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Wednesday, December -28, 1 887
CURIIEN7' TOPICS.
ROUGH ON TUE PEOPLE.
So long as Representative Gov-
ernment exists iu the city it will
bit hard to hinder au interested and
corrupt use of patronage by alder-
men under pressure front election
supporters and the int erferetice of
aldermen in things for which they
are Utterly incompetent.—IVitness.
BAD FEATURES OF PROIIIIIITiON.
Robertson said, "There aro three
things in this world which deserve
no quarter—hypocrisy, pharisaism.
and tyranny." -Prohibition con,
bines all three, but its worst feat-
ures are contempt) or 'tile truth,
and blasphemous attacks upon holy
communion.-•L)on►iniou Churchne n
METHODIST Vs CA'T'HOLIC.
How our Methodist friends can
go into municipal or others contests
as a church, or as churches, and then
denounce .Roman Catholics for do-
ing the same thing, is one of those
mysteries which no one outside of
Methodism can understontl, and no
one inside that excellent body sever
rises to • explain. Canada Presby•
terian.
CANADA AWAY BEHIND.
Only twenty two divorces have
been granted in Canada in twenty
years: - What a slow ountry the
.Dourinion is to be sure I Chicago
' has put through mere than that
nun►ber in five hours, and is still
ready to beat all the record:; made
in the 'division' courts during the
best seasons of domestic infc,iitity.—
Canadian A.mericau.
MOWAT AND entoeE SET:EM UP.
The timber 'limits sale .by the
Ontario government last week was
' a preIigoussuecoss.—Torouto Globe.
And yet at this sale th'•re was
wine—the best of champagne—
flowing like water, at the expense
of the government. The honorable
the contnlistion'er of crowns lands
assisto•1 by his colleagues,- did the
honore in piiitecly style ---Toronto
World
NO LICENSE WORKS DADLY.
During his observation's iu the
country yesterday, the reporter de-
eet•sl some •tttentinn to tire werkiug
of tine Seat Act, and he hair no
hesitation in pronouncing it an un•
qualified failure. With possibly
the single exception of Uxbridge,
whiskey and beer is sold as openly
as it is in Toronto. One hotel
keeper the reporter stet had just or•
dared a carload of beer. In twenty
taverns the reporter saw whiskey
bought, paid for and drunk. It
was as free as the mountain dow
to all who had the price. The
rancor existing. between the two
parties has probably ended with
bloodshed. Dr. Sangster, that
veteran educationist, who has lived
for over thirteen years in Port
Perry, told "the reporter that he
had written and talked for the act
when it passed, butte would not do
so again. He had seen so much loose
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dr uuketinese Hinge this act came into
feriae that he was disgusted.—'1'uron•
to World.
CUl BONO ;
What manufactured goode can
141.,ututta, Dakota, or Miuuesota
supply us with 1 What commodi.
ties aru they likely to purchase from
us 1 They are okliged to import
rna rufactured goods themselves
from the Eastern Slates of the this
ion, uutl therefore are not in a posi.
tion to sell articles. They will
never afford us n market for our
agricultural hr educe, for agricul-
ture is their staple industry, and
they already export largo quantities
of farm produce—Winipeg Call. .
A PATRIOTIC REPLY.
G. A. Drumtuond,president of the
Montreal board of trade, one of the
shrewdest business meninthe Domin-
iou,has declined the invitation to a
meeting in Boston for the considera.
tion of commercial union between
the United States and British Amer-
ica, lie concluded his letter as fol.
lows; "Bolding as I do most sincere
desit a to see increased harmony and
most extended trade relations on
fair 'terms between Boston and
Canada, you will, I um sure, pardon.
my • frtii►k objection to being even
by inference committed to \Ir.
\faith's scheme, 'end nuking to be
permitted to decline your kind in-
vitation."
A SURPRISED PARTY.
Dr. Waldie the candidate of the
Grit "purists" was elected last
February by a majority of 9. The
Acton Free Press now says :—
Notice has been given by the Seiki•
tors of lir. Waldie, M. P. for this
county, that the cross -petition
against Mr. Henderson, is about to
be withdrawn, upon the ground of
lack of sufficient evidence to sup-
port the same. The Reformers of this
vicinity were filled with consterna-
tion ou Tuesday by the ruttier that
Mr. Waldie had further backed
down by agreeing to acknowledge
bribery by agents in the recent
election, in consideration of the
petition against his election being
withdrawn from the courts.
