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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe New Era, 1882-10-19, Page 2October 19. 1882. A Kinigiu Disguise. My brain is dull, My hands are tired, ' I have no heart for work or play; Just let the hours go as they will, I can do Aaught at all to -day. We's battle does not need my aid; I'll lay aside my sword and shield; To -morrow, perhaps, With better heart may be glad to take the field. What is To -day? A few Short hours ,In which men toil, or think or weep. TT let them idly drift away, And sleep and. diem, and dream and sleep. What folly 1" cried my better self. - "Lift up.thy.droway heart and eyes. What is To -day? He is a king, ' A mighty monarch in disguise. • "His hands are full of splendid gifts - Honor and wisdom, wealth and fame.. Haste thee Perchance this very hour - This only hour -he calls thy name." * Then anxiously, with eager haste, I went and stood in duty's place; And just atiMiontide's weary•hour Fortune and I met face- to face.. She said, " I've waite here for thee, And half I feared thou would delay. Now what the past has still denied Is thine with ten -fold grace to -day." What is an hour? Oft fortune, fame, Of weary years the goal and prize ; What is To day? Go serve it well - Perchance a monarch in disguise. A TICICIIIBEE DEATII. Thrilling Accident on. the *Pacific Coast • No novelist ever deviseda more intensely dramatic and pitiful eituation than was witnessed last week beside the trackOf the Southern Pacific Coast Railroad, near Ala- medee California. •There was an accident. on the road, owing to the sinking of a part of the track. The engine was overturned, and the fireman, Dan Driscoll, was caught' by two iron bars, one of whioh crossed his breast and the other on his feet. He was not severely injured by this, but the bars held him inextricably fast, and meantime, on both sides of the track, which at this point lies on a low trestle bridge built across a long stretch of marsh land, the salt tide pouring in from the Bay of San Francisco was rapidly rising. It was evident that un- less speedily retrieved he would be drowned. Simen labored with desperate energy to save him. They wrapped sheets about his body and exerted their combined strength to pull him from beneath tbe bars that pinned him to the track. He cried piteously that they were killing him. • They tried again and again, but Without avail. A levee was built around his head to keep the water 1' from reaching him. Bug:limns were brought and'as the water oozed in it was bailed out. Then they raised his head and held it as high as possible above the water. For two hours these labors were -ceaselessly con- tinued, but at the end of that time the levee broke, and the -friends of the doomed man found that they could do no more for him. The water rose rapidly about his body and reached his chin. Then all caught hold of him and tugged desperately,. but in vain. A friend held his hand over the unfortunate man's mouth, but the 'water -rose to' his nostrils, and -he Was drowned in the -press Hence of the helpless crowd. • BID PRICES FOR JERSEYS. The Bull Sir George Fetches $3,100. A New York -telegram says : A large lot of Jersey cattle, recently inaported directly from the island without touching England, were offered for sale at the American Horse Exchange yesterday. There were seventy- three bulls and cows and three:or four young calves, born since their mothers were taken from Jersey. Buyers from all parts of the country were there. The heaviest prices paid for single cattle were given by Col. H. S. Russell, of Milton, Mass.; W. H. Wilson, of Springfield, Mass.; D. F. Apple- ton, of New York, and W. R. Vanderbilt, of New York. The bull Sir George was bought by Col. Russell,- after brisk bidding, for $5,100. Col. Russell also,bought Mabel II. for $2,200, Mable V. for $1,350, Bobby's Gem for 51,325, and Lady Garenne IL, eight months old, for $1,100. The bull Cicero was purchased by Mr. W. H. Wilson for 53,100, and the cow Medressie by W. K. Vanderbilt for $1,700. - The Moulton Brothers purchased Rainbow for $950,and • Mr. D. F. Appleton secured probably the greatest bargain in the sale, getting Dairy of Linden for 5430, • while Mr. Wallace Burns, of Bristol, Conn., carried off her calf, a week old, for 525. The sale produced about 544,600. The bull Sir George (sold for 55,100) is a half brother to Mr. V. E. Fuller's cow Blonde II. and Cicero (sold for 53,100) is sire of some of Mr. Fuller's young stock. ItIODEIIN' BRETUS. ..111e Arrests Ills Own Son on a Charge ol, A St. Thomas special of last night sayST Infornaation-received-to-day-from-Duart, near Rondeau, is to the effect that a 'man named James Curtie wag arrested there the other day charged with ra recent murder near the Welland Canal. The telegram authorizing the arrest was received' by Constable Curtis to take into ' custody his. son James. The feelings of the unhappy father 'Upon receiving this demand can be better imagined than described. With Spartan courage Mr. Curtis resolved that justice