Evening Express

• NEWS OF IJ VLFOI K. VISITED AT WORMWOOD SCRUBBS BY A LADY. The convict Jabez Balfour has been visited ajt Wormwood Scrubbs by a lady who is a trustee for the management of the separate estate of his wife, &b present confined in an asylum. Jabez Balfour will remain. at Worm- wcod Scrubbs Prison until thie completion of his examination in the bankruptcy proceedings now in progress. -?.

FIVE EUROPEANS AND THREE HUNDRED NATIVES LOST THEIR LIVES. The disastrous collision in the Pacific whi h resulted in the sinking of the British ship Ouwo was of a more appalling nature than was at first reported. Three hundred natives were drowned, and so wero five Europeans. Thev were:—Captain Slessar, Mr. Keats, I>Íl;d officer; Mr. Scott, the pilot; aad two engineers named Davidson and Alien. -?_

LETHAL CHAMBER ADVOCATED FOR PUBLIC EXECUTION. In Germany the vitw obtains that the execu- tion of criminals soouldl be by some means more certain even than ihe e!ee:ne chair. Dr. E. Cuh- mann, a. celebrated chemist, suggests the use of carbolic acid. According to his phn, tbo criminal woula be carried to a ceil which: can be lilted noiselessly wi:.h carbolic acid in gaseous form. from floor to ceiling. When the ?as reaches the delinquent's mouth and nose it causes instant paralysis of the lungs and un- consciousness, and life departs without previous pain,

ROSY GOD CUPID AND THE ADVERTISING WIDOW'S EXPERIENCE. ''The cause of all my joys and all my woes, Goxdsmith called poetry, but. to most of us it is not poetry, but lay". It is the same eternal theme—love, love, nothing but love! She was Hearing the fifties, and she was a widow, and .-•ha saw au advertisement. The advertise- ment wanted a widow. Slw had all the quali- fications. and a meeting- was arranged with no great difficulty. She had confidence in him, and slve had £ 9 in cash. And in the end', to make a long story short, he got hold of eight of those pounds, and he has not been sesn since. < ih fond, confiding woman OIr wicked, faitiuess man Mr. Curtis Bennett: When were you to be married ? The Widow (mournfully): On Tuesday last. (Laughter.) And then the widow whimpered something in the ear of the usher. Air. Curtis Bennett: What does she say ? The NVidow: Hue .-ays that whoever finds thai man can have the remaining sovereign. (Loud laughter.) -?- -?._? -?-

A GENEROUS OFFER A FREE LIFE ASSURANCE POLICY OPEN TO ALL Xow ideas in advertising abound. Ilrre, fur instance, is an absolutely new on-—at least, we have not met with anything like this before, Mess s. Joseph Crosfield and Hons, of Warrington, the weJl-known soap I maiiulucvdreivs, offer free iift assurance policy to any person under 65 who collects wrappers of their "Perfection" *oap. Most insurance otfers aro t-urrounded by conditions J"ore or Ws irksome. But this of Messrs. Cresfield and Sons is free from any drawback. It is, as may be gathered from the advertise- ment. made chiefly in the interests of womtn ment. made chiefly in the interests of womtn and if they happen to be ineligible, one if I their children may securf its advantage*. The cost of this generous offer is borne- entirely bv tii^ MV-rs. Crosfleld, 1he claims being- me; by tho British Workman's and General Assurance Company. .?

