THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1008. | HAN UNIQUE POINT TO BE FOUND IN |ARE Synopsis of Canadian, ~~ NEWFOUNDLAND. Returning Traveller Writes An In- Northwest. teresting Article Upon a Visit | omestead Regulations. | He Made Recently. NY even:numbered section of Domin- | n Lands in Manitoba or the North- | . . west Provinces, excepting 8 and 26, | largest island, there is, perhaps, not reserved, may be homesteaded by any one little body of land in the world person the sole Lead of a fammly, or male | = . . a over 18 years of age, to the extent of one- | that offers so many unique poings of quarter seetionnof 160° awres, more or less. linterest to the traveller as does Application for homestead entry must be | Newfoundland," a returning traveller made in person by the applicant at a Domin- yomarked recently, writes lelix Koch ion Lands Agency or Subagency. Entry by be 1 A los 'T ath proxy may, however, be made by an Agency |} the Los Angeles 1inies. on certain conditions by the father, mother, | To begin with, the north-easterly son, daughter, brother or sister of an in- point of the continent is here, 'in the tending homesteader, | ; 5 { torm of Cape Spear, where oue is only An application for cancellation must i, eof 1.690 sion ir Trel { made in person. The applicant must a matter of 1,050 miles Irom Ireland, eligible for homestead entry. |The cape almost forms the step be- DUTIES.--(1) At least six months' fesi- [tween the old world and new. dence upon and cultivation of the land in| phen Newfounaiand is umque in that each year during the term of three years. it ssed of extinet race of (#8) A homesteader may, if he so desires, [IV Was posse Ul an mn perform the required residence duties by |inen--these, however, having passed hiving on Faring land owned solely by him, |out only so late as 1823, when the not less than eighty (80) acres in extent, in | athi fi oN WG the vicinity of his homestead. Joint owner. | last Boethic, a woman, went the way ship in land will not meet ghis requirement. Of the flesh. As in Australia, the na- a If the father (or moth " if the Father {tives here have disappeared before the is deceased) of a homesteader had permanen Shai Pho wert mr . residence on farming land owned solely by {white men. They were a branch of the him, not less than eighty (80) acres in ex- |ygreat Algonquin family. tent, in the, vicinity of the homestead, or pon | Then, again, Newfoundland a homestead entered for by him in the vicinity, |. oe y . . oh such Lomesteader may perform his own resi- | JIE rest because of ne work dence duties bv living with the father (or |Capt. Whitbourne, riner, who (4) The term "vicinity" in the two pre- [sent out by the British admiralty ceding jLAraETaphs Hi Yefined as weaning not | regulate the matters among the fishing mile C . * . more 1 an ine. 1 EY ee " ____.!'population, which hal increased mar: SYNOPSIS OF CANADIAN NORTH-WEST | yajously. Whithourne wrote a book MINING REGULATIONS. entitied "Westward Ho For Avalon." ' COAL.--Coal mining rights may be Jegsed now very rare, but serving to sugyest or iwenty-one years at an annual rental o > > " rilov' . RA $1.00 an acre. Not more than 2,660 acres the name for Kingsley s late and can be leased to one applicant. Royalty, ve] Worid-{untoun volume. cents per toh, | No British colony was ever £0 QUARTZ --A person eighteen years of age [harshly treated as this one. In fact, and over having made a discovery may locate |. " i 3 > } a claim 1,500 feet by 1,600 feet. Fee $5.00. it has only been since 1813 that any At least $100.00 must be expended on the (one could erect a pecmanent Louse claim each year, or paid to the mining Re | without the specific consent of the corder, When $5600.00 'has been expended | va % or paid and other requirements complied 'With jEOVernor. , 3 - the claim may be purchased at $1.00 an acre. | The interior of Newfoundland PLACER MINING CLAIMS generally, 100 [day is one huge burnt-over forest feet square. Entry fee, $5.00 Suan a ito stu : at BREDGING Two. leases miles | Jungle of white masts, as it were each of a river may be issued to one appli- covered with undergrowth and tum- sant for a term of 20 years. Rental, $10.00 bled into all conceivable masses---this the result of a huge forest fire a mile per annum Royalty, 2) per cent. after the output exceeds $10,000, : : sweeping almost completely across the island. . W. W. CORY, uty of the Minister of the Interior. In the taprooms of St. John women 3. Unauthorized publication of this ad- . 