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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1891-2-12, Page 6WINDOM'S SUDDEN DEATH. The fieoretary Drops Dead at it New York Banquet AFTER MAKING A SPEECH. A New York deepatoh of last night oeys ; Oyer 250 guests Attended the eighteenth annual banquet of ;the New York Board of l'rede and TramperMimi at Delimonico's to -night. Many prominent gentlemen were present, includ- ing Secretaries Windom and Tracy, ex. Seoretary Bayard, Murat Halstead, Collector Erhardt, Gen. Woodford, Erestus Wiman, Hon. Wilfrid Leerier, of Canada; Hon. J. W. Longley, Attorney -General of Nova Soothe, and J. W. Vroomen. After the feast was over, Capt. Ambrose Snow, President of the board, introduced Secre- tary Windom, who responded to the toast " Our Country's Proeperity, Dependent 'Upon its Instruments of Commerce ' The Secretary made an excellent address and was heartily applauded. Jadge Arnonx then got up and was introducing t31{ Secretary Bayard when some one cried, " Look at Secretary Windom." The speech was broken short and every eye was turned in the direction of the Seceetary. He had collapsed and was falling to the floor. His fame was ghastly, and a ory of horror arose among the guests. There was an imme- diate rush on the pert of all hands towards Mr. Windom, but several doctors who were present got there first and drove the others baok. They were Dre. S. A. Robinson, Durant, Whitney, Fisher and Bishop. Dr. Robinson examined the prostrate form and discovered that the heart was still beating. By his orders the Secretary was carried into the dish room, adjoining the banquet hall, and placed on a table. Meesengers were hastily despatched for electric batteries, and as many as four were applied to hie body, which was rapidly growing cold. This was at 10.05 P. m. For six minutes the eleotrio shooks were applied incessantly, but without sucoese. At 10.11 p.m. Judge Arnoux came out of the dish room and announced that Secre- tary Windom had breathed his last. " BE IS DEAD !" his was the fearful announcement that was made in a voice midway between a sob and a whisper through that gaily bedecked banquet hall. Every man looked at his neighbor with blanched cheeks, and silence fell upon the men who only a few mom- ents before were clamoring for news of Mr. Windom's condition. The Secretary had ewe:Imbed to an attack of heart diseeee. Only last Monday he had an attack, which, however, passed away without causing him 3imoh inconvenience. When it was officially announced that the Secretary was dead, Secretary Tracy went to the nearest telegraph office and sent a message to President Harrison, informiug him of the untimely event, and requesting him to nommunicate with Mrs. Windom and have her start on the 11.10 p. m. train for New York. This will bring the widow to this city by 7 o'clock in the morning, and not until then ce,n any arrangements be made for the removal of 4the body. THE SECRETARY'S SPEECH. In the course of Secretary Windom's 'speech, and referring to the decadence of the American merchant marine, he said: The tendency of late has been to eurren- der to foreigners even our domestic com- merce, rather than to aesert ourselves upon the ocean. Discriminations of the most astonishing character have been made, both by Congress and by Treasury regale. tions in favor of Canadian railroad lines and steamships against our own. Presi- dents of the United States have repeatedly expressed the national humiliation and sp. pealed to Congress for action in behalf of our rapidlermanishing merchant marine, but thus far words have fallen upon deaf ears. Let us hope thea the urgent appeals of President Harrison on this subject may bear fruit in some well -devised measure of protectioa and encouragement." BACK IN KINGSTON. Bev. W. W. Carson and the Alien Labor Law. A Detroit despatch says: Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church, of which Senator McMillan and hie business &Hoch ides are leading lights, some time ago ex- tended a call to Rev. W. W. Carson, pastor of a Methodist church in Kingston, Ont. Mir. Carson accepted the call and agreed to withdraw from the Methodist Church, and arrangements were made to have him examined by the local Presbytery for admis- sion to that body. Last Sanday Mr. Carson preached what was suppoeed to be his inangetral sermon. Last night at the rannual meeting of the church a committee reported that Mr. Carson's call Was ap- parently in contravention of the Alien Contract Labor Law. The committee recommended that the call be cancelled, and the report was unanimously adopted. There was much speonletion this morning as to the cause of this remarkable move. A prominent member of the church, says : te We did not know of the law when we ex- tended the oall to Mr. Carson. When we ound out about it, we thought it best not to get into any trouble, so the call was can- celled. Mr. Citation has returned to King- ston. The congregation are hopeful