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tiler% Grantna, heree!apresenttIt had conle a
Tis a little_ pot of_ Shainrecks„-and-it
addressedto you ,
Yes all the way .from Irelands.and. the ear
' here mentiOns more-
TheyWore gathered at Your birtlt-placeon th
banks of Avonmore.f.
• .
.141„1"reni. Ireland!. de youtellme,g' Q darling, is i
true? .
Acushla let me feel them -and you say 'twit
there theygrew ? .t
Wiwi Can scarce believe it is it really wha
• -youi say ?
*'rom- my birth-place,in old Ireland poor Ire-
. landfar away.
die -t00.
rin. oat Lai stiff and. feeblei and in darkness
- Goa be raised : .
• Yet, liattyshow it stirs me, hew my peak old
• Tefeel it here so near ni.% the soil that gave
me birth, -
The -Very clay of Ireland; Yef7771ft.kisq t4e, 1.1(5,4
.eart1,1. '
•
"These blessed little 'fah:porn:Ong 1 cant o
them, yet I know 7 • ,
They bring me back the, eyesight- or thehappy
. long ago,
And gleaming thro" the •darknetpd eonies the
: that love, •-•
The dear green fields of andauct-the sunny
-sky above. • -
"- s7cief,,aS'enceil.saw thein,when a girl like, you
• 1. I stooa_
the furze and heather ;- there's,' the
chapels hill and -wood ;-
ere's the.abbey clad with ivy, and the river's
winding shores • •
Aii,d.the boys and girle all playingon the banks
of Avournore.
-
'God blesS the little.slianirockss then, for calling
back the scenes ,
-The beauty of the sunshine,. the brightnessofthe green
Bilailak and Irokeiffit- lifofesa
TIIE FIRE II101111143/f4f
ousand persona, mostly women,. er
SimpIoYedTin engraving and printing gov
ernment money and banknote's at *Wash
ington; They are so strictly watched
during workizighoun that they look upon
themselves; aa prisoners. -
-
Hazing at Smith College, the Massachti-
sets institution for girls; is quite sweet and
gentle. The newcomere are seized, led into
the main hall, presented with bouquets,
kissed -affeationately,.andr then shown the
pictures and statuary' in theartgallery.
Tho inhabitants. of the great mantifaca
-tunng centre of Crefeld, - Germany,_
begun the ibanatruction of a splendid
school; of textile_ industries. it will be
replete with appliances appertaining to the
production of textiles -a laboratory, work.
shops, library and museum.
Nearly all the ladieg about the English,
court are well on in years. - Some of the
maids of honor . are deep in the forties.
When they get venerable- they are turned
into "women of the bedcihamber "'-who
_
are eligible for that (Ace :even when cen-
teratrianS. .
China_ must be the seat and -centre of
commercial honor, crediting the aierinerite,
of Sir Samuel Baker; the famous traveller.
He says, such% -thing as a buiriness Suspen-
sion in the American or European sense is.
rarely known In that country, and that
When one 'does...Occur, other merchants
voluntarily come forward to help the eni-
barra.ssed trader out Of his difficulties.
A. sentimental fellow at -Wrightitown,'
Minn., wrote ta a girl that he would hang
himself ifshe-did not marry him. AS he
was a. stranget, She took his queer missive
as an insulting joke, and replied angrily
that he would please her greatly by -choos-
ing the tree which grew hear the wind
of her room. When she leaked- mit. next
morning there. hung his lifeless bodyTwo'
prisoners Were. ;barged in a- Loodon
police court With ezehanging sentences of
imprisonment by °each answering to the
other's name. Thin is not an uncommon:
thing in India, Where a native jailer has
been known to allow a prisoara to go but to
get married and spend his honey Z0031 in the
ity sa long asi he faunaa friendly auhati-
ute Willing to endure incarceration in the
mean time.
Vire? long, long years to, seen", (ma to see all
So _ . • _
Ali-! child, I'm sure- you're artaitiaw..9aa 1=41
feeling- again.
And though Pm truly thankful for thoblessing
that Oods.hand -
4as-brought around nies -Ratty, in this. great
• and -happy land; - •
1 can't forget • theold horne,.'inidst the .Coinfort
. of the' new- - -
My heart .is three parts buried where these
Ewe sharni•ocks grew."
