The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 03, 1889, Image 1
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ggSPS^P BILL SNWRT'S LETTER.
Rnss Harrison InterrnpU a ( aurus?Snort
|pkiP* Tells President llnrrison He is not
ii Popular?How to Make thr South
Solidly Rrpubliran?A Ureal
R;v S<jJirnir for the War Widp
ows.
r l'exHa Nirtlnj;s.
Washington, Sept. 10.
My Dkau Johnny: I a.u very
much afraid that the President, Mr.
Wuuamaker and Corporal Tanner
are not as kindly disposed towards
me as they were.
Johnny, remember, whenever a
friend asks you for his candid opinion,
don't you give it to him. When-1
over anyb^iy wants your advice, always
find oiit first what particular
kind of advice is wanted, otherwise
you may regret it afterward.
The President, Wanatnaker and
Corporal Tanner and myself held a
little caucus a few days ago to devise
ways and means to keep our......
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foul*";: in uiiiur, ?IIU Ui5lii?? HttKOU IU
give my candid opinion, I did so with
such frankness that 1 have become
very unpopular. It was all owing to
my having over-stimulated myself.
Truth and soberness do not always
go '.ogether, for the drunker I got
the more frank and truthful did I
become in my remarks. It is always
right to tell tho truth, but it is not
always prudent.
After VVanamaker and Tanner
if*
paid each other compliments and
mutually sucked each other's ears
like two calves in a bull pen, so to
speak, Harrison called on mo to give
my candid opinion of the situation.
As I always feel like making
a speech when I am "under the
influence," I responded with alacrity
about as follows:
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[i uuvjn luuoio in viio iinii lauu
lie form Vineyard. I regret very
much that I fail to perceive any
signs that justify the hopes of Brothers
Wanamaker and Tanner. What
they have said is like a Coney Island
giass of beer, more froth than anything
else. On what do you rely for
the success of the party in 181)2?
t40n the personal popularity of the
President," replied Wanamaker.
"Gentlemen, lot us not imitate the
ostrich, which imagines that his tournure
is not exposed because ho hides
his head in the sand. Our worthy
I President's reception at Indianapolis
i was colder than a dog's nose in January."
a "Then you think the President is
unpopular?" said Tanner.
y "Gentlemen, 1 am a Harrison man,
i but Mr. Harrinon will not say that
his reception at his own town, Indianoplis,
indicated that he was popular.
It reminded one of trying to
heat^a stove with snowballs."
Harrison snapped his eyes at me,
while Tanner spoke up and said that
there were other cities where the
President was idoli/ed.
"Yes," said I, "Cincinnati, for instanco.
is aiiother city whera Mr.
Harrison's name is surrounded by a
j Iheautiful sulphuric halo every time
it is mentioned. It was at Ciucir.
tiati, which is essentially a German
/ itv that. IlArriftnti noiinrmf 11 liif#?d th?
J 1 -
mayor on the enforcement of the
Sunday law." ,
"Oh, d n the Dutch!" roared
Tanner.
"But not the Dutoli vote, Corporal.
If wo don't get the German
vote our name is Denis in 1892."
"Colonel Sr.ort, are you in favor
pf promiscuons drunkenness?" exclaimed
Wananiaker.
"Not a hit of it, Mr. Wanamaker.
It may bo as tho Prohibitionists say:
Whiskey Wastes Wealth, Wrecks
Wonjanhood, Wallops Wives. Very
likely corkscrews have sunk more
people than cork jackets will ever
save, as these waterspouts, alias temperance
lecturers, maintain; but^just
now I am coup'* y.noses
"Well, wcJgjJJ^j11
tion vote.^*^^^ .\. \
" ^tf'you won't, and if you did^
wouldn't amount t<Kanything. Tile
f*v Prohibition vote is like"
;) . owls. It looks as big as iT tfitrr'al
but if you pull the feathers off it
Isn't as big as a woodpecker. . The
f Prohibition vote is very much nke a
\ . cypher without a rinf. Besides,
have lost the Catholic vote," Tfjj
"How so?" asked Harrison, j |j1
By Wnnnamakor working the Y/j
XT C. A. too much. At the G. A.1
ill
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11. reunion at Milwaukee, the other
day, brother Shejijmrd hit the Catholics
a di?r by saying that they threat
oned religious liberty."
"Well, that's all so, I've said so;
myself forty times," exclaimed Wan- I
ny.
"Yes, but that is not going to
make them voto for Harrison ill 1802,
is it?"
