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'')7EARS,' SUFFERIii . .
ftkc, Sias,-,• 1 was troubled for six
acre wall orysipeloa, and twa bottles of
tndoek Blood l ittere entiraly .eared
vne. ,1 lkaep .3. B. B, oonstautly in the
boat° }cladthilak it an effeotoel cure for
w11 diltoseie6 tt eused, by bad blood.
• , Aft, . AL, D411v,i e, 'ertlend,•Oat.
.'.—_Tho trial 'of Dr. Kneehtel of
$iptII,Y* charged with malicious in-
,,jlury to property and the removal of
thio ronialns'of the hate John I'Iuuter,
doctiOtt :Aklout 30 years, from the
r'
:Of 'Odes tap before Magistrates
1ii►,tr i, Scutt and McDonald, pt
, ' ir10ardtnq,' on• Saturday. When
' thereese was called Mr.•Macphersou,
cq'atteel.' for the defendant, called
,the attontiOn of the•court to the fact
Chat awhile the offence was charged
*sate lith of September, the iu•
formation had not been laid until
rJautlary • 6th, and therefore the
etitt'liitoy three mouths had elapsed,
°Thostodiuicality prevailed and the
Glee cyclo diens lased .
•
fiAt4TrA.RD'S YELL() OIL.
• ',Nitta great internal remedy always al -
114* ah piia- Is in a apecifie for croup,
sidpromptly aures coughs, colds, ,pore
thereat, sprains, beldaea, burns, rheurna-
stunt, cats, wounds, eta. Geod. for encu
or'::beast. Stands all tests. Sold every -
Where. Price 25 eonte. Flayard'a Yel-
ll4w oil.
S'-'-o-The suit entered by Mre. Har
riet Snith' of Listowel against the
;l a*,adiau Order of Foresters, to re -
Over the amount of the endown
ascot policy of her deceased on.
avid, carne up at the Middlesex
eieeizos laet week. The young man
tgaka .member of Court Milverton,'
iul' died of consumption. The de.
Cones set up that„misrepresentation
dinar concealment of an attack of
pleurisy .wact Made in his application
Opera ; also that the claim for the
$i)000 benefit was not made within
:twelve months. The jury found in
,Taper of the 'plaintiff, that the do-
Cea ed had answered all the ques-
.tlioas•put to him in the medical ex-
a:mItiation truthfully and to the best
Of hien kngwiedge, and hadreonceal-
ed' nothing intentionally in regard
his. case. Verdict'was given for
she, plaintiff for. full amount,
;1;000.
COMING EVENTS.
Coming consumption ie foreshadowed
by a hacking cough, night sweats, pain
fp the chest, ate. Arrest its progress at
Ponce by taking Hagyard's Pectoral Bal -
'awn, which never fails to cure coughs,
-colds, broaohitie, hoarseness, eta., and
a :•4 g a:%e1 &oneytnption aff]rde
small relief.
d has been received that a
;eon of r. Amos Walton, who
aimed? resided resided near Listowell and
emovod to Manitoba last spring,
'Was frozen to death recently. The
young man was a cripple, and was
savertaken by a storm while away
"'from home.
CULLODEN CULLIN(S.
GENTLEMEN, -10 1888 I was severely
afllioted with gravel of the kidneys from
which I auffered great pain. I was re-
:;raornmended to take IBardook Blood Bit -
:Acre, which I did, finding great relief.
'sled after taking 4 bottles eau truly say
aro • cured and have nob since been
;troubled. I highly recommend it.
,;,E'term$"'•V eseesOuli-oden•P p4, -Oat.
:;DREW BEER FROM A. CLOCK•
• One of the cleverest devices that
has lately come to the notice of the
`police was discovered recently at a
South Cove house, Boston.
The police felt certain ,t{lat the
occupant of this house watt dealing
in liquor illegally and they searched
the place repeatedly, but failed to
:find any substantial sign of guilt.
.At last one man, while making u
-• ttearch, happened to open the door
of an innocent -looking clock, when
a faucet was disclosed to his sight.
