The Sentinel, 1881-11-04, Page 3. - Continued from- second page,
Lieutenant HenryLinton,. who - was
a.statiela down by his side at . the.
battleofAboukir, . by a spar from :the
.aFrentdi. ship L'Orieht; When-. ; thatgreat
vessel- was blown to .fragments with a
thousatid men iu her,- and with his last
words he had commended the friendless
- 'girl to aCtireyesproteetion No bequest,
ap. „and sealed with whatever
formalities, could have. been „obeyed
r Mere duteous care: ; the iheaof failing in• ,
anal a sacred _duty never . entered intohis
• thoughts; but the executionof it wasnot
• • easy, Little. Marion, at a gitlaa schoalat
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Hanameratitith„ hadafasta to be writtento
.by the bluff sailor, wha was terribly put to
a it how- to break • such .bacla news. by letter- a
. !then- the scanty pensioa- the ohild received
• froma cloyernmeat had to he supplemented
froni. thdlieatenantal own puree,: in 'order'
that. her scholastic advantages should be
still-continuedto her, and this necessi-
tated a different system in his own eipena
•dittire„ which for his pavane had been
hitherto profuse, not to * say ,prodigal.
'Theta_ when. Oh slime, athoee,.. interviews
with 'Masa Backboard, the sehooareistreas,
ntkrly had. afit- upon hisha,ppeniag,
.in the drMirary course of. conversation, ; to
.naention the laird Harry—were very trying;
and . more embarrassing • ala matter:8-
'1).00mile, when Mae ' Merlon, gown ato
womanhood, seemed to hityea difficulty in,.
hita papa,which she had done for
- the het half citizenyears', and could net-
hia weather-beatencheek as us -eat-
- without le blush upon her ewtapiettaa feeta
. Then, with a delicacy of .-expression such
as my Lord Chesterfield could not have,
aehievecla although hetet up half the night,
• raking his braiu for courtly phrases, the
!lieutenant ' jestappoiatecl to .Lucky Bay
• had offered his horny hand to the frieada
leas giri, to have and to hold in marriage,
if such ari oneqaal. metelt could really bo
•contemplatedby her with favor; though if
not the hand was horsstill,so long as life
- was in it, dedicated toher servide. for • her
-defeneeaaaxd fniecer always.. - But Marion
lantenr.'aecepted - her benefactor
, . .
-as her husband, and had never-
' had 'eny, serious,- • cause .to regaet
that she, haddone so. ; Na kinder heart
• ever beat beneath a bluejacket," nor Were
itsnoblesimplicity and 1..uaselfiahliess dost
upon her. Each, as they imagined, owed s.
great debt of gratitude to _the other, and
every day, strange as it, faaiinda, that debt
ineresaed by mutual repayment. Without
•uatorionsitess, wbich. was .foreign to his
bluff' and healthY.natareahaWaw-agde7Yote.c1
to her as he had promised tale if hailed
• not become her husband; while, she was.
• anchored to hire faStby that trustiest• '
cable _Whose -strands - are, -reverence . and,
eatetanaaa well as love- Lieutenant John
• .r searef had, in -short, fallen into luck's Way
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at last, and, as it was his delight. to ;boast,-
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with sinatithanks- to; tae Admiralty, 'Their
laaoralied not been de.meaStrated, -and Was
- therefOre yet- to come ; and hawse likely
to -Conie -as through :their - own offiCial
'visitor, at preseat expected? This it was
. that Made the good heti:Mile:It-so chary of
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his hospitality at this particular janetare,.
and so anxiousto shift the bfirdeti of .enter-
• , taiainghia strange guest ruppii -Raymoadat-
shcialdeta.-
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(Tope- aintieueda_
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I Women and ,flomes.
I- • ' "
- The strike of the four hundred_ women.
eraplayed in Lorillarda3 tobacco ' factory
canae"to a sudden and unexpected, termina-
tion yesterday by tae deeition of theem-
ployers to close the :strippers' department
in Jersey Qat r, and have thework done in
, L,ouieville, K . This, of course, will throw
thefour hundred, women out of
• employment, . With the prospect: before
,
them of a long and severe Winter and
' no work to -do. Itis another instance
of : the crushing . power' . bl capital..
