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Exeter Times, 1896-11-19, Page 4THE EXEThlt TIMES The M oIsons Bank (eBARTERE D BT PARLIAMENT, 18,55) Paidup Capita — h2.000,000 Resitleund — 1.400,000 Head Office, Montreal. F. WalLFERSTAN TtiOale$,Esq., GENERAL MANAGER Money advanced to good fanners on their wa note with one or mare endortier at 7 her ent. pet annum. Exeter Branch, Open every lawful day, from a.m. to p.n. SATURDAYS, 10 ann. to 1 p. Current rates of interest allowed on depoits D.HURDON, Maaaa.ger. Excitor, Deo 27b, 'at tvOvi 41110,, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER19th, 1,8a 6 NOTES AND COMMENTS. Many of the candidates at the recent civil service examinatiops were aghast at the difficulty of the papers. This is the kind. a examination that would ettit some of the aspirants for Governs anent jobs : (1) Are you a Liberal ?—If answered in the affirmative 23 tnarks. V) What. have you done for the party? —25 marks, (3) Name at least two men iia your locality having a big pull with the Government ?-25 marks. (4) Do toubelieve that the election of Wilfrid Laurier caused the rise in the price of seheet ?-25 marks. If answered in the negative candidate need not put in his paper. The Seaforth Expositor says that N. Clarke Wallace is repotted to have fiivested $20,000 in silver mines near Itossland, B. O. and adds:—"WE Donal. VERY MUCH IF MR. WA.LLACE WILL litAKE AS aIrell OTJT OF EIS HITTER MINE AS HE MA.DB OCT OF POLITICS. FOB SOME YEARS HE IlteS EA.D A GOLD MINE." The Editor of the Expositor, being, an active politician for years and a present member of parliament, we presume he speaks vvith authority and must know exactly valeta, "gold. nilue" in polities isworth. We were not prepared, however, to Lave the Expositor so openly acknow- ledge that the present M. I'. P. for Eolith Huron speaks from experience and to also admit that be is in the political fakirbusiness simply for what there is in it. That N. ClarkelVallace we are net prepared to admit—Olin- itaaNews Record. ± Rumour credits the Federal Govern- ment with an intention to postpone the opening of Parliament uutil March The statement means that the Ad- ministration is determined to view the &riff question from all sides before Coining to any decision. This will be chjeeted to by no one. The Adminis- tration is entitled to a fair chance of Ending out what the necessities are. 'This information can be gleaned in Canada. It is almost certain that we have nothing to hope for from the Americans. The work of revisiug the present United States tariff will be performed, not bythe presentCongress but by the Congress elected the other -day and that will bold its first meet - Dag thirteen months from the present :thaw. Canada cannot afford to wait for a year and more to find out which way the American catis going to jump. -The Dominion Government promises La meet Parliament with a new tariff measure at the next session. The coal ntry is willing to wait until theii. Home announcement will be expected at that time. x Our Government is purely secular, yet it has as a foundation the family anti the Christain church; it recognizes fil innumerable ways its obligations to these. It cannot, therefore, be called Godless because it is secular. The Pub- lic school system is the .maturest and best fruition of aChristain civilization; it assumes the existence of the sacred- ness of the lame and of the high ideals of the Christian Church, and, in an at- titude of obedience to constituted aut- hority, of devotion to high aires begot- ten at the fireside and the altar, •the teacher and his pupil meet together .111 the discharge of duties they all have itt common. It is to our Public schools that we must look for the training in Canadian patriotism and for the fusion raeas in a corumonCanadian citizen- -seship that is too often hindered in a high degree by thepersistent agitation • warring creeds. In the paternal re- lations assumed by the state over re- frniniatories, institutions of the afflict- . ,es1 and indigent, it very properly makes provision for religious training; but when it opens a Public school in the midst of homes, it rightly asstunes that the children will bring with them kir use zind assimilation in character a knowledge of the truths of religion. It, assure es that the chureh edifice in the midst of these honaes is but there Lis do a work that needs but little dupla tation hi the schools. That our Nati- onal echool system is imperfect in many reepe.cth we admit, but it fairly ifidicates the high-water mark of the lateral and intellectual condition of the espeople. DiEnalESed, With Costs Stratford. Nov. 1Sth-3.15 p. nt.