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HERMIT HAM31 ELL SWEARS OFF. TRIED THE HERMIT BUSINESS ,S FOR THIRTY YEARS. David Hammell, of Hardwifk, Warren County, America, after being a proff-oai-mal hermit for thirty years, has given up the job in disgust He says he was entirely mistaken about the business when lie adopted it. hut was too bull-headed to abandon it. 'X..w, however, he realises that he was wasting his time. He Hail His Whiskers Trimmed and Returned to his family. Hammell passed for the most obstinate man in his township, and he was prtuid of the distinction. In the autumn of 1866, Marcus L. Ward ran for Governor of New Jersey on the Republic ticket, and the hermit worked for him. AI try Ann Hammed, the hermit's wife, worked for the Democratic ticket. Hammell got angry. "If W ard is licked it will be a sorry day for you," he said. "How so, Dave?" ?he asked. "I have sworn that if he is defeated I Shall Become a Hermit," he replied His wife did not know what a her- mit was. as there were not any in the town- ship at that time; so she simply laughed. Ward was defeated. Hammell at once re- paired to the woods, and built himself a hut. His wife went rut to bring him home. "You go away," he shouted: "I'm a hermit now, <M]d you've got to let me alone." His two sons and daughters used to visit him and try to decoy him back to the family hearthstone, but he always locked himself in. The hermit Raised a Long Beard, and became a great attraction. He had a sign painted saying that he was a hermit, and re- questing sight-seers to leave him alone. The day after every election the hermit went into the town to see how it ha.d resulted. Each year his whiskers were longer than they were the year before, and he became more weird and more like a relic. When he heard that John W. Griggs was elected Governor of New Jersey or the Republican ticket., he went to a justioe of the peace ar-d said:—"Thirty years ago I swore T d be a hermit. Is there anything to prevent me from swearing off again' "Nothing," said the justice. Well, cried the hermit, "ï guess I'll quit. This i hermit business isn't what it's cracked up to be Grand preparations were made to welcome the hermit back tj civilization. The local Republican Club hired a band, and Hammell marched at the head of it from his hut to his home. There he kissed his wife, his children, and, his grand-children, whom he had never seen before. Hammell made a speech to the neighbours. "My hut. is now unoccupied," he said, "and is likely to be. If any fellow wants to be a hermit, I'm ready to teach him all I know about the business; but my advice is, to give it up at the start. I wish I had."

--?- FIRST THINGS. Post jGees were established in 1464. The frst almanack was printed in 1460. Modern needles came into use in 1545. The first iron steamship was built, in 1830. Newspapers were first printed in the year 1494. The first English newspaper was published in 1588. The first railroad in the United States was opened in 1820. .The first watoh was made at Nuremburg, Germany, in 1477. The first printing press is claimed for Copenhagen, in 1403. The first steam engine in America was sent from England in 1753. The first telegraphic instrument was operated by Morse in 1835. Srpectaeles were invented by an Italian in the thirteenth century. The first American newspaper was published at Boston in 1790. (rises endows were first used in England in the eighteenth century. The find theatre in the United States was opened in Virginia in the year 1752. 1 he first printing prea* in America wa* at the n01]!'3 of the president of Harvard College in 1639.

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From Far and Neap --?- A COLUMN' OF CHAT OX INTERESTING TOPICS. 1 Statements have been published that, if true, will go far to account for the agitation of public feeling that sometimes prevails in Belgium. It is said that Belgian workmen have taken to tiain cocks to crow against each other, and the champion bird is reported to have crowed 33" time in an hour. A plaintiff in the Bow Countv-cour: on Tues- day produced certain references, and a solicitor asked: Why did you leave Hatfield?—Plain- tiff Because one day when in a hurry I got through a fence at Lord Salisbury's house instead of going through the gate, which was some distance round. They put my name upon the slate at the lodge as that of a. person not allowed to go through the grounds. Why, if you happen to step on the grass at Lord Salis- bury's your r.ame gets pwted ou that slate. (Laughter.) ?.Iagistrate (with a "drunk" before him) Was she very drunk?—Witness: Oh, yes! Crying drunk (Laughter.)—Prisoner: It wasn't what I had to drink.—Magistrate: What was it, then?—Prisoner: The air. (Laughter.) I had been in the Barnet Workhouse for thirteen months. It was the change of air.—But you had something else?—No, sir: it overcome me. — Come, now.—Well, only half a quartern of whisky and some four ale. (Loud laughter.) I had no food.