The Aberystwith Observer

AGNES: Ie Jack Is in love with yon." Mario: "NonMose!" Agnes: "That's what I said when I tieud it." dare you ?" 44 MBS. BxOWN, how many eggs do YO' put in that cake; it's so nice !"—" Generally one, ii it's a goad fresh one; if It isn't, take two."

LITERARY GLEANINGS. THE incomprehensible are the things raostadinired, and desired. To believe that there Is no place like homo is a wholesome partiality; but to laugh another man's home to scorn because it is not afac-simile of one's own is illiberal and unmanly. LIFE is to be measured by actions, not by time. A man may die old at thirty, and young at eighty- nay, the one lives after death, and the other perished before he died. LONDON Brans.—London, in the autumn, is visited by all sorts of strangers and country cousins but we think none are so cheering as the swallows and the divers small birds that swarm in our parks and gardens at this time. Those papers and publications that deal with natural history are always in Sep- tember and October fulJ of notices of rare visitors in places you would hardly expect to find them. Wood- cocks, tired of their long journey, have dropped down in the very centre of bustling thoroughfares one was found, not so long ago, on a raw morning sheltering behind a lamp-post in Albemarle street. Coot have been seen on the Thames, even at Westminster black- bird. and thrushes and redwings have all been seen in the large squar P, whilst, too frequently to specify, ,If 0i martins and swallows for a few days each year make early every street and road merry with their simple t*it:ering song.—Leisure Hour. A TERRIBLE MAN-EATER -The Madras Times chronicles the doings of a terrible man-eating tiger. During 1889 tbe monster carried of human lives at the rate of one a week. This year the proportion has doubled. The tiger is known as the man-eater of Tintaiakunti. Ic makes the plains and mountains of Muracgapon and Kaiahundi, in the district of Vizaga- patam, the field of its operations. The Government has offered 200 piastres for its destruction. Last year the man-aatpr swallowed 52 men, and this year, from the 1st to the 20th of January, it bad eaten six. It is absolutely without fear, and does not hesitate to attack a group of four or five men. It will select the individual most to its taste and coolly walk off with him. The natives of the locality are paralysed with fe ir. At the sight of the tiger they become incapable of action. Here is one example of the ferocious audacity of this animal, which occurred the begin- n;ng of this year. A mother and her daughter were warming themselves by the fire in their hut. Tho door was closed and bolted. Without an instant's warning "he door was smashed in, the man-eater leaped into the but, seized the beautiful young girl and walked off with her. AMU-UNO ADVERTISEMENTS.—Under the head of "Political Intelligence Extraordinary," the Public Advertiser of July, 1764, announces It was ob- servable, that a certain Gentleman did not go to St. Jamea's till he was well assured by his emissaries that he should not meet with his Right Honourable Rela- tion, who was gone into the country that morning to stay during the adjournment of the Treasury." The same organ, amongst other items of Foreign Intelli- gence, narrates the extraordinary feat of the Electoral Castle at Heidleburg, during a dreadful storm about break of day. It began about three o'clock with lightning, which set fire to the Electoral Castle, which in a moment took hold of the Wing, and the Tower facing the City. The fire soon spread to the other Wing. The fire lasted all day and the following night, and they could not stop it but by demolishing the house on the side of the castle." Later on a st irra at Frankfort is recorded, in which the rain occasioned such torrents that it carried everything before it, which was clearly interfering with the functions of tee 'torrenta. Put still more wonderful is the account of a Frankfort genius, "One Maria Mayda- lena Groff, a young iirl of ten years old, born at Mentz, who plays upon eight different instruments of music, eitfcflt alone or in conc rt. Her natural gifts for music are looked upon as the wonder of the age." Of any ttye we should say. It is to be hoped that, the eight different instruments were in concert while performed upon by this magic musician. We are left in wonder, in the following item of Home News," if the gallant combatants fought with