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The Sentinel, 1880-10-15, Page 371,4P. • ]ffir— THE 40rlifiltrliflelt-1ENER4L. Addrem: to .the Wrmicira 1114h- - landerm 1111kiA1er1y Tribute to the ilTortla �(dhe Sturdy Pioneers. ST. THOMAS, Oct. 1. -His Excellency • Governor-General yesterday inspected St. Thomas Collegiate Iestitate and Al College, andafterwards lied a. visit to Southern fair grounds, where • an addr in Gaelic from the Highlanders -of the d tnet \VMS 'presented to him.. There: w 600 sturdy Highlanderin processi heralded by. two pipers, George Smith, HatAilton, and 1)on0d. Gordon, of Toren who played lively marches. The stre the the nia the ess is, ere on, of to, ets led e : lel nd er- he' he- at d. 01 is of Ily 11- be tli, et xct Id. eS re st G Is u nd ei e- d w' (1' of ut ir es to lie e- ck a. k' or id r-, QS 1- 5, 11- were thronged with people as they =eel along. Amongst those . present' ever Sheriff McKellar. of Hamilton ;- Ccilor Walker, of London ; Mr. Casey, M-.1), a Mr. Arkell, M.1'. :- His Excellency was greeted with vocif ous appla:use. In reply to the address made one of his happiest replieS. ' In - t -course of it he said 1. ft is not often th • a Man gets so. many: „kindly -Words a dressed to him. front SA great a meeting his countrymen, :although' it. is f Canada ases whole. that I . work 'sin th • country, andfor her Whole poptdatien whateyererece that my heart as well as r dutsenilee inc to 'yet it is with pee her deleslit that Such :endereverseshould- -lighten.ed and illustrated by meeting wi :theta who. are* dekeended. :from men: whose side 'in, .ditalk 4:agree of etriel. fu difficety _iny hire:fathers- fought a died.. We lesese mnly ancient hiernori in col:preens yea - tell: me thee.- these a • rehearsed amongyou. I knew that anion" -.. your cousins at home the tales of dee° of the heroes of the Penni ef Ireland -a .Btotland, and the aphieVerriente of thegre .enenevho hive lived since their (ley in su . cessive centuries are Constantly repeate nething for is /nee who woul -,place httleviduesupeu the lifeandlimes his ancestors.; not eddy -'bees,h5o width them he himself, svoilla have no '.existenc but because ie ti -acing the history -of the lives and ini. reinernboringathe diffieulti they- encountered he will be .'pureed emeates. in as fee its , him lies t triumphs that. haye disused *them to be r .ra:epePseril I would --•,give ::fiothing for - "*Yrete•Ch Crime:then who *mild not-look.ba - with pride on the -gicitioue diSeoveries an contests of the• early Tioneere of--Canad Wisuld give nething:for- a• Geentan wbo. Ontasio petild... forget that ' he Came" frfs the race. who, under_ Hee-Maim; lietled bee the tide. of lecenan.ineasioti (cheers) for an Englishmen Who:torgete the Splerid . :virtues which haVe parede-the-English eha -seethe tompareble to the: native- aides (It eiewed.cheering)es Such reminiscences- _au tech- incentive" in -the pressen _ day the yirteee oreneesaters- Cen. heve non • but egood resailt. Here our -different ric , lave, . threneli • Ged'e proviclace;.becont the inherits of A new cciuutry .wher the blood el is ' mingling An • where ..a - nation'. it arising, . Which 'w - trnaly ;believe will sow thieugh futut centuries the nerve,the energy, and - • lectual power wideli;; eheraatetized th - peoples Of Noethern Etfropes Let pur, prid in this edunteyewith reference to its ..son -not be so-mealthe .antigneriate ietetes teen in pride Of the ceiginals etocke, ,i - the feeling. of joy that wrield arise -N.viten ev can say such aix orator, suchiCsoldiersue apoet, or "seich a statesman is a penadian "(Loud ispplan) Keep hp a knoWledgere your ancient_ laiigusases. for the, eXereis given to a man'g. raised in the .