—Remanded in custody. fytatistioians are telling us that Australasia, taken as a whole, is the wealthiest country of che world, and that an aggregate of one million sterling in 1813 has multiplied so hugely that in 1890 it rcachcd the stupendous total of f 1,169,000,000, which gave an average of B303 per head. Ihe United Kingdom comes next in the averages, with 2246: then follow .Fran-e, with £ 235: the United States of America, with 2205; ether countries fall below P,200, Russia standing lagt ou the iiot, with £ 55 per head. Corks aT>e thrown away in great quantities, and very few people think tha.t there is any value attached to that material after it has served its purpose once as a stopper of a bot.le. Nevertheless, it has become one of the most valuable components of a, city's refuse. Great quantities of used corks are now employed again in the manufacture of insulati ig covers of steam pipes and boilers, ice boxes, and I ice houses, a.nd oth-sr points to be protected from the influence of heat. Powdered cork is very useful for filling in horse collars, and the very latest application of this material is the filling in of pneumatic tyres with cork shav- ings. Mats for bath-rooms are made of cork exclusively, and it also goes into the composi- tion of linoleum. It is said that scientist? have agreed to J christen the new photographic process "Kkc- christen the new photographic process "Kkc- trosciography," but it is to be hoped that som-j more pleasing- title will be found. It is ill- teresting to note that an English savant has suggested that if the rays from the radian,t matter tube which actually "take" the shadow photographs are ultra-violet, and ean yet penetrate to the interior of the body, they should be useful as a germicide, and might, even be employed in cases of consumption to "flccd the lungs" wich a medium fatal to microbes. Professor Marshall Ward has shown that the germicide action of direct sun- light lies chiefly iri ithe rays at the violet end of the spectrum. A pathetic incident has just come to light in 1', 1 connection with the arret!t of one of the Johan- nesburghers, Mr. Hammond, :tn American en- gineer. When the news of his arrest reached California, where his brother lived, a family council was called, with the idea of taking some means to ensure the safety of the prisoner. Little Willie, the youngest of the family, a child aged nine, who had been an apparently unconcerned listener of the fam lv council, determined to take the matter of his uncle's safety into his hands. He accordingly wrote to President Cleveland at Washington in the following' strain :—"Dear Sir,—Will you please make the men that have my uncle in gaol let I him go? you may be a stern man, l>u.t I think you will be kind enough to set my uncle free. If you were a. little hov like me, you would not like your uncle in gaol, and if I were you, I would set him free if it caused war." The President, good naturedly answered, telling him tliat, his letter had been forwarded to President Kruger.. Tha.t admirable little maeaz'ne-, Nature Notes," prints in its February number an ap- peal to the clergy, which has just been issued by the Society for the Protection of Birds. It is from the pen of Mr. W. H. Hudson, and one passage rUttS :—In the case of seme species of birds which are being extirpated, or made rare, for the sako of their feathers, the fashion may be simply characterised as stupid and selfish in the highest degree; in other cases it is unutterably cruel. Thus, it is known that when the smaller gulls and sea-swallows, or terns, are shot for their wings,the fowlers in their haste cJo not stop to kill the wounded bids, but merely wrenoli the wings off, and cast the brds back to die in slow ag»jn>' on the water. The wretches who are engaged in this work come at last to take pleasure in it, and regard it as good sport the birds, they have been heard to say, when their wings are being wrenched off, "cry, or scream, just like a child." How does th'S strike ladies who deck them- selves out in feathers, regardless of how tlioc feathers are procured?

IS LIFE WORTH LIVING? It entirely depends on what you call life. Some lives are not worth living, but tiie fault rests with the victim. The drunkard's life its not worth living; the blasphemer s life is not worth living; the misers life is not worth living; the thiefs liie is not worth living; but it is their own fault. "Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die." Is such a life worth living? Such is the philosophy of the brutes. There are two essentials that make life worth living: regard for the Creator's moral and physical laws. That person whose body breeds disease, weakness, and ailments cannot enjoy xiie, cannot attain that success in life that is so necessary to happiness. Such a one becomes a burden to himself and friends. A little more study into these matters, a little less bigotry, a little more care, and a little more observance, would brighten and lighten many lives that are now one dreary, monotonous desert waste. Neglect, procrastination, fill more graves than dreaded epidemics. The morning lnjadache, the feeling of unusual life- leasness and lack of energy, irritability, depres- sion, and nervousness; the occasional shootmg pains under the shoulders or in the small of the back, are warnings of liver weakness or kidney disease, easily prevented and cured if taken in time—not so easily if allowed to fully develop. But there its a way to avoid these