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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1880-07-29, Page 7non; Song. Pio! bravo little boat, In the barber atioate Beretta. out y.our tvaite Wiage to the st nslelnY weather The wind we love best Blows out of the west. We'll seil o'or tee beeny blue water together, Like jewels of light, The spray flashes bright: The wave. ea _the sweet outliner 131'00Z05 are etaliog. cielideon. tia,the-day- pica rroftly away, Aud fold your white wings when the twilight is falling., -Harper's Magazine. Vit; White Sall. 'Tis evening-ovening on the sea; 1110te the bright horizon line, No more tee white sau at our lea, But en one even dusk of sea, Yet stin methinks met eail 1 see ! Ono dream of dueness now ale sea, • Before or aft, an blurred in one, So eight on reeonectiou's sea, That drops in age so wearily, Blots all save some fare:winery Oh 1 dusky dream 1 oil Uncross see/ Night mots before thy rod of light ' And pans our barque so sihlutlY , • Till emended nee the dead are we, But stilt that fee:sail follows mei Tang DUKE OF .Sonte interesting Sextets About the Ngilor Prince of England. ..• (From the London Trutt.). • .• Why the prince never became, a universal , favorite with his brother tars it would be •diffteult to say. Ono may mention,. hew - ever, thee his royal highness has not, pekhapa, been at atl timessuffidettly dis- pos.ed to sink the prince in, the sailor. One * • admiral was huffed because a simple 'cap- tain floated the royal standard:. another because the prince called on him in plain arlothes. The latter admiral, imieed, ad- ministered a grave rebuke, stiffly observ- ing : ,1 ehourd have been very happy to ..receive ydur royal highness 011 ersy other •ecCasion, but unhappily at this moment 1 .am expecting a. visit Mem the captain .of the Galatea.' Hia royal htgliness I. took the hint, returned te his • ,own ship, donnedhis uniform, •and.returned. Of course, to be under tho , ,duke is like serving in a crack regiment. You live not widely, but foe well. The officers of the Sultan were obliged to path I' • :Con the Admiralty for a, subsidy to pay their mess bills. My lords, •after some .delay, consented to a grant. The duke has r the reputation of being a prudent admin- istrator of the funds voted him by the :nation, and is thus a representative Sarta- in= by instinct as by title. He will some day be very rich iodeed, and is not badly • off now, with his parliamentary grant of £25,00d a year and his wife' fortune --esti- mated at double that amount. ARadical member has already been midehievous enough to suggest that when his royal high- ness becomes Duke of Cobourg he ' will have no further need for his English allowatice, on which occasion Mr. Glad- stone rose and administered a grave re- buke to his indiscreet fo1how6r. In °lie respect the duke is no Scot -at least of the traditional type -for lie hoes a fine sense of humor. • He once ' travelled in Canada, when he was escorted by a guide Who had formerly been in attendance on his older *other. 'The Prince of Wales gave mea splendid gold woad:task,' the guide' took an early opportunity of dleserYing. 'Indeed,' replied Alfred, • that's more than, Ile ever did for mo;' Wit which ware hopelessly ' loot on the. colonial. Another travelling experience of the duke's. The Ga: lathe, was at anchor iii some Australiau. port, and his royal highness himself on shore. The officer left in command_ good naturally allowed all who chose to come on board and see the vessel: Even the cop. tofu's cabin was thrown open: Its tenant had apparently been -washitg his reyal hands. Deeply touched ley the sight of the soapy water, a lady emptied the Contents. of her scent bottle'and replaced them with a draught from the duke's basin. The example instantly became contagious, and in a few minutes not a drop of the precious fluid was left. One would think the force , of loyalty could hardly go further, did one not know that it has. ' ...— Caught Mini There. The next ettse was that of a man . who was accused of discharging firearms in the city. limits. • Recorder-, You firedoff a, gun twiee ; - --did yop. No, your honor.' 'Don't you know that it is a eau serious matter to fire off a gun and not kill Any- body? Don't you know you are • liable to be punished severely for suph careless- ness ?' • I do, your honor; but there are nlitigat- ing circumstances.' . 'What are they and are there many cif them?' They are cats, and there are • any num- ber of them.' .• Recorder (brightening im)-' So you ere bothered with cats, too, are you? Come here one moment. I wish to coneult With you confidentially. Tell nae, how many did you kill?' Three with theahrst barrel* •and teal with the second.' Splendid Glorious! What size 'ehot .do you use?' • I use duck shot.' ' That fetches them, does it? Humph! .Couldn't you -lend -me -your -gun --for • a -few days?' • 'Certainly, your honorplafit you roust re- member that you aro liable to be polished very severely if you shoot off a gun inside the eitY limits anddo not kill anybody.' 