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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1888-12-21, Page 6FT • .• • =d. • di .'..! and Ttt%' - usrL w %D i li t - a . tch ,. , A dee pa fin* d d; save ; What promisee to.be •en' interesting. ease will opine tip before the. Police Megietrste • in a few, ..day*. Theoironmetanoea; are • these : ` . Abont eighteen years ago a o. nehooner,•9he Explorer, witha cargo, con, witting:otmill machinery. and 200 barrels: of whiskey, `ran on p rook near Tobermory, r and was reported lost.: There was a crew ' . , of four on board, --the captain, his eon and: two men. The captain and his eon esoaped,, the other two went. down with the boat. The story of the wreck told by the captain, who name ie Waddell, wae that when shrilling the rook the vessel ran hard :.on and shifted her cargo forward;o .Bedding. the two: men down to shift it aft, the boat twang off the rook and' went down bowline - most, carrying the tsvomen with it. Reach - s Ing this place, the tale was, related and the inserene° collected on the vessel and cargo., Ugly rumors' began to ':fleet abo b,ShortlyafterWaddell and his on. a small boat on s eon were out Lake, Huron, and Was ass told by the boy that the boat eapeized and his father was drowned.` He drip:' ng clothes, : took the far inert house on the ebor e`er at whose e he first appeared; and showed him the .upturned boat on the shore. ' The story was received as factand nothing more thought of the matter till about years ago, when -the crew of a small coast- ing vessel going around pioking up wreck- age mill maohiner were 'informed of .the sinking. of the tohooner, with yand whiskey:aboard. The thought of securing two bun. died barrels of "12 -year-old" Was sufficient • inducement to :ridge -the boat' so the to work, and for their trouble found d that the Explorer hid a full cargo of rooks and, the two bodies of the/ crew among m. The bottom had been'bored through in ee- in acvv s oral places, and -the-whole-antronndings in dioated. a case of cold-blooded murder. 'These oironmstanoes called .0 the. membranse of Weddell to Pomo re e.ofh former aoquhintanees, and, to their eat surprise, they 'recognized the oa 'fast . Oh Dago. 7 hey reported the' toot to a friend of, theirs,, Mr. Horace`Lymburner, of •tL ie town,, who was oleo acquainted with Waddell,, • having' ehipped a ea o' of hen- ' tier in the Explorer. Imagine Mr. Lyra. 'burners .surprise .when a few'. days ago whog should :tarn � np '.onour, streets • but Waddell. ' Greeting him as :Captain Wad dell the man• replied,' wish_ a;etartled- are a his. eyes "'I am not Captain Waddell." And shot past him. He was also recog- nixed ky a Captain! Morrow, who informed P. C. McAuley. ' This constable has the case. in hind and is working it up with good prospeote of bringing the guilty man to justice. In•the meantime' .:Waddell • ie serving'a fifteen -days' term in jail for being drunk. It is sappoed that the whiskey was . solid and the proceeds pocketed, and the mill machinery' is=reported to be nowin use ins Iawinill on 'the north 'shore • 5°112owhere, -being-run by ft= eon 'of Waddell'; ' of Should the' most case aeneationel ever brought:en; .it will one here. The appearance of the man who. is cow in jail, and reported to be Waddell, is .hilt ofa, most ,desperate character; 8o neon so at to Cause the. magistrate to. re mark that he was the ';meet villainoae-' looking"'individual who had ever appeared before him. There. ie ;a peculiarity in his walk" which is identical with that of Wad o., Crown --Attorney :.has taken np the °see and is making : inquiries;of. the insuranoe companies interested. ` HILLED`BY A' COLLISION. • Aa Engine liens Into a Street 'Car in ' Detroit --Ten . Persens Injured, Some A' last (Wednesday) "night's Detroit despatch sage: .This afternoon•. the Lake Shore '& Michigan ' : Southern switching engine,': on its way to the dunotion, collided --wish-a•�street: car. of the:Fort andCroghan street line at Croghan street oroseing, de- atolishing the oar and injuring ten' persons, five of whom will probably die.. Oa the approach' of the: street•oar to, the .crossing the conductor. in oomplienoe with the rules • of