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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe New Era, 1882-06-01, Page 3:4— June 1, 18/42. THE ASSASINATIONS., iirate!tinst the Anorak, ,Littees tor the 1.12urslereni—Now , and mama Colored 'version ot the Asensiduntien. Advices received feom Irish revolution- ary sources state that humid the pos,sibility Of a doubt the assasSinatious Were plotted in this country. The original plot did not inolude Lord Cavendish, but the assassina- tiOn of Mr. Forster, Mr. Burke and Mr. Gladstone was arranged. The plotters were conuected with the extreme beanch ad the Irish revolutionists, Who for a long time had their headquarters in this country. The doouraent authorizing the •assassination of the three officials was pre- pared at a speeial meeting of the Executive Council, an organization at which Irish.• 'men' from Cairicla and, 'the United States were present. Two men were -selected to execute the proclamation, and a large sum was given to equip them. The men landed at Liverpool and remained in England awaiting instrucition& In a few• . days -they received an order revoking , the sentence upon Mr. Gladstone. Mr. Forster was dogged from the moment he left alqty-bW,Dalin one of the men following Wan secured a state-, roOna.almost adjoining ..Mr. Forster's. He had an inferhal machine with him, but was constantly/foiledthrough the vigilanCe of the officials. While ' Mr: Forster was ,speaking at Tells one of , the men shot at him with an air-gun,lbut the bullet struck apoliceraan. There were only two men engaged in the assassinationof Lord Cavan - dish and Mr. Burke, and there was no car • as stated. It is alleged that the asaassins are pow on their ,way to this country and expect to avoid the detectives. BLA.cre Imutuktusr. • Three eiturderers Flanged. I Praise', Tenn., 118,y 19.—W. W. Rea • was hanged here to -day in the presence of a large crowd for the murder of 3. T. Gooderam, whom he shot through the win- dow of his store.1This morning Rea, swallowed a teaspoonful 'of Morphine he obtained from & fellow -prisoner. • He then called for whiskey and . vomited the mor- • phine. A letter purporting to be signed bY Sam. Fisher, confessing that he was the • murderer, was receiVed • by sthe Governor this morning. •' Fisher was found and'said he never wrote the letter. Rea Baid he was • prepared to die. NEW YORE, May 19. ---Leighton, the mur- • derer, Was hanged at 8.47 this forenoon. The doomed man was. carefully attended On the way to the gallows • he Was pale • and • seemed • dazed when the drop fell;l the noose, failing to • slip •under th; • left ear, Caught under the chin. The victim's agonized ' heavy breathing was,heard by all present. The chest heaved, the leg was drawn up • and down frequently. In seven minutes he was pronounced. dead, but ae the body' was partially lowered convulsive heavy breathings were plainiy discernible.; The • body was allowed to hang' thirty minutes before in was lowered to the coffin.. Leigh- ton murdered his paramour. • I • Mamma N.C.'May 19.— Stephen Effier (white), aged 25, was hanged here to -day. Five thousand people were •present! He .confessed that he strangled his wife when asleep it bed and broke her neck, He spoke frona the gallows for an hour.) His • neck was broken by the fall. New Caul) Company. A London cablegram says: The pros— pectus of a new company, called the Great Northwest & Manitoba Land Company, has been issued, The capital stock of the company is fixed at £400,000, and the directors are the Earl of Donoughmore, • Earl of Mar, Hon. Wm. Anns,nd, 'John • Evey,"james Goodsoe; Major Leslie, Hon. Mr. Ponsonby, Robert Marton, Sir John Rose, Newell Squarey; and others. , The local board, with headquarters at Winnipeg, are Hon. Mr. •PiloMicken, Messrs. G. W. Ross and Wyatt. The Dominion Bank of Canada is the company's bank.er. The ebject for which the company is formed as set forth by the prospectus is the purchase, for the purposes of renting, selling, or cultivat- • ing of lands in Manitoba and the Northwest. • The company has been worked up' by Mr. Wyatt. 1 snneking Treatment ot aBoy., A shocking case of brutality is given in •bet evening's London Fru Press. There • settled in the vicinitY of Belmont recently a , Welsh fatally., One of their number,i tt, lad • • of about 14 years, was I engaged by a farther named Bradt in the neighborhood. He was intelligent and possessed of considerable vocal ability, which he was not slew to threw- him across a ladfibliand—roffitid tar- ' with much brutality, the fiendaseized, the undertook to enforce Compliance withrequest, and for that purpOse began to l their exercise in amusing his employer and -a •' hired man. • One day recently herefused to sing any more Welsh songs's at the• request of the men, and they immediately • torture their victim. 