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Exeter Times, 1898-4-21, Page 7THREE OLD RULERS THE noRy or THREE CROWNED HEADS OF EUROPE. oneivvo•vx• rtalriStOlOttr IX, or peewee Former emcee learee of lisinovele seed femme onto or eaxe-Weitaaaleiseuctee-they Are Estee nephily acerb'', Veen) Fehr SeOre The three oldest eroiveed beads of ilueope will celebrate the eightieth a,n- iversarie$ of their natal days witain t. very short time. Indeed, two of itheae celebratiens will °cone daring the present mottle Xtrag Christian . of I/Iempark vyill be eigbey yeers ld on April a and Queen Marie a allover will be eighty on April 14. rand Duke Xarl Alexander of Sane- eimareltisenaeh wiU reeeth the four - re.. meek Oa June 24. A rare old trb! OL tbe three, naturally the most in- teresting is the Xing of Denmark. Al- though Denmark in itself is not a great power among European nations, the marriages of the E.ing's children have brouglat that little country into close touch with the most powerful ,4 kingaores, Queen Louise of Denmark has been styled the mother-in-law of tbe greeter bait of Europe. ' • Thre.e sons and three daughters re- raulbed. from the union of the then Prince Cluistian, fuurth son of the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, to Princeest Louisa oe Hesse Cassel. The marriage oocurred on May 20, 1812. There was then no thought that Prince Chris- tian might one dee succeed to the tlu•oale of Denmark, and. for the fiast ten years of their matried life the • e, most rigid economies were practised, in order to make both ends meet, the P.eince geve drawing lessons incognito to the families of SOMe of Frankfort's rich trade,ssnen. FROM POVERTY TO A. THRONE. It was in the veins of the Princess Louisa, that flowed. the royal Danish blood, through her mother, Princess Charlotte. of Denmark. On May 8, 1852, the tonfusion into sielich the auestion of Danish succession had. lapsed was straightened out by the protocol of London, and Prince Chris - ban ,was formally recognized as heir to his wifen, cousin, King Frederick VIL of Denmark. Frederick's death. in 1863e brought the. Prince to the throne as Christian IX. of Denmark. And now the royal family a Den- mark exercises e powerful influenee on Europe's thrones. Of ate sons, Chris- tina, heir apparent, to • the throne of" Denmark, is the busband. of .Princess Louise, daughter of Charles XV. of -.„ Sweden. The second son, Xing George of Greece, is the husband of the Grand 1)tiche..as Olga of Russia, niece of the late Czar of Russia. The third, Walderpar, married Princess Marie, daughter of the Duo de Cbertres, and, oonsequently, a member of the house of Orleans, which claims the right to govern France. This marriage was not a happy one. rrhe Princess was proud, haughty and ambitious. She never forgave Alexan- der at Russia. for baying forced Prince Waldemar to withdraw his acceptanee of the -throne of Bulgaria,, a short time totem it was offered to the present occupant, Prince Ferdinand of Coburg. She had hoped to be a Queen, and was e bitterly disappointed. fn 1893 she left her husband and children, and has since been living in Frazee and Eng- land. l'he daaghters of Denmark's King and. Queen married well. • Alexandra • is the wife of the Prince a Wales, Degmar was the wife of the late Czar of Russia, and Thyrza married the Duke of Cumberland, claimant to tlie throne of Hanover and the Duchat of Beunsiviek, and a man a great *Mee: KING HAS SIMPLE TASTES. The Danish Xing and Queen are on- ,excelieiat teems with their royal children. and grandchildren, and on the. occasion of family reunions all eeree., • • moray is 'thrown to the -winds. very ranch like any other faanile gath- ering. Indeed, King Christian is most simple in his tastes. 'He is not on In- tellectual giant, although he is a phy- sical owe Despite his age he is re- markably well preserved, a fact at- tributable to his abstemious life. He is a big, strapping ma, witli a; broad forehead and kindly eyes looking out from beneath sha,ggy eyebrows, a • pa:eminent, nose, a bristling mustache and side whiskers. There is little of dignity in his manner, and in Converser taon he is said to incline toward the , . common.place. He may be seen almost any 'height day strolling through the streets of Copenhagen, usually ac- oompanied only by a couple of shaggy! doge, and attracting no more atten- tion than if he bad never been inside the royal palace. •Nobody thinks of hawing to him in the street, as is o4 austomary mark of , respect to most ;sovereigns. • The Itiag has no vices. He neither •drinks nor gambles, a,ncl has always