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Flesherton Advance, 17 May 1888, p. 6

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â- â-  1 BCCENTKICITIKW VW IXIVE. Philtp Ko«hl«r WeUx HIh I-rrtty Marie L«nlt4» Hnd liitrufluieh Jtihanuei* («ruu- wald-The falHB Frlond Winn the Wif»<'ii AlVeotlouH, she (lettt u lltvurce mi|«1 They Mtury -LMtir, rhlllp luiU She Meet, the Old 14p«rk lit K«ktii(lle<l, and They Hope to b*^ Kenulted. A New York dnepaich miyB : There is BOmethio); new iu love, inatriuiony and divorc«. Johauiieu Uiauwald ami Philip Kochler are nativea of the aaiiie vilUxe lu Qermany. Thty were sohooltJoyB tot^ether, knd learned tho tailoring busiukBa ou thu â- ame bench. They HHilcd aoroBs the At- Utntic in the same veimnl, aud be^an buxi- n«88 as tailors in BrooklyB, and in cuurne of time bou(>ht hotiBun. Koehler married a blaeeyed, golden haired German ijirl. taod he was very proudof his Marie LuuiBc. They had a pleaeant home, aud Kui bier invited bis old friend Urunwald to uall on thim * id see how happy they were. Grunwald visited the bowse, not only once, but several times, and at length i'hilip's eyes were opened to the fact that .lohaniiHs was smitten with Marie Louise. The record does not show how lonu the insidioas Johannes had plied bis wicked designs be- fore I'hilip awoke to the fact that liis wife's k£FectiouB were estran»<ed. When he be- came too sure of the Bad truth there was a disagreeable soene, and the result was an action by I'hilip af^ainet Marie Louise for abauiate divorce, witli Johannes as oo- respondent. himr years ago Lawyer Fuehrer obtained a decree of divorce in the Bapreme Court in favor of Philip, against his wife. Thereupon Grunwald did nut desert the erring Marie Louise. The pair immtHfiately jonrneved to iloboken, where they were niarriert. They returned to this •ity and took up their abode in (irunwald's dwelling. There they appeared to li 3 faappily enough for a tune, but at laat Marie Louise's coiiscienie began to up- braid her for her faithleHSneiie toward Philip. When Philip and she happened to meet she blushed aud hu felt bis pulsi^s quicken. In hhort I'hilip once more fell in love with Mane Louise, and thf-y began to meet iu secret. It was a Kecond court- ship. Then Johannes began to have his BUspiuioiiB. iJe observed that lus wife was very often absent from home, and his jealousy was kindled. Johannes followed herunperceived and saw her enter the abode of her former husband, Philip. When ahe caine out he confronted her, and there was a little unpl'asantnees. Philip liHiked on from the wii.duw of bis dwelling, bhe treated Johannes with scorn, and told bim Mhc was done with hiiu and intended to go back to I'hilip. Johannes has retained a lawyer to comiuence an action against Mrs. Grunwald. The com- plaint makes Kuehler a co. respondent Aft*^r the dicree ih obtuined Mane Louise will probably be remarried to her Philip. ThiB is a remarkable case. When the KKKNCH POOLS FIGHT. A I>oc>l With Hwurdii Causfxl l>y Tfaiiliie i> li u li e About the l-iMl len. A Paris > able says : The duclliutB are at it again. The oiicouiiter which cost M. Dupuiu, the artist, his life on Sunday wao followed by another on Tuesday irioruinfj. The principals are the Duo do (jtrstnmout, a well-known sportsman, and Id. Raim- baiilc, uun uf Louis Mapoluoii's cctiyer, a fellow-member of ihe CVrcle de la Hue Hoyale. Both gentlemen are dreadful lady-killers, and it seems that both have lately Uen paying court to the same beauty. Sunday evmiiig, as the Duke aud M. Uainibault were Bitting at the green table at their club, with a knot of friends, M. Kainibault began to lell spicy stories of hid rival's coi'i'ie^ta. At tirai he drew the line at banter, but presently the banter became jierilouKly pointed. The Duke grew fidgety, but M. Jtaiuibault did not notice it. The ajipreciation of his friends seemed to Htimiilate his far.cy. At larit he went be- yond bounds altogettier. Nothiuji 'hap- pened, however, till he: chiiflingly accused the Duke of having used his name to ingratiate himself cheaply in the good graces of a lady. " The other night," said M. Haimbault, " 1 called on a lady who shall b<] nameless. Hhe refused to see me. I sent my card in a second time, with the same result. A third iiiesBage proved equally truitless, but this time the lady gave me a cine to bor cold- ness." Uere he paused, and. pointing mock- ingly at the Duke across the table, said : " Look