The Sentinel, 1881-10-07, Page 2A store ot Lire. atitt let
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for?" Mr. 'Carr was in a condition: when
. * objects are apt to niultiply themselves to-
, . human vision, but he had no seen 'treble;
- there really ere -three doers to his_ room,.
although when -he bad previously visited, it,
• to _Make his toilet before dining with the
family,. he had not observed theta.
, . . ,
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"Wile& the baize-dgor for?" •
. "q shut out sound," returned the lady
' of elyffe, in the sande ort.o tone that, the
- "wolf used when he made the apposite,
• remark to Red RidinghoOd," the better to
-Veer with, lay dear." "You. should: not
object to that -brother. There are a good
t _
many baize -doors at the Dene." - :
' if the object of. this observation. was to
consoler, it certainly failed in its effect
• With terror-stricken visage. - .0101nel:it
. Watched his sister light the huge wax can•
uponthe. dressing tabie,-and rikewis9
- those upon thelefty; mantel -piece until,
what with that stately lustre, end the -
huge wood fires -upon the:hearth, 'the:whole
apartment looked designed for some dead'
. 01yffard to Iie in state in."
. 't Where. do You and your husband sleep,
' Graee?", inquired he, retaining -the cold
white handl which would,have bidden him
• adieu, withinhis own.
"In the east wing,„ at. the other end of
' °the caStle.".
• . " 014, indee-d- .1. and; by the bye, ifI ihould,
be. ill inthe night7--I de/A feel.vew well
• you•know-and should want 'Cater, where
- does lit steep, Grace ?" - ' -
.. "1 - ciatmot tell, Clement; -bat probably
over the -stable with the. grooms,. You.
• . would be lodged-fnthe best- bed-to:era 'you
'• know, sa you must put up with its little
clieadvantages.• Th& great folks Virho, have
• slept here have always their own atten,
dente about:theni in the ante -room yonder
and in the page's. chamber:. There is. not
. :even a bell .except. the alarm -bell "-she
pointed to a massive silken cord hancrincr.
0 0
through a. round hole in the ceiling clos.eto
thebed-head," which, should you. ging,. it
Would arouse' half - Craven. Yet- even that
did not gave Sir Thomas. . Ile was found
lying stark and stiff here, • stabbed to the
heart, with his hands outstretched in vain-
fei Yonder repe, though ten geore of Men:- '
• ta-arnis wouldjaaveansweredhissummons.
•Good -night, brother."' • -'. - . .,.' •
- She spoke in a harsh and grating Voice,
but Clot/lent was very loath to loose the
sound of it. :..II.e. "accornpanied- her through'
th do
(Nor With-. officions courtesy.
"1 euppose 1- shall be called 'in time
, Grace?' - •-•s',- - •
• •. • •- .
'• "Yes, you will be palled-recoh .enough,
doubtless.. Yon had -better net dem& with
me any further, or you will lose your -way
back to your chamber." . Shec:wavedi her
• hand and left, him with: a firm, unfaltering
• step which evoked its answering foot fall
from the other end- of the. passage -that
nearest to the Blue Chainber-as before. .
"Goode:tight !" cried he, his teeth chat• --
- tering with fear as he listened with posi--
. - .:tive anxiety to hear -once- more her familiar• -
accents. - •. - • ' : ..
'4:Good-night." answered she sardonically,
as she opened the greatdeor whiehled into
thepieture-gallery---" good. eight, • and
• , pleasant dreams." - The quilted door slant
.`behincl. her with little noise,. but -her words.
were repeate - by the mocking echoeS quit.
: 0 ,
do,e,as i, seIed, to his own, ears--'-' ,". Good--
niatt, and pleasant drew" :las:•
To be continued.
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Tito 114ttettiatt cinnanissiohers oppose:an
. Increase ot the Cotton .
We learn. by cable that a despatch to. the
Manche:ler Guardian sag t The question.
hf .eetton issues.- Was chemisd by the
Anglo-French Tariff Cominissieners* on
. Tnes_day. The: reeeption. of 'the English
,leigateelVaS more satisfactorythan it was
on Monday. John Siegg, M. P. for Man.
liester„ said he was authorized te. inform
the, Coinniissionon. behalf of the Man-,
'Chester Chamber--o1rnerce, that unless
the treaty were arrange - se -aa to provide
for a reasona,ble, proapeet of business, the
Ohataber would prefer tos allow the nego-
;• tiations to collapse, - Mr, Slagg added qhat
the proposed treaty was becoming inereake
• ingly unpopular in: E:nglancl 112 consequence
of the. prohibitive- -turn the .Prench pr.&
posals were, taking. He found from inquiry
that the coat a production was alniost
equal .in France and England, and any
• inereaseof duty would lead to the, extina:
tion , of the English cotton trade with:
Prange, .
