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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1894-12-20, Page 6Illatkaiseribersiwbo do net receivetthor psp etemptly will please aotify tte at ono, ealvertising rateaonappliention. TRE EXETER ADVOCATE, THURSDAY, DEC. 20, 1891. avvervs,,,,rom Week's Commercial Summary. The beaks of Toronto have decided to aeduce the rate of interest on. depdsits from 8a to 5 per gent., which will go into effect shortly, The number of failurein the Derain. ion the past weds was the same as the same -week last year, 40, four xnore than previous week, All -were for small amouuts. and few had any ratiag. Nearly all our banks have reduced the rate of interest on deposits to 8 per cent. This is deemed a necessity owing to the very large accumulation oferaoney in the banks consequent upcn the general dell - toss of trade. Aceording to the London Mark Lane Express the only comparison to be found. to the present low level of the price of cotton is by going back exactly forty-six years, when the price of middling up- lands cotton was 8 2-3d. The cheapness was then due to financial and political disturbance—the present cause to over- production, and, we might add, improvea methods and machinery for production. Owing to the higher prices of wheat in 13ritain, holders here are not inclined to sell except at an advance. Offerings for the same reason are not so liberal, and. better prices are established. White wheat sold. on the Northern at 58c., and No. 1 Manitoba hard at 78c., Toronto freights. These are the highest prices for several months. The great decrease of stocks of wheat m tbe Uiarted Kingdom and the report that over 75,000,000 bush- els hags been fed to live stock in the United States this season sem to justify higher prices; and the turn in. the mar- kets is viewedwith considerable satisfac- tion by holders. Trade at Toronto has been somewhat irregular the past week. The demand • for merchandise at this season is usually of a sorting up character, and the move- ment depends more or less upon the state of the weather. This applies particu- larly to dry goods and furs, for which or- ders had been rather spasmodie. The fancy goods trade is said to be fairly act- ive on the near approach of the holiday season. The business in groceries has been fairly good, and the same may be said. of hardware, a good number of or- ders for season.able goods having been received. Collections are saideto be fair, throughout the country, while the num- ber of failures are less numerous. Only a small advance is noticed in the wheat market in the United States, al- though there have been numerous rum- ors that were calculated to cause excite- ment and fluctuations. Large foreign buying and bad news of the Argentine crop condition were bullish influences, and damage to tb,e Kansas crop was also announced, although almostimmediately contradicted. On the other hand there were statements showing that exports from Russia had. increased about 350,000 bushels over the preceding week, and the total shipments to Enrope from all exporting co-antries were about a million bushels in. excess of the estimated. weekly requirements. Receipts at the West are still liberal, and the American visible gains the usual 2,000,000 bushels per week. The spot demand is insignificant, and. the closing of some western Ming still further weakens thaposition of cash wheat, although Minneapolis and Duluth mills made their largest output on reeord during the past week. An unusual amount of December options have been shifted to May, both buyer and seller preferruag to make the postponement rather than close out contracts at pres- ent. Here and There. The new Clear seems to be almost popu- lar enough to have been a President. X X X The Chinese seem to put all the blame for their losses on Li Hung Chang, the one sane and moaern man in. the Middle Kingdom. X X X Li Hung Chang is now charged with having been in conspiracy with Japan to keep China unprepared for war. The weight of evidence is, however, that the only ef6 eient troops in. the Middle King- dom are those under Mr. Li's personal direction. X X x Whatever else is said of Nicholas II., he is at least a man of courage. But, af- ter all, perhaps the best way to avert the danger .whieh menaces all Russian Czars is to scorn it. Half the temptation to assassinate him will be removed when he shows that he dares trust his life to the loyalty and affection of his subjects. x x x An. attempt is being made at Chicago to amalgamate all the agricultural socie- ties of the country- into one, to be known as the Farmers' Uation. There are now five national bodies of farmers, and the most powerful of all, the Patrons of In- dustry, last week declared. against amal- gamation. x x x Dr. Gibbons refuses to experiment on • an animal, and declares his