Flintshire Observer Mining Journal and General Advertiser for the Counties of Flint Denbigh

THE AliBROATH ASTERv> I y ¡ You have nothing- whatever to do TiSh'the question of criminal responsibility or -of civil liability," said Sheriff Ferguson in opening the public inquiry at Arbf-oath into the accident at Elliotvjunctioii on the 'Dundee and Arbroath Joint Railway, by which 22 lives were lost and many persons seriously injured. "The evidence of James Tytler, staticSimast&r at Easthaven, sliowed that Mr. George Hamilton, the manager of the joint line, gave instructions iof the work- ing of a single line between Elliut and East- haven. On the question of responsibility for the accident, several, questions were put to Mr. Hamilton. He was asked if a driver on leaving Arbroath would get authority front the station- master there, and replied that the driver would be cautioned at Arbroath. Piirther cross-ex- amined as to whether the local triiin which was ■ st&hdirig at' Elliot should have been protected by detonators to warn approaching engines not to come up, Mr. Hamilton said it was not im- perative on the stationmaster to carry out this duty. The signalman at Elliot-jhnctiitn, Oliver Gibb,r admitted that more than one of the danger sig- nals were slightly drooping, bul; they could not be taken for clear signals. William Hagart, the other signalman at Elliot, who was on duty at the time of the accident, corrobqrated Gjibb regarding" the drooping signt^s. For a period of Five minuses, when the blizzard was at its height, the home signal could not be seen. That was just about the time the accident hap- pened. Hagart was taken ill while being cross, exanjined, and would h^ve from „th§ ^vit- neSs'^box^ had not several fy'iopl.e rusliecj, to, his assistarice. He recovered sufficiently, however, to continue his evidence. The position of the signals :was described by William Boyd, relief man at Elliot, who wit- nessed the disaster. He said they were Bit. danger both before and after the smash. He thought- the driver of the North British train could see them a hundred yards away. At the mpment of the cras.h the storm was as bad as |it had been.'at apy^time., iic'II:?. X lv. L J Tlie dispatch of the 3.15 local- tra-ki from. Arbroath was described by John Grant, the stationmaster there.4 Before the train left he ^saia to Gpurlayi ,the driver, "You a,re to call at all stations between Ar.broaMiajid Dundee, and go very cautiously." The Procurator Fiscal: Was,that all you said to him?—Certainjy, and ,it iy.as .quite..sufficient. He said, "All right." I said the same to the guard, James Kinear, and to the assistant; guard. .What did the "caution" imply?—That the North British ought not to have gone beyond the signal at Elliot. The driver should have waited there for permission to proceed. The caution system means that signals are to be taken as at danger. It had not occurred to him, said the stationmaster, in reply to- Gourlay's counsel (Mr. Young), when he sent forward the': North British, that, the local train would pro- bably be detained at Elliot. William D..Hird, an Arbroath draper, -.said that at noon at Arbroath Station he saw a pas- senger give something in a glass to Gourlay and his fireman. Witness assumed it was alco- holic liquor. George S. Crochet, spirit merchant,, of Ar- broath, said that on the day; of the; accident, be- tween noon and one o clock,, three men came into his shop and were Supplied with whisky. One of them was Gourlay, but what the men had would hot intoxicate them. George Fairley, ejerk, of Arbroath, said he met Gourlay, on the 28th, and offered him re- freshment, but the driver remarked that he had his work to do. Witness saw nothing wrong with Gourlay. A spirited defence of the character and con- duet of Gourlay, the enginerdriver concerned in the Arbroath railway disaster, was made by. Mr. Richard M.P., at a series of meetings ruv Sunday at the 'different railway stations at Tunbridge Wells. Mr. Bell .said the driyer was u ,er Nllfks, one of the most experienced and most sober cjlrivers of to-day, and worthy o £ all honour and praise for his devotion to his duty. ,t

MEN WHO LOST THEIR MEMORIES. (: ll. A mail, about 25 years old, who was found wandering' about Wakefield, had completely lost his memory, and asked a postihan where he was. When told, he said he had.-no ld-aa,: where Wakefield was or how he had got there. I He was thereupon taken to the police-station, where the chief constable gave him a good breakfast. His mind, however, remained a blank, but at last he said he knew Leeds and oodhouse-laue in that city. Eventually, he recalled the fact that he worked at 4 motor garage in Leeds, and' he mentioned another Street. A Leeds directory was obta-ined, and the name of his mother was found. She was. communicated with by telegram, and the man was restored to her. Joseph Henry Evans, fireman at Messrs. Lysaght's ,works, Newport, had a remarkable- experience. He. left home- with the intention of going to work, but instead went to Swansea, where he was found wandering by the police. Evans' inlnd^waW a perfect blank fpr three days- Some time ago he poisoned his hand, and this gives him so much pain that at times, he says, he completely loses himself. On one occasion t he wandered as far as Liverpool, though he had no recollection of going there.

