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The Signal, 1891-8-28, Page 1p0 YOU WISH ro WIT TNa ,WIiHtE1Y SNS BUT« ),p wsPAPKR i, Tia HI aieVaasa it Ir .o, 4i1T "THE SIGNAL," 13ODERICH, ONT. eat Meak•M • Tt1•R is ADVANCE.. loat MAZE MIR WANTS KNOWN In Tads "W•NT COLUMNS" or • THE SIGNAL 4-14. Zit: t.and fbM THE OFFICITT • T. NEW BP *IP POR HURON OOTTI•TTY- "BE SURE YOU ARE RIGHT, THEN GO AHEAD." NOL. XLIII. No. 2323. THE SOUTH -END BAGNIO. A Den of Evll that Should be Rooted Out. WINKED AT 8Y THE AUTHORITIES. os. .Iwo ■ .lir with • Lmrgr r.lresage of ass., liars and Old meow .f 1\e Mag. sl Iii Ora Law.. 1. eeN viand hastlsee have Mrret.lee re." ed barb Ordeal taw sad reeler ep•al, wet as aess•ce 1 t'krkal • liMN. Aleut the middle of May a large, well dressed woman about thirty or thirty-five veer. of •t;,e came to I;oderich atwompai led ley a pongee woman sad put up at Otte of the lea•i.n.; hotels. She eaplaintd to all roti. cob. m +he\suote in contact that she h.! ova -•i i:oxlettch well spoken of as a ',atonal moor', and thott she and her sister intro let to take up residence here for the sane. weather. She elm stated that ber Maw was Hamilton !Lies Maud Hamilton. faro lltmiltou. On the afternoon of her atr;tal alai- hire.( a buggy from a leading l;very •t,1!. and she and her "sister' .Iro%e areuud tilt :,awn. taking particular pans do err rico svulable houses there were Inc Feu' .eat the outskirts of the town. The woman male no pretence of having , Meantmte Westlake, the agent, was in- fresls in i:olench pmt re'mel to have 11pssuiting that the woman should give up the ' Mt 419IIIT • WeSlt. GODERICH, ONTARIO, CANADA. FRIDAY, AUGUST IST 28, 189 1. far she (lien MOW hath to make acquaint- woman for allowing this oo\ditles of thine moue with issmbsrs of the oppeite sex. • to continue. Constables who had a &Mire third female hall alio teat in her lot with to do their dui) and magistrates wM had the Summer sojourners, and the young men the welfare of the town at heart would have of the town and some of the older ones be- shut up this brothel months ago, and as gal to speak funtlarly of"Maud; "Birdie" exposure in the press would not have bees and "Edith" as they might have dune of called for. \n one has • right to hold a Legrer's bkodh undo Blanche, Tray and position es guardian of the public morals Sweetheart. who is an abetter o1 brothels such as that Awl orgies beanie the order of the men. kept on the South 8 uuday by the woman mg, for although iso leer and wine or known as Maud Hatntltou. other liquor beerier was taken out by the barnio must go or the polite depart - Hamilton if that be her tune it became inept of this town Inu+t be reorganized. a well-known fart that • thriving trade More anon. was thaw in the sale of liquor by the women who had leased archilabl '1'homson's AN OPINION FROM THE PULPIT. house on the south B outelary. lis tl't. re - Ward it might be incidentally Iotei that xl.'. .1. a. AxOEa+w,c, aA.,ov11%04ellVartt. ewe. IIIUsEL►' OS K►7bkn. • last year strenuous eflurta were put for ward Ivy venom zealots tetuperoacr peopole lex minister ot Knott church lase Sunday of the tow's to paler the legal hotels toe p pty�ukew•ith no uncerta'rsound,wben in for oourw t►f a powerful rernwn ou the the stark in the nutter of the license reltgH,u+eluostitm of children, Mill while regulations, but up to the preaent no effort dwelling on the importance 01 true charac- las Leen male to tall to the services of ter in the human family, he said: "Take awaycharacter front & locality, and at ecce donne toss Paisley to abate the lafuor sell- without license, and eta the unlimited you create a tittle belt upon the earth. Let ing the fair nine of our t••wn Le defamed by the drunken debauchery which has time and e. of bail characters, whether they again prevailed in connection wish the dive meu or women, and the whole oommun- at the South -end. This u not fair to the it)' will stiffer. Take away the persons of le-Atilt/0d hotel keepers, and beyond doubt great character from our midst and bow a ,••tnttnnu fighting ground could be found worthless are (hone that remain : (lane ter, next to the grace of f lel, is the bright herr w here t he temperate,. people and liquor est art all jewels, and bey 1 which there is meu who aant to uphold the law •mild nothing higher in the esteem either of God unite t, root the evil out. or man. "'ithout it humanity is vicious, selfish, self-indulgent, ungodly: with it, under t:dw1. the life of manhood and woman- hood bedxotes radiant with goodness and stablishe•l in uprightness i s l.