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LONDON LETTER. i • jsrKCiAX.LV WIRKD.J f" V ou QAllKKV COKRESPONDBITT.] LOXDOX, Wednesday Night. Thu news telegraphed from Cairo that l-Jonenil Stewart was to remain at Metamnoh rill General Earlc reaches him by the round- about river route has checked the eager expectation with which Stewart's movements were watched. According to Lord Wolseley's calculation, he is to be at Metamneii on Friday. There seems good reason to believe that Gordon is still master of the river between Metamnieh and Khar- toum, and it was believed that Stewart's men would immediately proceed down the river. If they are to wait for Earle's forces, at least another month .must elapse—a contingency not only undesirable, as length- ening the period of Gordon's beleaguring, but as dangerously limiting the season of the year during which the British troops might complete their task. This is nominally the cool season in the Soudan but nobody shivering under the wintry skies that overspread England just now, will imagine the temperature approaches that which prevails in tho Soudan. Except through the night, the weather, amid which the relief column now works, is what we should call here a roar- ing hot day." This will increase in degree with every week that passes, and to lose a month waiting for General Earle would be a course to be taken only under extreme pressure of responsibility. It would be well to await confirmation of the report before accepting it. A telegram from Paris, received to- night, announces that the understanding between France and Germany is now com-* plete. France, we are told. engages to pro- tect German commerce in all French colonies, whilst Germany undertakes to support France in her colonial enterprises as well as in the settlement of questions re- lating to Egypt, China, and the Congo. This is, of course, pure nonsense. According to ancient international law France is already engaged to protect German com- merce in all her colonies, whilst Prince Bismarck is not likely to engage himself to back up France all over the world. Beyond these details there is the unassailable fact that France and Germany will have at least one more fight before they become allies. The death of Lord Aylcsford in a foreign country is a melancholy end to a miserable life. Lord Aylesford early came into possession 'of aa ancient title, an historic house, and a large fortune. He ran through them in the quickest possible manner, be- sides making his name familiar in the public ear in other ways. What finally broke him was the entertainment he gave some years ago to the Prince of Walea ai his Warwick- shire home. Before Mr Yates's appeal case came on the general opinion was that he would win. To-night the impression of his friends who have sat through the arguments, and 0 9 watched the judges, is not so sanguine. What might, under slightly varied circum- stances, have proved a memorable calamity befel in Victoria-street, Westminster, this afternoon. About two o'clock flames were discovered issuing from the roof of the Members' Mansions, one of those colossal buildings now so popular in London, which have the residential capacity of a moderate- sized street, thirty or forty families living in them, each with their separate suites of apartments as isolated as if their front doors opened on a thoroughfare instead of on to a staircase. The alarm was raised, and in a commendably brief period a strong muster of fire engines drew up. Very soon the startling discovery was made that the hose would not carry as high as the locality of the fire, and it seemed for a few desperate moments as if there was nothing to be done but to let it burn down. Extra steam force pumps were brought into play, and a nearer point of access being dis- covered, the water fell full upon the raging fire, and in about a couple of hours it was put out, having been successfully kept within the limits of a wing of the building where it broke out. There was no difficulty in trac- ing the origin of the fire. It had occurred to one of the numerous tribe of "Buttons," or as they are now called, "Page Boys," who pervade the building that as the weather was cold he would have a fire in his room. Some people would have been deterred from carrying out the design by the fact that there was no fireplace in the room. But- tons," scorning little obstacles of that kind, lit his fire and, incidentally, the whole build- ing. A fire more or less in London is scarcely worthy of special note, but there was an incident in connection with this tire in the Members' Mansions, which is of widest pub- lic interest. Down Victoria-street, passing the door of Members' Mansions are the mains of the Hydraulic Power Company. These without more trouble than turning a tap, would provide a force of water that would probably rise double the height of the sixth storey, at which the firemen's hose at first played in vain. It was only the other day I adverted to the fact that in a Yorkshire town the advantages of these mains, at high pressure, running through the principal thoroughfares, was perceived by local authorities, and arrangements were made for using them in case of fire. London, like all big communities, is slow to adopt so simple an expedient as is here provided. If the fire at Members' Mansions prove instru- mental in calling attention to the public boon provided, "Buttons" will not have lit his grateless fire in vain. Meanwhile, it is not pleasant to think what might have happened in this crowded community sup- pose the fire had broken out at midnight.
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SWANSEA SCHOOL BOARD. Truant v. Industrial Schools. A special meeting of the Swansea School Board was held on Wednesday, for the purpose of giving instructions to the deputation to the Home Secre- tary on the subject of the transfer of boys from the truant schools to the ordinary certified industrial schools. Mr Richards presided. The Chairman explained that the Sheffield Schoo Board had invited the Swansea Board to send representatives to form part of a deputation which the Home Secretary had consented to receive, which it was proposed should wait on him to urge the advisability of empowering school boards to transfer boys from truant to industrial schools. — Dr. Morgan moved, and Canon Richards seconded, a motion to the effect that the board should support the action of Sheffield and Liverpool on the question. -Mr J. Roberts moved, as an amendment, a direct negative, and Mr Reed seconded.—Messrs £ Roberts, Sutherland, and the Rev. W. P. Williams supported the amendment, which was. earned.
