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THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. Interesting Items About Our Own Country, Great Britain. the Unlted States, and All Pom of the Globe. Condensed and Assorted for Easy Reading. CANADA. Stratford City Council is considering a. curfew byâ€"‘law. Mr. John C’ar‘negie was elected Pre- sident of the Peterboro‘ Board of Trade. Mr. \Vatson Crosby, Patron member of the Manitoba Legislature for Denâ€" nis, is dead. Mir. E. J. Sanford, son of Senator Sanford of Hamilton, died at El Paso, Texas. LA-n‘tiâ€"tcxine is being successfully usedat' Brockville for the cure of diph- theria. The London City Council has decided to impose a license fee of $100 on Cigar- ette vendors. , . The Montreal rolling mills have clos- ed down, throwing about 400 men out of employment'. Charcoal, or "Bad Young Man,” the Indian murderer, was hanged at' the police barracks, MacLeod. .Rev. Dtr. Pdt‘ts of Toronto has been elected Chairman of the International Sunday School Lessons Comm1ttee. A. fortnightly steamship service be- tween Montreal and Manchester Will be inaugurated when navigation opens. The Dominion Line "has ordered a new steamship from Harland 8: Wolff of Belfast for the St. Lawrence trade. Rev. Dr. Jackson. of Knox church. Galt‘, has accepted a. call to Madison- avegue Presbyterian church, Cleve; Ivan . The Stl. Tholmas Board of Education is taking steps to suppress the habit of. oi areb‘te-slmoking among the school: 011 ldren. . Joseph Freeborn died at the H'amil- t‘on City Ho‘spital from the effects of a rib broken several years ago and neglected. 1 ’Nine of the marksman eligible for. itions on the Bisley team have noti- ied the secretary of the D. R. A. that they will go. There is every prospect of a large make of butter in Manitoba and the North-West Territories during the ap- proaching season. It is left to the discretion of the Can- adian Militia Departlment as to what ltroops shall be sent over to take part in the diamond jubilee. Mr. George Mercier, governor of the county gaol at Guelph, died on Friday. aged 79. He had held the position of glovennotr of the gaol for 87 years. Mr. Peter Mitchell has been ap- ointed General Overseer of Fisheries or Quebec and the Maritime Provinces. with headquarters in Ottawa. The Governorâ€"General will shortly announce a date for the closing of the national India famine fund. wlhiclihas now reached about $130,000. 'Ilhe Hon. T. Nosse, the Japanese Con- covered in New York, and measures are Montreal to report on the advisability oftappmnltmg a Japanese Consul in that: ci y. > By the bursting of a watermain on Atwater avenlie at aMontreal part of) the Westernl end of the cit was ind undated and damaged to b 'e extent of over $5,000. Mr. Nosse, Counsul-General for Japan at Vancouver, B. 0., who is at present in‘ Ottawa, will shortly have a confer- ence with the Toronto Board of Trade on trade matters. Sir Dolnalld Smith, High Commission- er for Canada in‘London, has arrived at; Montreal. He spoke encouragineg of immigration prospects in England, and also discussed the school settle- ment. 4 It is reported that Lieutenant-Gov~ ernio-r Mackintosh of the Northwest Territories is about to resign; his office and move to Bossland to look after his mining interests. Minister Davies has published) through the High Commissioner's of- fice in London, a cablegram denying the statement that there is danger in the use of Canadian canned salmon: Students of Laval University. Mont- real, mobbed a French newspaper for publishing a paragraph they thought {reflected on them. The police were called and dispersed the students. The Hull Electric Company hasservâ€" ed the Ottawa Electric Company with notice of a claim asking $20,000 dam- ages of infringement upon the terriâ€" tory and rights of the Hull company. The Rev. George H. \‘Vells, whose death by a railway accident is report-â€" ed from Milwaukee, was pastor of the American Presbyterian church in Mon- treal for twenty-two years. He was fifty-six years of age. Ottawa is divided in opinion as to whether the military celebration should take place on May 24 or on July 21, the diamond jubilee. Sir Richard Cartwflght has promised to talk the matter over with Major-General Gas- coigne. Hon. Sidney Fisher announces that the Government has made final ar- rangements for the cold storage of but.