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I dare say you may remember a story which got out last year about a practical joke that was played at Cowes during the ya’bhting week on a lady named Mrs. Cust, whose house at. that time every year is a favorite resort of the Prince of Wales and his followers. It seems that Mrs. Oust was told that the French Cabinet Minister, M21 Waddington, was in Cowes, and the Prince requested that he be invited to dinner by her to meet His Royal Highness. The in- vitation was, of course, given, and the din- ‘ner took place. After dinner the gentle- men came into the drawing»room,and there, in Mrs. Cust's presence, an altercation soon arose between M. Waddington and Lord Charles Berestord. The rudeet, most insulting 'epithets were applied to the French people in general, and M. Wadding- ton in particular, the war of words ending in M. Waddington being hustled out of the room into the garden and thrown over the wall into the road. Shortly after a he presented himself again, covered with oust, when, at the earnest solicitation of Mrs. Oust, who was almost in a faint, a peace was patched up. Another row soon began, ending as before. The Prince throughout the prooeedings was convulsed with laughter. Somehow the affair reached the ears of the French Ambassador in London, and he Wrote to Lord Granville about it. Then the truth had to come out. It wasn't M. Vl'adding- ton at all, but “ Bull Run "» Russell, who had dresssed up to represent him; the whole thing being concocted by Lord Charles Beresford for the amusement of the Prince of Wa'es. Such was last year’s inn, and here is what happened this year. After dinner, when, as before, all the guests were assembled in the drawing- room, an old woman, dressed in a French costume with very short skirts, suddenly made her appearance, and, one of the com- pany being requested to play some lively opera boufi’e airs on the pianoforte, she proceeded to dance the can can. She danced with much spirit and vivacity, not altogether, perhaps, as a modest old woman should, and, as usual. the Prin cc of Wales was in shouts of Laughter. At last she sat down amid a round of applause, and then a quadrille was form ed, the old woman requesting the Prince to be her partner. Although not exactly the proper thing, he couldn’t refuse. After the quadrille, she as suddenly disappeared, and people were wondering who she was, when the door was thrown open and in walked Sir Harry Keppel. It needed but a glance to see that be it was who had been masquerading as the ancient French damsel, and great was the merrime‘nt thereat. On the whole, when one reflects, it was not a very - elevating sight. Sir Harry Keppel is a man of 75, and, notwith- standing his age, is one of the Prince’s most constant companions and followers. There are people who accuse him of being a gre at toady, and, if one may judge by the exploit just mentioned, the charge is not very untrue“ Fancy a man of his age, and an dmiral of the Fleet, consenting to such an xhibition of want of dignity on his part, merel for the sake of amusing the Prince of alcslâ€"Ltmdon- 001'. San Francisco Argcmut. ; A New‘ Scheme to Preserve the Antac- ' dons About the Falls. .The Lockport qumal says : Ameeting was recently held at Cdfton for considering the International Park scheme, at which Sir Alexander Campbell, Minister at Justice of '- the Dominion Gov- ernment. was present, and a scheme discussed ‘ which seems feasible. It was assumed that neither the Government Qi'the Dominion nor that of Ontario would at present underthke the establishment of an international park, and the next best thing would be to renew a scheme advanced :about a year ago. On the Canadian side of the river the GOVernment owns a strip of land along the river bank sufficient for =a good road. which must always be kept to en. . The project of a year ago was t e incorporation of a private company yonder the protection and control of the Ontario Government. To this company the Government waste give. the land around the Falls, and under Government ccntrolit should be empowered to procure addi- tional land for a park, that the company shoeldkeep this park and the view 0! the Falls always free to the public, but that they should have the right to improve it with tramways, place hotels and other attractions in it, subject to the right of the Government to regulate the charges to :bepmade therefor. It is also understood that the park should be subject to a tax for Vmunicipal purposes. Sir Alex. Campbell, Sir Alex. Gait, Sir Wm.How|and, the Hon. Wm. McMaster. the Hon. George W. Allan, Walter Shanly, Dr. ‘Ferguson and other leading men of Canada, have consented to act as provisional directors of the pro- Eosed park company. The compary as been formed with Sir Alexander Campbell as President, and the application tor-a charter from the Provmce of Ontario has been filed. A despatch from Bridgeport, Conn., says : Professor E. F. Ritchel has invented a poisonous air bomb which he claims will revolutionize all modern warfare. The game, before being introduced into the bomb, are several times compressed and impregnated with poisons which make them quickly fatal to any living creatures breathing them. -When exploded the gas lies close to the ground. With one of them he killed twenty rats in an inclosure yester- day. In battle the bombs will be hurled trom‘a mortar. Thrown into an army, the inventor thus describes the effects of what he calls his humane system of warfare: " The bomb explodes and the air within a radiusvof 100 feet becomes charged with silent death. You