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ineinchy,
'rho ev 0.14int idea that .SUP)IrstitiOn
eitiete 'only anaoug the.very 'ignorant heifer
„ from true; yet !with the- sailor superetition
efeeine'to he inborn.It one ettertopt to
deny Jfe.,a's theory about "Davy ;form*
'calker" in the. bottcan of the sea, "aid he
will be met with Strong it net convieeing.
• arguthet4 that he is naietekee. ' Davy
• J'eues is Icredited With lueeleg many Set
laws wbieit, though they may be tiewritten,
• must be rigidly obberved. To go m Sea on
Friday, the carrying • dead bodies at sea,
the killiog of a cat, the' harming of one of
"Mather Ceeey's chickens," , the dropping
Of a weteremicket overboard while washing
down decks, ere believed to be °fiancee for
• which Davy Jones will demand satisfaction,
either by the seoritiose.of one Man or ibe
pulling, of a ship And .itto entire crew into
his loekor. The carrying of a Corpse on
the ocean longer than it is necessary to sew
•,it up in ean1/9,s with heavy weights to ineure
its' slaking Ohm the depths which
frequent, will cause a punlo among
• shipio crew. The killing Of a cat
on board a veeeel .thought extremely
unlucky, and Woe to • •• the. person
whoshould be toned guilty of ouch an alit.
A natal yeeeel on 6. voyage from Peru to
New York, by:Wey of the Strain) of Mapl-
e Ian,. had on, board an ill•teinpered and
. generally diereputable oat which no opeliad
• any love for., .• re...his Animal Mysteriously
••' disappeared one night after the vessel left
• Velpareise, and, though nhe of the firemen
Was suspected, the void couldPot be
_obtained. • For the remainder of the voyage
.. the capteinand several of the other officers
• as well as all of the sailors: predieted that
• the veiled would surely he lost. They daily
Watched for the king Of the mighty deep to
ttp.pettr. and demand satisfaetion for the
opine. Yet the vessel reached the New
',York navy, yard after a remarkably plea.
•sant.voy tge throughout. In tnie. case the
wives and sweethearts who had longingly
'waited for three years for the ship's rc.4uru
. • • , . vvere given the 'credit i. aulin on her
ine• er sa e
••' •-.-'past Davy .' Jones' ynintoae. There is
scarcely 3, sailor whOdoes not verily. believe
+het it is unlucky to go to sea on Friday,
yet Wham been, asserted that the masters of
• some ofeiuk big stianishipte would as seen
sail on Friday a en any other day.- Yet
he-reeotdfrof-Fridaye-doenot-support-the
assertion, and this oen be,seexelbypnybody
• ,Who ehip___nowe cohun
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Only3wo weeks.ago one of the large ocean
steemehips steamed away .from her pier on
Friday, and anchored in Gravesend bay
until the folidwing day before she went to
- sea. ft was said that the captain's excuse
was" to make repairs,"• but it came;from
good authority that he had .a. strong ever-
• sion be starting on a voyage on Friday. The
"ocean tramp" stem:whip Rhinxindda,
. which was wrecked • en the Nova' b:ootian
• coast on Tuesday, sailed.from this port on
the. :previous Friday.. This .superstition
' seems to prevail in yachting circles as well,
• and the question was asked stew -days ago
"When was there ever a; yacht regatta on
• Friday ?'" Regattas do sometimes &lour)
' on that day, however, but it is seldom.' Per .MacNab ,Street Presbyterian Chinch to'.
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Pisbop Green, of 'Allefliesippi, tbeil81:
neerly 80 'aura old, is I.4Ie awl., hearty..
A. farewell serviee, to Bishop Bellieuth
tekes plaee oii Inenday in SO. 1)41)11'S Church,
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, • •
-Steve 'Holoolenh, for edatlY years it notorx.
Western gtonbler; has settled (limn asp.
r of a MmO)1011 church in Louisiville. He
draws from his own , experience for
werniug ill ustratiene to Use in his sermons;
„
iCapt, Shirley (Shouting -Annie); of the
London Salvation Aziny, is securing a Iftrge
number of signatures to a petition asking
the Council to repeal any by-law 'that re-
stricts the mOvements of tbe Arany. . •
A oliuneh inj Bavaria, acoommodathig.
