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n ’i AN INVESTIGATOR TELLS HOW THEY ORIGINATED. DI‘I Repeated Phi-uses and Words llave lnlt‘rc‘llng Stories d‘onm-i'lcd with Tholr ol'lglnâ€"‘Vlicrc and [low Th0! slur-it'd. "Do you know who Mother Carey lsl'" asked the man who delights in investigating all Sorts of odd thingS and who is never so happy as when following up some unusual line of thought. “:‘he's a chicken fancier, I imagine."1 replied the man who takes things as they come without question. “At any rate she's seldom mentioned except in connection with her chickens." i "Mother Carey," said the investi- gator. and he took another look at.‘ the book he held in his hand as if to. guard against the possibility of misâ€" take. "is the Virgin Mary. The name* comes from the Latin ‘Mater cara.’ meaning ‘Mother dear.’ and her“ chickens are the stormy petrels which. the sailors formerly believed were sent? to warn them of approaching storms. I tell You. my boy. there's a. great. deal that's interesting in these odd expressions and words if one takes the trouble to look it up. 'Now. there is the saying, 'Don't care a rap.' How would you interpret that? What does rap mean t" - "As an off-hand guess, I should say that it was asubstitute for a word that begins with 'd’ and which is not supposed to be used in polite societ ' " 3. "You would be wrong," asserted the man Withithe book. “'Rap' is derived from ‘R.A.P..‘ which in turn comes from India. and stands for rupees. annas and pioe, representing the. money of that country. The expression is al- most an exact equivalent to that other. equally common, ‘1 don't care a cent.‘ Now. Isuppose if some one should ask. you about ‘Jack and Gill.’ who ‘went. ‘up ahill,’ you would say they were ‘simply nursery characters." ‘ "I certainly should." "And you would be wrong again. ‘Jack' was the name of a pitcher made lof waxed leather, and ‘Gill' was and is a measure of small capacity. That is how they happened to go after water. Somebody was doubtless carrying them and carelessly dropped them." MIND YOUR THOUGHTLESS WORDS "When you say ‘By Jingo I’ [suppose you don't mean anything except that you are excited or angry." “That's all.” “Nevertheless, you are literally swearing by the evil one, for the word is from ‘Jenco,’ which means ‘devil' in the Basque language. I suppose. also. that you regard “carpet knight' as a term of reproach." t "Naturally." ‘ "Yet Henry Irving is a carpet; knight; so was Tennyson. and so are and were. many others of whom Engâ€" land isproud. A carpet; knight is one who wins his title by his achievements in the world'of science or the arts, or. in fact. anywhere except in battle. He may be really more deserving of the title than any of those who won it by the sword." _“You must put in most of your time With dictionaries and cyclopedias ?" suggested the man who takes things as they come. “Not at all. I am simply sufficientâ€" ly interested to look up these odd exâ€" pressions when I run across them to see what. they really mean. and wheâ€" ther we use them properly. Do you know why the patrons of the top galâ€" lery of a theatre are called the gods ’1" “NeVer even give the subject a. thought." "Well. they are so described at the Drury Lane Theatre. in London, first. because the ceiling was painted in imi- tation of a blue. sky, with cupids and angels flying about. I imagine the term 'battle royal’ conveys an idea of grandeur to you in the fighting line." "I should think it ought to be rather thrilling." _ “‘Nevertheless, it was originally no- thing but a cock-fighting term. and was used to describe a fight in which three, five or seven birds were put into the pit and left until all but one had been defeated. How .do you suppose we got the expression. “cock and bull story't" “Give it up.” "You ought to investigate these things if you are going to make use of them. A man ought to know someâ€" thing about what he is saying. This comes to us from the. time of the. Re- formation. Clhc Papal bulls had a cock on the seal, and of course there were a great many people of that day who were inclined to discredit anyâ€" thing in the cock and bull line. ' But the expression that doubtless will inâ€" terest you most "1 don't care a dam."’ “You what?“ . -‘ “‘I don't care a daml'â€"â€"the dam without the ‘n,’ of course." "What difference does that make 9" "All the difference in the world. Dan-4m is a. coin in India equivalent. to an English twopence. If you are caught: making that remark in a loud tone some time it may be worth some- thing to you to know that there is such a coin. It will help you to exâ€" plain matters. Now, where do you suppose the word 'peeler‘ and 'bobby,’ meaning policeman. come from I" "Again I give it up." "From the name ofSir Robert Peel, the. founder of the London police force.' 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Now. yesterday it suddenly occurred to me. that I didn't knou why it is that. we ‘roli Peter to pay Paul.’ “ "Did you find out Ll" "(,‘ertainly. lu who r 15% several est alcs‘ belonging to \Vrslininster Abbeywera granted to St. Paul's Cathedral for reA ‘p'iirs and maintenance. and Westmins- ter Abbey happens to be dedicated to St. Peter. There is an interesting story connected with ‘buying a pig in‘ a poke.’ too." “Let’s have it." "A countryman once put. a cat in a. puke or sack and sold ll in the. mar-n liefâ€"place as a sucking pig. The. ('us-I tomer didn't investigate his pun-base then. and when he did he very naturâ€" ally ‘let the cat out of he lmg.‘ There. you have two explained at once." “It is rather interesting, isn't it I" said the man who takes things as they come. “I believe I'll look up the next odd expression I come {lt‘I‘USS myself." "D0." returned the investigator. "I‘m sure you will find it. quite as interâ€" esting as the genealogical fad and a lot more instructive." m BRITISH SHIPPING. More Than 67.000 Tons [Di-clim- In Tonnage last l'i‘nr. For the first time in fifty years, or since the repeal of the. British navigaâ€" tion laws. the tonnage of the British mercantile marine shows a decline. A Bond of Trade return has just been published dealing with British and foreign shipping, which shows th’ll at the end of last year the l7nited lx'iug- dour owned steam and sailing vessels with a capacity of 8,953,171 tons. com- pared with the 7,978,538 tons of 1890, but as compared with the 9.020.282 tons Of 1896. it shows a falling off of mom than 07,000 tons. Including the tori- nage owned in the British colonies. the Union Jack floats over 10,416,442 tons of shipping, which compares with about 4.768.000 tons for the United States. 1,â€" 566,558 for Norway, 1,487,577 for Ger- many. 894,071 for France, 705,281 for Italy. and 756,305 for Spain. Accord- ing to the report British shipping en- joys sixty percent of America's foreign trade, fiftywlglll; percent of Portugal's fiftyâ€"seven percent of Russia's, fifty- four and a half percent of Holland’s. forty-three percent of Italy's. and thirty-eight percent of Germany's. British ships last year carrin seventy- Six per cent of the inward and outward trade of the United Kingdom as agiinst seventy-eight percent in 1895. seventyâ€" nine and a half percent. in 1890, and eighty-three percent in 1880. Although the tonnage of British ships fell behind last year. th; prl.p:r ian built for foreigners in British yards was much above the average. The decline is as- signed to three causes: An unusually large transfer of British shipping to foreign flags. native builders filling foreign orders at the expense. of domes- tic, and the great engineer's strike. â€"â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"~â€"â€"- T0 CURE A CULD IN ONE DAY. Toke Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Dm- giets refund the money i! It fail: to Cure. 25°. _..