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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1885-04-22, Page 14 r. *S“ 16,PUBLISHED •-■’T <» lEvery Wednesday Mornii g AT TMEIA OFFICE, Albert Street, Olinton, Ont. fl. 2d in advance ; dd ij not so paid. The proprietoroof The Goderior News, having purchased the buainetis and plaut of The. Huron Record, will in future under th? title of “The Huron News- Record.” Clinton is the most prosperous towniu Weatery Ontario, iaihe seat of considerable manufacturing, and the centra of the finest agricultural section in Ontario, The cotnbined circulation of The News- Record, .exceeds that of any paper pub­ lished Ju the County of Huron. It is, therefore, unsurpassed as an advertising medium- Our rates for advertising are: 1 column ! year, $90 J column 1 year, $30 1 6 mos, 50 J “ 6 mes, 18 1 . 3 inosj i • “ lyear, 4 “ 6 mos, 4 “ 3 mos, 30 50 30 18 I “ I - c TERMS: $1.25 per Annum, in Advance. *4*r Kw. ’•INDEPENDENT IN ALL, THINGS,’NEUTRAL IN NOTHING.”WJEtlTFiLY <& TODD, PnbliBhers _ VOL. VII.—NO. 20, •MONEY TO LOAN At low rates of interest and uppn terms to suit 'borrowers. • MANNING & SCOTT, Beaver Block, Clinton Clinton, May 17th, 1882. 20 CLINTON, HURON COUNTY, ONT., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1885.WHOLE NO. 335 Smog 12 1 year,. 18 6 mos, 12 3 mos, 8 MONEY to lend1 In targe or small sums, on good mortgages or personal i ecurity, at the lowest current rates. H. HALE Huron-St. Clinton, Cl.nton, Feb. 25,1881. 1-ly. Advertisements, without instructions as' to space and. time, will be left to thejudg- "metit of the compositor in the display, in­ serted ' until forbidden, ipeasured by a scale of solid nonpareil (12 lines to the inch), and charged 10 cents ,a line for first insertion and 3Ai'ents a line for each sub­ sequent insertion. Orders to discontinue advertisements must be in writing. «F Notices set as ’reading matter, (measured; by a scale of solid Nonpariel, 12 linos to the in’ch) qjiarged. at .the rate of 10 cents a linear each insertion, 4 •' ’• Cl...... JOBWORK. brie of .the best appointed Job Offices west, of Toronto. Our facilities in this department enable us to dp all kinds of work—from a calling card to a mapitrioth poster, in the best, styie known to the craft,* and ,at the.lowest *possible' rates. Orders by rnaiL promptly.attended to. Address, The News-Record, Clinton. -Ont December, 1882. ' ’ Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1855. CAPITAL, - ‘ - - $2,000,000. -• REST, - - - . ■ $500,000 ” Head Office, - MONTREAL. THOMAS.WORKMAN, President. J. H. R. MOLSON, Vice-President. F.-WOLVERSTAN THOMAS, General Manager. Notes discounted. Collections made, Drafts ‘issued, Sterling. and American ex­ change bought and'sold at low­ est current ratOs, ‘ ‘ INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS. . FARMERS. - . . Money advanced to farmers on their own notes with one or more endorsers. No mortgage re­ quired as security. H..C.BREWER, ' - , Manager, February. 1884, Cunton. BUSINESS DIRECTORY ^^EDWIN-KEEFER, Late ,ot Toronto, Honor Graduate Royal College- of Dental Surgeons, , . ' Coats’s Block, - Clinton, - AU Work Registered. - - ^-..Charges Moderate. COMMERCIAL HOTEL. . This Hotel is furnished throughout with great cure to tneeWhe wants of the travelling,public. Ceihmodious sample rooms. The best of’ liquors, and cigars are al wavs kept at the bar. Good table. Best situated Hotel in Clinton. -Give Us ’a call. ’ ■ r ; . ’JAS. IviOORE, -Proprietor.- Clinton, June 7th, 1S82. .; . . Wrdfcal DR. REEVE. Office—“Pulace" Brick , Block;.' Ratteubuty.Street, Residence opposite the' Temperance Hail,- Huron Street. Coroner for the County of Huron. Office hours from 8 a.m. to.'e 3>. tn, s, ’ • . . Clinton, Jan. 14,1881. , ' , .1-y ' WAVERLjCHQUSE. THIS. HOTEL IS NEW h.nd has aihtlie-roquiwi- lueiita of: a first-class house. Largo, and airy rooms, elegant parlors, heated with hot air. In' theAinmediste viei'nity of - the.- G.' T., It. Depot. The liar is Well stocked with the choicest brapds of liquors andeigars. The travelling public may rest' assured ' of being .well ’cared for at 'thiSx House. - ' , 1 . • . SAMUEL-PIKE, Clinton,' May 15,1884. 287-y • Proprietor. G MANNING & SCOTT, Barristers, Solicitors, Conveyancers,' &c ,Cdhi- enimloners tor Ontario-and Mauitoba., ' . - - ■ . 'i Office*—Town HALt^GtrN'i'ON «blinton, May 17th, 1882'. • - ' ‘ D. A. FORRESTER. ■ JWNVEYA#CRk;.LANl),. /XSITllANCH, <b •v (JA’iV/JZUA AtfgNr. Air Mviieg to Loan. Office, Beaver Block, Clinton. v22tf SEAGER & MORTON, Barristors^.,‘«t-, God­ erich and Wingham. C. Seager, Jr,., Goderich, J. A. Morton...W.mghum.— ------—-—-—l-lyr—•— AVISON & JOHNSTON, Law, Chancery,and Conveyancing. OtHee-^West Street, next door to Post Office, Godcrieli, Ont. 57< PLINTON Lodge,. ,No.' 84,/A. F. & A it, VJ meets every Frtflay, on or; alter the full moon. Visitin'g brethren-eor<tiiil1.v invited. J. YOUNG, w. M. : ' J. CALLANDER SBC .. .Clinton, Jurc'14, .1881 -t- L. O. L, No. 710. ? cr^iNToiN, ” Meets skco>>, Monday , of every month. Hall upstairs, opposite ____the Town Hall. Vi.sitiiig.brethren always mudt?welcome. • ^***a*' '__________P. CANTELON, W. M. “XTSTtoDD, Secy. " C. TWEEDY, D, M. RC. HAYS, Solicitor, rf-c. Otiiee','corner of* • Square and West Street, ever Butler's Book Store, Goderich, Ont. - . 07.- ■ AS" Money to lend at .lowest rates of interest. E CAMPION, Barrister,Attorney, Solicitor in * Chancery,. Conveyancer, Ajsl Office over. Jordan’s Drag Store, the • rooias .formerly occu­ pied by Judge Doyle. .' Artv amount of money to loan at lowest wates of interest. ,. 14y;. PEDDLING WAGGON FOR SALE. .TjffT %OR DRY.GOOD.%.OR GROCERY busi- JC ness," In good order;. only been in use two seasons, Apple to ’■ ‘ ' - R, COATS <0 SON. . Clinton. March -25th, 1835. . ■’ -331 ■ _ji.4 -t*-—»* H. W. BALL, - A UCTIONEER for .Huron County. ■' Sates at- Tv tended to’in any part'of the County. Ad- areas orders to OdoBUCirP. O. . V-17. <IIIAS. 