dangers—by building up the system, restoring healthy aotion to the liver and kidneys, freeing the blood from impurities, and thus regaining renewed strength. To do this a suitable remedy must be taken, and there is nothing for the pur- pose that can be compared with Warner's. Safe Cure, because its effects are immediate and lasting. How many important steps we take— just too late. The letter that was never written, the apology that was withheld until death- the great reconciler—came, gave no comfort; the kind a-cts towards others are too often left to be applied to the purchase of an elegant tombstone. The cruelty of heedlessness and procrastination is often greater than the cruelty of crims: and to make life worth living be guided by the advice of those around you who are happy. Mr. J. J. Mines, 122, Rve- lane, Peckham Rye, in telling you that lie can safely recommend Warner's Safe Cure to all—men, women, and children—speaks from personal experience, having been resound from lcidney and liver oomplaint. when all the pre- vious treatments prescribed 'by doctors had, given no relief. After taking the second bottle of Warner's Safe Cure, he found great relief, and a little perseverance fully restored him to health. This was nine months ago, and he has, up to the present, never fdlt any return of the diseaae. He furthermore states that a few weeks atro his wife was suffering from general debility and weakness, and after taking a few bottles of Warner's Safe Cure. she enjoyed her fornasc good health. 1212

? OVER THE NUTS AND WINE I QUIPS AND CRANKS FROM BOTH HEMI- I SPHERES. A Selection of Jokes and Funny Anecdotes for the Mental I Recreation of Old and Young. "What the New Woman wants to learn," says a country philosopher, "is to buy a larger shoe and a smailer hat." Liie is made up of compensations. By the time a man U old enough to realise what a lot he does not know, he is too old to worry about it. Coddlin: "I despite a man who is mean to hi.s wife. Do you give yours an allowance, or what she call wheedle out of you?" Short: "Both." Weary William: "Look here, matey, I'm gain' to give np Lane Walker: "Wha' for?' W. W. "Too much work to wako up." Penelope: "You wouldn't marry a girl for her money, wouid you?" Dashing Jack but I couldn t let a girl suffer because she was rich. Jinks: "How's your wife, Binks?" Binks "Her head troubles her a good deal. .links: "Neuralgia?" Binks: "No; she wants a new hat," She: It's raining, George. You may take my umbrella, but don't forget to bring it back. George: I wish you were as anxious to have me come back as you are for the return of the umbrel'a. She: Why, George, you know I need the umbrella. Che. "Don't you think that salt water is beneficial to health?" He: "Not always. A man whom I once knew was seriously injured by it." She: "How io?" He: "He was di owned." "My task in life," said the pastor of one of our complacently, "cuu>-li"t8 in saving young Whereupon one of our fair maidens, with a: soulful longing, replied. "Save a good c-r-e for me." Mrs. Strongmind: "If women would only ,:tand shouldsr ;1) shoulder, they would soon win the suffrage." Guffy: "But, inad^m, that is something they can't do with the pre- sent fashion in sleeves!" Pays to Sell Cheaply.—Customer: "So you sell these watches at lOs. each. It must cost that to make them." Jeweller: "It does." | Customer: "Then how do you make any moneys" Jeweller: "Repairing them." Mrs. Kiiluni (bride of four months)—I think Iil learn to cook whiie you are aw.ty. dear. Mr. Killum—All right, love; 1'il take the dog along with me, I Tootsie—You never come to the theatre now, Harry. Lord Landless—Well, no: you see, I've had all your part put into a kiuetoscope n. my chambers, so I have only to turn the handle and there you are "Hobbs, your little boy 's getting horribly rough." "Yes. I must ttop his going round with his mother o.n bargain days." Lawyer (a, few years hence)-" Make your mind easy. The jury will disagree. Prisoner—" Sure?" Lawyer—" I know it. Two of the members are man and wife." Mr. Ferry—Greatness is all comparative. For example an elephant four feet high would be called a cute little thing, while a. rat of tha.t size I Mrs. Ferry—" Yes, and £ 5 for a bonnet is I an enormous expense, but it i-n't anything at all when you Ic" it at poker." How will you have your eggs cooked?" asked the waiter. "Make any difference in the cost of em?" .inquired the cautious customer with the brim- less hat a.nd faded beard. "No." Then cook them on the tor) of a, slice of ham," said the customer, greatly relieved. Their Business Methods.