The Sentinel, 1882-06-09, Page 61■1 I I I I I 1111.1i; "
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'THE CAApintiN NownimhesT
• Dellbertite. Suicide at. an Ontario. Mao—
•Irrest,Call On she Pardries—Northwest
• Police. •
A despatch frena Winnipeglast (Ionday) night
ays :
- 'traversed the prairie for a. considerable die,
Lance west to -day and found no snow except in
the sroughs or ditches. The fall was the heatiest
in theeity, but did, not exceed_ :two inches on
the level, The weattapr is cold, -but miring'
• '
• General Rosser has been COminitted for trial
on the charge‘of obtaining Canada Paola.° Rail-
way papers on false4 pretences. • Bail in $4,000
waS accepted.
Thantike of Manchester, Lord Elphinstone
and other distinguished visitors arrived. this even-
liiginthe directors' car of the Great Western
Railway of Canada.
A. P. Coleman, V. S., Princess Louise Dragoon
the Mounted. Police,. Col.
Guards, Ottawa, artved yesterday with recruits
and forty horses fo
McKenzie, Who wasin eommaral, having died at
Prince Arthur's Landing. Major Dowling' pro-
ceeded from Duluth with the Main. body of the
'men by way of Bismarck, thence to Fen Mc-
Leed„ Mr.-Celemanand, theapalanceiof the men
opining to Winnipeg., Col. MeRenilet body has
' been sent back to Barrie.
I); 13, Murray, Chief of Police, leaves in a few
days to attend the Convention a the Chief- Ccin-
stables of the 'Dominion to be hold shortly in the
city of -Hamilton.
Passengers who arrived yesterday via Duluth
report that one Edward Argue, from Quebec,:
committed suicide by jumping overboard from
• the steazuer Ontario, when near- Silver Islet,
Lake Superior, about rnidnight of Monday last.
He was intoxicated at the time, and deliberately.
hadhis will drawn out before ha committed_ the
rash act. While a bee was being prepared for
him on (leek ha rushed to the gangway and
plunged intothe lake. Just before doing thishe-
tcok eighty dollars from his pocket and threw it
into the water. The boat was Stopped and
"efforts made to rescue or sectlre the body, but
in vain. •
A severe sterna,: accompanied by snow, set in
on Saturday night, The ground is covered,and
the early vegetation is threatened. It; however,
disappeared rapidly to -day under the influence
of the sun.
Settings by
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River andMontansewe learn that theoattle Tug' ithitillhAlr .11111h. CAM. '
On our Side of the linewintered well, and et, ' ---et • -
meow Did the netirderets et Cavendish out in better condition and with fewer .
tosses than the ranolimen on the Montane 1. and Deriie Reach lite of cene et the-
.
side. Altogether the results of this. year's - -
eperetions at- Bp* Itiver have beene quite Out Irish exchanges just to hand furnish'
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sate -factory. • ' a detailedethoohnt of the terrible tragedy
Yellow -legged plover- were here on the
. .
.5th inst.. • . .
The coal eillarnine has eased up a little,
a 'barrel having arrived on the 8th, • which
sold readily at $3.50 per gallon. • .. .
." Sleighing becsathe very bad on the .6th,:
and in three days sleighs were abandoned
and once more the -.rattle Of wheels was
heard on our streets - • - -
An old, Stony equate diedhere a few days
ego,and her friends, in order to sive the
trouble of digging a grave in the frozen
ground, hung her up in a tree on the out
skirts -of the town, and there she stUl ree
• - e --
On _inquiry at Duck Make we find that
the- Indians have nevet passed % better
winter. -•„
• Wild geese end ducks beet° made their
Welcome appearance again, the hist of the
formerhaving been seen on the 27th March
and duoke &deer days later'• •
, -
The Battle River Navigation Co's. bast
has been put into commission as a .ferry on
Battle River. Captain BiIly Williams will
be in &Mumma.
On the lItle the Battle River rose -sud-
denly to such a height as to -overflow the
flat at Poundreaker's reserve and flood
some of the houses. No particular- harm
Was done.- • - ••.