belief that a law will be made this 'winter empower- ing. him to try his apparatus for resusci- tatmg eleotroeute3 persons on a human being. Why this insistence on a human • victim? Would not the resuscitation of an. animal be as satisfactory proof of the value of the system? X X x The latest eharges against the Tam- many- system is that teachers in the pub- lic schools are compelled to pay tribute to political leaders in order to get and keep their positione. In view el the as- toxtiehinp revelations of the extent to which the mulcting of every class has been carried, it would be surprising if the Eiehool teachers had. not also been made vietims of the Machine's rapaeity, • x x x An important deeision has just been pronauticed in Vermont as to eagage- raent ringe, .A. young man sued to in- aover one that he had given to a, young WOblan who, after accepting the nog, re- Peadiated the engagement. The judge decided that it must be returned or else that the recipient must fulfil the condi- tions under which it was presented. The English courts some pars ago decided tliat an engagement eing is not recover- I able under any clinteastances, OR MAIM= ISEVIEW. Better priees for Wheat " are here to stay," There clelee net seem to exist any two opinions on this questioa, and the only dispute among those who profess to feel the pulse of the market is asto what will be 'high water mark" for the sea- son. The most sitniaomit feathre of this ar& th eis e feet b at eveu the most con- servatiye buyers concede the fact that the farmers have now the wheat market in their owa hands. After three years of ruination prices this must be the best of good news to the growers of wheat. There is now no doubt that the heavy load of a surplus has been removed, and the only thing which can. break the price is a sudden rush of grain upon the mar- ket, and the effect of this would be only of a temporary eharacter, and the feel - Mg, is so strong that there is no proba- bility of a break lasting more than a few days at a time. English prices have been very firm and strong througnout the week, and at the close are stillin the same condition, with a tenddney to high- er prices. All wheat product has advanced on the foreign markets, and there is a general movement on the part of those who have contracts to mave them good. by cover- ing them at once. The moveraent in the Northwest cortinnes to be very large, a condition which has probably been in- ducted by the lack of faith, in the perma- nency of the rise which the experience of the last three years has taught. La test reports, however, go to show that the farmers are not selling as freely and will not do so from now on, so that we may expect decreasing receipts all along the line. In spite of the increased deliv- eries, there has been no slacking off in the demand at the great milling centres, and there have been some records broken in Indianapolis and Duluth, nilling cir- cles. The amatmt ou passage to England and the continent during the week was 28,296,000 bushels, an increase of 1,316,- 000 bushels over last week-, but 4,846,000 less than a year ago. Last year the amount was 83,040,000 bushels, two years ago 80,712,000 bushels, and three years ago was 34;456,000 bushels. The aver- age price on the Ene,elish country mar- kets last week was 61.1 cents, and was 2 cents higher than a week ago. The Eng- lish wheat is reported to be in very poor milling condition. In Canada exporters are bidding 55 cents north and west of Toronto, but are not getting mu& at these figures. Barley is very dull and without feature on the American market, with pretty plain indications that we may expect a slight falling off at any time. The strength of the local demand is on the wane and the buyers are not nearly so keen as they were a week ago. Oats have been delivered in such quan- tity during the week as to materially weaken the market. There seems to be a very large amount of this cereal in the country, and the stock is probably larger from the fact that there has been a good deal saved • by the feeding of wheat, which ba,s to find its way to market. Toronto prices closed at from 30 to 31 cents. • Corn was rather easier on the Chicago market this week, and closed quite weak, taaPeas have just held their own on the English market tor the week and while there does not seem to be any great de- mand there does not appear to be any more offering than was 'wanted. The local markets are very brisk and the de- mand is very good.., Butter is in better demand. than for some time. The offerings of really good butter are small, and we are inclined to think that better prices than those quoted could be obtained for a really first-class article. Best dairy tubs 17, low grade 11 to 13 cents. Large rolls in fair demand at 15 to 15i cents. Dairy in pound rolls from 19 to 20 cents. Choice