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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1892-3-3, Page 3MI ItOGUE AND FOOL When the Chatham Minister Skipped Ile Left a Legacy Behind AS WELL AS HIS THREE LOVERS. Some Racy Storiee About Rev. Mr, Martin, The Chethoen .13anner says For the last few days the town has been wild with ex- eitement, fed. by rumors as to the myster- lours flight of no leas a man than Rev. N. H. Martin, for many years incumbent of Christ Church. From his high position and sacred calling, we hoped till the lest against hope, that these reports were baseless or at least magnified out of proportion by etreet gossip. It is Dow, however, imperative to make them matter of journalistic comment. The facts which seem beyond dispute are these ; Mr. Martin was engaged to be married to young lady ox Tuesday evening. All preparations were made for the wedding supper and the guests invited. Meanwhile it transpired that the cleric had ar- ranged to marry two other ladies, and this wedding never came off, the groon. failing to materialize. Martin had arranged to exchange pulpits last Sunday with Rev. M. Holmes of Dresden. The former preached • in Dresden and on Monday reached Court- wright by E: & 1i,, and crossieg the river found himself in the land of the free. We understand that one of the two aggrieved parties is in possession of the furniture and sae effects in Martin's house on the strength of da written promise of marriage from him, and resists the efforts of the landlord to dire train for rent overdue. Never in the history of Chatham has such shameful soandal cropped up; and the deepest sympathy of the public goes out to the expectant bride, a most estimable lady, most cruelly and basely deceived by one . whose conduct sends a thrill of disgust through the heart of every one gifted even with common decency. It now has come to the knowledge of all that he was engaged to two or three other young ladies, the weddings all to take place this week. The first one was arranged for Monday morning, at 9 o'clock, to Miss Delmege, of North Chatham. The guests were assembled, the banquet was prepared, the bride had scores of beautiful presents, but when the hour came no groom appeared. The mother of the bride despatched Rev. Arthur Murphy, of Holy Trinity Church, to look after the delinquent. He first hastened to the rectory of Christ Church, only to find • it locked, and no sign of anyone around. He then hastened to the Garner House, where Rev. Mr. Martin has boarded since the death of his wife, but found he had not been seen there since Saturday breakfast and a[ter visiting several of his friends came to the conclusion that the reverend gentleman was not in town. The facts concerning his disap- pearance now come to light as follows: He was last seen on Saturday night by Miss Kitcheu at her residence as late as 11 o'clock. The next morning he showed up in Dresden, where he was to exchange pulpits for Sunday with Rev. Macaulay- Holmes. He stayed at Dresden till Monday morning and took the up train on the Erie & Huron. Railway, buying a ticket for Port Lainbton. Ctn arriving there he asked the conductor • / where to cross over to St. Clair, Michigan. • On finding that ib was opposite he bought another ticket to Courtright and from there, he bought one to Ridgeway and has not been heard from since. Ridgeway. Michigan, is the junction of the Grand Trunk and Michigan Central. It has e.lso become known that he was engaged to be married to one of Chatham's fair daughters, who resides on Wellington street, who is prostrated with the shock her nerv- ous system has received by the conduct of her ideal. There are also several others about whom rumors are current, but they lack confirmation. Mr. NVilliaan Richards, owner of the rec- tory, is his creditor to the extent of $250 for rent, so he has therefore ordered the Bennett girl to vacate the premises, she having assumed possession on Tuesday morning. Nothing else is tillked of in town, and all parties concerned have the sympathies of their friends, as it is the most deplorable thine that could havehappenedtotheseveral families. Rev. Mr. Martin had been rector of Christ Church for 15 years. He was a fluent speaker, a genial gentleman and a widower. His church soon became the most popular one of theplace,and his reputation extended throughout Western Ontario. He is a prom- inent society man and one of the paritgrands of the 1. 0. 