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Flesherton Advance, 4 Apr 1895, p. 3

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V 'icons OF ramm FREirrf ANARCHISTS AND ITALIAN OfiSPFRADOES IN LONDON. An Exeda* e/ ***rrhlt Is Voile weal by ' an mmlxr.ilie* el llnllan rprrmUr" -O*l *r U vi -s **w sad Hair enl*ry *eCuBlr*at*X A recent London letter says: While French anarchist* have been leaving London daring the put fortnight Italian desper- adoe* have been coming in. All those expelled frcm Switzerland by the Verne federal nouucil have made Islington '.heir headquarter* and are acknowledging " Pope" Malateata a* their leader. Among them i* the notorious advocate, lion, who was often mentioned during the trial of the asaassm of President Carnot. Th* author- ities do not like this invasion, since it i* giving them considerable trouble in the way uf espionage not at all to th* liking of the English polio*. At meetings of the several groops speeches have been delivered in the advocacy of violence aad an active propaganda i* regarded as imminent. The police say that, reassured by their growing number*, the Italian* may Htartie the British mntropoim at any moment by some devilish outrage. Henri Koohefort is responiiU* for the departure of the French refugee*. As soon, a* the amnesty wa* declared he promised to pay all their expenses back to Paris. Inspector Melville, of Scotland Yard, report* that seventy of the fellow* availed themselves of Rochefort's generosity and are cow in Franc* ready for any new deviltry. They took their departure at odd intervals under tile eye* of th* police agent*. Many foreigner* who have been lost sight of were discovered daring the exodus, and ths authorities in Franc* were duly notified of their movement*. Owing to this information th* French polio*, it i* reported, have the m*n under surveilence and will b* ready to check their powen for mischief. The foftign clubs in Soho, the hotbed of pernicious activity in the past, are now practically dewsrted, bat Islington U disagreeably crowded with the new arrivals from Switzerland and Belgium. oner or LJVIVD. George Augustus Sals, th* v*t*ran joar- naliat, ha* been writing a series of articles contrasting the oot of lif ing nfty year* ago with that of the present time. He Bods many thing* cheaper now, but, like most old- timer*, h* ha* a sneaking fondness tor the past. He sums up a* follows : "On the whol* I am disposed to think that the great majority of artioloe which w* ooniume, and th* accessories of civiliza- tion, are considerably cheaper than they were, say, in 1834, bat and there i* a great deal in t his particular but th* oost of living i* greater m th* present year of the good Queen Victoria than it wa* in the last year of William IV. All claw** con same or enjoy a great deal more than they formerly consumed, still everybody rioh, moderately circumstanced or poor- want more than they formerly did. If travel- ing by rail orst*am*r h* cheaper, allola**,, travel much mo.e frequently and longer distances than they were formerly aociutom- ed to do. They have more clothes, more food, more finery, more books and paper* than then father* hail, but wage* and salaries have not, to any proportionate extent, increamxl in view of the largely enhanced oo*t of liv- ing. 1 mean, in tin*, that fifty years since a profeesional man in a small way of busiuese could maintain himeeli, hi* wife and hi* family very comfortably on two hundred ($1,000) a year, and I scarcely tbink that uch an income would now suffice to keep him. As to the great army of olerki lawyer*', banker* and commercial it i* to m* a puzzle how they oan manage to live at all, much lew to marry and have otl pring." TO BNOOl'RAai IN-TBfCTIUN. An interesting review ot the movement which led bo the organization of th* *cieoce tod art department in Kngland is given ID a> report just issued. I'nlil I *3fe.?jFV little wa doue by the goMH>*M*e to mvurage "ystemauo laaiuswnC in technical subjects. rant* have been great- year the eatimat* for