The Advocate, 1887-12-22, Page 6eteeleeetee
*19810D WIET4 illt*XEMEAN.
40.1, 0,defies ifieefeiltAter reuttiee'hiplee-
Mere IWO Plerrteel4erfhelfe.
A Phlefiliit aesPittch seri The
disappearence of Miss Alioe Wrigheson, of
Parish, in this °purity, heireee of the late
Philip Wrightson, together with thet of
genre 11,10441ay, eitilreecd Inehereent has
oeused a greet Ilene& ion in this imotion.
Mies Wrightson ,loherits abopt ,030,041
from her h .
ither: She a pretty taloride,
has fasoinating AutOners, anci a superior
education, having Peep eteepdant at Menuit
Holyoke Academy for two yeere, She is
19 years of age and has been the belle in
society at Parish for two years. She came
home on vaoation from 0911001 Six weeks
ago and became acqueinted with Henry
Momulay; a railroad brakeman, at Parish.
The auquaintance very quickly •ripened
into a love match. The young
ledy's inether was scandalized at her
deughterei intimate acquaintance with
McAuley, whom she copsiders far heneath
the young lady in social position, and tor
badeMcAuley to tale upoe tee speak to her
drieghter. Miss Wrightsoa's brother.
geerderl her almost constantly arid refused
to have McAuley visit the family eesidenoe.
Notwithstanding thie the young lady had
many clandestine meetings with him and
an elopement was artanged. She started
,otitensibly alone for sprayer meeting last.
evening, and hae not yet returned. le ik
known that McAuley net her and, hiring
a carriage from a farmeredrove to Mexico,
where cars were taken for the west. Miss'
Wrightson mailed a letter at Parish tette'
evenirg announcing her elopement. She,
said she coald not live without McAuley,
and no matter what his let she would,
share it with him, Her brothers vow they.
will shoot MaA.ulay on eight, but bave
r made no effort to find him or their sister.
Many people at Parish say that McAuley
has a wife and child in Brooklyn. He is
34 years of age, far from prepossessing,
and can seemly read. Miss Wrightson
will come in possession of her fortune in
three years. She had 190 with her when
she fled lest night.
AWFUL MINS D18
Ten Miners Thrown Down a. Shaft--Foar
Killed and Six Seriously Injured.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., despetch says : In-
telligezese has reached this city of a fright.
fal aocident et Luzerneborough, four miles
discent. Th.e carriage at Waddell's shaft,
used for hoisting coal, was about to be
lowered into the pit, 300feet deep, Upon
it were ten miners. When within 100 feet
of the bottom the carriage • became station-
ary and the ropo'began to elacken. Before
the engineer could take up the slack the
cerriage suddenly descended with great
force, throwing four of the men off, and
they fell to the bottom of the pit. James
johnston and Hugh Monaghan were horri.
bly mangled and metently killed. Wm.
Boyd and John Blight were picked tin
fatally injured, The legs and arms Of
eaoh were broken in , several places and
they were bedly crushed, The six others
were seriously injured and badly shaken.
Wm. 3oyd and John Blight were still alive
at 8 o'clock, and Chase Conningham and
John Lloyd, who were also frightfully in-
jured, still live, but the death of 'all these
men is expeoted at any moment.
TREY LICKED AN EDITOR.
Migh School Girls Whip a Newspaper Nan.
A Hammond, Ind., despatch says
!Cases Belle Guthrie, Bertie Hammond and
Julia Potter, high school girls, published a
communication in the Weekly Independent
on Tuesday, saying that Porter B. Towle,
editor of the Evening Echohad a silly
brain, was a masa of conceit' and belonged
to & olue-footed rac,e, Towle replied
in Thursday's issue of the Echo
by denouncing the high school
girlie He Bald the writers of the
article were things and readers of immoral
papers. Last evening seven young women
of the high school met Towle in the street
and threw red pepper in his eyes, , while
three of them horsewhipped him most
antnercifully. He threatened to shoot,
but fled instead and took refuge in an out -
bowie in fear of his life. Citizens had
prepared to pelt Towle with rotten eggs,
but they arrived too late. ; Muoh indigna-
tion is felt here, all endorsing the action of
the high school girls, who are of the best
familica. Porter B. Towle is a brother of
the millionaire mayor of this city.
Counterfeiters in the states.
