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The Huron Expositor, 1896-07-31, Page 7Y US —mom& CASH QRT4Ax}x7 vill pay the •iA mar foot, --S it to do ita' [—black or K;t75er 4 SEAFORTH. OMMERCE $6,0010,001) $1,1300,000 f7otes diecounte4, Drato irincipal cities .rrauda, Zee. rent rates of intereat d of May and Novein-- Lercial Paper and Far, MORRIS, Manager. 'ST "VILSON, INC WHEELS still have the age or THE CEESCE • this year. , Quality right price,' but be sne ees quoting the price of _ value,. in order to create ere equally cheap. If?* ies an unwary custom O one of the abcere hig MAIN STREET your at.Iention to the seereasteertent- arsee--- "—is-ere` tetereesette stare—e-ehtsges ear - land Gollege Canada. Everything journal' School re. LT, Principai. he twinges 0- ut only has it i4piness,bu4 it. re have given, nsistent with :ooking- at oar ; the pleasure °tiles at the ROS., FOET • • JULY 31 1896. won Cxpoita. DISTRICT MATTERS. [Thp following items were intended for last week-, - but wore reoeivikl too iate.j . Ilensall. i BrrrinING NOTES.—Mr. James Bell's new 'brick house is ready for the slate.—Mr. Duncan McFarlane has his new cottage started, and will cover the roof with gal. aanized steel plates.—Mr, S. Ranie has the brick work for his fine mercantile block merle' , corapleted—Mr. John McArthur has theltone cellar built for his new two storey brick house.—Mr. 0. Johnston,tin- amith, has purchased a fine buildipg site on the London Road, from Mr, D. Stewaxaand swill blind a brick- house on it this fall. 'This will make the fourth new brick house tuilt on London Road avenue this summer. Listilley. 'BuleF BITS.—The late showery weather go making the pastures• considerably rasher.—Harvest will soon be a thing of the pastl; some are already cutting their oats.—A goodly number of our citiaens took in the excursion to the Model,Farm,Guelph, •ainFriday last, and report a good. time.— M. Richardson, wife of Mr. Richardson, .of the firm of Richardson & McInnis, Sea - forth, who has been visiting her uncle, Mr. :la McInnis, Thames -Read, returned to her 'home on Wednesday.-I—Mr. Wesley Arm- strong, Thames Road, had the misfortune to dose his beautiful drive the other day. As she was running along the creek her foot :slipped into a hole, bre king her leg so that .she had to be shot.—Mrs. John Fyfe, who was visiting in London last week, has re- turned home, accompanied by her gran& &tighter, Miss Katie Bedgood and her nephew, Master Harry Dunn. • Philadelphia. 'Nons.—Earmers in this . vicinity are through harvesting their fall wheat, which is a very light crop.—Flax puilleg seems to be the order of the day.—Mr. Adolph Stein - +salt was anderthe parental roof on Sunday. Kr. John Simon was renewing old acquaint- ances in town on Sunday.—Mr. Andrew Thiel and family, of Zurich, were the guests. of Mr. F. Kalbfleisch on Sunday. —Mr. Win. Ifelterbraud moved to Zurich last week.— 'Ma Jeffery moved into the house fornher- IsT occupied by Mr. Helterbrand, and Mr. dt. Richert, of Hensall, .moved into the the house formerly occupied by Mr. Jeffery. —Mr. Ezra Smith was at Grand Bend on Sunday.—Mrs. 0. England, of New Ham- knug, is at present visiting her sister, Mrs. A. Smith. - • n Presbytery of Maitland, ‘ • A regular Meeting of the Presbytery of Maitland was held at Wingham, on July 21st, 1896. Rev. G. Ballantyne was appointed mods trator for the ensuing six- m-onths and pre - aided. . • The Revs. K. MacDonald, D. MacNaugh- ton and Ewen MacQueen being present were invited to sit as corresponding mem- !hers. The session records of Molesworth, Walton, Wh itech arch , Cranbrook and Langside were attested as carefully and cor- aectly•kept. - Thomas E, Miller, of Westford, student -of the Unieersity of Toronto, was recom- mended to the Assembly Ff6me Mission committee for missionary work in the Home Mission field for winter. A. MacKay presented a call from the united charge of North Kinloss, Riversdale ;and Enniskillen in favor of Rev. John Max - swell, minister without charge, Stanton, On- tario. The call was supported by Messrs. W. Malcolm, Kialough and Campbell, Riversdale, and is unanimous and hearty. he stipend promised by the congregetion is $520, with use of manse, and $150 is ex- pected from the augmentation of stiperde druid. The call wee sustained as a regular gospel call, and crdered to be transmitted to Mr. Maxwell. The moderator was thanked for his services. The clerk was anthorized to call a special meeting of - I,Pres- bytery for the induction of Mr. Maxwell at Kinlough, the date to be fixed by the mod- erator of session and clerk, in case the call •shall be accepted, and the followine ar- rangement was made for services : The -Moderator to preeide, Mr. MitcLecol to preach, Mr. Malcolm to add Tess the -ittinis- •ter, and Mr. A. -MacKay the congregation. Rev. Mr. Hartley tendered' his reSigna- tion of his pastoral charge. The resigeation was laid on the table, end A. MacKay was appointed to cite the congregation of Blue - vale arid Bodies to appeer for their inter- •ests at the next regular meeting of Presby- tery at Wingham, on September 15th, at 1130a. m. . Rev, A. Al acKay reported having visited the congregation of Enniskillen ; that they are anxious