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DISPUTE AEOU Vit, A -
PEDIGREE
Morning , W- H. laidley, a farmer hailing
{ fl•ou the vicinity of Tiverton and
! Uuderwool4, in the ()county of Bruce,
was tried in the erouto Police
Our Wednesday morning at the
Ii
instance of lair. Frank Wade,
Secretory of the Agricultural and
Arts Association, on a charge of
wilfully siguiug a false pedigree.
Mr. Laidley registered two twin
calves ono of them being called
"Fancy Red," in the Dominion
Herd 13o.,k, giving as their clam
"Dairy Queen" and sire "Alexander.
Ross'
' tag eligible thoroughbreds.
Mr. L4idley• afterwards sold the
aniumle on the strength of the Herd
Burl: registratiuu, but several
ruweh':s crone 10 Secretary 'Wade
that the sire of the calves was "King
\\'i'li,u,," which ti not eligible for
registration, and hence the era nlOIIS
to the Pulioo Court,
r..
11 .pert Begg testified that he was
the owe.•r of the bull Alexander
Ross at the time when the com-
plaint was Bold. lie bad no know•
ledge of t.-br• Dairy Queen having
been sertedt by hie hull, but as he
had four some awl ae they did not
keep a strut LW:0unt as to when or
how often ucighuors were served, it
was poi -iodide thatsuch service had
taken [dace. Sidney Laidley cor-
roborated his father's evidence as to
the D•liry QU..00 inti•u1lg been served-
by
ervedby the' A lexaude• Boss.
Alex. Doss, a farmer, who hap
pens to hle, known by the wattle name
as the thorough bred bull, gave
evil •arise that he vas the owner of
the hK;I:_, William," which had
served. the "Dairy Queen" twice,
hut it wile:thought unsuccessfully.
As it was stated that Robe. Begg,
jut. , was present Wlletl the cow wan
was served by the "AlxanderRose,"
an adjournment was made until
Friday to secure his presence.
Friday acting Police Magistrate
Baxter delivered judgment in
the fatuous pedigree 'case, Queen
vs. Laidley as
"I find find that there is a doubt
us to the guilt of the defd:udlanL-
first, on account of tjle defendant
and his son positively sw•eering to
their cow having been taken to the
hull Alexander Ross ; secondly,
the evidence of Begg himself, the
owner Of the said bull, s'lo'ts that
the record of all of the services of
the seatsou 14 not complete. And
having in view that where a reason-
able doubt exietw the defendant is
enticed to the benefit of it, 1 dicts
miss the case with costs."
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Wednesday. tntanit Mitts, t$S7
ONE KIND OF LOYALTY.
We are not doing to liupugtl the
loyalty of Reformers as a whole.
Ent many of their leading acknow-
ledged representative teen have a
peculiar way of showing their loyal-
ty. A little volume has been pub-
lished entitled 1 [.0r liEa\jesly's Loyal
Opposition, the following are cx-
• tracts from It • •
The lion. Wilfrid Laurier is now
leader in parliament of the. Reform
party. He is the Biel' dt chief
spokesman, and the ri3
cliet-t!�l hailer of
1 i
its policy. \Ve all k� :_ ills
Laurier said that had he been '-living
on the banks of the Saskatch FtCt7
when$the half • • broke out
Ihe••tvtm lave shouldered his musket
in behalf of rebellion and against the
Queen, her crown and dignity. When
addressing the Reform electors of
Cllambly, 11fr. Laurier repeated his
former assertion in almost the same
words, and added :
We are now on .tree t:la+sic ground. of
Canadian lib.1rty. In the ,graveye •ds of
this county are to be found the hones df
tlioio who were t afraid to. face 13ritisle
bullets.e;r
The Lion. A. . , ones, a member
of Mr.. Mackenzie's cabinet, and at
present a member of parliament,
once said.:
Who,' the British find' is hauled down
from Citatkl hill, I shall take ort' my hat
and coot's.
Mr. McColl, of Pictou, is another
Nova. Scotian -a member of the
legislature and a stalwart supporter
of 3h'. 3lodvat's political frionds. Ott
the 14th of last'Jlaroll, in the course
of n. speech in the Legislature, lire
McColl said : - •
I h•ov • beer t1 (11 •1 10 40in any p•,i•
t+•,u, L air I t , ;11 , ,1111 111 11.-., t_114p
that 1 aur an itnn xatiotist,
- It would 1)0 quite sato to 1(10101 that
11r. 3lcl..'ull fnvo's cotnallernial union
with the Unite,. fates.