0. F. His congregation was the most aristocratic one of the place, and when it was announced a few weeks ago that Mr. Martin was shortly to wed a prom- inent inember of his flock there was but little surprise expressed. But as soon as he departed on Saturday the news of his engagement to the other young ladies became public. He had arranged with Miss Delmage that the marriage should he secret, as he did not wish it to become Imowo. Ib will be. recollected that one of the women to whom he wee engaged was Miss Sarah Bonet, and it was to this young ledy he gave the extraordinary- note published yesterday agreeing to marry her on Febeuary 15th, and giving her full possession and ownership of all the furniture and contents of his house. now TELE SINGULAR DEED WAS MADE. Atister of Miss Bonet, Mrs. George Reci- ting, who resides in Princess street, let the cite out of the bag. When interviewed she . explained that Rev. Mr. Martin had re- peatedly promised to marry her sister. The wedding was fixed upon originally for Feb- ruary 8th, and the supper was prepared and everything in shape for the wedditig, but Martin failed to show up. In a day or two he was hunted up, and in the presence of the girl, her sister, and the latter's husband said ho was sorry he had been obliged to disappoint Sarah on Monday, but would marry her for sure on the 15th. hire. Rudling continued "Give us 9, writing about the stuff in the house if it be- longs to Sarah," riaid my husband. Ansi Mr. Wrath) said, Certainly, and also that I'll marry Sarah." He then sat down and wrote the paper you talk of. NO, there is no truth that ahe ever got a writ for damages for seduction against him. I will admit that she had a baby seven or eight years ago, but who to of course I don't know. But I know for a good while she has been true to Mr. Martin, feeling he vreuld marty her, 417111111t iltterainolult, The other young ladies to whom the curate engaged hirriself Were Miss E. Kitchen and Miss Damage'and in the houses of the parents of both these estintoe ble yeting ladies every preparation had been Made for tlie wedding, the date arranged with Mists 1Kitchee being Feb. Ifith and With Mies Delmage Feb. 15th, Martin began paying hie trate:Miens t� A nal111011111111101111111101111111111. Wee Kitchen ebeut one year and a half age, and for tho. past six or num menthe haa been meet persistent in his attentions, having during that tittle called upon the young lady almost daily—le feet, it may be said that with the exception of Tuesdayt( and Seem - give he was there every day, Miss Kitchen tole hire that she had heard about hia en. gegement with Miss Delmage, when he swore byhie Maker there was no truth i whatever n the stories that were afloat and denied most positively ever visiting that yoqug lady or giving her Any reeson for thinking. he lied. anything more than the some fooling towards her that he had for any other young lady of his congregation. About four months ago he made pro- posals of marriage to Miss Kitchen, and Feb. 16th was finally agreed upon. He was present in the Sabbath sehool on Sunday, the 7th inst., when teachers and eoholars were making arrangements for present- ing Miss Kitchen with a silver tea service. He was also aware that the choir of his church and the Ladies' Aid Society of his church were preparing for making simi- lar presentations. He invariably waited for and °everted her hems from all church and other meetings which sho, as leader of the choir, attended, and on Saturday night last (the 13111) he called at the church and escorted her home from choir practice, and was present when she bade her choir good- bye—not expeeting to see them again until Sunday, the 28th. He told her on that evening of an baterview with Mrs. Robert- son, the President of the Ladies' Aid Somety, who was auxious to know the day and hour of the wedding, so that the silver could be suitably inscribed and presented— all of which information he said he gave that lady. He told Miss Kitchen he had engaged the Rey. Archdeasson Sandys to starry them, and asked that Mrs. Sandys be invited to the wedding. Miss Kitchen has received about 50 wed- ding presents from all sections of the Pro- vince, -which, of course will be returned at once. HIS TILTRD VICTIM. Mrs. Eberts, Head street, a friend and neighbor of Mrs. Delmage, tells this story of Rev. Mr. Martin's third entanglement: Rev. Mr. Martin was a very frequent visitor to the Delmage homestead, which he used to call at at all hours. I never had any doubt as to his intention to marry Miss Del - maga, with whom he has kept company for years. Bub I learned that he was not carry- ing his promises to her. Her mother came to me in great distress and told me of stories about Mr. Martin's attentions to Miss Kitchen and about his rumored ap- proching marriage to that lady. She asked me to see him on her behalf, and I consented as a friend to do so. I called on Mr. Mar in at the parsonage and taxed him with the story of his attentions to another lady than Miss Delmage. He assured me that nothing would come of them. "They are not my own will," he declared. " Miss Damage is my intended wife I solemnly vow. All these other connections are not my own doing; I will get out of them if r can r Pressing his hands convulsively to his