HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Sentinel, 1881-03-04, Page 3BRITISH TROOPS MOWED DOWN.
A Fearful Fight with the Boers
Laing's Nek.
HOW OUh TROOPS WERE REPULSED.
The Durban correspondent of the London
Times supplies fuller details of the Laing's
Nek affair. He says that Sir George Colley
-was quite aware of the great strength of the
Boer position, Major Poole having recon-
noitred it at night. The artillery on the
right advance shelled the camp for three-
quarters of an hour, the Boers not firing.
It was then thought possible to take a,
- position 500 yards ou this side at the point
of the bayonet. A mounted squadron of
seventy men was ordered to carry the height
, n t ie extreme right. Under Major
_ ? Brownlow and Ca.ptaiu Hornby they rode
close up to the kopje, and in about five
seconds half of - their saddles were empty.
Troop Sergeant-Major Lunny actually got
into the Boer trenches, but. there was shot
dead by half a dozen rifles. The squadron
then retired, -reformed, and -charged again up.
*the hill, but nothing could live under- the fire
_ they met with, and they fell back with a
— loss of seventeen killed and wounded, and
thirty-two horses killed, ivofinded and
misting. By the time the cavalry wero. in
retrat the Freighth - Regiment was
attacking the ill. The first rushup the
incline made the men blow hard, the grass
. being-loug and the ground wet. After two
Minutes' rest they went to a slight ridge
,between, them and their goal. Na sooner
-were their heads seen above this ridge,
l_thefore they had time to deploy, and while
`-‘-hey were rather crowded together, than
,
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he front companies • received . a terrific
.. , -,voIley -:and were also enfiladed on - their
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. this tire, our men mg i as returuest t ey
- . - couId,-CoIonel Deane called for a charge.
Immediately liis horse- was; shot - Under
- • :- ,. -,-hitir and lie-----. fell.: 'S'pringing :to his
- - -feet he reassured his Men by shouting ” I
. '• -• ' am ' all right." The welds"... were 'hardly
: uttered- :when he fell. mortally -_Wounded,
• Major II ingstor , who, -with -the other efficerS,
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t. : bad kept in the front, Cheering theniemen
1'4 their desperate ta.Sk, then, took_ eonamazid,
Ai " . •- . ,,- - • - . . and ordered the /nen to fix' baYonets-,' Ile
ir - - - -- -- :-: - was instantly ..sliPt "do*ntl.a_ed has .ince:
died. - the Beers -attbietinie kept well :in
- their trenches.: - Our rneu*ere lying on the
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ground, taking-- a shot whenever an '4Ple).-.
;•-t ". - - a •,.. • -.neut. was -seen,_but when they ' uprose to
-'• 'i . ' charge: tin: fire po.ured in upon them is.
l ' ' , ' : ' ' _ -describedby all as terrible. 13efore the final
,.„. - . ..... . ' cliap.,re our men- were lying down • within
- . - tWeitty,yards of the trenches, but their -lire,
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- ''' - w_a,s necessari1ylessde4r1ictive•'IlereMajor
/_„,.., . -.. . Poole•and -Lieut: Dolphin. N'Vere killed, their
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- , bodies b& -ng found lying --velr_ hi front of
. • - - the men. Cap.tain-Loyegrove waSseriously
'' - - - - .- . -. -.-- . -v.ountled, while nearly. all the -non -commis-
.
. • sioned officers killed.. or seriously.
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. ,v.-ounded. Out -et • five .staff,officere only
'T.i-fitior Etssex, who escaPed- ..E4 "Isandula*
- - reappeared. . Lientenarit :flail:he, who car-
- . tied the_ 'Colors, . being mortally :wonnded,
.- •' Lieutenant Peel - offerecl -to help-. hina,
1.\ eye.r mind me ; Save the ediOrS;" V.'ftS hi'
2 .---1----,..repl.!,'.. __ 1,ieutenant .Peet. then. took both
Colors, but,: falling: into a " hole, -Sergeant
-- BrenciStoels, :thinking: , hiui to :be :. slit,
seized the - colorsand bore - them , out
it .danger., - When.: retreat began, the
- --; 7 --1 Boers - showed themselves' :keeping :up
....-- a Coustattt fusi4de-,_ - Our -shells . -noW
•: ,..; did'good service; preventing the Boers Pram.
