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____â€"â€".~ f ROM BONNIE SCOTLAND __ NOTES OF INTEREST FROM IIER BANKS AND BRAES. What is Going On in the Highlands and Lowlands of Auld Scotiu. Over 100 applications have so far been received in Saltcoats for old age pensions. ' A prehistoric burial place with five urns has been unearthed in Nelson street, Largs. A Portwilliam fisherman caught a l skate in Luce Bay which turned the scale at 140 pounds. A movement is on foot at Dumâ€" fries and district to have the Nith deepened with a view to improved nav’igation. . rIames Keatirigs fell into a clay miXing machine at Auchinlee quar- ries,.Cleland, and was literally cut to pieces. ' Mr. Greig, a native of Fyvie, and his eldest daughters, aged 17 and 16, have been murdered by natives in the Island of Santo. Mr. Robert McKinley, inspector of poor for Kilmaronock parish, has retired from office, after 38 years’ service, at the age of 92. The death is announced at Edinâ€" burg of ‘Mr. Thomas A. Perves, late stationmastei‘ at Helensburgh, who had held the position for thir- ty ye'ars. Captain’ Hector Macneal, of Uga- dale, is now Provost of Campbell- town, and Mr. Duga‘ld Cameron Maclachlan has been similarly hon- ored at Oban. Dr. James Reardon, Kinghorn, has been appointed resident sur- geon by the military authorities for the Royal Garrison Artillery pt Kinghornness Battery. Colonel Borthwick, chief con- stable in Edinburgh, has obtained sanction to utilize the services of Major Richardson’s bloodhounds in cases of serious crime. Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt has inâ€" vited tenders from Glasgow firms for a 1,600 ton yacht, which will take rank among the finest private vessels in the world. Of the 69,660 tons of coal export~ ed from Greenock for the last fin- ancial year no fewer than 59,700 tons were shipped at the Victoria and East India harbors. Berwick-onâ€"Tweed magistrates are now almost on the verge of un- employment. White glove days at the Police Court are becoming quite frequent thereabouts. A number of interesting letters. by Sir Walter Scott were sold in Edinburgh recently. One of them relating to‘his removal from Ash- iestiel to Abbotsford brought $775. The Merchant Company of Edinâ€" burgh h.ive approved of the draft Provisional Order in which powers “I can truthfully say that I believe that, but for the use of your Emulsion I would long since have been in my 'grave. [was past work could not walk up-hill without coughing very hard." THIS, and much more was written by Mr. G. W. Hower- ton, Clark’s Gap, W. Va. We would like to send you a. full copy of his letter, or you might write him direct. His case was really marvelous, but is only one of the many proofs that ’ Scotfs Emulsion - is the most strengthening and re-vitalizing preparation in the world. Even in that most stubbom of all diseases (consumption) it does \von- ders, and in less serious troubles, such as anemia, bronchitis, asthma, catarrh, or loss of flesh from any cause the effect is much quicker. Do not delay. Get a bottle of SOOTT'S EMUISIUSWIN sure ii's SCOTI'S and try its ALL DRE‘GCISTS Let :3 send you Mr. Howerton's letter and some literature on Consumption. Just send us a 1’05: Card and mention this paper. SCOTT & BOVINE 125 \Vcllington 51.. \V. i, .and friends at Loupillon. i ling - lthese days.” MW are sought to effect important con- stitutional changes in the company. Mr. J. F. Elder, a well-known native of Milnathort, has been pre- sented by by his employers in Glas- gow with a silver tea tray, and by the staff with a silver rose bowl, on completing fifty years’ service. A dozen bottle of beer and a bot- tle of whiskey were part of the provisions a. Glasgow Distress Committee's inspector found in a house he visited to make arrange- ments for the relief of the resi- dents. ' A public meeting at Dunfcrmlinc protested against the drastic alterâ€" ations on the timeâ€"table by the North British Railway Company, and generally against the treatâ€" ment meted out to Fife by that company. r News has reached Hawick that Captain McMinn, who was in comâ€" mand of a ship which foundered off the Orkney Islands, has been drowned. His wife and son, who were on board at the time, have also perished. ____>x<_.