for divine service every alternate -Sabbath evening, and will contribute to- wards the minister's stipend $70 - per an- num. The report was received • and ad- -opted. It was moved by Messrs. MacKay and 'Murray that the Presbytery make applica- . `toe to the committee on augmentetion of stipends for $150 on behalf of the united charge of North Kinloss, Riversdale and Enniskillen —Carried. A letter from Rev. Mr. Rose was read, bid- ding a, kindly Cluiatian farewell to the Presbytery. • Mr. Murray was appointed interim , niertor of the session of Ashfield congre- gation.J. MacNabb was uppointed to declare the pulpit of Ashfield eharch vacant ata, -date to be fixed when intimation is given by the Presbytery of I uverness of the •induc- tion of ala. Rose. The zupply of Aelifield congregation was left in the hands of the moderator and ses- sion. Mr. Murray was authorized to mod- erate in a call to Ashfield congregation whenever they are ready. Commissioners to the 0 nera-1 Assembly reported their attendance a id diligence and received the approval of Pr sbytery. • The supply of North Kin oss, Riversdale and Enniekinen was lei& w th the moder- ator and sestion. Rev. John St( wart, was ommissiened by the session of Knox church Kincardine, s representative ehler in the Presbytery a d Synod for the ensuing year The commi sion vas accepted. 1 1 The Presbytery appointe a special meet- ing, to be held at Ripl y, arid. 'with n Huron church there, on Tuesday, the 4 h day -of Aegust, at 11 &clock a. Tu. . • The Presbytery's application to ! the Gen- eral Assembly in behalf of Mr. Sutherland, for leave to retire, and have his name placede on the list of bentleciaries on the Aged and Infirm Minister's Fund, was granted. The following were appointed standing committees for the i, ear : Finauce—Messrs. MacLenneie A. Mac- Kay and J. thicNabb. . Home tlission—diessre. Murray, 0. A eildae.orKs.ay, MacFarlane and their Presbytely Forrest. el Sdealr:b. a thkiltethdsc7isa-anAll e ss I's . their PresbyterY Ballantyne, RoeI7Ailrcesitlasie, fe cm -al Work—Messrs. Whaley, Ross, Sutherland and their Presby- tery eiders. Examination of Students—Messes. A. Mttttaellbd,earlaterem, pettee ege their Pres- Y.teryY. P. Societies—Messrs. Hall, Anderson and. their Presbytery elders. Statistice—Messrs. MacLeod, Fairtiaira. Children Cry for For the successful Treatment 01 aIl Diseases of the Kidneys and Urinary 'Organs, , Kidey Bright's Disease, Diabetes and Paralysis,_ and all forms ol Blood. Poisoning.' • Pills.. , . 'Mete Pills are put uP in large wooden boxes at 60 cents. Sold by all Druggists and Dealers—never by count or In bulk, and ',ever under any other name than DODD'S KI•014EY PILLS. • The Dockrs lifedicine Co., Toronto. Gentlemen—A new - medicine called Dodd'., Kidney Pills has been recommend- ed to me by my physician, and, by his advice, I send one dollar,the price of two boxes. ,Please send thein without delay. . Yours tly, ANDREW .FILKINS. • (.anton, McPherson Co., Kansas. ewe and their Presbytery elders. • The next regular meeting will be held it Wingharn, on Tuesday,. September 15th, at 1 ):30 a. me Hollyhocks. • Say, did yot ever go to a place • - Where no bne lived that you oared about, An' just go wanderhe round and round, Into the wonderful stores and out? A-rneetin' such heaps an' heaps of folks, That passed you by with never a nod, "Till you got to feelite, through and through, Hight down disheartened, an' most outlawed. An' you tell yourself if some one said, " Will you have thls town !" Yes 'd say, " NO thanks !" • I wouldn't live here for all the worl , • Give me the fields, an' the creeks, an banks.' The stuff that graws in their city lo • Can't touch one side of our county stuff, They've got thirgs tended to right tp fine, But nature is swot t —though mane rough. An' their flowers don't.emell so sweet as ours, Nor their oreepin' vines or growln' grass, Why? Ours just swim in the sun a day, An' theleabreak their necks to se him liau. So you try to pass the time away, • Wanderin' up an' wanderin' down So sick of you elf, but sicker still Of the folks ou meet in that big own. • An' by an' by, kon look up an' see, A-noddin' there on the tali greeu talks, Something fat iliar an' friendly like A clump of cld4aihioned hollyh. sks. A-holdin' thei own in some grand lace, With their s tiny loaves spread in the sun : They laugh up i at you au' seem to s y, •" Come in, ,dld neighbor, an' have some fun !" There's nothin nicer, do declare, There's nothm' pret ier grows or lows, Though some peep o call • them quaint old things, A-thiukin' them ho •tely, i tuopos But you come across t em some fin day When you're so hove eick you can t get air Enough to your Is gs, down t rough ycur throat, Because of slump t aL's t ere ; An' say, I •ouldn't w nder a bit • • If a sort f mist got n your eyes At sight of the bright familiar thing Tho nice1t flowers In under the ski a. They vet yti i-thinkin' of a house That sta de by itself among the tr ea. With a big wide porch, an straggly a alk, Bordered by just euch flowers as th so. 