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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1891-04-10, Page 3A r.. EXTRACTS FROM TBE MISSION OF LOVE, BY CLARA 11. HOTINCIABTI.ra, CLINTON. ONTARIO, CANADA. To the homes of poverty, vice, and On, The glorified spirit glided in. >n her tender presence the numbneee :led; And she breathed new life into hearts long dead. She comes, as a beam of a betterfate, To the home of the wretched inebriate; The glass is raised to the quivering lip, That weakly yearns for the guilty 'sip; J t falls, for a radiant hand, unseen, 1 .e passed the glass and the Iip be- tween; I : is gone ---the fiend of temptation sore Where lieth the crystal upon the floor; And murmurs a soft voice in his ear, "Oh! thou, who art to thy God so dear, Why grieve the spirit of Hi -m who stood On Calvary's mountain and shed His blood For thee, that then mightest pass safely o'er The river of Death to the fsrth(r shore ? Alone in his study, alone at night Bends a man, and his Ince is deadly white. The key is turned in the oaken door; His books and papers bestrew the floor, Slow heaves his breast with a deep drawn sigh, A dull light gleams in his haggard eye, His face is locked in still despair; 'Tie ruin ! ruin ! everywhere. He reaches bis hand, and the weapon near Is raised aloft; when to ! in his ear A voice, whose tones are with horror rife, '•Rash man, wonld'et thou forfeit thy crown of life?" The weapon falls, while he stands aghast; The foul temptation to sin is past. He sinks on his knees, and t, voiceless prayer Is borne aloft on the still night air, While there whispers„a voice that is soft and low: "To all who have trusted thee, mortal, go Yield all thou hast, and thou canst no more, And thon'lt find thy home on the far- ther shore.” 'Neath the lamp -lights' beam stands a fair frail form, That heeds not the rush of the driving storm, The fallen, the forsaken, a pitiful sight; Her garments dank with the dews of night; Worn, and weary, and faint she stood, While the night wind chilled her curd- ling blood; Degraded and` lost in this world of sin, Will none have mercy and take her in? They would give her bread in yon glit- tering hall, Bnt her being shrinks from a farther fall, A voice in her ear whispers o'er and o'er, "Give up this struggle,and sin no more," And the frail one answers in tone of dread, "I have no home, and I have no bread." Again that voice in her 'wildered ear "Poor child, thou art to thy Saviour dear, Oh ! turn from infamy's path aside, For thee Ho suffered, for thee He died. Heed the words I speak, and this truth receive; There is nothing that tells thee thou must live, Bear the hunger pang, though it rend thee sore, And thou'lt go where thou'lthunger and thirst no more." With a pitying look in her pure sweet face, The spirit vanished in realms of space; And the frail one returned to her garret bed, Where the dawn of the morning found her dead. A Martinsburg, I d, despatch says: E Grimes, a wealthy„resi- dent of Crothersville, arranged to elope in Monday with Miss Ella Britton, a pretty school girl who is only sixteen years old. Mrs Grimes' suspicions were aroused, and she was at the railway station when Grimes arrived with his sweetheart. Mrs Grimes confront- ed the eloping couple just as they were about to enter an outgoing train. She seemed me incensed at the young girl than her truant husband. Her wordy assault up- on Miss Britton was followed by an exciting fight between the two women on the railway station platform, and the clothing worn by both was considerably disar- ranged before they were separat- ed. The fight did not cure Miss Britton of her infatuation for Grimes, !nor swerve him from his determiantion to elope with the misguided girl. He hurried bel into the train as soon as she had been released from tbe clutches of Mrs Grimes, but the deserted, wife followed closely behind them. Passengers in the oar were treat- ed to an excellent hair pulling contest, between Grimes' wife and her rival, but the deserted woman finally left the train and Grimes and the girl proceeded to Louisville. 1 ;a.twa not. THE BL.iACN, .BOTTLE. 1 NEWS NOTES. The report of the Grand Trunk directors, issued in London last Friday night, deals with Sir Charles Tupper's attack on the companv. • • Tho Macon (Ga) Telegragb tells the following true story, that "would fitly adorn a temperance lecture," Hap13E9`ping into a millinery store, the reporter noticed a lady buying a hat for her little girl. The child made herself sociable with him.and remarked, prattling artlessly; 'We dot lots of money low.' 'Where did you get it, my little gir17' Papa broke de bottle.' This called for some explana tion on the mother's part, and she finally related how her intemper- ate husband had been reformed five years before, at the time their eldest boy died. This is the tale she told beginning—as the story of many a reformed life bas begun —at a loved one's death -bed. 