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The Huron News-Record, 1892-11-16, Page 2t Vete .. i • - W Sarsaparilla Y -Our best remedy for E-rysipelas, Catarrh R-heura#iam, and S-crofula Salt -Rheum, Sore Eyes ,A-bscesses, Tumors R -u n nin,g Sores S -c u, rvy, Humors, Itch A-nemia, Indigestion P-imples, Blotches A-nd 'Carbuncles R=ingworm, Rashes 1-mpure Blood L-anguidness, Dropsy L-iver Complaint A -ii cured by frit a.r�apar° 11a Prepared by Dr. J. C..Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by.aft Druggists. Price $1; six bottles, $5. Cures others, will cure you AYER'S TheHuron News -Record 1.60 a Year—$1.25 in Advance. Wednesday Nov. 15th, 1892 BETRAYED THEIR HOSPITAL- I'l' Y. • MISSIONARIES OF THE MOODY INSTI- TUTE, CHICAGO, ROBBED BY 'A MAN THEY ASSISTED. The Chicago Tribune of a recent date says :—The young mien whole lives are consecrated to the work of the Moody institute for Evangeli4s on the North Side have been the victims of misplaced confidenno. For a time they have abandoned missionary work and appealed to the spolice. Friday night they al - tended a meeting at the Pacific Garden Mission, Van Buren street, and 'Custom -House place. A man who occupied a back seat arose and askeel to he heard. He was tall and •dignified, and of rather intel leotard appearance, but shabbily dressed. His features showed traces of dissipation. He spoke briefly in an earnest way. "My friends," he said, "I am alone in your city and' am discour aged. I was once a minister and well-to-do. I recollect when I preacdaed iu the Canadian town which Brother Sam Grigg co'n'es from.. Yes, I recollect when I owl. to preti ,.tjlere, My hear s ' t nearly breakfticek°'think of the sorrows and the tortures 1 haus passed through in the last few years. I am yet a true Christian, my friends, all I ask is that you pray for me." The man took his seat. In an instant M r. Grigg was at his side. He invited the man, who °laid his name was Simpson, to accompany him to the institute, and Simpson accepted the invitation. Friday night the Moody student held a special service in Simpson's behalf and ho led iu prayer. Tho gores tion of a place to sleep was brought up and Simpson declined the hos pitality that was offered, saying that he would return to the box car that had sheltered hirn for several nights The idea horrified the little band of missionaries and the new comer was given a share of the Rev. Mr, Bul-_ gen's bed. Saturday morning Mr. Grigg saw the necessity of new clothing., and out of his own pocket paid for a pair of boots which Sit -opera] accepted with apologies. Sunday there was a meeting held a• the jail .at which Simpsou was to speak. He complained of feeling, ill, however, and asked to bo allow ed to rest at the institute until evening. About 5 o'clock in the afternoon Mr. Grigg and his co- workers returned, wishing that Simpson could have been present at the jail. fttalf an hour later they wished they had been present at the institute. Simpson was gone. So were ten of the Rev. Mr. Bul- gen's new shifts, his overcoat., all of his underclothing, and a suit u' clothes he had recently purchased, together with a gold watch, an overcoat, and two suits of clothes and many articles of apparel be— longing to other students. Noth- ing of value had been left behind. Hence the appeal of the mission• ariea to the police. ADVLeb TO MOTHERS. Are you disturbed at night and broken of yonr rest by a sick child suffering and crying with pain of Cutting Teeth. If so Bend at once and get a bottle of "Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup" for Children Teeth ing. Its value is incalculable. It will relieve the poor little suffererlmmcdiatety. Depend upon it, mothers; there is no mistake about it. It cure, Dysentery and Diarrheas regulates the stomach and bowels, cures Wind Colic, softens the gums, reducee inflammation and gives tone and energy to the whole system. "Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup" for ehlldren teething is pleasant to the taste and is the preesoriptlon of 0 p of the oldest and best female physician(' and ne mos in the United Stator, and Is for sale by all duggiste throughout the world. Price 25 Dente it bottle. Be sore and ask for "Mns. WINSLOW'S Snornrao HYrtOP. "and tak no other kind. 656y —The Brussels School Board had one hundred applications for a posi- tion as teacher which the Board filed last week. ENf l l$t-I 9gFHN1TIONS OF t`YAN1TY•P The I ssee,cw.1oreri .ti necLleles • thrii;n11 • • 'Which We "Ow Onrjelifei, London Tit Bits, : We ffere,d a p. �ize of two guineaettfor the beat dettnition of Van• , T'he winning definition is: "Tho rose-colored gpeetaolee through whioh we view ourselves." The following are some of the definitions sent in The thin end of nothing sharpened