.1. V. Ellis is a Reform member of.
parliit nent' for :;ow 11111581ick, 1n
1884 he MOW :
\gruel; 111 h, lit " dun:+n!rnalc
1'1.1lt3 ,.id❑hv 1,11,'1e.vnl. ...a.
The 1ton, 1„ If. 1)Lvi't Wal pro.
• live Or '1:'rlue° I:4%L,ud I lerel, 8311 1
is now a member of 1't8rl151111nt flout
that L'revi}tcc. Mr. .Navies 'spoke
of the Pacific railway contract as
/1313(1 tem' will •11 11,01 e is no es -
.ape p,lit i.atlty 0retimi 'lI•ialty d senting
,..roe. 1;111111 isannexation to tar 1108'x!
somas it 1, au aseep.t that no politi •i,nt
likes to edit mien, but it will emits smile
l•ly, alrl when it eo(n:s 1vc lend take our
rhaurcta sumo make the b)si bargain 11'4. earn.
Mr. M. J. Power streaks of Nova
lent'+: s, as ,,a people forced to serve
under v. [lig dirtied by tete preseuee
of the Canadian beaver ;' -
(ireenway, reform leader in the Man-
itoba hegiel1'ture, conlplttins that 110
is forced by the National policy "to
use a miserable binder made by a
miserable (' aunndian ;'' and Mr.
Donald Farquharson, formerly of tho
''Prince Eelward Island Legislature,
who is -a supports.• of iter Majesty's
Loyal Opposition, said lie (toped the
Nenians would cross /the border to the
aid of Biel during•the late rebellion
luted elided that if he had the oppor•
tuni.ty ire would not tlpiisll firing a
fete ahotslilrnself.
Lae
-Wen Cult's, x Beene(.+ fll.,he0
1•tl', fere a) art h 9 le: le.+ter, w'RS ebr-
rst,l t,1 I .1;11 is I., +,1 jilt
by 164'1 00.1 4.a1+1 1 i :t• n n foal 1 trek -mists are point.
it In -pryer si of q `esit r! 't qln•' of lee' fn recent 01ter:11reos of John
$5.0 ell i upas Bright pe bolstering up their Kulci-
CURRENT TOPICS.
dal scheme. John Bright is known.
its a free traule.r, 1tr►sf while ite'de-
clarea hiluttelf as opposed to, high
protection as againet Ent link inerts •
factures, he is quite well aware that
the commercial union of Canada
would mean an imposition of still
higher protective duties in this
country against English manu-
factures. Con sequeutiy he, declares
• that if "goods are to he admitted
into Canada from the States free of
duties, or at lower Julies than from
England, a must serious step would
be taken in the directiote of separa,
tion from Euglaud." John Bright
is liOt utuelt of a commercial u111ou-
est, and if this elites can extract cone -
fort flour lois reluarke, it will be be-
e:yU4e aty'thing of a enol nature is
aclteptel le this warm weather. The
following rare erne.- of the express..
ions of Mr. Br.ght :--1 ala net
1ztto1L_..what is kitt_nde,l by n O,ni-
lnerci•11 uuipu hutWt ('u Oat atI+ alt 1
the C cited 14t ,i 's. It you nre1111
chart Ito tariff ,,hll 1 exist bet ween
the two countries, sled, a condition
would. he greatly to their Mutual
advantage ; but if it i- proposed to
extend Ow j?laue. t dr •t1' 4.c Canada
as respectsYh ie in 1, 1.tn Canada,
thee such a change eielld he hostile
to England, mid if she present Can -
"'dine tariff were 111•tirtt tined for itn-
ports other thee rime the Stittes,
England would be rut .1 great disad•
,
vantage in lw, 7at 1• ...ill' Canada.
I always believe 11;,t the imposi-
tion of high l.rnae, ire duties Its
against Enelisle In . ufacl mote ,wn$
and is the first lite, • t„ the direction
of a separation tit (',1•n la from Dig
hind, and if ghost: fleet the States
111, to ore admit led into Canada free
of duties, or r,1 te•tvd r duties .than
teem England, le I tt: r and utore.
14 1•i'ui step would I.e taken in the
direction of separation.
