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.30. Brought Gem out, of the inner prison, into the open court, or in.. to his own house, What was the 29, Called for a light. The Greek is p.luytl, lights, torches or lamps. Fell ddifn before Paul and Silas. Re must have known something abnut these men. and their power over the slave girl. - fiWw} 38. They feared, when they daily at Bigby’s pistol-gallery. That heard, ete. They were liable to a will advance you to the \Voolsack prosecution such as Cicero institut, faster than all the law books in the ed against Verres. The crime was college library." regarded as treason, and those who As a. further illustration of the committed it were liable to degra- attitude of Irish judges of those dation from office, confiscation of days toward duellists whom they property, and perhaps death. were supposed to punish, it might 39, 40. As the result, the magis. lbe mentioned that when an attorney trates apologized, and requesied'iroamed Fenton shot Councillor them to leave the city, which they l Hillas, of the Connaught Bar, dead, did with dignity, and for the peace and was brought to trial, the judge, As a further illustration of the attitude of Irish judges of those days toward duellists whom they were supposed to punish, it might lbe mentioned that when an attorney inamed Fenton shot Councillor Over 10,000 Men Out in Pittsburg District. A despatch from Pittsburg says: Reports received here on Thurs- day show that the strike of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, as a result of the open shop order, is effective in practically all the union mills of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company, a subsidiary of the United States Steel Company. The strikers, numbering 7,000 to IO,- 000 in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, have not had any meetings as yet, and the company has made no announcement regarding the importation of strike-breakers. and good of the infant Philippian church. For if they had remained, there might arise useless opposi- tion; while by leaving Luke with the church (as we learn from the change of pronouns "we" to "they"), there was a peaceful but large growth of the Christian com- munity. From a comparison with what follows it appears that Timo- thy went with Paul and Silas. Yacht Struck by Squall and Upset Near Sore], Que. A despatch from Montreal says: Word was received in the City on Thursday evening of a double yachh ing fatality near Sorel, by which two Montreal young men, Herbert Shaw and Archie Crossley, lost their lives. A third member of the crew, Bert Hanna, the owner of the yacht, was saved. The three young men left Lake Side on Thursday morning with the yacht Red Fea. ther, one of the speediest boats on Lake St. Louis, intending to make a cruise to Lake Champlain for the tercentenary there. The yacht was struck by a squall somewhere near Sorel, dismasted and upset, and two of the young men were drowned, while the thrd was saved. METAL WORKERS ON STRIKE Indeed, says the author of a, very intresting article on "Old Irish Life," published in 'Blackwood's Magazine,' young men destined for the law were exhorted to perfect themselves in the noble science of defence. "My young friend," said Dr. Hodgkinson, Vice-Provost of Trinity College, to a student who aspired to be called to the Bar, and who had consulted him as to the course of study which he had best pursue, "practise four hours daily at Bigby’s pistol-gallery. That will advance you to the \Voolsack faster than all the law books in the college library." The greatest fire-eaters were to be found in Tipperary and Galway, the former being noted for its accur- ate and deadly shots, and the latter for its swordsmen And the amusing feature of Irish duelling was that, although 1t was then, as now, considered to be illegal, the members of the legal profession distinguished themselves above all others for their pugnacity and read- iness to fight one another with sword and pistol. Hot Irish temper often resulted in much burning of powder years ago. At least three hundred duels were computed to have been fought in Ireland in the last quarter of the eighteenth century. As a mat- ter of fact, no gentleman was held to fill his station 5111 he had smelt powder, and one of the first inquir- ies always made concerning a new- comer into any neighborhood was, "Has he blazed?" BEST WAY TO THE WOOLSACK THE DEADLY SHOT Oh" TIPPER- ARY AND GALWAY. h'islunen in the Eighteenth Cen- tury Fought One Another With Sword and Pistol. Abundant Harvest Promised in Saskatchewan and Alberta. A despatch from Ottawa says: Saunders, director of the ex- imental farms, has telegraphed Deparfment of Agriculture from Jan Head, Sask., under date of e 30, as follows:-"Have seen ps over large area in Sgskatche~ EWYERS FOUGHT DUELS promises well. Winter wheat Southern Alberta in some places 'tly Winter-killed has been re- 'n with Spring grain crops from erimental farm here. Some ly varieties of grain beginning head, although grain in some tricts was sown late. Favorable iditions now prevailing justifying it expectation of an abundant vest." A DOUBLE BROWNING. '1 and Albém. Grain in all riots visited has very healthy earance. Is growing rapidly CROPS LOOKING WELL. John Toler, who was afterwards Lord Norbury and Chief Justice of the Comon Pleas, who was less renowned for his deeds of army than for his legal attainments. In fact, it was jocularly said that he was shot up into preferment. Toler fought at least one duel'after he became Lord Norbury, and upon atr. taining the highest judicial dignity he let be known that, as he ew- pressed it, "he would not seek shelter behind the Bench, nor merge the gentleman in the Chief Justice." His