-power. give - by the abiht, to express- than-giltin two lenguesseS is no Merin adviuttage„ • would gladly_ have: given :remelt of the timee '-devoted in my boyhood to ihe- 'acquiring - ,..of -- Greek . to the aciplieitionsbf eGaelic. (Lelagh ter asuleppiaiii.e.) My'frierids, let me now tell yeu haw heel& it Makes . -Me to iee that the valor!, the Skill and the elsra.veey Which. :used to make s-ou - chief amongst' your neistithoes inethe strife of- 'swordeis here -.shoWn. in the mastery over the difficulties of nature, ; Your ltyee are hereeest in pleasant-plapeeetted the aspect of the fertility of yourlands iced of the sue- cees Of thelecultivatinpsef your prosperity in their enjoyment, ie producing -so power .trelan effect epos/ •yout brethren.e.t.heme that We lave -some difficulty in persuading the ..naoet enterpritirser.--Aitiongitt thein te- rennin.. inetha old - &entry, ;(Applause.) You know . that econernie bauses *Inive • ' forced Much of the inereesiest population of . Scotland to seek the tons, and. change in theepreptieterehiref: Ia4._ds has united in .a An le* unfortunate 'instancesswith the loye for 11-• in tempting Men in more Modern • times to care MOre- far their ::pregereee of • Snimais than fortlie.: preserves they-et:0d -point to .aa helperfilled-With men- s (Hear, -heats) -I believe. -My • people -haVealwaYe been pleated, susysenly because of policy; but because or an esteem for _their fellows . citizens, to 'place in the balance ag.ainst -the teinptatien for gain among their. people -• - the love of he/nee- and have . thus always bad many men on their landa. - In a small 'country of poor Climate its compared ..With .Canada, this mita, of ,pouren- be regulated .by the resonrceeof the, land, but I eisit: al- ways With pecailier pleasure thosesdisteicts at bane: Where . a large population has found a competent livelilio.ods One isfaud- ',.- known to many of you,. namely; Tiren hes- •- upon-:estirface twelve • Miles- long by about. two in width over three theusand souls at present day 1 fiiathat some of - those whp. haves:iisited[ Ontario, or who know frore their friends s what -Ontario - ie ▪ like; now emne' to us- and - say„ We are • tempted to go to Canedas. for .eaeh of our - friends:there hits for himself a ferrreas big. AS the 'whole 'island .of - (Cheers.) • This is only an instance. of .1 -few wellthe western Highlander has -thriven in: these new and. more spacious heniee. Seine amongst you are Of ineY name, -- I find -that the Campbells hair() got en as well a -s any. body else in this country.. . Lately a- gentles- -, -man: managed to praise htmselx, his Wife- *: and -me by making the following- 'speech; Jle- said: '1 and- _glad Ice:.-itee -yet here: as --Governor-Genera.-1 always find: that: the. 'Campbells. in thie ministry manageto get. .rnost excellent: places .Ee then pointed to his. wife and prayed eine argu,- 3:dent by adding, 11,dy Wife there is a : (Cheers and laughter) That „ you, your chilaren,.. and eyour children's children; may continue to prosper is the Wish of my heart and the . desire of all in'. the.Mother country, who See that:here you -9f-the-pewereth .bonstitute *the__ _ w orld a community devoted to the eitt traditions, to- the might and enduring sran s4ur of our united empire. (Cheers.) ad ,O:t not been so you would not have 4me to meet me to -day. Sometime ago, Ivii d Killin, in Perthshire, a most in - Ores ng place. It is a rosky island, cov- stied :th heather, grass, and pine trees, .s.ce in the centre of the foarn- 104 eters of the ltiver Dochart. lic streams from Ben More. It N 1,s he ancient burie place of the g. flai, race of. MacNab, a clan which \ til s chief came over to Canada, and illustrious. in the history of this c unt . • Its chief, Sir Allan, became, not vi ue of descent, but by ability and in- t rit , a leader in the public life of - na es (Applause.) •His son came [to I o 'visit this last resting place of this f he , and was there seen' by •a poet, o,1 some beautiful' verses, says: • uh son of their Chieftain have .dared to in (10. T o ib where the heroes repose, I lie ad not been faithful to the honor of h h e ? He thee/asks how he and they 11 d .1owiitheir metal, and in vindication ol th fidelity -to , their ancient fame, he a e that the very wind that waved the I-1 • br cites over the old- tombs -carries in th g -whisper,- or in strong breath:of THI eunong the boughs. . fu distant forest • A Voice as it flies,. • • hat fringeS thedeeps of the rushing St. Law - r nee : hat ?however to •Albyn. their :name -may be- - e ike tale of Past years. that- told,' • "u t • shoreseof Lak_ Erie their- hearts- are -t StUue," ..; nd s..