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I B 0 N T A V E. I CHAPTER I. John Hollinshead, editor and proprietor of the Snackbury Weekly Defender, was not a distinguished looking man, although he seemedVto imagine that cultivated neglect of I dress, such as shoving the bow of his necktie around under his ear or button- ing his vest wrong, contributed a literary air to his general make up." Several of his para- graphs, slightly altered from the original, having "gone the rounds," he cherished the hope that ho was becoming the leading Ameri- can humorist." I to had a knack of writing miserable verses in commenting on slatterly rhyme, clipped from the sheet of a mutual admirer," and was such an adept pun- ster that intelligent people often crossed the street to avoid meeting nim. In spite of all this, the Defender continued to make a fair living for its proprietor, more the result, however, of the county delinquent tax list and half-page adver- tisements of merchants who were determined to sell out below cost, than of any other feature published by the flimsy sheet. Shortly after the Defender had entered upon the fifth year of its existence, an event celebrated in the usual way, we have passed the sixth mile-stoneon the journalistic road," for instance-Hollin-ihead neglected his business long enough to fall in love with the handsome Mi3s Bontave Glowerman, in whose pretty head revolved the idea that she was born especially for the performance of some great newspaper feat; still, she did not give the editor that generous burst of encouragement which removes all doubt. The enraptured man was persistent, and in the warmth and strangeness of the new attachment, he lost sight of six hundred and twenty feet of lumber due in payment of an advertisement inserted by the owner of a saw mill. Miss Glowerman was not wealthy in fact, her father owed for a year's subscription yet, in the very glare of these faults, John Hollinshead, editor and proprietor of the Weekly Defender, would have taken the entrancing creature in his arms and pressed her to a heart not wholly unknown to commendable emotions. I should be in my editorial room right now," said Hollinshead one night, while near him, before a cheerful fire, sat Bontave, radiant in the consciousness of her fascination. She looked up with a bewitching little air of astonishment. Yess," continued the editor, I should be there this minute. I have a lot of humorous writing to do, and besides should sit in judgment upon tho destiny of an essay written by an aspiring young lady." The reference to an essay aroused a new interest, or rather made more alive an old one, for throw- ing otf the assumed air of astonishment, she became natural in her eagerness which arose superior to all arts and graces. Are you going to publish it ? she asked. "Oh, I don't know yet. To determine whether or not an article possesses literary merit requires almost as much thought as the writing of the article itself. Sometimes," he continued, swelling with importance, we editors mistakes, in that er-in that we fail to see the merit of a pro- duction and consequently kill it." Yes," she rejoined, "and sometimes, when you publish an article, the reader fails to see the merit." Possibly, yes, possibly so. We editors are not incapable of committing error, but, taking into consideration the responsibility which —er?3? which rests upon our shoulders," reaching over and pulling back his hair like a young lawyer trying to make a pro- found impression on a justice of the peace, wo do extremely well. Just think for a moment. We have the making and unmaking ot men. Last week, you remember, I gave the leading man of the Sickles Dramatic Company a little dig, and I would not bo surprised to hear that he has been. discouraged, but, my dear Miss ah, excuse me He had touched her hand, 1 .say it was my duty to touch him up, for we editors have tho welfare of the public to some extent iu our keeping." How I would like to be a recognised writer," she said half musingly, and seeming to have paid no attention to his last remark, a fact which he ^noticed, not altogether free from a feeling of wounded pride. There is but one way Miss Bontave-beg your pardon." He had touched her hand again, ".There is only one way open to every heart that swells with ambition.. That way is hard work. The pen of bright fancy may gambol with to lightness of a fawn, but before this accomplish- ment is attained, it must plod with the deliberate weight of an elephant." So satisfied was he with this remark that he arose, and while mentally exam- ining a photograph in a wheat straw frame, he ran over the words again, and mentally resolved that he would make room for them in the next issue of his paper. Yes, that is the only way," sitting down again. But suppose," said she, "that we plod like an elephant, who will assist us to gambol like the fawn? You editors speak so flippantly of sitting in judgment upon the destiny of a piece of com- position that might have been the result of weeks and weeks of study-" "Pardonme, Miss Bon—, excuse me." He had touched her hand. I see that you may fall into an error, and do us an injustice. It is not a matter of flippancy, I assure you. It is with profound regret that we place the iron heel on the hterary hopes of a soul that is attempting to rise. No bird, in contemplating the unsuccessful attempts of a young fledgeling to fly, can feel a deeper sense of regret than we." He arose, examined a photograph in a frame made of acorns glued on pasteboard, mentally resolved that he would embody the idea in an article, sat down, touched the girl's hand, and again requested her to excuse him. I think that you possess the elements of a distinguished writer," said he. Her eyes beamed with the light of hope. Yes, I feel quite assured in making this statement, and, let me remark, that never before in the course of my editorial experience have I held out such inducements to anyone." Oh, thank you." Not at all, not at all." He touched her hand. She did not withdraw it. He took it, looked at it like a man examining a pocket-book, put it down and took it up again, and then sat awkwardly holding it. His face burned. The light in her earnest eyes grew brighter. Bontave." 2 £ The light of her soul flashed upon him. Be my wife and shape your own course to the heights of fame. I love you with an intensity that I cannot express. Just think, sweet girl, how we can sit by the fire at night and edit our paper-our paper, sweet girl. You can write delightful little stories and those charming para- graphs that women like to read, while I will shape the political—tho political maul"—he could think of no other term—" and keep up my repu- tation as a humorist." I will," tilto suddenly exclaimed, giving him both her hands. We will help each other-we will be famous." CHAPTER II. I One night, nearly a year after the marriage, the editor of the Weekly Defender and his wife sat by the fire in their own house. Bontave, what are you fumbling after?" he asked as she rose and began to search the mantelpiece. I'm looking for my manuscript, that's what," Your fiddlesticks. I think a little closer attention to the frying-pan and a more minute association with the household pot would materially increase your chances of heaven." .0 I do wish to the Lord that you would shut your mouth," she replied, finding her manuscript, and reseating herself. Oh, you've found it, have you ? Didn't know but the rats had carried it off. Rats are powerful bad on literature this year. What's the use gf fooling with the thing ? I'm not going to publish it." "You good for nothing thing, I hate you," she replied. Of course, and simply because I am frank enough to tell you that you can't write." I can write as good as you can, sir, and better too." Of course. Plutarch could write better than Thucydides, but somehow he didn't." Oh, how smart you are. You've picked up a few classical names, and are all the time using them. If you knew how people laugh at you you'd stop it. Plutarch the mischief. Why, you don't know who he was. You've only seen his name." Every one is ignorant in the light of your great mind," he rejoined. Who was Plutarch ? That's the question." Never mind, you just want me to enlighten you, that's all." I knew you didn't know." Who wrote the Inferno?'" he asked. "Plutarch didn't." That's all you know about it. Keep on and after awhile you'll say that Pope didn't write the *Iliad. „ He din't. He only translated it." "Translated it I'd hush if I were