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.2411 (“R 4 fag: (arming now to vanity, this. in so far as ;‘ was confined to a beautiticauon of the- human form divine, has ever, to a greater or lesser extent, formeda guilty in the Wosition of human- ity more particulariy where the fair sex is concerned; and a few remarks upon the methods of personal adorn- m:n: pursued by various peoplesâ€"sav- pendent. to the above beauty. The wearing of personal or- namentsâ€"thus showing that vanity is inherentâ€"has ever been followed by some of the most savage tribes of the; earth. the practice being almost co- e very lowest stages re. matures Which goes far to form this wonderful beauty, and which. has been termed the crowning adornment of the sex, viz, the hair. Thus. it may not be generally known that the Order of th- Golden Fleece was instituted by the Duke of Burgundy in honor of a young lady who was endowe with golden hair. Certain it is as a. celebrated historian has well remark- ed. the beauty of woman has settled and unsettled the affairs of empires and the fate of republics, when diple macy and the sword have provedj futile; and equally certain is it 31501 Luiuiy masswe." Departing now from a mnsideration as to what constitutes the beauty of women as a whoie, it may be well if we revert to one of the features which goes far to form this wonderful beauty, and which. has been tPrm-ed the crowning adornment of the sex. viz. the hair Th“; ;, MM. _-~. A negro of Guinea pines. for a love WV!) a greasy black skin, holloweyes, think Zips and a. flat nose, through which a lump of gold is passed; while tn Judge from ~‘h works of the great wlylhgoh m. ...... n is . , . Cl H~rw ulacx, there brown, here tawny. and thre white. In Thus Lhe African thinks the. highest a-cou type of beauty is to be found in thick : in" z lzps, a sprea<_ilng nose and woolly hair, .° whxle the Chinaman affects, as hislhls Ideal of perfection, feet. too small to the wflk un, nails :00 long; to be useful, grim; eyws (4f the almond shape and lips which and beam: so thin that they can scarcely . be termed lips a: all. Among the thing Circassiansâ€"where, by the way, are to of e be found some of the handsomest woâ€" one 11 men in the world, that is. according to . other “flax-r11 notionsâ€"Lhe Straight nose is! It has been said that a perfect beauty ehould have her head from Greece, her feet from Hindustan, her shoulders from Italy, and her hands and com- plexion from England - then, indeed, would she be a second Helen of Troy. Yet what is beauty? An unattainable standard, difficult, extremely diif cult, to set down in detail. Lucian re- marks that “more women have obtain- ed honor for their beauty than for all other virtues besides," while Tasso has remarked that "beauty and grace are power and arms of a woman.” And to, what purposes this wonderful powerl has been put does history not tell? Canova, when carving his statue of Venus, had no fewer than sixty wo- men to sit as models, and Zeuxis, for his portrait of Helen, conceived his pic- ture from. the heads of five different miidens; while, to hark back to the mythological ages, we all know the perplexity in which poor Paris was placed when he had to decide amongst the rival claimants, and the dire con- sequences which resulted from the golzlen apple being bestowed upon 'Venusâ€"dire for the Trojans, but pleas-I ing to Paris. To return to our own I: days-we find the poet Cowley re- mdl‘lilng: ‘ l 1 l the ladies of the harem are fed upon pounded rose leaves and butter, ‘and permitted no outdoor exercise what- 0V8 ”my and vanity am twin sisters and though the first draws us with but a single hair, the second often draws its votaries with far less, and thus leads us to as]! the question: "\V’hat is beauty? Is it determinable!" Can it be put into a clear and precise definition? W'e think net; for is it not a fact that what is considered the acme of beauty by a Chinaman is reck- oned exactly the reverse by members of the Frankish nations. Thus, the; phleamatic Turk finds his highest type of woman‘s beauty in a huge, unwieldâ€" ly mass of flesh, fit load for a camel; and to attain to his ideas of beauty x- huv 0 Long as mankind. is guscgptible tun-an passion exists 1!: mil