'After treating him • boy, tore the trousers from his person, pentine into him. • I A Blind Ent Sharp Critic. • One of the' most •eloquent and popular • clergymen of Austin, Texas, being about to ascend the steps leading to his church a few Sundays ago, was asked by a partially • blind old lady, who did not recognize Ihini, to help her up the steps. •With hie usual urbanity he complied, Just as they•reachecl • the top steps she milted him who was going to preach. " Parson Smith," he replied, that being • his own name. • " 0 Lord 1" exclaimed the old lady. • " Etelp me down againi I'd rather listen to it man sawing wood. Please help me down again. I don't Care to go in." • At first the clergyinan was inclined to • refuse, but, on reflection,, he gently assisted her down the steps again, remarking as they reached the bottom : taYou are quite • right, madam, about not going into the • church. I wouldn't go in either if I] was not paid for it."—Harper's. LATEST SCOTTISEL NEWS. The first edition of the poet I3nras' Forks was published at, .Kilmainack, price 3s.'; theEdinbeagla edition, a year later (1787), was dedicated to "the noblemen and On'. alernen of the Caledonian Hunt." In the height of the gale on the 13th uIL a deep sea fishing boat appeared off Stone- haven, Kincardineshire, and the sea ap- pearing too high to admit of their approach, , the crew oast some oil on the waves, and were thus able to enter the harbor without difficalty. ; Great excitement contimies to prevail in Skye over the attitude of the Braes people, who refuse to pay rent to their landlord, Lord Macdonald. The villages are literally in a state of siege, with sentinels upon • commanding eminences ready to hoist a flag on the approach of danger.. It is said the people are willing to 'meet Lord Mac- donald half way. In h Parliamentary return relating to revenue,' taxation and population, issued recently, it was shown that the number of Members which eaoh of the three divisions of the United Kingdom would obtain if the 658.meriabers were allotted in accordance with the population would be: England and Wales, 491 eSootland, 70; and Ireland, 97.--T-he —Present --Constitutional nunab6aif are: England and Wales, 493; Scotland, 60 ; and Ireland, 105. • • It is' announced in the Court Circular that the Queenhas been much' grieved by the loss of a. highly valued and faithful servant, Mr. Tait, who died at the Shaw Farm, after only three days' illness, of inflammation of the lungs. He had [for twenty-four years the management of the Royal Farm in the Home Park and the Prince Consort a SCUM Farm, and, since 1880 also had charge of the Flemish Farm in 'Windsor G-'reat Park. He was univer- sally likedamds respected. His loss will be deeply felt by the Queen andRoys,1 Family, and by all rwho knew him. Mr. Tait had frequently been chosen to act as judge at different agricultural • shows both in this country and. abroad.He was bora near Kelso on the 13th of October, 1816. , An amusing and somewhat ludicrous incident occurred in the Parish Church .,of Cupar Fife on a recent Sunday. The Rev. Mr. Wright, Dairsie, Who Officiated, inti- mated at the conclusion - of his Synod sermon on the benefit of the Esthblish- ment a " purpose " of marriage betweeu a youthful couple. • He turned over the leaf, and made a • similar announcement regarding two men Who had signed as vvitnesees, and who happen td possess wives, with numerous families. An audi- ble titter went round the congregation, indicating to the rev. gentleman that there was something wrong. After • carefully adjusting his " specs," and closely scrutinis- ing the paper, he discovered the error, and excused himself by obeerving that he was, not accustomed to read such documents.. • Aristocracy in Great 13ritain is coming in every direction to •grief: In addition to Lord Huntly, we have another. Scotch • 16'rd ef ancient lineage, Lord Ruthven, in • the Bankruptcy Court, who finda matters even harder to arrange. The heir of a baronet is found apprentice to a' pawn- broker. The Countess of Mornington has applied for parochial relief. Two noble brothers are in the coal trade. • The, great flower shop in Regent street is kept by an aristocratic Maier, who is not ashaniecl of his -calling • At Ealing they will aek you if you will have a ellp of milk from "tha Vis• - count's dairy," and at -Uxbridge there is the nursery ground where a few months ago you might have beheld a Scotch earl and • his wifeand children weeding and watering