The Brussels Post, 1893-9-15, Page 1Vol. 21. No. 9.
Down The Midway P1ai-
sande.
The gayest, brightest, most diverting
street in the world thin summer in un-
donbtedly that very much talkecl•ot.atreet
at the World'e Fair, tbo Midway Plai.
armee, which extends for nuc mile from
the Fair grounds proper to Washington
park, and is given up to the population
of more sorts of people than there were
after the aoattering.away from the Tower
of Babel.
Stand at the end of tine long street
with me and first notice the general effect
of the strange buildiuge whiah line the
broad thoroughfare on either side. The
street itself is nearly always a black mass
of people, and in the centre of the way
rise that vary dizzy, great revolving
structure known a9 the Ferris wheel,
deearibod on page 6 of this issue, the
broad oars are fall of passengers, the
stare and stripes wave from
snob ear ; and so slowly that
the motion is soareety per.
oeptible, the immense circlet is revolving
and bearing from the lowest point to
the highest those who will have a view
of the White Oity, the lake and the
streets of Chicago. The fare in 60o. fur
two rounds.
An interesting fact told in conneobion
with the history of the wheel, whose con-
struction was a bold enterprise, is that
the wife of the inventor and proprietor
has had bouncllese faith in her husband's
project from the first, and while all the
little world about here was shaking its
head and doubting the completion, or,
if complete, the success of this wonder,
her faith never wavered, and she has
lived to oht•ieten it and see it a grand
snooeed among all the tempting novelties
of the gay Plaisanoo.
They tell another story of the wheel,
and bow the young proprietor of a kodak
took passage for the two round tripe and
while above the grounds, and therefore
beyond the jcriediotion of ire rules, he
pressed the button again and again, and
was,baving a glorious run of luck and
gathering in his pictures, when the irate
photographer, to whom had been granted
the exclusive privilege of taking photo-
graphs on the ground's, ran down the
`Plaisnncein a great rage and, witbont
much thought of what be was doing, took
passage on the wheel, determined to stop
this violator of his rights. But one car
on the Ferris Wheel does not overtake
another oar, any more than parallel tines
meet, and when the intruder was at the
bottom of the roaud, he quietly stopped
out and shook his kodak at the pursuing
picture•taker, who was by this time help.
lesely suspended in mid-air.
So muoh for the airy wheel. At our
left floats the green flag over Blarney
Castle and the straw•tbatohed cottages
which the beloved Countess of Aberdeen
has, so long worked to bring to their
,present state of perfection. On the
right, some Swiss peasants, in native
costumes with Alpine hate and feathers,
are yodeling an invitation to their little
eleotrio panorama, which is not vary in-
teresting after all. A quaint Japanese
village, a Turkish mosque, with its
strange blue, etar,dotted towers ; the
oall to Mnssulmane prayer sounding
from a minaret of the temple ; a model
of St. Peter's (Thumb at Remo, the door.
way to whiob is guarded by handsome
armed guards in the full uniform of the
papal guards at Rome ; an old Garman
village ; a gay Turk dancing at the en.
trance of a theatre ;, the howl of the ro.
bust South Sea Ielanders in their blood-
curdling Fiji war dancethe roar of the
trained lions frons Berlin ; pretty Al.
gerian and Tunisian girls looking out
from an upper window ; Arabs, Dahomeys
and Japanese pedestrians ; a glimpse of
camels nd donkeys and an ancient
temple in an old Cairo street ; and,
above all the din, the drone and bang of
bag -pipes and Chinese tom-toms—all
this is but a fragment of the mingled
eights and Hounds whiah greet the visitor
to the Midway Plaisanoo.
.A. great amount of entertainment oan
be compressed into a half.day on the
Plaisanoo. The tom -tome are the'
loudest. Let us go into the Chinese
theater to which they invite us to sea the
most amusing place of them all, with
but one drawbaok. The tom -tome go :
"Whang 1 Whiting 1 Wiling, tiding,
wilting 1" with scarcely a whole minute
of cessation for two or three conseontjve
hours, and the sensitive visitor longs to
take off hie ears and throw theta away.