LADY AND RUNAWAYS. Hi Oft tlieir '^ay* to a private ball Mr. 'A. -J. Norris, of (ihipstead, secretary of the ^urrey Stag Hunt. and Miss Norris, his daughter, had a narrow escape. -The pair of horses attache*1 to their; brougham bolted, and'- tile coachman was thrown from the box and dragged ,(i)m.. fifty yards Along the road before he released himself from the reins. ;JThe" horses galloped at a furious rate across Eingswood Common, but wheli approaching a disused: stone quarry on Walton Heath one of them fell, bringing the brougham to a standstill in a thicket of gorge. Miss Norris, in her bail dress, ran to the animals' heads and secured them, while hei {ather returned in search "f the coachman, thorn he found on the common stunned and bruised. Had another twenty or thirty yards been traversed there is no doubt that the car riage and its occupants would have dashed into he q u ary." v it", ,J.¡

RUINED BY THE SEA. His Honotir Judge Wilmot, at Yarmouth, granted the discharge of Thompson Hudson, a Lowestoft resident, whose insolvency the Official Receiver reported as due to sea encroachments "oh the 'Suffolk coast. In lKa'S Mr. Hudson' paid ;£850 for the Manot Ijloa^e at Pakefield, and soon afterwards found he had to build a sea. wall to protect: it..from ,;tlie. incursions pf the wayes. This wall was frequently damaged, and in all Mr "tiutabin fruitlessly spent £ 3,^000 to protect his house,i.fo? in" 1801 ;the sea washed iiway the will, ■ rendering the, premises unin- habitable: Finally the mortgagee, who had ad- vanced £4QO; lia(l"to- sell, the house for £ ^0 for the materials resulting from its demolition, and Mr. Hudson's failure was the.isequel.-

The" traffic^. retiirfiSTof the" London County Colmcil trani'waVs Sho'w that the receipts dur- ing the week'.en^id •December.-29 were £ 23,540, and from April 1. 1906, to December 29, they amounted to ,£1,023,266. It was the man's offence, and it was not often that this triuli was, spoken in that court, tr t said the Mayor of Birkenhead in dismissing the surtimons against a voung man who pleaded guilty to having been drunk. A tiock of fifteen wild swans has been seen in the nieghboujrhood of Bude (Cornwall) during the last feSw days. Their appearance is thought -I,a3,s. locally to "foretell 'the approach of rough weather. Vailiina, the Samoan residence of the lite "Robert Louis Stevenson, is, according to a tele- gram from Honolulu, to be purchased by Dr. Solf, the governor of the island, for use as a Government House.