creamery is selling at 23 cents for rolls and 19 to 20 cents for tubs. There is a good demand for fresh eggs at from 15 to 16 cents and more would have been taken had they been offerod. Limed brought from 18a 10 14 cents. Potatoes are in fair demand at steady prices and are worth about 45 to 50 cents ;rota the farmers' wagons. Pork was in poor demand and. at weak- er prices. The closing quotations here were $5.25 per ewt. Barring slight local flurries the live stook market this week has been without any special feature. A few head of the best cattle were sold in,Montreal at about 3 3-4 cents per pound, with pretty good animals at 3 to 8 1-2 cents. Common. cattle sold for about 2 1-2 cents a pound. Shippers are paying about 3 cents per pound for the best sheep. Good lambs are selling at 3 1-4, and very choice ones at 8 1-2 cents, Selling marks this week : Wheat, bar- ley and potatoes. Medical Teethnony During half a century proves Cod Liver Oil to be the most necessary thing to take for consumption. Bat the trouble has been its improper methods of preparation. for invalids. Miller's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil is the only reliable formula on the market. None but the livers of the Norwegian cod are used in making st. In conjunction with the hypophosphites of lime and soda it has the most wonder- ful effeet on consumptive patients, who, after taking it for a while, get new strength, rise from their beds and enter upon a new lease of life. Miller's Emul- sion is the great nerve strengthener and blood maker, and cures coughs, colds, bronchitis, scrofula and all lune affec- tions, In big bottles, 50e. and $16, at all drug stores. When Baby was ail*, we gave her Castoria. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, When she had Children, she gave them CAstoria. A lady in Syraeuse writes: " For about seven years before taking Northrop & Lyman's Vegetable Discovery and Dys- peptic Cure I suffered from a complaint very prevalent with our sex. I was un- able to walk any distance, or stand on my feet for naore than a few Minutes at a time without feeling exhausted. But now, I am thankful to say, I can walk two miles without feeling the least lemon- verlienee. For female complaints it has no equal." It ii only necessary to read the testi- monials to be convinced that Holloway's Corn Cure ig unequalled for the removal of corns,warts, etO. It is a eomplete ex- tiageisher. To properly wind a spring roller for of -- dietary length shades, fifteen to sixteen revolutions are stifacient. NEWSY CANADIAN ITEMS T� WEEK'S BATTENING& anteratittme Items and Ineldente, Import. ant and lnetructte e, Gathered IVOSki 010 Varian. PrOVineela The business portion of the village of Mount Stewart, P,E.I,, was burned. loess $50,000. Mr, W. L, Hutton, general agent for the west of the Canada Life Assuranees ceinpaay, died at Winnipeg. The oral/rev:dal travellers of Hamilton and distriet will hold their annual dinner on Friday evening, Deeeraber 28. There are 115 candidates writing in the College of Pharinancy examinations,' which are in progress in Toronto. The wind signals at Lake Superior are suspended for the season on account of the St. Mary's ship canal being frozma. The directors of the Midland Central Pair Association propose to sell the grounds and buildings in order topaytlae debts. Mr. Ja S. Lark, trade commissioner, on his way to Australia., addressed a meeting of the Winnipeg Board of Trade and. citazens. It is not at all likely that the London Street Railway Company will accept the City Council's latest offer in regard to an electric railway. A farmer named Aftleck, while walk- ing along the line of the 'Parry Sound Railway, was run over and his head severed from his body. • Rev. Dr. W. j. Hall, a Canadian, mis- sionary, has died from typhoid fever at Seoul, Corea, He was born at Glen Buell, five miles from Brockville. A new company' will handle the news business on Grand. Trunk trains after January 1, the company having secured an increased price for the privilege. . . Teeswater pays ber way satisfactorily. On December 1, the day for paying taxes without extra percentage, all the taxes for the year were paid in except about $200. The Ontario Fruit Growers' Conven- time at Orillia aimed. The delegates paid a pleasant visit to the .Asylum for Idiots after disposing of their business docket. Mrs. John allorrin, who lived near Old - castle, Ont., with her husband, went to the Royal hotel at Essex, engaged a room, took a dose of morphine and. died from the effects. .A bill to incorporate the Canadian Order of Forresters as a benefit society, will be 'introduced in Parliament next session. It is proposed to have the head office in Brantford. John Roman, of Chatham, who was serving a ten-year sentence in Kingston Penitentiary for shooting with intent to kill, is