Peres through the corridor, where gaily
dressed Chinese attendants are Dour.
tamely bowing and smiling a welcome,
direotly into the theatre, because the
placard anoonnces that "tire play is on."
Indeed, it is on, It is Dulled "The Six
Kings" and is it very old classic with the
Chinese, I atn told, The stage is quits
simple in its setting, and the wlnauging
orchestra of four nerve -withering pieces
site in the rear. The stage is well filled
with actors—aha best talent—brought
directly from China by the manager,
Colonel Sling. Each of them delivers
his words in a high, squeaky, unvarying
tone, really a squeals snail as children
sometimes nee when at play, and not a
proper tone at all. All the six kings have
very long, thin beards, which begin on
the upper lip and so conceal the month.
The costumes are indescribably elegant—
scarlet, oritnson, green and purple shim -
,
marine eatin of the richest quality, heavy
with embroidery of gold thread and glit-
tering ooins and gems ; bead -dresses
decorated with feathers fully five feet
long ; rich underdress and jeweled shoes.
'Would that I could reproduce the very
laughable effect of the squeaky tones, the
tom•tolns, the long feathers and the ex-
eggeraled strut of the Retorts and notecas-
es, it would make the soberest attdienoe
laugh, •
Tho joes.hou0o and bazaar, as we go
out, are full to overflowing with curious
and grotesque figures of Chinamen under•
going borriblo purgatorial punishments
of sawing, bebeadtng and smothering,
images of Mole, tel oarvinge,
bronze, rioh alike, brie•a-brad, erthroid-
aies and ahoioe tame ; and on the main
floor a huge dragon of green and gold
paper, fully forty feet long, glares at and
visitors
a figure
night.
Now a glimpse at the cyclorama of th
Barnes° Alpe, away from the tom•tmns
A great eoutrast, tbees noble mountains
to the six kings and the juggler. BY
winding stairs ono mounts up and up t
the round platform in the midst of th
round Swiss building, and atretobing al
around hien is a grand painted but ver
real view of these magnificent mountains
with a real foreground of earth and Tooke
"Ilio explainer" wee out bo dinner, we
were bold, but no explanation was moos.
sary to the enjoyment of this inspiriting
scone, with its snow-capped mountains,
rushing torrents, pretty Swiss chalets
and sheep lying comfortably about on the
grace near the shepherd. The canvas is
sixtytive feet high and over five hundred
feet long, and three well known Swiss
artists spent over two years in studying
the a0nntry and reproduoing it on canvas.
A medal of honor has been accorded
them by the French government for this
work of art.
A little group of Scotch Highlanders
in fall costume aro playing the bagpipes
to attract visitors to the International
Dress and Costume Company's exhibit,
where it is announced that forty beauti-
ful yotung women of as many different
nations appear in the costumes of their
country. This is popularly known to
Exposition -goers as the "Beauty Show"
but all visitors wonder why it is BO nam•
ad, for ono might select forty young ladies
from almost anywhere and find among
them more beauty than is here displayed.
However, it is very interesting to look at
the ooetumos, and most of the wearers
have agreeable if not always beautiful
faces. They are seated on a raised plat-
form about ten feet wide, whioh extends
entirely around the room, and each conn-
tryhas a little section to itself, where
Bits the. ooetume•wearer by a little table.
Imagine how interesbinaraft must be for
these forty to sit all clay long and be
gazed upon and talked about by men,
women and children of all degrees of re -
filament and civilization. This morning
the little lady from China, in s bewitch-
ing costume of pink satin, has a very in.
ternabional toothache, ana the fair girl
from Greeoe, in flowing ooetume of pale
blue and silver, and the little maid from
the Tyrol, in her peasant waist and saucy
sap, have come in to comfort her. On
her table is a vase of pink roses, and just
beyond two simpering girls in Worth
costumes of trailing brocades and satins
look somewhat jealously upon the atten•
Mon shown the suffering stranger.