head he exclaimed : "Oh, Mrs. Ebert; if you only knew all I suffer. I sometimes think I have gone mad !" "I went to him in indignation and I came away in pity for the poor man. As I left he took my hand and gratefully acknow- ledged my service in coming to talk to him. Let me assure you before you go,' he said, that I have gone to see Miss Delmage of my own free will ancl because I love her and want to make her my wife. And it is not too late yet. It will be done." "That night he came up and arranged for a wedding on the following Monday. But next day he sent word by note that he would not be able to fulfil his promise to take tea that evening; he would, however, be able to explain all on Monday. He never came on Monday; neither they nor myself have seen him since. PROM THE DELMAGE HOMESTEAD. The reporter failed to see either Mrs. or Miss Delmage. Both declined to be inter- viewed. But, just as he was withdrawing a domestic came out and said that the pastor on Friday night bade the young lady, his finanoce, a tender adieu, kissing her and declaring to God that he would make hor his wife on Monday, and that his heart had always been hers. MARTIN'S DISAPPEARANCE. At 8 o'clock Sunday morning, Feb. 14th, Martin drove a double heavy team to Dres- den and exchanged with the resident clergy- man, as he had done before. He remained that night in Dresden, in accordance with the advice of his host, Mr. H. W. Waddell, which he solicited. The night was blustery and his team frisky, the chances thus being against a return trip. Mr. Waddell ad- vised' him to remain and he did. "11 you will drive my team back in the morning, I shall kilo the train," and Mr. Waddell, who is doing business now in Chatham, though his home is in Dresden, readily agreed and carried out his promise. Martin boarded the early morning west- bound train on the Erie & Huron, and bought a ticket from the oonductor for Port Lambton. Then he asked the conductor about connections for St. Clair. Finally he secured his ticket for Courtright. That point would afford him choice of roads for the other side, and he is now in 'Uncle Sam's dominions. WHAT THE PASTOR LEFT. Christ Church paid Rev. N. H. Martin a salary of $1,500 a year. His parsonage rent he paid himself. Mr. Martin came to Christ Church some thirteen years ago from Walkerville. He has been a devoted and hardworktpg pastor. Archdeacon Sandys is the rector of Christ Church, although Mr. Martin has undertaker to largely dis- charge the duties of the principal office. He was liked by his people, and was carrying on his pastoral work energetically and Me- cessfully. The house. a building adjoining the ahurch, is well filled 'with elegant furniture and paintings. It also contains a valuable library, the careful collection of many years and besides this there is locked. away in sideboards and boxes silverware, cutlery, china and costly articles of one sort and an- other, including many valuable presents of which the pastor has frorn time to time+ been made the rcipient The owner of all the property, which is estimated to be worth over $1,500, left it as it was with a small grip in his hatid and only the clothes on his back. Ib is thought he had no money with him This suppoaition is due to the fact he was in arrears to his landlord $250. It is also true that the pastor was indebted in other quarters. He otvecl'W. J. Martin a balance of $50 on a note shaved by the broken Among merchants he is oft the books for various small amounts, and he also owes several livery bills. His board at the Gatner le owing to the extent of $70.15. What became of all histealary can only be surmised. MISS BONET TAKVS POSSESSION. Miss Bonet, according to the stipulations of the bond, took poesession of the pastor's property. Willieen Richerds, owner of the rectory, his oreditor to the extent of $250 for rent, ordered the Bonet girl to vacate the premises, and this she reluetahtly diet Meantime there is no clue to Mr. Martin's+ w ere ou s. WEDI, KNOWNIN STRATronn. Stratford Beacon : The Rev. N. Et. Martin is Well-known to many in this city • and haa 00e1Spie4 the pulpit of St. janiee' QSfl ehurch upon seveeal. oceasione, the last tune being about a year ago. Aboet nitie years ago he weta Trarried here to Mise Elliott, a sister of Mrs. pr. Snib1x, of Notman street, Gretefttl Reeelleotiona of the late Lord aria city, but his married life Was a ;short one, Mrs, Martin dying abouteighteen menthe eftee their marriage. DIES. ORMSBY ON POYIlliTY. OF NATURE'S NOBLEMEN. Oue of the noat encouraging signs of the times is the increasing interest in social problems. The eonceetration of thought on questions affecting the material and moral condition of mankind cannot fail in being productive of good results. Carlyledi Confound the nasses l" was wri.Mg from a mind sorrowfully, indignantly alive to the apathy with winch economic etiestiong