spurs • "Yester- day, in the Great Cock Match between the Gentle- men of Northumberland and the Gentlemen of York- shire, the former were six battles foremost, wanting only one battle to win the main." Advertisements of the last century bad a rare intelligence. if Maria's experience is to be credited. "Maria must know how (almost) impossible it is to write by the penny post if she has yet any regard for the opinion of the world, as it is not clear she answered the late, advertisement, being well acquainted with her style which seems much altered, or badly imitated. For which reason she is requested to write a line to the same place as she wrote so many, and it shall be answered in the shortest time possible." In a past ago, as in this. a man's convictions were out- side nia actions. History in Newgate repeats itself, though told somewhat differently in this year of grace: "On Saturday, March 21, 1771, one of the convicts in Newgate, who was convicted of breaking open the house of the Bon. Mr. Stratford, was bap- tised in his cell at his own particular desire, as not being certain that ever that sacrament had been administered to him, according to the rites of the Church of England. In faith be wished to die; his parents being of a quite opposite persuasion." Perhaps the pious convict thought to condone his wrongs to the State by submitting to "theritea" of the Church. It was the privilege of a daughter of the sister isle to perform a feat 01 generation unparalleled in the history of any nation. It says something for the modesty of tife Irish to record ifaer achievements so simply: "A few days ago died at M^rfistown, near Naas, in the county of Kildare, Mrø. Latttn, aged 90. She was mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother to 87 children, all mow living. She was much esteemed when liviag, and her death is deservedly regretted." HIRE OF COFITMS.—Moscow undertakers drive a thriving trade » the repair and hire ofoomns. Many of the wealtby., Muscovites purchase their coffins during their lifefciaae, and keep them at home, where they are used by careful housewives as repositories for groceries and other edible stores. The Russian rat, however, has a sweet tooth, with which he in- dustriously gnaws, his ways into these grim re- eeptaclea of sugar, raisins, and spices, doing such damage to them in the course of his forays that they are constantly in sseed of repair. The." hiring department-of the establishments above alluded to ig chiefly suppoittd by widows of merchants and tradesmen, who house the mortal re- mains of tbeir "ev deputed" in cfeeap deal coffins, but hire for funeral ceremony magnificent" caskets," richly decorated with velvet and gilding, in which the plain wooden boxes actually destined for inter- ment are enclosed* At the churchyard gate the ac- commod ating undertaker takes back his splendid shell, which baa falfilled its purpose by conferring distinction upon the relict of its temporary occupant during its transport through the public streets, and the deceased is consigned to the grave inexpensively. THE ROYAL COUPLE OF life led by the Royal couple is one of constant hard work. In winter they live in Bucharest, in summer they,retire. to Sinaia, a héalthresort in the Carpathians that combines the grand scenery of Switzerland with the more lovely and romantic features of the Italian Alps. Here they have built for themselves, after their own de- signs, a quaint caAlewhO- architecture is a fantastic medley of the Koumapian and mediaeval German styles. But even here they get little rest. The con- ditions of the land require that the sovereigns should always be en ewideneet at the boak and call of anyone who likes- to- ask for them. In this semi-Oriental country Oriental customs pre- vail; the sovereign eannofc live m peaceful seclusion. The Queen acually rises early—often as early as four—and works until eight, the only hours in the course of the day when she can be, as she phrases it, "woman and PUwr; "the rest of the time she must be Queen. Both sovereigns have often to talk for. 12, or even 15 hours at a stretch, and from this cause the Queen once temporarily lost her voke. When she and the King ,0*t town to dinner tbey are sometimes so tired they cannot speak a word. Yet early sleep t is not theirs. Bucharest, it is said, is a very gay capital—the city of pleasure it has been called-and » very late one, Gala performances, for example, do not begin