__ PERSO NAL PARAGRAPH S. Gossip About Some of the World‘s Famous People. The eminent surgeon, Sir Victor Horsley, not only enjoys the rep- utation of being one of the leading pathologists, but he is also known for his wit. Entering his club (the Athenaeum) a short time ago, a friend said to him, “Halloa, Hor- sley, can you tell us what whisky is yet?” “The mostlpopular poison in the world, my dear sir,” was the prompt retort. Some years ago Sir Victor acted as Secretary to the Commission on Hydrophobia. Durâ€" ling the sitting of this Commission a {rather testy old doctor, now dead, .who was a member of it, objected to the constant use of the words, “a mad dog.” “A mad dog, in- deed !” he snorted. “Who can tell me what a mad dog is, I should like to know?” “I think if one entered this room just now, Dr. would not wait to be told what his precise condition was,” intei'jected Sir Victor, quietly. Prince Edward of Wales is a great favorite with the King, and the fol- lowing story is vouched for on good authority. Some time ago, a tailor called at York House to measure the young Prince for a suit of clothes. As th- man was waiting in the passage near the Royal child- ren’s apartments, the door of one of the rooms flew open, and Prince Edward ran out calling loudly: “Oh, do come in, there’s nobody here 1” The tailor protested that he thought he had better wait, as it might not be convenient for him to enter the nursery just then. “Oh, it’s all right,” replied the young Prince, “there’s nobody‘here that mattersâ€"only grandpa l” It is quite possible that, if some one asked the French President what his one great desire was, he would say. to get away from the cares of office and spend the re- Imainder of his days amongst his beloved vineyards. The latter are situated at Loupillon, and nothing delights M. Falleries more than to saunter through them laz- ily, dressed in the loose, simple clothes of a French peasant and day’s shooting too, with his dogs Shoot- ing, next to walking, is the French President’s favorite recreation. Winter and summer alike he rises at six, immediately takes a cold shower bath, and then, weather permitting, starts for his morning constitutional, which is never less ‘than five miles. After his return he works all day, strictly according to rule and method. His meals are of the simplcm kind when dining at ‘home, his only drink being a mild claret well diluted with mineral water. He is usually in bed by 10.30, and it is on this account of his fondness for early retirement that he rarely goes to a theatre. is UP AGAINST IT. Pearlâ€"“Percy Cauliflower is hav- a hard time with his courtship Rubyâ€"“Indeed 'l” Pearlâ€"“Yes, he girl and her father without gloves.” Rubyâ€"“Gracious!” Pearlâ€"“Yes. and then he called lmi another girl and her brother a‘,liappencd to be a pugilist and hand- llcd him with gloves.” l l called on one handled him \vonixxis IDEA. ‘ A woman's idea of living on Easy 'street is usually a, swell hat for leach occasion. l i A man applied at the factory for {a job. Amongst other questions. :tlie foreman asked him why he left ‘his last place. “Well.” he replied. “they asked me to please leave, smoking a homely pipe. He loves a p “CHOOSING CHRISTMAS CIGARS.” A box of good cigars is always an acceptable present to a smoker. The cigars selected by ladies for presents are usually chosen on account of something fancy on the box, irrespective of the quality or workmanship of the cigars themâ€" selves. They do not stop to consider that gold lettering on the boxes, silk or plush lining, cost money to the manufacturer and must be taken out of the quality of the tobacco. When they are choosing jewelry and silverware they always look for the Hall mark or Sterling mark on the article itself, the box being the last consideration. Better get a dozen sterling sil» ver spoons in a~ paste board box than a dozen plated ones in a plush case. The same principle applies to the selection of cigars. . The recipient of the cigars will be much more appreciative if he is presented with a box of some standard brand. The “Pharaoh” Cigar manufac- tured by J. Bruce Payne, Ltd., is well known throughout the Dominâ€" ion, and may be obtained in boxes of 50 each in sealed wax-lined pockets, or in boxes of 25, 50 or 100 each packed in the ordinary way. The dealer who does not stock the Pharaoh will tell you that he can sell you something “just as good,” but in the statement he ad- mits that his standard of quality is not fixed by his other lines. If he says he can sell you some- thing “better” he knows not whereof he speaks. 