The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-08 00:00:00


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Mr. Stirling, of Kippendavie, to have this relic pro- his lordship observed that a complete reply to what
tected by an iron fence. The rest of the tree will be had been said by the Archbishop of I ork and the
ueed for making liVie articles that. may serve, as Bishop of Londpn would be foettseptoingin in day or two,,
memorials ofthe faln fr thenlnc. 0 ' t He could only say that the Cheirchatt hothell id got se4do ,
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I.lo:3ldejle of fp real* theldepth to which ilietait, ( °lege.) Iliad
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4 ,-i Ilen:k .He ot• nly denhist t t the, MIS wets tfte!
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a conten • r w s :---' . ord. IA io la said that i so lls -be r cst
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the hounds b amid eto o cam' _ elfa he -
hitherto this season , sixty or seventy carriagea full of ladies pious Jew; and that He was not worthy of adoration
At Tim' Way was mere numerously attendci th an any be. lieVe that our blease d'..143r,i knew more thas any i
drew spoil the high ground beyond the farm of Santa Maria and worship.
Nueva, wimues. they witnessed the Stidhig of the first fox,
HirtioUßEl TO A BRAVE MAN !- Last Saturday,
who, although he afforded only a quarter of an holies gallop,
after which he knowingly of to ground, sufficiently tested at the eng,gestion atel recommendation if Aioniral .
the capabilities of the field over the highs-knee.; and stone Schomberg, Queen's • Harkair Master, Holyhead, the -
walls with which that part of the Canipagna is intersected.
Liverpool Shipwreck and litunane Seeiety presented !
There were a good number of English gentlemen in the a teat-class silver medal, together with a splendid
saddle, among whom was Mr. Charles Knight, who has only
' illionined written teat itnoily .rasiarehment; Peautifuilly
M call th best, master f the ti .1
Y returned to Rome. and whose experience in the ' , tani ,Lt _. m.r . B _
wl:Audi. aged 76 fxswain of th
Roman hounds. Ile was mounted. oil a Rue ,thcfrOEhb"'l, allulyhaad, lifeboat-wig, as by hie heroic actions h
iampagna renders m y e oc o . o, ,oe
which he has brought out, with otlieehoi.ses, for the hhilling 'helen the means, during the pail half-century, of saving
250 lie-ca. VC& The presentation was immediately suggested
season here, a difficult animal to ride, Mit which Mr. Eidght
managed with great skil and patience. , on she occasion if the tement mild- services of Coxswain
A Fan fLY POISON E0.,-Five .inteMititri rig a lloarlantlasand his cyewittativing thirty-three lives from
German family named Stang,. in Chicago, the head of the Lidia •lVill la ino, of fliverpool, and the Bo macre, a
which is reported to be one of the wealthiesteGereatins French barque, which foundered at Holyhead on let
in the city, have been poisoned, although not 'finely. Dekernber last. The presentation was made by the
.el, yopng daughter of the family, aged sixteen, was. Hon. W. 0., Stanley, M.P„ in the presence of .I!dmirial,
eigested an the poiaher en tide-statement lifione cif the' Scharnberts; Iteg.:ff . • Ilriecoe)lneufnbeilt of-Holyhead, ,
children that she put the poison into the coffee. The Captain Caval,i U.N.,' As sProviss. Einiss•Slausi Mraill
young prisoner charges her mother with the deed, and Stanley, Mrs. behoellserg and Misses Schimberg, &c.
states that her parents wareeeo asialleiolis ;sad isral,p- • Suitable ailikelsel, , Wei& glade by the Hon. Mr.
ins that they ill treate.t her when she did not earn Stanley and Admiral Schoutheos, dilating on the noble'
sufficient money to .suit ththe. 7,...i, :-,..M., 0, :40, :. service* deltlilBshiellithaserm.srain Waslizonsseeteds-atie
AN UNPUBLISHED LEigl'iti 'fielitettlifilthe the glorious stuault,ef. Ilia sexertions-the saving of
_usaitratala of 250 lives during his life-tune.
following letter (says the Banffshire Jo u rnahkipt Liu,.
handwriting of Burns was given ,by Mm, Beggs the fin. -Ctstni3o's Oeigreuss.- By. ifinnining,
poet's sister, WhOlf Sesliding, A s'eyent, fs !halts% ' b./ leer to tlieV44,2'ittonapiel. aye ge Wunder- 1
Mr. F., who had ehown her no little kindness. This stood when people suppose him to be a prophet. " I
letter, which has hitherto escaped publication, is nwass ; iteser in my life," he says, " profemed or attempted
in the possession of Mr. F.'s son, who, ,though of sill- to pronhesy. All L have ventured to do is to explain
gratory habits, has his I 1 stead,withistil-hundrelh andpinfolel inspireelpyyphets in the Word of God."
miles of the capital of I ...L S,s, - k ili• flit followittf coursathat thkdoctor's prophecies have
Ellisland, 14th August,l76o.-My dear William 7 received never loaecontradicted Ifylaets. He challenges the
your letter, and am very happy to hear that you,bam gatt...aw9stnution of an instanee. Ile denies aloo that he
settled for the winter. I enclose you the two guinea 'gates of 'has ever changed big opinion about the interpretation
the Bank of Scotland, which I hope will serve your need. It of prophecy. sifter' rgeseinsnselad hag Ilt-sitter 0*e
indeed, not eMte so convenient for met apare money as Ti1e,,,,,,. , „ ~‘
rimitifilot.liew wit;
tlf lit tit .
it once was, hut I know your situation, and I will say it in ,.' `fP" .'
some respect your wortlr rtrase nretimeto-write at pre- the title and the publisher, • Dr. -Cumming says, "-On'
soot, WWI heggou will exileavaur to pluck tip, little mare. these aubjuate--4.-have •-inwarialayaspakenswithsdiser
of the man than yaw used to have. Remember my favourite utmost reticence and reserve ; rad now, after twenty
...uotation- s • .s.syssitrs'o o
eft tualpsttigsritingswitheohjegt, I find nothing
iddaisel 0411 feseleas, • ,!. I,la .r, osWessaat. issi tai,-Aki..4 stated twenty
That 01,1114E1 ortrurmajeaty in man
What proves the hero truly great _ • a ago, that proximately 1867 winds up the ' times
Is never, never to dlr."
~ of the Gentiles. Ellio t states 1865 ; others say 1868
.
Your mother
voila commende. and sister beg th - onitien Lirailje -the,,iSing inferendk rum the great chronologies of
-ROIMer lit: Ilea ~. proplid I gathe inspired prophecy that we
A SECRET JOURNAL IN F RANBI47 te4OP , ~r,l, are 1 kluging intoliinea of
tiume it sated severity and
F4hlahi7 lliat it is for every man, while
number of the secret journal, La RS iialigiee, as been it do • .
ly,,?ts 'I his liis cQuiatry, his frail ily, and society
xeized by the police in Pasha 'and li. mious *Stir
at ase to EaTe his Isffel'isirt and his lamp burning,
have been received by the:..authoritieassisorning pis n
foi • the'coming4of the Isofq draweth nigh.
that if the age?
tilitifeiihC jAgfiviaue theiriitslatlvi,
arrests °Mai r giss, ions qaerom 6.. t I. Elileftl TY ft fi *MI SHAlta M EN.-
down, tolFtn •r ill lta-ltitultek, 14 a ' thiciAy of l'hrtrarlifsted tit 4 Ittlubai .t ftlittles th *Mg peti-
forty persons which haisliesea,terips4f),.Lthe vitypose of ti,eutaddresled t9,t1.10
,F,:.,capepr,Napuleon by the work-
putting an end to polieldableCe: ••fiiiiiiB,ikstyi lila alsh inert of -that town:- •• ' ': I
notified its determination b, supseevte at the assizes . Site-The undersigned.ohme to supplicate your Majesty
the next policeman th A ill,treacti -di -.eit:rel-itl-' Id reit: ' bilk pfoutieildet aholislithelAreaty of Commerce concluded
alarm pr,wails both at Cowl sinelln the pollee depart- with iZathli.ritain.ci=expiLeVca,,,,t4li,?wr:, is the prr-
ment lii iatitseillaenot, a Ilikite.; tinnounceM§iina. Lci reves xis the proapect of !great nAry.4 Vul tiatitfaX;ieps
R4mbltque pro pit
to be the organ of a secret reso- are without employment, wages are being reduced, and the