• following up. - The practice• wile splendid.,
the_ giellt dropning, only Tten or -.-fifteen-
- ' -anis_ in the- rear of our troops. ' On reach-
.,. , t . .• . . - - nag the foot of the . hill the reufain5 nf the
• , ... , _ _ - • - . _ regiment . refilled their , pouches- .. and
- _ .. .'-• -., .. : _ - ' , reformed, - -Trena,recl, lif ordered; to s_torm
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' • ' - ' -• ". ain - .This - . -.Sir George Colleydin
eeetlit
-tw- .,
' ' - . • -- to be iniprodent to_ attempt. - The Boers"
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e*------- , bravery excitedthe sniprise---of even their
ev,'-ii coiintryinen. .- Astheysare7 sPoitsuleh
1 •-• : • • - .- -:,7 Lrom childhood their -fire Is deadly.. 'The-
i-- - - -- _ -- - • _ survivers• say that.-- they positively s -a*
. _, -_ •••• _ _.-- ' - -- - colored- men. armed and . lighting in the
t - - - •:• Boer lines-. These were prelaahly-wa,tgon-
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s- - - - -- . .=. • --, • - drivers. :-- - . - .
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" -' " . 4_- .61:lionest Grain Denier.- -. -.• - .
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SPORTING NOTES.
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HIGH-PRICED HOMES.
It is reported that Mr. Gretton,
the owner of Isonomy, was recently
requested to price him. He declined to do
so, and a direct offer of 25,000 guineas
($125,000), was then made for thehorse and
refused by his owner. This reminds us
that Lord Westminster was requested to
price Touchstone, and he replied: "1 will
not price him, but I will say that the
whole of the United States would not buy
Mr. Robert Bonner will dispose of fifteen
or twenty head of horses, mostly young-
sters, at Kellogg's sale • at the American'
Institute, hi New York, on the 15th and
16th of March. Among the number are
two full sisters to Dexter, •one of which
trotted in 2.2h and the other in 2.28f Jast
teason.
Mr. Thomas Ellis, of Clifton, the owner
of the trotting horse Parkee, has been
offered $4,000 for same by Mr: John Splau,
who lately managed Rarus. Mr. Ellis says
he is now possessed of a flyer, and is quite
sure that in the summer he will move a
mile over Buffalo track in 2.25 or better.
• Mr. Ellie --wired Mr. Splan :that he would
not part with the horse for less than $5,000:
Parkee is a dark bay gelding; 15 hands 3 in.
high. Ile is sired by Royal Revenge out
of a -thoroughbred. mare, and is coming 8
years old. He is under the management
of- and driven by Ben Gould, of Thorold,
who has only had him in training six
weeks. He has started three times on the
ice this year, winning twice and losing once,
to Bay Fearnaught. • It was claimed when
Fearnaught defeated • him that he was
pulled. He is a starter in the •races here
to -day and tomorrow.
A.9g-xxanlan On his return
to VorontapLiomises to be aslenthu,siastic
at any ever•even him in his ia'tvn city. The
committeenet On Saturday eernng in the
QuOen'si Hotel, that . ardent . lover-. Of
aquatics, Aid. Boswell, in the _chair. The
,chainpion will probably he :met at the.
station - escorted to the OperaHouse or
Horticultural Gardena And presented with
a service of plate, . • .
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. - BURYING TIIE; 'RATCHET. -
Before -.going aboard the steamer :for
AraeriCa, -Ilaialan wrote to the- Sportsman :
a Mimi-mat:of-irritation .1- -wrote hard
.things about my -old friend DaVid'..Ward.. I'
ittri very sorry I did. so, and "earioistlydesire
that. Ward" may be the first Whom I 'shall
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sjiake
by the hand On - my, arrival;. • now
see that7I have been. misled by falata -reports
"coneerning -
..Epli.. `Morris, ex-cliampion of Ana -erica,
has opened some billikidAreemS Pitt4-2.-
latirg,Ta.
• The _Spirit sa.Ys arrival. of Ilanlan,
"cluiriapionof England. and the worldi-will-
rouse. rowing cireleS to _enthusiasm.. .
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• Swinniso eirAmila"-Cicii..LEfi.. •
••,-. Paul -.Bey ton; the -.celebrated- SwinaMer
and inventer Of the rubber life-preserYing
suit, is believed.: • have - 'fallensa victini in
the war between" Peril and Chili. Last fall
he entered into a contract with -the Govern-
.. .
:ment of:Peru:AO- Superintend . -torpedo
service-, for which hp_received amunificent
reinimoration-. islcithing: has been hearil of
hint since Cbristnias,:-.although--preYiouS4o
Olaf time he wrote -Weekly .to intiniate
friend in Philadelphia._ - hie last -leiter
he enclosed his - will, and Stated that
enemy Wereadvancing, and thathe-helieVed
lie Would -not surYive-the impending battle.
The long:silence hai filled: Ina friend with
, .11 to -h illed
' ifitzStrixo: '
Clarence Whistler has issued a challenge
. to wrestle any -Warr: ',breathing-, "Grmco-
.
,Itornan:Style;,- best two in three, fair • ba.cli
falls, for from- $1.06, to $1;060 "
. BBRF,ORMANCE:.
