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llsattjpk, The MOO general opiniofi
A\ .set cline ,stibjeot bee • allotted
ate abireh'pines of the "faint to a
e ntlle,d ,Kilpatrick, near Dun-
18wt oft til Scotland Dr. Jaingan,
Elia his exintustive° treatise ou Irish
4olesiestloal, "h.ietop)r, thinike the
+trieigitt' ,df' eeideuoe• is. in favor of
r'ratrce as 'hie native country, and
Li.e "gives the birthplace at or near
Lqulogno•Sur-Mer. Probue, also a
we*'y ancient writer, assures us that
, St, Patrick governed the diocese of
lliionlogne ae bishop before he set
emelt for Ireland. Cardinal Moran,
ante wrote an article on the birth -
Wane Of °St. Patrick in the Dublin
Review in.1880, states that he was a
$$otohmen, ..and Father Hogan, a,
dbaarned Jesuit, inclines to the sante
opinion, while Mr. Cashel Eloey, a
vorali-known writer, says that he was
e eon of a British official employ-
ead.tender the .Romero, who had
previously achieved the conquest of
Ragland.
En the work of rare historical
valae-vroeerved, in the library of
Trinity College, Dublin, and known
sky
THE BOOK OF ARMAGH,
a'fs de stated that he was born in Bri-
ttei:n, not far from the shores of, the
Milch Sea, and St. Patrick himself,
Ea one of the fragmentary epistle
+eehich have descended to us from
that misty and remote period in
which he lived, says : "I was born
the son of Calpurnius, who was of
the village of Bonavon Thaburia"
(atot !far from the sea.) Further -
swore the saiut distinctly speaks of
skintselif in hie ''Confession" as be.
fag "after a few years again in Bri-
tain with my parents," from which
V.h appears that he originally ;came
t€com Britain, and that, as has been
•s. sited by Cashel Hoey, he and his
gt+arents resided there. The voner-
:.able Oeugua, the Culdee, who wrote
ng anterior to many of these au'
tiaocities, also traces St. Patrick's
=ether, Conessa, to a British source,
while his biographer, Probes, who
&entitled to exceptional weight on
arecount of . the early. period in
which he lived (A. D. 662), says :
"while ,as yet he (Patrick) was in
t tis country with his father, Cal -
emeralds, and his mother, Conessa,
tide brother, Ruchti, and his sister,
Mils, in their city, Adularia (a
Buchan camp) ,there took place a
agosat sedition in these parts of the
means of R,ethmit, the King of Bri-
flta+icat, devastating Ari►nurie and
cetiter'ac joining places, and killed
Callinrniutaand hie wife, and curry -
i ng away captives their children,-
Petrick
hildren,Petrick and his brother Ruchti with
their sister,. landed in Ireland.
iota Vita, cap., xii.) While
erefore
ref St. Patrick's exact birth -place,
me author claims him es an Irish-
masan. Probabilities are that he was
the son of an English official who-
madded
hormesided at a former Roman camp
gear Bath, and that the place where
the saint speaks of as "Bonavon" is
tike river Avon, which rune into the
if:rs,h Sea, es recorded in the book
off Armagh, and which bea in those
e*'oty Saxon times times was visited
fay pirates who carried the boy a
adore to Ireland. Patrick also, in
i a his epistle to his friend Coroti-
aa*e, *peaks of the Irish as "a foreign
' caution" (Gene extera), and he in'
tetra, according to the book of
.dlamagh, was referred to by the
vegan Druids of ancient Ireland,
venom he was destined to supplant
anis royal favor, as "a foreigner com
ling from over the sea," But what.
ewer place or nation has had the
Sauer of liie birth, whether France,
England, or Scotland, he is essenti-
rctty the patron saint of Ireland, and
ac nada out after the long lapse of
nee
as the most typical reprosenta-
teo of both tho piety and patriot-
time of its people. What St. David
ca to the ancient Cymric nation,
ot$nat St. George is to England, or
St. Andrew to Scotland, that St.
