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The Brussels Post, 1890-9-26, Page 3SEPT. 10, 1890. 1-1B.ALT1i, Tooth Powders and Tooth Waehes. Powderti 111121 witslio, 111,, t,nt it ,h,mhl be lif40.1 with great eare, ltegeeling them, etqweinlly, the welbworn hut pertinent. /engem to beware of strolling renders ap- plies With drepc222 12111,00. c•t•y elle lute a theire for white and beautiful teeth, and the itinerant who botteta loudly of the power ot 11.124 reparitti01124 tO `' IV111 tun Ile blackest teeth, to leek like ivory 111 one minute 1" catches the ponitla,r ear nutl quip:idly on the spot, There is nothinq remarkable tho fact that, ivitat he °Minis enn be thenon. ideated. Any chemist or tqlothooary eau connect preparation which will do all this -anti more. If wed but a alma time it 10111 destroy the enamel, and with it, of C0111.80, the ell tire set. of teeth ; since the phenoinenel reenit is and can Ile reached only by the deetruetien of u, email portion of the outer Review of the emoted. The result is the sante whether tho agent, Neagh or powder, eince the latter simply conteins the eheiniettle of the former in an melisselved form. All etroug nettle or alltitlie :Mould he avoided in the mouth, and if there is doubt SA to the conipOSItion of any preparation in this respeet, lot it he tested Wall a bit of litmus poster, Thie paper can be obtained at tiny (Mug store, and 18 in two colors -blue and 17021, The blue, if 21anipenerl with an aehl 1101010n, will turn red, 1111:1 the rapid- ty and latensity of the change will indicate the acidity of the solution. Thu red. intik eates alkali by changing to blue, in the eame manner, Tooth-powdore, as a rule, should Im 8,210, ble and slightly antitehl, neve is a etas,' of insoluble powders width are of the /1108t dangerous nattee, of whieh powdered chat,. coal is 12 notable example. iit.se coneist of hue, sheep particles, which being preeeed by the brush between the teeth:1ml gunis or lodging between the teeth, limy muse th • Most serious 0,01211 8, even to the deet nue lei of the gums or the cement, The use of t I • liritsli 111 counectien with peveders, washes, or other treatment of the teeth, should be 11/k. 1:healing of the guins irt always a danger signal, it ehows that the ekin has been broken, inviting the absorption into the system of any poieonetts or foreign met- * tors -whit+ may lie present in the mouth. If the gums are very tender, a soft Itruell 0110121,1 be used, and used. very gently, till they have hardened sufficiently to wit !Island more vigorous treatment. Even then, tl I, liability will be to err on the nide of hareh- ness, The Art of Prolonging Life, Exercise is essential to the preservatien el health ; inactivity is a potent, eauee of \east. ing and degeneration. The vigor and (got:a- lly of Om elle:elm:ion, the funteMns of the slum and the aeration of the bleed, eve all promoted by 1111150111er activity, which thus keeps up a.proper balance and le:baton be- tween the Important organs of the body. In youlh, the vigor of the system is often ,22-1 great that if one organ be eleg•cieli another part will make amends for the Tletieieney by with% vicariously, and without any cense- 1111ent ("tentage to itself. In ohl age, the tusk cannot thus he shifted from one omen) to ail. Other ; the work allotted to each eatliciently taxes strength, and vicarious ;lotion cannot be performed without inisehief. Hence the iinportance of maintaining, as far as possi- ble, the v111E1.1,10 action of all the bodily organs, tio that the Aare of Ole vital pro- cesses assigned to each shall be properly me- complished. For this reason exceeds/ is an importunt part of the conduct of life in old age ; but discretion is absolutely neuessitry. A.n old 1111111 SI10111(1 discover by experience how much exereitte he can Mite without ex, hausting his poeters and should be careful never to exceed the limit. Ohl persons twe apt to forget that their staying powers tire much less than they once were, and that, while a. walk of two or three miles may prove easy and pleaserablo, the adclitiou of the re- turn journey of similar length will iserioesly °vertex the etrangth, The Hair. The hair is the coverless of the roof of "the home of thought and palace of the soul." Where baldness, which eometimes 002.112111 in (mite yeang persons, is hereditary, it is doubtful if any thing can be done tome. vent or remedy M. Avoid " restoratives" and other nostrnms, and, as a rule, clo not use pone. atunis or oils upon the head, The thorough use of a moderately stiff brush will greatly promote the health of the sealp and prevent the falling of the hair without ether appli- cation. The hair should Ise oecasiotially washed, end if there is much dendruff, the yolk of au egg w 11 be much efficient in re- moving it. -Work tho egg with the fingers well bite the hair, D. little at a time, to bring it in contact with the soalp ; then wash it out thoroughly with water, and the hair will be beautifully clean and soft. Avoid all shampooing liquhls ; those tised by berhers are strong potash solutions. They call it "Salts of Wot•mwood" and " tialts of Tale tar," and use it without knowing its real