•true to the land of their- .birthand t irf,ene,- th irgidian*forefatliers..• of old: • . " • . . • Ias This be ever -so with yon, and may 1.p oeper and bless you in ail our ert kings. • - he (inclusion . of. this. address Was the el for - a long outburst -of .applause, iii, which three times three ;were eiVeh It 'arty good Will. .- tsw.- tee eitssetierga' ee,i. see einatikable 111edic1Il DiAceyerv.. • he st number of the Medical -Record' co tea • a notice of a new teed scurieuS, na he .of deade.ning pain; whiCh isof st kin •sithplicity: It was -disdovered by D B a dentist of Philadelphia; ie 18 F. a .1876 1)r. A. •iiewson 7•' made a fa, h-ra lereport of his experience with it to th In thetionel-Medice Peffetess, and at rec nt meetipg • of the Phils de' phi& Co 511t3 Medical Seciety severalpapers Were re I o (the siihjeet; end ectuele:diseussimi .fol' w In using the method the opera - m: ely requests.thsi patient tiebreathe i41-3 makiirg. ahont 100 respiratiens per et :ending in rapid puffing expirations. he nd of fromtwo- to five minntes. au re partial absence of pain regultefer :ninute or more, And; during filet. t •eth 'May be. drawn er.hicisiohs The patient inav be in any pesis • bi • that reecenniendedie lying ore the Cl it is generally best to throw a ohief over the face to - prevent dis- • c) Of the patient's atteptiox, : 'When rap d breathing is first 'begun the Pa: t m 'y feel soinaexhijaratiore; foiluwiiig ies a' _se -ligation of fullueet in. the o diezipess. The face is At - first ,ied ud afterward pee oe even bluish; 'Nee t beatsrather andfast, but • en of touch is not affected nor is •c o sneSS lost". rPho-effeet is.produced ma es more readily than in males; and ei iddle-aged -more easily than inthe ildree cani hertily the mede _to the properly. : It is denied thetthere ny pessible clanger: .iSaveral ruiner ti s-, other tleui frequeet - dental - Ir•a been sticcessfullY Made -by this siod ;eel it is pIaiined that in dentistry, - r s rgery ftnd obstetrics it may sups. 110 ecnnmon • ahmsthetiese Dr., S-eeplauaticnais that rapid bre el es MslieS. the oeygehaticie of th,e that the resultant: excess of acid temporarily poisons the nerve Itr..-Boutyill gives. -several' explas cure being the speeifie -effect 'of acid, another the diversion of will uced by :rapid voluntary natiSdii- , and third, the stammipg up of in the brain, duo to the excessive air passing jai° the lungs. - not satisfied with _the theories, 'ders it - Well proved that paiu adened by the.method, which .it e to the Thofession. for exact ...ex- , en 1 determihetien of its precise ,• . to ra mi Xt eh a ti mci tie si ha ire th tie tlii he flu. th the con in in old bre ie ppe one me rre. pia: _He 'eon ing '1di.. 'We 1 • 'car1iSni cen *es. n . t ati els; carieni fore :Int lar itio the lloo Dino :tut Rec ' d but Icon so,ay qte cam len peri vela 1- 32E411' 1,1.1V111-1ET FEES. . • -- A st Faso at li.ltz;poton-Grain Not 1 ab to, '1"olls -1.1aless Odered • for . losrtN, Out. the case of Keyes Vs. - el sr, the acting police magistrate aVejudgrrient clisrinssing .the -Slim on., -with: -bests, • The _theta of- the cases '11i11i . is • in teresting..thefarmers, are that St art- IVaiket . was charged. by Robe t I eyes, the lessee of the Market tolls; t having on the 23rd of S.epteretber. Offer exposed grain for . sale off the prop atketwithout-, having paid . the .legal set toll therefor. Walker, on the -23rd f S pteinhee, lirceightin a ear -load- of grain y e Kingston els Pembroke railway in pu su cefif a prioragreement far its sale M James Richardson. . The grain Was t kei out of the °ere onits arrival and t • us erred to Mr. :Richardson's ware-- he-usetmeth?. market lessee, demand- -ed -to Of alker,'Whiell- the latter refused te h nce the information. • The jndg, ment af e ins,gistrate-evasIoOked for with theme nte est by the'. farmers' andsellers of gr.