lutionary government, whoa laNect it sitat,eil 0 tab tirteg •sf provisions to. rialtos every day. The commercial
" the liberation of Prates 'fent 'the' shah:Mid Yoke disastere' which have Just aided our country plunge as
sql,:e.rotoh.e derattletrztoin,rl:::,t tzittist,i,,yittohuebtariexetz,:: ,
which has oppressed it for sixteen years-" It calls ia?y, the greatest anxiety. We pray your Majesty to con-
upon the French republicans to avenge thee:melee,. on ,
the Emperor, " who has fattened Oti reiiii6lisesii bliiOcl,'. you deigned to priantse our enmituers that you would
anti urges every republican, like a second Brutus, to occupy yourself with this matter in a manner befitting its
"strike the tyrantt wlerevier lie utak' find UM." The Importance. For your Majesty to will anything is to be able I
old republican device : "Liberte, egalite, fraternite," to do it; and we think that you can scarcely remain ilidif-
appears :it the head of the paper, and " Vive la fermi to our situation. I Our welfare, Site, ought tn.:m.ode ,
with your own, and we wait with an entire confidence for
Repuldique" at the emL the decision which you will he pleased to take with the view
FREEING A SLAVE.-Wheit Captain Faulkner of Improving our position. ;litre follow the signatures.)
(one of the Livingstone search party) was staying with A SPANISH LEGION FOR TIIE POPE.-A letter
a native chief, his host offered him a ',regent of a from Rome says that a legion is bring formed in Spain
young black lady. He was shown the present, den entirely composed of Spanish caballeros, as the Zonave
asked whether he liked it, and,'"' for the fun of the corps is entirely compoi.ed of counts, marquises, and
: thing," he answered "Yes." The captain was then dukes of France and of Belgium. With regard to the
teld he must catch her for himself if he wanted her- S ,anish legion, I ought to mention to you a rumour
: this was the courtship. They are not quite indifferent which prevails hi certain governmental circles. and
Ito appearances, theta African chiefa, but they have which, if true, might interest not a little the King's:
. strange notions of the dignity of "the service." Fancy government. It is said then that Isabella H. has:
a British captain chasing a black nymph ass Cookney declared her intention to organise this legion in the
chases a housemaid at kiss in-the-ring on Boxing-day. same manner as the French government organised its
, The sight would only be inferior in horror to that of Antibes legion, forming it, that is to say, entirely of
the oflicera of the Guards alighting at the door of the regular Spanish soldiers, whose term of military
Crystal Palace from an excursion van, whieh Punch service tinder the Pontifical banner will be reckoned
thought would be worth looking at The lady did not as though passed under the standard of her Catholic
like the captain, and the captain did not like tlie chase, majegy.
so to make matters pleasant, the present was bound „ ,AT-BLIND MATERIALISM. " -The , e
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with cords, and brought howling to ita white lord
in France a spirit of bat-blind materialism. y
"Presents" seem all equally hard to please, no matter says that
what the colour of their skits. Then the captain said, has got fast hold of the middle classes of the corn-
finely, he would treat her as the English always inanity ; and they will sacrifice nothing of present
treated slaves, whereupon lie took his knife out, cut ease or enjoyment for sake of those who are to come
the cords, and set her free. A graceful ending to a after them, hose of liberty noel love of country
dwindle and die under the shade of absolutism. In
pretty story. Austria the people rubbed their hands and sneered
BS:QUESTS TO CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.-
when they heard of Riinigratz ; and there Was not a
The Medical Times and Gasetle remarks :- thought or a threat of snatching up arms to defend
A correspondent
31 informs us that an obi gentleman named the country-only the dominions of their despotic
usgrove, of Bramley, near Leeds, has left a large sum of
herd. II f ft t' n lismchant's this
ow or cons 1n to a may,,,
money to a gentleman, OH condition that he adtla the name
of Musgrove to his own, and that he pays to the trustees of sullen awl resentful feeling time alone-can tell. lhere
the Leeds Infirmary. £10,000; to the Eye and Ear Infirmary, are £40,000,000 of gold in the coffers of the bank,
£lO,OOO ;to the Leeds Fever Hospital, lii,iiiki; and to the which, for the present, it will hurt nobody to have set
Bradford Infirmary, £lO,OOO, With the- latter institution rolling thrmeda the veins of public employment ; and
the testator
dyyears endeavoured
and hto driVeing n a liard bfor argain. lime as }.O the price which tbe newly-iseened Rentes fifteen
above eigl of age, alto use lie
/steel to give it to the Bradford Infirm eio,ooaary provided the or twenty
.), •
eaci hence may bring - who thinks of that?
trustees of the institution would pay him 10 per cent, for it That is the affair of another generatiou-peehapa of
during his life. The trustees very wisely refused, slat another dynasty.
perhaps were tboughebetter of by the millionaire for so ANECDOTE or CHARLES DICEENS.-The Boston
doing, for he left the Bradford, as the other hospitals men-
tioned, to be benefitted by his legatee. This is what people Com mos-wets/a relates the following story bf the great
call charity. English novelists- .
MINING EXTRAORDINARY.-SOlne rein:irk-able A lady of Chariest., a gloat admirer Of Mr. Indlians's
an
,Iniliall relics have been disofwered by a party of mitgitat..lt.ttuit,iilegrat,elrotp:ral fr s.s,,,etdoi., he, .
i;>•i; lil•it'ttijelries to
prospectors inthe districted the-Yellowstone, Montana. ask if the doors of the Temple could be opened softer earlier
They found an ancient " cairn," and on opening it than the usual hoar, slid that she might be lifted into the
they discovered beneath an Indian catacomb. Seated hall unobserved by' other attendants mum the readings,
in a single row amend the quadrangle were the remains mentioning to Idtn her infirmity of limbs_ Mr. Dickens
of upwards of thirty warriors, from whose forms the sympathisingly and grateiutihly ai3ra,mledged th,ed.nt?t,e, gal
II esh had long since mouldered away, and whose very - °
jet t:imre‘tVetehongerroffr
';reFentingYliter, =es, 'irAh. coal-
, home crumbled into lust at the touch if the spectator. plimentary tickets of admission. ,
On the floor around lay numerous instruments of war •
. or, chase, some of iron and some of stone, am" the A CONVICT IN THE PULPIT.-A clergyman of
' entire apartment was covered with a fine and almost the Church of England was left by the death of his re-
' iinpalpable dust, which was all that remained of the lativee the last of his family, and, resolving to
'furs and robes with which this abode of death had emigrate to America, took ship, with hi-s worldly
I doubtless, at one time, been Carpeted. • Lying beside effects, to end hie days with preaching the Gospel there.
the 11011cA were nuns-new ornaments, indicating the A convict, leaving his country for his country's good,
rank of the dead. What chiefly attracted attention in the same ship, concealing his true character, became
I wits, however, a massive basin or kettle that occupied intimate with the clergyman. On the passage, how-
the centre of the apartment, and was doehtlesa used as ever, the latter took sick, was nursed assiduously by
' a sacrificial ceneer for burning incense, it being two the other, and, dying, left all his effects, including his
feet high and two feet and a half in circumference. This sermons, letters, and testinionials, to the unknown
massive article wonderfel to tell, proved on inspection nurse. Elam arriving safe in America the convict