- -s-Aulageing, !Situation_ In a French SteePhOli
Car.
,
J Itt a letter from- a correspondent of the
-
Daily New., describing a visit to the
dine, the following occurs : c
A new, route has -been established this t
- year to Switzerland.- Leaving London at
10 a.m.you find yourself in the afternoon
at Calais there you. take &train direct to m
invested the sum" of - eighteen t
shillings int* a ticket for a -sleephig car.
• This ear coasiete of compartments contain -
nig either twb or four couches. The touch
, Which my ticket gave me a right was, I
found, in one of the compartments licensed
to carry four. Three ladies .already were
there When 1 entered it. To Say that I was;
received cordially avoid& be in exaggera-
tion. The !ladies felt that 1 • Was, aa
_intruder, and, to say truth, being ray-
.
self a somewhat bashful man, I felt sato°.
I took my seat. The ladies- whispered. to to
each other; and eyed me as the nymphs t:7,
by the streams of Hellas when a shepherd '11.
bruke itt upon their natatory exercises. 1 W
..;eaeayed a reitriark or two about the weather if..e
and other conurieriplacee. The responses 1.1(
were monosyllabic. In: the daytime, these n_
compartmente. have . only two two couches ti,,a1-1
: fatting other. ;At night two ethers_
Are arranged overhead,. like berths in a:
, Ship: - Wehaalpassed Aniiene, When the
• attendant entered with a nuniber of sheets' g"
his The ladies looked aghast -
20 did L One -an elderly spinster-
. supposed that 1 was not going to remain,
and thus prevent her and her canapanione
from- -taking the- rest for which they- had
pail A hhigh- suffused my cheek, but
I plucked' lip auffitimit COtirge to
Fearful lgeepes at -she-lPhlIadelphia
•
finaradon-krantle Leaps For Life-
Insprlsozied In a Sheet of Flame.
despatoh from Philadelphia • say
fire at Landenbiirgerier 'Mill- last (We
day) night originatedia thefiniehipg
on the tiecoad floor, and. spread up
-through-the building with amazing rap
Fifty hands, _ twelve of Whom were
were at work; the majority engaged i
Sewing- and weaving departments o
upper: floors. The wooden stairwa
either end of the building were eosin al)
have and the bridge connecsting the building
another mill was shat . off- from-aappr
by fire fire proof doors, and in the abad
any five esespe- a panic' ensued: Men.
women rushed to the windows,
frantically to the crowd below tesayet
It was proposed by' the crowd . to
squaresiathe street and catch the men
girls as they leapearmit; but before anyt
could be done one young woman ,jum
-troll:Li/ie. fifth lstorey. --It seemed -e
bend in her body brcken;for-sheli.
breathed again. After thistbeimpriso
people seemed to become frenzied,
though. the crowd outside sought
encourage them by shouting . that -
would speedily be there they began ju
ing from the windows like Sheep., .
man, apparently bereft of reason, fl
hirnself--headlong into the street; -
while his body was still inthe air all
followed ; now a- man,- then a woman .-o
half, grown' girl,. until in a few Min
eleven persons, all unconiicioiiiii With -f
tured skulls and broken Inas, were carr
-to the neighboring tialociii and laid on .
Nor untilvehicles were procured to c
Veytbeni t� the hospital. By this, ti
the relatives of the victims. began to gat
ow outside the • building, and the cries
mothers. outside to their children etill-
the burning rooms, stral)their laMentati
over those who jubiped : out, w
heartrending. 1_117theh the. • fireiti
Were able to enter thebuildi found' on the third- fl
the bodies of two females burned almost
a crisp, and a man badly scorched a
dead-; bat -before they could seareh-ftirth
the feurth floorawith its heavy machine
came.crashingthrough, and they ban
escaped with - _their lives. The _firein
a the
dime -
room
wards
girls,
-
n the
n _ the
ye on
laze,'
with -
oat&
ice of
and
rying
herrn.
form
and
hing
ped
very
ever
ned
and
- to
help.
thie
ung,
and
-en
r a
litee
rac-
ied
the
ora
me
her
_ of
in
One
ere -
en
ng
aor
to
rid.
er
rYt
•en
were Compelled to desist' from' their labors
TIME CAT.