should be carried out, and sorrow- fully the telegram was. handed over to Constable Paulin, who effected the arrest. Young Curtis denies the chargeealthough he claimed to knoW the party; and says his knife was used to commit the bloody deed Burglars in is Minister's House. A New York despatch says: Rev. Dr. David Waters, pastor of the North Re- formed Church, Newark, N. J., (well-known in Hamilton) discovered yesterday morning that in the course of the preceding night burglars had been in his residence, 365 Mount -Prospect avenue. They entered his sleeping room and took his wife 'S watch and chain from a bureati, and a pocket- book out of his coat. A trunk containing silverware wag forced open, but no part of its contents wad 'removed. The pocket- book vvasi found in the garden. A. 510 bill had been taken from one side of it, but 565 in the otheresideelaad been overlooked by the thieves. Otie of the beet puns that eyer was made is that of Swift, who called after a man carrying a hare over his shoulder, "Is that your own hare or a wig ?" Icrench enterprise is steadily persever- ing in the work of redeerningthe desert of Sahara by meane of artesian wells. A large number of wells have been eunk along the northern border, more than 150 in the Province of Constantine alone, -and the week is adVarieing into the interior. One of the curioue phenomena which the dig- ging Of these wells has brought to notice is the existence of fish and crabs at great depths. The learned engineer, M. Jus, Who fer twenty years has directed the -twit; tWere-t1WIrtrorce-teiled-and-ate-a- crab which had been drawn up from a depth at 250 feet, and that, moreover,. was was of an eXcellent flavor. MINSTREL MIMICRY. An Unusually Amusing Scene in an- Irish Court. ,ocaozamigis LAST FUN HAS SET. Correspondence the (Nenagh Co Kilkenny , At the petty sessions an ex -draper's assistant, named John Anthony Maher, was 'brought up in custody, charged by Sub - Constable Jeremiah Regan with 'having stolen a Sills umbrella from the honse of. Dr. Morton, Summer Hill, Nenagh,, on Saturday, 12th ins. Mr. William Reeves, sI.; R.I.C., conducted the proseoution the prisoner. " conducted' " his Own de- fence with Mlleb ability and with all the assurance of an experienced 'practitioner, yet with an .a•seuznption- a injured in- nocenee, as if hewere martyrto stances. The prinoipal evidence for the prOsecution • was that of Nanny Ralph, a servant in. the employment of . Dr. Morton, who deposed , that on the day in question •the prisoner called at herrn-aster's-house-and-asked if -Drs. -Morton was in.. She replied that he was not, and asked iflArs. Morton would no s she then went to acquaint her mistress of the pre- senee• 'otthe ma,n izethe hall who Wanted to the. doctor. • On her (witness') returnio the hall She Missed from the stand ataillt • umbrella, the•property of a young lady then. on a visit to Mrs. Morton. The umbrella now produced was theone taken from the .Chairman -Is that the .nettn (prisoner) when] you Saw in the hell? ,Witness -It ie, sir. • Prisoner (assuming a -tragic:. air): 'Lady, look me straight in the face, - I am but the wreck,of a royal race; Of fortune and friends they have bereft me, .I'ni John Anthony Maher, that's .all that's now left the., . (Laughter.) Evidence was then given by a Mrs. Mar- garet Minogue to the 'effect that on the . evening in question thepriebtier °tune to her .huabrind's house •and asked her to buy the Umbrella , for two .shillings, lent she Said she did not , want to buy it; h then ,said he was very ',hungry,that„he wanted - his dinner' and that she Might have the article" for a shilling ; she gave him the "though conapassion;'. Your: Worships," theuglashe had notknown.him before, neither -did .she ask him his name: The 'Chairman expressed .his surprise that a person of such apparent .resneeta- •bility.as Mrs. Minegne bhotild- have pnr- . . chaSedii- valuable umbrella from suds a man as .the prisoner fo r a shilling, to 'which the witness replied that shelled no "fore- cast"in the matter. ' - :Prisoner (who, was • " all , impatience" to make 'a speech) -Well, gentlemen of. the .court, Whatelid 'you charge me with? I went ',into a house to see a doctor. 1 was hungry, I was thirsty (laughter) -nay, gen- tlemen, I was delirious; in fact, 'twas our • old familiar friend John Jameson that did • it., all -through , me. ,.(Much 'laughter.) I. wag but. the " instrument:" (Laughter.) ILI toek the umbrella -and we wiltassume for argument sake that I did .(great ` laugh - .ter) -I ' was quite uneonsCioue of having ' done soThat, gentleinert , , and front of 'my offending." Now, What's the odds. (Greet laughter.) . I had £100 a . yearin a draper's shop in Ratlidewney.let• me go back to My .business there again and , you shall never seeme more. .; : • Chairman -There ifY: no . deubt, but that you. stole this umbrella, .ancle the Magip- , . . - Prisoner -Pardon . me, Your Worship, for one nionientewhile I address the:court. There wasoften ten times Much taken , froMerne and Inever said a word about it. • I lest a chain and locket that steed me in cOst, gentlenfera,, I assure , you (laughter) -and have never' seen or heard of them Since.. I .wish I were dead. - And wheknoWs if life be not what w,epeor 'mortals 'call deaths and .death the thing • that we call life ? • There's .prohlenn .fer ,you, 'gentlemen; you . shall Chairman -.