The Huron Signal, 1881-04-22, Page 7THE HURON SIGNAL, FRIDAY. APRIL 22, 1881
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"Dear me '" exclaimed a vivacious
young friend the other day, '• I have
just had to tell the moat shocking fib !"
My conaciewue troubles me yet."
"Why, and about what did yo,t tell
your fiber we asked, awl the answer
Mae
p�
"Oh, I went to see my friend Mrs.
Brown, who has just go** to housekeep-
ing, and nothing would do but I must go
over the whole house, and admire it. Of
course, Helen kept asking all the time :
'Now, isn't this carpet lovely 1' and 'Did
you ever see • more beautiful table 1' or
'Is not tact the easiest anti -c ..air you
ever sat in '' until I .ren troth tnre,l of
agreeing with her and ashamed of myself
for doing it; for to tell the truth, I
didn't like her taste et all. It is w hard
to be enthusiastic to order."
"Then why attempt it at all?" we in-
quired.
"What would you have One to do 1
Be candid and disagreeable, vex your
friends by speaking your wind, and ex-
pect them to take your unctmfortat.le
sayings amiably 1 You must remember
that we do not live in the palace of truth
sow -a -days "
'-Then it would be better if we did,
since one trust be untruthful to be
liked."
Not untruthful .' that is such a harsh
ugly word,"objected her companion. "I
said -fibs, you know.''
Well, 'fibs' are untruths, it weirs to
me, and when you agree with your
friendebecause you fear to offend or annoy
thein by disagreement, you do violence
to your sense of truth, and impair the
the sensibility of your conscience. The
same fibs will be easier next time and
the passive untruth may .verge into the
active falsehood."
"Then would you have me always say
what I think 1 Can the truth be spoken
at all tiniest"
"It is quiet possible to he kiwi and
polite, even in our truth -telling. Offenaive
candor is not a Christian grace, though
we have known mauy people who were
frank, even to positive rudeness, under
this msappr ehensiun. But conscienti-
ous souls, with ordinary tact, will pre-
serve their own integrity without
wounding others. "
"But what would you do if you went
to see a baby, as I did lately, and hsd
to say it was a perfect beauty when it
was positively ugly 1 Wouldn't that
test your prin ciples 1"
"No, ba cruse we would not say such a
thing. A baby is always a precious gift
W its mother, and one might speak of its
sweetness and lovableness gracefully
enough, without mentioning beauty.
Rest assured, that all the fibs which you
think fr:eadship and social intercourse
demand of you, can be avoided by n►little
thoughtfulness on your part: and you
will not only save your conscience many
a pang, but your friends will grow, in -
insensibly, to the exactness of speech,
and w prize your words the more. --
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Iltro*TArT AttarsatarT TO TitMort•
t•leAL ALT. — the several amend-
ments trade to the unicipal Act during
the recent seseioa of the Ontario Lie/i-
leum, the following merits attention:—
"election four hundred and sevouty-four
of the Revise! Statutes of Ontario, is
hereby repealed, sad the following sub-
etituted therufur:—"Every public road,
street, lege and highway shall be kept
in repai by the corporation, and in de
fault of the ourperaUon so to keep in re-
pair, the ourpuration shall, besides being
subjected to any punishment provided
by law, be liable to all damages sustain-
ed by any person on somata of having
houses and lands flooded through acid
by the coustruetiou of any public rued,
street, bridge, culvert or highway; but
any claim for such demist/es covet be
lodged with the clerk, or head of the
corpuratiou, within three mouths after
the damages have been i ustained, and if
u°t mutual♦ agreed upon shall be settled
by arbitration, under the provisions on
the Municipal Act, nothwithstanding
anything in the said Act to tLc contra-
ry.
FA:ut^.ixn IN 1881.—During the year
1881 there will be four eclipses—two of
the sun and two of the moon; and a tran-
sit of the plant Mercury across the stn.'s
disk. The find will be a partial eclipse
of the sun on May 27th. It will be vis-
ible here. It begins at sunrise at Buf-
falo and a few minutes before sunset at
St. Louis A total eclipse of the moon
occurs on the might of June 11-12, vis-
ible throughout the United States. In
this part of the country it will begin et
12-15, a. m., reach a total obscuration at
1-17, attain the •middle of the eclipse
et 1-58, end continuing until 2-39, when
the moon will reappear, and it will be
entirely over at 3-41 a. m. 11 the night
ia clear, it will be one of the most beau-
tiful eclipses of the moon witnessed in
this vicinity for years An annual
eclipse of the sun November 31st, and a
partiat eclipse of the moon on December
lith, will both be invisible in this part of
the world. A transit of the planet Mer-
cury across the sun's disk will take place
on the 7th of November. The beginning
only will be visible in the United States,
and that in the western part.
