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- - A“ WIFE7‘37}‘X1‘:2<w\‘2?a)=257(f:‘:‘a1m.-zc\rrvzxum. nun-w. El‘o‘.-‘_-DK"â€".-nâ€" m“ a .x 51 A. i S ‘n' S i 3 if ‘: a ‘i i a, ' "fig GREAT FORTUNES SPENT IN CLOTHES AND JEWELS. __ Gentlemen of the Olden Days Were Very Expensive Dressers.‘ . How comparative everything is, after ‘all! Those of us who have folâ€" lowed thc daily sales do. certain young nobleman’s wardrobe, with its eighty-three dressing gowns of pink moire, heliotrope, and other gay sill<5, and so on through a dazzling and almost endless array of fine fea- Ethersâ€"a wardrobe large and sump- tuous enough to have equipped a score of eighteenth-century beauxâ€"â€" might be pardoned for thinking that surely no man, since the days of Solomon, had ever had such gorâ€" geous and costly raiment. But we need go back no farther .than to the days of the first Duke of Buckingham to find even such sarâ€" torial wonders put completely into the shade. Here is a description of George Villiers, who is said to have :spent over five million dollars on personal jeWellery alone:â€" “It was common with him at an ordinary dancing to have his clothes trimmed with great diamond butâ€" tons, and to have diamond hat- ban-ds, cockades, and earrings; to be lyoked with great and manifold ropes and knots of pearls; in short, to be mancled, lettered, and imprisoned in jewels. At his going over to Paris in 1625 he had twentyseven suits of clothes made, the richest that emâ€" broidery, lace, silk, velvet, gold, and gems could contribute, one of which was a, white uncut velvet set all over, both suit and cloak, with- diamonds valued at $400,000, be- sides a great feather stuck all over with diamonds, as well as his sword and spurs.” And yet this king of dandies ended his days in a. wretched country inn, and in a state of ABSOLUTE DESTITUTION. The gaily-arrayed Duke of Bucking- - ham had a not unworthy rival in the Lord Villiers of whom Mrs. De- lany tells us that he appeared at the Court of St; James’s in 1773 “in a coat of pale purple velvet, turned up with lemon-color, embroidered all over with SSâ€"es of pearls as big as peas, and in all the spaces little me- dallions in beaten gold in .various figures of Cupid and the like.” And in the same year we read of an honorable member. making an appear- ance at Westminster thus gloriously attired. He had a silk coat of. var- iegated colors, a pinkâ€"silk waistcoat 'breeches richly embroidered in silâ€" ver, white silk stockings with pink clocks, and large buckles of silver on shoes of pink satin. Add to this a gaily-colored stock covered with exquisite lace, nnd hair dressed high and held in position with quite a forest of pearl-headed pins, and we have a picture of sumptuous attire which even Solomon might have enâ€" vied. King William IV., plain sailor as he effected to be, had an eye to pic- torial effect in his own person. Here are a few items from an inventory of his wardrobe: "All the coats he had ever had for fifty years; 300 whips; canes without number, every sort of uniform, the costumes of all ,the orders in lluropc, white kid trousers lined with white satin, rolls of Mechlin lace, mantles of crimson, purple, and green velvet, and plasâ€" ' 10er with gold.” But William, King though he was, was a man of sober raiment com- pared with some of his subjects; for while he was airing his velvets was not young Disraeli walking in Hyde Park in this ORIENTAL SPLENDOR: A slimeâ€"colored coat lined with satin purple trousers with a. gold band down the outer scam, a scarlet waistcoat, long lace ruflles falling down to the tips of the fingers, and white gloves with diamond rings outside them. , E'ery age, there can be no doubt, has had its human peacocks who love to flaunt their rainbowâ€"feathers for the envy of their more sober fel- lows. Ilere, for instance, is a. pic- .ture of a young nobleman of the time of the first George. He. wore a coat richly embroidered, a laced waistcoat with goldâ€"worked buttonâ€" holes, and black velvet brooches. His shirt-bosom and wrists ware smoth- ered in fine Mechlin lace, his goldâ€" clock’ed stockings rolled up over the knees, and his feet were enclosed in 'redâ€"hcelcd shoes with brilliant buck- les. llis longâ€"queued wig was heavâ€" jly perfumed and powdered, his deliâ€" cate hands were white gloved; he .wore a sword with goldâ€"tasselled knot, and hilt adorned with rich fili- gree work, and in one hand he pois~ 'ed a gold enamelled snuff-box. 