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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Advocate, 1887-06-16, Page 6a'a CEUEL EVICTIONS. lodYhe Tenaata righting for Their Bala lee Yeuue reePer! Dolling Water, Bees Etc Used as Weapons ofWarfare A. Dublin cable says: The evictions at Bodyke continue. The tenants are offering all the opposition in their power to the Sheriff and his guard of police and troops, and find various means to seriously annoy the officers. In some of the houses frora whioh the occueants were to be evicted cayenne pepper was burned, the fames of which nearly choked the bailiff. Boiling water was also thrown from the windows upon the evicting force. At two houses Where evictions were efaeeted collisions occurred between the police and the people and a number of arrests were made. When the Sheriff's force arrived at the house of tenant Liddy and ordered the family to leave, a daughter of afr, Liddy threw an iron hoop at the bailiff who attempted to force the door. The hoop missed the bailiff, but struck a policeinspector. The girl was arrested. A brother of the girl was also arrested for inciting the crowd to violence. Another daughter of the tenant, who de- nounced the treatment her family were saeceiving, was struck by a policeman and felled to the ground. This maddened the crowd, and they advanced for the purpose of attacking the officers. Michael Devitt, who was present at the eviction, pleaded a with the people not to use violence and •barely managed to avert a collision. After the Liddy family had been evicted the police made an attack upon the house of a man named McNamara, which was strongly fortified.- Crowbars were used and a hole was made through the wall. McNamara's wife and children were in the house and cried piteously until Mr. Devitt shouted words of comfort to them. McNamara was arrested for pelting, the bailiffs with dung. The bailiffs smashed the furniture of the house out of pure malice. The force, after leaving the house, proceeded to that occu. pied by tenant Hussey, for the purpose of evicting him. It is thought the police have extremely warm work before them. When the evictingforce reached Hussey's house they were received with a shower of boiling water, stones and bottles and a swarm of bees were let loose upon them. The tenants desisted from pelting the bailiffs only when the troops threatened to fire. The bailiffs demolished a wall and entered the house, but were repulsed bleed- ing. The eviction was effected only after a struggle of two hours and a half. The male defenders of the house were arrested. A meeting of tenants was afterwards held, at which Michael Devitt repeated the ad- vice he gave them yesterday, to resist bide. tion by every means, and defied the Gov- ernment to arrest him. Bodyke is in county Clare and the evic- tions are on the estate of Col. O'Callaghan. CASTLES IN THE AIR. New York Magnates to Build a Grand Cathedral. A New York despatch says: New York was astonished to -ay to learn that a pro- ject was on foot to build in the Erapire City a mammoth Protestant Episcopal Cathe- dral, a second Westminster Abbey or St. Paul's Cathedral, in fact. Bishop Potter is ex -officio President of the Trustees and of all the committees. The Board now includes among its prominent members Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix, Dr. William R. Huntington, Rev. E. W. Donald, Hamilton Fish, Stephen P. Nash, George MeoCulloch Miller, Samuel D. Babcock, William W. Astor J. Pierpont Morgan, Cornelius Van- derbilt and Richard Anchmuty--anames which in themselves are a guarantee that a building done under their direction will be worthy of the city they represent. The plan is to erect the grandest church build. ing in America, and one of the greatest cathedrals in the world. It is only set- tled that the Cathedral of St. John the Divine—as the edifice is to be known—will be situated on Manhattan Island, and, if possible, on a lofty and conspicuous posi- tion, where its monumental character will dominate the entire island. For this pur- pose a plot at least four times the size of that on which St. Patrick's is built will be needed. Bishop Potter will issue a circular letter in a few days giving the plan of his official sanction, and subscriptions will be called for to carry forward the work. The proposed cathedral, it is estimated, will cost about $6,000,000. Fighting in South A.xnerica. A Panama despatch says: A veritable "funeral party " recently took place neeir Meriden, Yucatan, Mexico. A general row broke out among the guests who had as. serabled to celebrate a marriage ceremony, and during the fight seven persons were killed, the groom being among the number. The following cable message addressed to the Consul of Ecuador at Pe.nama from Guaquaguil, Under date of May 24th, has been received: "A fight took place in Es. mereadea on the 18th inst. between iffy regular soldiers and two hundred moun- taineers under Sandoval. The latter were defeated. They