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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1891-1-22, Page 7The Modest Maid. He told me," said the modest ma d, "I was the pearlof pearls : ily charmsdisplayed would overshade Ten thousand other girls. ffe vowed I was his cherished prize. Els goddess, his delight ; lie praised my eyes ntoreblue than skies, Their giauee than gems more bright, lie swore goldglittered in my hair, No words could tell my worth ; He called me fair beyond compare a With anything on earth." " And trust you," asked the matron wise In what he says to your From themaid's eyes shone sweet surprise " Of course 1 I know it's true'" Wi)W roams az DUPED, meat that looks innocent enough,, but if torn off along the vertical dotted line between the words "or" and t4 bearer" it becomes transformed into anuglypromissory note :-- Swindles In Rural Ontario. The Ontario farmer seems to be the legiti- mate prey of all the rascality in Christen- dom. Not that he is more susceptible to gulli- bility than the rest of average mankind. But the rural magnates of this Province somehow or otherappear to afford a peculiar- ly fruitful field for the nefarious traffic of those enterprising gentlemen who live only by their wits. Sometimely inquiries recent- ly instituted by the ProvineialGoverntnent, certainly go to }trove that the rural popula- oot o aa l 1 reckoned Ontario a aril re tion of uta ig i prey by certain glib -tongued and unscrupu- lous fellows who are thriving on the iguor- awe, vanity or cupidity oftheir victims. On the other hand the farriers are becoming better informed regarding the operatictta of the swindlers who infest the townships, and while this knowledge has sometimes been bought by a costly and painful experience, more frequently it has boort made in the wanting columna of the provincial press. Althoughueh within the last two years there has been a marked decrcaee iu the number and extent of frauds upon agriculturists there is still in existence an organized Byrn tem } s- tent of deception =drapery about which the farmers cannot be too well posted. The scope of these designing frauds is al - Utast limitless. Everything that humau in- ) F • -4 4 l r S 0 0 ipmeoa on�u ra et b 0 m m 0-1 01. .y H co o ea e ro 0 0 S ns tv a a 0 • o a K O • 0 , 1 1110;+7,1 JO ajlaom Aq nog =Pt Oadomq Asti I GENNE8 PRAM. • ip 8 TEIEGRAFWIO TIC'S. The Cawker City, Jan, State Bank fail- ed yesterday. Wheat is being shipped in largequantitiee from Manitoba at present.. Petroleum has been found in Mountain Valley, in Northern Alabama, The 'Kansas City ear and wheel works at Birmingham, Mo., shut down Tuesday for an indefinite period, Frank Birdsall, aged 60, of Charleston, was asphyxiated at the Revere House in this city. The United States GlassCompaayhasshut down all the factories under its control on account of an overstocked market and low prices. It is stated in diplomatic circles in Paris that the French Government bas decided to order several French men-of-war to rendez. vans in Chiller' waters. At a dinner given by Minister Miguel in Berlin Emperor William expressed the con- viction that war was improbable, but he said the question of disarmament had not yet come up. A stylishyoung gent some timea ago can- vassed the Wellington district of uelph with a very superior sample of spring wheat, a new variety, he said, grown 0n the shores of Lake Erie, and which would yield from 35 to 40 bushels to the acre. All the farmer was asked to do was to take two or four Inuit could suggest est has been laid under bushels and give his note, binding himself g y gf5 to return half the produce of each wheat. £n contribution for tho purpose of fleecing the the fall to a certain mined farmer. The tiller, of the snip of lits hard-earned dollars. Who is there amongst the rural districts of this province not familiar with the now no- torious seed wheat and oat swindles? But so far-rcaebinf;has the system now become that suck article as s a washing ria, chines, pgumps,harness,aickle gxrinders,stove- pipes, shelves, land rollers, ploughs, barbed- wire, lightniugreds, hay forks, weigh seales, whips, roofing paints, pianos, Sewing ma- chines, fruit trees, in addition to all sorts of patent rights, formromiinent features of the commerce of frau which is so industri- ously pursued. TWE nI.vsssING BEIDE" TEICE. Here is a good story which discloses one of the most impudent and barefaeedpicces of fraud ever heard of in this province. It oc- curred