'And if we go as far back as the fourteenth century, we find King John I .of France, when a captive in England, spending his time in or- dering and wearing the most gor- geous costumes money could purchase or vanity suggest. One set which he ordered for Easte‘ was of marâ€" .bled-violet velvet, trimmed with miniver; and another of rosy scarlet, ’lined with blue taffeta. For a sin- gle robe no fewer than 2,550 skins were used, 1,400-01’ miniver and 1,- '~150 of “gris,” at-a cost in our men- Iey of at least $2,500. Indeed, so ,exacting. were 'the King's sartorial :.,requiremenk= ‘ " that he kept _a, large . ‘ Milofl’ng' wtablishment constantly 'mployed in executing his orders.â€" ‘London Tit-Bits. ‘Si‘e-"Now Can you guess my age, Major?" Gallant Majorâ€"“No, I :an‘t: but yet: don’t look 1|." r13 FINE FEATHERS WAS SENT . of the-height in feet. HOME , AS INCURABLE TEEN JOS. BOONE FOUND HEALTH IN DODD’S KIDNEY PILLS. __â€"â€" He Was Unable to Work for Sev- en Years Before Be Used the Great Canadian Kidney Remedy Cottel’s C'owe, Nfl'd., Dec. 26. â€"- (Specialqgâ€"The days of miracles are Dust, but the cure of Joseph Boone of this place almost ranks with the sensational cures of the earlier ages. Boone had been ailing for eight yeaI‘S, seven of which 'he was unable to work from the effects of Backacho and Kidney Complaint. He was all aches and pains. He was treated by several doctors, and after seven months in the hospi- tal Was sent home as incurable. It was there that reading of cures in the newspapers led him to use Dodd’s Kidney Pills. it took twentyâ€"one boxes to cure him, but to-‘day he is strong and well and hard at work lobster fishing. People here have learned that if the disease is of the Kidneys or from the Kidneys D'odd’s Kidney Pills will cure it. DIP OF THE HORIZON. How Far Can Objects be Seen Over Water? The question is often raised, How far can certain objects be seen at sea from the deck of a steamship? Several elements are involved in this problem. The clearness of the air, which varies enormously; differences in natural keenness of vision and in experience in looking for faintly re- vealed things, thc power of one’s marine glass, and other matters need to be considered. Most of all, it is necessary to deal with the curvature of the earth. This, of course, is not variable, but the effect is, be- cause the greater the distance the greater the dip below the horizon. Three or four formulae for comâ€" puting the latter are given in books on navigation. Some of them are harder to remember and to use than others, but they all give sub- stantially the same results. Per- haps the easiest to employ is this, which occurs in the article on geog- raphy is the “Encyclopedia Brittan- ic”: The distance of the horizon in miles is four-thirds the square root According to this rule, the top of a pole or tower 200 feet high (if sulliciently wide) would be visible at sea level sixteen or seventeen miles away, but would completely disappear between eighâ€" teen and nineteen. If it was exâ€" amined from the deck of a shipâ€"say ten or fifteen feet above the waterâ€"â€" the distance would be two or th: ed miles greater. One might imagine that the pro- blem just given would be identical with the following: If an observer were raised 100 feet above sea level, how far could he see the top of - a pole 100 feet high? The answer is not the same. If there were nohin- drance to good seeing except the cur- vature of the earth, one could in this second instance cover a range of about twentyâ€"five miles. 'A man in a rowboat could see the top of a 100,- foot pole nearly thirteen miles off in one direction and the top of another in the opposite a little less than thirteen miles off. But the dip inâ€" creases rapidly after the first few miles. To enable 'one to see its top thirty miles away it would be necesâ€" sary to have a pole over 500 feet high. The smoke emitted by the funnels of a steamship trails behind her at an elevation of 100 feet or more above the sea. If the air were per- fectly clear and a lookout had good eyesight he would probably detect it ten miles or more away. The hull of the steamer would not come into view until it was very much nearer. The-funnels for nearly their whole length would be visible at five miles, but the hull could not be made out (at sea level) until the distance had been still further reduced. On most big steamships there is a place callâ€" ed tlie crow’s nest, in the foremast, forty or fifty feet above the deck. At that elevation a man could see six or eight miles further than at sea, level, provided that the atmosâ€" pheric conditions are favorable. ___._.+_.