—In the case of the North Perth election petition against Mr. A, F. McLaren, M. P., the petition was dismissed with costs. No one appeared to prose- cute. . When the Liberals assumed power Mr. Laurier dismissed all the veterin- ary inspectors of stock, on the plea that the office should. be abolished. Now we find new officers being ap- pointed at the ratio of two to one of those whoformerly held the office. It looks as though it were a scheme to get the Tory officers side-tracked with as little apparent party aniumaity as posssible. x x According to the New York Tribune there is some hope that the negotia- tions for a reciprocity treaty will bear fruit. It says :—"Canadian Ministers take a more just view of the effect of MeKinley's election upon trade and commerce than people in most other , foreign lauds. They appear to realize that protection d es not meau prohi- bition, and that recriprocity means an enlargement of trade, with benefit to both parties." CIR the other hand, the New York Sun contends that, unless discrimination against Great Britain is agreed to by the Canadian Government the mission to Washington will be farcical. The Sun disposes of the com- mercial coalition scheme with the de- claration:— "Let the agents of Mr. Laurier and Sir Richard Cartwright submit to the new Amerhian Congress and tothe McKinley Administration sueb a preposterous proposal and they will be laughed out of Washington." The Sim further describes the scheme as "a grotesque combination of fraud and farce." It was the paper whichin June exclaimed, "Our people hope for a Liberal victory." +.- Let it not be lost sight of that the continuance of the "industrial de- velopment" referred to by some of our Liberal contemporaries is under the National policy established by the late Liberal -Conservative admin- istration. It springs from it feeling of assnrance that the National Policy under which "industrial develop- ment" has been going an for .the past eighteen years will not be mischiev- ously put aside, or even Materially altered by our piesent rulers, If there existed any general belief that this would be done, and that the Lauriers and Oartweights seriously meditated carrying out the threat to "sweep away every vestige Of pro- tectiou," thee would. be no such pleasant news for our Liberal contemporaries as that "the industrial development still continues." On the contrary there worthd be such a crisis and stampede of enterprise in the land as has not beau known since the days of Reciprocity in 18571 Near- ly every factory would feel the blow and industry would fold its arms awaiting the worst consequences. The peuple of Canada now realize with a sense of relief and satisfac- tion that the, men in power are pre- pared to eat up all their former tariff principles, if by so doing they might keep the reins in their hands. NEXT CONGRESS. Although the official figures of the recent election have not in all cases reached Republican Congressional headquarters, the result ofthe contests in the various Congressional district is known with sufficieet exactness to warrant the announeement of a sem- inary of the political distinction in the House, and representatives in the 55th Congress. This thews 207 .Republi- cans, 137 Democrats and 13 Populists. Upon the question of silver the divis- ion is said to be : For free silver, 153; against free silver, 204. . Swallowed A Lizard, : -- Henderson, Ky.. Nov.17. —.Tillie Par- sons, 0 years old, daughter of a farmer near Hitesville. in Union county, died yesterday after a seve:e attack of coaghing. She had cold to. death on a reptile five inches long, resem- bling a lizard, which was discovered in her throat after her death, The child in her struggles turned black in the face. She had been under medical treatment for several weeks for an unknown complaint, which it now de- velops was caused by a live lizard. It is .supposect that while drinking at a, spring she had swallowed the lizard, whieh .bad probably been in her stme- eeh for months. Petty thieves are operating at Galt. D urin g Wednesday night the Dres- den postoffice was broken into by burglars. The safe was blOWn open aud everything of value taken. It is supposed that IL V. D. Woods, the absconding bank cashier, of New York, is hiding in Canada. He came west on the West Shore Railroad last Monday. His shortage is about $150,- 000. It is said the manufacturers of high-grade bicyc:les. and the twelve firms manufacturing bicycle tubing have entered into a compact that will have a tendency to keep up tlae price of wheels. The latter have bound themselves not to sell tubing to any except the standard bicycle stinkers. and the maker; okother