cannot fight it, you can- not destroy this silent life destroying enemy. What is the result? Why. the menjcan stay and asphyxiate, but you will find that they won’t. They will run away inr'm. beaten and demoralized condition, and this is one of the best points about the device." He is in correspondence With Admiral Jones, of the British navy, with reference to the introduction oi! his inven: tion there. , Dr. Bridge, of Westminster Abbey, whose } setting'of the grand old song of St. Francis 0! Assisi was so well received at the Wor- cester Festival, has just finished the com- position of a work of similar character, a setting of Mr. Gladstone’s admirable Latin translation of Toplady’s famous hymn, " Rook of Ages.” The work, which was undertaken with the permission of the distinguished author, is arranged for a baritone solo,with chorus and orchestra. Mr. Gladstone made this translation, “Jesus, pro me perforatus,” in 1848, and it was published in 1861 in a small volume bf translations which had been accom- plished at various periods by him and his brother-in-law, the late Lord Lyttleton. This little book is one of the most striking proofs of the Prime Minister's versatility and of the extraordinary extent of his kaowledge, for it contains his translations, 1, from Greek, of Homer and [Eschylus ; 2, from Latin,‘of Catullus and Horace; 3, from Italian, 0! Dante and Manzoni, and 4, from German, of Schiller; as well as‘trom English to Latin, of Milton, Hebe): and Toplady.â€"â€"Labouchew’s Truth. “ It is a beautiful thing to see a husband and wite of one mind," remarked Mrs. Fogg._‘ fiYga,’_’ r‘eplied qug, " but itpnakes A _ 4_.__.A_ LL- Seine Alleged Anecdotes of the Walel. W -Uu, a. good dehl 6t di‘flerenceVV'vho carries the mind." ‘ THE lNTEBNATloNAL PARK. Au odorons Weapon 0! War. A, PRINCIPE " PLEASUKIIH. -. Gladstone’l Gm oi Tongues. Prince 01 Writs for criminal libel have been issued in the suit of Attorney-General Miller against '1‘. H. Preston, 0. W. Hauscombe and Hon. S. O. Biggs, of the Winnipeg Sun. The article complained of is that the Attorneyâ€"General, while Judge of the Su- perior Court. aided a. criminal t6 escape Justice, which was untrue and unfounded in fact. ~ Sundsy last was the first cold day we had this month, the thermometer that day registered 15 above zero, and the air-itself was full of threatenings of snow and frost. All last week was full of balmy and delight- ful s'ummer weather. In the east this sud- den appenranoe of frost would be taken as evidence that winter hsd fairly set in, but happily we have no such fears here, where the first west' wind that blow on Monday wits sufficient to bring us back our summer hours as it they had never flown. The wind god is the chief one here, and we have, unlike eastern people, independently of the sun. summer or winter just as he_1ists.-â€"- It is reported that Gory’a tunnel will have to be abandoned and tine track 1; ken round lb; the river. Some 750,000 feet of lumber have been already‘used on this tunnel. and at pregant caboosea are unable to pass under it. ~ The recent advertisements for horses by the commander at Fort Macleod was productive of a good degree of competition among ranchmen a‘nd' horsedealera. In October twenty- hora'eslwere purchased at an average of 3130 each. On the 12th inst. thirty more were purchased. The average price was 3138. Thus, 86,745 has been expended among the ranchmen for horses during the last month. Calgary Herald :l‘lml , for Which _Men Are Bondy to Hazard Their lees. ' LondonZTimes.‘ Since 1804. ‘when the Legion of Honor was instituted here by its founder (Napoleon 1.). this reward has, in spite of political,changes,‘continued to be the reward .for distinguished or civil or military services. It is sometimes said by foreigners that the ohevaliers are far'too many, their numbers being unlimited, but foreigners do not ‘always' understand the manner in which the cross‘ is granted. It has been customary at the close of the autumn manoeuvres every year for the Minister of War to admit acertain number of officers to the order and to make promo- tions in it. There is’ now a tendency toward more sparingautumn distribution. At the close of} a campaign nominations are, as a rule, granted to those privates of regiments whose personal valorwould, in in the English army, have been rewarded by the Victoria Cross. At the close of the Crimean "war a number cf‘English officers were admitted into the’ order, and in like manner Her Majesty created a certain number of French generals and officers honor- ary knights and' companions of the Order of the Bath. Appointments to the Legion of Honor are at intervals gazetted to the Journal Ofiiciel, and on the 14th of July an exceptional number is pro- claimed, In times of plague or revolution, when female heroism has often been con- spiouous. lady kinghts of the legion have been created. Notwithstanding the perse- cution to which the French religious bodies have been subject of late years, the mind of the Minister of War is quite unbiased, and this summer he has made two appointments of women from those sister- hoods which have faced the ravages of cholera in the south of France. At 'the present time there -not less than seventeen lady knights, and of this number nine are superiors or sisters of orders which attend in hospitals. The senior ladies of the Legion of Honor are Mdlle. Regis de Clemecy, who came to the front in resisting the revolution of 1849, and Miner Abicot, who took upon herself to defend the mairie , of a village against an armed force during her husband’s mayoralty. In recognition of