The little Sootoh girl is modestly ar•
rayed in bright tartan plaid, and her
Welsh neighbor in a tall black silk hat,
such as are worn byAmerican gentlemen,
and some very smart United States girls
are exchanging morning greetings. A
Russian girl in a dainty white Inc and a
group of Turkish beauties in gorgeous
oostumes form a grand °antral tableau
on the stage,
Lnstructive as well as entertaining is
the exhibit of an Ohio glass company
near by, where all the promisees of glass -
making are shown, from the nixing of
the fine white sand with various Oxides
to the gutting, painting, polishing and
Waning. Just now this resort is in high
favor, because when the princess Eulalia
visited it a few weeks ago she saw a
beautiful dress fabric that wse being
made for nn actress. Tbis dress was
spun of thread drawn out to the fineness
of a spider's web, and she ordered yards ma
of the Aerial for a gown, wbioh has
been made in the latest fashion and is
now on exhibition. There is always a
crowd around the railing which guards
the great furnace, where boys with long
rods are drawing out little masses of the
hot, molten glass, which they twist and
blow into bottles and jars. There is a
benesseabel.
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boy to put on handles and another has a
mold in which are pressed lovely pattern-
ed cups about as fast es they can be
carried away. Upstairs forty men are
cutting and polishing beautiful glues on
wheals.
The great Moorish palace, elaborately
built, with all airy dome, slender, riohly
carved columns, and filled with groups
of was flguees, mirrors, artfully planed to
bewilder and amus, and singing Rou-
manian girls, is more interesting without
than within. In the Turkish village,
olotio by, is a theatre decorated with
curious paintings, where quite indee•
oribable Turkish plays are presented, and
Turltish girls give a peculiar dame which
requires little movement of head or feet,
but abounds in convulsive movements of
the body ; one of thom,ths serpent dame,
being danced iu a green, coaly costume
and in imitation of the serpent's sinuous
wavings. They are groat whielsrs, these
Turkish girls and can revolve for hours
without growing dizzy.
Down bayou(' the Turks, thirty ost-
riches from a California ostrich farm
Dave a corner to themselves in this great
oonvooabion of all breathing things, are
well worth seeing, with their top-heavy
bodies, logs and neck well matched for
length and rich plumes carelessly loop•
piing from their heavy wings. Across
the way, at the French eider.prsss,
Finn oh girls, in Normandy nape, are
serving older, which is made before your
eyes by French peasants.
Shall we glance for a moment at the
very interesting model of St. Peter's,
which deserves a half day's study ? For
the model itself ie three hundred years
old, and all the oolumhe, statues and
carving are so accurately re rodueed
from the cathedral and so well described
by an attendant trona Remo that one
leaves the piano feeling that he really
knows somothiug of this wonderful struo.
burs,
For lunch, we may geb sandwiches,
sharks' tine and other Chinese delicacies
at our etarting plane, fare luxuriously at
the Vienna Bakery, get a modest oup of
tea at the Homo Restaurant or an old.
fashioned New England dinner at the
New England'Log•oebin. Up on the
grounds they serve maple syrup on See,
the syrup fresh from Vermont,
Prof, Shrieves was arraigned before
Squire Snell at Exeter reoently on a
Oharge of unlawfully pteetioing dontietry
lined 1120 and Ooete.
World's Fair.
Over a million people paid for adtnis-
eion to the World's Pair grounds last
week and from present indications the
weekly quota will not fall below that
hereafter, with every prospect of exceed-
ing it considerably as elle aoaeon ad•
vanoee. In spite of the owiniob poliey of
the railway oompaniss'in regard to robes,
the people seem to have at last awaken.
ed to the fact that the Fair is something
they can't afford to mios, and by every
train, from every point of the rampage,
they are pouring iu ab alt hours of the
day and night. Canada is oontributing
its quota, the number registered at the
Canadian Pavilion from Ontario alone
running about 200 daily and these by no
means represent all from the Province.
Those who do not visit the Canadian
headgnartors make a mistake. The
building, a0 is generally acknowledged, is
not all that could be desired, but it oo-
oupies the very choicest location within
the walls of the White Oity and its
spacious verandahs offer the best vantage
ground for seeing the fireworks, which
are a leailiug feature on several nights of
the week. Most of the Oanadian papers
are on file, there is apost•ofliee to which
lettere may be addressed, the latah string
is always out on Commissioner Awrey'e
door, and one is always sure to meet
acquaintances or hoar of their wbere•
abouts• Commissioner Cockburn keeps
up the sooial end and no man has done
more than he, by generous hospitality
and pleasant speeches on public
occasions to make the name of Canada
known among the nations of the earth.