1,000 people, has been almoot entirely built
of papier mache, which carthe•supplied at a
Coss little above that .of plaoster. It can be
made to ilnitate the fined inarblei us it
takes a polish superior. to elate. ,
'Prot M. llsoVicar, LL.D.., of the Baptiiot
College, has just returned from Maniteba.
where he took a • prominent: part in the
educational and home missionary delibera-
dens. •of the. Baptists of the Northweet.
aiifieixibled at Peetage la Prairie. • •-•.
, ....The pope is suffering from rheumatism,
pertly brought about bythe rcapricious
i
,oharacter of the climate n Italy.. He Is
also hnrt by the constant tension of enper-
intending . every, report Sent ont by the
Vatietta, and 'anxiety about the Anita- Of.
Catholic affair in Franca end Ireland.
SaIa recommends as the best terve for
churchand theatre doors the huge suspend-
ed portal. Of quilted leather... six& as that of
the nate of St. 'Peteril in, Rome. This is
heavyenough to fit losely to the door -jambe
and exclude the Wind, but it cep be easily
and noiselessly 'moved.
Bev. Dr. Sing; of St:Janies"Squire Presby-
terian Church, Toronto, has not Yet deoided
.eahee,her_to,.ftecetittheaisilito-the.-Peineipal,
ship of Manitoha. College. His • congrega-
tion;. at 'It meeting held last evening,
expreesed itself yeey strongly' against his
removal. • . . • , ' •
The Superior -General of the Order of St.
Basil, accompemed by the .•itef. 'Father
• sh,errited-in-Toronto-frem:France-on
Thursday.' He is on a visit to the coellegee
of the Order in America: St. Basin; or
• as it 10 commonly cialled here, St. Miehael's
-061leger,-is-noderhis Bllpervision. '
--,7-43IttvofportuurcfMrofty../wMtimx,..
the Standing • Committee of Board of
Management of lino4, ,College, Toronto,
necessitating his 'abeence • for a few 'days,
Mr. Murray supplies his -piece. here • te-
: The late James LOghrin, .a wealthy Era -
puma farmer, in .his will bequeathed81,000
to continue the solitdaiship in .littipeCol-
lege, Toronto, the iitSrost of •which wilt
.realize at lead 080 a year. . He oleo left
0.1,000 to the' Endowment' Find* of .11Oor
College and .41,0.00 to the 'Hoine and
;ForeignMisetoes of the .Presbyterian
Church. in Canada. • • . • •
Rev. J. Allister liturrey, or St: Andrew's
Church, London,. Ont.,will preach in
einstanceTof the many yachting contests in *morrow, both Morning and evening. ..The
the denary for Ole season Friday has Presbyterian Record; for July, gays: 'Mr.
• been religiously avoided for •-• all excepting Murray was born in Picton County, N. S.
by the ' Chicago and New 'Haven yacht He Wes translated _from Lindsay to has
• oluhs, whiah will sail their annual regattas present charge in,December,-.1875. Be was
on August. 3rd,_and the (piney, .4ho,first-the Of-the-Chizrohtof-Stiotland-
• yacht..ciub, which has. appointed AuguBt• Who, after the union, wee •indtioted tees
• 10th.. .A well know* MOO is told of a ohezge formerly connected With the Flee
• . 'captain who tried to prove that Friday wen church.**
• not an unhioky day: He laid the keel ot o D. Hell's ,churoli in New York cost
new ship at Hyannis, Gene Cod, on 'Friday* 6650.000. The Pastor reoefiees a salary Of
launehed :her on Friday, named her Friday 415;000 and the use of thoparsonaget .The
_• and set gait, on Friday. lEitir record Was oluirehpays 010,000 annually for the sup-.
• . Madtecoreplete when she was wreolted on. port of its three missions.': 'The'priee of a
•Friday and everybody on board lost. . pew ranges) from $300 :to, $6,000. Starting
.