her exertions on behalf of the wounded in the Franco-German war, Lady Pigctt was presented by: M. Thiers with the ribbon in 1872. ’ . . The track, west from the summit, is in. first-class condition, considering the short time it has began laid. It is said it will be 1161de during the winter menths, and that only an occasional train will be run from Calgary to Luggan. The mails will be con- veyed by dog brains. A gentleman went in bathing in the usual swimming place yesterday. the 13:11 day of November. The ail-was like sum. mer, and the water was no colder than it is below Quebec in the middle of summer. This is another good item for the 14th November. Jim Grant. and “Tex ” caught 77 trout; last week in Willow Creek in an hour and a quarter, and not through a. hole in the ice amenâ€"Fort Macleod quette. Aw' 'compa'ny are sinking a shim;~ ' ‘mt Crowfoot. and report has ih what they ‘have discovered a good seam coal. Golden City is bpoming along at a. great rate. Whiskey in W per“ bottle and 50 cents a. drink. ' Items oflnwn-sl from the Far Provinces. ‘II‘hgweather is mild. The Rack is now laid within half a. mile of the First Crossing of the Columbia. But He Ought to be Put where Ile Can Do no More Harm. Near Springfield, Ohio; on Wednesday, Dr. Jchn Maxwell, atter "sending his wife to town, administered to his four children, aged 71 to 13, a combination of ’aocnite and chloroform. He then placed a cloth saturated with chloroform over their faces, placed them on a bed. administered a. similar dose to himself, and lay down to die with them. When Mrs. dewell. returned all four of the children were unconscious. During the night two of the children died. Maxwell revived and was jailed. He refused to talk. He left a. letter saying he was tired of life and wanted hischildren to go with him to avoid suffer- ing. He had recently been indicted for libel of another physician, and with busi- ness embarrassments it is supposed incited the fearful act. Later news says the oldest boy died tu-night, making, three deaths The oldest girl will recover. It is feared Mrs. Maxwell will die from the shock. Maxwell feign‘s insanity. In none of the decided improvement completed in the upper story of the cnpitol at Richmond, within the past few months, is there onelot, more interest to the public than the placing of the historic portraits in the'rotunda. where evaryhody can see them. People seem never tire of gazing at the canvass images of the splendid array of Virginia worthies to be seen there. 'l‘llE 030381“? noNok. NOR’WEST,NOTES. l-IE MAY BE INSANE, VL. XXVII. llow a Clever Young Thief Robbed Ills ‘ Partners in the Dance. Complaints were made by the young ladies who attended the ball of the Paul S. Jones Association, at Rutherford Hall,‘in Stant0n street, on Monday night, that they were robbed of their purses. An inves- tigation was made by the members of the club, and their suspicions ,fell upon an ‘eiega‘ntly attired young man, who gave his name as John H. Hood, a jewellery clerk, residing in Brooklyn. He was unknown to them, and when questioned said that he waspresent on the invitation of Robert. D. Casey. the President of the club. Casey disolaimed any acquaintance with the young man, and a sharp watch was kept open him. Half an hour after the stranger was seen waltzing with Selena Gernier, the daughter of Grocer Joseph Gernier, of No. 112 Willett street. One of the members saw him press the young lady to his breast 'more closely than is the custom, and almost simultaneously his right hand was seen to disappear in her dress pocket. Afterwards he was seen to press her hand, and she "soon discovered that one of her rings had disappeared. Finishing the waltz, the young man said that he had an important engagement, and was making his departure, when he was made a prisoner. He became .very indignant at what he ‘termed an outrage, and threatened to make it hot for those who detained him. ‘ The Terrible Disease That Is Spreading in West Virginia and Tennessee. W. D. Jones, of Philadelphia, the largest individual land-owner in the mountainous region of southwest Virginia and eastern Kentucky‘and ‘Tennessee, who «has Just returned from a 'visit to his property‘, makeev some interesting- statements- about the mysterious malady which _has.caused such ‘ fatality among" the"‘people 'there. The country, lie" says, is wholly‘li‘ti'like anything he has ever seen or heard of in the United States, and, inhis opinion, its physical and geological péfifiliarities are responsible for the trouble.” The water of five good-sized rivers, which have their rise within a very narrow radius, is very- largely mineral, , and the hills are full of iron and 1 copper ore and coal, lying, in some in- ; stances, close together. During the summer and autumn, tor a period of three months or more, a great drought ' prevailed, and nearly all the streams dried up, so that not only the people, but animals suffered from the want at water. All sorts of experi- ments were resorted to. Most of the water secured was from caverns and small lakes. The little water that remained in the most active springs became so thoroughly satu-' rated with the various mineral substances that it was almost sure death to drink it in any quantity. 