—"Well," said Bill Yus. "I've taken a, powder for my headache, a pellet for my liver, and a capsule for my gouty foot. Now, what puzzles me is, how do the things know tlie right place to go to after they get inside?" "Hypnotism, said the professor, "in our present stage of knowledge, may be defined as "Hypnotism, said the professor, "in our present stage of knowledge, may be defined as the power exerted by one nerson over the mind of another." "Why," giggled the fluffy girl, "that is just the sume as taking in love. "x said i 'nd,' my dear young lady," retorted the I professor. They are getting up some amateur theatricals, awl the manager .said to Gus De Smith, who was to be one of the performers: "Sf r. De Smith, you are to have the role of Don AI- fc:n.so." "Do you think I'll please the public in that role?" "I'm sure of it. You are killed off in the first act." A famous French prima donna, when acting, delights iii a big basin of soup, smoking hot, and well flavoured with grated cheese. On one occasion she was engaged for a few nights at Marseilles, and her first thoughts on arriving there was to inquire where she could order her favourite dish. She was recommended to patronise a humble restaurant just by the theatre, and, going there, gave her order in person. At nine oclock, as arranged, mine host called his serving-maid, and. placing a I gigantic tureen in her bauds, told her to take t. it to Madame C- on the stage, He added' I] that orders had been given to let her pass with her bowl, and on the girl's assurance {. that she would recognise the canta.trice sent ¡ her of!' with the soup. livery body gave way ) before the servant carrying the sacred meal of the star.when, suddenly, between t]..e wings. she caught sight of the prima donna, who was <' singing the finale of the first act of "Lucia." Ravenswoou and his betrothed were just about | to begin the passionate scene, which brings j- down the curtain, when the maid entered, and k placed her tureen on the mossy bank in front of the fountain. Then, lifting up the cover, and phmtring iu a spoon, she exclaimed to the j. stupefaction of actors and audience alike: j- Begging your pardon for interrupting, sir, p and the ladv—but here's trie scur> ') Madge: But, pa, I love Reginald. He is the joy of my life and the desire of my heart. Papa (shaking his foot): Yes, and the delight of my sole. Desirable Location: "Did you know that science discovered microbes in kisses?" said one medical student to another. "Well," replied the other, "that dmws that microbe isn't such a fool as he looks." "I was held up on my way home lass night." "Oh, pshaw I You mast have been drink- ing." "Certainly." Wcol: "T sent a quarter yesterday to a man who advertised to tell how to turn a hand- spring." Y an Pelt: "Well?'' Wool: 'Told mo lo get off a cable car backwards." Miss Winfhrop Biudbliie (haughtily): "Your people are rather-rather recent, are they no Now, 1 am a Daughter of the Revolution." Miss Nolmdy, of Nowhere: "Ilerey How well you carry your years." Young Husband: "Good-bye. darling. Should 1 be prevented from coming home to supper, I will send you a note by a messenger." Trusting Wife: "Not ar all necessary, deal; I have already taken Lt out of your pocket." She: "If it were necessary, and I were your wife, would you go through fire and water for me?" He: "Do you think it would be necessary?" She: "It might. He: "Then, I think you had better marry a fireman. Good evening." Uncle: "You say you are going to marry a man to reform you. That is noble. May I ask who it i.s?" "It's Mr. Millions." "Indeed I dd not know he had any had habits." "Ye, his fneuda say that. he is becoming quite miserly.' Junior Partner: "Well, I think (puff) I'M go out jr. the* trade and nee if I can get a, few orders (puff, puff)." Senior Partner "That's right. Don't fail to take alon, senie of these cigars you smoke and offer them to people. Junior Partner: "What llort" Senior Part- ner: "So the buyers will die before they have time to cancel the orders." Wife "I'm awfully sorry to tell you, John, that baby aeoidontally got into your studio and dabbed a lot of paint all over your la, picture. Just look at it I'm afraid it's quite ruined." Impressionist Artist: "H'm—ah— oh. well, never mind, my dear, I'll give it n, torch or two and call it 'A Study.' Nobody will bo any the wiser." The Wrong Man "I may a.s well tell you," said th.,3 brave swimmer as he reached the f»:de of the struggling girl, who was just going dcwn for the third time, "that I have a wife, and you cannot marry me as a. reward for ,lying your life." With a de-pairing cry the maiden threw up her hands and sank from vie-.v. One day, as a lady was walking down tha street, of a town, not one hundred miles from London, followed by two dachshunds, with their well-known Ion? bodies .ami "hart leg. the following conversation was overheard be- tween two street arabs:—"I say. Bill, what sort of dogs d'yer call that, eh?" "Them?" said Bill, with an air of superior knowledge, why, that's foxhounds with their leg;; .vorn down a-running after bicycles!" Some time ago a gentleman, whose fruit orchards had been systematically robbed, caught I a boy up one of his trees. "Come down, you young rascal!" shouted the irate owner. "Naa Hearst and you there," replied the urchin. "We'll. I'll w&it till you do." "Verra weel." They f ad waited about an hovr, when au idea occurred to the lad. Snatching an apple, he took a steady aim, and hit the old fellow on the hea.d with it). "Hullo, w'hats' u'p now?'" "It's just this—I'm gaun to keep peltin' till every apple's off the tree, unless ye promise not -to lick Jt\9, for if I am gaun to got a hid ill' I'm gaun to bae me sport for it. What d'ye say?" And the old fellow had to a.gree. Peculiar effect of Miss Flippy's new parasol handle in the uncertain light of a display of fireworks at th.e Crystal Palace.

