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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1899-9-21, Page 3&OM 2219l THE BRUSSELS POST. 9 OBSTACLES IN THE WAY, REV. DR, TALMAGE TELLS HOW SINNERS MAY RE SAVED. e atm:gm le Ile( In at um meet nate- 141119 That Keep Sow People Out al Maven -me molt Thing to 00 to It Savee-Ways or Resumer me Bible - atm 11131.3 eroacees e rowerral Sermon. A cleseatee from Washington says: +-Bev, Dr. 11'a1mage preached from the following text: "Strive to enter in at the straight gate." -Luke xiii, 24. You know that the ancient cities were surrounded by high walls for the purpose of defence against enemies. In theee welle there were large gates, which were kept ,o,pen, during the day- time ; •but at nightetel, with a great clang the gates came, together. Some- times after nightfall a man, havieg beet belated On his journey would come up with his eamel, and finding "Repent, tee voice celestial orlee. Nor longer dare deluy; The wreteh that teorns the Mandate, dime And meets a fiery day." Attain: intenee werellincies keeps many people out of beaven, Men a 0 arl'Ilill that tee (Maria of the (Mimel will ton over their worldly busineem and kill it, and therefore, they 33L11S9 Way. ThOV say: "1 mule efford to be a 1hristian,4 and they go oo gathering messy. Though they may luive a emepeneety, they sake up the money, tind hoard it, end hide it, and clutch it with ti rly'net iniscvres grip-nel satisfi- ed with what they have attained, until alter a while remorse] will melt all that glittering stuff, and peer it Inullen into an iron bowl, and prests it to the lips of 1.1m soul-8u1C1de compel- ling 11 to drink 1110 exeruceating draught to the bottom! 0, it ia worldie ness, worellinesm, that keeps many out f 1199 9141. The vete of life ia b looked up with het:elle:010 and cotton bales. These temple nteneure their immortal- ity with a yard -stick. They weight eternity with the steelyards. They beat the life out of their soul with the n bar oC n sbow-window. They give the main gate cloned, he wauld go to away their key to the gate of heaven, the foot -passengers' gate -the small and take in preference the key that gate, the straight: gate, the narrow opens the earthly wiirehoute, and are gate -and he would drive his camel veonryslytill•dridsati.3!is,,fiigei1 t hlhoy „,ecluea:srealittim: through that gate But 11 was with account:" with the world, but are on great difficulty that he get through the way to eternal bankruatcy and et all, the gate was so low and so nar- everlasting inen•isonment foi• debt, :11efllitll21ggicilOV(11111h11i( in row ; but by pushing and crowding and 111 11(111 Ltrof 91(991, Wl1il0 urging on, he wield get throudb. Now they expose thee. souls 10 peelle 19 Christ, in alluston to that, is depicting wheal they must. the difficulty with which men get in- LIE DOWN AND BURN FOREVERI to the gate of pardon and heaven. Ile. 0, this accursed warldliness, bow long in es she • it hae kept. some of you away ,frons says; 'Strive to enter year beet interests' , '' .e'" straight. gale" -the narrow gat. e1 New, I have frankly told you the small gate -implying that it would be obstacles lu the way of your getting a eush and a tug and a struggle to' int', heaven, and yet I am here to tell get in at all. you that they may he overcome, that. 1 purpose this evening, so ear as God may help me, and I pray for His bless- yen, hearing, when Ill] said: "Strive to ed Spirit, to show .you whet are the enter in at the straight gate." obstacles in the way of your salver What hi the first thin to do? There 'are demean& of souls hem that man Con, and how you, ought, to crowd in , say: "I. want to be a Christian -what between them. I shall I dor There aro those here I first remark that it is pride that who suppose that there is a long lane ohokes up the gata of salvation. There that they must travel up, before they raay be no bluster, no banter, no brag- intocfeto of the Gosp el , They gadoico about the man -there may be greltwhiieversin11the; irust no supercilious toss of the laced -there pass a great many sleepless night's, may be no pomposityl in the ma or that they must keep on :igonizing and manner -there may be no ostentation prying weeks and inmates, and hat of apparel; and yet, the first moment t1.1„9,1.1,' jueussen 9011 of oifoLegwall fforrd.ww.lt that Christ conies up to any soul end bestow His pardon. 