'Till pin helythe old familiar sounds The eln twin', an' buzzue tett an' Io*, Au' soiff the breath that comes la the wind, From Vile ripe red clover down ,bel w. Such a big warm Nein' swamps your heart, There not so loneemne—there on eir stalks, Are friends a -plenty noddle' at you— • Old friends au' neighbors—the hollyli mite. Folks write of lilies, tome, an' ferns, • But was 1 a poet, an' could rhyme, I wouldn't bother with common fl ,w;t8, I'd write of hollyhocks tvery time. • It's Vera Wed. • It's vera weel, throughout the day, Wnen ta'en up wi' yea& or play,. To think a man cal litre alway Wi'oot a a ifey. It's vera wool whoa cla'es are new, Tolhink they'll always last so, And look as weg as they do Imo, Wi'oot a wifey. But when the holes begia to show, The stitohes rip, the bulonii go, .What In. the wari'sa man to do Wi'oot a wi0ey. It's vera wed' when skies are clear, When's [dens are true and lassies dear To thinkWe'll gang through life, nae f a Wi'oot a wifey. But clouds will dome the skies athwar Liosies 'still marry, frien'e 'neon *port What than can obeeeyour saddened h ar ? A dear, see witey. . It's vera weel when young and hale, But when you're amid, an' crazed, on' rail, And your blithe spirits 'gin to fail, You'll, want a wifey. 13ut innyhap then the lassie .-dear, Will treat your offers wi' a'slieer ; Because you're cranky, gray and sere, .Yell get nae wifey. , • Then haste Ye, -haste, ye silly loon ; Else up and seek about the boon, - And get heaven's greatest earthly boo A wee bit wifey. • Mr. Ten Minutes. • In the• Christian Observer the following. touehing store is :told of the late Prince Napoleon. He had joined the English army in Africa and was one day at the head of a squad riding horseback outside the camp. It was a dangerous situation. On of the company said :" " We had :better return; If we don't hasten, we may fall into the ham s of the enemy." " Oh," said the -prince, "let us stay here ten minutes a,nd drink oar coffee." Before the ten minutes had passed, a company of Zulus cense upon th m, and in the skirmish the prince lost his li e. His mother; when informedof he facts, in hee anguish, said : "Thal was his great mistake from baby- hood.' . He never wanted to go to bed at night- in time nor to rise in the morning. Re was ever tleading -for ten titillates more. When too, sleepy to epeak, he would lift up his twd little hands and spread out ten fin- gers, indicati ig that he wanted ten min- tues more. n this accnaut I sometimes caAled him s fr. Tea Minutes.' " How many have lost not only their lives, but their pre ious, immortal souls, by this sin of proera tinitien ! When : God calls,. we should pr rilttly obey. • JOHN' Bum A, Mary St., Hamilton. Had points in the back in5 Rhouinatism. Have ;taken one bot- tle tit Koote ay Cure. Never had anything to .do me so muck go d. • • - The ouch of }Kindness. Oa Merida. forenoon, •Mr. Murray, the Methodist minister of frlington, sat in his study, engaged in co nting money whioh had been taken up by . contribution at his church on the previous evening for • benevo- lent purposes.. Before his work was done he was @ailed away; and upon his return he found a boy inthe aht of taking a hand- ful of silver from the table., Mr. Murray knew the boy as the son of a poor widow, who lived not far away, and knew that his name was John Landers. - The little fellow dropped the irtemey . and started beck, Pitcher's Castorian T Ii ITURON EXPOSITOR.. trembling at every joint. by the window, and cohld his escape; but it was look ,of dogged resolution He had come - not easily- make evident from t e which graduall settled upon Ilia ruddy face, that fie was pre ared to defend himself should violent han a be laid upon him. John," said the kind -hearted ministeii, I am Sorry for this.. That money is not min . It has been collected for the • poor and needy.of our church. If you had taken it y u would have robbed those who are P00 er thou you are, . • Can you read? T e bey stammered out a faint and quiv ering :" Yes, sir." • - • The minister turned to his library, an took down a small book, neatly and prettil bouud. • • • " Here,'My son, is a nice book, which I will give you as a present, It jis the story of a poor boy who was once te toted as you have been, and, who afterwardsl grew to be a pled man. It will be woith ore to you than money. Take -it, a d ma God bless and guide you !" The boy took the booi and . burst into t ranee.; a d with more kind tears. • He tried to say Et mething, -but sobs choked his ut words the minister led hilni to the door and dismissed. him. ! That very season the c' nference assigned Mr. -Murray to a new pastorate. Twelve years passed away, at the end of which - time he was placed in charge. of the church at Aulsurn ; and he found one of the leading - members of his new society to be the fore- most lawyer of the, place and a men of ster- ling worth and influence—his name, John Landers: -Could it be the boy of other years? Aye,—it was even so. " Ah," said the prosperous, happy man, as he held the oldminister by the hand, "those kind words -of yours, and the kinder act, in the ore darkest hour of my life, touched me to the heart and awoke me to a new existence ; land from that time I girded on the 'armour of righteousness and stood up to the battlemanfully. The result you see. And now I say to you as you once said to me,—" God bless you !" -I have