'You can go. You will do, but don't let it happen agaip.' ChififfiSh-Chiaiiildr:=A-Iitatlyeetlitalretra more navvies in Canada than can got work,. ,deepito the assurancee of some of the 'Gov-, .ornment orgems that the railway contrite: tors could not find navvies, although they' offered to pay their fares to Manitoba. We aro assured by the it'gents of the raileVity, tee ,coptractors in this city that no more navvies are needed. This is a bad lookout for the three thousand English navvies who are coming out here on the invitation of Sir A. T. Galt and the Canadian. Government: What they are going to di) when- they got here, goodness ouly .1ohowit. They knoiv .nothing of farming and • the probabilities 'are that thoy will find themselves thrown upon the large cities with nothing to do. It was a groat mistake for the Government to advertise for these men, when there aro so many out -of -work laborers iti tho country looking for =plop/jetzt -Toronto Tele, SCENE JEN AN WNGLISM. COURIC. Who Court lteprimandis gibe Jury and One ' Counsellors. • An extraordinary scene between judge, jury and advocate has just been witnessed at the county collet at Bridport. The judge was Mr. Lefroy and in a case before him. 410 was claimed for broach of warrantee of a mare, which, as his honor said, could not be get into harneasi without people standing in danger of having their brains knocked out, The judge held that, the animal being vicious, the plaintiff was eutitled to bie claim and directed. the jury before whom, the case WaS heard to' find a verdict itecordingly. But on the ground that no warrantee WAS given, the jury found for the defendant, whose solicitor, Mr. joliffe, claimed the verdict,uponwhieh the judge began to expostulate with the jury as to disbelieving respectable wit- nesses, and said their -verdict was directly contrary to their oath. Mr. Joliffe said this was the moat extraordinary course of. things he had ever heard in his life, but was told to hold bis tongue or he would be removed from the court. The jury, said his holier, had no power to find such a ver- dict: The Jury saicl they could not alter their • verdict; but hishonor said they could. Mr. Joliffe said the jury thought, with him and the public, that the verdict was according to,. law, ile dared say the Lord Chancellor would .havesomething to soy on the subject. His 'honor replied he •did not care for the public, and (to Mr, joliffe)-You public nuisance, • be quiet; you are a public nuisance. His honor Ma - Mated he „would not allow effect to be given terthe verdiet Mre4oliffe-We will compel it by Mandamus. His honor said the tiny were perversely obstinate, and was proceeding, when Mr. Joliffe protested against this intimiclatien of the jury, adding -His leper had not taken a single note of the -Where were his honor's totes? Tho judge -Be quiet, be quiet. Mr. joliffe 1404 he was adopting his proseot course in order that this matter might be properly ventilated; he intended to see that an im- proper course waa not taken. His honor - Go and finish your speech in the street; tear the jury have found a verdict contrary to law. Mr. joliffe-They have found a .verdict not contrary to law. His liquor - I -say it it not according to -law or 'the evidence. I direct the verdict to be mitered. the • other way. Mr. Joliffe- We will see about that, sir; that only shows the necessity-. That is why the -defend - at had the pry:demo to summon a jury.' I have, no doubt the public will be 'very much benefited heath° jury being summon- ed here to -day. The foreman of the jury, on being ahpealed to by his honor,eeld he had given a verdict according to hie censcience. Mr. Joliffe again complained of his honor's conduct. ' The judge -I wish you would exercise a little common sense. Mr. joliffe -I regret that some other persons cere not governed by -a little common-sense' Thus; in'great disorderthe proceedings terminated, the jury firmly abiding hy their verdict. This is the same county court judge whose conduct in a. Cafie was„„eopeetteleaeletee brought -before Parini:indite Manitoba. • • The Eiaerson Neves has made arebrospeot of the progress of settlement in Manitoba for the season of immigration- leeiv •• near its eloSee -Everything went well With the pro, vince, we are assured, till the •greatest con- sternation was baused by the promulgation ' of the new land regulations. The 'News continues.: A scheme was concocted by which it might be made to appear to the Imperial Government and to capitalists abroad that lands sufficientat the prices fixed to ',Mild the road were being held by the Goveenment for sale, the proceeds of which were to be. devoted to the object. Then • came the • division of the lands into belts, ranging along an imaginary line of railway all fixed, however, so ae to be easily and in apparent good faith shown 'upon- a map. And se wo. started out upon a new basis. Settlers, thereafter could- homestead but 80 acres , and pre-emp a like quantity, instead of.160 acres as formerly, and then only in alter; nate sections, the odd sections being', rail- way lands, And thenconemenced the land grah:which in one