A .shooting parting consisting Of Arehie.
aylor, Harry Banks, Martin Burnelland others
- 'went out from the Portage to Lake- Manitoba on
Saturday and had a. good day's huntiiia. They
• hreught home twenty Arctic( geese -and a cartlead
_ •
of docks. These Arctio geese- are a pearlier
species of the goose tribe,nud may be purchased
from the Indians at the lake for 75 cents' apiece
A company has been organized to sink a test
' well for salt.or oil at Gladstone, the required
• capita.1 for which operation liaa been all sub-
scribed.
Potatoes are exceedingly scarce in Winnipeg
• and Brandon. Buyers fromboth placeshave
been in the Portage for the pest week securing
all the availabie potatoes at any price. In
Brandon tb.ey sell for $'3 per bushel, and in Win-
' nipeg at $2.50. •
Seeding is finished in Soathwestern Manitoba.
. The Norquay grist and SiLlY milt was burned to
the ground on Thursday,. Srd of May, just as the
.. men were a.t their tun, -Nothing was saved_ ex-
cept a few grists and the .mill scales. A large
quantity of. wheat, oats and barley that was in
the warehouse adjoining the grist mill was con-
sumed. No insurance. Cause Of fire unknown.
.L0158 about $12,000.
Thirty laorses, valued at S4,000„ the property of
Mr. Wm, Shultz,- of Parkhill, Were. killed by a
railroad accident neer Chicago last Friday. They
were on the road for the Northwest. ' . •
Th,e Assiniboine River has almost fallen to its
Usual Water level.
•
A Londoncablegrara says: Xn connection with
the Great Northwest ec ManithbaLand Company
the Lord Mayor has formed a Beard of Colonize,
tion„ with hi w self- as Chairman and. Earls Caith-
ness. and Northesk Directors. The proapects are
very favorable, all tbe shares -of the eempany
• being placed -el 11 the market.
The followingnews is from Winnipeg:
• Prince Albert will for the first time be
placed upon the market oeethe 29th of this
month.
Jim Ross, of the Queen's, has converted
the= reaidence of the late Hon. James McKay
—Deer Lodge --Silver Heights, into a sum -
'mer hotel. It is furnished in magnificent
' style.
3. S. Armitage has arrived from Minns-
' doss. He reports everything lively in the
Little Sasketohewan district, and seeding
nearly threuglr. •
A. W. Ross is 'Deporting a large nulnber
of portable houses. Thixtytthree of these
are to be scattered aver 66 St. James, and
23 more it St. Boniface, along the banks of
the Assiniboine. Nearly every one of these
- lave .alteady been rented.-
Bosh fires are causing considerable dam-
age on the C. P.R. east. The contractors
' on section B are losers to the extent of
.
. some BlX or seven- thousand dollars m ties
ensetedt two weeks ago In .Phcenn Parke -
t)* Verbatim report of the eiideboegiven
at the coroner's inquest throws -light. upon
one or two points in regard to the approach
of the murderers, points which, necessarily,.
Were left in ebseurity. by: the : oeble-de-
spatches. Here, in 'brief, is. the Sequence of
events. established by : the . evident*
and bearing -- upon the . t darkling
points 'under-- review. On - the - 1404
Saturday evening .the twO:doorned ,sears.
tarieeremained at -the mettle together hP to
645 or 6.30 itolock. At that time the Chief
Secretary' left the Castle on foot to walk 0.
his hedge eriPhoenix Pork. ; _The -park, We
May. explain, Hee to the west of Dalin, on
the -north bank of :the River Liffey. The
pestle standsin the centre of •the pity ou-
tlet eiteth -acid of ehe. Liffey,: about e. mule
and a quartet from the nearest entrance to
the. park. . Alter reaching the I park; Lord
Frecleetok • Cavendish ” continued his walk
hp the Mein driveway in it _ westerly
direction - toward the Chief' Secretary's
lodge. This building is situated to the left
of the driveway, , a little beyond- Plicenbt
Monument; something over ae mile •from
the - ,gate. 7 14. - Burke left the
&tette '.. ...about , ten. minutes alter
Lord - Frederick's - dePa m, , -- walked
rit
to the park and (*
. took a rat the *tear& or
Mx station, in Parkgate etre 't, for a drive
through the park to the--Ifilder-Secretery's
lodge. This was e eiettled custom: with
him, .as is shown by the evidence Of the•
driver, Nicholas Brabazon, who testified at.
the inquest that Ir. Burke said nothing
When getting- on the car. "He weenee in
the • habit of seying. anything, as - we all
knew wherehewas to 'go." The car drove
up the main road of the 'perk; and, after
passing the Gough meinoriet statue, over-
took 'Lord Frederick Cavendish at a point'
alittiebetend a side road leading to the;
Viceregal lodge, which stands in the park to
, the right of ii10. main Mad: Hereher, Burke
dismissed: the car and joined his chief.
