The Signal, 1899-2-2, Page 3ie1
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ItLIG IN M1E«1CA.
Increasing Popularity of the
Great Scotch Game.
WNE FINK POINTS 1:1 PLAYING.
Now • Risk Sheath! Be Ladd 0.1-1.-
sems sad •ter.,. Used 1s the Oam.e.
1 What the DIZ.rest Players Ars Rs -
pearled to Do.
Curling 1. dlelluctively a Sootoh win-
ter Prue. For many centuries It has
Mae played and enJoyed there and some
e l Ibr must famous men of that land have
lass curlers. One of the moot Doted sorter
of matches un record took places between
. rinks captained by the Ettrlqk Shep-
bedand thecelebratedCbriseepb(►llortb,
with Sir Wittier !Meta swing as umpire.
£notbsr ;onteek, which bas figured Is
e arllne filet ,re was ',toyed In 1781 be
preen 11.•• U .1 w of Hamilton and Mr. J.
Mel boo. n, w ho afterward became the
lord provost of Glasgow. ID this match
the duke won.
It was in 16118 that the Royal Caledo-
e ian Curling oluh was formed In Edin-
burgh. The organ Dation of this club marks
anew era In the growth of curling. A amt
of bylaws was fortuulated. uniform rules
td the game adopted, an annual publica-
tion'tweed, snd branches of the club were
establlebed ■11 over the British empire.
Today there are over 1,000 curling clubs
e ll over the world, whlub aro under the
authority of the Royal Caledonian Curl -
beg club.
In Canadn the br ginning of the gems
dates from the year 1807. when the Dine-
ttes! Curling club was fornmed. The Que-
bec Curling club was organised 1D 16111,
e70775' -DON
have been pleeed. 'Thee follow 1be ewe
ends, thou the thirds, and tartly the skips.
Thu playing of 0/4)16 stones tureen' either
tee ounstltutes an end or tuning, stud 8l
laniege ouloplele the game. 'rho rink
having a stone nearest to the lee ■1 the
elms of.an luulug aro the victors for that
end. Thalami' b figured from the num-
ber of &tinea which the winning rinks
bare delivered nearer to the tee than the
,lomat stone of the opposing rink. '1'be
blithest sour* possible to awoke is 8, but In
actual play 8 would be considered • high
sours.
Curling le an eabllarating sport and,
while easy to describe and almple to own -
prebend, le nevertheless an •atrewely dltD-
• Il party to play. It requires long and
"toady practice, • dear, Duel bead and
trained mewls The player stands back
of the tee and pule his foot in a eh....
made la the los to prevent bet 'moo from
slipping. 11e delivers bb stone tower..t
Me opposite roar, ..utero the •k 11., w res lot
statement there, min dlrent the pl-iu.. It
L mot dtmoult to imegli n the •kill which
is ngq(red to -lido a welebt of between 86
and OD 1 °undo Wong • dietaries of 118 yards
and land the object In the proper position.
The smoothens. Q1 111* kW must be gaug-
ed. The players not engaged In deliver-
ing the stow. stand forward between the
middle line where sweeping may begin
and the tee toward wbloh the stone is to
be sent and with brooms lo hand await
orders of the skip, The use of eke broom
M to remove any particles of snow or Ice
which wIll impede the progress of • stone.
Should the skip think • stone has not suf-
ficient momentum to reach the desired dis-
tance be will ordsr his mea to "Stop her
up " They w111 at once vigorously apply
their brooms •ud attempt to oo.a the
Inuring atone to attain the teethes& pos-
sible
oosible limit of Marano'.
1t is roe, bowever, until at least several
stories bave been placed that real scientific
play begins, and 11 Is toward the latter
part of an Irnlog that the"real aecltawaut
begins. The mnn who leads tries to land
his atone on the tee, end of course It le the
object of his opponent's nett stroke to
drive the flnt stone from the tee. 11 Is
often deslrehle to land a stone just 1n
trout of another stone to act as a guard.
By giving the stone a le Sting motion
when 1t lea' a the hand the stone will per-
form • seem of curies nnd way sometime'
•veld •u ups nnent's guard and reach the
desired floodlit'''. The plays which require
the goatee' .1.111 end ,'weenie are the
In -w ick end the out -w ick. These two plays
ern be better uudur&tood by billiard Wey-
er., for the Meets to •telt. an opponents
stone and then bound off at an angle to
the right slot. 11.us tie game resolves
itself lute' un effort on the rare of o00 rink
to keep their own stones on the tie and
knock away the stones of ■n opponent.
1 he other rink endeavors kr do just the
oppolllte, and when n tee Is surrounded by
situations arise there 1s another lee
portent play which la called "rebutting"
and 1■ resorted to when the tee 1s blocked
by a number a stones. The skip orders
the player to "put plenty of powder In the
born," whlc'. means that by sending the
Mone with greet force be shall plant It
among the loamy stones bunched at the
tee and scatter then*. This play often
changes the whole eituatlon, and Is some-
times disastrous to both sides alike.
M'IWAM R. BRITTON.
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so win a. suns .f illeltest Steel Made
1s Germany.
