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The East Huron Gazette, 1893-02-16, Page 3a baseball, and I roaned inwardly. 'tied its curiosity ray, and when it :e I straightened on to the tuft ne. Inch by inch lear view was pos. around—he had th 1.3.1 swallowed tip tole barren, I in srriarfiy along away.. He was ler heard, seen or erely decided. to of those madden - e kmate the still ;az cover to make 'nen, after a good aped muscles, I sea ray hard luck. in the hex'. move. ,bout half a mile, iarren and headed trier side, at the in my ::rection. w windward, and ached the distant • again. It was a the barren in a 'ally I managed ta ,nd followed tie red, for tate shce- hese was leading; all through and 'i line till dark- iegan to snow and ',s thick with soft - n my favor, save t of the bull, only steadily along 5. My only hope 'o feed. He was �nld, and so for id the miles at an 'the snow almost rkening fast, and in short distance to figure out my 11 halted in an 6" side by clumps a to feed, My la moment ; luck for he was in for me that he whole barren. r as was safe, I d got down on ed, and crawled, and my victim hty yards away. d had no more had of shouting. ees and waited thoroughly to- st needs decide at the distance, rtain that it was ought to myself: e I'll just settle 't drop you. a rifle sounded stream ot fiery the bull gave a and went down ed with amaze- eet prepared to rom the brush a copper}' face istakable voice car'boo l" e -tanned idiot, to put a ball surprise as his broad eiouth for he guessed m car'boo cum kill um car'boo me no tisk you fort I got, out- , hich wer) all 1 en I told Jo of I hacl been, he car'boo berry dat wal , an arter of it con- hree, font mile, to mend shoe. t um car'boo." enty-two miles that Jo realiz- full, and the d the wrinkles h almost threw o use in �-k TH. woman pardons aster, but the s rewarded or mit it. much as they ish to. to great souls ; minds. y more efficient n the courage hough he culti- ve, will never uidance, or en - y that is about must work to- nr bodies when en in life the" beauty to our th to the heart garland around ting spirit bg en in the paint - themselves it Christian min - life in Christ, our of physical of intellectual , can take its play of phos - e dead. True en of vitality. der a decision l ewish artisans ees outside the trade boards. per cent. of the t of the orders iardship on the is recently mar- exander Petro- irder, and sen- tence was after - F banishment in a convict garb, ver the church at a wing brapany titin: tai HOUSEHOLD: VJEN1.51 ADAMS. Soft flaxen hair Adorns my darling's brow so fair; Rarely has such a winsome maid Along our pathway blithely strayed, With tresses ravishly arrayed Of flaxen hair. Sweet eyes of blue, A glimpse to us of Heaven's own hue ; Beam on through childhood's joyous years. You little dream that cares and fears eau ie broken hearts and scalding tears, Sweet eyes of blue. Teeth Ike the pearls Befit my queen of dainty girls ; While stern experience must teach The lessons she prepares for each. Guard thou her purity of "speech, Teeth like the pearls. Wee dimpled hands Ofttime impatient at commands' On the broad battlefield of life With every form of danger rife May you be victors in the strife, Wee dimpled hands. Twin fairy feet Tripping each night papa to meet; That you may ne'er be led to stray Or falter by the narrow Way, We ever fervently will pray, Twin fairy feet. My lassie dear Brief is the time we -linger here ; Swiftly the golden days go by. All that is mortal soon must die : Improve the moments as they fly, My lassie dear. Yes -and No - Long before the baby lips have learned to lisp their first intelligible words the baby mind wit' have discovered the difference between: " Yes" and " No," as those all important monosyllables fall from its mother's lips. Make up your mind, from the very first, never to say " No" unless you mean it ; and having said it, let noth- ing persuade you to alter it. Attracted by the shining blade of a knife, the glitter of a bright pear of scissors, or some other art- icle, the littleone will reach out its hands to possess the.- dangerous toy. You say, " No, no, baby mustn't have that," knowing that the desired object is dangerous, or, it may be, too fragile to be entrusted to the wee hands. Then a little lip goes down, and disappointment is very naturally fol- lowed by an outburst of grief. Too often does the mistaken mother yield to the pleading tears ; the coveted thing is given over to quiet the cries ; and baby learns two important things. First, that mother's " No" does not mean "No"; secondly that if it wants a thing very badly, the best plan is to cry for it. Now, I admit that it is very difficult, if not impossible, to teach an infant that the .article it longs ta play with is not fit for .a toy ;but it is comparatively easy to teach -It .that when that article is re- fused it is no' use desiring it any longer. This c -be donevery firmly, though' very lovingly, and the lesson once learnt will never be forgotten. A Chapter on Wrinkles. There is nothing so destroying to the peace of a pretty woman's soul as the