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vun v. nuu ullv u v v v â€" u . _ , _ k _ copy of a letter sent by special desire lard Elluck’s father managed the a‘l'airs of the Duke of Perth and of other families devated to the Stuart cwse. and it is emjartured that the document in a. copy of a. letter written bv a. member of one of these fami- lies. The Rustin) Government has forbidden the use of the names of members of the imv perial family by any but first-claw steamra it hemg he‘d to be an offence against the Emperor to ca" 3. dirty cargo boat Alexan- der III. The Chief of the S‘. Patersbutg police has also ordered the proprietors of all hotels, textual-Ants. and tea. houses to re. move the pcrtraits of the Emperor and ofiher members of the imperial family from their public rooms, because their customers do not always show the proper respect to It is not gnnwa‘lv known. flu“. in air'i- tion 1:» the famous decoration for menu which ban recentlv he¢n beamwed by the "-4.... Hutu...” v....,-...-- _V D Yokohama. To make sure that if he died at sea. his holy would not be annsianed to the deep, he took with him a beautitul cof- fin and ewrythinq necessary ior embalment. All his papers, and his will in such an event are to remain in a box which hm been placed in the hands 0? the Clptai'n of the steamer Slndh. Gen. Kaweggi. the .prm 636 Pref‘c: of PoLce. who wax in I’m-15 mur years ago. took a similar preamble.) and died at sea» A letter purpmting to give a description by an eye wicueas «.f the execution of M try. Queen of Sofia W1“ be publishei an the end of the present year. It has been (ound in a. mmuscript hm k among the pipmfi of Lord Elloek. the Judge. who died .11 1703. The book [5 all wntben in one hand, appar ancly in the first half of the eighteenth cen- turv. and the account of the execution is a ' ‘ ‘ I ‘ Y ,4.) Ga‘mm Emperor on Fri. ca B an m‘ck, there is another German order pour le merit, which was founded in 1866 and c mists of a. star with the portrait of Frederick the Great. This (laceration is exclusively military. “13 the Cnly knights are the Kaiser, the Cruwn Prince. Prince Freaezhk Condos, and Count von Moltke. Iii-do. an attac‘xe of Japmese Legatinn at Berlin. recently: embarked at Max-guinea for \:__1 Bargains in fine silk and seal Dolmans, Jaskets and Sacques. 'Bargaina in White Honey Comb Quilts. Fifty-four inch wide Ulster Cloth, in dark colors, 75c a yard. Aline of full-size extra. heavy make, selling at $1.15, regular price $1 75. Take the elevator, and ask to see these goods. Bargains in Dolmana. Ladies’ DL-lmans in all sizes, made 0‘. matalasaie cloth, $5 each. Made of French worsted $6 and $8. Made of fine black ottoman cord $8, $10, $12 up. CLOTHS. Special attractions for re mainder of the week in our trimming department. Bargains in fine matalassie cloth Dol- mam, trimmed with fur or fringe. Fifty-four inch Ulster Cloth, extra fine tweed, $1.25 and $1.50. Bargains in Trimmed Millinery. Bargains in pompous, wings, birds, flowers, feathers and ornaments. uglus. A liné of fihe cord Mantlea, same style as above, $8 each, regular price $14. Ottoman Cord, 54 inch, in myrtle, garnet and seal brown, $2.25 a yard. up. A line of black French worsted Mantles in small, medium and outside sizes at $5 each, regular price $8. Bargains in ladies’ tweed Jackets in check and plain, $4, $5 and $6. Bargains in the ulster department. Ladies’ Ulstera at $1.50, 82 and $4 each Fifty-four inch Ulster Cloth, in checks, 31. Ladies, call and see our Trimmings, we will offer special inducements to you and give you an mortment to be found no- where else. An immense lot of fringes in Chenille and Bead and all Chenille at great re- ductions for balance of week. T- MEATS? N .31 a. 00-, up. Full range black Ottoman Cloth, $1.75, $2, 8.250. 63, $3.50, $4, $4.50. MILLINERY DEPARTMENT. Letter Orders receive Prompt Attention. Some Bargains in the Mantle Department. 190, 192, 194, 196, YONGE St. CHENILLE FRINGES. Bargains in Bats. Full trimmed Tookeea, 750, $1, $1.25, SALES FOR CASH ONLY: INTERESTING lTEflS. EATON’S 190, I92, I94 & 196 Yonge Street. When a Chinese boy is one month old, his head is shaved and a bladder is drawn over it, and as his head grows the bladder bursts and the cue spouts forth. The first shave is made the occasion of a mag- nificent banquet and the guests are ex- pected to make the host a handsome pres- ent in coin for the newly shaven baby, with which a bank account is started to his credit. This is the most pleasant fea- ture of the affair for the baby, as the raz- or always pulls, and he cannot take part in the feast. Dying in Strange Positions. While coming back to the hospital