only a short time ago in one of the western counties of Ontario. A clericallook- ing gentleman, aecompanied by a blushing - young couple, droteu, to a fartner'sresidence when it was explained to the nutster of thol place that the young lady, who was on her way to bo married, had taken a whimsical' notionto be married in the handsome farm- house, awl had coaxed her intended husband and the irlieter to ask that the ceremony be. performed under such beautiful surround- ings. The request was accompanied by the oiler of a liberal payment for the privilege. The farmer was delighted with the proposi- tion, and lent his assistance heartily. The couple were dulyunited, a sumptuous repast was spread, and all went merry. The bride- groom was munificent, and pressed $ 40 upon the obliging host, for which he obtained a receipt; and the bridal party left under a shower of congratulation. The sequel to this tale is to be found in a court case in which the alleged receipt turned up in the hands of a third party as a promissory note for $400. VEE =CAL Ann RACi T. bait took, and thirty bushels ordered by certain farmers were to he delivered in a week or two. A fete days after ta, stranger With a democrat wagg;on came and bought thirty bushels of spring; wheat, put up in bagsof two bushels eauli. The wheat was taken -to Guelph and given over to a third party, who distributed it acecording to or- der. The faster is whom the half of the product waste be delivered gave his note for118) for the wheat to be receivedby him. The note was sold to apemen in Guelph and that was thelast seen or heard of any of the parties. The wheat was the very same that had been grown in the neighborhood for years, and spring wheat being a failure that year the purchaser for $180 post nearly that amount. The same game was successfully carried on in the township of Waterloo. S)IODDY I'FDDi.F.IS at::I Mors at:welsh:til. The shoddy cloth men usually travel in pairs and the stories they tell regarding; their stocks are ingenious. They represent a great English or Scotch house which can al)ord to cut away below Canadian houses au insurance company have forced the sale of the goods ; a wholesale house is anxious to deal direct with the purchaser; or some other platteibletale is repeated with unblush ing effrontery, a little factory cotton is some- times sold at two or three cents a spool with the cloth, so as to lead the buyer to believe that he is getting alp the goods at really favourable rates, and the shoddy dealers also claim to hove made arrangements with some local tailors to make up suits from their cloth at rices next to nothing. The goods are of the poorest texture, and aro the dearest investment that can be made. Imi- tation gold and silver watches of no com- mercial value whatever are palmed off on farmers who are induced to part with as muck as $60 at a time for these spurious goods. Valuable jewellery and first-class watches aro never peddled. VICTIMS OF VANITY. Even the farmer likes to be flattered, and he often has to pay dearly for the luxury. The canvasser is generally an oily -tongued young man, with a prolific use of the gab, and he simply talks his poor victim into the toils. There are heaps of other kinds of swindles far too numerous to mention here. The taieks of piano and organ agents. book peddlers, seed grain, hulless oat and fowl seed vendors, nursery agents, green goods fakirs, patent right sale negotiators and a hundred others, are now pretty well known, and it is a healthy sign that many of this swindling fraternity have been promptly laid by the heels and taught a salutary leison in the local courts. WINTER EMIL S- A receiving teller—a gossip. Not of spontaneous growth—the hesi- tater. Dog stealing in the second degree.... —pus* loiniug sausages. Giving a few chemicals, a counterfeits can always raise a dollar: Much as a man admires the truth be pre- fens to have it told about some other fel- law, What experience a an electrieal expert have you had?" " I've been struck by light- ning,. Attendant in railroad waiting -room - 4" Say, mister, no going to sleep here. This ain't no church." Johnson --"4 And so Jimson has gone to his reward?" Bronson—a" Yes, poor fellow I'm afraid he has." Julius—"Oh, if you*d only, love me as warmly as I do you ; Nellie—" We would both be cremated I fear." Ethel--" Does this picture do me justice!" bland--" doessometbingnobler, dear. It shows you mercy." Boy (perforating a frog with apiteb•fork) — " And how do you like that 2" Frog— "Oh, I'm dead stuck on it." Nieee—"_Mrs, S. seems to have something a, 44 e•t n r t Aunt—" am glad of 3. 