tdl'10 or 12 at night. The strain upon the physical and mental organisations of the sovert i^ns is grr at, and especially upon the Queen, who is indefatigable. VV'irlwiiMl" was the nick- name she had at home, and which she has not lost, j Never inactive herself, she will permit no idlers about her. Sha loves to surround herself with young girls; and incites them to utilise their talents by precept and example. In her salon a republican spirit reigns; she admits of but one aristocracy—that of the heart and mind. Such are these rulers of Rouinania, both in their way out of the commas run—he for the clear- ness ci his intellect and the sterling qualities of his character, she for her genius, her swtetneas and elevation of soul. Between them they have do- veloped the institutions and internal resources of their land, and raised it to an honoured place among the natiion$.i*-Leisure Hour. .t,j. > .¡ t

FROM THE OOMiaS," [FBOM PUNCH."] EASY FOR THE JUDGES.—Gss&r&i S&JEEFED candi- date for honours at the Dog Show) :ç,iNever mind, Smut! We'll have a dog show that shall be all cats except you, and then you'll have it all your own way!" DEATH-BALI. OR, A NEW NAME FOR IT.—Yester- day the celebrated Midland Spine-splitters met the Ribcracking Rovers at the prepared Ambulance Grounds recently opened in conjunction with the local County Hospital. A large staff of medical men, supplied with all the necessary surgical appliances, were in attendance." Play commenced effectively, the Rovers keeping the ball well before them, with only a few broken arms, a dislocated thigh, and a fractured jaw or two. Later, however, affairs moved more briskly, one of the Spine-splitter forwards getting the ball well down to goal; but, being met with opposi- tion," he was carried senseless from the field. A lively scrimmage followed, amid a general cracking of ribs and snapping of spines. The field now being covered with wounded, the police interfered, and the play terminated in a draw. EXCELLENT EXAMPLE. In a recent trial for Breach of Promise, a letter was read from defendant saying that he must now get a monkey;" whereupon the learned Under-Sheriff," as reported in the Daily Telegraph, exclaimed, A Monkey! What the goodness does he mean?" Now, isn't that better than saying, What the deuce ?" Of course, no doubt the learned Under-Sheriff is sufficiently learned to remember the old rhyme: There was an old man of Dominge Who'd a habit of swearing, -By Jingo But a friend having come Who suggested • By Gum He preferred it at once to By Jingo! The goodness of the learned Under-Sheriff is worthy of all praise, and of general imitation. [FROM FUN." | ALMOST INCREDIBLE SIMPLICITY.—London Cousin "I'll tell you what! We will go shopping." Country Cousin: "But I don't want to buy anything!" London Cousin: "My dear! how ridiculous, that's just where the pleasure comes in!" SUBTERRANEAN SYMPATHY. Of a tunnel to Ireland we read, And (loving that land so fateful)' If that tunnel that Watkin's decreed Should help poor old Pat to be fteed. From the inroad of grief and of greed, Fun would then feel e-tunnel-y grateful t [FROM "JUDY."] Two TO ONE.—Snobleigh: I say, old chappie how is it you're so big, and your two brothers so—er -so much smaller ?" JJfacSandaw: Well, don't- cherknow, I think it must be that I was published in one volume and the twins in two. Eb ?" NOTHING can possibly be superior to the best. When. therefore, one notices a grocer advertising his two shilling tea as perfection," one wonders what his three shilling stuff must be like. A BRILLIANT Spectacle—A firework display. OUR cook maid—she takes a tremendous pride in her personal adornment-bangs such a lot of things of various descriptions upon herself, that we call her, the kitchen dresser. No SMALL BORE.—-A friend of ours, a crack shot, who can snuff a candle at 40 paces every time, had the curiously bad luck to miss a train the other day. THE SFCBET OUT. (4 Srnfimev/a! Confession.) I [II By means of their newly Invented hand-painted shirt fronts, the mashers of New York are making wild havoc among the ladies."]