Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1892-05-21 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

WAS NOT A .CROW.  A clerg;Win ached p,rinnseionn;f tine Tlishop of St. David's to hold two livings under the prescribed 'seine and, it. inc iiollo4l it woitint be considered, within the prescribed distance. So he sought an Interview, during which he unrolled an ordnance map, and, measuring the sea'e of miles Midi, • small rule lie had brought with hint, said: You see, my lord, they are within three nnnlee as the crow flies." The bishop put his spectacles On and followed the measurement. Yes," saint he, .as the crow gies—l oee that plainly enough; but then, you know, you are not • crow, arid can't fly. By the turnpike-road it is • good live miles, SO I samistpermit you to hold two livings."  a wooocutter was at work In concert with Ms son, while his little grandchild played near them. The old man accidentally cut his eon'e finger. Whereupon the irate eufferer called his father a blind old fool.  , Ministers.—A story is told of another poor lawyer, John Scott, a coal-dealer's son, who with Ids young wife occupied chambers in the Middle Temple. The following is told of an incorrigibly Idle One night their apartments were burned, and all offspring of a literary father : Choir little stock of furniture was destroyed. study was shut up in a closet, with strict A youngster having a great disinclinat luion ine. to Mrs. Scott, in her wrapper and bare feet, stood perying_ surrounded by sympathising young tions to apply himself. Stealing near, the parent, b,;,.ri.,,er.. "Is all gone Scott ? " asked one. to his delight, heard the boy droning over his book, "Everything !" His wife turned quickly at the and was presently still more pleased by hearing - ahe the supposed student exclaim : moment, an r mass of beautiful curls fell loose "I understand it " to her knees. "Everything,' he cried exultantly, ! The excited father rushed in c : "but Beesy's hair." John Scott afterwards be. , rying "I am proud, my son, to find tha out t you have at came Lord Eldon, and carried the Great Seal of last mastered that work." England.—Many a learned barrister and industri" Yes," said the boy ;"I always thought books us, energetic man begins life in as humble a way :s Henr -Holland or John Scott, and ends it on the were written, but to-day I have discovered that Y H d same level. e does not achievefortune or power, they are printed." but he does conquer happiness. This is promised to sincere worthy effort; the other rewards are not. "Come home to dinner," cried a good housewife to her husband at work in the field But the inistake most young men make ie in sepia.. . ing that fortune, and power, and happiness, are "All right," he shouted ; "as soon as I have hid synonymous. They are not so. / my hoe." At dinner his wife remonstrated with him for ___ ______ _ __ . shouting so loudl about hiding the hoe. Thebestthing to givetoyourenemy is forgiveness; "I am certain,' said she, "the neighbours have CO your opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; heard you, and someone has already stolen it." to your child, a good example ; to a father, deference; Struck with the remark, the man returned to toyour mother, conduct that will make her proud the field, and sure enough the hoe was gone. On of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity. returning to his house, and iinpressed with the We should be much kinder to each other could wisdom of her previous caution, he whispered into we retui hearts. If we knew the woes and bitterness his wife's ear : and physical annoyance of our neighbours, we "The hoe is stolen i " should make allowances for them which we do not  " You son of a dog t" cried the little boy; "how dare you abuse your father!"  flow. The following Impromptu, though consequent Some people carry their hearts in their heads ; On a fall, cannot be looked on vas the outcome of very many carry their heads in their hearta. The dohcient understanding : difficulty is to keep them apart, and yet both A man atumbled and fell. Trying to rime, he actively working together. again fell. No man can improve in any company for which " Haug it!" he cried, "if I had known I was to be ham not respect eoosigh to lest Ibieseti nada faU aktio. I would nut have tried togs& up." Ave..oo"toala _  The work of laying the rails for the Ismidt. Ingora Railway has been commenced. Mr. Justice U'Hagan has retired from the Irish Land Commission in consequence of ill.health. M. Naquet, the lionlangust, is again appealing to the electors of the Fifth Arrondissement of Paris. Eleven persons, comprising an entire family, have been burnt to death at Honron, Michigan. The death is announced of Rear-Admiral it RabaHilaire, naval Coinmander.in-Chief iu Algeria.  A large rifle manufactory at Danzig has been completely destroyed by bro. Mr. Robert Bingham, a chemist and druggist, of Kirton Lindsey, has • 'tied suicide. The French despatch vessel Rouser is ashore at Zanzibar, and is expected to become a total wreck.  Four Persons have been drowned on Beaumaris by the capsizing of a boat. A theatre at Florence has been destroyed by fire, bat happily without causing any loss of life. The Liverpool iron barque Cherwell has been wrecked near &hull, county Cork. Two members of the crew were drowned.  Sir William C'hayter, Bart., has returned 10 per cent, of their last year's rent to his Yorkshire tenantry. Sir William Chaytor, Curt., has returned 10 per• cent. of their loot y,ar's rent to his Yorkshire  tenantry. Mr. Frith, R.A., will contribute the opening chapter of a new series of" Personal Recollections " in the next iBBllB Of the Whiieltall Revive.  Mr. Arthur Duncombe, ICE, has been elected chairman of the East Riding of Yorkshire Quarter Sessions, vice Mr. David Ilurton, resigned. The Princess of Wales has consented to receive the purses to be presented by ladies at the opening of the Royal Military Exhibition in May. A correspondent of the Freeman's Journal says the words of Moore's "Sweet Vale of Arson" have been sold to an English company for .£l,