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PLEASANTRIES OF POLITICS.
Before Mr. Mathieson, Master in
Chancery at Ottawa, Mr. C.' H
Mackintosh, who was the defeated
candidate tit the Last Dominion
election in Russell, was examined
iu c tl"'ction with the cross petit-
ion against hitt. Fie admitted the
charge that he lied tirade a wager
of $5 with Mrs. Macdonald, an
hotelkeeper in Cumberland, that
"she could not lick as high as his
!read," and said that a board was
held up by t r.'o Hien about as high as
his (Mackintosh's) head, •and that
the woman kicked the board away
and won the money. Mrs. Mace
donald had a husband and son who
are voters but how her winning a
bet in the manner stated could in-
fluence their votes has not been dis.
closed.
AN UNANSWERABLE ARGUMENT.
The question which Commercial
Union presents is in the opinion of
the London Economist, "whether
Canada is willing to have her finances
governed, not by her own needs or
desires, but by the resolutions of the
Goyernment at' Washington," for
nothing is more certain thau that
the United States will not agree to
have their tariff dictated to them by
Canada. "Commercial Union between
Canada and the United States,!' The
Economist says in so many words,
"involves asurrender by the Domin•
Ion of i•ts fiscal independence." This
is an independent opinion, and it
comes from the foremost commercial
journal in the Empire.. , It is worth
pondering by Canadians.—Monetary
Times
THANES TO TUE "WITNESS'."
(7'o The Editor of the •I'Vitncsa.)
Sir,—Please accept of my sincere
thanks for your light on the darknes's
of bucket shops. These dens of
gambling under a fine commercial
name have taken ground for business
in many place in Ontario. Generally
the religious press of this Province
has been winking at the evil ; or it
may be that the name "Corn and
Stock Exchange Ol11oe" has kept
their eyes shut—it is a genuine
blunder. But be this as it may, you
are doing s..goetd work.• Men and
women of pure and noble character,
who have any insight into the inward•
nets of these shops of Satan, and
know of your worthy crusade, will
send you ten thousand thanks. Your
witness against.these institutions is
one of the beet moral forces that can
be sent through our land
(Rev. E S. Reeeer )
Clinton,,Deo. 9th, 1887.
r1t()FII IIITION1 ,!' i. 311 ;AGREE.
'Che, .9clon Free Press;—For aro-
pt•eseutative prohibitionist organ, we
are inclined to think that some de-
partments of the Canada Citizen are
rather carelessly edited. For in-
stance :—Iu one column of the editor-
ial page,' of last issue, in illustrating
the dreadful effects of the use of in-
toxicatiug liquors, an article says:—
"The gathering comprised a tattered,
shouting, staggering, swearing, bowl-
ing regiment of both sexes—a sight
to make hell laugh, and heaven
weep." In another column, on the
same page, a recipe for mince pies
unblushingly advises its readers,after
all other ingredients have been ar-
ragned to "add a glass of brandy."
Verily, the total prohibition of the
liquor traffic, and the use of brandy
by the prohibitionists, will be rather
a conflicting and paradoxical accom-
plishment.
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CHESTER..
A Rattling Speech by the
Chief Secretary.
Mr. Balfour, Chief Secretory for
Ireland, uddressed an imureuse as -
trembly in Free Trade hall, at Man.
cheater, Dec. 14. Iu consequence
of warniuge that a plot had been
formed to assassinate Mr. Bolfour,
tite police, guarded the approches to
the platforms and were stat,uned at
various points in the interior of
the hall.. The barricades extend-
ing around the hall were continued
to the Town Hall, where Mr. Bal•
four eleepe under guard. Ott 1r1r.
Bulfour's appearing; upon the plat •
forth the prolongo(t cheering with
which he was greeted by a portion
uf the audience failed to drown the
hitting from another portion. The
preliminary speaking proceeded
amid great disorder. A number of
fights took place, and many persons
were ejected from the Isidt. The
nialcontent element was finally
Subdued. Mr. Balfour, iu an ela-
borate criticism • ti the most recent
speeches in fever of Home Rule,
compared Sir George Trevelyati to
I3uityat's- -Pliable, who started
with Christian on the right road,
remained a short time, but falling
into the Slough of Despond, prompt-
ly used violent language toward
hie former companions and finally
returned to the City of Destruc•
lion. The R•td•eal party in Jan.,
nary, 1886, thought that every-
thing was right which they had
thought wrong in December, 1885.