lost twenty men, had several of their number captured and lost thirty rifles and a number of carbines." Personal Points. Rev. Dr. McCosh, President of Princeton College, is ill with bronchitis. Haagard's best novel has had a curioue experience in an English publics library. "King Solomon's Mines" is placed among the works on mineralogy. Calvin S. Brice, who was a poor school- teacher at Lima 0., a few years ago, has leased James Gordon Bennett's gorgeous villa at Newport for the summer. Mr. Brice has made his fortune as a railroad consolidator, and his transactions have the merit of being legitimate. An amusing incident occurred recently in London at Buffalo Dill's show. Mr. Justice Lopez was •strolling about the Indian 'village and fell in with a papoose, aged 3 years, who promptly lasoed him round the neck with a rope arid refused to let hina go. Loud was the laughter of all who beheld the judge bound by an Indian baby. A Chinese gentleman was admitted as a practising lawyer to the bar of New York last week, The nine Of the produce of the fisheries of the Dominion far 1886 was 618,679,283, an increase hi the vale° of the produce of $956,000, compared with 1885.. at. DIGABUST'S DOW4110E• f4raage Story Preught to Light ha the Daughter Of cflaaOlah BaUwy Pigh4e DrlYerr, A Halifax, N, 8., despatch pays: The recent death of an engine striver on the Intercolonial Railway, known as Joseph /*Whin, hes led to the discovery of sa ran:mine connected with his life. He csaine to Halifax from Ediabargh, Scot. land, thirty.five years! ago. His real name was Joseph M9Pill. Be deserted his wife end seven ehildren there. On his arrival here be assumed the name of Joseph McLellan. Shortly after. wards he obtained a position on the Inter. colonial as driver, and was engaged on tlae road for the third of a century. His deserted wife and family never heard any trace of him. Twenty. five years ago he was married again, to a Halifax girl named Sarah Tobin, by whom he had four children, who survive. Last year the aged bigamist, ap- parently struck by remorse in his old age, revisited Edinburgh and sought out his first wife and children. They were all dead ex- cept two, a (laughter, novalifrs. janeFraser, and her sister Sarah. These he told the story of his shame and crime, and promised to make provision for them out of property he had accumulated. He returned again to Halifax, but never revealed his romance to his second wife and family. Recently, while oiling his engine, he fell off the step of the locomotive and struck the sharp spout of his oil can, which entered his head above the ear and killed him instantly. A few days ago his daughter, Mrs. Jane Fraser, arrived here from Scotland, made affidavit of the facts of the case to Judge Shannon and has obtained administration of the estate of her late father. Thus she and her sister will secure his life insurance and all his property, and the second wife and her family are left out in the cold. IN DEATH NOT DIVIDED. Pathetic Story of an Aged Couple who Chose to Die Together. A Jersey City, N.J., despatch says: Pro- fessor Charles Siedhorf and his wife Matil- da, aged 91 and 92 years respectively, tired of a long and futile struggle with destitu- tien, committed suicide this afternoon at Union Hill. Siedhorf, itis said, was a professor of chemistry at one time at Heidelberg University. He came to Union Hill about thirty-five years ago. He sup- ported himself by writing for the newspa- pers, making translations and occasionally lecturing upon chemistry and electricity. In 1872 he opened a boarding school, which prospered for several years, but his patrons gradually deserted him and the school was closed about eight years ago. An invest- ment in a patent cooking utensil cost him several thousand dollars and he gradually became despondent. The couple had been living in poverty for some time, and the authorities had decided to remove Siedhorf to the county hospital. He was granted a week to arrange his affairs, and to -day when the poormaster called at the apart- ments occupied by the couple Siedhorf asked for an hour longer. When the officer returned he found the couple lying on the 'floor. The woman was dead and the man died before medical aid arrived. Theyhad taken cyanide of potassium. Siedhorf left a nu,mber of ramblingletters bemoaning his circumstances. He leaves his scientific books to Columbia College. • Wearing Apparel in a Bottle. Pretty Annie Pixley, a New York favorite, is quite as delightful and droll in private life as she is on the stage. I remember grossing the Canadian border once in company with her and her philoso- pher husband, to wit, Bob Fulford, whose presence at my elbow reminds me of it. Somebody had presented Bob with a bottle of choice brandy in case of sudden sickness on the train. With woman's characteristic thoughtfulness, the little Pixley stored the bottle in her handker- chief. • In due course an officer of the customs came along and spying the hand -bag asked the