â€"â€"â€"â€". haven’t lieard you play your violin since you got married. You used to make it talkl,” Jillâ€"- “It. hasn’t had a chance to Say anyâ€" thing since 1 got married.” Billâ€""I , . ‘ C ’. washing done early in the day, and well done, belongs to every User of Sunlight Soap. 103 AMERICAN MILLIONAIRES. .__~ Statistics Show There Are Not Very Many of Them. There is a great misapprehension as to the number of millionaires in New York and in the world. cey M. Depew said recently there were 100,000 the United States. According to a great commercial agency, which is probably nearer right, there are on- 1y 77,000. The Financial "Red Book, a most carefully compiled publica- tion gives the names of practically all the persons in the United States who are supposed to be worth more than $300,000. And there are only 15,000 names on the list. No claim is made that- the name of every perâ€" son worth that. amount or more is given, but the proportion of those left out is extremely small, for 'a most exhaustive been made. In there Chaun- that millionaires investigation has the last few years has been a marked tendency . among men of wealth to conceal the amount of their worldly posessions The first incentive in this respect is the vulgar prominenCe given to the man who has lots- of money. There are other reasons men have for sup- pressing knowledge of the amount of their wealth. Some wish to avoid heavy taxation and give false returns. Another man may have made his money in a business not commonly supposed to be especially lucrative, ‘and he doesn’t care to have his aflluence blazoned forth to arouse competition. ____.._.+_._.___. A PLEASANT REBUFF. “I never was rebuffed in so please ant a way as on my last journey,” said Joblots, the commercial (travelâ€" ler, lately. “I was just about to enter an oflice when I saw a stair- case with a, sign, ‘This way for comâ€" mercial travellers.’ “I supposed the stairs led to the countingâ€"house, so I went up and found myself in a long hall, with walls on which were painted boards directing the way. "I passed through the hall, and came to a, staircase leading down as another board pointed. I descended, and, opening the door at the lower Step, found ]‘ wastâ€"in the street again.” .- It is easier for a woman to mix the ingredients of a cake than it is for her husband not to mix the instruc- tions she gives liim. .._..â€".._.~ Minard's Linimenl for sale Elfillililfiie “Whenever a, girl giggles at eatery re~ inlar'i-L a young man makes, it may be taken for granted that she is willing to be more tnan a sister to him! “nu-Wmâ€" I was Cured of a, bad case of Grip by MlNARD’S LlNlJVIEN’l‘. Sydney, C. B. C. I. LAGUE. I was Cured of loss of voice by MINARD’S LTNJMENT. Yarmouth. CHAS PillUlvl'Mlth. I was Cured of Sciatica, Rheumaâ€" tiSln by hi:lN.AltU)'S LINliilIlCNT. Bttrin. Nfld. LE‘WJS S. BUTLER. W “They say that fringes are not much worn now, but I’m. hanng if I believe itb” muttered I‘enniless, as he glanced at the bottoms- of his trousers. 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Each envel- ope bears a date and a blank line on which to write a name. These calendars are then distributâ€" . ed to each contributing member of ' the church, and each calendar is sup- posed to be hung in a room where visitors may see it. It is also expected that the member will tear off an envelope bearing the date on which he attends church, that he will inclose a sum of money in it, and leave it at the church“ Above the calendar is the “motto.” It reads as follows: “‘A contribution from every member with religious rc- gularity.” The man who has one of these cal- endars hanging in his home cannot consult the calendar without seeing the envelopes, and he is thus remind- ed that he must keep taking off the ‘ envelopes as he continues to turn the leaves of the calendar. When the minister calls around to see his members, he casts a glance over on the wall to see that the right use is being made of his design, and up to this time it has not failed to work to the advantage of the church. â€"â€"â€"â€"+ FOUND 'l'ilIE RIGl-I-T ONE. Employerâ€"“Well, did you get. that mom: 7 owing by Smith?" Collectorâ€""No, sir; there were six Smiths at the same address, and they. all denied being your debtor; in fact, one of them threw me out.” Elnployierl-J ‘ That’ s tilie one; on him again.” Minard’s Linimenl limes Bums. elc. out Now, dall llelleâ€"â€""llertie has been going with. me these three months. don’t you think it is time he pro- posed?” Emmaâ€"“l? can’t say. 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