parts of the bicycle have given pledge not to sell toany- but the subieribers to the con- tract. The object is to exterminate the: cheap wheel. Anagent has been sent to England to make arrangements to prevent the shipments of tubing to the United States. If these arrange- ments can be consummated the price of wheels will be increased next season. Marntolea Wheat Situation, Winnipeg Nov. 14. -Manager Thomp- son, of Ogilvie's Milling Company, when interviewed on the wheat situ- ation, says the price of this year's wheat crop is bound to be high, and, indeed, that of next year, too. Flour will follow wheat in its opward ten- dency. He says :—"There is a big de - mend, especially for Manitoba flour. Advices which I received from the east this morning state that certain mills in, Eastern Canada are buying up Manitoba flour." "Is there muchof an export business?' was asked, "Rather since the opening of the season," re- plied Mr. 7Thompson. "We have been filling orders from Australia at full prices, arid we have orders for thirty- five cars a Hungarian for Queens- land, Australia." These cars will go:to Winnipeglin two trains on the 30th inst. It will be the largest single ship- ment that ever left Manitoba for direct export to foreign parts, and the incident will be duly observed by the coinpany. The trains will leave the Winnipeg station decorated with the compaay'a marks and emblems, of the Province of Mauitoba. It is impossible to give accurate quotations for wheat at Manitoba points. The price rens anywhere from 65 to 75 cente, depend- ent ou bow keen competition happens to be, and how 'long the farmer will hold out for the top notch figure. The Latent News Brantford has purchased a $300 team of fire horses. Wiarton is at present suffering from an outbreak of diphtheria. Mrs, H. Klein, of Guelph, had. a nail ruu clear through her foot. Diphtheria is more than usually prevalent in the Province of Quebec, Over 4,000 barrels of dried apples were shipped frau' Ingersoll one day recently. Oliver Simard, of Ohicouthni, Qac., has died at that. place at the age of 100 years. A hotelkeeper at Thamesford tried to run two bars in his hotel during the fall fair and was fined heavily far it. The mayor of Toronto has decided to declare Dec. 26 a public holiday, on account of Christmas Day falling on a Friday. James Bell, hotel -keeper, Orono, a member of a hunting party, was drowned Thursday in the neighbor- hood of Havelock. A Canadian, who has just returned from Ireland, says that he heard noth- ing about an apprehended. potato famine in that island. The Government, has ordered twenty new guns of the latest pattern for the citadel at Quebec, which wilt make it one of the strongest defended. in the world. While the Bell Bros.,!'s of Morris, were engaged in chopping wood. an axe in the bands of John, flew off the handle, striking Charlie on the leg and inflicting some ugly wounds. The Liberals are now considering the advisability of dropping a number of protests which.have been entered. It is certain snch as West Toronto, East York, South Brantand North Ontario, will be passed, but some others will certainly be dropped. One .protest that is sure to be discontinued le that entered in East Northumberland and probably the one against Major Beattie, in London. James Lautenberget German farmer, living in Ellicetownship,Perth county, was m Chatham the other day in search of his runaway wife, a comely women of 45, who had eloped with a farm hand, a boy of 17. The farmer only knows the boy as "Alf.," and de- seribes him as slim, light complexion- ed and having a large scar on his left cheek. Laurenberg says all he wants back is the money, $40(), which she took with her. August Perrin, of Windsor, a brake- man on the Grand Trim's Railway, was killed a few miles east of Thames - vile early Sunday morning. The train left Windsor at 1.30 a. charge of Conductor Louis Itleacham and engineer Win. Elliott. A short , distance east, of Thamesville the train ' broke in two and the gong in the ca- boOse sounded the alarm. Brakeman Perrin bad changed from the front end to the rear at Chatham, and be set the brake on the caboose and went on top of the. train. He set the brake on the first car and started to- wards the front end. The train had broken two cars from the rear end, but he evidently thotaght, it was much further forward, and he ran along the foot board and stepped off the end of • the car. He fell ha the middle of the track and the cars passed over his legs near the body, cutting him in two. Science is "knowing how." The only secret about Scott's Emulsion is ye a.rs of science. When made in large quantities and by