mischievous owner what it con- tained. Without an instant's hesitation or con- fusion die replied: " Wearing apparel." Will aou open it, please?" "Certainly," was the ready response, and giving it a flip the bottle of brandy was brought to view. "Call that wearing apparel ? " asked the astonished official. "Yes, sir," demurely answered the little woman. " It's nay husband's " night-cap." No, my son, the bottle was not con- fiscated. Northwest Food Products. At Senator Sehultz's Committee of Enquiry into the Northwest natural food products, ilia evidence of Mr. Forget was concluded yesterday. He stated that the Indian can eat three times as much as a whiteman. Bacon was unhealthy food for the Indians, and in time of scarcity the Government should supply fresh beef, potatoes, wild rice and barley. The Indians ;should be encouraged to grow barley, for which a market might be found. Hops might also be cultivated, as they are easily picked by children and squaws. In the rivers running into the Saskatchewan from the Rocky Mountains man with a pan and a shovel could make $1.60 per day washing for gold, with occasional rich finds. -• Even the Second -Hand Were To Dear. "1 reckon we'll have to give up the idee of puttita pictures in ourparlor, Miranda," remarked Jereinie.h Turnipseed, ad he threw the bridle under the table. " Why?" asked Miranda. "Too dear. Why, I priced ono at the city to -day, and the dealer sez, sez he, That's an old master; its price is 'Why,' sez I, 'looks like a second- hand pictura' Yes, it is,' sez he. Then, thinks I, if a second-hand pictur' casts that mach, it's no use to price a nays un. So, Mirandy, I reckon we'll have to hang up a • few mottoes, God Bless Olir Home,' and the like, and let the picture go."—.aittsberg Commercial. He Didn't Catch the Word. Mutual Friend (to travelling Yarikee) want to introduoe yea to Count Allegro Pianti Conossetti, of the old regime. Treadling Yankee: Glad to meet you, Coant. I havetat got any rezore to Ilene, at present, but if you'll give me your card I'll remember you.—Tid,731.0. IPLO $1:31441A -EY - The local subscription to the Queen' "(Kingston) endowment amowits to $34,000! exclusive 94 hfr- J. Oarraitherie 114;04 Thomas, the •7 yeae.old son of James Kavanagh, of Kingston, fell off 'the wharf there on PatfirdaY night end Waif droweied. A deputation frem the Montreal Bar will proceed to Ottawa to -day o rge on the Minister of Justice the necessity for an in - 'crease in the salaries of judges. The specifications for the railway to the boundary have been prepared, and tenders for its construction are being called for by the Manitoba Government. The wife of J. W. Bell, M. P, has received a letter from him at the Toronto Asylum, and it speaks of his recovery of health and probable early return to his home. The body of Mr. Gilleepie, a young mar- ried man who disappeared from his home at Clifton about a month ago, Was found in the Niagara River at Youngstown On Friday afternoon. St Jean Baptiste Society of Ottawa has adopted an address to the Queen, and, in the name of the French population of Ottawa, congratulates Her Majesty en at- taining to the fiftieth year of her reign. A memorial from Quebec and Montreal shipping agents and leading captains of the St. Lawrence urging the desirability of providing a harbor of refuge at Father Point will shortly be forwarded to Ottawa. On Saturday afternoon a farraer named Wm. Kirkpatrick, while driving across the Grand Trunk track ten miles east of King - sten, was struck by an . engine and killed. His body was carried several miles On the cowcatcher. A burglar went through four of the boarders 'clothes in Mrs: Graham's board: ing house on Park avenue,' London, yestera day morning, and secured threewatches and chains, one gold and two silver. The back- door was left unfastened. No clue. In reply to an inquiry whether Lord Lansdowne could accept an invitation to visit Montreal on ilia occasion of the jubilee celebration, His Excellency states that owing to previous engagements for the same event he is unable to leave Ottawa. On Saturday, afternoon the body of a female infant was found buried in the gravel on the river bed near Kensington Bridge, London. An inquest was held and a post tnortent made, but owing to the de- composed condition of the body it was dif- ficult to determine whether the child was born alive or not. The inquest was adjourned for a week. Efforts are being ,made by the city of Hull to compeathe new Eddy Manufactur- ing Company to pay the Roman Catholic Public School tax. Previous to incorpora- tion'Mr. Eddy, who as a Protestant, paid the Separate or Protestant school rate, amounting to $800 a year, the Catholic school rate amounting to $4,000. The company will contest the payment. William Embledon, aged 21, a resident of Harvey, York County, N. B., was instantly killed on Saturday afternoon on the New Brunswick Railway, near Maga- guadavio Station. He was coupling oars loaded with logs, standing between the cars. The