As now announced by Sir Thomas Lip -
10., the now boat which will rail for the
America's orp will be designed by %VIII
Fife. Jr , who to a Sootchman. She is to
be built by the English Orin of Thorny-
croft, at Chiswick on the This'll -es, who,
by lbs way, are famous for their torpedo
boats. And what Is more .urpri.ing, the
sew ch•ilenger will be built of nickel
steel made by Knipp, In Kasen, Germany.
1t 1s also annoureed now that even the
Bbamr ok'4 skipper w111 not be 1ri*h, but
Scotch, and instead of Jack O'Neil sell -
DIAOILAN OF cantina
a.d In • very few year" the game had
gained • firm foothold In our neighboring
•ountry. In the United Sates curling
bas become quite popular. One of the
golf clubs of Chicago has adopted ourling
:bp
Indoor ezerel.e during the winter
!•snthe. In New York city and vicinity
ahem ars some lei or more clubs. The
leading clubs of the metropolis are the
)Jew York, Cnledon►on, Ht. Andrew's and
Amerlcen clubs. Jersey City, Hoboken.
Paterson and Yonkers also bave clubs,
and enure of three organizations own cov-
ered rinks. Frequent matches take plane
between these club. And those from the
Wince of Albany. Utilltand the Canadian
Otitis. Chicago poesetmee several clubs,
Omaha boasts of one, and Detrol* also has
• flourishing club. Most of the larger
towns and cities of the country which are
favorer' with ice in the whiter demon also
maintain curling organlzatioos.
The greet curling minter of the United
Stats is found in the northwest. At St.
Faul, omntenoing Jan. 16 and continu-
ing for neerly • week, • great annual
bonepiel will be held onder the seeping*
of the Northwestern Carling assoolation.
Thle event will drew • great number of
satttestaoes from all over tea American
M1Noeet. There are to 1e raven events,
the winners of which ere to resales prises
valued .t $1,000. The tournament will
be Mid at Paspberry Island, and the eov-
et d rink there is not only tea finsel In
et. Paul, but Is considered the best 18 the
sentry. Some of ibe mambas will be
payed. however. on the los on the nearby
Aver.
The game of hurling 1s played on what
beetled • rink, which Is an area of los.
pust•ngular In shape, 446 yards In length
by 16 yards in breadth. This apace is sub-
divided. Thirty-elgbt yards apart and
War each end of the rink are two points
lumen as tree. About these tees are see
seal Meets", resembling the rings of • tar
gat. The very smallest circle 1s •bout
ser foot 1s diameter and Is milled the
"pea lid," while the outermost'ehole !a
eight feet in diameter. TM outs circle
marks the limit" of what Is ailed the
"hones " The cinder within the hones
Me marked to aid tea eerier in estimating
the poeitiona of the stones. Raven pieta
da front of e•veh ten then 1s • straight line
drawn at right angles with the sides of
1M rink, which Ie celled the "hog line."
If • stone. delivered toward either ten,
tans to para the "beg line," Lbe atone
moat be removed inm the rink until the
beginning of the nest Inning. A line
horizontal to the "long lines" and ha.,
way between them Is ailed the middle
Um., and only between this litre .red the
use *award which • stone s approaching
ant any sweeping be done. So much for
Iib. rink.
The Implements 01 the earn. onetaa
Merrily of brooms and atones. The hnnm
is known try Its •net.ft /lament "Mean."
A regular grams of ending ominous of
Ma oppee•ing sides tolled "rinks," and
II 58 •f themes dies is enmpn.eel of *nor
TM names of the paras oe
MA slat we the skip. the lead, the aimed
Bald tbs third. Tbe skip Is the loader of
W sats it le bye duty ea direst tb. Mee -
Me tad be ass ally Meade M Abe to Mill
illossb trawl to Ms saw.
Mopes aro abed r jl:Bg, pp.
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OVERNO. OF CUBA.
GENERAL JOHN R BROOKE A BORA
SOLDIER AND A BIG ONE
Mew tb. Nos Wile 1e the Aeurloss
awe* of Weyter rad glue,
M.•eaa We Mllles•7 Career - Mee
We. Dlatlactlen 1■ Two Ware.
TACNT (MOLDS, WHICH CAPTAIN HOOAITH
HAS SKIM SAILING.
hog the challenger, as was originally an -
D oomed, Archie Bogert!), a famous Clyde
skipper, will handle the Shamrock's tiller
the International noes.
Tbe boldo, which Captain Hogarth
eammaDded I.at seaom, 1e one of Will
F1ftes best and fasten boats. She was
1.111 in 1698 at Fife's Fairile yard in
Beotlaud for Peter Donaldson, one of the
foresees* yachtsmen in Great Britain.
