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The Exeter Times, 1892-3-3, Page 3LATE FOREIGN NEWS The Czar's staff this year consists of sixty- three Adjutant -Generals, the oldest of whom belonged to the staff of Nicholas I; fourteen Major -Generals, and fifty-six-Fluegei-Adju- tants, not including the officers of the vari- ous companies of the body guard. The Emperor of Austria's silver wedding gift to the Czar is spoken of as the most mag- nificent preeent ever reoeived ag-nificentpreseuteverreoeived by a European sovereign. It consists of a dinner serviue of solid silver, richly wrought; designed,p twenty-four persons, and nunaberu•- pieces. ,.rs'been or - In St. Petersburg a socioltaking regular gauized for the purposes Aire in Europe, trips to all parts of,Alimea. It is the first Asia, Caucasia,arfn Russia, and it propos- society of tint; example of the English and es to follsur'ists' societies. It has applied lerr��r11 rinister of Roads of Intercommuni- ;or reduced rates on all the roads of .,e empire by land or by water. IBusiness in Kiev, Russia, is at a perfect tandsyill. Most of the factories have stopped vork,6 and the few that are not closed keep t weiSe only about 25 per cent. of the num- er o$hands they employ usually. The dis- tress `iamong the laboring classes is very great;?ggood workmen in every line of trade can belhired at 25 kopecks a day. Three or more f, Aures of big commercial firms are announc d almost daily. Prussi 's income from the cultivated pub - domain is about $4,000,000 annually. total umber of employes in the Govern - post and telegraph offices and on the rume railways is 187,771. e Much artists are making so much y in portrait painting that the exhibi, s now show a disproportionately great ber of portraits. Eight thousand dollars r a full-length picture is said to be about ne top price. Thebarberwouldnotordinarilybe thought f aa following a particularly perilous occu• potion, but ai barber in Wissahickon is lying t the point of death from injuries sustained n the ordinary pursuit of his calling. Ho ceidentally cut his finger very slightly while shaving a easterner. The next cus- tomer wanted his moustache dyed. The barber got some of the dye in the wound and blood poisoning ensued, An eminent French statistician makes a clever and graphic presentation of the thrift of the French people. He says that a dupli- cate of the Eiffel Tower, which weighs be. tween 7,000,000 and 8,000,000 kilogrammes, builtn£ silver and with two additional stor- ies added,would barely represent the actual savings of the French people deposited in the national savings bands. Tho kilogramme Is 2 pounds 3.20 ounces. " Tickled to death," usually expresses the height of humorous effect, but it is one of those strange sayings that sometimes turn out too grimly expressive of a sober fact. Henning Peterson, a tailor of Fort Dodge, e likely to die literally of being tickled to th. He was very much amused at a io song ho heard a few days ago, and ughed very heartily. Soon his laughter ecame uncontrollable, and at the end of an to was so completely exhausted that mo insensible. His laughing did not e hysterics. All efforts to rouse h.m in, and at last report it was thought 3 die. summer a German named Cromer, ivado a journey to Spitsbergen, dis- covered thick beds of coal there and at Hear Island. His trip lasted only six weeks, but it was long enoueh for Cremer to ascer- tain that coal mining is quite possible there, although perhaps, owing to the climate, not always in a regular manner.. The thickest beds of coal aro on the oast coast of Bear Island, and are about 500 feet thick. Along the Spitzbergon coast coal was found in layers about a yard and a half thick. the curious discovery was made at Kiun's Bay of the grave of a dutch sailor, with the date 1741 as clearly written as if made the day before. Well-informed lumbermen declare that there is more timber in the forests of Maine to -day than there was ten years ago because care has been exercised in the felling of trees during recent years. Only good-sized trees are cut nowadays, the smaller being allowed to stand until they attain a proper growth. \, A great amount of pulp wood is cut on ?second growth tracts, but in lumber opera- ttions no small trees are felled There's less instruction by fire now than formerly. h01 letnence Gensac of Perpiguan we.wried of husband and deearted with a partner mert congenial and set up a wine shop else.mhe wher.The husband went after her and aekedi her to return, but she refused on ac- count sss greater happiness with her new friend, iso the husband yielded and retired. Five yy'ars afterward, being desirous of marr l Y ?i'g again, he wrote to Clemence for her coDstent, but she refused flatly to be- come a Darty to any scheme that was cer- tain to I make