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Exeter Advocate, 1901-10-10, Page 2• 117171717171_,-91draepillr tiTtWririligiqtriTriTIWPWOritTrili We're gettin' to be th,gr-reatest spoortin' nation in th' wurruld,' said Mr, Hennessy, who had be011t la- boring throngli Pages of athletie in- telligence which he could got under - so we ar-re," said Mr, Doo- ley. "An' I woncilier does it do us army good, 'Tis impoorteci frim English. They have a saYini over there that tit' ook i lington, staid first, or SOMebOdy saiU f'r hint, an that's been said a nelmber iv tin1OS SillCO, that th' battle of Water- loo was won on th' plan' fields iv linen, that belt)! a sehool where th' youth iv England an' Pittsburg is shit f'r idclyeation. ' "It was not. Th' battle of Wa- 'Iberia° WaS W011 011 th' potato fields iv Wexford an' th' bog patches iv Gennock, that's where 'twas won. Th' Pr-rinch ar-re a good fightini people an a Fr-rinclunan tudden't hit a goluf ball with a scoor shovel. Th,' Germans ts a hardy race an' they thrain on Wesphalyan ham an' Boodweiser, an' th' on'y exercise they have is howlia' at a sangerfest, 'Th' D.oshyans is a tur-rble crowd ani they get i their strength by stand- in' oe th' corner askini if ye have an ny clothes ye'd like to sell, or be matchin' kopecks fir th voclkies. Ar - re we anny 'betther, tell me, fir helix' th' high tinnis experts, th' hither- prisin' rowsmen, champeen yacht- ers iv th' wurruld thin we were whin We were on'y th' champeen paddlers, milkers, ploughers, an' sewin' ma- chine agents? ' "Why is England losin' her su- preemacy, IIiimissy? Because Eng- glishmen get down to their jobs at iliven o'clock figurin' a goluf scoor oa their cuffs, an' lave at a quarther to twelve on a bicycle, We bate them because 'twas th' habit iv our jpynts ii,Wd`ammerce f'r to be up with th' cock an' down to th' damper be- fure th' cashier come; an' in his of- fice all day long in his shirt sleeves, an' settin' on th' safe till th' las' man had gone. "Now, if ye call up wan iv these captains iv industhree at wan o'clock iv a Saturdhay afthernoon, th' office boy answers th' tillyphone. Th' Ti- tan iv Con-unerce is out in a set iv green an' blue knee breeches, batin' a hole in a sand -pile an' cur-rsin' th' evil fate that made him a millyion- aire 'whin nature intinded him fir a goluf champeen. Ye can't keep ye-er eye on th' ball an' on th' money at th' same thne. Ye've got to be wan thing or another in this wur-ruld. 1 /liver knew a good card player or a great spoortsman that cud do so much iv annything else. They used to tell me that Naypol ea n 'Bons:Tarte, the Impror tv th' Frinch, was a champeen chess player, but Hogan says he was on'y good be- cauee annybody that bate him naight as well go down an' be measured fir his ball an' chain. 'A rale high class chess player, without room fir annything else in his head, cud close his eyes an' put th' clhrinks on \Naypoleon Donyparte in three moves. Did ye iver hear iv Grant wearin' anny- medals f'r a. ham- • dhred yard dash? Did annywan iver tell ye iv th' number iv' base hits ina_de by Abraham Lincoln? Is there anny record iv George Washin'ton doite a turn on a trapeze, or Thomas Jifferson getup.' th' money fir throwin' th' hammer? In Inc yotmger days 'twas not considhered raygpictable fir to be an athlete. An athlete was always a man that, was not sthrong enough fir wurruk. Fraction's dhrtiv him frim school an' the vagrancy laws dlirmy him to baseball. We used to go out to th' bali - game to see him sweat an' to throw pap bottles at th' empire, but none iv his family was iver proud iv him except his younger brother. 'A good seat in th' bleachers a bettle handy f'r a neefars7ous deci- sion at first base, an' a bag iv cracker -jack, was as far as iver I got tow'rd beirs' a sportin' character, an' look at me now! Ye can't have yei- er stienth an' use it too, Hinnissy. I gredge th' power I waste in walks in' upstairs or puttin' on me specs." 'But 'tis good f'r th' women," said Mr. Hennessy. "Is it faith?" saidc Mr. Dooley. Well, it may be, but it's no good f'r th' women f'r th' men. I don't know annything that cud be more deinoralizini thin to be married to a woman that cud give me a sthroke s,thick at goluf. 'Tis goin' to be' th' roon iv family life. 