'Petrick is to Ireland and Irishmen.
sOf his youth little is known, but
srat the age of 16, or about the year
f, i. D. 403, he and his sister were
,nrsrried captives to Ireland, the
s+tination of Patrick being in the
srlIwthern part of the island, where
Ile was separated from his sister,
who was located on the eastern
tenant. For six years the future
9 traiesionary, like the Prodigal Son
of the New Testament, was engaged
cea herding cattle and swine. From
cis captivity he subsequently es
mod and .made his way to the
erre-stern tern coast without money or
rood, subsisting as best he could on
eat berries and wild fruits which
country afforded. Probably
"'grading a pleasure in the pathless
valets s and a rapture on the lonely
eels.e," he, after thus travelling
mffi, itt 200 miles, providentially met
donne sailor, l..taund'far�.!'ran,11 aled
o rlred'lfo board with tlieni
'O1 a
t re Ow .
rd re •�i
e g�
, povotr flaying,, ?"Full Ahat1'by ?rQ
:menus •:come .'rrigb Qr. r Ratlfrok ro,+:
paired to.* atuall oottige liy,tlte re44,
shore, when be. had 'previously ob.
$.since somed41#e1tgr, and here pray,
esnd Rest,, yhen,fipgl1y the MAP:1gr of jhe vesgoi .relalce(i 40,,,taak
hi.nu ore 'board, 'ASO' three' 4aye•
they . .
perickD. Ik' rBR[F8• ANT
op .the Aot'thern goeet of France..
.Psltiok <wns • now. In bis 22dd low;
and tiirpdd,,of the oaros of the world,
rtired AO i► mono cry at :ToUrsr'.
ale beresided • fore'some time;
Here be. educated .himself fully,
and determined to devote himself to
the interests of religion, Being no
longer either a clave ora stowaway;
but en educated man and a priest,
he .yearned ,to return to ,the lend of
his captivity, and like a Chrietign
to return to his captor"' and. oppree
Bora that good for the evil which he
had learned was the great doctrine,
of all true religion. The Holy See
had previously dispatched :mission•
arise to Ireland, whore Christianity,
ite we shall subsequently see, had
made much progress, but some re-
sistance being now encountered to
its doctrines, and owing to.Patriok's
six years' acquaintance with thsg
country, making him something of
an Irishman, he was selected for
the difficult but glorious work of
propagating the teachings he him-
self already reoeived in •the mon-
asteries of France. Against the ad•
else and remonstrances of his
friends, who earnestly endeavored
to dissuade him by the most touch•
ing entreaties not to go among a
people who Were known to be deep-
ly attached to pagan rites; and who
had threatened and expelled Palls'
dine, he resolved to risk his.life,
and not to hide the gift of God
from a people whose supplications
for their deliverance he imagined'
were still ringing in his ears. After
a prosperous voyage he o -nue more
arrived in Britain and began his
ministrations in Wales, and when
long into middle age he again
reached Ireland, where years before,
he was a captive and a stranger.
Patrick immediately commenced his
missionary labors with consummate
wisdom and tact, and being mild in
manner and gentle of deportment,
and gifted, also it is said, with
great eloquence, he made first
friends and then rspidly converts.
He invariably made it a point to
Itch before the
PRINCES AND CHIEFS.
of clans, knowing that if he sue•
ceeded with ono chief his .whole
following would in these • early
times change over to Christianity.
St. Patrick did not rudely assail
or alter existing pagan customs or
ceremonies which !night be tolerat-
ed but he, on the contrary, permit-
ted the Druids to carry on their
feasts in the name of Christians,
which they and their fathers were
accustomed to obsere as pagans and
as native Irishmen.
Referring to the early civilization
of Ireland Dr. Petrie in his learned
work upon the round towers of Ire•
land quotes from a very ancient
document showing that Ireland was
"prosperous during Cormac's time,
,,and. j.ust--j•udgments--•wore_d•iatribtat--
ed throughout it by him, so that
no one durst wound a man in Ire-
land during the short jubilee of
seven years ; for Cormac had the
faith of one true God according to
the law, and said he would not
adore stones and tram; but Him who
made them and who had power over
all the elements—i e : The one true
God in Him he would believe,"
(Essay on Round Towers, page 299),
King Connor Mac Nesse, who reign
ed before Cormac, had also been
told of
THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST
by Altus, and the traditions of
Munster have preserved the name of
four bishops, Kievan, Ailbe,Declan,
and Ibar, who preached the gospel
in the South, and who had received
their jurisdiction direct from the
Pope long anterior to the days of
Saint Patrick. It is considered
that the first knowledge of Chris-
tianity was brought to tho south-
eastern shores of Ireland by mer-
chants who fregpented Irish ports,
and which, according to Tacitus,
were more favorably situated than
those of Britain. "However, it can
not be doubted," says Father O'Ter•
rell, "that there were persons long
before the arrival of St. Patrick in
different parts of the country, but
especially along the eouther•n and
southeastern coasts, who professed
and practiced the doctrines of Chris-
tianity." From all those authori-
ties it would appear that St. Patrick
was sent to perfect and complete
the work of Ireland's conversion
which earlier and less successful
missionaries had already commenc-
ed, That be thoroughly accomp-
lished his mission, is obvious from
the firm boll which that faith has
since maintained in the history and
national life of Ireland where :
Though centuries still have departed
And yanished like visions away,
The sons of the soil, simple -heated
Still honor St. Patrick's Day.