Wheeling eitnt at air. Gladstone's
word of coutmanil with the re=
itlarity of soldiers on parade
hey had goer! now into the ranks of
he Pnruellitas, ci:anging not only
heir old policy, but their old moral
ty. (Cheers.) They had sullied
he character of their party forever.
With the deterioration of their
toral fibre, the Radical, had adopt,
d the methods of their Irish allies.
hese hail long been accustomed to
onions streams of violent rhetoric,
hich made them incapable of that
obriety of statement which the
ountry expected frons practical
atesmen. The utterances of even
he foremost Separatist leader shove-
d an increasing want of moral per-
ption. Mr. Gladstone had been
reed to retract some of the asset...
ons made by Trim in his infamous
eech at Nottingham, but only
tiler the threat of a la, vver's letter.
r George 'Trevelyan had said that
ie farmers in Ireland were being
victed by the wholesale. The fact
as that during the first three
oaths of Trevelyan'e atlruiuistra-
on as Chief Secretary for Ireland
ere were,853 evictions, while for
e same period of the speaker's
eure of office, the evictions num•
ret! only 132. After rebutting
e etatementslof Mr. Dillon and
hers on the condition of Ireland,
concluded by predicting the
umph of order under the policy of
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A Story With a Morel.
Guelph Mercury.
There is weeping and wailing
among the women in the Paisley
block, and the Cause is thusly :
Sometime about the ]atter ;part of
October or the first of November, a
bland tea agent visited this section,
and from his suave manner, winn-
ing address, and •a good deal of what
an Irishman would call "blarney"
he had no difficulty in ingratiating
himself into the good graces of Ole
fair maidens and comely matrons of
the block. He showed there samples
of his tea, which was guaranteed to
be the finest and best flavored that
ever left the shores of Japan.
Whother•this was taken by the buy-
ers is not kuown, but there is one
thing sure, that the good women of
almost every house in the block bit
at this bait : Five pounds of tea
for 50 cents a pound and the put -
chasers would draw a ticket which
Would entitle them to a gold watch,,
a piano, an organ, a silver dinner
set, and a hundred other things too
numerous too mention. This was
too much temptation for thous, and
thosleek agent got his cash every
time. IIe went away to return on
Nov. 10 with his prizes. IIe Itas
not turned up yet, and the woolen,
becoming uneasy, let the eat out of
the bag, for be it remembered., the
wily agent took caro to visit .the
houses when the men were out, and
carcely any of them were aware of
the agout's'visit, the only knowledge
of it being the monstrously bed tea
which they riPfused to drink and the
necessity the house wives were under
of getting good tea to mix with it
before it could be used. l'hc
women of Paisley block have got a
lesson in tea which they aro not
likely to forget. and in future will
no doubt buy it from the, reliable
grocers of the city.
—A young son of Mr. '!'hos. Gib
son, dairyman, out the Yorlc road,
made a sad slip a day or two ago.
He was leaning over trying to get a
knot out of his shoe Lace with a fork
when his band slipper!_and the fork
entered his eye, puncta ring his eye-
ball in two places. It is very
doubtful if he will over have the
sight of it again.
FARMERS. 3eLE OXIV..
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HOW Three Ex-1anadjane
Bound for Ontario
Dropped r$600 -
John; Samuel and Jantes Lit
john, three farmers from Gladsto
Dak., were tricked out of $600
a shrewd and unknown west
confidence man on State n
Monroe street,•Ghieago: #Le it
johns were en route from Gladstone,
whoro they owu considerable pro-
perty, to Stratford, Canada. Fri•
day as they we'•e about leaving
Minneapolis, they were joined by
a well appearing roan who repre-
sented himself as being a stockman
ou his way to Chicago to look
after the sale of some cattle. Tho
fellow talked with astonishing
garrulity about the condition, of the
past season's crops and the pros-
pects of the coming seasou. Last
week the three brothers, with the
garrulous stockman, paid the stock-
yard a visit, and while there were
shown the cattle owned by their
new-found frieud. Tho market
was consulted, and the embryo
stockman came to the conclusion
that prices being low, he would
not sell until. Monday. Deciding
upon that 'course, all repaired to
the Transit house, where the Little -
johns told the man, tvl►oe name
they never found out, that they
were farmers on their way to Can-
ada to spend the holidays. In the
afternoon the quartette decided to
pay the city a visit, the three
brothers ]raving decided to take an
evening train for Stratford, Canada:
The stockman pointed out to the
delighted Littlejohns tho dir•play
in the store windows..