were regarded by thegreat multitude of the Bi people. ut this s changing; progress is cumulative in thie age, and the general spread of education, together with the sim- plification of treatises on these subjects -- the digging down to foundation principles— and the devotion to the cause of present day philanthropists, have stimulated many minds to the Study. Teachers of religion unbend to eeknowledge that the solution of the problenr would forward the work of the churchee, and many of them have joined the ranks of the patient investigators and aro aiding in the noble work. Recently Mrs, Mary Frost Ormsby contributed to a 1)etroit News symposium on "The Aboli- tion of "Poverty " a brief but forceful paper, in which she goes right to the root of the matter. Reoognizing that production is qual to human needs, and that we have yet a reserve force, she thus propounds her tAlle°rYl fIhad the power of abolishing poverty, I should go at it as 1 should try to lift a famine. Whon there is a famine we don't go about opening schools, colleges and charitable insti- tutions, nur do we sot to work reforroatorypro- cesses. The first thing done is to got food to the imegry. This generally et -ds the famine. Now, what is that food ? Simply wealth. Keeping that in mind, see how direct and simple becomes the problem of poverty. Isn't Ib simply the question, on in the case of the famine, of getting wealth to those in want of wealth ? Can there be any question that if that be done involuntary want will disappear? Poverty is simply the absence of wealth some- where, It would seem everlastingly persistent and a problem beyond our solution if there were not a surplus of wealth elsewhere. 'raking the human race as a mighty family, it is as absurd to say we cannot rid the world of in- voluntary poverty or want as it would be to say wo could not tell how to bring a family out of want, half of the members ot which had the cellar stocked with provisions while the other half were dying in the garret. The illustra ion from the family is a good oae ; it is of the sort to reach many who would fail to see the point of an elaborate argument. We talk a great deal about brotherhood, about being children of the sa,me Father, and about our duty to our fellows, but we hesitate about putting our professions into practice. What with sup- porting armies and REVIOEI to murder each other, and customs officers and cunning politicians to prevent us from carrying on free commercial intercourse with each other, oar national relations can scarcely be said to be fraternal; while at home society is a thing of castes, of circles and combines, each at crosa parposes with the others. We have not brotherhood; we have not equality of opportunity. Mrs. Ormsby has studied the evil and she says : It we aro put in this world. to live, and if living depends upon it, o a;rplication of our labor to land; then if evc ,-;;;Joely have an equal chance with everybody elm? to and, there can be no such thing as involuntary poverty, pro- vided the worker has possession of his physical and mental faculties. So long as land, one of the primary necessities to human existence, can be trafficked in like the products of labor, human cupidity will alwaysforce poverty upon the sons of men. If we can arrange it so that all can have an equal chance at natural oppor- tunities, wealth will easily and satisfactorily be di-tributed. It is because the landowner or non -producer exacts so much in rent that there is little left for the producer. The best and simplest way to bring about this equality of chances is by the siegle tax, by making it unprofitable for any man to hold land out of 1.1E0. That is a practical suggestion. The cry for more paternal legislation, meaning higher taxes and less liberty ; the theories of the temperance enthusiasts, and the advocates of pauperization by organized charities, are thus met : Of what good is it to talk of wisely bestowed charity as the solution ? Fancy a benevolent Providence, as of old, showering manna daily noon the unfortunate slum hordes of New York. Would that do any good 1 Not at all. The landlord, the man who owned the land, would simply be enabled to exact and get more rent, and one can be sure his demand would be up to the increased ability to pay on the part of the tenants. Or suppose the religion of Christ, vrhich I so love, to have done its perfect work in these slums, if we can imagine such a thing, con- ditions being as they are, and made everybody there sober, virtuous, industrious? Result, more men asking for work, greater demand for the use of land. Wages would go down, rents woul 1 go up. Who would profit by this? The owner of land. Thie reedit must be so since all progress and improvement come from the use of land. , Take Robinson Cruse° as landowner and Friday as a tenant, as an example. If Friday. dissolute and. lazy, will