He turned the handle of he faucet
and beer Sowed from it. freely.
Tearing the clock from the wall he
eaw a pipe which lad him to a hole
1n a dark cellar, where several bar-•
relelofbeer wore found.,
ADVr0fi TO Wampum. -Aro you disturbers at
night and broken of your rest by a Hick child
sniering and crying with patnpf Cutting .Teeth
-If•.se send at once and get a bottle of "Mrs.
Winalow's Soothing Syrup” for Children Teeth
;its value is incalculable. It will relieve
tliepriorlittle sufferer immediately. Depend upon
).t,. mothers; there is no mistake about it. It
lures 1)yriontery and Diarrhoea, regulates the
•�Atoinaoh and bowels, ourea Wina Colic, softens
''the.gnms, rerinoes inflammation, and gives tone
andenergy to the whole system. "Mfrs. Winslnw'e
Seething Syrup" for children teething is pleasant
to
the taste and is the prescription of one of the
' ,Oldest and best female pilyeioians and nurses in
the United States, and is for sale by all druggist's
throughout the world. Pride 25 cents ,a bottle.
Deters and ask for "Mits. Wheal ow's SooTurNo
SSiettri tfnd take no other kind. 65By
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no months in gaol and 40
lathes was the sentence received by
a colored youth at St. John, N.B.,
yesterday, for assaulting a young
;girl. .
Cbnsiiniption Cared.
Anete phyeletan, retired from practice, having
had planed in his hands by an East India miaeion-
Atj tits formals Of a simple vegetable remedy for
the speedy end permanent ante of Consumption,
.Brimhitfa, Catarrh, Asthma and all throat and
T,dngg. Ado'olions, also a positive and radical cure
for NeYvoaa Debility and all Nervone Complaints,
Atter ha ing tested its wonderful curative powers
it a'ann, o ilia nfferi gds Of Momsefellows. Actuats felt it his eto make
d by this
*ogre Vida desire to relieve human suffering, I
willl Band free of (charge, to all who desire it, this
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hyattlidelliig with stain,,, naming this paper.
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MAOI'tt: G4,AavS,
4 Cartago lavonttan of This Ve ry Curiae*
Inyolittve 40,
One of the most, curious inventions of
this inventive age is what is celled platin-
ized glass, stays the Youth's Compapron.
A place of glass is coated with an exceed-
ingly thin layer of a liquid charged with
platttruut, and is then raiser, to a red heat.
The platinum becomes united to the. glass
in such a way as to form a very odd kind of
mirror.
The glass has not really lost its trans-
parency, and yet if one places it against a
wall and looks at it he aces his linage as in
au ordinary looking•glass. But when light
is allowed to come through the glass from
the other side, as when it is placed in a
window, it uppcars• perfectly transparent
like ordinary glass.
By constructing a window of platinized
glees one could stand close behind the panes
It an unilluminatetl room and behold clear-
ly everything going on, outside while pass-
ers by looking at the window would be-
hold only a fine nairror or set of mirrors, in
which the person inside remained invisi-
ble.
In France various tricks have been con-
trived with the air, of this class. In ono a
person seeing whist appears to be an ordin-
ary mirror approaches it to look at him-
self. A sudden change in the mechanism
sends light through the glass from the back,
whereupon it instantly becomes transparent,
and the startled spectator finds himself con-
fronted by sonic grotesque figure which hail
been hiddq:t behind the magic glass.
What wonders might not a magician of
the dark' ages have .wrought if he could
have had a piece of plaitinized glass.
How. Mark Twain "Pt•opr:soft."
Mirk'Twein's wife was a Miss Langdon,
of Ehnifa. When "Mark" first met her he
was not so distinguishea as now. lIer
father was a judge and doubtless expected
"family" and social importance in his Bon-
in -law: Clemens, •however, became inter-
ested in his daughter and after a while pro-
posed, but was rejected.
"Well;" 'ho said to the lady, "I didn't
much believe you'd have me, but thought
I'd try."
