The Exeter Advocate, 1893-4-6, Page 2It
At the entente*
Th e 9 slush was deep; the maiden paused
Upon its. Neve" brink.
Itsseeeneed to her the timead come
e eir her to stop and think.
The,Je. ep vies wide, her skirts were tight,
o'bel couli not templets Le
She Imo% et ; and so she p onmtly paused
To co. gitate a bit.
She Reuel, a epee tee VQFI brink,
Alla ee else' herseI n air,
iiil
au
Fresh, du etre g pi up e eeir.
A wild'hing beauty in letreee,
Most announey 8hLooked aoross
... To where-. ai 1. so in,
whough near -e s saw approaching her
The Ione halt .hourly car.
Stirred by the sigjht, she seized her skirts,
And with a Uinty grace
She re,ised them modest 5', While X
Stood with averted ken
She started just as If to rump,
Theu,paueed upqn the brink,
Appe.ronray, as if she Solt
It time again to think.
The oar bore down. the driver stormed,
But still with skirts in air
She stood, a picture of distress,
A el. hesitant despair,
The slush and water were se deep,
The puddle was so wide,
Phodidcet see how she could reach
The car beyond the tide.
And. so she paused and poised herself
Upon the brink. Afeanwhile
The driver of the car looked on
With an indulgent smile,
And then he started oo, with this
Remark to flood her oup :
" Just wait there long enough, miss, and
The sun will dry it up.
a. school -room Idyl.
Row plainly I remember aill
The desks. deep -scored and blackened,
The row of blackboards 'round the wall.
The humthat never slackened ;
And, framed about by map and chart,
And oasts of dusty plaster,
The wisest head and warmest heart,
The kindly old schoolmaster.
I see the sunny corner nook
His btue-eyed daughter sat in,
A rosy, feir-haired girl, who took
With usher French and Latin,
How longingly I watched the hours
For Oilendorff and Crosser 1
And how I fought with Tommy Powers
The day he tried to tease her!
And, when, one day. it took the " Next!"
To stay some Gallic slaughter,
Because I quite forgot the text
In smiling at his daughter.'
And she and I were " kept U,11 our
To study after closing,"
We stopped the clock an bbux or more
While he, poor man, was dosing!
And there he sits with bonded head,
O'er some old volume poring
(Or so he thinks; if truth be said
Re's fast asleep and snoring.)
And where the shaded lamplight plays
Across the cradle's rocking,
My schoolmate or the olden days
Sits, mending baby's stocking.
THE JOVIAL PASSENGER.
A Story of a Robbery at Sea and the
Thief's Detection.
IT was a lovely afternoon towards the
close of September when we weighed
amber and sailed out of the River Mer-
sey, bound for Melbourne. We had a
good ship -Janet's Pride -loaded with
miecellaneous articles. On board were
fourteen pis3engere, and take them all
in all, a pleasanter lot I never steered
across the stormy seas.
There were three old gentlemen who were
going out to seek their fortunes, come what
might, and which, poor old souls, they
Seemed to think faehioned in the brightest
colors long before the Eoglish coast was out
of sight.
Then there was a solitary old gentleman,
who, judging from the general tone of his
conversation, was seeking the new world
for the ostensible purpose of finding fault
with it.
There were young married couples, all
full of hope and activity, bent upon making
a new home far away from their native
land.
There were also a very jolly elderly
brother and sister, neither of whom had
ever entered into the bonds of matrimony,
but, instead, had stuck by each other
through life.
There were throe old Australian settlers
who had been over to have a peep at the old
country and who were now returning to the
land which, to them, through long com-
munication, had become the- dearest to them
of all others-" home, sweet home."
Last, though not least, was a solitary
passenger who soon became the pet of all
on board. He was a man of 28, with a
clear eoznplexion, a long beard and a silky
mustache. His name was Reginald May.
His reason for taking the Ilea voyage was
the delicate state of his health.
There was not the least doubt that the
poor fellow's cheetwasconsiderablyaffeoted,
for his voice though charmingly sweet,
was one of this weakest I ever heard ; be-
sides, Ha hollowness suggested consump-
tion. He always wore a muffler round his
throat.
In all my wide experience I never knew
any one with so many friends and such
undivided esteem, in so short a time, as
Reginald May. I believe there was nob
0 a sailor on board who did not entertain
the warmest poesible liking for him.