The increased attendance has raised the
spirits of the managers of the l,xpooi•
anon ; already provision has been made
for paying 40 per cent. on the bonds ;
10 per sent. per week will be paid till
they are wiped out and there will no
doubt be something worth while for the
ordinary stockholders. Moro attention is
being paid to the amusement features
and some of the brightest minds in the
country are all the whilebusy devising
new schemes to relieve the monotony of
mutant sightseeing.' These entertain-
ments take all kinds of shapes, including
parades of the midway freaks, naval
parades, swimming contests, comic
tournaments in the lagoons, musical per-
formances by artists of all nations, open
air theatrical representations, dm., and
all seem to be appreciated. The other
day there wan a special parade of posses
through the grounds, when about two-
thirds of the horse exhibitors had their
animals ant. There were over 600
horses in line, including the celebrated
Russians and Germans, and in the
opinion of experts no such collection of
pedigreed equines was ever before seen in
a single day. The pronasion was headed
by Shetland ponies driven four.in-hand,
tandem four abreast and every other
way and a draft of Hsntuaky mules
brought up the rear. The Stook
Pavilion is one of the most attractive
planes in the whole Fair, nowadays, and
it is seldom that most of the seats are
not occupied. Besides the horses and
ottttle that are in the competitions, the
highbred Kentuckians, Russians, Arabs,
Inc., are constantly being exercised in the
ring and their beautiful performances are
cheered to the echo. The judging of the
beef•breede, excepting the sweepstakes,
Dame to on end last week, and on the
whole the result bag been fairly satis.
factory, though for reasons that are now
well undsretood, not so many prizes have
come our way as was at first expeotod.
The breeding of thoroughbred stook is
wholly with American millionaires, who
begrudge no money to get the best ani•
male attainable. As soon as the World's
Fair competitions were announced these
men ransacked the bards of the world
nd depleted the Jamie of Ontario
breeders, who are for the most part
raotical farmers, making their living
ut of the business, and who do not
eeitate to dispose of their best animals
t satisfactory prises. Besides this,
here was the fear banging over the heade
f Canadian breeders that they would
ave to undergo a three months
narantine after tiro Fair before they
mulct get their cattle home again, and all
he circumstances being taken into oon-
ideration the wonder Is that our breed•
re had the nerve to enter the lists at all
nd that they acquitted themselves so
reditably. Another matter that must
e taken into a000nnt is the prejudice
mong American breedsre against white
r light roan cattle, while Ontario men
oke no amount of Dolor.' So high does
the feeling run that Obief liuolianan, of
he Department of Agriculture, was ap-
ealed to by the judges as to whether
bey dare award the fleet premium to the
agnifloont young white bull, Lord
tanley, owned by I. and W. Russell, of
iehmoud Hill, which is decidedly the
nest shorthorn on the grounds. Mr.
uoha ten at onoe said that ootor should
of enter into the oaloulation. The
iumph of the Ontario men over the
olor prejudioe moat result In a reaction
favor of the light settle. Col. Drown,
lbtinnetnpolie, one of the leading Ameri•
an shorthorn men, informed me that he
had fitted up 60 bead from which to
00&0 those for the Exhibition, and
onld have bought more from Ottarin at
e last moment but for the quarantine.
Hereford cattle Ontario was for the
oat part ont•olasssd, though several of
ur American competitors admitted to
ethat we were hardly used in the
dging. Thomas Clark, of Beecher, II-
noie, Who is the largest American Here.
rd breeder, remarked that it would be
all if our people would smooth the
Rile of the Herefordea little more, they
ere not quite so good as they might be.
ne of our Hereford Howe was the only
e he was afraid of, the Russell eherb•
rn heifer, Centennial feabelies to whioh
oond prize was awarded, was the finest
eoimen he had ever seen, lint her color
as against her. In Galloways, Mr,
ongh, of Owen Sound, was the only
ntario exhibitor and did wonderfully
ell, There was a very large glowing of
is bread, whioh is really 050 of the
deet known, and in conversation with
venal broadest, notably F. T. Platt, of w
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facto concerning them. Mr, Platt breeds
Galloways by the thousand and fin de
that for range work in the high latitudes
they fill the bill better than any other
breed ha knows, Their iron constitutions
tend! shaggy coats enable them to with-
stand intense cold, and blizzards have no
horrors for them, They live on the
coarsest feed and take ou flesh ander the
most adverse conditions, The hiders aro
very valuable, being handsomer than
those of the buffalo, and $40 to 650 is not
an unusual price for fine speoimens.
