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The Brussels Post, 1887-7-29, Page 1HIGH SCHOOL ENTRANCE. $EADOn10l. The following aro the names of those who panned theHighSoheelentrance ex- amination, Pass marks 378, Wm. Aitchison—495 , 495 Wm. Beattie —521 :James Clennan.,574 Donald Claok,.638 John Duncan .. 485 John Daley•503 John Fairley ...',315 Bienza Holman 430 H. Lawrence.. , .390 Win. McDonald 487 John Rea., —.460 Wm. Rao 484 Geo. Rogers....610 Rich. Smillie— 031 Thee. Wilsou..655 Louis Wild509 Eliza Bell 544 Jane Crozier ..494 Lydia Campbell 440 Kate Devereaux 488 Min Devereaux 472 T. Devereaux—518 Minnie Erratt051 Mamie Logan -488 Lizzie Menzies -542 Aggie Motley -426 Flora MoGregbr 496 Emma Nevin.. 500 Bella Rose 409 Jane Shannon, .458 Maggio Smith -475 Sixteen boys and 15 girls. Besides the above, a number of pupils obtained more than the pass mark in the aggregate, but failed in obtaining the minimum num- ber of marks in some subjects. These will be made known at a future date if the education department confirm their recommendations. LIBTOwEr.. The following is a list of the emcees - Jul candidates for entrance to the Listo. wel Hligh School : Joseph Coulter647 M. Crawford ..481 Sarah Atkin585 John Martin .. 473 Josiah Pugh575 Aggie Tilt .... 478 Herb. Curtia575 George Drewry 472 Thomna Later656 George Pugh ..465 John Purcell562 Jno. Thompson 464 Sophia Thorold 562 Ben. Bothwell 468 A. Chalmers 561 Stanley Large -462 Clara Paaamoro 544 Sarah Struthers 459 James Moore844 Frank Turnbul1468 Jessie Simpson -542 Lizzie Farrell -457 S. B. Grosoh... .638 Nellie Chalmers 465 Carl Bugloss 630 Barbara Bright 451 Lana Cosens824 Jane Lamont -451 Mary Forrest 522 Mary McGuire 450 •Clara Niohol219 Fannie Henry..400 John Atkin , . , 517 Ed. McCormick 450 George Cary016 John Wood....450 E. Hemsworth: -514 Eva Large ....449 Elias Weber.. —512 Pltocbe Code ..446 Isa Glenn 511 R: MoCallum..444 David Murray. 510 Florence Nurse 441 Olive Smith— 008 H. Crawford ..440 John Growth ,,:008 Les McDonald 487 Agnes Boven. , ,', 505 Maggie Sutton 437 Frank Isaac 503 Henry Zinger -485 Min Mclntosh500 James Gass. _481 Donald Roas490 Robt. Harvey -480 Annie Marks496 Eizzie Strong.. 429 George Miller 494 Chas. Trim..,.426 Chas, Rem 489 Mary Riddell -425 R. B. Henderson 489 Free. McCloy..417 John Manning, .487 H. McDonald..414 May Brook 487 N. Later 413 Jared Watson -482 Jos. Kennedy,--- CLINTON. Pass marks required, 878. Total value of all papers, 755. Walter Connor.. 452 Arthur Craig448 Wm. Dobeon....470 Hardy Evana6.10 Fred. Elford....656 John Gray 402 W. Holloway ,,406.:Charlee Latta -580 3. MoOlacherty 488 John McGowan 450 John MaVettie„422 C. Middleton 480 A. Moors 530 A. Robertson -502 Grace Cameron 529 L, Cruickshank 518 Hattie Dodd.. —482 Nellie Keane ..430 Luny Keane 487 H. Rumball:...617 i51. Romball470 Bella Stephens 529 Kate Williams470 In addition to these, eleven candidates obtained more than 50 per Dent. of the aggt•ogatenumber of marks required, but were below the minimum 33d per cent, in ' some subject or subjects. These have been recommended, and if allowed by the Education Department their names and • numbers will appear in 0 future issue. Base Ball. Brussels Va. WraiCtcr. The junior base ball clubs of the above mentioned villages met for the first time, on the diamond, in the !park here, on Thursday afternoon of lost week. The visitors went to bat first, with W. Grewar in the pitcher's box and J. Strettou be- hind the at. 0 was the snore of the first innings. Brussels scored 8, and from that it was a precession, with the visitors considerably in the rear, the home team winning by 12 to 81, with an. innings to spare. Only 7 innings were played. Wroxeter was "whitewashed” three times and Brussels once, Some very good playing wars done, and the "Maitlanda" • 0.00 00 thecredit to the old time base balliata of this place. W. Grower was laid out, while catching, by o. missed ball. Hewer} got over it though. '3. W. Sand- erson, of Wroxeter, umpired the game in a very aatiafaotory manner, ' The following 18 the snore: BRUSSELS. Rune Outs W. Gnawer, pr. 8 •'4 J. Stratton, c. 6 „•.0', G. Halliday, lab b. • 4 1 J. MoBain, 2nd b. • 3 "0 P. Stretton, 3rd b. 4 2 T. host, e. a. 4 1 , A.'Fitepatriok, r. f, 8 2 N. Gerry, 1. I. 1 4 ]5. Wildon, 0.0, 4 1 Total 31 18 • avnoeeraaIlene , Qnte W. Bakes, s. s, 0 2 0. Wheeler, pr, 1 3, J. Ballantyne, loft 0. 2 • 3 J. Rutherford, r. 0, 0 4 G. Allen,•let b. 0 1 A. :sakes, 3rd b, 0 4. T. Ballantyne, e, 2 1 J. Blooper, 2nd b, 2 • 1 A. Geffen, a. f, . 