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At first I staggered under this revelation of unexpected unselfishness. Then a tide of home memories swept over my bosom, and I wept. I had almost forgotten that benevo- lence, courtesy and generosity exist in the world. The circumstance, little and simple though it was, carried me back over seas and deserts to that land where such acts of hospitality are not phenomenal ; where, indeed, people sometimes refuse to take money at all for a. draught of cold water. Alas! that in the country where first was proclaimed the hlessedness of giving the re- freshing beverage of nature in His name, such a circumstance should now be so ex- ceptional as to cause marveling ! I do not want to represent the race so totally bereft or the gentler graces tl at pertain sometimes to Occidental humanity, and, therefore, ieel that this acknowledgement is dueâ€"Corres- pondence o/‘New Orleans Times Democrat The act of putting a. lead pencil to the tongue to wet it just before writing is one of the oddities for which it is hard to give any reason, unless it began in the days when pencils were poorer than now, and was con- tinued by example to the next generation. A lead pencil- should neverube wet. It baa-dens the lead and ruins the pencil. This fact is know} to newspaper men aqd atgno- graphers. But neai‘iy- (fiery one else dozs wet a. pencil before using it. The fact was , “You wereV quite w-elcomé to the water wifihogt paying anything]: ‘i I cannot conscientiously say good-bye to my Arab enemies without making an ac- n/owledgement. Before leaving Syria. I . ' countered a single solitary in~tmce of the unmercenary spirit, which Will remain a. . erpetual green spot in the desert of my isvantine memories. I was riding through a field with Mr. Floyd, and I being over- taken by thirst, we stopped to get a drink of water from a. peasant at work garnering wheat. The water we sucked out of a goat skin by means of a. hollow read. and it was delicious. I tossed the mm half a franc, which he took, bowed politely and said : prices. As the month of August is nearly over, and with it our Big Summer Sale, we have decided to clear all odd lines at; a price, and also to mark our regular stock at still lower prices than ever. Costume Cloths, Brocades, and Sicilian Dress Materialsâ€"Special lines at. 12; and 15c yd. Ottoman Cloths and Tweed Suitingsâ€"nll tho newest Fall Colors and Styles, 20, 25, and 30c yd. Beautiful English, Scotch, and French Costume Ulotshl, the very Intent combinations. At price: to suit all purchasers. Full new ranges of Black and Colored Cashmeres. Extra. widths. If you want anything in Velvets, Velveteena, Flushes, Satin: or Silks, go to Eaton’a for they have the largest, most complete and beat assorted stock and at prices qlifiicult topo'mpite ayit_h_. Ngw Fall Hosiery. Sqmmer Hosiery. Heavy Dress Materials. Iadies’ Black and Colored Cashmere Hose, ribbed and plain, 350. pair up. Ladies’ Canadian Wool Hose, all styles and colors, at very low prices. Special line of fine Worsted Hose, all colors, 400. pair, worth 65c. Ladies fine and heavy Black Wool Stockings 400. pair. Beautiful lines of Ladies’ Cashmere and Shetland Lambs wool Vests, all sizes in Claret, White, and Cardinal at; very low prices. A line of Canadian Lamb’s W001 Vests at 75c. worth $1. Ladies’ Sleeveless Vests, all sizes and colors $1 up. Ladies’ Heavy Vests, with sleeves, $1.7 5 and $2. Children’s Ulsters, all the latest colors, $1.25 and $1.60. ,T. EATON & 00., CLEARING SALE. Everybody should purchase our American Window Shade with patent Automatic Self-acting Spring. 50 different styles to choose from. Measures taken and shades put up to order. ‘ Special line of Lace Curtains in Cream and Ecru at $3.90 pr, former price 85.00. Wool Carpets, New Fall Styles and Colors, 36in wide, 75, 80c. and $1. yd. White Counterpanes $1.25 reduced from “.75 and $2.00. See them All Wool Blankets for double Beds $2.50 pr. nuts,,, .A- . c. __ House Furnishings. Summer Dress Goods. “ The firing Remmuit.” in Syria. Clearing Children's bummer Hose, fancy and plain colon 5c. pair. Special line of Cotton Hose at 5 and 8c. pair, worth 20 and 250. pair. Ladies’ Cot Stockings in stripes and solid colors only 10c. pair. Ladies’ full- hioned Balbriggan Hose, 25c. pair, rer‘ need from 40c. pair. Extra fine Balbriggan Hose. silk clocks, 38c. pair. fonner price 500. pair. Special line of Ladies’ German Striped Stockings 30c. pair, worth 45c, pair. Odd Lines of Indies’ Cotton Merino and India. Gauze Underwear at clearing Special Line of Oriental Lnoe Conan"; 15¢. Tfibrm 750. A nice line of Fancy Dress Goods 5c. yd. worth 10c. Brocade and Fancy Colored Dress Goods 10c yd., reduced from 150. Fashionable Costume Clothsâ€"Good Colorsâ€"12$ yd. former price 15c. Clearing English Shallies and Bieges at 10. 