9IAM1LX0X A UCT1ONEER, land, tain and iitetiraticejigent /k. Blyth. Sales attended in toa-n aiid country, in reasonable terms. A list of farjn-s and village lots for sale, .Money- to loan on real estate, at ■tow rates o/ interest. Insurance effected-o'n all .classes of property.- Notes lUMijbibis.eullected. floods appraised, and 'n« eOinaiMwion. Bank­ rupt stocks bought and sold. _. ( Blyth. Dec. 1«, 1830 , . WteriiUivy* J. E. BLACKALL, Veterinary Surgeon^ eox&eo^ STOCK BROKERS, TORONTO, MEMBERS TORONTO STOCK EX0RAN6E, Have independent direct wire, by which New York continuous Stock quotations are received more rapid­ ly than by any other source. Huy and sell on commlwion, for cash, or on margin all securities dealt In on the Toronto, Montreal, a-pd New York Stock Exchanges- Also execute orders in Grain and Provisions on the Chicago Board of Tiude. Dally cable quotations of Hudson’s Bay and other stocks. 26 TORONTO STRRRT. FARM FOR SALE. rptlE subscriber offcrs for_ sale Ills farm, being; ! '■j<FGSr-i5s-> neld ed'nuessluti, GodcricW fcownl' ship, coiitainiiig Io9 acres.(actually' lie), about 100 acres cleared and frt-e from stumps. Good farm buildings, three aores.of orchard and grind witter; Good cbiy soil, The farm iwone of the fest iti tho County of Huron. About five miles from Clinton.. Half cash, ' balance on easy, tertus. .. Apply on the. premises, or at Tub NBWS-Rkcoitri- ■ office, or address , , JACOB SHEPPARD, 326 Sul y _ • Clinton P. O. HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. - -- ' : > . —-----:rpiIE undersigned offers, for sale his ffouso and JL Lot nil Queen street, Clinton. The house is newly built ; six 'rooms, three upstairs alid three down; hard and soft water; good.cellar. Situate in rising and healthy locality. Terms efey. Apply on the premises or address Cllnton'P <>. 327-tf ’ JOSHUA HAMNER. FOR SALE. (Graduate of thq Ontario -Veterinary’ ColtegO, To­ ronto, havihg opened an office In Clinton, is prepared.to treat all disoasos of domestic animals on the most.modern prin- . ciplea, All-operations carefully , « performed, nndcaHs prompt- • ly attended to by tiny or 'night. Fees moderate,. ■ Ofeice,—lsfc door: West of Kaii- nedy.s Hotel, Clinton, Out. V-17. TN THE Village of BELGRAVE, the dwelling X .house and store occupied by me. The site is 6jie of the most desirable hi the villago for bus!-’, nous.- There is a good Stable, outhouses, and tin excellent soft water cistern on tile premises. The doUcomptlsciA; pt riuijmreu_Tlje=_h.'nH>llXs are- in good repair. Will bo sold cheap, 'as the prq-,1 priotor is'giving unbusiness. TeSmsoasy, Apply’ to ~ ( . '. . ■ . WM- DUNCAN Bolgravo, Ont.5-11-tf. Photographers . House -to Rent or for Sale.- . ♦. ■ -—*— ■ • TWO STORY. BRICK U.OUSEbn Victoria-St., occupied at prexont by Mr. John llobcrteon. It consists of ii good largo rooms down stairs and Refreshment room in front, roeohtiy used as a Restaurant, arid 7 good sized rooms up stairs, summer, kitchen, cellar, stable, bird and-toft .Water, apd quarter aero; lot. For any further' .particulars, apply to W, W. FARRAN or. JAS. LOGINS, the owner. .' 330 " . ■— . — ■ t CLINTON. Life Size Portraits a Specialty. Clinton Marble-Works, HURON STREET, CLINTON. ■ ■ TOJLET, . QTABLE AND DRIVING SHED. Apply to 0 GEO. R. LEVAGOOD, Organ Factory. Clinton, March 3 let, 1885. 333-tf /V X Jr 0 THE WEEK’S DOINGS. W. H. COOPER, Jr., Manufacturer of and dealer in all kinds Pf Marble & Granite for Cemetery JVork at'flgurcBthatdofy compotiUon ' Also manufacturer pf tlip Celebrated ARftFtorAt, Stone lor. Building pur- Eoses and Cemetery Work, which must e seen to be appreciated.-*-All work warranted to give satisfhbtions WANTED. .........' .■ ■& ("i boo general SERVANT wanted. Ap- T- ply to Mrs. J. Rebve, 'opfesiul Temporanee HiMh ° '. * April 1st, 1885. - ' ‘. • '333 GIRLS WANTED. ONE chambermaid and one dining room girl, immediately. Good wages will be paid. Apply at the Commercial Hotel. . JAMES MOORE, 327-tf<> * Proprietor. TO THE PUBLIC. 4? . Goderioli Marble.Wks" NEW BOOT & SHOE 8TOO IN PERRIN S BLOCK. - Hand-tnade work/sewed and pegged, at prices io suit every puree. The best work, loweet prifcesl aftd eatlefaction guaranteed, Aa I have flret-clMS city workmen em­ ployed, entire satiefaction ie a certainty. Give me A oMl. CANADIAN. Canadian Pacific Railway traffic receipts'-Week ending April 7, $140, ' 000, against $87,000 last year. In­ crease $53,000. . A telegram from Mayor, T, M. Daly, of date April, 14th, of Bran* don says : In spite of the .troubles in tliis province the people here are not excited, and seeding is going ori rapidly, and on a larger scale; than last season. ' ’ R. H. Kirkpatrick, for many yehrs a resident-of-Goderich,v while: (lecendirign-trie-steps of the Russell Ho use, Toronto, stumbled and fell on the back of his head. He has - remained unconscious ever since, and his. death is hourly expected. He will leave a family of thirteen. The Meagher Bros., proprietors of the Town 'Talk, Torontpj were' Tuesday committed fer trial for criminally libeling .Foreman’ and 'Fraser, of the Queen’s Own. They*, are still in gaol, not being able to procure bajh The libel consisted’in publishing tliat the genjtletnen were cowards ‘etc and would n.ot go"with their regipients to the front. - . The inquesCinto the cause of the death of Alex. Mcjntoshj which-was held before Dr. Gmtin;' Corimen ended' boriricide.e «rly on ' Saturday morn- ing’. . Mitcliell, who killedxAlcItpsIr i?t,$t-. Thoiuas while the latter was in Mrs. Mitchelbs bedroom, wab afs terward committed by the magistra­ tes for trial.