.c. REMARKABLE BIGAIY CASE. At the London Old Bailey the charge of bigamy against Mrs. Dorothy Josephine Wag- staff, of Elm-place, Kensington, was heard -by, the Recorder, and a jufcy. Mr..Heddoiiy,-for-the Treasury, said ) the indictment against the accused was for bigpnioiisly,:rattrylii Mr. James Poole. WagstaS./J.P., .P.L,, of Manor- park, Potton, Bedfordshire, in December, 1893, at< St. George's, JIanover-square, her husband. Alfred Gibson Jalland, being then, and still, alive. Some time ago accused entered Ken- sington Police-station and gave herself up^ on a charge of bigamy. She stated that Mr. Wag- s, at the time he married her was well aware thatThw husband-was jalif?, He hadtince died, and his relatives had now instituted a suit in Chancery to contest his will, j under, .which, she benefited. Mr. Avory, for the defence, told a most re- markable story. Accused, he said, was trained, as a hospital nurse, and in March of 1884 she was induced to marry Alfred Gibson Xallaiid, who at that time was a medical student. Jal- land had no means to support his wife, but he had an; idea that they might set up a nursing home. Within a few hours accused found that the only patient she was ever likely to have to nurse was her husband. Shortly after the|f arrival in, Edinburgh appeared to' have 'pet some companions, got horribly drunk,' and" stayed away for three days. Ac-s cused saw' she would have to earn her own liv- ing,. and she refused to live with her husband as his wife indeed, never did so. She adopted her maiden u'aqae, ai^d theh obtaine(J situations as nurSQ and matrqri, by which pieans she main- tained herself Jalland contributed nothing to her support, though they communicated with ejjc'h ptfyer froifa time to time. In the, beginning of ] 893 she became acquainted with Mr. Wag- staff, who paid her considerable attention. At staff, who paid her considerable attention. At ■that time her husband was lying ill, and ac- cused nursed him, but did not live with, him, Mr. WagstsN constantly visited at both ad- dresses, and had frequent interviews and con- versations^ with Jalland. ,Vj Wa?gsta'ff eventually induced accused to go to Manor-park as his housekeeper, and in December. 1893, married her. He knew at that time that Jalland was alive, and, in fact, it ,was discussed between them. Mr. Wagstaff, •as a justice of the peace, assured her that as she had never lived with her husband she could lawfully marry him. After the marriage cere- mony they lived at Potton as man and wifey and in May, 1895, » ehildr-was born, but was now dead. Mr. Wagstaff died in 1903. He ap- pointed her executrix of his will, in which she benefited, and it was because of the action which was pending in which the relatives of Mr. Wagstaff were disputing the will that she had given herself up. Jalland, at the invita- tion of Mr. Wagstaff, stayed at the house at Manor-park over Christmas in 1901 and 1902. As the result of the action in Chancery ac- cused, became so worried that she could stand the strain no longer and gave herself up. The deceased man, counsel said, had suffered no; injurv bv what accused had done nor had Mr. Jalland/ who, he understood, was present in court, and from the circumstances he trusted his lordship would pass only a nominal sen- tence. Defendant was the only person who had suSered, if anyone had suffered at alL The Recorder said accused had pleaded guilty to a felony, and there was no felony which differed so much in degree as that of bigamy. It might be committed under circumstances ,w.here pnly nominal punishment was called for. This was one. Of course; there was always the question of the "falsification of the register, but in this ease, accepting as he did counsel's statement, he thought justice would be met by his pass- ing sentence of three days' imprisonment. This entitled accused to her immediate discharge. The details of the scheme ere contained in a special. Army Order issued on Saturday night. The order states that the organisation of the field army for service abroad will, in future, be one. cavalry division (of four brigades), six divisions, army troops, and troops for a line of communication. The corresponding organisa- tion of the regular field army in peace will be four cavalry brigades, six divisions, and army troops, wh'ich, the-order explains, consist of those units whieh form part of an expeditionary force, but which are not included in the orga- Disation of a cavalry division, division, or lines of communication. The Army troops will be made tip'"in time of war of a cavalry division r>l'- 'six divisibhs: ■' These will consist 6f Army headquarters, two mounted brigades, two Im- perial Yeomanry squadrons, ond infantry bat- talion, two wireless telegraph company's, two cable telegraph companies, two air-line tele- graph companies, three balloon companies, two bridging trains, one Army troops' transport the supply 'column, and two field ambulances. There are to be eight commands, and the order amends- that of two years tigo in respect of their area.s and the allocation of Regulars to divisions and brigades. The date on which the order comes into force will be notified later. An explanatory memorandum issued from the War Office states that the force (the field army service for .abroad) will' be composed of divi- sions, instead of army corps. The'abolition of the army corps has necessitated an increase in the establishment of a division, which now con- tains three brigades of infantry and a corre- sponding increase in the proportion of artillery, ehjgineters,: medical, and supply services. A division-anidlints approximately" to balf "the strength of an army corps. The main portion of the field force* will be, as heretofore, com- posed of serving soldiers, supplemented and augmented by men of the Army Reserve. With the object of increasing the mobility of the mounted force for strategical purposes, the cavalry brigades arc now formed into: a- cavalry division, operating for strategical purposes under the direct orders of the Army commander. The Horse Artillery and Engineer field troops will normally be employed as cavalry divisional troops. They can, however, be attached to cavalry brigade^ when required. The, increase in the supply of ammunition required by modern conditions is provided for by an addition to the number of waggons with the batteries and brigade ammunition columns.