dis- covery of the first wrinkle in her fair face. Gray hairs may be tolerated, for often their framing softens the tints of the complexion and adds new depth and brightness to the eyes that flash beneath them, and many pretty women are never really beautiful until they are crowned with the sheen of sliver tresses. The fading tints of a well - kept and smooth skin may be concealed by artifices that every wise woman knows, but a wrinkle is an obstinate, disagreeable, ag- gressive witness, that leaves evidence of age in most unpicturesene language, as con- vincing as the records of the family Bible, or the testimony of some old friend of your mother's wno is always telling everyone that you are "just two years older than her Johnny," when perhaps you look ten years younger. There is no such a thing as conciliating a wrinkle or coaxing it oat of sight on occa- sions, no dressing it up in pretty disguises gauze and frills ; no one ever really admir- ed its curves or wrote sonnets to its beauty ; no one ever really longed for:its coning or sucoeeded in banishing it bycool reception; it comes uninvited and tarries unbidden, and settles more contentedly into its place as you fume and fret over it. Many remedies for the eradination of wrinkles have been suggested by various writers on the subject of personal beauty, but the best and surest cure far wrinkles is not to get them, for they may be avoided more easily than removed. Wrinkles are not always the signs of age, but often the indices of a poorly -cared -for skin, the ner- vous temperament of their, possessor, the habit of excessive worrying or continuous study, and sometimes of the degeneracy of the race. Italian children of five ter six years often have more wrinkles in their little faces than a woman of eighty -five -,ought to possess. A akin that is carefully and frequently bathed in warm water and pure soap, and rubbed to a glow all over once each day with soft flannel or the hands, preserves its etas-' ticity and is less susceptible to wrinkles. The modern woman has more cares and per- plexities and worries than Caesar ever dream- ed of. If Alexander had had ose of the average nineteenth-century servants to manage he would never have sighed for new tit a DAi�Iry Bit worlds to conquer, since fresh developments would have awaited him every morning.ii Bet these cares and worriessre'lip )'way ameliorated by expressing t#ienr'in4fie-fech with countless grimaces and contortions of feature that invariably produce lines. The vivacity and swift -changing play of feature in bright, sparkling girls makes prefnature-e ly wrinkled and distracted -10 king Women; Much of this vivacity and pretty by-play of elevated brows is forced and unnatural, and ' 1 the more conducive to wrinkles. : - Another habit women have is of contort- ing their faces into most ludicrous and ugly positions when exposed to the strong sun- light, all of which, by a little thought and effort, can be controlled to a degree. A very beautiful and youthful -appearing society woman, the preservation of whose skin is remarked upon by her acquaintances, says that whenever she is going out in the evening she prepares her toilet, with theex- ception of her dress, wrings a wash -cloth out of as hot water as she can bear, smooths it out over her face so it will touch every part of it, and lies with it on her face for half an hour. When she removes it, every wrinkle and line have disappeared. An English lady over fifty asserts that her lack of wrinkles is due to the fact of her having used very hot water all her life, which tightens the skin and smooths out the linea • water in the morning, and if slie were.awakn° late at night, she v_ays seg#, as ,,,many st hours in the dala ected aio be awake at night. Another student of the;toiieteas`serie that: she prevents and J literates wrinkles by rubbing the face towards the nose when a bething it, and Ella Wheeler Wilcoxsserts that she can eradicate a permanent wrinkle by the use of almond paste and friction. Thoughts on Economy. Domestic economy can become domestic meanness without a very hard struggle. The barrier between meritorious saving and scrimping is so slight that many a thrifty housewife really does not know the differ- ence. This very praiseworthy quality, if not carried te'extremes, will,result in a well. conducted household, Rhere there is no waste or unnecessary expenditure to replace articles destroyed through carlessness. Such a home is typical of thrift, ands symboli- cal of true economy. But—and alas there should be so many that "but" applies to—look at the home where the parlor is kept stiff and prim for company. Every stick of furniture in it is much too elegant for the rest of the house- hold belongings. The plush draperies are covered with linen lest -dust should accumu- late, the broca tell es aiikkbrasses are similarly shrouded, and only on state occasions are the members of the family permitted to wander through f0 the best room." When this rare privilege is granted, is not the worried owner of all this finery almost distracted tor fear something will happen to her treasures ? She has bought