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Lucknow Sentinel, 1892-04-08, Page 3444 •nt , STARTLED LEGISLATURE. E. Clarke Drops Dead While Addi'ess-, ing the Arembly. 'The Call Was Sudden But Not Enexpected —Dramatic 'Acme In the U01180—The Dead Man's Last Words— Sketch of His Life. Probably the most tragic scene ever wit- siessed in the Ontario Legislative .Assembly itook place at 4.30 yesterday afternoon, when Mr. H. E. Clarke, senior member for To- ) ronto, in the midst of a speech, suddenly stopped, sat down quietly and expired almost instantly. The business of the House came to a etandstill, light words were banished, and in a moment confusion 4ind consternation had seized all present. The subject under discussion was Mr. Tait'e bill to provide for the exemption of mer- chants' stocks. 1 Mr. ' Awrey tempor- ality occupied the Speaker's chair, and those who were not interested in the measure were in many cases chatting together or reading the evening papers. ,Mr. Tait had just presented the claims of his bill, and Mr. Clarke followed him. He spoke slowly but distinctly, and the mem- bers little dreanied that in the words he was uttering he was literally breathing his •klife away. That Mr. Clarke himself had ,lr no conception of the immediate nearness of death there can be no doubt. He spoke in his usual easy, style, and on his face was the smiling, good-natured expression that always characterized him. He dwelt rather humorously on the fact that it was really the customers who pay the taxes of the merchant, and as he uttered the words, "the only assessment at present existing is," he sat down quietly and natur- ally, leaned forward with his arms on his desk and his hands pressed to his forehead. In this attitude he remained a little less (,'• than a minute, while the few members who had noticed the abrupt ending of his speech looked up anxiously, 'thinking it was but a passing weakness. Then, seeing he did not move, Mr. Claney, who was in the Same row, two seats away, got up and hur= ried to his side. - Just aseius did so Mr. Clarke threw back hie head, and -those who saw his features knew at once that consciousness had fled. Im- mediately a panic seized the House -and all was confusion and dismay. Mr. Clancy, Mr. Monk and other members eit- ting in the vicinity quickly lifted Mr. Clarke from his seat and, carried him to the open space on the left side of the Speaker's chair, where they stretched him upon the carpeted floor. In a moment Rix physicians surrounded the prostrate form and ex- hausted the resources of their art to recall . the fleeting life. In addition to the professional members ot the House, Dr. Pyne, Dr. A. J. Johnson and -other physicians •were on the floor in anticipation of the second reading Of Dr. Meacham's bill to amend the Ontario Medi- cal Act. Among the foremost in lending assistance were Dr. •McKay, of South Ox- ford, Dr. Johnson, Dr. Willoughby and Dr. Gilmour. At first the members did not realize the serioustess •of Mr. Clarke's at- tack, but as it became known that it was a tattle with death they hurried from their seats and gathered around the unconcions man. Hon. J. M. Gibson was one of the first to hasten across the floor of the House, The doctors quickly loosened Mr. Clarke's collar and shirt and moved his left arm to and fro to restore the action of the lungs. They also held his mouth open, that if pdssible he might be enabled to breathe snore freely. A cry arose for more air, and M. O'Connor,. on the impulse of the moment, broke a large pane of glass in the south window, immediately in line with where Mr. Clarke lay. In this he was seconded by Dr. Meacham. But all the efforts made to restore life were in vain. Slowly but surely the glaze of death settled -upon the open eyes, and the awful pallor of death replaced the ruddiness that had been so familiar to the members of the House. • When it became known for certain at 4.45 that death was in the chamber, the mem- bers looked at each other with blanched 'and horror-stricken faces. Mr. Mowat stood 414,f p in his seat, but did not move from it. r. Harcourt also remained in his place. The majority of the members. with visitors, . pages, departmental clerks and messengers,' were grouped in the centre of the chamber and among the Seats of tbe Opposition, near where' the dead man was stretched. When the doctors saw that hope was over they carried the lifeless form between them to the reception room, and the House came to order again. There was a solemn pause, in which not a word was whispered, as the Speaker entered the chamber and took his seat. In a voice that quivered with emetion Mr. Mowat said, "1 move the ad- jotirnment of the debate," and immediately afterwards, "1 move the adjournment of the Hou'se." The Speaker then, in a low voice, formally anndunced the adjournment of the House until Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock. , Mr. 