the'Street Railway Company, ran ahead to asoertain if the way was clear of trains, and seeing the engine, he turned to signal the oar, which had kept; on. and ,wee close by.. But the signal Dame too late to Driver Thos. Evans, and despite hie efforts the oar glided down.the abarp• grade in time fdr the locomotive toco�gne.up: and crash into • it broadside. The street oar was compara tively filled with passengers, about four- teen in all. When the locomotive crashed into it, the shrieks of the women and the pries of the men Were heard a diatanoe of •, several blocks. The side of the oar was oruehed in and 'the', car overturned and pushed along a few feet; but a' quick re- ' venial of the locomotive prevented further ' dainage. ' Opinion is divided as to whom to blame, whether Conductor Roes, of the ' street oar, or Watchman ,Hurley, who did not have the block aims down to atop :the paseage of teeing along the: street: An Embezzler Dying in Toronto. A Wapakoneta, U'., despatch says: Israel Lucas, ex.Treaeurer 9f Anglaize County, who fled to Canada ''aboth two years• ago with . 830,00Q ..,of the°ounty's money, ie 'dying with consumption. George Orr, while in Toronto, met' Lnoae 'and had a • Jong conversation with him. ' Mr. Lucas • intimated that he had prepared a complete history of the. defalcation, and left the im- pression that all of' the story of the steal was never told. ' :A finds of 10 and. Groom of GO. • A Reidsville, N.O., despatch gays Samuel Marsden, aged 50, and Gertrude Glibson,';aged 16, eloped from Amelia comity, Va., came here and were married • last n�h t. The bride, who is pretty:, said Che iyikeplenty offers: from:, younger men, *lint tl y�+4seretill drunkards. r i,+ n x 'that N ould Be Nice. ' A litre nrith, of Grand. Rapids, Mich.,. '` din t in a patent folding , bed which tit np with her, and she could not get out Wtil be manufacturer of the: bed had been nt 'for to open the combination.. The ynanafaoturer of every folding bed bhould 110 with' the bed, to be band in Cabe of einergenoy;.-�-Peee't•Se,n, y • t t6Y9tteara�11 . -4 Rgmwtkablp Oonfi•solosr, A Newyork despatch pays: ,on, top. of the sensational'. developmental in •the now celebrated. badger " genie: played on Phil Daly oomee a remarkable oonfegsion al, one, of the four ,00nspirato s, Herman ' made to Inspector Byrnes today. '' ase confession lays bare;a; ;eohone ofwhole. some blackmail ' on prottiinent men and foroible extortion of money,:. pats yellow.00vered,.literatnreto ah Henry Barman..wee the re the gang. He Wee pressed service,. and weakened Inspector Eying► Joe , pr the Stanton woman talk ja show that: she, was willing to evidence.` The man. Herman, sd' ip- of German birth, an and ohildren, though he spent time with. the Hamrnond' worn butoher by trade. His last • the Grand Union Hotel, Sa met Meredith, the :arch•con couple , of weeks , before t- Berman says that he introdu to the Stanton, woman;.and th went to;live.at the 4th; avenue the badger game. was played„ eeredith ;was . ranch ° pleased SIt tanton woman. ' She would rook, he said, beoauoe • eh 1" nerve," and he could make a l out of her. .The outcome of the that about. Nov, 28th Meredith man that .he,hed ". flied " it all. Stanton fora big strike, and he would � i give Herman ; 515,000; to. take • a : hand.. The scheme was to write lettere to men . wealth and prominence, to entre them �inte• the flat. Theiirst Who fell in end wae any good,"that. is,, had any, reputation or, money to lose, was to be chloroformed and robbed.., They - calculated to et' about 530,000 out' of their victim by threats. blackmail.. •Hermm�: was ase. ed to''t gn hb taek'of tying and torturing the prisoner: Daly, one of. the. chosen. victims, came, once • and thea chance was allowed to pace. `'Meredith'Was angry with Herman for it. _The Hamm d woman, who was•a sort of a:silent,partnner the ••sobeme, wae: out of -the t: ,.h'" . Daly passed through hie. ordeal;' :She did not wish to, be present at the time The two men played, cards: in the kitohe , the. Stanton worrier :watohe , ler ambler. :At; 2 d. for the P,'m: aame;the knock at the door The woman. played ed her a" y rt a sa ..p e ed on. gr P When tfie rush came, Berman