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Markdale Standard (Markdale, Ont.1880), 26 Apr 1883, p. 3

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 I ,„ Trlals-The War Clond -Al ^f enlan Torpedo. Shiel has become whip of the' Ml I Settle, an i)Couinr as previouqjy vc tuspect, has seceded party. Michel is hcM for trial at the next 1 1"""" charge of inciting to riot. She ^3;,,er=ownd.feace ffbeen discevere.l that an area IB ^Ui ia suitable for the produotiohof l**^' tl 0-enbur? Kus-jians are preparing lt5«' ii^UU ihe the experiment. gne of the twtnty-four members '"â- . rkmen's Federation, Odessa to long terms A iroTfflEUi.1 case against ^Cf©wn einB«el.^5^e Imifarf hm certain depoaiticas in tlw^ James F, and jVa. ""'** "'^tlf sentenced in ,, p "^•h lism have petiti-^ned the Gzar for a Sa 01' ttfir sentence. fZk. trial of Daniel Curly, charged wish I" ItiQ" iQ the murder of Lord F. Cav- " MdMr. Burke, the jadgt's cbarge „„„„lv against the reliability of the ' e to prove the alibi. The j udge said °oalil Qot be the slightest doubt that " rders were perpetrated at the instigiu """the secret societiea with which the ""er was indisputably connested. ...oner being asked if he had any- "'to say 'hy sentence should not be "oanced on him, replied that he had not Icui any mercy from the Court it was rnntcrtunite that the Irish bench was L witnout a Xorbury or a Keogh. He ijtted that he was a member of the "in- yes." but declared he was not in ,;x Fifk on the evening the murder g committed. He loved his country, and i suJer for her. He declared that the Lasses for the Crown perjured tiiem- L He als said he was a Fenian. As eodiceri were taking the prisoner from the • he shouted "God Save Ireland." ^KcNuI'r. arrested at Wakefield recently jicjpici.n of being a Feuiau, has been let 'ibe Home 0th -;e has issued a circular di- li^tiug the attention of local authorities to Lj importance 'of vigilant observation to Iptf'mi peraons getting possession of ex- Ijjjivesand materials from which explosives Lmade. A reward of a hundred pounds lioffered for information leading to the dis- Lvery of any person engaged iu the illegal lijimiacture ot explosives. lithe House of Cominous a motion intro- Lcetiby Mr. Fell (Conaervative) in favordf Limmediate reform of local taxation, was IjIt rejected by 1217 to 229. An amend- leitwas accepted by the Government post- ijjiiog the consideration of reform measures I'jtilthe whole ijuestion of local goivern- .•,aatwa3 (leilt uidIi. The closeness of the litiiion on Mr. Pell's motion was loudly [itrnd by the I'Dri^s. The.Vo/(/ I:uUrlie Ztiluwi, of Berlin, re- jijin? to the comments of the French press, hjsif the niiuarchy be restored in France, l.iisnotvery likely Germany would declare Jnriorthwuh. 8he would probably await litcon by Fiance, which would soon be made, t, under cii tain contingenoies, a restored liccaicby could probably be induced to de- Ijae war on Germany without warning. Forty-eight cities and towns in Illinois â- oted upon the liquor question seventeen lledared for prohibition or anti-license and 1 liiirty-one for license. Of the latter six were :orti^h license. It has been decided to formally open the latRver ]5ridge in New York on May The House of the Connecticut Legislature 3n piascd a bill givin? counsel tor defend- iiii m criminal cases the right to the clos- Jg argument to the jury. There are at least five thousand Italian Torkmea cut of employment in New York. Mailierry and Crosby streets are thronged »iiiithem, and additions are made to their scmbers from every steamer which arrives "M Italy. The United States Treasury Department Mniade preparation for the enforcement of iiielaw passed at the last session to prevent is importation of adulterated, spurious or fitansted teas. In the Michigan Senate the joint resolu- •lon proposing a [.rohibitory amendment to '^Constitution was recently agreed to in '-mmittee of the Whole, but subsequently **ionthe table. At a recent municipal election in Flint, '"h., three ladies were elected members "' 'te ,Schojl Board some 100 or more wo- aen voting. The old board has referred the """ to the Attorney-General for his de- •isiOD.anil much excitement is caused there- •;,)â- â€¢ It Hill probably goto the Supreme Jl^e Arkansas Constitution contains a 'liiiBe which provides that "No person who ^aies the being cf -a God shall hold any j-ce 'u the civic department of this State, *f be competent to testify as a witness in *°y court ' and a movement is on foot to ^WM it against Mayor Foster, of Texar- ^^, on the ground that he is an atheist ^d has no title -q his office. •'• '• Holland, the inventor of the torpedo j^.'ftbich has been lying in Pamrapo, N. 