"Oh, as far as the Catholic vote Is
concerned, Maine will attend to that!
Ho will manage to hold it."
"If he does hold it, who will hold
Jim Maine? There is a rumor that
Jim is tricky.*'
This seemed to depress the President
very much.
"Thou again," I continued, "wo
reliod to some extent on the Republican
Irish and the working men, but
since Russ Harrison hus boon hobnobbing
with the royal family of
Kngland it is not safe to say Harrison
to a working man."
"Colonel Snort, we rolv on tho i
principles of our party to save us,"
said Tanner pompously.
"You should remember, Corporal,
that our principles rely on us to save
them, and we have irone back on
them."
"According to your vitj^y of the
situation thoro is no hope for Republican
succoss."
"Not the way things are going
now. The party is sick and a romody
must be applied. The party has
had to take a good deal of medicine
but no remedy is reached as yet.
Them's my sentiments. Remember,
gontlomon, you asked for my candid
opinion, not my candied opinion."
"Well. Colonel Snort, what is your
remedy?" asked Harrison.
My idea is to make the South sol- !
idly Republican."
' Ilut how?"
"Let our party go back on the
nigger. The oiggor will novor he
allowed to vote tho Republican ticket.
In fact in some of the Southern
States ho don't want to any more.
Chuck tho nigger overboard! Then
let tho President give the offices to
hifldi tariff In ?
n " *" w,,v* v
timo we will have white Republican
wool Uarons in Western Texas, sugar
barons in Louisiana, rice barons in
South Carolina and iron barons in
Alabama."
"It seeins to mo there is something
in that idea," said Wnnamaker"There
is a second term in it, Mr.
President, but that is not all of my
plan. The tariff bait will only catch
the rich. I've got a scheme to bag
the rank and file."
"Let us have it." cried Hharrison,
eagerly.
"I believe it is conceded that wo
can do what we please with the surplus,
as long as we squander it in
pensions. As things stand now a
war widow forfeits her pension when
she murrios. Have Congress pass a
law allowing a war widow to retain
her pension provided she masries an
ex-Confederate soldier. Most of
them think any kind of a widow
handsome if she has u regular income.
That will not only make us
happy and a united people, but give
the Republicans the presidency for
30 years to come, particularly if we
pass another law to the effect that
every Confederate war widow gets a
pension as soon as she marries a Republican
Grand Army man. I tell
you, boys, it's a groat scheme."
"Three cheers for Colonel Snort!"
exclaimed Tanner. "He shall have
his pension and back pay, even if he
is an ex-reb."
Just at this crisis Russ, Harrison
came in crying and sobbing and told
his pa that Lige Hal ford said ho
meant something personal in Ins
uffltDinnnf flmf K!o 1 L?ou'a
v?.??wimviiv fiiuv uiOj / uo.i Sly ITIIIIO UUi*
lar looked like a whitewash fence
nround a lunatic asylum. The President
went out with his son, and the
conference dispersed. More next
time. Your friend,
Hi i.i. Snout.
Writing to Abr Lincoln.
Frank Fraser, a colored ' man who
has been for some time an inmate of
he Old Folks' Home, called at '/'he
News and Courier offico to say that
ho hail been turned out of that institution
yesterday "unrighteously."
.0/flier was?yery much . excited, and
f that if he could not have his case
stlfc*. ^^e public in The News and
Coiirn. ^H^ould have the "whole
ttng den. ^ kite to Abruin Linkum
4&**^nt," A colored
frien.!1 said
that he was^a ? ?..- J /hat
Fraser had left the ptacV>tdl*tv^lop 1
because he would not do hta woytr,
llnd that pV>bably a ^conciliation
would be effected be^?4 a reply was
received froth AT J \jl Lincoln at
^fcjs present postomctf. jATtfvw and
Courier September *Zfith.
"BeTrue
ON WAY, S. cV
Nirknninrs of Cities.
Teachers of geography who wish
to vary the work will find an exercise
off the beaten track by taking
these names of cities, lotting the
children locate them, and telling
koiiio internsti 11 ?r fuels in pon nnrtion
with ohcI). At the same time give
the nickname. Children should
know those thoroughly. When they
come, in their reading, to the "City
of Rocks" they will know it means
Nashville. The following is a list I
have in my scrap hook and use in
my classes:
Aberdeen, Scotland, Granite
City.
Alexandria, Egypt, Delta City.
Akron, ()., Summit City.
Athens, Greece, City of tin* Violet
Crown
Baltimore, Md., Monumental
City.