that he will yet become a citizen of the United States, in which event he will be once more asked to accept a call to the church." THE LEAMINGTON SCANDAL. Dr. Cox, of Detroit, Arrested on a Criminal Charge. A Detroit despatch seers: Annie Coultis, the 15 -year-old Leamington girl, who confessed to having been rained by her employer, John C. Minnis, a promi- nent merchant of that place'and also to having had an operation performed upon her by Dr. Wm. G. Cox, of this city, has so far recovered from her injuries as to come to Detroit and lay information againet Cox. A warrant was issued for his arreat, and this afternoon he was arrested at his resi- dence, Dnffield street, and taken to police headquerters. A warrant has ale° been leaned in Canada for the arrest of Minnes, but he succeeded in eluding arrest, and is now supposed to be in hiding in the vicinity of Munroe, Mich. The crime for which Dr. Cox has been arrested is alleged to have been committed at No, 23 Noble etreet, in this city, where the girl Was sent Tor treatment. Annie ia a frail girl, of respectable parentage, and was assisting Mrs. Minries with honsehold duties at the time her rain was effected. This IS not the first time Dr. Cox has found himself in a similar position. , The great Italian dramatio author, Giaoosa, has written a play for Sara Bern- hardt. Roland Reed, writing from New Oriente to Manager Flelahmen, sage : "Lend Me Tour Wife" has proved a little geld mine, and my profits thus far are over $20,000 On the season." Letts, Sarah Bomber:it, Langtry and 111odjesket are field to be ea oh worth over ihalf a million, RISING, IN OPORTO, Portuguese Soldiers Rebel Against the Government. IHIITIEG IN THE STREETH ENSUES. A ttenapt to Establish a Republic—The Disturbance enelled—Leaders May Be Shot. An Oporto despatch of Tuesday says : A tremendous sensation has been caneed here by what may turn out to be a revolution against the authority of the Government. The regiments of in- fantry comprising a portion of the garrieon openly revolted to.day. The remainder of the garrison, inclading the Municipal Guards, remaine Jayei to the Government. The population of Oporto hold aloof from the movement at present. It is alleged that the object of the mutineers is to es- teblish a Porthgueee Republic. The rebele and the loyalists are, as this deepatoh is sent, fighting in the etreets. Rumor has it that many have been killed on both sides. Citizens are berrioe,ding their houses, and the report is oiroulatect that the Govern. ment troops are being sent in haste from several points to this city. SOON SUPPRESSED. A later despatch says: The revolt has been suppressed and order is onoe more restored in this city. Shortly after the be. ginning of the revolt the insurgent troops and a portion of the limel guards, led by two non.commissioned officers'seized the Hotel de Ville (town hall) in Dom Pedro square and proposed to there and then de- clare a republic. However, a strong body of /oyel troops, composed of artillery and fusiliers, promptly surrounded and laid siege to the Hotel de Ville. The artillery opened fire upon it and the bombardment was followed by a oombined, well -led and oleverly-direoted infantry attack upon the insurgents' fortress. The fusiliers behaved grandly, keeping up a rattling fire and ad. vanoing at the same time. After a feeble resistance the insurgents surrendered. The loss on both sides was trifling. The insur- gents will be tried by court-martial and in all probability the ringleaders shot. The storekeepers have now thrown down the barrioadee from their windows and doors and there is general rejoicing here over the swift suppression of the outbreak. HOW IT BEGAN. LATER.—The insurgents to the number of 400 seeembled at 4 o'clock in the morn- ing, and with much cheering paraded through the principal streets. They made an attempt to seize the Prefecture of Police and the central telegraph office. Their plans were, however, frustrated by the municipal guard, who made repeated charges on the insurgents and repelled their attacks. Meanwhile the oivil Governor transferred his authority to the general in =amend, who Berne:toned loyal troops, when the few civilians supporting the rebels dispersed. The latter then pro• ceeded to the Hotel de Ville, fortifying the structure to the best of their ability in the short time at their com- mand, but lathing ammunition they speedily submitted in response to an artillery bombardment. The number of the killed and wounded on both Bide, in- cluding civiliane, is variously estimated at from 20 to 50. Some of the rebels escaped, but surrendered later. The municipal guards subsequently occupied the Hotel de Ville, and at once hauled down the flag of the Republican Federal Club, which the rebels had hoisted on the building. Six or seven officers of an inferior grade took part in the revolt, which was of a distinctly republican character. It is alleged that the civilian leader in the revolt was a lawyer named