2 2 • Total Innings -1 2 3 Brne0eia, 0 8 0 Wroxeter, 0 2 4 1.2 21 4 5 6 7 5 0 8 x-81 0 0 0 4-12 BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1887: COMMUNICATIONS. DON'T FORGET US. To :he Neter of Tun POST. Dann Sm.—If the Road and Bridge Committee would take a walk on the west side of Turnberry street, north of the bridge, and examine the sidewalk they would find an opportunity for im- proving. It would strengthen their ohanoes next January. It was kind of repaired last season but •old plank was used and then there being so many of the bovine species pasturing on the walk they soon broke down leaving the walk in a• dilapidated condition. Let's hear from our pity fathers. Yours, TORNaoRar. THE NORWAY SPRUCE. To am lIliter o9Tnn Pose, 51 n.—I should advise every one who can procure them to plant for windbreaks lines of these beautiful trees. I lately noticed a windbreak about forty feat in height, composed of ono row of pine planted thirty-five years ago, supplement- ed by rows of Norway spruce, planted twenty years ago, the spruce was as tall as the pine. The groat necessity for winter and spring shelter, now that our forests are going so rapidly,• pointe to evergreens ae the best means available. Of course pine or cedar will often answer very well, and either of the three may be planted during the first week in August. The young trees, it may be remarked, should have their roots covered and moist from digging till planting, as these trees are resinous and if the resin hardens in the roots they die. The first of August is often a busy time, but sometimes a few days occur too wet for the handling of grain Drops, but which would answer well for planting. I observe in passing through the country that many farmers are beginning to appreciate and use this ready means of increasing the value of their property. An old farmer said to me, "By various uterine, principally tree planting, I have made my farm a beauti- ful and valuable location." One of my neighbors, whose farm is simply a large fenced yard and who has this long time sneered at my tree planting came lately to toy to buy me out. I told him if he had twenty years in his purse I might sell, but not otherwise. Yours, etc., Toronto, July 15, '87. R. W. Pawn. EXAM PLP: BETTER THIN PRECEPT. To the Leiter of Tao Pose. Dean Sm.—With your correspondent in last week's issue I too am a subscrib- er and a diligent peruser of your newsy, readable paper. Being around town eon- atantly and among the "respectable por- tion" I find a few things said not too complimentary of the man who had the nerve to send such a decidedly personal letter to Tee Poem, wherein he attacks the paper and shows in his little weak way how eminently successful ho would be were ho in the editor's chair. I think, Sir, you showed your good common sense in publishing 'Readers" letter as it proves the old saying true "That an empty wagon :Hakes the most noise." What does he mean by the "outrageous and cowardly libel upon one of the most universally respected citizens whom we have in Brussels ?" In the words of good old Job of ancient n enown, "Savo me from my friends." I rdad the letter signed "Temperance" and saw an illusion, broad and long enough fes any guilty party to wear, but as it specified no par- ticular place within 1,000 miles of Brus. ogle, unless the coat fits, and that pretty tightly, why does any Brueselite don it, and greater mystery still, why does "Reader" try and fit it on his friend and fellow -townsman. We have villages and teachers all around us, more than one teacher in our own town at the time, and yet "Reader" settles it firmly in his own mind that his "universally respected citi. • zen" is the man. Then calling "Temp- erance" a "moral assassin hiding hie scoundrelly personage under a nom de plume," this Daniel come to judgment, who is not ashamed or afraid tofather his effusion, places hie name in full et the foot of his letter, the name that his father and mother, hie god -father and god -smother goat him ' in baptism. ' You have seen it, "Yours truly, Rannen," Hoping my friends will never do me the kindness of fitting mo with a coat not meant for my shoulders, and talking ,of an "infamous libel" when my name had never been Mentioned and in all probab- ility meant .for some other man. I am yours truly,. Joeau ALL RN. 1111TOD IVtedical Aesooiation. The Huron Medical Association met in the Mechanics' Institute Rooms, Sea. forth, on Tneeday, July 19tn. The 'at- tendance was larger than ever before, and