blessed you ever since that time, and will bless you while I live." • When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorte.. When she was a Child, she cried for castoria. When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria. When she had Children, she gave them Castor's., • Strengthening the Memory. • How to strengthen the memory is an in- teresting question. I think the best way is to use it constantly, making itserve you by giving it definitela,cts and events to carry, as a peck horse might on a journey. There are many phases of the problem, some1 peo- ple finding that they cannot fix names in their minds, others forgetting the faces and names of friends, and " others still having great trouble in committing anything by rote. Devices of rhymes and associations • help some persons,and others simpleddepend on memoranda, and.do not tax their memor- ies at all. • As a rule, the more we give the memory to do, however, the more quickly and faithfully it will respond to our wishes. In little children •memory is very retentive; because their minds are at the stage when impressions are easily made • you know the line which says that in childhood our minds are " Wax to receive; and Marl* to re- tain." So that we should be very careful, indeed about what we say, what we do, and what we teach, where the dear. little ones are concerne • • Some girls have a great deal of trouble in remembering the rules of syntax, the Latin conjugations, and the pages of history whieh- their teacher requires to be recited exactly as they are in the book. Try the method of studying aloud. Go away by yourself to cominit your lessons to memory, and then, over and over, slowly, carefully, with your mind and attention fixed on what you are doing, read phrases, sentences and formulas, over and over, and. over and over, and by. and -by you will have them- by heart. I have often done this when I have wished to learn a hymn or a poem, and I know that hearing what one is studying assists the mere seeing. Then having other people in She room, talking and laughing, is very dis- trac'l ig to th -A tention. Try my method, and report results. • • Varieties. The physicians of Chicago enjoy peculiar privileges , as regards taansportation. 'For fifty cents he can procure of the city clerk a badge with a red cross which gives him the right of way. The physician can then pia on the badge and mount his wheel or carriage, and all vehicles are obliged to yield him precedence.. Biltinore, he new estate -of Mr. George Vanderbilt, is a wheeliniude paradise. There are 65,000 acres in the estate, and the sys- tern-of roadways is sq perfect that Mr. Van- - derbuila who is a wheelinan, can go as huip dred miles over a macadamized road 'with- out going off his estate. According to Rev. Phoebe Hanaford, man's sphere is also in the kitchen, and she strengthens her position by citing a verge in 2 Kings exit 13 : " And I will wipe Jerusalem • as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and Wieling it upside down." I The man -who habitually pushes him -self into conspieuous Places is probably afraid that he is too significant to be noticed un- less he puts -himself 'where people cannot help seeing him. , The difference between an enthusiast and a crisnk is the difference between great drnestness in sensible work and great senselessness in advocating mush -needed reforms. • • Hope. never hurts anyone, never yet in- terfered with duty ; nay, always strength - end to the performance of duty, gives cour- ,, age,sand clears the judgment. • Too much liberty is a bad, thing ▪ for some men.- If you do not believe this now, think about it when you see a man who is drank: The man who never speaks gently • to his horse is the same man who never speaks kindly to his wife et children. • News Notes. - —Le Hung Chang, the Chinese Viceroy, will spend three or -four weeks in• England. —The Duke and Duehess, of Connaught, will make a tour of Sligo, Galway.and Con- nemara, in the autumn. --Valuable discoveries of the precious metal are being made in the district around Rossland, British Columbia:. —About fifteen ions of frogs legs are sent from the Rideau river district to the New York market every season. •.—The Govaruor General and Lady Aber- deen have pro ised to visit the Toronto In- dustrial Exhib ken on Tuesday, September 8 th . • —The Win, meg Industrial Exhibiticin was oft cially opened Tuesday last. The • number of eutrjies is large end the liveetteck exhibit specially fine. —Knox chu oh, Galt, of which Rev. Dr. Jackson is pas or, is balloting for an :organ- ist. There a e ten candidates and the .salaries asked 'try from $300 to $600. - —Lady Aberdeen's narrow escape from rowning in the Gatineau last- spring will e long remembered as One of the incidents f. that notable -floods A sequel te the oc- • horenee is the presentation which has just cached Her Excellency from a Dublin • riend of a pair of highbred horses to replace he team which was drowned. ii the Gatin- au. The pair was brought ever by steams- , r and leaded in Quebec, and so pleased was I !Ludy Aberdeen that she sent the groom who brought -them, on a trip to Niagara Falls in charge of one of the grooms of the 'Vice -Regal stable. —The