'iorseveraldays); Mr. Gilbert, the en- '^f«r, and the "crew" have been busy ^sing tinal preparations for the departure "the Fenian "navy." A few personal friewifl the inventor witnessed some interesting JP«nments. 1 1 is expected that this novel T'PDe, which has been constructed lor the '^tniction of British ships, will leave her Pf^sent moorings for "parts unknown." The Grand Jury in Washington have re- "fned indictments against William K Kel- 8g, for receiving money whilst a United j"*tes State Senator, and Thos. J. Brady, â- â- 'f i\ing money whilst Second Aaaist- "^tmaster-General, for services ren- y^ in relation to contracts with the ^aitea State?. ••rom*^" Albert Mason, recently released *^o Albany Penitentiary, to which he was the rtate in wMcrhe^fe t^r^te^dS forethe^djury. He woald. th«^W togooat on their own recognizances. Se application was gfMrtea. «»• lue Mr. Wmiam Gillespie, who for a number of y^ra has held the^position of chief End! ^g waiter at HamQton. wiU receive the an- pomtment of collector at the Port of DaL dasonMaylst. The post! on of Un^° wajterwill befilkd by Mr. Herbert L* V mPrinoeof Vhi n^^flUy i. fi^^f T^*^^ *i*"^*" decorati«i. It « fifty feet fong, and contains a saloon, study, two bedrooms, two dressing rooms and a bath rtiOih'.- The Prince's badroom is hung with old goia silk, and the furniture « upholstered to match. Mirrors are let into^the door panels, and the whole suite can be lighted either by candles or by elec- tricity. The prince pays for its use. It was farst used on bis Royal Highness' recent journey to Berlin. How a Monkey Blnsbes, Mr. i)arwin remarks the fact noticed by Mr. Sutton, that the face of the Macacua rhe^ua when much enraged, grows red. Mr. Darwin himself saw the face of this monkey redden when attacked by another monkey, and he also adds that the "seat pads" also seemed to redden under the influence of anger, although he cosld not "positively as- sert that this was the case." My monkey Jenny, when in a rage, blushed must dis- tinctly. A red hue shot over and obectired the normal yellow tint of the skin of the face, and I noticed that the "seat- pads" /oc- casionally also grew redder. Another curi- ous fact concerning this monkey's behavior when enraged consisted in the variations she exhibited when she was irritated by myself and by another persoit If Irfitated by an- other person she behaved as already de- scribed she shook the cage and chattered while her face flushed like that ot a human being in anger. If, on the other hand, I had occasion to reprove her, stie darted down to the bottom of the cage, lay down on her belly, and, as often as not,coac3aled her face in the straw. The analogy between that in- efiective or suppressed rage in a human be- ing, which is shown by the person throw- ing himself down oa the ground â€" a feature seen familiarly in some childrenâ€" and the behavior of Jenny, under my reprjof, ap- pears to me to be too exact to escape no- tice. Paddy, the Capuchin, or the con- trary, when enraged or frightened, used to retire to a corner of the cage and stand on his head, uttering, meanwhile, the most plaintive cries m the well-known shrill but musical voice of the race. On one occasion, when a servant had allowed Paddy to im- bibe nearly half a glassful of champagne, he showed hi^^cphoiic dissipation by standing inanely on his -head and vaifily ' endetkvoring to emit his familiar cry. Mr. Darwin men- tions the case of a young female chimpantee who, when enraged, "presented a curious example to a child in the same state. She screamed loudly with widely open mouth, the lips being retracted, so that the teeth were fully exposed. She threw her arms wildly about, sometimes clasping them ov:r her head. She rolled on the ground, some- times on her back, sometimes on her belly, and jerei^hing wl thtn reach " â€" The Gentleman's Magazine. Jf'^nced on a charge of connterf eitmg, had claim i â-  " â€" .. â„¢. T damages alerf 1 caarge oi conniierieii.uis, " th/if '" against the United States with -^ontish Legation in Washington for «50,- Tlie Diamond Kattlesnake. Of all the snake varieties of which we have yet any knowledge the diamond snake, as it is called, seems to be the most deadly. It grows to a length of 6 feet or 7 feet, and is somewhat thicker than a man's wrist. It is armed with the whitest and sharpest of fangs, nearly an inch i.i length, with cist- erns of liquid poison at their base. A ter- ror to man and beast, he turns aside from no one, although he wiU not go out of his way to attack any unless pressed by hunger. A description of his movements by a traveJ- ler who has encountered him states that he moves quietly along, his gleammg eyes seeming to emit a greenish light, and to shine with as much brUliancy as the jewels of a finished coquette. Nothing s^nas to escape his observation, and on the 8li«"f movement near him he swings into hisfaght- ine attitude, raising his upper jaw and erecting his fangs, which in a state of repose lie closely packed in the soft muscles of his mouth. This snake is not so active as the famous copper-head of North Amen nor so quick t^ strike, but one blow » f ^o^* always fatal His fangs are so long that they uenetrate deep into the muscles and veins of ^8 victim, who has little time for more t^ a ringle good bye before clos"g his eves for ever. In one instance the tangs wC Yonnd to be seven-eighths of an inch ^length, and though not thicker than a SaimcTs^wing needle tJ^eV w.re ^rto- ftted with a hole through which the green- Ty^^ liquid could be forc.^ in c^ sideraWe quantities *nd each of the sacs contained about half a teaapoonful of the mSbterrible and deadly poison. -London 2\mex. There is a tree Windsor Forest, £ng- lanU-"tbe-Kiig O^." wl^J rhe'V'eToId? be a thousand years old.^__Bnt tte very tained, is »dian J^,and his conviction, at the United .States secret aervict Mason claims to be a Omi- instance of tates secret service, malioions s»^\?"°°- '^^® °^e* of *he secret service J Mason's claim is preposterons, t'-fc*^ "Pected that Hecr John Most, "' ^^cialist, would meet the detog»*es «rf tamed, is '^«.^" "^r* j/ ;^ planted An-rapoora, Burmah. " was P 228 B. c, ^tli^'in the world, so far ascan^ "iscer- est tree in z ^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^«*,^ ,%.:^ lah. It was planted â- Â«Â« fore, now 2,n0y«»r» It is referred to in historic domestic c mentil82A.D..« ^^tiim it «« *o ^^ "^^^ iiedined. when Its leaves are is never cut which fan from f(VchanBS« ajX ?» sJi** â- !-' "Ibe street* '«rf Mootnal with snow about ttaree inches dom oM 4ay iMAwaek. ' The Ottawa CitvCoradlwtMid preeeat- ing an address to Princess Lootie. ' Charles Laaciittfell down an elevatw at the Ottawa hotel at Montreal and was prob- ably ietally iojued. Captain Weeton. of Halifax, fass accepted the positioB of second officer in command of the WimbledoB team. A tea year old son of Mr. Oelixte Thi- baolt, joiner, of Llslet, was drowned in a water course while retnmii^ frcnn school. Claude Lister, for shooting with intent, was sentenced at the Welland Assizes to seven years in the provinci^ penitentiary. The once famous Indian runner. White Ea^le, is now in Kingston and a convert of the Solvation Army. He is addressing meet- intjB. Further charges of corruption were lodged in court at Montreal against the Hon. Mr. Mousseau in connection with his late elec- tions. /^ There is talk- of bailding a new^^ modem theatre at Quebec, on the sight of thp Pro- van property, recently destroyed by fire in St. John St. Mr. James McShane has been served with a sammons for bribing a carter to vote for him at the late contest in St. Ann's ward, Montreal, for alderman. The trial of the case of the Bank of Tor- onto for refusal to pay the Quebec Govern- ment tax has been commenced before Judee Rainvile. A respectably connected young man nam- ed Riverin, who acts as an insurance broker was sentenced at Quebec to four months' hard labor for obtaining money under false pretences. UXITED STATES. A legislative dead-lock is reported in the Illinois State Legislature. The late Francis S. Street, of the New York WeeMy, left an estate valued at over $1,200,000. The count of money in the United States Treasury has been completed. The total sum counted was §467,378,000. Ninety million feet of lumbc are being driven