to a point, . . The reflection of nothing seen in the glass of self-conceit. -- The tendonoy whioh moat men have to keep their best goods in the front shop - window.. A blrcl that has a gorgeous wing, Yet has no beauteous song to song. Fool's food. Emptineea priding itself on its contents. An attempt to recommend ourselves by a behavior contrary to our real character. The minimum of egg and the maximum of cackle. Tho egotism of little souls. A hollow drum upon which any passer-by may Aercifutl provision of nature whereby fools are satisfied with their folly. .An inflated belief in the vastness of our supreme nothingness. A mirror in which we always see the faults of others, but never our own. A sensitive plant, which cannot live with - opt the sunshine of public applause. The peacock's tail of humanity. A grain of sand convinced that it is 'a mountain. Theieutward fullness of inward empti- @e99. Everybody's private opinion. The gilded robes in which ignorance wraps itself. A mean, petty conceit of anysuperiority, showing want of true greatness. .A house of which the roof is emptiness, the walls shadows, the windows ignorance, the doors conceit, and of foundation there is none. Self-esteem caricatured. An undue sense of self appreciation. Man's meanest attempt to cheat nature. The incurable "I" affection which unfor- tunately blinds us all. Pride demoralized. The attribute that snakes a farthing -dip fancy itself an electric light. A small "i" with a big dot. Concentrated essence of self -opinion. The glory of mean ambition. A permanent eager"ness to bask in one's own splendor and to, dazzle others by it. The diflerence between a fool's estimate of his own value and the estimate of the world at large. Pride, in a state of effervescence. An overdraft of one's persenal account at the Bank of Self -Esteem. The caricature of true ambition—regret- table in great men, laughable in small men. That upon which the "knowing ones" ;play to attain their desires. On Tennyson. 'Tis o'er ; he leaves the lonely road Whereon ho fared so long The gentlest, brightest knight of God ; The Galahad of song• The only one of all our knights Who wore the snow-white mail, And turned from strife and lewd delights To seek the holy grail. His path was not were factious cry, Or where the fretful moan ; Where life runs stillest he passed by, In maiden thought alone, Calm were the ways his white steed trod, Calm were the heavens and air ; Wherc'er he rode signing of God The world grow very fair. He drew aside from friends and ftq To hush his soul apart; Clear on the air his song arose Out of a faithful heart. ..'Twee something, nay 'twas much, when We ---,Seemed dreariest to our gaze, • To hear above the waves of strife That gentle note of praise. Far off it seemed too pure, too sweet, For doubts an dread as ours; Yet when we listened, round our feet, We felt the grass and flowers. • Ahd if we sighed to think he sought A dream of no avail, Into our souls his music brought Strange glinuners of the grail. When all the beauteous gods were dead Who left the world at thorn, When godlike singers, too, had fled, And left the race forlorn ; When all the white immortal throng Had left the sunless land, How sweet it was to hear that song Of God and fairyland. The voice is dumb, the song is o'er, The long, glad quest is done; The loner' ways will know no more Our stainless, shining ones. And we, the remnant which remain Of the great table round ; Less, yet hie brethren, neer again Shall see him laurel crowned. Into the glooms of God he goes, Our Galahad of song ; Perchance e'en now those gloonis discloo. The grail he sought so•long. Nay, for, despite his life-long quest, He gained his soul's desire ; ,The grail was burning in his breast, Mb own pure heart of tire.e He who like him is stainless learns - That faith can nevsr fail, • Since not without, but in ns, burns God's heart, the heavenly grail. Pence to the knight who kept his vow While others slept like sand; But who shall sing to mortals now at .that lost fairyland ? —Robert Buchanan. PASSED AWAY AT 109. Death of a Well Known Colored Resident of Toronto for Nearly Flff;y Years. Mr. John M. Tinsley, who for many years has been a resident of Toronto and a deacon of the Queen street Colored Baptist church passed away yesterday morning at the remarkable age of 1R9. He was born in Richmond, Va., July 4, 1783, and after es- caping from slavery in 1833 he came to To- ronto where he resided a short time, but subsequently went to Cincinnati. He finally settled in Toronto in 1843 and has resided here ever since, following the vocation of contractor and buililer. At the age of 28 he married a free colored woman who bore him eight children. She died in 1844, and none of her children now survive. Deceased, however, has seven grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren and numerous great -great-grandchildren now living ; some in Australia, but most of them in Canada and the United States. Deceased ceased active work at his trade about t)venty years ago. Ever since he be- came known in Toronto, a period covering rather over half a century, he had led a most exemplary Christian life. Deceased was a man of medium height, well and com- pactly built. His hair and beard for years before his death were pure white, but though he showed abundant evidence of great age, he had the vigor and faculties of a man 30 years his junior.