TM Wilde was built for the 40 rating
e lse and must not be confounded with
the Herrshnff 10 rater of the name name
whlob was built the same year for the late
Damn Von 7.edtwits, who was killed in •
eollielon wish the Garman emper'or's 81. -
boor on AU.. I'. I WA
Major General John H Brooke, the
n ee 1y appointed military governor of Cu
ba. 1s • big wan both physically and men
tally to retard to pommel appeeretrur
be Is probably the must striking and 1m
presides looking officer in all the army
He 1s. several Inches over ds feet in height
and weighs more than 160 pounds Filo
frame 1s massive. and on bee broad, square
.houlders 1a M • well shaped herd Drown
.sl wltb silvery white beer H• would
.cake • typical field marshal Tbs Cubans
aro bound to hit Impressed by hien
Uenunl- Brooke, coming after Wm'st
end Blaaoo. who are both wen of detaiI
stature, presents a striking contrast el
those officials It 1110111 be reu.uutwired
Utak will* he le officially the militate pow
senor of the bleed to did .,'ubans M will
be known as the American captain gen
,sal Each of the ata provinces 1e to have
• ,peperste military governor. but all will
be under B
e dire:eon of General roke
Broke Is a born soldier He has won
distinction in two wars He war be de
{ended upon to rule with an iron band In
Cuba He s not one of the most popular
men In the army. and 1t Is quite prvb.ule
that some of DM Cubans way nut like hes
ways of managing affairs there. but 1t was
e vident to the administration In Washing
ton that • strong than wee needed In Cu
ba, and se Brooks was selected
In the Spanish Awerlcnu war Genera.
Brooke had but small opportun'ty to show
his fighting qualities During the early
pert of the contest be was stationed at
Chickamauga camp There he did veru
able work In orgaulting the volunteer'
1'wiee his carefully constructed NekiLnit,
demolished. once to tit otJ-1'hafler'IOariey
and again to mod re -enforcement. to
Santiago
Then General Brooks awed for active
service. and was sent to Klein Hlco as sec
end In owumant: He was just about to
wipe out of .11.1.ns the Spanish army
thele when tbe pence protocol was signed
and he was compelled to suspend mils it
Gererat IM.ok.1*a-aatt►o-oL ./+enugl
taata. datttwbesn barn= the tdd.1lM,Lld
Ret to Se Caegbt.
"Are we alone?" be 'eked.
"Entirely so," abs replied, feeling
that at beet the time had cosa. "You
msy speak without danger ed being
overheard "
Still be imitated.
"Would yon mind baying the phono-
graph removed from the room?" be said
e t I.st. "It looks to cue as 1f it were
loaded for a recotd."
As OpI.l.a.
"I meet my," said Farmer Oorsh.e-
lel, "that I oeu't fake no fancy what
ever to Them dialect pieoas."
"Neither cau 1," answered bis wife.
"Anybody cm folk that w•y. It seem.
to me nun glttit the grammar en per-
e nucaUoo right is when an .utbor
shows his 'mafiosos"- Washington
Stat.
Bu a Treble Orly.
A new Melte hu 1*s n hrongh* not by
the wlaktws of the Kngllsh Referee bicycle.
IIt te a hand emerwtsd brake. werbleg en
VO front wheel. and ennbinee tea wine'
plim of the ries and the the brake There
le • lesbte grip, wasting ne Iewh dries ef
W Het snd ea W tire. ming • we.'
illodialla. las
reaseertalleleigi
Om
• me gun " ere an ,saw oris- et tlbrf, es •
templet will show
Soul of bereaved one. troubled sad t,vn•d
Hearcbrng Ibe .s5 fur ono w110 was eel
But bele also happy in his humorne
vertu. One of bin tient efforts to tnls Ha.
describes old Aunt Koslab, wbo wee the
(Nieuwe.; woman 1 ever S.
Alleys • style: "flu tell) Ls mel'
• • • • • • •
Death ,ewe .ad bid hie hand os her keel
"1'..
tomato claim my own," he said
Bus atm only add "L.. mel De tell.
!'ve bee upeetla ye smite • spell.'
There are • number of poems for ably
drew in "Just Jingles," and some of *bass
ARTHIIH J NCIIDICA.
ought to appeal strongly to the average
boy There 1e eite atuut "The JJ°y and
1b.'Muucitag Pear.' which rune
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This is Ib► story as far ■s 11 goers
Of the h.7 .red 11h•,gtpne o. Leap
Th.' tier .ith the titmice. mol many* arae
And Ib. long and *Meaty lair.
And tea buy watt, the emelt mg ,yea of blue
And a lore of sturto-.800l lake you
The hear. be dwelt in • deep. dark wood,
And he bunted day by day
For tender•loye-15"t at he eh.,uld.
For beer• rre heal Ih.t way
And lee err. y a duty for leers toga*
Eacb.tender boy that they chance to meek
Mr Burdick 1• a native of Genesee
Allegany county, el Y., nnd in stout 40
years old He 1s now city editor of 18.