.The two seeretaries proceeded arm • in arm
up the male road. The Cat driver turned
his horse. and drove back to the hazard in
Parkgate 'Area. Now; mark. this point.
The Mr driver; who appears to. ha-ve - given
his. evidence he - ie very straightforward
fashion, sew eothing Of the murderers' ear.
He is positive that • no car - was condpg
O15,per evett; flour (barley); 57 -to 59 . pert down the road toward the doomed seem •
cwt.; potatoes, 52. per bushel; eggs, 50t taties, and the only -ear •Whielit he met on-
eente per dozen; butter, 50 . cents to 75 leis homewartl. drive . carried a party Of
cente per lb.; wood, 53'per cord. .. ' -* females end turned off down a side road: -
tootle lodge as. been ere The suddenetoysterions appearance of the
. .
-A ii ' -h b' organized h
with a, membership Of fifteen. ' • , carwhichcarried . the .murderers is estab-
. i-. Indian . lTho
boedbytheevidence of teet other witnesses.-
Orders havebeen recevedat theIndy,Samuel . Watson: Jacob, who,
Agency , here to stop - issuing beef -to the While paseing thong the minket fence that
Indians,
.
' Fish are metes in • all the lakes atthis struggling ' men and thought they were
season..
• t . . •: - - - . .engaged in a wrestling match ; saw nothing
..
Dry poplar for firewoodsells at $2 to$3. of the ear till he observed it a few yards in
, .
:per cord.. .. : • •advance of the group, "driving in front of
The catch of this -).winter has been :
•. -•— monument." ,ter. Foley, one of the two
the B01111/8 . onthe -road toWard the Phoenix'
ill not-
- • tricyclists Who pasced the secretaries just
From present aPpeeranaes there w
-
before -the murder, knew nothing
be toterly enough 'saw _logs, taken' out: this -, .
the ear -till- he - heard " the . noise . of e
.
winter tp. supply the market next sundiner, road behind e him, and,
so that the .pette of lumber is likely to be oar on the - . -.. , . . . . turning - hie . head, eaw, ..it hack car
high.
• . . . _ (teeing rapidly down the .side road leading
- W. Gust raised nine bushels. of white to Chapelieed:" Nene of the Other witnesses,
Russian wheat. last mason , from eighteen though they .oame toward the seensef,the
_.
pounds of med. - • tregedf from different cureetione, could gem
• The omit* than is'. still at -work at any evidence bearing upon the approach of .
, .
Edmonton:•- • the -tut steriouse ear: -.Whence, then, did it
•. come?, How did it reach . the- melee of the
. News has, been received here that the tragedy ?. We Cannot,ot mom, domore
smallpox is raging eenoitget• the Indians
along the Montana. baundary, andante it is ing,
than hazard a guess. But to our think-
. the car . was - hidden -- in : a
spreadingrapidly. Mr. Desedneye Indian Othell .plantation . of tree*, described
Commissioner, . has sent a . quantity t of as . "from , twenty - to. • etweiity-live
vaccine thither to different 'places in the feet in height, 40. bushy," grieving only a.
southern district. . e• • . - - sheet distance from the spot at -Which the
-. -Seedbailef is worth 51:50 to a bushel; deed ;*as. .done. • From this ambush the
and wheat S3 to IR: - - - . - . murderers watched the :approachr Of their:
-' A coal seam has been discovered at the victim. We say her it follows, as a
_
mouth of Egg 'Lake Creek, 'near Shirgeenreasonable deduction from Out supposition,
Riter mill. • ee. ' - . ,that the plot was laid .igainet - the • life . of
the hinder,Seeretary elope. The murderers
-Lots on the Hudson's :Bey Company's -could not have calculated upon- the Passage
The provisioes for the Indian's on the
several reserves in this district have been
sent out to the farro: instructors so that
there shall be no excuse for Indians
coming into town during•seeding time.