-ality from some source, and was not house. and it was practically 'wronged that lung in •l •,.renng that the house on Rich /t :ow the old International Salt Itlo -k, purchased last year by K. Fulton' would stat leer purp•.r. 1f that house were not avail-. skit. then there was a smaller inc in .:hoe prsuvuruty to u,whicb to owned by Archi- bald Tied:I.su, now a ie.tdent of Arthur. Tie h .u. ant lot had been leased to .doh, Ltr,<•:al.t, the u•anuter, for the season. but W,•.t ,ke.Itlthough he had planted • ga len, .a. no, 11a iog in the (Ouse, but resided m atmteer.,l.att of the town. I: tilde t take Miss Han Ilton long to find wit the lad of the lead, •gall that afteern,'.n ler .ani her "sister" drove down to the Big Itt11, ail. re Mr. Fulforn is employed, aid salran-.r. l tea lease his house. The 014 she.} :hat she and her "Meter" were going t.. reel the Summer in l:oderich• having heart '.t it a. is healthful resort was Meaght out again. The furniture,she sand, was at the station. and the hoose she am rtisfiel would Inst suit them(. "Hew many of you are there," asked Fut- ford she would reuroe about the 1st of .luly,for Tholns,n.the owuer,on Recanting acquatntel with the fats of the mete by letter, hal signified • desire in that direction, and so that no further rental of the house could be Nude paid a personal visit to t:o•lerich in the latter part of ,lune. He was at once asked to tall at the house and talk the natter over, anti " In a moment of warkneso•' acceded h. the request and went to the woman with the intention of insisting opo her leaving tar pare at dice. What happeoe l at the conference is not known to the outside world, but it is currently re- prtel that rhe. Archibald Tluenaon lett for .lrthur he trsa not so averse to his house being tassel as a brothel, and an extension of time ire at leaat three months hal been male to Maud Hanultou, so tar as her tenancy wan concerned. Shortly after the '`batter terms" had leen made by the keepat d the Iagnio with her I•ndlnnl, a time of jubilee ass held by the inmate., and whisky flowed freely. A visitor !nen en outside part o1 the county "440 ' int sister and myself,'. was the re hal put in an appearsn.ee, and for a tine ply jollity reigned supreme. For some reason '•'404'.1 he kind of lonesome down there or other,however,the tune soon changtd,and jet two e1 you.' remarked Fulford. the result was • pitched battle between the rlli,dlehr, te. said Mas Hemiltou. "and owner.( the ranch and her handers. fes know it so much in :he country in The outcome .1 the racket was that "Kind. that part of the town," she continued. ie" and "Knuth" took their leparture A large sized mouse was scented about nest day, an/ the Hamilton woman IM..taq,e 01 the conversation by Mr. Ful- ass inti to h. r own dev'i es cod desires• fwd. and he gave the lady from Hamilton te understand that it would cost too, much to talfair the house s., that It would suit Sum awe vtltors of any pretension!' : besides, he dl,inl have the key on him, and he still be- h.v ..1 the house was located in a rather out • of the•w.ay spot for two unprotected ladies front the city. Mis Hamlto didn't get Fulford's house The next ,all was made ..poll Mr (Vest 1.1.., and the Summer visitor shay was work. i cp. t hint in good shape The garden would not be required, and Mr. Westlake would have the advantage et lav u.1 tenant, in the house to protect the fast trees, eh.. crop of which would of coarse 1. - 1'ete to him, et cetera, et cetera. And Westlake bit at the tempting offer, and leaned the house for two month.,subje•t t., a renewal at the expiration of that time if .'4rchilald Tlsoe tom, of Arthur, the oe- err ,was metalled. That evening teamsters brought the house hold goads el Mir Hamilton and her 'Rioter from the station, and report has it that a few well-known residents of the town dropped in after dark to be present at the house warming, not neoesaarily for publica- tion. lint as A guarantee of good faith with Mi. Hamilton, who had been induced by them to cot in her loot with Geederich. .