nature. It is very effective in cleaning but ruinous to the haus If the falling of the hair is not prevented by thovough brushing, some stimulating application may be made, Half an memo of the tincture of cantintrides added to a quart of bay rum will 11118111er better than most " hair tonics." But the mode of dressing the hair must be controlled tdmost entirely by the fashion, It will he eonsidered by many of our lady readers a necessity to dress the hair the fashion of the moment, but svo should endeavor to counteract, by careful teeatment, any injurious effeete, such as overheating of the scalp, which produces dendrutf, ireitation, and possible baldnese. Whatever style is adopted during the day and evening, the air should be given the utmost freedom during the night. All cannot employ artists to direct the efibrts of the hair•dressing maid, but ovory one can see to it that simpli- city and au appropriate ensemble ere pro, minted, Nothieg is more unseemly then to soe a noble, dignified face inured, and its true heesity desbroyed by some coquettish or frivolous arrengement of the hair wholly out of keeping with the general batwing of the weevils Fortunately, the custom of the hour de- mands that the short -comings of one head shall be 50141110cl by some other head, and from this necessity has grown up the preset] t great trade in human halts It is estimated tlutt more than 0, million potinds of human hair ie annually marketed, to say nothing of tho prochiet of the home market, which finds its snpply,10.egely though the periodical erase for ehorti hair," which 801110 W0111011 experience, when the produot of the barber's shears generally finds its way to other fields of adornment. Trapped Again. "Were you ever in love before, Edwin?" "Great Onsets" ho oried iti anguish, "ann I never to be free of that awful question?" "And what is strange about UV' "All the girls I ever loved have asked and when toll them yes, they 01101401' they wouldn't have thought it from the way I not od. And 110W you aro laying wiros to ring tho same old conundrum." 14202.210020100•01/10087 ELEOTBIOAL, It is a singular feet. that ....Idle eu inneh of the prate i,,a1 eleetrical work of the werld 1,4 dole, in 1 his emintry, Ito teeny of tem leading, thee rhea ne ehould lied tame 1 he other Hid; el the 'world. Thies for )1:sample Alex. Mullein liell, 112,2 hive]) toe ef the tel'eplione, its a Seutehmen. While Mr. Folieen 10 a. thorough A uteri en, le, attettlienti think they :met:some ehare in lila glory, owing to the elorlelle:421 1,41 222,1111110,10118 With 1110111 1 besides WS, r. right-hand 1 eelini. eat men, Moment. Beteletler 111111 '<Smuttily, are both Englielimen. Prof. 1,1111111 the ilistinguielitel Rostoititte, luta liven hi Otis 0,111110y mewl? all 1118 life, but halls from the north 1,1 lingland, (Merge Vatel, the ge11221 al manager of the Oommereittl Vable Company, Was onou 1111 Englielunitn, but now xalutea tho titers and Stripes ; end the eame may be ria121 of the etlitore and Rome. eters of two or three of the leading teems t- eal journals, act well as of Lee Daft, the elm., trio railway pioneer. Another electrio rail, way pioneer of the first order di Chan, ,1 Van - 11011001o, a lielgian. One of the Most enecese. ful inventors in the field of alteinating est, rent le Nikola u, llaygae, ham the support, of George 1Yestinghouse and while they eve not domiciled in this country, sueli nem es Camiele A, leisure, Prof. George Forbes, and s1iithony Iteekenzitinn, aro fre- quent, visitors., anti have done a gond deal of t heir best work on tido side of the settlers -- A'', o'nn, The recent teete of the Lineff tramway syetetu in England have created a favorable impresmio». The report tin these experiments gives a. geneval description of the eyelet:1, 1111)1 pintas out that 1 ho ear can, 1011011 run. ning et full speed, lie inopped within a db.. home of nine feet, and that the eharged region of the ineulated tail can be re:deleted to about nine feet on euell side (of the centre ef the mir. 'rids cleirgetl part is wholly titelertieath the Cal', 80 that all the line amiessible to pedestrians or animals ist tin. eharged 101,1 eannot give a tchock, The collection ef current is Said 10 be so arranged at, to give no Newt: Mg, end the magnetie pioking up gear to imperfectly trustworthy, 1 ea h ou straigh line and en a branch cross- ' , With regard to tho economy et the system, the report goes on to may that, the •• total itnen1111 of stualn poWer required. at the :dation would, with storage cars, be abeut 410111210 that required by the Linell syetent," The eltietrie light is being turned to very artistic, 118r. 1131 a prominent wall paper menu- 1,10.2111er of New Voles city. The dark, clear ent etutchora caused by the play of the elee. tele li,ght enemy the foliage of 21,008 have often been rem trised, and the gentleman in question has been for some time making, by means of photography, a series of records of diese beautiful effects, whieli he intends to use in connection with his business. The collection is a valunble 0110, and sumo of tho designs whirsh have already boon made from it are of exceptional merit. The search light is about to be