An Inlamou litlackguard Lasked;-.
: ; 'Begs for ;Mercy. -
It will be remembered that a diabolic -4i
attempt -at. outrage was perpetrated 'alt
Iliagsten Onthefosoa-of Annie Campbell
aged the lnth of
jSitegnktenicb,6.3141Z,,fkiraittp7r,opaUemehrsa.rcacotuelrtenrawmhel
kept a house of 411-fanie there. The young-
girl- had been 'Sent by her:eniployer frath.
GAinbarnie*the city, and when opposite
the near the Kingston & Peat,
broke Railroad crossing, she was accosted
by Coulter, endeavored by -coaxing and
bribes- to induce her to 'accompany ha
down a lonely street. Failing an-- this the
ruffian seized her round -the waist, pitched
- -
her over the -fence, and then - dragged- her'
alOngthe_gionnd to:a secluded spot._ Her .
-screams; brought.e. gentleman whowas paid,
_Mg to the resciie.;;COUlter's face weePaVered
with blood from the -Wows. which tINheroia
girl had administered in her desperate
resistance. ,She Was in It pitiable condi-
tion. Besides being covered with blood. atal,
dirt, her clothing ,:was torn to shreds And
she was -Suffering froen. exhaustion -and.
nervous prostration. Coulter was promptly
arrested and denied having had anything
to do With the girl. -
Coulter was brought . -.before . -Police
Magistrate Duff at Kingston two days
afterwards, on, the 17th, and found guilty
of the heinous crime of attempting to gem -
Mit rape on Ann Campbell 071 the - day
Mentioned. He Was severely admonished
as to the brim.? and sentenced to one year
and 360 days in the Central Prison and to
receive forty-eight lashei With a cat-o'-nine-
tails, twentylour`a,t the expiration Ot One
Month; .the other twenty-four : the
encl.-, of Six Months. In, accordance with
`pie above sentence-, twenty-fodri laehes-
were administered - to Coulter, at: the
Central, prison- 9A - o'clock yesa
terday morning. - The prisoner Was.
stripped and placed op the triangle. • He.
showed considerable terror attlie.approach-
ing puniehreeet-' Oae of the guards
his arras, and taking -a: hold Of the instrii-
inent of torture he awate it round his
head and brought it down with great force
over the prisoner's bare back, who roared
with terror -end pain; and Maple -red . the
doctor to have mercy upon him; - His Cries
were unheeded, and again .and again 'the,
bats fell With redoubled' force, while the.
victim - continued 'his cries for mercy.
'After the -flogging was, over the. prisoner's
back was bieeding, the skin, being broken,
and he was taken to the prison hospital,
where a cloth saturated with oil was
pieced over his back and he. was ordered
to do light work for the, remainder of the e
day.. Two otfiertriseners Who were -pre,
viously flogged atthe.prison acknowledged I
after. the' punishment was administered -B
that they -deserved it, but Coulter was of g
a different opinion, and showed by . his d
hcaenadrtu.ct the. tawardly7- ruffian _he is 'at I
Davidscia of Thlkich; who died la
oath- -in Seatiand. 11_1-112-!i 82ha Year, W
he Cour* d'Orsay of highland life fif
ears ago, a wonderfully handsome m
nd celebrated for his good lack. He W
married five times, held Commission _in' :43:
the Grenadiers, and as once it member 'a
Parliament. For severat-yeare before his ti
death, however, he was living in titter "t
penury at Brussels. - -
_ th
One of the eddest Ca.ses that ever came T
hefore a_ court . was tried in Boston a few -
ys ago. It was an apphcatibn for diver°
Ile applicint„ the. wife, testified that
72 her husband induced- her to join "-_Th
ijah MeSsage-.-Assaciation," the head .0
hich-wase, partywho claimed to -bet
eurre.eted _prophet. When 140,60.
lievers were. collected the leader watil
adact them to Georgia, there to found a
gdora of heaven. The Woman'S husband
- been appointed one of the "witnesses."
tang the -hopes held out was that of
verdying. The crazy - drowd. -tame to
eft hence the application referred to.