to be pure gold, and was SO heavy that the party had assumed the name of the deceased, and, presenting the
great difficulty in removing it from its resting-place letters and credentials if the departed to the Bishop,
and bringing it into the upper air. Its salute is estimated was invitisl to preach, which he Jul. rising one of the
at 100,000 dohs, sennone he had inherited, and was called to a church,
EFFECT OF MUSIC ON Cows.-The A thenrrynt where he officiated acceptably for several years. The
truth would not have been discovered had not the
relatee the followin,g:- a
resi wretched impostor divulged it on his death-bed.
At dence in this neighbourhood a flower show was
held on the lawn, which WM separated by iron railings from A PASSAGE OF ARMS !---In Paris, the other
a field where several cows were grazing. When the band
began to play, the cows, which ons dia. day. a disc! took place on the raise I terrace of the
,o
, taece, simuit. meously ceased grwere at a c iderable r-azing and came up towards "iieries gard
the lawn, slanidlng in a row, with their heads stretched over combatants were no
' i . se, , whi ng the quays. The .41 rains al .
less high and mighty than the
the railings, intently watching the hand, apparently with Prince Imperial and his friend, young Gonneau, son of
the greatest interest and astonishment. When the band Dr. Comeau.
ceased playing, they moved away to a distance, where they away The boys had Chassepote, and fired
at each other for half an hour, ten shots per
could anise moist lewd by the crowd, but always ',turned
iv, atched the band, when it resumed playing, with the .
minute. It was intentn,ly cold, y:t at kast two
, same apparent interest and absorbed attention. Of comae, hundred persons watched the passage of arms as
' allusions to Orpheus and the Beasts were plentiful among intently as though the fate of engerea depended on its
the company. The cows certainly seemed the moot attentive issue. Needless to remark that the Cluousepots were
part of the audience, and the effect of a row of fascinated innocent of either powder or ball.
. cows with heads over the railings was very ludicrous.
A SOLDIER " DRTYMMF.D OUT FOR FENIANISM.
EXAMPLE IS BETTER THAN PRECEPT.-Treat- -On Monday morning the rare ceremony of " drum-
ing of " mistress and maid "in the question of dress, ming out" a eoldiew was performed at Walmer liar.
the- Sat urdag Review Comes to the conclusion that a racks, the culprit hieing John Quin, late a private in
reform in the dreg,. of " lower-class females," and tlie 7th Royal Fusiliers who was tried by Court-rmrtial
maid-servants in particular, can only be brought about at Dover, on the 3rd ult., for making use of treason-
in one way. The reaction in favour of a neat and able and traitorous language towards her ltfaj..sty the
simile style must come from above, and not from Queen, and also avowing liimself a Feldan. The 6th
below; in the way of example, not precept. When depot battalion having assembled on parade, were
" ladies of position and fortune " cease to lavish their
thousands on millinery, their copyists in the nursery formed in square and the prisoner placed in the centre.
The sentence of the court was then read by Captain
and kitchen will cease to spend their wages on a and Adjutant Godfrey, after which the prisoner's
similar object. When every one above the rank of a facings, numbers. buttons, good conduct badge, kts,
governess dresses sue manner suitable to her station, were cut off I.y two drummers, and his tunic turned
complaints will be no longer heard alsout " unbecoming" inside out. The men were then formed in two lines
finery below" stairs. The-chief incentive to showy dress facing inwards, and the culprit marched down the
among the lower order of females" is unquestionably centre, followed by drummers and pipers playing the
a desire to ape the extravagance of their betters. "Rogue's Mare-h" to thelarrack gate, when he was
Remove that incentive, and the evil which a coeres- hat (knifed, and at once removed to the military prison
pondent of a contemporary, under the signature of a at Canterbury, to undergo his eentence of two years'
'' Clergynian's Wife," so forcibly deplores, will soon
ure itself. We hope that she may be indueed toturn imprisonment. Previous to being drummed out the
c
prieoner was branded on the left breast with the letters
her reforming, zeal into another direttion. Instead of "8.c."
indulging in childish projects for witting the Sunday- A. TEST OF VERACITY.The Montreal Herald
school, and the church singers, and maid-servants, and
the lower order of females generally into uniforms, let Bays that in a case tried at one of the police-courts
her attack the mischief at its root, and persuade the one of the witnesses declared he would not believe one
fine ladies ef the earth to l'llitail tla-in nvalitrong pro- of the partks on h•r oath. Mr. .Tustice r ouriod, on
digality and immodest vagaries in dress. Let her add
her Warning voice to that of the Head of Latin inquiring the rw,,' ,r,atitaal the following highly
satisfactory,reply : -" She has a broken window up-the
thriatiaxiity, who ha.s recently denonficed this scandal glass door of her house, and won't mend it any
of the age with the some perennial vigoer , that way; she keeps a dirty honse„artd wont clean it ; she
characterises his anathemas on the subalpine govern- was complained of for having-ti pig in the court-yard,
, ment. anti the police were twice down- last summer to her
s about it, but she won't remove it"--An witness
, RECEIVING HIM ROYALLY !-The Duke or stated, as an equally valid reason why she should not
Edinburgh stayed three weeks in South Australia, be believed on oath, that "she was
g,n idler, and was
and 200,000 peopin .there kept holiday during that fond of wagers."
Period to celebrate his visit. Twenty-five steamers, ..---••••--iss--
rantaining 10,000 persons, escorted his ship Galatea up -
the bay, to Melbourne, in Victoria. 150,000 persons
thronged the streets of that city to welcome him.
The address of the city to him was presented in the
prei-euce of 30,000 spectators; 11,000 children sang
the English National Anthem to him ; a free public
banquet was given to 20,000 persons irk the open air in
honour of the royal visit. Hundreds of addressee
were presented to the son of the Queen of England,
expressing loyalty and affection. Towns and villages
filled with Germans and Chinese vied with people of
English descent in expressions of loyalty and attach-
ment towards the Prince and his mother. Balls, fire-
works, and illetninathins celebrated the royal visit,
and joy-fires blazed on every bill for filty miles round.
The Galatea was to be escorted up Sidney Bay by
nearly fifty ateamere, containing 20,000 persons. The
Prince laid the foundation stone td a public building
with a trowel formed of solid gold, ormunented with
precious stones.
THE STATE OF THE CHURCH.-In London, on
Sunday morniog, the Bishop of Capetown preached
after the third collect at morning prayer (which is said
as a separate service) at 10.30 A. 111.. at Sc. Mary Mag-
dalene a temporary church, Paddington. There WaS
an overwhelming congregation, and the L'ishop
aelected for his text a portion of the Epistle of
St. Jude, " that ye should contend earnestly for the
faith once delivered to the Saints." Having observed
that in all ages of the Church perecution hail been the
lot of the faithful, he said that what the apostle in.
us to contend for was "the faith," not the
superstition Rome had engrafted .on it, or the wild
specillateofiß 4,f 1110dVrtlfreethiekers ; the faith c.nitain.l
in the Holy Scriptures and enshrined in the ereeds. N.
wonder. that men immersed in business ana pleasure,
in politics or commerce, should care so little for divine
things; but the Church at the present had to contend
with the aggressions of Rome, and the opposition of