the vegetables for the London market. The —eartisadeadaasucl—his—widow-hase been -pen -a aioned off by the purchaser of the ground. • A Ne w 'testier u ainaged seed. In the Purchase of seeds, so conntion at this Beason, one is apt to be, deceived. A • F/ElIW WIVE A BEAM. A Motel Laindiard,ii Terrine straggle tor •Lire. B..R. Derby, the ' landlord of' the Pros., pent House, Saranac. Lake, was, says the Troy Times, the hero of a very exciting exploit, Friday afternoon. While "driving from the Prospect House to Bloomingdale, in passing through the woods he heard cries for 'help ,proceeding from a ravine a few rods distant from the road. Springing. from his carriage' and running hastily to the edge of the tavine Mr. Derby saw an infuriated bear raging around the trunk of a small Maple, eagerly trying to dislodge Gardner Maloney, a well known Saranac gaide, who had taken refuge in the branches of the tree: With gentfine heroism Mr. Derby drew his revolver, a. Smith &• Wesson seven -shooter, • forty-four calibre, and rushed to the rescue. Skilled. in woodoraftR he .,wee enabled to creep • unobserved' by thebear to within a shoat range, when he opened fire on the brute. The first ,fire took effect in the shoulder, • and was quickly followed by a second that lodged in the bear's head. • The only effect of these was to dietract the attention and increase the " fury of the bear, who • abandoned the siege • of Maloney and direetad_hisaattentionato-Mre-Derbysa—Hes charged furiously upon that gentleraan,who coolly discharged two more shots with wonderful, precision at the head of the approaching brute, • and, turning, beat a hesty retreat in the direction .of the road. The speed told, rapidly. upon Mr. Derby, who thrns the scales 'at 20 Pounds, but he made ' a tremendous effort to reach- hist team, a pair of epiritedyoung horses, think- ing if he could. once gain hie seat 'in the carriage, the team wbuld afford safety. Unfortunately, the horses, excitea by the firing, were on the alert, and catching sight of the bear, awl furiouely down the road,1eav7 ing Mr. Derby to:settle witlathe bear: Not a monaent,wae to be lost. • The quick eye of 'Mr. Derby discovered a tree near. by. Springing into its lower branches he reached. a point of safety half dead from exhaustion. The bear, bleeding profusely from many wounds, was undaunted ,and aggressive, and did net leave the 'enemy loiag to arrange a new campaign, but began •the ascent of the tree. Mr. Derby drew a, ehes,th knife; and, with that in his teeth, prepared for a desperate encounter. Discharging the three remaining shots of his revolver -at the head of the beerhe seiZe.d the knife, and, holding, by a limb with his left land, struck des- perately at the fore feet of the cambey,nearly severing one claw and. cutting enormous •gashes in theanimal's shoulders and head. While struggling for hie life „ the limb by which Mr. Derby was holding broke, ata he was precipitated td the ground 'ten' feet, sustaining aevere braises and a badly •Sprained shoulder. In his eagerness to reach his foe the bear' tumbled from 'the tree also, and rushed at Mr. Derby, who had' recovered hie feet,And unableto retreat was awaiting the, attack, hie 'sheath knife in hand. The bear arose on his haunches, and by a dexterous thrust Mr. Derby's knife was driven straight through his heart and the animal suceumbed. Mr. Derby suffered severe scratches and loss of, considerable blood. • His clothing • was. literally converted into strings ,hy • the claws of the bear. Exhausted and suffer- ing from loss of blood, •Dlr. Derby, was • assisted by Maloney, who witnessed the last of the struggle, to the house of John Howe, where he remained. ,Maloney • recovered the runaway teata, 'and Derby drove to Bloomingdale'Where his wounds were skilfully dressed by. Dr. Wallian. • correspondent recommends a test which he has used for many years with complete success. It is that of fire. Take at ran dom a number of seeds from the bag, say eight. Put some live coals on a shovel,,and deposit eachaif the seeds suocesiiiVely on it. Blow the coal,, and Watch how theseed- behaves: If the combustion is plow, merely giving off some smoke, you may conclude that the seed had a dainaged germ ; if, on the other hand, the seed leaps and turns bout on the coal Producing i.dry sound (tea), proportional to the size, it natty be ipferred to have good germinative qualities. In this Way the proportion of good and bad seeds may be, 'ascertained. As for •the larger seeds, such as Acorns and chestnute, it is •sufficient to throw them intO a fire, and keep them in view., If the quality is pod, this will be indicated ere long by detonation of the seed. , - Burst an Eyeball in sneezing. Miss Mary Hanrehannnet with a singular accident the day before"yesterday. ' While riding on a street car she was seized with a \ eudden-fit of sneezing and barst one of her eyeball, from which she has bemasuffering the mostiatense pain. Her physician Say,fr. that such an occurrence is very'uncorainon; especially •When, as inathe present case, there eye or or disease of the organ sufficient th cause it to burst. .1Ie says that probably the sneezing was, to rapid that the eyelid •remained open, and this would hayeAreatlY increased the effect of the Buddet etrain. Ofcourse the Young woman- lost theBiglit of the injured eve.