ilived upon the most simple fare. His dinner invariably consists of but three courses -soup, meat and. dessert. Evert when forced to give a state dinner, be himself never goes beyond the limit • observed when he dines en fen:1111e. ale) title winch the venerable Xing bears has 0110 peeulier feature which • saw be truly said to distinguish the royal family of Denmark from any • othee, it beirig the hew of Deernarle 'that Christian must be sueeeeded by! Erederiek and Frederick by Christian, To attain this end without changing of names every Danish Prince), xie matter, whet other names he may reeeive, ale ways includes Christian and Frederick etectong them, and therefore every Ringof Denmark has as his official title • tither Cbrialian or Perederiok, and it has been thus for 385 years. As to jaet why this provisioh was adopted, no two historittris agree, QTTEEN MARIE 010 HANOVER. • Of the other two erowned heads whe eaa) rapidly approaching the age of eighty, Queen Marie of Ilanover re- taiee her tale by eourteey, rior 1104 tea beer/ a Peace ul oese, and she ie Smelt laistehia min ltraitUl old age, her pemeipality being absorbed u the/ Gereaaa empire. Princees Alexandrine Maria WUhel- miiia, eine former Queers of Hanover, is a, daughter of Duke josepla of Saxe Altenbourg and. Amelia, Princess ot Wurtembetg. She was born April 14( 1818, at Hildborehaueen, and on babe rear" 18, 1843, was Married. to George, a pewee royal, who afterward became George V. of Haat/Yen Ile died june 12, 1878. Queen Merle's father, Duke joseidis was a brother of Brilest Fre- deric Paul, heed of the house of Saxe- Altertbourg and, alildborgheusen. • Of Grand Duke Karl Alexander of Sexe-Weitner-Einacti, the thircl of the venerable trice it may be said that he is still a boy at tea.rt. Age has dealt, gently with him, and he is still active in railitaxy life, sitting his horse with the graceful as of youth. He ie a, son of Grand lauke Charles Fre- deric and Marie Paulowraa, Grand Duo/lege a Russia, and was born at Weimar, ,Tune 24, 1818. He succeeded to the duchy upon the death of his father in 1853. The Grand Duke is a Colonel -Gen- eral of cavalry in tbe Prussian Army, having rank of Grand :Field, bEtershal. He is also General of the cavalry di- vision of the Saxon army, soa,valry Gen- eral itt tile Russian aeray, and enjoys the rank 'of Colonetenothief of the Fifth regiment infantry of Thuringia.. CURED HIM OF LOCKJAW. A. Fret:mummies Experience with the DU ease and Mis Complete Recovery, Camille Juhaux, a Fre.achman, was discbarged frora as 'bleree, Hospital at Pittsburg, Penn., on Saturday, haying been there for ten weeks suffering from a case of lockjaw. The Feenoh- mon was found ba a hovel at California, Penn., lying on the ground, the muse - les of his back so deaven up that his body rested on his heels and the back of hie • head, forming a "wrestler's luidget." jubaux had only a scalp wattnd, but the diet from the hovel floor teed got into it and lockjaw bad set in. Two weeks before, a,t a little jolli- fication among the coal miners, "Big Frank," a Hungarian:, had thrown a full keg of ee at jubaux and bit him on the head with it. The French- man went to his shanty and neglected the wound. He wee brought to Pitts- burg to the Mercy Hospital. The doetors found it impossible • to break the "bridge" formed by jubaux's body; his jaws were clinetted tight and could not be forced open. His death seemed tie be only a matter et a few days,but nevertheless the doctors broke ou,t one of bis teeth with a cbisel, and into the hole thus (treated inserted a rubber .tube, through which milk and...whiskey %vete administered. This light food fouad its way into the FrenehmanSe stomach. Day after day •and week after week the doctors work- ed wttb jubaux ; tbe muscles of las legs and back finally relaxed, later the mus- cles of his jaw hecarne pliable, and at last helves ale to take solid. food. He was discharged on Saturday com- pletely cured., and physicians who were watehing the cane ouxiously say Jalbaux Is the one man oat of 200 who could have survived such a Beige of the dread lockjaw. A TURKISH HERCULES. v..!