Planting. _Potatoes in Antuteete
Mr. Jamealloward, of ClaPhara Park;
Bedfordshire, --England, writeS- to ,the
• .40nd.ort...7.74ags,. givieg the resuIts, of Same
experiments he has made in planting petit -
tow in the autumn; Mr lleward, etates
• that on November 3a he planted a piece
of land in toWsforty-five yards . long,
putting ninetylseven se* into each row.
part a • the land he 'dressed with'
• soot and the other:. he left untaanured.
- March 29th a similar pieee of land.
was planted in , -the -sante way with
the same Variety. of potatoes.- The yield
of the the plots 4ot-4:cam:red aa 1113 pounds.
per row-, on the portion planted in the
. fall,. against- Da pounds -ort the • portion
planted inthespring., - :The autumn planted.
• . portion dressed with soot. yielded 137
pounds_ per_ row and the spring -portion 1111
pounds,- Another experiment made upen,
a plotot, ground frout whieh a. crop- of
onions -had been taken gavea yield per row
11 yards.,long of 5,8. p.ounds per row froin
planting made November .12th„. against 49
from a planting maae 29tii. Other
. _
eel/mats made give yields . of Ile
a a• 102: pounds from fall . planting,"
against -1.04: and- 69 ponnds froth spring
_
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Planting,- •respectively-. al Mr. Howard
. lays stress- upon the •necessity fer deep
planting in the auturiart..$: inches to
9 inches deep-. 'Even this isnot 11,- sufficient
• depth if the -potatoes are planted upon
ridges. He, recorainends planting on the
flat Zar
,
it is a misfortune .some girls to have
been- reared `rsitspec , : The desire to
/trees and to avoid e mierative eniploy-
rcient them,if ertaken byfinancial
disaster, and they me their lives away in,
moaning over mister e when theyshoulcl
be putting their sh ders- to the Wheel.
• They -fret and sigh, an know not what to
do, for they are deberr 11 from =their early
associations by their inipeeuniosity, and
• they ca.nnot muster th courage- to fece the_
World in their. ,s!arrol., They spend their
hves itt- dark ,Melireio knowing few and
_ .
not known -by many. , They: become an
incumbrance = to the.i
frown at a. fate which c
by their -own- resol
They May'be 'worthy
slowiywhen depressed
may be pod, but their
under a bushel. when. i
darkness- of despair.
,
respeotablegirla is scar
•wilt take them as clerke
• in telegraph and other o
School teachingis about
•tOW 0 'even r. ri .
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CU i' ., ; you Will be so after I am gone• -
.4 - silk 4 zro r .• s
et •tk :till. VI II I .: e: Ai : 11111 es e .11 nim an
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Annisin,%• Bre
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of Promise Case
A Posstwe Protection. Against a Fearfal
Dr. Mies on His Own Defence--onitteaws
ororito.. iorthcoming Trial• --The • _Expected
malady.
Dr. V. Galtier, veterinary Surgeon of
, _
Lyep£1,: France, has *lately- made a most
Lormotii Sept. 29 _An American. *Tact Tenantable- and vablable diae°V.eTy in
,A;YOBSTED, to the Times miggepting that American regard
virus by *,which- rabies.: is communicated
. to rabiei. It is well known that the
reeidents in London Wouldgladly join; if
permitted, Placing -a- !lab of American- from one animal to another, : and which
granite in Westrainster Abbey .-with the produces hydrophobia in the human tub=
sorrow of the English people -with -the- Jeet, is.• contained in the saliva of - rabid
animals. Hitherto: it bas -been supposed
Avord.s-, " - gratitude for the &minion
that in order to communicate disease Americans in ;the death : of President Gar-
field." The correspondent likeveifze sng- DvirT-1.1e.tanlaint.istere. enter i.nfot9.4o' td.he'etiiiTaTlattlatn',Ishlet-
gested that Arthur shoeld make this perms -
Mistake. The virus acts by being brought
sion his first *act, and permit a stone froth
in ventaet with the nerves; and:
the Abbey withsinailarworditobebroueht-
b when introduced into the dirculation
to Washington.- • . ' • . : . _ . .