On Patrick's Day in the morning
The shamrock fresh culled may be seen
Bold hearts and fair bosoms adorning,
Baptized in its native poteen.
•
AMI wllereYer 0441 can lights aReoplo,
Nirllorever men ltreathe his fret.,e r ;
;Or worship ,► eat)trlr p
sifts Iree•or .t p^ I
poate'`e;l4a'fi`A�>n;`�rin"ale th9a�it,.: ►
Ani, 09110 sad,, he. ,may, bro.-rand lonely,
t;le wears Ito>Gr<�.tlra Crol!s:of his ow
Qn hia heart the•dearshatnreek that only
•Cana bloom ou .Erin's green sod,
The ohaulrook le ea especially
ey, wholip of Ireland as that auciept
iierp ..nhieh lldoore eaye, "?.ace
through• Tara's hallo ite soul of
}pusio shed,"
It it tire, owing • to an bietorica
occasion in the hiitory of hie .nlie
•ail n,:f oloaely aeeociated ' with :th,
name of Saint Patr,ioky for, es h
patpitilled' the "enal4ee.:from Ireland
so the tradition 'bac decreed tha
the little plant should grow to. per
fecti g
9>; in ,the Green Tale, and i
no other spot on .earth, Like • th
clover, it is a 1ltree-1oayed plant
growing from a single Mem, and i.
-ltdtanically considered distinct from
both clover and trefoil: The plan
is the more typical of the faith o
Irishmen, because whenldernonstrat
ing the question of the Trinity, be
fore a gathering of the Princes and
Druids of Ireland at Tara, St. Pat
rick once used the shamrock to show
the astonished chieftains how three
persons were united inone. Hold
ing up between. his .fingers a spray
of green shatnrook, which he plunk
ed from the ground beneath him
he replied to the question respecting
the Trinity of the exacting Druids,
adding : "Just as you see theme
three leaves united upon that stem,
and that stem with these leaves, so
are there
THREE ODDS IN ONE,
and one in three." Both the ad-
dress of the Saint and- this ready
method of demouetrating what to
the Princes and Druids of the
period was a good deal of a puzzle,
and is still a mystery of religion to
us, secured then and there many
converts to Christianity, and ren-
dered St. Patrick's subsegii nt role
sion in Ireland to great a success
that he taught the king's wife and
two brothers and many influential
persons to look from the dark night
of paganism into the full noon of a
glorious Christianity.
St. Patrick loved Ireland and
Ireland counts him among her great
est benefactors. Like great heroes
and statesmen, he has been accorded
the glory which belongs to success,
and thus has earned a place among
the immortal few whose names were
not born to die.
PIE -EATING FOR PRIZES.
V40 bilkietrOWA
%hree of tlo,:fpoifr X11 7A4A "�,, ,�s4
Ir'ioresese'it 14"e'aretieet ., Ouse,
. A . A few facets, bafuret pe' died, the„1.a e 1'y
J. I+'1oronde, the ,tlistinguleht d comedian,
wrote Out for frlend ,e aeries of stories of
practical jokes perpetrated by himself,
Aere.al:e three. at their;
+'It lk * very common ;thing tq'>re r-peO..
ple say,f '' do net practical Mice, for I
cannot see any fu>Lt.in, anything thatofiusee
l
pain,,urihappineli�it Or,anasQyanpe toe MIoW. creature,” just as though every practical
joke wet nem/wily. do ',tb)st, whilfrin
e .reality such is very far from being the Oslo,
o A practioaj joke may be intenepfy funny
to 'everyone 'convsyant with it, and
yet be of so ,barmlai and into),
.gent a nature *e to afford iii►ltq amuse-
t1 ment to the person at whose expense it is
e played. A notable illustration of this is a
good-natured sell that I originated for the
.benefit of that' most 'agreeable gentleman
8 and fine actor, the late; E. A. Sothern, and
upon whose I played it so much td his own
▪ satiefaction that he repeated it upon friends
of his until it became famous and was
• played all over this country from Maine to
• Qeorgia, as our Fourth of July orators say.
