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MEN LOVE FINE-HEATHERS GREAT ronrunfis SPENT IN CLOTHES AND JEWELS. the Gentlemen of Olden Days Were Very Expensive Dressers. llow comparative ever} thing is, after all! Those of us who have folâ€" lowed the daily sales of a certain young noblenian's wardrobe, with its, eighty-three dressing gowns of pink moire, heliotrope, and other guy silks, and so on through a dazzling and almost endless array of" fine feaâ€" thersâ€"a wardrobe. large and sump- tuous enough to haVe equipped a score of eighteenthâ€"eentury beauxâ€" micht be pardoned for thinking that: surely no man. since the days of Solomon, hnd eVer had such gor- goons and costly rniment. But we need go back no farther than to the days of the first Duke of Buckingham to find 0‘ en such sarâ€" torial wonders put completelv into the shade. Here is a description of George Villiers, who is said to have spent over five million dollars on personal jewellery alone:â€" “lt was common with him at an ordinary dancing to have his clothes trimmed with great diamond butâ€" tons, and to have diamond hatâ€" bands, cockades, and earrings; to be yoked with great and manifold ropes and knots of pearls; in short. to be mancled, fettered, and imprisoned in jewels. At his going over to Paris in 1625 he had twentyseven suits of clothes made, the richest that em- broidery, lace, silk, velvet, gold. and gems could contribute, one of which was a white uncut. velvet set all over, both suit and cloak. “‘itll diamonds valued at $400,000, be- sides a great feather stuck all over with diamonds, as well as his sword and spurs.” And yet this king of dandies ended his days in a. wretched country inn, and in a state of A BSO LUTE DESTITUTION. The gailyâ€"arrayed Duke of Bucking- ham had a not unworthy rival in the Lord Villiers of whom Mrs. De‘- lmiy tells us that he appeared at the Court of St. James‘s in 177 "in a coat of pale purple velvet. turned up with lemon-color, embroidered all overâ€"with SSâ€"es of pearls as big as peas, and in all the spaces little me- dallions in beaten gold in various figures of Cupid and the like." And in the same year we read of an honorable member making an appearâ€" ance at Westminster thus gloriously attired. He had a silk coat of varâ€" iegated colors, a pinkâ€"silk waistcoat brooches richly embroidered in sil- ver, white silk stockings with pink clocks, and large buckles of silver on shoes of pink satin. Add to this a. gailyâ€"colorcd stock covered with exquisite lace, and hair dressed high and held in position with quite a forest of pearl-headed pins, and we have a picture of sumptuous attire which even Solomon might have en- vied. King William I\'., plain sailor as he effected to be, had an eye to pic- torial effect in his own person. Here are to. few items from an inventory of his wardrobe: “All the coats he had ever had for fifty years; 300 whips; canes without number, every sort of uniform, the costumes of all the orders in Europe, white kid trousers lined with white satin, ruffs of Mechliu lace, mantles of crimson, purple, and green velvet, and plus- tered with gold.” But William, King though he was, was a man of sober raiment com- pared with some of his subjects; for while he was airing his velvets was not young Disraeli walking in Vlyde Park in this ORIENTAL SPLENDOR: A smiteâ€"Colored coat lined with satin purple trousers with a gold hand down the mth~ seam, a scarlet waistcoat, long lace ruflies falling down to the tips of the fingers, and white gloves with diamond rings outside them. _ Every age, there can be no doubt, has had its human peacocks who love. to flaunt their rainbowâ€"feathers for the envy of their more sober felâ€" lows. Ilere, for instance, is a picr ture of a young nobleman of the time of the. first George. He wore a coat richly embroidered, u. laced waistcoat with gold-worked buttonâ€" holes, and black velvet lunches. His shirtâ€"bosom and wrists were smothâ€" ered in fine Mecblin lace, his goldâ€" clocked stockings rolled up over the knees, and his feet