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penuolvattuda 4,1044 aa!giona to StOPPIT
• tar the ‘irent Ciders •
. televehtuaLeaaeLr.t
This: is. adaY of stacpendouii, basiness.
enterprises;. but one of the- latest bids fair
to:rival the, odes- 41the Arabian Nights."
Thisieliothitag,' tete than the mitlitifeeture
of gait for illerniuttting' and -heating pur-
poses in the- great gaanoal•:eegieit of West,
ern kenesylvaitia, aud theitrausportation.
of the "fame through immense pipes, Wall
the large eitiee end . towns of_ the: East.
ruitnense, fields of gas coal "'lauds have
quietly been picked' up by (meters) eapitel.:
ists, and the work of: developing -them -is lin
be -proseented vigoronely. At.the. same.
time retort are to be built. eit the na.oths
of the mines; pipes' Laid therefrom to the
large eastern ekties, end before Many
.months it is. the -intention, .of the coMpany
organized toe this, pufpoiees-sthe Gaslight
Tiaidsportatiar Company, of New York—
tn deliver a. I•luiptirfor,quahty Of gee for
illteraioating and heatiug purptisea to ges.
companies attl consumers at much • less
than: the spre-eta 1 prices s eliatge-dby local
companiee, 'The, gel is to.be dreava through
the-pipee by inetswaOf exhaustion or gas:
dumpaPlaceci at oblations, at regular
tancess apart, and so perfect in arrange.
Meatdr the, ineeltaaical detail's that it is
confidently as.sorted that the, leakage: will
0- es* thau that of any kcal • company's
servietein the -world. Theproject is one
that is Understood to have been ettrefulty
considered by the' best scientific minds in
the couatiry„ and to he eminently preetis
cable i ifs • operations, and to,._mOrnise
ivige- profits..
,
sweat, bang -Jew qua Niagara.
One who- returns to Niagara after a long
absence aetee flue tearksd changes taking
place in. the face of. the cataract. • My
„first visit here Vias made in the year 1.844„.
thirtY-savea years ago.' Then the, broad
expansee of .Table Rock Was the platform
Nyhiat, SLIAICeSS4e ,thOUSSIDIS 'St00d. Afaily
crept Stints,' to t,14" verge , and- 'Coked into
theabysee ()there mere cautiously -lay on faces and givaxl at the- crystal entreat
.as broke: into jewels and fell la aa stream
from the, awful height. Now •the broad
platform haa. fallen and the- Work of tinder -
milling is going Still further on... In forty
years mere tne- present standpoint
will be • in the depths below-. But
more - remarkable la. the ohmage
in the shape of the. Horseshae
. _ .
FaIE
itself- Then_ it was 'a. perfect segment of a
„ circle; ea„nettrly like the heel of a horseshoe
as- .-te. suggest the- .fituess a it£4. natD,e,,
• NOW 'Vast inasska of rock have been dis..
\ lodged in -the middle of the curve, making
a sharp and Wide diversion of:the current,
so -that the torrent. pours into's, midway
gulf from whieli the mist rises constantly.
This does- not diminish, • but perhaps
et:themes, 'lie interest of the cataract. It
breaka the circuit,. destroys the perfect
symmetry of the curve. It proves. that the
recesstotiof the fall is going on with far
greater force thau Mr. Lyell and his
brethren in,geology calculated when they
supposed they had estimated the. ages; by
the progress backward on the verge of
Niagara. If in half thelifetimeof a -modern.
Man such &tinges- haveoceurred, what-may-
aet .have be wrought -by. these mighty
feeceseet nature 5;000- Yeats 2--pett.irenue
. .
A, 1Loreion Street Scene.
On Saturday eveninglast at 5 o'clock Me
lamplighter,. who was going - his. reunde in
-the Brakeepear Road-, New Cross, taw a
p)an Stagger and fall forward. The lamp-
lightereteding diet the man did not Stir,
• nailed to -two- ram and asked theresta see
---veltat wee? the niatter. hurried
on, as. he dared not delay -lighting the
rest of the7-atteeL. On „Stinday thorning,
when the same lamplighter came to turn
off the- gas, he: found the min. lying in the
same, posttiou=dead. Row long the poor
'follow had: been in dying no one knows.