4 serve as bartenders and loon bar there is posted weekly ¢ vertisement will not be paid for, list of all persons arrested for drunk No one is allowed to sell any of under penalty of a heavy '"Withal that it is the world's tenth no he be has its of one was to to- a as De N the over sa enness., uch person a drink for' a period two weeks, fine, St. John's possesses as unique a via town in the world. Up onto the heights, one in a series of zigzags. "or point to this ser- pentine, there stands a church, these ranging from the great Church {England cathedral down to a simple Methodist house of worship. "Ten-!| In the official spelling, St. yy, PE ake | has dropped its _apos rophe, just 1008, for the sup- | St. Kitts and St. Ives did long be- ply of 20,000 barrels of Portland Cement fore. for the use on the Quebec Canals. | On twelith night here in the fishing Specifications and forms of tender can! . o be procured at the office of the Superin- | Villages mummers fantastically dress- tending Engineer of the Quebec Canals, fed in cockades and silks go about No. 2 Place d'Armes Square, Montreal, [through the streets, making merry un- and at the office of the Chief Engineer | op 3 0 Cl TOE ask of the Department of Railways 'and | E ' yA HER, Canals, on and after Monday the 21tst| Unique among the exhibits, in the of September, to ; a2 colonial museum, is a piece of steel wil accapied ehudiie for, (83.3 Payable lost by the Frankland Arctic expedi- to the order of the Minister of Rail- (tion, and refound in Greenland at ways and Canals, shall accompany each |ahout seventy-five degrees north, so tender, recently as 1903. Interesting tales of accept {the sealing to the north are told by {the fishermen, particularly as to how will leave a given icefioe say |at four o'clock in the morning. The {floe will be travelling south at th rate five knots and yet the seal Iwill return to it that same evening. I'he baby seal, when born, is SNOWY In the Matter of the Estate of | White, iridescing to a cream, much like James Hickey, Late of the [the which it lives. By the City of Kingston, in the [lime it is three months old, however, County of Frontenac, Engineer [this floe has drifted sufliciently far Deceased and south to meet the warm guli stream In the Matter of the Estate of Ed- jand melt The baby, by that mund J. Hickey, Late of the (has learned to swim, and its color City of Augusta, in the State changes. to brown, whereby it is of Georgia, U.S.A., Barber, |COnspicuous in the of the Deceased. and, hence, better shielded from Notice is the Revised Chap. 12 having claims Hess erucis any from a harbor, street IAt each as ascends Department of Railways and Canals. LACHINE CANAL. NOTICE DEALERS IN CEMENT SEALED le 'corner of TO TENDERS, for Cement," will undersigned, until 16 day, the lst October, endorsed John's be received as 500) Two does not ar any order, W. PUGSLEY Actg of Railways and 19th September inserting this authority from not be paid for it. hind itself Department tender the lowest By to seal Secretary... Canals. 1908 adyertise- the De Department Ottawa, Newspapers ment without partment will of icefloe on time, less waters sea, its foe hereby given pursuant to Q Statutes of Ontario, 1897,| St that all creditors and others against the Estate of the! iaces of paper in the , : 8 1 the streets, said James Hickey, who died on or} rl a Sli about the 10th day of June, 1889, or| 1he first land on the American against the Kstate of the said Edmund of the globe seen by ships in coming J. Hickev, who died on or about the |f.om Europe on this passage is Belle 15th day of March, 1908, are required | | oy on oF before the 1st day of October, | I151e, a tiny island long believed inhab 1908, to send by post prepaid or to de-{ited by demons : from the unearthly liver to Macdonnell & Farrell, Solicitors | shrieks heard there bv mariners. The the surviving executor of the last rok : ~~ & and testament of the said James shrieks, as matter of fact, result" from { the erashing and grinding of the ice Hickey and for the executrix of the last will and testiment of said Edmund J.