beyond her means and hopes by over -zealous care to make these trappings of woe, for such they are to her, wear long enough to atone for the reckless outlay. Is there any economy in such proceedings? She does not•get five cents' worth of comfort out of them, and has mental worry in such great doses that hundreds of dollars will not be able to pay for the treatment needed to get herself back once more to a healthy mental basis. Then there is the skimping of the table that some wives think a species of true econ- omy. The husband allows them so much to " run the house," and when he is away they live on bread and coffee, or tea and cake, and think the money thus saved will com- pensate for the injury done to their diges- tion. It is to be regretted that there are men who humor their wives by eating any left -over mess at night because they have lunched heartily downtown and do not mind so very much if she doesn't, never dreaming that this may be her first real meal, and as such a very poor apology, yet so long as the figures in her bank book loom up higher and higher she does not mind that her own fig- ure grows thinner and thinner. Ah, little saving housewives, ?earn the lesson at the beginning rather than at the end. There is no economy in doing without a servant in order to put away the money for a new gown. You will be too tired to wear it. There is no economy in shutting up the best part of your house and keeping your dear ones in gloomy rotms because the others must be kept in readiness for com- pany. What more honored guest could you entertain than husband and children ? Do not skimp the body to fatten the bank book. Doctor's bills run up more quickly than those of butcher or baker. Remember this, and be a wise little woman, practicing true domestic economy in -real saving, but not by bringing discomfort to yourself and your dear ones by a foolish system of pinching and contriving that will wear you out body and soul. Selected Recipes. PLAIN COTTAGE P JDDING.—One pint of flour, one cup of milk, one egg, tea level teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Bake twenty minutes or half an hour and serve with a liquid sauce. SQUASH PIE.—To one pint of sifted squash add one quart ot boiling milk, one egg, two crackers rollea fine, one large cup of sugar, one teaspoonful of corn starch, half teaspoonful each of cinnamon, salt and a little nutmeg. GRAHAM PUDDING.—Two cups of graham flour, one cup of sweet milk, one cup of mo- lasses, one cup of raisins, one teaspoonful each of.salt,, soda and: cinnamon, half a teaspoonful of cloves. Steam'an hour and a half and serve -with a liquid sauce. BREAKFAST_ TOAST. —Dip each slice of bread—untoasted—in sweet milk; then in a batter consisting of one beaten egg, one cup sweet milk, one tablespoon flour, and a little pepper and salt ; fry to a light brown in butter; using a griddle or frying -pan, and turning as one would griddle -cakes. OYSTERS AND TRIPE. ----Oysters cooked with tripe make a dish which gives a pleas- ant variety to the breakfast table. Cut up as much tripe as is needed, in rather small pieces for serving, and simmer for three- quarters of an hour in slightly -salted water ; then take out the tripe , -add to -the water it has been boiled in a -little butter rolled in flour, and salt and pepper to taste. If not thick enough add more flour. Return the tripe to `the kettle ; add a dozen or more oysters ; simmer a few moments and serve very hot. CHICKEN TOAST.—Chop cold chicken fine ; put into a saucepan ; season with pepper, salt and mustard ; add a small piece of butter, a little milk, and just enough water to cover the chicken ; simmer fifteen min- es and serve en buttered toast. A ' LAKFAST DISH.—For as many people as you wish to serve,take as many good-sized slices of bread; toast to an svr- ldveti ; -butter well ; place each on a "irate, ortalt iu a large tin ; pour boiling water.overthe toast until it is very soft but iiot'to break it ; on each piece of toast drop the yolk of an egg, being very careful not to break the yolk ; be sure it is in the centre of the piece of toast ; a sure way is to set a muffin -ring on the toast; then drop the raw yolk into the ring ; sprinkle well with salt and pepper. Then take the whites, beat to a stiff froth ; put in a little salt, and drop it in a circle around the yolks on the toast, leaving the centre free that you may see the yolk ; then place in a hot oven and brown lightly. When you take from the oven, slip each bird's nest on a warm plate about the size of the toast, and serve. If a platter is used, set it over a pan of hot water to keep the platter from .cracking ; garnish with one-half slices of fried, dry breakfast bacon, or lay small -sprigs of fine parsley between the toast. Ar other celebrated beauty attributes her preservation to having never used a wash- cloth or towel on her face, but having al- ways washed it gently with her hand, rins- ing ib off with a. soft sponge, drying ., �-ith a soft cloth,. and then rubbing it briskly with a flesh-binnh. She used oastile soap and very warns water every night, with cold Silted by Wild Beasts in