year has yirtually closed the country to settlement and locked up , . the best and Most available•of the public reads in the hands ig speculators, .whose only object is to hold for high prices. Canadian einrants were noticed at first in wadi numbers settling in Dakota. But, g_thg,„.e4igration_seassm_gyaneed..,, those numbers increased until it encfe'd in it gen- eral rush for Dakota, while Manitoba, was lat out in the cold. The 'effect has•been'to 'nettle up that, portion of Eak'ota.nearest the boundary linee-to muse present settlers to feet dfssatisted at what they consider the , perpetration of it fraud upon them, and to .driye many settlers across the line; the lass of ' which to this , province and the* Northwest can't -be estimated. What the outcome may be we axe. not 'prepared , to say at present, but it feeling of depression pervades this pro- vince, and certainly not withqut just cause, which can only be removed by -the most active and energetic measures to remedy the evil complained -of. And there is no delaying the fact that it is traccableould' due to the management of public lands during the past year. An 'irreparable in- jury has been done, and vie have no hesita- tion in charging it upon the' present Gov- ernment, and shuffle as they may, their justification be the course pursued has yet to bo shown.'• . the. Clan Mackenzie In fiarnie. • , The Sarnia corteepondettof the London Free Press sends the following anecdote : 'The multitude. of Mabkonzies hero has a -distracting effect . upon smite people. An Irishman coming from Cote St. Paid in _1878 Was onenerli diaturhad from...We canna. Shortly after arriving he had noed of seine Mather, and was told to pa to Mackenzie% ; then he wanted hardware, and he was again referred talliackenzie, His Wife inquiring for a draper vvas told to go to Mad:emit:1's: Ile teeded. it tinsmith, it was still.Maca Icenziol FuenitUre• was needed and again - it WWI Mackenzie. 110 Asked ,who was mayor and lie was told Madkonzio. Ho needed it lawyer ancl he was referred to Mackenzie. Ife inquired who was running foe P..ailiament; it was again tho invarieble Aldelteezie. no ventured to ask Who was running egitinst him, still tho answer was the mine -Mackenzie. 'Are an'ages,' he exclaimed, Foamy mo back to Coto St. Paul ; they are all Miteltenziod."•' StOrtill* Se.3ozte's, Que., July 17. -?collo from Stottsville report Hint it very heavy storm passed there yesterday,: completely do- stroying the crops, breaking -windows, etc., and that at Lacoll it was worse, largo trout bolinc, destroyed. They report hail from 5 to 7 niches In diameter. London Truth 'Tho present fits/lien of wearing the' hair cut in a fringe,. on the forehead is decidedly becoming to the majority of English women, especially under it hat or bonnet, The small 'oval turbol hats now taj much worn are simply inipossible without a fringe, malting, •itS they do, it hard fine across the forehead.' tttrk Twain, Ape:lying of a, now mos- quito -netting, writes The day is eoming *lion wo shall tit tinder "our nets in chureli and slumber peacefully, while tilt dia. oonititea flies club togothet and take it out of the minister.' ALL. 11/Iiinor DraPlatalieS, . The Earl of Kintore is dead:, aged 52 years. . Hail fell in East Durham on Sunday to the depth of seven inches. The Crepe LaVO been. badly injured. • Two brothers named Trottier, living at Grondines, Quo., wore simultaneously smitten with lunacy last week. The shipment of lumber from Ottawa is so brisk that all available barges and boats have been pressed into service. Eighty-three candidates have applied, for third-class certificates as teachers in South Hastings and Dfty-six in North Hastiogs, Delegates ore behalf of the Hastinge Laud Purchtisni,g Association leave for the Northwest to -day for the purpose of select. ing laud, The shipments of live stock from 11fon- treal to Great Britain last week were 100 head of cattle, 10,665 sheep, 58-1 hogs and 60 horses, , Forty-one children under the care of Mr. Afiddlemore arrived at London yesterday, and were taken to the Guthrie Home, three miles from the city. , Between six and seventhousand. persons .attended the camp ineetingatBrantforcl on Sunday. The •axn somewhat spoiled the attendance yeeterday. Two men, nemed Harrington and °Robertson, accused of sheltering deserted seamen, have been sentenced at Quebec to three months' imprieoument eaoh. , ' The Standard understands that a mar• riage has 130011 arranged between- Lady Burdett Coutts and , Aslinaead. Bartlett, member Of Parliament for Eyre. A telegram feona the //ilemphis.distriet to the.Natienel Board of Health states that there is no case of yellow fever, or any, thing resembling it, inialemphis. • 4 Atelegrare from Philippopolis reports that Gen. Skobeleff's mother and hoe at: tendents "were - murdered while ' on' their way to the military hospital , at .Tetuspan, . The exodus of the citizens of Ottawa to the watering places has been, unusually large this year. It is estimated that already two thousand porsous have left the city: , . • As Edward Jourdonnais, •well.toalte farmer