|Pergs caught-on the reefs there. Hickey, their names and addresses and > | Prisoners in the of Newfoundland wear a suitithe the full particulars of their claims And further take notice that right half of white, the left black The most curious such last mentioned date the said hodge-podge. John's, like most of the Dutch cities, has a law against throwing side colonial penitenti after ary Ex to which result ecitor and Exe will proceed is distribute the of the Estates of the said James and the said Ed mund J Hickey respectively among the pacties entitled thereto having regard only the claims of which | they shall have notice, and thev will not be liable for the said assets or any, part thereof to any per n of whose ¢laim notice shall not have been received bv them at the time of such distribution. MACDONNELL Solicitors for said eocutrix, 18 a to then HISSING AND ENCORES. These Two Customs of . the Playhouse. Hissing in playhouses had its origin in Paris in 1680 on the occasion of the presentation of Fontenelle's tra- gedy ""'Aspar."' Prior to that time suffering audiences were wont to yawn audibly and fall asleep when the apathy of the actors and performan- ces justified that course. But this rasion the indignant audience, dp ven to desperation by the platitaes of Aspar, voiced their anger by hisses, iwhich drove the actors into tempor- ary retirement, according to the timony of the poet Roi, who alludes the incident in his "Brevet de Ia Calotte." Hissing thereafter became fashionable. The first encore nals of the stage was accorded to ivius Andronicus, a Roman actor He was popular with the masses and {was called back so often to repeat his speeches that he in seli-defence brought a boy to declaim for him while he himself applied the ges tures. While encores became the rage in subsequent ages it is known that Andrgpicus' plan of hailing an un- derstudy before him before the au- to share his honors has not generally been adopted by Thespians 80 Origin of FARRELL, and E & Ilxecutor EXAMINATIONS IN MUSIC held by McGILL UNIVERSITY. in conjunction with the ASSOCIATED BOARD. ROYAI ACADEMY OF MUSIC ind the ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC of London, England. Syllabus particulars of the preparation required for the examina- tions to be held in May next, in the principal cities throughout Canada, is now ready and mav be obtained on ap- plication to the Secretary. | M¢Gill Conservatorium of Music, Montreal. | on of the tos- The giving to noted in the an- BATESCOURT SCHOOL For Girls and Clergy Children, Cor. Barrie Streets, re-opens September Sth, 1908.An up-to-date School for the training of Girls and Children, moraily, physically and intellectually. The course begins with the Primary Work and goes through all Grades to Matrkxulation, Those who tried the Partial Matricula tion in June last, passed. All branches of English thoroughly taught. French, eorman, Latin, Drawing, Physical Cul- sare, Needle Work, Domes Science, etc The Teachers at Batescourt are far the most part Queen's Graduates, or Spechlists in their subjects, For further information, apply to ADA J. BATES, King street West. Kingston. and dience Saw The Sights' Of The Town. Resident--Have you seen the sights of the town ? Stranger--Yes. All morning Isat in the hotel front window watching them walk by. 1,000 Islands-Rochester. Steamer North. King leaves Sunday 10.15 a.m. for 1,000 island ports, p.m. for Rochester, via Bay What is sometimes ealled meckness of cowardice and at and at 5 of Quinte. js a combination foolishness. Suits cleaiied and pressed. My Valet, TWO LONG LIVERS. One Was Oldest Minister in the. Congregational Church. Cases of well authenticated centena- rians are sufficiently uneommon to be of interest. Two such died in Eng- land recently. The first was the Rev, the oldest minister in the Congrega- tional church. Bom on April 12th, 1808, he lived under five reigning mon- archs and had vivid recollections of joining in the celebrations after the battle of Waterloo. He entered the ministry seventy-four years ago, and at the time of his death had preached over 10,000 ser- mons, fontinuing to preach after pass- ing his 100th year. Bie first sermon was preached in 1530. He was then a cobbler, and during the week the notes from which his sermon was preached had been jotted down on old pieces of leather.» He ate meat twice a day, drank no alcohol, and never smoked. He was a great walker. He was married three times, and with his second wife cele- brated a golden wedding. The other centenarian was George Keel. He had lived a harder life and died in the workhouse. But he lived the longer, dying at the age of 107. Keel was born at Manton, near Marlborough, on December 16th, 1800. When he was twenty his wages were only three shillings and sixpence a week, and throughout his working life he never earned more than twelve shillings a week. only' came to an end four years ago, when at the age of 103 he worked daily as a gardener. Most of his life was spent in tend- ing sheep. Within a few we Thomas Lord, eat ordinary workhouse food and read without the full use of his limbs. He was not a teetotaller, but never smoked, and was inordinately fond of. sugar. STORY A