__ n, d it is nOw estahlished.heyond dotib tha unless grain he offered publicly Lor sao it s net rendered liable tapasyment Of toll: e magistrate likewise held that the b laWas net authorized by the muni- cipal at We -under which it purported to have en eased. • A re antwho eree, entering. s, rest/stirs Ant w a ed by &tired and dusty man for a elP to something to eat.: He. direct i a • eiter to give him twenty-five cents' or h _encl.-charge it in his cheque.: When e .ed what the hungry Mau had taken is swer five glasses of lager.' W 11, d fellow;where have you been? Been ou d• to one-. of my Crediters7-old Skiiafl des -whet do yonthink ? I had all the pi i. niter in the weld to get hinete take a litt money l' • Oh; that's - impos- y ?' Because he wanted is whole'ti' - • - BRITISH AND t'OREIGN. _ Among the. languages of civilized na- tions English is tile most widespread. It is the mother tongue of about_80,000,000 people; German, of between 50,000,000 -and 60,000.000; French, of between 40;000e 00.0 and 50,000,000; Italian, of 28;000,000, and Russian, of between 55,000,000 and.60,- 000,000. The London Lancet says: 'Tho man who eats a, regulate( l eumber of meals daily, with a duly stimulated and organ- ized habit, probably eats much more than his system requires, c organs of digestion a >r the 'organism, as a whole, is constituted to deal with. The nd assimilation are overworked, aud hence, doubtless, many of the most troubletome diseases. A glance at any table showing the length of time Which -the commonest artieles of food take to digest, will shOW that the feshioira, ble stomach can scarcely ever be empty.' - The total value of metals and minerals produced in. Great Britain and Ireland in, 1819 was slightly over £66,000,000; The quantity of pig iron -smelted - was about: 6,000,000 tons and of coal brought to the surface 134,000,000 tons. Of other ,ores and minerals raised there -were produced 51,000. tons of eppper,10,000 tons of :lead; 3,000,009 thus of porcelain clay and 2,500,000 tons of. salt. Altogether there are 3;877 coal "nines in the United Kingdom; of which only: forty -Seven are in Ireland, and the whole. of these -only Produced 129,000 tons of boal; or -about ones six -hundredth part Of the quantity obtained from a. single half riding i Of Yorkshire. • •, 't The Glasgow Heraid states that *bile sme Workinen were e gageePebent. half a, mnile east .frceri:Fort ideepening the dant which sepplies thelslevis -distillery with water; one of 'themen came Iargeshell in 'a ...coinplete.state. It was esin- sbeddeclin t6 7/HOBS RHdi Was found to 4cte fifteen:- inches • in diameter and • weighed' about 100 pounds. „The', powder.- wits finite .fresli-lOokinif,..orily' the portibe of it near. • the:fuse beingdatrip, The fuse itSe1fwaii - • burnt:91st The shell is eeppesed-to'be ope of thosefired froth the fort in • April, 17467 ata bettery.,reiSefihythe young Preteed- (‘-Princeeliarlie's ') meir attheiCritige.,• Within 500..yarde of the feet. A' hint; to long -Wielded Orators, and writers is .f•urnisheil by the folbswieg story, ota by Mr. Cecil -elites- in hien:remelts' bisitop rose to speak in the Hems° Of Leeds, and ennounced that lie s_hetild divide What •Ifeherl, to say iota -twelve -parts; alen the Duke of -Wharton interrupted him:. And begged- indulgence for a• few minutes, - as ha_ had is story to tell's:Which he eouldoelyin- trodisee :that said A drunken fellow -* was pee -slug by St. Patil'S at -night, And heaid-..the 'ehick slowly chime 12. He Counted the strokes and tben looked up to the Chick and said,. ", why ,00ildlyt. S•;on give Us ell.thafat °nee ? ' The story • „pet ai. end -to the bishop's Speech'. A tele of pecpliars her/or -comes fro.ris the Swath -eV -quarter of ' ,thry:Manclarni for tire Kip- Yang district, Pung:Tyesiens. has ;been dietifigniShing himself • in thoroughly _Chinese feshions. :S.ometrisall wife held :thepositioh. of -tax collector, heti been' reerdere(l. by. the people,- who, ekespekated by his eternat. squenies,:boesidered taking tlie jaw . into their own -heedsto be the: orilyewity .of gcsttingriclofliim. For this Outrage Peng T. yeljeit undertOok- steeinflicer.penishmeht _Upori elth residents. Ile first seolit'ed the- seevices cif e gunheat to protect his retreat,. the Pla.de where the inlishitheits shad coin-. thitted the-- nitirder 'being . within* reach of • tlie (runs of a niafisef-war: .1: :The*plitee Was thee besieged -mad theisoldierS killed Stanes • :thing likee00.