Meeting Sothern on Broadway one fine
• morning I told him that there was an oat
for him up at the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
taking care to pronounce my word. in ouch
a careless,, inarticulate way that the genial.
comedian thought I said there was a note
for -him -at the hostelry I had named. He
accordingly started off post haste up town
—we had met near the Battery, virhith' r
we both had strolled for a morning constfr
tutional—to get his note. When he reached
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and the clerk,Lin
response to his inquiry, handed him out the
grain of oats which I had left for him, he
saw the joke immediately, and laughed at
it most heartily, devoting the remainder of
that day to telling everybody ho met what
a capital joke Billy Florence had played on
him.
About three weeks ago the Church
of the Messiah, Detroit, drew public
attention to itself by having a charit•
able.,entertainrnent in which a pretty
little ekirt-dancer figured prominent-
ly. To night the same church added
to its notoriety by giving u pie.
eating contest in the church in
which the participants were six
boys, ranging in age from 6 to 10
years.
The boys were arranged in a row
befrr'e a long board with a full-
grown pie in front of each. Tee
boys' hands were then securely tied
behind them, time was called, and
the battle begun. The prizes offer-
ed were a couple of 25 -cent jack-
knives to the two boys who should
make the best time in downing their
respective pies.
-"-,.Tee•--•boyo" libbreii "msri '17y iu
their endeavors to get away with the
American dyspepsia breeders, and
the scene called forth many ex-
pression, of delight and approval
from the large audience.
THE ENERATING ENERGY OF
AMERICANS.
Dr. Cyrus Edson in North Amer-
ican Review for March : In thir-
ty years time, less than half the
Biblical allowance of man's life, the
United States has multiplied its
wealth six times, and has nearly
trebled that per capita. What en-
ergy, what work, what unceasing
effort has been needed to bring
about this marvelous result 1 What
can we do to retard this develop-
ment of the brain at the expense of
the body 4 Obviously it is imposs-
ible to change our rurroundings, to
change our food, to lessen the
drive of our modern life, to relieve
the strain on the mind, to make the
competition fess fierce. It is ap-
parent, then, that, as we oan not
lesson the strain, we must increase
the ability to undergo it. We must
asa people, learn to understand this
—that while we drive the brain we
must build the body. The methods
of doing this are so simple that they
are apt to bo overlooked ; they may
be summed up in two words—exer-
cise and fresh air. As we teach our
children to wash our hands and
faces in the morning and continue
our teaching until ablutions become
a habit so fixed as to produce posit
ivo discomfort if they are omitted;
so we must teach them to exercise
until this, too, becomes a habit, a
a eecond, nature; a something that
when omitted causes real physical
distress, and we must choose a form
of exercise which is adapted topereon
of middle age as well as to children.
* * * Build up the body, build
up the body 1 In our modern life,
this should be dinned into the ears
of all until it is obeyed, for, verily,
unless we build up the body, the
strain on the brain will ruin the
American people.
•
Once, while stopping at a prominent ho-
tel in an eastern city, myself and Col. Bob
Ingersoll, who was also a guest of the house
at the time, occupied adjoining rooms. It
chanced one morning that Col. Bob, having
"been out" the night before, had called
down the speaking tube for some raw oys-
ters to be brought to him in bed. • As I was
descending the staircase for the sake of a
little exercise before breakfast, I met a col-
ored bellboy bearing a tray containing a
dozen of the finest Shrewsbury coves tempt-
ingly displayed upon the half -shell.
"Where are you taking those oysters?" I
demanded.
"Dese yeah combustibles am agwine to
numbah 123," replied the son of Ham.
"Number 123 ?" I echoed, as tl.ough it
were the number of my own rooms, but in-
stantly recognizing it as that of Ingersoll's.
apartment.