â€" ter and other perishable food products which will be shipped weekly on steam- ships running between Montreal and (Avonmouth, London and Liverpool. GREAT BRITAIN. Prof. James J. Sylvester, the noted mathematician. is dead. at London, England. Sir Edward Ebenezer Kay, Lord Jus- tlce of Appeal. is dead. He was sevenâ€" tyâ€"five years of age. The President of the National Liberâ€" al Federation states that home rule is nailed to the masthead of the Liberal party. Two cases of smallpox have been dis- covered in New York, and measures are being taken to prevent the spread of the disease. Complaints have recently been made in Lindon that among the Canadian horse»; imported during“ 1890 some were affeclcd willi an infectious ('alai'rhal disease, which greatly lessened their wni'ue. ' ' Secret and rapid preparations are new bclri'g made at \Volwvicli and other mili- tary establishments of Great Britain. 3: ' “ South Africa. Lieutenant-Governor Kirkpatrickhas sufficiently recovered from the effects of his recent operation to be enabled to leave Lorndcn for Brighton, where he will. remain a short time before returnâ€" ing to Toronto. . \ UNITED STATES. Two cases of smallpox have been disâ€" covered in New York. M'ild‘ cats are reported to be killing cattle in northern Michigan. The loss caused by the big fire in St. Louis, Mo., on Monday will reach $1.600,000. The new United States tariff, it is eigpected, will increase the revenue over $00,000,000. ' The village of Pigeon, Mich,” ls inundated as a result of the overflow- ing of the river there. A mother, father and child were burned to death at Omaha, Neb., on Tuesday by a gasoline explosion. . 'The floods in Tennessee are increas- ing. and reports from Memphis record loss of life and great desIruction of property. ~\Villialm T. Adam, better, known as Oliver. Optic, the writer of stories for boys, is dying at his home in Dorchvestâ€" er, hiass. Frank Butler, alias Newman, the ac- cused Australian murderer now in cus~ body at &m Francisco, will not fight extradition. ‘ Commercial telegraphic advices from the United States tell a story of busi- nessdepression that even the facile [mum] of a commercial editor cannot effectually gainsay. Business is inâ€" creasing. but it is much bean the av- erage of previous years. There is, we are told increased activity and necesâ€" sarily increased demand for labour, but the value of labour does not appear to rise. Collections are spoken of as "more. satisfactory” generally, throughâ€" out t.h‘e States. There are more mills at work, but tariff changes are seriousâ€" ly interfering with. the possibilities of trade. / GENERAL. Signor Grimaldi, the. Italian states- man and sirâ€"Cabinet Minister, is dead. Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria will visit St. Pelersbiuirg next month. Despatchesilnthe London Daily Mail say that Emperor \Viilliam is showing marked signs of insanity. It is rumored in Paris that Prince Henry of Orleans will be offered the position of Governor of Crete. According toa census just taken the Japanese in Hawaiian Islands number 24,000 and the Hawaiians 31,000. Violent gale-s prevailed all Thursday night throu hout Germany, causing some logs of its and great destruction of property. .At (Tampa a gun exploded _on board the Russian turret ship Sism _Veliky, killing fifteen men and wounding an officer and twenty seamen. La Liberte, of Paris, commenting up- on President McKinley’s tariff policy, strongly recommends a European com- bination against the United States. Twelve women charged with poison- ing their husbands and other near reâ€" latives in order to obtain insurance money, are being tried at Hold Mezoâ€" Vesarhely, Hungary. Despatches from Cape Town anâ€" nounce that British troogis have receiv- ed orders to hold themselves in readiâ€" ness for emergencies, and that the situation in the Transvaal is very grave. There is reason to fear that the Dutch lmail steamer Utrecht, which sailed from Rotterdam on [February 28th for Java, foundered in the Vicinâ€" ity of Ushanlt, and that the hundred persons she had on board are lost. __â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" DARING ATTEMPT AT CRIME. .