Jack has manyottrioue ideas. For in- ins 1808 with 28 'members • the number of
stance, if -the.moon has elisrP horns it be- communiaants in 1872 Was' i353; and at.pre-
tokens fine weather; andif it is lying on !cue there are about 1,900 members, The
,
'its back with both hornsup bad -weather is number
Of 'Sunday School children last'
at boa. Again: . • year Was also '1,900. At 11 cealock the
• . When the sun sets in a silver bell, morningpreaohing service begins. When
•• An easterly wind is sure, as• the text is announced the outer dmie are
• When one of Mother claxey'e chickens, closed to prevent, interruption, and no end
• 'stormy petrels; is seen near the ship, a it alloveed.to enter ;the building Until' the
• . storm is apnrottehing, fortheie birds are dose of the Orvieto. At 2,80 there is a
rarely seen in fair Weather. It is a fore. Bible class for servant's, and the .afternoon
ca,stle notion that the petrel is eo named\preaching eery* begins at 4. o'clOok. Ser.
roni• St. Peter,on amount -of its running Vices . are • held on every Sunday .of tbe
with closed wings over the endow of the year, although the pastor °Weenie vacation
:• waves. This brought to mind the Walking of, three months. • . •
Of, St. Peter Upon the Water, and thesailoes The funeral of Arohbiehop Purcell in
thiak the bird was therefore called Cincinnati On Wednesday was Optit' of the
• petrel " as a. Bort of . diminutive, •of the most solemn ever been in the cathedral.
apostle's name. These birth) hate been Crowds filled all thOseats. The JOathederal
• known to folio* a vesseldtiring a stem for was heavily draped.. 'Bishop Elder .was
, many days, apparently with neither food the celebrant,. and. over a .hundred priests' nor rest, and without flapping their wings. were on ,eitherende of the main altar, While
If one :of these little birds shouldbe swept the priest') selected for chanting, occupied
. aboard in greet storm, 58 18 frequently the, the main aisle.. After the 00101:110 ritual of
•• ease, n,o sailor will touch it. the pontifical, :requiem Maki, Impressive.
- The dolphin and porpoise are unwelome MUM wee rendered: 'Bishop Gilmour da -
to the sailor when they suddenly • appear livered the eulogy. Speaking of the de.
during a calm, and if they skip. abont a !..ceased's fioanoial failure, the sneaker said
• severe gale is expected. If sharks follow a that not even his bitterest foe ever 'charged
• ship for several •days it'ineans that*. death , the Arohbishop with personal dishonesty
is to °dont: Any one who basemen the, or evil. When passions have balmed,. and
• haddook mutts have 'noticed • a mark on his history is veritten, Purcell's menirory
each side of thegills. Thie, 'sailors .assert,• will rise far above the shadeow reProaoh.
was made by St. Peter with his finger and The •sereion was followed by the solemn
thumb when he took the tribute money out ceremony of absolution rePeated by eaoh of
• of tbs.mouth of the fish. This, perhaps, the five Archbishops.. •
aixionntli for the belief of Sootchmen that . In the good old town of °Newhuryport,'
ileis the richest" fish that was ever put Masts., • it , Vas ' formerly the clistioni 10
On the table. The most istiperstitions " have up notes" in the pulpit on Sunday
.
sabrearethe SoandinaViani, Who belieVis mornings, which wag the -Vernaonlar fele
• in the eXistenceef Nook, amerreati, having the *act or 'ending , note to the pastor,
. the head of a Mali end the flowing ringlets requesting prayers for speeiel• °coastline.
of a girl. 'Neck; Wearing a red cap, sits Not. long ago? a good brother trona the
• ;mon the waves and- plays upon the harp. I country oeaupied one of the pulpits in that
His Melody is 0attriiPtive, that Bailouttown; and On openingthe BiblliaMe
'•hedocharmed .13Y It, and in thie way, atireint one Such note, and, after "reading it,
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llife
many have perished, The Norwegians are ;.announced to the congregation that Mr. 4.