he was so nervous that the pistol_went off accidentally. Then they., ran. ` What fol- lowed hag already been told.' ley Used to Conceal a Nom drone a li!riseiher o! A :Colum gars: ed. w net 'unique regio of the la war iq A j to ][atrimoUJ by a DeaigiIt g • MIMI wogs. ' art 8L Wife, Ind despatch sa Peraeont Columbus, .,, most . Pe formIt ie a button offet a privatesoldiers um - 'LEAP' . Paling latter part of the, war _ TEA -11, PRIVILEGE EMBBAOE by George Clatch, Commander of . ' ' the Ieham Keith' (G•„A B j Post in this i A Widow Mr. CI toll,' ° brother-in-law AJ laher, whose home ie in Ohio, had the mal. The atony fortune,to be captured; b ` • th °e eta mitt - of d y e rebels. and: arae. confined in Libby Prison. The story of hew; en member of the'prisoners in that hell -hole suffered ,arty” into the .died from, starvation, exposure andand easily when mint is a, part of history, to ill-treat. Gal- reeenoe) made labor had been there soe timeAfter r Mr,. Gal- st enough to feel the need 01, money, he began wto ould -turn States. enbanoe his prospects y, which would is about '30, Union lines ahoiildphe of reachinginthe.g d thee a wife his esoa , succeed in making Pe A burgeon of; his regiment, who most of his w s in the , prison, was an. He is a each edged. He .out off • about too: be job was at brass buttons froni his:one. of the large, ratoga. He separating t uniforms and, epirator, a cavity' by tak}� g out the filling: of it, made a he election.; wrote on a, slip of: blank ppeing; He then cad Meredith but distinct hand, :following' fir' in a email er ' quartettewife, the note tohie - wife, which he enolosed' in thcavi d flat, where again sealed the button ' cavity and • Y• Linde upon D I u on together de Imieox.- -Dzei s. wire, --et .we: With the exchanged by let ot; December gond are not make a kima greenbaoks, Putin; a vial canned .npp,imn a can of e had the tomatoes or blackberz-lee.: Bend it .in a . e of a2°°°7provisions. J, F,G En of )after. waThis note is well preserved and was s resting snugly inlace in thetill when shown pp with Addie to day by Mr Ql told Ser- snag. y its continue the story; the • batten w THE, COKING BATTLE. ArrivalofBritieh Troops at Suakim Battle Expected Next Week, A Suakim cable lays : The first detach. went of British troops arrived here .yester- Slay 'on the • steamship Hodeida, which entered the harbor, bringing from Suez 21. officers, 185 men of the Scottish Borderers, and 100 mounted • infantry with" horses. So. soon as the troops' assembled'the Arabs_ opened ---as hot --artillery -fire from the trenches,' mainly concentrated on'the Twelfth .Blank `Battalion, but';they were quickly silenced by a reply from the forts and the' Racer. The probability is that a fight between the •Arabs and . the troops. ander , General Greaten, 'sirdar of the Egyptian army, will take:.place next week:• Reports.put the strength. of the Arabs in the trenches at . from 700 to 1,000 men. ,There • are, however,', many ' more lying in the bu. sh,__.withinm a -•short distanee`of .the earthworks, and'abou t 1;500 reserves sta. tioned a't Handoub wells, eight miles away. Many_aro merely' tribesmen and;elates,. but : there are 'among them nearly 1,000 dervishes and ex -Egyptian .soldiers. The force ander ;General. Grenfell will consist of two brigedeetof Egyptian..' and black troops, supported by the second •battalion. of the'King's Own Scottish Borderera, one corapany of. mounted infantry, and_::.a email force 'of;Egyptian oavalry and 'artil levy, altogether:about'S,000 under arms. =r-Gan. Grenfell'has informed••••the Govern- went that he ceneiders this force ample• to raiee the sieges ,He . expects to be Bible : to mass his entire force. by the end of this week. . A DESPERATE GIRL. Shoots :Herself Dead Bevause Her ,Bother Scolded Her. ,. A Watertdwn: N eY., despat• ch says, Mies Anna M. Moore, the pretty'end, ace oompliehed: daughter of. H. W. Moore, a welt -known hardware merchant of Antwerp, this'county, committed unlade in.a fit. of. anger, :after having been scolded by her mother for remaining out until' 10 co clock at night.. The: girl, was 18, years of age and idolized by her parents. Tuesday evening, about '7 o'clock, ' she., expressed