here, Doke, whe% yon go there again, don't use my name and get the door shut agaiost me." There was a lauiih, fol- lowed instantly by a dead silence as the Uuke, turning pale and red with wrath, suddenly rose, leaned across the table and slapped the joker in the face. After this, of coarse, a meeting was anavoidablo. Th>) duel came off very ijuietly at the favorite duelling ground ou the racecourse at Le Vosinet. Weapons chosen, swords : the hour, 1 p.m. General de BautTreinunt and the Mar>|uiH de Lagrande were the Duke's seconds. M. G. KspcK'ta and Alfonsa de Alilama acted for M. Uaimbaalt. At the thinl engagement M. Haimbault pricked bis adverH«ry in the groin and the combat oeaBed. Thu wound is about an inch in depth, but not dangeroux. After the dnel the Duke was taken hoiiii' to his wife, where he is now sleeping '|uietly. It is ru- mored in the clubs that he will withdraw from the Cercle de la Rue Hovale. THK I.iyCIOK UtIBBTIUN. Iniportaut l>eliveraii('e by the Toronto Pr«*»hy tery. A Toronto despatcli says : Aij important discubbion engaged the attention of the Toronto Presbytery yesterday on the ques- tion of the real relation of the Church to the Klate iu the matter of legislative enact- ments, aud the relation of Church Courts to the individual liberty of members as to the use of intoxicating beverages. I'he questions arose from ihe report of the I'resbytery's Committee on Temperance, dealing with questions sent down by a uomoiittee ul the General Auseuibly. 1 ncse questions were considered by many members of ttio Presbytery as interfering with the iiulividtial liberty uf memberH, as they made ii.i|Uiries as to voting for tbe Scott Act, lenijwjrance measures, for municipal ott'icials and other public olhuerB. At last meeting of tbe Presbytery Hev. Dr. Kellogg submitted resoluiioris emOodyiug a principle which would iiinit the action of Church Courli) ill the matter of specitiu legislative meaxu'es. The»c resolutions came op for dis- cusbiun yesteroay in an extended form, and after a luug debate, in which part was taken by all thu prouiiuent members, three reso- lutiuns Were cai.ied, the last and most important of which reads as follows : "That wuile this Presbytery therefore holds it to be the duty of the Church to exhort her members conscieutiously to bear their part as citiiiena in seeking to free the community from the curse of drunkenness, they yet regard it as beyond the authority given by Christ to HIb Church for any Church Court to pass any otiicial judgment as to the specific method in which the civil power may best deal with the evils of the liquor trathc, seeing that in no such deliverance could she justly claim to be speaking from the Word of God aud with tbe authority of Him whom alone she is appointed to re- present, provided always that nothing in this resolution shall be construed to deny the right of petition when required by the civil magistrate as specified in tbe Confes- sion of Kaith, chap. xxxi. 5." POISON Kl> IIY THOi;.>!'ANUK. Thlrty-Kijcht ll>iiidr»d Indliiuit Killed by i "^iryehuiiie In llruzll. ! A New York d&8|jatch says : On April I . I iHih was published Irom Hio Janeiro an > I account ef the alleged ixjisoiiing of a large i number <>t ISra/ilian Indiana by oneBenhur I Joa^iin Hueuo, whose name, judging from j Hopreme Court granted a decrx' to Philip , the character of the stateniunt, ought I Kot'hler, dissolving his marriage with rather to have bet^n Malo. The story ! Marie Louise, it inserted a clause prohibit- showed that Buenu had already jioisoned ! ing her from marrying again during the | it, KlU Indians, and wan meditating themur- , lifetime of the plaintitf Now the same der of inure. 'I'he lurrespundent stated' court is asked to dissolve a marriage whi(h that he merely gnve the news as a rainnr i it has already Bolemuly prohibited. It will from Ihe Sao Paulo frontier, and, probably tind some ground for granting the that there was then no oppor- | divorce under the decikion in Ihecelebrated I tunity lur verifying it. Ai'cordiug to; Voorheis case, in which Ihe Court of Ap- late and reliaule ijews from Taubate, peals held that a marriage valid in one which has just reached hert*, there wa4 1 State is valid in another. Thfre can be no ; something more in the story than mere { question as to the alidjty of the New Jer. rumor, liuuno, who rcHides at Kao .lue dos i I Campi g Novo/., stated that he had under | I his orderB about seventy peopio employed sey