1 her rabid." ea nt I don't ace very much en her hotly." Madtlox---" I understand your wife always 'tea the bat word." Gazzam—"All a mis- take, I assure you, She gives it to ire," Sanso--"Is hea dignified man? Rodd—' " Well, I should say he is. Why, that man could step on a banana peel without losing his dignity." " An thingnewou foot?" asked one poll - titian of another. " Yes," was the reply. "What is itr" " Onr baby. nets just learn- ed to walk." Old Lady (in drug star. otosmaI l boy).— " " What am to take this medicine in, sonny?"Sonny--""Take it in your month, main ;'!ain't to be rubbed on. Mother Cat—e" Titbitba, I am about to give you your choice of occupations in We. What is your preference?" Young Tabby— "Lap-a•diary, please, ma." The visitor (viewing the new baby) " Da you think he is going to resemble Iris Win est" The mother—.""1 ebo41da't be =- prised. He keeps me up every night." la Case of Warr. The opinion that Canada could be dispos. cd of some morning before breakfast in the event of war being declared between the U'nitedStetes aid theDomiuian is not shared in by all our neighbors to the eouth, This is how Lieut. Schenck, of the United States Army regards the matter, Referring to the pros Wens of the treaty of 1817, Lieut. Schenck pointe out that ties United States can maintain on the great lakes only four vcspela, " not exceeding one hundred tons burden, and armed with one eighteen pounder cannon, one each on Lakes On- tario and Champlain, and two on the upper water- way t American +� ken, The only a Ypencu A t way to these ripper lakes is the Brie "anal, through which boats 100 feet long and 2.`t5 taus burden can pass, while the Canadian canals permit vessels of 1,600 tons to reach the head of Lake Superior. The United. States navy would at the outset be unavail- able, while in the English navy there arel ll vessels, three of them armoured, which in a fortnight after a declaration of war could take undisputed possession of Lakes Ontario and Erie. When the great canal system of the Ottawa and Freneli Rivers is com- pleted the vessels eau enter Lake Huron with equal ease, This possession of the lakes means the absolute command of the cities on the shore, whatever the laud forces gatheredto defend them. Property to the value of $1,000,000,000 would be within the reach of a hostile Beet. The Canadian militia, which includes all men capable of bearing arms between the ages of eighteen and sixty, numbers 530.(4)0, or nearly 300,- 000 in the first-class or line. These men would have the incathnable advantage over our militia in that their officers would be mairsly taken from the 14,000 trained offi- cers of the English regular army, and for their armament there arc now in England 'not less than G00,000 stand of approved arms' ' in store or packed ready for ship- ment to any part of the world. ' Within ten days tram tho date of notification, there- fore, the arms and ammunition would lie at Toronto, Loudon, or the Welland canal fort! distribution to the troops, in place of the Snider rifles: " Granting that it is assur- ing to know that the odds would not be all. against us, and that we would not he wholly at the mercy of our enemies in the circum- stances supposed, still, the contemplation of the subject will give no real pleasure to right-minded persons, whether Canadians or &merleans. The pump fraud was worked extensively in Bruce and other western counties a year or two ago, aomething after this fashion. A travelling agent comes to a farmer and asks him to become agent for the sale of iron pumps, offering as an inducement to place, one pump in the farmer's well free. The! parties came to an agreement by which the farmer consents to receive eleven pumps, which he is to sell at $15 apiece, keeping $5 on each pump for his contmisson, and sending the balance to the company as the articles are sold. The farmer then signs what he believes to be an order for the pumps on these terms, but theaper turns out to be a promissory not for $165, the re- tail price of the eleven pumps " on exhibi- tion" at the farmhouse, and, occasionally there is a "verbal understanding" that the unsold pumpt will be taken back : but, while the note invariably turns up, the man with whom the farmer had the verbal under- standing never appears again. A number of these pumps are now rusting in western barns. TUE n.