Tli:1WeiriV4011/:': hours' amateur ge-as-
Ycel-please. contest' it •New:.Yerk'svaa woia
- Thomas Auekley,wh-ocevered118
Saunders, second, 115 ; :Frank Carr,"
third, 116. -. ..Thomis"-.Sinith, aged '15, had
covered 98,-mil_e% and was•exhau. t 111
father then hal---carried. him -froth the tent
to the track -,Where the boy fainted, 1.1e is
in it dangerous Condition, and • t e a or
• lag- been.- arrested wader -the Cnierty to
'Children Act: -
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Tt•stote./M storett'
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- MARINE NOTES.
Sales and Other Items Relating to the
- Ensuing Season.
A. vessel owner writes te an exchange
denying the allegations in the petition of
the Toronto Seamen's Union, that there
was no inspection of steam and sail vessels,
and.that few vessels have the proper boat
accommodation.
The following sales have been made this
winter : Schr. S. J. Collier; at Toronto, for
$4,000; schr. Flora Carveth, at Kingston,
for $5,600; schr. Charger, at Oswego,
7 -24th, for 02,334; schr. Elgin, for $11,750;
schr. Octavia; at Toronto, for $800; Ida
Walker, at Port Colborne, for $5,750. The
schooner Azov, lying at Robertson's yard
Hamilton, has been sold to Mr. Shaw, Port
Stanley, for $4,000 cash. The vessel was
Classed B 1, and is of 13000- bushels ca-
pacity.
The Shicklunas have sold the fine three -
and -after St. Louis, commanded lasfseason
by Capt: a-ohn Sullivan, for $16,000 cash.
The fixed white light at Charlotte, N. Y.,
will nothe relighted this .season, but a bell,
near the beacon on the pier at the river's
mouth, will be sounded, in foggy weather,
every half minute. The ; light outside of
Erie harbor will not be'lighted this season.
'.- Personal. • -
- Mr. 111itchinson has accepted's, Call from
the Baptist church at Ingersoll: - -
Mr: EdwinFarrar, late editor-in-chief of,
the Mail, has gone to the New .York World.;
Mr. Walter Wilkes, Of. Brantford, has
joined the law -firm of Messrs. - Reis &, Kil-
lam, Winnipeg
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•Mr.ng. , 1.1.- AP ----"71:17i3.1.7.5irY °._t
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-. . The ancestors of Edgar A. :Roe, the poet;
.emigrated, according te1 talian accounts-,
frem Italy to England in .the eighteenth
century. . • ,i -_i; . .- -: .- . • .
What strangevicissitudespeviels undergo.
The famous Pink .pearls of i9uperi Isabella-
-are now to adorn the,. bride of -,-Prince;
-Andel& of A.u.Stria,:: .,, _ :1-1-.,..-_:.'.
,--Mr.:-.:-.Jaiiies-- _IL: Ste -Wary,.- . fort:terry ...a
:.reastor in the • Perth :Collegiate, -Ibatitutei
has,been appointed inspector -- of schools at
Wintifipeglat•aisalarYof"$1,600, ".. - _ ',." -:-.
_Rev. Dr. Bain has -.-resigned-as.pastor of
St. Andrew'seliurob:,,r1Pitlis - Fer_ long
serviee in the liMaiStry- he iWill receive.' ---aui.
anniiity. of. $1,006 a year ahd-m- anse.-,
:Sir- fidti-ry ' Watson. Parker, 1"..-.0.11:- G--:,
late First Iliniater of Ne -:S-olith: Wales,
died.: on the- 4th '-inst.;.: t hie- residence,
Stawell - Hensei'"-Rich Mond Siirrey.•
. . . . . . - ,. . .
- General -Garfield has •:- ettled :February-
-28th as the day of hisidepWrtiire.for Wash-:
ingtoii, T:His :.wife, :.rettithir and -childreif,_
with a feWiiititnate:friend Will aCcerepany
him. - - '. • - :-.-"..:-. -I - :. :....s.--. • .
At the morening,.. seriea in -St, John'S.
'Presbyterian_ chiireli,..Br kyille -onSan,
,day•.",-: the -.pastor,. -Rev- • , r..'" McGillivray,
tendered hie reSignation.He will go to.
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_London; Ortt... :.- - . ..- - " _ _-. , . ... .
"•;.-!.-Arelibishop Laing, of S nta,Fe,•;iS:a..for-
tunate ecclesiastic.ije"4,i-g-_, 4g04 Mine;
"reCantlydiscovered, which is inentioried: as
giving - f,1,1300-- in:. gold: from tiv8 bucketfuls
of ore :"A nugget- Was :.found in Worth
.$- .:. •;- : - . . ..• . • .. :. . ..... 2,000: ..-.- -. : - •• -:' ' . , ': - :- . -: . -
. -,Mr.'Jiitlitgf3 .';AISNRIIder;':the-:•Government
..housekeeper tit Osgoode. Hall; has probably
thelOngest.official'..seryic.1-peep:I ,of any.