IP^rrlage. Salclde of a Trick Horse. A Kingston, N. Y , despatch says : The horse named Hornet, which for years has tired off a pistol, jumped a rope school girl fashion, rocked in an arm-chair and rope attachment, a Ui " Houk a-by-baby," leai>ed over four horses and a mule, and which in other respects has been one of the chief equine performerH in Professor Bristoe's troupe of twenty-three performing educated horses and ponies, deliberately ooinuiitted suicide here this afternoon. Professor Bristoe calls his show l''iques-<'nrriuQlum, and he is booked here this week for six evening and two matinee perfortnanues. The Kingston Opera House stage is located in the second story of the buiUling. While Hornet was being carried up in the elevator, and when almost at the stage door, it balanced itsi^lf , rubbed its head against an attendant, neighed and jnm|>ed out on the flagging stones bsneath. It was then shot to put an end to its suiferings. There was a big crowd at last evening's performanoe, and it is said all the rest of (he horses, a number of which had witnessed Hornet's death, aoted strangely. Prof Huxley has l>een ordered toSwit/.or- land for the benefit of his health. Kashion prpphets declare that silk is again to become as generally worn as it was before jute and other nefarious ad- mixtares shook our faith in and preference for this elegant material. The price of the best brands of sUk is riHing, and it has been officially annoaiioed (hat i( will be a long time before (hss« can be purchased at the wondrnnnly low rates at which they have kaen sold for many yean paat. the (jersecution and i xterininalion of I Indians. Homx days ago they attacked a, village and put to flight all th<- Indians. : As soon as tho aHsailants found themsilveH | in puBsession of the village, iM^iiig furnished I with a conniderable amount of strychnine, I they Bet about poisoning all the Wells Qon- I nd provisions, and after putting into execution this treacherous ileed, withdrew without touch- ing anything else. Home days afterward lUieiio and his followers rt-tnrned to thu village, and even from a ciistaiii^ they com- prehended the liorror of the sight frcin the clouds of urowB hovering over the site of the crime, where they found scattrered i ^>,000 corpses. | A WKKCHEIt SI'IKIT-KAI'I'KK. Ou« uf the Formerly Fiiiitonn Vti% Hlnterpt Charged Wllb NeKleetlui; Her Two Hoos. A New York despatch sa>-s : Mrs. Kate Fox Jenckin, aged ")0, of No. l.'iH Last Klih , . . , , . street, was arraigned in Ihe Harlem Police I »•'â- "â- '««»'<•'', and the wine *^ , I u ri fi u I r^. r til 1 1 t I 11 Court this iiiorniiig ohaigud by an agent of the B' ciety for the Prevention of Ouelty to Chililreii with failing to take proper care ef her two s<ms, aged 13and I'i renpectively. Mrs. Juuckin is one of the Kox Bisters, the original spii it rappers, who coiiimcnoed their career in Hocbester thirty years ago, and whoatterwards travelled over the world aetoniBhing all who attended I heir seances. Mrs. Jenckin's husband, who has boon d?«d for some years, was an eminent English barrister. Of late Mrs. Jenckin in said to have been given to iiiteni[ierato habits and her children have suffered. Bhe was held in 1300 bail to answer, and the children were committed to the Juvenile ABylum. Mrs. Jenckin said to a reporter that hhe has not lust her jxiwers, although her pov- erty and misfortunes had interfered vtiih their extrcise. Hhe said Luther K. Marsh bad called upon her fr<i|ueiilly for consola tion since Mrs. DisbDebar's incarceration in the Tombs, but by the advice of her counsel she had refused to see nim. The onou talented, vivaiuuus and successful spirit-rap[>er is now a total wreck. TOWKU liV A WHALIC iU*niarkabl« Advvnture of a 8chaoner as Told by the Cook. A Gloucester, Mass., despatch says : A letter has been received from the cook of the schooner 11. B. Griffin, Captain George Nelson, now on a trip for salt cod on the lianks, in which a very strange occurrence IS narrated. Hhe arrived on the Banks a few weeks ago and found tish excuedingly plenty. One clay, which waB moderately tine, and while the crew were all out in their dories attending their trawls, the cap- tain and cook remaining aboard, as is cus- tomary, the sails beiig reefed aud ihe vessel at anchor, the two occupants felt a sudden jt rk and a moment afterward the vessel was going through the water at a rapid rate. They rushed on deck (o find the canie of the commotion, but