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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1890-9-18, Page 7,a! e Tweet Sixteen. I am taller far than Bess, Though she's stouter, I confess, And my shoe -tope meet my dress,. And my hair lleacbes far below my waist, 'IWbich ie just a little laced, And many who have taste Call me fair. With the boys I musn't play, Mamma t old me so to -day; And my dolls are given away Every ono; I'm too old to run about, ay at tag, or laugh and shout, I must loam to live without Any fun. If with Cousin Tom I walk, Mamma sees me, tike a hawk, And you ought to hear her talk I Such a tongue! " You a schoolgirl, flirting, fy?" T'gen I wish that I might die, Since for any pleasure I Am too young. 'I'm too old to play with toys, I'm too young for woman's boys, I'm too old to fight the boys; And the men I'mforbidden to regard, Less I sister Bess retard, And I find it rather hard Now and then I New Occupations for Women. Market gardening and pianoforte toning etre among the new occupations proposed for women. In the latter, at least, there is involved nothing that is beyond a woman's strength and capacity. Her natnal delicacy of touch and quick perception of sound appear to fit her for the task. It is sag- gestod that an association of women tuners be formed, with branches in the large towns. The pursuit of market gardening is more laborious, and implies the employment of labor which belongs rather to the sphere of men. Fruit growing, apart from vegetables, might he made profitable without much labor, if only there were a better knowledge abroad as to the beat kind of fruit to culti- vate. It does not need strength, but only xwntinual Dare, to grow strawberries in pots 'under glass through the winter. In the sipriog such strawberries sell at 8 shillings the pound. There is a variety of white raspberries, large, conical, and pinkily cream -colored in tint, that fetches a large pike on account of its rarity, and yet it is no more difficult to cultivate than its rosy sister of less repute. Choice fruits will always find a good market, but there seems rather a disposition to grow quantities of indifferent qualities than a little that is really rare:and good and consequently worth almost its literal weight in silver.—London Daily News. l . Queer Vacation. A story is, told in the Boston Journal :about a young man employed in a big retail dry goods store who was granted a vaca- tion. It was expected that he would hie to the mountains or go to the shore. The first morning he was free he walked through the store leisurely, nodding to his comrades behind the counters, but speaking to no one. He then made his exit. The emend day he was an hoar later, but he passed i e review his toiling associates, and then went out. This he repeated for six days. When the returned on Monday he was asked why this strange behavior. He replied that he lad felt for a long time a desire to be able to do as he pleased in the store, and he had now been able to do so ; and he added : °' I'm satisfied and ready to go to work again better satisfied than if I had climbed mountains or bathed in the surf." It was .a positive gratification to be a visitor. Tho End of Summer. .Already one may see in the country a dimness of the rich green of the leaves on :some trees. This is a sign which admits of only one interpretation. The end of the summer season is at hand. Soon the yellow tints will appear on the foliage. Then leaves will begin to shrivel and die. That means snow. Ugh 1 it makes one shiver to think of it. Cold weather is always more disagreeable in the anticipa- tion than in the actual experience. In mild weather the thought sends a chill over one. In the fall one gets the fire and spirit and ardor of the crisp atmosphere and rejoices in it. However, get out from the -camphor winter furs. They will soon be needed.—New York Tribune. A Liquid Refreshment. .', Mrs. Codhooker," said the tall man at the end, as he helped himself to butter viith a spoon. " des, Mr. Bullheimer ? " el Wouldn't it be a good plan to serve the butter in a bottle daring August ? "—New York Tribune.. IiiiOOK14 ELOPEMENT. A Inaeried 'Woman and q Gay Lethario Leave for the States. The Sarnia Sun says :: The township of Brooke has a sensation, and it is nothing less than an elopement—the woman in the case being married, and, out of four child- ren, leaving three behind for the husband to bring up in the path of righteousness. while she brings the other one up inthe path which loads to perdition. Joseph Bell and his wife had not lived together happily for some time, and Bell claimed that one Robert Mills was paying Mrs. Bell too much attention—in fact he claimed that Mrs. B. and Mills were unduly intimate. A few weeks ago there was a genuine rumpus in the Bell house when he came home and