a desire to go out for the. purpose of.visiting a young lady friend in the , village. Her mother .asked her but oho droned and went remain When. she nretnrned at 10 o'clock the.family,had retired. The mother arose, however; and, going to'Anna's room, upbraided her severely for .remaining out so: late. After Mrs, Moore had turned to leave the room Anna arose in' a passion, went aoross•tho ball tq •a closet, got a•. re- volver, a 22 -calibre, and, placing the 'muz- zle to her right ' temple; fired. The report of • the pistol • aroused Mr. Moore, who rushed upstairs,, " but fell fainting to ' the ' floor when he found what bad taken place. Anna 'lived about three hours. after the shooting, but did not regain consoionenese. ,She had threatened. to kill' herself before wen reproved by her parents.: The revolver with which she took her life wae taken from her father's, store. A Man to be 'Afraid Of. Brown (to. friend from. oat of town) Let es °rose over;(ack,:there's a tailor on the next block whom I don't Want to eee. Friend -Like all you • New , Yorkers^-. afraid to meet year tailor. ' Brown_Great Scott, man ! ,I don't wear a' hundred dollars worth of clothe a year, It'd my wife's tailor; he's the only man.in New York I'm afraid of. y •n Dug. Crothere, who a domande 8350'per month to play in Buffalo, is' now willing to play in Toronto for $20.0 pee month. Ball players are getting dense. • Mr, Gladstone bas Begun olaesifyiag, his letters and papers. He has a little batch of 60,000 letters that he ,:thinks ' worth: preserving: a � / take the place of another on th of the exchanged . surgeon,: wh home. and delivered it to Mrs. due time.. It 'maid not?have e close scrutiny of • the aoffioers''ha conveyed out of the prison in manner, as the'ofhoers were ' pari search all of the exchanged prig eluding the surgeon, most : ming Gallaher did not have much ho eohenie • would' succeed, even eh' note reach his wife, but he. was, for the fruit arrived in a short t althoug closely inspsoted by` the. prison official , theyfailed pd to discover the •,pial: containing the money concealed. in 'Dna of -the jars of thick preserves. Soon atter re; oeiving the money Mr. 'Gallaher succeeded in making : hie escape • . from' •the prison,' being one of the chief" participants in the great tunnel n el expedition. Fie "found the. -$30 obtained in mo novel a manner to be of great service to him in reaching the Union lines.. When Mr. Cltitoh__was- .in -Ohio -a :—M short titles ago he was given the battonand love its: contents to keep as a memento; and •it hint is greatly, prized. es such. °ere 7 The groom Renonnoes the; Bride t a the Oho Refuses to (live Him Up. , Altar, bet • The New York World says the Rev,H,F. Auld, a young :Episcopal clergyman; of Merriaania; two yearn ago betrothed him- self to Mrs. Helen Christie, a buxom widow. The olergyman'e friends say be; pletely bewitched him, and hebecameCom er abject Slave. The attachment' lad a year, when, on March 14th, 1887, snore - Mg to Mr. Auld s, friends, the widow; taping leap year by the forelock, proposed marriage.: This was quite a shook to Mr,. Auld, who had loved her only as a mother. She took him to St. Paul's Church; corner of One: Hundred: and. Fortieth etreet'and .Third. :avenue, however,'' requesting the olergyman there to marry them. The. reverend gentleman a refneed,' :•. on the gound ' that it ' was . Lent. Mre. Christie. then , proposed a solemn betrothal,. which was willingly entered into by Mr. Auld, and , a formal agreement was signed. Finally Mr. Auld, who Vas . • button inifidenaed by his; mother, told `Mrs. Christie utoh. To . he,00rld never love her or even respect her as made to ass wife, but if she insisted he would e uniform marry her.. He resigned hie parish,` made Gsallreached arrangements to go to another, and told. gher, in . that on. hie departure the • ceremony soaped ;the ,would be performed. Mie Christiie f d. it • been any other ioular' to overs,- in- tely • Mr. pe that his ould the surprised, isle, and that: she was compromi. ,1 and : three legal prooeedinge it the marriage did not take place immediately, : Mr. Auld still hesitating; • Mrs. Christie appealed ' to Bishop Potter, •who -summoned the.parties before him: • After , hearing the evidence the, "bishop , wrote a letter to Mr. Mild, sympathizing with him, but telling him he was:bound to keepbis . word Mrs. Christie. Lst WednesdayaMr. Auld, marry aocosl ante _ _. _ .