- The denaaaut ", of theseomen. was
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eminently jut. , They had en tyrannized
over byauunjust hareirta , but, 'rather
•' than Yielal to their appeal fo his remoVal,
the Lerillards beam preferred _ to incon-
venience ., themselves and remove the
department in which.. the diasatisfled
• voniew. worked. Candtdly,,., the wealthy
manufacturers -66 not , appear in an
altogether enviable light, :Since ' Ma.
Lorillard's heraes have been • abroad, it is
.. safe to say that he has given 'gratuities to
'his. jockeys amounting to $125,000. Yester-
day's action left foua hundred women
: without the means of ;• support. Further
_ comment is hardly necessary.—New York
Express.- , 1
. lasavarAND-catiaut.
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A. Rustle- Beauty and Her- Literer2oa ske
tts
Way to •the 'Pent en-ilitry:y, ' •
- Three interesting tonal paseed-thrOligh
the Tinion,depot last nigh on their way to
Jefferson City in charge et Sheriff Davis, of
Wayne' County, from, which " place they
hailed- They constituted a 'Striking group
.to look at, and for that reason 6...Republican
reporter boarded the taaiii and sought outa
the sheriff, from whom he obtaahed-a, brief
history of the crimes they hat- cominitted,
a That prisoner,"„ said he, :pointing to -it
young Man who sat in a seat near the mid-
dle of. the car, a murdered his own Child:Islet
PaeY. It was supposed hehad committed the
crime .while laboring ',ander temporary
insanity,
insaeity, but waned” for tae prisoner failed.
to make good that line ' ol" defeacca"- IT
mine,as given by the elidtiff, was Wm.
-thinamini, and his age was not over: 351
years. He was being taken to Jefferson.
City to serve out a tett years' sentence in:
the penitentiary. The sedond priioner was
at young MEMppssessing' faultless- shape
t
and .a handsome lace. H looked cheerful
enough to be a -pleasure-traveller on -a
junketing expedition rather than a °wadi.-
datefor the state . prison He Was impli-
v
Cated in murdering a min
,by the name of
•George Mitcomb, - in ' Warne - County • last
May, and sentenced for a terniof ten years.
-By his side Set the third, and by fee the
Most interesting, prisoner of the group, a
young girl not over 18 years...old. - She was
well dressed, arid .wore a. 'Sad, resigned
expression uponherbeautiful "countenance,.
that aroused the pity of &may passenger in
the car. t :
- "What crime- has this ad -looking crea-
ture committed ?"' was as ed of the :sheriff,
whose sympathy appeare to he equal to
that of other passengerai-
• "The story of that yo ng girl is very
remarkable. A number 'f years ago .she
fell in love with the priso er sitting by her
-side, and will, I think, e entually marry
hair after they both serve out their sen-
-tence. Their love for each Other is so true
that nothing but the deet of one of there,
'I think, Will ever prevent heia from becoM,
ing united in marriage. hen her lover,.
- the prisoner Steigail, : as -arrested and
:col:emitted on the chaag of murder, she
stoutly protested that 4 Was innocent.
'She used every means to btain fot-hini hie
liberty; sat by bus side d ring his trial, ah -d.
stuck to him with a heroi ta ;which only ;a
faithful .wonaan can die fv: in behalf- tif
the choice Of her heart." ' ., . _
. a Whet is her mina() ?"-
. _a Her crime is not as g at as that of hr
lover, but one , which t e. State punisbm
almost tie severely. Ai er Steigall. hi
. been sentenced, and aft r all leaititeath
resources had been exhan ted, the girl then
set about to secure their liberty by reseat:t
ing to. various schernes, soine of which- carne
near being_ successful: a- sr 4sarii_ night_
hist Tune, at a late boua, she -purchasetti,
number of knives, files, and other voila
Procuring &ladder ..sbe t en stele silently
te the rear of the jail, nd ' proceeded to
oal-rY1 out her plans. lhhbing up. the
ladder to a window she ropped the tools
into the jail and endeaVo d to beat s hasty
retreat before being disco ered.a She might
have effected her escape ad. •not,the tools
in striking the floor of th jail made a loud
ringing noise: This artna edtheguard, who
intercepted her and prorated her escape'.