you." Just as well hush as to talk to any one as ignorant as you are. If you don't publish my stories I'll send them somewhere else.' n't forget to enclose stamps." ? "I won't, and when they are published I'll mark them and send them to the exchanges. I might write a few jokes, too, after awhile, and even if they are poor ones, the boys,' a3 you call them, will clip them and credit them—" To me," ho said with a chuckle. Yes, if they are very poor ones they will credit them to you." Oh, what a brilliant woman you are. Literary. I pity the man who marries a woman who tries to be literary." "Yes, and I pity the woman who marries a pig-headed fool." Literary," he repeated. Write stories and let the biscuit burn while making the hero say, Oh, wilt thou be mine Literary. Blamed if you don't make me tired. Think you can tear yourself away from your literary pursuits long enough to fix a bed ? Thank you. The world loses many gems and pearls and grains of corn when you put down your pen—" For the Lord's sake; hush You are enough to drive anybody crazy, I despise you, that's what I do." Of course. Wish you'd get another quilt. Never mind hand me some thought. Warmer than a blanket, I am told." "I just hate you." "Of course." CHAPTER III. Just about the time Mrs Hollinshead settled upon applying for a divorce, pneumonia came along and removed the humorist He was buried very respectably. The column rules of the Defen- der were turned, and the widow hurried into a wardrobu of intensest black. Bontave's chance had come. The paper was in a prosperous con- dition, and the widow longed for an opportunity of enjoying the privilege to which she believed her abilities entitled her, nor did she over-estimate her capacity in an editorial way, for the first issue of the Defender, under her control, was a great improvement on any previous number. She collected local news and wrote" those para- graphs with which women are charmed." She relinquished all previously conceived ideas of grandeur, and sometimes she would even allow ordinary occurrences to crowd out her stories. Some of her productions that had been written shortly after her ill-mated marriage were mercilessly hacked and crossed, now that she sat in conscientious judgment on their destiny. I doa't blame Mr Hollinshead for criticizing them," she one day mused, but he should not have been so harsh with me. Every thing he wrote was not above criticism, I am sure. Never mind, if I ever marry again—marry again Why not? I am only nineteen. People should not expect a girl to be a widow nearly all her life, goodness knows. I did not love my husband, and he knew it, but I didn't marry him for money. That's one consolation. I married him, believing that I could make a reputation as a writer. Don't think I ever can, though. Come in, sir," turning toward the door. A good natured looking man in rather ill-fitting clothes entered. Her beauty did not embarrass him. "What can I do for you?" I'd like to secure a situation as a printer." You don't- look like a printer." You don't look like an editor." Probably I am not much of an editor." Probably I am not much of a printer." Then they both laughed. "Please be seated, sir. Yon don't look like a tramp printer ? But I have tramped thousands of miles." You don't say so ? What a lonely life." Oh, no, I had plenty of associates.. Thou- sands of them." Wil-tt. a thousand tramps?'' Yes, we were all in the army." Oh, pshaw! well, let me see. I don,t exactly need a printer." Then I am sure that I cm suit you." You don't wane to work?" Avell, I am not over desirous. Let me see a copy of your paper. Quite a respectable-looking sheet. Good run of advertisements. This under- taker go?s in with determination. Does he pay cash or do you btr.\ it out in trade V "Hn buried my husband a few months—" Please excuse me," arising and bowing pro- foundly. No harm done. Of course, you didn't know." The man of the ill-fitting clothes remained, made himself so agreeable that when he took his departure the editor followed him to the door, and. with a smile which the visitor was not likely to forget, asked him to call again. CHAPTER IV. Mr Howard Pratmore, name of the gentleman of the ill-fitting clothes, cng-aged board at the hotel, and showed no evidences of an early inten- tion of shaking the dusf of the neighbourhood from his feet. He was a daily visitor at tho office of the Defender, and always found a we come. The beautiful little widow had charmed him he had charmed tho beautiful little widow. He was so different from any one she had ever met; was so frank, had eyes of such kindly light. a voice of such deep tenderness that she fought in vain against the love which arose within her. One day while the printers were at dinner, Prat- more made an informal declaration of love. I am somewhat older than you," said he, but my love for you is as young as—give me a word." "Oh, just as young as anything so old can be," she said laughingly. "Younger than that, Bontave," kissing her. You will be my wife, won't you ?" Yes, but you must remember that I am the editor of this paper. Say, you don't want to marry me just for a chance to become famous, do you ?" Ye,, to become famously happy. You won't want to write for the Defender, will you ?" No." "Not a single line?" "Not a word." CHAPTER V. The people of the village were not surprised when the quiet marriage of Howard Pratmore and Bontave Hollinshead wis announced. Village people are wise. Every one knew that the marriage would take place sooner or later. Bontave's happiness was complete. She was happy on account of her own happiness, and happy on account of the happiness of her husband. You must keep your promise," she said, one evening, and not try to write. You must not be literary, remember." 1 shall forget nothing. Here is a notice of our marriage," handing her a St. Louis paper. A wild exclamation escaped when she read the following :— Colonel Howard Pratmore, the editor of the London Universe, the most influential paper in England, and Mrs Bontave Hollinshead, of Snackville, Arkansaw, were recently married. The distinguished Englishman, while making an unannounced tour of the countrv, met the charming widow and immediately "surrendered. It is thought that they will leave for London within a few weeks.' Pratmore rubbed his hands, twisted himself around, and laughed until his clothes were more ill-fitting than ever. Why didn't you tell me?" she asked, looking proudly upon her husband. Oh, it was unnecessary. I thought that all I needed to tell you was that I would not write for the Defender." Well, I don't care," she said putting her arms around his neck, love is better than fame. I am content not to write for your paper. Say, don't you think you'c! better write a little valedictory for the Defender V Not a line," he replied, I have prom- She stopped his mouth with a kiss. _A
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THE ROMANCE OF REPORTING. Result of a Rumour. How a Senator Gained a Wife. Senator Groome, of Maryland, recently nar- rated the following romantic incident in his career:—" Several years ago, when I was a can- didate for Governor of my State, a gentleman in a neighbouring town, where I chanced to be, said that ho would oppose me on the ground that I was a bachelor. He was older than I was, not the best-looking man in the world, and bad never been married so, to silence him, I said in jest that I would bet him a hat that I could find a lady inside of three years who would marry me, and that was better, I was sure, than he could do. I succeeded in backing him down, but I got into another 'difficulty. One of those newspaper chaps somehow or other got hold of what I had said—or rather, what I hadn't said—and the first thing that I knew I was published as offering to bet that I would be married within three years. A scribe in Balti- more, to get ahead of his fellows, ventured to give the name of the lady in that city to whom I was engaged. From my greon and salad days to that time I had not thought of getting married, much less of making a wife of the lady mentioned. I happened to meet her, however, a. day or two afterwards—for I knew her—and asked her what she thought of the rumour. She told me laugh- ingly that if it would aid in my election she would not contradict it until after I became governor. I believe that it was never contradicted, and, as I subsequently married the lady, it is now too late to deny it. The newspaper reporter's fertile imagination secured for me the best wife in the world."