of Napierville, was getting on a load of hay yesterday ho fell between his horses and waggon and the wheels passed :over:his head, killing film instantly. , The steamer Dessouk, with the Egyptian obelisk on board, was Signalled off Fire islet:id, Now York,' at 7 p. m., and is now in the lower hay. She will come up to the . city to -day. • The arrangements for the annual. con- vention of the American Beakers' Asiocia• • tion at Saratoga August Ilth, 12th and 13th, are now complete. Secretaryphere Iran literpToleetsed to address the Venventien upon resumption and refunding. , Sixteen wonien, convicted of being keep - elect)! houses of ill:fame ex inmates thereof,. evesisietteteenee eoheee/eekaeahpel.,1aeyillo pollee magistrateA° fefirrbr inifritompent ranging from two weeks to five manilla's, 'Without thp optiozi,of a lino. The vote taken et Elmira yesterday on a • by -leve granting 35,000 for the.conatructiOn of.seetional Azad 2 of the. Wo.terieca_ lingtonecieGeorgion bay,„reilway, briaging it ,acz far as the village, resulted in a inajeritY in its favor of 65. , A sample of this year's' barley was hibitedep•Pietareyesterday. It Was very enri bright d weighed 50 poucis to the bushel. If we lutye height, clear weather for the next ten days the greatest part of the bar- ley will be haryeeted splendid condi tion. • • . . • An unknown Epgliall gentleman; eppo... reutly a tourist, was found yesterday Morning in an unconscious condition. lying on, Goat island; Niagara falls, having' at- tempted suicide by' Shooting himself:. He .evas taken indharge by the village atithori: "ties -and removed to the Lockport hospital. - • In the 'House. of COinmons acesterciay Sitar:Mon Mr, Gladstone, in replying to Sir Wilfrid Lawton, said that despatches ex- pected by the Goveenmett from South Africa had not yet' been reeeived. • Otte is. :doe on the 28th instant and others on tho 3rd •of August, and therefore, he said, no deoision regarding the rental of Sir Bartle, Frere had been taken. '. -• Robert Hoak tk Soma, West Indio: -incr..' chants, of Halifax have -made an assign- .iiront-atal-pailetmettirigtf-theireredfrr tors. The firm's liabilities are said to be largo, owing to heavyloot* during last year. - Hon. Robert Book, , who retired :from the firm some years ago, is one of the largest ereditors: Said jonost 4 Smith wen't have scranat a -thing as ho has had.' don't kno--,v,!. replied Robinson,' he'll have a soft thinn so long as ho doesn't lose hie head.' The father of 0. St:Louis bride preeented Itis hon-bi-law with80,000 head of cattle. Papa, dear,' exclaiined his daughtor when Alio hoard of it, ' thatevate very kind of you; Charley'rtarfal fetid of ox. -tail soup: .4166.; trios whore diseases among cattle existed. The British Government has from time to time °Wined upon theevarious railway companies the necessity for adopting the continuous brake system on all passenger trains with little heed having been. given to their suggestions. They have now de- termined. to enforce the use of the con- tiouous brake on and after the lst of n.uguat unless the railway authorities give an undertaking that the passenger trains on their respective lines shall be fitted with the brakes of the Government specified description within a certain period.. Tho Magdalen islands have lately been visited by heavy gales, which destroyed. a large amount of the gear of the lobster hammer% and scarcely any kind of fish- ing has been done since. A ' number of fishing schooners put in from the outer banks for shelter, and report codfish scarce. The crops on the ish4ad continue to look well. It is reported that the posts for the land porticet of the telegraph line with the naainland. will be pieced in position on the islands in a short time, and that the lino will be completed and. in operation be- fore the close of navigation. A Dublin correspondent says Jlie scare of famine fever in the west of Ireland is rapidly dying out, an official investigation having proved. that the first reports were exaggerated. Where the fever existed•it was not from starvation, but ordinary typlaus, to which the bad sanitarycondition of their .dwellings constantly predispose the people.. From all parts of the country come most cheering eccounts of the condi- tion of the crops, which are only darkened by the reports of the appearance' of the potato.blight bit some districts of counties Dublin, Sligo, Cork and Mayo. The however, is confined to old potatoes. Chem- Plene have escaped completely, and nothing cart be more luxuriant than the grain crops. The Ministers of Inland Revenue and Customs were interviewed yesterday by a delegation of St. Jobn merchatts,pn the subjebt of the now regulation regarding the division of excise and custom warehouses, and the annual license fee of NO for eech. After some discuseion the Ministers agreed that the merchants shell be allowed to use their present warehouses by running a partition across the room and making separate door. Only one fee of "§40 will be collected for both departments.