& --ORE SWINDLE. Like the Canada thistle the hay -fork swindle has appeared in nearly every section A the provieco. Although often operated like the pump racket, it ie sometimes worked like this. A representative of the firm calls upon the farmer and offers to put up a hay- fork for nothing if the farmer will accept an agency for the fork, terms which the latter is only too willing to accept. A few days afterwards a second representative comes along and gets the farmer to sign a state- ment of bis affair, "just to show that he is a responsible party." In the course of n week or two the victim is surprised to learn that the so•oalled statement of his affairs is really a skilfully worded order for a number of fork lid that they have arrived at the nearest tilway station. Sometimes the farmer giv an orderer for forks, there being a verbal agreement that he is to pay for the • forks only as they are sold, but in such case t a note is taken to cover possible loss by fire or other accident, and this note invariably finds its way into the hands of a third party for collection. ° MONTREAL, Jan. 28.—A tragic affair took FORGED PRosirssORY Norse. piece ch • other afternoon in a saloon kept by • The plantingof a romissor • note it' on one Laleur in Ontario street. Jules Hy. the unsuspecting. farmer is an old form of Gauthier, emnioyed in the Bonsecours mar - deception, is operated in a hundred kiin combs n • with Antoine Pierson, %vent �Ic�•eptinn, anp t, ?i:C• resit ways. The. plan of catchingfarm- 1,a funeral, and tt appears that on the way - •.a .each articles as washing machines, back from Mount Royal the pair took see - :tenders, etc., was to induce them to oral drinks to drive away ;their sorrow and bau..ui, svelte for their sale and (sign an t cold. Going into the groggery in egreetueet n. •riplicate, one paper to be question other refreshments were past el held bythe farmer. nue bythe contracting r nu d and finally a dispute arose. Pierson . I, n themanufactur felt himself insulted,and ruin Gauthier a party and one t< a ,.nt tog : g ing firm. The agi'eeccc.:cct. held by the farmer blow on the head the last named fell heavily was all right, but by some means the other to the floor, and when help came he was paper always turned ottt to bea pptromissory found to be dead. A doctor was immediate - note for $100. There can be no.clotibt that l summoned, and, although he carefullyex- s note lies hidden beneath the mblecl the victim, nothing -could be found a promissory g paper the farmer' believes he is signing, incl that appeared like a death blew, H, wove', that by a little• manual dexterity the din- Gau ih:r was dea' a d Pier on was seen to honest agent oan get the unsuspecting man strike the blow, ani was, of caress, placed to sign any document he pleases. Sonie of under arrest. . Tlie doctors say that death. these' documents is are most ingeniously ar -'was ea1sedbY congestion stion of the brain. ranged, a conditional order or even a ,re-. ceipt fur storage being easily transformed Baron Geoiges.,Haussmann, an erstwhile into a negotiable note. Here is an agree- famous perfect of theSeine,'Is dead. The Murder of Madame De Kartsoff, The suggestion put forward in several foreign newspapers, and notably the English press, that the recent murder of 'Mdme. De Kartsoff in Moscow wasan act of political vengeance, has no foundation whatever in fact. The deceased lady was not in any way connected with public affairs, neither was she, as has been stated, the possessor of a colossal fortune, being merely a well-to- do person who pedes life of comparative se- clusion. Her assassins, far from being nihil- ists or members of some politico -revolution- ary party, were neither more or less than Madame Kartsoft's doorkeeper and cook. The object of the murderers, who knew that their mistress kept large sums of money con- cealed in her room, was robbery, and, although they were disappointed of large booty, they nevertheless took all the cash they could lay their hands, on, as. wellas a quantity of valuable effects. They after- wards attempted to set fire to the room. with the object of destroying all trace of the crime, but the walls being lined with plates of iron this attempt failed. Tragio Death in a Saloon. • The garden gate now takes a rest— As estAs it were, 'tis on the sl:e:f--- While the parlour sora g;ro:mes aloud, And tbecoal bil i self. Tramp—" I say, tattle, "an't ye chime abito o'something cold to eat t' Mrs. Pan Bake—" Why, yes, poor fellow : go and take one of the