none was difcovered until suddenly a large whale oame lo tiie surface to blow, with the anchor attached lo his side. Tbe marine moiiBier had evidently been swimniiiig i near the bottom of the ocean, where he ' became attache! lo the fluke of the anchor. { Once i)n tho Hurfaec the maddened whale: tore through the water at a frantic rate, so ' fast SB lo nearly submerge thu bows. The i captain saw that tl'.uy were rapidly losing i sight uf their crew in the dories, and would I leave th»m alone on the ocean, so he cut the lable and fr<«d the vessel. The jibs ' antl iiiiisail vvurehuisted. and they returned and secured their crew, who had tilled their dories with limiy freight. The ves- j ei I was put on the conrho (or NeWfound- laid, wheie a new cable and anciiur have ' been secured. ' ROYAL MOURNING. COBtnines Worn at a Britiah Royal Draw- luK-rount ill CoiuiikentoratluD ttf KaiBer tVilllam. â-  .\ drawing room at which every one mast wear court mourning is not a very bright function, says a London letter tothe Fhila delphia TeUtjrajih. On Briday the court went into half-mourning, which admits of extremely curious combinations uf black with Oliver colors, the wording of the rale being : " White dresses or black dresses, with colored H iwers or ribbons." The effect is often more strange than pretty. For instance, one lady wore a black dress aud train, the latter being lined with sea-green satin, and thnre were also several other very unbecoming gowns of black and yellow, black and blue. and black and red. Grey was much worn, and there was a great number of beam if ul dresses and trains of brocade, interwoven with silver. A particularly iitriking one was of black and silver brocade, the corsage being trimmed with silver lace, while the train, which was of black striped satin lined with some silvery material, was ornamented with silver cords and tassels. Many ladies most have been glad when they found so few royalties were present, for it is very trying to have to make ten or tv^-elve very low court courtesies, without a moment's rest. The Princess of Wales wore a dress of black gros de Sicile, handsomely trimmed with jet. Her train was of black aud gold brucaide, bordered with gold and jetted galoons. Among other ornaments Her Koyal High- ness wore the magnilicent tiara presented to her on her silver wedding day by a num- ber of ladies, and the large diamond butter- tly given by the Grand Lodge of Kree- masoDB. Princess Christian's dress was of black lace, with a bodice and train of striped velvet. The Crown Princess of Denmark looked very well ia her gown of black broche velvet and gauze over black velvet. Her train was of black velvet (rim- med wi(h feathers and jet. Her Royal Uighcess' diamonds were remarkably fine. Princess Victoria, who is tall and nioa looking (though none of (he Princesses will ever be as handsome as their mother), wore a whi(e satin bodice and train over a jape of white tulle. This dress formed a pleasant relief to the black ones worn by the other Princesses. Lady Bective presented her daughter. Lady Olivia Tayloar. She looked sweetly pretty in a dress of white silk and moire, made in the fashion of the empire. The skirt was quite plain with a bordering of ostrich feather tips. A moire sash was tied loosely around (he waist and knotted at one side while the train was of white corded silk. Lady Olivia carried a posy of lilies of the valley, tied with moire ribbon. The two brides who attracted the most at- tention were, of course. Lady Cairns and Lady Crossley. The former was all in white and the latter wore white and silver brocade, ornamented with white ostrich feathers and silver cords and tassels. Lady Dudley's gown was of white ga(in (rimmed with Hahle, aud her pearls were the envy uf all beholders. Lady Delaware wore white aa(in and gray brocade. Tbe Duchess of Hoxbnrghe and (he Duchess of Buccleugh were bo?h in black; the (rain of Her Grace of Buccleugh being an exception to the general rule, for i( was a'usolu(ely wi(hon( trimming of any kind. Oueof tbe prettiest gowns at (he drawing-room was of gray- Btri[>(d satin, the skirt being of silver gray crepe, caught up with bunches of thistles and powdert>d with silver thistledowc. The train was trimmed with gray crepe dechine and silver ganxe, in which lay bunches of (he thiatles, and (he effect was really qaite bewitching. A UKKAIt TKAMKUY. I I .Seven Penfiln and Flftenn A nliiiHlH lliirneft | Xti ileutll lu a Hani hii>.