introduced on an extensive scale by inland lake steam- ers. The navigation 011 the lakes is render - cod very dangeroue by the largo munber of shoale and narrow paseages, the only indica- tions of which are steke and buoys whieli were often most difficult to locate. With the aid of the search lamp these can be seen so distiectly that night. navigation will, in '.,ture, be deprived of much of its uncer. and danger. A novel record of daily calls is made at the elrand Rapids, Mich., Telephone Ex- change. llemitle each operator is placed a cigar bn.N. With WO compactments. Each time it commotion is made a pea 18 dropped into the box, end et the end of the day the number of connections is thus netermuted. A count recently made showed that in 24 hours in the middle of the week the total number of calls WaS 10,634, the busiest hour being from 0 to 10, when 1,341 connections were mule This exchange has 1,400 tele- phouee in use, or an average of ono for every 50 inhabitants of the city. lfany of the occupations which had form- erly to be suspended when the shades of night tell Call 110W be carried on effectually by the use of the electric light. Not long ago a large horse sale was conduct:eclat night by the electric light at one of the best known horse markets in Now York. The points of the auimale were seen as distinetly as in the daytime, and the purchasers appreciated the cool evening breezes that blew through the building. Dr. Louis D111=111108 recently pointed om that though the generally accepted 0ieWS abon1 an electric current have profomully changed in the last few years, the new ideas have not spreed very widely oven yet. The old idea was thet. electi'leity flowed through 0. wire very much as water flows through pipe; but the neW idea is that the energy does not flow through the wire at all. The energy is actually transmitted by the other outsolo the wire. In running a. motor the energy used in running it does not pass through the wive at all, but passes through the dynamo at the electrie lighting etation to the motet. throngli the ether. The wire nets as the core of a disturbence in the other, making the transfer of energy possible, but not itself transferring it A case just. decided in England involves tho question, how far companies in carrying electrio wires along public roads two justi- fied in lopping trees, Whiell Whether grow- ing npon or overhanging the highway, in. ';etifere with such Wire& iS 110127 eidabliSh• ed that if an electric lighting company, in carrying their wires along a public) road within tho limits allowed by their statutory powers, find it impossible at any partioular point tu avoid trees either growing up er overhanging the lead, they are justified in lopping 1110111 as far as may bo necessary. But they must not lop more than is absolute. ly necessary, and must compensate the owners for tho actual damage they may muse, An interesting transmission of power by electrioity has been carried out near Donlon°, in Franco, whore power equal to 200 horse power is transmitted to a paper mill ati distance of 31 miles from the waterfall utal. ised. An interesting feature of this instal- lation is tlutt for two months, in the heart of the winter tho gtheritting works aro en- tirely out off by the 8110W from the paper ndll where the power is utilized, but, never- theless, the work goes on sinoothiy and steadily, collimation with the inhabitants of the valley being maintained by telephone. Dr. Carver, the shooter and "Wild Amur ea," proprietor, beet his own r000rd at 13or- lin, Germany, by 4 minutes and 20 seeonds, by breaking 1,000 glass balls with a riflo in exactly 34 minutes. The ehooting toolt place in the pr0001100 of 30,000 people. THE BRU Golden Thoughts .For Etiory Day. !stolidly stop Ittelt Aimless.. If the eau. I 18 111212121 behind n 242014 le2,212 the id2222111 by Mak log sunshine Wallin. if 11e re aro heine !riots lift 1 hit 00111 a 10,7, 1 112'111 111221 flea ill Wit 021 12, lee of mind. Dee..+ he eolith' ion ef the 1,2912 tile/swaging sent, t he (10,)s of ell 0,41'1401 1101.2, haVe been 1/2214,1118 Whell it .222,111701 No, but all 1 11» (Wulf, tinder. 111 4,0202 epee exit not shake Ps found. ion, Whiell is 1,11111 011 the rmit .1 ("do, Christ, 111 02 riving to do a duly 1104 life seemed more prosperoils to yoot than voltit rin171giiq'nrgruit'ito the Lord'et work y2211 Dote 01 111218 Whii 11111Ite 11,, 1'0811011002 11.1111 yol1r interest iq weal:cited thereby, !tether, with renewed zeal, Luke up the week of the Lord. Leetymone. Teetelay,-- if it se eon rage 1 1i:rep good cheer; 008 longest time 1., twee'. 1 ri wlio hold sem dear 1 Brims no more grief. Itatsildii,,,,flidisi I ri s 1 gl, 0. That to yetir lot doth However /diet II. -0, DItaxt, Wednesday -Religion is often confounded with mention. "ris a 0[001008 mistake, which accounte for the faulty and unfruitful lives of niftily. professore. Of memo there is emotion in religion --int there is in life. ilut theme tWo are not synenyeents, Religion is being and doing. There is thought in it, but thought is net the ellief thieg. 