As for the passengers, they never
seemed so happy as when listening to his
amusing anecdotes, of which he seemed to
possess an inexhaustible store. And Moth
delicate young Englishman had made his
conquest over all our hearts before we had
been three weeks at Les.
n, He was, too, very clever with his hands.
He could shape you anything out of a piece
of wood, from an oyster to an elephant, and
at making models of ships I never met his
, equal. He was besides moth kind and con-
laiderkate towards his fellow passengers.
Wheu- the three elderly gentlemen who im-
agined tlieir fortunes made were afflicted
with sea -sickness, he was the first to offer
to help them about while they slowly recov-
ered. He would insist on their taking his
arm, weak as he was himself, and he could
lead them aboub on deck with a &maws
that spoke well of his Sea legs.
I do not remember any voyage ever pass-
ing so quickly as the one when the pleasant
paseenger was on board. I could heremake
a long pause to dwell on the pleasant
memories I still entertain of that young
man.
We were within :a week's sail of Mel-
bourne. May had all bub completed his
model of the Janet's Pride, which he pur-
posed presenting to me on the night before
we land.ed. He worked at the rriodel on
deck, choosing for his table an empty water
csalt under the shelter of the bulwarks. He
was always at work, in the morning long
before any of the other passengers •turned
out of their snug berths,
Ae I have stated, we were but a week's
sail from Melbourne. For the first time the
jovial psesenger appeared at the dinner
table with a solemn face and silent tongue.
I asked him the reason for the change in
his wonted cheerful manner. At &et he
tried to evade my queries, but I pressed
him until I won from him am explanation.
"Perhaps, after all, it is only fair that 1
ahoulcl explain a little,"he ailswered. "The
fact of the matter is, my friend!), that my
watch has been stolen."
" f4to1ori 1" we all cried.
" Undoubtedly. Bar, I pray you, Cap-
tain," he said, turning to nue, "not to say
One word about it. The only thing that
tendon the Mee of it of consequenoe to me
in the fact that it was once my mrither's.
Oti that account I would not have lost it for
any amount of money. However, it is use.
lees to cry ever spilled milk, as the old
adage has it."
" If the watch is in this ship, we ought to
find it," be said.
" My dear Oapteila, if you will leave the
matter entirely in my hands, I think I May
recover it. This rept et I am sure you will
oblige me by granting."
" Why, certainly, my dear sir," 1 gad,
" but still "—
" Exactly," he interrupted, with hie
pleasant emile. " ou would like to in-
vestigate the ease to the utmost of your
power, I know, my dear Captain, Bub I
can -heist you to keep your promise and
leave the thing entirely in my halide, can-
not I i"
How could I refuse him ?
You may readily imegine what constants -
tion this event gave rise to among the other
passengers. The throe old gentlemen at
once began to explain that they owned
jewelry to the value of E400, whioh bhey
usually kept looked up in a brown leather
writing -case ; but, unfortunately, at the
present time the look was out of order.
Mr. May suggested a safe depositfor their
valuables.
The young married couples announced the
fact of their having at least E200 worth
of jewelry, and they, too, consulted Mr.
May as to the safest place for Bearding it.
• The kind-hearted brother and sister had,
it appeared, more valuables in the way of
jewelry than any One on board, since £1,500
had never purohased what they possessed.
The whole evening was occupied in specu-
lating as to the probable perpetrator of the
theft, and in condoling with Mr. May on
his loss. Every one turned in that night in
an uneasy state of mind, and it was with
arieenishmenb that they found themselves in
the\ morning in fall possession of their
worlilly goods. This improved condition of
affeireeseeraed to reassure our passengers,
who at'enoe again began to look cheerful
and at ease.
Reginaed May's face wore its wonted
smile, and,' as heretofore, he charmed and
enlivened me with his vivacity and aneo-
dotee. All tt e day long he worked on the
model of the snip, still using the top of the
empty water cask for a work table.
That night we retired to rest with minds
far more at rest than on the previoue one.
Alas! What a scene of danger and distrees
came with the morning! Every passengeron
board owning jewelry had been robbed dur-
ing the night.
The three old gentlemen, the young
married couples and the kind-hearted
brother and sister found themselves minus
every article they possessed. Even the
grumbling old gentleman had lost his gold
snuffbox.