31‘ THIRTY YEARS IN CHAINS. Last Chiel‘ Bourbon of Outlaws Re- leased from Prison. The last surviving chief of the old Bourbon brigand bands, which were s crctly subsidized by that dynasty, and infested well nigh the whole of southern Italy in the sixties, has been pardoned by King Victor Emmanuel, and was released from the convict prison at Favignana the other day. The venerable, benevo- lentâ€"looking old man, whose name is Vincenzo Rucci, is now 82 years of age. At the end of a forlorn campaign, which he carried on for six years, at the head of a big body of banditti, with the object of re- instating the Bourbons. he fell into the clutches of the soldiers of the new regime, and was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court of Langiano in 1866 for the assassin- ation of a German engineer, named Victor, and a Liberal Catholic archâ€" priest, Don Guiseppe, both of whom were supposed to be salaried spies co-operating with the new Government in the repression of brigandage. The death sentence was afterward- c mmuted to penal servitude. Havâ€" ing served six years Rucci organiz- ed a clever plot, and in 1872 suc- ceeded in escaping, in company with ten convict comrades. Recapâ€" tured after sixteen months 0f liberâ€" ty, Rucci was kept heavily laden with chains t'll as late as 1902. when the Ministry of Justice sanctioned their removal. The veteran bandit chief has galleys, during the last thirty-four of which he was a constant inmate of the Favigiiana settlement. Rucci is going to spend the evenâ€" tide of his life at Atcssa, where his son, Sebaston, who is 50 years old, is a wellâ€"toâ€"do landlord aii' muniâ€" cipal councilor. There he wishes to write the memoirs of his eventful, but ( licckere .1 career v 51 WITH THE CHILDREN. At supper to-night will they be served the most wholesome and easily digested food nature has provided? Not unless they have Orange Meat. This is made from the whole wheat, thoroughly and properly cooked and mixed With malt. Orange Meat served with milk or cream combine to make a perfect food. RENEW YOUR YOUTH. Never before has the struggle for social and commercial success been so keen as in our own day. and to the victor and the vanquished alike Comes a time when nerves and body cry for rest. Nature and science have ccmbincd to produce an envirâ€" cnincnt where tired men and wo- men may renew their youth. On the main line of the Grand Trunk Railway System, at St. ('atharines, Ontario, is situated "The Wel- land.” leviated by bathing in the Saline Springs of the “St. Catharines Well." under proper medical su- pervision and attendance. Apply to J. D. McDonald, and I didn’t like t) refuse li'lClll.‘,lgcnger Agent, Toronto. asscd more than forty years in the. where the ills of life are ab, - FROM ERlN’S GREEN ISLE BADLY NEWS BY MAIL FROM IRIS- LAND'S SHORES. ._.~ Happenings in the Emerald Isle of Interest to Irish- men. Edmond Cronin died at Middle- ton workhouso at the age of 100. At Annalong, Co. Down, 4):, acres of land, part of it a mom bank, was sold for $575. At an auction in Ardec, Co. Louth, a farm of nearly 232 acres was sold for $8,050. Mr. George McDonnell, I.R.O., Ncwry, has received 1,200 claims for oldâ€"age pensions. All the local schools in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, have been closed, owing to an outbreak of measles. Several dwelling houses, the propâ€" erty of Robt. McKay, Kilcoan, Islandmagee, were destroyed by fire recently. The new floating crane which is completing its tests in Belfast har- bor is the largest structure of its kind in the world. A farmer named Francis Neely, residing at Drumculion. near Augh- nacloy, Tyrone, has died at the reâ€" markable age of 100 years. Gold, silver and lead mines are, it is said, to be worked extensively in the bleak district of Innishowen, C0. of Donegal, Ireland, overlook- ing the Atlantic. The Morman “missionaries.” who have for some time past been prosâ€" ecuting a somewhat futile camâ€" paign in Ireland, have reached Omagh in search of converts. A recent meeting held in Cork in regard to the financing of the Land iui'chase Act, was remarkable for the presence of both landlords and tenants, Unionists and Nationalists. Harland (l; W'olff are hurrying forward the alterations and addiâ€" tions to their yard which of necesâ€" sity precede the building of the mammoth White Star liners Olym- pic and Titanic. I Eight cattle belonging to Mr. Sliiel, Cootehill, near Droghcda. were tied together by the tails. and in their struggles to free themselves five of the animals tore off portions of their tails. In order to relieve the distress prevailing at Holywood, the Urban Council is starting special works on the public roads, and have also asked the Local Government Board to render assistance. Derry guardians have decided not to interfere with the existing sysâ€" tem of distributing tobacco of old people in the workhouse, by which about ninety aged women and men receive an ounce of tobacco each week. The famous “Wishing Chair” from Dunluce Castle, Co. Antrim, has been sold to a friend of Mr. Pierpont Morgan for 200 guineas. Tradition has it that these troubled with a run of bad luck will leave it behind having once sat in it. Among the recent applications for an old age pension at Greyabbey, Co. Down, was Mrs. McCoubrcy, aged 96. She walked sturdily to the postoffice, filed her own appliâ€" cation without using spectacles, and then walked home again. She: only