â€" Wnlter Hughes Shot Dead in the Act of Breaking Into Frank [Dunn’s llouse lo Abduct a Little Girl. A despatch from Houston, Texas. says :â€"+A mast daring attempt at crime was frustrated at 3 o'clock on Thurs- day morning. when a detective killed Walter Hughes as he was in the act of entering the house of Frank Dunn. a wealthy resident of this city. The police received information some time ago that a scheme was on foot to kid- nap Dunn's little daughter. The pur- pose of the kidnappers was to keep the girl in captivity, and demand $40,000 ransom. Detectives have been on guard at Mr. Dunn’s house for several nights, but no developments occurred until this morning, when it was dicovered that a man was attempting to force one of the windows of Dunn's residence. One of the officers inadvertently at- tracted the attention of the marauder, who, finding lie was discovered. drew a revolver and fired twice at the detective. The detectives then opened fii‘e,and the intruder fell dead. Hughes wasa railâ€" road man, but had lately been working asa carpenter. He liad renteda blouse near Dunn‘s and under the filOUI‘ of one of the rooms had dlulga cave in which the kidnapped child was 'llO be secreted until the ransom was paid. At a point. some dislance from the city Hughes had arrangeda number of tin boxes where he intended to direct that the ransom money be deposited. Hlughes also intended to give notice that if any watch was kept over these depositories it would result. in the death of the child. \VheJii Hiighes' body was seairheda revolver, a keen- eclged butcher knife and a bollle of chloroform were found. An immense crowd has gathered in and around the morgue, _where the body lies. Mrs. H'Llilghes has been arrested, but will not to . .__.___9_â€"â€"-â€" A MAD SOVEREIGN. The “algal-ion liululgml in “'illlzini. The London Daily Mail sayszâ€"“Tlic vagaries of a certain (‘oiiI inciital sover- eign are causing profound anxion to his family, and especially to ilic dipâ€" loinnls. “'llO are ('ogiiizuul that. the conâ€" sort of Europe may at any be disturbed. Pini-hing gucsls and tryâ€" ing to trip them with his sword are am- ong the antics attributed to the insane sovereign.” The paragraph unmistakably hints that if is Emperor \Villiaiir of Germany , who is referred to. by Emperor lllflllll‘llL . PREPARATIONS BEING MADE IN THE CITY OF LONDON. Twenly Thousand Troops Will Be l‘resciil iTIIP Procession “11] Be a Mlle Long “Speculation In House and Slmd Windows. The British \Var Office will have to put some 20,000 troops in the streets of London on Jline 22, the day when Queen Victoria will proceed from Buck- ingham palace to St. Paul's cathedral to offer up thanks to God for her long reign. If the original programme had been adhered to, 10,000 men would have sufficed, the \Va-r Office could have managed that on its head, so to speak. NOM' it is nearly off its head at the prospect: of what is regarded as the biggest military display since the: Crimean war, more than forty years 38'0- There are no barrack accommoq dations in London for more than the normal garrison, and 20,000 additional troops Cannot, it seems, be quartered in the garrison towns within easy dis- tance of the metropolis, because 1he railway managers say they will have quite enough to do on the great day to bring the hundreds of thousands of sight‘scers safely to town and back again. The soldiers, therefore, 10 all appearance, will have to camp in the parks, which will be a. novel sight for oockneys. There is not the slightest doubt that the display next June will be the great- est, and largest ever seen in London.- The Royal procession itself will prob« ably be a mile long, and the array of Princes and Princesses in it will exceed the jubilee show in numbers and gorâ€" geousness. I'hysicians and courtiers are already shaking their heads, preâ€" dicting all Sorls of evils likely to result to the aged sovereign from THE l’RODlGIOUS STRAIN such an undertaking will involve. Vari- ous curious and ingenious arrange- ments are being made to save her needâ€" less fatigue, including a specially de- signed revolving spring seat. in her carriage, by means of which she will be able to bow from side to side to the arrlaiming multitude with the mini- mum of exertion and maximum of effect'. The members of an enterprising syn‘ dirate who bought up house and shop front windows along the route of the procession have already made more than 100 per cent. profit, which, how- ever, they have made no attempt to realize yet. The Telegraph declares that a well- known millionaire has just offered $5,- 000 for the use on Jubilee day of three small windows belon ing to a weekly newspaper with a pu lishing office in. Ludgate Circus, which is by no means a first-class position, and that the offer has been refused. The rclite of the possession is a. popular one with the masses; the only protest against it comes from the Colâ€" onial Offices and the occupants of flats in Victoria street. An open air ser- vice dutside St. Paul’s was suggested by the Bishop of \Vinchester, but the clerical element insist that no service can be impressive unless it is held in- side the cathedral. The police officers complain that the space is too narrow for