rhich I* doing so much for the training of th* masse* wa* over *3,r>00,000. |n addition to this, by new legislation, the tounoil of any ooaiity or borough or any uburban authority i* empowered to levy a rate in aid of technical or manual met ruc- tion, and many local bodies would havs taken advantage ot this if th* local taxation act of 1890 had not placed at their disposal a large sum available for the same purpose. This amount, the residue of the customs and excise duties, amounted to $4,20(1,000. Out of forty-nine Knglish county councils, forty-one ar* applying the whole of their hare to technical education, and eight a part of it; of the sixty one Kuglish borough councils fifty-three ar* devoting th* whole, and MV*B a part to this purpose, while in only on*, Pre*ton,in Lancashire, the money i* being applied to the relief of rate*. Tbe amount actually expeuded in England and Wales alone in 18923 wa* < .', 514,915, and the amount allocated for the following year wan $.'1,280. 160. During the last decade there ha* been a steady incre*** in the number of organ- ized science day school*. There were 1, l-'l of these in 1863, while in 1894 there were 2, (432, an 1 the payment* on results have advanced within th* isame period from $Wti,ll.~> to$.MI,000. London guild* are now taking an active interact in the work and are approprialirg large amount* of their funds Tor technical schools and in- struction. Manchester > noon to li.ive a new technical ichool, for wSlch over tftl*,- OUO lias been app- upriated. "%^ A report ha* been placed oiStfe th* British admiralty on the effect 01 Uie recent a* *al maneuver* on torpat** orK - Of sii first- class boat* present at the maneuvers five are declared, after ineffect- ual attempts at patching up, to be "pros- trate." The wont case is the torpedo boat destroyer, Horuet, ot which *o much was expected. The disabling of those boat* haa led to some harsh criticism, aud it ha* been decided to givj closer attention to the construction of vessels of I his character in the future. RIDING IN COMFORT, CARRIAGES MOW HEATED AND LIGHTED BY ELECTRICITY. -r*;r Bain-rjr Baacr la* aval -? Tench- i ma a KeiiivM ! e,rpi Mar W ea < onil,,rl.lil as In ! fnrlur at *> Rleelncity lnu been put to a novel use >y a gentleman in lighting and heating hi* brougham. The device is so simple that it strangs nothing of the kind had been doi. oefora. In coldest weather the car- ru> a is warmed to any desired temperature an d the interior i* so light that reading i* poeaible at night. Under the co*on man's seat i* a storage battery, very small and compact, and m cased in a box fifteen inohe* long and eight inch** deep. Technically it i* a chemical batlory , consisting of five cells of two volt* each and with a normal discharge of ten amperes. The battery oaab* charged by connecting with any inoand**oent ligiit wire and will run all the light* and hear, the brougham for seventy hour*. As these are in use for only a few hour* each day, charging neceiaary but once or twice a, month. Then the battery i* easily removed from beueatb the seat and connected with a wire. Four incandescent light* are placed on th* carriage, two outside and two inside. Ordinary mean l*oent bulb* are inserted in the glass lamp* beside the coachman'* eat aud are connected by invisible wire* with the battery. A little switch on the side of ths seat enables th* driver, to light or extinguish them at will Inside th* brougham lamp* of a different pattern are oaed. Tucked in the back upper corners are two ground-glass globe*, oval in form but an inch or two from the wood work. The** globe* jut fit aoroas th* coiners and do not in any waf Sterfere (A Inside light*. B Heater. C Out- side lights. l> Thermometer. K Switch** for light* and heater. F Stor- age batteries.) a CAHKIAOR THAT IH I.I'.IITIL AMD HBATID BY I.KCTBirtTY. with the ht-adi of the occupant* of th* seat beneath. Wire* running beneaui the up- holstery au<l along the door connect with the etorage battery. Though quite mnall, these lampigive brilliant