HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1885-12-17, Page 11process of "atioklog up" is charming.? Im-
plc. The operator pounce)] out front his
ambush upon an unsuspecting party et trav-
ellers, and, with loaded revolver raised, he
cries out," Bad up!" whereupon—every
body knowing what is meant—all the men
inetant.y throw their hands in the air, Any
one "nutting an effort to gat at his aide arms
le shot, It requires a certain amount of cour-
age to do this simple trick well. Mr. Gar-
rett, us usual, single handed managed his
seventeen men himself. In a short time
he had them all tied to trees, and then at his
own convenience he emptied their pockets.
ZVith the kindliness of heart whioh was 80
pleasing a characteristic of our amiable
bushranger, he made a good fire, boiled a
billy of water, and gave thorn all tea. Vlore-
over, knowlog the solace of tobacco,he filled
—from their own pow:hoe—the pipes of
auoh of the party who smoked and lighted
them. Then wishing them a kindly " Good-
night, good -night !" Mr. Garrott van:oiled.
A Misuse of Clemency.
We think that the oirountetances aro few
under whish journals of repute ought to
interfere in the aplemn decisions of justice;
but occasio 0 arise when ailence would
be blarrieat , Wo believe that, in the
oommutatis, of the death penalty, in the
case of Lo` engrain, the murderer of
Policeman ' .iwan, we have a case in point.
Cowan we one of a reconnoitering party
cont out Inspector Dickens from Pitt
when that 'ort wan surrounded by the Crees
under Big ear. This chief had come under
the rampar a and coolly invited Inspector
Dickens; t surrender his arms and accom-
pany hiin t '*he lodges, as Faotor Maclean
and otners had done, promising his pro-
tection in the event of compliance. " If
you do not come " Big Bear said, " my
young men will burn down the Fort and do
your people harm." Inspector Dickens, of
course, sent the presuming savage about
his businaso Meanwhile, Cowan and
another policeman were quietly riding
along the prairie towards the fort. Per-
ceiviug their approach a number of Big
Bear's men seized weapons, and as the two
horsemen drew near opened a murderous
fire'upon them. 0 e man rode on and reach-
ed the fort, though hit with several bullets;
but the other, Cowan, fell from his horse up-
on the prairie, He lay bleeding and moaning
here for half an hour, when Mongrain came
up and pointed a sun at his head. The
wounded man put up his hand, as if warding
the gun away, and said, "Don't, brother,"
but the heartless murderer fired, and not
only once, but twice, into the head of the
helpless man. The murderer was appre-
hended, tried, and found guilty, and on
sentencing him to death Judge Rouleau
said
"After the verdict of the jury, I can do
no more than pronounce judgment. By the
evidence given you have been found guilty
of murder under the most shocking circum-
stances. When the wounded man was lying
helpless on the ground and lifting up his
hands pleading for his life, you cruelly shot
Im. I never heard of anything more cruel
an that a man who saw another lying
ended. and defenceless should kill him.
ew provides that sentence of death be
upon youe and the sentence of the
that you be hanged on the 27th of
Cit,
man d Jserved death under the law,
ae t is miscreant ; yet we learn
,riv Council has considered his
oniniuted the death penalty.
oman may indeed d have here that
is bo ndless, but she strikes an impassable
barri°ir when she comes to a barbed wire
fence
In every department of knowledge
noble men and woman are bearing aloft
'the terch.of science to make light the
dark,'placeit of earth for the benefit of man,
but it will still be a long while before hu-
man Windom can make out why a change
of weaih®'r is bad for corns.
He (solemnly)—"You had a':.,very narrow
escape last night, Miss Julia."`She::—" Whq
what do you mean ? " He—" Well, you see,
I had a dream about you. I thought I was
just about to kies you when the housemaid
rapped at the door and I woke up." She
(after a short pausa)—" That girl must go."
Reading a somewhat stirring poem which
appeared in one of the leading dailies last
week, we were rather startled by the first
line of the last stanza, which read as follows :
" All aro born free and equal." God -like lie of all
the host
That build false beacons on the lino of life's terrific
coast."
of God -like," as an epithet applied to any-
thing lathe shape of a "lie," has the charm
of novelty, at anyrate, if not of great fitness.
and best o cy Ot the year,
the emu, S which people make in bohal
of their ar ones is ane of the most
beautiful featureaGf the Christmas season.