so Beauty and Vanity aha pe DILLCK, 1hr? re y, thou wild fantastic ape, 11.2.3: in every country change thy L. and in lat vanity is followed by trilyee of the uab HUSUB-imarried there were many cruel dis- :hes apart' hing. Tru-l’illusionments. To the new fad for toad what 1 athletics for women we owe a . change. ntiful, and; The girl who goes out a-wheeling it is his? lwith her bean and takes the rain and . eyes pro- . The tickle of the ice in Is the pleasaptest music thermometer 18 on the now The smudge from a black glove convert a beautiful woman Ent< veritable horror. Ammybeinthewronga th and times, but he seldom, if ever, “forglvo mo.” The bitterest troubles generally arise from the most trivial incidents. The character of a family can pretty easily be read from the weekly wash. Nothing is so exasperating as the memory of misfortune that was all our own fault. "xvuv Aside from this view of the subject is the far more important one of character. A woman’s parlor views of life may be merely theories that she lacks the strength and courage to put into actual practice, and hence utterly worthless. The real way to know a woman is to go on an outing with her. If she can be cheerful in the face of difficulties. and can make allowances for mistakes and failures, if she can accent g thah'fnv-n a-.. A- appears beautiful to him and he is Still in love with her. she has nothing to fear from fading good looks or _ ' _ papers and wrappers to breakfast: while if he still appears heroic to her in knickerbockers and a sunburnt nose she may rest satis- fied that her love is 'founded on a rock that_pothing can shake. uiusxonments. To the new fad for athletics for women we owe a change. The girl who goes out a-wheeling with her been and takes the rain and sun and dust and wind and tan may not be a. divinity to him like the parlor maiden. but shle is a h‘uman girl, and hr.» has a chance to know her and judge her: on that basis. If she still In the. past when a young man a-courting he dressed in his best. 128d. iciety, and also among certain classes ‘in our metropolis. as also is the treat- ing of the eyelids with sulphuret of en'imonyâ€"a custom much followed also by the Felatah ladies of Central Africa. From the eyes to the hair is far less than a span, and it is as well gto remember that our fine ladies have sisters every whit as punctilious in the matter of hairdressing as them- selves. for we are told that the Fijians Spend a large measure of their time daily in the dressing of the hair, the heads of hair of these ladies' being-1 often more than 3 feet in circumfer-i ence. These. few remarks upon beauty and fashion will serve to show that human nature is very much the same h» wide world overâ€"savage and civil- ‘ ( :mn‘: Ear-piercing is, however. still pretty general and it may be mentioned that the Papuans wear in the ears or- naments cut out of shells, while th- ’ Papuan “masher" occasionally carries 1 his cigar in the intervals of puffing. i: l his auricular perforation. The women Jf the Botourdos, a Brazilian tribe. pierce a hole in the ear,- and then it: into it a plug of wood, so that when r the plug is removed the ear falls ir a loopâ€"certainly not an improvement, ' according to Western ideas. Quitting ’ ear-piercing, the next most popular ' form of face ornamentation among unciviiized people is the nose ring, which is still to be met with in Persia. the custom there being- to have it through one nostril only, a decidedly lopsided fashion. The Esquimaux, on the other hand, are more regular in their tastes, as they make two holes in their cheeksâ€"one in each sideâ€"which :they gradually enlarge. and in which they wear an ornament of stone, re- sembling in form a large stud which may therefore be called a cheek stud. In Africa the lips are pierced in in-" fancy, the hole then made. being en- larged gradually during life until it attains a length of two or more inch- .. s; and this custom exists also in North America, where some native Indians perform the operation on their newly born offspring. This second mouth, as it has been not inaptly termed, would certainly not be considered handsome ammg us, however much we may incline to the wearing of earrings. Leaving this species of so-called