Arta believers in the "kraken," a mender ; requested the` phone and aympathy of
: devil -fish whose body is over a -mile long, I the congregation in the endden death of
. • only to be found in the deepest waters. It his. loved wile, and in the prayer that
• -fee& Upton fishes, and devours -whole I followed he offered up a fervent petition
• sOhools at a time. Fishermen who have for "the brother sitting ' lonely and
mistaken it for an island and taken refuge 1 desolate in his pew," eta 'He noticed
on its bask,. have been 'drowned in the • movement in the 'congregation that almost
whirlpool made by the .sudden sinking of animated to a,panio, and to his °materna.
the inoneter,-.-Nete York Tribune. .• tion he afterward learned that the notehad been shut up in the Bible a• yea*, and
• .. that Mr. A. hadlis new wife for the fleet
AdamsIsaid "The appearance time in the pew.
Of Miguel Sundaylproves that it is
only an ap:pearantle."
There is Alia difference between howl -
President Arthur is said to have. Sixty 'nese end wisdom -he that thinks himself
it" limits of shoes. Gentlemen who would like. the happiest man is ropy so, but he that
• Who in Biro Attbnen shoes are doubtless thinkilimbeelf the 'est it ;generally the
etstiejaute.
g*,•tnv!) Reza,. 0
f,r . •11.
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wife tel• ' VAIA 1114,1 fake NATION,
!snootier, of Our 1i44141sPIC ,./Amoug ;be
• reoplam ot Ise Earthier Vence.
4e- 0,
• Our Doty in the (ense of Internatione
Peace " was the eulneot of an ,addretik) bY
'General Francis A. Walker at .Smtth col-
lege, Northeireeton, ' Mess., recently', •It
Wooed as fellows: •. .
Eiot U5 relnahi• aij. weare, without
WeapouR 'of Wet* or dafeece• Let our
title be.' ,! The UnarteetlNatioe.' For UP.Oi
while reopetitieg „the eeatituent of thee()
higietefficere o army and navy! .tand these
neeinbera of..Cengreesionai c.orornittveo who
feel thetoselves responsible for, the do,.
feusive condition of the country, endwhile
enterteiniug no' Strong antipathy to the
.buikling of a few fast cruisers tooatry'our
flag upon the seas, 1 truet never to..eese a
floating castle, with a 24.inch plate and 100
ton guns,•built'for the service of the 'United
States It is* I goatees, a new. thought to
,
tnee .and it may appear to Many.ef you :•oii•
the first . hearing!, unusual and vein; , yet
as 1 have. earnestly. Pondered this euhjeot
durieg the -last two months:it .1mogroWn to
my, view increasingly .clear *at, fleet, the
example,' of the 'Cnited States' ato an
unarmed nation, and secondly, the 'foresee
of its' industrial we/petition, with the'vast
advantages which leitripnity from liOntierip-
tion and armai. Id .give to the people:
of this country, a e ..the 0011069a and
• distribution of, Wealth, areto ,become pow-.
()dill -agents in breaking up the war systeme
of the world. • Already this contemplation
of our happier lot is drawing themore
prosperous and adventurous of the inhabi-
tants of 'Europe, a Milliona year, to Our.
selves,' Must not thetime inion oonie when;
ins:meeting intelligent* and • strengthening
self -Confidence .13,1 'the : part of the people
will lead, there. to 'demandthAt freedom
from .eensoription and wee taxes bo • not
conditioned .upon expatriation? • Be 'Ore,
the demand will be iciadse •Besure when
the demand is made in eatneetthe states -
Men of Europe will find a Wax to abate
and in 'gine to abolish. the. •war ',eyebolt.