'Even the best of this dan- gerous stuff bad to be hauled five or six miles. Mr. Jones says that, in .all, about 200 deaths have occurred from the mineral poisoning, and ' there are about 300 persons still sick. In all cases the per-_ sons have complained for a day or two, and have then been seized with violent hemorrhages and nausea, dying in a short time. The doctors all agree that it is mineralpoisoning. and have treated it as suchâ€"in many cases successfully. Children and women suffer the most, while men of strong constitution generally manage to‘get over the attack. There have been many sad and distressing cases, and scat- tered through the counties of Letcher, Hudson and Perry, in Kentucky and Lee, Dickinson and-Wise, in Virginia, are farm- houses utterly deserted, entire families being swept away. ‘ It has affected all classes, though the poorer have suffered the most. Judge Day, of Letcher county, a prominent citizen, lest his wife and several of his children. Mr. Jones’ attorney also lost several members of his family. The only outside relief that has been tendered the afiiicted locality is $1,2001rom the cattle convention in session at St. Louis. ‘f Why’ in my pocket, of course," she ansWered laughingly, as she put her hand in‘ her pocket. but it came out empty. “No ’it isn’t," she added in a. frightened tone, “it's gone. I knew I had it when I danced with that man,” pointing to Hood. He was searched, and the purseI which con- tained $65, was found in his possession, as were also three other purses, which were claimed by their owners. Miss Gernier claimed that she had also been robbed of a. ring, which was not found. The prisoner was arraigned at the Tombs yesterday, and Justice Smith held him for examination.â€" New York World. v" Miss Gemielf,” said Robert D. Casey, “ wlglje is_your purse_? "A Exile McBride Indulgee in a Dangerous . Pastime. The District Attorney of Buffalo has been formally notified via the Executive Department at Washington and the Execu- tive Department at Albany, that a well known citizen of Buflalo had been guilty of a’serioue misdemeanor. The accusation is based upon the following letter, which is self-explaining: “Buffalo, N.Y., Nov. 10, 1884.â€"'l‘o the Hon, Theodore Frelinghuy- sen, Secretary of State, Washington, DC. Recall James Russell Lowell, United States Minister to the Court of St; James, Eng- land, or he will be blown up with dynamite. (Signed.) Exile J. J. MCBRIDE." It is claimed that the offence is indictable under the following section of the code: “ Sec. 559.-â€"Written threatâ€"A person, who, knowing the contents thereof, sends, de- livers, or in any manner causes to be sent or received any letter or other writing threatening to do any unlawful injury to the person or property of another, is guilty of misdemeanor.” The general penalty for misdemeanor is one year’s imprisonment in the penitentiary or a fine of not more than $500, or both. Steps will be taken to indict the irrepressible John. Eleven years ago James Kehoe and Kate ‘Weleh were married in Albany, N. Y. Three years sitar Kehoe was called to Ireland to settle up an estate in which he was interested. He left his wife and two children, Mrs. Kehoe saying that she pre- ferred not to make the journey across the Atlantic. This was eight years ago. On Thursday last Kehoe, who had regularly corresponded with his wife during his absence, returned to Albany. He was recognized by Luke Dunn, one of his former friends, who made to him the startling announcement that soon after his departure his wife had married Peter Smith, an old admirerot hers before she 'beoame Mrs. Kehoe. The astonished husband decided to call on his wife, but as soon as he presented himself she seized a kettle filled with boiling water and hurled the contents at him. He retreated hastily and returned to his friend’s. where he is at present soiourning, undecided exactly what course to pursue. HE ENJOYED Ills WAL'IZES. A THREATENING LETTER. A Warm Enough Reception. MINERAL POISONING. RICHMOND HILL THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1884. What a Man Heard and, Saw. Twenty. Five Years Ago‘ While in Labrador. A Philadelphian who has read the pub- lished accounts of the rediscovery of the great Lake Mistassini writes: I spent the summer of 1859 upon the coast of Labra- dor. I ‘ was always asking the native Eequimaux and the older residents about the country which lies‘ to the westward, feeling a great personal desire to penetrate it, so as to settle "some disputed points effecting the geography of that -utterly unexplored and unknown region. No one could give me any information, but all agreed that it was entirely impracticable to penetrate the hountry any further than the explbre'r‘ co'dld be sustained by the pro- visions practicable'to be carried en route by, his party. At the rooms of, the Jersey Fishing Company, at l‘ottoan Bayyhow- ever, I came across an Englishman who had been in the employ of the Hudson’sl Bay Company at Moose Factory. at the southern extremity of Hudson’s Bay, ‘and in the edge of Rupert's Land. He fre- quently declared to me that to the eastward of Hudson’s Bay, toward Labrador, there was a lake larger than Ontario and Erie combined, surrounded By arable land, and well timbered for so high a latitude. He did not pretend to have seen the lake, but derived his intormation from Indiansâ€"not Esquimauxâ€"who brought their furs to Moose Factory to trade for food and clo_thi_ng. . a n This was twenty-five years ago. On my way south upon the Canadian steamer which biennially visits lower Labrador with oil and supplies for the lighthouses in those tar-away seas, I communicated what I had heard‘to a gentleman whose name I have forgotten, but who was in the suite of the Governor-General of Canadafwhose party we picked up at Mingan. on the lower Gulf coast. While I would award all praise to the Geographical Society of Quebec for the exact information which appears to have been derived