Birmingham, ()., Bran Town.
Boston, Mass., Puritan City; Mod
ern Athens; Huh of the Universe;
City of Notions; Athens of America,
The Hub.
Brooklyn, N. V., City of Churches.
Buffalo, Queen City of the Lakes.
Baalhec, Syria, City of the Sun.
Cairo, Bgypt, City of Victory.
Cineinatti, ()., Queen City; Porkopolis;
Queen of tho West; Paris of
America.
Chicago, Ills,, Garden city.
Cleveland, O., Forest City.
Cork, Ireland. Drish-een city.
Dayton, O., Gem city.
Detroit, Mich., city of the Straits.
Kdinburgh, Scotland, Maiden
Town; Northern Athens; Modern
Athens; Athens of tho North.
Gibraltar, Key of the Mediterranean.
Hannibal, Mo., Bluff city.
Havana, Cuba, Pearl of the Antilles.
Indianapolis, Indiana, Railroad
city.
Jerusalem, Palestine, city of Peace;
city of the Groat King.
Keokuk, la., Gate city.
Louisville, Kentucky., Falls
city.
Limerik, Ire., city of the Violated
Treaty.
Lowell, Mass., City of Spindles;
Manchester of America,
London, England, City of Masts,
Modern Babylon.
Lynchburg, Vu., Hill City.
Milan, Italy, little Paris.
Nashville, Tenn., C:ty of Iiocks.
Now Haven, Conn., City of Elms|
New Orleans La., Crescent city.
New York, N. Y.. Gotham; Empire
City; Metropolitan city.
Philadelphia, Pa., Quakor City;
city of Brotherly Love; city of
Homes.
Pittsburg, Pa., Iron city: Smoky
city; Birmingham of America.
Portland, Me., Forest city.
Peterson, N. J. Lyons of Atnorica.
Quebec, Canada, Gibraltar of
America.
Rome, Italy, Eternal City; Nameless
City; Queen of Cities; Seven
Hilled City; Mistress of the World.
Rochester, Now York., Flour
City.
St. Louis, Mo., Mound city.
San Francisco, California, Golden
city.
Salem, Massachusetts, City of
Peace.
Salt Lake City, city of the Saints.
Springfield, Illinois, Flower
city.
Streator, Illinois, City of the
Woods.
Sodom and Gomorrah, cities of the
Plain.
Toledo, 0., Corn city.
Venice, Ttaly, Bride of the Sea.
Washington, I). O., City of Magnificent
Distances.
Winnepeg, Man., Gate City of
the Northwest.
Xenia, O., Twin city.
Zanesville, O., City of Natural Advantages.?C.
K. Jmlson in South
western Journal of Education.
The man who is always watching
to find somethingto criticise or condemn
in his fellow-men incurs a double
loss from the indulgence of this
maligtv habit; he loses the power of
""T^aenerous appreciation of
wST*W|^fcw|dhe loses the legitimate
influef^K^^gk^wjohl as a
cen?r*r ft,
reformer, when he ia only R4|Hh
scold.?Ohartmian
IWf
r word ai)d Your war,
THUKSAY, OC
STCBBORN FACTS KIIR THINKING KARMKRS. I
I
llow Farms Arc ltein* Deserted and th
Rcnson Therefor?Protected lndnstries
More Attractive and Renin
nr rati ve.
News and Courier.
Only a few weeks ago it was an*.
lion need that the commissioner of j
agriculture for Vermont had organ 1
ized an immigration agency for the
purpose of inducing Scandinavian
and other Kuropean farm laborers to
settle in that State and reoccupy the
many farms that have been abandoned
by their former owners. Now
it is reported that New Hampshire
is in no better condition than Vermont.
Mr. Nullum .1, Bachplder, having
been appointed by the last Legislature
of New lliminaltirn lo <l/*viun
ways and moans of rehabilitating the
the deserted farms of the State, sent
out letters of inquiry to the selectmen
of various sections in order to
learn the real state of affairs, before
going to work to remedy it. The
letters he has received thus far, says
the Boston Globe, '-may startle the
New England farmer, to say nothing
of those Republican bamboozlers who
arc trying to show the farmer how
greatly they arc benefitted by protection/'
and certainly the information
that is published is a striking
commentary on the familiar text of
"what the tariff has done for New
England." Despite the fact that
many of the selectmen are Republicans
and "skim over the truth with
a mental reservation," it is reported
that in the township of Jackson, for
instance, over thirty farms have been
deserted, while in Rath the acreage
of deserted fields is 75,000. The
same story is told in substance of
fifteen townships, from one to thirty
deserted farms being reported in
each case. In addition to these townships,
fourteen others report over 21000
acres of farms upon which "all
the buildings have rotted away,"
and this, it is said, is only the beginning
t'of the list which promises, on
the basis of what has already come
in, to be a revelation."