'Twill break up 0' happy home. a man, we'll say, that's down -town f th'. arly mornin' bendin' over a ledger an' thryin' to thrap a •dollar or two to keep th' landlord Wm th' due. I despise athleets. I see that all tit' men that have a metallic rattle whin they get on a moovin' sthreet car are pounds overweight an' wud blow up if they jogged , around th' corner. "Well, I come home at night, an' no matther how I've been, 'Here - you'd' all day, I feel in me heart that I'm th' big thing there. What makes me feel that way; says ye? 'Tis th' sinse iv physical supeeryor- ity. Me wife is smarter thin I am. She's had nawthin' to do all day but th.' housewurrk an' puttin' in th' coal en' stadyin' how She can make me to do something I don't want to do that 1 wud waht to do if she didn't want me to do it. "She's threined to th' minvit in hoe otvn way, Iter Mind's cleaver, mine bem full iv bilis iN„ • ladia'; she can talk betther an' more feequent; she can throW inc fa,m`ly in me face an' whin har-rd Pu t to it, her starry eyes can glcant with tears that I think ar-re grief, but she knows different. An' I give in, I3ut I've won, juSt th' same. "P'r down in Inc heart I'm sayin'; ',Susette, if 1 were not a gintleman that wild scorn to smash a lady, they'd be hut wan endin to this fra- eaS. Th' right to th pint iv Inc jaw, Stisette.' I anay Inver use it, d'ye mind. We may go on livin' to- gether an inc loain' a battle ivry day f'r fifty ye r "LetJ alWays kilowe t i th ra, an th' knowledge makes me a Proud and hatightY 11111,11, 1 fee], me arm as I go out to look woOdstied again, an' 1 say to Inesilf: '011, Woinan, if I iv- er cut loose that awful right/ "An' she knowe it, too,• If Inc didn't she Wudden't waSte her tears- sinsa 1V her physical infeeryority maaes her \reel). She must weep or she must fight. Most anmer woma,n wad rather do battle thin cry, but they knows it's no use, , "But now, 110W is it? 1 go 110010 at night tea' met at th' dtire be a femate joyat. Me wite's th' cham- Peen lad,v golufess in th' 13731 Leaf G oluf Club; th' finest oerstedy ort th' Canal; 0 tinnis player thmt, none can rae t Wit 11, )11 t. in tury. "She can ride a horse an' I cud - don't stay on ft merry-go-round with' clothes -pins. She can box a good welteeweight an' she's got medals f'r th' broad jump. Th' on'y spoorts she isn't good at is cookin' an' 'Ti is Urge lady, a little peevish because see's off her (thrive, meets mc itt th' (lure, an' begins isein' or- dhurs hofere I lye me shoes off. 'Tis st sane aS if I was back on th' h 'bit. She doesn't argy, she does,i't weep. "e_lhe just says, `Say, you,' an' I'm off on th' bouncl. 1 look her ove,r an' say 1 to 0)01111: "11 hat's th' good? 1 cud icin't cross thnt gutted,' an' me seism is elided. I'm back to th reati,s iv tee prolitory. 'It won't do, Hinnissy. Ttie blow at gaocl governmint. 'Twill disrupt th' home. Our fathers • was They (1n'n't risk their lives an' 110)1.5 110 ma rrytn' these female `'Whitt tIlesr wanted was a lady that they'd nd settin' at home whin they 00 e 1 1 trod frint h.' eitasethat played th' herp to thim an' get their wampum away 1.-111 till 01 more like it civil- li f thin like a safe-blower. ''In t' ' eighty or ninety yeers if I 11,,a1,e tti/ my /Mad to lave this boisther life ant settle clowa, th' lady thet 111 rayquist jo deuble me rent an' divide: me borrowin' capa- city will wear no medals f'r athilee- tic sir arts. Fir Trinnissy, I'm afraid 1 0' d n t lotes a woman I might lose O t to." '1 sce by th' paper," said ittr, I-Tea- riess:c't "th' athletic girl is goin.' out, whativer that means." "She bad to," said Mn. Dooley, "or We wud." BAFFLE THE POLICE. Clever Swindlers Who Operate in " Organized Bands. That a man can deliberately break e law an.1 yet be almost as safe from arrest as his most law-abiding mighbor seems at first. sight absurd. Yet any detective can point out doz- ens of thieves, forgers, and swindlers of etery degree whose cunning is so great. Unit the police find it well nigh impossible to errest them, or, when Inc,, [lase kid 11 inls 011 them, to find 101),1 cause for keeping them out of mischief for a time. Tee worst eimedes of law and or- der no e those organized gengs of cri- min Is eho operate largely on the, Coati elate