'rhere feeling in it, but feeling is not the 1111111 illgrOdiellt. The Seriptures emphesese the value of the heart ; but they use the word it, a ennismelieneive sense ae 81911111cent of the motive power in Mullen eenduct. 'rho heart is 2101111111110 1,0011,1140 it Sta1111.1 10111eittg and doing. The only religion that is of any emetic:al value is the religion of being end 110'1W. A 111110 111,1y 110 a teacher of painting without being en artist. A man may know the theory ef music without being a pei - former. And a man may be a preachei ef religion, or profeesor, without being 11 Clue:tine. The ect•iptural initinetion : ''11,, doers of the word, and 121,2 hearers only, deceising your 01111 2.2014-00." 74..11111109 80/1.14 the apostle of eight living, noel 111,1 epietle is the epistle ofeceninon souse. "Faith without, n (trite," (moth 110, "18 2101111, behig alone" A religion of mere emotion ie religion of gush.--Ths I let Thursday -if the Nat iou would remain free its young men meet be the most im- portant factors in ite polities and its parties. [hey alone possess the element which over. turns; rings foul upsets comlenatione and all other artificial (Teatime; fel, the suppression of popular sentiment. They alone possess that quality so necessary at times where audacity leads earldom fuel innecinatioe and enthusiasm command judgment. 'no day that marks such a distaste for politics and piddle life, such a disappearance ef aetivity in the allitirs of the State and of the thivern. ment, as will meke it bad form and unpopu- lar for young men to be active, will mark the decadence to be Meowed 1T the over- throw of the liberties of the country. - A nonymous. Friday- " Mortal," they eoftly say, icsent.ge..1 ye et,„111y1mh,t.raiit , " }rave been as then art. Hope lifted, doubt depressed, seeing In part, Trice, troubled. 101111110d. Sustained, 218 thou art. ' -Gost/ts. Saturday-01(100We amity was only 300 strong, but they were soldiers who were not afraid to meet the hordes of the enemy. If there are lamards in the church, do not help the matter lry becoming one yourself. if you are not faithful in pct•forming small ditties, the Lord will 110001' choose yott for greater work, " Rejoice in the Lord al- ways, and again sity, rejoice." No one ha suet) cense te carry a joyful countenarnie as the child of God. Does not IIis word say, " All things are sew's?" " A cheerful countenance dooth gcod like medicine," and a soul that rests in. the confidence of God's love has no right to carry with hini despondent face, Or utter words which brtng reproach 1111011 MS religion,-.4nony- MOUS. Target Praotioe on Board a Man -of -War. Teleoraphing from Bantry Bay, a corres- pondent with the Iron Duke says t -At the time of writing the otiloial returns of the shooting have just been made up, and they show that the 8111110 numbee ot altote were fired in just half the time occupied on the previous day', with considerable improve- ment as to sooring. Dining tho tiring I stood on the spar deck., and when one of the big guns in the upper battery, which is im- mediately beneath belched Meth its smoke, and flame, and sho't, tho effect was tremend- ous. There was distinct upheaval of the dock, and the rush of wind 11/118 like a blow upon the face, Upon one occasion, stand- ing too ulnae to the nal, I received so sheep 0, crack upon the drum of either etw as to cause ma seveee pain. This Wile my ONV11 fault, for I had -neglected to take tho pre- caution of piecing 0011011 hi my ears. On beard a mamo".war 01'013' man and boy has his particular duty to perform in time of itetion, and during target practice everyone must be at his posts Down 111 the steerage the surgeon is ready to receive the wounded, the chaplain ie standing by him to assist 111 binding up wounds or 1.0 administer spirit- ual eonsolation to the mortally injured. lay the side of a small table 11111011 with phials and bandages is the open =so of surgioal in. struments and. the amputation table with its waterproof sheeting is all ready to hancl, A poop into the lower battery horrifies ono Only blood is Wanting to complete the pie- ture-lutlf-mtkedsreen with determined faces and the light of battle in their eyes rushing hither and thither handling huge guns tt8 11 they were playthings. It is afeet that dur- ing target practice tho smell of gunpowder excites the men and puts them on their mettle, and the guns are hauled twice as smartly as on other MC11810118, Expanding the Brain. A Perisian surgeon hes discovered no new method of developing the brain. Noti3ing that the head of an idiotic little girl was ex- tremely small he removed part of the skull in order to give the brain room to expand, it duly expanded, and the girl is now quiteas intelligent us thereisany real necessity that it shonld be. This successful experiment not only shows how idiocy may be cured, but it tvlso seems to establish the fact that a, man's intelligence varies as the size of his brain. If, therefore, any num wishes to in. crease hie Mein power all Ile has to do is to have, say, half of his skull removed. Gener- al Boulanger might be converted into it now Napoleon -by simply removing his skull and by expa,ndieg the brain The discovery is one Which promises to be of groat utility, and eau hardly fail to make the discoverer wonderfully popular in "idiotia" tireles, LS POST. Tito Sabbath Ohnne, flow shall I follow Ilict, 1 serve S now 4,,,11 1,1 13. 