another woman unhappy. T croupf got,. leg ae• an Gensac went daily to court and al divorce, and in addition got his her lover fined 75 francs. Tirspeople of Great Britain consume about five times as much tea per head as do the inliizbitants of this country, and the consttmptb n there is steadily increasing every year. In 1839 the consumption in Great Britain per head was 499 pounds ; in 1890, 31S Tlhunds, and last year it was 535 pounds. A^,nericans only consume about one and a quarter pounds of tea per head yearly. But we use from seven to nine pounds of coffee per head to make up for it. A society has been formed in Paris to oppose immoral ad vertisement in the streets. Its members are prominent Hien like M. Jules Simon, M. Frederick Passy, and Senator Beranger. The President at the first meeting said that the movement was not of -a. religions character. The members of the society are neither Protestants nor Catholics in the work. "If religious an nouncements are not to be tolerated in the streets," he said, " we do not intend to permit the cult of Venus to predominate there." In Danzig two weeks ago the shopkeeper Gode, from Pasewalde, was sentenced to sight days' imprisonment for frightening his mother-in-law, Frau Weiss, with a tele- gram. Gode owed Frau Weiss money and $he provoked him by writing for • it. She had once warned him never to send her a telegram, as she "was so nervous that it would kill he." Immediately after receiving the dun from her, Gode telegraphed back : "My wife is dead." Frau Weiss fainted and was ill for a week before she learned that Frau Gode, was well, and that Gode had pent the telegram out of malice. Then she had him arrested and punished. The physicians are still uncertain as to the nature of the Empress of Germany's malady, although it is supposed to be in- fluenza. they have urged that she be jsolated, espeeia?ly from the Emperor and the children, bu the Emperor has refused to • allow this rind visits her frequently He has also refused to change the routine of the children's life and they see their mother as often as ever. He answered the protests of the physicians by saying that he did not. wish to set a bad example to other Gerp'•''i husbands, and possibly frighten the- -into the belief that influenza was a lu one of the east side en s e remark able portrait of Baron,•rach, the work of an appreciate mefC` of his race. It is made entire] .- ' nglish letters, which, c ac.1e ed ,a detailed history of "the modern l'ke ani ordinary porAt a trait, five n- leas, lien in details, to the photographs which lave appeared in the illustrated papers. The work was done with pen and ink. It would require about a day's careful study, during which either the portrait or the student would have to be inverted frequent- ly to decipher the history, as the artist has had to tarn his letters in many directions to preserve the likeness. Mothers As Match -Makers., There is a kind of match -making which it is a mother's duty to attempt. But it has strict limitations. It resolves itself into the simple duty of introducing to her daughter young men whose moral character is good, who are in a position to marry, and who, physically, are not likely to repel her. The young people may then safely be left to their own instincts. There should be no attempt to coerce ; moral force used to make even a suitable marriage ; though ex- tremities may lawfully be used to prevent an evil marriage. A mother's match -mak- ing really begins while her daughters edu- cation is in progress. And it is .one of the strangest of facts that mothers generally force this education in the direction of those qualities likely to amuse young men—music, dancing, singing, dressing, playing games, chaffing wittily, etc. Now, such attrac- tions are likely to procure plenty of flirta- tion ; but young men rarely marry the girls they flirt with. And why do not mothers consider, most of all, that approach- ing period in their daughters' lives when they will, or ought to, cease being made love to? Why should the preparation for young ladyhood absorb all the girl's educa- tion? How many curriculums contain any arrangement for education for wifehood or parenthood? Yet, what man wishes to pass his life with a woman whose only charm is the power to amuse him? He might as wisely dine every day upon candy sugar. The Oarelessest of Creatures. He came home last night a bit tired from a busy day's work and his wife waited until ho had got off his overcoat and sat down. " Did you got that piece of silk I asked yon to bring up to -night?" she inquired, seeing that he had not laid it before her. "I es, dear, I left it out there in the hall." "Did you get the pins?" , t Yesdear." , "And the ribbon?" " Yes." "And Bobbie's shoes?" " Yes." "And a wisp broom?" iOYes." "And a wick for the kitchen lamp?' f0 Yes." And some matobes ?" " Yes, they are with the other bundles." "And did you see the man about the coal." r' Yes ; it will be upon Monday." "And the man to fx the grate in the din- ing -room ?" u Yes ; he's coming as soon as he can." "Did you see Mrs. Smith about the sew- ing society meeting?" "She said she'd conte." " And—and—oh, yes ; did you get a new shovel for the kitchen stove?" r` N—n--no," ho hesitated. "I forgot it." " Good gracious!" she exclaimed. "What did you do that for? You know we needed that shovel and I told you about it the very first thing when you went down town this morning. 