After a-while.he -"tried" again, with the
same result and then remarked, with his
celebrated drawl:
"I think a great deal more of you than if
ytou'd said 'Yes,' but its hard to hear."
A third time,he met wish better fortune
and -then came the most difficult part of his
task—to address the -old gentleman.
• "Judge," he said to the dignified, million-
aire, "have you seen anything going on be-
tween Miss Li zie and toe'?"
"What ? \Vllat ?" exclaimed the Judge,
rather sharply; apparently not understand-
, ing the situation, yet doubtless getting a
glimpse of it from toile inquiry.
"Have you seen anything going on be-
tween Miss Lizzie and Dae ?"
"No, iudeed." replied the magnate,
sternly ; "no, sir, I hav+itanot."
"Well, look sharp, and -you will," said
the author ot "Innocents Abeoad ;" and
that is the way he asked the judicial lumi-
nary for his daughter's hand.—Hartford
Courant.
Scraps of Information.
Ox hoofs and leather are soaked in French
nut oil, and are then burnt, pulverized and
mixed with sea salt and potash. The fol-
lowing proportions are used: Thirty per
cent. of hoofs, 30. per cent. of leather, :30
per cent. of sea salt, 10 per cent. of potakr
This product is said to harden iron all
through.
Lemons are used for soap in many coun-
tries -where they grow. Wlaen the men and
ncrl of the East Indies want to wash
t hands they squeeze the juice of a
lemon over them briskly in water until they
are clean. •
Madrid is the most elevated city in
Europe. It is built on a mountain plain or
plateau 2200 feet above the level of the sea.
Being much exposed to extremes of heat
and cold, it is very unhealthy. • •
The three commonest surnames in Eng-
land and Wales are Smith, Jones and Wil-
liams. The number f•persons owniug each
of these names are abo
Smith.. 254,000
Jones 242,000
Williams 160,000
The Englisi!• walnut is said to he the
most profitable of all nut•bearingg ire s.
When in frill -bearing theywr1f yieud about
300 pounds of nuts to the tree.
Fall Gowns in the Electric Light.
"Woman," says a man, have got to de-
vise some way to meet the searching rays of
the electric light. In the theatres and
hotels I am struck with its effect upon the
faces of the woolen. It not only brings out
every spot and blemish on the face, but
creates, by its sharp shadows, lines and
angles which do not exist, endowing fair
women with unnatural, homely counten-
ances. This is so accepted a truth that
women, who make a study of accessories,
surround themselves wherever possible with'
other than electrio lights, or, if obliged tit
fade them, see to it that their rays come
through shaded globes. Nor does a woman
of discrimination nowadays buy a ball or
reception gown till she has tested it under
electric lighting, small rooms thus illumi-
nated being provided for the purpose in all
large shops. A fabric beautiful and be-
coming by gas, lamp or candle light entirely
loses these characteristics when subjected
to the cold dazzle of electricity, and women
know this.
Cnnntng of the Insane.
The double file of insane unfortunates
marched shiftingly np and down the court-
yard pavement of the Philadelphia hospital
recently rn pursuit of the usual outdoor ex-
ercise. Out of the extreme rear of the col-
umn suddenly stepped a gaunt, cadaverous
creature, who bent as if adjusting a re-
creant shoelace. This, being a frequent oc-
currence, attracted no attention from the
attendants, nor did these vigilant officials
notice the straggler tear open the lining of
his long, torn overcoat and abstract a letter
—which a condescending spectator near by
had promised to deliver—and clandestinely
hand it to the spectator. The epistle did
not roach its destination, but the act was
so neat and the man so skillful in execution,
and the attendants so completely unaware
of the transaction, that the attempt, by
virtue of its own merit, deserved actually a
higher degree of success: --Philadelphia, Re-
cord.
A Good Irish story.
A quarrel had taken place at a tair, and
a culprit was being sentenced fors man-
slaughter, Tho doctor,howover, had given
evidence to show that the victim's skull
was abnormally thin- The prisoner, on.
being asked if he had anything to say for
himself, replied : "No, yer Honor ; but I
would ask, was that a skull for a man to go
to a fair wid ?"—Spectator.
