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Wednesday, July 113th, 1S9'
' THE DOMINION' PAR LIA,
MENT.
SIR'RICEIAILD AND SI15 JOHN'.
After recess, on motion that . the
House go. into Committee of Supply,
Sir Richard Cartwright rose 'to call
attention to the Toronto Glolte
Charges respecting Sir Adolphe
•'Carou. As to the invettigtttion
about to tie undertaken he stti,d be hall
this to remark, that .judges 'were
often the most unfit persons possible
tv conduct such investigation. He
was too familiar with the nature of
many of the appointments to the.
Bauch to have too much confidence
in the result of political investi,gas
tions by swell men. Men of grossly
intemperate habits had been appoint,
ed. Men ignorant of- the law had
often been selected. lore party
hacks had been so rower ed because
they had done dirty pia' ideal worts.
Men:had even been appoi ted because
they ,were representatly .,' of special
seats. Seats in this house had
been bartered and sold
smote oil
the Bench. Many of the present
judges had been most humble sup
plicants for their offices, sial many
were constantly intriguing with the
members of the Goverttaltiut for pro
motion in• the ju liciary. The tnera
chosen for this gontillission were
utterly unknown outside their own
Province. IIe had to confess with
regret that a considerable portion of
the people of Canada appeared to be
dead to any sense of honor and
decency. He felt ashamed of his
own Province, Ontario, because of
the result of the recent by•elections,
A. very large body of the electorate
seemed realty to take their thirty
pieces of ai!ver and sell their birth•
right. Corruption appeared • rain
pant everywhere in Canada. The
fiercest civil war could not have
done morerherte in Canada than the
dem le of corruption just closed. Toe
civil war in the Unites States -the
fiercest the world has seen in- this
century, at least -had not more re•
tarried the growth of population
there. The reputation df Canada
h, e.-;} Y `'`" " l` of:�tfie world, sunk
:f" .Q,,•,• -.,'r;,(; . '. .y:.. 1U - .. ��•-a had -
no doubt that on the craning )ourin-
ion Day there would be a thousand
orators on a thousand platforms,
who would tell their hearers that
the people in Canada are the best
and Most virtuous on the face of
the earth, titre very porcelaut• clay of
humanity. He appealed to them to
drop thus tawdry and uae.leas bom-
bast, and if they would not, but
were content to submit to the opera-
tions of the existing system, then
they ought to haul down the old
flag of which they were so wont to
boast, arid hoist instead the black
flag, which alone is the fitting ear
blem -for such a system:
Sir John Thompson replied -He
had wondered, he sniff, what it could
be that Sir Richard Cartwright had
to allbmiti to the house at this late
period of the eession, and a colleague
had suggested to him that there was
nothing new except, perhaps, in
looking over some recent addresses
Sir Richard had noticed the acciden-
tal omission of a harsh adjective
which he now wished to place. But
in the address jtfet concluded there
was not even this missing adjective.
There were merely the old, battered
let of superlatives, the old, stale in-
vective, which has caused the people
of the country to listen to Cart-
wright with disgust, and by which
he had decimated the ranks of his
followers, who, as he spoke with
finger pointed at them, mirrored in
thoir looks' thq misery expressed in
his own. The country had fitting-
ly estitnated thio screaming scendal-
nlong-tr, who while in office jobbed
the Treasury for purposes of polite•
ua,t at4v40u4o, 41144004 $04'";, At ir4• Ott .019 .Pacts 0104 Day 'a lei:;
.11julter'd Uartweleellt ittal tauVIS ,l 10,44,;, biot4on, hw ,laolW thee. there wpo4,,4
ed to rate' to 4.1.tua (Ira ,linin) 40tiot tea ott,l nitkelr ou theedey1 w"ao
iieviww been re few" ,years age lent atealild' >Xut. tar evtiry breath or trio
young and. ttlttinieg polilioau, btXti` �atii.ot q erleiret6 a rt)ep,ltdlate in entire.
he could ally that spun Ware hal. ' Y tlt teen, heirs tittered by $A.4.i .
had by ihvitatiun sutured the fiutd '' %artwU ht to aright.
of Do doion .politica he had Itatrlaettc: 141(, faaiut let' spoke iw
uf' SIr Richard Cn►'ttvrlght as oUo of is it R. Uartwright, atad
the (rust niIserable totterers who uvar ?ruiner unswerud biers
mooed the political stage to Can
oda. (Applsuste.) He heti to
night means giveu us another of
those war, falu410 and pestilence
speeches whish had parried coo
.stituenoies for the , Uuuservative'
.party wherever made. It was, in a
sense, gratifying that he had laid
aaide the musk to show that the
political traitor has dt•geuerated into
the truckling oorruptioniet as well
S r Richard had been pleased to to
for to hits (Sir Jelin) as a success•
ful defender of dangerous criminals
No doubt ho had been, but ho muse
decline this hon. geutleman'e brief.