FOR SAILORS' FRIENDS. FOREIGN ARRIVALS AND MOVE- MENTS OF LOCAL VESSELS. Ear! (Jt Dun/riwi left Bilbao for Cardiff' 30th. Titiinu: lefi. ijiv JI-JMXII for « arciilf LET. Bmstioii arrived B:!hao 30th. Cyfartlifa amved Bilbao 301 Ii. 3-' H;m-uer« left Bilbao for MiddlpsVrowjrh 30th. Xiuian Stuart .pasted Constantinople for Rotterddill 20th. (rwpnt'a.id left Dranimen for Penartli 30th. (V/lliva-.id left. St. Nazaire for Bilbao oQt-U. Merthyr left Sables for Bavonne 1st. li'jkfc-iiife left B £ bao for Cardiff 1st. Westergave left. Huelra for Gla'^ow 30th. Wenvoe passed Constantinople for the Danube 3Ctlt. Barry left Hull for Barry 30th. Beitholev left I!rai'a for Sulma. ZOth. Ciymene arrived Maitanople frow Taganrog 1st. Ala/Tity arrived Dieppe 50th. North Devon arrived Havre 30th. Mandaiay left the Danube for Gibraltar for orders 28th. Parent arrived Havre from OardifT 1st. Bernard left, Malta for Gibraltar for orders 20th. K.v inor arrived Challtenav ht. lvhyl arrived Barry 20 th. liewtoiTiifl arrived Rulisque 2Pt.h. 'I. Rujierrn. arrived Liverpool 30fh. Ma-rk Lane arrived Newport Xews 30th. I Margaret Jones arrvfti Port Said from Cardiff 2'^t'n. Cairo, of Cardiff, passed Diin-'fnees for Jtotlr-vdam I 1st. Xetley Abbey left Middleslyjrou^h for Uuelva lei. Melrose arrived 1st. Tintern Abbey arrived Dieppe 1st. H<uune left Almeria for Barrow 30th. Saltnick arrived TenerifTe 30tb. l>even passed Port Said for Bremen 30th. Laokenby pawed Las I'aluias for Bristol 29th. Hurworth Con.tantinop1e for Antwerp 23rh. Xt-wby passed ConstananopCe for Gibraltar for orders 30th. j Garth left Workington for Card:ff 30!h. nHMDMHaMaiHManwwMMiM _n_?-

Half a Sjioonfu! of CVlbury's (,'or<« make* a b:' .iktast cup of de!i.oiw. nourish:nir <woa, entirely f:eo l'roni alkali or any foniVn xr1::i-. e343S—2 To«__ w;a nos ó>1!fj"r from Weakness, 1\t'tn'ul'nese. I lo.v Spiiitt, Meltncholr, J»»s of Appetite, Chest AHectiorm, a.nd Disorders, if von take Gwiivm i;vans' Quinine Bitters. Tli« V't ^el.Oie Tonic. Sold in tiotties. 2s. ad, and 4., fid. fi^h. "Marie s World-finned Blood Mixture" is a g'.iaran- tre'.l enre for all Blood a>rl Sk'.n Disewsms. It is the 8.«t bloix) cleanser ever dlseovered, and it will free the system from ail imrmritien from whatever or.use arising. For Scorfnia, Scurvy, Ec/e- nut, Had Legs, Pimples, and Sores of all kinds, ita fffc-ets aro l1l>lrTe1!OUJI. Tbouaaridg of wonderful cure. hava heen etfefted hy iL Sold everywhere, 3.t 2e. 3d. yer not tie. Beware of worthless imitations. e133Z Tt'oui.miU M c'.i.di.Ti aie anouailr frora that I t^rril'le disesse. OFi< ■ CP. Aii may he saved by teem Xcrtur.er's Croup Mixture in timl". Ma? be obtained of all a.t Is. lid. per .DOl t'34469 DON'T l.UNO'H or DINT. Without Aikin? for ihe New FreaclJ Kresd. Delicious eating, and easily j for van VI cat: to T. ,8teT!DJ.: Freaeh Ctwifeetioner, 122, Qu-t-n-itreefc, Cardiff. e31!»5 A FAIT*. }:K.JTiKUL SKIK.—Sulplioiins Soap •rives the natural tint anl peaeb-iikp hlooir. of a perfect «-on:p>xIon; <uake* the skin smooth, sup'e, healthy, cMPiortatili. Tablcis p.rvcj 'r. ite: e. >

1 I From Far and Near I A COLUMN OF CHAT ON INTERESTING SUBJECTS. Items of News and Anecdotes Gleaned for the "Express" from N., S., Ei. j and W. The Eight Hours movement is practically dead m Tasmania, ajid tlte Government has decided that March 10, heretofore observed as Highfe Hours Demonstration Day, ahall be no longer kept as a public holiday. Statistics just published show that about 2,500 newspapers and periodicals are issued every week in Paris. Of these 107 are political, 109 Illustrated, 103 devoted to fashions, ISO to medicine, over 200 to finance, and 60 to sport. Sawdust is turned into transportable fuel in (Termany by a very simple process. It is heated under liigh steam pressure until the resinous ingredients become sticky, when it is pressed into bricks. One man with a. two- horse power machine can turn out 9,000 bricks a day. Mr. Rusk in is said) to be in fairly good form, able to take long- walks and no little £ hare of exercise, in which however, his cnee- fanious habit of roadmaking has no part. The exercise includes a deal of novel reading, after which chess playing comes as something of a recreation. Mr. Chamberlain and his wife are jn the habit of shopping now and then in Piccadilly. y ct, curiously enough., they are hardly ever recogni-'ed. They study window's, go in and out of shops, yet tSve Colonial Secretary might be a unit of the undistinguished masa for all1 the attention he creates. A cynic says:—j 'Tis those beastly caricatures that confuse men's minds." Russia has just heard of, and punished, a most engaging swindler. Saratov was his scene of operations. His mind soared star- ward, or, at