we found Ike Green, of my company. hanging across a. fence dead. He gaw one while we were on the skirmish line, and he was not able to 6!: into a wagon. Aher getting rested, fauppoae he started to hunt us up, 3111 while numbing over a fence he was at 11011 by a bullet, and there be stopped. The ball passed through his stomach and ap‘ne. Ha was no coward, else :he would have faced the other Way when he had such §everal dead men have been found in hol- low 1033 or behind logs or main, as though they had been wounded and crawled in there to protect themselves. One ponr fellow sat bs'nind a big u e with a Bible in his hand. He had been pinned a. dozun times or more during the day by ambulance drivers and burial equade, but they had all thought thus he was alive. He had been shot in the thigh. and he had ggne tho this Itree for -â€"-.. -_ ‘ wV , p‘ meetion, taking hisz ble out,he thought, no doubt, than he would find consolation in [03(1ng it, but while sitting there a ball cut him through the bank of the neck deep enough to brea { the spinal co ~d. His head drobpeed for ward alittie. and there he sat. â€"[Putsburé Dispnc ). Among the hut victims of cholera at Na» plea was 31 old woman aged 103 yrarn. the representations of the imperial features by taking 03' their hats immediately on entering and leaving the premises. a. good cpapce: This popular trimming at Eaton’a in all colors and widths from 35¢ per yard up. FEATHER TRIMMINGS FUR TBIMMINGS. Best assortment of Fur Trimmings, in- cluding bear, opossum. silver fox, French coney, etc., in all widths, at lower prices than anywhere else in the city. Dress and Mantle Ornaments, immense variety ito choose from at lowest cash prices~ All styles in Dress and Mantle Braids inallwidths. Come and see for your- self. Everything in small ware for dress or mantle trimmings at wholesale prices. ORNAMENTS All the novelties, Hundreds of styles to choose from. Prices from 50. a dozen up. Immense bargains in alpaca. skirts. Immense bargains in Italian cloth skirts. Immense bargains in cloth skirts. Immense bargains in satin skirts. Immense bargains in knitted skirts. Everybody should see our skirts this week as we are offering immense bargains in them. “ Special clearing, a lot of boys' and men's coats, at 31,25 and $1.50. Come and get one. BUTTONS BBAIDS SKIRTS We sell circulars cheaper Ithan any other house. Full size ladies’ circulars, warranted water proof, only 950. All sizes in Miases’ circulars, only 950. Men's rubber coats, all sizes only $1.75. Boya‘ rubber coats, all size: only $1.50. Everything nice in misnes’ and child- ren’s boots at lowest prices. Everything nice in ladies' boots from 95c. pair up. Everything nice in slippers, largest stock in the city, from 50c. a. pair up. BOOTS AND SHOES Every size in rubbers for ladies, misses and children, at wholesale prices. RUBBER CIRCULARS The Chinese Baby’s First Shave The eucalyptus. or Austrnlisu blue-gum tree, is now grown in every oivdxzed country almost where frosts de not occur, but being by ruhn’e ads ted to no: as an evaponting machine, it wi I not destroy malaria or keep off mosquitoes if planted in a. dry and not in a marshy soul. A chestnut at the foot of MountEsna is believed to be the largest and oldest tree in Europa It is LoHow, and large enough to admit two carriages driving abreast to pass through it. The main trunk bass circum- ference of 212 fem. This grizzly giant is said to measure 92 feet in height. Until [ater most of the supply of sugar in Denmark was Imported. Now the ma.- wrial for sugar in provided within the boundaries of the kingdom. Six years ago the Dmes made ‘2 600 000 pounds of beet- mot sugar. and four yams later the figures rose to 8 600,000 pmnds. The production of 1882 exceeued that of 1881 by fulxy 2 000 000 pounds. An op’ica.‘ telegraph was eststiabed on Lacroix Pak, in Reungon. and Vera P ak. In Mi“!"“:i03, on the night of July 12-13, when messages were freely exchanged be- tween the tWo islands. It is state‘l that the Tahi Yuan a. power- ful “protected” cmiser of 2355 tom and 2 800 norm-pawer, carrying two 8;} inch and 5 7-8 inch Krupp guns (mmmted en barbette), built for the Cmnase Government at Stettin, made several trial trips, withoufi making the full contract speed 0! 