found Mille cavorting about like a gay Lothario, and after throwing Mills out of the house, or at least making an attempt to do so, he and Mrs. Bell squared off and had a lively whirl of it with their tongues. Resell—Mrs. Bell left the family homestead and took refuge at the home of her brother-in-law. Follow- ing the departure of Mrs. B. from her husband she and Mills got up a job on each other—which was to elope, leave the country together. So the other day Mrs. Bell had her goods carted to Inwood, where she took the train for Courtright. Mills was on hand at Weidman, dressed in his best suit of clothes, where he boarded the train and joined Mrs. Bell and the latter's young- est child. The couple crossed the river at Courright and are now in the home of the free, heading west, probably to grow up with the country. ':Cie said that in the troubles between Bell and his spouse, that he has been partly to blame, but that the doings of Mills and Mrs. Bell have bean a standing eye -sore to the community for some time. Brooke has now at any rate got rid of a couple of bad residents, and if Bell knows himself—and we think he should—he will get on his knees and return thanks. Latest Intelligence. " By the way, where is that place, Heligoland, they're all talking so much •al3ont ?" Oh—don't you know, dear ? It's one of the places lately discovered by Mr. ;Stanley I " Good Reason. Judge—What reason had you for shooting at the young woman ? Ii5eoted Suitor—I thought she was too sweet to live.—Terre Haute Express. Right. 13h`e—John, what do you cook in those jack pots you have at the club—those yon eometimee talk about in your sleep 2 ie—Sony. A Miss and a Mile. Tom—A miss is as good as c. mile. Janis—Yes, and a great deal better. You nun's hug a mile. "SORT YOURSELVES." What Happened at a Wholesale Wedding in Pennsylvania. There lived some years ago in Western Pennsylvania, according to " Harper," an old circuit preacher, Father West by name, whose genial humor and kindliness of heart had greatly endeared him to all the people of hie district. He was a particular favorite with the young folks matrimonially inclined, and his opportunities to " tie the knot " were numerous. On one occasion he found upon his arrival at a certain town several couples awaiting his blessing. The old man was tired and wished to make short work of the job. " Stand up," he began, " and jive hands." Which being done, he rattled through a marriage service that, like himself, was original. " There," he said, when it was finished, " ye can go ; ye're man and wife, ev'ry one o' ye." Two of the couples hesitated, and finally made it apparent that in the sudden " jining they had become confused, and bad taken the hands of the wrong persons. The old preacher's eyes twinkled as he took in the situation, but he instantly straightened up, and with a wave of his hand dispersed them. " I married ye all," he said ; " sort yourselves." Instead of " hey 2 " it is now the style to say "your pardon?" when you didn't catch -the remark. " Now, my dear, all the details have been atrranged for the wedding except the minister. 'Whom shall we have 2 " " Oh, do let's have Higbprioe ; he is so successful with his couples ; never had a divorce or a scandal, lila says.,' When the plate is passed there are too many people thinking that salvation is free. —Washington Post. Yesterday afternoon James Leahy, em- ployed'on the G.T.R. double track, was dialled while endeavoring to board a train at ,Kingston. His right arm was terribly mangled from the fingers to the shoulder, and the top of his skull was completely taken off. He lived about two honre after the accident. Leahy was about 28 years of age and a good worker. Before dying he !said it was his own foolishness that caused the accident. He belonged to Thorold. body was sent to Thorold last evening. Yon don't seem to have anything of -value but your tieket," said a disgusted train robber to a passenger. " No.,; 1 was at a church fair last night." " Is that so 2 Here, let mo give yott a five -dollar bill." -- Judge. Country editor—Jim, I understand that old stone building at the cross-roads is to be torn down. The printer—Yep, they !begin. to -morrow. Country editor—Well, gnat slip around and put a live toad in the avail. We must have aotnething to flit up 'with this week. Men and Women. Tolstoi has nine children. Talmage is growing stout. John L. Sullivan is ready to act. Adirondack Murray is still lecturing. Mme. Dire DeBar wants to reopen her case. The Queen of Roumania, Carmen Sylva, is better. Mrs. Potter and Kyrle Bellew play next in India. Tennyson wants Owen Meredith to be his successor. President Carnot plays the French jug de paume when off duty. Mrs. Elizabeth Peabody, the Boston philanthropist, is nearly 90. Commodore Gerry has begun another crusade against child actors. The latest whistling beauty is Ella Chamberlain, of Swampscott, Mass. Mr. Gladstone opens the new fine arts gallery at Dundee in October. Princess Maud of Wales delights in col- lecting ivories of different kinds. Mme. Barrios is shrewd, quiet and with. out any claims to distracting beauty. Annie Wilson, who nursed Wm. Waldorf Astor's son Jacob, lams been arrested for stealing. A goddaughter of Daniel O'Connel was bared in Flatbush cemetery, Brooklyn, a few days ago. At the formal cession by Heligoland the health of the Germans was proposed by the proprietor of the bathing machines, Herr Michel. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. Burglars are still operating in Kingston, Sunday work has been discontinued ou the St. Clair tunnel. Smallpox is Causing terrible havoc in the interior of Guatemala. John L. Sullivan's father died at Beaten yesterday of typhoid pneumonia. Lilian Grubb, the actress and opera singer, died at Baltimore yesterday, aged 25. Incendiaries have been busy lately in Strathroy and considerable loss has re - stilted. It is believed that before long the Grand Trunk Railway will have connections with Winnipeg. - Most Rev. John Pius Leahy, D. D., Roman Catholic Bishop of Dromore, is dead at Dublin. A boy of 18 named Hertel escaped from jail at Berlin, Ont,, on Saturday, and has not been reoaptured. The tug•of-war team of No. 5 police divi- sion of Montreal intend challenging the tuggers of the Toronto force. The captain of a French fishing schooner who carried off a Newfoundland constable has been arrested and sentenced to three months in jail, A heavy rain was general all over Mani• toba on Friday night and Saturday, and did a great deal of damage to the crops not yet harvested. The death is announced of Francis Robert St. Clair Erskine, fourth Earl of Rosalyn. He was born in 1833 and sue• needed to the title in 1866. A. child of Mr. Neil McDonald, 6th line Moore, near Coartright, fell into a tub of boiling water which its mother was using on Saturday, and was scalded to death. Summonses have been issued for the prosecution of the Public School boys who took part in the disturbance with the Toronto Separate School pupils last week. Mrs. Caroline Sievers, aged 65, who had lived in New Hamburg for nearly forty years, was killed on the G.T.R. track near that place on Saturday. The old lady was deaf. The schooner Lion, from Nova Scotia for Jamaica with fish, was wrecked in a cyclone on August 28th. The steamer Bermuda rescued the crew and tcok them to New York. Count Herbert Bismarck, at a recent secret interview with the Emperor, prom• ised to use his influence with his father to induce him to cease his revelations and to return to friendly relations with his majesty. A striker named Reed has been arrested at Albany for causing the wreck on the N. Y. Central last Thursday night. It is said he has confessed, implicating others. Lou Miller, of Greenbueh, has also been arrested on suspicion. Mr. Hilton went to Montreal on Satur• day for the purpose of putting in force the judgment recently given in the case of the Central Bank against James Baxter. Mr. Baxter immediately made preparations to have Mr. Hilton arrested on a charge of criminal libel. A man named Seguin was killed on the M. et O. Railway about two miles above Hudson, Que., yesterday afternoon. While the gravel train was in motion he tried to get on and missed his hold, falling between the care, three of which passed over him, killing him instantly. When a Michigan Central east -bound freight -Conductor Walton, , Engineer. 'Meadoowe=wee abdoddra mile and a quarter east of Maidstone Cross Thursday after- noon, Mr. John Naigle, a wealthy farmer, aged about 50, stepped out of ,the ditch on the track in front of the engine and was struck and killed. Both legs were out off. Joseph Bustin, aged 19, who was em- ployed in E. M. Davenport's brick and the yard at St. Thomas, while digging in the cave Friday afternoon loading a cart with clay, the bank caved in, completely burying him with great lumps of earth weighing 290 pounds. Tho alarm was given and willing hands were soon at work, and had him ex• cavated in five . minutes. Dr. Sanderson was immeniately summoned and did all in his power, bat of no avail, Bustin being severely injured internally. He succumbed to his injuries within an hour and a half after the accident. A New Variety. " Summer brave" is, according to the New York Sun, the very latest thing out in way of polite slang. A summer brave, says Mr. Dana, is not a dude, though his apparel is gorgeous and his general appear. ance wonderful to behold ; he is not a masher, though ho is a heart.breaker, and he is not necessarily a brainless fop, though the presumption is strong that be comes close to it. Ho differs from these varietiee of the tailor-made man in that he makes his appearance in.the warm season of the year alone, and at fashionable summer resorts exclusively. • He is not to be seen at Coney Island, Cheltenham Beach, or other places where common people congregate, but he is numerous at Saratoga, Newport, Long Branch, Waukesha, and Oconomo- woc. Whether be has come to stay, or whether he will gradually fade away like the dude, is yet to early to toil.