any rate, planet ward. He went amongst the peasants and sold them tickets to Jupiier! He induced them to sell their pro- perty and prepare to emigrate there. He pro- mised them free land and little work. Jupiter has landed him neatly in gaol. A German engineer has invented a method of preventing the noise made by trains when passing over iron bridges. He places a decking of plank-; between the cross girders, resting on three-inch timbers laid on the bottom flanges, and covered with a double layer of felt..Four I inches of slag gravel cover the dec-king, and a further layer of felt is placed between the planks and the timbers on which they rest. At a recent meeting of the Wagga (New South Wales) Pastures and Stock Protection B,18;rd resolutions were carried drawing atten- tion to the fact that rabbits are increasing and spreading eastwards so rapidly as to I threaten soon to over-run the entire Colony, urging that fresh legislation be enacted to cope with the pest, and recommending the carriage by rail of live rabbits to Sydney for export. A well-known Methodist Professor of Theology was accosted in the street the other day by one of the men of the Salvation Army, (reneral Booth's follower politely requested him to accept a tract, the subjeot of which was, How to be Saved." The Wesleyan thanked hhn, and add-ed, I am a. teacher of theology myself." "Oh, take it," .said the other, "do not despair because of that salvation is possible to anyone. As gome young men were returning on Saturday night from the Gingerbread lair, held near Paris, they had been doing a round of the snowa, one of them -atiirmed that he could easily stand upright on a friend's shoulders, in imitation of an acrobatic feat they had witnessed. One of them acceded to the suggestion, and the amateur gymnast pro- ceeded to tarry it out. Suddenly he lost his balance and fell back heavily on to the stone roadway. When picked up he was dead, having fractured his skull. Richard Harding Davis, the American writer, had a neat experience of his country's ready humour the other day, and was not altogether satisfied with it. Davis does not care, the story goes, if people know that he keeps a man." In fact, he rather courts the publicity. In registering quite recently at a Bryn Mawr, Pa., inn lie subscribed himself. Richard! Hhrding Davi3 and valet." A Philadelphia, gentleman, immediately followed him in registering, and-, casting a quick glance at the scrawl above, wrote, "Bradley War- burtan and valise." I Mws Helen Mathers, the well-known 1,'J\-diá. (ked net think much of thc New Woman or her aim?. "If," she observes, "half a dozen advanced women think that tney are going to revolutionise men by their very advanced books, they make a, grra t mis- take. 1 would not sign the Women's Sufferance' under any icireuimstance-s, and when you reflect that no woman as writer, sculptor, orator, or artist has even been able to beat man on his own ground, it will bring home the fact that woman, while she may be tbe friend, ean never be tilt: rival of man." l1e,idents in Sew Orleans are now aule to buy from their grocers, if not a high-tfavourtd wine, at all events a tolerable and pure table claret (Californian), at Is. a gallon. imager lieer is a popular drink in the city, the quantity of it -manufactured -there last year having been 333,276 barrels. There are seven breweries in tho place, with a capital estimated at about £ 1,600,000. Mr. Consul St. Jc-hn says: — "The demand for British malt liquor is so insignifi- cant as nor to be worth mentioning. It is considered too heavy for the climate of New Orleans. The same may be paid of whisky, though a little is imported by English merchants for private consumption. The let of the country parson in Australia seenvs to be even harder than that of his brother in rural England. A "Poor Parsoncsshas written to a Melbourne paper asking for the assistance of the charitable. She says I am the wife of a Chunih of England clergyman in a district which may be described as remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow. My husband's stipend is nominally £ 70 a year: in reality he has not received more than J640 in the last eighteen months. We have "even c-'hildren, the eldest ten years of age, the youngest six months. Besides doing his work here John has to ride twenty miies every Sunday to hold a service in a little wooden churoh at Blank Creek, and as lw i", the only pardon 40 milEs lie is cent for to all the weddings, funerals, and christenings, in the district." In his interesting description of the move. ments of the troops in the Soudan the "Daily News'' correspondent writes:—"At night, by moonlight, all is changed, all softened, all rich with beauty, the tall palms float graceful and feathery against the bright sky. the hills and tall bank* cast quaintest shadow fancies athwart the Nile, the moon rays carve the brazen rocks and rubble mounds into strange fr.ntactic forms. Even the mud villages lose their meanneas, and, partly because the shapes that loom out of th<r shadows have the forms of old Egyptian architecture, take the mind back in thought to that marvellous society that stamped this land with all that remains fine in ;.t thousand's of years ago. Yes, it is pleasant marching at night. But in a country such as this there ought to be a permanent moon, at least during times of f'>:1mpaigning-. -?-