taking into account the distances driven a portion of the way and rail the rest, shove an interest in the profession not apparently felt itt some of the cities of Ontario, ae quite a number of them. have no associations of the kind. The yonngor members aro taking a mare Mum usually active interest, presenting and reporting Ca808 of much interest. This Atoociation Ince been in existence over 25 years, organized, we believe, by Drs. Celoman and Gouinlook. The in- terest faded after two or three years, but wits revived by Dr„ now Professor, James Stewart, of McGill tlnlveroity, and oon- tinued with an equal if not•increasing fu. West, The following are the name of the medical gentlemen present Dr. Graham, Brnsaele, President ; Dr. Smith, Seaforth, Secretary ; Drs. RoOO- brogh, Hamilton, Pres, Ontario Medical Astoci hien ; Taylor, Goctet: ah, Vine- Pres.Ontario Medical Aesooiation; Young Londosboro ; Sloan, Blyth ; McKenzie, Bclgrave ; McDonald, M. P., Wingham Holmes, Brtiseels • Evans, Campbell, Scott, Bowey and Coleman, Seaforth ; Irving, Klrkton ; 1VIoTavish, Staffs, Hodge and Smith, Mitotoll; Gunn and Plliott, Brucefleld, and Williams and Worthington, Clinton. The first ease presented WAS one of necrosis, (death) of the hard putate and fancial arch of the left sidesnaking an openinginto the throat behind the palate, and also into the side of the cheek. The ease was one of peculiar interest, the opehings baying developed in four or five days, being bhe second time in the same plane, °losing or healing over after first attack. A case of abscess at the aids of the throat, pressing so much upon the larynx as to cause continuous coughing for four or five hours, was presented. It broke Into the upper part of the lung, Rpper. ently, a cavity being easily recognized. A ease of acute rheumatism was reported, in which the heart symptoms appeared first, being unusual. This case elicited much discussion, The naso of a boy being herb by a blow (not severe) on the centre of the fore, head, was reported. The blow was fol. lowed by dropping of the upper eyelid, dilated pupil, and obscured vision. He can now raise the eyelid, but the pupil remains dilated and is batter, He can 080 at a distance as well as ever, but not near. Dr. Rosebrugb paid a high compliment to tbe Association for the interest and perseverance mauifestsd by the members, saying that it was well known abroad. He road a paper on Abdominal Surgery, of much interest, he having seen the most of the best operators in England and on the continent, describing their methods generally, And finally taking Lawson Tait as the beat, and his ideal, and gave minutely lois method of operation and treatment. He was accorded a vote of thanks. The Question Drawer (or hat) has now become a recognized feature in Medical Associatyion meetings, and several ques- tions fosse asked, which elicited mush discussion, bringing out the views of the different members. This is a somewhat new feature, and promises to be a very interesting one, Tho next meeting will take place on the second Tuesday in Oc- tober in Clinton. Perth County Notes. Stratford wants an insane asylum. Stratford feels big over their electric light, Turnips suffering severely from the fly around bt. Marys. ' Barium's show is billed to appear in Stratford on Sept. 13. A spacial train took Stratfordites to Engineer Donnelly'e funeral at London. Chief of Police Wilson, of Ingersoll, formerly of Stratford, hasreceived the bounce. The hay crop in St. Marys neighbor- hood was saved in fine condition. The crop was a large one, Alice, a little cloughter of James Boyd, of Mitchell, fell from the door step the other day and broke one of her arms. R. N. Dillon, M. A., o,f the Mikhail High School, has besignad his position and purposes going to the United Sta. tea. J. ct R. Forbes, of Stratford, have Bold their Tontine trotting colt, formerly owned by J. Idington, to Jas. Collin, Shake. epeare,for $200. W, S. Watson apd T. M. Hagerty, of Stratford, passed the Civil Service exam. and H. B. Sharman did ditto at the Agricultural College. Staff -Sergeant Horner and Corporal Littlefelcl, •of the Northwest Mounted Police, arrived at Stratford Sunday after- noon to take book the deserter Brooklc- hurst, who deserted last November, and was arrested by the police in Stratford a few days ago. John 'Waddell, of Earriston, a vot. ing machine inventor, received a tele- gram from the Engineer of the Public Works Department at Ottawa, on Satur- day , retfuesting him to bring or send down his voting machine in order that tba Government may be alpl$ to maks a sample one for adoption. 