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The Advocate, 1887-09-08, Page 2THE FATE OF THE LEAGUE. A MajeritY of &WAY -eight sUpport its Proclamation. ,) IIIBEVELIAN OPENS TRE BALL —I. -- Harangues by Hartington, Harrington,liar- court and Others. ----..—... BALFOUR SAYS " YOU'RE AlOTHEll." A. last (Friday) night's London cable Bays: In the debate on Mr. Gladstone's motion in the House of Commons last night Mr. Timothy Harrington commented severely upon the character of the documents which Mr. Balfour had quoted but had refused to lay upon the table, and (declared them to be utterly worthless. He asserted that ,the plain duty of the League was to continue its work and not shrink from the conse- quences. Mr. T. W. Russell, member for South Tyrone, after remarking that Mr. Gladstone had somewhat misconstrued some of his (Mr. Russell's) statements, protested against the coercion of the League, but said that having supported the Crimes Bill he could not consistently deny the right of the Gov- ernment to the powers they demanded and secured by the passage of that Act. Mr. Bradlaugh asked why, if the Govern. ment's statements were true, the Ministry had not proclaimed the League before they Mr. T. P. O'Connor said the effect of the proclamation would be to remove the Par- titionbetween the tenantry and the evict- ing landlords. The Government could deal with cases of intimidation, if there be any, without proclaiming the League. On motion of Sir George Trevelyan, the debate was adjourned. Sir George 0. Trevelyan, one of the late Gladstonite recruits resumed the debate to -night on Mr. Gladstone's motion for an address to the Queen, praying for a nullifi- cation of the Government's proclamation of the Irish National League. He said the late Government did not ask the House of Commons to pass the Irish Crimes Bill on hearsay, but that they based their demands on Parliamentary returns of grave outrages. There.had been committed .7,788. outrages during the previous year and 26 agrarian and political murders during the first half of the ye,ar. He contended, that the House should have tabulated statistics of crime in Ireland, and that to mention one crime here and another crime there was not suffi- cient te"justify such action as the Govern- ment were now taking against the whole Irish people. He denied that the general operations of the Irish National League increased crime in Ireland or led to the general non-payment of rent. Let the House understand, he continued, that if the proclamation of the League is sanctioned every Irishman belongingto it who*will not leave it at the command of the Government will be liable to be punished as a common criminal, and that liability will not depend on any judicial proceedings worthy of the name. In conclusion he complained that, the statements made by Mr. Balfour and only given out last night • left no time for examination of their character. Mr. Balfour had presented a series of alleged facts in justification of the 'Government's action. These allega- tions the House should have a chance to corroborate or refute before coming to a decision. Sir Richard E. Webster, Attorney -Gen- eral, held the reason why there were not more convictions of crime in Ireland was simply because of the terror of the League. He reminded the House that Earl Spencer's Government had repeatedly proclaimed the Land League meetings, and that Sir George 0. Trevelyan had supported these proclamations on the ground that the objects of the Land League were to put down landlordism and to effect a separation between Ireland and England. The objects of the existing League, said the speaker, were the same. Its aim had not been changed. Abundant evidence had already been adduced as to the evil workings of the League. The Government would 'now try the experiment whether the suppression of League meetings would not lessen the intimidation. (Irish cheers.) They were told this would be the death struggle. Well, either the League or the Government would go down. (high cheers.) He did not fear for the result. The Government would be, aupperted by the ,consciousness that they had done their duty. Mr. Harrington (Nationalist) said that, as one largely responsible for theLeague, he desired to reply to the calumnies that had been hurled at its character. He read letters frorn branches of the League ton; demning the practices which the/ Govern! rnent declared the League promoted. The League repudiated every form of outrage. The League would go on doing What it had ,done in spite of proclamations, which'had no terrors for the Irish people. (Cheers.) Mr. Wm. Redmond accused the Orange society of worse intimidation than was ever c harged to the League, which was a genuine national association. Under certain' cir- cumstances, he said, boycotting . was justi. table and necessary. (Cheers from the Ministerial benches.) Lord Hartington said be did not think the speech of Mr. Redmond would influence the House in favor of the constitutional, and legitimate character of the League, He doubted whether if Sir Georgep. Tre-; velyan's views upon the Crimes Aet hadr been known in Bridgeton he woul'haVe got