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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1892-03-09, Page 3fhe neuron Neiws»Record +111160 tF Yo3r Qf,'21a Iu 4a4vaece IiikflitOdaY, awe* flth, 189V. iW? RIAL FEDgRATION. 4 t gtRON4# ARGUMENT IN ITS FAVOR. 'i irriti•>pg' to the SheffieldDaily graph, "A. J," eaye :.--If the >l9 wring figuree do not justify pre - tial *figment of the colonies, lit I1 Geld: like to know whet will, Meet* perferelrtial treatment, the le..calrede of thousands who now oorlgrate annually to Ameri,ge, sot+ntid find it to their interest o &Ea -1 homes in Canada, Australia or u'cftaa, to the advantage of all of us, Ilmiafilceonatrated below. It is argu- e sedlinhat the colonists offer us noth- fiam tin return. They give us a re - Amon etiready, and I have yet to • fpm that they discriminate against tato roducte of alien countries in Emir of our own. That they would weave our purpose, even if they nretisateined every penny of the tariff ream Levied by them on British costa. It would load to a greater tity'-of interest between them anti etc, and to a more complete oneifi ation of the oueuees of the em- pire- Just as our Constitution has gammen up bit by bit, one pert, as it mom dovetailing into another, until int Eta strength it is the envy and aelEatiratiou of the world, so would tiltst interests of the various parts of fi'uat Empire gradually become en- taretiatael until no power on earth varus .9. be able to rend them. le met Weis an object to be desired Y Is fit worth no present sacrifice, if, as eilMe assert, sacrifice there must be 1 Madre will cosmopolitan trading Foal. eel It will lead to the sever - same of the Mother Country from &cc children. We are treading that i; already, and this with the iii:rith before bur eyes that the trade create colonies is far more valuable tfe<aa alien'trade, as under :— Barnett PRODUCTS—COLONIAL VS. FOREIGN' TRADB, Intr.-87ia buys at the rite of..5 6, er19se ad. l 8d aaveliaa buys ai the rate of, ... 1 8s 9d Me. falls, buys at the rate of.. 0 3s Id Cape and Natal buys at tko rate of .. 4 Its 9d H err Kong buys at the rate of, 11 8s 4d Itrucritius buys at the rate of0 16s lld `t g-t?asia bays at the rate ot'. . 1 3s 3d Cloacae Indies buys at the rate of 2 118 5d E ar:natty buys at the rate of.0 8s 3d Feassoe buys at the rata of0 8s 8d Aluxtrica buys at the rate of0 10s 3d Iiiaroa..c buys at the rate of0 la 3d Y` SS emirs at the rate of 0 5s 5d &'genie sad Portugal buy at the rate of , 0 Gs 7d En other words one Australian Vic:, with a wife and three child. is las good a customer (about) as Americans, 75 German or 70 "ulnen. One million such fym sere would be worth as touch to D' stn labor (about) as the whole Demean nation. Nor is this all. `f"foe returns of our colonial trade,. swegttste and imports, are so nearly frakkeseed as to justify the in saying Crud each L1 worth of iuiporta is re- ' sated by a demand for at least ESe worth of British labor products. Ekosign countries, on the other ream'/, take less than lOs worth of e stasis for each Ll of imports, and Wham largely of a kind representing Esher in its least valuable form -- rem- materials and goods in the early eves; , of manufacture. • IIPARISON OF FERTILIZERS. lies article on Land Plaster as a fertil- iaas aampared with salt and ashes has J 4j bean brought to our notice,, and is oar that should be road by all farmers. Tele&Bowing is made up from the annual report of the Michigan state board of Ag- efie tare. "Very careful tests were made bar,: xaanmer at the Agricultural college ftizierz toy Prof. Johnston showing that 100 Encamis of land plaster increased the grow- Vb. otitirnothy and clover hay 1,400 pounds the ¢rite acre, and that it increased the welt 240 pounds more co the acre than fi 200 pounds of salt (three times as rem, ,alt as plaster on a corresponding pions of grass): also, the plaster increased ttaeignewt.h 760 pounds more per acre than (l3"i ante times in weight in ashes. eker•esponding plats were left without ftretslrsee. In this test the plaster, ashes ming salt were sown in April and the hay wex resat in July. The grass was nearly arftci mtothy. The clover in the plats have fawn winter killed. Othtr tests were ran& where the fertilizers were sown in .frau.., which proved conclusively that =IA 1rs fertilizers must be used early to get Gleertceefit of them, as the fertilizers sown War dad not effect nearly as much gain as tv2aaw they wore sown in April. It will Ines e. from these tests that for the small man- - of about 30 cents for 100 pounds of paste; a clear gain of 1,400 pounds to the arms =ay be obtained. Now, 100 pounds off easter to the acre seems a small au:,a2et and if the farmer would use liber- affse, as,y 300 pounds, as the salt and ashes tares,e need in the test above referred to, it sieved that a greater gain would be nix ie.