The competition In the Galloways was
exoeediogly kaon and Mr. McRae, of
Guelph, who was the sole judge, showed
us no favors. In this section he ac•
knowledged that three lots, one owned by
Mr. Hough, were so nearly alike that he
could nob make a deoieion. Mr. Tur-
baden, of Illinois, was called in and the
first prize went to Mr. Paul, of Min.
negobe, Mr. Hough taking second.
Summing up results a's far as the judging
bas gone, Ontario Shorthorns have taken
54 prizes, aggregating 51,400 and over in
money and of this sum the Masers. Inas•
sell take over 51,000. In Herefords 12
prizes. In Gallowayo, 11 prises and
5820 in money. In the horse classes
Ontario men fared more hardly than in
(tattle. In Olysles we took 26 prizes ;
Shires, 2 ; Cleveland Bays, 2 ; Snffook 1;
and in Americo Arabs, 5, up to present
writing. Individual Clydes acme from
all s:otions of the Province, but the
largest exhibitor was R. Davies, of the
Dominion Brewing Co.; Toronto, whose
splendid animals, to put it mildly, re-
ceived a good deal less consideration than
they were entitled to at the hands of the
judges. The phenomenal success was
that of Dr. J. P. Hell, of Toronto, who
with three splendid Americo Arabs
swept the list, taking 5 prizes, inolu.ing
the sweepstakes. Witbin the past few
days the Ontario eeotiose of the live-
stock barns have been profusely and
elegantly decorated under the super•
vieiou of Adam Armstrong, Deputy Com.
missioner, whose taste in such matters
has done eo much to add to the attrao-
tivenees of our exhibits in many of the
departments,
0. W. Youeo.
Jackson Park, Chicago, Aug. 31.
The Sydney Unemployed.
To the Editor of THE POST.
Ali 1 words expressive mark then well,
No matter nob or poor,
Sad human wrecks sash lay are seen
In streets or lanes or parks of green,
And yet bow many intervene
Their moue to secure 2
Some remnant drifts of other lands,
Far from their native shore,
Here drifting come or drifting go,
Each face with an sxpre0sive woe,
Whish none but those who feel oan know,
And they ne'er felt before.
Such are the objects of despair,
Disoonsolate and worn,
So far below high water mark,
Each fails to steer his little bark
Away from that abyss of dark,
To which so quickly borne.
Isere pen and potion too are weak,
And English tongue must fail,
The baffled, shattered, wretched man,
With listless eye and cheek so wan,
Yet ever willing if he oan,
Alone can tell the bale.
-0h 1 why snob anxious, oareworn looks,
In lands so fair to 000 2
Full many a broken family tie,
Shall yet proclaim more loudly, wiry,
Beneath a bright A:nstralian sky,
Suoh things should ever be.
Last Winter the distress of the unem-
ployed in Sydney and other parts of
Australia was so great that the different
governments were prevailed upon to open
relief works. Cu account of protootive
fiscal policies the •treasuties were over.
drawn, each colony was iu debt and
there was no chance of carrying on pub-
lic works bo any extent and it was deem.
ed unwise to start anything new, so the
relief from this source did not amount to
very mach. The next mono was to es-
tablish Government Labor Bureaus for
the registration of those wanting work.
To carry this out as effeotively a0 poe-
sible competent managers were appointed
to communicate with employers and ro.
gotiate between them and the laborers.
When any arrangements were made the
Government gave free passes on the rail•
ways, and in this way about 7,000 of
thee° in Sydney were distributed over
the colony. Bub sone idea of the extent
of the supply over the demand may bo
obtained from the fact that in Sydney.
alone abort 10,000 names wore register-
ed. Soup kitchens were established, free
lunches givon besides a good deal done in
a private way by charitable people whose
noble acts of kindness will be on reoord
when the money of the selfish and miser-
ly will have gone into other Mende. "Far
off fields look green" and bboueande in
the Old Country, who are unnaquainted
with the fluabnating nature of Australia,
listen to the gilded stories of "boom
times" and "rushes" and the fine
climate—only fine for living or working
in—and onb they go by the ship load and
find when too late, to their discomfiture,
there is another. phase of things not
counted on. "All is not gold that Blit•
ters" applies an well in a land of gold
beyond the Padilla as in our slow going
but surer country where steady polling
wins the day in every instance. In
Australia sucness le more like a lottery
where a few are lucky and the majority
only draw a blank. Droughts, wbioh are
liable to occur at any time, make both
farming and grazing likewise uncertain
and unsafe, and what can be duller than
mining played out alter a "rush." I
often think, when I hear Canadiane
grumbling at home, that they don't know .
how well they are off. It is by nompari.
eon alone tient we oan arrive at oonolu•
alone that will stand the teat, and wheu
Canada is fatten bit by bit and emanatedwith the oorreoponding parte of other
countries I think obemopoiitan judges
ill find the remelt largely in its favor.
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1893
W. H. KERR, Prop,
avert if hard, is a etrong point in its long
list of advantagaoue posibilitieo, The
ory of "the unemployed" Is unknown
here and the person who does not like
work will nob be likely to find hie chandos
improved whore those who are more will-
ing aro debarred of the privilege. Among
the survivors of old school mates and
others I can trade a larger proportion of
those who remained in the vicinity of
home are in good circumstances now
than of those whose fiulsle fannies drove
them further afield. The old adage "A
rolling stone gathers no moss" in, as of
old, substantially true. Never find fault
or quarrel with work ; it is by work
alone we, who were not born nob, oan
hope to rise tlnanoinlly or intellectually.
Those to' whom we refer in Australia
who have ever heard the lines in our
school booke--
"Oh 1 while you think 'tie hard to toil
And sweat the long day through,
Remember it is harder still,
To have no work Ledo,"
oan understand them better than probe's:.
ly any one living here.
Yours truly,
J. SriILLIE.
CsLIiadl nazi NC9,/s/
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Chatham is agitated over a diminish-
ing water supply.
Baden is agitating the formation of an
anti -tramp league.
D. B. Ross, of Lmbro, hada field of
turnips eaten up by grasshoppers:
Norwich council has decided to pnr-
obase a Waterous steam fire engine.
A few days ago a farmer of Lavaltrie,
Quebec, bad his 27th child christened.
The next annual A. 0. F. demonsbra•
Won is to he held in Ingersoll in 1804.
A colored sailor named Jones was
fatally stabbed at Victoria, B. 0., Sun.
day night by a companion named Wilson.
A Hamilton man has been fined 55 for
refusing to answer questions put to him
respeoting his lucerne by the assessor.
The sum of 510,000 has already been
sobaoribed in Norwich towards forming
a joint stook company to rebuild the
flour mills.
The estate of the late Andrew Gage, of
Barton, is valued at 572,448, which is
divided between the widow, two sons and
two daughters.
Jane Oalnebread has made her 261st
appearance before a London magistrate
for her single offense, intoxication and
bad language.
It is claimed that in the twenty-four
years the Canada Southern Railway has
been in operation not a single passenger
has been killed upon it.
The flour mill, elevator and engine
house of the Bell farm, at Indian Head,
was destroyed by fire Thursday night of
last week. Loss, 525,000.
John Prince, living near Hyde Park, is
under arrest at London charged with
brutally beating his abep-mother. It is
thought the woman will die.
It is said the Ministerial Association
of Montreal will endeavor to have the
Sunday street oar question brought to e
vote of the people to that city.
Mrs. Weaver, of Buffalo, who was shot
by burglars at Drumbo some weeks ago,
has passed another favorable week. Her
general condition has been on the mend
gradually. The bullet was exbracted.