the support of the Irish electors. . Laughter.) Sir George Trevelyan did het well on the object or the tyranny of the League, or the ruin and loss it caused, nor did he enter upon the question whether Lord Salisbury and Earl Spencer were jus- tified in the policies they adopted, The ,gliestion for the present decision was whether the previdiis policy, which had been so successful, should be 'followed by the present Government, if the tyranny of the League became more rampant and; •ntore organited. Newi as far as the act of an association was wholly politicaltit could not be condemned, but if the aetion of an .association destroyed the liberty of the people and subverted order and good gov- ernment, it did not matter What the ,supposed motives of the association were, It was enough that itil action was hostile to social order. (Cheers.) The House had already deoided that intimida, tion prevailed, preventing persons from _pursuing the i lawful occupations. He contradicted the reports that he had dis- agreed with the Government iapon the step propene& He believed that the League's aim was spoliation and injustice, and that it:4;3404de ,were in defiance of the law. (0,heerir Continuing, Lord Harington said' that he had some doubt as to the , course adopted. He should have Preferred if 'it had been posidble that the Government $4opld,ieport in the first instance to the previsienn of the Crimes Act ;.but with their aim end object he entirely and earnestly sympathized. They were jinni- fied by the facts before them in the course they had taken. He would oppose Mr. Gladstone's esolution because it asked the House to interfere needlessly and prematurely with the Government's exer- cise of the authority which Parliamenthad entrusted to them and intended that they should use, (Loud cheers.) Sir William Vernon laarcburt said he thought the. preceding speech was an extra. ordinary one from such a responsible statesman, knowing that the step he was taking was fateful both for Ireland and for England. Instead of advising the country, under these grave circumstances, Lord Hartington only endeavored to show that he had not been consulted, and therefore was not responsible for what had been done. (Laughter.) The Government al- lowed a verdict of not guilty to be entered on several clauses of the indictment against the League; for they did not dare to pro- claim it as an association for the promo- tion of crime or interfering with the main- tenance of law and order. He would not extenuate or apologizefor intimidation, but if that was all the Government wanted to prevent they could have attained that object by adopting the advice of their Unionist friends and putting in force the " combination" clause of the Crimes Bill. The reason they had not taken that course was because they would have been com- pelled to produce evidence that would sat- isfy the country that intimidation prevailed in Irelandiand they were unable to produce such evidence. But the men they wished to suppress were not intimidators, but restrainers of intimidation. (Irish cheers.) The •Government wanted to strike the League because it was inconvenient to them, adverse p their political opinions and to the pecuniary interests of the class they represented, and it was characteristic of them that the first member struck was an Irish member of Parliament, the editor of an Irish newspaper. The only s.pecific cases which had been adduced to Judie* the proclamation had been specifically dis- proved. The country would appreciate the unfairness of their conduct and its object. Mr. Goschen observed that Si.. William Harcourt had been elected to hold the brief for the League. Continuing, he said that the Government were fully conscious of their responsibility. The difficulty of their task was increased by the persistent oppo- sition of those who had themselves held high" office, and who, under similar circum- stances, were supported by the Conserva- tive. Mr. Goschen then proceeded to de- nounce the League in strong terms. Mr. Healy, who ended the debate, coun- selled the Irish people to wait patiently and abstain from violence. The vote was then taken, 194 voting in favor of Mr. Gladstone's motion and 272 against, giving a Government majority of 78 votes. The O'Gorman Mahon, Nationalist, the newly -elected member for Carlow, entered the House this afternoon and took his seat. He was greeted with cheers by the Parnellite members. HE SA.YS IIE DID IT. Murderer Captured in Windsor and Con- fesses His Crime to the Authorities. A Windsor despatch says: Chief of Police Blaine, of Windsor, arrested a man who has been living in the town for the past two weeks on the strength of the fact Shat he tallied with the description of one Emmanuel Myers, charged with murder- ing his wife in Jackson, Mich. After the arrest the man confessed his crime. The murder took place in February last. The girl was his third wife and was only 20 *ears of age. , They had been •married three years. He was extremely cruel to her, and on that account they separated about four months prior to the shooting. Subsequently a son of Myers by a former wife fell ill and Mrs. Myers