in the finalstages of consumption, and has been pardoned.. The Freight Rates Commission held in- quiries at Brandon and Glenboro' on Thursday and Friday. At both places merchants and others appeared before the commission and coraplainecl of excessive charges. A. despatch from Winnipegsays that i changes are again impending n the staff and management of the Winnipeg Nor - Wester. Rumor has it that j. Castell Hopkins, of Toronto, will likely be the new editor. Mrs. Davidalalmas died very suadenly at Burtch. She left her residence in the morning to go to the postoffice. Shortly afterwards she was found dead on the sidewalk. The supposed cause of death is heart failure. There is a continued decline of the public revenue at Ottawa, and as the total expenditure on account of consoli- dated fund has been increased, the deficit for the year will, from the present out- look, amount to $6,000,000. The contract for a House of Refuge for the County of Huron was awarded to Mr. S. S. Cooper, of Clinton, the sum being $9,874. The building will be situated one mile south of Clinton, and is to be completed by October 1, 1895. • At the annual meeting of the Domin- ion Live Stock Association Ald. Craw- ford, M.P.P., was elected president, and a committee appointed to suggest a lino of inquiry to the Government Commis- sion of Inquiry into steamship freight rates. - Capt. Mason and seventeen men, the crew of the Gloucester fishing schooner Magnolia, which was lost at Bass Island, Nfld., on the 27th ult., reached Halifax by the steamer Assyrian, from St. John's, Nfld., and left for Boston by train. The men are more or less bruised and in- jured. William R. Hunter, arrested at Clifton, charged with obtaining money under false pretenses, has been held for trial at the next Welland assizes. The complain- ing merchants stated that Hunter claim- ed have a bank account inToronto, and gave notes on this, falsely obtaining credit. At a joint meeting of members of the Board of Traae and of the City Council of Brantford it was unanimously decided to offer all inducements within the power of the municipality to seeure the build- ing of new works by the Waterous En- gine Co. The concern has outgrown the capacity of its present shops. At Niagara Falls on. Saturday Hon. j. C. Patterson and Senator Ferguson visited the recently -erected institute. They after- wards visited. the battle gronnd of Lundy's Lane, and chose a site for the monument to be erected there. Hon. John Haggart took a tripon the eleetrie road, and 'visited a point where the corporation is 'desirous of opening Ellis street across the M. C. R. tracks. Tun BEST PILLS.—Mr. William Van- dervoort, Sydney Crossing, Out., writes: "We have been using Parmelee's Pills, and find them by far the best pills we ever used." For delicate and debilitated con- stitutions these pills act like a charm, Taken in small doses, the effect is both a tonic and a stimulant, mildly exciting the secretions of the body, giving tone and vigor. Bent whalebones can be restored and used again by simply soaking in water a few hotels, then drying them, Meat, VIE Dane.- -Mr. S. F. Kellock, DruggistaPerth, writes: " customer of mine having been cured of deafness by the use of Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil, wrote to Ireland, tellihg his friends there of the cure. In consequenee 1 received an ord0 r to send half a dozen by eapress to Wexford, Ireland% this week. The Children, We aear raueh of the spelling a only childrembut little of what we shall term the restrictions which are often laid upon them by parents, who in their relation to these, their most precious posses- sioas, see something which belongs ex- ialusevely to themselves, upon whom they ase to shower benefits. and demand in return an amount a affection proportion- tiouate to the benefits. There is a high- er duty to a child than this. It is the reeognition of the rights of that child's individuality, the right to exist, the right to grow, the right to make use of itself when developed. Parents who study the futare welfare of their child, will recognize that any training or restriction whitili interfere with these rights be- comes paternal selfishness. • In a family of a number of children these rights are more apt to be respected than where the love of botheather an& mother is centered on one. In the first place, he is oftexi denied the right to ex- ist as a separate nature. The mother, in her intense love desires to know every tlaought and act of his small life, will say, "Who cares for, him as I do?" and will probe him with questions,will tor- ment him with embraces and kisses until he longs with all his small heart to escape into a less loving, atmosphere. Under what the mother terms "inter- est," she will endeavor to penetrate into the child's secret thoughts, into every act, into