; The ruiner of .a • plot to assassinate 4 acts as a preventive of the disease.:
Artinir arose from the :sworn stateinent of Astonishing as this- - asifertion may seem;
Bayley,. an attache of the ArDIT Medical itt:er:pe 18 44padatirtilr,rinn;tgr'-lotintte..fosralciiii?aubetfinag
:Museum of the-Surgeon-Generars Depart-
ment, to the effeOt. that .while in bed in, a. mad dog into the veins Of ten- sheep; and
room in house No 461, Missouri avenue, on at the---eana gine Plaeed -Saliva of the same
Monday night, he heard two Men Standing dog in contact -with the nerves of ten other
in front ofthe house plot- the assassination „The; latter All died with every
of -the President. ,• One Asked the other if -"'"--."13"na rabies, while the other
.he would Swear/to do `sit, -end the other remained'. perfectly well. He also 'aficer-'
ensweiedthat he would kill hint within a tainedTht4 when The virus of sTahfi3e was
Month; ' Bayley; says; he saw the mph as • injected into the veins: of eheep, it was
impossible too produce - rabies. inthena by
they walked off, and he -can fully recognize
them, No arrests hoe been made. any subsequent ejE-P-orin?-9hts- 'He has thus
discovered - that " hydrophobia,- is purely NEw YORE, Sept.' 28. --,The projector -of disease of the nerves, and that to inject the
Gerfield.- bind states that u.nder .thevirus of rabies into -the eirctilation is -a cer-,
THE LAD,
Cabinet Channel/.
ilfeenuse Ohe Wia led to. Have Money
• but N. k the Han._
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TonoNro, Sept. breac of. pro-
znise case et Tills vs. Faulkner Wastried
in the Assize Lon today before jiistice
Cameron and a, j . ivho is a
widow and rein s city,' sues
defendant a, ch old Etobicoke
farmer, for allege eftisal to' carry out /iis
promiseS Of' marri e.: Upto the time
of -
trial it was iinde toOd she had pretty.
geed case agaihs the- Granger; but the
evidence turned. t different. Her case
rested. on a w.ritte greeinent of marriage.
The couple wen _to a clergyman to
have the knot ied, but for some
reason or other th one backed out,
and had the derem y postponed. Another
date was agreed u n, and: pteilkn,er and
• his betrothed "Alm a large. al lgoods
house -in• this city ;hay the trousseau.
While- in.the store they quarrelled as: to.
the number of yar Tillson should
have for her dress.: . She Wanted. enough
fora train, but the lid man could notstand
it; and called her clutch - and addressed
her .very offensiv ly. , She left himin: a
virtuoussfate of ind potion, and since then
they seldom met, b now seeks damages
for failing to cary Ont his agreement.
The case was heard, ith much amusement
irt Court. Neither itintiff nor defendant
was called, bat the ter kept the Court in
constant roars by..hi
ccentric conduct and
frequent mterruptio it,• -and the Bench More
than once threatenedto put under
lock andkey. Faulkner frequently stated
he was • ready- to marry her. at any-
time, Me courts pointed out that
he had never refuseto ha' his agree -
meat, which conten ion was contained in
evidence. His Lord too, told the jury
-that once the pla,in ft signed the agree-
ment she must take- zn with all his faiths
and said that she h not signed the con-
tract to ma,rry thep °party, but the man,
including his foul mouth. The jury Was
not long out and gay Verdict fer defend-
• .111let! t
' chlontr
selves, and they
n ortLY be remedied
tion and -energy,.
but Worth- rises
y poverty. •They
goodness is hidden
ishiddenin the
Employment for
e. But few -places
and the openings
ces are not Many.
the only recourse,
and so *the giris who are reared respectably
are between • the two extremea-happy
coinpetency and industrious labor. •There
• is no -class of girls to b More pitied. than
• It
girls wha have been rea ed respecta,blytint
. who have been obliged -to abandon their
old liaMits and-their:old customs 'and take
to the new life conseque ton their paverty.-
-"The Men, or the assbeiation, that can
'deviie means for the,eznploYment of such
-girls Will deserve well .- of the World.
We have charitable associations without
number for- servant girls And 'orphans,
but girls who have been reared respectably
attraot little attention* no matter hew
much- they suffer by their etirroundings.