CENTURY OLD. First Told By a Girl School. Youth's Companion Uld age should command respect and #&n ol joke which has remained fallow for fifty years should not re- ceive harsh treatment on its re- appearance to the world. But jokes do not always improve with years, a is the case in the report of the Man- chester Union. "The paper first re- cords the curremt joke. "Why, Jennie!" exclaimed a Sun- day school teacher to quite a large "You have come to Sabbath barefoot. Do you think that little girls would go that too girl. school many way ?"' "Yes, ma'am. Some of the on my street go that way and rest mind their own business." Now the above has been trotted out in the funny column of the local papers for several years, even being claimed as a local happening in doz- ens of places. The following article was printed in Harper's Magazine for August, 1857 : "Old Professor S. was one of the instructors of Dartmouth years ago, and was about as and straightforward a specimen of humanity as ever walked. One day in the early summer he was taking K§ usual stroll around the village, keeping his 'eye out' for any student who might be off duty, when he chan- ced to Mr. Page, a sturdy of Hanover, with a load of . wood, trudging along the dusty street bare- footed and coatless. '" 'Hello, Mr. Page! growled the professor. 'I'd like to know if all the people of East Hanover go barefoot?" "Part of 'em do, and the rest em mind their business !" the reply." The startling thing is little girl at Sunday petrating the same tury later. girls blunt see on own was of per- the school story a joke half a cen IS A CURIOSITY. Conway Island is Only Six Feet Above the Water. That latest addition to the British Empire, Coetivy Island, in the Indian Ocean, not the smallest bit of ter- med over by King Edward. It is, for instance, at least ten as big as Pudding Island in ga group, which ig less than a mile in circumference. The area of this latter, is gradually diminishing, owing ritory r too, It its the coral base on which it stands. deriv its curious name from striking resemblance to the top half of a pudding, the barrier reef which entirely surrounds it standing for the rim of the basin Then thege is Beehive Idand, in the South Pacific, which from centre of a perfectly circular platform to a height of four hundred féet, ina smooth dome shaped hill of polished basalt, egactly resembling a bhechive. Its area altogether than one thousand acres, Nevertheless, on the ledge surrounding the inaccessible cen- tral dome are some two hundred na- tives who support themselves by fish- ing. Conway Island is another curiosity in smallness. It is only six feet above the water, and measures barely one hundred and eighty vards in one di- rection by about eighty in another. s is less Steam Pipes As Hosts. When Commissioner Allen had charge of the patent office in Washing- ton he was very punctillonus about the respect due him and his position, and demanded full tribute from everybodw, One day, as he was sitting at his desk, two men came in without knock- ing or' announcement, and without re- moving their 'hats. Allen looked up and impaled the in- truders with his glittering eye. tlemen,"' he said severely, "who are visitors to this office me are to see their hats." "Huh," ain't visitors, and hoot about seeing you. fix the steam pipes." don't give We came in to we Cork, Sept. 26.--William O'Brien, M.P., has issued a challenge to John- Dillon and Thomas Sexton to contest Cork with him on a question of conflicting land purchase policies. . SH " |) "Don't experiment."" Buy Red Cross Cough Syrup. It cures any cough. Sold in Kingston only at Gibson's Red Cross Drug Store. That working. life of his death he was hale and hearty, able to to spectacles, and he had in Sunday s farmer | times | the Ton- | to the disintegration and subsidence of | the | « | place "Gen- | always announced, and always remove | replied one of the men. "We a the | NEWS OF NEIGHBORS WHAT WHIG CORRESPOND" ENTS TELL US. ti-- The Tidings From Various Points in Eastern Ontario--What People Are Doing And What They Are Saying. At Bicknell's Corners. Bicknell Corners, Sept. 25.--Linden | Longmore is about renting his farm. Mr. and Mrs. John Judge and family attended the fair at Harrowsmith. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blake- vy, a son. Mr. McPherson's baby is recovering. P. Maedonald had a husk- ing on Friday evening. Miss Fdna Spider was Fisiting her grandfather, Henry Salusbury. Several of the neighbors 'attended the kitchen shower given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Stover. They received many beautiful presents and all spent an en- joyable evening. Crow Lake Items. Crow Lake, Sept. 25.