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The mfiskrat predicted an open winter hasn't tumble down so far. A New Hampshire shoemaker makes squeaky shoes to order, and has all his work be c n do. They are o'dered by men who have pews near the pulpit and plan to come In latu. A Paris Judge refused to hear a 09.59 against a. wife who had thrown her hus- band out of a window and broken _his “I am simply here to obtain the latest. information about the election." remark- ed a. trump. apologetically, as be me“: the family dog In the back yard. The dog caught. on. leg, but adviaed her to open a. g5 in which other wives could train A New York judge an) s to a wife seek- a divorce : “You voluntarily choose a drunkard for a husband, and you should discharge the duties of a drunkard’s Wife. His failure to keep a. pledge of reforma- tion made before marriage does nobjuati- fy you in deserting him. Having know- ineg married a. drunkard, you must make yourself content with the sac: ed relation- ship.” A Nebraska girl of 19, calls herself the champion cow girl of America, and she offers to ride a race, tarow the lasso, or shoot a match with any woman in the country who is dispL sad to dispute the claim. Our object in having this Sale is to make prices to suit the hard times and to reduce surplus shock in our several departments. To enable us to do this we ham made some extraordinary reductions as may be seen by our advertisements, and by the rapid sale of these reduced goods, day by day. more especially in our Mantle and Dress department ; and to make it more successful we have made some still further reductions. As stated last week, we are offering A New York dealer in hosiery says that no true lady will wear a. pair or stockings costing less than $150. and he thinks the true gen‘leman should lay down at least $75 per pair. Reckon most of us must be mud~sills. A man in Talahaesee, Fla, in digging a well the other dav struck a. deep layer of oyster shells. He is making arrange- ments, it is reported, to bore down deep- er, hoping he may strike a strong flow of oyster soup. 190, 192, 194, 196 YUNGE STREET, Mantles can be sent 0. 0. Post Office Address, Theae are great bargains, and 53 mple) may be had upon application. Special Ieiuctions in We have made a reduction of 100 per cent on our Shawls in order to clear them out. Beautiful Camel’s Hair Shawls at $2.50.'., $3.00, $3.50 in gray stripe and plain color. Black and Colored Silks. Blaek and Colored. Plain and Broeaded Velveteens; also in All-Wool Dress Goods and (‘olored (‘aslnneres there are some bargains to be had. Two Hundred Jaekets at $1.50 eaeh : one Hundred Jackets at $3.00 each ; a line ot‘Flne German Matallassie Jackets at $8.00. Regular priee of these goods is $15.00 Bargains in fineLMantlea, Sealette, Dolimaus, Fine Ottoman Cord, Dolmans etc. T.EATON & 00., 'ERE AND THERE. 66 on 25c. u 66 n 0110 Hundred pieces of 15 com, Dress Goods for FIFTY PIECES (PF 300. DRESS 6001).“ FOR 15¢. Send lor samples and prices of all classes of Dry-Goods. T0, MANTLE3. SHAWLS. a. gymnaslum on approval to any express cffice in the Dominion An opossum was found in the umbrella stand of a. Reading, Pa..hotel rzcently. If it had been an umbrella it. would never have been found. In the war between France and China. let us not forget the poor slain. For “poor slain" rmd “porcelain,” and there A friend thinks that the winds must be great mathematicians because they sigh forever. Awriter says you can aimost tell a. man’s occupation by hisgait. True; sa. me way with a. ymth If it is a mile an hour he is a messenger boy. John Ruskin refuses to use the word Celtic in his lectures lest he should be ex- pected to call is Keltic Next; thing the) Will insist on saying mlt-kellers. ysu are. We have {.0 be chpelled t) ex plain a joke. A boy who kissed the schoolmarm now the Mayor of a Western city. When one enters upon a. career of crime there no knowing where he may end. An old maid in Nashville keeps a. parrot which swears, and a monkey which chews tobacco. She says between the two she doesn't miss a husband very much At the theatre: Indigant old gentleman to young lady who has been jabbering at the top of her voiceâ€"“This talking is ab. ominable. Nobody can hear a. word.” Young Ladyâ€"“That's just What I was telling Miss Smith, here. Those actors keep up such a. racket on the stage you can’t hear yourself speak.” “You’ve got my seat, sir,” said a man on a. Texas railroad who had left his seat for a moment. “There is nothing to show that you have retained this seat. ” “Look up there ! There is my hat box on the rack right over this seat." “Well. then