im- provement, we come to the eyes, in which connection it may be remarked that the use of the belladonna plant, or deadly mghtsnade, for the dilation otthe pupil of the eye, is common alike to some districts of Central Asia, among the upper circles of Italian so- . piety, and also among certain classes I l countries have happily never had an existence: COURTI'NG THEN AND NOW. TRITE SAYINGS, g a. thous- 8782‘, says 0V8 can xnto a mnn went best. wear- any '“‘J .v “v“ EHUJ sult him in case of sickness, Whilst the poor man pays so much .a week whilst in health for free medical at- tendance when he falls ill. It is the same in China. There, however. every- body, from the highest in the land down to the poorest collie pays the doctor a fixed salary so long as the Patient is well. As soon as his health fails the salary lS stopped.until the 1 Another curious, but certainly effec- : tive cure is that used by the Laps and 3Finns for rheumatic affeCtions. Hav- 1 ing caught a whale, they dig an open- fiing in his side and immerse the suf- 7 ferer up to his neck in the warm blub- jber. The oil thus absorbed into the fsystem is said not only to counteract .‘the acidity of the blood, but to actu- g'ally replace the missing lubricant in z the patient‘s joints. Be that as it may, the cure is certainly an accomplished fact, not the least curious side of which lays in its extreme simplicity. INFALLIBLE CHINESE REMEDY. . It is from the Chinese that we prac- tically borrowed that system of dis- Pensaries to which the poor man looks for his succor in time of sickness. Here in this country the richer people may pay the doctor only when they 0011' enH> kt... is left of it after this drastic proceed- ing is believed to exist only in the imagination of the victim, a pleasant little fallacy that must be exceedingly comforting to a man with a raging toothache or a gouty toe. der to let it out.” Should, however, the pain proceed from a spreading sore it is usual to amputate the limb. This Spartan-like §0peration is performed with a sharp lclam shell, and, needless to say, with- Iout the employment of any anaesthe- qtic. Should the unfortunate patient be suffering from demetia he is prompt- ly buried aliveâ€"a striking contrast to the practice obtaining with most of the African tribes, among whom the“ I insane are generally regarded in the light of inspired prophets, whose per- lsons must be held sacred at all costs. I ORIGIN or THE FAITH CURE. I Many years ago it used to be the ifashion among witches to make wax gfigures of those they wished to in- ‘jure, and to pierce these harmless ef- figies with needles in whatever direc- tion they wished the subject of their spells to experience especial inconven- ience. A curious edition of this idea exists to the present day among the Dakota Indians. A model of the sick man’s disease is fashioned from soft wood and placed in apool of water. The banks of the pools are then lin- ed by Sympathetic “ braves,” who vie with each other in their efforts to shoot the offending model to pieces. Simul- t taneously with the disappearance of t the model the original pain is supâ€" i pcsed to.‘.:aiiish. At any.rate, allthat 1 Sea Islanders. With them the appear- ance of a pain is invariably regarded as a sign that some evil humor is try- ing to work its way through the flesh. The remedy is simplicity itself; it con- sists of a good deep jab with a spear head in the seat, of the painâ€"“ in or- der to let it out.” The connection is as clear as crys- tal to the Celestial, at any rate. He sees that the strongest living thing known to him is the tiger, and the stron-geSL part of the tiger is his mas- sive backbone. Hence, if only a small portion of this be administered to the patient, in the form of a powder or pill, his cure ought certainly to be only a matter of minutes. Even this simple train of reasoning must, however, go down before the rough-and-ready methods of the South Siamese Believe In Powdered Gems and a “801' Bones-Russian Peasants Tre..t Fever and Ague “1th Gunpowder and CO“. Baths. There are times when even the most healthful of men get the blues, and wonder Whether £111thng is worth the trouble after all. It may be, when the sum is all added up, that a man has not much to