—Paris Star -Transcript. —Geo. Morgan, Willie Fluff, and trmlaembus Morgan are jailed in eeeraesee on the charge of kuklux- i S They, with Ed. Richards and ll,a Masters, went to the U.M. 'dlwcch at Haleabnrg daring services. rimy locked the door, formed a cir- dc au the center of the room, and teemed whisky around and drank it fro—Al they were drunk. Then with _pistols, !mucks, and knives they alt asatelted the preacher and several reetatbers and continued their work reneall all the congregation disappeare tettl through the windows and left 4;aa in possession. STORIES QF THE CHU'ItQH N AND Halt ItIAMI1QlHTEl8s, leiflllnnr,N7'e IN VIZ Peva Or I',IYI,PIT bxPOUNfeta to meant, DA1NOMIN4• W14Ns, DLI. OOLUUR5 AND , 00UNTRIE9,• The Rev. E. J. Harly, author of "How to be Happy Though Mar- ried," is now serving as en army chaplain in Plymouth, ,England, Hie wife is first cousin of Oscar Wilde. Dr: Gillespie, one of theseoretar- les of the Preebyterian Board of Foreign Afiesious, is on a visit to foreign lands. When last heard from he was in India, and expects to return in'April. The youngest of the prominent clergymen of America is said to be Rev. Samuel A. Eliot, son of Pre sident Eliot. ot Harvard, and suc- cessor to Rev. Brooke Hereford's pulpit in Boston. Cardinal Manning was, to use his own phrase, "a formal Pkeptio" about medical science anti a passion- ate foe of tho cruelty wroughtin its name. He hated physic, and, al- though he took great care of his health, he guided himself by the lighttof nature. Here is an intelligible notice that came out in a well-known clerical paper one year ago : "A married A. 13., now holdinga safe charge, will be disengaged on 17th Septem• ber. He is an extempore preacher of thedoctrines of grace in all their satisfying influence, and now seeks another." Mgr, Gilbert, of Moorfields,Card- inal Moran, of Sydney, N. S. W., and Bishop Clifton, of Bristol are regarded as the then having the beat chance of appointment as Cardinal Manuings successor in England. They are all home rulers, and eon• eidered "safe "on labor questions. India has sent a missionary to England, Miss Soondorbal Power, a native high.c.teto IIindoo, who comes to point out the evils of the opium traffic. She wears an Orien- tal costume, but speaks English fluently. Her oratory is simpleand direct,,and she excites the sympathy of her hearers. Mgr. Gilbert who is spoken of as a possible successor of Cardinal Manning, is much esteemed by the English clergy. He is one of the greatest of London preachers, an eloquent pulpit orator, and his church is crowded. Moreover, he is an idol of the London working- men, and, like Manning, a priest of simple and severe life. In the two nettled iatdon ferences of'. Maine last year, seventy-two churches, with $271,850 worth of property and payiug eateries aggre- gating $30,779, gave $1,503 to church benevolence and $195 for the support of superannuated pastors, while the 23,544 Methodists in the State contribgted for the support of veteran ministers the sum of $2,704 —a fraction over 11 cents each. On the day of Cardinal Manning's consecration as an archbishop, an Irishwoman in the attendant throng audibly expressed disapproval after the ceremony, basing her crititism on the theory that he "had one foot in the gaave already." The pre- late, overhearing the remark, obser ved to someone beside him : "I think �,there=-atreleweGve-yearls,:work in me yet." Tha t was twenty years ago. Spurgeon's church seems to be seeking another Spurgeon. The choice of a successor is said to lie between three men who moat utter- ly approached the late preacher's distinctive powers. Beecher's church in Brooklyn, made no attempt to find another Bencher, for the simple reason that he could not be found. The wisdom of Beecher's church has been amply demonstrated in the great lumen of the lley. Dr. Abbott, The rector of a wealthy Episo. pal church in New York has produced discord in his pariah because of his humouroua reference, in the parish paper, to the use of camphorette. "The smell," he said makes some people faint. It is a sort of cross between Hunter'a Point and a bad egg. Poor cologne is bad enough —any cologne, in fact—but cam - phonate is absolutely