—Daily Paper. You ask me, Belinda, to tell you the cause Wby, defying my friends and connections. I've pro ni-e l to give Mr. Tompkins my hand A* well as my virgin affections ? It is not, my dear Bel, for his intellect fine, For I'm bound to assure you. in candour, That Tompkins, althfJUgh. he's my lover betrothed, Is in intellect worse than a gander. Coming ytars may, perhaps, bring him beauty and grace, But! cannot deny that at present Mr. Tompkins is fully as ugly as sin, Though by no means, Belinda. as pleasant. But then, my dear friend, on-i possession of his To the summit of glory has ted him His hand-painted shirt-front enchanted my heart— And that is the reason I'll wed him [FROM "FUNNY FOLKS."] AIRS. AND GRACES.— Country: "Come on, Fitz- smytb, get up! A lovely morning! Have a spin across country with us." Town: Thaanks, deah boys, the countwy is so damp that when I'm out of town I nevah get up until the fields are thoroughly aired." ASTOR-NISHING TH.E NATIVES.—Mr, New York Mil- lionaire William Astor is retiring from the turf on account of ill luck; and now the innocent anxiously wants to know, you know, if all o'.oer unlucky ones follow his example, where the lucky ones '11 be. TIE-DY PICTURES.—The Amateur 1'h toqrapher an- nounces the invention of the Necktie Camera," which, concealed under a large necktie, with the lens posing as a scarf-pin, enables the wearer to sur- Pi reptitiously collar people's physiognomies in their various unpleasant moods, as he's talking to them. It's quite right to dub the thing a necktie- It's no comforter, any way. A SUBJECT FOB APPROVAL.—Higher bonours are to be bestowed upon Von Moltke than have ever pre- viously been given to a Prussian subject—which only shows what a Subject of Interest he must be just now. EXTRA-HOARD-INARY OCCURRENCE.—Rats have de- stroyed an American miser's board of thousands of dollars' worth of bank notes, which he had hidden in a cellar. Doubtless he realises well enough now that he hoard.n't to have put rem there. UP BEFORE THE "BEEK.At Lambeth police- court recently a woman named Beek was charged with begging in tha Walworth-road. This is the first recorded instance of a Beear" officiating in the dock of a police-court. A LITTLE MixED.—The New York Herald, referring to the recent money scare, says that the market shed so many feathers that it was feared the wind would give the shorn lamb an attack of bron- chitis." Here's a nice derangement of epitaphs! What a fortune Barnum would give for a shorn Iamb that was given to shedding its feathers occasionally! ITS SPECIAL 'QUALITY IS MIST; [Champagne mist—a "cloudy drink "—we hear, is the name of a new American drink.] The thirsty Yank may think he's got A dainty here; But whether it is so or not, It isn't clear! OFF COLOUR. The Philosopher to his Fianege. [The writer of a recently-published volume pro- fesses to be able to distinguish the colour of the soul. Philosophers, he states, have brown souls, while women are, in a general way, the possessors of yellow souls.] I used to think that we might mate, But now I know 'tis not to be. Divided paths a ruthless Fate Is marking out for you and me. My love for you, indeed, is dead- The truth is best, upon the whole— I feel that I can never wed A person with a Yellow Soul! It isn't that you are not nice- Your form's divine, I'm fain to own. And those soft tresses might entice A hermit from his cell of stone. Your pouting lips are red, ma belle, Your eyes are Mack as any coal; But though these colours please me well, I cannot stand your Yellow Soul! You see, my Soul's the hue of snuff, From which a joy some nostrils snatch* And that, I hold, is quite enough To make of us a shocking match. Come, let us part without a frown, A tear, or hint at poison bowl— A Soul that's beautifully Brown Can't mingle with a Yellow Soul I

INSTANTANEOUS photography hasbeln perfected until It if now possible to,take a messenger boy in bisfligbfc, < 11

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A LADY'S LETTER. Gold, silver, and steel are. it appears, to be more used than ever in embroileries- and on galons for- trimmings. The yokes of many dresses are being;, entirely composed of glittering' metal. This costly- fastaicn is not recommended to those with slender purses, and those that suffer from delicate chests would find this style of trimming, especially if embroidered in \wads, too heavy for comfort. Nor,. it, may be suggested, will the rougher st x be attracted by armoured women. Feather and astra< han-trimmings are very fashion- able, and are much used on dresses in tfce form of narrow bands. The basques of bodices, instead of being quite plain, are being cut wirh eijuarn tabs, some pointed, whiibt others are leaf-shaped, with em- broidery lavished upon thf m. Buttons are