SKATING RINK CASE ENDED. \J.- The sequel to the scene at Prince's Skating Rink,, when Rees Herbert James, an old Etonian,Whose father is a South Wales solici- w 'or tor, threatened to shoot a lady, occurred at Westminster Police-court. Mr. Leycester, on James's behalf, said there was not a particle of truth in the suggestions James had. made against the proaecutrix. There was nothing in their relations to reflect upon her character. His friends and relations proposed to send him abroad. The defendant having promised the magistrate that he 'would reform and live a better life abroad, he was bound over in; EIOO, and ordered to find a surety for good behaviour for a similar sum.

BRIGHTON MYSTERY SEQUEL. A sequel to the great Brighton hiystery of two years ago is an application to be made shortly in the American courts for leave to presume the death of Mr. Mulford Martin, a wealthy young Ameriean.who a fewmonthsafterhis disappearance at Brighton would have attained-his majority and a fortune of something like £ 1-,000,000. Travelling with his mother on a European tour, the young man arrived at Brighton in the last week of April, 1905, and on the evening of May 1 went out with the intention of attending one of the pier concerts. After that nobody evee saw anything more of him. The only conclusion possible to arrive at after exhaustive search is that the young man was drowned. 5 ■ -1-

INDIAN OFFICIAL SHOT. Mr Hobday, extra assista-nt conservator of forests for Chandara, in the Central Provinces of India, has been murdered by his orderly while on a hunting trip in the jungle. He was taking lunch with his wife and family when the, orderly seized his rifle and shot him in the back.

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KILLED BY MOI.TE.N STEEL. I" A terrible explosion oceifipred at Sie Liza fur- miees of the Jones Laughlin Steel Wor p burg, America, resulting in the death workmen and causing fatal injury to Seven others. Twenty-four men were said to have been completely incinerated beneath tons of molten steel, for not a vestige of them has been seen since the explosion, which transferred the immediate vicinity into a lake of seething metal, ia some places five feet deep. Of the 35 men tuployed at the furnace only one escaped un- hurt. Three were kill sd, and seven were taken to hospital fatally injured. The remainder dis- appeared as though the earth had swallowed them up. George Knox, the uninjured man. says: "We were all-working,, and never dream- ing of an explosion. Suddenly there was a terrific roar. I immediately started to run. There were streams of molten metal everywhere. I was confronted with an awful death unless I could run faster than the metal was travelling. I reached a place of safety not a moment too soon. I do not know what happened to the others. I did not see them aft,-r the explosion. If they did not run JQ-st they were all buried beneath the molten metal." Charles Bennett, who was passing on a train at the moment of the explosion, says "I saw ten men running. Their clothes, were a mass of flames. Apparently some of them were injured, as they could hardly run. Several tripped and fell in the hot metal, which e,, immediately enveloped them. There was a socond explosion, and when I looked again I did not see a soul. I believe they all perished. The explosion was caused by an accumulation of g!&s at the base of the furnace. /The; scenes about the mill were pathetic in the extreme. Men, women, and children gathered about the grdcs imploring admission, but the officials re-, fused to permit anyone to enter.

CAST ON A DESERT ISLAND. A thrilling story of the privations of a wrecked ship's crew in contained in a mail J story from Singapore received in London. Ac- j cording to the- story a. vessel with a crew of eight Chinamen sailed from Singapore about ftv-e weeks ago. The -vessel was badly damaged in a terrific gale, and for three days the sailors clung to the rigging to save themselves from being washed overboard. On the third day the vessel went to piecf-s on a barren uninhabited island, where there was no food but shellfish. The crew spent three weeks tnere, enduring great privations, and suffering intensely from hunger and thirst. When death seemed certain if they remained, three of them constructed a raft of bamboo, ftind put to sea to chance being picked up by a passing steamer and bring help to their com- panions. They drifted five days without seeing a sail, and on the sixth they were picked up more dead than alive by_the Nan Sang, of Hong Kong, luey could not then give any coherent instructions which would lead to the discovery of the island on which their companions were cast away. It is feared that all hope of saving these will have to be abandoned. '——"

