Daily Colonist (1899-03-29) by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: British Columbia; Newspapers
Published: 1899-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

ICTOUTA DAILY COLOljIST WEDNESDAY MABCH 29 1899

HA>{E YOU TRIED IT?

•'KEMINISCBNCE.

'ITlier^'S a. name tiikt sometimes baunts me,

Mary Jane; rirst It gliulrteus, then It tnunts me;

Thu refiuin Bids me back to trees and heather, Whpte In. olden, golden weatlier, Tou and I w^ro oft together, ; Mary Jane.

Murmuring silk and satin gleaming,' •'

Mary Jiiiii!, liid mo from this rustlo droamlng.

But iu vain; Though enchantments now endeavor That old mystic spell to sever, Heart throtiB spoaU the old name crer,

Mary Jane.

Iilgiits axid prisms cannot glisten,

Mary Jane, Like the stars themselves, repining,

By the Inne. Am} the stars themselves, repining, Bre we parted were declining, Awed l)y your bright eyes' oatshinlng,

Mary Jane.

ISeauty somctimps dolpns to hoar mc,

Miiry J.ino, Hut I wish tlint yi>n wore ncnr me,

Oncp again. With the wliisnpriUK loiivos In olioriis, And the starlight glittering o'er us, And the long white road betoie us,

Mary Jane.

hitch is Castoneil In front. The two long ends are then folded curcfuU,^ together, passed between the legs, and tu^fc* imI Into the belt at the region of the small of the hack. I use the word "belt" to simplify the< explanation; for nltlioiigh some arc used,' and even plecos of rope, It Is hy no means genernl, and I do not remember ever huvlng seen one used by a wo-uinn; so tliut the way they keep this garment In place, even when actively on-gitgqd, 1^^ positively aBloolshin^..

■ (Tlie men—I nm speaking'of tlie' pooro: classes—often have no other garment. tlioiiKli iniLiiy of them wear undershirts or iilwii.vs have ii bright colored cloth about six Inelies wide that Is passed under the arms and either tied ti(.'litly In from: over till- breasts, to th.' utter ruination of tlii'lr lii^nres, or. whieh is far more graceful, passing uniler tlieui, the ends crossing over the opiioslto should<'r and tied .It the lael;. Thos". however, who are in constant IntercDUrst: with Kuro-pcaiis adopt the bodice, whiles tlio older wouKMi, especially. In the country, go Innocently about In. only a panung. Mis-BloDBcies, as usual, try lt> dress the ua tlvest bat It open to serious doubt who!he" the rcsidt is attended with any liea.'-lit. :is tlKM-e Is eertalidy nothing in tledr nielliod of dressing, In any way ineoui-liatllilc Willi the higiu'st form of religion. —Gentleman's Magazine.

MOST MURDEROUS BATTLE.

To any army of physically inferior .ncn the arst disruption of ranks generally meiint utter ruin. Gunpowder Is a great cnuallzor of individual prowess. The rllle bidlef of a dwarf will crarry as far anil lilt iis hard as that of a giant. On tlie retreat from Museow thi' foot-sore, foiii-Nheil Mint .•iliimst frozen Fi-eneli siildlers ■ •'ii.lil lianlly drag themselves along, lint Mheii loo liard p]c>ssed, were still able to li.iiii s<|iiaiis and. with levelled muskets lUiide the pursuing Cossacks shrink ba( k cm of ballet range.

Hut llie niDillenm of renialniiiL' sinoiLMli

linu still siilTl I to piiil i> trigger woiiid

liMV(i failed to draw tlie airow of a I'.u--tliian war liow. and in a stiear-to-spear light their dciiiiii would liave been speedily sivil I'd. Hence the horrible carnage of legion.

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