1 do think you tneu are the most forgetful and carelessest creatures that ever lived." And she flopped out to see about supper. Graveyard Poetry. Nine -tenths of those who think they can write respectable poetry are mistaken, writes T. De Witt Talmage in the February LADIES' Homme JOURNAL. It is safe to say that most of the home-made poetry of grave, yards is an offence to God an man. One would have thought that tho New Hamp- shire village would have risen in mob to preven tthe inscription that was really placed on one of its tombstones descriptive of a man who had lost his life at the foot of a vicious mare on the way to the Brook ; "As this man was leading her to drink She kick'd and kill'd him quicker'n a wink.' One would have thought that even con servative New Jersey tvonld have been in rebellion at a child's epitaph which reads thus: "She was not smart, she was not fair, But hearts with grief for her aro swollin°; All empty stands her little chair: She died of eatin' watermelon." Let not such desecration be allowed in hallowed places. Let not poetizers practice on the tombstone. My uniform advice to all those who want acceptable and suggest- ive epitaphs is : Take a passage of Scrip- ture. That will never wear out. From generation to generation is will bring down npon all visitors a holy hush ; and if before that stone has crumbled the day come for wak ing up of all the graveyard sleepers, the very words chiseled on the marble may be the ones that shall ring from the trumpet of the archangel on that day when the sec- rets of all hearts shall be disclosed. Buried Alive. A teleg ram to Dalziel's agency from Pari states that the Petit Parisien hears from Rouen of a most extraordinary occurrence at the village of Notre Daine de Boudeville, where a man named Tougard has been buried alive. For a long time past Tougard had suffered from paralysis, and on Monday morning he was believed to have died. The doctor who was sent for, after examining him, gave a certificate of death. The burial took place on the following day. Whilst the grave was being filled up the gravedigger thought he heard some groans,and imforined one of the municipal council, who, in pres- ence of more than 50 people, had the earth thrown out again. The coffin was found to to be broken open, and it was evident that the unfortuuate man had made gigantic efforts to force his way out before he became exhausted, and finally succumbed to suffo- cation. His face showed that he had gone through fearful suffering. His hands were clenched, and the skin was rubbed off in several places. It appears that he was in a state of coma when supposed to be dead. The authorities have opened an inquest. Totling : " Here's a story called ' The Pol- tician's Conscience 1 " Dimpling: "Short story, isn't it ?"—Epoch. L--. yrnydicration of the Things He Did In a Short Space of Time. 1. Yelled fifteen minutes without taking breath. (Uncle. Will declares solemnly that this is a true statement.) 2. Pulled out enough hair from his uncle's head and whiskers to stuff a sofa pillow. 3. Cracked the wallpaper as high as he could, reach with a poker. 4. Broke a stereoscope by sitting down on it. 5. ,Swallowed six buttons and a good part of a spool of thread, 6. Emptied the contents of his mother's workbasket down the furnace register. 7. Tried to squeeze the head of the cat into a tin cup, and was scratched badly in the attempt.. 8. Knocked the head off a fine wax doll belonging to his older sister by trying to drive a tack into a toy wagon with it. 9. Fell off the edge of the whatnot and brought down with him two costly vases which were ruined. 10. Broke two panes of window glass with a cane which uncle let him have. 11. Fell into a coal hod and spoiled his new white dress.. 12. Set fire to the carpet while uncle was out of the room hunting up something to amuse him. THE BABY BOY, 13. Crawled under the bed and refused to come out unless uncle would give him the molasses, jug. 14. Got twisted into the rungs of a chair, which had to be broken to get him out. 15. Pours a pitcher of water into his mother's best shoes. 