--Corn huskings are all the rage. One was at George Bertrim's on Monday night; next was at S. Niddleton's, Tuesday night, then on Thursday night at S. Jones'. Corn is a good crop this year, but grain is light. Miss Ethel Reynolds re- ceived quite a bad fali, hurting her face severely; it is healing nicely. Quite a number from this place visited Parham fair. James Mahon has nearly completed his job of government work on the Armstrong road. Bush fires will give everyone plenty of work i rain don't come soon. Visitors: #r. and Mrs. Charles Gilfillin and daugh- ter, Miss Amy, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred- erick Beadle, of Lyndhurst, and A. J. Traill, of Brockville, aiso . George Bishop of Newboro, at J. W. Knapp'ss Mrs. George Bradshaw and son Arth- ur, and daughter, Beulah, at James Davidson's; Miss R. Gendron was the guest of Miss N. Miller on Saturday and Senday last. Stewart Babcock A PICTURE ROMANCE, Frame That Started Delacroix in the Paris Salon. Eugene Delacroix, founder of the French romantic school oi. art, was very poor in his youth. His first pic- ture of note was his "Dante and Vir- gil," painted when he was only twenty years old. It was extremely large, containing several figures the size of life, and to buy the canvas and colors took all the money Delacroix had. A frame was out of the question, but a good natured carpenter gave the young artist four strips of lath, of which Delacroix made a rude frame- work for his masterpiece, which he then sent to the salon. But he had hardly a hope that his picture would be accepted. On opening day Delacroix went to the salon, but failed to find his painting. He was wandering discon- solately about, when he noticed a great crowd before a picture. He drew near. It was his "Dante and Xir- gil." But it was in a magnificent, richly-gilded frame, as fine a product of the picture mounter's art as could be found in Paris. Astonished, he sought Baron Gros., head of the ex- amining committee. As Soon as young Delacroix introduced himself Gros seized his hand and congratulated him with true Gallic enthusiasm. "But," stammered Delacroix, 'how about that splendid frame? I had no money to frame it, and"'-- "Make your mind easy," said the baron. "Your lath frame fell to pieces but the committee was deter- mined that such a chef-d'oeuvre as you have painted should be placed on exhibition, and we framed your 'Dante' at our own expense. AN ACTUAL FACT. od on the Deck. Newburyport News. Few people know that the "Boy On the Burning Deck" is not a myth, but an actual fact, and still fewer know that the man who gave the or- The Boy Sto and Mrs, Ira Vealy at their sister's, wis, James vassels . Cedar Valley News. Cedar Valley, Sept. 24.--The recent frosts, intense heat and drought have left the cattle in need of grass and water. Thomas Ralph is still the sick list. W. H. Pinkerton has sold his meat shop and business to D. E Rogers. Wilham Godricli, the multi- millionaire, and family, from old Vir- ginia, passed through here in a tour- 1 auto. They called on {fri They have made the | since July 17th, stopping at all {principal cities 'and towns. on nds. Mr. the | Godrich, at one time belonged to the |valley. Miss Violet Yellan has gone [to Ottawa to attend Normal school. {James Barrington, drover, shipped a |carlgad of cattle to Montreal, and J. Rogers a load of hides. James Ralph {has gone in partnership with T I Devlin, of Perth. W. A. Rogers | fixing up the old park grounds for a race track. Visitors: Dr. Yates, Mr. 18 |North Augusta; J. Read, {Falls; T. Barr, J. Steel, Westport; Mr. and Mrs. C. Fleming, sterville; {ies Healey, Lombardy; Mrs. Garvin, | Judgeville. | Sharbot Lake Notes. | Sharbot Lake, Sept. 25.--A surprise {party was held at the home of Mrs. | R. Williamson, on Wednesday evening, | where a very enjoyable time was | spent. Miss Edythe Huffman has re- turned home, after visiting friends | here. Messrs. Bert and Blake are | spending their holidays with friends tin Ottawa. Miss Walroth is visiting {at Verona, and Miss G. Blair at Fal- | brooke. F. Williamson has re- | turned home, after an extended visit | with friends in Westport. Miss Pappa | has gone to Ottawa, where she will |attend normal school. Mrs. (Pr.) Kil- {born has returned home, after spend- ling a few days in Toronto. A large number from here attended Parham |show fair. Visitors: Mrs riggs, | Verona, at Mrs. H. Walroth's; Mrs. S. | Warwick and Mrs. J. McConnell, Dex- ter, at Mrs. A. G. Erwin's; Mr. and | Mrs. W. Sargeant and family, of West- | port, and George Williamson, Maberly, [spent Sunday with Mrs. R. William- Mr. and Mrs. E. Erwin, at Mrs. J. Erwin's. A little girl has come to | the home of T. Erwin. Miss son; Cushendall Tidings. Cushendall, Sept. 25.