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YANKEE YARNS. STALLED !-The Rev. Doctor Broadus, an old Baptist parson famous in Virginia, once visited a plantation where the darkey who met him at the gate asked him which barn he would have his horse put in. "Have you two barns?" asked the doctor. "Yes, sah." replied the darkey "dar's do ole barn, and Mas'r Wales has jes build a new one." "Where do you usually put the horses of clergymen who come to see your mas- ter ?" Well, sah, if dey's Metodis's or Baptis's, we gen'ally put em in de old barn, but if dey's 'Piscopals we puts 'em in de new one." 11 Well, Bob, you can put my horse in the new barn I'm a Baptist, but my horse is an Episcopalian." I HIS SOLEMN WARNING. Yaas, there's money made in stocks, no doubt," said the old man, as he removed his hat, and ran his fingers through his gray locks, but it's a reesky bizness it's suthin' like betting on where lightening's going to strike, with the odds in favour of hitting the treo you stand under." "Then you never speculate?" "Never. I dig along on the old firm, taking one crop with another, and pulling out stumps when I've noth- ing else to do; and, if I don't make any great shakes, I haven't anything to worry over I had a purty solemn warning during the coal-ile excite- ment, and it cured me o' speculating" "How was that?" Waal, I was a widower then wife fell down the well, and was drawed out as stiff as a poker. I had a big farm, lots of stock, and, was called purty solid. Wo all got excited about ile, and all of us dug more or less holes in search of the stuff. All of a sudden a widder livin' about two miles from me found ile in a dozen places on her farm. She was a widder with a bad nose, freckles all over her face, eyes on the squint, and built up like a camel. But when she struck ilo that was a different thing. Old Deacon Spoo- ner, who was a widower, got mashed right away. Our preacher, who had lost his third wife, saw the speck. I thought it over, and concluded she was an angel. I guess some six or seven of us be- gun courting that widow within sixteen hours after the first sight of ile. I know the procession reaphed from the gate to the house." "And you got her?" Not much I didn't, and that's what I'm thankful for. Somehow or other I couldn't work up to the pint. That nose kinder stood in the way every time I was ready to pop the ques- tion. She acted like she wanted me, but Deacon Spooner got the best of us all, and they made a hitch." And then what!" "Nothing, except she had dosed that farm with a barrel of ile, and thus got a husband for hersolf and a home for her five children. When the news came out, I was so cold along the back-bone that they had to kiver me up with a hoss-blanket; and since that time I haven't had the nerve to buy eggs at seven cents a dozen and hold 'em for a rise." — American Paper. I A COURT OK ALDERMEN IN HIMSELF. r There is a. story told, says a contemporary, or an Englishman who sirrived at the Fifty-fifth Avenue House, New York, a few years ago, after a roug-h passage over, feeling a powerful appetite. He looked at the programme and observed that breakfast was served from s^vea to eleven o'clock, lunch from one to two, dinner (ä let carte) from two to five, dinner (table de hóte) at half-past five, tea from'six till nine, and supper from nme to twelve-seventeen hours of copious refresh- ment. He was not a mean man but thought himself bound to get the better of the hotel pro- prietor. lie got up soon after seven, with the appetite of a cormorant who had bolted a bottle of Angostura bitters. Being properly posted, he began with a melon with pepper and salt, and a few tomatoes cut up with cucumber and onion, and then took kindly to his hot rolls, his Graham bread, a slice of Spanish mackerel, a bit of beef- steak, a few egggs au miroir a little broiled ham, and some fried potatoes, a taste of smoked beet, and eggs and a broiled chicken, winding up the whole performance with a heap of rice cakes, a couple of peaches, tea, coffee,, and other fixings. He walked down town in high glee, and came up smiling to lunch, making awful havoc among the raw oysters and the stewed oysters, the fried oys- ters and the pickled oysters, the cold chicken, ham, and tongue. At dinner he was again to the fore, looking happy and hungry, but rather streaked at the bill of fare, which included two soups, two fishes, seven cold dishes, six releves, ten entries, seven roasts, eighteen vegetables, nine varieties of pastry, eleven kinds of fruit, lemon and rum ice, creams and coffee. Ho was equal to the occasion, beginning gently with to- mato soup, he next attacked the boiled bass and the broiled white fish, and after a little boiled chicken and ham, fell upon the entrees like a lion. He despatched in quick succession, a fillet of beef larded, with mushrooms, oyster patties, sweet- breads, with green peas, lobster d la Valenciennes, and- rice bird in cases] with champagne sauce; then came the heavy artillery of roast ham with champagne sauce, roast turkey poultry and roast grouse, followed by lobster salad. At intervals he tasted sundry of the national vegetables. Through all he worked heroically, but ^weakness on the pastry, paying little or no attention to the peach pie, the orange pie, the "pumkin pie, the sliced-apple pie, the puffs and jellies and custards, but brightened up at desert among the grapes and raisins,English walnuts and American pecan nuts, citron melons, and rosy-hearted water melons. He pulled through, he did, and' arrived at the ice-cream and cotfee, tired perhaps but not cloyed. After the theatre he showed up, but with dim- inished vigour, at supper among the cold chickens and ham, the cold tongue and the oysters hot and cold, raw and fried, and then owned up fair that no such board and lodging could be got anwhere else for the same money—about thirteen or fonr- teen shillings a day all told, and nary extras. We shall have to take a new census soon if this thing continues," remarked a Main street mer- chant to The Journal correspondent to-day. What's up now ?" asked the latter. More new arrivals at Hugh Blair's," answered the merchant as he turned to wait upon a customer. Every man, woman and child in the city knew what the remark meant as soon as it was uttered. Hugh Blair is an iron-moulder, and is employed in the Vulcan Foundry in this city. He has a wife and a constantly increasing family. Mr Blair lives in a pretty little cottage on Alabama street. His wife is a native of this county and is now but twenty-six years of age. The family consists of eleven children. About ten months ago Mrs Llair became the happy mother of triplets-tliree bounc- ing boys. The father, who is not a rich man, was somewhat disheartened by the unexpected in- crease in his family, but lie welcomed the little 17 b newcomers with southern hospitality. Friends of the family helped them