HOW TO I AKE OVT FXTEXTS Vjanr useful and novol applianops ars from tim«t to time devised which arp not turned to practical account owing to want of kuowfdge on the part of inv^ntorj aa to how to patent their invent-on*. We constantly receive letiers asking our advice, and, with a view to affording infonuation as to costs and mode3 or procedure- in applying for provisional protection and pr.tents, we have made arrangements accord- ingly. Any of our readers who de- ire such in- formation thould scnct a stamped envelope, en- closed to 1he Patent Editor, "Western Mail," Cardiff, by whom it will 1# handed to a thoroughly trustworthy expert in such matters, who will rtoiy fully to our correspondents. I

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OVER THE NUTS AND WINE i QUIPS AND CRANKS FROM BOTH HEMI- SPHERES. A Selection of Jokes and Fun ny Anecdotes for tue Mental Recreation of Old and You ng. She: "And what would you be now if it weren't! for my :nc;iey?" He: "A bachelor." There are some men who seem to be willing to do anything in the world to earn a living— but work. A sage says an expurgated edition of the Bible ia not so much needed as an expu-r gated edition of the men who propoued it. f never indHilge in irony." X (;: I would say your brilliancy was principally glittering steal." The Son "I know how to manage my I wife." The Father: "You do? Then why don't "ou manage her?" The Son: "She won't let me." "Is the little Smith boy a great favourite in school?" Jimmie: "Well, I should say so. There isn't a fellow in school but what he can lick." Tlldiltor (gazing on his flame-fee's picture): '"That girl its a poem." Poet \curiousiy): "And still you do not reject her." Oh! try to be a hero, My noble little lad, And some day in the magazines You'll get ito be a fad- Pa rrot t "I hear that young Gosling married in haste; I hope he'll not repent at leisure." Wiggins: '.My dear fellow, he has no money to afford leisure Charlotte: ''Oh, how slippery these rocks are. Take a good hold of my arm. John, and if I slip hold on like grim death; but, if you slip, for goodness sake let go." "Papa, where are the most diamonds found?" asked Willie. "In somebody else's hand when they are trumps, growled papa, who had been having hard luck at whist. r Mis3 Vernon: Of course, you play golf, Mr. Wilkins'? Mr. Wilkins: No; I only dress for golf. The trouble of putting On my suit is exercise enough for met. Jinks: What's the cause of all this twaddle about elevating the stage, I'd liko to know? Fiikins: Want (to get it above the level of the women's hats, I suppose. Toin: That rich old undo of your, is a ipretty mean man. isn't he ?—Dick: Mean Why, they thought he was dying the other night, and I guess he was, till, somehow or other, he got hold of a f-oinn catalogue, and the high prices scared him into staying alivev "What made you tell me Martin was the carver of his own fortune, when he got every ppnny he has by marrying an heiress?" "Humph! He had to cut. out half a dozen fellows to get her, didn't he?" She: "But he has such a delightful way of saying things—quite a poetic temperament." He (a rival): ..y es; he has soarings after the infinite, and divings after the unfathomable, but he never pays cash!" Father (reprovingly): "My boy, when I was your age I was at my desk at seven o'c.cck in the morning. Son: "TerJ' laudable indeed, gov'nor. But 1 know the business is perfectly safe in your hands, even while I'm away." A.: "Among my dearest treasures is the watch my father carried when he was a young man." B. "Would you mind letting me see it?" A.: "Cer ta.iu.iy: but it is temporarily in the possesion of my-er-father's brother." Dentist's Daughter (who hears her father approaching): "Oh, dear Edward, here conies my father! If he should find us together here we are lost! Oh, he is coming! You will have either to ask for my hand, or—let him pull out a tooth fov you." FOND MOTHER —"Redly, my dear, be very careful where you go on Bank Holi- days. I have never been in any crowd yet without there being' in it at least one person very drunk."