'The little fellow,slowly turned his eyes towards his father, and said: 'I am going to die, papa, for the angels are calling for me. This is Christmas morning papa; please let me see what Santa Claus put in my stocking. My husband went to the mantel and took down the little stocking. It was empty. He stood still and stared at it a minute, and God only knows the aeony of his heart in that short time. He turned to speak, but our boy would not have heard him had the poor man's heart allowed him utterance. Our boy was dead ! 'The day before New Year's my hustand called for the whis- key bottle. May God foi give my feelings at that minute, for I wished that he, too, were dead. I obeyed him mechanically. To my surprise, he took the bottle in his hand, and pouring the whiskey on the ground, Said: 'I will drink no more; and the money I would spend for whiskey we will put into this bottle, and all enjoy its contents.' ' You can imagine bow happy I was ? He hart sworn off many a time before, but I knew be was in earnest this time. Wo made a calculation, and estimated that whiskey cost him five dollars;a week. Well, it was decided to put five dollars a week in the bottle for five years, come what would. The time was out last New Year's Day, and the big black bottle was broken, and it contained thirteen hundred dollars But this was not. all. We saved enough in that time, outside of the bottle,,to buy a little home. 'But are you not afraid, in breaking the bottle, your husband will break his resolution?' ' No ; because we have started another bottle -bank,' said the lady, with a happy smile. The husband is a Macon Me- -chanic, well known, and enjoys the respect and esteem of all. He says he never knew how much genuine pleasure there was ' at home with his loved ones until begot sober enough to appreciate it, and toffill, instead of t) .empty the black dottle. BLOOD WILL TELL. Of course it will—that is if itis good, healthy blood. It will glow in the cheek, and tell the story of perfect physical health. If it does not, if the complexion is devoid of color, the muscles weak and flat. cid, something is wrong, and some thing ought to be done about it at once, for in such cases delays are dangerous. For torpid liver, bili- ousness, and the thousand and one ills to which these conditions of the system lead, there is no remedy in the world equal to Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Boils, pimples eruptions, scrotal. ous sores, salt -rheum, ,anti all kindred diseases are cured by it. NEWS NOTES. • Prince l:divard Island is suffer- ing from a fodder famine. The re-count in Marquette has resulted in the increase of Mr Watsons' majority to 4G. TbeStJohn Sun, the principal Conservative paper in New Bruns- wick, was sold by the sheriff. The sales of Nova Scotia coal this season are 100,000 tons in excess of the sales at this time last year. A Nova Scotian named Archie Mc Phail;who was trapping in tbe Laka of the woods district of Man- itoda, has been frozen to death. The Cunard Steamship Com- pany has made a contract for the construction of two steam -ships each of 14,000 tonnage, designed to cross the ocean in five days. A ttorney-General Marti n will retire from the Manitoba Cabinet at the end of the present session of the Legislature and will likely be succeeded by Mr Clifford Sif- ton. Ina suit at Chicago, Thursday, Judge Altgeld held that a wife could maintain it civil suit against her husband. The question is one that has never been raised in an Illinois court. She—You won't want me to give up my typewriting: after we are married, will you? He—No, indeed! We havd•to live, haven't we?— Four months ago a man in Bad - deck lost a valuable deg. The body of the brute has just been found in the bottom of the well from which the family have been drinking ever since. Barnard McKee, aged 29, of Philadelghia, swallowed the con- tents of six goose eggs, then filled the shells with whiskey and drank the liquor, after which ho went to sleep and never woke. John Hainer, of St. Catharines, has just had a barn moved from his deceased father's residence to his own place. While examining the partitions, he found an old buckskin purse hid away, contain- ing about $100 in gold coins. Some of the coins bore the date of 1820. At Detroit,on Monday morning, six men undertook the task of keeping awake night and day for a week, each to receive $500 if he succeeded. Up till Thursday Morpheus had overcome four of them. The other two, who are old men, are still wide awake. The bell of the First Methodist church in St. Thomas, was on Sunday tolled by a hand other than that of the veteran caretaker by whom for nearly 3 6 years it has been rung every Sunday. In his home on Isabella street Mr. John Hall, the gentleman referred to, was lying cold in death, having passed away after a short illness. He was an old and respected resident of the city, hav- ing resided there for nearly 40 years. J. S. Fanning, of the Commer- cial Hotel, Peterboro, Ont., was on Thursday convicted of Sunday selling—a third offense—and was fined $80 and costs and ordered to forfeit his license. This is the first conviction for a third offense since the repeal of the Scott Act three years ago. Mr McKee, a teachor in tho Listowel high school, was charged with unduly pounding and illus- ing one of bis scholars, a son of Mr D D Campbell. The board dismissed the case with a caution to both pupil and teacher. The case next went before a magis- trate, who