••• Daring Deed of a Tonng officer to Please Hs commander. • lithenet Bey, a Turkish offieer who •served against the Russians in the cam- paign of 1877-78, was handsome, well- proportioned and of extraordinary phy- sical strength. He was not only a Her- cules, but the beaueieleal of a soldier, one wiaose railitasy knowledge seemed instinctive. Doctor Ryan, an Englist surgeon, Avila° served with Ahmet Bey, tells in his book, "Under the Red Cres- cent," the following story of his strength and daring: :Abdul Inerim Pasta, the eon -inlander- . - en -chief, while inspecting his 'beoops one morning, casually expressed the wieh to capture a Servien prisoner from the Sernapa lines, Ahmet Bey overbearing the remark, saluted and asked permis- sion to get the commander a inisoner. He xeceined it,though Abdul Xerim wondered at the request. Ahraet wheeled his charger, dashed spurs in- to its flanks, and galloped straight far the feserest Servian outpost. As he approached, half a dozen rifles cracked; but Alemet galloped on un- harmed and marked down one sentry for his prey. The sentry fired at the audacious h(arsemen, missed and started to run. Ahmet swooped on bine like a hawk upon a cbioken. ,He bent down, grasped the Servian by the collar, andflung him across the saddle in front. Then he galloped back again, bending over his horse's nook to °scene the bullets, and banded aver his prisoner to tee Turkish commander amid the shouts of the soldiers. SeLP-DIAGNOS/S. Mee, Jike, meaningly,-1. asked Dr. Agutipura if whisky- was good far eolds, and he said no. Wee jink,s-Well, 1 don't believe I've got a cold anyhow, It's aornething else. Did the doestor mention (what diseases wthisky was good lox COST Or CAVALRY. The east of maintaining a cavalry soldier and horse in the British army Is about $500 per annum) eseenneeneesseeneteeneneassessewesnseao When you take Homes Pills, The big, old-raSh, toned, sugar-coated pills, which tear you unto pieces, are not in It with Mode, easy to take and easy to operate, is true of Reedit( P12s, which are Enfe, certain arid sure. S veto lat (e in every reepeat. dreggists, tate a S. Rood ea Coe Leman, Mass 'rhe only leas te take Itetti floodIs Serseparilla 141 SO JOSE SCALE, EXTENT OF THIS INSECT'S RAVAGE IN THE STATES. The Pest, Das Infested TWeitly States Characteristics and Methothi al the Ri -- Methods For its Destruction Mast Persistently tnrrted Out -- Eaczni Prey Veen 11. The United States Apiculture!. D Pertinent has jut issued e bulletin o ate San Jose Fatale in 1896-07, PrePa ed by Entomologist L. 0. Howard. is of armee interest at this tinie in vie of tin recent edict of the Gennan Go eentneet the legislation of tbe Cana fan Parliament, prolebaing the im 1:attrition of living plants, fruits, etc because of the alleged diecovery of seal on- Pears shipped from • California. the light pf what we Mee know, th bulletin says, our agricultural knee ledge of the distribution of the scat in the Best ie the taitumn of 1895 wa comparatively slight. It was then re • ported as occurring in twenty State bet in comparatively few localities i each, with the eingle exception of Net Jersey. In 1896-97 aete,a1 field inspec tion in Virginia, Maryland, Illinois Ohio, Georgia and several others show ei that in these States the ineect Wa nearly as widespread as in New jersee while twelve States and the District o Columbia have been aelded to the num bee containing infested plants. The eon dition in over thiety States and Ter ritories are then given, some of th more important being as follows: California. In this State the in sect is or las been generally distribut- ed. The conditions of climate some times kill it out, and it often seems to be destroyed by a fungus disease, but neglected and improperly sprayed or- chards exhibit trees in as bad condition as can be found in any of the orebards of New jersey or Maeyeand. Maryland.- More actual damage seems to have been done, in this State than in almost any other. The scale has been treated in sixteen counties. Illiamis.-The scale was not known to exist in this State in November, '95, but Prof. Forbes has found twenty-two colonies in nineteen different localities sintated in eleven counties. Michigan. -This State, not known to be inlested in 1895, has been found to have a number of infested localities in the southern half. New Jersey.-ln his last bulletin Prof. Smith States that all efforts tp exterminate the insect. scale must be abandoned. In 1895 the seam was wide- spread and since that time the situa- tion has not become verceptibly better. A list of fifty-five fruit and shade trees and ornamental shrubs affected by the pest is given. Consiaerable space is devoted to a discuseson of the remedies suggested to kill the pest. THE BUG- AND ITS RAVAGES. The San Jose scale insect has been for some time past a very serious cause of worry to fruit growers. Almost mi- croscopic in size, the "pernicious scale," as it is otherwise palled, is at- tacking the fruit orchards and fruit patches in nearly a. score of States, and destroying them as effectually as if the fruit -producing districts were overrun by fire. The lauug in question has a very curious life history. The male, in its perfect state, is fly like; with two adage aud Tong feelers; his eyes are purple end his wings iridescent with yellow and green. His existence in this form only lasts a few hours, at the end of which he dies. The rest of the 25 days of bis lifetime is spent beneath a waxy scale, formed on the tree -bark frors asecretion exuded from his body. It is the same with the female, save that she never assuxaes wings. When she is about 35 days old the female begins to give birth to young ones. The latter are not produced from eggs, but are born alive. The baby insect forces itself out from beneath its mother's protecting scale and rims about over the bark of the tree until it finds a suitable place to 'settle. When the proper spot is totted, the infant bug in- serts through the bark its longaristle- like sucking beak, then it proceeds to suck. The insect all its life long, is a b loodsucker. It sucks the blood, or son, of the plant. When millions -aye, billions, -of the creatures are attacking a tree together, the latter must suc- cumb before long, as aman would do if he were exposed, bound and helpless, to the combined assaults of myriads of mosquatoes. The new born bug is orange yellow, withaa oval body and six legs. As soon as it has settled down to suck, the scale which is to serve it as a, protective covering begins to develop. White waxy threads sprang from all parts of its body, and become rapidly more numerous and dens( until within two clays the insect is con - netted by the characteristic pale,gray- isli shell. THE SCALE P Is formed by the slow melting togeth- er oil the filaments of wax. _eventually the males issue from beneath their scales in the winged form described, It es estimated that e single female may have 8,216,000,009 descendants in ti; single seasonand under ,favorable conditions a large proportion of this enormous number will actually sur- vive, The bugs oecupy- all parts ot the infestaa plant -trunk, limbs, twigs, leaves and fruit. One of the chief dif- ficulties in conneetion with this in- sect pest has to do with the ways in ivbieh it is distrileated and (aerie(' to previously uninfested locaeities. Yourag fruit trees grown in nurseries and ship- ped all (alter the coantry are at to convey it, Being very small individu- ally, the Scales axe not likely to be observed anal the ibtestatiora has bee come very bad., Fruit, too, 18 alit to be infeeted, and to serve as a meatus of tranaportation. Left to tlaemselires, the bugs eennot spread much, The fe. male is 'mingles's, and, after beeoming fixed, cannot move. The young ones are not able to crawl tar. This abomin- abje. besot is found In Australia,Cbile and Hawaii. In all likelibood it was intrOduCed into tee United Stats e front Chile, It Is said to have reached Caiie fernie first in 1870, The name bestowed neon it eeineS from the fact that it first appeared conepieuouely in the San Jose VaileY, California, By 1873 it bed be- come a serious pest in that •eegion, and from ehat time on it epread rapid- ly northward and eastward, ro the East it was first dieeoveriel in 1893, at Cimrlotteville, Va. Sine then the Plague bee extended alerminely, and it is now fatted in many localities ie near- by tell of the Baster States, Fortuna- tely, the scale -bug has insect enemies Which pre'Y upon it-notelaly, a. kind est beetle. These are being encouraged in Califortlia, and seem to be redteeing its numbers there, In Florida, recently has been discovered a peeutiar fuegue, wbieb attaeles it as a disease. Washes of lteroserie and other substances are =Plaited as desteoyiag agents. But no measures can be effective unlesa Per- sistently carried put, and it le believed that the vest can never be extermin- ated wholly in badly infested places. Al3OHT DECLARING r•••••r...• HOSTILITIES OFTEN BEOIN OUT WARNINO. WAR, WITH- ltl Onilelk Times a Declaration tit l'fae Ws ri Soletutt riteetlon—how It Was ow Between Femme and fivocalm Notwitbstending • the feet tie most people consider e fOrinal deolar tam of war necessary before aetiv measures con be taken, it is usuall the awe in thee go-ahead times tha no warning whatever ia given. When Horne was mistress of th world a declaration of War was solemn function, attended with s much ceremony that a sponge colleg of heralds was always kept in readies to perfornj it when necessary, In nes dia,eval times letters of defianee sera ed to give warning of hostile inten tions, and /still later heralds were sen to throw down the gauntlet and mak a verbal