from the ex‘p‘iorations of their agents as regards this great inland sea, they can hardly lay claim to any original- ity of discovery, since the existence of such a lake'was known to the men about Moose Factory at least thirty years ago. It may be said that the Esquimaux hardly ever leave the coast. They depend upon the sea for their food and clothing. They are singularly lacking in enterprise. They look upon the unexplored lands between them and Rupert's Land as a region given up to devils and evil things, and could not on any account be induced to join any exploring party to penetrate those wilds. The atlases which we are taught to believe give an accurate description of the coun- tries they give pictures of mark “ Esqui- maux” upon the great region lying between 50 and 60 degrees north latitude and 3 and 7 degrees east longitude (from Washington). But it would be entirely safe to offer a thousand dollars a head in r any E :quimaux found _in Rupert’s Land, or. indeed, fifty miles from m; Mammal Mnddenerl by Jealousy lle Bites or: the End of Her Nose. Lillian Farrelly, a pretty blonde, 19 years old, living with her parents at;No. 9 Pell street, New York, had two lovers with whom she alternated. The young men were acquainted with the situation and tried to out-rival each other by mak- ing presents to the girl and taking her to places of amusement. One night she went with Frank Sullivan to atheatre‘ or ball and the next night it would be Robert Greene’s turn. So matters'went on until a week ago, when both young men came on the same night and each insisted that it was his turn to take the girl out. They went to the street to fight it out and Sulli- van returned with his eyes blackened and his face covered with gore. He said that he had been attacked by Greene With some blunt instrument and that then Greene had brutally- nicked hith. Lillian pitied him and made him happy by promising to become his wife, also declaring that she would never speak to Greene again. Mon- 'day night Sullivan went with the Sullivan Club, who had received a banner from Mrs. Hendrick’s,wife of theVloe-President elect, to Newark, where they marched in the procession which was reviewed by Gov. Hendricks. When the club returned to the city it was near 11 o'clock and Sullivan proceeded to the house of his promised wife to make his excuses for failing to take .her to a place of amusement, as he had promised. She was out, however, and on inquiring her mother told him that she had gone to the theatre with his rival. He waited until they made their appear- ance, when he sprang at his rival and made a savage assault upon him. Greene got away and Sullivan turned his atten- ticn‘to his sweetheart. He threw her to the ground and bending over her, took her nose between his teeth and bit off the end. The young girl uttered a piercing scream and became unconscious. The maddened lover took the bit of nose out of his mouth, placed it carefully in. Â¥est pocket, and leaned over to take an Jther bite when he was struck from behind and was made a prisoner by oflicer Churchill, of the Sixth Precinct. The young girl was taken to Chambers Street Hospital, where the piece of nose, which Sullivan had given up, was stitched on agam. Yesterday she was sufficiently recovered to appear against l her cannibalistic lover at the Tombs, and i he was held. A Philadelphia Press: ” Few men really know how to dress," said a prize dude, as he paused to get the reflection of his new summer pea-jacket in Wanamaker’s winâ€" dows. " Now, that teller over there,” he‘ continued, pointing to an imitation dude sunning himself on the opposite side of the street, “has got on low quartering shoes' and a billycook hat, with a Prince Albert frockâ€"the brute. And notice his scarf-pin, ' please do. It represents a little skate" â€"entirely out of season. Besides, every- thing should have some real or apparent“ purpose about a man's dress, and that- tellow’s scarf-pin is stuck in the upper part of the scarf, and don‘t seem put there to. hold the folds together at all. Now, you'd i‘ hardly believe it, but the beast hasn't even had the soles 0! his shoes blackened, and - the backs of those disgusting yellow gloves of his are stitched in black.” _ v The newest canvasser goes from house to house when wives are at home and hue- bands away. He explains how readily, privately and for slight reasons, divorcee may be obtained; and he departs saying that he will take the liberty of calling again in a. week. He is an agent for a. divorce lawyer. Disoontented wives, either with or without good cause to: divorce, thus have the means brought to them; and, when it is added that pay is taken on. the instalment plan. the attractiveness of the scheme must be acknowledged. HER LOVER WAS A CANNIBAL. THE GREAT LONE SEA. A Dude’s Views on Dress. open sho'ps." And, with a nod that plainly showed how free she was from doubt. She deftly smoothed the wrinkles of her snowy apron outâ€"â€" Just the queer-est and the dearest little school ma'arn ever known, Whose way of teaching boys and girls was really her own ' -â€"Malcolm Douglas, in the Christmas St. Nicholas. Mothers and Daughters. How strangeit is that ideas in various parts of the globe are~ so contradictory. For instance, take the question of girls. In spite of our advancing ideas, we have a general conviction that girls should not be put to very hard work. We shield them if we can. In Asia and Africa. on the contrary, in spite of all we are always hearing of the lazy lives of women in those countries, an old belief prevails that they were born to labor} The same is true in