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 J: â- , ..' â- â-  I f il' KM 12 Hi 'â-  P â- â€¢ !r .. 1 i :M «»i If I il-h) f r tm ;^' 1 «n= Hinety Yean 01d The Emperor Williun of Germany has completed the ninetieth year of hia age. The occasion was celebrated witii onasnal rejoicii^ and festivity thronghont his domin- ions. ui Berlin tiie displays of military pageantry and. of coort gaieties were brilli- ant and varions, iHiile thrcaghont Grermany the people gave themsdves np to » joyous holiday. 'Die event is certainly a very rare one, if, indeed, it is not nneiampled in tbe history of modem royalty. It is not easy to recall any sovereign d a large nation in modem times who has reached so patriarchal an age. There have been, it is true, many longer reigns than that of the Emperor Wifiiam. At least three living European potentates have sat upon the tlmne longer than the Victoria of England has reigned nearly fifty years. Francis Joseph of Aus- tria haareigned thirty-nine, and William of Hollana has worn the crown thirty-eight years. Bat the German Emperor has only been king of Prussia twenty-six years, and has been at the head of the Empire sixteen years. The monarchs who have had the two longest reigns in modem times, Louis XrV" of France and George III. of Eng- land, both died younger, however, than the German William. Louis reigned no less than seventy-two years (1643 â€" 1715), and yet died at seventy- seven. George reigned sixty years (1760â€" 1820), and died at the age of eighty-two. The present Emperor of Brazil, who is now just closing the mty-slxth year of nis reign, is in the sixty -second year of his age. It is wonderful to think that in the yet sturdy old ruler of Germany a monarch is still reigning who became an officer of the Prussian army eighty years ago; who took part in, and stUl well remembers, the battle of Waterloo (1815), and who has seen all the great events of this eventful nineteenth cen- tury, now so near its close, pass in dramatic succession before his eyes. The Emperor William has always shown a high, haughty, despotic nature. He is perhaps the on^ remaining sovereign in Europe â€" except his grand-nephew, the Rus- sian Czar â€" who devoutly believes that he has a divine ri^ht to rule, and who clings to the old despotic ideas of kingship which pre- vailed in the Middle Ages. Vet he has never been a capricious tyrant. He has shown an ardent love of his people ^md his country; has been ambitious to make Germany great, stron?, and prosperous; and has sincerely tried to be a kindly as well as strict ruler ever his subjects. Like almost all of his stalwart race, Wil- liam has always had a fondness for military affairs. The greater part of his life, indeed, was spent in active service in the Prussian army. He had a taste of war very early in life, in the Napoleonic campaigns; and has always been regarded since as one of the best- trained soldiers in Europe. At the age of ninety, the wonderful physi- cal powers which have suffered the wear and tear of an unusual busy and laborious life seem almost undiminished. The veteran Emperor is still seen daily by his people, standing erect and soldierly at the window of his palace; and we often hear of his appearing, mounted on his white horse, at the great military reviews ^hich are frequently held in the neighborhood of his capital. More than one attempt has been made, by wild fanatics, on the Emperor's life. Yet there is no doubt that his intelligent and thoughtful subjects regard him, not only with the deepest reverence, but with the fondest affection. Alike in his person and in his character, he presents a noble type of royalty, a re- presentative of the German nation of which it may well be proud; and when, as must, ere very long, happen, he passes away, he will be deeply mourned and regretted, throughout the Fatherland. VIOTOEIA AT Tfl£ TABLE. Bow the Queen Manages to Get Ttarengta Her Healii. The strict ceremonial of the dinners of Queen Victoria has not changed since her assumption of the throne. A quarter of an hour before the time fixed for the repast â€" generally 8 o'clock â€" all the party invited to dine with the Queen meet in the grand salon and form themselves into a half -circle about the door where she is expected to enter. The Queen, on entering, makes a beautiful eourtesy (for which she is renowned), then bows to the gentlemen and gives her hand to the ladies, who courtesy deeply. She then goes in first to the table, accompanied generally by one of her sons. If any imperi- al or royal person is present he sits at her right hand. But, even in the' case of Gener- al Grant, she placed the Princess Beatrice between them. The Queen never removes her gloves durinp dinner, except at state banquets. This is a sin^Iar piece of eti- quette, and one would thmk it would be ex; actly the reverse. Her glovea are new, oif white kid, emliroidered with black, never worn but once, and become, after using, the perquisites of the ladies-in-waiting. The Queen has a small and beautiful hand. As soon as she has finished a certain "plat," everyone else stops eating of it, as when she finishes eating her fish, everyone else stops eating fish, etc. After^ she has spoken to her guests on either side, conversation may become gener- al, but in a subdued tone, always deferrini; to the sovereign. Sir Arthur Helps, who was her private secretary, used to tell an amusing anecdote