-of thepeople_ who Were sup- posed te haeetaken part in .the -uprisiii . against authotity-epd. lia.d.eansed. the nide ' deatier. ' • - • BEET S FLUB.. The New Eraitern ToWneships Scheinie-A -... • . Factory- to --be Erected at 11 est • Fara- bam - .M9STilEAL, Sept. .1.10.-A- project of only inferior hispattanee t� the "bolonizatieu ,scheme for thissprosAnce is the .erection of factories. for manufacturing beet root into sugar .: At WeSt Fateli are a eon:limn y. has, been formed, with $200;000 Capital, and. tivehT acres of land have been purchased as a site for bilildings, which the compaey. pur- P090 erecting in time to commence mann, fee -Wring - in the • fall of . 1881. A' full. set of the - most' :improved machinery'. has . been . already ordered from Frances where the manufacture of beet sugar is considered e sPecialty. • The capacity Of the new factory, Which will be the first in Canada', Will be the production of •100 tone per day, Farmers expect to grow twenty tons per acre, andthe price• will range between $4 and $5perton. The lend. around West Fariihareie.saidio he, Well, adapted tor the production of the -beet; the quality of :which is 5 per cent. superior to that grown in France. The ponspany is a local one, and -has. no donneo. tion with thebeetsugar manufacttir, leg company lately established in-Peads 'with a capital of 2,000,000 francs, for car - tying onlOperationeen this province. • • TnIk Over What You Read., Nearly forty years experience as a teacher, saes it writer its the . Christian 4Jnidn, has shown :Me how little I trey know of A Subject until.' begin to explain' it Or teach it. Let any 'young person try the experiment -of giving in' conversation, briefly arid connectedly; and in the sitre pleat langua,ge,..the chief 'points of any book or article he -has read, end lie will at once -See what -I eseane The gaps that are likely' to appear in the knowledge that -lie telt was hisown .will -no doubt be very -sur- prising. .1 know of no training superior to . this in Utilizing one's reading, in strengthen - 'nig the memory, and in forming habits of clear connected statement it willslouhtless *whether things than these -I have men- tioned, whichthe persona 7iiho- honestly Make the, exeeriMent will find outfor them- selves. Children Wheread-can be encourag- ed. to Oise in a familiar way', the interest- ing parts of the books they hey° read, with great ;advantage to all aoneerned....More than one youth I know haslaid. thelounda- tion 'of intellehtlial tastes in a l'stewErighted. family, Where :hearty encouragement - wag given. to Children and adults 1. their atteisipte to sketch the lectures theyhad beard the evening - 'previous. -The . pante thing was done with bookie e . • Some 'Men are like --brooksthey are bir always murmurings.- • - . viv - •." Brevities. ti The sound of dropping nu 4 is heard. The ironhorse has, but one e%r-the engin- eer. A long tongue is even haliler to conceal than a long nose. As long as a miser lives, hi • money -chest is very sure to be heir -tight. fdi Hoods appear on many satiques, as well as on cloaks and mantles. Chameleon fabrics trimme1 with plush appear among fall costumes. 'Darling, this. potato is -on Then eat the done. half, love. half done.' Plush will ba more used han fur for lining Cloaks and wraps this tiuter. The Toronto Street Car Company took up about $15,000 infares during the exhibition there. White satin, white eun's veiing and lace make a lovely combination for ridesmaidV dresses. Nature seldom makes a fo• ol I she sirnply furnishes the raw materials *id lets the fellow finish the job to suit hi self. --Josh The foundation -stones of: tw rate sehool buildings will Jo nevi_ sena- aid by His Grace Archbisheersynch, in Toeonto, about a fortnight hence. , I Maiden Aunt.to tall young n I stood by you in church,: Per not help being struck by our s .