be thankful for as the' Positive way; but when we consider the lot of many people in the world their daily lives and hopes, and ten- derness, we see that in a negative way, at least, the average man has much. to be congratulated upon. If there is any time at which he should be pecul- , iarly complacent it is when he is oblig-‘ 3d {0 Put hhnself under a doctor‘s care. The ways of the picturesqur savage, when it becomes necessary to treat a human ailment, are truly wonderful. and although the heathen makes a con- genial physician, it goes ill with civ- ilized insides in need of the famil- iar tonics to be obliged to swallow a dried centipede or a powdered rattle- snake tooth. LEI‘TING OUT THE PAIN. The identical feeling of weakness, which we term “that tired feeling," is a characteristic complaint of the heathen Chinee. His remedy is equally characteristic. The patient has lost strength; therefore strength must be brought to him from elsewhere. Con- Sequ-ently, he is forced to swallow a pill made of powdered tiger bones, af- ter which it is considered that any further refusal to get well must be . primarily due to his own obstinacy. I, HEATHEN MEDIUINEMEN. JRIGINAL THEORIES AND METHODS OF EASING PAIN. Don’t befiafrajd to you have not been 1 quarrel. Don’t imagine that yours is the only baby on the face of the earth. Don’t neglect to raise your hat when you meet your wife out of doom is - - 0f "mother-in '1: non yu -Law ” Don’t get into t he habit Rescript is one of the world's be tors. Throughout Christendom will be disappointment if it is than this invasion of Finland's has his approval. Doq’t take the - ___..- : Mast the province of home rule. The ' ' " ‘ Russianized, tak- own decisions all the interests of the empire, and the Finntsh Diet, W ' ' ' ed! mrrely an ex * ' such matters. "U .. V U‘Do. zUnfothuna'teJyES-r Finland this wise and salutary pohcy of home rule has been changed. A month hefore ‘the DON’TS FOR MARRIED PEOPLE Don’t nag. Don’t gossip bar-Mn nk:7.a__-_ In consequence of the tolerance and practical wisdom with which it was governed. Finland has remained the quietest and best-ordered province .of the empire. ~ Its religion and local liberties were respected. Its capital was rebuilt, its ports were improved, and the province made a steadv ad- separate Finnish customs line regul- ated by local officials. The best sys- tem of primary education known in the. empire was established. Finland moreover, was not garrisoned by Rus- The Emperor of all the Russias be- came the Grand Duke of Finland. His power was absolute elsewhere in his empire, but he governed Finland with the consent of the Estates of the Diet, which assembled in the capital, Hel- and laws. Finland was the only pro- Vince of the empire which enjoyed any of the privileges of self-government- Russia’s Wise Policy or Home Rule “as Given Place to Severe am! Unjust Lam's The! Russians, after conquering Fin- land eirly in the present century, succeeded in reconciiing an alien race of the Protestant faith to their rule. They did this by adroitly making con- cessions to local pride. 3 The remedies are directed against the supposed antipathies of the sister- hood. For instance, Sister No. 1 is greatly afraid of cutting herself; there- fore the patient’s bed must be sur- rounded with every available scythe, adze, chisel, knife and saw that the relatives can borrow or otherwise gain possession of. The exorcism of Sister No. 2is a far more pleasant process, consisting as it does of dosing the patient with a peculiar form of alco- hol. Another sister objects to cold, and is expelled by giving the patient, a fever patient, mark you! a cold bath,‘ while yet another can only be shifted by the patient swallowing a large dose of gunpowder. ’t allow your children 171‘“ k-â€"’ say, the upper classes are not involv- ed in the instances given. The most common form among the Russian pea- santry generally takes the shape of fevers and ague. The various types of these afflictions are popularly be- lieved to be attributable to the visi- tation of 12 invisbile sisters, each 01 whom represents a different degree of seriousness. The precautions adopted in order to ward off these dread visi- ‘ants are the least original, and occa- sro_nally