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‘ m mm maxim . ADOPTED BY ALL‘ LEADING Schools in Toronto. 'Thie deservedly let system by means of chert. drills, :hckbonrd diagrams and .other interesting “vie“ brings the iollowmg to” within a. ehiH’g inn-mediate comprehension: D McIntyre’s Block, Lowér 'I‘oWn, Dur- ham. Collection and Agency promptly attended to. Searches made'at the Regis- ttv Oflica. l er, Conveyancer, etc. Private money to loan. ()Id accounts and debts of all kinds collected on commission. Farms bought and sold. Insurance Agent, etc. Ofiiceâ€"MacKenzie‘s Old Stand. Lower Town, Durham, Unt. D Ufiice over Gordon’s new Jewellery Store, Lower Town, Durham. Anyamount of money to loan at 5 per cent. on farm property. ARRISTER, NOTARY , CON VEY- aucer,Etc., Etc. Money to Loan at reasonable rates, and on terms to suit borrower. Uflice, McIntyre Block Over the Bank. D veyancers. Etc. Money to. Loan. Offices: Hunter’s New Block, opposite the Chronicle Office. A. G. MACKAY. K. C. W. F. Dxrxx. UGH MACKAY, DURHAM. 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The First Pantomime. Most pantomime characters were originally borrowed from the Italians. The first real English pantomin e was produced at a theater in Lincon’s Inn Fields in 1720. It was called “Harle- quin Executed," and its subtitle was “A New Italian Comic Scene Between a Scaramouche, a Harlequin, a Coun- try Farmer, His Wife and Others.” The performance was very successful. About the middle of the eighteenth cen- tury the character of pantomime per- formances was completely a tered, chiefly because of the genius o e fa- mous Grimaidi, who, made the clown the first figure of the pantomime. Gri- maldi first appeared at Sadler’s Wells “water, where he played the part of a monkey. He was actively engaged on the stage for forty-nine years. and at the close of his stage career he took a benefit at Drury Lane theater, which realized nearly £000. He also received £100 from the Drury Lane fund. This was in June. 1828. He died in 1837 and was buried in the churchyard in St. James’ chapel, Pentonvmo MILâ€"Lon- Still, with all the efforts put forward by shops and costumers to break up the pernicious habit of forcible borrow- ing on the part of sundry feminine cus- tomers, the practice goes merrily on, and many a fair dame with an envi- able reputation for exquisite dressing appears but once in garments and hats that when next seen are bedecking an- other woman or hanging in HIV ' ' - Mom of some smart shop. more Of course after tfiat she could not re- turn the cloak. “How do you do, Mrs. Blank? I am delighted to see that you like our cloak .well enough to keep it." This sort of imposition had been car- tied on so often by a customer of a cer- tain large firm that its members deter- mined to put a stop to her daunting about in borrowed plumage, at least when the plumage belonged to them. One Saturday this woman had a splen- did wrap sent home on approval, and on Sunday one of the head clerks of the firm .who knew Mrs. Blank as the offender stationed himself near her pew in the fashionable church which she attended. When she sailed down the aisle after service, resplendent in the borrowed cloak, this man stepped up to her and said: .4 Well Dressed Women Who Wear Goods Sent on Approval. ; When the ways of some women are -, considered, it is less remarkable that 3 such numbers of women dwelling in ! the large cities dress extravagantly than before their methods of securing 9 rich costumes for all occasions have ‘ been scrutinized. ? There are women, and many or them I very wealthy, who make a regular practice or having elegant garments ; sent to their homes on approval, wear- ; ing them once and then returning them to stores or costumers. Some women .will wear a dress or a cloak to the opera and send it back next morning. Or they will get a hat or wrap and go driving or visiting in it. The average person would be astonished to know all the things, from handsome umbrellas and fans or great beauty to jewelry and clothes, that some women bor- row from the shops. Of course all or these women are not well OK, but they all dress well and go out a great deal, and although the shopkeepers often discover the manner in which they are being deceived, they do not always like to make a fuss for fear or losing a good customer. Besides they know that if they incur the enmi- ty of such lmpostors the women are quite capable of abusing their goods and robbing them of other and more honest customers. Strange as it may seem, these women generally mingle in pretty good society, or the fringes of it, and have some influence in the matter of dress, since they have won the repu- tation of always dressing elegantly and in the newest things. x 80 Jane was conquered at last, and I heaved a sigh as the battle ended. for It “had been a long, hard struggle. Truthtnlneu is a pretty good thing. g after all. ,We went back to the castle, and as we parted Jane said timidly: “I am glad I told you, Edwin. Glad it is over.” She had evidently dreaded it, butâ€"l was glad too. Very glad. Then I went to bed. I asked Jane when we shankâ€"{be mar- ried, but she said she could not think of that nowâ€"not until she knew that Mary was safe. but she would promise to be my wife some time. “You. I-Iâ€"d-dld,” and Iâ€"well. I de- livered the rest or Mary’s message, god that. too. without a protest from W the hand: that covered he! IN BORROWED PLUMAGE. ['ro Bi: cerium] tnat an experiment my r'eoults {tons a .low condition of £60 can, never .5. tho ”fie-m and}! many a flight 911111. It In “m .4. O.