Ile-
ne,
by
ern
ear
tlek ie hatitlrci s}:tnbai of= riatrirno ry
has traveled from the thumb to the
fourth fi ogee, where it now relJoses
In the time of Elizabeth it was cus-
tomary, both In England and on
the continent, for ladies to wear
rings on the thumb, and several
of her rings now shown in the
British Museum, from their size,
must have been thumb rings. In
the time of Charles II. the ring
stems to have found" lodgement on
on tho forefinger, sometimes on the
middle finger, occasionally ou the
third finger also, and by the time
George I. came to the throne the
third finger was recognized as the
proper place for it, not universally,
however, for William -1r Jones, in -
his treatise on rings, declares that
even then the thumb was the favor-
ite place for the wedding ring.
The "British Apollo" decides
the proper place of the ring to be
the fourth finger, not becanae it is
nearer the heart than the others,
but because on it the ring is' less
liable to injury. Tho same author-
ity prefers the loft hand to the right.
The right hand is the emblem of
authority, the left of submission,
and"the position of the ring on the
loft hand of the bride indicates her
subjection to her husband. A cur-
ious exceptiou to the rule planing
the ring on the left hand is, how-
ever, seen in the usage of the Greek
Church, which puts the rings on
the right hand. Blessing the ring
gives it no small share of sanctity,
and old missals contain explicit di-
rections as to the manner in which
this ceremony must be carried out.
In the church services as performed
in the villages of England the ring
is frequently placed in the missal
the practice being no doubt, a relic
of tho blessing once thought indis-
pensable.
TRE WE7)DINf# RING.
'Where it Should bo Worn, Le.
cording to Ouetom and
Superstition -
Fashion has determined not only
the style of the wedding ring, but
the finger.ou which it is to be worn,
and so capriciously has custom var-
.tr-e�-:ern
Dive rced by Death. .
It has just transpired thct tjlo
recont railroad accident at Richelieu
River, near St. John, N. B., abrupt-
ly terminated a sensational divorce
suit.
Among the kilted was a French
Ctivadlnn WUr11nu With tjtUat l'U[uantlo
history. lige Baufe was Mario Gan-
wand t esgag•_ytestrs ago she was a
pretty pupil at the Convent of the
Presentation in the town of Hya-
cinth, Canada.
A young American mot her acid
a love snatch at once resulted. To
escape the oppoaition of the staters
uf the Convent, however, and that of
her parents, the young people were
married clandestinely, the girl con-
tinuing at school until concealment
was no longer possible, when she
was sent hone and her fickle hus-
band fled to the States.
The truant huabaud, who is now
a wealthy banker, came to Newark,
N. J., where he at present resides,
with a wife and two children.
The Cauadiau wife sought her
truant husband for a long time, but
found no trace . of .him_ until. -her ..
brother, ,thio is a resident of New-
ton, Sussex county, N. J., sent her
word of his whereabouts.
She at once came to Newark and
engaged assemblyman Frank Mc-
Dermitt.to commence divorce pro-
coodings. She was compelled to re-
turn to Canada, however, to procure
evidence of her tnarriage, and was
killed on the railroad smashup.
Assembly,►nau McDertnitt says
that the Newark banker, who is
worth $100,000, carne to his office
and begged him to let the affair
drop anti spare his present wife and
children the disgrace that must fol-
low exposure.