Wires:el:people mai& have: passed: him;.
-and, yet not- one -roan had . the: curiosity: or
• the .cornmon kindliness .to See: what ailed
him. This sort of indiffe!rent, brutality. , is
gettiteg t� -be- one di the wor.st features of
. London iife. It Would seem as --though the
kindly oldprecepts Which are still spoken
otarchee and chapels were Ohl -fashioned
and itaconvenient: 'for London. If the -luau
'had been lying: in a. wan -try. -road, the firskt
person: thateame by would have- stopped to
ascertain: whether, he - Wks- ' helpleas 'from
eirinkor from scitaethingwerse. -
. ii, ilitunart • -Wreck. - -,
. -
A_ telegram from .roiltreal. states that ii,
- case of terrible degradation from drink
caircie hefere the' Police Qoart ,in, . that city
yesterday,- . A tixttn- named Joseph - Qualc_h_
was attested on a charge Of stealing -the'
' sheet -which_ co.veredleiatatheieedeed body..
in order to sell them forties purpose_ of
• , getting funds-. with. -which -to buy liquor.
The unfortunate than feraierly held. the
reeponeible position: : of ., manager a the
,,, Doroinioo Telegraph:. Onmpany, both in
Toronto- and Wietitteal„ Audi.: was then meoh"
. - respected, Latterly he fell from one- degree
. to another until- he lost, all einployment.
-get liqtior. T , poor fellow is a, perfect
i
- .-He even. roblied. ..' ts- father's house of Almost
everything he. . ,',id carry off,: in order to
,reek, and 'if- he 0--Ohldr-Only brace up he
could secato a good 'pesitithe, bees/1E104A is
- a. first-rate operalor. .. _ '
-: A Sitst,nn a:" Cuinten.----A good story Is
told of'. -Pr. Litalet.itty Alexander-,qhe popular
Xtidepenclent eithich clergyman of Edin,
' burgh; Just. as -he had "Oven out bis text
one S1,10 -day, he ,Obsetrved the °couple:It, of a
- ,front pew showieg symptoms:of drOwsiness,
' Fastening Otte eye. aupon - the Mao,. he re-
' - peatedhis.: text a- second time*" And two
:men cania Ito! :to, lihe temple to, pray,"
(P4:06, dUrii,vg Which, naost. or tha'acingrega-
• .: tion,including the, it dividual -i,ta - qaestion;
,11
get- their eyes Qfli the .octor) Still- looking
at. thesuspieiouS inelt iduai with 'aia aur et
"1 canglat you -tti nee' the- doctor agate
ahnotTuced--"Ahlt two wen game up- to the
teniple to infay"..*.-4,",,'It to deep,: bay friet1112!
. ' The docterbliad- tztN leaet,ona atteutive lis -
...tenor titer (fey . - - •
. .
." Plays' billiartlg- watt ; 'drinks'. heavy ;
..fond 'of tad/ea"- seeiety.."' '-.1$een, teae 4. Tart
. -o{- the,:clesoripttAx et Ire-,ty Brooke White,
the defaulting .Seerister -of the Shoe ' Se
:Leather' Itisarence, -Co -triat;..whioh,,tree
sentiont. by the Oollea ct otattne'e":"..ThOse
fewewordse-'-_-:,eaye. tat: Igeti tt`--,ritte,:.-11:1tY
- Suggestive4.-and they c .1. the keynote.
to thOdOwnfall of - matte
_Tzg8.- , " 1 "--431azieta,ry
IMMICRittiOit7RETtiFOIS.
The Arrivals Durine the First Ten Months
' of 1880 AO WEIL
4
e-
DEMAND FOR LABORERS • AND 8 RUNTS
i
•
he fellewing is 'a statement( Of the
,arrivalset immigrants at the fiee[Ontaria
agencies during the Month 4 October;
-elk) showing the number- for the first ten
rabatlisof the present year, 00°4pp:red with
the nunaberidueing the smite per od last
-• . .
