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The lain-«1's Cnolness. “S'ear‘y, man! every mm mum: die what; he standr?" shnu‘ed Sir Cv llu C mpbwll to the Ninczy-thinl Highland: to at Balaklava, as a divisxon of Russum ravalry was charg- ing down up(u the thin Hue. “Av av, SJ Colin! we"! do that!” was the cheery re- sponse. This Pelt pnssesnion is character- istic Lf the Scotch race, and is on: cmsn of their r‘markAble success in every sphrre of life. It is not. atolidity, for Snutchmeu are not dull. It is that nto‘idity of character which stands, I0 matter what may be the diskurbance IIWU “ll-F lhu nun-qu - A u u - . - u . A Scotch laird visitad LI, ndon just sftu' the axst mbling of a new Parliament. He call- ed upon the mtmbtr who represented his district, who, knowing his anxiety to hear the do! a‘es in the House of Commons. 1231 his name placed on the Sgekker's list of persons to be admitted. ~> - 4 m .L_ I..:..,l nrnanntnd him- The following rt: ry show istv'c has its humorous {id}. I'BUDB LU UV quunuvxu- The n‘xt night. the laird presented him- self (arly at the door of the House. The keeper, finding his name on the list, told him to enter. supposing from his cool man- ner that he knew the place where the Speaker's pnvrleged inends eat. The laird, ignorant of the customs of the p'ece. walked up the body of the House and seated him- self upon tlescond bench, close behind Sir Robert P:el, the leader of the Opposititu. There he let until the House adjourned at midnight. and 33 it “as a new Pmliamtnh, he was supposed to he a member fresh from Scotland. The laird was so mach phased with the det me that be occupied the same seat on the next night. But one cf the members of the Opposition, suspecting him, went to the sergeant-at arms and asked who was that tall [man sitting_behind Sir Robert PeeL , -_.. A‘ “nun- vuu .nuu unitva -V.‘ _. “0h. he is a. Scotéh “gather. one of your own party.” answered the ofllcu‘. “I doubt that. and I also doubt his being a member at all,” repfifd fhe MJP, ,7; __._L,,: B memuur in an, Achy-u. v..- “VI- , Instantly the astonished sergemt rushed behmd the benches, and givxug the laird asharp rap on the shoulder said, " Come here. air! I wish to see you.” :“What do you mean?" asked the Iaird, NEW FALL STOCK JUST ARRIVING 60c. Children’s fancy Suisse Embroidery and Lace Collars, 20, 25, 30 and 50c. Special lines of Oriental Lace Collars, 160.,‘w0rth 750. To-day we call special attention to our Fancy Goods department, in which will be found a complete assortment of Ladies’ and Children’s neckwear. Gloves, Hosiery, etc., in all the newest styleszand at exceedingly low prices. Ladies’ LEmbroideI-y Collars 30, 50 and ‘ Ladies' and Children’s Cape Epauletbes, 85, 40, 50, 60, 65 and 75c. up. Children’s Guipure Collars, 50, 65 and 75c. up. Ede-lweis Lace Collars, so, 05 and 750. up. The newést styles in Linen Collars, with and without capes, 5, 7, 9, 12§ and 150. See them. Extraordinary value in Silk and Linen Handkerchiefs. Ladies’ and Children's fancy bordered Lawn Handnerchiefa, 3, 4, 6 and 6c. Ladies’lHem gStitched, 6, 10, 12% and 15c. We are showing all wool De Beigei, 38 and 40 in wide, in Green and Garneb. at prices that make it interesting to All who wilh to purchase. Lediea’ White Linen Hematitched Handkerchiefs, 1213, 15 and 20c. Put-e Lyons Silk Handkerchiefs, all Itylea and colours, 40, 50, 60, 75 and $1 ,PP ATTENTION. mdiea’ Hematitched Handkerchiefs, mourning borders, 12%, 15, 22 and 25c. Our new stock of Glovu is now in, sad we are showing a splendid variety of Ityles in all the bent manufactures. Josephine Kid Gloves 35 and 500 pair. Special line of Fancy Scollopped Bor- dered Handkerchiefs 10c. Pure Silk Handkerchiefs, a. splendid variety at 300. GLOVES. J ouvin 65 Rouillon Kid Glovel 50, 75 and $1 pair up. Gauntlet Gloves all sizes and colours. Dressed and Undressed Kid, Chamois and Castor Gloves in great variety. LETTER ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION . EATGN & 00., SALES FOR CASH ONLY. 190, .192, I94 & 196 Yonge Street. shows this charactzr noc used to [sing treated with so little cere- monv‘ muuy. “You wera in the