15 knots an hour. But the result has been that the causes of the slow rate clearly revealed themselves, and proved to be easily remed- led. Very lately, and following up recent re~ searches, Dr. Hannah, 0! Frankfort, has has detented the existence of bacteria upon half-mark pieces which had been long in air. culation It is said that the French railroad oom< panics are about to adopt an electric gave opener. A catch conmcted with an electro- magnet keeps the gates closed. When a train approaches it class the circuit, re- lease: the catch, and the gate: fly open. The last train as it posses through opens the circuit, and the gates are again aimed. The same sppamtus rings a. bell violently on the approach of a train. Lead tanks which withstood sulphuric acid perfectly, Mr. S. P. Sharplea reports, Were soon destroyed by hydrochloric acid. In some recent experiments undertaken to destroy cotton there by means of hot hydrochloric acid it was found that had- lined vessels were soon rendered useless by it. Even the cold acil could not be kept in wooden tanks lined with lead. Most authors say that lead is only slightly affected by hydrochloric acid. Oa brass. a technical journal says, in steel color is developed by llang a boiling solu- tion of arsenic chloride, while a careful ap- plication of a. concentrated solution of sodium sulphide causes a blue coloration. Black being generally used for optical instruments is obtained from a. solution of platinum chloride to which tin nitrate has been add- ed. In Japan the brass is brouzed by Using a solution of copper sulphate, alum, and verdigria. Some remarks wcra recently made by M. F. Tueeerand (n the subject of the theory of the figure of the planets. His calculations and estimates of their present form were founded upon the annumption that the ce- lestial bodies were originally in the fluid state. subject only to the mutual attraction of Hit it constituent eh manta, and enviowed with a. rotary movement with very slight angular velocity. Their outer surface mm M thus be eomewhatof a revolving ellip- sold. Work on the Antwerp Intematirnal Ex- hibition. 1885, is advancing rapidly. The buildings are convenient frr foreign exhibi- tors and visitors, as the gronnas can easily be h ached from the docks quays. and rail- way snation. Space has already been mkpn by Belgium. France, HDHand, Great Britain, G‘rmmy, Danmark, Austria, Spain, Italy, America. N( r my and Swaden, Russia. and H Lyti. The buildings will be finished by the end of March next. The com-tiers of Louis IX. were wont to indulge in swearing to an extent that was both painful and distressing to the good king, tluir master, although the penalty prescribed in the statute book for the offence was no less than branding the tongue with a. red hot iron for every com mission of it. The oaths most offensive to the saintly monarch were the “cordieus,” the “tetedieus,” the “paradieus.” em, which still survive in M0- liere and Rabelais. At this time there was at the palace, belonging to one of the ladies of the court, a little pet dog named “Blou.” To elude the harsh sentence of the law. whiah might deprive them forever at the power 0! indulging intheir favorite pastime, the courtiers determined to substitute for “dieu” the name of the dog. So “ cordieu " became " oorblen, ” “ tote- dieu ” “ tetebleu,” etc.,and the apparently meaningless words are preserved to the pres- ent day. “Snoredieu” became “sacrebleu.” and was finally contracted to “share.” This last is the most common of French oaths nowadaysjexaept “man Dieu.” The dan- dies of ancient Rune need to sWear by all the gods indiscriminately. although it was customary for each one to have his favorite osth. Center and Pollux Were the favorites among the dams gods to. sewer by Gemini, they meant to swear by Castor and Pollux, the twins. This oath has come down to us, even to the present day, when the express- ion “ByJiminyl” is frequently heard. "The dense)” is a very ancient oath, indeed, as will appear from the derivation to which it is referredâ€"the Latin Dans-God. N owa- days it is considered a mild oath to say “the deuoel"It is a curious thing that deuce is generally suppOsed to mean the Wind.” So people say, “go to the deuce!" The origin of the phrase “by jingo” is traced to the word J incoaâ€"the beset name for Go 1. of chopping ofl’ his head when it brother accidentally noticed the ga stopped the operation before any damages had been inflicted. SCIENTIFIC GOSSIP. Origin of a Few Oaths T00 Imitative by Far. uother was in the house the med upon the younger to :' chicken and actually had axe and serious The gveeter longevity of woman, as com- pered with men. appears to be Well home out by the statistics of every country has have yet been examined. Although nature seems to have a. ten Jenny to produce an overplus of mere ch‘ldren, the number of women of seventy years of age and over is great.er in exceemf that of the men of simi- lar eavanced ages It is true that men, from their occupations, run far mere risk from encident than women -, that on the whole