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Fifty cent hats reduced to 25c. Girls' and Miases’ [Hats reduced, Boys’ Hats reduced. Ladies’ Bonnets reduced. T. EATON & 00.5 prices. Reductions in Millinery Department. The 50 muslins are making a. stir, they open up beautifully. We are clearing out our 12%0 muslin at 7§c a. yd. Every lady should see these goods. Bargains in black kid gloves. Bargains in coloured kid gloves. Bargains in black lace mitts. Bargains in coloured lisle gloves. Bargains in mousquetaire gloves. Bargains in Jersey gloves. Clearing pricesâ€"whole lines being cleared out by the single pair at sale Special line of black silk broche, auita» file for polonaise, waists, etc., 24 inch wide, only 75c a. yard. up. All wool beige in colours, 15, 20, 25¢ a yd. Some special bargains tomorrow morn- ing in the dress department. fircusently B'oéomfl wentgto the window again, and, looking into the street, ca'led out: ' “Well, my child, a shining isâ€"is a. gath- eripg._" Amending the Verdict. The train was just entering Erin, Tenn,, when we heard the sharp toot ! toot ! tool: I of a whistle, and such passengers as looked from the windows ssw an aged African with a bundle on his shoulder, straight ahead on "bh, yes, mamma; I had a. shining in my ear last winter. "Vth, let; me see. ' ‘Oh, yes, when I was a. girlâ€"" “Oh, I don't like that ki 1d." “\Vhat kini I ’ “Stories about ancient history." A Cmcinnati school boy thus began and ended Patrick Henry's famous speech: “Mr. Presidmt. it is natural for a man to indulge â€"to indulgeâ€"t)â€"â€". Mr. President, it is natural for man toâ€"to indulge. “Oh, mamma. here is Lottie Steals in the street; won't she get struck by the light- ning 1” "Manama," said Dot. “what is a. shir ring_?_” M “Come away from the Window, darling,” said mamma; “the minors are steel and you ma_y get {tn-3|; by lightning” The dressmaker recommended that a shir- ring be put upon some portion of Doc’s new dress. Little Jackâ€"“Tel! ma a story, auntiv." Old Maid Auntâ€""\Vnac kind ofa s'x ry 7" "Oh, juetastorv thhoun any moral to it, and without any instruction either. I don"tfillgxe the kind my gnvcrness «115.: During the thunder storm of last w.ek, BIOES(HI, with her mother's ECiSBLI‘l in her hned. wandered to the window. EATON’S CLEARING July Sale. "Pap1.” asked Josie, “what makes peeple sea-sick ?" “VVny, dot, riding over water." “Then why Homn't the man who drives the street sp: inkler get sea sick 3" Papa. gave 1t up. Pure black gross grain silk, 65c a yd 190 TO 196 YONGE STREET, SMALL SHAVERS. EATON ’8 CASH SALE. T. EATON &. CO- T. EATON & GO. TORONTO, We can sell you an All Wool Mattress for $3.90, (three dollars and ninety cents.) The ordinary price of these goods is $6.00 our sale price $3.90â€"Send for one. Mattmses. Just 0pened. patterns at Sc and 71w 3. yardâ€"Sal's price. Nothing moves like their 25c Washing Silks. Regular price 40c in all season- able colors: Send for samples. Move. Eaton’s Big July Sale. Feathers. Some beautiful goods in feathers sell- ing at sale prices. Ladies wanting a feath- er for fall should not miss this opportuni- ty of securing a beautiful Feather at little money. Trunks, Valises, Hand Satchels, Hand Bags, Jewelry, Belts, Stocking Support- ers, Bustles, Laces, Collars, Ties, Fichus, Nets, Embroideries, Insertions, all re- duced to sale prices. Ft;ka sometimes growls ’bout 'de very source 0' dar fortune. De farmer often com- plainsfl' de Input. Sudden plesures is always do keenes’ Dar ain't no apple so sweet as de one we ac cidsny’ly fiq'srin {is gyms. Plantation Philosophy. De pusson what doan' talk nothin' but slang, doan' think nothin’_bu§_ slang._ Al (is eddicationuin de worl' won’t make some men wise. All de co’u in de crib won't atten de stump-suckin’ boss. And when w; rushed out to the freight house he was sitting up on end and asking if anybody had seen his bundle. VVe returned to the room for another tus- sle, and were Just congratulating ours Ives on having everything ship shape, when the Coroner put his head into the doorway and called out :â€" “Gentleman, amend your verdict! The coqfoqnded nigger has _comt_a tp life I”_ V"Very good, gentlemen, as far as it goes, but the man was probably deaf, and it would be as well to amend the verdict: ac- cogimgly.” _ . ‘~.. I .1 “We nw'eiat back