appalling." So many ladies in the congregation think the rector was reflecting on them that he feels almost as if he was in hot water. "The death of Rev. W. D. Dal- rymple, missionary of the Presby- terian church in Bengal, is announ- ced. He died of leprosy, contract- ed while serving a forlorn colony of sufferers from this disease. He had only been among them six months when the signs of the dis- ease appeared on him and he slow- ly wasted away, contifiuing his serv- ices to his fellow sufferers wile 11e was able. It was a noble sacrifice which he made for Christ and for the souls of the striken mon and women." "Some church members are terri bly afraid of science," says a clergy- man, "They think that when St. Paul bids them 'fight the good fight of faith,' he means then to wage unceasing war on new ideas. Their notions of science are often as crude as that of the man who said he could understand haw astronomers discovered the distance and the re - stir° position of the stare, but that he could conceive how they' found out their names, The weapon of our warfare are not given us for the pulling down .of• acionoo." The physical condition of Pope Loo XIII, ie said to be tough worse tiOn its popularly believed. It ie reported that his life "hangs .by a thread," but it is certain that his in- domitable spirit keeps him, when he appears in public, from betray - lug any sign of doorepitude. At a' reeent,ceremony in the Vatican the Pope when borne up the aisle is his great chair of state looked pale and indeed feeble, but there was a gleam of brightness and mental strength in his face that showed the existence of strong vitality within. Spurgeon used to in preparing some of hie sermons employ and addresses. It is related that a gen. tlemaa who frequented the British Museum used to find another man continually examining volumes of the Fathers and the Puritan divines, One day the first of these visitors said : "I suppose air, you aro pre• paring some work of great research! "Oh," said the other, "don't you know who I am? I am Spurgeon's man. I have to got up for him al! the moat telling anecdotes from' old or not generally accessible books." Mr. Gladstone, in a letter o death of Cardinal Manning, a of the rupture that was occas between them after a period years of close friendship upon ring's change of faith, and ad "In a late letter to me the Ca termed it a quarrel. My reply it was not a quarrel, but a d That was truth. 'Tore had been viciss:tudea, but I am certain that to the last his per felling never changed, and th kept his promise, made in 185 remember me before God at the solemn moments. The Rev. V. A. Lewis of Br lyn continues to speak and against the present method of t ing Chinamen in Sunday echo In a late article ho says : "1 upon all to stop a line of work change immediately a, system leads to such poseible results. the incoming of the Chinese to country is to mean the in term ages of them with our Amer daughters, in the present condi of China and of the Chinese America, thou I would not pet another Chinaman to enter' land, but would seek to carry ou work of their deliverance from tl polygamy and sin in their o land." Cardinal Manning disliked v much the paragaaph written ab women of fashion, "I do thin he said, "a woman's appearance a toilet should be sacred from pulpit. Ah 1 poor thing," he' u to say cf one who placed herself yond the pale, "she has suffere Never a word of censure or blame. During one or two ye I was a neighbor of hie, writes woman who knew him well in London paper, and ran in very ten to see him, and he always h leisure not only to receive me b any friends I might recommen I' don't believe in hie whole pu life that he ever did or said thought an unkind thing. John Xnox need to preach pol ical sermons and the practice is ge ing to be quite a fad nowadays ceitaln city "tv Ae9 Ike was b as merry -minded a man as that oth Dr. Knox, also an efninen divin of whom this story its told : Whe the Dean of Armagh was summa ed to preach in the Chapel Roya at Whitehall Dr. Knox rallied hi thus : "Be careful, Dean, at White hall, for there it was you know that King Charles lost hie head 1 After the sermon the Dean said thi to his reverend friend : "I almos met a fate even worse, for the verge informed me that as soon as he ha taken the choir up to their place h would return and conduct. me to th halter !' n the pontos ioned of 15 Mau • da :_-- Cat said eath. since quite sonal at ho 1, to most ook write each- ols. call , to that If thio arri- icau tion In •mit the the lair wetcry out k," nd tho sed be- d" of ars a a of - ad ui d. re or • it- t - 11.