'Clarke was born at Three Rivers, Quebec, -March 20th, 1829, and was there - ,fore just 63 years of age. He learned the *saddle and trunk -making in Montreal, and age was foreman of a large shop. In 1853 , moved to Ottawa in 1848, and at 20 years of he returned to Montreal, and the next year he came to Toronto.. He was alderman for St. George's Ward in 1879 and St. Anarew's • in 1881.2 3. In 1883 he was elected to the Assembly for West Toronto, again 1886,4 and again in 1891. He was an Orangeman prominent in the order. He was a member of the retail trunk firm on King street west that bears his name, but had retired from the manufacturing firm now known tinder the name of the Langmuir Manufac- turing Co. Mr. Clarke was a consistent ! member of the Methodist Church. t THE STROM IS AT AN END. Thanks to the Officers of the Railway Conductors. TERMS OF THE ETTLEMENT. The terms of settlement agreed upon are these: , All men who have been discharged and who have gone on strike, ago any employee who has been discharged for refusing to take the place of any striker, or who has voted to strike, to be reinstated without prejudice. If it can be shown to the committee of engineers whohave mediated between the company and the trainmen that any of the strikers •committed an assault open any official of the road he to be dismissed. This to apply to the Pacific and Eaatern Division as well m the Western division. A committee of five engineers, namely: Messrs. A. Kennedy, W. .J. Watson, A. Broatch, J. Brownlee and C. Pope, to settle the points on which the trainmen and the company 'differed. That the arrangement between the General Superintendent of the Pacific Divi- sion and thetrainmen that the rates on the Western are to be taken as those on the Pacific Division is to be carried out unless in the meantime the trainmen and the General Sisperintendent of the Pacific Divi- sion have already settled the matter. Throughout the strike the engineers have been endeavoring to act as peacemakers and to bring about a satisfactory and honorable settlement. From the inaugura- tion of the strike they, have never wavered in their loyalty to the company, but have worked diligently to brieg about an amic- able and satisfactory. settlement. This is probably the first 'case of a railway strike settled in such asmanner, and the terms of settlement indicate in what high esteem both parties hold the engineers. 'To -night trains departed with regular oonductors and train crews, and everything is now running smoothly. Both sides are willing to await the decision of the engi- neers, having full confidence in their fair- ness. GOat satisfaction is generally ex- pressed kat the happy and early settlement of the ciVficulty. Many expressions com- plimentary to the engineers are heard. , RE VORE A SHAMROCK. A British Soldier Jailed for Wearing the Green. A London Cable says: On Ttiesday last a question Was asked the Government hi the House of Cernmens regarding the punish- ment of soldiers at Aldershot for wearing the shamrock on St. Patrick's Day when they were in dress uniform. The Right' Hon. Edward Stanhope, Secretary of State for War, then replied that he had telegraphed for information of the affair, and • to -day he read. an officer's" report on the matter in question. By this report it appears that a private named O'Grady wore a shamrock on St. Patrick's Day. It did not occur to the officer that it was St. Patrick's Day and he ordered O'Grady to remove the emblem. O'Grady in a most insubordinate manner, replied "1 won't." (Cheers from the Irish members.) He was again ordered to remove the sham- rock, and he again refused. Irish soldiers were not allowed to wear shamrocks on St. Patrick's Day. He was taken before a superior officer and was sentenced to 48 hours' hard labor not for wearing the sham- rock but fet the style of his replies. The House, the Secretary of War added, would agree with the Government that the punish- ment was justified. (Cries of "No, no," from the Irish members.) t Mr. _Arthur O'Connor, McCarthyite mem- ber for East Donegal,' said the regiment' to which' O'Grady belonged was for the moat part composed of Irishmen. Mr. Stanhope replied that when off duty they could wear anything they liked. . It would be ridiculous if every nationality in the British army should choose to wear a separate emblem. Mr. Sexton said that the Irish soldiers in the Welsh Fusiliers were obliged to wear the leek on St. David's Day. Mr. Stanhope replied, " Yes ; they may wear a badge sanctioned by the comman- der." Mr. Patrick O'Brien, Parnellite member for North Monaghan, will introduce a bill entitling British soldiers to wear the sham- rock on St. Patrick's Day and the rose and thistle on St. George's and St. Andrew's days. WHY DO THEY 00 SO? Always a Bush for Employment in Danger. ons 0 ccu pa t ions . One of the curious features of modern life is the "extent towhich