and amended to make the victim as deaf as a hitching post, but We wergnotrthrough yet._ "You haven't got the name of the county in your report, and you don't say whether it was a freight or a passenger train,” observed the Coroner. "VWenn turned to the room and amended by adding that the engineer was blameless in the case. and the Cnuner received us with :â€" the track. T118 whistle was blown and the bell rung, bun he paid no attention. and all of a. sud nn the cov-catuner picked him up and flung him fifty feat to one side. A gang of men brought. the body to the depot, and among the dam of u‘1 who stoppad 03' at the v “age a. coroner‘s jury was selected. it seemed a. phin enough case. The man came to his death hy he'ng struck by a. locomotive 0) the L. 8L N Road. S 1011 was the verdict rand red. has no sooner was it: announced than the Coroner observed : ‘ Gentlemen. return and amend your ver- dict. You haven’t said anything about care- lersness,” A fine lot of prints, fast colors, and new T. EATON & CO “ Glorious ” War. Joaquin Miller is a. terrifying iconoclast. He says in the Philadelphia Press that the ancient saying that it is sweet to die for one’s country is a pagan lie. His first point is that it is not sweet to die at all. His next. that from personal observation on a. dozen battle fields he knows that dying soldiers think and talk of wife. mother and babes, not of country, in the hour of death. But is not the grasping at the grass and other objects, showing that the last desire is to cling to this earth, but a. manifestation of the instinct of self-preservation, which overpowers the noblest sentiments 2 Some- times soldiers, Miller says, with their last breath, will curse the rulers anal men that brought them to such a. barbarous, dog like death. The great epic yet to be written is one that will amply depict the horrible, ghastly, beastly barbarism of war. is the thong by which seals are fastened to legal documents. The seals are fastened in the cornor of the document. “Q. in a corner.” This is an expression denoting something not noticed at first. but seen afterwards; something partially hidden, as it were, in an out of-the-way place or corner. In French law‘ “ queue " _“ There thou beboldest the walls of Spartaâ€"10 000 men, and every man a. bxickl” Accordingly, on the following!P morning, the King led his guset out upon the plain where his army was drawn up in full battle army. and pointing proudly t3 the aerried honta. he said : “Indeed, Sir Ambassador. replied Ages- ilaus, "thou canst not have looked carefully. Come with me tomorrow morning and I will show you the walls _of__Spg.rta.” “I'll go through fire and water to serve you." The Bishops of Rochester possessed the manor of Southfleet, in Kent, before the conquest, and, as not unusual in ancient times, had a power of trying and executing felons. The jurisdiction extended not only to acts of felony done in the village, but also over criminals apprehended in another country. An instance of this kind in the year L200 is mentioned by T. Blount in his “ Ancient Tenures." It was of two women who had stolen some clothes in Croindene (supposed to be Croydon). and the men of that placa. having pursued them to South- l'et, they were imprisoned and tried by the Lord Henry de Cobham. and other discreet men of the country, who adjulged them to undergo the fire ordeal, or examination of the hot iron. By this foolish test one of them was exculpated and the other con- demned. The two chief species of trial by ordeal were those of tire and water. Both these modes might be performed by deputy; but the principal was to answer for the suc- cess of the trial, the deputy only venturing some corporeal pain for hire, or. perhaps, f0: friendship. “ This” says Blackstme, “is still expressed in that common form of speech of going through fire and water to serve another.” Hale tells us “ In the time 'of King John, the purgation per ignem el: aquam, or the trial by ordeal continued; but it ended with this king." "He’s a brick.” Plumrch. in his life ofAtz- esilaus, King of Sparta, gives us the origin of the quaint and familiar saying. On a certain occasion an ambassador from Epirus, on a. diplomatic mission. was shown by the King over his capital. The ambassador knew of the monarch’s fumeâ€"knew that though only nominally King of Sparta. he was ruler of Greeceâ€"and he looked to see massive walls rearing aloft their embattled towers for the defense of the town ; but found nothing of the kind. He marvelled much at this, and spokg of it to the king. _ “ Sire," he said, "I have visited most of the principal’towus, and I find no walls regrgdfoydgfeuae. 