Olean (N. _T.}- -Morning Times He bee
been he 6ba'aewspitter bualne" for •
numSr 6f 'Mks And iMU Clintrtynitttr"
largely, both in peso and verse, to w.n7
well known publicatlone
Mr Burdick '• first attempt In velem met
with little encouragement When • buy
at school, he wrote a rhymed c lepwltlon.
and has teacher promptly accused hint of
rfJ 1q .liineeLh„ of mutes. the
charge Multi not he prover the tawtlier�
still holed upon the budding pont wttb
aueplolub But Mr Burdick level down
this season of diegrate and finally con
,lnoed the schoolmasterthough not until
years after, tent -perhaps the little fellow
might hay. written 1t himself, after all '
Although M■ Burdick hew written Term
ever since he was u Loy, It was only shout
Ove yearn Rao that he could be induced by
his family to offer hts work for pulllca
Owl Hie poems moue ned`.Iy ac;el t. -d
and he was encouraged to write ie. re
-The* hay. been published in_ kWI snag
ltd --lbw- ,ut01iww
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MAJOR OF V I IIA L JOHN R' $SfMKL
ow Brooke fano neer Potutnwn to years
ago He began his military career three
day. after Sumter was tired on 'rhe *man
who had been chosen captain of the loem
Militia company had resigned after the
Dail for volunteers There was no one 1n
Pot tattle eatable of taking the conuuand
Then some one recalled the feet that " Big
John' Brgooke had been to a military
school and must know something of too
ties A oomnllttee was sent out to the
Brooke tarn, and received .rainy. AitsJez
Brooke. John's father Major Brooke Is
toned to the story off the party and an
entered brusquely
"John must go '
John was busy In the woods with a
yoke of oxen Fathering • load of stumps
Presently be appenred. • big fellow. 18
years of cgs. to the rough garments of •
farmer He was offered the captaincy
"Certainly 1'11 go.' be said •
After finishing the day's work the new
"swain well* to WWII and strolled Into
the company's armory and talked over the
situation On the nest day -Friday -tea
eompaoy esu on its way to the front
The regiment was known as the Fourth
Pennsylvania enlisted for three months
service, snd was mustered In on April 00
186: John Brooke proved • good officer
being a strict disciplinarian snd getting
excellent result with bis men
Then he was taken w 18 • alight fever
was placed on the sick 1st and on\
home on furlough stopped In Hal
and Interviewed Uoveroor And
Curtin
The war governor was "o much On
precede with the young °Moor%het Brooke
was encouraged to raise • new regiment
afterward the famous Fifty-third Penagl
yenta
Few regiments.•ttelneI such Minims
tion as did the Fifty third Pennsylvania
under the oommand of Colonel Brooke
It is said that of the 8.000 lighting regi
menta engaged In the civil war but 41
lost more then 800 men In the field The
Fifty-third was one of these, and, more
over, was frequently chosen for wrylos
requiring stubbornoss pluck and daring
gallantry As par of McClellan s Aetny
of the Peninsulathe regiment gook •
prominent pert In the battle of Fate Oaks,
In Juts 1969 where It was surprised and
thrown Into confusion, but rallied and
jofokly forced the enemy from hie line
The commanding general. commended Ib
sond001 on this megaton
After • Berm engagement at Psob
Orchard General Sumner rods op and
eomplltneo*ed the regiment for its brav
(try. saying " You have dose nobly 1
knew you would do it.'
Afty the battle of Cbarte•Ilorntlle Oar
teal Hooker reviewed the army at Fel
month snd at tea eonelodnn of the rise
monis about k0 d um staff and line o16
sen spent an evening at U•n.ral Hooker's
beedge•rt•r", Heelers/ Hanooek •mosg
them During tea worm at the vita W.
Informal dlse.esise •rasese 1e Wee swam
of the several allows le the g..er.P.sem
mend
Han000k mid to Hooker that he bad the
'three beat colones In the United San"
•rmy-Croos of the Fifth New Hampshire.
Colonel Nelson A Mlles of the Sixty first
New York and Colonel John H Brooke
of tea Fifty third Pennsylvania " '1 he
words were freighted with prophets dg
S11cance Colonel Crows went Into the
battle of Gettysburg. saying that on that
field he would win "six feet of earth to a
yellow sash ' He won hes himself •
greys, whsle General Hanook's remain
Ing "bass oolones' are today the leading
millers of the nation
ALreen R Itowtgt
FARRAGUT'S BOBTXiI,ID 14
B ellamy, 1111 by a ('eaaeeVleut Wan/.
muster In a K.v lees 1a Inas.
ID t8e spring ut thee, when Urn,rel
Banks was In command at hew Orleans,
thew brigades were encamped at Baton
i(ougo. aid the raw recruits wore getting
Into trim for the fettering oettipalgu, and
incidentally trticuwlnK tawnier Kith army
tactlea Finally u review was ordered, and
Admiral Farragut esu to be the guest of
the weasels With se dl-tingulrhed u
visitor, the bandmaster of racb regiment
strove to bare a better prograuuue than
any other Besides the regular stock
do, ":iter Spangled .Banner," "t(ed,
Whiteaud Blue," "Yankee Uoo.tle"'and
'I)111e." the baud of the Twenty-fourth
Con.eotloul had a down of the catchy airs
of the day, end the leader took pride In
palling for anything he wonted without
notice and was sure that it would be well
played
Von the otcaason General IM.nks and hle
stag were handsonfely dredged sett' superb
Iy mounted General Grover end the other
general nmsrs, each with his dt l7, were
also equipped In style 'the uniforms of
Adwlral_Ferragut..au4Ltb staff wars re
ap/aodaal, batth•ir ruounts wea*auc8 as
could be secured on short notion and were
not only poor In flesh, but alio Tacked
drill A large .b11e hone was hirnl.hed
to the naval chief 1t was bony and minus
a large part of Its tail, the remainder of
which was nervously kept In 001151 ut 1110
tion
The bugle sounded and the oplunln
passed. marching to splendid fork to the
music of the various lends, each dales We
beat lit course the u.nrching wen could
not see what kind of borsea had been pro-
vided for the gueste, and as the Twenty-
fourth Conneollnut approached the band -
'natter gave a peculiar sign and the band
. truck merrily loco "1 Ire toy money on
the bob tailed nag, duds, dud, day."