DISASTROUS GAS EXPLOSION Seventeen men were injured by an explosion at the Dublin gasworks, which adjoin the Grand Canal basin. The explosion is attributed to the fusing of the wire of an electric lamp while the manufactured gas was being transferred from the retort house through the purifiers. live thousand cubic feet of gas exploded. e Twenty officials and workmen were engaged near the spot. Of the seventeen injured, six, according to one report, were very badlj burneu aboitf the head, face, and body, namely James Bonnav, Samuel Chubb. thirty, Joseph McGee, twenty-one, Michael McDonagh, twenty-seven, Harry Allan, and James Sherwood, all labourers. Another report says that seven were .seriously injured, and while including Bonnay, Allan, and Sherwood in the list, gives the names ot the rest as Alexander Stens, George Byrne, Edwarc. Ivoonev, and Thomas Median. Mr D' Aic superintendent of the works, was slightly in- jured, and the foreman, Thomas Cumnnngs, sustained a scalp wound and some j neither were detained 111 hospital. ihe JUora Mayor of Dublin and Mr. Harrington, M.P., visited the scene of the disaster and expressed their sympathy with the injured.

It is almost impossible for a sheriff to do his dutv nowadays, what with hire-purchase agreements and settlements upon wives,- said Jud^e Edge at Clerkenwell County-court. Mr Prince, aged 70. and his daughter Ade- laide' aged 16, who had to be removed from their beds while seriously ill a few days ago, their'beds while seriously ill a few days ago, owing to a fire at the premises adjoining their cottage at Vicarage-road, Kingston, have suc- cumbed^ Graplljc » Football Album con- tains fifty-six photographic groups of the crack Association teams of this season together with thefr previous records, and an interesting prize competition. I ¡;r -<

FATAL FIRE AT NEW BARNET. t) Three lives have been-lost- by a fire which' broke out at Messrs. Loehart's sawmills., New Barnet, and four men who were so seriously injured that they had to be taken to the local hospital, while ten other persons received minor injuries. The names of those killed are:— William Smith, of Moray-road, N. Thomas Edward Wildgoose, of Westbeaeh-road, Wood- green. Edward John Lyons, of Duneombe-read, Holloway. All reports say that thefirc originated in the engine-room, and it spread so rapidly that xn a quarter of an hour the whole place was in ftarneS' The local are brigade has but one engine, and so it was practically impossible to get the fire uiide?. It had to burn itself cut, and the most that could be done was to protect the houses. Eight, cottages caught alight, and the unfortunate occupants bad to leave in confusion. They were able to save most of their belongings, and the fire brigade, put out that part of the fire after the roofs .of the cottages hae been bir-nt. The homeless, people took the.jp furijit}ireT_ .• some of the: school<: and to the houses of frieiiai. j All the morning the. ftether of one of the men who iVere killed paced up and down close to the fire, murmuring incoherently to himself or a ,mg impossible questions of the byestanders as to the "work of the rescue party, who were not able to begin" a thorough search of the place until |'quite-late "in -the day. Many men hate been thrown out of employment b'y-'the fire. The damage, which is estimated to be £ 50,000, j" covered by insurance. The Mid -Hertfordshire coroner held an in- tiqi oll.the tnree men -and a- v«rdiet-of-Acci- dental death" was returned. It was decided tii&t there was no means of determining the icausc of tII6 fire. The remains of the ir-ee victims were brought into the -court in ÜLree- sinall cardboard boxes. In each ■dase the,, sisted of a few charred bones, and the means cf was by articles which. wereTknown to. be in possession, of. one or other- of the men, and by the position in which the bones -were found. A disastrous fire broke out in Sa.-fo;d. the arc-lies oi the Exchange Railway. J-TU, CI rnd 'resulted in the loss by fire or suffocation of thirty horses. The arches are used as ttacieL, and they, are also frequented by'tramps, who steal in at night and sleep there in comparative ífomfqr ..This fact gave rise to a rumour that several human lives had been lost. For a time the Exchange Station was in serious dangox, and one of the platforms had to be closed to traffic. Some horses were rescued with groat difficulty by the firemen, and after sixteen hours' hard work the flames were extinguished. The origin of the fire was discovered next day. A respectably-dressed woman, Mrs. Slowe, the wife of a carrier who stabled his horses in the burnt premises, entered the Cent rati Police Office at; Salford and said that Hhe quarrelled .with her husband and left the houtx;. At night, when she knew the stables would be. locked up, she went there for the sake of shelter as it was raining, and lighted a fire. The flames caught a tarpaulin used as a cart-cover, finding she could not put cut the fire she made her escape. Mrs. Slowe was detained ia cus- tody.

