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£22 Private Iams, who was strung up by the thumbs by Col. Streator for shouting in favor of the assailant of Mr. Frick, has taken action against Gen. Snowden, Col. Streator and Co]. Hawkins for $10,000. The Oak ville schooner Kate capsized in the Bay of Quinte Thursday, and Mrs. Papa, the cook. and a. sailor named Solo- mon, of Toronto, were drowned. A combine in fur has been formed to be known as the George C. Tread well Com- pany, with a capital of $10,000,000. Newark, N. J ., is the headquarters. A shortage of $14,523 has ’been dis- covered in the accounts of Frank 0. Foster, cashier of the Buffalo Ice Com- pany. Foster is in jail. The steamer City of CW en Sound. which has been sank near Clapperton island for five or six years’ has been raised. THREE DAILY NAILS EACH WAY between England and America. One very strong feature in our favor is the fact that already there is a' pneumatic tube working in a limited way between London and Liverpool, but I cannot say that it has as yet proved a decided success. There will be another in operation between Chicago anb St. Louis during the World’s Fair next summer, and with this we will be able to prove that our scheme is practic. able. We calculate that the cost of laying the tube across the Atlantic will be in the neighborhood of 825,- 000,000. We have raised nearly half of this sum already, and after thetest at the Fair we have no doubt but that we will have sufficient funds to layanother across the Pacific ocean. \Ve calculate that the cost of the tubes will be paid in five years, even if we have to deâ€" pend alone upon New York and Lon- don, but this we do not propose to do. When the business world finds that we can send letters across the ocean in one hour, a movement will soon be on foot to connect every city and town in the world with the tube termini, in precise- ly the same manner as the telegraph system of toâ€"day operate. Just fancy, the revolution this Will be. Fancy a business man sending a letter from 1 Toronto at 8 o’clock a.m., and receiv- l ing a written reply within four hours from London, England 2 How your readers will laugh when they read all this 2 Remind them, however, that 15 years ago they would have laughed the same old laugh if you had assured them that they might talk with a gentleman over a wire, say, down at Detroit, I am on my way to Chicago now to complete arrangements for the laying of the tube between St. Louis and that city. We expect to have it in working order a month before the fair opens, and it we succeed our curiosity will prove the drawing card at the exhibition. A farmer named Fagan. of Colborne township, had seven head of cattle killed by lightning on Saturday. All the soldiers have been withdrawn from Homestead. Pa.. except 1,000, a. battery and a small squadron of cavalry. The county of Oxford will spend nearly $8,000 for furnishing far the splendid new court house in Woodstock. was induced to put £5,000 into the first company formed. When the Great Eastern left England to lay the first cable I think there was no more enthusiastic man on earth, notwith- standing the fact that his friends laugh- ”ed at him, as did thousands of other practical business men at the project. Well, of course, you know the ship slipped her cable and had to return. Everybouy said, “I told you so.” My father became disheartened and sold his stock for £50. The man he sold to put up more money, the cable was ultimatety completed, and my father’s stock would be worth to him now, if he had held it, an immense amount of money. Now, of course, there are a class of people who will laugh at my present scheme, and will ridicule the idea of its provmg a success. Let them laugh. I -am pogitive that within three years there will be at least will be revolutionized, space will be almost completely annihilated, the wonders of the cable and telephone will be cast into oblivion and electri- city will become a secondary power, Mr. Nathan Bernstein, one of New York’s most notable bankers and stock brokers, is the man. HIS scheme is to span the Atlantic Ucean with a. 