|il4-l(»iit( uf Ktitil J May The IllrmI Mail MIb.Iuk. A Bjiecial from Arlingtcm, Neb , nays : ; At <i u clock yesterday morning tire was I Been on the farm of the Widow p'reczu, one ' mile out, which was supposed to be the barn of her son-in law and family, who lived with her. A piMVC of citi/.enH went out at H o'i'loek to see if all was well, and were horrified at finding tho charred re- mains of seven human beings, only identi- fied by their statures, as follows : Old lady l''reeKe, Pred. Gratchuschm, his wi(e and three children, and Fred's brother Louis. The remains were scattered in different parts uf the ham, among th« horses and cows, soniH fifteen of whiili were also burned. One theory ia foul play, another that each oiiu of the family aiiiietl to save an animal and all failed and were aulTu- uated. A daughter who is away visiting is the only survivor of the family, but it is reported that the hired man cannot be found. It was a horrible and pitiful sight, the laying out of thu charred remains of the whole family, which (ell among twice their number of dumb brutes. The wife was fouiid under a horse. Tho coroner has been called. No feud has existed in con neclinn with (his family and no enemies are known. Mrs. aiadii(one Talks. A Ijondon cable says ; Tho fashion of Inrning social into political gatherings v.- "< a^ain followed on Halurday evening, though at a houfle of no importance. What im- portance tho matter had was lent by Mrs. Gladstone, who arrived on the soene to ex- cuse her husljand's absence. The host, to her surprise, called on her for a speech. This speech, kindly and genial and altogether informal, to her surprise, was rofiorted in Sunday's papers. Kxeroises of this sort, with (he publicity which attends (hem, are supposed (o ooun(erao( in some my8(erioaB way (he activity of the Prim- rose League. Lady HandhurB('8 name figures in(herepor(,bH( (his is the Dowager liady Sandhurst, not Lord Spencer's Bis(er. TUU I'KAIKIt: l-KUVOJK. I'raser, rx Secretary of theStogell Bchool liiBtrict Board of Trustees, has been sent up for trial to a higher court by Magiatrate Muiire for thu ernliez/.leiiient of some of (lie holiool luiidri. It IB proposed to establish an iiis(i(nte for iiuite children shortly. Bishop Macbray sails (or Kngland on Ma; '2dth. He will deliver a discourse at Cambridge on June 11th. and is under engsgeuieiit (o preach in Westminster Abf»'y. John Anoa8(er, a farmer at the Broken Head Uiver, was dangerously gored by a bull. Iievi Wederick, a young man from Jarvis, Unt., died suddenly a( Uapid Ci(y of brain fever. All estimate of the total grain export from Manitoba to Port Arthur up to May Ist gives tho following figures ; Wheat, t)..'<UO,U(IO bushels ; wheat in flour, 750,00ft biisbelB ; barley, H,'JU,OUU bushels ; oats and oatmeal, 70(1.(100 bushels ; total export to date, n,;hiO,uUO bushels. It is estimated that there are yet to arrive at Port Ar(hur from Manitoba 2,0<X).0(I0 bushels wheat and 2(I0,IIUU bushels coarse grain. Thu amount uf wheat now in store at Port Arthur is 2,f;'.l-t,l(;,''j bushels. The Cireenway Government ia making arraiigeiiieiita for locating an agent for the I'ruviuoe at Liverpool, hoping by this means (o save to the Provinue many immigrants that are now being sent to the Pacific. Immigration Agent Graham reports (ha( applications have been received at the oflice during the month of April for H me<:haiiii'S, 491 farm laborers and boys, 27'2 for ordinary laborers and tl2 for doinestiu servants. He has no( been able (o supply more (ban *25 per cent, of (he demand. Hev. Joseph Hogg, of Monc(on, N.B., will be called (o (he pas(orats of tit. Andrew's Pres y(erian Church in (biaoKy. The books of (he Wolseley Red Hiver expedition have been handed over (o (he Provincial Library by Col. Houghton, D.A.G., who leaves shortly for Montreal. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain will spend the Whitsuntide recess with Hir William Har- oonrt, at whose residence Mr. John Uorley will be a gaeat at the same tinte. l>e»th of aCenlensrlan. A Halifax, N. S., despatch says : ?ior- maii McDonald, of Big Brasdor, Cape Breton, is dead, aged 110 years. He was the last known survivor of Waterloo, he having fought in that batde under Welling. ton when 37 years of age. He was borne in the Isle of Harris, Scotland, in 177S, and after serving in the British Army in various parts of the world he emigrated (o Nova 8co(ia in 18.