--Indianai)olis Times, , ME—Trevelyan, the new Secretary for Ireland, married a rich wife, and, besides, inherited a censiderable .sum unddr Ins uncle Lord Macaulay s will. His father married again within a yearsor two of the death of the Secretary's mother. ;He is 'about 40. ••, —No man can stand investigation' better than he who does not need to be inireeti- gated. —The wife of Rev. G. C. Se_uire, of Brantford, has fallen heir to property near Bothwell. a man takes up politics for a profession his nature changes as easilY as a tadpole becomes a frog , --The Grand Lodgbe of 'Prentice, Boy will Meet at Kingston on June 33th. The Metropolitan has been quite unwell' from a bad -cold since Ins return to Frederie- ton from Montreal. ••' Robert Henry, a p.torniuent lumbermau, formerly of, the township of King and latterly of Mulmur and Manitoulin Island, lost hie life through, the burning of the steamer Manitoulin, near Manitowaning, on TlineSdaY. 18th inst. The news of the sudden death, at Prince Arthur's Landing, of Lieut. -Col. Mackenzie, of the Northwest Mounted Police, will be heard of with a feeling of genuine regret. Col. Mackenzie had only just entered upon his duties when the hand of death cut seort his career. Born at Aldershot, the deceased was a thorough military man, from his in- fancy beieg'surrounded by all that was cal- culated to imbue -Ulna with the knowledge of a true soldier's life. • Twenty years ago Col. Mackenzie inclentitied himself with the 35th Battalion (Slalom Foiesters), in which he rapidly rose,Urntil he reached. the position of commander of the battalion, which post he had held. for' twelve years. The Government, having recognized, his abilitiesas a military officer, appointed him one of the inspectors of tho Northwest ,„iatenutea. Polices -sand he had. only fairly entered on the duties of hie position when he was called away. ' . 4 . The chargee against Chief Justice :Wood will be investigated during the recess, - Mr. Christie, the new Inspector of Prione inspected the Bellbville ail On Saturday'. The Duke of Manchester and party have arrived at' St. Paul Cli -route to Winnipeg. , The2Gevernor.Genera1artived at Smith's Falls on Saturdaynight and will remain until Mondays An immense crowd witnessed his arrival,.and there .is great excitement manifeeted: Bonfiree ragedall through the town. *WE:ACING Cli CECIL FUNDS. A. CAT'S FATAL MITE. Terrible Death oi a Man who had been Mitten by it' Pet Feline. Philip Speyer, 64 years of age, of No. 840 East Eighth street, New York, died on Friday from the bite of a cat. About three weeks ago' a pet female cat, whiola had been with the Speyer family for years, gavelairth to kittens and carried her yngatloset in the cellar of the houFie.filie cat then abandoned the little ,ones, and could not be induced to return te them. Mr. • Speyer endeavored to force her to do so, and with this purpose carried the cat to where the kittens lay. Twice the oat got away, but , was caught, and in trying again to compel her td stay with the kittens Mr. Speyer was bitten on the thumb. •He paid no attention to -this bite, however, but when he went up to his roonas he was surprised to see that jais clothes -were.-bloody. The marks made by the teeth of the oat were very small, but the blood freely spurted4rem them. A daugh- ter of Mr. Speyer tied his thumb in a rag, thus stopping the flow of blood, but the pain increased and soon became unbearable. Mr. Speyer then went to a neighboring drug store, where he obtained a lotion that temporarily relieved_the_paim—Duringthe- ani-ghtTliowever' he was restless and could not- sleep and • almost before daybreak started to work, fancying that in the bustle of business he would find some relief. At noon he as compelled to go home and take to his bed. Toward night his thumb and arm began to swell; he grew feverish and excitable and requested his daughter to send for the family physician, Dr. Lilien- thal, of No. 30 East Tenth street. The doctor found his patient