Duicane: "X ow. if I understand correctly. the first principle of Socialism is to divide with your brother man?" Wagstaff: "Then you don't understand it correctly. The first principle of Socialism i;i to make your brother man divide with you." Hotel Proprietor: "I see you have given our finest suite of rooms to a man called Bilkins. Are you sure lie can pay the price?" Manager: "Yes; ,he. immensely rich." Proprietor: "How do you know?" Manager: "He is old and ugly, and his wife is young and prety." -1. scientist named Mivart will soon issue a work on the cat, says a literary paper. We have aone that already. It was a heavy copy of Shakspeare's plays, and we issued it from a third storey window, and it took her right between the shoulders, and we hope roe liked the poetry of motion. In South America.—The Professional Revo- lutionist: "It's no i.itie! I've reen a dozen of them, and not one will join in my con- spiracy." HJts Wife: "How is that? I thought they were all bitterly opposed to the Government." The Revolutionist: "They are; but every one of them has a conspiracy of his own." Ebenezer Snowball (excitedly): Hi! dare! who hoi me on de head wid dat brick ? Samp-on Light shade: I frowed it! What am yor goin' ter do 'bout it? Ehenezer: You's bigger dan me, Mr. Light- shade, but it am forchnit for you dat it didn't hurt; me. I wooed, entreated she'd be mine for life. She told me she already W:1.3 a wife. "You led me on," cried I in indignation, "until you gained my love and adoration. You've treated me iu manner most inhuman, How could I know you were a married woman?" Said she, demurely, as she waved her fan, "How could I inow you were 1'. single mm?" Horse Dealer: Well, John, how about the horse I sold you ? Wa-s he quiet enough ?— Undertaker: Well, sir, he give us a little trouble at first. We put him in one of the mourning coaches, you know, and parties don't like to be shook up in their grief. But we've put him in the hearse now, and we haven't heard any complaints so fa.r. "Papa, do you know that this is my eighteenth birthday?" "Y eg, my dear." "Papa, I want you to do nu a great favour on my birthday," and the beautiful girl buried her glowing face in the paternal bo-om. "And what is the favour my little girl writs?" "Papa, you have influence with the vestry, haven't you?" 'Ven. yls, my dear." "Then ma-ke them move than gas lamp away from right in front of our gate." Thus it was that the fond father discovered that a daughter isn't a littio ?iri always. She had a young man. Guardian: How does my niece get on with her music—is she making any progress — Muiticus I regret to say that she is not.. Her time and fingering are very, defective, and all I can do to correct them makes no impression on hec. She will run the seales to suit herself.— Guardian: She inheritecL that from her father. He was twenty, years in the coal busi- ness. A couiple of individuals were recently gazing with .admiration at a fine, fat b.?a,st at a cattle show. "I wonder what his weight might be?" observed' one of r-hem, who, as it happened, was a Cockney, without any special knowledge. "It's easy enotjgh to guess pretty nigh it," said the other man, a stalwart farmer, looking with some contempt at his companion. "Oh. well," said the Cockney. "I think I could guess as near as you can." "Could ye, now:" reared the farmer. "W'ell, I'll bet ye a sovereign ye can't." "Done!" .returned the Cockney. "How much do you say?" After a critical survey, thei iinner "A hundred and seventeen stone." "Well," paid the Cocknsy, "I'll say a, hundred and seventeen stone, tco. Now hand over the money." l'W hat d'roe mean i Well, I said I'd guess as near as you, and- I've dene so. I've guessed exactly the saime." And.. the bystander** taking his part, the 'bumptious furuier had to give him the monej-, Lady of the House: "Have you good refe. rentes "RiferoaTes. is it? Oi have that, and from hundreds ot mistresses Oi have lived with the last six months." Recently a gentleman, comparing the Chinese I and Japanese, raid that the latter were very much more civilised, and instanced the fact that if anyone left a purse in a Japanese eat- ing-house, everybody would take the greatesb trouble to find out the owner and return it to him; whereas, in China, if anyone went back for a purse five minutes after they had left :t, mo one wou.d admit that he. knew anything about it, and it would ]¡B impossible to dis- cover the loss. A cynical gentleman, who heard the conversation, remarked tha.t lie rather thought that showed that the Chinese liad made the greatest strides in civilisation. Native methods of justice, though not always kanouni, are Commendable at times. Here; is a sample. A certain chieflet, in the Simla, direction, wai persuaded by the Brahmans- to prohibit sport of all kinds in his territory, It was not long before shikari was brought to his presence, charged with shooting. He was promptly fined five rupees, much to the disgust of the informer, who counted upon a much heavier tine and a reward for hmself. But to his horror and disgust, the informer found himself in his turn fined 25 june.es for being a mischief-making busybody, an"; giving dikh! Since that event nothing has been heard of any breaches of the game laws of that particular Sta.t.. (