—Telegram. An Insinuation. Yabsley—Made any election bets yet, Mudge ? Mudge—Only a hat. Yabsley—`V les size, morning or even - Ina ? l4Q8$(4TH AT l?O, .. TO,, I retitnts' That A,,1,>aerle9 W.t11 Ante the World In ilio Net Ventr;ry'. • Euaauth ie tolerably hale and hearty for a man of his ycarR, Little over the medium height hie fran� c in his younger dyys must have height, wiry and athletic. Isis eves grow larg�o and lustrous when in conversa- tion he disousees any topic which partisan tarty interests him ; but in hie moments of silence and meditation they have a far away, melancholy look, whioh warrants one in believing that the great Hungarian pa- triot regrets that he is about to die with. out seeing the dazzling dream of hie life re- alized, When I asked him, says a Boston Trans- cript correspondent, if he believed in the durability of the Austrian Empire, the old man shook his head in the negative and said 'rhe Austrian empire cannot hold to- gether for more than another generation. It is made up of the moat conflicting ele- ments. Races and religions of different kinds, and habits and customs of a diame- trically opposite character can no more be bleat in one than can oil and water. We have, for instance, the dull, plodding, phlegmatic German -Austrian, who sees his only patch of paradise in the smoke of the pipe he smokes and the blond color of the lager that he drinks ; the Toheck, who is hot headed and enthusiastic; thel3ohenian, who is a careless, devil-may-care fellow, and the Hungarian, who shares a few of the qualities of the others, but who is, never- thelees, as distinct from any of them aschalk is from cheese. Believe me, the Austrian empire will fall one day, like the Roman empire, to pieces." "And what to your mind will come in for its spoils ?" "Hunga y, whose population - is mostly of Magyar blood, with a pretty fair infusion of Servian and Slavonian, will, of course, throw off the Hapsburg yoke and form itself into an independent republic. Bohemia and Tchegueland will follow suit, while Austrian Germany will naturally become part and parcel of the great German empire." Do you believe that repot licanism is making serious headway 'in Eur pe?" "Certainly, I do. France has now made up1 her mind to retrain tt republic for all time. Switzerland has been a republic from almost time immemorial. Spain and Portu- gal will yet form an Iberian republic. Italy will soon rid herself of the Savoy dynasty, for Cavalotti and his brother republicans are becoming more and more powerful in this peninsula. As for England, the radical element in that country will eventually put the Guelphs on the shelf." Asked for his opinion of America and the Americans Kossuth said : "I believe that the onward march of humanity is toward the West. The United States in the twenti- eth century will practically rule the world —not in the political but moral sense of that term. The Americans themselves are a wonderfully progressive people, and if the millennium should ever come they certainly will be the first to reach it." The old man's eyes sparkled with lambent fire while he spoke thus. He expressed himself in the purest French, interloped with an odd sentence or two in English. In :onclusion it need only be added that de - ;pile several drawbacks in his character his .hivalrous instincts, his career of self sacrifice and unswerving loyalty to the land tf his birth make him one of the most inique and interesting figures in modern tistory. Brains Necessary to Balance Beauty, Beauty and brains seem incompatible for the very reason that the possessor Qf great physical attractions does not feel it incum- bent upon herself to cultivate those graces tf mind that her plainer sister is forced to lo, knowing that she cannot attract other- wise.