even heroic. {ing symptoms of which are bad skin eruptions. The apothecary crushes sev- eral precious gems, sucn- as rubies, pearls and emeralds, into a fine pow- der. He then adds variousv-earths and a small quantity of musk, and kneads the whole into a paste, with the aid of vegetable gum and rose water. The paste is next rolled into pills, coated with gold leaf and swallowed. Beside this treatment faith healing sinks into nothingnws. RUSSIAN FEVER TREATMENT. i Russia is also interesting in the' matter of curious cures. Needless to gossip before children. FINLAND’S STRUGGLE. been t5; harping on WQI‘QS out Sn’lldren to no“; had occasion for profanity before 5 which enjoyed any 5 self~government. was distinct from of sewing on the tsar. £5 steady ad; as "the old the The most stylish shoes for ! mecling and the street are with the “bulldog toe" the Presbyterian churches of H‘ phrey and Logan in the Saratf' Presbytery. During June the receipts at the land Revenue office in Owen 50“ were $6,244.90, an increase of 093‘ Andréw Middleiniss, formerly in the employ of the Traders' Bunk. but Iat- tgrly engaged in the United Statea. (11?? at his mother's home inlngef' 80 . Paris Presbytery has suszained 1116 call given by St. Andrew's thumbs Brantford, to Rev. Mr. Scan, of Hea- peler. The salary offered is $1,200; salary at $104) each. Rev. W. B. Caswefl rebuked some members Of his con greg 111111 111 \ 00d stock for Lalkmg Loo ‘zreiy “he“ 4Messrs. Aldridge, McKee, Kincard and McGrath. have been t-xppoimed as- SOS'BOI'S for the town 01 i'cLfiI‘OOI‘O' 3‘ a salary of $154) each. Meredith, son of W. A. Sudwouh, 0‘ Lugersoll, was shot in ' we page'b): companion, who was naudhng 4’ volver carelessly. E. H. Bissett. of Bruckviile, will W 081%. a Royal Humane SocieLy‘medal for rescuing a buy from druwmng at Gananoque. Lieutâ€"Col. Cariisie, was banqueted by the officers of the 19m Bauaion. St. Catharines, on the occas on of hip retirement D. J. O’Connor, has ze-flsigned his p’JSi' tion as Separate school Lruszec at Btmtford. water at _two stations for the G.T.R., but the big corporation only wants 10 l.’ .A‘l‘l‘ Wednesday halt-holiday in Vancou- ver_is only ouserved by grocers apd butchers, the others am being unu- ed. It: is rumored that Hon. J. H. Ross. of the North- -west TerriLorial Council may be appoimed Inuian Commis- sioner. J. B. Dandene, of GUBIph, has been appointed assistant in Lhe department OI botany at Harvard L'niversity. _ The directors at St. Catharines Pub- hc Library, protest agulnst the City Council's acuou in reducing we grant. During the first six months of the year there were 82 bxrths. 61 death! and 49 marriages in Owen Sound. Principal Stuart; of StraLford Pub- lic schools says the Truancy Act is not very effective m that town. Belleville City Council was given $300 to provide for Lhe nursing of the cxty poor tn the city hospital. r Misses Gray, Hanwell and Matheson have graduated as nurse» Woodstock HOSpitaI. During six months $3,357.22. were girl in fines in Bossland Police Court; ‘ " cases being tried. Woodstock police Are making a raid on farmers, who, it is alleged, SOld dis. eased meats {In the :own. Belleville hockeyists are in arrears for rink rent. and the proprietor 1ng- ing to sue the delinq ems. R. Cowling, principal of the Weston Public school has received an appoin- ment as railway mail clerk. OWing to his removal from the city. Gait wants $500 a year for suyplymg Rev. George W. Dickey burg, has accepted a 3311 Baptist church. Knox church, St. likely extend a call 1 of Thamesford. over 1898. J. P. Hickey, has resig tion of principal of the Public school. ZMiner Sweet, of Lym appointed to m a Brockville police force. Woodstock trustees object 1 being played on the school during vacation. Hull‘s“! vacancy The Communion plat to of St. James' Church. \' been stolen. Police Magisfrne C 3.0., has hadhis 331'; $70 a month. Mrs. James Keith dent of Woodstock. Chicago. . -â€"-4 V‘"! .plUUlll] fellow 1n Loammgmn, The deaths :11 Gait c‘ six months of 1899 In W. James has been a 013 the Bramford Ciaize Major ‘Nauers has (i telephone monopoly in Guelph Fat Stock C11 a donation of a $250 5 A grain elevator wi for 30,000 bushels will monte. fold and was severél INTERESTING STYLISH SHOES. from v Atlantic SChOUls salary reuse 'en Sound of 0681' 1’ gned the Mi. 3 \‘.aua%bura 1 fl nancy on aDCOUVer h, 'RY. the 10‘ es 0f Nels“ Increased [0 an Odd- of Will , \u‘u.