In his practice at the bar he had
never slrrunk from taking any one's
cane, but he had sometimes 9 ruttier'
the fee -of a blatant scoundrel; who
denounced everybody else in the
world, but woe himself the moat Ira
culeut savage of' diens all. Sir R.
Car•twright'e supporters must, as he
spoke, have sorrowfully recalled the
fact that since lash, sossiun he had re
duced their ranks .by fifty per cant..,
and this would be emphasized -by
the feet that he bad .elioseu for his,
speech to•ni,gtt►t, a time when they
are forced. to celebrate the loss of
Pontiac,- (applause) -a constitu-
ency almost within sound of the
proceeding of Parliament, but which
the courts had deoiuled had been
carried by the Liberals only through
corrupt tneaus. From a party
standpoint, so grateful did he feel
to Sir R. Cartwright that were it
necessary to tttake an effort to re
tain that gentleman in the party
which he does not !rad., and which
would nut have hila as leader -(1)p
plause)--bo would' almost propose
a subsidy to keep hint there. He
had taken a step in advance in
speaking to -night of the danger to
the existence of the Dominion, but
trheu the hon. gentleman talked of
resistance to authority, his courage,
it was well known. Was all .in hie
tongue, for on his escutcheon the
motto was, "Words ; not doede.'
No doubt Sir Richard Cartwright
had good cause for quarrel with the
judges of the country, upon whole
he had made such a • scandalous
attack. IIe had the same cause as
the culprit has to hate' the lash ap
plied to his back. The Judges had
just uusoated more than thirty of
his eupporters, and sixteen constitu-
encies had taken the opportunity to
repudiate them. Sir R. Cart-
wright seemed to be, in itis own es
tiu►atiou, so pure, so above reproach,
that he grieved because all other
men were not run ir► the same
uemild, which, thank God, nature
broke dowu when she cast hits
(laughter) and looped into the char-
acter of those made when Sir Rich-
ard's party was in office. All that
he said of them might be so. As
for the present Government, how
ever, ho stigmatized Sir Richard's
remarks as a vile slander. Above
all other things the late Sir John
Macdonald took care to make none
but the most unexceptionable setae
tions for the beach. A great deal.
had been said about the alteration
of the charges, but ail the charges
made affecting the Government, or
any member of it, are there and can
he proved if Sir R. Cartwright is
not simply lying when he tolls the
House that proof is forthcoming. If
thoy aro ,tint proved the result will
be to stamp him. with• the name ou
his fore -head be deserves. If the
Postmaster -General has engaged iii
such a conspiracy as alleged he must
fall,.go clatter how the money ob•
taiued was applied. The Post-
master -General was not afraid to
Moet the charges, but it remained to
bo seeu whether or not the inen
who bad Po valiantly made them
would not be afraid to take the part
expected of thorn. As to the "rod
parlor" subscriptions, all the money
there contributed would not have
car'r'ied any one of the Constituencies
in which Sir Richard had been
elected in twenty years. Tho "red
parlor" fiction had been so magni-
fied that even when the 'Ministers
went to Washington they found ou
the morning of their arrival a lead-
ing article in one of the papers re-
lating to the horrible corruption
there planned by the Canadian
Ministers. This article was written
at the initigatiou of the member of
South Oxford,
Sir Richard Cartwright -The
hou. gentleman knows that that is a
falsehood,
•
•
•
Sir John Thompson -If the hon.
gentleman denies it, we must accept
hie statement, but if anything would
induce Inc to believe it, it would be
the denial just made. He proceed-
ed to give circumstantial evidence
to choir that the article in question
was furnished front Toronto and
showed that the Washington paper
did not even know what the red
parlor meant, but had printed the
words "bpd" parlor. (Leughter.)