? -L? .??- A WONDERFUL DOLL'S HOUSE, A RICH OLD LADY HAD IT MADE MANY YEARS AGO. Two hundred years ago a rich old lady took :1 into her head to have a perfect mcdel of a house made, with dolls to represent the diffe- rent kinds of inmates. Probably, she intended it as a gift for some favourite little girl; but, at any rate, new it is in the museum of the Duton city of Utrecht. Great artists were paid to paint the tiny pictures on the walls, and to decorate the ceilings of the "best" rooms, and the chief upholsterers were em- ployed to make the furniture. The house is two-storied, and contains nine rooms and a hall. The kitchen is completely furnished in every respect, and is presided over by a jolly- looking cook. In tlhe comfortable and homely dining room some gentlemen are sitting, smok- ing long clay pipes and telling funny stories, if we may judge from their smiling faces. Two wee globes stand in one corner of the room, and an event from New Testament history is finely carved on the ivory mantelpiece. There are two gentlemen and three ladies in the draw- ing-room, which is most elegantly furnished. The ladies wear lovely dresses, and each holds a fan. One of the gentlemen seems about to entertain the company, for he sits close to a violonclello. Ujvstaira in t'ho nursery two children are in bed, while nurses are waiting on other children, and two ladies, perhaps governesses, are taking tea at a table. In a beautiful bedroom a lady, dressed for dinner, stands in front of a looking-glass, the toilet- table being furnished with silver jars and bottles and china vases. There is a small study, or business-room in which a gentleman sits. wri- ting, with bills and papers scattered around him. In the laundry the maids are busy washing, wringing, and ironing clothes. In the. hall a nurse is giving some message to a smart young footman, who is just coming out of a room. This model doll's house is a work of art in it-s way, and! must have cost a large sum of money.

The East Indian ship worm will in a few months destroy any vessel by eating out the interior of the beams and planks. They will be left a mere shell that can be shattered by the fist. Parrots are to be put to a practical use in Germany. They have been introduced into the railway stations and trained to call out the name while the train stands there, and thus save people the tsouble of making inquiries. It is claimed that the perfume of flowers dis- appears as soon as the starch in the petals is exhausted; and it may. it is said, be restored by placing the flower in a solution of sugar, when the formation of starch and the emission of fragrance will be at once resumed. ????-?-?.?_???--=.,?_AI -'=:?.=-?-?-

r MIRACLES ON SHIPBOARD. 1 Every miracle performed on board of a man- I o'-war, and in the interest of the Royal Navy, is a thing which one would think deserves re- membrance, if only for its rarity, says Sir Walter Be.sant in th-a "Queen." Yet there is one miracle expressly and avowedly performed in the interest of the Navy which history has very strangely allowed to be forgotten and passed over. It was that which happened to the English fleet of King Richard's crusade. He collected several ships from England and from his French possessions; the former, con- sisting of ten vessels not counting the store ships, which came after, and numbered at least 100, set sail from Dartmouth immediately after Easter. In the Bay of Biscay they en- countered a terriffio gale, which scattered all the ships and threatened to sink them all. But on hoard one of them, the London ship, com- manded, if vou please, by Geoffrey the Gold- smith, there "appeared to three different persons, at three different times, none other than St. Thomas of Canterbury himself. He bade the men have no fear; he was there to protect them; with him, he said, though invisible to mortal eye, were St. Edmund the Martyr and St. Nicolas the Confessor. When he had de- livered this comfortable assurance three times he disappeared. And then the wind ceased, the waves went down, and the London ship proceeded on her way. She made the land at a little port called Silva. which had been recently wrested from the hands of the Moors, who then held most of Spain. They were again over- running the country, and the people Ave re in the last extremities of terror, being too weak in numbers to encounter the great host of in- vaders. Therefore they were overjoyed at the arrival of the English ship. The anchor dropped, all went asnore, sailors and the men- at-arms as well—there were 100 of the latter. stout young London men, well armed and of great heart. Wrhile the town gave them a feast, some of the people dragged the shijo ashore and broke her up. or so damaged her that she was useless. Now," they said to the Londoners, you can't get away. Therefore you must stay with us and fight the Moor." To these honest fellows it seemed of no impor- I tance whether they fought the infidel in Spain or in the Holy Land. Obviously their chief duty was to kill as many as they could. There- fore they staved. But,. meantime, the rest of the H>et beiiti'wnra^niously preserved, sent messengers to say that the King was be- seiged in his castle of Torres Nnevas, by the invading Moors. So they sent for their com- rades from Silva and despatched a regiment of 500 well-armed m<?n to the relief of the King. The Emir, hearing of the strangers, lost heart-, and sent messengers to say that if the King would give him back Silva he would retire. Said the King, in reply, We will take it fight- ing; and made prepawDtjons accordingly. But that fight never came off/ because the Emir died suddenly, and all his soldiers hurried back to their own country. Is not this a pretty little story ?