- - Five newsboys were brqught.be-. fore the\Toronto magistrate for breach of the Sabbath Observance Act in selling papers oil Sunday. One of the nuthber as a test case, was fined $1 or seven' days in gaol; Applications will be made to- quash’ tlie conviction.' The’Crown Attor­ ney is Bum limning the-newboys ow­ ing to the difficiiltj' of proving who the- publishers of the Sunday edi­ tions really are. . ; By a majority of forty in a House of one hundred and fifty-six,the Cotnmons of Canada have decided that .it is beneath the dignity of this country to make an attetnpts.to enter into, negotiations with the United States as to a; reciprocity treaty. . The giound of this decision is that any new 'proposition looking to reciprocity should emanate f-ro.ui the United States," as Canada has already declared in its favor. . -—By the expTosibn of a*:hmp in. Clark’s Variety Hall, Brighton, Oli^ a fire broke out arid at once got* ens tirely beyond the -control of the limited lire appliances'at .the dispose al of tlie village. In less than three, hours Garrison’s meat shop, Clark’s 'Variety Hall, Mrs, Dmiagiiy’s . tpil* lineiy establishment, Nesbits’ Block; tenan ted by Snider & Si Ils, hardware, aud two buildings'owned by Mrs. Dowley, witli^a brick corner block, were in ashes. The loss, will proba- l’Jy.Xeach $15,000, Insured to a considerable extent. „~Augustiiie Laprtsse, who jives within a mile and a half of Angus, lias been Judged in" Barrie jail, ■cKaFgeffrwi tliki 11 ing hiu father. - It appears the son is of Unsound .mind, and has.for some time been regard­ ed as a dangerous lunatic, but the family would not consent to place ihim in ‘the asylum, - expecting' he would recover. One evening he had a few hot words with Iris father, whom lie violently kicked in the stomach, arid then jumped upon him several times,, inflicting surib “in-, juries'that he died in about tweiity liourB-atferwards. John C. Billingham was charged > before the London P, M. with a breach of the Liquor License Act, in having a number pf bottles of heer in Iris oyster and lunch room. The magistrate explained to Billingham that it was not necessary to prove anything further against him; -that ulriess.be was willing.ta aweer that die Beer was not the,re for the pur­ pose of being sold, the decision of the’ Court would be against him. Tho defendgiri.t'expressed his disgust at this interpretation of the law, hut refused to testify on his own behalf, and tlm usual fine of $20 and costs'was imposed. The Canadian heirs of the Law­ rence Townley estate in England met in Toronto last week and placed in Solicitor-WilIson’» hands all the re- oords held by them proving thoir deflcdnTJrom •John Lawrence and . Mary Townley, The only link missing during the last fifty years has now boefi found* atid tho heirs rintioipate little trouble' in proving the^^i, claims/ forty million dollars • having, it is Baid* been awarded to MMfSidnny and T. Brown, of Bag* dad, N. y.; a relative of the heirs f , Tlw prelimiriary , exain inat ion -p.f Samuel Mitciiell, charged with mur­ der of Alex. McIntosh, bis yvife’n »paratnour, on Sunday, April, fitfe. was held at St. Thomas, before Police MagistrateWhite. The prisoner was committed to stand) his trial at next Assizes. —Twenty-seven Dominion elec­ tions have been held since tlfe g?n- ercl election of 1including three in Soulangea and two in Lehnoxi Of these the Government has carried twenty-two and the Opposition five, including West Ontario, The Gov­ ernment has gained two seats and the Opposition one. There is a genuine “Liberal reaction.” At the meeting of the Hamilton arid London .Presbvterian Synod in Hamilton last week, Rev. A, McLean,, of Blyth, presented the report of the Committee on temper­ ance. The report reviewed the progress of the Scott Act during thtf' past yeai;?. It intrpduced recoin (Mn,endations. tfiiit all members and **’‘adherents.of the church co operate in supportirfS! it where about to be sub­ mitted, and in enforcing it jvhere carried. The recommendations were ’adopted." Sunday excursions and newspapers were condemned^ ub also, volunteer parades on Sunday. Dr. Macdonald expressed himself against society funerals on. Sunday.—He thought there was a good deal of Sunday desecration caused bv this; Mr. Thomas Strachan, of ‘Brussels, held-that it was as bad to play an organ at services in church on Sun' days as to have a band parade on the streets. 3 * s --------- ----------------v * ' . - AMERICAN. - An.8-story house, just erected in -New 'York fell to the ground, burying in the ruins about 50 people. 17 haye. already been extricated- more or less injured. How many remain is not "known..___■ ‘_ Near .Forbes, -Missouri, William Clark a yoiin'g - farmer, shot Miss Harden, aged 16 ; her brother/aged. 14, and‘her mother, a widow. The latter was instantly killed -and the daughter fatally inju'red. The broth­ er'will recover. -Two hourti‘later- Clark committed suicide. Olark was a married man,„ with- three children. Sometime ago. lie-became' intimateJwjth-Miss Harden, which caused a... scandal. The .Hardens threatened to bring a suit for. da­ mages, hut Clark1 offered ’’-to .pay them . $300 to settle the matter. They refused, to accept,,the m,oney on the advice of counsel. Clark- then went to the Harden, residence and said “Lw.i.Il settle this-matter right be re.” 'He • pulled.a revolver •^antMiesairshootitig, with'.the result ’Stated.; - - - • . The renian» andXBlelt , BLOOD, THUNDER AND BRIMSTONK BP^-TWO SIDES TO THE, STORY. N. Y^ Journal. ' Secret conclaves, of (he Fenian brother­ hood have befen held- The Manhattan circle"nl0t in the hall in East Thirtaenth street, Tara circle at No. 365 Fulton street, Brooklyn; the Emraet ^fcle hi Oakland avenue, Green point, and the Phoenix circle at their haff In Third aven­ ue near Twenty-third street. There wm a lengthy discussion at the latter place over the reports which appeared in The Morning Journal concerning the depart­ ure of the.Fenian voluu>ers for Manitoba A prominent Brooklyn Fenian was vigor­ ously denounced tor revealing the facts .to the journal reporter; He defended himself, akiug the ground thftt he djd it for ’ the luterest of the organization. ..Gliargea.'wer&.p.r.eferrejd against him, and fie will probably be expelled Considerable enthusiasm was aroused by the receipt of a letter from Colonel L>. Sullivan, of Chicago, who said that the “ A. R. L, ” bad voted $5,000 .tc help Rieli.besides sending him 250 meg and s gatling gun from that city. "It was also reported that .ex-Congressman John F, Finerty and ex-Assemblyjnan P. VV 6Dunn, of Chicago, had been communicat­ ing with Riel and had assured him of the continued support of-the A,R L (the