Alvez Veiga. By 3 o'olook in the afternoon the revolt had been en- tirely suppressed, but the department has been declared in a state of siege. THE LEADERS 01' THE REVOLT. Alvez Veiga' the civilian leader in the revolt, formeda republican direotoire, con- sisting of Senhor Freitas, a judge of the High Court; Senhor Soures, a retired gen- eral officer; Prof. Silva, and the brothers Leite. None of those persons were present, however, when the Town Hall was captured. Coon. Leitas and sub•Lieut. Malheiros, who are men of the highest rank, were with the rebels who were arrested. The number of insurgents had dwindled down to about 150 when they took refuge in the Town Hall. From the windows of this building the rebels fired several volleys at the loyal treope, who stormed the hall and captured it at the point of the bayonet. In the mean. time many rebels had escaped by way of the back doors. Forty-three soldiers and eleven civilians who had taken part in the uprising were placed under arrest by the loyal troops, and 30 others surrendered themselves. Three eoldiers and four civil- ians, including a woman, were killed during the fighting, and 36 soldieriteand 10 civilians were wounded. Under direction of the authorities the offices and printing rooms of all the republican journals were raided, and ell the documents found in the places were seized. Every person found on the premises was taken into onstody, and the bnildinge were placed under charge of the military. All the banks and commer- cial houses in the city have olosed their doors. LISBON, Feb. — A number of prominent politicians went to the royal palace to.day to give expreseion to their loyalty to the throne. King Charles in receiving the deputies from Oporto, asked them to thank the inhabitants of that city for their loyal attitude during the revolt. The official report of the results of Satur- day's uprising saya nine persona were killed and 48 wounded during the fighting. Professor Albuquerque has been arrested charged with having been concerned in the revolt. All the prisoners will shortly be tried by court-martial. Two hundred and twenty-five rifles were found concealed in honees around the Town Hall in Dom Pedro smiler°. Military law will remain in force in Oporto for a month. Several fugitives of the number of them engaged in Saturday's insnrrection of garrison troops were cap *tired to -day on the Spanish frontier. —Rider Haggard has in prime a Zulu romance. A curious scarfpin won by a Nashville man is a petrified human eye, set in a gold frame. The present owner of thia singular ornament found it ne Peru while he waa on an exploring tour in the land of the Incas with a party of Scientists. Judge Baker, of Chicago, amides that the Salvation Army may henceforth parade with fifes and drums and disport itaelf it sees 111 in its noisy enthesiasna. —If Mr. Parnell and Kitty O'Shea borne to this country on their wedding tour the ooming ;rummer, the oirone Will be just nowhere, is the opinion a the Boston Heraldo VIA O4T-0'-NINE-TAILS. .FLingston Oonvtot Gets Twenty Lashes on the Bare Back. BIG WELTS ON HIS BODY, A Kingston despatch mays; One mouth ago James McRae, alias McGuire, was sent to the Penitentiary from Toronto to serve five years for incest. For the first time in conneotion with such a reentence the court ordered the vile man to be lashed, twenty at the end of one month and twenty at the termination of three monthe. The whip- ping occurred at 11 o'clock on Saturday in the prieon dome. McRae, a fairly well proportioned man, about five feet nine inches in height, was brought out from hie cell. He was placed on a triangle and strapped. His bath was bared to the wait. Dr. Strange was present and deoleired that McBee was physically able to stand the lashing. The warden, several prison officers, and a small company of convicts who had offended and were in a fair way of reaohing the triangle, were witnesses of the dread scene. As soon as the time came for the work a stout officer etepped to the Bide of the convict with a cat.ohnine. tails in his hand. The lashes, knotted and quite thiok, were fastened to a stout piece of wood used as a handle. The sen- tence of the court was read and listened to without change of countenance on the part of McRae. Then the word of commend wee given and the oat swung through the air. It came down with a swish on the white back of the offender,and a livid line was seen across the skin. The snoceseive ten lashes were laid on without stint. Another officer then stepped forward and the second ,consignment was given with equal force. The upper part of the back grew darker in hue and the impression of the lash stood out in bold relief. Befere the twenty outs were laid on the flesh looked broken, and blood oozed out of the swollen linee. Molted) was stoical. From the first to the het he received them with. out an outcry or even wincing, and the punishment was by no means light. His back was covered and he was returned to his cell to