For the Ladies FROM THE KITCHEN TO THE BALL-ROOM. Our Lady Correspondent's Collection of Interesting Paragraphs for The Fair Sex. An Inquisitive Young Man. A Philadelphia lady dropped in uricxpecfccdly 011 a. friend for lunchHJD the other Jay, and brought with her an inquiring young man of five. It seems this child has a mania for in- vestigating 'the former condition of all eatables befc.re they have passed into the cook's !nds. Imagine the horror of the guest and hostess when the hash, which necessity made part of the menu, was brought on to se? that child "fasten his eyes upon ,it, and. in the interests of culinary science, loudly afk. Mamma, what was that when it was aliveV" The Anniversary of the Fork. This 'year is '1he nine-hundredth anniversary of the first appearance of the fork in Western Europe. In 995 a son of the Venetian Doge Pietro Orseolo married the Byzantine Princess Argi.a, who at the wedding breakfast brought out a silver fork and a. gold spoon. She was ccpied J\v the great Venetian families, though the Church opposed the fashion ns an insult co Providence. It took 360 years for the fork to reach Florence; in 1379 it is found in France. but it was not till 1608 that "the traveller, Corgate, brought it direct from Venice to England." Ten Thousand Dollars a. Year for Thinking. •Miss Florence- Pullman, daughter of George M. Pullman, is said to draw a salary of 10,0uudois. a year from the Pullman Company for naming care. Mi. Pullman evidences a preference -for name*) which sound eupho- niously. Many of the names of the cars are of Spanish origin. They are the names; of countries, rivers, historic towns, battlefields, and flowers. Such names as Guatemala, Brazil, Peru, Chili, Mexico, and the Central America States- are frequently seen. There 115 a fine discrimination displayed in the naming oi cars for special service. For example, dining cars are in most instances? namedl after celebrated oooks, as Savarin, and the cooks of famous men aJld women. Smolnng ears a.re given names which suggest luxury, as Sultan, Kededire, and Mussulman. Observation cars are called Yellowstone, Yosemite, Appalachian, Watkin's Glen, and Niagara. G-ivenu Six Years to Marry When young girls of America consider the difficulties and obstacles which the customs and habits of other countries throw in the way of their young girls, they may be thankful th'-y are Americans. Take the Danish girl for instance'. Sh?; enters suefcoty very young. Betwe./n her fourteenth and sixteenth year she is confirmed, and this confirmation is comipui- sory and really her debut into society. All her relatives and friends give her presents at this time, and she is endowed with a small library and a garden of flowers. If she is un- married at the age of 22, she is dropped from j the list of young people and left out of all tlneir parties anui amusements, so there is. nothing left for her to do but to become emanci- pated and follow any pursuit for which she feels inclined. She smokes like the men. and with them, too, is thoroughly independent. Things to Do for Baby. Give the baby and' each child a bed to him- self, say8 "Good Housekeeping." Have the sleeping-room cool and clean, and as bare of furniture as a cell. See that the clothing of the little sleeper is loose at the neck, waist, and amis, and keep his head uncovered. If I there is anything young animals cannot do I without, it is fresh air, and bafcries get less than any other class?. Through the pores of the skin the body is continually throwing off poisonous vapours. If the head- G covet ed with the -bed clothing the unfortunate infant will be breathing bad air. Fashion or no fashion, it is a cruel shame to trim or starch babV.&s' clothing. The average child tuffes from overfeeding and overdressing. Let him learn to be tl, trine hungry. Don't take him far a.n oyster or a clam, and kef-p him iÍn a stew all the time. Half the time the child cries -he wants fresh airorfre«h water. Wiping the lips of a crying baby with cool water will often soothe and refresh him. What Hakes a Popular Girl Some girls wonder why other girls are popu- lar. They may find an answer to the ques- tion in the following things which the "New York World" says a. popular girl does tot do: — Does not snub her juniors. Does not backbite her associates. Does not indulge in cheap cynicism. Does not discourse in a frothy style. Does not dress to outshine her sisters. Does not converse in a pedagogic vein. Does not aim to have a world-w orn air. Dobs not tell other girls or men of her pro- wess a8 a "scalper." Does not try to be the most conspicuous fea- ture