handling a possession with a mount- ed escoa‘t‘. Princesses, peeresses, and wives of members of Parliament and leading officials, who are accustomed to claim the chief seats at great func- tions, foresee that they will not be privileged spectators. The present » Ian Will not enable either the masses or the classes to witness the thanks- giving service, but it dispenses with many questions of etiquette. SOME LATE UlBLE NEWS. SERIOUS NEWS OF THE HEALTH OF THE KAISER. â€"-q Bough Weather on the (‘onsl ol‘ lrclmulrâ€" The New Slenmer (Dominicâ€"An Exciting From-Ii Duel. {The Daily Chronicle slalomâ€""Grave news has been received in. London with respect to the health of the Kaiser, and certain constitutional possibilities are being discussed. ‘ The retiring United States Ambassa~ ‘dor to the Court of St. James, Mr. James I“. Bayard, accompanied by Mrs. Bayard started on Wednesday for Rome. The new steamer \‘l‘hlL‘ll Messrs. flar- land and Wolff, of Belfast, are conâ€" structing as an addition to the; White Star fleet of Atlantic liners will exâ€" ceed in length by 05 feet any vessel either afloat or in Course of construcâ€" tion. She will break the world‘s i'eâ€" ,cord for length, which hitherto have lbeeii held by the Grant Eastern. The Great Eastern was 070 fleet in length; the Oceanic will be 704 feet; or 25 FEET LONGER. and her gioss lullnlllgb “le exceed 17,â€" ‘000 ion-s. In the construction of the new vessel due attention will be .giveii to the matter of speed, but extreme ‘specd will be subordinated to [balconiâ€" ‘forl and convenience of passengers of all classes. I‘ll li-er internal arrangeâ€" ments the new Vessel is 1:0 be an onâ€" l‘urged reproducliou of lillt‘ 'J‘eutoiiivzind Majestic, exrepiK in so fai'lzis lllLlil‘OV0- mom-s may have suggested themselves in the size and timings of the rooms, ‘and Which (may be rcndered‘ practicable by him increased diuiendons Oil the ship "herself. Upon 11w quest ion of ‘speud, alilmugli a much higher sea spved fllllflll llilli l‘llll- A l leiiipla‘wd is quite, prziciii‘alile [Woman 1 dowrminwl as far as lil'ssllrlt- to aim tll. a regular \Vl‘llllf'wiily ml i'iiiilg arrival bulb in Now York and in Liverpool, ‘Ill'lklllg lllt‘ Iriin land and Q'llOvnNâ€" ‘ town by daylight, and enabling passen- ‘ gets “I10 may be travelling to places beyond lllx' port (if :ll‘l‘ll'zll to proceed Uiiirliioering [u 111‘! of vie“, it has been, and war stores are being forwarded to to. and, in the majority of roses. reach. Cape Town, as trouble is expected in their destinations with comfort during the day. It is expected that the new Oceanic will be launched in January next. She will be a. valuable addition to the nmion's fleet of mercantile armed cruisers, which contain at this moment only four vessels with twin screws fulfilling all the Admiralty re- giiirenien'ts and capable of. maintain- ing a sea s eed of twenty knols or over. The new \ 'hite Star liner will be able to transport a large body of troops. with stairs and ammunition, 10 the most distant points, with ease and ITN USUAL RAPIDI'l‘Y ; while in the matter of coal endurance. it will be noted that her powers are to be most exceptional, inasmuch as. after making liberal: allowance for the weight of stores, ammunition, and troops, she will be able to steam, in case of need, 23,400 knots, at twelve knots per hour, or practically round the world. without cooling. The account of the war with China have just been finally passed, by the Japanese Treasury. They show a. total cost of 210,973,069 yen for the war, the V‘Vnr Department expenditure being 1'71 million yen, including a national subâ€" scription of 5,600,000 yen, and the naval expenditure being 39,978,669 yen. A duel with swords was fought \Vedâ€" nesday afternoon in the park of St. Ou- en, Paris, between the Chevalier Pini, master of the ltalian School of Arms. and M. Thonieguex. a French amateur swordsman. The meeting, which ex- cit ed intense interest, arose from alet- ter, insulting Pini, as an outcome of a recent assaultâ€"atâ€"arms, Pini is regard- ed as the first swordsman of the world. M. 