Chicago City Railway barns were destroyed by fire last Saturday night. A • large number of cars were burned, -three persons lost -their livers and 50 horses were ceenimeted. Hong Kong despatch says a mission - ay writes that the Japanese are fast exter- minating the Chinese in the south of For- mosa. More than 60 villages have been burned and thousands of persons have been lled with trevolting bi uai,lities. —Mr. John Hall, ,of Drumbo, has been a egular subscriber to the Globe ever Since he firat number was issued and took the anner prior to that when it was under the ijn anagement of the late Peter Brown, father f Hon. George,Brown. --While assisting her husband in taking in a load of hay, Mid. Daniel McLenisfhan, of near Rodney, fell off the load, receiving in tides which resulted in her death about si .hours after. She leaves a sorrowing h sband and a family of smell children. Mies Pyke, who lives in Brantford to nship; a few thle8 north of the city, w ere she formerly taitght school, has re- ned her position in rder to enter upon m sienary work amonjg the lepers in China. Sh will be absent six ears. - Forest fires are raging throughout W::hington Idaho a d British Columbia. M'llions of ieet of timber have already been de troyed, and throughout -numerous mining eat ps situated in the path of the fires great de age is being done in the destruction of pr ,under ,the auspices ofe itchell, was held at thet dam Cook, on the Huron 11, the other evening. • It every way. NeaelY $100 perty. A lawn socia Tr nity church, res deuce of Mr. • ro-d, near Mitch • w a suecess in • we e realized. Messrs. Ed. astner, Ed. Litt and R. Bell, of Preee tt, Arizona, are visiting tives and fri nds around Sebringville. . Bell, who is a native of the far west, s to be m ch -delighted with our leo ntry. At the Toro to Exhibition this year ith re will be hel a cat show in connection wi h the dog s ow that is annually held. T e breeding of Persian cats and other tar stocratic families of the feline race is a gr wing fancy in Toronto and it is to meet th s that the show has been decided on. S. Brooke, one of the leading business m n of Thorold, left ostensibly on a business tr p to Toronto and Montreal two weeks a'°, and has not been heard of since. The n me of a young married woman at Niagara Ils is talked about considerably in the c se. She has also disappeared. —Enoch Arms, an old itinerant watch- -m: ker, was kilted by a Grand Trunk Rail - w ydreight train near Ingersoll, Saturday m irning last. • He was walking along the tr ck and stepped aside to allow the cars to p ss and fell beneath thei wheels, falling b ckWard. he directors of the Galt, Preston and eler street railway have fitted up and o ened to the public a beautiful and picturesque picnic ground between Preston a d Hespeler. Idylwild Park, as it is called, mnsists of 20 acres, partly wooded, and has ti e river Speed running -through it. —41r. Wm. Kay, who, 48 years ago le rned the carriage making at New Dundee and was afterwards postmaster at Aberdeen, aterloo county, carrying on business at hi trade at the same time, died in Galt a fe days ago at the age of 76 years. Mr. K y resided for several years past with his so , in Preston, but has lately lived with an • ther son in Galt. While the barquentine Herbert Fuller w s ori her way from Boston to Rossano, th captain, his wife and the second mate wo e inuedered during the night. The Bret mate laJas put in irons on suspicion of the -de d, ad Mr. Monks, the only passenger on boird, took charge of the vessel, and br ught her to Halifax. The officers and ere were all arrested. Lamentable reports of the ' ravages of the army worm in Kent county continue to be eceived, A specimen sufferer is R. W. Ho mes, of Raleigh township, whose fine far lies just outside •the corporation of Ch them. The worm has literally destroy- ed he whole crop; • Mr. Holmes will lose $2, 00; which means ruin. Mr. •August Prestien, contraetor and bui der, of Hespeler, was returning by trol- ley from Galt; while in the act of stepping fro the motor to the trailer, he some way • lost his footing, and fell between • the cars, whi h were running al a good rate of speed. Th wheel's passed over him,almost severing hot legs and mutilating the body fearfully. • He ived one hour. S. 13. Lawrence, first deputy reeve of No th Toronto, is seriously ill at his resi- den e, as the res It of being gored by a cow on Saturday, 14th inst. Mr. Laweence had gone out earlJr to attend to the cows, and was found orne time after in an un - con cious conditi n by the hired man. The cows horn had penetrated his groin and in- jur d him internally. Osear Tomare, the' prince of the Island of tore -Bora, one' of the largest of the Soc'ety Islands in the South Pacific Ocean, arri ed in Toronto the other day from Scot- ian , where for the last five years he has bee taking a course in English. The prince is at all, dark young man, aboutd25 years of age, with it pleasant affable manner. He was a nephew of the late King Pomare, the last-, ruler, of the Island, of Tahiti, and a cou in of Queen Mamea, who was recently det roned as the sovereign of the rebellious nat'ves of Ramlitea. To a reporter he said: " I have been all through Europe—France, Ger