• ot t- t - of er 0, n n- 1 m i s r d e e Mr. George Johnston, Dominion Statistician, in regard to movements in the United States Congt•ees cal- culated to affect Canadian interests recently remarked : There is cue movement of very considerable importance in Canada that is the free silver coinage question. A majority of the committee of the House of Representatives on Coin- age, Weights and Measures, has reported recommending the passing of the Blande Free coinage Bill. If such a bill becomes law then the present guaranty of the United States Government that its silvtr coin will be redeemed in gold will cease. That guaranty is all that maintains the silver coinage of the United States at its face value, for it is not intrinsically worth its face. All holders in Canada of United Stales sivsr coin would find it at once depreciated in value There is a good deal of ,that coinage in Canada, and the loss in the age gregate would be large. The safest way is to have nothing to do with American silver for the present till the free coinage question is settled. —Rev. Father Fonrmond, the priest who was instrumental in sav- ing many lives of settlers at Frog Lake during the rebellion of 1853, died last week in St. Boniface Hospital, Man. Q4,IY>* 3QHRElNE1V$ HOME INAFRiOA, Au - The Isolate"I Vlflag e W Uves toe morel' "4i' 4 '1Qaa rarrn," Metjeefeetein, the'llerae of Olive Soler er, is a little railway station 195 m from (:ape Totvn, and is reached by t in about twelve hours. It is situated in twiddle of a sandy plain in the' Karoo' 8 rounded by mountains. This little set trent in the desertconsists of the rano station itself, to which there aro attar very epaoious refreshment rooms. Ab fifty yards behind the station, and runn parallel with it, there is a row of hal dozen houses. The occupants of these houses take th meals at the railway restaurant, to wit they aro summoned.at stated hours by t ringing of a bell. Water to supply t needs of this little community is broug from a reservoir some miles distant. the middle of the row ot houses is the e tage in which Miss Schreiner lives. It co slats of three rooms—a sitting -room, be room, and pantry. It has a zine roof a a verandah in front, which is afro of zi and painted white and green after t Dutch fashion. On the stoop or rail walk, under the verandah, is Miss S9hrei er's wickerwork Madeira chair, which a takes with her in all her voyages. There, too, will usually be found, when his mistress is at home, Miss Schreiner'a dog Dick—a terrier who has turned perfect- ly gray from age, and to vhoin Miss Schreiner was at first attracted by his ugh., nese. "He is too ugly to be stolen," she will say, "and he has been my devoted com- panion for a length of time." On entering the little hall it door on the right opens into Miss Schreiner's sitting room or study. It is a moderate-sized room. Half a dozen photographs—some of them of Dore's paint- ings—adorn the walls, which are dadood. On the mantelpiece is placers a large photo- graph of Miss Schreiner's eldest brother. The furniture of the room is simple in the extreme. It consists of a few chairs, a sofa, and a large table. On this table, at which Miss Schreiner writes, at the side facing the window, there are an inkstand, blotter, and paper. There is also a little silver cigarette case, Miss Schreiner being ordered to smoke a cigarette occasionally as a protection and relief from asthmatic tendency. An oil lamp is suspended from the ceiling. There is no escritoire in the room, nor are there any bookshelves. The study is in fact sym- plicity itself, and utterly devoid of all liter- ary apparatus and paraphernalia. 1 saw but two books there, both philosophic works. A door from the sitting -room opens into the bed -room. Miss achreiner rises early, and 'generally has a couple of hours' work done before the 8 o'clock breakfast at the railway restau- rant. She writes by fits and starts as the mood takes her. Al time$; in the intervals of writing, she walks in the Karoo fur ten minutes or so, and conics hack with her thoughts fresh and collected. After lunch- eon she yields to the custom of the place and takes a siesta, For an hour or two be• fore dinner a brisk walk or canter—she is a perfect horsewoman—varies the monotony of the day.' After dinner a game of whist is at times a prelude to the evening's work. Bliss Schreiner is rather below than above medium height, She is by no means a re- cluse, and is a