•. A.overy pretty girl is generally spoil= sd by 'knowing it too well, yet she can aardly help it, for every one she comes in :ontact with tells her how lovely site is and her mirror silently indorses their opinion. She can easily sea that her pretty smile Ind fleeting dimples, her laughing eyes ind sunny hair work havoc in the heart if man, and after awhile coming to the conclusion that everybody iS content with just looking at her ..beauty she will not exert herself to do any talking other than the moat commonplace and least tiresome to herself. Following out this plan, we see many radiantly lovely women with about as much sense as a but- ter -fly, and after awhile, when a man has ,naked his fill at luscious lips, a beautifully rounded figure and lovely face, without liscerning anything more than a beautiful automaton, he will turn his attention to the plainer woman, who can talk, who puts terself out to be agreeable, and who, even .bough not possessing the other's beauty, ?roves herself a very delightful and agree- able companion. Men are,responsihle to a ;rest extent for the spoiling of pretty we - nen. They flatter them until they feel ;hetnselvee modern Cleopatras and Helens :onnbined, when they may be only an every- day type of American beauty. Once, how- tver, let the idea of their physical attrac- tions become established in their mind there will but rarely be any chance for any pthdh7iught to enter there. • Cheaper Telephones. One of the most valuable patents ever issued to an inventor is that which covers the Bell telephone, Many millions of dol- lars have been made, out of it, as the Bell Company manufactures and owns prac- tically all of the telephones in this country, to say nothing of their rights in other coun- tries. The telephone instrument itself is simple, and can be manufactured very cheaply. %Viten the patent expires, therefore; any- body can make and own telephones, in- stead of paying the Bell Company for the use of its instruments. Professor H. E. liolbear, of Tufts College, recently said of the inventions : "The first patent on the Bell telephone was issued in March, 1876, and consequent- ly expires in March, 1893, This patent was on the telephone principal, but it was inoper- ative—that is, not practical—so in January, 1877, another patent was obtained by the Bell Company, which will expire in Janu- ary 1894. This second was called the'mag- neto telephone.' The first patent, that of 1876, has been the cause of all the tele- phone controversy. When that expires the field will be open to any one to make a telephone with an electric magnet, but no me can use a permanent magnet until the second patent expires. There is no patent ,n the long distance -telephone. Although my one may make telephones in 1894, the Hell Company will still hold other patents, notably that on the carbon transmitter, which will enable it to hold rnost of the business. The telephone has paid so well since 1877 that there is no probability that is patent will be renewed."—Hai-per'a Young People. A Deep Carmine. Miss Tenderfoot—I would titin with such glorious surroundings all of the miner's could he artists. Red -Shirt Bill—There's not a man among 'em but kin paint the town in half an hour with a quart .,f whiskey. ,�•, COR$ .WA :811.00 YI ()widen its, ft 'soul a ar etil} the home outlier chic; 'the Vorssoests have it: in their bloodth, Since e 'time of Merimeo, has .tiara. been a touriat in that singular island who has not brought batik some dramatic atory having a. eluirapteristio "color i" They are, not merely adventures of bandits and "vendette" ; the sentiment of honer easily leads down there to strange eieessos. M. Emile Bergerat, • who, during his travels in that interesting country, inns be conn greatly interested in it, has just published one of these peculiar dramas, iu which a family constitutes itself it tribunal, and an implacable one, against one of its guilty members. Is is oho adventure, with a tragic de- nouement, of a Preceptor—the result of an indiscretion committed by him. It is well known that the dream of every Corsican is to become an o ice -holder ; this unfortunate map had succeeded in getting himself appointed Preceptor of a shall cau- ton. Ho -was married and had two children, and for a long time his life had been parti- cularly regular. What change took place in him? To what evil inspiration did he yield? Wo know not, but the fact remains that this Preceptor, who had, up to that time, been perfectly honest, ono day yielded to a fatal tempta- tion. Having pressing need of money, he borrowed some hundreds of francs from the funds entrusted to him. The embezzlements, which were insigniii- cant,were only suspected. One day an Inspec- tor of Finances, who was notlooked for until later, presented himself to verify the ac- counts. The poor, than tremblingly brought out his books. he discovery of what was wrong was not long in coming ; moreover, the man did not seek to defend himself. He broke down, feeling himself lost, and made a complete confession ; then, losing his head, he fled from home and disappear- ed in the mountain's. The eldest son of the Preceptor, a youth