Will it be long • • possible liar the
_natfopn_of_gkppo,. ,t_tolesiLlhey.„gan;rid:
t finiff-thii--ineuhus, to withstand
-that - competition, as we grow innumbers
and. Productive power, and as the facilities
et communication •• and itiansPortation are
:multiplied and perfected? I•cannot think
so. When _we have becemehundred
.niillicinis,,wlien our egricultural. 'Production
'.110E-7-'iliorread7-tWOTtold, 1 -t -h -ell • our
inanulacturing produotien.' lean ..inereatied
topase in - thirty • years,.. with the
improveniental&tritnsit and.,troactroitedoi...
pencdr8afiltici effect Cron/. Competition he '
less. .than to compel. the ,lstatesmen of,
Europe to release their people's shackles
and the burdens • Which conscription and
almost universal armainent, 'impose' Upon
them.? And if indeed America shellthen
contribliteto the downfall of' the War toys -
'
tern will it not • provethe greatest of the
blessings whioh the new world ..has eon--
terred upen,the Old lt?„ • • •
. A desPitteh, kern Moncton, N. B., states
that Sir Albert Sinith 1B very low and
itizoconsoious. , • • .• • . •
:•Sir Charies.TuPper,;.igir Leonard Tilley
and Hon Me. *Repliers= have all arrived:
ill London.: •• • .1, -;
The. WinnipeiPree'Press.saya.i 'Bev. W.
L...Rutledge, Mrs.' Rutledge, Miss: Lister
and Mies Canapheltileave by this evening's.
tram- for'St....Paul... From ,the latter eity
the ladies will continue their journey to•
_Hestai11jon,..0.04,-wherethey_wi1ivisit &UM
the suminer; Rev. Mr., Rutledge returning
to Winnipeg. • , ••••• i• . • • ••
'an agnostic " 'remarked a
young man itt Swelling accents ' "And an
agnostic is, what?"'inquired . an elderly
gentlemen. "An. agnoitio." 'replied the ,
fie* youth; itt a manner elpreseive of hie'
pity for his interlootitor's ignerenoe,: "an
agnositio is felLow, you know, :Who isn't
sure of anything." . ".I see," replied the
Old gentleman ; buthow does it happen
that you are eure. you are an'agnostio ? " •
•• -Mani people NOS h great featOflight-
ping. ,- 'Yet • .statistioe...ehow that • tWenty
times an inany,pedpicare drowned as aro
killed by the eleetrielluid,twelve Vines as
Many oommit. subude,•and at least twice as.
Manyare 11211rdered.,; It is not generally
.
kept mind that it is dangerous, to take
refuge berieativestreeor carry an umfirella
in a thunderstorm. • The dread of thunder
end lightning :comes from habit rather than
anything elite, and may be overaine by the
exereistrot will power.
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depeecated dregs. reform 250'
years ago in, the:Mewing beautiful Verse:
A sweet diaarder in the dress „ •
Kindles le clothes Wankinness;
A lawn about the shoulders thrown
Into a fine distraction;
An erring lace, wilieh hero and there
Enthrals the e • 1n steelmaker ;
A Guff neglectful., d thereby 6. •
Ribbons to flow confusedly;
A winning wave; deserving note;
In the tempestuous petticoat; ••
' A careless Shoestring, in whose tie
• I see a wild civility ;
Do more bewitch me than 'when art
Is too precise in every part.
In Ho3rde, a town in :Prussian Germany,
no had under 11 is adirdtted to a bell or
eerved With aloobolin 'beverages tiniest
accompanied by his parents. To pat ems -
quer no sue& youths are, admitted �n' any
pretence. whatever. And, .finally, _to lad
under'16 18 allowed to stnoke on the publie
streets. • :
-Many a heart.' viOnld be oheered,if it'
would repeat these lines twiee a :
Theseedwe so* within the Soil to -day
.ThelnorroW's Mu will ripen into grain
The deeds We do within this mortal clay -
Are steps by which the SUrelnit we May gain
To-mOrrow.
•
"I've stolen h Coat, isaid a Man to a
lawyer, " and Ilvtaeme lt'"ine
youto
n1
d:131"11:bint
Think you oan pro
yes; WO tiall prove that You were in an acli,
joining -township wherethnodat was stolen
and :the prosecution is inaliolone." "How'
111110h wral you charge ?" • "Whet Sort of a
coat is it ?" Futill‘rate:,.. never been
warn any," "Well, 1 Won't °barge you
anything. Just give nut the °oat." -
"1 should like to be aroma; Your
Honor," said a Chioago man who had been
summoned on &Joys "What for ?" "1
owe a man 05 and I want to hunt him up
,and pay if." "Do you mean to sat. you
Wouldhunt up a men to pay a bill, instead
of waiting for him to hunt you up ?" Tee;
Your Honor," " Do you belong to Chicago ?"