She Speaks.
I do not care how well she speaks,
Or in how many languages, t'
If. with a blush upon her cheeks,
She answers my one question "Yes."
Sam ; .ND. '10'02SS.
INTERESTING PARAGRAPH' CUl-LE12
FROM VARIOUS FIi=LDS, .
Tho Earnest of Stearn Enghtes was Quito
a Swioega, but a Good Dent ot a Toy„-
Ynpurnonla Subdued—.t French 1?h ui-
oleo's Discovery.
Hero's engine is desoribed by Hero the
Younger, of Alexandria, and anted about
120 B.O., and hero we find the first record
of tate early history of the steam engine.
In the home of kuelid, the great goome•
trieian, and possibly contemporary with
that talented engineer and mathematician
Archimedes, Hero produced a manuscript
which he entitled • " Spiritalia sou Pneu•
matica." Tate works still extant and
hits been several times republished. ' In it
are described a number of interesting
though priinitive forms of water and heat
engines, and among the latter that shown
in the cut, an apparatus moved by the
force of steam.
team•
This earnest of steam engines consisted
of a globe suspounled between trunnions,
through ouo.of which steam enters through
pipes from the boiler below. The hollow
bent arms cause the %aper to issue in such
a direction that the reaction produces a
THE FIRST SCRAM EOt1N E.
rotary movement of the globe, just as the
rotation of reaction water -wheels is pro-
duced by outflowing water.
It is quite uncertain whether this ma-
chine was ever more than a toy, although
it has been supposed by some authorities
that it was actually used by the Greek
priests for the purpose of producing mo-
tion of other apparatus in their' temples.
It seems sufficiently remarkable that,
while the power of steam had been, during
all the many centuries that man has ex-
isted' upon the globe, so universally dis-
played in so ,many of the phenomena of
natural change., mankind lived almost np to
the Christian era without making it useful
in giving motion even to a toy ; but it
must excite still greater surprise that, from
the tirne of Hero, we meet with no good
evidence of its application to any practical
use for many hundreds of years.—Professor
R. H. Turston in the Scientific American.
PNEUMONIA SUBDUED.
The Latest Advance in tate Seleneo of
Medicine.
While pueumosia is probably one of the
most fatal of the diseases that the physician
is called upon to treat, it is"at the same
time one of the most unsatisfactory as re-
gards the results secured by treatment. On
an average one in every live persons stricken
with the disease dies, and this rate of mor-
tality under unfav'orable circumstances, as
in the privations of war, has been as high
as one in every three affected. Notwith-
standing the growth of medical science the
physician has been practically powerless to
stay the progress of the malady, or to
modify its course, his main effcit being to
meet the various complications likely to
arise with appropriate remedies, and to
support the strength of the patient until
the disease comes to an end.
DIt1ITALIS AS A, SPECIFIC.
Some years ago digitalis was recommend-
ed by foreign investigators as having a
special action in pneumonia, but as the
treatment was contraryto the accepted
-theories of •blood-letting wand gaiinihtr'--de•
pressants in the early stages of the trouble,
it did not receive the attention that has
been given to it recently, since the publica-
tions of the results of the experience of
such eminent physicians as Traube, Wun-
derlich, Petresco, and Tikl. In a recant
issue of the Medical and Surgical Reporter,
Philadelphia, appears a careful consideration
of the benefits of this form of treatment,
and the editor predicts that digitalis will
supersede the present -routine practice of
depressants, and that this drug bids fair to
become almost a specific in pneumonia. •
THE MORTALITY REDUCED.