coupling link missed hold and the cars came together, jamming Emble- don's head to a jelly between the ends of Iwo logs. The Greek Government intend negotiat- ing for a gold loan of $30,000,000. The final estimate ofthe victims of the aPtairi3s0.0pera Comique places the number Prince Bismarck is anxious for a renewal of the TripleAlliance on a firmer basis than the last. The Hessian Government are following the Prussian Government in abandoning the conflict with the Vatican. Two offioers, said to have belonged to the United Stater army and navy respectively, have committed suicide at Monte Carlo. Dr. Morell Mackenzie, of London, will perform a second operation on Crown Prince Frederick William's throat on Wednesday. • Gen. Ferron, the new French Minister of Wei, has offered Gen. Boulanger the com- mand of an army corps, but Gen. Boulan- ger has asked for a few months' rest. Profs Stein, the eminent political econo- mist, of Berlin, has issued a pamphlet showing the military importance to Great Britain of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Empress of Germany is greatly en. feebled. She does not venture to walk in the grounds of the palace any more, her daily exercise being limited to that derived from being wheeled about in a chair. King Christian IX. of Denmark has paid a visit to his daughter, the Duchess of Cumberland, at the asylum at Penzing. The condition of the Duchessis unchanged. The King, passing through Vienna incog- nito, visited the Emperor. The Amer of Bokhara has dismissed all the officials of his Government found in. triguing against Russia: He has inforafed the Governor of Turkestan that he ani his subjects! are impatiently waiting for the great link which will connect their country with Russia and diffuse civilization throughout C,entral Asia. A considerable amount of Central Asia prdduee, especially cotton, is being sent to Rosie over the extension of the Trans. Caspian Railway to Samarkand, in Asiatic Russia. Russia has forbidden that Chinese shall acquire land in towns on the Pacific coast. They will only be allowed to lease estates outside of towns. The New Zealand Government, Sir Robert Stout, Premier, was defeated in a test vote taken in the Colonial Parliament on Wednesday. The Ministry at once resigned. Parliament was dissolved and an appeal to the country taken. The regular elections have been set for Septette. ber next. There has been general die - satisfaction in the colony for Bora° time past Over Sir Julius Vogel's; land nationali, zation schema and his general Management 61 the Department of Finance, and it is very probable that Major Atkinson, the popular leader of the Opposation, will be returned' V> power. Sir Charles Dilkeal remarkable article hi "The Fortnightly Review ' of the month, coupled With Lord Randolph Chinchillas speech atWoiverhempton Friday night,have ended by scaring John Bull seriously con- cerning the laMentable state of his de fences. Sir Charles, speaking !rem diP10- matiq knewhidae %Neared abroad, asserts in the Most Positive tering that any War betWeen.one of the gaeat EnroPean Powers and England would involve a foreign inva- sion of the latter. On the other hand, Lord Randolph, speaking from knowledge acquired as Cabinet Minister, asserts that Malta, one of the principal strongholds of GreatBritain in Europe; is 3.10t provided with provisiona or aranaunition for more than three weeks. Mr. W. Beid, editor of the New York Tribune, has been dangerously ill for the last few weeks of typhoid fever. He will recoVer. The annual meeting of the American Medical Association will be held in Chicago on Tuesday. June 7th, and will continue in session until the Friday following. From 1,000 to 1,500 physicians and surgeons are expected to be present. A New York despatch says the report that Walter P. Phillips, general manager of the United Press, has been drowned in the St.Laverence, is an error. Mr. Phillips is at present in New York and in his usual health. A Texas et Pacific express train was robbed by four masked men, eight miles west of Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday night, and §1,360 was taken from the ex- press car and three registered letters from the mail car. The passengers were not aaolested. A State ball is to be given at Rideau Hall on June 21st in honor of the Queen's Ju- b i le e h. Te License Inspector at Kingston is prosecuting the keeper of a militia canteen for selling liquor on Sunday. Bishop Walsh on Sunday blessed the corner stone and foundations of St:Philip's (R. C.) Church, at Petrolia. • The building will cost about $8,000. • The Gaveinor:General and Lady Lans- downe will go on a fishing trip toMetapedia at the close of the session, afterwards visit- ing the citadel at Quebec. The annual meeting of the Bank of Montreal was held in Montreal yesterday, the reports being unanimously adopted and the old Board of Directors re.elected. The London Board of Aldermen last night voted $3,000 towards the expense of the railway