every dream. The interest, springing from a desire to be first with the one she loves best, is a development of maternal jealousy or selfishness. There is nothing which incenses a growing boy like this constant inquiry into his movements. Let him confide if he feels so disposed, but above all things do not force his coefidence. Often puz- zled with the increasing complexity of life, boys and girls hardly know the ren- sousof their conduct. If every act has to be explained, accounted for, or even re.. lated, life becomes intolerable, and duty to parents tikes the place of love. If proper relations exist between parents and children, confidence will be sponta- neous For a mother to in'sist on read- ing. her daughter's letters implies a sus- picoon which in its way is insulting to the daaghter. This constant exaction on the part of the mother will often lead to de- ceit in the child. Part of his actions will be suppressed in the daily relation to the interested mother, Little by little he will make his own life, withdrawing himself more and more from spcnta- neous exchange of confidence with the parent. Another restriction often laid upon an only child is the one which shuts him off from the normal conditions of child life. The parents, ignoring the fact that in -becoming the father and mother of a child they bind themselves morally to do for that child the best that will fit him for the struggle of life, keep him per- petually under their protection. "I must keep my child with me as long as I can," the mother will say. "I cannot bear to see him go among rough. boys. He will never be the same to me again. It will break my heart to let my boy grow away from rae. ' • So the boy or girl is kept away from other children.. He is made a companion of father or mother. He is often taken to evening amusements, he is permitted to be present at grown up affairs at his own home, or he is shut up in a nursery or taken daily walks with a maid or nurse. We have all seen these children. They are all peculiar. They are either unduly precocious, or painfully shy. There is no evil like keeping a child shut off from other children, watching over him and protecting him, only suddenly to land him unprepared and unfortified in the midst of boy or girl life with its oftentimes unsympathetic brutality. It is not the man, ignorant of evil, who is commended, but the one who in the midst of sin "thinketh no evil." There is nothing more pathetic than to see,one of these tenderly oared for chil- dren at some gathering to which against his will he has at last been taken. See how bored he looks. Assuming an in- different air, and yet longing to join in the fun, resenting the neglect of the other children who,having endeavored to per- suade himj -to am them, leave him to his fate. The mother, feeling for her child, will blame the other children in his presence, and a feeling of bitterness will begin to grow in the small heart. A. thoughtful mother will neither torment a child with endless questions as to his welfare, nor will she so shut him up in her love that his nature cannot freely expand. Parenthood means an eternal sacrifice, and yet not only a sacrifice of doing for the child, but a sacrifice of not doing, and the negative sacrifice is often the harder. How many mothers force an only son into uncongenial occupation that he may remain with them? How many fathers, loth th lose the corapan- ionihip of SOn or daughter, will refuse consent to departure from home when for the best interests of his child? The child, weary of the contest between what is best for himself and what is 'his duty to his parents, generally in a spirit which wo unwisely cell unselfishness, yields to the solicitations of his parents and makes 'but a poor success of life. The founda- tions of these errors is laid in childhood. The mother sacrifices herself to the child, rather than to the child's welfare. Hav- ing surrounded him with every maternal comfort, and given him her love, she thinks her duty done. The chief joys of childhocal he in in- tereourse with other children, in uncon- scious and natural enjoyment of life. When a child becomes conscious by over solicitu le he will grow either priggish or bashful. He will either 'weakly yield his rights, or he will break bonds sooner or later. Has the mother of an only child the right then to keep a child shut up in her love' has she the right to not prepare thatchild for the struggle that must be made later on, has she a right to prevent a child. from developingin a manner in conformance -with the existing conditions of child life? Let arieh a mother ask herself thee questions and make her conduct to her girl or boy conform to her anSWOT. There are eases of consumption sp far advanced that Bickle's A ntaConstraptive Syrup will not cure, but none so bad that it will not give relief. For