No one feels the shaft ,of poverty more
--st hart-thercla.--, ':They are not accustomed
toit. Their early lives were in fit different
- channel.. Poverty - to them is additionally
. cruel becanse unexpecied. They probably
hadno hand irt theirown misfortunes, but
•they are the principal sirere. They have
• to : . bear the: weight,. • because Others
bore • the pleasure; • Aa. they are
'the most helpless of creatures. .Theytaity'
be willingto work, but they do not know.
What to work 0, or, how to get suitable
• employment. There are Ino inSt#UtiOn Cal;
help them, and so theyliye on, pining t --
lives away, growing; oldlnlidleness an
the typiee
fortune haS
t to. make .
, not able -to
they inay have
eke should :be a
sorrow, and sirtkmg- do
maids of life, whode mi
to have been • reared, un
own. way' in the world, an
pert the etyIe -to which
been accustomed. But t
remedy for all this. . The rte -should be some
• means- of- assisting sneli g Is,. just as there
t
is a assisting those who are perhaps -lees
deserving. .We see no - r ason .why -some
• society should not . exist . o help girls who
• havebeen reared-respecta ly to, get situa-
. . . - . . . .
tions As clerks as sometiet exist to provide
• .. , .
for the destitute and, often for the unfortu-
nate. We should guard, vi tue by enabling
it to struggle against thmp alien, aS well as
endeavor to raise it 'when t stumbles and
gaIl-ant capture et a: tr nip by a. lady is
• reported from Sheerness. : * Mrs. Percival,
• finding itanan. on -the stairc se early in the
• morning with his hoots off, at ,ofice seized
hide and heldhim- till' her usbancl came.
The tramp„ Who gave the' erne* of - Janeet
Daly, Was senten. ced to One month% harh-
labor.
r as carried, on lus *
, • experiments-- .fwo years; and though the: s railroad in Nova. Sc tia -wherethere
results were not this. year se clearly in ,are ria 'fat mails and time really no
v,fa or ef autumn planting- as they were *014ecethere Was a. soinewha-1 irascible pas-
' last year; he intends to, ciantinue eXper-
knouts. • The planting' 0!' potatoes Within
a,. 4ew miles of Bbston Was, tried winter
before last,, when the weather was very
. The potatoes were planted in
• October, and covered with sea -weed. They
senger, who- was in ei,poldeal of alinrry,
and the' following conversation...occurred :
The engineer whistled *".down- brakes."
_a- Whet is. the trouble-, conductor "Cow caves for New York at. 2 aceorn- suetiOn Of the waterhad drawn hlinthrotgla
on -the traCk;" resn nded the con-: , by ja,nles, Hunt,- Lincoln: end :the -pipe a 'distil:lee 'leetweeti--.. 20ft. And
30ft., aed had, shot - . as if froin a 'cite -
into -the Itiver :Tay.. The -pipe is only
412in. in. diaMetei. jOhnStOU SaYUen leap-.
ling into -felt as if - Rome one
ad seized him_ firinly_by- the *feet --the
061 inciment All was _dark ; _and lie -wap-pro
elled.dayligh andthe river..-
terrnit of -snbecription not . cent can be
diverted - to any other. uses - then; those tain ..pretection 'against .- the dieesee,' 'at
specified, viz.: that the fund is - for the late. least in the coats of sheen. This discovery
'ought the lioiriceopathists,- for it
President's wife and 'children.- He this
shims that:, after alt ancient hornmo.
afternoon reeeived- .ohequeti -fciry00: and
pathiSt 'Who taught that the hair of A dog:
$250 for :Garfield -Ts mother, "which he Will.
was the proper remedy foe his bite was right
forward, With any Other SUMS received; to
principle- and erred only in detail. We
her to invest as she raay prefer.. The fund new know. that the Virus which prod -toes
for Mrs Garfield now reaches $325;060. '
hydrophobia when.: brought into contact
Lowell telegraphs Blaine .as follows i with the nerves prevents it , when intro-
have_received the following- telegram from. dticed into the circulation, . and we may
the Queen -*41._Would you, express. my
sincere Condolence to the late President's: eiaegeeal4eanitnaost-!boelotrleete4_94wtbeevneilitifballee-t:
inothnr, and inquire after her health as
bby4cadinpr6ofn;Iltyinjectiete of the virusinto the_
well its after Mrs. Garfield's:" Her inaiost-Y developed, it can be aborted
" I sliouldbe thanktullf ion watild
prooure me a '..geoc1 photograph of :Gen.. 'veizis -of the personWhe haa teen bittenby
'T4c*sity.that iSextreniely
Garfield." . • - .