1050 about time something was done in regard to having the streets properly named and the houses numbered. Other cities in Canada of tide size have bop, and Why,ehould Stratford, the historical Stratford, the home of pretty women and. brave men, bo behind in a matter of this kind. We pause for a roply. Stratford Herald. Snoo Fax.—The Stratford Beacon says :—Last Friday about 10:30 the elec. trio light was put in operation and such plaoas as have lamps were lit up. Strat- ford gas 'is a first-class article, but it paled before theeun's rival and looked like a tallow eindle by comparison. xt is a curious coincidence that just one year ago the much maligned "syndicate" obtained a .deed of the piece of lipid, known as the pond, which was then a sad eyaeore and dhegraed to a plane of Stratford's pretensaone. Within the year it bat been transformed 'into a thing of beauty and a first-class pleasure root. A. steamer plye on the Avon af- fording daily pleasure to hundreds of children and adults, . On the placid bos- om of the lake may bo seen each even- ing numbers of small crafts in which the youth and beauty of the city soak rdord- ation from the toile and cares of the day. Down the breeze cornea the sound of jest and rippling jocund laughter "gives the soft winds a voids." A11 tine the city owes not 00 its civic halide but to private pluck and enterprise, which a year ago was ridiculed and, with strange incoi- eistency, abused, for taking an advantage of which the city refused to avail itself. Cs'rcettor a1 Ne'vvrc. At Wimbledon on Saturday the Duch. 088 of Albany distributed the prizes. Wooden shoes for children have been introduced with some 5000080 in London, A heavy hail storm has swept over Switzerland, doing great damage to crops in Luzerne. Three members of the Irish Constabul- ary have resipned in protest against the Crimes Act. The Binghampton base ball olub will not dispose of its franchise, but will con- tinue during the season. During the recent Indian raid in Arizona the Apaches travelled fifteen miles on tiptoe to hide their trail. Prof. Prootor estimates that 100,000,000 people lived and died in America 100,000 years before Columbia arrived. Nicaragua bas given notice of the ter. urination of the treaties concluded with Great Britain and Firance in 1860. The statietical sharp has now calculat- ed that if 32,000,000 persona should clasp hands they would resell round the globe. It is stated that the dispute between England and Russia respecting she Afghan boundary hap been satisfactorily eettlecl. Eighteen counties and eleven towns in Ireland have been fully proclaimed and twelve partially proclaimed under the Crimes Act. Tithes have been abolished in Italy. In Venetia and the Romagna, where alone they have for some time existed, they are now doomed. Don Pedro Emperor of Brazil, is now said to be suffering from mental as well as physical ailments, and his symptoms indicate softeninga of the brain. Al. Seereton, a oopiier manufacturer of Paris, own twenty pictures by Meisson- ier. One of them—"Napoleon Reviewing o Corps of French Cavalry"—Dost 276,000. - It has been estimated that a pair of wrens destroy at leant 600 insects 'a day, They have been observed to leave their nests and return with insects from forty to sixty times an flour. At Coney Island the other day a half dozen men stole a policeman off his poste bound and gagged him, and rode him about the Island for almost an hour and then returned him to his post. Jacob Seligman, of Michigan, is a mil. lionaire and director of nine banks and four railroads. He is lase than five feet and went to Michigan twenty-five years ago with less than $100 in his pocket. A notable thing is that Mr. Strauss, the new United States Minister to Tur- key, and a Jew, was invited to make an address at the commencement exercises of a Christian College in Constantinople, the capital of the Mohammedan world. A negro living near Calera, Ala., let a rattlesnake bite him for a straw hat worth 15 cents. • He put a blue clay poultice on the wound, swallowed some plug tobacco and next day started off for camp -meeting with the new hat slanted over his left ear. An Ohio wedding was first postponed because the girl's mother died. Than the young man's father died ; then the girl broke herleg; then the yonng man got kioked by a horse. Last week it was postponed again because the girl's fath- er got mangled in a reaper. Surely it is something