Ad- ’▼anced Revolutionary League.) Another letter io the effect that the* Wolfe Tone circle, ofSt, Louis, had sent to Manitoba a dynamite corps of twenty- five men with 8uffic.ient material to make a ton of dynamite and Greek fire. These men. it ia said, have just-graduated from the “ Fenian military academy,”a pet name for Mezzrofif’s dynamite.Scht oi "A Journal reporter hud the good for­ tune to gain sdniisslOn to a Fenian rend­ ezvous id tbebfohrth ward. “John Mur­ ray," the name by Which Louis Riel’s agent is known, was’there, He said hla mission had been a success, having receiv­ ed substantial evidence that the dynamite (Action of Ne’w York and vicinity meant business. They had shown'it, be said, by ■ contributing $10,000, 2,000 improved" re- •peating'rifles, two gatling guns and 500 men, Jmost of which and whom, were on the Way to the seat of'war. It was-learued positively that Louis' RieUwarln ilils city two months ago. He came on for consultation with the leaders, of tlie various Irish o ganiz.(lions, with whom he bad been .in communication for two years; Riel, it is Raid, had a prolong­ ed conference with Patrick Ford, who promised birp substantial aid in case he revolted ugainst the English government ‘"Rosso” wasTn sy’'i^etmrfnglTII ecture“to" j be delivered in Boston.; He stopped writ­ ing long .enough to‘say : • “ There will be blood and fire and brim­ stone flying about Manitoba befoie_-Lwo weeks pass. Mark my < words. I'm no prophet, but I know when I see Smoke that there’s fire around?’ ■ . [The above is not considered reliable.) Our Liquor Bill. The .figures given .^how that the vQa.nadian people spend: more for- wlYibky jail'd o’th'er ifi tOXicatiiig’dTin k’s' than fot- .any other class- of manu­ factures five -..ifiillions more- for liquor than -for -meat ; six--millions more for liqnor\tl>an for either bread ;pr • Woollen goods. They. Spend more for drinks than for-all the lumber they annually tuie for build­ ing houses, and bariis, anx^ fences, and malting furniture.; oih^third more.6n the stuff that- puts snakes in their boots^than on .the boots therhs-f selves ; twice as niucli for alcohol, as lor cottons f nearly three- times ao much -as for sugar; and while they spend .jj8;000,000 for clearing tlieir headsby education, they spend three anda Half ttimes as muchi for muddlyig then!. A single year of this baneful i expendittire"costs as. much as would b.uy out the farms, and stock of eith- . ?er of .the wealthy counties offlla'st* ihgs and Elgin.One month would buy up all the towfeship8„Qf.ilieL great county of .Welllington. Thir-., ty-two years of this annual drink bill would purchase the farms, stock, and implements of the whole Pro-' vince of Ontario,. Liquor costs the Dominibn as feuiih as a respectable war,;and kills-inure tliah such a war .generally does The indirect, ebst for the ^maintenance of* prisons and asylums, and in the. loss of. labor, is another itein in the drink bill of the, •eountryj yjhich would swell, thjj ..total financial loss caused, by tlie liqiibr traffic' to an-eveq more enormous sum.,' Anil .the finanical loss, after all,’is the smallest evil of tlie whole -business.jfer, Wasjilngton^ Glad­ den in.T\\e Century. If tfieu all tlfe vast sums-spent,fer. liquor is worse than thrown’away, woulckit not bo well to have compensation go hand in hand with prohibition. Such a union would be a tower of strength to probition and would be an equits ablo arrapgemeift. • llercliairt Fleets of 41145 IVorld. It may. be said that one half of the World's tonnage engaged’in carrying the world’s cbmmerce on the h,igh seas sails under' tlie Aug of Great Britian.' The seagoing merchant ‘ fleets' of all. nationalities; aggregate abont'56‘,000 vessels; and altoli't-23,'- 0Q0,000 tons; TlT^tYKmmTdous'pre- ponderance of Engla nd .Tn* the carry, ing trade of tlie- world and the order in which competing nations follow1 her long lead Are sho wn in this table of approximate figures : ” • ,a ■ ' Vessels. Tons 22,500 11,200,000 .... 6,6C0 2,700,000 ...' 4,200 1,'500.000 ...i. 8.000 1.400,000 .,.2,900 . 1;100,000 8:200 ■ 1,000,00.0 ..... . 2,300.600,000. England’s tonnage'-oni'the ocean highways is betwe.'/ri four and'five times that of the United States;__It- is.seven times that of Norway, eight times that of . Germany, ten- times, that- oFFrapce, eleven times tliat of Italy, and viglitee'tr- ItiiivB tbat ‘vf Russia. If the\comparispn is con­ fined to steamships,which -now carryj part of the commerceth C ' ‘ ~......1 ____ exhTSiteSTjir a’still" more' striking way All nations...... Great Britain.. ^France....,....;. United States-- Germany..;.,.'.^ Spain............. Italy. ..t.r........ •Holland... 'Russia.....;,..... Groat' Britain! United States'. Norway.,.....-., Germany....”.'.. France. Italy...'....,....... Russia........... I y"''i1 1 ...... Desertionau<l Bigamy --- CANADIAN MARRIED MAN FROM DETROIT WEDS A MICHIGAN GIRL. ’’ A Detroit, April 2E— Last August David A- Davis, a carpenter, went from Detroit to Flint to aot in tba capacity of boss carpenter at the now preabyterian church in course of erection .at that place. Shortly after "his arrival he. began "paying atten- t;on to a young lady named Mary Moore, representing himself as an, unmarried man. Tho acquaintance , between the couple ripened into Ipve, and about a month ago a clandestine trip WAa made «to East 'Saginaw, where they .were united in marriage, They returned to Flint, ffiut nothing was said to the girl’s parents aboqt the matrimonial venture until ten days ago, when the secret was divul­ ged. Mr, arid’Mrs,-Moore were sotne-^; what surprised on learning that they bad. loaf a daugh ter and gained a sbri, but as nothing . derogatory wa'si^ known concerning Davis they accep­ ted thevinevitable' and Davis- was admitted to tbesfamilv circle. The newly wedded pair made prepara­ tions fora wedding trip, and on Wednesday night, embarked on a Chicago and Grand Trunk train, presumably -bound -for Chicago, .since which time^nothing has been heard of them. On Tuesday the - proprietor-of the hotel at Flint, at which Davis boarded, received a let­ ter from N. J. Rogers, a carpemer. who lives at 5$5" Twenty-third street, in, this city, stating that Davis'" 'ffidestrdauglTfer™was" cleail,'” ' ,and asking the hotel man to acquitit Miss Mqore- and her parents of Davis’ true character.