—Chicago News. Composing Machine. There has been on view for some little time in the city an ingenious composing and justifying machine. It does not die. pease with the services of a compositor, but assists him in his work. He picks up his type and drops it down a funnel, the machine automatically placing it, the right end and side uppermost, and as each line is completed it is fed into' a galley. The galley is then taken to the justifying machine, when the lines are spaced so as to exactly fill a column. Several machines aro in operation at the printing works of Messrs. Clay and Sons, limited, Bread Street Hill, E.C. Particulars can be ob• tained from Mr. G. Hmgborg, of the Lager - mann Typothetor and Jtistifier Company, 35 Queen Victoria Street, E. C.—Industries. No Money in It. "John, I can't listen to your talk of love," " Why so, darling ? " " Because there's no cents in it." Mrs. James G. Blaine jun„ had a rather. heroic operation performed on her for rheumatism on Wednesday. The surgeons broke her right arm last week near the elbow, and next week they will break her right leg near the knee, with the hope also of strengthening that member. Sho—Ian t that the woman who worried the life out of her husband and killed him by inches 2 Hc—Yes, and now the goes and sobs on his grave till you can hear her over the fence. himself. Mr. Butts told the physician he took the drug owing to fear that he might become a confirmed drunkard, se he fie. quently drank to excess. Mr. John E. Boomer confeotioner, Lon. don, is fond of mushrooms, and on Monday evening sent to a neighboring Dundee street dealer for some. By some mistake he ate toadstools, and had only swallowed them a few minutes when he was taken with violent pains in the stomach. Hie physician was sent for, and after emetics had been applied be recovered somewhat. He stili feels the effects, but is getting over his experience, and will eat no mushrooms in future. At Nijni Novgorod yesterday a young man named Vladimiroff accosted Governor- General Baranoff and requested an inter. view on the pretence . that he had an important secret to impart. The Governor. General was about to acquiesce, when the young man suddenly drew a revolver and fired at Baranoff. Thebullet went wide of its mark, however, and before he could fire a second shot the man was seized by by. slanders and banded over to the police. The funeral of the late Rev. James Broley, pastor of the Methodist Church at Fergus, who died on Tuesday at Palmer- ston from neuralgia of the heart, took place on Thursday at Fergus and was largely attended, Rev. S. E. Couch is expected to finish the conference year at Feigns. As the train with Senor Canovas dol Castillo, the Prime Minister of Spain, and his wife yesterday left Vittoria, a jeering and hooting mob made a rush for the Pre- mier's car and smashed in the windows of his compartment with stones. So far as known neither the Minister nor his wife was injured. It appears that the New York State Board of Arbitration, which is at present investigating the cause of the trouble be- tween the New York Central Railway and the Knights of Labor, has no power to en- force any decision it may arrive at, it can only report its recommendation to the next session of the. Legislature. A boy about 15 years old named Walter Cannon, whose parents reside at Bloom. field, Ont., was working as a farm hand for Mr. J. V. Cooper. While riding yesterday to the field on horseback, the horse ran away, throwing the boy, and his feet be- coming entangled in the harness be was torn limb from limb, and died immediately. Yesterday afternoon, whenjthe 3.35 ex- press for Toronto was about four miles from Owen Sound, it was met by a train of seven boxcars loaded with corn and flour and ice, which bad broken loose from an outgoing freight, and were coming down the home grade at a fearful rate of speed. Im- mediately the engineer saw the enginelese train he applied the brades, whistled danger, and jamped from his engine as it came to a standstill. The box cars mn completely on to the engine, badly dameg- iag it and a mail coach. Three of the freight cars were burned and the rest broken up. No passengers were hurt. Mr. Joseph 'Passe has left the editoria chair of La Illinerve. The British farmers who have come oat to visit this land left Ottawa last night for Toronto to see the great annual fair. They will then proceed to Manitoba. Several valuable