- “Ah, share,” said the landlord. “and you molght put your watch and chain outside your room door In this'honae, ‘and they wouldn’t be touched.”â€"Lon- Pie-(y of Truth. _ “Perhaps," ventured the unsuccess- ful contributor. “you didn’t, consider my little 060 true to life.” Perfectly Safe. A tourist in a remote part of Ireland. having stayed the night at u wayside inn not usrially frequented by visitors, informed the landlord in the morning that his boots, which had been placed outside his room door to be cleaned. had not been touched. What Makes Things Grow. According to Maurice Springer, a French writer on the subject, the en- ergy of growth is closely related to electric energy and may be identical with it. At any rate, growth energy is closely connected with the phenomenon called osmosisâ€"that is. molecular pres- sure due to differences of density in adjacent liquid masses. Such molecu- lar pressure in the cells of the body he believes to be the phenomenon that un- derlies the multiplication of these cells in growth. and osmosis has been shown by experiment to be closely connected with electricity. The writer referred to believes that we shall soon be able to measure growth energy as we now do heat or electricity and perhaps con- trol it so as to produce tall or short families or races at our pleasure.â€" Success. The three practical rules I have to offer are: (1) Never read any book that is not a year old; (2) never read any but famed books; (3) never read any but what you like.â€"Emerson. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed and some few torbe chewed and digested.-â€"Bacou. What is a great love of books? It 18 something like a personal introduction to the great and good men of all past times.-â€"John Bright. ' Books are the best things well used; abused, among the worstâ€"Emerson. - Half the gossip of society would per- ish if the books that are truly worth reading were but readâ€"Dawson. To read Without reflecting is like eatp ing without digestingâ€"Burke. Next to acquiring good friends the best acquaintance is that of good books.-â€"Cotton. A home without books is like a room Without windmvs.â€"Bewher. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.â€"Addison. The French followed suit, since the majority of the Louis XVI. court sets, including coat, waistcoat and breeches in satin, velvet, plush or corded silk, so exquisitely adorned with delicate sprays and admirable borders wrought‘ in satin and tambour stitches, are due to the skill and industry of the Chi- nese, who have reproduced the French. devices with floss silk in such lovely and fast colors, which still appear in all their beauty, with a mellowness im- parted by time which further adds to their charm. The trained fingers have disappeared, and through modern competition cus- tomers are no longer willing to pay the real value of genuine hard work. This superiority of eastern craftsmen over their western fellows was recognized centuries ago, first by Portuguese, who were in the habit of sending satin to India to be embroidered by the natives after European designs, a fashion which at times renders somewhat puz- zling the classification of the marvels of handiwork. Diaphanous Indian muslin charming- ly embroidered with green beetle wings is still renowned, as well as examples or painted spangles and artificial pearls strewn amid devices .wrought in gold. But where is now to be found the in- comparable Decca muslin, thirty yards ot which were once inclosed for a tur- ban in an ordinary cocoanut incrusted with gems and presented by a Persian ambassador to his master, the shah. Other varieties known as invisible have also disappeared. The term orig- inated from the fact that when dipped in water or spread out on the grass the material was lost to the eye through its extreme fineness. Datum Work at the Artisans o! tors-er Centuries. The wonders of the needle were in ancient times in Egypt, India, Baby- Unis and thnicia mainly lavished by women on veils and hangings for temples. Connoisseurs consider the veil decorating the tomb 0t Mohammed at Medina, priced at 10,000,000 rupees, the most marvelous piece or embroid- ery ever made. Its pattern, a cunning interlacing of scrolls and arabesques, exclusively delineated with rare pearls and precious stones, produces, when exposed to the rays of the sun, a stu- pendous eirect or coloring, soft and har- monious and equal to the bold graceful- ness of the design. Linen, silks, leath- er and the richest stuffs were in turn beautifled with the little insignificant todl, the needle. WONDERS OF THE NEEDLE. BOOKS AN D READING. f it would gimm- .0} 1240 pound mmâ€"Pittlbnu Pretty nearly every ninety pqnnd wo- man has an ambition to be managing Freeman-Well, I’ve heard it called a V‘, a fiver, a that planks and five bones, but never an apology before! A Strong mu. Harduppeâ€"Say, old man, I believe I owe you Mummy. 