11/111 1 12,4.e? Noe 11,ati 111,0o 1, 0,,iNt iiiVerVeJ NV111.11 lead me te his sem. above? Privat hem, .0,1rows, 1,0 tt 02'.21.11, 'Ile lire of toil, di., Wean abode, The faitilles, hts, the erown of therms - .1.122 1 hero, the ernteeerated Enid 8 'Tea, 1 Me bo um' it Son, Fore 8112/501101', elemeitig, leeliO4 ; il 110 per11,0, W1,112 Wit, 211,1214 And drunk the bitter Lep of gall. 81100,i my poi, Ilirmes,11 eulfering lie, Forbid it 1 alteeld e'er repine; still let Ille turn to Calvary, Nor heed my grief, rinnellibeling To Mita, to se Mee, to die for int., Ilion tamest,. not. thyself to please • A.11:1 dear 1127 earthly comforts be, Shall I not leve 'rime more than them, Y1.121, wen1,1 emelt them all but loss, To gain the ludic, of Thine eye ; Fletclt elit•inlet and trembles at the cross, lint thou eanst give the vietory. --Josiah L'4/e/se, 1824, Au Exciting Experience. myselt, I waa " chopped down" once, 11011 Once only. It halite:mid in this way. Ii the inkiwin tor of 1 879, I had teensioli to visit the ehief 222nup 01 the Litth, Me,lawiteka. Coming from the eity, and to a camp 12-horo 10118 a etranger to all the Merl, 1 WaS not uneaturally regarded um a prenouncedspeet• men of the greenhorn. I Omit 110 pales t0 tell any 01111 %Oita tilt:1,0as already well kiew, that is„ that had been a frequenter ef the camps from my boyhood, Miley and many a neat trap 10418 lahl ler My 1111111.114.1011y tender" feet, bet 1 avoided twin all if by act:Meet. As ea• elind dug a tree, I always laughed et the idea when it was preposed to me, I always suggeettel that it might spit my clothes, liefore long the men, by put ung little 1102199 together, came to ilie Sim) that 1 was an old stager ; and, ratl,er elleepiehly, they gave ovee their attempts to entrap me. Theta graciously weved my hand RS it were, and 11110 frankly receiVed 007 it veteran, elear0d from every suspicion of be- ing green. At last the clay tame when I did wish to elind, a tree. The 011.1111? Wit8 (01 a high pla- teau, and not far off towered a maginfieetit pine tree, growing out of the 81.1111»ilt of 0, knoll in such tt way as to command all the surrounding country. Its Munches were phenomenally Odd: •, its girth of Isamic was magnificent. And this true I resolved 0110 (114y to climb, in order to get a clear idea of the lay of the land. Of coUrso I strolled off surreptitiously, and, as I thought, 1111 - watched. 13ut there 1 NVOS much mistaken. No 800ner WAS two-thirds of the way up the tree than, with shouts of laughter, the lumbermen rushed out of the surrounding cover and proceeded to chop mo down. The ohance was too ;seedier them to loso. ooncealed anneyance, and Made 00 attempt to descend. On the emitntry I thanked them for the little attenticm, climb- ed a few feet further up, to secure a position which I saw would. bo a safe one fortnewhen the tree should fall. AsI did so, I perceived, with a gasp and a tremor, that I was not alone m the tree. There, not ton feet above me, stretched at full length along a large blanch, was a huge panther, glaring with rage aud terror. From the menbelow his form AVaS quite concealed. Maiming restlessly from me 10 1113, pursuers, the brute seemed uncertain just what to do. As I carefully refrained from climbing any further up, end tried to 10201/1110 au ;bird not having observed him, he apparently conclud- ed that I was not his worst enemy. In fact, I dare say he understood Nvhat Was going on faent.telrisealized that he and I were fellow-suf- I laughed softly to myself as I 01ought how my tormetitors would be taken abaelt when that panther should come (lea n among them. I decided that, considering Choir numbers, there would be at least no more danger for them than that which they were es-posiug me in their reckless fooling. And, already influenced by that touch of neture which makes us so wondrous kind, I bemn to hope that the panther would succeed' in making his escape. The trunk of the pino was so thick that I might almost have reached the ground be- fore the choppers could out it through. At last it gave a, InighLy shudder find sagged to one side. I balanoed myself nimbly on the upper side, steadying myself by a convenient impels Tho great mass of foliage, present- ing 0, wide surfaeo to the air, made the fall a comparatively slow ono tho tremen- dous sweep of the draught upward, as the treo-cop.deseribed its gigantic are, gave me a sickening sensation. Then eame the final dull and thunderous orash-in an instent, I found myself standing in my place, jarred but unhurt, with the 811010 threshed up all about me. Tho next instant there was another roar, or rather a sort of soreaming yell, over- whelming the riotous leughter of tho woods- men • and out of the confusion of pine - boughs shot the tawny form of the panther hi El. whirlwind of fury. Ono of the chop- pers WaS ill ilia path, and was bowled over like a clumsy nine -pin. Thu next bound brought. tho boast on to the backs of a yoke of oxen, and his creel ela \VB severely scratch. ed the oiten's necks. As Om poor animals bellowed and fell on their knees, the panther paused, with some idea, apparently, cif lighting the whole assembletdpn rty, 13116 as the 10011, recovered fr0111 thew 1118L 11011100- 111011t, 108110(1 NV1111 t11011 axes to the rescue of the oxen, the panther 802W that the odds wore all against him. Ho turned half round and greeted Ms onumios with 0114.1 tort•ifie mid strident snarl, then bounded off into the forest at a, pace which made it idlo to per- sue him. The otvner of the oxen hurled tin ax after hini,but the missile flew wide of its mark.