rarely seen now on bodices they are nearly all iiuished off with hooks and eyes. Jackets are more popular (says the wHter of -be Home Dress making section of the Laiy) than mantles for ordiuary outdoor wear, but only with cha young and slim, as few thing. are more unbecoming to a stout, round figure than the c'ose-Hkirted*. tightly-fitted long paletot, which necessarily gives a few additional inches when worn over a winter gown. Long wraps are economical in one sense, for they help to wear out a passi gown, and the wiee woman who studies dress from a. sensihie standpoint will pat aside a plainly-made and partially-worn silk shirt* which with a lined blouse of soft silk wiil be ad- mirable for wear under a long paletot, and while allowing the figure to be seen at its best, will not in. commode the wearer by clinging either to her wrap or her petticoats. Many women complain that it is so difficult to walk in a long wrap, but they apparently forget that they are practically adding a second gown -and probably a heavier one than usually worn— and yet retain the same number of- petticoats, which gives the lirr.wly jroom to fbve, walk any dist^'v-' "vfen without the extra weights A flannel-lined sf^^Jticoat, with thin shaped band bons' worn at the edge bi^e 7 corset, is all that is needed co in the way of skirts ;■ +*ad the plainer and less trimmed your gown, so much tbe better for comfort. Necessarily,, if you wear a short jacket over your ordinary dress,, you want a warm under-petticoat to protect your limbs, but for some unexplained reason women trouble little about such changes, and wear the same skirts equally under a long, closely-shaped paletot or the most abbreviated of jackets. Mantles for elderly wearers are of matelasse cloth of fris6 or brocaded* velvet, and of that raised or embossed type which looks as if stamped and embroidered; but two fabrics are generally employed, and the second is invariably plain, such as plush or velvet. When the shape does not completely cover the wearer, the fronts are very long, and further increased by fringes or pendants, a mixture of silk and chenille being mueb affected on handsome mantles for the middle-aged. AJltheshoutdelc parts are set in high and full, but some sleeves are very long, and reach within twelve or sixteen inches of the bottom of the dress, while others are very shorty and do not fall much below the hips. The very long sleeve is generally balanced by a short back and comparatively short front, but the shorter sleeve has a long square back, generally cleft or tabbed, and finished with fur bordering or pendant ornaments. The Russian shape in three-quarter length is a com- fortable cloak which does not confine the arms, and some Paris models of a very smart type have been in this form, and intended specially for the middle-aged. The underfronts and back are of fancy silk brocaded cloth, the back three -quarter length, th6 front slightly running off to a point. The edge is finished with a, mixed fringe of chenille and braid to match the cloth. The over-part forming the upper front and sleeve portion is of plush, slightly shorter than the under-part, and the front rounded away at the end, Of pointed and edged fur this carried also round the neck, and fastened with a clasp or handsome beaded silk ornament. This mantle is easily cut from the long Russian shape; or if a long mantle is required, the ordinary Russian mantle, if trimmed with an em- broidered yoke and shoulder frills or p'eated epaulettes, or the top covered with a yoke shape and high epaulettes of guipure, and a shaped, but not too rounded, collar, is quite uncommon in style. Sleeves continue very wide at the top and narrow below the elbow. They are also being worn. long. in some cases falling over the ban, s. This is as. awkward fashion, and only likely to receive favour from those that suffer from re l han -s Some of the new hats are very picturesque, and .can be made to suit all faces, from the roundpieem of soft felt that are now so'd for that purpose. Th& shallow crown is usually made of buck-ram or stiff net, and is covered with a twisted band of velvet. Over this the felt is pleated, turned, and curved, forming a brim to suit the wearer's fancy, and the trimming is all placed at the back. and consists of- knots and bows of narrow velvet ribbon. The original of this hat was in dark biscuit coloured felt, with the trimmings in a pale grey shade of delicate sea-biue. It