It is rather a:remarkable- Coincidence
that just as flue:tendert Manor is let the
seat- ef .pieraelfia old antagonist, 'another
me Minister, is salve iseU on lease.
e present Sir Robert: el, who semis,
er a stormy yonthr t sinking into
y calm, if not ob inatprity adver-
s Drayton Manor. The _ late Roberti
dfui df manYescap es on the part of
firstborn,. tied lip is -property in the
ctest possible ner. The present
onet has a; villa 'enthe Lake of Geneva;
re he has spent zianch of his -time of
late. years; having never taken kindly to:
the Me of a country gentleman;
Ederiderry, Ireland, was lately the scene
of a, demonstration on - the occasion Of
drawing home the turf .ef an indarcerated.
tenant: At 9 a.m. 91000- Carts were assem-
bled Under " the direction of • mounted
curate. - The Edenderry carts, 850, headed
the procession. Afterrthern came 20 Iittle
boys, in green and orange, mounted on
asses. The drivers of the 9,009_ carts
fought for the honor of carrying a -sod.
Prior to these proceedings the prisoner's
nephew? inaugurated the dem.onstration by
driving round the farm in a. basket -carriage
drawn by six -spirited beasts, and that
ber - of juvenile outriders in green
ya :
.exhibition it in progress .iii London -
ng the career of the Straw hat from
field' to thea fashionable store. The
ers are all from Luton Beds, atewn of
people, of whom it is bop:Tilted that
Etre in. some -Way or o 1
sk
becatise the -ft -mire had gone through -Ie -the
88 ground,' and. machinery, charred wood and
what remained of -the unfortiinate opera-
• tives were zningled in one unrecognizable
ase, which was sending out. aoliiimie of
eam as the cold water was poured. on it.
he vietinis were caried off in all - direc-
ons, 90i:118 to their horn* seine to houses
ose by, and Others to various hoapitala, so'
-at their exact nuinber cannot yet be stated.
he physidians say that nearly every case
-
admitted to St -Mary's Hospital has ended
e. fatally: The total deaths will probably
n exceed twenty. George Dougherty, who
e jumped from the fourth storey, died in the
f hospital this morning.
e -
Stories!o Age.
f suit
' hint that toci' had parted With
- coin of the realm in order W. enjoy a
Pri
Th
aft
ver
tise
rain
like repose. . After it chorus of " Well, I. -.his
never 1."- it'was.ifinally agreed that I should 'stri
-retire into the passage until the ladies hull bar
whe
got into their 'beds, and drawn thecartains
before- . each of the bowers. To this I
• assented; and having paced-the:passage for
• about half an hour, returned. All the cur-
tains were 'drawn. ' "I hope you are not
undressing ?". proceeded from behind the
curtain of an elderly -spinster. ". Ile
won't have the impudence to do anything
.• of the kind," fleeted through the air from
behindanother curtain, "Ladies," I said,
"81001) in maiden- meditation behind your
ourtaine: I am, clothed from head to foot,
r propose- to -diVest myself of my coat and
boots. X Shall then climla up into my
berth, draw mY curtain, and you will see
nothing more of me -until to -Morrow morn-
ing." "Mind, sir; only your coat and boots,"
said the elderly' spinster; and, with this
7111D1
parting warning, I turned in. The train liver
was: timed to reach Bale at 6 a.m. An
hour before that time, taY rest was dis-
turbed by shrill cries from behind the cur-
tains. J was sternly ordered. to get up and
ta go -at once into the corridor in 'order that
e nymphs might Wan rise; " ladies,"
I answered, - "1 Mean to remain in bed
• until we arrive. Get up without fear„ and
trust to . the- innate chivalry- of the humble
male who now , dresses you. He pledges
. his Word of honer not to peep through the
. parting in. his curtain" So they got up,
and I did not look_ My experiences of this
night led. me ,:to. suggest that in sleeping.
cars the ;sexes sheuld be placed apart, and
• that there should, be a separate coMpart-
malt for men and another for women,
instead of the present _e'clectie arrange-
ment.