icicles. of the fence." Mr. Parnell's Ancestors. A. correspondent writing to a Liverpool paper gives the fallowing particulars of hlr. arnell's ancestry :—Thomas Parnell, be- longing to fancily long resident at Congleton, Cheshire, purchased an estate in Ireland in the time of Charles II., and fixed Itis abode in that country. He was sncceeded by his oldest son, the Rat. Thomas Parnell, arch- deacon of Clogher, in 1703, who was succeed- ed by his brother, Mr. John Parnell, barris ter -at -law and M. P., who was constituted one of the Judges of the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland in 1722. He was succeed- ed by his only surviving son, Mr. John Par- nell, M. P. for Maryborough, in 1761, who was created a baronet of Ireland on the 3d November, 1766. He was succeeded by his only son, Sir John Parnell, Knight of the, Shire for the Queen's County from 1783 until' his decease. Sir John married, in 1774, Letitia Charlotte, second daughter and co- heir of the Right Honourable Sir Arthur Brooke, Bart., of Colebrooke, County Fer- managh, by whom he had issue. (1) John Augustus, his successor ; (2) Henry, created Baron Congleton, of Congleton, County Chester ; and (3) William of Avondale, County Wicklow. The latter married, in 1810, Frances, daughter of the Hon: Hugh Howard, and died in 1831, leaving a son, Mr. John Henry Parnell, of Avondale, who married on the 31st of May, 1834, Delia - Tudor, only daughter of Commodore Charles Stewart, of the United States Navy, and died leaving issue, John Howard Parnell, of Sunnyside, Alabama, U. S. A., born 1843, and Charles Stewart Parnell, of Avondale, born June, 1846, besides other children. It will be observed that the eldest brother seems to have inherited the maternal Ameri- can estates, where the hrother is now liv- ing. Two Jews for One Irishman. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says :—A few years ago the semi official.Novoe Vrernya had a para. oomph stating that a certain Madame Novi- ktoff, now in London, hacl prevented, by her powerful letters to th' the meet - The Ileat 110 od LurIliel. A Word to the People. "Truth is Nighty, and will prevail" THEdisease remarariskainbleg feffects and most satisfactory results, in every variety' of jfrom IMPURITIES GF THE BLOOD which are experienced _ and made ntanifeetfrom dry to day, by those'Wlto have taken NORTHROP do LYMAN'S VEGETABLE DISCOVERY, RY, for complaints which were pro- nounced incurable, are surprising to all. In many of these cases, the persons say their pain and sufferings cannot be expressed, as in cases of Scrofula, where apparently the whole body was one mass of corruption. This celebrated medicine will relieve paia, cleanse and purify the blood, and cure such diseases, restoringthe patient to perfect health after trying manyremedies, and having sufferefor years. is it not conclusive proof that if you are a sufferer you can be cured? Why is this medicine performing such great cures? It works is the snoop, the Circulating Fluid. It can truly be called the The great source of disease originates in the BLOOD, and no medicine that does not act directly upon it, to purify and renovate, has any just claim upon public attention. When the blood becomes lifeless and stagnant, either from change of weather or of climate. want of exercise, irregular diet, or from any other otiose, NORTHROP 4 LYWIT'S VEGETABLE DISCOVERY will renew the Blood, carry Witte putrid Immure, dm= the stomach, regulate the bowels, and impart art a tone of vigor to the wood° body. The convietlon m, in tho public mind as well as the medical profession, that the remedial supplied by the VEGETABLE KINGDOM are more safe and more effec. tual in the cure of disease than mineral medicines. The Vegetable Discovery Is composed of the juice of most remarkable roots, barks and herbs. It is pleasant to take, and is perfectly safe to give an infant. Allow no to oak you a candid gues. " tion :.-••Ila you need it? Do not hesitate to try it. Yon will never regret it, All drugg]ats haus it for sale, Mn, "Tolartr C, 1'ox, Olinda, writes ;-..-"" Northrop 4iC Lyman's Vegetable Die- covery so giving good aatiefaetioa. Whore who havo used it say it bas done them more. good then anything they have ever taken." IN ITS WORST FORdA � rs 3tIId, A fats wOiiTS, Toronto, writes •.