--.-._.. p d by a friend, repaired to the residence of the Rev. H. S. Smith, and the ceremony wee performed., It was a most dramatic affair. 'Before the witnesses M Auld. soleir sly renounced Mrs.. Chrie OLD W, OI:. I! NEWS Dr MAIL. Lateetfrom Ireland:; , :Reports received from Ireland record, the • partial failure of the potato crop Mrs. Malone, stated :to be 105: yearn; of age; died at Ennistymon, Clare, the other day. „ The . Land Commie cion has, iredaced, the, rents on• the Kenmore; estates at. Killarney 50 per cent , The construction of the Mitohelstown ,& Fermoy Railway is to bo commenced mediately. The honorary degree of Doctor of a has been conferred upon: Rev. and' Han wa D.D,, of- Belfast, byGalesville R • ty, IInivereit , � Wsooneui. y Mr. Rathbone a Dubli ,a large number of: •'merchants gentleman, cruelly and hoaxed the other day, From were orgell - y m early morn., ing tone of coal were. brought'in rapid Imo - Cession . to the 'house of Mr. Rathbone nearly all the coal' . merchants in the . city baying received orders. Atter these oame funeral' carriages, a hearse, furniture floats. and vane, The thoroughfare was ;crowded. -The- victims The this stupid; fooling are 'naturally: greatly incensed. Mr. Latest' from Scotland. Graham Murray has been 'ap pointed senior advocate -depute of Scotland, • • Six hundred pounds has been subscribed to the fend for the ereotion of a Berne statue in Ayr. _ ' Profs. Smith, and Smeaton 'of the. ,New College, Edinburgh„ oomplete� this year the jubilee of their ministry. • On November lfith the burgh Town Co entedmembers of lark n,y Council presented Lady Clark, teaed' 'the wife of ex -Provost Clark, with a .dia. d mond pendant. Jessie King, one of the. persons in custody in .connection with the alleged child den; Stockbridge, r mer inedge; Edinburgh, nae maga a fall confession of her guilt. Dr. Ritchie, of DanMr, E Strenraer; and Principal Morison ofe P eon are the only three remaining, in'eervioe in Scotland of those. who- bean- their -studied -1e ' the ' Secession Hall in 1884. Rev. Dr. Gloag, of Galashiels is- t nominated as ,Moderator of the Establishedo be' r. Charon Aesembl of Soear tie 'a � -,, Scotland' next. ear nd Rev. Johin Laird,' ' Cn ar.Fife ' 'only P a M, e Moderator of the Free Church, Rev.; Robert Thomson, Lad well g y (ilea �i n y I wi g- ill ' et ' on be m y wife in name. I will never live with you.' I will try end. provide for. you, but you must never darken my threshold." • re: -Christie was' just as `em atio.. him still, :she cried, " and I mar simply for the love�I bear him." ;' T mony was,. perform' and Mrs. Chrie • ':CONFE88)d» 118 CRIME. : How a; • Prussian . Village was Burned to the Ground Many Years Ago. •' A . Kalamazoo, Miele, despatch' A mint sensational confeseion wa by _a Chicago German` named 'H Sohence; aged 70, to, Wm Radiger, mazoo, last May, in Chicago., It dying_confeseionsof-lSahance; Twbo` well-to-do bridge builder. He said wee in1844 the crime offpny life w 'pitted.. It has caused me. untold an ever: since. One dark' night 'my p ' Sugar' Schultz and myself, rob barn in a suburb. of Colverte, Pru 100: bushels of rye. ` •?o throw o Suspicion ,of robbery,,we 'returned.. barn and set it on fire. ; A strong was blowing, and soon, to, our horro .•and.;,.stores --were-412: village was burned to:the ground. suffering that night :was horrible, mothers and children perished in flames.` Large rewards were offere the arrest of the: perpetrators of the but we were never caught.. As the gaSiered at the fire we:stole. away thr woods. I immediately, took a:ate for America, • came •to Chicago; and been, -here ever since. My partner braver .criminal • than ' I. He roma and is still living in Colverte,• Pru where. he is_a..:wealthy-merchant:--N feel better, but be. sure and not'oonm 'Cate this • confession to the German Dials'! • The confession was 'sworn t Radiger before a intake and.hae` been to the German. Consul at Cincinnati. 