Oceonea ReenesS.—Arrivals vie; Halifax
arid the St.. Lawrence; 1881; 1,78 ; 1880,
1.3.78.- Arrivals via the United States,
18t 696 81 4 ' 1880 • 3 763. • Total umber,
t a ,-. a . a
1,88I,, 6,442; 1880, 5,141. Went to the;
United States, 188-1,- 4,a&; 1880 3,552.
• eat to the, Province of Quebec, 188l, 64 ;
1880, 20. Went te the Province' ot Mani-
toba; 1881 272; 1.880; 183. 'Remained in
Oateria,- 1881, 1,469e 1880. 1 386 Nation-
alities of those settled, in Onterio—Eng-
lish, 1881, 717 ; ' 1880, '646;Irieh, '1881;
276.; 1880, 301. Scotch, 1881; 24• ;..1880,
-163. German,. • 1881, \-110 is= 188, 115.
Scandinavian, 1881, 11; 1880, 3.! Swiss,
1881; 2; 1880, 3. Ametican, 181, 100;
1880„ Ia7. - Other' eeountriese 881, 7;
_1880,18. ,
The following_ arts the returns for the
tea months ending 31st (Meth r,. 1881,
'with ' the . figures for the cerre poinheg
period of 1880 :- Number Of arrivals via
-HAM= and the: St. Laavrenc 1881 •
10741; 1880 21 084 Arrivals `a the -
i, y. , .
rtited. Seaters„ -18g1; 49242;18 -4-1,770
Total number. 1881 68984; 188Q. 62,854.
Went ta the -United States, 18814 39,953;
1880,42,883. , Went to Quebec, 18I, 316;
1880 204e Went ta. Manitoba. 188 ,1,940 ;
,
1880, 2;364. Remained' In Ontilio, 1881,
16,565 ;• 1880, 17,203. - Nationalitie 6! those
rensaining in Ontario, Eitglis- ; - 1881,
7,027; 1880, 7,t7. Irish,I881,4,2 1; 1880,
4,14.0. 'Scotch, 1881, 2,910; 188Q, 2,799.
-German, 1881, 1,097; 1880, 1,049: Scandi-
navian, 1881, 138; 1880,- 10S. Swi s„ 1.881,
-11; 1880, 15. American, 1881,-1,1 5•;' 1880,
1,862. ,Other countries, 1881, 160 ; 880; 249.
'
The bulk of those .who have arrived
during. October are agricultural aerate,
there still being a great demand fo them;
and ea are placed es soon as the arrive.
Fetal laborers are so scarce that ne em -
per -stated at theDepartinentin Toronto
a. few days ago that he would have to
sell his farm if he could not get he p. The
demand for domestic- servants is • s ill very
great; andthose found suitable ar placed
in ;Situations immediately upoi their'
arrival. Cooks. and, 'general sere nts are
eagerly sought for. •.
t.92'.*i4v
-The4 death ze in onneefl
e
Patriarch of• Cremitantiiotilite
President- - Garfield-Iied pen or pencil
fourtimes after he -.wee shot: • ' •
Sitting Bull's broth'et-itnleav; Bra*
Bear tiled to commitsuloide the Other day.
Adism. McCall, leader of the Livingstone
Inland Mission .pn the Congo, died it
Madeira on Thursday.
Mrs. Langtry, the Louden beauty, will
make her debut upon 'the- stage to a Nevr
York audience in January. •
'It is said. that Mr. HolIan&wjll carry
out her husband's plans ins, reference te
building eaottaggiat,Bo.nnie Castle for the
literary woltkers on " Seribner."
The Princess Louise has omen* been
devoting niuoh of her time in -London to
visiting art public and private
picture exhibition, and. private studios. '
Rm. Sydney H. Little, brother, of the
Rev. W. J. Knox -Little, who visited
Toronto recently, has, with .his wife and
family, joined -the Roman Catholic Church.
The taster of , Lefrey, the condemned
'Convict who killed Mr. Gold, has,as a con-
sequence of the trouble into vehic11 she has
been plunged •by her brother' e crime,
t her reason. .
.•
Seep' eeteed--.Trade ot Great B
• (Bradstreet's) .