â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"' TRUE AND FALSE CULTURE Anything that draws the home-keepâ€" er from a healthful. lovmg, faithful in- terest in her home affairs must be un- worthy of her pursuit, Let a woman join a study club if she finds that it will be helpful to her; but. if. she finds that this will force her to neglect things that, would tell upon the home comfort. there are. books that will furnish what she needs for the purpose of mental cultivation. and perhaps her husband could. after he has rested of an evening, join in the study. and. so the tw'o would have the pleasure of a joint interest. in a subject. But let the woman who chooses the reading-course beware of taking iii) a work because it has become the fashion. Her own intellectual need should be consulted. She must learn to select. for herself ;} to see with her own eyes. and to decide through her own judgment. liar home must be an expression of her own taste. and.’ must prove the fact of her economy of time and strength and money. She must not. feel herself 'su- perior to the most careful planning, nor reject the most trifling means. to- wards accomplishing success in home management. indeed, she should be proud of an ability to make a nickel go as far as possible, and so oil the machinery of servic run itself. e that it seems to' ‘Eshibitions such as these only served (‘l - "I PRlllllEoS STEPHANIE. "’ \Vhen idolized in her girlhood by her father's subjects. the terms of endearâ€" meant: by which Princess Stephanie. second slaughter of the, King and Queen . of the Belgians was known were “Our Little Moss Rose.“ and " Our Dear Prin- cess." She was a “insome little lady. bluweyed, fairâ€"hailed and inquisitive to a degree. her smile Winning all hearts. Not that she was over beautiâ€" ful; yet none r-ould honestly deny her [ll't'IIOSSGSSlng appearance. Her dissoluln husband. the late Crown Prince Ru- dolph of Austria, unquestionany used tality was such that, the lords and“ ladies attached to their court cried "Shame!" and on occasions not afew the vi-ry servants of their Imperial Highnesses hastened to rescue their exalted mistress from the blows and lrit'ks of her spouse. in her early days of wedlock Sle- phanie. who but too soon discovered her husband’s faults. pried upon his actions in her jealousy, and upbi‘aided him ruttingly, spitefully. tearfully. to madden the Imperial reprobate, and their conjugal relations. with the tender passion at a discount from the very first. became more and more. estranged. 'I‘o breakfast on one bottle of Burgundy. and to lunch off another. with cognac and champagne in con- stant demand the morning through- out, unnerved the Prince, to put it mildly, for awalk or drive with the Princess in the afternoon. and it was under the influence of. alcohol that he was wont to visit her, post-prandially. in her own apartments. and conduct her to entertainments public and pri- vate. To what extent the crushed spirit of the Princess was affected by her tyrant’s tragic death may never be publicly known. Stephanie is of no confiding Spirit, and in her reticence her pride precludes the enquiring Sym- pathy of Condoliug friends. In her patriarchal father’in-law, the Ein- pel‘or, she found in he; bereavement her stauni-hesl ally. and the autocrat. Who has ever figured as the first. girl- lant gentleman on the continent. of Europe. in his tribulation at the loss of his only son, resolved that that son's widow in all matters of court pre- cedence should retain her position. maintain her court. and be regarded by the nation as second to none, the Empress alone excepted. Simultaneous-v 1y Francis Joseph made provision that his deceased son’s only child. Princess Elizabeth, should figure as the third on the list of the ladies foremost in rank in the empire and constituted a court complete in all its multifari- ous appendages. and distinct from that of the widowed Crown Princess, over which, in her minority, “Lize,” the apple of the Imperial eye should alone preside. Stephanie, true .to the Emperor’s fatherly dictates, took under her spe- cial protectorate the artistic, scientific and humanitarian movements which had been fostered under the patronage of her husband. But the ambitious wife of the successor to the throne, Archduke Carl Ludwig. was jealous of her overwhelming precedence. This Portuguese Princess, Archduchess Maria Theresa, daughter of the deâ€" throned KingDom Miguel of disrepu- table memory. had hoped on the death of Rudolph to precede Stephanie. but to her chagrin discovered that by im- perial edict [she figured as fourth in precedence. To escape the bickerings and backbitings of her enemies [Ste- phanie early in her widowhood absent- ed herself from Vienna. during festive celebrations at. the Hofburg. nothing being more alien to her breast and more derogatory to her pride than the squvabliles in which some of the arch- duchesses are perpetually involved. 