raise but ten bushels of wheat. Crusoe might ask but eight bushels for rent. If Friday, sober and a Christian, raise 100 bushels, Crusoe might not only take 98 bushels as rent. but, as a shrewd landlord,might indeed say: "Yon have learned to live more frugally, hence give me 99 bushels; one is plenty for any man not a spendthrift." The t is a lay sermon that should be preached from every pulpit in the land. Send your burglar to school and educate him; train him into an expert machinist, electrician, chemist; let him sit under the pulpit of your most powerful preacher; make him superintendent of your Sunday- sCiool and admit him to society's moat select circle, and if he still follows burglary he is al the more dangerous to the community in which he operates. So with a false economy ; the higher the civilization the more damaging it becomes to the people whose institutions are founded upon it. We have built upon a foundation of injus- tice to the masses and have busied our- selves in legislating to propup the structure, each successive enactment adding to the burdens imposed upon the wronged. We have deprived the multitude of their interest In the natural opportunities and have endeavored to mitigate the evil con- sequences by a miscalled charity. If we would be happy we must be sust. Says Mrs. Ormsby: "God has put this Wonder - till world all around us and has stocked it amply for all our needs, but he has not made Crusees of someand Fridays of others. I ask for no equal or unequal division of wealth produced by labor. All I ask for is an equal chance at the source of all Wealth—the lend. Give us that and you give us peace, contentment and the brother hood of nurn.". Australian butterflies will bathe. One will alight close to the water, into which it backs until the whole body is submerged, the forelegs alone retainieg ther hold on dry land. In a moment it will fly away, apparently refreshed. Mgr. Boceali, the private, secretary of Pope Leo xnr, died at the vatican of the influenza on Satutday. James Whitcomb Riley will collect his magazine and newspaper poems for publica- tion in book form. BenjainiFranklin drew lightning from theolourls by theaid of a kite. he modern way is to draw it from a barrel, and go kiting. The men who gietie it gallon of skimmed milk to the aurch fair wants credit for cream. Shaftesbury. A IIITE DEVOTED TO TBE POOlt. "Love ; seeve," is the heraldic motto of the Earls of Shaftesbury. Their arms have borne this ineeription eince the days ot the Plantagenete, Such legend would mean little on the escutcheons of many an anoient line, but in the case of Anthony Ashley, toYentli Earl of Sheftesbury, it was the true description of his life. His figure stands out in the picture gallery of the oenturee bright against a background of sin and sorrow, noble among the "not many " who are called to heavenly rank ; a face well known and deeply loved by the whole English nation familiar alike to the out- cast and homeless, to statesmen and princes, Two little, ragged, homelees children, wandering down a great London thorough- fare, stood for a moment, rand in hand, before a shop window in which were dis- played pictures of great men, Suddenly one pale face, lit with a light born of the blessed love of God, said, pointing with his thin hand, "See, Jim; that'our Earl," The suffering he sought to lessen had left its imprint on his countenance. He was a "a man of sorrows," like the Master whom he served so well. His nature, sensitive and deep, had suffered much from the oppo• sition he met from those who should have been his friends; and yet, all who knew him remember the sweetness of his smile and the playful gentleness which made him so humane living in at atmosphere not "Too bright or good For human nature's daily food. He retained, even in the winter of life, the freshness and quick sympathy of youth, and I have never known a tale of want or woe poured. into his ear but the tears would start into his kindly eyes, and he would often bury his face in his hands and say "Oh, God, how can we help the sorrow of the world ?" The earliest influence which turned this great mind heavenward came to him through his nurse. Lord Shaftesbury's mother was a woman of fashion, who had no time to spend on the education of her children, and his father, the sixth Earl of Shaftesbury, was engrossed in the cares of public life. The lonely child had, however, one friend in this simple women ; in her arms be learnexi the story of the love of Christ, and her hand, as she stroked his boyish head, toriched the chord that vibrated in after years in such true harmony with God's love to man. He often said the prayer she taught him, as he nestled on her knee, was on his lips in the midst of the greatest struggles of- his publio life ; and when he stood on the very brink of the dark river, and folded hisi aged