light to the inter- ior of th* carriage. Beneath the frout seat is the beater, which i* simply a coil of high-r'-entaoo* wire around an iron plat* two teet lung and eight inor.es wide. It is mcaeeii in an iron frame and put in such pontion that ocou- pan I a of the rear eeat can place their feet upon it. When the current i* turned on this healer raise* the temperature to 80 degree* in a few minutes. lu th* frout corner is a small tnermome- ler, so placed that if the carriage is empty th* coachman oan see it from his neat through the front window and rvgulnte the temperature by moans of a switch at his side. Th* arrangement of button* to govern the current ha* been devised. Kai-h in- side lamp is controlled by a button on either side of the door. Buttons to re- gulate '.he beater are in the same p. aces. The ooauhman from his seal can light the outside lamps and turn on the hnat inside. "I aniaomg to add one thiug more," say* the KU lie man, "and that is an arrange- ment to do away with the necessity of re- _:.ar(t'ng the storage uattnry By pulling a small generator that wou d not be noticed on the axle of the carriage and gearing it with the wheel the battery will constantly be kept charged. Though I am not an electrician, the subject has alwaya been a hobby of miu, and I littd out my brougham with appliances that can be purchased in almost any electrical natablisn- menU "In* comfort that oan b* derived from a lighted and heated carriage make* rnlinii a real pleasure. Wl.en th* carriage is wailing the coachman can turn on the heat si the proper time and by looking through the window behind his seat see th* ther- mometer and keep th* temperature at the right degree, "'.'arnage* propelled by electricity I confidently believe to be a possibility, and I expeot to ride in my carriage without horse* within thr* yean from to-day." INDIAN PRINCE IN Nt.W YORK A I liai Wlik ike lawab lni.il law.. Jems; ***** J- His HighMM th* >.Vtval. Imad N*war Jung liaiiadur of India and* his wife arriv- ed iu New York a few day* ago They liav* with them a maid and a valet, and they are making a tonr of the principal cities ol the world, which they propose to circle. Their trip began at Hyderabad, in the southern part of Hindoostan, where Imad Nawaz Jung Rahadar is a great prinoa. Th*y arrived from Alia on the steamship City of Pekin. The Nawab is a rather tall, well for mod ma*), ot perhaps 40 years of age. He h >s a brown skin, a dark beard, the whit**t ot teeth, very bright, brown eyes and a pleasant face, which would b* described a* good-looking rather than positively handsome. Hi* manner is that of any well-bred gentleman, and hi* voice i* wonderfully soft and pleasing. Hi* dress was decidedly ornamental. On his hea.1 h* wore a red fes with a black tassel. Th* distinctive article of his attire wa* a long, look* red garment, looking mack like a dressing gown, and fastened with silk frog*. Beneath this could be seen iroux-rs of some light whit* fabric, with glistening threads of silk running through the cloth, the effect being that ot the nether part of a eel of glorified pajamas. On hi* feet were loose, broad-toad slippers, but the crowning glory ot his cott urn* is hi* hosiery. These stock ings are of Mack silken texture, underneath which is a brilliant green, the ellect of the green seen through the black being highly ornamental. The Prince wore on hi* left hand a small intaglio ring with cabalistic characters. "We are on a pleasure trip merely," aid the Prince in response to a question. "We have been away from home four months, having come to this country from ( hina, where we went to ('auton,Shangbai, and Hong Kong. We might havetravalleii about China more but for the war. There i* no travel in the districts where the tight- ing is, and we could not go to I'ekm. for a few day* we stopped at San Francisco and at N lagara Falls. That is the greatest thing I have seen here in America, "In my country we do not believe in so much crowding into the cities. It is twitter for th* public health, better