-Why ]did you leave Rath- downey ? • . •' Prisoner -Thereby hangs a tale - Ono evening in Mayasthe sun setting shone . The shop it was there, and John Anthony, gone. (Laughter.) •• - Chairman -I have here our photo- s Prisoner .:(With surprise)_ What, mine,Your Worship? ,Did you say • nay Photo,my second self?. (Renewed Chairman -Yes, and it is an •aecurate likeness. ' 'Look at it (and HieWorrahip con - 'fronted the prisoner with his photo, at foot of which vasi the date "17-1-'75 "-and the Prisoner'e name in full). - Prisoner (looking at the picture With all the„ air of an art critie)--WelleYour.Wore ship,. I cannot compliment the artist, for the picture is neit a Speaking' likeness. (Laughter.)'1-Iiresever, now, your 'Worship, leek on that pietnre; then on thie. (striking his .breast), for you May ne'er look on their, like again. (Great laughter) • • d Chairman -1 have also here 'a.recOrd.of • Many previoneconvictions againet you, and ,by which I find that you were •four times convicted ...Of •larceny, 'seven timead. for , . • 'Prisoner -Oh !'rnether o' MOSBF4:(Laugh- . Chairnaan-Once, as a public nuisance -H --- Prisoner (with a smirk) -You don't say so? (Latighter.) . . • Chairman --- And twerity-one times for drunkenness— •' Prisoner -Shall lever get drunk again? (Renewed laughter.) • Chairman -In fact, we have such a good character of you here on this record that we shall give you the benefit of it, and send you for trial on this charge to the next quarter sessions. ' •• • • • Prisoner -Now, I should like, to know who was the recording'a,ngel that wencto the trouble of jotting down all my little peccadilloes. • What about all the 'good • things I have everdlone 2 (Laughter)__ Oh1 if all my„meritorious deeds were Stated, ' They'd more than -balance all you have enumer- Chairman hat will do; now yen may go down. Prisoner • - Down to die dust from which I've spiamg Unwept, unhonor'd and unsung. (Great laughter.) Chairmaii-Constable, remieye the sari - Boner. , The Case iS now returned for. trial to the 'next Quarter Session. • Prisoner -When will the next Quarter Sessions be laeld,,Your Worship? Chairman -On the 14th of October next. Prieoner-Holy . Moses • (Laughter.) Then, John Antiabiay, 'my hoy, after all ,your journeyinge to and fro, and after all the pleasant days and nights you've spent, I fear me very much that your pun has at length set, and get forever. (Renewed latighter) The prisoner was then removed, in custody. ' Sir Henry, HerVey 'Bruce, MX., was •shooting ever his estate at DoWnhill Castle erecentlysewliem-one-of-the-ehooting--pa,rty- .fired a, shot in the' direction of Sir Henry, • and Several of the pellets embedded them. ,• selveci in hie face.. , ' ' THE JPIEENIX PARK TRAGEDY. Important Discoveries as to the Assassins - Westgate Still brJail. A Dublincablegram says: The weapons used by the murderers of Cavendish and Burke were found in the rafters of a stable in the rear of a house belonging to a man recently eentenced to penal servitude for intimidating Mrs. .Kenny, widow of the murdered man in Seville place, because he was suspected of giying information pnit. corning the murderers. It is alleged that Kenny was driver of the car in which the assassins rode on the night of the rnurder. ,The weapons found were four knives, nine inches long, With blades three-quarters of an inch wide. They are quite new and very sharp, and evidently surgical' dissect- ing knives. There were discolorations_on_ them, which, on chemical a,nalyzatiou, proved to have been made by human blood. It is hoped the murderers will yet be cHp- tured. The authorities observe the strict(..st secrecy. A Jamaica despatch says: Westge. e, alias O'Brien, who confessed to the steo- bing of Lord Cavendish, will not be ee eto-Englande-The-authorities here reeplvorl instructions to do with him as they deem best. He is still confined in Spanish Town • Goldwin Smith on Irish Atiairs. A London cablegram says: Prof. Gold. win 'Smiths replying to E. L. GOdkin, who had Written an article to the " Spectator." oritieising Prof. Smith's views on the Irish question, from a professedly, mer can • point of view, writes that he had advocated measures of repression not because of any heiitility to the Irish, but because the Parnellites abused their prerogatives as members of Parlianeent for:the purpose of wrecking Parliamentary governmentiri the interest of , disunion. There is no doubt; says Prof. Smith, that if a party of Southern members 6f - Congress had similarly endeavored to wreck the Ameri- can Legislature they svould have been put • doWn with as little compunction as ,was shown -the rebelling Irish in the drift riots in New York. It seems to be forgotten, he adds, that in nagrafi8dreigirdterriii. the