any, Great Britain and Greece—but she e is no country that shows such a great am unt cif enterprise as America. New Yot k, I think, is the greatest city in the Wo Id, and San Francisco is the prettiest. I a not a stranger, for 1 staid here a mo th when on my way to Scotland. I am a c nfirmed bicyclist, and ride whenever I get a chance. I am going to purchase tw Ive wheels to take home with me for the me nbers of my houeehold and my. family. Th y will be the first wheels to be intro - du ed in the islands, and I know thenatives wil be astonished when they see them. • Shakespeare Relies. • hakespeare relics are, of course, very n merous, but, as we have already indi- ca ed, relics wore not collected in his time, so that a great deal of suspicion necessarily at Giles to those which we are called upon to venerate. Crofton Croker possessed tho be othal ring of the great dramatist—the " immal ring," which had been placed by th bard's own hand upon the finger of his b trothed. It is described in Fairholt'S ""he Heine of Shakespeare," and also by C •oker hienself in a letter to Mrs. Batman - n , and preserved in that lady's "Pen and Is cil," New York, 1858, evhere it is il- 11 strated.' At the sale of Croker's lares • d penates, in December, 1854, the ring b came the property of the late Mr. Halli- 11-Phillipps, who already possessed. a Frei ring, of which a representation is g ven in his "Life of Shakespeare." Phoma e Hill, the original of "Paul Pi y, poseessed Garrick's oup formed from 51 e mulberry tree planted. by Shakespeare i his garden at New Place,. Stratford -on - on. This realized at Hill's death 40 g ineas. Another Sliakespeareasacup was • p irchased in -May, 1826, Oer 121 guineas, b. a Mr. J. Johnson and Was by hien sold 2 years after for 883' guineas. Joseph L lly, the bookseller,' poeseased another. S 1 akespeare's jug and cane tileDe Sold at, C istie's in June, 1898, and realized 166 • neas. These reliesswere bettkee*led by Si • kespeare to his sister Joan, who mar- e a Mr. Hart, who eettled at •• Tewkes- b y, and they remained. in pOesegsion of hi descendants till the commencement of th present century, w 'they palised bite • fT 11 rel I M ,se II I • TT ROILS DOWN HtLL AND WILL DIG ALMOST AS FAST AS A STEAM SHOVEL Breezy Letter From the Home of the Ar. 1 madillo—How the Animals Are Cap- enred--Their _Habits and Use For Food. A Native's Opinion. [Special Correspondence.] • TBLAND OF TOBAGO, July 11.—I on't believe that a,ny-Yankeefrora the tates was ever here before, this island is o out of the way of all travel. It lies dew. neat Trinidad, about a day's ran from arba- dits, and once in awhile a, steamer to ches here, going from one of those islands • the other. • The capital of Tobago is lled Scarborough and is one of the pretth stl of places -naturally, but the most loneso e, so far as white society goes, in the Wes In- dies. It was so altogether unattr ctive that I got out of it very promptly anX1 made a camp in the woods several nines from town. An: old negro was my guidn who had lived in the woods for years'and he promised to show me all the "curioua r /1. k.1/44 • .., dt itIoLLING Difiv.X HILL. est Vings obtde island" if "would take his Reed for it and go with. him. I did so, ajid about the "curiousest things" time fat are the armadillos whieh come prowl- ing about th,e camp. The hill on which we had pitched ca,sup rises above a beauti- ful, stream, toward which it pitches steep- ly, did when the first armadfllo1 saw me it lust foelled itself up like a ball n tts scaly and bounced down the- d livity at a irate so rapid that I .could not k p up with it. I managed to keep it in s ght, how- over,and-when I arrived at the pot where it had stopped rolling, expectin atleast to get hold of its tail—for it is a slew runner —I found nothing but a mamma of fresh earth, beneath which the armedillid was digging like "all possessed.' He had made himself scarce with arapidityper- fectly astonishing and had set apace to- -weed the bowels Of the earth which I could by no means mediate. As is generallyknown, the armadillo is completely incased in a suit Of bony ar- mor, which renders him unassailable by ordinary animals. • It has a long, pointed snout, strong and sharp claws and a make- up generally that Peculiarly fits it for dig- ging. It can beat a steam shovel or a "dago" at excavating, and it must be a very smart dOg that can catch up with one when once it has set those strong fore feet at work. Even With spades and shovels it Is next to impossible to unearth one when it has got a good start. It is wary, too, as well as strong, and frequently while the pursuer is at its heels the armadillo will suddenly counter and burrow back again boneath the 'loose earth it has already thrown out, thus completely outflanking the expectant digger. "Him de debil eased in amah," says the old black man who took me here. "Brack • folks call um `lia,wg in innah,"cause like suckin pig wiv ansah onto um, In t Vinks him de ole satan hissel." His Opinion, however, doesn't prevent him from feasting upon poor "tatouey," as the French islanders call him, whenever he is so fortnnato as to capture one. • Act- ing under my orders, he soon had a pen full of armadilloand agoutis ; over wh ch he lingers lovingly in anticipation of uhc , rich dinners we shall get out of them. jWe had the armadillo cooked in its shell, nnd so served the meat is most delicious, being verymuck like veal, but with a savory -flavor ect iarly its own, But it requires an expert, like my old negro, to shuck the animal out of its shell, which process Is almost as difficult at the resurrecting of it from its den. Tho aboriginal South American name for the armadillo is • cruchicamo, and the first mention of it may be found in that quaintest of books evor written, Sir Walter Raleigh's "Adven- tures;" published about 800 years ago. Sir Walter there says: "One of th le Indians gave me a beast•e called by the !Spaniards armadilla, and which they 11 cachi- cain, which seemeth to be all b rred over with small plates, somewhat 11 e unto a rhinocero, with a white horn rowing in its hinder parts, which the Indi Ds use to winde (blow) instead of a tr • pet. Mo- nardus writeth that a little of 5 e powder of that horne, put into the e re, cureth deafness. * " And afterward e feasted with that beaste which s called armadilla, the Indians all, drunk , s begmers, and the pottes walking from o e to 'another with- out rest." • The armadillo is not a troublesome or obtrusive animal, its od being mainly insectivorous, like tha of the northern ekunk, consisting chic i • of beetles, grubs and worms, which it h nts by night and then retires to its den t digest by day. I told my black col panion about the great armadillo, the g gentle glyptocion, which used .to roam the forests NVO were hunting through in the loeg ago qua r - nary period, and perhaps inhabited le very spot on which we had placed oar camp. He generally believed everything I told him, but this account of a "hog in. DIG -GING FOR ms DEN. armor" as big as a mule somewhat stag- gered him. He went behind the hut and sat therefor nearly half a day, all the time seratchint his woolly head most vigorous- ly. Finally he seemed th have digested • the story fully, for he came to inc and said: "Massa, dis a hawg in amali- you done spoke of muts a live long while befo' slav- ery time, sale fo' nae don' heah xnettin ob it fom ole ;nesse nor nobuddy. Ki, what t'ing dat a be toe meet in de wood ob a tIa'k night, ash!" He could hardly swallow the glyptodon, . . . • hot he cherished chimeras as gigantic as the foesil armadillo which he had inherit- ed from his African ancestors. We have many an argument over the existence a jumbles and:were wolves, loupgarous and blOodsrieking van -pipes, in wkieh he firmly believes. He wilt neve r walk abroad In the tares at night, Ent he is'alwayenp - • s at thethast. eep of 'day, arid not many of the night braging itynadillos. eseatie his ileit of be moat optima a irgnts ni the World to watch niy oteralack- man in full! chase of an active armadall' o, dawn the, side of a steep hill, and then- to see the helter skelter scramble that follows whims the animal begins to dig. I somm times laugh so myself that, I roll down the hill after them, and then Be there at the bottom holding ray sides esdsile the grave- gging contest goes solemnly on,. It is esuidly nip and tuck between old Ned and She arinadillo, but as the former is assisted by his litt e cur dog, who was trained ex- pressly for thie business'the latter gener- ally eomes to grief in short order. Then he is kill el and shucked and cooked in his own shell, like a crab, but he beats all She crabs I ever ate, or terrapin either. • A. O. FunnEn. • CHICAGO'S ELECTRIC "L." 1 The Wiestern City Ahead of New York In This .7Ereatorre of Rapid Transit. [Special Correseonflence.) • . CHICAGO, July 20,—New York has 190 miles of elevated, railroad, Chicago has 46. New York has had her elevated railroad system for 20 years. The first "L" road in Chicago was opened June 6, 1892. But Chicago is ahead of New York in rapid tranait facilities in one particular. Chi- cago has a successful electric system in operation on one elevated road, is build' another road to be operated by electri and is equipping a third elevated r with electric power. The New Yorker still rides behind his primitive Steam engine and reads his evening paper by the light of a "lantern dimly burning." • Tilts conditien of affairs would not be excusable on the ground of excessive cost of operation, for the t‘te" roads of New . York were a bnanza to the Gould family, • and, though latered to a dropsical point, they pay stead' dividends, and it was re- ported in New York recently that more Shan 150 had been bid per share for a con- trolling interest. It would be a blessing to New York if the roads could be taken out of the hands of the Young Man Afraid to • Pay Taxei and put under the control of h0.1110 broader minded capitalistwho would reorganize the management. In respect of ' catering to the public need the Chicago roads show a much more commendable . sPiriite Tltruth about the New York roads is that the public patronage fell into their hands like an overripe peach. The Chica- go roads have had to bid for business. • The introduction of the "L" systemin any community but crowded New York hag been considered &gays a dangerous experiment. T.n. St. LIN a syndicate ob- tained permission some