- 4Rit overyear,u after taking three bottles I had. Dyaptipsia in its worst form for a Ing of Northrop & Lyman's Vegetable Discovery, a perfect cure followed. I take great pleasure in recommending it to anyone auffering from Dyspepsia." • MR. W, TIIAYER, Wright,P.Q., had DYSPEPSIA FOR TwtENTY YEARS. Tried many remedies and doctors, but got no relief. His appetite was very poor, had a dietresaing pain in his aide and stomach, and gradual wasting away of Roth, when he heard of and immediately commenced taking Northrop & Lyman's Vegetable Discovery. The pains have left, and he rejoices in the enjoyment of excellent health;, in fact he is quite a new mars. Sold by all Medicine Dealers at f$LOO per Bottle, When fear comes to a pretty girl Or terror may e»nfoutd her. Just for proteetiott a sake, of course, Why put your arntar 'round her. Lecturers advise that its void weather two plo keep their mouths shut and breath through their nores. It would bo well if some peoplefollowed the first bit of advice even in warm weather. Mts. Climp " Who is that tall, hand- some gentleman with that scrawny old maid, Miss I. ortysunmter t" Miss Fly---"" That is one of these his ed escorts." "Ali, I see. Sort of an aceompanyist." " Didn't the poet from whom you were reading refer in one of his lines to 'the germ of immortality' 1" inquired Mrs Brikton of her husband. "Yes; but that strikes me as carrying the microbe theory too far." Citizen—les, I have an nicht ella that needs mending ;but if I lot yon have it how am I to know that you will bring it back ?" Umbrella Mender—"" Hal no fear. I alvays charge more for mending clan I could sell zee umbrella for." " So you say you want seven buttons on this waist, Miss Susy ? Must I put ueaotlter on?" "Well, yes, I think so. You see, with six, it never comes right when I say, " He lovesme—ho doesn't love me," and so on. I think Imnst have one more button." There is more of power to sanctify, elevate strengthen and cheer in tls.' word Jesus (Je- hovah Savior) than in all 40 utterances of man since the world begun.—(Dr. Charles Hodge. Crookphiz—(who is going to a masquerade and ittle short of ready cash)—"' Say, is my face good for a costume and a mask ?" Costumer(after a survey of his customer) -- "4 I don't think it would do for a costume, but it will be all be all right for the mask.' Gentleman—" You are a cheat ! The pic- ture you sold me yesterday has printed upon it "Original—by Rembrandt." It has just been proved to me that it is only a copy." Dealer—" The signature was perfectly cor- rect. The original is by Rembrandt." A Sunday -school superintendent recently found the following chalked on his black- board : " Plees, Mr. Superintendent, don't fire off stories every Sunday at us boys with an awful example of a bad boy in each of them. Give us a rest. Give the girls a' turn." Distracted woman (at the police station)••— " 01, sir, I have lost my poor old father This morning he wandered away and I fear for his safety, as he is totally deaf." Police Sergeant—" In that case, madam, we will soon find him. He is walking on the rail - was track, deaf men always do. " Well, Tommy," said a visitor, " how. are you getting on at school ? " " First rate," answered Tommy. "I ain't doing as well as some of the other boys, though. I can stand on my head, but I have to put my feet against the fence. I want to do it with- out being anywhere near the fence and I guess I can after awhile." ing to express s t thywith Russia t Jews y•cn j from taking place. i t, a ,"•.real con- vinced that the meeting did take place, and that certain resolutions were unanimously passed by it, now publishes a very indignant leading article against England and English- men. It says :—" This concern (for the' Jews) on the part of the English who have impoverished fertile Hindostan and Egypt, who are poisoning the Chinese population with opium, wise have annihilated the native population of Australia just as if they were vermin,and who now, under the pretext of putting an end to the slave trade, are exter- minating in the most savage mannerniimer- ous tribes of Africa, is extretnelytouchingg Who is not aware of the value of English philanthropy ?" The paper then goes on to; the English with well-fecornpare starving Irishmen persecuted by d RussianJews, and winds up with the following original propos al, which' should fill the hearts of Irish pa- !riots with joy and gratitude :—" Let Eng- , laudgive us 'three millions: of her starving Irishmen. We undertake to find dwellings, land, and food for these industrious citizens in South -Western Siberia. On.the other hand we offer to deliver up. to England not r t e :Irishman. No one but two Jews for every . v e they have two Jewish lM3inisters (Giochs n and 'Worms.) They niay then form a' Whole Cabinet of Jews. A Hundred Craters In Eruption, The volcano Halemaumau, in the Hawaiian Isles, is again in a state of wonderful activity. No less than thirteen craters were recently counted emitting lava streams. Dana Lake, near these craters, is a lake of lava, with a tundred fiery fountains in it, ranging from 15 to 40 feet in height, in constant play and change.