The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-23
INTERESTING ITEMS.

Death of an Edinburgh Celebrity. y.-The Scots
man gives a pleasant sketch OF the life of the
late Bernard Barker, known in his own neigh
berhood as the King of the Cowgate." He
was renowned for his benevolenCe. Often
eccentric, he never failed to aid the poor. His
public charities were large in comparison with
his means But his private benefactions were
innumerabIe. The cOtsman says:-"On Satur-
day evenings he regularly laid in large store
ofioaves, which he unostentatiously distributed
among poor families on the Sunday, and had 1t
not been for Mr.. Barker's loaf, many beggar,
prohibited from going out on Sunday, would
have had to go without food all day. But 1t
was not alone by direct charity that Mr.. Barker
effected good. He encouraged honesty, fru
yality. the habit of well-doing, and thrift among
the laborirg classes amid whom he dwelt. He
became banker on behalf of the poor, invited
Them to lodge small sums with him at stated
periods to enable them to pay the rent, pur-
chase new suit of clothes, or any such thing.
1t is not surprising that the funeral procession
of such man should have extended for
upwards of mile, from five TO eight persons
walking abreast
A Modern "Jeanie Deans The Dundee (Scot-
1and) Advertiser says:-'The recent trial of
Peter Luke, at the Dundee Circuit Court in
Volved a somewhat similar romance TO that of
sJeanle Deans Mrs Luke, the widowed mother
pf the man now undergoing sentence not salts
fed with the written petition on her sons
behalf and no doubt thinking that widows
Tears and weeds might gain her Queens SYM
pathy, proceeded to Balmoral in the hope Of
getting an interview with her Majesty. For days
the widow followed her Majesty from place to
place; but unlike Jeanie Deans she failed to
get an interview with royalty. Driven to eX-
1remitles and before leaving Balmoral she ad-
dressed a letter to the Queen; and in answer to
that letter she has received the following reply
from her Maesty's secretary which sho VS. that,
however humble the party from whom an appli-
cation proceeds, the Queen and her advisers will
not overlook it:-'General Grey has received and
submitted Mrs. Luke's letter to the Queen, and,
by her Majestys command, has transmitted 1T
for the consideration of the Home Secretary, by
whose recommendation, in all such cases, her
Majesty is necessarily guided.-Balmoral, Octo-
Der l3 1885,"
'The Bear and Ragged f."-Hotten's His
tory of Signboardsn says:-The Bear and Ragged
staff is still the sign of an inn at Cumnor to
which historic interest Is attachea owing 70
Amy Robsart, who IN this very house fell VIC
tim to that stony y-hearted adyenturer, Robert
Dudley, Earl OF Leicester. Sir Walter Scott
has introduced the house in the first chapter o
s'Kenilworth.n The power the Warwick family
once enjoyed gave this sign popularity which
has existed to the present day, though the race
OF old Nevil, and the kings he mace ana un
made, have each and all passed away. lts
heraldic designation has been better preserved
than is the case OF some other signs; only IN
one instance, at Lower Bridge street, Chester
it has been altered into the Bear and Billet
Sometimes the sign OF the Bear and Ragged
staff. we may inform the reader, is jocuarly
spoken of as the Angel and Flute.
Living in Paris. - A Paris correspondent
writes:-'A gentleman who has house, be
tween court and garden, in the Rue Neuve de-
Mathurins was lately appropriated or Hauss
mannised, and turned out OF his garden. II
had paid Gao 900 for the property, and receive
Gao 600 for half the garden alone. Formerl
fhe Parisians allowed tenth of their incom
for house rent; now they calculate they mus
pay half If they wish TO Oe decently lodged'
1 prices Keep on advancing at this rate, think
race OF Arabs, who dwell IN tents, VIII rise
in the Tlle-yard and in the forest OF Boulogne.
The Iron Crown of Lombardy- Minister
the Interior of Italy has Just written the follow
ing letter to the Mayor of MonZa:-"The iro
crown which has been handed over to Gener
Nenabrea will be presented by him TO Kin
Victor Emanuel on his approaching arrival
n Venice 1t win be afterwards transmitted
4be Ministry of the Interior, which win see tn
- "a regularly removed to the church of MonZ
Notice will be given TO you some days pI
ionsiv according to the desire expressed
n your letter of the 18th of October
The Jamaica Committee-sir Charles Lyt
Rart has forwarded a subscription to
Prosecution Fund of the Jamaica Commit
and Professor Huxley has been elected me
har of the Executive Committee. lnhuenl
Committees in support of the soclety's oole
Lova heen organized In Manchester, Bradfo
nd other towns in England. Bradford ale
hss Contributed f600 to the fund, and II Is
nected the amount will soon be made up
ilOOO from that town.