"How dare you bring me oysters without
Worcestershire sauce ? Put your tray down
and go and get a bottle at once." •
Not daring to disobey this imperious
mandate, the boy left bis tray upon the
stairs and descended in search of the Wor-
cestershire sauce. Meanwhile I sat, down
upon the, staircase to.dispose of the oysters
and 'soon departed, leaving no trace of them
save the half shells: ,a-The.,braaker.le disihay
on returning to find that the bivalves had
disappeared, and the style in which Col.
Bob pronounced anathema rnaranatha upon
the hotel people for their long delay in at-
tending to the wants of so distinguished
a guest, like the difficult passages in
novels, "may be better imagined than de-
scribed."
Once while playing a succession on one-
night stands in some small towns of the far
west I was much annoyed by a host of high-
ly carniverous insects, who infested the
beds of even the best hotels and made sleep
impossible. At one of these places, the
host of which had assured me that there
were no such creatures in the house, I left
behind me, over the mantel in my bed -room,
-tny-fuilename•-in•- large---letters-composed-of
the bodies of the little pests fastened to the
wall with pins.
A Canadian Fable.
The jury having returned a verdict of
"Guilty" against a man on trial for steal-
ing sheep, his lawyer arose acrd said to the
Court :
"May it please your Honor, I ask to
quash all proceedings on the ground of de-
fective information. While my client ad-
mits stealing twelve lambs, he has been
charged with and convicted of stealing
twelve sheep. A lamb is not legally a
sheep, your Honor."
"Your point is well taken," replied the
Judge after reflection, "and I will give th
prisoner the benefit of the technicality. I
was intending to sentence him to the peni-
tentiary for two years, but will change it to
State prison for the same term. While a
lamb is not a sheep, neither is a State
prison a penitentiary."
POSTSCRIPT.
The lawyer got the sheep, of course.
Tho Feather Rage
Mrs. Murphy-Och, Dennis, yez will
ha.o ter do without Wier featherbed, me
deur, but yez have a fashionable -dressed
lady fur a woife.-Har•per's Bazar.
Very Considerate.
Servant -Mr. Cotillon is not in. You
had better leave the bill.
Tailor's Collector -No, thank you. The
poor thing gets left often enough without
•my assistance.
A Mean Interpretation.
Mr. Open -I make it a rule to tell my
wife everything.
Mrs. Keene -Lies as well as truth, I pre-
sume, according as the needs are?
11 -fa WORK OF THE HuMgrtlS' ;; WITH
BRUSH k P Pl leiQ11R,
The Forsgrapbare Lq.t VP IR X410 as Ger
Time Tiafi'.`Weeh,--nertmei i Altustous to
Alf fferte'entl.aondtatoas` of Mea and
w, -,fl,.
A CnUEL CONSTRUCTION. -Husband (hur-
riedly) -Intelligence has just reached
me—. Wife (cutting in) -/shank heaven
-if it has at last ! The food was partaken
of ill silence. -Frank Leslie's Monthly.
Men of positive convictions -prison in-
mates.
Men who lay wagers hatch disappoint-
ments.—Washington Star.
The dressmaker deals in figures rather
than facts. -Washington Star.
Half a loaf is better than a railroad sand-
wich. -Kate Field's Washington.
One of the`hardest linos of duty to a wo-
man is the clothes line. -Dallas News.
A clever woman listens to compliments,
a foolish woman accepts thein.-Fliegende
Blotter.
There is always a hand of welcome ready
to be offered to the strange umbrella. -
Pittsburg Press.
When you need a friend don't pick out
the man whose dog never wants to follow
him. -Ram's Horn.
When you are betting on an absolutely
sure thing save out five cents for car -fare
home. -Boston Post.
A Strong Witness. -Judge -Have you
any witnesses for yourself? Prisoner -Yes,
sor, mesolf.-Epoch.
When you open a window on the railway
train the first thing to catch your eye is a
cinder. -Boston Bulletin.
Electricity is a great educator. Think
what it has done to make men see things in
a new light. -Elmira Gazette.
.A Boston dancing teacher has made an
assignment. He should know how to mut
reverses. -Yonkers Statesman.
My son, do not put your oar into,a gen-
eral conversation of sensible people, unless
you have a good skull. -Elmira Gazette.
Perverse Woman. -The girl who
"wouldn't marry_ the best on earth" gen-
erally marries ono of the worst.-Brooklvn
Eagle:- - .
Cowper says: "Boys are at best but pretty
buds unblown." When the boys begin to
blossom they are rum fellows. -Boston
Transcript.
