The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-31 00:00:00

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HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL

THE WELSH SUNDAY CLOSING Am.—Sir Wilfrid
Lawson replying to a correspondent who expressed
regret Lawson,
Christmas Day and Good Friday had not
been brought within the provisions of the Welsh
Sunday Closing Act, writes :—" I agree with you in
regretting the legal decision to which you refer. label
be very glad if any,thing can be done to make the law
more satisfactory. '

AGRIGULUTRAL Pucerzars.—The Magnet reports :
"The weather has remained very favourable to the
agricultural interests. The position at present is a
considerable improvement upon that of a few weeks
ago, before the cold, dry weather set in. A great deal
of ground has been recovered, and spring sowing has
been carried on under the most encouraging auspices;
but, for all the rapid progress which has recently been
made, affairs are still very backward. However, a
continuance of seasonable weather may yet restore
affairs to more normal conditions."
WOOD GROWTHS IN WASHINGTON TERRITORY.—
Reports state that fir, pine, oak, and cedar of unsur-
passed quality and practically unlimited in quantity,
clothe the mountains, overhang the rivers, and shadow
the plains of the Puget Sound district in Washington
territory. On a moderate estimate it is calculated
that this region will yield the almost inconceivable
quantity of 160,000,000,000 ft. of valuable timber. The
trees attain a remarkable development, both in height
and beauty. The yellow fins frequently found growing to
the enormous height of 250 ft., the white cedar "to
100 ft., with a girth of over 60ft. ; the white oak is 70ft.
in height • while ordinary-sized specimens of the sugar
pine yield from 6,000 to B,oooft. of cut lumber.

THE PAELIAMEDITARY OATH.—The Executive Corn
mittee of the Liberation Society have adopted the fol-
lowing resolution :—" That compulsory imposition of
an oath upon members of the Legislature, by operat-
ing as a religious test, violates the principle that the
possession and exercise of civil rights should not be
dependent upon religious beliefs. The committee,
therefore, is of opinion that the Bill introduced by the
Government to amend the law relating to Parlia-
mentary oaths, by allowing members of either House
of Parliament, if they think fit, to make a solemn
affirmation in lieu of the existing oath of allegiance, is
one which the friends of religious equality are bound
to support."

KIND'S MISTAKES.—It is a mistake to labour
when you are not in a fit condition to do so (says the
Sanitary Record). To think tl•at the more a person
eats the healthier and stronger he will become. To go to
bed at midnight and rise at daybreak, and imagine
that every hour taken from sleep is a hour gained.
To imagine that if a little work or exercise is good,
violent or prolonged exercises is batter. To con-
clude that the smallest room in the house is large
enough to sleep i . n. To eat as if you only had
a minute to finish the meal in, or to eat with-
out an appetite, or
.continue after it has been satis-
fied, merely to satisfy the taste. To believe that
children can do as much work as grown people, and
that the more hours they study the more they learn.
To imagine that whatever remedy causes one to feel
immediately better (as alcoholic stimulants) is good
for the system, without regard to the after effects.
To take off proper clothing out of season because you
have become heated. To sleep exposed to a direct
draught in any season.

FALL OF AN AEROLITIL—The Naples Correspondent
of the .Daily News writes :—The fall of an aerolite at
Alfianelli (Brescia) is thus described by an inhabi-
tant of that town :—" The phenomenon of the
fall of an aerolite in a field near this town
has aroused great wonder. The noise heard
just before the fall was indescribable, something
like the firing of many cannons at once. At tbe
same time there was a shock that made all the
utensils in the house shake, and it was so sudden that
we were all stunned, and perhaps should never have
known what had happened if a man had not chanced
to be in a field a few paces away from where the
aerolite fell. This man says that he saw a mass of
black smoke burying itself in the earth, and that
he was so frightened and stunned that he
fell to the ground, When he came to himself he
called the proprietor of the place and other persons,
who went to the spot where he had seen the smoke,
and found a hole about twe yards and a half deep, and
at the bottom of it an oval stone weighing about 200
kilogrammes. They broke it ioto nieces' every one
taking a bit, and next day when the event got noised
abroad gentlemen came from all parts to get a piece,
and to-day there is a continual coming and going of
strangers for the same purpose." The stone had the
granulaus white structure, black crust, and other cha-
racteristics d serolites before observed.