The British trade end tusvigatio returne
- foe Qatober aria at hand. They ar enceur-
aging.. The. imports for Octob were
431._xt,poo, - 14 per cent. l-, _mo than
threat of the corresponding month.1 t year,
and:only about a per cent: below ti total
for October,1879. 'Compared with October
of lest year, the total exports of British
.and Irish produce are fully 'An per cent.
-larger, and compared- with 'Oetober, 1879,
the increase is nearly 20 per cent. The
total imports for:the ten months are neatly
3 per cent. below those ot last ye -to the
same date, but more than 12 per centein
emote. of the figures for the rat ten
-months- of 1E179.. . In the ernort oa the.
other hand, the increase has been_ rogrese-
- ive, the ratlines for the -year being bout n
per Oenb. more thee. -those for 1 .,80, and
fully 22- per. Cent. 'above those of 1879.
These facts indicate thatthetrad revival
there' is- a. sold. - expansion. It has,
spring to, a_ large extent put-- of
indeased., neceseities- in Great Britain, -
and ' has enriched other - attic; s. The-.
Onzetta adds that the area in- wh ch aug-
--mented trade is doing has enlarge - itimbst
. mouth_ by =loath. The :Unite States,
India; Turkey; one coloniesandonp or -two
minor places do not _stand -alone as: nur
increasing customers. Under stimulus,
perhaps, of the tariff uncertainties,' they
have been joined, by France, • and to a
, extent by Russia. Nearly every
country With which we trade has this year,
-foi titan:pie; beught more copper 'fiord "iie
than in, either of the two precedieg years.
-Many have bought More coal' aod coke.
-GerraanY, PredietteBelgium„ ItelyeAuStrise;
Roumania, Egypt and Chine- have -taken
more cotton gcioda. Our export's- of pig-
- iron invite been in the • aggregate sinaller
than last year, but fit nearly altogether
ue to_ the reduced demand of the Unite%
atzais, other. dountrieS having rather
noreasedtheif requirethents, and for rail-
road sorts the. demand has-. steadily
expand.ed. halte Vans no reasons to be
dissatisfied With the -general position ofthe
foreien -trade of the nation." -
Footlights.
Oen Thompson. has been suffering from
: a severe attack of rheumatism at -Minnea-
polis, but-. ableaga,in to appear pa the
.stage:-
Joitqnla Miller leee written two aevepleys
based olihie own stories: He prepeees to
.eell- thetd, "-The .Danites " and" Forty-.
_ s •
Kate Bateiniin, • the fattious--4eah-utel.
Atury:Yrarrter of other days, is starring in
the Etiglish provinces in a piaY called
Hie . - .
. Xtri Edwin Booth has -written
that he Will appear in -Germany n xt year,:
after ha,ving eonapleted his nnfil ed cola-
traetit in England during next s ring and:
saintlier. • .
Rise. Clara Louise Kellogg Witt be Mai.'
ried to Mr. Whitney ia. Nevr Terk. next
spring. Mise Kellogg has earned, during
Ite_rlitenpon tbiestade abut half a million
alollarte. " Mr. Whiteey. is • a- man of large
_
fortune. _ .
Adelina Petal sepal/at frorethemoment
her -agate- is announced to. appear,. Sha is;
_from early in. the, /nothing of the day, so
nervouS and agitated that when- the hour
-arrive,, 'Stage fright has teltenpoSeeseien
of. . .o
Thertarne- of the anther of ,4 Qtleerts-antl. .1
CarainaV—the -play -whtehs has recently s
proved meth Mrs._ ScoWSiddons'eompanye, •
faiture in L'undon—ia, Walter S.- Raleigh.
The- -failure is said to he 'owing to the.'
stupidity of theeplaye
Mi. Robert Browning hike tbua far writ-
ten 93,323 lines: His first work, "Pauline;
a Fragment of a Confession;" was published
in 1833, and consulted of over , a thousand
lines in blanleveree.
The late Stephen Whitney, Plicenixhes
left -hall a million of dollars to Columbia
o1 ego, He was a graduate of '59, and
three of his family were graduated from the
same institution in 1796.