7 Why is this?" 7 “ By flock or by Urook.” The destruc- tion by the fire of London in 1666, during which some 13,800 houses, etc., were burnt down, in very many cases obliterated all the boundary marks riquisite to determine the extent of land, and the sites occupied by buildings previous to the fire. When the rubbish was removed disputes arose among persons as to the poaition and extent of their property, which promised not only inter~ minable lawsuits, but created the serious evil of delaying the building of the citv until these disputes were settled. Impelled by the necessity of coming to a more speedy settlement, it was determined that the claims and interests of all persons concerned should be referred to the judgment and decision of two of the mo 1: experienced land surveyors of that day, and in order to escape from the evils which delay must oc- casion, the decision of these two srbitrators were to be final and binding. The survey‘ are appointed were named Mr. Hook and Mr. Crook. Hence arose the saying above quoted. " Strain at a. gmt." The Moorish soldier when he drinks unfolds the end of his tur- ban and places it over the mouth of his bota, drinking through the muslin to strain out the gnats, whose larva! swarm in the water of tile}: country “Cooking your goose.” According to Notes and Queries "cooking your goose " is thus explained: "The King of Sweden’s Gooseâ€"The King of Sweden, coming to a. town of his enemy's, with very little com~ pany, his enemy, to slight his forces, did hang out a goose for him to shoote; but per. ceivinz before night that these few soldiers had invaded and set their chiefe houlds on fire, they demanded of him what his intent was. To whom he replied: ‘ To want your gooei' ” “ Scot free.” Scot, according to Cowel (Law I)Ictionary), signifies a. celtain cash In or tollage. The right of voting in the boroughs in England was formerly in thrs: who paid scat and lot, " Soot-free." there- fore, is free from such custom or tollnge. " Walk your chalks.” A very simple explanation of this expression may be give 11 Englvsh ale-house in quenters, when they have been drinking long enough to make a boast of being sober, and to dispute a point with each other, will chalk a. long line «11 the ground and then endeavor one after the other to walk upon it without awerving to right or left. Tncsa who succeed are adjudg- ed to be soberâ€"i. e.. to have “walked their chalka.” “ Not worth a mp. The want of small mouev in Ireland had grown to sucha height in 1721 2 that. counterfeit coins called raps were in chmon use. made of such bad metal that what pzsszd for a halfpenny was not worth a. farthing. Hence the cant phrase, “ Nat worth a. rap." The, name in all probability, is derived lrcm rappnn, a small Swiss coiu, value about half a farth- in g. Origin of Some Curious Sayin'zs. Boy’ Summer Suits at One Doflar, $1.50, Two Dollars, $2.50, Three Dollars, 8350, Four Dollars, $4.50, and up. Men’s Summer Suits in Halifaxl'l‘weeds, Serges and Worsteds at $7.50, $10, $12, $13,89L$1_5, 313131 up: $22.30, and up. BIG SALE OF CLOTHING Mén’s Fine _Suits to order in Tweeds, §§£g_e§ and} Worsteds at $15, $16.50, $18. $20. In our Millinery and Mantle De- partments price is no object,as the goods must be sold, and. buyers can have them at their own figures, as we will not take them into stock. Ladies will save money by visiting during this month the stores of Mrs. Warner summoned the daughter of the t l l man whose ghost was alleged to be making all the fuse, and together they made an investigation. They found the wash- stand tipped over. Before upsetting it the ghost kindly rem )ved from it the bowl and pitcher, so that no crockery was broken. The ladies left the room, but returning later they found the articles on the floor changed in position and a. towel laid neatly across the pitcher. A committee of Spiritualists :at in the haunted room in a. circle, with Mrs. Warner and the ghogt's daughter in the evening. Several hundred psople watched