new under the sun to learn that a Turkish Grand Vizier resigned because an article condemning his conduct appeared in a Turkish news- paper, and that the article was inspired by the Sultan, who took this method of getting rid of a Minister, instead of em- ploying the orthodox bowstring. A Jackson, Mich., man owns the high- est kicking mule iu the State. Re mons - urea twelve feet from tip to tip (estiinat- ed) and has been known to split a board in the oeiling of his stable at a height of fifteen feet. His favorite amusement is to kick apples out of the trees in the orchard, and he always hits the one he is after. The Epoch has the following from a woman who is a reputed winner at the. rapes :—"I choose the 110x00 Whose num. bar in the entries corresponds with the day of the month; or, if I can't do that, I select a combination of two horses whose numbers, when placed together, represent the date of the event, and back ono of them to win, a plane. For instance, if itis the twenty- fifth day of the month I play N0. 2 to win and No. 5 for plane about Ennis. but his The Suburban was run Jone. I backed Eurus. l nd the other for 5 knew nothing number was 18, 011 the 18th of He won:" It is stated tkat eight pin manufaolur. ere in New England .produce annually 2,000,000 packs of pin.. Each paolc con. fining 8,880 pins, which makes a total yearly production of 0,720,000,000 pins. These pins are usually put up in large 00588, each case containing 672,000 pine. In England the daily produotion of pingo is estimated tit 15,000,000. An authority on the subject says 1—"Tho mhnufeetnre of pins ie regarded as one of the greatest prodigies of the division of labor, furnish - ingots it does, 12,000 articles for the, AMA of 76 ciente, Which requires the unit- ed diligence of fourteen skilled oper- atives. The steamer City of Bin do Janeiro ar. rived at San Francisco Sunday night, brinOg Hong Kong advhaee to July sat and 1okk0hama 110w5 to July 9th. By the loss of the steamer Sir John LaWtonoe, in the Bay of Dermal, 800 lives worn last, mainly females of the best famines in Ben. gal, on a pilgrimage to Juggernaut. From the 21x0 to 26th of May cyelono raged in the Bay 0f Bengal with disastrous ro. gusts to shipping and attended with greet lose Of life, 'The storm wag the 00080081 experienced in that quarter einc0 1866, judging from the reports of•vor als which weathered it, The passenge's on board the Sir Jobn Lawrence numbered 750, while the 0Moers,and crow numbered 70, Number 3. President Cleveland bac accepted invitation to visit St. Louis. Eighty-two new oases and 40 Beat from cholera were reported in Sicily Saturday. The consumption of water in Chit this summer averages 160 gallon p day for each inhabitant. The story of the reported engageme of the oldest daughter of the Prince o Wales to the Duke Miehoel of Russia again revived. A 00' half -penny evening paper is to be started in London—Liberal Honte Rule it polities and under the editorship of T. P. O'Oonnor. Wm. O'Brien, editor of 'United Ire- land, will go to Luggaourran to inaugu- rate a scheme for the erection of huts for the use of evicted tenants. Mr. Lour promises to make public the names of the 84 generals who are alleged to have pledged their support to General Boulanger in a coup d'etat. It takes, says The New Orleans Pi. oayune,the highest tribunal to declare a law nncoustibutional. One policeman and one barkeeper can declare it inoperative. Constable Underwood, of Naris county, Kildare, Ireland, has resigned as a pro• test against the Crimea Act. His depart- ure for Dublin was made the occasion for a demonstration. Jenny Lind Goldschmidt lives in an at. tractive suburb of London and although she is 66 years old she declares that she feels young and is intenely interested in every musical event. Mrs. Annie Cummings, of San Praneis- oo, ones the champion roller skater of the country, now enjoys the distinction of be; hag the only female employee of the South- ern Pacific Railroad Company. Patti's refusal to sing at a recent state concert in London indicates that the Queen of Song considers bereelf a greater monarch than the Queens of England She at least has more jubilees. It is rumored that the Duke of Marlbo- rough arlbo rough is to be shortly married to an American girl, who has consented to overlook his past unsavoury reputation for the sake of the strawberry leaves. It was so hot in Illinois last week that half a dozen eggs left oat in the sun were hatched, and six chickens peeked their way through the