The•result of the investigations of Petres-
'co are most valuable, as he has now used
digitalis since 1883 in preference to all
other means of treatment. Ho asserts
that he has cut short the disease in from
tweuty-four to forty-eight hours by this
d;ug alone, the pulse and fever of the
patient falling almost normal. In 825
cases treated by him since 1883,• he has had
a mortality of only 2.0:3 per cent. In the
experience of Edinbourg, 608 cases treated
by blood-letting alone gave a majority of
34.06 per cent. The results secured by
Tikl, of Vienna, have been even more
'gratifying than those of Petra -deb.
distinguished 'practitioner has published the
results of 61 carefully -studied eases, all of
which were treated by *large doses of digi-
talis. Only one death occurred among this -
number, giving a mortality of only 1.63
per cent.
All of the foreign investigators agree
that the doses of digitalis intuit be larger
than those generally employed. Petrenco
has been in the habit of giving from sixty
to ninety grains a clay, in an infusion, for
three or four days consecutively, and even
with these large doses he states that he hal
never noticed any had effects. From the
reports of the investigations of these well-
known physicians the medical profession
would seam to have placed in its hands an;
other important weapon in the over -coming
of a dreaded disease.,
A Portable Telephone.
One of the members of the Glasgow,
Scotland, fire department has conceived the
idea of employing the telephone in com-
municating with headquarters concerning
the progress of a fire and consequently
each hose -cart is supplied with a portable
telephone. The instrument comprises a.
complete receiver, transmitter and call -bell,
requiring no battery, the communication
with the headquarters being made by con-
necting the wire with any of the street fire
alarms. The advantage of such a system
is that the headquarters can at all times he
apprised of the progress of the fire and
®could fire break out in another section of
the city it is possihlo to communicate with
the engines at the Grst fire v: ithor.t the nn•
certainty and loss of time of employing a
messenger.
F.
THE POTEROY t:iF FLATTanY•'
- A+ ,Fogle .f the Fox WA qty. nitre by
int, Quad,
One day the Fox naw the. Here enter her
burrow, and knowing that he could not dig
her .out he approat'hed with a grin uppn his
face and announced that he had been en -
pointed a committee of one togs through the
.forest and report as to which animal was en-
titled to. the prize for grace, beauty and
fleetness afoot There was no question, he
said, that elle could run three feet to . hie
two, but simply as a formality she should
'conte out mei make a trial.
"Sir," replied the Hare from her safe re-
treat, "I'sol no Spring CMolten! Do we
not all know that the Weasel is the fleetest
animal in the forest?"
"Ahs yes," said the Fox, "but the Weasel
has no grace. His body is altogether too
long for his girth, and everybod has re-
marked on the size of his feet. Your forin
is pronounced faultless by all. I pray you
come out that I may behold you."
"Sir," replied the hare, "1 inay look
green, but I am no hayseed. It was only
yesterday that you chased me two miles
and cams near eating me. Not this eve,
thank you !"
"But, my dear Hare," persisted the Fox,
"it is well known that you have the love-
liest eyes of any inhabitant of the forest."
"Do you really mean it ?" queried the
Hare.
"Of course I do ! And such beautiful
teeth !"
"Dear, dear the 1" sighed the Haire.
"And you have such a shy, cute way
with you, and such a graceful walk. Real-
ly, I must insist on your corning out of
that hole in the ground, which is no fitting
domicile for such as you."
"Honestly, now, but do you actually
think ?"--began the Hare, as she popped
her head above ground. But before she
could finish the Fox had ;her• When site
had been duly devoured he picked his
teeth witn a sasafi.•as twig and observed to
himself :
Moftulr.—"Flattery, if persisted in, is a
weapon which never fails to bring down its
game."
•
Ho -"ate" Whip, She, Slept.
The wearied sun had sunk to rest six
hours • or more ago, and in the dainty
drawing -room the light was burning low.
The solemn ticking of the clock in measured
beat and slow to Thompson Gaddis seemed
to say that it was time to go.
But Thompson heeded not its voice, for
still he lingered there, as if a wad ot chew-
ing -gum had glued him to his chair. And
Thotnpson's voice had taken on a most un-
certain note, as if a lump of something dry
had risen in his throat.