the house from the outside. About 10 o'clock a. great white figurs was seen walk- ing acrossithe r’n‘ of the house and disap- pearing somewime in the next building. Beautiful Summer Goods at" 5, '10) 15, 20, 25, 35 and 50 cents, worth from fif‘bee_n_ to ginety cpptg per yard. & PETLEY We will also offer at the same time the contents of our large Silk Depart- ment at and below cost of manufacture, as we take stock on the first of August, and are anxious to clear out as many goods as possible before that date. In order to clear out the balance ~of our stock of Spring and Summer DRESS GOODS we will offer remarkable value in this geparlgmenll for the next thirty days. Fine Frenéh Muslfns alt five and ten cents per yard, worth from fifteen to twenty-five cents. PETLEY & PETLEY, “7th this Ind been repeated several t mes Mrs. \Veruer’s vexstiou gave place 10 amazement. and she told her neighbours about it. They promptly decided that some ghostly agency was at work. Mrs. Werner scofled at the idea, but the neighbours went on to evolve the spirit of a long dead old gentleman which had a. grievance about the present ocznpancy of the house it had ten ented when a mortal, and was brnt on driv- ing Mrs. Warner away. The manifesta- tions subsided aftEr a. (lay or two. and Mrs. \Varner triumphed over her neighbours un- til ricently Shortly after noon she sent her seven-year-old boy to the haunted ronn for her slippers. In a. few minutes he came running down stairs shrieking. "Oh, mother. save me I" and apparently nearly beside himself with fright. He had found the bed which he had watched his mother make up in the morning thrown into worse disorder than ever before. ' BIG SALE 0F DHESSGWW! The house 562 Snlth ‘Varren street, in Trenton, N. Y,, is p'ain and quiet in zip penance, and is in a quiet neighborh'md. It; was inhabited until rrcentlv by Mrs. DLVlLl Warner and her lamily. There never “all anything remarkable anout the place or the people until a. few days ago, “’hi n Mrs. Warner, on going into a. bed-room o 1 the up- per floor which she had put in order some hours before, found the bedclothes tumbled about. She made the had again, and a aha-t time afterward found it again disturbed and the furniture in the room also disordered. 128 $0132 King street, East. A Ghost in Possession. 128 to 132 King S‘reet East, Toronto. A thtle Girl’s Scheme to Build a Church. Hattie Snell is a 13-year-old girl living in St. Johnsville. N. Y. The Episcopal so- ciety was attempting to raise money to build a new church. and Hattie took a great interest in the project. She conceived the plan of obtaining aid from the statesmen at Washingto x. and she wrote letters t) every- body wnosv names appear in the Cmqres- sionzl directory, asking each to contribute a few bricks. Her plan was so novel and her letters were written in such childish in- genfiousness that the responses were large. Among the contributors were President Arthur. and all the members of the Cabi- net, Gen She-idem, Vice-President Ed- munds, Speaker Carlisle, many of the Sena- tors, and a large number of Congressmen. Now she plopyses to sell the autographs which accompanied the contributions, and Wlll be able thereby to more than duplicate the sum she received. Generally the party who sings " I would not live always" the loudest, is the one who gets _bet yeen the feather beds during a fhun her term. Now the place is dark and deserted. and there has been no disturbance inaide or crowd outside. People in the naiguborhood shrug their shoulders when a .ked about the ghost, and remark that there is one small boy in Mrs. Warner's family, and several more in the neighborhood. Tne Epilitunlists communicated with the ghost, and learned a gmd many things. Tney told Mrs. Warner chat the ghost was sent to warn her to be careful 0: ans would fall down stairs upon her baby and kill it. The ghost also t.1d them has there was t ouble over the title of the house, and that he would keep on [musing up the bedroom until Mrs. Warner moved away. Tuat lady took her family to a relatives for the rest of the night, and next day she vacated the house. 148.3188 Iamuea, churdren screamed. and gflezc excitement prevailed until'Mra. Ander- 302], who lives next door, was heard 3 :olding her )oung son for wetting a broom and spwiling a. sheet Ladies fainted, chll’dr