im- proving methods, an emul- sion must be more perfect thtln when made in the old- time way with mortar and pestle a few ounces at a time. This is why Scott's Emulsion of cod-liver oil never sepa- rates, keeps sweet for years, and every spoonful is equal to every other spoonful. • other emulsions you are liable to get an uneven benefit—elther an over or under dose. Get Scott's. SCOTT'S EMULSION has been endorsed by the mcdicel profession for twenty years. (rtik y010- doctor.) This is because it is reibtalrV-cu741e717ri.thssfelrArg Get3/ o Alyfinfikosphires. Put tip itt so cent and ex.co sizes. The stnall ehe thr‘ty be enough to egre your cough or hllp your baby, aeon as Rowan, Beltsville. Out amommuoareamON.R......WMOR ONE MAD ON REM A Son of Elijakt Rice Became Demented, Thought He Was the Prophet or the Sand Hil1s-111s Father Attempted to Drive the Devil Out of Dim and Nearis hailed Dim —alother awl Other Children istecaute Exalted and Also Lost Their Heads -Part of the Family Scut to itorkweed Asyluzu. llowniauville, Nov. 16.—(Spec1e1h—One of the most remarkable eases of epidemical insanity lenown to medical science, so we understand, has just transpired at hong Sault, a little back township hamlet ten tulles uorth and east trout Bowmauville—a most laizientable oeourrence that has tem- porarily, at least, wrecked what has here- tofore been a proverbially happy house- hold. of Daillegton, to the county of Durham, eltue.ted on a well -ordered, two hundred. store farm is the home of Mr, and Mrs. Elijah Ince, parents of fifteen childrets, all, living at house, and, up to a few days ago, comparatively healthy. To- day the father, mother and live of the *Meru children are mentally deranged, and the fattier mut eldest sou are patieuts in the Rockwood Iutirmary at Kingston, 44 is feared hopelessly lusane. Cue great mys- tery surrounding this ead affliction is that no ono eau account or the terrible malady. The thee faintly, prior to this melancholy episode In their history, has been regarded US one ot the most intelligent stud respec- tabie in that counuunity. Done parents are atove the average in general ineelligence, and teey have given their children, so far as taey have Leal opportunity, regular and eatistavtory schoollug at the Peelle school near their IOW. Olt every easmath, day When 'mere was preachteg at the lorte beta Methodist Ohurell one of the COM. mendable sights WAS to See Mr. aud tetra. Rum, aecommutied by the zuguarity or dketr threo-lourtn$ or a score ot children, all elis erful, well and becomingly dressed, weuelog their way lu groups to the house of wolehip. At the haoliath school Limy were 5 etilly regular aud always weiebe t steed ../41 luterested scholars. Indeed, in their mealier la ilw connortuule home mid nesty iseiu home they were exempiaty to a thecee that has frequently elicited fa - vomit e comment. The Bice farmstead was silee r n arkable for Rs open door and gen- et:fate• eieintalitY, stud many were the mu- ttons:. *.es itt It. airs. Bice was an exceed - 111517 Industrious title woman, In her per - eon and her home the acme of neatuess ahd meaullinese, and manifested an anxious desire always that her uuusually large Zara- Ily should appear as respeetable and attrac- tiee poesade consisteut wth their work and eircurastaucee. IsIr. Ince was rather proud of his children, but ruled them with firmness and reason. Ile was a great read- er and his children gave evidence of Intel. Ilgence resulting from the familiar inter - costae with tb.eir parents In the family circle By unceasing Industry and careful =flap - meat they were making some ileanelal pro- gress besides raising and educating, this large family. A. short time ago the eldeat son, Lewis. hinted to his father that he wee thineing of setting up fanning on his own account. but Mr. Rice expre.ssed his disapprobation somewhat emphatically, and Lewis telt cousiderably depreseed In spirits over hls father's diecourageanentof his eroposal. Ile did not openly demur very much, but eelt keenly the sitnatinu, and wus noticed to devote more time and rousideration taan ordinary in reading hie Itible. One day, af- ter having his attention rivetted on the Fifth Commandment, he expressed concur- rence with his father's opinion on his pro- poaltion, and matters seemed to be setts- Lectorv all round. This state of things was soon again disturbed, however, for -Lewis became possessed with the belief that he was more than an ordinary man; In fact, that he was "the Prophet of the Saud Hills," this appellation being no doubt sug- gested by the nature of the soil in that vi- cinity. He further announced a commis- sion he had received. Jesus Christ was not a perfect man, he claimed, but by His death He had made him (Lewis) a perfect mau, and he was going to adjust the affairs of the nation, His mother remonstrated with him and he became soruewhat violent. ilis father then undertook to drive the Evil Spirt of which he believed him to be pos- sessed out ot him, and belabored hint with a chair FO determinedly that he cut his head in four or five places clean to the skull ana pommelled him, choked him and otherwise abused hint so that he was nearly killed. By this time the father was verh much exmted, and a geneial jubilee of rejoicing eceuuled the remainder of the night, this initiation ot the lamentable episode taking place shortly atter 9 p.m. Lewis, who had been stunned $o badly by the mows, began to revive about midnight,. when the poor,. demented father weet at huu again, saying he must subdue the devil. The Rice homestead is quite a distance from any other house, so that they re - maimed undisturbed in their maniacal ju- bilations all night, and when morning dawued the strain of mental tension, mingl- ed with horror and grief. was so intense that father stnd mother,. the two elder sons, aged 21 and 19 years, aud .the two eider daughters, aged 20 and 17 years, like Lewis, the elhest son, were all victims of this de- mentia or religious mania. saes" claimed that the trouble was due to the power of the devil trying to overcome the eower or God. The father, therefore, imagined that he was taking the proper means to Is 11 the power of the devil. During LI e night, when the work WAS accomplished to their satisfaction, they undertook te celebrate the Feast of the Passover, and such a pe- rk:id of shouting, singing and reit/icing was eeldtah or never before whtnessca unser similar alstresileg airanissaes.es. ' Tuesday morning, after a sleepless eight, lei the Rice household, with peer Lewis laid out on the bed with blood running Ire ey froni his unwashed and undreseed wounds, some of the•xnembers %vent to W. It. Cie. mens, a neighbor, whom the young minis- ter of the 'Long Sault Church boards, to tell. him that Lewis had been, liberated from the power of the Evil Spirit, as they knew he had been, praying for Lewis and would be glad to hear the news. Those who saw the excited brothers and' heard their inco- herent and unintelligibleintseerri getil°1 zne cl0f itohne. erocess of deliverauee nearly a tragedy had been , enacted until they visited the Rice home. Then a shock - tag sight met their. astonished eyes. Di the dining room every article in it and the walls were covered with blood, and 111 the next 8110 1118a710 Lewis was lying on a bed with his gaping wounds undressed, and weakened by, tbe beating awl choeinghe !tad recetved and loos ot blood. A messen- ehr WIWI despatched for Dr. 3. 0. ehtniskillen. •who arrived during the after - neon end dressed the young man's wounds tee :ranged for the neighbors to take thee in guarding and protecting the fate. .:yfflhtU neeeseary papers could be fillea eet for eending the wont victims to it eu of eeeerity. The elder members were ,,tes (vote demented, all of them laughing enl in high 000 with each other. A. con sultation was held on Thursday between hre J. W. McLaughlin, Itowmanville. and Dr. Mitchell, Ituniskeiest and they .decitl ed to send the father and son Lewis hi the Kingston Infirmary for treatment. So on Friday Chief Jarvis proceeded to Loag Saint and huluced the two to accompany him qtietly to the stathrt, and be sac ceetied lu taking them without any trouble to Kingston. The other members are re- maining quiet,' and ft 19 th011gAlt by tho &Meets will after a time regain Ilea mete tel balitece. vtrectied and Ali Helsel* Loi, Paris, Nov. 13 ---The Frencti schooner Andre from ht, Pierre, Mittfor St. Mato, ha.- been wrecked on P'oltit des fraileines. None of her ereW have been heard of and Is etippesed that they were droweed. 12:ATI ER BEAT CII01-NRKI. In Sin. Ronne% the---Irissiiman Put tree. Call Camden to Swop Sy a mow an the Jaw. New Torn-, Nov. 10.