of being snubbed by her for telling a rather fnimy story down the tabloj among the ladies-in-waiting, to relieve lie monotony of a dreary dinner, when the Queen remark- ed: "What is it? We are not amused" She has however, a love of fun, and some, times laughs heartily. M-Katkoff. Becent dispatches oonoemin^ Rosnan af- fairs state that, while tiie Czar's head is with M. de Giers, his heart is with M. Kat- koff. This is probably as accurate and concise a statement of the situation in Hos- sia as it is possible to obtain. M. de Gien is commonly regarded as the" apostle at peace, whils M. KaAoS, the nunpant Pan- slayist and ezptment of the autocratic idea in its most extreme form, is looked upon as the apostie of war. The latter is the perso- nal friend and private oounsellor of tiie Czar, who, on the o Aer hand, detests M. de Giers and his methods. Nevertheless the position of Russia is such that the great Autocrat is compelled to close his ears to the advice of his ;favonrite and to allow him- self to be guided by the far-seeing and moderate De Giers. The position which M. Katkoff occupies in Russia is a unique one. The editor of the leading paper of the country, the Moscow Gazette, he occupies no official position, and yet his influence at St. Petersburg has for years been almost sapreme. He has, in [act, been described as the real autocrat of the empire. Previous to the insurrection in Poland he was a Liberal, and was believed to be strongly tainted with Socialism. The spread of Nihilism, however, caused him to change his tactics, and he becanie the strong- est exponent of the idea that the only pow- er capable of erecting a barrier against the assults of the revolutionists was that of the Cz'ir. From that time forward the Gazette, of which he became proprietor in 1863, has been the earnest advocate of absolutism and Panslavism. For yeirs M. Katkoff has been admitted to the Imperial Council, and his position as the chosen confidant of the Czar's innermost 'thoughts was soon estab- lished. So powerful did he become that he was the principal instrument in the over- throw of M. Valonieff, who had dared to suspend the publication of the Gazette. He is the vigorous enemy in Russia of Bis- marck and his policy, and his views have been very largely accepted by the people. His famous article against the German Chancellor, published in August last, met with a responsive echo throughout the coun- try, and he has since been working assidu- ously to undermine the favour which Ber- lin enjoys at St. Petersburg. It is for this reason that the Czar has been compelled to side with M. De Giers against his own per- sonal inclinations. He sees clearly enough that Russia cannot afford, at present at least, to quarrel with Germany, and he has been obliged, therefore, to administer some- thing like a snub to M. Ratkoff. Russia is not ready for war, and dare not displace M. De Giers to make room for Ignatieff, M. Katkoff must therefore bide his time and, await a more favourable opportunity of raising once more the cry of " On to Constan- tinople." It is a singular fact that, though M. Kat- koff has shown himself the most determined enemy of Nihilism, and has done much to thwart its schemes, no one hals yet been found to carry out against him the sentence which Nihilism imposed upo i iia cut* enemies. The secret of this, it is said, i. his great popularity, which tias practicalh made his life sacred. He is a man of won derful ^wers â€" a scholar as well as a pub licist and a politician. He nersonally sup erintends the studies at the N ^holas Colleg- to which institution he devote a large por tion of the many hours which ae daily give to hard work. No man in i^^urope, or els*^ where, occupies a position si dlar to his, am it seems a pity that his great influenc- WoItbb Oaxucht in Traps. If pochanoe a wolf should be caught in a trap, an its oonrage deserts it and it allows itsdf to be killed without any resistance. The pitfall is the trap most in favor, as it does not injure the sidn. In depth the pit iil|ibont eight feet, and it is always made w|Si the bottom much wider than the top^ so as to prevent the wolves from scrambling out â€" just the shape which,on a' smaller scale is so useful in trapping the field-mice on the Continent. It is narrated that on one oc- casion an old woman had the misfortune to fall into one of these traps. She was not hurt and sat on the ground waiting until the owner of the trap should come to look for his captive. Presently large wolf came tum- bling into the pit, sheandgavea herself ap for lost. The wolf, however, evidently consid- ered her as part of the trap, and was quite as afraid of her as she was afraid of him. So there the fellow- prisoners remained until the farmer came up, shot the wolf, and released the woman from her captivity. In his well- known works, Audubon mentions that at thebeginningof hishuntingcareerhe happen- ed tovisita'farmer wiio had beengreatly plagu- ed with wolves, and had dug a number of pit- falls about his premises. Into one of these pits three fine wolves had fallen. To Aud- ubon's astonishment, the man descended into the pit, armed only with his knife, pulled out the hind legs of the animals, severed the tendons so that they could not escape, and hauled them to level ground, where he could kill them without damaging the skins. A similar example of the abject terror of a trapped wolf is mentioned by Mr. Lloyd. During a severe Winter a peasant was driv- ing to liis home, not far from St. Petersburg. Eleven wolves chased him to bis very gate, through which the horse dashed, followed by nine of the wolves. The gate swung back on its own aocord, when the wolves, so ferocious only a minute beforehand, tried to hide them- selves in holes and corners, and allowed themselves to be killed without offering and resistance. Sometimes, when hard pressed, the wolf will feign death. FREE aOWERING PLANTS. 