-.Aciting,Secretary Hitt repliedas follows ;; improbable that safetyagaimat hydrophobia
can, be .seeured-byt-the inethed.proposed by
_","Your telegram Eptpressing the compassion.
of the -Queen for the, mother 'of the late Dr. Galtier , he - argument against it
_President was forwarded Gar,- Nothing dOuld -seem nioreimprobable_than
3enner's assertion that to inoculate a per-
field,At Mentor., Ohie. 1- have just received'
the following reply; Please request Mr. son with the cow pox would SeciireIor-him
Queen the -gratefiil acknoWtedgments. of the right Dr
Lowell to express to . Her •.Majesty ,- the hinia'sinpurnotaflhoinat -Jelnenahloi3-wt; /e
but eineriende
Galtier has really-fon/A a Sure protection
-mother ob Gen, Garfield and tay own for
the tender womanly eympathy she -has been to
Against hydrophobia, he Will ..deserve
rank With Jenner in -the gratitude' of gutp-
pleased to send Also; that IIer Majesty's kind Tini4S. -
wish Will becompliedwith at an early day
. -
(Signed) LUORE:Tikit. You Will -
please make &fitting cemnaunicationof this .-tOifest StOtOgh" News.
reply.to Her.,31/laiesty.N-. • •• .• • ••. • • ' • •.-*
,NEwycati, Sept.; 29 -The Women's .-A herring , crew itt'Prafierbtirg caught. a
utive Cbmmittee • of - the Homellissidhe of y.01 -Mg- whale 15-- feet long 112 their.. :nets
the Presbyterian Church - here; decided reee141Y; sold it for . •
raise a subscription &Meng :the *when and. : The Rivere Demi' and 'Ayr have 'recently
children of Ainetica. for the purvose of :been - greatly -swollen, oVerflowen-- their'
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memory Of Garfield. , •
establishing a Mission church lin trtali banks,-anctdone.great damage the crops.,
- - - _ • . -The Tweedrecentlyrose -seven feet; -and
XILWAUKEE, Sept Gilitteales it and its tributaries overflowed the, banks;
:brother4n=laW, has hat. decided te, defend- and caused great-.4aniage to the stirroneal;
the assassin. Scovil thinks, it .would be. 14g -crops. • . -
better to lea.ve- the entire Managenient of *.
bakbt of Edinburgh, an oldDumfriesease in the hands of the: GOvernraent /3ian, presented,. each- of -the men -of the
and let theni appoint ceunselfer the -defence, Loo:doo -Seettieb,' leaving : Edinburgh
He says there won't be • any greet effort after the 'review; With. a. large, tin of oat..
Made to defend eiveek at 44 I 'Cakes, asia memento of their. _
will simply Put before the jury matters'- - - • - - -
relating mental conditioe. Whether In the pariah - Of Deernessi' 'Orkney; a -
the. indict/Mitt is .gnilty or not,: ScoVil is naleting 'ha -13-' been at which, It 18
.firmly convinced the assassin is demented,, reported, the 'canchision was come to that
:and thinks he will be adjudged insane and there 120 certain cure for the iticreaged
dealt witlianc. Ordin.. gly. : . •• - x0Xits.ln‘Prkiley. htit-Oi'Land -Leagne..
An -eminentcrinained lawyer of NeWrork On. Drybuxgh water; Mr, David 'John!,
has offered to defend GuitteenWithent fee. stone, :fisherman to Colonel. Farb*. The.
Waimmarotz,- -Sept. 29 -There is good' ;11olins4-citua.t. :a yellow : trout weiglaing -1,
authority for !eying that Arthur has not -lb. 10 oz.; which fine.condition, and
yet given the reconstruction Of the Cabinet extreMelY_well shaped: - - •
hie serious consideration: The indicatierie returns of shipbuilding on the -Clyde
noware that the Preient Gabinet 'non- show -that dnring,Anguitteeve• iiteen-vesitele.
tinue intact till after the regular. meeting had beenjauncbed;:of a total tonnage of 2t4,-
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of Congress.. *The position of. all themeta- 500: ,,OL that eine:mit- Dumbarton, Green- .