Man in Toronto. , He entered -"Mi- the duties;
which - he now perforiniiVin 1841,- which:,
Shows' him ti be in his fortieth yearfs'
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service.-• . . - -;
:- The.••Prince:-.6.E. -Wales gave - a dinner to
twenty-five gnestii, recently-- at. the , Mari -
borough Club; to decide OIT thequalifiPatiOns
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l
of s.'new..ehefdelenikine: Each -guest waa
to give 'hia iinbiased-cfini h- on the -back of
the menneard before. himJ-_-,The cook was
Voted aTuiianimitenet-n . to :the inark.-
- -.- A .:-Clevela,idd despatch' -says" dozens of
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Winneri_ bitve -been - to .seg, :Gen. Garfield,
since .election, iii behalf o [office - for :there,-
selves or,frionds,•or tp-aa liAe hinn as to -the
:-
.course eshould 7purstaa on 'goes lone o
.tenaperance, ..*Oman' -suffrage,. and social
i
reforins,-, and adds . that ? e. of Ahem ,etii:c
bulldoze -him . niore inanhour than ' twenty
Men in -tV Week, and : - he eannot..Slip.,..away-
from Alieni. as ho can- freull the sterner sex.
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' T.Miss i Harriet Jay, -.. the -author of . the
".0neen- of Connaught," and isister4n-Jaw
Of Robert: tueliatan,rlia just appeared on
the.stagein.'Loriden is 'the. heroine -of Mr.
Bualianan'S - drama, "Tie...":- Nine: • Days'
if
Qneen:'.'.'.. MiSS -Jay is --A t. (4ily a clever
'novelist ;.- -She: is - yoting-handsome,-- and
TEA TABLE GOSSIP.
—yenus is growing in ;brightness.
—Both feathers and ffpwers are worn on
small bonnets.
—Why is the earth hike a blackboard?
Because the children of Inen Multiply upon
the face of it.
—The Egyptian emblem of a snake with
its tail in its mouth was he earliest sign of
the "swallow tail."
—I is calculated tha0 fully one-fifth of
the staff of the New -rork and Chicago
papert is composed of Canadians.
—The one item of siirawberries at th
Dorsey dinner at Delmimico's, N. Y.; the
other night cost $600.
—Now that the sloppy weather is here,
keep your feet well piotected from the
damp and thus save dociors' bills.
—Englishmen often ac,quire the habit
of carrying an umbrella in pleasant wea-
ther. ' But they don't k4ep it up.
—Glass eyes for horh, es are now made
with such perfection Plat' the animals
themselves cannot BO • through' the
deception. -
—It has been sugge4ted that it is not
more logical for a sing4r to sing without
a voice than for a danceh io dance without
legs ; but singers do so king.
—An up -town minister, who is very
popular US a performei) of the marriage
ceremony, is known as ' PldWaterreelon,"
because he doubles people up.
—Where there is a gre's.rnoise on the ice
fish are roused and gtztO the surface; gen-
erally freezing tastt .,/ariexeacity
itac2aas. been furnished by An reditor of our
uaintance, who adverffiset for an " Ode
to spring." He evident1.3 antendsto start a
di
paper Mill. .
.—A -poem headed" A. litt" cainetto-this.
office yesterday, and wa,34.allowed to drift
right along but of the wilido : We never:
.interfere With poems wan they are adrift.
: ,A.yoling man recentiti sent sixty cents'.
to a firm that advertised recipe to prevent
bad dreams. " HeteceiVell. . a Slip of - paper
on which was written, " 3), nit go to sleep:"
. — onamen mg on Dr:, Gordon Holmes
• advice . to singers' to wr:a.;i flannel', a .coia-
temporary urges that th Many eases the
-best iala.ce forit would-Ite-oVer-the--inouth
•
The St. Thomas l'imes gives the particu-
• - •- - la.rs of thefliglit from _Aylmer of Alexander
' •
- - - Weir, grain and commission merchant, who
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- • for a long time past has thoroughly enjoyed
„ the confidence of the business men. He is
s
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a defaulter : to the -.amount of $10,000.
Arricingst ether 'dishonest transactions a.
• few -days since he purchased, - cargo of
eannurr.- _
E. M. Grace- made a rerna,rkable catch at
point some years age. He rushed forward
and Caught the ball very low down with
bis riaht hand • in, doing so- -he toppled
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over, and raised his hind in order to. save
- _ loaded it at Um Air Line depot,_ consioned
- - - wheat with. nioney advanced, aul-having -
the catch, andconsequently, for a second
• to -Howland (C,: Son, Toronto, -and' obtained t
the station agent's receipt,- he made a: draft rested on - his elbow, no other portion. of
his body then touching -the' ground flat
onhe hill of lading and 'drew' 51,29u-irom - '
rm.- tossed the ball
-• the 1.:;xchatige Bank.. This. stun -1to was
t- — - •-•
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-kilosvii to have hitd `Las possession at the
time of his departure, as-. well as -
Ncargii i-eftelied To I .1„,-
trisserreti by nisiliveil (Pa:clinical.