demonstration and Queen's Jubilee celebration on the 20th and 21st inet. The schooner Alfred, Capt. Longmere, has been seized at Annapolis, U. S., for smuggling oil from the United States. It is stated that other seizures are likely to ollow. The body of an unknown child was found yesterday morning at the end of Percy street, near Stewart's bush, Ottawa. Death had been recent, and evidences of foul play were evident. It is rumored in Montreal political cir- cles that Mr. Coursol, M. P.'has been offered a seat in the Dominion Cabinet in view of the reported resignation of Mr. Chapleau, and that Mr. Girouard, M. P., will be asked to accept it if Mr. Coursol refuses. A daring robbery was perpetrated yes. terday morning in the Montreal Post -office, a package containing from twenty-five to thirty registered lettere being abstracted through the wicket of the registry office while the clerks' backs were momentarily turned. The thief got safely away with his booty, and ao far no clue has been ob- tained. The Department of Marine at Ottawa has received advices that five Newfouna- land fishermen, picked up at sea in a small boat by the barquentine Maria, were landed at Little Glace Bay, Cape Breton, yester- day morning. They were almost famished and had been adrift on the ocean for seven days. Their sufferings were terrible. One of them had his toes frozen, which will have to be amputated. The Germania admits the truth of the report that Duke Paul of Meeklenburg- Sohiverin has returned to the Roman Catholic Church. Emperor William caught a cold during his visit to Kiel last week, and is compelled to remain in his apartments. There are no serious symptoms. The London 7771148 says Gladstone audaciously triumphs in his own 'wrong. His apology in his speech at Swansea for the obstruction methods in Parliament of the opponents of the Government Irish Bill, it admits, gives the Government a grave difficulty to confront. A despatch from Lagos says that a rather serious dispute has arisen between the English and the French with reference to the ownership of a portion of territory on the coast near Porto Novo, The Eng- lish and the natives had hauled down the French flag. The King and Queen of Italy yesterday attended the ceremony of unveiling a monument to the Italian soldiers who fell in the recent battle at Dongoli with the Abyssinians. A number of survivors of the bettle received demonstrations of sym- pathy from the people. A collision occurred in the St. George's Channel yesterday between the British barque Hamburg, from New York for Liverpool, and the steamer Tern. The steamer was sunk, and her captain and four seamen drowned. The Tern was 609 tons burthen, and was from Mediterranean porthse THouse of Commons re-asseinbled yesterday—the anniversary of the defeat of Mr. Gladstone's Government last year on the budget proposals. ,Business is so much behind that a drastic step must soon be adopted. The House wont into committee on the post -office estimates, and Mr. Raikes announced a new system of patterns post which met with general approval. A Calcutta cablegram says: It has been proved beyond doubt, by the picking tip of the captain's chest, that the etettmer Sir john Lawrence wa lost in the recent cyclone off this coast. The steamer earried 750 passerigere, and it is believed the whole number were lost. he largest part of the passengers are native ladies whowere going to Juggernaut, in °Helga, to celebrate the Juggernaut Festival. The eatastrophe has cast a feeling of gloom over the Hindoo cemniunity here,and all the best families are in Mouanifigfor relatiae8 or friends who were among the passengers. A Queenstown despatch says: The Plan of Cempaign 'has spored a victory on the Popes:41y estates by the landlord's! acpept- anee Of the terms Offered by the tenanta! SOMS Of Whom have beeil evicted within the pest fortaight. Ominously enough, the tenantry on the Ponsamby este* were the first to adopt the Plan ef Csatapaiga. 11 was their yrieet, the Bev. Father Keller,. Who was Incarcerated, and oai tbhi estate' young O'Haalesa was killed. Theviotory for the Plen is ragarded one cd the - greatest iinpertaaceibecause thasaandlord has been !supported by the Latualordra De- fence Union and the Orange Chiba in re, eating the tenantry. The From% and Russian ambassaaors. have lodged the objections of their Govern- ments to the ratification by Turkey of the Anglo -Turkish Convention relative to. Egypt. M. Nelidoff, the Russian Ambas- seder, in communicating his Government's,. ObjeCti0139, hinted that if the Sultan rati- fied the Convention such action might cost him his throne. He also indirectly charged England with bribing the Grand Vizier with 4600,000 sterling and other palace officials,. with large amounts, to secure their approval of the Convention. The Sultan after his interview with M. Nelidoff immediately summoned Sir Henry Drummond ;Wolff, special British envoy, and questioned him, as to the truth of the charges. Sir Henry indignantly