"Yes, sir." "You are excused. I don't.
want any man on the jury who would 14
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itunrond litirccaon Who Ithihcli hie Lige
to liact.cue nu-
• CIU0400, July 21...-4 iirs:mato 4212 the An-
waultee 4! St. Paul Road namecl Thoss King
.00 be credited with au act of rare
beroitms • He was firing/ton a Wild freight
train a **bort distance • pite aide of
Prankoville while tbe traiu Wtts moving,
over a. down grade at the rate of
thirty mho an Amur, The engineer,
nattlecl Werner, suddenly disbovered a Very
little child stehlipg clooewto the rejig and
apparently so paralyzed' with fear that it'
coup not move. The heavy., train had run
see near the little one when the discovery
was made tnatthatrain could not possibly
bostoKed, • The engineer, as he whistled
for the brakes, called the attention Of King
to the child. The brave fireman lost no
time in reaohing the front of the engine,
•wherohe grasped the rail firmly for sup-
port, • And, stepping down ,upon the Cow-
catcher, threw one, foot 00 as far •as
possible.' TIAN as the train rtitalied down
upoe the child 130 Weis oble. by 0# lleXt0Y000
sweep -of his feet to thrust it 0110 Side into
the ditch and out of the way of the cd'w.
catcher and Wheels. • The noble deed was
accomplished in pinch less...time than it
takes torelatethe inoident. , AO King
Clambered baokto his post in the oab the
mother *as:discovered, standing upon the •
threshold of her home, near by, with ,her
bolds Uplifted, as if ,impluing the Deity
to ePare her little one,. She, too, had made
the discovery of its danger when too .late
to even attempt a rescue, •
The new extentdon to. the Kingston
Asylum will be finished. about the . middle
of July. , •
The direotors , of ' the Canadian Pacific
Railway do not anticipate any rivalry from
the projecti3d line from Cornwall to Sault
Ste. Marie. • t , • ,
GeOrge Roohegroose " the painter of the
horrible picture " Andrepastohe," which
131).4.•_takeu-the.,:.11rat,;;,prite AC_ the Paris
._
Salon, 1a22, and is said to be crazy. .•
A despatolx from 'Lockport, N. Y.,says
that Division Engineer 'teeerelied, with a
Corps of:ttegiOantei was ready on Tuesday
to'begin the survey of the 'National Park,
Niagara Fells, but the State Engineer sue-
innidedelloperationanntil further 'orders._
_The reason ieunknown.
-Switzerland appears tale) AbstplaCe_th
he funny:in. A practical ..joker has been
Sent .to jail for' a yearby a SvOistircriminaVWukaloolleci charming m a oream°-.01
..conrilt,m'q'Tozu4.1.v.avtcpwrit....'.41ant
eff-r&-asr.
Bonk, doing !mamma in Nowhere, Promisee
to pay on presentation A. hundred fret*:
Director, Prince Carnival.. Mote:, Whoever
forges bank :betels will helmet to.a, watering
place for fifteen :1_9exa?' • T
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lUrighttull Plevele 411304,0,0
inkra-fmktippies .Chlaor Weal
• the • United. emote. '
4.:Irictoriso B.O.; despateh says:
(ihinameu lauded here from Hong
yesterday buffering from an 0
disease, arising mainly from an
exclueive diet of decomposed , veg
food. The disease first manifesto it
the feet, where a pain le fekt, and com
Is lost over the ankles.' The kueelon
001110 affected, then the boweio, More 0
ly. The mouth festers, eymptoma of
poisoning set in and the patient Sue
ni a finr dap. MailY,` *Aar' cal'ea
-shown themselves amoug the cooliee
railways and invariably prove fatal,
euro is yet' known. These of the Chi
yesterday Who were abbe staggered
the thready over•filled Chinese tene
while others Were, packed away on
comrades' backlog Six Chinese fe
three of whore had children item 10
years of age, were led awe* by One
'Ling, who intendeto -obip • them OVe
Bound as the wives of Chinamen a
there. This is an effeetual and easy.
baffle the lawkand enables the in
Bend into American territory es,
fen:tale slates. as they think fit. •
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The niciaoses !Weed.