�The following description is from the Honolulu Bulletin :—The lake is sur- rounded by a levee formed by the constant play of the fire fountains, which deposit the lava in shreds and masses. This levee is a wall of black glistening lava, which at night, as fresh lava falls upon it, flashes into a fiery embankment, marking the entire circum- ference of the lake. The usual scene of vol- canic action has been the gradual breaking up and reforming centres of activity, while now the entire depression of two -and -a -half miles in circumference mentioned, containing both Halemaumau and Dana Lake as centres of - great activity, is in a constant and increas- ing state of frightful and unexampled com- motion. The trail across the original$oor of the crater is, however, in no danger, and tourists are enabled to get one of the best views possible of t evolcano. Therere is great Sanger on the floor ofthe lower depression, , end some of the incidents related are full of thrilling adventure. xeter Lumber Yard �� nfor am The undersigned wishes to im the publit4 in peuerai that lie keeps —constantly in crock— All Kinds of BUILDING MATERIAL • DRESS' OR InNI)REsSEP A large stock of Hemlock. always on hand at mile priee4:. Floorieg. Si ng. dressed—ineh, inch and•a,gnarter, inch-aud.a.lwif and two ineh. $ash Doers, Minds, Mouldings and all Finishinglaterial, Loth, &e. SHINGLES A SPECIALTY—Competition ompetitiaen challenged The best and the Darkest stock, and at lowest prices. Shingles A 1. All our timber thoroughly sexwene and ready for use. No shrinkage assured. A c 11 will bear out the above. • THE OLI) ESTABLISHED Jas. iluis,'Main.St Enormous Morse Power. Itis a very easy shatter' to talk about 18,- 000 or' 20,000 hnrsc•pewer, but tow persons realize what it means or the enormous force that it exerts. The new White Star steam• ships, for instance, or the Inman Line's City of New York develop from 15,000 to 20,ti00 basso -power. They have twelve boilers and seventy-two furnaces, worked with forced draft. Assuming that the engines will re- quire eighteen pounds of attain per horse per hour, then 160 tons of feed water must be pumped into tho boilers every hour, anti 160 tons of steam will pass through the engines in the same tinge. In twenty-four hours the feed water will anconnt to :040 taus, occupying 130,240 cubic feet. This amount of water would 611 a length of 493 feet of a canal forty feet wide and seven feet deep. Taking the condensing water at thirty tines the feed water, it will amorist to 4,800 tons per hour, or 115,200 tons in twenty-four hours, or for a six -clay trans- Atlantic run notless than 691,200 tons, or 24,883,000 cubic feet. This amount of water would fill a cubical tank into which the Roman Catholic Cathedral, steeples and all, or the Times building, could be put and completely covered up. The coal congnmit- lion is not less interesting. Four hundred tons a day are burned on the 20,000 horse- power pressure. This would fill 400 wag- ons. agons. It requires for its combustion 8,6+19 tons of air, occupying a space of 2'22,336,000 cubic feet. It Is impossible to put these figures in a shape such that may be grasped by the average readers, but enough has been cited to show, nevertheless, that the circu- lating pumps and fan engines of such ship: are a hard working lot. A Town of Violin Makers. There is really but ane place in the world where violins are made extensively. That place is Markneukirchen, with its surround- ing villages. There are altogether about 15,000 people living there who do nothing else but retake violins. The inhabitants, from the little urchin to the old grey -headed man, the small girl and the ole] grandmother, all are engaged in making some part of a fiddle. The pleasure of love is in loving. We are happier in the passion we feel, than in that we inspire. • The cost of warships, according to the Times, is as follows per ton :—England,£30 5s ; France, £46 98 ; Russia, :1:87 5s. The price pet indicated horse -power is :—Eng- land, Eng- land, £30 