0, no. There 18 190 deraands its surrender, that moment Gospel in that. Whets a man goes to there Castles up a pride in the human tf'°01 lege, Ile enters the freshman 01080. heart that is amazing. To Lake par- cibiV•ithMhteogt.0g tj'Unilohre 01958, 99090 don as a charity, to acknowledge 01113'8 their to the senior elass. Thee he self to be a spiritual pauper, to come graduates with tee diploma. But ie is down on the level with other trans- east reversed in this 8611961 of Chriot. gressors-that is a demand that stings'sliegenetaiainn dthe blooj ote Lohmea of paircei],nt, the soul into haughtiness and rebel- beginning, or he never ge&r0i7elat lion, Those of as who have entered All your tears over sin wilt not save into life remember it well. There woe mai. All your long continued anxiety a time when we Telt that our repute- uboul t'°9191111 rattt'l will not Jr"' Y", tion for manhood depended upon hid - held of6Christ. ?.171M1 butis 11.1910,latiiillsgt ing the fect that (WO were I step, alert is the second step, that is tee third step, that is the last stop. SERIOUS ABOUT OUR SOUL. 1 You say: "What do you mean by We gathered up all our energies of laying bald of Christ 9" 1 mean hay - body, mind, and spirit, in one determ- ination at self-control. We said to ourselves: "Others may show emotion, WO will not show any. Others mile] weep ovex tin, we won't. Others natty ory for pardon, wel will utter no such cry as that." Too proud to do it. 0, this infernal pride has kept thousands or souls out of heaven, and it is what is keeping many of you out. of heaven. Denend upon it, 0 seeking 910111( just as long as 3500. 1(91) ashamed to be found seeking tor Christ, just as lung as you are ashamed to pray, just as 100,94 as you are ashamed to show any anxiety about your immortal epirit and its re- demption -just so long y ou will fail in all search for pardon and peace and heaven. Suppose you had a 8110019 00 a bank, and instead of presenting it in the daytime, you should orawl up at night through the cellar -way into the main counting -room; yo19 would be arrested as a rubber. If you said: "I have simply come in to present this check," the keeper el the bunk would say : "You have no business to come this way, or to come now. Come be- tween ten and three reolock. Come in at the front door." Now, I want to bell you, my dear brother, that there is no subterranean way of getting up inbo. the pardon of Christ- As long as you are ashamed to come in the doer, and in the eight .ot the whole world, gazing at you and scoefing al yon, if need be, you will never find the peace and pardon of the Gospel. There is no aloe thing as "bide and seek" in re- ligiose You Gannet drive through the gets of perdue with, a coach and four.' It is a narrow gale; and yet those of U8 wets are followers of Jesus Christ tng tette in Him. '0," you eny, "I know noteing about these technicali- Ues." 1. am, acit talking technicalities. You have trust i•n your best earthly frie,nd. Pereaps you have trust and confidence in yuur partner in business. New 1 kto (90( 8819 you for anything ex- traoselinery. 1 01019213' Oak that you take that treat whice you have in men 911111 IMO it In Christ. Nothing more. And if yew friend in whom you 'trust is worthy of yowls trust, 1 ask you if the Laird: Jesue Christ, who D134D IN AGONY ,AN I) BLOOD ear your redemption, is not worthy of just as much, 10 5113' nothing of !having 91135 motre 9.11181 10 him ? "But how am to get I hat faith 1" Through prayer. "0," says some cam, "1 pray ; 1 pray merning and night." Do you ? or du you merely say your prayers? Inhat is prayer t gls it au indifferent pro- cess of the soul? 0, no. Prayer is jaki•ng tbe gates of beaven by storm. It is besieging the throne ol! God. It Ls a eed-hot utteetenee. You ere cross- ing a (shallow stream on a plank. The plank rucks. :Your friend gets on the shore. You, say: eGivo me youe hand. help nee across." The thrusting out of that band, and your request -is that prayer? 0, no. But I will tell you what prayer 'is. You ere an !the steinaseip efelville, boned for Pori Royal. The darkness COMBY down up- on Om sea, and eitte one great ,wave the bows of the vessel are kn,ocked6n. On. n ipietce. of. the ship you Poet along hoar after hour. just after day dawns, a boat icomeig froin the eller() is !going arou.ad among the wreck and picking up the lost; but they do not seem to see yen. Y. our life 90 0110081 gene. Y.eau kook back to our experience, and re- know that if you cannot attract the member that it was that pride of our tittentiem of those boatmen, you are soul that kept us baek so long; and lost. You cry: "Look this way! it was not until that pride was hum- help 1 help I" e That is prayer. Emi- tted before God, that our sins W008 11194 that you are gone without the 'pardoned, and the light of God's throne Lord's rescue. 0, have you ever eeffer- streamed upon our vision, ad smelt! a prayer as that? Havemou Again; there aro especial sins that concentred all the energies ot body, keep some people out of the gate of mind, and soul, in one struggle for heaven.Almost every one has a Cbrisee pardon and salvation? .19 300 clarling transgression. With one, it have, then you have prayed; but: if you is this sort: of sin. With another, it have not, you have not. Here are Jemmy seep ere wishing they were Christians, bee they de not pray. 1 cam toll by the way they talk about they de mot retitle pree. In addition to leis, you must seareh the Bible as far veer life. It 'is an old book. Some of you., isotherm, think it is obsolete.: but you must search that book as tor you•r life, if you are going to' find the way to heaven. tNow Mere aro two wayo of ren.cling the Bible. One Is an intelleetuality. The ether is es a heart-exnerience. It is a beeptifut poem, and you read it ne you do Toneyscm. It is a fine state- ment of principles of law, and you retie it ime you, do fllaokstone. 