A Washington despatch says: The an -
meal report a the Chief of the Secret Ser-
vice Didf73.031 of the Treasury was made
public to -day. It shows that there were
355 persons arrested by offioers of the ser-
vice during the past fiscal year for viola-
tions of 'laws ageinst counterfeiting, etc.
Of this number 70 were convicted and
sentenced to imprisonment. The report
says that the counterfeiting now beingdone
is principally the work of .Italians, who
operate in bands in different portioneof the
country. The counterfeiting done during
the past year amounted practically to
nothing, the only attempts in that direc-
tion being a 010 silver certificate and a $2
ailver certificate, and thecae were 'such poor
imitations as te be practically harmless.
The report refers to the fact that ill but
two of the many skilled operators arrested
airice the war for counterfeiting theited
States bonds ctre now at liberty, and says
they May be expected to resume their riefa-
rious epeeations at any time.
Ossught a Wolf in the Streets or Chitage
A Chicago despatch says: As John Stel-
ler, is night-Watehman, was returning home
at an early hone yesterday, he wae met at
the gate by a strapge-looking &timed that
he drove away. Mr. Steller entered his
house, only to be called out shortly after by
theor of Wolf 1" The aninuil that had
met Mr. Steller at the gate had returned to
his doorstep., A. lively these ensiled and
resulted .in the capture of the wolf. He
*se W young one, dmit gay e with shaggy
hair and alert ears. Not being satitified
with the blood of a cow which hehad bitten
hreput his teeth into Mr, Steller and drank
briefly of that gentleman's life current, but
*as finally secured, The wolf was bOund
With a Inievy tope, but he promptly severed
it with hie sharp teeth.
—The proof et I *either prediction is in
the patience that *Lite Icing enough for it
to oorne true,
4.iDietSieltPAL WiteletVALho ,
A Peer methediet "reedier 0904rOP a *ors
eaue be Ac entente
, A Mtddletraell, N,Ye'eleePetele. eee'rii The
PoYerty of Methodiet ministers; whq serve
qn country cirouits s roverhial. Rich
men among them are as 'ecaree,,tei 'hens'
teeth. When one 49e.0 ffollJt.i0 Pot by
accumulations from his scanty salary, but
by some such lucky windfall as has just now
blessed the lot of Rey. A. J. Vag Cleft, the
esteemed paeeor of ,the Yirst Methodist
-Episcopal Church of the neighboring vile
lage of Norwich, Seven years age Rev,
, Van Cleft waci officiating cm presiding
elder of the Wyoming 'district, and se
pastor of the principal churoh of the de-
eterninatign at ,8orentoe, Pa: Among hie
associates in the ministry •oe the district
was the Rev. William feteiene, an English-
man, who in his youth had worked in the
tin mines of Ceenwell, in thatcountry. The
elder was somethipg of an,entlinsiast in
mineralogy, and one day he exhibited to hie
brother clergyman some ourielle ercecimene
of tin ore that had been presented t� him by
a friend from the Black Hills Of Detests,
and that °erne from an undeveloped lode
in that region. Rev, Mr. Stevens was
struck with the apparent riehness of the
specimens, and impressed., his views of the
probable value Of the mines from which
they came on Elder, Van Cheet. The, result
was that the elder ind ;WO friends made
up a moderate purse arid Sent Rev. Mr,
Stevens to Dakote, with inetruotions to buy
the property if his judgment and experience
approved of the venture ; Under these in
strnotions they (became the owners of
seventy Acres of land covering the supposed
valueble lodes. But the purchase had ex-
hatuoted all their weenie mad the property
his since lain idle and unproductive to the
owners. Last summer, however, the at-
tention of a party of English capitalists;
was attracted, to the property, ane they
sent over Captain ',John R, Cook, a Corn-
wall mining eitpert„ tO'exainine it With a
-VOW te Atli purehitem The, expert's rePort.
was favorable, and the Englishmen. have
now paid Rev. Mr. Van Cleft and his ease -
dates 1250,000 for the property.
BISATEN TO DEATH.
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A lavas* Charged With Revolting ceuelte
to His Own Child.
A. Grand Rapids,' Mich., despatch says :
Oregon Hamilton, of Woodville, is under
arrest at Newaygo for the murder of his in.
fent child. Hamilton is alman of vicious
charaoter, and the facts, i's 'ne'arly as can
be aseertained, are that the child was
brutally beaten and literally whipped to
death, and the verdiot of the coroner' i jury
is that the child oione'eo Um -loath by violent
Means. 'Hamilton's wife, the mother of the
child, died about • year ago, and this child
was being kept by Mrs. Ellsworth, who
came here under the istreteeif Marsden.