"Amelia, dear," he faltered out., "hear
what I have to•say. It may surprise you,
but do not—O, do not turn away! My
palsied tongue has often tried my passion to
translate, but doubts, misgivings, trem-
blings, fears have made me hesitate. I
know I cannot even now my longings for-
mulate in words that please a maiden's ear
or seem appropriate. I cannot clothe env
heart's fond hopes in forms of speech
ornate, because my nerveless vocal chords
will not articulate. But now the fateful
hour has come! I can no longer wait, and era
1 leave this house to -right I ask to know my
fate. Amelia, dear, my sufferings you
must commiserate. To put me out of
misery do not procrastinate. Forgive the
if I seem too rash, for I am desperate.
Your tender heart will blameless hold a
poor unfortunate whom love has made un-
duly bold and too importunate, The
question trembling on my lipsyou must
anticipate. Your charms my very being
thrill,—my brain intoxicate! My love I
cannotpicture forth in language adequate
nor voice the deep emotions that my bosom
agitate.. Devotion pure, affection true my
being animate, and every hope I have in
life to you I consecrate. Evasions I
abominate, deceit I deprecate, and I confess
that my estate is very moderate—"
All this had Thompson .Caddis said,
with eyes'upon the floor, when from Ame-
lia's gentle lips there came a gen j.'e snore.
* 1 :1 :f * * *
And Thompson said, as be walked away:
"I'll tell herthe rest some other day."
A Soliloquy.
MoStart (on his wedding-eve)—"Hivin
knows how Ellen Foley iver said 'yis."'—
Judge.
A Victim.
"Never hada 'chance to work 'for your-
self?" said the kind, motherly old soul as
she handed half a pie to the dingy applicant
tor cold victuals who had told his weird,
pathetic tale of woe.
"Never, ma'am," he replied. "Always
had to work for other men. Always had to
work hard, too, and got mighty little for
it."
"It must be dreadfully discouraging never
to be one's own master-" •
"Yes'm. It gives one that hired feeling,
And he laid his upper lip back and Began
on the pie.
A Busy Man's Hint,
Supt. Bender, of the Chicago division of
the Big Four lines, is a very busy man, so
busy that he does not have much time in
his office. When at his desk he has no time
to tell stories or listen to bores. He does
not care to "fire" any one, but when they
talk too long he gazes at. a card just above
his desk. The visitor's eyes follow his and
read the following:
MINUTE STOPS TO -DAY, PLEASE
WE ARE nF:rt1ND,
And must Make Up Time.
—Indianapolis News.
The First It las,
Young Harold kissed his girl last night
much to her glad surprise.
His moustache seemed like this to her :
But this was just
its size :
110,0
An Aaprrsio••, on tier 011sprin(-r.
Mrs. Callahan—"I want to get a pair of
shoes for the little bye.•'
Clerk—"French kid!"
Mrs. C.—"Indade not. He's me own son
—born and bred in Amerikyt"—Life.
IRISH STOAz S.
A writer 01 'the * e9eathr gays ;
---An 7iish peasant hrought a,litter
of kittens to a ],'roteistant vicar in a
certain town in county Wicklow,
requesting hien to purchase them.
Tho vicar declined,. °Your rivir•
enoe, they are good Pro.tentaut
kittens, urged Paddy, but his
reverence remained obdttrato. 4
few days after, the Renton Catholic
priest (who had meanwhile been in-
formed of the offer to his brother
clergyman) was approached, and,
on hie refusing to make a purchase,
the would-be seller urged a sale --
"Sure, father dear, they are good
Catholic kittens,"' "But how is
this, my man ?" -replied the priest;
"you said a day or two ago they
were good Proteetant kittens."
"And so they were," said the
peasant, "but their eyes weren't
opened."
1-Iet•e is another I heard in Ire•
land recently. A quarrel had taked
phaco at a fair, and a culprit was be
ing seutenced for manslaughter.