'LASHED. TO THE,CPU3U'S. Fearful. Suffering Endured by the Crew a Sinking 8ohooner. A. Baltimore, Md.,despatch says Thie: morning the schooner James A. Garfield strived from Navasea, with the ship. wrecked crew of; seven of the schooner Albert H. Crone,' of. Philadelphia and Newbnryport, Man. 'Capt. Henderson, of the Cross, • tells' a' harrowing tale of shipwreck.: The'Crosa. left Charleston Nov. 15th, bound: to Petersburg, Va., with 495 tone of .phosphate •rock. On November 17th• they encountered a' heavy gale, which, lasted for several days.:, On . the 21st she sprang a leak.The men got to the pumps,, but the,waves were rushing' over the Ocoee, which they swept. clean. • The' men. were lashed to the pumps, and were in that posi- tion until November 30th, when they. were rescued by the Garfield. 'The risen .were •completely. exhausted and covered with salt water' Bores, The Croce aank'in lati- tude 33.45, long. 73.40, two hours. after her crew had been taken off.. TARIFF CHANGES. Ca'iadlan customs ulinga During' the Last two *Months. The•following decisions were rendered by the Board of Customs at Ottawa 'during Oatober'and.November : • Cotton seed bran, 20 per cent. ' Cocoanut oilcake, 20 per cent:;. Galvanized wrought iron tubing Ober two inobet 'diem, 30 per cent. • • Lotter Copying ;bode, •35 per cent ' Pariah bunt or etatnet' es, 30 pili cent. . Paper boxes 8nihellishnd with chromcs,etri;; but without any prilited"niatter, Six cents per lb; and 20 per cent. • - Pencil cases of all kinds including gold, ailVer or plated, 25 per cont, I Suspensory bandages, as trunges, 25 • per cont. Scripture wall texts, net illustrated, 35 per cent ; do., illustrated, 6e per lb, and 20 per cent, Vases, glass, plain or fancy, 20 per oent. ; do, cbina, 30 per cent; do, earthenware, 35 per cent; Wool {no oils), dyed, 20 per cent. • • NoTir.=--The• items !'vaeea"'are not tended to include articles that should' be classed, as +" table ware." says,: e .'made ei nrioh of Rabi- es the Was 'a „lt.. as cora. ffering artner,. bed a seia, of ff all to: the Find' or, 100 The • The Many, the d' for deed'; P tough• amer. have wag' a ined,' side, ow I` uni- offi- o by Sent • of The defaulting clerk of the Londen Pair .4(1[1th:dation is in 'N r a tending medical college. • o ow, threatened with eviction from: the ieland`of-Iiiihcolm of `which .he has "I been subtenant a'noe thebeginning tie he te him as a tenant. went back to her hoin and Mr. Auld joined hie mother. TheY hoe° neve! 1 eyes on each other since their weddingd Last night a repozter .called on Mx. An! He ie , a young man, very delicate, and head. He was extremely nervous, andwli the reporteeetated hie broke -dew completely. ” I hive tried se hard to right," he ahnost cried. "There has_bee nothing -wrong between Mee. Christie an myself; and no* I mix Alined forever be solemnly to Mrs. Christie and, according t all Is have' to hay ebout :it." Aire. Auld the ;nether of the reverend gentlenian, ale declined to make a statement except to th effect that her son had been persecuted " He hee been followed by .that deeigqin wnnian--- until- she- married • him: 'My . pee boje He thought every WOIMIII like hi Mother. She said.she toted hine end nON ehe makes pittolio the engagement which she had promised to keett; Beast." Mr. Aule, in listening: Mae so Muolt affeeted by the turn matters had taken that he began to weep. 1.! There is nothing more for Me to do but te die;" he said. " career is reinedd 1 eon see the heading in the paper to-morrew, ' Another Minister Gone Wrong,' and I have been so innocient end nie'd do sci Much to inppress the scaneake,-"-How.dicithirteaman come to have such an influence oyer you ?" asked the ieporter. Mr. Atild and his blether both groaned in &newer. A farnilY con- sultation wag then held and a friend was called tn, but they would say no more, re- Over 100 meinbers of Stonehaven Free ' sad Church congregition have 'petitioned the there, as they wish to sever thetr conneo- h. preaching they consider "bordere upon -07; profanity and blaephemy, and. fitted to' _ceremony Pf-handieg oeer the Wal- d lace sword; which haelain in Dumbarton y authoritiee of the National Wallace Mone- tt Ment