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:by steam.
sails, fectually warm e cars
At a book sale in the United States, a short time
since, a copy of John Elinee Indhui !LW* fetched Soo dollar.,
and a Dagen edition of Milton I etched 1,500 dollars, or £3OO

sterlinf. e
• A airespowi6t sa7*thist",ifthoulh it is
nog castival time, It4tee; is tikeltWieLs: the the Ores tak
to and there ere scaiyobe. aux yOrnki.ei!a 0 tlie
tilt
furtfoy On tilke CAdkuliallj ,
. • nullifies t aft44l POsietuldl^o4•444lo.4
• the same principle hat a man 1:1”,(100 a year n.tt
an estate would he justified in spendiug 5,10,000 out of lain
capital in fitesteersteveloPing its rdieltalL .
Th, Sicilian Jodi, d I states that M. Anselmo
Gaetano, under secretary of the prefecture of Monreale,
lets just Imes assassinated with a potgnard. He was eighty
'l'ltc nano .s of 1,021i,422 lit nochildren were cnridled
°lb"ii'illa'gitAlOMltintkOrtittleinZiititqlsigtrior
1007 was 034,054 against 665,559 in the previous year.
During the past year fifteen children betweidi
rice en and fourteen years of age committed suicide tu the

that Ki
of his so
sl._ ,wfs step,
would be very welcome to the French Government.
About 500 colliers are on strike in the l'oynton dIO
trict, resisting au attempt of the emplo)ers to enforce a
reduction of oue penny in the shilling. _

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be. Liverpool pilot boats last year earned V. 67,811.
rteen years, (from 1802 to '6.5) 242 deaths were
f 4
eeo.riii in England and Wales from lightning, of which
",kwens males, and 43 were females. The numbers in each
.‘ctuated consideralny and indicated the periodical
ices of the electric tension of the atmosphere.

Some recent heavy damages for breach of promise
marrfiiire remind Jones of spresd•reascra precaution.
w hen I courted her," he said, "I took laner's advice and
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signed every letter to my love • lours without preindlee
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Ey the Athattio cahlo we learn that thAt'Anwo,ats*.
&Noes& hintpxorett, a- hot top.?athig the intcrnul tat on
cotton Inntn.auttvly, and renmvink the tintrdn thd intineW .