----In-regard to the collection of duty on vinegar bearers, of which coniplaint was made, ilon. Mr Bowell said he would take the matter into consideration. Dn. TA:V_N/Eit'S IPAST: A 'female litival-W many pisties-A Ceara "nand GivesliIlm' Some Advice. • ,. Another eaSe of remarkable fasting is re- ported iu a letteefrom a Missouri physi- cian : Weneraiseinto, Mo., July lithe 1880:— . De. TANNER,-L-Doar Sir :We havo it lady living oils mike from thig town that has Mated fortydays, eating and drinking no- thing in that time. She was not,olosely watched tinually, but no one acquainted with h mbt it. Several unsuccessful atterap s were made to force,food clown. her throa:t, 'but it was always thrown- up. Slue either could not • or would not keep it down. • She rinsed her Mouth. with water' occasionally; Icept•her bed meet of the time, eves-ineexcellente health, and -'eat the end of forty awsra pent for her father to oat din- ner with her She ate heartily, from the 'first meal. The overstaffed etoniachs in this•country are filling anore graveyards that theduebriates' cup. Food and drink should never be taken for : the gustatorte ploasoro Which they'impart, but simply to maintain life and preserve .herteth and strength.. Token in medicinal dose, as the system requires ° them, withoat this methodical' madness,. this systernittio suicide called living, and we couldadd mom that one decade to a life of almost perfect health. Keep your brain cool and quiet. Keep yOiarlioor well'sprinkledwith 'water; and keep all •unfiworable bodily iymOtoms in complete subjection to an iron will, and suceess is yours. (Yoza are on the - right road to perpetual motion,' doctor.) -Fraternally youes, • .., Meevrealz, M. D., Anthropologist. . - *A gourmand paid his compliments to the: starvatibn raan in the following note : • N.Y. ileeere July 15, '80. Dr. TeXecen,Dear Sir : Mentally we build our lives;' physically wo destroy • thern..__Thatissnesartnnotbafed.sedentary. Your stoniaall in, vacuo' must- be fed from the talipaaLtheallzeitth T.r.X.hhhwiWaghiri • to keep up deylifaction. In my Omnivorous . eating match with Prof Warwick, of Bold - more, wherein I ate ono mile of one-quartor itch tubular macaroni at the first fatting, I felt the same' acute pain as you feel in staryietion. ' ROBERT FOsTini, DC D. • During Saturday night the residence .of the.:.Hon. John O'Connor; on getealfe street, Ottawa, was visited by a :burglar, who effectedanentrance by prying open - ono of the bowel:none windows. An exami- nation showed that nothing . had- boon taken, the thief having been discovered before he got rightly to work. • • • At Berwick yesterday an election .was held for member of Parliament to fill tho vacancy caused by tho elevation of the Hon. Henry 8trutt (Liberal) to the House of Peors, David Milne Home (Conservative), Was returned by 584 votes. Mr. McLaren, Lord eadv.ocate of „Sot:Aland, tho Liberal candidate, reeeived 582, . • • , A. fire, involving the less of over 3200,060a occurred -lost night in a large building on the First' avenue,'betvveen 20th and 110th. stroots, Now 'York: Tho building was awned by Heritatte Kohler, • a wealthy brewer. .The first 100 feet of the building wrie oceppied by Many firms, and the rest of • the buildieg by Kohler's brewery and • the malt houso of Arnold d Bernheimer. The Qtebeo oedema authorities on Fri- Ifitrid-fer being • implicated • in• the recent tobaeto smuggling ease for "which • the schooner ' Adeline was seized somenweeke.ago. lb is etrited that orders arrived from Ottawa .on. Sturdy for the release of the Jolter ves- sel on payment by tinanwocr , of all costs and expenses. The Mario, hethe property of Captain joints, who oleo 'owns the Ade- lineMie had just rettiened from it voyage to the lower port% •• • • • An excursion train • from • '..rolodo to In- dianapolia leaving Toledo the Sunday, via tho Walatelaritilwity, jumped tho track near Manes siding, Ohio, at 12.30 this morning. Vivo coaches wet° thrown from thiFfiataIT ono passenger, Edward Stewert,'of Nobles- ville, Ind, wart killed, ancl nine other pass- engers injured. Tho tau:toot the accident is supported to he a broken rail, creased by the engine of the same train. ' An extee, train was made up and the passengers for. worded in throe hours. Tho injured -were taken to Fort Wayne. ••• Yesterday the Homo Seerettiry and other members of the British Government re- ceived a deputation og merchants engag41 in .the eattle trade, who wished to urgo upon tho Government the removal, •of ear • tan rostrietione which now *hammer that branch of. business. The Homo Seeretary, in answeringthe deputation, 94111 that. the Privy Council had no power to remove the existing restrictions on the' importation of foreign tattle. They oonia only interfoto whou those importations wore from tome • A. Murderer's eceoetitelaslision. • . A despatch from Toronto seys : Ben- • nett, the eondemiled. 