and are now extending t' eie :cope to Gas ,'Lt. Britain. They have regular te'egra-, dile and other co 'es, ti ey posse. s among their num- bers really first -c ass craftsmen, and above alt hare large sums of money a". tin]," command, which they 0130 11 t 0 'lv to further their schemes, b t to employ the best legal talent to ea tricate them from from tl'OUble. TI/CS0 OTC no vulgar colliers or for- gers. To show how wide are their operntions it inay be mentioned that Inc eeently forge'l the cheques of a le el 11 London bank so perfectly that the officials at Somerset House were deceived into believing the Gov- ernment stamp in the carrier was gen- uine. It wns only after analysis by O Government, chemist that the fraud was proved. His opinion was that • lenst $5,000 must have been spent U 011 the 'plant which thee.;e swindlers used. • Another form of swindle which has recently given London police endless trouble is a fraud on, a large scale on fire insurance companies.. 'Phis, again, is a case of WELL -ORGANIZED CRIME. Two men rented a shop, boeight an Doric se quantity of cheap second- hand f •rniture, and proceeded to • r all the piecessr) as to make them look as if they hacl been through a fire. They then employed. agents to go round and let the in- jere I fereittire to various unscrupti- loes people; who thereepon eleimed damages fro311 the fire insiirance corn -- panics. 4 In each case the tnie wes told or an upset lamp, and of having put out the flarnes tvithoul the aid of • fire- men. Timo amounte were so srnall as it rule, a fact Nvhich lms made 3,110 companies lir/willing to prosecute, Whet is more, the perpetrators of the fraud 1<l1cw very well that they cannot e11 :1/11071 tvith arson, for teere 11011 been rta) fire. They can 011- ly he irriicted for obtnining money under folee pretenses, Inc pencilty for which is comparatively light., Anothor special ol)ject of detesta- tion to the cattliorities is a. gains of clever swindlers who lay theinSelree out to trap emigrants. This game a,ents all dyer P..tiseia, 1,oland, and 0 errn a ntr. These agents n'0 t 1101'r Of poor peasants end tell theni that in happy 'Eng:land no 1)110 gets 10171 than $t5t1 n dei'and 111311, for $e0 he ---the agena—m, 331 provi de a Pas- sage. The wretched -vietim sells all he .possesses and rniees the $00, The agent gives Iline a cheap tieket, which costs $1.5 only, pockets the halance and sends on. Arreved in London, the unfortunate, nnoine to speak a Nvotd of TzInglisll, starves e, while, and then is provirled with n pass ba,c)c home by his Consul, .11111; again the me.ent is at \voter A new emissary meets Ei emigrant laws his pass for a clol 3:: et'. tngra and usually sells it to smile uerlesir- a' lc whom the Russien tiovernreent imegines it hos go11 rid of for good, TITE NVTROGEN. OF PLANTS. The actual value of a fertilizer to the farmer is govetned by Inc kind of crop, the soil and the time when the fertilizer is applied. The ,plant foods Sought are potash, phosphoric acid and •nitrogen, and these foods exist in variou,s articles known as "fertilizers." .13ut no matter what the umterials rimy be, the three sub- stances mentioned are °Iles sought at all times. They are the substances which give manure its value, and whether the -farmer • uses manure, plows under green crops or purchas- es artificial fertilizers, he sImplies the •land with potash, phosphoric acid and nitrogen as food for plants. The next p011111 15 Inc availability of these plant foods. The farmer may spi.einl tons of barnyard neat -lure on his land bat until it decomposes and becomes soluble in water the idants derive no benefit from it; hence the farmer con- siders manure the best of all mater- ials', because, as he expresses it, it lasts for several years," when in fact, it has simply failed to give him IMMEDT.A.TE BENEFITS.' The 'same rule applies to fertilizers, Os the farmer can procure such as will give the best resells immediate- ly 03' he Call procure fertilizers tlmt are more slowly soluble and which show beneficial effects for several years, according to Inc kind of soil and crops grown thereon. Plant foods therefore, vary in comparison, and the,ir use. is dependent ti p on many Conditions, whiclievery farmer should endeavor to understand