<)3. when 56 years old. He was a man o( great activity, and np to two years ago did oonsiderable work on hia little (arm. The Swiss temperance apostle, M. Roohat, is carrying on a vigorous erusade against intemperance in Paris. (looks l*.4iuad lu UumHB Skins. I'ollowing the example of Mr. Joseph /*eh«ndorf , who lately bound two Elzevir editions in human skin, another London binder has executed an order to encase a copy of Hans Holbein's " Danceof Death" iu the same ghastly integument, certainly a very appropriate covering for this work. These are not the only instances, however, where the casing of " human form divine" has been ntilizoo. In the library at Mex- borough House, near Metheley, Yorkshire, there were formerly two books, Sir John Cheek's " Hurt of Sedition " and Braith- waito's " Arcadian Princes," both bound in tbe prejiared skin of Mary Batenian, the " Yorkshire witch," who was executed early in the beginning of this century for murder ; but these disappeared during the catalogu- ing of (he library lor sale, when one of the former Earls uf Mexborough was in dith- culties. Yet another instance : When the writer was last in Paris, he was shown a small book by a dealer, who solemnly avowed it was bound in a portion of (he akin of (he notorious Louvet de Couvray, and which he valued a( 1,000 francs, and for authentication of which he produced a lung pedigree.- PuJf MallQatette. Kirerts of Headwork. (hie of the hardest things in the world is to condole with anybody iu a mislortnne or a bereavement. If it were not that the matter is generally serious, a great many funny stories oould be printed abou( the condolences peoplu offer to the bereaved. Bn( up at Sacramento some time ago a hard-working Irishman fell out of a fourth- story window and broke his neek. His wife was, of coarse, in great distress. After (he funeral a neighbor called to offer her sym- pa(hy and condolence. " I( was a very sad thing, indeed." "Indeed i( was. To die like that â€" to fall out of a fourth-story window." " Au' was i( as bad as (hat 7" asked the visitor. " Sure, an' X heard it was only a (hird-atory window." Harry and His ill<'k Father, Litde Harry, aged 4, had a very aiok father, and on being asked by a sympathe- (ic li((le friend, " How's your papa ? " he answered (earfuUy, " Papa's be((or â€" (ha( is for the better land.' Again, in a few words, he electrified his family by asking, " Do (hey have billiard (ables in heaven ? " On being (old "no," " Well," be said, " I guess papa would ra(her do( go (here (hen." "E(hereal Mildness" spreads her de- ceptive wiles today, and the (ras(ful cKieen proceeds to secure his regular an- nual " spring cold." Beware the jade I " She's fooling thee." "I have nothing but my heart togiveyon," Slid a spinster to a lawyer, who had eon- eluded a sai( for her. " Well," said (he lawyer, gruffly, " go to my clerk ; he takes the fees." I/ord Brougham, in a letter to a friend, wri(es : " Drink is the mother of poverty and the nurse of orime." QlrlTK A SBOW. Bow Lord L^kOkdowne and His Wife lake iu a Play. I attended an amateui* tbeatrioal enter- tainment here in Ottawa recently under tbe guidance of Mr. George Johnson, the Donnnion statistician. The entertainment was under the patronage of the Governor- General iud the Marchioness of Lans- downe, his wife. The entertainment waa given in the rather shabby local theatre. At 8 o'clock the orchestra, or the " band.'i as they S&h it there, had about half com J pleted the overture, when an aide, hurry- ing down tbe aii-lo, whispered to theleader. In a moment tht: strainaof " William Tell" gave way to " God Save tbe (^ueen." The entire audience rose immediately and remained standing while the Marquis aud Marchioness of Lans- downe, accompanied by tbe ladieB of the suite and the GovernorGeneral's official aides, slowly marched down the aisle and took seats on sofas which were arranged fronting the stage in the space between the audience and the band. As tbe Governor- General and his companions took their seats and the audience subsided, my a((en- tion was directed to the odd costume worn by the handsome men, aides of the Gov- ernor-Cieneral, who flanked the Vioe-Regal party. The conventional evening drees was qualified by blue silk coa( lapels and by buttons of gold on both veB( and coa(. The effect was that of the parti-colored ooBtnnM of an eighteenth century bean. The per- formers were on usually clever. They were all members of notable families, the hero being played