1% and 150 yd.â€"A Bargain. Washing Silks 21in wide, 250 yd., reduced from 40c. Striped, Checked, and Plaid Summer Silks, 40 and 450 yd., special value. Victoria Lawns, Muslim, Etc. at greatly reduced prices. A IaE-ge stock of‘Wool Wraps and Shawlsâ€"all sizes and odors at very lcw pricea‘ Wetting Lend-Pencils. 190, 192, 194 & 196 Yonge Street, ORDERS SENT BY EXPRESS OR PARCEL POST. SAMPLES SENT BY MAIL TO ANY ADDRESS. ATON’ BIG David M. Shertz of Lancaster, Pa-, had a terrible encounter with a. blood bound at Miller's soap factory, where he is employed, recently. The blmdhound roams about at night. and attacked Shertz who was the first to enter the premises, biting him in the righ leg, which was lauerated from hip to knee. Shertz defended himself with his fists. pounding the dog about the head, but at last the infuriated animal hit him through the right arm, his teeth meeting. Shetz finally succeeded in beating him off 1nd escaped from the yard. His injuries are serious. The dog was killed. Sing of a. mathematical turn of mind. he ascertained by actual count that of fifty persons who came into his office to write an advertisement or a church notice, fortynine wete pencil in their mouth betore using it. Now this clerk always uses the best pencils, cherishing a. good one with something of the pride which a. soldier {eels in his gun or sword. But politeness and business con- siderations require him to lend his pencils ecores of times a day. And often, after it had been wet till it was hard and brittle and refused to mark. his feelings would overpower him. Finally he got some cheap pencils and sharpened them, and kept them to lend. The first person who took up t! 0 stock pencil was a draymen. whose breath smelt of onions and whiskey. He held the point in his mouth and soxked it several minutes, while he was torturing himself in the eflort to write an advertisement for a. missing bull-dog. Then a sweetlcoking laiy came into the office, with kid-gloves that buttoned half the length of her arm. Sne picked up that same pencil and pressed it to her dainty lips preparatory to Wr‘ting an advertisment for a. lost bracelet. The clerk would have staid her hand, even at the risk cf a box of the best Faber pencils, but he was too late. And thus the pencil passed from mouth to mouth for a week. It was sucked by people of all ranks, and all degrees ijcleanliness and uncleanliness. But ’twere well to forbear. Surely no one who reads this will ever wet as lead-pencil. definitely Settled by a newspaper clerk away dowp Esati An Encounter With a Bloodhound. ' When A lady indul es in a round of shop- ping she might be 3313 to go out on a buy- cycle. Unconscious Homeopathy: “I was vaccin- ated straight Rom the calf, you know.” “Ah! aimilia. similibus!” good jédge 0' er boss is neuly allus or good jedge 0’ or man. 7 What kind of official would Butler make? Well, to strain a point. we should say vu-y Benny-finial. A Vermont dog has been seen with two twls. We throw this out as a pointer to the wage. “Why in an old lawyer always fat!" nak- ed Acom. "Because." replied Molecule, “they feed him so much.” Love goes not where it is cent. as much as where it is dollars. And dolorous it is, that it’s true. ‘ A writer in the Providence Journal say- we “must wait until 1892 for Jupiter’s next perihelion." Well, if We must we must, though it seem pretty tough. Frozen mutton is sold in England, and it is no uncommon thing therefor a butcher to give a customer the cold shoulder. Afat man who wants to get thin, but can‘t control his appetite, should wear a shepherd’s plaid vest. He will then be al- ways able to keep his stomach in check. A little girl joyfully assured her mother the other day that she had found out where they made horses; she ha! seen a. man fin- ishing one. ” He was nailing on his last foot. A nre apeélmen-â€"Restaumnt beef steak Hand-bookâ€"A work on palmiatry. A man with a cut in his eyeâ€"A trout fisherman. Earnest prayer is the diliufe chat 0‘ the soul. "The Mormon questionz" Will you join the plurality? “There is nothing impossible to the deter- mined spirit," says a. philosopher. Evident- ly that philosopher never tried to reach up behind his shoulder to get hold of the end of a broken Suspender. A prominent preacher recently chose for the subject of a. sermon, “How to treat your enemies.” The average man, however, thinks