While —Ire; were wandering
along opposi to the Palmer house
they were suddenly confronted by
a stranger, who addressed the
Minneapolis stockman and appear-
ed solicitous about the payment of
a bill. The two men appeared
friendly, and after a few pleasant
words the Minneapolis man de-
cided that it was about time to
liquidate an account. He plunged
into his pocketbook, but could not
find the requisite amount. Instead,
however, he pulled out from differ-
ent pockets several government
bonds of the denomination of
$1,000 each. In a fit of chagrin
and despair he turned towards the
Littlejohns and asked them to ad-
vance shim some money on the
bonds. "How much?" "Well,
about $600 on a $1,000 bond. I'll
toll you what I'll do," said the
stockman,. "I'll meet you at the
Transit, .house this afternoon and
pay you the amount and get the
bond." Tho $600 iu hard, cold
cash, went from the three brothers
to the stockman, And in return they
took the $1;000 bond. A little
while later their friend wont into
a saloon with a friend, end failing
to return, the three brothers wont
to the Transit house at the yards.
Their friends had failed to turn up,
and on stating the couditiou of
affairs to ,the clerk, that person
referred thorn to the police station.
There Capt. Morley looked over
the bond, and found that it was
only an imitation. The • matter
was reported to the central police
station, where a description. of the
confidence man was taken, but it is
supposed that ho is now enjoying
affairs in Minnesota.
A Cainad.ian A broad.
An unduly excited young man
rushed into the Woodbridge street
station the other day, says the De-
troit Free Preess with something to
say, and a soon as he could get his
breath ltc said.:—
"I carne in here on the train from
Torouto, and r met a man. Says I
is this the United States of America,
and says he you are bloody right it'
is. Says I I'm glad to know it, and
is this town called Detroit? IIe
says you can bet your life 'tis, and,
won't you come and have a glass of
something for the stomach's sake?
Says 1 I don't mind if I do, being
it is not against the law, and we de-
parted for a place where the flowing
bowl doth circulate."
":\nil you liad a drink?"
"\Vo had a drink, and says I I'm
much obliged to you stranger, and
he says not at till, and as I was. turn-
ing to depart ho gives me a push
and a shove, and grabs off me neck -
pin and puts it into his pocket."
"\Vhat is the value of the pin?"
• "I paid twenty cents for it in
Torontu."
"And what kind of a complaint
do you wish to crake?"
None at all, sir. I'tn .koro to ask
you it' that is the right principle
on the port of the American people?
If it is I've uothing more to say.
If it isn't I'I1 return and find the
man, and says I :—'Why did you
shove end rob me 1, 'For fun,'
says he. 'That's poor fun,' says I,
and with that I gives him two on
the nose and three below the bolt,
and as he lies down for a quiet nap
in the gutter I continuos my journ-
ey to Chicago. Good day, air—glad
to have had the honor of meeting
you."
GO DIRECT to Ton NRW,•RRCORD for all
kinds of Printing. No middlemen and lowest
living prices.
The German peasant women con-
tinuo to wear tho wedding ring of
the first husband, even after a
second marriage, and a recent book
of German travels mentions a pea•
sant wearing rings of four "late
lamenteds." An instance• is known
of a woman of Gfertnan birth who,
atter the death of her husband in a
Western State, had tido misfortune
to loose her ring. She ate once
bought another, had it blessed, and
wore it instead of the former, doem-
ing it unlucky to be without a wed-
ding ring. Among the same class
of people stealing a' wedding ring
is thought to bring evil upou the
thief, while breaking the emblem of
marriage is a sure sign of a speedy
death to one or both of the con-
tracting parties.
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ALLEGED BLACKMAILING,—The
grand ,jury, at Woodstock, returned
a true bill agaiust Henry Dickenson,
of the firm of Dickenson & Co, for
felony in writing a', threatening
letter.. Tho case was !tried before
Police Magistrate Field a short time
ago and the charge was then dismiss-
ed. The letter was to a hotel keeper
in the county of Oxford and is said
Ito have contained a threat to lay an
information against the hotel keeper
for violating the Scott Act if ho
did not pay the writer an account
alleged to bo due him.. Tho petit
jury brought in a verdiet of not
guilty as a conviction meant im-
prisonment in the penitentiary, and
M?.- Dickenson was not aware ho
was committing a criminal otrope°.
MonE 'rtUT1I THAN POETRY.—
There can bo little doubt that a
groat deal of the disease iu the
rural parts is the result of rho cou•
tantivation of the well -water by the
drainage from the cesspools. .lir.