meditate over the matter. The conviots who stood by were muoh inn pressed, and various oheeke blanched as the ferocious est was seen to fall with regular- ity and enaphaeis upon the bared body of a fellow-conviot. The details were carried out with precision, and the publication of the way puniehment is administered here must have a deterrent effeot upon the minds of offenders. The public and the press were debae.red from seeing the whipping. FIERCE COLLEGE FIGHT. Sophomores and Freshmen Make a Dis- graceful Exhibition of Themselves, A Philadelphia despatch says: One of those fierce freshmen -sophomore contests which mark and diserace student life at nearly all the colleges took place yesterday at the Univereity of Pennsylvania. It was the annual bowl fight, and Freshman Harry Engene Hayward, of this city, was chosen " Bowl men." The " Sops" got out a large wooden bowl, built at the Navy yard for the occasion, and then getting Hayward, fought over him for a halt hour, almost getting him into their bowl. His classmatee finally rescued him. Hayward was more dead thee alive, black in the face, with all the clothes torn from his body, and covered with bruises from the terrible drubbing, wrenching, and trampling under foot he received. Then the freshmen re. turned and tried to capture the bowl and break it, bnt failed after an hour's eifforts. Football player Beaumont saooeeded in knocking down a half eoore of opponents, and then received a blow over the eye that cat his forehead open, and required his exit to the hospital. It was a most brutal affair. A CUTE CHINAMAN Defrauds the United States Government Out of 830,000. SAN FILisoiSCO, Cal., Feb. — A scheme has just come to light whereby a sharp Chinaman has swindled the TJnited States Government out of some 530,000 revenne. It is their custom here when goods are imported to take to the appraiser's store 10 per cent. of them, from which the duty is to be calculated. The Custom house broker has to file a bond of ' $400 for the payment of the duty, and the owner is then allowed to take the other nine -tenths to hie place of bueiness. On January 1 a Chinaman went through this routine, leaving 10 per cent. of a large shipment of opium with the appraiser. He is now wanted to pay the duty, but cannot be found. As the duty on the fall amount of opium he imported will be about $35,000 and the 10 per cent. left by him is only worth $3,500, he makes a clear profit of over 530,000. Gave Sam Jones a Caning. A Palestine, Tex„ despateh says: At a meeting here lest fall Rev. Sam Jones, the evangelist, spoke of Mayor J. J. Wood's official and private character before a large audience in the severest terms. The Mayor was then absent from the city. Mr. Jones lectured here lest night, and as he was about to take a train this morning, the Mayor appeared and vigorously oaned him. In the struggle the cane changed hands and the mayor received several blows. Heavy bruises were inflicted, and both bled pro. fasely. Mr. Jones soon left town on the trein. Wood was arrested and placed un- der bonds for aggravated assault and for carrying e pistol. He deolaree he had no intention of doing anything further than caning Jones. Canadian Burglars Abroad. A Beffedo despatch says: Wm. Fortier, a Canadian drug clerk from a frontier county, and Robert Johnstone, another Canadian youth, moupetion brakeman, made a raid on various saloons last night. Seifert's, the Silver Dollar and Prierner's, all located on principal streets, were burg. lerized and the money in the till in each at the hour of closing was gobbled. The burglars were 'captured, after a these, at the point of the revolver by officers. They were held to appear at the Court of Sessions. "1 understand they've discovered the original men throngh whose whiskets the wind blew." " Who wets it ? " " Blue. beard I " It is proposed in Paris to do away, as far at possible, with lunatic asyluras and to place inesne persons who are not prone to violence° in the homes of country people, who will be suitably remunerated by the State. —He, an artist—I would ever ao mach like to want yen l She—I thank you very much, but it is not neceesary, became I paint myself. Woodby Swell—Say, Fwed, I was milling on my best girl last night, and at half after 10 her pa came into the parlor and turned off the gas. What do you suppose the old beggar meant? Fred Oldun—Why, light Orli, Of coarse. ThB 44MIPAN 4I4OON., Some Senators .Alarmed at the Possibilities of War. AT THE MERCY OF GREAT BRITAIN, A Washington despaoth says The For- tification Bill was before the Senate this afternoon. .Dieoussing an amendment to reduce the sum asked, Mr. Cockrell said he regarded it system of cost defences, which would oast 8125,000,000, 1b8 utterly worthless and an absolute waste of money. Ieolated as the United States is it could reeiet the combined powers of the entire earth. We have no risk to run. ,Mexioo is our friend. The Canadians are our friends. Suppose they are our enemies, what