There was no keeping matters quiet
this time. The thief must be traced and
brought to justice. What was the wisest
method of procedure? What would Mr.
May suggest?
" I would suggest, though most reluc-
tantly, that every sailor and every sailor's
luggage be carefully searched," he said.
" I agree to see to that," I remarked.
" This," he continued, "must be mot,
humiliating to the feelings of your crew,
captain, and, therefore, in common fairness
to them, as our fellow -men, let me suggest
that every passenger's luggage be also
thoroughly searohed."
A little hesitation on the part of one or
two of the passengers was s'nown before
acceding to the last proposal, but our
pleasant paesenger soon contrived to bring
those who first demurred to his way of
thinking.
" Of course, there is not a passenger on
board who is not above suspicion," he said;
" yet, in justice to the feelings of the crew,
it is the least we can do."
This delicate feeliug and thoughtfulness
on the part of Mr. May rendez ed. him more
pleasing in our eyes than ever.
Many of the crew objected strongly to
being searched, but all were compelled to
submit. The old boatswain was wild
with anger, and vowed that if it cost
him his life he would trace the thief who
caused him to be searched like a common
pickpocket,. Even the pleasant passenger
utterly failed to soothe his deep sense of
injury.
Well, a thorough search was made by
myself and the kind-hearted old gentleman
and his sister. Every one's traps were ran-
sacked from top to bottom without success.
Farther search was useless. What was to
he done?
That nighb, all having been made snug
and everyone having turned in, I went on
deck, it being what we call at Bea "the cap-
tain's watch." About 4 o'cdook in the morn-
ing I turned in, the second officer the coming
on duty. My cabin was situated amidships
on deck, and from my windows I could see
larboard and starboard, and from stem to
stern.
Somehow I could not rest, so, dressing
myself, I determined to sit up and smoke.
I drew aside my curtains and looked out.
It was the gray light of the early morning,
and there was a stiffish breeze blowing. To
my great surprise I beheld Reginald May on
deck. I was about to open ray cabin door
and invite him to join me in my unreels,
when the peculiar nature of his pro-
ceedings riveted my attention. He
looked titnidly around, as if afraid of
attracting observation. Then suddenly,
as if the coast was clear, he walked rapidly
toward the empty water oasis, on which he
was accustomed to mai:tufty:tura his model
of the ship. Once moreglanclng cautiously
about him, he then applied hiebands to the
cask, and, with a rapid movement, lifted
half the top bodily off.
My astonishment and excitement were
innense. Another hasty glance around, and
he put his hand down into the cask, then
quickly withdrew it, holding in his grasp a
small bag; which be rapidly concealed in
the breast of his coat. He again took a
hasty survey, and was about finking
another dive into the strange receptacle for
hidden goods when he suddenly withdrew,
having quickly replaced the lid on the cask.
In another moment the cause of his alarm
was made apparent, as a couple of sailors
peened him on their way to relieve the man
at the wheel.
When all was again quiet, for an instant
he seemed determined to return onoe to the
old eitek, and no doubt withdraw some-
thing more that the interruption had pre-
vented his taking in the &at please. But,
suddenly changing Itis mind, he went
down the stairs that led frora the deok Ito
the sleepieg cabins.
Scarcely had May disappeared when an-
other figure, stealthily °residua the deck,
met my anxious observation. It WAS the
boatswain. I saw him glance toward the
dales down which May had taken his de -
/native. He then made directly for the
emelt. It watt now obvious to me that the
old boatswain had been watching the pleas-
ant voyager.
Just as the rad sailor reached the water
cask a heavy green sea amok the ship to
windward, necessitating the boatswain's
holding on by the ropes to keep his footling,
and precisely at the same moment May
appeerecl at the top of the cabin stairs.
The instant the ship steadied herself the
cad hoe.towain commenced his examination
of the water cask. For a moment citify Allay
stood gazing at him with ae evil a glance at
/ over sew, With one bound he Was upon.
the sailor before he could protect himself.
Waited no Niger, bat fitnig open thy
cable door and spiang to the roue. In a
few minutes we had our pleasant friend in
item.