SUICIDE'S STKA-NGE JLiEQUEST. At. 'an inquest at Chalk on the body of a Grave send' confectioner named Samuel who had walked to the village and drunk cya- nide of potassium in a glass of beer, the fol- lowing extraordinary letter, written by de- I ceased, was read: "I have striven against this for a long time. Fvery hour has been a fight. I take the simpler and surest way of getting out of a wond wnero one is not wanted. I thank God that my wito one is not wanted. I thank God that my wito and little ones are preserved from absolute wane bv the kindness of her friends. Wherc r nave sown others .have reaped. It is nara to .pass out of life with all its hopes and en- dinyours unfulfilled, but better to release one a mind of all. I want to exonerate the man who V-okl me the poison. I obtained it by false pie- tcsuccs; the only false pretences I have ever made. Let me ask my jury not to return a verdict of temporary insanity, but let me givo them a nice, new verdict. Want of work. Notwithstanding his request the jury added temporary insanity" to their verdict.

The nut trees of the world could, it is cal- culated, provide food all the year round for the. population of the globe. Brazil nuts grow in such profusion that thousands of tons of them are wasted every year. The Marquis of Breadalbane, J^s,, appointed Keener of the Privy Seal of in succession to the late Ear 1 of Leven anc A .» ville. Lord Breadalbane held office ID 1Lm; former Liberal Government as Lord toi of the Household. The Irish Catholic," rrfernn? *°r"'eJe% of t International Federation of Wowen.