She wastried for theoffehee, found guilty,
and sentenced to the penitentiary' for a
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term of ten years. .Th judge; owing to
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,her. age and appearance. Itook compassion
'upon her, and reduced. 4e . time one-half.
It is said thataneffort w Il be made by the
citizens.of Wayne County to procure her
,
pardoh."--St. LouisRepnb ican. '
• Carlositlet In•Their Way.
The well-known poplar tree :planted- by
Marie Antoinette in the garden of the Petit-
. Trianon ae.Versailles has been blown dawn.
"a- A Comic Irish Alphabet for the
Present Time.' ,latas Made its appearance.
It is the -production of -a _St. Coluinba.
. lege boy and the youthful author carries his
• -fun playfully enough all round- Theillus-
tratioes tun in the pig line,' and what the
• peculiar significance of this featuredeveipp,ment may- be we know- not. The letter.
ahymesare Of this kind: •
• 0:_-•:e.X.E; the gentry begging their bread, .
H. -the Rome Ruler- who reigned- in their stead,
1-isc'L Ireland, joyigland_free,-.
ondjurythan stink in the.ses,.
la -tae reek rents, which shall never be paw• •
S-tIle..State trials, a farce it is said, etc. .
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a •
In Newcastle-on-Tynethe other day a
. bull suddcnly .rushed into the tooth- of an
invalid may who was in bed. . The brutta
lumped on to, tae large fourVoster„ :and
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.eate4te head against; the wall; -butimding
no esCapedn_that'direetion it turned xbutia
in: the bedwithits head to the_ feat 'when
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the, boards gave.- Way with &crash,. the sick
•'woman sinking to thefloor in a: fainting
condition, whilathe bull stood • on the
-upright portion of the, other- end. :The,
drover, Who followed the boast itairanie-
diately Iifted the invalid from the broken
bed and placed. her in the care of faime
friends in apiece of Safety: He Mali Sue-
7ceecied in getting the animal ihto-the,street.-
A rno monkey at.Vietoria,,BA, invaded
s, , in which seven sthall children. were
sleeping atid . got on to the bed with threeTim:gators: • Tbe. children- :acreamed for
help, ana the monkey bit and hantilated
them: all Severely. a The patinae. Were
absent at the time,: safia a passer-by, heating
theta arias, rushed in and secured the brute;
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•
One day a man the worse for whiskey
stagg.ered. up to the celebrated Whitefield
and: said " Misser. Whitefield, I Was: con-
verted by you, twoyeersage."' ' " r said
ills: preacher, this Iooksiiist" like my.
Work Now, it •God had converted: you--.--
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' NOVEL CLAEIL •
-The /testators uoirtehip by Letter.
MONTREAL, Oct. 25.—A very interesting
storyis talked or in seine farnuly circles,
which are 'believed to be what a Yankee -
would call "some pumpkins." It appears
that 'four young : ladiea—young ladies of
course, as there are no othere—enteredinto
a correspondence recently with a clergy-
man in London, Eng. This farnilY were.
daughters of a, gentiemen who once was a
Major in the English :lathy, and during the
edam of the- amides was at onetime aii
gyman.Whonathe ladies aortespahded
.D:C. to thith e Governer-Geaeralt The cler-
ed- retired from -.
ithe pulpit with a haad-
ess, past -the familiar, and into thetender
-
ome allowance, and had an income. of
bodeX5,000 a year. Besideshewas 65,
atelleataally infirtn„and might die at any
no
ment. Here wp,la Catch. - The, corres
ondence.gre from) the stage of friendli-
4nes. ' One of the daughters was a widow.
and 45 years of age. She wanted to send - a
photograph that would give her the fresa.
look Of her y , unger sisters: - She hit upon.
a plan; the photographic art could be aided
by, a good tinter. One of these- tookthe
truthful photograph • and teuched up :the
;scraggy -neck)! relieved the Shadow* of the
low temples and . high cheek -banes,
pencilled the eyebrows, -., and ' ' even
dirapled the. :dna. The . teeth.: were
11.1ready attended - to by the dentist:.