OeMrel. Banks and Drover werolhagrinett
and were abort to ostler a change of mu-
sic when they olsertedthat the adn.lrnl
was l•ug►Ing heartily, and with hat In
band was bowing low to the men Iron)
the Suttees State He appeared to L.l.. it
4 ogntpiUneft front the regiment to
1,1m on hie r.oeut past.agu of New Crime,
and probably as a pophcry of h►. future
aebievementa, anti was enjoying it thor
oughly
The generals were relieved and whet at
first seemed an awkward predh-nu.ent
prslyed-H• poon.at. the funnleat lecldente
of the day A 1'pnker a whim to pTq
-bit xt>p1 atm
in"LporWile t110Ulent.,let1 11 badly and np
roach hoer amide a oau.LluaUun that Fee
r:etut often referred to as a good Juke un
blwselt.
Airless 1.051r.
It would surely erduire en African mind
VtreTsNICeit The I11[ltrre of a Calm- fnatla try
a native 501110 plant alio In. story Is
told by Ur Good. and printed In Th.
\batchuan
A leopard was thecae's of the trouble
The savage beast killed a fine self belong.
Ing to the Key V,1Wnur Walker of the
American mDolce In Gaboon Luckily
for the ml.snmury, be succeeded In dry•
ing a,i..J 1..e 'Thief Ix'f rat 1t had time to
detour ..r to carry uff lie prey 1t woo In
doing this shut be acted "uuivatly." ss
the rogue! showed
On that 1.1110 night the chief man of
taaliaS,..s.
HE MAY4I,IT U8.
Crew* Prime* elf fleMsoesse tat/ to Ile
Coming Mere Neat 1 slag.
Prince Friedrich W'llhebn, who, it le
Mid, will visit this country early nett
spring, is the Lauer a eldest see aro
therefore the future relp'ror of Gertrahy
He Is • big, athletic look leg young fellow
of 1e years anti • good type of the (iermsn
Foo tb
Tins visit will bean emissai• k ENS
It ahem* seems hnpmtoahthat that It will
occur, but influential dailies of both Ber
lin and London bate said that the prince
will tusks the trip, and It may be so It
will be the first case on record of • Ger
man mown prince visiting the new world
It Is said that the emperor has ordered
that the crown prince .hall spend nowt of
the time from now until be become. el
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A NEW POET.
Nsetbl.g Abet Arthur J. B.rd(eb,
*steer of "Je.5
"awe • pnet parts the magazine stage
and wands out Me tante.. In enhsantl.l
cloth remora, he may La said In have .rel,
ed. Mr Arthur J. Hurdled' 1s here He
name re tently. A neat tittle velem" of
pewee modestly I.8.10d "Jule Jingles,"
1s bin and of Introdoetlnn, And 1t admit.
bim to • art among the great therm O
Ama1Man sing".
Mess of Mr. liardsk'a vermes .re Mere
ditea js.gl.a 1. hie ,moat. "rima& moods.
be g tee we Me real Amba. His lines l
P 1I7CH 1FHI*DHICN 5111. HELM IN ■UItT1N
OIJST C U K
age, in 1901. In instructive travels to for
sign land. He will begin with • tour of
the United Sates, during w hloh the strict
est Incognito will be preserved, though,
as the European peen remark, It requires
an artful dodger to elude the America
reporters.
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm M • great fa -
melte in oourt circle. H. Is • bright
student, but not enough of • bookworm
to neglect the pleasures of outdoor sports
Both he and his younger brother, Prince
Lite' Fries are pesoo•tely fond of hunt-
ing During hie tour of the United Stets
the Brown prince will be chaperoned °sly
by one Boort •teasdent, a law and •
valet
In Maria If a roan 1s di ed with
lea most trifling atm of his elle he tsars
• asp or tell from bet tape, mid that ew-
etlt.tue • elegies'
Ceryl *8.de. Seabee'.
Cecil Rhodos le not modest to exam"
He Isn't used to standing to line and
waiting Yet be had toile It in Johannes
burg on one onea•10n at the government
eMta Finally Ire and 'Please attend to
use at neer 1 can wait '
When your turn conies. minae. " mom
bled the little german clerk
"(:on/ound you, dr• Don't you know
who 1 en.? I'm ((bodes '
"Oh, yes. 1 knew that. but that didn't
emery m.'' eat the unru111td reply
"If you were In Cape Town, I'd have
you dl.eharged In • minute." roared Mr
Rhodes
"Yea, 1 Imre heard that they direhmrg.d
people in (:ape Town for doing t11dr duty. •
answered the clerk, "but we ain't la Cape
Tow. This is a reonwlet'
,wp..al►rl..