with gifts of clothing and tin rattles, and Mr Blair became resigned and even proud of his interesting progeny. The gover- nor of the State sent Mr Blair §15. as an old law allows 85 for each triplet born in Tennessee. When Mr Blair returned."home last evening, an unwonted activity around the house aroused his curiosity. Several female neighbours ran in and out carrying bundles of clothing, bottles of sooth- ing syrup and other preparations which the very younp have a monopoly of. "The triplets must be sick ?" thought Mr isiair as he entered his home. Hush warned Mrs Davis, who lives next door, as she raised her finger warningly. What's the matter ?" gasped Mr Blair as a dreadful suspicion entered his mind. "Three more," said Mrs Davis in an exultant tone. "All girls, too." The astonished father fell over a trundle bed in which several of his children were lying, and the uproar which followed was deafening. People in I the vicinity thought a cat show had opened in the city, and the policeman on that beat complained I that he was kept awaka all night. Things quieted down towards morning, and The Journal corres- pondent mustered courage to call at the Blair abode. The scene inside resembled a baby show. Cradles of all makes and designs stood around the floor, and half the young girls of the neighbourhood stood around holding a portion of the Blair family in their arms. Mr Blair had taken refuge in the cellar and refused to see any callers. The babigs are all doing well, bless their little hearts," remarked Mrs Davis, as she held several of them up to the correspondent's view. Mr Blair has already been called upon by a circus agent from Cincinnati, who wants tJ engage the family to travel, and he need not be frightened about this affair. The babies will get good treat- ment. A friend of Mr Blair who came up from the cellar, represented that gentleman as gradually becoming resigned to the inevitable. The father expresses a strong desire to know when this is going to stop?" Friends of the family have already notified the governor that another $15 is due. It is said that the governor will recommend the introduction of a bill in the legislature abolishing the gratuity. He is afraid that the small surplus now in the State treasury will soon be used UP.-N. Y. Morning Journal Correspondent. —
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FACTS AND FANCIES. BOSOM FRIENDS.—Shirt-studs. UNDERGROUND WORK.—An earthquake. THE CHEAPEST OF LAWYERS.—Keeping one's own counsel. "DOWNY" WAY OF PUTTING IT.—Men are geese, women are ducks, and birds of a feather flock together. PRACTICAL EXAMPLE.—Master: "Now, boys, give me a definition of the word 'scandal., No one rises all are silent. Master: "Well, then, it's a 'scandal' that none of you know what it means! CABBY VICTOR. -Cabl-)V: "I want sixpence more, yer honour." Fare, escorting very fat young lady How do you explain that ? Cabby Well, two miles is a shillin', and then the miss is as good as a mile. DOUBLY DISTILLED.—Sandy junior Fither, whit div ye unnerstaun' by the spirit o' the press ? Sandy senior Weel, ma callan', it's no' exactly a skailleton in a cubbort; it's some- thing better. It's a wee drap o' whuskey at the back o' a shelf." SHE HAD HUI THERE: Really, my dear," said Mr Jones to his better-half, "you have sadly disappointed me I once understood you a jewel of a woman, but you've turned out only a bit of matrimonial paste." Then, my love," was the reply, console yourself with the idea that paste is very adhesive, and will stick to you as long as you live." SOMETHING WARM FOR SOMETHING WARM.—A Cumberland farmer bought a horse of a neigh- bour. After the purchase had been completed, the buyer offered the vendor a glass of something warm if he would tell him what were the faults of the animal. He has only two," replied the ven- dor, with a smile of amusement—" first, if turned out into a field, he is hard to catch secondly, when caught, he is of no use." A SHADE LESS BLACK AFTER ALL !—A young lady was speaking to a friend who had called upon her regarding a trait characteristic of her mother, who always had a good word to say of everyone. "Why," she declared, I believe if Satan were under discussion mother would have a good word to say for him." Just then the mother entered, and was informed of what the daughter had said, whereupon she quietly said, Well, inv dear, I think we might allelmltate Satan's perseverance." CHANGED SOME."—A Hungarian entered the studio of a portrait painter and said, "I want you to paint a portrait of my late father." With pleasure, sir. Have you a photograph of the lamented deceased?" No you don't want any photograph. Just paint a wild-looking Hun- garian, about sixty years old and six feet high, with a big white moustache." Four weeks later the family came round to see the picture. Bravo said the Hungarian warmly; It's a speaking likeness, only the old man seems to have changed a good deal since his death." In Austria decorations are given abundantly in default of something better. An Englishman, calling one day on an Austrian general, found him in the highest spirits. By Jove," cried he, they have given me the Elizabeth "-a minor military decoration. The Englishman, who saw his friend's coat already bedizened with stars and crosses so that there seemed no room for more, looked astonished. Ah, you don't understand said the General. They have given me the last remaining order the next time they must out with their snuff-boxes, which are as good as money The Methodist ministers at Piper City, out West," would seem to have a hard time of it. They have to depend for a living entirely on the amounts collected at the meetings, and these too often prove anything but liberal. On one occasion a minister, after eloquently exhorting his con- gregation to contribute handsomely towards the maintenance of their beloved shepherd, sent round his own hat for their offerings. When it returned, it contained only a solitary cent. For a moment the good man looked downcast; then he exclaimed, Anyhow, it is a matter for supreme thankfulness that I've got back my hat safe from this congregation MATILDA'S FAMILY REASONS.—"Look here, Matilda," said a Galveston lady to the coloured cook; you sleep right close to the chicken- house, and must have heard those thieves stealing the chickens." "Yes, ma'am; I heerd de chickens holler, and heard de voices ob de men." "Why didn't you go out then?" "Case, ma'am "-bursting into tears-" case, ma'am, I knowed my old fadder was out dar, and I wouldn't hab him know I'ae 103' confidence in him foah all de chickens in de world. If I had gone out dar and kotched him, it would have broke his ole heart, and he would hab made me carry de chickens home foah him besides." "DONE BROWN.