of sixteen, but singularly resolute and de- cided for his age—returned home just at this time. Ho was made acquainted with the situation by his mother, whom he found in tears. Ho turned very pale, but Said no- thing except— "How much is missing from the cash -box ?" The Inspector informed him of the amount of the deficit ; the young man thanked him, and made an appointment with hint for the following morning. "To -morrow morning," said he, 'the box will be iu its proper condition." He took his gun—that gun, without which one cannot imagine a Corsican of the interior—and went out, bidding his mother take courage, and assuring her that dis- honor should not enter that abode where honesty had always dwelt. At the appointed hour the Inspector of Fivances—a functionary originally from Paris, who was much interested in the manners of the country where he was a new-comer—found himself at the rendez- vous.; sHe had not long to wait. Very soon, in fact, the young man and the Preceptor himself appeared, the latter pale, weak, his countenance haggard, and with the air of a prisoner. His son had hunted him out in the moun- tains and brought him back by force, after having passed the night in getting together among his relatives and friends the sum that was, missing; they had all contributed without hesitation to make it up—al- though they were poor—hr order to escape a scandal. The son threw the money upon the table, begged the Inspector to count it; then demanded of him what ac- tion he would take next. The sum having been promptly reimburs- ed, the Inspector declared that all was as it should be, that he held. the culprit ac- quitted, and that he would not prosecute hits. Then he withdrew, troubled in spite of himself at the sothbreeateeitude of this boy of sixteen years, If he had knAineVihat e•,Irdace after his departure 1 Up to this point it is a commonplace story enough ; but here is where it begins to be terrible. The Preceptor thanked his son for hav- ing saved him, but his joy was of short duration. One of his people enjoined him to descend to the hall of his dwelling ; he foand there all his family assembled. He was to be judged by,his own kindred, if not by the courts. There was not the slightest indecision. His son spoke in the name of all ; he simply said to him : "Do you wish to pay a visit to the tomb of your mother?" But it is not the anniversary of her death." There was a moment of solemn silence. "Then go up to your room and finish what you have to do, while we pray for your soul" The Preceptor understood; he was con- demned to death; he must kill himself. "You have an hour before you," they added. The unfortunate man turned beseechingly toward his wife; she turned away her head. It was all over ! He must meet his fate, resign himself to the sentence pronounced against him. He could not hope for pardon. He bowed his head, cast a despairing look upon those who he loved, with whom he had lived, an slowly mounted to his chamber. The family remained kneelinee in silence. At the theatre such a scene Would assuredly be profoundly dramatic; judge then of what it must be in real hie. A half-hour passed in anxious waiting; no sound was heard save the steps of the con- demned man on the floor above, as he paced feverishly to and fro. Suddenly he called. He wished to embrace his little daughter, a child of six or seven years old. Her brother, the pitiless judge, sent the child to him. The Precep- tor kept her with him about twenty min- utes ; then a voice cried to him that the time granted him was about to expire, and commanded the little girl to comp down. The young man, impassive in appearance, kept his eyes fixed on the clock, The wo- men wept, but the idea never occurred to aey of then' to protest against the adther- ity of him whom they now regarded as the head of the family. Finally the hour began to strike. At this moment a shot was heard ; the con- demned man had executed himself ; he had put a bullet through his head. The boy then threw down bis own gun, which he had been holding in bit hande— for if his father had hesitated, he would not have failed to kill him himself ; honor de- manded it ! From this moment the attitude of this sixteen -year-old judge changed ; now that honor was saved, his sensibilities reasserted themselves, and he could weep for the father whom he had doomed to death in expiation of the fault he had committed. He manifested, in fact, the same grief he would have felt had he who had just died not been his victim. He was particular that the obsequies should be imposing, and followed the cortege without seeking to dis- semble his sorrow, yet without remorse. Accroding to his creed he had accomplish- ed his duty, however cruel it might be. What a strange country where such diverse sentiments