Rev. Mr. McLeod, of New York, who
s visiting his father, Angus McLeod,
West Zorra, waa severely injured the
other day by a vicious now. He receivecl
some severe bruises on, the chest and
initis.
Tbs farmers' elevator at Griswold, con-
taining 25,000 bushels of new wheat, lust
toted by farmers of the district, was
°tally destroyed by fire Sunday night,
The elevator was insured but the wheat
was not.
Epidemic diphtheria croup is raging
mong children from three to six years in
Moncton, N. B. Two or bbree •children
ave died of several families and iu one
ase a little child brought as a visitor fell
victim,
Messrs. Finkle In McMullen, of Wood -
tock, on behalf of F. Sauagma, have
sued a writ for 55,000 damages against
r. McLuug, for malpractice on the
Token leg of a young son of Mr. Sanagan.
hs °ase will come up at the Fall assizes.
Charles Wordley, who said he was a
artner and lived near Waterford, Out.,
as arrested at Chfoago on Saturday,
barged with smuggling opium from
antida. He bad 5250 worth oomealed
n his clothing. He was held in 620,000
odd,
One Snnday evening recently the choir
f Cook's Presbyterian church, Kingston,
ung an anthem while the collection was
sing taken up. This was a departure
oln the usual ouetom of the ohuroh,
nd it no offended cue or two of the older
embers that they arose and left the
tilding. This was the beginning of the
each. It was widened Sunday morn.
g. When a visitor sang a solo several
embers of the oongregabion left the
lurch, An effort will be made to pre•
entfurther innovations.
A young school teacher from St.
honing, who recently visited the
Weld's Fair, had au exciting experience
bile there. One day she left her friends
transact business, intending to take
e next oar, but lost her bearings and
en forgot the name of the street whore
a and friends etoppyi?;l. 'There was
thing to do but to seek new ()mutate.
en friends of course wore Manned,
arched for her rind even put an adver-
enent in the Chicago papers but it was
resung, days before she that was lost teas
A queer story Dame to light at Niagara
tis on Monday. Solna workman were
acing down an old chimney in a house
longing to Mrs. Geo. Seitz, when one
the workman found a roll of bank
is. They proved to be twenty 5100
is, The mohey was turned over to
e contractor, who nottfdod Mrs. Seitz,
is woman had drawn out the money iu
e early part of the Summer when there
s so much alarm prevalent regarding
nks, and had conosaled it nn the
imnov, tvliore alis tbottglit it would he
o. She had forgotten the existence of
$2,000 until it wan returned to her
contractor,
The body of E. DOerosiers, a carpenter,
was found floating in the Ottawa River
on Sunday near the Chandler° Falls.
He lived in Hull, and was last seen alive
on Friday. Ile leaves a wife and three
children. It is supposed lie fell off a
bulk head.
Roger Allen, who resides at 53 Ed.
ward street, St. Thomas, was proceeding
along Woodward avenue, in the east end,
about 8 o'clock Sunday evening when he
was struck from behind by a sandbag, or
some similar weapon, in the hands of
two thugs. IIs was knocked senseless,
and the thieves then rifled his pookete,
seouriag seven $10 American bills. The
robbers made a thorough searob of their
victim's olothee, patting them to discover
possible secret hiding places. Mr. Allen's
nook was out, but he was not otherwise
injured. The police have the matter in
band.
A man named Oliver Gogain, went to
feed Hunter Sellig's large bear Mo Edgy'
night at Moncton, N. B., and removed
the muzzle. As the man turned to leave
it suddenly sprang at him, snapped Ms
chain in two and seized him by the neols,
lacerating hie head, throat and shoulders
terribly. Ilia pries alarmed Mrs. Sellig,
who loosened a big dog which is aaaus-
tomed to fight the bear in Ssllig's show.
The dog seized the boar by the throat,
but was crushed to death by the in-
furiated beast, and when Sellig arrived
the dog was hanging in a death grip at
the bear's throat. The bear was then
captured and medical assistance sum-
moned for Gogain, whose injuries are be
lieved to be of a fatal nature.
PERSONAL POINTERS.
W. F. Vanstone was in Montreal last
week.