declaration of war. In such times formal declaration were necessary to differentiate he tween the private brawls of a few bar ons and a national war for which th conanrunityr was responsible, but at th present day total concealment as Ion as possible is he almost 'universe, rule. The objects of this are usuall either to anticipate the designs ef Bora other politer, to avoid the onus of ad -milting a state of war as long as ins- sibld, or to gain time by swiftness 0 attack. THE LATEST INSTANCES' Of formal aeolaea.tion by herald were in 1635, when Louis XIII. sent a her- ald to declare war against Spain, and in 1657, when Sweden declared war against Denmark by herald- sent to a Copenbagenwhile as late as 1671 war between England and Holland was de- clared by solemn proclanaation. As the most recent eases are those likely to influence the canduct of na- tions in the immediate lettere, the wars of the present century are of the great- est interest at the present crisis. In the quarrel *between Russia and Turkey welch imanediately preceded tee Crimean War, a formal declaration 14. 4. a 4. y, was issued at Moscow by proclamation of the Czar, and three days later, after the Turks were well aware of the state of affairs, operations were commenced. In earnest. In the cases of Britain and France less consideeatioa wa.s shown; War was formally declared by Britain on March 22, 1854, and on' the 31st it was th proclaimed by the High Sheriff of Lon- don from e steps -if the Exchange. But these settelarations were made merely to justify the step to the peo- ple and to ask for, their approval and help. Before that time melee opera- tions bad commenced by the entry of the British and French fleets into the Dardanelles, contrary to treaty; and the forced retreat of the Russian fleet to Sebastopol when the allies reached theBaSea, • On February 8 the Russian Minis- ter was withdrawn from London, and the British and French Ministers from St. Petersburg. Although such a, step 'usually precedes war, and is often regarded as equivalent to a declara- tion, it only signifies that, all hope at successful diplomatic negotiation has been abandoned and that war is likely to ensue. It does not necessarily im- ply a state of war, such a state re- quiring some definite act of hostility. IN THE OPIUM WAR Of 1840, ;the Italian wars of 1847 and 1849, the Anglo -Persian war of 1856, the wars between Austria and France in 1859, Prussia and Scbleswig-Hol- stein in 1863, and Brazil and Uruguay in 1864, various bostile eats were c,oira mated before way deeneation of war was made, although in some cases man- ifestoes were issued to neutral powers. In the /bistro -Italian war of 1859, the Austro -Prussian war of 18E6 and the Russo-Turkieli war of 1877 the deela,ra- tion and active operations were pra,c- tically synonymous, in the last men- tioned case, for example, the Porte received a copy ot the deelaretiorten the evening of April 24, the very day on which 50,000 Russian troops ()tossed he Roitanattian frontier. The Most hotebie instanne in the preeent century of a formal deolara- ion of war beang made before actual pera,tions were begun, was that of the Ti 1 nanetelaruesiee war in 1879. Tn this ase the declaration was almost forced s the Pannell, who were the (agrees - ors, voted. large war credit e an july 5, and on the following day the krencb V1inietee returned to Paris, A formai Asti/nation bostile intentions was ,ben sent to Berlin, and laid before ha Parliament of the North Gertna,n onfederation on July 20. On November 12, 1885, 13eitain was onored by a declar,a,tion of wee from ding Theebew, of 13urrnabl, but it ivas needlees formality on the part of his tesky IVIajesty, for the British troops •vere already on the way to his capital, 01 the only reply. to bis challenge was is deposition, wlech immediately en- ued, Harry, de you, Nee) your little baby rother ?" "'Mate) the lime? Es eroulan al Inane it if I did 1" 4. 11 5. 