.0p,•,and brotight, r.hearty round ef
rf)/1 fm there -was found to be 300 bushels
,shit-ttand thz.: diaft was clislionore,c1: The
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Ex -env -I -ire Bank% also ft loser on u. falsified
-warehouse reempt, for -150 bushels of clover.
It is repo,tcal th-tt accoinpanied in his
flittlit by a fair but frail diunsel of Tilsou-
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Dialwiteal Treaturellt au CorPluul•
' special despitteli. from' -Cincinnati say:
laCCOlplts:t Of:Cruelty to a t*Olve4ear Old
"Orphan -girl. named -Cora Bledin: baYe just
- reached here Celunibianar -().:-. She.
Thati been: adopted ht, •i; :farm -r n-tmd Neigh
176-tir ditys-agc-she 'e•iit to tlie:bouse..of a.
friend, begging to be:take-re: in, . saying she
' would be - if she stayed.' longer: .iat.
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Ncglt' eatiiination sl"lowed th t She-
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had: bean .,beat'cit .by dabitliter-
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-.'10trifg.-..1.V9th(1:4 16 years Old, her body
Covered With hnifse_s.Oae
"-finger *as _broken, a piece of _flesh had. .
bittt from ;;,her *ands her.. scalp 'had
bee tut to :the, lione.with poker: -- 'The
'pefirl's-bstie had been, fracttired from :
• - 'ti terribly 'burned with I,
.recl-hot poker, ',These -are Only. samPles of
A late despatch from Sydney„, N. S.. W.
says additional atrocities have beed.perpe
_ - .
trated- by the natives- in Oceamca,
Chinese junk; owned in Cooktown has
been seized near New Guinea, and. the
crew slaughtered. The schooner Zephyr
of Sydney,: met the sande. fate at . the
Solomon Ialands. •:A French warship in
charming. But, it is added, She is not yet
• t
an actress, and did no show power as
and careftilly doubled.. - .•
• little de:tighter of Mr •_Gebyge *it=
chell, 13Iack -Bull Hotel Teronto, - almost
bit her tonne in two *Lille in a ht..; Last
niglit She was • profioui4ed out of danger;
althetigh there are fear o that she will lose
her power of speech - f
-L-Tableelciths- are -no* made longer and
jiist-.- wide enough teceVer the; table; This
is so that -the guests .a.41 the table Will be
obliged 1 to ifSe itapkinseivlaich - are - Much
easier washed. -_ These liew style of _cloths
are called table scarfs.
. - Tlie. wall on the n°0- side of London
jail- yard is Very hadlyteracked, and will
require tobe fixed up .10 the Spring. "The
frost hasprovedtoo': mi. ch `. for it,,and it is
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likely; to toppleeYer aid Carty the -gates.
With it when, the thaw oniPS.: - '.-
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-.."•--Mr:-.- R. Grahain, :secretary of. the
-Church of England. Jelin 'prance Society,
has been visiting the lot ._"dives". of New
--York; accenapanied -. by policemen -- and
reporters. Ile Says that city isiasiiik into,
which a -large -portion 01 the -crititinalit of
.
Europe is drained.. ..., i
• —The." rock:a-Fraytis" the latest Eng-
lish -variety - 'of - the ' false: It is largely;
patronized by the_indo ently- nachned. _ It
derives itS-naine from the swaying motion
_4•roclueedhy Cha,ngingt-.:e foot on tlie.,.ftrst
note- of each bar only; alad is a lazy ' detell
opinent cf the old " hail" tvialt2.-=
—This is the time of lyearwhenboarding
house , boiled eggs-- lail.en 1 -the boarder's
stomach - for a •week:i It sem* that the
eggs laymores t le: eils. ay ess.-7 on on.
Free -press. The 'Ion& -:-Ofi Our • contem=
porary'.S. articles have le -always- , led :sus to
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believe that he - is a .-9rspeptie. We now
know the cause. - • I !". •' :, . , -
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.8"ghed. Dir 'Jones- " 11F3T-dcali -Miss Muy i
: ',..- Cried 'going; _going, ; one.'t
I tboueht.i Was the -Aleive,he sold,
- - '- And you—loil boughtine with thy g.014
- - -To kneel before thyyhr0116.", -
- - • • - - -t ' 1 ;
- •" You're easy sold,' snirld,a sweet.MisS May
f
"For when I:heard th fellow say, - -, •
' You're 'going, going,- gone,-
: I thetightulas, lin littl,: knows
- . He's selling one who nitVer 40es; . .
•- And —Mt. Jones hai-, Own.
- : -=--Tlle following "queStiona li.aYe been pro-.