brilliant conversationalist. -- Pall Mall Gazette. cin,• ilo s rain the ur- tie- ay had out Ing f a air soh he ho ht In ot- 0- d. nd nc he ed t- he The Itecent Drift of Marriage. There can be no question that many re- cent marriages indicate a new tendency in the selection of wives by some of the 'nen who have had an extended choice. Many things suggest that the girl who dances well, who dresses like a fashirm plate, or whose chief attractipu consists of a prat ty baby face, is not the one who s.;ot•es the triumphs. She may wield a sway in a circle of passing admirers fpr a season or two, but in the great number of instances she ultimately becomes a recruit to the en- larging army of -useless spinsters who 9101 - ply repine and wear out a dull existence without even an enlivening human interest of any sort to occupy herattention. it is the smart and bright girls. the rather re- served and domestic young woman, who of late have been figuring most as brides, and the time when a practical knowledge of housekeeping and domestic economy, o• even a familiarity with cooking, is consider- ed a detriment to the wife of n man of means or position seems to have gone by. Senator Hawley married a nurse in a Phil- adelphia hospital. One of the most distin- -=guishedephysieianseofesNew- York-ri se'' age -- married the nurse which attended him dur- ing a fever, and within a month a well- known physician of this city married the lady who successfully saved, by her nursing, a patient whose case he considered hopeless. Ex -President Cleveland married one of the most practical of youhg women, and almost every week gives new illustrations. The son of Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, one of the greatest social catches in Philadelphia, de- spite every opposition, turned his back on a hundred fashionable butterflies and crossed the ocean to marry Miss Lea, a Philadelphia girl with an ambition, who sought the stage as the arena of her efforts in the direction of an independent activity.—Chicago Her- ald. An Elegant Cottltire. This illustration shows an elegant way of dressing the hair for the evening. The hair is waved at the sides, and fringed over the forehead. The back hair is di- vided, one-half is 'twisted and forms the top, the other half is fastened below a feather aigrette above. The wearing of furs has natura'ly a good deal of influ- ence on hair -dressing for both woman's crowning glory and the skins of beasts in which she may up- holster herself can lose half their charm if not combined properly. The gold hairpin of a society woman lately had a tiny watch set in it, hut most women }would find it very inconvenient to wear their watches in their hair. Watches are worn suspended from chatelaine brooches attached to the breast, however, and some exquisite de- signe arc seen for this purpose. One of the most attractive is formed by a number of artistically curled feathers, in which small diamonds and sapphires are intermingled. The Floral Law of Color. A florist who declares that a blue rose is among the possibilities has had called to his attention by a fellow florist a very interest- ing law which appears to govern the color ing of all flowers. The law is simply this: "The three colors, red, blue and yellow, never all appear in the same species of flowers ; any two may exist but never the third. Thus we have the red and yellow roses, but no blue ; red and blue verbenas, hot no yellow; yellow and blue in the vari• 0119 members of the viola family las pansies, for instance), bet no red ; yellow and rel Clads Ii. but no bine, and so on."—Nater Bury Conn.) American. r,,. The subject of this sketeb has been know' for 19 years :au the editor of St, Nicholas. Before the starting of that model magazine for young people, Mra. Mary Mapes Dodge had made a reputation as a writer of poems, stories and sketches for young folks and ale* as an editor, having been associated with Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe and Do- nald G. Mitchell in the editing of Hearth and Home. When the new juvenile ma- gazine was projected she was engaged to take charge of it and was given the finest facilities and the wid- eat latitude as to methods and expense; and the capability and judgment and inven- tive. thought and tire- less care which she brought to the work are fully and widely - acknowledged in the record of the maga- zine's THE ED/TOR of ST. Butgrbaefo eeeeMrs s. NIOHOLAS• Dodge became the editor of St. Nicholas her name was dear to multitudes of children, who are now men and