Thomas Fahan, a farmer from Lime
Lake, dropped dead as he was entering
the door of the court room at Napanee
on Wednesnay. He was an extraordin-
ary, large, stout healthy man, abuut 65
years of age. Apoplexy is supposed to
have caused his death.
Newspaper Laws.
We call the special attention of post-
masters and subscribers to the following
synopsis of the newspaper laws :
1. A postmaster ia required to give
notioe by letter (returning a paper does
not answer the law) when a subscriber
does not take his paper out of the office,
and state the reasons for its not being
taken. Any neglect to do sO,makes the
postmaster responsible to the publishers
for payment.
2. If any person orders his paper dis-
continued, he must pay all srreerages,
or the publisher may continue to send it
until payment is made, and collect the
whole amount, whether it be taken from
the office or not. There can be no legal
discontinuance until the payment is
made.
3. Any person who takes s paper from
the post -office, whether directed to his
name or another, or whether he has sub-
scribed or not, ia responsible for the pay.
4. If a subscriber olden his paper to
be stopped at a certain time, and the
publisher continues to send, the sub-
scriber is bound toy for it if he takes
it out of the post -office. This proceeds
upon the ground that a man must pay for
what he uses.
5. The courts have decided that refus-
ing to take a newspaper and periodicals
from the pod -office, - or removing and
leaving them uncalled for, is prima facia
evidence of intentional fraud.
Tartare be esectrtctty.
Iu regard to the application of power-
ful electric batteries to Roussakoti, the
assassin of the Czar, to compel him to
reveal the secrets of the came, Park
Benjamin, the scientific expert, told a
New York Jun reporter: "The ides of
torturing criminals by ele:tricity is not
original with the Russians. It is • Brit-
ish invention, and was first suggested
about five years ago by an English me-
chanical journal, in commenting upon
the execution of criminals by electric
shock instead of by hanging. The Eng-
lish writer wanted to do away with the
cat o' nine tails, which is administered
in England to garroters and other crimi-
nals of certain classes, and use the elec-
tric battery, as he somewhat grimly ex-
pressed it, so as to produce indescribable
torture (unaccompanied by wounds or
even bruises) thnlling through every
fibre of such miscreants. There was an
American inventor who had a design for
inflicting this species of punishment.
He fitted brackets of iron on the arms
and thighs of the criminal and placed in
them wet sponges When connected
with a current of electricity the shock
would by this system pass through the
legs and shoulders, and avoid the vital
parts of the body. The torture inflicted
y electricity is of two kinds— by con-
traction of the muscles at rapidly recur-
ring intervals and burning with sparks.
The tortures of old days, when not done
by fire or compression were the strain-
ing and tearing asunder of the muscles
Ot this kind were the rack sosvettgsv's
daagitter, and the cages of Louis XIV.,
in which a man could not stand up or
lie down. The electric shock exactly
reverse these conditions it produces
an enormously rapid contraction in the
body of the muscles at very short inter -
viola The degree of psis prodeosd is
about the same The force of the elec-
tricity has to be nicelygraded, as a too
powerful shock woud numb or kill a
,nasi. The other method is by oco ndens-
ing a number of intermittent sparks on
the bosh. This burns the skin, and
at the same time hoes contractions
of the muscles. If pat to the side of the
jaw it would We every tooth ache.'.
Mr. Er.stus Winson, of New York, is
to donate $,000 for the erection of
pnlrlie backs in Toronto.
Ae seem sea enacted st the
Use Station, Ttatoato, reeeMly. Just
se tke 7 *Week twin utas leaving for the
east, two /MM. of Charity bearded it
to company f.isewsa,sad wised
a skid bish wee is Ike .satwith a awstl
That Msrti•d Ike ekild to the
and tie train meowed et Tb
nil Hat the shill had b.sirMA (a
erre by a dyke soother Aid that
yarn hod stokes it from tk. Hese of
Provident*. to take it to Ottawa
1881 IIE VRIIITSJi1
NEW VALENCIAS,
• NEW LAYERS,
NEW CURRANTS,
S. S. ALMONDS,
WALNUTS,
FILBERTS,
CHESSNIITS.
sar LAKE SUPERIOR
TROUT, WHITE FISH & HERRING.'
p!- SALT WATER -oak
HERRING AND CODFISH.
Ain°, • i.ARos AesOETIINxT 07
Teas, Sugars,
And General Grooeriea ;
CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, A N D
CHIN A.
Dr. Pain's Cream Baking Powder.
Dr. Puri s Lupulin Yeast Gems
Chas. A. Nairn,
THE . hQ Unci RE.
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For the Balance of the Year 1881
W. S. Hart & Co.,
PROPRIETORS
T'012t
A FULL AND PITHY RECORD OF EACH WEEK S COUNTY
NEWS.