the most hazardous trades are overrun by applicants for work. • The electric -light companies never find any difficulty in obtaining all the linens I! n they need notwithstanding • the fact that the dangers of that kind of business have been demonstrated times without number. The men who work in factories .where wallpaper is made fre- • quently joke one another over the tradi- tion that a man's life, in this trade is short- ened 10 years. A similar belief is prevalent in factories where leather papers are made, and among men who have to handle them and whose lungs are said to become inipeded by inhaling the dust arising from such papers: In eertain other factories, where brass ornaments and fittings -are made, the air is laden with sery fine brazen particles, which are, when inhaled, especially irritat- ing to the lungs. But one of the most .singular advertised calls for employees that was ever printed appeared recently in a Connecticut newspaper, signed by a firm engaged in the bushiest; of building towers. It called for applicants only among those who tare young, strong and courageous, and clnsed by saying : " We warn all seekers for this job that it is one of the most dan- geroes nature, and that few men continue it more than a few years. In fact, it is almost certain death to the workman who follows this occupation."—Medical Age. "1 am afraid that George is tiring of, Why, dear" " He has been tell- ing me that I am too good a woman to be the wife of such a man as he is." Rev. Rodney D. Robinson, a Clarkston, Mich., has been suspended from the minis- try of the Methodist Church by a committee appointed to investigate charges preferred against him of immoral teaching and imf moral conduct. b IA; t• the hfstist. Orissajjf Grand Trunk railway in Montreal that:the trOubIe between the'rfien and the company. will be amicably settled by mutual con- cessions, and OW there is now very little ear of a strike. Mr. Softheart (wearily) -1 am so beset by subscription agents for societies for the ainslioration of all' sorts of things that I coaa they attend• to hu:sinese. •How do yon ' 611' cally)—Send 'cm to yon, Suitor -•I come to ask for your daughter's nand. Her fatner—She is my only daegnter. Suitor—Well, sir, one is all I want. A DIFFERENT VERDICT. A Case Where Justice Was Blind, Indeed, and Overswiff. The Court House at Waldron, Ark., was crowded. A half -suppressed murmur through every crooked street in the unpic- turellue hamlet made it known that the jury in the case of the State of Arkansas vs. Abner Ray were ready to return their ver[ diet. What would it be? Did they believe the defendant the murderer.of John Potts? As if by magic, the old and the young, the busy and the idle, the curious and the in- different had swarmed into the court -room until every foot of space was occupied. Outside the languid air seemed tremulous with the heat, and every leaf hung limp and motionless. The sultry July day was op- pressive, and the atmosphere of the room so stifling that those assembled gasped for breath. The scant furniture and hire floor, the rough whitewashed walls and the rickety lamp with lin reflector sitting upon a little shelf behind the judge's chair, all told the same story of mountaineer simplicity and primitiveness. A hag, bent with age, was whispering the story of the crime to her plump, young neighbor, and said that two witnesses had identified the body found in Mill Creek. The clerk nervously upset his inkstand, and the black stain on the white front of his pine desk looked ghastly. The judge ascended the little platform at the end of the room, and bade the sheriff clear an entranoe for the jury. The strug-• gling crowd was parted a little way, and 12 good and lawful men filed in and stood facing the prisoner, who sat exposed to the gaze of all. His efforts to appear calm were pitiful. Great drops of sweat rolled down his swarthy cheeks, and he clutched the • framework of the chair on which he sat. Ten feet back of him stood his sweetheart, the beauty of the village, sobbingsoftly and leaning upon her father for support. In a thick, unsteady voice the foreman read from the paper in his hand "We of the jury find the defvndant guilty as charged in the within indictment." The condemned man rose from his seat. His face was livid and his muscles rigid. He stretched out one hand as though he would speak, and the next moment fell for- ward almost at the foreman's feet—dead! His sweetheart's tears stopped falling and her white lips quivered convulsively, but she could neither cry out nor stir from her tracks. Half a dozen strong hands were stretched out to lift the prostrate man, when, moved by a common impulse, though no syllable had been uttered, every head was turned and every eye fixed upon the door. •John Potts had just stepped over the threshold. • GERIIJN POLITICS. The Emperor Will Dissolve Both Houses and Get Rid of His Worries. A