eoughs, colds and all affections of the throat, lungs and ehest, it is a speeific which has never been known to tail, It promotes a free and easy expectoration, thereby removing the phlegm, and gives the diseased parts a chance to heal, The bright side is not always the right Side. The superiority of Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator is shown by its good effects Oh the children. Purchase a bottle and give it a trial, FRON THE UNITED STATES DOINGS ACROSS TOE UNE. VuoleSam's Broad .dcree Furnish. gage Few Small iteml that are Worth a Careful Heading. Montana will furnish about 200,000 head of beef -cattle to the eastern markets this year. The 250,000 Indians of the tfaitAel States hold 90,000,000 acres a land, ea- elesive of Alaska. A elothes-washing contest was a novel attraction .at a colored church picnics at Westminster, Md., recently. It is said that the gold. product of Mon- tana this year will show a 75 per cent. increase over that of 1893. The oldest coin known is in the mint collection at Philadelphia, It was coined in Aegina, in the year 700 B.C. A gold ledge that assays three ounces of gold and twenty-eight ounces of silver to the ton was struck at Boise, Ia. .. Mr. H. 0. Haveraeyer received a salary of $75,000 a year as president of the sugar trust and $25,000 a year as trustee, According to the last wishes of Rev. Ashbury O. Clarke, of New York, his body was laid out for burial in white broadcloth. It is proposed to abolish free lunehes in Minneapolis, and to have saloonkeepers, instead, pay into a treasury $10 a week for relief of the poor. The loan exhibition of women's por- traits in New York has closed, and it is calculated that the receipts will amount to $40,000, which will go to charity. During the last ten years there have been over 21,000 deaths in this country from yellow fever; while the deaths 6fr5007000.alcoholism in that period have been The United States estimate of expendi- ture for the year amounts to $410,485.079, of which $29,415,293 is for navy, $25,- 036,412 for arm, and $141,531,570 for pensions. W. S. B. O'B. Robinson, who has just been elected judge of the Supreme Court Roman to hold a State office of oafnyNokritnhd.Carolina, is said to be the firstoman Catholic The Countess Prism Feryinund Rudolf of Germany, and Prof. Luigi Dellaro, who plays a fiddle in a theatrical orchestra, were recently married by a New York alderman. Governor Tillman,of South Carolina, has pardoned the dispensary constable, Jack Bladen, who was convicted of mur- dering a negro in Spartansburg while searching for liquors, New York has adopted the Myers ballot machine and it is expected that in addi- tion to securing an absolutely fair count the city alone will save by its use $249,- 632 in a single election. Samuel Edison, of Fort Gratiot, Mich.. the venerable father of Thomas A. Edi- son, is now in his ninety-first year, and is in full possession of all his faculties. He is known locally as "Uncle Sam." A martia'l is to be built from Los An- geles to Salt Lake, 1,500 miles; one from Colorado to the asphalt region of Utah, one from Natchez. Miss, to Texarkana, Texas, and one of 800 miles in Mexico. The will of the late William T. Wal- ters, of Baltimore, leaves his valuable art collection to his son and daughter. It was thought that it would be betamathed to the Metropolitan Museum in New York. The largest map ever made will be placed in the Pennsylvania Railroad sta- tion at Philadelphia. It is 115 ft. long by 15 ft. wide, and will show the entire system of the Pennsylvania Railroad, with its connecting lines. Mrs. Anna L. Diggs, one of the Popu- list leaders of Kansas, bas announced that she is about to take an active inter- est in a co-operative colony, which is to be founded on the Potoinac River, forty miles below Washington. Mr. C. P. Huntington. has built a gran- ite mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y., of which the architec- ture is copied from the Doric temple, and which contains places for sixteen cons. The cost was about $250,000. TaLmage's Brooklyn Tabernacle was sold under foreclosure proceedings by Sheriff Battling-. The proceedings were instituted by Charles T. Wills, who held a second mortago on. the property. Mr. Wilis bought the property in for$73,800 $10,000 over the amount due to Russell Sage, who holds the first mortgage. A. hardware drummer in Detroit learn- ed, while he was in a hardware store. that his rival hi lov, was at that moment at his girl's house having a good time. He at once celled her up at the tele phone, proposed and was accepted. The rival was promptly informed of the state of affairs and left the house, cursing the telephone. Goodman 13arnett, for thirty years a member of the Chicago Board of Trade, has committed suieiae. He went to the dock ef the Anchor Steamship Line, and, standing