What is thus related of the conditions
in New Hampshire, says the
(}lobe, in commenting 011 the statement
wo have quoted, is known to
be true of the other Northern New
England States. The decline of agriculture
in that region is "most lamentable,"
and certain lines of manufacture
which were sources of great
profit under a low tariff are declining
with it. "The founderies and
"other establishments for metal
"working arc rotting down along
"with the barns and dwellings," we
"are told; so that the New Englanders
have not even the small comfort
of knowing that they are gaining in
one field the ground they have lost
in another.
Nor is the depression in the agricultural
industry confined to the
New England States. A geetleman,
who recently went from New York
to Western Pennsylvania to buy a
farm for a present to a nephew, has
written to the New York Evening
Post to detail the observations upon
the condition of the farmers in that
region. What he saw he sums up
ill llw.1 i"l.. I
hi one ucviniawuu i iiiit "till/ Illllllll*
facturor is eating up "the farmer.''
His advertisements in the Pittsburg
papers stated that he wanted a good
farm in the southern part of Allegheny
County, not far from Pittsburg.
Pittsburg being a great manufacturing
centre, it was expected
that the farmers in the adjacent
country, having "the home market"
Protectionists say so much about,
would ask stiff prices for their lands.
The fact did not answer to this expectation.
Tilt advertisers as overwhelmed
with maps, description, etc,
from farmers anxious to sell. As
many as 128 offers to sell were received,
"and they "are still coming
in." "Kverybody," says the Post's
correspondent, "seemed to be "clamorous
to sell, bnt I could not hear
of a single sale in many months."
When farms that seemed to bo eligible
came to be examined, it was
found that a large proportion?perhaps
a majority?were embarrassed
with mortgages-or judgments. Old
jawm wamid to sell^Jjecapse their
tauMijjjand
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Young men wanted to sell because
they could do better in town In
short, everybody wanted to get rid
of his farm, and the demoralization
among the agriculturists seemed to
be widespread.
There has been no failure of crops
or temporary disaster lo account for
the depression that exists. On the
contrary, the country lias been steadily
productive and the crops of the |
present year have been uncommonly
abundant. The price of farms has
shrunk steadily in the past ten years
however, until they have lost from
one-fifth to one-third their value,'
and the tendency is still downward.
The cause of I his decline, according
to the Post's correspondents, is twofold?the
competition of the pro
ducts of the Western farms, and the
tariff tax "so ingenuously collected
from the Pennsylvania farmer on
every thing he buys that he does not I
know that he pays it."
New Pngland and Pennsylvania
are alike in the particular that they
have enjoyed longest and in fullest
measure the benefits of our protective
tariff. The presence of innumerable
protected manufacturing industries
in New Kngland, however,
has not prevented the decadence and
desertion of farms in that section,!
and the beginning of a like movement
in a region of highly protected
manufactures like Western Pennsylvania,
and within sight of (he mills
of the. Pittsburgh millionaires, is
suggeslivc to say the least. The protective
policy has been an unmitigated
curse to the agricultural interests
<tf M.I. wlw.li> nrtimfi'B ..?/l ll.Ai.n
.. >4>MV V'Wtlllll J J ? I I VI I I II I i;
is solid satisfaction in the knowledge
that the ignorant and selfish fanners
of the manufacturing States who
are so largely responsible for its
maintainnncc all these years, are
now feeling its effects in full.
Tilings A Woman fun Do.
This Host on Times in u spirit of
fairnoss admits, and oven proclaims,
that tlioro are somo desirable tiling
a woman can do. 11pru i< n e?mnl?
hath:
She can come to a conclusion
without the slightest troublo of
reasoning on it, and no sane man can
do that.
Six of them can talk at onco and
got along fir.st rate, and no two moil
can do that.
She can safely stick fifty pins in
her dross while he is g^th'ig <>'io
under his thumb nail.
She is cool as a cucumber in a
hulfdozeu'tight. drosses and skirts,
while a man will sweat and fume and
growl in one loose shirt.
She can talk as peaches and cream
to the woman she hates, whilo two
men would ho punching each other's
head before they had exchanged ten
words.