•
The bridge across the Battle Wirer here,
that did such good service last year, was
taken down to guard its being Carried away
with the ice. It will be rebuilt as soon as
the ice has ceased to run. It is the infee-
tion to put On it scow until the new bridge
is completed, said then to placethe-sootv
on the Saskatchewan. the work is being
done by W. Latimer, tinder instructions
from Colonel Herchmer. ett
• Edmonton and vicinity.
Coal will. be shipped from Edmonton to
Battleford as soon as the river, Opens.
Wheat is worth from t32 to 54 per bushel;10
barley, 44.50 to 52; flour (wheal), en to
siragacING, TOWARD THE Still
The evens teemet Rooming; Along at a
Teiritie etace.e. , .
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The new .Dudley Observatory 'cornetis
whirling through spade at a. trentendoils.
tate of speed,- and intime will ,p.robably.
span :half. the aeeli of the sky; Making the
coltatim evenings brilliant . with e its
candescent light. .By the„ let, May; the
celestial should ,be -visible to. the
naked and every one who can cone;
:nand the use of a.teleicope alight -ingot at
Ittestene look it it Were:that-tithe. It is
a sight to be remembered, especially if the
1:301311# should 11181B as .. greet' -a display
within two months menthe its.the astronomers:
predict it will. Remeneherieg that this
gives promise of :being one of the grandest
comets ever neje, it is interesting ,to look
,at it in its :babyhood:. ' It is fir from
possessing :anything imposing in its ap-
pearance. The ineeperienced °bootee has
to look twide.before seeing it at all; :especi-
ally if the telescope he is using be of emelt
Aperture.. Yet anybody -can seethat it is
an infante Heieulee. It a head likes
Star, compaot and brilliant, t and it trails
behind it in its milhott mile -a -day flight a
little, straight, 'bright - tail; much larger
elteady away out therein space' than most
Comets are -able to: display .8,t their peri-
helion.. The :latest observations confirm
the eerly. declaration Mahe by Professor
Rees that the comet -Jill go exteaordintirily
(dote to the sun. NO astronomer has .siuc-
.
ceeded hi- identifying it Withany previous
comet; and it is -probable that this is its
first Visit to the viler system, el least since
'Men have made records of celestiaI.pheno-
ohms. It he net impeseibla that it last
exhibited the glories 91 its trainto .the
inhabitants of the worlds revolv-
ing Around-. Fiothe distant .fixed star.
The ghee -thin is frequently t asked:
Hew taiga • will the comet he e".
It is impossible to say more than that
indgiegtfam•the brightness of its !niche*
and. the present rate of iuerease in the size
of its tail, it blight tobo-a more '
comet. than -that of lea suntmer.. But
nobody cnn promise that it will be; Incense
the nature of einnees. and - the laws that
govern the development of their -tails are
not Well enough understood to enable
it-stream:Pete tataiike positive. predictions
Concerning their appearance. This comet's
position,. When nearing the B1115-, will not be-
euch-es to give us the best view of :its -tail:
The comet • of 1858„ like this one, was
watched -from the time ttia,t it appeared as
faint object in thetteleteape until ititung
like a great baud of jight, in the wester n
heavens.—Albany Evening JoithitaZ. '
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ADVetiat TO VouNG.I. DIE.S.
A.
Phsdn Tithe on Every -day ilaiters and
Things.
• Sohn Ruskin gives the foll
to young ladies: -order t
one's self; it is well tatind. true
Don't think vaguely ebout it
and paper- and write down a
description oftytiutself as pee
you -dare not, findout vi•htr y
and try and get strength of .
to look yourself in the facc,.
as body. Always have two
your dressing -table, and With
dregs your mind and body at t
Put foin best 'intelligence ,t
what you are good for and
be made into. The mere res
euseless, and the honest desire
penile, will, in the eh-dee:est
oitte way, improve one% self
plishments should be mimed
of assiiiting others: • In mtisi
dieCiplinece and clear, met
accuracy; expressiesa and e.
care Of themselves: So in 'd
teliet down the tight shape
and therebY exPlahe it e eharao
bound e the Vico-regal _lodge, :narked the.