down the Connecticut river, Vt. It is the biggest drive on record. The anniversary of the battle of Concord and Lexington was observed at those places by the firing of cannon. In view of the reported restlessness of several Indian tribes, the war department is preparing to supress any outbreak. Immense fires in the Pennsylvania coal mines are beeoraine frequent. A colliery at Locustdale has been burning for two years. The' cow bdys who struck on ranches in the "Pan-handie," Texas, for an advance of wages, and who threaten trouble, number 30O. After further testimony showing the re- volting practices at the Tewkesbury alms- house, the investigation was adj'ourned. During a storm at Williamsport, Pa., re- cently, two boats with a number of workmen capsize^ in the river, and four were drown- ed. The railroads charge $100,000 for trans- porting the Australian mails across the con- tinent. The Government pays this and is repaid by Great Britain. Mr. Elda K. Trader, who spent $100,000 of her own money in aiding the wounded soldiers during the rebellion, now lives in poverty in Asheville, N.C. Secretary Frelinghaysen exchanged with the Spanish Minister for ratification of the trade mark and extradition treaties between the United States and Spain. In the Star Route trial recently. Col. In- gersoll referred in scathing terms to the Brady trial in Ireland. He said Brady was found guilty and sentenced, a motion for a new trial overruled, and all this without recess of court. Such a trial was a scan- dal. GK^ERAL. The strike of dock labourers at Marseilles is ended. The Malagassy Envoys have arrived at Hamburg. A scarcity of bread is expected in Vienna, owing to the bakers' strike. It is reported that Admiral Baldwin will represent the United States at the corona: tion of the Czar. The Italian Government propose to en- courage the home culture of tobacco by granting bonuses. The duration of the triple alliance be- tween Germany, Austria and Italy is said to be for six years. The Austrian Home Minister has asked the English Government for a copy of its new law relating to explosives. The barque Peruana from St. John, N.B., for Glasgow, has been passed abandoned and in a water-logged condition. By an explosion of gunpowder and fire- works in the factory at Bonsetter, Switzer- land, four persons were killed. The trial at St. Petersburg of eighteen prominent Nihilists resulted in the convic- tion of all. Six were condemned to death. Sir Stafford Northcote unveiled the statue of Lord Beaoonsfield in Parliament Square, London, recently. A large ccmcourse was present. In the Senate the Spanish Minister of Foreign AftriiB denied that Spain had any misundetsiuding with England or any other Power. Fifty pcTMJtas were arrested for Nihilism rceentiyatSt. Petersburg, including mih- tary officers, young ladies, teachers, stu- dmts, worka^Boeii and soldiers. The munirapal authorities of Antwop We refused to gnmh a amoe|Mii to a com- nany desiring to erect gnutt eiftrtors injlw ci^. The mob attacked the Town ail with stones. .. ., ,,.,,. 1 ifab sBbw of hmd WoM • Ak cad «f twenty siiaa%Mf hov 1 A.^raa^.aMa^ fej tmamni mad be^r, saved tuty ceali psr ior six msmtim. How maaj mg ««d4 tbSi flvf Urn ^Hs iw B h oosta 9200 for a yoong lady to leen pMBtiqg. ud i^ tam oat two laadMspes worth 40 cents apiece, what is the net pn^tT An Ittdieaagiil trapped eighty-three rsb Uti and sold titem for thirtssa oents each. What was the aam total, and how much did she have l^ aftw baying her father a f 10 overooiit? The avenge woman groans 123 times per hour when Buffering with tooth-ache, while the avenge man utters thirty-five cuss words every seventy secondf. At the end of tiiree hours how tar ahead will the wo- man be? A man in Richmond wound up an eight- day clock evwy night for thirteien straight years. ' How much time, estimating three minutes for each wind, could he have put in at hoeing com had he known what sort of a dock he bad A certain shaft makes 645 revolutions per minute, and a young man is se'zed by the coat-tails and whirl^l around for twenty- seven seconds. How many revolutions does he make Seven different mothers interested in the heathen of Africa have twenty-nine children between them. Five of the children swear, three have been in the Work-house, two have run away and the police are after four