were enclosed in redâ€"heeled shoes with brilliant buckâ€" les. Pis long-queued wig was heavâ€" ily perfumed and powdered, his deli- ‘ate hands were white gloved; he were u. sword with goldâ€"tasselled knot, and hilt adorned with rich fili- gree work, and in one hand he pois- ed a. gold cnainelled snuffâ€"box. And if we go as far back as the fourteenth century, we find King John I .of France, when a captive in England, spending his time in orâ€" dering and wearing the most gor- geous costumes money could purchase or vanity suggest. One set which he ordered for Easter was of mar- bledâ€"violet velvet, trimmed with miniver; and another of rosy scarlet, lined with blue taffeta. For n siu‘ gle robe no fewer than 2,550 skins were used, 1.400 of miniVer and 1,- 150 of “gris,” at a cost in our mon- ey of at least $2.500. lusle‘ul, 50! exacting were the King‘s. :znrieriall requiremenvs that he kept :i largeI tailoring :stublislmu-nf constantly employed m executing his unit-rs,â€" London Tit-Bits. I -~-_+_~_... Sim â€"‘ Now can you guess im age, M;.ior‘_"' Gallant Majorâ€"“No, I :an'l: tin; _\o'.- don't look" it.” sensational Fw“â€"_â€"__-_.- ._____ 'WAS SENT HOME AS lNCURABLE THEN JOS. BOONE FOUND HEALTH IN DODD’S KIDNEY PILLS. He Was Unable to Work for Sev- en Years Before He Used the Great Canadian Kidney Remedy Cotlel's Cote, Nflii., llet‘. 26. â€"- ‘(Si'fl‘illLk-The days of miracles are .loseAh lloone run 5 with the ages. lHlsl. but the cure of of this ;liice, almost cures of the earlier Mr. lloozie bail been oiling for eight years, smcn of which llie was Imuble to work from the clfects of llau‘nurhe and lvi'liey Complaint. lie was all a his and pains. lie. was treated by several doctors, and after sc‘en months in the hospiâ€" tal was sent home as incurable. it was there that reading of Clll‘t‘i‘i in the newspapers led him to use 1‘. Ki"nev l‘iils. it l()0‘\' boxes to Cure him, but to~d.ty he is strong and well and hard at work lobster fishing. Peo_le here have learned that if the disease is of the Kilneys or from the Kidneys Dodd’s Kidney Pills will cure it. _.__§.._. DIP OF THE HORIZON. How Far Can Objects be Seen Over Water? old's UV twentyâ€"one ‘ ‘ The of having wasting done early in the dc. and well done, belongs to evc use: of Sunlight Soap. 10p tlA AMERICAN MILLIONAIRES. Statistics Show There Are Not Very Many of Them. There is a great misapprehension as to the number of millionaires in New York and in the World. ("nannâ€" cey l\l. I)epcw said recently that. there were 100,000 millionaires in the United States. Accordng to a great, commercial agency, which is probably nearer right, there are on~ 77,000. The Financial lied llook, a most carefully compiled publica- tion gives the names of practically all the persons in the United States who are supposed to be worth more than $800,000. And there are only 15,000 names on the list. No claim is made that the name of every perâ€" son worth that amount. or more is given, but the proportion of those left out is extremely small, for a most evhaustive investigation has been made. In the last few years there has been a marked tendency among men of wealth to conceal the. The question is often raised, How far can certain objects be seen at sea from the deck of a steamship? Several elements are involved in this problem. The clearness of the air, which varies enormously; differences in natural keenness of vision and in experience in looking for faintly re- vealed things, the power of one's marine glass, and other matters need to be considered. Most of all, it is necessary to deal with the curvature of the earth. This, of course, not variable, but the effect is, beâ€" cause the greater the distance the greater the dip below the horizon. Three or four formulae for Comâ€" amount of their worldly posessions The first incenti‘e in this resped: is the vulgar prominence given to the man who has lots of money. There are other reasons men have for supâ€" pressing knowledge of the amount of their wealth. Some wish to avoid heavy taxation and give false returns. Another