9t1s a fine mental distlipline, and you read it as yen do Dougald Stewart, or Six Wil- liam Hamilton, er William Reed, Bet the Ecily Spirit 111 801510 feetutate hour comes 10 yostr heart. is some other sort of transgression, With this man, it is the wine cup. With another, it is salacious desire. With anuther, 11 18 Melee bostility to some enemy. And, you come to the man and talk about hie soul, bat he finds no Inane, and the darkness hovers month after month. 'You say Within your - alb: "What is the matter with that mat? Why emit he find peewee Ah, he lies not told you the whole morel:, There is seine one he hales with AN UNUTTERABLE HATRED, and as long as you Immo an hatred for any one on earth, you wile never tind Jesus Christ, YOU must give up hostili- ties. And yet there are Inane who say: "If I have te forgive eny neighbor - teat man Who did me such outrageous seronig -- I won't come at all, die first!" They yen their !ship on the rock ot Mortal destructiott rather then throw a swim's trough overboard, or set their 8111.1 by Gott's oompess. .91 is that one sin that is going. to bop•ple them 'sterility. • Rather than Mum it taken otit, they• let that• cancer eat on and eat on into tho vitals of their limns:real natty r.,* arid 111.117(5 to tefl all tease who are seeking trod -and there nee many 01 Leis home -you Must give 1111. sia er give up YOU OPEN THAT BIBLE. Something says to your soul: "It Is 110W heaven or hell with you." How 3'.l1 1011,91 11 then I All your soul goes, eat toward lt, 'You feel 1 "if I donit Sind pardon end light through the ha- struotions of this Book, I will never Red thett at ell." With n1 1 the 0(191' (19104 rated energy of your sou) yeti read it,. There ie 1191 old 81919 captaie who leeit toll been on tee water for itwenty pules. HO 933 sitting in his home, and his grandobtel is playing at ble feet with the ehert and the oetierlams 11(1(1 the compaets-very eon u 11f111 play- ( hings. The old Delano. holm] 033.0 RIF 11 191», 330 110 10193 his granclehild have tt3ut Mete gratelfather looks (1039.19 IA 131.011 the 90111111193.9( 111131 the seaseenee, und the cheek hfts minel gees bank In the 19018 when hu handlea those 11110949 0111199 very different eumstanons. Ile thinks of the eurooly- den that mole dews' on the am, am/ tho OMR9 when lie ail W 1118 111)1 19 ef de- struction Oh 1118 mouth of Um wave, a nd the heavens Winging bask its mantle of clUrklICHH (U raw wit h worst of fire, and it Reamed 1133 .19 they 11191911 ((11 perish. 0, thee, bevy the cop - 1 ain examined the caammss I 0, tben hew hie tumor trembled over the ehart. 1.n (be one ruse it, is a child's toy ; 01 the other, it is shipwreck or rescue. So there are men who come to read this Bible, tele glorious chart, le is very beautiful to look over, and they any: "Miens ia a rock, and here is e reek, end there ta a lightlieuse, and here is the gulf-stretun of God's riteree." But, after a wiele, the Holy Spirit comes upon the soul, The nein says: "11 is high time 11013' 1 found nut my Mamie and longitude. Where mu 11" And the etorin bowls t hrotesh the b ea rt. The 8911(11 Hays: " Weal: is to become of me '? Shall I go down, or shall I go tie?" llow he rends the 13ible then I How he looks at the ("hart then--ne this rock, 1(1 11154. rock, at that lighthouse., this gulf - stream , t het promon I ory I 0, i1 Its a differenl chart then I In the one case, he ran les intelleetual finger anross the page and examined it as a mules - y. In the other ease, he examined it with reference Ito Ilia immortal resume. Do you read the Bible in that way? Some of you clo. Within the past five, ten, twenty days, that tiook has ape Peered. to you a saw Book, and you have bowed before God. YOU READ IT ON YOUR KNEES; and while. you were there a light from the throne streak the Ingo and you had an overweelming interview weel the Almighty. I will illustrate my Diemen& in an- other way, You al% PaSSITIg down street and looking in a ebolographeres win- dow, yo(0 see some vary fine picture there. You say: "'That picture of a man or Melr1 is as fine a worte of art as I ever .10014e11 at. That is well done. Whitt is really one of the fineat gal- leries in this street." But to-inorrow word comes to you (lett your brother, who has been meny years in China, or India, or Russia, has just died, and the letter strikes you like a thunderbolt. Yo11 go 10 90 old drawer and you take out a photograph of teat brother. At the first glance at the features, all your boyb• od memories come back, and your soul melts within you. You can look no more at the picture for your 'weeping. You. say: "9991 is gone. Yes, he is gone. How natural that is. laow I did love him. How we laved each other. Gone!" Ab, that is the itifer- once in reading the Bible. In the one cose, you take up the photograph of Christ, by 'Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, and say; "19. is very beautiful. This is really a fine work of art. Why, how self-sacrificing Ile was, how kind He was, how generous to all the poor Ile was. Beautiful Mame!" But in some favored bour you take up this Book, and you say: "That is Jesus, who died for my soul. That is Jesus, my brother. 