10. Finally, when he saw his mother com- ing he ran out to the porch and tumbled off of the steps, making his nose bleed and tear- ing a hole a foot square in his dress. .And yet Uncle Will thinks that boy wil make something yet 1 —7111.4110—.. A RACE WITH A CYCLONE. Mr. Michael Davitis Story of a hallway Advent Inc. Ivlr. Michael Devitt tells a thrilling story of a narrow escape a train in which he was a passeuger in America had in a. race with a cyclone. Tho storm -cloud was seen gath- ering at the extreme bound of the prairie. On its descent to the earth it bore along with irresistible fury, tearing up trees, de- molishing houses, barns and other obstacles, which were sent spinning in the air like so many straws. The first feeling of surprise and curiosity soon turned to fear, as it was seen that the hurricane was bearing direct- ly for the train, and must inevitably strike it broadside unless they could outrun its extent. The women shrieked and hid their eyes from the impending disaster, and even strong men's hearts qualced. The engine - driver at a glance saw it was a race for life, and instantly put on all steam. The track was favourable, and almost instanaly the engine was tearing away at a rate of a hun- dred miles an hour. Would she bo able to get clear of the storm -fiend's wing? was the anxious thought in the passengers' minds. It was a question of only a few minutes or momenta of awful suspense. The hurricane seemed to bo swooping upon and overwhelming them. A sigh of relief• and joyous exclamations proclaimed that the cyclone had missed them. It was a narrow escape, though, for it struck the metals about fifty fent in the rear of the last car, and scattered the rails in all directions over which the train had literally flown only a second or two previously. Such an experi- ence is not likely soon to be forgotten, and Mr. Davitt can scarcely relate it without a tremor—[Portadown (Ireland) News. THREE OHILDREN BURNED, A Deplorable Affair 'o hlcb Happened at Ironwood, aitrhigan. InoNwoon, Mich., Feb. 25.—One of the most appalling catastrophes in the history of this city occured last night. A store building whose first floor was occupied by Charles Bedard as a saloon, Charles De. longcamp's wife and six children residing in the second story, was burned to the ground. Albert, Marie and Charles, aged seven, five and two years respectively, children of De longcamp's, were burned with the building. The mother, with a two -weeks old babe in her arms and the two older children, were rescued with great difficulty. The fire which originated in the kitchen, was caused by an explosion of kerosene and spread litre a 17asli through the building. The terrified child- ren rushed in all directions. When taken from the burning building and question as to where the children were likely to he found the frantic mother could give no clue as she had become separated from them in the dense smoke. Firemen and citizens fought the fire with energy but it was of no avail. The remains of the children have been taken from the ruins two being found close together, about 10 feet from the front of the building and the third about 30 feet away in another portion of the building. Several prominent citizens were seriously burned while attempt- ing the rescue of the little ones. Wise Words. It is better to sacrifice oae's love of sar- casm than to indulge it at the expense of a friend. A beautiful woman pleases the eye, agood woman pleases the heart ;• one is a jewel, the other a treasure. It is always a sign of poverty of mind where men are ever aiming to appear great, for they who are .really great never seem to know it. Sometimes it is hard to tell whether a man is firm.in principle or simply obstinate ; but the man himself never expresses any doubt. When we are most filled with heavenly love, and only then, are we best fitted to bear with human infirmity, to live above it and forgot its burden. The art of putting the right men in the right places is first iii the science of govern- ment ; but that of finding places for the dis- contented is the most difficult. Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains. The more business a man has to do the more he is able to accomplish, 'for he learns to econ- omize his time. A Fragment. Down lowly way whore angels tread. A whispered prayer stole on the wind And stirred the flowers o'er sleeping dead With gentle sway. A mother's tear was shining there Its radiance caught the floweret's abloom, And mingling with the scented air Made sliver balm. The Dead beneath, slept silent on, The Mother's prayer grow sweeter far, A Blessing from tlio Golden Shore - Came to her there. -(B. Kelly.. A wicked man who reproaches a virtuous one is like one who looks up and spits at heaven ; the spittle soils not the, heaven, but comes back and defiles his own face.— [Sakya Muni. 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