EDUCATION .A.ND INBAzirri. The number of the
male inmates of the lunatic asylums in Prussia is
computed at 12,706. The public asylums for the
insane in 1878 contained 877 male inmates belonging
to the educated classes, amongst whom were 227 offi-
cials, 179 professors or schoolmasters, 95 architects,
as many clergymen, 61 chemists, 57 doctorP, 1% veteri-
nary surgeons, 10 actors, or other artists, ito. In
1879, among 13,365 insane male puicnts, 306 of the
patients all belonged to the same class; 252 officials,
161 professors or schoolmasters. 67 clergymen, 51:.
chemists and druggists, 49 doctors, 5 veterinary Bur-
geons, and as many actors and other artists. In the
same year there were in the asylums 189 students, and
371 insane patients from fifteen to twenty years of
age. —The London liledi"al Record.
DEEP SEA SOUNDINGS,—Itis stated that the dis-
tinction of makinz the deepest sounding in the
Atlantic ever yet rocorded has been achieved by the
officers of the Coast and Geodelic Survey steamer
Blake, recently reurned to New York from a two
months' survey. The deepest sounding ever More
reported was 3,862 fathoms, which was made by the
Challenger, sent out by the Royal Society. The
depth reached by the Blake was 4,561 fathoms. The
place of sounding was 75 miles north of San Juan,
Porto Rico, and not far from the point at which the
Chnllenger sunk her deepest lead.

SUBSIDENCES IN CRESHIRE.—A family at Winsford,
in the heart of the Cheshire salt district, have had a
marvellous escape from death. For some time it had
been obvious that subsidences had been rapidly going
on beneath the premises occupied by Mr. Williams,
printer, and Mr. Blackburn, butcher. Workmen were
called in by Mr. Williams to reconstruct the walls of
his establishment, which were observed to be leaning
alarmingly. The men had put one set of walls straight,
and had just begun upon the others when the whole
fabric collapsed, Very great alarm prevailed, as it
was stated that two children had been buried in the
ruins. The work of recovery was soon accomplished,
when the children were found uninjured beneath a
beam which supported the mass of material above.
The other inmates of the house escaped with several
severe bruises. Subsidences are constantly proceed-
ing throughout the district.
TREE PLANTING BY RAILWAY CONPANIES.—There
being in the United States about 100,000 miles of
railway, the advisability of tree planting by railway
companies for construction and maintenance has
become an important question. There are from 2,200
to 3,000, and even 3,500, ties used in a mile of rails.
The average duration of sleepers is from five to eight
years, and consequently from 30,000,000 to 50,000,000
a year will be required for 100,000 miles of railway.
Putting 500 as the product of an acre of woodland,
from 60,000 to 100,000 acres will have to be cut every
year, and as it takes thirty years for a tree to grow to
the right size, the railways will require from 2,000,000
to 3,000,000 acres—or 3,126 to 4,687 square miles—of
forest to keep up the supply.
AN EXAMPLE TO BE FOLLOWED.—The Daily Tele-
graph, remarks :—The London and North-Western Rail-
way Company have taken a step which morality,
economy, and philanthropy must concur in commend-
ing. They are promoting a scheme for the pay-
ment of pensions to their servants in old age, the
directors agreeing to give three thousand pounds
for the establishment of a fund, and, when the
scheme is fairly started, to contribute a sum equal
to the members' subscriptions, subject to a maximum
limit of six thousand pounds a year. Liberal as this
contribution is, it will form, of course, but a small
beginning among a body of railway servants forty
or fifty thousand strong; it is for the spirit which
it indicates and the principle which it affirms
that the action of the company deserves so much
praise. The subscriptions of their employs should
doubtless exceed their own maximum limits several
times told if adequate provision is to be made
for the veterans of such an industrial army as this ;
but, merely as a stimulus and encouragement to
thrift, the largesse of the directors will count for much
more than the mere money's worth which it repre-
sents. Nor does this consideration include its value
as an example which we trust may be extensively
followed.