%ed in this manner was celebrated "the hanging a the erenc" at Mand Hamilton's login" .m the South Boundary. THE O'GORMAN MAHON. The Strange Story of a Very Remarkable Man. COUNTY CURRENCY. rein a*CR CXCHAWIEs. Wm. Sproat, Ssaforth, has gone to Vir- den, \l•uutoba, to visit hie sons and other fiends. Francis Coleman, of Hills Green, had over a thousand brushes of wheat threshed two weeks ago. Mr. an.l Mrs. Robert Lumelen, Seaforth, are spending a few days rusticating at the hike shore. at (;ot#erich. LAST OF THE KNIGHTS-ERRANT. Tar s:asYelling el ad% roisters lirtera1ewes Ia. Tar areas gelato MriIt 4 •.•wed t. the Elrod .f 1\r Table a Mard.g Career - Me tail. In 1\r INarlt. .f the t altos sed tools Me t.ead. the Forbore' M.p•- A rr.l.agrd and Mr.114ma Life. A. R. Smith, of Brumes, has sold the old Shine fart, containing 65 acres, to .John Mitchell. of 1..00114,11. for$3,300. Mies Etta harry and Miss Ella Platt. of i:•xlerich, were last week v baiting in Seaforth, the guests .,f Mrs. A. M. Johnson. Rohl. iaillaw, 8th line, Morris, hail five acres of wheat which yielded '235 bushels. It wao of the Egyptian Real variety. Duncan King, near Bluevale, delivered 20 tine steers on Satur•la ,Aug. 15,to O.Stuart. Hr receival about $60 • head for there. D. 1hckinsm,Clinton,made s shipment et butter tubs to Alberta, N.'V.T., last week. The reputation of good articles travels • long way. Miss Lizzie Dorrell, Clinton, who has been tilling a responsible position at Lilian for some time, has bleep engaged as clerk for Robin. Bros., and wilf enter on her Buttes ata Sept. 1st. Harry Galbraith, of Virden. Manitoba, formerly of Winthrop. purchased a carload of superior (.reeding mares from .John Mc- Mann. Seaforth, and took them with him w Manitoba on Moncay, Aug. 17. The train that c•ndUctor Ausebrtok took But the experiment of carrying on an es- into Stratford, on Saturday cv-enil.g, 15th tablishment of the kiwi hail turned out inti, contained a pretty valuable cargo, 1e- te be a financially successful venture, ing ae cars oeggs for of rtitit Bcattle for England. aDavid icon, of McKillop, and Simon Mc- Kenzie, of Tuckersmith, left for Manitole On l'uesdlay,Aug. 18. They took • tar load of hones with them, and intend to combine business with pleasure. They intended tak- ing the horses to Koiwevaine. A laity in Seaforth hail sent to her, re- cently, by • friend in Nanaimo, British Columbia, some temple leaves as a sample of what that country produces in that line. They are. certainly, grants of their species, one measuring 13 by 19 inches. male But the jamboree did not on that The Sea(orth races, under the an�uces of occasion develop the disorder rd its prate- 1 the Lake Huroo circuit, will be held on Fairview Park, in Seaforth, oro Toeaday, a.•easor. Septemter 1st, when poises to the ani..unt Since that tune, however.there have been oh will toe offered for tampetitktn. I( lively tints at the ranch, and a tale could the weather proves favorable this promises be told and namee could be given that would w be • very anceessful meeting, as some of cantle many a young man yes, and elderly the best hones in the Dominion will he m- itten, his head with shame. terra. • too—to .Inhn Dunkin, of Stanley. the well-known Kut, as Rulyanl Kipling would say, that is another story, and will re for another lieutenant in the its D. McGILI ICUDDY. bird)gnarl• A 1" ISIT TO VESUVIUS. which gave hint tank atlove most of the generals. He fought vilest the Tartars, visited China, India wad farther India, cadeped with Arabs, fought under the Turk • ish Hag then took servile with Aniline, then drifted back to Franie and joined