H. L. Jackson was in Toronto last
weak.
D. Ewan WAS visiting in Toronto this
week.
T. A. Hawking Snndayed in St.
Marys.
Geo. Howe and E. Brown were in To•
ronto last week.
Eph. Downing spent a week with rela-
tivee at Lindsay.
Lincoln Hembly, of Woodstock, was
borne for Sunday.
0. R. Vanetone, of Southampton, was
in town this week.
Miss Annie Rivers was visiting in
Clinton last week.
Wm. Norton and wife, of Listowel, were
in Brussels last week,
Miss Jennie Weddup, of Lindsay, is
visiting at J. Downing's.
Fred. Lowry, of Port Huron, is visit-
ing his parents in Brussels.
Miss Green has returned to Brussels
for the Fall millinery season.
Miss Minnie Shaw has gone to her
millinery situation at Mitchell.
Mrs. J. Ooasley and Johnnie ars visit.
ing at Trowbridge and Listowel.
Alfred Broker fa home from Detroit.
He reports times very dull there.
Harold Creighton has taken a situation
in Guelph. We with hits sueoess.
Mies Ethel Creighton left this week for
her millinery situation at Colborne.
Mrs. J. Y. S. Kirk and Frankie Dennis
Sundayed in Minton with relatives.
Mrs. J. 1T. Blain, of Sterling Falls,
Ont„ is visiting her sisters in Brussels.
Mies Maddock, of Guelph, spent a few -
days with her brother, H. E. Maddock.
Mrs. E. Melsom and Gertie have re.
turned from a visit to relatives at St.
Marys.
Mrs. McDougall and daughter, of De-
troit, are visiting friends iu Brussels and
vicinity.
Miss Hattie Rogers has taken a situ-
ation in a book and fancy goods stare in
London.
Mrs. W. H. Herr and Leslie spent e,
few days at the Methodist parsonage,
W in gbam.
J. J, Gilpin and Jas. Walker were
taking in the sights at the Toronto Fair
this week.
Rev. E. W. Hunt and wife, of South.
ampton, are visiting at J. M. O'Connor's.
I3. Hoare, of Clinton, spent a few days
in Brussels with relatives.
Jack Ballantyne and Jack Smith were
in London last week. They made the
trip on their bioycles.
Mrs. Robertson, of St. Marys, has re.
turned home after paying a visib to her
brother, Walter Jackson.
Miss Maggie Burgess is borne after an
extended visit to relatives sol friends in
Toronto and other places.
J, A. Putland was in Stratford last
week seeing bis sister who was seriously
ill with typhoid fever but is on the mend
now.
A. I. McColl and wife left for Toronto
on Tuesday. Mr. MoColl will attend the
college of Pharmaoy during the next 3
months.
J. T. Pepper, W. Ie. and Mrs, Stewart,
Geo. Howe, Mr. Brown and others talk
of visiting the Colombian Exposition
this week.
We are pleased to notioe considerable
improvetuent in Samuel Smile's health.
He baa been able to geb down town 0n
several occasions during the past week.
Gsi 4,ge 'hits arrived home from the
Old 0iitilnt$y, whither be hadone in
charge of cattle, last Tuesday. gGeorge
had n very pleasant re -union with
relatives in the Old Land some of whom
he bad not went for the past 30 years.
Bro. J, T. Laoy, of the Palmerston
Telegraph, has been forced to retire from
active service and has advertised his
Oleo for sale. The other morning furs,
Lacy found himself deprived of the total
nee of his left hand and leg and his medi-
cal attendant tells him that it is doubt-
ful if he will recover the use of the effect.
ed parts again. Me. Duey is upwards of
70 years of age,
The ]Mitchell Recorder says:—T. C.
Sweet, proprietor of the photograph
business in this town, is going to leave
for Toronto next week to oamploto hie
course at the °Mello College of Phar•
maoy. Mr. Sweet is now a qualified
druggist• for the ProVinoe of kfaoitoba,
th l the intends to take out hie degree for
ova co, During Mr. Sweet's ab-
sence the photo business will he continued
hero aa usual by sue present artist, W.W.
Burgess, a gentleman of soVeral years ex.
perienoe,