(1111'1' AND 'TRP AD1IEE.
The (1 l . Reformer (Grit) Muses rte
article neaillst 01)111 ,.ercia1 union it)
•almost the: very words of tho News.
Record of last week : - We will not
say that in the two articles of horees.
and barley, the Canadian farmer
would t
Britons prepared to hal ter it way
their birthright for such a "mites of
pottage') We say no! A thousihnd
times uo! The More the question is
looked into and the more its true in
wardness is developed, the more
cotltident are we that it can .have no.
permanent hold upon the people of
this conutry. Even in the ease of
the farther the advantages claimed
are far .more than offset.hy the iu(1vit•
able dieed%altagee,le.tvine out tit tic
count altogether the political aspect
of the question, which is a most int
'portant one
ABLiS ARCHITECTS.
The Catnadian croakers who ati. ANYTHING TO IJEAT CANADIANS.
tempt -tu voice Canadian opirien_.^_ The Chicago Canadian -American
etid uiterpret ►t as tit favor of an_ leas it on the authority of +els
tresstetitear:IntsVe; a's, an" etti stittre Thu official of the Doering company, of
rotuarl(ed, "4ltowte themselves the Chicago, that tlwftt COICe1n would,
111/10/it architects of ruin who have under a 17 per cont tariff, send
hitherto shown themselves in the 2,500 of its machines into Canada.
world." . The company has, the official say's, a
surplus stock, and would not mind
a little sacrifice to get the surplus
worked oft on the Canadian Market,
where they could undersell evitry
'Canadian manufacturer 'an'and carry
ruin to Canadian makcrs.of agricul-
tural machinery. When iifr. Whiten
will have removed tho•'tisatle-hairier
the Deerings and McCornnics will
do this, and crush out the Canadipi'in
small fry. The. Doerings and Mc
Coru)ics havo already crushed out
the shall fry of the United States.
The Canadian farmer will not he
able to sell his produce to the em-
ployees of the Deerings and McCor-
ultes. Tho home market cannot
be stretched that far.
WOULD EXTINGUISH CANADA.
The feeling of patriotism is. gone.
from Cmedian disappointed office-.
eeekel s ; that of suphieterr,' econo.
nristw, and calculators has succeeded,
sol if they, had their way the glory
and .presti1e of Canada and, of
Britti.in would be forever cxtilhguish•
ed in the blaze an•i Marg of Anieri-
eau pyrotechnics which these -retie -
glides are doing their loyel best to
booth.
ALL FOR THE BENEFIT 01' THE FARMEII
Agitators of the stamp of the
Cianadlian Commercial union ist,i tare
quite mune rouw, they go on the
principle that whatever is is wrong.
Mlle of thew sg(tator. is .I'Ietu'y
(reorge, of Nott' \'(s1.1‹, alto Itas write
eat severed ,: (arks to move that the
lazy, unthrifty, and iutpd,ovident have
equal rights in the property of the
thrifty toil, re It WA.; foreetippot:ting
siren w•ildl • ie .vs that the Pope push.
r l old, \[e(1iy nn out of the pale of
teeelmt•, of Ila man Cltholic doctrine,
a>:n Pope ever did a wiser act. We
tidsy exp••ettda hear tt,it the (;d11t1
Inertial Unionists have taken up the
11,'ilry (leorge theory in tido interest
of the Canadian farmers. The Dns
theory itej awt, shout as likely to help
t13' farmers and rs as the other. 1 [ere is
lir. f,eorg'- theory .in h'ti ow'il
lvitrds :
'.1'ht: great cause of inequality in
the the dlistributintt of wealth i1( in-
equality in the, ownership of laud.
'l',) ortirpitte poverty, we Roust make
Inn,. rnnlnerl urged^•t.v. 13v the
time the people r,f t11 . teniae+
titat:s are snIli i(tattl', eeeel to the
injustice and disadvantages of ins
divi•l,aaL"f o•,vnd•rshit) of hand to induce
theta to att1, opt its nationalization,
they will be sntli'lently aroused to
nationalize it in a Much more (Brett
and 4.8tt• w•tty than by purchase:.
They will not lrouhlo themselves
+tarot emnpe nsetine die proprietors
of 1nt:d. But the -0 is a wimples,
easier a'a,l gnietor wary than 003 Iis-
eutinr fhe 11,1,1, W,1 here only to
make Hone changes in our modee of
taxation t0 take it all. Abolishroll
to ration save 'lett 'shot land ya'm's,
COOL COMPORT.