'rliomeguex, is a prominent Trans- vaal l'il lander, or resident of foreign birth. The duel lasted half an hour. Pini casin held his own, and only disâ€" armed his adversary. Later Pini lunged violently at M. Thomeguex's right breast. The lall‘er lialf partied the lunge, but Pini’s (rapier pierced his shirt. Finally M. ,Thomeguex was wounded in the face, and the duel was stopped. it FEARFUL EXPERIENUE. STEAMER RIALTO SET ON FIRE IN MID-OCEAN. A Storm tingedâ€"It Was “1": Difficulty That the Crew “'35 Rescued by the ('urllmglnlan. The Allan State Line steamer Cartha- ginian, which arrived in New York on Thursday morning from Glasgow, res- rlued the crew of the \Vilson [Line steamer Rialto, which took fire and was abandoned March 5, in latitude 51.33 and longitude 22.45. The Rialto was bound from Newcastle from New York, loaded with a general cargo, in- cluding a large quantity of chemicals. She left. port on Feb. 21. and experienc- ed strong westerly gales, gradually in- creasing in violence until March 3, when a veritable hurricane was blow- ing. . At 6 o’clock in the morning, a terri- fic explosion in the forehold blew the hatch covers into the air, killed one seamen, and injured the chief mate. Dense columns of thick, yellow smoke poured out of the open hatch, and a. choking, penetrating odour pervaded the ship. The crew was at once called to fire quarters; the hose was stretch- ed. and pumps started. It was ne- cemary to batten down the hatches to prevent the fire having full vent. Meanwhile the ship was wallowing in the mountainous seas and was oc- casionally buried under a giant comber. The lifeboats were smashed by the seas, and the crew saw death staring them in the face. ’ All hands worked with desperate energy, but in spite of their efforts the fire seemed to gain headway steadily. At 2 o’clock in the afternoon the Carthaginian was sighted, and in reply to signals proâ€" mised to stand by until the weather moderated sufficiently to permit boats to be lowered. ‘ l The Rialto men! did not relax their efforts to subdue the fire, but it steadâ€" ily crept further into the cargo, and the decks and plates grew hotter and hotter. For forty hours, or until the early morning of the 5th, the Allen Liner stood by, and thlen the weather moderated enough to make it possible for a lifeboat to live. As tihc Rialto’s boats were all gone, Captain France, of the Carthaginfian, ordered his own boats manned, and after a great strug- gle the entire crew was taken off without mishap. Captain Rippeth said that when be abandoned the Rial- to the plate seams were gaping, and there was fifteen feet of water in the main hold, so that her sinking was only a matter of a few hours. The rescued crew save dmme of their efâ€" fects. 'I‘llie Rialto was built in. 1878, at. Hull, England. She was 310 feet 10mg: and 1,799 tons burden. She was owan by Thomas \Vilson, Sons and oompniilv. PANTELLARIA ISLE. Rumour 'l‘liut Britain, “111 [laconic Us l'ossessm'. A despairh from Paris, sayszâ€"The Echo de Paris says it undei‘slaiids that lizily is on the eve of ceding to Great Britain the Island of Paiilellaria, sit~ ualed sixty miles southwest of the Is- land (1i Sicily, and about Ilitlf \xay be- [Wel‘ll the coast oi Africa and the Siciâ€" lian coast. in CXL‘iliLIlg‘L‘ for the Island of Perim. off the Abrabian coast in the Strait of Babâ€"el-Mandeb, and at the entrance of the Red Sea. The Island of Perini is a bare rot-k about five miles long, on which turtle shells are taken, belonging to Great Britain, whereas the Island of Panlcllaria has an area of fiftyâ€"eight square miles. a population of about 7,000, produces fine fruits, and base. convenient port, Oppidolo. at its north-west point. Siluâ€" aiml about lliirly miles from Sicily. ailâ€" ILlU.>i iii the middle of the main Iliorâ€" ouglifzire of the Mediterranean, Pamel- lili'l‘d, now an Italian convict depot. could be converted imu another of the strongly fortified «stations of the Brit- isli which are to be fullllv’l in all parts ol the \Hll’lll. [‘ildui' ilic (‘ll‘l‘llilhlzlllv L'es. llie .Iiil‘llu de Paris expi‘vs. the hope that the powers will lanl‘iel‘e, and refuse to permiL llll: transfer of the ‘ Island referred to. “DEATHS FROM STARVATIUN HARD TIMES IN THE STATES AT THE PRESENT TIME. -â€"â€"I A Dollar aWeck lueumclcm to Feed I Familyâ€"Starved Ilcrsell'nml (‘hlldren to Save it Sick Husbandâ€"Poor Ill and Mal-vim. Grus Eppi Grossi lives ‘a‘tl No. 51 Hill street, New Haven, Conn. He is capâ€" able'of doing any kind of labor, and 15 Willing to work, yet his little daught- er Marie died from starvation on Sat- mdaly. Grossi has been employedI as a. polish:- er at the big hardware factory of Sar- gent & Co.. by Contractor Allfred T. Mix and he did not make enough to live on. (He says he was paid $1 a week]. Mix says he was paid what he earned on piece work. That his pay did not average more than a. dollar is proved. by his pay envelopes. l l A week ago Friday his wife applied to the Outside Poor Committee of the Board of Selectmen for aid. The Select- men investigated and learned what Grossi had been