Vera of the present Cabinet 'is' identical .6ely andPort Glasgow - contributed nearly
With that acVeagh. 20,000 tons, -, ... ... .
. :The investigation Of the Star .Routes has .DUring•-the :Bo:nil review at Edinhurgli
put in the hands of persons `conducting -the the Statues of Sir 'WalterScott, Christepher-
case such a record of -venality in public .North; Lord Clyde and . other 'Scottish
life that it will now be impoiteible to eup- .notabiles were -literally wreethedIroin head
press it While MadVeagh says he wanid. to heel in hewer, garlande, WhiChtliefain
not hesitate toprosecute, regardless of the.
heights; it . would be More Preper for an` kept as fresh as their memories Will ever
be in the. heartsof all true.Sootsmen.
AttorneY-Generai of Arthur's seleetien :.fo
achiel'e this honor. • A biseuit tninuiacturer Ilinning Park
If iiu*o.ne .knows who will be the sue: DiStrlet' WS,s -filled ..-51‘• in - each case for
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cesser, or - probable successor,. of even one employing -.34 Vornen - for a: period of '81
of "the retiring members Of the Cabinet,- he hol2±4 -contihuouRlY• ' .1:16 admitted - the
knows more than Arthur himself. • . • breach- :Of law, :t,at said the -.women had
- Dr: Power, Garfield'a-pastor,' exPlairis -aiiked.to, be allowed to work the ;1 labure
that he dicl %not call on the le.tePresident ir
inerder .thatthey rnight get.
chins wished to keep -the patient is quiet as :Three- English ladieS.Speilt- a. -night in
possibIe;;And were all the timeexpecting -August on Ben Nevh4the highest mountain
hith to recover sufficiently to see this per hi Stotland.;!. They went up ,witliont. a
aortal friends. Dr. Power pays the niisun- :giiide,_missed their way, and had to reinain
cloretanding Was of the physicians "1! on the. summit all through anightef heavy
they thought the ..President liable to die, I 'rain. *- TwoguidesWere sent iti search, And
Would have been called. I think. 1 would found the -lost ones greatly exhausted at the.
have been called had, I gone with: hina-to top of -it Steep ravine, . . ,, - - :. • 1
Long Branch." ' - ' - 1 - • --- ;. - • The _King Or tne iSandWicii :islands -Was-
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OLnyzann, Sept. 20. - The -Garfielcl. entertained at a hang:het in Glasgow -on,
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monument fund. has; reached. $2,-500. he -,Sept. th by the Lord, rreirOat and.niagit--
4mit to BubseriPtions has removed-. .- trttes., In replying to the toast Of Iiii
NnW- "Yens, • Sept,. 29. -Dr.'- Bliss is health, His Majesty stated :that in .the
-reported aseaying, "-As theettee was diag- -conStruetion Of his kingdom they had beet-
osed-Garfield -should. have -recovered.. I- •benefitted by the advice of the people Of
believed in that diegeosie up to near the •Scotland • They had SOotchnien in the
time of his 'death. llinety-nine cases our of a adminietratiOn of the Gevernment and at.
hupdtecl injured as we supposed-himtO have the head of their - judicial Work. Besides
been e houldrecover. ILI had cornpreliended their political connection ivitla: Seotland;
fully the nature of the4njuries, T should at they had been indebted to the people
no peried of the case have hail the' slightest Of. `Scotland . for --supplying them' with
hepe of his recovery, for the :Wounds. were machinery, which had - been the means . -61
mortal, * and Under such circumstances -I adding greatly to the prosperity of the
should have toll his family he could* country:. . . -,. • ,-.. --, -- -: - 1..
nett. , *rsuryive.'.' ' .- Bliss ; said; - "If An occurrence (AA most shigularocherac-
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the ball had - been looated.:--ilnd : -ah ter :has taken place in one . of: thesWiro-
.
attempt -made to - . probe. for .it the ming ponds in connection with.the Dundee-
Pregident would not have lived a- third ' Of -public.baths. - -The water 18 let off into the
the time he dud '1 think it was. fortunate river at low tide, ..And.' the :ponctis .relilled
forthe country that the oharaoter of : the from a tatik on. the Preirtises.. : While the
_ . . , ., . .