!very gOodscefaree
- ILady -Bulwer's itepartee. -
. The late Lady Lytton - Was one pf the
owittiest wornen Who ever eppearedin the
great weld df London. z Maley of her bon.
mots are recorded which tell Of .the keen:
and. ithplicelle wit with *Which she would
Assail her adversaries. _ Just before -the
breaking out of the 'doettstic quarrel in
high life, which lee to an unsuccessful Ojai
fordivorce on the part of a husband who
had imagined himself -injured in his box*
by a conspicuous member_ of the Govern-
ment—just al the moment when the hus-
band in the hke.ceee always endeavors to
renew the bonds which he feels are getting
loosened, Lady Bulwer chanced to be in ebbe
at the opera with the suspected Wife, whet
suddenly the bee door Opened and ehe bus -
band entered.. Lady Bulwer turned and
gazed et him intently. -He looked sheepish
and tried to withdraw into the shade But
. . _ • _
Lady Bulwer was inexorable, and with her
eye- Belli riveted ot his conntenanee,
exclaimed at length,: in a voice -of the
greatest -astonishment : - "What is the
matter, Mr. N—. What on earthhaave
you been doing to yourself? I. did not
know you at first. Yu are so altered since
B&W you a day- or two- ago riding. in the
park!" ".-Well_then,'.' returned the Poor,,
discomfited visitor, "the feat is, I have had
my whiskers dyed—pot for myself; I oely
_wishe& to please thy' wife." :" Pshaei I"
returned t the lady, as she... turned away,
"if you had wished to please your wife; you
would long age have died yeurself.",
5150 to 5300,
town site are. worth from
and cord -wood. • Scathe- de Dennison had`
7,000 ties burnt al Hawk Lake. There has
also been a considerable'ethepunt of cord-
wood and ties burnt petween Selkirk. and
Telford. -
Datoetordand District.
• From thelliettleford, Ilerard of 5th Arail
-
and it fortnight later :these_ notes are
gleaned -
Seed potatoes are §2. & bushel, and very
scarce at that figure.. !-
Early sowing has protted to ' be •most
advantageous be this country, and is to
receive another trial. Adam Boyle has his
fields ready, and will begin to -sow at once.
accordipg to Ideation. Quite sense froze 4e5.,
The Laboucains, on the Battle Elver, are
said to hev'e traded 30,000 rats -.this winter.
,. ?cute River District: :
i The Hudson's Bey Compa,ny's •mail
, packet from Peace River, whichleft D anvil -
[gap, on the 24th of February, arrivedeteete-
' on the 9th by two teeth* of doge.
•. gxcellent samples of wheat, oats and.
!barley were ----brought -in. Tlie wheat was
'remarkably good, although the season was
!unfavorable there; as over the rest- of the
1 territories.
Me. James McDougall, chief fader of the
pitlighieg. is going on everywhere. If dieted; having heard that Mme Edmonton
one climbs any of . the hills back ofthe men propmed going in there next summer
. town he can see .the whole plain ,hetweento farm, writes that they would hive -great
the rivers dotted with mop and teams pre- Ldifficuelties to contend with,asathey would
-_ .paring for it big crop. -• be ucahle to procure provisions or itnple- .
reents Of any kind. He advises them to
The potatoes pitied - here -tea fall by the
bring at - least 'one, and if possible two,.
Indian Department were opened this week,
and the tubes were found to be as bright Years' .supply With them, •a4aespecially.
advises them to bring cattle. The iludeoner
. and sound as When first buried,: another
prod that if properly cared for, potathie Bay 00121-patt-Y will fliroish transportation.
at Dun
There i8. it smelt steel grist mill tre-
, . will keep in our hyperborean climate. ..
gan, and 'another ene is "on the way, and
The current prices Of farni produce at when these: become unable to, grind the
. Duck Lake are:'Wheat, per bushel,: 82;
- oats, 81.25; barley, 41,25orpp the Hudson's Bay Company will erect'; hay,- Per'ton, steam mei. There are no farmers in the
515- - bran, per cwt., 41 ; flower, XXX,. per
'. sack, 83; potatoes, per bushel, e1.25-; eggs ifit sown on the river
doz., -40o. ; butter, per lb.; 50o, river bank, thehighprairie
- beef: country yet, and whaflittle'grain isgrown
not having been tried fat: ' , -
per Ib, 14c. Good demand .for everything. .. .