Conunercial
•
the America') 11.1►iutt, wllt.uh fought
the t,luudivat of warn to preeerve its
integrity, should 'Ike the last to
blame us for etdeavoriug to pre -
nerve oure by peaceful weans. Mr,
Gladstone 01104. suis' that the bonne
rulers were marching through ra-
pine to disemberkwent. Ho isuow
uuarelting with then'. What in the
exploitation 1 Is „he marching
through rapine. to dismeutherment,
or was he wrong when he said they
were ; or if hey were so marching
when Ire said it, aro they not now 1
If they are nor, when and bow did
they change their march 1
HAS IRELAND A (1311ICVAN('E..
Che rnhihu'ut 'til gliwh jnriet ltrttoe
13rau1well sumh1.8 up an answer 10 the
q(le s(in', 'l11 atll article sir 1,00 of the
periodisel4, es follow.; : in shert,41
sdt;y 1rel $i,el frau, 'oo rattler for emu.
pl'thnt at41•1181 the: pre'.$ et 1 • ,terrtl0'tl
of 1glii-Moen, a1n•1, s,eest, ll.. a ,
lend L•lislritinn, inekes ttft coma
plaint. 'l'1,' 1t4,11mitn Is oat a
leve, 00. ,
til, „ties t nlrul hw: s„.1 TUE m '.it'L'l' f)1' A. S1S'l'ER'S
!ergo a;!r.tr" era t13o le, 1,10.1'0 , 11.131 ! DI:A"OTION.
;;ov •drills of the United Kingdom :111
the E,glisliman has, reel n lah•ce a
share of the gout then.;,
of olii:P, and is nlo•o lightly
taxed. 7'111, Intel laws of Ireland)
are the best in the world for 11,
laud ci,•cupiers.Eti h14l(nar,n Late
not, nor ca.n they haul, any wish
for or interest itl the misgovern:
meet of Ireland. A our interests
letel wishes are .for its 1 sego+,, i'v,
Thr Pal litiment of ,1, Uoin d
K1410 0111 is a'r Capable dua1 allEiOU,
to legislate for the geed of ieelttml
RN any that might be tiesembled
there. hfontr rule is sought for the:
purpose of lrinndettlme the lend
lords 1 from heal 'r•lcMw 16Lha of ell„
pr'e'„rnt is nen-h fur alive:el 1' tongs
its the past ; cul l for the profit 01
THE TWELFTH IN IRELAND.
FERMANA4.111 •'1'(1 TI11 FORE.
The twelfth of Jule celebration*
its several places it1 Ireland have
drawn very large gatherings of
l03 ul Oraagteutes It is evident by
the sup mhos delitered and result•
dont( passed that., so far as the
Orangemen tiro concerned, there i•t•
Ito doubt or hesitation regarding
their viewe on the great question of
the day• -their part is one of uncom-
promising hostility to Home Rule
iu nay furan. The Impartial Reporter
Ili yes the follow!ng brief report of a
meeting that was Meld in Flo. mice.
court, Co. Fern aneg}l :-
The lits ti g was ono of the largest
as it certuiuly Wit.; the most popular
of the county meetings. In addition.
to the teeny natural attractions
of 11111 place, the presence
of Loral Enniskillen, 111e sou
alt successor of the late Imperial
Grand 1latster, served to draw wary
to the meeting: The prescut beteg
the first anniversary celebration of
the battle of the Boyne since Lori.
)Euniskilhlu succeeded to his title, his
lordship signalized the occasion by a
lavish display of hospitality. A huge
teuhpural•y buffet Ilea.. been erected
iu ha couven•ient corner of the ground
frolu which was dispensed) to tlluu-
sandls of the visitors limitless quinti•
ties of refreshments-, both liquid and
solid.. Enniskillen and district wore
well represented, Most of those: it
in former 'ears atrenizel Greenhill
betaking themselves on the present
occasion to the ancestral demesne of
Abu Coleco .s3AargeJininber of lodges
was present, aecOwpiluieti by hands
and banners. The various coating!
outs were formed into Processional.
order, anti marched through the
grounds and past the Castle from the
portico of which the brethren wer.I
reviewed by Lord and Lady Ennis-
killen.