The aged ranter sent for her, but when she
reached 'England his sisters heti:lauded the
reason of . the.change front her appearance
in the photograph. She attriouted it to
th
,witariness frome long sefajoiarhey: They
refused to believe it, andrefused to admit
her to the -bedside of, their brother, who
:was now dying. In the meitntinae the old'
Man died, and they offered the 'Canadian-
Wonian-Sal,000 to withdraw her claim. She
declined, and will sue for the incerne of
the deceased gentleman upon the ground
that documette in -her: ,p,ostessitai . are
quite equal inalayeto a marriage contract.
•
His 'way of Doing Geed,
TJp in New Hanapshire is a well known
eccentric individual, self -constituted curer
of all ills, 'a sort of universal panacea,. who
with all his eceeritricities, . has ,a fund of
-sactual Wit tliat is hard to beat Not long
ago the "doctor " was called to the witness
stand; the opposing counsel, avho it is said -
:soinetithes` al wets his whistle," knowing the '
doctor's, peculiarities, ventured, in cross-
examining-hini, to show him up a, bit,
a What . is your business?" pompously
inquired the counsel.'
"My business is to do what little good I
can to my fellow -men," modestly replied
the doctor.
- " But that doesn't anSwer My question,"
,gruftly remarked the counsel. "How do you
-spend your ttme ?" -- -
' :• 44 Why, .- Squire,' it takes 'a,boet all MY
,
"But i want
nt something more definite,"
Mine to do what I said," remarked the doc-
sloutly •deinended the counsel. a How. do
you gca about your boinest ? "
"That depends upon circunistaneee;
according tb. the nature ' of the case,"
eaciaitaed the . doctor. a For instance, if
a were going to commence ph you, the
hist thing I should do wouldhe to advise
you to sign a temperance -pledge l " .
_. The court roared, and the counsel, as if
convinced the doctor " -was pursuing a
legitimate and respectable vocation,pro-
ceeded . withlthe tegular'erces,exaniinatton:
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A Notimbie idiscovett:
In June last while' Berne workmen were
engaged in digging a ditcli. on the farm. of
Mr: George Cromwell, Township of East
Oxford, they 'came upon tbe reinains of
What Mint have been a _mastodon, . and .of
great antiquity. The jaw, - which is very
complete; in two feet four inches lohg, and
the teeth, which are Still .well preserved,
weigh four pounds. Several of the ribs,
the hurneruS, radius, neck joints and anany
of the small banes were also found. The
whole lieve been exhibited: ateeyeral of the
country fairs in this district by the finder,
Mr. Amos Carter,and WOtteriille
. when at . .
a few heyfaktgo the attention .of the Min-
iater of Education Was drawn to the col-
lection. On Saturday anumbet of gentle-
men. visited the spot . Where the remains
were found.! All were nauch interested in
the remanni, and it is hoped that when the .
balance Of them, which are supposed to be
still intact, are found,. they will be- secured
for the nauseam of our national University
• 1
at Toronto.
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' DEETS ANDMSS:-
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Tvreive SIMPle Mules 1 r Getting ffloney
- from Slow. gayer's.
- An - experienced and successful mer-
chant says he has alWa a guided his atea
duct by the:annexed rule .1,
.1. Never give the id athat you ,dalI
because you happetatp b in the neighbor-
hood.
. 2. Never plead that you are in absolute
need of the money.
3. Never explain way you want f.tl
money further • . thn -. by 80.5.tne
-,_ .
general . phrase; as to. meet outstanding
bills; The debtor. is usually an expert in
, showing a -Man -how he cah get along,witlOit
money.:- He will -worst .7e.h. in .argument,
and if you lose your temper it is an ex04.0
to him why he 'should no Pay. - • ,if
, •
- 4. Always be civil, however businesslike
and importunate yon may deem it neceisk
sari to be. • . a: . . -
. 5. Never think you aver done wrong_
because a debtor gets angry. His anger,
under civiLtreatment, shows that he doee.
not intend. to pay. -Mafia' you might as
well know early as lite,
6. Show quite as firra p, resolution to get
the,reoney on your tenth Call - we on any.