Beaver are reported scaeoe-at Slave Lake
. , Seed wheat brings„ 42.25 cash here this
. .marten are more
but fisher - and' becoming'
Spring. • . .• . - plentiful..
Owing to thee fact thattheir hay was • .•
.
stoleullessre. Sinelair &McLane weee corn-.
polled to refuse:et° carry passengers during An exchange asks, ” What..defence the
a witness who is it gentleman against has
,
: the latter part of the winter. , .
!insulting roartof o brow -beating lawyer ?"
rapidly. Amongst the more
• The Red, Deer Forks are being.addle
.settled on Insistthat you -have anaffectionetthe drum
recent
of the ear and that a lima tone . of Voice
tions to the population there are - George
Gunn and Matthew Oct* both well known only produces it jnmble ' of Olinda, or tell
in this neighborhood
. . - . . him that your -ears are ringing with quinine
_ atul that his notesmust be measured and
Not long ago Battle River district ha to I slow.
import seed grairefrom Prince Albert, but
now things are the other way: Last' week 1 In the May day procession at Newcastle;
' iErigland, appeared a ' blind -mining pony , _ .
the 'Finlayson Brothers sold- their laet
to, Prince 'aged 22, which had _never till -then been, will soon seop and the two, will -.gather a - The people of Geneve, Switzerland; spend
Yearteorop a Wheat- tO be taken
of Lord Frederick Cavetdieht and nitturallf
could not have planned his assassination.
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Contentinent.
ji adeioe
investigate
what one ist
Take pen
. accurate
ibie, and if ,
u dare. not,
-art -enough •
ludas well
mirrors on
'proper "care
eaarne time.
finding -out
at you- oak - _
ye ncit:to e
to help Other
d most deli -
All accom-
ed meet's/1h
gee the -voice
ink only of
eet will take
Whig ; learn
ol anything;
et to another
person; if you try.9nly t ineke showy •
drawings for pre*, Or or tty ones - for
amusement -your drat -vino wil 'have little or:
no interest for you and no edu. ic,nal pawn
Resolve to. do each.day son othing Useful .
in the vulgar souse. Lean -thaeconemy
of the kitchen, and pea: an bad qualities
of. every .comnion -artiele of 'ood, and the
simplest and best modeu". of heir prepara-
tion; help poor fiuniliCaitt. heir cooking,
show them how to melte • heir niceties ; 1
coaxing and terapting thein into tidy and
pretty -ways, ahdepleading r well -folded
table -cloths, however come , end for a e
flower or two Out of the rixi to strew tt,
on them. One should, at; op.a of every
day, • be able to 458,y, a p eiudly as as
any Pee:Bent, e that " _ she 'a not eaten
the bread Of idletese: G t quit of the
absurd idea that beenten vi 1 ieteffere to
correct great error, wbld lowing itf1'
laws to take their own cotne. punishing
smell: ones, ' If food iS C:3zel saiy prepared
no ote expecte Providence te Make it palat-
able; neither if through yea: of felly you
misguide your own- life ne d you expect
Divine interference to bring • round every-
thing at last for the bes I tell you, •
positively, the World is not cemnstituted.
The .consequences :of great mistakes are
just as Bute as these of smet °nee, and. the
happiness Ot youeewhole lifo .and of all the -
lives over which you haNt c -Troi- depends
as literally on your -Gomm et sense and
discretion as the eecellence, ed. artier . of at
. •
4s'for a little more money and a little'
more . time, why it's ten to one if either
one Or the other would make you a whit
happier; If youhad mOrstime, it -would
be sure to hang heavily! It is the working
man: Who is the happy man, Man was
made to be active, and he is never so happy
.as. when he 18 80 . It is the idle Man who is
the miserable mate And, as for money;
don't you reinehiber the Old, saying,
"Enough is at; good as e feast!" Money
nevelt made a man happy' yet, nor will it,
There is nothing in its nature to &odium
happiness. • The more a map has the More
he wants. Instead of its fillitig a vacuum,.
it makes -one. If it satisfies one want, it
doubles and trebles that want another'
Way! That was a true. proverb of .the
wise than ;' rely upon : "Better is little
with fear Of the Lord than great treasure
and trouble therewith,".
e-ofbe so giaci to rneet you here, 'Captain
Spints-and so glad you're going to take
-nie in to dinner." (Captain S. is delighted.)