'man; is -said by his • spiritual guide to be . eating and sleeping Well: Ile appears cheerful. Ile is con- tinually engaged in writing, sometimes poetry of his past life. „ The following verse, one of about twenty lately completed, ,shows a change has, been ataade in his spiritual condition : ' • This world to mo is dark and dreaz, Fond death, on.theo I walt.; The•hours aro quickly passing by, my day is erowing lete. • On God alone 1 place my 'trust, are,' life 1 freely give ; , eyelid in peace avviat His kind eerioase, From out this living grave. • . Bennetts, Toronto jam' Statistic e relating to emigration, from' Germany haye booze recently submittal to •the Germini Parliament. The' intact of emigrants during the pasteight years aro 'given as follows 1872, 4.25,650 ; 1873, .108,688; 1874, .15,112; 1875, 30,773 ; 1876,. 28,363; .1877, 21,064 ; 1878, 24,217; 1870, -331827,----Iteportaate-es---was--theainerense method by last year, as compared with the. years immediately preceding, the mothers. giVen for the two yestre following the Franco-German wet have never since been anything like reached. The 113,327 register- ed for 1870 consisted of 20,100 moles and 13,221 female% No less than 21,150 were fr7om. Prussia, North Ameriece was the goal of 30,800, Brazil Of 1,630 and Aural:alio, of .24 .. • . • THE OM Tte;wr.--Aressrs. Eng1chart,1?ostt, Fitzgerald and Noblo, of London and Pb- trolca, interestedin tho testing af oife, are understood to bo in Ottawa for the purpose -of representing to the Government -ilia noceesity of modifying the oil test as mina latod last session. They think it does not diserithinafe suilleiently iu fever of Cana- dian oils, Ono feet worthy, of consideration is that onco the change en tho oil test was adopted by I'arliament lest sessiou, items - in the nowepopere recordthg lamp anal°. slots suddeply ceased. The green apple season is here, and while we do not epprove of joking on sueli woll•worn hibjecte, we would inform tho small boy that unless the seeds aro 'white and the flerilt bittce: end rockery, they ore not up to the groeu apple standard, All others aro fraudulent, and cam be eaten with fatal results. . . . • A Milli );i14 inVenteil ti, elitah ,4ftljiitilv:SitItc, cal f tir 4t8iblio.)„;Itioff(soichntine0/ to DISASTROUS STORMS. Great Destruction of PropeetY and fatos of Life in England-Madiway Wratilte Suspended•-lexteunive IMOods in the ITthiland Counties, LONDo$, July 17. -The Britiph islands have boon visited this week by the most fatal 'and destructive thunderstorms on record. The first was experienced at Man- chester on Wednesday.- The lightning struck two houses standing on the banks of the river Irwell, completely felling them to the ground. Two men and one lady were killed, and it is yet uncertain , whether or not there are any more bodies lying in the ruins. At Eing's Lynn it whole flock of sheep were killed by lightning on Thursday. At Chester a Merida storm burst over the whole district, killing seven sheep and it number of caws. Forty feet oh stone wells were washed entirely away and the hedges were swept clean off by the torrents. • At Cork, during it violent storm, it man and several cows were killed,. At Leicester the rainfall rose 12.1 inches. Seen from the museura tower, the Soar velley presented the•appearance of ti vast lake, oulythe tops of the fence rails and hedges being visible, while vast quantities of hay, cattle and sheep floated about until extricated. Teethe and railway service was stopped, the floods putting out the fires of tilt locomotives. Fifteen heed of cattle were killed by lightning at Northaropten, and the water rose so rapidly that it flowed in at the windows of the houses. Several cattle were drowned and many hundreds of tons of hay were swept away. During the afternoon a coal - hauler was taking. two passengers through the flood wlaenflie horse, stumbled over, a partly demolished wall, and the whole party were precipitated into deep water Both horse .and passengers, wore drowned, and the driver was washed it Considerable dietance. He escaped, however, by seizing a tree. . At StVitullea no fewer that nine houses Were destroyed, some of.thera being entirely swept away. Hundreds of Ores of lend, including many hayfields, are entirely submerged. At Tavistock the heavy rein caused the Gavy to overlie* its banks. TI1Q' water rushed into it coalmine where three men were at work and, before at alarm emild reach theme they were drowned. The metropolis was visited on Wednesday by one of the most violent hail, and thunder storms that 'have occurred - this year. • The 'ram fell in torrents, accompanied by heavy thunder, vivid light- ning, and hailstones as large as cherries. At Market Harborough boats wore plying in the streets, conve'ying provisions to tho. imprisoned inhabitants. Two men wee° drowned. At Loughborough Alm waters are ever the tops ot hedges, and resemble an inland, sea. Large numbers of horses, cattle, sheep and pigs have been Jose.. Farm houses are completely -isolated, the highways • being in some plaemhailt-feeic under evatok. At Leicester the: railway service avairreopened Met night, but the Leede, Manchester and Liverpool express had a narrow escape from destruction just ,boyorecl •Lyeton Junction. :The embank- naent i thirty-five feet high, and a viaduot caries t/ae feria liters over the brook, whore therb hes been e heavy rush of water. The - bridge was appitreetly ail right, but as soon as the guard's van passed it fell. with aloud crash iirto the_ stream below. .The goods and • passenger train following the express stopped just in time to prevent its - failing into the yawning gulf. The rail- way lined are still lying Mar feet under water. The Whole district is • one' ex-. teosive lake • • . . . THE LA.TEAT • 'r191,7&TT,t1.