Auntriall

Lim of foreign cetisiu after the Ist November next. - - '
, .
'The Warrin?itnnYhterclian stlttte that 11,11 action is
stout to be brought against the manager of the Warrington
tels Works, for false imprisonment, by the men who were
lately apor•fhartuditu thewharse of-attemint)lig tp blow up
til e gas works.
It itessisl,that >Willie Petipa, the favourite dancer
4.1. Pettrrhara, phidraa n the kitat Beetled t 'Ater, prize
of 75,000 roubles.
i'litrii • iflarraegtpit efjearffiahvvnnonneod thg,disc9very
, rsapowikar, by a leading gentleman of ttaitoivit;..WhldP :
tot explode until it is tithe& which ia the work of
Ilvisttint, knit the power of Which ie superb r r in ,the ...
817 PbavAer in use, •altheugh worth lass than ail. a
onni...The inventor bad made his secret known to Goiter's-
4esi4. . - ......
; Tier ginaga:recanfdy gait to.the raris nauseprn by
e;ing.,Vauter lidinisai,neLlias.,lust died. Another Is slnfrlTy• --
pycje4, prosnised.iby tlin Vicveihy of Egypt.
I Tan Paria editoia64ve'beirnti heavily for publish,
i causninarimi tat .Ahe del?ates on the -Army lnll,. slid under
11:14.-ItaTanry raealn.t.i7Z,gll.ll,7„ettis:: ligNeri. ai.rgearty,das
n still bite, arid have very sharp beaka."
t The 11.erlin journals give an account of a curious
neremonS• of 'the burial of the Police Gazette in that oily.
fajtets announclu‘g the decease of,that journal were sent to
i ',poker of persons connected with the press and their
friends. The funeral procession started from the printing •
lattice, preceded by a hand of music, to the place of inter-
meat. Compositors dressed in black paper carried the body.
A lannecOusAnneral oration was then pronounced, after
ankh the animal van plunged into a tub of printers ink
And so buried.
An 44.11a:haw io.New . y ork offered a young lady
a pony Tor akin.. She gave him the kiss lie refused her
the pcinY she sued him lie pleaded " no conaideratloh."
The court decided that a kiss was -a legal consideration, and
. mmloanin woux pp.."...
.r`ye,.; e tue tini4 info Irmo:ince& that rich deposktii
ofgniif Had hau'discovered in Russian America. A despatch '
to tine:Atte ikpartment reports (list an assay had been made
id.thos 4‘ovenfiqund there. at SPII Francis., and it yields
at the rate Of 13,e00 dollars per ton. . .