"You're about the only man in the room
my husband_ isn't likely to. be jealous of."
(Captain Spinlise. delight . hi. no longer
unmixed.)- . • •
-' —A Sunday satchel teacher was eihibit-
hag his specimen - pupil to a ocimpany of
visitors, andlie the course of some (ma -
tions propounded to plioie evidence of the
child's prececity asked : " Now, tell •thet
, •
day.
Gas iRen lee& of tee Itiechric etig- htt
, .
In an' Interview with - an Ie-Q0east
reporter liEr. Butterworth, of Rockford, Ill.,
President of the convention of gas ottne
pany officials ' which was recently held be
Chicago, said that ".gas men had little to
fear from the competition of electricity"
As to Edison's light, he added: "We are
net at -13,11. disheartened by the reiteration
-
of Edison that he pan light. houses.cheaply
with the electric). light ; he . caul do. it"
Mr. Butterworth further:- expressed his
beltefe that et cheap electric e light
for house :illumination is failure,
and that the _ efforts to: 'Mike -one
have rather'" stimulated. than depressed"
the gas .interests. He theight the gas,
companies Would have to . give up street
lighting to electrieity, but claimed to be able
to keep the field for house or interior light-
ing. Other members of the 'association
agreed with President Butterworth, - It is
pleasant thus to me both sides to the., con.
teat itt. good humor and satisfied with the
outlook. The: electrie light -people have•
been conspicuously confident of their ability
to oustgas, end now &brae the gee , people,
and it appears they are quite assured of
the: Stability necessary' to withstand - the
proposed attack. -
The Calumet
The neW comet now visiple.
skies .is; likely:- to dbap-vi
anticipated : ,a
From -the calculatiots teed
:the English' astrenom or; fro
and Albany obsertrationa, ;
fessor..Taechiniat Reme, t
helion_ passage will oct...nr-'
The intensity of its ligiat-wi
thad_filteee times as great
first. discovered . by Nr.
aseetdine node,- - which .
. _
11 the northern .
nt taome- who
estial. • Visitor.
by Mr. Hind,
e the :HerVard
1_ those (if TM -
comet's peti-
,,e Jape 10th.
1 then be_neore
was when ,
;p115. At the
-wilt,: time;
July l_st, it, Will !approach . to - diets:nee
ot only 443,500 miles, of ,:tlee earth, or,
roughly speaking ; to about Mee the dis-
eet velocity is a
Ittet hats- will
rakes its
n the .secoild
e tail of the
perihelion
thable, ehange.
• that of -the
was found. by
than- twenty
Million leagues king and to ha:Ve' occupied •
only two days in. Its erni sion from the
°emote body. Though preseee comet -
approaches nearer the s than many
of its -prede&spoxe y conteneplate -
with serenity the poSsibili of US .
with the great luminary Xf the Aunt(
atmosphere, as is probable, ontains oxygen, ,
the comet's combustion 7s%-, -13 take • place
long before it reaoheel. heeteieg sober
surface, and "the bothher ieg • material,"
:as Mr. Mattieu, forcibly- says,
would, be.ti -great ges bble-, ineiftly '
xtuileing blast of carbome oxide, • carbon*
acid and itcpieoes vapor,' p -educing a huge .
Sun spot bordered bybillcre of •This -
zmght give us another ora, 1.btit it is
deubtful-Whether terrestri 1 thermometers
would sensibly MspOnd to ie so impeet ° •
_
thus 'occasioned
.ta,nce of the moon. ,Its pre.