murdered as well as the murderers are Irish, while the chief anthers of the system' are New York Fenians, and, their organ, the Irish World, ia the property .of a Jew. Mr. Godkin himself, he . says, is not a native.American, but an Irish Nationalist. Burned to Death while Besetting her • ibittle •Sister. A Baxter Springs, Ram., telegram -says; A fire this morning destroyed the residence of Mr. Resecranse, at Lowell, four miles Wept Of here, and two of his daughters; aged 7 and '17 years; perished in the flarriaS. The older of the girls had succeeded in getting out of the burning building with her mother,' but went back for her little sister, and had 'dragged her through the smoke to the head of the stairway. when the floonfell and both were pitchedbead- long into the burning mass below. A Canadian Hi. Tanner. A Montreal` • telegram says :- This city has &case of voluntarY. fasting that has excited almost as much interest. as that of Dr. Tanner. Charles a young man of respectability, and appa,rently. in 'excellent health, was seized with. a, etrange hallucination some weeks ago that he was divinely conamanded to quit eating.. This hgdid, and in spite of all persuasions Of his af his pastor and theTshysicians, he kept up an absolute •fast for 33 days, when he had wasted to a skeleton. •The other day his -hallucination, was dispelled as suddenly as it came. He began eating, and is now recovering' slowly. His case is a puzzle to the medioal profession. A Brave Lady. .•. , • ' A Rochester telegram. of Sunday's date says': Last night" Masked burglars visited the residence of John E.--MoreY. and were discovered by a :young• lady, . whom' they, assaulted,' cutting. a. large 'gsieli: in her -shon/der, end then gagged and ,tied her to the bed•post. . She releaSedherself and 'againsurprised them in another' room, ..evlretidnae of the .burglars threw' a :lamp glebe at her, 'cutting: her • eever,elyd 'The 'noise of breaking glass aroused Morey and his Soli, and the burglars led without any plunder. ' eroureceiti crop Proepeess. • A Danville, •Va.,- telegram says : The Tobacco Association elected T. L. Brown president. The annual report states that the prospects of the new crop are very flattering, and present an inviting fields to all branches of the trade. Reports from various sections of 'Virginia and North Carolina represent the quality and color fully equal to the •crop of 1880, if not superior. The crop of Virginia is put at 90 per cent. of the average •crop and that • of North Carolina at a full average. — • In is Cow's Stomach. eidddllSie- Mark Ayres, employed with Mr. M. D. butcher, has shown us a 'Collection of nails of different sizes, screws, tacks' old rivets, pieces of wire, chunks of smalliron, part of an oldesnap, and two or three pieces of zinc, a lot of small stones, pebbles, (shot, eto.'which he took from the stomach of 'a Cow killed by him. on Satur- day, the whole collection weighing three; quarters of a pound. • One of the nails -a three-inch one -had penetrated through the stomach, and the point was, sticking about an inch into the heart of the animal. The heave was a fine one, in good condition, and did not appear to be at all affected by 'having such a curiosity shop in its stomach. -Bowmanvi/le Statesman. • Mr. amide, M, P., formerly proprietor and editor of Le Norde, is dangerously, and the doctors affirtahopeleesly, ill from hem- orrhage of the lungs: ' Daniel Simpson, who celebrates his 92nd. birthday the 26th of tide month, hag pre- , 5ented to the Bostonian Society of Boston 'a drum that was beat in thebattle of Bunker Hill." ' A lady in the Welt of Scotland said 18 a certain humorist, " Really, Mr. Johnetone, there's nae end to yer wit," "Gude forbid, madam," answered the humorist, "that I should ever be at my wit's end !" The Rocheaters N. Y., Board of Ednea- thee last night decided to rigidly enforce the Compulsory Education Law of 1853, which provides for the instructien of idle and truant children. The -Superintendent was instructed to enforce the law immedi- • A marble cenotaph, with inscription and portrait -bust, hae just been placed in Dun- fermline Abbey, as a memorial of Ecidy Charlotte Loakeraister of the late Eart, of Elgin,and, wife ofMr. Frederick Locker, the pet. It was executed by Miss Mary Grant, of London. • A Texas paper describes an 8,000 acre ranch in that State entirely sleveted to the breeding of ponies for children. • The breedieg stock consists of Seven Shetland 'stallions and forty-five mareseallthorough- ebr ecl „an detwohundredesmall_spottedeponye. mares. These little ponies range over the prairies like sheep, and ate • described as very gentle. HENRY WARD BEECHER'S DISBELIEF. , startling Statements by the I Plymouth Church Preacher. • A New York telegram says : At the autumn meeting of the New York and Brook- lyn Association of Congregational Churches yesterday Rev. Hanky Ward Beecher' formally withdrew from membership. ' He explained that he did so bemuse' he eduld not, as.a Christian gentleman, afford to lay on anybody the responsibility of his