Ayrshire cattle belong- ing to an Ohio firm took sick and died at Detroit, where they had been on exhibi- tion. The disease is pronounced to be Texas fever. Mr. E. H. Fletcherof Victoria, Post- affioe Inspector for British Columbia, is in Otte Ora, and on Thursday will lead to the altar Miss Sarah Scott, second daughter of Hon. R. W. Scott. Win. Duff, farmer, after taking dinner at I Carleton -Place, hitched up to drive home, but forgot to put the bit in the horse's month. The horses flew out of the yard and swung the young man in such a way that he took a header into a big plate glass window at the old Arcade. His head went through, ruining the plate and fracturing', his skull so that several pieces of glass were removed by Dr. MoEwen, as well as some fragments of bone. He had a narrow escape. A runaway accident occurred at Port Burwell which resulted in the death of Mrs. Thomas Hamilton. Mrs. Hamilton was returning from the farm with a small load of hay, and while descending the hill leading into the village a part of the har- ness gave way, when the horse began run- ning and kicking. When near the bridge Mrs. Hamilton was thrown off on her head and shoulders, anetaining such injuries as to cense death in about three hours. A terrible accident occurred on the Denver & Rio Grande Railway at 5 o'clock Saturday morning, near Adone, Col. The train was running in two sections. The first section had two day ooaohes loaded with laborers, and had become derailed four miles below Florence. The' second section dashed into the first with terrific force, completely smashing the two coaches, and injuring from 35 to 40 men and kill- ing a number outright. The bodies of five men have been recovered, and twelve are still missing. The wounded are now being oared for at the depots of Florence Coal Creek and Canon City. Physicians are in attendance. , Wm. O'Brien, speaking at Meelin, county Cork, said it would be Ireland's own fault if a single child starved. The tenants ought not to pay a penny of rent until their families are provided for. They had no business to make begging appeals to Irishmen abroad, but should look to Mr. Balfour and his sublime schemes. It would be perfectly within their right to demand that the boards of Guardians compensate them for the lose of their crops. If the guardians had the courage to boldly relieve the people their Irish leaders would promise to haumer extra life out of the Government. In regard to the writ re- cently served upon him, Mr. O'Brien said that Lord Salisbury thought to prevent him from going to America by means of a bankruptcy notice. It remained to be seen whether he would be more successful than in the role of a runaway libeller and blackmailer. Several boys were sent to prison yester- day for housebreaking in Toronto. Wm. Butts, of Batts rC' Robinson, pub., fishers of the Protector, the official organ of the United Workmen for Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and New Jersey, died yesterday at Baltimore from the effects of morphine, which he took last night to kill • Mrs. John Lawrie, widow of the late John Lawrie, in the township of Darling- ton, near Belleville, dropped dead yesterday afternoon. She was in perfect health up to the time of the occurrence. Apoplexy is anpposed to be the cause. -the Ottawa lumbermen complain that by the definition of the Customs authority of " mess pork," the lumbermen of the Ottawa Valley will have to pay $360,000 a year, which they regard as an enormous toll to be paid for one article of consump- tion. Mr. William Palmer, of the National Museum, has returned to Washington from an extended visit to Bebring Sea. He says the seals are rapidly disappearing owing to the wholesale slaughter by poachers. He did not see one seal during his recent trip where he saw fifty in 1872. THE GREAT TUNNEL, The Grand Trunk May Make Another Bore Under the St, Glair. WORK ON TE NADIAN SIDE. (From Sarnia Canadian,) Sir Henry Tyler, President, and Sir Joseph Hickson, General Manager of the Grand Trunk Railway Company, arrived here on Wednesday last on their tour of inspection. They made an inspection of the St. Clair Tunnel, accompanied by Chief Engineer Hobson, Superintendent Stiff, B. W. Meddeugh, and Messrs. Hill- man, Murphy, Eames and Blaiklook, of the Tunnel staff. Sir Henry Tyler and Sir Joseph Hickson expressed themselves as highly pleased with the work. MAY BORE A 6EOONn TUNNEL. Endeavors were made by local inter- viewers to extract information from the railway magnates as to the prospect of the construction of a second tunnel and other matters of railway policy, but it is not sup- posed that the interviewers learned very much more than the railway officials thought it advisable for them to know. It is stated, however, by people who claim to know what they are talking about, that it has