for the Govern meet, better for the poorer classes, belter for agriculture, better for finance, belter ail ways that people should not. crowd together too much into cities. One tiling I find strange here is your eating. In India we eat not much meat ; a little mutton, perhaps, but mostly vegetable* and green thingi-.trat here you all eat meat,mest,meau You are great flesh eatar*. .Still, every one to hi* own taste. You say it so m Knglish, do you not '" The reporter added that it was a common saying in Kuglish and added that doubtlea* th* Prince had learned to *peak Knglish fluently in Great Britain. "No ; I bav* never been in Karon*," san' th* Prince, "and 'his is my first visit to America ; but I have itadied Knglich for ten months, yit I fear I speak not correctly many times. In the East everything i* English. There is a little Frer-ch, but bnglisli is the language of the world Koglish language, I mean to say. " "Uo you intend to learn Freiicn and German ai**> when you viiit those coun- tries " aakot the reporter. "Nip ; I think not. 1 am not travailing to learn language* or to stuiijr politics s* onie of my countrymen do. It is merely a pleasure ..rip, and 1 intereet myself in >ocial conditions, 1 think yon call n. My wife and 1 will go to all the chief capitals of the world, and we map .mt our courts as we travel. We sail from here by the White Star line. I do not know when we shall get home again. Herhape no' tor a Imu tune." i In Saturday the Hnti'-e"* called on the wife of the Turkish t'onsui, wearing a pro- (union of superb gums on her fingers, in her dre*, and in her hair. HIT ixuini-i itnngt were simply lines of rabies, diamonds, emeralds, and sapphire*. Monday night the Turkish Consul and n is witedtned at the Waldorf with the Prinoe and IVmcxs*. Bents a Brother to Death. Frank Thompson * farmer of Carmel Me., killed hi* brother Kd ward on Monday evening;. Kdward wa* drunk and attacked Frank, whoa* wife went to his aid. Rdwar<i threw hrr down and renewed his attack upon Frank, who had meantime arme.l himself with t olnb. With this Frank knocked t&lwaid down, and in a frency of rago beat hi* head out of all semblance to Immunity. The brother* were wll to do, owning considerable property in common, and had always lived together peacably Kd ward was a bachelor. Where She Isn't. Mm. Old*tyle I* Mm. Newag* at home? Servant Mrs. Newagoisan emancipated woman, ma'am. She i* never at home. STONE CANNON w>w m or Ike i.ivmc . fc *r lalta, The most wonderful caunons on record are thoe which are described by Brydone, whoee travele in Sicily and Malta won well- deeerved renown toward the end of the last century. Many fact* and sloriee he recounts Uiat seem eirangaly old world to ua, though the date is little more than a hundred year* ago, no graudiy did tne French revolution Uan*t->rm Kurupex Malta wa* full of wonders more or iee* droll whi.e the Kn gnu held it But nothing equaled the stone gun*. Kverybotly knows that the fortification* were cut out of the solid rock, nut Rrydone WAS right in saying that a kind of ordnance used to defend them was unknown to all the world beside* A* w* understand hi* description, the Kniuhtt left a great block of stone where they hollowed oat an embrasure intiieonlT, which afterward they shaped and bored in the form of a gigantic mortar. Theae en- gines sontameti a whole barrel of gun- powder. That shoveled in, they plugged it with a great piece of wood, fitted etoctly to th" bore, as walding, and loaded up with oannon balls, ohnlls and other deadly materials. About SO of these remarkable guut com- manded the spot* which a host n ship was most likely to approach. "The mouths of some sre six feet wde, and t.nny are abln to throw !n,' H l pounds' weight ot ball* or stones. " The range is not stated, but the tailing projectile* covered an area of over 300 square yards. The City s Pitfalls. Idle Tim I'hew ! Never had sioh * nar- row escape in all the year* I've been irnmpin. Vheee ere htg citie* is fall uf pitfalls fer the unwary. Tattered Tnm