hands, preparing for the last rest after a long life of toil, he still murmured the petition he had learned in childhood. In after life he never hesitated to state, before vast audiences, and in the home circle, that under the gentle influence of that faithful serva.nt, he had, at the age of 7, given his child -heart to the great Father who in blessing him had so blessed others. His school days were memorable for an incident which turned the tide of his life into the channels of philanthropy. While walking down the street of the little town of Harrow, where the great publics school is eagnated in which he was a pupil, he was startled by hearing the words of a low Bacchanalian song, accompanied by shout- ing and yelling voices, and the sight that he saw that day was forever engraved on the tablets of his memory—four or five drunken men carrying a coffin containing the mortal remains of one who had no mourners to follow him to his last home. Staggering and reeling in helpless intoxication, the bearers with horribleoaths andimprecations let their ghastly burden fall. The boy stood. spell -bound at the sight. "Good heavens!' he exclaimed, "can this be per- mitted simply because this man was poor and friendless?" Then and there, on the sidewalk, he lifted up his young heart, and accepted from God the mission to devote himself to befriending the help- less, and to their service he gave not only his great powers of mind, lout his still greater heart. " People talk," he said, "of the divine right of kings. No man has a divine right to anything except his soul's salvation." At the age of 25, Lord Ashley (as he was styled during the life of his father, Lord Shaftesbury), entered the House of Com- mons. The first reform measure which brought the young member's name into prominence was his attack upon the existing Lunacy Laws. In the early part of the, present century, lunatics were treated as no convict in the prisons of Siberia could be dealt with to -day. They were chained in dark cells, had nothing but straw to lie upon, their keepers visited them, whip in hand,—obedience being n- feirced by the lash, or by punishments so horrible that it requires all the ingenuit of men to imagine such cruelty. The Society of Friends had worked long and patiently to reform these terrible abuses, but with very little success. Lord Ashley's tender heart was stirred to its depths, and he made his first speech in the Houee of Commons, seconding the motion of Mr. W. R. Gordon to bring forward a Bill for the better regu- lation of lunatic asylurrie. In Lord Ashley's diary at this time we find these words re- corded: "And so, by God's blessing, my filst effort has been made for the advance- ment of human happiness. May I nprove hourly." This was the key to which was tuned every speech he made in the legisla- tive assemblies of his country during his long career. With unfailing 'diligence he labored from that hour, by voice and pen, and with all the weight of his greatinflu- ence, until radical reforin granted just laws, providing for the proper treatment of times afflicted by insanity. A wider field, however, 'hordes opened, into which this young David unhesitatingly stepped to meet the great Goliath of the labor problem. The crowning work of his life will always be associated with the "factory acts, which proved so great a boon to his own country, and which have afforded au object lesson to the whole industrial world. Riebard Arkwright had at this One produced one of the most remarkable inventione of the century, the machine known as the "Spinning Jenny." The conditions of the cotton manufacturers were from that hour completely changed, for it had mede hand -weaving forever A thing of the past, and mill employees were obliged to accept any wage or hours of Work dictated by the owners. The labor of adults was at A discount Water pottier was einployed where strength was re- quired, and child labor was in universal demand, Barge loads of children were sent down to Lancashire fiom London work. henries, and dispatched in gentts from weary place& . A horrible traffic sptang up. " Child jobbers" soured the country, putehasing children, to sell them again to heeerne the slaves of factory centers. Day and night the ashirl of the Machinery grotind otit their ..e.n"enVt!",`LiWt...q.ni•t!.. , nnnn. , es. for infants and Children. ;edecoa3ratrisendlsitsas"venePelladariorP,tobadarlYthilPreseridrenntbatient 2480lisult4Swilat°01:nroasciires".13'giDve6ieSalirrheal'eeCer, "tlandaa0:2194titt4a. kaown to me." FL A. Anomie, M.D., v.estion, 1111300 Word Brooki,vu, witsaut injudows medication. Tim Crerreert Cositterre, 77 Murray Street, N. it s • s, et • ; etese,: young lives; one shift working.by day and another by night ; whilst in times of pres- Imre the little lives were sacrificed by the remoreeless cruelty of their taskmasters, and they worked without