—Scene—Coffee room of hotel in Helensburgh. Brown, a "great swell," while waiting on a brother commercial to play a game of billiards, is describing to a number of tourists how many brace of grouse he recently brought down in one day, hinting at the same time that he is just on his way home from his shooting-box. Enter waiter—" Somebody wish- ing to see you, sir." Brown—expecting his friend Haw, just send him up, will you ?" Waiter All right, sir." The man ushers in a barefooted urchin. Urchin, rather audibly Mister Brown, ma mither sent m.) tae tell ve that yer no tae min' the three dizzen o' dolls she ordered, but tac; sen' insteed a dizzen o' jumpin' jacks an' twa dizzen o' cocks wi' whissuls in their tails." Brown faints. Writing of the educational status of uon-com- missioned officers reminds a writer in a contem- porary of an anecdote for the truth of which he can vouch. Subsequent to the Peninsular War, a private who had displayed great bravery in the field was promoted to a serg-eancy. Being thoroughly illiterate lie, by a bribe, got some one or other to write the "orders" for him daily. The time arrived when he failed in this respect. In sheor desperation he undertook tho duty him- self, and in due course appeared at the officers' mess, and sent in the order book for his superior's perusal. The officer sent for him, and remarked, Sergeant, did you write these ?" Yes. sir," he replied. "Then I'll trouble you to read them." Drawing himself up, and saluting, the serjeant r?,plied, "Beg pardon, sir, I'd trouble enough to write 'em. NECESSITY THE MOTHER OF INVENTION. An Irish labourer attending a plasterer who was ti rot-coat ing on the third storey of a house in Glasgow found, a contemporary tells us, that he had too much to do; for, work as hard as he could, the pi aster-board was always empty and tha plasterer waiting when he got up. At last Pat fell upon a novel way of lightening his labour. He purchased a pennyworth of nuts, and, putting a few among the mortar in the hod, he emptied it on the board. The plasterer, seeing a nut sticking among the lime as he was laying it on the wall, picked it out, and, cleaning it with his apron, cracked the shell and ate the kernel. Repetition of this several times took up so much of his'time that, when Pat came up with the next hod, very little of the former one had been used. Pat put in a few mora nuts whenever he was I falling behind, and at night told his master that for a penny an hour more on his wages he would keep any two men going. I Some years ago a Spaniard from Cuba came to England to be treated for a disease of the lungs. He went to Dr. X., described his symptoms, and put himself in the doctor's hands. Weil, said tho doctor, if I undertake your cure, I shall b^ obliged to impose one conditmn—and(that is rather a hard one to comply with. What is it 1" said the Cuban. That you entirely cease smoking until I give you permission to resume." Never I I'd rather lot the thing kill me. What pleasure is there in life if one cannot smoke?" The doctor was a smoker himself, and felt some sympathy; so he said," Well, perhaps that is beyond your power. But you must, solemnl promise me to smoke but one cigar per day, or I will not undertake your case. The Cuban pro- mised, for it was his only chance. Four or five days afterwards the doctor thought he would call upon him as he passed his house. He walked up-stairs—knocked. ome in." The Cuban was before him, with a cigar eighteen inches long and of proportionate thickness. He confessed that he had had the specimen made, to order. ——————
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I GIRLS' GOSSIP. (
I GIRLS' GOSSIP. I IFROM TO-DAY'S "TRUTH. DEAREST Ally, I suppose you retain a distinct recollection, as I do, of the amateur photography practised by the boys of the Browne fami:y dining the period of their adolescence. Do you remember our being for ever called upon to stand or sit in various attitudes, or to form ourselves into groups, so that they might have subjects to practice upon ? We were not unwilling a.t first, but when we had had a few experiences of the extreme difficulty of sitting quite still for the unconscionably long time they took to focus us, and of keeping solemn faces duftng the same lengthy period, we soon got tired of it, especially as we always came out such i) ideolis objects—generally with with black fzaces -in the photographs, Then there was the odious smell of the collodion, or whatever stuff it was, that they used to finish off the negatives with, and the horrid look of the boys' hands, all stained with the chemicals. Altogether, we did not think very highly of the business, and when 1 heard, some weeks ago, that Evelyn's brothers and her unmarried sister had recently become rabid amateur photographers, I resolved to keep away from their house as long as I could. However, we had to call last week, and, of course, the whole con- versation was of this new craze. We were taken to what they grandly call the studio, a place built out at the back of their house and apparently intended for a conservatory. Equally of course, we were asked to sit, which we did, as the light happened to be pretty good. To our intense relief, we found that the whole process had been changed. Instead of the chemicals that stained so frightfully, and the water, and all the rest of it, the plates are now dry, and the victim has not to sit nearly such a long time as was fre- quently the case. Nor was the result at all so uncomfortable as we had expected—warned by bitter experience. We do not come out quite so nice as we think we ought; but neither do we look the deeply-dyed criminals that the Brownes' amateur efforts converted us into. They have all had lessons at the studios of the Stereoscopic Company, and thev subscribe to a weekly paper called the Amateur Photographer, a number of which I looked into while Maud was being taken." In it I read that an ingenious photographer has devised a screen behind which ladies may be photographed with dummy feet of the most charming proportions peeping from below. so as to look as if they belonged Cto tho sitter, whose own pedai extremities may be unsatisfactory in size and shape. There is really very little t.uth m the world. Heaps of women go about who are one mass of falsehood. Their figures are tailor-made, and their complexion comes out of Truelitt's shop, as well as the colour of their hair and eyebrows. They wear false ears and manufactured dimples. And now a means has been found of positively fibbing in photographs, cheating the truthfulness of the sun, and laying open even that impeccable orb to an accusation of fulsomest flattery. I have often heard the luminary accused of libel in the matter of photographs, but that is a superior and cou- rageous kind of crime as compared with the meanness of the deliberate flatterer. r sun! And innocent all the time. Here, is a small item of news for you. Helio- trope is the fashionable flower, the fashionable perfume, and the fashionable colour. Perhaps I ought