India. During the year 1881 about 450 more per- sons were killed by wild beasts in India than during the preceding year. The num- ber in 1890, however, was abnormally low, and the Pioneer Mail calculates that last year's figures were about 250 in excess of the mean. In one district of Bengal— Huh - aril s,gh—no fewer than 205 deaths were due to a single brood of man-eating tigers. The -yearly arerage of persons destroyed by wild beasts in our Eastern depenceacy is between 2500 and: 3000. The . mortality from stiakt -hite is on a much Iarger scale. Year by year it varies from something over 21,000 to something over 22,000. LANGUAGE ©P TH Tour Cha> aeterEast1y?seall im1h ShkpZ of it Fingers. Close lyinand g fingerseer show secret Fat fingers belong to the Iazy haul= A break iu anyiliueis unfavorable. Short nails indicate combativeness. Circles on any line ara. unfavorable signs. Red spots in the heart line indicate liabii- ity to disease. _ Broad nails belong to gentle, nervous, bashful people. - A chained head line indicates want of ity of thought. A long liver line shows an excellent natur- al constitution. Poe had the ideally psychic hand, with very small thumb. ly. Rstoundupid napeoilsplbelong to obstinate, general - e. Vigor of - constitution` is indicated by a long clear life -line. Soft hands indicate lacking energy and force. • Oblique nails are an and cowardice. - Aa heart line pale and broad shows a heart- less ter debauches, Cw herossesre arethey alwayoccurs. unfavorable, no mat - a character indication of deceit The Chinese hand is small, slim, and with square phalanges. A head line very long and slender shows. utter faithlessness. The first finger is sacred to • Jupiter,- Acid is supposed to indicate the nobler element of character. '- When the Plain of Mars is wrinkled, the man wiil:delight in-controcei'sy`or strife of same kind. z The mountof Mars is ontheontside of the hand, opposite the thumb, and indicates eombativenesss. Knotty .fingers belong to the slow work ers and thinkers ; to reasoners and persons olorderly mind. Very long fingers belong tothe,`;artist, the desiguer, the man who plans better than he can execute. Pale lines on the hand indicate a revenge- ful disposition, intensified by long fingers and a short thumb. Red spots on the nails show the man to be of very choleric temper and inclined to be quar,-elsome. - The magic bracelet, three lines at the wrist, clear and well formed, indicates long life and good fortune. GHOSTS IN CHUROti. The Organ Plays at Midnight, but Nobody Can Be Found. • St. Paul's Church, the grandest house of worship in Milwaukee, -is inhabited by ghosts, at least such is the theory of police officials, based on developments' to which they say there can be no other explanation, says ` a Milwaukee, Wis., special to a Chicago paper. Several times during the last two weeks the people living. in the vicinity of Marshall and Knapp streets have Alexander Hamilton had small hands, been awakened about midnight by the with very knotty fingers. Washington had hands of medium size, but an enormous thumb. - A hand without a heart: line shows bad ple were awakened by the; playing of the faith, aptness to evil. organ. United States Court Commissioner A-brokent and a red liver line is a sign of Bloodgood, who lives opposite the church, a choleric temperament. telephoned the Rev. Charles Stantley of the Smooth, taper fingers are generally in the strange occurrence then going on, and the highest degree artistic. A short thumb is ease:fated with weak and unresisting will power. Mozart had the artistic hand, with taper fingers and conical tips. Lean, bony fingers are searching, inquir- ing, often parsimonious. The heart line much broken indicates, in- constancy in love affairs. A straight line of naturn indicates long life and happiness in old age. . Henry VIII. had a broad, soft hand, with the mount of Venus very large. Crooked nails are always an indication of pride, even to haughtiness. A damp, warm palm indicates a feverish condition ; often lung trouble. ► Grant had medium hands, with a strong head line and powerful thumb. A head line cut at the beginning by an- other line shows a liability to disease. Small squares ou the mounts give great vigor to the character indicated. In jealous people the heart line is long and runs up on the mount of Saturn. grand strains of the church organ, while the church at the same hour was in dark- ness. Shortly before midnightrecently the pee-: A palm cool, soft to the touch, sh owe a healthy condition of the systeiri. • - The first joint; of the thumb shows will power, the second -logical power. A ring of Venus clearly marked signifies a taste for low and coarse pleasures. Mrs. Somerville, :the scientist, had large hands, with rouge); knotty -fingers. If the heart line is chained or jagged the indication is of many petty intrigues. Short nails on a soft hand betoken a teas- ing, sarcastic, fault-finding person. A long palm, combined with long, soft fingers, is the hand of a natural thief. Red nails declare the man to be of luxur- ious habits ; often a drunkard or glutton. The Raseettes are