• - Mr. F. C. Barnand, the editor of Punch,
is a- man of middle age, who, with late dark
eyes, his French beard; and abundant scarf
knotted at his throat, looks more like a
Parisian than en. Englishman. -
*:Mr: Thomas Sootteer-M.P.P., of Meittord,
tripped. between the oars en- the Northern
recently, end but for the effort he Made to
throw lainaself free -from the oars RS he fell
he would have been killed. He escaped
almost uniniured. .
.In reply to a question as to whether Her
Majesty's Goveranienthas sent an agent
to the Vatican, Mr. Glaclstoee's Secretery,
has written: "Sir, -1 am directed by Mr.
Gladiteue to inform yeu Vat Her Majesty's
Government has sent no -mission to the
-
Vatican."
• M. Renee in these days looks like a com-
fortable French priest, an occupant of some
quiet village pulpit. His face is round; and
would be coarse were it not=ter the noble
breve and tholightful, searching eyes.' He
is is small man, thick set, and clumsy, and
leeks as- if he liked the good things of this
earth.. '= - •
-It is stated that Dr. Dr. Niehelsone
at one tirae a professor in Toronto Uni-
versity; will probably, succeed to the_
Pro-
"
fessorship of Naturals History in Edinburgh
University on the retirement • of Sir
Wyville Thoinson, •The latter's ill -health
has compelled him for. some•tinatito relin-
quish the duties the chair and during his
absericeDr.Thoinsonhas filled the position.
• FIorence-Nightingale, in spite of 'her 61
years and her -long confinereezit:to 1112
invalid's sofa, looks youttg, and even hand-
some. Her fair taw is unwrinkled, her
large brown eyes are full of kindness, and
she is stilt deeply and actively interested
in various practical works for the relief • of
the sick and poor.
• jamee eerier cut off Patrick Barry's
nose at Preeton,. Conn..; a year and a hell
ago. The piece was put , back -where it
belonged, and the feature, -though hardly
perfect, is. quite presentable. It is now.
Carver's:turn to wear a nose stick on, for
Barry lair got revenge by ieflioting a pre -
oisely injury.
.A
box recently forwaided t7 Mi Greyke,
M. P., at London, . from America, with
instructions t unscrew it on opening, haa
been submitted to a critical. examination,
in the presence of Sir W. V. Harcourt and.
the Chief Secretary for Ireland.. It lis
stated that the sorews with which the box
fa,stened have their base in an explosive
subatance. which would certainly be ignited;
upon any ttempt being made to open the
box..
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Two members of the most fashionable
London- chiba have just had an unseemly
row in the atient; AS Colonel Charles
Napier.Sturt was entering the Marlborough
Club, on- Pall Mall, he was assaulted by
his father -in -lair, Mr. Edwin "-union, of
the junior Carlton. Club, who -ed him a
suoundrel and waved a bludi - ever his
head, saying lie would kali • a. Mr.
Taunton was compelled by al Magis-
trate to give bail to keel) the pose -4 zmoo,
with two suretl.e_ti in. £590 each. '
s -
'According to -Lord Derby, the position of
Englandin reference to Ireland is- not an
enviable one. " We are in this dilemma,"
he says, in the "Nineteenth. Century,"
that we desire • to govern -Ireland accord-
ing to Irish ideas, but that the one domi-
nant idea-whieh has taken possession of
the Irish 'Mind is that we should not
govern- Irele,nd at all. If we resist, we
belie our loudest professions; if we give
way, we break-up the Empire."
Earl --Fitzwilliam: his returned to his
English and Irish tenants the whole of the
last half -year's rent. The Earl has _also
spent the following sums on his Irish
tenants. From 1833 to 1856 he spent, in
emigration--alone—in sending out whole
families in chartered ships—no less than
£23,58&; from 1844 to 1856 he expended in,
feeding and clothing the poorer classes of
his tenantry X8,000 ; from 1849 to 1879 he
sent for the same. -good objectA7,700 ; in
converting bogs into profitable gardens he
had spent £40,000; during thirty-six years
his lordship had given £303,000 in im-
proving his.Irish estates.