in or- der to successfull;s operate his farm The nitrogen of manure or artificial fertilizers is the most expensive sub- stance in plant foods, and the value of the nitrogeaous materials is large- ly influenced by their solubility. Nit- rate of soda, sulphate of ainalionia, ground dried blood, cottonseed meal and ground dried fish are the princi- pal sources of Mtrogen, guano now being but little used, as the supply is nearly exhausted, the most soluble 100015 of nitrogen being nitrate of soda and sulphate of ammonia. The first is very soluble; so much so that it will on some soils be carried away by the rains beyond the reach of the pints before it can be utilized by Ilia growing crop, for which reason the manufacturer prefers to use but it small ouantity of nitrate of soda for iinmerjliato benefit, using dried blood to continue Inc supply of nit- rogen to the plants. SULPHATE OF AMMONIA. is also soluble, but not so much so as nitrate of soda. Sulphate of am- monia sooner or later becomes car- bonate of ammonia in the soil, and if the land has bee a recently limed or the soil is calcareous there is a liability of the ammonia , becoming dissipated. Sulphate of arainonia should always be well worked into the soil, using Inc cultivator instead of the harrow, especially in sununer, as it may do harm if left near the surface, causing smite plants to turn yellow. It may also be applied somewhat early, as it is slower in. au tion than nitrate, the latter 'being 13 ro o dcaSted on the surface and at oece made available by- rains. For such crops as clover, 'peas, bea,ns and COW peas the nitrate should be pre- ferred-. Nitrate also gives excellent results on grain M early spring, as the, yield of straw .and seeds seems to be increased, though this will de- pend upon the •soil. as oats, wheat, barley and rye have been benefited as well 1)3,- the use of sulphate of am- monia. Plants, like animals, begin t� feed at the beginning of their existence, and ramire a daily supply until aged. As milk is Inc first food of young nirnals, so must the young Plants have ready prepared food tttt1ic. start. As plants grow their ',capaci- ty for securing foOd and appaOpriat- ince it is increased. and when the sup- ply of any one kind is exhausted.' the growth of the plant is checked. THE YOUNG`CALF. may thrive on milic,, but there ar- rives 0 time when grain and hay are required. It cannot make satisfac- tery growth for the farmer if either is withheld, hence the food must be balenced—that is, it must comprise all the elements required by the ani- mal for its a.dvanceraent. In the use of nitrogenous fertilizers, therefore, the plants must be suppkiecl in a manner to promote growth until the s ed is matured. If nitrate of soda only is used there will be an :abun- dance of nitrogenous foods at the st,. t, but later the Supply' will di- ulinish, although the necessary ePtiPse- pin:,ric acid and potash may be Suf- ficient. Farmers should not desirea, fetliairer in which nitrate of, soda 'only is used_ A small quantity of ititrete will be of advantage for the 'plants when they are young-, but the Ferlilieers should also be fortified with deied‘ blood, cottonseed . meal, or 101110 less soluble nitrogenous siihstaece, in order that the crop mey have a constant supply of nit- rogen from the start to finish. ,It Ise possible to continue the supply of nitrogen by broadcasting nitrate of ,scgla several times during the sea- son, bet such work is somewhat dif- eeuit after plants' are well under way, whilo nitrogen in the less solu- ble foenis is also a little cheaper, CARE 01' HOGS, preparations for the coming. autumn "and 'winter (10 11011 lee',e the hog 'Out of your calcula- The sleeping quarters should be reonry, 0.e11 ventilated and neither too wa3-111 nor too cold and perfectly (ley. They inust 13e so constructed 1,11:,3 other animal ca11 enter thein, and be otherwise proper condition of cfeenlieess. There elimild be at leatt two or three sleeping places provided for large liercis, so they may diviAle, iuto small bunches', One end of an 01101osed cattle shed, parti- These emigrataea swe_eners have lioned oh, is as georl u tile most ex- rnevle thousand:. in the leaf, few ;croon helisive hog 1)ei154".i for this PurPos" assi if