shells and into the wicked world. Its a solemn and awful fact. Sixteen young ladies of Topeka, Kan., have sued the Western Union Telegraph Company for failure to deliver a mess- age ss- agelastwinterat a village where they were to give a church entertainment. The result was that they had to alk eight miles, lost their way and wandered over the prairie from 6 o'clock in the evening until 2 the next morning. the j Three more men struck gas at Port l Huron this week. las The United States Labor party will • on run a candidate for the Presidency in 1 1888, ago In Pitteburg and Alleghany, Pa., the er last six weeks 1,187 children have died, 75 per cent, being under 2 years of ago. nt The total debt of Mexico ie $150,000,000. f Mexico must have started a two -horse is newspaper some time in a ona•horse town, The members of a Polish church in Mnnistee, Mich., sell beer on Sunday to raise money to buy a new bell for the church, In Siam a man who has sold himself at gambling can oonlpal his wife, if she has the money, to redeem him, but he there- upon becomes her property. Drought is causing a water famine in Manchester. The corporation has order- ed a limit planed do the city's supply, llaviug direoted that the flow be stopped every evening at 8 o'clock. A Miss Dillon, of Bushnel, Ill., is of the opinion that the courts discriminate against women. She was fined $18 and posts the other day for oowhiding a man, while a wife -beater was onig feed $3. Sitting Bull is living a life of laziness at Standing Rock agency. Work be con- siders degrading, and believes that his vi0tory over Custer has entitled him to an existence of ease and indolence. Mr. Gladstone think; that no confer. once with a view to agreeing upon a plan for the future government of Ireland should take plane without the Irish mem. bers, who represent the majority of the Irish people, being present. The acreage of Edinburgh is stated at 6,002, and the length of the streets 130 ' mites. There are 42,413 inhabited houses. Fifty constables are employed in special duties, and 438 in ordinary duties. The total cost of the police is £46,049, but 81,982 is received for special • 00001000. Mush military activity is reported at Metz. The enlarging of forts and evofn- tiona of troops are proceeding constantly. Work ie conducted at night by the elec- tric light, The balloon department is experimenting with a view to trying the destructive effect of dynamite hurled down upon forts from a balloon. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has given leave to appeal in the case of the St. Catharines Milling 8: Lumber Co. involving the rights of Ot- tawa and OntarioGovernmentsin the • disputed territory. The Court gives both the Dominion and Provincial Gov- ernments the right to intervene if they think fit. The Afghan boundary question was settled oh Wednesday of last week. Russia receives the territory between the Kusk and' the Mnrgbab rivers, accepting in return the English frontier line on the Oxus river and renouncing her claims to districts to which she would have been entitled according to the terms of the ar. rangement. A small party 'of Canadia among the guests invited by t Admi- ralty to witness the naval revs the Malabar, which followed t yacht throughout. The party Sir Alexander Galt, Sir John R Ouimet, M. P., G, A. Kirkpatric Mr, Justice G vynne, Mr, M M. P., Mr. Alulock. M. P„ Mr. and others. the Dundee Advertiser, of Ju contains an elaborate, illustrated supple- ment, giving a series of section the new bridge erected over t together with a sueoint a000nn construction of the bridge glue tions were first commenced up years ago, Tay bridge may bo c ed one of the most important an ordinary engineering feats of tome. It is 10,708 ft. in long high in the, centre, and Inas 8 19,000 tons of irdn and 0,000 tons have been used in the oonetrua sides ton miflion brinks, weighing tons. Of concrete, there has been tons used. In the bridge are 8 rivets averaging in length 5 inch which placed end to end, would r miles. The total weight moved ing the foundation Was 148,00 The bridge cost 53,000,000. Ta Dost of the first Tay bridge (which lapsed with a passenger tram night of. Sunday, Dee. 28th, 18 sacrificing 90 human lives), th British Railway Co. beam expend Million dollars in bridging the T e h w er Old Jacob Hobbs, of Mississippi, buried $22,000 in gold during tbe war, was kill- ed before he told anybody of the spot, and. his own eon Obadiah has been hunt- inc for the yellow boys ever since with- out any luck. Last