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intervals between the dances are quite
sufficient for the purpose.
—A witty old judge, who had spent an
evening with a young lawyer in the country
whose office was on the second story, 011
taking his departure stumbled on the stairs
and fell to the bottom. The young lawyer
bearing the nOise rushed out, and, seeing
the judge lying on his back at the bottom
of the stairs, hastened down and with
great anxiety asked, "Is your honor hurt ?"
".No," said the judge, scrambling to his
feet, " but my legs are."
GO SLOW.
When you a pair of bright eyes meet,
That make your heart in rapture beat;
When one voice seems to you more sweet
Than any other voice you know,
' Go slow, my friend, go slow;
For brightest eyes have oft betrayed, —
And sweetest voice of youth and maid
The very falsest thing have said,
And thereby wroUght a deal of woe;
Go slow, my friend, go slow.
When you're convinced you are a poet.
And wishing all the world to know it,
Call on some editor to show it,
Your verses full of glow and blow,
Go slow, my friend, go slow;
For many a one has, done the same,
And thought to grasp the hand of Fame,
And y.et has never seen his name •
In print. And why—waste baskets know;
Go slow, my friend, go slow.
The goodold earth is never wrong;
Each of her works takes just so long;
Months pass before a happy throng
Of daisies in the meadows grow;
Go :slow, my friend, go slow.
• And spring gives life to summer's flow'rs,
And suminer's sun and summer's show'rs
r Prepare the fruit for autumn bow'rs, -
And autumn frost brgthignriyarztinyten
that anr-ii;dozen of his enemies have .
been bitten by a mad deg and he will soon
revive. -
—How many hours shall Children attend
school? Mr. Chadwick., our best authority .•
(says the Detroit. Lancet); concludes that
a child from She age of „5 to 7 can attendto
one subject for fifteen. inimites ; from -7s-to
10, abouktwenty mnauteill from 10 to 12,
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about twentyavo :minutes ; from -12 to 16
or 18, about -thirty „pi:dim:tea. The total . " '
-mental"!---work daily;.suitable for a young -2-
peroonfrena-12 to 16 years of-agels 'paced - -
.at frena _five to ;MX 110,1trs. , •
—A down -town woman got' „amad at her ••'. • .-
husband the -other day, and 'inwardly
:vowed.- that-- she - wouldn't speak to him •
again • no never. • And how that nian did
enjoy himself! A_ restful calm Settled alt
oyer him ; he put his feet oni the window -
Sill, smoked his . cigar in the parlor, went -
out early and' came in very late, ate with
hit knife; brought friends home to dinner. • .
unexpectedly, stayed in lbed until the fire '• -
Was kindled; -and inhaled more true loy
than he had ever dreamed the married
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state • afforded. .And that woman- was
dancing Mad, and -grew Madder -every day,
till at last she brolsenut, and the freshet of •-
tears was but a preface to a deluge of talk t
that nearly wore the poor man out.
' Twas Harry—who the silence broke :
Miss Rate why are you Iike a tree ?" •
" Because, because—rm board," she spoke. ,
" Oh, no, because you're -Woo'd," saidhe. -
"Why are you like tree ?" she said. •-
" I have a—heart ?" he asked so IOW. .
Her answer made the young min red: .
" Becauseyou'le-sappy, don't you Into* ?" •
Why aro you like a tree, again - '
He scratched his head thfs time alld thank, s 2 11 .
- And gave it up. "I'll tell you then," •
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laughed,'" because you both. get trunl!...
• Once -more," she asked, "why are you new -
A &be ?" • He couldn't Tuts perceive.
Trees leave sometinies andinake a bough, •
- Andy= Call also bow and leave."
—Aladywhopridedhelself on the pathos .
with -which she sang Claribell's little ballad:-
. ,Loyaie je seraidurant ma, -vie, •
was quite taken aback when a child said,
"Cousin, do sing - that pretty song, k Royal .
sir, sherry hurrah for rue.'" Another lady -
CatMQ out At a concert to sing : _ •
- Peace, let him rest,.God knoweth hest.
With. a voice trembling with emotion she •.3.
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sang :' •_ • ., -
Peace, /et him roast God knoweth best '
Again, the song : - - - - .-- • -
Rory O'MoOre 'courted Kathleen Bar.,,n,-
He;was bold as &hawk, she soft as the dawn.
A girl who heard a publie singer give -1
dreamed atr auctione r oae dit3
pounded for diseussiontbY-students of agri-
Miltural colleges : d?' e not cows sit
Lady Jane Grey.. - Buchanan's play dewn to rest the same As- &ate? Why does
is said to be excellent .-- 'a; deg turn -around. a law tiinee- beforeihe
-Mr. Robert•Rur ettec ot... . s ur ington
, Hawkeye, was snowed Opin the _interior
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- ,the other , day,_ and -.telegraPhed to the
i- town Where he was to iiee lire that he- was
, _coining, and not to begi till he got there,
- as• -lie wanted ie. hear he whole lecture.