A meeting was held- at about two
o'clock, Lord Eti isltillen presiding..
The following resolutions were
afterwards Massed,
Proposed by 11er. Alex:miler
Ryder, seconded by Reis Mr
Sohoales
'.hat, we thnukiully ackiovLhetigo
the Diving goodness, as- shown in
granting to Ilor Most Gracious Maj-
esty Queou Victoria-, its, to complete the
50111 year of her Bust happy and
beneficent reign, and we pray she
may he lou;; spared Ito wield tho
sceptre of this United Kingdom.
Proposed Ly Mr, J. W. Dane,
seconded by Major Bailey-.
That we heartily express our
thanks to the Government for the
protection• toe life, property; and
liberty promised, and likely to be
secured with the strong provisions of
the .Crimes 13i11.
Proposed by the Rev. Dr. Bailey,
seconded by Mr. W. Teele, C. T. C.:
"that we earnestly acknowledge the
patriotic action of the Liberal -Union
iat party iu their opptieition to the
veiled rebellion of the separatists, re-
presented by the followers of \Ir.
Yarnell, aided and a Netted by Mr.
Gladstone, and rejoice in the fact
that the Conservative Government
Lute allied with it such noble and re-
presentative heal as the Marquis of
1lartiugton • and Mr. Chamberlain
and we fin:.tllnr declare solemnly as
Orangemen n that we will -never sub•
mit to Noun: Rule.
I'rop"sed by \1r. Ii. Breen,
seconded by Jlr. C. Irvine, a resolu•
tion t ir•ldli 1 tho 3teetilig to give
d:aretihl x3111 tie 1 to the registry,
and tetieive the disgrace of (le'. retire -
t•1111,“1:031 nt the county.
ON THF, TRAP.
Witnessing A Public Execution
FIVE HUNDRED RetsCAL13 AND OUTLAWS
TURN PALE AS THEY sex TUE
MAJESTY OF TUE LAW BE-
FORE THEM.
The tele tar., of ('+orad llidltvcll,
the. ' L' attt:-st'-England forger, ';ho
in 10$;1:: Llai sentenced) to 1111p ison-
lilcut for lite, is utlprecetlentedl 111
the rule:Mico attaching to the cir,
cumstanccs of his discharge. The
pardon of this now foam's' crimin-
al was effected through the unceas-
ingg ++!Putt of .1 devoted sister, who
spent eev(lil years in trying to obtain
her brother's liberty, and so various
were the means she employed and
so persistent her endeavors that . she
became almost au incubus to every
official whose lotion or influence
could have any possible effect in
the direction of consummating her
tit" k'i Ire, of the 3448$Iet. (I purpose. 1[on' she finally accom-
plished het. d5bject nobody appears
to know. The police officials decl-
are that they aro entirely in the
A1,1 1.1: as to the secret of her success,
but all agree that Bidwell's disch-
Editors sit in their sauctutus and
write that hanging does not de-
crease the uuulbsr of murders.
Senators rued representatives rise in
their seats and -call executions relics
of barbarism, and demand that all
hangings be conducted in private.
Dia you ever witness a public
hanging 1
uleal,s ...p:uhadion from 141l,.lauul an•I.
the establishment of a hn.tile state
alding•sid'le of us. Self pi e.aerd ntian
would .justify our elenyii,g this, and
it would be !nest ,lisals1rons f•,r Ire
land, drat %8'litt '1 11 may he theII argo Was brought abotft solely
1L•v14111 of nllo.1' t'nnsldlrrnc't; `,s, w,. '+t•III'oii 1iiitr efforts, and that her
else, ht ,10.4'31 our 11 ern is and Love sot feted (icing devotion to herl)roth-
then, dap In pinm14 3' 1n,1 per.ecn• 413' has no parallel in the records or
tine Irveatt,e tree Here our friends. 11'anlitions of 1'nghish prisons or
,111 1 of ,tui c,r r ,'ri.•l ur 111•i worl•1 ), police departments.
ereeterseli"'.'isolie`` stare@sTiiYC 4IDe:!+Ymkc. ies•N..e..a n.c•1114.
If you have you do not believe
with either tho editors or the
solous.
The law which sternly dune nils
a life for a life is the terror of
evil mon. A public execution does
more to awe and humble than any
ether sight yea can name.