been practically decided to build an- other tunnel within a few feet of the present one; and also that before the Chicago exposition, the Chicago & Grand Trunk will be double tracked and inde- pendent roadways be thus provided for east and west bound trains. MEETING OF TILE 5EIELDS. The shields were brought together at ten minutes past 12 o'clock on Saturday night, and the meeting justified Mr. Hillman's calculations by bringing the opposing edges together within a quarter of an inch. Mr. Ames then set to work to dismantle the shields to permit the lieiugs of iron rings to be carried nn inside the shells. This will take some time, and it is possible that when the janotioa is reached, a special set of castings may be needed for the last ring, as it is hardly likely that the regular size will fit. It is expected that the lining will be finished in two weeks. In the mean- time Mr. Murphy is taking out the eighteen inches of earth which was left in the bottom of the tunnel to make a bed for the temporary tracks, and which must of course be all removed before the brick lining is pat in. A drift way is also to be put in for a drainage tunnel, from lowest level of the tunnel, just below the river bank on this side, to the drainage shaft on the river bank, by which any leakage will be pumped out. The air pressure must be maintained while the work is being done, and after this while the tunnel is being calked to make the spots where quicksand wAe met water -tight. The veins of scud are full of water, the inflowing force of which is jest balanced by a pressure of 22 pounds of air to the square inch. While this is maintained the water is kept out, but if the pressure were lowered the tun- nel would of course soon be flooded. To prevent this the tunnel will be calked at these places by filling all the joints in the iron lining with lead firmly driven in so as to make the whole water -tight. This, it is expected, will take two months, and not until this is done can the preesuro be low- ered and the bulk -heads and air looks removed. In the meantime, and as soon as the tunnel is cleaned out, the work of putting in the brick lining will be gone on with. The brickwork will cover slightly more than the lower half of the iron work of the circle. The bricks will be laid on the segmenta—between the flanges—on the bottom so as to make a solid bottom and a smooth surface, The brickwork will also preserve the iron. Then the brickwork will also be extended up each side a little over half way. A BIG ,MORTGAGE. An employee of the Lake St. John Rail- way, named Engene Laprise, a native of St. Felicien, was killed at Black River, Que., yesterday. He was on a ballast train and fall between two care. Both legs were completely severed from the body, and the poor fellow died within an hour. Duncan Ferguson, of Admaston, in feeble health, went out on Mobday to enjoy a favorite pastime—boating on Colton Lake. In some way the boat upset and he was left to flounder in the lake. His cries were heard, but before help could be secured he went down forever. The body was soon recovered. He was 73 years of ago and a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Lowe, Deputy Minister of Agricul. tore, has returned from hit Northwest trip. He reports the harvest as splendid and the prospects of the brightest. Mr. Henry Le Jeunes, banker, of Regina, arrived here to -day, and it is believed came for the purpose of making special reports to the Government of the harvest prospects. He reports them as excellent save in one district. A petition was received at the Ottawa Customs Department yesterday morning, signed by leading dry goods merchants of Montreal and Toronto, asking to be re- lieved of the additional 5 per cent. on ladies' hats. During the tariff debate the duty was provisionally placed at 25 per cent. and was finally fixed at 30 per cent., the importers being called on to pay the difference. In the Senate yesterday the -tariff bill was passed through all but the final stage. To -day there was six hours' general debate, in which speeches were made by the leaders on each tide for campaign use. Yesterday Senator Aldrich's reciprocity amendment was adopted and Senator Sherman's was dropped, and now the prospects are that the measure, practically as revised by the Senate, will go into force on Oat. let. At the London Police Court yesterday Mrs. George Fountain charged her husband with assault. Mr. Fountain confessed striking his wife, but claimed that be did it in self-defence. " Yes," responded the wife, " 1 struck him, and I will strike him again. I suppose if a man took a club big enough to kill a horse you would stand and lot him hit you with it, but I won't. I have had enough of him and his treatment and want a separation. When I married him I dressed in silks, and I don't want any of hie