is almost impoesible to beta, Pottage of C01(1 drafts, and 80 con - them to bane e street the building that the cold winds do not blow on tile hogs. At the same time 1tY10w sufficient venti- lation for the eseape of foul air. The floor may he of earth or boards as preferred, It lutist be hept clean and occasionally recoated with fresh earth or sand. Very Uttlo bedding is reqttired even in the coldest wrea- ther and slongh 'bay or rye straw is best for this purpose. The bedding should be cleaned out about once a wee13 and,, if needed, a little fresh supplied, IlOgs should never be al- lowed to sleep 111 inanure piles or around straw stacks if it can be avoided, or in any place from which they will corne out steaming and sweating. That condition :in cold weather is decidedly injurious to their health and thrift. The sleep - quarters should be sprinkled oc- casionally with slackecl Lillie or crude carbolic acid 00 a disinfectant. A good plan in summer is to shut the bogs out, of their winter quarters as 1110011 as posSible and let 1110111 lie in the •pasture and under the shade of trees. Nothing is better than sun- shine as a disinfectant and germ de- stroyer and the arrangement of hog houses and sleeping quarters in par- ticular should be 531013 aS will admit the greatest amount of seenliglit. Be- ware of those that are dark gloomy and damp. PERSONAL TIT -BITS. Notes of Interest About Some .1\T,otecl. People. Princess Henry, of Bettenberg has an extraordinary affection for ca- naries, and at Osborne there are quite an aviary 'full, of them. Many of these little birds are also kept in the apartments used bynerself and her children. Mr. Justice Day, of England, when on circuit, never, travels by train, but invariably drives from town to town, resting by the way at old- fashioned coaching inns. His lord- ship is •also a great pedestrian, and thinks nothing of it stroll of fifteen On Cabinet clays the President of the United States sits at a desk which has an interesting history. It is made of the timbers of the barque Resolute, .which went to the rescue of' • Sir John Franklin, and was presented to Inc United States by Queen Victoria in 1877. Maclaine Christine .. Nilsson has two of her rooms in Madrid decorat- ed in a rather novel , fashion. The bedchamber is papered with leaves of aussic from the operas in which she has sung, and the dining -room with the hotel bills she has collect- ed in her tours through the world. The Empress Frederick has. left a fortune which is estimated at L1,- 000,000 sterling, besides tho estate of Priedrichshof, which is valued at 11300,000. The greater part of the Empress' fortune was left to her by the Duchess of Galiera, and the Em- press was able to dispose of it as she chose. She also had a life in- terest in the private 'property of the late Emperor Frederick. , The 'most wretche(1 man on earth is said to be a monarch—Norodom, King of Cambodia. He has a gor- geous palace, 'furnished according to the most •expensive ideas, but he ad- heres to the customs of his ances- tors, and sleeps on all ancient 'car- pet in a kind of shed that has net been cleaned since the creation. He is a miserable victim of hypochon- dria, and all day long he heaves long sighs of utter wretchedness. This.monarch is it short, fat person, with one eye. Not many British peers can boast of owning a gold mine on their es- tates on the British Isles. This, however, is Inc happy position of the Duke of Sutherland. His gold fields are near I-Telmsclale, in Suther- landshire. They were discovered in 1869 by Mr. R. N. GilchrisI, who had lived in Australia. On his re -- presentations the late Duke • of Sutherland granted licenses to mine, and S60,000 .worth of gold was found in three years. The • 'Duke, however, received such a small sum $5',a month—for the licenSes, 'and the ' compeitisation to farmers- and' others was So large, that he aban-' cloned theeenterprise. The King, like all royal person- ages, has a remarkable collection of walking -sticks ; but we may be sure that none will in future be more prized by him than the original gift from Sir George Dibbs which is now being brought from Sydney by Lord Jersey. Sir George, a notable NOW South Wales statesman, occu- pies his leisure hours in carving and turning., and the King's new walking stick was fashioned by his own hands from a fine piece of the rare and iron -hard Ringgidgi wood. The only ornamentation, save the, .hatur- al grain of the wood, is a plain gold band, on which are deeply engraved the tvords, "The King, God bless him !"