—The first heavy. weight batting couteet of importauce held lu this city uuder the new .Hortou bill was pulled oft to -night in the 13roadway Ath- letic Cluh, when Peter Maher stud Joe Choynski suet In a. 20 -round encounter at catch weights. Half au hour before the Ulu° set for startiug the hada bout it ten - round :affair between Patsy Haley of Buf- falo and l'oung Siete of Providence took place. The building, capable of seating 4500 people, was crowded from floor to cote Mg. A large delegation from Pittsburg, Roston aud Philadelphia had swats by the ring stile. There Was a tremendous amount of interest taken in the litther-Ohoraski go, but very little money was wagered. The men were in splendid eouditiou, but ht form Malier looked to have the best chastest There was scarcely a vacant seat in the buildiug when everything was ready for the stars' sippeamuce. The crowd had beeu kept amused by, a burlesque boxing bout white Maher and • Choynaki were put- ting on the tinishing touches he the dressing room. Maher was the first to appear at tine Ohositsici following a Minnie atter- wards. Both male in 'for a generous share or muld-elapping. Maher was seconded by Peter Burns, Peter Lowry stud jaek Qualm In ratoynskl's corner were Tommy West, Paddy Gorman and Bob Armstrong. Maher sealed — and Olioynsiti 167. Lille money velowrintge."1 hall but Maher was a slight fa- himud 1—They shook hands at 9 o'cloca. They opened for an opening. Maher land, ed wita it light left on Cheynset's chest. More sparring. Oboyaski feinted aud soot a left that just brushed wind. Maher put a hard left on the body aud they clinched. After a lot of clever feinting on both sides Maher put a left hook in tbe iteek as Joe was turning around. The round Was main- ly devoted to sparring at long range. Round 2—Maleer missed a very rough right swing, and Joe put two lefts on the jaw. Maher eent in a left to Ms neck; in trying to get away Joe slipped and Peter shot the right On the body. Peter put a bard left on the neck and Joe got rattled. Peter jabbed his man hara with the lett. Joe then put three streight lefts on the face, and staggered Peter with a left jab ou the JIM. Joe lauded on the face, eut was countered with a right on the chin. It was Joe's round. Round 3—Joe opened with it light lett on the body and repeated a moment later. Choynski then sent the right to the face aud Peter cause been with the left twice. Joe sent a bard left on the body. Peter rushed and Joe dropped on Ills knee to avoid. atelier then pasted lila man twice with the right on the neeir and again on the same place. Joe shot Ids left to the face and missed with the left, but landed lightly on the face as the bell meg. Round 4—Joe mime in with a nice left ou the body. Both were cautious. ylualiy Zoe mune in again ou the body with the left. Maher stayed ou the delensive and Joe came again with it left on the body. Maher got his man near the ropes and got in a right on the ribs. Joe feinted with the left and tossed right on the face. They exchanged lefts on the face, and then Ma- her swung at Ma num, missing the right, but landed the left on the bode', anti Joe elluelted. Maher put it left on the neck aa the hell mug. They were not sparring fast enough to suit the crowd. Round 5—Ghoyuski was doing the lead- ing so far. 110 shoved a, stratglit left on Peter's face find easily avoided the return. Maher pasted a good left on the body, out Joe evened up with it return. Maher led for the body and brought the right around on tbe necle Choyuski swung his left on the hue. and Maher countered ou the bodv. Peter nailed his man on the face, and they came closer together, both doing pretty sparring and exchanging lefts on the face. Round 6-11etiors were about even. Joe led with a left on tho face and forced the fighting, sending Maher staggering to the ropes with a left on the jaw. Fierce in- fighting followed. and theu Maher floored his man with it left hot* on the jaw, eit- her melted at his num and landed right and left on the jaw, flooring his man again. Choyuski got up on the Muth count, only to be sent down again and knocked clean out with it right on the jaw. The police clambered into the ring, but no arrests were made. The referee awarded his de- cision to Maher. The round tested two minutes and twenty -Ave seconds. The Californian was not long 10 Coming to all right after being helped to his cor- ner, where he rested tor a moment and then walked out of the ring. AI'LEOLV8 RE—CORD BEATEN hoe- Miler of Hamilton Reduees the Figs ures tor the Batt and Quarter Mlle —The Wind Helped Dime Hamilton, Nov. 16.-4Speciain—R07 Mil- ler of this city went after the quarter and half-nille Canadian professional bicycle rec- ords at the Jockey Club truck this alter - 11000. Mounted on n "yellow fellow," and somewhat aided by a etrong wind, he rode the halt, from a IlyIng start, unpaced, in 57 seconds, clipping, the best previous merk of 1.02 3-5, kern by Angus McLeod, 'by 5 3-5 seconds. Subsequently Miller rode a quarter, flying- start, unpaced, in 26 sec- t:aide flat. The record for this distance was also held by McLeod at 27 seconds. J. II. Wheeler made tem futile efforts 'to creek John Davidson's amateur Cauadiau record of 27 2-5 seconds for the quarter. ntuirding2start, unpaced. His times were 27% Arthur Hackett was sent after the boys', paced quarter record of SO 1-5, but could not do better than 30 1-2. The &same 'liner later on in the afternoon rode a quarter, talpaced, flying start, in 32 seconds. Little Grace Miller, 12 years old, a sister of Roy teller's, rode a quarter, standing start„ unpaced, in 47 seconds, and was heertily cheered for her plucky perform- ance. The little lady rode an ordinary la- dies: wheel of considerable weight. • INTERESTING C'AS.E. ' . • .. Writ Against -Major Dentate% for !WOO in eConneetien, With a Pitchenn Near atendon.. London, Ont., Nov. 16.