The mother who robs her famlly of the
real ecm'forta of home, in artier to make
expensive gifts to friends, le at fault in
one direction, while the niggardly father,
who closes the clasps of his purse and de-
prives the dear ones of his family of the
happiness Wei is their due, is wrong in
another.
It is safe, however, to premise that
people make t :lo many presents. The
child who boaattugly flaunts in the face of
her playmate the fact that she received
eighteen dolls at Christmas, is not ono
bit happier than the little Bessie who huge
with inexpressible love the one treasure
which Santa Claus has kindly brought to
her. Parents of ample means make a
great misteke in giving too many presents,
A. few suitable gifts for a child are far
better, in the long run, than a number
so large that it leaves IIttle chance to an-
ticipate for next year.
Among older people, only very dear
friends should exchange gifts. Where
there is close intimacy and real friendship,
there can never exist the burden of gift -
making, for the love that holds the inter-
ests of a friend as even dearer than its
own, makes the kind of gift received a
matter of very small account. The love
v
arthin
that the gift expresses 18 everything.
g•
We arled now to consider what gifts
we shall offer our friends While this
must always be a matter of personal deci-
sion, there are a few suggestions which
may be of valve.
As a rule, it is best to choose some-
thing nice of its kind, rather than some
thing cheap and showy. For instance ; a
small paper -weight or cutter of dainty de-
sign is an appropriate gift, while the se-
lection of a largo portfolio of cheap mate-
rial, costing the same amount of money
as the weight or cutter, is in very poor
taste; or a small portmonnale, of real
Russia, or crccodtlo leather, or dainty
plush. is more desirable than a large
hand -bag made of cheap material at the
same price.
A Christmas keepsake Is of more value
to a dear fraind if it is the giver's own
handiwork, than if purchased. 1f possi-
ble, it is better to give something both
useful and ,ornamental. A small ther-
mometer mounted on velvet, or plush, or
satin, with a few hand -painted flowers,
makes E'dainty and useful gift for one's
room. A case for brushea ; a set of hooks
for keys, mounted on velvet and match;
ing the room furnishings in color ; a bcx
of dainty stationery for a young lady
friend ; or an ornamented waste -paper
basket for the friend 1n college, or papa's
study or cffice,—are all quite inexpensive,
yet suitable for any friend, whether rich
or poor.
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The Dav You Said Yes.
BY JOHN 8.. HBNDBRSON.
Arrah 1 Kathleen, me darlin', it's you that's the
charmer,
The pat cf the village, the pride of the place ;
Shure there's many a 3 oung, handsome, well-to-do
farmer
Would tramp it from Dublin to look at your face.
Them e) es black m shoes, them dark shining tresses,
And them swate droopin' eyelids that near drove
me mad—
Shure, Kathleen, you've kilt mo with them soft
oaresiee,
And conquered complately your poor Irish lad.
party as to the pro
to try arum), The 1
door to indicate that al
enter the room, and
motions all commence to a
scythes. Not a word is to be e
either side, under penalty of forfeit.
they are acting the verb called for, the
audience clap hands. If not, they hila,
and the mowers retire, and must try some
other verb. They decide to try row, and
enter the room again, making the motions
of rowing. This proving a failure, they
are hissed and retire. They try in suc-
cession the words sow or sew, blow, crow,
eta., until the right word is found. Each
person is to receive the penalty of having
a strip of white paperpinnedto the shoul-
der for proposing a word other than a
verb. Care should bo taken to select a
word which has quite a number of verbs
in common use which rhyme with it.
This game maybe played to represent
different trades, like sewing, knitting,
sawing, hammering, reaping. A mueloal
accompaniment, each set of movements
continuing through a certain number of
bars of music, may be effectively render-
ed, provided great care le taken that the
movements be executed in perfect time,
and the succession of trades indicated is
carefully observed.
The above simple games are given, as
suggestive cf the kind best suited to an
Impromptu gathering of people of differing
ages.