returned home to nurse him. On his recovery nhe pre- pared to take her departure again, and Myers helped her to pack her trunk and said he would go part of the way with her. As she turned to leave the house he suddenly drew a revolver and shot her, the bullet passing through her hangs and lodg- ing in the liver, inflicting a fatal wound. Immediately after the shooting the mur- derer disappeared, and although the police made diligent search to discover his where- abouts they failed to locate him, and it was thought he had ended his life by jumping into the river, which runs by his home. Instead of committing suicide Myers made tracks for the south, where he had been up to the time he arrived in Windsor. He looks and acts like a lunatic, and while living in Jackson was regarded as half crazy, besides being of an extremely jealous and 'quarrelsome disposition. He is over six feet in height, stooped shouldered, grizzly grey hair and whiskers. He is owner of four house s and lots in Jackson, and a short time before he murdered his wife he stated to neighbors he would send her to eternity if she did not sign off her claim to the property. It is probable he will consent to return to Jackson without the formality of extradition, as he IS completely broken down in health. General Middleton's Retirement... An Ottawa despatch says: It is under - Mood that Major-General Middleton's tenrfre of office as the general officer com- manding the Canadian militia will expire in November next, He will then have attained the maximum age of retirement from active service as fixed by the Imperial Army regulations, viz., 62 years. As under the Dominion Militia Act the officer charged with the military command and diempline of our militia must hold rank fn Iler Majesty's regular army -i. e., on the adtive list -General Middleton will per- force retire. His retiring allowance will, it is stated,, be about seven hundred pounds sterling annually. Every , girl thould learn to play the piano. Mink has charms to soothe the savage and there it 110 telling what sort of temper the mini will have she catchee for a husband. PELTED wrp OTIOIES AND ETONES. Savage Attaelt on Salvationists at Qu,'d'e? -Both Women and men AssatOtea Narrali Etienne or ,cetunlisstener COolatheS front Being Murdered* A last(Thtirsdaitglit'sQueobeo despatch says : A most brutal and uncalled for attack on the Salvation Army took place here to -night. A large number of brothers and aistere of the Army arrived here yes. terday for the purpose of taking part in their fifth annual jubilee. They came from Halifax, St. John (N.B.), theEastern town- ships, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and other places west, probablY about 100 delegates in all. Last ,evening, in the usual way, they with the City members paraded through the streets, headed by a brass band. They did not interfere with any one. A few evil-dispoeed ruffians who probably detest religious worship in any forrn, threw a few large rocks at the procession, slightly injuring passers-by as well as members °Vibe Army. No par. tioular notice was taken of this and the cowards desisted, only to renew the attack to -night with reinforcements. The proces- sion had just reached.Place &Armes square, when a well-known Quebec bully, backed by 300 or 400 similar cowards, rushed on the unprotected Salvationiste and poured a continual fusilade of rocks at them, with an occasional thump of a stick. They did not stop in their murderous assault even when men and women, one after the other, fell to the grouad, maimed. In fact, this seemed to increase their fury, and if any sympathizers went to the assistance of the injured ones they were given a stormy reception. By the greatest efforts the in- jured ones were rescued and taken to the barracks. In the meantime the mob fol- lowed tlae Army,and, like the sneaking cowards that they were, hid behind a fence which encircles the Jesuit grounds, oppo- site the Basilica. There they opened fire again and caused a general stanapede amongst the Army, who were taken atfear- ful odds. A young lady who was passing Simons & Foulds' dry goods store; on Fab- rique street, during this attack, escaped death by a hair's breadth. A rock weigh- ing about two pounds struck her hat, glanced off and smashed a $100 pane of glass. Further down the street a lady member of the Army was struck on the back of the neck with a huge stick, by a burly ruffian. The young girl ran as has- tily as she could into a store on Fabrique street for protection, but was rudelyejected and again attacked. The Army wore making as fast time as, poseible and reached the barracks, where it was found that some fifteen or more were seriously injured. Color -Sergeant Merritt, of Quebec, was hit on the temple and is suffering from concus- sion of the brain. He is now delirious and the doctor cannot pronounce on his case. Adjutant Van ,Allen, of Montreal, and Mc - Hardy, of Ottawa, have split heads. Bate- man, Gardiner and Young, of Montreal, are injured on the face, head and body. Miss Lloyd, a captain, of Waterloo, was kicked in the ribs and is almost prostrated. Commissioner Coombes was set upon