many parts of Germany. In Turkestan and on the Tartar steppes, the Kirghese sultanas and their daughters, in whose veins flow the blood of long lines of kings. still milk the sheep, cows and goats, and perform the menial duties of the house- hold. They reverse our order of things. The mother wears silk and the daughter calico; the mother cultivates accomplish- ments and the daughter does the drudgery. In fact, they really consider the mother entitled to the best of everything 1 Such is it to be uneivilizad. There .the mother is at home in the parlor and the daughter in the kitchen, and we would look in vain for the child too fashionable and well- educated to scorn her mother. What a blessed state of affairs 1 What to Teach the Children. “‘thnever any pupil in his lessons doesn't mlss, I enfigurage ,hisendeavora with a. penny sugar ms; And. since this slight upon the rest might too severely fall, I take gape box of kisses, and I hand ’81:: round to all. ¢ ‘ . >| ” I’ve asked them what they’d like to be a. dozen times or note, Ana each, I find, intends when grown to keep a candy store ; So, thinking that they ought to have some knowledge of their trade, I’ve_put a, little stove in, just to show them how it’s made. LEnthuusirmtic‘? Bless you, it is wonderful to 888 How interested in such things a little child can be; And. from their tempting tafiy and their luscious lollipops. I’m sure they'llgo me credit when they come to ” I give my brightest pupil," in a. pleasant tone she said, . “A Linus corner by himself to show that he is ea, , ;1.-- ' ' _ And, to spare ,the tender feelings of the dullest boy, I put All the others in a. circle, so you can't tell which . is foot. I Teach them to be polite, teach them that there is nothing but goodness of heart of so much desirability as a pleasing department. They will lose the idea after a while that it is smart to be pert and boisterous, and take pride in being little ladies and gentlemen. Teach them to say “ how do you do ” or ” good morning " to everybody they meet with whom they are acquainted; never to contradict, whisper, hum, beat a tatoo with the fingers on the furniture, or 1011 round in lounging attitudes in company; to say “ yes, ma’am," “ no, sir,” ” what, ma’am,” “ if you please ” and “ thank you ” and “ excuse me," if it is necessary to pass before any one or leave the table before the rest; and neVer do any of the things for which it is necessary to be excused unless it is absolutely unavoidable. Not to toss things, instead of handing them; not to eat with the knife ; not to meddle with things which belong to others ; not to listen to anything not intended for their ears ; not to refuse to give the whole to a little visitor when half will not do. A. polite child is the best of companions, but a rude one is a troublesome nuisance and will find himself learning at 18 or 20 things which should have been taught him when a child. Sally Lunn. English children are as fond of buns as the little folks in this country are of cookies and doughnuts, and there are some very nice ones made over there. There are penny and two-penny plum-buns, and caraway buns, and spice buns, and the celebrated hot-cross buns. One of the nicest of them all is the “ Sally Lunn,” named after the young woman who first made them, more than seventy years ago. She lived in bath, and every morning and evening carried them round to the gentle- men’s houses in a large basket covered with a white damask cloth. For "a long time no one could find out just how they were made, but after a while a baker by the name of Dalmer bought the business of her. And this is how she made them: She took one quart of flour and mixed with it a half teaspoonful of salt and three teaspoonfuls of baking powder, then rubbed in half a cup of butter, four beaten eggs and one pint of milk. She then poured the batter into round cake tins and baked _them in a. quick oven. Dalmer was a , musician as well as a baker, and made a ‘ song and set it to music, all in praise of 1 “ Sally Lunn and her famous bunn," and the buns became such favorites that bar- rows were made to carry them in to the customers. In a few years Dalmer retired from business, a very rich man. To this day in every town in England the Sally Lunn bun is the chief favorite with grown folks as well as children. How to Remove Ink Slams. Ink stains may be removed from colored table covers by dissolving a teaspconful of oxalic acid in a teaspoonful of hot water, ' and rubbing the stained part well with the ' solution. Ink stains maybe taken out of anything white by simply putting a little‘ powdered salts of lemon and cold water on the stain, allowing it to remain about five ‘ minutes, and then washing it out with soap and water, when the stains will disappear. ‘ Ink stains on silver or plated articles may be effectually removed without injury to ,. the articles by making a little chloride of lime into a paste with water, and rubbing the stains until they disappear,yand after- ' wards washing the article with soap and water. To remove ink stains from a mahogany table, put a few drops of spirits of nitre into a teaspoonful of water, and touch the part stained with a feather dipped into the mixture. Immediately the ink stain disappears the place must be rubbed with a cloth dipped in cold water, or there will be a white mark. Making Beds and Climbing Stairs. There is nothing more cheerful to the «from hengyes ; ' Just the-qfieereat and the dearest little school, ma’nm ever known. Whose way of. teaching boys and girls was certainly her own. With her funny iitcle glasses you'd have thought ’ her very wise ' ' ‘ ' “ If itgwasq't for the laughter that was zpeeping Things Worth Knowing in Connection Wiih the Household. THE LADIES’ COLUMN. A Dear thlle School Ma’ém. WHOLE NO 1,378 NO. 27. 