on Abbey Craig took place in Stirling 0 on the 17th ult. On behalf of the War 8 ,Office. colonel Nightingale, the commend- . ing cant' of the district, formally conveyed 6 the weapon to the oustodiane . of the monu- ment, and afterwards [Provost YelloWleeik gave • a public :reeeption, at which Dr. Rogeregave a brief -historical sketch of the-. r sword, dealing particularly. with the proofs of ite genuineness. • A Shore and • Conethe catechism of What' Not to Do. Don't put R. S. V. Peen, yeer_present yourrichenola Don't misepell the wor4 10 presence" Don't hang up mere than three, pairs stockings if ;you are visiting friend° in t ding, lobster salad and ice cream, and the Complain that the climate does not agr Dern inipersonate Santa Claus, in:a se _ Don't give' your guest:who has ovtitaye his welcome a travelling bag. Don't send the nnreceipted bili fOr he present to ,your fiancee in mistake for Christmas need. the' expressage or pOBtage has not been .pre Don't attril3ute your bonbon headache to the dium your enemy sent, your son. Don't borrow money from your Moue to pay fot hie present.. \ . Don't present your wife with a haedsome Don't expect your heaband to be pleased if you give hiin an ivory-baoked hance in of he d. ee al A Popular Song Writer. Ferry," " Some Day " and other peppier songs; °aye he has eo definite time for writ. hie. Tie works when the steam id up, and this often in the evenings. But ramie does not nearly aimed) hie whole energy: Ile and is a bit of b painter. He ie also an athlete and hates the affebtation of• art. " hat kind of hypocrisy covers a multi- tude of faults," he saido " I dislike verse, too," Wettings added vigorously. " Do you aek why, ?" He drew from it drawer et huge heap of truinnecript, with which he explained he was every day inund woman inns n't. " GOOD OLD, VICTOR I" How a ParrotASalutation Led to a Swind- ler's Arrest. Deteotivee obtain theiro Lima and clues from Many numb, but it ie not Often that they receive them through the instriimen- , • tality: of parrots ; yet this is just' what has 'happened during the researehee ot.M. Goron, the heed Of the Paris criminal • departme,nt. This officer. hae been lately lookiog for the chief accountant of the . Chevalier, and, going the other day into the rooms of a notorious receiver of stolen' goode in Paris, he hen d hi r, mself addressed in harsh toned sis.e.-Godd old Vtotor ; there that the loquacioite bird was' the property Of the ;Min for Whom he was Iookingo peo. ended to search the ieoeiver's den fot After a loeg and Minute investigation of. the pre:lane he found a letter from Victor to the receiver. in which epistle the robber aunounced that he was in Angem !eider the name of Felix Clrotet. M. GOrOli medietely oth for diet town, and arc " rested the ownerof the too voluble parrot . in the railway station. -.-Paris letter in. Loaf -- don Telegrain.r Prof. Edward. Payson Timing, si. b. , , , Ph. D.', . for four yeah] President Of the : ' Academy of Anthropology, New York, re- : ' ports the, four follotving : i " The , wife of Dr. W., a physiCian near Boston, had a dream or vieion One night in which ehe , distinctly:Saw her aunto Whirl lady resided city. She sappeared to be walking in the .., track. The dreamer sawIlie Movement of '' , also that of a 'passing train, by which she was 'killed. A fete days &nee a letter! wee •reoeived Which narrated itheedeath:of :the, *, lady at the very., place read nilder the Very " The Same pertain, at anothei tinie, woke in the morning with the conviction that -a certain peighbeir WAS dead, and so Neither of theni pad had' any•,peraonal ac- aluaay.int.ance with, the. indieideal. AEI OeY Lint object , seen was a crape, on their - neighbor's door. The Iiidy lied lied .paesed. dressed and !Oohed out of the window the " Tlii night that 'President Lincoln was Murdered a neighbor of Mine, writes a • physician, declared that the President was ' killed by an Assuan. It Wafeheveralboure before the netts reached the totvii. i " The JO of a New York olergYman made ti similar etateneent jest before the news arrited of the =Mex. -Of President (larfield, add said that site 64 -him in a radon,* station hurrounded by laditai and • •