suffering., from lymphangitis—an • inflammation of the lymphatic vessels --that turned into erysi- pelas, crept up his arm and made a suppura.. "tion of the tissue. Remedieswere applied and the arna was lanced in several places, but the agony of the patient still continued and his arm began to swell to immense propor- tions. In spite of all efforts to save him he finally died on Friday afternbon, 'after many days of most excruciating agony. For the first week after being bitten Mr. Speyer was at timesdeliriouss, and often it required several persons to hold hina in bed. Dr. Lilienthal said that death was due to exhaustion, and that the poison •which produced the erysipelas may 'have come from the catai teeth or have been absorbed from the atmosphere into the bite. Deputy -Coroner Raefie Will make a posamortent examination. • _Burglary at the Beridenee of the,chnirs man ot the Kingston District. A, Kingston deepatch dated yesterday (Monday) says: Last evening a lamentable burglary oc,curred at the -residence of Dr. Elliott, 'William street, while the him; ily Were attending service. The amount secured was over 8700. Dr. Elliott, as °Chairman of the •Kingston •DiBtrict of the Methodist Church of Canada, is treasurer for all connexional funds, and as the meet - hag of .the Conference is approaching has been receiving from various mission fields stlae,,offerings of the people. ,Last week he received a sum of about $650, andintended • to send it • to Toronto this •week. The • money was in a paalabox, and was placed in a secret drawer of the'secretary in Rev. Dr: 'Elliott's study; •Dr. Blliett went to Queen- Str,eet Church to conduct service, •the remainder of the family going to Syden- • ham Street Church. Mrs. Elliott, before leaving, attended to the locking and bolting of ,the docs, carrying with her the key of •the front entrance. During 'the absence of the members of the household the house was, ransacked. and the moneyabstracted •,frona the secretary.The keys of the 'secre- tary were in Dr. Elliott's 'pocket with the exception of that or the secret. drawer, which was in another locked drawer. It would look as if the person who Committed the robbery was a professional. He may have entered the porch, and ,with skeleton • keys opened the door. •,Evidently skeleton keys were used to unlock the secretary. Nothing but money has been taken. -A.tir1ce7" When you want to keep a secret confide it to half a dozen friends. They'll keep it going the rounds. •sIf a man .wrongs you and apologizes,: always accept the apology, unless you are morally certain -that you can thrash him in threeluarters of a second. • When you send out invitations to your wedding, for gracious sake don't have printed on them " no presents received." Some of your friepds may think you're in. earnest and come empty-handed. When -presenting a friend with a brace of ducks be sure and inform him that you are afraid they will spoil on your hands and he might as well have thorn. Of couree he'll be gratified to realize what a warm interest • you take in .saving your ducks fromspoiling. • When you' are partaking of soup at a public dinner drink -it ,.out of the plate: Using a -spoon is. proper, of course, but awful slow work. And, besides, you must show • the public that you haVe an original* • style of yew:own and are a part and parcel of a progressive generation. Old fogyism in the sup lino must be crushed out, no matter what the cost may be. . The widow of the late Baptist Professor Torrance is residing in Branapton. It •i•s her,intention shortly to dispose of part of her deceased hueband'e library. •. Queen Victoria has commissiohed Mr. J. D. Linton to paint for her a picture of Prince Leopoldle wedding. A Shipought to Make a round trip be. ween San Erancleco and Liverpool annually. A good 'panicle it. Some have qUiti3 a margin to epare: here is neces. sarily some detention at Liverpool. This varies from two to six weeks, , sometimes longer. 149.st year the Si. Stephen arrived at -San 'Francisco in sail 'in a round trip of 261days, includinge, detention of thiety- four days at Liverpeol. Some of the vessels sent off at the beginning of the cdr- rent cereal year are now arriving Week. ' tlyice to•it -Young. Man. IS TEE MOON INIIABIWED Recent Interesting Astronomical °Veers various In the Land ot Egypt. , A brief cable despatoh, announcing the success of the observations of the solar 'eclipse on Wednesday by the European astronomers who went. to Egypt for the purpose, contained two very interesting stateinepts. 