help." The case ended by both parties agreeing to a separation, Fountain being bound over to keep the peace in a surety of $100. Mrs. Elizabeth Peabody, the noted phil- anthropist of Boston, is now nearly 90 years of age. She is very feeble physic- ally, but her mind is still bright and active. every inch of land under which the tunnel runs. The St. Clair Tunnel is the largest under water tunnel in the world. The committee in charge of the celebra-, tion are in receipt of many letters from vessel men. They are desirous of partioi- pating in the celebration, The vessel owners say that the completion of the St. Clair Tunnel forever kills the high bridge scheme at Detroit. The committee are assured if the celebration takea plane before the close of navigation a large number of vessels will center at this port on the day in question and help make the affair a grand success. They guarantee, with their steam whistles, to make enough noise to be beard in Detroit. The oast iron lining of the tunnel weighs. nearly 56,000,000 pounds and is secured by 850,000 bolts. For the first time in over a year the large gang of the tunnel workmen were laid off on Sunday. There was no stir at all at the tunnel works on Sunday. On Saturday night the tunnel employees presented Engineer I. T. Eames with a handsome gold watch and chain. The watch was elaborately engraved on the inside of case with a picture of the shield, while beneath were the words " Sarnia" and "Port Huron," with two clasped hands between. Assistant Supt. Menlo made the presentation speech. Mr. Mento was pre• rented with a handsome gold ring, the speech being made by P. E. Hushing. Sir Joseph Hickson received an auto. graph letter from Lord Stanley, expressing the pleasure felt by the Governor-General at the completion of the St. Clair Tunnel. Three steam shovels will be set to work this week at the excavations for the ap- proaches to the tunnel. Two will be need on this side, and one on the other. A Temperance Man's Offer. Here is a business offer from a grocer in Kirksville, Missouri. Could not any Can- adian grocer make a similar proposal 2 The sum would be $73. Here is the pro- posal : " Any man who drinks two drama of whiskey per day for a year, and pays 10 cents a drink forit, can have at our store thirty sacks of 'flour, 220 pounds of granu- lated sugar and 72 pounds of good green coffee for the same money and get $2.50 premium for making the change in his expenditures." 'That is a temperance lec- ture in a very few lines. She Lived to Learn. Mr. Caustique—And so old Mrs. Gadd is dead ? Mr. Carry News—Yes, dead and buried. Mr. Canstique—Dead and buried 1 Humph I I'll wager that by this time she knows all the family antecedents of the woman in the adjacent lot.—Life Respecting the Tunnel Company's inten- tions, the following from the Port Huron Times of last Wednesday is of interest : Tao largest mortgage ever given in this section was recorded in the registrar of deeds' office on Tuesday afternoon. The amount of the mortgage is $2,500,000, and was given by the 61. Clair Tunnel Com- pany to E. W. Moddaagh and Lewis J. Sergeant, as trustees. The mortgage is given for the purpose of issuing bonds to the amount of $2,500,000, which will be need by the tunnel company. The bonds will run for 50 years and bear interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. The mortgage covers all the present property of the company on both the United States and Canadian shies of St. Clair River. It is stated in the mortgage that this vast amount of money will be used for building yards, engine houses, shops and other buildings, and for such other purpose as the company see fit. In connection with the above mortgage it is surmised that the St. Clair Tunnel Co. have mortgaged the present tunnel to raise money to build a second tunnel, which will be commenced as soon as the first one is completed and in running order From the wording of the mortgage it is evident that the company propose to throw the tunnel open to other roads, as it is expressly provided that the company can collect tolls and rents for such service. THE WORE TO BE DONE. Whatever may be the intentions as to a second tunnel, there can be very little doubt that the railway company intend very extensive works at the tunnel outlet at this side. The excavation for the approaches is now in full awing, an im- mense force of men and horses being employed. The clay which is being taken out of the cut is being used in the same way as that which was taken out of the tunnel—to fill up the tract of low land owned by the company along the south side of the railway track, extending east nearly to the Plank Road crossing. An enormous amount of material has been already spread over the tract, and an en- ormous amount more will be required to bring the surface up to the adopted