by Lord Frederick Hamilton, a British M.P. and a brother of the Marchioneaa. His light comedy (alen( was no( unlike (ba( of Mr. Charles Wyndham. The appearance of the audience was very handsome. It was well dreased and well appointed in every respect. I noticed some very beantiful (ac«8 scattered through the house. â€" Uttaica Letter. The Old, Old 8tory. Love is an old story â€" so everybody says a well- worn (ale, Bncien( as (he world -, and yet there is always a bloom about it as fresh as tha( of the new-blown rose, from under whose blushing leaves the little god is wont to launch his arrows. Where^is the man who has ever hadoneof Cupid's Simon Pure shafts tingling in his bosom that ever forgets it .' (By Simon Pure I mean, of course, the sharp, golden article he usually depends on when he picks out his mark, ao4 not tbe dull, jilting, leaden-pointed dart with wnich he once so spitefully pierced (he breast of Appolo's " best girl.") Korget it ? Oh, no ! Time may roll on to white his head and crinkle his brow, yet never to wipe out the recollection of that delicious wound. What would be not give if be could but obliterate the cruel, intervening years ? What would he not sacrifice in the way of piled-up wealth and honors and power â€" yea, every earthly consideration, oould he bu( once more s(and in (he radiant thres- hold of manhood, handin-band with love I When she strung his days with enchant men(â€" when witti a touch she recreated (be earth and sky â€" and for him ; when, at her bidding, the fields and woods and brookai aud birds and flowers danced (heir service on bis sense and filled (he universa with one sweet mixture of grace and melody and perfume \â€"Ji»utlhan Katy't DtJficuUy in May Table Talk. Kvlea of Courtshly. Don't disagree with the girl's father in politics, or ber mother in religion. If yon have a rival keep an eye on him . if he is a widower, keep two eyes on him. Don't put too much sweet s(uff on paper. If yon do you may hear i( read in after years. Go home at a reasonable hour in tbe svening. If on the occasion of your first call she looks like an iceberg and acts like a cold wave, take your leave early, and stay away some (iine. In cold weather finish saying good night in the house. Don't stretch it all the way to (he fron( ga(e, and thus lay (he founda- (ion for fntare asthma, bronchitis, neural gia and chronic catarrh, to help you worry (he girl to death after she has married yon. â€" Okr liiirnb Animals. A Ueart-Hrvaklug Dlaoovery. Anxious Father â€" Why, what's the mat ter '? Litde Sonâ€" Me an' Dick was playin', wa wasJ'Abe Lincoln an' splittin' rails, an' wea wego( (hat big board all chopped up mamma came out au' teok the wood in the house for kindliu'. " But you didn't want the wood, did you ?" " No-o." " Then what are you crying for?" " I've just found ou( 1â€" I ain't been playin'. I- I've been workiu' â€" boo, boot" â€" Ontalta World. About Newspapers. An advertisement in a daily reads ; " Splendid opening â€" village wants news paper." There aie a good many villages that want newepai«rs, and the inhabitants (hereof (hink that ail a publisher baa to do ' ia s(art a newspaper and success is assured. As a matter of fact, taking Ontario all over, one-half of the newspapers published oould drop out of existence and thou leave only a moderate living for (he balance.-â€" CUfUon New Era. A stout, red-nosed man in an hotel offered to wager a sovereign that he oould close hie eyes and simply by taste name any kind of liquor in (he pi ce. The bet was trk"!!. " This is genuine port," said the fat man tasting from a wiiie-glaas; "and thm i» whiskey ; " and so on. A wag then poured a few drops of water into a glass ai>d handed it to the taster. " This isâ€" ^ah- ah â€"this is " â€" tasting it several times. " By Jupiter, gentlemen, I have lost the bet ! I never tasted this liquor before." " Did your son take the valedictory ," college ?" said a gentleman to a lady who was enthusiastically praising the ability in her offspring. " No, indeed, he did not she replied with pride. " He didn't take anything. He is the healihiest boy tht | ever saw." A SIX-TON car, carrying an electric battery of force sufficient to propel it forty milea without renewal, made a satisfactory trip through tbe streets of Baltimore on the passenger railway (racks (he other day, BurmonntiDg heavy grades and stopping aud starting readily. i â- ta.^^

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