The French' are Still " running" the
mother-in:law jokes. Le Figaro says:
treveller, turnitig,' to -his neighbor, said; I
think, 'sir,- it would be prudent to shut the
window on your side ; it admits a current
f air really dangerous to your mother -in-,
aw.' To ;which the other, with a cruel
mile, replied ; '1 know`it.' " •
411 tile prisoners collectedin Paris by the
thrice -a day rotinds of the Black Kerbs are
taken to . a central (ace so asto be well,.
scanned by . deteetiVes there.' Spiett,
unknown -even to the wardens are .herded
with the prisoners at night -to, Set the Cest
t blabbing." These seoeet `agents ere paid-
accordtrigto the worth of their lietvices. ,
•
The tunnel between Dover andebale.iii
advances, Sir Garnet Wolseley not -with-
standing," at the rate of a -foot an hour.
infilikiiir-striT
Wager, , f
t- f•` la -14114;16r. • AU4:7,6=TI
A telegiare"stroin:WilkesleacreisRa tialgs
Sames Weller, The erisAt'S/rei0;.- 'N.v.hRt
deserted his betrothed, -Mise, eesid Norris
&linnet. at the alter,' uneatiectedlY'returned
todey., fle-Was assailed en ;all :sides by
the indignant friends of the -young lady,
whowas lying. ill" at het. residence. Bir.
Weller Went at once to the house of his
affianced and aiiked„ctip -See -her. The-
niother-forbadehis enininoei bathe -forded
himself into the hense-and was Met by -the
disaPpointed !nide expeetant, Who '-arose
from her: stok cauch: . the sound
of his Voice 'mid rushed --frantically
into his arms. Snbsequently an interview -
took place between the mother and Mr.
Weller; at which tile daughter was present:
He protested that he did not know. .what
urged him to act as he had (lane, and- said
he
ekwe aspIanacexiosuosont-.1114 The- weddingmother should -would
listen to no proposition from him, an L -Jae
eubsequently leftthe houee. Later in the
day he explained to friends that nothing
but his.obstinaey induced him to do what
he had done. - He said that he requested
that the wedding be pestponed for ameoend
time, and the mother of Mies Norris bluntly
objected. This angered him,. and -
subsequent esetion. was . more a retaliation
upoe. the Mother than a• slight offered t�
the tianghter: - -It ielikely that an. elope.
.ment and a flightsto Florida, whither the.
two intended going, will result: ' There
is -
.great excitement here in social circles cier-
-the.whole affair. . „sr - • -
FICKLE FORTUNE.
Fre= the Army to the DI ch. -
There. is living in Oswego a ma& whese
cereer has been & striking illustration of
the ups and downs of life. Hie name' is
Francis Burns,- and he.isdesceridedfrom a
good old Irisbefamily. . He- received a good
edoeation, and at the ageof 22 entered the
British army with the rank -of ensign.- For
two or three years Burns Berved on the
wet- &test of Africa; and wasthea ordered,
to the West Ladies. While there . he'
engaged in a duel with ae brother Officer,
and as the regulations spinet duelling
were very severe, he, rather than submit to
a court-martial, . resigned his coneinission.-
He Went to the United States, andfrom thete.
to Canada; whereethrough -the influence of
friends, he obtained a position in the post -
office in Toronto. This was ' while Lord
Elgin Was Governor-General.- He did not
hold this position long; and Was . next
employed in the Greet Western' Railway_
police. His next native was to the position
of tally matt in the firm of Messrs. Cook.ee
Garvin, Garden Islandeand after spending
ashort time there he went to Oswego,
Where he obtained a similar position with
.Messrs. Svrift et Post. 1 For a time he held
theoffice of Secretary. to the. Fire -Depart-
ment and sealer of *eights and measures':
At present he works as a 'con:tram laborer:
He has been in Oswego- for twenty-five
years, and although nearly sixty years of
age is Still active, and slimes but .slight
traces of the vicissitudes through. which he
has pissed.
Militia Notes.