intermission through the twenty-four hours. Under the "Apprentice System," young paupers:, some as young es 5 years, were bound to serve until they were 21. In spite, hosvever,_of the existing factory system, a per- fect storm of oppositiou greeted Lord Ashley's endeavors to obtain legislation. Strange to say, Cobden and John Bright were among. his most formidable antagonists, and again and again his measures were defeated in the House of Commons. The cause was spoken of as "a delusion he had ci ea.ted for him- zelf," and he was regarded as a Utopian dreamer. In this great mita, however, when failure seemed so imminent, it was a wornan's voice that thrilled the great mother -heart of the nation, and Elizabeth Barrett Brownieg in her " Cry of the Cbil- dren," with the infinite pathos of her inspired genius, aroused the conscience which had so long been slumbering in the hearts of the English. "For all the day the wheels are droning, turn ing Their win1 comes in our faces, Tilt our hearts turn, our heads with pulses burning, And tho wheels turn in their places; Turns the sky in the high window blank and reeling, the iitTurng light with drops admit the Turns the black flies that crawl along the ceiling, All are turning, all the day, and we with all. And all the day the iron wheels are droning, And sometimes we could pray, Oh, ye wheels (breaking out in a mad moan- ing) Stop I be silent for to -day." This came as an echo to the first great speech in which Lord Ashley pleaded the cause of justice and humanity for the suffer- ing and helpless before the House•of Com- mons. Charles Dickens, always a warm admirer of Lord Ashley, wrote at this time his famous "Oliver Twist," which also largely contributed to form public opinion and gave a deathblow to the abuses of the peer laws and. their dealings oath paupe cildren. —Behr:nee. Agent—I have a patent gas burner her bat closes automatically when the thine is blown out. Hotel-keeper—What do want with it? My brother is the coroner 1913116121EEKEEREMEIREEEE16 Please Read Them *e respectfully ask your careful attention to this statement, brief tail important, and which we will divide into three parts, viz: xsz SITUATION; 2, THE NECES- SITY; 3 THE REMEDY. st. 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"Not much; I'm a divorce lawyer.' —The population of Rome has doubled in twenty years, the number of residents having increased in that time from 200,000 to $400,000 and the city itself has been re- generated. — It has been said that Queen Victoria is the only person now living who knew Sir Walter Scott personally. But there is an olk bookseller in Edinburgh who often talked with him. — At the annual meeting of the Indus- trial Exhibition Association directors yes- terday the financial statement showed cash profits for the year of $12,814 and present assets over liabilities of $135,124. " Scrawk Scrawk ! Sorawk !" Shovel the snow from your broad sidewalk; Wake up the neighbor who sighs for a snore; RI?1Tole.Vr8N0S Ileed not the whirlwind of wild 'wicked talk That answers each burst of your snow shove din, Piling up volumes of records of sin. Just when the dawn is beginning to peep, Just when we feel the true value of Sleep, Get out, the shovel and all slumber balk, With a Scrawk 2 Scrawk 2 Sorawk 1" Sandringham to be Sold. The Prince and Princess of Wales have determined to sell Sandringham at the first opportunity. The fact is that Sandringham is not healthy. This has long been the opinion of the people of the district, and it is the conclusion to which the Prince of Wales and several membera of the house. hold have come. The situatiors of the house is comparatively low and the surrounding country is flat. The purchase of this pro - party for the Prince of Walea et the time of his marriage Was one of the most injudiei. OuEL acts which Lord Palmerston ever come mitted. It is no secret that the estate was bought not so much in the interests of the Prince as to help Lord Palmerston's natural son to get rid of a burdensome! property. A million dollars was the price paid for the place, and the Prince hare duruag the last 30 years spent at least a couple of million more on it. If he therefore parts with it, it will necessarily be at a considerable sac- rifice. " Mlle Pitchers." Mr. Hihat—Will your big Bider be down soon, Tommy? Tommy—I guess so ; she' s all ready ex- cept her hair, an' maw has taken Henna her own room to fix it. Captain Archie Xerr, well known at every Ike port from Kingston to Midland, died yesterday at Orillia. The average duratien of human life is said to be increasing at the rate of ten year each deatiry, Queen Victbria was married when she was 21 years old. The Prince of Wales wati 22 when he led the Prineess Alexandria ttt the altar. Mr. Eatun—IfeW did the' audience strike you out west ale time, Eattet ? Mr. Patter—Same old way—with eggs,