rl ;■ ,'j —— ,}- Ii ¡<"f'" .i. THINGS THOUGHTFUL. Earth's "To-day," .« Heaven's "To-morrow }"• ri fresent" gladness, ,i Future "sorrow; t, :>ct Happy morrow; Earth forsaken,' « Heaven taken. '*■ ( ii rc 'quires strength and coürage: to swim against Hie stream, while any dead fish can float with it, says Samuel Smiled, and the fol- lowing brief sketch of real history may com- fort {Jioae who are swim.ming against the stream—gtrugglii^g against, jwiyergity. A widow whose husband had given his life and, energies to the wo,rk of, the Master, was. cut down the priine of life,/leaving his love and the record of his work its tin: only legacies to his family. His wid'oW,* thou'gh pooc in worldly goods, was "rich in resources. Wh'e believed in a" covenant-keeping God, and determined at once to feed1, clothe, and edu- cate L^SR five -hoys. How tQJdo it was a pro-, ble^ diffiQuljb jof solution; 'hut, -with' .Divine' help, she felt sure it could be done. The first step taken was to ascertain what food would furbish jthe, greatest amount of nourishment for, the Jeast outlay. After careful observation *°4 study she. decided that tliey could be JB«i4ntaiued oii buckwheat cakes and milk, and this was their, daily food for years, except hfut a94i;;fe^ries ill their season, ,and an QC-, casional salt fish or piece of bacon. :s t During the years -that followed, Until the ix>ys. wefe able:, -to contribute to the support ,of. the family, that Christian. mother did not forget their spiritual and mental wants. She taught them from the Bible, the hymn-book, and such other books as she could borrow., and, in addition, took a family religious paper* and; each week read every wördit con- tained, not: even omitting,the heavy doctrinal editorials. Those boys are no longer poor.: To-day they, stand high in Church and State, and .the mother,: to whom they owe, all they are,, and possess, and whose- faith and trust never failed in the presence of trials that would have caused others to sink in despair, h;ed to sit" at the. tables of her sons,' loaded with luxuries, with willing hands ready to an- ticipate. her every want, undv strong arms to Bupport,her in the decline of life.- It is said of' home-made troubles that tlioy are very like home-mad^ clothes, they never ,Keil>,r&nd they generally last longer than others. Do not, therefore, create imaginary ilisv, for they are not easily removed. Rest content with the trouble's that God sends you, they are more suitable for you than self-de- nSjèel sorrows, you vwilL be better,, jibie t,o-carry th'piQ, and the ,Piirden Will prov<? f a, blessing. Don't be standoffish and taciturn. A plea- sant: word costs nothing, and makes' many ap!" friend. r I The parts and signs of goodness4are many. If a man be gracious and courteous to strdngei<B,<.it" sjhbws is \a citizen "'5f the worfdyiadM that'his liefcrt is no island Wt! bff froin :bthdviSffds but a continent that joins to theotnui If he is compassionate towards the" afflictions of others, it shows that his heart is like the nobie: tre&* th&t'is woiinded itself when it gives the balm. If, 1 wrote Lord Baboh, he easily pardons and reiaits bffences, it "shows 1 that his mind is-planted above injuries so that he:'feaiinot1 bef'"shot*]*$he* befhankiul for "small bedgfitg, .3 sliowk 1 !Bhath lie s wlighs n*6nV iniads:; ajfd tlfeir-' trash; "but .abbve'a'U, ii. he. have Si. Paul's perfection; that he would, wish- to he3 an_' ah^th^mk^|rom Christ, for;the salvation of his brethren, it? shows much of a divine nature, 'and a kind of conformity with Ciirnst himself. sj ■ The' fresh green rripss has its' tinyt missfmi. It is to cover up A-visightly", ugly' spots iii Mature, to creep over the brown and bare ( I'ockg .jfyid.^ia,ke,th<?jp beautiful land feseight. It > hunts the roughest, -homeliest trees and stumps, to conceal from the eyes of men their, ugliness and defects. Over the decayed logs and fences, the worn-out roofs and,, mouldering buildings, its mantle fresh and green is spread. And ever, in its own sweet peculiar .way. blooming and glowing, full of cheer and" comfort to m-aily, eves and sad hearts, full of gentle protei ti) 1 t y the object it surrounds; hiding all that is unseemly, givmg to" it new";life pnd b iut> till wejsa^_ not, "How honiely but, "How lovelfT is this thing!" This is the work the tiny green moss comes to do. And such is the work performed among men by tlio.se gentle, Jov" ing, eheerful:.he&rtSj.. who are. so full of joy:, and peace thenjselve.H. that they continually are striving to cover; any blemish that, will mar the beauty Crpdjhas created in the world. Amidst tHe rubbish ifind tidecay they seek till they find something lovely." And with mantle, that 11 thinkethosiio ;evil, they. strivei.: to cover-the faults and failings of -others.1 Their, mission is to seek the outcasts and un- fortunates and protect them from. the ure- proaches of men. That which to others seems to lack loveliness, thej invest with charms, reflected from their own sweet beauty,- till men i ceae to see the il ai d look for the good;' p. If industry is jio more than habit?, it is, at least, an excellent one. If you asItomo,which is the real hereditary sin of ture, do you imagine: I shall answer pride, or luxury, or ambition, ;or, egotism? No, I shall answer indolence. Who conquers indolence, > will conquer all the rest. Indeed, all good principlQs atiat s^agnat^ without, piental ac- tivitý." What do we live for if it is not to life a little less difficult for each other! Can you put the spider's web back in its place f/ ■ > ■. That once has beeI}fOWflpt ,awaYl Can you put the apple; again on the bough Which fell at your feet to-day ? Can you put the lily-cup back on the stem, And cause it to live and grow? Can you mend the butterfly's broken wing, That you crushed with a baby blow? Can you put the b-loom again on the girape, Or the grape again on. the viLle? Can, you put the dewdrpps .bftcfc optlrt^e flowers, £ J And msike them sparkle and shine? Can you put the petals back on the rose? If you could, would it smell as sweet? f' Can you ..put ths.,flower .again in.. the husky r And show me the ripened wheat? Can you put the kernel back in the nutt, Or'the broken egg in, its shell? Can you p,ut the honey back in the comb, And cover; with wax each cell? Can you put the perfume back in the jape, When once it has sped away? Can you put the scornsta,lk back on the corn, Or the, down on the catkin say? You think that ray questions are trlflg, I dear; Let me ask you another one j Can a hasiy word be ever unsaid, w .j j Or an uxij^ind deed undone? n t J Or an upJçind deed undone? n t j J Despair 'makes a despicable figure, an*? descended from a mean original. It ts TftP offspring of fear,- laziness, arid impatience. It argues a defect of- spirit and resolution, and oftentimes of, honesty, too.. After all, writes Jeremy Collier, the. exercise of this passion is so troublesome, that nothing but dijxt ..qf evidence an^ demonstration should fqrce{(.^t upon us. I would not despair unless -ne'w the irrevocable decree was passed; s^v £ my Misfortune recorded in the book of fate,1 and signed and sealed by necessity. øj \.O.l.. The mind is a fire, of which thought flame. Like flame, it tends upwards." Meh do their best to smother it by, turping thn point downwards.