-•,- ay ',good likening 'or geed evening' to the .hostess on leaving the iFeorn. ' 'So lciug,• giri;-, has gone out io the beat society. - :If there are edict/ay:Ave or 'one hundredperschis in:the eempany, kismet necessary, for you to shake. hands 011eirminde• DO not be in. haste.to*go (limn to dinner withoutivaiting for a tardy guest. 'Give himaza,least thirty: Miuutes. You may have to get down on your hands and knees and orawl around and feel for a lost collar -button yourself sometime. Upon introduction to a: young • lady ininiediately ask hor age and the size • of her•slioe ; this will raft you oa an easy' conversational plane. In society • a note required as Prompt an answer as it spoken question. And in theabenk it requires a great deal prempter'ote. Do not atlaink any one who waits on you tit table. Look wan andahuagreo-esatliceigleayon-witited- more. To tilt back on your chair and letem oneyour heed Jour fork hi condemned in s delay. • • • . Tna Dooms' Eetripeon,---alm Duchess • of Westminster teoleovery etc by surprise on Saturday when she droeo to Hurling- ham in.htate, With oittridease the royal landau, four horses, poseilions, The London world is tot so muCh accustomed , to this display. as the, Dublin folks, sad the cry was immediately 'Milled, ?Here comes the Xing of the Hellenes I fear, when discovered it was only an Engholzepeeress, oven though ef the highest rank' Naid end eharming and p Toler as tfie gooe:t docile& -is, disappoint expressed; • fo eurprieo and c almost amour). Prince a Walce brothers and theireo eS.SO completely drop all outward Show and pomp pt pageantry, -people are in the habit ,of supposing out- rider§ in ec Queee. lie European c 301iNNTs13 1?4:3, Nyditegi Love Song. The wine and the beaux loved- the rose, and the rose loved one; Por who reeks the wired wliore it inevni? Or loves not the atm? None knew whouce the humble Wind fitolo • Poor seine of the sides-. None dreamt that the wine had a sod In its moueuful sighs 0 happy 'beam I bow eanst thou prate That bright love of thine? In thy light is the proof cif thy love, Thoa mat bit a shine! flow its love can the wind reveal? unwelcome its sigh; lnute-mute to its rose let it steal - Its proof is -to die! itrevities. A narrow eseape-The chimney flue. The mule always put/ his best foot back- ward. Doing nothing is the easiest way to keep cool ; it is also the most expensive. Prof. Vennor's predicted change is not due until the latter part of the month. • Advice of the sail -boat to the amateur. yachtsman: Luff me little, lull me leng., II a man is guilty he can't get rid of tha impredsion that everybody has just found. it out, Heliotrope color is the fashion, helped.' by olive green. .Mauve and violet have a. shade of pale sage greed. . With only a paper collar and a pair of spurs on, bile might manage to keep cool this weather. . It takes a' strong set of. molge to cot: into some of the first peachesthat hey° ap- • peared in the market. • BMA' Spanish laoe mantillas, trimmed with ribbon loops end narrow lace, aro among the novelties. . 2 Large hats; either black or white, are trimmed with one long ostrich plume and • it bow of white lace. The heated .term moy be said to he fairly upon us. Every ona should now wear horde& loaves in his hal. Look outfor a bad man when he talks of vietue. The elnekens had better roost high When:111e fox begins to preach. 'Many mon, many minds." -Many men • have no minds, or, if they have, they lie by unused, as th:ey an never make them -. up. A 'Otto good turn deservesanothee-First - • turn out. the contents of a gentleman's pocket; etud then turn the wheel of the treadmill,. _ ' The only way to keep a boy from going in swimming is to convinee him in some way that owimming is a, duty he owes to his mother. Any. men of public' spirit is supposed to be perfectly willing to lie about the popu- lation of. any town he hits lived three • weelos in. A theorist says that hay will satisfy hunger. There may be something in this, for a couple of straws will .frequently satisfy thirst. • . They Were at,a dinner party and he re- . • marked that he suppoded she was fond of ethnology. ShO said she was, but she was not very well, and the doctor had told her • pot to eat anything for eleeeet but Orang'es.• was not only felt, but • ,iversal 'Oh(' • of ei as heard, which groen, As the s wife and both bis. t liveries must mean. the or some .equally exalted ea hea.d..ea•London World. me Deere -Last summer ate dog Towser was a, lyin' in the Suu trine to tileopi but the Aloe was that badthat ouldn't, cos he 110- to`heetah 'ntraland binao by a bee lit on liisAhnk*and Wag -tVc4Eiti' about like the dog.w17.