New Time System.
Prof. London's proposed system of time
on the decimal plan, provives that the
present dayof twenty-four hours bo di-
vided into ten divisions, so that each hour
would correspond to two hours and twen-
ty-four minutes ; this hour would be again
divided into a hundred divisions, called
minutes, if necessary, each minute on the
new system thus corresponding to 1.44
minutes ; again, this new minute division
to be sub -divided for accurate measure-
ments into one hundred divisions, called
seconds. The advantages arising from
such a system, as enumerated, are, the
abolition of the so-called A et, and r. m ,
as has already been accomplished by the
24 hour system ; all the advantages de-
rivable from the adoption of any system
based on the scale of 10—namely, the in-
conveniences arising from the continua 1
nee of vulgar fractions and the use of
symbols for each unit in the ordinary af-
fairs of life ; and, finally the fact that the
time in hours and minutes, which for all
practical purpuses is sufficient, is indica-
meted immediately by the clock—this lat-
ter being considered e. specially important
advantage, as, by the present system, it
is always essential to multipiy by five in
order to know the true time.
tea
of dlsat
Indeed, in
that he thinks
bo in the Presiden
Tho comparative imp
atateamen, from the newsman's
view, may bo seen in the feat that accord-
ing to announcement the London Centrist
News reports allapeeahea of Lord Salisbury,
Lord R, Churchill, :r Ir. Gladstone and Mr.
Chamberlain verbatim ; Lord Spenoor, Lord
Hartington, Lord Granville and Sir Charles
DIlke to the extent of one column each, and
Sir M. Hicks -Beech. Sir R. A. Cross, Sir
W, Harcourt, Mr. Trevelyan and �1r. Cbil-
ders half a column each.
In La Temperance, Dr. Magnus Huss, the
celebrated Sweaieh physician, is quoted an
saying that people of tbo northern Stat"a of
Europe who abuse alcohol degenerate visib-
ly and afford more frequently than others
examples of monatroaitiosat birth. In Lon-
don, at the beginning of, the eighteenth cen-
tury, there was an alarming dooroase of the
birth rate which, on inquiry, was shown to
be caused chiefly by drunkenness,
Dr. Alvarez, a Paris homeopathist,
brought suit against the Princess of Medina
Cce.li for 600,0(70 francs for medical services,
stating that he was entitled to more than
the usual compensation en account of the
great wealth of his •patient. Tho court
siwarded him 5.4,000 franca, he to pay coats,
Most physicians would consider $17,000 a
handsome fee, but this doctor was much
chagrine 1 over the result. A few days be-
fore he had refuted a much larger sum to
compromise the matter.
Dr. John Hunter, the eminent surgeon,
adopted a rule which may be commended to
all. When a friend asked him ho -v he had
been able to accomplish so much in the way
of study and discovery in his busy life, he
answered, " My rule is, deliberately to con-
sider, before I commence, whether the work
bo practicable. If it be not practicable, I
do not attempt it. If it be practicable, I
can accomplish it if I give sufficient pains to
it ; and, having begun, I never stop until
the thing is done, To this rule I owe all my
success.'
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At a dinner table a gentleman remarked
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Now, wasn't it quare how I met you, me darlin',,
When p000 Kitty Coyle, you remember, was
wakln',
An' bow that ewate blaguard they call • Johnny
`Farland"
Said he knew more 'id ocmo from our talkie' than
e{iakin'.
Shure it's oourtin' we were when we should have
been prayin',
And laughin' and glancin' when tears should be
eheddin' ;
But you know, Kathleen, darlin', there rune an ould
sayin',
" Begin at the wake an' you'll end in the weddin'."
Here, Kathleen, me darlin's meself ; will you take
met
A poor honest lad of the Gem of the Sea ;
For, Kathleen, it's only yourself that can make me
The happiest man in nuld Ireland so free.
What word's that, me darlin', you re murmurin' Bo
tender?
Is it " Yie 1" Yie it is 1 Oh; I'm muthered wad
joy 1
Ah, Kathleen 1 wad pleasure well always remember
The day you said " Tie " to your poor Irish boy,
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