Social and Personal I INTERESTING PARS ABOUT INTERESTING PEOPLE. A Column of G-ossip and Chatter on an Infinitude of Men and Matters. :\11'. Rhodes is worth seven million pounds. Mr. B. W. Leader, A.R.A., the landscape painter, has been an exhibitor at the Royal Academy for 40 years. President Faure collects autographs. He has obtained' specimens of the handwriting ot al- most every king, queen, and emperor on earth. Arabian women who have tc go into mourn- ing stain their hands and feet, with indigo for eight days, and during that time they will drink no milk, on the ground that its white hue do^s not liarmonistf with their mental gloom. Madame Patti's appearance at the matinee gi ven at the Paris Gaite in the pantomime play "Mirka I'Enchantresse" was a terrific success. This is how one of the first French journals speaks of the diva:—"The star of stars, the chatelaine of chatelaines, the most illustrious, the divinest, Aaelina Patti!" It is rumoured that the Mikado of Japan intends to make a grand tour through Europe during this summer, and, in. the event of this report proving correct, we may expect his Imperial Majesty to pay a State visit to this country- Apart altogether from this rumoured visit, however, ii is pretty certain that thia year's crop of Royal tourists will be unusually heavy. No less than five young Princes from various portions of our Indian Empire are to visit England in the course of the year, all of whom will travel at their own expense, be it noteù. :1<'01' whioh rdief the overburdened taxpayer will be duly grateful. By the way, the cost of the recent visit of the Sbahzada is now approximately known. If is estimated that the bill will be £ 20,000, but the expense, it is understood, will be borne by the Indian. Exchequer. The six little sons of the Gerrnon Emperor are all fond of athletics, and bid fair to bseoine strong men and fine soldiers, which is their father's highest ambition for them. The Crown Prince is a slim blonde boy, who has already enteral the Army and bag obtained his fiivt. degree. The youngest boy is six years oxi. and is the handsomest of the Royal Princes. The Young Princes all ride, skate, dance, and swim well. and so far have occupied very few 'hours of their day.? in the schoolroom.. They are all rather musical. and are very fond of having schoolroom thea- tricals as well as visiting the theatre, which means their father's private performances. When the late Lord Falmouth was ih the middle of his victorious racing career, so that he seemed to have a. lease of all the great races. Lord Rosebery excited a. good deal of amuse- ment among their friends by getting a hundred letters of congratulation lithographed in the following words:—"My dear Falmouth,— Allow me once again to congra.tulate you on the success of your horse in another ola-isic race, the ——. Believe me, &o., ROSEBER\. The blanks for the name of the horse and the race were duly filled in. and one of the forms was sent to Lord Fal- mouth at each fresh success. Lady Hogg, wife of Sir Stuart Hogg, who met with a disagreeable adventure at M.onte Carlo, is rather a remarkable person. She is noted for great interest in education, and has been for many years a school manager. She is credited with having a clever pen. Lady Hogg passed many years of her life in India, where her husband was best known as the very smart ar.d clever Commissioner of Police who ar- ranged all the polios details connected with the Flince of Wales's visit tc Calcutta. The Hogg family generally have been successful in lite. The eldest brother was raised to the peerage as Lord Magheramorne. Another brother is the philanthropist, Mr. Quintin Hogg: and a third is Sir Frederick Hogg, late Postmaster- Genera] of India. France will do tilings handsomely at Mos- cow in the Coronation week. The house taken there by the French Ambassador is being c>m- pietelv over-hauled at the expense of the Re- public. Comte de Montebello will then be the senior Am<bas-ador, and ;s to keep up the name of France for brilliant hospitality. Both he and his wife have large private fortunes, and are likely to exceed the allowance made them. however great it be It i« being discussed whether or not 8, halT diouid be given at the temporary residence of the French Ambassador at Moscow. A good deal wi] depend upon the capacitv of the Empress to bear fatigue. She and the child she nurses must be thought of. Her sifter, the Grand Duchess Sergius, as wife of the Governor of Moscow, will come for- ward a good deal during the Coronation fes- 1 tivities. Lady Eastlake's most interesting memoirs contain a charming little word picture of the Queen a* she wag 50 years ago, when her sons 6and daughters were all little people, and sho was still a comparatively young wife and "mother. Lady Eastlake was describing a visit •tto the Royal Academy unexpectedly paid by the Queen one afternoon, and she tells how 'she arrived with seven children, the youngest ;,of whom, the Duke of Connaught, "had be-en promised a catalogue all to himself, because rit was his birthday." These small Royal folk appear to have required as much keeping in order as most little people, for Lady East- lake tells how Prince Arthur tried to jump on the back? of his brothers and sisters, and how they all clung round their mother's skirts and bad to be constantly reproved. There are not a few mothers who would shudder at the idea, of visiting the academy with even cue boy or girl, but the Queen evidently did not find it too much to take entire charge of &even of her children all at once. Colonel Frank Rhodes, reported to have been arrested! on a charge of treason at .Johan- nesburg, is a half-pay officer of the 1st Royal Dragoons, whose colonel-in-chief ie the Em- peror of Germany. He was in the Soudan expedition of 1894 as aide-de-camp to Sir Her- bert Stewart, commanding the cavalry brigade, and was present at the engagements at El Ten and Tamai. He was mentioned in dispatches, and *»« afterwards aide-de-camp to Sir Her- bert when that general oommanded the desert column, and sa.w more fighting at Abu Klea and El Gubat, where his horse was shot. In addition to the Egyptian War decorations, and the Khedive's Star, the colonel wears the third-class of the Order of the Medjidie. He was afterwards military secretary to Lord Harris. C.I.E., when that nobleman held the post of (iovernor of Bombay. In New Guinea and in some of those sequestered) isles of the sea, a father is per- mitted by the law of the land to knock his child on the head with a club, and so and its earthly existence. Here, in civilised England, much the same tiling is done in spite of the law of the la.nd. A Hampetead. jury have returned another "open" verdiot in a cose in which the body Off an infant has been found wrapped un in the inevitable brown-paper parcel. No doubt, the police will continue their investiga- tions, but with what result? The offender is hardly ever brought to book, and it is not likely he will be in the present instance. How much difference is there then between the Eng- lish aisd the savage method of "dealing with" infant life?