women, from her "Irvington Stories" and a little later through the storyof "HansBrink- er." The Irvington stories are now out of print, but Hans lirinkler is still read with delight by children of many lands, having passed through many editions in America and England, besides being published in French, German, Italian and Russian. A French translation of this story was award- ed a prize of 1500 francs by the French Academy. And the success of this story was merited by the faithful work which the author gave to it. In its preparation it is said that "Mrs. Dodge ransacked libraries, public and private, for hooks upon Holland ; made every traveler whom site knew 'tell her his talo of that unique country ; wrote to Dutch acquaintances, and submitted every chapter to the test of the criticism of two accomplished Hollanders Living near her. It was the genius of patience and toil, the conscientious touching and re- touching of the true artist, which wrought the eeetningly spontaneous and simple task." p -urs. Dodge is a native of New York and she was reared in a home of culture and re- tiuentent. Her father was Prof. James J. Mapes, a distinguished scholar and scien- tist. His gifted daughter Was Left a young widow with two litt'e sons to rear and educate when she entered upon the literary career which has been made so bright a success. MOCCASINS FOR THE BABY. I --- sow to Make a Nice Pair of Chamois Leather Shoes, With all the discussions of hygienic clothing and the many schemes for dress reform. the foot covering of the babies is too often at fault. In spite of the fact that the chamois 1000- casiu makes a perfect infant's shoe, by far the greater number ot children are left to endure the evet•last- ing sock. The moccasin is soft and pliable, warm and pleasant to the touch; it presents no holes now To CPT TUE throdgh which wee Cita 1IOns. toes protrude, no meshes in which the tiny nails can catch, and it is far simpler and easier of con- struction than the worsted shoe. Whosoever will fol- low the directions given below can make as perfect a moccasin as the one the illtts- tration shows : • Cut two pieces of fine chamois skin of urrJlt AND Tar the shape given in . oi' suroc: the diagram, and let the proportions be as follows : The distance a -b in the larger piece should measure six and three-eighths (61) inches, t n'trnarie4irolatil jTOi ; ir•rfritil f ' one-quarter (54), j four and one-half (4i), and ,f four and one-eighth (4,i,) inches. For the smaller piece a -b should measure three and three-quarters (3:f), c -d two and five-eighths (21) inches. When both pieces are carefully cut and measured, gather the carved space in the large piece so that it shall exactly fit c -d in. the smaller. Then seam the two pieces together from 1 to 2, and also the back f the larger piece from 5 to 6, when the moccasin will be perfect? so TILE CHAMOIS SHOE far as Shape is con. COMPLETE. eerned. After all the seams are nicely stitched, go over each on the outside with a row of fine line stitching, whieh must be made to open the seams so that there may be no roughness on the inner side. Lastly, turn in "all edres neatly, finish with line stitching ; cut slits around the ankle, run, a ribbon through thein, and' the shoe will be ready for wean—Cincin- nati Post.. Delight tho Feminine Heart. The very nicest present to give a girl or Woman who isn't so old she is tottering with rheumatism, is a pile of cushions for the floor or couch. They must be made of heavy material like plush or velours, if for the floor, large in size and not orna- mented except with large tassels on the corners. She will heap thein one above the other on the rug before her grate, in some sunny, low window, or in her favorite cor- ner by the bookcase, and dream out her woman's fancies in the happy consciousness of being comfortable and looking graceful at the same time. Pillows of all kinds have wonderful possibilities for comfort, even in most pathetic seasons, when new dresses don't fit and lovers are vexatious, new bon- nets are unbecoming and life a failure. Even when a girl doesn't want to see her best friend, and religion and philosophy both fail her at once, there is nothing so soothing as to sink down in a nest of soft pillows and think it all over.