they are suhjact to a greater mental strain ; that we“ clauns its quite. ; and that alchol- y'c and sexual excesses shorten the lives oi many. 00 the other hand. the work and the life of women are usually carried cn in- doore. under conditions of confinement and 12 ck of light and air which seems unbearable to men; they ere also snbj ct to all the sickneeses and perils of Ol’llllbéfil‘lng ;while the hygienic sins of 3. def 'ctive educ‘nt 0n and a life of feshoneble diseip ition are pro bably as potent for harm as the vuces of tha men. If we take t to factors which tend to shorten life as equal for the two sex as, then itis [3 am that tne female sex is endOWed with the Inger shave of that constitutional Vitality which nominees to longevity. 1 . seems probable that this is the case. It is known to be the case with the females of mmy species of animali, and it seems but natural that the sex upon which the actual lo mr of reproduction is thrown should have additional vitality to meet the strain. Let us hear no more, therefore, about the "weaker sex " and the "weaker veswl.” VVomau can not do as much nuacular work 8.: man, blt she is formed to last longer. She works at a lower pressure, and thus in less lxkely to break down fhan her high~preaaure mate. In return for less strength she has more endurance. Thus the chances of mat- rimony are all in favor of the woman. If wife and husband are of equal age, the for- mer is more hkely to have the opportunity ta. fry her luck 3. Pecnnd time. The older he husband the better ate the wife's chances o’ nurvwsl, and the huabnnd must be conaid- erahly younger to have an even chance. Young men whn wish to survive their when should more ore marry the vex-y 0H maids. Silk Plush Mantles, Silk Seal Mantles, Brocaded Silk Mantles, Brocaded Velvet Mantles Brocaded Cloth Mantles, Jersey Cle‘sh Mantles, Jersey Glazh Ulsters, Jersey Cloth Jackets GRAND DISPLAY _.._.â€"â€"oâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" N EW FALL GOODS â€"â€"â€"A-râ€"â€" PETLEYS’. Rich Mantle Velvets, Rich Dress Velvets, Rich Mantle Flushes, Rich Dress Flushes, Rich Black Silks, Rich Colored Silks, Rich Dress Satins, Rich Dress Goods, Also a Magnificent Stock of Elegant MANTLES from the Best Manufacturers of London, Paris and Berlin. "-W'eâ€"Eeâ€"gâ€"tcTé'aTSâ€"pgcial Attention to our displ y of MILLINERY,Which is very Choice and Attractive, and worthy of the attention of the most fastidious. PETLEY 81 PETLEY Comparative Longevity of Sexes King-St, East, Toronto, INSPECTION INVITED. (OPPOSITE THE MARKET I have a. friend who ie quite renowned for her success as a fortune teller through her skill in shaking and tapping a teacup until the grounds or tea leans m the bottom of the teaoup assume in a. rude way certain shapes or form; representing people,animall and various other llnA§es which sue profess- es to understand as rererring in Sl me way to the perscn whose lei-tune she happens to be telling at the time, I was present once when she told the fortune of a young lady. The prophecy and the method of making it seemed to me to’ he very vague :hut the giet of in all uasth at in a short time s young gentleman of extremely prep messing ap- pearance would arrive, and th,t he wan, in some unexplained way, to exert a p )werful infl Jence on the future prospec;s of the young lady. Wishing to discover what was in the cup to warrant such a forecast, I ob- tained possession of it without be observed, In the bottom of the cup I saw that the leaves had assumed a form which, with a little aid of the imagination. might be no- cep ed as resembling a very spare, delicate and altogether debilitated young man. With the aid of a taaspuon, and using a. few other grounds or leaves that were lying on the bottom of the cup, I quickly changed the young man into a. disreputable-looking old tramp, With a big, bundle on his bick. and accompanied by a ferocious looking bulldog. Then I awaited the result. Presently the young lady whose fortune had been told took up the cup. with a high blush of plea.- sure. to exnmiue its contents. The moment she saw the dreadful figure of the old tramp she exclaimed, “What a horrid old fright l ‘ Then there was a. great cummotion, which was only qunlled when I acknowledged m guilt. But I had learned something, whic was that With a little management and a. teaspown piarurps of any kind could be made in a teac 1p â€"[November 3:. Nicholas. At. a recent Suniay school meetings. long- Windcd clergym 1n consumed too much time with a. wordy adoraas When he sat down the leader of the mee'iuq unwittingly an- nomced the by mu beginning ” Hallelujah l ’tin D m. Teacup Fat-tn ne Telling. MOP‘