Five hundred of us have been
standing about the foot of the gal-
lows for an hour. Theo has bean
no jostling' or pushing no cursing
or jesting. The rope dangling
from the cross boats of the gallows
which a co—Indented murderer is
about to mount drives curses. from
the mouth and jests from the heart.
First conies the sheriff. He is .foie
lowed by the condemned and a
Iuinister of the gospel. :Behind
thele are two friends who are. to
stand ou tho scaffold to the last.
Tho death warrant has been read to
lite man in his eel. and
1110 ARMS A1tL TIED BEHIND HIM.
• God says : "Thou shalt not kill."
1110 Bible says : "No Murderer
can inherit the kingdom of heaven."
The land of the' law names murder,
as the highest crime on earth. Thou
why the clergyman wit11 his prayers
and hymns? It is.tlie basest hypro-
crisy to lead the Murderer to hope
-to throw over his horrible crime
and terrible death the mantle of
roligiou.
' 1'p -up --sup ! It is a high plat-
form -eight steps to reach the trap_
'there are throe hundred thugs;
thieves and loafers in the crowd.
Watch them ! Show nee 0110 sing-
le face that has not paled since the.
ivam was led out. Do you hoar a
jest -a rough word 1 Not one 1
These men are as dumb as stones.
Yesterday had any of them dis-
puted over a cigar the knife or pis-
tol would Have been used. To-
morrow -next week -for Wh51io
year hence the sight of this gallows
will rise up to retrain their murder-
ous hands. Tho 'condemned ad-
vances to the front of the platforms
to speak a few words. No need to
whisper. "Bush !" You never
saw five huildrod people so quiet. I
CAN IIEAR WATCHES TICK AND HEARTS
BEAT.
"My friends. I am on tho brink
of the grave. I ask you to shun
the path which brought nee here.
Lot whiskey alone. Lot cards alone.
Shun all bad people."
Piint that speech and men may
sneer at it. Listen to the words as
they fall from the lips of a mau
that has less thau Lou minutes t0
live and the case is different. They
bite, they burn. They sink into
the heart forever. There is the
dangling moose before then.. Thorn
is the hangman to the left-tho
sheriff to the right. Let no matt
toll you that any word of that
speech has been loet on the crowd
-that they won't stand mit in let-
ters of fire when men aro tempted
to shed blood. And' now they sing:
What horrible discord ! What
terrible mockery ': if oue who has
deliberately chopped iiia cent
children to death with an axrraud
thou brutally assaulted the mother
can reach Heaven thou our religion
is wrong and o•urtlliees. If he can't
theft whyAllis awful mockery of
singing and prayingt Mel beseo'1Etilg
Marl to loo.: to God.
Very soon ilo'ti' ! afoul sheriff is
tying his tinlelee, awl tra0 c'otlticnur
ell is taking his 1tstesiuw• of earth.
His oyes take in, the green Iro,'e at
the Left ---the lestutifttl hills to 311"
frotit-•-tots Meadows i lows soul oreh a t=
to the right, 5310 1, ', faces iia up-
turned to his but he 8'.'.118 111(33 ttol,
tlto law which they have seen'itii-
dicwd,.
,'teNow the b1ech cap I" Thatt
w au has looked his last on earth,
H is heart boats are numbered. Doe*
anyone ask if be is "dying gamer
Never a one 1 . If ho wailed and
wept they would not reproach him.
It would be a poltroon, stupified
with drink, who could stand on.
that death-trap and give no sign.
Watoh 1 Tho fiangmon has his
hand ou tho lover ! The tn.an is.
alone on the trap 1 The seconds
are horribly long to him. He
straightens up, draws a full breathe
and then there is a crash as the trap
falls -a groan from the crowd as
the body briuge up with a horrible
jerk -and this is the end.
No,- it is not ! Follow these
men out into thorn daily haunts -
by daylight and by darkuoss. It,
will bo hours before sotue of thein
will smile. -days before they will jest.
Somc.will put knife and :'evolver
away, where sudden temptation
canuotroacl► them ;others will see that
gibbet rise before them whenever
au angry word is spoken: They.
may become honest lieu -these
rascals -they may not embrace re-
ligion and turn to paths of indust-
ry, but human life has a new value
-a greater value in their oyes. A
muideror has paid the penalty.
They respect the law. The execu-
tion is a visiou to rise up in bar-
room or brothel -a menace to
whisper in their oars a score of
times per day.