- A Wall Street banker in close busi- ness relations with Mr. Rockefeller is authority for the statement 'that Inc Standard Oil magnate has re- cently so increased his wealth as to be worth almost, a thousand million dollars. The approximate total of his possessions is placed at $945,- 000,000, the income from which is more than a million clollare a week. Mr. Rockefeller has three hundred millionS in Standard Oil, ,seventy- five millions in United States Steel, fifty millions in the Copper • Trust, twenty initlions in the Sugar:Trust, eighty-five millions in the ,Gas Trust, two, hundred millions in railway se - entities, and about a hundred and fifty millions in "miScellaneetts in- dustrial concerns.' • • A story is teld of Lord Robeete in connection with his well-known an- tipathy to cats.. Dining one night at O friend's house in India, he begged that the cat he felt was present might be turned out. His hosts gen- fidently aeauved him that it WaS, im- possible there S'llouicl be a cat in the room, aS they were netver allowed admission even into the house, Still "Bobs" insisted that, there must be one in his vicinity, and, indeed, be- came so afiected, as he always is— faint, if we mistake not—that he was obliged to ,leave the table. it was subse,huently discovered to the hi - 10)15)) regret of his hosts that a strange cat had actually found its way surreptitiously behind a screen. WHEN KING 18 CROWNED, MAGNIFICENT AND ELABOR- ATE QEREMONY. Outline of the Procedure at the Royal Coronation—Service to be Used. The Bishop of Peterborough, in his reference in his recent charge to the probable use of incense at the coronation of the King and Queen, S001115 to have overlooked the fact that the Abbey has been fnmigated With incexise at previous coronations before the service, the structure of which is very interesting, says a writer in Inc London Daily Mail. The sovereign is vested as a dea- con, in 0 dalmatic, with a maniple and stole worn deaconwise. There aro several benedictions of inani- mate objects, and more particularly of the eucharistic °tomcats. The holytable is called throughout the rubrics the altar, or Inc holy altar, The oliiciaiing prelates not only wear scoppaeist, hofutthpeuteetrletenii/01 noya. in pub - AN' ELABORATE VICE. There are only eight communi- cants—the sovereign, the archbish- op, the 'Dean of Westminster, the epistoller, the gospeller, the preacher ancl the two bishops who sing the litany. The English Church nees unction in this service only,' which has come down from the times of Charlemagne, rl'he service, rich, in- tricate, and expressive, is .not sanc- tioned, by any -Act of Parliament, and is purely a creation of the church, which thus, by immemorial tradition, consecrates the state in the person of the sovereign. The Archbishop of Canterbury crowns the Ring, but we understand the .Archbishop of York will crown Inc Queen. It may now be of interest to indi- cate the principal features of the service itself. 1. On the entrance of the sover- eign the anthem "I was glad when they said unto me 300 will go into Inc house of the Lord" is sung. 2. The recognition of the sover- eign, who is presented to the people by the archbishop, who calls on them to recognize him as lawfully King although not crowned. This is followed by the people's acclama- tion '`God Save the King." 13. The first oblation, when the sovereign, kneeling at the altar, of- fers a pall of cloth of gold and an ingot of gold of it pound's weight. 4kneeling at a faldstool, with a spe- cial suffrage for the occasion. ili 5. The oce of the Holy Commun- i0n.. 6. The sermon after the Nicene Creed. 7. litinty, said by two bishops .he 7. The sovereign's oath, made kfieeling at the altar, with the hand laid upon the Bible, open at the Holy Gospel. ANNOINTING THE KING. S. A. special collect of benediction, in which the archbishoP consecrates the oil by laying his hand on it, fol- lowed by the annointing of the King. 9. The oblation of the regalia. 