A COMPREHENSIVE EPITOME OF ;EACH WEEK'S FOREIGN
NEWS.
A VALUABLE COLUMN OF HINTS FOR FARMERS AND
GARDENERS.
A CHARMING STORY.
READING FOR THE HOME CIRCLE.
READING ALIKE FOR THE GRAVE AND FOR THE GAY.
A LIBERAL PAPER, LIBERALLY CONDUCTED, ON LIBERAL
PRINCIPLES.
( Late Piper's.)
A LARGE QUANTITY OF
choice
$hCiwh**t Flour
ON HAND.
ONE DOLLAR FOR THE BALANCE OF THE
YEAR!
TI-1INK OF IT
Advertise I
Advertise 1
Extensive Premises and Splendid New Stock.
G- BARRY
- ;1 ' AICD UNDERTAKER
Ck11lliET
Hamilton Street, G,oderich.
A goad assortment of Kitchen. Hod -room, Ulntns Roo andrl r �F` Furniture,
, Washstands.
such as Ta
l.
pies, Chain hair cane and wood atedl. Cupboard
okimrea. Sofas, �1'se
bat -Nota, Looking Glasses.
N. —A oomplete assortment of Coffins and Shrouds always on hand, also Heaney for hire
at reopunable rates.
Picture lemming a specialty.— A call solicited. 17,1 O. HARRY
HAVE YOU GOT YOUR SPRING STOCK OF GOODS 1
LET THE BUYERS KNOW IT !
'TIS SPRING MADNESS TO DEFER
NEXT MONTH YOUR GOODS WILL BE DEAD STOCK
SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE, AND SPEAK NOW
THS°t-nH THE COLVVINN 07
tte *Iron $iguuxl.
Red, White and Blue !
Acheson GEORGE Acheson
New Dress Goods, Gloves &. Hosiery,
1t'ST ARRIVED,
sEI,I.INa- CH�AP-
par- BOUND TO GIVE BARGAIN:t.! 1751
MEDICAL HALL.
GOD ERICH.
iT GOES RIGHT INTO THE BOSOM OF THE FAMILY THAT
SHOULD BUY YOIJR I ERCHLNDISE '
iT SPEAKS WHILE YOU SIZE P. IT SLUMBERS NEVER '
DO YOU THINK oNE 000D CUSTOMER
WOULD REPAY YOU FOR A YEARN PRUDENT ADVERTISING 1
IF 80, WHAT WOULD TWENTY DO
DO YOU EXPECT TO SELL YOUR GOODS WHEN PEOPLE
ARE INNOCENT OF ANY THOUGHT THAT
YOU HAVE THEM FOA 8111.111
F. JORDAN,
Chemist and Druggist,
• • MARKET SQUARE, GODEItICH.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Dntas. Chemicals. Paints, Oils, i)ye Stafii. Artist Colon,
Patent Medicines Hone and Cattle Medicines. Perfumery, Toilet Articles, 6:c.
Physicians' Preecriptitms carefully dlspenaed.ma
Holiday Presents !
At BUTLER'S
Photo and Autograph Al ur s in great for Teachers, Work
dBoxes,
Writing Desks, very
suitablef
PE 3 ENTS FOR EVERYBODY. - ALL CAN BE SUITED.
Stock is New, very complete, and consists of Ladies' and Gents' Purses, China
Goods of all kinds, Ruby Goods, Vases in many patterns, Flower Pots,
Cups and Flowers,
China and Wax Dolls!
A Large Assortmeni
and Brier Pipes --100 Different Styles.
Pipes and Cigar Holders
chool Books, Miscellaneous Books,
Bibles, Prayer Books, Church Sermons, WidLET's Hymn Books, Psalm Books,
kc. ,
&c. --Subscriptions taken for all the best Exotaea, Sco'rca,
IRiba, AImticsx and CAtraeisx Papers and
Magazines at Publishers' lowest'
rates—now is the time
to subscribe.
A full stock of School Books, for Teachers and High and Model School Students
Ali will be sold cheap, and Patrons suited. I have a choice
and large selection of
Christi and New Year's Cards THE BEST EVER SEVER, ,
CHEAPERASCHEAPERTHAN EVER,
1 i
At BUTLER'S.
Dominion Telegraph and Puedage Stamp OMee. 1762
Zominioa Carriage Works," Goderich.
MORTON AND CRESSMAN
mannfacturen of FIRST CLASS
CARRIA. ES, 33170-G'IES, etc.
Opposite Colborne Hotel. We solicit an examination of our vehicles.
REPAIRING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
In Leaving Town
1 wish to [nitro ray thanks to the wflle for chest[ patt'os•te+ during the prat, sad solicit
Ole same in future. and to romiad rhes teat 1 have loft a rettable person In •horse of the
badarea.
REPAIRING AND PICTURE FRAMING
roti1 tM dose us
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