•
. Pam'. -DfAx„31insnxit has announced a
curious discoverrof Sanscrit nianusoripte
recently Made Japan by two of his
JapanesepuPils at 'Word. The work is
the text of the celebrated "-Diamond
Knife," forming part of the Sacred Canon,
or I3ible, of _the Buddhists, but hitherto
known only through 'Thibetian and Men-
goliantranslatinans, the Original being sup-
posed to be irrecoverably last, owing to
the early :practice among the Chinese
- . •
Bud-dhists of -making pilgrimages to the
places of their worship in Judie, and
taking. hack With them .Sa.nscritimanu,,
"seripts„ Prof; Max Waiter has always been
- of opinion that it nurriber of such precious
relics must he existing in China. Such
-a diseevery in. Japan; however, was wholly
uexpected. •
In most States the Jews and Seventh
ay Baptists. are by .law : exempted from
,iping Sunday, provided they keep Satur-
- instead. Pezinsylirania 'one of the
30i -ohs, and in several counties of that
to the "Sunday law is Very rigidly
rced,. against -Seventh Day,Baptists. A
ement .-to change the statute is to be
- �.
• An
showi
the
work
25,000
24099
From„Brazil Conies stery.of a mniatta.
woroon having died- at the age of 181 years.
Just as the Goth was butchered to•. make
a Roman holiday," so this unfortunate old
colored lady seems to have been killed to
-
furnish forth a- newspaper paragraph,' This
is a pity, because she would have answered
the purpose just as well in -a. couple of hun-
dred- years' time, if the newspapers telling
the tale could have had patience te. Wait:
She is said to have lost her sight at the,
age of 100, but to have recovered it some-
what later. Her 'death was brought_ about
by a fall from a bench, so that there is really
ho knowing howlongilia might have lived
if the Brasil paper had not arranged the
fatal fall: -The- subject of longevity is
always being disputed, . some persons being
credulous of all sorts of wonders and others
being as sceptical as the late Sir .G...Corne-
wall .Lewiti, :Th(3 case of the Brazilian
nualiAto is put the shade by. that of one
Johannes de Temparibuia who, 'according
to Stow, died in the year 1014, at the age
of 361. Unfortunately, that Was not -an
age of statistice,and marvellous staterdents
were supplied.' A native of Bengal iesaid
to have died in 1556 at the ageofSOO a
11114 here again distance of place is as
important an eleitanit as distance oftinie in
the -ether -instance. In 1588 a native of
Evercreech, Somerset, is reported to have
died aged -200. In the latter . part of ,lbe
last century death at the age of 175 - or
thereahout. Steams not to have been inicam-
mon; but. asweCome 'nearer' to our .ekvii-
times the records are fewer, midi now we
are obliged to go to Brazil- for a- striking -
instance
Brazil
ptextreme age, T .e moral would
appear to be that if in a ti of • registra-
tion and research this Class o Wonders had
become extinct, the forni r- statements
with regard to them wog- tbs. Perhaps
ife was 86 dull in those slow tithes that a
with the straw trade. T
Luton dates from 1605 w
straw `philters, who had. e
Lorraine to Scotland, settle
view of the superior stick*
district. A particular sort
in splitting straw was inve
the French prisoners detain
early in the century. '
-
cloOd " and "Illard Thn
her connected
e business' at
en a colony of
'grated from
.at Luton in
aised in the
of knife used
tad by one of
d in England
-
• Periods.
- An exchange tilt's; sumssup lie -proportion
of " good ' and "-hard. time !" During a
period Of sixty-eight years th 1:(3 have been
eighteen years of "good ti es s' and fifty
years Of "hard times,". Th good times -
were the periods 1812 to 1016, 183_4 to 1837,
1853 to 1856, and 1862 to 189. 'each
there was a great increase in thequantity
of money. The fifty Years of " hard times "
are remarkable for the •
man put his sensations into figures, and
thought he had lived two hundred years
instead of Seventy.-Liamool Post. - ,
•AN 'OFT4W:EATE76 HINT.,-LThere. is one
thing ladies -will never de, and that is wear
small bats at the theatre: They Seen]. to
take delight in wearing -head gear fearfully.
and wonderfully ,Made, resembling an open
iumbrella covered with feathers, and :flowers
made out of pink olotli, and thehof course
the
uafartunate man behind --tbem • gets
-merely a glimpse of the tap, of the
enor+us contra°.