RHKUMAT'C CUKE. —Phil Phillips' "P.hc.urcjitio, Cure." Suflerero from Rheumatism, Rheumatic fiout, Sciatica and Neuralguv way Obtain Instant Relief and Certain Cure by Using the Patent Appliances.— Socks from 10s. 6d. per Pair. Belt41 from 10a. fxi. each, Wrintlete from 6e. per Pair. Soii-1 measure- ment*, with remittance, ta Phii I'hilHpe, Jeweller, 20, Ct. MafT-atroet. Cardiff- e37082 THE TALK OF CARDIFF is the New Hairrlressing Saloon in the Castle Arcade, 40 r.nd 42, one door out of CMSe-etrect. The beet in the Provisoes. 88

A Column for Ladies FBOX THE KITCHEN TO THE BALL-ROOM. Our Lady Correspondent's Collection of Interesting Paragraphs for The Fair Sex. Don't Iron UTice Handkerchiefs. Nice handkerchiefs should not he ironed. When rinsed, pass them through a wringer, alter they have been folded in a tine towel. I Spread on a shei-t of glass (a, clci.n marble- U:p])ed' tabic, if that abomination is left in the household, answers), and t>mcoili till every wrinkle is out. The linen or muslin will cling to the marble or gluts and dry with that finish that is on the fine, unstarched kerchipfs just f'Cm the shop*. Poisons iu tt-3 Household. Poisoning by accident is so e;y that every mistress of a. bun?? should see to it that all poison*, from earbolio acid to salts of lemon, are duly locked up. It would he a great im- provement a.i--) could the, antidote to each poison be boldly printed on the label of -ihe. boUle, as in done, indeed, iu the case of carbolic acid to-day, by those manufacturers who have the interest of the public at heart. The L-i oadest-minded women are not stick- lers for their own little ways m housekeeping, nor in other things, but are well content if tlie results are all right. Judge a servant by results, not by the narrow standard of methods. New Ornaments. Crochet is used in trimmings, forming small patterns in purse silk, uniting motif, of jet; and there is a daisy edging in crotchet- which is carried round bodices, but it is hardiy worth the trouble cf making, for you can buy it cheaply, and it requires the finest and most regular work. Women Travellers. Women travellers are having the-r day. Miss Kirgsley, as all the world knows, has done many daring things in Africa of which she may well be proud, and now we learn a Mr. and Mrs. Littledale, of England, have been wandering about Thibet, making interesting discoveries, among these being a large lake, of the existence of which nothing had been pre- viously known. They had' hope* of getting to Lhassa, but two marches from the o:ty they were stopped by the monks. Care of the Flat Irons. When there are many starc hed clothes in the weekly wash, it is a good plan to wash the irons once a week, but when the clothes are pia- n a.nd only a few starched, once a month will be often enough. Take some clean am- monia eoapsuds and with cloth wash the irons well, afterwards wiping with a. dry cloth; then put them on the back of the range to dry thoroughly. To clean the irons always have a piece of coarse sand-paper or a handful of coarse table salt or a. piece of wrapping paper in which to rub them. Have the top of the range perfectly clean before putting on the irons to heat ,and never allow them to g-e-t tûo hot. If such a thing does happen, cool them on end on the hearth. Do not keep the irons on the stove. Considering Trifles in Housekeeping. "That is one reason wh\ Bridget is to be pitied," says a woman. "She is ever treated as if all ways except those of her present mis- tress were the ways of ignorance. 1 t. is the wise housekeeper that blesses her stars when a room is quickly and qu etly swept, and shuts her eves to the way the broom is held. There are ways of sweeping that only stir the dirt, and kittle of it is carried out of the room but all good sweepers do not carry their brooms at the gams angle. I have seen a woman who always took her broom "squaw-handed," and yet yhe did not raise a dust, and she did sweep clean. Lacing Your Skirt. When cutting your skirt allow the goods, no matter what texture, to extend at least three inches below the binding. After the seams of the skirt are overcast—never bind them—and pressed, baste the facing to the bottom, first having l»a»ted! over its lower edge a bias strip of goods to par event the stiff edge of the can- vas from wearing on your dress gcods. Allow the facing to be just ever, at the bottom with the skirt lining. Hem the top edges of the facing to the skirt, and then turr over its 2<vfer edge the three extra inches of material,, hfr.mmg it to the canvas and pressing it, very flat with a hot iron. Heavy