iA, rkregribricroule Nays that, altheirgh it is.wtwe oar'.
Ttal tiim, Rome,ia like •a fowls. „she Meanspo are deserted,
II there are scaticely any YOreigilers hi the Cry: !
Among the recent ,arniitela
,ittAtolise is that of the
tlebrated American Federal flimcml, kbn ow as "lighting
oe 4eeker,e..,,liiss wale iss.yis. itsii,Vtgaltii. I,l4„.gmieght
himlt Iv renovering, from I,t tot ¢ aralysts a year,
f,
Ihe Post.office deparlimin et Washing,ton hits in
Ito deaildetier office mom MP& KAY photographs Of talon
oblips,,wipch_nesunq444l,,larip,g thy war,„
I "Thi Kist allows solifi filiniil, lia,der,lvitlf MOW
to the good, to ' settle ' that sum secretly on his wife and
eilliderael"s'vrith eveMtar lio ArlditgrigammiseT,
0,000 richer_ than he is and -Hal falsehood, is dWectly
maionell'Ef Mb idle. ,firWhaverm.aettnetpent b3egtraer
legal unless published within a week in the Gazelle."
peetator.
A donation of £0,1300, for the purpose of founding a
uslicel seholvslyip in sissekisilaeridityesi ,ittisPitriO, has been
:tile by Mies EttleS,' of Diver-ma's ' A • •• -
Milt tires.Vlsleirri iiiin'iliti ii. A mi.'trivimiwtt.o,. a t Lzs f
re r -
, 001, died on i-,,,turisiy, in last week. He leaves three sous,
II of whom are active in I' 'eat aud general politics.
The Presit.iii 'of 'thil tuited-Staf6i, Anlrdw John -
:'i'l t IliNtitirrfir Pare 1-,rittrofttguatufiittrj tt"ib
,aetrawtii:Llirlog. Attitpqr S??9,i,ly I.lht.iihrdon, with his
ILitrefta t9-eeett,i'Aelttf-IXVld4l7!lr_i fer,"•,i;
The Rev. Henry WarciAirecilter is writing "A, Life
t ,‘,...h4j.t.4 ...
'WlettCr Irdlir 141:4iiizigtinitil itat Ai tiiirPitir. . __
Olin AttYß4SPhs"4,44l',',',,,Y4'4...T.t.M,'',",ah.
E.per0.".441,04,4*.N..4.0.0Kep04i I4g'ste hove
I Inthig`thrtitgire !TIMMS elidintrilEths-nopenaliter
last there were delivered, by carriers in New York city
12.000,070 mail letters: elfi7,o4lPirity 'litters, and 1,666,014
Lezessplitizt, :211;4
utfAtireirticTlllientiaiiiiri, to tl:c, I..anNiost
lApropos of Mr. Roebuck's recent lecture on
" capital and Labour," the,Slosliekt I notependent states that
,tlieherwairablegentilerean iitinstitlie unitmodepurse of writing
:his addresa, that he Might ensure calmness and completeness,
might utter no word that he hail not well weighed, and
. might not run the risk of dwelling so long on one part of
his subject as to pass too lightly over the rest."
The Mart,'hnne Erpress says the great qtsestion hi
. the corn triune% what will America do? The accounts ot
her abundance are conflicting, but the first fruits of the
• seasou already arrived have exceeded expectation: and,
' owing to the late war, -the agricultural interests throughout
the Wen must have less power to hold stock than formerly
A fruit farmer in Ohio is planting a mammoth
orchard, Which will consist of 5,000 apple trees, assorted
kinds ; 10,000 peach trees, 6,000 pear trees istatolard ~2,000
dwarf, 2,010 cherry trees, 1,500 plums, six acres of quinces,
20 acres of strawberries, 20 acres of raspberries, eight acres
of blackberries, 18 acres of grapes.
A sensation is being caused in the religions world by
the machine of &converted actor, " formerly of the London
and provincial theatres." Ile draws "great houses," or, as
a religious paper puts it, "his niarvellons abilities, f omierly
employed in the service of Satan, are now employed in the
service of God."
"We recently had twenty shillings' worth of penny
postage stamps weighed; with the border all round the
sheet, 240 stamps weigh little less than half an ounce ; with-
out the border the weight is a little more than half an ounce.
onsequently 4732 worth weigh one pound, 473,55401,0 cwt ,
£.71,680 one toe, £716,800 ten tons."—Jtaint/ea on Railways
By Sir Cusack P. Roney.
The Standard mentions that an Irish Reform Bill is
In preparation, together with a measure on Irish railways,
alai another on the land question. These are altogether
irrespective of the work of the Church and Education Com-
missions,
A few days since a gardener in trenching some
meadow land at Highgate, Middlesex, found a vase contain-
ing nearly 7,000 silver coins, consisting of silver pennies
Limilon, York, Middlesex, Bristol, and Canterbury groats
and half-groats, halfpennies, /M. 'lrish and Scotch'. Vene-
tian and foreign, Teutonic, arid two gold coins of Edward
111, also an amber rosary. The coins have been partially
arranged by Mr. Vaux, of the British Museum.
The toy called the "Roman question," sold a month
ago at Paris for 11, may now be bought for it sous, having
been dethroned by another called the "Mexican question, '
A grave arithmetician, cognizant 01 the value of time, has
calculated that 500,000 persons in Paris alone have spent each
half an hour on an average in endeavouring to find out the
1 solution of the Roman puzzle, end that the total would
represent about 57 years of the file ot a mall working 12 hours
a day.
Two troopers, forming an escort, have been murdered
near Brisbane. They were found lying on their rugs at their
camp, near Mackenzie. Five pigs were lying dead, having,
it is suppi.sed, eaten of niatter vitiated by the men. Both
men were shot through the bead, besides having been
poisoned. • . The ashes of the saddle bags were found in the
camp fire. Emir thousand pounds in notes, which the escort
were taking to the branch of the Joint-stock Bank at Cler-
mont, are missing. An ex-magistrate has been arrested en
slunk:tom
The Sporting Gazette understands that the whole of
Lord Jersey's stud will he br.ought to the hammer at Tatter-
sall's'. an early day. Whether the sale In question Is to be
a "weeding out" one only, or preparatory to his lordship's
retirement Irons the turf, to which he has only recentli
-•
taken, is not certain: - - - • .
An Irishuitoa, evidently a native of Germany,
offered the following message for traminthishm rrom a Sewn
in Eastern liaise—" Michael murphy, New York. N'y town
I you sent to colts? Send fialtes lint Shalt. -llii.xs.li itm-T.7
This-Was intended to mean, "Why don't you send the goods/
'florid mites and shawls."
The farmers in Devonshire are complaining of the
increase of the ringdove or wood-pidgeon. These biblii
visit that country now iu large flocks. They feed on beech
nuts, acorns, turnip and swede greens, young clovers, cab-
bage plants, tares, peas, Sc. When feeding they have scouts
who give notice of danger. They breed often during the
year. Vey commence cooing in March. Many of their
early,laid eggs are devoured by jays. They build their nests
carelessly, and their young often fall out of them.
A discussion of an interesting character has taken
place among the 'English residents at Hong-Kong with re-
ference to the existence of coal in China. It is said to be
available in enormous quantities, although it is unworked.
Should these statements be verified they are likely to exert a
very important influence, not only on the Celestial Empire
itself, but also on English and French commerce in the
Eastern seas and ports. -
A young man named Smith has been fined 20:i, and
coats 3015.1 at Manchester for extinguishing a street lamp.
Ile fasted that he waa lighting his pipe at the lamp when it
went out. The magistrate recommended him to purchase
farthing boxes of matches in future as likely to be cheaper
in the long run.
The journals announce the death, at Paris, aged
, . . . . . .._ .

"Kliehka4
who,

AMA fehoectii!elbstethhbitant of -Angleur (13e1gium),"
rove the Mew pmrnal, a few days ago found that he had
dlorn tedlrbed Of. -bauk-note of LeOuf. Thee moot solar.,
rifiearcliaa were made by the police without effect, when,rar ,
openings the door of Ins apartment two mornings back, he
was agreeably surprised to find the alining note nailed to
the door !"

• •
: -the fallowing advertisement appeared in the London
Time. the other day—" To invalid, hardworked, and yoting
clergymen —Six hundred manuscript Church sermons on
sale, by a I) I). lately deceased. Specimen on receipt of
thirteen stamps. Apply," dc-1t should have been heeded