tion of the raciziey volume -and. the increase.
in, its value. - Duringthe eighteen years of
"good times industry prospered, - and
money roaming was at a discalat, but dur-
ing the fifty years of "hard inagarlabo
and production- langiiished
loaning wag -at s'i-pretrituni.
cmtain for the dollar he pays to see the
show ; If the ladies with the huge and
hideous hats could hear the Muttered
curses' of the unfortunate • man behind
them they would. lake pity oChira and
the ,next time would wear one of those
small hats which are neater and prettier in
every. way. '
, A London anti -vaccinator has met with
and caused sad misfortunes. Otto of his
children was attacked by small -pox. The:
child recovered. The -niother and two
other children took it and died and three
nd more 'went, to the hospital. The anti -
money vaccination -1st borrowed -from a neighbor a
suit: of Meek clothes to wear at his Wife's
funeral. He kept the clothes in -the house
a few -days before returning them'. s 'Shortly
after their return their owner also took the
knell -pot, WAS conveyed to thehospital
and died 'there. Since then several houses
in the same neighborhood have become
infected and a number of- cases of sins&
pox have been taken to hosipitals;
Keokuk's Gate CitY-aays th'e Enthi3st man
in the world livesin Burling rt.- When a
deaf, dumb duriar-and blind hand o ganist was
'sleeping on the 1390 -office cornerthe wretch
stole his instrument and substituted -a- new
!Angled churn ' therefor,- and when the
organist awoke ha eized the he dies. of the
chart' and ground away for d ar life, and
when the" shades of night was falling feat,"
that meanest mac in. the : era came
around-, took his churn, restored the organ
to its owner and carried home - our pounds
et creamy batter..
Ex -President -Enoch Pond, of the Bangor'
Theologioal Seminary, is 95 years old, and
says he has net had a headache in 66 years.
RRIFIC STORMIN-GREAT BRIT
urneroub Shipping Casualties
Reported.
trVES L_05T AND PEOPLE INJURED...
• - -
4. LONDON, Oct. l5. -.--Upwards Of -fifty Ber-
aavieltshire smacks were 'at =sag during the
htorm it; feared rnOstof :theta Will be '
(lest.- It is reported that. twenty fiehernien
wero drowned at- papbar and three pilots
roWnedia the By a -falling roof; at
toektepon-Tees nye :persons -were killed:
During the height of the gale yesterday •
-he British British _steamer Cy _risin, from Liver -
boo or Genoa, was wr ed on the Welsh -44
oast. Only -Quly eight of _ e crew ofthirty
Were saved. The steamer Olympia; froni
Glasgow for New York, grounded in the
Clyde, was ran into and returned -
.
con-
siderably -damaged. The ateamer Helvetia,.
rarn-. laverpoor for New York, was com- ,
:belled toputback. -
bla:* Yoria,-.0et. 16. -The. Heralcl's Lon-
.
II' over the!' country by - Friday' le 'hi -
en -cable Says : , The damage' to Verty
taornaous.. Many lives were lost- by the
'Owing down houses and chimneys. - -
Oast twenty persons Were killed in London 41.
And a large number_ wounded. - Reports
kern the -Country ineation hinunierablea-
isistere, especially on the toast, up the
Mornipg of Saturday. it is _stated in a
Piindeetelegram that about 'fifty or sixty
boats belonging -to -ports on the -east coast of
goOtlaild. are . pnaccofinthd -for. Great-.
anxiety exists as to their. fate.-:: It is..esti-:
Mated that between Sixty and seventy lives
werelostbetween North Berwick and Bar;
WiekoiaTweed. The papers are filled With
harrowing details of 'disasters.
A Dublin despatch says a terrine starlit
:111V:ides. attention With' the Government's
activity.. --Imniense 4a,mage has been done '
-here by the hurricane. Dozens _ef, houses.
and hundreds of trees :have. been .blown
down, and several people Were lanes 10 The .