4. .1)8.11 11 ` G THE BAYONET, VISIT TO THE SMALL ARMS FACTORY AT ENFIELD, rroceo nt Itlaktug triteue leoroilkents o,r War-Datt,,ers Ah Its MoltethAethee—Whe IJiIXcl,s ojIJaieweapons Attnoo as Ocatify ref rite Use of A writer in the notndon Deily New, It an account, of a visit to tile. Paaeield. Smell Arms Factory, elate; the follow- ing interesting account of how bay- enets are made; ` It is a big business, this bayonet mak- ing. The raw materiel names in the form of bate a steel, whittle are cut up into the necessary- lengths tine rolled., The strips of steel ere then borne off to a treanendous press, which stamps messed for the "tang," and from there they go to the grinding department of the factory. Here, La the first place, a rather lumbering looking "trough - Lug" machineautoraatically seoers the exige with emery until the embryo sword -bayonet will just fit into a allege or "trough." This ensures that the metaj is exactly the proper size and shape. Next comes the grinding by hand on the big grindstones, of wlaich there are thirty in ene long elcy-lighted building, each weigbing, when new, a couple of tons, though of course they rapidly wear away -as well as the grinders em- ployed at them. These men sit astride their seats as they would on horseback, bending towards the wet stones that whirl round at a speed. oe something like, 3,5041 times a mieute, when, they are full size-al:nut two-thirds of a mile a minute, Woe betide the un- lucky grinder if there should happen to be a flaw in the stone. W/airling round at such a pace the centrifugal strain upon it is, of course, very great, and if the stone were not pretty sound it would fly to pieces -as they are known to do occasionally in such places. There has been at least one occurrence of the kind et Eiafield. Such a. burst up is as destructive in the line of motion as a. cannon would he, and the stones in this building are ar- ranged so as to minimise the mischief of such a. mistake. Each is • inspected every morning before starting work. It is not the bursting of the stones, however, that constitutes UTE GREATEST PERIL to the workmen here. Men cannot be, bending over sword -blades that are being rubbed away in brilliant trails of sparks all day long, year after year, without getting aceumulations of Steel dust into the lungs, and if the tenth could. be knpina it miglit be found that the making or the weapons for Europ- ean armies and navies is ahn:ost as deadly as the use of them.. It is said, however, to be partly the men's own fault.' A good deal of the mischief might be obviated by the use of mag- netised respirators; but they won't wear them, or goggles for the eyes either. All the work here is done by the piece, and the men are of opinion that these proteetors seriously inter- fere with their earnings, so that, like a good many more of us, in different ways, they kill themselves in order that they may live. Paebably by the time that we have learned to do with- out bayonets, we shall also /lave learn- ed to be content to give a man a fair living for the best. he can honestly do without choking himself with steel dust. If one takes 1 hand one at these modern sword -bayonets which have superseded the old three -cornered skewers, he will see that it is a flat bladeeach side of which has a central ridge between two hollows. These hol- lows are ground out of the solid steel by a miestene ribbed all round special- ly for the purpose, these ribs, or ridges in the surface ol the stone correspond- ing to the hollows in the blade. When the grinding has been carried up to a certain point the weapon, or the piece of steel in proceed of becoming the weapon, is carried to another depart- ment to• undergo some change in its composition. Thus far it has been a. piece of ordinary cast steel. Now that the thing has beenrolled and stamped and ground into its general form it has to be hardened. For this PurPOse it is put into a sort of baker's oven -an oven, that is to say that is divided by a, fire-briek wall into two parts -one for the fire and the other for the reception of the steel to be heated, The weapons lie in here and get red hot and then are plunged into a BATH OF OIL tvlaioh has a stream or cold water 'run - hy a powerful revoivieg taxi opetat ecia through an air ehannel, runflin elengebeeea-th the bencbes, so teat th miselnef i peobaely reduced to ct imum. It is a most interesting place for a leisurely stroll, full of queer chinerY ettrieue processes and sug- gestive illustrations of the power of • the organization ,of industry, SPRING SMILES, Futida-Tbere are people who Make eleek of religion. Duddy -a. knew, r is a, had habit. Rather Indefinite, -Little Girl -M wants five e,ents' woetb. ot dog -meat, Rateher --- Bologna or frankfurters, mies? It'e a wise thing never to go into bath after a Meal. Why not? Oh you'd, hardly find it there. Proof-a!bu said you loved. me better time yoax life, Edwin.. Well, did I not give up the life I west living for you? Way Ile Looked.-Hajack. - Why are you coesulting tbe dietiouary 1 thought you knew how to open Toni- dik-J. do. I am not looking for iefor- rnaleore but for earroboration. Not So Rind, -Weary Watkins -- Youse look like a kind lady, miss. Miss -1 ani. And could you give a poor atarvin' man a dime? No, I am not that kind. Ditsproved.