So you see he was the thief after all,
hiding hie knavery under the pleasantest
exterior I ever mot with. The manner in
Which he had menufaetured the top of the
watenoask was a very ingenious piece of
carpentry. In the interior of the bides el
the oak he had driven several ;mile about
tvvo feet from the top, on which he had Suit•
pended, in wash -leather bags, the jewelry
he had stolen.
You may easily imagine the surprise
evinced by the people on board on discover-
rin
eggat:m t the thief was the MOM for whom
each and every one of theentertained such
At the expiration of three days from the
date of May's detection we landed at Mel.
bourne, and of mune I handed him over to
the police, but as no one cared to remain in
the town for the purpon of proseenting him
he was summarily dolt with. The presid-
ing Magistrate senteneed him to six months'
imprisonment with herd labor.--01;icago
Post.
The Summer Satins.
Satins of summer weight and surah in
glace finish comprise a large proportion of
the season's importations. The new glace
suralm are similar in quality to the satin
merveilleux of several years ago. Poult de
soie is a new silk of taffeta weave, with a
high glace surface. "Princes satin,"
which is also largely iraported, is a new
light -weight satin with only a moderate
lustre. There are many damask stripes and
goods set with tiny figures, but the old-
fashioned satin brocades are eeldom seen in
the importations of dress dike. The most
elegant silks are those figured dentelle
effects on a shaded ground. Thus an
Ophelia pink satin, shading into pale Nile
silk, will be completely covered with a
cream -white tracery in the pattern of the
old Venetian guipure or of the more modern
point d'Alenoon, or a pearl satin toned into
a clear mauve will be seen through the
black meshes of an old Louie XIV. guipure.
Many of these dentelle effects are imported
itt widths of a yard and a quarter for the
Empire gowns, which fashion anticipates
will be received with more favor in the
slimmer than theyhave found in the winter.
Terrors or the Aerial Panse.
We usually talk about the weather when
there isn't anything else to talk about. This
fact may tend to rob the subject) of its im-
portanoe, yet ib should not. In fact) it
ought to be greatly in its favor, as it is ever
ready and effioient in breaking the "awful
pause." Have you ever been overtaken by
the awful pause? Fortunate, indeed, if you
have not, and entitled to heartiest sym-
pathy if you have. It is truly awful, espe-
cially if courtesy demands that you should
break it. It settles upon the beat regulated
companies like a nightmare, and seems to
paralyze the tongue and put thought to
flight. No one can think of anything to
say, or fears to attempt to say it. Then, if
ever, a foal is welcome, because he doesn't
think before :he speaks. -Pittsburg Com-
mercial -Gazette.
seeing the Air.
The liquefaction of atmospheric air -
which is not always the same gas as the air
we breath in cities -has been demonstrated
as possible by Prof. Dewar, of the Royal
Institution, London, who made use of great
pressure, combined with a cold equal to
325 degrees of frost. Air thus made visible
has a faint blue color, but it is scarcely to
be supposed that this quality in liquefac-
tion has anything to do with the blue of
the sky. Under light atmosphere has the
the whole range of the solar espegesee be-
tween dawn and sunset.
• First lady -Do you know the Baron to-
day paid me the compliment of taping that
I looked as young as a girl of 18. Second
• ditto -Really! Then the report that the
Baron is growing blind is correct, after all.
A physician declares that it is unwise to
allow children to wear finger rings, as
rings retard the symmetrical growth of
the linger, and also because -the objection
seems a trifling one - they encourage
vanity.
A painting, by Millet, recently sold in
Brussels for $20,000, was originally disposed
of by the artist for a ce.ek of wine worth $8.
Minnie Ball -Bat you need not despair;
loan quite imagine that some foolish girl
might find her ideal in you. Jack Sharp -
1 shall never be able to think so if you re-
fuse me.
"I thought that cry had a double mean-
ing," remarked Newpop when the nurae
came down stairs and told him that ib was a
case of twine.
Coffson-1 don't see why we can't; find a
policeman occasionally in this neighborhood
when we want him. Coles -Hum -are you
bothered by the saloons ? " Saloons ?
There isn't one within a mile of no."
"Well, that's why." ,
a queer thin about our tongues,"
said Bobbie. "It's easier to keep them
working than to keep them resting."