` Very sorry, aunt, but there - w awfully pretty giel theotheresi I couldn't help sighing.'.- FEVRE IT IS AGAIN! Get the old and shutteredstoY :.• 'From its bornein the shed; I:et the liniment be ready- ._ . • Papa soon willbreak eis he The .Posstreaster-General of - States.hite issued an order excl the mails, at . less than letter *bard:Matter, other than the Un postal card, the order to take Janiiai lst. . A minstrel performer, prou tiSes himself in the aniusement heW Att I- could 'e.' Percy; e Such ai it the /dela. pipe . he Unite& ding:from' stage, all . ed Statee; effeet on: 'adver- t; apers as parents are respectable but too poor to meet the unforeseen demands for providing for them at once without some little assist- ance.' Mrs. collier has had five children within twelve months and seven in two years -twice twins and triplets. The Queen evidently fears that Mrs, Collier has contracted a habit which, if encouraged, will purse. make her a serious pensioner on the priyy PRETTY PAIR. 'Do you attend the fair?' she said, • And tossed her pretty little head. Ile spake up with a roguish glance, Yes, always,,when I get achanee. She blushed and said, 'Now, don't be green 'You knew quite well, sir, what I mean ; There's only one fair in the town.' Said he, 'That's what I said to Brown.' `Charles, I shall have to box your ears,' F • The lovely -eyes were full of tears. You know what fair; will you take me?' 'For better or worse?' said Charles in glee. All's fair in love or -war,' and they A family tielet botight next day. Now Charles looks into her sparkling eyes And swears he has carried off the prize. . A philosropher; in discussing the plug hat, pronounces it virttally a sortef social guarantee for the preservation ot peace end order. Accoutred with this head -gear, the wearer cannot run. or jump or fight ex- • .cept at its peril. He must move leisur-ely and behave sedately. Tpe-possession of a beaver obliges st 'kis owner to keep the rest of his clothing in t:esent trine and he nat7 ttrally takes to the soeSety of women with all its elevating accessories. In short, the eonstent use o1. ft smoothly -brushed tile makesa man composed in Manner, -quiet and gentlemanly in condtict, and. the ecim- penion of the bs:lies. The inevitab re- gult is prosperity, man:lege - and , hutch Membership 3 , t is stated that Queen Victoria, is. about.. to express her appropation- of the conduct cif Gee. Roberts by granting permission to hie mother and sister to Occispy for life their present apartments' at Hampton Couett, The Services perfOrined and the od e ofawarding them seem curiously - disproportionate, ..and - free quarters at Ilarcipton„Court ere not itt ail thennmixed the : largest inotithed comedien in the blessing implied in the privilege of residing Weed,' and adds,: -eMany -rehaVy and i there. The- apartments- certainly imitate me, but there is mine -car compete ' leek out on a -scherming - perk, but the runiere of petty quarrels among- the reci- • . • • pientsl of the royal hespitality would poirtt . • so-called eiable at f Cakes. e 'bekerl itearomii. 11 befor:e the fond wife- to the hear.ot e husband, as • A 'certain suburbentown las L stylish man evho, attended a to anything but a tranquil. ending of •ais which there was an assortment eged lady's disys in the palace by the Thames. A yOung lady said she thhught I will be proposed to give a special gran4to • . , was meads not ( to :put in any en. Roberts forhis servicee, in addition to ' Xat at all,' Saiddie, 'I ate them ciontintitHig him in his temporary rank. the cakee caine Upstairs." - h Francisco ' . - - - T e an Post says . Pet, said . . -Boston has st,', bank in whiCh he only they diove.tilong the broad reed, ' so that . . eligible depositors: are .unmarrie women.