•Nellie Oberholzer, wife of lide constable
who had Hamilton charge at the cordnet's
inquest, °Covered him (Hamilton) ivithni
Winchester rifle during the procseedirmselt
is the prevailing opihionthae the relations
of Hamilton and the woman who tookde
of the child were not •the most savorY. The
body of the child presented a sickening
sight when viewed at the inquest. It was
black from its little arms to its knees. Its
father manifests no sorrowin the least, but
since his imprisonment bas been trying to
throw the whole crime upon the 1170Mall
who had it in charge, while it is the general
•belief that both are equally guilty, and a
warrant has been issued for ber arrest. Had
the prisoner not been removed immediately
after the inquest the county would have
been saved any costs in trying the wretch,
as forces from mills and camps were con-
centrating and would have lynched him.'
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HURT BY AN ACCIDENT.
,
Passengers AWL 13rakeinan Injured by a
Mishap on the R. A: P.
A. Kingston despatch says: The regular
passenger train on the K. & P. Railway,
going north, was derailed by an accident
near Clyde Forks. A car on the track was
caught by the catcher and thrown on one
side clear of the engine and tender, but
must have rolled baok from,the side of tbe
cutting to theitribk, derailingthe passenger
oar and detaching it fronethe othee part 6f
the train. In its descent the car, it is
said, rolled completely over two or, three
times, of course overturning all the pas
sengers, of whom Mr. MacLeite, a student
of Queen's University on his way to pima
at Arnprior, was badly cut. Only one pas-
senger escaped without injury. The brake.
man was badly burned by the stove being
upset. It pinned him down until the other
train hands recovered thetnselves riuffi-
ciently to go to his assistance. His hands
were badly burned in his efforts to release
himself. The car caught fire, but the'
dames were Boon quenched.
Another Child of Satan.
A Jersey City, N.J., despatch' says:
Fred. Riley, aged 10, is an inmate of the
Home of the Sisters of the Peace, in which
are living over a hundred children. Riley
is a very vicious boy and the other inmates
fear him and avoid him as much as pos-
sible. Yesterday Riley found little Toinniy
Jones, 3 years old, playing in the kitchen
alone. Riley catight the little fellow, gagged
him with a handkerchief, and then efter
removing his clothing, held him down on
the top of a red-hot stove. joni3ssecceeded
in getting the handleerchief fronf his mouth
and hie cries brought Sister Evangeline to
his assistanee, but not until he was ter-
tibly burned and it is thetight that he will
die. Itileywas earned over to the police.
tlis fi
ather s dead, and his •mother, being
unable to pontrol him, kad put him In
charge of the institetion.
Three Mitc444 /14 it Pet kYfo' *Ott 46.4
14eteee Wortk OWeittoetiteitt
Tetetle Reck, A.rkedespatolt, says, ; The
ttlkiq 0644,4 north etre; the PP. L01;i0,
A-rk$,MYks.& Teeeit Itei1ree4 was -etoeeed,
by train'rebbere ten 'mike this tsidee of
Texarkana, Ark., laid Meht, end the @einem
car wee, pliberl,. Themitit and pitesengers
were nee molested, ,
The robbery occurred at'7 o'eloek, B. P.
JOIITIBOai the pest .olerk on 'duty at 'the
etAikeeethe tritie Wee Buddeiely stopped
Wnele nieving out of Geneve station. He
saw three rougn-lOokieg, num hoerd the
.engine, and he knew Something was wrong,
so he blew out the *ape in hiedepartment
and locked the doors, The express messen-
ger did the same thing. The three robbers
were einced with a Winchester rifle and a
'couple of pistols that. 'They ordered the
dogricopee, and fired several shot a through
the Wieitieees. They the used a piek.aire
and jobinion fired one shot out through the
window; which was &flowered bv a volley.
Finding resistance 'melees, and the lives
of the engineer and fieenien at etake, the
expreas,inessenger opened his doors, when.
a light was Struok, and search by the
robbers began, The leader of the robbers
was much agitated, and the midi clerk told
him he wee more scared than he (Johnson)
was. .J9hpson seers he would know one ot
the Med anywhere. The leader Weighs 200
pounds, and is thick and heavy set. There
was a panic among the passengers,who
seemed paralyzed with fear.