Greenland has no cats. How, thankfu
the Greenlanders should be. Imagine cats
in a country where the eights are six months
long. -Tid- Bits.
I'ts mighty hard to know sometimes what
to do in this world. A pretty girl is prais-
ed, but a young man is blamed, for being
fresh. -Somerville Journal.
"Wasn't it awful ? She married a poor
dry goods clerk !" "Yes; but just think
how handy he will be to send down town to
match, goods. "-Puck.
"Do you find it hard work to pass the
weary hours ?" "There ain't none of 'ear
wearyenough-for••me-•te-pass-'ems": rejoined -
Mr. Hungry Higgins. -Indianapolis Jour-
nal.
Philosophy is a great help to a man in
time of trouble, but it is an asset that his
creditors don't value, no matter how much
they may need some of it. -Somerville
Journal.
He Was in a Hurry. -Patsy McKenna (in
an electric, which has broken down) -Well,
av this car don't be after proving soon,
oi'll take the wan behoint.-Harvard Lam-
poon.
Miss Von Gimp -I wouldn't marry the
best man living. Dr. Perkins- No-ah-er
-perhaps not, but-er-that is really no
obstacle to your marriage with me. -St.
Paul Globe.
I cannot sing the old songs
I sang a while ago,
For if 1 do the other genets
Quickly get up and go.
-Snyder See.
"Young Gonbrook strikes me as rather
an agreeable young man." "Wait till he
gets a little better acquainted with you,
and he'll strike you as he does me -for an
X." -Chicago Tribune.
There was once a maid In Hoboken,
Who gave her betrothed as a token,
Some cabbage bananas
Which she said were "Havanas;'
The engagement that was now is broken.
-New York WorlS.
Mudge -What a paradox woman Is.
Wickwire - You -don't -say ? Mudge -
Consider her foot, for instance. Tle; larger
it is, the less it appears. -Indianapolis
Journal.
"I do wish," said Rastus, scratching hia
head, thoughtfully, "I do wish dat wizzil
Edison would invent a sort o' cew•catcher
fo' de roan pend o' dem anirniles called de
mule."-Harper's Bazar.
"So you want to go before the foot-
lights ?" said the manager, grimly. "Yes,"
said the aspiring youth. "Well, you want
to be quick, then," said the manager, "I'm
pretty quick with my foot," -New York
Herald.
"As you make your bud you must lie in
it," said the politician to the candidate.
"That's all right," replied the candidate.
"Don't let it worry you. You do the mak-
ing and I'll attend to the iying."-Wash-
ington Star.
Intuition.-Fangle-What sort of a dross
was that Mrs. Snooper wore to -night ?
Mrs. Fangle-Demi-train. That's pre-
cisely what Cnmso said when he trod on it,
but how did he know its name ?-New
York Nun.
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Tltn .Manitoba Legislattfre will opo a otae,
Thursday..
Mayor Fremont, of Quebec, has. out looee:t
front Meroiorism,
Bradetreet'a reports • tra a I a r v
• Qntario, and queboo.
I),awson's grist mill on Wolfe bland halo
been destroyed by fire.•
Hamilton retail grocers will close their.
Ptoree at 7 p,m, atter April 1.
A Montreal Man. Mae been found guiltyror'
forging marriage certificate.
II'amiltost banks report that March, •
pawed well -bettor than last year.
Dr, Roorne, M. P. for West Middle-sm..
has recovered from an attack of •grippe.
The Coutury Road Club of Canada. wilL
not recognize reeorde niado•on Sunday_
The New Brunswick and Nova dentia:;
Legislatures Were opened on Thursday.
The Ontario Press Association opened. ite
annual meeting at Ottawa on Thursday..
Kingston Liberals have abandoned., the,
idea of protesting Mr. Metcalfe's election;
Mr. Carbray, Conservative, is elected hap
Quebec West, his opponent having retire&
The fourth passed satisfactorily at Ottra-
wa, all the banks repotting paper well met.
An Orange Grand Lodge for the North--
west Territories has been organized at. Res-.
gine.
John McCallum, of Kincardine Township.
was accidentally killed while loading sags'
logs.
The grand jury at Woodstock Assizes-
prorrouuced in favor of a reduction of grand
jurors to 15.
On and after the 15th instant the Civic
Service employees will have to pay postage
on their letters.