'Thqfirst is that the spectro- scopic obalervistrobs at the Ffeiabli astrono- mers indicated the existence of a lunar at- inospere. If (as the N. Y. Sun observes) this atmosphere is of considerable extent, these observations may result in some change of -opinion concerning the physical condition of the moon. Manyhave held that there were indications of a slight atmos- phere in the moon, but we have been so long accustomed to hear our satellite spoken of, as an ". airless and waterless desert," and a dead world,". that it would be a genuine surprise should' it turn out, after all, that the moon is -not 'quite -dfittd. Still, even if the moon has an 'atmosphere, it is probably greatly rarefied, so as to be incapable of supporting the higher fermi; of life with which the earth is stocked. The absence of signs of water upon the moon also mili- tates against the notionsatits-beizig inlaab- -ited-.7—Those who believe, however, despite the apparent absence of the first -requisites 'for the support of life, that the moon is not destitute ofinhabitants have always maintained, with a show of reason, that we ought • not to limit the existence of living beings to such conditions -and surroundings as • our earth presents. Because we cannot Slirrire unless we have certain gases mixed in cer- tain proportions, or in other words, what We call water and air, we should not aseume that all life is restricted in the same mariner. If it turns out that the observa- tions just made in Egyptliave demonstrated the existence of a considerable atmosphere surrounding the 'moons believers in the theories of lunarhabitability will • feel greatly encouraged, The other announce- ment that possesses special interest is that, during the,eclipse a fine cornet was discov- ered close to the sun. This could not -have been the Wells comet, which is still at a considerable distance from the Min, being, in. fact, more • than three weeks from its perihelion. If it is a new •comet; how happens it that astronomers, who are con- ' steady sweeping the heavens in search of such objects, have let it slip_into the, neigh- borhood of the sun without being detected ? The importantpart that photography has pla3ed on this occasion is another interest- ing feature. The observers, it is said, succeeded in photographing the spectrum of the corona, and also in determining the place of the new comet by the same means. There is thus every indication that the full stoinr of the doings of these astronomers who. went down into the land of Egypt armed with the 'marvellous instruments of modern science *ill prove of extraordinary interest. Don't•be.lazy,,my boy. ...Fly aroundand -do something, if it's only to pound • sand. Pet in all -your minutes in honest hard - work,, ;tranquil meditation or healthful recreation. Easy -to Meditate ? •.Be care- ful, my boy, or you'll choose •the hardest lot of ,a11. • A lazy man stretchee himself. .out in, the Sun and dozes, but, he doesn't meditate. He doesn't .think. sitting beside his 'fireless forge with the idle ,hands folded in his 19,p, may be appar- ently as listless as the fellew sitting -On] a log in the sunshine, dreamily ".fishing ler But the telephone, the electric light, the quadinplert inetrtunent, came from the, dreams of one,. While the ether only catches the ague, and serves, him right. • 'Why, , my boy, you waste enough time to build a house: We Waste thine because it slips by so. pleasantly. We can't realize it. • I have wondered sonae. times if a man' had in his room a gr4st, • glass—all hour-glass—loadedwith the sands of his life, so that it might be1 before him every time.that he' entered that room ; if he knew that not one grain of that steadily. dropping sacould be tamed, back; if he • could watch it -diminishing aboveand piling up below, ; if, When he Closed his •eyes, he knew thatall- night long it, world run steadily, .no • faster, no slower;; if, •-when he. earnee'home from a journey, Ile could see how much had run away ; if he could stand before it, held by a strange fascination' ' and, watch,,,,," its running -sands ; ifhe could always 'realize • that those grains' of sand numbered the seconds ,of his •life ; if hecould • see •that,,nleeping or wsking, going Or staying; sick or well, eating and drinking, workbag. •or idling, -remorselessly the and ran .thrOugh, I wonder if 'he.could 'not improve the tinse better ? 1'w -ender, how many Of • those grains would turn/to gold, as they passed through, .by the alchemy of his • industry Ah, 'well, do you think such a, steady, constant reinindor of the shortness of life and ,the value of time would' have • any effect On yea? -Foolish youth, as Soon • as the noveltythe thing wore off you wouldn't Mind it • a cebt'S worth. • Why, when the' old Egyptians used to carry in the skeleton at their feasts, 'did it make anybody dismal.? Not a bit of ib; made them. jollier. " Sendthat- thing back to the boneyard," said Thothmes, " and open another basket of that New Jereev Heidsek. Apples ie apples this year.' ".