--Most of the farmers have finished threshing, cut- {ting their corn and digging potatoes. | The numerous bush fires, which have burning during the past two | weeks, keep the people still living in {an atmosphere of smoke. Rain | mud h needed throughout this part of |the country. Quite a number from taround here went to Inverary fair. {John Ward, Mrs. W. Henderson and daughter, attended the Napanee fair last week. Rev. D. Jenkins has re- | turned from spending a week at To- | ronto exhibition. Mrs. J. Purcell, Win® {nipeg, is visiting' her old home, and many friends in this vicinity. Miss E. | Smith, Seeley"s Bay, at Mrs. Hy- iland's; E. Cassels and A. Potter, I Kingston, at Mrs. Ward's. | Sympathy is extended to Mr. and { Mrs. GG. Franklin, in the death of | their infant son, aged seven months, {who died last week. The funeral took on' Wednesday, to St, James' cemetery. The many friends of Mrs. | Edgar Elliott, Willetsholme, formerly {of this place, regret tQ bear of her | death, which occurred on Monday, 21st. She leaves to mourn, besides! ther husband, two small children, her | | father and one brother." A particular- | {ly sad thing in connection with her |sudden taking away, is her husband | having gone to Manitoba, a few weeks ago, and was away at the time of her death." Mr. Elliott, since receiving the | sad message, is now on his way home. ta | been . Concrete Trée For Chimney. A huge concrete smokestack built in {the semblance of a tree is a novelty fon a French estate. It was neces- {sary to eréct phe stack among beauti- { ful "trees, says Popular Mechanics, ae lin order not to mar the beauty i | the scene the unique design was chqs- len. | Change Of Time. Kingston and Cape Vincent, Sun-| day -service discontinued, also morn- | ing' boat to Cape Vincent and even- | ing boat from Cape Vincent. Steam- er leaves daily 2 p.m. {shouting and der for t dion of the vessel, fon whos afpresaid hoy | stoad, was born in' Jamaica Plain and lived there till his royalist father, who objected strenuously to the American | revolution, transplanted him to Eng- land, where he served under Nelson in | the battle of the Nile. The boy was French, son of the ad- imiral of the French ship I'Orient, and | that was the vessel that blew up with {the immortal boy standing by the | mainmast. The boy's unconscious destroyer, Benjamin Hallowell, was born old Boyleston house, still at the corner of Boylston streets, in Jamaica Plain. was built in 1726 by the and afterward passed to royalist, Benjamin Halle: whom the captain was the | standing {and Centre, | The house | Royalstone, | the rabid | well, after {named. | The old man lived long enough in | Jamaica Plain to make himself un- {popular when the American revolution |broke out. The son had Jeen early College Hendrie, Newark, N.J.: Charles Read, [sent to England for his education, and Smith's | he became one of the seven American- i born men to attain distinction in the British navy. In the battle of the Nile, Capt. Hal- lowell had command of the ship Swiftsure, which ran down the luck- less I'Orient. When Capt. Hallowell gave the command for the French ve sel to be blown up he knew nothing [of the thirteen-year-old son of the | French admiral, who, foolishly but herocially obeyed the "stern father's order, "Don't leave the vessel till 1 give you permission," and his "proud, though childlike, form' graced the doomed vessel, when she "with frag- ments strewed around the sea." Capt. Hallowell afterward heard the sad tale and was much moved by it. The boy called out three times in to his father, he learned, but resolute © by the mainmast, { though his father lay cold in death. | So much moved was the captain | that he had a coffin made in the boy's | honor out of the floating fragments of "Orient and sent it to his friend and patron, Lord Nelson, with story of the boy's bravery, and ex¥ pressing deep regret for the young hero's untimely end. Nelson had the coffin placed in the cabin in remembrance of the boy, and | Capt. Hallowell himself told the tale |to the then widely known poet, Felicia {Hemans. Her sympathies were imme- | diately excited and she immortalized the boy in her sentimental but immor- tal and she named him wisely, "Casabianca, White Soul." | agony | stood | | | the verses, One Of London's Famous Inns. Clifford's Inn, which offered for sale with six hundred years of history, gives