-^ This was done, and zwhen the news was bros keif to the anxious parents it com­ pletely prostrated them. Mrs. Davis has-gone to Flint to explain matters to. the Moore family, reporter that Iler father- had not been in Detroit" since January last, when he^was sept for on account of the illness of Mrs. Davis. -While here he borrowed his .wife’# gold watch and carried; it. off' when he went bapk to Flint. Since then lie has sentfhis wife very little money, something like $35, with which she managed to. support hetself and four children. Wednesday , .week, Mrs. Davis received a, letter from her husband. in which he stated that whe.n Ire came Hack to Detroit he would remain here permanently. On-Monday a telegram was sent to Flint informing him of the death' of His. daughter,.but no reply was, re­ ceived. until Tuesday,..when Mrs. Davis gof a letter from him stating that “he Imd'severed .his coTinectibirr with her ” forever,' and that hence­ forth she might consider him dead.” Tlie'poor woman was nearly heart- brokeu-aiready, a.nd this unlooked for'addition was a terrible blow. She communicated with the Moore family at' Flint, and yesterday went to that place to sea what could’ be done in the matter. . r Mr. and .Mrs,. Davis are Cana- Lians and were married at Listowel, Out.,.in’January, 1'8.67, whence they* came to Detroit-, where they have- beeh ever- since.' Mrs. Davis Jias relatives at Listowel and ■ Croydon, Ont, Owing to the small amount of money received from lmr hus­ band since his departure from. Detroit she is .in destitute circum- .stahceSj-ami left- with a. family ..of three children, two girls and- one boy. . , "T 11 Inf [Pl'i is 1 iVi A"rrjcJP large find'^n i).iportaat^=4-rSheriffMcCall,* oLFlihtywill make trt of the commerce of the world,, every effort t.o capture the fait.hlesp the supremacy of Gi*eakv.B.rit.ftitL.iK-. lLU.s,bajid^aiiid^rfatlwr«-ftiitL*4iAve-hinr-j \ ? TonK 9,232,000- .5,919,000 667,000 / 601,000 476.000 305,000' ' 1’66,000 155,000 ____ _____ ". 149,000 England's steam tonnage is almost ten times as great as that of her nearest rival, -France. It is ten times the steam tonnage, Qf the United States; and fbrty times Ruii- sia’s. The British flag covers nearly ■fwb-thirds-’of-al l-th e ocea lusteam era. afloat. 1 " Steam Vessels. ..7,764 ..- 4.649 ' . 458 .. 422 .. .. 420 - 282 ' • ... 185 .. 127 194 ■ Asiatic Geography. NEW AND INIWBSTIN’G FACTS VELOPED BY THE boundary COMMISSION. DE* dealt with to the full extent of the law. A Woman 'at a Horse Sale. “The women, bless ’their little hearts,"-said Mr. Drew, “the women can be just as sharp at a trade as ’ the men. One winter I went dut’in the country to buy a horse. I found it ail right, but all the time I Was making w trade with th,o. man who owned it his wife 'kept raising an awful fuss about selling ir. at the figure I offered. If the horse was sold, she said, how would tlm poor children get to school, she would like to know j,they wouldn’t have the horse to carry them, and it was ton far to walk. Finally,-however, we made a trade, arid X hitched the horse into a sleigh to drive,home. I jumped into the sleigh, but the horse wouldn't start, I touched him with the whip, but bo .merely turned Around and fixed a.sad, in­ quiring gaze upon me, I touched him again, with the same result, Than I„hit him a little harder, and what do you think ho did I IXo jumped several feet into the air,- I thought I was going up in a ballooti. And when he struck tlm ground lie started off at a regular Maud S gait. The fact was, you see, that the horse had never been hitched single before in bis life* And there was that wo- “The Iron Heel” Reformers have persistently told us that the “iron, heel of monopoly” was crushing the farmers of the Canadian Northwest,” causing such high freight rates as *to drive the poor settlers into Dakota,. The ro­ mance has been somowhat unOPres moniously knocked our of that- story by tho-fact that.'the farmers of Dakota and Minnesota have been hauling Their grain into Manitoba, ‘paying the Canadian duty, arid tli'en getting .better prices for it than tlmy coufd realize at home. Some additional facts bearing on the ques­ tion are given in the last number of Bradstreet’s, which gives tlie follow­ ing average prices per bushel for corn and » wheat throughout the states namec( during the year 1884 : * .. ■ Com, Wheat, Missouri ..................... $0,2fi Kansas 23 ‘ Iowa.................. 23 Nebraska,.............. 18 In 1884 wheat wait w<Jrtli than a dollar a bushel in Manitoba, The last number to hand of the Winnipeg Sun quotes selling prices at Winnipeg, Emerson and Portage la Prairie, 68 cetyjs, Brandon 66 cents and so on. The impression left On the average triinff will bo that it is much better to he-^round down beneath the iron heel of the O. P. R. $0.62 ’45 55 ’42 more . *‘Wc Don't Want Widows.” /X ' ■ - ----- . ■ TffE TRAILS QF .HOUSE'HUNTING—- . wspouRTEoUs Treatment by’ HOUSE.AGENTS. ... The troubles of rhouse-hunting jn the city are welt exemplified by the following case :—Six weeks^ ago a widow lady, armed with the ads . dlresfieaxff js.exufal agents aiicl owners, sallied forth upon her mission, Her pj.ah was to first inspeot a house ?wh r<ffi~"seeib e’d 1 i k ely to suit1, And then look up the-agent.-’ The latter would generally be found ‘sitting at Blm receipt of custom? ‘I -called about that house, J^o, —‘Are you ft widow V ‘Yes? , Don’t want widows, Good morning? Arid the agent would turn to his books. In several other, places tho lady res ceived the same answerSho 'des i ... termined to enquiro the reason for ■tirnrj antipathy to willows, ‘Doii’t .want widows? the next agent curtly . observed',- ‘Why?’ ‘Why?. Be­ cause ‘they hover pay any. rent? ‘But I can give you any security you require, and produce'the certi* fieate of my last landlord.’ ‘Doesn’t matter. We’ve determined to have nothing more to do' with them. We’ve always lost money by them, They ftire not to “be relied upon.L Another Hgeiit took different ground against widows, " ‘Yon see,, they are stf -tinsftiisfactory, You cannot talk to them ns you can to a man. They don’t understand business, and they- won’t try to understand it, Apart from the question of rent, we don’t wish to have -anything to do with them? Tho lady has been out al most every day during the Inst, six weeks, but in every case w^ refused upon the same grounds. tl|itully,.slm aeourod a house though the intarvdh- tiohof.a friend—a business man -—who had to put his name in the lease,‘•the agent refusing to the la$t to recog­ nize tlm lady in the hwiter. The lady states she wouhlJiBiLJIiAMiclL Tho- tract involved in the boun* dary dispute1 lies mainly between, the two streams’ called the Heri- Rud, or river of Herat, and the Murghab, or rivef of Merv, each named from the chief cities On its banka. Both flow in courses of general paralleliBra from the moun­ tains of Afghanistan to the west­ ward and north ward, until lost in the sands of the Hyrkanian Steppe or Kliivan desert. The Heri-Jlud rises in the highlands of Hazara, and for many miles runs nearly due west' between the ranges of the Safeyd-Koh, or BJack brllB, both- western extensions of the great Hin­ doo^ Koosh. Soon after passing: Herat it bends to the northeast­ ward, and near Kushan-Stile—? within the Afghan boundary by al! the maps—to the ; northward, lfrom the latter point it forms the eastern limit‘ of Ijgrsia to Sarakhs, where it sinks into .the earth', to re­ appear further on under a changed,, name, the Tejend, by which it is known until its waters are finally a.bsprbed in a desert marsh far to the north. The Murghab lias its source in the ancient Parapomisus of 'the Greeks, the present White Moun; tains of. Afghanistan,"or Safeyd-Koh. -tit -i s-d-Lwkfed—4nto«th e—Bala.ror-Hp';- per and Lower -Murghab at the vil­ lage of Marchah (the' snake-well), above—Ptmjdelr.. -U-tMil near, the latter place its valley is rounded and shut.in by rounded hills pushs- ing down from the higher country, which at times reduce the river- vals ley to a mere defile ;• but-at Bund-i-’ Nadir .the valley opens .out, and, ,wchWe§f5Twra'‘‘to,'tlro‘Ti^rt’"risrro7rai' to four, or five miles wide, richly fertile and Once highly cultivated. At' Penjdeh it is about at it's widest, and the river here appeals as a fairly broad stream „(wide as Regent , street, says one writer) of consider­ able depth, and ■ flowing with a steady-, strong curreifE bf biuish-gray water, The', practicable fords upon the riverr are very few. At Pnl-i- Kusk, winch names a venerable briffge.pf Dine arclies, decayed, but . still serviceable—six mile's above- Pe.nyjeh, it receives the waters of a •smaller stream, the . Kusk-Rud,. from the direction of. Herat, cros- ,stng'almost completely, the Mesopo­ tamian or betweeri-fhe river enun try. The lowei1 valley of this-also r co n.tai.n.ed, a.ti um.erojis..pQ pula.t i.on Jit old, byt has been long'deserted, and only within -Wo or'three years has come to be. repeopled Uy the S-flor Turkomans -fleeing from oppression at Mijrv. Up the. valley of Miirg- •hab runs the only direct road from Merv .To Herat, the possession/of which may have importance by and, ' The majpr part, of the ‘tract be­ tween these two principal wateis from Hetat-to the.districts is called die Badglfis district, from the notn ad.ic tribe chiefly inhabiting if. In tbe interior two* ranges of moderate height, one of them with, many rocky peaks,; connect tlie EN,. bury mountains of ■ Persia with the loftier heights of Afghanistan. The. country possesses important strate­ gic advantages, and the officers with tlie British Commission deem the holding of it absolutely necessary to the defence of He.rut.and the politi­ cal security of'Afghanistan; Any, large body of troop's moving through it from north to . south, however, must keep mainly tcrtlie valley of' the.Heri Rud-or tlie Murghab, from deficiency of water and"dlher diffi. curtiesof the inland march.- .At the former’ river the more steppe like country, drops down in bluffs 150 to. 250 feet highj which have natural passes at very few points, although the skill of military engineers could soon open others. One of these, •tlHi’-Zulfagaf Pass,.‘On. the ' east side of the Heri-Ruff, has recently been occupied—also the position at Ak Robat—as advancei) posts of the, llussiahs. -The former is-120”miles from Herat, and the other irin trier vicinity,, - . .. Thirty miles down'the valley, or ■ “nurthyiK Pul-i-Khfttlfiri7 the“'p'os‘itib'n''' which has jumped in sudden fame as the principal Russian outpost„to- wards Afghanistan. It is not at all a village, m,uch' less a city, hut m-rely a bridge,-as-the name im< plies,- on the..Persian side of the Heri Rud, the Muscovites being efi^ campl’d upon the other, just below the bridge. This bridge, however, has some interest from its titles the “Bridge of.the Lady,”- having been built, tradition says, by a wife -of Timoii, or Tamerlane, the great Asi­ atic conquerer. ,T.b« ruins of a caniv'enserai of Timon's time fire observabls on the Persian side. Here the road from tlm ‘sacred’ and wealthy City of Menlmd comes - down the valley of ihe .Keshlf-Rud, but cannot cross the bridge, from the ruin’of the central archwhich. Was destroyed sixty yeatn^ago, and has netter ‘ been replaced. Here some of the maps place the begirt* rting of the northwestern Afghan frontier; and the pbrition is said to have important military advanta­ ges. Fifty-two miles further 'down the valley we come to the pair of towns known as Old and New Sarakhs; The latter is on the Persian able, is comparatively modern arid has a mnall population. Ou the opposite side of. the river, At eorne distance from its commonly dry bed in Old Sarakhs, rithieh has also becomb noted ?as the headquarters of, the little ’Russian army of observation bn the1; Afghan 1>0<der. The tradi- Murghab, the only place here do- mandifig apiSBial atteudo^.,ia Penj- deb, ’ • - - r date and red, It Herat, and even the maps published iu British India nhow the Afghan boundary line running iriuerien miles south of it, about wlpre M. Lessar, the French engineer in Rus­ sian service, proposes to the Biiglish government the line shall remain. An Afghan putpost was pushed across the border several months ago on account of Russian move­ ments in the Murghao yalley, one of which brought the troops of the <‘)zar close to Penjden. The qlder travellers, from Abbotdown, always mentioned this plane as belonging lo the Khanate of Khiva, now un­ der Russian domination. Further up, the valley and on undisputed Afghan tey»>»yy is the frontier town Bala Murghab, where • Sir Peter Lumsdpn,, the British commissioner,. had, . until - a few Weeks ago, his enearapment ’with an escort’ of, about 2,000 troops sent from .India; the Eleventh Bengal lancers and the Twentieth Punjaulr infantry. This was. the appointed place of meeting fur the joint coin* mission in November last, where Sir Peter has since Waited in vain for'the wily Russ. A pretty strong fort is here, protected in part by the waters of the. Murghab flowing around it.' Herat, the reputed objective point of the Russian i’novement, is the large city well -known in an> cient as well as modern history, on- the right bank of the .Hers—Rud. Ujs_one' of th.e oldest capitals in the Oiient? its. time, honored name ‘Hariwa? indicated .its relatibxr^to Ariana, one of the richest provinces "of*th'e Persia di ‘ Cyrus and' Darius, and the principal seat of the very ancient Arians, ancestors of all the English speaking nations, and most of those of Europe and part of Asia. Our language in its roots goes back to these old homes of the race. The iDo^ern town biis probably^ about 50,000 people, and.derives its chief importance, in Asiatic politics as the ‘Gate of India,’ holding the only practicable route from the west -across Afghanland. to Hindostan. It is fortified with a stupendous earth­ work, most of it, no doubt, very an- . cient. It is 250 feet thick at tlm 'base and 50. feet high and 14 thick, supported bv 150 - circular towers and further protected by an immense ditch. Some engineers tliink the place impregnable if well-defended ; others believe ■ It can speedily, be reduced by .modern military applian­ ces. . . . - which has figured largely of in the foreign diRpatches, where the recent fight occur « ---- is. about 10Q miles north of awKniMiiiiiiiiii............... iiiii»iMiWwmi^niy DownrlRlit Cruelty. To portnit yourself and fanijiy to . “Suffer 1” With sickness when ft can be prevented . and cured go easily - " ----- - * With Hop Bittera 111 Having experienced a great dud of “Trouble P’ from indigestion, so mtcA so that I came near foeing my Life I trouble always’ came after eating mf foou— However Jjgbt And digestible, For two or three hours at a time I had to go throngh the most Excruciating pains. “And the only way I ever got" “Relief!" Waa by throwing up all my atonmt ’t •conteified. Na one can conceive the paiM tint I bad to go through, until “At last r « I was taken I “So that for three weeks- I lay in bed and Could eat nothing ! • My sufferings were so that I called tw-y doctors to give rile something thfit wopld Stop the pain {their " Efforts were no good to me. At last I heard a good deal -- “About Your Hop Bitters ! And determined to try them?’ Got a bottle—in tour hours I tool: (ho contents of One 1- Next day I wa3 out of bed, and hare riot seen a *‘$^k-’!" % Hour, from the same cause riucc. I hive recommended it to hundreds of Others. Yort have no such “Advocate as I am?’—Geo. Kendall, AlLton, Boston, Macs. ,a . ColumbusMwcate, Texas, April 21, '83. -» Dear EditorI bare tried your Hop Ritters; and find they are good for any complaint. The best medicine I ever' used in my family. H. TaleNes <2? None genuine without a bunch of green Hops, on the white label. EPmii a7 . \ the vile, poisonous stuff1 with ‘Hop" ° . “Hops" in their name. 3'32-Ct ‘ ■ ' ggMMgSjgaTMMWVMWwm ii ii U«gaa»wiien.-jay • Tlie English Language. ~^The^language“irr^wlTicli~Shakef' speare and Milton wrote Was the ‘ language of bub five or six millions of people in their day, and as late., as 100 years ago English was spoken- by not more than 15,QOO,OUO or 16-,: 000,000 people. At the same per-, iod French was the mother :tongue of at least 30,000,000, and German, ‘ jn one or other of its forms, was the language of fropi 35,QQO'1000 to-40,- 000,000 people. This state of af­ fairs is now . completely reversed. Between forty and fifty-years'ttgo the English langaage equalled the Ger­ man in the. number of those who ’’SpS'ffWlt^aTrd now the latter, is left far behind in thelrace. German is spoken by 10,000,000 people in the -A uh Is.ia- H !l > i g?.r i.a n e 111 p i r e. 4 6 s (JOO, m, 000 in the German empire, 40,000 in- Belgium,. .2,UQP,.0D.0?,jii^SwJlzeiia-- land and is the native tongue of some 2,0d0;000 in the United States and;VanSi«r^t‘lTisngtW»' total uf“! about. 60,000,000 people who may speak German. - With French the case, is much the same, but the gain during the past century has been smaller than- that of German. : French is now spolteu by the 38,000,.000 people of France,' by 2,250,000 in B-lgiun, 200,000 in­ Alsace Lorraine, 600;l)OQin Switzer- ' land, 1,500,0.00 in Canada arid the United States, GOChOOO* in, Hayti, anil by 1,500,000 in Algiers, India, I lie West Indies,- and Africa ; in all' about 45,000,00. English is now spoken bv all.but' some’ 500,000 o“f;the-37,000,000“in "th'e“'British .islands,‘by 53,000,000 out of the 56,000jQ00 inhabitants of the -United- States, “ by 4 000,000 - •‘p*eratyiwriir "C:m’(jftr r^'000.000 in Australasia, 1,700,000 persons in the West Indies, and perhaps, by I,- 700,000 in India and the other British colonies. This brings up tile total to 100,000,000, which cannot be very far from the truth. - - - -. " Loyal Janet oh Leela'. A packman, wi’ a pack ntr hi» back o’ nicknackcts an’ idler gear, cam’ tae. oor boose* yi-streen. He’s a Scotchman,-an' I aye gie him « bannock 'when he’s hereabouts. Up- kens me sae weel he made free tael speer if 1 didna want a new cioalr^ havin’ soifie guid claith tae sell-. ‘Na, na,’says]!, -‘iui Paisley aliawl’4 guid *eneuch ‘ for me?. Says he, ‘Arena ye tired e’t? and gie’d a sort of fluff' gib at it, But I wadria bo’ fleeched nor flethered ava’. an’ eayi I, ‘Tired o’t I an’ whare can "I hae . “Tmytlrnig^a8“gutdT—ItJH"like'"gui<l"‘~’ cliaracter, the better ye tak' care o-S • ; the lunger it’s likely tae be mewse*. fii? -I left the cadger i' the boose,* and gaed tae the byre tae ca’ Don­ ald, .He was amaug the owsen* Btaws reddin’ up the- Wark, an’ the sun glintin’ roond in a’ its March- . glory and sheen. Sae he ■ lilted awa’ like a sand laverock, till I tlipclit hn =’inau ur-bef "gey -ramf eez 1 ethf ’ft ir!