an expedition to South America. He first ypuay and theta s 1 iovernment. dier to is tailor and rem to the rank of ati\tirat. The wan in ('hili being over he travelled *cross the mansion's to Brazil and Ithitme a colonel in the army of the Kmperor $ Brasil. •' 1Vben Braail was quie$, and not • speck of war cloud was in the horizon of South .tmerita, he soon wearied of peace and inglorious ease, • and cl$..ea Pi France. There were manors of war In Europe. He found has old friend, Philippe Egalite, de- parted, awl Louis Nepolenngoverning in bis steal. But the change of gm'erntnent hail no effect upon the fortunes of the knight- errant. Napoleon gave hint a coloneky in a regiment of chamaeurs and mink hum a loss. at Pars again. But he remained only a short tune, and went to visit the Gentian empire. His fence had gone before him, awl he ,was received with marks of high fav our. fount Bismarck and he became boson friends, cod their friendship lasted rat to the end of his life. He also be- came • favorite contpaniOD of the frown Prince. For no one could eglal The 11'Gor- man in his graces of conversation. To his netural talents were aided the thousand thrilling. strange, enemies! experiences of his long, restless life. it was at this time that the dinner mentioned at the beginning of this article was given. " Age was beginning to tell upon him. The customs of the times had changed Duelling was no longer the fashion and per- sonal ersonal daring was no longer the feature of wear. So he returned to Ireland and re-entered politica. He became an intimate friend of Gladstone, and it was to an toiletry from that gentleman that he replied : •'1 have fought twenty-two serious duels. Aad in all my Me I Fare never been chal- lenged. I was always the aggressor. ' ' CURRENT OPINION. fought iu the armies of U enlisted under the ('hili There he changed frau a The most iuteresting article we have seen on The I)'t:,tnnan Mahon appeared in The New York Sun. We quote the following passages "In Kerlin about fifteen years ago there was a dinner party. which those who knew of it regarded as one of the most remarkable ever given. Not one of the guests was a man of particularly lofty title, although all dud titles and many had decorations. Not one will go down to future generations as the author of any great political measure or the finisher of any great war. Perhaps all will Ire forgotten in • generation or two unless their names are kept alive by the genius of some writer of tiction. And vet the dinner wee historic. About a score of guests were present all men in old age, whose active life was nearly if not quite Incn. Each bore a matte which every monarch or court or military personage knew well. Each was • naked and an admired titan. " These twenty men, more or less, were the last of the knights-errant, the final rem - nano of the age of chivalry. They had fought under the sky of every known country. They had slant men in dues and were feared for their dexterity with sword and pistol. They were famed wherever deeds of valor were known and praised for reckless cour- age and swift and dea.11y promptness in the face of any danger. A century before Europe hail been full of such inen. Fifty years before the sight of them at any court or on any ►attletield excited no comment. Rut one by one these adventurers had drop- ped otT, and the changed methods of modern governments hal prevented any soca:a ion. tot heir ranks. So these twenty, nearly all that were iu the world at the time. had gathered together at dinner to exchange tales of hair -breadth adventure in all quar- ters of the globe, and to deplore the dlown- fall of the ancient, acute, and impetuous sense of honor. " Before they sat down there arose the question, who should occupy the place of honor at the head of the table. There were Spaniards, Italians, Frenchmen. Germans, Russians. Irishmen, eacu conscious of his own prowess and fame. Not one there who hail not high repute, who was not counted dangerous before all men on the field of hon- or. and reckless before all men at the can- non's mouth. (Inc