Sir Richard's remark that he has
become ashamed of his country lays
him open to the obvious reply that
the history of rho past twelve
months shows that his country is
desperately ashamed of him. As
to Sir It, Cartwright's remarks re•
•
defence of ,
1Iou. Mr.
WOiYIA.N 'AND. h[ER GA -G,
LUSDi,
This fewiuiue experiment with
gullusee is not a passing whi.tn.
Evidenti'y it has been taken up in
dead earnest, end will .be parried
out to the very end of the meson.
Then it will be abaudened, at ioatit
for a time, man (11)55 nut • face the
Waste of winter hi his shirt -s'leev'es ;
neither will women in hers. gut
until then it will be useless to en'
deayor to''•dissuade her trona her
ti.xed purpose of sporting phases in
the way that gives them the utmost
publicity. Even ridicule will have
no editor except to atreugthen. her
in her purtiuee ; for when the
feminine wind thinks it has been
made up for keeps it is a1) thorougl►•
ly proof ugtttust this sharpest of
treapour; as a sitting beta is sgaitist
moral suasion. And we are glad of
it, because vellum without her dash
of wilfulness would not be herself ;
and n,uro but herself could be so
charlrtittg a1) elm is. •
Since woinan is going to wear
galianes on the outaide, until the
elude of the season at least, it is the
ditty of man to impart to her the
fjtw valuable hints regarding' the use
of suspenders, or galluees, that, his
lies gathered in the centuries during
wide!), in his civilized condition, he
1148been 'condemned by the ate -
client of 'birth ,and build to wear
there. That thee Lints will be
prtjniptly laughed to scurn floes not
relieve Hanoi thiel brotherly obligs-
1t(111. .
' he auoat trying situation known
to tate masculine wearer of truspen
dere is that which Cnsdltia when she
hunks a button. This expression is
technical, and should not be taken
literally. The i,uttou does not ex-
plode. It dors out go off; it merely
conies" off Its this emergency the
expediettt most frequently resorted
to when there is no tailor at hand is
the ordinary shingle nail of conn,
coerce. By urease of a penknife
two punctures are tnade close to-
gether in the waistbanrh The point of
tlteuail goes in at one and out at the
other, and upon this substitute the
suspenclercan be fastened with the
assurai-ice that it will stay until the
button is replaced. It is customary
in many regions to carry a few
shingle nails in the waistcoat pocket
for use iii such an emergency, This
hint is offered merely for what it is
worth. Maybe the feminine cue,toltl
of wearing the galluaes on the out-
side renders it of no value what -
civet.
In order to lessen the frequency
of this button accident, and also to
pe renit greater freedom of action on
the part of the wearer, [ueliti rubber
tb,eada are woven either in the
web which constitutes the main part
of the suspenders, or in the small
braces that button around toward
the front and at the small of the
beck. The elasticity thus imparted
is especially advantageous to per,
sons engaged in digging and picking
up potatoes, laying paving stories,
and in similar employments. 1Vo-
wen do not ordinarily engage in
these tasks ; but elastic suspenders
are much preferred by amen tvlro
have promuiedt shnuhler blades be•,
bind, and it is difficult•to see why
they should hot be es much pre.
ferred by women.
There is one situation in which
the masculine wearer of suspenders
generally finds the assistance of a
second person absolutely necessary
It is when the after ends become
detached from the waistband and
clin'6 up on the back of his neck.
There are few eights tnpre pitiful.
than a pian trying to extricate hints
self front thin situation. The ratan
who its wise, and economizes Lis pro•
fanity, always seeks at once the
Resistance which he knows be will
have to Sal ttIWW1 earlier or later.
I11 eli110 communities there are
young men who holt} that the effect
of a neglige getup is enhanced by
letting one susl:endcr fall carelreily
over the Hp. The sustaining ability
of the pair is of course weakened, ase
is the evenness of tension but with
strong buttons for the suspender re-
maining in place, there is little
danger of accident. As this varias
tion is purely a matter of aesthetics,
the ladies may be depended upon to
decide for themselves whether they
will adopt or reject it. -New York
Sun.
itirvic%
un-
gnvrc), TO EtbrREns. Are you disturbed at
night and 'moan of your rest by a Rick child
suffering and cif ng with pain of Cutting Teeth?