‘ :U INIL ; ’ ' ““w . ‘ 151:8»va 01 our poor founderâ€"ed bulk.”i :1 9""? hg ofnfh‘ rly d%d The distant l(_)‘~'v‘- I '4‘ ..‘ ‘4‘ :11 n: ‘qu Warn-Pd the at good D ws. DC “f '~‘ “1 31:12? smell 0f water revied them 1.1 ~"~ “""3 coldldrtaér two buckets apiece of it e a: .x ( “11' mgr-a been gm A ., ShflIW. q . IL ~11ka 11 d for a short time, and when Urif'u’é t“ nn‘d and Started for the 1101;: m1 waxgxm'rz‘ Mme OXen, Worn and enfeebled arr; ‘I‘fd‘f - they? Were, had such a heart a. ILwLIL.‘ hem by their drink and Sis-It‘uuau te -°° W911“: know that their shangx‘e.‘ :5 83h . lay up there. only a ivundef'} ‘11 bent e want: that they one and I 8:11" \g ‘ he yoxes, and 5 that ring eavy burden to the‘of his 4 and] "’ Wm and most invigorating swam and lashed to mv heart ’5 th‘hor ad brought; and then, leaving V seem c We of one 01 Ihmr the.” mouths as they a; lastv tum“! away. Then I cast off In: 20th” and Flanged into the water. 1‘ m in” _ ‘ § away, Then I cast off In) and Plunged into the water; 11 and most invigoratzng Wang and splashed to my heart ’5 f _ After mv surim onA r - a nets; up went their heads, their duti ”88 brightened, and they trotted for- Wards to Where the jungle apparent :y HEW thivkvst. For a limo they found Napening; but after following the: circling wall of bush, at length a brand Ivenue was disclosedâ€" an avenue doubtlem worn smooth by the passage “,elep'hnnta rhinocemses, and other mt! game; and then were fell .4.â€" mo‘“ 8fight the most refreshing pro-‘- 93“ that man ever gazed upon. Thirty lath down the opening there lay a great 9001 of water, about two hundrvd t at its narrowest point. :1 ml of immense depth The 9001 “"38 circular, its aids-S were of Mk and quartz, and completely imm b . mm every approach SQVt the: in, Winch We had reached! it. It was @5361 comifletely encompassed by €E‘9*°u§ walls, about thirty feet in ivin t . ' , a mk‘rabb' g hxng than a llzard or 1300? beasts drank of that MpelIUCid flnrul a...) 1...--- . gunning wit‘h perspiration, was : hardly the figure of an angel of hope: 9 ma yet at that moment he was an ingel to me; for we had tasted nc wa- ter to speak of for close on three daxs. , and had had besides a frightfully :xy- ; lng trek. ' I We lay panting and grilling for an I hour or more; and then I told my men , that water in any quantity lay at It» ( mountain top, and that we must at a}; h'azards’ get the oxen up to it. Or. .5 a mile of ascent, or a little more. In}. before us; but so feeble were the ox- en, that we had the greatest difficult} to drive the bulk of them to the 10;». even without the encumbering Wagon. . Three utterly refused to move. and ‘ were left behind. ‘At last we reached ‘ thekran‘tz, and after a hundred yards.’ walk upon its flat top, we came almost .mdd‘nly upon a most wonderful ant; tons. most soul-thrilling sight. A dense bush of mimosa-thorn and ather shrubs grew around, here and there relieved by wide patches of ppm 59808. The oxen getting the brave. lpd'eoentmg waiter, suddenly begun to , 315918? a most extraordinary fresh- ; t râ€" 'low zero. Ame» uau Wm nu of a most wonderful pool of t Lay on the crown of :; am, Where we should (iU‘:_.\§I£:n man, before entering upon the pur- ula of the diamond valley. Now be ”me to me and said, p0in1ing up- wards: "Sienr, de sweet water lies yon- ”, op de berg. It is a beautiful P001, such as.ye never saw the like (f; d“ reach 1t, we are saved, and the ill soon get round again. Yr oxen w must get them up somehow, even Will;- out the wagon” The tiny, yellow, blear-eyed Bust.- man, standing over me as I sat on a took, pointing with his lean arm sky- 6' wards. his angioue dirt-grimed 11m- .- The Lost Dian of the Or 01 Water, about two h‘u nd’wd 3 at its narrowest point. :1 nd 7 0f immense depth. The circular, its 8365‘s were of up my Ti JUBI In t” 01a (10g. foun wit u .51 umber effect most 010‘ 1+; 0; ter, for strevvn shape, 11 took orious n [xxhxne LOOK f0. Shoulde ed a we a mount, sisted oi ehi ngle, flounder! 1 say vs that the of his seeming deed. I, glad of tic :eggar 0r f0. (In V D( \K'