10. The investing of the sovereign with the royal robe and orb. 11. The investing with the ring and sceptre. . 12, The blessing of the crown by the archbishop standing' before the altar, and then the actual corona- tion. 13. The presentation of Inc Bible to the sovereign. 14. • The benediction and "Te Deum." 15. The enthronisation, accompan- ied by a remarkable address, "Stand, fast and hold fast from henceforth the seat and state of Royal' and Im- perial Majesty, which.is this day de- livered turtd• you in the.name and by Inc authority of Almighty God by the hands of use the-, bishops and servants of Goa,thongh,unworthy." 16. The, office of -the Holy Com- munion is resumed at the offertory. The i sovereign making it second ob- lation of 'gold, and thearchbishop dedicates the elements. The sover- eign takes off his crown before he kneels down to cornainnicate. 17. Special Collects before the blessing. The service concludes with a recess or procession into King Henry VII.'s chapel, where part of the regalia is laid aside. The above brief sketch ofan an- cient, intricate and striking service will give our readers some idea of the grandeur of the ritual performed in Inc hastoric Abbesgof Westminster, crowded as every inch of space will be, by the highest and most illustri- ous of the King's stibjects and by sovereigns and their representatives frora every land. A SOLEMN' SCENE. This account of one of the great- est functions in the world—unsur- passed probably by any but the cor- onation of the Emperors of Russia at Moscow—a function which in its main features has been used at the coronation of all our sovereigns, Can give no adequate notion of the min- gled grandeur and solemnity of the scene. So many years have elapsed since the 'last coronation that, rnom- . paatively few people are living who can give en account of the function But many must have heard leant old- er friends some description of the thrilling -character of the ceremony, though the ecclesiastical ,side of it, prominent as it necessarily is, did not in the early years of the last -century attraet snch notice as it does now, One of the choristers of the Abbey, writing to his mother on the day following. Alm ceremony of the cor- onation of Queen Victoria, says : 'The service went magnifieently, and more than repaid 011.1' Constant prac- tices, The scene surpasses words to describe, and, indeed, anyone who had a part, however horiftyle, to take in it was so anxious that he could hardly take in all that met the eye. ' The young Queen was, of ,course, the ' cynosure of every eye during Inc ser- mo11 by the Bishop of London (Dr. Bleinfleld). The Bishop of Ditrham (Dr. Maltby) stood on her, Majesty's right, end the Bishop of Bath and wells (I)r, Law) 011 1101' left. The Queen listened attently to the bish- op, who prettelted from 2 Chronicles, xxxiv, 31. 'Another noteworthy feature was when our dean, taking the ampulla and spoon froin Inc altar held them ready, Pouring some of 'Cho holy oil into the spoon,' with which the arch.- biehop (Dr.'Howley) thee annointed tile Queen, 10111011 S01110 folks thought very Popish. The Queen alotie, be- sides the officiating clergy, received the sacrament, and when she arose from 1107 lmees 5110 resumed her crown.'' MONKEY ,STORIES, India's Sacred Simians, Wise B boons and an Intelligent Chimpanzee. The entellus monkey is the mos‘ sacred of all in India.. It is gray above and nutty br03V11 below, long-, legged and active, a thief and an inn. pudent robber. In one of Inc Indian cities they became such it nuisance that the faithful determined to catch and send away some hundreds. • This was done, and the holy monkeys were deported in covered carts and releas- eil many miles olT. But the monkeyS were too crever. Haying thoroughly enjoyed their ride, they all refused to part with the carts, and, hopping and grimacing, came leaping all the way back beside them to the city, grateful for their outing. One city obtained leave to kill the'monkeys; but the eext city thee sued them for "killing their deceased ancestors."' In these monkey -infested cities, if one 111E111 WiS110S te spite another he throws a few handfuls of rice on the roof of MS house :about the . rainy season. The monkeys come, find the