Patrick McGarvey, a farmer, was struelt.
by a train at Orangeville on Wedneedsg
and instantly killed.
Dr. A. R. Pyne, of Toronto, has passed,
the most sucoessful•examination on recentt'
as a public analyst.
Nathan Vansickle, convicted of eoe$.e
fighting, has paid $120 in fine and costs ata
Hainilton Police Court.
Hamilton Trades and Labor Council asks,
the Ministerial Association to endeavor to.
solve the moulders' difficulty.
A meeting of sugar refiners was held ins
Montreal on Thursday in connection witlx.
the recent troubles in the trade.
W. F. McKenzie, reeve of Leamington,,
has been unseated on the ground of not-.
having property qualifications.
It is seid that Mr. J. Israel Tarte has re' -
tined from the field in Montmorency, where,
he was the Liberal candidate.
Mrs. Crilly, relict of the late John Crilly„
of Mountain road, Hull, Que., has just;.
died at the great age of 111 years.
The official count in East Simcoe on Wed-
nesday gave Mr. Bennett a majority of sir --
teen votes. A re-count will be held.
Mr. Monfet, Liberal, has resigned ia•
Nicolet,,Que., which gives the De•Boucherr
ville Government seven seats of a start.
'Ottawa won the Ontario" Hockey Associa.-
tion championship en. Wednesday night,.
defeating Osgoode Hall by 10 goals to 4.
Lewis Dugall, an employee of the Shed --
den Company at Kingston, on Friday-
lifted
ridaylifted and carried 532 pounds of white lead:
Rev. Dr. Campbell, of Collingwood, has.•
received a call to the Presbyterian church
of Victoria, B: C. It is said he will likely:
accept.
Mrs. Carrie Patton obtained a verdict fee -
$150 at Woodstock Assizes on Thursdag
against Albert R. Russell, a Warwick
drover.
Mr. James Beaty, sen., of Toronto, whel;-
founded the Leader, passed away on Sitter. -
day afternoon, having attained the great
age of 94.
London %Vest Council has increased tire:
cost of tavern licenses from $17.5 to ?60,
`Ind liriiiEecl this nuinber to two taverns ands,
two shops.
According to the annals of Guelph, Those
Lynch is the first born male child in Guelpb4,
He celebrated his 64th birthday on Monday.
of last week.
Mr. Charles S. Hyman's counsel applied['.
before Judge Davis ou Saturday to have a.
re-count of the ballots cast in the London,'
bye -election.
The monthly horse fair at Brussels, Chatty_
was largely attended by both buyers and
sellers. Good prices were obtained for alb.:
anises of horses.
It is said steps are being taken to restore
harmony between Canada and Newfound-
land in regard to trade matters, with everts
prospect of success.
Two Conservatives contested Montcalms,
Quebec, on Thursday for the Coinmone,.
Mr. Dugas is said to be elected over Mrs -
Therein by a majority of 400.
J. E. Teta, who was suspended front the:
Dominion Immigration Department during,
last session's investigations, died on Wed-
nesday at St. Boniface, Winnipeg.
C. Jackson, a Grand Trunk brakeman,,,
was killed by a train in Kingston on Satu►t-
day. He was about to be married -And l
a house furnished in Brockville.
The Christian Endeavor Societies of Can,
ada have petitioned the Senate, praying for -
the closing of the Canadian section of the:
World's Fair at Chicago on Sunday.
George Kyle was slashed with a razor -iia.
the bands of Maud Coiling at Sarnia on
Friday, and the man is seriously wounded..
Both belong to a notorious coterie know
as the Kyle gang.
Mr, A. H. Muir, formerly of Hamiltons,
but of late years residing in Detroit, died':
last week. He was a brother of Mr. W.
K, Muir, formerly manager of the Great;
Western Railway.
Land Commissioner Hamilton, of that
C.P.R., who has just returned to Winnipeg
from Britain, 'says the prospects are for the•
largest immigration to Manitoba and the
Northwest ever known.
Mr. A. P. Moore, of the Acton Free:
Press, has been elected president of the
Canadian Press Association, and Mr. Alex-
ander Pitie, of the Dundas Banner, vies., -
president.
The special committee of the Hamiltons.
City Council met on Saturday night and re-
commended the settlement of the deal be-
tween the city ynd the street railway com-
pony on a basis which has been agreed upon+