the lines running around the wrist and terminating the hand. John Milton had a small hand, with taper fingers and a thumb of abnormal size. A long, strong thumb always indicates great will power and force of character. Beethoven's hand was broad and thick, with strong impulse and ..well -marked life line. . A hollow, solid, well -knit hand shows a strong constitution and probably long life. Narrow nails belong to the mischief - maker ; . to theeeerson who delights in tale- bearing. Siniall fingers betoken an •aerate, discern ing mind, often leaning toward dissimula- tion. A good Mount of Mercury belongs to tate preacher, the orator, the musical composer. Louis XVI., who owed all his misfortunes to his indecision, had a very small, weak thumb. A whole and clear line in one hand con- tradicts and corrects a- broken line in the other. The elementary hand is broad„ hard and: with fingers the sante thickness from root to tip. s Strajght; geed colored lines are generally faverable ; very red lines indicate a bad temper. - The third finge>Y_:bdlongs..-to,-Apollo,.-and., its mount betokens the artistic in the tem- perament. Pointedfingers reach results by intuition, square fingers by logically tracing cause to effect. Larne fingers signify a powerful physical organization, :associated w;tle :.unrefthed • tastesk. A notty, square hand indicates: talent for musical composition_ or mathematical calculation. A life line cut by,many small_ lines indi- cates great nervousness, almost amounting to insanity. A double line intensifies the characteristic but if both be faint orbreken the indication is bad. The Amen lean hand is the'typicalIy ma terial, making all things subordinate to the useful. . People whose life is withiiti't' incident, vegetative in character, generally have no line of Saturn. The phiterne ie anfi, is wga4 Father. hard than soft,, with .•vetyrlong- thxtnrbaaad' knotty fingers. Few women have knotty finers ;few are endowed with a high power ,o the reason- ing faculty, - rn A goad line of Satuor reason - ' luck indicates an individual generally 'fortunate in his undertakings. Stonewall Jackson had very large hands, with strong impulse line, and head line well marked. The artistic hand has a large thumb, with taper fingers, often crooked and al- ways pointed. Hard, firm palms show a strong constitu- tion, capable of much work and great en- durance. Lengtli'andthickness of the fingers inten- sify the qualities indicated by the mount at the base. .• The quadrangle is that portion of the palm inclosed between the lines of the head and of the heart. latter summoned the police. A detail of ten policeman, with the minister and a number of the neighbors, surrounded the church at 1 o'clock one morning, determined on capturing the man who dare play a church organ at midnight. - The organ stopped playing just be- fore the arrival of the police. A guard was placed at every window and door, while a detail of police entered the church led by the Rev. Mr. Lester. The gas was lighted and then began the search. It was thorough, but strange to say from cellar to attic no one was found. Stranger still, not a door nor window was found open through which any one could have entered or escaped. While the search was being made Mr. Roberts, an organ maker, and an expert, was sent for. He ar- rived just as the search was finished. He made an examination and said there was no doubt that the organ had been played on within two hours. That he- knew from the sweaty condition in which he found the or- gan pipes. It was but corroboration of what the neighbours knew wasafact. 'Everybody was `dumbfounded 'and no one had `a theory except the police who are confident that the church is haunted, and that ghosts play the organ at, midnight. How the Sultan of Morocco Fills His Treas- ury. An amusing example of the astuteness of the Sultan of Morxocco is reported from Fez. About three months ago a wealthy Moor in Fez began to build a " fundak " or caravanserai, which abutted on - the city wall near " Bab-al-Ghize." In close prox- imity to the fundak the builder also con- structed a few shops. The suspicions of the Government were, however, aroused, and the Shereefian Master of Works forbade the buildings- to be proceeded with on the ground that it was unlawful for any build- ing to abut on the city wall, as thieves might thus escape in and out of the city. The Master of Works enforced his orders practically by cutting off the builder's sup- plies of lime, which in Fez is a Government monopoly. The builder thereupon repaired to all the local authorities, and induced them by pecuniary considerations to obtain a renewal of the lithe supply, and the work proceeded. The owners of olive groves and fruit gardens in the neighborhood after- wards began to complain, and succeeded in getting a body of Fez merchants to petition the Sultan to stop the building operations on the ground that thieves would steal the fruit from their gardens, smuggle.dt over the wall into the proposed fundak, and sell it in the adjacent shops, urging further that it was unlawful to build against the city wall: His Shereefian :,4la- jesty listened): to; ahl' that was said,'..aud then asked the deputation whether they were quite positive that -such building was illegal " Quite,youeMajesty," responded the deputation. " WeIl, then," proceeded' the Sultan, " let each one of you write me . a note 'to that `effect." The notes were at once written and signed, and the deputation took their. leave. Shortly afterwards His Majesty ordered an exact return to be made of al] .ui e i.i;gn,.acj ceet.;,te the ca w lie,, and on comparing -the harness -oche owners - with the notes handed to him by the depu- tation found that many of the nl uildiegs were owned bymernbers of it. Suspecting thereforn.thetjealousy, more than zeal for the law :Was the`cause for their petition, .the,. Sultaii ordered the- -destruction of all buildings totiching thewalls: `Immediately there was an' indignant protest, and the owners waited upon -the Sultan to obtain the withdrawal of the :order. The'Bultau, however, was obdurate, and itis ' expected that -his action will- re$ult in each. of the proprietors paying a sum for the ,privilege of 'having their property lett alone, thus considerably augmenting the funds in the treasury. - Eailways in Kootenay. The people of West Kootenay, B. C., are now eongratulating themselves on the pros- pect of secuiing plenty -of railway com= munication. Next season will probably see the Kaslo•Slocan Railway ebuiit, affording ire Sdnos'dist lot an nutlet by't a of K`aslo,' 13oiitier st Ferryesand-l-thea Grew' I+lortheen: Lately I1. C. Corbin gave notice of applic ation for charter, for a, road from Nelson le Bear Lake City, and this road,' if bitilt, will be simply an extension°of the NeIeon & Fort Sheppard to theSlocan region. Lastly, the Canadian =Pacific people, apparently realizing that they cannot -longer depend on a monopoly of the Kootenay traffic being - reserved for theirbenefit, are taking steps towards building from Revelstoke to the arm of the Upper Arrow lake, and from Nakusp to . some central point - in Slocan. The Canadian Pacific has the advantage of all rivals so far that it bas securedaDomin- ion GQvernment'subsidy of $3,200 per mile for its branch line. For people to make invitations to' their house and table, or offers - of their fortune and services, is :-nothing. To be as good as their word, 18 all the expense and difficulty. — Brayere. LATE FOREIGN NEWS.. Over one hundred persons condemned to death arenow in prison in Greece awaiting execution of their sentence. The papulation of the country ie hardly two millions. Nine people were guillotined in five days just be= ore Christmas. Kru's ug establishment and the Grusonppgungmanun-makinfactory, near Magde- burg, have been amalgamated. Krupp pos- sesses the secret of the manufacture of the best steel for heavy guns'and the Gruson works have hitherto produced the best armor platingin Germany and the most _effective armor -piercing projectiles in the world. - Successful experiments for the use of the telephone inwarfare have been made in France. Telephonists have been organized in sets of two men, each set being provided with equipment for a mile of telephone com- munication. The receiving and transmitt- ing apparatus is very simple, and is attach- ed to the cap, the wire is on reels, in i lie form of a breastplate, and the whole equip- ment for each man weighs lees than six pounds. Another long distance ride, this time be- tween Vienna and Rome, is proposed, and likely to be definitely arranged. The dis- tance will be about twice that from Berlin to Vienna. The principal prizes are tolbe awarded to those riders whose horses finish in the best condition, having due regard to the time occupied in the ride. Many of the horses ridden in the Berlin -Vienna con- test have since died, and engraved hoofs are being largely collected as mementos of the event. During 1891 about 450 more persons were killed by wild beasts in India than daring the preceding year. The number killed in 1890, however, was very low ; still the fig- re for 1891 are. about 250 in excess of the mean. The yearly average of persons killed by wild beasts in India is between 2,500 and 3,000. The mortality from snake bites is much greater, varying from 21,000 to 22,000 annually. In one district of Bengal, Haz- aribagh, no fewer than 205 deaths were due in 1891 to a -single brood of man-eating tigers. The bark Gladys on a recently finished voyage from Iquique to Hamburg passed a large iceberg in 43 ° south 33 ° west on which were the dead bodies- of five people. A very plainly marked beaten track was noticed on the northwest side of the berg, and a rude shelter, apparently cleft iu the ice. One of the bodies lay just outside the shelter and another in the pathway leading to it. No signs of life could be seen, and night coming on and the place being dense- ly packed with bergs, the Gladys could make no investigation. The impression was that the dead bodies were those of ship- wrecked people whose vessel had probably been Sunk by contact with the berg, who had clambered onto it for safety -and died from exposure and want. The following paragraph is printed in several