views. He could not afford especially to pot the association in a position 'where it would be obliged to defend him. He defined his belief at some length, saying he held that the whole view of God as laid down in the Westminster Confession of Faith coinpared with the representation o God -as made by ebriSt is as'a frightful Gorgen conapared witla Appel°. It represents him as a monster, instead Of a loving Master. He rejected it witla im petus that touelee'd the Very 'foundation of his soul. , He also reject. d the representations of future punisl, in ent, which were gross and physical, and we're made from. the sensuous Roman school. Re believed in future punishment, -but-held-that-suffering-will not be---7bodily, but mental, according to the laws of sensi- bility and -affections ; not a michine of -sul- phur and fire 'and a deluge Of devile. -He regarded also the dee:rine of original sin, as 'found in the fall of A !win, as barbaric and she conception -of loen who were as yet ignorant and blind tothe true conception of the stibject. ' KILLED:• -Fly A BEAK. • Fatal Termination to a iikiat for,Bruin -. • . . . A Parry Sound despatch of yesterday's (Thursday) date - says: • Efenry , Gould, of Parry Harbor,was drowned yesterday while attempting to kill a large brown bear, • aisisted by the drew of the tug Superior:. 'It seems the bear was swimming in the Sound just opposite Kilbear Point when the. tug gave chase: Gould, who was onshore; also Ipursued in a punt, and came alongside the tug and took in yvith him two of the :crew: Tke three men then gave chase to i-the----bear'.----Upon-',-corning:- -to --- -close I quarters the bear turned - on them and 1" attacked the boat and its occupants. IOne. df . the . men who joined Gould struck at the bear with an axe and broke !:it -over its head. After this weapon wee destroyed, the two men- vvho joined Gould jumped out of .the boat and swain to the tug. Gould being left alone 'in the boat attempted to fight the bear, but his bear. , ship .grabbed his arm and disabled it. Gould managed to free .hipaself, and. made for the bow of the boat.' The bear , getting into the boat, again attacked Gould, who tried to defend himself with a pike pole. In the struggle the bear struck him' on the side with ite paw, throwing him out into the water. He swam a few strokes .and •then sank. Although several ' attempts have been made since to find. the body no trace of it can be found. Mr. Gould leayes a wife and large family to mourn his loss. The bear escaped.• ' MARRIAGE AIN EATII. , 0 D ' Sad Sequel to a Philadelphia' wedding. A. Philadelphia -despatch of -last -(-Mori d ay) nightdi date says: Under the' merry head of " Married" appeared in the advertising columns of the papers Saturday the notice of the nuptials of William H. Cope and Mary O'Neill. In the same column, under • the head of -"-Deaths," appeared the name of the young grown. Mr. Cope resided at No. 718 ,Wyette street. About three years ago he wore the gra e; Uniform of a letter - carrier, and in his daily rounds 'formed the acquaintance. of Miss O'Neill, who then resided' with a relative at No. 1,121 Passyunk avenue. ,The acquaintance soon ripened into friendship and finally resulted iii an engagement of rnarriage. Mr. Cope, • finding his. duties as a carrier ' and the exposure to , which he was: subjected was. too nauteh for his constitution, relin- • quishe'd the place to take the position of a weigher in the grain elevator at ,the foot of Washington'avenue. , 'In the m.eantime the young couple liadfixed- upon Monday last as their wedding'day. • Two Week; .ago the groom elect contraeteda severe cold, but immediately sought a physician, and was to all appearances rapidly improving, until the day et for the nuptials, when he COM- plained of feeling The Wedding Was then postponed until Friday, morning. He was then married, apparently in good health. In the afternoon, while bolding 'conversation With some friends, he expired so peacefully that it was several moments' before any one knew that the angel of death • had called. The bride of a day 'at once changed the 'wedding 'robes for widow's weeds. • A. Child Accidentally Poisoned. • A Simeoe telegram says: The death • was recorded on Thursday of the young son of John H. Madden; which Occurred under, peculiar and painful circumstances. It appears that Mrs. Madden procured from a drug store' what she supposed was ipecacuanhes. and, gaits twodoes ;to the child, which resulted in its -death. From the evidence,given at the inquest it seems the clerk, gave her DOVer'S powder,. a .preparation of ipecacuanhaand opium, in • such' qintratity as to cause death' when administered to a ehild.. Afterhearing the evidence the coroner's jury returned the following verdiot and recommendation.: "That, Clinnon Fay Madden came to his death accidentally by opium poison, pro- cured at J. Austin Sis Co's. drug etc:dein the form of Dover powders, from the 'clerk's (Austin) hand, in lieu bf ipecacuanha, which was ordered by Mrs. Madden for, the pur- pose of curing colds. The , jurors would