'pneu matic tube. which will convey letters from New York to Liverpool within the space of one hour. Speaking to T [16 Empire last evening Mr. Bernstein said, “I suppose you think the idea a wild and idiotic one. That was what people, and very knowing people, said regarding the Atlantic cable when the projectors were endevoring to secure financial aid. I remember at the time my father was a London banker. He A- AAA Letters to be Sent Across the Atlantic in One Hour or Less. There passed through Toronto on Thursday on his way to Chicago, a gentleman who has the most gigantic projesn in view ever known to the world. If he should prove successful in his scheme the commercial world A WONDER OF THE WORLD. NEWS ITEMS. Life is not entirely made up of great evils or heavy trials ; but the perpetual re- currence of petty evils and small trials is the ordinary and appointed exercise of the Christian graces. To bear with the failings of those about usâ€"with their infirmities, their bad judgments, their ill-breeding, their Del-verse temperseâ€"to endure nealeat Skirt-dancing is an established fact in what is known as the “smart set” in Lon- don. I have seen lately accounts in Ameri- can papers of Lady “So and 80’s” “large feet” and of Countess “This and That’s” “heliotrope hosiery,” but I went to an “at home” last week in a splendid house not many miles from Queen Anne‘s Gate, where at a. given signal the pretty daughter of the house, a young lady in her first season, tripped into the middle of the big reception room and began a dance that for grace, abandon and high-kicking uite came up to the exalted pas seuls of pro essionals of long standing. The girl’s mother stood by, evi- dently proud and pleased to see her daugh- tcr display such agility, and as the dainty little white silk-clad feet flashed as high as her head this finde-siecle woman whispered to a man whose blase and aristocratic face seemed rather less bored than usual, some questions evidently concerning this fair young creature’s prettiness and air ' grace. â€"London Letter to Chicago Hera] . a year may compete among _themselves for renewed scholarships offered to 30 of the best students. In the following year these 30 students may present themselves for a further renewal offered to the best 15. The subjects for competitive examinations are stated to be, with an unimnortant excep- tion, solely those taught in state schools. Divorce petitions in Victoria appear to be just twice as numerous, in proportion to the population, as in the mother countryâ€"a circumstance not surprising when the numerous grounds on which divorce is ranted by the recent Act of the Victoria. 6 ' lature are taken into account. ~Gen- era ly speaking, the sexes are placed by this law pretty much on an equality, though in the case of adultery, as regards the man, the offence must have been repeated or com- mitted in the conjugal residence, or coupled with conduct or circumstances of aggrava~ tion. Among the specific grounds of divorce also are desertion of a wife for three years; habitual drunkenness for three years on the part of either husband or wife. In the husband’s case, however, the desertion must be accompanied by cruelty or neglect to provide means of support. Conviction of serious crimes also constitutes aground on certain conditions. In order to enable them to continue their education at the best grammar schools two hundred scholarships have been annually awarded in the colony of Victoria since ISSG to the most clever and industrious pupils of state schools, selected in accordance with the results of competitive examinations, the conditions being that all must be under 15 years of age and in the sixth class. Each scholarship, according to the report of the Government statist, is of the value of £10, tenable for three years, on con- dition that the scholar attends at and obtains favorable reports annually from the authorities of one of the public grammar schools, one of the schools of mines, one of the agricultural colleges or some other school approved by the Min- ister. If the scholar does not live within three miles from the approved place of edu- cation, the Minister can allow him such sum as will cover his cost of transit to and fro, or may commute the scholarship for one of £40 tenable for one year. The hold- ers of commuted Scholarships at the end of “Pardon me, General,” said Pierre, re- covering himself. “It was my houseâ€" everything I had in the World !”