,tooi of the. Gaiety ..Theittre, : where Mr. -
1tving and Miss Ellen .. Terry- were . acting,
was partially raised. AlLtelegraphio-com7:
rounication with London is completely ',ma -
beaded. _ • - -
1.1. Another report says a severe gale prevails
.England-andIrelandfandhasprestrated--..
the :Wires. All ..clespatclies aro- delayed.
Later advices teportthat communication
betweenEngland andIrelan& is reduced to -
a.: single wire. No despatches have been -
reeeiVed here from London since daylight:
The% Storni- beeenie -a hurricane, and the
British Isles are out off from all telegraphic
oramtinication With the Continent. .
LONDON, Od. 15-Theliiirricane gag-
a/id-wee the - most .disastrons for years. . -
lat. few continental or provincial _tele-
ran:is have been neeived. Censiderahla-
attage has been done done ta-the shipping, in
he Mersiey. The parks are strewn With
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Iftaddienletrae's4Fniher
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Ileiter- Look Out
A Buffalo evening paper publishes the
folloviing siffecting'i4terVieW 8,13- sequel
the McCrae case- against A. W.--BroWne :
When -the verdicit.was - rendered
McCrea, the father of the unfortunate
Woman, burst into tears : and wept like a
child, " It's-toO bad, it7tteebad," sobbed
fora 'Gad knows,- ant. entitled to
better. justice his Poet, poor
Middies you, sir," said he- _with -
faltering _ voice, as he turned to a reporter;
"she -Was- the pet ef our family, and I
honestly believe there was nota better:
-dispositioned- girl; there was not it kinder,
More womanly girlon the continent; ,And -
When I came to 13tiffale.alid learned nnder,
what oireunistaneee she ' -died my first
impulse ;was - rush to a gun -
stere and obtain weapon - fop :the
instant:destruction • of the base betrayer.
But District .Attorney Titus AO Superin-
tendent Wolfequieted Me and advised me-
-not to do any -violence. but ta allow the law
to take its course. I followed - their advice
and have done everything to assist justice
to a epeedY, aWard.:. ..Alas I - sons-have-
ehared - Sentiment in regard to this
person and ^have -frequently threatened
hini. 'Ofteiahave relativee-in Chatham
telegraphed nie Dunnville at all times of
the day and • iiight.:to come down quick or
-Mlle (that is my youngest, a fiery fellow,)
will kill Browne, and have been Obliged
to go and had to beg on my knees that he.
'would do-- nothing of. the -kind. I pleaded-
Bly-saa,cion't _do that. IL any Shooting is
to.he done, let me do it. I amoldan&haven't
tong to live,!' and can easily bear the ill
-results ot such. an. action.' Bikt, now that
We have faired to obtain, -justiceciWing to
theinsifkiendy of evidence, only the -Lord
kaows What Ailie Will de: I .feel outraged,
est My want of emcees in the Courts:- : But
next time if any one. of our family is led
'astrayl Shall.' take the law into my own
'.hands and try the effect lead:I-tilt,. sir,'
ifnothingelse' results -- from 'thy effortii
hope that be a warning to some pear
girl who has A. tendency 16- step into the
downw.ard path. its, it prevents her from
going astray IShall compensated.
In looking up this .aaae4 have come -across
many iimilar ones, which. r know' 'have
never been Whiapared publicly and never
will be- kliotan." "4-
% cost of Fashionable. plIarriggee.
Nowthat the season of fashionable city
weddings is once more upon us it May he.
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interesting te-knOw-,-that --stanie .enerdy, Of
• the human race has prepared and printed
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the following. table of the average expenses
of a wedding for 1,600 guests, with Ushers
and bridesmaids, exclusive -bridal' . dram
and trousseau:
Cards.. 1 $:
350
Matrinionial,undertaker.:!.... -" --,:--.101)16:1 900
Ushers'- scarfs ' 6. " b
11
'Usher& pins - "
Minister's fee -
Sexton's fee
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Dinner given bY'grobin "
Bridesinaithe dresses
Caterer
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Music - it
fallen timber. Many boats are aground,
in the Thames. Steamboat traino is .
studpended. Very few places in England
have escaped:damage by the storm. Four
hundred -trees were blown down in South-
wark. Shipping casualties are numerous,
but no great disaster is reported. The
gale severely damaged property in all parts
of: the 'country. Several persons were
killed and many, injnrect. Houses were.