in the landscape. DoM not make such a fetish oJ: frankness as to lie rude and tactless. Does not seek to be witty at the expense of other people's fee.ings. Dees not dress so badly th.it she brings the blush of mortified vanity to her escort's cheek. Does not hide her light under a bushel and refuse to contribute her share towards the general entertainment. Dees not ever fail in generosity of word and deed, and fails as seldom as possible in gene rosity of thought. How To Take Care and Trouble. An. intelligent and philanthropic woman, whose life is full of thought for others, has a peculiarly young snd unlined face- She herseU explains this by saying: HI will work for the unfortunate and think of them, but I will not 'care' for them in our ordinary ac- ceptation of that term. I will not '-care' for myself. By that I mean that I will not brood ovei any trouble whatever, my own or my friends. I will tiry to remove it, but it shall not steal into and corrode my mind with worry. That one resolution has saved me many a. wrinkle." When You Have a Cold. "A dose in time saves the doctor's bill and sometimes the undertaker's also" (says the "New York World"). When a woman feph: a cold coming on, or when she realises that .-he hais -been exposed to cold, she should imme- diately set about her .preventive work. There is much virtue in hot drinks, in frictioi, and in warm covering. The woman who feels that she is a candidate for a cold should take a hot mustard foot bath, ri)i> down vigorously, drink a tumbler of steaming lemonade, with perhaps a dash of whisky in it, and then go to si«vp under as many and as warm coverlids as she needs. The room should be ventilated during the night, but she must be protected against draughts. A big screen placed at the foot of the bed is an excellent guard against breezes- It is not a bad plan- to wear a nightcap, as part of the outfit. In the morning the patient should dress in as warm a room ad possible, or there is danger of increasing the cold. An alcohol rub-down may be substituted for the regular bath, as it closes the pores and tones up the skin." Japan's Ever Contented Babies. "Every woman in Japan above the age of fifteen years s^enis to own a baby," smys the "'Chicago Kecctd," and usually carries it around on her back. Japanese babies never cry—they never get impatient or discontented, but they stay when- they are put and enjoy it. You can see hundreds of women at work in the tea firing houses, where the temperature is always vetr.y high and the work very hard, going through their twelyp hours of labour with ba'bie.s three or four weeks old strapped upon their backs, alld the babies never whunper, 110 matter how much the mothers shake- them up when they are stirring the hot tea leaves up tll their shoulder* in thc. pane. Then, nitcr three hours, when the: regular resting time comes and everybody stops for refreshments, baby gets his. 11" is unstrapped and nursed while thk mother i, dipping into her little rice can with a couple of chopsticks, and then, when the whistle blows he is strapped on again for another three hours, without opening his lips except to yawn or say 'gco' or make some other remark tv the incidents and peculiarities of this wonderful world excite his attention."

Social and Personal INTERESTING PARS ABOUT INTERESTING PEOPLE. A Column of Gossip and Chatter on an Infinitude of Iten and Matters. Charl-ea Dudley Warner, the American author. 'inveighs against the use of the type- writer in original composition. He argues that the wordy and diffuse character of much that is written nowadays (points to this kind of manufacture. Until writers have thoroughly acquis-ed the habit of dictation they sacrifice something of the grace and- expression that comee with their iise of the pen. And when this facility in dictation. 's acquired, there is, he adds, the danger of undue prolixity. Albert Chevalier has signed a new contract for a tour of the big cities of the State?, com- mencing in September, and finishing in San Francisco about six months later. The tour will bring out several new features and ideas of entertainment. Cheva-lier has promised, to make a special study of prominent American character-types during his travels, and add them to his repertoire. Such a consummation should surely be a diverting one. The funeral took place in Newcastle the other day of Miss Ellen Richardson, a Quakeress. It Nyts she and her sister Anna who liberated from slavery Frederick Doug- lass, the celebrated negro orator, by purchas- ing his freedom from Hugh Auicl. In 1845, Douglass, then a slave, visited England, and, wishing to return to America, the Misses Richardson ransomed him. The religouw ser- vice at the grave was in the simple manner of the Society of Friends. It may not be generally known that Mr. W. S. Gilbert is an "agricultural amateur": and something of an astronomer. From an article in. "Cassell's Magazine" we gather that one of