do they amount to? Mr. Frye—Not a row of pins. Mr. Cookrell—That is so. But weVan take Canada as a full compensation for any poseible injury Great Britain may at any time hereafter do rm. Mr. Hawley ridiculed the pretension that the United Slates could whip any other people on the face of the earth. There was a population of 63,000,000 in the United Skates, nimble of supplying the finest troops that the world had ever seen, but in case of an immediate and unexpected de- claration of war they would be what Wel. ungton called carrion for powder. What would the British nation oars for a square mile of such troops, armed with rifles that would not shoot over 1,200 yards? He did not want to show the nakedness of his oountry, but it so happened the whole world knew already that the United States wae abeolutely helpless. The Government could not negotiate to.day with adventege. That was the Bible treth. Great Britain had e magnificent harbor at Halifax, pro. tected by noble batteries and the beet fleet in the world. She had another naval eta - tion at Bermuda and another on the north- western coast, so close to the United Stetes that vessels in fleet harbor could throw shots across the line. Wars exploded without notice. It was said Great Britain would not fight, ole., but John Bull got mad and made an ass of himself like other people. ' He fought against robbery, and sometimes he fought for the sake of rob. bery. In twelve or eighteen hours Great Britain could assemble a fleet at Portland, in eighteen or twenty hours at Boston, and in twenty-four hours, perhaps, at New York. British war vessels in the harbor of New York could levy a tribute of five hundred or a thonsend million dollars on the city of New York, and NGW York would be compelled to pay it. In the meantime those "gallant sons of liberty" by the 100,- 000 or the 500,000 might be arming, but they would not be worths single lest year's bird's nest. The harbors of Boston, Port- land, New York, Charleston, New Orleans or San Francisco could not be defended, as they had no modern guns. •Mr. Dolph also spoke in favor of ade- quate coast protection. Mr. Blair ridiculed Mr. Dolph'e and Mr. Hawley's fears of war with any nation. Great Britain had no conceivable motive to make war against the TJnited States. He offered an amendment looking to an inter- national conference for the euppression of the slave trade, and of the trade in intoxi. (eating liquors, firearms and gunpowder in Africa. Mr. Cockrell read the report of the con- ference of American nations on the subject of international arbitration, and argued that appropriations for war preparations were placing thetUnited States in a fain light. PARNELL ON THE STIMEP. He Asks the Dublin People to Have Pati- ence—He Would Gain a Parliament fur Them DUBLIN, Feb. — Mr. Parnell spoke here to.day. Hie journey from Dublin to Ennis was a triumphal progrees. There was a remarkable series of demonstrations in hie honor along the route. At every stoppage an address was presented to Mr. Parnell, to which he briefly replied. At Athlone thousands of people had gathered at the stetion with bands, torches and illuminated devices and the crowd vainly tried to per- suade Mr. Parnell to stop there. Upon arriving at Ennis Mr. Parnell was greeted by the reoeption committee and by a dense multitute of people from the Bur. rounding distriots. A procession was formed with bands and banners, and Mr. Parnell was escorted to the place of meet- ing in front of O'Connell's (Aetna, where a platform Dad been erected. Mr. John Finnoane, M. P. for East Limerick, pre - Bided. Mr. Parnell in his speech declared that Ireland had stood feet to her claim to be sovereign within her own domain. He refused to admit any English veto as far as his own business wee concerned, as in 1880 he told the Irish people that they would win and events had proved the truth of his words, so in a few days they would know the truth of his declaration, that they had won 3, settlement of this cmeetion which would be everlastiugly creditable to their patriotism. Thy would gain a Parliament with real power to protect the interests of every class, to settle the questions of land and police, to disarm and convert the constabulary into a civil force under the control of Ireland's elected representatives. Under such a parliament Ireland would realize her aspirations to be a nation. For this he had fought through many long years, and at the foot of this (O'Connell'o) statue asked them to have patience and judge him by results. (Loud cheers.) During the afternoon Mr. Parnell was presented with addresses by numerous public) bodies. In the evening he returned to Dublin en route for London. To.day's meeting was the last of those definitely arranged for Mr. Parnell. Bradlaugh Burled. A London cable says: The remains of Charles Bradlatigh were to -day laid to rent in the cemetery at Woking. Speoial trains from this city conveyed fifteen hundred admirers of the greet free thinker to