man may have made his money in a. business not commonly supposed to be especially lucrative, and he doesn't care to have his aflluence blazoned forth to is arouse competition. â€"â€"â€"â€"-+ A PLEASANT REBUFF. “I never was rebuffed in so pleas- puting the latter are given in boots out a way as on my last joumcv.” on navigation. Some of them are harder to remember and to use than others, but they all give sub- stantially the same results. Perâ€" haps the easiest to employ is which occurs in the article on geogâ€" raphy is the “Encyclopedia Brittan- ic": The distance of the horizon in miles is four-thirds the sniare root of the height in feet. AcCording to this rule, the top of a pole or tower 200 feet high (if sufficiently wide) this, i said Joblots, the commercial travel- ler, lately. “I was just about to enter an oflice w'hen I saw a stairâ€" ‘Case with a sign, "This Way for comâ€" mercial trmellers.’ “i supposed the stairs led to the. countingâ€"louse, so I went up and f'Ofnii myself in a long hall, with walls on which were painted beards directing the way. I "I passed through the hall, and would be visible at sea level sixteen came to 3 Staircase “mung down “S or seventeen miles away, but would completely disappear between eighâ€" teen and nineteen. 11‘ it was exâ€" amined from the deck of a shipâ€"say ten or fifteen feet above the waterâ€"â€" the distance would be two or three miles greater. One might imagine that the proâ€" blem just given would be identical with the following: If an observer were raised 100 feet. above sea level, how far could he see the top of a. pole 100 feet high? The answer is not the same. If there were no hin- drance to good seeing except the cur- vature of the earth, one could in, this second instance cover a. range of about twenty-five miles. A man In a rowboat could see the top of a 100â€" foot pole nearly thirteen miles off in one direction and the top of another in the opposite a little less than thirteen miles ofl'. But the dip inâ€" creases rapidly after the first few miles. To enable one to see its top thirty miles away it would be neces- sary to have a pole over 500 feet high. The smoke emitted by the funnels of a steamship trails behind her at an elevation of 100 feet or more above the sea. If the air were per« fectly clear and a. lookout had good eyesight he would probably detect it ten miles or more away. The hull of the steamer would not come into view until it. was very much nearer. The funnels for nearly their whole length would be visible at five miles, but the hull could not be made outl (at. sea level) until the distance had been still further reduced. On most big steamships there is a place call- ed the crew's nest, in the foremost, forty or Iifty feet above the deck. At that elevation a man could see six or eight. miles further than at son level, provided that the atmos- pheric conditions are favorable _._â€"._+_._ haven‘t heard you play your Violin slnCe you got married. Billâ€"' ‘ I arother bomd .ointed. I descended, and, openingr the door at the lower step, found 1 washâ€"in the street again." It is easier for :1 wonvan to mix the ingredients of a cake than it is for her husband not to mix the instruc- tions she gives him. Minaid's iiniméitliisaie every'uiare Whenever a girl giggles at CTtd‘y re» mar?» a, young; man makes, it may be taken for granted that she is willing to be more than a sister to him! I was (hired of (1 bad case of" Grip by kllNAllll’S LlNLMFlN'l‘. Syr'uey, C. B. (J. I. LAGUID. I was Cured of loss of voice by MlNARll'S LlNllIliZN’l‘. Yarn‘olath. CII'AS PLUMMICR. I was Cured of Sciatica Rheuma- tism by M‘lNAll’il'S LINIMRNT. liitrin. Nfld. LE‘WJS S. llU’l‘Ll‘lll. “They Hay that fringes are not much worn now, but I'm hanged if I believe it!-" muttered l‘enniless, as be glanced at the bottoms of his trousers. For Over qfixiv \"eqrs Mm, \VIKAI ow’r Boorumu SYRU r bw been 11 VI in milliervof mother: for their caildmn while cunning lleool hesthe child, softens the gums. alinynpuiu. rum. wlndcolicficgulutcs thefitonuioh and bench. and” n, bi-atreuiedyfur unrrhu-u. Twenty-mu: ueuls a .iettl: hole by drugglelb throughout the world. Be burn :ml duetâ€""f!an. \Vffi'IJLO-I'deUTilihudiltlII’." 