you sit up there on your seat if that’s where you have retained your seat.” GNTARIO. FITNNIGRAMS. '2 l n Proper Food Indispensable to Health. Good, healthy food that will give strength to the blood is the best prevent- ive of disease that can be provided. It furnishes the system with the resistive power necessary to ward off disease. On the other hand, food defective in quality or quantity leaves the blood impoverished and the system open tothe attack of various forms of epidemic. Thus the potato rot in Ireland, which produced a famine, was attended by low fevers, evidently super- lnduced by the lack of proper food. And cholera. typhoid fever, diphtheria, and other diseases rapidly spread where the people are reduced in strength by im« proper food. And when to this is added filth and overcrowding all the conditions for an epidemic exist. A witty Frenchman, annoyed by the tyrannical custom, announced his pur- pose to reverse the method. Accordingly on New Year's Day he presented himself to the proprietor of the cafe which he frequented and claimed a present. for having been a daily customer for twelve months. There are ten kinds of legalized gamâ€" bling in Siam, and so absorbed do the Siamese become in gaming that when their money and personal effects are gone they will stake their own bodies on the turn of '116 game, going into voluntary slauery if they lose. In this event before he is permitted to leave the place the gambler must surrender himself, in fee simple to his owner, who procure: from the Amphor (District Judge) 2. san kro- matan (deed) in which, among other stip- ulations, he binds himself to render such services as may be required until the pe- cuniary obligation is discharged. The owner may also extract interest on the amount of indebtedness at the rate of fifteen per cent. per annum,but no more, as this is the highest rate of interest the King permits his subjects to charge. If a. greater sum is demanded, and the fact can be established by acceptable testi- mony in a native court, the debt is can celled and the slave becomes free. If for any reason he becomes dissatisfied with his owner, or master, which is often the case, he may secure another one by trans ferring the deeo. without asking the con- sent of the owner, provided the iedemp' tion or “ taking over" (as the Siamese express the transaction) is made in pursu- ance of law. If he can prove to the sat- isfaction of the District Judge that his wife possesses the requisite amount, he may apply to the court for an order com- pelling her to pay the debt and thus re- deem him from servitude ; but, iii-as- much as the government is not supposed to encourage gambling with a wife’s mo- ney, the law requires that the assign- ment of the sen kromatan shall be made to the wife ; so that, when possessed of this formidable document, with the offi- cial seal duly attached, she becomes the absolute and bona fide owner of her hus- band by an indisputable title. which no- thing but aroyal decree can possibly an- nual. The servants eat the (millions and re sell the boxes to dealers, who do a paying business by furnishing people with sec- ond-hand boxes or bags stamped with the name of a fashionable confectioner. One lady, it is said, reeeived the same box four times in as many years. French Holiday Presents. During the last ten years the custom of making presents during the holidays, has been so abused, that. thousands an- ticipate Christmas with beaxing hearts. Even those who dare nob disobey the fashion speak of it as“ono grand farce.” It is, however, to Paris that one should go, if he Wishes to see the tyranny of the “Christmas-box." The reign of the despot begins a. week before the New Year and lasts until the middle of J anuary. The first attack is made by the postman, who is closely followed by the water, wood and coal car- mars. Some of the ladies receive scores of such boxes 01- bags. A smile and a word of thanks reward the giver, and when he has departed, his present 13 handed over to the maid or footman. If he makes a. social call, he must take a present for the lady of the house, and for the children. The ordinary present consists of a. box of bonbons. Fashion requires that these should be bought of certain famous confectioners, though just; as good btmbons may be purchasad at: a. hundred shops, at a. quarter of the price. These fathom; confectionera inécribe their names on the pretty boxes and bags â€"which cost no trifleâ€"so that the lady and the children know where your pres- ent} was pqrchased. A Then come the street-sweeper, the lamp-lighter, the baker, butcher, grocer, fish-woman, shoe‘maker, tailor, hatter, and