The doctor, however, had given
evidence to show that the victim's
skull was abuormally thin. The
prisoner pn being asked it' he had
anything to say for himself, replied :
—"No, yqr honour; but I would
asst, was that a. skull for a man to
go to a fair wid 1"
Ae instances of pure humour,
these, however, do not surpass the
story of the Scctch boatman, who
while crossing a loch, was asked if
he would take some water with his
whiskey, and replied :—Na, there
was a hurse dooned at the heed o'
the loch twa years ago." The head.
ofthe lock was 24 miles dis-
tant.
"MAKE IT A HABIT TO
ROOST HIGH."
Dialogue in a District Court-
Houee in New Jersey. A negro
was charged with having robbed a
"hen roost." 'An old darSey,
known as "Honest Abe," was called
as a witness to the prisoner's
character, and this was his way of
testifying :—
"You know the, prisoner, -do you,
' Mr. Simpson 1"
'"I hab a faint suspicion I does."
"Have you known him long?"
"Boss. dat woid 'long' am a very
hard one to cal -cur -late."
"Well, have you known him ten
years ?"
"Reckon I hab, more or less."
"Now -tell the jury what you
think of his character for honesty."
"Don't zactly ketch yer meaning."
"Do you think he would steal 1"
"Steal what, boss?"
"Oh, anything—chickens, for ex-
empla?"
"Boss, I'd hate to 'cuss a man, an'
that man a nigger, widout jest
cause. But speaking pussonally—
mind you, pus-sonally—ef I wur a
chickin dat libbed in his neighbor-
hood, widout casting any re -flection=
on his honesty, I'd make it a habit
to roost high !"
A FATAL FALL.
hilt. WM. DOI°, OF THE GORE OF DOW -
NIL', FALLS FROM A BEAM
IN HIS BARN ANI)
- D1 -Es PROM-PHE
EFFECT.
.A. melancholy accident was re-
ported from the Gore of Downie
Saturday morning, the unfortunate
victim being one of the moat re..
spected and,. well to-do residents of
the township, Mr. Wm. Doig, liv•
ing neae Fairview, and well known
in Stratford, Mr. Doig and his
hired man had occasion to ascend
to the..Lighest beam in the barn on
Friday afternoon, about.4.30 o'clock,
for the purpose of transferring some,
hay to the mow with the hay lifter.
The work had been about completed
when by some means Mr. Doig lost,
itis balance and fell backward to
the floor below, a distance of nearly
eighteen feet. The top of his head
struck the floor first and the un-
fortunate man never moved or re-
-gals -fed • con8diolleisFsa`'thereafttfr:
Dr. Shaver was sumoned with all
possible speed, but nothing of course
could be done to help him. The
base of the brain had been fractured
and the brain itself ruptured. The
poor man lingered until 9 o'clock
Saturday morning when be passed
peacefully away, Much sympathy
was expressed throughout the city
for the bereaved family and relatives.
The funeral took place on Monday
last at one o'clock to Avondale -
cemetery. -
The deceased was born in Perth -
hire, Scotland, about forty five
years ago. He carne to Canada in
1864 with his parents.
•
THERE is a ouriens diversity of taste
among smokers to as the kind of pipe
they prefer. Some like the play dab
best, others prefer the briar root, others
ag sln the meerschaum, some must have
their pipe well seasoned before they can
enjoyit,othet a again meet have a new pipe
and throw it away whenever it becomes
a little old. Ent though this diversity
of taste aujong them is curious, it is not
at all curious that there is substanial un-
animity among them about the kind of
tobacco to be used. Experience has
proved to them that the "Myrtle Navy"
brand of Messrs. Tuckett & Son is the
genuine article.
iIOW • wx DIMF.ZslT 1YA!