13 for 91.00 I AUi Fasi QtrALnr, and with eveiy « " ' 50 I Dollar order, an Amaiyllis, a Cbxy*- S " 25 I aatlMBiam or Monthly Rose, FREK. THI BKBT StRAWBBKRV PLJJiTS, 25c A DOZSN. arrive in ^ood ' lion, I^rge Send postal' for deacriptive Ibt. Ji^ jb. J. f. cocxBTM, ftJiasT, (Stamps taken), 0aa|vamcit8T, QST. 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I don't mind sermon-writing; that's easy enough. But my duties require frequent'^visita to the homes of every member of the congr^iation, and just tiiiak of the strain on my conscioice." " 6omcience " "Yes. I am expected to adaoire all the new babies." The News Wiener TagUatt informs us that the Prince of Wales is regarded on the Con- tinent as having a singularly lucky hand at games of chance. " The day before the earthquake he appeared in Monaco, and tried his luck in jest at trente et qwarantc. His success was so satisfactory that the Prince resolved to venture at roulette the sum which he had won at the other game. Here again luck followed him like a dutiful servant, and m a very short space of time he left the salon with a gain of ^600 sterling. " The incident reminds the Vienna journal of the equally fortunate play of the Prince a year ago, when he was the guest of Count Tafilo Fas- tetics at Buda-Pesth. "In one single night the future ruler of England won nearly a quar- ter of a million gulden in a well-known aristocratic club. The Prince told his fel- low-players that ho would give them an op- portunity few revenge as soon as he returned from his hunting tour. Fourteen days later he appeared at the club, according to his promise. The 'revenge,' however, cost his opponents 8,000 florins " It appears from the same journal that the heir to the Austro- Hungarian thrOne, the Crown Prince Rud- olph, is not quite so prodigal and reckless in gamine as the Hungarian nobles. He will only play for very small stakes, like the aged German Emperor, who thinks that a sum of 50 pfennig is as much as a king should venture at a time. SClENnnO MD USEFUL. The principal acid of the tomato is malic; but there is also a. trace of oxalic acid. The most thorough way to secure a dry cellar is to plaster the exterior of the cellar walls with the best Portland cement. Cloth can be cemented to polish iron shafts by first giving them a coat of best white-lead paint; on this being dried hard, coat with best Russian glue dissolved in water containing a little vinegar or acetic acid. Cocaine has a rival in an alkaloid obtained in Australia from the juice of Euphorbia Drummondii, which Dr. Jolm Reid, its dis- coverer, calls drumine. The new local an- aesthetic acts almost entirely by paralysing, amd does not excite. Silver dissolved in nitric acid may be again reduced to a metallic state by adding copper after removing excess of acid by eva- poration. Gold can be dissolved in warm nitro-muriatic acid, and it may be recovered or reduced to a metallic state by precipitat- ing with copperas and then melting the pre- cipitate in a crucible. An anti-insect fabric has been patented at New York which is intended to be used for the lining of trunks, c. as a protection against the ravages of moths and other in- sects. 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It is the manta which they wear in such a coquettish way that gives them their reputa- tion for beauty, for it conceals every feature except their bewitching eyes and lovely olive complexion. No matter how ugly her mouth or her nose is; no matter how high her cheekbones or large her ears; no matter whether she is as scrawny as a scarecrow or as bald as a bat, a manta wiU make any woma^ with pretty eyes look handsome, and. hie chanty, it covers a multitude of sins This garment, which is peculiar to Peru and w worn by ladies of all ages and sociai positions, from the President's wife to the laundry who comes after your linen, is a sort of foster-sister to the mantilla of Spain. It 18 usnalty of crepe from China, and costs a^^re from $10 to $500, according to its The Sabath-school teacher had spent con- Sw^ tone in drilling into her ^pik the tauth that "pnde cometh before a fall " Aow, chillrcn,^ can you tell me what com« before afall?" »\^, mam; rom- *aa the reply Irwn Ae seat f»x^ax»% It. The pronoun If, is a comical word- It is sometimes amusing, It is often absurd • It IS large. It is small, It is round. It is square. It rams and It snowsâ€" It i* foul. It is fair â-  It 18 black, It is white. It is long. It is short. It 18 every thing, almost, and then It is noueht •" It 18 true, It's a He It isn't. It is. Indeed, the word It, is a humbug. GalUcGaU. " Well, that just like the cheek of these foreign artists," observed Mrs. Snacgs. " What is?" asked her husband. " Why, that man Munkacsy is coming back here next Summer to paint Niagara Falls, and I believe he'll jtist spoil them, so I do." Going Her One Better. 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