—New York Sun. The Latest Whim, One of the nosfel little whims of dainty women is a charm of gold or dull silver made in the shape of an acorn or flenr-de- lis, and worn upon the bangle or chatelaine. It is filled with perfume, which is permit' ted to escape drop by drop, and thus keep the wearer enveloped in an atmosphere of subtly fascinating odors. Women realize more and more the potency of perfume as an element of charm with those of the so- called sterner sex, and continually devise new and ingenious merle -els fdr sutround• Mg themselves with its fragrance. STRUCK AN EAIii' J013, VERY STRANGE RIRIA(IE, Leap year and a ten -dollar bili wooed and won .e young wan,t3atur- day, at Jackson, Mich. William H, Plumb is a lean, round•ahoultlered cigarette fiend and - a $1.25 a•day street laborer. Mre. William H. Plumb is 70, fat, broad (+bouldered, a cultivated woman, and is worth $180,000 They knew each other not half an hour Saturday before the metria moniel knot was tied. • William was industriously engag- ed in cleaning a crosswalk Saturday when Salooniat Dart asked him to have a drink. The idea so delighted William that he could make no reply. But his presence of mind did not fon• sake him. Promptly dropping his ehovel he hastened inside and swat* lowed such a monstrous dose that lie could do nothing but weep for some Minutes. Then the charming Mr. Dart grew Confidential. "Do you want to make $10 dead easy 1" he queried. Plumb was hankering for just • such an enterprise. "Well," said Dart, "there's a woman at the Stove!) Rouse who will pay that sum to any man that will marry her. She will leave town after marriage and not bother him again, but she'll an old woman. "011, I don't mind that," Plumb interrupted, "if its only a cash job."' Tide settled, Dart and the bride groom elect hastened to the hostelry, where the gray.,haired bride elect was in waiting. A license and a justice of the peace were quickly secured, and the thing was, done. "Creckey 1 that's the easiest $lo I ever earned," excleitned the groom with a broad grin at Mr. Dart, after he had saluted the bride. After the ceremony Mrs. Plumb left for Grand Rapids, while her husband repaired to the Dart runt emporium, where lager and black- berry brandy and things flowed free- ly as long as the groom was able to maintain a perpendicular position, in front of the bar. Plumb's bride was a Mrs. Bently, of Ridgetown, Ontario. By her first husband she had one son. Bendy had been a widower and brought several children for Mrs.. Bendy to look after, The good man died shortly after the child of his second marriage was born. He stated in hi' will that when his widow should t4 ---•.4•i:-; arty should be divided among the chil- dren. If, however, the widow mar= ried the property would immediately revert to the children of the widow - and himself. Mrs. Bently's son is 28 years old, and her desire to see him well pro. vided for induced her to wed again. Mrs. Plumb promised her husband before she left hitt that when the property had been properly adjusted she would reward him substantially for his kindness in wedding her. Up to date Plumb's reward has not exceeded the first instalment of $10. His mother, a widow, is ese teemed at Jackson, and the affair is, of course, the talk of the commune sty. CAN'T TELL A CONVICT'S SEX. Physicians of Nashville, Tenn,, have had quite a discussion during the last few days as to the sex of a convict named Hannah Baz, sent; from Monroe County to serve one year for larceny. When brought there the convict had on1'man's clothing and persistently claimed to be a man, but requested that he, she or it, be not placed in the men'a wing, The warden called on the mem- bers of the State Board of Medical Examiners who happened to be in, session there, and several other physicians and all signed a request that Governor Buchanan grant n. pardon on the ground that they could not determine the sex of the- eonvict. Hannah has small hands and feet. and a woman's face, is rather good looking and aged 19. Governor Buchanan granted the pardon. SHE LOVES TWO PRINTERS, A. W. Carroll, of Zanesville, has sworn out a peace warrant againet hie wife, Anna Carrel, nee Boyd, a sister of James E Boyd, Governor of Nebraska, Mr. Carroll states that his wife has threatened to kill him, and that he is afraid to eat her cooking for fear she will poison him. He ascribes the whole difficulty to the presence in hie household of Fred. and Herbert Ryther, two tramp printers who came there last fall. He says that they have won the af- fections of his wife, and when ha threatened to drive them from tho- house they refused to go, and his wife said that if they went she would go with them. If Mr. Carroll's statements are to be relied upon soma highly sensa- tional developments will be made in the trial, r