-They say if you( fix your gaze On ttle back of any persoras neck you can hypnotize tbtem. Not so. The other day I tried it on a tandem for an hour, and the girl didn't work any For Dyspepsia and Ba Blood e Humor,5 Man1ey7s Celery -Nerve Compound L5 unexcelled, . Kr, oeo. nee, Operators Jsw flaelbere, (Mt., °.a4* date at 1acb3r6, 1826, writes af golfwers "./ woa trattWotl for twP year, wit k 'son and nniteasta Of the worst eine, Tried several Medi. eines, but none gave Much relief, Until I triedManiey Celery-liere0 ComvoundinY aloud was Ina (treat!. state, hut am happy to oe7 vour medicine cured. gie.t, Price scents per Box, or 6 for Szso. At Orugglat.t, Mailed en Receipt of PrIee by r. maintleel CO., Toronto. harder. TITB I could. die for you! he declared. EXETER L6,„ want you ito live for me, Alphonsete TIMES r& she faltered, He staggered as wider a blow. The reave of some people! be Muttered, and fled away, appalled, I4. seems to me, said the Sultaut, that these Chinese complications afford e great opportunity for Turkey. How? asked :the Graeae Vizier. Why, I think tails would be a good time for an Ar- menian massacre. His Ambition. -To think, said the vis - tor, that you. wili have to go through, ife an ex -convict I Well, mini, replied Claude, to tell. the, truth; just at pres- ent there ain't nothing Pd like more to be I Weary Willy --At 1 lady, dis angel - nate uv yours is jist like mother used ter mate. Lady -le it, indeed? Weary Willy -It's de identical t'ing; det's why run away from. home and went ter sea et, de age of six. A. Likely Place. -Jane (reading) The wearied sentinel leaned on his gun and stole a few moments' sleep. Little Robbie - I know where he stole it from. Tane-Where Robbie? Robbie - From hie nee -sack. jobnny-Mr. Newriek, you and sister most Rave bad pretty big quarrel. 'Mr. N.- What makes you think so. Jobnny? johnny-'Cause I heard mam- ma, say you'd been makin' up to her for the laet two ar three weeks. Inforramtion Wanted.-johnity --Do they have elephants in Asia? Papa -Oh, yesi Johnny -Do they have circuses in Asia? Papa -No -o; I think not. Johnnya.v Well, what's tbe use of hing ele- phants if they don't have circuses? Hamilton -I see there is a gooa deal in the papers east now about Ireland having bloodlees revolution. Man- ning -Don't you believe a word of it. Ireland will suffei.• extermination ra- ther tban indulge in a revolution o that kind. STARTLEDBURGLARS. TheyMistook the !Igen! th White thr a Ghost. Two Paris burglars are now under the distinct impression that they have seen a. ghost arrayed. in a winding sheet. he criminals broke quietly into a. flat in e house in the Rae Fon- tanie recently. After having care- fully put.down their boots in the ante- clateaber, they stole stealthily into a bedroora, and were making their way to awardrobe, when they saw a sight which caused them. to quake withfear By the dim illumination given from a night -light they beheld a pale -sheeted figure, rise from the, bed. and wave its arms as in despair. The burglars were frozen with ter- ror, anti looked at what they consider- ed an undoubted and fully accredited ghost without being stale to stir from the- spot. They had heard no sounds in the room, and mime to the conclus ion tbat it was perfein etly epty when they entered. As they quaked the fig- ure continued to wriggle aliout, still without speaking, so they resolved to attempt, to tly. One of them nearly broke US skull by tumbling downstairs tang round it to keep down the tem- m his haste to get away from the sup- Perature. This hardens the steel, but posed supernatural visitant. His leaves it brittle. It would snap off companion helped him out into the if rmy atteMpt were made to bend it. street, and they both managed to es- • ti, has, therefore, to be tempered by cape without any alarm being raised, plunging it into molten lead. This The supposed ghost was the owner gives it the necessary elasticity and a the flat, o. woman, who when she flealexdielibathbttitalovely bine YlXiat13In i°iTouc, a tololits sew the burglars could only throw up real Word blade, blIt only a blade, and somewhat rough too, and without any edge. It goes btu* to the grindieg room now for the finishing touch, to geUlt; thisr edge, not s ing"PuTi sufficient 5 1 lg cfor pur- po»es ot war, but euch as may be sately entxusted to soldiers in piping times of peace. When the.grinding is finished it only remaine to polish the bladeand to moue t, them with "croesplecese' and "pommels," "grips" and "ePri age," that .well convert, the mere blade into a veritable sword -bayonet and pernait of its beitig attachedto, tbe rifle. The poll/shine looks ;IS though it mast be more aotrimentaa to the health of the ivorkomn then the- grindihg, becaese it ie all dry work, whereas the grind - stomas are run in a, trough of water, The Imtlishing is done by means of mull weeders wheels, covered with bands a 'leather with an emery star - fan, and every wheel throve off a trail of (spark() that gives the vest Doer on which the work is carried on an almost taticanny eppearalace, There is e groat amount Of duet given all, too, but the greater part of it is mucked fttvay trona tbs w orkrnexas wheel her hands, being streck temporarily dumb by terror. She was evert, more frightened than the burglars, and fainted away as soon as they had de- camped. When she recovered con- sciousness She aroused some of her neighbors, but it; was too Rae to look for the housebreakers. FINGER NAIL CAFES. It both China and Siam the owners of long nails weer metal cases over them to preserve them, made ot gold or silver, and. jeweled. Vs7,hile long naila are not regarded as singular in China, they ea% rarely met with ex - opt on fanatics and pedantic scholers. C STOFt For :infants and Chiaren. MO 'AO eigultiatf ot 144, arena eth, OF ANY NOT DOING THE WORRYING. conditions Ender Which a Partner Thinici Ile Ougitt to rut in More Capital. "I Uwe made a discovery," said Mr, Billtops. "axid that Le that there is like- ly to be some one person ha. a house- hold that does all the worrying. There may be others thatirst, and. very likely fret over trifling things, bat the real worrying over things tha.t have gat to be done and got to be looked after is usually all done by one person. The person that does the worrying in ray homer) is Mrs. Billtops. The children a01 myself and all hands lean on her and expect her to do everything. I don't know, but I sort of think titat we expect her tea provide things wheth- er we thave any money or not, and. she certainly does seem to make every- thing come out all right somehow. "Noev, as a rule, among men, the man who noes the worrying gets paid for it. Be is usually the man at the head of Ian enterprise, ox a concern, or depart- ment, or whatever it may be, whcs is ! able- to do the work, and willing to , I take the care and responsibility of it. Those ttndex him may pile their cares Up 011 him, and he shoulders them - many a man -easily. There are, thank goodness, plenty of men that don't shy a.t re.sponsibility, . "Ru.t these raen get paid. for witat they do, and Mrs. Billtops does not, ualess she °mints my anprecia.tion as Isomet,hin,g. The children don't realize wbat she does; they expect it. And as or me, the silent partner, if I don't stand Up and take the keocks I think I 'ought et least to put in. more capital. - i 1 REPLYING FOR PAPA. 'Ah, said Arthur Writely with gratified smile, I see you have a copy of my last book on your table. Zat, says Margie promptly, is ze boot papa always weeds wiz his eyes s'ut. ; THE ARITHMETIC OF IT. Mr. Grumps -I don't see how it is those Mormon women could be content - ,ed with only half a husband. Mrs. Grumps -A woman with half a husband has only half as much trou- ble _as a yeoman with a whole husband Thai's why. , r Vaal GIRL'S EXPLANATION. Nurse Girl -1 lost sight of the claild, Mum, and— Mothee-Good gracious! Why didn't you speak to a policeman? Nurse Gir1-1 was speaking to arum all the time, mum. EXCEI,LaINT MONEY. Cuetom.er-Yu remember you sold me this coat yesterday t You said you would return the money if it wasn't satisfactory. Clothing Merchant --But, my dear sir, it was quite satisfactory; I never • beta better money thani that n alt rt)r life. QUITE A DITSTAN'OE. Is there a. long distance telephone around here? asked tbe stranger. That's the only kind there is, mis- ter, answered the native, an' the dis- tance is jest about four an' a half mile you don't miss your way. 'lest keep a-goin.' straight over the hill to the tbird turn to the right. AMONG THE DEAF MUTES. Sister -And your finance) has pretty hands? Brother --They speak tor then, - selves. CeaeleMsreClaattLX421,,,s tee foe 815111 sicsatura Of CA13 FARES TN PARTS, fa oft avety Paris (-tab fares are to be ()banged to a system regulated onlr by Woe, the aoltrae at 1 1.2 francs being abolished. The first tsvo tnitiatee of a ride will cast 60 conferees, the secoed end thira two ritY centimee neer; then follow twe three-minute spella nt 10 centimes ea.oh, flo that it twelve -minute MO costsa itano ; 28 minutes and over will (net 1 free() 50 wniames. Clocks ha dealing the time and ptitee will be placed iii every eab.