â€"Tid- Bits. He was surprised to see great; tears run- ning down the gunner’s cheeks. “What’s the matter, man 2” the General asked rather roughly. “‘Well hit, my man ! well hit !” exclaimed the General, looking at Pierre with a. smile. “The cottage couldn’t have been very solid. It is completely smashed.” Pierre turned paler still, and in spite of the cold wind, that made the oflicera shiver in their great coats, one might have seen big drops of sweat standing on his forehead; but nobody noticed the gunner’s emotion. The officers, with their glasses, marked the effect of the shot after the smoke had cleared. “General,” answered Pierre, respectfully saluting. “Do“ you see the Sevres bridge over there?” v “I see it very well, air." “And that little cottage there, at the loft, in a. thicket of shrubs?” Pierre turned pale. “I see it, sir.” “It’s a. nest of Prussians. Try it with a shell my man.” - “Gunner,” he said sharply, without look- ing at Ifierre. He sighted his piece carefully, deliberate- ly ; then fired. Sevres had fallen into the hands of the Germans, but the French guns were pound- ing away at them from the fort on Mont Valerian. Pierre Barlat was a. gunner at that fort, and, one wintry day, was stand- ing by his gun, when Gen. Noel, the com- mander, came up and leveled his field glass at the Sevres bridge. All this Pierre and Jeanne had accom- plished just before the war of 1870, with Germany, broke out. The conscription fell upon Pierre, who, moreover, was an old soldier and belonged to the reserves. A gunner he had been, famous for his skill in hitting a. mark with a. shell. Piérrc and Jeanne worked and scraped and saved until the little cottage was paid for, and made a feast when it was all done to celebrate their ownership. A landed proprietor, to be sure, does not mind an occasional expenditure to entertain his friends. The Soldier \Vho Executed a Command to Destroy His Own House. The story is told in a. French newspaper of Pierre Barlat, a. poor laborer, who lived near Paris with his wife Jeanne and their three children. Industrious, frugal, knowing nothing of the way to the wine shop, Pierre saved all his spare money, working harder and harder, and at last bought the tiny cottage in which they lived. It was a. tiny cottage indeedâ€"built of stones, with tiled roof, standing amid shrubs and covered with clematis. It always attracted the eye of the traveller, on the left, as he crossed the Sevres V :i . . ”Magus, Skirt-Dancing in English Homes. OBEYING MlLlTARY ORDERS. Duties of Daily Life. Austral inn Ststlstlcu. THE WATCHMAN. LINDSAY THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, I89g. “It, was a. ride for life. Behind us was a solid wall of water fifty feet high, coming with the roar of a. thousand cataracts. The noise was deafening. In the face of this wall of water was a. mass of debrisâ€" whole trees turning end over end, huge boulders laggenas a houseâ€"beingswenfâ€"far- “\Ve had reached our mules and were spurring down the canon for our lives. The hillsides were a. ragin cataract of water. Great trees were washe out by the roots; huge boulders were rolled down into the canon. The water pouring down the hill- sides found small depressions and in a. few minutes tore them out to ravines. In places we could see the soil Washed clean to the bedrock, and the whole mass tumbling into the canon through which we were rid‘ ing. “Seeing that a storm was upon us, Brown and I started down the mountain for our mules, the clouds above us in the meantime comingr together, the darkness increasing, and drops as large, apparently as saucers falling around us. We redoubled our speed and regained our mules as the two cloud masses met. It was now almost as dark as midnight, and the raindrops increased in size and rapidity until it seemed as though the clouds had veritably burst, and there was a rush of water like a Niagara coming down from the heavens. “\Ve had started out early one morning on one of these expeditions. The air was remarkably calm ; not a breath stirred, nor was there a. cloud in the sky. The sun came up clear and hot, and Brown remark- ed to me as we toiled up the narrow canon that we were sure of a fine day at any rate. We reached the scene of our operations about 9 o’clock in the morning, and tyin r our mules to a clump of bushes proceeded on our climb up the hills. We had not gone far when the air became intensely sul- try and a. mass of light, fleecy clouds began to gather overhead, apparently the van- guard of two denser masses which were forming north and south of us. Then a few drops of rain fell and the cloud masses thickened, became