0, He is the sweetest am- ong ten thousand. He is the One alto- gether lovely." You feel like kissing the Book. Blessed by Jesus, blessed be 'Testis. You 593 910371 "Itis not amid ttotograph now, is it?" 0, how near it does Jenne to your soul I Do you look at the Bible in that Way? Is Jesus a stranger to you, or is Ele a brother? You know very well tben what I mean by reading the Bible with an earnest spirit, and reading 1110 a cold, critical spirit, If you are not seeking for Christ through the earnest prayer that I spoke of and through the earnest reading of the Bible thee 'described, they 11090.0 prayed before? 0, ye aged Men, near your late amount, ye aged men moon to pf189 over 411)3 9)9(91 end be with the Lora, give us one more Praeer betere you go. "My Father, Ile' Father, the chariots of lentee and. the horeernen thereof," Let parents pray that their 80/113 and daughters], born (51100 in the quietness of their lumpy teens, may be lean agate by the altar]; of God. send these impenitent souls that never entyed before, will they not now begin to strive, and took, and weep, ond pray, until 11114 1111194 dis- quietude of their leen 193 hushed, and tee Client of God extende its hands of congratulation toward you, and 1119' ransomed before the threne wake the song uf jebilee? A SURGEON'S GREAT FEAT PNEUMOGASTRIC NERVE AND JUGU- LAR VEIN CUT AND SPLICED. tali the Patient SOH Lives -The Most VI la L Nerve In 1[19 llama11 ms st I ementhe] 9.11111 the teneantagastete Nerve or ° nog. 'rho moat daring surgical operation that haft ever been attempted was sue- ceesfully performed. at St. Mary's Hos- pital, in Londoe, last week. e'er 20min- 919.e8 the patient was praceleally dead. Respiration bad to be maintained by means of a maohine. The very centre of life had to be invaded. The surgeon LADY LOUISE TIGHE, SOJOURN IN CANADA CUT SHORT BY HER FATHER'S TRAGIC DEATH. /109 rarrer IltsPeettillr Interesting to ran. adtans-tlaneee at lite Pennons stall 011 Ike live or Waterloo -Then Mit a Chilli °Cruelly Veers. Lady I/ 011iS0 righe, Is interesting to British people the world over, because ant was ono of the daughters of the Duke 'of Richmond, wee danced at the farnoue ball given by teen. lather tit Brussels en Um eve of Walerloo. Cana - Men people can claim a more 9201' 11)11199 interest in hots front 1.11e facts that she Is the daughter of a former Governor of Canada, and once lived here for a mete and that her residence here was cut short by the tragedy of her father's death in this country, whieh WaS of a nature in startle the imagination, and. has over Si IWO been a, favorite subject for the story tellers of Canadian events. Lady Loutse Madeline Ttglit was born in 1803, and was, therefore, a Mel(1 of about five years when her Lather, the Duke of Richmond, was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and the Duke of Wellington, then Sir Arthur Wellesley, wae Ilia chief secretary. Sir Arthur was already a major -gen - had 10 90,1 through the earotat artery oral, with a high repuuttien not. only Lhey foued it necessary to remove a piece of the jugular vein; they were as a military leader, but as a diploma- tist, won principally in India, though obliged to divide the pneumogastric he had also WOO some battles in Sprit nerve. arid Portugal; although he bad not The carotid artery is the one which then undertaken the greet campaign supplies the brain with blood. Tim jugular vein is thee which takes care on which he drove Napoleon's ablest of the circulation of the reat of the generals and vietorious soldiers back from Portugal across Spain, across head. The pnetunog,astrio nerve, welch is sometimes called the vague is the the Pyrenees and through the South impulse -bearing nerve, wbich makes of France tn Toulouse. In India Sir the heart' beat, which preserves the in - Arthur bad subjegeted M.ehrattas, voluntary movement 'of the lungs and whom, he htli-cc.nquered by his moral influence before he overthrew '111810 (5 sends motor branches to tbe Longue the famous battle of A.sstrye, by mile and throat. Until recently, surgeons believed that a wound to either artery Lary force, or rather, generalship. Sir Arthur was high up in the esteem of or vein or nerve meant sure death. the statesmen end. military euthori- When Fellows first went to the hos- pital he complained of loss of vole° ties ot Tndia, and at Dublin, too( he and a swelling on the left side of the was, valued, by the Duke of Richmond, neck. The swelling. was about the size but to the lively sons and daughters of of a hen's egg, and was situated just the Gordon -Lennox family, be tseemed under the ear. If the swelling was to be an awfully sober, if not an abso- touched the patient always began to lulele stupid, young man. There cough violently. were seven sons and five dauglaters, A laryngoscope was used upon Fel- of