1‘ man and the other a meeniamer. I would never hue had auld Jenny McCosh to: Doctor-Slr, I never make a mistake In a diagnosis. Your ultimate domino is only a matter of time. Doctor- )lake No III-takes. Patientâ€"But. doctor. only last week you said I would surely die. and today you see I am as well as I ever was. A Giant Emperor. Maximlnus, the giant Roman em- peror, could twist coins into corkscrews, powder hard rocks between his fingers and do other seemingly impossible things. When angered. he often broke the jaw of a horse or the skull of an ox with his fist. His wife's bracelet served him for a ring, and every day he ate sixty pounds of meat and drank an amphora of wine. Retro-pectlon. A Sgotcbmau had two sons, one of whom was a doctor and the other a clergyman, of whom he was very proud. “If I had tent,” said he, “that In Holland. Many of the country dames and dam- sels in Holland look as if they had been brought up on soap and water. Their faces glisten so preternaturally, their pots and pans, the red tiles of their floors, their tables and benches all bear witness so unmistakably to their cleans- ing ardor. I suppose a fly in the butter they were churning or a mired foot on the boards they have but just scrubbed would be as nearly likely to give them a tit as anything could be. Good Paste. Not every man can make a good flour paste that can be preserved without decay or mold. When such a paste is needed, try the following: Mix good, clean flour with cold water into a thick paste and continue mixing until the flour and water are well blended. Now add boiling water and stir until it is thin enough to spread with a brush. Add to this a spoonful or two of brown sugar, a little corrosive sublimate and a few drops of oil of lavender and you will have a paste that will hold with wonderful tenacity. And Jinks replied: “Binks. I’m a lit- tle early for my engagement. That youngster certainly is a bright one. Come into this toy store and help me se- lect a few things that will please a girl of her taste, and I’ll send them to her, if you don’t mind.” “She said, ‘Papa. that Mr. Jinks tn the haudsomest man I know.’ Haw. haw, haw! How's that for precocity, ch?” Jinks shied. “Excuse me, old man!” he exclaimed. “I’m on my wa y to keep an engagement. Some other time”â€" Curious Fire Alarms. In St. Petersburg the arrangement of fire alarms is rather peculiar and de- cidedly unique, and the fire alarm tele- graph is an unknown thing. Instead a fireman is at all times in the tower of the city hall, and he watches the sur- rounding city to catch the first glimpse of a fire. When a fire is discovered during the day, he runs up black balls on the top of the tower as signals; at night red lanterns are used. The num- ber of the balls or lanterns shows the district or ward in which the fire is located, says a writer on “Foreign Fire Fighters" in Cosmopolitan. As soon as the signal is seen by the man on duty at the engine house he rings a bell outside, which calls together the members of the company, who may be scattered over a couple of blocks. This method is not conducive to quick time in reaching the scene, and from twenty minutes to half an hour is good work unless the fire happens to be near an engine house. “Hello, Jinks! What do you think my girl said this morning? She's the brightest four-year-old in town. She said”â€" Changed HI: Mind. Jinks, like other men, has a horror of infant prodigies as exploited by their proud papas. Recently Blnks met him with: The dentition of these reptiles is pe- culiar. The teeth are sharp and con- ical and are hollow at the base, and each tooth serves as the sheath of an- other, which will in time replace it. The tongueâ€"tor notwithstanding the ancient belief the crocodile does pos- sees a tongueâ€"is fleshy and is attached to the bottom or the mouth. And flnal- ly the lower Jaw is hinged at the very back of the skull, thus giving the ani- mal its extraordinary gape and also the peculiar appearance which caused the notion that it moved its upper Jaw. trils and ears are closed by lids or valves, and their eyes are covered by a transparentnlctitatingmembrane. They are further furnished with an arrange- ment which prevents the water from getting down their own throats when they are holding large animals under the water to drown them. The crocodiles are thoroughly aquatic in their habits, and their peculiar con- formation enables them to attack and seize their prey unawarea. Their nos- trils, which lead by a long canal to the back part or their throats, their eyes and their ears are placed on the upper part of the head, so that when in the water they can breathe, see and hear, while they are themselves practically invisible. When they dive, their nos- M, E. .l.’ McKeehu‘ie. 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