cotton cord should be hasted iito your velveteen binding and stitched on the machine. Run this velveteen covered cord on to your skirt by hand, using veyy coarse thread. The stitches do not need to be small. L'em the other edge of the velve- teen to the skirt facing. The Best Ways of Mending. Silk goods are best mended with their own ravelling*; fust there is then no doubtful shade, as is apt to be with the most closely matched sewing silk. Then, too, the twist is the same. and the .stitches do not show as thev will if the stitches are taken with a thread either more loosely or more tightly twisted than the woven fibre. Press afterward, on the wrong side, with a heavy ircn, but only warmed, as a hot one would leave an imprint) oi its shape. Ravellings of the woollen garment ar the only threads that will make a darn that can be concealed. From the roll of pieces take one that- will give ravellings eight or ten inches long, not longer, as they will weai up'' drawing back and forth. If the hole :s very .irregular or large, baste it into as good shape, as' possible with a fine thread (it will be withdrawn after the work is compieted more easily than a coarse one could be). A txxjk-cover or piece of pasteboard laid under the hole will enable one to bring the goods together smoothly and flatly. A small piece of pastelxiard held under the rent while darning is as great a help as a darning ball is to the heel of a stocking. It requires patience, but the result is well worth the extra care. Paintng on SjJk, Pamtintr never looks better than on silk, and a seK of very daipty day leva, we eaw the other day, consisting of exquisite little landscapes painted on white and delicate-tinted silks and frilled round with airy blonde lace, looked dainty enough for any table. With a white silk table-centre to match, bearing a quartette of little landscapes at either corner, a silver lamp and candle-sticks, with sliadcv of lemon- coloured silk prettily ruffled, a dinner-tabie might be made to look charming in winter {'vell without flowers; and, although the set might be a little dear to start with. it might prove far from extravagant in the Lend if well cared for and used again and again. Very delightful also is a set 4 white silk doyleys painted with sp'Jrf.'s of forget-me-nots, a table-centre to match, and. lamp and candlesticks of pur.} white porcelain set. off with knots of pale-blue satin ribbon, and surmounted by shades of blush-tinted1 chiffon. The shades would not do; pink would jar; but there is a' delicate blush-whit. which blends with and lends a grace to anything. A Delicious Savoury. The taste of the age seems to incline rather I to savouries than sweets. Sweet cakes appeal rather to the immature palate, and once the true joys of savouriness are realised those of sweetness seem very cloying to the initiated palate. A «avoury toast lends piquancy to the innocuous joys of afternoon tea, and answer the further purpose of whetting the apjietite for dinner. Olivo-and-caper toast is good mince some anchovies and spread on small rounds of fried bread; above this spread a layer of finely rhopjier olives and capers. One advantage of this toast is that it is equally good hot or cold. A layer of grated tongue, supplemented by one of Parmesan cheese, is also good; and fiuely chopped kidney and cheese is a peculiarly happy combination. The kidneys should be minced and then fried with a small .shalot and some parsley, then moistened with a little Worcester sauce. Put a layer of the kidney on the toast, then a iayer of fried breadcrumbs, and one of Parmesan cheese. A good cold tcast is that called the "tricolour." Fry the bread, mince some anchovies, and boil two eggs hard. Pound the whites and yolks i of the eggs to a paste separately, chop some gherkirw, olives, and capers, and then put on each bit of toast (above the anchovies) a band of yolk, a band of white, and a ba.:td of green. This is both unique and attractive.

LOCAL HEWS ITEMS. On Wednesday evening the Ely Ethiopian Minstrel Troupe gave their first- negro enter- tainment at the Ely Schools, in aid of the fund for building a parish room. The programme consisted of negro songs, ballad*, clog and big- boot dances, stump speeches, sketches, etc., b: well-known local amateurs. LINKN LAUNDERED, Curtains Cleaned, (.r/vls Beaten, Windows Cleaned. Red Ooks Vanf nlift Ladder. Trucks to all parte daily.—Cardiff Stca" Laundry, Carpet and Window Olpaiiitig Ooinp3.ny (limited). Minny-street Oacluiys, Cardiff. Send l'ost- card —?- <-3»03

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