fined Mr McKee $2.50 and costs. On Tuesday a nine year old son of Mr James Campbell, of Hibbert, died of the mumps. It appears that at school the boys were in the habit of diving their heads into a pail full of water to see which could keep his head under the„)greater length of time. and from the effects of which he contracted the mumps. Mr"George Harris, of Vickery- ville,while at work in Eli Conkie's sawmill, at Wood's Corners, Ont, on the afternoon of April 1, ac- cidently fell upon the saw and was cut in two across the chest, throwing his heart a distance of 25 feet. This was his first day's work in the mill and he was running the edger. The Earl of Derby has the questionable distinction of owning more drinking places than any other Engish peer. He has 72 of the places to his credit or discred- it, while the next largest owner is the Earl of Bedford, with 48 grog shops. The Duke of Devonshire is but one behind Bedford and so it goes through a list of 152 peers who own 1,529 places where liquor is sold and drunk—all in "darkest England." The energetic emigration cam- paign in which the Canadian Pa„- ific and Manitoba and North-west Railway Companies are now en- gaged in Dakota has resulted in rather unpleasant expriences for some of the companies' represen- tatives. The Department of Ag- riculture is advised that at Eureka, S. D., two of the agents were mobbed; at Bhttineau; N, C., one agent was given the privilege of riding on a fence rail, and at another place the irate people threatened a coat of tar and feath- ers to an emigrant agent. The whole trouble 18 cabsed by money lenders and land speculators. John Hughes, bailiff, on his way to Springtown, Renfrew county, passed a stranger walk- ing on the road. Mr Hughes spoke to him, and the stranger said he would ride with him. After a short time the stranger offered to drive, which Hr Hughes declined to permit, but asked him to hold the lines while he filled his pipe. While Mr Hughes was engaged the stranger gave him a shove, upsetting him out of the sleigh, and drove rapidly away. Mr Hughes followed, but could not overtake him. Ho wont to Renfrew to obtain the assistance of a constable. He has not yet recovered the animals. sur NOBLE CRIMINALS. ONE QF WASHINGTON'S RELATIVES WAS HANGED. Extraordinary Story of the Earl Ferrara— A Descendant of Kings—The Earl of (aandure a Highwayman—Margaret Dawson's Tragedy—Other Cases. Peers of England have perished on the scaffold by the score, for political of- fenses. In fact, up to the time of the Tudors a natural death was probably the exception among the barons of England. Those whom the battle spar- ed generally mettle the acquaintance of the headsman. But of criminal peers, that is, lords guilty of plain, vulgar crimes, without political pretense or ex- cuse, there have been very few. The moat noted of these was Laurence, Earl of Ferrars, a distant relative, by the way, of George Washington. The Earl had a most tyrannical temper, and one day, in a fit of passion, he cut down with his sword, his steward, an old gen- tleman named Johnson. The latter had given no provocation for the deed, and the crime was an act of brutality,.inex- eusable save that the Earl inay not have been well-balanced mentally. He was brought to trial for killing Johnson, and demanded and received the privilege of being tried by his peers. The House of Lords was thronged dur- ing the hearing. The evidence proved to be conclusive, and Ferrars was sent- enced to he hanged at Tyburn. Appeals were made to the king for clemency; but in vain. Ferrara met his fate with con- siderable bravado. He was carefully at- tired for the occasion, and insisted on providing a silken cord for the ceremony. To this whim the execu- tioner agreed, and the Earl was turned off otherwise, like any common felon. It may be worthy of mention this un- fortunate nobleman was not only relat- ed to George Washington, but was also a direct descendant of King Edward the Third of England. His motto, singular- ly enough, was "Honor, the reward of virtue." William, the Earl of Glandore, never took human life, so far as is known ; but he was a noted associate of high- waymen, and his mansion in Kerry was for a long time a refuge for those gen- try, in whose spoils he did not hesitate to share. The Earl's peculiarities came to light in rather an unusual way. Lord Drummond of Scotland paid an unex- pected visit to the Earl, and on his way was relieved by two highwaymen of his purse and his watch. On arriving at Glandore Castle, Lord Drummond re- lated his mishap, and received the most earnest expressions of sympathy from his host, who also offered to supply him with money for his needs. Among the gold pieces which the Earl handed to Lord Drummond was a token which had been an 'heirloom in the Perth family for many years, and which had been taken from Drummond a few hours be- fore on the highway. The Scottish lord kept his peace, but he also kept up a good deal of thinking, and shortened his stay at the mansion. After returning to Scotland he relat- ed the circumstance, and inquiry follow- ed, as the Earl had rested for some time under an undefined suspicion. Pending the inquiry, the Earl left the country, and sought the seclusion of France. There he remained, until recollection of the affair had died out, or at least all proof of his guilt had disappeared. Then he returned to his home in County Kerry. The Earl was also undoubtedly implicated in smuggling; but that was hardly deemed aa offense in those days. One of the most peculiar cases in Eng- lish criminal history was that of the Tenth Baron Conyers, who, although never brought to trial, was openly ac- cused of causing the death of a girl named Margaret Dawson of Newton Kyme, in Yorkshire. 