Waywnrn Watson- --I ell yon what I'll
do then-i'l1 take 1 cold hsnnft rind all
it ageism
Mrs. Ferry --All the bl.oulte we ham
are
w.tert Ceert.o.s.
"f pnntsh yea. my 'Slid, to .hew my
Mee for yen "
"It isn't .ewasary for 70117 love to work
.stokere w' -mf seou•t. smog- .Tema
Tapes
.. pig taken tit f ,
less natural eat suppose that the thief wag
the suite annuni which the missionary
had sent away hl:ngiy Had the mission-
ary •Iluwed hes calf to be euten, the chief
u an pig would have been saved To the
African mind the obllgatloll wit plum
The wan cane the nett morning to DU.
Walker .'king for payment for ble pIg
and declaring that the wlasionai'y *NAM-
reutly resWtalble for lie death.
ACCESBORiE8-w
■a a. Bou•I• rad Capes P..
leveeing Oera.lee•.
Pretty little theater hats consist of •
small draped crown of pluk, green, tur-
quole., straw or ormolu velvet, erubroldor
ed with metal* and jewels, with • clam
of velvet, satin, wouasellue or tulle •. ,1 •
eery 1158*, thin, upright trimming, sal' •
IIO7[L DODICS. -
Loos Relax bow of velvet. Tiny Mgnes
of Igoe and flowers are afro seen. Among
novelties may be mentioned • huge but-
terfly, placed at the front of • little steel
and gold en'broldcred crown.
Some very attractive hats of velvet and
fur are 'Mown. They are of varlou, s1.,.1 es
snd are trimmed with the same materials
end with tethers. The fur (entitled Is
usually cloven to motel' the boa or collar
etto worn with the hat.
A novel eveulna type, falling • little le -
1 law the waist, ciwii.cta a .tile, curled
lj mote feathers The cape- 'Melt and- tear.
pelertne are edged with wide white swan's
i. down, and the effect a very light end.
dainty and exceedingly juvenile. tiueb a
nape would be .usable only for a yore
young wotuan.
A nova and striking used fur in shown
In the acomepau) beg illu.trutlon. The
aegtinotite4 +A . rn c_.h the skirt be
Ing plain •
out ID points at the side and fastened
with elite* of gray silk. There Is a *hurl
tongue also cut In piotnts. The entire
bodlon is trimmed ' tth fine .feel galloon
and opens over a sort of guhalm' ofermine.
having a very high, rolled overcoiar of
the same fur. The sleeves are trluuued
with steel galloon and bare ermine cuffs
The ouetune Is completed by a hat of grey
felt, trimmed with blank _plumes and
black velvet The bell.*e of violet velvet
JI'Dle CMULU.iT.
Basile Is Ilmerre' Meas.
Whet is the average . ,.1 of Incasing per
dlsy,or the price of br: okfant, luncheon,
didner. wltbuU,1 .*llew.eos for wire or
beer? The ;vertigo coot In any well or
dared regiment Is 4 shilling. n day It
has been knower to be done cheaper, and,
of course, In None cavalry regiments and
'cock" corps the amount le oonsidernbly
higher However, 4 shillings a day may
be taken as a Very fair airtime, 'and we
cannot say that we think this sure to be
-ale out of the way
1 he house dinner in the cbeapeit recog
nlzel London club comes to half a crown.
10. tutting able honey, and there are few
pinres, we fancy, where one can. get •
gracefully served breakfast and luncheon.
with no lack of variety, for the combined
sun of IN ponos In Inct, 1t is only fnir
to sate that the ordinary charge* for daily
meaeing have been brought within such
Ilnds that those officers who may not
have tnp,.h private mane nt,y to ennhled
to live In ■ comfortable nnd imitable Man
mer-Chanlln re' eluur.nl
London's 'Here .f Fere.
London and Peking are the two great
treasure houses of fur for the oust and the
west of the old world Knott and street do
not equally divide the area supplied from
Lime two centerm, for London .ewer Arlo
as far as Tillie and the Caspian, smith of
the Ceucaeug, and gofer moan mil Siberia.
north of that line All Turkey In Awls,
Thrace. Macedonia and nearly the whets
of Husain now buy their fun in the ton
don ntnrl-et Sables, trapped In Siberia
are sold In London, bought by Hessian
merchants and shipped lack tothe empire
of the exile, and the eking of foxes, taken
on the Caminn, are purchased in Lim.
street to gas to Konlah or Van nod line
the cloaks of 'I'nrkl.h [eye snd pashas
Peking serve* whet we know as the "far
east "-Cornhlll Meantime
EitK L,.gib Cert. mod Tiere made
to Match (low a..
Jacket. of 8.11 length -that 1., with
bae9 ase. reaching half tone down ttte .►Iri
-follow the general lines of the Wet
Thereto tight and plain around the bfp..
bid arl*4uwewhat waved .t the lower
HARD TO STOOP.'
Backache and Kidney trouble mak•
• 11.I1fax lady 'a Ito mi•cratle.
DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS CORED HER.