the Surrey tomb. In accordance with arrange. mento previonsly agreed upon, the care. monies were of the simplest kind. Many of those who followed the body to the cemetery wore various colored ribbons in their hats. About 2000,people gathered around Mr. Bradlaugh's grave Among those present were Mr. John Morley, Mr. Henry Le- boucihere, Mr Beaant, and a number of members of the House of Comroone. The coffin Was covered with fiorel wreaths, but no mourning garments were worn, nor was there any display of crape or black cloth. Complete silence was maintained by all who gathered around the grave. The following are thecenima chief officers for the different Provinces in the approach. ing census: Prince Edward blend, R. Hunt ; Nova Scotia, Jonathan Pareons New Brunswick, Ed, Barr; Quebec, P. E. Leblance ; W. E. Jonee, J. M. Desblet and .f. H. Charlehois ; Ontario, Andrew Brooder, A. F. Campbell, Philip McRae and Rufus Stephenson; Relenitobe, El. S. Donaldson; Nerthweet Territoriee, B. P. Richardson British Columbia, G. A. Surgiston. RIS HEAD CET OFF, Murderer Yyraud Guillotined in Paris this Morning, Ho ',Repulsed the Priests and Would Have None of Their PraYors—life itieba's Beath Kiss Received with Auger—His stead, Sliced off with the Keen Knife, Rolls in the Sawdust and all is Over. Paurs,'Peb. Illiehasl Eyraud, the murderer of the Notary (louffe, was guillotined at 7.20 o'clock this morning. Byraud met his fate with fortitude or sullen resignation. There were few witnesses of the execution owing to tbe fact that It was not generally known that the famous criminal would meet death to -day. when the governor of the prison, La Rouqueite, and the prison chaplain, Abbe Faure, were ushered into Byrand's cell a short time Previous to the h ,ur fixed for the condemned man 'a execution, they found he was already pp and dressed, evidently forewarned (contrary to the rules) by some kind-hearted prison official. Byra,ud declined a glass of cognac, which was tendered him by one of the warden, aud in spite of the earnest solleitatione of Abbe Faure, the murder positively, even angrily, re- fused to listen to the good priest's prayers, to pray himself, or to he.vo any religious rites per- formed in his behalf. The Abbas pleaded with the criminal in that dark cell all this morning, while within and without the prison all preparations were made to usher the sullen prisoner into another world was probably the most solemn and dramatic incident of the execution. But 10 yraud's iron will was not to be shaken even in the presence of death, and ho continued impatiently to refuse religious consolation. While on the death mann to the guillotine, which had been erected during the night on the Place De Da Roquette by Me De Paris and his grim assistants, when pinioned and on the point of being overturned upon the basoull of the guillotine, upon tho plank which WaS to glide with him beneath tho ratio suspended knife, Eyraud, with a movement as if of angry contempt or resentment, refused to return the last kiss bestowed on him by Abbe Faure, as customary in the case of criminals on the point of being executed. The action of the guillotine, once Byraud's neok was well beneath the uprights, was instantaneous. There was a flash, and all was over. Byroad's head had Pollen into the sawdust-illled recept- acle which awaited it. Then followed the usual meek funeral, and the body ot Gouffe's murderer was banded over to his (Byroad's) relatives and acquaintances IN DARKEST GUELPH. A Shocking Story of Misery, Dirt and Arrink. People have been often shocked to rend of the want and squalor in which millions of the civilized nations of the world live, but ocoasionally incidents are brought to light in this fair country which might sur. pass them for the misery and degradation shown. In Guelph, for instance, there is a family composed of what is termed a man, his wife and eight small children. The wife is dying with consumption. Not being able to rise from bed, the house has be- come so filthy as to defy description. Two neighbors attempted to °leen it out but turned sick before they had gone tar, and, it is reported, almoet had to burn their clothes. A charwoman refused to have anything to do with it. A minieter stayed in two minutes, and those who have seen it say they never saw anything like it. The husband ie a drunken brute, cares nothing for the rest of the family, eo that his own appetites may be fed. He mime home the other evening intoxicated and deliberately squirted tobacco juice down the throat of the helpless woman, as she was speaking to him. In other ways he has ill•used her so that the neighbors com- ing in have taken her for dead. Temporary arrangements were made on Saturday whereby the woman was taken to St. Josephie Hospital; the children will be oared for, and the man allowed to shift for himself. It is understood sleet no aotion can be taken against him, as the wife isnot in a condition to lay the information.