blacker, and seemed to rapidly approach each other. “Speaking of cloudbursts,” said COL Granger, “I had a little personal experience in that line once, and never want it repeat- ed. It was in the summer of 1872. A young fellow named George Brown and I were prospecting in the Huachuca Moun- tains in Arizona. It was a comparatively unknown country at that time, and filled with dangers of all kinds, against which we were amply prepared. We had a fine out- fit, well stored with provisions, and we carried good arms and an abundance of am- munition. This for the double purpose of killing game and defending ourselves against possible attacks of Apaches, who were bad at that time. \Ve had been out from civilization about six weeks, and had made some small discoveries, but nothing which we felt would justify us in working at that time, so we pushed further up the moun- tains, following up a canon as far as we could go with the team, and when we could take our wanon no further we made camp, and each day prospected the country around it, packing our tools and water on our mules. ' Bulfinchâ€"Oh, nothing ; only when they got married they had one of those mottoea, ‘God Bless our Home’ in the sitting-room, and now he has it up in his smoking-room with ‘As Far as Possible’ written under- neath it. VIEWED A CLOUD‘BURST. Matrimonial. Bulfinchâ€"How are Naggedat and ” wife getting alon ' together 1' \Voodenâ€"Oh, % don’t know; what makes you ask? Fleeing From the Torrentâ€"It was a Ride Find out what their special tastes are and develop them instead of spending time, money, and patience in forcing them into studies that are repugnant to them. As your daughters grow up teach them at least the true merits of housekeeping 3nd cookery , they wlll thank you for it in later life a great deal more than for accom- plishments. Try and sympathise with girlish flights of fancy, even if they seem absurd to you ; by so doing you will retain your influence over your daughters and not teach them to seek sympathy elsewhere. . .ZOZ<0 <ZON .._m< Z< Z. moszmAXm GZ_JJ_mI.â€". < Remember that without physicial health mental attainment is worthless ; let them lead free, happy lives, which will strengthen both mind and body. Bear in mind that you are largely re- sponsible for your child’s inherited character and have patience with faults and failings. Talk hopefully to your children of 'life and its possibilities ; you have no riglit t9 depress them because you have Teach boys and girls the actual facts of life as soon as they are old enough to under- stand them, and give them the sense of responsibility without saddening them. Allow them, as they grow older, to have opinions of their own; make them individ- uals and not mere echoes. Respect their little secrets; if they have concealment worrying them will never make them tell and patience will probably do its work. Let the ehildren make a. noise sometimes; thelr happmess Is as important as your nerves. As the boys grow up make companions of them; then they will not seek companion- ship elsewhere. ’when’we reel we deserve attention, anH in- titude where we expected thanks ; to fir with the company of disagreeable peo- ple whom Prov1dence has place in our way, and whom He has provided on purpose for the trial of our virtue, these are the best exercises of patience and self-denial, and the better because not chosen by ourselves. To bear with vexation in business, with dis- appointment in our expectations, with in- terruptions of our retirement, with folly, intrusion, disturbanceâ€"in short, with what- ever opposes our will or contradicts our humorâ€"this habitual acquiescence appears to be more of the essence of self-denial than any little rigors or afflictions of our own imposing. These constant, inevitable, but inferior evils, properly improved, furnish a good moral discipline, and might, in the days of ignorance, have superseded pilgrim- age and penance. for Lifeâ€"Saved by an Ova-hanging Bush â€"The Clouds Rolled by and Nsturo Smllod Serenely Again. W'hat Mothers Should Do. by MAIL Agent for "the Hamilton Mineral Works. fllVE HIM A CALL REINHART LAGER Agent for the celebrated The Leading Liquor Merchant 19 Kent st., Opposite Hurley Brady’s. J.SHANNON WHISKIES, ALES AND and Newest Brands FOB The Ghoicest, “As soon as I could safely descend from my place of refuge I went into the canon below and made a thorou h search for