Sho can throw a stone witti a curve (
that would bo a fortune to a baseball ,
pitchor. ' |
Sho can say "no" in such a low
voice that it means "yes."
Shu can sharpen a lead pencil if (
you give her plenty of time and plen- |
ty of poncils. ,
She enn dance all night in a pair
of shoes two sizes too small for her j
and in joy every minute of the time.
She can appreciate a kiss from her
husband seventy-five years after the j
marriage ceremony is perform (
t'U.
She can go to cluiroh and aftor- )
ward tell you what ovory woman in |
tho congregation had on, and in some
rare instances can gave you some
faint idea of what tho text was.
CI II I l> ..I
out; can wrik nnir tiie night with
a colicky baby in Iter arms without
once expressing the desire of murdering
the infant.
Slit; can do more in a minute than |
a man can do in an hour, and do it (
better.
She t*an drive a man crazy in j
twenty four hours and then bring him
to paradise in two seconds by simply
tickling him under the chin, and
there does not live that mortal son ^
of Adam's misery who can do it.
We look back to former times and
the struggles that then were, and <
wish we had been helpers in the fight; ]
but there is honorable warfare now, <
and if we see not what must be done i
now, or have not the courage to do i
it, if we can see, neither should we '
have had vision or courage then.
altl
9.
IH'KBEr'S IJRKAT Fl NKRIL.
Tlif Burial of llir \iriim's of liir Lund
slide.
Qt KUK.r, September '2*.- The Ship
Laborers1 Society, numbering soveii
hundred persons, headed the funeral
procession to-day <>f the victims of
the recent land slide. Following
thoso wore hearses containing eighteen
bodies. Then came a vast concourse
of most distinguished citizens,
umong whom were several inombers
of the Provincial Parliament.
At St. Patrick's Church, where
the funeral services were nold, the
Collins were placed in a row at the
foot of the channel. Father llayden,
director of the Uodemptiomst ()rder,
assisted by Father Welch as deacon
and Father Maouiro as subdoacon,
celebrated Mn&s. The Church was
draped in mourning* and illuminated
magnificently. Major Lan^eir, Major
Wilson and several prominent
gentlemen oecupiod seats of honor in
the chancel.
After the service the procession
proceeded to Wood lie Id Cemetery.
As the cortege passed in front of St.
Rrid?ro's Asylum tho orphans turned
out in fuU force, lining both sides of
the roads and knell down with inclined
heads before tho long lino of
the sad train. Twonty-ono bodies
were deposited in the vaults prior to
the final burial, as many of thorn will
bo interred in family lots when the
remainder of tho bodies arc - extricated
from the ruins.
Sir Hector Jaugovin, minister of
public works accompanied by (Ion.
Cameron and Major Mayno, of the
tho Royal School of Kngineors of
Kingston, (hit, visited the scone of
the disaster this afternoon, and were
visibly impressed with what tliey saw
there. They found tho adjacent
rocks suspended at the cliffs side
11? .. ?
naming rather dangerous. Those
engineers will, in company with the
city engineers, hold a survey of the
heights and report to the minister of
public-works the condition and danger
of the same; also they will suggest
the best means to prevent further
distress. About HOC men are actively
working at the debris, and it
is expected more corpses will shortly
be found.
THK S< KMC OK T1IK OUKAT DISAS'I Kit
Quebec, tho scene of this terrible
disaster, is the only wallod city on
the North American < 'ontinent. It
stands on tho loft bank of the river
rtt, i .uwrenco at its confluence with
tlio St. Cnarlos. It is tho capital of
tho Province of Quebec, and with
tho exception of Montreal, tho most
populous city of Canada. A portion
of tho city, called the I 'pper Town,
lies on a high table land, which terminates
in a point called ('ape I )iamond,
whoso summit is 333 foot
above tho level of tho river, to which
the clitT presents an almost precipitous
face. Tho crest of Capo 1 )iamond
is occupied by tho* citadel and
about 40 acres of massive fortifications.
These fortifications have given
Quebec tho appellation of the "(*ibraltar
of America." Tho 1'ppor
Town is surrounded by an old wall
about two and three-quarters rnilos
in extent, pierced by live gates, now
lismantled. There are several fine
squares and public walks command
ing magnificent views. I )ufferin Terrace,
is a magnificent promenade 1,400
foot long and 200 feet above tho
river. Part of this terrace occupies
tho site of tho old Chateau St. Louis,
which was dos'royed by fire in 1834.
it . t e -1 i * - *
i><u:k or uio upper l own are the famous
Plains of Abraham, where
Wolfe fought ami died in the battle
which gave Quebec to the Knglish in
1759. A monument marks the spot
where Wolfe fell, another stands to
Ins memory and that of Montcalm,
the French commander, in the Governor's
Garden, overlooking the St. |
Lawrence. There are numerous fine
diurches, public buildings, hospitals,
mnneries, etc., six daily newspapers
ind three banks in the Upper Town.