recommend the County Attorney to en- deavor at his earlieet opportunity to haVe the Government have the Pharmacy Act vo amended that none but legally qualified druggists should dispense, poisonous drugs of any kind." Mr. Millais, the artist, is to be one of the directors of the new , Comedy. theatre, in London, which *ill be opened next month. -Beauty and bashfulness are often united. Yet the prettiest maiden ' is ad- mired for her cheek. ' • Philip Philips, th " singing pilgrim,' has been giving " song sermons" in Exeter Hall, Londe' • "At what a , she, inquisitiv y. But the lady wee equal III were you retarded'?" asked . to the emergency; and quietly responded, " At the parson -age." According to ,t present arrangement the Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice and the gentlemen and ladies of the Court,Willleave Scotland, on the 23rd of November for Windsor Castle, where Her Majesty will only stay a feve weeks, the'nce proceeding to the Isle' of Wight, where ehe will spend her Chrietnaa,s., ' , From SYdney is reported the discovery of a new building material at Suva; On one of the Fiji Ielancls. It is known ae fossil • coral, and When out from a mass ie soft, but on expoeure to ' the air it looks and is verymuch like brick; ' During the 'short tinaesit-has-beeneknownsitlias-satisfactorily_ steed the tests that have been applied to it. Orders have already been received for quantities Of it to be used in building. • A NEW YORK TRAGEDY. , Five Women. ebbed by Madman. GEA.STLY SPECTACLE. A New York telegram says: While Fourteenth street was crowded this (Tues- day) afternoon with . Shoppers, a de- mented Frenchman ran amuck through' the thoroughfare and with a pair of sharp- enecrcarpenter's compasses stabbed tight and lefts his victinas being women.. The wife of the policeman eveho patrolled the block 'Was one, and when her . husband arrested the lunatic he- did not know the compasses Were dripping with his wife's blood.. 'The lunatie' wise Ernest Dialsorgne, haif idiotio painter, whose antiCs for yeare • have made him C0,11SpieU01.10. His victims were more or less severely injured. Their • names are: Mrs. Stolzenberg, slightly wounded the shoulders; Louise Schecker, stabbed in the beiCk' slightly; Miss M. L. King, Stabbed in. the abdoreenetrul Severely., hurt ;Mrs. Thomas ,Wortb, stabbed in the side--clangereuely-;--Mary--Fladley, po leettlall Wife, WO stab wound e du he breast, dangerous, perhaps fatal. ' The • vietims Were assistedlo their homes. The lenatie's clothing was epattered with blood. He said he felt dizzy and adinitted that he had been drinking. He wore two hats,and said he stabbed the women because Berne than threatened his life. The prisoner, • With his father, wandered for years through mlstahosnol'et;einit.!stari'nbuneg.:.rvinaHgniaPsealfilit:tttheisedra8;ringende ondneFm,e, February • justice from the California authorities for • Some man bolted into the hut of Saul arid announced 'that , a , Champion had come forth, e.fid-t.auLeaid, "Bring hire in." He expected some man fourteen feet high, and liftedup his eyes at .au ,augle.-of fortrve • degrees. ' • " Where is he (surprised) •"'He is "Why, my son, what' ar -you-talking- -about'? "SGO. home to 4bur mamma. You must be jeking." "Will you just listen to me '?" salted little David. •." Yee ; you're a nice boy ;go .on."; Then said David:: "Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there Was a lion ar d ',a bear • came and took a lamb out of the flock. Thy servant that' slew both the hien and the hear will beat the brainceout of this uncir- ounecised Philistine." Saul began to see the point. " My ' son, its a fact. 'Why • didn't Isthink •of it . before ? Go out and win. BuCcorne, iet'ehave a little corntnon sense in this rciatter. Bring in my armor." And they loaded the little fellow doyen with 200 or e00 pounds of brass. "'I can't wear this.. I ain't used .to this sort of thing," said David; -and he put it off. Brother, don't you try any' Of the devil's armor. • Don't let the devil put arsounce of brass on you. Truist in the Lord sine dere. honey, without a particle ser wax, our. word sincere. 'Victory comes not by trusting in itnhgeilsnotrhdeaLnodiedoananned cikne,S9eortinseo; nyooturbyp. otwrudsit dry. Trust in the Lord sine cera, just as --Sellavidgoes_out_withont-knowingshow hewas • going, to fight. He deubtlesci expected to use his shepherd's staff, as with the lion and the bear, but the 'Lord showed . him a better way. He was caparisoned as a shepherd of the sheermanclethatddall_the_Lordwants-to kill Goliath. David gave the giant, all • the advantage of position. The battle' was fought on the 'ascending slope of the Philis- tine's hill. Goliath was so fullof vviath atthe sight of hip pigmy antagonsst that he lifted his visor to-ourse him more freely, and that proved his ruin. Our little David slipped a stone in his sling and made a run at hint. He didn'tstop for a pet shot, but as he ran he just let flyand let God take the atone to its mark. God gave directien to it ; it sank into the Philistine's