left off fine embroidery work a year ago, and still reads. v 51 SHOP l'P-TO-Dii'l‘E. Supported by the Society Womcni of London. BEAUTY A remarkable manicure establish- ment, maintained by seciety women, has just been opened in a fashion : able street off Piccadilly. in Lon-I don. Outwardly the shop doesn't; differ from the ordinary establishâ€" il'llL‘llt of its kind, but inside is to be found a private chapel where the fair manucurists are encouraged to perform their daily devotions. The clientele includes many women ' oi title, but only a few of the privileged few are ever allowed to penetrate the recesses of the maiiicurists' chapel. Fresh cut flowers and lightâ€" ed candlcs deck the altar, and the light falls on a kneeling group of: manucurists through the windows of stained glass. In solcnin‘prom ccssion the manucurists. clad in' perfectly fitting black gowns andl white embroidered collars. pass infi .to the chapel each morning before ‘ manucuring the fair fingers of single patron. The manucurists~ assistants are all girls of good birth. and all of them have made a rolcmn g lvow never, under any circumstances,: to manicure a man. The girls who' belong to this saintly and select band of beauty doctors may nus the a . 1 hands of their! A feifoiturc (flI the : ’cven beautify gown brothers. l$2,500 is mentioned as one of penalties for the disobedience manicurists. many 1himself at Lima. .asliore, he, in company with some ‘yclls of anguished terror. dim/r. ‘Llisct-vcrr-d that it was the \vill. .«d May :2). it) | District Pas- this eleventh commandment‘of the jibe family nag 1W potr to prere- l ‘ . 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While confined to my room friends came to see me and one of them advised me to try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. I did so and soon my appetite improved, my color came back and in less than a month I was able to leave my room. I conâ€" tinued the pills for another month and they completely cured me. I am now in the best of health and able to do my work without fatigue. I feel sure that all who are weak will find renewed health and strength in Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. They certainly saved me from a life of misery.” When D‘r. Williams’ Pink Pills make new blood they go right to the root of and cure anaemia, rheumatism, St. Vitus dance, kid- ney trouble, indigestion, headache, l and backache and those secret ail- ments which make the lives of so women and growing girls miserable. Sold by all medicine dealers or by mail at 500. a box or six boxes for from The Dr. Williams’ Medicine C0,, Brock- ville, Ont. v t“ IIAULED DOWN C03 1) L' (TOR. Lord (‘liarles Beresford‘s Lark} While Midshipman. l While Lord Charles Beresford was still a midshipman he found Having leave other youngsters from the ward- room, went to the opera. During an interval they sought\the bar in search of refreshment, desirable in such heated climate. In the prim- itive arrangements of the opera house they found the barroom unâ€" derneath the stage. Entering, Lord Charles’ quick eye observed a pair of legs dangling from an open- ing of the stage and resting on a He to ladderyhich gave access to it. recognized that they belonged 'the conductor, who was seated on ‘the stage with his back to the and- iencc, his face and waving arms to the band he was conducting, whilst his legs were dispr, scd of in the man~ iici‘ in rated. ' “We must haul him down," Charlie promptly. I ms Companions welcomed the sugâ€" " said gestion with wild delight. Casting about for a rope, they found a. piece in a corner. They made a running loop. and with deft hands cast it round the legs of the hapless conductor. A wild shriek interrupt- ed thc ordered music of the opera. The amazed audience behold the conductor furiously brandishing his baton, slowly disappear, emitting It was a great lark, l..it it cost the middics dear. The armed police were callca‘ in, and, roughly prodding the ol fenders with the‘buttcnd of their muskcts, hauled them to a dirty prison, where they passed the night being released in the morning onl- aftcr payment of a heavy fine b, way of compensathyn to the con ductor. .4. HEIRS TO MILLIONS. While Mrs. Horn, of Byron road, Blargatc. ill: land. was dusting an old I’ill‘illi't‘. :10 “(is guppyggcd to Z>(‘C a (l'u'lllilQliL fall from it to the When she examined it she (la:- lTSB. of Jacob (iiâ€"by. iy “llitll the tcsitator's pi‘upvi‘lf'. \\l_i'.'ll is now t-rtimated to be “with wore than .UCOMJO. was lull-M the iiic.iil:ci':~: of his family. Thrire are still descendant: of Joni) (El-:- l.y li\'iiig iii Fandvdt-h and Hilfi'r‘, parts of 1b?- I‘lc if 'lTliai'u-r.‘ The) )izii'i‘m lids fl)':p"£:)‘f‘(l in the list: if unclniiiwd mint-y in t'lzai’it-('13'~ l’ht