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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.
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'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
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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
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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
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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
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The groom Renonnoes the; Bride t
a the
Oho Refuses to (live Him Up.
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Altar, bet
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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
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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
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':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."
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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
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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
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