-triving about:9.30.0'de k p. m., lie found
the audience singing c liege- songs aiid-
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waiting pa,tiently. - AS ,walked in the
, audience vise, and struckup " -We won't
go home till morning" To this he rel.
sponded that if he had known that he-
distress recently visited ;Basilisk Island,'
where the; 'French were Mtn,-
dererl, and destroyed -many uil g ,
Ship was unable to anyaSeistance- at t e
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A.:'YOunki.Vornan: Haden lefther
home ni St. Thomas about two years -ago
and took her.abodefin a.- distant Village;
since which". tiine.-her friends have been
uiiable to obtain any
abouts, short time ago their attention
Vasdrawn to 4 newpoe-r., accpuilt of an
accident which had -happened. to :her and a
day:ontWo-since tfie.parents- paid a _visit to
the - She at -first declined to return
with them but - after- -considerable delay
their tears .and prayers Prevailed;
,
New Orleans man lately cabled to a
friend. in Cuba, " Send me Ono_ Or two
inonkeys.'. The reply-eareelaCk ‘k -Ship-.
pod yon.. -7a ; will send rest as soon' aS can
be" found." The telegram had gene
" Send me 1.02 nionkeys.!'" The. balance of
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27 have' been counterrnarided.
: The number, of eggs Consumed. in- the
-United States: hi- estiinated • the ehor,„-
-mous total of It thollaitnaj- tuiltiOn tit` -year."
:As manf as 10,000,000 have -been. shipp-ed
to New York annually froth. Montreal alone.
Or dark velvet b.cidices. worn over
skirts--of.different colors are trimmed with
lace -and guipure with a Ow towers. :
:wouldn't have been in h' a hurry. -
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The !late Mr. Sothern! , comical contri:.
vetoes were endless.- -- is pockets, - in
- "addilion" to 'the. - Piece .8 soap -which for
years he carried about i order •to startle.
unwary friends. by mark ng their. looking.
ii
glaSses se as to give the -a pearance . of being
- craeked across, were al. ayS- filled With
labels marked. il poison,'! and: -sso i on;-. And
the$e -lie - ,affiXedit whe .an 'opportunity
afforded', on likely object ' On the railings..
of a London- square one -d yh:e.S1W. a newly
. painted board With thei scription, " None
" but led dogs adinitted.'-' i lout -came one ..of -
the endless supply. Of laIS %and.Passers-hy
eiv--"dayS to 'read
her -experiences during the_ few weeks she
lived Witli the parties.- They -have • since
bece-me alarrned;:nztid- her doctor bills"' and
given her tin obligation for !;:,1;000. as a
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repartaion for her. wohnds.
Experience tin Canada) ha_s - prcved that
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the rich Can avoid payment . of :duties on.
- articles specially retiuired their business
while the poor. to nay taxes. on all
tlley coastline- Steamboatand. tug owners
._esca.pe. the_coal tak,. millers evade:the tax
- On wheat, starch manufacturers the tax on_
corn; and syndicates are totally- exempted
from payment Of taxes of all
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were astonished for a
-" None butmad dogs admitted." '
Berlin ha -44,232. sets of apartinents With-
out a fireplace or-chininey'and imlf the
popnlation lives dwelliks. with only one
fireplaep,•-, Privy Councillor Starke:. draws
shocking_ pictures of th_. iminorality - that
exists in _thecity: euriess is attain-
ing alarming proportions. 10,000
voutliful aretu. red- annually int
the -:Streets out of priso_ and more than
3,00t are hopeless vagabonds. •
Lisbou advices state that thirtytsix- Sue-
eesaive.shocks Of earthquake have occurred
at St.-_Michaers; in the Azores. '4 "phut&
and two hundred houses ,have fallen, -and
several persons have beeu killoa,,;
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lies. downhy-7 W : doer•a_coVi get Up from
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.the grouiid hind "end-Pt:-St,4-, aed"a,b_ors.e foie:
-end first7...", Why does aisquirrel-comedown
a tree -head first-,:and-ateat tail'firat ? !IVAiy-•
doeS aPitile kick WitlititS-lund feet, an ..a.r.
shee.b With-its4ore Loot?"-
."-nE
-i;;;lilltWenty hariilitini
1art't'e'red everHyWhe 'O.;
Funny -bangs and frtzzesbil a Switch -of .halr
1
-Gaylycolored,ribbons, da:nty.bits of lace, „ • ;
Lifts' of 'Other little things 4t her dressing-cas .•
-...- • -, , : -, - , . • - -.4-,_ -,,. • - „. - - , ?. , -.