previous one, or else it Would have been
better if you had not madeit, a
7. Never leave a del -Aar .without his
setting aliriae when: he thinks he can -pay,
and never fail , to. be - o11. hand at the time
set. `
.8.._ As between•yourself and an employee,
let the most hushiese-likeacif- the two rasa()
the dun. , - . , • - .'. -
9, Suggest instalinentia . Shaine the
;debtor into making an arrangerdeht tdpay
sobaething every week or. every month. -
not $10., then $5, or $3, or t1.1. It Will co
vihee him that you. have set to work h
earnest to get the money‘
10. If a debtor ,gets- 4nry, or has won
out your, patience, a threat to attach .lifs
salary may be effective, not to much that
he is likely to fear ,you Will get the money
that way as that he will be allaiORS that
the affair ' shall not eothe-tO the knewlecte
of his employer:
11. A similar effeet May be produced by
saying you intend to plaeethe bill in the
hands of a:lawyer, particularly if you idea-
tioira lawyea whom he hates Or who has a
reptitation. for .harassing debtors, Pre pp -
mond debtors, however, becorae careless
about legal processes:. '.. i • - a
. 12. Drop Pato it debtoa'Sfavorite haunts.
It will make Iiina very uneasy, especially if
you don't hesitate to ask .him politely; but
plumply, for your nieney • on occasion.
This may Often happehafter he has •dika
played a roll of bills. 1, :I ' •• '
- z.DraLancester, of London, leaves to -mor-
row for California, to try and regain failing
health. The doctor heel many friends here.
TO him', we believe, belongs the, clistinetipia
of being the first to introduce litenceepathy
inter- Canada.
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FE:MELIPIE/L FALI OB.= ODD- ACCIDENTS. •
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A xtometon -wOrainesafas Terrible arunetaie. attw tertaIfl II1y o irnjaclay
Rican ft Scaffold. -
Yesterday morning.a young man named
•Cuddiford, an apprentice of Mr. E. Teasel,
the .contractor for the Mason work on the
new epttou factory, !Kingston; ascended to
the top of the tower to resume mirk. He
had not been there long until he was precipi-
tated down through the -scaffolding, strik-
ing on the hottoni With a dull thud.He
was _ picked up in an apparehtly- lifeless
Condition. Doctors were summoned, but
it Was thought to be only a question
Of a fear hours :until death- Would
ensue. He fell a, distance a of 2 setentY.
feet. He was taken to his home at the
Grand Trunk depot. But - a short time
agb-a-atiother men • died from injuries re-
ceived by a failing brick at same factory.'
Late in theday the young man was taken
to the hospital. „After railing seventy feet
he struck on hie hands and face. His Wrists
are dislocated and both forearms broken.
His fade struck several: sharp stones; which
penetrated the flesh. Both - 'Oyer and
lower -jaws Were smaahed into numberless
pieces. " .It is said :that after striking the
ground he rebounded several tinieta The
doctors say he !menet live, Reis aged 17.
The cold air caused him to dance round to
keep bis feet warm.. His heel Struck a.
small piece of brick, which overbalanced
him,and he went down through an open
apace in tile scaffold. Later.—Inquiry lett
evening at the hospital found Cuddifprd•
still alive, with favorable -symptoms. He
is still ilia semi-conscious state. It is pro- •
hable that he has received no severe- inter-
nal injuries:
,
$4,000 Iiiiightry in Montreal:-
kb:lost successful and daringburglary. •
was -aecomphshed at the residence of. Mr,
Hugh Paton on Sherbrooke street, Moue
treal, at 'about 4. o'clock yesterday morning-.
A servant Was .awakened'hyhearibg.a rasp:.
ing neteeaproceehing from the kitchen,
Whiciropets On the dinieg-rohni, She
thonght it wea.3 the cat ahd. dozed Off to
sleep again. -About 5 she got .up„ and to
her dismay discovered that all the silver in
the dining-rocn had disp.ppeared. Further
inveitigatiOnehoWed that every piece of
silver in the dining _antl. drawing rooms
had been -carried away. - The loss amounts
to something-- over - Q4,,000. _ An entrance_
was effected by boring holes close together
in the panel. of the kitchen Apar • e little
halo* the * unlock, -which was the only
feideting, A SAW was next employed, and an
aperture thus eaade large enough for a Man
to insert his :head and unlock the door. A;
Mrs. Brooks, - who ief t .with a man On Tiles,
day to be .married inNew _Terk; is
suspeeteci. - She has been it servant in the.