TIM IRISH LANGUAGE.—The report of the Society
for the Preservation of the Irish language for the past
year states that at the commencement of the present
century probably not more than 400 moons could
read and write Irish, whereas this society alone has
disposed of over 62,000 elementary Irish books. Their
publications, it is stated, continue to be in great
demand. The number of persons in Ireland who
speak the old language is nearly 950,000, as against
nearly 818,000 in 1871, although the population has
during that period diminished in round numbers by
252,000 persons. This, as pointed out, is nearly equal
Wto the number of elsh people speaking Welsh.
" Not only," it is observed, "has Leinster increased
its number of Irish•speaking inhabitants, but Dublin
has made a considerable advance in this respect, partly
fulfilling the old Moll prophecy.

THE PREMIER.—The Daily Telegraph says :—ln the
course of conversation with a local reporter at
Hawarden Rectory, the Rev, Stephen Gladstone,
speaking on the subject of a rumour published, to
the affect that 'the time is drawing near, and may
any day be announced, when the Premier will for ever
quit his old seat on the Treasury Bench," is stated to
have expressed himself thus :—" The rumour is quite
In accordance with an idea he (the Premier), has
entertained for a considerable time. He is of opinion
that the old should make way for the young. He has
long felt a wish to retire, and it may be that he now
sees his way to retirement mare learly." Asked as
to whether there was any foundation for the state.
ment that Mr. Gladstone is likely ti) accept a peerage,
the rev, gentleman said: "That is all speculation. I
cannot speak with any certainty or authority on the
matter, but my opinion is that he will never take a
seat in the Howse of Lords, having done all his work
elsewhere."

UMBRELLA TRADE IN FEANCE.—From some statill
tics published by the Journal des Debats it appears that
the umbrella trade has made wonderful progress in
France, and more especially in Paris, within the last
half .century. In 1830 there were only 115 umbrella.
makers, and their business did not amount to more
than £lBO,OOO per annum, and, taking into account the
business done in the rest of France, the umbrella
trade did not exceed £280,000 a year. In 1817 the
number of umbrella•makers in France had increased
to 303, and their business to £400,000 per annum,
while last year the umbrella and sunshade makers in
Paris was 408, employing 1,508 workmen, and making,
£520,000 worth of umbrellas. Including the manu•
facture of umbrellas in other towns, notably at Lyons
and Bordeaux, the total value of the articles made
in France last year was little short of £1,200,000. Out
of this total £120,000 represented the quantity of
umbrellas (163,231 of silk, 23,217 of alpacca, and
585,395 of cotton) which were exported to different
countries, of which Turkey was the best customer.

A CLEAN IMBOSSIBILITY.—Avoiding March dust.—
Judy.
RAPID RISE OF AN AMERICAN Tows. In that
vague virgin territory known as "out West," town-
ships spring into being with as strange a rapidity as
if they were conjured up by the wand of the good
fairy of pantomime. There is Macgregor, in point.
A. few years ago its site was the lone wilderness.
A rumour spread that a railway was to be con-
structed across the continent which would run by
the solitary spot, and, by the magic of facilitated
intercourse, convert it into a commercial emporium.
The place was forthwith staked out into town lots,
with all the details of streets and squares, and an
opening sale was announced. Three hundred acres
were bought up, in distinct lots, and the next day the
town was started. By the second day twelve houses
were in course of erection, the owners camping round
In tents. At the close of two months the town num-
bered one hundred and seventy dwellings and a popu-
lation of five hundred. Now it has a weekly paper,
and can boast with justifiable pride that its foot is on
its native heath, and that its name is Macgregor.