Most a bale of -cctionsVo ld'er What its for ','—
Close beside a COI -Set lying 011'th:0-floor. - :
-Queerest looking gitrinen;S, 'colts- MoStly,wWte,.
If angingrnit .11 TOCklag-Ct ali: 'crircitnis, what ,a-;
= sight .rt'-. • - - -- •.• •• - .- :. 1 - - • 1
- -'- • • - - = - •• • - -=• ' 1---.' . ; - -, . -.,
,Unilor fleecy blanketkentled tip. m a heap,
Dreatas the pretty-Maidei „sinling in her sle p;
,SI ii inber sweetly,tangel,- d nom Or evermore,
And.--olf,fOr.g. clo thes-pinij list to stoli •thyisno _re!
-.2-'71f is propesedto itfi-lifune the month, .
degeribing. them by 4a1,aei; whichr--„would
Auggeattheir - most Pronainent qualities..
This would- enable; -children to leEbrit the:
names readily on thelkiiidertgarteii !plan, :
And the xnenths, if thiaseniiible plate :w6r-0-
-adeli4F4,- NV -CCM be nahle4 11,47Yoilow. s,-::,.- .-
: .. - .-30,110ary-varildile-shoilf.try, • :
February .,- " 't.,' •Bliiputtry,
• - - - . -' T March...• . • " ti.- -:%NrIndtia,ry.,
•._ April ' -: •.• " 1,..,.. :Raiimary,f . -: • . - _
'- -may-"i . :13nduary,
--- - ,June' ----."-• "4' '1Viinnitary
— JuIY. „. • ,." I Restoary, - •*,
'• ,-, August' -• .. ." 4.- =lirbiluary,' ..- ; -. •-•
-•.= -September --•-• • -Chilluaryt- 1 —
.. October :. .• "; C.cilduary,-
'- -•. - - 140verilbor - ." li- - -Ficstuary,
- - December 1 ,Snowuafyi ; I,' -
--One of :the pleasu,rieSrecently added to
those -Which any 'onetenjors who -attends
an: Englitli---ball. is 1114 of haviiit. drie's
'photograph talpn,--• A Ittef.a.PorarY.- Studio is
fitted up in .4zilie of the barlert and-aily•lady.
whip.Wishea be have hr r ,.picture ;taken in
her hall dress Can- dol,pe. I,The- inicogr ph
light is used -the •expC, Sure Pt really shorter
:than_ in.daYlight—andaS' tiapliotegritplls
can be takeninless th4t ;five minutes, the
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▪ ked it up by the ear- and. thought the _
words were : •
RorY &Moore courted Kathleen Bawn,
He poulticed the baWk, slie salted it down.
;
illstrria,.le et LlllpuIians
' I.From the Milwaukee (WI%) sentinel.]
The marriage of Mr. Louis 31. Wiegand,
of Markham's, N. Y., and, Xiss• Ella E.: --
"Kirtland, of this - city, the well known • -..
took place yesterday at the
Plymouth Congregational church the Rev. - • '-
H. T. Rose efficiating. , Ontrof the largest
crowds ever gathered in.the spacious edifice - -•
was present, . The resperises of the brid
and groom were audible in all parts of the .
chureh. At the cOuclusien of the service - • '
the newly married pair preceded' Xi. ,
and Mrs., Kirtland do gn the left aisle, -
and before entering the ,e. sleighs,
in waitipg. a brief; reception was -
held -in the parlors below. The bride •
wore a very handsome light blue satin .
princesse dress, -with short trainthe
trimmings were -thread lace, and the erne,' • .
menta pearls and lilies. Of the valley. A. .
flowing veil of .tulle, Caught. in the coiffure
bya bunch of the lilies, coinpletect the .„ • ,
costume .-- The beautiful -toilet set off the .
-form of the little lady to perfection and
addekgrace and dignity tb her carriage •
Her golden hair was arranged i11 a becom- ,
Mg Manner, andaltogether the 'sweetnegs
of the bride was the subject of Scomment by- -
Ttlio ladies as well as the gentlemen. The
groom were. a full dress snit of 'broadcloth, • •
and appeared every inch a little man,
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Frillier Missing, 'Blether Driink nod
Children Metering.. .
A telegram from New :York says John .
Ternple,.a cigar -maker, of No. 198 Eliza- • •:
beth street, left .on Sunday last his wife '
and three children, -Christine and Sarah, • ..
twins, eighteen months old", and Luke, four
years old. 'Mrs. Temple got drunk. Last. -
night the neighbors heard the children -.
crying and tried to get into the 'rooms, but
could not.- A policeman broke in the door
and feuna Mrs. Temple- helplessly drunk: `
The children were emaciated from starva-
tion. Luke was -- suffering from severe
burns of the legs received by falling against -
Steve. - The children were taken to the
Station -house and the mother was arrested.
.—The great finance keeper of the K. O.
T. M. has been asked to give bonds, to the
amount of $20,000.
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