whom Louise was the third, and the lows, and 11; was seen time the left latter seemed to think that among the chief duties of the secretary was to vocal ohord lay motionless and in the same condition and appearance as if it find amusement and entertainment for belonged to a corpse. The right vocal thetal down to the youngest, whom he chord was. natural. Absolutely nothing used to take driving in tbe famous eLse could be seen. L'heonix Park, the scene so long after - 'Bemuse of the pain and suffering wards of which Fellows had undergone, he was THE ASSASSINATION advised to submit to an operation, so of another Irish secretary, Lord Caven- dish, Thou.gh as Lady de Roe Lady places the machinery being stooped Tighe's elder sister, next in age, who meanwhile. At 11 onleck tee work is laid aside an hour for dinner, which is eaten in a large room. The girls make common stuck of their provisions. Eaoh girl has at her aide while at work, a little tepot, in a padded basket, and a tiny teacup. She drinks tea frequent- ly, 'without milk or sugar, and in small (menace The working day is a trifle uuder nine hours, In une department where the cocoons are strIppea of their outer covering anti dropped Into sep- arate baskets, according to their qual- ity, the work is by the piece, and many women work only a few hours a day. Wag ea marry a sporting nobleman, whom, es average about 12 cents a day. that the nature oi tee swelling could be postivey determined. Dr. Stansfield Collier, who operated, made a small ex- ploratory cut just at the angle of the jaw, and disseoted gently down until the swelling was reached. TREe.T.ENDOUS TASK. Then for the first tirae, tee surgeon understood and appreciatea what a tre- mendous task lay before higa. The swelling was no mere glandular en- largement, cos had seemed probable, but was, instead, a malignant tumor, and wee inextricably involved with the sheath of the carotid artery. The growth aleo surrounded the jugular you, are not really seeking for 491)111at vein and nhe pueumogestric nerve. Dr. all, and you might as well give it ale If you. kept on in thee way for fifty Collier was, not dismayecEat the maqni- net's. you would not find heaven. I tude of the operation net:emery to d- am: peeaching this sermon to -night be_ teat a cure. He determined to ligate cause I see !what a faros men make of both the carotid artery and the jugu- seeking God. It is a mere indefinite lar vein -that Ss tonne,. to tie up both wish. Now, they think they would like artery and, yells so that uo blood could to be Christians. Now, they think they Pass through them Ligatures were ao- would not, cordingly plaoecleupon the jugular vein THE "FINGER Oto SCORN. and the ctu•otid artery at a point close to the collar -bone and the vessels were makes them tremble. The first laugh divided. A big machine by which arte of a deriding companion makes them field respiration Can be maintained 1or give up every serious impression. It a length of time was then brought to is the store first, it is the shop first, it is ,the world first. 91 98 Christ last it is heaven last. 0, what infernal , the side of tbe operating table to be vsith • sorcery bath bewitched them, that about things which perish they are so aotive, and about the things that last forever they are so passive, 0, ham- mer of God's word, Moak thet rook. O. Holy Spirit, breathe on the 0099280 of death until bone shall come to bone, and sinew, to sinew, and the nostril throb, and the heart beat, and the 03588 092811 on the wonders of a Saviour's love. "Conte to Jesus "-vveat otd song. Some one described Christians Os being " the Come to Jesus people," That ifs what' they have cleseribed Christians to be. I am one of them. Come to J'esus, 0 thou wandering sol I " A.11," yea say, "11941101' and mother \vont let me come. They don't believe in these things. They don't want rae to come.' 0 father, 'mother, come yourselves and bring your children with you. Ilas it come to ties, that last Fridey night in bur pre yereneeting there were sons and daughters that arose in that meet- ing, (Ma said: "Pray Mr my father, sway m for y mother!" Has it oome to this, that instead 09 921110199.4 bringing children to Christ, as in olden time, it is 110W 'Milken bringing.. their par- ents to Christ? Came tele day, weary with your sin, tere you not tired? Dow long have you been carrying that burden? 