'Conyers fell in love with the daughter of'a village weaver. The father forbade the girl to speak to or take any notice of the Laron, knowing' of course, that his intentions were not honorable. The young woman obeyed her father, for, indeed, she herself, hav- ing a lover of her own station, did not care anything about the youthful noble- man. One summer evening Margaret Daw- son heard her name called at the gate. Her father also heard the call, and paid but little attention when his daughter went out. But when her scream and the swift tramp of horses' feet; dashing away at a rapid rate, came upon his eare, he ran out in great excitement and call- ed for help. The carriage by this time was away in the darkness. Nothing more was heard of Margaret until her body was found, six weeks later, in a pond near Newton Kyme. Suspicion fastened strongly on Lord Conyers, but there was no evidence against him. ex- cept what has been stated, and it was thought useless to bring him to trial. But he was ever afterwards noted for his moroseness, and from being a bright, cheerful, and adventurous young man, he became moody and retiring. He of- fered to provide liberally. for Margaret's father, but not until the old man was in his dotage did he accept the proffered liberality. The disappearance of Mar- garet Dawson and the suspicions against Lord Conyers have been woven into song and story in the "north countrie." A very different affair from the Fer- rara trial was the arraignment of Robert, Earl of Kingston, before the house of Lords, on a charge of murder. The kill- ing, which was not denied, involved a question of family honor, the man whom Kingston slew having uttered a slander relating to one who was near and dear to the Earl. The nobleman was put on trial for his life, and his ac- cuser thrice summoned by solernnn pro- clamation to come forward. The wi- dow of the victim had been the original accuser, but she failed to appear when the case was called, and the Earl was declared not guilty, every lord present voting "on his honor." Then the accus- ed nobleman was discharged. Public opinion in England would hardly he willing, at this time, to wit - MOO a revirat o! any of the antiqqu�ates privileges in faror of noblemen a110ged to be guilty of serioue crimee, A,r►d _yet those privilegesexist, and might be strn nioned into activity, td the serious de, triment of justice. English lass is cram med full of antiquated methods of pro- cedure, 'now seldom invoked. As late ua the beginning of this century a law- yer's acquaintance with ancient statutes saved a murderer, against whom the evidence was overwhelming. The pri- soner had taken the life of a beautiful girl, and Hidden the body in a barn, where it was. found. When the prisoner was brought in to be tried he suddenly as- tonished the judge, jury and spectators by rising up and challenging the broth- er of the girl, her nearest relative, to mortal combat; to prove his innocence. Everybody was thunderstruck. Such a thing had not been heard of in England for centuries. But the prison=- er's counsel rose up and read the law, a statute handed down from the Norman kings, and never repealed. Under that law the prisoner could waive a regular trial, and have his guilt or innocence de- cided by a mortal combat, as he pro- posed. The counsel for the prosecution tried to ridicule the proposition, but the judge rternly interrupted him. "The law of England must not be ridiculed," said the Court. There could be but one result. The brother of the murdered girl was a man of peace. Besides, he was physically inferior to the prisoner, end would be no match for him in combat. 'He de- clined the challenge, and the prisoner was discharged. Parliament hastened to repeal the law, and thus prevented any one else from taking advantage of it. But it would be strange if, among the mass of English laws, going back to the time of the conquest, some provision equally peculiar, Las not escaped atten- tion. Fortunately, for the English nobility, while its ranks coutain many knaves, they contain but few offenders against the higher criminal laws, and there is no occasion to assert the rights and priv- ileges that could not fail to arouse popu- lar jealousy, and stimulate popular re- sentment against the upper orders. TAUGHT A LESSON. How at Spendthrift Wife Learned the Worth of Money, A man with large business interests oda handsome income married a lady, a§s the Youth's Companion, who, un- accustomed all her previous life to the luxuries of wealth, had ,never formed any clear conception of the worth and purchasing power of money. For some months the indulgent husband gratified his wife's