If
so send at nos and g1) a bottle of "Eire.
Winslow's Snoth ng Syrup" tfnr Children Teeth
Ing. Its value a incalculable. It will relieve
the poor little BO eroritnmediately. Depondupov
it, mothers; t re is no mistake about it. It
euros Dysenter and Dlat•ncooa, regulates the
stomach and bo ls, cnroa Wind Colto, softens
the gums, retitle inflammation, and gives to'
and energy to th whole system. "Mrs Winslow's
Soothing Syrup* or children teething Is pleasant
to the taste and a the prescription of one of the
oldest end best male physicians and nurses in
tion tithed Asst , and Is f, r solo by ill druggist's
through mt the coria Prane 91 cents a bottle.
1t• .ars 118,1 na'• ar ''15119. WI V41.011:.4 S•',WI txn
stet ,11 no other kind. a;1ay I
"What I Told My Wife," is the title of n
new book. It is almost needluss to sacs tltalt
it is fiction. -Texas Siftings.
For Neon •uf Exact Knowledge.
The old story of the I"'t•enuhuten who were
making at dictioualy and detiuell Crab t'aa
•enutll, red fish that walks bachnard," illus-
trates the netel of exact knowledge. Cuvier
said the definition wtta excolteut, only that
the erab Wats tart a tiara, was not scsi, .and
did net, Walk backward.
An told halt is said to have been asked
Low to tell gond indigo. "Powder the
indigo," said she, "sprinkle it upon cold
water, gnat if it is good it will either sink or
swim, I Imre forgotten .which."
It was Lite same with Aunt Charity's
eggs.
"Jest take a dozen of 'stn --no, a half
dozen of 'eiu---iiia, its a dozen -well, raaly,
I can't. say, but it's either a dozers or a half
dozen -and you put, 'eel in a pailful -nn, a
lta,1 pailful---purt full -no, it's a paihul—
no-weil, well, it's either a pailful or a half
pailful of water -and the good eggs will'
swim on top --Ito, the eoud eggs will sink to
the bottom-uo, ..that's not it -the good
eggs will swim -no, no, I declare, I don't
rcaely know ; hut, anyway, the good eggs
will either sink or swim.''
It is not always ignorant persons who
fail to observe closely. Coleridge and
Wordsworth took at drive with a friend.
After great difficulty the horse was un-
harnessed, except they could not get the
collar utf. One of them said it was a
"dowa,right ittipossibility" and that horse's'
head trust have grower since the collar was
put on. "La, ut,tstc1, 1 said a girl, "turn
the collie upside down."
A funny story is told about a doctor,
',J a
who,
writing
o-q-u-i the sway Ied a to spell judge
'minket ref
"Yes, I think it is," said the judge, "but
here's \Vebstet's dictionary ; I eau soon tell
yea."
He tried to find the word, but gave it•up
at length, and exclaimed, "\Ve11, sir; I've
always been a Daniel "Webster man, hat
any clan who will write tie big a dictionary
as this tool not put ill as common a word us
equiaornical, eau's get my vote for anything
hereafter." \
That was almost as bad its Mis. Tower's
"amulet pneumonias," or the mistake of the
University student, who, when asked who
was the first king of Isruel,ereplied, "Saul,"
and seeing that he had not, bit the murk,
tried to, improve his answer by adding,
•"Saul -also called Paul."
The gentlemau who was told that his
daughter did not get ou well because she
latclO at "capacity" Was rather inexact, when
he told the teacher, by all means to get her
one and not to stand ou the price. Such a
mistake is ridiculous.
A little more correct knowledge of the
English language would have been uccelul to
the Frenchman, who, knowing that Dr.
Samuel J.uhusou had written' "Rambler,"
said, when dining with lint
"May I have tit: ilaisir, of to drink the
vine -with you, Mr.. Vagabond ?" • ,
•
, It Costs Money.
Farmer Mcuthol-fleorge has only been
In college two mouths and he writes that
he has had to order two new suits and
wants ire to sellar him some more -moues'.
\Its. Menthol -For the land's sako : how
docs the boy mearage to wear out so many
clothes ?
Farntel•",fentliol-I geese it's all right,
:Maria. I'io says it's hard on clothes be-
cause one of their physical -culture exercises
is picking up chips.--.Jiulgc.