are possible ! "Corsica is still in the reriod of Columbus," said M. Bergerat, :n recounting this tragic story. That is cnly too plain. .43.. the Junos. a lope Q[I t11e'Bruce oun.ty cognil of the present year, it wa.decided to obtain an o pres7, aloe of the opinion of the electors.' on Lite question of estel.li.ahin,g and maintaining a House of Refege, and Ghat a vote by ballot should be taken for that Impose et the time of holding the muzlicipal elections in January nein. Tho epeoial committee of the council appointed to look after the Ilse metter,cousisting of J. H. Scott (ohairmsn), of Kincardine, A. B. Klien. of Walkerton,, James Bryan, of Lnoknow, Robert Long, of Brant and Walden Dr. Bradley, met in the Couuty 'Town and decided to submit the following statement to the the ratepayers oI'.the County. The subject has been on:3 of in- creasing interest, end has been be - ore the council each seeeion for -wore years past, The reef ut action of the Ontario Legielaturo provid- ing for a gran' to such County erecking a Hoose of Refuge equal to 25 per smut of the total cost, has also tendered to arouse a renewed interest iu the mutter, At present iher'e is no legal compu•lsiou ou the oast of any municipality to main- tain its poor, and the ouly way in which a proper result can bo insured from the very large sums paid out in this county annually for. the in• digent seems to be acting under the statute which 'sanctions tho estab- lishment of a House ofiRefuge, and authorizes the couuty to control its operation and expenses by such re gulation as it may see tit. Statis- tics have been obtained doling th-o last few yeafs, from every munici- pality in the county of Bruce and he result for the years 1885, 1886 —Ind 1887' showed a large increase ,tunually in the relict' expenditure, -ubaequeut years have proved the came experience. For the years 1888, 1889 and 1890 from the re• loins sent in. It has been estim- tttd that over $11,500 had been paid out of the municipal funds for this relief. This is altogether aside from the large contributions from private sources, In some localities the expenses are light, but in others the burden is becoming excessive. At the present time there is a large number of persons in this county wholly dependent upon the respec- tive municipalities for support. The assistance which the Local Council is able to afford them does not, in the majority of cases, secure them even the bare comforts of life. The object of the House of Refuge ie to provide for such people as have become incapable of taking care of themselves from old age, ex- treme poverty or other sufficient cansee, a home in which they may end their days at any rate free from want. Humanity alone demands that we should assure them of this, the only question being as lo the propel-metti'od of accomplishing the object and pre• venting unjust dahlia for relief, of which numbers of instances are con- stantly occuring under the present system. A number of counties in the Province have had Houses of Refuge for years and are 'so well satisfied with their operations that on no account would they return to the old system. Agitation is at present carried on in several' court tics looking to the adoption of the same 'insiitntion. The County' of Oxford has this year erected a House. The sakuries proposed to be paid there amount in all to only $500. The average cost of build- ing and improvements in the vari- ous houses now in operation has been $16,250. The average acreage of land in connection is 67. The average sum paid for all salaries is $975 ranging from $155 to $500. This latter is siurely a matter of re- gulatlott""`is,b's., .Jaxaiv and fore some years, and until the revenue from the farm materially increased, it is probable that the lowest figure would be sufficient. Tho average number of inmates in these institutions has been male 68, female 33, total 110. The totill cost of these per week will average $1.10. The land in connection with the house yield a considerable return. The average money value of the returns of such lands in the coun- ties referred to was $1175 annually. Tho average money value of the products of the labor of the inmates has been over $500 yearly. These amounts go to reduce the expenres of maintenance. Regarding the cost of such an in, stitution; the County of Bruce is fortunately situated. There ere sites available at the present time with suitable brick build• ings sufficiently large to com- mence with, and well cleared from in connection, which can be pur- chased at perhaps half the cost of construction, with a reduction from thin of the Government grant and the amount paid annually by the County Council for relief of its wnrda (who would be inmates of the House) the net coat of an insti- tution should not exceed