as closely on the edge of dock as he could. balance himself, swal- lowed poison. Then he fired a revolver shot into his head. New York City at present embraces an area of about thirty-nine square miles, which, under the proposed annexation plan, would be enlarged to 817.77 square naileq, increasing the city's population tee 1,515 301 to 2,508,498. Two cities and fifteen towns will be taken in, besides a great deal of farm land. Staten Island, nineteen miles from the city hall, will be included, and also Coney Island. Washington boasts of three clever "bachelor girls." as they call themselves, according to the fad. They are Dr. Julia Harrison, a cousin: of ex -President Harrison, and an intimate friend of Secretary and Mrs. Gresham. Dr. Har- rison has recently come to Washington to practice medicine, Her friends. Eliza- beth B. Sheldon and Grace Lincoln Temple, ari decorative artists, and have opened a studio in a prominent betiding mg in that city, Miss Louise lumen Guiney, writer of versa, who is postmistress ofAuburndale, Mass., has beeri boycotted by a number of people of the town because she keeps two 200 -pound dogs alleged to be fierce. People who don'tlike dogs, or who are afraid of them, refuse to buy any stamps at the oface, and as a result the business of the office has fallen off so seriously that the Governmenthas reduced Miss Guiney's salary $100. Literary people all over New England, having heard of this, aro settling her orders for staraps. Trees are felled by electricity 's 111431-°L. nowt avol-a socidett bastir Ike ritoBtril ;5 some by the Production, ot our tiEvv SHORTENINer wiTviritick makes cis, health - f,1,4(7 wholesome inst./. Ars./Wricte iflorion ifirlattall And. °ter bpert otorirn4 watt° r ore COT TOLE -tie. you afford to eto WY( ut 'ToLNE Made only by The N. K. Fairbank Company, Wellington and Ann Stay MONTREAL. Capturing Train Robbers. In addition to the means of pre tcvtinni already suggested, let me meat -foe an-. other, and that is the use of dogs trained', to follow men •' and while on this se *et. let me correcta misappr, hension, preva- lent throughout the North, that these, dogs are bloodhounds. I doubt if there• are hale a dozen. blocdhounds in the United States, or at any rate ever been ueed. in the pursuit nf fugitives, Except ha the fable of *Uncle Tom's Cabin. The dogs. used are the ordinary foxheundet : these. will follow a trail, but they will not at- . tack the fugitive. They only- lidicate 4, his route rf flight, so that plata s fohow- in on hrinebnek can come up e itb himea Most, of the penitentiaries in the South keep .these dogs, as do the managers of convict farms and camps. The Cuban. bloodhound is & fierce, intractable aoge and I have never known. of its use in pursuing a fugitive, nor are they useful as hunting dogs. The English blood- hound, on .tbe contrary, is a noble dog, gentle, sagacious, and affectionate, In, the famous picture by Lanclseer, "Dignity and Impudence," he is well- portra,yed, and though it is said that in the olden time he was used in England - to tanek human beings, he is not now called on for that purpose. Your readers., are doubtless familiar • with Walter - Scott's story of the pursuit of Sir William aValle,ce by one of these dc gs, and the, manner in which he escaped. 1 bays used bath the Cuban and the English, bloodhound in hunting, and while the - former was generally worthless for that purpose, the latter was valuabie. The hounds now used for tracking men, when. properly trained, will take and follow a-, trail twenty-fo ar hours old., and in some cases even a colder one. If, in those pasts of the country where robberiee ef trains. occur most frepeently, a couple of good dogs could be kept at eaeh of certain, •letected stations, even if the diatance be- tween such points were • hundreds of miles, whenever a train is held. op .thee dogs could be summoned by wire, and in a few hours they Would be on the trail of the robbers. The expense entailed n the railroad companies in carrying out this plan would be OOraparativeJy light, and the experiment might prove a eueeess..- From "Brigandage on Our Railroads," by the Ututed States Commisdouer of Raib7oeals, Hon. Wade Harr intro, in North American Review for D.P. mbera Bore Charity than Discretion. Dr. Debbie, an old-fasbiened clergy- man of Dublin, was noted for hie kind- ness to the poor, and for Ins simplicity in trustiug thjni. Once a ze an was begging at the clergyman's carriage ce edema Having no change about him he handed. the beggar a guinea' saying : '(Jo, my poor man, get me (Ileange fer diet and .1" will give you a shilling." Ha never saw - the beggar's 1100 again. Oee day his wife, on • weans; II cone, 1rxid hz, in the ball eith his hentle le hind. his neck, an if hiding something. 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