to say colours, for there are three or four different sad and tender shades of mauve in the blossoms of the delicious flower. I have seen a lovely tea-gown made of heliotrope plush, lined with pale satin, and opening over a plastron of palest blue crepe de Chine, the soft folds of which were all drawn towards the left side of tho tablier, where they were held by long loops and ends of heliotrope-coloured velvet ribbon, pale blue on the reverse side. With this becoming gown, a bunch of heliotrope flowers was worn, which I thought real, especially when I found the vicinity of the wearer, and indeed the whole room, impregnated with the penetrating, delicious odour peculiar to the flower. I am particularly susceptible to this sweetest of natural perfumes. It seems to brighten all my thoughts. So I soon asked my hostess where she had been able to get such magnificent flowers at this season. Oh, she replied, I am delighted that you are taken in too. Every one who sees them thinks them real. Look And, unfastening the clasp that held them to her dress, she laid the flowers in my hand. They were artificial, though so beautifully made and so fragrant of their prototypes, that the Queen of Sbeba's bees would te the only critics who could detect the difference. But the per- fume?" I asked, bewildered. "Here it is," she said producing a bottle of Gosnell's Cherry Blossom, which is so strong an extract that it was sufficient to place the flowers in tha same drawer with it. The Greys are in town. Something was found to be wrong with the drains of their house in Hampshire, so they will be here for an indetinite period, the duration of which will depend upon the British workman. As we well know, only the young and sanguine ever venture to predict, even approximately, as to how long the British workman will take over anything. So here they are, and here they are likely to remain for at least three months. I have told you about Mrs Grey's horror of fire, and her seeing every grate in her house black out" every night before she goes to bed. It is almost a monomania with h'r, and she declares that at a hotel or in any house but her own she never sleeps in peace; so when she heard that at the Army and Navy Hotel there were fire escapes provided for each floor, she immediately decided upon going there. The first day we called there was quite a crowd in the street, and, when we got in, we found that the people were watching the practice going on. The escapes are long canvas bags, down which men, women, and children can be passed without difficulty, and with perfect safety. The Greys have a cosy little flat all to them- selves on the second floor of the hotel (a most ex- cellent arrangement, and one, I fancy, that is quite a novelty in London hotels), where they can have their meals if they like. We (iinecl with them on Monday at the table dh&te, which is served at separate tables-a much more com- fortable plan than the usual arrangement. As the whole of the basement-floor is occupied by swimming and Turkish baths, we could not imagine where the kitchen could be, and asked tne waiter, who told us that it is at the top of the house, the meals being sent down by hydraulic lifts. Wo took the boys to the circus at Covent Garden, and they were delighted with the per- forming elephants, the clowns, and a clever little monkey and its tricks. I admired most the horsemanship of a young woman in a riding habit, and of a jockey who jumped from the ground into a standing- position °.11 the back of his steed. By-the-by, speaking of a woman, I sup- pose one ought to say horsewomanship." There was a curious little creature, called the Missing Link," which I did not like at all. There is semi-human look about it that has a weird effc upon the mind. When it fixed its eyes on muu in passing, I felt absolutely f^htcned.. f So you want suggestions IOL Tfa Kitty and Mariori Let me th about nine and eleven for chfld 1 like nurserv-rhyme wi, but, unfortunately, they rathe>' overdonp At a recent paity the children all dressed after portraits of their grandparents and remoter ancestors. -This 11» a goodideajbut ln remoter ancestors. ThIS, IS a good Idea, but" in every flock, however watered and tenaed, there is sure to be, at least, one individual, and there are usually more, whose ancestry is a topic best left untouched. n°k dress tham as flowers ? The fuchsia, would make a lovely little frock, with its sweet little purple red petticoat and the drooping wh;te or crimson peplums of its over- skirt. A rosebud would be equally simple to carry out. ihe bodice could represent the green, moss-like sheath,^ and tho skirts the unfolding and expanding pinlc pe tals. And would not a snowdrop be pretty? White sateen would do for this. It is absurd to dress children out in expen- sive materials. The little things soon find out that their dresses are costly, and they beconij puffed up with self-importance, which is not at a a gooct tor thetn. Apropos or dress, the Princess Louise or Waies was promoted to her first dinner-gown on the occasion of the coming-of-age of I rince Aluert Victor. It is very simple .an girlish m style, and is made of white satin merveuleux, and a new material, very soft of texture, called "soie de Chine." The skirt is of the satin, and is edged with two rows of pleatings, also of satin. Above this are three frills of Mechlin lace, of a pale creamy tint, and put on with some fulness. The soie de Chine tunic is edged with similar Mech- lin. It is draped diagonally across the front breadth, and caught in graceful folds very high on the left hip, the drapery at the back being full and liberal, but with no exaggeration about it. The bodice is made of the satin, and is quite bign to the neck at the back, but slightly open at the throat in front. A few folds of the soie de Chine are used to give a finish to this opening- Have you seen the new photographs of the Princesses of Wales ? Tho youngest is much the prettiest, being mc.re Dane than German. I lope you admired the condescension of i rince Henry of Battenbergh in patronising the beafortn High- landers the other day, when they hud the honour of being "inspected" by him. He remarked that accounts of their valour had reached his" ea". Just think of that! They may surety sing their Nunc dimittis" now. I have quite decided that when I marry, tho ceremony shall take piece at St. Wells-street—there is such abundance 01 rnoia» W that church for the bridal group. W sa* £ pretty wedding there on Wednesday There was nothing very original about the -~ir' ~ej dress, except, perhaps, its unusual excellence fit, which we also remarked as a feature o: tn bridesmaids' toilets of white silk trimmed violets. A small child wrtro a sweet littlo wb'\ frock trimmed with' brown marabout. Atr.o"* the noticeable dresses was one of terra-eotta over a petticoat of terra-coUa broesvb. T J mantelet of plush was edged with ukunk, i!> the little plush bonnet was lighted up with salw11 coloured aigrette. Your loving cou-.c, violets. A small child wrtro a. sweet littlo whltØ frock trimmed with' brown marabout. Atr.o"* the noticeable dresses was one of terra-eotta over a petticoat of terra-coUa broesvb. T J mantelet of plush was edged with ukunk, i!> the little pin, bonnet was lighted up with salw11 coloured aigrette. Your loving cou-.c, M.NAS I