. The -only crop , of whieh a elief
tatloolint has been reeeited is the Bi
weed, whieh deepite the great
promitseaan immense yield. But w
the :Bishop's weed? , Well, in the .eati
of this century the_ venerable Biala
Doneli wasetruelt %ab e blue flower h
growing JI1 S011ie garden or other, and
a root" of it• both° to Glengarry
Plantedit ad it grew; he tried to r
out, audit) onlyspread the more, tilt
at:Cording to a Glengarry.inan who ti
town yesterday, it covers 12 miles
of that nounty and is irradicable. Th
kevery largo and much more of a nut
than the detested mustard plants Die
;hoWever, that a lean young man o
.1)971t "LP °018WI:eedpreparingedbi behaile;i ctr;ilti has IrdoPe; gBu e
footing a scheme for ite ,suppreesioti,
:county, and then calling on the , w
surrender -or spread. It Will luolit
'spread.Toronte World. • •
Was 'pressed sill •
"
. 'At Ascot, on 'Tuesday, the Pain
' Wanted to be Trucied.
"Are you thi,min Who said I Owe every-
body and paid none ?:"' denisndeda little
limn ofa. Very tall one, As the two Met on
rultoo ferryboat yesterday.
." Wasn't it tree 2" asked the t0.11 131414
laconicallY. "Don't yeti owe everybody'
who will. trust You, and have you paid me
theten dollars I loaned you e year ago ?".' ,
"But that don't say I • can't pay
growled the little man, seeing that the. big
°Pe didn't :weaken. "The way heard.%
you. said I ' ()Couldn't pay and that is,
untrue!" • , • ' :
"1 dorin't believe you can pity a cent ..on
thellollar 1" retorted ' the'. tall man, 'eon-
-teraptuotislea,---" ' ,
"1 Oen% can't I?" roared the Awe man;
enraged beyond big tielf-oontrol by the cool -
nese of his antagoniat. " Pve,got friends, I
have, and don't yen, fcirget,i4 1 eall•botrow
money enough in an • hour to get out of;
debt in a 'mantel . Underitand.that 1"
And the big man walked away; while the
bystanders smiled ooftly at his defeat,.
BrookktrEctelS.
Gigantic trailway Itabeitte.
.Ao Indianapolis 'telegram says: A stilt'
pendous railroad scheme has developed
here. A number of portions from various
States throughout the West met here in
seoret convention for the Organization of
what is oalled "The People's Railroad
Company of Autericia:' whooe purpose Otto
build two lines double trait* narrow gauge
railroad from IsTew York to San Francisco,
and from Chicago to Ne* Orleans. "Three
hundred millions dollars of stook is to be
subscribed in shares of, say, 050 eitoh, so
that every poor tlian i11 the country can be
a osteekholderof the railroad „ Earl Hen-
nedy, of fide city, is at the head of the
scheme, and has had men travelling
throughout the country bolioiting subscrip-
tions, who have procured over 0100,000 in
this State alone.
MIMIC USD 111 100 Ow 10E4
Not alright at *11,'Madame 2"
"Only . at t tared intervals lor ',the
Natoli 'choir, of which My husband Is the
ooridietor and founder. I have *alio Sting
. the command of Her Idajedys, and
sometiotnee for the 'entertainment st my
friend's)." • - • . •
"May 1 have the honor of hearing. you?"
I, ventured. ' • • , . •
"Yea, if you like I have no. 'objection/aid
ling a little. . What% ihtt. you are bunting
after, Otte?". ',(Tble to herr husband, who
Was hanging over the pianos)
Puritani,' " be replied.
"Then piety the title, ..‘fat,tilso vO0e."'