* -w«eL” roopit:— 1 ‘Here’s tae the friens we can trfldt When the storms o’ adversity hlaw-,' ; ‘Gang intil, the boose, mon,’ say 3 .I, ‘ai? baver line inair about the' . ‘friens ye can trust? If ye’d- be-- . leave yer auld wife it'b no mony yd can lippen till.. ‘Ye’re aye pinging'. . guid wiji? suys he. but he earn’im . ati’ bad diniiem-wi’th’traivelin’mon an’ .tliey had-a bit crack afore he. ;' dandered awa’,. I-didna speu’ ony • siller on clae's, for .I’m gey economic^ but I tuk a wh.eeri odds an’ eus ar?, a picklefiyarn for next winter’s socks. VVe sut a guid wiles at the meat huird an’ a’' the conversation w,<rf abbot telliu’ lees. It commenced wi’ the claifb, It was -sae guid? . an* *1 cauld riae get the.lika o’t Montreal? ‘Peugh says I, ‘Ve cniina. fule me, tho’ ye lfae mony * brew i’ .yer-pockmanty. ’ I’ll- naw. believe yero sellin’ tae'.oblege folks ah’no carin’for yer aid'seller. It's ■ji.ke juw're niony- thuigsTLUi^wnrlvi-X hae lucket intil,'luaistlliis^fliugird^th^ glaiks in' folk’s een* I’-ve' naetbir g again yer graith, but it’s• eneuvh i e mak’ a bodily tak‘. a.scatiner'st h'ein^ ' ' tae Terra1, the quibblin’, ai f leeiji’ that-gaes pn.*- I hat-e nae till*' I a-iiT- ' . tae 'itiik at brews wlum 1 se i'.the- Wiilnew a’, the rut four-there is Auld coup trie” wi’ efleirs of war ••an’ .' . fecbtii?.' Ilech, bit an’I itt . feared what wq* time 'descendents o’ Islniieel,. ad’ the^Roo-sIdn, aji’ "the ' black nebsii.t bathe there1!’ be muckl-* _ fashous-wark, an’ a’ wi’ Icein' an’ . fecklessness, an’ panderin’'tae _.tliH slave trade an’ither ills,. t’.Ha’mauii ~be„punished for 't. It’s tl-e .some wi’ frieu’ship an' love, an* work ; there’s a lack o’ honest sinceiiK‘ — --f*•> l-k--tl i i 11 k -i n a i r-o-U-l m—lu.u.-..g.oj.'j>. .u.._ o’the hairt that'beats oneath it, gin it be fause or true? ‘Yc’ie-git-inljjs _ a sermon,- Jennet? stiys Dotiidd- ,‘Wuel;’says I, ‘it’s c-neuch tae'nmk the stanes gm a sermon tae see lime clriels at Ottawa booin', tap <Ltd aftd ■ Mifmmoir thegilher th? > ither. week aid tryii? tae jkeep fair wi' a' t;ho . . rnmsellers and the temperance folk. : ‘ ithri? "a'"-p‘ftiTV nfj"tfi e Uld VeTsa’I I e e ifi "r*~* (hut,, hae-'jta’en possession' o’ - 'diet, warld? %‘Gudewife,' says.Donald,■ *1 . believe ye’d bring up that tempers ance question i’- New Jeru.salutn"’ ’ ‘Wed,- Donuhl,’ says I,1 'aiinlngjhw folks that- .are.left on the nplsitie fliftrtf . will b(i. ‘lid that lovetli and iriaketli a \'.’ , lie?--Tim, packman slfoUthcreil Ititf . pack, . an’ Dodald is aye. Inniidcr'’ ‘ efler 1 hae quoted l^cfipiur* til him-. ■*: ' ““ Loyal Janet. jst A German'went into a restaurant, and as he took his seat an Irish Wait­ er came up and bowed politely. ‘WieJ gaetz,'* said the German, also bowing politely. “Wheat cakes ! J shouted the waiter, mistaking the salutation for an order. (Nein,nein 1' 6aid the German. /Nine?’ said the ’waiter^ You’ll be lucky if you get ..three? , a One evening, tn the principal gold­ mining camp in the Transvaal, nine or ten years ago, a man, partially in- toxicated, and supposed to be actu­ ated by jealowtfy, attempted suicide. .He first took morphia, bu.t this npt proving strong enough, he tided la hang himself*, but was prevented and hand.ed.Dver to the Sheriff, to be kept in safe custody for the night, and to be'tried before the Acting Gold Com missioner (a shrewd and solemn Scot) the next morning, Ai there, was no law to have prevented him from com­ mitting suicide if he thought fit, hut it being desirable to punish him iff some way, it was decided to bring a charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct against him- To this the prisoner pleaded guilty j whereupon the Acting Gold Commissioner, with­ out the ghost of a smile, delivered the following extraordinary judg­ ments—“Mr.—, I shall fine ye Iwa putids fOf. your drunkenness,.but I’ll Rev. Edward D. 'K.clseyf of the' New' York Seventh Presbytt rian church, who runs a roller skating. -vwk next door, to the churcli caused the arrest of ft younc l.idy, whom ha charged with .stealing a pair of . skates'. .Justice Gorttian ’ tone up. the complaint, without a bearing, discharged tho young lady, tellfi jthe ininister that, skating riu.ks>i« " his opinion were itht ealculatpri to carry but the smitimmit of tin* offi-v-- 0‘r !‘Lead us n6t into teniptation.” In Holy Wr’t the horse appearsdfi only-one aspect—ns the war hor? “ lie saith among the trumpets, Hit t halgnd Ihj smelletlL.tbe battle afar off, the thunder of the captains and the-shop ting. ’ In Genesis ’ho name ' doos not appear at all. Xot, as a. , matter of fact, could it <lo so, seeing that the first “horse” (the first th^t science knows of\ was a little five- tqed, sharp-nosed creature, much too small for a .man of even out degeher- ’ ate stature to ride upon, and other- wise also unsuitable for a steed.'an I it is, therefore, very^prohable that • “the first man” never was on horse- back.” Yet the use- of the animal dates back to a prodigious antiquity The Assyrian sculpfuros show" m ■ ' highbred and carefully capatisoneJ chargers, throe thousand years and mere ago. Nor is it at nil iikolv Vmt they wore the first to train them, for the horse is a native of Central Asia, and the early Aryan isJmvdly likely to have wasted such »useful 'beast. At any rate, that perfection to widely i AitiiiiiiiiiikMiiiMHitaMsataM