he has done his duty if he treats hid frionds. An Irish witness was recently asked what he knew of the prisoner‘s character for truth and veracity. “ Why, troth.” said he, “since ever I've known her, she’s kept the house clans and dacent." A witty young lady having two suitors, one of whom was an army officer and the other a physician, she said it was very diffi- cult to choose between them as they were both such killing fellows. It a man wants peace to reign in the house hold he should count ten before speak- ing at times when he feels as if his clothes don’t fit him. And on days when the kitchen stove doesn't draw he should count 480. When a. fellow is going by a place of rega- lation and kind of hesitatesâ€"argues with himself whether or not it is best to go in and take one, he can easily have the question de- cided by going in and seeing the barkeeper about 15. Louis XVI. was wiser than Marie Antoin- ette. While she spoiled the silk trade by wearing white muslin, he destroyed the sale of English nankeen, which was driving French cottons from the market. by order- ing the executioner to perform his ofiice in a dress of the foreign cloth. A strong breeze of? Lake Erie recently blew the lake flies broad cast into Cleveland. Local papers ‘eaid there were a. thousand bushels rotting in the streets. The lake fl is born, lives and dies in twelve hours. 1: never bites, but its laziness and familiarity and the nondaalance with which it stands still to be killed make it more despised than the mosquito. The lake fly cannot do much of anything except get drunk on light and die. A notable drunknrd who has just died at Paris in his 70th year, has kept a. diary of his “drinks” for the last half century. It was his custom to take four bottles of wine as his daily allowance; so that in fifty years he must have emptied no less than 73 000 bottles 1 He could never eat until he had taken a. dram of absinthe and as he re- gularly had three meals every day he must have swallowed down 109,500 drums of ab- sinthe in the half century. In sddition he found it necessary to his comlort to drink about twelve petite vmes of some spirit or other during the spare hours of each day. so that he imbibed 219,000 glasses of spiritu- ous liquor in the course of fifty years. He was never seen perfectly sober. (Jo-operative baby farming is a success at Guise. France. In a late issue of Le Devoir, the official organ of M. Godin, who is the governor 01 the familistere at that place it is stated that the birth rate under his oom- munal system is about the same as in French towns of the same population, while the in- fant mortality is fifty per cent. less. The baby farm comprises a baby house and a baby garden. The house contains 100 beds and one immense pla. -room, esperially fitted up for its inmates. t opens flush with the garden, and is surrounded with spacious verandas. The administration is by a gov- erness, with two assistants and the mothers that volunteer to serve. The children are generally brought there in the morning and taken to their homes at night, but a. few make it a permanent home. One of the most remarkable instances of the dumb spirit occurred in Glastonbury, Eng., during the present generation. This strange case was fully attested by a physi- cian and reported to the London Lancet es- sentially as follows : Before the birth of Eli H., his father made a. vow that should his wife bring him another girlâ€"he now ha three daughters in successionâ€"he would never speak to the child as long as he lived. The expected infant proved to be a boy, and this son manifested from infancy the most pronounced antipathy towards his father. He never spoke to him, nor as long as this parent lived would he utter a. word to any- one save to his mother and sisters. When Eli was 35 years old his father died, and after that the young man‘s tongue was loosed to every one, he becoming indeed quite loquacious, as though to nuke up for his long silence. A tight fitâ€"the jim-jams, Gastronomyâ€"Caoking with a gas stove. CURIOUS FACTS. ALL SORTS. Toward the close of November, 1779, Lord Lyttleton had gone down from Lon- don to Pitt Place for the purpose of spend ing aweek or two in field sports or other recreation, and he had taken with him a gay party of friends. 