When your shoes squeak go to a shoe-
maker and have him put a peg in the middle
ot the cote and there will be no more loud
proclamations. , Another thing, when you
buy a pair of new shoes and they hurt you,
put water in them and let it remain for a
ininute, then pour it out, and if your
shoes burn or hare you after that you
can say I am wrong. The water takes
all the natural heat out of the leather,
and makes the shoes comfortable -Home
Queen.
It's rather odd that one has to Icee his
temper before he can display it.
Doctor -Your symptoms reeemble those
of apoplexy. Patient -Yes, I know that.
I've been looking over a medical book,
and I find my symptoms resemble the
symptoms of evety disease that was ever
gotten up. What I want to know is, what
in the deuce ails me ?
got the drop on you," said the
icicle to the tall hat. "That's all right,"
replied the bat, as it righted itself;. but it
seems to have broken you all up, Just the
same."
Fair plaintiff in a breach of promine suit
-What 1 The verdict its against mo? Ah,
woe is me ! There Is nothing left for me
but death ! Her lawyer - You forget,
Mien. There is still a chance for you to
levate the stage.
A Southern peper publishes the following
advertisement: Wanted -By a young lady,
aged 19, of pleasing countenance good
figure agreeable manners, general informa-
tion and varied accomplishments : who has
studied everything from the creation to the
crochet,, a situation in the family of a gen-
tleman. She will take the head of his
table, manage his household, scold hie ser-
vants, 'muse his babies, cheek his trade'''.
men's bine, accompany him to the theatre,
cut the leaves of his new book, mew on his
buttons, warm his dippers and generally
make his life happy. Apply in the .first
place to Mien Hickory Grove, Gag
zed afterward to papa on the premises."
Bjones-I hear your friend married a
v./extern girl, Gilen-Yee. He went, to
Colorado to rave his lunge and etioceeded
wily in losing his heart.
ENGAGED TO GEORGE,
Princess Viotoria to Wed the Brother of'
ger Dead Lover,
QUITE A NARKING YOUNG WOMAN
Slags Weli, plays Welt, Bides Well,
Speaks Three Canguages and is Geod.
Tempered.
PENLY Lied
authoratetively
the eugagemenb ol
EL R. kr. the Duke
if York to the
Princess Victoria
of Took is at last
Announced, a n d
cameo little sur-
prise either in England or
elsewhere, sap! a London
corresponient. The Prin-
cess Victoria panes from t, e The interneeional review of warships M
semi -obscurity of a sombre New York harbor on April 27th promises
court, after a year of almost complete re- to be a very imposing affair. Both Britain
tirement, again into the full light of a and France are to be represented by several
world-wide notoriety. She is in her 26th of their finest veseels. As beoomes her, es
year, and has known the young Prince all the greatest naval power, Britain takes the
her life, as they are "second cousins once lead with her flagship Blake, of the North
removed." That she was born in the same American Sqaclron ; the Australia, of/the
place as Queen Victoria, and is a great- Mediterranean Sqadron ; the Magiclenne,
granddaughter of George 111., and was at of the North American Sqadron ; the Tar -
one time engaged to the late Duke of tar, one of the Archer class, and the Par
-
Clarence, add not a little to the interest that tridge, a composite gun verset -all very
has accumulated around hen good speoimene of the invincible British
Queen Viotorita's father, the Duke of 1navy. France, again, ifeee be represented
Kent, had a brother, the Duke of Cambridge, by three veseels-Jeaa Bert, a protected
whose daughter Mary, ten years younger cruiser; the Arethuse, a wooden ship, and
than the Queen, WAS Always Her Majesty'e the Hummed.
favorite couein. Little Pritutees Mary WAS The British flagehip Blake will command
about six years old when her cousin Victoria great attention. 81te is a magnificent
was crowned, and the coronation procession, armoured cruiser of 9,000 tons, fitted with
with all its gorgeousness, must be one of four vertical triple expansion engines in
her earliest recollections. This little girl- separate compartments. In a seven hours'
better known as Princess Mary Of Cam- trial trip ehe 'averaged 19.28 knots an hour,
bridge -grew up into it bright, amiable, under natural draught, bub would have
helpful Bort of woman, and lived with her made several knots better had it not been
widowed mother, the late Duchess of Cam- for the drag caused by too shallow water
bridge, in Cambridge cottage, Kew Gardens, and the excessive friction of thruet bearings.