House lam; night!" said the ofiiuer. “I was." “You sat in the same p‘ace you have just left?" "Yes, air, the very same place; and what right have you t) disturb m9!" “You are in my custody.” and the ser- geant took hold of the laird’s arm. " ' L J -v v,â€" mtmn Hands eauu Ivan uqu v: nuv u. ._ . E‘Z’In your custody! i501- vfimi? Hmda 0 l "Who are you?” “Who am I? Go and ask my member, Mr. Ferguson: he placed my name on the Speaker‘s list, and if there is any mistake, you are responsible {0' it. It was your duty as the servant of the House, to have shown me where to sit. Tell me where my place is, but take your hands off me!" I ,:__:| 1.. -nnoknr m, uuv man v... ......_N_ -7 The oflicer conducted the laird to another seat, who remarked, "It is a matter of in- dxfierence ‘0 me where I sit, provi'ied I can bmr the debates; bu: I must ask you not to dwturb me again. " Jenn no. rv..u-.__v_ in two weeks twféovered be GuLeau I curse have died â€"â€" Dr. \Vood, of the army, one of Garfield‘s surgeons. and now Oflicer Fowler. Our New Fall Dress Goods just open- ed and marked at the lowest wholesale prices. . New pinheud spots and diamond checks New pinheud spots and diamond checks 10, 12% and 153. per yard. A splendid line of Scotch Tweed Suit- ing, 200., worth 25c. per yard. Special value in New Velour, Ottoman, Broche Ottoman, Himalayan, Cashmeres, Estamaine, Sicilian Cloth and other new dress fabrics, 20c. and 250. per yard. See our new Btoche De Lyons and Phantom Checks and Stripea,in all she newest shades, 25, 30 and 35¢. per yard. New French Twills, Ottoman Grape, and Costume Cloth, all wool 40, 45, 500. A special line of Colored Oashmeres, 40 in. wide, 35¢. per yard. per yard A large and well assorted stock‘ of Black and Coloured Silk and Satins, beat makes and at lowest wholesale prices. Black Gros Grained Silks 660. per yd. Black Gros Grain Silk, 21 in. wide, $1, worth $1.25 ' BLACK AND per yard, worth 31 Coloured Silks and Satin: 50, 65, 75, 900. up, in all the newest shades. We hold a large Itock of J at Raven and Blue Black Costumes, 20, 22g, 25, 30, 35, 40¢. per yd. These goods are lplendid value. Blaek Cashmere, all wool, 40 inches wide, 47%«3. per: yard, worth 600. BLACK BASHMERES AND MOURNING DRESS GIJDDS. DRESS GOODS. Black Velour Ottoman and Poole Cloths' 20, 26 and 306. per yard. J ulb opened a. large assortment of Clan Plaida, all wool, 27 inches wide, 350. per yard. Crepe Imperial, Ottoman Grape, and 1.11 the newest Mourning Dress Ftbricl, 25 to 50¢. per yard. CLAN PLAIDS AND Tycoon Reps, 20 different patterns, for Lndiea’n Wrappers, 250. per'yard. Woven and Knitted Shawls in great variety. Black Brocade Silk. 22 in. wide, 750. “The Curse of Guitaau.” ,n MILDRED SILKS. hi‘cagq Tribune: The TYGflON REPS. At the American Soit nee association in Philadelphia, Prof. J. E. Hilgard read a pmper on the “Relative Lwel of the Atlan‘ tic 0.9.31: and the Gulf of Mexico." He ex- hibited a. relief mod~l, showing the wes‘em part cf the North Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the United States east of the Mississippi rivu‘. The prawi;K 31 features to which he dirocied attention were the fact that the actual crntincntal rutliue does not cone pond to the present accidental limits or land and water. but totho one hand. ed fathom curve, so that the contineLtzl limit is far out under the sea. Florlda. and Yum. tan have more than twice their geographical limits, while the West Indies and the An- tilles appear as a. vast nu} marine continuation of the Florida peninsula, the mountain sum- mits of which only appear ntove the see. This submarine plateau. extending to the southeast, forms, with the coastline oi the Usuted States. a great bight nearly as large again as the Gulf of Mexico. which Prof. H lgard designated the Great Bay of North America, VVhstever the causes whih pro- duced the gulf stream, they must give rise to an elevation of the gulf above the Atlan- tic in order to occasion the streamâ€"a phy- sical fact demonstrated by the most aCcuxate measurements. The exp‘anatiou of the stream was that the North Atlantic trade winds xet the water of the Caribean sea. against the “Spanish main” (Central Ameri- c3), deflected northward alOng the coat of Yucatan: where the flow is through the straits between Yucatan and Cuba. and thence through the Bemini channel int i the Atlantic ocean, thus forming what is in own as the "Gulf Stream." The part which the Gulf of Mexico has in this is mainly that of a reservoir or "accumulator." maintaining the outflow at a mme uniform iate'tbanfihe assigned muse would almit of without such a reservoir. life. If youth only knew and ago only coaldl Let us etcourage the beautiful, for the useful encourages itself. Nothing in mm in literary history than a scholar who confesses that he has been re- futed in anything. Sober thought about one’s own sober soul and its destiny in by no means afavorite oc- cupation W|th men. Liberty is a privilege which carries with it high duties sud grave responsibilities. The right to say what is false implies the duty 0t declaring that which is true. Liberty is a. glorious light, but it demands duties and sacrifices greater than any which tyranny exacts, and mere is required iiom freeman than from slam s. The Gulf of Mexico and its Stream The following were recently among the written answers in txam‘nat ons on Scrip- turelgy her mixiesty'g inspfictoxs of ach< 01!: “Who was Moses?" "He was an Egypt- ian. He lived in a hark :mid of bullrushes, and he kept a. golden carfand worshipt brai- zen snakes and he bet nothin’ but qwales and manner tor forty years. He was kort by the air of his ’ed While ridin’ under the haw of a. tree. and he was killed by his son Absfon (s be WM hanging from the bow. His end was peace,” "What do vou know of the patriarch Al raham?” “He was the father of Lot and had tew wives. One was called Hismale and the other Haygur. He ke pwun at. home and he hurried the other into the deselt, where she became a pillow of salt in the day- tima and a p 110w of fire at nite.” "Write an account of the Good Samari- tan.“ “A certain man went. down from Jexslam i0 Ju‘iker and he fell among thawna and the thawus sprank up and choked him. \Vhireupon he gave tuppins to the beast and said tak care on him and put him on his hone hams. And he pas: bye on the hother side.”â€"-London Times. Love and reason seldom go together, The tree of knowledge is not the tree of â€"â€"*»~4~.â€">«â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" A Young Mother. Recently there occurred four miles west ,of Alexandria. Ky., a. case of maternity the most remarkable 1n the histm‘y of American obstetrics. The mother. a. youngficolored girl tamed Rena. Freeman, was bcrn Match 5, 1873, and is therefore 11 years and 6 months old. She is small of statute, being about 4 feet 8 inches in height, and weigh- ing but 90 pounds, and is a. child in every- thlpg but. experience. After her confinement she acknowledged that she had been seduced by her brother- in-law, Rass Johnson,a. burly negro, aged 30, and the ‘athu of two children. When taxed with the seduction of his sister-Inlaw he did not deny the charge. Her accoucher, Dr. T. S. Orr. :ays the case is without a par- allel in the medical history of this country. He had considerable dnflieulty with the pa.- tient, the infant's size and weight. ten pounds, necessitating the operation of crani- otomy; â€"0incin nati . Inquirer. A Town Where Neither Coal nor Wood Is Wanted. Not a pound of wood or coal is consumed at Creighton, twenty miles from Pittsburgh, where the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company have their plant. Glass factory and resi- dences are heated and lighted by natural gas. Gas was struck at 1,200 feet in a. five inch bore. A torrent (f what the owners describe as "pure nitrogen gas” burst out with a force of 250 pounds to the square inch, and after three yours is flowing with as much energy as ever. The visitor sees no coal, no wood, no cinders, no ashes, no smoke. In the furnaces is a. lurid. steady heat regulated by clock work. N o grimy stoker sweats his life away at furnace doors, but instead a. calm person with a. stained glass shield invites you to look at the glass through the open furnace doors, where glares a. heat sufficient to deter a modern Shadracb. Mashach and Abednego. Over- head gas burners are ablaze in broad day, because it is not worth while to take time to turn the burners 06' and on, as there is Elenty of gas and to spare. 