A. A. Post, of Whitby, in a letter
to a local journal, relates the fol-
lowing incident :—"A short time,
since in making au excavation fur
a building the workmen struck a
vein of polluted earth, the stench
from ,which was almost. unbearable.
Being curious to see and know the
cause, I had the nteu follow the
vein, and fouud that it had its
origin in a.pit, and its outlet -in a
well, the distance to which was
about 140 feet. In its passage the
liquid natter from the pit had
defiled the earth for several
feet in all directions." . In
this instance tho welt and the
pit i ere a considerable distance
apart. If theedrainago could travel
such a distance of course it follows
that the danger increases the nearer
the well and tho pit aro to one
another.—London Free Press.
—Toronto financial circles hail
something to talk about last week in
the collapse of the long established
firer of Joseph Kidd & Sons, general
storekeepers, &e., Dublin, Ont., who
have assigned to Mr. Clarkson, of
Toronto. Their liabilities aro placed
at $150,000, and the show of assets
is good, The principal creditors are
the Bank of 'Commerce, Frank
Smith & Co., and McMaster, Dar].
ling Jr Co., of same city. I pati
—The Supreme court of Canada
gave judgement in the case of British
Columbia v. Canada, a suit arising
out of the question as to whether the
precious metals in and upon the
public lands granted by the Legis-
lature of British Columbia in aid of
the C. P. R. are vested Ln the Crown
as represented by the Government
of British Columbia. Mr. Justice
Henry, who heard the case in the
first instance, gave judgment' fn
favor of the province, which decision
has been by the Supreme Court re-
versed, Justices Henry and Fournier
dissenting.
A BREECHES SUIT.—A Comical
suit was tried at the Division Court
in London before 'Judge Elliott to
recover $6, the- price of a pair of
trousers, tho plaintiffs being Gidley
& Spettigue, tailors, and the defen-
dant Doau Diguanl. The defence
was that the pants did not fit hien,
and in order to'denronstrate that
they didn't ho tried thong on in
court to the great amusement of all.
Tho trousers did not really seem to
be a good fit, being too short, not
of sufficient breadth of beam, and
generally speaking not calculated to
please Mr. Dignan.• The jury, how
ever, thought differently, and gave
a verdict for the tailors.
—David Grody, a young man of
German parentage, was indicted
at the General Sessions last week
for unlawfully taking Magdalena,
otherwise called Martha Donnell,
an unmaried girl under the ago of
16 years, out of the possession,
and against the will,. of her father,
Daniel Kennel!, of.. Wellesley
village, and marrying her at S'trat-
ford in October last. This was a
runaway marriage, the lovers having,
uukuown 'to the girl's parents, gone
to Stratford and been married by
a Presbyterian minister. They
were pursued by a local constable
to Nithburg in North Easthope,
whore, at his father's, the bride-
groom was arrested on the above
charge, and tho bride was taken
home by her angry parent. Soon
after his 'preliminary trial Grody
instructed his solicitor, Mr. King,
Berlin, to commence proceedings
to compel his wifo,s father to
deliver up his (G's) wife—a writ
of habeas corpuu having been issued.
for that .purpose., The Grand Jury
found "No Bill," and the bridegroom
went home as happy as a bridegroom
can be who has a bride, and, at the
sante time, hasn't her. °
"The cost of a single clay of fog
to the -gas consumers of London
may he gathered from the 'figures
compiled from ofliciail rsources," says
the London Standard. "Wednesday
Was a day of dcl•so and coutintious
fog, necessitating the extensive use
of gas, and on that day the quantity
of gas supplied to London by the
Gas Light and Coke Company
amounted- to 103,664,000 cubic
feet, or 35,000,000 cubic feet in .
excess of the quantity sent out by
the same company in the correspon-
ding day of last year. The above
excess in the supply of gas would
represent tiro supply to a town of
from 10,000 to' 12,000 inhabitants
fur a whole year. In addition to
the quantity supplied by the
company- . meutiynecl, there were
supplied by the other two Me-
tropolitan Companies—the South
Metropolitan and Commercial—
about 45,000,000 cubic feet, making
it total consumption for London in a
day of fog of nearly 150,000,000
cubic feat. Approximately the
value of this gas was .£21,000, of
which cost from £7,000 to £8,000
was directly duo to the fog. In
1885, on a day of similar fog, a
groat strain was put upon the com-
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