brother Chief Justice, John Scott, Earl of Cloumell, who pre- sided over the Court of King's Bench, had the reputation of hav- ing tried more cases and fought more duels than any other judge upon the Bench. He fought Lord Tyrawley on some dispute about his own wife, and Lord Llandaff about his sister, and others for mis- cellaneous reasons, as he put it himself., with both sword and pistol. "BULLY" EGAN. ’ Another legal luminary much dis- tinguished for his duelling pro- pensities was John Egan, who sub- sequetly became Chairman of the Quarter Sessions for the County of Dublin, always held at Kilmainham. He was a big, burley, black-haired man, commonly known as "Bully" Egan, because of his rough, over- bearing manners and his readiness to give and accept challenges. said that by the law it was murder, wilful and premeditated, but then, warming to his subject, "Before God, gentlemen," he creid, "I vow I never heard of a fairer duel in the whole course of my life." Need- less to Bay, the jury, without leav- ing the box, acquitted the prison- er. Another of Egan's duels was fought with Curran, Egan, as al- ready said, was a stout, bulky man, and on coming on the ground he wromplained that Curran had an un- fair advantage over him, for, while he himself was as big as a turf. stack, Curran was as thin as a blade of grass. "Oh, Mr. Egan, , said Curran, “I have no desire for anything that might be considered unfair. Let my size be chalked out on your body, and any hits outside the line shall not count.” This humorous suggestion, however, was not carried out. BOUND OVER IN £20,000 EACH, In those days it was no uncommon occurrence for two councillors who had a difference in court to retire to a neighboring field, settle the question by a resort to arms, and then, if still alive and able, to re- turn and resume their argument at he point where they had been brok- en off. Egan was on one occasion conducting a case at the Waterford Assizes, and had a dispute with the opposing counsel over a point of law. They exchanged glances, and both simultaneously disappeared from court. They crossed the Suir in the ferry-boat, and, having by this means gained the county Kil- kenny and put themselves beyond the jurisdiction of the Waterford authorities, they emptied a case of pistols, as the phrase was, without damage being done to either side, and recrossed the rivet to the court, where they had found the judge, jury, and public, who had all thoroughly understood the cause of their arubpt departure, quietly waiting to hear which of them had been killed before proceeding with the case. On another occasion Graham was called out by Isaac Corry, Chancel- lor of the Exchequer. They met early one morning, and just as the combatants had been placed op- posite each other up rushed the sheriff's officer. "Gentlemen, this must not go on," he gasped. “I forbid these proceedings.” One of the seconds promptly flung the officer into a ditch near by, and the duel proceeded without inter- ruption, with the result that Corry went home with a ball in his left arm. Teacher--"lt you are kind and polite to your playmates, what will be the result?” As in courts of law, so in the Irish House of Commons-which ceased to exist in 1800-it was no unusual thing for hot-headed eras tors who had offended each other in speech to leave the chamber, adjourn to a quiet spot, and "fight it out." Grattan and Flood had a serious difference in the House on 81193 ‘peqsexm pun queue.“ one occasion, and a meeting was arranged to take place the follow. ing day. The antagonists had al, ready reached the trysting-place, when they were overtaken by mes- sengers bearing the Chief Justice's brought, back to Dublin in custody, they were bound over in recognise ances of no less than S20,000 each to keep the peace. _ Mistress-"Why, Bridget, what on earth are you doing with all the broken dishes on the shelf?” Bridget-iam, mum, ye towld we} was to replace ivery one I broke!" 'holar--"They'll think they can lick me!" Doctor: "You have some sort of poison in your system." Pati- ent: "Shouldn't wonder. What was that stuff you gave me?" AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE. JUDGES AS DUELLISTS. AN OBEDIENT MAID. DANGEKOUS A despatch from Messina, Sicily, says: Six months after the de- vastating earthquake of Dec. 28, which laid waste over a score of cities and towns in Calebria and Sicily and killed 200,000 people, Messina and Reggie were on Thurs- day morning again visited by an earthquake which, had they been rebuilt, would have laid them a second time in ruins. Earthquake shocks both here and in Reggie at 7.20 o'clock on Thursday morning created a panic among the people of these two cities. Walls of houses that were not completely destroyed in the visitation of last December were shaken down and one woman was killed. The earth shocks have been be- coming more intense recently and on Wednesday night they were suffi, ciently severe to cause alarm. The shocks of Thursday morning were accompanied by deep roaring sounds. The first one was followed by an explosion like the roar of cannon, and lasted between eight CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS MESSINA AWN SHAKEN Telegraphic Briefs From Our Own null Other Countries ot Rewnt Events. Hdn. XV. L. Mackenzie King and Dr. Grenfell received degrees from Ruins of Former Buildings Demolished 7 With Loss of Life. Nearly $1,250,000 of Ontario's $3,500,000loan has been subscribed. The Manitoba Gypsum Company's works at Winnipeg were burned on Saturday. Loss $60,000. - A Texas woman cleared $60,000 last year on 135 acres of Bermuda onions. HAPPENINGS FRO)! ALL OVER TUE GLOBE. Lord Strathcona has made a gift of 8500,000 to McGill University, Montreal. The