AN AUSTRIAN NOBLEMAN'S GAME BOOK. The
Vienna correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says
that an extract from the shooting register kept on
Prince Schwarzenberg's estates has just been pub-
lished, showing that during the past year 75,401 head
of game were shot within the Prince's domains.
Amongst them were 352 deer, 1,338 roe buck. 209 wild
boar, 2,245 pheasants, 26,705 partridges, 22,795 hares,
and 2,470 wild duck. The remaixder of the list in-
cludes every species of game known in Austria-
Hungary not mentioned above.

GROUND GAUL —Under the Ground Game Act of
1880, the use of spring traps for killing ground game
is prohibited, except in rabbit•holes. Sir Alexander
Gordon, M.P., proposes to make the word " rabbit-
hole" here include "the ground within a distance of
six inches from, and in front of, the roofed opening of
any rabbit burrow." The use of poison is, moreover,
prohibited by the 6th section of the Act, as also is the
employment of firearms for killing ground game be-
tween the first hour after sunset and the last before
sunrise. Sir Alexander Gordon's Bill proposes to add
- to this section that nothing in it "shall prevent any
person from taking or killing ground game by any
method, which before the passing of the Act was law-
ful to such person."
IMMEN SE FOREST G ROWTHS. —lt is stated there are no
less than 40,000 square miles of almost unbroken
forests in North Carolina—pine, chestnut, oak, maple,
beech, and hickory timber, in their finest growth.
Within the next ten years, it is estimated that the
timber alone in North Carolina will exceed in value
the present total valuation of all the property in the
state, including land. The State grows 19 varieties of
oak and its pine forests are of the heaviest. New
railroads are new in course of construction, and this
will open up the whole region to the northern and
eastern lumber markets.
THE TELEPHONE. —The Compagnie Internationale
des Reseaux .T.Saiphoniques (says Engineering) has
published a statement of the progress already made
by the telephone exchange system in all parts of the
world. From this it appears that the number of
subscribers is in Europe, 30,066 ; in Asia, 420 ; in
Africa, 240„. in America, 47,185; and in Oceania, 897;
or in all, 78,808, Taking the countries separately,
the list is headed by the United States with 47,185
subscribers; and then follow Great Britain with
7,287 ; Italy, 5,507 ; France, 4,437 ; Germany, 3,613;
Canada, 3,256 ' • Belgium, 1,911 ; Sweden, 1,554 • Rua-
ilia, 1,351 • ' and Holland, 1,340. No other country ex-
ceeds 1,000 subscribers, while Spain concludes the
catalogue with none.
HE UNDERSTOOD IT. —A woman who got aboard
the Eastern bound train on the Detroit, Lansing and
Northern at Howell the other day was accompanied
by a big dog, and after the train had moved out a
passenger walked hack to the stove and asked of three
or four young men sitting around there :—" Can any
of you talk to a deaf and dumb person by signs? "
"1 can, though I'm out of practice," replied one.
"Very well. I wish you'd go ard ask that woman
over there if she expects friends to meet her in
Detroit." The young man walked up to her, tapped
her on the shoulder to attract attention, and
began a series of gyrations with his fingtrs which
attracted the eyes of every passenger in the car. The
woman's eyes opened and her jaw fell with astonish.
ment, but after a minute or two she coloured up as
red as a beet and calEd out :—" Yes, I've got my dog
under the seat, and if you mean that you'll tell the
conductor on me I mean that I'll hire someone to pitch
you into a snow drift if I have to mortgage my farm ! "
The deaf and dumb language chopped off right there.'
—Detroit ihve Pre"