Dutside the walls are the two suburbs
)f St. Louis and St. John.
The Lower Town lies at the foot
-)f the cliff, skirting the base of the
promontory to a considerable extent
Dtt both sides. It is built on ground
made partly by excavations from the
rock or redeemed from the water, and j
contains numerous and convenient;
stores and ware houses for the ac-!
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comodation of trade and navigation,
as well as long streets lined with residences
occupied chiefly by the labor:
_ i '?
nig masses. i oinmunication between
the Upper and f.owet town is had by
a (li^ht of stops, an immense passenger
olovutor and a narrow winding
street. .s'hip building' and various
manufacturing industries are carried
on, but the principal buisiuoss of
(Quebec is the exporting of lumber.
It is the greatest lumber port in the
world, and many millions of feet of
timber are shipped thence every
year.
Quebec was first visited by Jacques
Cartior, the famous French discoverer,
in 1535. It was then a little
Indian village called Stadacona*
(hamplaiu founded the city and
gave it its present name in July, MV
(18. Quebec foil into the hands of
the Knglish in 1029, and was recovered
by the French three years later.
An Knglish attempt to capture the
place was defeated in 1000,
but in 1759 Wolfe made a successful
attack, and the city became
* 1 x # - w ^
nriusii property. miring uie kqvolutionury
war tho American general
Montgomery, lost his life in an un<
successful attempt to capturo Quebec
on tho night of December 31,
1775, Montgomery's remains now
lie in St. Paul's Church, in New
Yonk.
\V A II N I N(iS OK T11 K PAST.
The terrible disaster resulting
from the fall of great masses of rock
and earth from the face of the cliff
upon tin? Lower Town has boon caused
by a long spell of hot, dry weather
which caused tho cliff to crack,
followed by rho constant rain of the
past five days, which served to soften
the earth and free it. from the solid
rock at its back. There have been
several siinilinr disasters in the past.
Nearly on tho same spot, <*? May 17,
1841, eight buildings were destroyed
and thirty-two persons killed by a
fall of earth, and in 1852 another
land-slide about half a mile from the
scene of the present disaster caused
the death of a number of people.
These warnings, however, were
disregarded and people continued to
build and to take up their habitations
immediately below tho overhanging
mass of rock that juts out from the
front of the promontory, and in the
narrow street that hears the name of
the founder of Quebec, and that occupies
all the space that remains betweon
the cliff and river at that
point, save the wharves, which ser\e
also us the back yards of tho bouses
where the groat disaster occurred.
The I )oininion Government warned
by the representations of the Hon.
Thomas McGreevy, member of Par
liament for the Division of Quebec,
West, expended a large sum of money
about tne year 1881 in purchasing
and removing several houses on the
cliff side of the street, and in building
a huge retaining wall several
feet thick to prevent disaster from
the falling rocks to tlio dwellers
across the street. Those portions of
rock which protruded in the most
dangerous manner were also removed.
Tlio experience of last night however
proves that the danger was by no
means removed.
Thr KnIf of Thrff.
First Medical Student?Aw?doctor,
what is the subject selected for
discussion at our next meeting of the
Medico Scientifico society? D'ye
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Second Medical Student- Aw?
let?me?see, doctor. Aw?yes:
"Resolved, That if a hoy falls
from a second story window and
breaks one leg wouldn't he break
two logs if he fell from a fourth story
window?"--The Epoch.
"The night cometh, wherein no
man can work." The grave is a bed
to rest in, hut not a shop to trade in
There is no setting up under ground
for those who have neglected their
souls above ground.
"Feebly she laugheth in the lum
quid moon, while Porphyro upon her
face doth look" and wonders what
has swelled it so. Whoa he finds it
is neuralgia however, he does not
lose his head, but having twenty-five
cents in his ir.sido pocket invests in a
bottle of Salvation 'Oil.
The Johnstown sufferer is the latest
variety of tramp in Kansas. Ho
bears a close resemblance to aW the
rest in tho particular that he looks as
if he had neuer seen water.? A'annas 3
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