:house.
; Didn't Retatmber His Owl* NallIC•J
THE hietistet cannon which, as has
already been chronicled itt our -despatches,
was successfully cast at Reading, Pa., the
other day, is known as the Lyinann;Haskell
accelerating, or raultacharge cannon. It
is a six-inch borealuid along the bore are
four additional (dial:abets for powder., the
latter being successively discharged after
the initial -Charge af powder in the Chamber
has been fired.. It is -calculated that 130
pounds' of powder will throw- a.tolid iron
projeetile Weighing 150 pounds at least ten
miles, .and:that it will go thrpugha solid
mass of wrought iron nearly two feet
thick. The inventor claims that a twenty -
inch accelerating gun is irresistible, "far
eclipsing the celebrated 100 -tog Arnistrozig
gun madeler the Italian Government. • The
pockets are loaded hi the same manner as
'a breech -loader, each .pooket to contain
twenty-eight pomade of powder. The cham-
ber is to contain eighteen pounds. 'A Velo-
city of 3,090 feet Per second is claimed as
attainable with the new gun: a •
cablegrams have recently ohroni:31ed
and afterwards contradicted- the death
of General :Joseph Alexis "Uhtich, one
of the. most noted characters in the
France -German war. He was put in com-
mand of Strasburg after the • disaster of -
Reichshoftwa. He had a very lesufficient
number of troops at his coninotted. Being
sumraoned to surrender 'on August 23rd,
.1870, he resolved to defend the town, which
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was at once. bombarded. It, held out till
Septemr 27th, having received during
the month's siege more than two hundred:
thousand projectiles: Paris was enthindas-
tie over the gallantry of the Welke, and
changedthe name of the Avenue de
lImperatrice to that of Avenue Uhrich,
but a Council Of inquiry thought proper to
blame the General for his surrender, and.
the avenue resumedits former name.
General Uhricla was born at Phalsbourg,
Febrhary.15th,-1802.i ..-
Tbi$ Winnipeg Tunes announces that Sir
John Macdonaldwill visit Manitoba, next
suinmer.•
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A gentlemen of this -City tolls the fola
lowinganecdote of the late Dr. Spring, for,
many years- of the Old Brick Church in
New • York city,. for- the aceuracy of which
vouches:he When ,the deetoi.had reached
_
agocid old age'and had booth° soinewhat
feeble, he was rnet by , one of his old
-parishioners. just as he was cornitig out of
the New 'York post -office. a'alliovi do- you-
clbaDr. Spring? ' Said the friend; " I ern
very glad to see ypu.". HOW do you do,-
? replied the. 'doctor, - qt- I etn very.
Well; wadi am. Very thankfulto have met
you, for 1 have a letter -in the post -office, -
but 1 couldn't get it . beeauSel couldn't!
remember my own "nabae. Now I eau go
in and get it."- Nevi LOndali ((onn.) Day.
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, Tea death of l'rince- .Frederick of the
Netherlands bas jest been:- announced itt
Europe. ' He was a soldier in the battle of
Waterloo. • During that action he was
stationed .with .18,00p Men to cover the-
arrOy of Tifelliugton. and protect Brussels
in case any sudden turn that way should be
inide- by Napoleon. : There are nowbut
.few survivors of the battle. Aniong them,
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however; is the Enipefer of-G,erraany. But
he took part itt. the earnpaighsi against
France at ever( an earlier date than the
Dutch Prince just dead. William took the
field in 1813; entered. Paris with the allies'
ih- 1814,: and was at Waterloo in 18_15. Beth.
he and Prhice.Frederick were born in 1797,
but the 'Emperor is a. month the -younger.
*lye Recently Been Injured Or Killed. '
a At Pine Bluff, Atka a sheriff's poise sur-
rounded theresidence ofe desperate thief. .
Bo juin-tied from a window and ran for the
laotide. One -pursuer - Outstripped his
fellows, and the next --fleetest mistook him-
or the thief and shot aim.
At Rock Castle Ky, as Rev. Mr. Petrey.
entered a house, a hen flew 111 and perched
Int a :hanging rifle; it --fell; and :falling oh
he. lock- Was -diech&ged; and killed' the
-minister.