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THE DIAMOND RATTLESNAKE.—Of all the
varieties of which we have yet any knowledge, _
diamond rattlesnake, as it is called, seems to be us!
most deadly. It grows to a length of 61t. or Wet au°
ee
is somewhat thicker than a man's wrist. It is arm
with the whitest and sharpest of fangs, nearlK an
bas:
A terror to man and beast, he turns aside from no on;
although he will not go out of his way to attack al
unless pressed by hunger. A description of his move'
merits by a traveller who has encountered bun states
that he moves quietly along, his gleaming eyes seetalY
to emit a greenish light, and to shine with as much brir
liancy as the jewels of a finished coquette. Noth,ing4
seems to escape his observation, and on the sligu'ed".. -
In length, with cisterns of liquid poison at t eir
ince
movement near him he, swings into his fighting attitu
raising his upper jaw and erecting his fangs, which 10
uscles
a state of repose lie closely packed in the soft m ~,o
of his mouth. This snake is not so active as rk
famous copper-head of North America, nor so (Pc'
to strike, but one blow is almost always fatal. flif
the
fangs are so long that they penetrate deep into
muscles and veins of his victim, who has little ti,
for more than a single good-bye before closing 11
eyes for ever. In one instance, the fangs were foullt'
to be seven-eighths of an inch in length, and thout
not thicker than a common sewing-needle they
perforated with a hole through which the green
oti
yellow liquid could be forced in considerable qtOØ
ties, and each of the sacs contained about
a teaspoonful of the most terrible and deadly Pot
A LEGISLATOR'S DIFFICULTIES. —An Dr
member of Parliament would be almost appall
the difficulties which beset Senator Montgomeri•L
Prince Edward Island, once every year. The Seoa4;
has recently arrived at Ottawa, Ontario, to atteno
trals
his Parliamentary duties, having crossed the S
of Northumberland in an ice-boat. He is 75 Yea°
age, and has been in Parliament for 45 yearst havil
been first elected to the Provincial Assembly in ion;
The Senator has always been faithful in the discharE
of his duties, though he has sometimes been expose
dw
great dangers.
A FISH or Puraii Goan.—The curious story eibosalHlife
finding of a fish of pure gold in Southern Gernuall
confirmed. The fish, which is a very good represse
tion of a carp, measures about fifteen inches in lens'
and has a bullion value of about £2OO. It has
bought for £3OO by the Berlin Museum. Its stol„.•
Is entirely covered with indeed figures, showrop
great artistic skill. On the head are arabesques
the front part groups of animals—a stag seized
a lion, a boar attacked by a tiger, and a third g1°,14:
now Indistinct; farther back, a sort of sea-monsn
grappling with a fish; and, on the tail, a bird
open wings. The whole is interspersed with 11" f
fishes. It is said that several other gold objects,L
smaller size were found at the same time. '11;
general similarity betwen this fish and the Is%
gold objects that have been found in tombs
northern shores of the Black Sea will at once bare".
nised.
A NEW CARTRIDGE.—An entirely novel cartriLlgt.
has been tried in America. According to the hoer"'
the cartridges will not heat the gun, it is self-ejeotiut
has twice the propelling force of powder, and is *UI;
cheaper. It will also cost very much less than Inert/
cartridges of gunpowder, and will not be injoreuo
water. Its material and mode of preparation :::4
secrets, but in appearance it is like paper pulp 5°
in some explosive material, and pressed into *
roll. The ball is attached to the end of the roll.
the whole thing leaves the gun together, on the tici
rocket principle. It may be adapted to any gun. 1,,
is to revolutionise the ordnance departments o'hl
world. At the trial the inventor fired one of the n
cartridges into a spruce log 81n. thick. The ball, it..e
said, passed entirely through the log and a 2in. 04'.
firing
behind it, and flattened against a wall. After fio
twelve rounds out of the same gun, there viol
apparent heat, and no fouling.
THE AFRICAN IN THE UNITED STATES.—A c°110:
troversy on this subject of peculiar interest to ethLi
logists and others is at present going on in the truti
States. One of the latesteontributions towards it
article which Professor E. W. Gilliam has publisheo;l,
the Popular Science Monthly, and in which he categ.Or
cally affirms that the coloured race is gaining raPI