near ltiohmond, for thirby-three years. She carries two 9 2 -inch 24 -ton guns, in bow
Then she married the Duke of Teak, the and stern, in armored towers; ten 6 -inch
Queen being present at the ceremony rapid-fire guna, six being on the spar dock
and throwing a satin slipper after the and four on the main deck, in casements ;
bride. This was in 1866. The sixteen 3 -pounder guns, seven Nordeufeldt
newly married couple settled in Kensington machine guns and four 14-inoh Whitehead
Palace, London, and the Duchess of Took torpedo tubes. The Blake has a curved
beoame and has always remained the mosb steel protective deck from three to rex inches
popular member of the English royal fam- thick, but on top of the machinery it is
tip. In Kensington Palace their four chil- eight inches thiok. The casements on the
dren were born -a girl, Victoria and then main deck, and the conning tower and tubes
three boys, now grown up and all in the have also thick steel covering.
army. Ten years ago the Duchess removed The Australia, again, is a belted cruieer
her home to the White Lodge, Richmond of 5,000 tons displacement, fitted with
Park, where the family at present resides. triple expansion engines of 8,500 horse
The Daohese of Teck's brother, who sue- power, and capable of attaining a speed of
ceeded to his father's title and is the pres- 18 knots. She has an armour belt about
ent Duke of Cambridge and the Com- ten inches thick for a distance of 190 feet
manderon-Chief of Her Majesty's forces, is amidships. lier protected deck is from two
a very devoted uncle to hie young niece and to three inches thick, while her conning
is a frequent visitor at the White Lodge. tower has a covering of 13 inches. Tim
Magicienne, again, is of the " M " ease of
copper -bottomed, partially -protected semis -
ern intended to have a speed of 19t knots.
As we have eaid, the Tartar is of the Archer
class, is fitted with engines of 2,838 horse
power, and oan attain a speed of 17.28
knots. She carries a battery of six 6 -moi
guns on sponsons, distributed at each ex-
tremity and at the waist, and has a pro-
tective deok extending throughout her
entire length. The Partridge, again, is an
unpretentious vessel of 715 tons displace-
ment, with engines wlech can attain a speed
of about 14, knots. There is some ground
for hope that Britain may yet appoint ad-
ditional vessels to attend the review.
Compared with that of Britain the French
contingent is rather disappointing. The
Jean Bert (the name of a famous French ad-
miral) is it protected cruiser of 4,162 tons
displacement, with engines of 8,000 hbree
power, which in one trial trip attained a
speed of 18.63 knots. She carries four 6.3 -
inch guns on sponsone, and six 5,5-inoh
guns in broadside, with a secondary arma-
ment of four 3 -pounder rapid-fire guns, six
revolving cannon, and six torpedo tubes.
The Arethuse took part in the naval parade
here last autumn. She has a displacement
of 3,400 tons, and engines of 4,200 horse
power, which can attain a speed of 14 knots.
She carries eighteen 5i -inch guns in broad-
side two guns mounted in the bow, and
eight Hotchkise revolving cannon -all pro-
tected by shields, and capable of being fired
by electricity. The other French vessel-
Etussard-is at present out in the West
Indian but calls for no notice.
member of the royal family. Muoh hi beard
of the " simplicity " of the training of these
girls, but Chi e is ae erreneoue And very
popuhsr idea. They aeealweye surrounded,
of course, with every comfort and luxury,
and as they grow older with every possi,
ble advantage that can im devised by
human akin. The only strain of eimplieity
in it all, lies ita the fact that the beat and
most luxurious things are always simple,
The Priucess has profited by her numerous
opportunities and tutors to the extent of
speaking three languages, of playing well,
of singing with taste, of being an expert on
the banjo, and one of the best dancers and
horsewomen in Surrey. She has travelled
a gooddeal, and goes about once is year to
Paris for her clothes. When nob engaged
on e round of visiting at country houses she
is generally at home, at the White Lodge,
where she is always the inseparable com-
panion of her mother.
Tins FLEET REVIEW.