Aftergobag through the express oar the
men entered the mail car. Johnson ex-
postulated that that was Uncle Sam's
dominion and that they already had a good
deal of booty,and if thee disturbed the Mails
it would g� herd with them. One replied,
That's so," and that they would not touch
the mails.
Gre,aeexoiternent prevails in the region of
the robbery, and mounted men are scouring
the veemis everywheie. Gov. Hughes has
offered $200 for the arrest , and conviction
of eaoh, robber, The railroad company also
'Offers seVeral thousand idoliser; reward,
The amount taken is said to reach $49,000.
.The Canadian Northwest.
The Pine Portage Mine Lake of the
Woothe has been sold for $200,000, On the
propertriee temstamp mill.
Kupfersolimidt, the alleged Catholic
priest who eloped from Dakota to Langen-
berg, N.W.T, with a yoting lady of 18, be-
came partially insane af ter the lady returned
home with her mother, and yesterday,
while being taken before • jhstice of the
peace for trial, committed e Weide by cutting
hie jugular vein. He wa* in the, back part
of the sleigh ane committed, the act before
the Man in charge had any suspicion of his
intention.
Sir Adolphe Caron and General Middle-
ton inspected the infantry sohoo) barracks
to,de.y„and left for the East to -night. Sir
A. Caron.called upon Archbishop Tache
to -day. While at Victoria, RC. the Min.
leder of Militia selected a site for the
infantry school barracks. Atethe Victoria
banquet he spoke in opposition to Commer-
cial Union, saying he believed it meant
annexation to the United States.
A meeting of citizens was held yesterday
to telt° preliminary steps tosvarde petition-
ing the Dominion Government for the im-
mediate improvement of the Red River, so
as to render navigation between this city
and Lake Winnipeg practicable.
G. Rushbrook, a Moose Mountain settler,
set out on November 22nd in search of a
hand of ponies and has not since been
heard from. He is supposed to have
missed the trail and perished on the
pratrip. He is a young Englishman of 22.
Intelligence received from Cumberland
House states that influenza and measles
have caused a great amount of sickness,
and •starvation is threatening the residents
of that district. The Dominion 6r'overnment
Will' be applied to for relief.
,Gossip of a Day.
A single foggy day in London costs the
town something like $40,000 for extra gas.
A law has been passed in Waldeck, Ger-
many, 'forbidding the granting of a mar-
riage ,license to a person addicted to the
liquor habit.
" Jernmentfakturbolageforejaln in ce s m a -
megin " in Swedish means, in English,
" The Iron Manufacturing Company's sale
shop."
Old Temple Bar was being removed' on
the 25th ult. from Farringdon street, Lon.
don, to Thebolds Park, Cheshunt, where it
will be erected on Sir Henry Meux's estate.
Lord Stanley, of Preston, who is spoken
of as the probable successor of Lord Lans-
downe as Governor-General of Canada, is
heir presumptive to the earldom of Derby.
While a lady of Xenia, 0., was preparing
feed for her chickens recently the diamond
in her engagement ling dropped into the
mixture, and the loss wee not notioed until
the feed had been eaten by the fowl. It
became necessary to massacre ten chickens
before the stone Wag found, but it was
found at last,
.Thomas Randall, of Buffalo, owes his life
to the reprehensible habit of wearing °elle-
loid millers. In a quarrel which he had
witire laborer named MoNereey, the latter
drew a knife and made • lunge at Ran-
dall's neck, but the collar broke the force
of the blow and he escaped with slight
injuries.
Rev'. Dr. Malcolm Douglass, who wits
buried at East Warehens, Mass., the other
day, provided in hit will that his body
should go to the eatth in a pine box, and
that nobody ehould run the risk of catch-
ing cold by standing bareheaded at his
grave.
Don' t Forget That
An Old: Lady's jIgnteririse, beery time you borrow you take a hack
Mrs. Charlotte Forge; of Windham, Nor- at yet* If-teli nee.
foik County, in the last three menthe of Every time the mercury drops the price
lier 781h year, pieced and, quilted a quilt of 'coal goes skyvvatd.
Which contains 1,598 pieces. It is* eplendid Every lime yeti gush otter °leash, musics
pied° of workmansnip, and considering the Yett Play the hYpoorite,
lady's age ie a remarkable athievement. Ev.ety tiniii you Snub a reporter the gads
Who can beat it? MM. Forse is an old "rill elhite and arnit6 U.