upon the whites, and that unless something is ir'"3
quickly done the former will ere long outnumber 1/
consequently rule the latter either by force 0r_„1,
ballot. This article, which professes to be based 01.741
the results of the last two censuses, has caused out;
sensation. But an acute critic has replied with '-
examination of the Professor's methods.
014.
AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN.—The fi,ll
ing are the average prices of British corn for last vita:
as received from the inspectors and officers of E%,oPnet
—Wheat, 425. 4d.; barley, 335. 3d.; oats, 225. „11... rig
imperial qr. Corresponding week last year
445, sd. ; barley, 30s. id.; oats, 21s. ld.
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TOBACCO STATISTICS.—The London Medical- RlCOrdi
--
says that the most recent returns on the produotiejto
tobacco in various countries give the following row is)
—Asia produces 31,000 quintals (100 lbs. avoirclol'f4i,
of tobacco; Alsace-Lorraine, 160,000; Balll,1,-1,
15,000; the Duchy of Baden, 242,000; North nil
many, 100,000, of which Prussia furnishes the fo,.l„tif
part; the Low Countries furnish 85,000 quinr
Italy, 93,000; Russia, 180,000; Austria 1,000.%,
In America the Brazils produce 300,000;
610,000; North America, 3,400,000. The
quantity produced amounts to 18 million cf:0,,k76,
The annual quantity consumed in Russia, r 0"f ;
and England, is at the rate of 11b. per inhabita,ll,o",
in Italy at the rate of lilb. • in Austria two and"pes
fifth lbs. In the United gtates and German? rfe
lbs. ; in Belgium four and four-fifth lbs.;
Holland five and three-fifth lbs.
r sed
THE QUAIL AT INVERARY.—The Live Stock rou. 4
says a curious consignment has recently arrived 01
Inverary. It consists of a number of specimen° if,
that rant avis (at any rate in this country) the Otto
The birds have been sent over from America bl of
Marquis of Lorne as a present to the Duk°
Argyll, who intends to endeavour to acclinottli
them. It was while in California recently that eti
Marquis was struck with the notion. Tbet11
found quails as abundant as the Israelites found op
in the wilderness, and accordingly he secured say!)
dozens: a very fair per-centage of which arrived
at their romantic destination. The policies ar°,tl
Inverary should prove a good breeding ground. I"is
should the essay eventuate successfully, Landoll 24.
years to come may receive Its quails with the Tits
odical regularity which characterises the arrival 0
grouse and pheasants, &c.
A REMONSTRANCE.—Retiring old gent (who el
evaded the Income-tax for years, and bad _Age
"brought to book" at last).—" Well, I can just 10 ty
it this time ; but, look h ere, you must inform berga2:oo
that in future, 'po' my word, she really mustn't
upon me as a source of income ?"—Punch,
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THE RAVAGES OF RODENTS.—In Arizona and -.00
fornia, and also in Western Texas and New 1101),.
the farmers have annually to contend agaiusb.tei
destructive habits of certain rodents, whose r9/7,4
have often devastated entire sections. The
and southern portions of California especialll_lo
overrun by innumerable squirrels, which increase rto
such rapidity that the means hitherto emploYeuii
destroy them have proved wholly inadequate. fia
Arizona, New Mexico, and Western Texas, ,eek°
varieties of rabbits are equally destructive Int" of
squirrels of California, and the huge field
,Tat_lroo,
Southern Arizona and the frontier. These den, es
tive animals eat the tender shoots of the cerlow 110
soon as they appear above ground; but worse 10,11 in 0
they burrow in the earth to such an extent tha' ant
few hours a vast field of thriving grain will gre--A
the appearance of a thoroughly ploughed Piaui's&
systematic war of extermination has become DeCatich
THE COAL PRODUCTS OF PENNSYLVANIA.—stabsio
which have recently been compiled of the isiahrrios
coal trade of Pennsylvania, show that the outrtist
1882 was twenty-nine and-a-half million toast 7er,
an increase of one million tons over the previous /mut
But the figures for 1881 demonstrated that the ou"Sie
was five millions greater than ia 1880, so that thegloy
for 1882 actually exhibited a great falling off
i al, 0
pared with the increase for 1880. No fewer twrf,eo
lines of railroad and a canal united to transpor'soy
output of hard coal collieries, upwards of 300 10
ber, while 75,000 men find employment in gettinitog,
7ht r f