— Guelph Mercury. HOW TO FIND A. MINE. Different Sorts of Mines Are Discovered in Various Ways. Few people in tbis part of the country have any idea of the diffioulty of finding a mine. A man who follows it for a living must thoroughly understand the nature of the district in which he is. Different sorts of mines are found in different ways, says a writer in the St. Louie Globe Democrat. If you are in a placer district, of course, you have nothing to do except to walk along a stream, with a pan in your band, and test the soil by washing till yen come to pay dirt. But if you know nothing about it you will waste a great deal of time testing dirt that an experienced prospeotor would know at a glance contained no gold. In a true fissure or contact district the experienced prospector will walk along the bottom of the gulches looking for "floats," although he expects to find the mine far up the mountain side. The float is vein mat. ter which breaks off with the settling of the mountain and rolls down its sides. The prospector, who is acquainted with the cistrict, knows it at once, and when he fields it climbs the mountain till he aecer- tains where it came from. A tenderfoot would never know what it was. But some- timee a tenderfoot strikes it richer than anybody. The Silent Friend mine at Pitkin, Col., which showed a 9 -foot vein of solid galena at the grass roots, was found by two Swede railroad hands who didn't know what the metal was, and gave away three-fourths of their interest before they discovered its value. Experienced prospectors have been over the ground thousands of times, but there were no ex- ternal evidences of the lead. The Swedes found it by rolling a bowlder down the mountein. The mineral cropped out from the piece where the bowlder had been. The great carbonate fields of Leadville were found by a man who was thought to be insane for sinking a theft where there were no external evidences of mineral. He foaled the carbonate in a "blanket vein," lying level as a sheet of water, a great die tanoe below the ground. A regular pros. pector would never have sunk a shaft there. But where one tenderfoot strikes it that way a hundred thousand get broke and go home disgusted. The Longest Straight !Railroad Track. The new Argentine Pacific Railroad, from Buenos Ayres to the foot of the Andes, has on it whet is probably the longest tangent in the world. Thiel is 340 kilometers (211 miles) without a curve. In this distance there is not a single bridge and no opening larger than an ordinary culvert, no cut greater than one meter in depth, and no fill of a height exceeding one meter. There is almost an entire absence of wood on the plain across whittle the western end of the road is located. This has led to the extensive nee of metallic ties, which will be employed on nearly the entire road. "The Twelve Teinptatione" has coined wealth on the New England circuit for Manager Gillmore. The big spectacle as several theneand dollars ahead of receipts for lad season np to this time. juatin Bantle, Morlarthy and F. C. Burnand, eaoh of whom had itonceived the idea of writing a play founded on story of "Carmen," have agreed to work in concert. Their piece, when completed, will be pro. &Wed by Mrs. Langtry. NO T vieltr irltAciadtc. A Gruff Doctor Gives a Young. /Mtn a Tip on His Best Girl. A oynical doter, withal a man of won - aerial resources and e; quick mind, lives on one of the avenues on the aouth aide, says the Chicago Tribune. He was in his study, a few nights ago, when a young man came in and began questioning him about the propriety of marrying. l'he young man raved fooliehly over his, sweethear etn&, called her sugelio and eo on. He wee afraid she was too fragile for this world. The old doctor granted. " Fragile, eh ?" he asked. "How fragile 2' Ever test her fragility ? Let me give you some figures about her arad womankind in general, showing how fragile they are. Let ns euppose thet this pieoe of perfection is in moderate good health. She will live to be, say 60 years old. Women don't like to die any more than men do—not as rattoh —for women never grow old; you know. Lieten to me. She will eat one kound of beef, mutton or some other flffh every day. That's 365 pour& of meat in a year. "In sixty years it's 21,900 pounds. HOW'S thet for fragile? She will eat as much breed and as much vegetables per diem, and there you have in sixty years 43,800 pounds of bread and meat. It she is not too angelic she will drink daily no less than Iwo quarts of coffee or tea. And by the time ;she is ready to have a monument she will have consumed 175 hogsheads of liquids. Fragile ? "Now, young man, them figures do not det include the forty or fifty lambs she will worry down with mint Sauce. It does not take into consideration the 2,000 spring chickens, the 500 pounds of butter, the 50,000 eggs and the four hogehee,ds of sugar she will consume in sixty yeere. It doesn't take into consideration her ioe cream, her oyeters, her clams and such. AU this means about