No Credit Marks Couttte,t.
•
' -He was/us-ming lawyer,and he eels employ -
el on a salary by a corporation tc look after
a certain portion of its legal business. He
was held to be is bright young fellow and
retuarleahly good at discovering new points.
of law, with the aceou1pauyiug authorities,
that, tttade him roaster of a situation.
But he was nearly always in ttnublo. He
would loss a ease occasionally, and the cnr-
poratiou would make it interesting for him.
"Hc wins niuo' out of the ten cases he
tries," said one of his friends, "and Lis Vic-
tories are generally of some account.
They're well worth winning. But somehow
he doesn't seem to get along as well or
stand as high with his etnployero as young
Wilcox, olio never won a ease, except, per%
haps, by accident."
"Quite right," was the reply. "But
Wilcox never loses a case either. IIe's just •
strong enough to make a jury disagree."
"Ilut an occasional victory would be bet-
ter than-"
"0, no ; not with the average corpora-
tion. Victories are never counted, but de-
feats are. Successes are overlooked, but
errors carefully recorded. The man who
just barely keeps up with the race is bet•
ter orf than the mac who leads it most of
the time. That's why Wilcox has su little
trouble."
rnllticaat Proverbs.
Sacred histry aint pnlitikle histry.
It goes agin a partyzan's grana to be a
pattriot.
Some grate statesmen go out like a lief -
snuffed taller caiide].
The road to even the highest cribs runs
threw some mighty low ground.
More statesmen knos how to plsy poker,
than knos hew to play base ball.
It don't hurt pelliticks none to turn the
hose onto the busses now and then,
Thais always room fer a few lust rate
Tiers in the werk of politickle reform.
The troo test of a puttriut • is to come
beck from Urup without byin' fore er five
lutes of Inglish cloathes and bey thein at
hopie.
'TIi1~ ±?tiii�.5�.�#A• 1llGR,�v
��ft0lp►tr'pt}4 4'nl►rly►y;>}'itt%tort '1lt'.rttr.+kaa VI►
ata Ste,littalus Tana tdtyata.
Deese rnQUs VONMK1170 ,10N• ••~••• Frlclw
night €t about 11 o'Glook we went aroused(
from our elunbere by the fearful cry of
"Fire i" uttered by a vpi0'which evidgntly
belonged to a bald-headed, bowlegged, cow
tau4terous old critter, Cu r000tnng the
street we discovered the ofliee of our con,
to r,perarr in flames, while the alleged odi-
for thereof was (hawing ttround on the side.
walk and autiup like a crazy man. The
lurid tongues were lighting up the heavens
for miles around, tad the deuton of de.
atruction • was about to be let loose on the
town., when we found a pail of water and
dashed in and squelched the seepent tongues
forever. Investigation proved that the al-
leged editor of tho so•oaUed weekly started
the conflagration by upsetting a lighted
candle wet' his straw bed.
'I'' u ice
next day was estimated by
an hteutaanee agent at only $1.17.but it was
nevertheless a disastrous fire and a heavy
loss fur a plant worth only about $4, al
told. But for our prompt presence and
reckless disregard et danger our esteemed
would to -day be a beggar. His paper will
probably come ant next week as usual,
though there is net the slightest reason on
earth why it should. We have been severe-
ly criticised for putting out the fire, and
we feel we owe the people hereabout an ab.
ject
apology.
,5'u1.rU yuAIN.-Sunday Morning last
some of the Clinch Valley cowboys heard
that we were over that way on a visit to
Cul. Brill, and about twenty of them laid
for us. They got sight of a naturalist from
Chicago, who was atter a collection of in-
sects, and eau hint seven miles before they
discovered their error. The buys needn t
(make any 'mistakes in future. (flinch Val-
ley is a beautiful spot, but it is not for us.
\1'e don't propose to put our valuable neck
in a noose. As Mayor of this town we are
too nluuh for the cowboys wheu,they come
in loaded fur b'ar. Should we visit Clinch
Valley they would be too arch for us, We
are satistied to stity right here. We know
a good thing when we see it.