'Five years, ten years, twenty years, thirty yeaes-aye, there are some who have grown gray it ; fifty and Sixty 3,430995re you lave been carrying this bisection. Do you note get tired of it" Would you not like this hour to pet down your 110901151191 at the Seet of DI:, Lord? Then take the invita- tion to "920909 10 Jesus," and come now. Will you came? Join bande together. ilesbnial and 99198, come together. Parents ana children, brothers a0114818101`8, come totother. Josue wails ?to reneive you-. His locks wet vvith Ole dews of the night, He bas been 1919011911194 at the door of thy soul, say- ing: "Open unto tne. Behold, Istend el Ilia door end knock," Will you (9" ('999') tilm? Per this, will these Chris- tian men and, wonten Plete• as though the "ea'x'ryielg on of the Queen's Gov- ernment," shelved his decision of char- aeter by annually drawing npon the Receiver -Genera!, on his own Sown- sibility, ween the Legislature declin- ed to vote the supplies eeeessami for the Neil Ilse He had, bowever, 100 301301311 a time In whirls to manifest his abilities, as a governor of Canada. Tbe summer after his arrival at Quebec he entrees' to make a tour through "the Canadas." A.t Willaim Henry -now Sorel -his little dog "13luelier," made friends with a young pet fox whieb the Duke thereupon bought. A day or two afterward, whe,n caressing the eternal, it bit 9110311110d, but not severe- ly enough to be regarded Fla selectee. A month latee, when near Perth, the Duke was aleaelreal with bydrophobla and! died 011 Aug, 28, after five 01' Six days' illness, during whites he suffer- ed greatly. His death and the circumstances nf it created a great sensation at the lime. and Indeed the horror of it has never Passed in Canada. Dr, Kings- ford, in notes and supplementary mat- ter appe-ntled to his "History of Can- nata." relents all the cireumstances at length. Ile also tells of the departure seemly afterwara of I ithe whole ef flirhmenirs family from Quebec. Five years after her father's death in Cenada, Lady Louise Madeline Gor- don -Lennox, mimed Colonel the Hon. W. le F. Tighe, P.C. A recently pub - Reece diary of the period contains an entry whirl' runs about as follows: "The Duchess] of Richm.onl, speaking be a friend said, 'Have you heard of Louise's shoeking engagement to a man named Tiggey, seint and a rad- ical?'" Lady titres removed with her husband. to Ins eetate c]f Woodstock, Innistugue, county Kilkenny, where she lived happily with ber "radical and saint," until he died 31 years ago, a,nd where site still resides, nom with her grandson, 17. K. B. Tighe, Este, 3. P. She is still in vigorous health, walking with a carriage perfectly erect:, and finds lite pleasant and worth living. CHINESE FACTORY GIRLS. .A. lady W110 reeided several years in China draws an attractive picture ot the girls in the Chiuese silk faetories. See says they are the gayest and brightest of the native women work- ers. The factories are large, Mean, carefully ventilated, and well regu- lated. The girls are charmingly dressed in blue, with little decurated slippers, and. smooth hair, decked with femora, and silver -gilt or enameled pins, and each has two mirrors, her hair brush and her tooth brush. How much they are prized Ls shown by the 'tact that their forfeiture is the pun- ishment for misconduct. Some of the workers powder their faces, though many of the country '(9010501 have oheeks of rosy pink. One factory, at Sing Chang, employs 900 native girls, with European foreman, and a Euro- pean general manager. Tee work be- gins at 5.3e a.m. There is a ten-minute rest for a light breakfast, which is tak- en by the hands at their working died! in. 1891, at the age of ninety-six, wrote in her memoirs, they consider- ed, Sir Arthur "sometbing of a stick." Yet he was good-natured, too, and "lots of fan," and he and the lively Gorden-Lennoxes became fast friends, and. they had many "good ttmes," as Lady de Roe records. Sbe and her sister. were sad flirts; but came hon- estly enough by that charaoter, as Lady Sarah Lennox, wbo led George III, such. a dance that be would have married ura her is spite of Privy Cocil and Parliament, and ail other obstac- lea, had she not flouted him in order In the next ctepartment the sorting is also, she deserted, was a great aunt. r more peecise, and here the wages aver - The Duchess of Gordan, who raised the age 11 cents a day throughout the famous Highland regiment by rather Year. Tee spinning roma is a pretty pecutiar methods, was also e grand- sight with its rows of blue -robed girls. dame of theirs. Lady Tighe and her In Preparing the 000000a for the spin - (0'19113' sisters were rather astonished, ner, each c0000n is brushed until the at the success and fame whieh their end of the thread appears. Six 000000oon friend, Sir Arthur, afterwards achieve threads' go to make tee final filament, edein the Peninsular War, When Na- and each spinner works Meter -six 00- pekoe's return from Elba threw Ear- togas in a pen before hor. The children ape into a panic, and the powers de- hero earn 5 cents a day, working from termined to combine forces and defeat 8 min. to 5 p.m., while the women earn ktine in France, the Duke of Richmond about 8 cents a day. In the finishing ready for instant use, and then, established. his family at Brussels, department there is the same atten- a touch is of hknife, the physieian W111011 WILS to be the beim of operation,s tion to neatness of appearance as in vided the pneumogestrie nerve. The) of the British army. • They saw a the rest of the factory, the girls being patient's breathing stopped at once. To groat deel of the Duke of Wellington scrupulously clean and tastefully dress - all intents and purposes Yellows died ' and; of hts staff • indeed the memoirs ed. Neatness is taken as an evidence that instant.. There was a tiny flut- ter at) the pulse, but it. stopped instant- ly. No movement of the heart could be perceived, and there 9990 090 involun- tary attempt to resume respiration. In- stanely the tubes of the artifietal re- aniration =whine, were connected with the lungs. of the patient, ead the re- gular panting of the machine sounded tellosvs-as well as many more of no. throegh the opexating elietare. At the their relatives and, 9. 