- farmhouse is your 'birthplace and home, . , It is conductecl in is secret end.in sterious . How you must love every bit of it I ' That Manner, doing no advertising nefFe'ring sqtther old window-' , ' I fell eutof it once.' *no stbstantiar Securities. • -Yet t dOesee "-That cleAr: old ' [aness7cavered Well.' large business amid i§ said to paye4.°e--.'''':'-- ' Water's' means and I fell down it once monthly ieterest uncoil deposits. .-• : ' That yomantic old ferieee-' ' Got _licked The ladies have done. 711 in he First ..ore thr tearing my hi•eealies on it.' •That , B. A. AndB, Se. examinations London '1 na' , etnetald sweep of- meadous:e Used :University,. :In French, two Oft efia ;stand 11 alone in thafirst Class, mine' of t eir: male rivals haeirig got beyond ;the se ppd, In *German there is -a lady in -the - ---st-class -• while One has obtained honors - ti Latin, - two in English, and. two in Mat A Studeet 'fi•OM Newnharre haS t ars in :botany-. and .themistry, .. is a.,,slteteli;' said the -poet Unto -the editor gran. 3 -` That I tossed'nfe'off• in ifiridie . , . . . • To Pass tlie trine aWay. ' • ieniaties. ken' hon.- - . - -4 114re iSR el ub,' Wali the -answer - . In.a bland and sibiling.way, . .' - .' With whieli I frequently tesS. off Six poets hi gkday.' 1 . .. ' - •••-- . . . _ . - , [ A 'Gascon end Proveneal -(w es; 'Le i Masque de Fer ? in Le Figaro} W regging r(st thafertility of their respeetiv 0, Ovinces : At Beedeaux .' said.. cites ' pipit drop & Mateh iii:e. Old', atal-the next yettahoii find it forest r .. Ali!• .NOW, ' at--. Alataaes yell. I4epien, brass baton; and es-Weels ter you Ifind a pair of trousers in its plitee .. The Stratford .Hereld, lir itPole eines for, , the . paneitY of • its editorial : m ster' this !Week on _ti,ccOunt- f 'its prize li se, sayse 1' The big pumpkin and the 'fat Pige aye the [floor, and the editorial welter ta,140 a heck eteat.' .The editor is tea nrciest ; lo should [have remained on time floor With -4* pump - :kin and -the pig-L.Guelph Heralchke - . . •• 1. The official report of. losses by isile Pitts- htug reilWityriot :et 1877 has /list .been 1:tas,depublic, 7Tiae* total lois Acgteilwity property; With " accrued interestelte :Sep- eember. 20th, 1880, is at: $ Sfia5;140. The county -Conimiesicinere. ha ' settled 1,502- other claims •:foreloss; -e. [without interest, to $3,201,0n,.81; kThuillativillag; without legal ' intervention, . &. coifsProinise. being effected for t2,4W,737.87: tit •- - Dr. Morgan stats that he glifa often . promptly relieved the , distress' e,earache Of children by filling: the bawl of MaCiMOR I neivolay pipe with cotten wecilin ')e.Which he dropped:a few deOps-Of ahlore -ern, and . . . isiserting the seem; earefufly int 1,the. ex- ternal- cs.nal, and adjusting bus lisitAtiver the 1:39*4ble-tv through the :pipe; .foMing the chloroform yepoe upon the nelenbeana tympani. . , • :" ' .._ -. . . • in the counties of Surrey and e rtthrd, in England, there -aro usually; so • :sie or eight hundred acres! of land undert*Vender The lavender is ..,8ii. in two - wkit-eit. is. sold in small biniehea .to. daihtel house - Wives, who delight to placeitliath1-64er Ward- robeeend linenbliegtei-end it is ilistilled reetnituely produeed. in EnglandV i s into ievende,r viater, of -.which it S' -*S been. calculated that as 'smell:ea 2l,00C gallons. si In OttaWsethe other day.; a vraii adver- Vied : 'cats winted-•-any nuntheM• of jive cats., Geed price paid. Theeninees to be delivered at 209-• Dalhousie, street &teener- rew (Wednesday) Morning; be en. the hours- of 7 and 8_ o'clock. Non lbought after the 'lett* hour.' Teve hundred and forty-five cats were taken to the Bidet:the eamed.