-elharies CI. ,D, Roberta, tin ST. 1110110LAS2 Gentlemonliness. Kindly feelings, quick sympathies and gentle manners, joined with truoself,respoott form the basis of that gentlemanliness which is so naturally admired end coveted. Vulgarity, which is so much dreaded and so rnuch misunderstood, consiets in the absence of ono or ell of these qualities. It is not vulgar to wear a coarse coot Or a obeap gown ; but it is essentially so to (Irons in line cloth or costly silk at the comense of one's creditors or one's peace of mind. It is not vulgar to make a mistake in the laws of et- iquette ; but it is so to sneer at the one who makes it, to ridicule ignorance, to bonnie to the aged, to scorn honest frugality. A true gentleman may be poor or rich, blithe will be neither a miser nor a squanderer ; he 11111,37 bo slenderly or thoroughly educated, but he will be neither envioes Or supercilious ; ho may speak tt provincial (littlest, Mit will not use slang; he may be reserved, but will not be miming ;he may be known or unknown to fame, but, will be neither obsequious nor contemptuous. -0.7.2000202020.0 The Eiatiali Ears eat, ,111 cou.liTs 11'6 In on. Isaidoe 1701. Atteest 1 111' .1; 1 5111 inetant estisstes the 141111110d 02,. low Tilt" !tiled Mein% ;teethed et l'itArt gsis Irmo t pelt ,21 10 a) on the htreet, .1. )1.1,1., ',awn at , bli,ull hi, a,} ?." .01 21 1, 1%1111121a, )1. „1.„), ri.p.,11,..1 .dp1121 lesti 11)81 111.42,1 rif 1 lo 1 211011 itt ti'.1,1111 1211,2111AS per :122112, i2,1111. 2,5311,900 12/ 14 esteetiolier, 4. A 1,11,21 fitai„ 1,10 yi,1,1 1,f 111;,,, 0 10 Way. 1:01 yoll 1V1111141 to122.1 1,11'1, 1-22:.80, ithoill D,111211,1100 21121101 220..1, '11,22 1221. you must rententlam that. he :2;14 21322 ill 4212110111121.1121y 1.2212,10 11,2 et'llge„ oWilig 0, lin' dark. it is 110 eta)" for lnet se, leet the Iwo:meted 12 el ,t222,2211 in dune aUfl .1 1113', i11 1 121-, 110201 1171 111 a 110,1 If,! '1.1112- int 1110 yio1.1 being ;;,70oo,Inoe 1,11. let, ;ow, korroo,l :111,1 lock:1,111, 1 4,,Li,1.1log. last year, itio1 1 0,1100,11110 1,2212o; 1 hal of Ise:. lb' • tees .111,1 ;ems The itter 1, hied 1 he el'en 1" ' • end in a !lash lie ie light assails 1'1:ere,' will 11,21 t•xe00,1 8,1,0)0,2128/ 2piartelat, 111121 /2..22 ilo sari, ir; the %shelter. the their js over '27,11111422012 411artors tire 11.2101024 treat Brits Mae,' and lie 1011120 straight, to. it. Blind Ma will la: dependent 1,11 1221.01gli 81/111,12'.2.2.. 10 01110 are 028 ti111121 alana Velit1111111,1 11)30 11, fee th,000,0210 soma (.1 8, I, s, 1.121.3, 1.4; st range place ae sem iienthl abreo. gcdeg ,11,,,,,,t,i,1,1::,,,,i1.41.(1a.(1,,Isi,,,s1.11,1.,...,.sTit.„:,11,,,iii,g,ht,,Irmitlrut,,1:,141,01,,,iii,11/111 into an linifantilitti• teller the dard, .111112"C 1224211 W111[2110 ruling 1,2r wheat, and farmers may with eseditlenee icrek fer. ward 10 40i a quitt•ter (Sl.t2:i per 10Nhell es the pri,•,• they are likely to 01,1 :tilt 101' 1 17[41 Wheat 1 1110 year. The teattl wheat erop of Europe is plaeed al 1 57,,700,00o quart ers, of w11101) Pruner, eentribute :15,titio,ceio qua( tele, It *teem, quar- ters 1111,1 flungary 17,002110o quertere, 1,ut as the censtunption of letuespe imaelee 75,' 1/00,1100 111111.11.e18 there Will l'elliaill 11 21e. !Holley 1,f 1 9,:31111,01/11 tillit1t1.18 01 1.11,4110.• 000 bushels to 12e 1.1111, good by the 1.71111 states, ',521,112, Auetralia and Sollth A10221'12,0.2 Statio gnOtelsel 1T the Ilea - trial, ministry el agre•nli ere 1,111,,,, the wheat littrve0 ef the wor1,1 at 723,0fesieel after they have 1)02'11 01'..21' the groued ,21100 er twice they step with ,20ntialence, ooly exereising ordinary +are leet teem., nimenal obstaele elleuld have Mem played in the Way 81111112 they 11181 1010,11..1. 1'2,0 i2e12 blind men malting their way to and fro in the streets of every large city, '' I live in a ;Mem of 01,1112,2 11101181111911 of poinfintion, 11.1111 7.V013' menthe; wells te, to my e011001 and bunk again in ho evening. I know every step of the way, asel have my laminetrits, whiell to me, italieate thestages of lay journey, ft. is thirty step, nem) my gate to the 1111111,21 ,.1.2,074113:221221 getter, 1 emp over t hie, then fif ,men, stepping stones talce ine to 1 be next gutter on t1-• other side ef Out street. Then Otte e ie. a 11111111: Wolk, three plank:, wide, for 3 1 I et, es. The welk hectolitres, and the 2piantny required by t 0,0111 1 W0 leo( higher than 1 lie street, awl inipert eteintriee at I ge,o, e 1,11,10 11,202111,- P',091e "f ton ,,0111101' s1',.-11104 10' abmg res. '1 he 10011 ,t0;,11tity eve 0.21,1e to 11121'1 1 he 11111412/1. cleitland 1.2 2,1 1,110.4 2',/ 112 1.18,11111/,. 