-Burlington HatvIceye. •I New EnterprIsed. - Letters patent haye been Wired incor- porating "The Stevens, , Turner st Burns Foundry es General Manufacturing Corn- • parry," of London, Ont., and "-The_Ontario Land Company." The pereons incorporated in the latter:company are A. Cr. Ramsay, •W, Hendrie and :A. Brown, of Hamilton; J. Dunlop, of' Wood- stock; and J. Crowther, 3. 'Scott, •W. Mulock E B Osier and 11. H. Bethune, Of Application is made for the incorporation. of " The Prince Albert Colonization Com- pany," with a capital of $400,000. H. Bickford, of Dundae, and others seek iucorporatiens.As "The . Standard HoMe stead COmpaCy of -Canada," with a capital • of $1,000,000. ' •' The magnificent lace worn at the Duke of Albany's wedding by the Princess Beatrice has a strane history. Her Royal Highness was, in girlish curiosity, a few year ago turning out an old cabinet in the Queen's apartments, and came on a parcel of extremely old laces. • Among them wati the suit in whiCh elle' appeared On Thurs- pay ; on being repaired and 'cleaned it proved to be almost priceless ; coenoisseurs say it is.worth $159,000. It was lately pre- sented to the Princess by Queen Victoria. • The Care,ot Fars. Now that winter has gone and the spring blossoms have come, most of the fair sex are prepared to pick away theirswinter furs with a hope of keeping, them secure from moths, those insect .marauders which . , play such havoc not only with ,(urs but with almost every textile fabric'. ' The most approved method of securing 'furs during the sunamer is to clean them thor- oughly and thenpack away in very tight boxes. •About every two weeks . they should be taken . out and shaken and beaten, well aired • and • replaced'. Nothing can be put in that will not leave traces of more or less injury. Canaphor,for • instance, is injurious. to sable, mink and otherseeven some of the.colored ones, and its odor clingsth clothing,. • Tar paper also leaves •an unpleasant smell. Tobacco and cedar chips are of little :mine.- In. short; there is nothing SO effectual or so certain asi con- stanteare in airing, beating and packing away. Hatters at the • close of the winter. pack away their emall goodsin pasteboard boxes, pasting paper over all the cracks, and say it • works well for the class of light ' goods sin% as they handle, but: this method ' is impracti- cable with heavy furs and fur -lined_ ge-ods, which would .be 'ruined. by it, even though moths couldnot get at them. The keeping out of creases is quite as import- ant as providing. against moths. In fact, the sealing .up process, though it Inay answer for a,season or two, is ruinous in the end: 'People who have Valuable furs generally send ,them to a furrier's °stab-, • lishment to have theta cared for, just as they send heating . stoves to the stove dealers for summer storage'and, in the same way send valuable plants to the.gar- dener'a hothouse for safety during the winter...; The Baptist Church, of Winnipeg) has extended a call to Rev. Dr. Perrin, ef Chicago, formerly of this city. . • It is estimated th$t it • costs 10 per minute to operate the Union Pacific Rail- road and its branches, but the train Of .thought which led up to such a steep 'coin 'elusion is not yet open te the public. Rev...11. N. Cs'rant, of Ingersoll, has re-. ceived a call from, the Orillia Presbyterian, who offer, him, a stipend of $1,000 per year and a manse. • • The late Dowager Countess. of 'Essex (Kitty Stephens) left all her property to her niece, Miss Esther Matilda Johnstoue. The personal estate amounts i6 Wore than 271,000. •, 1 A private letter received at Ottawa froni , Smith's Falls states that I-Iis ExcellenoY the Governor-General wag' so. pleased 'with •that locality ,that he proposes to rettirn there in the1 all with. 4,p,if, the Prim:lees Louise.. Pnaresson E. ,S. Monss, of New York, has d'evised an ingenious arrangement for utilizing the heat in ,the sun's rays in warming our houses. His invention cons sista of a surface of blackened slate under glass fixed to the sunny Bide or sides of hodse, with'vents in the walls'so arranged' that the cold air of a ioom is let,out at the bottona of the elate and forced in again at the top by the ascending heatedcolumn. between the detate—and the glass'. •The out-, door air can te admitted also, if desirable., The thing' is BO hirople and 'apparently eelf. evident that Mae only wonders that it has!. not always been -in use. Its entire practi-1 • calnese is demonstrated in the boatingof • the prefessor's study in his cottage a Saleins—The value of the improveroentfeei daily warming -buildings like churches and school -houses, which, when allowed to get cold between using, Consume . immense quantities of heat before they 'are fairly warmed again, is evident. 