week he hung him. self to a tree, and in digging bis grave the long -lost fortune was turned up. Luck tonnes to some men after death. Boatmen on the Seine receive 100. for, each dead body they find in the river in the Department of the Seine. In the two Adjoining departments no reward is paid. It has now been disoovered that all dead bodies found above or below the prescribed limits have been carefully towed down or up stream until they could be profitably passed over to the police. In the recent boating accident on the Detroit river the jury brought in a verdict that "the cavae of the accident was due to 0sreleesneie of the occupants of the row boat in not displaying a light, as re- gnired by law, and further, by having imbibed a quantity of wine sufiieient to plane them in a careless mood. We therefore exonerate the offiears of- the steamer City of Mackinac from any blame in the matter." ,,In treating a negro in Leipsio for au ul- ce"r"ousaffootionit was found necessary to replace portiona of the Min with pieces taken from ono or two white persons. These latter pgiaoes gradually grew darker lathier, and finally ea` black as the pat• lentil, own skin. This singular fixated to an dxpbriment being made of transposing ,portionsiof black skin on a white patient, auditwa found thataafter a few weeks these began to grow pale. In leas than fourteen weeks they had, in fact; grown eo white ae net to be dhstinguiehable from the patient>a.natural skin. It is estimated, that the cotton crop, now maturing- in the South, will reach '7,500,000 bales, which is 500,000 bales in exoess of ally previous year.. Recalling the,foot that less than a contuary ago the export of..ggtt,on ,free the United Stated was 81 )pagebf,tllfe staple' and the quant. ity shame aimed fdhelots. The largest crop ever `raised by slave labor was in 1864, when it aanoimted to 4,659,770. bales. After, the war for a few years the product. tion was considerably less that this, but it has steadily' inoreassd to the present flgnres, ' There is no 'doubt but that it will go still higher, for the beet methode are net cereeywhere eased, no's are all of bhe,good cotton lands under eultivotion, There has been a •grand international conference of medical men held in Weet. miueter TOWn Hall on the subject of inebriety. +Tho keynote struck by the President, Dr. Norman herr, wag goner. ally endorsed. This was. to the effect that inebriety io a dieeaao, 00r which the only cure is the total separation of the sufferer from the object of his craving until a completeoure .hag been effected and the organs deranged by the action of Magid have been metered to thole nth - nal condition. In other words, that the 'Moderate" nee of alcoholic beverages as the right .and proper plan for the cure of drunkeunesb is a folly, a delusion and a erfaie: 'A11 tangible Anon will aerially endorse the conclusion of theeo eminent medical mon. II, 00500 he lsw from he Royal included ore, Col. k, M, P., aCarthy, McMaster ne 10th. a1 auto of he Tay, t of the e opera - on ft ole inaider- d extra - modern ht, 77 ft, 5 spans. of steel, tion, bo: 87,600 n 70,000 000,000 ne sorb, each 200 in test. 0 tone, Taking the nioh col- on the 79, and e North expended five ay. A charming young lady from an ad- joining county, who was a great favorite in Athena, is welting a downtown lam. ily, On Sunday night last a handsome young professional, whom we call Dr. Hanooak, called upon Mies Amanda Sprigging (which is not the lady's' name), There were in the parlor apan: of hand. atods. Dr. Hancock jestingly proposed that they sudor themltelVea to have their wrists linked together, to which proposi- tion Miss Sprigging,reedily consented. The handcuffs were spring looks, and soon bad the young couple firmly bbund together. Alter awhile 'they became weary of this bondage, but diedovered to their consternation that the handcuffs could not be loosened. It was then die. covered that the ;key Wag in the possess. ion of a young man who had gone on a visit to Oconee county and wag not ex. peeled home until next day. The young oouple•decided to make the best. of their' situation and spend tho night sitting up. Fortunately, however, just as the 010th struck 12 the possessor of, the key °handed to return and the Handcuffs were removed. —Atlanta Leadet, Tho total number of the disasters on the Great Lakes last year was 137. Of these twelve mitred in September, 22 in • October and 62 in November, Seventy- ' four vessels were driven ashore, 20 wore bunk and eight worn bursted.