by a number of the mob and would undoubtedly have been killed but for the timely assistance of amen named Low, who mixed up with the row and changed hats with the commissioner. Commissioner goombesstateathat he de- manded police protection for to -night after being assailed last night, and was only allowed four men, who arrived, in the usual way, after the storm was over. Dr. Gale, who is in attendance, has refused to allow several of the injured ones to be removed to -night. There is great indignation felt over this outrage of civil rights. The ring- leader was fullmecognized by several per- sons, and, it is said, will be arrested. Com- missioner Coombes will, it is said, remain over and push the prosecution. ANOTHER ANTI -SCOTT ACT OUTRAGE. A Temperance Man Treated to a Dose of Dynamite -The Windows of the House Broken. A Farmersville, Ont., despatch says: The Scott Act has been in force in the County of Leeds for about fifteen months, during which time feeling between the advocates of the Act and the Anti -Scott men has run very high in this section of the county. The two hotelkeepers here, together with the one at Charleston Lake, five miles distant, have been twice hauled up for selling liquor. During the last few days, therefore, the feeling has been very bitter, and Monday night the excitement was intensified by the explosion of a dyna- mite cartridge shortly before midnight in front of the residence of Richard Arnold, a leading temperance man, breaking all the windows on the south and west sides of the house, but fortunately no one was injured. Had the cartridge been placed nearer the building the results would have been more serious. Who committed the dastardly deed is unknown, but it is believed that its effect is to intimidate witnesses to be heard at to -day's trial. The driver of the stage between here and Mallorytown (Hogaboom) states that on Monday evening be brought a package from Mallorytown to McIntosh Mills, six miles from here, which he was afterwards informed contained dynamite, and it is believed that the cartridge used Last night was taken from this package. Nearly a year ago Arnold and the village constable, George Brown, both receiVed anonymous letters threatening the use of dynamite if they persisted in carrying out the law. Acute "Loco Motive Eat Us." Everybody is talking about the extraor- dinary number of railroad disasters, cross- ing.slaughters, collisions and runaway engines reported in the daily newspapers during the past two or three weeks. It does not indicate that railway men are becoming more reckless or that the average i of risk is ncreasing, Casual events of any class distribute thernselyee in groups and not at regular intervala, and just now we are passing threugh an uncommonly thick grolip of incidents of this sort. The effect is somewhat startling, however. It looks very much as if an epidemic of acute loco- motivitis had attacked the railroads of the country. --N. Y. Sun, I Mr. Sorley Will leave London (Eng.) inn mediately in connection with the failure of the Bank of London, in the interest of Scotch holders of the debentureissued by the Ontario Investment Association, hi interested. which the direetore of the bank are largely ipgiaryls. by long hoine 'and send -starvation MEABTED SABBIFY• ilfsPerate *Vieth* Pattie relight. Ending t4P el)Prel0 of the BVIetors• 4 Cork cable says: An eviction has failed on an state in Sputh pork belonging to Bir George, St, John gottharst, sixth baronet, Whet° PrineiPal Peat is named Castle Blarney. 'A tenant named Timothy O'Leary owed about $709 arrearages 61 rent and costs. The baronet'sagent offered to accept $100 in full satisfaction, O'Leary to surrender possession. He refused, and an eviction writ Was issued- There Was a crowd of 300 persons, beaded by the Secre- t ery nf the local branch og the National League and a band. The pheriffs and bailiffs were protected by twenty policemen in charge of a district inspector. When the party arrived, at 7 o'clock in the morn- ing, they found the house barricaded and a number of men inside prepared to offer every resistance, Over the front door was suspended an American hay r ' ake which, by means of ropes attached, the efenders in the house were able to drop igen the heads of the bailiffs. See- ing the difficulty in forcing the door, some of the bailiffs got up on the roof, but no sooner had they made an opening than they were attacked by those within, who shot out long poles at them, and 0730 of them narrowly escaped being hurled to the ground. After five hours' work the bailiffs forced an entrance to the ground floor, but having got thus far they were assailed with stones and other missiles and assaulted with mops dipped in boiling tar. . Matters became so serious that the Police Inspector ordered his men to load and fire. The lat. ter part of the order, however, was not car- ried out. After seven hours of fruitless effort the eviction was abandoned. In the yard of the premises there is an open well 60 feet deep. This was covered over with light laths and rushes, and had any sher- iff's assistants or policemen fallen into tlae trap laid for them they would, in