It would be well it every lady in Canada
u nderstood *het pain in the beck and
backache were nothing more nor Tess thaw
• cry of the disordered kidneys fur help
Hundreds of ladies have found Doan • . _ ..
Kidney fills a blessing, giving them relief
from all their buttering and 'schema
Among those who, prise them highly
Is Hee. Stephen Stanley, 8 Cornwallis SL,
Halifax, N.S. She says that she wet
troubled with a weakness and pain across
the small of her back, which was so intense
at times that she could hardly stoop.
Hearing of Doan's Kidney Pastillas got
• bo;, and is thankful to toy that they
completely removed the pains from her
back and gave tom and vigor to her
entire system. Mrs. Stanley also added
that her husband had suffered from kidney
derangement, but one box of Doao •
Kidney Pills completely cured him.
Ko
OUILliaigked wick Backache. Lams 61..1
Itheemat•m, Bright's Dimas,, Diabetes.
Brophy. tir.vel, or a. kldney_or urinary
trouble need repels. Doetes Kidney POI*
cure every time curt when every 0.851-
r.uwdy tails. Pelee t••. • b.. nr y fN. a
at an druvel•ts. The Demi Kidney
y PIU C:.«
Tommie Ont
rii•D111ANICW INSTITUT&
ODRRICH MRCRANIOB' iSSTITUTS
-' WYIIAMY AND BEADING BOUM, 5.s.
ut Eats evert mid Square teltstaira
One• trues t to e r. e.. mad from 1 tele P.a '
AD'lUT 11.100 VOL'S IN LIBRARY.
Imam Wry. Weekly and IBnslreled Pap..
Magetiuea. a.•, on File.
1r1LI8BERIWIP
TICKET ON LY 1111.110
Orating fres use .•f Miter), sad ummer •
Reim
Awaretlea fee a.eslalreklp relieved 4
'911. 11111131110011,
'Minch. !twee u1 a
Mlwdergvtee Coley..
As usual, hie mother asked him what
M bed learned at school that day
"We learned about the kindergarten ool-
0Te," he anewero,l
"The whet?' she demanded
"The kindergarten colors, " he repented
"What In the world are the ktndergar
Sete oolong" she melted
"Idol Don't you know that? he re-
turned eoornfoliy "Why. orange. green
blue" -
"Ob, you mean the primary enters!'
she exclaimed
"What'. the difference?' be Ingolred.-
Chicago Post
Mats Were Drive a Wser7.
in the reign of KIlzabeth the wearing at
hate was oonnlderrd s sign of luxury By
•n act of porllai .ent every person stove
the Kgs of 7' mre and under • wrest n de-
gree was ohll;nd on Sundays and holt
(levy to wear n woolen my made in i:ng
lend and flnl.hel bysome of the fraternity
of (sappers
Fuseau. Compliments.
Anna -'They my 1 have my mother's
month nnd nose
Htnnah-Well, your mother was lucky
io get rid of 'eon.
Leek lag.
"Yon really don mean to *n11 me yon
don't cnneld.r Rltem a teeniest" asked the
office Infer.
"Thnt Is inert what 1 mean to tell you. "
said the proofreader stoutly. "You ought
to 5g* his stuff as It ...re In--enn,etlmce
with mut rnat.y as three words misspelled In
one poem."
Otb.rwls. Oe•eplee.
"Don't you sometimes pewee and retiree
an the dnoertalntlee of this lits?" said the
thoughtful young man.
"No," .rsewered Senator A rgbnm ; "not
rotten. 1t takes tip all my time keeping
Mesh .f 88. ton twin.. "-eraseinig o.
Rtes.
TAILOH 11A0E OMIT UM N.
edge. They are diose fitting and plain
.cries the bunt end are trimmed veIth ap-
pliques, imeacmt nterle, embroidery or far
The materials employed are ,loth, think
silk, matclase nnd velvet.
Very short, tight Jackets are made to
match the gown and °emnpires the o,ns
tome and may be much trimmed If 1t is
desired. 81t even of all outer garments ere
made as email as 1s compatible with the
easy adml"lon of the sleeve of Lite gown.
and, as gown .heves are nu•ll,wrap sleeve.
Deed not he very large. For heavy cloak
Ing goods an Ingenious device Is used to
prevent elatedness at the armhole. The
extra 1ullneen et the top of the sleeve, to
stead of being gathered Into the armhole
is taken up by several smell, flat darts, s'
there are no anthem at a11.
The cut shows w tailor made gown o1
gray cloth. The Willer is framed by
stitched straw, which outline the skirt
The tight bodice is trimmed with stitched
straps and opens' over a phatron of violet
velvet, with a yoke and collar of whlb
fouh.rd with large violet 'pets. An ennui
Bled ornament be placed onros the edge of
the yoke, and the telt and hro„ch are 0.
enamel. 1 he hat Is of gray felt to metal
the gown syn) I. WHIMSY] with viola$ vel
vet and violet plums
.IVDIC CIIOLLrT
Was (teed, Per 11.
Pastor-Hntn you nerluu.ly bonsiderw
the great question o1 111.•. Mary,
Girl l'url.Litmer-Note of the youe.
men has asked nasi yet, sir. -Sew Orden
TImw Devilment
"GREEN RAV/ OF THE SUN.