wound was Obscure. . ,Every hour and day -pond wits-'beingepantied the other day a lad
saved -to him the country would benefit by, named Johnston; contrary tathe rules of:
as .it vapid . be -better prepared for the. the establielnifInct, sprang in- feet forerbest.
shock that was inirninent, a4-4.:"..put forth to have a bathe. ' TO the deneternittion of
all My efforts to preserve his_ lite long as thosepreseht he did not return to tiia- eur-
.possible.r. •. - . : ' • . -- -. -• -face, and -his next appearance wittat the
. Wasuzucerox, 'Sept. 29. -The Presiderit 'door of thebaths.haked.and.bleeding. The
during his' prostration Iecautte the ph • ysi- * •
ductor. The man was satisfied. Shortly Windom.- Arriving - at 'Navy York it is
. came up in the spring', bat 'were only two afterward "down brakes " was whistled probable a programme will be arranged byl
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weeks earlier than those planted in April. again.
- . "What% the trouble now?". cried the MemberS of the 'Cabinet far a summer
-The
the Same pa• ssenger
moot horrible punishment ' for Was the reply. "Great heavens," said the in the Cabinet it is authoritatively stated
. SteUr braswballd; • - MI"
. "Cove' on the track," vaca,tioh. Despite the ruraors of changes
Guitteau would:be daily serenades byan men. "haven't we caight_ure_with that co* that none will be-made-before-th-easskoiTt
-of the Senate, ontOctobcr 10th.- •
Vi
I s Enormous ,13-r=oportions
Canada and the States
• SONal. *. TELLING STATISTICS.• .
A --statement obtained -from the .1/feteorot:':-logi�al . •
0e, Toronto, shone -the el:Orme:4e....
-extent. ottlielitte drought. Jiathe-Miesis- -
sippi Yalley,And over most et:- --oie United
Stats affected: 'by the .theoglic,-„the
fall is ushallymueligreater than in Canada,'
And if t average deficiency .' forthe four
-moot- asentinied'Ae. be only ten inches;
the -la. Of Irian, on the. _area. of LJ,590,000:--
milos..:,---treaahing.-froni Texas te, Montreal; -.
would equal 4bel- _'area Of -Lakes
Siiperior,- Michigan, .11tirdn, Erie - and
antatio,. and .several of the spaalierlakes
added; with an average depth 'throughout
,of: #fteen: feet,: or .141ifficieht ta.. float. .the
_largest vegeta that :navigateathe lakes -
gathered :togethewith. a depth Of -
-120 feet --the: averagi,- depth: Lake:
"-Eriea-,- lake --I:would •be" formed Rome -
:what la,rger than that lake,. Which is 240
mules in length ,by fro-IA:.'00. to 60 broad.
If the digciencyOyer the Province - at large'
be estiniated, at _four inches for July and
'Augast„: the 'deficiency the Peeving -0.-0f..
Ontario fro.M. Lake Nipissing soutard
would equal -a lake40Jong, 25' thilea
Wide; An4-.20-feet deep. The halite of the
drought:are not precisely 'known; but - the
area boy- -be :roughly: .described any.
:hrtniense.. OVAL extending CentraV.
'Texas. in the eenthwestto p, little beyond -
Montreal r. the! inortlielfet; and frem ,
Kansas and Iowa • to Georgia on a north.
wet and southeast line. This includes-* -
territory 1,600 miles langiv over 200 -Miles,
widerembra'Cing nearly* .4500,000- Agora.
times :aa large as .France, or
thirteert tunes as large As Greet:.• ritain andIreland-
. In Georgia; and also in yirginia
and other other ,central- -partS, -.Cit this . area, the -*-
droUght -wee intense :for betWeen three and.
four -Months,: while --generally .else-: .:•.
*here. - ___we4. only in ---1-uly„ August
and -
and, -.September • that the .- effeets. of
the." dry - weather Were :at all marJed..
The:- -total defidielicy.' over,• the_' '
referred to Was :1,100,000 Coble Of
'water, Nie.gere, Palle - at iae-ed beight,- die:
chargingat the rate: of onernillien.--Onbie-
feet-of water per second, would -require
whale -year to petit.- this vast quantity:, ,
-of water over raging chasm below„-; - •
:".. Dryer -months have been -; kiaaWn before.' .-.-
A:ugtiet,'I876, was warmer- than -the:- past • -
August, and no rain„whatever fell, but the -.-
droilght Was by lie means so extended aS
this season nor of .-:so.great dhration. The -
Summer of .186a .was hotter7--excepti
Septemberand jiilyin Hamilton averaged
80-P the -:iehade; with a MaxiMuni Of
106.341 0± higher than it haft-. been known
112 euther- New . Orleans caloutta; but
the June, July and August was
• qiiite.-evialtathat of the saniemonths thia.
year-,.anctilied-rotight :wee preceded .-hy
Alit3i which at .Torente-1,67..inches Of rain.
followed by.a Septentber With 444.