some enterprising American the opportunity of acquiring an interest ing relic. Its history goes back to the days when it was granted by Edward 11 to Robert, Lord Clifford, who fell fichting valiantly at Bannockburn. In the following reign it was handed over to the lawyers, who or some cen- turies made it not a little notorious. It was in Clifford's Inn that the at- torneys of the Marshalsea Court had their chambers, which were the scene of constant "wrangling, swearing, even fighting." It was one of these wrangling attorneys whose tombstone bore the ironical in- scription, "Blessed are the peace- makers, for they shall be called the children of God." Coke, the great jurist, lived for a year in Clifford's Inn, and to the chambers of George Dyer, scholar'and intimate of Charles Lamb, Scott, Southey, Coleridge, Tal- fourd and many other famous men of his day loved to repair. Cash Profits On Bride. According to statistics just issued, the male inhabitants of St. Peters- burg outnumber the female by 124 - 000, while an even greater disproper- tion between the numbers of males and females is shown in the Russian pro- vinces, and more especially in the still remoter and less populated tricts of the empire. A letter from Nikolsi-Ussurisk gives particulars of a profitable "'commerce in brides" which is being carried on by enterprising peasants in the district. The matri- monial intermediaries bring out a number of marriageable girls from Furopean Russia and play the part of father or guardian in the ensuing me- gotiations with the settlers. The aver- age cash profit on each bride is be- tween forty and one hundred roubles. Overcoatg dyed or pressed. My Valet. 3 Burning thef' dis- | NEWS OF DISTRICT IN GENERAL. The Tidings From Various Points in Eastern Ontario -- What People Are Doing And What They Are Saying. Rev. Dr. Cameron, Napanee, left on Thursday for Leavenworth, Kansas. Robert Norris left Napanee for Co- balt on Tuesday last, where he has secured a position. Daniel Daverne, Adolphustown, has urchased Charles Walters' gasoline aunch for his own comfort. Word was received from W. K. Pruyn, late of Napanee, on Wednes- day. He is doing nicely and expeets to arrive home next week. : At the Napanee council meeting, Frank H. Perry was appointed tax col- lector for 1908, at a salary of $200. Marsh Rombough, Napanee, has ~ chased a saloon at the corner of Bast Second and Cayuga streets, Oswego, N.Y. Miss Addie M. Scott, of Napanee, Myrtle - A. Ballance, oi RIGNEY & HICKEY | 136 & 138 Princess St. and Miss y Strathcona, have been pted as nurses-in-training at Toronto hospi- ta C. H. Finkle, Newburgh, intends putting an electric coach, capable of carrying tweniy.persons, on the route between Newburgh, Napanee and Kingston, in the spring. At the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Iretgh, Ilalpenny, the marriage took place on 16th inst., of their youngest daughter, Miss Bertha BRB. Ireton, to J. Melville Douglas, Scoteh Corners. An interesting event took Plage on September, 8th at Vernon, B.C ., when united in marriage. The contracting parties were Charles Smith and Miss Adelaide (O'Neil, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James (O'Neil, Napanee. A pretty wedding was solemnized in the RdMman Catholic church, Bright- side, on September 2lst, when Miss Rose Cardinal, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Cardinal, was uni- ted in marriage to Joseph Larocque, second son of the late Lazime Laroc- que, a well-to-do young farmer of Brightside neighborhood. In an Albertan newspaper the death is recorded of Mrs. George Hatt, wife {of the postmaster of Airdie. The sad levent took place on August 27th, IMrs. Hatt was a young woman, thirty years of . age. She was better iknown to the people of Lanark as Mary McKinnon, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McKinnon, Mec Laren's Depot. THE PRICE OF A THRONE. That of Napoleon's Cost the Sum of 53,970 Francs. Harper's Weekly. One of the oldest Paris firms for gold and silk embroideries, a house which had already served Louix XVI and his court with highly artistic needlework, is still in possession of its accounts of former centuries, An inspection of these books reveals a good summary of the luxury expendi- tures of the French court--the Bona- partistic as well as the Legitimistie. Napoieon I., who for his own wants {was, in contrast to the spendthrift Josephine, very economical, went, though, to large expenses when it was for representative gala dresses, The 10,000 francs which he had to pay for the enfbroidery on his coronation robe he did not consider too high