01,course, sense other means of heating Isauet be available when the sun does not shine. But in the • colder regions—say, in the far Northwest —the sun shines a greater part of the time, and hence the saving of artificial- beat would be Very large if the sun heat could be • "turned on" • for eight or ten hours out Of the twenty-four. At Big, Rapids, Mich., a physician was called to see a child dangerously ill. Upon his arrival he found the eick infant wrapped .in a catskirs'some idiot having persuaded the fanailyle kill a oat and wrap the damp hide about the child, assuring' them that such a course of treatment would -lave its life.' The child died. , A last night's •London. cablegram says: The Princess Louise will leave London :in, Thursday for. eLiverpoOl, where, fib° will, , embark in. tliel)...Allan Line inail_steareer Sarmatian for 09,niida.• Captain Campbell will acconipimy her, - • Mr. john James Jones, M.G.C., and member of the School Board of siert- don,. arrived. this week at Rimouski by steamship Peruvian with.a party of' about three hundred erhigrants' from England— farineresagricultural and gtneral laborers, clOnaestiO serValits- and mischanies of all classes. The Majority of them are abstain- • ers and members of Christian churches,. .with letters of recommendation to minis- ters -in Canada, and some of them have'a considerable sum, ef money to commence., • with.Mr. Jones,, we unrstand, brines', anothede r,large party in July. • ' 2ESTEETIC118111 VS. CURISTIANITIE. liar. Dr. Sullivinrs Behnke 4 his •gregation. A •Montreal despatch of yesterday's •(Monday)idate says: The collections yester. day in a number of the Anglican churches of Montrearwere solicited on behalf of the missionary diocese of Algoma, and that of St. George's, fawn the peculiar position which it occupies, was an object a some interest: To the surprise of many the con- gregation was only an average one, and the. fact apparently exerted a depressing infitt- once upon the spirit of the preacher, the Rev. Pr. Sullivan. The rev. gentleman preached an eloquent sermon and admilaie- tared a cutting reproof to the delinquent members Of his church when he said that an apostle of mstheticism could lecture to *them- upon personal adornment • and the art of decorating their homes, and do so to densely packed }lenses, bytclergy-__ Man of the Clain:31i k 'GOA preaching His word on behalf of the heathen had the mortification of addressing simply empty - benches, and this too in a place supposed tobe one of tire strongholds of Christianity. Such apathy would excite a suspicion that -Chrietian—principles were on the wane; but he could not believe this, for there were fifty millions of heathens knocking at the Church doors for admission-, and •they at any rate were sincere. The members of the congregation -who were present did their best to atone for the delinquencies of - absentees, for the collection plates were passed to but very few in vain. • —Use kerosene, or bathbrick, or pow- dered lime to scour iron, tin or copper ; wash in hot suds and polish with dry • whiting. • • - —In his Friday evening lecture in the Brooklyn Tabernacle Dr. Talmage depre- cated James Anthony Froud's publication of Thomas Carlyle's love letters. —Most of the theological students of Knox College and McMaster Hall have departed' to fields of summer labor. Several have been stationed in the Northwest. —The Great Northwestern Telegraph Company will construct a line along the Manitoba & Southwestern Railway as Seen as the necessary material arrives. ' —The• meanest man on record gent through a post -office presided over by a woman a postal card on which was writ- ten n "Dear, jack,—Here's the details of that scandal." • And then the rest was in. • —You can't mole yourself good by simply going to church, and after that doing as you please, any more than you can make yourself polite by swallowing a dancing master., • _ • Abnielrit:In • Iowa 141:$ .7401,RTEST, QUICKEST' and dine; to p . Nebraska,Iiissouri,Enn Atelaison,Topeka,Dent- • • 4147.4. 0004; mite% • sas, Nevi Alexia°, Arizona,Adon- • tana ,11 .X 410 •40i'' .C10 This Route has no superior for Albert r L ea, iFfinneapolls and St. Paul. '• Universal-• ' • Nationally reputed. an • ly conceded to N.,3 •being the 'Great ' • he the best' equipped . 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