:This year . Septhmber • has only
been exeeeded in dryness by 'by: .41,11 aria
August. Neither Neither the -Summer;
naeliced,ithOut May :3rd, nor the drbught
has yet elided in Ontario; though
:Rehtucky. and.the. Western :States heavy -
rainS have fallen. • • - •
. of previousyearsin thitseentury. 1854 is
:most rentarkablefOr widely extended and
prolonged ;drought,' but' .the rainfall was
:greater than in this Summer.- The year
1819 was excessively dry ;ever. limited
.irt every feW, years. -there •-
-havebeenrparts of,. -the continent-- more :Mi.:
less affeetedhy a. damaging-- lackofrain. I -.
An extended drought, stokes has been. ex
:perieneed-thie en/rimer, May not beknewn
again -nu this centifient for -a.tentUry, r
.
Greedy CUrlosfty
On •
the very day after that onWhich they
a/Men/Med to the world the death Presu
dent Garfield, Gardeld,:the-NeW York -papers an-••.
iminiced to All whom it might concern -pre-,- --
cisely What kind of mourning Mrs: Garfield, .
Miss Mollie Garfield, Mist. RoCkwelk- and - -
Mss Eockwell. were going to Wear. . One ...-
.would have thaught that poor Mrs: Gat.
field- at least might -allOwed to
suitherselfintheniatter inatirningwitl:e
but her choice -of style - and-MateriaLbeing
trumpeted e.broitid to the -public:. Is there .
tothingthat the great paperswill
allow prominent personages to d9 in private'
and to keep to themaehaiS? Talk of .",the., _,...-
fieree light that beats upon throne;" but
it is nothing to the ardent blaie of notoriety' •
-in which the great dereacracycondercilie its
leaders to liVe.1 This - Med•craving for idle
personal, details 18 really'a week point. it,
betoken S a lack of, seriousness, and eypii,."
wemaysayi.A-lack of. rationality. Speak- •
ing generally;-thoee who are most • greedy
for.facts.ef little Signifitanee are those Who
-take least interest in ,general'principles,9r,
in other words, those who exercise their
reasoning ..er generalizing :facnity least
TheiF lives mast be alWays effervescing'
with iliCident or they find it flat and '
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Reinarkable .Ciecennsiznice.
The St Maryszlrgus ?aye:: c`-A..daie-Of
lossofsightoccintred_iii this town -during- the .patt. Week; Which is, something - Very
-remarkable. pit Saturday morning lest
Meal; Laming, .nee Miss flannah Cash, -gfild
who. was .treirried. bat : natkith'.ago,cl= -
denly; and without . any preraoeitions,_lost
the -entire Use of her., eyes: Medical *aid -.
could do nothing for her,-- and as 'might be
expected 'the sudden Visitation caused the
unfortunate young woman and her friends .
thegreatiet. anxiety: The eyes didnet
change in appearance, but"reniainecl sight -
les§ until Tuesday when ' the
ryleion came back again j'll4 e.s'suddenly as
it:had:gene. Mrs: Larning'S- JOY may be. •
imagined,- Dr. Rill, who was in:attend-
-Mee., says that the less of sight Was:catised
by paralysis Of the nerves of the eyes" •
Pr; nab' Ort-'.Larria. er pi:mho Artabet and
n specter -of geode,. for ;Quebec, and profes:-
per. in Laval . University, died on shrid.ay,... -
-Aged 48.: -He was first .0ousiir of ex.Lien-
teuent-GoVerhor Letefluer:
Altheugh. the Queen has. had the rh I.
apartnents of ,1,161yrood rehabilitated 'foe,
her: reception, the chapel re/Pains reetleee:
It is beautiful structure, and itit vaults
are *till theburial. place* Of many Itiatorie
Scotch fami1je In -these days ofrestora
tion,it is ricanieWhat, -remarkable that ibshould be pmit4 _
to remain athus:
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dilapidated.' '
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