What happened ye ? Idle Tim I wont into that hig bnildin, to tell me tale of woe, and where d'ye think 1 found tneeelf It wa* an employ- ment office an twenty different pemons offered me work afore I could get nut. FOR THE STEMEB SEX. PROPER CLOTHES FOR THE SEASON NOW AT HAND. ame >.ub f.arrln la Inn. s*d *>reu *inrr fur HIT I'p-iu Dafr Man - Tne <'(* are ef a Martini Kalarc Fashious in men's clothing suffer little change* fiom year to year, yet these changes are of a marked nature aud demand attention. If, tor instance, the trousers of 1894 were put on now they would be found away out of date, and yet the only differ- ence between them and the proper thing for 1895 is a closer leg andstraighter cut witn- out any of the spring of a year ago. All body uoate.such as fro ok and walking coat*, have grown perceptibly shorter, while sack coat* remain at about their usual leng'h*. Vett* ar* a trifle snorter, with just a slight round-off on the front line below the lower but. on. The most alarming fea- ture of me changes that preeent t lien. selves is thai which will be adopted in the selection of goods. They will be of brighter shade* than worn for some time. The tendency is to one more fancy cheviot* and more fsucy worsted suitings for general busi- ness purposes. The double - breasted sack-coat suit will be pop- ular, with it* edgM double st i tched one fourth of an inch, the collar and lapels of moderate width, the shoulders bauk a* wide ** the propor- tions of the wearer wiil permit, without wadding or padding of any description Tbe front* are to be thrown open and rod ed at will. This coat should have neither outside breast nor cash pocket*. The double breasted frock for half dress is regaining it* old-time popularity. The labels are faced with silk to the buttonholes. N pockets ouuide except cam pocket. Sack coat* will b* cut hapely, tracing th*form ot th* wearer witn exact- ness, but not oloee tilting, and a trine charter than last year. In fact, all coal* ar* to b* shorter than heretofore. Three- iiutton cutaway* and Prince Albert* will b* made ol rcugh materials in Oxford* and m wine color*. Tbefeaturesof the new three button cuts ways i* th* absence ol the outside breast poc- r* will wear colored clot VKKY \.n.lii. ket. Extreme <1 in full dr*a*suiis,BUch a* browns, som* color* i adahlias. Th* dress coat will b* shorter, and both the shawl collar and peaked lapel will b* full. Flashy effect* will be thrown into busi- ness suiU, such a* check*, plaids, etc. They will be made up n three and lour- button sates, and al*v double-breasted. There is a new coat out lor those who don't like sack coal* for busiones tun* and at the same 1 1 me don't like long cutaways. It is a long-wanted. with a short skirt out loos* in the back, with muuh the earns coats. Overcoat*, both in ">v erts and Chester- fields, will be worn The oovert will be with plain seam*. t<eneraliy got up with strapped and lapei seams. The Chestrfield le gener ally made up ilk- faced to the edge of the button*, without the outside or breast pocket*, acd some- what shorter than last setson. All coals will be cut with long collars and full lapels. There is a shawl col- lar dress coat intend- ed for younger people, generally worn with waen or Marseilles vest*. No wardrobe le considered repiel without the Tuxedo or dress sack, whioh i* very useful, a* it is vr TO DATE. th . thlnR , or parties, etc. DRAD SWBT.T.. effect a* th* sack Crime, in Buffalo. A despatch from Buffalo. N. Y,. says : Housebreakmg, robbery, nnd %e*eu!t are if nightly occurrence in Xulfalo. Kvery morning one or more of the precinct 'ap. tains reports some crime of this sort, but the boldest job done ler* in years was reported Friday morning. A tough rang the door-bell at the boner of Prof. Tagg, on Allen street. Hie ttftn-year-olii daughter answered the door, whereupon the ruffian sprang into the ball, caught her by the throat with one hard, r.n.i with the other forced a cloth saturated ith chloroform against her nostr tie and month. S.'ie sank unconscious