AtfBaltimore, a -man - WO was -being
shaved "heard a runaway, and, -thinking it
Was his team, --junrped up and had his -
fuifie nearly .cat pff..
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ti At Canton, 0., James Little drank sonaa'..-
861cla beer. -which paralyzed .his stomach
- sad, Icirmieg carbonic acid. gas, disordered;
is whole system, •causing nearly inakan-
aneous death. . . • •
At Nanticoke, Pa., john.Laffschuski broke -
bottle of whiskey in his pocket, saturating:.
'tii3 clothes; when he subsequently : lit a
faatch they took fire, and he was fatally a
tinned.. .
I
arti Adair County, Mo.., two young men
'agreed . to be Photographed with pistols
dream on each Other: The artist, while
arranging its' Position, diaoluirged one of the
pistols, shooting the opposite sitter through
the lungs: '
At Eastport, Me. a :sailor, wanting a -
drink Of Water and finding the cask pinup
frozen, poured hot water into it, and whilo.
attediptitigto suck a drink froth it inhaled
theasteam and was scalded to death. •
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At Pittsburg, Alike Maroney 'entered a.
core oven in a foundry to Warm himself,
and "another workman plaaeclat dere on the -•
truck, ren it. ha:cleat:A the door and roasted .-
hiei alive.
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- At.Rixfard, Pe., Lotis Gartliwait lowered. .
-ii'fort3i-cpiart torpedo 4 -mire -glycerine into
, -
e well, when the well niadea,..(udden flow,- -
struck the torpedo and We* hint to pieces
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At Green Ridge, Pa., John Thoeipson
and his brother tried to stop a dog fight, a
and the .lattet threw &stone at the animals
and; paisging theni; smashed his brother's
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At St Louis, Thomas J. Wharton,
took up a large Taster; said, ." Tins is the
Iliad of oyster Walter Brooks. choked to
death on;" tried to stAllow it, and ',wits • -
Choked to death. -
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At
Indianapohs, the weight of a cask of
water: sinaShed the teeth of a " Man* with
the Irohjaw " and falling on his' breast it
crushed him to death. "
At Dovercourt, England, :a bey "lathed
Boast saaallaied the sting Of a wasp while -.
eating some preserves, and died while runa
niagto the doeter's. -
At Dublin, Ga., a chimney swallow filled
the muzzle of Wulliarn Sugg's, gun with
clay, and When he dischargedit the weapon
blew off his hand. -
IT is announced in England that Mrs.
Jane Spurgeon; the Wife_ of the brother of
the fainous pteacher, died in the first week
of .0etober. She was. the daughter of the
old veteran field maraud, Sir John - Bur-
goyee, who, in turn, was the natural sou
of General Sohn Burgoyne, -who surren,
dered to the ArneriCan army at Saratoga itt
the War of the revolution. James Spar!
geonwas a student when 'ae - wooed and
won her, while she accepted him with the
shin Chances of a Baptist minister's life,
Sit John Burgoyne, her father, Was -the
engineer -in -chief of. the British army at the
siege of Sebastopol; and the -first to point
out that -the Malakoff tower was the key to
the Mission position.
Mr. GOld*iii Smith,ifi his -paper On the
Jews, thinks "it is time for the rulers of
Christian churches in general, and for
those of the Established Church in-particw _
lir, to consider whether -the sacred hooka
of the Hebrews - ought any longer to be
presented, as they are ILO*, to Christian
people as pictures of the Divine character:
and of the Divine dealing with Mankind."
Dr. Peck, Bishop of the American Pro-
testant -Episcopal Church- in. Africa, says
that four out of his aeyen ;white tniniaters.
will come back to .Atherickfor their health
this year; andthat sickness makes the Weak
of -white iniasionaries so irregular that the
proportion of negro laborers rmlet- be:
increasedtill the whole work is turned
over to them.