The British Warships 'trill Make the Most
Imposing Display,
CHARITIES INDEBTED TO HIM JI
The Duchess of Teck is a portly, moth-
erly, philanthropic lady, and a thorough
woman of business. Her hair is dark, her
eyes are kindly and she has the remains of
considerable beauty. Like some others in
the court circle, her function lies in hor
devotion of a certain amount of her time to
the cause of charity, and the list of her in-
terests for the poor is a long one. Tee Dis-
tressed Irish Ladies' Fund, the London
Needlework Guild, Dr. Barnardo's Homes
and the Training Home for Young Servants
are a few ot the projects that owe much to
her. The recent course of events has
proved that her highest function has been
to supply the country with a future queen,
and she has done this with every measure of
success.
THE DUKE OF TEM
comes of the royal house of Wurtemberg,
but of a branch which no longer has royal
rights in that country. In Germany when
a person not of royal birth marries a royalty
the children lose the rights of succession,
and their rank is that of the mother. The
Duke of Teck is the issue of one of these
marriages. Hia father was Duke Alexander
of Wurtemberg, andhia mother the Countess
of Hohenstein. By birth he was a Count,
but the King of Wurtemberg gave him the
title of Duke. As such he disMnguiehed
himself in the Austrian army, notably In the
Austro -Italian campaign of 1859. Since his
establishmenb in England, where, it is said,
he came with an income of about E500 per
annum, he has had several military distinc-
tions conferred upon him, and served on
Lord Wolseley's staff in Egypt in 1882. He
is a handsome man, and lives the quiet life
of an English country gentleman. He is the
President of the Royal Botanic Society of
London and an ardent horbioulturist. The
gardens at White Lodge are filled with
flowers and display the finest rhododendrons
in the kingdom.
A NICE SORT OF A GIRL.
The young girl herself, who is familiarly
called the Princess May," as she has a
long string of baptismal manes, one of which
happens to be "Mary," is a healthy, whole-
some, matured looking girl, above medium
height, of good figure and of considerable
graoe. iutypesheisdiabinotivelyHanoverian
-that is to say, profuse, fair,oval faced, full -
eyed, with a long, finely shaped nose a little
retrousse, generous mouth, somewhat heavy
chin and high cheek bones. Her best traits
are her fair akin, fine coloring, superb teeth,
figure and easy bearing. Her mouth has a
trick of curling up at the left hand corner
and this, with a look of suppressed merri-
ment in her eyes, lends an interest to her face
that it would otherwise be without. Em-
bonpoint is the greatest thing she will have
to fear. In her carriage and dress she
slightly resembles the Princess of Wales,
though she is not as beautiful in any way.
Oa the other hand she is far finer -looking
than the Primed daughters or than the
daughters of the ex -Empress ofGerman y or the
late Princess Alice of Hesse or the Princess
Christian and the rest of the interminable
group of granddaughters that surrounds
the Queen. She has always been very
popular, partly on account of her mother
and pertly becauee, being an only daughter,
she has preserved a certain izidividuality in
the eves of the public that is almott im-
possible where there are two or three
lusters. .And then again for eeveral years
it has been thought that she might become
the bride of the future King. His choice of
a wife was tremendously restricted, and in-
deed there are not half a dozen eligible
Princesses living. The selection that he
has made, or that has been made for him, is
nob in any sense of the word a lsrillie.nb
&Mateo, but it is a thoroughly sensible ono
and the young finance:le can afibed to be
happy. le'he poiteessee a considerable dot,
having inherited eome wealth in her own
right from her grandmother, the late
Duke of Cambridge.
KAM' ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
"Princess May" has lived the life of the
young English girl of high birth of to.day,
only, if possible, a more thoroughly pro-
tected, domestic and monotonous One. She
lies been one degree removed from the more
pronounced artificialities that surenuncl tho
social life of the daughter(' of the Prince of
Vales, but she none the leM has had het
alone in the social and philanthropic cere-
monies' that go to make up the life of every
The Proper Thing.
"What do you think of,Zthe dead
language) by this time ?" asked Dams-
quizzle of his son, wbo had spent a term at
college.
"1 think they ought to be buried," re-
plied.the young man.
Canes At Cambridge.
The fad with the Harvard students now
is the English hazel and German cherry.
Some of the more fastidious affect the white
ash, but nearly all who are "in it " carry a
cane of some kind. -Boston Globe.
In Queen Elizabeth's day some of the
more fashionable of the courtiers wore
pointed shoes that were three feet in
length.