XorfOlk girl, haeingbeen born in the Town- Every time you do good etid tell of it you
ehie of Charlottevillet and has resided in lose the ftuit'of the action.
Norfolk county ever since., Every time yeu buy that which you can't
'efferd yeti peeve yourself a fool.
A &nun in tile outeo suites scented Eve* time you throw a banene-peol on
Gorthari, George and krintuorie signed thd sidewelk you endanger Somebody's neck.
together, mirl George bleivehis nose, with teerY.time yeu, ,ectle a man 4 liar he will
his fiegere While waiting hi. Wei; tor»lthootihrou'dbwieeelf he hale exit; eigle abot
the Pent to the horror „ot. Mrs. Clevelsincl,IlitO•e" tlk 4.26^coat *due c:cirn;
cothpshion abOut the tnattee.--elferishileion we:Ertvhetja11111°4"Bilvi'Pallee Y6'n' hearers that iem
Who whispered eehernently'te her ithecteoled
Special, laaVa none,
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Wm. Rea, ,forester to Coloael StiEug, ef
Xippeedavie; has been appoieted eestedten
pf Dinthlene Cathedrelt
The other day a kingesher, in full plum-
age, WM1, pjtird hyeat at Retheeferd
hoittlereniet the Parish of Afeeton,
Mr. Wm, Renwick, a ;naive of tfedhprgli,
who went to Earn many years ego, has
TecentlY dhA, ac l left P.eilyer Mhie as A
gift to his native town,
MrM 13 Parker P addreseing his
, . . .
constituents at Perth, recently, Spoke
iierongly in favor of granting Home Ade
to 1,relendt
There died on thel2th ult. t Pittyveioh,
Dufftown, Henry Gordon -Cumming, eldest
aurviving son of the late Sir W. Gordon -
Cumming, Bsrt„ o Altyre end Gordons -
town, aged 65 years.
In memory of the late Rev, John Meeker,
for half weentury minister of the Congre-
gational Church in Banff; a memorial stone
has been erected over his grave in the
churchyard there.
Mr. John Collier, Hatton of Cainoustie;
died on the 13th ult., aged 83 years. He
was a well-known and highly -respected
agriculturist, and his serviees as a valuator
were much sought after.
'Rev. Andrew • Douglas, Arbreath, in a
soiree speech, condemned the proposal to
appoint lady deaconesses as most absurd.
ha authors, in his opinion, showed an extral.
ordinary want of knowledge of human
nature.
Mejor-General A. L. Littleton-Anneeley,
who will have the command of the military
forces in Scotland in a short time, on the
retirement of Major-General Elliot, C.B.,
is a cavelry officer, having joined the llth
Hussars in 1854, in time to have it share in
the Crimean campaign.
A new underground railway is projected
from Glasgow and suburbs. Staring from,
St. Enoch Square it goes up Buehanan
street, Cowcaddens, Great Western Road,
then to Dowanhill and Partielt, crossed the
river to Govan, and strikes eastward to
Ibrox, Reining Park, Shields. Rood, West
street, Bridge Street, and completes the
circle by again crossing the river to St,
Enoch Square.
The Seaforth Higlalanders, whose chief
depot is at present at Edinburgh Castle,
will be removed soon either to Glasgow or
Dublin, and the Qiieenei Own Cameron
Highlandeis will takeposeession some time
in March or April. The entire regimentls
at present stationed at Devonport, The
Royal Scots will leave Glasgow for Alder-
shot, and the Scottish Rifles (Cameronians),
go froni °Mee& to Cork.
The following recent advertisement is
beyond comment: "Stonehaven Free
Church.—Bev. John Robertson will (D 1'.)
preach on Sabbath as under: 11.30 a.m.—
Children's sermonette, The Biggest Rock
in the World ; ' sermon, God .with His
Coat Off;' 6 p.m.—First monthly sermons
to young men, Make Room for Your.
Uncle ; ' 7.30 p.m.—Old Mission Town Hall,
'Unelaiined Cash of Yours."
A good story regarding the shortness of
the straw this season comes from Strath-
more. In a small town not far from For-
far two farmers met, and in the coulee of
their remarks began to speak about the ex•
ceedingly bad crops of corn. First Farmer
What like's your crap the year, M— ?
Second Farmer: Oh, it's naething ava ;
the langest o't is just aboot that length
(indicating on his staff about eight or nine
inches). First Farmer: Ay, weal, you've
nae need to coixiplain. If. you only saw
mine • the very craws hem to gang doon on
their
mine;
to get a peck at the heads o't.