.::.IV;ai;43-t-jthe Trade."
Mies Nightingale has subscribed £l,OOO to the fund
now being raised for erecting an infirmary at Rotherham.
It is stated that the Cork police have succeeded in
apprehending one of the men the tot part in the daring
robbery of arms and ammunition from the shop of Mr
Allport in that city a short time ago.
There is a Smollett-street in Leghorn where the
•
anther of Humphrey Clinker " died.
The yield of gold and silver in the United States in
1866 is estimated at 00,000,000 dole in Mexico and South
America, at 40,0011,000 dots. in Australia, at 61,000,000 doh.:
hi British America, at 10.000,000 dots; in Siberia, 16,500,000
dole. ; and elsewhere, at 7,000,000 dole.
Mr. Dumas states in the Pall Mall Gazette that he
Is preparing a statement of the amounts paid by London
underwriters at Rotterdam, Paris, and Hamburg, in order
to show that a very large amount of the destruction caused
by the Alabama fell upon England and ether European
countries.
The Kary Evening Poet says that Dr. Moriarty and
his clergy find great difficulty in collecting their cwitomary
dues from their Roman Catholic Shook, owing to the doctor's
recent denunciation ef Fenianisui.
The Indian Department at Washinzton has net apart
a room to be devoted ti teething the Indians who visit that
city weaving and various mechanic aria, which they seem
actions to learn.
According to the South London Chronicle, on the
line of the Charing Cross Railway, the abolition of the
" compounder " is made an excuse for an increase of rents,
the tenants paying, besides, all rates and taxes. Wretched
little houses of four rooms, the rear yards of which were
cut off by the railway, and the actual value of which was,
therefore, greatly loosened, are LOW let at £25 instead of
as before, £2O a year net,
A man named Lowry and his wife, resident at
Dolphin's Barn-foss, were charged at Dublin, on Saturday,
with having wantonly ueglected a child four years of age
in such a manncr as to endanger its life. It appeared
that the child was found lying (111 some straw on a board in
the prisoners' house, and was almost destitute of clothing.
It hail become more like a skeleton then a living being.
The child was removed to the Meath tiospitaL The
prisoners were remanded.
A Pennsylvania " Protectionist" has raised a laugh
in Congress by moving a reeolution threeting the Committee
if Ways and Means "to inquire into the expediency of no
amending the tariff laws as to restrain importations, so as
. to throw the balance of trade largely in favour of the United
' States." A Western 1 reetrader suggested that the resolution
he modified en as to require the balance of trade to be in
favour of the Cnited States, at all events." The resolution
was adopted without alteration.
The reissue of the regnlations for the onlistment of
recruits contains but slight modification. ills, however,
provided that, in addition to height and cheat measure-
ment, no recruit, (boys and lads excepted; is to he Wildest
unless physically nepable of bearing arms. This condition
is found tote necessary, now that recruits may be
at the age of eeventeen if their I,l4sique-b, sufficiently de:
veloped to enable them to bear arms, which is not invariably
the case.

A telegram from Lloyd's agente.at Constantinople
reports the wreck, on the 09th wlt , on the Bonniellan coast
.oi the Bosphorus at the British barque Cl,.Pia, Captain
Cooper, laden. With corn trove Ve1.119. to England. Nobody
was found on hoard, and the boats had disappeared. The
weather has bestir,' severe lately, with frequent storms.
In Australia, recently, died a cow at the great age
of thirty-three.

A lady recently paid St. George's Hospital, London,
a lengthened visicaud upon leaving it placed the munificent
sum of Ai.500 In the hands of the secretary in token of her ay,
proval of all she had witnessed.
The destitution among the poorer classes in New
York and Brooklyn is something without example in the
United States.
A return just issued shows that on the lot of July,
1867, the number of paupers relieved in the unions of
England and Wales was 144,665, being 9,060 more than on
the same day in the previous year.
It is confidently asserted that Alexandre DUIIIBB.
the spoilt child of fashion, has made 19,800,000 f. by his pen..
What has become of all this gold? No One knows, especially
not Dumas. "how is it," said an author one day to him.
"that you have managed to get through so much money?"
"Oh," replied the author of Monte Christo, "many of my
friends helped me !"

ninety-five yearn, of sladame Louie Ducis, lace Anna 'Telma.
This lady was sister of Telma, and married the nephew of
the poet Duda In the painting by ItMert Fleury at the
Theatre Frau ells, and representing the last moments of the
great act she appears seated near the dying man, whose
kand she holds.
At the Conservative meeting in Bristol the other
night, it was stated that Mr. Baker, in accordance with the
wishes expressed by the members of the association, had
sent a letter, through General Grey, to her Majesty the
Queen, asking that a cheap edition of her beautiful book
may be issued and lie had received a reply from General
Grey, stating that her Majesty had been gracious enough to
comply with the request, and that "a cheap edition of that
work would be issued for her dear, loving subjects."
During one week the number of foreign letters
received at and despatched from New York were as fellows,
viz :—British letters, n 5,439; German letters, 42,117 ; French
letters, 04,309 ; and Belgian letters, 809. The number of
letters between the West Indies, Australia, South Pacific,
and China and New York by united steam ships was $2,30S
during the same period.
Two of the firemen of the Raagalore, which arrived
at Southampton on Saturday with the India mail, went on
shore when the ship was at Marseilles to have a drinking
bout. One of them returned alone at two o'clock in the '
morning. He did not know what had become of his corn-
pan m, who was afterwards found dead, with his throat out,
in a ditch in the neighbourhood of Marseilles. The deceased
was a married man, with three children.
In the annals of storms, that which swept the !
United Kingdom on Saturday last seems likely to occupy a
conspicuous place. The force of the wind reached a pres-
sure of 35Ibs on the square foot, or (Ms, more than that of
the great storm of 1566, when the Royal Charter and so many
other slaps were lost. The hurricane swept with impartial
fury over land and sea, and floods came to aid its ravages; and
we read Hint villages have been sulmerged, furnace fires ex-
tinguished, mills mdermined, and the produce of the farm.
the furniture of the cottager, the heaped-up stores of the
millowuer have been swept away Ma commas destruction.
The Stonewall Jackson, an armour-plated steam ram,
has been sold by the United Staten Government to the Tycoon
of Japan for 450,000 dollars. The Stonewall Jackson was
built at Bordeaux in 1064 for the Danish Government, and
was subsequently sold to the Confederate States. She is
more than 1,000 tons torten, and carries 300-pounder Arm-
strong. guns. When last heard of she was at Montevideo on
her way to Japan; she was officered by Americans, but had
two Japanese daitnios on board.
A Pittsburgh organ builder has invented. a new
. stop, which, from the accounts In the Pittsburgh papers, is
something wonderful. One paper says "it expresses the
touching tenderness of the human heart, Mot the tremulous,
pathetic tones of the violin. Its effect is indescribable and
altogether irresistible. Indeed, the 'lnman heart and the
nerves which remain unmoved Mid.' the .1.1111.1ce of its
ethereal tones, must he composed of wood and leather !"
At f artsgoW, a little boy reached over the sink in
the kitchen to help himself to a drink from the " swan-
necked eran" through which the water runt Having
slightly overbalanced himself in the et! ort, the poor little
(Mow was unable to recover so far as to get the pipe out of
his mouth, and the consequence was that he was choked
almost instantaneously by the flow of the water on ter full
pressure. His friends were quite within reach at the time,
but the event was so sudden that they could render no
assistance.
A good story is going the round of the Chancery
Bar. Au eminent counsel recently spoke for two hours heime
one of the Vice-Chancellors, and the proceedings were re-
ported verbatim by • shorthand writer. It appears from his
notes that the judge interrupted the barrister precisely one
hundred and thirteen times—almost exactly once in every
minnte. This practice of interruption, at least in two of
the Equity courts, has now reached such an excess, that
those tribunals are almost incessantly the fl.aoa of
us wrangling or gossip, and the administration of
justice is seriously impeded,
" Although the length of the London and North-
Western system Is not at present mere than a tenth of the
total mileage length of the United Kingdom, he receipts are
a-tittle more than a sixth of those earned by all British
i and Irish railwass. Its income, in fact, is just three
times what Lord Macaulay tells us, in the fourth volume
of his History ot England, was the total national revenue
at the time that William 111. ascended the English throne."
—Ranades.on Rat(ways. Ry S;r Cucack P. Roney.
An inquest has been held on the body of Mr. Henry
Scott Greeley, barrister, Boymhill, Maidenhead. Thedeceared
was married in November, and, accompanied by hie
only returned from their wedding tour a fortnight ego,
They took up their residence at the house of the Rev. W.
Greiley, incumbent of All Saints. Boviohill, father of the
deceased. A medical man who had been called in advised
that the deceased should be watched, as his conduct was
eccentric; he managed, however, to get a razor, with which
he cut his throat. A verdict ef suicide while iu a Mate a
temporary Insanity was returned.