'lends, were at saine time an electric battery the front. Lady de Roe remembeeed COMING RACE FOR VELVET. was brought to bear on the heart, stamu- th,e Duke of Wellington ,discussing parently unmoved by thesenecurrenees9441l0 w 1.11 a ma before him on. season TIOXII winter. All the tips and. plan of the cam- The fashion prophets predict a velvet toting it to regular contractions, 4p'.• svitle her father the Mr. Collier continued his operative whiebt at Waterloo he marked. a moss saggestions 90,11 Paris promise 098 - work. Tbe growth was dissected away sayteg 111111 118 would fight his &mama vinal of this rich fabric+, An. effort beetle at that point. This map, she says, ewer mune back from Canada, where, so many things belonging to her father were left. So that 91 18 pos. siblo that Ms valuable relic: may yet turnup at Quebeo or Montreal. FAelOUS BALL, Tbo famous ball given by the Duch- ess of Ricemond 011 tha eve of Water - lo, took plane in a big room, once a enaoh house, which bad boon fitted up es 9,8099. of combined sehool and play- room for the Gordon -Lennox ohildren, T,n,dy Tighe clawed at the bell, though she was then only twelve or thirteen years' of age, Pt wee tour years later that the Duke of Ricbmand was appointed Gov- ernor of Canada in suceession to Gen- eral Sherbrooke. He took his family with him to Qembee, where he assumed hie duties an .ruly 29, 1910. He had been extremely. popular as Lord - Lieutenant of Ireland, and gave prom. Ise of maktng himself so in Cemula though it was the period of the struggles between the Legislature and the Executive Counter for 'domination, ancl, tee peke, who bed something of the seine wetter -of -fact way Of look- ing at things as the Duke of Welling - 1041, Who Wee not inelined to allow theoetee or petioles to inteetere With of Lady de Ros .give the impression of intelligence, and no slovenly girl that the residence of the Duke of Rich- could Lind a place in the filature. The 11:301131. W5E3 the centre of the military last department of the factory is the life of Brussels. See and bar sisters packing room. Here the skeins are were iu a state of great and amain- packed olose, formed into square bun - acme excitement over the prospeets of dlca, Marked as to quality, and wrapped the war; as well they might be, see- in white cotton for shipment to the Mg thee two of their brotbers-gallant mills of Earope to be made into fab - from its adhesions to the neighboring tissues and was then lifted from it place. It brought with it fully three 11911158 of the carotid artery ad the jugular vein, as svell 93 a large piewe from the side of the nerve. 3513.31 CRISIS PASSED. Then an even more daring piece of surgical work ,wae clone, A. piece of the peusemogastric nerve of &dog was then handed to Mr. Collier and he carefully approximated it (to the damaged nerve in Fellows' neck, and fastened it in name As the repair was made Fel- Iowa began to breathe of his own ac- cord, and the artificial breathing ap- parel:tie was removed. Tee remainder of the operation was A.t its close the patient was mime collapsed, but he soon rallied. leallosvel reeovery WIla uneventful, fusel he rapidly improved in general condi- tion. For some time there was para- lysis of a branch of the nerve which rues to the eyelid. TIIB The Other -And a great big nett like yene is afraid a little wornan thrash yea hveon be gots home I The Inebriate-eleorsch of( hie) num- bersh, man I Forsch of numbersh I was made to introduce it last winter, but its costliness lett it within reach of otly the very wealthy. Consequent- ly velvet was rarely soon. The up-to-date woman, must, 11097- 99e9', next winter have at least one velvet garment in her wardrobes or be otrt of the world, se.n extra fine qual- ity of velveteen is to be introduced Whigh will be used extensively for whole eostumes for street and car- riage wear. 