Nor Tor alis. -Our horse editor, who is
an impetuous young journalist from the
East, published an item during our absence
last week which severely ref eeted op the
social standing of our esteemed fellow -
townsman, Capt. John Tarbell. The item
stated that he had skipped town to avoid
being arrested of an old warrant charging
him witlt killing a man in Pennsylvania.
Our horse editor can't remember from
whom he got his facts. He is•a very ener-
getic young man, and meets so many peo-
ple in the course of the day •that he can't
always atop to remember which one related
this or that item of news.
\Ve now beg to humbly announce that a
great injustice was done the gallant Cap-
tain. He never killed a man in Pensyl•
vautia, and instead of jumping the town he
was playing poker in the Red Star sa,'oon
when the paper was issued. He was all
ready to conte to the office and • shoot our
horse editor when friends advised him to
await our return. \Ve are very sorry that
such an error should have crept into our
columns. The Captain) bit a (van's nose off
at Prescott three years ago, and he killed
some sort of Indian or other over on the
Little Colorado River lust fall, but he was
noverin Pennsylvania in his life. We hope
this apology will be accepted in the spirit
tendered and place Minn right tteforc the
public.
We are trying to give' a sort of Twen-
tieth•century flavor to aur paper by.employ-
iug Eastern journalists who happen along,
. but we confess to being somewhat discour-
egad. They don't exactly grasp the \\'est-
etn situation with both heads. There is a
certain chic to this climate onfy to be un-
dcrstoud by a journalist who has been shot
at ahuut a dozen tithes. -M. Quad.
. Instructions That Bore Fruit.
President Roberts, of the Pennsylvania
Raileasal,• is, as •everybody• knows, a great
stickler for disoapi-lite, and a story is told of
hint which is too goolf to keep. Some time
ago, while on his way to Harrisburg, the
conductor of the train bowed as he passed
without asking to sec his ticket. On cent'
lug through the train 'again, Mr. Roberts
touched his arm and said : "Why did you
not ask for my ticket ?"
Rather abashed, the conductor replied
that he presumed he had his pass.
"Du you know who I run ?" next asked
Mt'. Roberts.
"Yes, sir," replied the conductor, "you
are the president of the road."
."Granted that I ata. at is your duty to
allow, nobody to ride over this road without
showing a ticket. Always bear that in
mind."
The conductor promised:to do so in the
future, anti passed on. After the next sta-
tion had been passed lie again came
through the train for tickets, and, corning
to Mr. Roberts, stopped and demanded to
see his ticket.
"That's right, my ratan," said the presi-
dent, putting his hand ie his breast pocket.
Then he grew red in the face, and as he felt
in pu_ket after pocket his face became
redder. Ile lead lefitis pass at home. The
conductor never moved a muscle of his face,
lint stood with outstretched hand waiting
for the ticket. Mr. Roberts was too proud
to bark out, awl finally alkyd in a meek
voice, "How much is the fare to Harris-
burg 7' On being informed he paid over
the money, which the conductor took with-
out a smile, airing him a rebate check good
for tett cents. President Roberts continued
his ride in silence. -Philadelphia Record.
•
Educational Item.
Johnny -Pa, why am I like a postege
stamp ?
Pa --I have no idea, Johnny.
Johnny .-It's heti:Luse I'm stuck on a Let-
ter. -Texas Sittings.
HATA
Effie -Dill Gorge play fnntball while he
was at college ?
Maude -No, I don't think he did.
Effie -Did lie row on the crew ?
111nnde--•I never heard anything about it.
Effie -Then he must have played ba le -
ball.
Mande -He clever said anything about it.
I am pretty sure lie didn't, thou It.
E;!iu---That's ye:y queer•,
it1 nude --Why!
EItie-Bee,us,• I hen HI that Ito was gra-
dateed with 1101101r,.-Iiarvar,1 l.antp,.on.
ar
kA`:'' ,al , .Xb11e.
ll4litASSIUcl" ll lfPrltlAf A1'. 11'Yt'It:,
oouj rj or Ilxri' ,rtlSaa.