denied that he or his Govern. • merit had been guilty of bribery. The Turkish officials who were said to have re- ceived bribes also warmly protested their innocence. Half a million has alkeady been raised for the purposes of the new Protestant Episcopal Cathedral at New York. • A Chicago despatch says: Just one ward declared yesterday in favor of boodle and anarchy. Except in Chicago's Sixth Warda the vote throughout the county averaged 3 to 1 against the twin evils. hfr. N. W. Ceircorita, 'the' aged million - bare, of Weshatigten, philanthropist, was, suddenly stricken with paralysis in the left arm and left leg yesiteaday afternoon While at the dining table. His, condition is not considered serious. Flirtations at Sea. Courtesy to fellow -passengers at sea is. imperative. Nevertheless, it is most unwise • to form intimacies with ship acquaintances. - Adventurers of both sexes abound on the ocean vessels, and unfortunate indeed have been some of the complications I have. known to arise from an indiscreet disclo- sure of family affairs to these persons. Re- specting the flirtations which are so preva- lent on shipboard, I wish I could "meet the eye" of every decent girl who is about to traverse the ocean, and warn her, as she. values her good name, to beware of the: many fascinating male foreigners whom business or pleasure calls on shipboard, and who are ever wont to beguile the tedium of the trip by indulging in any amount per- mitted of flirtation, intrigue, or whatever' you choose to call it, with any nice -looking woman who will lea herself to their wiles. I recently made the trip on a vessel with a very respectable family from one of our large western cities, an invalid mother, a grown daughter and some small children.. A very handsome young British officer, go- ing out to join his regiment in Canada, was among the passengers, and the girl's infatua- tion for him was so marked as to be at first ludicrous, then offensive to all the rest of the passengers on the vessel. With diffi- culty she was prevented from acceptinglais invitation to join him in his proposed trip - to Niagara Falls. The purser of the ship, as honest a soul as ever lived, took the mat- ter in his own hands, and never lost sight of the girl until he had put her on board the far west train and seen her start home. with her mother and small sisters and. brothers.—Olive Logan. A Sacrifice to the Devil. When the writer of this article was a. parson in Yorkshire he had in his parish a blacksmith blessed or afflicted—which shall we say ?—with seven daughters and not a son. Now the parish was a newly constituted one, and it had a temporary licensed service -room ; but in the week before the newly•ereeted church was to be consecrated the blacksmith's wife pre- sented her husband with a boy—his first boy. Then the blacksmith came to the parson and the following conversation ensued; Blacksmith—Please, sir, I've got a little lad at last, praised be, and I want to have • him baptized on Sunday. Parson—Why, Joseph, pit it off to Thursday, when the new church will be consecrated; then your little man will be the first child christened in the new font in the new church. Blacksmith (shuffling with his feet, Hitch- ing his shoulders, looking down)—Please, sir, folks say that the t' fust child as is baptised i' a new church is bound to dee (die.) The old un (the devil) claims it. I've seven lasses and but one lad. If this were a lass agin 't wouldn't a Mattered ; but as it's a lad—well, sir, I won't risk it. —Cornhill Magazine. Deceived by a Crow. ' A letter from Tuscola, Ill., says : A few days since, while John Van Dyke, a well. known nurseryman of thin city, together with a friend, were riding along in a buggy near Newman, they heard, as they passed Martin Epley's barn, what they took to be the pitiful cry of a child proceeding from that building. " Oh, pa I" Oh, pa 1" the child Beeraed to say, and Mr. Van Dyke, thinking it in distress, gave the lines to his friend, leaped out of the buggy, and went to its assistance. On opening the barn -door no 'child was to be seen, but instead a pet crow which the family had confined during their absence. He was still satisfied there was a child around until the crow with 9. peculiar twist of the bead and neck, would bring out the cry, plain and distinct, " Oh, pa," several times. It is said to have learned the words from hear- ing the children repeat. them. It is also asserted that, by splitting a crow's tongue, he can be taught to talk plainer than a parrot. Just Five Minutes Too Late. It is related that upon one occasion, where Commodore Judkins was in command of the Seotia, a fussy little gentleman came to him just as the steamer was leaving Liverpool, and asked if he thought the - Scotia would native in New York upon a certain day in time f� t him to atoll the loon trein for Philadelphia. Judkins looked at him a moment in silence, and then, taking out his watch, replied: "1 fear, sir, we !shall be five minutes too late , 1