the famous librettist's pastimes is fanning. His home farm at Graeme's Dyke, Harrow Weald, is said to be almost a slice of perfection's cake, and is peopled by some magnificent thoroughbred Jersey cows, over whom he watches most- carefully. When he tires of his cows and night comes down upon him. ho retires to his observatory and! lends hia versatile imagination for a while ta astronomy, a science which the writer thinks he no doubt discovers to bfe- "alternately sin- gularly to entiling and desperately discouraging." Some good anecdotes concerning the late Baron Hirsch are current in Vienna. Extreme parsimony in small matters was allied with his well-known munificence. On the occasion of a great firo at Takav, in Hungary, lie sent his secretary to Vienna with 50,000 florins (more than 94.000,) towards the fund for relieving the distress caused by the fire. He begged the secretary not to take a fiacre at the railway station, but from a stand near. He would thus save twenty kreuzers (4d.). The baron could not. bear being overcharged for any tiling. He was so indignant at having to pay two florins for a pair of candles at an hotel that he actually took candles with him. The other day a jackdaw flew in. at the ot>en window of one of the rooms 'connected with the Elgin Prison. On the wall, within a few feet of the window, there was sus- nanded a waioh and chain, and the bird, seizing the latter in its beak, was about to make its exit with the article, when the owner chanced to observe the incident, and sec-tired his property in the nick of time. The bird, which had been perched on, one of the trees in front of the prison, had apparently— so the local paper reports-seen the watch, 2/,11 only awaited a favourable opportunity to swoop down and carry it away. But jack- daws have been. ever thus- -? Tho Russians are, next ao the Parisians, the best embroiderers in Europe. Not only do women excel in this pretty handiwork, but the men are equally clever, and it m not an uncommon sight to see a big, strong peasant us-ng his needle with all the aptness of a wcman. For the truusseau of the Duc-hesg of Saxe-Coburg's third daughter, whose wedding has just been solemnised, the Duchess gave many orders in Russia for embroidery. The young Princess had a very sensible trousseau, not so many dredges being provided for her as in the ca.se of her two elder sisters; the Ducheo6 wisely knowing that wliile the fashions change so rapidly a large stock of dresses is not the most desirable possession. But the bride is not to be deprived of the same advantages that her sister* reeeivedi as the remainder of her trousseau is t'a bo given by her indulgent mother at the beginning of next winter, when the season commences in Berlin, and the Prin- cess takes her place in society. Colonel Rhodes, the brothel of Mr. Ce il Rhodes, who has been sentenced to death for high treason at Pretoria, was in command for two years of the lsti Royal Dragoons. Ho was also for some time on the staff as A.D.C. of Lord Londonderry when Lord Lieutenant of Ireland during the coercion regime. The colonel as a slight, wiry, athletic-looking man, much darker than his more famous brother, who is sandy-haired and fresh compiexione-ci. He was totally opposed to Mr. Cecil Rhodes on !*ie Homo Rule question,- Indeed, Mr. Rhodes laughingly placed the negotIators on Mr. Parnell's side under a pledge not to pub- lish the fact of his contribution to the Home Rule oau.se of £ 10,000 till he was en his way I CI-i his wav to the Cape, aud out of the reach of the colonel. The remaining four Johannes- burgers who have been sentenced to death along with Colonel Rhodes are men of purely South African reputation. Mr. Lionel Phillips is a juuior partner in the house of W crner, Beit, and Co., the wealthiest house in Johannesburg, not even excepting Mr. Barney Barnato. He is also a, member of 'the Eckstein firm, and was president of tie local Chamber of Mines when he was arrested. Mr. Gwirare Farra.r is a Bedfordshire man who went out to the Transvaal as representative of tho agricultural engineering firm of Howard :t.nd Farrar. of Bedford. He was in. England last summer, and had several horses in train- inor. It was Mr. Farrar to wjiom the safe opened bv th J Transvaal Customs authorities, and found to be packed with revolvers and cartridges, was consigned. Mr. J. W. Leonard, Q.C., is regarded in Cape Colony a.s one of the ablest of the Cape lawyers. He held the office of Attorney-General in the Cane Governmen.t, but' a few years ago emi- grated to the Transvaal and established him- self in Johannesburg, where he acquired so good a practice that he could afford to decline a iudgeship. The remaining prisoner, Mr. John Hays Hammond, has been reprieved. He is a Californian, and one of the ablest of cor-sulting engineers on the Rand. He is understood to ytand high in the estimation of Mr. Cecil Rhodes.

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