every whim. One day the lady, to carry out some caprice, asked for a check for so large a sum that the gentleman was disturbed. He saw that such prodigality, if persist- ed in, meant ruin; but, not wishing to grieve his wife bya downright refusal, he determined to give her a lesson in finance. Ile therefore smilingly remark- ed that he could'not give her a check as usual, but would send up the money from his store. About noon the promised money came, not in crisp bills, as was expected, but in silver dollars, the sum total filling several specie bags. The wife was at first vexed, then amused, and finally, as the afternoon wore away, Became deeply thoughtful. When her husband came home to supper she took him gently by the arm, and, leading hint into the room where the ponderous bags of specie were still stand- ing, said: "My dear, is this the money I asked you for this morning?" "It is, my love," was the reply. " And did you have to take this money all in, dollar by dollar, in the course of your business?" was the next question. " Yves," he answered, gently ; " it re- presents the results of many weeks of hard labor." "Well, then," she said, with tears in her eyes, "send a man to take it back to the bank in the morning. I can't use so much money -for so trivial a purpose. I didn't understand about it before." A Dinner, a la Edward Atkinson. The modern recipes for making din- ners are framed upon the supposition that you are to obtain the materials of manufacture for nothing. They should be written in this form: Go to the mar- ket and beg a beef bone from the butch- er; steal a couple of parsnips and half a dozen potatoes from the peddler's cart; getyour grocer to trust you for half a pound of rice; borrow from your neigh- bor a cupful of flour; from another neighbor a hod of coal; put your bone into a quart of water and let it stew slowly; slice your potatoes and parsnips; get an onion somewhere and slice it 'al- so; put them in with the bone. Stew two hours and add your flour. Simmer 20 minutes and serve. This dinner will supply a father and mother and 16 children, according to the modern cook book. Cost one match to light the fire. —Boston Courier. i(onday ltetleetlone. Fortune is not more fickle than are her wooers. Now is the time to do whatever you dislike to do. Dyspepsia fears a bucksaw more than a pill box. Opportunity is a slow coach that sel- dontovertakes. but may readily he over- taken. Money is a root, the understanding of whose tonic properties is not confined to the Smithsonian school. Cutting one's garment according to the cloth is poor policy, unless one hap- pens to have a sufficiency of cloth. When women, as a body, begin to use their minds for thinking purposes, they will no longer need to clamor for their 'rights. Will Explain It. Then. Young Wife—"Arthur, why does the Lord permit evil?" • Young Clergyman --I do not know, my dear._ It is one of the insoluble mysteries, I ata going to preach a ser- mon about it next t3nnday." HOW LIFE MAT BE PROLONGED - Poets and novelists go into ecstasies over ''what they romantically call "beautiful spring," and "gentle sping." and while, no botubt, every one is glad to see winter release its icv grasp, "beatiful spring" is, after all, one of the most deadly seasons -of- theear. Sudden transitions front warmth to extreme cold, with piercing chOng winds; from dry to sloppy, "muggy" weather, all combine Wreak° the sea. son a most trying one, even to the hardest constitution, while to those with weak constitutions the season is one of positive danger. Undoubtedly the greatest danger at this season of the year is from cold in the head,which very few escape, and which if not promptly and thoroughly treated, de- velopes into catarrh, with all its dis- agreeable and lothsome effects. Ca- tarrh, neglected, almost as certainly evelepes into consumption, annually destroying thousands of lives. At this trying season no household should be without a bottle of Nasal Balm. In cases of cold in the head it gives almost instant relief and effects a speedy cure thus preventing the development of catarrh. Where the latter disease has already secured a hold it is equally efficacious, and with presistent use will cure the worst case. From the outset it sweetens the breath, stops the nause- ous droppings into the throat and longs, dispels those dull headaches that afflict She sufferer from catarrh. Nasal Balm is not advertised as a cure-all—it is an honest remedy which never -fails to cure cold in the head or catarrh when the directions are faithfully followed, and thousands throughout the country have reason to bless its discovery. Nasal Balm may be had from all dealers (50 cents, smell, or $1 large size bottle) by addressing Fulford dr Co., Brockville, Ont. lm LIVE ery bust undersigned wniel desire tp i4orla Merl opagtyOpithe 1lahneiatlre Q Next COCl several new and good driv A most styylish oarragea have the business, and !Alibi) hired prices. Satisfaetidn gears., 15, ztE io BIBLES & TESTAA L' NA. The Clinton Brannh b e 8 sale at DR WORTATNIal STORE, AlbertStreet,aane's Bibles an4 patam TESTAMENTS Ea03t $eta: BIBLES ritom 2 iet5 COMEAND SEE. 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