—Mrs. J.e13. Jennings and Mrs. Geo. Felton have in- structed their solicitor, Mr. P. IVIcPhil- lips, to issue a writ ' againSt Major Denison, late . of No. 1 Co. 11.11.0.I., Wolseley Barraeles, but now at No. 2 Co., Toronto, claiming 1000 damages for injuriesarising out of the miter- . tunate pitch -in on the Proof Line -road of a fortnight age.. It will bs remem- bered that Major Denison's horse got beyond control while being driven on to the road from the Kennels dtive- • way, and ran into a coxriage in which the complainants were seated, throwing them, breaking Mrs. pelton's arm and otherwise injuring both the ladies. The injured parties claim that the Major 'was "negligent Said neskil- ful," and, further, that "he was not in a proper condition to diive." The London Hunt Club is made co-dcfend- ant in the action, which will be heard before the San.uary, Assizes. WII0 18 TIJIS MAI? He Wats Run Over In She London V'4 try a Train and Mangled Beyond Neeognition. • Isondon, Ont, Nov. 16.—An unknown man about 50 years of age, apparently a working mate was run over by an sant-bound freleht at the Clarence - street crossing Of the G.T.R. about 6 pan. a.nd mangled' .a.trrtoet beyond re- cognition. Tip to ntindight his iden- tity had not been ascertoined. Coroner Flock whi :hold an Inquest in, the morn - LUMBERING ON THE OTTAWA IN 'I RD DARR VALLEY. A LIFE OF GREAT •HARDSHIP A.ND ExaosunE. River Drivers Often 'Waist Deep in Icy WatersaPai n-Raeked Bodies the Fre- quent oetcome-Only the Most Robust Can Stand This WearyRoundOf Toil. From tbe Ottawa Free Press. Only those who have engaged,in the arduous occupation of .1 limbering know how dearly earne.d is their livelihood, for among the many vocations of men that of lumberman ranks among the most dangerous and difficult. There is the heavy shanty labor from earliest dawn to evening star when the toiler for half a year is remote from home arid friends, and whose daily round is to eat and work and sleep, only getting an occasional glimpse of the outside world through a long looked for letter from some loved one far :way. Then the days lengthen, the frozen lake brakes up, and comes the driving of logs and hewn timber down the tortuous swift: running stream, 'when necessity often mils the driver to wade body deep in the swift flowing, icy waters. Nene but the strong can en- gage in such heavy labor, only the most robust are able to stand the ten hours of daily toil, with but n, mid-day the Ottawa valley, and among the hour's res:it.e. Such, in :lit; is the life of many thousands of laborers in anal,se- e "-ass eye sa4n • wif^ •-ar, N "et, ate 1Whehihea. Many is Thos. Dobie, of 130 Head street, Chaudiere, who for twelve long years has wrought for the great inm- ber king, J.,• R. Booth, ebantying in the snowy northern forests, and, lifting three ineh delti during the summer heats. It is not to be wondered at that in his long experience and great exposure he should contract a etreere cold that in time took permanent lodg- ing in the region of his tains and kids noses. Like ninny others he thoughts to work it, ott, but in vain. Soon the painsin the region of the: kideeys be- came. so intense that labor was 0, tor- ture to him, and it was only the in- domitable courage, born olaknowledge that others were. depeedent upon hue, that urged him to pursue his weary -round of daily tail. Every sudden movement of the body was as a, thorny goad that made bini wince beneath its sting. Added to this was an unusual and excessive sweating which necessit- ated frequent *banging of clothing, and which weakened' hint to such an extee b that his appetite was almost en- tirely gone, and, eventually but little food. and much water was his daily fare. Many vain effortswere made by Mr. Dobie to free himself from- the pains. Which bed fastened themselves upon him, and one medicine after sm- other was used, but without effect. Life became aburden and existence a thing almost undesireable. After teeny fruitless effoets he was induced to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. 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