United States Senate has fin, ished its discussion of tariff schedules. In the Montreal graft inquiry a witness testified to having paid ex- Chief tsenoit of the Fire Brigade $800 or 8900 from men taken on the forct. The Republican party agreed to raise the tax on Clgars, cigarettes and plug tobacco. - _ ---- - WEE i)? MEN WERE KILLED A despatch from Newport, Eng- land, says: It is estimated that twenty men perished orrFriday by the sudden collapse of the west wall of the new lock at the entrance to the Alexandra dock where fifty men were working in a trench sixty feet deep, preparing for the laying of a concrete foundation. Without warning the heavy shoring timbers gave way, the entire structure _cuol- lapsing, and carrying down with it thusands of tons of earth, railway lines, many cars and four travel- ling cranes, The men at the bot- tom of the trench had no chance to escape, but many of those ivorking nearer' the surface were uninjured. Of the fifty men in the trench twenty-six have been accounted for. Bush fires are raging on both sides of the Montreal River near Elk Lake. Four settlers' houses and three shacks have been des- troyed. Toronto building permits from anuary 1 to June 30 totalled in value $8,829,375, or $3,816,130 more than in the corresponding period of 1908. Senator Aldrich declares in favor of corporation tax. - _ A I. McLaren of Fort William fell five hundred feet down the side of Mount McKay, and was saved from serious injury by plunging into a, tree-top. Dominion Day was celebrated in London with great pomp. Many eminent Canadians were present and made speeches. Injunctions have been served on the Mayor and City Clerk of Ham- ilton to prevent them from making a contract with the Bydro-electric Power Commission. Fourth of July carnage in the United States was heavy. A second plant for the electric smelting of ores is being erected in Sweden, and the matter is of great interest to Canada, where a similar enterprise may soon be started. Sudden Landslide at Newport, Eng, Was Most Disastrous, UNITED STATES GREAT BRITAIN. CANADA. and ten seconds, which seemed an eternity to the terrified popula,. tion. It is said that this quake was of greater severity than the fatal one of the night of December 28. The wooden houses and huts erected for the accommodation of the people seemed to be thrown from one side to another. Cries filled the air as the people fled in terror. On the' night of Dec. 28, the first shock was followed by a circular movement of the ground. Five minutes later there came another quake. accompanied by another roaring sound. This completed the destruction. The remains of the devastated houses collapsed and the entire district was covered by a. dense cloud of dust. TEN KILLED. Rome, July 1.-Private telegrams from Messsina give the number of persons as ten, including a, lieu- tenant, two soldiers and two car- bineers. Harvard University - The Mississippi Legislature took action against the Standard Oil Coypagy under th? gptil-igrust law. Tuan Fang, a progressive states- man, Has been made Viceroy of the Chinese provigce oi Chihli. - __ The Tennessee night-riders who were sentenced to death for the murder of Captain Rankin have beep granted a. new trial. Former President Eliot of Har- vard hasrbeen appointed President.. Emeritus. He will get a salary and a present pf half a million dollars. Chancellor Yon Buelow of Ger- many has intimated that he will re- tire as soon as his finance reform measures have been disposednf,, A Conversations were being held' with a few of the imprisoned men with the aid of speaking tubes and stimulants and cigarettes were pass- ed down to them; but there" was little hope of rescuing the victims as the removal of the debris that was pinning them down was likely lo cause further falls of ealth and beams. The National Bank in Ironwood Mich., suspended on Friday, anal the arrest of its main officials fol- lowed. The grossest mismanage- ment is alleged. Addressing a gathering at East- bourne in connection with the Brit- ish Red Cross Society, Sir Freder- ick Treves remarked that at tho time of the Boer War the Red Cross organization might be said to have been in a state of absolute chaos, says the London Standard. He was with the Ladysmith relief column and his wagon was the twenty-first that entered that town. When he came _to unpack the Red Cross hampers, which were of all sizes and shapes, the first was found to be entirely filled with woollen mittens. The temperature at Lady- smith was from 103 to 105 degrees in the shade, and to open a box containing nothing but woollen mit- tens was a very deplorable thing. Moreover a number of heavy boxes packed with flannel shirts, paja- mas and all sorts of things that the soldiers would have been delighted with were delivered at his house in London some months after the war was over. The State of Tennessee went dry at; midnight on Wednesday night. Bargain-hunters, looking for cheap liquor, were very numerous. A member oethe Germa’xi Rach- stag delivered an address in which he warned. Great 7 Britain and Europe against the American peril. 1,520,150,000 is estimated to be the world's population. Brown : tt What did your wife say about your being so late home the other night '2” Jones: "Nothing at; all. She just sat down at the piano and played 'Tell me the old, old story? " The work of rescuers begun im- mediately after the collapse, and three men were taken out alive. The bodies of some of the dead also were rescued. At midnight, aided by electric lights and Bare lamps, the rescuers were still busy with their work. Thousands of persons had gathered to watch the weird scene. And occasionally a man tells lies by keeping his mouth shut. MITTENS FOR MID SUMMER. GENERAL.