a price. But his embroidered frock coat that cost him 3,500 francs, and which be- came too tight for him not long after its first year, he ordered to be widen- ed by pieces of cloth and the new ams 10 be covered with embroider- jes. The bill for his throne, however, foots un to a pretty considerable amount, The outer drapery of purple vewveu trimmea with gow lace was at 10,200 francs. The red velvet pan- els were strewn with inworked gosen bees at five francs apiece, and above the fauteuil the emperor's coat of arms was séén in raised embroidery ; total cost, 16,200 franes. The inner drapery cohsisted of blue satin with gold lace at 9,600 francs. Gold em broidered stripes for the inner trim- ming cost 8,500 francs. Embroidery on the blue velvet fauteuil amounted to 3,020 francs, the foot cushion to 1, 200. In addition there were 1,050 bees on the unembroidered panels of the baldachin at the price of 5,250 francs. Altogether the price of Napoleon's throne was 53,970 francs. 5 His Last Question. The counsel for the opposition had been bullying the witness for an hour or more when he finally asked : ° "Is it true that there are traces insanity in your family ?"' "It would be folly to deny it," re plied the witness. "My great-grand- father, who was studying for the min- of His Case. New York Journal. Mrs. Spenders--Oii," John, I saw a sign in Bargain & Cos window, to- day, that reminded me of what I am most in-- ¢ Mr. Spenders (interrupting hastily) --1I, too, saw a sign in their window that reminded me of what I am. It read, "Reduced to forty-nine cents." Two Styles. Chicago News. 'hug--1'm goi de mug, see ? Professor--Er ! How surprising it is that the clarity of expression so ne- cessary to literary diction may at times be attained by the veriest pauc- ity of those descriptive elements which have so enriched our language ! ng to land you one in Fall Importations Of 1908. Prevost, Brock street, has received all fall importations for order work lin his tailoring department. His rea- {dy-made clothing and gents' furnish- ing departments were never better as- sorted. 4 'Foxhounds Fall Over A Cliff. London, Sept. 26.--While endeavoring to dislodge a fox at Glenthorne, five of the Exmoor forhounds toppled over a cliff. Four were killed outright, but the fiith was only slightly injured. Rideau King for . Ottawa ev Monday and Thursday at ¢ am. 'James Swift & Co., agents. ' two 'popular young townspeople were istry, gave it up to become a lawyer." Contalus no Alum, Ammonia, Lime, Phosphates, of any Injuries. EW.GILLETT Sarre TORONTO, ONT. Oe CAI Cured of Summer Complaint and Six Cured of Cramps by Half a Bottle of DR. FOWLER'S EXTRACT OF WILD STRAWBERRY. Mrs. Wm. Flewelling, Arthuz, Ont. Summer Complaint. My little boy, one year old, was very bad with it, and a few doses cured him. I also used it on my ther six children for cramps, and still have half the bottle left. I canno praise it too much." Dr. Fowirer's Extracy or Wino STRAWBERRY is the greatest of all cures for all bowel complaints such as Diarr- hoea, Dysentery, Colic, Summer | Com« plaint, ete. Beware of imitations and substitutes sold by the unscrupulous dealer for the sake of greater profits They are dangerous to your health, It is manufactured by The T. Mil burn Col, Limited, Toronto. Ont. = See that the name appears on the wrapper. Price 35 cents. We make a speciality in re- pairing all classes of Jewel- ery, Silver and Silver-Plate, and with our long experi- ence we can accomplish the most difficult work. If you have any article of Jewelery in need of repairs, just give us a try. Kinnear & d'Esterre Watchmakers and Jewellers, 100 Princess St. Lord Randolph Now The Prodigy. Ellen Tefry has been taking the public into - her confidence about her audicnees, One of the best "audiences" that ae- tor or actress could wish for was, she: says, Mr. Gladstone. The G.O.M. used often to attend the Lyceum perform- ances, occupying a little seat in the 0. PI. entrance. One night, Miss Terry thought he would eateh cold. He was, she says, one of the most ehmiortab) people to talk to that she has ever met. Lord Randolph Churchill was another visitor at the Lyceum, being a great admirer of Irving. He con- fessed to me once (Miss Terry tells), that he had never read a play of Shakespeare's in his life, but that af- ter seeing Henry act he thought it was time to begin. A very few days later he astonished us with his com- plete and masterly knowledge of at least half a dozen of the plays. Miss Terry regarded Lord Randolph as a fect person to meet at dinner or supper.--'brillian@y entertaining and queerly sithple."