45 ; France, £56; and the United States, £67 2s. The hottest day of the year in New Zealand usually comes at Christmas. The day is a great occasion for picnics in the coolest nooks of the woods. The only re- collection oftheChristmasdinner of Western notions is • the plum pudding, which is religiously eaten, but to the accompaniment of cold lemonade, instead of coffee and wine. One day a woman went to Brigham Young for counseltouching some alleged opposition by an officer of the church. Brigham, like a true politician, assumed to know her, but when it became necessary to record her case, 11011E DEFERRED. ,L Poor Consumptive Travels 2,tiao Mlles to be Treated, by tin- Lxmpit—Me is too Lute. Torosro. Jan. 28.—" It is really too bad,' said Dr. W. 11. (4eikie, dean of Trinity's medical faculty, in conversation with a re- porter the other day on the subject of the Kock lymph ; "something should be done to drive the idea out of the heads of the peo- ple that the Kook lymph is infallible in all rases. Some people believe that if they can only reach a point where a supply eon be got their lives will be saved, Acase in point : poor fellow came to me the other "lay and asked to be injected with the lymph. He was very forgone aud death was very near - His lungs had become almost totally de- stroyed o-stroyed by disease. The people of Is inni- peg had told this poor fellow if he could only reach To: onto he would be all right ; his life would 1 e saved. He believed what they said, and, far gone as he was, he getout, acmin aniedbyhis sister for Toronto. A111 couiddo was to tellhim htscase was hopeless I told him that I believed an injection of the lymph would hasten his death. The unfor- tunate young man could do nothing but re- turn to Winnipeg and there await his call from this world. Now, I say something ought to be done to prevent the idea tha the Koch lymph is infallible, and that it willut new lungs into a person, going abroad. It is really too bad to havsuch instances as the one nave just given you occurring." Bodies Preserved in Mater. D.t'i:t; 5'11 11 t.i n : n t ,•:v,:atic t is 1319 forty prisoners of war were thrown into deep pool near Hermannstadt. A few week ago the bodies were recovered, after an im mersion of forty-one years, and they wee in a perfect state of preservation, their organs unchanged in form, colour, or consi5= tence. Itis supposed that the minerals in the water passed in solution through the noree and had a preservative effect upon the i ternal organs, as well as upon the entire body. This explains the theory of scien- tists as to the beneficial effects of mineral baths upontheentire human system. The Archbishop of Lima, Peru, has ex- communicated Miss Clarinda Turner, a di- rector of the sheet El Pertnlluvtrado, because she translated and had published in her pa- per,t" 1a <lalen e a novel bya The 14 h T , $ Brazilian jonrualrst. After the excommuni- cation all numbers of Miss Turner's paper containing parts of the objeetionable work were burned in the public square. The London Times publishes an account of the circumstances which led to the re- signation of Prince Bismarck-. When Em- peror William ascended the throne the Iron Chancellor resented the slightest inter- ference, and on one occasion, as a " bluff," the Prince offered to resign. The Emperor at once took brim at his word ; but so tena- cious was he of power that an aide -de camp had to be sent to him four times before he handed in his formal resignation. What is termed telpherage. or the con- veyance of on-veyanceof parcels by eleetrteity along lines of wire placed overhead, is little known is hesitated and said : this country beyondthe stage of experiment. "Let me see, sister, Ihaveforgotten your: in South America, however, telpherage name." schemes appear to be propitious to the " My name !" was the indignant reply, speculator, and a linehas been couatrnctetdt, " why; I am your wife" 186 miles long, which will place• Buenos " When did I marryyou ?" queried wily Ayres and Monte Video in communication. o Brigham, Y{aross the La Plata there a swing for tho old and after eon- ! wires of nineteen miles, and the initial stetell The woman informed him, ft , book the old fellow for the journey b is afforded suiting a memorandum J y two towers 271 feet in height. It is intended to despatch atch said :: g P "' Well, I believe you are right, my good le+ • .+,. •boxes between the two attics at inter - woman. I thought your face was familiar, vale if two hours. 4