forehead; and down he went. God always directs &smooth stone from the..brook when we lean our whole weight upon Etina. Goliath dead; all tlie,rest'ef the Philistines .fled. And that is the way to kill. Goliath now; -Froin the sermon,by Bev..Mr.'Barnes. • A tel <3°7i mOlinV II -4" 101 London r eln1. says: Two of the largest congregations that ever assem- bled in St. Peter'sCathedral were gathered today (Sunday) to listen toBishop Walsh's first discourses since his return' from a Visit to Ireland. The Bishop's address in the evening was devoted to setting forth his inepression of 'Ireland and the Irish ques- • tion as derived from his recent visit. While neither endorsing nor condemning the,Lancl League, the Bishop contended that agitation had accomplished much good, for the Irish tenantry. The •Bishop condemned 'in scathing terms the agrarian outrages that have disgraced Ireland, but at the same time argued from the .figures and com- parisons of Prof-Lem:1i Levi, that accord,,, ing to her population there Was less crime .in Ireland than in Engla,nd,. Scotland and Wales. , In regard to mending the condi- tion of Ireland His lordship was opposed to 'the disintegration of the Empire. Ire- land 'needed"Britisli connection, but she also needed and was entitled to 'a measure of Efethe Rule such as enjoyed by Canada; He predicted a brighter future for' Ireland, as juster views were gained of Ireland's grievances! A man of 'sense rnay love likea madman, but never, like a fool. --La Rochefoitcald.. A cheerful temper, joined with innoeenee; will make beauty attractiye, knowledge delightful, and wit good natured. , " Dear , me," said Mrs: Partington the other day, "yoneg girls now-adays are net what their mothers 'used to he. Half of them are sufferen from nervous.perspira Mr. N. F. Crouch, the author of the eho,rnaieg ballad, "Kathleen Mavourneen," is in such destitute circunastances that a public subscription has been ' started in• Portland, Maine, for his beaefit. , Ietermarriage betw, een whiteS and blacks is a penitentiary Offerioe- in Texas, and those who break the lade usually take care. tlaat there shall be' no evidence of .any ceremony. But Eldred, a 'Dallas:lawyer, made a pnblic wedding on takin.g a mediate for a. wife, aiad cotasenuence is now in iail advaiting.trial. It was Mike's third ap-pearance in court within thirty dap, and in reply to his usual appeal .for clemency the Magistrate . inapatiently observed : "It's no taste, Mike; you're good for nothing." "It's not me shtyle to be bragginy' retorted Mike,-" but if ,Yer Homier will borry pair of shelle,- lobs an' stip outside wicl. me I'll make it ineonvayeient for ye to howld that opinion." • . Chinese Merchants met in cbnference a few weeks ago in London at a place called the Wel 'Yee Tong, otherwiee a club. 'Delegates were present from Manchester, Liverpool; Leeds, Birretingham, California, Neve Yorketnd Bombay, 4 wae decided tonsk for the appointment of a •Chinese Consul to London, and to send letters to varlets clubs in China, recomiseendieg, -eidirgratiCifittidledildadateleCypres. Opritiffie was discussed, and the trade in it was • condemned as the curseof Chinas" "ECCENTRICITIES:OF THE COMET. Further observations at the Disintegrat- ing ‘Iilueleus,--Astronouters Widely a Variance. A Rochester ,(N.Y.) telegram says: Prof. Swift, the astrononierssays : No damage - need be apprehended from the comet, aa it . has already made its nearest approach to - the sun, and is now receding. 4lreports about its falling into the sun are purely., , sensational." . his opinion it is not the comet of 1880, but may, be possibly that of 1843. This °enact is moving. in a curve of eight or ten years. The comet of 1880 was, as is generally belietsed, that 'of 1843.. This certainly, can't be the same. The .most interesting question jwit now whether the .comet has divided or not. Prof: Swift has searched carefully, but has • tonna' no evidence of. this, although the appearance �f the nucleus' indicates. that it is liable to do seat ,anititne.• A Phelps (N. Y„,) despatch Pays Prof. Brooks this morning discovered that the nucleus of the comet -was.greittly ,elongated and clearly split inte two unegtaalpa,rts, a 8i:teen oreseentdinaped enyelope'aleo being vescr-offs-in front ot thslaead. The- sepa,rastion of the nuole s of the to et into three. parts was agaiu seen . this Morning by,q..,c. Mayne. This ohservation bears . out his:theory that the 'fragments revolve about a,ceinto.Ou centre of gravity, -alter-- nately closing and separating., The. Benet. ations occur in period e of &lout four days'. , Some..etemorks stegolesingete size omit • . A W.ell-khown astronomer sends the fol- lowing : yeeterday .inoriaing the head of' the comet was only equal its brightness to the star Lambda • in Leo Lthet. is, one- tenth as ,bright , four days previous, Whereas the Computed brightness of re-.' 