would think that a fierce wrangle would have ensued among those hardy and doughty grey beards. Rut no such wrangle followed the question. With one accord they turned to one of their num- ber and said. ' tat him sit at the head of the talk, he is tinct. ' This ran, who wee pronounced tint of that company of adven- turers and free laners by the company itself, stood six feet three in his stockings. De- spite his age he was ere t, and his slender form and broad shoulders, that had endured so many hardships, told teat even in age their strength was not departed. His haw was snow•-white,hu face was handsome, his Boman nose and Bashing dark eyes in i catecl force and determination. This man was .fames Patrick lit :ortnan Mahon, bet- ter known as the O'(;ornan Mahon. He lived to vee these with whom he sat at that dinner and other remnants of knight-erran- try pass sway. And when he died at Chelsea, on the 17th of June, it was the last of the knights-errant who departed. " When he dropped out of politic+, says the writer : " He first went to Paris and appeared at the Court of lotus Philippe. Hiemandslnte face and form and his reai#inem to tight, and his frmidableness when once in a duel, men woo him fame end favor at court. He became the friend of the kiag and intimte with Talleyrand. All the brilliant society of the capital of fashion was open to bins. Women loved him, men sought and envied him, his enemies feared him, and his for- tune rose high. With Paris as • centre of operations, ha travelled over all Europe during the next few years. All sorts of wars, great and small, were waging, and The °'lineman Mahon was in them all,now • eaptain, now a 000bnel,mow • general. He fought under nearly every flag, and distingnisbted himself among the brave men arnund each European monarch. and Maud Hamilton, knowing that she had immunity from police interference or muni• copal menace, made up her mint to engage • new staff and continue the infamous traffic. The 2 e. a. train found her on hoard en rate for the cities. On the 1st of .July she returned, and with her were two new associates. That night there was another "At Home" at lakeside and a strong representation of the le population of a certain calibre was The Great Hletorioal Rumbler and Trembler time. - , The woman in the car' is an slept at all and amts left, all of which ere of the best the games necessary to he played • to draw of ,anality. From some two -.hear eweahe has custom to her vile resort. She is not ill- realized over ninety dollars each. still hav- ing the ewes. favtrrl Or dissipated in appirrance. and The McEwen farm, in McKillop, which dresses faahioably but gnietly with • was offered for sale in Seaforth, was bought in by W. E. ('oldwell, of Hallett, the preference for heavy jet- Wherever there u a .ton or laminas forholder of the the 900 sure. second ('oto well for $7,020 sacplacwhom fresh young men ..r diuy weld said the east hundred to Alexander (iaedi- men are employed she has not failed to call, ver de McKillop fess $3,000. l Oltsisl.rimg and in the ordinary mune. of events, .ought deoreass in land valets in recant yeara, to strike up en acquaintance. An invite- the fart,. have .old well. ,' tins to call and see her and her lady friends is never withheld, if the man foolishly desire@ such a thing : and in this manner a fresh sucker is caught almost every time. Merchants who hare young nun in their employ who ars particularly well acquainted dropped from the neck •yeks. This fro t herebywarned to he s en rad the horses sad caused them to become with this Haag aree1411 14 geabol. Rroa i th. occupants of the timer gaard. The smiles al the Ing woman vebkle nem thrown cwt no the hail grad. at the 9auth i1°11"Iry cost mon y, end I Assistan,� was seen at hand and the gentle - young men who sn far fnrgst 'hern.elvs I lll.a and lady were conveyed to Renneit's Weenies her dee will not .craple tO s beat, ear where the Mises were . m to PirOa require it,MatUmal aid la+img sent hx, it wesnand Mea other people's massy. if they reel I that Mr (itesrsa. h.a.t being ...reedy breeder of Shropshire sheep, hes .old forty six very fine sheep and lambs to J. A McRoberts, who will take them to Indiana. Mr. Dunkin has a very large flock of sheep ASCENT TO THE CRATER'S BRIM. • Meter Me.rrlp4Me .f IM t.l....'