the cost of an Iron Bridge. The farms and lands in connection with the Mouse are used for its benefit and in every case yield a respectable re venue. Such of the inmates as are able to work are compelled to assist in the work necessary to be dons, and to this extent saves the cost of 'T Otfixpty (;rau.ncll greatly 40, siren tlltt Eieptora to interest Memo selves in this matter wMiivh 0004 the yvhele,CQunty,and to see that At "full eriprQrefon of their opinion is. given at the polls $epabate ballots on Ibis queelion evili be printed and placed at the different polling stations and the panne returned, under seal to the. Qyquty cloth' lin- mediately after the eleetidna for the .information of the Council. • d. THREE TANGS. Three things to ' admire -.-.Intel lectual power, dignity and graceful- nese, Three things to love—Courage, gentleness and l ffection. Three things to' hate—Cruelty, arrogance end ingratitude. Three things to delight in—Frenk- ness, fr'eedcm and, beauty. Three things to wish for—Health, friends and n cheerful spirit. Three things to avoid --Idleness, loquacity and flippant jesting. Three things to fight for—Honor, oouutry and home. Three things to govern—Temper, tongue and conduct. Three things to think about— Life, death and eternity. CUSTOM IS LAW. The origin of the custon of bury- ing people with Choir heads to the west is unknown, Flom ages back races in all parts of the world have buried their dead with their betide to the west; not invariably, how. ever, but with uniformity. Pro- bably the remote origin lies in the belief of an immortality and resur- rection, typified by the return of the sun every morning. The dead are buried so that when the lime comes they may face the gun, which wili wake them. The first pastor of the church at Easthampton N. Y., it may be remarked, direct- ed that he be buried with his head to the east, so that at the resurrec- tion he might face hie congregation but to general is the custom of:bury- ing with the head to the west that this direction is noted as an in- stance of the ntiriister's eccentri- city, • ILLINOIS SCHOOL LAW. Sometimes Quebec Catholic pa- pers contend that if that province were a part of the United States, education would be more completely in the hands of the clergy that it is under Canadian in- stitutions. This is one grand mis- take. An Illinois paper in refer- ence to the Illinois school law says. t The people of Illinois, are'4intl favor • of compulsory education. They are in favor of the present law, with the exception of the provision which deprives parents of the right to send their children to schools of their own selection. That is the only point of complaint. In all other respects the law is acceptable, and its operation has been salutary and satisfactory. There is a more stringent compuisory school law in New York, so far as the main pro- visions are concerned, and several other States have adopted a similar system of promoting the interests of popular education. This IiIinois statute has not been published by a Democratic paper or react by a speaker at a Democratic meeting since the present campaign opened. If it is such a terrible thing, why do they not exhibit it in all of its alleged hideous details. There are only six sections of it, making about a half an ordinary newspaper column. It simply pro - c :;.;Si 5.. ': "J r. ,-.la-the States between the ages of 7 and 14 shall be sent to school for at Least sixteen weeks of each year; and that parents or guardians neglecting to send them shall be fined from $1 to $20, unless a good excuse can can bo given; and truent officers aro authorized to arrest children of school age who habitupllpp haunt public placee, as well as triose who absent themselves from school without leave, and place them in charge of the proper teachers. There is nothing monsti- our in these provisions, and the public sentiment of the State is not hostile to them. The part of the law that has given offense is a clause declaring that "no school chaff be recorded as a school under this act unless there shall be taught therein, in the English language, reading, writing, arithmetic, history of the United States, and geography." This is construed as an unjust and improper discrimination against private and parochial schools i which the instruction as give.- in a foreign language, and to that extent only is the law obnoxious. The Republicans are willing to re— peal the whole law and pass a new one with this and other minor objec- tions eliminated ; but they insist that the poliey of compulsory educa- tion, as a policy, shall be maintain- ed, and all the children of the State shall be sent to a school of some kind for a given portion of the year. —Seaforth'a two cooperages turn- ed out over 40,000 apple barrels his seaso n.