10111 heel: 2,111.11,1, '1'11,, 31 2.12 ef Agrieel. titre, in 1110 report, lays styes-, epos th„ rest that, owing to the email talent ity ef eter,81 grain, the simple, ie enete ts, 2,,psrml with tile import repli122111.'n10. A, it 112,101 1.0 20 eliliVitle111 10 541 1 nrItek, t he 1.1*, total wheat surplus fer the telsning year, in- cluding eteeke in store, is only alLillt 711,. 01111,100 lals112.1,4, ati 11111,1122lly 01/0111 enpply. Towarde the lee tepsan detieiettes• of 1 04,41,111. 1100, the 1:1111 021 Slate, 2.11)21221. c21111 bete more than 75,otesime bueliele or than onn.half the quautity Tim crop M. thitt vountry ie ,,,,ti nett ed IT sonmet• eel anomie es, soseeest me, besidee whielt about 50,01842100 121n2heis bay, Leen ,••trii,•,1 forward from the tau eisq, year, giving all available supply ,if lasioiotto too, The hotlie c1,11811111pti011 Will absorb, at least, :a 19,000,• 00e, end some 68,0temem busheie are mega). - ed for seed aeol the ineelianical arts, leaving available for export ;nominally 87,000,toono but as the reserve stock never falls below 20,000,000 bushels, the actual amount 1,, be unit abroad can hardly exceed 70,000,000 121101101e, In VieW of this situation there seems no reation to doubt thin tile retent advance itt wheat will be maintained, and that the farmere of Canada will enjoy the blessing of both a, large and valuable crop. The Sorsa Blew First. A veterinary sargeen tom his assistant to give a powder to a sit lz horee. " Yon take the powder," he explained, " put it in a tin tube, open the horse summit and blow the powder down his throat." Not long afterward the assistaut came back, looking. as sick as people ever get to be. " Did you give the horse the powder'!" " I tried to. I put the powder in the tin tube, forced open the horse's month, put the tube between his teeth, and.---" " Ditlyou blow the powder- down 1118 thrOat ?' " No ; WaS going to, but the horse Mew first, and powder wont down my threat.- Bhe Was Prepared. .A. woman opened a front door, and act. dressing a soiled man who, down on all fours, was seemingly looking for something, said : "What are you doing there 2." " ladtun," be said, straightening up, "pleaee be so generous as to pardon the ap- parent intrusion. My little girl and I were mining along hero j 110117, allil the child in her gay frolicsomeness ran across your green sward, but in her glad forgetfulness dropped 12 silver dollar that lind been given her by the handsomest and noblest of women. We were on our way to gut a, doll for my other little girl that is sick in bed, and it would have done your heart good to have seen the happiness of the little would-be purchaser - but she lost the money, and now almost heart-bruken, she has gone Mono to toll her mother of the great calamity." "That was indeed too bad," said the WO. 1110,11. "Yes, madam, cunt if I could only hope - have you 21113' little children, madam 1" "Yes." "Then you know what disappointment means to it child. If I only knew where I could borrow a, dollar, how inexpressibly happy should I be. Madam, could you let mu have to, dollar ?" "No, tot this morning." "Well, could you let ne have fifty cents now, and give me the other half this after noon'!" "No, can't do that either." miulam, may I ask what you are prepared to do ?" "I ant prepared to toll you to move on away or rii send tor a policeman." "Volt are thoroughly prepared for this, are you?" ; I shall hid you geed mom Mg. It is ono of my bu,iness rules never to twine with any one that is thoroughly prepared." -- A Colle0t. Father Almighty I everlasting God ! Who host been tawny's, in thy blest abode, Readier to hear than NVO to pray, and tirt. Wont t,o give more than We desire, or could Deserve of thee, pour down in 0V017 heart The abundance of thy mercy, and forgive Those th'ngs whereof our conscience beitroth Memo, And grant us those good gifts whereby we live Here and hereafter I withal we may not claim Of our 01V11 worthiness, but in tho namo And throvigh the mediation of thy Sou Lord Jesus Ohrist so may thy will be done. it'. W. ?Anson, The increase in the tractive adhesion of locomotives by electricity is destined to enable the railroads of the near future to haul with their present engines much longer trains than they no 11011( (10, increasing the carrying empaenty of the road, muting the wear and tear of tracks and bridges, and enabling better speed and Lillie notwith- standing unfavorable conditions of weather. A. recent report of a largo railway contains the suggestive statement that an increase of one.fifth of ono ettr por train augmented the the 807011110 of the company by 3'50,000 in six months, so that it 01111 readily bo od that the increased earnings of the railway companies 1011011 the now system comas into general use will bo enormous,. it. so briskly ; led, bless you 2 I 11111 1 11 110 deeger. 1 10 .1) 1111 I 11 iat tit, plank. and -an -tell by 117. 0011114 11101111 NI 142•12. I it 11,. 1.12010 It hen I pa .2 a dirje 1122n,21 which stands rang, , bask ID sa 1;20 %yolk, and when I get to a tree Whd211 shade; the .41'2121, I knew 1 ant 11/41f Way. Thell iWO 01,21i22 take Inn 210W» from the walk to 110 stn, t le% I. mei ten et epping•ettalea p feel eut ei 110 mud. 