glove man. Each salutes his victim in the finest phrases. They are very po- lite on these days of visitationâ€"and re- ceive from two to five francs. ceive from two to live francs. At the cafe. on the tray from which the cup of chocolate is taken, lies an orange, a box of bonbons and a. cigar tied up with tricolored ribbon. The waiter smiles and the victim, also smiling pockets one of the presents and lays a live-franc piece in its_pla.ce. The porter of the house in which the gentleman has rooms must be liberally feed, or during the year the lodger’s let- ters will be lost, his friends will be told that he is not at home when he is expect- ing them, and those whom he does 110*. wish to see will be shown into his apart.- ment. The walkeron the Boulevards is hailed by the women who keep the little stalls with, “Give me a. present, my dear mon- sieurl” The gamin picks the gentleman's handkerchiet out of his pocket. in order that he may restore it and ask for a “pres- ent. ” Gamble-d into Slavery. «I»<->M in New York at the present moment. One of our most incorrigible criminals is a man named Abraham Leslie, known to the police as “Gen. Greenthal,” and now pretty well on in yearsâ€"threescore and ten, in fact. The “General” has been in the hands of the police many times. In May last he was pardoned out of the State Prison after he had served six out of twenty years’ imprisonment for rob- bery. The police now have him in hand again for pocket~picking. There is noth- ing strange in even an old man continuing a career of crime, but in this case all the old man's family work in the same line. He has three daughters and one son. Two of the daughters are habitual pickpockets, constantly under the eyes of the detect- ives. The third daughter is the wife of a man who keeps a.“saloon" on the Bowery â€"and I don‘t know of any saloon on the Bowery that bears a. good name. The son, to keep up the family reputation, took to criminal ways long since, and is now serving a fifteen years‘ term in the prison from which his father was so late- ly released. If this is not a care of here- ditary crime, the article would be pretty hard to find. The Greenthals, or Leslies, are not quite so coarse in their criminal tendencies as the J ukes (the subjects of the little book referred to), but the in- clination is about the same. And the police could tell of many families with the same bentâ€"each member, from parents down to boys and girls of six or seven years, being a thief or moral outlaw of some kind. It will probably take a long time to find a sure cure for this sort of disease. Some years ago a remarkable little book was written to show that a tendency toward crime may run in the blood, liko the passion fur liquor or a predisposition to insanity. The work was clever and it contained a good deal of truth, too. The thesis laid down in it has an 1llustration in New York at the present moment. One of our most incorrigible criminals is a. man named Abraham Leslie, known to the police as “Gen. Greenthal,” and now nrettv well on in yearsâ€"threeacore and We beg to call Special Attention to our display of MILLINERY,Whioh is very Choice and Attractive. and worthy of the attention of the most fastidious. Brecaded Cloth Mantles, Jersey Cloth Mantles, Jersey Cloih Ulsters, Jersey Cloth Jackets Silk Plush Mantles, Silk Seal Mantles, Brocaded Silk Mantles, Brocaded Velvet Mantles , ~ . , .Rd. : if y , .u v r I»? Rich Mantle Velvets, Rich Dress Velvets, Rich Mantle Flushes, Rich Dress Flushes, I‘ll 'I I!“ 1 "-1- Rich Black Silks, ' Rich Colored Silks, Rich Dress Satins, Rich Dress Goods, Also a Magnificent Stock of Elegant MANTLES from the Best Manufacturels of London, Paris and Berlin. EW FALL GOQDS PETLE Kings-St, East, Toronto INSPECTION EENVITED. Hereditary Crime. (OPPOSITE THE MARK ET Prince Albert Victor, son of Prince Albert of England, who. it is reported, is coming to this country in the spring, is a manly lzdjwho will be twenty-one next month, and the heir, after his father, to the English throne. He is German in descent from both the Houses of Guelph and Holstein, his grandfathers on both sides being pure German, and his grand- mother Victoria. the present queen of Englanh, but half English. It is singular to notice how this fannly has placed it- self on all the principal thrones of Europe. Abraham Lincoln is said to have de- clared that a. nation whlch was ruled by a. commonplare man shoult1 thank God, for it only was safe. Most: of these rulers, both men and Women, are sensible, re- spectable folk with the kind of virtues which would he admirable in private life. A Ruling Family.