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Ste hire the Paint, the Varnish, the Enamel the ain f r any `kind bf Painting you want to do to make everything "Spic and Span" throughoitt the house. Come in for s color card. • t 'The Paint Por wear and Weather:" Fat Sale by., C. �ARTL,IIB, Zurich, Ont Accompanied by a aolleeman, the meat has been endeavoring to stamp neighbor, made a forcible entrance eut of existence throat it the scullery window, and quiet- The Camorra has been la existence ler tbe two men, made their way to the nearly a century now. One of its spa, bedroom The'light of the constable's cialities is political corruption. On its 'l a side it is r ernarkabis like bullseye disclosed the *Read of a man the notorious New 'York. Tammany Sir adwarcl intenaecl to be an arc hi - in bed, and the. polieewah promptly system. One reason why it has been test at first, but the law secured him drew itis trtincbeoq. so bard to suppress is that many neo- Here is a story showing the extra As Me inti, the oew,pant of the bed pl of rank—bishops and Cabinet Min- orliinary nerve and judgment of Sir sprang out, and a desperate struggle isters among them — have silently Edward. He was counsel for the Gov- ernment in a political case, and was began; Simnitaneonsly a lady dashed larked to ,support it. "hid -glove" �1 „ C actually on his legs whena telegram across' the rooni-shrieking, threw open tbe window and at considerable peril clambered out. A second constable, sesiiig et tbe moment, concluded that hilly was hent 'on ulcide and, en- ,, • the front garden, held himself til nese to catch the woman, who spin,; .• i to be about to fling herself to the ground. Th.e neyghbor, however, dragged the rut this is only the kid --,over a• was tit into hi. heind: Opening it, morns. '1-i: basis of the Camara is P blackmail, It takes its toll from rich he found that it contained, in the aria poor, At Naples, which i3 the Government cipher, instructions to headquarters of the Camarra, an ale have thecase postponed. It was a servant tourist would, not many years trying moment, for he knew that post- ago, have noticed that, when he pati ponement would be fatal. Yet he did a� boatman ora cabman or a stall- . not hesitate; he decided' to disobey the keeper, a well-dressed figure loung- instructions, and went . on with the ing near always received a share of case- ,chatever mon, was received as a At the end of the day, the telegram tuattex of course. was discovered to be a forgery, though lady back into the room, and then the t" question would have led to the it has never been discovered yet how truth began to assert itself. The cap- answer, "Oh, it is the Camorra man I" those who sent it obtained the. Gov lured'inverter of the empty house and well in a most matter -o£ -fact tone. ernment cipher. the escaping lady were the occupant and bis wife, who had suddenly ebaug- ed their holiday arrangements without informing their too vigilant neighbor. -- London Globe. FRENCH ZOUAVES. These Fighters Won Their Greatest Fame in the.Crimea. One of the most interesting class of soldiers of modern times has been the French corps called the zouaves. This body of daring and picturesquely at- tired fighters reached the heights of he old do s of the PaIfour xe- T'lie Camorra had its finger in every gime 9n Ireland,Sir Edward was eat pie. Naples had been used to the system so long that it was quite corm !mining witnesses on .the subject of tent. In return the Camorra menland values. The first` gentleman who always known b the shade of theii mitered the box had a host of details' Y y in his pocket -book as to the acreage, quality, and possessions of the small estate. • . lie was f'illew•ed by Mr. 141"urphys. an indep•• r' .r:t witness. who corro borated his i•r,•,iecessnr with amazing accuracy. Even to the. last chicken • and inch of ground were the two re- r:en was i ports - identical. "Do ycu know the : ra secret agent. The Camara counts Last witness?" said Sir Mtwara, in its Mai by thousands in Naples alone. his rich Irish brogue. This public blackmail on the poet h �-r. Murphylooked vered "Notiy Sir dark, well -cut clothes, guaranteed the Camorra's protection against robbery. and acted as umpires in market dis. ates. Nobody dared object, or he was apt to die with tragic suddenness., No- body dared try to stir up his friends to resist the payment, for his dearest friend d as likely as not a Carnet - its reputation during the Crimean war. f, Lot carried on now—openly, at any t co unse , ant solemnly at the rate. But it is a well-known fact Edward Carson looked . The zauave-corps at that time was ,Isat the Camorra still levies a heavy man, and asked Mr. Murphy, "Did supposed to consist of Frenchmen. It ..,x nn the gambling houses and mu:. You ever coma across a coincidence?" was, however, quite international, •i .:i -roams of Naples. The Neapolitan The witness carefully examined his since many daring young foreigners :till holds the Camorra in the sin- book, then, turning to his questioner had joined it, and it was known to in- —rest dread. A very few years agr• with a gleans of lieht, in his eye, re - chide its mfrom Oxford, hthad Ilc~tMr. Carson, but Gottingenand other universities. It s • to Camnratostop aclatie that I forgot to put it down!" probable that a majority of its members wes ruining the city's tourist trade. were to it more for love of iigbting The Camorra undertook the task, and At the Storming cf M.zdala. rt six hours the strike was over. Jain,,; Sinetair, the eldest of than for any love of country. During the revolution of 1800 the the Dr. sat, honorary phi .cult:, has It is not strange, therefore, that its r imorra had to be requested to act entered upon his '30th year, having fame as a fighting body should have ,i. the pc,liee authority. l�or weeks born at Berwick -on -Tweed. ng spread throughout the world. When ate turbulent Neapolitans were as been',db at the 'Lwof win - our war between the states biose out uiet as mice. ouch, he gained his first commission several corps of zouaves, wearing the The Camorra leaves no theatrical in the Army Medical Department glittering oriental uniforms of the trade -marks on its dead. It is a ere from the Royal College of Surgeons French corps or a modification of them, verely businesslike organization, wits; of that city; served in Ceylon till "cooties" and "sub -centres," seer.