poor Brown, but could not fim the least sign of him. The mules we had ridden had also disappeared, and not a vesti e of our camp remained. ”â€"San Francisco hronicle. “The storm cleared almost as suddenly as it had begun, the whole time occupied having been little more than I have taken in the telling, but in those few moments a dry canon had been converted into a raging torrent, the mountain sides had been denud- ed, thousands upon thousands of tons of earth and rock had been carried to the val- ley below, and the whole face of the country had been changed. The clouds had expend- ed their force, and in a few moments re- solved themselves again into fleece and then disappeared. The sun shone bright and clear, the -- torrent had rolled away, and nothin r was left to tell of the awful cata- clysm ut the scene of devastation left be- hind. A mark on the mountain side, far above the level of the canon, told its depth. Trees uprooted and scattered marked its course. Immense boulders, which had been carried far from their original resting place and left in its course, showed its power, while the desolation around me proved its destructiveness. WINES, “I could not stop to look further for him. The rolling ball of water was coming down the canon with the speed of an express train, and every second lessened the distance between it and me. It was a matter of self- preservationâ€"a race for life with the ele- ments. I had got down the canon to a place where it was widening and the stream spread out in width, losing somewhat of its depth, but still it seemed to press on like Some hideous monster intent upon its prey and fearful lest it should be baffled. I was gaining on the sidehill, but the current was gaining on me. Moment by moment it came nearer. It was now but a few feet distant. If I could but force my poor beast a few feet higher up the mountain we should be above its force and be safe. I thrust the rowels deep in his side, and he gave a mad plunge. The water had reached us, and I felt him carried off his feet. I grasped an overhanging bush, and he was swept away in the torrent, leaving me sus- pended, my feet just touching the surface of the water. I hung to that bush for my life, and despite the strongest exertions on my part it was all I could do to keep from being carried away. “In a few moments the fury of the storm had passed, the water abated sufficiently to permit me to obtain a footing, and I forced my way higher up the mountain to a place of safety, where, drenched to the skin, I awaited the subsidence of the waters. “We were urgin our poor beasts to their utmost limit of en urance, the water around us growing dee r and deeper each second, the rain still fa ling in torrents, while that terrible wall behind us was increasing in height and velocity and steadily gaining on us. I was a little in advance of Brown and shouted to him to break for the hills, but the horrible din behind drowned my voice and I could not hear it myself. I spurred my mule up the sidehill, and looking back to see if Brown were following“ saw that irresistible current fairly lick him up, and in an instant he, with the mule he was riding, was absorbed in the mass which was rolling down the canon as one might disappear in the maw of some monster. wara by me torce bemnd as dust is‘swent Derore the broom or the nousewue. M ALL: 1,. W111 recelve prompt attention. ORDERS [heiest Selected, POR TERS GO TOâ€"â€" ASSETS, - - - $37,397 238 SURPLUS, (by Canadian Standard) 7,858,507 IN00ME, - - - - 6,243,780 DEPOSIT AT OTTAWA, - 3,000,000 POLICIES IN r000: - l24,907,2l7 NEW POLICIES, I890 - 23,370,242 The Government Reports for years past show that the iETNA LIFE has paid to living policy holders IN CANADA a lar ger sum in settlement of MATURED ENDOWMENTS than that paid by Cana- dian and British Companies combined. No better evidence is required of the value and popularity of the iETNA EN- DOWMENT Policies. Cast: Dividends paid Every year JOHN D. MACMURGHY General Agent Wheat, Peas, Barley, Oats, Red and Alsike Glover and Potatoes Q” CASH paid at- the Storehouse. Lindsay, Sept. 18th. 1890 â€"36-tf. THE IETNA Accident Insurance. The London Guarantee and Accident In surance Company of London, England Capital $1,230,000. Liberal policy-Bonus every five years, 35 per annum secures 35 weekly compensation and $1000 in the event of death by accldent. JOHN D. MACMURCIIY Gen eral Agent, Lindsay