others. What is the remainder, and how much will it cost to hire some one to wash their faces and patch their clothes A man winks his eye an average of 80,000 times per day, and a woman's tongue makes 78,000 motions every twenty -four hours. At this I ate how long will it take the man to catch up â€" «^ â€" â-  fc AUi SORTS. Financiering vowels â€" I. 0. U. A freeze show â€" Ice cream. Out on a fly â€" The insect's wings. The hire-class â€" All sorts of laborers. The greatest composer â€" Sleep. Checkers is looked upon as a square game. The garment of a ghost must be a spirit 'rapper. The Jersey motquito, like charity, begins to hum. Stage "stickb" burn for the fire of pub- lic applause. Ladies, apiece of advic2- -Never send your letters by rnale. William Tell, as a hero, is played out. A relic ot bow-gun days is he. A fiery novel is light reading. Appetite originated in Hungary. Should music be sold by the chord Drum music might be sold by the pound. A trade paper, called The Corset, is talked of. It will, no doubt, " come to stay." Assafoetida is now on the free list, there being no American cheie to compete with it. Many women are spoken of as angels, and Mrs. Noah must have been an ark- angel. Money is the great enigma of the age. Everybody is eompelled to give it up. The project of raising the lost steamer Cimbria, has been abandoned for diverse reasons. The best \ta,y to get a man on a string is to touch some tender chord in his bo- som. When a dumb photographer wants to say "yes" to a customer, he merely displays two negatives. piCM fteChar- ipa will wear at th* ooaamg ooconktiaB is iMde of doth of giM, braiSsnd anth ar- Sl^epMm jn ii a d on her head will 5 yyi ff i^ g WV B of the Em- ;a«C«heru.eIl,.aBrB6uMtii. Its valaeis «tM«wnul4iona«{iBUssi; and it is oompoaed pf diamoads, raUsi^ aad a lufioaaliiarorMai^ liilwrsMbMwill MMeIha jp«at Otfarfldiamoiid, whhia said to viti^ e^t oanita more than the Koh-i- IMwar. The proonanon will consist of thirty- three carrisees. That^ the Czarina was made at Bmn by the orders of Frederick the Gr ea t and preaeatedby him to the £m- pnas EliMbeth. It is a kind ot double throoe without springs, but bung on Four bands of red velvet. A single window, framed in white satin, formt the front, and the imperial ea^ca and the crown set in brilliants adorn the panels. It will be dram by eight white liorses, camparisoned witii red velvet, and flashing with gold and precious stouM. Ki i Deatb-BJew. "I cannot agree with my neighbor," said a eitizen as he (xmsuhed a lawyer the other dfty. "Build a fence fourteen feethich between you." promptly returned the lawyer. "Yes, but it would shut out idl my light." '• Can't yon raise your roof so as to make his chimneys smoke " "I'm atraid my foundations wouldn't stand it" "Keep your piano going." " I do, but he has an organ." "Set the police after him for his ash- heaps." " I have too many of my own." " Let's seeâ€" let's tee " mused the puzzled lawyer. "Say, suggest to some of his friends to get up a surprise party on him " "By George! I'll do it! That's just the checker I'll have the thing fixed this ery week Here's your $5, and I'm muoh obliged besides. Revenge is mine at Ust " Paying $12,(M»to PravoTliat He Wain' the Kan. Henry Henmann, a wealthy furnituie manufacturer in New York City, who wts charged about a year ago by Elizibeth Ger sier, who had just come from England, with having abandoned after marrying her, bet I was acquitted, has since been spending a ^ood deal of money in trying to fiad the real husband. He has ac last succeeded, and Mrs. Gensler, when confronted with John Gensler, fort man in the furniture fac- tory of Hollander Sous, Baltimoro, ac- knowledged tnathe was her husband. (.Jen- Sicr acknowledged that he had once lived with the woman in London. When he met her be was 21 and she was 45, with several grown children. He does not acknowledge that he was mai ried to her or th; lo has since married. It is stated that Hen- mann spent $12,000 in demonstrating his innocence, and at the close of the trial the judge told him that if he had been a poor man he -would have gone to State Prison. â€" Washington Star. GEMS OF THOUGHT. Never let your zeal outrun your charity. Whoever has a contented mind has always riches. Ungratefulness is the very poison of man- hood. No thoroughly occupied man was ever et miserable. If you would create something, you must be something. Judge all men from the presumption of their innocence. To indulgea conec'.ousne'S of goodness is the way to lose it. Knavery is supple, and can bend, but honesty is firm and upright and yields not. In things of the mind we look for no com- pulsion but that of light and reason. Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any. No principle is more noble, as there is none more holy, than that of true obedi- ence. " One soweth, and another reapeth,." is a verity that applies to evil as well as good. He who is the most slow in making a promise is the most laithful in the periorm- anoe of it. Everything without tells the individual that he is nothing everything within per- suades him that he is everything. Nothing makes the world seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance they make the latitudes and the longtitudes. When the golden rule is employed in gov- ernmental matters, then, and not till then, the future of nations will be sure. Being less annoyed at the defects of others, is one of the best proofs that we are Kppeoaching freedom from the defects our- selvea. There is no better ruler than judgment no safer (mardian than justice no strong- er sword than rij^t no surer ally thui tratii. Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning but give me the man tJMt has pluck to fight when he's sure of los- ing. A Few Don'ts. Don't be cross as a bear. Don't drive the domestic ma J. ,. Don't cry when you break tilings. Don't slop too much water around. Don't roll the piano over j'our corns. Don't give the baby the benzine bottle. Don't run your head through the window. Don't make a vow never to clean houie again. Don't set your husban I's dinner on the bottom of a wash tub. Don't make a fuss if you find the baby having a breal and molasses party on your white satin pillow. You can't help the sofa pillow.and the baby won't understand what you're going mad about. Don't try to make ends meet, when the carpet you bought at the auction won't go within two feet of a wall. Buy a border to match it, or move into a smaller bouse, or get a mason, to move the walls to fit it. A Bnmored Wedding. A. good deal is said about the probable marriage of Princess Clementine of Belgium and Prince Albert Victor of Wales. The talked of union, says the London Truth, would have its advantages and drawbacks. Among the former is the wealth accumulat- ed by the first and second Leopold. Under the Belgian law the Princess Clementine must inherit a third of the very important dowry which the archduke Joseph gave her mother, and the same share of the paternal fortune, uid of that of her Aunt Charlotte. Her great monetary expectations should re- lieve the House of Commons of the necessity of voting her ' 'a suitable provision. " Here- tofore the different princes and princesses who arrived from Germany to enter the royal family were unprovided for unless by the British Parliament. A Strange Story of Real Life. William Leverich, the driver of Thirty- eight's engine, made the most singular dis- covery that he had been living in the same town with his sister for three years, but all the time unknown to him, and the accident- al occurrence of his name in a newspaper was the means of his making the discovery. Leverich left home about thi,rteen years ago, and like 30 many other young men iu obey- ing Horace Greeley's precept to go West, he drifted West and finally to California. He became careless in his correspondence, and for several years his folks did not know where he was. During this time his sister married a gentleman named J. S. Hunt, and three years age they came to Los An geles. As Mrs. Hunt did not know of her brotiier's whereabouts, uid be did not know she was married or in California, they did not meet until recently, when Mrs. Hunt accidently saw her lnxther's name in the Herald.â€" Lot Amieles {CaL) Time$. The C^nnecticnt house has passed a bill forinddl^ ti» eniployment of women or children m factories for more than ten hours in one day i; "-•( m^ ":\-\. ..' ' I •' f â- â-  iin til m w- -^.M fi ..â- â- â-  -â- :.â- . 'iM •"'â- â€¢ "â- â-  "'.-â- . fK .iir, ivS^.^;^ â- ^k-^::m;:- sv^iatt^fe .:%n, -â- mSmi' iE* '^-^Ifij^.^' a^sE^^irf-C :xif^. M^. s-sa

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