01 the 24th of that month he had retired to bed at midnight, after spending the evening at cards with his guests, when his attention we; st‘racled by the fluttering of a bit 1, apparently a. dove or a pigeon, tapping at the window of his bed-chamber. He started, for he had only just put out his light, and was about to compose himself to rest, and sat up in bed to listen. He had gazed and listened for a minute or so, when he saw, or at all events fancied he sawa female clothed in white enterâ€"whether by the door or the window we are not informedâ€"and quietly approach the foot of his bed. He was somewhat sur- prised, and not agreeably surprised, when the figure opened its pale lips and told him that three days from that very hour he should cease to live. In whatever manner this intimation, real or unreal, from the other world was conveyed to him, whether by sound of the voice or by any other mode of communication, one thing is certain, that Lord Lyttleton regarded it as reality, and a message from the world of spirits. The third night came, and everything had gone on as usual. The guests had sat down to dinner, played their rubbers of whist, and retired ; but none of them had d'ured to rally the young Lord Lyttleton on the depression of spirits under which he labored. Eleven o'clock come; the party broke up and went to their several rooms. wishing each other good-night, and heartily desiring that the night Were past and gone, so restless, anxious and uncomfortable did they feel, without exception. Twelve o'clock came. and Lord Lyttleton was sit- ting up in 'bed, having given his servant orders to mix him a. dose of rhubarb. though apparently in the best of health. The dose was poured out, and he was just about to take it when he found there was no tea- spoon. A little out of patience with the valet for neglecting to have a spoon at hand, he ordered him to go and fetch One from the pantry at the foot of the stairs. The man was not absent from the room We offer today and following days the choice of one hundred and eighty pieces of best quality five. frame Brus- sels carpets at $1.10 per yard, “ NET CASH,” and worth $1.35 per yard. In order that we may dispose of the balance of our Stock of Dress Goods by the end of this month, we are offer ing all our stock of Dress Materials at 8c. 10c. 12;c. at “FIVE GENTS” per yard and all our stock of Dress Materials at 150., 20c. and 25c. per yard at “ TEN CENTS” per yard.’ This is a grand chance for Ladies to buy, as those who come first have first choice. The above goods are of this season’s importation, and bought by us at less than the cost of manufacture. CARPETSI! LADIES: PETLEY & PETLEY, PETLEY & PETLEY 128 T0 132 KING S’I‘., EAST, TORONTO. 128 T0 132 KING ST., EAST, TORON'l‘0. Premonitions of Death. INSPECTION INVITED. One of the Newfoundlands was a very big dog, with long curly black hair and an immense bushy tail. The other is smaller, and doesn’t seem to be full grown. The little one has kept his spirits up pretty well, and occasionally amuses the boys by jump- ing in after the sticks which they threw in- to the water. But for the past few days the big one, whose name is Prince. had been very low spirited, and had moped elbow deck all the time. He had not been seen for some time yesterday, when suddenly be rushed upon deck, ran to the side of the ship, and jumped overboard. The sailors looked over the railing, expecting to see him swimming around to cool 03, but, they say, he did nothing of the kind. He stretch:I ed out his legs, let his head sink under wa: ter, and made no effort to keep from drown- ing. He quickly sank, and was carried away by the tide before the men who_went to his assistance were able to save him. Every one who saw the act said it was a clear case of suicide, and the sailors who saw ED sign Harlow’s Esquimaux dogs jump over- board in just the same way at Portsmouqh are convinced that in both cases the self- Three Esquimaux dogs brought to New York on the “Ben r” have bten put in a. Brooklyn ice house to keep them_away|from the heat. But the two Newfouniland dogs] which also came from a. cold climate, were left on board the "Bear" to shift for them- selves. This discrimination apparently hurt their feelings. They had no one left to fight with, and had to keep cool as best they could. They swam around in the we.- ter about half the time, and then lay pant- ing in the hold. But wherever they went they found it hot, and their tongues were lollmg from their months all the time. destruction was intentional. more thana minute, or passible a. minute and a half, but when he returned he found his master lying back at full length upon the bed speechless and motionless. No efforts to restore animation were of any avail, and no symplo‘n of consciousness showed itself. His lordship was dead, having died on the third day, as the spectre had fortold.â€"0’assell's “Greater Londonfll Dog Commits Suicide.