Shortly before the forenoon service began.
in Stockbridge Free Church, Edinburgh„ont,
Sunday, 131h lilt., a young man named
James Fairbairn came quietly in at the
church door, and as soon as he had got
inside he rushed with outstretched arms,
along the passage and up into the pulpit.
Coming to the front, he cried out in a lou.d
voice, "1 am Elijah the prophet." This,
caused much commotion among those of
the congregation already assembled. Several,
attempts were made to remove the intruder,.
and at length force had to be used. It
seems Fairbairn is liable to mental de-
rangemeet. His family are connected with,
the Church.
The Clydelmilt steamer Ormuzof the
Client Line, has made the passage. to
Australia in 24 days.
The Clyde Loctoutotive Company have
secured the contract for the locomotives
for the Midland Uruguay Railway.
Colonel Balfour, of Balfour, died in
Ediuburgh on the 19th ult., aged 76 years.
He was an exteesive landowner in Orkney,
Winan's deer forest eXtends 'terms Scot-
land, from Beauty Firth on east to Xintail
on weet coast, 346 square miles, 221,700
acres.
President Meiklejohn, St. Andres% has
again been selected as 'the candidate in the
Gladstonian interest for the Tradeston
Division of Glasgow. '
The order for the closing of Dingwall
prison on March lat has been received, and
the prisoners will be transferred to the
prison at Invernese.
Rev, P. Meckerchin, the depotled minister
of Kilmore,• preached a valedictory sermon
to his old parishioners recently in the
ethoolhouse at Dimach.
The Lord's Simper has been this year
dispensed in two parishes, Bareas and
Lochs, in the Leviie, fin the first time per.
haps since the Dieeapticei. ,
The euthoreef a remarkable forthocimilig
volume against teetotelisin is a gradtutte of
Edinbtirgh Univereity, and a probatioher of
the Feee Church of Scotland.
'Norman Macleod's ad church. at New.
milns *as the only one in that parieh
which had services on the Fttet-day last
Month, all the otheechurcliee having ceased
to observe it,
Mr. Wm. Maedonald, editor of the
North British Agriculturist; died on the 19th
ult, &het a ehort illness; at his residence
in Sylvan Place. Ile lees a widow and
four children,
Rev. Dr. Alex, Whyte; discouesieg on
Some Autobiographies," deolered that of
all weeks itt thie depertrnene religiotut,
initebiogrephiM *ere infinitelY Mid ihobixi-
garably the heist. °
,
Prof. Mackinnon, the ooduriant of the
Gaelic` chair at Edinburgh, $aye the halite
wadi," so that Ineiern the P4Ott
eignilleci " elie cleer 9r ppre Over."
There were three ePPesle before the
How of Lords the ether day relating W
the Will Pf the lete.Pr. Peed Bextert Den -
dee, Steenee that m eplehritted4t lewyer
could Rot 'hake' hie ewn exeliait-
The minesterial jubilee etehe Rey, Hora-
tius p, Deepf Edinburgh, whith
was to have .been oelehreted this month,
im
hbeen a.
peetponed, on m.:mint of the,
venerable doetor's indisposition till Meath,
1888.
Rev, Herbert Bell, of Jelin PenoxChuroh,
,Aberdeen, threw himself on the 21st ult. in
front of the afterneon express as it was
passing Kittybreweter and wasout to Vetoes.
Reoently he had been in poor health,
caused by Before &omega° affliction.
At a meeting of the Lord Provost's Com-
mittee of the Edinburgh Town Council,
held on Noe. 23rd, it was WienimonelY
Agreed to recommend to the Council that
Dr. Chambers' etetue be erected_ in the
oentee of Chamber e stmet, oppointe to the
Industrial bluseum.
Consideiable 'exeitement was caumd in
Glasgove Royal Exchange on the 241h ult,
by the discovery that 15,000 tons of pig
iron hto been sold et the efternoon market,
lit complianee with a ;forged order pur-
porting to be signed by Jemee Watson
Co. A searching investigation will be
Made int the scandalous affair.
A laird of Speyside, wile had just re-
ceived a commission as, a County Might-
trate'said to a half.witted individual who
had been sent on en errand on horseback,
" Ohl Josie, you are ridine on a horse bo -
day; would not an ass suit you better ?"