0n the death of the heir-apparent, Carl Ludwig. the. Saxon spouse of Otto, the heir presumptive. Arr-hduchess Maria Josepha, stepped into Maria Theresa’s shoes, thus involuntarily throwing her Portuguese highness into comparative insrgnificanoc, seeing that Carl Lud- wig had not been officially recognized as his brother‘s successor. NO sooner had Rudolph's widow come prominently to the fore under the of- ficial title of “Her Imperial and Royal Highness, the widowed Crown Princess, Archduchess Stephanie.” than her popularity in the estimation of the public assumed dimensions far greater than in her former capacity of Crown Princess. In aword she eclipsed her- self. Thus to the adage " pity begets love," the nation raised her to p0pular fariie. They had idolized Rudolph as their future sovereign and he had won all hearts by his ingratiating qualities of affability and condescension. Notâ€" withstanding thc broadcast sowing of his wild oats they were fully resolved to extend their allegiance to his widow in their fealty to his memory, ' The period of mourning prescribed by society decently over, Stephanie beâ€" came the fashion. She developed a craze for pleasing social novelties and was lionized accordingly by all classes. In gay Vienna she set. the fashion and the world of fashion bowed before. her dictates. while in the philanthropic .W 1Four FOr 0113A @@ IN LEAD PAOKAGEsc YOU CAN BUY FOUR POUNDS OF .... BLUE LABEL .. .. LilELLA GEVifiN TEA @ FOR ONE DOLLAR. lhl'r ill, and when in his cups his bru-In kniscrstadt. the exacting and the purlâ€"l MHm‘Mma & Hams tanu‘ul alike. accepted her as the A Bagst‘wmngHi-cmlgve ; ‘z ‘ , ‘ ; r ' V n to as ey go, .lch- gu lI'lll in 'ingtl of the ifflicted nrl L mond St‘ W” Toronto. the» poor. Her social regime has been‘ a singularly happy one. and now thatx she is recovering in the atmosphere of. the health resort: of (tries bei Botzen.‘ in the southern 'l‘yrnl. from her re- cent. dangerous illness. the. Viennese are impatient to have her among them. Once again. ‘ TORONTO CUTTING SCHOOL offer- special inducements to young men destroun at Full particular: on opp“ C L I ; taking up u t n on sr.. TORONTO. cation. “3 Y N 80 CHEAP you cm use it on old shingle q A . . . N roofs or side: of buildings. Used 22 Lleplmnic. who is 34 yea rs Old. is years. With a good mm or you can fall and graceful. She is :1 gifted wo. aintabm'nln half a day. Write us forarculnrs and - " t ' l 't' -. r' hW d remw man, and besides expenlng as an nma_ littormntionnioutpniu "14 The int: 00 P tive It. Point. Company, 870 Queen West. Toronto. teur photographer, her brush makes a brave. show in water colours' Her literary achievements, too. demand Butter. Eggs. Apples, Prult. &¢.. to attention, The exquisitely illustrated volume she produced on Lacroma. an n“ DAWN“ ooamumu co" “mu”, cor. of Walt Market and oolhorno 0t... TOHONTO. island in the Adriatic. facing the ancient republic of Ragusa. testifies to her poetic fervor. Stephanie is the protectress of the Austrian Golden Cross Association. and the last social function she attended before her illâ€" ness at Abhnzia 0n the Adriatic was the. Opening of an asylum for incap- acitated government employes. During her illness her hair was cut short. which gives her quite :1 boyish appear- ance. Short: hair is now. consequently the rage. and so. fun. is the stoutbrmvn cane with heavy silver incrustations. with which the widowed crown princess has armed herself in her convalescence. y extended to all younl d women interested i practical educnion to write for the New Prospectus o the Czsrnu. R uslNus Commoner Tonosro. FALB Eight. regular teachers, on ucolled facilities for Accounting. Te'egrnphy. 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