earning. . Mrs. Grossi appeared before gtlhc com:- mittee again Friday and they (gave her $1 and said they would renew it weekly. hire. Grossi told them. her husband had been discharged after the Selectmen had looked into the case. Contractor Mix said Grossi had earn- ed only $1 a week or thereabouts be- cause he did not work steadily. Polish;- ers, said Mr. Mix made from $7 to $9 a week. But Grossi was very slow. Mix said he discharged him. because he couldn't earn enough. Grossii, on the other hand, said he had (to work eight hours a day for six days (for 8]. He pays $3.50 a month for the three miserable rooms in which he lives. There were four children- before Marie died. She was five years old and the eldest. The youngest is two months old and the mother has been forced to give up her work of washing. 4‘ TO SAVE A SICK HUSBAND. After weeks of terrible suffering, Mrs. Edward Bergunder and her three chil- dren appeared before Overseer of' the Poor Frederidk VVrig‘hlt at New Bruins- Wick, NJ, on Saturday and said she had been a widow but three days, her husband having died of starvation. The Bergunder family lived in! one small dingy room in an old house on the outgkirlsofthe town. Berguindler made a‘ good livmg working «in; La factory un- til he “was taken ill last June. Since then he never left the house. Mrs. Bergunder had some money saved when her husband was stricken, but her funds grew lower and lower until she was pennislvess. Y T hen she sought wonk herself, and for a time succeeded in keeping the wolf from the door. She told the Over- seer that for days she and her children had hardly eaten anything so':that her husband could be fed, ingthe hope that he would regain his health and again go forth to earn a living for them. Mrs. Bergunder says that many times her husband had to go to bed without having eaten a morsel. _At times he begged piiteous‘ly foamed, but she was powerless to assist him. A doctor who ‘exaxmmed him said that Bright's disease killedlhmn. but Mrs. Bergunder is posi- tive that‘had he beenl fed properly he would now be alive. l Mrs. Bergunder- Realized that if: she did not secure. aid“'shamnd.hver three children would soon meet thelsagmefate as her husband. They are now ifi’it‘her. custody of the Overseer. The body' of the husband has been buried by the au- thorities. POOR, ILL AND SlI‘ARVING. ‘ Louis Shapiro, who lives with his wife and two babies in ithuehtenement at No. 124 Eldridge street, New York, is) far gone in consumption. Until two months ago he made alivi'n‘g by peddling, starting out every morning, weak as he was. because necessity compelled, but his health grerw steadily worse, until he is now helpless. , l The poor wife, also a. consumptive, can do no work. The fa'miiy has been rapidly sinking down into the lowest; depths of poverty. Now their affairs have reached a. crisis. There is no food in the house, and the. children and parents both are faint withi hunger. In a few days they will be evicted for non-payment of two months’ rent, am- ounting 10 $16. They are deserving people, and contributions will do a world of good. T'AKE LIFE AS IT COMES. There is one sin which is everywhere, and by everybody is underestimated and quite too much overlooked in valuations of character. It is the sin of fretting. It is as common as air, as speech; so common that unless it arises above its usual monotone, we do not even obâ€" serve ii. \Valch an ordinary coming together of people and we see how many minutes it will be before some- body fistsâ€"that is, makes more or less complaining statements of something or other, \\ liich most probably every one in life room or the car, or on the street corner, know before, and which most probably nobody can help. Why say anyiliing about it! I _ _ ll Is cold, It is hot; it is wet, it is dry; Somebody has broken an appoint» lllli‘lli. ill cooked (l. meal; stupidity or Iliad faith somewhere has resulted in discomfort. Tho-re are plenty of things to fret about. It is Simply astonish- ing how much annoyance and discom- fort may bu found in lhc course Of ev- ery day‘s living, evrii ail. {lie Simplest, if only one kcq’is a sharp eye on that Site of things. lecn in ' writ says |\\'«;‘ are lmrii to trouble as the sparks fly upward. _ ‘ Ilu‘ own To the spur's flying upward iii 'illu lilna-kcsl smokr, lllk'l‘t) is a blue sky above, and the log Lime Ilie‘y \Vusiv on the road the sooner they \Vlli rpm-l1 ll. l'reltiiig is all Hui:- wasted on 111- road. ‘ . I No». niin does ironing '\\'l'll‘l‘_\’ us and ! those around us. but i‘einviiibci‘ that no- : thing brings the wrinkles more quwkly.