V GOAL EXPORTS FROM BRIS-…
V GOAL EXPORTS FROM BRIS- ft TOL TO CARDIFF. I TOL TO CARDIFF. Important Discussion at eha f Bristol Corporation. On Wednesday a special meeting of the Bristol Town Council was held, in order to COilsiõaf. a memorial from the chamber of commerce t urge the provision of facilities for shipping co," at the Bristol, A von mouth, and Poriri.snc;vi dock* so as to compete With the South, Wales The memorial read by the Town Clerk ;;t.:ti;ø1 that the cost of "shifting ports" from A I mouth to Cardiff was estimated to an)o;"W to from Is 3d to Is 6d per ton, which showed thO t a vessel having delivered an import cargo Bristol would have to pay the additional sum,|,f involve also a considerable loss of time in order tù obtain her outward cargo, or otherwise tJ¡ importer had to pay a higher rate of tr-Jght cover these charges, which of course was a gre»' impediment to the trade of that port. memorialists urged that the quality of the Bristol district coals for ocean steam purposes wau to that of South Wales coals. Mr C. F. Hare,| moving that the memorial be referred to the rioc^.f committee, said it had been proved that some01 J the coal that had been raised in the Bri •! i' stri^l was fully equal to the very be3t Welsh .-learn co9'l that had been produced. It was found onlookirtjl into the question that the railway com names «ii not serve them properly, that the rates that we'* charged from the different collieries to tli1 Bristol, Avonmouth, and Portishead Docks very much higher than those that were ehaig^ from the various collieries in South Wales to tor export ports there. The chamber of commerfl? 4 were taking that matter up most thorough; v wit'' the railway companies so as to get 'L-v-' rat^ reduced to a fair level as compared with the Sout" Wales trade. Cardiff exported something like seve'j million tons of coal last.year,and in addition to th* were taking that matter up most thorough; v the railway companies so as to get 'L-v-' rat^ reduced to a fair level as compared with the Sout" Wales trade. Cardiff exported something like seve'j million tons of coal last.year,and in addition to th* enormous export trade in coal, was at vo press'1, time trying to induce a larger import trade. 1 I Bristol they must recognise that if they did IJU L,4r obtain facilities for getting an export trade, CP- diff, in its turn, would take away a great share their import trade. The Severn Tunnel might < Bristol a serious injury in that respect instead (}J being an advantage. If they provided for ¡1n export trade on the Bristol side, it «.v\.ald preve^ r their import trade being taken O\OL to Cardhj; and the imports being distributed from Cardijj to the west of England, instead of bei?# taken from Bristol over to the South Wales djf triet, through the Severn Tunnel. Mr W* Pethvck, a member of the docks committee, spot- against providing any facilities till they had ttf | coal from the Bristol district put 011 the A £ 1 miralty list, as the best coal in the world wit&j 1 out a name would be beaten by the worst c<^ I sold under the name of Rhondda or Powell's co»'I which would obtain a higher price by 4s or ton. The docks committee had a deputation urge them to have coal tips, but if their facts J to the coal of the Bristol district were no bet#* § than the statements as to the cost of faciiitie? 1 shipping coal, the council would pause beiof 1 they accepted them as the basis of action. T'^ J local coal owners did not profess to supply ste^ W coals in large quantities.—After a discussion, council decided to refer the matter to the doC^O committee. I
7 FEDERATION OF OUR COLONIESI
7 FEDERATION OF OUR COLONIESI Important Letter from the Earl OMj Rosebery. f A conference was held in London, 0,1 vV"edn^, ;A day evening, on the federation of tha empVc i»< I the present depression in trade. Mr Geo. Pott0 I presided. Mr W. E. Forster wrote The mai" I tenance of unioxk with our colonies is dear to tl1 I hearts of almost all Englishmen who care for J country, but it would'seem to me pre-eminently i working man's question." Earl liosebery wr0# i from Mentmore, apologising for his inability I attend. He added that his views on the subj<Jc" 1 were fully explained in his address to the Tra' I Union Congress at Aberdeen last year. Ilo h^ j always contended that this was pre-eminently L Is working man's question. Working classes seat of f emigants who formed populations of thoSe: empires beyond the sea, and it was vita! to I prosperity of the working classes to maintain strengthen the connection between these island T and those great regions. It was not possible c'' ? remain stationary in this matter. If I were not advancing we must bo rccsrt I ing, and, therefore, those who took I interest in the question watched wit" I anxiety not unmingled with apprehension at tl^ tendency of our policy with regard to colonic I matters. It had always been the desire i f thosj who wished well to Australia that she should maintain the exceptional position of a great GOf; tinent,where war could not intrude. Unfortunatel) recent circumstances had given her a'frontier wi» j, a European Power, the greatest military power 1 m the world. The Australians could scarcely c6i jl joice at this rpde change in their position a11 if prospects. His sympathies and his reason \vef0 m entirely with them in this matter. It was 10 hj fea-ed that these transactions might r^J T in loosening the tie.-} which it was desirable »■ (1 this moment to strengthen. These ties mea»' [1 practically relief for our over-charged | market, and even in times of depression like LlJ present they meant a prosperous .and nicreasiu^ I trade. Our trade with Canada amounted j more than 20 millions sterling, and with t.' J Australian Colonies more than 20 millions. Hi I Lordship finally urged tho conference to rem. mosi m that; by mskin(jp stricter and more iiivinxntij t-1 jr interests existing between working m,n £ f Colonies and at home mucii might ne done 1 strengthen the bonds uniting tha British LMnpi.1-' M 11 18 The CHAIRMAN quoted rut urns to s)v. • foreign competition was keenly pressing Bnglano- M A resolution was passed recognising the i"1' y, perative necessity for establishing forthwith a# It, inseparable fiscal and political union or f -dera." « tion between the mother country and th" j Colonies, by the abolition of taritfs and t'ld 'I adequate representation of the Colonies in I nwnt. J i
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