr creifnt heating which he is
'steered to have reereved from the sec-
ond mate of the ship.
The lee* story—The Illy Sete the Spider.
Samuel Simon, Sr., a well-known resi-
dent of Neshannock township, while
strolling near his home one day recently,
noticed a fly about half au inch long
end of a dark bine c oiur, with a slim
body. bearing a large dead spider. The
fly crossed his path and laid his' load
down. It then went about eighteen
inches in another direotioa and cohu-
menced digging a bole to the ground.
Simon's cunotsity being, excited, he stop-
fled end natethe work. After the
nattily.]
had the hole du`,. about half the
length of himself ke-went to where he
had lett the spider •aad took its dimen-
sions. After going back to the hole
he found it was not big enough and
commenced digging. gists. After tak-
ing out i quantity. of earth he exalt)
Rent to the spidsweand again took his
dimensions. He did tide eight times, and
es often enlarged the noir. When the
busy little fellow had the hole too deep
for him to throw the earth out, he would
Io on the bank and feree It back with
Ids feet. After he had the excavation
large enough for title purpose he went
for the spider and brougnt it 0 the
grave, for such it proved to be, and
dragged It to the mouth of the hole.
After he had the body In be covered it
with fine earth, nest and liniehed by
placing a small piece of cinder on the
top. When he had finished the work he
flew nnny. The whole time eonaumed
was exnetly fifty-five minutes, as Mr.
Simon nays he sat and watched the
whole performance' --Newcastle Demo -
drat.
Food That NonrIeltee the ltferees,
Any gond, wholesome died will hails
frit the nerves. The fewer that oouriehes
the end of the little Anger nourlahes
also the brain and the entire body.
hash part is but a portion of a 'perfect
whole, end we t•annot silent heal to
b r.twcinlly one part v[ the human
• itke. Fatty female are •uppo ked to
be" ben(ficlnl to the nerve., as they
cushion them and tvsutrterect the irrite -
Ing erudition.. Starchy footle, fatty
meets end over -eating tend to 'the ac-
cumulati-on of fat.—Ladle,' Home Joan --
nal.
AogreAr• Aires-.
The famous Roquefort chteue is thrrat-
ened by the rapid eneMgt of two rival
brands, Gorgnwaola and Bnnaenar, the
latter of which, an Anvrtgnat cheese
greedy resemble; Roquefort. and 1. saki
to possess exceptional qualities due to
Its dew ripening. And in ennmv neneee
the Requefott cheese 1a rapidly dee11n-
Rag.
les site as.,. 01..
I as rapid esnugh, *ad
tifil slMta 111 ivainme forma all rig�cht, but
1 must admit that l-aaaaotMr—elgsll.
Racine se !!ileal-' de wna't ds, rhea,
*Yeti at the ;eke. a'ss't spell either.
GRAVEL
DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS
After twenty years of most ex-
cruciating pain caused bygravel
I am pleased to make it known
that I have been completely
cured of this long-standing
trouble by'Dodd's Kidney 411s.
During these years I have spent
hundreds of dollars without any
permanent relief. Had I heard
of your wonderful remedy years
ago it would have saved me
months of agony and hundreds
of dollars.
JOHN NICHOLAS BABCOCK,
Sharbot Lake, Ont.
Dodd's Kidney P!lls
Always Cure Gravel
The Kensington Funiture oel
Limited. have made arrangements with
J. BROPHEY & SON,
of Wear -et. to carry a Lull line of their goods.
The public oar get
Furniture at Factory Prices
from him. apd by doing so keep their money
In town• and have a good ohance of getting
some of It back by suuportieg Home Menu
trot urs
All goods of the Company's make are fully
guaranteed by them
PLANINCFMILL.
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EiTABLISNEB 1165.
ices &
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BASH, DOOR and BLIND
Dealers to all kinda of
LUMBER, LATH, SHINGLES
And builder's =tarts' of every de.,rtpttoa
Sohool jarniture a Sneciaitt.
'Winter is Near !
0o oe prepared to meet it with a
good Hat or Cap when it comes.
We have put Instock ,all the Latest
Styles of Fall
HATS
which for nality and price annot be
equalled. In Stock are numerous as
sortmenta ot the latest in
GLOVES DOLLARS.
SHIRTS. HOSIERY.
bUITS, CUFFS
CAPS NECKWEAR.
MITTS.
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The ranee of Nor Nleile Remalas a
Ilv,tery amt.
Cincinnati. Ohio, Aug. Iii.—(Special.
—At 2 o'clock this afternoon the
body of MIss Edna Mitehell, the young
nurse from Toronto, whose soletde was 0115
ot.tha maddest and most mysterious of the
rein, was'aurkd at beautiful SpringDrove
Cemetery. A brother of the dead grl wat
present from Allendale, Canada. several
nurses from the Jewish Hoaptial, where
Silas Mitchell had beeu employed, were
present, and but few others. Then was
a simple funeral servlee at the grave. Neth
Ing hag developed since the Inquest and
nitoprts, which showed death to he frotn
morphine polsouing, to penetrate the full
mystery of the cane. it seems rewsonanly
certain that ggrtiief and deipslr which t'ol-
lowed the reading of a letter received from
M•t tflaten of Niagara Malls prompted 10
the deed. This letter she at one. destroy-
ed, without Its contents being invoiced.
Igiam Nltebell was an old friend of the
After family; and lad frequently visited
them.
Miss McLean, as. of the Panes. ser to-
day ' "She MN that letter wee a moat
*roil as,, the more creel beefless erode.
seyvmd. 1 do not knew whether,they. was
any love between Miss Mitebell and Mr.
Fred Stater, the young man whew stye,
toilette di epigetatte' tensed her mach deep
tmrbte. Re l not elope with her: bo
sfrsrly ieeompialed her part of tae way
here fres ('maada oat*. i what 10 correct
soother Impr,sslon. Ties aortae wbe rem-
,dneted the examination after Mt death
stated that se bad bees • gide ghl."
own Yrte4 by dawn a wean.
Yew:. anal*, •
1hq 05111. matat.
I flan mart!
Ito
stn Oil 1 M V
of !seal tighMa
The court �t.nu IMetrr••twtaa't.eeeIeiatteell
g ee
se:as sas �m*y,gftt sub v�p ��• wts�ai
vrMmd earl 1t �t�r�
Supreme Os.,t Win. eesttutet b ties
td tater. t�Rh
At Ma them
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Tisa reliable Hat and Furnishing Emporium'
Canadian
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