-Mtien. Towser ho held his head -stilt, and when the bee. was close to his nose, Towser winked 'at hini -like die-sod--you-spe4aliaLtilis buffer, is dein' he thinks I'm a lily-ot-the-nalley, iniA opened ,yet, *hut you just wait 1,111 1. blessein end you will:see some fun, and sure ened TOWSOr opened his mouth very slow •so me not to feat= the boo and the bee 'went' bite Tows -WS, mouth. Thou Towser be abet his a(yes,. aml his mouth too, mai had uo,c4up,,to make a peaceful smile wen tire be dung nina and you never gee a lity-Of-tho-valley ack eo in your life,-' St. Tozuis Theole . • Gallen, rattily sentenced at Chichester to seven yeats' • penal . servitude for ' hotel robbery/was formerly a bank . clerk' in -GaintdiC-.--Ho joined a. -band of -Greek brigands, was captured., but With two °theta escaped', theacet being hung. During tho nine years ho lets boort in England he has spout most of the tune in prison, boing I:berated only last March on ti tieket.oS. loam°. . from Portland, while undergoing • SeVell Yoors' penal .servitudo for forgegy, litus ttgo is 31. . • How eame. those holes, in yeti elbows?' Mill a widowed inothee .to her only Son. Oh, mother, I behind the eofe, when •Colonel Gobfor Was Paying to Marie that he'd take her oven if. you had to be thrown in mid ha didn't know I was there ; mid o T • -he of Or Feeding incertainly a grievous necessity in these days Who -canathipk- of :a great-_.. hot, ,• smoking joint of - meat with ,:e.ny patience? On the whole Dr. Tannerlas- got the best of us. ,•• , The only'way to bring up a child is to show him what a good life isby living it yourself The old Sootohifian was right when he said, 'Trot feYther, Mot anither ; ' how min foal =hie . , ."- Light -minded Young -.thing, in a bathing , suit ; Surely, ' Aunt. Margaret, you're not going to wear yourspecteclet bathe water?' Aunt' M. indeed I am. Nothing . shall in- duce me to take off Another thing.' , One Scotchinan, aft/kited with O very bad cough, Meeting another Scotohman, pro: fanely remarked to him that 'this cough eveiild certainly carry him off some day like a rocket.' ,4 Aye,aye,' observed No. 2; ney opinion, -however, if yott dinnazneed your manners, tak' a ccra Mary direction n • •A garrulous fop, who by his *frivolous marks had annoyed his partner in a hall - mem, among •other empty things.asked whether she had ever had her ears pierced. was the reply ;1' hot I have often • liatietheo:"Tleoee'd;' Ho* aro you corning on..with lake -bathiaganereaked-agentlerriaahof-saa-invaliel ot tho Beach. a Splendid 1 I bathe gar& times 'a day.' How do you like it ?' The doctor Hays I must take'ir, toddy after each bath to restore the climilatiet -that's liewl•like it.' ! 'NOT Arrtran,r,V to OUR. Willi. ' With eyelids pencilled With:black, With lips well bedatibed With paste, ' A lady. sat in her dressing -room, - Raving her corset laced; • • Till, moved by an extra. tug, . She dismissed her maid in a passion ,,And sinking.baelc incchair she sang 7 , Of tlie follies of modern fashion ! Whatwould Igiye to be . The froo, fresh girl of yore, . To cut illy corset strings, And to powder and paint no more • 01Li?R)teflo:,s911iseha tft1A, Ilto cruolfashion bound me tight •. In•hokpands of bone and steel.," • • oh, filen with sisters diiat ! • • , .00, men with sweethearpi and -wives I ' 'Tis to gain your suOUes, remoulbor,this " Wo aro wearing out our lives. . • • Remember, and interfere,' • • Mav,o.pity, and come toour cia,• -ittal•gamst oartyrentmereiloss . 'Lead us on in a ttewerusado r It eve§ at'Dmidurn, and • thie is laoW the Writer observed it: beneath the shady tree theysat, He hall hor hahd, she held his hat, .1 hold.my breath and ray right flat; 'Choy kissed, I saw thorn dolt. Iie hold that kissing was no erime, • • 1,11cla iny 1,eaeo and wrote this rbyrrie, . • While they thought no one knew it, • are you cleing out there,midaugh, tor, in the night devi? '. said the kindly old nentlemen 011 the'plazza. Practising fenc- ing," • was the sweet reply, as she" leaned ovor the pickets till her filen- Was dread Stilly dose to • If (ivory 0110% eternal care • . . 'Were written onlits.browe . . . now many Wonla our pity share •' •' That lutVo. our onvY now 1 - ••• • Tim fatal secret when reveard' • • • . Of every -melting breast . \SVoteir8111'twzoalyvlorconeezi'd Tj0ivat4obot In the hour of danger -woman thinks least of herself,' said Madame De Steel. rue! When' the thunder roars and the vivid lightning flashes and the leig drops doinc down, the woman who is caou ught t in the storm devotes her agony to the thought that her hat and dress will be ruined. To preserve it bouquet: Sprinkle it lightly with fresh .wator and put AM a Vade Containing sottp•stals. Each inorning take it out of the suds and tay it sideways iti clean water ; keepIt there a infinite or two* then take it out and •sprinkle the flowers lightly by' the hand :with water, Replarn itin the suds' and it will bloom as freshly as When firstgathered. Change the suds: every 'three or four days. This method will keep a boutruott bright and bea.utifulfor tit 100.611 It nionth.