years ago to con- strue an "L" road from the business cen- ter o the city to the Compton hill section, but it )andoned the project because the pros- pect as unpromising. In -Kansas City certa n natural disadvantages were over- come by connecting Kansas City', Mo., and • -Kens s City, Kan., by an elevated road, but even this line did not prosper. Chica- go soemed the one available field for "L" deripment because the limitations of the business district congested it so that Means of egress and ingress from the residence sectiOns were unduly limited. But even here the "L" roads did not prosper. • The original "L" road, which was used by so many 'visitors to the World's fair, is new in the handgof a reorganization commit- tee, and the Lake street road, which was - under construct -ion when the fair was open, has passed through an experience disas- trous to stack -holders and bondholders alike. In. the reorganization of the Lake street road. a year ago the bonds were scaled 40 per cent. It was at this time that the road passed into the hands of the Yerkes syndicate, which owns the Northwestern Elevated railroad, now in course of con- struction. The Yerkrs syndicate is the controlling influence in the surface railroads of Chica- go. It planned- the Northwestern Elevated road as a, connecting link between Chicago and Milwaukee. It was to be an electric road, the first of its kind in the world. It was begun in January, 1894, and the first section of it will be completed and opened for business about a year hence. It will be many years before the road is extended to Milwaukee. - • While this road was being planned the projectors of the Metroplitan West Side Elevated determined to use electricity, and, as their road is now open and doing busi- ness, it I s the credit of being the first electric" "ever operate -d, if not the first one plan ed. As soo as the Yerkes people took pos- seseion o the Lake street road—about a year ago it vras determined to introduce cleetrici in place of steam. D. H. Lon- derback, the president of the company, told n0-1 etwecia breaths as he transa-cted the bujlin ss of his office that motives of y phiefly influenced the road in this econm course "El ctricity can be used 15 th 20 per cent cficaper than steasn," he said. "Be- sides, the use of electricity in summer will •enable us to put open cars on the road, and Bb attract pleasure travel on ha seightm That is quite an item. But we Will sahe 20 per cent on operating expenses on the Lake street road." 1mi dly suggested that Mr. Gould and Mr. Sage asserted that steam was cheaper than dl4iotricitv. Mr. Londerback said he would l'ke to have them come to Chicago and see the Lake street road. He thought he could show them a thing or two. The electricity on the Lake street :road will be taken from a third rail laid in the middle of the track. The rail is laid now, and most of the wires are strung. • Mr. Londerback expects the electric power to be turned on M June. One source of economy in running the eleetnie cars will be the difference between the wages of motermen and- the wages' of engineers. The repair shops of the road will be shut down, too, for it is estimated that two or three men can keep the motors M running order where a large force of mechanics was need- ed for the re air of the locomotives. Electrieit cage Lor a, it power. Th first ever bu being convei eleetric roa storage bat chise not lo faciliti s fo the bes sub vest o New has been recognized in Chi- ng time as the ideal traffic cable roads of Chicago—the It east of San Francisco—are tea to electricity, and a new • which nmy be run by the ry systeth, received a Iran - g ago. In addition than these rapid transit, Chicago has mban system of steam roads York. GEORGE GRA.NTIIAM BAIN. Rusaltans and Armenians. The Russian people cared a great deal aboult the Bulgarians. They do not care at all a out the Armenians. Englishmen are apt t4D be puzzled by this difference of atisi- . -tude They would find it more intelligible if th 7 bore in Mind the place that religion hold, in the Russian mind. The Bulgarians beloilged to, the same church—the Russian peasant Coes not trouble himself about "autocephalous" distinctions -s -the Arme- nians do not belong to the church at all. They are monophysite heretics, and. though She peasant probably thieks that it might be better that they should get their pun- ishment from the orthodox czar than from tke Isfuesulman Turk, he is not greatly • concerned that they should get it. _This is an example of indifference orig- inating, in religious diversity:, just as the last wax with Turkey was an exarciplo of sympathy originating in religious agree- ment, but it serves equally well to enforce the paramount part that religion plays in the foe -illation of Russian popnlar oipiraon. • —London Spectator. • BaTeria take rank immediately after Vie teeretaries of state, if these are barons. 1 • ilp-town store— Carmichael's Bleck Down -tofu)? store Cady's Block A GOOD TIM As the season is pretty well ad- vanced, we would remind the far- mers, mechanics and everybody that this is a goodtime to leave their order for a pair of Canadian or French Kip Boots for Fall wear. 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