Berlin cable says: The Emperor means to give himself and his new Ministry period of rest from Parliamentary worries by the immediate prorogation of both the Reichstag and Landtag. The former, body will be nominally prorogued ',until the end of October, but it will not meet again for business until a new House is elected. In view of the suspension of parliamentary life, it will be futile to stody how the political groups will arrange , themselves under the new Prussian Ministerial change. The members of the Centre' party in the Reichstag are already in revolt, and are ready to vote any way so as to defeat the Government, but they are powerless, as the remaining business steeds!, to do more than assist in the rejection of minor items of the budget. When Count von Eulenburg, the new President of the Prussian Council of Ministers, and Dr. von BOSS6, the new Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs, Public Instruction and Medicinal Affairs, meet the Lower House of the Prussian Diet to -mor- row, their attitude„ it can be predicted, will be distinctly friendly towards the Conserva- tive and Centrist groups. JNA LONDON CONVENT. A Chicago Girl Who Was Kidnapped in 1889 and Brought to Canada. A Chicago despatch, says: A feminine kidnapper was arrested here to -day after three years' escape from justice. The cul- prit is a good -lo svell-dresaed woman Of 35, who gi es he name as Mrs. Mary Dreighton, ali Murra 'After her rest she broke down, and ad- mitted that in 1889 she carried of 12 -year- old Mabel H. Hopkins from the little one's home in Washhigton boulevard. Mrs. Dreighten had gained/ admission to the place on the plea of being an artist who wished to give the child lessons in painting and was left alone with the pupil a brief ten minutes. The kidnapping was at the, instigation, she said, of Mabel's father, E. B. Hopkins, a crockery merchant, and Hattie Eggleston. The daughter has been missing ever since and is now said to be in a convent in Loirfs don, Canada. Warrants were sworn out this afternoon for Hopkins and the Eggle- ston woman, by Hopkins'wife, now divorced, to 'whose tireless efforte is due the final detection of the kidnapper. A Wild Woman Caught; , A San Antonio, Tex., despatch says : A remarkable case came up before County Judge McAllister here on 'Friday, It was the examination as to the sanity of a young woman named Mary Haywood. The woman has been living in the woods near St. Heading, this county, like it wild animal for the past six years, and du/ring all that time has never slept under a roof. Nothing is known of her early history. She was 'pro- nounced of unsound mind by the jury, and will be committed to the insane asylum.' Pa.derewski eat a but little , besides eggs, and his favorite beverages are tea and lem- onade. —By an act just passed in South Aus- tralia all hotels are to be altogether closed on Sundays, NEWS OF THE WEEK. The health of Mr. J. IL Metcalf, M. P., causes some alarm to his friends. Over 800 colonists reached Winnipeg last night to take up farms in Manitoba and the North-west. Mr. Frederick Rowland. a \rvell-known resident of London, died yesterday after- noon, aged 76. The Greek Legislative Chamber has been dissolved, and the new election will be held on May 15th. Henry Smith, who murdered his em- ployer, Louis Specht, was hanged yesterday at Louisville, Ky. An immense number of Russian soldiers have gathered in Poland, and rumors of war fill the air at Warsaw. Mr. Whitela* Reid has intimated that he will, if asked, be a candidate for the Uni- ted States Vice -Presidency. During the -past week there were 31 fail- ures in Canada, as compared with 28 for the corresponding period last year. Nur, three and two years' penal servi- tude were the sentences passed, yesterday on three leaders of the recent Berlin riots. An enormous death rate amongst the per- secuted Jews in St. Petersburg is only averted by the continuous charity of rich English Jews. Two men broke into the house of Mary Larson 80 years old, in Williamsburg, N. Y., yer:terday, gagged her and stole $6,000 which she had in her bosom. Great excitement has been caused in War- saw by the appearance of German balloons, under perfect centrbl, hoverhig over the fortresses, taking observations. The Supreme Council of the R. T. of T. concluded the biennial session at Buffalo yesterday. A report was adopted. protest- ing against the sale of liquor at the World's Fair and the opening of the exhibition on Sunday. Mr. Chapleau, who was taken so seriousiy ill in Montreal on Monday with congestion of,the lungs as to cause S0140013 apprehen- sions for his safety, was much better yes- terday, and will probably be able to leave his room on Monday. Last evening Mr. MacLiongall, Kingston, student of Queen's College, received a tele- gram from Newburg, N. Y., announcing that his brother had been drowned there. Accompanied by his father, who was also in