all proba- bility, have been killed. There were no ar- rests made, and the National Leaguers present shouted triumphantly as the sheriff abandoned his efforts to enforce the decree of the Court. ANOTHER RAILWAY FATALITY. A Bridge Washed Away by a Flood -The Engineer Killed at HIS Post -Another Calamity Narrowly Averted. A Denver, Col., despatch Says : An mei- dent occurred on an est bound Union Pacific express at Sand Creek Bridge ten miles east of here, on Wednesday night, re- sulting in the death of Engineer Masterton and the serious wounding of two or three others. The Union Pacific and Burling- ton Bridge cross the creek almost parallel and within a few feet of eacli other. When the engineer of the Union Padifio train, which leaves here about 30,minutes ahead of the Burlington train, was within a few feet of the bridge he was horrified to see that a flood in the early part of the evening had washed the middle section away. The fireman jumped into the stream and stuck in the sand, whence. he was taken out half an hour later in an unconscious condition. He will most likely die. Engineer Master - ton grabbed 'the lever, and reversed the engine just as it plunged into the water with a baggage car, which fell on top of his body, burying him in the sand. Baggage. man Breedlove was badly injuredby falling trunks. An old German woman Inning nearby heard the cries of the frightened people, and rushed out with a lantern and stopped the approaching express on the Burlington route within a few feet of the bridge. BORN IN A CAR And Dropped Down a Steep Embankment and Yet Lives. A last (Friday) night's St. John, N. B., despatch says: As the Western train was about passing Grand Bay this morning a woman passenger was seen ,to enter a rear apartment. As she did not come out when the train was nearing the city, the conduc- tor grew suspicious, and at his request two women entered the apartment and found the occupant in an unconscious and com- pletely exhausted state. They told the conductor, who, on the arrival of the train at St. John, had her taken to the public hospital. It was then discovered that she had become a mother. Subsequently the babe, a fine, healthy boy, was found at the foot of a 30 -foot embankment near Grand Bay. The child was taken to a house near byand will probably live. The train was going at the rate of thirty miles an hour when passingthis point. The mother has not yet fully recovered consciousness. Those who have seen her acquit her of any crimi- nal intent. The woman was on her way to Boston from Woodstock. It is said her name is Putnam, and that shecame a short time ago from Nova Scotia. Housekeeping Intelligence. Mrs. Molly Bigrnan, a newly -married lady, does not know anything about house- keeping, but she is anxious to have herhus- band believe that there is nothing in the housekeeping line that she does not know. He happened to be in the room when the cook came and said: "Will you please gib me out de coffee? De water's been a -bilin dis las' half hour." Let the water boil, Matilda," replied Mrs. Bignaan calmly, "the longer it boils the stronger it will be." -Editor's Drawer, in Harper Magazine for September. George Meredith, the fainous English novelist, ie a handsome men between 60 and 60, years of age. His hair is gray, his features well cut and expressive, and his manner vigorous, unaffected and pleasing. Like many a man who has excelled in prose George Meredith considers himself a great poet. He teems blind to the fact that while he may be a .giant in fiction he is a dwarf in verse. The Atbencetim speak- ing of his poetry, calls him a "harlequin." A catfish came out of the river at Cann Ill., with a. tin cup in its mouth, An accident, the like of whieh probably never happened before, is reported from Arkansas City. A man was riding on the footboard of a switch engine when a cow came out of the woods oh to the track just ahead of the engine, and before anything could be done the man's limbs were crushed • etweee the engine and the body of the cow, A Chicago clergyman lute been forced to resign for offending B01110 of his rieh pew - holders by, preaching teo plainly against the wickedness of grinding down the working- APIBB414BE iiN,MMM4 er4'0,49berrs'son!rn liar;lace-4110#14014 Affatn-Ptellannaana wnrtn A Londqn cable li*Yq: The.Cecil-Wit. brahana wedding itt 4 4cirevo,* Wel4 street, waif in every waY we#.13Y Pe aus- picious an event as the marriage of a on of the Prime Minister with the daughter o,f Lord Chamberlain. The chinch vilas crewded with guests and sightseers, and every available pint was profusely decor - .ted with white flowers. Lord paliehury, in unwonted good spirits, talked of every- thing but the. proclamation of the League te his ?many friends. It iS a pity that the praiseworthy punctuality of the bride was not more generally imitated. Lady Florence Wilbraham looked very 'beautiful in a dress of white poult du soie and Brus- sels lo.ce, but it must be confessed that primrose satin did not snit the complexions of some of the bridesmaids. LadyLathom, in her becoming dress of light grey sil1. with bonnet to match, seemed scarcely - older than her