'fleeted lightdicas tvvo-thirds.. Six -sevenths of the light On -last :Wednesday •• must • have been •frone incandescence, Bo that not more than onelundred and fortieth of The light on the Satardedepreceding was ,re• . fleeted sunlight,' It is 110W manifest that• r the nucleus ofthe comet will cease to be visible to the naked eye- in the course of .. the neXt-lerteiglit,- and 'although. the tail still preserves, its splendor 'undiminished it will pale before the brightness of the full • reckon from andel ter this 251 inst. . Al- though it may possibly still be seen for several weeks, its glory will have departed. The comet's distance from the earth on September 19, day, 2h. 36en. pd nes was 103;620,000 miles ;, and ou Septerriber 21, • day; 11h. Ins it was 107,460,000, miles,' from, which. it is. seen that the conaet is ,rapidly • recoding from tlie , earth. . The comet's velocity et perihelion Wise 882 miles per second, and at the time of the observe- . tions on the 21st inst., it ,had receded to • suchan enetMous distance.. from the sun that the,Velbeity Was reduced to 58 miles per second,. : ' Life in Mexico. toitriet in. Mexice'gap that ..in the 'house of a -wealthy native. everybody, is ' astir before Sunrise. A servant conees .your .room to askif you will have coffee or, chocolate there; or Will go to the dining-. • ..room for it. •Yeti must not be 'offended if the host' is' off to his. bueicess without eee- enagegotesTeddet--112 issi'clock be will refiern. and • , greet you ceremoniously enough. The breakfast, which is the' , chief. Meal 'of •the day, is then' ;served in Courses. . Fruit is eaten first, soup often follows, • then Meat, after that- eggs,- and finally frijoles, the enenionateddishe-This last is a dark -red bean,' ., cooked with lard,- seasoned . highly with red, pepper; and is served in a soup plate and.eaten with a sperms ' It is • . very palitta,ble, and foreigners . generally become.tis fondsof it as the natives. Wine . 'is always00the table; arid everybody con- cludes by. smoking a. cigarette, the ladies • not excepted. Coffee • and ehocolate are , served again in the afternoon, and at 11 . pen:C.-there is , a light supper, consisting . . prinmpaely of lomales, which is Cor.n Meal, .• mush Mixed with a.foreemeat .of ohicken or beef, highly ;seasoned.. with red pepper and onions, all iiihelY rolled in a: clean cern'. shubk, tied and put in a, licit, and boiled • until done., and servedin the rhtiok hot. . • , Br.. Pierce's F,averite Prescrintiou." always beeothes .the faverite • remedy'. of those Wile try it. ItisssPecifio forsall female " wea,kfiesses " and clerangeinents,.. . bringing strengtb•to. the limbs and back, • and color to the fade. • Of all druggists... ' The Trades Union Congreas in Manclies- ter, aclopted.resolutione in favorcif a require- ment that all persons placed in etiarge of . steam boilers' and engines 'should possess certificates of competency. •• A. Fortune may, be made by hard work; but can neithsr be riaadenor 'enjoyed without health. To these leading sedentary lieesDr. R. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery " is a real friend.. It stimulates the liver, purities , the brood, and is the. best remedy for Oen- surniation, which is Scrofelous disease of the lanes, By all druggists. . - A- paper that is always fell of good points - -A paper of needles. • Dein, entirely vegetable, no particular care • is required while usieg Dr. Pierce's " Pleasant Purgative Pellets." They oper- ate without disturbance to the constitution, diet, or occupation. For sick headitche, constipation impure blood; dizziness, -teeter • eructations irom the stomach, bad taste in •mouth, bilious atta,cks,pain iu region of the kidneys, internal: fever, bloated feeling e,bout sites -each, rush of blood to, the head, . take Dr. Pierced;" pe • llets." By drnggists. „ Dr. G.A.littyries, editor PuldecIlealth Mae. azine, Montreal,isays " We have now for some time heen prescribing Dr. T. B. Wheeler's Comriouud Elixir of Phoephatee and Calisaya, and we mustsin justice to the Doctor, state that it is quite equal,eil not ' superior, to any compound of the kind. We have used, it in the first stages of ' phthisis with •marked benefit. "tie also in . cases of severe dyspepsia, where everything else had failecl;and itt misuy, other 'allele. ticns. It is a pleasant preparation, and r may be taken for a long time, without" pall-' ing?ontho stomach." 6 'Captain Wilson, of the Sa ya ion Aruny, who inaugurated the work iu Chicago last 'winter, served his apprentieeehip as a printer in St. Mary's. It issaid that he -is a much better boy now than he used to be., At all SCIISOIAN ot the .Fear eorne are troublesome,1 t th e e weather be hot or cold. Rain relieves not the pain, . the etin may shine and .all else be fair and pleasant, but their termenting.presence follows the victim always. A certain, a -prompt, a painless, a radical cure' is •always insured by the use of the great and • _only remedy -ie." l'utnarn's Painless Corn Extractor." We warn the public agairtet dangerous subetitutes and • . imitations. N. C. Possoe, ds Co.; Pro- prietors, Kingston. - Te4re s Men Sutherland of P t r naorninTed to triplete. They were, alive when born, beit have since ,