realty looked lovely in its simplicity, and was the cause of much attraction among the ladies. Notwithstanding contrary predictions, at the besfc houses (The World's "Tea Table Talk "-er says) skirts are still made very plain. In a certain fair aristocrat's trousseau there is scarcely a frill or fúrbe. low to be seen, although the bodices are most ela- borate and really beautiful. Several of the gowns re- call old prints and paintings; one has been especially designed from a celebrated picture in the possession of Sir Charles Tennant. A golden yellow satin falls in long unbroken folds; the sleeves are puffs of chiffea coming below the elbow, and soft swatbings of the- same are wound about the figure, with nothing to weigh down the light drapery on the left side; while a-jewelled passementerie of topazes, alternately pale and deepin hue, crosses from the right shoulder to twist around the waist and outline the pointed bo Tc", from which it drops as a girdtoto the feet The si mplV.ity of this gown is quite regal. A black velvet was also made plainly, with a deep white bayaleuse and pinked-out frill of silk laid inside the long train. Ooe bo.lice for this was square-cut, and all in black a Henri Deux collar spread but at tha back, filled with plumes of ostrich feathprf, and transparent sleeves worked heavily in j't: the second waft. q,.t. low, with billows of white icfM ca]ming!fi'OT& underneath and bunched up inside the rather voluminous short sleeves. A very liandsome outdoor costume was in myrtle-green velvet, extremely simple In style, yet most artistic. The full sleeves w^re finished by ruffles of Brussels applique, and where the bodied v' crossed over to the left there was a frill of the same lace. Below the waist was arranged a Silk sash 6f the same-shade, with ends like an old-fashioned netted purse, gilt bead lines interspersed in a deep silk Mage. The skirt of a black cToth frock hatd a very narrow stripe of turquoise-blue inserted, and bordered by a passementerie of gold and jetlong jacket- bodice of the Louis Seize'period being handsomely trimmed with the same, as were the wide jwat-sleeves* On each side of the short waistcoat of turquoise cloth feU frills of lice that formed á,jab.ot as they txet The- lace was point deParisi so I wM. Md; but it bore great resemblance to old Limerick, though whether ? hailed from Ireland or France is of small moment except to those interested in Irish industries. If you like stewed pears (says "Madge" in Triitty try them done in thi& way: Choose a dozen fine, large, e tttewing pears. Pear them smoothlyi-stick with I' cloves, put them into an earthenware jar; and, fot this quantity of fruit, add a pound of sugar, or more, according. to their size, a bottle of claret, and a little bruised cochineal in a muslin bag. Allow the fruit to stew in a very slow oven till quite soft, take it out carefully; give the syrup a boil, place the pears on a dish, and pour it over them. An addition of whipped cream, I need scarcely observe, is generally acceptable. i Just now all tbe shops are vying with^eaoh other. At one great London modiste's the other day a p great t fashion writer in The World saw a dinner-gown she liked extremely. It was a pale shade of sage-green satin, veiled in black spotted net—a very Jtcypattei'o—with a pointed border falling over a full frill. At one side of the skirt three rows of sage green velvet ran down to the hem through very: handsome ornaments in jet, and were jetted at the, ends on the other side there was only one rowoi velvet elaborately twisted on the hip. The ?&ce, border was arranged points upward on the tow- bodice, and bands of the green velvet coming from < the waist were caught up on the shoulders with high et sprays. A black hat in straw, with feathers rurling under tbe britp, wavso popular last summer that a famous West-end milliner has reproduced it in felt; and her own clever.ifngers are entirely responsible for a little closp-fitting bonnet of fine Viennese atraw, worked on to black <lIo|tt> undi|'ar'n^linj?s, np oth^r trim- ming than rusottes of narrowest ribbon velvet. Two of ruddy brown and hue of •'■ead-leaf green lay. ia frontt: ro-e-enloill 'IV'" n"Cf¡\1i in conjunction with browt* 'Ll.. rhe;back; .,n,1 'ern-^th tbe straw, to nest!*? nnflnjut coils:<v **tr. w*« anc hor green one. Very more in t' • u h),Iehanslian in design,. 'WAB It v..< f t bonnet n .n?o.-« .f-r-;e^, xpwtSNptod by." and geeen