• were formed on both sides. On the 1857. and with the 2nd Queen's Royal t^ties and treasurers. Each centre Regiment in3'1,Ia1ta, Corfu and Gibral- Q'uion .side the best known was that 1, ols its takings, and divides there corps commanded by Elmer Ellsworth g tar till 1863; and was with the 33rd aceordinq to rank and seniority. Th•' Duke of Wellington's Regiment in a young officer from New York and 1 chiefs of the centres form the "grave j Bombay and Scinde in 1865. the fil t kilted on the Union side. In ;senate," which uses the post for its i Proceeding with the regiment to the Confederacy the most famous corps , •consultations. It never meets, for it Abyssinia in 1867,he was present at of *auaves was that called the "Lou-'. is a crime among the Camorra, pun.the storming and he of t !sine. Tigers;" i fishable by death, to endeavor to trac1 in 1868 was mentioned re of Ma eliea, I life the .t.ie identity of the president, or Wise, While in ltimerican militaryiciy di ap- 1 *faster, The police strongly suspect ; promoted during theltcampaign,a'lees e zonate nniforin has that among :the. thirty -six' -chiefs i•t peaied,.•,iu France the zoaa.ve: name that iron nage they ,leave the Wise awarded. the 'medal. Since the year Iviaster. But not even the ane vhn 1.876 been pxibei a,Y .:al and uniform still.survive.—]3arper's p weekly.. has turned informer can: help them officer at varioue times m I3eririudrl,°' titers. . South" Africa, and the 'Transvaal, Aldershot, Malta, and Ireland. Dr. The Queer Chameleon, i The Neapolitan boy who has just i Sinclair' has been on the retired list There is nothing in the world will in•uleft school is as likely as not to in- sines 1892. s duce a , chaeleon to take even quire is there is thea vacanoy in the lo- , slightest apparent interest in its sur -1 cal centre of the alamorra. It not, soundings unless it be the sight of : he turns to some other trade. If Failed In an Emergency. • what it considers a toothsome insect. ceshipthere , beinhe gbounds in a toaasseaoned whren- at good his life insurance would dho said he did not oi The chameleon's method of talons its Camorrista. him until he was dead must havess e prey Is very curious, being effected lir During that year he gets lessons in been a hopeless object for the suave* shooting out an enormously long. knifing, for the Camorra has many attack of the agent. Like him is the( ••wormlike tongue, the end of which is private knifing schools. It is not till farmer of a Fifeshi.re village of whom: clubbed and covered with a viscid se- he has served his year that he gets a London paper tells. cretion, tb whichathe insects stick and;* more than a few pence out of C.: CoA Ie ]rat. been advised from time to tre's weekly takings. !time to insure his house against fire.. The agent, Sandy MoLery, could neve Bird Charmer Decorated. er get the old man to sign and was! g Pcl thQ famous bird- l forced to listen to the familiar argue are thus drawn into its mouth. The ac- tual projection of the tongue is made with marvelous rapidity. The eyes of the chameleon are very curious. They are very large, but, with the exception ;of a small opening in the center, are covered with skin. They are also en- tirely.independent'of each other, with the result that occasionally the crea- ture is looking forward over its nose with one eye, while with the otheee it is intently watching something directly behind it 'l. A young woman fromStrongthe west who lately has been admitted to the inti- macy of "the artistic set" of Washing- ton recently made this query of an artist with reference to the work' of a , fellow painter: "Why does Blank stand off and half shut his eyes when he :looks at the pic- tures he is painting? When I visited his studio the other day be made me do It too." "The explanation is simple enough," said the other. "Did you ever try to look at them with your eyes wide., open? Well, don't; you can't stand It," —New York Press, , The Scottish View. Hew ea English church service struck the Scottish Presbyterian of the Utica oa the last century, is told in Urs. L. B. Wallerd's reminiscences: " 'There was the twa a' thele,' cried one of her. Scottish handmaidens in mingled terror and indignation, re- Lapsing into the broadest vernacular, 'than twa men, dressed • oot like folk at a fair, bowin' to each liber' an' answerin' each ither across the table and the rest cryin` ower. an' ewer, , '`The Lord ha' maircy upon us 1' An' a' .the time there wee t.fio organ burn. min' awe' ow•erheitl1 Mel i thocht it was the theatre', li<- eery , charmer of the Turneries, France, meat that "his house would never* all Paris knows and admires, gang on fire." venom has been decorated by the Minister The unexpected happened, however of Agriculture. and• the neighbors were astonished His daily `receptions" of his birds when the old man, instead of tryingi in the Turneries form one of the ,most to save his goods, ran wildly up and! ,fascinating entertainments in Paris,' clown the village, crying: and are always watched by hundreds' `Whaur s that mon Sandy nook of interested sightseers. M. Pol feeds Wharves that insurance thiel? Ye east his chirping flock regularly every never get a body when ye're neediaa . in to the delight of children Moe' morn g, and grown-up strangers. He has very appropriately been called the Saint Francis of the Turneries, and rightly so; for like the .Saint of Assist, be has only to call the birds from the trees' and they fly down to perch ort his hand or his shoulders• He remembers them names which they speaks to them, and they listen. Hit charm over the birds is really remark• pictaresq e le. Each sparrow' ames,hatoot nthey ane They range from the Christian name* of Jean and Jeanette to those of revo- lutionary celebrities. "There is Phil- lippe, now," he will say. "I have not seen him forseveral ert le days.sCom where e Phillippe, you have you been all this t me?"dark brAn Phillippe, a very plump, sparrow with a sly look, would fly out of a crowd of twenty or thirty watch' ing for crumbs on the gravel and peach on M. Pol's finger. 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