'nee btere is • Vottli twenty -see, n e'•,12,, and five:. the end there [dace where the brieks have sunk. Then e0212,,:t 1,11NO2111‘142 of 11,11-121.2.12202, 04:21 sey.t It, he:timing one ;leg ii.os oloirt-1 ,1 .phice Ind shoot-, with olio elitl er melds ent of 0,,, gas»11121. 1 blued thie oed by stumbling over 11. Now I know mho; ./ mine te it mei always raise my fee's it11,1 ,tep 'woe it. A little (nether on there is another plank walk, al three boards wide, moil, w hen I eet my foot on spriegy boatel I know I tun half may over tide peat, af the journey. I used to extent the steps, bet Low I knew them by 11,e10, and my feet do the ter:Ming, so that I step from the plank walk to the steppiug-stones awl over the gutters without tlooking, and have gone from my 1101180 to the ech1021 without, so far al, I re- member, giving. a thought to my steps. •'So every Mind man mho goes to and fro, 10 the city er country, can tell exactly how kr it is, in his tsteps, from elle pent in his route to another, and what are his lamb/larks by the Way. 1de will also be able by his senee of hearing to give you malty magica- l:tie of the surroundings that would surprise you. A stole house gives, 11 differe»t echo from brick awl the latter from wood ; he can alway0 tell when he is under or near trees, and will name the kind of street peveinent from the ruttle of the vehieles. In his wtdIts he measures the distance by :420110 ; when riding in e. carriage, strect.ear, or railroad, by time, There rue watches specially pre- pared for the blind. The ;elasses are taken ma, and little points mark the hours. Ey ,• over it, as you. would say, 'in the dark.'" after lie has traversed it once he knows every point of impeetance to him, and multi walk he will find the time and estimate the dis- likes to ge over a new route unattended, but. tante aceortliegly. Of <muse, no blind man touclii»g the face. it...we:1111y here and there A Strange Beene in an English Court. is a rare thing, remarks a eentemporary, to see in an English ecan't what W115 seen at, the Old Bailey on Tuesday, an instance of sympathy with ft criminal overpowering the souse of Memento. The prisoner had attempt- ed to murder his sweetheart end to 11118100 away with himself, but, when judge, jury, sheriffs, and aldermen had heard tlie details of the 01017, their admiration and compas- sion rather than their abhorrence Were 010110 - ed. The jury retannmended the prisouer to mercy, the judge him off with a ncominal sentence, the prison chaplain expressed a desire to 111111137 t110 prisoner and 11111 victim, end judge, jury, sheriffs, and aldermen ell jOilleaill raising a fund tested the couple ort thoir matrimonial voyage. The prisener de- liveren it sort of thanksgiving from the dock', mid after a trying display of emotion the parties left the court to arrange for the wed- ding40.11 really going "merry as a marriage bell. In this ease it would seem that all pttrties regarded the prisoner's crime as a momentary madness, the result of despair, etoned for in advance by the remarkable devotion of the youngman to his sweetheart. The girl and her brother were in want, and the prisoner, though only earning one pound , a week, half of which he allowed 11113 Mother, took sister and brother out of the workhouse and ineisted on their sharing his trilline in - conic. 'rho girl, unable to endure the thought of being such a burden to 111111,1dt the hoese. The devoted admirer then lost his senses, d rashly tried to take herlife and his own. all The details were too pathetic even for Justice to bf_s_tc_rn.______ Extraordinary Accident on a Sailing Vessel. A sad accideut happened at llilazzo on the 411 inSt. utiling vessel from Genoa entered the port in the Morning', and the crow peoceeded to e pty the barrels of etsa water which famed the ballast, The first sailor who descended into the hole to take the bungs out of the barrels wag overcome by tha gas which issued, and fell stiffoeated. As he Clid net reappear a second, n, third, and a fourth sailor followed, and met, one after the other, with the same fate, :Mean- while the fetid water was running out of the barrels, and the corpses were soon cover- ed with it, At last the captain, surprised at the long absence of the sailors, went be- low and approached tho hatchway, when, the gases have arisen in greater quantity, lie wee also suffocated. `rhe boy, the only member of the er088110W alive, became IMAM of the horrid event, and el•ying to the people 011 shore, there soon arrived a crowd with some doctors. The bodies were dragged up, and every moans employed to restore anima- tion, but without effect. Couldn't Preserve the Pettoe, "I'm afraid ru have to make a complaing • against you " said the captain of tho police station to tint patrolman, " lror what reason, sir?" " Por what reason? Why, the people on yetn• beat aro always creating ft disturbanco and docent people cannot pass along the strent where yott do fluty without being in. salted or maltreated. Can't you reserve the peace 1" " No, sir, I ottn't. There is no pettee to preserve. The people 011.111y beat aro fight. mg all the timo."