" Your brother James told me he was
going to walk very little after he got a
bicycle." "He hasn't walked at all, for he
broke his leg the first time he went out
on
New York's death rate continues to ad-
vance. Last week it reached the surprising
number of 1,100 deaths, the largest ever
known at this season of the year.
Jones -He called me a liar. Brown -
Well? Jones -Then I said he was
"another." Brown -Well? Jones -Then
he said I was "another, too." Brown -
What did you pay then? Jones -Nothing.
I'm no progressive humorist.
Here is a sure cure for rough red,
hard hands. It comes from a woman who
spent Teat surnmerat Warrenpoiat, a famous
watering place 30 miles from Belfast:
"During the season Irish girls leave their
chickena and cows And come to Warren-
point to mind ohildren for the
guests. They are big, strong, merry -
hearted oreaturee, green as the country
grows, with pink and cream complexions
and the mod beautiful hands imaginable.
I couldn't account for them because they
were frequently misehapeu and diefigured
by ugly, often olawdike mails. The texture
wee 'superb and I made up my mind to get
at the Secret. Here it is : In every farm-
yard there are two bin, one containing
bran for the cattle and the other oatmeal for
the chickens. When the girls go to milk
they wash their hands at the pump and
dry them in the chicken feed. 'The result
is superb hands --smooth, soft and white.
When I left the village I took away as much
Irieh meal as I could carry. Now I buy the
atuff in the feed store and I uee ilt. 1 keep
it in a bowl in the bathroom; I wash my
looney hands With °batik soap and a pinch
of meal, map them with m towel and dry
them in the howl. My hantle are nob soft
--bones never are -but look at them 1"
They wore beautiful---smoofih, warm, fine.
skinned and as white es bread,
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JflNDUO
/ Their Marvellous Gift or Nerve illastratrA
in Pole Balancing.
It is an easy thisg for a girl of 15 Teals
to bend beekward, plunge her head into s
hole eighteen inches dc p, full of water andl
dirt, and bring up between ber lit* a rim
that
was buried itt. the mud.
Women are not less dexterous than ths.
girls and the men. They are frequently
nen claming itt couples on slack ropes, ona
playing on the vine, or Hindoo guitars,
while the other poses' posturer and capers
gracefully about witha vessel brimful ot.
Seater in either hand, without spilling, a
drop.
A Libido juggler will Attend a pole 20 feet
high on the ground, and then climb to the
top of it as if it was a firmly -rooted tree..
He flees the top of the pole in the middles
of his sash and dances about in ell dime -
time without disturbing the equilibrium. of
the pole.
The same man, after giving an exhibitiore
of this sort slides down the pole, takes a.
boy on his shoulders, olinabe once more to
the top, fixes the top of the pole la the,
hollow of his foot, and stands erect, balanc,
ing himself, with the boy on his shouldertre
ao easily as the average person would
balance himself on one foot on the ground..
-Christian Union.
The ancient Romans made the kitchen
one of the chief rooms of the house. its wasp
paved with tiles, while the walls were hone
with piotures and otherwise decorated.
The recent reference in the New Yoffie
Times to the new complaint known on the
typelniter backache moves a correspondents
to give his experience after more than ea
year's use of the machine without any ins,
convenience. "My table," he goes oa to,
say, "is 25 inches in height only, and my
seat is only 21 inches, whioh affords ample
space for the knees and obliges the writerr
to sit in an upright position. Ten house
continuous use of the machine causea nob
the least dietrese to the back or shoulders,
or to the hands, whioh are so far above the
level of the keys as to keep them, and the
arms as well, in a natural and comfortable;
position. My stool ill a plaiu wooden onek
without any cushion, and this keeps the
body from falling out of the perpendicular
by any giving way of the aeat as with. la
cushion."
The London Daily ISTews says : Thera
was a time when alt foreign eggs in this.);
country were known as "French ewe*
Now, thanks to improved means of trans-
port, they come to us froin it variety of
countries. The annual import, according to,
the latest official returns, reechoa the enor-
mous number of nearly1,300,000,000,valued
at £350,000,000. France and Germany
still furnish more than one-half of thes
whole.
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Mr. D. F. Smith, Organizer Patrons of
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cotes. Mr. Chas. Cameron, Underwood,
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Mr. John Itepner, Manager Pore Elgin
Brush Co., sags: Eby's German Breast
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