McDonnell Gowdry TO FARMERS Dealer in Fresh and Salt Meats. Orders delivered to any part of the tow ' '7 I, , game men get a heap I hers heaps of stun. 1 27:11am I wuz both ho] “ her wuz the squire. { 7 ned a farm that reachi Jones’ scrick. M'er m; irather was a shif‘lcss c6 en Ben was small, ' Mis’ Grey arf litfi A Sideboard for $4.50. a Bureau for $4, a Bedstead for $21 Mattrass and Springs for $5. Common Chairs, Hall Pu ' etc., very low. We are making a speéial drive in Mattrasses ANDERSON, NUGENT c: Furmture Dealers and Manufacturers, near the Math ”Z 3934 a spite 3‘ m‘ ‘ A cure 11H}: , nowadays compared with the outlay that would have necessary a few years ago. Well-made Furniture was new cheaper in price than it is to-davâ€"with us. at least. v WE WILL GIVE YOU A Handsome Parlor Suite for A Bed-room Suite for $17, It’s a well recognized fact that daily surroundings have moulding of character. If the home be neatly furnish the chances are that the good man will come homeEd early 0’ nights and that the children will grow up refined and gentle. mud“ \‘ a Search the Happy Homes of the Con ty P. TULLY, Are now prepared to buy at the new G. T. R. Storehouse, Lindsay. Life Assurance Company. ENDDWNMENTS YOUR HOMES CAN BE FURNISHED CHEAPY â€"-sth door east 0! the muket. You will find our Furniture Orders filled as received stock are all prize birds, as {0 Through Tickets and Baggage from Agents or on board. on New York Central and all dir lines. CALLS at Brighton and C013- Wednesday and Friday at 4.“); Rochester, and Wednesday Morn; Saturday Evening from Rochester. IRATEOF LAE ears the deep and to Hounaus. WHITE LEGHfl PLYMOUTH nocxs: Will leave Cobourg at 8 4.51., and Hope at 9.45 11.31., on mm of G.“ Trains from North, East and'West. RETURN INGâ€" Leaves Charlod 11.15 P.M., except Tuesday at 9.45 and Saturday a: 4.25 P.31. Com: Rochester with early trains for all; HE SOUTH WEST COP ‘“ " \3'” Park Lot “A,” consisting of“ a half acres. There is a dwelling? well and good orchard on the p. For particulars app! ‘ y on r HENRY MATHEWS, 17%;?va ep’ on an’ ieamed La” '. he jawed like soir. ’Grey only talkc; : L'ed out an: quiz. 7 aruin‘ Z Well, I ~ ,. o .‘ . wuzn’t quite a y- .. pent over ha}? his n’ a: school. saw 110 sense 1'1. -' ted to. I‘d learned rm . ”I THE NORTH KIN G is one ."i largest, swiftest and most powerEii mers 3n the lakes. Lighted by Elem and modern throughout. C. F. GILDERSLEEYE HIGH-CLASS POUL NORTH KIN ‘ THOROUGH-BRED POUL F. C. TAYLOR, Magnificient New Steame: C. H. NICHOLSON. Parties Wanting FOR SALE General Manager, K151: sros PLYMOUTH ROCKS Gen. Pass. and FgLAJ Agent, Lindsay. 3'0‘5 0r ha] '33 0' 9.10“”3 'OB'I a, Plates- mble or Sta] hI was much the lik was powerful slim. vet thought that he w ever liked tc fight: i have tied my left 3 ked him Witt] my rig} 50 Ben Grey‘s a se we Isaac Brown. be great eleCtion new: 1' quiet town. :ms to me It’s tame] a is earth is run. wuz 2 7111'; U wed tl- _ 2.6 n: [hen I . A; her him it. and r r, they recox ered 1 ;here, too, thev sec Ihere, pet-chance, the] P of Capt. Kidd may 1!: tell what secrets 3 :he recess ot those w Icit-bound shores ? ms are told of bidder or, and these are n Iles this true Story c Wince the readex - hid the close of the 8 Scotchman nam e1 0n the Labrador < nd unaided, follows: 3wrious calling of a 1 Close of each season ndland to dispose 0 English traders, buy '1 bus and then return t 3 t0 pass the lung For several years by his economy hav W hundred dollars a pd him to see his :1 "3313' he crossed th ””8 the round of 11 Ch friends he met. a '8 Persuaded to sh- home Fitting ou bays on the Laor: la safe haven to t and rovers of the by hot pursuit f1 Lted waters, repair: m shore to repair th sels. Here, during mug ‘30 lead a life "‘1 habits of thrift an to have left him, a} V at“? seemed to lia feelings and wfped mafia“. for with Ehaselv deserted hi I knew the ovum If married Len . ' ' fitly makes me mad ; kicked dUWH m DOL halt Su flWJd wan renown. sky world hainft used the: your fattest shccp hin’t goinu 0 work to lame mv keep." KcKitrick m loath‘s ‘ tuu. A stranger ir. f“0m home and ki‘ ‘8 unfortunate wot ”My settlers and th in the year 1806. loathe industry at. grew restless and SChOleer, Be 31 with his young b1 II-Cfive and daring 5 to join him in a n‘ E latter part of Oct his efl'eCts on boart Iy Slipped out of t stationary f0: . HERL Just Luck W illial