the city, they lett for home. At Port Huron, on Thursday, the 4 -year- old son of James Wakeham fell from the top of a fence into a pen in which were a num- ber of St. Bernard and mastiff dogs owned by James J. Lynn. The dogs pounced on the child and mangled hineso horribly that there is little hopii of his recovery. , Sarah Morrison, a young woman employed as a domestic servant in P. McCallum's house, Cobourg, mysteriously disappeared on the evening of March 16th. Her body was found yesterday afternoon in a corner of a field near Cold Springs, about six miles from CObourg. Itis supposed that she in- tended to walk out to some of her relatives who live near Rice Lake, and must have perished from cold cr exhaustion. The suit of Miss Daisy Hopkins against the Rev. Mr. Wallis, proctor of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, for £1,000 damages for false imprisonment in connection with her arrest on the charge of " walkingthestreets with a university man," was decided by a jury yesterday against Miss Hopkins. The verdict caused great surprise among the friends of ,the girl, who have always believed her life to be blameless. The case will be appealed. Lieut. -Col. Hodgetts died in Londonyes- erday. A severe earthquake shock was felt in Monmouth, Eng., on Saturday. The presence of illicit stills in Montreal is causing a good deal of comment. Mr. Samuel B. Harman, ex -Mayor of Toronto, died on Saturday., aged 73. One thousand cabmen, in the employ of six cab companies in Paris, struck on Sat- urday. Near Canton, Mo., a rowboat cOntaining eight colored men was capsized. Six of them were drowned. ° Twenty-two Anarchists are now in custody in Paris charged with complicity in the recent outrages in that city. There is a rumor in London to the effect that Archbishop Walsh, of Dublin, will be made a cardinal next June. Sir Andrew Agnew, who was born in 1818 and fought in the Canadian rebellion of 1838, died in London on Saturday. The steamer La Touraine, from Havre, made the run in 6 days, 23 hours and 30 minutee, the fastest on record. The official organ at Caracas, Venezuela, says the rebel forces have been routed. Finding public opinion so strong against the Primary Education Bill, Emperor Wil- liam has decided to quietly let it drop. The body of John McEvoy, a moulder, was found in the canal at Montreal Satur- day. Ile had been missing several months Robert Maxwell, the Grand. Trunk em- ployee who lost both feet in an accident at East London, died yesterday of his in. juries. It is estimated that six hundred and fifty miles of railway will be built in Manitoba and the Territories during the coming summer. The Discontai Gesellschaft, with the Roths- childs of London, aremaking arrangements to issue in May an Austro-Hungarian gold loan of 100,000,000 florins. Richard T. Connell, of Cape Vincent, on trial in Utica, N. Y., on a charge of smug- gling Chinese from Canada into the United States, has been acquitted. The will of the late Charles H. Spurgeon has been offered for probate. The personalty is declared to amount to .12.11,160, and he leaves everything to his widow. —A woman is never known to advertise Mr. IL S. Cayley, of Calgary, has been for the return of stolen property "and no appointed a member of the Northwest questions asked." She would ask questions' Legislative Executive to fill the vacancy or die. caused.by the resignation' of Mr. Clinkskill. —Guest (at stately wedding banquet)—I The workmen employed on the excava- don't see any Blue Points. Guest No. 2 tions at Sparta by Dr. Waldstein of the , (with a shiv,c:9--X ott 1405,. atmit9,rnericart Arelneologjeal School) insassassl* rtittaiiiitAffirsriaet — diVererflWeTiefiTaTbnildfng tit that plane t —We have noticed that the elimper the mentioned by Flpinvenidets trous:tirs a young man has on . the more , fur It is reported that the Burlington road !he puts on the collars and cuffs of his over- will enter Canadian territory via Montana coat.Enilenton, Neu. and MacLeod and reach the Pacific coast , .11..7.1 • through Crow's Nest Pass in conjunction with the Canadian Pacific.4 '‘..; 7- - 4 Referring to the recent political utter- ances of a priest, M. Loubet, the French Premier, said if the existing laws did not suffice for the purpose Sof preventing the pul- pit being turned inten political tribune, the Government would close the churches of offending ecclesiy.stics. Six vessels, including the corvette Thyra and the man-of-war Lepanto were burned at Barcelona yesterday. The fire broke out in an American oil cargo. The steamers Cas- sino', Abano, Waller -and Pisoon were the other vessels burned. The loss is enormous. No loss of life is reported. .