daughters; Lady Grosvenor wore a long oloak of violet velvet and * round hat; Lady Lytton was in fawn color; Lady Borthwick's becoming Worth cos- tume of blue, with antique miniature but- tons and blue bonnet, was much admired; Lady Betty Lytton and Miss Smith seemed specially interested in the ceremony; Sir Arthur Sullivan was duly impressed by the bridal marches; Lady Exeter and her daughter represented the other branch of the Cecile; Mr. W. H. Smith was scarcely as cheerful as his chief; Messrs. Balfoir, Lowther, Villiers and Baden-Powell did duty for the Commons. The breakfast and. tea in Portland Place was very well man- aged. Lady Salisbury endowed her new daughter-in-law with a supply of diamond stars. Lord Salisbury gave a dressing -bag which was almost a counterpart of Lady Cranborne's. The presents of plate were particularly numerous. THE MANHATTAN SWINDLE. Mrs, Fanny Roberts Sent to Jail to Keep Company With Lawyer Dunn. A New York despatch says Mrs. B. Roberts, desoribed in Teller Scott's affidavit charging her with receiving and retaining from him $10,000 of the money stolen from the Manhattan Company's Bank, while lawyer Dunn received and appropriated the remainder,or $40,000, was found this morning at her residence. To the reporter's questions as to the truth of Teller Scott's affidavit she said, with apparent surprise at the accusation: "Yon are the first to tell me what Scott has stated in his affidavit. I was informed at breakfast that there was something in the paper about me, but had not bad time to read what it was when you were announced. I never use the name Fanny when speaking or writing of myself, but usually sign my name as Mrs. J. B. Roberts. I am a widow, and having some means occupy this house, with my colored man and maid servants. I hey° no objection to saying that my name i Fanny S. Roberts, and suppose that I am the person alluded to in the affidavit which you have read to me. Of course such a publication as this is not pleasant, but being conscious of right I have no fear of facing the trouble if any should arise. I never heard until to -day of this Richard Scott, and certainly could not have been friendly with him. I have not read the papers lately and had no idea that such a man existed. It is not true that r received $10,000 from Scott or from any man known to me by that or any other name. The charge of intimacy with a man who confessed to me that he was a thief is too preposterous for me to answer except in a court of law." Later it was learned that Mrs. Roberts had been arrested and taken to Ludlow street jail. THE JAPS AND THE c.r.R. Influence of the Establishment of,the Nevr Line of Steamers in Japan. A LondonIcable says: The opening of the Canadian Pacific and the establishment of a line of steamers from Vancouver te Yokohama and Hong Kong are creating ex- traordinary interest in Japanese political and commercial circles. The native jour- nals are actively discussing the probable effects of the development of the new route on the commercial position of Japan„ which, they think, may be completely revo- lutionized by it. If, they say, goods for China and other countries in the East are conveyed by this rodte, Japan would have in the East a position corresponding to that of Great Britain in the West eV a commercial and banking centre. At pre- sent, while the Suez Canal is the main route, Japan stands alone in the extreme end of the chain of communications. With the Canadian Pacific steamship and rail- way lines in active operation Japan should be the centre of the Eastern trade, and accordingly Japanese merchants are urged to be up and doing. It is suggested that the native steamship companies connect Hong Kong and Singapore with Yokohama, and possibly extend the line to Australis later, thus increasiog the number of feeders of the Canadian Pacific. Whatever the result may be, the officials of the Canadian Pacific have succeeded in arousing to every high degree Japanese commercial energy and ambition. At Atlanta, Saturday, a workman in opening a door gave it a vigorous pull. In doing so the jar knocked a pocket -book off the facing over the door. The book was comparatively new, but was covered with dust, showing that it had been above the door a long time. it was handed to his employer, who opened it. In it was found between $2,000 and $3,000 in promissory notes. Lord Tennyson is not gifted with a memory of faces. It was told that he was entertained one day at dinner by a Oscar Browning, a wealthy gentleman well known in London society and not at all related to Browning, the poet. A few days after Mr, Browning met Lord Tennyson at a recep. tion and saluted him cordially, bin the poet looked at him vaguely and did not recognize him, "Do you not remember, Lord Tennyson ? I am Browning?" said his quondam host. "Oh no, you are not," answered Tennyson, placidly, "1 know Rebert Browning intimately, and you can- not preuade me that you are he." Elo off he went, leaving his unfortimate entertainer in 0 decidedly unpleasant predicament. An Eckforaf Mich., young lady raked 102 acres of stubble in a week, besides tak- ing lessons in elocution and. music.