" Ou aye," returned Joke, "but asses are
unco scarce nomadaye—they've a' been
made Juatioes o? the Peace."
A curious sacrilege case has missed some
talk in Glasgow lately. Jape Watson, 26
years of age, who is employed in a Glasgow
warehouse, was arrested one Sunday
recently at Adelaide Plece Baptist Churth
op. a thane of having stolen A2 from the
collection plate at the door tvlien she was
entering. The young woesan, who is
respectehly e,onneoted, has been for several
years an adherent of the church,. After
being two days in prison the was die -
missed by the Magistrate (Bailie C"anolqa-
houn) with "n aclmonition."
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Cuaceelayengst by the Setae Owes.
TOMMY'S EXPENIENCK IN fiCHOOL.
Little Tommy had spent his first day at
school. "What did you learn ?" asked his
auntie.
"Didn't learn anything," said Tommy.
"Well, what did you do?"
"Didn't do anything. A woman
wanted to know 'how to spell 'cat' itied I
told her:"
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WkIrCRAHLNY 01.0.1{CTS. TO.
Little Charleypuzzled his mamma one day
with the inquiry, "Mamma, do all, good,
people go to heaven when they die?"
" Yesemy son."
"And will grandpa go to heaven, too?"
" hope so,, my boy.
" Then.I don't want to'go to heayen."
"Why not ?" asked the eatonished.
mother..
"Because grandpa will say, when he
sees us boys there, Wheve1 whew t
'whew!: What's all these boys doing up
"'
here.
C1.083 REASONINO.
A little chap uptown who called himself
Doctor Sol seys wiser things. than. one
woad expect from e tkree-year-old.
"When will baby talk?" he said to, his
mother the other day.
"• When she gots her
mother.
"All her teeth?"
"Alt."
, "Well, I don't believe it," said, the
little fellow after reflection. "Grand-
father has only one tooth andbe talks you,
to death." •
Something About Footwear.
Fifty years ago boots had the prefeeence.
To -day shoes. Formerly, in all weathers,
the boot was worn outside of the trousers.
Today, when worn et all, the legs of the,
boots are covered by the legsof the troueers.
The whirligig of time is bringing, b,00ts into
the %shim again, at least for winter wear,
and it seems to be en the interest of good
health. It stands to reason that it should
be so. Everybody reepecte the foree of the
general hygienic principle that it is necee-
eery to keep the head cool and the feet
warm if good health is sought. Boots cover
not only the feet, but the ankle and the
lower leg, and hence fight off rhepiriatiem
that delights in attacking those parts.
Woolen stockings are possibly too heating
and make the feet perspire. With a pair
of good boots, cashmere socks are better.
Tbe sole of a winter boot should be thick,
but, being thick, it isn't necessary that it
should be heavy. Cork soles are excellent,
mad they make a light -weighted boot, while
protecting the foot from the wet. A. pair
of fancy leather tops, sey a the best mo,
recce, will laid many years, and so, with
footing, boots everitually cost as little as
lohoes, The boot legs should fit as snugly
to the limbs as the Mee of the feet will per-
mit. This makes the legs of the trousers
fit the better, Eschew geloshes. They
injure by drawing." Let thick soles serve
their purpoth. elf the feet get wet Put them
into nold water, next dry them thoroughly.
and then, with a change of socks, they
will fairly glow with warmth.--lyetO York
teeth," said his
learly a CheAtuata.
They tell it on member of the club, but
it may only be a geese slander. He had
been playing these at the club -Moine until
a late hour, and after he got otitside he
stood on the sidewalk meditetbig, A pollee -
men, unperceived, made his approach.
"Move on," he said, gruffly. " It'd your
move," mild the absenteninded citizen, and
if mutual recognitione luid not °courted it
might have Wen the polidiziath'e.,
maty years ago—it Was when the four
Keeper brothers, of New YOrk,-*ere living
well known physiciale bailie into their
office the dity andl Wes talking with cone
of them, who netieed thee his visitor's
coat sleeve° Was tore. He celled his Bitten -
tion t� it, saying that it *mild be *ell if
he would ask his wife to meedit, aa it did
not lotik well for s gentleman tit go ebont
teith his clothee in that condition,'the adotot; sterilly-,-" I prefer
thee it ehoeld reMain as it is. A tear
meg be the ecoiderit ef a day, but 4 ctimi i•
of the Clyde itt derived from etiutej 'to the sigh Manuel 41 penary,"