'Dressy jackets Will be ef velvet, and fancy bedews, elaborately trimmed with Vince lace and jet or rare old pieceof point and, ditt?hesse lace, will be the ultraemodiell gartnents of the winter wardrobe. Velvet gowns hone this in their fay - me -They need no trimming. The beauty of ten costume comeets In ite rich simPlicity. The money saved in thiz tempest can, beredded t,o the qual- ity ef Dee neiterial, thus giving the W011111111. wise has to count her pennies nart opportemity to be the proud pore sessor ce Otte of these, elegant toilets. Nearly all the =Mims horses in London are imported front the iSuited Statee, and Canada:, IN MERRY OLD ENGLAND. THE DOINGS OF THE .ENGLISII 9250,, PLE REPORTRD BY MAIL. Iteeerd of Events Tat11113; 1'1800 10341 14111019133 Land or 0(41 Ruse Interesting 09(5,1* .be in London at wholesale is double the prime of coal, Tee death has just taken place of Mrs. Lachlan, better kransn as "Rosie Maxwell, Mise Braddonis daughter. Chief -Inspector Chareley has been appointed chief (vestal& ef Binning - earn, al a salary of 31350 per annum. It is proposed to confer the freedom of the city of Gloucester on Sir letehael Hicks-Deaoh, who is its high steward. Mr. W. B. Dalton, of Eiudderseeld, has been uppoluted headmaster of the Cliamberwell School of 'Arts and Crate. Colonel R. W. Routledge, whose whose dente has just taken places in his 0211,1 year, was a well-known volunteer (deicer in the metropolis. At Chester recently Lily Forsyth, a widow was sentenced to 13 months' imprisonment for the manslaughter of Ernest George Harrison, aged six, her adapted child. The Queen has granted a mod ser - 'dee penal= to Major-General William Salmund, C.B., the D. A. G., for Royal Engineers at headquarters, General Salmond has nearly 42 years' service. To cheek infant mortality the Lime- house District Board of Works has re- commended that a lady officer be ap- pointed whose duty it will be to look after infants in the district. The Ecclesiastical oommissioners have agreed to lend the Finchley dis- trict council 315,000, at the rate of 2 per cont. interest, for the acquisition of land for a recreation ground. Heekmondwike district council has decided to appropriate a site for a town hall, and to apply for borrowing powers for the amount paid for the property for a period of 50 years. Mr. J. Clarendon Hyde, of Elsing Hall, Derehana, reeked chief postmas- ter of Ipswich, fell whilst going up- stairs, sustaining serious fracture of thrieessk.ull. He suocumbed to his in- iuThe electric cabs, after a prolonged fight against adverse conditions, have at length been taken off the London streets. Their withdrawal is said to be due to the difficulty of retaining competent drivers. Mr. John Lipscombe Grossraith, of Newgate street, London, has been elected a common councilman for the ward of Farringdon Within, in suc- cession to the late Professor Banniste Fletcher, J. P. At Lynn horse allOW recently the Prince of Wales won the first prize in the class for Shire colt foals, and second i that for Shire mares with foal, and was highly commended in the section for Shire filly foals. The Earl and Countess of Bucking - 11910811190 entertaMed a large ccmpany at Great Hampden, svhen a further ef- fort was made to raise funds for the restoration of the church, wherein le the remains of John Hampden, At 949. 119 rd. -hire Assizes recently Quartermaster -Sergeant Jeseph le 1 - pine, of the Army Service Corps, at- tached to the regimental distriets at Lichfield, was sentenced to 20 months' imprisonment for forging signatures to cheques. At Liverpcol Assizes George B.enry Nicholls, tobacco broker, was sentenc- ed to three years' penal servitude for forging orders for delivery of tobacco to the amount of £000 with intent to defraud the Union Credit Bank. At the recent prize distribution at St. Paul's school by the Lord Mayor, it was stated that the school had dur- ing the year secured an unusual num- ber of university successes, as well as distinclians in the Army and Civil Ser- vice examinations. A sailing boat in Holyhead Bay, was struck by a sudden gust of wind and capsized, throwing her oecupants into the water. Mr, John Edward, steward 'of the royal snail steamer Leinster, Waa drowned the o.hers being rescued with 41291011 The of the will left by Mr, Edward Silva, father-in-law of Mr, Coningsby Disraeli, show that the young commoner's wife will receive e handsome fortune of 31150,000, subject to the life interest of her matter, This sum is ultimately to go to the second son of the marriage it there should be one. The division, says a Loulon paper, "is a very just one, but it may, perhaps, keep the Vermeils as commonere. II has always been under - steed that if any considerable wealth eame to the head of the family during the present reign a peerage would be planed at his disposal, though the title would not again be 13ea00nsfield-tee Queen being the jealous guardian of the uniqueness of her favourite ABMs - ter - but probably Hughenden. lt may well be wondered that the heir of the Prime Minister should not be wealthy through his unele, Yoe Lord Emmons - field inherited a groat deal of money in his time; be had the large fortune Of his wife, some sewer or eight thou- sand a year; and he, tilso got from Mrs. Brytiges eVilliains same 450,060, But he was rilways reunions about m ney, When he stood for illaidstone he lens eiready 1140,000 in debt; end wou1,1 never have been able to escape from his difficulties if he had tee mar- ried a rich wife. Ile remained care- less to the end; here the costs or his last eleetion for Bucks paid hy subs n; anti ultimately died dom. paratively mom Mel SAVAGE BACHELOR. What is the best way for a worn,. an to preserve her youthful bloom asked the youngish lady -boarder. Quit aging it, growled. the Savage lenehelor,