The body Qfl( t31. Diluent, ar
Stratford, Ont., who was killed near
Silginaw, Mi.gh', .titer, week, wars
brought h.arne. on Saturday after.
noon and was interred in Avondale
Suuday afternoon, the funeral'i)e-
iug largely attended, Mr. Diluent,
was a brakeman au the 1.?., M. & S.
railroad. As Was the custom when.
approaching - a watering tank, the
engine was uncoupled from. the
train and allowed to speed on to the
water tank while the train's follow-
ed and ran into a switeh. On the
the•train on which Mr. Diluent met'
his death, the engineer had only
been recently promoted from fire-
man. Whou the coupling pin had
been pulled the engineer, without
waiting for the customary signal.
from the brakeman, pulled out and
Air. Diluent wad thrown to the
ground . between tite rails. Her
caught the bi'akebealll and was drag-
ged along several car lengths when
'the train turned into a siding. la•
turniug his body was thrown under
the wheels, death being instantane-
ous. The hcdy was fearfully
mangled. Deceased at one time
was employed on the G. T. R.
SCOTCH MARRIAGES.
There aro few things more amus-
ing to a Scotch lawyer than the
ridiculous notions that prevail in
England on the above subject.
And oven in Scotland, where these
marriages are recognised, there is
sometimes a vagueness of ideas upon -
the subject which is far from satis-
factory. Here is some explanations
of Scotch marriage, as it is called.
Marriages aro divided into two
classes, according to the mode of
their constitution—viz,, regular and
irregular. A regular marriage is
one which is celebrated by a clergy•
man of any denomination, in pres-
ence of witnesses, either in church
or elsewhere, after the due pro-
clamation of hallos in the Pa iiah
Church, or advertisement by the
registrar of the district, and there-
after duly registered. All other
marriages aro irregular or clandes-
tine. This latter is of the cies%
which is popularly known as Scotch
marringee. Before we detail the
inode by which irregular marriages
may be constituted, our readers
should be carefully cautioned against
a' common error, viz., confusing
regularity and validity. An irregu-
lar marriage is just as valid as a
regular one, and confers all privi-
leges upon wife and children, once
it is. proved. But the difficulty
lies in the proof. In a regular mar-
riage the evidence is indisputable,
and therein lies its main legal ad-
vantage. A perfectly valid irregu-
lar marriage may have subsisted for
years, and yet the proof may he lost
in the end through the coath of the
parties or the witnesses, and the
whole relationship drops into mere
concubinage, leaving the offspring
of the union bastards,
Passing now to the various modes
of irregular marriage, these are the
following :-1. By simple inter-
change of consent. The consent
may bo Dither by word of mouth or
in writing, and may or May not be
in presence of witnesses ; but it
must be presetlt consent, and it must
Jae un.eon,diti.oral:,.,-s,it,ia.:noton ugh _
to say "I shall accept you as my
husband," or "I accept you as my
wife on condition that you bear a
son." The consent must take effect
at the present moment, and it must
be absolute. 2. By promise to
marry at a future date, provided
this promise be followed by co-
habitation as husband and wife. It
is to be observed,' however, that the
promise to marry roust be proved
by the "writ or oath" of the spo'Ise
denying the marriage. That is
to say, if the man denies the
marriage he must bo made to
admit the promise to marry on oath
in the witness -box, or else written
evidence of his promise must be
produced. It will bo of no avail to
cite fifty witnesses to swear they
heard him make the promise. The
subsequent conjugal relationship
,may,.,.. howevea, •-be.,proved by wit-
nesses, or in any other competent
way. 3. Habit and repute. This
is not so much a way of constituting
marriage ; it is rather evidence that
marriage has been constituted at some
previous time. Suppose a man and
woman oome to a new district, and
reside there for ten or twenty years.
They address each other as husband:
and wife, and are universally known
iu the locality as Mr. and Mre.
So-and•so, and their children are
treated as legitimate ; in such a case
after tllo death of one of the parties,
the status of the surviving spouse
and children will not be lost merely
because no proof of the marriage
can be shown, and any person who
says that the counection was other
than marriage avill have to prove
his statement. Of course the co-
habitation must take place in Scot-
land.
•
The beautiful glossy sheen, so mach
admired in hair, can be secured by the
use of Ayer's Hair Vigor. There is no-
thing better than this preparation for
strengthening the scalp and keeping it
frac from dandruff and itching eruption*,
—Mr. Charles E. Sadlior, Hamil-
ton's oldest lawyer, died Tuesday.
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