. Fast Iwai 11. A. M Te N\a1 rile, itafs--DcNraNl.s of respell and Mrr- eala.ess—Tess tnewvIn. .f T.ds ear Climb la Laaeg\ as Alarmlas Occur - retire en Ib. Tells from Ibr t ruler. [SAE. Ltl. e..KRC+Wt' I ESI•E air THP. Al,"H.'. In one part of the world only is It possible tome three great active volcanoes wit hie the distance of twelve hours' travel, and this 1 was privileged to see on my last visit to Italy some mouths ago. We left Messina, on the east coast sit Sicily, overshadowed by 'Etna's snowclal peak and volcanic smoke, about six ei cluck one Inc tnorniug : four hours later we steamed past Stromboli, sp- porpriately styled the lighthouse of the Medi- terranean, a vast cindet5teap with • few vil- lages clinging to its lata -encrusted sides and with peak enveloped in smoke, and by eight o'clock in the evening of the same day we were in Naples Pay, with Vesuvius 4,000 feet above us reminding one by her frequent belches of extra tsale that the hidden powers in the bowels of old Mother Earth were still as active as 00 our former visit three years ago. These three most active of modern volcanoes are almost in •straight line and he within a distance of 200 miles, and au( .i is their sympathy with tine another that when v"041'' 1t'' .ETed 1-Sl:A�\ and sick, like • naughty child who has eaten too much tart, the other two almost invari- ably begin to vomit and send forth whatever has been troubling their over -sensitive stomachs. Like our business men and great thinkers of the day they show all the sympttntsof dyspepsia a - flatulency, sourness, vomiting. tlutterung at the pit of the stom- ach and soreness over it, headache, sweat - e.011E 1111; It4Ki.tM '. St. Jelin, N.B., Telegraph :- -Under Tory rule sin& 1878 the public debt has in- creased 63 per cent., taxes 50 per cent., and scantlals 10.000 per cent. A •.oxen KEAwov. Rrockville Recorder : -'Che i.nndm A.1- ing changeable, sometimes voracious, appe- vertiser wants to know why the " high tax paper. persist in lying about the position of the Liberals on the trine question'" We suspect that it is because if they told the truth about it their readers would soon flock to the Liberal 'tendenf. A Tw•,.►:1,.:r.l,+w.K'. Ottawa Free frees : All those Quebec men ere corrupt," cries a Tory paper with the view of letting Sir Hector] angevin down easy and having a wipe at Mr. Met - cier. 1s that why the Tories have made a Quebec man. Mr. Abbott, leader ot their party. and propose to Hake anott.er Quebec cwt, Mr.Chapleau,Mwister of Railways' When John Westlake found nut the character of ills Summer visitors at Huroa's Ukelele he was in a state of mind as the n,vehsts say. He reproached himself for net having been able en penetrate the ltautty story of Miss Hamilton at first sight, and he at ,woe endeavored to declare the bargaio ff between him and that salute person. Rat all In vain : a bargain wee a bargain, and as twn In nths' rent head been paid in advance e removal before the expiration of that time weld hs eat of the question ; i des. he wee not the wart et the Kruse. Aad WOO - lake O O - lake saw that the Hamilton women had what is known to professionals es "the lead. tars emelt" en lain, se far am the reptiep, e1 the bows* was een..rned, and at osteo •'emmumicated with Archibald Thomson. n. "l Arthur. la rho teadime Mat Mead Hamilton laid hegen M gat .egardNed with • large homier in lbw male pos.htiw of lioderl/eld. A moat melancholy accident, with fatal result.,occurrel in Blyth mi He went over into Moos, he font ceder J H. Gremlin,shauliers1 M Gremlin, of Merria,and here, who i the hauliers of ental pinna t the and were in town on business, started for home to ten years of this exciting lite, for whioh with a wagon and pair etf horses. As they he never lost the keen edge cels appetite, he' were ing the hill era Maim street to returned to the county ('lar., and