-The Japanese go in for the, " real thing "
when instructing their -soldiers in the-" art
prbtective.":During their .recent autumn
manceuvres they -fired
lying houses, and devastated the- country
generally: :It Was expensive, but they don't
take for that.: , •
well known to Witialaredon.-enens-ehes at
The-ownerehip of the'St: George's vase
so;
Iast-heen dec;ded. . The Council of the-
'NatiOaal Rifle Association haye.:announeed
that in tl*r opinion the vase andthe pro7
nerty cennected with it becongs to the:com-
mittee of the vase, and not to the National
Rifle Association: : :
,Seigt. Cowley, Of. the Second. Durham
(Seaham Harbor) volmiteers; who wen the
Queen's prize at . the late Shoeburyness
artillery meeting, died' recently of inflam-
Mation otthe lungs. 1 The Winner of the
seine -prize the Year before watt- killed in a
colliery explosion, and the one who was.
expected to win it this year met his death,
in a railway adeident. -
Parental Brutes.
_ . ,
Thos. Burke is now in custody at Brook -
Iva; charged With: as:terrible onslaught on
his child. = Biarke reached his, home at No.
.72 Sullivan street on Wednesday night.
much under the influence.of liquor and
_,.
began quarrelling vrithhie wife Mrs:Sarah
13arke, Who Was also intoxicated, and. at
-length so far exasperated her hneband that
la Week her on. the head with a large iron
poker, and then lifting an iron kettle from
this. stove he hurled it athere. She dodged
itn4 the ketile ! struck her 3-yeereeld son
Thonaas. on the head. -Burke fled, :The
child's skull was fractured. -
-A "Veteran-ConVict.
On Wednesday ' _Morning ' lest , Ethilia
.Phillips, the oldest coniict in thietitaine
State Prison, ',died, -.being "Upwards of -92:
years of age: ' He had pegged ever37 yeare,
of his life in prison. ' He was noted as ,
rbetng the -Man wile -played a. joke it one
tune en the Warden of - the kasisachusetts.
State Prison. He told & story abouthaving
a l&rge BUM �f Money . buried:in that State.
andthe Warden teak him out to dig for
tilt' -Money. - After waiting awhile, Phillips
asked for rest; when the officer gat into the,
„hole to dig and Phillips, kicking_eand in
'hie eyes, ran eivay, _
The following story is .. told :Off the -late.
William -.Brodie; s the celebrated._ Scottish
;sculptor : ' Breda plunaber and .gaa. 'fitter,
he went from Banff to the eapital with an,
intenselove Of art, but was foited -one after -
no . • disconsolately gazing -- at. rejected
'exh'b
7.
its by a friend; to Wheat ' he: said.
erly : - "'High 'art won't keep my ivife
and- me and the bairns, iso rg go' back to the
gas pipes 'and plumbing." But his -wife,.
full of pluck, said: 1",Yeell bee, great man
yet ,f Willie,if yell-only:keep up yourheart.'
You stick -to -your art and -III stick to s you
and the bairns and Ill see that none of Us
ever, come to want." -But he shookAns-
head sadly: Thefriendipokei le* Can-.
solatork -words, and promised to _call next
day, He did so, and folind-allettetaged.. 4
.ricli menthe:at I had:. sent Brodie Money to
go t6R-Onie fortWo years,and lied'itrideee
taken meanwhile to Care .tor -,iiiisifamilyi
Herent, and from thedateOf„-hte. tetarri
tepidly achieved- Enlaces's. . ' ' - 2
VItitairVABLIE'1610111
ee." She wee- alfialiiktb-U6e d always '
quiete',1 wes written owthrtonabstone Of .
l'÷Absellt-nainde4nest seldom ' takes the
fOrhe of Mistaking our. iteighboes cotttiti
Umbrella for our Own Silk One.
- .
ISPheeeigeesetagtosYrs.:4a"'sGper.ri,oillsb.
ably heard of the-purchase:we lately. macla
of a selfeockitig revolver.-
_
-=,-Pr.-Dupgiso_2at A Eitigstoti:banquet—
" ani sure, gentlemen, this was no.nierely
torital -toast. You ell feel' what you have
drinel0 _All:: • " We -46." (Applause and
,
laue,,ehter:). s I .
-At Bond Street Church, Toropto, iastl
-night iri the-cOurse of hisreplies tonerres-,
pondents, 'ht. Wild said he took fifty-six •
papers and periodicals- a- week, and that he
had been offered - $100 to preach for one
Sainditsr at a eertein plebe.
. _
Servie, the new Cunard steamer,.