'sight of a tired person than a clean, soft couchâ€"pleasant - to the eyes as well as to- the touch, and giving pro- mise of dainty rest. I may add that in no occupation is a women more attrac- tive than when engaged in the servile Work of making up just such a bed. Don’t'you remember how the heroine of» “ She Stoops to Conquer” bags her gameâ€"I mean wins a husbandâ€"by. letting him view her at such lhousework? "My advice to girls, in cases where a desirable young man happens to be a guest in the house, is not to disdain all connection with household affairs, with the idea at impressing him with your too-good- ness for that kind of thing, but instead to find'sczne excuse for becoming chamber- maids, so that the visitors may see you transform a tousled bed into a snowy. slick and entrancing one. It the job he done deftly i‘t'is sure to be potent 'in its effect on the" fellow who beholds -it. But there are things which are dangerous for a girl to do at home in the presence cl her admirer. Going upstairs is one of them. ‘ It is easy enough to descendmith sprightly : grace, but I dety any living being in skirts to ascend without awkwardness. In the current play at Daly’s Theatre two of the acts have for a scene an interior in which a broad staircase leads directly back from the rear. The characters go up and down uncounted times. The women are per- sonating fine ladies and wear the most fashionable of dresses. 0n the stage level they are objects of estimable regard ; but the instant they begin to mount those dreadful stairs they become camels, 'ele- phants. anything that walks grotesquely with the hind legs. They wabble from side to side, they strain every gusset and seam in their clothes, they threaten to burst their corset-strings, their joints seem to refuse all customary action, and the outlines pre- sented by their backs bear no semblance to their normal shapeliness. It is clear to my mind that nature never intended that women should go upstairs, for I don’t believe an angel, if feminine, could mount the golden stair other than absurdly.â€" Glara Belle. ' Miscellaneous. Hats and bannets are bhis winter most fantastically extravagant). They are odd shapes borrowed from history, from table, and even from the stage. A housekeeper asks, " What is the aim- plest way to keep jelly from moulding on map ‘2" " Shut a. boy in a. pantry for a. few minutes.” » Chestnuts and their leaves, imitated in fine silk card cavered with beads, are used by the English dressmakers to trim their large velvet cloaks. The prettiest new work basket is in the shape of a gipsy kettle, both kettle and sticks being made of wicker. A great bow of velvet in the nasturtium shades is bound around the centre of the sticks and another is on the outside of the kettle. which has a lining of nasturtium silk and pockets innu- memble. The Ja. anéae girl when she guns into mcs‘wmgs, he; mar Among Miss Astor's jewels is a necklace of four rows of pink pearls, lover’s knots of rubies and sapphires separating the pearl: at every tenth pearl. The leaf in the marriage register in Haworth Ghuroh, on which is inscribed the name of Charlotte Bronte, has been so often handled by American travellers that it is falling to pieces. andihe'c6rnera of her eyes red,’with tvâ€"vo slate coloured spots on her forehead. The best: shot in Dakota is said to be a. woman, Mrs. Lowner, wife of Colonel Low- ner, at Fort Tatten. ’She has killed 114 prairie chickens this fall and the first dear ever brought down from Moose River. . A young gentleman asked a young lady what she thought of the " marriage stats in general." “ Not knowing, can’t tell," was the reply ; “ but if you and I could put our hands together, I could soon give you a definite answer.” The Princess Victoria and Prince Bis- marck have become reconciled. A feud has long existed between these two, on account of the slight regard the Prince hes for the deference due to woman of whatever rank, and because the Princess repelled his dia- reepect of Courtetiquette. “ Madame,” said a husband to his young wife, in a little altercation which will spring up in the best regulated families, “ when a man and his wife have quarrelled and each considers the other at fault, which of the two ought to advance toward a recon- ciliation ?" “ The better natured and wiser ol the two," said the wife, putting up her mouth for a kiss, which was given with an unotion. _She was the_ conqueror. Cracks in floors, around the mould board, or other parts of a room, may be neatly and permanently filled by thoroughly soaking newspapers in paste made of one pound of flour, three quarts of water and a. table- spoontul of alum, thoroughly boiled and mixed. The mixture will be about as thick as putty, and may be forced into the creeks with a case knife. It will harden like papier- maehe. Most Americans do not have homes; they have merely places to stay, where the father can read his newspaper, the mother ply the sewing machine and the children make molasses candy, or have annual birthday parties. But the idea of a heart centre, where love is cherished, thoughts are fostered, and morals expended, is apparently unheard of in their philosphy. Materfamilias goes to church on Sunday without an idea that she is leaving the holiest temple behind her, of which she is high priestess, and it you should dissect her brain you would find that in the corner devoted to “ necessities ” the strata of clothes, cooks, sewing girls and roast tur- key fill up all but the smallest orevioe oon- scientiously set aside for religious belief and church membership. How Peoplerxvvill Dance. i” The changes for the coming winter are not at all arranged yet," says an authority on dancing, “ but a general survey of the field may be given. The waltz quadrille and lawn tennis quadrille will be the square dances of the winter, without doubt. The plain quadrilles will be danced more like the Saratoga quadrille. That is, the first tour will dance with the side couples instead of remaining quiet. In the round dances the waltz will, as usual, he the dance. I think it safe to say the waltz will never be superseded. The other round dances will go as usual. None of them have been dropped.” A carriage lighted by incandescent lamps and drawn by a. horse, on the head of which an electric spray appears, is the late sensa- tion in Paris. A piece of sponge cake made by a Vassar girl has been presented to President-elect Cleveland. It is said that Mr. Cleveland prizes it highly, and will use it as a paper weight when he‘ goes to the White House. Teefy Home. A Pennsylvania Girl Bids an Arkansas County 01 3 Terror. The monster alligator which has inhabited the swamps near Tucker’s Lake, Jefferson county, Ark., for many years, ruled supreme for a radius of several miles. Miss Dottie L. Steck, of Bellwood,Pa., who is visiting relatives in that county, on hearing the alligator story. determined to capture the alligator. Being accustomed to adventures in the Alleghanies, she laughed at the idea of serious results, and with two young ladies and several gentle- man, set out to accomplish her purpose. The arty scoutruokthetrail and tracked "the igator to his den. A hole in the sandy bank indicated the location, and a few minutes’ digging revealed the object of the search. Escape from the den to the lake having been out off, the alligator rushed up and down its bed uttering wicked growls, lashing the mud, and scattering the ‘water in all directions. Pieces of timber and fence rails were pushed into its mouth only tO'be crushed and snapped off by its ponderous jaws. A rope and chain, made intoa lasso, was thrown over the alligator’s head. Then he was drawn to the bank. With gun in hand, the young lady stood within a few feet of the alligator, which was growling, struggling and slashing its tail. When the opportunity presented itself she fired both barrels in rapid succession. The alligator gave several tremendous lurches, and than expired. Both shots had entered one of the few penetrable places at the base of the jaw. The alligator measured a fraction over ten feet in length. The hide is in possession of Miss Steck. an: St. John an original Tough. In conversation with an old man who has known ex Governor St. John since he was a boy an Evening Star reporter remarked that the Prohibition leader narrowly escaped personal violence at his home in Olathe. “ Don’t you believe it," said the old man, who ranks as an ” oldest inhabit- ant " and who is consequently something of a liar. “ The men who knew St. John were least likely to offer him violence. Why. there is not a more dangerous man in Kansas than St. John when he is thoroughly aroused." a “ Does he arm himself ‘2" “ Oh, no. that is not necessary. He has the strength of a giant and he can fight like a Turk when occasion requires. When he was a young man he was famous for his strength, and in later years he has retained a great deal of it. There are not six men in this town who could handle him unarmed. Let him alone to take care of himself. When he was about 20 he travelled with old John Robinson's circus as a bareback rider and heavy lifter. I have seen St. John in the sawdust ring dressed in gaudy tights rolling a hollow cannon hall down his arm and tugging with a massive painted wooden dumb bell sup- posed to weigh a ton or two. He drifted from the circus business out West, where he soon became one of the toughest of the tough. He fought Indians and followed the life of a scout and trapper for several years. During this time he had some experience that would have ornamented the pages between the yellow backs of a dime novel. On one occasion he was chased by Indians for three days and killed a dozen of them, but the villains still pur- sued him. He next bobbed up as a blooming politician, where his experience fighting Indians proved valuable to him. But don’t you worry about St. John’s safety, for he is used to defending himself against just such savages as these mad Republicans."â€" Kansas City Star. In Australia The Melbourne Spectator has a lengthy account of an interview with Rev. John Wakefield, formerly of the First Metho- dist Church in this city, who is visiting the antipodes for the benefit of his health. The Methodists of Australia are discussing the Union question, and in the interview with Mr. Wakefield, inquiry was ado about the methods by Wthh the Union was affected here, its nature and prospects. Although Mr. Wakefield spoke from memory he gave a very clear and compre- hensive outline of the whole question, much to the gratification of his interwewer. ' He has been suffering somewhat with weak eyes since he reached Australia, but his physician speaks very hopefully of ‘ his recovery. His numerous friends in Canada will be glad to know of his safe arrivdl, and that he is enjoying his tour. ~ 5... Leo XIII. is the 258th Pope. The Pdpe that reigned for the longest time was Plus IX.. th filled the chair of Peter tor-32 years. " ‘ ' - PROHIBITION A8 A PRINCIPLE. ‘ Sfl00'l‘ING AN ALLIGATOR.