ahout forty mike per pecOn
be more than doubled . as
neamst approach to :cher s
week of . next . month. ti
comet immediately after
passage may undeego, rem
under. solar influence, as di
greet carnet of 46,80,
Newton to have- been no les
- -A sad Stay of cannibelisni etenee -:from
New Britain A Fijian teacher's wile and
two children set out for the house of: e
friend, about three Miles distant from their
residence, -. and the natives 'killed' and
Masted the children preparatory to eating
them: at one of their "feasts" The Woman
eseaped into the bush, and was found, after
:why does the Lord love your mother, reaming about for eighteen days, a -living
Samuel ?" ".'Cause she's- a :sinner." )ekeleton. -
"Very good"; and Why 'does she: Mine to - :A ehilct at Whitehall, N. Y.; swallowed
(lurch- on Sunetty ?". "eCituse she . has a two live leaches -last summer, . and 1110-
new•bonnet alincet every • 'Caused her great 'agony. The attending
physician reeeetly ejected theme still"
will pay met; merchent '-no has
show windowtohire a *ell dressed Person- 41thige
to look -at the goods he displays. • If the _ A btack boa; lit e Perk, at -Richt:tend;
-agent will, every quarter of an hour,- walk Ind., -grew lonesome and, jOirie& school
X1P to the window as if there were some pipnie, where it frielitilted harmlessly with
thing attractive in- it, some ether Person the little ones Until shot ..•
above ground. - croivd. In tact many ill-bred but. more moneyfer ;wine than for breed. The
- Aibert. . • tive people will fort* themselves between expenditure is 300 franca per head. of the
- Geese and. ducks are ia be found in ---" LernmY, you're' a pig," said ar father
the tiret eorner and the pertionler _object whole pepulation. -
immense:numbers on the lakes near 'this Ito his sore who Was 5 years olcl, who_had
ess of his pinaforein making mud, t.liat be is anP• Peeedl° be '46"wing'- 11'
•• : place, and our sportsmen are bagging a- i made a m _ --Fis-herinen are 110t te mg as large
• great many. ' . :,pies.- "Now, Lenemy, ee you eteew eeelte A Calcutta despatch. gays a number of stories this yearas usual.' Either the spot
1 ' -- t" a Y s eir a i if4 & 110 'f3 little small dwellin s coverm three mires end . ,t
From Mr. Baker, who has just •returned - — g , g "" .- , um as good ee formerly or the sportsmen
front tour of the cattle ranches of Bove
boy.". • ' occupied by natives, were burn.ed on Friday* have become better men.
nem t Aliments endnee
•
• Out Of eighty-one grea
Tinecl: France :by a
'twenty-three are reported
litterinittent nide
.cardiaolesion, and .tbiS
appeared. on. the ethelcing
doned:The effects of sm
from .tct 15 years- of a,g
:palpitation and intermi
.ohloryanaeniia. The rest'
in this line in. tespeot :t9
seine forty to fifty cases .
theirt suffered frcim diet
strua.tion and digestion,
fifth Of the number prese
intermittency of the pd
lesion of theheart. The
methods of treatMent, ,
-frequent or prolonged, th
ingonly with the_ ,auppree
The danger from • cerel.
neer filial has-been illuetr ted in a -singular..
by rs oldies.
entehers exam -
expert,
s exhibiting an .
eneeue of ailY
erinittency dist
abit being slam- •
eng on children
shave not only
ent pulse, but
of observations-.
men smokers—
how _that .most
rbauees of Mou-
nd about one.
ted .very marked . .
se without any •
hettei defied all
oweAr ekilfule. • .
difficulty yield -
ion of the habit.
•ssly•built Chinie
oese recently decided
house caught fi
brick having been left out
defendant's .Ohiteitey,
con:the-oh to lecieh houses. -
hole was on the • pattintlfr.
Where :defendant.„ could. -
-existence, the conrt heli.
liable for the damage:
The N. Yer.Sint having
James Gordon. Bennett
leurdene testilthig troth
Jeannette -expedition, m
. N. Y. Herakenialtes the
.ment thati.witli-..br. with
7 Congress, --al the I pe
taken: of the. widoweand,
. and net of them. atone; h
and every Orphan. of the
-with the Jeatitette
-England. The '
by. reason =of a
of the flue of the
uilt in a:
As, howeveretlie
tide of the wall,
ot know of its .;
e defendant not-
titillated that Mr:
ould assume the t
the failure of the
otit by him,. the-'
fficial autiounce-
t the action of
lie, 'care :will bea
ans ofDeLopg,
t of every- widow
men' who Bailed- -
hate perialied.
-
:these be brave words in eed.
CaiiPii Ernest Will) rforde has been •
appointed• Bishop of ti new diocese of
Newcastle,.Eng.