unroofed and aafinishedbuildings col.
lapsed. It. is reported - that forty-five-
fisbarmen at Bournemouth and Eyemouth,
Scotland; have been lost. - •
• alhnving Inri§lei;en
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I have now been - shaved in seven king -
deals and in sfix languages. They allperforni'
the 'ceremony :differently. .. But they all, -
irOth Scotland„ta Naples, insist on _setting
you in:a plain, -straight their, and bending
• your head over back until your spine -howls
in agony. And they all agree in -another
custom -they never neVer wash off Ole seep they
have pat on. But they bring you a- howl of -
!miter, hold it wider your chin aeyeu are
leaning „back and insist on you washing -
your own, _fee° then- and there. If. you
-object tothe: attitude, they shrug all
the- upper . part of - themselves :and sling
*disdainful- sinile.:at you:: if 'you tottiadya
• little rivulets' run, pleagantly-' down inside
yorir- shirt and .sorne of. the soap ,
they i-pive-geherallyavieggled-inta your ears
-gets into your stockings. - I. ,lia-ve seen no :-
barbel- Wash: 1iia, victini'S face since • I
landed in -Glasgow. . -Prices vary. Itt Lon.
don -they - charge .-1( shilling (tWelity-five-.
cents.): for A shave; Naples,. they -
for Katy - centimes (ten cents), shave -you,
eut your hair, wash your face and_ 1140,4
: -
Curl your /eyebrows, and wax your
moustache :till.; you look . like = Victor -
Emmanuel and and 'can - pass for 4 -prince on
any of the :side streets. . Yesterday I Was
shaved for ten centinieti-.--abouttWo:Ameri-.
, can cent -but -I took the remainder out in
of.which: I had a generous- bath in
the forM:of respiratiou. 111Verona, the
city of the loved and loving.Juliet, the ...-
barber asked me :if 1 would: have My feet 7..
-watihecVand iny toe-liails cut. That ceri
tainitis going to extremes.--Nap/es Letter:
i‘ *multi:. lilac Girls Propose .?"
`Thitais the question that a correspo
=evidently Isonm- fair One, to judge
the viriting=asks. Itt reply th the
Should the girls propose ? ' we would
say, or course they ,:should -at all times,
leap _year or no leap:year ; they should,
propose -that young -men -behave -themselves .
upon the public 'streets- and at Places of
.publiCaninsementi.-that young men should:1. •
lose. leas upon the highways and chew lead
tobacee 'and -cloves and be More industri-
_bps itt some other kind of. occupation,
:NOW, take -iiniadividuiti case;. a girl should:
propose' to young inan, when he calls to
side lier! ilx„the evening, not to stay Until
2_,o'clobk the nett: Morning, and not to
come aome tb-iee'14er More than/ S0V0/1 nights -a
;Week That- he pays his washerwenien: and
'Oilers' Said -spends -Jetis moneyeh sport than
en'beffeAnial things; that -he ceasesto-part
his hair ittthe middle ia order to -keep his •
head laVela that _he courts 110 no other girl
_than her . ono. and the same tinflelitkhat
he arranges far keeping house at the :
earliest possible date. Will that de? :
Florist '
• Orkanistq..•-
-Miscellaneous E - 1
to ' GO
100 to 200
24 to 50
30 to 42
.400 to 600
. MO to _ 1,000
75
• 30Irto 600
'to 100
to .200
Total 81;887 $3,492
People 'about to incur such an outlay may
either take Punch's advice or imitate the
Wallstreet bear who ; recently caused a
friend to put his son -in -10a up to eloping
.with hiti,daug-hter.an the express ground pf
Man,. says the 'London Lancet, was:, •
• • intended to eat slowly. ' I .-Don't give coal bills the cold -0_
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A man -.was .para4zed by a 'stroke of,
lightningeat aighviateri -Minn; SOM0 or
his frieilde reasoned that if the earth would
receive iftectrieity from the buried end ,pf a.
lightning red it tvotild in the eable:tMahilei
drawi out .the charge which - they ...
supposed him to be filled. Therefore they
dug a:held-and covered him Aup. to the chin.
He died In that position.
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