British Indian papers : " Up a tree," wrote a native forest subordinate re- cently in his diary, " where I adhere with much pain and discomposure while big tiger roaring in a very awful manner on the fire line. This is very inconsiderate tiger, and causes me great griefs, as I have before re- ported to your Honor. This is two times he spoiled my work, corning and shout- ing like thunder, and putting me up a tree, and making me behave like an insect. I ani not able to climb with agility owing to stomach being a little big owing to bad water of this jungle.' Chenchu mans can fly up a tree quickly. It is a very awful fate to me. Even when I do not see this tiger and he does not make dreadful noise, I see the marks of his hoofs and his nails on the path." According to private information from Finland, a large proportion of the iuhabit- ants of that country are perilously near starvation. Out of a population of 2,000,- 000 inhabitants more than 200,000 are en- tirely destitute, and before the winter comes to an end it is expected that one- fourth of the total population will be inthe ,same pitiable plight. Notwithstanding that the Finns are among the most frugal and industrious of the peoples of Europe, they have hard work even in good years to make both ends meet, owing to. the rigour of the climate and the poor quality of their rocky soil. During the past summer they have been most unfortunate. Coustant night - frosts in July, August, and September de= stroyed or-njured the potate and rye crops, and how the people will hold out until the next harvest it is impossible to say. Death from hunger already stares many in the face. In many districts in the north the people have commenced to live on bread either wholly or partially composed of birch -bark. The FinnishSenatehas voted several million marks towards the relief of the sufferers, but further help is urgently needed DYED WITH BLOOD The Sanguinary Insignia of a British .. Regiment. Somewhat akin to the party -colored plume of the Northumberland Fusiliers, again, was the red ball, which used to appear on the shakos of the light company of the Forty-sixth Foot, says Chambers' Journal,. describing old English regiments. During the battle of Brandywine, in the American War, this company by accurate shooting made great havoc in the ranks of the enemy, who threatened, when they could obtain a favorable opportunity for revenge, to give the marksmen no quarter. In defiance, however, of this menace, and to make them- selves more readily distinguished from their comrades, they dyed the ball in their caps red—with blood, according to tradition—in place of the green worn by the rest of the regiment. This distinction was subse- quently sanctioned by the War Office au- thorities. The Twenty-eighth Foot used to have a singular distinguishing feature in their number badge, which was affixed not -only on the front in the usual manner, but also on the back of their caps. -On one occasion in Egypt, when rather incautiously drawn rip in line, a fierce onslaught was made upon the regiment, in rear as well as in front, by large bodies of French cavalry. There was no time - to get into square formation to " receive" the charging horsemen ; but the commanding officer, being a man of re- source, shouted, "!Lear rank, right -about- face. Fire 1" The men carried out the order with promptitude ; standing back to back, they .simultaneously beat off both as- saults ; and to commemorate the affair, they were granted the.unique distinction of the duplicate number. badge. Surprise and terror caused some zinc miners' to desert a shaft they were sinking at Webb City, Wis. As the opening -be- came deeper: they noticed that the atmos- phere became warmer. At the depth. of 163 feet the heat- was so intense that the work was stopped, and soon theysaw, flames burst into the shaft.; SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. BALLOON BAROMETERS., Some interesting experiments in theregite )ration of air pressures at great heights have been made in France, by M, Ge $eimite. Small balloons filled with coal -gas and pro- vided with autematie recording barometers of the aneroid .type, as well as. mina-aimthermometers, were liberated in the atmos phere in order to register the- harmed( pressure And temperature. Most ef the bale loons were recovered, some after traveling - sixty miles. The result showed -that the temperature of the upper air fell 700 fol every 260 to 280 meters of height. The aneroids used were of the Vidi pattern which - record the pressure on smoked glass. GB,ADIENT INDICATOR. A most valuable help to surveyors, min- ers and others will be found in a new self- adjusting gradient indicator. This instru- ment combines,-in.a convenient form, a set of spirit tubes, two of which are curved- in such a manner that on application t -o any given surface the air bubble will become stationary opposite the point indicating the gradient of the surface to which it is appli- ed. A description given by Industries of this instrument shows that the long tube is used for all indications from 1 in 2 to 1 in 200 from horizontal positions, and