to the Hoor, wnne 'he burg.ar ransacked the house. Evidently he was trilateral away, for not mug of value was taken, and the girl was not molested further. The poliee art wu bout a clue ether than the meagre description givsn by the girl. Th* .Spanish Minister in Washington ha* signed. THE DIARY OF FIFTY TWO TEARS. In Beeemsielral VreJtekSMn'i aWoril ef I . . i . He* pri lu Hi. Ufa. Through his death the world at large has just learned of th* existence of an eooenlrio I ' irisian who ha* left behind him a set of account book* extending over the last fifty, two of his seventy-three year* of life, and which contain to* moat minute record of hi* daily exp*ua**. Had .Shakespeare or any other great man whoa* hiitory i* little k "Wn left sucn statistical sidelight on hi* character, posterity might have found therein sufficient material from which t* indues a tolerably full and accurate iuo;raphy. It appear* from th* expense book* of this individual, whose name ha* not reached tbl* lid* of th* Atlantic, thai he smoked about three cigar* daily, th* actual number consumed during the fifty- two year* being 62,811, of which 4,3tf9 were given u> him. The remaining 58, 44 1 .' oost him $1,179, or about two cent* apieoe. To any one who ha* ever tried a two-sou cigar in Paris this explains why he smoked eo few ID a day, but not bow he managed to live seventy-three years. He was mod- erate, likewise, in his expenditure* for clothing, and daring th* period covered by hi* book* he had made or bought ready made uuly >'> pair of trousers, which oost $4fKJ. II ;'74 coats and vest*. 17911.78, and til' ..aim of shooe, $:i90.55. He bought -208 Biur'i and "devants" and '.I'M collars for $2f.Y86. He was evidently a good walker. for he >pent but $42S.50 in omnibus** and tramways. In tit'ien yean he drank according to hi* account books, 28,780 glasses of hirer, of which ^l,2t>l were "demu." For this bear and for the 30.081 "little tfa>*ee" of cognac, etc., h* spent $6,350. plus fl.ft* in tip*. There iimuoh more information in theee expense book*, but some of It would not look well :n print, from oar point of view, though the breach paper* make oommenti which might be considered funny on som of the items. Blondln s Host Difficult Feat Blondin, the tight-rope waiker, now ovu 70 years ol age, when he is interrogated a> the most difficult feat he ha* aver perform- ed, always refer* to hi* walking on a p* from th* mainmast to the mizzen on board th* 1'fiiinsuia and Oriental Company'* teenier Poonab, on hi* way out to Aus- tralia, their being tuch heavy sea on at the time that he was forced to sit down on the rops tire times is th* largest wave* approached the vensei. A Neat Housekeeper. Peddler I'm seilio* the new patent bedroom tire escapes, light, portable, quick- ly adjusted Bilkins Di.n't want it. Wouldn't b* of any use. But, sir, you may have a tir* at any time, aud Suppose we should T Suppose I should buy thai tniug and lake it home. The mat time my wife went to Mt'mg thing* to right*, she'd put that oontritaooa into N.nne .| ie-r corner wbere it couldn't b* found in evi-ui*o hour*. President Cleveland was 58 yean of age on Monday. Mr. J. Alcide Montreal. P. Q. b Marvelous Medicine Whenever Given a Fair Trial Hood's Proves Its Merit. The following letter Ii from Mr. J. Aleio* PliauMe, architect and surveyor. No. 1 M Shaw .Itrwt, Montreal. Canada: " ','. I. Hood A Co., Lowell, Ma**.: "Gentlemen: I hava been taking Hood'i sarsapmrtlla for about six months and am glad U< *ay that It bns ilone mt great deal of good. Last May my weight wan U2 pound*, but ilno* HOOD'S Sarsaparilla CURES ( oegan to take Hood'i Sanu|.arll1it It IMS In- creast-d to l3. I llniiK Hood's HrsapRrlll.t U a and am rery mucli pleased ' - . marvellous niedli-ine With It." J. A l.i li'K I'll M- Hood's PHI* ''I' il'-'-'f >!<* conslluatioa. tilloiuuau, jiui;:illce. sick headache. indlgetUon. For Twenty-five Years DUNN'S BAKING POWDER THE COOK'S BESTFR' END LARGEST SALE IN CANAOA.

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