-that of &politician. He as very Wroth,' as r he -knew nothing of e joke Played. se • se i ' At the sale of it herd of:a nob stock owner in England, the other day, ts'eb yoking. bull calves Of the purest bred -sho 'horned family to be .found in Britain; in ...With a pedigree back to the fifteenth ge ration,. were sold to the owner of a califor ranch for 800. guirieas a piece. The ower had his costlypurchases Conveyed:4o wn in a special waggon and then had th lives insured aka; high premium beforeo arting them on their long Westward jouruSeee ' es • s - ;•Lieuteitant-Oeneral Sir ,ThomagRonsan- . by has Written to a Mr. -Thomas %Hee to explain thetthe . Queen sonieti gives 23 to the mothers . of three childn at es- th, but 'only when the .childre Sim - lid the- e long enotigh tie -Cause eapense to Iiitse to rake it el day.' That tall, „ jpincling„ Wild cherry tree! Covered with. 'ivy -thee poisoned my arms, and legs and [laid Me up for two: weeks.' That broad, . /-'ininchtopped chestnut; with the old gold •blessotee': Neighbors • stole all the inits.' spent my vacation over the lake, [pet, and remember 'yen grotesque, virie7 Clad elturche--• i'..Yes; that's where I first saw you.' ' ' • • 4" ' Ncientific Jottings, • . Tye eletteio light is now Used to produce "ecenie effeets,:such as the rising -sun, eel's - bows, etc. s " ' ' A German .experimenter has 'found thitt Warm end inaulat-climates De* unseitable for the sugar beet; which is richest where tThe lobserVationa of :a. s-ea.ih...ehemist- tirly deldfollows..ahot summer. ' - r - I . ave shown that tree growth may he from d to. -40 per cent: greater in a warin end, dry season than in one which is Wet and - .Old, heat appearieg to be Much more int- - often Ire the deVelopnient of tieee than . . 't7 . • c noisture. . . • s By enclosing ma Geiseler tube sulphide efsbarium, Or setae other substance ilde/1 is rendered phosphorescent by sunlight., and Passing through t it a Weak but constant. electric current, Dr. Phinson claims that a - uniform. and. -ageealilelight can be Obtain- ' eds at a cost less then that Of gas. . , ( The Egg:diner:is are said to possess a. wonderful pewer of eyesight, so that ob- jects become yiSible to there at a much : 4 -*eater distance_ than -to Americans or s .- 1$1.1ropeens. This remarkable keenness of ... *ion enichleS theta to, spread intelligence .by means of sieiCtelegra,phy over hundreds Of. miles of territory in a single day. - A French journal' is responsible for the fellowth :- Miring is recent violent storm - Ditching .ntan was walking with.anunlighted cerriage lamp inshis, hand. - Suddenly he eepeemeced a severe shock in his arm, and dencluded.thet the lightning hp,d either :struck-hlm or some point very near. But :. . wiliitt Was his astonishment to find that his limpshad- been lighted I- Several persons • uoamrealt. ' Witnessed. "lee rcens..rkeble pile - n . r. , . M. A.nist-recently gave the French - Aca- , ,dieny an account, of remarkable displays ell atmosphericelectricity observed north -- efithe Sahara. Witheut.insulatieg himitelf • tai'prevesit the escape of the electricity the ground; he could by passing a poeket. comb 'through his hair Or beard, . pro- dnee spaPkg of nearly two inches in length. • Eton more striking 'electrical phenomena . were eiltibited-bythe tails Of horses, the Min of the animals' hotifir acting asinsula, tots. ' • , The chief obstacle to the -success of Edi - sons electric lamp has been the speedy de- . st. tictionof the . 'delicate carbon threads '*=s1. • ' .ich furnish the light. Mr, Swans of . Ni Wcestie, England, clearest:to have remov- edthidifficulty. .110exhausts the air to . alaigh degree:3.n the glass containing yes,- sehOr globe; and Iheats the -carbon to a higher temperature than it is likely to ever again experienceshermetically - sealing the ss lanlet while the carbon is hot, inealate paper, DE. Hughes- Bennett, of Bailibtargh University; stated that the tendendyi. of modern physiology . is to :Asceibe to Alan it sixth sense. If there ge4---. • plaped :before_ amen two small 'tubes, the one of lead and the other of -wood, both gilded ;over so as to 1004 !exactly alike, : ased, :bath' of the !same -temperature, not emit:if the five SelpiieS cOuld tell the man 'which is teed and *Well is Weed. 'Hacould tell', this i Only by lifting there, and this sense of i weight; , Dr. Bennett thinks,- is y to be recognized as the ssixth sense. ••• 1 ' t•(••A • fe. s