has a point showing level, the short tube being used for all vertical work, indicating by the position of the babble gradients from la de- grees to, plumb. The instrument indicates at a glance and there are no parts -to adjust or become worn. SHIP TELEGRAPHS. A great advantage has been made in the construction of telegraphs for ships. With the many important requirements of modern steamers, arising out of Increasing dimen- sioiili and speeds, a thoroughly reliable method of transmitting signals to and from the captain's bridge and engine room is absolutely essential, as a lack of such a sys- tem would endanger the life of those on board and the vessel itself. The latest form of ship telegraph is a brass transmitter with gun metal handles specially constructed for twin-screw steamers. One dial shows orders for the " port" engine, while the dial on the other side of the instrument is ' for the "starboard" engine. The mechanism is of brass, gun metal or phosphor bronze, and considerable improvements have been intro- dneed into the working parts of both trans- mitters and indicators. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. Abundant food for reflection is provided in the return just published by the English Board of Trade on traction work. It would appear that in the list of accidents which have befallen passengers in connection with railway travelling, 18 passengers were kill- ed and 61 injured by slipping between the carriages and the platform, including 15 killed and 26 injured while getting into trains. Compared with the number who suffered in railway accidents -12 killed and 476 injured—during the same time, it is clear that there is more real danger to life in getting in and out of the present car- riages than there is in making the journey. In this country the number of accidents from similar causes is relatively much less, but still ample improvement can advan- tageously be made in such matters as car- riage doors and theheight and style of platforms, and with the general introduc- tion of electric traction full and proper measures of safety should be taken in all new lines and at all new stations. How to be Ae'reeable (?i• Everybody wants to be popular. And to be popular one mast be agreeable. How shall it be accomplished ? In the first place never forget yourself. Bear always in mind that you are first and other people second. "Take care of No. 1." Consult your own convenience in thing. It is no matter who is inconvenienced, if you are only satisfied. Don't put yourself out people's feelings. Let them keep way if they don't In society always sation. If you want to say anything, say it— never mind whom it hits. They needn't take it if they don't de- serve it. I doesn't matte: who else is talking, just you say your say ; you have as good a right to talk as anybody. If you have an idea promulgate it at once if you let it alone too long it might get lonely and depart forever, and the world would be the loser. every - to consider other their feelings out of the want them trifled with. take the lead in conver- Talk continually. Fill all the pauses. It is wicked to allow valuable time to run to waste. Interrupt always when you see fit. It teaches people to hurry up and not be too long-winded. If a person is telling an interesting story, smile knowingly all through, and just as he bas reached the denouement, exclaim : " Oh, I heard that story years ago ! " It will prevent the narrator from feeling too important, and it is your duty to al- ways cultivate a spirit of due humility in— your neighbors. If any one tells anything particularly striking, just you go to work and tell some- thing a little more so. Try and not be beaten. In conversing of absent friends, never per- mit yourself to descend to mere gossip. Let others thus demean themselves, but do you keep silent ; and when any individ- ual whom you do not quite like is mentioned —draw down your face, smile faintly, and heave a sigh. - Sighs in such a case speak volumes. We would rather anybody should preach out degeneracy from the housetops than to sigh over us. When people begin to sigh over you, yon are pretty nearly -undone. Follow faithfully these few simple sug- gestions, and if you fail of being popular, one or twothings is certain ; you were either born too early or too late, and the world is not in a condition to- appreciate you. For which blame the world but never yourself ! Never ! - Several men who have outlived their greatness are bow glad to earn their living as coachmen in Berlin. Among them aro sixteen nobles, seven retired arse' officers, and three pulpiness pesters. Three British notabilities now gieeiully crack the whip as London cabmen ; they are an ex -member of Parliament, a baron, and a -marquis. The annual convention of tile -Machine Woodworkers' International Union of America assembled in Chicago lest week. The reports, of the officers show that the membership increased in the last Tear in a larger proportion than during the two pre- ceding years. An analyst has made the disweeery,hat California roses contain twenty pert ograt. more perfume than thosenrown eii+whera.