the fuel which is found in eight Counties of the
"PATIENCE," AS PLAYED BY A CLERK. tbOt
stepping into a gentlemen's furnishing store the °fr"
day (says the Detroit Free Press), asked the 01er";101
show her some ties.—" What style of tie do 160
want?" politely asked the clerk.—" Oh, I don't
answered the lady; "show me something nly:wg
"How do you like these?" asked the clerk, showP I
her some 100 different patterns of flat scarfs.;:m,
don't see anything that suits," answered the nig
after giving the clerk about an hour's *,/".
to straighten the ties she had looked over. ---b0
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clerk showed the customer twenty-one h'Oetibit;
long, narrow ties, which did not strike her favoul t
—" What have you in the way of bows ? " sidgeurta
lady.—The obliging clerk, with the patience 00
of Job, pulled out thirty-two dozen of bows..,f #O,
ning through these at the rate of sixty 123°70
hour, the lady sweetly said :—"Nothing the._ tbe
like."—" Madame," then said the clerk, " here 'DIA 0
latest thing in gents' neckwear," showing her el 00
gross of loud and stylish puff-scarfs.—" Nn," 61414.13°
lady, "my husband does not like anything tog' kTti.
likes a nice, neat figure. What else have you ? the
clerk, still emulating the example of Job, showe°o4
customer a dozen different shapes, and after IV ti
these over she innocently asked :—"ls that its
have? "—" Yes, ma'am," said the clerk, losing fsl,4bor
in
Job.----The lady turned to go, when she espied lb; 130
the show-case that the clerk had failed to 5h07036
and which had a neat dot about the size of s',l
dollar.—" Here, young man," she snapped. hot
didn't you show me that tie? That is just
want. I will take that."—"How much id 1t.6,01t
asked after the clerk had wrapped it UP(' eler;
dollar and twenty-one cents," answered the 40'
blandly.—" What 1 One dollar and twentfori
cents 1" repeated the lady; why, I used to
le. •
nice ones for twenty-five cents. I guess liv
husband get his own ties."—Exit lady, follow
hearty "Lord bless her!" from the clerk .ng
NEEDLEWORK FOR MEN.—It is rather a -sisrotr
remember how greatly opinioks have altere"4l,oool
effeminacy in some things. Wiciat would be .11
now of any man who practised needlework to .itatig,
his spare time, or who busied himself in k0,..1%10010
tatting, crochet work, or other light occur-v-0W
now held to be distinctly feminine? 'Yet it fo
our memory that men did not disdain f.° hoe.;
canvas with patterns .in Berlin wool—a raet..o
and hideous work having no comparison .„,fn .8`4041
artistic effect with crewel embroidery. obeli
we should feel very sorry for the man who repel,
venture to avow that he worked with, c
and delighted in it. The change of Pewbo'
opinion in this matter has been so:cool
rapid. Besides Berlin wool work, 001_1 to OA'
woik fripperies have at times been allorrtting 0%
fortunate males who envied women their kill
sewing, with which they could feel at work 000
enjoy the pleasures of society. The SPeagleAde
ruen-ded knitti. g to the 'gilded youth " of weizkoset;
more in sarcasm than in earnett—and yet 1:or. '070.0
once triLd to become proficient in it. " un
knitting," he said. " Dempster's sister taw
teach me, but I could not learn it." " So, sir.
Boswell, "it will be related in porn.Pous
'once for his amusement he tried 10--"

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