.Look ovIlr the crowd ! Dia yon
ever see thieves caul dings sit limed
and humbled 1 They Morn tomo
known that tho Ilaw,pnnislled mur-
der. They have real. and .hoard of
executions. 'floe law was a `Soft of
theory ; the executions thc.y read of
were in a distant place. Hero it is
brought home Io totem cls "►t could
be in. 1143 other way; .(ere is the
majesty of the law exemplified.
NOW TIIE SIlEIi1F'L AD.II TS THE
N0040.
I)id u fool that shudder go
throughyorho crowd ! It was like a
tipple over the boson' of a placid
lake, and two score of faces aro
Mimed away from the scaffold. Not
one whisper in all this great crowds!
It' hanging (loos not lesson the
crime of minder why aren't the
villians and scoundrels jesting 1
Now there is prayer. Moro mock-
ery 1 More llyprocrisy 1 fraying
to Plod to receive him as he re-
ceived his childish victims 7 Half
a thousand men will go out of this up the case, is now 75 years of age,
inc-losuro scoffing at the religion but has a family who would inherit
which can do this thing, the property should it be found to
but they will tremble before belong to. the family.
MOSES WAS A GENTLEMAN.
,1
Some amusing'stories aro told of
thewit and wisdom of London
school children. • A class of boys in
a boarding school was being examin-
ed orally in scripture. Tho history
of Hooses had for some time been a
special study, and ono of the exa-
miners asked :
"What would you say of the gen-.
oral character of Moses 1"
"He was meek," said one boy.
"134. ivo," a tier another,
"I.o:u ned," added a third.
"Please sir," piped a pale faced,
neatly dressed lad, "ole was a gentle -
111111."•
"A gentleman," asked the examin-
er, "how do you make that out."
"Please sir, wbeu the datyghtera
of Jethro went to the well to draw
water the shepherds cattle and drove
tlieul away, and Moses helped the
daughters of Jethro, and said to the
shepherds ; "Ladies first, please
gemtlomen-'
'1'.i[E li'1.A.CKi\N 'S RIGHTS.
Yes, I did find one colored man
in Alabama, says M. Quad in his
Free Press sketches, who claims that
he was oppressed on: account of his
color and previous condition. It
was at the depot iu Selma. We
two were alone on the platfo•ru,
and its we drifted together and he
made up his [mind that I didn't in-
tend to steal Itis satchel, I asked
how he was gutting on.
"Poorly, salt, very poorly,' he'
auswered. _.
"Don't they give you a chancel"
"No sah;-no sah. White fool:'s
down on us mighty bad."
"Give me a saittple case."
"Wall," ole replied after taking a
little time to think, "dey doan" re-
spect our rights 'tall. One night las'
fall free of 'eat come to 1ny house at
midnight am' dun woke up au' lttg-
god ale off to jail.' •
"What for 1"
."Saito I had dun stole a hog.'
That's cool. And your there an.
innocent man.
"Bastin 1 was, .au' if dey Nadu'"
sa'rched my house wi'cIout Navin' a
warrant or de slightest authority I
could have proved it."
"But why cottltlu't you after tho
seat ch
!`E.is trey dant found. ala 'pork
t;rldeesslretlj e'1a•z:.Lh ! If I had bin
11 w101,: 51.1:111 tin you reelwn dey
would have atto111pted 3111y 11igb-
han dedl' outrage 'like dart 1 Didn't
dey do it kis (ley lalow•ed I war' a
poll' black man wi'dont any rights?
Talk to tee, sah, til' a1 cull'cd pus -
son's' rigouts down yore ! Ho hain't
got none. 1)at purl: was stole in
the night, an' I didn't leave a single
track behind, au' j'yit dey cum an'
,jumped right in on ale like dey was
1411111 all de white folks was holiest,
an' all de rest of de cull'd people
had moved away.
-Edward Beaus, an old man liv-
ing
iving in St. John, N. 13., is investigat-
ing the merits of his claim to an
estate worth ton million dollars, left
in Texas by a man named Thos.
Beans, whom ho is confident is his
long unheard from brother. Thom-
as Beans divided his Millions among
the negroos on his estate, on condi-
tion that no heir was found. Tho
Beans family belong in Fredericton,
and Thomas left for Texas fifty years
ago: E(Iward Beans who is looking