1n the resi- ences a. thumb screw regulates the tem- perature to absolute perfection. Little Dot’s mamma. had been ill with a severe awack of neuralgia. A visitor called, and. while waiting in the parlor. asked Dot how her mother was. She replied, "she is sick, she’s got the morality." GRAINS OF GOLD. English Schools. <->«‘ Mo>n day is n‘? Maid of ball workâ€"the hotel couidcr sweeper. A supposititious caseâ€"The prim). dOnna’s jewel onkec. A screaming farceâ€"The performance of an amateur opera singer. Should a. mustard plaster be classed among drawing materials ? A j ustica’s pantaloona can hardly be called breacnes of the peace. The emigration of bank cashiers to Canada looks like an ex-owed us. The Czar oi Rusxia. may be Warsaw ofi‘ than it he had staid at home. It is the successful trapvza perm mar who generally reaches the climb-acts. The hat rows of summerâ€"Those taken on the lake just before having 101' town. T re cream of a. joke would be lost upm' a milkmmâ€"he wouldn't know what it was. Life is shareâ€"only {our ietters in it. Three-quarters of if. is a "lie" and a half of it is an "if." Put this on “file” if yOu would as " lief." In China Fon Chow mems " Happy City.” â€"Detroit Free Press. Wu thnughc It mnaut something go :d to eatâ€"Chicago Sm. WJI, something good to eat mLkes a ' "ity. " Tmth lies at the bottom of a waut in this enlightened century men are able to carry on the same business very succassfnlly on top of the grown i. ’Tis the last rout of summer. A trade scenterâ€" The drummer. The death rateâ€"an underbaker’s bill. False hair does not antedate false pride.' Spitting on the bands doesn't dig the .tatoes. The queJion of the hourâ€"What true 0’ A tie gameâ€"popping the question. A waist of timeâ€"an old maid's. A Cain-see wantâ€"Cdestial music. The heated spellâ€"h-e-a-t-e-d. PETLEY 86 PETLEY’S Great Ely-Goods CLOTHING HOUSE iTORfiNTO. NOTE THIS â€"A|I Street Cars pass our Stores, ask the Con. iuctor to let you off at TLEYS. l28 to :32 King St, East. ALL SORTS. OF THE FIRST FLOOR 0F HQSkZdoox-s East. of St. James’ Cathedral. 1; "Heigh-ho!” said Mrs. Spriggrns, “I see that pmr old M“. Wukim baa. died inteso tats. I allua said high living wou’d ruin his innards.” A little fellow with a tall, stalwart wife was asked by a friend if the oonuwat be- tween them didn’t often expose him to mor- tiiyinz remarks. ' O, I don't mind that,” he said cheerfully; “but: ~mce Snah’a flown near sighted I have to look sharp for fear she'll step on me." Little F‘eddie was talkmz to his pnndma who was something of a skr ptic. “Grandma, r‘o you be'oag to me Pnsbyteriau church!" "No." “To the Paptist?" “No.” “To any church?” “No.” “Well, grandma, dont you think it’s about t 1113 to get in some- where?“ Two sides to a. questionâ€""Say. Smith, arsvyou coming dOWu town tonight!" "No." “ by n01?" “Well, my hired gill left this mowing, and Mary will be lonesome by her- self.” "My hired girl left this morning, too, and that‘s why I'm crming down. I'd be awful lonesome with Maggie." Remarkable revelitions are reported at a recent meeting of the medical committee at Marseilles. Experience has shown that the cholera will rage during two comecutive years in the ume pliue. it has been ascer- tained that cholera made its app arunce at Ma‘aeifles last year, a case lullowed by death having Occurred at the hospital in a room containing numerous other patients. The diaeas: rrarle a good miny vic:ims. The mavor, who wae immediately ad‘isei of the feat. proceedei to the hospital Energetic measures were tat en to prevent further con- tagion, and in rider to avoiu a. panic in the town, the m iyor iol'citad and secuxel the silence of all ptrsanfi aware of the facts. The Chief surgeon, two louse surgeons, a. warder, and two Sisters or Mercy tookan oath to divulge nothing. which oath was s‘rictly kept till the whole proceeding was made know” to the medal c :minit'ee. Facts About the cholera. SOME SMILES.