sat in wards the tmek, the magna of the w Parliament for five yeas. At the end of that time he was heats by five votes. He left his native country and did not return to it or to Em land for twenty years. He threw himself into a caner of eidventure with renewed energy. He was now in the full strength nt hs manhood. Dissipates, hardship, restless activity had not imp eirad his health or strength in cr.., least. He meld still drink, ride, shalt, and fence with sad( their wares are limited. brained, had his shoulder hose broken ; the hat and Maven. Weems* still fnn.d g this lweeetive toe the press..' otherwise , however, he was not seriously him find in attraetivenees, with his lode, THC MHO= T7<ITfl waswrn. tite, un•fuenchable thirst, harsh, dry skin, frequent hinxoupha, heartburn and oeva- sitoal palpitation are the symptoms, to- gether with blotches and eruptions indica- ting a very dangerous malady : and like a person suffering from these troubles they are likely to vent their spleeu (an all un- fortunate, unoffending mortals who happen to be within their reach. It was my long cherished wish to climb Vesuvius and look down into her mysterious depths. I shell tint give A +Rola PL.. tut -nos Montreal WHIM: --It is a somewhat of her put records and then relate how we curious fact that though the Government "diol the ascent. Vesuvius is about 35 miles organs am trying to make political capital in circumference at iia bane and gradually out of the sudden departure of the witnesses tapers coniformly to a peak or crater a few required in the Rale des Chaleun Railway hundred yards in diameter nearly 4,000 feet above sea level. It u now the only ac- tive volcano among a group of five in the neighborhood of Naples. The most re- markable of those at one time was the vol- canic island of (seta, which so late as nine years ago suffered • fearful shock of earth- quake which threatened a revival of its old volcanic activity. Before the ('hri.tian era Vesuvius was not known historically to have been an active voltage, but the ancient hers recognized iia character from ata ana ogy to Etna. Strabo writingof it said, " The crater had a barren and ashy •apect with cavernous hollows in its cineri- tious rocks which looked as if at some former time then had burst from its orifices • fire which hal now become extinct." History tells us that Spartacus, who with his followers had taken refuge in the plain of the crater, then appatently much larger than at present, was defeated by ('ladius and hu followers stealing upon them and cutting off their retreat and destroying their whole camp. In the year A.D. 63 the mountain began to show signs of the volcanic fire returning to its ancient channel, and for sixteen years fearful earthquakes at inter- vals gave warning that something dreadful would happen. THE d w'n-L pay inquiry, nearly all of them) are Conserva- tives. Conservatives or Literals, however, they should be male by some means to tell all they know. A HERE I'.1KTIE' IMP►'EIt. Hamilton Times . -: - The Tories have .doubled the taxes and doubled the debt. Therein their policy differs from that of the Liberals. The Tories have proved their faith in the country by laying a heavy bur- den upop the people,and making the reduc- tion of taxation alithenit. Sir .Cohn Mac doral l said in 1882 that if the people would give biro another term of office he would make the repeal of the N. 1'. impossible, and he proce#el to redeem his promise by contracting debt. Is there anything pat- riotic or iseworthy in such a policy ' The Liberals in office would go to work to y the debt and reduce the taxes. That posy " great cause. " Turn the rascals Ont. TIIP. 1'AKwiR+ a,-anx'. Bolicay.eon Independent: — The Ontario farmers pay the capitalists five and • half millions of dollars every year as interest on the money they have been compelled to bor- row. This is one cause of their poverty. Then they have to pay about fifteen millions of dollars annually to the Ottawa (lovern- ment,anl that fifteen millions goes to pay for the interest on money given to the Pacific Railway : money given to (btgnecto canals : given to Larkin and Connolly, contractrs given as l,rihes to constituencies : given as payment for and to the Macrlonaldite banditti given as hush money to hide robberies of the public treasury : given for • .core of purposes for which it ought not to he given, and each one of which was • theft from the earnings of the farmers. Five mil lions as interest ora loans, fifteen millions as taxes to the Ottawa Government : that is twenty millintls. Is it surprising the On Carie farmers prior ewe. ol.rv*. now AT'a.11-1,11•IA I. f1,111l.EP. k Y Msessery to .11.