1.‘ .9; Mabelâ€"“There's Mr. Stubbs. He's the only farmer on rocoxd who ly-s You used to make it talkt,” Jill-â€" “It hasn't had a chance to say anyâ€" thing since 1 got married.” made his money out, of wccl Georgeâ€"“lie surely didn't do that?" Mabelâ€"“Yes. he did." George â€" "llow, pray?" li'abelrâ€"J'M'nrrii‘ti a widow.” Do you catch cold easily? Docs the cold hang on P Try $§sil©hfis ! Consumption i The Lung Tonic it cures the most stubborn kind of coughs and colds. If it doesn’t cure you, your money will be refunded. Prices: S. C. WELLS 6: Co. 303 254:. 50c. 21 IarRoy, N.Y., Toronto. Can. ISSUE NO. 52â€"04. Cor. NEW WAY TO GET CASH. Illinois Minister’s Plans for Se- curing Contributions. ’l‘he Rev. Fred 1). Stone, minister of the, Methodist Episcopal church at Oregon, Ill., has an original method of collecting enouin money from his congregation to pay all of the ex- penses of the church. Just before. the beginning of each conference year he has prepared in the printing ollice a large calendar on the card of which is printed a pic- ture of his church, the hours of the diflerent Sunday Semices, and a calâ€" endar for the new year. At one 31th of the calendar is a. block of fiftyâ€" two small envelopes, the envelopes being “blocked” so that one at a time may be torn oil. Each envel- ope bears a date and a blank line on which to write a name. ’l'hese calendars are then distribut- ‘ed to each contributing member of the church, and each calendar is sup- posed to be hung in a room where visitors may see it. If. is also expected that the member will tear off an envelope bearing the date on which he attends church, that he will inclose a sum of money in it, ‘nnd leave it at the church. Above the calendar is the “motto.” It reads as follows: “A contribution from every member with religious reâ€" gularity." The man who has one of these cal- endars hanging in his home cannot consult the calendar without seeing the envelopes, and he is thus remind- ed that he must. keep taking off the envelopes as he continues to turn the leaves of the calendar. When the minister calls around to see 'his members, he Costs a. glance over on the wall to see that, the right use is being made of his design, and up to this time, it has not failed to work to the advantage of the church. FOUND TilllC RIGHT ONE. Employerâ€""Well, did you get that money owing by Smith?" Collectorâ€"“No, sir; there were six Snniths at the same address. and they all denied being your debtor; in fact, one of them threw me out.” limp] oy‘erbâ€"J ‘T'hat’sz tine one; on him again.” Minam's Linimant Ennis Bums. Bic. Belleâ€"“Bertie has been going out dall with me these three months. Now, don't ,voa think it is time he pro- posed?” 1'51mannâ€"â€"â€"“I can't say. He went out. with my cousin SIX months before be pro. osed." 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Norton. '; "f bane just been calling on )Il's. ll‘everi'l. You know her husband, Muâ€" fi'm l’everill?" "YRS." 1 "Well, 1 just learnt toâ€"dziy, to my: vliorror, that ‘Major’ isn’t his title at, all. 'Major' is; his first name." i "\\'h::. c.,-i-'.airilv. I'\e always known 'that. “but there so morfiijrinv; labout it?“ , "Nothing," raid Mrs. Norton, with ‘3 groan; “only teat. I've, been calling lhin: ‘Maior' Mel“; time I've met him {for the inst few weeks. is West Market and Colborno Sta, lost no time in beginning ln-r expln-‘ We can handle your poultry either. alive or dressed to best advantage. Also your butter. eggs, honey and other produce. THE EAW'S"N COMMISSION 00., Limited TORONTO. “Pinto” Shell l099rdova Used in H.B.K. Mitts, Gloves and Moccasinsâ€"tough as whale- bone, flexible, soft,pliablc, scorch- pt'oof, wind-proof, boilâ€"proof, crack~proof, tear-proof, rip-proof, cold-proof, almost wear-proofâ€" certainly the greatest leather ever used in mitts and gloves. 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