rice, and quietly lift oil many of tho Liles and throw them ftWaY, seeking more rice 'in the interstices. The only in animals whi ch thor- oughly .understand' combination for defence as well as attack are the ba- boons, but Brehm, the GerMaii tra- veller, gives a charming story of gen- uine courage and self-sacrifice shown by one. His hunting dogs gave chase to, a troop which was retreating to, some cliffs and gave. chase to a very young onel which ran up on to a rock, only just out of reach of Inc dogs. An , old male baboon saw this and came alone to the rescue.Slowly and de- liberately he descended, crossed the open space, and, stamping his hands on the ground, showing his teeth, and backed by the furious barks of the rest of the baboons, lie discon- certed and cowed these ,savageedogs, climbed on to the rock, pick.eci up the 'baby and carried him back safely. If the dogs hacl "attacked the old pat- . riarch his tribe would probably have helped. him. Burchell, the naturalist 'after whom Burchell's zebra'. 1S pain- ed, let his dogs chase a troop. The baboons ,turned on them, killed one on the spot by biting through the - great blood 'vessels of , the neck and laid bare the ribs of another. The Cape Dutch in the ald Colony would rath- et. let their dogs bait A lion than a troop of .baboons. The rescue of the infant chacina, which_ Brehm ' saw himself, is a remarkable, and, indeed, the most, incontestable instance of the exhibition of" courage and self- sacrifice by a male animal. Any account of chimpanzees would be incomplete without a reference to , Sally, who lived in the London Zoo for over six years, learned to count perfectly up to six and less perfectly to ten: she could also distinguish white from any other color, but if other colors were presented her' she failed, apparently from color-blinded- ness. Of this ape the late 1)r. G. J. Ilonianes wrote with something- more than the enthusiasm of a clever man pursuing a favorite theme. intelligence was con.spicuous- lY displayed by the remarkable de- gree in which she was able to under- stand the meanMg of spoken lan- guage—a degree fully equal to that 'presented by an infant a few months before emerging from infancy, and , therefore higher' than that which is ' presented by any brute, so far, at least, as I have evidence to Show. She was taught- to count by Means of picking 'tip, straws and being re- warded, when the coirect number asked for had been given, with a • piece Of fruit. Sally rarely made mistakes up to live; but above five and lipto ten, to which one ,of the keepers endeavored to advance her educiition, tlie result is uncertain. It is evident that she understands the words seven, eight, nine and ten to betoken numbers higher than those below them. When she was ,asked for ' any number over six she always gave 501110 number over six and under ten. ` She .sometimes doubled over a straw to make it present "LW° 011(15, and was' supposed thus to hasten the attaia- ment of her task." LADIES' HATS, AND HIIADfoCIIiL. A. medical man recently -published a letter in which he stated that he had been called in by several married ' lathes who said they suffered from a peculiarly irritable kind of beadache „erais, which had recently begun to trouble ' them. The husbands of nearly all of them told him privately, that they had never. found their wives 'so dis- agreeably snappish—anything seemed to annoy 1110111., especially when they had their hats on. When, the 001141- spondent in otmstion asked to see these hats he found them very much alike—large structaires of StraW, WAR 1111151105 of flowers and ribbons tower- ing high into the, air. The 'weight in itself was too heavy for the deli - of all was Ide ifeel 133 1<ocpiiigsatiiiittxthttit01,3,1,t111111111n1, 0g 11).1)1(dlot3 yi s0171(1(1 11)1:01:1, her 1ica(i, LONDON LANGTJAC137 PAD. Language in a big city is constant- ly changing, says a writer in a pro- minent London Journal, and the slang of the streets' of eresterdney'• of- ten becomes the polite 'conversation' of next year. Years agoethe eliminaa ,- tion of the final "g" was considered the prerogative of Inc uneducated; Recently, adds this writer, this cus- tom has been annexed by the upper pILetdseseisrwdn anacni anmeonunetiendeilasign $00'd bt