• - The Committee of the French Chamber of Deputies having the matter in charge hal added a clause to the Dynamite Bill im- posing the death penalty on persons con- victed of depositing explosives ,in, the streets. Catharine Daly, 3 years old, climbed to a window on Saturday afternoon during the temporary absence of her mother from a four-story room in Hoboken and fell into the yard, where she was picked up practic- ally unhurt, her fall having been broken by a clothesline. At Moosomin on Wednesday a man named Skinner was tried for assaulting a. bailiff. The prisoner was found guilty. Mrs. Fisher, the prisoner's daughter, who was one of the witnesses in the case, after leaving the box, was arrested on a charge of perjury by order of the judge. • On Friday night Samuel Alson, a Wheel- ing, W. Va., mill man, went home intoxi- cated and accused his 'wife of infidelity. Alson struck the woman over the head twice with a poker, fracturing her skull and inflicting fatal injuries. Alson's sister interfered, and the infuriated man knocked her down, grabbed her by the hair, and tore half the scalp off. The murderer has been arrested.. A case of a man being conscience-stricken is reported by a physician of Arnprior. Thirty years ago a physician sued a debtor for $10 ; the debtor perjured himself and the doctor lost the suit. This week the Man sent the amount to his Creditor, saying that he knew God had forgiven him the deed and hoping the doctor would do the same. • The conscience-stricken man said nothing about any interest, simple or aim - pound. , Advice 10 Stant Women. In choosing the material for your coat, just remember that it must be becoming not only in color, but also in material, or a close check may be suitable ,for your friend who is tall and slender, writes Isabel A. Mallon in the April "Ladies Home Journal." But on you, who are stout and plutnp, it will have the effect of making you appear at least an inch shorter, consequently you want to avoid that. On stout women, generally, a " smooth, plain cloth is most desirable, but I do not advise either' the light greys, the biscuits, or,' the wood colors for they , seem to add to the flesh, take away from the height, and to be anything but what they should be becom- ing. Another thing that the stout woman must beware of is the over -lapping seams and large buttons noted especially on the English box coats. The light cloths are most becoming to women who hive dark hair and clear, rosy skin; they make pale - women look sallow., ansallow women resemble a lemon. Here is another sugges- tion for the stout woman. Do not make the mistake of, having t,00 long a coat; else you willlook as if you were all body andino legs. The slender. girl will be wise if, in a smooth -fitting coat, he has inserted a waistcoat, for then she will apparently gain breadth, an:d the' long, well -fitting outline is not interfered with. • A Put -17p Joh. They had been married since May, and this was in October. He came home in the. afternoon, and she met him at the door and took him into the dining -room, says the Detroit Free Press. "Charlie," she began, mysteriously, and he began to shake, "before we were mar- ried didn't you often put up your over- coat ?" " Yes, darling," he replied, with hesita- tion and blushes. 1 "And didn't you put up a watch now and then?" • "Yes, darling." "And a diamond stud occasionally ?" "Yes, darling."'• "And you were' quite successful at it, weren't you, Charlie r "Yes, darling, enough for the purpose." "Well, now, Charlie," and he wondered what wascoming next, "don't you think, with the experience and success you'vetad, you could very easily put up that hall stove?" She laughed, and he felt so relieved and ,grateful to her that he went right out and hustled it up without swearing once. - Got No Sympathy. Mr. Jay (of Wayback)—I just tell you what it is, them there New Yorkers an't no better ner so many thieves, fer them wot don't steal is in sympathy with them wot does. Neighbor—Ye do -ant say so? "True es preachin'. I got a circular -some time ago from a New York firm offerin' $2,000 wuth o' fust -class counterfeit green- backs fer $500. Well, I jest jumped at it." " In courise." • • eti " Well, I raised 5.500 013 a mortgage quicker'n a wink an' took th' train fer New Yak. The firm met me at the depot, took me to their office, showed me the money, $2,000 of as purty a printin' as you ever looked at, put it in a box fer me took my $500, an' accompanied the back to the depot." " Mighty perlite." "‘ Huh ! Quick as they left I opened the box for another peep, an' wot d'yes ye think I found—nothin' but wrappin' paper an' rags. Phew! wasn't I mad ! I rushed about yellin" stop thief!' an' a big crowd gath- ered, an' when I told 'em how'd I'd been, swindled wot d'ye think they did? They es' lau ghed."—New York Weekly. , Mr. John Sutherland, for 3.1 years a prom- inent business Man of Brantford but lately retired, ,died yesterday.. An extradition treaty between France and the United States was signed yesterday in Paris by M. Rjbot, French Minister of For- eign Affairs, and Mr. Reid, the United States Minister. • t 4 • •• • • k.