He immediately Ret down and She. Bang
as she sat in 'her chair, and oherMingly she
did it, toes But I Vainly listened for tient
divine Ilene and . note which had thrilled
the heart.'of thoiutandi -before 71 'wait 'born,'
The *Wee Of agkon her fact 'have**
gement in the voice' that has grown°
with its possessor.London. garrespotalexcie
Philadelp • CARPET" two'
;
(The yoteg &nowt' who •Issiiinetein_AMeriose
are now no Ion et called "mashers " Or "Auden;
but ",eatpalsk"--Weelcig, jintrnam
'Veer "tnather" and "entle' mmay he terrible
t
hsfA • ih
Who ago te girls With _elk glances;
But whenthey're balled l° Carpete,',.11 lowatal
verbena
Their:lady-demolishing thin:oboe.-
For *Mien are quick, and they Can't 'bet per•
4he icaerainini"-'e evils so thin) 11.
Is worts" than s needle -that daughters of Eire
1.1.0 °May "Sit on" a "carpet.
1
•....-Oysieril blithe shell are betternOW than
they' hoe been hefereitt nix Menthe, .sayil
;Duchess of Albany a lovely .sh
wall -flowered red. Lady lirassey
, •
,gOrgeoue as usual, but.: her gown Op
rather • hot and heavy • for the day.
Duchees.of fotaieheeter looked' :iplen
'black; made over red: Mortal/iambi
,ef Ailesbnry wore the flame gown She
on It1) MOtiday'a wedding. < Lady 'Da
" govmed in pare white that fitted. ,
Shape.," looked poetic.. Gladye;.fAirly.,
dale,, in -gray, suggested tbe thought th
)20 tother.,tiolor eould ehe "pieeliblY loo
well. The sight Of her on asucce
day in ,mauve totally; Subverted atty.
`narroW _ideas Boit. hearth* wish
she Ind not iioro4"bOnott..nx4 6'14
She Oan no easily not latiblohe•
she 9Pliht to be ,oareful' '
:nnear4innflolar,t4t/o, •.
tabor and *awe In WIuai
, .41ALuti.
carpiontera. per day' '
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titoneouttertt -`` 11, •
ael.bists, "
derd, " • .
°makers", "
" •"
;ealneters. With boairid,'per month: 25 '
eters, city; wit out board
wrofil men, west, with board'
borers, in \city, per day
alters, per day..
gook!, in cutup, ier
Teameters, per month and board:-
Loard;in °snip, per week.
l?lastersas ,
• VW' :. •
tera.,
PBMArate•
iierel housework, ..with' board, .
Iliper month • '
060
irb
' enrolees' •,,'3•O, •
(lbaraberinfkidi ' AG OD ,','
Laundresses lee/ ..
Oohs ..; .44..0... • ' • ',.....
oral helpers.. . ,..,
01101, girls* per month • , .
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*atil:$11,d. laaraiiilei
,
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.1fugliah ,noblernan 'Mopping alt the win
-flout, :Neveltorltile &greet , edortte
tiliefUests- ` autograph110
the folio/1*G .vi,Itten 04.
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tibleer its effect and 'mew ` ran
..mayjcistly regard' At lia
Maher Mari tO earth;*
"mat does, In our heeirena
41miiihty with mime ate
.0zi the liow,kligii 4. thlif
tollowilo In thcbiiiiiiSiiht or,
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• TO Me there tato:, to
tlioitiand lir Iffligi t•eyed;
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prodding innocent amusement
riz to erssAe ..aohirtzi to
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sfer vibit they think they :lannt
requites sure '
ii,mt:oeflinefi, bleat
:aurae, an to loicrifloi,Ajen
-Hear if. Xepan.
are Mot that Olity
,the heavens are eleirt tee**
insigne*, needle that direete when
ire.14441R„*14 ablii no
-A quadrllie daubed.
ski* vibe Mut*, ",
the °home oi the
.4 the - ejeaeribee lo
SW* , • allionigt whit* an
'Awe iliabonf to
Brititiltetetio It* heirs**, a
tiaopteil ; but fear ;ha reheaffea
g'enerany *tea abort. - -
Men So look Si AN in
hiigfri int Wulf Man
give down iroiestr4-Fikk
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y la t_the befalling
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they do, •116,40tibt Nimeimas
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