forty-five tons. Fragile Think of your affinity in connection with these figures, and then rave over her being fragile. Young man, you are a fool. Boob 1" THE GUINEA PIG, A Creature That, From one Point of View, Stands Absolutely ,Alone. The secretary of the Selboree Society of England, an association of lovers of wild nature, has lately written an account of the guinea pig. This creature, the writer says, steinde absolutely alone, from one point of view. Do what you will, it is impossible to make a friend of him. Titmice, robbss, squirrels, wild docile, mimes, even rate and mice, have been found amenable to kindnees. Even Romen snails, Egyptian beetles and butterflies have been taught to recognize their mestere and show a friendly interest in them. The guinea pig is an abeurd little animal for a number of reaeons, and one of the most remarkable absurdities about him is his name. He is not & pig of any kind,nor any relation to the pig, and 'lobes nothing to do with Guinea. He is a kind of rat and bis native home is South America. Why he should have been called a "pig" no one knowe, unless it was on account of the elight grunting noise that he makes ; and the word "guinea" in hie case may be a corruption .of Guinn, where the animal has sometimes been found, thongh it was first brought from Brazil. His real name is the "cavy" and by that he should be called. In his wild state be ie quite differently colored from the domesticated animal and lacks the spotting of white, black and tawny color which the tamed cavy often has. It lased to be commonly etippoeed that tbe guinea pig drove away ordinary rats, or rather caused them to go awey on account of their extreme dislike of him, but even this negative merit is deuied to the poor little animal. No one, however, is able to deny hie gentlenese and submissivenees.—Youth's Companion. FROZEN WATER -PIPES. What to Do Before the Plumber comes. To fled the water pipes leaking, frozen, or perhape buret, is no rare occurrence during the winter in the modern much - plumbed housee. Nothing more thoroughly demoralizes the domestic machinery than such unlucky happenines. Floors are wet, ceilings leak, the water is shut off, and the. whole household ie at a stend still, waiting for the vexatious will.ohthe-wasp, the plumber. Whenever the leak ie visible, the housewife can mire the ill heraelf, at least temporarily. Shut off the water first, and then spread some white lead on a cloth,. like a plaster. Tie this firmly over • the leak, and the plaeter will mon harden, fon the water cannot work its way out or pre- vent the plaster's adhering. Unless the plumber will make thorough repairs when de does come, the lead 'easter is more permanent then any puttied joint or weak solder. Let a pound of white - lead stand a day or two until a skin has formed over it, and then cover it with water. It will be soft end ready for use at any time, and the housewife can " snap her, fingers at the plumber's ways," to para- phrase Sir Joseph Porter, es beet snits a.• frosty morning. Strips of rubber cut from.. old rubber shoes and bound tightly over the leaks in hot.water pipes will clout the holes • and stop the dripping flood. When the water freezes in the two of the bath -room or the kitchen sink, a quart of common salt, thrown into them will thaw them ont more rapidly than hot water. A lighted lamp placed under a frozen water -pipe is mom rapid and convenient its work than pouring on hot water. A lamp, the flame partly lowered, placed ander an exposed bend or length of pipe which hi liable to a freeze is a simple preventive of trouble in bitter weether.—Harper's Bazar. New Use for Tam o' &hankers. Some ingenious young women make pretty and convenient workboxes out of a Scotch Tem o' Shanter cap, says the New York Times. One of soft, gray tenets is lined with pale pink silk, and finished on the head band with the inevitable little bow, whioh in this case is a rosette, which seems the sine qua non to a woman's gecora- tive scheme. The cap rests by it own weight conveniently open on a work table, and forms a really capacious and aefe pocket for spools, thireblee and odds and ends, while the soft exterior offers an at- tractive needle cushion. Dangers Attending Meaeles. The Journal d'HygienePopulaire for Jann airy says : " Moulted are very prevalent in Montreal. This diseitee is far from being of a hattnlese character, as a benevo- lent pablio imagine. Meas/es are not dangerous to look at, but they become so and even retorted by complications, For this reason it is always well to attend to their cure at once. Thia year they have been of a most malignant character. Con. vulsions often complicate the nature of the disease, and the following have also been ob- neevedsdiphtheria, bronchitis, infiemmation of the lunge, sortie on the month and the sirs." The htieliand of Rosins Vokes,. Mr. Cecil Clay, is still on twiddles by nation of his recent accident on tbe stage 61 the, Madison Square theatre, New Yoth.