level, as the filling in some places must be six or seven feet deep. On this tract it is said, over twenty miles cf track will bo put down for a switching yard, and the plans are out for a round -house and set of shops which when completed will rival anything of the kind in America. To enable the main line trains to use the tunnel without going round to Point Edward a cut-off line will bo built from Blackwell, joining the Sarnia branch somewhere east of the town, and for this cutoff the snrveyoss started on Monday to locate the line. We under. stand that the engineers have already decided upon a route which diverges from the Sarnia branch just east of the crossing of the Plank Road, runs diagonally across Mr. Neil Leckie's farm, touches the corner of Mr. Peter Taylor's farm, and runs northeast, skirting the weed side of Lake Wawanosh, to a junction with the main line about on lot 40, lake shore range. TALE ABOUT run TtNNEL. Workmen in the tunnel say that when a large side -wheel steamer passes over the tunnel the noise can be distinctly heard by the men below. The St. Clair T'u'nnel Company own TELE DIMPLE IN HER CREEL. She really isn't handsome, for her hair's an ugly shade ; Her eyes are like a pale blue glass of circus lemonade ; Her nose is short, her chin is long, her voice has got a squeak ; But, eh 13ou'd be delighted with the dimlle in her cheek. I'm often sorely constrained her looks to criti- cize ; I'm sorry that I can't admire her hair, her nose, her eyes ; But of these unattractive things I'm powerless to speak Whenever I may gaze upon the dimple in her cheek. Of all the many pretty girls my heart has ever known, 'Tie she of all the lot I would gladly call my own For while in many ways her claim to beauty's very weak I'd simply like to own for life the dimple in her cheek. Praise Indeed. Father—I tell you, young man, it is pretty bard for a father to see his daughter leave home and take up life's burdens with a young man. Young man—Well, Emily is an especially good girl. Father—Good 1 Why, sir, she's worth her weight in ice. Dentists in Scotland. " In Scotland," said a dentist, who is a native of the land of the heather, " there are many people who do not know who or what a dentist is. But canned fruits are being introduced there, and co destructive are they upon the teeth that many more people will require the services of a den- tist."—Detroit Free Press. An Advantageous Position. Mr. Knight—From where would you like to view the parade 1 Mrs. Knight—from a Given Point. Mr. Knight Where's that ? Mrs. Knight—I don't know ; but I notice that all parades are so long in passing that place. At the Ball Game. He—Are you fond of sports 2 She—Well, I ought to be. I married one. C. S. Wheaton has resigned the Presi- dency of the Independent Order of Railway Conductors, and E. D Nash, of St. Albans, Vt., succeeds him. The charm of the women of France never leaves them. As they grow older the marvelous tact, suavity and polish which seem to be theirs by right of inheritance grow more and more attractive. Beer is the in- sidious enemy of the matrons of Germany and they have an almost universal indiffer- ence to dress, while the English women go in so tenaciously for athletics that they are apt to grow coarse and heavy in time. The English woman of 40, however, is prac- tically without a rival of her own age in beauty and health the civilized world over. A cablegram tells the story of an East. ern nobleman, who went to Paris, frequented a fashionable gambling hell, lost all his money, and, now after a lapse of a year leaves England for Cambodia, work- ing his way aboard ship as the steward's assistant. United States Acting -Secretary Wharton today sent the following telegram to the widow of Gen. Barrnndia, in reply to her message to the President Monday : " The President desires me to say he has re- ceived your telegram announcing death of your husband, Gen. Barrnndia. While deeply sympathising with you in your affliction, he awaits official details of the occurrence, necessary to determine his mo- tion in regard thereto. The matter, you may be assured, will receive most careful attention." Constant reader—What did the editor say when you gave him my card, sonny ? Office boy—Can't tell, air ; we ain't allowed to swear.—New Hampshire Republican. Tolstni's last crusade is said to be against tobacco and alcohol. It is stated that he hen a work nearly ready for the prose, in which he strongly inveighs against gluttony and drunkenness, and shows in a vivid manner the effect of narcotics and intoxicating drinks on the human system. Madame Janansohek will this season produce her new play, " By Order of the Czar." There are now two hundred and seventy,. five white ribbon women studying the Bible and New Testament Greek under the dire°• tion of Dean Alfred A. Wright.