& to one phosw of the q ji$ea vibe wM he emit with at ((rata/ length oo s future eomsiep if the darn s net olserl out iarsediatelyt sad that is, the plias servlee ae (loderisi is a dfyper• la the team and the town eeu.eil is deserving of cerarlrc frwn every respectable swan and iajered end will recover. The yang lady, kawws. did not fan m fortunately. She wee wncne.eioos when picked up and r• mal..d in that entwining' natal early NItuday minting, chem .It. died. Moth sympathy is Iski in the olommnaity for the friends of the deeesesd,whe was • swot astileabs and premisiag yotwag lady. almost beautiful fare. and his reeved of reckless diming, and his law, sweet robs that MIA& Wiry Meana weeps er dsarIMiMR' words of eager with equal grace and fore.. " Atte remaining in Franc. • while he went into Retia and jnilted the hunting patty of the l'mrewiteh to shown bean mod wolves i. Thlasel. The ('air marls him a name on the 24th August A.D. 79. Only those who have climbed Vesuvius and looked down upon the surrounding country with its thirty or forty villages and towns containing their eighty or ninety thousand in- habitants can form any idea of the disaster that then took place o r which may in mod- ern rays happen at any time with but little warning. Beside. numerous mull villages two cities, each with • population estimated at thirty thinner's., were then completely blotted out of existence. hiring the last seventy-five years these two special marks of Vesuvius disfavor are gradually being unearthed alter being entombed eighteen hundred years, and ooee more will lathe in the bright Italian sunshine as they pathetic- ally tell their tale of woe to unsympathetic tourists. Pliny, the historian, give is very interesting merman of the eruption 1,f Ves- uvius and nsweltr rats or rlarall Atli Hxw'1'I.A•ru'w which I eannot do hotter than briery quote. After telling how his uncle, Pliny the elder, lett his vessel in • hem with the object of saving ,note of the people, but was himself lost, he goes nn to relate, " A eked of un- loose' sire and shape like • pine tree over- spread the mountain top. ;It •ppe•Mad soaretitess brigsht asd sonetimss dark and spotted es it 6.o'aaatw more or keit impreg- nated with daders.. Having got to • eon - vainest t distance from the tottering hmild• lags we steal still in the midst at • danger- s.= and nest dreadful ween Th. sea sssmed to les driven from its banks by the otesvaYive matin de the earth and several sen minuets were daft apes the shore. Over tate .(...tain a black sad dreadful elated London Advertiaer In 1837, Collins, in his life of Rir John Mac losald, says, "there came to the ohne lin Kingston) one day a chubby little ltd, with large, pmmtnsst eyes and • methodical walk enol *tanner of speaking stating that he wanted to stndv law. The Ibm took the ltd : he is today the Premier of (Intario." 7 he youth studied for four years in John A. Mutvlenald's refire, rad in 1841 p•sssdl as a hamster. This year. therefore, Hon. 4 Hirer Mowat boa been for half • Dentary a barrister. He hes taken first rank in his pretension, has bean • judge of the brad, and for nearly twenty years has roiled his Native Province. The arrival at the hall century milestone in his professional carom by • tase/her of th.fsesies grain fttg an sxuhed a Mtllsit T11rsiy pew weentkeed by the gentleman's prnfe eland brethren. There le talk of the Rseehere el the Law Reessty formally .nagrat.ateg Mr. Mowat en his keg wad honerabls ai..acWwt with the prelssiea.