The well meant effort of a -clergyman t�
igUiet a Panic in a crowded enroll at Brad-
ford, Pa., really increased the fright He
led off in a hymr, at the top of his Yoke
but his shouts were so unmusical - that
the .people thought he. was terrified, and
the struggle towards the doors was
redoubled. -
A Detroit paper' speaks of Mt. Goldwin
Smith as a wealthy _ apd. liberal a mer-
chant " of Toronto, With a some " reputa-
tion as a' literally man and possessing
"considerable talent,'
A serious proportion of the potato •crop
of Scotland. has ' been discovered to be
unsound, Which will necessitate the in=
creased 'consumption of bread. .
Anaing the august personages presented
to tke Marquis Of Lorne at the grand pow-
wow near Fort McLeod was Eagle -sitting-
• onaa-rook:with-his-tail-hanging-over. •
• The Sea Serpent in Lake Simeoe. - •
flieLake Sitncola See monster has again
een Seen, this time near Eight Mile .Point, ;-
where it was observed by two children of -
Mr. J. B: Cooke. When they approached
the lake shore they saw the anirnal lying•
inotionleas, partly on the shore and pertly.
in the water. The sea serpent, gays the
Barrie Advance,. according to the children's .
description, was Shout thirty feet in length,
with long, fish -shaped tali and :our fins or
arms With claws, those in front being long 7
and powerful Whilc. the two hind ones were .
about the length of a- man's' arna.- The
head was sharp- and pointed, with large
prornineut eyes placed high up iv the fore-
head like a cow's, and an -immense, gaping
mouth. The sularnaripe monster's': de-
parture toot placetome five ' minutes after -
the thoroughly _ startled children first
noticed it; and wai without -ceremony, the
." What -is -it" fully displaying its hideous'
-.fornapreparatory to slippingquietly into
-deep water, whither it propelleditself at a` _
highrate of speed by long, powerful strokes' -
with its foie fins, and was alnaOst imm.e-
diately lost to sight.
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No Walking --on Sundays.
A young probationer was called at one
time to the extreme north Of ScDthuad. to .
preach a trial discourse. . After .serMon,
allured by the fine scenery; he took a Short
walk, in the Course of Which he met one of •
the elders of the congregation. Being -
anxious to ingratiate- himself, he stopped,
and smilingly remarked that he was enjoy-
ing much his walk.amid. the scenery of the
,elder's native place. • "Ay," Was the
rejoinder,: "but: you see ta peoples here
does not -approve Of walking on ta LOTiVir
day." 1 "Why," replied the cleric, - "1 am _
mite- we have the very highest -Authority '
for walking on the Sabbath." "Yes, I -
know who you mean, and was thinkit' no
more of Hite lor doing it neither,"
Main Tatham ay A.-BAtE.-Miss Gertrude
Truesdale, a voting lady whose relatives
had been living in Colfax for 8011:10 months
past, was sent to the Stockton Insane
Asylum On.the.30th hit. Some two months
ago, while attending school at Nevada -City,
the took it bath; and it is supposed thatthe
coldness of the Water caused a shock to her
system Which led to her present aberration,
which, by the "way, the physicians pro-
nounce an. acute type of insanity. . She is -
a prePossesaing girl of 17, and -a native of
Canada from which country she came about •
fou.r. Yearfragta—Auburn (Cal.)Argu.
. Rev. Mr i Eekford of -Bruce County, is
'dead. Deceased was the father of _Mrs.
David , McRae and Mrs. James Gow, of -
Guelph. _
Mr. T. :S. Renwick; of the Ontario Bank,
. - •
left for amilton yesterday. There is a,
whisper abroad that he will not. dome back -a•
alOne.TYinnipeg _free 'Press; Oct. 20th.
Rev. kr. Hassle; of St. Andrew's Church
Lindsey, has adopted the plan Of giving lb
five -in -Unite :BerrnOn to children before the:
regular sermon. -
• Sir James" Paget has consented te beccime -
a, candidate for the Lead -Rectorship of
Aberdeen University in opposition to „Dr.
13ainapn condition .that the contest be a:
non-political one and that he be assured of
general support.
. Mr. Erwin Davis, a New York banker*,
aid $1.,000 in Chicago . on Saturday for a,
special train to carry him to Omaha on his •
wayto the bedside of his sick brother, Ma;
A. St Davis, a Mine operator at Butler City,-
Mpatana. The trip frtia Chicago to Omaha
was MaaPin 14hours..
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