Opt,rsl 1'h♦««msu., N kiek.lel.e •eras 'r0
T.•11s Ab..e1 1r....at...?.
The "green .ray." an optical phenolate
nun which baa been made 111. foundation
of a atcty.11p-slated .Verne. 1'-a. 11HBb
greenlet llgat-sssa-a$ the Ilmh of this s..4 _ - -
rises or .els under certain oonditlope
the susceptive "1 M amu hellion Stood__ -
ter oleter.ing 1t brit the -s1 es.la •asa._--
elunally seer lu the Alps or otbeir mien -
tains, and accordion to .Plot Hey in a
paper to the Apudvmte temporal.
Paris, It 1s olteu to bit cher ee to Itpyp8
Wirt -ter.,
the Into the'delta to Alexandra
ye
ire-t-er., • t 4r a r e5r. chi
ray 1s dbtulctly 11,181,, and 'deny" of an
emerald green, *hieb 1s brighter as •
rule at sunrlw than 'unset At .unset,
when the eye can follow tbe effect better,
the ray sometimes appears longer and
Ultimately take. • Wile tinge. 1 his kilos
ray hue also been 01..erswl preceding the
green ray •t sunny for example, by
N intent Guff. near the ruins of Memphis,
not far from the •.fantod pyramld of Sag-
garah He even thu.ks the •relent Kapy-
tlane were f.tn111er with it, Arcaese In
tuonbmente of the Mils dynasty snd
� ,epaess•4e...
•B.- th
esieie ..thick of • bias
Dolor and the two Inner •tre•ke are green.
Their writlugs .Ito &peek of the green-
nese of the 5110 on rising, and they like*
1t to an emerald. - It Is orldrut from •1)
1815 that ate "green ray" 15 ■e otos' taw,
Dot a subj•atl.e. phenomenons, sod that
the honrou of the ova has hothing to ds
with 1t. Nerecthelrfl, th• slate Of the
•ttnomphero evidently has to do with 1t,
snd that of Kgret nrdlnarlly pure, seems
to have touch. for the ray N seldom sees
elsewhere en land.
Deva.ped east Owe Mee.
"Row Is ;nor clot for the inter
change std developueut of ideas get-
ting along?"
"Well, so far It has developed the
ides in each member then he is the only
men who hs laity Idr.s."-Ntiggmte.
Th. Egyptieu wuntru wore bungle
beeps of gold in their ears. which
were regarded as the welters • chole,,
prtaseaskaI., and wit, perfect trona u.h.
ender dined •ire.. The gul.leu miff We
&apposed to b.•• been made 's.111•Ia-
be tea serviettes. that/smile
- fr.w• .• ..r Ntn,e.
Presence of mind 14 a valuable poem,-
s10n for aurone, bat especially le 1: no to
• public per -'nage. It Is In • measure
Inborn, yet' It Is largely developed by
training and the "fur .111011 of szt•erlence,
Then are PO Mao, myriads of things
which might hapoeu that the mind eau
sever entirely be prepared beforehand foe
misty emergents. if It were possible le
lgirs out the million* of combinations
end permutations of event, and net after
each ■ rule to follow, even thou the rev
suit would he well nigh worthies.. For
It would be next to impoeslhle .or any -
ons to so master the rules of action eattl-
clently well to apply them promptly
when needed. But when one seen that
an emeriti Key has tome about, wbrn civ•
eonlrtattrue ao renalae oe to require tin -
mediate action, 1t is then that the well-
trained mind Io alive the very combin-
ing of the clrcu0io(,,nce0 seem to bring
about a r. suit In the mind Of the obi.
peewee, and a tourer of prooedate mg -
seine itself It 1,. not forced, but le as
natural as Ibeevent Itself. Tbin Is the
nand wblrh Is in rime lamb with. the
prinelplsa of nature and of •niton.
Several ermine sign at • public con-
. err*, tba •gcon.pauha etas ...plume from
eote1, and the performer, whose • accom-
paniment the Wee playtime -was sitting
with hie hack to her. Soddenly • leaf of
the mu -lc fell fro,,. the• plane to the
Onor. It env the pane to wtleh mho was
I.tn crane In n moment. and 1,200 people
were watching her. 'The accompanist did
not neem to be On.tered In the leaf. She
kept on playing calmly and rosily as N
uotting bad havpenel. When she name
to a comparatively ruse pa.snge In the
mush" she kept on playing with one
hand snd with the other, Mania" over,
ate picked up K,e fallen .hent. iI was
done as easily end r,ulckl, •5 If she had
pr.eilwl noel' thing' all her life 16
showed her pretence of mind.
Ml...derstoed.
ratite (jn.t o11*ined)-Now I shall
have tench plrnentre In marrying you sad
your eistcr, Mies Kato.
Mimi Kate --What! akrth?-Punch.
Time Cures Alt.
Grayling --Shoe my am hart been In cols
lege tho *hinge he has learned are perfect.
ly marvelous. 1
Whiting --Yrs j'ilegto doubt of 1t, but 1
wouldn't worry. He'll forget them all
after • few years.'
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