(Frees the Sun f reiwiece Vbrea.leter
Some twen.ty'year$.ago the n�4-;
ralist lirobnt produced .a coupl).0
able-bodied rattlesnakes and-turrgect
t�ew lue iia a wl!lel
g'lited is :r're1
where lie o ou}d observe ell 1'lieira
movemuooa]ts withautell strlits
presence; At first his priso}te
stuck to their lair in the recesa of
an•apen box, but an the alornin r .`
of the third day they began to show r
symptoms of appetite and the proi
fessor treated them to a breakfaat', of
live blackbirds. About five minuted
after the appearance of t.it• new
corners one of the snakes toft,hfa
headquarters and crawled ace
to the corner next to thes
. 4. t
window, while, her rola tock
behind a waterpot near the centre
of the room. The birds were too
busy to notice thew at all. There
were three .windows in the garret,
and in spite of constant collisions
the temptation to regard t)ie attempt
at escape a
ta.t
light va
td direction
seemed too much- to mind such
inferior incidents as the manmuvrre-
of a crawling object on the floor.
The front window, with' its large
panes seemed to prove specially at-
tractive, and the ambushed nuke
had just contracted her coils for the
third time when the descent of a
fluttering bird gave her a chance to
bring matters to a crisis'.
'No need of charming in this
case,' thought the prot'eseor when
the strickened blackbird recoiled
with a frightened squawk. But
there was still need of patience.
For nearly a minute the doomed
bird fluttered about- in .an aimless
way before the chemicals began to
operate in earnest, and he fell over
on hie side with half -opened wings,
He was too far gone even to keep
on his legs, and only when the
snake crawled uli to take possession
of het-' prey, though ehe had all
along watched her victim with
glittering eyes.
The anatomical examination of. a
rattlesnake or copperhead would ex-
plain thatsequence of events. The
fangs of a poisonous serpent are at-
tached only by a flexible ligament
and ore not strong enough to' hold
a struggling nuitnal,' though they
are extremely well adapted for ad• .
ministering a snap bite. Now, the
elect of the virus, even on a very
small creature, is not absolutely
instantaneous. The bite of our
Western rattlesnake will kill a
quarrel in five minutes a
paisan.o or• roadrunner in three or
four minutes, but even a mouse or
a young quail has time to run a few
steps towards its hiding place and
apparently out of reach of the coil-
ing snake. There is no direct pur-�;
suit. q y
The suako ,can afford to wait well
knowing that the delirium Of the
poison will drive the dying mouse
out of his hole and the bird out of
its retreat in the tangled briars. In
the meantime however,a semiscien-
tific witness of the tragedy may
come along and ascribe the possibil-
ity of the finale to the strange glit-
tering of the serpent's eyes, which'
all along have watched the
movements of her ;perry.
Prof. Brehm repeated„ his experi-
ment with sparrows, gophers, com-
IIIOD rats, weasels, quails, wood-
peckers and modow larks, and al-
ways with au analogous result ex-
cept in the Ctlee of a woodpecker
that made its way to the top of the
window and died out of reach of the
serpent. In every other case the
victim at first mage its escape, but
was cuptured in ariicula mortis,
after betraying its waning strength
by all sorts of curious symptoms;
Even the weasel gave up its attempt
at retaliation after a short struggle
and in its lost moments staggered
out of its hidiug-place and finally
directly towards the approachiug
enemy.
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A LIBERAL TRIUMPH.
Scores of men and women who have
always suffered their prejudices to blind
them toy the merits of t3urdonk Blood
13ittere new use and praise this wond-
erful tonic purifier• its the best remedy
known for desyepsia, constipation and
all blood dieeases.
-Iii the ponding presidential
compaigu in the States all four of
the polical condidstes are Presby•
terians. Mr. Harrison and General
Stevenson are active members of
of the Presbyteria-n Cuhrch, while
Mr. Cleveland and Mr, White-
law Reid are regular attendants
upon Presbyterian ministrations.
=Cold, cough, coffin is what philosophers
term "a logical ecquence." One is very
liable to follow the other ; but by cur-
ing cold with a dose .1 Ayer's Cherry
Pectoral, the cough will be stopped and Al
the coffin not needed -just at present.
-Barnabas A. Ilaynes, aged
fifty-two, is farmer near St. Cath
ines, awoke one morning about
o'clock and disked his wife if the
wind was blowing. Site said she
thought ao, and turned over in the
bed remarking that it world likely
rain during the day. In a moment
afterwards Mrs.Ilsynes noticed
that lie made a peculiar etruggie to
get .his breath, when in alnt')st a
twinkling he expired, .bee'1 being
evidently caused by heart failure.
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