„makes tvfrenty and one-half :.miles an -
-hoar: At this rate it would take but five
days and ten hours from Liverpool to
Quebec.. - •
T.N.: ABSENCE.
A thoukand pretty ways we'll think npoti
- To meek our separatlenc
Alas ten thousand Will not do:;
Hy heart will thus no longer stay,
No longer 'twillbe lcept from you,
ihrt.knocks against -the get away:
_And when no art. affords me help or ease,
I seek -With verse -nay griefs-to.appeate ;
Just as a bird that flies about, "
And beats itself against the.eage,
- Findingatlastno no-. - - _ •
It sits and sings and sovercomes its -rage.
Salvini, when asked if he Would return. to
the -United States,.replied ; "1 have :been
there twice, and America has had all' the
Italian tragedy it Viants" . There is -a -great
deal of truth in this remark.- '
- Henry Ward Beecher is growing old. 4.
week ago- he complained to his congregation
that those. who wrote to him used very .
pale ink„ and lest Sunday he reed amiss the
number of the hymn he was giving out and
had to stop the people short atter they had
itunuene verse Of an entirely . different
Composition. - .
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We can assure any person having a bald •
head troubled With- dandruff, that Car-
-Wine; debdorized extract Of petroleum,
will do all the,t is claimed- for it. It Will
notletain. the most" delicate fabric and is
denghtfally perfumed.
,
IVER GWDER DRIVES AWAY: BIL
LIOT.IS headaches, dyspepsia, rheumatism
piles andqiesire for -liquor. Sample: 10 cents
mailed anywhere, W. . HEARN, Druggist •
Toronto.
se00.0.2
six handres dollars are herebyoffered in special
prises at the leading fars in Ontario and
Quebec,1882, by
_ .
Thoiley Horse . and Cattle Food &Mpg.
HAMILTON Ont.
As follows: $150 cash at Canada's Great Fair,
Toronto.; .$60 Great Central Fair, Hamilton
$30 Western Fair, London-; 320 Port Hope; 315
Sherbrooke, P. Q. • $15 Ottatra ; $15 Chathane
$15 Guelph; $10 Kingston ; $10 Walkerton ; and
il;10 at county, fairs in the remaining counties in
Ontario. For particulars, see circulars.-
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MANUFACTORY, HAMILTON, OWI'.
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_ the progress of our students
Invetifigate o'ur claim to have the most thor
ough and practical school in Canada, end before
spending your money', satisfy yourself that the
BRITiSH AMERICAN COMMERCIAL COLLEGE!
gronosTo,
Is the place to learn. business. No institution
offers equal advantages toyoung men. -Students '
enter at any time. For circular, and. specimens
of Pennmanship, - -
Address the.fiecretary.
BIACIVid MAGNETIC MEIPICINIC
_ .
IS a sure, proing
• _ and effectual reme
dy for Nervousness
in ALL its stages -
Weak -
Loss.of BrainPower--
Prostration,-, Night '
_ Sweats, Weakness -
and General Lose
bf Power. It repairs,
Nervous Waste, Re •
(ThAnn BLUM.) j uvenates the Jaded:,
Intellect, Strengthens tbe Enfeebled. Brain, and
Restores Surprising- Tone and. Vigor to the Ex- --
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proves it an INVAVUABLE REMEDY. . • .
The Medicine is pleasant to the taste, and -in
no. ease and under no eircOrnitances can it :do.
hm..Each box contains suffieient for two
week's' inedicatibili thus being ;Audit cheater
than. any 'other- Medicine sold—and 'while ie
is
the cheapest, its ineeh better. _
Full particulars -in our pamphlet, which we
'desire to mail free to any address.
_ Mack's Magnetic Medicine sold', by
druggists at 50 cta. per box, or 12 boxes for $5,
or will Tie mailed free of postage. on receipt of -
themoney, by addressing - _
k' i
- ne s sinet c RI di
ge eine Co.,
_ Windsor, Ont.; Canada.
Solcchy' all drtiggists everywhere.
•
OVER. 700 Stammerers have been cured by us
during the past! three years/ TestimOnials from
all parts of the 13.8. and Canada. Address •
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