-
In a case heard at the assize courts. Manchester,
on Monday, it was shown that the estate of a deceased
gentleman, who had dled intestate, was insolvent, and the
question before the court was as to the priority ot claim of
the widow and creditors respectively. The judge decided
that the widow was entitled to dower out of the balance its
priority over ordinary creditors.
"General Grant is said to be very fond of horses.
Just at present he appears to be trying to ride two ate time,
a feat which requires something more than caution. It re-
mains to be teen whether he will escape the not unusual
catastrophe."—Selo lock Round Table.
A French restaurateur in New York is about trying
the experimented introduciegliorse-ilmh in that city as food.
lie sa3s its rivalry may have the effect of reducing the pre-
sent exorbitant price of beef.
John li. Surratt is again to be tried for complicity
in the assassination of President Lincoln, and the Washington
Criminal Court has fined February 24 for the beginning of
the triaL
A list of casualties on the Western and South
• Western lakes and rivers of America during the past year
' shows that 128 accidente to boats occurred, 81 resisting in
' the total destruction of the hosts. The loss of life was over
' 90, and of money 615,000 dollars, on which were insurances
' to the amount of 512,000 dollars.
Abraham Horseley. formerly a wire drawer, Mit
now an inmate of the Halifax Workhouse, aged about sixty
years, has been brought before the borough bench for re-
fusing to pick hair. Us said he had not worked for some
time, and he would never work any more—he had done
enough. He was Bent to prison for six weeks. This was his
sixteenth appearance before the bench.
The Sheffield ratteners are coming to the surface
again. Last Thursday night two brothers named Marshall,
scissor grinders, were rattened, live of their bands having
been taken away. They had been unable to continue their
contributions to their union in consequence of the depressed
state of trade, and had received warnings that if they did
not pay up it would be the worse for them. The place in
which they worked was probably secured by the gatekeeper
on Thursday night, but the lointa men contrived to climb up
• sort of funnel outside the wall and gain admittance by one
of the windows. •
Under the heading of " National Sports" we find
the followieg brutal Mcident noted in the I limit rated Lou-
rboa Scl,l :—" on Tuesday the Quorn had a slow rust from
ifarkby Holt. Charles, the second .whip, got a terrible fall
over on es knee. His horse never New at the timber, and
fell upon hitn, and there they lay. Some one rode by jut
after, and simply said, ' Lie still!' and never offered to get
off and help him. The poor fellow was so completely under
tile herae'that he could not rectignise his friend, which is to
be regretted. Some time elapsed before he was found, and
it is feared his hip is broken."
It seems highly probable that " Professor " re:liner,
the man who, head downwards, perambulates a glitss ceiling
at the Agricultural Ball, in Loudon, will yet secceed in
breasting his neck. On Friday night ono of the squares of
glass broke, and down the pertormer came again, once more
alighting in the network beneath. The report states that
he made his descent from thence to the ground "amidst
shouts of applause and congratulations?'
What was considered an appropriate presenMtion
was made by "a deputation of the ladies of cork - to Mr.
Train the other morning:ll,dnen:c..ll.l
oius;:diEli, ,
auiiwt
gleioulatirt:et
.:hlfb
ei
.re,,,,,s;:t.shr
yl,l;l;,dmi
li,f,it.cre;u:b:fr e a.
ntitt4hk:::
fast. The testitnonial consisted of a "Cork drisheen,"
titbit the Cork Examiner thus describes i-e" This farnous
edible is to Cork what the haggis is to Scotland. it consists
aeot:nf niltnial"7l'Llsheep
t o:tai
gtfl. ho:1, enr
n'
"black pudding."
Interesting accounts of the burial of Charles Kean
have been published. Intimate friends of the deceased
attended from a distance as mourners. Among them wero
1
the Portsmouth dramatic corps and Mrs. Barnett, the aged.
widow of the manager of the Chichester theatre in which
Charles Kean played onsdats 10th birthday. The deceased-
minnally distributed alms to the poor of Catherirgton
parish, where he buried his bother, and by the tide of whom
hM body was laid. The inscription on his mother's tomb ir,
as follows :—. To the memory "of Mary, relict c.l the tee
Edmund Kean !native id \Valet ford , who deieirted tide life
March the liutli, 1049, iii or about the 70111 year no fr, age.
• Angels sing thee to thy rest.' This tomb WM m•eeted by
her affectionate son, Charles John Kean."
Mr. Jacob Bright, M.P., attended a ragged echo, I
meeting in Manchester the other Mimi, and maue some ob-
servations on the state of education oriong the poorest
classes. He said tie was disposed to metsure the cleilkation
of a country by the condition of Ha humblest inhabitante,
and thought we had dasaled the wolid long enough with the
munificence of men of large landed estates and of men who
hail made colossal fortunes By the side of these there
were no inconsiderable proportion of the people half clad,
half fed, alal totally Illoalatalatl, flu di.l not see the neces-
sity for. aintinuance of such a state of things; nor did he
see the continued necessity for the existence of ragged
schools if thole in whosn hands de f;.!vertiment of the
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country was placed looked closely into the sources of the
mischief.